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To Nadcra-Bay Forty-Niners . . . Once mow, as graduation time approaches in high schools throughout the nation, parents, relatives and friends of the seniors who soon will wear dignified caps and gowns, wish them hap piness, success, and Godspeed in the y??ars ahead. The class of '?*? has made a fine record for itself in Carteret county schools. In spite of physical handicap* in the way of plant facilities and similar shortcomings, they have made splendid records scholastically, as well as in the field of music and the world of sports. This year's graduation classes have been likened to the Forty-Niners, those valiant persons who fought, rode, and sailed to the west coast of the United States in 1849 to seek their for tunes in the newly-discovered gold field. If our graduating seniors have just a few of the attributes of those Forty-Niners, their days ahead hold promise of great things. The Forty-Niners of the last century were ambitious people. Certain of them could have sat in their comfortable, well-estab lished homes here In the East, others could have followed their usual routine, whether it was digging ditches, driving an ice wagon, or merely watching time pass by. Instead they chose a rough course, the end of which could have been disaster. They were a courageous and strong-willed lot. The journey across this vast continent in 1849 was only slightly less hazardous than in the days of the early pioneers. The day of the trans continental railroad was yet to come. Others of the Forty-Niners took to the high seas, taking the longer route around the tip of South America and then northward to California. Their days at sea were full of danger, frought with uncertainty. Had the Panama canal been built, their ships, sail and steam-driven, might have made the voyage in much less time than those ships of the plains. Hazards, risk, sickness, or poverty never deterred them. They had set before them a goal and reaching that goal was the only thing, they believed, that could make their life worth liviHfe. Although they didn't worry, perhaps, about their personal physical condition, only the strong physically, ever reached the finish 'line. The desire for wealth, of course, was the driving force that took most of the Forty-Niners to the west coast. A few went merely because they loved adventure. ? As a whole, they were a segment of America which displayed again those attributes that have made our country great. To have achieved the goal our present-day Forty-Niners have, our graduates have had to possess the traits that character ized those seekers of gold a century ago. If members of our graduation classes realize, in only a small part, how valuable these characteristics have been and can be in the years to come, they, too, shall find gold. It will be the gold that doesn't merely glitter, but has in its depths a kind heart, a clear mind, a desire to serve and a will to live the type of life, which, when analyzed by humanity and the Assa.vist who is over all shall be found pure and of inesti mable value to its possessor. i i In The Good Old Days thirty-five years ago A large amount of beer was found in h distillery at the mouth of Harlow e creek by revenue offi cers headed by Deputy collector I. M. Tull. The superintendent of schools pointed out to the Betterment as sociation that boys and girls were attending parties, and meeting afternoons and playing games, and that these activities were hardly conductive to their making the honor roll. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO An editorial in the Beaufort News, now the Carteret News Time*, deplored the <!ondition*of Broad St. We wonder what it could have been like a quarter of a century ago, because there has been no improvement made there in that length of time. The Chadwick house, corner qf Ann and Turner, was to be fitted up as a temporary hospital for a Carteret, county tonsil and ade | noid children'* clinic. The opera .lions would cost $12.50 for each patient. TEN YEARS AGO An anciertt wooden pipeline un earthed in the neighborhood of Core Sound started the sugges tion that Harker's, not Roanoke | Island, was the orginal scene of I the Lost Colony. Inlet Inn opened, and the din ing room was to be open Sun days for local people wso wished to eat dinner there. FIVE YEARS AGO John Morrison was given the Air Medal Gold I*eaf Cluster for Gold Air Medal I^eaf Cluster for meritorious achievement while participating in arf aerial fight. Beaufort High School commen cement exercise* were to begin this weekend with the Rev. W. Stanley Potter giving the Bacca laureate sermon Sunday and Robert I^ee H umber giving the Baccalaureate address. Thoughts