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PAGE SIX CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TEEES, EEAUFC2T AND BIOSESEAD CITT, N. C TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1941 A Half-Centufy o f P r b g r e s s Younj Denacraii b Ilssl . Thursday in Ilorehead City Young Democrats of Carteret county will meet at 7:30 Thursday night in the municipal building, Morehead City. Plans will be made to get out the voters Saturday in the Pri-, mary. Harvey Hamilton,! president, will be in charge of the meeting. . HERE and THERE With F. C. SALISBURY, Morehead City 4 : of?-: ' r i Thoughts for an open mind.. Staying power Is more important than braying power. LEARN to learn if if you would learn to earn. ' To go forward is important. To go straighl is more important? Get your motives, your principles, your ambitions right, and nothing can utterly, daunt you. Inward strength will sustain you. Infuse into your faith, forcefulness. ' POWER comes from ABILITY intelligently and persistently applied. What lifts us imperially above our dust, is our passion to give the best of us and our best is no common thing to what is worthy to receive it. We are savages yesterday, but a sense of noble destiny compels our dreams. We are entangled in a net of things of which wc are ashamed, but our very shame is a witness to our birthright citi zenship in a nobler order. Jim Morrill - 1t r - 'A.A. f ' , J f " " - ! " - r tur v-v . " ,v.y 17 1:' I': 1-V ' An attendance of more than 10,000 for the thirteen full weeks of the first annual Baptist Seaside assembly at Fort Fisher this sum mer is predicted by Rev. R. K. Redwine, director. The assembly is sponsored by the Baptist State convention of this state. Gordon Davis, a student at E. C. T. C, Greenville, has developed into a makeup artist that may ear ly him on to Hollywood. Hc as sisted with the makeup of the, players for the comedy, "The Man Who Came to Dinner," given by the senior class of the college. By way of the "grapevine route" it is understood that while the Democratic party of this county is of one accord in favor of Charles M. Jotywon, candidate for governor, there is a rift in the choice for the can didates for the office of United States Senator. It is said that the leaders arc split ahfwt fifty fifty between Umstcad and Broughton. Liquor sales in Carteret coun ty for the months of April in 1947 and the corresponding month of the present year, ran almost neck and neck. The boys were a little dryer this year than last or selected a higher grade of booze. Sales for 1948 for April were $49,971.35 while this year the thirst rose to $50, 127.95, a gain of $156.60. Residents of Cedar Island and that section of the county must have thought the Russians had opened up an air invasion on this country, for the Marine Air Corps from Cherry Point put on a niuht rocket firing practice three nights last week. The danger area was within a radius of three miles of Hog Island Reef. The rocket fir ing was accompanied by the drop ping of flares from aircraft to il luminate the target. Subject to the action of the grand chapter of the Order of Eastern Stan at their state meet ing in June 6-10, redisricting of the state will be proposed. It is thought necessary to restrict the local district to Carteret, Craven, Jones, Pamlico, Hyde, and Beau fort counties, whereas the local district has consisted of some thirteen counties in the past. Some 20 new chapters have been Instituted in this district. STORY OF THE WEEK In response to my request to Jimmie Guthrie, of Markers Is land, that he give us some history of the Island, he has sent the fol lowing which wt know will be of interest to the readers of the News Times: It Figgers Out That Harkers Island is growing bv leaps and bounds, it's not a joke either. In 1900 when the ocean storms played havoc with us folks, we moved our belongings here on high and safe ground, to which place we were not molested and where we could rest and sleep by the noise of the rustling trees moving by the balmy sea breeze. In that day and time wo had to go to church by boat, but we went OK. Eleven families was the high mark when we moveu here from Diamond City near Cape Lookout light h6use. The land sold at that time for $1.00 per acre. , : Harkers Island now has schools am) churches galore. It has a splendid road, a bridge, electric lights, telephone, with Christians and sinners mixed. Nearly every foot of land has been taken for building on the south of the high way. The Island will continue to grow so long as people grow. Back in 1667 when the east was wondering more so than now, es pecially about new worlds, a ketch rigged boat tried to round Cape Lookout with seven men on board when four were drowned and three made it on shore. When they later made their way to this I . J 1 . . 