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VOLUME XXVIII; NO .15.
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 11,1940.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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Every Rural Precinct In Carteret May Have iA Proiects
Isfl n
f Fifth rvnnual All
Class Dance Scheduled For May 3
C. of C. Speaker On
Friday Night
BOB THOMPSON, director of
the Newt Bureau of the Advertis
ing Division, Department of Con
servation and Development has
accepted an invitation to speak at
the Spring meeting of the Beau
fort Chamber of Commerce which
will be presented in the main din
in groom of Inlet Inn on Friday
night, April 12, at 7 o'clock. Tick
ets for the banquet are now on
sale by Mrs. Martha L. Loftin,
treasurer of the Chamber of Com
m rce, it 50 cents per plate.
Dr. Ben F. Royal vice-president
of the new formed N. C Water
ways Association has tentatively
accepted an invitation to deliver
the same talk here on Friday night
that he did with such impressive
success in Washington, N. C, last
Friday. The subject he will dis
cuss relates to commercial fishing
ad waterways.
A third feature of the program
will be the showing of several hun
dred feet of moving pictur f-ilro
through the courtesy of Col. Geo.
W. Gillette of the U. S. Engineer
ing Department. The film depicts
the industrial, recreational and
scenic beauty of Eastern North
rrnlin. Part of the film shows
the menhaden
fort.
industry in Beau-
Covering The
Waterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
LAST SUNDAY' I made an in
teresting cruise through Club Foot
Canal with George Ball. The idea
for the cruise made in George's
new speed boat was to get pictures
showing the clogged up condition
of this waterway which provides a
short route saving fishermen going
to Neuse River from Morehead
City about four hours. This ca
nal in the old days was really an
important waterway just as it is
(Continued on Page 8)
ALMANAC
BIRTHDAY
Of Famous People
APRIL
Henry Clay, statesman 1777.
Thos. Jefferson, Pres. 1743.
Horace Bushnell, theologian
1803.
Rear Admiral Irwin, 1832.
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14
15
16
Chas Chaplain, actor, 1889. j
17. J. P. Morgan, Sr., financier,
1837.
18. Booker Washington, educa
tor, 1845.
HISTORICAL
EVENTS
APRIL
Fort Sumpter bombarded
1861. Edict of Nantis signed by
Henry IV, 1598.
Abraham Lincoln assassina
ted 1865.
Liner Titantic wrecked 1912.
Confederates call for 2,000
volunteers 1861.
Virorinia Seceded 1861.
13.
14.
15.
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17.
18.
San Francisco Earthquake
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- Lounty benior
Atlantic Beach And
Education Board
Co-Sponsors
The Fifth All-County Sen
ior Class Dance of the Car
teret Countv Schools will be
given at the Atlantic Beach
Casino on Friday evening,
May I?, 1040, according to
negotiations recently com
pleted between the Hoard oi
Fi.lucation, sponsors, and
John II. Singleton, new man
ager of Atlantic Beach.
Tin- following is the letter of in
vitation arid rested to tile classes o
l'.MO and 11(41 by the Hoard of Ed
ucation and transmitted by the su
perintendent through the princi
pals: "We are pleased to extend to
you this cordial invitation to the
Fifth All-County Senior Class
Dance to be given in honor of the
seniors and for the pleasure of
both classes at the Atlantic Beach
Casino 8:30 to 11:30 o'clock on
Friday evening, May 3rd, 11)40.
through the cooperation of the At
lantic Beach Management and the
Caveret County Board of Educa
tion, sponsors. As heretofore, ad
mission will be free but by card
only.
"Invitations to the approaching
prom have been definitely limited
in accordance with regulations
adopted v the Board of Education
upon the recommendation of prin
cipals experienced in these proms.
Your principal will explain these
regulations and post them on you.'
hulleun board. You are asked to
demonstrate your ability to make
these proms a stiictly school event
(as are the Junior-Senior ban
quets), thereby justifying the
Board of Education, the Superin
tendent, and the Principals in con
tinuing1 them on an annual county
wide basis. -
(Continued on Page 8)
To Dedicate Float
Chamber of Commerce and
NYA officials will map out plans
for an official dedication of the
new Beaufort Seaplane Landin?
