CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
Cwtm Couaty't Newspaper
EDITORIALS FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1958
Let the Homefolks Know
If people on vacation would tell the
homefolk8 where they are going and
where they expect to stay while here,
it would make highway patrolmen and
police officers very happy.
Law enforcement officers in the
county spend a good part of their
working hours tracking down vaca
tioners because somebody "back home"
is seriously sick or has died.
Then the homefolks notify their lo
'cal police department. The police de
partment radios to Morehead City and
asks someone to find "Joe Blow".
"Where is he?" the Morehead City
operator asks.
"We don't know for sure," the reply
comes, "but he said he was going to
Morehead City or Atlantic Beach some
where."
Then the police departments ? or
the highway patrol ? are supposed to
dust off their crystal ball and gaze in
to it. If they're lucky, sometimes they
see Joe Blow fishing out on the Jetty
at Fort Macon. But most of the .time
they're not that lucky. j
How they ever find the people they
are supposed to is quite a mystery. But
usually they do. It requires, however,
hours of diligent questioning and
searching, hours that are wasted un
necessarily. Had Joe Blow told the
homefolks where he was going, the of
ficers could have found him quickly
and turned to other responsibilities.
What about the vacationers who set
out just to roam and really don't know
where they may end up? Those folks
should be considerate enough to wire,
phone or somehow contact the people
back home and let them know where
they finally landed".
Carteret makes an effort to keep va
cationers happy. But the vacationers
would be doing themselves a favor if
they cooperated a bit by shelving that
desire to just "disappear" when they
go on vacation.
Look South
South America is an important North
American market. That's why it be
hooves this country to keep relations
between South American countries and
United States on an even keel.
The South Atlantic states, because
of their closeness to the South Ameri
can continent, are in a better position
to profit from the South American
trade than states farther removed.
For example, in 1957 Venezuela
alone imported $5.6 million in domes
tic merchandise from North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
United States exports to Venezuela
increased 55 per cent last year. The
increase for the four South Atlantic
states was 80 per cent.
According to a study made for Cre
ole Petroleum Co., products from the
following North Carolina communities
went to Venezuela alone in 1957 : from
Asheville, mica; Boger City, cotton
yarn, synthetic yarns; Charlotte, tex
tiles; Gastonia, cotton yarn and tire
cord ; Greensboro, cotton textiles.
Kannapolis, cotton products; Lenoir,
crude herbs; North Wilkesboro, grind
ing mills; Pisgah Forest, paper prod
ucts; Salisbury, cotton textiles, and
from other cities batteries, carbons,
electrodes, hosiery, nylon and rayon.
The industries and businessmen of
northern United States are beginning
to "look South" for new opportunities.
Those of us right here in the South
would do well to "look South" too ?
to ?outh America where, as those
countries develop, profitable markets
are to be had.
Cheese Fondue
(The Sanford Herald)
Dishes cooked with cheese intrigue j
most people. Your novice likes new i
cheese, soft and pliable. The expert i
wants his aged and with a coating: of i
mold. There are many ways to com- i
pound cheese dishes; some have a neu- ,
, tral taste but some, skillfully blended
with wine, garlic and other condiments,
have a distinctive taste that makes
your mouth water for days when you i
remember them.
Such a dish is cheese fondue.
Many years ago I came in for lunch
one day and viewed a casserole sitting
on the table. The contents were light
and fluffy, mildly yellow in color.
f "What's this?", I asked, before I even
kissed the wife. "Cheese fondue, right
' smack dab out of that new recipe book
you bought me," was the answer.
The cheese fondue was pretty good.
Not very filling ? a man couldn't plow
many furrows and wrap up many bun
dles of papers or saw many studs on it.
i But the other day I saw a recipe for
cheese fondue which would do all these
and more; probably make your hair
' stand too. Miss Beatrice Cobb, editor
of Morganton News-Herald, now on a
jaunt to the Holy Land and Europe,
wrote from Zurich, Switzerland, about
cheese fondue.
"I couldn't find it in the regular ho
tels and restaurants but I looked up a
, 'very Swiss' restaurant and found the
national dish. I ordered only fondue.