1 1 A I lsunu, Duying ii an ironi me In dians, calling it by the name of one of the men, Harkers Island. At ' the time and many years later great growth of woods were above the. beach which was peopled un, til it became blowing sand. - So the Harkers owned all of this land for many years. But not un til the hurricane of January 1886 did our people begin to realize the danger ahead and wondering what to do. But the storm of 1899 seem. led to awaken us more so than ever, when we took our belongings and left In 1900 for a haven of perfect rest j " Now on the east end of Harkers bland is the newly-erected Harker Hotel and on the extreme western end' is the Nichols summer home which would be a credit to the Queen of Sheba. , Among some other notes cover , lag Island' history we find the fol lowing interesting 'facts regarding the establishing of the first church' on the Island. During the period of the War Between the Stales, Miss Jennie Bell went to Hafkfits Island to teac, hschool aqd to help the islanders, as only a few fam ilies lived there. During her stay on the island she was visited by a friend from Boston, a Miss An nie Brown. One night during a prayer meet ing which was attended by the Misses Bell and Brown, Mary Ful ford, known to her friends as' "Speck," cried out at the gather ing that she wanted a church on the island. When Miss Brown re turned to Boston she related the needs of a church on the island and. through her influence the Methodist society built a church there. The first pastor was Rev. Harry Wilson. People from what was called Deep Hole Point, now Marshallbcrg. and people from Straits also attended this church. About 1874 the Star of Bethlehem church was built at Marshallbcrg which was served by Rev. Wilson who through his efforts placed an organ in each church. Time Marches On As one views today the extent of the operations of the Morehead City Yacht Basin, with its modern equipment and ways, its docks and sales department, it is hard to rea lize that this concern is the out growth of a business started by the late John F. Bell back in 1905. An old historical sketch of the John F. Bell company gives these interesting facts: "In the year 1905 Mr. Bell in a small way started the building of boats, from ordinary row boats to launches and yachts of seventy feet in length. A few years later the company was incorporated with a capital of $10,000, with Mr. Bell as president and C. M. Wade, secretary and treasurer. The success of the con cern is shown in the fact that when the company was organized its initial capital was only $200, Mr. Bell and Mr. Wade each putting in $100. Mr. Bell has been a boat builder from boyhood and has no superior in this line of work. Mr. Wade was educated at the A. & M. col lege and possesses unusual tech nical skill as a draughtsman and engineer The company is also well known in the building line as contractors of residences and public buildings. Among the many notable buildings here to their credit as contractors may be mentioned the residence of Chas. S. Wallace, Dr. Ben F. Royal. R. W. Taylor, C. M. Wade and John F. Bell. The company has built several boats for the U. S. Government, and estimates are now in for more with good prospects of the bids being accepted." It's a mighty mean person, re gardless of age or sex, who will steal from a blind person. Bill Denby, the blind news man who operates a news stand next to the Royal Theatre has been obliged to put screen shields on each side of his delivery win dows, to keep thieving fingers from taking candy and papers. Reports from the local postof fice are to the effect that the air mail service now being rendered by the Piedmont Airline is increas ing daily. The service of the Air Mail being recognized by patrons under the slogan "First received, first read, first answered." . For speed and efficiency in handling through mail, patrons are being urged to use the distinctive regu lation air mail envelopes wmcn have the red and blue borders. Air mail out of the local office closes at 12:00 M. ' The trade mark or trade emblem of the Madix Asphalt Roofing Corporation of this city which