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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Cartarat Cu?ty*! EDITORIALS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1958 sos-s This is an SOS ? it might even be called an SOS-S: Save our Symphony Society. Unless a few people come forward to assume responsibility for the Car teret division of the North Carolina Symphony Society, the orchestra's visits here will stop. Community Concerts are no more. The symphony is the last of the better, personal-appearance type musical pro grams in this area. Will it, too, be a thing of the past? It certainly will, unless persons are found to plan for the symphony's ap pearance here and also make an effort to obtain society memberships. The memberships cover the cost of bringing the 25-piece orchestra to Carteret for a children's concert and an adult concert. Mr. C. R. Davant of Morehead City, who has ably headed the symphony so ciety for the past six years can no longer continue. Mrs. W. J. Ipock, Beaufort, ably handled the work for several years. Others who are capable have served their stint. They are the ones who are active in community and church affairs. One person can undertake just a certain number of extra-curricular activities. Those who were once active in the symphony and are now active in other organizations cannot be blamed for parceling out their time. It has been suggested that an organ ization assume responsibility for the symphony. There are several organiza tions which emphasize culture and the arts ? the Junior and Senior Woman's Clubs and the American Association of University Women. Any one of these could assume the symphony society work and find it in keeping with their club's general objectives. Those of us who have heard many symphony concerts are prone to dismiss the North Carolina Little Symphony as "just something else we have to go to." The children who attend the afternoon concert don't usually view it that way. It's the first time many of them have ever seen an orchestra "in the flesh" and they are thrilled. For many of them who will not go to college, it will be their only contact with a "live" symphony orchestra. If the symphony is not of educational value, then the adults who should as sume responsibility for musical educa tion have lost their perspective. Mr. Davant suggests that the clubs mentioned above, PTA's, or retired per sons think seriously about this SOS. If you would like to Save Our Symphony, please contact him, phone fi-3388. 'Goodbye, Dollars, Goodbye . . We restrain ourselves frequently from saying, "We told you so," but in this instance, a prediction made here Oct. 3 has come to pass so accurately that it's almost funny. In an editorial entitled Happy War Anniversary? it was stated that the North Carolina legislature would prob ably be asked to appropriate money to observe the Civil War Centennial; sec ond, that the war is still very close to us and there may be lots of ill feeling roused by "celebration", and third, southern states could find better ways, probably, to spend money than to uae it for financing a war Anniversary* The Civil War Centennial Commit tee of the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association met in Raleigh Friday morning. Burke Davis, Greensboro Daily News columnist, commented on the meeting thusly : "The late unpleasantness is still a hot and lively topic, it appeared the other day in Raleigh. A covey of several dozen distinguished Tar Heels huddled to launch the state committee to cele brate the er, ah, Civil War and some spirited firing broke out . . ." He went on, to tell about how the committee members fussed over the type of resolution (pro-Southern or pro Union) to be placed before the General Assembly, then says, "The committee will now approach the Assembly with a request for some $25,000 a year for a couple of years to launch the commem oration of the war's centennial (with more money to come later) . . Well, next spring when educational institutions, ports, highways and maybe a few othvr items are chisled down to scrape together money for "Civil War celebrating", we'll just laugh and laugh and laugh, because the South has Already paid for that war a dozen times and now North Carolina will help do it the 13th time. And not only that ? think of the precedent this will set. Seems as though we ought to at least remember the French and Indian wars, the American Revolution, the War of 18X2, the Mex ican War, the Spanish-American War, the first world war, the second world war, the Korean war ? and numerous other "brush fire" wars fought with stalwart