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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Carteret County" I Newspaper EDITORIALS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1958 The Sloppy City Several complaints have been heard recently about the trashy appearance of the main street of Morehead City. One came from a visitor from New Jer sey and the others from Morehead City residents. An editorial could be written every week about the unkempt appearance of the middle of the town, but we can offer no workable solution to the prob lem. There ARE notations: 1. Keep people from throwing paper, paper cups, cigarettes packages and other trash in the streets, but how do you get people to do that? You instill in them civic pride, you say. And just how do you do that? You can talk and write until you're weary, but if parents don't teach neat ness, cleanliness and respect for other people's property, is the school, the church or the newspaper supposed to teach it? Probably. 2. Pay laborers to walk up and down the streets and pick up the trash that thoughtless people throw around. And where does the money come for that? From tax funds. The town doesn't have enough money now to do the many things it would like to do. Where is it going to get the money to pay laborers to pick up after the sloppy residents? Maybe town prisoners could do it. And once in a while they do. But there aren't enough of them to pick up after a thousand litterbugs every day. The town last spring planted grass on the plots along each side of the railroad. White markers were set out to keep cars off of it. The grass was mowed. This is the first time in the history of the town that this project of beautification wag in any way success ful. And the credit goes to street com missioner Gibbie Sanderson who bull dogged the thing through and saw to it that the town workmen found time to do what they did. In gratitude, the townspeople con tinue to litter the street. Town trash cans have been put out. They were ig nored and many, if still standing, are rusty and broken. People from other areas, north or west, are invited to come south to establish plants. And what do they see? Their pre-conceived notion of a slovenly "southern town" is verified. Industrialists consider the employees they may want to bring in to live in the town. Would their families want to live in a place that looks like a trash pile? Hardly. There will have to be many other VERY favorable factors before new enterprises move into a sloppy town. It isn't the trash itself ? it's what it denotes. It's a badge of lazi ness, slovenliness, absence of civic pride, and backwardness. It's a badge that brands EVERY ONE, even those who would like to have a clean town. These are rough words and they may not go down so well with some. But if you think they're not the truth, we'll be glad to hear from you. Neighbor Beach Wants 3 Hotel Plans seem to be in the wind for a 250-room "storm resistant" hotel at Wrightsville Beach. According to a newsstory in a Raleigh paper last Wed nesday, the hotel would provide eating and convention facilities for 600. What was most interesting about the item was that a STATEWIDE DRIVE would be undertaken to raise money > for the hotel. If this IS like most fund drives for an enterprise of this sort, it probably won't amount to much. On the other hand, it may meet with re sounding success. We can picture beach hotel pro moters contacting major organizations throughout tile state, organizations which are eager to meet annually on the coast, and offer them a special con vention rate for a certain number of years if the organization will put up some money to meet the hotel's build ing cost. We don't say that such a plan is con templated in the Wrightsville Beach Bcheme; that's merely conjecture on our part, but should such an idea ma terialize, not only would Wrightsville Beach get its hotel built, it would be assured of conventions and all the add ed town business that goes with them for a specified number of years. A model of the hotel was shown last Monday at a meeting at Raleigh. Earl Fitzgerald, Fayetteville, acting chair man of the meeting, was right when he said the entire state would benefit directly from such a hotel. Hotel people in our area have long listened to pleas for large convention facilities. We just don't have them. The entire state would benefit from a good convention hotel on the coast, in that organizations now tired of meet ing upstate could come to the shore. The Wrightsville Beach venture will be watched, from this end, with inter est. Note on Avian Tourism (Greensboro Daily News) Somebody's been pulling feathers over somebody else's eyes up around