3 K
SEAFOOD MRT 7-21-38
Shrimp 3-5c Croks lc
S. Crab 49-GOc Plrt 2'2
Flounders 3c 6-
Blues 3-5c S. Trout 6c
Mackerel 5c J. Mulls 4c
HELP BOOST
MOREHEAD CITY'S
COASTAL FESTIVAL
TO BE HELD
AUGUST 10-12
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Carteret County's Oldest Newspaper -Established 1912
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Volume XXVII
16 Pages This Week The Beaufort News, Thursday, July 21, 1938.
5c Per Cop
Number 30.
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Beaufort's Beautiful New Federal (Building
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TO BE FORMALLY OPENED by August 1 or early next month is Beaufort's
new Federal Building pictured above. Dedication exercises at which Smith Purdum,
fourth assistant postmaster general, Representative Graham A. Barden, who secured
the appropriation which built the structure, and John Bright Hill, customs collector
of Wilmington will speak ar a tentatively set to take place one day next week. Besides
housing the postoffice, the building will also be headquarters for the deputy collector
of the Port of Beaufort, United States Department of Agriculture (Farm Agent's of
fice) and other federal agencies. (Eubanks News Photo)
'arm and Home Tour
In Carteret Friday
Farmers And Wives
Will Visit Many
Localities
I Many farmers and their
Jvvives are expected to take
part in a farm and home tour
starting Friday morning
ffrom the offices of the Home
md Farm Agents in the
ICourthouse Annex here. And
imany farms arid farm homes
win De visneu uurims me
uay.
The idea behind the movement
is to acquaint the tural citizens of
this county with what their neigh
bors are doing. At each of the
farms or homes visited there will
be demonstrations of farm work
i,r home work. At noon when the
party traveling in a motorcade ar
rive at The Open Grounds a picnic
lunch will be spread.
The schedule which starts at
8:30 includes eight stops during
Ct,he day. At 8:50 o'clock the
Fgroup will arrive at Gordan
I. Laughton's farm and witness a
k poultry demonstration.
hi C. T WViifchpaH'a farm will he
the next stop (9:15) where a crop
rotation and corn variety demon
stration will be presented." A home
made water system will be demon
strated at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. M. R. Whitley at 10:30
o'clock.
Prior to the picnic luncheon at
the Open Grounds a demonstra
tion of corn, lespedeza and beef
cattle will be presented.
At 2 o'clock in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Potter, the group
will see the home laundry house
(Continued on page 3)
What's the Answer?
Bt EDWARD riNCH
YAWNING is an action caused by
the nerves which connect with
our lungs. When the air in our
lungs is empty of the proper amount
of oxygen required to maintain a
ceaimy oiooa supply, me tungs im
mediately communicate that fact to
these little nerves which in turn
take the message to the brain. The
brain transmits the emergency call
to certain muscles which go to work
uid force one to open his mouth
and take In a large supply of air
with its elr.-in. pun oxyj(
A Weiitt'i u Nww.ipi.-i i-tuiin.
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Beauty Contest To Be Feature Of Costal
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Suspension Order
Final Wednesday
DEAN ISRAEL H. NOE
"Suspension of Rev. Israel
Harding Noe, Beaufort born dean
of St. Mary's cathedral at Memphis
became final yesterday under a
removal order issued by Bishop
Maxon of the Tennessee diocese,
according to a news release sent
The Beaufort News by one of its
news and photo services. Dean Noe
"was ousted after he spent three
months in a Baltimore hospital as
the result of a 13-month fast "to
prove the soul is above the needs
of material life," the release stat
ed. Dean Noe spent several weeks
in Beaufort his home town, after
leaving the Baltimore hospital, and
in this county where he preached
on many different occasions, thous
ands of persons heard him and
praised his theological eloquence.
(Eubanks-News Photo.)
