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Ton? OVER 7,750 People Read The Beaufort News EACH WEEK SPEND YOUR VACATION AT BEAUFORT BY THE SEA -4 V 3 Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912 VOLUME XXVIII; NO. 26. v. BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1940 o Z PUBLISHED WEEKLY Sailor Aboard Diamond Lightship: INSPECTS SHIPPING LANE BEACON. Beaufort Ni SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE FETEDTUESDAY Entertainment And Banquet Given For Them TWO SESSIONS Goggle Fishing Season Begins fc AND MANY FISH ARE SPEARiS? AT CAPE LOOKOUT. NECESSARY TO CLEAR DOCKET I ONE OF THE most lonely jobs along the coast i being a mem ber of the crew of Diamond or Frying Pan Lightship. The above photo by Bill Sharpe shows a sailor aboard Diamond, 14 miles sea ward from Cape Hatteras, climbing one of the two masts to inspect the beacon which warns navigators of nearby dangerous Diamond Shoals. During the World War Diamond Lightship was sunk by a German Submarine. Today the blue waters of the Gulf Stream sur rounding the vessel provides exce'lent game fishing for anglers. (Sharpe Photo.) Commercial Fishing Interests To Be Heard At Board Meeting New York Banker Predicts Improved Business To Come Business conditions will show considerable improvement during the Fall and Winter, as soon as the Federal government's gigantic spending program for national de fense gets under way, in the opin ion of William P. Dunn, Jr., vice president of the Manufacturers Trust Company, New Yark, who was in the section during the week-end to visit the banks prop erty at Atlantic Eeach and attend a meeting of beach company stockholders. Mr. Dunn expressed the belief that this area around Beaufort and Morehead City would make an ideal location for an army and navy aviation base, and he suggest ed that leaders get immediately to work in trying to get a landing field and perhaps a pilot's school here as a feature of the govern ment's nation defense plan. Not only is this region halfway between New York and Florida but also it extends farther out in the ocean than any other state be tween those two points, Mr. Dunn declared, in calling attention to its consequent importance in the national defense plans.. ALMANAC BIRTHDAY.1 Of Famous People JUNE 28. 29. 30. Otis Skinner, actor, 18!58. W. E. Borah, Senator, 18G5. Charles VIII, France, 1470. JULY Sir Robtrt Ball, astronomer, 1. 1840. 2. ""Bob" Zupke, coach, 1879. 2. J. F. Hunnewell, author 1832 4. Calvin Coolidge, Pres. 1872. HISTORICAL EVENTS 28. Battle of Monmouth, 1778. 29. Tea Tax on American col onies 1767. 30. Indian Territory established 1834. JULY 1. Battle of Gettysburg 1863. 2. Ameliar Earha.t last heard from, 1837. 3. Battle of Santiago, 1898. 4. Independence Day. Address By Nesbit To Be Feature On July 8 Commercial fishing inter ests of the State will receive a full day of consideration at the semi-annual meeting of the Board of Conservation and Development scheduled to be held at Morehead City on Julv 8-10. R. Bruce Eth- eridere. Director of the De partment, announced today Following the usual custom, tht opening meeting on the morning of July 8 will be in the form of a hearing for commercial fishermen and dealers at the city, hall in Morehead City. The hearing, according to plans announced by Director Etheridge, will be recessed in order to per mit the members of the Board and the fishermen to hear an address by Robert A. Nesbit, in charge of middle Atlantic fisheries investiga tions for the U. S. Bureau of Fish eries. It is expected that Mr. Nes bit will review investigations be ing conducted by the Bureau of Fisheries, particularly touching on (Continued on Page 8) New Menhaden Boat Named "Will Webb" The "Will Webb" newest and said to be the largest menhaden vessel in the Carteret coast fleet, is nearing completion and will be launched at an early date at the Bell-Wallace Shipyard in More head City, it was reported this week. Fifteen men have been en gaged in constructing the vessel since last February. Dimensions of the craft were not given but it was indicated that she will bo powered by a 240 horsepower Fair banks Morse motor and will cost approximately $40,000. 