CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES I
Carteret County'* Newspaper
EDITORIALS
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TUESDAY. JULY 22, 1958
Oyster Program Imperiled
At the hearing of the commercial
fisheries committee Saturday the North
Carolina Fisheries Association present
eded a "Report on the Oyster Indus
try of North Carolina".
The r eport sharply criticizes the
state's oyster program. And unless per
sons better qualified to evaluate the
oyster industry do some fast talking
in the right circles, the 1959 legisla
ture might cut off all funds for oyster
rehabilitation.
The report, allegedly, is based on
opinions of 200 oystermen and "many
more" who completed questionnaires.
Two hundred oystermen is a fraction
of the number of men who oyster in
Carteret alone. And there are 27 com
mercial fishing counties! "Many
more" could be 20 or 80, but the re
port doesn't say.
The major feature of the "authenti
city" of this report is based, says the
NCFA, on the fact that NCFA officers
went directly to the oystermen them
selves and got this "evaluation" of the
oyster industry right from the horse's
mouth, so to speak.
We wonder where General Motors
would be if it let a handful of its small
town auto dealers go to Detroit to run
the corporation. General Motors listens
to its dealers, it tries its best to please
them, but when it comes to policy and
major decisions, that's where the pres
ident and the board of directors takes
over.
The opinion of the individual oyster
man in North Carolina is valuable.
Commercial fisheries officials have al
ways been willing listeners, but to take
the opinion of one oysterman ? or 200
? couch it in an official-sounding and
official-looking document and say
"This is the North Carolina oyster in
dustry" is so ridiculous it's almost
laughable.
This is not to say that there are
many things that could be improved.
But when the report says that oyster
men are planting "trash" instead of
seed oysters, just because the oyster
man, with the naked eye, cannot see
the microscopic spat on the shells he
picks up, one begins to doubt the valid
ity of many things in the report.
The report lashes out at law en
forcement. Actually what it says (and
all the oystermen of the state should
appreciate the reputation they have
been given by the report) is, "We vio
late the oyster regulations all the time.
We simply can't help ourselves and we
want you to catch us at it!"
Since C. G. Holland has taken over
as fisheries commissioner, the number
of court cases ? and convictions ?
has steadily risen. If state officials
think he and his 40 law enforcement
officers are popular people among the
fishermen, they had best think again.
The tragic thing about this report is
that it will be spread all over the state.
The people in the Piedmont and
mountains don't give a hoot about the
oyster industry. There are officials in
Raleigh eagerly looking for a place
where they could lop several hundreds
of thousands of dollars off the budget.
And if that happens, one of the best
oyster rehabilitation programs along
the Atlantic seaboard will have been
sacrificed to the divisive individual in
terests that have always been the curse
of the commercial fishing industry.
The North Carolina Fisheries Asso
ciation is a good organization in the
ory. But only a minority of the state's
commercial fishermen are members.
On this page we questioned the asso
ciation's advocating the closing of
|hrimping on Saturday. Now comes
tffls "man on the street" survey of the
oyster industry.
It is unfortunate that the NCFA of
ficials could not have conferred with
those they have lampooned and ex
pressed their opinions verbally. But,
apparently, they wanted to sensation
alize their report. They have done it.
We wonder if they will be willing to
help pick up the pieces. It would re
quire swallowing of much pride to do
this, but we believe the NCFA, to save
the oyster program and probably its
own organization, should withdraw ita
report and set about to accomplish
what it wants in a more judicious
manner.
Continuing the 'Freedom' Policy
American troops have taken up
posts, with guns, in the Middle East
To our ears has come, during the past
week, expressions of doubt from our
fellow citizens as to whether this was
a wise move.
The United States had no choice
when it sent troops to Lebanon. Bri
tain had no choice when it sent tro'ops
into Jordan. Some international cor
respondents and syndicated columnists
call the move "a result of United States
policy failure" in the Middle East, if
so, it is continuation of a policy set
during the second world war by Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, who held out the shin
ing light of freedom tp all peoples
everywhere.
