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39. talc a the uits, arm ndi. iate lake Hall and t. READ OUR NEW MAGAZINE SECTION In This Edition VOLUME XXVII; NO. 43; U. S. Engineers Announce past Improwlnents In ; Coastal Waterways Projects Of Carteret County Official Beaufort Contends Bridge Must Serve The East Mayor Reluctantly Appears In Print "EDITOR'S SUCCESS STIMULATES EGO" Mayor George W. Huntley speaking for "Official Beau lort" relative to the Harkers Island-Mainland bridge mat ter, reluctantly appears in print this week, which he terms as necessary because he claims the "interpretation of the action of Official Beaufort is misleading." The Beaufort News published in its last week edition under the caption "Town Board Criticized For Failing To . , Take Action On Island I Bridge Proposal" the state 1 ment that public opinion f a Ivored the construction of a bridge from the mainland at Lenoxville Point to Harkers J Island, and not from Straits 1 as proposed. - A Judging from Mayor Huntley's J letter the matter in question is ! not to build a bridge to serve the I people of Harkers Island alone, but i all of the people in the various ! communities of East Carteret ( '. County. However, this is clearly 1 pointed out in Mayor Huntley's v" letter. The reference to the ed ? itorial comments and about the , Editor should also be of interest to a great many people, possibly j all readers of this newspaper, who t share his opinion, r, ' the letter of Mayor Huntley which ;f', th eletter of Mayor Huntley which it published in full. The Beaufort News will wel come additional communications, relative to the proposed bridge to I Harkers Island. The text of May or Huntley's letter follows: Official Beaufort's Answer To A Caption Dear Aycock: Your offer of front page display to those not agreeing with your Harkers Island Bridge ideas ap preciated. Although reluctant to appear in print, it is deemed nec essary because your interpretation of the action of Official Beaufort is misleading. Beaufort's business position is established by the supporting back country, Cedar Island, Atlantic, Williston, Stacy, Sealevel, Davis, Smyrna, Marshallberg, Gloucester, Straits, Otway, Bettie and Hark ers Island. All contribute patron age to Beaufort business. All of these communities plus Beaufort are more or less interested in hav ing a bridge between Harkers Island and the mainland. What is good for our supporting terri tory is good for us. A bridge be tween the Island and the main land will be an asset, but no matter where placed it will benefit some section more than others. The Highway Commission in its present proposed improvements have coupled up the Harkers Is land Bridge with road improve ments for Straits, Gloucester and Otway. This program for road and bridge improvements has been ad vocated by progressive citizens of Harkers Island and the other com munities for the past four years tentative surveys were made on bridge sites eighteen months ago detailed surveys were made four months before the ferry accident that some credit as having percipi tated the present controversy. What the individual citizen of Beaufort does is one thing, but to ask Official Beaufort to take sides in the present matter for one com munity against another, both of whom are Beaufort supports would show at least poor business judge ment. ; IW HiffiwHryyflmgOgHin H vises the writer that " they have worked out an improvement pro gram in keeping with every dollar they can obtain for the proposed improvements that have long been needed by the respective communi ties. Further than this they can not go at this time. Therefore it was the opinion of the Official (Continued on Page S) He Gives Of f icial Beaufort's View WHAT HE assert is the view point of Official Beaufort relative to the Harkers Island-Mainland bridge controversy is given in a clear cut manner by Mayor George W. Huntley in a letter to The Ed itor which will be found printed elsewhere in this edition. Mayor Huntley stated that he reluctantly entered print, hut it is deemed nec essary because of the interpreta tion of the action of Official Beau fort, appearing in a news story last week. The Beaufort News will welcome further letters of comment relative to the bridge question, because it is the inten tion of this newspaper to give a comprehensive coverage of a mat ter which we believe to be of ut most importance. - C. G. Gaskill Writes On C. of C. Resolution Dear Mr. Brown: It being generally known in Eastern Carteret County that I am and have been for several years one of the Directors of the Beau fort Chamber of Commercce, your statement that the Chamber unan imously endorsed the Lenoxville proposal of Harkers Island Bridge has proven very embarrassing to me. I attended no meeting and upon inquiry I do not find any other di rector who knew of a meeting. Don't think you should have done that. As most of my business comes from Eastern Carteret County I (Continued on Page 8) Covering The Waterfront By AYCOCK BROWN BEAUFORT will experience a boom in less than a month now. The boom will be made possible by the arrival of the Menhaden Fishing fleet from northern ports. Already in port and active are a number of boats which form the fleet that serves Beaufort Fish eries and the plants located in Morehead City.