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Pit a i rcnD OVER 7,750 People Read The Beaufort News EACH WEEK SEAPLANE FLOAT DEDICATION HERE MAY 11TH PLAN TO ATTEND Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstab4i 1912 v A. a VOLUME XXVIII; NO. 17. BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1940. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Many Members Now Signing Up Seaplane Landing Float For The Pronoied RE A Project . . Randy Kirby And His Orchestra To Play For Annual Jr-Sr Prom In Atlantic Beach Casino May 3 Goerch And Gillette Dedication Expected To Attract Thousands Here Visit Our Coastlandj; - - , si i 1 1 a li11 Ji IlIIIlj Practically Every Community In County May Have Electricity Rural Carteret County citizens want electricity ami the modern benefits that it will bring their hemes. This fact is being brought out by the preliminary reports of commit- CEDAR ISLAND COMMITTEE GOT RESULTS i mm i iifYiilinwiiiwiMiiii mmi . iv --'-Tiffmriornf C ' VW Miss Ada Goodwin, Mrs. Hugh Lupton, Mrs. Gladys Lup ton and Miss Lila Belle Smith secured 24 members for is land in less than week and are s i r w7 . -ivycocic Drown roio.; itees in the various communities where members are sign- ling up with the hopes that they will share in approximately 126 miles of additional line proposed to be added to the markers Island Cooperative. Hnrinir trip nnst wwk Cniintv riirm Airont .1. Y. Lassitor f and County Home Agent Margaret Clark have been con ducting a series oi meetings FLASH! Just as we go to pres3 to day Col. George W. Gillette, U. S". District Engineer tele phoned from Wilmington that the Rivers and Harbors Bill which includes many im portant projects, including ' Beaufort harbor, Ocracoke and Thoroughfare had pass ed the Senate. Efforts to get Bill passed was one of first objectives of N. C. Water ways Association, organized early this month. BHSDEBATERS MAKERECORD Both Affirmative And Negatives Runnerups Beaufort High School's de bating teams entering the Stntp finals in Chanel Hill last week made an exception al record Dy winning out in hnrh affirmative and nega tive sectional contests. The entrants were divided into 14 sections of four teams each, from which he best af irmative and the best nega tive teams were chosen. Beaufort's affirmative team was composed of John Davis and Bet ty Rumley; the negative team was composed of Mary Johnson and Edna Avery. These team members victorious (Continued on page ten) ALMANAC BIRTHDAY Of Famous People APRIL 26. B. F. Tracy, statesman, 1830. 27. Gen. U. S. Grant, Pres. 1832. 28. Jas. C. Monroe, Pres. 1756. 29. Duke of Wellington, 1760. 30. F. H. Yost, coach, 1871. MAY 1. Harry L. Wilson.author 1867. 2. Norma Talmage, actress 1807 HISTORICAL EVENTS APRIL HISTORICAL EVENTS 20. Last Conferedate Army sur rendered. 2i SO. Rogation Sunday. Geo. Washington inaugura ted. 1879. ffl MAY Dewey's victory at Manila 1 1894. 2. Ascension. working hard lor rull quota. m tne various communities. "'In practu ; 1 1 1 y every community the citizens are in favor uf securing electric power and to piovo it each community committee seeking memberships have repoited favor able cooperation on the parts oi' residents. Attending some of the meetings thut have been held were other per sons interested in helping the com munities secure electricity. May or George V. Huntley, Chamber of Commerce Secretary Aycock Brown, REA Attorney A'vwhrHan ilton, Rev. Bill Stewart and others have attended some of the meet ings and taken part with Mr. Las siter and Miss Clark in telling the people about the proposal.. Con siderable interest has been shown on Cedar Island, the Core Creek, Harlowe and Bachelor sections, Straits-Otway, Merrimon, Newport and some sections west Carteret. Lack of interest has been shown in only a few instances. The rurul people are being told that this may be their last opportunity during a life time to secure electric energy for their homes and communities and the statement is true. Coast Guard Puts Beacon Lights. In Drum Inlet Channe Representative Graham A Bar den notified The Beaufort Newi 'his week that the Coai t Guard had erected temparary buoys for marlc 'ns the channel at Drum Inlet. I The buoys are temporary and will b-; replaced by permanent mark ers after funds are available on July 1, 1040, he said.. .Any com ments from navigation interests relative to the temporary markers will be appreciated by this news paper which in turn will send same to Representative Barden. Federal Building Pier Is Finished The new pier in front of the Postoffice and Federal Building here has been completed and it is a fine addition to Beaufort's beau tiful waterfront. It is by far the best pier ever constructed in Beau fort and with exception of Port Terminal piers in Morehead City, is better than any pier in the coun ty. The Port Terminal piers are of steel groin construction. Th2 local pier, constructed by Eure Ri others at a cost