Float at an early date. 1 he ded
ication tentatively set for Satur
day, May 11, and will bring many
planes and people to Beaufort.
Moore Planning To
Open Music School
Bob Moore of Goldsboro, direc
tor of the Goldsboro Drum and
Bugle Corp was in Beaufort today
making arrangement to open up a
summer school of music during the
coming summer. About 30 stu
dents would enroll in the school.
An opportunity for Carteret mu
sicians to study either music or
drum and bugle tactics would be
offered local youngsters too, if
the school is established as planned.
The Chamber of Commerce is
. . -., s-. ' ffnrtft to
working wun muuic ... - (
establish his summer scnooi un..
here.
Big Minstrel Is
Planned Tonight
At School House
Section "B" of St. Paul's Auxil
iary will present their much her
alded minstrel tonight in the High
School Auditorium, starting: at 8
o'clock. Considerable interest has
been shown in minstrel which as
sures a house full of spectators for
the event. A large cast is takin?
roles.
Miss Johnise Dill, publicity di
rector for the show announced the
program last night In two parts;
it follows:
Part 1. Its a Hap-Hap-Happy
Day and Alexander's Ragtime
Band by Chorus; Parn That
Dream, by Florence Smith; Milita-,-v-
Tan Dance bv June Robbins;
I Can't Do The Sum, Esther Bell
Fodrie and Roba Lee King and in
a Little Dutch Garden, by Girl's
trio.
(Continued on Pace 8)
Inter-City Meet
o
Rotarians and their Anns of
Beaufort-Morehead City took part
in one of the best programs of the
local club on Tuesday night at
Inlet Inn. Ed Swann arranged
program and was toastmaster.
Hatteras Lighthouse
CCC Built Sand
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THESE TWO photographs are the bent ever made of Cape Hatteras Light House
and the sand fences which have saved it from the encroachment of the ocean The
waters in the background are those of Hatteras Bight and Diamond Shoals near the spo
where the first channel bass of the season were taken last Sunday. Cape Hatteras Light
is also the man attraction of the National Seashore which Representative Lmdsey War
ren secured and which eventually may extend southward along the Banks to Cape Look
out (Photo used through courtesy Charlotte Observer.)
Much
N. C.
Farmers Should
Execute Plans Now
There are approximately 5 per
cent of farmer, in Carteret Coun
ty who hae not yet executed
their farm plan for the year 1940.
The closing date for execute?
thee plani U April 15th, and therj
will be no Soil Conservation Pay
ment for those farms for which
this plan is not executed before
the closing date. The purpose of
these farm plans for 1940 is to as
sist each operator in the county In
planning his operations to be car
ried out on his farm so that he
might earn the maximum payment
available for the farm.
STATE COLLEGE
STUDENTS STOP
HERE ON CRUISE
Senior Engineers
See How Army
Does It
Nineteen members of the
Senior Engineering Class of
N. C. State College with Pro
fessor Ted S. Johnson and
U S. Engineering officials
sailed from Beaufort early
tnoir nn !i rrnise ud the In
land waterway to Norfolk, j
The cruise which is giving
the students an opportunity
to study first hand the opera
tion of the Army Engineers
ond fbf watprwav uroiects
of North Carolina was made
possible bv Col. George w.
niiintto IT S District Engi
neer. It' started on the Cape
Fear River at Lock rso. i
Tuesday. .
Stopping overnight in Wilming
ton, the party cruised northward
from Wrightsville Beach yester
day aboard the survey boat Neuse
and were given an opportunity to
(Continued on Page 8)
nteiest
Saved From Advancing Seas
Fences U What Did The Trick
Shown 1
Waterways Association
BARDEN IS FOR
IMPROVEMENT
OF WATERWAYS
At the organization of the
North Carolina Waterways
Association at Washington
on Friday, Representative
Barden, the only member of
the House able to attend, em
phasized his interest in relief
of flood conditions, particu
larlv on the Neuse River, ami
Carteret Citizens
Show Deep Inters'
Ten or more persons frei.n C" ".'
tal Carteret were delegates it ! '"
organization meeting of N. C.