ap peared in a recent advertisement in a state paper had quite a south ern accent. The background of the design has the stars and cross ed bars that very much resemble the Confederate flag, while the word MADIX irt large type runs through the center. Th adver tisement announced to the public that this newest industry in this city is now in operation and ready to supply the trade with their 'products. The newly-organized corporation operating under the name of H. & W. have a con tract with the Madix firm to do the hauling of their products with in 250 miles of this city. ' Recognition was given to members of the Democratic, par ty from this lounty at the state convention held In Raleigh on Thursday. Irvln W. Davis, chair man of the Democratic county committee, was named as an al ternate from the third district as a delegate to the National con vention to be held in Philadel phia tn June. M. Leslie Davis and Mrs. Clayton Fulcher, Sr., were named to serve on the State Executive committee. Sir William Johnson was re warded was a baronetcy, the first and only, One granted on American soil, which occupied large areas of what is now northern New York The above rare photograph, taken in 1896, shows a team of two mules and an ox hauling a new loom to a South Carolina mill from' the nearest railrbad point. Transportation was a big problem faced by southern mills in obtaining new machinery dur ing the 19th Century. On the right, this latest high speed loom on which the shuttle travels i across the' cloth more than 220 j times per minute, emphasizes the I high-speed era of today in which streamlined transportation goes hand in hand with top-speed, easily-operated textile produc tion machinery. Animals, Insects, Major Roles In Wacky Accidents Appearing in a recent issue of "North Carolina Motor Vehicle" was a slory by Paul Jones, of the National Safety council, on the Wackiest Accidents of 1947." The story follows: When a sparrow smokes in bed and a cockroach kicks a man down stairs, things arc getting good and wacky. But that's what happened in 1947. And that isn't all. A dead dcor shot a hunter and a hitskip cow made traffic history. A mouse up set a truck, a quail committed sui cide, and some busy little bocs boarded a streetcar and caused a honey of an accident. Yes the annual roundup of odd accidents by the National Safety Council reveals thai animals stole the show in 1947. To wit: Firemen in Camden, N. J., fi nally found the source of smoke pourjng through the home of Mrs. Marie Baugher a bird s nest un der the roof. A sparrow had car ried home a lighted cigarette. And just to prove that smoking imbed isn't restricted to sparrows, a 'pig eon irt Washington started ah a partment house firo the same way. Cockroach Wins " The "celebrated case of the can tankerous cockroach occurred in Detroit and involved John Nanti co, a bakery employee. Mf. Man tico said he looked into the leering eyes of the biggest cockroach any man ever saw. He kicked at the roach, the other foot slipped and he landed at the bottom of the stairs with a broken leg. A dead deer shot Clarence Ger kin of Hudson, Colorado, in a neat bit of posthumous vengeance. Mr. Gcrkin had shot the deer first and was preparing to dress it when a reflex kick by the animal hit his gun and discharged it. The bullet tore through Gerkin's left arm. The hit-skip cow became part of the nation's traffic problem when it bowled over Mrs. Lucy Nostrand as she alighted from a bus at a busy intersection in Milwaukee The boundi lg bovine, fugitive from a farm, whammed into Mrs Nostrand, knocked her flat, and barellcd on down the street. Mouse Has Day The British Women's Land Army had trained 19-year-oid Christine Woodward to face bombs, bullets and battle without flinching, but they hadn't thought of a mouse. So when a mouse scampered across ,the toes of Miss Woodward when she was driving an army truck in Dave'ntry, England, she just did what came naturally. She fainted. The truck went into a ditch, the mouse into a field, and the victim to a hospital. Far less intrepid was the suicid al quail that found itself looking down the barrel of a gun held by Gene Hatfield in Joplin, Mo. Rea lizing the jig was up, the quail decided to end it all and flew straight against the barrel of the gun and dropped dead at Hatfield's feet with a broken neck. Apparently stung by the high cost of living, bees took to street cars in 1947. A frolicsome bunch of them swarmed aboard a trolley in Cincinnati