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5, 1940 l in '33, om view ' of the charred i chance guards icomieo, nnekeet he same leekins, now at radio pt. Jul and the includ k who metime nt with md at Hy Ben asnight 3t thj the C. e swell North ed the ke to ke the rtablo than iO will in less more And 3anks, I SUPPORT BEAUFORT'S LIBRARY PROJECT . ; O'-' VOLUME XXVII; NO. 37. Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912 BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1940. STOP SPEEDING IN BEAUFORT PUBLISHED WEEKLY Over 4,500 Children In Carteret County Returned To School Today Morehead City's New Postoffice Building Will Be Ready Oct. 6 The Manson Sisters Given Publicity 4 Of I t.i I The Minion titters, Mitt Etta and Mitt Emma who have operated the old Manson House for mary years were given tome excellent publicity in a (eature ttory by Fay Edwards which appeared in the Sunday newspaper! throughout the State last week. In addition to many interesting historical factt about Beaufort, and the Manion Houte, the feature writer also wrote of the commercial fishing industry on the Carteret Coast. In the picture the Manson sisters are shown sitting on the front porch of the Manson House. High Officials To Participate In Dedication BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE 93 PERCENT COMPLETE MARRIAGE LICENSE White Jesse Amos Holland, Morehead City, to Doris Monroe, Morehead City, N. C. Guy L. Gaskill, Gloucester, N. C, to Reba K. Merrell, Beaufort N. C. Covering The Waterfront By AYCOCK BROWN IF DICK Dickinson could drive his father's big Buick over the neiv road to Salter Path, I saw no reas on why I could not drive my Ford (mine except the share Morrii Plan has in it) over the same route. A trip to Salter Path though, is something one plans for weeks before actually trying it, or such was my case. Anyway, armed with my camera and other parephenalia for making pictures I started out last Friday afternoon for one of North Carolina's most- picturesque fishing communities- and incidentally, one of the near est places of isolation to any paved road in the State. Originally 1 had planned to take along a model to use in the photographs that I miglt make, but before I had gone two miles westward on the WPA built route, I was mighty glad that Morehead City's beautiful new post office and federal building opposite the Fort Macon Hotel on Arendel Street will be completed and turned over to the govern ment by the contractors on October 6, according to pres ent plans. This information was obtained Wednesdav night from E. F. Kallette, su perintendent on the job for Li. Davis Company, con tractors. Although no definite announce ments relative to the dedication exercises have been made, it is un derstood that high governmental officials will participate. Con gressman Graham A. Barden who secured the new structure for Morehead City, and a high postal official, possibly Smith A. Purdum, Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen eral will be present for the occa sion. It has been hinted that prob ably Senator Robert H. Reynolds or Senator Josiah W. Bailey or possibly both would be invited to take part in the exercises mark ing the dedication of the building. Actual occupancy of ' the post office quarters in the building will come very soon after the contrac tors turn the building over as fin (Continued on Page 8) These Bathing Beauties Made A PLAY-THING OF A WAR-THING " w f Z. T.wr& r A i i - " ' y i& 'xj4 Huge Grapes THIS OlD mine, possibly a relic of World War No. 1, washed ash re on Ucracoke Island several years ago and after having its contents removed by the commercial fishermen vho found it, served as a mooring buoy over a submerged shipwreck as a guide for anglers for awhile Later it wi s taken back to the island and the above pho to showing Hattie Styron, Beaufort; Lucy Styron Ocra coke; Helen Robinson, Boston and Mrs. Louise South waite of Washington, alongside the mine with historic lighthouse in the background was made for Aycock Brown by F. R. Steadman, ace photographer who owns a summer home on Ocracoke. A similar mine washed a shore on (-ore Banks recently. The Core Banks Coast Guard too it in charge and last week they shot it full of holes with service rifles to determine if it was alive. The mine was dead and did not explode. (Steadman News Phof o.) REA PROJECT HAS CHARTER (Continued on rage 8) Muscadines, scuppernongs, wild grapes and other varieties are ripening in Carteret County at the present time but so far no mem ber of The Beaufort News staff has seen any finer grapes than those brought to town early this week from the farm of Mrs. Mat' tie King on Merrimonnoad. I he grapes were being offered for sale at C. D. Hill Grocery Store (Beau tort s oldest established grocery firm) and while Mr. Hill did not know what variety they were, the newspaperman who saw them and purchased a couple of quarts, (of the grapes) assumed they were James Grapes, giant purple-black members of this vine family. Earlier in the week Mr. Hill was