CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
Cartarat County' ? Nawtpapar
EDITORIALS TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1958
Ouch!
Morehead City and Atlantic Beach
had best look after a certain type of
publicity which it is getting upstate :
This item appeared in the Greens
boro Daily News, Tuesday, July 29,
in the column. The Western Week, by
T. H. Wingate:
"Mr. and Mrs. Jack Parris, Mr. and
Mrs. Bickett Holcomb and Gilbert
Hutchens of Yadkinville were happy
about catching 62 fish recently at the
coast after their trip got off to a dizzy
start. They were members of a party
that chartered a boat at Atlantic Beach
for a deep-sea fishing trip. It turned
out the captain had too much to drink.
He snapped his anchor chain in rough
water, then ran aground on a sandbar.
The Coast Guard picked up the passen
gers and got them back to Atlantic
Beach in time to get another boat ?
and a sober skipper."
The boat in question anchored at
Cape Lookout Coast Guard dock.
There, according to James Runnings,
commanding officer of Fort Macon
Coast Guard station, about 15 of the
passengers aboard asked to be brought
to the mainland by Coast Guardsmen
who were at work at the dock. This
was done.
Mr. Hunnings said a few passengers
who apparently did not fear for their
safety, stayed aboard the boat which
had taken them to the cape.
G. Bickett Holcomb, one of the per
sons mentioned in the Greensboro Daily
News item, has supplied us with the
name of the boat. He says, "We (prob
ably meaning himself and his wife) did
not catch any fish, because he (the
skipper) did not stay anchored over
five minutes. I had a fish on my hook
but he drove off before I had time to
land it. We did not run aground but
he almost turned the boat over."
It takes just a few incidents like the
one mentioned here to have visiting
sports fishermen spread the word
"back home" and give all sportsfishing
boats in this area a bad reputation.
What About Those Pets?
The summer's nearly over. Just four
weeks remain befor^ most schools
reopen, and soon folks will be leaving
their beach cottages and heading back
home. The question is, "How many will
take with them the dogs and cats they
adopted during the summer?"
The stray dog and cat problem is
ever with us, month in and month out,
but it is noted that in September the
number of strays is higher than in most
other months.
It is believed that some of this in
crease is due to folks' abandoning their
"summertime" pets. The animals come
to their door when the cottage is open
ed, and out of kindness the summer
family feeds maybe the two cats and
the little stray dog.
Then comes time to go home. Those
animals can't be taken with them. The
family probably already has at least
one or more pets that they brought
with them when the summer began. So
what happens? Usually, the family
packs up and drives off, leaving their
adoptive pets sitting forlornly on the
cottage porch.
Some families will take their summer
pets with them. Some may take them
only a few miles, then drop them off
to fend for themselves.
It was this problem of not knowing
how to cope with the strays that led
The News-Times to start, last fall, the
Pet Corner. Sometimes finding a home
for a pet involves merely putting in
contact with each other a family with
too many pets and a family with no
pets.
Undoubtedly, many families who
have to leave summer pets behind don't
want to abandon them, but "iey have
little choice. On the other hand, they
took a responsibility when they be
friended the strays, and the responsi
bility cannot simply be shelved when
it becomes an inconvenience.
The pets could be put to sleep by a
veterinarian, or families could make an
effort to find a home for them. This
can be done without cost through the
Pet Corner. All persons have to do if
they would like to give a pet away, is
contact The News-Times, either by
phone or in person, and the announce
ment that they have a pet looking for
a home will be carried in the Pet
Corner.
Perhaps not all pets can be placed in
this manner, but those who have used
the Pet Corner have reported good
results.
Exhibit Makes History
(Greensboro Daily News)
The American exhibit at the Brussels
World Fair has been attacked from
right to left. It seems to please neither
the arty avant-garde nor the conserva
tive businessmen who visit there.
President Eisenhower was so dis
turbed by one critical report that he
dispatched George V. Allen, director
of the U. S. information program, to
bring back a firsthand view for the
White House.
But in one way the U. S. pavilion has
made history in Europe. It is the only
place in Belgjum, perhaps in Europe,
where programs are free and check
rooms optional.
The tradition of tips and fixed
chargea is deeply ingrained in the Eu
ropean system. In some restaurants
abroad Americans must pay for wine,
even if they don't drink it. Often cream
with coffee is extra. It's probable that
cover charges and minimum charges
were invented on the old continent.
Ten or 15 per cent service is frequent
ly figured in the total tab. Tourists at
the Follies Bergere are astounded to
learn that ushers expect a tip.
Howard Taubman, New York Times
music critic writing from Brussels,
gives credit to the U. S. commissioner
general for protesting the fair manage
ment's extra gate charge for those who
come to attend plays and concerts in
the American pavilion. After the pres
sure the ticket was reduced from 60 to
40 cents for after-dark patrons. U. S.
officials still say this is not a negligible
amount, and it irritates even those who
can afford it.
