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VOLUME XXV
SIX PACS THIS MtHC
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 193C PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 52
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The Chamber of Commerce of
Beaufort accomplished much during
the year ending today, a review of
the records will show. Most impor
tant accomplishment was saving the
railroad whL-h serves the town.
While a final decision has not been
handed down by the I.C.C. the fed
eral organization whose Examiner
John Pritchard conducted rail hear
ings, the Examiner has recommend
ed that the railroad should not be
abandoned,, but that it should be op
erated for public necessity..
The railroad matter alone wa3
worth much more to the citizenship
of Beaufort than the amount in dues
which have been paid, a citizen stat
ed today. But the Chamber of Com
merce has played important roles in
many other projects, ome of which
are now underway, while others are
proposed and will start at early
dates. In the matter of waterway
and community projects the Cham
ber of Commerce always takes a
leading rol.
The secretary, whose job is to ans
wer all inquries from persons want
ing information about Beaufort has
averaged almost a letter a day for
the year. In many cases, especially
during the summer months, letters
answered resulted in vacationists
coming to our town.
Another job of the secretary, and
the one he was primarily employed
for, is to see that Beaufort, North
Carolina datelines are published in
newspapers and magazines. During
the year, stories emulating from
Beaufort have been published in
newspapers throughout this and for
eign countries and in magazines
with millions of subscribers.
President Fred Seeley of the
Chamber of Commerce will be leav
ing soon for Ralegih where he wilt
represent Carteret county in the
1937 General Assembly. J. P. Betts
is treasurer of the organization and
Aycock Brown is secretary.
Death Boards Boat
Fishing Off Coast
Death came aboard the fishing
trawler "Theresa and Dan' at sea
off the North Carolina coast last
Thursday morning taking Newman
Shea, 55-year-old Gloucester, Mass.
fisherman.
The trawler put into port at Nor
folk a day later and a Norfolk cor
oner who investigated the case attri
buted the man's death to a heart at
tack. Capt. John Hall, master of the
"Theresa and Dan,' a Gloucester
trawler which has been fishing off
the coast for several years, said that
Shea was an excellent seaman and
his death aboard ship had saddened
the entire crew.
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The figures are approxj
imately correct and based on
tables furnished by the U. S.
Geodetic Survey. Some allow
ances must be made for varia
tions in the wind and also with
respect to the locality, that is
whether near the inlet or at
the heads of the estuaries.
High
Low
Friday, Jan. 1
a. m. 4:38 a. m.
p. m. 4:59 p. m.
Saturday, Jam. 2
a. m. 5:23 a. m.
5:48 p. m.
10:10
10:28
10:57
Sunday, Jan. 3
11:15
11:47
12:06
12:40
12:59
1:34
1:54
2:25
, ?:48
3:22
a. m
6:09 a. m.
p. m. 6:40 p. m.
Monday, Jan 4
a. m. 6:08 a. m.
p. m. 7:34 p. m.
Tuesday, Jan. 5
a. m. 7:30 a. m.
p. m. 8:29 p. m.
Wednesday, Jan. 6
a.m. 8:4? a. m
p. m. 9;26, p. m.
Thursday, Jan. 7
a. m. ' 9:33 a. m.
p. W " 10:20 p. m.
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The Garner Triplets, June, Jean and Joan
The above cut from our way of thinking is the most appropriate one to be used on our front page in this
News Years edition. The three little girls are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Garner of Newport.
Their birth a few months ago resulted in much publicity for Carteret county. Eubanks-News Photo.
Rep. Seeley To Leave
For Raleigh Tuesday
Rep. Fred Seeley, will leave for
Raleigh and the 1937 edition of the
N. C. General Assembly on next
Tuesday according to his present
plans. He will represent Carteret
county and was aleeted back in No
vember with a large majority over
his Republican opponent, James V.
Mason. Representative Seeley waf
formerly manager of the Beaufort
Lumber and Manufacturing Com
pany. His job in private life at
the present time is building contrac
tor. That Cedar Island
Auk Was A Dovekie
Duffy DajTatid a party from Ce
dar Island were out duck hunting a
few days ago and aecidently killed a
small bird which they thought was an
auk which had strayed south from
its natural habitat in Greenland. The
bird was brought to Beautort and
turned over to Fisheries Laboratory
officials. A story under a Beaufort
dateline appeared in newspapers
throughout this and other states the
next day stating that what was be
lieved to be an "Auk" had been kill
ed near Cedar Island by Duffy Day
and party. When Dr. Prytherch re
turned from his Christmas vacation
up North he identified the bird as
being a "Dovekie," instead of an
"Auk."
