Legion Sponsored
CARTERET FAIR
In Beaufort
OCT. 9th TO 15th
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Carteret County's Oldest Newspaper ..Established 1912
VOLUME XXVII; NO. 42.
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, OCT. 12, 1939
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Exhibit Hall At Fair
Shows Over 1,000 Farm
Home And Other Objects
Semi-Nude Pictures
On The Midway
Are Taken Down
Following the appearance of a
committee from the Woman' Club
before Commander William H.
Bailey of Carteret Post 99, Amer
ican Legion, voicing objections to
the display of certain pictures in
front of The French Casino, a
committee of veterans and citi
zens called on the officials of the
World Exposition Show last night
and requested that the pictures be
removed. The management o f
the World Exposition Shows very
graciously removed the signs in
question. It was brought out in
the complaint voiced by the mem
bers of the Woman's Club, that in
their opinion the display might
have a trend to disrupt the morals
of a younger generation.
Another Opinion.
Another opinion expressed here
is that the semi-nude pictures
removed from the front of t&e
French Casino show far less anato
my than photographs displayed in
any number of current magazines
and newspapers for sale on local
news stands. Nevertheless, the
head of the local Legion Post and
officials of the shows, with the
thought in view of carrying out
the wishes of those who believe the
pictures might have a trend to dis
rupt the morals of a younger gen
eration, were glad to offer their
cooperation. Meantime, the show
inside The French Casino continues
to attract large crowds.
Covering The
Waterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
; THE "KITTY HAWK", an 86
foot cruiser type boat, was form
erly the "Gay Jane". She was
custom built by the Mattfiews Boat
Works, Inc., for Mr. Louis R. Vas
ey, of Greenwich, Conn., to ope
rate between Miami and the Ba
hamas. When first built she was
equipped with gas engines. She
was later bought by Mr. Herbert
W. Warren, son of one of the
founders of the Standard Oil Com-
! pany, who replaced the gas en
gines with the present safer and
Ynore economical diesel engines.
They are twin engines, 150 hose
power each, and are practically
riew, having run less than 100
Tiours at the time the boat was ac
quired bby the Engineer Depart-
" ment.
I THE CRAFT was purchased by
the Wilmington Engineer. District
J (Continued on Page 8)
Noiu
j jj'aSgVICf OR. "M EE KINS
'i AS ONE travels about the coast
of Hatteras Island these days, he
finds himself, more than ever, im
pressed with the great value of the
Coast Guard service to humanity.
He also realizes the distinct loss
that has been visited upon this sec
tion by the curtailment in recent
years that has been visited upon
the people, and the great economic
loss they have suffered thereby.
f ONLY A bare skeleton remains
Of the noble service that stood
ruard day and night along this
coast. Of the ten stations at in
tervals of six or seven miles apart
that were fully manned a few
years ago, only five are in use on
Eattoras felasd, line., old., aban.
doned buildings have become eye
sores on the landscape and when
sold at public auction, bring as low
as $50 for an investment of ten3
of thousands of dollars.
' DRIVING along just before
night my car got stuck abbreast of
of the old Pea Island station now a
(Continued on Pag 7)
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Display This Year
Better Than Ever
You Will Agree
Approximately 1,000 dif
ferent articles are on display
in Exhibit Hall at the Fourth
Annual American Legion
sponsired Carteret County
Fair which got off to a good
start here on Monday and is
in full swing as we go to
press today. Of the total
number of articles 638 had
been entered for individual
prizes, while the remainder
comprised articles on display
in special booths.
Mrs. S. E. Hayne and Mrs. Phil
Thomas have charge of Exhibit
Hall again this year and the floor
and display arrangements which
have been made under their super
vision easily surpasses any previ
ous years of Legion sponsored
fairs. The Exhibit Hall incident
ally .is attracting more people this
year than ever before and a per
son's visit to the Beaufort Public
School's Athletic Field is not com
plete until the exhibits have been
seen. In most cases, Exhibit Hall
is the first spot where Fair visitors
go upon passing through the gates.
In addition to the cleverly ar
ranged individual exhibits of home
and farm products, needlework
and handicraft several of the clubs
of the county have special booths.
North River Club booth which
has won during previous years
comes forderd this year with a new
idea. Their display is built up
around the Home Demonstration
Club emblem.
Crab Point Club displays its
Home Beautification and outdoor
living room idea which attracted
considerable attention when first
shown in Beaufort at Achievement
Pay several months ago.
An educational booth for club
boys and girls is the theme of the
4-H Clubs Booth.
Curb Market booth presents a
miniature curb market and the
many farm goodies which the mar
ket offers for sale.
A canning project is shown in
the Wire Grass Club booth.
