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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.
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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
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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.)
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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.
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