Hurricanes Point the Way
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By J. a. Dubois
Chamber of Cranerce
Hurricane llaiel and her sisters,
in 1954-55, awakened the State of
North Carolina to the importance
and value of our far-flung outer
banks. Since the*, great strides
have been made by the State High
way Department in making these
once-isolated sections more acces
sible to necessary supplies and
more easily evacuated in case of
emergency.
The Governor's Rehabilitation
Commission has made steady pro
gress on the tremendous task of
saving and restoring this vast sand
barrier, which protects all of our
coastal counties from certain de
struction by the relentless waves
of the mighty Atlantic Ocean.
Along cane Helene last month.
She tore up some of the highway
on Ocracoke, leveled many of the
man-built protective dunes, and for
a short while it looked as if ttio
people of Ocracoke would again
bo marooned. Then the 9Late High
way Commission swung into ac
tion.
The ferry which had been op- 1
erating from Ha tier as to the north
end of Ocracoke Island was routed
northeast into Pamlico Sound some
four miles to deep water thence
southwest for about 18 miles,
thence southeast Into Silver Lake
harbor and the village of Ocracoke
(total distance about 24 miles). It
is now making one round-trip daily
on a regular schedule.
Unwittingly Helene, in spite of
the damage she did, was a bene
factor to our atate, tor a he has
proven that even a small crfr
can safely navigate 24 miles of
open Pamlico Sound. People who
have taken this ferry are enthu
siastic, even though the, trip takes
over three hours and their- are no:
luxurious passenger accommoda
tions.
Helene also proved, beyond doubt
that a 20 mile car ferry from Ocra
coke to the mainland in Carteret !
County is not only possible but is
practical.
There bow seems to be no sound
and plausible reason why a JO mile
song "Dixie" was composed
by Dan Emmatt, ? Yankee from
OMr
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car ferry from Ocracoke to Car
teret County cannot be put into
operation by the spring of 1959.
No reason why the most out
standing All Coastal Highway on
the continent can not be completed.
No reason why Coastal North
Carolina should continue to lag be
hind in progress.
Tbert is now every reason to
catch up with our coastal competi
tors and quickly take the lead by
developing our vast untouched re
sources wnlch have been so sadly
neglected, our countless miles of
tidal shoreline.
Mice the hit hurricane ten
the Ocracokr IU|hmt>, (he
Ocracokr - llatterai lerry ban
boo* aufciac at regaUr ache
AM trip dally aver Ike nfrat
I mat* Ztaille Male iWw m
map above.
I?i service cerUMy proves
thai a M m lie car ferry aervlce
from Ocracoke to Carteret Can
ty la Mt only panlhii tat prac
tical a ad skotdd be taaacarated
la the Immrdlate fntarr ? to
?lake available, to mMoai, tbe
Created sceaie and historic
coastal highway la the world.
Port Calendar
Bisctnfitein? Sailed for Europe
yesterday
Trinity? At pier loading grain.
Will sail for Europe at soon ai
loading is completed.
Euea- Due tomorrow to load
tobacco for Hamburg.
Eastern Pitac*? Due Thursday
to load tobacco for Manila.
Mack Tern? Due Friday to load
tobacco for Rotterdam.
PoseMe*? Due Friday with pe
troleum products for Standard
Oil
Kiaderdyk? Due Nov. 4 to load
tobacco for Germany.
Girl Scouts Make Bridge Tallies
Photo by Bob Seymour
Bill awn at troop *7 in shown above making tallies for the GM Scoot bridge benefit, to be sp?a
imi Wf ike Jaalor Womaa't Chb Wednesday afternoon at 1:31 at the Blue Ribbon Restaurant. Left to
right are OhiliJ Wetherington, II, daaghler of Mr. aid Mr*. Herman Wetherington, Diane WUllama, IS,
daaghtor of Mr. and Mn J. C. Williams, and Uada Day. It, daughter of Mr. and Mn. Leslie Bay. Mrs.