Cov-k:es too, are natives of Green
land. Thsy furnish one of the chief
foods for the Eskimos and for ani
mals such as white foxes and polar
bears of the Arctic regions. About
the size of a quail, Dovekies are fre
quently driven as far South as New
York curing stormy winter weather,
but seldom as far south as North
Carolina. Several years ago a flock
of Dovekies were driven ashore at
Capo Lookout during a winter storm.
Marriage Licenses
Ivey Gaskill, Sea Level and Gracie
Gillikin, Beaufort R.F.D.
John Bell and Annie L. Henry,
Beaufort.
Garland Smith and Lizzie Willis,
Salter Path.
William P. Kanto, Apex, N. C, and
Lila Odum, Morehead City, N. C.
Avon Mason, Atlantic and Melba
Mao Nelson, Atlantic.
Earl Willis, Morehead City and
Leah D. Foy, Cove City.
Fred S. Willis and Frances L.
Bell, Morehead City.
Bert Dunn, Jacksonville, Fla., and
sarah Collins, Morehead City.
Donald Brooks and Edith Gillikin,
Beaufort R.F.D.
Odell Martin and Beatrice Barrin-
ger, -Beaufort.
Robert P. Turpin, Norfolk, Va..
Azilee Garner, Newport.
Loyd Hill, Sea Level and Lela Gas
kill, Sea Level.
Wren E. Lawrence and Mildred M.
Salter, Merrimon.
Beaumon Taylor and Nellie Gas
kill, Sea Level.
Eugene Willis, Atlantic and Mag
gie Hamilton, Sea Level.
Lionel B. Mason and Katharine
Mason, Atlantic.
James A. Salter, Sea Level and
Myra Salter, Sea Level.
Walter C. Hardesty, Beaufort and
Rosa M. Kilby, Wadesboro. ',
Income taxes are paid by all
federal employes, including, the pres
ident. State employees are exempt.
HAPPY NEW YEAR - - 1937
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WAT Milt FRON1
By AYCOCK BROWN
I BELIEVE TAT I was the first
newspaperman to write a story about
the observance of Old Christmas
down at Rodanthe on Hatteras Is
land. It was just a few days before
Christmas 1928, when Mrs. Gaskill
down on Ocracoke told me about Old
Christmas how many of the com
munities observed the date in the old
days, how a few of the families oh
Ocracoke observed the date a3 late
as 1928, and how everyone in the
village of Rodanthe celebrated Christ
mas on January 5 instead of Decem
ber 25.
AFTER SENDING the story to th
United Press the Associated Pre?.?
wired for a special story which they
wold pay handsomely for they told
me. I got most of my -data from
Capt. John Alan Midgett," famous
coastguardsman who lives in Rodan
the. Mr. Griffin a traveling salesman
who happened in Rodanthe one yea;
on January 5 supplied additional da
ta, how he arrived there on this
particular date and found the peo
ple celebrating. After the stoner.
were filed I forgot ibout the matter
and started locking for new things to
write about until on the evening of
January 5 when I heard a news
broadcaster telling about the Rodan
the Old Christmas celebration.
DETAILS WERE LACKING but
that first story in 1928 has surely
reaped a harvest of Old Christmas
stories from other writers in the
State since 1928. The whole truth
of the matter is that the people do
not take Old Christmas as seriously
as they did in the old days. December
25th is also observed at Rodanthe as
Christmas Day. But the story was
unusual from a news standpoint
and the AP paid me more for thot
one special story built up around
fragments of information about ?
Christmas observance than they have
ever paid me for two and three dayt
coverage of hurricanes, ship wrecks
and such . . ; Down in Cuba certain
sects celebrate the Feast of Epithany
on January 6, another Old Christmas
date but Rodanthe is the. only place
where they observe Epithany Eve as
Old Christmas. A very entertaining
story about the Rodanthe celebration
SOMEBODY WHO read the story
said "I notice you spelled Cahoon
wrong." The person was referring
to the story about the arrival of the
125 foot patrol boat Cahoone which
is replacing the Travis at Advance
Base A in Morehead City. The Ca
hoone I referred to is spelled' with
an "e" as the final letter.
IF NEWS SEEMS lacking or if
stories appear incomplete in this edi
tion of The Beaufort News; think of
yourself trying to type with a1 very
painful thumbnail or what is left
of it . . Christmas Eve was the big
gest day in the history of Store No.
1 of the ABC set up in Carteret
county. Over $700 worth of liquor,
wines, champagnes, cocktails and
such were sold during the day. . Sell
ing liquor legal that way surely has
knocked out a prosperous business
for bootleggers . . . But I notice
some people still prefer Corn Whis
ky. A bottle of Scotch that I go for
Christmas is still unopened and .some
times I believe that I am practical
ly on the water wagon.
