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EAUFORT NEW SPEND YOUR VACATION ON THE CARTERET COAST Beaufort Welcomes Art, Dance And Biology Students For Their 1941 Summer Session Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished 1912 4k A VOLUME XXIX; NO. 23. BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1941. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. THE Lumber and Building Supplies Corporation Begins Operation Of Large Manufacturing Plant WARNING! Game Protector Leon Thomi stated this morning that any per son caught trespassing on the Philips Fish Factory Island be tween Morehead City and Beaufort would be prosecuted both in state and federal courts. The reason, because on this island is one of the northermost rookeries for heron and egret. Recently there hare been reports that vandals hare visited the island and killed or otherwise disturbed the birds. . . It is a violation of the state and federal laws to disturb rookeries of any kind of birds, on this is land or anywhere else. To help curb rookery vandalism on the coast this year a special undercov er man has been assigned to this locality to assist local officers. William Henry Knitsch, care tak er of the Fish Factory Island where the herons and" egret are rooking has also been made deputy game protector with orders to ar rest anyone who sets foot on the island. COUNTY BOARD ORDER The State Highway and. Public Works Commission was requested to take ever the Jordan Piner Roa? in the Marshallberg-Smyrna area from the State Highway to the Store Landing. Washington, D. C. RAILROAD TEST For National Defense chiefs, June holds a special significance. It will indicate whether government opera tion of railroads may be necessary. In June the nation's railroads will meet their first crucial test of whether they are adequately equipped to handle the enormous increase in freight resulting from the defense program. When the wheat harvest starts in the Texas Panhandle and continues north, the carriers will be on the spot to prove their determined con tention that there is no shortage of freight cars, and that they can cope with the great demands of the de fense program without the govern ment taking them over as in the World war. Railroad moguls are fully aware that they face a decisive showdown, and they are making tremendous efforts to meet it Twenty-five thousand cars have been mobilized to handle the Texas crop and a strict rule has been laid down that they must be kept rolling. Cars will not be allowed to be used Xor. storage purposes. It a ship ment oan't be unloaded without de Jay, cars will not be released. Cars will be peremptorally re called if shippers don't load. Cir cuitous, routing is being eliminated. See Merry-go-Round, Pge 3 ALMANAC HISTORICAL EVENTS JUNE 6 Congress introduced import duties 1873. 7 Resolution of Independence 1776. 8 Trinity Sunday. 10 Wyoming. 11 First Lakes teamer crossed ocean 1891. 12 Corpus Christi. BIRTHD AY Of Famous People 6 Nathan Hale, patriot 1755. 7 A. S. Bundson, statesman 1863. 8 Rob't. Stevenson, steam en gine 1772. 9 Hagenbeck, circus, 1844. 10 J. H. Payne, "Home Sweet Home"1791. 11 Jeanette Rankin, cong. wo man 1880. 12 R. H. Savage, author, 1846. JnC H gk xzfiflff vbgkq ETAO Planing Mill Under Management Of Jack Neal NEW MODERN PLANT UNIT OF LOCAL FIRM One of the most modern planing mills and lumber finishing plants in North Carolina has begun opera tons between the Atlantic and East Carolina Railroad tracks and U. S. Route 70 in the Morehead Bluffs sec tion. Complete in every de tail, insofar as a finishing plant is concerned, the new Dlanintr mill is the manutac turine unit of Lumber and Building Supplies Corpora tion of Beaufort and Hard ware and Building Supplies. Incorporated, of Morehead City. Jack Neal, successful young business man of Beau fort, i3 . general manager of both corporations and the new unit in addition to being treasurer of each. The new manufacturing plant represents an investment of. ap proximately $50,000. No expense was spared in its construction to make it the most modern, in every detail, that a lumber finishing plant can be. Beginning opera tion a few days ago the plant is now working on full scale opera tions, transforming rough lumber into the finished product to fill defense orders. Mr. Neal stated that while the new manufacturing plant was a unit of the Beaufort and Morehead City building sup plies firms, that no lumber would be retailed direct from the plant See LUMBER, Page 8 "Silver Star" Name Of New Vessel For F.MCompany Fleet Harvey Smith of the Fish Meal Company stated this morning that the new vessel launched on Tues day to be added to this firm's fleet has been named the "Silver Star". The keel for the vessel was laid about six months ago. Capt. Jule Whitehurst, noted ship-builder here designed and built the boat. A number of local carpenters and shipwrights were given employ ment in building the boat. The dimensions of the vessel are approximately 100 by 20 feet. The craft will be powered by a 200 H. P. Atlas motor. Another vessel for the Fish Meal fleet is now under construction at the plant's shipyard in West Beaufort TOMATOES Insofar a The Beaufort News can learn, George W. Huntley, is the first grower to produce toma toes this year. At his establish ment yesterday afternoon he dis played four tomatoes that would be U. S. No. l's in any body's lan guage. 