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VOLUME XXVIII; NO. 24.
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1940
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Many Artists Arrive In Beaufort
SERVICE CLUB
COURT DOCKET
Surf CattL Carolina Coast
SPORT AT AACTS WOMEN ANGLERS-
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Us SEASIDE ART COLONY OPENS
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MEMBERS GOING
TO WHITE LAKE
Beaufort News
HERE CLEARED
VERY QUICKLY
Several Cases Are
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WITH THEOPENING of the W. C. U. N. C, Art Colony hero early
tfaii week many art students arrived in Beaufort. While most of the
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Ijlluch it under the direction of Gregory Ivy, there are other artists
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too, who are not taking the course visiting mis nistoncai ana pic
turesque seaside town. The above photo was made on Pivers Island
is 1938 when the students of art came to Beaufort for the first time.
Tbe photo by Bill Sharpe, then head of the State News , Bureau
iliowj Miss Lucille Thomas in an artistic setting. (Bill Sharpe Photo)
REA Pioject For Rural
Carteret Is Step Nearer
Covering The
Waterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
OLD-TIMERS along North Car-
tlina's coast are saying the- Coast
Guard is "coming back". On the
outer Banks, where Coast uuara-
ing has' ranked with f ithinjf as a
foremost and honorable profession,
there is ill-concealed excitement.
Already, many stations are crowd
ed with new recruits for training,
and there is talk of opening up
some abandoned stations. Young
sters sit around and listen once
more to tales of the exploits of the
famous surfmen of this vigorous
coast, and once again their eyes
fleam with th hope of getting in
to the service.
A YEAR OR TWO ago, the
Bankers were melancholy about
the new times. Stations were be
ing abandoned, enlistments were
not being made to fill expired ser
vices; patrols and lookouts were
being curtailed or eliminated. The
surfman, hero of the banks, seem
ed doomed to disappear in favor
of the,"natty inlet boatman, or men
who put out to sea in great deep
sea cutters. Nowadays, it was
said, the menace of the coast was
disappearing before the powerful
naval radio direction stations and
other navigation miracles.
THE WAR HAS changed all of
that, and the Outer Bankers are
wagging their heada sagely. Once
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ALMANAC
BIRTHDAY
Of Famous People
JUNE
14. Robert LaFollette, Sr., 1885.
15. Mmme. Schumann - Heink,
singer, 1861.
16. Gustaf V, Sweden, 1858.
17. John Wesley, Methodist, 1703
18. Jas. Montgomery Flagg, ar
tist, 1850.
19. Elbert Hubbard, author, 1859
20. Raymond Ditmars (snakes)
1876.
HISTORICAL
EVENTS
JUNE
14. Flag Day.
15. Geo. Washington, Com.in-
Chief, Am. Army, 1775.
17. Battle Bunker Hill 1775.
18. Senator LaFollette, died,
1925. ,
19. First Virginia Assembly,
1619.
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Engineer Employed
To Make Survey
Immediately - Another important and
forward step w;as taken last
night in the proposal to es
tablish an HtlA project
which will serve practically
every community ot Carteret
that is not served with elec
tricity at present. Following
a general discussion between
civic leaders from various
parts of the county who had
met with Farm Agent John
Y. Lassiter and NCREA En-
430 PERSONS SIGN
. . Four hundred and thirty persons
in Carteret County have signed up
and paid in $5 each or a total of
$2,150 for membership in the pro
posed REA project which would
serve practically all sections of
Carteret from Cedar Island to Stel
la. The average is 3.04 persons
per mile on a proposed 128 miles of
lines. Approximately A3 to 50
per cent of the homes on this
route of 128 miles would be served
with electricity, when and if the
project goes through.
gineer J. M. Grainger of Ral
eigh, a temporary steering
committee was appointed
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Dick Dickinson And
Friends Cuba Bound
On Mako Shark Hunt
Dick Dickinson owner and mas
ter of the 48-foot twin-motored
fishing cruiser "Tarheel" of Beau
fort and a party of friends were
scheduled to sail southwardly this
afternoon through Inland Water
way bound for Cuba on the first
Mako shark hunt ever attempted
by a group of college youths. If
they are fortunate in landing one
of these rare sharks, said to be the
most dangerous fighterrs ever
sought by rod and reel anglers, it
will be quite an accomplishment.
Capt. Leonard Wirtr, widely
known big game fishing guide is
accompanying the party. He told
a Beaufort Newsman today, that
only five Mako sharks have ever
been landed with rod and reel
three in Australian waters and two
in Bimini - Cuba waters. Capt.
