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VOLUME XXIX NO. 36
BEAUFORT, Na,THURSDAYt SEPT. 4, 1941 1941.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
Citizens Urged To Immunize
Themselves Against Disease
APPOINT BELL
AND HUNTLEY
i ON ABC BOARD
Several Tax Matters
Are Discussed By
Commissioners
At a joint meeting of the
Board of Health and County
Commissioners on Tuesday,
George W, Huntley, Jr., and
W. P. Bell, the latter from
Newport, were re-appointed
as members of the Carteret
County Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board. The third
member is H. S. Gibbs of
Morehead City.
During the meeting of the
County Board, beer licenses were
APPROVAL OF BUDGET
IS ASKED BY BOARD
Despite the controversies which
have arisen here and there rela
tive to the tentative budget for
Carteret County during the fiscal
year 1941-42, the Board of Com
missioners on Tuesday ordered
Clerk Irvin W. Davis to request
Charlie Johnson of the Local Gov
ernment Commission in Raleigh
to approve same and return just as
it was revised following its original
presentation, back in July.
issued to A. R. Hartfield of Bogue
and Tom 'iosto of Beaufort.
Bids for supplies to County
Home went to D. Pender Company
in Beaufort.
The County accepted a 60 per
cent discount on taxes due from
Mrs. B. F. Gillikin in Straits Town,
ship, due to depreciation of prop
erty. A 40 percent discount was al
lowed on the James Hancock Es
tate taxes in, Morehead City. -
W. Z. McCabe and Tildon Davis
were appointed a committee to in
vestigate the property values of J.
R. Rogers estate in the town of
Newport.
A reduction of 50 percent ir
taxes was allowed on the property
See ABC BOARD Page 8
Cooperation With
Housing Authority
Approved Tuesday
A resolution approving the pro
visions of a proposed cooperation
agreement between the County of
Carteret, North Carolina, and the
Eastern Carolina Regional Hous
ing Authority, was passed by the
Board of Commissioners at their
meeting here on Tuesday. Au
thorizing said agreement on behalf
of Carteret County was also in
eluded in the Resolution passed by
the commissioners.
Washington, d. C.
AUTO CUT
That fanfared OPM cut of 28 Vi
per cent in auto production drew no
cheeri from war department chiefs.
To them it wai a big disappoint
ment First of all the cut looks a lot
bigger than it actually is. For one
thing the OPM carefully did not re
veal in its hoopla press releases
was the fact that even with this
curtailment auto production still
will be 10 per cent greater than in
1938 and 1939.
In other words, notwithstanding
the increasing shortage of strategic
raw materials, such as steel, rub
ber, alloys and other metals, auto
production is to continue at levels
higher than in the peaceful years of
38 and '39.
Another reason for the army
gloom was that it wanted an imme
diate cut of at least 50 per cent
For months war department heads
pleaded and argued with OPM mo
guls for drastic curtailment, on the
ground that the material going into
pleasure cars are desperately need
ed for planes, tanks, ships, guns and
other vital armaments. But for
months the OPM masterminds did
absolutely nothing.
Finally, In July, scrappy OPACS
Director Leon Henderson, who has
seen eye-to-eye with the army on
this issue from the start, took the
bull by the horns and "ordered"
a 50i:r cent. .slash.
See MERRY-GO-ROUND Page 2
Dr. Speas Announces
Clinic Schedule
For Carteret
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
TO GIVE VACCINATIONS
A series of Typhoid Im
munization Clinics will be
held in Carteret County be
ginning on Septebmer 9, it
was announced today by Dr.
W. P. Speas, Jr., in charge of
the newly organized County
Health Department. In mak
ing the announcement he
stated that immunization a
gainst typhoid is effected by
a course of three weekly
doses.
"Most people thus vaccinated
are safe from the disease for three
years, but to be on the absolutely
safe side it is advisable to be vac
cinated every two years," Dr.
Speas added. As to the age, this
vaccine is given to those 18 months
and older.
Diphtheria Toxoid will also be
given free to children from six
months to six years of age, at
these clinics it was stated. "Two
doses of the toxoid, at least four
weeks apart give almost 100 per
cent immunity," said Dr. Speas.
