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1 anning Million Dollar Deal For M orehead City Port SUPPORT BEAUFORT'S LIBRARY PROJECT dm IT Tltf limifi AUFO (Story Begins on Page One) rt News VOLUME XXVIH;NO. 33. Carteret County's Oldest Newspaper-Established 1912 5." s i ur SPEEDING IN Beaufort District Governor Of Rotary Here W. Carter Darrow W. Carter Darrow, who is engaged in the Telephone business and is a member of the Rotary Club of Tarboro, N. C., attended the meeting of the Rotary club of Beau fort ?n, Tuesday night in his official capacity of Governor of this Rotary district. He met with President Dr. War den L. Woodard and Secretary W. Stanley Potter and the other offi. cers and members of the Rotary Club of Beaufort and consulted with them and advised on matters relating: to club adminintration and Rotary service activities. W. Carter Darrow was elected to the office of district goveror at the 1940 Rotary convention which was held in Havana, Cuba, during June, and will continue to serve until the 1941 convention in Den ver. jr( The 5,000 Rotary clubs of more than 60 countries of the world are grouped into 149 districts. The 189th distrkt,,of which the Rotary viud or neaurort Is a part consists or 49 clubs located in cities and towns of North Carolina, and has a membership of approximately 1, 700 Rotarians. BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1940. Planning NYA- Marine enter For Beaufort The Beaufort News Gains Circulation Throughout Nation With possibly one or two ex ceptions The Beaufort Newt hat all probabilitiet more circula lion mrougnout tne nation than any weekly published in North Carolina. Only exception! perhaps would be Bill Sharpe' THURS pAY in Winston Salem and Louis Graves' Chapel Hill Weekly. Sel dom a day passes that new sub' scriptions from other States reach the local newspaper. Since the publication of Cape Stormy, a tory about the outer coast by Editor Aycock Brown which ap peared in The Saturday Evening Post recently out of state sub scriptions have tripled. In addition to subscriptions from as far west as Denver, Colo rado, Jackson, Mississippi, and from other states as far south as Florida and a far north as Maine, the new and renewal subscriptions in Carteret during the past week up until Wednesday night were 46. Last week new subscribers numbered 72 in Carteret alone, majority living in Morehead City and Newport territory Wm. L. Hatsell, Publisher. Nautical Knowledge Would Be Taught At Center MAY PROVIDE FOR OVER 200. YOUTHS Covering The Waterfront By AYCOCK BROWN At" lr.K 3U ihAKS in the ser vice of the United States Coast Guard, Capt. Frank Tuten of Morehead City h"s retired. Until September 1, he was in command of the 75-foot C. G. Patrol Boat 228, stationed at Advance Base "A" in the Carteret Coast ocean port. There wers no farewell par ties for Capt. Tuten, as a matter of fact the craft which he had commanded, one of two attached to Base "A" wus on temporary du ty in Norfolk when his 30-year job was finished and he returned home with the satisfaction of knowing that for the remainder of his life he would be entitled to a pensioi. which will provide for himself am! family who live at 1308 Shoppard Street. NO ONE EXCEPTING a few friends in the Service, recall how near Capt. Tuten's services to his (Continued on Page 8) OUTBOARD CASE IS BOUND OVER TO HIGH COURT Thirty Days For, Theft Of 35 Cents ALMANAC BIRTHDAY Of Famous People September 20. Upton Sinclair, author, 1878. 21. Henry G. Stimpson, statesman 1867. 22. Michael Faraday, scientist, 1791, Thos. M. Osborn, Mfgr. 1859. Mark Hanna, statesman, 1807. p. O. Mills, capitalint, 1825. Geo. Gershwin, composer 1898 Probable caue was found when Charlie Case was tried in Recorder s Court on Tues day charged with stealing and carrying away certain property. Allegedly Case had taken a motor owned bv fcarl laylor last December, which showed up again in August. Solicitor Davis han died the prosecution while the defendant was represen ted by Mayor hpain ot Greenville. The defendant is a resident of Pitt county. It took several hours to try the case and as there was apparently probable cause, Judge Webb who had sit as committing magistrate, bound the case over to Superior Court. Bond in the sum of $100 was ordered. John Murrcll was found guilty of reckless driving and was order ed to pay half the costs. He had been arrested on reckless and wanton driving by Corporal Clay and Patrolman John Laws. John Murphy was taxed with half th costs when found guilty on a simi lar charge. An NYA-Resident Center tor the purpose of training youths in such occupational suDjects as marine engineer ing, marine draftsmanship, boat building, navigation, marine radio and kindred subjects will be established in Carteret Countv at Beau. fort if efforts on the part of town officials, civic club of ficials and Mrs. Rosa Merrill. NYA supervisor in