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Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 19L
VOLUME XXVIII; NO. 7.
BEAUFORT, N. C THURSDAY, FEB. 15, 1940.
'A.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Growers Of Carteret See Better Way To Handle fheir Potatoes
OLAUrUKI
SCHOOL CAFETERIA
Beaufort Consolidated School has the only WPA ope
rated cafeteria in Carteret County and it is proving of great
value. Of an average of 1",0 pupils patronizing the cafe
teria daily, about 50 are li.sted as undernourished and are
given food at no cost. Patrons who can afford to pay are
charged only a minimum for
public an idea of the cost to
in a restaurant wouia orainaruy cost up io cents, is tiu
vided for 10 and 15 cents. The lunch itself costs only 10
cents, the extra nickle being for cost of milk.
. . -m Credit for establishing- the caf-
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Installing INeW
Bleachers Here I
O 1 1
In bcnOOl Liym.
New bleachers are being install
ed in Beaufort Consolidated school
gymnasium and will be ready fo-.-use
when the Carteret Basket Ball
Tourney is held here during the
latter part of the month. Through
the erection of the new bleachers
which will be permanent in nature
present bleacher space in the balco
ny which has never proved entire
ly satisfactory for spectator pur
poses will be available for much
needed class room space.
The Board of Trustees at their
regular monthly meeting on Tues
day night approved the construe
lion of the bleachers form plans
drawn by J. O. Allen, superintend
ent of County Board of Education.
Superintendent Allen appeared be
fore the Board and showed the
plans, The County Board is fur
nishing the materials, for the new
bleachers, which are being built by
NYA craftsmen under the supervi
sion of I. S. Alligood, expert build
er. Other business discussed duiing
the Board meeting was plans for
improving the science facalities at
Beaufort Consclidated School. The
Board went on record as approv
ing the construction of class room
facilities in the gymnasium in
the balcony which will not be
needed after construction of new
bleachers on main floor. These
new quarters will be used for es
tablishment of vocational agricul
tural classes.
Big Roe Menhaden
Caught This Week
The biggest roe menhaden ever
known to be taken so late in the
season were caught by the vessels
fishing off Beaufort Inlet this
week. The menhaden were so
large that they looked more like
shad than the valuable oil and
scrap producing fish. W. E. Adair
who had a mess of roe from the
menhaden stated that he had nev
er heard of them being taken so
late in the season. C. K. Howe,
said that maybe the fish were driv
en to our shores by the submarine
warfare in Europe.
ALMANAC
BIRTHDAY!
Of Famous People
In February
Li Hung Chang, statesman
1823.
Josephine Daskam, author
187G.
Adolph Menjou, actor, 1890.
Mary Garden, singer, 1843.
Cardinal Newman, 1801.
George Washington, Presi
dent, 1732.
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HISTORICAL
Events In February
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
22.
Ft. Donaldson surrendered.
18G2.
Charleston evacuated, 1865.
Jefferson Davis inaugurated
1861.
Phonograph patented, 1876.
Panama-Pacific Exposition,
1915.
Florida ceded to U. S., 1819.
a plate lunch. To give the
patrons, a plate lunch which
cteria should be given Principal
Thomas G. Leary. He let it be
known t0 his Hoard of Trustees up-
on nia arrival in neauiuri io nuuu
the school that a lunch cafeteria
was one of his first objectives. H ;
made the contacts with WPA offi
cials relative to operation of the
plant, and then sought help to
transform quarters in the Athlet
ic Park bleachers for the purpose.
It was necessary to have certain
funds and other help before the
project could be lealizod.
Superintendent Allen of the
County Schools provided $100 to
be used in creating- the cafeteria
and while this amount was not suf
ficient to take care of all expenses,
it helped considerably and was
spent wisely. Local firms cooperat
ed splendidly in helping establish
the restaurant: Carteret Hardware
furnished enough Woolsey's Paints
to paint the interior and also gave
reductions on supplies purchased
for the construction; Beaufort
Hardware Company furnished free
of charge necessary oils and turjen
tine for mixing the paints and also
a discount on other supplies; Scar-boro-Safrit
Lumber Company and
Lumber and Building Supply Cor
poration each gave a discount on
building materials necessary for
converting the location into a res
taurant; Joe Hines of Rose's Store
not only made a personal contribu
tion, but also gave a discount on
dishes and kitchenware for the
cafeteria; Jesse Fulcher operator
of the little store across the street
from the school house, knowing
that the cafeteria would in a na
(Continucd on Page 8)
Library Plans To
Be Discussed Here
Friday Afternoon
All interested persons are asked
to attend a meeting to be held at
The Inlet Inn on Friday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock for the purpose of
completing plans for the establish
ment of a local library for Beau
fort, it was announced today by
Mrs. M. Leslie Davis of the Wo
man's Club. Miss Marjorie Beal
of the State Library Commission
v.-iii lir. niesent to lend her aid in
advisory capacity and for gen
eral discussions of the proposed
project
Beaufort has a building suitable
Cor a library. It was acquired by
the Town some time ago, but so
far no further progiess towards
establishment of a library has been
made. Representatives from local
civic clubs are expected to bo pres
ent and everyone interested in the
establishment of a library are ur
ed to bo present.