4-H Service Club Back From Camp Eleven members of Carteret County's 4-H Service Clubs, Farm Agent J. Y. Lassiter, and County Home Agent Margaret Clark, en joyed a week-end of camping at White Lake on June 22-23, togeth er with twenty-one Club member and Farm and Home Agent of Pamlico and Craven Cunties. Those participating in the encamp ment were the following: Edna Avery, Hildred Carraway, Osborne Davis, Jewell Eubanks, Eugene L. Caskill, Evie Kittrell, Sari Lewis. Virginia Stanton, John Turner. Jr., Marion Weeks, Lillian Wil liams, and the Farm and Home Agents. Approximately 45 stu dents from the WCUN'C Art School and School of Modern Dance and the Duke Marine Laboratory here were guest3 of honor at an entertainment and banquet sponsored bv the Rotary Club at Inlet Inn on Tuesday night. Rotary Ann's were also present a? guests of their Rotes. It was the last meeting of Rotary over which Aycock Brown presided as president, as his term of office expires at the next meeting when he will be succeeded by Rotarian War ren L. Woodard. The program was arranged by Mrs, Gary Allen and Rotarian Bill Stewart. After a brief and rapid fire sort of welcome on the part of the president. Song Leader Grayden Paul with his Rotary Ann at the piano, led in singing. The president then introduced Pro gram Chairman Bill Stewart who in turn let each person present in troduce themselves and give their hometown. Following the delicious fried chicken banquet, leaders of the various summer school units, Dr. Hall, of Duke; Gregory Ivy, of W. C. ; and Jean Brownlee, of WC, were introduced and each spoke briefly. Two songs and a dance number by Miss Florence Smith who was accompanied at the piano by Mis3 Ruth Lewis and added a sort of night-clubbish air to the evening and two piano numbers by talent ed Miss Glennie Paul, pianist, brought the program to a close. Following the banquet, the stu dents were guests of Manager Rob ert G. Lang at The Beaufort The atre. Beaufort Dehornes The Durham Steers By A. R. RICE Beaufort's base ball club sponsored by the fire department won its fifth consecutive game of the season by defeating thj Durham "Steers" here last Satur day, 3 to 1, and Sunday, 5 to 3. Thev had previously won from Davis. Wilmington and Newport, Wes Tavlor hurled the first game for the locals and was touch ed for only three hits, a double in the first, a single in the eighth and fanned ten and Hobgood, his op- an infield hit in the ninth. Taylor ponent on the mound, struck out three and was nicked for eigut safeties, Richard Chadwick's sin ffle and double featuring. Bert Clark, Chadwick and Gray Hassell got hits in the fifth coupled with a centerfield error that produced two runs. The third tally was re corded in the seventh on a single by Brooks, a bunt and R. Chad wick's double. Beaufort made two errors and Durham, one. George Brooks whiffed thirteen and gave up seven hits in the Sun day contest, including a homer by Ferrell in the second and a triple by T. Clark in the third, the two innings in which the visitors scor ed their three' runs. The locals connected for nine hits off the de livery of Pope and four of the winners struck out. Beaufort scored one in each of the second and fourth, two in the seventh and one in the eighth. , Bert Clark poled out three singles and R. Chadwick and Ed Potter each r. double and single. Beaufort com mitted one error and Durham two. Potter caught both games for the winners and Ferrell for the losers. Beaufort plays the Wilmington (Continued on page 8) William Fodrie Captured First Freeport Mako William "Shy" Fodrie, son of Richard Fodrie of Morehead City and brother of Miss Mary C. Fod rie, formerly of The Beaufort News, chalked up a record oft Freeport, Long Island a few days ago when parties aboard his cruis er Calaban IV, landed a 250- pound mako shark. It was the first mako shark ever taken north of Bimini and probably the sixth ever taken with rod and reel. Fodrie is skipper of one of the boats in the Merritt sporstfishing fleet. Recorders Court In Session Again Today Two sessions were neces sary to clear the heavy Re corders Court docket, which das increased - during the past three or four weeks, first due to the illness of Judge Paul Webb and then due to the two weeks term of Superior Court which con cluded here last week. The first session this week was on Tuesday and the second session was scheduled for to day. On Tuesday the following cases were disposed of, half of the 20 on docket: Curtis Bell and A. J. Williams, charged with engaging in an af fray, prayer for judgmeit and con tinued upon payment of the costs. (Continued on Page 8) REA STEERING COMMITTEE TO MEET TONIGHT The steering committee of the proposed REA project which will take electricity to just about ev ery rural section of Carteret County will meet at County Agent J. Y. Lassiter's office tonight for the purpose of making necessary recommendations and submitting the preliminary survey for a loan for the project. Engineer L. E. ooten wno nas been making a survey of the proposed project will be present at the meeting. Fishing And All Outdoors By AYCOCK BROWN WHILE THE weather general ly was unfavorable for off shore boat fishing on the week-end one especially good catch was report ed by Capt. Ammie Willis of Davis who served as guide for a party that went surf casting on Core Banks. His party, Dick Booth and Jim Prickett of Welsh, West Virginia, tried the Drum Inlet vi cinity without having any luck and then went farther north along the