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jjnsj ' GET CHRISTMAS t COPY IN EARLY FORAD-TAKER DiAL 448-1 SHOP EARLY $ ONLY 2 MORE SHOPPING DAYS 'TIL CHRISTMAS VOLUME XXVII;, NO. 52. DIAMOND BACK TERRAPIN CROP AT BEAUFORT SETS NEW MARK h Experiments In Boosting Production From ttrooa oiock r roving successful; "Farm" Attracting Interest (Ed. Note: The following ilory released from Washington gives Beaufort, Dr. Prytherch and Capt.Hatsell a nice bit of publicity. The story appeard in newpape, throughout the country. A. B.) WASHINGTON. Topping even last year's record production, according to a 1939 preliminary report, the world's largest terrapin farm at the Beaufort, N. C. bio logical station of the bureau of fisheries, United States department of the interior, this season hatched and rear ed over 14,000 young diarhond-backs for restocking coas tal areas in the South Atlantic region. Beaufort Township Tax-List Official D. W. MORTON pictured above and Bayard Taylor will again have charge of listing and assessing tax es in Beaufort Township for 1940. A display advertisement elsewhere in this edition gives minute details relative to listing. JjEleHour Alleys r Destroyed By Fire Beaufort and Morehead City Fire Departments answered gener al alarms early Monday morning as result of fire which was destroying the Idle Hour Bowling Alleys on Atlantic Beach. Due to fact that the resort has no fire fighting fa cilities, the flames had gained much headway before the fire fighting apparatus arrived. The departments of the two towns, however, stood by and pre vented the blaze from spreading to nearby summer homes, unoccupied at this season. Alfred Cooper own er of the popular recreation place on the beach reported in Morehead City that the loss was over $12,000 on which insurance covered part. He stated that he would rebuild. Free Motor Bike Beaufort Theatre and Carteret Hardware Company in Beaufort and Hardware and Building Sup plies Corporation in Morehead City are offering an $89 Motor Bike as a Christmas Prize. Detail on how to win will be found in ad on page two. Lucky winner will be drawn Saturday night, 9 o'clock at Carteret Hardware Company. 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. Geodetio 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. Friday, Dec. 22 4:36 A.M. 11:04 A 4:54 P.M. 11:22 P. . . Saturday, Dec. 23 ' 5:27 A. M. M. M. 5:45 P. M. 11:59 A. M. Sunday, Dec. 24 - CiWJLM L1:S5 A M' 6:35 P. M. IZfWT-rMi Monday, Dec. 25 . 6:59 A. M. 12:43 A. M. 47:21P.M. 1:35 P.M. Tuesday, Dec. 26 7:45 A. M. 1:31 A. M. 8:10 P.M. 2:18 P.M. Wednesday, Dec. 27 8:33 A. M. 2:17 A. M. 9:01 P. M. 3:02 P. M. Thursday, Dec. 28 :22 A. M. 3:08 A. M. k i Stuff sv, lit" f . x 1 I - 8 If li 1 10:00 P. M. 3:48 P. M. 1 he new crop of potential soups and stews has already been placed in special hibernating boxes in the large rearing house and will be distributed next spring throughout the designated areas in co-operation with the various state conser vation departments. Since their artificial propagation was begun some 30 years ago, about 144,000 of these salt-marsh turtles have been cultured in the seven big con. crete breeding pens surrounding the station. The increased yield from these operations in the past two years can be attributed to experimental Beaufort Terrapin Story Going Rounds The largest news gathering a gency in the world wired a coastal correspondent in Beaufort on Tuesday to file complete and com prehensive story on diamond back terrapin industry and the propaga tion pens here. To show the im portance of the story the assign ment said wire it and by the time this squib appears in The Beaufort News, the story under a Beaufort date line will be going throughout the nation for publication. Sud den interest in diamond back terra . .. ii, pins, onetime expensive aencacies has resulted from the annual re port Dr. H. F. Prytherch of the Fisheries Laboratory here sent m to Department of Interior head. quarter in Washington;"' and the recent "Diamond Back Derby staged in Beaufort. improvements made under the di rection of Dr. H. F. Prytherch, in charge, and Capt. Charles Hatscl, with respect to reducing the con centration of brood stock in cer tain of the breeding pens. In one pen, for example, where the adult terrapin were provided with twice as much space this past season