Wirtx, who with Fred Crieten, de.
veloped the famous "Fin-Nor"
fishing reel at their machine shop
in Miami, said that Mako Shark
which have been captured ranged
from nine to 14 feet in length and
weighed from 600 to 900 pounJs.
To capture them with rod and reel
12-0 reels loaded with 39 thread
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Several Planning
To Attend Camp
This Year
Members of the Carteret
County Service Clubs are to
hold their annual week-end
encampment at Marshburn
Beach, White Lake, June 22-
23, jointly with Pamlico and
Craven County Service Club
members and County and
Home Agents.
Members who do not furnish th
below listed supply will be charged
$2.00 which includes food, lodging
and camp expenses. Members who
carry the food supply list pay only
fifty cents, according to Miss
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otatoes
Approximately 90 per' cent of
Carteret's Irish potatoes have been
harvested, it was stated today by
Farm Agent John Lassiter. In
Carteret County this year approxi
mately 1,500 acres were devoted
to growing potatoes, which have
brought prices ranging from 90
cents to $1.90 per hundred since
the first were dug about two weeks
ago. the yield this year is aDoui
25 per cent off, and although the
price started at a high peak, the
average for the season has been
$1.35 per 100 pound bag, accord
ing to estimates of the farm offi
cial. Up until this morning 105
solid railway car loads had moved
from the Beaufort area, which
represented only a small part of
the total movement as the bulk
were shipped via motor truck. Al
though accurate figures could not
be obtained as we go to press it is
estimated that between $200,000
and $250,000 was total value ol
all potatoes shipped from county
WCUNC UNITS
OPEN SEASIDE
CLASSES HERE
Modern Dance And
Art Students
In Group
Seaside units of Womans
College, University of North
Carolina, returning to Beau
fort for summer session this
week brought a total of more
than 30 students for registra
tion in the Art Colony under
the direction of Gregory Ivy
and the School of Modern
Dance under the direction of
Miss Jean Brownlee and Mis3
Henrietta Thompson.
Classes for the School of Dance
are being conducted daily in the
main auditorium of Community
Center. Preliminary classes for
the School of Art are also being
conducted at Community Center,
in the Southwest Room. Most of
the work of the artists will be out
of doors, the Community Center
Class Room being used only for
rainy day sessions and leature and
criticism periods.
Dr. A. E. Shaftesbury, head of
another W. C. U. N. C, unit, the
Carolina Marine Laboratory, an
nounced at the last minute that th
unit which he had been bringinr
to the coast at Beaufort each year,
would not come this season, but
that he would be here to carry
jn research in marine biology fielr
at the Lab, before summer ha?
passed.
The following students had reg
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Court Officials On
Cruise Wednesday
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, Solicitor
Dave Clark, Court Stenographer
Miss Hilda Jacobs. Sheriff C. G
Holland, Clerk of Court L. W. Has
sell and members of the Carteret
Bar enjoyed a cruise on nearby
waters aboard the State Fisheries
vessel "Hatteras" on Wednesday
afternoon. The cruise was made
possible through courtesy of Capt.
John Nelson, State Fisheries Com
missioner. Clerk Hassell invited
as a special guest did not take the
iruiRe as the erand jury had not
made their final report and he" re
mained in his office to receive tn--report
and discharge them, on or
ders of Judge FrizzelK
TOURS. France Urmam
cros Marne at Chateau Thierry;
others drive to 20 miles f ram cen
ter of Paris; three main thrusts
near'.y complete half-circle about
.ranee caoital: rrench defenders
inflict great losses on nazis.
BERLIN Germans claim their
divisions are 12 1-2 miles from
Paris; report another French
force force blasted out of combat
in channel drive; German artillery
action on upper Rhine may be pre
lude to another drive.
LONDON Britis.i air forces
carry -war into northern Italy, Af
rica, Germany and against Ger
mans in France; empire marshals
men and war machines.
ROME Italians sow mines to
halve Mediterranean; allies momb
Milan. Turin, other industrial cen
ters; Italian high command silent
on operations; between 60 and 70
divisions mass on French frontier
and blow up bridge.
ANKARA Turkey, watching
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Barden Speaks To
Club Members
CONGRESSMAN Graham A. Bar
den was the key-note speaker in
The Casino on Atlantic Bsach to.
day where 2,000 Twelfth District
Club members met in annual ses
sion. Feature of the meeting was
a tremendous picnic dinner served
during the Uncheon period.