- Biggest fleet of all will be the boats which fish for the J. Howard Smith interests here. Last year Mr. Smith's local plant, The Fish Meal Company, had 19 boats in its fleet. About the same number will be here this year. SINCE LAST winter, Beaufort Fisheries has made considerable improvements at their plant One of the most noticeable from the Lenoxville Road is the new scrap house. Inside the plant much new equipment has been added. One 'of tho principal improvements. perhaps, is the automatic I'uel" burning furnaces, which eliminates the old method of firing with coal. NEW EQUIPMENT is also be ing installed at The Fish Meal Company in West Beaufort. The operation of this plant has cer tainly been an economic asset to Beaufort and surrounding com (Continued on Page 8) 5! ' " "ife Jf Carteret County's ISLAND FERRY ON DRY DOCK FORJREPAIRS Will GoBack In Service Late This Week DAVIS SAID IT WAS REVENGFUL The Gloucester - Harkers Isand Ferry was taken out for semi-annual examination and repairs on Monday, Oc tober 16. Roy J. Hart, Dis trict Engineer for the S. H. & P. W. Commission in a letter to the Beaufort News stated that the ferry is taken out twice a year to examine the hull and repair it, and that it was hoped it would be back in service by late today (Thursday.) Earl Davis, leading proponent of the Lenoxville-Harkers Island bridge route was in town on Mon- NEW FERRY SCHEDULE (Effective Autumn 1939) Lve. Harkers Island 8:00 A. M. 12:30 P. M. 4:30 P. M. Leave Gloucester 9:00 A. M. 1:30 P. M. 5:00 P. M. Night Schedule: (Saturday Only Except Emergency Leaves Harkers Island Leaves Gloucester 9 P. M. 10 P. M. day and told local persons that in his opinion the ferry had (Continued on Page 8) S. S. VAPPER HASSAILED The Esthonian Freighter S. S. Vapper which arrived at Morehead City on September 9, and waited four weeks to begin loading scrap iron for a port in the United Kingdom, sailed Wednesday with a par tial cargo for Portland where loading will be completed. Capt. Oscar Laas was master of the vessel. Achievement Day Program Set For Thursday, Oct. 26 Carteret County's Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs Achie vement Dayy will be held at the Courthouse here (Beaufort) next Thursday, October 26, it was an nounced today by Miss Margaret Clark, Home Agent. An invita tion to the general public to at tend the program which starts at 10:15 o'clock has been extended by the Federation. The program fol lows: Song: America; Welcome: Mrs. K. W, Wright, secretary, Wire grass; Response: Mrs. J. Rumley, president, Beaufort P. T. A.; Min utes and Roll Call: Mrs. Leslie Gil likin; 4-H Club Report, Mrs. W. G. Simpson, County 4-H Leader; Ser vice Club Report: Miss Arnecia Wiley; Project reports: County Leaders. The foregoing part of the pro gram will be followed by the best club report of the county; the club song of the Federation, "A Song of the Open Coutry" ; a made-over dress revue and Greetings from Mrs. Estelle T. Smith, District Home Agent. This will be fol lowed by "We're On The Upward Trail," a song. Following a luncheon, the af ternoon session will begin with a 4-H Team Demostration "Dish washing" by Hilda Carraway and Amanda Congleton; Recreation by tate PrcMr.ta4iMualErizes and awards by J. TlIssiterTcnly- Agent and the Installation Serv ice by Miss Clark, Home Agent. Messrs. John and James Moore, who have been patients at Potters Emergency hospital for the past several weeksfi are freatly improv ed and wil soon be discharged. Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912 BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, OCT. The Beaufort News Is Giving Readers Magazine Section At a considerable cost to the publisher but at no extra cost to subscribers and ad vertisers The Beaufort News goes 12 pages this week with the addition of a four page Magazine Section. This is being done with the thought in view that many of our ru ral subscribers receive no other newspaper; to keep up with national and interna tional affairs. In addition the Magazine Section is fill ed with up to the' minute news pictures, fashions, wee kly analysis of War News, household news, recipes, mo ving picture and radio news, a full page of comics and an exciting dramatic serial by Talbot Mundy. This four page Magazine lection will be a regular weekly feature of The Beaufort Newt in the future. JUDGE PARKER PRESIDING AT OCTOBER TERM Heavy Docket For Roanoke Rapids Jurist A rather heavy docket faced Judge R. Hunt Parker when Superior Court