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Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912 V
VOLUME XXVIII t NO. 50.
BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1940.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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Beaufort-Morehead City And
Norfolk Plane Service Plans
Are Progressing Satisfactorily
ISLAND BRIDGE
MAY NOT OPEN
UNTIL JANUARY
Although it was reported by of
ficials in charge of construction
that the Harkers Island bridge may
be opened to traffic before Christ
mas, a report this week indicated
that it may be after Christmas or
sometime during early January be
fore the span is actually ready.
The delay is caused by the intri
cate construction of the draw
bridge.
Although it was originally plan
ned to place a hand operated draw
at the bridge, it was decided later
that an electric draw would be in
stalled. As Roy J. Hart, district
road supervisor for the N. C. S. H.
& P. W. Commission toia a Beau
fort Newsman a few days ago,
there may be delays which will pre
vent the opening by Christmas, due
to the complicated structural parts
of the draw which have to be made
and then installed. The short de
lay, however, will assure Harkers
Islanders of a more efficiently op
erated drawbridge in reaching the
mainland.
FIREMEN EXTINGUISH
BLAZE HERE TODAY
Beaufort Fire Department ans
wered an alarm from Box 16 at the
corner of Turner and Front Street
just before we went to press to
day. Quickly extinguished, the
fire was said to have been the
backfire of a (tore on the second
floor of the old Duncan building
originating in P. A. Levis' office.
BEAUFORT ICE
COMPANY GETS
DIESEL POWER
Beaufort Ice Company is install
ing several thousand dollars worth
of new equipment and when com.
pleted the local plant will be in po
sition to operate much more satis
factorily than m recent years. The
present steam outfit is being
scr&Dned as it is removed. New
engines for the plant will be Dei-
sel motors. Beaufort Ice compa
ny which is under the management
of Ed Potter, is one of the most
successfully operated firms along
the coast.
Chadwick Lot Will
Be Opened As Free
Parking For Autos
Chief of Police W. R. Longest
announced today that the Police
Department had cleared the Chad
wick lot adjacent to Front and
Turner Streets for free parking
of automobiles during the current
Christmas shopping rush. With
the one hour parking limit on ths
principal business block being reg
ulated satisfactorily and with the
Chadwick lot available for autos
to park, it is believed the Yuletide
trading season, will be greatly re.
lieved from an auto parking stand
point. ALMANAC
HISTORICAL
EVENTS
December
Battle of Fredericksburg, '62.
Geo. Washington died 1799.
Battle of Nashville, 1864.
Boston Tea Party 1773.
Prohibition Amendt. in Con.
gress 1917.
British capture Ft Niagara
1814.
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19
BIRTHDAY
Of Famous People
December
13 Bishop Phillip Brooks, 1835
14 Jane Carval, actress, 1884.
15 Alex. Lambert, physician, 61.
16 Beethoven, composer, 1770.
17 Alex. Agassiz, naturalist, '35.
18 Edgar MacDowell, composer,
1861.
19 H. C. Fisch, steel, 1849.
Propose Round Trip
Daily Along The
Outer Banks
Dave Driskill, chief pilot
and operations director of
Carolina Coast Airways,
(TheGulf Stream Route),
which plans to establish reg
ular scheduled passenger
plane service between eeau-fort-Morehead
City and Nor
folk. Va.. as soon as the Civil
Aeronautics Authority gives
its stamp ol approval expects
to flv here within the next
few davs to comDlete certain
arraneements necessary for
starting the line. Driskill
conferred with R. Stanley
Wahab of Baltimore who
was on a hunting trip at Oc
rarnke a few davs relative to
the establishment of the line
at an earlv date and every
thing "looks favorable." Wa
hab is head of Carolina Coast
Airways which will operate
iinrlpr a charter granted Oc-
racoke Transportation com
pany wnicn is aireaay an ac
tive corporation.
"Mr. Wahab, Chief Cousel Mar-
tin Kellogg (of Coast Airways)
and myself have been working very
hard on the proposition, planning
our stops, schedules, and equip
ment needed; getting our corpora'
tion papers prepared correctly for
presentation to the CAA and oth-
er technical details which have to
be worked out before scheduled
plane service can be established,"
Driskill stated in a letter to Cham
ber of Commerce Secretary Ay
cock Brown this week.
"The requirements of the CAA
Eee PLANE SERVICE Pge. 8
Merchants To Keep
Stores Open Later
For Yule Shoppers
Christmas shoppers who hare
been congesting Beaufort and
Morehead City stores for several
days will have their always desper
ate "last minute" situation allevi.
ated somewhat when most of .the
stores in the Carteret twin-cities,
start observing later hours during
the holiday season. Especially
those stores which are featuring
Christmas gifts, will remain open
at night from now through Christ
mas Eve.