North Carolina men and dol lars. If war anniversaries are a sound In vestment, we have yet to see one solid argument in proof of the premise. Sing a Song of Sixpence (Christian Science Monitor) Music hath charms to soothe the irate customer ? and to keep all other kinds in just that state of pleasant re laxation that reaches to the purse strings. Or so some merchants of music hope to convince merchants of the more mundane. Obviously a new profession awaits the college boy who has spent more time with his phonograph than with his calculus. He may now find employ ment for his talents in market research aimed at finding out what songs sell the most of what .merchandise to what people at what prices. This would require some sensitivity (not necessarily highly developed) as to what tunes tend toward bankruptcy, such as, say, "I Can't Give You Any thing but Love," when played in the diamond department at Carter's. Will Beethoven's Pastorale Symphony sell more folding lawn chairs than "Burn ing for You" or "I'm All Browned Off"? Will Tchaikovsky's Pathetique produce more handkerchief sales than "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"? Will the "Nutcracker Suite" sell nuts or crack ers? Now, like every new profession, this one may have a hard time catching on, even among the metered-music mag nates. They may say, at least at first, that a too specific musical approach to the customer could start his feet mam boing toward the door when his hand should be gliding into his pocket. Yet musical merchandising should hardly go so far as to "Make the customer buy, without knowing why." Still, some discretion will have to be used to avoid having the loud-speaker chirp, "Where did you get that hat?" juat when madame was beginning to think it did something for her. Carteret County N?w*-Tim?s WINNER OF NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS A Merger of The Beaufort Newt (Eft 1913) and The Twin City Timet (Eft. 1IM) Publltbed Tueedayt and Fridaya by the Carteret PahUaHag Company, Inc. 504 Araadell St, Mwehead City, N. C ' LOCEWOOD PHILLIPS ? PUBLISHER ELEANORE DEAR PHILLIPS - ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER RUTH L. PEELING - EDITOR Bail Rate*: In Carteret County and adjofarfag eoootiee, **-?? eoe year, O-S* ftzl tl.S one month; elaewhere $7.00 one year, $4.00 ate : Member o < Afaodated Praaa - N. C. Preet Aaaodatloa National Editorial AaaoeUtioa - Audit Bureau ?t i Moran * ] 1* Eaat 40th Stmt, New York U, N. T. i Aaaociated ProM if entitled ezduaively to uae tor repobUeatten tt local r, aa well aa all AP new* Chat Matter at M or ahead aty, M. C., Under Act e< Hank ?, 1*7? 1 1 1 i HARVEST MOON r FALL 1 BUSINESS i UPTURN m#10* L^\ / Ruth P? ling Feathers ? Evidence of Murder Many feathers lying around indi cate that the cats are hungry. The yellow cat in my neighbor hood thinks birds are quite tasty. I'm afraid I'm going to wring his neck one of these days. The in dependent dogs around there don't even chase cats. Said yellow cat must have a home somewhere. It looks well fed. Why it has to have birds, too, can be answered, I guess, with, "It's the nature of the beast." The other night it rained. I went outdoors in the dark and made sure the door of the utility closet was ahut tight. The next day at noon I went in there, and what should be curled up cozily on a pile of stuff but Yellow Cat. She had undoubtedly gotten in there to get out of the rain and got caught when "somebody" closed the door. She wasn't ready to leave her warm nest either. 1 had to throw her out. Speaking of cats ? if you're won dering where Reginald Lewis's cat pictures are, he's got a good rea son. His favorite model, Rusty, haa disappeared. Reginald claims the cat got such a swelled head from seeing its picture in the paper that it has deserted the fish house and taken off for Hollywood. "Yes, the last time I saw him," Reginald declares, "he was hang ing around in front of the More bead Theatre." A few of the businessmen on Arendell Street arc beginning to complain about the unsightliness of the trash cans. "None would be better than those," one declared. A comparatively new North Caro lina citizcn was largely responsible for the appointment of Morehcad City's former port director, Jack Holt, to the board of directors of the American Association of Port Authorities. If the outlying areas of some towns were as anxious to unite with the town as Alaska was with the United States, towns would grow a lot faster. Some folks were not very happy about the Morehead City school band, going to Durham over the weekend when the football team was playing, at Wallace, what was considered the toughest game of the year. The football players, of course, probably don't worry too much whether they have a musical ac companiment, but the fans feel that the band livens things up and gen erates school spirit. Drew Pearson, syndicated col umnist, drew the fire of the Greens boro Daily News the other week. Pearson, speaking about Congres sional defeat of a school construc tion bill, said: Captain Henry Sou'easter It was thought at first that the tobacco farmers came through Helene all right. But some tobacco barns were damaged. 