' , It was more than enough. Placed first
on table was a big plate of bread
crusts, cut bite size. The fondue, which
is rather similar to our Welsh rarebit,
is served in a pottery casserole, over
an alcohol flame. Two kinds of cheese
j' ? cooked with white wine, with a bit of
garlic added; is the basic recipe. It
comes to table bubbly hot, and the art
Df eating includes keeptnsr the boiling
cheese mixture stirred from the bottom
as the diner spears the bread pieces
and pokes them into the fondue."
The way Miss Beatrice tells it, this
kind of fondue would stick to your ribs
and fortify you for a busy day or after
noon ahead.
Dragon, Anyone?
(Christian Science Monitor)
While browsing through our favorite
newspaper the other night, under the
heading "For sale ? miscellaneous,"
we came across the following item:
"Ten-foot copper dragon, Victorian
period; $1,000."
How simply delightful; And just as
we were thinking of converting to Vic
torian! In these days when most city
dwellers can have a budgereegah or
nothing, what is more heart-warming
than the thought of a 10-foot dragon,
Victorian period? Which means that
he would be apartment size, terribly
well bred, and housebroken, of course.
Possession of such a prize would put
us into orbit socially, and we imagine
the demand for dragons would quad
ruple. We can picture our friends paw
ing through Antiques magazine and
the Sears Roebock catalog in search of
dragons to match their decor.
We wonder if there are such things
as Colonial, French Provincial, Mod
ern, or Duncan Phyfe dragons. But we
do know there is h Victorian one ? 10
feet long. And we think he would look
elegant snorting on our hearthrug.
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Security for You ...
By RAY HENRY
From R. L of New Orlclns:
"I was an officer during World
Mar II and, as a veteran, I used
my Gi home loan rights to buy
a home. 1 expect to retire from
my job soon. If I sell my home
and move to another city, could
I get the Veterans Administra
tion to guarantee another GI loan
to buy a home?"
Yes, provided the Veterans Ad
ministration is no longer respon
sible for the loan on your present
home when you apply for the sec
ond loan.
From A. O. of Washington: "I'
worked for the government from
1943 until liS4. Because of ill
ness, I had to quit my job and
go home to Iowa. I took out of
the retirement fund the money I
had contributed. Now, I'm again
working for the government and
would like to get retirement cre
dit for my earlier service. How
can I do this?"
You may redeposit the money
you withdrew from the retirement
fund. Payment may be made in a
lump sum or In installments of
not less than $10 each. YoTl must
pay interest on the money you
withdrew for the period from the
time you quit your government
job until you returned to the gov
ernment.
From W. W. of PmUbc, Mich.:
"A neighbor of mine recently
told me that any unemployment
pay I collect before I reach ts
will be deducted from my Social
Security payment*. I told him
I'd never read anything like this
in your column, but be insisted
he was right. Is he?"
No. The unemployment pay pro
gram and Social Security are sep
arate from each other.
From Mrs. B. R. 1. of St.
Peteraburg, Fla.: "My husband
is retired and drawing $108.90 a
month from Social Security. I'm
drawing $54.30, based on his rec
ord. If my husband should die,
how much would I collect?"
You would draw an amount
equal to three-fourths of your hus
band's payments ? $81 to a month.
From Mrs. E. L. of Pittsburgh:
"My husband has worked under
Social Security since 1937 and
will be (5 in September of this
year. He isn't well bat wants to
try to work until his retirement
age. Row soon should he apply
to collect payments for Septem
ber?"
He can file his claim late in
August or early in September. Ills
application can't be completely
processed until he becomes 65,
however, and in no instance would
he get a check before October
which would be for September.
Social Security checks arc paid
one monUi late.
From N. N. of Oakland, Calif.:
"Recently I applied for Social
Security payments, but was
t u r a e 4 down on technical
grounds. I still feel I'm entitled
to payments. What's the next
step I can take to try to get the
paymenta?"
You may ask your Social Secur
ity office to reconsider your case
or you may request that your ap
plication be reviewed by a referee
of the Appeals Council of the So
cial Security Administration.
(Editor's Note: Yon may con
tact the social security repre
sentative at the courthouse an
nex, Beanfort, from t:M a.m. to
noon Mondays. He will kelp you
with your own particular prob
lem).
F. C. Salisbury
Here and There
The following Information If
taken from the filei of the More
head City Coaster:
FRIDAY, JULY II, Kit
C. B. Arthur of New York is
spending a few days in the city
with his parents Mr. and Mrs. E.