Com. Bayard Taylor
Resigns To Accept
Tax Supervisor Job
Commissioner Bayard Taylor of
the County Board has tendered his
resignation to Superior Court
Clerk L. W. Hassell, a post to
which he was appointed in Novem.
ber. It is understood that Tay
lor resigned to accept the position
of supervisor of tax listing in Car
teret, a job which begins in Janu
ary and continues for several
months. Clerk Hassell stated that
he did not know at this timo whom
he would appoint as Taylor's suc
cessor. The appointment is left
entirely up to the Clerk of Superi
or Court.
George Stovall Is
New TWPCO. Mgr.
George Stovall of Wilmington
has been named as successor to
Ernest Kilburn as manager of Tide
Water Power Company's interests
in Carteret county. Mr. Kilburn
has been promoted to office of
field manager of the gigantic Eas
tern Carolina oreanization and he
leaves here on December 15 to as
sume his new duties. Mr. Stovall
has visited practically every unit
of Tide Water in Carteret this
week in company with Mr. Kil
burn, prior to taking over his new
duties.
Vessel Of Belligerent Nation As She Arrived
At . Morehead City Port Terminal Recently
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PICTURED ABOVE is the Greek Tanker "Micolau Maria" as she arrived at Hat
teras Oil Company in Morehead City harbor recently with a cargo from Tampico,
Mexico. It was the first vessel of a belligerent nation to enter the new Morehead City
Port Terminals property. Before departing for another American port, the vessel
discharged a million and a half gallons of fuel oil, which will be transhipped from
the storage tanks of Hatteras Oil Company to all parts of the country (Photo by Ay
cock Brown Cut courtesy Greensboro Daily News. )
Miss Helen Barney
And Her Glee Club
Carollers To Sing
Miss Helen Barney who has
made an exceptional record as in
structor of the music classes of
Beaufort Consolidated Shoots an
nounced today that the School's
Glee Club would become carollers
on next Thursday night (Decem
ber 19) and sing Christmas carols
to all the shut-ins of Beaufort. It
is the school's Glee Club's first
Christmas carolling program.
Persons interested in having the
Glee Club Carrollers sing for them
are urged to write a card with the
address of the "Shut-in" on it to
Miss Helen Barney, director of the
group. The youngsters who have
splendid voices will be more than
pleased to sing for every one who
is interested in the program for
those who are ill or those who are
shut-ins and cannot get out into
the business section of town and
experience the prevailing Christ
mas spirit.
Christmas Holidays
For County Schools
Begins On Dec. 20
Carteret County schools will
close on Friday, December 20, for
a two weeks Christmas holiday, it
was announced today by Superin
tendent J. G. Allen. Only excep
tion will be the White Oak school
which will observe holidays to con
form with the Swansborp school in
Onslow County. High School stu
dents in White Oak District at
tend the Swansboro Consilodated
School. County schools will re
open after the holidays on January
6, 1941.
Five Cases Tried
By
Recorder Here
Five cases were disposed of dur
ing the Tuesday session of Recor
ders Court here. Prayer for judg
ment and continued was ordered
in case of Simon Davis, charged
with violating prohibition law. He
was also ordered to pay one-half of
the costs of the case.
David Vann, charged with
breaking end entering was sent up
to higher court for trial.
Jasper Golden was ordered to
pay the costs and surrender his
drivers' license when found guilty
of driving an automobile while in
toxicated. If Lillie Mae Greenfield leaves
Carteret County during the next
30 days and stays away she will
not have to serve a six months sen
tence in jail. She was found guil
ty of violating the prohibition laws.
Capias will not be issued for 30
days.
Floyd E. Jones was ordered ta
surrender his drivers' license and
pay costs as result of being found
guilty of driving an automobile
while under the influence of whiskey.
Many Will Hear His
Carol Reading
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ADVANCE TICKET sales for
the readinc of Charles Dicken's
immortal "A Christmas Carol" by
Professor Frederick Koch in Beau
fort School auditorium have beeu
very gratifying, it was announced
today by Miss Margaret Clark
Home Agent. The event sched
uled for next Tuesday night (De
cember 17) at 8:00 o'clock will
mark the first appearance of Dr.