Carteret County are carried out. Flans for the establishment of such a training school and work shop which would be available for any youths who are interested in NYA occupational training wen ffrst discussed locally by Mayor George Huntley, Chamber of com merce Secretary Aycock Brown and Mrs. Merrill. The idea tha. the Community Center Building east of Beaufort could be made to serve for this purpose and also serve as the sponsor's contribution for such a project has been (Continued on Page 8) George McNeill Has Story In Magazine A splendid tory about the More head City Junior Boat Club which it comprised of a group of enthu siastic young sailors appeared in last week's edition of The State Magazine. The story by George McNeill, Morehead City attorney who is an enthusiastic booster for the Carteret coast was well writ, ten and profusely illustrated with photos by D. G. Bell. Fort Macon Now Designated As BEAUFORT STATION OF U. S. C. G. PUBLISHED WEEKLY - - i-J JUS i 4 IT I M ft" ri m u hm. TOM i V ton Bolich and Associates ay Lease Port and Railway BOW AND ARROW PUBLICITY FOR BEAUFORT AREA American Indians First To Try Sport LOCAL EDITOR TRIES TO REVIVE ARCHERY Leslie Mann, found guilty (Continued on Paee 8) of Boatswain Mellott In Command of 228 At Advance Base A 23. 24. 25. 26. HISTORICAL EVENTS September paper pub- 21. First U. S. Daily lished 1784. Autumn begins 11:46 P. M. Black Friday, 1869. British capture Ethan Allen 1775. Balboa discovered Pacifb Ocean 1531. 22. 24. 25. 26. Davis Mellott, boatswain mate 1st class, assumed command of the C. G. 228. a 76-foot patrol boat stationed at Advance Base "A in Morehead City. He succeeds Capt. Laurence F. Tuten who has been in command of the vessel for neveral years. COVERING THE WATERFRONT today telis an in- terestinir story of Capt. Tuten's career in the Service. In addition to the 228 at Morehead City Base, the 125-ft patrol boat McLanc under command of Capt. Olsen is also attached to the base. Capt Olsen succeeded Capt. Estad who retired recently. When Capt. Estad retired members of the Ser vice at the Morehead City base presented him woth a silver ser vice. The 228 recently returned from duty in the Norfolk area. Very little publicity is given the move ments of Coast Guard vessels to day, due to the semi-wartime clamp down on activities of gov-j ernment vessels. Shrimpers Having Exceptional Good Luck During Week Shrimp trawlers are having ex ceptionally good luck on the Car teret and central coast this week Some of the crew have taken as hight as 9,000 pounds in a single day. In money that meant about $450. Shrimping not only mean3 source of revenue for the men who are engaged in the trawling, but hundreds of "pickers" who are at the wholesale markets each af ternoon to pick the heads from the bodies of the shrimp before they are ready for packing and shipment. NO LONGER IS the fine new super-Coast Guard Sta tion on Beaufort Inlet designated as Fort Macon Station. The new name for this unit is Beaufort Station of the U. S. Coast Guard and all mail is addressed to it under that name. The main building of the super-unit is shown aboTe, just as it was nearing completion last year. Not shown is the equipment house, boat heuse and launchway nor tha old station building which in proposed to serva as a barracks for members of the Service from other stations coming to Carteret for small arm practice on the Coast Guard Range at Camp Glenn. The building pictured abore will also serve as headquarters for Cape Lookout Station and Light house which are now designated as units of tha Beaufort Station. Capt. Norman Etheridge, recently transferred to Beaufort from Oregon Inlet Station is in command of the three units of Beaufort Station. (Photo by Aycock Brown.) A4Q-i ISLAND SCHOOL ON ACCREDITED LIST OF STATE Entrance Exams Are Eliminated For This School Newport School Begins New Session Newport, Sept. 18. The new port Consolidated School began the 1940-41 school term Thursday September 12th, with a very satis factory enrollment and appropri ate opening exercises. The schoo' auditorium was filled with pupils, I patrons and friends of the school. Tho Rev. C. S. Boggs, pastor of the Newport Methodist Church, led the devotional and spoke to tho student body. The principal talk was made by R. L. Pruit, who is beginning hi eighth year as principal of the school. Mr. Pruit outlined the school program for the cominf; year. He also stated that this is the first time, as far as he is a.bU to find out, that all of the faculty held Class A Certificates and are teaching in their field. Every teacher was present the first day. Misses Taylor and Salter were in charge of the music. August 13th was a luckv day for the Markers Island High School, for it was on that day that notice was sent trom Kaleigh to Supt. J. G. Allen that the Markers Is land High School had defi nitely been placed on the ac credited