and evinced much in terest in Motorman Earl Arm strong. As he frantically batted at his bumbling passengers, the streetcar bumped an auto, which rammed the rear of another, which rammed the" rear of another. Mean- while, buzz, buzz, buzz, went i the trolley. , As Fireman Horace LeBouf was carrying Mrs. Catherine Markowski down a ' ladder from a burning building in Detroit, they passed a first floor window. Flames shot out and nipped LeBouf in the seat of his pants. He yelped, spanked himself frantically and let go of Mrs. . Markowski LeBouf lost his balance, landed smack on the lady. who preceded him to the ground. Mrs. Markowski was bruised, her rescuer apologetic. - v A speedboat carrying Miss Geor- A 'it ft t J At I rC!;- '? jit Birds Play gia Brooks of Chicago during a holiday outing on Lake Geneva, Wis., swerved so sharply it threw Miss Brooks into the water, swerv ed again, hit the struggling swim mer, flipped her neatly back on .its prow. Angel Without Wings And in Seattle, John Angel drove into a service station, ordered a change of oil, stepped out, discov ered foo late that he was eight feet aloft on a grease rack. World's champion freak fallcr of the year, so far as distance is con lerned, was Charles Arter, pitboy in a mine in South-Yorkshire, Eng land. Charlie fell down a 1,554 foot shaft and escaped with only a broken leg. Halfway down the shaft he overtook an elevator cage which was going down almost as fast as he was. He landed on it and rode th rest of Jhe way down. In Lille, France, a tile setter named Yvon Dherire slipped off a roof, fell six stories and landed Smletv'ln a baby buggy from which to tortwtber- h-Jritfffeally snaicnea ner cniiu. 'viitrut unhurt, but the mother fainted and broke an ankle. TourTuaplains i Postage Stamp ' To Appear. Friday Issuance of the Four Chaplains United States Commemorative pos tage stamp May 28 will be observ ed with special "first day" cere monies at the White House as well as in simple programs to be conducted by Chaplains of Army installations in the United States and overseas, the Department of the Army announced today. The new three-cent stamp will be the latest memorial to the four Army Chaplains who sacrificed their lives to save others when the troop transport Dorchester was tor oedoed off the coast of Greenland in the early morning hours of February 3, 1943. (- The Chaplains -John P Wash ington, a Roman Catholic, Alex ander D. Goade, Jewish, and George L. Fox and Clark V. Po ling, Protests nts passed their own life preservers to soldiers leaping Into the frigid Atlantic from the I sinking ship. . The Chaplains were last seen standing together in the bow of the ship, their arms linked and voices raised in prayer as the vessel plunged beneath the surface. The commemorative stamp will bear likeness of the four Chap lains and a picture of the sinking ship in the foreground. An inscrip tion will read: "These Immortal Chaplains. ... Interfaith in Ac tion." Honor guests at the White House ceremony will be the nearest of kin of the four Chaplains. Officials of the Post -Office department and the National Military Establish ment also will attend. Two Writers Work Hew Pn Menhaden Industry TWO WRITERS.!. 14 Leonard Roy.: on the editorial staff of the National Geographic magazine, and Jack Cowie, . free lance writer and photographer from Ohio were in the county this weekend doing stories, on the Beau-fort-Morehead City menhaden in dustry. ' Both men, working Individually, are honorary 'Tar Heels. Mr. Roy went out on one of , the Beaufort Fisheries boats. The writers stayed af the Jefferson hotel. , 1 JTw MaKMMiifaiii,iiiti An AT MroihWvtw ftcMfraph COMPANV , (twin : , wtMxms --'' SottmoW 31 YtUJhOAMur s. ''. " , , jooswruft.; 11 .. t- urfcncis - ' SUPEAvttOMI ' - J ttWBM 3j - , ,- .-ij , 7 . : fi "Hi tm ; i , - "I " THE INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE BOARD polled 6,000 workers in six companies en which' among 71 factors tboy con sidered ' most important . Jn keeping thorn happy in their jobs. Chart show percent ages of workers rating of first importance each of the top H factors. Siyron's, Ilarsheck's Tie Up ai Beatdori Commodore and Mrs. M. J. Sty ron with Commodore and Mrs. Marsheck, of Baltimore, visited Beaufort last week on their way to the Maryland Yacht club aboard their yacht "Sunset." Mr. Styron is commodore at the Club. Mr. Styron visited his mother, Mrs. H. W. Styron, Orange Street, and left' Thursday for a final meet ing