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Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912 V
Volume XXVII
8 Pages This Week The Beaufort News, Thursday, August 18, 1938
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Number 35
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Coastal Festival
Very Sucessful
Miss Lucille Thomas
As 'Miss Beaufort'
Beauty Winner
Rep. Barden Crowned
Her Festival Queen
Three judges, Mrs. J. V.
Kirkpatrick, Durham; Clyde
A. Douglas, Raleigh, and
Dwight C. Leeper, New York
City, observed the parade of
pulchritude in The Casino on At
lantic Beach last Friday night and
chose Miss Lucille Thomas, of
Beaufort as the beauty winner.
Representative Graham A. Barden
who had earlier in the evening
awarded prizes to winners of oth
er festival events, crowned her
"Queen of the Festival."
The first annual Coastal Festi
val, sponsored by the Junior Cham-
Appreciation
Bernard Leary, president
and W. H. Smoak, chairman
of the (teering committee of
the Morehead City Jayceei
who with their associates, pre
sented the successful Coastal
Festival last week expressed
appreciation to this newspa
per for its cooperation
through the following letter:
"The Morehead City Junior
Chamber of Commerce wishes
to take this opportunity to
thank you for your fine co
operation in making our first
Coastal Festival a success."
ber of Commerce of Morehead
City, proved a tremendous success.
Even the residents of the city
were surprised to see the thous
ands of people which the various
events attracted. Starting on
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Fishing And
All Outdoors
By AYCOCK BROWN
4
ON MONDAY as the guest of
Dick Dickinson aboard his deep
sea fishing cruiser "Tarheel" I
went marlin hunting, a sport which
will be attracting many big game
anglers to the Coast of North
Carolina in the future, now that
the first authentic record of a blue
marlin catch has been made off
Cape Hatteras In the Gulf Stream.
Other guests aboard the Tarheel
besides your columnist were
Julius Adair, Borden Mace and
Capt. John Dickinson Geo. Rich
ards of Forest Hill, L. I., and Will
iam Eager Jr., of Baltimore wfio
cruised down the coast from New
England recently with Dick were
also aboard.
WE HAD PLANNED to get un
derway about 5:30 but wind and
weather conditions at that hour
did not appear favorable. We de
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What's the Answer?
By EDWARD FINCH
ISlOW OlOTMESHAKLIKG
OF THE HEAD COME.
TO MEAN W? fi
THIS came direct from Mother
Nature. Watch the mother bird
feed her young. When the little one
has had enough it closes its bill
tight and moves its head from side
to side to prevent the mother from
forcirig more food into its mouth.
It is saying, "No, I don't want it."
The mother understands without
words Just as we understand that
tightly closed lips and a shake of
the bead mean an emphatic "no."
0 Waste rn Nswspaper Union.
She Was Runner-up
At Wilson Event
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IS
MISS LUCILLE THOMAS who
was crowned "Queen of $he Coast
al Festival" at the Coronation Ball
in Atlantic Beach Casino last Fri
day night, winning the honor from
a field of eleven entrants, entered
the Wilson Tobacco Festival Bath
ing Beauty Contest on Tuesday
night. There she was one of two
score or more entrants and while
she did not win first place she was
one of four runners-up for the
honor. Miss Frances Summers,
of Raleigh, won in the Wilson
event.
CAPT WILL SMITH SAVES
YOUNG LADY'S LIFE SUNDAY
Capt. Will Smith, local boatman
carried a party from Burlington
out fishing last Sunday and on
their way back they wanted to
stop at some good place to go in
bathing. Capt. Smith anchored his
boat in shallow water out near
the Bulkhead and the party, went
in the water. One of the women
got over her head and was going
down the third time before any
alarm was given. Capt. Smith div
ed in just in time to grab the
young lady by the hair of her
head and brought her back to the
boat where she was revived in a
few minutes.
Purdum En j oy ed
Beauf ort Visit
Small Tuna Running
On Blackfist Rocks
, Capt. Jess Pagels, skipper of
the party boat "Jesse" reported to
day that small tuna were running
in the vicinity of the Blackfish
Rocks, near the Gulf Stream off
Cape Lookout. On Wednesday he
carried a party of four anglers
there and hooked several of these
sporty fighiers which take a lure
bottomward once it is hooked.
The largest tuna landed weighed
12 pounds. His party landed on
ly one dolphin, and little wonder
considering the huge catches that
have been reported recently.