But the American pavilion still
shines in this one notable exception.
Elsewhere on the continent the patron
must buy a program in every theatre
and concert hall. "The cost of three
pages, giving the reader some ancient
cliches about several Beethoven sym
phonies," complained Mr. Taubman,
"came to 30 francs (60 cents) the other
night." In the grand auditorium, as in
most halls in Europe, use of the check
room is obligatory.
"The United States pavilion has been
attacked for many reasons," he added,
"but it is bound to be remembered as
the only place in Belgium, perhaps in
Europe, where programs are free and
checkrooms optional."
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ANOTHER OF THOSE FIRJ5T OF THE-MONfH LETTERS
Ruth Peeling
Little Green Men Keep Popping Up
Some day ? and I hope to be
around when it happens ? someone
will be able to say for sure what
"those things", usually called fly
ing saucers, really arc.
You hear one report that, ac
tually, they are merely our own
aircraft on which celestial light is
weirdly reflected. Or they are
simply large weather balloons.
Then, you just about get convinced
that no little green men are man
ning the things, when a newsstory
like the one I read last week ap
pears:
"Dr. Carl Jung, Swiss psycholo
Comment . . . j. Keiium
de Gaulle
An abbreviated excerpt from
"One Sky to Share" by R. L
Bruckberger (P. J Kenedy &
Sons) will interest those who wish
to understand something of Charles
de Gaulle's popularity in France.
The setting of the book is in 1944
while Germans were still in Paris
and the French Army was moving
into the city. The Rev. Mr. Bruck
berger, a Dominican priest, was
a member of the Resistance, the
French underground.
Paris greeted LeClerc's Army
and General de Gaulle with open
arms and attempted a sort of re
ception of de Gaulle at the Cathe
dral of Notre Dame of Pans.
Father Bruckberger says:
"... A priest in a surplice burst
into the corridor and shouted:
?They're trying to kill him!'
"I rushed into the church . . .
Shots cracked out from all sides
from '.he galleries, from the
orbun loft, from below. The Ger
mans were firing on the crowd and
the police were firing back. Peo
ple were lying on the floor under
the chairs.
"In the first rows, the members
of the government -nd the generals
were standing, impassive, as if
they were reviewing troops. I went
to the microphone, but the wires
were cut . . . The church was dark.
At that moment I saw General de
Gaulle standing alone . . ? H's
face was completely calm. He was
waiting ... The fusillade contin
ued without interruption. Sudden
ly a cantor began to intone the
?Magnificat,' and the crowd sang
with him. I saw the General sing
ing. The crowd began to stand,
still singing, and fear 'uh^ded.
For a quarter of an hour the rule
fire and the singing continued.
"Then the General . . . bowed
before the altar, and went down
the center aisle, still very calm
Two men were at his side, and I
followed immediately after. About
fifty feet from the exit, the flash
of fire from a gun passed over his
head and bullets smashed against
. pillar. The General continued
on his way without hesitation or
haste.
"The crowd surged toward him
? toward a refuge, and cried,
?Vive De Gaulle!' He went out into
the square, where the rifle fire
was even heavier, coming from the
towers and the roofs of nearby
buildings. The General calmly
climbed into his open carand
left. Everyone shouted, Vive pe
Gaulle!'
44 . . . Far from diminishing the
General's prestige, the outbreak
set an aura o i miracle about him.
It was foolhardy of him to go as he
had done, either on foot or in an
open car, through a city that was
barely taken and still full of the
enemy rearguard. . . . But it was
also foolhardy of General de Gaul e
to take sides against Germany in
1940. That folly was successful.
Now It is timid wisdom that hai
been defeated. Fran? was de
stroyed by her well-behaved chil
dren and saved by her "enf ants ter
rible!.' "
gist, says in a report that Uniden
tified Flying Objects are real and
'show signs of intelligent guidance
by quasi-human pilots'."
The statement by Jung was re
leased by an L. J. Lorenzen of
llolloman Air Force base, Ala
in ogordo, New Mexico.
What really caught my eye,
though, were the following quotes
by scientist Jung, appearing here
as they actually appeared in a
newsstory in the Sun Journal:
"If the extraterrestrial origin of
this phenomena should be con
firmed, this would prove the exis
tence of an intelligent interplane
tary relationship. What such a
fact might mean for hu9f8ng6 can
not be predicted.
"But it would put us without
pfg2in the extremely precarious
position of primitive communities
in conflict with the superior cul
ture of the whites."
Offhand, I'd say Mr. Jung needs
a vacation.
