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READ OUR NEW MAGAZINE SECTION In This Edition ONLY 32 SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS TRADE AT HOME iiiniinonAUirUKl i VOLUME XXVII; NO. 47. Increasing Interest And Fine Attendance At 82nd Anniversary Of St. Paul's Now He Is Colonel George W. Gillette COASTOL Currituck to RESIDENTS from Southport will re- ceive with pleasure nounced this week the news an that Major George W. Gillette, U. S. Army Engineer for the Wilmington Dis trict, has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. The announcement was made by the War Department. Colonel Gil lette, a native of Onslow County, was appointed a Captain in the Corps of Engineers in July 1920, after he had served as a Major in the World War. He attained the rank of Major again on June 1, 1931, by promotion. MARRIAGE LICENSE Chester B. Mor.se, Stella, N. C to Henry Lucille Fisher, Newport, N. C. Arthur Thompson, Beaufort, N, C, to Stella Hill, Beaufort, N. C, Edwin L. .Styron, Davis, N.. C, to Nellie Lawrence, Beaufort, N, C, R. F. D. ... Bruce Church, Lake View, S. C, to Laura L. Jackson, Newport, S. C. Rupert Styron, Roe, N. C, to Bertha Emory, Rot N. C. All white. Walter Joyner, Beaufort, N. C, to Marcelle Chadwick, Beaufort, N. C Colored. Harkers Island 4-H Member Gets Nat'l Recognition Belva Lewis, of Harkers Island, has been designated to receive the gold medal award county winners in the national 4-H food prepara tion contest conducted for the fifth season by the extension ser vice. The presentation will be made by the County Home Agent, Margaret E. Clark. The medal is about one inch deep, worn with a clasp, and handsomely embossed. It is provided by Serve), Inc., as an incentive to 4-H food work. Cleo Rumley, of Burlington, was named State winner and receives atrip to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago, December 1-6, where four college scholar ships of $400 each will be awarded to a selected group. . Siateen coun ties participated in the state. 10 Commandments For Safe Hunting 1. Treat every gun with the re spect due a loaded gun. This is the cardinal rule of gun safety. 3. Carry only empty guns, tak en down or with the action open, into your automobile, camp and home. 3. Always be sure that the bar rel and action are clear of obstructions. 4. Always carry your gun so that you can control the di rection of the muzzle even if you stumble. 5. Be sure of your target be fore you pull the trigger. 6 Never point a gun at any thing you do not want to shoot. 7. Never leave your gun unat tended unless you unload it 8. Never climb a tree or a fence with a loaded gun. 9. Never shoot at a flat, hard surface or the surface of water; do not shoot at insu lators, cables or wires. 10 Do not mix gunpowder and alcohol. Excellent Sermons And Banquets Featured Increasing interest and fine attendance at the events of the first three days of St. Paul's eighty-second Anni versary Celebration have done much to make the cele bration a success so far. On Monday night the Rev. L. M. Fenwick preached the opening ser mon using for his subject the Par able of the Talents from the New Testament. He told the congre gation, that life itself and the vari ous abilities possessed by people are gifts of our Creator and are to be regarded as held in trust. The number or amount of our abilities is not important, but what we do with them is. The person with several talents, but vho does not use them to the glory of God and the benefits of his fellow-men, is far less worthy in the sight of God than the men with only one who uses and develops it. Tuesday night at 6:00 o'clock the Women of the Parish were guests at a supper prepared and served entirely by men of the Church. The menu was roast tur key with oyster dressing, butter beans, candied sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, rolls, coffee and enjoyment was the appearance of ice cream. One highlight of the banquet was "Doc" Prytherch and Col. F. S. Dickinson in red wigs and maids aprons serving tables. Following the supper the sec ond of the evening Church services was held in the Church. The Rev. J. A. Vache preached at this time using for his subject the Meaning of Christianity. He said