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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Curtarat Cooty'i Ntwiptpar EDITORIALS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1958 Hearing Exposes Pitfalls The hearing Tuesday on a mosquito control district brought to light the "sleepers" in the mosquito control law. The major snag is the power given to the mosquito control commissioners. These commissioners, five of them, would be appointed AFTER voters ap prove the formation of a mosquito con trol district (this district would be all of Carteret). They have the power, then, to levy a tax as high as 35 cents per hundred dollars of assessed valua tion. They are not required to submit their tax proposal to the county board of commissioners for approval. Thus, the county taxpayers would be subject to taxation by two boards: the county commissioners AND the mosquito con trol board. Those in favor of a mosquito control district will point out that the mosquito commissioners ARE answerable to the county board because the county board appoints three of them. That may be, but after the mosquito control board sets the tax, and it may be more than the now-mentioned 10 cents, what re course does the county board have? Only to show its displeasure by not re appointing its men to the board when their terms expire. The mosquito control bill also vests in the state health officer, or his repre sentative, final say-so on every move taken by the mosquito commissioners. (There is no space to quote the law here; doubters may refer to section 6). We believe that MOST people would like to see mosquito control. But to car ry out mosquito control under the pres ent mosquito control law has several dangerous pitfalls. In addition to the two mentioned above, it would set a precedent for establishing boards (other than the county board) with the power to tax. Fourth, it sets up a coun ty program that is so closely tied to the state, that the county may soon find itself hamstrung by state dictates, as it is now by state and federal dictates in the welfare department. There are two alternatives to the mosquito control district plan: 1. Continue mosquito control on the present basis. The law says, "Funds appropriated to the State Board of Health for mosquito control shall be utilized to aid mosquito control dis trict*, AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERN MENTAL UNITS, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health." Or 2. Simply levy an additional Rmount on the present tax rate and earmark it for mosquito control. The county board right now can levy any amount solely for mosquito control. If this is done, it would have direct control over that money, and no additional board of mos quito commissioners need be establish ed. An advisory mosquito control board, with a consultant on health and wildlife might be set up, too, by the county board. We believe the mosquito control dis trict plan is basically good, but needs a few amendments. Those amend ments should be made before any county gets bogged down in it. Ease for Bottleneck It was with happy hearts that folks in the western part of the county view ed the state highway forces staking off there a proposed location for a bridge to Bogue Banks. The site, as now laid out, would be at Guthrie Point, with the approach from the Carteret ride of the bridge running west of Bogue Field. At this point, the distance across Bogue Sound to Bogue Banks is about a mile. Placing a bridge there would tie~In with the new road being put through to Maysville. Persons coming to Car teret from Kinston - Trenton - Pollocks ville would have direct access to our beaches. There are some folks in the Atlantic Beach-Morehead City area who take a dim view of a bridge to Bogue Banks , in the western end of the county. Their view, it would seem, is not only dim, but shortsighted. Atlantic Beach and the now-develop ed Bogue Banks area were crowded this summer as they have never been crowded before. The traffic problem was, thereby, worse than it has ever been. It has been suggested that tha present bridge to Atlantic Beach be ? widened. This would not only be costly (if even feasible), it would still give only one means of access to Atlantic Beach and Bogue Banks. If that bridge is out of commission, then everybody stays stranded or has to get a boat. With two bridges, one serving either end of Bogue Banks, ? large part of the present traffic problem in the At lantic Beach-Morehead City area would be alleviated. There would still be plenty of wrecks at 24th Street (beach road) and Arendell, but maybe not quite as many as now. The beach bridge