CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Carteret County'* H?w?p?p> * EDITORIALS FMDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1955 Lying Fallow in the Files Nothing has been heard for ? long time about the proposed highway from Pollocksville to Havelock, but Nick Walker of Beaufort, who keeps close tabs on the project, ia well aware that the vitally-needed link is another one of those things that has been shelved. Why should we, here in Carteret County, be interested in a ribbon of highway that would lie in two other counties, Jones and Craven? Because it would furnish an alternate route from this area to the west. As things exist now, east-west access to Carteret, from any point west of the Highway 24 and 70 junction near More head City, is by way of Highway 70 into New Bern. During Connie and Diane, power crews needed here in Car teret were stymied by the flood water at the New Bern bridge. Men trying to reach families in this section were de toured into back roads around Pollocks ville and several instances were report ed where cars got mired hopelessly in mud. The back roads were impassable. One power crew wandered around for almost 24 hours in the vicinity of Pel letier trying to find a road that would bring them into Morehead City where they were desperately needed to work on power lines. The four-lane highway to New Bern, now in the building stage, is fine. But that doesn't correct the flood situation at the Trent River bridge between New Bern and James City. If there were a highway from Pol locksville to Havelock, there would be two routes by which a motorist could go west from Havelock and Cherry Point: the present Highway 70 to New Bern, or the proposed route through the Croatan forest to Pollocksville. That would be advantageous in day-to-day routine, and most essential in case of natural or wartime disaster. Mr. Walker points out that a bomb planted on the Trent River bridge would cause untold havoc, both for the civilian population and for military land-movements from Cherry Point. People at Morehead City and eastward can take the route to Swansboro to go westward, but it's a time-consuming route. As for people ?t Cherry Point, they would have no choice in the mat ter. They would have to come east to the Highway 24 and 70 junction before they could go west again to get upstate. The state is investing a tremendous amount of money in the four-lane high way from New Bern to Cherry Point. Thus, it is logical to assume that un less demands for the Ha/elock-Pol locksville road are pushed, the pro posed route will be shelved for a long time. From the military standpoint and civil defense angle, it is, actually, one of the most-needed highway links in eastern Carolina. Governing boards, tivic clubs and individuals, recognizing its importance, long ago endorsed the proposal. But to let the project die in the files is to ignore a route that some day could be our life-line. And after tragedy strikes, it will be of little consolation to say, "If only we'd had that road from Havelock to Pollocksville . . It Slowed 'em Down Jaycees of Morehead City and Beau fort, Woodmen of the World and the State Highway Patrol rate a gold star for the fine work they did Labor Day weekend to promote highway safety. And it apourin' down rainin'. The three civic groups and the high way patrolmen joined forces to stage a safety crusade. At the junction of Highways 24 and 70, club members handed out pamphlets on highway safe ty, gave kids in the cars popsicles do nated by ice cream companies and the patrolmen set up a funeral tent to sim ulate an actual funeral for an accident victim. During a part of the afternoon, the men took refuge under the tent because of the rain. And that really slowed down motorists. It looked sure 'nuf like a funeral. The Labor Day weekend accident record in this county was good too. There were a couple accidents of a minor nature, but from all appearances the safety crusade paid off. Women on the Jury . . . Three women have been chosen for jury duty in the October term of Su perior Court. That's fine. Now let's see whether the women citizens will up hold the faith vested in them by serv ing. It has been many a moon since a woman was chosen for jury duty, or since a woman chosen has served. May be some of the new personnel on the board are responsible for the three called this time. Bu' if the women chosen do not serve, the old way of do ing things may prevail again ? no women will be called. We sincerely hope that doesn't hap pen. Women who refuse to accept their duties as citizens are doing their sex an injustice. Women's groups through out the nation fight for "equality." We've