MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND People Will Read The Beaufort News THIS WEEK For Important News of the Coast Read The Beaufort News Each Week Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912 ' Owl tH w VOLUME XXIX; NO. 18. Student Leader At Elon College Edward Potter, above, Beaufort youth, will be among the approxi mately 80 seniors who will receive diplomas at the 51st annual com mencement of Elon College May 25-27. Potter has completed a brilliant career at Elon, and will rank at the top of the class. He has served during the past year as president of the student body, the ki.hit.t honor that can be accorded an Elon student; for two years he has been a member of the baseball tm. ..rvins as regular catcher-, he starred for two years on the basketball team, being one of the more consistent players of Elon's championship team; and has served for three years as laboratory in structor in physics. He is one o the most highly esteemed students on the campus. After graduation Potter plans to enter the Naval air corps and has already passed both the mental and physical examina tions. Private Papers Of a Cub Reporter The harassed attache of the Amer ican Consul at Lisbon swears this happened: A small, shy little man leaned confidentially across his desk and said: "Please, Mister, could you tell me if there is any possibility that I could get entrance to your won derful country?" . . . The attache, pressed by thousands of such re quests and haggard with sleepless nights, roughly replied: "Impossible now. Come back in another ten years!" The little refugee moved toward the door, stopped, turned and asked, with a wan smile: "Morning or aft ernoon?" Well, as most of us suspected, that Nazi aviator who escaped from a Canadian concentration camp has lamistered to Peru, forfeiting the $15,000 bail posted by the German Consulate. This is good news, be cause the government officials will henceforth crack down on them all, and there will be no bail for any of them . . . However, the clever aviator didn't have all the laughs during his escape . . . The first week here he was taken to many of the Broadway hot-spots ... In one of them he got a double "Mickey" for talking too much and loud and when you've swallowed a "Mickey" (no less a double one) you can es cape all you like hut you will never See WINCHELL, Page 2 ALMANAC HISTORICAL EVENTS APRIL 9. Lieut. Byrd flew over North Pole, 1926. 10. Ft. Ticonderoga capt 1775. 11. Mother's Day. 12. King George VI crowned 1937 13. Jamestown settled, 1607. 14. First Constitutional con. 1787. BIRTHDAY Of Famous People APRIL 9. John Brown, abolitionist, 1800 10 J. T. Bennett, N. Y. Herald, 1841. 11. Irving. Berlin, composer 1888. 12. Florence Nightengale, nurse, 1820. 13. Maria Theresa, Hungary, 1717 14. Farenheit, thermometer, 1686 15. Vauban, Fr. Marshall, 1633. . 'V wTil'sf ft 1 li tT '..It FINALS Dr. Clyde A. Erwin Make Finals Address Dr. Clvde A. Erwin. State Superintendent of Public In struction will deliver the graduating address at Beau fort Graded School on Mon day night, May 12. The Monday night program be gins at 8 o'clock. During the Monday ni;rht pro (tram the Senior Class Graduating Exercises will be featured. A com plete program of this and other fi nal events will be found on Page 2 Principal Leary has urired the general public to attend the exer cises and hear the address of Dr Erwin. He is a gifted speaker and those who hear him will be lad they attended the exercises See FINALS, Page 2 Episcopal Church's Forward In Service Roll Call Underway In an especially arranged Ser vice of Rededication the members of St. Paul's Church will renew their church membership vows at 7:30 o'clock on Sunday May 11. This service follows an extensive Roll Call of the families of St. Paul's Parish which has been con ducted for the past two weeks by trained Messengers. The Episco pal Church throughout the nation is conducting a similar program in every parish and mission. The Roll Call and Rededication Service are part of a program be gun in 1940 which will extend for the next ten years. The first por tion of the program is concerned with accounting for the million and a half members of the Church and then enlisting all in some def inite work. When each Parish has complet ed its roll call and evaluated the information secured it will work out a program to meet the needs of the Parish. The "Forward in Service" pro gram, which is the name given to this endeavor, is the the answer of the Episcopal Church to the need of looking forward and preparing for a future that must be better than the past. SCHOOL BAND DONTAIONS Only $40.10 was collected in membership dues for the Beaufort Band during the past week. These donations swelled the total to $182.50, which is considered only fair, as to produce a really credi ble band with all the necessary big See School Band, Page 8 SENIOR PROM IN THE CASINO WAS A SUCCESS Big Atlantic Beach Event Attended By Hundreds Merriment and gaiety reig ned supreme at the Sixth Aii County Junior-Senior Prom, financed by the Atlantic Beach management, spon sored by the