and highway waa so congested this summer that conges tion is jeopardizing future growth. Persons are not going to come to At lantic Beach and Morehead City if they have to wait hours to get across the bridge or stand a 2 to 1 chance of being smacked in the rear when traffic is heavy on the bridge. Those who dislike the idea of a bridge from west of Bogue field to a point about halfway between Salter Path and the west end of Bogue Banks, have two choices: create a situation whereby there is easy and safe access to Bogue Banks, thus allowing more people to come here, or maintain the present bottleneck and drive people away. The fact that a site has been staked out for a bridge doesn't say that the bridge is going to be built next year, or even in the next five years. But the more sentiment there is in favor of such a bridge, the better are the chances that it will be built soon. Swansboro may profit by the bridge. We hope it does. So will Morehead City and Carteret profit. Bogue Banks lies in this county and Carteret plays a major role in its development An other bridge to the banks is a step that must be taken to permit this resort are? to reach its full stature. It's That Time of Year With eager eyes, spectators welcome football back to the sports scene. Beaufort and Morehead City grid squads open their 1958 season Friday night and in observance of the kickoff of a new gridiron aeries, The News Times publishes today a special foot ball section. The Jaycees, sponsors of the football program in each town, have been long at work to get the fields ready, get sea son tickets out and whittle away at all the countless details that must be taken care of before that opening whistle. Losing Gerald Jones was a bitter forerunner of the Morehead City sea son. But it's better to face facts, even though it hurts, than run the risk of having a disgruntled opposing team ex pose, in the middle of the season, that the Eaglet were playing with an ineli gible man. We have seen many fine season rec ords go tumbling, simply because one team, la all innocence, waa railing aftfe u Ineligible player, Aad the truth always comes out, sooner or later, so those who might be saying, "If they'd played Jones, nobody would have known the difference," do not know whereof they speak. If more is to be gained from foot* ball than winning games, the rules must be followed. At the same time we sym pathize with the coach, and Morehead football fans. There may be many a moment this season when their thoughts will dwell on Jones, last year's comet, and they will sigh, "If only . . Don't think it will be easy for Jones, either, to be sitting on the sidelines when his team is in there battling for more yardage. Beaufort fans may be full of sighs, too, at the beginning of the season, with their valuable Butch Hassell side lined ? but that's football. It's rugged, it's colorful, its appeal will be ever lasting as long as there are honest men promoting and playing it Good luck for 19(8 to the Seadogs and the Eagles I BUT EVEN ACHILLES HAP HIS HEEL Security for You ... comment... j.K.i.?ra a By RAY IIENRY "After six months, even the dog began to hate me." That's how 68-year old Walt Wilhelm describes the idleness of his retirement in 1954 after 39 years as a globe trotting engineer for Continental Can Co. But, he and the dog have made up. Wilhelm's now a plant manager for one of the most unique bus inesses in the world: Senior Achievement, a non-profit Chicago corporation which employs no one under 60 to do assembling, pack aging and manufacturing for other firms in the area. He heard about Senior Achieve ment in 1955? about a year after Dr. David Sonquist, 68-year-old executive director, and a number of other interested Chicagoans put the corporation into business. He likes its purpose: To give work, a feeling of accomplishment and some income to people like himself who'd been forced to the sideline* because of their age. Now, after being out of retire ment for nearly three years, Wil belm likes the whole idea even better. "You know," he told me recent ly in an interview, "we're keeping the people who work here alive. I know it's prolonged my life. Some of my friends didn't last a year after they retired because they had nothing to do. As long as I can stand up, I don't intend to quit." This may sound like strong talk. But, nearly everyone at Senior Achievement agrees with him. Take the word of Sonquist: "Our inordinate worship at the altar of youth has cut off the op portunities for employment of older workers. The effects of this unfair and foolish attitude are dis astrous. "Gainful work has provided our citizens with not only the