Richmond. A UPI dispatch from the Virginia capital tells how Beauregard, a mock ingbird cared for by a Richmonder after he'd fallen out of his nest during a heavy rain last summer, is to be given a plane ride to Sarasota, Fla., for the winter after his benefactor "tried to turn him loose early last month so he'd fly south of hia own accord, but Beaure gard would have none of it." Of course Beauregard wouldn't He must have been pretty well domesti cated in the first place ; the easy, shel tered life was just the thing, Virginia gentleman that he must have been. But, that initial consideration aside, somebody, even if it has to be the Rich mond Times-Dispatch's perennial avian correspondent Bjrdie Mae Baugh, should tell UPI and all concerned that mockingbirds do not fly south to Flori da for the winter. You'll find plenty of mockingbirds in the Everglades State; we don't believe we've ever seen or heard more than in the trees and foliage around the Bok Tower. But they were Florida mock ingbirds, not winter tourists. For mock ingbirds are adaptable critters. Here in North Carolina ? and the same must be true in Virginia ? they stay with us the year around. Never do they seem happier than on a cool, crisp day or a chilly moonlit night when on chimney top or other apex which satisfies their vaingloriousness, they sing their hearts out in defiance of the weatherman or anybody ehe who would gainsay their right to be heard. Come snow and ice, the mocking bird's notes, even as the mails, must go through. Beauregard, if you ask us, has got himself a press agent who's been took. Carteret County News-Times WINNER OF NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS A Merger of The Beaufort Newi (Est 1912) and The Twin City Time* (Eft. UM) Published Tuesdays and Fridays fay the Carteret Publishing Company, Inc. 504 ArendeU St, Horehead City, N. C. LOCKWOOD PHILLIPS - PUBLISHER ELEANOEE DEAR PHILLIPS - ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER RUTH L. PEELING - EDITOR Kail Rates: In Carteret County and adjoining counties, K.M ate year, U.50 six $1.25 one month; elsewhere 17.00 one year, $4.00 six months, tl-50 one month. at Associated Press - N. C. Press Assodatloc Editorial _ Audit Bureau at CtrculatiesM Nations! Advertising Representative Mora * Fischer, Inc. M East 40th Street, New York U. N. T. The Aaeedated Preef is entitled exclusively to ass far republication of local I I in this newspaper, as well aa all AP nei Class Matter at Mcrehssd CUy, N. C., Under Act at A SURE HITCH I 7 t&ee/z. ? - Ruth Pealing Rail Man Frowns on Water Braxton Adair and R. P. Jobb, a vice-prcsidcnt of Atlantic Coast Line were teamed together to visit Philadelphia firms as part of North Carolina's mission to invite Phila delphia industry to the Tar Heel State. Braxton laughs as he recalls it. "Mr. Jobb didn't like it very much that I kept talking about cheap transportation on the inland water way, while he was trying to sell rail transportation, but he admit ted that if North Carolina got more business, his railroad would gut some of it too." Braxton says that the Philadel phia folks were extremely interest ed in our integration issue. No matter what the conversation, it finally got around to integration. Radio and tv stations would in terview the governor, usually tap ing what he had to say. He'd tell the state's story for industry and then tbe integration questions would pop up. When the interview was finally broadcast or telecast, everything at the front was usually cut out and thus the governor was left talking only about integra tion! While that may be stretching it a bit, the significance should be noted. Controversy engenders in terest. Furthermore, businesses and industries are quite concerned about the manner in which integra tion would help or hinder their locating in the south. It has been reported that many firms toying with the idea of going into Arkansas have definitely backed off since the Little Rock "explosion." Firemen arc good people to have around. Here in the officc we laughed one day because a fire department asked that it be noti fied of a fire before the fire starts. Well, we were eating our words last week. Something in the officc was smoking. The smell was like that of a burned out transformer (according to the know-it-alls who had smelled burned out transform ers) and we couldn't find the source of the smoke. Everyone was picturing wires burning in the ceiling or walls and soon the whole place would burst into flame. So we called Mack Ed wards at the Morehead City fire department, told him we had a fire but we didn't know where. Mack showed up and after check ing the place from top to bottom found it was nothing too