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VOLUME XXVIII; NO. 29.
Blueberry Culture Introduced in Coastal Carteret County
FIRST COMMERCIAL HARVEST EXPECTED NEXT YEAR.
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duced commercially in Carteret County. Two of the photos were brought back from
New Jersey bv Earl Taylor
Budd recently. It was Mr. Budd, shown at left in group
blueberries to Carteret loil. In the picture with him is his foreman,
farm and a grower himself and Earl
at top Taylor is shown inspecting
Route 101 near Beaufort. The picture by Aycock Brown was made
The lower picture shows one of five packing houses on the Pemberton, N. J., farm. When operating full
force several hundred persons are given employment picking and packing the berries. On the Budd
f.nn in New Jersev 80 acres are in
berries in Carteret is expected during the summer of 1940, Taylor said
Beaufort Babe Has
Five Grandmothers
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Thomas of
Reaufnrt announced the birth of
son on Saturday. July 13. That
in itself is not considered front
page news, but the fact that this
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,CW D1SJ live . -
iothert is news. The grandmoth
ers are: Mrs. Dock Thomas, Beau
fort and Mrs. S. H. Davis, Mar
jhallberg; great grandmothers are
lirs. Mattie Kine. Beaufort, R. F.
., and Mrs. Murray (Laura)
' gliomas of Beaufort and Mrs. Pol.
fty M. Lewis of Marshaiiberg. Mrs.
Thomas before her marriage was
Miss Gladys Davis.
More children were killed by au-
tomobiles last year than were kill-
d by scarlet fever, diphtheria
neasies ana wnoojmijf cuusu cum
ined. ALMANAC
BIRTHDAY.
Of Famous People
JULY
19. Dr. C. H. Mayo, 1865.
20. Santos Dumont, aviator 1873
21. Chauncey Olcott, singer 1860
22. F. H. Cushing, ethnologist,
1857.
23. Cardinal Gibbons, 1834.
24. Alex. Dumas, Sr., novelist,
. 1803
25. David Belasco, producer 185H
HISTORICAL
EVENTS
JULY
18. West Point fortified 1779.
20. Confederate Congress meeU
1861.
21. Battle of Bull Run, 1861.
22 Pilgrims leave- for America
1620.
23. U. S. Grant died 1885.
24. National Convention Pipulist
Party, 1896.
25. Grant made General, 1886.
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the above photo was made in
the pictures about blueberry
who visited the farm and cranberry bogs of Theodore H
Taylor local manager for the Budd interests. In the other pictare
one of the bushes on 36 acres devoted
blueberries and 700 acres in cranberries. First commercial harvest of
BEAUFORT FIRMS ARE URGED
TO PARTICIPATE WITH FLOATS
IN MOREHEAD CITY FESTIVAL
Covering The
Waterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
THE WAR! It is responsible for
many things that we have felt
right here at home, despite the fact
the big racket has been some 3,000
miles to the Eastward. Summer
of 1939 saw excellent business on
the Carteret Coast. Full realiza
tion of what the brewing War
scheduled to start on September
15, (less than a year ago) was not
known. Trouble in Europe would
result in more vacationists coming
to the coast of Carteret in 1940
wns the general belief. The gen
eral belief however was in error.
THE WAR STARTED! First to
feel its effect was the tobaccon
ists and tobacco growers in Eastern
North Carolina. About three
fourths of the patronage for Car
teret Coast beaches in past years
have come from the tobacco grow
ing sections of East North Caro
lina. Lowprices, curtailment if
buying by foreign representatives
and perhaps the lack of crop con
trol made it an unfruitful year for
the people from whom our section
(Continued on Page 8)
Local Man's Car Is
Robbed In Virginia
While Dr. H. F. Prytherch's
car was parked on one of the prin
cipal streets of Norfolk early this
week a thief forced open a side
window and stole a Graflex camera
valued at approximately $150 and
a pair of pants. Dr. Trytherch who
was in Virginia supervising oyster
work on the Rappahanock reported
the theft to the Detective Bureau
of the Police Department but so
far the camera has not been recovered.
Carteret County's
Carteret County, a general
culture which has been intro
picture at top who introduced
Herbert Beeba of the Pembertoa
to the culture of blueberries on
when the berries ripened recently.
today.