of approximate ly $10,000 are of wooden piling construction, with a wooden decK. Feature of pier is minature park in center. ' Douglas House Won In Legion Contest Douglas House, Beaufort High School Senior has been adjudged district winner in the American Le zion snonsored essav contest and he will go to Raleigh for the State finals. Subject of the essay wa "Americanism vs Conditions In Europe Today.".. Additional Work For Port Channel Col. George W. Gillette told a Beaufort N;wi reporter last night hat $50,000 would bs expended mmediately in dredging the chan nel from the high eaj to the Morehead City Port Terminal to a Upth of 32 feet. ..The work will itart immediately and be done by he Henry Bacon, a pipe line dredge and the Comstock, a hop oer dredge. This work is being done to accomodate two large lankeis that will start operating to and from the ocean port where Matteras Oil Company recently constructed huge storage tanks. 4-H RALLY DAY PROGRAM SAT. APR1L27, HERE Assistant State 4-H Club Leader On Program SPRING FLOWER SHOW IS TO BE r LA 1 UKtu As a summary of the 4-II lth work, a reouired nro- iect of all 4-H members, eighteen local club queens and kings of Health were se lected at the April 4-H meet ing of the Beaufort, Camp Glenn, Harkers Island, New port, Smyrna and White O.tk Schools. ' Based on the year's re cord and a physical examination by Dr. L. W. Moore, local county physician, County junior and senior Health queens and kings are beins selected. Coronation of the coun ty w'v.ners with all local club win ners serving as attendants, will take place on the 4-H Rally Day Program, Saturday, April 27th, 2:00 P. M., in the courthouse. Winners of local clubs are: 4-H Junior Kings Walter Ebron, Camp Glenn; Jack Garner, Newport; John Reed Sparks, Harkers Island; Donald Norris, Peletier; Larry Paul, Bach elor. (Continued on Page 10) Baskerville To Speak In M. City John Baskerville, of the Govern ors Hospitality Committee, a di vision of the Department of Con servation and Development in Raleigh, will be guest speaker at the regular weekly meeting of the Morehead City Rotary Club in Morehead City tonight, follow ing the Rotary meeting Basker viii will make a public speech on North Carolina's tourist business and how the Carteret Coast can hare in it at the City Hall. Ev eryone is invited to attend, from Beaufort and Morehead City. Schooner-Yacht On Cruise South Paid Call At Local Port The schooner-yacht "India" ;ailod through Beaufort Inlet last week-end bound for the West In dies. Head winds about 35 miles off shore resulted in the vessel turning back and when she came into port small craft storm warn ings were displayed. Early this week with calm weather prevail- ino- the vessel sailed again on tne next leg of her cruise which will end in Charleston. The "Indra" is no stranger in Beaufort and Morehead City. For years she served as the school ship of Capt. C. A. Pond who frequent ly stopped here or in Morehead City on coastal cruises with stu dents from the Pond School aboard. Recently Capt. Tond sold the vessel. William Chanler is the owner now. He was aboard the vesse last week. Navigator and expert sailor aboard were Henry Austin of Montclair and Alexander Ozolin, a Laplander. Others aboard the craft were Pete Cutter and Charles M. Daughtery, of New York. Hail ing port of the Indra :s Dark Har bor. Maine. The crew were hop in? for favorable weather so they eould try the Gulf Stream fishing i as they passed Frying: ran. Model Planes Will Be Entered In Contest BARDEN, LANG AND OTHERS TO SPEAK Plans for the dedication of the NYA-built and CAA ap proved seaplane landing :'loat in Beaufort are pro riwsimr satisfactorily, ac- ii-iiiiMr to Dr. H. V. I'ry- there, chairman of the com mittee in charge. If the pro posed program is caruea out Ai.,,- 11 will ho !i memorabh day not only for Beaufort. but also tor North Carolina, because the float dedication is the first in the State. Mis. Rosa Merrill, Carteret X A supervisor who with Aycock Brown tl, rhumher of Commerce are co-chairmen with Dr. Prytherch. stated that John Lang, NY A State Administrator had accepted an in vitation to be present on May 11 and be one of the speakers. Rep lesentative Graham A. Barden, of the Third Congressional District, has tentatively accepted an invita tion to speak here during the pro gram and another speaker will be a high ranking official of the Civ il Aeronautics Authroity, possibly from Atlanta. Capt. Robert Fogg, CAA seaplane facilities expert wiote from Boston this week that he would be unable to attend, bui that a regional officer would fill in for him. A high ranking L. Navv aviator is also expected to tnliP iiirt in the program. fiivl C.oerch. on the coast lasl niirht. tentatively accepted an in vitation to be present on May 11 and will serve with other flyers as judge in the model airplane con test. Model Plane Contest Tom Lean, n-incipa! f f Beau fort High School, Harvey Joslyn, principal