list for 1939-40, thus enabling members of the Class of '40 and succeed ing classes to enter without examination any college in North Carolina. It was also on that day that one of the dreams of the Carteret Coun ty Board of Education for the Markers Island people came true after more than two years of planning and intensive work. The following letter was ad dressed to each of the 11 gradu ates of Markers Island High School Class of 1940 by Supt. Allen on August 31 : "It is with genuine pleasure and with a fair degree of justiciable pride that I give you welcome and official notice that on August 13,! the Barkers Island High School- was placed on the accredited list for the session of 103D-40. i "This means than any member j (Continued from cage eight) Big Sturgeon A 190-pound sturgeon was cap tured in the haul net of Thomas Guthrie and Elijah Smith of Sal ter Path at Hoop Hole Fishery ear. ly today. It was the largest (and first) sturgeon taken on the coast in several months. The big fish was sold to Carteret Fish Company who in turn were planning to dress j(.hoping to find valuable caviar roe) and then ship to a northern market. While fair catches of blues and spots are being made by the vari ous beach haulers, mullet have not saown up in quantities yet, it was stated by C. G. Holland of Car teret Fish Company. Mrs. Thorson Opens Beauty Salon Here Mrs. Ethel D. Thorson, of Green ville, formally opened The Beau fort Beauty Salon here on Wednes day, lhe new firm which will feature beauty culture by skille 1 operators is located on Turner Street next to The Photo Shop. Mrs. Thorson is no stranger to local beauty culturists. Several young ladies of Beaufort received their training under her instruc tion in Greenville where she for merly operated a beauty culture Fchool. The public is invited to visit her iew salon, to see the many modern onveniences and equipment and o :-o,ister for two FREE prize.! vhich will be given away during i;-st week of operation. In one of his fishintr col umns recently Aycock Brown told of his idea to revive the art of archery and thus cre ate a new sport for those who cared for it. He wrote several articles about how he .was planning to kill fish and shark with a harpoon arrow and possibly game with spec ial hunting points. Much of the technique of bow and arrow shooting was explained in the articles. No actual kills had been made up to the time outside writers picked up the story. The idea is gaining national moment um this week with the gag being used by fishing columnists throughout the country. Capt. Walt Willis, manager of the A. C. L. R. R. and F. E. C. Ry. Fishing Information Bureau in New York picked up the story. "At the risk of my life," he jok ingly wrote at the bottom of a script he had broadcast over Radio StationWHN. The senpt as it re lates to Brown and Beaufort fol lows: "Should any of you listeners travel along the Eastern Shores of North Carolina, more especially round the Beaufort area, and run afoul of a curious lookin' substi tute for a Red Skin, fear not, 'cause it's Aycock Brown, once my friend but now a howling, whooping scal per. "Seems that when Aycock broke out with that gran story 'Cape Stormy' recently carried in the Saturday Evening Post, he rated feather in his chapeau. He now goeth forth armed with bow and arrow in search of game and more feathers. "You may recall the old adage that goes somethin' like 'Birds with one feather go by themselves' so leave it to Aycock to renact the lives of our truly American ang lers and nimrods. "This scribe is givin' Beaufort a wide berth 'til we're sure that the aim of this newly crowned archer will respect certain parts, of our anatomy that might protude suf ficiently to offer a likely target for Beaufort's Daniel Boone." RFC In Washington Now Working On Agreement Dr. Ben F. Royall, chair man of the Morehead City Port Commission confirmed reports today that J. A. (Lon) Bolich, Jr.. of Wins ton-Salem widely known real estate man and his as sociates are seeking a lease on tne new FWA-built More head City Port Terminal. The deal would also involve a working agreement with the Atlantic and East Caroli na Railroad now under lease by H. P. Edwards. Tha Reconstruction Finance Corporation of Washington in Washington is at present working on a 3-cornered tentative agree ment, according to Dr. Royall. This agreement before becoming final must be satisfactory to tha RFC the A. an E. C. (state con trolled) railroad and the Morehead City Port Commission. Most complete story on the pro posed deal published to data ap peared in Bill Sharp's new weekly THURSDAY published in Winston-Salem. The story follows: J. A. (Lon) Bolich, Jr., of Winston-Salem, is working on a deal whereby he and associates hope to lease the modern Morehead City Port Terminal, and to lease or buy outright the Atlantic and Carolina Railway.