Colorful Event To Be
Presented In
August
Bitrcrest event along the
Central Coast of North Caro
lina this summer will be the
Coastal Festival in Morehead
Citv. scheduled for mid-Au
gust. Rudolph Dowdy, pren-
eral chairman ot the event
this vear in a letter to the Ed
itor of The Beaufort News
this week invited citizens
and business firms of Beau
fort to not only attend but
pai'ticipate in the event.
What Chairman Dowdy had in
mind was that he and his associ
ate in Beaufort's neighboring
city would like for as many firms
as possible to enter floats in the
parades, which will include a street
parade, and a water parade.
Most colorful of the night events
will be the water parade which has
already earned for Morehead City
and the Carteret Coast wide pub
licity.
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce is sponsoring the Coastal
Festival again this year. The sen
ior Chamber of Commerce is also
giving a helping hand financially.
Due to the economic conditions
Beaufort did not present c Oladio
( Continued on page 8)
Nazi Flags
RALEIGH, July 17 Home
made Nazi flags continue to make
their appearance in the state. The
State bureau of investigation sent
an agent to Fuquay Springs today
to take down a rough Nazi banner
found hanging on the flag pole at
the American Legion hut there.
Ed. Note: They probably got
their idea from the Nazi flag rais
ers here who selected the Legion
hut on which to raise their swas
tika several weeks ago.
Oldest NewspaperEstablished 191
BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1940
Carteret Farmers To
Vote In Referendum
To Be Held Saturday
FLASH!
Just a we go to pre today,
Bookie Mace called The Beaufort
Newt from aboard the crultar Tar
heel about five miles off Bimini
and reported that he and Dick
Dickinson, owner of cruiser, had
each landed blue martin last night
weighing 370 and 380 pounds. The
message came through clearly by
way of ship-shore radio telephone.
Bimini a British possession is 200
miles east of Florida, and is the
future home of former King Ed
ward and wife.
CAMPAIGN FOR
PROSPERITY IN
SOUTH STARTED
Carteret Chairman
Is Appointed By
L. R. Meadows
A camDaiffn "For Balano!
ed Prosperity In The South,
1940-50 has been started
in several Southern States
including North Carolina
and Dr. L. R. Meadows of
Eastern Carolina Teachers
College is Regional Chair
man of the area which will
include Carteret County.
Here on Monday he called on
Editor Aycock Brown of The
Beaufort News and urged
him to accept the chairmanship for
.Carteret. Brown accepted on cer?
tain conditions, namely that a vice
chairman would be named at some
early date to work with him. in
the event he would be unable tr
carry on the proposed work.
Dr. Frank P. Graham of the
University of North Carolina has
been named state chairman of the
campaign and a meeting of all
county and regional chairmen will
be held in Governor's Hoey's office
in Raleigh in September.
The thought behnd the move
ment is to improve the present
"money crisis" in the South whicn
if neglected and ignored may bring
disaster. The thought in view is
through a vigorous educational
campaign to bring about better
methods and incidentally improved
economic conditions.
The 10 objectives or roads to
balanced prosperity include: 1.
Balance money crops (including
forestry) with food, feed and fer
tility crops; 2. Balanced crops
with livestock, consistent with
(Continued on Page 3)
American Legion
Post Is Planned
In Morehead City
The Beaufort News learned au
thoratively in Morehead City this
week that World War Veterans of
that city and members of Carteret
Post 99 American Legion were
making application for a charter
with the thought in view of estab
lishing a new outfit in the county.
It was also learned authoratively
that the reason for this was due to
the upset in Carteret Post 99 re
cently as a result of the investi
gation into the raising of a Nazi
symbol on the flagmast of the lo
cal Legion hut.
Work Has Begun
On New Library
Work has started on renovating
the old railroad station building
here which is to be converted into
a library and recreation center.
The work is being carried on
through a WPA project which is
sponsored by The Town of Beau
fort. R. H. Hill, Jr., Enters
Officers Training School
Robert H. Hill, Jr., left Satur
day for New York N. ,Y., to en
ter Officers Training School. On
Tuesday he will board the battle
ship Wyoming for a 30 days cruise
down to Panama,
U. S. Promises To
Protect Price
For 3 Years
Advertisements Urge
Three Year Control
Carteret farmers will have
an opportunity on Saturday,
July 20, to go to the polls and
vote in the 1941 Flue Cured
Tobacco Referendum. The
question at stake is to decide
whether they want market
ing quotas for three years,
one year or not at all.