physical staff of life, but also the recogni tion, status and feeling of useful ness which every normal person craves. To arbitrarily and sudden ly deprive people of this is not only ungrateful, but suicidal." Since Senior Achievement start ed, nearly 750 people? like Wilhelm ?have put their hands, minds and hearts to work on its projects. Their ages have ranged from 60 to 85 and their time on the job has ranged from a few hours a week to full-time. The work has included the design and manufacture of tie racks, hand looms, reading racks, tv foot rests, toys, kitchen aids; the pro duction of picture frames, easels, millions of Christmas decorations and the engineering of supplies for such companies as General Mo tors, Sears Roebuck Co. and Tele type Corp. Last' year. Senior AehietWneM had i total payroll of $107,000, with most of the workers limiting their earnings to $100 a month so their Social Security payments wouldn't be affected. "Senior Achievement," says Son quist, "is still in its infancy; its potentials are boundless. The idea has struck a universal chord in the hearts of our people." (Editor's Note: You may coo tact the social security repre sentative at the courthouse an nex, Beaufort, from ?:30 a.m. to noon Mondays. lie will help you with your own particular prob lem). F. C. Salisbury Here and There The following Information to taken from the filei of the llora kead City Coaster: FRIDAY, SEPT. 5, 1S1? Hr. and Mrs. James R. Bell re turned home Saturday from two weeks' visit to King's Mountain, Asheville and Junaluska. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Willis and daughter, Gretchen, are spending a few days in Norfolk, Va.t this week. Robert Taylor left Tuesday for VMI, Lexington, where he wUl re sume his studies, this being his third year. The Misses Zylphia and Carolyn Webb left Tuesday for Salemburg. Miss Addie Gaskill of Straits is spending some time in the city visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Free man. W. J. DeSmidt of Rochester, N. Y., of the US Laboratory, Beau fort, entered the hospital Wednes day for treatment. Miss Edith Redwine of Monroe Is spending a few days in the city, the guest of Miss Edith Broadway, superintendent of the City Hos pital. Worth Mendenhall left Thursday (or Boston to enter North Eastern College. CapL H. D. Goodwin and son, Clyde, returned home Saturday from New York City to which place Captain Goodwin was taken follow ing the accidental breaking of two of his ribs in Perth Amboy, N. J., while he was on his way to Haine with a government boat. Dr. and Mrs. John B. Bonner left this week for Ayden to be present at the marriage of Dr. Bonner's sister. Miss Ida May Taylor of Kinston is spending some time in the city as the guest of Miss Eugenia Wade on 8th Street. Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Rollins of Durham are spending a few days in the city as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Webb, having motored here Wednesday. Mr. Rollins is the publisher oft he Dur ham Herald. A wedding of unusual interest Time and Autumn Two poems: The Winnower Time, whose wing to tatters blows The walls of towering Jerichos, Who winnows out as chaff and vain What every age mistakes for grain, The ravager, the raviner, Is not by need a hastcner, But halts and bends the knee To beauty or a song of gold, The ever-new, the never-old, As quiet as a tree; And over lasting love he goes More smoothly than the white swan flows. ? Loyd liaberly in "Silent Fame and Other Poems" (Macmillan). Time in the Trees Soon, too soon, on the sun-buttered slopes the still Woods' border begins to bronze, All green is going, But sooner, higher: on the wind harassed hill The yellow maples begin their yearly snowing. There was no rumor o{ autumn, of ruin on the air, Till time seemed an eternal trance Of summer in the trees, They lift and let go. The leaves blow everywhere. They fall like lost light, spring's spent anomalies. Now is an old truth, long forgotten, again made known. If the watcher but wait, of beginning gained by end, Of time grown strange in the trees when their boughs arc blown, Of time that is not in the trees but in the wind: Of life not lost forever, of leaves that are cast On the perfect curve of return, pure ring of Now Running from present through future and the past. From leaf to earth, from root to bole to bough. ? Carleton Drewry, In Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. took place in this city Tuesday morning when Miss Gladys B. Davis became the bride of Frank Colcnda Jr. The Rev. R. 11. Broom officiating. State College will draw seven young men from this city, William