that it is first an Event and one which the whole world recognizes if no more than in writing: a date for we all recon time as before or after the (Continued on Page 8) Farm-Home Council Organized Here On Wednesday, Nov. 15 With the thought in view of co ordinating the work of home econ omists, vocational agricultural in structors, Farm Security supervis ors and county farm and home a gents for Carteret a group met on Wednesday afternoon here and or ganized a Farm and Home Council. County Agent J. Y. Lassiter was elected to serve as chairman of the council with Mrs. Y. Z. Sim mons, Smyrna Home Economics act as secretary. Defninte goals and how they may be accomplished will be dis cussed at the December meeting, with a program on problems of Farm Security work in Carteret to also be given. Attending the first meeting were Mrs. Simmons, Miss Lucille Parker, home economist, Newport; Mrs. Jean Morrison, FSA home supervisor; Miss Margaret Clark, home agent; County Agent Lassiter; C. S. Long, Newport Vo ag teacher; T. N. Cook, FSA super visor FSA Supervisor Whorton, FOUR STUDENTS INJURED WHEN BUS OVERTURNS Four pupils were injured early Wednesday morning when the school bus in which they were rid ing from Lenoxville overturned on an embankment abreast the Beau fort Fisheries. Miss Lucille Good win 17, was the most seriously in- im-pd and it was necessary that she receive treatment at Morehead City hospital for leg lacerations. Receiving minor injuries were: Fannie Dudley, Ella Pittman and Burton Daniels who received first treatment at the Morehead City hospital. Royal Barbour driver of the bus was absolved of blame in the acci dent when preliminary investiga tions showed that the pavement at that point was not in good repair. He stated that when the wheels of the bus ran off on the soft sand shoulders of the road it was im possible to get same back on the mad. Students aboard the bus verified the statement of the dnv er, according to Principal Leary who made the investigation. There were about 40 students aboard the bus at the time. Roy Barbour, father of the driver on the Lenox ville route stated that Royall had resigned from his job, as a result of the accident. Carteret County's Oldest Newspaper ..Established 1912 BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, NOV. 16, 1939 5- Beaufort Responds To Red Cross Roll Call $165 Raised Here American Legionaires here who were appointed at committeemen f to help get Beaufort'i response to the annual Red Cross Roll Call, worked for only a few hours Wednesday but raised $165 with out any trouble and as we go to press today additional answers to the call are still coming in, it was reported by Rev. Bill Stewart lo. cal chairman of the Beaufort Chapter. Commander Bill Bailey of the Legion Post appointed his committee on Monday night to as sist in the drive. Ladies under the direction of Mrs. M. E. Blood good will make a house-to-house canvas next week. Legionaires visited only business men. SMITH VISITS FISH MEAL CO. Owner Seemed Well Pleased With His Plant J. Howard Smith of New York City, leading fish scrap and oil manufacturer of the East visited one of his plants The Fish Meal Company, here this week. He was ac companied to Beaufort by Mrs. Smith, who is stopping over here for a few days be-j tore continuing to their win ter home in Florida. The Fish Meal Company is the largest fish scrap and oil process ing plant in North Carolina and due to a gigantic expansion pro gram during recent years and at the present time it provides em ployment to several hundred local 'persons many of whom were on re lief until this opportunity to work was offered. . . The local plant is one of several operated by Mr. Smith and . his three sons. A fleet of several (Continued on page 8) Sea Breeze To Be Coast Guard Host Sea Breeze Theatre here will be host to all Coast Guardsman on the coast next Monday and Tuesday when the triumphant story of the service that never sleeps is pre sented on the screen. All mem bers of the service attending "Coast Guard", featuring Ran dolph Scott, Frances Dee, Ralph Bellamy and Walter Connolly will be admitted to the movie free if they are wearing their uniforms as identification. BARDEN NOTIFIES CHAMBER OF COMMERCETHAT