Anglers who insist on bringing
back a boat load of these beauties,
instead of releasing them alive,
after a few have been caught, are
quite likely to realize that they
have caught "all the dolphin" at
an early date. Pagel's party also
landed . an 18-pound amberjack
near the Blackfish Rocks.
LIBRARY FUND.
Two more contributions were
received by The Editor of The
Beaufort News this week to be
added to the fun) which this
newspaper is willing to sponsor or
co-spontor for building a, library in
memory of the late Nannie P. Gef-froy.
C. OF C. WILL
HAVE DINNER
MEETING SOON
Directors Discussed
Several Matters
Of Importance
Members of the Board of
Directors of the Chamber of
Commerce meeting with Pre
sident C. W. Lewis on Mon
day night decided to have
the next quarterly banquet of the
organization sometime during the
latter part of September, the def
inite date to be announced later.
It will be another "Ladies Night"
at which members of the organiza
tion will take their ladies and it
will also be a joint meeting with
the Woman's Club of Beaufort.
Efforts will be made to secure a
speaker whose name will be big
news in this and other States dur
ing the Autumn months.
Until his definite acceptance to
make the principal address his
name will not be announced by the
Committee in charge of social ac
tivities of the Commerce group.
The social committee includes C.
L. Beam and Aycoek Brown.
Special guests at the dinner meet
ing will be the board of directors
of the Eastern Carolina Chamber
of Commerce. The Social Com
mittee expects to complete arrange
ments for the banquet by Septem
ber 10 at which time the names of
speakers, the location of the ban
quet and other information will
be released.
Directors present at the meet
ing Monday included: C. W. Brit
ton, C. L. Beam, C. G. Gaskill, R.
W. Safrit, G. M. Paul, Dr. C -W.
Lewis, Dr. C. S. Maxwell, W. H.
Taylor, U. E. Swann, Mrs. M. L.
Loftin, Dr. W. S. Chadwick and
Aycoek Brown.
A permanent committee to get
entertainment such as boxing and
wrestling, shows, dances, musical
concerts and other attractions for
Community Center during the win
ter months were appointed. This
committee includes C. G. Gaskill,
Graydon M. Paul, Charles W. Brit
ton and Dr. W. S. Cadwick. Work
ing with the committee will be the
members of the Park Commission
ers which includes Dr. Lewis, R.
Hugh Hill and Seth Gibbs.
Attend U. S. Soil
Conservation Meet
Mrs. Frank Penner and Miss
Hattie Styron, of the local U. S.
Department of Agriculture and
Farm Agent's office attended a
meeting of the U. S. Soil Conser
vation Association in New Bern on
Tuesday. County Farm Agent
J. 0. Anthony also attended the
meeting.
Writes Letters To
Postmaster And
News Editor
Smith W. Purdum, Fourth
Assistant Postmaster Gener
al who delivered the princi
pal address at the dedication
of the new Federal Building
here on Saturday, August 6,
has written Postmaster W. H. Tay
lor and Beaufort News Editor Ay
cock Brown expressing his appre
ciation for the hospitality shown
him by Beaufort and commented
favorably on the ceremonies. To
the Beaufort News editor he sent
a list of all the postmasters of
Beaufort from the date the first
postoffice was established here in
1797 to the present date.
His letter to the local postmas
ter follows:
My dear Mr. Taylor:
I wish to take this opportu
nity to thank you for the fine
hospitality and many kind
nesses extended me by your
self and your fellow citizens
on the occasion of my recent
visit to your splendid city in
connection with the dedica
tion of your fine new postof
fice building.
Tin ceremonies were, in
my opinion, woll arranged and
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OFFICIALS BUSY MAKING
PLANS FOR BIGGEST FAIR
T. E. KELLY
R. HUGH HILL
RAYMOND BALL
WM. L. HATSELL
Carolina Coast Will E
Actually Happen S
Scheduled Fo
BEAUFORT KEY CITY f
Beaufort will be a straget
ic point in the most extensive
and most important joint anti-aircraft
and air corps war
game ever held in America,
it was learned here thi.
week. The "war" will start
on Monday, October 3, and con
tinue through October 17, and
during this time the air corps will
try and work out plans by advanc
ing from the sea to "destroy" the
base airdrome at Fort Bragg.
"Enemy" planes will be launched
from airplane carriers off the
coast of North Carolina for that
purpose.
For the first time, according to
a story appearing in the New Bern
Sun-Journal on Monday, the gen
eral public is being asked to co-operate
in the exercises, chiefly
through the spreading of a great
aircraft warning net consisting
of some 300 stations which are ex
pected to warn the authorities at
Fort Bragg of the approach of
"Enemy" planes. Radio, tele
phone and telegraph will be used
for the purpose, and all companies
representing these public utilities
in the section are co-operating.