serious. Something had burned out in one of the fluorescent lights. It cer tainly was causing an awful smoke and smell. It may, eventually, have caused a fire, who knows? That was one time that it was a good thing to call a fireman before the fire started. Any fireman will tell you it pays to be alert and suspicious about fire. It was a pleasure to have as houseguests last Thursday night Mary and Martha Yarborough, red-headed twin members of the Greensboro College Glee Club. The glee club sang Thursday night in the First Methodist Church, More head City, sponsored by the Wild wood and First Presbyterian Churches. The girls visited Fort Macon Friday morning, had lunch at Cap tain Bill's and then went to New Captain Henry Sou'easter My grandson mailed us his Christmas list this week. He wants a boat. And he's very considerate about the whole thing? we don't have to mail it to him. We're just to look after it, until he comes to visit us this summer, and have it all ready for him to sail. He figures, I do believe, that I have nothing to do except build hira a boat Well, maybe he's right. And come June, there will prob ably be a sailboat here waiting for him. I read a story the other day which illustrates the way I feel about some of the folks around town. There are those who would like to see things change for the better and will work toward that end, and then there are folks who don't want to see anything change. Whatever the go-aheads start, the stand-patters stop and call themselves heroes. Story: This chap was standing at a street intersection when he saw a car with no driver start down the hill. Fortunately the front door was open, so he jumped in and pulled on the handbrake and brought the car to a shuddering stop. Feeling like a real hero, the man stepped out just in time to meet the car's panting owner. "Well, I guess I stopped it for you," smiled the chap. "You sure did," exclaimed the owner, "1 was pushing it." IS TEE GOOD OLD D27S THIRTY YEARS AGO One hundred head of purebred hereford cattle from Kansas ar rived for the Ncetcall project on $outh River. The weather report service for Beaufort, which had been discon tinued for a while, had been re stored because of the fishing in dustry. James W. Uason was appointed county attorney by the new county officials. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Loftin Motor Co. in Beaufort was showing the new 1934 V-8 model Ford. The Floating Theatre had tied np at Inlet Inn dock and would present plays (or a week. Troy John son, Billy King Taylor, and William Willis, all ei Beau fort, gave a radio conccrt at the Wilmington station. TEN YEARS AGO Santa Claus arrived in Beaufort aboard his yacht Miatlctoe. All Morehead City churches were joining in a union Christmas ser vice Sunday night. Lennoxville residents lost in their fight to have Lambert Morris's fish factory moved. FIVE YEAR8 AGO The Benson H. Riggin menhaden boat, sank off Ocracoke Inlet. The loss was estimated at (68,000. Congressman Graham A. Barden appeared before the county board of commissioners and advised them to contact the state health officer for aid in fighting mosqui toes. Beaufort firemen gave mooey to paiat the town ball. Bern where they gave a concert Friday night. Tippy, who won "the best dressed" prize in the Beaufort pet contest last Wednesday, certainly did not seem very happy. In the picture below, taken by Bob Sey mour, Tippy seems to be saying, "This shouldn't happen to a dog!" Tippy wore a hat, collar and long dress. I hope he got a big juicy bone when he got home. The Readers Write Perker-Upper Veterans Hospital Oteen, N. C. I received my first issue of the Times today. It really helped perk me up, being able to read about things and people I know. So I will be looking forward to the next issues. My wife subscribed to the paper for me. Her address is Mrs. Roy T. Guthrie, 1113 Shepard St., More head City, N. C. Can't Do Without It Tampa, Fla. Dec. 2, 1958 I have been a subscriber of your paper for years and don't feel I can do without it. Will you please send me the pa per for six months at once to this address. Miss Minnie L. Nelson, 7614 Conn. St., Tampa 5, Fla. 1 want every paper. Send bill to me at once for the entire six months and I will send you i check. 1 have lived at Atlantic, N. C., until October. 