BIDS FOR P.O. PIER HAVE BEEN ADVERTISED Proposals To Be Opened Here Dec. 5 th Advertisements for bids for the construction of the wharf in front of the Postof fice building on Front Street were issued on Monday in Washington, according to in formation wired Representa tive Graham A. Barden in New Bern who in turn re layed the message to The Chamber of Commerce secretary here. Cost of the project is ex pected to range between $15,000 and $18,000 unless original plans of a few months ago have been changed. The proposals for con struction are scheduled to be opened on December 5. It is quite likely that actual work on the pier will begin not la ter than January 1. Representa tive Barden has been an important factor in securing approval for the construction of the much needed wharf at Beaufort. Shortly after the postoffice building was dedi cated, (Jhamber of T-ommmwTTTfnr cials with Representative Barden went after the pier. Within a short time approval for a wooden pier extending beyond the existing harbor lines was approved. The estimated cost was in the neigh borhood of $7,000. Positive that this type of pier 1 -.4 Mtua K4f"rj fihing and conditions Viallenl jRbui wa Bill Sharpe Visits Beaufort On Way To Diamond Lightship Bill Sharpe who tells the World about North Carolina in his posi tion of director for the State News Bureau of the Department of Con. servation and Development stop ped over in Beaufort Monday for a visit with Aycock Brown, before continuing on Tuesday morning for Hattej-as and the opening of the wildfowl season and Diamond Lightship. While here he gave some photographic assignments to Brown and Roy Eubanks. Three stories are being prepared by Sharpe for early release which will give the coast some excellent publicity. A story of the menha den industry with photographs of Beaufort boats and a sketch of Charles S. Wallace pioneer in the menhaden industry on the coast will give publicity to this import ant industry and also to the towns of. Beaufort and Morehead City. The lightship; sequence will be re leased about jChristmas time ' and will be the first picture story of the Coast Guard' Lighthouse Service. Another story will tell in script and picture about the Coast Guard. Broccoli Harvest Began This Week Brocoli, a wintertime cash crop in Carteret was harvested from some of the fields owned by K, W. Wright this week. One of his most beautiful fields of broccoli is located out on the Davis farm above Core Creek. Early this week publicity pictures were made of that field to be used in telling the world that in North Carolina, the aristocrat of the greens family thrives. vould not serve the purpose and ilso that it extended so far from and that it would literally bottle lp an already crowded Taylor's eek entrance, two or three learings were held at which Cham er of Commerce members, W. V. B. Potter, C. R. Wheatloy and oth rs attended and it was requested hat a bulkheaJ type of pier be onstructed. Again Congressman Bunion aid ed by Colonel (then Major) George Gillette went to the bat for Beau fort interests. A short time la ter it was announced that the im proved type of pier would be built, despite the added cost. It was thought that the bulkhead 'ype pier would be filled in with sand pumped from the harbor's bottom during maintenance dredg ing. On November 9, W. E. Rey nolds, commissioner of Public Building Administration wired Ay cock Brown that the type pier that would be built would not require a dredged fill. Colonel Gillette advised on the same date that it would not be necessary to have the pier completed by maintenance Tireagi ng nine mi Barden came forward again with the explanation that it would be a dry-filled type of pier. It is un Jerstoon that the pier will be a combination wharf and small park. When completed it will serve an iseful purpose in this crowded harbor of Beaufort. S Join u t 7 East To Respond t X 1 r.ast L-artert Lnuntv where generally "'ffiSSl nave been better this year than in l)V? 1938. is expected to eive excel- response to the annual 1 Red ay, it !j! W ftj Cross Roll Call now underw stated by Rev. Bill Stewart cials in the drive for new mem bers. Earl Davis in town today stated the Chapter could count on Harkers Island for a