Waterways Association in Y-'i-ington
last wetlc. F.-on Su-nfur-were:
Aycock Browa, C. T.
Wbeatley, George J. Brooks, W.
V. B. Potter, H. F. Prytberch and
I R. K. Davis. Of this group Aycock
Brown was elected secretary-treas-1
urer of the organization. Dr. Ben
F. Royal of Morehead City, was
elected vice-president of the group.
Others from Morehead City in at
tendance were Capt. John Nelson,
Ben Cray, M. S. Gibbs and R. H.
Dunn. Other officers elected
were: Edward Harding, president
of Washington; vice presidents:
Miles L. Clark, Elizabeth City,
Louis T. Moore, Wilmington and
Dr. D. J. Rose of Goldsboro.
Board of directors include: W. O.
Huske, Fayetteville; J. H. McMul
lan, Edenton; O. L. Williams,
Swanquarter, Josh L. Home, Jr.,
Rocky Mount, and Hon R. Bruce
Etheridge, Raleigh.
commended the plan for this
work recently completed by
Army Engineering Depart
ment. This plan will be presented in
the House soon.
Representative Barden paid high
tribute to Lieut-Col. George Gil
lette as a conscientious executive
and while not always seeing eye
to eye with Congress, never makes
a decision without first making
thorough personal investigation.
(Continued on page 3)
it Blew
Curb Marketeers
To Meet April 16
All Home Demonstration Club
members who are planning to sell
on the Heme Demonstration Curb
Market in Morehead City during
this summer are requested to at
tend a county-wide market meet
ing to be held in the Home Dem
onstration office, Beaufort, Tues
day morning, April 16, at 9:43
o'clock.
DEANOFWCUNC
TO SPEAK HERE
AT BUS FINALS
Dr. W. C. Jackson Is
An Outstanding
Educator
Dr. V. C. Jackson, head of
Woman's College of the Uni
versity of North Carolina,
has accepted an invitation to
make the Commencement
Address to Beaufort High
School seniors on Friday
night, Mav 10, it was an
nounced this week by Prin
cipal Thomas G. Leary.
Dr. Jackson is one of the out-stnni-in?
educators of the South.
He is a brilliant speaker. He heaiis
one of the largest colleges for wo
men in the United States. In ad
dition to all of that he is a regulav
fellow. His favorite sport is fish
ing and he has wet his line in Coas
tal Carteret waters many times in
the past.
In addition to the fact that
Beaufort High School is very for
tunate to have Dr. Jackson deliv
er the commencement address, the
Town of Beaufort is also proud of
the fact that he is coming. He
likes Beaufort and Coastal Carter
et County, and if he could have
his way, (which he may have at
some near date), he would see to
(Continued on Page 8)
Farm Agent Plans Series Of
Meetings In Each Community
To Get Cooperative Members
Barden And NCREA
Officials Are
Helping
Final plans for carrying
electric lights and electric
energy into every rural pre
cinct and section of Carteret
County was made at a meet
ing in Farm Agent J. Y. Las
siter's office here last Satur--hiv
unrl : spries of meetings
in each community proposed
to be served win oe neia uur
ing the coming week to ex
plain to citizens how they
can without any obligations
on their part, have electrici
ty. . .
The meeting Saturday Diougni.
NCREA Engineer J. M. Grainger
to the coast to outline final proce
Hn,p for p-ettino- members for the
electric cooperative. His appear
ance here was the. result of ground
work laid by the Chamber of Com
merce of Beaufort in cooperation
with Congressman Graham A. Bar
den and Dudley Bagley, chairman
of the NCREA.
Present at the meeting on Sat
hnsiilcs Mr. Grainger were
Mr, Lassiter, Miss Clark, Home
Agent; Mayor G. V. Huntley, Ay
cock Brown, Earl Davis, of Har
kers Island Cooperative; Rev. W.
Y. Stewart, Capt. John Nelson.
Carl G. Gaskill, Bennie Copelan.l
and George Ball. They were ex
plained the method of procedure
and told the gigantic project could
be made a part of the Harkers Is
land Cooperative.