The polling places which will
open from 9 A. M. until 5 P. M.,
are located at the following pla
ces: White Oak Township: Pelle
tier's Store, Buck's Corner and
Bogue Community House.
Newport: Garner's Store.
Morehead Township: Lee Mur
doch's Store.
Beaufort Township: Beaufort
Courthouse Annex, which will also
serve as the polling place for
Straits, Smyrna, and Merrimon.
Harlowe Township: L, N. Con
ner's Store.
Farmers will be required to vote
only in the townships in which
they reside. There will be three
questions on trhe ballot and only
one is to be answered.
From the State Extension Office
came the following story this
week :
Flue-cured tobacco growers will
go to the polls Saturday and decide
whether they want three-year mar
keting quotas, one-year quotas, or
no quotas at all. They also will
be deciding to a large extent the
price they will receive for their
1940 crop of Tobacco, it is point
ed out by E. Y. Floyd, AAA ex
ecutive officer of N. C. State Col
lege. If quotas are approved for
three-year period, 1941 through
1943, the Federal Government has
promised to protect prices of the
1940 crop "at or slightly abova
(Continued on Page 8)
Saturday Evening
Post To Use Story
About Outer Banks
Official of The Saturday Even'
ing Post have advised Editor Ay
cock Brown of The Beaufort News
that a story he prepared on the is
lands of Ocracoke and Hatteras
and other sections of the Outer
Banks will be published in August
3 edition of the magazine. The
story will be illustrated with two
or three pages of pictures in color
made by the Pinto Brothers. The
pictures were made in May, the
story written in June and notifica
tion of its publcation date was
made later that month. The Satur
day Evening Post has three million
circulation.
District Rotary
Meet Next Week
The annual assembly of the 189
District Rotary International's
club presidents and ojfficials will
he held on Atlantic Beach at the
hotel next week. New Bern Ro.
tary Club wil be the host and Beau
fort's Rotarians will have charge
of the registration of the dele
gates. A feature of the assembly
will be the dinner on Thursday :
night at which Rotary Anns will be ;
honored guests. I
Due to the meeting on on the
beach, the regular meeting of the
Beaufort club was postponed from
Tuesday until Thursday night At
the meeting here on Tuesday
night Louis Mahrt, and James Herr
man were guests of Rotarian Bill
Stewart.
Former Resident
Making Progress
News was received here this
week that Hub Rice, as he is known
to his friends in Beaufort, has
been put in charge of all dredging
operations in the Norfolk district,
U. S. Engineering Dept. Hub began
work with the Engineering Depart
ment about fifteen years ago at
the bottom and has woi'ked his
way tip to his present position. He
is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Will Rice of Beaufort, and is the
nephew of Mrs. Maude Garner and
Mrs. Rose Ramsey of this town.
Senator Bailey And
Governor Broughton
Inspect Waterways
SENATOR JOS1AH BAILEY
GOV. NOMINATE BROUGHTON
AS THE GUESTS of Colo
nel George W. Gillette, U. S.
Army Dist. Engineer, Senator
Josiah W. Bailey and Gov
ernor Nominate J. Melville
Broughton are inspecting in
land waterways from Wil
mington to Manteo this week
from aboard the survey ves
sel "Kitty Hawk." Also in
the party is Alex Webb of
Raleigh.
The party stopped over in
Beaufort on Tuesday and
again on Wednesday. Ear
ly Wednesday they took a
side trip out to the Gulf
Stream off Cape Lookout
and returned with 45 dolph
in. On the fishing trip Joe,
son of the Senator and Mell
ville, son of the Governor
Nominate, were along and
also Capt. Charley Piner of
the Morehead City Port Ter
minal. Wednesday night the Kit
ty Hawk lay off Atlantic and
she was scheduled to make
Ocracoke and nossibly Hat
teras today. In Beaufort
news-Dictures of the distin
guished party were made by
Aycock Brown, editor of The
Beaufort News who was
guest aboard the Kitty Hawk
while she lay here.
