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VOLUME XXIX NO. 35.
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1941.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
Cape Hatteras Light House
WHERE GOVERNOR SPOKE MONDAY
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HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS along the Outer Banks
gathered at Cape Hatteras Lighthouse on Monday to hear
the first governor of North Carolina to make a speech on
Hatteras Island. Accompanying Governor J. M. Brough-
ton to the island were a number of state and national offic
ials from the mainland. Beaufort and the Beaufort News was rep
resented by Paul Jones, Leonard Safrit and Aycock Brown who flew
down to Hatteras with Chief Pilot Dave Driskill of the aviation di
vision of Ocracoke Transportation Company. Stopping overnight in
Hatteras village as the guests of
tinued by Coast Guard trucks and
the roughest sand trails in North Carolina the following morning and
thence to Cape Hatteras State Park where a picnic dinner was served
prior to the Governor's talk. On the return flight the Beaufort party
took off from the beach with Driskill who had landed his plane near
the base of the lighthouse pictured above, which is the tallest brick
lighthouse in the world. In his message Governor Broughton predict
ed a bright future for Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The Outer
Bankers, from Ocracoke to. Oregon Inlet, had hopes that he would
bring a definite message about State-maintained roads to be construct
i' d on these islands but the nearest he got to that most important
I matter to the citizens gathered to hear his talk was the assurance that
i the ferry over Oregon Inlet in the future would be toll-free to all ve-
'' hides using state-taxed gasoline. Victor Meekins, sheriff of Dare
' County, laid the groundwork for the big celebration on Monday and
it was definitely the biggest thing of its kind in the history of the
Outer Banks. (Photo by Aycock Brown).
Hatteras Island Experiences
Biggest Day In It's History
Local Bank To Be
Closed On Monday
Sept- 1-Labor Day
First Citizens Bank and Trust
Company here will observe holi
day on next Monday, September
1, it was announced today. This
date is Labor Day and is generally
considered as a holiday through
out the nation.
Washington, D. C.
TANK BUILDING PROGRAM
There was a good reason why
Lord Beaverbrook, dynamic min
ister of supply, listed tanks as the
No. 1 objective of his visit to the
U. S. He flew over largely to try
to persuade our army chiefs to lend
lease him the major share of our
growing output
There Is sharp division in the
army over this. Armored unit com
manders have been champing at
the bit for the tanks now beginning
to roll off assembly lines. They
need the equipment not only to train
their men and officers but to keep
up morale which sags when mod
ern war machines are missing or
simulated.
Buck privates to generals have
griped over being forced to "play at
soldiering." This was one of the
main causes for the strong senti
ment among citizen soldiers against
extension of their year's service.
They could raise no enthusiasm for
continuing to train without equip
ment. On the other hand, the general
staff believes that it is far more vi
tal to the Immediate security of the
U. S. to let our tanks and other
armament help hold off the Nazis
3,000 miles from our shores.
The strategists contend that a
U. S. tank is performing infinitely
more valuable service knocking out
Nazis on the torrid deserts .of Nnrth
See Merry-Go-Round Page 3
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Governor Broughton
Leads Delegation
Down Banks
TOLLS REMOVED FROM
OREGON INLET FERRY
By AYCOCK BROWN
CAPE HATTERAS, Aug.
25. Governor Broughton
leading a large group of state
and national officials to Hat
teras Island today was greet
ed by Outer Bankers from
Ocracoke to Chicamacomico
who gathered at the most fa
mous and tallest lighthouse
on the American coast to
hear his message. It was the
first time in history that a North
Carolina governor had made a
public address on Hatteras Is
land. The message he brought was
not the assurance that a road will
be paved down the banks to re
place the present sand trails. He
did make a public announcement
that Oregon Inlet ferry in the fu
ture would be toll free.
When a ferry becomes toll free
in North Carolina, many will agree,
it is not so very long until better
highways will be constructed
along the route. The people of
Oc acoke, led by the Chamber of
Commerce members, were here in
See HATTERAS Page 8
Cruiser From Lake
Near Gastonia Has
Repairs Made Here
The cruiser "Mayflower," a
trim craft about 28 feet long was
transported this week from a lake
near Gastonia to Paul's Marine
Railways here to be repaired and
put in sailing shape again. The
vessel is owned by Jack Harper,
prominent business man of Gas
tonia. Due to the fact that the
craft had been in fresh water and
idle for some time the hull was in
rather bad shape, but employees of
Paul's Marine Railways have gone
right to work on the vessel and it
will soon be in sailing condition
again, judging from, the progress
that is being made.