Covering The
Waterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
I READ IN the paper that Gov
ernor Hoey and family Had gone
to Maine or Minnesota or some
other State on a vacation. be
lieve if I had been the newsman in
Raleigh covering his departure I
would have tied in a business an
gle on the trip and not the vaca
tion angle. Believe that would
have been better advertising. Or
maybe the $250,000 advertising
program now under way is not suf
ficient to convince the Hoey's that
North Carolina, and only North
Carolina is vacation-land and that
trips out of the state must always
be classed as 'business trips" un
der all conditions.
COLORFUL PART of the com
ing Coastal Festival in Morehead
City will be the three day elimina
tion sail boat rises. With a good
breeze blowing-. and good breezes
(Continued on uage 8)
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County Out Of
Debt By 1977
Carteret County will be out
of debt by 1977 under a plan
agreed upon by the Board of
County Commissioners and the
Bondholders Committee. Inci
dentally, when this news .be
came public, following a meet
ing of the Board of Commis
sioners on Wednesday forenoon
it was revealed that the county
will save about $1,700,000 on
the settlement.
The Bonded indebtedness
whicK was in excess of $5,000,.
000 will be settled for approxi
mately $3,500,000. The Contw
missioners adopted a Resolution
which will renew the Outstand
isg Bonds, now bearing 5 3-4
and 6 percent interest as fol
lows: . .One percent for the first
three years; 11-2 percent next
5 years; 2 percent next 10 years
2 1-2 percent next 7 years; 3
percent next five years; 3 1-2
percent next five years and 4
percent to maturity. Incident
ally: "The interest saving on
annual accruals may be calcu
lated precisely and duly appre
ciated by any and all interested
taxpayers,'' it was stated by an
attorney who has helped solve
the bonded debt problem for
Carteret.
Cooper Introduces
Cycling As Newest
Atlantic Beach Fad
Alfred Cooper who established
the Idle Hour Bowling Alley on
Atlantic Beach has added a new
attraction for patrons of the pop
ular resort. He has introduced
cycling as a beach attraction and
his rental rates are so low that
success is assured the venture.
Cycling along the surf has been an
important sport along other South
ern beaches for years, but no one
would take a chance on buying bi
cycles and trying the sport on At
lantic Beach until Cooper came
along.
As a matter of fact no one had
the nerve to start a bowling alley
on the beach until Cooper came
along and as a result of his ven
ture he has the only establishment
at the resort which operates the
year around at a profit for its
owner.
In addition to Bowling and
Beach Cycling, Cooper's Idle Hour
offers fountain and luncheonette
service to its patrons and every
thing is offered at exceptionally
reasonable prices for a salt water
resort.
Cedar Island Road
Project Is Assured;
Sponsored By State
WPA forces will start work next
week on shelling the road on Cedar
Island which extends from the
community of Lola to Roe and the
connecting route which leads to
the ferry. The State Highway and
Public Works Commission is spon
soring the project. Their share of
the fun-'i r.2C?3?.ar;' to do the wor'.:
is in excels of $10,000.
(Continued on fourth page)
DR.PRYTHERCH
WINS ACADEMY
AWARD OF 1938
His Discovery Will
Mean Much For
Oyster Men
For solving an outstanding
problem facing the oyster in
dustry in Southeastern Sta
tes, Dr. Herbert F. Prytherch
director of the U. S. Fisheries
Biological Station here, was
awarded the North Carolina
Academy of Science gold
medal for 1938. It was giv
en the local fisheries expert
for his research and paper on
the "Life-Cycle of a Sporo
zoan Parasite in the Oyster."
Announcement of the award
was made by Dr. Hugo Leander
Elomquist, secretary of the North
Carolina Academy of Science and
Honored By Academy
Dr. Herbert F. Prytherch
of the School of Motany,
s
of Duke University. During the I ;
current summer Dr. Blomquist is Eepresentative Graham
director of the division of marine j A. Barden will be the princi
botany at Duke's new Marine Lab-! pal speaker when the Young
oratory here. j Democratic Clubs of Carter-
..... u i et County assemble in annual
Through his scientific research, n Atlantic Beach
ur. rrytneicii, suivcu mc mjoivij
which has faced the oyster indus
try in a serious stage since 1930,
involving losses in excess of a mil
lion dollars from heavy oyster
mortalities, and occurring in five
different coastal regions from
Mobjack Eay, Va., to Lake Barre
and vicinity, in Louisianna.