Koch here in the role which has
made him famous. His appear
ance on the coast is sponsored by
the Carteret Federation of Home
Demonstration Clubs and the 4.H
Clubs. Tickets may be purchased
from Joe House Drugstore in
Beaufort or Morehead City .Drug
Company in Morehead City. Each
member of the 4-H Service Clubs
are also selling advance tickets to
the event. The price ranges from
35 cents to $1.00, the latter bing
for one of the 100 reserved seats.
Covering The
Waterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
THE SHOW BOAT -"Original
Floating Theatre" on its 27th an
nual cruise through the inland wa
terways from New York to Flori
da is in Beaufort again this week,
bound south. This season, its own
er, Capt. Seymore, plans to go a?
far south as Savannah. After
completing its week at the Inlet
Inn dock here the floating theatre
will go to Jacksonville and open for
one week beginning next Monday.
The Beaufort News published a
story some time ago, (quoting
another story which had gained
circulation) that the Show Boat
was going to sing its swan song and
become a floating cinema house at
Annapolis, Maryland. We learned
this week that the story was an er
ror. CAPTAIN SEYMOUR says that
last year was one of the best seas
ons in the history of the vessel
See WATERFRONT, Page 4
C. G. Reserve Fleet
Will Be Organized
At Meeting Tonight
Boatmen and fishermen through
out Carteret County have been
urged to attend a meeting in More
head City Municipal Building to
night (Thursday, December 12)
for the purpose of organizing a U.
S.1' Coast Guard ' Reserve fleet.
Lieutenant Anderson of the Nor
folk District, U. S. Coast Guard
will be present to explain object
of the reserve fleet.. .The principal
object will be to aid in the Nation,
al Defense Program.
Similar groups have been organ
ized along the entire coast. The
fleet members will be given an op
portunity to receive special train
ing and in case of emergency be
called upon to serve their country.
Capt. Norman Etheridge and mem
bers of his unit of the Station have
been busy this week notifying
boatmen to attend the meeting.
A large attendance is expected.
Hunting Party On
Cudacatcher Back
From Down Sound
Mr. and Mrs. Rowe Metcalf of
New York, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Neal.
and Christopher Jones of Beaufort
returned on Tuesday from a hunt
ing trip down in Core Sound. Al
though conditions were not as fa
vorable as they could have been
the party shot some wildfowl. The
party lived aboard Mr. Metcalf's
cruiser "Cudacatcher," which ba
sed in the vicinity of Harkers Is.
iand for the hunt.
Criswell It To Be
Principal Speaker
At Vo-Ag Banquet
J. F. Criswell, extension leader
of land use planning will be the
principal speaker at the annual
Vo-Ag banquet on Friday night,
when students of the agricultural
and vocational classes honor theiv
fathers. The Fathers and Sons
banquet is one of the high spots of
the school year at Newport. Cris
well, a splendid speaker, is pinch
hitting for Congressman Graham
A. Barden who announced at the
last minute that he would be un
able to be present and make the
principal address. For several
years Congressman Barden has
been the principal speaker at the
event.
Others on the program include
E. N. Meekins, district supervisor
of agricultural education and C. S.
Long, the agricultural speaker.
The program will be in charge of
the Chapter members of the New
port Future Farmers of America.
The banquet will be prepared by
the home economics class of the
school.
SAVE MONEY BY
READING THE ADS
CARTERET MAY
BE CHOSEN AS
AIRSHIP BASE
Briefs On Three
Places Sent To
Washington
It will be several weeks be
fore the U. S. Navy's Inspec
tion group will have a defi
nite report to make on the
proposed site for a"lighter-than-air"
base, somewhere in
Eastern North Carolina, ac
cording to Congressman Gra
ham A. Barden who was con
tacted by The Beaufort
News last night for any bang
up news on the matter. Con
gressman Barden had ac
companied Capt. Charles E.
Rosendahl of the U. S. Navy
and other officials on an in
spection tour of potential
sites in his district early last
week.
In Carteret County five sites
were inspected by the group. Three
of these sites were west of More-
head City, two were in the vicinity
of Beaufort. After viewing the
sites, Commander Rosendahl asked
that briefs on the facilities offered
be mailed into Washington imme
diately on two sites west of More-
head City, the Arthur Farm and
the Morehead Bluffs property, and
also a brief on West Beaufort.
Capt. George Brooks prepared
the briefs in detail on the sites west
of Morehead City. Aycoek Brown,
secretary of The Beaufort Cham
ber of Commerce prepared the
brief on the site near Beaufort
with the assistance cf Mayor
George W. Huntley. The Beau
fort group seeking the proposed
base has gone on record as favor
ing any spot in Carteret County
See Airship Base, Page 8
Caveators Wini
Clerk Hassell Says It Is First Time It Has Happened
In Carteret In Over 20 Years
Highlights for the week's
term of Carteret County Su
perior Court which ended
last Friday was the Will con
test involving the alleged last
will and Testament of Geo.