.. The demand for lespedeza seed in
Randolph County is exceeding the
supply, as more and more farmers in
that county turn '.o this leguminous
crop. . i
Prytherch Will Help
Prosecute 0y$tejr
Swindler In Florida
Dr. Herbert F. Prytherch; direc
tor of the U. S. Fisheries Laboratory
here and world's foremost authority
on oysters will go to Jacksonville
next week to give testimony in a gi
gantic oyster swindle trial..
It seems that a racketeer in that
state has sold interest in thousands
of acres of oyster bottoms at $140
per interest. He is alleged to have
promised an indefinite income of
?25 per month for their investment.
The defendant in the case is said to
have cleaned up nearly a million dol
lars in the alleged oyster racket.
Dr. Prytherch was director of an
oyster project in the region of west
Florida where the $140 botoms were
sold, and because he is thoroughly fa
miliar with the situation, he was sub
if?neoH" aS a witness in this case, and
evidence he presents is expected to
help convict the racketeer, who has
a-federal prison record on a similar
count back in 1923.
RITES FOR CAPT.
PINER ON FRIDAY
Funeral services for the late Capt.
Finley Piner, 61-year old officer in
charge of Bogue Inlet coast guar!
station will be conducted at the home
of the surviving widow Mrs. Maggie
S. Piner in Morehead City, Friday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev Mr.
Houston and Rev. Mr. Stephens of
Morehead City will conduct the last
rites. Interment will be made in Bay
View cemetery.
Capt. Piner was drowned when he
fell from a boat in Swansboro har
bor late Thursday night, December
17. Although Fort Macon and Bogue
Inlet coast guardsmen and members
of the patrol crew at Advance Base
"A" in Morehead City conducted a
daily and extensive search for the
body, it was not located until early
Wednesday the 13th day after the
drowning. It had drifted up th
White Oak river about a mile and a
half and was first sighted by George
Morton who lives near the river at
that point. Besides Mrs. Piner, the
widow, two children, Joe Wheeler
Piner and Mrs. George M. Piner
survive.
Interior of Local Bank
Is Being Repainted
Painters have been busy this week
painting the interior of the First
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
A new heating plant has also been
recently installed in the building,
year there were I. C. C. hear-
fort Banking and Trust Company.
Real Estate Transfers
E. C. Mundine et als to J. C. Mun
dine and wife, 10 acres Newport
Township, for $10.
E. C. Mundine et als to Ruby
Pringle and husband, 20 acres New
port Township, for $10.
Bettie Mundine et als to O. Q
Mundine et al3 20 acres Newport
Township, for $10.
O. Q. Mundine et als to E. C,
Mundine and wife, 20 acres Newport
Township, for $10.
Bettie Bryan et als, O. Q. Mundine
et als, 1 share Mundine Lands, for
$10.
Mrs. Bettie E. Mundine et als to
Essie Cannon and husband, 40 acre?
Newport' Township, for $10.
Helen Land Fulford and husband
,, (Continued on page six)
County chools
Opeir Iponday
St. Paul's School
St. Pauls School will continue
under the supervision of Mrs.
Willis and Mrs. James Fodrie, it
was announced this week follow
ing the death of Mrs. Nannie P.
Geffroy during the Christmas
season, it had been erroneously
announced that the school would
close. But only children through
the sixth grade will be eligible
for enrollment. Mrs. Willis will
teach the first, second and third
grades while Mrs. Fodrie will
teach the fourth, fifth and sixth
grades. A fee will be charged
the pupils who go to St. Paul's,
however, and all former pupils
of, the i school who are not
expecting to attend during the
coming session ar-3 requested to
report at the school tomorrow
(Friday) morning at 9 o'clock
and be checked out and receive
their report cards. The regular
opening of the school will be on
Monday, January' 4 at 8:45
o'clock, it was announced.