displaying an unusual shaped egj plant purchased from a Carteret farmer. It looked like a comic face. New Roadway From Hoffman Estate To Nearby Ocean Surf Congressman Barden Wires Favorably Of Project The sum f $25 wa3 for warded the Secretary of State in Raleigh this week by REA Attorney Alvah H. Hamilton and a charter has been granted the Carteret- Craven REA Cooperative it. was stated today. This will be good news to many per sons in Carteret and nearby Craven communities who have paid their mejrjbership dues and waited hopefully for the proposed project to be approved by Washington. For some reasons, never made clear to coastal persons vitally in-1 terested in the proposition, the ' preliminary plans upon arrival m Washington were slowed up con siderably, for this project. ThU matter, however, is being ironeri out by Congressman Graham A. Barden, who wired County Age;i'; J. Y. Lassiter a few days ago that the picture was beginning to look more favorable. Advice is expected daily from Washington that the long sought for REA project which will literal ly light up every dark community along the central coast in Carteret has been approved. Carteret cit izens were advised by their Con gressman that he would keep i:i I (Continued from page eight) I SIXTEEN WPA WORKERS HURT Truck Crashes Near Otway Wednesday Morning Sixteen WPA ' workers were injured when the State Highway truck on which they were riding from down east communities to a road project on Merrimon road. crashed into a ditch near Ot way Wednesday morning. Of the total number injured, 14 were given treatment for minor in juries by Dr. L. W. Moore, one, Frank Gaskill of Davis is in Po ters Emergency Hospital for ob servation and treatment and Liti wood Styron, also of Davis, is re ceiving treatment in Morehead City hospital. NEW $25,000.00 GULF STATION FOR BEAUFORT Marine And Auto Service To Be Featured One of the finest oil sta tions in Eastern North Caro lina is being constructed by the Gulf Oil Company in Beaufort on the site of the old Gulf station at the cor ner of Turner and Front Streets. Hugh Piner who has operated the Gulf Sta tion here successfully for the past 11 years will be man ager of the new super-station which .will represent an ex penditure of approximately $25,000 when comrileted on or about November 1. Unique in the efficiency of Gulf construction that despite the fact the old station has been razed, bus iness at tne oil pumps and marine dock goes on as usual. No Gulf customer has had to seek gasoline elsewhere since construction work began. The new Gulf Station will have a frontage of 110 feet on Front Street. The Marine station will be completely rebuilt and all tanks for storage will be under ground. That has been the principal work to date, the installation of new storage tanks underground. Tilt new Gulf marine dock will feature white and colored reception room3, toilet facilities for both races and also shower baths. It is the first er been made at a marine dock m Carteret county. Approved Gulf time that such provisions have ev- est rooms wil be provided for the motoring public in the new part of the building which wil face Front street also. Extensive Preparations Have uccii ividue i or .new .irnnni oar Little School Girl Seriously Injured In Beaufort Today Vera Lou Loftin, 7-year.old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie I. Loftin was seriously injured this morning when struck by an auto mobile driven by Mrs. Mamie Mer rill who lives near Beaufort. The accident occurred on the street in front of the schoolhouse. Treated j by Dr. L. W. Moore, he reported that the child suffered a major fracture of the right leg and also minor head bruises. Vera Lou would have entered the second grade today had the ac cident not occurred. It will be necessary for her to be treated by a bone specialist and her parents were planning to take her to Wil mington for that purpose after re ceiving treatment here. . . Patrol man John Laws of the Highway Patrol investigated the accident and stated that it was unavoidable and that no charges would be made against the driver. Mullet Shift Others aboard the truck wh were hurt and treated for minor in juries included: Frank Gaskill Kirby Salter, Elmond Davis, Clyd Styron, Van W lllis and Courtlan Styron of Davis; Rudolph Pake Smyrna; Waddell Lewis, Elvin Sal ter, Alton Lewis, Jim Tosto an Thomas B. Salter, Sea Level; and Herbert F. Piner and Jim Wade of Williston. Linwood Styron in Morehead City hospital suffered chest inju ries and he is the most seriously hurt of the entire group. Tlw names of those escaping unhurt could not be learned as we go to press today. Cause of the aeci- lent was said to have resulted from steering wheel trouble. ALMANAC BIRTHDAYS Of Famous People September 13 Gen. J. J. Pershing, 1860. 14 Chas. Dana Gibson, artist, 1867. 15 W. H. Taft, Pres. 1857. 16 Hamlin Garland, author, 1860 .17 Marie Codorcet, philosopher, 1743. 78 John T. Trowbridge, author, i 1827. 