1 am living in Tam pa now. Thank you, Minnie L. Nelson Stamp News By SYD KKONISH The United States Post Office Department will participate in six foreign stamp exhibitions. Special exhibits showing new panels and US album pages will be sent to the following: Naples, Italy, for the centennial of stamps in the Kingdom of Naples; Graz, Aus tria, at the Graz-American House; London, England, for the 1959 STAMPEX; Hamburg, Germany, for INTERPOSTA 1959; Johannes burg, South Africa, for their Inter national Exhibition in 1960; and London, England, for the I960 In ternational Exhibition. Also in the welfare vein, cornea a new set of stampa from Western Germany. It It the 1958 series "Helpers of Mankind." The 7 pfennig plus 3 brown and tan por trays Wilhelm Raiffeiaen. The 10 pf plus 5 red, white, gold and green shows Alpine dairy farming. The 20 pf plus 10 white, blue, green and red depicta vineyard farming. The 40 pf plus 10 yellow, white, green and blue illuatratea a farm er carrying a pitchfork. The aame deaign and colors but with different values were Issued lor the Saar. louif Splvy Words of Inspiration A FAMILY TREE Wouldn't it be nice for parents to hive in their possession a Family Record to pass along to their children? Would it not make a difference in all of our lives ... If we knew that we were direct descendants of great men and women like Beethoven . . . Madame Currie . . . George Washington ... or Abraham Lincoln? I would suggest that all of us begin a "Family Tree," beginning with the present and going as far back down the line of ancestors ai W? possibly can. As for me ... I just can't go very far back. So I have adopted ? couple of wonderful ancestors to begin with . . . and to pas* along to the youth of our Tyndall clan. The first is: William Tyndale . . . who was born about 1490 and translated the Bible into English. His translations Were vigorously op posed by ecclesiastical authorities in England. Ills combined transla tions were published. He was taken into custody in Antwerp and after fifteen months' imprisonment was tried . . . sentenced . . . and burned at the stake on Oct. 6, 1S36. I am awfully proud of him. My next adopted ancestor is John Tyndall. My explanation for the change in spelling from Tyndale to Tyndall is poor penmanship. All of us have been poor writers. John Tyndall was an Irish physicist . . . born in 1820. In 1847 he be came teacher of physics at Qucenwood College, Hampshire England, where he began original researches. In 1859 he began his researchci on radiation ... a later subject was the acoustic properties of the at mosphere. He made a successful lecture tour of the United States (1872). He devoted funds to founding scholarships for original research at Harvard and Columbia Universities. These two certainly make fine roots for a "Family Tree", and I'd ccrtainly like to feel that way back through the years, I could really claim them. If you will read the "History of Atlantic Christian College", written by Charles C. Ware, you will find another Tyndall, who was a combina tion of the two mentioned above. His name was John William Tyndall; and was the son of my own Uncle Jim. He was born in a two-room unceilcd house ... in Craven County. He attended public school for three months in his life. Life was hard and my Cousin John writes "1 fully made up my mind . . . that I would give my life to the poor. I would wear myself clear out for their uplifting and culture." In 1907 he opened a school eight miles north of Kinston . . . known as Tyndall's School and later called Industrial Christian College. One hundred and two students were enrolled. For $75 a student received board and tuition for one year. He also said, "The lack of money shall not keep one out of this institution. No accountness may keep one out . . . but not lack of money." Many of you perhaps knew my Cousin John better than I did, for he preached many times at the Otway Christian Church. There are several n that community named in his honor. He was once pastor of a large church in Atlanta and was a Christian evangelist and teacher for many years. He was killed in an automobile accident when he was 56 years old. At the time he was president of Randolph College at Cisco, Texas. 1 happily give to each of you of the Tyndall Clan, and also to those named in honor of "John" . . . "William" . . . Tyndall" ? . . these fine ancestors as examples for you to follow. So . . . wake up. Much has been given you ? ? . the world needs . . ? and expects . . . much from you. There is great work to be done. Roll up those ilceves and get busy. Comment ? ? ? J. Kellum The Power of Reception The ability to receive and there by grow is as much an essential property of the mind as of the body. We know the consequcnces of starving tbe body; we seem less particular about our minds. The body hungers and we feed it, in accordance with advice of experts in the field, our pocket books and our appetites. The mind hungers and we animalistically snatch anything handy to stuff into it, all too often. We admit that minds, like bodies, can be seriously crippled, but we