The second world war was fought,
you remember, to make the world
"free for democracy". Colonial peo
ples, people under the protecting arm
of larger nations, were told that after
the war they would be free to set up
their own nations. It was a beautiful
goal. It filled men with that fighting
spirit needed for every war.
After the war, nations of the world
went about achieving that "shining
goal". Lebanon and Syria no longer
were French mandates after 1946.
Iraq is a former British mandate, as is
Jordan which gained its independence
in 1946. Egypt today has taken its des
tiny into its own hands, after being
controlled for years by Britain.
Egypt, with outside help, seems to
be able to stand as a nation. If the
other small nations, such as Lebanon
and Jordan, are to stand as nations,
they too, need outside help. That, of
course, immediately abrogates the lit
eral interpretation of freedom and in
dependence.
Geopoliticians pointed out that po
litical and economic instability was
bound to come if tiny nations were
turned loose among the giant powers.
This is happening right now in the
Middle East. If the United States is
to stand by its promises of the second
world war, it must help those nations
to maintain their independence.
With Egypt's Nasser on the move,
maintaining that independence has re
quired the United States and British
military movement of- the past week.
We get slightly distressed at the con
tinual criticism of United States for
eign policy. It seems to be the fad
among columnist1! to shoot it full of
holes. The fault, if any in this instance,
lies with the critics' short memories.
The problem now: Do we continue
to guarantee the independence of
small nations, or do we encourage the
trend toward regionalism (the next
step up from nationalism) and support
moves such as Nasser is making to
form a union of "Arab" states?
Carteret County News-Times
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The Day of the Bug is Upon Us
This is the season of the bug
It's also the season of a lot of
other things ? like hot weather and
hot tempers. But if it wouldn't be
for the bugs, tempers would proo
ably be a lot cooler.
Little black ants are everywhere.
One large colony set \?p shop at
my back porch steps and they al
most wore a groove in the bricks,
tramping back and forth from their
food supply to their kids.
Now that's perfectly all right
with me. as long as they stay out
doors. But among the crew were
some scouts. These characters
were venturesome. They'd leave
the beaten trails, go up over the
porch and creep through a crack
under the back door. That meant
war.
I was NOT about to be invaded
by an army of ants. Besides which,
that's at least one thing I'm bigger
than. So 1 hied myself off to the
store and bought some ant killer.
1 trickled the stuff over the ant
trails. The ants flocked around it
like young'uns around Santa Claus.
Little did they know! In a couple
hours they had all disappeared ?
not even a body lying around.
But, as in all things, it wasn't
a total victory. Right by my steps
was a viola (plant just like a pansy
only the flowers are smaller), and
the fumes from the ant killer must
have knocked it out. It's dead.
Came the rain Thursday night.
The wind was flattened and the
bugs declared a night of revelry.
Every light was a lure. I used to
wonder where the bugs went when
the lights go out. I wonder no
more. They don't go anywhere.
They stay right there hoping some
fool is going to turn the lights on
again.
After trying to go to sleep with
bugs crawling all over the place,
including me, 1 sprayed them into
kingdom come.
As for mosquitoes, that's a sub
ject all in itself. A man by the
strange name of Doubleyou
(Charles, to be exact), writes in
Free Wheeling
By BILL CROWELL
Motor Vehicles Department
BACKSEAT ... I opened a letter
the other morning. First sentence
was "Do you want to live longer?"
Intrigued, of course, I read on to
discover another pretty good de
vice for staying alive in traffic.
The method, according to the Na
tional Safety Council, is to get
acquainted with a back seat driver.
It's a welcome suggestion, once
you understand that two heads are
better than one when you're be
hind the wheel of a car.
So I guess I'm in favor of mo
torists combining their driving
knowledge and skill with the help
others in the car can give. Still,
the term "back seat driver" had
a bad connotation. The motorist
who's been subjected to nagging
"advice" from the rear under
standably takes a dim view of in
terference with his driving.
But with the proper spirit on
both sides, back seat drivers can
be a real help.
And just how?
Well, let your wife, for example,
who used to sit with nothing to do
on a trip, be your co-pilot. Her ob
servations ? a car sneaking out
from a side street, a quick turn
in the road ahead? can take a big
load off your mind.
