When the World War Came to The North Carolina Coast-
Diamond Lightship Sunk Twenty Years Ago (August 6, 1918) Off Cape Hatteras By A German Submarine
STORY ON PAGE TWO
ANGLERS
HELP BOOST
MOREHEAD CITY'S
COASTAL FESTIVAL
USE LIGHT TACKLE
AND GIVE THE
FISH A CHANCE
AUGUST 10-13
Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912
Volume XXVII
8 Pages This Week
The Beaufort News, Thursday, August 11, 1938
5c Per Copy
Number 34
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COASTAL FESTIVAL IN FULL SWAY
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Miss Beaufort-The Goggle Fisher
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OF ALL THE beautiful girls representing their home
towns as "Queens" in the first annual Coastal Festival at
Morehead City this week, Miss Lucille Thomas as "Miss
Beaufort" is the only one who has ever tried out the new
sport of goggle-fishing. In above photo she is shown with
iVycock Brown. Beaufort News Editor who is fitting her
with a Japanese type of goggle. As a goggle-fisher "Miss
Beaufort's" photo appeared in newspapers from coast to
coast during recent weeks. (Bill Sharpe Photo News
and Observer cut)
Purdum Praises
North Carolina
Covering The
Waterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
I AM MORE convinced than
ever since spending the week-end
down at Cape Lookout last week
end that there are great possibili
ties there for an inn or small hotel
which would be larger than the
very fine little place which Mrs.
Carrie Davis operates at present.
Cape Lookout from my way of
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What's the Answer?
Br EDWARD TINCH
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1 1 CUSTOM OF CLINKING IJ
f y GLASSES ORIGINATE? f
BEFORE a duel with swords the
gladiators of ancient Rome were
accustomed to drink together. Wine
was furnished by a relative or a
friend of one of them and to show
that there was no poison in the
glass of his opponent, the challenger
poured his wine into the other's
glass and back again until the con
tents of both glasses were thorough
ly mixed. That custom extended to
social usage and finally as the days
ot poisoned wine became past his
tory. It evolved merely to the clink
ing of glasses.
4 WMtarn Newapapcr Union.
Delivers Address At
Federal Building
Dedication
REP. GRAHAM BARDEN
INTRODUCED PURDUM
Beaufort's new postoffice
which was formally dedicat
ed last Saturday afternoon
will be open for business be
fore the current week ex
pires, it has been announced
by Postmaster W. H. Taylor. Dur
ing the exercises marking the for
mal opening, addresses were deliv
ered by Smith W. Purdum, 4th
Assistant Postmaster General and
Representative Graham A. Barden
of the Third Congressional Dis
trict. Invocation was delivered by
The poitoffice opened for bu
ine late Monday night. Mr.
Willie Loftin, treasurer of the
Chamber of Commerce received
the first letter at the office.
SHIP AT PORT
TERMINAL FOR
CARGOOF IRON
Injured Seaman Is
Taken Ashore To
Hospital
The S. S. Kingsborough, a
British vessel hailing from
Glasgow, Scotland, arrived
at Morehead City Port Ter
minal about 5 o'clock Tues
day afternoon from Charles
ton, S. C, a port she had recently
reached following a voyage from
Spain. At the terminal she will
take on approximately 3,000 ton3
of scrap metal to be consigned to
some European port, probably
Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.
The vessel is under the command
of Capt. H. W. Pearse.
The vessel was light when she
came into port. Robert Brown,
an injured seaman (who had fall
en through a hold on the ship en-vnnt-p
from Charleston) was re
moved and taken to a hospital in
Morehead City. Although se
verely shaken up and with several
broken bones as a result of the
fall, the seaman was reported as
having a good chance to recover.
The Kingsborough is the 18th
vessel to arrive at Morehead City
Port Terminal and the hist to ar
rive under foreign flag since the
Nyugat, of Budapest, Hungary,
which was here last soring. With
the freighter and several Coast
Guard vessels in Morehead Lity
the waterfront and port terminal
presents a scene of much activity.
Legion Day Is
Planned For Beach
On August 24th
Carteret Post 99 of the
American Legion is sponsor
ing an "American Legion
Day" at Atlantic Beach on
Wednesday, August 24th.
Every Legionnaire in the state
is invited to attend and bring his
family and friends.
Special rates will be made the
visiting Legionnaires and their
parties on bathing facilities thr
ough the courtesy of the Beach
management. A big picnic dinner
will be spread on the spacious area
of the beach provided for this pur
pose. Legionnaires are requested
to bring their own lunches. Water,
tea, and lemonade will be provided
at no charge. There will be no
charge for parking automobiles.
The tentative program iouows.
10 A. M., registration; (bathing
u rlav). 1 P. M.. Luncheon; I
P M., Short Meeting in tne ca-
nnr (iet ACQUaintea lueemiic.
3 P. M., Games for Children; 4-5,
P. M.. Orchestra Concert on me
Rnardwalk. During the evening
there will be a special Legionnaire
Dance in the Casino.
Anv Leeionnaire who had rather
fiah than tkp in the Droeram at
the beach may make arrangements
hv writini? the eirion Day commit
tee, Atlantic Beach, .N. C. This
also applies to those who wisn no
tel accommodations.