Need Volunteers For
Coastal Carteret Comity
Air Warning System
Marsh Hen Season
Opens Next Monday
Marsh Hen hunting season opens
I next Monday (September 1) and
will continue until January 1. The
bag limit this year is 10. The
marshes of the Carteret Coast are
favorite places for stalking this
elusive game bird of the tidal flats.
District Meeting
Of YDCs At Villa
On Friday Night
George Huntley, Jr., and James
Davis Potter, in charge of arrange
ments for the Third District Meet
ing of the Young Democrats' Club
announced today that plans for
the convention and banquet, sched
uled for Morehead Villa on Friday
night, uAgust 29, had been com
pleted. A large number of ticket?
for the banquet have been sold. A
number of distinguished guests
are expected to be present.
Among the distinguished guest?
invited have been Representative
Graham A. Barden of the Third
District; Governor J. M. Brough
ton, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Reynolds
of Winston-Salem, Senator John
Larkin of Trenton, Libby Ward of
New Bern, Edmund Harding of
Washington, Leondas Hux, Hali
fax County official, and Bob Wells
of Kenansville, and Mr. and Mrs.
Jonathan Daniels, of Raleigh.
A. & E. C. Railroad
Proposes Truck
Lines In This Section
Hearings before the State Utili
ties commission have been started
on the petition of the Atlantic and
East Carolina railroad to operate
motor freight lines in this section.
Contending that trains already
are loaded with defense materials
the A. & E. C. has offered to oper
ate motor freight transports.
It proposes to run a truck from
New Bern to Morehead City, from
Marines to Morehead City over
the new road to be constructed
from Swansboro to M irehead, and
over N. C. 24 from Jacksonville to
Morehead City via Swansboro.
Local Scouts Have
Pictures In Paper
Eubanks-News photos of Senior
Patrol Leader Bobby Stephens of
Troop SI, Beaufort, and John
Duncan, leader of Seagull Patrol
appeared in News and Observer
on Tuesday. They are the first in
Carteret to win Scouting's high
est award. They were presented
with Eagle Badges at a big Camp
oree Campfire at Beaufort Com.
munity Center on Sunday night.
Covering The
W aterf ront
By AYCOCK BROWN
HON J. M. BROUGHTON
Governor of North Carolina
Guest Columnist
MODERN transportation is
is bringing the Outer Banks, in
habited by the purest American
stock, not only into closer contact
with their fellow North Carolin
ians, but into easy access of the
millions of inhabitants of the Mid
Atlantic area eager for a vacation
change from their crowded cities.
THE HATTERAS area was se
lected by the government for de
velopment of a seashore park only
after exhaustive surveys. It wa
found to be the only region meet
ing the exacting requirements for
a National Park, which include
preservation of tracts in their vic
inal state and development of oth
ers for recreational usage by large
masses of population.
AREAS OF sand dunes and the
once treacherous beach will be pre
served as the first settlers found
them so that generations of the
future may see them in their prim
itive state, but development of
highways and tourist accommoda
tions will make their visit a quick
and easy process compared with
the arduous drive over sand neces
sary to visit this land today.
BENEFITS that may be accrued
to the Outer Banks from the Park,
See WATERFRONT Page 2
Air Maneuvers Due
To Begin Early
In October
W. H. BAILEY NAMED
ORGANIZER OF POSTS
William H. Bailey has
been namSd by Dr. K. P. B.
Bonner as Observation Post
Organizer for Carteret Coun
ty in the Aircraft Warning
System which must be estab
lished before the proposed
maneuvers begin in October.
Theodore, S. Johnson, direc
tor of Civilian Defense with
headquarters in Raleigh has
announced that there will be 11
observation posts at 10-mile inter
vals in Carteret County. It is nec
essary that civilian observers vol
unteer at once for manning these
various posts.
The Aircraft Warning System
this year will be more extensive
than a similar system established
two years ago whfn "enemy
planes" attacked Fort Bragg. It
is understood that the maneuvers
will come at the same time approx
imately 100,000 troops of all U. S.
Army branches will be holding
maneuvers in the central portion
of North and South Carolina be
tween Fort Bragg and Fort Jack
son. Carteret's Observation Post Or
ganizer has been given the various
communities in which posts will be
organized. The volunteers needed
to man these posts which must be
See AIR WARNING Page S
Victor Meekins Is
North East Coast's
Outstanding Leader
VICTOR MEEKINS, pic
tured above is Sheriff of
Dare County, publisher of
three newspapers, including
the interesting Dare County
Times which bro.ugght out a
most excellent edition on
Hatteras last week, and re
cently he was appointed to
the job of secretary for the
National Seashore Commission at
a salary of $300 per month. Early
this week some writer in News and
Observer's "Under the Dome"
seemed to want to criticize Meek
ins for his varied jobs. That is be
cause they do not know Victor
Meekins.