Unusual Record Was
Almost Made By
A Down East Hen
G. H. Davis, of Davis community,
was in town this week displaying
what would have been an unusual
achievement for one of his hens,
had ho not killed her by mistake
before she laid the eggs. The hen
was killed and when dressed, Mr.
Davis removed seven fully devel
oped and ready to be aidl paper
shell eggs. Mr. Davis believed
this was a sort of record and local
persons who heard his story and
saw the eggs of the late hen agreed
with him.
Have You Helped The Finns?
Leave Donation At Beaufort News Office.
FOR CONGLETON
ON HAM THEFTS
Skarren Gets Six
Months On Two
Charges
John "Bunyon" Congleton
well known local panhandler
failed to ask the operator of
a meat truck for a couple-of j
hams a few days ago. In-J
stead he just went ahead and ;
took them without asking. I
That was bad for John, bo-1
cause it was hardly no timej
at all until he was arrested.
and jailed. In Mayor's Court
he admitted taking the hams
In Recorders Court he tried
to change the story a bit by
saying that he was drunk at
the time and knew nothing
about the case. He claimed
further that if he could have
had a lawyer he would beat
the case.
But he had no lawyer, and even
if he had had one it was a plain
case of larceny. So, Judge Wehb
sentenced Congleton to 12 months
on the State roads.
John B. Congleton is the most
arrrested man in Carteret County.
Records in Clerk of Court's office
show that he has been arrested 22
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Trawler Sought
Refuge At Port
During SW Gale
The trawler "Albatross," hail
ing from New York City which
sought refuge at Moreheud Citv
Port Terminal Wednesday morn
ing has been fishing off Cape
Lookout after leaving Norfolk ear
lier in the week It was one of
the largest fishing trawlers to ev-
er enter rseauron iniei. me Al
batross, named after the largest
known sea bird, which is native to
South Polar regions measured 105
feet from stern to bow and had a
capacity when loaded of approxi
mately 2,.r00 barrels of fish.
Capt. Dan Haynian of Manteo.
and brother of Rev. Louis Hay
man, of Atlantic (formerly pastor
of Ann Street Methodist Church
here) is skipper of the Albatross.
The skipper had good reasons for
bringing his vessel into protected
waters, because from barameter
indications a real storm was in the
offing. The barometer locally
went to 29.26 which was said to
have been the lowest since the dis
astrous hurricane of September,
1933.
Norwood Lewis of Marshallberg,
is mate aboard the Albatross. Sev
eral other men from East Carteret
County are in the crew of the ves
sel.
New Wash Rooms
And Toilets For
Beaufort School
Work is progressing satisfacto
rily on two new toilets and wash
rooms at Beaul'ort Consolidated
School, one of the first improve
monls sought by the present Hoard
of Trustees at the beginning of
the school year. Until the preseu'.
Board of Trustees demanded im
proved sanitary facilities at the
public school, there was only two.
toilets and wash rooms on the
ground floor. The State Board of
Health had criticized this condi
tion. The School Board received splen
did cooperation from Superinten
dent J. G. Allen in having the fa
cilities improved, and although it
was too late to have the work com
pleted by the opening of the school
last autumn, and although there
were several obstacles in getting
the work underway, splendid pro
gress is being made on the tedious
job at present. It was necessary
to revamp the whole waterworks
system to make the improvements
and it was also necessary to prac
tically rebuild two rooms on th
second floor to meet with State
specifications, but this has been
done and it will not be very long
until the work will be completed.
Frances Rae Hassell And Big Turnip
Photo by Aycock Brown, Cut
Covering The
Waterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
FOR AWHILE ON Wednesday
it looked like we would have to be
biking on additional hell) in our j
rubsci iption department. Eleven:
persons .subscribed for subscrip-
tions ranging trom six mnnius ij
one year in less than hour. Mo.l
of the subscribers live here in Car
teret County but one was going to
a eoastguardsm.au stationed or.
Long Island, another to a former
resident living in Florida and a
third was being taken by !.. II.
Bledsoe, of Winston-Salem, who
was on thv jjoast with Paul .Jones
visiting friends at Smyrna.