as year before last, the production of young increased from an average of eight to 10 and 11 and one-half per female in the past two years. Also in two pens which now pro vide ample room for the blood stock, the total production of young for each group of 500 adults (400 females and 100 males) in creased from 1,200 in 1937, to 3, 360 and 3,490 in 1938 and 1939 re spectively. Reducing Crowding In all of the experimental pens, in which crowding has been re duced, the average production of eggs per female terrapin showed increases ranging from 20 to near ly 200 per cent in the past two years, with a fertility of over 93 per cent. This increased production of young diamond backs in 1939 is particularly significant and en couraging, accoiding to the report (Continued on Page 10) Dunes Club To Be Built On Atlantic Beach By June '40 Current development of Atlan tic Beach across the sound from here, will be marked in 1940 by the construction of a club house for The Dunes Club. The club was organized a few days ago at a meeting in Raleigh, at which a group of prominent North Caro linians were present. Property fronting 360 feet on the beach, east of Money Island, will be ac quired and the modern clubhouse will be completed by June 1940 The initial outlay will represent an expenditure of $20,000. At the Raleigh meeting Fred I. Sutton was elected to serve as pres ident of the organization which will develop the club. Other offi cials: Dr. Carl Bell, Raleigh, vice zsiierliJ- L. Crump, Morehead City, secretary-treasurer; Exec utive committeemen will be com posed of three officers and Harvey C. Hines, Kinston and D. St. P. DuBose, Durham. Board of direc tors named include James L. Mc Nair, Laurinburg; George Watts Carr, Durham; Roland McClam rock, Chapel Hill; Raymond B. Streb, Raleigh; B. B. Montague, Goldsboro; A. L. Bland, Charlotte and Jack NeaL Beaufort Carteret County's Oldest Newspaper, A A ft. AAA ft t it II ft k m ii Peace an'imrtlj This year finds that message more meaningfull than it has ever been before. In wishing you a Merry Christmas, we join you in hoping that the year ahead will find the spirit of His words a real ity the world-around. The Entire Personnel Of THE BEAUFORT NEWS Final Service By Baptist Pastor On Sunday, Dec. 24 Rev. Ben F. Gehring of the First Baptist church here announces that next Sunday will mark the last of his services as pastor here. He says that he is especially anxious to meet all the members of the church and congregation and such other friends as may come to the morning worship. The Church will observe "Col lege Night" at the evening service when college students will be re sponsible for most of the program. The popular pastor of the Baptist Church announced a few weeks ago that he had accepted a church in Louisanna where he will go on the first of the year. New Tobacco Farm Allotments Should Be Made By Jan. 15 Farmers interested in establish ing allotments for new tobacco farms must call by the county agent's office and make applica tion for 1940 allotments immedi ately to be eligible to obtain an allotment as a new grower for 1940, it was announced by County Agent John Lassiter this week. The State office will not accept applications for new tobacco allot ments after January 15, 1940, which is the closing date. "There fore, if you are inteiested in ob taining a tobacco allotment for a farm which has no tobacco history, it will be to your advantage to make application as soon as possi ble," said Mr. Lassiter. Lee Fulcher Will Farm Near Beaufort Lee Fulcher who has been a prominent tobacco farmer of the Wildwood section for many years has sold his place and moved to the Wade Place east of Beaufort on Route 70, where he will engage in farming. Miss Shirlev Mason Admitted To Hospital Miss Shirley Mason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ivy Mason was ad mitted to Potter's Emergency hos pital to receive treatment for pneumonia. Miss Mason recently returned home from Greensboro, where she is a student at W. C. U. N. C. Little Ivy Mason, her broth er, who has been suffering from an attack of pneumonia, is much im proved, it was reported today. WILLIAM NOE AT RICHMOND HOSPITAL Mr. William Noe who is very ill was taxen iasi xuuisuajr Morehead City hospital to Rich mond for further treatment or pos sibly an operation for head trou