He is the best Sheriff in the his
tory of Dare County and piles up
votes like no body's business which
proves it, when election time
comes around. His newspapers are
not operated at any great profit,
but through them he has aided
materially in 4he development of
northeast Carolina which got lit
tle attention from the State until
Victor Meekins became the Num
ber One press agent there several
years -flgo.
About the National Seashore
Commission job, the $300 per
month is not exactly a salary, it
is operating expenses for this man
Meekins who knows the National
Seashore area and its people better
than any other person. Our bet
is that Victor Meekins vill spend
the $300 salary not to increase
his personal fortune, but to de
velop the coast which he loves and
which he has continually boosted
and helped to develop.
This newspaper has praised
Meekins and the great work he has
done in the past for his section of
North Carolina and it will be the
last to criticize him, because this
newspaper knows, just like the
people of Dare County know that
their sheriff, their newspaper pub
lisher and their National Seashore
Commission secretary is the big
gest booster and the biggest asset
for their county. ews rnotoj.
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Aerial Photographer With U. S. Air
Corps In Hawaii Here On Vacation
SERGEANT HARRY TYLER, aerial photographer and
gunner aboard one of the large 4-motored Boeing 17 bomb'
ers attached to the 4th Reconnaissance Squadron of the U
S. Army Air Corps at Hickham Field, Hawaiian Islands, is
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Tyler in Beaufort.
Young Tyler who graduated from Beaufort High School three years
ago and became interested in amateur photographer, joined the Air
Corps about one year after his graduation and from private he was
soon promoted to sergeant due to his interest in photography and the
Service he had joined. Sergeant Tyler is on a 60-day furlough. He
likes the Service and the work he does, but about Hawaii, the "land of
Hula-Hula dances" he says that is all press agent stuff. He is also
very emphatic when he says that Beaufort has got it all over Hawaii
as place to live or as a place to vacation. (U. S. Army Air Corps Photo)
No Boards To Meet
Here On Labor Day
As Monday, September 1, is La
bor Day and a national holiday,
regular monthly meetings of the
municigpal and town commission,
ers will not be held until later.
The County Board will meet on
Tuesday, September 2. The Town
Commissioners will meet on Mon
day, September 8. -
Many From Beaufort
Attending Regional
Defense Meet Today
The Town of Beaufort is well
represented at a Regional Defense
Council meeting in Jacksonville
today callled by G. W. Jeffreys of
Wilmington. Exact purpose of the
meeting could not be determined
from the delegates going there to
day but it was believed by Cham
ber of Commerce and Town of
Beaufort officials that the purpose
hinged on a proposed survey of the
nine counties forming the Regional
District. The Chamber of Com
merce in Beaufort was contacted
several days ago to assist in such
a survey for Carteret County and
a skeleton organization for same
has been tentatively formed by
Mayor Huntley, C. of C. Secretary
Aycock Brown, and Engineer L. C.
Kerr of the Carteret-Craven REA
Cooperative. i
Mayor George W. Huntley of
Beaufort headed the group from
Beaufort. Others attending the
meeting included Graydon M.
Paul, president; Jacob Miller, vice
president, and W. H. Taylor and
See DEFENSE MEET Page 8
TIDE TABLE
Information as to 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.
So meallowances must Nj
made for variations in the
wind and also with respec
to the locality, that is whetb
er near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
Daylight Saving Time
HIGH
Friday, Aug.
1:47 AM
2:29 PM
Saturday, Aug
2:52 AM
.3:37 PM
LOW
29
8:06 AM
9:05 PM
. 30
9.:12 AM
10:12 PM
Sunday, Aug. 31
4:04 AM 10:21 AM
4:48 PM 11:16 PM
Monday, Sept. 1
5:17 AM 11:25 AM
5:53 PM
Tuesday, Sept. 2
6;19 AM 12:16 AM
6:49 PM 12:27 PM
Wednesday, Sept. 3
7:12 AM 1:08 AM
7:38 PM 1:23 PM
Thursday, Sept. 4
8:00 AM 1:56 AM
8:24 PM 2:13 PM
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JUNIOR C. OF C.
FORMED HERE
MONDAY NIGHT
James H. Potter, III
Named President
Of Group
THIRTY-SIX PRESENT
FOR FIRST MEETING
Thirty-six of Beaufort's young
er citizens gathered at American
Legion Hut here on Monday night
to organize a Junior Chamber of
Commerce. Much interest has been
shown in the formation of such a
civic organization here during the
past week or two and it is expect
ed that a "charter night" for the
local group will be held at an ear
ly date.
The following officers and mem
bers of Board of Directors were
elected: James H. Potter, III, Pres
ident; Halsey Paul, Vice-President;
James H. Davis, 2nd Vice-
President; James Wheatley, Act
ing Secretary; Rufus Sewell,
Treasurer; Dr. Woodard, Dr. W. S.