'Of course the tomatoes were still green but they were ful ly mature in size, and it will be only a few days until picking on a large scale begins commercially in Carteret on the Huntley acreage first, in all likelihood. The toma to crop this year is just a trifle late, and the total acreage in the county is probably less than half what it was in 1940. Cotton Products To Be Discussed At Mass Meeting County Agent Lassiter announ ces that all merchants of Carteret County handling cotton products are urged to attend a mass meeting to be held in the Court House Fri day, June 6th, at 8:00 P. M. to re ceive instructions from a repre sentative of the Federal Surplus Marketing Administration. All the merchants in the county should have received their infor mation kits by the date of this mass meeting, and it is hoped they will familiarize themselves with this information before attending the mass meeting. Lt. Sipes In Charge Salvation Post Here Lieutenant John Sipes of Shelby will be in charge of the local Sal vation Army Post starting immedi ately, it was announced here to day by Capt E. V. Farmer. LOCAL GIRLS GRADUATE AT WCUNC I fr t ' j 1 lT U HI J Lucille Safrit Mill Lucile Ellen Safrit, daugh ter of Mr. and Mn. R. W. Safrit, Sr., of Beaufort, wai graduated from the Woman'i College of the University of North Carolina, on June 2. Mill Safrit, a candidate for the A. B. degree, majored in primary education. Miit Safrit, a member of the Di kes n society, was a member of the Young Democrats' Club in her sophomore" year and a member of the Education Club in her junior and senior years. A member of the Archery Club in her junior year, Miss Safrit became secretary-treasurer of the club in her sen ior year. During her sophomore year Miss Safrit was a member of the Square Dance Club and played on the soccer, volley ball, basket ball, gymnastics, tennis, and base' ball teams during her freshman and sophomore years. BOARD Covering The Waterfront By AYCOCK BROWN GENERALS ARE hard to shoot with their eyes open. This I have learned during the past several weeks that I have been hobnobbing with Army men, and when I refer to shooting the top rankers, I mean shooting them with a came ra. My first experience was with General Crawford, commandant, at Camp Davis. Hugh Humphries of the Star-News had cautioned me about making pictures of this Brigadier-General. "Watch him and shoot when his eyes are open," Hugh told me, relating some of the experiences he had getting shots as his eyes were blinkin?. THEN LAST WEEr'. whtr. Lieu tenant General Drum inspected Camp Davis I failed to cover up my shots and the one shot I sub mitted to the newspapers of him, General Shedd and General Craw ford showed him blinking his eyes. I did not know this until I saw the picture published in the Greensbo ro paper on Tuesday having failed to detect it on the negative and never seeing the print that went out. The picture of the Generals used by some of the other papers and wired for by a New York pic See WATERFRONT, Page 8 Materials Arriving For R. E. A. Project Materials are arriving daily for the construction of the Carteret Craven REA Membership Co operative, it was stated today by Engineer Kerr, representative of the project's Supervising Engineer L. E. Wooten. Approximately five freight car loads of materials have arrived to date. The first two of approximately 20 car loads of poles 'for the lines arrived this week and previously the cross-arms had been received. It will take approximately 30 car loads of ma terials of various types to com plete the job. It is planned to begin setting the poles and stringing the lines with in the next few days. Already much progress has been made on cutting the right of way for the lines. This right of way at present s being cut in the south-western part of the county. The first lines will be erected into that section as far as Stella and to ona or two cus tomers across the county line. The next phase of construction is expected to be into the Mill Creek Core Creek and Harlowe section from the sub-station at Newport. The entire job is scheduled to be completed within 90 days from the date the contract was let. Helen O'Bryan Miss Helen O'Bryan, of Beau fort, was graduated from the W man's College, of the University of North Carolina on Monday with a B. S. degree in Home Economics. Her major is teacher training. Miss O'Bryan is the daughter of Mrs. J. H. Patrick. Miss O'Bryan was on the Adel phian society dance committee and on the Adelphian-Dikean society dance. She has been a member of the Home Economics Club, Educa tion Club, Young Democrats' Club, Orchesis, and was a junior advisor her junior year. She served on the St. Mary's House Vestry for two years. It was ordered that a fine of $5 be imposed against anyone driving over the Courthouse Lawn, defac ing or litering up the Courthouse Annex. MEETING Carteret Will Have A Modern Health Department , -;.r ", NO FUNDS ALLOTED FOR FOREST FIRE PROTECT'N Blitzkreiging the County Board of Commissioners on Monday, a large group of representative citizens of Beaufort and Morehead City were given the assurance that Carteret will establish a Health Department. The Department will cost Carter et a minimum of $7,000 an nually to which federal and state funds will be added. Although interested groups have been trying for many years to get the county to es tablish