Carteret County Board of Education, and held in the Atlantic Beach casino Friday evening, May 2, with the able assistance of New man Willis, manager. In spite of thunder, lightning, and rain, the first in the his tory of the prom, the crowd almost equalled predictions, their spirits were not dam pened, and, in the opinion of many seniors, the prom went over with an even bigger bang than last year. As usual the decorations this time in red, white and blue so tastefully and effectively arranged by J. I. Mason, were a delight to everyone entering the casino. The grand march, made up of seniors and their escorts, moved off promptly at 8:45 and more than 200 charming girls and handsome boys performed superbly under the direction of Mrs. Grayden Paul and made a decided hit with the spectators, especially as this "Youth On Parade" ended the grand march in excellent forma tion before the orchestra stand where, with the American flag See Senior Prom, Page 8 Military Affairs Chairman Praises Work When Three Congressmen Inspected Camp Davis i -fn . Iri ' ' ! H'a it a M ftBT4 " u Lil2 ffliLJilLJ-"... SOLONS INSPECT CAMP DAVIS. Representative Andrew Jackson May, second from right, chairman of Congressional Military Affairs Committee, inspected Camp Davis recently and commented favorably on progress made in construction of the new Coast Artillery Anti Aircraft Firing Center which is now almost 100 per cent complete Shown in the photo taken at Camp Davis are left to right, Brigadier General James B. Crawford, commanding officer of Camp Davis, Representative Harold D. Cooley of the 4th District; Representative Graham A. Barden of the 3rd District, Representa tive May and Capt. Karl M. Pattee, constructing quarter master. It has been under Capt. Pattee's direction that such rapid and efficient progress has been made at Camp Davis. (Photo by Aycock Brown.) The Beaufort News Makes Special Offer The attention of Beaufort News readers is called to the Special Of fer this newspaper is making to old and new customers. Through a special arrangement we are in position to give you a beautiful 8 x 10 hand colored portrait for only 39 cents. CABBAGE CROP , BEING SHIPPED FROM CARTERET Prices Today Range From $16 to $17 Per Ton Estimate About Third Of Crop Went To Seed Carteret County cabbage were moving to market to day and the local price being paid by truckers was aver aging $16 to $17.50 per ton, according to reports from the farming areas. It has been estimated that due to a cold spell of weather during March, that the cabbage crop this year on Carteret coast will fall about one third short, that being the amount of acres of cabbage that have gone to seed. So far no 'Carteret Cabbage have been shipped in packages. It is thought that orders are likely to come from U. S. Army camps See Cabbage Crop, Page 8 Fishing And All Outdoors By AYCOCK BROWN BONITA STOLE the show at Morehead City and Swansboro last week-end. Just about every boat coming in from Cape Lookout to Morehead or from off Bogue Inlet to Swansboro had a nice catch of these fighting game fish aboard. Capt. Charlie Smith's boat brought in 339 bonita, taken by a party from Fredericksburg, Va., Capt. Joe Rose and a party from Rich mond brought 102 back from Cape waters. Another party out only a half hour averaged better than one fish a minute, and brought back 39 bonita to prove it. By late after noon in Morehead City in the niegh borhood of a thousand pounds of bonita had been brought to More head City. The exact poundage of fish taken to Swansboro was not learned but Billie Arthur who checked that area said the fishing was good on the week-end. FRED STEDMAN back on Ocra coke tells how he and Coke Cecil landed the first channel bass of the season from the surf at the In let Point of Beach last week. The fish weighed 40 pounds, 15 hours after it was gaffed. Stedman says it was one of the scrappiest fel See FISHING, Page 8 BEAUFORT, N. C.t THURSDAY, MAY 5 1941. HUMBER TO BE SPEAKER HERE MEMORIAL DAY Robert Lee Humber, brilliant orator and noted student of inter national affairs has accepted an invitation of Carteret Post 99, to deliver an address here at the American Legion sponsored Me morial Day exercises on Sunday, June 1. The exercises which have brought noted speakers to Beau fort in the past, including U. S. Senators, high State and Legion officials, will be held on the Court- T house Green. Th public will be urged to attend. Mr. Humber is the man who recently founded the Federation of the World, a move ment which is gaining in favor throughout the nation. MEN NEEDED IN USNMM RESERVE Hope To Enlist 150 Men For Local Patrol Work The Merchant Marine Re serve needs 150 men for local defense work in this District, to mann and handle small craft for coastal patrol, har bor patrol and work of a sim ilar nature and to maintain and repair these boats at the Inshore Patrol Base in Char leston, S. C, according to in formation brought here Wednesday by Lieutenant Commander B. A. Grimball, U. S. N. R. He was here for the purpose of recruiting persons who wish to serve their country in this capaci ty. Those who