r CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES I
Cartmt County'* Newepeper
EDITORIALS FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1958
The Mirage of Free Money
The voice crying for economy is a
voice unheard. It cries alone in the
wilderness. The average person be
lieves that expenses should be cut ? as
for example ? a reduction of expenses
' in the county welfare department, but
actually doing that seems to be an im
possibility.
Part of the impossibility can be at
tributed to the fact that welfare de
partment personnel have little desire
to see any reduction. This, of course, is
t not unique. Every government agency,
whether it be in Carteret or Washing
ton, D. C., wants its budget big. Thus,
without the cooperation of the depart
ment, the county commissioners have
a difficult task trying to hold taxes
down.
Welfare expenses have been grow
ing consistently. In 1956-57 the wel
fare budget had increased $12,433.06
, over the previous year. Last year the
total expenses of the department were
$453,369. For the coming fiscal year
< expenses have been figured at $473,000.
When those who would cut welfare
expenses attempt to do so, welfare per
sonnel cry, "Oh, but we put about half
a million dollars in circulation in the
county and all the county has to put up
to get that is $78,000."
Therein lies the pit that traps a local
government that attempts to match
state and federal dollars. A grocery
store owner has only $1,000 but Uncle
Sam comes along and siys, "If you give
me $2,000 I'll give you $12,000." The
grocer thinks he's found a gold mine,
i All he has to do is find an extra $1,000
t somewhere every year for as long as
he's in business. So he goes into debt.
Nine chances out of ten, that grocer
will soon be bankrupt.
But with government, it's different.
The primrose path these days is deficit
spending ? spending money you
haven't got. Carteret County does not
have the money (without raising taxes)
to support the welfare department at
its present rate of "high living". Wel
fare officials state that there is no way
expenses can be cut, that they are
bound by state and federal regulations.
If this is true, why the variance in
grants paid in counties throughout the
state ? >
In January 1958, Carteret's grant to
a permanent and totally disabled per
son was $41.12. Seventy-nine counties
in the state paid less, ranging from
grants of $28 Q3 la X?ncey County to
a high of $46.54 in Mecklenburg. The
average grant was $39.53.
That same month, Carteret's aid to
the aged grant was $36.27. Seventy
counties paid less. The average grant
was $35.24. Carteret's aid to a
dependent child that month was
$18.32, the same amount being paid in
Wake County. Sixty-seven counties
paid less.
Welfare officials say that they can
not reduce the number on the welfare
rolls. They refuse to figure grants on
any basis that would tend to reduce the
amount of money the county must pay
to match state and federal funds. They
are hypnotized by a theory that re
quires the county to bankrupt itself to
get "free dollars".
County commissioners are the first to
recognize that there are many people
who must have help. But it seems as
though welfare personnel, in whose
hands lies the responsibiilty to help,
are supporting many folks in a hand
some manner ? at the expense of the
struggling taxpayer.
This is the Month of . . .
June is the month of brides ? and
f bridegrooms. Of the latter, you may
not be aware, but 'tis true.
The bridegroom is the unsung. b?ro,
the violet (violet?) that blbomi un
seen. The formula for being the perfect
bridegroom is to speak only when
spoken to. If you must ask questions,
don't ask such stupid ones, and try to
make yourself as scarce as possible.
Show up at the church for the wedding
at exactly the time specified, not 60
I > seconds early and certainly NOT one
second late.
Being late at the church could send
the bride into a state that would take
her longer to recover from than the
marriage itself.
When at the altar and you feel as
though the suit is too small, and the
floor is tilting, just lean slightly the
< ' other way until you feel a quick jab in
the ribs, and you'll know that it's time
to turn and go back down the aisle.
Apparently you're married. Did I
kiss her? Yes, I guess I must have. I
think I remember hearing somebody
say, "Now you may kiss the bride."
Boy, I certainly could stand some
thing wet with some ice in it. Oops, I
?knew I'd step on her gown. Don't know
, why those women in the audience ? I
mean congregation ? groaned so. That
^ wasn't an awfully big piece that came
off the bottom of her dress. It was too
long anyhow. I could have told her
that, but she wouldn't let me see her
in it until the ceremony.
Well, I guess we hav* to stand here
in the church vestibule and meet that
mob, I mean our friends.
"Thank you. Yes, mam, I'm sure we
, will be."