of the club before its formal opening in June 5. He has been working in Balti more since 1927, for several years office manager with the Maryland Office Supply company of Balti more. During the war Commodore Sty ron was instructor in navigation and seamanship in the United States Coast Guard under Ed War- ren o Moreneaa uty H I'firirm 86 Proof 1M SnAMHt WHKKIVS M TMS MOOUCT . AM 4 TSASS Ot MOM OlO. 11 STRAIGHT wmsKir, mx NturtAi sraurs, omtkuo - NOM MAIN. - MMaua i mii uartffciui, sum : J X Retail y Price X&l rh Yanks Sought As Students Of Russian By DAVID TAYLOR MARKE AP Newsfeatures Writer On Education NEW YORK Some 250,000 na tive Americans are wanted to study Russian. Those interested should apply to the American As sociation of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages. According to the latest esti mates of the AATSELL, no more than 35,000 Americans of every category will study Russian dur ing the academic year 1947-48. Most of these will study with pri vate teachers, since probably .no more than 5,000 will be enrolled in regular college or university courses. "Yet," says AATSEEL, "from estimates arrived at through con ference with leaders of industry, education and the Armed Forces, there is a need at present for at least 50,000 persons who can han dle Russian effectively. To meet this need, at least a quarter of a million Americans ought right now be studying Russian." A 'National Emergency' This need "amounts to a na tional emergency," says Dr. Ar thur Prudden Coleman, assistant professor, department of Slavic Languages, Columbia University. "Russian should be added to the list of, foreign languages studied in every large high school in the country." Dr. Coleman', who is secretary of AATSEEL, has just issued a report on the status of Russian and other Slavic and East Euro, pean languages in the educational institutions of the Uinted States, its territories, possessions and mandates, with additional data pn similar studies in . Canada and Latin America. Colleges and universities have done their part in the promotion of the study of Russian in this country, Dr. Coleman says. "By late 1946, the interest in Slavic and East European studies in our colleges and universities had become very great, but still the languages showed no signs of penetrating to the high schools, where, as it was clearly foreseen, they would have to be accepted if college and university work in the field was to be on the level of that in othec modern languages," he says. ! High School Objections High school administrators are reluctant to introduce Russian because of the expense involved, says Dr. Coleman, adding: "A more serious objection is, would the language be accepted for entrance credit by colleges COMPLETE Automobile Service ' Wrecker Service - Motor Rebuilding U and Frame Alignment Bcdy and Fender Repair Glass Replacement - Painting IOFTIN rtOTOR CO. ' EZAurcaT, ii. c. : and universities and ircidental lv also I y meuical schools which !iie student might later wish to attend?" A study of 236 institutions on the collegiate level shows that un der proper conditions full credit would be given Russian for admis sion, Dr. Coleman reports. The "proper conditions," he says, were that Russian language should have been taken in an ac credited high1 school and in a class conducted by a certified teacher, under the same conditions as if the language offered were German or French or Spanish. Of the medical schools studied, nearly a third are ready to accept ATHLETES FOOT GERM KILL IT IN ONE HOUR. YOUR 35c BACK. if not planted. The germ grow DEEP LY. To kill It. you mu.t REACH it. Ot Ib-UL mt any drug store. A STRONG alcohol. It funalcldo, made with 90 alcohol. It rent i ha I u. Raach.a Mar Carina. Xb$ .wWlftM VMffctyi kt fMf ptt4wt M S (rata Rostral Si iff ft, M.I proof. Austirvrichols . tCo.mm hue. Qtowttt W RtSIKVl Mm fUrftiSkfrnd aMSTJaUETataaaaW Today at S it W DRUG STORE 'iSla-.tlaJl. ..14, Si If SNiSjl $2.10 J 1 ?rSs! $3.40 I I fori o Three Pennings Scheduled In addition to the two pony pen nings, July 2 and Aug. 2, announ ced in Thursday's paper, there : will be one a week from tomor row, June 2, at Cape Lookout. Russian language credits at face value. Many schools of theology and law will do the same, he says. Most state boards of education will accredit a teacher for Rus sian on the same terms as for any other foreign language, Dr. Cole man concludes. DR. E. F. 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