wish to enlist will be given an opportunity to be exam ined by U. S. Navy Physicians on May 19 at Potter Emergency Hos pital in Beaufort and on the pre vious day, (May 18) at Dr. B. F. Royal's office in Morehead City. The pay range for members of the USNMMR is from $36 to $120 per month, it was stated by Chief Boatswain Mate C. B. Albrecht here with Commander Grimball. It is generally thought that there will be numerous fishermen, yacht men and freight boat handlers who want to do their bit for their coun try and who, due to their native ability, would want to serve in their natural element rather than be called for some national defense work in which they have had no experience, it was stated. Those enlisted will be in one of the following ratings: Boatswain mate, coxwain, quartermaster, sig nalman, seaman, radioman, car penter's mate, ship-fitter, machin ists mate, water tender, boiler maker, electrician's mate, fireman, yeoman, store keeper and ship's cook. Uniforms would not be issued men enlisting until such time as they are ordered to active duty, it was stated. All enlisted men in the NMMR receive the best of food and sleeping quarters at no cost to them. Men in the NMMR receive free medical and dental attention. Banks To Observe Holiday On May 10 First Citizens Bank and Trust Company in Beaufort and More head City will remain closed on Saturday, May 10, in observance of Southern Memorial Day. Bank patrons are urged to take care of their banking business on Friday, said James Davis, cashier of the local branch. . LINE STAKING FOR REA WILL BE OVER SOON Reported That Part Of Materials For Work Ordered Much Local Unskilled Labor To Be Given Jobs One hundred and twenty miles of line on the Carteret Craven REA Project has al ready been staked, it was re ported by Engineer L. C. Krr today. This leaves only the Merrimon and Cedar Island communities unstak ed for line construction, and they will be run within the next two weeks. The construction contract for actual building of the line by the Miller-Baxter Company, has not been formally approved by Wash ington authorities, but all indica tions point to its speedy approval. However, an agent of the contrac See Line Staking, Page 8 Covering The Waterfront By AYCOCK BROWN LEAVING CAMP Davis just ahead of the 4:30 traffic on Tues day I caught up with and got right in the middle of a motor convoy of U. S. Marines enroute from Marine Barracks, Parris Island, to some where. I played a hunch that these Marines may be the first de tail bound for Marine Barracks at New River, instead of Quantico or some other base. Therefore I knew, if such was the case, that I was riding in the middle of a news story. Up ahead of the convoy in a few minutes I parked alongside the highway, just south of Jack sonville, a logical place for the de tail to stop, if it was to New River Barracks they were going. THEY DID NOT stop at that point. Just beyond the bridge at Jacksonville the convoy halted for a moment and I got ahead again. I would shoot pictures of the Ma rines as they passed through town, if they continued north. But, in stead of going north, the State Highway Patrolman leading the convoy turned to Route 24 and the several truckloads of equipment and men followed. So did I. Five or six miles east of Jackson See WATERFRONT, Page 8 Camp Davis Camp Davis, the semi-mobile Coast Artillery Anti Air craft and Balloon Barrage Training Center will receive its first Selectees today. These Selectees were sched uled to leave Camp Grant, and Fort Sheridan, Illinois, on Tuesday, for the new ar my reservation in lowei Ons low County, which Capt. Karl M. Pattee, CQM will re port as approximately 90 per cent completed this week end unless additional build ings (which is likely) are au thorized. The arrival of the Selectees to day will swell tne military popu lation of Camp Davis to over 5,- 000 enlisted men and officers. On Monday 726 soldiers arrived from Fort Bliss, at ElPaso. They ar rived on two special trains just 90 minutes apart after a 2,000 mile cross-country trip described as without major incident" the troops were assigned to the 18th and 19th groups, commanded respec tively, by Lieut. Col. Edward O. Halbert and Lieut. Col. R. D. Brown. By its present schedule, Camp Davis will have approximately one half of its full strength of 20,000 men and officers on the reserva tion by June 1. Full strength of personnel is not expected until mid-July. The Texans who reach ed Camp Davis early this week are enlisted men of the regular army, having been assigned from the 64th Coast Artillery. Except for the dust on the unpaved roads, the men welcomed the sight of Camp Davis and its neat, new modern wooden barracks. They had been quartered in tent houses at F )rt Bliss. The group were under the com mand of Capt. H. S. Tubsm CAC; Capt. Taul A. Roy, CAC; Lieut. G. A. Slusser and Lieut. J. R. Evans, medical officers and the trip began last Friday. Construction Work Almost Complete Construction of buildings, roads and utilities are almost completed at Camp Davis. Capt. Pattee, an nounced early this week that un der present schedule the