never been able to quite figure out what that equality is. But they evi dently want to be accepted as capable of holding political positions and receiv ing in the business world the same re spect accorded the male sex. When women are given the oppor tunity, however, of serving in govern ment on an equal footing with men, many suddenly decide that they don't like this "equality" business after all. They present excuses that they hope will relieve them of fulfilling their du ties as citizens. In the face of action like that, it is not surprising when men in government and business look straight-faced, but with twinkling eyes, upon organized women's groups who wave the banner for "equal rights." There are men, too, who try to escape their duties. But in this county most of the time, the jury box is filled with men. If there are complaints about mis carriage of jn8tice, as there certainly have been, we could try changing the complexion of the jury box. Maybe the lawyers can handle the women with flattering remarks such as, "It is a pleasure to stand here and look into the eyes of the fairer sex, who with both their beauty and brains will see how absolutely ridiculous it is to find this man guilty of manslaughter . . ." But we hope that the women, if they do serve, will write that off for what it is. Women, without question, are just as capable of rendering decisions in court as are the fine upstanding gentlemen who serve as jurors. We'd like to see the women prove it. An Illinois concern has set up offices for its retired employees. Available are desks, phones, and secretarial help. The retired employees are under no ob ligation to the company, but their sea soned judgment may be requested re garding the company's business. This is an aid to the company, and a definite benefit to busy men who suddenly find themselves without something to do. Carteiwt County N?ws-Tim?s WIN NIK or NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NOKTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS A Koran of Tha Baaufort Nam (Eat. KU) aad Tha Twin City Timaa (bt ISM) Pabliafead Tuaadaya and Pridaya by tba Cartarat Publiahlad Company, too. 504 Arondoll St. Morohoad City, N. C LOCEWOOD PHILLIPS - PUBLISHER ELEANORS DEAR PHILUM ? ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER RUTH L. PEBLINO ? EDITOR Hail Ralca: la Cartarat County and adjolnin* eountiea. $6.00 ono year, ?B0 ail month*! II JB ana month; aiaawbara 17.00 ana yaar, 14 00 aii moatba. IIJO ana MMfc. Haabar at Ajaadatad Praaa ? Greater Waekllaa ? N. C. Praaa JaMfiatlia National Editorial Aaaodetiao ? Audit Buraaa of Chcalatkna Tba Aaaailatad Praaa h aatitlad axctaaively ta aaa (or rapublieatiaa at laaal mm printed la ttia aawapaper. a? wall ai ail AP ima diapntobaa. latarad aa Second Oaaa ttKr at Miribn I CBy. H. C, Under Aat ti Harab I. ISW. From Whence Came the Name Bogue? By F. C. SALISBURY Should you ask any oldtimer in Carteret County as to how Bogue Sound received its name, some will tell you it was named from a Indian tribe, as was Core Sound. Others will tell you it was named after an early settler or owner of the Banks, following the setting off of the county or precinct from Craven County in 1722. To substantiate the Indian theo ry, Carl F. Miller, archeologist of the Bureau of Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institute furnishes the following information: "I have tried to find out something about BOGUE to see if there were ever Indian! * by that name in Carteret County, North Carolina. After go ing through my many references to Indian tribes of North Carolina I failed to find a single reference to any group by this name. "I did find that there were a group of Choctaw who were known as BOUGECHITO ('big bayou') who -fermertr tired in Neahoba County, Mississippi and in a dis trict of this same name. There was a Choctaw town by the name of Bogue Toocolo Chitto ('two big bayous') which derived its name from the location at the confluence of Running Tiger and Sukenatcha Creeks, about four miles north west of De Kalb, Kemper County, Mississippi." "With this information it would appear that the word Bogue is a Choctaw word for 'bayou.' We know that there were small groups of Choctaw in North Carolinn at times and it is possible that both Sound and Banks were occupied by them at one time. We are not certain of this, but it is a possi bility." Indian history states there were many small tribes in North Caro lina, members of the Algonquin Nation, living in small, scattered settlements on the sand banks and around the broken shore lines of the sounds. The surname of Bogue appears in the early history of the Albe marle Precinct as early