Bettie's club booth displays a
sewing project.
Two departments of Morehead
(Continued on Page 8)
Rotarian"Bill
Kiker Here Last
Night For Meeting
- William B. Kiker
W. B. Kiker of Reidsvtlle,
who is governor of this dis
trict of Rotary International
was in Beafuort last night on
his official visit to the Rota
ry Club here. Mr. Kiker is
a highway builder in Reids
ville, a member of the Rotary
club there, and was elected
governor of the 189th Dis
trict at Rotary's 30th annual
convention in Cleveland last
June.
President Aycock Brown
and Secretary L. D. Hayman
of the Beaufort Rotary Club
and the 16 other Members of
the club conferred with Gov
ernor Kiker on matters of
club administration and ac
tivities. The Rotary Club of
Beaufort was organized in
and now meets weekly
on Tuesday at 6:30 P. M. at
the Inlet Inn Hotel.
Rotary Governor Kiker
was one of the nearly 200
men who were elected to
serve Rotary's " 5,000 clubs
and 210,000 Rotarians in 80
countries and geographical
divisions of the world.
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THE "KITTY HAWK" new vessel recently purchase d by the North Carolina Dis
trict of the U. S. Engineering department, with headqua rters at Wilmington for use
in hydrographic surveying, is sh own in the! above picture. This fine new vessel with
District Engineer Major Georgs Gillette, Congressman Graham A.. Barden, Con-
I pressman Lindsey Warren and other officials aboard m ade its first call at Beaufort
ast week, since it became attached to the District. Th e party made an inspection
cruise through waterway projects in this and nearby coa stal counties..
Town Board Criticized For Failing To
Take Action On Island Bridge Proposal
BRIDGE LETTER
From
Judge Hamilton
Dear Aycock:
My attention has been called to
an article appearing in this week's
edition of The Beaufort News
containing a discussion of the pro
posed Lenoxville-Harkers Island
bridge route, and in which refer
ence is made to the "Straits-Island"
route as "the Ernest Webb,
Fred Seeley, Durwood Willis, John
Nelson, and Judge Hamilton
route". In order that there might
be no misunderstanding as to the
attitude taken and expressed by
"Judge Hamilton" at the time of
the conference to which you re
fer, and the occasion for "Judge
Hamilton's" being at the confer
ence, permit me to set the record
straight for you.
When I was asked to sit in at the
so-called conference I had not the
slightest idea that there was to be
any discussion of any proposed
bridge routing from Harkers Is
land. Mr. Willis (same as referr
ed to as Durwood Willis) and I
and others interested in Morehead
City, had been conferring previ
ously with Senator Webb (same as
referred to as Ernest Webb) in re
spect of proposed street improve
ments and extension in and thru
Morehead City, and a decision
soon was to have been reached
about the matter. I likewise some
time prior had communicated
with Senator Webb about certain
road improvement in Eastern Car
(Continued on Page four)
COURT BEGINS
HERE MONDAY
New Rulings Change
Activities In The
. . . : Court Room
Judge R. Hunt Parker of
Roanoke Rapids will preside
over the October term of
criminal and civil court star
ting here Monday, October
16, which will continue for
one week. While a rather
heavy criminal docket is
scheduled the most unusual
feature of the week perhaps,
will be new judiciary disci
pline carried out while court
is in session.
The day of so-called profession
al jurors is over. That means the
men who seek duty on a jury by
persisting in hanging around the
court room and within easy call of
the Sheriff as talis jurors. This
should eliminate some of the
chronic by-standers seeking a place
on the jury. The Board of Com
missioners of Carteret have been
instructed to purchase a State and
United States Flag for display in
the court room during sessions.
(Continued on Page 3)
"Kitty Hawk" Here
1 slanders Believe
Beaufort Should
Help Them
Straits Section Would
Be Satisfied With
Improved Roads
PuMic opinion favors the
consti uction of a bridge from
the mainland at Lenoxville
Point io Harkers Island. The
Beaufort News in an effort
to give all sidas to the story
has interviewed proponents
and opponents of the Straits
Island and Lenoxville-Island
routes during the past week.
In the meantime there has been
criticism by local citizens and res
idents of Harkers Island against
the Town Board of Commission
ers who were asked to endorse a
resolution favoring the Lenoxville-Island
route, but took no ac
tion. It has also been learned that
while the majority of citizens fa
vor the construction of a bridge
from their community if it is the
only way they can get an improved
road. However, if the people who
live in the Straits-Gloucester sec
(Continued on Page 8)
Managers Of American Legion
Sponsored Carteret Fair Feel
They Are Unjustly Criticized
The management of The
American Legion sponsored.