ble. When last heard from he was doing very nicely. Stores Open Nights All Beaufort stores are open at night far Christina shopping this BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1939 AAA nv 5 m s- m 1 1 a rmn Franklin Lodge 109 Elect New Officers At Meeting Monday J. R. Williams was elected Wov shipful Master of Franklin, Lodge 109 A. F. & A. M. at the meeting here on Monday night. Several f ra ternal brothers of the organization were present at the meeting1. ', Other officials elected ' were: were : Hubert Fodrle, Senior War den; W. S. Chadwick, Junior War den; C. H. Bushall, Treasurer and Wm. H. Bailey, Secretary. Secre tary Bailey stated on Tuesday as he reported this story that renew ed interest in activities at Frank lin Lodge had been noted recently- Franklin Lodge, 109, A. F. & A. M., will celebrate its ninety-fifth anniversary on December 20. It is one of the oldest Masonic lodges in the State of North Carolina. Even before Franklin Lodge was estab lished, there was a Masonic Lodge here under the name of "Marine" which was established in 1779. Beaufort Pictures Given Recognition An old Chinese proverb is that "one picture will tell more than a thousand words.'' That being true Beaufort is surely getting the breaks. Pictures with a Beaufort setting during the past two or three months have appeared in thousands of newspapers of the na tion and also in magazines. The front cover of "Outdoor Guide" 11- 1 1 : -I ,.v:nJ an i:f-.i;i,- W f Scotty Chadwick as a goggle fish erman. wnen me pnoio was maa. Scotty was living here with his pi rents Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Chad wick who recently moved to San Juan, Porto Rico. In Southern Sportsman, another magazine, sev eral local pictures were used in a recent layout. In the current edi tion of Outdoor Life, is a Beau fort picture of George Richards, of Long Island, N. Y., trolling fo big game fish off the Cape. In the next edition of the North Carolina Bankers Magazine will appear a full page and a half of pictures partraying activities in Beaufort .r, 1 . I and its environs. Mrs. Jarman Wins Margaret's Prize Mrs. Bernice Jarman was the lucky winner of the $50 cash Christmas Prize offered by Mar garet's Beauty Shop. The draw ing took place Wednesday after noon. SNOWDENS LEAVE FOR WASHINGTON, D. C. Lieut and Mrs. Ernest Snowden of Norfolk, who have been here on a visit with his mother, Mrs. Macon Snow-den, left Wednesday for Washington, D. C, where they will spend the holidays with Mrs. Snow den's parents Major. .Gen, H. H. Arnold. .Established 1912 MUSIC CONCERT SCHEDULED FOR CHRISTMAS EYE Graded School WPA Band Under Flint To Be Featured WILL BE PRESENTED AT CHRISTMAS TREE A program of Christmas music, featuring carols and sacred songs, will be present ed by the WPA sponsored Beaufort Graded School Band under the direction of Professor E. P. Flint at the Community Christmas Tree on the Inlet Inn lawn Sunday Carol Singing At Christmas Tree Sponsored by the Woman's Club the Christmas Eve musical pro gram at the Community Tree on Inlet Inn lawn Sunday afternoon will feature carol singing along with band music by the Graded School Band. All singers are urg ed to be present. Edgar Swann and Grayden Paul will be in charge of the singing. afternoon at 5 o'clock. It will be one in a series of Christmas concerts to be pre sented by the. School Band during the holidays. The public is urged to attend the program. The school band has shown a marked improvement dur ing recent months and with the proper encouragement from the community, (and attendance at concerts is encouragement) the group will continue to impro with their music and become a real credit to Beaufort. As a matter of fact, local civic clubs are at this time ready to sponsor a movement to raise $500 to purchase instru ments for the band so that it may increase in size. Professor Flint has been giving the youngsters in the band somo extensive training or the Christ mas concerts and a splendid pro gram has been arranged. The band is made possible through the WPA Music Projects. Program for the Christmas Eve concert at the Christmas Tree follows: Silent Night, Holy Night; Hark the Herald Angels Sing; It Came Upon The Midnight Clear; Joy To The World; Jesus Shall Reign; Savior Teach Me; Stand Up For Jesus; Jesus Savior Pilot Me; The Son of God