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VISIT MIDWAY At The Legion Sponsored CARTERET FAIR THIS WEEK TRIP" SEE EXHIBITS At The Legion Sponsored CARTERET FAIR THIS WEEK Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912 VOLUME XXVIII; NO. 41. BEAUFORT, N. G, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1940. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Men Between Ages Of 21 And 36 Must Register On October 16th II II till M A. fHatteras Sails For Off PATROL TO REGULATE TRAWLING. , ..t... ......r't.n.. WITH CAPT. GLENN WILLIS in command, the North Carolina Fisheries offshore patrol boat "Hatteras" sailed on Wednesday morning for waters off the northsast coast. The above photo of the 75-foot vessel made shortly after it was placed in commission by the State does not show the huge United States flag which has been painted on her bow to let enemy submarines and raiders know she is ailing under the flag of a neutral nation. The flag was painted on the bow following the complete overhauling of the craft in New Bern this week. Much credit should go to Capt. Willis who has literally broken up illegal trawling in territorial waters of .the State since he took command of the patrol boat two years ago. Besides Capt. Wil. lis other members of the crew include Lee Whitehurst, engineer, and Bill Etheridge and Henry Fulford. The Hatteras will base at Manteo and Chicamacomico harbors but will patrol all waters from Cape Henry to Cape Lookout. (News Photo.) Salvation Army To Meet Tuesday At Usual Time The Salvation Army will hold regular services at the American Legion Hut Tuesday night, Octc ber 15. It was annonuced last Tuesday night that there would be no service but plana have been changed. SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWS ON THE BATTLEFRONT EEPS: Chunky Representative George Bender of Ohio doesn't know whether to be sore or to laugh. As G. 0. P. chairman o( Cuyahoga county, which includes Cleveland, he received a number of requests for the much-publicized "Willkie kits," a compact got up by the Willkie clubs containing material to organ ize one of these clubs. Bender wrote to the national committee headquar ters in Chicago, directed by Execu tive Director John Hamilton, for a supply. ' Much to Bender's surprise he was advised that if he sent a check ho would receive the 100 kits he want ed. Bender sent the check and a few days later a large box arrived containing 100 kites, huge contrap tions that sail through the air with the greatest of ease and with the names of Willkie and McNary so placed as to be easily seen from the ground. Note The Willkie kit contains a folder about the nominee, a jjlHge, See Merry-go-round Page 3 ALMANAC BIRTHDAY Of Famous People HISTORICAL EVENTS OCTOBER 11. First steam ferry, 1811. 12. Columbus discovered America 1492. 13. Corner stone of White House laid 1792. 14. Russia and Japan signed peace treaty, 1905. 15. Lincoln Monument dedicated, 1874. 16. John Brown's insurrection 1859. 17. Burgoyne surrendered 1777. OCTOBER 11. Theo. Thomas, composer 1835 12. R. McDonald, British states man, 1866. 13. Ferdinand VII, Spain, 1784. 14. Wm. Penn, pioneer, 1644. 15. John L. Sullivan, puglist 1858 16. Noah Webster, dictionary 1758 17. Thos. F. Ryan, financier, 1851 Shore -1 ' 1 Ten Trucks Wanted To Transport Show Ten trucks with 12 foot bodies are wanted by World Fair Shows at the Carteret Fair here on Satur day night, October 12, for trans porting the property to the next town where the shows will be pre sented. Persons who have such trucks are urged to contact Charles Powell, contracting agent for the show on the fair grounds COUNTY BOARD PRAISES WORK OFGELETTE Join Other Counties In Effort To Have Him Retained Carteret County Commis sioners at their Octobei meeting upon learning that Colonel George Gillette, U. S. District Engineer was scheduled to be transferred on October 15, went on rec ord as highly approving this native son of North Carolina for the position he has held with such efficiency. Fur thermore, the board sent a telegram to Hugh MacRae in Wil mington, urging him on behalf of the county to use his influence in retaining Colonel Gillette- as Dis trict Engineer in North Carolina due to his intimate knowledge of the waterways and due to the na tional emergency now existing in this connection. Mr. MacRae is leading a movement in North Car olina to retain Colonel Gillette in SEE GILLETTE, PAGE 8 Ocracoke Harbor And Oregon Inlet Projects Approved Washington, Oct. 7. The ap proval of President Roosevelt is expected for the long-pending riv en and harbors bill which was passed by the Senate Saturday un der the guidance of Senator Josiah W. Bailey. For North Carolina there are two projects for which the appropriations total $105,000; improvement of the channed from Manteo to Oregon