- Bolich told THURSDAY, as ha left for Washington, that pros pects for the deal to go through ara "very good". It is understood (Continued on Page 4) New Skipper For Ft. Macon Station Fishpond Windmill A new wind-mill was placed in operation at the U. S. Fisheries and Wildlife "fish farm" this week The propellers of the wind-miil when facing the wind, not only provide a picturesque sight for persons driving along the cause way, but also serve a useful pur pose by operating a salt water pump. A tide-wheel nearby which operates with the flowing and ebb ing water also attracts consider able attention. Capt. Norman Etheridge, has been transferred from Oregon In let Coast Guard Station to the command of Fort Macon Station at Beaufort. He is a native of Ro anoke Island and a veteran of 2? years in the Service. Capt. Etheridge succeeds Capt Will Lewark who has been trans ferred to a Dare County station Capt. Etheridge entered the Serv ice during the World War as a cook. He now has (or will have within the next few days) warrant officer ratings, as he was one of the group which took warrant ex aminations las week. Night Fishing Good William Willis, employed a. a clerk at Lipman's Department store reported to The Beaort Mews this week that he and a par ty of hook-and-liners had gotten jrcellent results fishing at night recently. On one night this week in less than an hour Willis and par ty landed over 30 trout and blue fish, as fast as they could pull them into their boat. Bryan Springle Graduates From U. S. Navy School Bryan L. Springle, second class seaman in the U. S. Navy returned to duty on Tuesday following a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Springle of Beaufort, R. F. D. He has just graduatH. from the Aviation Medalsmith School at Pensacola, Florida, where he made a good record. He has been assigned to duty at the Navy Air Base at Key West, Flori da. If he keeps up the good rec ord he has been making since he enlinted in the Navy last February he i3 scheduled for a rating pro motion about January 1. Three New Members Join Rotary Club Three new members have joined the lieaufort Rotary Club recent ly. They are Calvin Jones, auto supply merchant; Roy Eubanks phatographer and William Hatnell publisher. This brings the total membership of the club to 15. Faces About Town: Senator Bob Wagner and kin standing In the long queue in front of the Rivoli for al most 30 minutes to see "Foreign Correspondent" . . . Ralph Bella my wearing a Roosevelt button in Jimmy Kelly's place, which is not only smart but safe in Kelly's . . . Gypsy Rose Lee reading the first 15 pages of her first book, "The G-String Murder" to Life photogger Eliot Elisofon, in the Stawklib. Dou-bleday-Doran will pay her 20 cents per $2 copy . . . Leelee Pons, with a tan from Honolulu . . . Broad way's own Wilkie (Mahoney) who ghosts B. Bernle's quips . . . Billy Rose, Franchot Tone, Myron Selz nick and other leather-lungers talk ing at once in Moore's and not on listening to the other. (Continued on Page 8) William Norris Enrolls For NYA Study In Raleigh William B. Norris, Jr., left Tues day for Raleigh where he will en roll for one years training at the NYA Resident Center, with an ap portuity to learn a variety of sub jects, receive a small salary and subsistance while he learns a trade He is a gTaduate of Beaufort High School's class of 1940. Aycock Brown On Advisory Board Of Salvation Army The New Bern Corps of the Sal vation Army held an Advisory Board meeting this week for tho election of officers in New Bern. Aycock Brown was chosen to rep esent the Beaufort Outpost on he New Bern Advisory Board. W. C. Chadwick of New Bern was elected Chairman of the Ad visory Board. L. C. Lawrence was elected Vice-Chairman. Hel en Hawk was electod Sacretary. W. D. Fcrebee of the First Citi zens Bank & Trust Company was elected Treasurer. Wednesday September 4 h, Lieut. Commissionei and Mrs, 'm. C. Arnold were honored at a re ception at the Queen Anne Hotel, and a luncheon at the Gaston Ho tel.. About sixty members of the Advisory Board and friends of the Army attended the luncheon at noon September 12th. TIDE TABLE Information as t; 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 Survty. Some allowances must be made for variations in the wind and also with respect to the locality, thvi is wheth er near the inlet or at. the head of the estuaries. HIGH Friday, Sept. 10:11 A. M. 10:28 P. M. LOW 20 3:55 A. M. 4:29 P. M. Joy in one's work is tha cn. summate tool -Phillips Broeka. Saturday, Sept. 21 10:47 A. M. 4:30 A. M. 11:04 P.M. 5:09 P.M. Sunday, Sept. 22 5:08 A. M 11:27 P. Mi 5:57 P. M. Monday, Sept. 23 1 11:47 A.M. 5:54 A.M. 12:11 P. M. 6:51 P.P. M. Tuesday, Sept. 24 12:37 A. M. 6:51 A. M. 1:04 P.M. 7:53 P.M. Wednesday, Sept. 25 41:36 A.M. 7:56 A.M. 2:05 P. M. 8:55 P. M. Thursday, Sept. 26 ' 2:45 A. M. 9:03 A. M. 3.14 P. M. 9:54 P. M.
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