Ohmigosh. Here comes Old Pieface,
I mean Miss Wickle. She's going to kiss
me and ask me if I remember the day
she gave me a cookie after I fell out
of her pecan tree.
Ker-smack! Yes Miss Wickie. I cer
tainly do. ?#8. mam. Thank you.
How do you do? No sir, don't be
lieve I do recall. Thank you. I'm sure
we'll be. Thank you. Yes mam. Smile.
Make them think you're enjoying this.
My gosh, SHE is. Look at her. Just
beaming. Ohmigosh, the church isn't
half empty yet. Any guy that gets mar
ried more than once ought to have his
head examined.
Thank you. So glad you could get
here. I'm sure we'll be. Thank you . . .
thank you . . . thank . . . wha- what?
We're going? Where's what bouquet?
I don't know where your bouquet is.
Maybe one of the bridesmaids has it
What do you want it for? You've got
to throw it? Throw it where for heav
en's sakes? Oh well. I guess she'll find
it. Did I say that any guy that gets
married more than once ought to have
his head examined?
Any guy who gets married ought to
have his head examined, period.
She Raises Spiders
We all fear the black widow spider
because its bite might cause death. But
this insect helped win the last war for
Uncle Sam in spinning many hundreds
of feet of silk. The silk is used in mak
ing bomb sights and range finders.
There is a woman in California who
raises black widow spiders. She draws
the silk from the spider and winds it
on a tiny reel.
This woman is not afraid of the
black widows. She lets them crawl in
her lap and over her hands. She says
they are like bees, and can tell when
anyone is afraid of them. And those
who are afraid, the spider is apt to bite.
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The Readers Write
Morehcad City, N. C.
June 10, 1958
To the Editor:
Have you ever heard of the
churches taking part in the ad
vertising of the movie theatre be
fore?
Do you know that some of the
churches in Morehead City accept
ed free movie tickets so that they
could send their children into the
things of the world?
I wonder what kind of pastors
we have in our churches today.
Are they just men preaching or
are they men dedicated to the
work of God? About 1904 years
ago, Paul, a great preacher, told
in his letter to the Galatians how
we must keep the desires of the
flesh under the spirit of God al
ways. We can't keep our children
in a Christ-like manner and send
them to the theatres.
In the theatre we find on the
screen fornication, impurity, in
decency, idol worship, sorcery,
quarrels, Jealousy, passionate an
ger, envy, drunkenness and things
of that kind, and when the preach
ers or anyone else put their hand
of approval on anything such as
stated, they themselves are guilty
of the thing they approve.
I feel that some of the churches
have drifted far from the teaching
of the Lord.
I heard that the picture that was
shown to the children of the
churches >n Morehead City was a
picture of a dog. I don't really
know what the picture was about
and the picture may have been
fine, but how many of the chil
dren will want to go back again
and see other pictures which were
advertised at that time?
For the theatre giving the chil
dren a free pass, it will pay off.
This kind of bait works fine.
For the churches that accept
and distribute such bait and take
our children into the world, away
from the teaching of God, I can
see nothing but damnation.
We must enlighten the boys and
girls of our Sunday Schools and
Bible Schools U> the life of Christ
and teach them the way to live
and walk with Christ while they
are young. We would surely have
a better tomorrow.
The teachings of Paul years ago
ii the same as the teaching of our
preachers today. The only differ
ence about the preachers of today
is that they need to get on their
knees, dedicating themselves to
Christ so that they may be able
to lead the children in the right
direction.
Albert N. McElmoo
Free Wheeling
By BILL CROWELL
Motor Vehicle! Department
WINNER . . . Seldom does a re
porter draw an assignment as
cheerful as that of interviewing
Miss Ada Mae Black, champion
school bus driver, candidate for a
degree in business administration,
and student leader.
My first meeting with Miss Black
was at last year's school bus
roadeo, the rugged competition
that rewards champion drivers
with scholarships. Ada Mae was
the top girl driver last year and
is currently finishing up her first
year of study at the Sacred Heart
Junior College in Belmont. I hap
pened by there the other day and
a more refreshing two hours would
be hard to come by.
Miss Black is the kind of young
woman any man would want for a
sister or a daughter. A model stu
dent, vastly popular with her class
mates and a natural born leader,
she excels in her studies and wants
to become a certified public ac
countant. The $500 scholarship for
her championship performance at
the wheel last year has enabled
her to get a good start toward that
goal.
"Actually," she said, "I would
have had little chance to attend
college at all had il not been for
the scholarship. I had already
made plana to work for at least a
year before going on to college."