Water Carnival
And Dance Tonight
Rev. Ben F. Gehring; address of
Welcome on behalf of the town by
Commissioner Graydon M. Paul,
(representing Mayor Huntley who
was ill) and introduction of Con
gressman Barden by M. Leslie
Davis. Aycock Brown of The
Beaufort News, acted as master of
ceremonies.
Colorful part of the program
was the raising of the United
States flags by uniformed Coast
Guardsmen from Fort Macon Sta
tion. A musical concert was pre
sented by Freddy Johnson and his
orchestra prior to the beginning
of the program. Several hundrt d
people gathered on front street
tn witness the program and hear
the speeches, despite the hot sun
shine. Many other persons re
mained seated in their automobiles
and heard the program through a
public address system loanea ior
the occasion by W. h. Adair, local
mortician.
Congressman Barden speaking
tn'd of t'.ie various gov
ernmenta! units which would ac-
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feature of festival
Boat Races
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SAILBOAT races are a daily
feature of the Coaital Festival
now under way in Morehead City.
On Saturday, the main events will
he motor boat races, featuring
both outboard and inboard motors.
The photos aboard are typical Car
teret Coast scenes.
Boat Races Attract
Large Crowds To
Morehead City
The Coastal Festival in
Mnrphpjqrl Citv snonsorad bv
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce was in full sway to
ri a v and as we 20 to Dress
this afternoon a large num
ber of sailboats were racing
along the waterfront course,
marking the second 01 a
three day elimination con
test for this tvce ot cratt.
On Saturday speed boats
will roar around the course
for the cash prizes ottered,
it Vina hppn reDortad that up
to 60 fast boats will be in the
event Saturday which win
officially bring to a close the
first annual Coastal Festival
which is already proving a
tremendous success.
A dozen or more beauty queens
from Eastern Carolina towns and
cities arrived on the coast Wed-
afternoon and registered
at Hotel Edgewater, official head
quarters of the festival. from
this group will be selected a win
ner who will bear the title "Queen
of the Coastal Festival." They
will compete for this honor dress
ed in bathing suits on certain oc
casions and evening frocks at oth
er times. The Jaycees are seeing
to it that their guests, the queens
are really treated like queens.
Last night they were honored at
a welcoming dinner out at Hotel
Edi swater. Following this ban
nuet, the Roof Garden was thrown
Lnon fnr thp first time in a seiies
of three dances to be presenteu
during the Festival. Jeep Bennett,
His Clarinet and His Orchestra
made music for the occasion.
One of the colorful events on
thp ninrninor nrogram today was
the kiddie parade along Arendell
Street this morning. Over 100 of
the cutest little boys and girls m
Morehead City and Carteret Coun
ty participated in this parade, ana
also the beauty queens. Several
thousand persons witnessed the
parade. Following the parade a
H the harbor aboard the
State Fisheries Flagship "John A.
Nelson" was given in honor of
the Queens.
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MISS EUNICE Avon Goodwin, R. N., daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Levi Goodwin, of Cedar Island resigned as super
visor of the Clinic and Emergency Department of City Me
morial Hospital, in Winston-Salem on August 1, and ac
cepted a position with the U. S. Navy Department Nurses
Corps. Her new job started on August 8. Miss Goodwin
k. .t.:,.nosl at tlia Nnrfnllr Naval Hnanital. PortS-
mouth, Va., for six months and at that time will be eligible
for transfer. She was graduated from Atlantic High
School with the Class of 1933, and City Memorial Hospital
Training School in February, 1937. (Cut used through
courtesy Winston-Salem Journal.)
Several Worthy
Projects Wanted
Citizens' Meeting
May Result In
PWA Loans
Poor Woman Gives S5
Toward Library Fund
Only Five Cases
On Court Docket
Cruiser "Tar Heel
Arrives In Port
tv,p cruiser "Tar Heel" owned
K nick Dickinson arrived in Btau
fort a few days ago. The owner
who brought the cruiser down
fmm Rlock Island was accompa
nied by William Eager, Jr., of Bal
timore and George Richards, Jr.
f Forest Hills, L. I., and tayior
O'Bryan, of Beaufort. For the
past several weeks the party naa
been tuna fishing off Block Island
and other points along the New
F.nirland coast. It was oil biock
Island that O'Bryan caught the
first tuna taken in those waters
this season. It weighed 2A
pounds.
The cruiser will remain in
Beaufort for several weeks and
the party will fish in the Gulf
Stream off Cape Lookout for mar
lin, dolphin and sailfish when
weather permits.
Dickinson is the son of Col. and
Mrs. Fairleigh S. Dickinson who
rre spoiling the summer on the
Carteret coast. They are resi
dents of Rutherford, N. J.
Of five case3 on Recorder's
Court docket Tuesday only two
were tried. Cases against J. M.
Worth, M. H. Pratt and Henry
Turner were continued. .
Jimmie Bryant was found not
guilty of driving a motor vehicle
in a reckless and wanton manner
and danger to personal propert
Otis Warren was given a 90 day
suspended jail sentence when con
victed of operating a motor ve
hicle while drunk and after his
licenses had been revoked. The
defendant was ordered to be of
good behavior for a period of two
years and ordered to pay the court
costs.
