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SUPPORT BEAUFORT'S LIBRARY PROJECT VOLUME XXVIII; NO. 39. HATERRAS OIL CO. ERECTING HEATING UNIT Reported That New Tanks May Soon Be Built Work started this week on a heating unit for the Hatter as Oil Company storage Plant at the Morehead City ort Terminal. Foundations for the boiler were being con structed on Wednesday. At the same time it was unoffi cially reported that this firm which has been responsible for a number of tankers la den with asphalt products arriving at the port, plans to construct several new stor age tanks at an early date. The Beaufort News informant stated that plans were to make the total storage capacity six million gallons. It was also stated that the Hatteras Oil Company is con sidering tanks for the storage of fuel oil. No official of the company could be reached as this story was written to verify the report that increased facilities would be con structed, but a Beaufort Newsman did see the crew of men engaged in building the foundations for the boilers. It is necessary to heat the asphalt products to a certain (Continued on Page 8) New Weather Flags For Station Here A complete set of new weather flags have been furnished the local unit of the U. S. Weather Bureau Judging from the ragged condition of the flag which have been used for tome time the new one should serve a most useful purpose. First of the new flags was display ed on Wednesday, the red pennant which indicates small craft warn ings. Graham W. Duncan, Jr., is local displayman. . .He succeeded his grandfather, the late Thomas Duncan in this capacity. THE VILLAGE NEWS-PRESS (Prop, tad Editor, W. Winchell) Katie Hepburn of these parts ex pects her new gentleman friend, who not long back stopped his car on a lonely road (at midnight, near Santa Barbara, out California way) and on bended knee asked Kate to be his'n . . . His name is Carson Ka nin, who directed many good mov ies, such as "The Great Man Votes" and "A Man to Remember." Tenny rate, the young man is now flying East to ask Katie's kinfolk for her hand in holy matrimony. Willkie's new Main Street head quarters are In Frank Campbell's deserted funeral parlors at Sixty sixth street. When ye ed laughed, fit to kill, a Willkie rooter observed, "Wal, it's the first time anything alive was there!" (Continued on Page 8) ALMANAC BIRTHDAY Of Famous People September 27 Thos. Nast, cartoonist, 1840. 28 Geo. Clemceau, 1841. 29 Lord Nelson, Br. Admiral, 1758. 30 Wm. Wrigley, Jr., gum. 1861. October 1 Annie Benant, theosophist, 1847. 2 Gen. Ferdinand Foch, 1857. 3 Bancroft, historian, 1800. HISTORICAL EVENTS 27 British enter Philadelphia, 1777. 28 Provisional Government, in Greece 1916. 29 First Telephone across U. S. 1915. 30 Bulgaria surrendered 1918. October 1 Justice Black tells of his KKR. affiliation, 1937. 2 Major Andre hanged 1780. 3. Battle of Corinth, Miss. 1862. Ill T.W.P.CO.MAY MOVE AIRPORT OBSTRUCTIONS Officials Visited Landing Field On Monday M. C. Carey, president of Tide Water Power Company. A. E. Jones, the "mw busi ness" manager of the organi zation and Ernest Kilburn, local manager visited the landing field in West Beau fort this week with John Crump, secretary of the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce and Aycock Brown, local editor with the thought in view of consider ing the re-routing of obstruc tions for visiting planes. As a result of the visit, Mr. Kil burn is making a tentative survey for rerouting the lines and the Tide Water officials have indicat ed that they would undertake the work, and make the change, of the new right of way can be obtained. Only criticism visiting aviators have had for the airfield facilities for landing planes in West Beau fort have been the power lines of Tide Water Power Company which run alongside the road leading to the Fish Meal Company. All vis iting airmen have praised the oth er facilities which CAA have ap proved as secondary runways. The power lines however, have al ways presented a certain hazard, for planes taking off. John Crump, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce in More head City became interested in the local landing facilities as several of his friends were flying to the coast and using the landing field here. It was Crump who furnish ed the money necessary recently to help create the new run-way which Dave Driskill, Manteo pilot says is suitable for landing