H. H. Perkins of CAA
Inspects Air Field
H. H. Perkins, Regional Airport
Engineer for the Civil Aeronautics
Authority with headquarters in
Atlanta came here last week and
insnected the landing field facili
ties at the West Beaufort field.
He commended the efforts of the
Chamber of Commerce to privide
the facilities, such as they are, and
made a report. In his report he
recommended that the facilities be
included in air charts of the na
tion as an auxiliary landing field.
Engineer Perkins also inspected
the new Seaplane Landing Float at
Pivers Island and made a favorable
report on it.
Seashore Starts
Service To Beach
E. L. Watkins, traffic m&nagei
'or Seashore Trinsnortation Com
pany advised The Beaufort News,
just as we go to press today that
his company has just established
bus service from Beaufort to At
'antic Beach. Busses leave Beau
fort for Beach at 1.45 and 5.15 P.
M., and returning leave Atlantic
Beach at 4:50. Arrangements are
being made for a later bus to leave
beach, announcement of which
with the low one-way and round
trip fares will appear in an adver
tisement next week.
Miss Morehead City
To Be Selected
Dancing to the tunes of Dee Pe
terson and his orchestra with a
beauty show sponsored by More
liead City Junior Chamber of Com
merce as an added attraction will
be featured in Atlantic Beach Casi
no on Saturday night, Jane 15. A
number of beautiful girls will be
entered in the contest, and Coastal
Festival's "Miss Morehed City"
will be chosen.
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Only three cases remained
to be tried in Superior Court
this morning in what turned
out to be an exceptionally
brief session of criminal
court. Judge J. Paul Friz
zelle presided over the term
this week. Judge Walter
Bone will preside over the
Civil session of Superior
court next week.
The following cases were dis
posed of during the session throu
gh Wednesday:
Haywood Saunders, Negro, was
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Tomatoes
Harvesting of more than 800
acres of tomatoes in Carteret will
get underway next week, and un
less much needed rain comes with
in the next few days, the crop will
be materially damaged, according
to growers and packers here. Way
land Sermons plans to open the
Beaufort Auction Market early in
the week and several buyers are
expected to be present. M. Trom
betta & Son, Inc., operating a
packing shed in the old Corbett
Packing Company building and S.
M. Jones Company with packing
sheds on Lenoxville Road near At
lantic Highway are advertising
this week that they will purchase
tomatoes at current market prices.
Several other packing houses are
expected to be in operation here
as the harvest advanced. A few
tomatoes were harvested by John
Gunn from his farm this week.
Tomato packing season provides
employment for several hundred
people along the coast.
PIRATES LOSE
Firemen Slaughter
Visitors With
12-3 Score
Beaufort base ball fans
were treated to one of thf!
finest exhibitions of base bal
that has been witnessed in
several years and established
the Beautort fire Depart
ment not only as Demon Fire
Fitrhters but demons on the
ball diamond by drubbing
the hitherto and outstanding
Wilmington Pirates- to the
tune of 12-3.
Brooks tossine them over for
the local lads thrilled the crowd
with the sensationa manner in
which he pitched himself out of two
hoks into which he slipped due to
sliahtlv erratic fielding on the
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Bigger And Better
Bowling Alley To
Replace Idle-Hour
While Sheriff C G. Holland has
given the assurance that his of
ice will conduct a complete inve.
igation to determine if the blare
was or incendiary origin, Al Coop
er, owner, stated today that th
$30,000 loss sustained when th
Idle Hour Bowling Alley on At
lantic Beach, would be replaced
immediately with a bigger and bet
ter building.
The fire, discovered about 2:30
o'clock Wednesday morning, was
fanned bya southwest breere and
soon the building was completely
destroyed. General alarms were
sounded and fire fighting equip
ment from Beaufort and Morehead
City arirved on scene and stood
by to protect nearby residences,
which would have been gratly en
dangered had the wind been blow
ing from another direction.
Cooper, owner of the popular
recreation center, state dthat his
tentative plans for a new build-
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ing would inciuae is iji "-
stead of 10, and that Z4-hour
shifts would be carried on by work
men rebuilding the structure. "Our
deadline for completing the build
ing is July 1," said Cooper. The
original Idle-Hour building was
destroyed by a fire only a fw
months ago.