work of the Architect-Engineer would ter minate on May 15 and that the contractors, Grannis, Higgins, Thompson and McDevitt would terminate their contract on May 29. The Constructing Quartermas ter at Camp Davis was high in his praise for both the contracting and engineering groups. He termed their work as not only "most satis factory" to the CQM, but also most efficient. The creation of Camp Davis in isolated lower Onslow County in such a short period has been considered most spectacular not only in Eastern North Caroli na, but throughout the nation. HUNTLEY IS REELECTED MAYOR HERE Closest Contest On Tuesday Was For C. O. P. Office With a majority of 156 votes. Mayor George W. Huntley was swept back in office for a third term in the municipal election here on Tuesday. There were 838 votes cast for mayor, of which Candidate C. H. Bush all received 336 and Mayor Huntley received 492. Closest race was for the office of Chief of Police. The incum bent and veteran chief, Walter R Longest, won with a majority of only 38 votes over his opponent Louis B. Willis. Chief Longest has been chief of police for th? past 20 years or more and if he is successful in being elected to the office two years hence, he will be eligible to retire on a pension. The present or incumbent board of town commissioners were swept back into office with better than two to one majorities over their opponents. The winning board was Grayden M. Paul, E. H. Potter, C. C. Guthrie, J. T. White and C. Z. Chappell. The loosing Board candidates were: H. W. Peterson, A. T. Gardner, H. M. Parkin, M. T. Noe, and J. E. Noe. Voting was considered compa ratively light, despite the fact that some of the offices seemed to be hotly contested. John Brooks was registrar and Bayard Taylor and Mrs. James Rumley were Judges of See HUNTLEY, Page 8 PUBLISHED WEEKLY. BLAKELY POND COMMANDER OF LOCAL LEGION Carteret Post Will Observe Memorial Day On June 1 Elakely Pond, a staunch member of Carteret Post 99, American Legion for several years, became its command er at the annual election of officers on last Friday night. He along with ether new of ficers elected will serve for one year. It was decided at the meeting on Friday night that the annual Me morial Day Services would be con ducted at Harlowe Church on Sun day morning, June 1. The Memo rial Day exercises of the Carteret Post will be held on the Court house Lawn he"e on the afternoon of June 1, with the speaker to be named. There is a possibility that Robert Lee Humber, brilliant stu dent of international affairs will speak, but should he have an en gageaient on that date, efforts will be made to secure a U. S. Aarmy otfcer to make the address. In addition to Commander Fond, (who succeeds Raymond Ball) the following officers were elected on Friday night: R. Hugh Hill, 1st vice- commander; C. G. Chappell, 2nd vice-commander and C. R. Da vant, 3rd vice-commander. Ja cob Millar was re-elected Finance Officer. John B. Thaxton was named Service Officer, H. L. Ed wards, Sergent at Arms and Dr. F. E. Hyde, Chaplain. Washington, D. C. TERRITORIAL BASES The island bases of the United States are now considered our best safeguard against invasion. But army and navy brasshats get a scorching rebuke in a report pre pared by the house appropriations subcommittee that inspected terri torial bases. Written by Rep. James G. Scrug ham of Nevada, chairman of the group, the report recommends the immediate creation of an "inde pendent air force." This would be intended to correct two chief abuses: (1) The location of army and navy, bases almost side by side in flat, unprotected country, thus "inviting destruction by enemy bombs." (2) Failure to build hangars, repair i shops and other facilities under ground. Regarding the first criticism the Scrugham report states: "This policy of concentrating highly essen tial military or industrial struc tures in very limited areas camiot be too strongly condemned, and may constitute an error of gravest consequences. This is as true in our territorial as well as our continental defenses. "Tl lesson of the destruction of the Polish air force by the Germans at .the beginning of the war seems See Merry-Go-Round, P-;e 2 f TIDE TABLE f t Information as to the tide at Beaufort is given in this ;olumn. The figures are ap proximately correct and are based on tables furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Survey. So meallowances ir.ust 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, May 9 6:17 A.M. 12:18 A.M. 6:46 P. M. 12:30 P. M. Saturday, May 10 7:09 A.M. 1:13 A.M. 7:37 P. M. 1:21 P. M. Sunday, May 11 8:02 A. M. 7:03 A. M. 8:30 P. M. 2:12 P. M. Monday, May 12 8:55 .A M. 2:55 A. M. 9:23 P. M. 3:02 P. M. Tuesday, May 13 9:49 A. M. 3:43 A. M. 10:16 P. M. 3:52 P. M. Wednesday, May 14 10:43 A. M. 4:37 A. M. 4:46 P. M. Thursday, May 15 11:09 A.M. 5:31A.M. 11:36 P.M. 5:45 P.M. mmingfyri

Page Text

This is the computer-generated OCR text representation of this newspaper page. It may be empty, if no text could be automatically recognized. This data is also available in Plain Text and XML formats.

Return to page view