for an open mind,.. Most of us have committed the golden rule to memory; now we need to commit it to lite. Wisdom; the most valuable asset man can have, and one can have it without a formal education. The qualities that manifest within the life of those who walk the Way of Wisdom are, strength, adapiibility, beauty, accurate knowing, devotion, and service. The power of saying and doing the right thing at the right mo ment ? of meeting each man on his own ground that you many help him efficiently. Do not fear your life's ending, fear it will not have a beginning. ? Jim Morrill Smile a While Correcting God The clergyman was preparing his sermon while his little daughter watched with interest. "Daddy," she asked, "does God tell you what to say?" "Of course, child, why do you ask?" "Then why do you scratch some of it out?" CABTHET COUNTY MEWS-TIMES Cart wet County's Newspaper I-HB BEAUFORT NEWS (Eat. 19*2) ^nlTl-HE TWIN CITY TIMES (E?t. 19M) Published Tuesduyt and Fridays By THE CARTERET PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC. Locflrwood Phillips ? Publishers ? Eleanore Dear Phillips Ruth Leckey Peeling. Executive Editor Publlshlng Offices At ? 904 Arendell St.. Moreheed City. N. C. 130 Craven Street. Beaufort. N. C. Mall rates: In Carteret. Craven, Pamlico. Hyde and Onslow Cotdfen $5.00 one year: $3.00 six months; SI. 79 three months: $1.00 one month. Outside UN above named counties 9*00 one year; 93.90 six months; 13.00 three mm rtia; 91-00 one month. Member Of Asaoclated Pram ? Greater Weeklies ? N. C. Press Association Audit Bureau bf Circulations Entered as Second Class Matter at Morehead City, N. C. under Act Of March 3. 1879 Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to use for republication dl ft printed In this newspaper, as well as aU AP news dlspatchsa. ? of republication otherwise reaerved , , ... ACT OF CONGRESS /SSS5* MUST ) THIS SHOW J w on y -r ?5 / HERE and THERE With F. C. SALISBURY, Morehrad City Most unique in every sense of the word is the remodeled Dee Gee's gift shop in Morehead City. With the removal of the Herald Printing company to their new building opposite the Morehead City Garment company plant, the owners of the building remodeled both the interior as well as the exterior to suit Mr. Bell. Unusual fixtures, decorations and lighting effect make this shop equal to any found in this section of the state and would do credit to any larger city. The shop was thrown open to the public on Fri day, in spite of the day being the 13th. The familiar anchor graces the new front of the building while the sign worked out in rope ties in with the anchor, reminding one that the shop is at the "sign of the anchor, just around the cor ner" The shop will hold its 15th anniversary next month when the showing will be of unusual interest to gift and home furnishing buy ers. Poles are being placed in the ball park in Morehead City to hold the lights which will illuminate the park for the night playing of soft ball. The lighting will be from seven poles, three down each of the two base lines and one back In center field. The teams which form the soft Vail league have been getting In their practice the past month and are said to be In good trim for the opening games which will be called in about a week. Goad soft ball is expected during the summer months. Aa Immense sea turtle weigh ing some MO pounds wai killed by Hubert Fulcher last Week while out on his party boat. After shaatlag the turtle la the head it required the efforts of three nien to get the creature Into the boat. The turtle dremed about IN poaads of aieat. Although no organization has as yet been formed, the projected golf club that may b* built along Bogue Sound to the west of More head City has been given the name of The Jumping Run Goff club. The lite selected for the building of such a club is said to be on property owned by L. D. Gore and the club gets its name from a small creek that forms in the back country of that section, emptying into the Sound, and which in years past was given the name of Jump SCHENLEY RESERVE Th. straight whiskies in this product art S years or mora old. 35% straight whiskey, 65* grain neutral spirits. 10% straight whiskey I 5 years old. 21% J straight whiskey I I years aid. 4% straight I whiskey 7 years oW. ?.? 