minimum of $50. No set amount has been des ignated for the Beaufort Chapter. People of the East know that the money they give to Red Cross is a good investment because the Agency has helped them in the past ROSE T ALKS TO i LOCAL LEGION Annual Armistice Day Banquet A Success A forceful American Le gion message was brought to members of Carteret Post 99 and visiting members from other posts in Eastern Caro lina on Monday night by State Commander June Rose. The occasion marked anoth er splendid and enthusiastic Armistice turkey - banquet meeting prepared by the Carteret Post Legion Auxili ary. Presided over by Commander Win, H. Bailey who is also State (Continued on Page 8) Miss Johnise Dill Opens Dress Shop Miss Johnise Dill formally open ed Dill's, a new dress shop for women, in 'downtown Beaufort' today. Announcement of the open ing was carried in a display adver tisement in The Beaufort News last week. The shop is located in the same building with The Young Man's Shop operated by John Dill, father of Miss Dill. Dill's has been attractively decorated and model ed to take care of the needs of an up-to-date dress shop. Un open ing day a beautiful line of erately pricod chesses is shown. mod being Kid Hill Bar-B-Q Another Success Kid Hill's annual barbecue pre sented at his farm near Newport last week was another success. Between two and three hundred persons were present, many of whom were invited guests from Beaufort and Morehead City. Sev en pigs had been deliciously roast ed for the event. The event is pre sented by Mr. Hill each year pri. marily for his customers who use Swift's Red Steer fertilizers. Brief talks were made by several f the guests including the host, Harvey Joslyn and Dr. B F. Royall of Morehead City, Sheriff Gehr nann Holland and L. W, Hassell, of Beaufort, State Highway Pa trolman John Laws and others. Following the big dinner, the host drew lucky prize winners. A large variety of prizes were presented including fertilizer and farm sup plies by- Mr. Hill, various articles by merchants of Newport, More head City and Beaufort and i thousand feet of lumber by Jack Neal of Lumber and Building Sup plies Corporation. Loftin Announces Big Reduction In Used Car Prices Loftin Motor Company is an nouncing sensational reductions in the prices of used cars this week and as a result it is quite likely that dozens of values will be snap ped up quickly. When a firm reduc es the prices of late model auto mobiles to the extent of $100 and $150, it is a sure bet that people Sir5iaw tV inti.r.st and such reductions have been made at Loftin's as readers will note when they turn to the big display adver tisement in this issue which fea ture 10 of the sensational values. All car may be purchased on lib eral terms, too, it was announced by Horace Loftin, proprietor. 55 Rev. W. Potter Will Be New Methodist Pastor Here Pastor Of St. Paul's Episcopal Church REV. I. C. McConnell, rector of St. Pau.'s Episcopal church is hav ing a b isy week. His church is celebra:ing the 82nd anniversary of the first sermon preached in the Parish. A full week of cele bratior is in progress and many outstanding theologians are shar ing his pulpit at guest preachers. Beaufort Will Be Eastern Terminus Of Air Mail Route Tent tive plans for the estab lishment of a pick-up air mail route si nilar to those now operat ing in P snnsylvania and West Vir. ginia wai made public by Postmas ter W. H. Taylor today, and Beau fort will be the Eastern terminus of a service between the coast and Raleigh. All American Aviation, Inc., of Wilmington, Delaware, is backing the proposal. This or ganization is headed by Richard fliiPnnt. Buflufnrt it 1ilclv tft he the only (lace on the route in the east which includes Morehead City, New Bern, Kinston, Mt, Olive, Goldiboro, Selma, Chapel Hill, where the mail plane would land. The planes engaged in the service would also land at cities where main airlines pass for transfer of mail. A. & E. C. President Accepts Invitation To Attend Banquet In a letter to Aycock Brown, secretary of the Chamber of Com merce here, H. P. Edwards, presi dent and general manager of the Atlantic and East Carolina Rail road has accepted an invitation to attend the next general meeting and banquet which