Goes Forth To War; Savior Like A Shepherd Lead Us; Safe in the 9rms of Je sus; Onward Christian Soldiers. Sheriff Captures Liquor Distillery A poor excuse for whiskey still, a combination copper, galvanized and wooden contraption of 60 gal lon capacity was captured by Sher iff C. G. Holland and Deputies Rob ert Emmett Chaplain and T. Mur ray Thomas Tuesday afternoon near the head of Cypress Creek in the Upper North River section. The still was not in operation at the time officers made the raid. Five hundred gallons of mash were de stroyed. No arrests were made. It was the second illicit distillery raid rd by Sheriff Holland and deputies recently: Christmas Poems. Ed. Note: We publish with pleasure today two Christmas po ems submitted by Mrs. Hester Ma son, of the Harkers Island School. The poems were written by fourth and fifth grade pupil. One poem appear in this column, the third on the personal page. We believe you will agree that they are very good. A. B. SANTA CLAUS Santa is a good old man To little girls and boys, He loves them and he Brings them lots of toys. It won't be very long now, Before it's Christmas day, I can almost hear his sleigh bells, I know he's on his way. He comes very silently And lights upon the roof, You can hear the prancing Of the reindeer's little hoofs. He comesTquietly uowiTfne emm- ney. Fills each stocking full of toys, And he is very careful that He doesn't make a noise. He will not wake the children, Or rouse thtm from theif sleep, And when his work is finished, Up the chimney he will creep. By Frances Lee yTillis, A. Bank To Be Open Saturday Night . .For the benefit of customers and patrons who do not wish to carry large sums of monies over until next Tuesday, due to heavy trad ing expected Saturday, First Citi zens Bank and Trust Company will be open on Saturday night from 9 until 10 o'clock for deposits only. Local firms having large sums of money on hand Saturday are urg ed to deposit same Saturday night instead of waiting until next Tues day, as the bank will be closed on Christmas Day. RANDY KIRBY'S BAND IN DEBUT HERE TUESDAY Randy Kirby's Orchestra made its official debut at a brilliant ball given in Beaufort Community Cen ter on Tuesday night by Miss Eve lyn Chadwick and Mrs. Jack Chad wick, honoring Miss Emily Clyde Parkin and Mr. Wiley Lewis whose wedding will take place on Decem ber 27. By far the most colorful event ever precented in Communi ty Center Auditorium, with over 200 couples dancing, the ball was made more successful by the music of the newly formed local orches tra. Members of the orchestra play ing in Randy's debut were: Mau rice La Hughes, saxaphone ; Jimmie Long, Saxaphone and clarinet and Kenneth Putman, saxaphone; Leo Mathis, trumpet; William Tyler, drums; Edgar Swann, piano and Billy King Taylor, guitar. So popular was the music that by pop ular request, they played an extra hour, from (1 o'clock until 2.) Kirby deserves credit for the or ganization of the local orchestra and from all indications it will be really going places in the future, Free Movies As Christmas Gift Raymond Paul, manager of The Sea Breeze Theatre announced as we go to press today that on Satur day morning, December 23, a free movie for all kiddies from age one to 100 would be presented. The movie will start at 10 o'clock and continue for one hour. It is Sea Breeze's Christmas Gift to kiddies and oldsters. New Year Babes To Be Given Savings Accounts By Esso Esso Marketeers have a surprise for all babies that are lucky enough to be born on January 1, 1940, it was stated this morning by C. L. Beam, cashier of First Citi zens Bank and Trust Company. Mr. Beam has received instruc tions from the sponsors of Esso Marketeers to start savings ac counts for each baby born on the first day of the year "The plan contemplates the setting up of savings accounts for every baby born in this territory on January 1, 1940 with an initial de posit of $5," according to instruc tions received by Mr. Beam. And the more babies, the more money, it was outlined as follows: "Th deposit for each baby will be $100 if twins; ?250 if triplets; $1,000 it' quadruplets and $5,000 if quin tuplets." The First Citizens Bank and Trust Company has been authoriz ed to open accounts as outlined above, (not to be drawn upon for 3G5 days) in the name of every baby whose birth