beach. About nine miles north of Drum at Swash Inlet they fished the highwater slack for about an hour and a half and landed 19 channel bass, the best catch of thp season south of Ocracoke along the outer Banks. WHAT MADE this party's catch out of the ordinary was the fact. that the fish averaged 35 pounds each and that Frother Angler, is a good sized channel bass. This catch was one of the few made in the surf along the Outer Banks on the week-end that was worth men tioning. A party stopping with Capt. Gary Bragg at Ocracoke caught a few fish in the Sound dur ing the post-full noon period, but the northeaster which shifted (air! in a big way) to half a gale from the southwest on Sunday slowed up things considerably from a rod and reel standpoint along the cen tral coast on the week-end. WEATHER conditions on the week-end held many boats in port heieabouts which would have oth erwise taken parties to the Gulf Stream or Lockout Shoals on Sun day. Cecil Sewell who operates the tri-motored cruiser "Betty Kay" with his father Capt. Jack Sewell was telling me about one of (Continued o Page 8) TIP TO SURF J SWIMMERS I A tip which should be helpful to persons going swimming along the ocean beaches was issued by the Department of Conservation and Development recently. Fol lowing a series of tests in the ero sion work that has been carried on by the Department the following report relative to depth of water along the beaches was issued: "If the sand above the water level is soft, white and very fine, then the beach is Hat, shallow and safe for wading and swimming. If, on the other hand, the sand it coarse, with many particles of shells, it is too steep to hold the finer sand and is therefore safe for excellent swimmers only" ... V . r . t "-":v ' , ' " 31 $- v-" . v - . - ... - , ri. , v r i ; uJ i ; . - j v v GOGGLE FISHING season has started again along the North Carolina coast, especially at Cape Lookout where the government breakwater pro- ide excellent waters for gogglers. The above pic ture was made at Cape Lookout. In fishing and All Outdoors today is a paragraph which tells of the new spear which Dr. H. F. Prytherch, goggle enthusiast has perfected, which permits him to "bring'em back alive." Several specimens that he brought back alive are now on display in the tanks of the Aquarium on Piver's Island. (Aycock Brown Photo.) Pony Penning At Ocracoke July 4 Persons. planning to spend their Fourth of July holidays on Ocra coke Island will have an opportu nity to witness the annual pony penning scheduled for that date. Definite announcement that the annual penning would take place this year on the Fourth as has been the custom since the first Inde pendence Day back in 1776 was made in Beaufort today by T. Mur ray Thomas, city clerk who has been in communication with David Keppel, New York art collector, who owns a lodge on Ocracoke and several of the Banker ponies which roam wild over the island. It was Keppel who sent Bees wax, thoroughbred polo stallion to the island several years ago to in terbreed and produce a better stock of island ponies. Thomas will, attend the penning and have charge of the vendue or auc tion. - - IMPORTANT NOTICE We, members of the American Legion, Post No. 99, have made a thorough investigation with the Law Enforcement officers and have learend without any doubt the identity of the persons placing the swastika flag on the flag-pole of the American Legion Hut some time during the night of Monday, June 24, or Tuesday morning, June 25. We wish to impress on Vhe public that the American Legion is and stands for 100 per cent American ism, and after this investigation with the Law Enforcement offi cers we know who the guilty par ties are and believing that this was done as a prank, we therefore re quest, to save them and their pa rents any embarrassment that the guilty parties appear in person to the undersigned committee and apologize for this act. Signed: C. L. Beam, Jacob Miller, . R. H. Hill, I. E. Pittman, A. B. Morris, W. H. Bailey, Roy Barbour, C. Z. Chapped. Theatre Tickets May Increase In Price Due To War Manager Robert G. Lang of The Beaufort Theatre stated a we go to press tod;iy that the price of admission for tickets may be increased beginning with nexl Monday. The increase is being brought about by the "War Tax" on amusements, a new tax just created to help finance the emer gency preparedness program. Tick ets now selling at 20 cents, 25 and 30 cents for matinee, night and Sunday shows will be increased five cents each, if it is necessary to start paying the new "Wat Tax." All theatres in the County could not be reached as we go to press to determine if they will make similar increases, but it is thought they will also increase prices. PONY PENNING Charles Hancock and Alfred Moore of Harkers Island advised The Beaufort News as we go to press today