Miss Black is from a rural Gas
ton County family of six. Her fa
ther, J. A. Black, is a foreman
with the State Highway Commis
sion. "With a family that size,"
Ada Mae confessed, "it would
have been awfully bard, if not im
possible, for me to have gone to
college."
She began driving a school bus
during her junior year at Tryon
High School where, in addition to
her driving chores, she managed
a M average in her studies, point
ing all the while toward her am
bition of becoming a CPA. She
graduated sixth in her class of >1.
During ber last year at Tryon,
Miss Black drove a 35 mile bus
route, day in and (lay out, with
no untoward incidents save one.
"1 got stuck in a ditch one time,"
she confessed with a laugh. Other
wise the champion driver trans
ported her 60 youngsters to and
from their daily classes with nary
a Mack mark against bar safety
record. Her only problems arose
infrequently from unruly children.
usually the very young ones.
How did she feel about entering
the school bus roadeo, knowing
that competition would be intense?
"I was a little nervous at first,
of course," she said. "But when
the principal selected me for the
district competition, I decided to
go ahead and do the very best I
could. And, too, I figured winning
the scholarship would assure me
of getting started in college."
Finals for the annual Governor's
Traffic Council conducted roadeo
are held each year in Chapel Hill.
Ada Mac, and 59 other hopefuls
who had won district contests were
invited to the finals.
A grueling two days of written
tests and behind-the-wheel per
formances by the contenders soon
eliminated all but the most profi
cient. Roadeo officials have re
called that between events Ada
Mae could be observed quietly
itudying each contestant's maneu
vers, taking note of pitfalls to
avoid when her turn came. When it
did, she went at it with courage
and determination. And it paid off
when roadeo Judges, themselves
veteran trucking industry officials,
declared her the first place girl
winner and champion driver of
the year.
For her performance Miss Black
received a handsome trophy and
the $500 scholarship. Similar
awards, incidentally, will be made
at the 1958 roadeo finals, scheduled
for early June in Chapel Hill.
At Sacred Heart Ada Mae as
sists in coaching athletics. Next
year, she said, college officials
have offered to continue her schol
arship in exchange for her coach
ing duties, thus enabling her to
finish her college career.
And for my money it couldn't
have happened to a nicer person.
SUDDEN THAWT . , . Will shift
less transmissions bring on a gen
eration of "shiftless" drivers?
HOW FAST . . . Keep that speed
ometer needle where it ought to
be. Here's a little formula to help
you establish a reasonable driving
speed when you're out on the open
road.
Take your age and multiply by
two.
Now add 40, and divide the sum
by six.
Add to, then subtract hall your
age. Result? ... If you figured
right the answer ahould com* out
mttwban around so stpb.
Comment . . . j. Keiium 1
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INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY
"I am only one, but I am one. '
1 cannot do everything, but I '
can do something;
And what I can do, that I ought
to do; I
And what I ought to do, by the |
grace of God, I will do." ,
? Edward Everett Hale
A human being is a wonderful
crcature, endowed with a mind
which can reach out to embrace
every aspect of life upon this earth 1
and some aspects of the universe
beyond, confined only by the de
gree to which his mind is skilled.
Skills of the mind arc not neces
sarily learned in school. Facts are.
Rut skill is quite another thing: it
is a matter of use, and not in arti
ficial situations.
Biblically, we are adjured in the
parable of the talents (money) to
employ our talents (abilities). Not
only are we told to use them, but
to make a profit with them. He
who buried his talent was told by
his angry master that he it least
could have let it gather interest.
In the squeeze between the lim
itations of education and the de
mands of necessity, we have nu
merous and varied opportunities
to use our individual abilities. We
all use them to some degree or we
would be little more active than
vegetables. Nevertheless, it is like
ly that very few of as succeed in
accomplishing anywhere near what
we could if we used what we have
more often and more effectively.
It is of no use whatsoever to
prate about "they" and "them".
They and them may very well be
nothing but our personal default.
It is impossible to deny that many
situations we disdain and regret
exist only because too few of us
are willing to put our necks into
the harness and take our share of
the load onto our own back*. This
is true in the home, the school, the
church, the government and every
conceivable area of human activ
ity. ]
Ultimately, the cause of all that
we do as individuals, group* and |
nations rests upon just how well
each one of us fills that particular
space which is his allotment in the
pattern of life. It is ours to do
just as we jolly well please with it
? nothing at all, something once in i
a while, or the beat we can, using
all of our energies and ambitions.