MR. BLEDSOE said that he had
taken the paper for about five
years but had let his subscription
lapse several months ago. "1 am
piimarily interested in the fishing
news and The News and your
column gives the most complete
news for sportsfishermen of any
newspaper in the State," said Mr.
Bledsoe. Mr. Bledsoe said that he
also read our column which ap
peared in the sports section of
Greensboro Daily News each Sun.
day. It makes a guy feel good to
have someone tell him that people
are reading his stuff in State news
papers and the stories he writes
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Woolard's Honor Sys'.em News Stand
THE BEAUFORT NEWS-BESTSELLER
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CFORCF. WOOLARD'S self
littl( yellow structure on Fro it Street adjacent to Mathis
Cafe is answering a real need in Beaufort. In the above
picture Woolard is shown standing alongside the stand
when he had it decorated for
Cii istmas. The picture was made
especially, for Norfolk Ledger Dis
patch, which he distributes local
ly. He sell other newspapers how
ever, namely Washington Herald
Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Bal
timore American, Atlanta Consti
tution and Baltimore Sun. Hit
best seller however, and he serves
as both circulation agent and car
THE TURNIP crop may have
been a failure in Dogpatch,
home town of the Yokums, but
it was a different story down
at Smyrna where this 10 poun
der was dug from the garden
of George Walton Davis re
cently. The turnip, as a mat
ter of fact is almost as large
as little Frances Rae, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Gray Has
sell, who is shown admiring
the turnip's size.
courtesy Greensboro Daily News.
Woolard Discoverd
Garage Which Had
Gone With the Wind
i George Woolard, local cireula-
lion manager for a number of
newspapers including The Beau
j fort News, was making his regular
I round Out Back on Wednesday de
livering The Norfolk Ledger Dis
patch. You will recall that it was
a very windy day. At one of his
customer's homes he inquired
where the garage was, but the man
t'j whom he was talking replied:
"It is in the yard, where do you
think it is?" George replied that
the garage may have been in the
yard but it was not any more.
About .'i0 feet away, was a pile of
scattered boards. That was what
bad been the garage. In the mod
die of the wreck was a dog whico
was usually kept in the garage,
still tied to one of the boards. The
dog was not injured.
Former Resident
Dies In Norfolk
Hugh H. FVirie, 04, retired
member of the Norfolk Police
force died at Veteran's Hospital in
Hampton this week according to
information reaching here. He
was a brother of the late Mrs.
Beulah Beveridge of Beaufort ami
at one time made his home in this
oastal town.
cei vice news stand in
-
rier for it is The Beaufort News.
Each Thursday hs delivers approx
imately 350 copies of the local
weekly, which is in addition to an
approximate equal number mail
ed to local subscribers. (Photo
by Aycock Brown Cut used
through courtesy Norfolk Ledger-
Dispatch.)
... . .
Norfolk Southern Exhibition
Train Attracted Many Farmers
By JOHN FOX
Written Exclusively For The Beaufort News
Commercial Irish potato growers of Carteret County and
surrounding area who were among the 225 persona in
specting the Norfolk Southern's demonstration train at
Morehead City Monday, left the exhibit firmly convinced
that North Carolina farmers must treat potatoes as the
perishable and important edible product they are. A
number of the leading growers were heard to remark,
"we've got to quit bruising and man-handling our potatoes
and start packing them attractively if we continue to com
pete with other early potato-producing States."
No Serious Storm
Damage On Coast
No serious damage was reported
following the gale on Wednesday
when the wind reached a velocity
of 50 miles or more per hour. The
250,000 gallon tank of Hatteras
Oil Company at Morehead City
Port Terminal was buckled in by
the wind and will probably have to
be partially rebuilt. Cape Look
out Radio Station verified a re
port that Diamond Lightship off
Hatteras was blown from her sta
tion, but was apparently in no dan
ger. Many ships off shore re
quested their positions from the
Navy's Radio Direction Findr
station at the Cape.
WPA TO BEGIN
WORK FEB. 23.
ON NEW BEACH
About 50 persons will be em
ployed on the WPA Bathing Beach
project scheduled to begin in Fort
Macon State Park on February 23.
Later more employees will be ad
ded. First work to be done will
be to construct road from paved
highway to ocean beach. The pro
ject will be completed by late June
if present plans cargj,...
Cleveland Davis'
Condition Is Grave
While. Cleveland Davis, was re
ported to be resting comfortably
today at Potters Emergency Hos
pital where he is leceiving treat
ment for a complication of dis
eases, the condition of the county
commissioner and U. S. Mail car
rier of Harkers Island is still con
sidered very grave. Mr. Davis has
many friends in Coastal Carteret
who wish for him a speedy recov
ery. Allen Kindell, Ace
Ad Man Of N.&O.
