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The IeIufort News BRIDGE OPENS "The New Harkers Island bridge Was Opened to Traffic On January 1, i941' DREDGE COMING U. S. Dredge Wil Come Here Soon f,o Remove Lump In Taylor's Creek Carteret County's Oldest Newspaper Established PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Worthless Fortune In Q Espee-Southland Collision In Spotlight Again FEDERAL COURT HEARING IN NORFOLK TUESDAY EXAMINED BY CLERK rOLUME XXIX; NO. 1. BEAUFORT, W. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1941. fe 'Worll Fedeialtioi IslOrgaeizedl On Coast i ; 1 . . ; . .I-: . . , i f i . Id Money , l V f 1 L. W. HASSELL- lYUUCIl LiCC i lUIIlUCI Vs 1 r i i 1 FIND OF THE YEAR was tune discovered in an old packet of papers at Clerk of Court L. W. Hassell's office by his assistant Mrs. Eva Bra valdo. Although the money would have been worth several thousands of dollars during Civil War days, it was not worth the paper it was printed on when discovered some 80 years later. The currency in various denomina tions was printed by the State of North Carolina. In the Ehoto, Carteret's veteran Clerk of Court, Lawrence W. assell, is shown inspecting the money. Clerk Hassell in cidentally is perhaps seeing his picture in the paper for the first time, because he shuns publicity, despite the fact that he has held an office of trust with much efficien cy for longer than any other county official (Flash Pho to by Aycock Brown.) Public Invited To Formal Opening Of New Library Here Mrs. J. G, Allen of the Woman's Club stated today that every per son in Cai"teret County is extend ed a. cordial imitation to attend the formal opening of ' the new Carteret County Library here on Satarday-4.. ' vThet Club' wtlTajwo-i sor a reception between the hours of 2 o'clock and 6 o'clock. Washing-ton, D. C. BIBLICAL DESTROYERS There were two reasons for that grin on the face of North Dakota's Gov. John Moses when he left the White House the other day. One was an assurance that the President would personally investi gate why North Dakota has not re ceived any of the new defense plants. Moses argued that his state was so far inland that it was ideal lor defense industries. Roosevelt promised to look into the matter im mediately. The other reason was an anecdote the President told Moses "about a famous namesake of yours." It hap pened when Roosevelt was assistant secretary of the navy in the Wilson administration. He was asked to select from a list of American naval heroes, the name of a new destroyer. He picked "Is rael," in honor of a U. S. captain who distinguished himself in the war lagainst the Barbary Coast pirates in 5815. See Merry-go-Round, Page 2 ALMANAC HISTORICAL EVENTS January W. J. (Frigy) Conners, 1857 Carter Glass, statesman, 1858 Z. Pike, Pikes Peak, 1779. Tom Mix, actor, 1880. Millard Filmore, Pres. 1800. Gen. Jas. Longstreet, 1821. Thomas Brown, poet, 1778. BIRTHDAY Of Famous People January Battle of Princeton. 1777. Utah became state 1896. Capt. John Smith captured, 1608. Epiphany. First Telephone across Atlan tic 1927. Battle of New Orleans 1815. First shot in Civil War 1861. the small (worthless) for COAST AIRWAY COMPANY BUYS SECOND PLANE Service Soon To Be Extended South - Togaufort The new five-passenger plane bought by Pilot Dave Driskill recently for Coast Airways, "The Gulf Stream Route" Norfolk to Beaufort via Manteo and the Outer Banks, was inspected last week and placed in charter service on Christmas Day, after being put through the paces or two or three day3 previous. First charter trip was to transport a group pf hunters from Norfolk to Ocracoke Island. The service will be extended to Beaufort-Morehead City just as soon as CAA approval has been Coast Airways Head Beaufort Visitor R. Stanley Wakab of Ocracoke and Baltimore who it president of Coat Airways "The Gulf Stream Route" visited The Beaufort News office on Wednesday and discuss ed plans for the new air route which will begin service between Beaufort and Norfolk when CAA approval is given the