inlet and the im provement of Silver Lake harbor at Ocracoke. The entire bill pro vides for an appropriation of $35, 803.000. The Manteo-Oregon project provides for a channel six feet deep from the existing channel south through Roanoke sound and Pamlico sound to Oregon inlet at a cost of $45,000. Light-draft ves sels of the coast guard will be able to use the channel and larger ves sels will be released for emergen cy duties. The Silver Lake harbor project provides for the deepen ing and extending of the present channel from Pamlico Sound to and including an anchorace basin in the harbor to a depth of 10 feet at an estimated cost of $60,000. HOOK-LADDER EQUIPMENT TO BE PURCHASED Town Made Donation To New Library Project Beaufort Town Commis sioners at their regular monthly meeting Monday night decided to buy a hook and ladder truck for the Fire Department. Other busi ness disposed of during the meeting was mostly of a rou tine nature. A delegation from the Woman's Club ap peared before the Board re questing that the town make a donation to help complete work on the new library pro ject now underway here and were granted $50. The recent fire in Beaufort ap parently showed the great need for a hook and ladder truck. While the commissioners agreed that du ring the past two or three hundred years there had been no special need for such apparatus, and pos sibly would be no need for it dur ing the next century, there may be need for the apparatus in the near future. The new hook and ladder euqipment will be mounted on a Dodge Truck and the total cost will be approximately $1,700. Park Commissioner Seth Gibbs appeared before the Board asking that the Town agree to proposals to give the Community Center pro ject to the United States Govern ment to be used in the defense program now underway for wha the government may want to use it for. There is a possibility that the property will be given to the Government for an NYA Center, for the purpose of teaching boys marine engineering, boat building navigation and such nautical sub jects. Covering The Waterfront By AYCOCK BROWN THE LATE Frank Gaskill, of Canton, Ohio, gave birth to the first carnival. The year was 1887, and the place was in the Elk's Club of Canton. The egg from which all carnivals hatched was a merry-go-round. Frank Gaskill who knew just about everyone in show business in those days had loaned a friend some money. Tht friend had a merry-go-round but when pay-off time came he had no money. He insisted that Gaskill take the merry-go-round as pay ment. Somewhat reluctantly, he did this and before a year had pas sed, he had added side show at tractions and games to the merry-go-round and he called it a carni val. He cleaned up plenty. AN ENGLISHMAN named Bos tock came over to America with another mechanical thing which people paid to ride on for the thrills it gave. It was called a Gondola and was like a merry-go-round in some respects except the ride was faster and in waves. lie soon joined up wilh another merry-go-round owner named Ferraro and the Bostock-Forrara Shows became the second carnival. Alona: about this time a youngster named Jimmy Finnagin who had already served quite an apprenticeship un der and in the vicinity of circus tents became interested in the car nival business and it was not so very long before he joined one of the carnivals as a concessionnaire. It was not so very long after that until he owned a carnival of his own, because this Jimmy Finnagin know his walnuts. The first show of Jimmy Finnagin was one of six See Waterfront, Page 8 Navy Information Booth Established At Carteret Fail An information booth of the U. S. Navy has been established in Exhibit Hall at the Carteret Fair which is underway here this week. The booth is in charge of Chief Electrician Mate R. M. Best of the New Bern Recruiting Station of the U. S. Navy. While no recruit ing is being done at the local booth all young men between the ages of 18 and 31 years who wish to enlist in the Navy may obtain complete information about its various branches from Chief Best. One Of America's Best Free Acts BEROSINI TROUPE AT FAIR GROUNDS TWO OF AMERICA'S outstanding attractions are being presented as free acts on the Carteret Fair midway this week. Pictured a bove is the Berosini troupe performing on a tight wire 80 feet in the air at Carteret Fair. Other free attraction is the sensational high diving of Sunny Boy Campbell wh j dives from a platform 110 feet in tho air into a flaming tank of water. (World Fair Showfoto, courtesy Charley Powell.) Two More Big Days Real Entertainment For Patrons On The Midway TVtu'norl mnnlfpvs ivVm tually operate minature motor-driven automobiles, a side show tent with a variety rf nniniip and frsnlc nets. .1 Negro minstrel that cost:, on ly a dme and whica u just nhrmt a trnnrl fis