Studies show that the irritated
driver is more accident prone. The
wife can help hubby cool off when
he's upset over slow-moving cars
or heavy traffic.
Giving other persons in your car
something to keep them from get
ting bored makes the trip go faster
for both of you? and keeps fric
tion to a minimum.
In addition to her lookout duties,
the back scat driver can handle
many other details to make motor
ing more relaxing.
Let her light your cigaret, keep
down the roar of your kids in the
back seat, and chart your course.
There are a thousand and one
things she can do for you while
you're driving.
Successful businessmen well
know the value of delegating au
thority. Yet, behind the wheel of
a car an executive will try to han
dle the whole job of driving? -often
with disastrous results.
Why do all the work when minor
parts of the job can be handled
just as well by your wife?
Bringing the back seat driver up
front with you? in other words,
giving her responsibilities on a
trip? eases your job of driving.
It may save a life? yours, or
the life of the back seat Jriver
who used to get on your nerves.
SUDDEN THAWT ...Many a
victim of drunk driving was not
the one who had been drinking.
REPAIR NOTE... A motorist
left his car in a garage for inspec
tion and check-up. The mechanic
found this note inserted under the
windshield wiper blade: "If head
lights are too high, remove one or
two concrete blocks from trunk.
If too low, put in some more.'*
IS THE GOOD OUJ nsrs
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Ernest Snowdcn had passed his
physical examinations and was
now a full-fledged cadet at the US
Naval Academy.
R. Hugh Hill had let the contract
for his house which would be erect
ed on Front Street in Beaufort. It
would be a two story brick house
with all modern improvements.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Mrs. Malcolm Lewis, formerly
of Manteo, had been appointed di
rector of relief, succeeding J. G.
Allen. Mr. Allen would continue as
county welfare officer.
Carteret County's 22 school dis
tricts had been consolidated into
10 districts. They were 1. Beau
fort; 2. Morehead City, Camp
Glenn, Salter Path; 1. Newport;
4. White Oak; S. Merrimon, South
River; 6. Lukens; 7. Atlantic, Ce
dar Island, Sea Level; I. Smyrna,
Davis, Mar shall berg, Otwiy, Bet
tie, Williston, Straits; ? Porta
mouth; 10. Harkera Island
TEN YEARS AGO
L. D. Gore wag elected preaident
of Morehcad City Rotary Club, to
replace Alvab Hamilton, outgoing
president.
Tide Water Power Co. promised
Beaufort a power sub station which
would be a replica of the one in
Morehcad City.
Gov. R. Gregg Cherry would ad
dress the North Carolina Board of
Coniervation and Development
when it met in the county next
week.
FIVE YEARS AGO
The first shipment of glycol for
the Dow Chemical Co. left More
bead Ctiy port terminal.
Miss Barbara Ann Crockett of
Winston-Salem won the Miss North
Carolina beauty pageant held in
Morehcad City last week.
a current magazine of the value
of purple martins in keeping down
the mosquito population.
Perhaps Carteret would be mak
ing a wise move to encourage I he
purple martins' nesting here. Mr.
Doubleyou says that there an not
many mosquitoes in the direct vi
cinity of a purple martin homo,
for mosquitoes form an important
part of the insect diet of the mar
tin. The bird also eats ants, beetles
and flies.
I'm out to get myself a colony
of purple martins. The Morris's
next door to the office have a fine
colony of martins. They come
every year. I'm going to find out
how they keep the English spar
rows from nesting in the house!
The Indians recognized the value
of the purple martin. They en
couraged it to nest near their set
tlements by hanging gourd-nests.
This practice was followed by
the early white settlers from
Europe and the gourds in many
places today have been replaced
by ofnatc houses. Those intended
primarily for the purple martins
contain many apartments, each
for a pair of birds.
Mr. Doubleyou says, "So depen
dent has this useful songbird be
come on man to provide it with a
home that it will rarely live where
these comforts are not furnished."
He also points out that the purple
martin is more numerous in the
southern states than elsewhere in
North America.