line. Wahab accompanied by his niece, Miss Lu cille Wahab of Norfolk, was en route from the island to Baltimore after spending the holidays with his mother Mrs. Martha Ann Wa hab. given the application which has been filed for the scheduled route. In the meantime at Beaufort, Tide Water Power Company and Caro lina Telephone and Telepgraph Company are re-routing the ex See Airway, Page 8 " r Capt. Dave Davis Of The "Parkins" Makes Big Catch Capt. David William Davis, col ored skipper of the Fish Meal Com pany's menhaden vessel "Parkins" told The Beaufort News this week that his was the high boat of the fleet during a 9-month period end ing December 27, 1940. As a matter of fct ne claims the record "high boat" record during this pe riod of all menhaden vessels ope rating between Maine and Missis sippi. ..According to his figures start ing March 25, 1940, a total of 25, 655,000 menhaden were taken through last Friday. Hi slips show that the Parkins' catch in Florida was 6,333,000; New Jer sey, 15,083,000 and North Caroli na 4,239,000. Capt. Davis is a na tive of Beaufort, a respected col a skipper who has a good crew as ored citizen, a good fisherman and sisting him. Launches Vv'iteri owl Season In Favor Of And Geese AS' 4. . ie were more mi- fowl this year than .vis the season ended fivor of the ducks .1 to balmy, blue ts along the coast inge of the game, II bag limits, and n the Core Sound xoke and Hatter, the same story 1 ' ..!:'"' ' 1 ii.';,- I U- t r.-s. ' 1 m I j l - ''i i t'-mouiiii, C: plen ;y of g nio to favor.r'i'f ti but with weather ,t good shooting. It takes unfavorable weather con ditions for favorable goose and duck shooting. At Mattamuskeet. where the waters are literally cov ered with thousands of geese and ducks, the hunters had better luck than on the sounds, but the Matta muskeet shooting was below par. TRMEDY Two Young Men Of Morehead City Lose Lives Coastguardsmen from Beaufort Station have been searching daily over a wide area for the body of Norman (Skinny) Jon.s, who with Bill Ballou, both popular and welt itnow-nyoun 'z im&l "' of Morehead City, who lost their lives when the truck in which they were riding on Christmas Day crashed through the railing of Atlantic Beach bridge into the waters of Bogue Sound. Richard Swindell, U. S. Navy, home for the holidays was also in the truck but swam to safety and was rescued by bridge tenders. He suffered a broken arm and received treatment in Morehead City hispital. The body of young Ballou was recovered from the waters shortly after the tragedy which cast a pall of gloom over Morehead City. His funeral services were held last Fri day and many hundreds of people were in attendance. The business places of Morehead City closed for one hour in respect for him. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ballou. Although many heroic attenmpti have been made to recover the body of Jone.?, it had not been found by searchers up until the See Tragedy, Page 8 BEAUFORT HAS A COUNTYLIBRARY After More Than 20 Years Effort By Woman's Club A NEVER QUIT SPIRIT MEETS WITH SUCCESS By Mrs. M. Leslie Davis The Woman's Club of Beaufort, which was organ ized twenty-one years ago this month, is about to realize one of its pet aims for which they have hoped and striven all through the intervening years. After the community club which is was then called, was organized, one of the important committees appointed by the first president, Mrs. G. W. Lay, was a library com mittee for the purpose of starting a rest room and library for the town of Beaufort. Mrs. John ,W. Forlaw was the first chairman of the original committee which was composed of the following ladies: Mrs. A. F. Doane, Mrs. Sallie Shel ton, Mrs. H. C. Jones, Mrs. H. A. Day, Mrs. J. V. Caffrey, Mrs. U. E. Swann, Miss Laura Thomas Miss Lottie Sanders and Mrs. Ha! Potter. The Library and Rest room were opened in the Spring of 1922 in the building owned by Mr. H. C. Jones and then occupied by See Library, Page 5 Movement Prominent Citizens Give Endorsement To Resolution Group Met At