10 Samuel Johnson, Eng. Hist., 1709. t H ISTORICAL EVENTS September 13 Scott enters Mexico City, 1817 14 Star Spangled Banner written 1814. 17 New U. S. constitution sibned ' 1787. 18 First Battla of Saratoga 1777. 1 Pres. Garfield died 1887. A new driveway has been con strutted from the Hoffman Estate on Bogue. Banks to the ocean surf. The entrance adjacent to the State sponsored road leading from Atlan tic Beach to Salter Path is marked with two recently erected concrete posts and it is assumed that a gate will be placed there. No comment could be obtained from any resi dent of Salter Path about the driveway, but it was hinted that it would be for the exclusive use of the owner of the property and her guests. A ramp has been con structed on the ocean side to pro. vide a safe passage for automo biles or other conveyances in get ting from the beach into the for est covered dunes. Four Dare Boys Win Promotions Of much interest is the news go ing the rounds that of five young Coast Guardsmen promoted this week to Boatswains, or Warrant Officers in the Norfolk district, four of them are Dare County men. The fifth is Dan Willis of Carteret County. The Dare County men are Nor man Etheridge of Manteo, Dam mon E. Meekins.of Avon, Julina (Continued on Pago 8) Active Program Underway In NYA Circles Of Carteret New Educational Programs Are Started In order to reach more youths in the community, free lessons in cabinet mak ine. drawing, clay modeling, cooking and sewing will be given non-iNxA students oi any age each Saturday from 9 o'clock until noon at the NYA-Center, it was an nounced this week by Mrs, Rosa Merrill, supervisor. The lessons are open imme diately and any person wish ing to enroll should see Mrs. Menu immediately. Daily Training Hour Workers on all NYA projects must have one hour of related training each day in addition to regular work hours, it was an nounced. WPA Educational teacher James W. Stewart, will nstruct classes in bookkeeping on Tuesday and Thursday each week from 3 o'clock until 5. Tbesei .lasses will be held at the NYA of fice in the Courthouse Annex and will be open to clerical workers. At the NYA Center Mrs. Roy Eubanks, foreman of Home Prac tice Center and James W. Gibb. foreman of the Woodworking Shop, are instructing all youths under their supervision one hour each day in subjects directly re lated to the work they are doing. Mr. Gibb came here recently from Wilson. A native of Scot land, he came here highly recom mended as a cabinet maker, hav ing completed 7 years training in his native land with many years of experience in this country. Ap proximately 25 boys will be un der his supervision, who will re ceive 80 hours each month of ac tual work experience in cabinet making. Free lessons in cabinet making free hand drawing and clay mod eling also comes under the super vision of Mrs. Roy Eubanks and Mr. Gibb. Reproduce Snakes . Reproductions pre being mads (Continued oa Page 8) Starting activities 15 days ear- ier this year than in past seasons, crews or fishermen on tha beach of Bogue Banks, Shackleford and Core Banks were expecting plenty of fish following the "mullet shift" Wednesday afternoon. U sually the commercial fishermen who haul their nets in the surf each autumn do not begin fishing until September 15. Already some good catches of bluefish have been made by the haulers but compara tively few mullets have been tak. u. Oliver munet is what lines the pockets of fishermen with sil ver during the autumn, sfnd the f'sh usually show up after a hard southwester has shifted to th north. Such was the case on Wed- esday and if catches are good, some two or three hundred fisher men on Bogue Banks alone will hare in the money obtained from the mullet harvest. Special Offer To College Students The Beaufort News again makes it's special offer to students go ing away to college. For one dol lar The Beaufort News will be sent to any student or school of fi cial for a period of nine montns Since the offer was first an. nounced last week, we have taken the subscription of many students of special offer. A total of 85 NEW, (not RENEWAL) subscrip tions have been added to our paid subscription list during the pat week. Thirty One Schools And 145 Teachers In County With clear skies and cool weather, some 4,500 chil dren scattered throughout the 90-mile expanse of Car teret County made their way briskly this morninsr. and most of them happily, to the 31 schools and 145 teachers who were in readiness to re ceive them after four months o freedom. Few indeed re turned reluctantly the day was a happy and memorable event certainly for some 500 starry-eyed, excited young sters who left home and School Briefs Progress Made On Bridge To Island About one-third of the piles a'1 ic-fourth of the decking has been ected on the new Harkers la- and bridge it was stated this week. t is believed that the bridge wiil e open to traffic on or about Jan uary l. J he bridge wi! nroviil.? nick passage to the mainland for slanders, and a safe and fast rout? the island for persons on the mainland who wish to visit the community. It was stated