Chadwick, William H. Potter, P.
A. Lewis, and Tom Kelly, members
Board of Directors.
All members present at the
meeting were declared charter
members. Additional members are
expected to be taken in at the next
meeting, as quite a few who had
previously expressed a desire to be
members were not present at the
meeting.
Treasurer Sewell reported to
day that he had already collected
almost 100 percent dues from those
present at the meeting.
The next meeting will be on
Monday, September 8th, when fi
nal organization will be in order
See JUNIOR C OF C Page 8
Graydon M. Paul Is
Elected President
Of Beaufort C of C
Graydon M. Paul has succeeded
Dr. W. L. Woodard as president
of The Beaufort Chamber of Com
merce. He was elevated to the
post of president following accept
ance of Dr. Woodard's resignation
at a meeting of the Board of Di
rectors last Friday night.
The director's meeting was
marked with good attendance. In
addition to President Paul, Jacob
Miller, now first vice-president,
R. W. Safrit, U. E. Swann, W. H.
Taylor, Mrs. Martha Loftin, Ay
cock Brown, and R. Hugh Hill
were present. President Paul has
invited the directors to attend th
regular monthly meeting of the
Town Commissioners on Monday,
September 8.
During this meeting the Cham
ber of Commerce officials will of
fer what aid they can towards the
proposal to secure certain defense
monies for improving the utilities
of Beaufort, such as the water
works, sewerage system and a
Sewerage disposal plant.
EMPLOYMENT AT
U. S. M. AIRWING
IS INCREASING
Number Passes 1,200
With Payroll Of
About $50,000
OFFICIAL PERSONNEL
HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED
With many hundreds of
people going to New Bern
each dav seeking employ
ment at the U. S. Marine Air
wing at Cherry Point, the
number of workers there has
passed the 1,200 mark and is
expected to reach 2,000 or
more within another week it
working conditions are fa
vorable, it was indicated in
press dispatches this week. The
current weekly payroll is expected
to be r.bout 50,000 or more, al
though exact figures could not be
obtained. A large number of peo
ple from Carteret County are em
tiloved there.
A dispatch in The bun-journai
on Wednesday follows:
Rains during the past week have
delayed construction of the camp
at the junction of Highways 70
and 101 in Craven county. As a
result the offices of marine offi
cers and construction officials in
the Federal building in this city
will remain longer than is neces
sary for the construction of neces-
See AIRWING Page 8
PAUL LINCKE
WILL RETIRE
SEPTEMBER 1
Paul W, Lincke, veteran print
er, who has been employed at The
Beaufort News printshop for the
past several years in the capacity
of linotype operator retires on
September 1 after 53 years in the
printing craft. Although still ac
tive, he retires to return to Nash
County to be with Mrs. Lincke, his
wife, who has been in ill health re
cently.
Since coming to Beaufort
(where he had previously worked
years ago when the late W. G.
Mebane was editor of The Beau
fort News) Printer Lincke has be
come a well known figure locally.
He has traveled around the coun
try quite a bit during his 53-year
career, and knows a bit about ev
erything. He has proven a match
for any of the tellers of tall stories
hereabouts, and that is an achieve
ment in itself, because Beaufort is
a town famous for its tall story tel
lers. It was back in 1888, two years
after the Charleston Earthquake,
and two years after the Crissie
Wright went ashore that Paul
Lincke became a printer's devil or
See TALL STORIES Page 8
While Walter Winchell is on tempo
rary active duly with the U. S. navy hit
column is being conducted by guest
columnists. This week's is written:
By 'Believe It Or Nat Rlpler-
The first gossip column th
statue of Pasquino, a witty barber,
was set up in Rome and contribu
tors pasted satirical and witty com
ments on its base. Thus columnist
were born.
The first war correspondent was
George Wllkins Kendall who re
ported the Mexican war (1843-47)
from the battlefield exclusively for
the New Orleans Picayune. Bymeana
of a special pony express, he was
able to scoop all other papers and
the war department as well.
A newspaper printed on cheese
was published in Gouda, Holland,
about 1840. Since the cheese could
be eaten, the Dutch readers were
said to be in the habit of "swal
lowing" anything.
A French newspaper published on
a large handkerchief was another
curiosity, which did not at all star
tle Paris in the eighties. It was the
origin of the "nosey" press.
Another publisher in Brussels,
Belgium, had an idea. He printed
his paper on rubber sheets, to en
able the ladies to read it while
taking a bath.
And the "Blanc sur Noir" white
on black was a French innovation re
versing the usual order by printing
its.ne.ws in white letters on black
See WINCHELL Page 3