1 heard that Ralph Creech's were hard hit, ahd at most of the other barns "awn ings" around the sides were blown off. I heard of one man who likes this county so well, not even a "mullet blow" like Helene can scare him away. Edgar Bundy, Greenville, S. C., who retired in 1954, hai moved to 1705 Shepard St., More head City. The entire auditorium of the recreation building, Morehead City, has been taken over as an office by insurance adjusters. I have heard that the damage to dwellings was more general in Helene than in Hazel. Almost everybody lost a shingle or two. " I'd sure like to be in Newport the night of Oct. 31 (or the school Hal loween Carnival. I heard that some of the "girls" are going to put on a hula hoop show and Dick Lockey is going to be right up front in the "bald-headed row". The other night at a football game in Morehead City, the band was playing the Star Spangled Ban ner. Three boys, ignoring the fact that the national anthem was being played, were walking along non chalantly near the scoreboard. The scorekeeper yelled at them, to remind them of their patriotic manners. One of them yelled back defiant ly, "We're not from Morehead City!" S THE GOOD OLD DSTS THIRTY TEARS AGO Firm agents from Eastern Caro lina were holding a convention in Beaufort. Recorder's court held two ses sions this week to dispose of all the cases. Mr. A. Walner of Carthage had Joined the Beaufort News staff to assist W. G. Mebane, president and editor, who was about to begin his campaign as Republican nom inee for the House of Representa tives. TWENTY -FIVE YEARS AGO Charles Hassell had taken over the rural mail route formerly car ried by W. A. Pierce, who had just retired after SO years on rural mail delivery. Morebaad City voters were una nimously in favor of a tax levy lot a port terminal. C. D. J ones was advertising hama, whole or half, at U cents - - . ? ..viaJ H3L< - and 10 centa a pound and lard, 3 pounds, 2S cents. TEN YEARS AGO County ministers were circulat ing a petition against gambling at the dog track. Beaufort PTA received 1714 profit as a result of cooperation with the Beaufort Ball Club In managing the ball park during the summer season. A little theatre group was being organized In Beaufort and More head. FIVE TEARS AGO Morehead City Chapter of the Future Homemakera of America would be host this weekend to chapters from 21 counties. Beaufort PTA would sponsor a Halloween Carnival at the Beau fort ball park. Possibility of organizing a Little Theatre croup waa being dia cm Kid "On the final vote, all the Re publicans lined up with two South ern Democrats ? Bardcn of North Carolina and Landrum of Georgia ? to decree that nothing be done about crowded classrooms for American children." Pearson's next paragraph read: "Here is what happened when conferees from both Senate and House met behind closed doors to reconcile their differences over space-age education. The senators ? Hill of Alabama, Smith of New Jersey, Allott of Colorado and Yar borough of Texas ? fought hard to keep free scholarships in the bill." The Greensboro editorial com mented, "The words 'Southern Democrat' are meant to conjure up the picture of a backward Clag horn who joins with Ice Age Re publicans to oppose all social progress. "So when Southern representa tives vote against a school con struction bill, they're 'Southern Democrats'. But when Southern senators fight hard to keep free scholarships in the same bill they're just 'senators ? Hill of Ala bama . . . and Yarborough of Texas.' " How true. Those who were aware that last week was Fire Prevention Week may be interested in a new electric fire escape developed in Detroit. Union Electric News describes it as a parachute-like contraption, which at the touch of a switch in flates a 19-foot balloon with helium, enabling the wearer to float gently to the ground. Recommended also for steeple jacks and window washers, it can go up as well as down. P-r-e-t-t-y clever! The Readers Write RFD 3, Box 275-C Wilmington, N. C. I October 1958 To the Editor: I read with great interest