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SEAFOOD Mrt. 12-16-37
Shrimp, 8c; Croakf lc
SN-Trout 4c; S Mull 4c
Flounders 7c; P Trout 8c
P. Drum, 4c Trout 3c
Pompano 10c J. MulU 5c
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Carteret County's Oldest Newspaper. .Established 1912
Volume XXVI 12 Pages 2 Sections The
ub-GommitteeWiilRecommendPurseSelnlng And
OPPORTUNITIES
TO HELP BRING
CHRISTMAS JOY
Fifteen Needy Cases
Remain On Woman's
Club List
TWELVE CASES HAVE
ALREADY BEEN TAKEN
Of 27 needy cases on the Wom
an's Club list, twelve have been tak
en, but there are still 15 opportuni
ties for generous benefactors to
help bring Christmas Cheer to those
who otherwise would not have the
Joy that is supposed to go with
Christmas. Anyone wishing to take
cne or more of the needy cases re
maining on the list may do so by
getting in touch with Mrs. Ed Pot
ter or Mrs. F. E. Hyde of the Wom
an's Club committee in charge of
Christmas opportunities. The unfill
ed list follows:
No. 2. Widow Two girli agei
eleven and seven.
No. 3. Widow Five children,
need tome help, toy, fruit etc.
No. 8. Man and wife five
.children, need toyi, fruitt and iome
groceries.
No. 9. Man and wife four
children, boy three and six; girl
even and nine. Very needy.
No. 10. Man and wife Two
children, hoy 15, girl seven, need
some help.
(Continued on page eight)
L I 4i H T S
By JOHN SIKES
THE REV. Benjamin Franklin
Hall, Th. D., will become pastor of
The Central Presbyterian Church, St.
Louis, Mo., after the first of the
year.
Frank Hall is leaving Morehead
City.
THE TWO par
agraphs above re
fer, obviously to
most of you a
round here, to the
same person. The-
first paragraph,
however, is the
svmhol in cold
J . - e i.u
ft I A demic ttainmenU
I I wf"" and entitlements
t"L5i of a scholarly
John Site young theologue
who, at about 30 years of age, has
gone far toward learning the pre
cepts and cannons of religins as set
forth in books.
THE SECOND paragraph is sym
bolic of the practical, every day re
ligion that Frank Hail has fiemon
Miated during his tenure in this
community.
OF THE TWO I'll take the latte
As a matter of actual fact, of the
two I'm absolutely positive, which is
a foolishly strong degree of certain-
( Continued on page eight)
Queen Eleanor Is
Taking On Cargo
The British freighter Queen
Eleanor of Glasgow, is still taking on
ecrap metal at Morehead City port
terminal. She arrived at the local
port on Tuesday, December 7. W.
H. Smoak, port supervisor stated that
she would take on approximately
7,200 tons of metal in Morehead City
a full cargo, before clearing for Rot
terdam. It is likely that she will be
in port until about Christmas.
The freighter Redstone of London
is expected at Morehead City termi
nal on or about December 20, it has
been announced. She is expected to
take on about 4,000 tons of scrap.
The Redstone is said to be the small
est foreign vessi.ll to enter More
head's new port for cargo. Her ton
nage registry is less than 2,000 tons.
A third ship, the Vestria is expected
for scrap metal cargo around the
first of the year.
1 M1 '
Carteret Fish Factories Have Been Busy This Autuini
Nearly 100,000 Menhaden
Have Been Caught
Picture 1 above is Beaufort Fisheries, Inc., lo
cated on Taylor's Creek which is one of several
factories in Carteret county that have been
kept busy this season. Operators of the various
factories will tell you that while more fish have
been taktii this year than usual the quality has
rot been ;o good. At the right is shown a men
'.mien boa: loaded, bound for the factory. It is
cue of a li eet of 28 operating out of Beaufort
and Morel cad City this year. (Eubanks-News
Photos I.