conven ed here Monday. Several cases had been disposed of up until the tinie we go to press today, but a few crim inal actions were still to be tried. The judicial dignity shown by the presiding jurist has greatly impressed those attending court. With Solicitor Dave Clark of Greenville prosecuting, majori ty of cases tried have been ended with a verdict of guilty. Two cases have attracted unu sual attention during the week. (Continued on Page 8) C. Of C. Directors Meet Monday Nite C. L. Beam, president of the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce, hat called a meeting of the Board of Directors for Monday night, October 23, at 7:30 o'clock. The meeting will be held at Miller Fur niture Company. Director of the organization are urged to be present. Officials and directors of the Chamber of Commerce in clude: . C. L. Beam, president; Dr H. F. Prytherch, Paul Jones, G. M. Paul, Dr. Chadwick, W. H. Tay lor, Dr. C. D. Maxwell, R. Hugh Hill, Jacob Miller, R. W. Safrit, C. W. Britton, G. W. Huntley, C. C. Gaskill, Aycock Brown and Mrs, W. I. Loftin. Weekly New? Analysts by Joseph W. La Bine Gives our rea Jef s each week a comprehensive report of the important, verU'ed happen ings in war-torn Europe, and in our own country. Vou can rely upon it as being authentic, free from the countless unconfirmed rumors and from the propa ganda with which European nations are flooding us. . .. QaeteJtJlSjLsource iniormauon regarding tne activities of the war. read it each week 19, 1939 LOCAL CHURCH TO CELEBRETE ANNIVERSARY First Service At St. Paul's Was In 1857 During the week begin ning Monday, November 13, the celebration of the eighty second anniversary of the first service in St. Paul's Episcopl Church will be cele brated here. Each day there will be special services in connection with the observ ance, it was announced by Rev, E. C. McConnell, who is rector of the parish at pres ent. In addition to several outstand ing Episcopal rectors who will take part in the program of the week, members of the Parish, Church and Auxiliary will take part. The present Parish officers besides the rector, Rev. Mr. McConnell are: C. H. Bushall, R. H. Dowdy, Stan ley Woodland, N. W. Taylor, Jo- seph House, W. E. Adair, Theo dore Phillips, George Eastman and Alonza Thomas. The program follows: Monday, 13, 8 P. M., Evening Service, Rev. L. M. Fenwick, preacher; Tuesday, 6 P. M., Supper for Women of the Parish, served by the Men; 8 P. M. Evening Service, Rev. J. A. Vache, preacher; Wednesday, 8 P. M., Evening Service, Rev. A. C. D. Noe, preacher; Thursday, 6 P. M., Supper for Men of Parish, served by the Women; 8 P. M., Evening Service, Rev. J. R. Rountree, prea cher; Friday, 8 P. M., Evening Ser- (Continued on page 8) British Ship Arrives Loaded With Liquor New York, Oct. 1G. Carrying 709 passengers and 40,000 cases of Scotch liquor, the British liner Cameronia, camouflaged and aim ed, slipped into New Yoik harbor today. Capt. G. B. Kelley reported an uneventful voyage from Glasgow He said the crossing was made without-a convoy, but with con stant contact with ocean patrols conducted by the British. The passengers included 52 Po lish and Czech survivors of the Athenia disaster who were bound for Canada to work on farms and 246 Americans. C. of C. Organized In Morehead City Business and professional men of Morehead City met early this week and organized a Chamber of Commerce with the thought in view of bringing new industries .nd enterprises to the ocean port city. Thirteen firms at the or conization meeting agreed to pay $5 initiation fee and monthly dues of $2. In comparison The Beau fort Chamber of Commerce has as its dues only 50 cents monthly. PTA To Sponsor Hallowe'en Party The PTA of Beaufort Sch3UI will sponsor a Hallowe'en Carnival in the Gymnasium on Fridayy nighi October 27. The public is cordial. ly invited to attend the event which will be similar to those pre sented during previous years. The Carnival will start at 7 o'clock. Prior to that time the PTA and Home Economics students will serve dinners from 5 o'clock in the afternoon. MR. AND MRS. W. E. ADAIR IN RALEIGH WEDNESDAY Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Adair were in Raleigh Wednesday attending lieFjoralConvention which con vened there this tured home today, The many friends of John Park in will be glad to learn that he is showing good improvement at Morehead City hospital where he is patient Drum Inlet And Core Sound Dredging Begins Next Week Major George Gillette Gives Details of Inlet Traffic; Postoff ice Pier, Surveys Core Sound and Seafood Industry In A Series Of Moving Pictures Major George Gillette, District Engineer, of the Uni ted States Engineer Office of Wilmington, has announced that dredging of Drum Inlet will commence the 26th of this month. The Atkinson Dredging Company, of Nor folk, Virginia, was the low bidder for the work and will commence operation with