certificates or birth registration, presented by the parents on or before April 1, 1940, showing the birth of the child on January 1, 1940. The pass book from First Citizens bank ana Trust Company will be handed i over to the new January 1 baby or to its parents. The makers of Esso is making this unusual offer throughout their territory, because they have been aV.araed the 1939 national award for Chemical Engineering Achieve ment, the first time ever given in the oil industry. WPA Referrals In County Must Wait Due to the increasing large number of WPA Referrals visiting the ueuai wiiviiiT v on this week, the office will be closed to "Referrals" until Tues- day, January 2, it was stated today by Mrs. George Henderson, super intendent of Public Welfare for Carteret Persons classed as WPA Referrals are urged to pay atten tion to this notice and not make application at the Welfare office untilJanuary 2, PUBLISHED WEEKLY VETS' FILING JANUARY 2ND Compensation Forms Must Be On File At Deadline BARDEN OFFERING TO HELP ELIGIBLE VETS World War Veterans who have not received all of their bonus, are urged to file their applications for adjusted compensation immediately, or before January 2, 1940. Congressman Graham A. Barden in a letter to The Beaufort News this week sta ted that his office had receiv ed an unusually large num ber of requests for assistance from eligible World War Veterans, and that while the local Legion Post has the proper forms, that the blanks may also be obtained from his oftice m New Bern or Washington. The complete text of letter from Congressman Barden which should be of vital interest to World War Veterans eligible for compensa tion follows: "For the past two weeks, I have received an unusual number of re quests to assist World War Veter ans in filing their applications for adjusted compensation, so that the forms would be on file in Washing ton before the deadline of Janu ary 2, 1940. s "I believe there must be a great number of veterans who are not familiar with the requirements of the law governing this matter and I believe you would render them a real service by calling their at tention to the fact that the law provides that all applications for World War Adjusted Compensa tion (bonus) must be filed on or before January 2, 1940." "The necessary blanks may be obtained at all American , Legion posts and I also have a surplus sup ply in my offic, where I will be glad to assist the veterans in fill ing them out." Meat Cutting Will Be Demonstrated in Carteret Next Week A meat cutting and curing dent onstration will be given on Thurs day morning, December 28, at the farm of John T. Oglesby in the Crab Point section, it was announc ed today by County Farm Agent John Lassiter. The demonstra tion, made possible through coope ration with the farm and home agents of Carteret will be given by E. V. Vestal, Extension Swine specialist of Raleigh. Mr. Vestal will cut up two 200 pound hogs, demonstrating how each ham, shoulder and side should be cut also the application of sugar cured preparation for curing meat for best results. The demonstration will take place at 10 o'clock and all farmers and others interested are urged to be present. Covering The W aterfront By AYCOCK BROWN IF YOU WERE on NVwport t! er bridge one .'.ay bft v.-to!: n the Swift of Ipswich, pa;.- - I through the draw, you prulj iV ' would have thought fc the n- v ment that you were bun t- - i -, i,..i. ihi-n,ili th. vlv were witnessing not a colip at' -ly new tvvo-trirr-"-t vt-:.i b;:; American privateer, (t.Kitwpi t -i Snapdragon of Beaufort under command of Capt. Otway Burns) slipping out to sea to harra3s ene my commerce during the W ar or 1812. HER HULL painted salmon col or trimmed in black, her carved figurehead, a chocolate colored and shapely lady with bare breast her oblong stern with square port and her square yards offered a sight not seen in local waters re cently. The Swift of Ipswich, is by far the most beautiful vessel the Car teret Coast in many a day, and ia Morehead City where she is moored alongside the Amoco wharf, nas attracted the admiration of all who have appeared on the water front in that vicinity. Attracting similar attention is a smaller ves sell tied up along-side. She is th Santa Cruz, of Ipswich, i (Continued ion Page 6); i '
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