BIG TIME BAND
TO PLAY DANCE
Wesley Kay And His
Orchestra Coming
Here Dec. 23rd.
Wesley Kay and his orchestra, a
13-piece outfit featuring' music that
is different' along with Frances De
laney, vocalist and the "Three K's
Trio" will play for a dance at Beau
fort Community Center Auditorium
on Tuesday night December 23, it
was definitely announced on Tues
day by officials of Beaufort Business
Association, who will sponsor (the
event. It is the first big orchestra
to play for a Beaufort dance in sev
eral years.
Wesley Kay and his orchestra
boasts a record of engagements that
matches its flair for the smart in
music. . . . The Deauville Hotel, at
Miami Beach, Florida. The West-chester-Biltmore
Country Club, Rye
.New York; the Cavalier Hotel, Vir
ginia Beach; The Statler Hotel,, Buf
falo; The Edge wood Club, Albany;
The Four Hundred Club, Pittsbrugh,
(Continued on page eight)
Miss Rudder Was
Sponsored By Joe
House Drug Store
Under the photo of attractive Miss
Mary Sue Rudder, published on the
front page of The Beaufort News
last week, it was stated that she was
sponsored by First Citizens Bank and
Trust Company. The day after pub
lication The Beaufort News editor
was advised by Miss Julia Thomas,
who is employed at Joe House Drug
store that Miss Rudder was sponsor
ed by the firm of her employer and
not the First Citizens Bank. The
Beaufort News regrets thatt his er
ror was made in setting up the story
which appeared beneath the photo
of "Miss Beaufort"
New Subscriber In
Tka fans 7nnp
A 11V UlkUK
A new subscriber to The Beau
fort News i3 Edward Taylor Arring
ton, U. S. Navy, who is attached to
the Fleet Air Base at Coco Sola,
Canal Zone. Mr. Arrington is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Julian Arrangton.
Elsewhere in today's edition is a
lengthier story about a new subscrib
er in Paris, France. The Beaufort
News goes to several foreign coun
tries and possessions. Ambassador
Daniels of Mexico City is one of our
valued subscribers. Each week a
copy of The News goes to Jack Tay
lor, at Tela Honduras. Other sub
scribers living in Canada and the
Hawaiian Islands receive the paper
regularly. But 90 percent of our
subscribers live in Carteret county
and along the cosat from Hatteras
to Swansboro.
Beaufort News, Thursday, December 16, 1937
7J-
OPEN EVENINGS
All store in Beaufort and More
head City which have been running
Christmas advertising in The Beau
fort News will be open evennigs dur
ing the coming week to talc car of
the Christmas rush.'' PreiChristmas
trading has been better' this year
than in many year.. Ask' any mer
chant. They will tell you that it is
the truth. The Beaufort firms which
will be open at night next week,
starting on Monday and continuing
through Christmas Eve follow: Fel
ton's, Willis Hardware Company; F.
R. Bell Druggist; The Vogue; E. D.
Martin Company; Carteret Hardware
Company; City Grocery; Owens
Brothers and Market; C. D. Jones
Company; Wm. H. Bailey, Jeweler;
Joe House Drug Store; Miller Furni
ture Comitinyj LeRoy Guthrie's
Fireworks Store; P.oy Eubank Stu
dio; Davis Bnthers Store; Rose
Store; B. A. Bell, Jeweler and pol"
sibly others.
. . In Morehead City; The Morehead
City Floral Company; Morehead
City Drug Store; Dee Gee's Shop
and N. F. Eure Hardware Company
will remain open.
Stores in Beaufort anil Morehead
City have many attractive Christ
mas presents. Christmas shoppers
should by all means patroniie their
home town merchants, in preference
to the mail order houses.
Legion Meeting Has
Been Postponed
Due to the nearness of Christmas
and everybody being busy the reg
ular meeting scheduled for Friday
night has been called off. The
next meeting will be held Friday
nigh, January 7, 1938.