Carteret's motto ought to be,
"Every home with a purple mar
tin colony by 19631"
Comment.. . J. Kellum
flow Wr ( Range
Wc grow like the things we love
?from such little things as our
accent and inflection in speech to
the outlook of our souls. For ex
ample. we may be compared to
flowers: Miserliness stunts 'ind
withers, it kacps the bud closcd so
that it never blooms, never turns
to seed. Godliness has the opposite
effect, comparable to the work of
good health and good weather upon
the life of the flower.
Robert P. Tristram Coffin wrote
on this subject in the Saturday
Evening Post, July 5, 1947:
Men and Wives
Grew Like Each Other
Because the fisherman who livea
in weather
Grows to look like winds and open
skies,
A man and wife who have lived
long together
Grow like each other in the face
and eyes.
Against the hidden grain of selfish
bones
The lathe of the stars turns out the
laws of life;
A man who thought he would be
sharp and hard
Finds in his marrow the gentleness
of his wife.
A man may think his skeleton his
dwelling
To possess in secret, tenant alone,
Yet one day he discovers in
surprise,
Love has struck him deep and bent
the bone.
With passion of the young he could
believe
He would impress his wiO and then
escape
Free of love, and now, at the cool
long last,
He sees in himself love'i bronze
and tender shape.
So he who would begat ii now
begotten;
Love hai moved 4 etf against the
flesh and time.
Old fishermen Mend with the akjr
and wind
They stood against all lonely in
their prima.
loulf Spivay
Words of Inspiration
WHAT IS GOLF?
There are a lot of us I imagine who do not really know much about
golf except what we read in the papers. We read about great players
and see beautiful pictures of them.
I don't know much about it myself, except for the fact that we have
a beautiful country club just outside Morehead that 1 have seen in
passing, and have seen many ladies and gentlemen playing on the golf
course there.
Now, when it comes to miniature golf, that is something that I do
enjoy, although. 1 have never been even slightly good at it.
1 played quite a lot, years ago. Haven't had the chance to play at
the beach yet. Looks like they have some right good courses there. One
of these Monday nights I'm going over and try my luck. I like Monday
lights at the beach because so many of the week-end guests have gone,
and the ones for the following week haven't registered yet. A good time
for local folks to enjoy it.
If the definition that I have of "golf" is right, then regular golf is
nothing like "miniature."
Here is the real definition, written by an unknown author.
"Golf is a form of work made expensive enough for a man to enjoy
it. It is a physical and mental exertion made attractive by the fact that
you have to dress up for it in a $200,000 club house.
Golf is what letter carrying, ditch digging and carpet beating would
be if those three tasks had to be performed on the same hot afternoon
in short pants and colored socks by gouty-looking gentlemen who re
quire a different implement for every mood.
Golf is the simplest looking game in the world when you decide to
take it up, and the hardest looking after you have been at it for ten or
twelve years.
It is probably the only known game a man can play as long as a
quarter of a century and then discover that it was too deep for him in
the first place.
The game is played on carefully selected grass with little white
balls and as many clubs as the player can afford. These little balls cost
from seventy-five cents to $25 and it is possible to support a family of
ten people 'all adults' for five months on the money represented by the
balls lost by some golfers in a single afternoon.
A golf course has 18 holes, seventeen of which arc unnecessary and
put in to make the game harder. A "hole" is a tin cup in the center of
the "green". A "green" is a small parcel of grass costing $1.96 per
blade and usually located between a brook and a couple of apple trees,
or a lot of "unfinished excavation."
The idea is to get the ball from a given point into each of the eigh- ?
teen cups in the fewest strokes and the greatest number of words.
The ball must not be thrown, pushed or carried. It must be com
pelled by about $200 worth of curious looking implements especially de
signed to provoke the owner.
Each implement has a specific purpose, and ultimately some golfers
get to know that purpose. They are exceptions.
After each hole has been completed, the golfer counts his strokes.
Then he subtracts six and says, "Made that in five. That's one over
par. Shall we play for fifty cents on the next hole, Ed?"