Beaufort will be a stragetic point
because in this town, if present
plans carry will be received and
transmitted messages of approach
5 enan? places from th sea
as.ii-(f over the Outer Banks from
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Officials of Carteret Coun
ty Fair, Inc., sponsored by
Carteret Post 99, of The
American Legion are very
busy at this time completing
plans to present the biggest
fair in the history of this
county on October 10-15. At
present time the Premium
Book is in the hands of the
printers and will be released
to the public and exhibitors
within a few days. Art
work in the Premium Book
this year was created by Miss
Georgia Neal who also se
cured the advertisements
from the cooperating firms
which make the printing pos
sible. Pictured at left in their
Legion caps are the princi
pal officers of the 1938 Fair.
At top is shown Tom Kelly,
treasurer and manager of the
event. R. Hugh Hill is pres
ident and Raymond Ball is
vice-president. Wm. L. Hat
sell, owner and business
manager of The Beaufort
News, is secretary of the or
ganization. A big feature of the Fair
this year will be the Art
Lewis Shows which will
bring many attractions to the
midway including several
free acts. Other attractions
will include free fireworks
every night and free cash
prizes' every night. ' The
1938 Fair will also present
larger exhibits of farm pro
ducts and poultry. The
event is planned to be made
unusual collossal this sea
son. This is the third year the
local Post of the American
Legion has sponsored and
presented the Carteret Coun
ty Fair. A steady growth in
the attraction has been noted
each succeeding year. It is
one of the biggest events of
the year for the County seat
and draws people not only
from every community in
this county but from nearby
counties as well. The an
nual Fairs are presented in
gymnasium and on the local
school's athletic field.
O
xperience What May
ome Day-In Games
r October 3-17
GOVERNOR'S STATEMENT
Relative to the proposed
War Games to be conducted
by the Antiaircraft and Air
Corps October 3-17, to be
held at Fort Bragg and to
make a "War Zone" of prac
tically all of Eastern Carolina, in
cluding such stragetically located
towns and cities as Beaufort, New
Bern and Bayboro, Governor Hoey
released the following statement:
"T am oratif ied to know that the
War Department has directed that
there be conducted at r ort cragg,
North Carolina, during the period
October 3rd to 17th a joint Antiaircraft-Air
Corps Exercise. This
is the most important event in the
history of the development of air
craft as a defense of our national
security. The fact that North Car
olina has been selected as the place
for this exercise means that most
of the Aircraft forces of the Army
will be concentrated in North Car
olina and we will have here the
Regular Army Antiaircraft Artil
lery concentrated at Fort Bragg.
A sufficient amount of the G. H.
Q. Air Force will be employed to
afford the thorough test desired,
and will be the most extensive and
decidedly the most important ex
ercise of this character that has
ever been held anywhere in the
United States.
"An important feature of the
exercise will be the installation in
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Arrests Involve
Eight Defendants
HEALTH OFFICER
TALKS TO ROTES
Several Visitors
At Meeting On
Tuesday
Beaufort Rotarians who have
heard the proposal to establish a
full time health department in Car
teret county during recent months
were given a splendid picture how
such an agency operates on Tues
day night when Dr. Henry Bunn,
of Johnston County, explained the
system. If Dr. Bunn should talk
to the Carteret County commis
sioners who have to date not look
ed with favor on establishing such
a department, it is likely they
would give more serious thought
to the proposal.
Dr. Bunn was introduced by
Dr. Clifford Lewis, who is pro
gram chairman during the current
month.
Other features of the Tuesday
night program were short talks by
Rotarian Rev. A. R. Parsley and
R. S. Boswell, of Bristol, R. I.
The Rev. Mr. Parsley has a sum
mer place at Swansboro. He is
an Episcopal rector. Mr. Bos
well his guest, is editor of a Bris
tol newspaper.
Other guests present at the
meeting were Col. Farleigh S.
Dickinson, Rutherford, N. J.; W.
M. Webb, D. Cordova, and L. E.
Kilburn, of Morehead City.
The club favored the contribu
tion of $5 towards a sponsors fund
being raised for a project which in
cludes the building of a tennis
court at the School House here.
IDENTIFICATION AGENT
VISITS BEAUFORT.