the "North wood,", a 16-inch pipeline dredge operating with maximum capacity of 5, 000 cubic yards per day. He Is A Friend To Coastal Section MAJOR GEORGE Gillette, U, S. District Engineer, was inter viewed recently by The Beaufort News editor relative to all water way projects planned for Coastal Carteret. It was not the thought of The Beaufort News to give s story on any .individual project but everything in Beaufort and Eastern Carteret waters. Th story is published elsewhere in this edition. Major Gillette is not cen tering his efforts for waterway improvements in any one section, but for the entire North Carolina coast. With the support of such men as Congressmen Graham A. Barden, Lindsey Warren and Sen. ator Bailey, Major Gillette is do ing an exceptionally fine job. Mrs. Harold Webb Is Seriously 111 Mrs. Harold Webb, of Morehead City, who was taken to the hospit al there Monday in a critical con dition was reported as showing a slight improvement as we go to press today. Mrs. Webb, the for mer Miss Alice Potter of Beaufort, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. V. B. Potter. 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 respici. to the locality, that is wheth er near the inlet or at the ..oad of the estuaries. HIGH LOW Friday, Oct.. 20 1:25 AM. 7:34 AM. 1:56 PM. 8:39 PM Saturday, Oct. 21 2:27 AM. 8:57 AM 2:57 PM. 9:31 PM. Sunday, Oct 22 3:35 AM. 9:56 AM. 3:59 PM. 10:20 PM. Mondayy, Oct 23 4:31 AM. 10:49 AM, 4:51 PM. Tuesday, Oct. 24 11:06AM. 5:35 PM. traS - iiMj Wednesday, Oct 25 5:59 AM. 11:48 AM. 6:16 PM. 12.23 PM. Thursday, Oct 28 6:38 AM. 12:29 AM". 6:55 PM. 1:05 PSt ATTEND YOUR SCHOOL'S SPORTING EVENTS PUBLISHED WEEKLY The engineers estimate that the total amount of material to be re moved between Core Sound and the water edge of the Inlet will be 525,000 cubic yards and that the job will be completed and the In let opened to a depth of 12 feet, about March first. Concurrently with this announcement the Engi neers also announced that work will commence on the week of the 23rd of this month to restore pro ject depths to all waters in Core Sound from the beginning of Pam lico Sound, Beaufort Harbor and including the Channel connecting Back Sound to Lookout Bight, pop ularly known as Barden Inlet. The Norfolk Dredging Company was low bidder for this work. They will use their dredge Alice, she is a 12-ich pipeline dredge with a maximum output of 4,000 cubio yards per day. The Engineers es timate that the job will be com pleted by December 31. TO CHECK TRAFFIC OF BARDEN INLET Commencing October 2ft. and running through the end of fishing season the U. S. Engineers will place a force of men at the en trance to Barden Inlet working" throughout the day and night checking all boats passing in and out of the Inlet. It has been re alized by the District Engineer as well as the people who use the In let that this is one of the most im portant connections between the Sound and the Ocean on the entire Atlantic Coast. To substantiate this fact the Engineers propose to determine accurately how many boats pass in and out daily and the size of the boats using the channeL May Have Bulkhead At P. O. Ready Dec. 15 The District Engineer, who as sisted materially in the cooperative efforts with the local people and the Post Office at Beauiort, states that the pier and paik in front of the Post Office at Beaufoit. stt'3 that the Engineers propose 'to make this fill upon comnivtio" of the dredging in Taylors Cree"t. This should be about Decemo;r 1. In the meantime, the Post OftVe Department had been notified b the Engineers to hav o'ii& head in reeau.iess to receive the material when the dredge arrives opposite the Post Orffce. Core Sound Activities The Engineers Lave been ve;y active in the water of Cve P!-nrrf and those adjacent to Beaufort d.i- rine the prst several months io surveying, making stnd'.'s of tide erosion work and studies tha' wi 1 enahle them to coopsruto effe.-- tivoly with te North C: olir.; D -nartment of Conservation a..1 De velopment and jrov. -r - -ni cies in su.h matters as th i vation of fish and other seafood products and wild fowl. A survey of the effects of tides and currents on Barden Inlet was recently completed under the di rection of First Lieutenant Fred erick B. Ball. Jr.. who is Miiitar Assistant in the Wilmington office. The Engineers report that this in vestigation will enable them to more accurately plan for the pre servation of this channel which is of such treat imnortance to tha fishing industry of Eastern North Carolina. They expect the stud will enable them to maintain the channel permanently with a mini- - wMLf jcfflst for maintenance. I nus far the maintenance yrore has been excessive due to the fact that the difficulties of the channel were unpredicable and had to to largely of the "cut and try" meth ( Continued on Page t)
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