D. Arthur.
Claud Willis returned to Brook
lyn last week, after spending a
few days with his mother, Mrs.
J. E. Willis, who is spending sev
eral weeks here visiting friends.
Miss Kate Hardesty of llarlowe
returned home Monday after
spending a few days in the city
with relatives.
Bryan Arthur and family of Dur
ham arrived in the city Sunday
to visit their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. D. Arthur.
Joe Pugh Broom left Sunday
morning for Seven Springs, after
spending the weekend in the city
with relatives.
Irving Willis of Williston this
week became a member of the
Board of Education for Carteret
County. The present membership
includes Mr. Willis, C. P. Dey of
Beaufort and Dr. B. F. Royal o I
this city.
Willi* -Lincoln k Co., will soon
open a wood-working shop near
the corner of 17th and Arendell
Streets and will be ready to supply
the builders of the city with all
kinds of cabinet work and general
contracting.
Troop No. 2 of the Boy Scouts of
America was organised this week
by Eugene H. Wade, 23 members
having been enrolled Monday
night.
Marshallberg again loat to More
bead City when the two teams
croaaed bats here Saturday after
noon, the score being 19 to 5.
Misa Neppie Brothers, teacher In
the State School (or Deal and
Dumb, Margantnn, N. C., is visit.
ing her former >ehoolm*te, Miss
Isabel Broom.
Miss Emma May Britt of Snow
Hill returned home Friday after
spending a few days here as the
guest of Miss Mary Lloyd Hardy.
In the Fourth of July baseball
game played between Morehead
City and New Bern, the home team
won over the visitors by a score
of 10 to 7. Holland pitched for the
local team while Hughes stopped
the ball behind the bat. Umpired
by Charles V. Webb.
Rumley Willis. 73. one of Sal
ter Path's most highly respected
citizens passed away Wednesday
after an illness of more than 18
months. Services were conducted
by the Rev. Horatio Frost with
burial at Gale's Creek.
The Ocracoke - Morehead City
mailboat line was put in opera
tion this week by Captains A. S.
Nelson and John G. Finer. The
boat leaves the Standard Oil dock
daily at 8:25 a.m.
Not Found, But Lost
One day ? young man found a
$5.00 bill between the ties of a
railroad. From that time on he
never lifted bis eyes from the
(round while walking.
In 30 yeara he accumulated 25,
918 buttons, (2,172 pins, 7 pennies,
a bent back, and a sour, miaerly
disposition.
In "findin(" all this, he lost the
smiles of his friends, the songs of
the birds, the beauties of nature,
and the opportunity to serve bis
fellow man and apread happiness.
?From Kitchener's Shepherd's
Staff.
You will never (at ahead of any
one ?? long as you are Hying to
get ?v?f with kin
Comment ? ? ? J. Kellum
About Happiness
The New York Herald Tribune
ran a scries on "What is Happi
ness" some years ago. John Mason
Brown filled that space on May
25, 1947 along with a quotation of
Shaw's. They both point out that
wc cannot find happiness in Self.
What they mean here is a more
or less steady, daily renewal of
hope and optimism resulting from
a regular, if slow, growth of the
interior man ? of the soul, if you
like.
Not that such progress is easy;
it must be definitely sought and
is not to be obtained except by
discipline and sustained effort. Yet
this hard work is no tyranny but
rather a finding of one's own
stride and keeping it: filling our
allotted space, or role, to its boun
daries?what we usually call mak
ing the most of our lives.
George Bernard Shaw's remarks
arc taken from the Preface to
"Man and Superman": "This is
the true joy in life, the being used
for a purpose recognized by your
self as a mighty one; the being
thoroughly worn out before you
arc thrown on the scrap heap; the
being a force of Nature inatead
of a feverish selfish little clod of
ailments and grievances complain
ing that the world will not devote
itself to making you happy."
And John Mason Brown, author
of "Seeing Things", said: "What
happiness is, no person can say
for another. But no one, I am
convinced, can be happy who lives
only for himself. The joy of living
comes from immersion in some
thing?more accurately, anything?
that we know to be bigger, better,
more enduring and worthier than
wc are.
"People, ideas, causes, above
all, continuities ? these offer the
one possible escape not merely
from selfishness but from the hun
gers of solitude and the sorrows
of aimlessness. No person is as
uninteresting as a person without
interests. The pitiful people are
those who in their living elect to
be spectators rather than partici
pants; the tragic ones are those
sightseers who turn tbeir backs
deliberately on the procession.