of Morehead City High School and Edgar Swann are co chairmen of the model airplane contest which will be a feature of the program following the speak ing. The speaking will be held on (Continued on page ten) OFFICERS OF ROTARY CLUB ARE ELECTED Bobby Stephens Was Guest Speaker On Tuesday Dr. W. L. Woodard, vice president was elected presi dent of the Beaufort Rotary Club at the weekly mei'tintf on Monday. Edgar Swann was elected vice-president and other officers elected were Jacob Miller, secretary and Joe Hines was re-elected treasurer. The new office:'. will go into office Jul v 1 . Senior Patrol Leader of Tro.p 51, the local Boy Scout group, w pcakei and he g:ivo a ir.c: L in'., osting account of the Sea Gull and lull' Stream Patrols trip to the 'amporee in Kinston last week. Despite the fact that it was :iui; i eventful Camporee, due to weath er conditions, the local Scouts en joyed the trip, according to young Stephens. Stephens proudly displayed the red ribbon awards the two local natrols won at the Campoiee ami he explained about how the neces sary points for winning the awards were made under ditticullies. Julian Brown Filed As Democrat; Seeks N. C. Assembly Seat Julian Brown of Marshallberg is a candidate f"r the State Legis lature from Carteret County and h, is running on the Democratic Ticket. In last week' edition of The News it was erroneously stat ed that Brown had filed on the Re Dub'ican ticket. The Beaufort News regrets that it made the er ror and althoush we have not been asked to make any correction, we are glad to do thi on behalf of Mr. Brown of Marshallberg. He gets ditional oublicitv as the result of an error in letting np the original story for publication. The Editor. f hi I tf; X iV i' COL. CEO. GILLETTE CARL GOERCH Col. George W. Gillette, U. S. district Engineer; Carl Goerch, famous editor and radio commen tator; Dr. S. L. Staley, noted Bap ;ist minister and J. R. Witherspoon, vice-oresident of Durham Life In surance Company, were visitors in Beaufort for a short time Wednes day night. They were returning from ' Harkers Island where they . ..'.r imoni, ether thinors. a sign which Earl Davis erected this Week near the ferrv slip which reads: "Welcome lo Harkers Island A Hi-J Plac To Get To But a Fine Place To Live." Carolina Motor Club Has Branch Office On Coast Carolina Motor Club of Char lotte has opened up a branch of fice in Morehead City at .und Chevrolet Comnaiiy. Mrs. Elmer Stone is branch manager of th- office. Establishment of the ollic' nswers a need that has been seen on the Caiterct Coast for many years. In addition to travel and infor mation service th'j Carolina Motor Club branch will also take applica tions for license plates. Previously it was necessary to go to New Hern when you wanted to buy li :nve plates, if you did not order them direct fiom the State Depart r.ient of Revenue. Wednesday Half Holidays Begin Here On May 8th Fifteen local business firms have inreed to close for half holiday rich Wednesday b' rinning May 8 rd continuing through August, it was announced by Curtis Brinson f C. D. Jones Company, as we go to press today. . . It has been a cus torn for several years for. mer chants to observe these half holi days. Carteret Coast Is Getting Publicity Latest N.C. Booklet Over 1"0 up-to-the minute "li" tographs of North Carolina, snor ing recreational and industrial Teres from the mountains to the sea are included in tne laie.-i coi tion of "Variety Vaeationland,' the boo klet issued by the State and distributed through the publicity and advertising divisions of the Denartment of Conservation and Development. The cover photos are in color, front cover being a horse back riding scene in the mountains, and th two back cover sroU being loir shots, one taken on a lake in Piedmont Carolina, the other at Wrightsville. No local persons are shown in the photographs from this section, but Beaufort is Klentmea l' (Continued on page ten) Over 1,000 Voters Must Re-Register Rather than have a complete registration of qualified voter in Cartert County, Col. D. W. Morton. Chairman of the Board of Elec tion and his associates on the Board have just completed the Herculean task of purging the registration Books for the various Precincts. Names of all persons ivho have not voted since 1934 have been removed from the Registra tion Books. It will be necessary for these persons to re-register un der the N. C. Election Laws if they vote in the coming Primary and General Election. ( NEWPORT SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT FRIDAY, MAY 10TH Dr. D. A. Lockmiller Of State College To Deliver Address BACCALAUREATE SERMON WILL BE ON SUNDAY, MAY 5 Dr. David A. Lockmiller, rViMirman nf the Denartment of History and Political Sci ence, State College, Kaleigh, has accepted an invitation to make the commencement ad dress to the Newport High School Seniors on Friday night, May 10, it was an nounced this week by Prin- Dr. Lockmiller is one of the out standing educators of the south and is noted as a brilliant speaker, and Newport School is very fortu nate to "have Dr. Lock-miller tcrde liver the commencement address. Rev. C. S. Boggs, pastor of the Newport Methodist Circuit, will deliver the baccalaui eate sermon on Sunday, May 5, in the Newport School auditorium. Mr. Boggs's work in the New port Circuit has been very outstan ding, especially among the young people of this community. Bear ing out this fact, this is the second (Continued on Page 10) GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE LS HEARD LOCALLY Lt. Gov. Horton Is Favoring State Program Water, commerce, over land highwavs, bridges, and .