neglect their nu trition as though the absence of noticeable deficiency implied the presence of maximum health. To the imaginative person, the spectacle of all these hungry minds stoking themselves on the grunts and grits of man-made entertain ments is thought provoking. That is not to imply that such entertain ment is unworthy. It is interesting, and It is often a great deal of fun. But it compares to real life as a painting compares to the actual sight of the scene. And as mental food, it must compare as soda pop docs to milk. It seems as though, today, we have so many handy packages of ersatz brain-filler that we needn't go out and pick an apple off the natural tree. Perhaps we were so entertained that we have forgotten that there are other, more satis fying foods, and we have forgot ten how to gather them. Charles Morgan, in "Reflections in a Mirror" (Macmillan) reflects, "In the imprisonment of routine, in the midst of great labors, in spite of the temporary inconven iences of revolutions, man has al ways known how to let the instant rest like a petal on the stream ol their lives . . Morgan is content to apply it ra ther shallowly, but be put the case nicely. We so often drown ourselves in a hubbub of people and, as a mob, subject ourselves to an onslaught of babel in the name of recreation that we miss opportunities to deep en our enjoyment and understand ing of life. There is fruit for us in an aware, observant, appreciative, attitude. No man can show another how to sense what is about him, it must be allowed to grow. Yet we do know that we cannot know truly what a ccrtain spirit may be? whether of climate or person or what have you? by pummeling it with our minds, draining it dry and lining up ita skeleton of statis tics. We can discover our share of the comprehendible only when we let it in to us, when we give it our loving and respectful attention? not like a blotter gobblea up mois ture but like a flower opening to the sun must our infant under standing be. "I know that I know not," is, however surprisingly, a joyous dis covery snd a gateway to the stars. From that point on, anyway, each bit of real knowledge is beautiful, precioua and a thing of wonder. And the art of obtaining it, sensi tive intellectual reception, is a most satisfying? even though some times very difficult? occupation. Free Wheeling By BILL CROWELL Motor Vehiclei Department BUMPER CROP ... A fellow said the other day, "Show me a vacant lot and within two weeks I'll show you a filling station." Which does seem to be true, es pecially in Raleigh where even a church was knocked down to make room for a bright new gas station. But common sense says the pe troleum people don't go around investing dollars frivolously. Service stations, though on every horizon, must pay off. A clue might be that over 67 million motor ve hicles were registered in the United States last year, with more than 10 per cent of them credited to California alone. New York and Texas both had more than four million while Illi nois, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsyl vania all topped the three million mark. North Carolina? A recent tally by Miss Foy Ingram, director of the Motor Vehicles Department's registration division, showed the Tar Heel State with 1,870,000, or a rank of 13th among the state* in total registrations. Rolling on Tar Heel roads are ? 1,157,804 automobiles ? 264,994 trucks ? over 100,000 trailer* ? 1,548 buses ? 4,382 motorcjrcla* _ * I-W ? 34,050 public owned vehicles ? 42,930 vehicles in the hands of dealers Now, forget the figures if you want. But don't forget to advise the Motor Vehicles Department il you've moved in the past year. Officials want to know so they can address your 1959 license re newal card correctly. The cards must be used to get new plates, so if your address has changed since the last registration write in now listing your license number and your new address. TOVCHE . . . Highway workers shrugged their shoulders; state police were puzzled, too. But Min nesota Route <1 was sporting some highly mysterious paint work. Of ficers went to take a look, found a one-foot stripe laid down on the pavement with seven-foot lettcri proclaiming "Start." A quarter mile down the road another line and the word "End." A conference was called. Inves tigators began to "suspect" the markings were being used to lay out an aoto racing course. They kept the area under surveillance, finally nabbed five youths in the act of touching up the markings. Although not actually seen rac ing, the group was marched off to ? local magistrate, charged with defacing the road, and promptly lined $50 and court costs.
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