Harry Paul, special investigator
for the N. C. Bureau of Investiga
tion was a visitor in Beaufort ear
ly this week. While here he con
tacted the various law enforce
ment officers, giving them the as
surance that the bureau was ready
to offer every assistance in felon
ious cases. Investigator Paul's
headquarters is in Washington.
He was accompanied to Beaufort
by Jesse Alan Giles, an artist who
lives in Washington.
First Air-mailed
Letter Back Home
John Thaxton of Ann Street
claims the distinction of buying
the first air-mail stamp at the new
postoffice here. He used the
stamp on a letter addressed to his
sister Dr. Margaret T. Bryan in
Los Angeles, Calif. This week
the cancelled letter stamp was re
turned to Mr. Taxton by his sister.
He is planning to give it to Post
master Wiley Taylor as a souvenir.
Governor's Secretary
Visits Ocracoke Island
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson
and Mr. and Mrs. Coan, of Raleigh
sailed from here Monday aboard
the Fisheries Patrol Boat Hatteras
for a week's vacation on Ocracoke
Island. Mr. Thompson is private
secretary to Governor Clyde R.
Hoey and important in Young
Democratic Club circles. He will
be the key-note .speaker at the
state meeting of the Young Dem
ocrats next month. Mr. Coan is
head of the WPAinNorthCarolina.
Mrs. Tucker, Field
Representative For
Blind, Locates Here
Mrs. Dorothy B. Tucker, field
representative for the blind, a di
vision of the State Board of Char
ities and Welfare has established
an office in Beaufort. She will
be located here for an indefinite
period. It is the first time that
a field office for any of the divi
sions of welfare and charities has
located in a town on the coast
She is at present sharing an office
with the Carteret County Board
of Welfare and Charities of which
Mrs. George Henderson is superin-
Tried In Recorder's
Court On Tuesday;
Seven Guilty
Undercover Agents Under
Direction E. P. Renner
Buy Liquor And
Then Tell
Under-cover Agents C.
Pippen and S. D. Thornton,
working under the direction
of Special ABC Board Inves
tigator E. P. Renner, cracked
down on eight alleged bootleggers
early this week.In recorder's court
Tuesday seven of the eight arrest
ed were found guilty as charged.
Attorney C. R. Wheatley was at
torney for the defendants.
The drive seemed to center on
taxi-drivers in Morehead City.
Louis Davis, no taxi-driver but in
stead the operator of Beach View
Tavern west of Morehead City was
found "not guilty" when the evi
dence presented did not convince
the Court that the three or four
pints on the premises belonged to
him or were being offered for sale.
It was brought out in court that
Calvert liquor which usually costs
one dollar per pint had been
bought from some of the taxi
drivers at $2 per pint. Other
brands offered for sale by the
drivers included Old Drum, anoth
er well know brand.
In the cases against LeRoy
Guthrie and Alfred Pittman, judg
ment was held open for one week
after they had been found guilty
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f Covering The
Waterfront
t By AYCOCK BROWN
t
I DID NOT see the story as it
appeared in print but several of
the townspeople hereabouts have
asked me to say something this
week about the article which ap
peared in one of the New Bern
papers stating that New Bern, dur
ing the month of July was the cool
est town in the State and Beaufort
was the hottest. The official
weather report of Beaufort during
July listed 27 absolutely clear
days, three cloudy days and one
day of rain.
THE PREVAILING wind
throughout the month came direct
ly from the ocean. The highest
temperature was 91 degrees. For
25 days the temperature at its
highest ranged from 80 to 89 de
grees. The lowest temperature
was 69 degrees and the average
low ranged from 63 to 78 degrees.
Maybe the coolness of New Bern
is what frightened so many fire
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 tables furnished by
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
Some allowances must be
made for variations in the
wind and also with respect
U) the locality, that is wheth
jf near the inlet or at the
tead of the estuaries.
HiGH
1:23
2:06
2:33
8:15
3:49
4:24
4:59
5:27
5:57
6:25
6:52
7:17
7:45
8:05
LOW
Friday, Aug. 19
AM. 7:41 AM.
PM. 8:51 PM.
Saturday, Aug. 20
AM.
PM.
8:49 AM.
9:55 PM.
Sunday, Aug.
AM.
PM.
21
9:56 AM.
10:58 PM.
Monday, Aug. 22
AM. 11:02 AM.
PM.
Tued, Aug. 23
AM. 11:56 AM.
PM. 12:06 PM,
WednenUy, Aug. 24
AM. 12:50 AM.
PM. 1:04 PM.
Thurtday, Aug. 25
AM. 1:39AM.
PM. ' 1:58 PM.