Grayden Paul, one of Beaufort's
most charming gentlemen, was
stood up week before last? and by
no less than Miss North Carolina
herself.
Miss Evans was to be taken on
a tour of Beaufort. The Jaycees
arranged for Mr. Paul, the town's
jovial guide, to be her escort.
Well, he got all slicked up and
waited and waited. Miss North
Carolina never showed up. It
seems as though the state beauty
had a tv engagement that ran
overtime or started late, and I also
heard that the car she was using
broke down. But it does seem as
though somebody responsible for
having Miss North Carolina meet
her appointments should have been
considerate enough to let Mr. Poul
know that she would not be able
to make the Beaufort tour.
Other beauty queens on their
week's vacation here have said
that their schedule is simply too
full ? they're exhausted by the time
the week ends. Morehead Jaycees,
who sponsor the vn cation, have
tried to remedy this and in recent
years have given Miss North Caro
lina more free time.
On the other hand, maybe the
week is baptism by fire. It's a
taste of what she'll have to go
through for the next year? always
looking beautiful, always being
pleasant and charming, always
"enjoying every minute" when
she'd probably like to announce
that she's bored to tears!
Being a beauty queen and a
semi - official representative of
one's state is not all glory.
Ever get bitten by a dead ani
mal? Well, it's possible. And if
you must explore a dead animal s
mouth, pick something with fewer
teeth than a shark. Ask Marvin
Scroggins of Morehead City, he'll
tell you.
The night of July 21, another of
the big critters was caught off
Ottis Purifoy's dock. Someone
wanted to take the teeth out of the
shark to make a necklace.
The head of the shark was sev
ered from the body. Scroggins put
his hand in the mouth to start
work on extracting the teeth, when
wham! the mouth snapped shut.
They had a time freeing Scroggins
and when the mouth was finally
pried open again, the wounds in
his hand had to be closed with
stitches.
When an animal meets violent
death, nerve reflexes continue to
cause motion of the body. Re
member the old wives' tale about
how a snake will never die 'til
sundown? They say you can chop
him in several pieces and he'll
still continue to writhe.
They should make power mowers
with headlights on them so you
could cut grass in the dark. The
first one turned out should go to
Tommy Noe. He cuts grass in the
dark all the time. He did this
even before he got his new glasses
?and believe it or not, that grass
cutting job he does is pretty good.
Smile a While
A wealthy Texan was making
the rounds of New York night
spots and on leaving one place
late in the evening, he called the
waiter over to the table.
"What was the biggest tip you
ever got?" he asked.
"One hundred bucks," replied
the waiter promptly.
The Texan took a huge roll of
bills out of his pocket and started
peeling $20 bills from it. Then put
ting ten of these into the waiter's
hand, he said:
"Next time anybody asks you
who gave you the biggest tip, don't
forget to tell him it was me."
"I sure will," said the waiter
as he pocketed the money.
"By the way," said the oilman
"who was the fellow who gave
you the $100?"
"You were, sir," said the waiter,
"last night."
a THE GOOD OLD DSTS
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Eld?d Moore of Beaufort had
written a letter to Santa Claua ask
ing for a pony and an air rifle.
The Dempsey - Tunney fight,
which was to take place in New
York, would be broadcaat over the
radio.
Morehead City commissioners
called off the referendum on the
sale of the city power and water
plant because of opposition to the
sale.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Miss Johnise Dill won the title,
Mist Beaufort, over 44 other con
testant!.
The Marahallbcrg Baptists had
paid off all the debts on the church
property.
J. G. Allen, county achool super
intendent, announced that work
would have to be done at 10 or 12
achoolt in the county to bring their
sanitary conditions up to state
standards.
TEN YEARS AGO
Because of the danger of a polio
epidemic, the county health office
had asked that children be kept
away from crowds, so Sunday
school parties were being discon
tinued for the present.
The Beaufort Cannery was work
ing full tilt, packing tomatoes.
Charles N. Bennett of Morehcad
City wai elected commodore of the
newly-organiicd Tar Heels Afloat.
FIVE YEARS AGO
Warren Beck of Morehead City
and Odell Merrill of Beaufort were
cboaen directors of the golf club
to replace I. E. Pittman and C. G.
Holland, whose terms had expired.
The legislative hearings on the
operation and ownership o f dog
tracks had found nothing amiss.
Miss Ruth Peeling, editor of THE
NEWS-TIMES, who had been on
leave of absence, received her
master's degree in journalism at
Florida Stat* University.
toulf Spivey
Words of Inspiration
Mrs. Lucy Pake and I have just returned from a wonderful weekend,
spent in and around Williamsburg, Va.
We were fortunate indeed to have the opportunity of seeing the pa
geants presented there, The Common Glory and The Founders, and to
visit the spots where early American history was made.
On Saturday we walked over a large part of Jamestown.