Wells, Robert Broom, Guy Ben nett, Edward Arendell, Douglas Styron, Robert Wallace, and Clyde G. Willis, all of whom, with the exception of Arendell and Bennett, ?re new students. Charles Canfield was painfully Injured Wednesday morning when he fell under a motor truck, the rear wheel passing over his body. The accident occurred at the City Dock when young Canfield at tempted to mount the unloaded truck. His foot slipped and he fell under the truck, the rear wheel passing over the upper part of his legs. No bones were broken but be suffered bruises about his body. 1 Carteret County News-Times WINNER OF NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS A llenier of The Beaufort Newi (Eit. 1912) and The Twin City Tlmei (Eft ISM) Published Tuesdays and Friday! by the Carteret Publialiing Company, lac. 504 ArendeU St., Horehead City, N. C. LOCKWOOD PHILLIPS - PUBLISHER ELEANORS DEAR PHILLIPS - ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER RUTH L. PEELING - EDITOR llail Ratea: In Carteret County and adjoining counties, M.00 ooe year, $3.50 aiz months, $1.35 one month; elaewhere >7.00 one year, HOP ?1? months. $1.50 one month. Hember ot Associated Preaa ? N. C. Pre** Aaaodatkw National Editorial Afiociation ? Audit Bureau of Circulationa National Advertising Representative Horan * Fiacber, Inc. 10 Eaat 40th Street, New Yort It. N. T. The Aaaoelated Preaa is entitled eiduatrely to use far republication of local am printed la this newspaper, as well as all AP newt diepa tehee aa Second dan Hattar at IfanhaM Ctty. W. C., Undsr Act tt Hansh ?, UT? ioutf Sptvy Words of Inspiration FKIEND6HIP In every community, in achools, churches, club* or iocUI organisa tions, there are people who stand on the edge of things. Sometimes they are mere lonesome and wistful, but more often they are critical and bitter, condemning other people, blaming circumstances, placing tha faults on everything and everyone except themselves. They have worked hard, they think, and have not been appreciated; people are unfair to them; they never have a chance; this one is wholly selfish, that one is a snob; yet they get every advantage. There is often truth in the complaints; selfish people and climber* and snobs do "get in" frequently, and people of a more sterling char* acter are at times pushed aside. What are the laws of friendship? The wisest of books puts them in a nutshell: "A man that has friend* must show himself to be friendly." They must go halfway, at toast. They must find pleasant things to say and kind things to do. They must make a business of friendship. ? Unknown SPEAK NOT UNKIND Speak not unkind in the morning, while the day is bright with dew, Kor as the sunbeams lengthen, it will come to trouble you. Speak not unkind at noonday, nor as twilight shadows fall. For you may not get the chance, dear, your cross words to recall. Kor 'ere the sun has set, dear, deep in that golden west. The one you hurt this morning may go to eternal rest. 'Tis better in the morning, when the day is at itii best To smile and say, "I love you, and I feel I'm really blest." For if in midnight darkness, you should be left behind; The words you said this morning won't be troubling your mind. And you'll remember gladly, the remainder of your days, That the words you said this morning, were of kindness, love, and praise. ? Lola M. Newman FROM CHURCH We're a mils and a half from church, you know, and it rains today so we can't go. We'd go ten miles to a party or show, though the raini should fall and the winds should blow. That'a why, when it rains, we just can't go. But we always go to the things we like, and we ride il wc can; if we can't we hike. We're a mile and a half from church, you know, and a tire Is flat, so we can't go. We'd fix it twice to make a visit, and II there's a ball game wc wouldn't miss it. We'd mend the tire if at all we could, and if wc couldn't we'd go afoot, for hunting pleasure is all the styla, so the church will have to wait awhile. We're a mile and a half from church, you know, and our friends are coming, so we can't go. To disappoint our friends would seem unkind, hut to neglect worship wc don't mind, if we may please our friends on earth, and spend a day in feasting and mirth. But, sometime, when wa come near the end of our days, we'll go to church and mend our ways. ? George C. Degen QUOTES Life is like a game of tennis ? the player who serves well seldom loses 1 A man can consider himself so important that no one else does. The greatest burden you have to carry is self. Remember the devil may wall you round but he cannot roof you In. If you must speak your mind, then mind how you speak. Success