CARGOES OF SALT
MAY COME
It Would Be Brought
In By Taylors Of
Norfolk, Va.
Practically all of the salt
which marked the first and on
ly imported cargo to reach
Morehead City's Port Termi
nal has been disposed of. ac
cording to R. Hugh Hill, Beau
fort representative of the
Southern Salt Company in
Nofolk. The Southern Salt
Company took over the cargo which
had been brought here by Charles R.
Allen of Charleston and stored in
the transient shed on the terminal
property in November
During the summer when the salt
was taken over by the Norfolk firm,
R. Hugh Hill, their representative
here and also agent for the Norfolk
Baltimore and Carolina Line started
grinding operations at the terminal.
Nine men have been given steady
employment in the shed since
.:. " 1,-.-.:-
i
NEGRO KNIFERS
ARE SENTENCED
Five Cases -Disposed of
By Judge Webb
On Tuesday
Two Neproes were given six months
sentences each when tried in Record
er's court on Tuesday. Five cases on
the docket were disposed of and two
were continued. An assault on a fe
mnlo rharce acrainst Albertus Wil
liams came up for trial but no de
cision was made by Judge Paul
Webb, who is holding the ease over
until after Christmas.
Brooks Williams, was given six
months in iail and assigned to the
state highway prison camps for
knifing Roy Lee Dudley on Decem
ber 4. Jesse Moore, minor son of
Dorcas Holland, was knifed by Rob-
(Continued on M..e five)
Generous Children
Asked to Give Toys
The Beaufort Busine As
sociation asks that all children
who have used toys that they
wish to give to less fortunate
children this Christmas, to
please bring same to the Beau
fort News office before Tuesday
December 21. These toys will
bo repaired and given to chil
dren, who otherwise may not
be visited by Santa Claus this
year.
AND SUGAR
TO PORT TERMINAL
that time except for a few weeks
during the autumn. Approximately
15,000 bags of salt weighing 100
pounds each have been ground and
disposed of since summer when the
change in distribution was made.
About 2,000 more bags are yet to be
sold, but from present indications it
will be moved by the first of the
year. The salt has been ground into
grades. One of the grades has been
sold to Menhaden fisheries for salt
ing nets. The bulk of the product
however has been ground for meat
packing purposes and distributed in
coastal towns and cities of East
Carolina. Much of the salt has been
used in the packing of fish.
The Southern Salt Company is
owned and operated by D. E. Taylor
and W. R. Taylor of Norfolk, but na
tives of Sea Level in this county.
They are the sons of Maultby Tay
lor, who now lives in Belhaven. The
Taylor brothers after going to Nor
folk to organize their firm, have
made a remarkable success.
(Continued on page eleven)
t
5c Per Copy
Trawling For
ONLY CITIZENS OF STATE WILL
BENEFIT FROM PRIVILEGES AND
ALL INLETS AND CAPE LOOKOUT
BIGHT TO BE PROTECTED AREAS
TINEY IS GONE
Tiney, the cute little black
terrier owned by Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Jones, is gone.
One day, early this week, Mr.
and Mrs. Jones drove over to
Atlantic Beach and up the surf
about two miles to observe the
fishing boat operating off-shore
Paul is part owner of one of
the boats in the menhaden fleet.
They stopped their car and got
out on the beach, followed by
Tiney. An incoming wave fright
ened Tiney so badly that he
scampered across the dunes in
to the woods. And that is the
last the owner of Tiney have
een of him, although every a
vailable source on Bogue Island
from Salter Path to Ft. Macon
has been checked in an effort to
locate the dog.
If any one on Bogue Banks
happens to find Tiney, one of
the smallest and cutet little
black terrier to ever live in
Beaufort they are requested to
notify Paul Jones.
Work On Postoffice
Site Is Progressing
Work on the new Beaufoiit Post
office site is progressing rapidly as
anyone who drives along east Front
Street will note. Most of the prelim
inary ground work has been com
pleted and a large crew of workmen
have been given employment there.