anv on tht road today that charges up to 50 cents for admission, a thrilling motor drone, a cou ple of art shows with nifty lnnlcprs for entertainment, and "Smitty" Martin's wild woman and snake show are among the tops m entertain ment that la huintr nrpspnterl v w ' ' " .75 t by Sam Prell and his World Fair Shows, lnc-, on the Car teret Fair midway this w.i k. New and sensational ridinar de vices and fun houses are also or. the list. If you can ride the :) ;: of the rollo-plane without g' Ttiin.1, jittery, you can well qualify for a pilot's license, and since our na tion is becoming air-minded every one should make it a print to rid,.' this device which has to eharjro jut a bit more than th? average ride on the midway because of lim ited facilities. If you have al ways wanted to drive a ninatur. motor driven auto, you have an op portunity to do so on tlvi Sam Prell midway and thy re is a chair plane, a mile-a-minute Rideo, rides for the kiddies on merry-go-rounds and a Whin which is breath taking but thrilling nevertheless. The brand new features never J bpfore presented on a Carteret Fair Midway are Hi-De Ho and the Nut House. Hi-De-Ho is just like the contraption you have probably taken a flinp at in hijjh type a musement parks or recreational piers at the larger resorts, but never on a Fair midway. Nut House is a house of mirrors. Yoj start off and before going 20 steps your friendn on the outside who have seen your ramblinjrs, judge you have gone a mile. Try the Nut House, you kids and adults and get a kick out of the adven ture. The concessionaires seem to be TTSI x lf 1 A V SEE MIDWAY PAGE 8 1 For Legion Sponsored Carteret On Parade In Exhibit Hall lays Exhibit Hall at the Carter et Fair this year is attract ing an unusually large num ber of persons and the reason is that the exhibits this year are better than they have ev er been during any of the previous Legion sponsored events. Ihe school gymna sium here which serves as Exhibit Hall is filled with well planned booths, arrang ed with great skill by the ex hibitors. Thousands of ob jects on display show what Carteret homes and farms produce, as well as the wa ters of the sound and nearby :-oean. Exceptionally attractive are the chool booths. Morehead City's ? oth is a reproduction of the Lost .Viony, and it is easily recognized hy any person who has seen Fort Raleigh; A beautiful patrtotic theme is carried out by Beaufort vhiwl with the Statue of Liberty and a relief map of the United .S'.ates with colorful crepe for a background with the popular mot to "God BVss America". Newport school witn its prepare lor nome in tense theme and the vo-agricul- ture booth shewing the difference between well kept forest land a;,i' and which has been razed by fir? in action surely is a lesson worth studying by farmers. There are fewer commercial ex hibits this year, but Dowdy Furni ture Company of Morehead City has been highly praised for its homelike display. Trinple A ani 1-H Club exhibits are not only crood but very instructive and the display of NYA craftsmanship have attracted wide attention. In the northwest corner of Exhib it Hall is a display of the NYA taxidermy project at the U. S. Fisheries Laboratory here show ing a variety of colorful reproduc tions of fish and reptiles. This project is under the supervision of Waldron Bailey, taxidermist and the casts of fish and reptiles were made lifelike by Miss Elizabeth Merwin, the NYA artist on the. SEE EXHIBIT, PAGE 8 Local Draft Board For Carteret County Named By Gov. Hoey Free Fair Tickets For Kids Saturday Sponsors of Carteret Fair and the management of World Fair Shows Inc., announced today that Free Tickets for admission through ihe gates would be given all school Lids in the county on Saturday af ternoon so they will have an oppor tunity to witness the free acts fea turing Sunny Boy Campbell the high diver who dives from a plat form 110 feet in the air into a fla ming tank of water and the Berosi ni troupe who ride bicycles and do all kinds of antics on a tight wire SO feet above the show grounds. On regular school day, Tuesday, rain prevented the presentation of the free acts for the school kids who were guests of the manage ment and sponsors, so therefore they are urging them to come again on Saturday afternoon with hopes that weather will be favor able for showing the Free Acts. WILBUR SMITH KILLED IN CAR CRASH TUESDAY Funeral f.rvices Here Friday At 2 P. M. Wilbur G. Smith, 38, died in Tavloe Hospital in Wasn injrton Wednesday night at 11 o'clock, as a result of in juries received in an auto truck crash near Vanceboro on Tuesday night. Guy T Perry of Oriental, driver of the truck loaded with " fish and a companion escaped without being injured al Sergt. Bissette of the High way Fatrol reported that hsn were scattered for a distance of 300 feet