as 1698. In April of that year one William Bogue was appointed constable, "from ye Narrows of Piqumons to Sutter's Creek, and to Mr. Lark ar's Creek on ye west side." It is possible that men by this name were among the early fish ermen, hunters and trappers com ing into this section long before it was set off as a precinct, and who could have located on Bogue Banks, either as squatters or from a grant by a Lord Proprietor, leaving his or their name to pos terity. A map drawn by Wimple in 1738 refers to Bogue Banks as Cranford Island. Another slant given to the nam ing of the sound and Banks is that of a genealogist, Miss Helen W. Prcscott of Atlanta, Ga., who states: "I have always understood that Bogue Sound was named from my ancestor, Thomas G. Bog, who was a sea captain, but could not reconcile the French spelling of the name with my Scotch line. Thomas Bog registered as Master of the schooner 'Snow Lilly' No vember 18, 1754." The Bog claim can be questioned for he was not in the county until just before the Revolution. The Sound and Banks had received the name Bogue during the early E. Laurence Palmer Female Scarlet Tanager Wears No Scarlet at All On the day I wrote this, a neigh bor called me excitedly on the phone to say that she had been trying to identify a rather plain greenish bird when suddenly a bright red bird with jet black wings and tail flew down and mated with it. She wondered if it was unusual to have to birds of different species mate and what the story back of this observation might be. It happens that on at least three other occasions 1 have received phone calls from persons who have made similar observations. I re member once having a large claas in the field which was attempting, without much success, to identify a partially hidden female scarlet tanager, when a male dashed in to help settle the story. At one time, I had occasion to review a manuscript written by an author who la now considered one of our best known nature writers. In this story President Calvin Coolidge was reputed to have been thrilled by the observation on a Christmas morning of a brilliant red male scarlet tanager perched beside a red cardinal on one of the evergreens near the White House grounds. The story emphasized bow our taciturn president became excited over what he had seen. As a Bat ter of (act this observation is wor thy of some excitement because at this season scarlet tanagers are wintering far south *t the United States. The story explained that the bird seen was a young mala which had missed out on the Knt thern migration and for some un known reason waa hanging around Washington This explanation was obviously misleading because the young males are not a brilliant red at Christmas time any more than an the oldar numbers of their sax and species. Scarlet tanagers measure about 74 Inches in length. This is about an inch longer than the vireos which they might be considered to remotely resemble. The male loses his brilliant red breeding color in the tall to take on an appearance somewhat similar to that of the females and young bird* which are dull green above and yellowish be neath. Scarlet tanagen breed from Sou thern Saskatchewan to Nova Sco tia and south to Georgia and Ar kansas. They winter from Colom bia to Peru and Bolivia migrating Scarlet Tanager through Cuba, Jamaica, along the went coast of the Gull of Mexico, eastern Yucatan and Central Am erica. The nest Is built on a horizontal limb up to heights 50 feet, usually In the open woodlands. It la a flat platform of rootlets, leaves and grssses. The S to 8 pale greenish blue eggs have brown specks and are about 1 Inch long. They are incubated for II days by the fe male. Young males assume the brilliant plumage In one year. Since the birds feed almost en tirely on the Insect enemlea of woody plants, their usefulness is obvious, proving once again that a beautiful thing is not neces sarily useless The National Fed eration Is proud to lend its sup port to a better understanding of tbesa remarkable birds. ImMUHImimA years, or before the settlement of the county as shown by descrip tions in deeds of that period. Let the credit for the naming of the Sound and Banks be given to the "Vanishing Americans." Smile a While Betty, the farmer's daughter, was milking a cow when the bull suddenly charged toward her across the meadow. Betty did not move. Summer boarders who had dashed to safety saw, to their as tonishment, that the bull stopped within a few yards of her, then turned and walked meekly away. "Weren't you afraid?" someone asked Betty. "No, I wasn't, but I'll bet he was,'' Betty laughed, "this cow is his mother-in-law." Bill WhrtUy Washington Report E