Our laws, after all, exist only to
prevent us from trampling each
others' efforts and territories. They
do not exist to make us wise or
willing or to endow us in any way
with that greatest of all human tri
umphs, the achievement of becom
ing a whole soul worth having
around in this world and reward
ing in the next. 1
Loulf Splvy
Words of Inspiration
THOUGHTS AND FRAYER8 FOB FATHER'S DAT
The autbori of the following prayera are unknown. The sentiments
expressed will always be freab and alive and meaningful aa la the day
vhich we observe Sunday, Father's Pay.
A FATHER'S PRAYER
I have a boy to bring up. Help me to perform my task with wisdom
ind kiidnesa and good cheer. Help me see him clearly as he is. Let
>ot my pride in him hide his faults. Let not my fear for him magnify
my doubts. Quicken my judgment, so that I shall know how to train
lim to think and to be in all things pure and simple.
Give me great patience and long memory. Let me remember the
iard places of my own youth, that I may help when 1 see him strug
gling, as 1 struggled. Let me remember the things that made me glad,
est I forget that child's laughter is the light of life.
Teach me the love that knows no weakness, tolerates no selfishness.
Keep me from weakening my son through granting him pleasures that
end in sickness of soul.
Grant that I love my son wisely.
1 have a boy to bring up. Teach me to give him the values and
wauty, just rewards of industry Help me to send him into the world
with a mission of service. Strengthen my mind, that I may teach him
:hat he is his brother's keeper, and to serve those who know not the
need of service, and not knowing, need it the most. I have a boy to
bring up. So guide and direct me that I may do this service to the glory
if God, the service of my country, and to my son's happiness. Amen.
Men who are the longest remembered, and whose memories are most
highly revered, are not those that make the most money; but those
ivhosc hearts were gentle, whose sympathies were abroad and who best
served humanity.
What we put in the thoughtstream and sight stream of our children
will be in the life-stream tomorrow. ? Perry E. Webb
PRAYER FOR EVERY HOUSEWIFE
"Dear God, I thank Thee for the mate whose years are ones of toil
that 1 and our children may have comfortable clothes, good food, fire,
shelter and the safety of home.
"I thank Thee for the joyous cry of Daddyl Daddy! which rings
throughout the house wheaever father comcs and which expresses the
love and happiness of our little ones.
"I thank Thee for that line of red, yellow, blue and pink which I have
bung up to dry in the morning sun, and that the joy of washing those
small garments has been given to me.
"I thank Thee for the small arms about my neck at bedtime. I thank
rhee for little fumbling hands that always want my help. I thank Thee
tor childish voices with their singing and laughter and questions. I
thank Thee for my home, where I may serve those whose health and
comfort have been given info my hands.
"Oh God, make me big enough always to love my job. Give me the
patience to bear with childish ways and may I have wisdom that I may
gently lead my children to grow into fine adults, happy bccause they
have found the joy in work and service and beauty in little things about
them every day, and may I never miss a rainbow or a sunset bccause I
am looking down instead of up."
Security for You...
By RAY HENRY
From Mrs. E. P. of Frederick*
burg, V*.: "My husband U bow
40 and baa worked under Social
Security for nearly It year*. Will
he be entitled to the maximum
Social Security payments when
he reache* (ST What will I be
eligible for at (5 aa hi* wile?"
Maximum payments will bn paid
to your husband only if he has
worked for the maximum earnings
allowed under Social Security all
years beginning with 1951 and
ending with his (5th birthday.
Your husband had worked long
enough to be entitled to monthly
payments. But, the size of his pay
ments at 65 depends on his entire
working lifetime. You will be eli
gible for one-half the amount of
your husband's payments when
you reach 65.
From Mias R. L .A. of Oak
land, Calif.: "May a federal gov
ernment employee make deposits
to the retirement fund and Im
prove her eventual retirement
annuity? I mean depoalta which
would be in addition to the reg
ular (4 per cent which I* de
ducted from a person's salary."
Yea. Such deposits, commonly
known aa voluntary contributions,
may be made for the expreaa pur
pose of increasing the annuity at
Lime of retirement. Tbcae contri
butions must be made in multiples
of $25 (i.e., $25, $50, etc.) and the
total may not exceed 10 per cent
of the total basic pay received
since Aug. 1, 1920.