A. B. Roberts b the troop leader.
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Smyrna School Chooses Its
Two Prettiest Students
By PAT CHAMKK
Mi, folk*? Well, here we are tack
again to bring you some more
news of what's happening here at
SHS.
First, let's congratulate the win
ner of the beauty contest held be
tween acts ol the motor play. She
Mr Thompson
it Judy Thompson, who was
crowned Kiss Smyrna High School
for this year. We of the eleventh
grade home room were especially
proud of her since she was repre
senting our class.
Negro News
Morehead City Hospital
Admitted: Wednesday, Mr. Me
Klver Johnson, Havelork; Mrs.
SaUy Simmons, Beaufort.
Friday, baby William Bell Jr.,
Morehead City.
Discharged: Thursday, Miss Car
oline Jooes, Morehead City.
Friday, Mrs. Annie Mae Hinson,
Morehead City.
Morehead City ? The Ladies
Heme Instruction Club met Thurs
day night at the home at Mr*. Mar
garet McLendon. The president,
Mrs. The) ma Stamps, presided
Mrs. Luia Horton and Mrs. Alice
Bryant of Newport were welcomed
to the club as new members.
The program. Uncover Yoor Dia
monds, wai given by Mra. Ethel
Williams.
The hostess served nuts, eandes,
pecan pie with ice cream aad cof
fee. The dub wU not Beet this
week.
Lei Vingt Frames (Mb
Lei Vingt Femmes dub met hi
September and organised for 1(58
1959 Hie following officers were1
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Susan Fulcher, ?r*t grade, won
fir* place among the grammar
grade contestants. All of the gin*
looked especially pretty, and I
think they wdl Amsrrve to be con
gratulated.
I think I can really speak far
everyone and say we all had ?
bell at the state fair. The live, gay
crowd that pulled away from the
Smyrna school Friday morning at
3:15 were an exhaueted but happy
bunch as they arrived home at 4: So
Saturday morning.
Monday proved to be a big event
here at Sm>rna when we received
both the pictures and report cards
on the same day. Let's hope moat
of the pictures were better than
the reports.
On Saturday, Oct. 4, four car
loads of FHA girls attended the
district FHA rally in New Bern.
The girls agreed that everyone had
a wonderful time, and all of them
profited by it.
Senior Bigwheel
Beginning this week we will
place the spotlight on a particular
senior so that you may become
better acquainted with them *11.
I want to tell you about the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Baker, Brenda, who was born in
Fayetteville, Aug. 30, 1941. She
later moved to Williston where she
is living now.
Brenda stands 5 foot 1 tall,
weighs 105 pounds, and her eyes
are a medium brown, slightly
Brenda Baker
darker than her aatund curf J?ir
B rend i said her heart'* d?in is
to be a social worker.
Among all the foods she eats
she finds pizza pie to be her fav
orite. Her favorite pastime is lis
tening to the radio to her favorite
singer, Chuck Willis, and her fav
orite song, For Your Love.
Breads is the athletic type and
thoroughly enjoys playing basket
ball. However, her hobbies aren't
limited only to this qport; she also
has interest n swimming and
danchig. Brenda's favorite movie
stars are Rock Hndm said Kim
Novak.
She says (be tikes al bet teach
ers and it would be to difficult
to choose a favorite, hut She
doesn't mind a hit teniae them
know that her pet peeve is pop
tests.
h school activities Breads has
participated in vanity dub one
year, 4-H CM far four years, Glee
CM> three years, FttA one year,
and this year she was in the sen
ior play and 1* on the annual staff.
She has been on the baikstbafi
squad four years and plays the
position of both guard and far
Ward.
elected: Mr*. D. P. Smith, presi
dent; Mrs. S. W. Wmdley, vice
president; Miss E. G. Atkinson,
secretary; Miss A. R. Hutchinson,
assistant secretary; Mr*. C. H.