Some of the bases of the building are
now under construction. The work
is being carried on by A Farnell
Blair of Louisanna. The building is
expected to be completed by midsum
mer of 1138. Appropriation for the
building was obtained for Beaufort
! by Congressman Graham A. Barden.
The appropriation amounted to
$110,000. Congressman Baiden has
also gotten an appropriation for the
construction of a new postoffice in
Morehead City, but so far the site, if
selected by the Procurement Divi sion
has not been announced locally.
Colorful Christmas
Lights Over Streets
Colorful Christmas lights adorn
the down-town section of Beaufort
this year, adding to the beauty and
the seasonal spirit of things local
ly. Most of the residences have dis
played their decorations of lighted
weathes in windows or other electri
cal displays aJding to the beauty of
the homes and streets. Some of the
merchants have erected Christmas
trees in front of their places of bus
iness and one of the prettiest is the
tree over the marquee of Seabreer.
theatre. Fred King who usually vi,is
a prize every year for his front
yard decoration has sold ' the idja
this year to a local civic group and
the display will be placed in the
vacant area at the corner of Turner
and Front streets.
Beaufort Theatre
Opens Next Week
The Beaufort theatre which has
been closed for the pa-t several weeks
while thes tructure wks enlarged
and renovated generally, will open
next week. No definite day for the
opening was set by Manager Bob
Lang, but if the seats are installed
and everything is in readiness, there
is a possibility that Monday will
mark its reopening.
The Beaufort Theatre buliding is
owned by Richard Dickinson. He has
ptated thatt he costs involved in mak
ing the building larger and construct
ing a balcony for colored patrons,
plus the interior decorations will a
mount to approximately $5,500.
Quite a few major changes have been
made in the building including the
removal of the ticket office, to an
other location, construction of an in
side lobby and also a new marquee.
Number 50
Food Fishes
Conservation Board To
Get Recommendation
In January
Fisheries Inc.. Would
Have Place In Picture
A sub-committee of the
Board of Conservation and De
velopment will recommend to
the full Board at its January
meeting that the present re
strictions on trawling and
purse seining within the wat
ers of North Carolina, by North
Carolina citizens, be removed
(inlets and Cape Lookout
Bight to be protected for a
distance of three miles on eith
er side) ; provided, that the
North Carolina Fisheries, Inc.,
not buy from trawlers and
purse seiners, nor store for
these fishermen after 50 per
cent of the storage "ipr.city of
N. C. Fisheries I.s lilied.
Decision on making this recommen
dation came following a meeting of
the Conservation Board's sub-committee
in Morehead City on Decem
ber 5. Those present at the meeting
were J. L. McNair, of Laurinburg,
(continued on page five)
Covering The
WATER FttOXt
By AYCOCK BROWN
JOHN SIKES. son of a preacher
who writes a very interesting column
about a preacher for lus Running
Lights' this week told me last sum
mer after a large delegation of
Harkers Islanders appeared before
the Board of Con
servation and' De-
n'M'W 'WSaiMWVSKstJM
velopment asking
that the Cape
Lookout Bight a
rea be closed to
shrimp trawlers,
tYiat ho hot inst asi '
soon as 8 big runLjJfej;
oi snnmp came in
at the Cape, that
some residents of
tht Islam) UflUld
be among the first Aycock Brown
to violate the new law. Between 25
( Continued on page eight)
TIDE TABLE
Infoimation as the tidf
at Beaufort is givei. in this
column. The figures are approx
imately correct and based on
tables furnished by the U. S.
Geodetic Survey. Some allow
ancas must be made for varia
tions in the wind and also with
respect to the locality, that is
whvther near the iniet or at
the heads of tha estuaries.
High
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8:12
8:36
9:07
9:33
10:00
10:28
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m. 2:46
Sunday, Dec. 19
m. 2 :48
m. 3:36
Monday, Dec. 20
m. 3:41
m. 4 :26
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