Dr. Prytherch discovered thro
ugh experiments and microscopic
studies that common mud crabs
were devouring the sick oysters
and transmitting large numbers of
minute parasites from them to
healthy stock in which they caused
the paralysis of the shell muscle.
In each region the death of oysters
ranging from 50 to 95 per cent on
natural and cultivated beds, has
resulted from inability of the oys
ters to hold the shell closed during
dredging, transplanting and ship
ping operations.
Discovery of the cause of the
mortality and the mode of trans
mission of this new species of mi
croscopic pest (Nematopsis ostre
(Continued on page 8)
Two Prominent Citizens Of
Carteret Died
Heart Attack Fatal
To Leslie Davis .
Last Sunday
Funeral services for Leslie C.
Davis, member of the board of al
dermen of Beaufort and prominent
seafood dealer, were conducted at
the home late Monday afternoon
with the Rev. B. F. Gehring, pas
tor of the Baptist church officiat
ing.Brother lodge members of the
Odd Fellows attended the services
in a body. The deceased was
buried in Ocean View cemetery.
Mr. Davis' death was a shock
to Beaufort. On Sunday after
noon he was stricken with a heart
attack and died a few minutes
later at his home on Live Oak st
reet He was 44 years old, a nat
ive of Harkers Island, but had ben
his home in Beaufort for
the past 18 years, tie had not
(Continued on uage 8)
She Will Be "Miss Beaufort" At
JAYCEES' COASTAL FESW J'AL
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MISS LUCILLE THOMAS who on May 6 was selected
as the most beautiful member of all the Senior Classes in
Carteret County has been chosen by The Chamber of
Commerce here to represent Beaufort at the Coastal Fes
tival to be presented in Morehead City on August 10, 11
and 12, an event sponsored by the Jr. Chamber of Com
merce in the Ocean Port city. (Photo by Bill Sharpe.)
Young- Democrats To
Meet On Beach Friday
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Congressman Barden
To Be Key-note
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tomorrow (friciay juiy
it was announced today.
Not only are the Young Democrats
of this county planning to attend
the convention but invitations
have been extended the officials of
several clubs in other counties and
many have indicated they would be
present.
One of the big events of the day
will be the Picnic Lunch to be
served in the area provided lor
same at the Carteret resort. Oth
er features besides the recreation
pi'riod will be an orchestra concert
during the afternoon, following a
business session and boxing bouts
during the evening or an old fash
ioned squaredance. ' The boxing
and wrestling bouts will be pre
sented in The Casino. The square
dance will be at Beaufort Com
munity Center.
Congressman Barden will ad
dress the group at 2 o'clock. Fol
lowing his address a business ses
sion which will feature the elec
(Continued on page four)
During Week
Rites For Dr. Staton
Conducted Last
Thursday
Last rites for Dr. Frank Staton,
65, prominent Morehead City Den
tist, who died last Thursday, were
conducted at the home on Ninth
Street in Morehead City Friday
afternoon at 4 o'clock with the
Rev. B. H. Houston, pastor of the
Methodist Church officiating. In
terment was made in Cedar Grove
cemetery.
Dr. Staton suffered trom a
heart attack early Thursday morn
ing and lived only a few hours,
His death was a shock to a large
number of friends and to fiis grief
stricken famihr. He had been liv
ing in Morehead City practicing
dentistry for the past 35 years,
moving there from Tarboro. For
many years he was the only prac
ticing dentist in Carteret County.
(Continued on uage 8)
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Principal Speaker
On Beach Friday
Congressman Barden
When tho young Democratic
Clubs of Carteret County have
their convention and outing on
Atlantic Beach Friday, Congress
man Graham A Barden, the best
friend of Carteret County to ever
represent the Third District will
be the principal speaker. His ad
dress will be delivered in The Ca
sino at 2 o'clock.