8.111 4/1 <rr. pint 1 ? ; ing Hun. Inquiries have been sent to persons on a selected list ask 1 ing if they are interested in the development of a golf club in the section selected. The outcome of the project rests in the interest shown by those approached by the promoters. i ? . j Tied uif at the Hospital dock in Morehead City for several weeks past was a converted subchaser named "Air Lapwing." This craft was said to be owned by Captain | Glenn Willis of Beaufort but did I not seem to be put in service. An nouncement is now made that this craft is to be put in service as an excursion boat operating between [ Washington, N. C., and Ocracoke. The boat is to be renamed the "Lindsay C. Warren" and will run on a three-times a week schedule. It will be equipped with a restau rant service and with berths for 40. Stanley Wahab of Ocracoke is said to be associated with Cap tain Willis in the enterprise. We lifted this item out of Pa ragraphias in the Greensboro Daily News: "A fUh factory is not a nuisance per se, rules the North Carolina Supreme Court in a case in which a Carteret householder sought an injunction against the rebuilding of ? ferti lizer factory. Indeed, after smelling one of the paper-mak ing plants now becoming a part of East Carolina coastwise coun tryside, we can see how a fish factory might at times be a dis tinct comfort and ? pleasure. Among the forty-seven leading North Carolinians named recently by Governor Kerr Scott to the State-Use Education commission is Dr. Herbert F. Prytherch of the United States Fisheries Biological station at Beaufort. Anionic thin cur's 216 gra duates from the East Carolina Teachers College appear the names of four scholars from Car teret county: Leslie Chadwick, Gloucester. M. A.; Herbert Clark, Beaufort, A. B.: Eleanor Mason, Newport, A. B.; William H. Skar ren, Beaufort, B. S. A certificate of incorporation has been granted by the Secretary of State Thad Eure to the Exum Net Company, Incorporated, More head City, to deal in textiles. Au thorized capital stock $100,000, subscribed stock $300 by Frank Exum. Modine Exum, both of ! Morehead City, and C. E. Exum, Jr., of Rocky Mount. Serving on the precinct board | for Morehead City for the coming ! special election, June 4, in addition to the registrar will be Edward Arendell, Democratic judge and B. i C. Quthrle, Republican pMflioMft This appointment has been made by the County Board of Elections. Mrs. Ollie Mae Dixpn Littleton, age 45, the sister of Mrs. B. F. Williams, passed away at the fa mily home in Craven county on Monday of last week. She was the mother of 13 living children of whom five are now serving in the armed service. The husband. J. M. Littleton, six daughters and seven sons survive besides two sisters and three brothers. A total of 6,602 motor vehicles and' trailers were registered and licensed in Carteret county during the first four months of this year, according to the report of the De partment of Motor Vehicles. Letter ir Editor FOB BETTER ROADS AND SCHOOLS On June 4th the people of North Carolina will be expected to say through their ballots whether or not they favor the proposed Bet ter School and Rofds program ad vocated by Governor Scott and other recognized leaders. It is my position that the State should re gister its approval of the proposal and that Carteret county should not lag behind the State. The rea | sons for my position principally relate themselves to the interest CALVIN JOKES FnalStml MM MmlMS-l Sou'wester By Capt. H?nry Everybody's been talking about the grey trout George Cotting ham caught, especially George. By next Saturday the fish will be 51 inches long, 30 inches around and weigh at least 13 and three quarter pounds. George is train ing his fox terrier now to carry his bait for him. Next thing you know, we'll see the dog sitting on the railroad bridge beside George holding a fishing rod between his pawi. Bob Herring has been threat ened with a "law suit" because his ambitious torn cat "took ad vantage" recently of one of the lady cats in the neighborhood! I heard on the street the other day that one of our prominent political figures in the county was told by state higher-ups that unless he supported the road bond issue, it would be curtains for him. It looks as though both the road bond issue and the school bond issue will pass, but Gover nor Scott and his backers are taking no chances. They are plugging the thing as efficiently and doggedly as they did Scott's campaign for governor. Carteret county will receive $378,476 for schools as compared of my own county, which, of j course, is our first concern. It is known to all who have tried to familiarize themselves with the subject that the school facilities J of this county in many respects are woefully inadequate. Both the Board of Education and Board of County Commissioners are. and for some years past have been, seriously concerned lest their in- 1 ability to provide funds for need- 1 ful and necessary repair and re placement purposes in connection with the school buildings of sev- j eral districts might result in a pa ralysis of the whole county system. They