along the road. Smith's car a new Buick was almost demolish ed in the crash. The deceased was a resident of Wilmington where he was con nected with the Hutaff interests. He operated a farm near Beau fort on U. S. 70 and was well known here. He was a native of Bachelor in Craven County. Funeral services will be conduc here Friday 2 P. M. with Rev. Mr. ted at the First Baptist Church Erwin, the pastor officiating, as sisted by Rev. Stanley Potter,. Burial services will he held at Oak Grove Cemetery, Bachelor. He is survived by his widow Mrs. Vera Longest Smith, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Smith of Bach elor, his grandfather James L. Taylor of Bachelor and the fol lowing brothers and sisters: Ar chie Smith, Reidsville; Fred Smith, Bachelor; Robert Smith, Beaufort; Mrs. Otis Cash, Oxford; Mrs. Mar vin Penny, Lynchburg, Va.; Mrs. Frank P. Wall, and Miss Irene Smith, Raleigh; Mrs. Blythe Noe, Beaufort, and Miss Nellie Smith, Bachelor. Orphange Singing Class Here Oct. 17 For the first time the Oxford Orphanage Singing Class will ap pear at the High School audito- ium on Thursday night, October 17, at no admission charge, it has been announced by William H. Bailey local Masonic official. TI12 concert will be presented at 7:30 o'clock and while no admission will be charged, contributions from patrons will be accepted. Island Ferry Will Run Late Schedule For Fair Visitors So Markers Island residents may have an opportunity to visit Car teret Fair and witness the free at tractions each night, arrange ments have been made with tho State Highway Commissione to operate late schedules of the fer ry the remainder of this week. ,R. Hugh Hill, president of the fair stated that en Thursday and Fri day nights the ferry , would leave the mainland at 11:30 o'clock and on Saturday night the last trip from the mainland to the Island would ba at 12 o'clock midnight. First Draft Will Be Held During November Governor Clyde R. Hoey has announced the official appointment of the Carteret County Selective Draft board whose duties it will be to de cide whether a draftee may be exempted from the com pulsory military training. This Board includes: Wil liam H. Bell, Newport; Carl G. Gaskill, Beaufort; Skin ner A. Chalk, Morehead City and Dr. S. W. Thompson. Morehead City and Attorney Julius F. Duncan, Beaufort. Registration of all persons eli gible for draft, that is, those be tween the ages of 21 and 36, is scheduled to take place on Octo ber 16. The registration of au persons eligible will be held in each voting precinct of the Coun ty under the direction of the Reg- istrar for that precinct. The first draft will take place sometime in November. In the larger pre cincts, such as Beaufort, Morehead City and other places it is likely that the poll holders too will assist in the registration. Each person who registers will be required to have a card showing that be has complied with the law in this connection. It will be a violation of the Federal law for any person between the age of 21 and 33 to be without their registra tion cards at any time, and they are liable to be called on to show SEE DRAFT, PAGE 8 Notes of a Bystander The First Nights: Nothing hap pened in the theater last week, which Is another way of saying thatj Wm. Saroyan's "Time of Your Life" was revived. This is the item thatj copped both prizes last season, CritJ ics' and Pulitzer, and proves that the critics needed only four year( to start thinking like the Pulitzer! committeemen. The notices on thej revival were boosty, the boys simply: ratifying their spring vote. Mr. At kinson found it "a boozy escapade"; John Anderson smelled in it "the rankest sort of hokum"; John Mason Brown's tribute was that "Saroyan knows the value of clap trap"; Mr. Mantle settled for "Saroyan hysteria"; and Mr. Kron-, enberger found out it was "mawk ish .. . alcoholic escapism." Ons thing about the N. Y. reviewers, when they like something they come, right out and say so . . . Eddie. Cantor, envying Jolson and Wynn their B'way duties, confided to an, interviewer that he is suffering SEE WINCHELL, PAGE 3 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 Survey Some allowances must be made for variations in the wind and also vHh rosn- ct to the locality. tW i uhi ,v er near the inlet or at the head of the estuaries. Friday, October 11 A. M. 10:48 A. M. P. M. 4:35 5:02 Saturday, October 12 A. M. 11:13 A. M. P. M. 11:39 P. M. Sunday, October 13 A.M. 11:57 A.M. P. M. 12.27 P. M. r..-i.uy, October 14 A. M. 12:36 A. M. P. M. 1:07 P. M. Tuesday, October 15 A. M. 1:13 A.M. P. M. 1:44 P. M. Wednesday, October 16 A.M. 1:47 A.M. P. M. 2:20 P. M. Thursday, October 17 A. M. 2:12 A. M. P. M. 2:56 P. M. 5:26 5:47 6:07 6:45 7:03 7:21 7:38 7:56 8:13 8:31 8:48 Ad I gLft-Ww!! 1
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