Carteret County Fair bslieve
they have been unjustly crit
icized by the Beaufort Wo
man's Club which inserted a
?.tory in The Twin City Times
of Morehead City on Wed
lesday under the caption
'Woman's Club Seek Ban
On Immoral Shows At Fair."
The group of Legion aires
who form the governing
board of Carteret Fair are
prominent and substantial
citizens of Beaufort and
Morehead City.
As a lvsult of the views ex
pressed in the story sanctioned by
and appearing in the news story
on Wednesday, the Fair Manage
ment extends an invitation to
members of the Woman's Club
who are interested to be their
guests and visit each of the per-
foimances of the shows which they
admit they have not seen, but
which they understand are of an
immoral nature , for eensovsliip
purposes.
Naturally the Legionaires who
are outstanding citizens of Carter
et County resent the attitude tak
en by the Woman's Club. This is
the fifth annual fair sponsored by
The American Legion and they
feel that they have been present
ing an event which has not only
been of an educational nature, but
Last Week-end-
BRIDGELETTER
From
Earl Davis
Dear Editor:
You know that a Resolu
tion was passed Monday by
the Board ,pf r County Com
missioners endorsing the
LenOxville route for the Har
kers Island Bridge. And
you know that a delegation'
went to Mr. Ernest Webb
yesterday to present both
sides of the argument. But, do
you know that the resolution was
passed before the noon recess and
that the motion was recalled after
the recess, when all parties inter
ested in the Lenoxville route had
gone away and the after-thought
of tacking on the Straits route was
done then? Dou you know that,
so far os I can find out, no one
really interested in the Lenoxville
route was invited to attend the
delegation to Mr. Webb? At least
I was not even aware of the inten
ded trip. And do ycu know for a
surety that a delegation working
with such secrecy and with such
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that through its presentation citi
zens of the County have been giv
en an opportunity to know their
section better through the displays
in Exhibit Hall and that they have
been provided with entertainment
by shows which are recognized as
outstandir.il throughout America.
Feeling that there are many peo
ple who cannot afford to attend
all the shows and enjoy the me
chanical rides on the midway, the
Legionaires have each year pre
sented high type free acts, fire
works and given cash prizes to pel-
sons passing through the
gates.
In addition to the foregoing, cer.
tain days are designated for school
children to attend the fair and
pass through the gates at no cost.
On children's day only a few of
the shows are operating. Those
which do operate are educational
and entertaining.
Officers of the Carteret Fair
follows: R. Hugh Hill, presi-
ident; W. H. Smoak, vice presi
dent; T. E. Kelly, treasurer; Wil
liam L. Hatsell, secretary; and the
tne-Do&td uf Diiectors'.-'i. Ev-P4tt-
man, .W H. Smoak, M. S. Mc
Cracken, Morehead City; William
L. Hatsell, R. Hugh Hill, T. E.
Kelly and C. Z. Chappell, Beau
fort; C. M. Hill, Newport; Harry
Edwards, Earl Campen, Beaufort,
R. F. D.; Raymond Ball, Newport,
R. F. D.; Blakely Pond, Davis; Ivy
Gaskill, Harkers Island, and D. W.
Truckner, Pelletier,.
FSCC TO
SWEETS VE
NEXTMOMY
County Agent Sends
Instructions To
Growers
Couny Agent John Lassi
ter was notified yesterday,
(Wednesday, Oct. 11) that a
purchasing agent of the Fed
eral Surplus Commodities
Corporation would hs in Car
teret County at Huntley's R.
R. siding in Beaufort on Mon
day, October 16 for the pur
pose of moving sweet pota
toes. In an effort that all
growers who have requested FS
CC assistance in marketing their
potatoes, and others too, County
Agent Lassiter has sent out form
letters giving general informa
tion relative to grading. The pota
toes must be in baskets. They will
receive 50 cents per bushel and
must pay one cent per basket in
advance for inspection.
General information sent the
farmers by the County Agent fol
lows:
"The cart will be loaded at
Huntley' tiding from 8 o'clock in
the morning until 4 o'clock in the
afternoon. The FSCC will pur
chase U. S. No. It, which are at
follows: Each potato thall not be
lest than 1 3-4 inchet in diameter
and thall not exceed 10 inchet in
length. The minimum weight thall
not be less than three ounces. In
no case thall the weight exceed 24
ounces and the potatoet mutt be
fairly clean.."
"I would advise you to bring
only potatoes that wlil fall within
these instructions because your
potatoes will be inspected before
you place them in the car," the
farmers were advised in the letter
from County Agent Lassiter.