a Pan-Ameri can clipper except for the power line. Credit for building the new run-way goes in a large way to Mayor Huntley, who supplied equipment and Earl Taylor, who operated tne equipment and did the engineering work. First Mattress Made At Center Greatly Admired When the first hame-made mat tress was completed on Tuesday at the mattress making project center being conducted through the Ex tension Service program at the Beaufort Community Center the families marveled at their excel, lent piece of workmanship, accord ing to Mrs. Margaret Clark, home agent. Approximately 500 such mat tresses weighing fifty pounds each are to be made in this center. Those farm families whose mat tress applications have been ap proved in the State AAA office are notified when to come to the cen ter so that each family may make the mattress under supervision. The work is easily and speedily completecfwhen three or four come to work. Assisting with the project and working under the supervision of the County and Home Agents are Mis. Alonza Salter and Misses Alma Willis, Margaret Rowe, Era Lee Fulcher, and Hazel Congleton. Jos. Y. Allen. FSA Asst. Supervisor Is Now In This County Joseph Y. Allen, assistant su pervisor of rural rehabilitation of the Farm Security Administration has been transferred from White ville in Columbus County, to the local office, located in the Court house Annex. He assumed hi duties this week and will be in charge of rural rehabilitation work in Carteret. Mrs. Fred Morrison wno has been connected with the FSA of fice here for several years remains in the capacity of homesupervisor, it was stated. T. Newton Clark, supervisor for Carteret and Ons low Counties, with office head quarters at Jacksonville is in charge of the local office. The new set up is expected to prove of greater benefit to FSA clients, as Mr. Allen's services will result in the office being opened here dai ly from 8:30 until 4:30 o'clock, in stead of only part time as in the past North Carolina's 84th annual Fair will be held at Raleigh Octo ber 8 through 12. 1: Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912 Rigid Examination Given To The Carteret County School Bus Drivers State Highway Patrol Official Certification for the Operation of School Busses This is to certify that been examined by a member of the State Highway Patrol as to hi3 qualifications to operate a school bus carrying children to and from school in as prescribed in Chapter 397, Public Laws of 1937, Chap ter 407, Public Laws of 1937, and Chapter 52, Public Laws of 1935, and is entitled to operate a school bus in accord ance with this law. He has shown his proficiency and knowledge by having taken a road test, and has shown' his ability and knowledge of mechanical parts in bus operation, and knowledge of the rules of the road pertaining to the operation of school busses. Approved: Ey ' In addition to a regular driver's license, each driver of a school bus must have, the above permit- On September 10 Patrolman John Law3 examined 33 would-be bus drivers (26 regular, 7 substitute) for thi Carteret County Schools. Patrolman Laws volunteered to Supt. Allen on Friday the 13th that, "The drivers examined this year were better than usual. Your drivers are well above the average for my district and as good as, the best in my district". Permits were issued to: Atlantic Elbert Pittman, Paul Gaskill, Lionel Lupton.. Beaufort, White John K. Van derveer, Robert Daniel Hill, W. J. Hardesty, Rodman Taylor, Robert Cuthrell, John Carraway, Edsel Bell. Beaufort, Colored Harrison Horton. Cedar Island G. W. Rhodes. Harkers Island Bertram Davis. Morehead City Celus White head, Joseph E. Williams, Lester L. Hall, Jerry Willis. Newport Walton Garner, Lot tie Bell Hill, Fairleigh Williams, John Lilly, Harvey Garner, Arvil B. Quinn, Robert McCabe, Arti3 Garner, Thelma Hardesty. Smyrna Elvin T. Hancock, Julian Ray Murphy, Avon Han cock, Durwood Chadwick. White Oak Gus Hunter, Harold Weekn, Sam Meadows. Supt. Allen and County Mechan ic Roy Barbour expressed their, warm appreciation of the cheerful interested, and able assistance and cooperation given by Patrolman Laws at all times. Envoy E. V. Farmer Of Salvation Army Now Cadet Captoin Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Farmer, head of the Salvation Army work and of the Army activities throughout this coastal section, have beeen advanced from the rank of Envoy to Cadet