Humber's Davis' Island Estate A movement for the estab lishment of world communi ty government' was launched Friday by Robert Lee Hum- ber, who only a tew months ago returned from Paris, France, wherehe was an in ternational lawyer and busi ness man, at his estate on Da vis Island, Near Beaufort The idea was endorsed by a group of prominent Carteret citizens, who adopted resolu tions seeking1 state and na tional endorsement of ths movement, with a view of providing a 'concrete and practical plans for lasting peace in orde'that civilza tion might survive. Read Declaration Text On Page 8 In the past several years Mr. Humber has travelled throughout the world giving study to interna tional politics, governments, cus toms and conditions in the various countries and he js convinced that civilization is iiearlmg the end of its existence and that the world is ap proaching suicided unless there is united effort " toward a lasting peace ' under :w'aicfe-there can be See Humber, Page 8 Ocracoke Sailor Now In Far East Jim Baugham Gaskill of Ocra coke who is helping carry out the tradition that you can find an Oc- racoker or Hatterasman in any port of the seven seas, was in Hong; Kong;, China when he sent out Christmas cards several weeks ago. One of the cards was re ceived by Editor Brown, close friend of the young Ocracoke ma riner this week. At present Gaskill is an AB sea man, working for the papers which will give him an officer's berth. He is aboard the S. S. Joseph Lykes, which will touch many far eastern ports before returning to New Orleans. Young Gaskill, how eever, is anxious to get back home due to the very grave illness of his mother Mrs. Annie B. Gaskill, who is now at the home of her daughter Mrs. Patman in Siler City. Beaufort Auto And Truck Tags Must Be Bought Before 10th Town officials stated today that all auto and truck owners aie urged to get their municipal license plates and display same before the deadline which is set for midnight Friday, January 10. The licenses may he purchased at City Hall or from Chief Walter R. Longest of the Police Department. The cost for local license plates for autos is $1. Old Christmas On The Outer Banks Next Sunday, January 5, will be Old Christmas at North and South Rodanthe on Hatteras Island, the only two of several communities along the Outer Banks which still observe the old, old, custom of cel ebrating Old Christmas. Nearest thing to an Old Christmas celebra tion in Beaufort will be special services at St. Paul's church on Epiphany Eve at 7:30 o'clock, or next Sunday. Beaufort Barber Shop Has Opened Beaufort Barber Shop in the Taylor Building on the south side of Front Street reopened for busi ness today. The building has been completely remodeled since the fire. T. P. Allen will be the manager. ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING various interests in connection with the collision of the barge Espee, and menhaden fish boat Southland which claimed the lives of 10 persons on November 18, 1938, conferred in Beaufort and Morehead City on Monday. A Federal Court hearing to determine the limitation of liability is scheduled to be held 'before Judge L. B. Way in Norfolk, Tuesday, January 7. (Aycock Brown Photo.) Carteret-Craven R E A Directors Hold Meet Ensign Hill Goes Aboard Upshur ENSIGN R. H. HILL, Jr., left Beaufort on December 23 to re port to the commander of the Nor folk Naval District, and was or dered to duty aboard the U. S. S. Upshur in what ever port she hap pens to be. Ensign Hill, the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hill of East Front Street, graduated from the University of North Carolina last year, and almost immediately went in training aboard the U. S. S. Illi nois for the commission he now holds. After a three months cruise aboard the battleship Illinois, he was granted the commission. Young Hill is only one of many Carteret youths who enlisted in the armed forces of the United States as a result of world condi tions which became serious for our nation during the year 1940. (U. S. Navy