"Existence is a strange bargain.
Life owes us little; we owe it
everything. The only true happi
ness comes from squandering our
selves for a purpose."
Louta* Sylvy
Words of Inspiration
LEADERS or TOMORROW
Youth Week began Sunday, July I, IMS, in the Firat Baptist Church
of Beaufort. I believe that every adult member of our church muat have
breathed a aigh at relief at the cloae of the "special service" Sunday
nifht, as we realized that our church of tomorrow would be aafe in the
capable handa of our today's church youths.
As I have grown older, I find myself taking time out to try to find
the answers to many questions, most at them beginning with "why".
As 1 looked at the empty seata in the "Youth Choir", and missed many
fine young boys and girls, some of them in my own Sunday School class,
I ssked the questloo again. "Why were they not there? Where were
they?"
As I looked over my church bulletin and found the names of the
"church children" participating in this week's "Youth Program", the
answer was there too. I had seen their parents- in church practically
every Sunday, these children were there with them. Their parents were
the ones the church could call on for any emergency, their children
were following in their footsteps.
Through the years I have often heard high school children say when
asked what they wanted to do after graduation, "I don't know". Some
have even gone to college for two and three years and still don't know.
To these young adults I have always urged that they read, inquire,
observe and find the jobs most needed to be filled to make this a better
world, then select the Job that they feel that they have some talent for.
Learn all they can about that job, then there will be small chance of
finding themselves at middle age unhappy, frustrated, unemployed.
I noticed that all of these young leaders of tomorrow in Sunday
night's program were clean, fun-loving, wholesome boys and girls with
high morals and ideals. At the beginning of the service, the sanctuary
was filled with music coming from the organ being played by Kenneth
Wetherington, and from the piano, played by Mary June Merrill.
Jim Smith led the service as pastor.
The music director for the week is Sammy Merrill, who is not only
serving the church in this capacity during "Youth Week", but has given
his service for several months while we have been without a music
director.
Mickey Bertram and David Taylor II, both juniors in our Sunday
School, feel that God needs them to serve as missionaries in foreign
fields. Our church is very proud of these young men as we see them
preparing themselves for this great task.
Julia Piner, feels that since God has blessed her with musical talents,
that she would like to give Him her services as a music director in Ills
church when she grows up.
Ann Clemmons sang a "solo, "My Task". Those of us who are older
probably asked ourselves, "Have I done, am I doing my task, according
to the will of God?"
The message of the evening was given by Miss Nina Fayc Kirk. Nina
Faye graduated from Mars Hill College this spring and will enter nurses
training at the Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem in September. Her
message, that might have been called "Teaching by Example", was
soft-spoken and held a spark like a touch of God. She plans to be a
medical missionary after graduation.
We realize that the ultimate goal of a child may change with the com
ing years, but we believe the God they have known and loved in this
church, will always he present in their lives.
It is inspiring to listen to today's youth such as these, whose hearts
are big enough to hold "World Brotherhood." whose young souls hold
no hate, prejudice, greed. Whose lives have been touched by the hand
of the Master Builder. Youths who have been given great talent, and
are using that talent for the glory of God, and the betterment of man.
Our church youth of today, our leaders of tomorrow, may God continue
to bless you and guide you through the years.
Free Wheeling
By BILL CROWELL
Department of Motor Vehicles
SAFE SPEED . . . Determining a
safe driving speed (or a particular
time and place is a problem mo
torists have faced swice the first
auto turned a wheel. And from
the looks of North Carolina's fat
traffic death toll through the years,
a lot of drivers go to their final
reward without ever having solved
the problem.
State law, of course, calls for a
speed reasonable and prudent,
with the vehicle in question to be
under control at all times. Desig
nated speed limit signs are posted
at frequent intervals to help the
driver decide how fast to drive.
Experiments show the average
throttle-bender is a poor judge of
such life-or-death factors as rata
of closure and stopping distance
at given speeds.
Assistant Motor Vehicles Com
missioner Joe Garrett cites this
example: At night, an object or
any dangerous situation will sel
dom be seen clearly until the car
is within about 200 feet. At 60
miles an hour, a reasonably quick
driver with good brakes will re
quire 1M feet to stop. It follows
then that after-dark driving at
speeds in excess of SO la dan
gerous.