that there would be a pony penning at Diamond Pen, near Lighthouse at Cape Lookout on Tuesday, July 2. Everyone in vited to attend. . Mi Flag Display Of Crudely Made Symbol Is Criticized As we go to press today no official announcement has been made relative to find ings on the part of local peace officers and the in vestigating committee of the American Legion in con nection with the display 01 a crudelv made Nazi flag on the flag pole at the Legion Hut Tuesday morning. The incident aroused the wrath of the majori ty of citizens in Beaufort and it is understood that the matter was brought to the attention of Feder al authorities. The flag about 5 feet square was discovered by a passerby who notified Chief Longest who imme diately removed it from the mast The swastika was apparently drawn on, the white bunting with ink. The words "Heil Hitler" was printed with red crayon. The Beaufort News opinion in this matter will be found on editoria page under caption: "Should Flag Raisers Go Unpunished? Salvation Army Services Continue To Attract Throngs Salvation Armv meetings on Tuesday evenings at the America' Legion Hut continues to be well attended and everyone enjoys the Old Time Gospel, according to Envoy E. V. Farmer. Envoy Farmer states that the Charlotte Temple Band of the feal vation Army will pay Beaufort an all day visit on July 29, 1940 hav. ing an open air service in More- head City and one in Beaufort on Front Street, also an evening con cert .the place to be anounced lat er. This band is rated as one of the Army's best bands in the Southern territory. Legionaires From Carteret Attend State Convention Legionaires and members of the Legion Auxiliary from Carteret County who attended the State Convention in High Point and heard Governor Clyde R. Hoey say that Hitler is the biggest liar in the world, returned to theii homes on the coast Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bailey were elected as alternates from the State to attend the National Con vention of the Legion later this year in Boston Massachusetts. Legionaires and members of the Auxiliary from Carteret who at tended the convention included: Commander Bailey, of the Carte ret Post 99; J. B. Rice of Crab Point; Abbott Morris, Marehead City; Adjutant Clyde Walker Morehead City; Mrs. Floyd Chad wick and Mr. Chadwick, Moredead City; Mr. and Mrs. Julian Hatnil to, Beaufort; Ben Gray of More head City and W. E. Bagg Com mander of the Clarence Meadows Post in Swansboro;. Mrs. Chad wick was elected president of this 9-county area of the Auxiliary. FREE FIREWORKS On Board Walk at Atlantic Beach night of July 4th, Manager Single ton announces. Cargo Of Salt Coming To Porf R. Hugh Hill, Beaufort repre sentative of the Southern Salt Company of Norfolk announced today that a cargo of salt frost Turk's Island, in the West Indies, would arrive at Morehead City Port Terminal on or about July 6. It will be the fifth import cargo received at the ocean port in More- head City since the project was completed in 193S. Four of these cargoes have been salt, two fronts North Africa and two from Turk's Island. Readers will recall that the first vessel to arrive at the new ocean port brought a cargo of salt. That vessel was the Samnanger. It was not revealed under what flag the vessel due next week would be sailing. In Morehead City approximately 1,500 tons of the total cargo will be discharged and later ground and packed un der the supervision e-i -Mr. Hill. The remainder of the ship's cargo will be taken to Southern Salt Company's terminals in Norfolk for discharging. Cotton Parity To 356 County Farmers Three hundred and fifty-six farmers of Carteret are to receive approximately $5,300 as cotton parity payment in the next few weeks. These cotton adjustment applications are being prepared in the County Agent's office as fast as farm compliance is completed, and notices are being sent to the producers so that they may come in and sign these applications at once. We are expecting to re ceive all cotton parity payments during the summer months since compliance will be completed a round July 1st. If the cotton producers are in terested in receiving their cottort parity check at an early date, I would suggest they give their co operation in signing their applica tions as soon as they receive their notice. Approximately twenty five applications have been signed to date. TIDE TABLE Vnformation 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 28 1:50 A. M. 8:18 A. II. 2:26 P. M. 9:04 P. M. Saturday, June 29 2:46 A. M. 9:07 A. M. 3:22 P. M. 9:M P. M. Sunday, June 30 3:45 A. M. 9:56 A. M. 4:18 P. M. 10:50 P. M. Monday, July 1 4:41 A. M. 10:45 A. M. 5:07 P. M. Tuesday, July 2 932 A. M. 11:41A.M. 5:54 P.M. 11:35 P.M. Wednesday, July 3 6:19 A.M. ' 12:30 A.M. 6:38 P. M. 12:24 P. M. Thursday, July 4 7:05 A. M. 1:16 A. M. 7:23 P.M. 1:11P.M.