Captain. Lieut. Col. Alfred Tyler of Char lotte, head of the Carolina division of the Salvation Army announced this week. Cadet Captain and Mrs. Farm er and three children went to New Bern on November 22 from Char lotte to take over the coastal work, having been affiliated with the Army while with the Charlotte corps under Major John Bivans. Since their arrival Army activi ties were increased and enlarged. Renovation and repainting of the Salvation Army hall in New Bern was accomplished and a unit in Beaufort with regular weekly ser vices has been organized. Lieutenant Commissioner W, C. Arnold, head of the 15 Southern states and the District of Colum bia and Lieut. Col. Tyler and many ither divisional officers have visit ed the local corps in the past few months and have been most com plimentary in praising the manner in which Cadet Captain and Mrs. Parmer have been conducting the programs of relief, welfare and re ligious services. Ambassador Loves Scuppernongs . To the Editor: The story you carried about huge grapes from Mrs. King's farm made my mouth water. This time of the year I love to be under a scuppernong vine eating my fill. I have never tasted anything half so delicious. As I read the item I felt myself violating the Eleventh Command ment, which as you know reads: "Thou shalt not covet thy neigh fa o r ' s succulent scuppernong grapes." Sincerely, Josephus Daniels. Embassy of the U. S. A. Mexico City, D. F. BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1940. has the State of North Carolina, School Bus Drivers Examined By Laws PATROLMAN John Laws who is pictured above is an outstanding member of the State Highway Pa trol. He is the best marksman in the patrol and one of the most effi cient officers. On September 10, Patrolman Laws whose home is in Morehead City, examined each of the school bus drivers in Carteret to determine their ability to ope rate the busses on the highways o( the county. After passing a most rigid examination, each of the drivers were issued a permit or certification showing they were el igible to drive a school bus. This means added safety for the chil dren transported to and from school by bus. Cero Are Running Cero, one of the gamiest fish of the ocean are running in schools off Beaufort Inlet. Several good catches have been made by anglers out of Beaufort and Morehead City recently. SPORT LUES By J. W. STEWART Harkers Island is prepaiing to enter the county basketball season this year. If the County Supt. sees to it that the cement court which was promised the school is built in the very near future it will add materially to the prospects of a place other than last year when the season is over. The court will be ninety by forty five feet. It will serve a two-fold service, that of a basketball court and a tennis court. It will be a much needed addition to the physical property of the school. Beaufort's football team will meet New Bern tonight (Thurs day) at New Bern under the flood lights. It is to be hoped that as many patrons as possible attend this game. Support to a team is a great asset and a factor in the quality of the team. It will give a large number of patrons their first glimpse of a game played un der artificial lighting conditions. A few changes have been made in the line-up of the team than that published in last weeks issue. These however, are very minor. Beaufort claims to have a good line this year to combat power and running attacks. Their defense against the aerial attack will prob ably be weak. This was New Berns big gun last year. SfW) 'nil Beaufort Business Section Was Threatened By Fire Monday I Have Driven The NEW By Aycock Brown For several years I have written a story under the caption "I have driven the new Ford." Today my story is brief, it is hardly more than a front page announcement for Loftin Motor Company which received their new 1941 model Fords today. It would take col umns to tell the story of this car which can trace its ancestry back to a Model T. All I want to say is that "I have driven the new Ford for 1941" and believe me I thought I was driving a Lincoln Zepher. The 1941 Ford will remind you of the 1940 Mercury. My drive was brief, to Commu nity Center and back. All I had a chance to do was see how design ers have taken full advantage of the increased wheelbase and over all length to give added spacious ness. There is more foot room, more seating space and the head