"The greater the speed, the
greater chance for an accident,"
First Independence Day
Was July 8, Not Fourth
The first celebration of the De
claration of Independence was not
held on July 4. It was held on
July 8, 1778? Liberty Bell Day
four days after Congress officially
adopted the historic document.
According to research experts
with The World Book Encyclope
dia, patriots who gathered in Phil
adelphia's Independence Square
are credited with originating what
has been an annual celebration
ever since. The great crowd heard
John Nixon, prominent Philadel
phian, read the entire Declaration.
He stood on a towering gjatform
erected seven years earlier by the
American Phlloaophical Society for
the observation of a rare phenom
enon involving the planet Venus.
Bells pealed throughout the day.
John Adams' letters mention
chimes, possibly those of Christ
Church. As the rector of the church
was ? well-known Royalist, the
chimes probably were "rung with
out benefit of clergy."
Not until July 2 of the follow
ing year, 1777, did it occur to the
Phtladelphians that the celebra
tion should be repeated no July 4.
A letter written by John Adams
to his daughter tells the story of
July 4, 1777. Again bells pealed
throughout the day. Warships an
chored in the river were gaily dec
anted. Mi rm tod fireworks lit
the ?ky In the evening. Lirxuei
burned In the windows of nearly
every home.
Congress sdjourned (or the day.
The government dignitaries en
joyed a tpecUl dinner in a Phila
delphia tavern, with music by a
Hessian band, which had been cap
tured at Trenton. During the after
dinner toasts, soldiers outside the
tavern fired continuous volleys.
According to the World Book re
searchers, this annual celebration
of the Fourth of July spread slowly
throughout the country. But, even
today, July 4, is not a national
holiday by United States law.
Smito a White
Two young husbands were boast
ing to each other about bow they
wore the pants m their families.
"Take last night," said ooe. "I
discovered there wasn't any hot
water. I really hit the ceiling! I
got hot water, too, aad mighty
quick."
He paused a moment, then add
ed thoughtfully, "I bate to wash
dishes in cold water, doa't you?"
?The Irish Digest
Never forget your wife's Wrth
day just forget wfcx* ooe it U.
Garrett warned, "and the odds
that an accident will be fatal mul
tiply with every mile of increased
speed."
SUDDEN THAWT . . . How
pleasant motoring would be if
every driver would try to do only
half of what be expects others to
do.
HOT TIME . . . One of our state
troopers was called out last week
to investigate a burning car. On
the scene, sure enough, a '57
Chevy was blazing, its owner
standing by with a long face.
But that isn't the half of it. After
the trooper had got the story, these
frustrating facts came out: The
driver, ? traveling salesman, was
climbing a steep grade on the
outskirts of Raleigh when smoke
suddenly started boiling out from
under the hood. The driver braked
to a stop on the incline, piled out
and attempted to extinguish the
flames. No luck.
Then he quickly grabbed his
luggage, a portable typewriter and
a goU bag from the burning in
terior and carefully placed them
some 200 feet down the highway,
safely out of danger. With his
gear thus secured, be returned to
the car and tried again to put out
the fire.
Shortly before the patrolman ar
rived, he said, the brakes burned
into, the car rolled backward down
the hill, clobbered his belongings
and swerved off into a roadside
ditch where the whole collection,
car included, was consumed by
flames.
Stamp News
By SYD HON1SB
Canada will issue on June 26 a
commemorative stamp honoring
the 190th anniversary of Quebec.
The green and brown adhesive
will show the head of Samuel de
Champlain at the left and the city
of Quebec at the right. The dates
will be prominently dis
played.
First day covers may be ob
tained by aubmltting self-addressed
envelopes to the Postmaster, Otta
wa 2, Ontario, Canada. A service
fee of I cents should be enclosed
for each cover In addition to the
coat of the stamps to be affixed.
The requests must arrive no
later than June 24.
The Philippines has issued a
5 cent commemorative stamp hon
oring the Golden Jubilee ot the
University of the Philippines. The
pre-war site af the institution waa
at Padre Faura. Manila.
The new buildings are located
at Diliman, Quezon City. The col
or at the new atamp ia maroon.
The 5- cent air mail poet card
atamp will be placed on first day
s?k July 31 at Colorado Springs,
Cola, site of the United States
Ht Force Aorta my.