Mrs. Copeland Kell will be in
charge of the Kindergarden and
a nursery school at St. Paul's
School, it was announced, tak
children from the ages of two to
six. Anyone interested in en
rolling pupils in this division
are requested to see Mrs. Kell at
207 Orange Street.
Friendly Editor Utley
Turns .Us Down Flat
Wa are running six pages this
week due to our newsprint,, which
was ordered, not arriving' on time
but we knew that if it did not come
we could borrow what we needed to
get this week's paper out from
the daily paper in Morehead City. It
is customary for newspapers in ad
joining towns to borrow sapplies
from each other or help each other
out when they get in a jam. When
the new daily was started in More
head City the new editor had a good
daal of trouble in getting changed
over from a weekly to a daily, things
had to be done different and faster
than usual and it was necessary for
him to call on the Beaufort News for
much of his type setting which we
did gladly often to our inconven
ience, to help him get straightened
out. On numerous other occasions
when a former linotype operator he
had in his mploy would get on r
spree he called on us for assistance
which we gladly rendered. We did
not know there was such an unfriend
ly feeling, caused probably by our
disagreement with him on certain
enterprises started in the county,
ABC stores, Commissioners meetings,
Hurricanes, etc., until our Mr. Hat
sell went over there Wednesday ev
ening to borrow a ream of paper oi
even a part of a ream, but we were
refused, he rot having but fout
unpacked bales on the floor contain
ing seven reams each (28 reams.)
Thus our apologies for having to
crowd eight pages into six and there
by not having room for many news
stories this week. Your ''news
butcher."
A species of fish, known in Maine
as the dollar-fish, is called the butter
fish in Massachusetts and pumpkin
seedin Connecticut.
Opening Dance At Com punity Center
Attracted Many And Was A Success
The opening dance at the Commu
nity Center auditorium building last
Saturday night attracted quite
large crowd and was declared a suc
cess by its sponsors. Music furnish
ed by "Bear" Johnson and his "Mas
ters Rhythm" was very tunefull and
seemed to please everyone who danc
ed. Although the orchestra featured
only five musicians their melodies
and swing tunes were loud enough to
be heard plainly from one end of the
spacious auditorium to the other.
Nearly 100 couples attended not
to mention the special guests and
chaperones. Stoves had been install
ed to heat the building, but the night
was so mild there was little need for
fire. Many of those present were.vis
iting the Community Center Audi
Thousands Of Pupils
Will Resume Their
Regular Studies
Many St. Paul's Students
Will Go To Beaufort
Graded School
After a two weeks vacation in ob
servance of Christmas students of
Carteret County schools will return
to the classrooms of the county on
Monday, January 4, it was announced
by officials this week. Literally
thousands of students in the county
will1 resume their regular studies.
Due to the death of Mrs. Nannie P.
Geffroy who operated St. . Paul's
School f 6r over a half century 'the
students from there; from the seven
th grades through high school have
been placed elsewhere, with the ma
jority to be enrolled at Beaufort
High School. That will mean, per
haps, an additional teacher or two for
the Beaufort Graded school and also
mean that this institution will have
a better rating. The students from
St. Paul entering Beaufort High
School will swell the enrollment
there to the largest of any school in
the county, it is understood.
There is a possibility that the High
School at White Oak may open on
Monday, as they gauge their sessions
to coincide with the schco! in Swans
boro. But the remainder of the
schools, from the tiny one-teacher ia
stitutions of isolated communities
such as Portsmouth to the larger
consolidated schools in Beaufort,
Morehead City Atlantic and Newport -will
open on Monday. "
At St. Pauls, Mrs. Willis and Mm.
Fodrie will continue teaching child
ren from the first through the sixth
grades. Mrs. Copeland Kell will be
in charge of a kindergarden and nur
sery school at St. Paul's, it has been
announced.
Bank To Be Closed On
Friday For Neiw Years
The First Citixens Bank and Trust
Company of Beaufort -and Morehead
City will be closed on Friday, Jan
uary 1, in observance of New Years
Day which is a legal holiday. They
will reopen for business Saturday
morning. A new interest period be
gins at the local bank on January
first and deposits made up until Jan
uary 10 will bear interest as 'of Jan
uary 1.
NEW YEAR HOPS AT
COMMUNITY CENTER
Two New Year dances are
planned for The Beaufort
Community Center located on
Lenoxville road. Tonight (New
Years Eve) the Hawaiian Ser
enades will play for a square
dance, starting at 8:30 o'clock.
On Friday night "Bear" John
son and his "Masters of Rhy
thm" who pleased the patrons
so much last Saturday night at
the Community Center, will
play for another regular dance
starting at 9:30 o'clock and
lasting until early next morn
ing. Proceeds derived from ad
mission will be used for buy
ing equipment for the Com
munity auditorium building,
which is located on Lenoxville
road.
torium for the first time and all wero
high in their praise for the layout
The dance Saturday night was pre
sented primarily for the purpose of
raising funds to buy certain equip
ment for the auditorium. The spon
sors stated that a profit was realiz
ed for this purpose after the expense
had been paid. Other dances and
other entertainnig affairs will be pre
sented from time to time in the Com
munity building.
Plans are now underway, It was
stated, to present a boxyig show in
the building at an early date. By
next summer it is hoped to hate the
building equipped te take . cafe of
conventions, and -other meetings in
this coastal area. " .