-ilher agencies involved in transportation and communi cation, received attention ir. an address delivered by Lieu tenant Governor Wilkins P. Ilorton, of Pittsboro, in the Carteret County courthouse here Wednesday night. Mr. Horton, Democratic candi date for Governor of North Caroli mi, advocated "adequate facilit;e" in the fields of transportation and c immunication in this section. "We must not lose sight of th fact that the fishing industry is a asic factor in the successful de elopment of this part of North 'arolina," the speaker continued. Kvervthins that can be done to trengthen, expand and safeguard his industrv must be done. Let is deal intelligently and effective- y with all our natural resources. Mr. Horton asked his rudk-n x) determine his Qualifications for Governor on the basis of his record (Continued on Page 10) .Iii.te Of Peace Earl Mason Marri?s His First Couples Earl Mason, recently appoint;-'! justice of the peace performed hi- first marriage ceremonies during the past week. Last Thursday h joined in wedlock, Miss Alice t,m ory to Alvin Goodwin of Cedar Is land. His second ceremony, per formed this week united in marri age, Miss Maggie Foreman of New port to Kenneth Yohey of Jupiter, Florida. Appoint Committees To Plan Details For Occasion BUSINESS FIRMS TO GIVE MANY PRIZLs T?anrlv k'irliv Jinrl his: or- fl-iouti-ii sn-inrt in r t'lnsViv npw jaekets'of royal blue, will be in orchestra stand wnen tne Fifth All-County Senior Class Dance begins in the Atlantic Beach Casino Friday even ing. May 3, acctrding to a announcement by Supt. Al lon nnnn authorization of John H. Singleton, manager of Atlantic Keacn, tnrougn. Newman Willis, assistant. The annual routine of getting the casino and environs in ship shape for the opening is well un derway and according to Mr. Wil lis, everything will be in readiness one week in advance of the dance. The program has been greatly simplified to permit more time for dancing, yet includes features suf ficient to provide just the right touch of variety. The Grand March, directed by Mrs. Grayden Paul, of Beaufort, with the assist ance of Edgar Swann and Grayden Paul, is expected in beauty and dignity, to surpass previous barch- es. Besides the Grand March Com mittee, other committees appoint ed to perfect details for the occa sion include: Decorations, J. I. Mason; Novelties, E. L. Gaskill; King and Queen, H. L. Joslyn; Merchants' Prizes, R. L. Pruitt and T. G. Leary, with the prior assist ance of Mrs. Margaret Teague Wil lis and Miss Lena Duncan ; Gifts, Mrs. J. G. Allen; Jitter Bug Award J. P. Tyndall. Assumption by J. I. Mason of responsibility for deco rations is the assurance of the 600 invited guests that the dance will be given in an intriguing and at tractive setting far surpassing that of Previous Proms. Certificates of trade will again (Continued on Page 10) IjMartin's Going Out Of Business .- On Page 3 of this edition is a full page spread advertising the closing out sale of Martin's. In a public statement, E. D. Martin, owner, and veteran of the mercan tile business in Beaufort for near ly a half century, says: "I shall sell out all of my stock and fixtures and retire from the dry goods and shoe business Prices will be ripped and slashed until the stock has been cleared from the shelves." Mr. Martin has engaged the services of National Sales System of Buffalo, N. Y., to handle the clearing out sale. Customers are oromised more than they expect in thrilling bargains. TIDE TABLE Information as to the tide at Beaufort is given m this column. The figures aie ap proximately correct and are based on tables furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Survv Some allowances must lie made for variations in thi wind and also with ren.ci to the locality, that is h 'tri er tie; " rv ;!' th lic.U ot uic eatuuilci. HIGH LOW Friday, April 26 5:22 AM. 11:24 PM- 5:34 PM. Saturday, April 27 11:51 -M. 6:17 AM. 12:'!. PM. G:32 PM. Sunday, April 28 '") .-M 7:15 AM. l:,-7 i 7:36 I'M. Ms rday, April 20 1:20 AM. 3:13 AM. 2:06 PM. 8:39 PM. Tuesday, April 30 2:41 AM. 9:08 AM. 3:11 PM. 9:38 PM. Wednesday, May 1 3:46 AM. 9:58 AM. 4:10 PM. 10:33 PM. Thursday, May 2 4:40 AM. 10:46 AM. 5:00 PM.
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