The ruins of Old Jamestown are still there, also a gift shop, tavern,
old and new world pavilions. We explored the thatch and clay houses
of re-created James Fort of 1607, a wigwam such as the Indian Princess
Pocahontas might have lived, in the old Jamestown Church, rebuilt in
1639 on the spot where the first legislative assembly in the New World
met in 1619.
In the harbor we saw replicas of the 100-ton flagship Susan Constant,
the Godspeed, and Discovery that brought 105 brave colonists, the first
permament English settlers, to the New World.
Death dealt a heavy blow to the first settlers of our country. Here
nine-tenths of the colonists died during the terrible "starving time". San
itation and mosquitoes also, must have taken their toll.
In Williamsburg, which was the capital of Virginia for 92 years, there
are many points of interest.
I was especially impressed with the Apothecary Shop. In colonial
days the apothecary and doctor supplied the housewife with herbs,
spices, and medicines and took care of the health of the people. In the
operating room was a drop leaf table such as was used in the homes,
this was opened up when operations were performed. The surgeons' in
struments looked more like those found in a butcher shop of today, there
was no anesthetic to relieve pain. According to the record in the office
there, Patrick Henry had been treated there.
We found the old prison in Williamsburg quite interesting, for it had
once held many famous prisoners, among them Black Beard and his
men.
There was one room in the prison, about 12' x 15', larger than the
others, with one small window. Our guide said this room held around
fifty prisoners at a time. Law violators for minor offenses were kept
there and served one meal a day. Among these violators were . . . those
who did not attend church on Sunday . . . hog stealers . . . one who gos
siped falsely about neighbors . . . who did not pay their debts . . . and
who beat their wives with sticks thicker than the thumb.
The House of Burgesses located in the Capitol, was one of the most
important rooms we visited. Here Patrick Henry made his fiery oration
against the Stamp Act, and where the great Patriot John Fry listened,
and where Virginia made her famous call for American Independence.
I was especially impressed with the "families" that were with us on
these tours. To me it wa" a good sign. I have felt that Americanism,
and all that it stands for, has been neglected in our education of today.
I heard many parents explaining to their children the great heritage
which was theirs, because these Founders of America had lived and
fought and many had died while establishing our country and making
its people free.
There is not enough space here to even touch upon all we were privi
leged to see . . . feel.
The Governor's Palace and garden represented gracious living in
those early days. Here the lawmakers and their wives were entertained
twice each year. They carried back into their homes ideas and plans
for better living.
The stories of Jamestown and Williamsburg, men like Thomas Jef
ferson, Patrick Henry and others who are outstanding in the building
of America are important to all of us, and should be well taught our
children and placed deep into their hearts.
Williamsburg is ;i nice vacation spot, too. With children, I would
advise at least a week to cover the places of interest. Most of the mo
tels have excellent accommodations, which include air conditioning, tele
vision, swimming pool and miniature golf.
On this Monday morning as I look back at my own life . . . the con
tributions that I make for my country ... for my fellowmen . . . seem
so very small when compared to those made by our forefathers.
Perhaps when you return from this trip, you will feel just as I do
today. Very humble . . . and very proud of our American heritage.
Captain Henry
Sou'easter
Mayor Lewis said several weeks
ago that he'd like to see the air
port administration building put in
better shape
Well, the airport commission fi
nally got busy ? now that the sum
mer is about over, and painting
was started a week o rtwo ago.
The painters knocked down a
wasp's nest and did a few other
little things like that. This all
helps, of course, to make visitors
feel more at home. Wasps have
their place, but not as a welcom
ing committee at an airport build
ing.
Some panes of glass need replac
ing and other work should be done,
but there's always tomorrow?
Western Union hasn't given up
hope of closing the Beaufort office.
One of Front Street's businessmen
has offered to be the Western
Union agent and take telegrams in
his office, but others are still fight
ing closing up the little office next
to Jarvis Herring's.
One of the youngsters who was
in Little League has graduated to
Pony League. For Pony League,
the field has been enlarged. Well,
in a Pony League game the other
day, our little friend got a hit. He
ran. He ran and ran. He thought
that by this time he ceratinly must
have passed first base, so he
stopped. He was tagged out. He
still was several feet from first
base.
Gee whiz, fellas.
Ain't it the truth:
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Heroine Meg Wheeler's adventures
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The experience shows.
?Stan Swinton
Oh, So Right!
Here's a sign of the times that
keeps popping up on office walls
of the lower echelon military here
and there:
KISS !
Doesn't have a thing to do with
the Spring, or the amatory ges
ture that seems to meet with favor
here and there.
It's an abbreviation for advice
to memorandum writors who ghost
write for upper echelon signatures.
It stands for:
"Keep It Simple, Stupid!"
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