Levis, treasurer.
The club members recently hon
ored Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Davis
Jr. with a shower for their one
m oath-old daughter at their home
on Marsh Street, Beaufort Many
gifts ware receiwd. Mrs. Davis
thanked each member for the hos
pitality shown her during the social
hour.
?Mrs. B. R. Tillery, Reporter
Soviet Russia declared war on
Japan on August 8, IMS.
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Science Must Not Obscure Studies
That Give Meaning, Impetus to Life
AM ? few >(? the United
States vat alarmed by the newi
at Russia'! ^plebrated feat, the
orbiting of Sputnik. Aa ? result,
our competitive impulse! imme
diately spurred us to a counter
attack, and we thenceforth avowed
ourselves dedicated to the advance
ment of science at all coats.
Immediately, various agencies
began enlightening us as to how
deficient we were in science and
what had to be done about the de
ficiences. The government and
many industrial concerns took up
the cause of scicnce, declaring that
we had to emphasize the scientific
side of our curriculum and sacri
fice lesser matters in order to pre
pare a generation of scientists for
the protection of our lives and na
tion.
An excited government made
necessary appropriations and sug
gested innovations, giving the idea
that the scientific aspect of educa
tion was most important.
It is with this insinuation of the
greater need for scientific profi
ciency that I wish to take issue.
For months all the talk was about
science? how we had to build our
curriculum around it and how we
must emphasize it.
In the light of the sudden glori
fication of scientific knowledge,
the basic subjects that constitute
what used to be called a liberal
education began to grow dim and
flicker out.
idea that we mm Kk In an are
that has discarded not only its
oid-faahranud nutans, beliefs, and
morals, but even the basis of an
old-fashioned education. The hu
manities became secondary, an
important part nf the curriculum
but not indispensable or vitally
necessary like science.
Now I do sat Hi pas I to derate
science. I merely consider it a sad
day for any civUiratiosi when
ethics, philosophy, literature, mu
sic, etc., become Kcondary to a
course in how to destroy more
people and shoot better missiles
than the Russisns. We have
stressed science because the most
important thing to us seems to be
the preservation of life.
Bat I he question that haunts me
is this: Which is more important
top reserve life, or to make it
worth preserving?
It seems to me that if the na
tions of the world had been taught
more ethics, more philosophy,
more of the world's great liter*
ture with its worthy didacticism,
we might not now stand in such
dire need of science as an Instru
ment of warfare and destruction
My point, whether plain or not, is
have let the humanities go un
stressed.
U all men had been taught to
listen to (he voice of Socrates and
Christ, or to glimpse the hidden
meanings of Macbeth or Moby
Dick or even Pearl Buck's "The
Old Demon," it seems quite prob
p
ire today because we have heglect-k
ed to emphllixe the humanities J
how can we, by farther de-empha 1 1
sizing them in order to stress
science, hope to remedy ear situa
tion? If our cultural courses hat
received more attention, perhap
today acience would be cfcannelec
into peaceful realm where tliq
brain power and energy of oui
nations great scteatmc mind
could be expended <M nobler quests
that bear the amiable touts o
proaperity, comfort, medical tri'
umph, and knglvtty.
UaMI adeare is wholly conse
crated to the high catting of mak! |
ing life worth preserving, I can J
not bring myself to believe thu 1
acience is more importaat thad;1.
the fine arts. Aa it appear* to mo
now, the writing of Hie Iliad wa I
a greater evtst than the inventing. tj
of an atomic bomb, aad the musi. I
of Bach's Magnificat in D Major U
a greater power than that whlcl' y
launched the Sputniks. I
If any reader who thinks I ha v.
tried to abuse science becorpe
irate, I shall be gtad to afljrm m<
support of science by informini
him that I am a member of thi
American Association for the Ad j
vancement of Science. But thill
matter is that I am an equally ,
zealous supporter of that phase o I
the curriculum which would teacl,|
our students the equal rights o '
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