Plans now underway would in
clude every community in Carteret
to share in the project. The com
munities not served now include
Stiaits-Otway; Cedar Island, Len
oxville, Russell Creek, Core Creek,
. . , (Continued oi Page 8)
Atlantic School To
Have Open House
Thurs. This Week
Principal J. A. Batson of Atlan
tic Consolidated School has sent
invitations and urged the general
public to visit the school tonight
(Thursday April 11) for the pur
pose of inspecting the school work
o fthe various grades duing the
year. It is the annual Open House
Program of the school, which is
successfully presented in the High
School Auditorium.
Bushall Re-elected
Republican Leader
During Convention
C. H Bushall. prominent Beau
fort Republican as re-elected t"
the post of chairman of the Car
teret County Republicans at their
convention here last Saturday.
A. L. Wilson of Newport was re
e'ecte to the post of secretary of
'the party. Principal business of
the meeting were reeomenda
tions for public office.
The convention went on record
as favoring the recommendation
of Walter M. Willis of Moreiicaii
City as a candidate tor the House
of Representatives; Jessie M. Wil
lis of Morehead City for the posi
of Register of Deeds, and all lie
publicans in good standing it'i
the party were namd dclenrU,- I
attend the State convention. F'
lowing this business the group re
cessed to meet on the first Satur
day in June at 2 o'clock in the
courthouse.
Another Comment
About Cemetery
John B. Abbott of Concord, N.
u ...U visitor in Beaufort
today with his grandson J. B. Long
of Kinston, said that this town was
passing up one of its best bets by
not capitalizing on the ancienl
Ann Street Church cemetery. He
said that if the byrial place was
in New England or New Orleans or
Charleston that someone would be
making a fortune of it and inci
dentally keepinz it in a cleaner
condition than at aresent. In
Beaafort they called on the B. A.
Bell's at their jewelry firm.
Miss Thomas And A
Rare Crustacean
EVEH HEARD OF Scylarrmw
Americanus? Neither had we un
til Capt. Herman Roeberg, master
of the trawler "Sea Quee".
brought one into port a few weeks
ago which his trawl net had cap
tured on the ocean's floor off
Lookout Shoals near the Gulf
Stream. Some of the folks a
round the waterfront thought it
was a lobster without claws but
Dr. Prytherch at the Fisheries Lab
identified it as a crustacean whick
is so rare that it does not even
have a common name. So we will
call it a Tarheel Lobster, while, the
science book calls it Scyllaru
Americanus. Miss Elizabeth Thom
as is the young lady holding the
rare form of sea life. Photo by ,
Erown. '
Fishing And
All Outdoors
By AYCOCK BROWN
TO R. LEE Butner, of Tobacco
ville, N. C. goes the distinction of
catching the first channel bass of
the season on the Carteret Coast
this year. Fishing with Capt. Ira
S. Morris, of Atlantic, at his beach
cabin near Drum Inlet on Monday
with weather conditions unfavor
able, the fish weight not given
was landed from the surf.
DRUM INLET however, does
not get first place in the "first of
the. season" report. Last Sunday
at Hatteras Inlet a party of three
headed by Dr. Avrer Barclay wr
Lieutenant Fldrv'ee of the Coa.-t
(Continued on page 8)
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 respect
to the locxli'v. 'nT hh.
v, .. trv
; . -i. '. 'u- est uaries.
irk J 4 vv
HIGH LOW
Friaay, April 12
10:59 A. M. 5:00 A. M.
5:03 P. M
Saturday, April 13.
11:17 A.M. 5:49 A.M.
11:43 r. K. 5:53 P. M.
3-indjy, April 14
12:07 A. M. 6:45 A. M.
:2:33 P.M. 6:37 P.M.
, Monday, April 15
I 1:C4 A. M 7:47 A. M.
1:10 P. M. 3:C6 P. M.
Tuesday, April 16
2:08 A. M. 8:50 A. M.
2:49 P. M. 9:15 P. M.
Wednesday, April 17
3:19 A. M. 9:51 A. M.
3:58 P. M. 10:20 M.
Thursday, April 18
4:26 A. M. 10:49 A. M.
5:01 P. M. '
1906.