will be held at The Inlet Inn during the first week in December. He will be co-guest of honor with Edward Buchan, traffic manager of the railroad which connects with the Beaufort and Morehead City Kailroad, a short line which serves Beaufort and East Carteret County. Mr. Ed wards, who will be introduced to the Beaufort commerce group by J. F. Duncan, attorney for the B and M. will speak relative to plans his organization has for the devel- I opment of the A and E.C.R.R. and our community of Beaufort. Defendant Was Not Tried; She Was Too Tight The case of Sarah Hardesty, David Proctor and Allison Ful ford, charged with having untaxed liquor for sale were not tried as scheduled in Recorder's Court or Tuesday when it was apparent that at least one appeared in the court room rather well plastered. Be a use she was too tight to be tried Judge Webb sent Sarah over to the jail to sober up. They will be tried next Tuesday. Other cases disposed of by the Recorder: Clarence Oglesby or lored to pay costs for reckless driving; Lutrtp" Tootle submitting o a charge of reckless driving was tpxed with the couit costs. Dornie T ewis and others of Harkers Is 'and were scheduled to be tried for loud and boisterous behavior on Harkers Island Hallowe'en. As the principal prosecuting witness failed to show un the case was dis- missed. MUCH !NLET TRAFFIC Over 800 boats have passed through Barden Inlet Since No vember 1, according to Earl Davis of Harkers Island. if ? W " ; , tJ f , PUBLISHED WEEKLY Former Pastor Is Transferred To Atlantic Rev. W. S. Potter waa ap pointed at the Methodist Conference in Fayetteville last week-end to fill the pul pit at Ann btreet Methodist Church here. He succeeds Rev. L. D. Hayman who has served as pastor for the past two years. Rev. Mr. Potter comes to Beau fort from Clayton where he has been pastor for the past four years. It was stated here thia week that he was a native of Mis souri. The Rev. Mr. Hayman who in addition to his ministerial duties, while serving as pastor here for the past two years, was very active ' in youth and civic work, was ap pointed to the pastorship of the Atlantic Church. He wa3 presi- dent of the Beaufort Council on . Recreation and secretary of the . Rotary Club. In Atlantic he will , succeed Rev. C. N. Matthews. Morehead City Methodists, will have a new pastor in their church where the pulpit has been ably filled by popular Rev. B. H. Hous ton for the past four years. Rev. T. G. Vickers will be the new pas tor in Morehead City. Rev Cecil Harris has been ap pointed as supply Minister to the church on Harkers Island. Only two ministers in Carteret churches were reappointed to the pulpits they have been holding. The Rev. C-. W. Guthrie was re appointed to the Marshallberg Straits churches and Rev., . C, It Boggs, popular young pastor of Newport was re-appointed to his charge in that community. Rev. M. O. Stephenson will ba the new pastor of the Morehead (Continued on Page 8) PAT ARV PI TIR I 111 1 rill 1 jLiJU ELECTS SWANN AS SECRETARY Good Program Was Presented On Tuesday Edgar Swann was unani mously elected secretary of Beaufort Rotary Club on Tuesday night to fill out the unexpired term of Rotarian Louis Haymen, who has been transferred to the pas torship of the Methodist church in Atlantic and sur- surrounding communities. Swann had charge of the program on Tuesday night and it was one of the best and most unusual pre sented in some time. Club visitors on Tuesday night were Rotarians Kilburn anJ George Wallace of the MortheaJ City Club; Rotarian Farleigh S. Dickinson of the Rutherfoid, N. J. club. Superintendent Barnes of (Continued on pag Si 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 th wind and also with resp;,''. to the locality, that in wheth. er near the inlet or at the head of the estuaries. HIGH LOW Friday, Nov. 17 AM. 6:09 PM. 6:54 Saturday, Nov. IS AM. 7:10 PM. 7:48 Sunday, Nov. 19 AM. 8:13 PM. Monday, Nov. 20 11:55 12:20 12:45 1:07 1:40 2:01 2:41 3:00 AM. PM. AM. PM. AM. 8:40 AM. 9:11 AM. PM. 9:29 PM. Tuesday. Nov. 2 1 AM. 10 lUrAiir PM. 10:17 PM. Wednesday, Nov. 22 AM. 10:57 AM. PM. 11:02 PM. Thursday, Nov. 23 3:40 3:57 4:33 4:49 5:21 AM. S:36 PM. 11:47 PM. 2
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