room and window area is larger than ever before. Running boards have practically disappeared from view. And what a "get-away!" It is the "get-away" that gets new Ford owners each year. Four lever-type hydraulic shock absorbers carried the car across those aggravating bumps on Front Street, just as if there were no bumps there, and the cushions with coil springs gives a softness that you would expect to find only in far more expensive cars. Tha big 12-inch hydraulic brakes, sure ly give yu action and safety in a split second. The new speed lines on the front and rear fenders are new features with appeal and as I said In the beginning, Column? could be written about the new 1941 Ford, but we must go to press so look in on Loftin Motor Com pany, drive one of the . 1941 Mod el Fords and if what I have said i untrue, tell me about it for th;' next edition. School Child Auto Victim Improving Vera Lou Loftin, the 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Loftin who was critictlly injured on the opening day of school when run over by an automobile, is ex pected to return home on Saturday from Wilmington where she has been receiving treatment for com pound fracture of leg and bruises. Mrs. Loftin, her mother, said the child's condition was improving but it would be many weeks before she will be able to walk. Fashion Show Is Highspot Of Book Club's First Meet By Mrs. T. G. Allen The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club held the first meeting of the "ear on Tuesday afternoon, Sep tember 24th, at 3:30 o'clock, at '.he Inlet Inn with Mrs. Pierson and Mrs. I. E. Palmer as hostesses. The chairman of the Literary Department of the Woman's Club Mrs. J. G. Allen, presided over the meeting. After the roll call and minutes of the last meeting were road, the business of the afternoon was discussed. There were twenty-five members present. Mrs. M. Leslie Davis was elected Secretary Treasurer for the coming year. The program committee ' com- ' posed of the follwing ladies Miss Amy Muse, Chmn., Mrs. W. S. Pot ter, and Mrs. Hugh Jones present ed a splendid program for the yeir. Mrs. T. A. RicLis made attrnc tive hand-painted folders for the program. These services were greatly appreciated by the club members. After the business session Mrs. Cordova, Home Economics In structor in the Morehead City Schools, was presented. Mrs. Cor dova gave a very interesting and instructive talk on "The Selection of Clothing". In her talk we were told that every person out of three has less than forty dollars to spend a year on clothing. Hence we were given several rules to enable us to stretch our clothes budget, name ly: Make a budget for our clothing; take an inventory of our clothing; plan our needs; do not buy on im pulse; take care of clothing we (Continued on Page 8) FORD to- Vice-Chairmen Of Democratic Party To Meet Tomorrow There will be a meeting on Fri day (tomorrow) September 27, at 10:30 o'clock at the County Court bouse in Beaufort, of the Vice Chairmen of the Democratic Pre cinct Committees, it was announc ed today by Miss Virginia Stanton, vice-chtirman of the Democratic Executive Committee. NEW TRAINING WORKERS HERE Housekeeping Aid Project To Be Established A model training center to serve as a place for WPA women workers to receive training on a housekeeping aid project is being estab lished in the Courthouse An nex here, it was announced this week. The project, first of its kind in Carteret Coun ty, is being sponsored by the Carteret Weltare Depart ment. Miss Libby Fond will be foreman of the project. Purpose of the project is to train women in the essentials of housekeeping. After receiving this training they will be detailed to homes where their services are needed by persons who cannot af ford the service of a housekeeper The Model Training Center will be a replica -of a four-rowi housei bedroom, kitchen, dining room and livingroom. About 14 women workers will be employed on the project at the beginning. After learning the essentials of house- keeping the Welfare Department will have charge of detailing the workers to homes where persons need the service of a housekeepei. The new project will take the place of the local sewing room project of the WPA. To properly carry on the work at the center, it will be necessary to have the training center equip ped with furniture and equipment. An appeal for donations of such equipment is being made