an ar ticle on page six of the September 26 issue of the NEWS TIMES? an article which could easily have rated a front page location. This article told of the recent election of Mr. Jack Holt, former director of the Morehead City Port, as a director of the American As sociation of Port Authorities. This Is, undoubtedly, quite an honor, and the Georgia State Ports Au thority, of which Mr. Holt is now director, can be justly proud of its new boss. This honor given Mr. Holt is In itself a vote at confidence, and is proof positive that his release from the managership of the Morehead Port was strictly political, which, of course, was plainly evident at the time of his firing. I am most happy to see this continuance of trust and reliance in Mr. Holt. In going to Savannah as Georgia State Porta director, Mr. Holt, I believe, has substantially bettered his position. However, Georgia's gain la definitely North Carolina's kxs, thanks to the short-sighted ness of the Board at Directors of the North Carolina Porta Author ity. I say, "Congratulations, Mr. Holtl" Sincerely yours, O. H. Johnson Jr. LoiM? Spfvy Words of Inspiration A UNICEF HALLOWEEN Halloween is just around the corner, and I am hoping that thia year we can really make it worthwhile. Eight years ago, in October 1950 one small Sunday School claaa "trick or treated" for UNICEF. It was their idea and they loved helping other children. Other youngsters liked the idea too, so each year the idea spread until it reached every corncr of our United States. Americans and friends abroad learned of it, and now from tropical to northern climes, the original chant resounds across our nation and around the world. "Pennies for UNICEF will help the children of the world get well." Every community can take part, churches, Sunday School classes, circles, clubs, Scouts, Brownies, 4-H, FHA, etc. Combining traditional fun with a constructive purpose gives us extra benefits right here at home. A "problem day" can and is becoming a special day of international good-will. Parents and community leadera share in both the fun and accomplishments. Last October, more than two million youngsters had the fun of shar ing their Halloween with the sick and hungry children of the world. Their combined gifts of pennies, nickels and dimes was converted by UNICEF into protective vaccines, penicillin, antibiotics, milk, vitamins and many other things to make and keep children strong. The sharing of a typical American holiday means the promise of a happier future for millions of boys and girls suffering from malnutrition and disease. Halloween was more fun than ever, for all tradition was retained. Costumes were donned, spooks and spacemen rang door bells asking far coins for others less fortunate. Halloween parties were all the more fun with that inner glow of doing something for others. Each year more young Americans join those already celebrating Hal loween the UNICEF way. 1 hope that the children of Carteret County will join them this year, giving the children of the world a chance to live. Through UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, Halloween gifts of coins help the children of more than 100 countries. Can you realize that two-thirds, or 600 million, of the world's children are suffering from disease or malnutrition? UNICEF faces a gigantic task. Last year its program in mass disease control, long range nutri tion, mother-child welfare, and emergency help reached 45 million chil dren and their mothers. Each year Halloween coins are helping to make a holiday into some thing really worthwhile. With these coins goes the understanding that someone cared enough to "treat." It was my privilege while visiting the United Nations to hear the ruler of India speak in the General Assembly. He said that it was the first time in history that his people had enough to eat. This didn't mean the food that we have, he meant enough rice. The United Nations hac1 sent to their country what ws called "agri cultural missionaries," who had taught them how to drain, irrigate and plant their crops. The UN had sent medical missionaries, to administer vaccines, and deaths and disease had decreased by the thousands. "Yaws" is a most dreaded disease found in this country. It is sort of a combination of venereal disease and polio. Just five cents meani enough pencillin to cure a child of this dreadful tropical disease. This year plan a UNICEF Halloween for your parties, dances, ball games, club, lodge and church meetings. Let us change Halloween from a night of costly pranks to one of international goodwill. Free Wheeling By BILL CROWELL TEENERS ... Dr. C. S. Rommel of Penn State University has been conducting some scientific probing into teen age rebelliousness at the wheel. He's discovered, among other things, that youthful drivers with a record of accident pronv ness look upon dri-.ing as an ac tivity which relieves their mental tension. Did you get that? Relieves their mental tension. So next time you're near clobbered by a wheel-spinning young idiot at a drive-in, remem ber he's only taking the pressure off his brain. And here's another revelation Dr. Rommel turned up. He says, further, young folks sub stitute spectacular driving as com pensation for their youthfulness; they want to assume the role of an adult, accelerate the "growing up" process. These and other attitudes arc directly related to the youngsters' accident experience, the studies showed. Although not without a few ex ceptions, Dr. Rommel's findings tended to show that teen agcrs thought of driving as a form of be havior by which they could readily demonstrate their "ability" at the wheel. They often ignored speed, as an element of danger. Many placed greater emphasis on the power of a vehicle rather than its style or utility. Well, In my youth, defiance, (whatever the brand) was con siderably watered down by Dad, side-armed with an oil-tanned ra zor strop. But of course this wood house discipline was effective only until the psychiatrists announced that obstreperous conduct was merely an outlet for mental ten sion. However outrageous (drag rac ing, scratching off, etc.) the act nowadays, modern teen agcrs can fall back on what the psychiatrists have been peddling? that it's all somehow mysteriously "normal". Dr. Rommel's study further re vealed these subliminal tendencies In his accident-prone guinea pigs, any one of which would have been rewarded by a sound walloping in my day: A frequent desire to leave home, in urge to do something harmful or shocking, association with friends objectional to parents, a desire to frighten others just for the fun of it, suspicion of people in general, difficulty with police. 'Oh well, everywhere you look these days? problems! Adoration By GRACE MELSON BABBITT Thy power I see in every itar, And every dawning day. Thy glory I see in the rising sun That lights my wandering way. Thy grace I find in every tree And the soft breeze blowing by. The violets nod and bow their heads, Aa I praise thy name, Oh God moat high! Thy beauty I find in every roae, And the fresh wild daffodil. Thy love and Joy in a baby'a face, And wonder and worship, mj soul doth fill! FREE BOOK . . . Speaking of tccn agers, here's better news. The Department of Motor Vehicles has on hand a good supply of a won derful new driving pamphlet called "Are You Fit to Drive." I've read it through; it seems authoritative and well enough prepared to offer our readers a free copy. You teen agers read it first then pass it on to Mom and Dad. Get your free copy by writing Public Relations, State Department of Motor Vehicles, Raleigh. Comment... j. Keiium God Save the Flag Poet and physician Oliver Wen dell Holmes (1809-1894), father o( Justice O. W. Holmes, wrote this romantic verse of the above title: Washed in the blood of the brave and the blooming, Snatched from the altari of In solent foes, Burning with star-fires, but never ? consuming. Flash its broad ribbons of lily and rose. Vainly the prophets of Baal would rend it. Vainly his worshipers pray for its faU; Thousands have died for it, mil lions defend it, Emblem of justice and mercy to all: Justice that reddens the sky with her terrors, Mercy that comes with her white-handed train, Soothing all passions, redeeming all errors, Sheathing the sabre and break ing the chain. Borne on the deluge of old usur pations, Drifted our Ark o'er the desolate aeaa, Bearing the rainbow of hope to the nations, Torn from the storm-cloud and flung to the breeze! God bless the flag and its loyal defenders, While its broad folds o'er the battle-field wave, Till the dim star-wreath rekindle its splendors, Washed from ita stains in the blood of the brave! Better remembered is Henry Holcomb Bennett's "The Flag Goea By," In part: Days of plenty and years of peace; March of a strong land's swift increase; Equal justice, right and law. Stately honor and reverend awe; Sign of a nation, great and strong To ward her people from foreign wrong: Pride and glory and honor,? all Live to the color, to "tand or fall. HaU off! Along the streets there cornea A blare of bugles, ? ruffle of drums; And loyal hcarti art beating high: HaU 00! The flag If pauing by!
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