Is not attained by lying awake at night, but by ataying awake in the day time. Free Wheeling By BILK (ROWELI. Department of Motor Vehicle* SPOOKS . . . Now we got high way "ghosts," a phenomenon one authority says is as effective a killer as driving into the back end of a trailer-truck or smacking a bridge abutment. The authority, science writer Noel Wical, is speaking of the hal lucinationa which victimize driv ers when they hit the road over tired or worried. His recent article in Bluebook tells you how to rec ognize the warning signs. Thousands of motorists see high way ghosts at night. The experts define the visions as "hypnagogic hallucinations," popularly known af "moon mirages." These are limply hallucinations that occur when you are between being awake and asleep. Leading safety Inves tigators have concluded that they may explain many otherwise mys terious traffic accidents. Here's how highway ghosts ma terialized for one driver: An Illi nois dentist was returning home late one night from a professional meeting. He was not only tired, but concerned about a building pro ject in his town. Then directly ahead in the road appeared the "project"? a new five-story med ical-dental center. The dentist ap plied his brakes to keep his car from going through the revolving doors and into the lobby. When he looked again the building had disappeared. The causes of hallucinations and remedies (or them, according to psychologists, are so obvious that thousands of Americans go on dis regarding them and, as a conse quence, Invite death. Fatigue, wor ry and atrain? these are the vil liana. Actually, the best remedy is the one most often ignored? sleep. It'a amazing how many motorists neglect this cbespcst safeguard of all, say the professors. The emergency stops of fright ened drivers, who were convinced they were chesting death, are scientifically explained by one of the nation's top authorities on the subject, PTo(. Alfred L. Moseley of the Harvard School of Public Health. "The lowered level of alertness," he saya, "as a result of the fatigue and the repression of the wish to atop, combine to transform the wish into a situation which makes stopping a necessity. In other words, the driver needs to stop and dresma up ? reason for doing It." There art warning symptoms which should be observed, and when any of them occur, beware. You fail to recognize places with which yon should be familiar. You feel you have seen a certain place before, yet are positive jrgn xrrsfs ? as they should. For example, you get no meaning from a sign with only the number 45 on It. Ordinar ily you would recognize It m a speed limit. SUDDEN THAWT ... On vaca tion travels, remember it'a "Slow down here and show up there 1" HEATBEATER8 . . . Summer time driving often creates engine overheating problems, for you and me and the highway patrol. Re pairmen, who keep the patroi'i vast fleet of vehicles operational, arc glad to pass on a few tips to avoid steaming radiators when the sun bears down. They suggest: 1. Make sure the cooling system is clean, free from sludge, rust and corrosion. 2. Keep the fan belt properly ad justed. 3. Have all radiator clamps and engine head bolts checked and tightened If necessary. 4. A thermostat keeps the engina temperature just right at all times. Be sure it's in good working or der. 8. Clean alt the radiator core at frequent Intervals during the sum mer months. Brush away accumu lated lnatcta. dirt clods and other debrif. 6. Use a good rust Inhibitor. Stamp News ?r stb noma A bit of the old "Wild Weft" creeps tat* the forthcoming United Stitci commemorative honoring the lttMk anniversary of the Over* land Mail The 4-center will be placed on sale at San Francisco Oct 10. The design features a coach and team of horses superimposed on a map of the southwestern section of the U. S. with the route of the Butterfield Overland Mail shown between Tipton, Mo. and San Fran cisco. The man sitting next to the driver of the coach is shown shoot ing at some unseen attackers. Collectors desiring first day can cellations may send their ad dreaaed envelopes to the Postmaa ter, San Francisco 1. Calif., to gether with money orders to cover the cost o f the stamps to he af fixed. The outside envelope to the postmaster should be endorsed "First Day Covers Overland Mail Stamp." Send prior to Oct 10. Haiti has issued a commemora tive series honoring Sylvio Cator, that country's moat famous ath lete. Cator was proficient in maa? sports bat particularly in track and field. Be died in 1*52. Haiti's first sport stadium baa been aamed Sylvio Cator Stadium ia hia fern*.
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