knew there are few, if any, districts or communities unaffect ed by this unfortunate situation. Carteret County alone is unable to provide the necessary funds for the purpose. Under the proposed plan there would be made avail able by the State, and without one penny additional expense to the tax-payers of the county, an esti mated four or five hundred thou sand dollars (some figure appre ciably more) to be used exclusive ly jn Carteret County for the re pair or building, or both, of school houses to better serve the needs with our neighbor, Dare county's $283,046. We Also will get 01330,000 for rdads while Dare will receive $800,000. One of the major tactics being used to get voters on the yes side for the bond isauea is to obtain endorsement of the program by governing boards. The music and dance revue at the school Friday night was "out of this world" as the younger aet would say. The youngsters must have worked like Trojans, but Mrs. Hassell is, without a doubt, the kind of director who makes them want to work. If they were exhausted after the curtain closed on the final scene, it might give them some consolation to know that the audience was left breathless too. I was sort of eavesdropping the other day. A boy and a girl were sitting out on the post office dock. As I walked by, the girl laughed and looked at the young man and said, "I know that's the line you use on all the girls." Undaunted, the young Romeo replied, "Listen, since I've met you, all the lines I ever knew have been cast right overboard for you. . . " She made no reply. I reckon, for once, p woman was left speechless. ? yes, the actual necessities ? of the achool children of the county. There certainly can be assigned no good reMon why any one should vote igiihst the proposal. As to the road program: It is proposed that the State issue bonds, not exceeding 200 million dollars, for the purpose of paving or otherwise making "all-weather" dependable the secondary or coun try roads. We still have in North Carolina something like 47,000 miles of dirt and mud (unimprov ed) roads Our highway engineers and financial experts have estima ted that if the authorization is given, with the available funds the State should be able to pave about twelve thousand miles of these country roads and make "sil-wta (her" dependable the remainder of them. To pay for the project it is proposed that an additional one cent gas tax be imposed upon the motorists using the highways. (As we know, there is now no regular ga9 tax paid by fishermen, fanners, and certain other classes using gas oline in the operation of their machines not used on the high ways.) The balance of the funds necessary for the retirement of the bonds over a 24-year period would come from the regular high way sinking fund, built up, and continuing to build up. over the years. The bonds would not In crease property tax or income tax of any sort. Here again, interested as I am in the State road system as a whole, my primary interest in this matter concerns my own good county of Carteret. Wo have cer tain county roads that for years our local authorities have been en deavoring to have paved. Promises have been made, and in all good See LETTER Page Three HOW.... COMPLETE GAS SERVICE! Cylinder and Tank Truck Delivery LOW COST INSTALLATION Cylinder Installation $ 19.75 1(M) Gallon System S 44.75 317 " " $ 75.00 500 " " $125.00 1000 " " $225.00 Free Service to Rulane Dsers EASTERN RULANE SUES C0HF0MTI0M 12th Street at Evans ' f tW/fa# CJ CI TRANSFORMER ? Ita main use it to adapt the current in the tranamiaeion tinea to your uae in your home. But tranaformera aaem to be uaed for a lot of other thinga. Thia mother bird uaed qu aa a neating place without giving thought to what that would do to Tide Water aervice along thoee linea! Certain aquirrela aeem to fancy tranfarmera aa good aafo nuraeriea. All that mean ia a rather audden and to the wild life? aervice interruption? and grief for Tide Water. What happen* to transformer* ia a good example of what we're up against in fir ing you tiie beat poaaible service. But that* i what ws'ra here for? all 420 of utl String ing lines, repairing transformer*, testing meters, merchandising appliances, driving truck* -every one in Tide Water is com mitted to bringing you the best possible service at die lowest possible cost On* big Morcc of pride to all of ta la that Tide Water faring* you good neighborly tervice at caata below the average for alt dtiea on the Atlantic aeabcard. And, if you care to check, well be glad to ahow you how thiaiaaol TIDE W A T E * POWER COMPANY . "x, . ? f. ygi^jL j ? ? - - - . . . .. . .. _ ^ . GOOD NEIGHBORS AT YOUR SERVICE!
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