authoratively h Morehead - City this week that Highway Commissioner Erne.!': Webb of Kinston has promised o construct a span from Lenoxville to Harkers Island to connect up with the bridge now under con struction, just as soon as funds are available. The authorative source stated that this additional spsr, may not be as far away as some cf the pessimists might think. Tomorrow Will Be Friday The 13th Those who are superstitious will be mighty careful about what they do tomorrow. Tomorrow. Fridav 13th, is supposed to be the most unlucky of all days. Many people will not start a journey on Friday, because they think the trip wiil come to a bad end. To start any where on Friday 13th would be plain suicide, according to the su perstitious. It is an old adage handed down through the ages and perhaps means nothing. In the old days sailing ship mas ters would never start a vovave on a Friday. Today from many ports Friday is considered a lucky day to sail. If you happened to be in the vicinity of a big port on tomorrow or any Friday, you would see many vessels starting on their cruises because Friday has come to mean "sailing day" for vessels of many ports. While Beaufort Consolidated? School, largest in Carteret County, opened today with an approximate enrollment of 823 pupils, the smallest school in the State, locat ed at Portsmouth on the northern tip of Core Banks, opened with on. ly five pupils. Thomas G. Leary, is principal of the largest school in the county, and, Mrs. Abnei Dixon is teacher at the smallest. H. L. Joslyn, principal of More head City School reported an en rollment of between 675 and 700 pupils. The Commercial Class of that school boosts enrollment. "Americanism will be stressed in our school this year," Principal Joslyn told The Beaufort Newt. Mrs. Eunice Taylor of Sea Level, is substituting for Mrs. Challie F. Jones of Bogue as teacher in Sal ter Path school for the first month. Salter Path school has approxi mately 40 students enrolled. mother for this, their first adventure. And who among us but says fervently in hi3 heart, "God bless them, ev- , ery one!" At the principals' meeting held (Continued on Page 3) Fishing And All Outdoors By AYCOCK BROWN Transportation Bill Approved By Senate Washington, Sept. 9. A bill to bring inland and coastal water car riers under federal regulation sim ilar to that now covering motor and rail transportation won final senate approval today by a vote of 59 to 15, ending a legislative controversy of nearly two years duration. President Roosevelt's approval of the measure was regarded in (Continued on page 8) Abernethy Hearing . Is Again Postponed Goldsboro, Sept. 10. Postpone ment until October 22 was or- aered today in the trial of C. L A 1 XI T. I , ... Auernriny, jr., cnargea witn re ceiving stolen property, conspiri cy to obstruct and with obstruc tion of election officials in the performance of their duties in the Democratic primary. Abernethy was a candidate fo. Congress from the third district. A defense witness recently was hurt in an automobile accident an.! v;ould be unable to appear in Su perior court September 17, dat" designated in a previous postpone ment, attorneys told the court. MOREHEAD CITY forged a head of Wrightsville Beach in the 1940 sailfish classic last week when J. H. Roscoe and A. L. Graves of Burlington, R. F. D., fishing with Capt. Ollie Smith aboard his cruiser "Cera" landed two small sails off Cape Lookout. The fish were very small, but sail fish nevertheless, and the score be tween the two sportsfishing porta at present is Wrightsville 2 ; More head City 4. There were several fellow anglers from rural Ala mance in the party and they all caught fish, mostly bonita, blues. and Spanish mackerel. (Continued " on Page 8) Time Changes Made For Opening Local Picture Theatres Moving picture theatres in 3eaufort will begin matinees at 3:30 o'clock (instead of 3 o'clock) and the Sunday night shows will begin at 8:30 o'clock, httlf hour earlier effective next Sunday and throughout winter. Both the Beaufort and the Sea Breeze thea tres are affected by the new open ing schedules. Manager Lang of The Beaufort and Manager Paul of the Sea Breeze stated that the matinee on Saturday and Sunday would not be affected. JACKPOT WEDNESDAY Manager Lang stated that start ing next week Jackpot Nights would be on Wednesday nights in stead of Tuesday as has been the custom for the past several months. TIDE TABLE Information as V' 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 locality, thtvt is wheth er near the inlet or. at the head of the estuaries HIGH LOW Friday, Sept. 13 5:50 AM. 11:47 AM. 6:15 PM. 12:02 PM. Saturday, Sept. 14 6:33 AM. 6:55 PM. Sunday, Sept. 7:12 AM. 7:G3 PM. Monday, Sept. 7:4 J AM. 8:08 PM. Tuesday, Sept. 8:25 AM. 8:42 PM. Wednesday, Sept. 18 9:01 AM. 2:51 AM. 9:01 AM. 2:51 AM. 9:17 PM. 3:19 PM. Thursday, Sept. 19 9:36 AM. 3:23 AM. 9:15 PM. 3:53 PM. 12:31 AM. 12:50 PM. 15 1:10 AM. 1:31 PM. 16 1:46 AM. 2:09 PM. 17 2:19 AM. 2:44 PM.
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