From M. A. E. of Newark, N.
J.: "I worked from 19M to 1*S1
nnder Social Security. 1 am 55
year* old and was disabled in
1955. May I now qualify for So
cial Security diaablllty pay
ments? I've been told by my
Social Security office that I
can't."
Your Social Security office Is
right. You don't meet the work
requirements of the disability pay
ment program. They provide that
you must work under Social Secur
ity i year and a half out of the
three years immediately before
your disability began. You stopped
working under Social Security in
19S1 and your disability didn't
start until 1955.
From A. W. of Fort Colliaa,
Col*.: "Daring World War I, I
received an Injury while fighting
in France. I'm presently receiv
ing only about $30 a month for
thif injury. Would it be possible
for me to receive more? I feel
that I should be receiving more
because the disability glvea me
a lot of trouble."
You may receive more if you
feel that the disability has got
worse since the Veterans Adminis
tration last examined the disabil
ity. 1 suggest that you get in touch
with the nearest VA office im
mediately and request a reexam
ination.
From F. H. of Columbia, Mo.:
"I draw a pension from the Vet
erans Administration. I have
worked under Social Security
from the time it first started.
When I reach ?S, can I draw my
Social Security without anything
being deducted because I am
drawing a pension from the
VAT"
Yet, ai far as Social Security
la concerned. However, receiving
Social Security may have an ef
fect on your eligibility to the vet
eran'i pension. Your income In-,
eluding the Social Security pay
ments may be only $1,400 a year
if you have no dependents, or $2,
700 a year If you have dependents.
The pension itself Isn't counted
against this limit.
(Editor's Note: You may coo
fact the social security repre
sentative at the courthouse an
nex, Beaufort, from l:M a.m. to
U:? p.m. Wednesdays. Be will
help you with your own particu
lar problem).
Too Much Knowingness
VAN WYCK BROOKS
'From ? Writer'* Notebook'
The most serious charge that
critici can bring againat a writer
nowadaya ia to aay that be ia naive,
and yet aomething like naivete ia
rapidly becoming the one thing
necessary for writers. Or perhaps
the right word ia ingenuousness,
(or I do not recommend the untu
tored, the too artless or the pro
vincial.
What I do mean la the opposite
of the kind of sophistical knowing
nesa that chokes so much of the
writing of this generation. The lit
erary mind of our day reflects the
general urban mind in being, in
all respects, overconscioua, while
the maas-influences of advertising,
analyaia, cosmetics and Kinsey re
port! have worn away its fresh
ness and destroyed It! bloom.
In consequence it hai lost the
capacity for wonder that la so ea
aential to the poet and the story -
telt*r What waa It that accounted
for Dylan Thomas' unique position
among the younger pat* of Um
time? Precisely that be bad es
caped the sophistication that has
paralyied the contemporary poetic
mind . . .
One of my correspondent! wrote
to ma the other day that "the
young writers of America are old
and dangerous." From that frame
of mind how can writing emerge?
When no one speaks of the heart
any longer except as a physical
organ, and few seem to know the
difference between love and sex,
what becomes inevitably of natural
feeling? And without natural feel
ing there can be no wonder, the
kind of wonder that gave Theodore
Dreiser, banal and material as he
waa, the sense that, in Ufa and
the world, be waa "a guest at a
feast."
SmiU o WhiU
Wile? "I've got a lot of things
I want to talk to you about"
Husband ? "That's fine. You
usually want to talk about ? lot
at things you (ml ?ot"
Stamp News
Br STD KRONBB
Three commemorative# in the
959 United States (tamp program
lave been announced by Poatmas
fr General Arthur E. Summer
leld. They are:
1. Stamp commemorating the
00th anniversary of Oregon stste
lood. Feb. 14, 1959.
2. Stamp commemorating the
Oth anniversary of the discovery
if the North Pole. April 6. 1959.
I. Stamp commemorating the
ipening of the St. Lawrence Sea
ray. May or June of IKS.
Stamp Notes . . . France has ls
ued a new IS franc adhesive
howing a drawing of the famed
lenlia Cathedral. The stamp waa
leaigned by Andre-Spitz . . .
Finland haa issued three new
emi-poatala lor its Tuberculosis
USD. . . Foot stamps with bird
leslgns have been issued by the
Netherlands AnUUes. Pictured are
he sparnnrkawk. yellow orM#,
ba dove ?od Ik* Hfitsst.