a department of heilth, it was not until the defense program was insti gated into the appeal that any action was taken. Acting as spokesman for the group appearing before- the Board was Stanley Woodland of More head City and Dr. W. L. Woodard of Beaufort. It is quite likely that the commissioners would have a See BOARD, Page 8 Seaside Summer Schools Of WCUNC Opened This Week Art Colony And School Of Modern Dance To Continue For Next Four Weeks In Beaufort ART COLONY Under the direction of Gregory Ivy, head of the de partment of art at Woman's College, U. N. C, in Greens boro, the Seaside Art Colony opened here on Monday and will continue for one month, during which period students will have an opportunity to take the course offered in painting out of dbors. Al though all students had not arrived by Tuesday, the total number in the class this year is expected to be 27 and pos sibly more. This is the third year that the Seaside Art Colony has been, in Beaufort as a regular course for which the students are given col lege credit. While most of the sketching is done out of doors, the actual painting- or much of it is done inside one of the spacious rooms of Community Center Build ing two miles east of Beaufort. See ART COLONY,. Page 8 MARINE AND NAVY BASES The national house of rep resentatives Wednesday af ternoon passed both the measure appropriating $14,- yyy.UUU tor marine aviauuii facilities on Neuse river and the measure appropriating $877,000 each for sectional naval bases at Morehead City and Southport. Word to that effect was received by The Beaufort News from Congressman Graham A. Barden. The two measures now go to the United States senate for approval. Favorable action of the house was taken upon the recommendation of the naval affairs committee of the house of representatives. The $14,999,000 for the con struction of the marine aviation base was the largest item in legis lation authorizing $31,115,000 ex pansion of naval shore facilities which was reported favorably by the committee on May 27. No lo cation on Neuse river is specified in the bill. The Morehead City and South port naval bases are to be a part of a chain of sectional bases which will ring the entire coast and are to be used by vessels in the coastal and harbor patrol service, mine sweepers and submarine detection service, coastal convoy and net tending services. The government is to acquire needed land and erect barracks and mess hall and equip the bases with medical and dispen sary equipment, shop equipment administration and communication facilities, water tank, small boats and other items. Merit Exam Dates To Be Announced In About A Month Definite dates for the merit sys tem examinations for welfare, un employment compensation and health workers in North Carolina will be announced within the next 30 days, probably being set for sometime!! August and Septem ber, Dr. Frank T. de Vyver, merit system supervisor caid this week. Examinations will be given for positions ranging from typist clerks and junior general clerks to the various professional positions in state and local offices operating under the N. C. Unemployment Compensation Commission, the State Board of Charities and Pub lic Welfare, the State Commis sion for the Blind, and the State Board of Health. The tests will be given on a competitive basis and will be open to all North Carolina residents who meet the minimum qualifica tions of training and experience set up for each position. Examinations for professional positions will be given separately for each agency, but clerical test3 will be given all at one time. Dr. de Vyvor said it is still too early to specify exact dates for ex aminations and any rumors con cerning dates should not be regard ed seriously. The examinations will effect workers in Carteret County. MODERN DANCE First classes of the WC UNC Summer School of Mod ern Dance was held on Tues day morning in the main auditorium of Community Center building. This class is under the directon of Miss Jean Brownlee of the Physical Education Depart ment of the Greensboro unit of the Greater University of North Carolina. Back again this year to assist Miss Brownlee and as piano ac companist is Miss Evelyn Hurwitz, talented musician of WCUNC, whose home is in Clinton. With the exercises it is necessary ti have music, and same is provided by Miss Hurwitz on the Community Center piano. A smaller group are attending the school of Modern Dance than the Art Class. Those who arrived for the opening of the summer course on Monday or were expect- See MODERN DANCE, Pg. 8 Carteret's Largest Open July 1st, Under New Management and Ownership POTATOES Carteret County's valuable potato crop is now moving marketward. To date ap proximately 10,000 bags have been inspected for shipment by the Federal in spectors here. There are four inspectors in the Beau fort terrtory. Although star ting low the price of pota toes seemed to be on increase as digging continued. The average price range tms week has been $1.40 to $1.55. ISLANDERS GET NEW IDEAS ON SHEEP SHEARING College Men Show Old Timers How It Is Done Probably the largest sheep shearing demonstration ever to be conducted in Eastern North Carolna was given on Core Banks to the owners of the three thousand flock with the assistance of Sam Wil liams, Extension Asst. Ani mal Husbandman ; L. I. Case, Extension Animal Husband man, and Paul