by the sponsors of the project. Old bed-?, furniture, etc., is needed. Sick Man Removed From S. S. Shawnee By Beaufort C. Gs. Walter S. Murphy, 31, resident of Brooklyn and purser aboard thj WardlMallory Line S. S. Shawnee, was removed from his ship off Beaufort Inlet Sunday aftemooii and taken to Morehead City Hos pital. He was stricke with appen dicitis as the vessel was enroute from New York to Jacksonville and off the North Carolina coast. Arriving at the hospital, X-ray pictures revealed that it was not necessary to operate and after treatment, Murphy, much recov ered, continued to Jacksonville by rail on Monday where he was ?.'heduled to join his ship today. A radio message from the Shawnee to the U. S. C. G. McLane at Ad vance Base A in Morehead City was relayed to Beaufort Station, here a motor life boat and crew consisting of Boatswain T. J. Har- ris, and burtmen W. L. Willis anil Carl Willis, went off shore and re moved the sick man at 3 :20 o'clock. Carteret Fair To Begin October 7th Much interest is being centered in the coming Carteret County Fair which is scheduled to open here on Monday October 7. The event which is sponsored by Car teret Post 99, American Legion, will be presented in the High school gymnasium and Athletic Field. The World Fair Shows will be featured on the midway. Ex hibit Hall, in the Gymnasium will he filled with products from the farms of Carteret. Soybean milk, as an answer to theproblem of children who ar allergic to cow's milk, may become a reality if processing costs can be I brought down. STOP SPEEDING IN BEAUFORT PUBLISHED WEEKLY Damage Estimated ' At Less Than $25,000 Morehead City, New Bern Firemen And Coast Guard Answer Call For Aid Total damage by fire which threatened the down town section of Beaufort on Monday night which was un officially estimated at $50,- 000 before it was brought under control, amounted to less than $25,000 it was esti mated when a check up was made the followine day. Originating in the rear of Beau fort Barber Shop about s.sv o'clock, the flames went up in tha roof which is of tin making it dil ficult to fight and quickly spread to the roofs of the Beaufort Hard-; ware and finally to the buildiag occupied by Owens Bros. Grocery where it was checked about mid night. These buildings are locat ed between the C. V. Hill Grocery and the old H. C. Jones Grocery on the South side of Front Street. In the meantime the local fire department under the leadership of Chief Julius Duncan were aid ed by the fire departments of Morehead City and New Bern and also the coast guard units from Beaufort Station and Advance Base "A." Damage to the building which houses the barber shop and hard ware store was confined mostly to upper stories, although consider-, able damage was done , to tho the stock in the hardware firm on the lower floor by smoke and wat er. Otis Wilis, Elbert Dudley and W. S. Simpson of the hardware) firm could not give an exact esti mate of damage to the stock as wo gty to press today as the 4nventory (Continued ' on Page 8) Covering The Waterfront By AYCOCK BROWN JUST ABOUT every town in tha United States wants to share in the. vast defense program which is now getting underway. Beaufort and Morehead City are no exceptions. The only trouble as we see it is that Beaufort and Morehead City could not hold to what they had started in the way of government units of a defense nature during, the year3 gone by. Still it is only natural that the citizens would like to see new defense money spent lo cally. FIRST OF ALL we will take tha breakwater at Cape Lookout. Plenty of money was appropriated to make the harbor of refuge at that natural deep water bight. The government stopped spending1 money there during the first World War. If North Carolina had only had the right sort of Congression al delegates in Washington at the (Continued from page eight) 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, that is wheth er near the inlet or at the head of the estuaries. HIGH LOW Friday, Sept. 27 3:F,S AM. 10:08 AM. 4:20 PM. Saturday, Sept. 4:57 AM. 5:18 PM. Sunday, Sept. 5:52 AM. G:ll PM. Monday, Sept. 6:43 AM. 7:02 PM. Tuesday Oct. 7:34 AM. 7:53 PM. 10:51 PM. 28 11:11 PM. 29 11:44 AM. 12:09 PM. 30 12:35 AM. 1:03 PM. 1 1:24 AM. 1:54 PM. Wednesday, Oct. 2 8:25 AM. 2:11 AM. 8:44 PM. 2:44 PM. Thursday, Oct. 3 9:16 AM. 2:57 AM. 9:35 PM. 3:35 PM.
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