R. Guthrie of Bogue Sound.
In this contest three children and
two grandchildren of Mr. Guthrie
were alligned against another
daughter of the testator who was
named sole legatee in the will.
The contestant parties were Par
ker A. Guthrie, a son, Pollie M.
Fulcher and Mrs. O. C. Willis,
daughters, and Clarence and Guior.
Lewis, grandsons, the Caveators,
while the propounder was Pear!
Guthrie Nance.
The will was written in April,
1931. The jury answered both
the issues -as to mental incapacity
and undue influence in favor of
the caveators, thereby breaking
the will.
According to Lawrence W. Has
Beaufort Theatre
Is Sold To Stuart
Drake Enterprise
Robert G. Lang, founder of The
Beaufort Theatre here has sold out
to the Stuart-Drake Enterprises
which operates a chain of treatres
n Eastern North Caronna towns
and cities. The change m owner
ship becomes effective on Sunday,
December 15. Amount involved
in the sale was noi le&rnea as wo
go to press today. I
Perry Reaves will be the new
manager of Beaufort Theatre. A
very likable young man, he comes
86 Beaufort from Farmville where
he has been manager of Stuart
Drake's Paramount Theatre. Mr.
Reaves has already arrived ir
Beaufort to get a closer insight on
the theatre he will manage here.
Mr. Lang came to Beaufort about
three years ago and opened the
Beeaufort Theatre, and built up a
splendid theatre business. The
Langs will remain in Beaufort for
several weeks, and possibly indefi
nitely as they have made no plans
to move elsewhere.
COASTAL TOWNS
AND FIRMS ARE
VERY COLORFUL
Christmas Spirit
Is Prevailing
Everywhere
The spirit of Christmas is
prevailing along the coast
Not only are the streets a
blaze of colorful lights both
in Beaufort and Morehead
City, but each of the towns
have erected their communi
ty trees and the firms, just
about every firm, have more
lavish decorations this year
than ever before. Not only
are the interiors of the stores
decorated, but the show win
dows too are most colorful
and it is worth anyone's vis
it to town ust to see the dec
orations. It has been announced that
prizes will be given for the best
decorated Christmas tree or seas
onal display in the yards of Beau
fort, and this move on the part ot
the Women's Club is expected to
result in more yuletide lights ap
pearing nightly. It is expected
that some of the skippers of men
haden vessels now in port will be
decorating their masts, a custom
as old as navigation of the sea it
self. Beaufort's Community Tree this
year is located in the court of the
Government Pier. Lights are ex
pected to go on there tonight or by
the week-end at least. Employ
ees of the Town have supervised
the erection of this tree, which
when lighted up should add much
color to the waterfront. Charles
Manson and his son Charles, Jr.,
had charge of decorating the
streets again this year and they
See Coastal Towns, Page 8
A Will Case
sell, who has been Clerk of the Su
perior Court for the past twenty
years, this was the first will con
test which has ended in success foe
the caveators during his term of
office.
Another feature of the case re
mains unsettled. These same heirs
have brought suit against Mrs.
Nance for the cancellation of an
assignment made on a certain
mortgage by George R. Guthrie to
her, alleging, as in the will contest
mental incapacity and undue in
fluence in 1937, when the alleged
assignment was made. This case
will stand for trial at the next
term of court, providing the appeal
taken by the propounder in the
will contest is settled by that time.
Hamilton & McNeill and C. R.
Wheatley represented the caveat
ors and Paul Webb, E. W. Hill and
J. F. Duncan represented the pro
pounder. 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 with respect
to the locality, thai is wheth
er near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Dec. 13
6:50 AM. 12:43 AM.
7:17 PM. 1:82 PM.
Saturday, Dac. 14
7:38 AM. 1:24 AM.
7:38 AM. 1:24 AM.
Sunday, Dac. IS
7:58 PM. 2:10 PM.
8:18 AM. 2:28 AM.
Monday, Dec 16
8:57 AM. . 2:42 AM.
9:22 PM. 3:26 PM.
Tuesday, Dee. 17
9:39 AM. 8:22 AM.
10:07 PM. 4:05 PM.
Wednesday, Dee. 18
10:23 AM.
10:57 PM.
Thursday, Dec.
4:06 AM.
4:49 PM.
1
4:55 AM.
6:37 PM.
11:08 PM.