After the final or eighteenth hole, the golfer adds up his score and
stops when he has reached 87. He then has a swim, a pint of gin, sings
?Sweet Adeline' with six or eight other liars and calls it the end of a
perfect day.
Now my friends, that is "real golf". Don't you think that most of us
had better stick to a game of "miniature", now and then?
As we seek diversions, games, pleasures let us remember the words
of H. G. J. Adams, "Pleasure must first have the warrant that it is
without sin: then the measure, that it is without excess." Senaca says,
"Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.**
These thoughts arc well worth remembering at all times, especially
while on vacation.
Captain Henry
Sou'easter
Deputy Sheriff Bobby Bell went
on vaeation last week ? to one of
the few last outposts where you
ean relax, unbothered by phones,
radio, tv and the anxieties of the
world? Shackleford Banks.
He paeked up Mrs. Bell and the
two boys and off they went. Being
an officer of the law, howsomever,
he took his walkie-talkie radio,
just in case. I don't know whether
the radio was wanted because he
thought a shark might chase him
or whether he thought he might
have to chase somebody.
Anyhow, it was a good thing he
did, because tragedy stnick. They
forgot their collards! There they
were, safe and happy, but the
collards were home in the refri
gerator.
So Bobby cranked up his walkie
talkie and radioed George Smith,
constable.
"George, would you go by my
house, get the collards out of my
refrigerator and bring them to
us?"
George agreed to the mission
and took bis buddy, Harry Hill,
Atlantic Beach, with him. The col
lards were delivered to the Bells,
who felt that now they could really
enjoy their vacation.
George and Harry got in a bit
of fishing on the way to the banks
and back.
But? and this part of the story
I can't vouch for? on the way back
the motor conked out. So there the
two grocery boys were, in the
middle of Beaufort inlet and not
a paddle between them.
George thought, as they were
being carried out to sea, that he
might swim for it. Harry wasn't
about to swim. He saw a buoy
coming his way so he reached out
and tried to grab it. No luck.
Finally, somebody with a motor
that was alive and kicking came
along. The grocery boys got a tow.
And that's the story of how col
lards were delivered to Shackle
ford Banks.
Stamps in the News
By SYD KRONISII
The Mackinac Bridge commem
orative (tamp will feature an angle
view of the bridge emphasizing
the suspension span between the
towers The 3-center will be first
placed on sale June 25 at two
sitea? Mackinaw City and St. Ig
nacc, Mich.
The design also depicts an ore
boat aaillng almost directly below
the center span.
Although the bridge was first
proposed in 1884 by William Saul
son, it was not until March, 1954,
that actual construction began. The
length of the span, including ap
proaches. 1* 26,444 feet (Jtot *ver
S miles). The i,?14 feet from an
chorage to anchorage makes it the
longest single - unit suspension
bridge ia the world.
Stamp collectors desiring first
day cancellations of this stamp
may send their addressed en
velopes to the Postmaster at either
Mackinaw City or St. Ignace,
Mich., together with money orders
covering the cost of the stampc to
be affixed.
The outside envelope to the Post
master should be endorsed "First
Day Covers Mackinac Bridge
Stamp."
The Citizens' Stamp Advisory
Committee reports that Postmas
ter General Arthur E. Summer
field has accepted its recommen
dation to issue a commemorative
postage stamp on Nov. 25 honor
ing the 200th anniversary of the
occupation of Ft. Duquesne by
Gen. John Forbes.
The stamp will be placed on first
day sale in Pittsburgh, Pa., the
site of the rebuilt fort. Further
details will appear here shortly.
Ceylon plans to issue two new
pictoral stamps to celebrate the
10th anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
adopted and proclaimed by the
General Assembly of the United
Nations on Dec. 10, IMS. The de
sign will be selected from a com
petition which closed on May 31.
No dates have been set.
India hai Issued two commem
orative stamps to mark the silver
jubilee of the Indian Air Force.
One will be for regular mail and
the other for airmail.
Both, however, will bear the
same design showing a modern
Jet and a plane uaed in 1931 when
the Indian Air Fore* started.