Staff Writer For
Nat'l Geographic
Visitor On Coast
Leonard Roy, staff writer of the
international famous National Geo
graphic Magazine, official publi
cation of the Society which bears
that name was a visitor on the
Carteret Coast last week-end. He
came here from Wilson and was
accompanied by Lester Rose, the
tobacco town's outstanding cham
ber of commerce secretary. Mr.
j R0y was also here gathering data
for a story on North Carolina
vvhich he will soon write for the
magazine he represents.
On the week-end he looked in
on the nightlife of Carteret at At
lantic Beach and the new and
swanky Dunes Club. Sunday af
ternoon he saw a smaller than usu
al crowd of beach goers in the
surf. That was due to the weath-
ar which was not favorable for
beach visitors on the Sabbath.
With Rose he drove through Beau
fort but did not stop. Later he
will return and see the U. S. Fish
eries Laboratory on Piver's Is
land, the only diamond back terra
pin propagation farm m America
and likewise the fish farm. If he
wishes he will have the pleasure of
meeting National Geographic's
oldest subscriber in the South
I. E. Ramsey who has been a sub
scriber for 47 years.
PONY PENNING
There will be a pony penning at
Cape Lookout on July 23 and 24,
it was announced today.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
COLOR MOVIES
TO ADVERTISE
N.C. MADE HERE
Made Possible By
Gift Of Dick
Reynolds
DERMID MacLEAN
Photographer
IS
Dermid MacLean spent
the week-end on the Carter
et coast shooting colored
moving pictures which will
have tourist appeal for the
Department of Conservation
and Development. The pro
ject is one started in April
as the result 01 a gift by
Dick Reynolds of Winston-
Salem who will present the
State with, the pictures. The
total cost will run into sever
al thousand dolars.
Arriving on Friday of last week
the first sequences made by Mac
Lean, who is an expert in color
photography, included summer
school scenes at Beaufort The
set up for these pictures was Fiv
er's Island. First sequence show
ed an art group, and the models
were Miss Eleanor Bell of Moores
ville and Miss Elizabeth Merwin,
sketching beneath the yucca plants
The second sequence portrayed
the summer school of biology of
Woman's College. Principal mod
els for this sequence were Miss
Eileen Taylor of Long Island, N.
Y and Mis3 Helen O'Bryan. Lat
er in a general group shot the NYA
workers on Pivers Island were in
cluded. On Saturday and Sunday Mac
Lean went to Cape Lookout, fo
make fishing pictures but weather
conditions were unfavorable and
so was the fishing. No pictures
were made. On Monday morning
with Miss Betsy Stallings and
Miss Norma Larkee of Morehead
City and Ed Barbour of Tampa,
Florida as models, several scenes-
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Fishing: And
All Outdoors
By AYCOCK BROWN
FORTY-FIVE yearling dolphin
were taken by North Carolina's
senior senator, next governor and
U. S. Army District engineer on a
side trip out to the Gulf Stream
off Cape Lookout Wednesday
morning. It was a nice catch and
the fish were not wasted. Those
which had not been packed away
by the hungry anglers at lunch
time were packed away on ice for
later consumption. Guiding the
party was Morehead City's port
terminal pilot Capt. Charley Piner.
Alex Webb of Raleigh was also in
the rarty as were Joe Bailey, Jr.,
well known junior sailboatman and
Governor Broughton's son Mell
ville. COLONEL GILLETTE was tak
ing the Senator and next Govern
or and Mr. Webb on a tour of in
spection of inland waters. The
youngsters joined them in More
continued from page eight)
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The figures are ap
proximately correct and are
based ou 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, thwfc is wheth
er near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
Friday, July 19
7:57 A. M. 2:01 A. M.
8:21 P. M. 2:06 P. M.
Saturday, July 20
8:41 A. M. 2:41 A. M.
9:03 VM. 2:49 P.M.
Sunday, July 21
9:23 A. M. 3:18 A. M.
9:43 P. M. 3:31 P. M.
Monday, July 22
10:02 A. M. 3:55 A. M.
10:22 P. M. 4:12 P. M
Tuesday, July 23
10:42 A. M. 4:32 A. M.
10:58 P. M. 4:52 P. M.
Wedneidsy, July 24
5:11 A. M.
11:21 P. M. 5:38 P. M.
Thursday, July 25
11:37 A.M. 5:52 A.M.
12:01 P. M. 6:27 P. M.