Fishing And
All Outdoors
By AYCOCK. BROWN 4-
4- 4-
DESPITE THE fa.t that fish
ing weather has not been so. fav
orable during recent souinwe -ers,
a.'.jlers who did go to sea iffally
returned with good catclW of
blues an mackerel. Fishing in the
protected waters of the nearby
sounds, channels and rivers have
been very good. One of the popu
lar places to flsh this season is
near the Morehead City draw
brige and those who have boats to
rent over there have been doing
a big business.
DR. JOHNSON .ame forward
with the suggestion that Morehead
City and Beaufort co-operate in
efforts to have a public fishing pier
built on Newport river. His com
plete letter outlining the details is
elsewhere in this edition today and
is well worth reading. Dr. John
son has given birth to one of the
best ideas advanced hereabouts
for land-lubbing fishermen in
long time.
SHEEPSHEAD are biting good
(CoRtinaeti on uage 1)
Festival
SAILBOATS TO
RACE EACH DAY
DURING EVENT
Three Big Days And
Nights Of Gaiety
On Program
A glamourous bathing:
beauty contest, sailboat
races, rowing matches, dan
ces and gaiety galore will be
presented in Morehead City
on August 10, 11, 12, during
the first annual Coastal Fes
tival, an event sponsored by
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce of that City.
Already 12 of the 15 cities and
towns invited to send bathing
beauties to the Coastal Festival
have indicated they would do so
and that they had already made
their pick of the beauty to re
present their town. During an ex
cellent preliminary beauty show
on Atlantic Beach last Friday
night three out of town judges
picked from 10 contestants, Miss
Grace Clare Taylor to be the
Queen of the Festival and Miss
Cora Joslyn as her companion.
Earlier in the week The Chamber
of Commerce of Beaufort selected
Miss Lucille Thomas to represent
Beaufort and bear the title "Miss
Beaufort" in the festival.
But the beauty show, to be pre
sented in the form of a water car
nival with the queens' of the var
ious towns and cities aboard a gor
geously decorated barge towed a
long the waterfront will not be the
only attraction. Each day during
the Festival there will be sailboat
races.
Sailboat Races
John Lashley committeeman in
charge of the races urges all per
sons who will participate in the eli
mination races to register at once
with him. His address in Purol
Terminal Service Station on Aren
dell Street, Morehead City. '
There will be four classes in the
sailboat races and silver trophy
cups will be awarded the winners.
The types of boats to participate
include snipes, comets and dead
rise skiffs. First races will start
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
Plans are underway, said Mr.
Lashley to present a series of
speedboat races also with cash
prizes going to the winners. It
was later announced that the
speed boat races also with cash
prizes going to the winners. It
was announced later that the
speed boat races may not be pre
sented until Saturday, August 13.
'Registration Books for entrants
in the races will close on Tuesday,
August 9, it was stated. Mr.
Lashley and the committee in
charge of the races is especially
anxious to get a large number of
entrants in the race from from
sailboat owners in East Carteret
where the residents learn the art
of sailing while very young and
are expert at the art.
It is planned to present the var
ious events in Morehead City, a
long the waterafront, at Hotel Ed
(Continued on page 8)
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The figures are ap
proximately correct and bas
ed on cables furnished by
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
Some allowances must be
made for variations in the
wind and also with respect
to the locality, that is wheth
er near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
HIGH
LOW
22
9:08 AM.
10:15 PM.
Friday. July
!-!U AM.
3:37 PM.
Saturday, July 23
3:05 AM.
10:10AM.
4:42 PM.
Sunday, July 24
5:11 AM. 11:17 AM.
5:42 PM. . 11:14 PM.
Monday, July 25
6:09 AM. 12:16 AM.
6:38 PM. 12:17 PM.
Tuesday, July 26
7:05 AM. 1:10 AM.
7:32 PM. 1:15 PM.
Wednesday, July 27
8:01 AM. 2:00 AM,
8:24 PM. 2:10 PM.
Thursday, July 28
8:55 AM. 2:48 AM.
9:16 PM. 3:02 PM.