Many Persons See
Free Acts At Fair
Thousands of persons have seen
the free acts and fireworks fea
tured on the World Exposition
Show midway at the Carteret Fair
this week. On Tuesday over 3,--000
school children were admitted
to the fair free of charge. Cash
prizes have been given away each
night. On Saturday night a grand
prize of $50 will be given to a
luclry vinner. The exhibits and
midway attractions have been
praised by many Carteret Fair vis
itors. In exhibit Hall approximately
503 hundred persons have regis
tered for the free permanent to be
given away by the Duchess Beau
ty Shop.
Not Planning To
Commit Matrimony
WALTER WiNCHELL, Ameri
ca's ace-columnist and news com-
ir, jntator reported on his broadcast
Sunday night and, in his commn
rn Monday that "Our Bob" Rey-
I r.olds who has already done it
! faree times would be committing
, matrimony between now and
I Christmas. Apparently it is news
. to tjje junj0r Senator from North
! Carolina judging from the story
uluer a Washington dateline
v;hich appeared on Tuesday and
follows:
' neynolds "Flattered"
Rv Marriaare Rerjcrt
Washington, Oct. 9 Senator
Robert R. Reynolds today ridiculed
the report put out last night by
Walter ' Wtnchell 'that ' ' 'he would
marry soon.
Asked for comment on the col
umnist's radio statement, the jun
ior North Carolina Senator said:
"I am going to write Winchell a
letter and thank him for having
married me no less than 10 times
during the last five months. It is
really flattering but there is abso
lutely nothing to it"
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BARDEN URGES
FSCC TO HELP
SEAFOOD MART
By Acting Now This
Agency Would Buy
Surplus Fish
With markets glutted and pri
ces low, officials of N. C. Fisheries
Inc., are pushing their efforts to
get the Federal Surplus Commod
ities Corporation to step in imme
diately and aid the fishermen of
Carteret. Dr. H. F. Prytherch,
president of the Fisheries has been
in contact with officials in Wash
ington several times this week out
lining the necessity for immediate
action.
Unless help comes almost imme
diately, the mullet season will be
over, and those who derive a livli
hood from this particular phase of
the industry will be in worse fix
than they were in any previous
years. Quick to give assistance
was Representative Graham A.
Barden. In story in this connec
tion appeared in Wednesday edi
tion of The New Bern Tribune. It
follows:
In an effort to bolster the fast
falling price of fish, Representa
tive Graham A. Barden yesterday
asked the Federal Surplus Com
modities Corporation to author
ize the freezing of the existing and
growing surplus in Carteret Coun
ty. Pointing out that fish were sell
ing at Atlantic, Morehead City and
Beaufort at from 1 to 1 1-2 cents
per pound and that the surplus
was growing daily, Rep. Barden
telegraphed Milo Perkins, presi
dent of the FSCC, to give aid to
fishermen.
He suggested authorizing freez
ing of the surplus at the govern
ment owned fisheries at Morehead
City. It would, he pointed out,
supplement local freezing and stor
age facilities that were understood
to be operating full blast in that , :
(Continued on Page 8),.. .
Fishing And
All Outdoors
By AYCOCK BROWN
By Bill Sharpe
Raleigh, Oct. 1. With the North
Carolina hunting season under way
October 1, and under full swing
by November SO, the country's va
riety hunting ground over 500
miles long and 188 miles wide re
sound to the staccato reports of
gunfire. From the mountains of
the west to the seacoast, the Tar
Heel state offeres the sportsman
his choice in small or big game and
his preference as to type of coun
try in which to shoot. Following:
are some of the more important
regulations governing hunting:
DEER Open October 1, in all
sections of the state except in
counties where special regulations
have been made. Watch out when
you shoot at that first buck, for
the time honored custom of
"shirttail cuttings" still persist for
those who miss. Good hunting
in eastern as well as far western
(Continued on Page 8)
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TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The figures are ap
proximately correct and are
based on tables furnished by
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
Some allowances must be
made for variations in the
wind and also with re.ipcfc
to the locality, that is wheth
er near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
Friday, October 13
8:09 A. M. 1:54 A. M.
8:27 P. M. 2:31P. M.
Saturday, Octo'j3r 14
8:53 A. M. 2:39 A. M.
9:13 P. M. 3:17 P. M.
Sunday, October 15
9:45 A.M. 3:24 A.M.
10:01 P. M. 4:03 P. M.
Monday, October 16
10:32 ATM: " 4:1)8 A, Mr
10:49 P. M. 4:53 P. M.
Tuesday, October 17
4:56 A. M.
11:20 P.M. 5:44 P.M.
Wednesday, October 18
11:37 A.M. 5:48 A.M.
12:08 P. M. 6:41 P. M.
Thursday, October 19
12:27 A.M. 9:49 A. M.
1:00 P.M. 7tr.fS.