Photo.) Special Service Is Planned to Observe Feast of Epiphany A special evening service will be held in St. Paul's Church Sunday, January 5, 1941 at 7:30 P. M. The service will consist of a short ened form of Evening Prayer with an informal talk by the Rector, followed by a Candle Lighting ceremony. The entire service will be sym bolic of the Feast of the Epiphany or the manifestation of Christ to the Gentile world which comes on January 6th. This date is the tra ditional time of the arrival of the Wise Men or Magi at Bethlehem. The public is invited to attend this service. V"""" - .." X Wooten Select r-d As Engineer Subject To Official Oil FINANCE COMMITTEE IS NAMED EY GROUP Subject to the approval of Rural Electrification Au thority officials in Washing ton, L. E. Wooten, consulting engineer of Raleigh, was named by the Carteret-Craven REA Membership Co operative directors at a meeting here on Tuesday night to serve a3 engineer of the 145 mile project (mostly in Carteret county) for which an allotment of $143,000 has been made. The meeting on Tuesday night was presided .over by George W. Huntley, president of the coope rative. Nine of the eleven mem bers of the Board of Directors, were present. They were: Presi dent George W. Huntley, Vice President Lionell Pelletier, of Stel la ; Secretary-Treasurei George W. Ball, Harlowe; C. T. Cannon, Newport RFD; Claud Garner, Newport; John A. Jones, Swans boro RFD; W. C. Goodwin, Cedar Island; D. F. Merrill, Beaufort; RFD; and A. B. Morton, Bachelor. Borden Adams, Mill Creek and Gerald Whitehurst, Straits were not present, but the necessary quorum of six or more were pres- See R. E. A., Page 8 Swansboro Mayor Cooperates With Beaufort News Mayor Dave Wade of Swaniboro who it alio owner and operator ol The Little Theatre of that enter prising little town adjoining Car teret County on the west was a business visitor at The Beaufort News office this week. In appre ciation fos) the valued business he has given The Beaufort News print shop in the past, this newspaper is sending as a New Year's gift .to many of the residents of Swansbo ro, sample copies of Carteret's old est periodical. These sample copies will be sent for a four weeks period and in the meantime Editor Brown and Pub lisher William L. Hatsell are hop ing that many of Swansboro's cit izens will become permanent sub scribers. Already we have some circulation in Swansboro, but we plan to soon have every citizen of the Onslow County community on our mailing list and reading The Beaufort Newt each week, at an early date. The Editor, MAN AMVtr rO'.V; Myrna Loy's most persistent suit or is still wed to a famed screen tear-jerker, who will divorce him . . . Rosemary Lane tells chums, "My sister will soon be married" . . . Meaning Prisoilla Lane and Quentin Reynolds' brother Jim? . . . Rudy Vallee went to San Francisco to meet Tanya Widrin's parents object matrimony. She's a Wampus baby star . . . The big talk in Mo line, Illinois, is that producer Dwight Wiman's Nancy and wealthy John Good, both of Moline, are secretly betrothed . . . George Sylvester Viereck, the paid Nazi propagandist, has been notified of his expulsion from the Overseas Press Club. He had his lawyer write a letter de manding reasons. The reply will be a hunk of literature. The tip that broke the Hotel Pierre mess (about it allegedly be ing local h'quarters for foreign agents, et al) came from a recently! discharged exec . . . Willkie almost got the prexy job at Columbia U.,; See Winchell, Page 3 TIDE TABLE Tnfomation 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 Survfy. 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, Jan. 3 11:49 AM. 12:05 ?M. 5:57 AM. 6:29 PM. Saturday, Jan. 4 12:35 AM. 12:50 PM. 6:51 AM. 7:17 PM. Sunday, Jan. S 1:22 AM. 7:48 AM. 1:38 PM. 8:08 PM. 2:19 AM. 8:46 AM. Monday, Jan. 6 2:34 PM. 8:57 PM. 2:34 PM. - 8:57 PM. Tuesday, Jan. 7 3:17 AM. 9:41 AM. 3:34 PM. 9:47 PM.' Wednesday, Jan. 8 f 4:14 AM. 10:36 AJT. 4:29 PM. 10:37 PM, , fThurtday, Jan. 9 5:05 'AM. 52 PM. 11:30 PM. 1 j J. f.7V