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SURF CASTING along the North
ed only fishermen, today attracts
Such scenes as the one above made on the Southeast coast of the
State are not uncommon, and .especially during the month of June
when bathing suits are suitable for
the big channel bass and blues are
beaches. The above photo was posed by Miss Katherino Meir of
Wilmington-Wrightsville. It has
picture by the State News Bureau of the Department of Conserva
tion and Development. (Bill Sharpe Photo)
Legion Post Seeking Naval U. S.
Air Base For Carteret County
Pass Resolution To
Curb 5th Column
Activities
Carteret Post 99 of the
American Legion here met
on Friday night and upon
suggestion trom their btate
Commander. June Rose, a-
dopted resolutions - approv
ing action of President Roos
evelt to curb any "Fifth Col
umn" activities which might
be starting or in the embry
onic stage on the Carteret
Coast. The Legionaires of
the local post also prepared
resolutions which will be
submitted to the Board of
County Commissioners for
further action, seeking the
establishment of a U. S. Na
val Air Base somewhere in
Carteret County. In the
"Fifth Column" resolution
which also will be presented
to the County Board it was
requested that Carteret
make provisions immediately
for finger-printing all aliens.
Copies of the resolutions, both
as to "Fifth Column" activities
and the establishment of a Naval
Air Base were forwarded the North
Carolina Congressional Delegation
in Washington.
Although no favorable action
towards establishing an air base in
Carteret County has been taken
since the World War Navy air base
was in commission at Camp Glenn
and the birthplace of Coast Guard
aviation at the same site after the
War, the people of the coast or
many of them have felt confident
that such a base should be estab
lished in this stragetic location.
The Navy got along fine with its
air lase at Camp Glenn, and the
Coast Guard got off to its flying
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Warrants Issued
For Blockaders
Of Stella Woods
Sheriff C. G. Holland, Deputy
Murray Thomas and Emmet Chap
lain and Officers George Nelson
and Alex Norris swooped down on
a liquor still going at full blast in
Stella Woods a few days ago and
while no one was captured, the of
ficers recognized one Robert Wil
liams, a white man and upon in
formation obtained in that section
have issued warrant for him and
his brother Bert Williams. Unless
they have fled the county the al
leged blockaders will probably be
nabbed this week-end.
The still was of 50 gallons ca
pacity and made of copper. Three
gallons of raw liquor was captured
and a tiny stream was trickling in
to a container from the still when
the officers arrived. ' Asked what
in his opinion was the quality of
the liquor that was being made,
Sheriff Holland stated that it was
probably very poor as the source
of water supply for th boiler
came from a ditch.
Carolina coast which once attract
a large number of fisherwomen.
surf casting toggery and when
running in schools along the
been widely published as publicity
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Fishing And
All Outdoors
By AYCOCK BROWN
FROM RSVP: "Dear Aycock:
You put out a good paper. There
is no question about that. Keep
the good work ,up. But, when you
say alligators are as numerous in
the swamps of Carteret as they
are in Florida, I think you are all
wet." So thats that. Probably
they are not, but nevertheless
there are plenty of alligators in
the swamps and fresh water
streams of Eastern North Carolina
GEHRMANN HOLLAND, my
friend the Sheriff, also told me
that I was wrong when I said that
Boston Mackerel and the Bonita
which have been caught in sur
rounding salt waters recently,
were the same. Although three
reference books I have checked
fails to do anything but verify
what I wrote about "Boston Mack
erell" being a synonym of "Boni
to" being wrong. I wanted to
check with Dr. Prytherch who is
from my way of looking at it, tops
in the icthyology field, but he is
out of town this week. Gehrmann,
declares that Boston Mackerel are
valuable as a food fish, that they
are identified under that name in
the markets, and that Bonito have
very coarse flesh and bring very
little as food fish. I believe Gehr
mann knows what he is talking
about but someone ought to mako
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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 Survy.
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.
HIGH LOW
Friday, June 14
2:33 A. M. :02 A. M.
3:21 P. M. 9:49 P. M.
Saturday, Juno IS
3:41 A. M. 9:59 A. M.
4:25 P. M. 10:49 P. M.
Sunday, June 16
4:44 A. M. 10:56 A. M.
5:23 P. M.
Monday, June 17
5:42 A.M. 11:48 A.M.
6:16 P.M. 11:53 P.M.
Tuesday, June 18
6:35 A. M. 12:43 A. M.
7:05 P. M. 12:46 P. M.
Wednesday, June 19
7:27 A. M. 1:33 A. M.
7:54 P. M. 1:36 P. W.
Thursday, June 20
8:16 A. M. 2:20 A. M.
8:40 P. M. 2:23 P. M.