On Coast This Week
Allen Kindell, News and Observ
er's ace-advertising salesman was
on the coast early this week in the
interest of the newspaper's coming
Diamond Jubilee edition scheduled
to make its appearance during
May While in Beaufort Mr. Kin
deli called on the owner and edi
tor of The Beaufort News. In
Eastern North Carolina Kindell is
just as well known to advertising
managers of various films, the
.:vei1i-imr salesmen of local news
papers.
Beauty
Wi
nners
Mi'-'-- Ma'-y Jiyce I.'-w's u
ted as queen of a Movie i
oiU'sl at Wade's Tlvetr
e in
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-t:vt ;
old
noil
Morehead City last night.
Alberta Finer and Miss V 'i.i
Murdoch were runr.erups.
winner is scheduled to enicr a :
contest at Blowing Rock.
In the junior class 8-ye ir
Majorie Ann Stone won f'l'st
o! r. Lois Irwin ebb w
-d tving for 'bird
's secon 1 1
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w, r"
Ann Garner,
Ann Webb.
Betsy Thornton and
P. T. A. Will Meet
The Beaufort, P. T. A. will meet
Tuesday night in the school audi
torium. Mrs. anna Way, in.
charge of the program, will present. .
a Founder's Day Program. All
natrons and parents are urged to
attend.
SUNRISE SERVICES
Sunrise services on Easter morn
will be presented at Core Creek
Community Church with the pastor
Rev. W. Y. Stewart preaching.
Music will be by the local band.
These impressions were gained
from hearing John Gannaway,
AAA mraketing specialist of
Washingtonfi, D. C; Lewis P.
Watson, Extension horticulturist,
of N. C. State College; Buxton
White, fruit and vegetable special
ist of the State Department of Ag
riculture, and other agricultural
leaders on the train urge improved
methods of handling and shipping
potatoes.
George and Raymond Ball of
Newport, Route 2, were among
the important growers who ap
proved heartily the program pre
sented by the exhibition train,
sponsored cooperatively by the
Norfolk Southern, the Extension
Service, the U. S. and State De-
Private Car Virginia
Exibition visitors saw all of the
train except the interior of the
private car of J. F. Dalton, general
traffic manager of the Norfolk
Southern, who was accompanying
the traveling demonstration. This
car, used as quarters for the per
sonel of the train, was not open
to the public. But it proved ex
tremely interesting to those in
formed of its history.
The car was built more than 30
years ago at a cost of $50,000 for
the late John Ringling, circus mag
nate. A former president of the
Norfolk Southern often rode in it
behind :WirimM--4 $j4Hof
traveled over his lines, and repeat
edly praised its lavish appoint
ments to Mr. Ringlin. Finally the
circus man made a gift of the car
to the Norfolk Southern president,
but to make the deal "right" the
railroad paid Mr. Ringling $1 for
his $50,000 rolling home.
It is still a sturdy and handsome
car, but Mr. Dalton prefers to re
gard the car as a convenient "of
fice and home" while he is on the
road, rather than to boast of its
luxury.
partment of Agriculture, the N. C.
Produce Growers Cooperative As
sociation, the Freight Container
Bureau, the Fruit Growers Ex
press, Carteret County Farm A
gent John Y. Lassiter, and other
agencies.
They heard Gannaway, Watson,
and Wrhite emphasized that "every
bump a potato gets is a bruise, and
every bruise is eventually a rotten
potato." The U. S. Departmenf
of Agriculture official stressed
the fact that all other food pro
ducts are handled better than ;o
(Continued on Page 8)
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is eiven in this
column. The figu'-es are ap
proximately correct :inc' are
based on tables fi -nis'ipfi by
the U. S. Ceodi't'c Survey
Some allowances must be
n - V for an:!.. in "hi
w lrd nr..? als. with r'pe?t
t.i the ' !" it t'at is I'll'1,
er nop.r hc irb-t t a' tb
'er1'! o! ' h fr-toa' ii s.
.
K1GH LOW
Friday, Feb. 16
1:$5 A. M. 7:42 A. M.
1:25 P. M. 7:55 P. M.
Saturday, Feb. 17
2:05 A. M. 8:46 A. M.
2:28 P. M. 8:54 P. M.
Sunday, Feb. 18
3:10 A. M.
3:38 P. M.
9:48 A. Mr
9:56 P. M.
19
10:33 A. M
r0:58 P. M.
20
Monday, Feb
j 4:16 A. M.
; 4:45 P
M
Tuesday, Feb.
5:18 A.M.
5:45 P.M. 11:48 P
Wednesday, Feb. 21
6:13 A.M. 12:00 A. M
6:38 P. M. 12:42 P. M.
Thursday, Feb. 22
7:05 A. M. 12:54 A. M.
7:31P.M. 1:33 P. ML
M.