BUDGET AS ADOPTED
PRINTED THIS WEEK
The budget for the Town of
Beaufort for 1938-'39 is printed
elsewhere in this edition today
Citizens of the Town are urged to
study the budget so that they will
be familiar with how the various
funds are expended, or will be
expended during the current year.
W. P. SMITH IMPROVES
Mr. W. P. Smith, chairman of
the Carteret County board of com
missioners who is a patient at
Memorial hospital inj' Richmond,
:3 doing nicoly after having been
operated on for an eye infection
j this week.
"She Made My Life-
-A Life Of Sunshine"
Her Donation For
Nannie Geffroy
Memorial
INVITE OTHERS TO
HELP OR COMMENT
Several worthy projects
which may be obtained tor
Rennfnrr. and its environs
through the self-liquidating
PWA loans and grants to De
made available at an early date
were discussed by leading citizens
who eathered in the lown Hall
here last Friday nieht at the call
of Mayor George W. Huntley.
Eight of the projects proposed
and discussed at the meeting in
cluded: (1) A hospital; (2) A
warehouse to embrace storage and
processing of Water and Furm
products; (3) Building of docks,
streets to school paving and sew
erage improvements; (4) A foot
bridge to Bird Island and building
of bathing and amusement facili
ties; (5) A public Library; (6) A
bridge to Harkers Island and pos
sibly an extension to Cape Look
out; (7) The clearing for naviga
tion of small boats of Clubfoot
Creek; (8) The grading and future
hard-surfacing of road to Merri
mon. Not included in the foregoing
list but a project which many per
sons here are interested in obtain
ing for Beaufort is the construc
tion of a hotel. The general pop
ulation of Beaufort naturally
look with favor on the other pro
jects named, especially since they
could be made self liquidating and
not bring added indebtedness to
the tax-payers of the town.
The meetinar was called to order
by Mayor Huntley who stated the
I.nsf week on our Editorial
Page we made a suggestion
that citizens oi ceauion ana
elsewhere who at one time
attended St. Paul's School
while it was under the direc
tion of the late Nannie P. Geffroy
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to build a suitable library in honor nurpose of the meeting was to re
ceieve suggestions as w iju?iuic
improvements which may be se
cured with the new Federal Funds
to be available at an early date.
Upon motion Dr. Maxwell was
made chairman of the meeting
with Representative Fred Seely
serving as secretary. After" the
various suggestions were made,
chairmen of the different pro
posed projects were named.
Dr. Herbert F. Prytherch was
named chairman of the -Hospital
committee. Mayor Huntley is
chairman of the Warehouse Com
mittee; Dr. Maxwell was named
chairman of the Harkers Island
LriAera nrniaof nr. (Unitf ee ! fMircp
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W. Brooks was named' chairman of
the Bird Island improvement and
the docks, streets and sewerage
(CowtMUBed on page )
f hpr memory. Our idea was to
sponsor or co-sponsor such a fund
with the thought in view that from
contributions, enough would be
obtained to build a suitable build
ing to house the priceless collec
tion of books, rare and otherwise,
which Mrs. Geffrov collected dur
ing her lifetime with ample space
provided for additions from time
to time in the way of new books.
We invited comments from read
ers or any interested persons.
Through the mails this week
came a letter from a person Who
described herself as a poor woman
with a large family who gave
credit to Mrs. Geffroy for educat
ing many boys and girls who would
rot have been educated otherwise.
Inside the letter was at five dollar
(Con Waned' o page 8-
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The figures are ap
proximately correct and baa
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.
Fishing And
All Outdoors i
By AYCOCK BROWN
WHEN AN ANGLER or a group
of anglers go to the Gvjlf Stream
and return with a large catch of
dolphin they call it sport. If you
should check nn on their tackle
and the size of the fish they caught
you would have a different version
of the 'sDort' thev had. My six
year old son could reel in the av
erage size dolphin taken by an
glers off Cape Lookout if he was
using the same size rod and reel. .
On two or three occasions , this
summer, parties have returned
from the Stream with a hundred
or more dolphin, none weighing"
over eight pounds and most of
them about two to four pounds
each. ..!.., i,...! , .
AND THEY CALL that sport.
The dolphin weighing three or.
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Friday, August 12
8:43 A. M. 2:41 A. M.
8:59 P. M. 2:54 P. M.
Saturday, August 13
9:20 A. M. 3:14 A. M.
9:36 A. M. 3:29 P. M.
Sunday, August 14
9:59 A. M. 3:46 A. M.
10:13 P. M. 4:08 P. M.
Monday, August 15
10:38 A. M. 4:20 A. M.
10:52 P. M. 4:51 P. M.
Tuesday, August 16
4:59 A. M.
11:21 P. M. 5:40 P. M.
Wednesday, August 17
11:36 A. M. 5:42 A.M.
12:08 P.M. 6:39 P.M.
Thursday, August 18
12:26 A.M. 6:37 A.M.
1:02 P.M. 7:44 P.M.
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