Fletcher, Ani mal Husbandman of the State Department of Agricul ture. It was amazing to Allen Moore, W. B. Guthrie, Aaron Moore and W. R. Guthrie of Harkers Island, and Lee Guthrie of Marshallberg, to see sheep sheared in three and a half minutes, whereas is , had been taking them from thirty to forty-five minutes to shear sheep with hand shears. Three different types of modern shearing instru ments were used on the five hun dred sheep receiving from two to four and a half pounds of wool per sheep. The use of emasculators was also demonstrated in castrat ing two hundred rams. During the time this demonstra tion was conducted, several wool companies were contracted for bids, and the high bid was received from the United Wool Growers As sociation which was forty-seven cents per pound. These gentle men think they will complete- the shearing during the month of June and have approximately nine thou sand pounds of wool to be sold co operatively. Arrangements are being made to assist these producers in mar keting two or three carloads of lambs the latter part of August or first of September. If this coope rative work pans out, it will be the first cooperative shipment of lambs ever to be made from Beaufort. Woodland Head Of U. S O, Drive In This County Stanley Woodland of Morehead City has been named chairman for the United Service Organization for National Defense, a country wide movement to raise funds for all welfare units which will have to do with the recreation facilities offered soldiers of the Nation now in training. Funds collected will be allatted to the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A., the Salvation Army, Jewish Welfare Board, National Travelers Association and the Na tional Catholic Service group. Each of these agencies plans to establish units in defense areas for the welfare and entertainment of the Selective Service and regular army. Robert M. Haynes of Winston- Salem has been named state chair man of the organization which i endorsed by the Piesident of the United States. Declaring that it is every citizin's task to aid in this movement President Roosevelt on Tuesday night in Washington said: "Because recreation is part of our total defense program, it is the first concern of every citizen," to aid in this drive for funds to carry on the work of the various organi zations. Until he has appointed communi ty chairmen to aid in the drive, See WOODLAND, Page 8 - Hotel To New Name Of Bluffs Hostelry May Be Villa Marine $10,000 BEING SPENT RENOVATING BUILDING Carteret's largest hotel structure, originally the Morehead Villa, later Edge water Club and then Edge- , water Hotel will open for ' business under new owner ship and new management July 1 and most likely under a new name. I he new name tentatively is "Villa Marine." The new owners, a syndicate of prominent business men in North Carolina, were busy early this week employing artisans to completely reno vate the structure, The Beau fort News learned from reli able source. Under its new and coming ope- . ration the hotel is expected to have a special appeal to officers of the U. S. Marines who will be stationed at the New River Bar- : racks in Onslow, now under con struction. The hotel, however, under present plans will be operat- See HOTEL, Page 8 Private Papers Of a Cub Reporter: Here's a story about the time Goering was summoned to Hitler's private chambers to explain the loss of 20 Messerschmitts in a single night's raid . . . Hitler was nervous ly biting the tips of his paws and moaning over the sour news . . . This disconcerted Hermann . . . "Why are you so worried over 20 planes?" he said. "After all, we still have many more than they" . . . Hitler flew into a tantrum . . . "You fool!" he screamed. "Can't you see disaster ahead? At this rate we'll soon outnumber them only five to one!" ' Gene Fowler addressed the school of journalism at the Univ, of Mis souri . . . Knowing Fowler's color ful reputation and good nature, the authorities there asked him to lay off "muscle" Journalism and other harsh aspects of newsgathering in his talk . . . Fowler agreed, deliv ered a sugary lecture on the moral code of reporters and the ethics of journalism, all couched (and sound asleep) in copybook maxims . . . Later, he gathered the students and led them outside onto the lawn ... "Lissen," he said softly, "everyl word I said in there was strictly oil the pitchfork! The most important thing In journalism is the expense account And remember this drink ing and gambling expenses are just as lpcitimatB as cab fares and. shone See WINCHELL, Page 2 I TIDE TABLE f Information as to the tide a at Beaufort is given in this T column. The figures are ap- proximately correct and are T based on tables furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Survey. a So meallowances must bo T made for variations in the wind and also with respect T to the locality, that is whetb- er near the inlet or at the head of the estuaries. HIGH LOW Friday, June 6 AM. PM. 11:08 PM. Saturday, June 7 AM. 11:59 AM. PM. 12:05 PM. Sunday, June 8 AM. 12:56 AM. 4:58 5:32 5:54 6:27 6:50 7:20 PM. 12:59 PM. Monday, June 9 7:44 AM. 1:49 AM. 8:12 PM. 1:53 PM. Tuesday, June 10 8:38 AM. 2:39 AM. 9:05 PM. 2:43 PM. Wednesday, June 11 9:32 AM. 3:28 AM. 9:57 PM. 3:34 PM. Thursday, June 12 10:24 AM. 4:16 AM. 10:48 PM. 4:26 PM. 181
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