Smallpox vaccinations will be
given in Beaufort at the Health
Department Offices (second floor
Courthouse Annex Building) but
not at the other clinics.
"All vaccinations are free at all
clinic points," it was emphasized.
All persons should avail them
selves of the opportunity to take
these free vaccinations, it was
stated. With the work in progress
at Cherry Point, there will be
crowded conditions resulting from
the great influx of workers, and
conditions will be favorable for
the spread of infectious diseases.
Records show that under similar
conditions there have been serious
epidemic, and thus vaccination is
a wise, safe precaution, especially
in this erea.
The first series of clinics will be
held in the Western part of Car
teret, due to the fact that this i.;
the section nearest to the Cherry
See CITIZENS Page 8
Time Payment Plans
Are Still Effective
Many people it seems have got
ten confused about the Government-order
relative to time pay
ments on furniture and other
goods, it was indicated at the fur
niture stores here this week. In
stallment plans for purchases have
not ceased and it is still possible
to buy anything you desire at any
of the installment plan stores. The
only difference is that a larger de
posit is required. The Government
order requires that 20 percent of
the total value of an article be the
down payment, instead of much
lower deposits effective previous
ly. Both George Eastman and
Jacob Miller, furniture store own
ers here are anxious that custom
ers know they can still buy on
credit.
County Owned West Beaufort
Property Is Transferred To The
Carteret Airport Authority
Town Of Newport
Seeking Sewerage
And Water System
Completed this week, an appli
cation from the town of Newport,
nearest municipalty to Cunning
ham Field where a vast building
program is now under construction
by the U. S. Navy for a Marine
Airwing, has been filed with the
proper authorities for obtaining a
grant to establish sewerage and
water systems and a disposal
plant.
The "Gateway to Carteret"
town is expecting a spontaneous
growth as result of the defense
activities naarby, and with neither
water or sewerage systems at pres
ent, the utilities are badly needed.
It will greatly relieve the sanitary
conditions of Newport.
Surveys made by Paul M. van
Camp, Consulting Engineer of
Southern Pines, calls for a hun
dred thousand gallon water tank
with six, eight and 10 inch mains
and six hydrants, plus a complete
in detail sewerage system, Mayor
S. D. Edwards told Leon Mann.
Beaijfort News correspondent.
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DOWN AT CAMP DAVIS today the initial barrage of the barrage balloon school
there is being staged as the first tactical problem of its kind ever attempted by the
American Army, according to announcements released this week by Bapt. Jeff Bar
nette, public relations officer at the CAC (AA) Training Center. Pictured above are balloons be
ing inflated for ascension with a motor blimp in the background. Editor Aycock Brown of The
Beaufort News was invited to attend the event but was unable to accept due to the fact that it is
Thursday and his press day, plus the fact that he also had to attend a local defense meeting. (Photo
by Humphrey Courtesy Star News).
IMPROVEMENTS
FOR SEWERAGE
SYSTEM SOUGHT
Tentative Survey Is
Completed For A
Federal Grant
IT IS NEEDED DUE
TO DEFENSE GROWTH
A tentative survey of
Beaufort's present sewerage
facilities with estimates of
what it would cost to, place
the system in proper condi
tion to take care of the esti
mated growth of this town
which is definitelly in tha de
fense area was completed
this week by Engineer L. C.
Kerr, local representative of
L. E. Wooten, consulting en
gineer, of Raleigh.
By the time this story is print
ed, the tentative survey will be on
its way to Norfolk where it will
be presented to officials of the U.
S. Naval Operations Division for
approval. If the Navy approves
the survey, it will mean that Beau
fort will have an opportunity, just
as Newport, Morehead City, Jack
sonville, New Bern, and Swansboro
and other towns and cities in the
defense area of securing a Govern
ment Grant to carry on the work.
The tentative survey estimates
that a grant of $104,000 would bo
needed to place the sewerage fa
cilities in proper condition to meet
See SEWERAGE Page 8
Julius F. Duncan, Jr
Replaces Taylor
On Commission
TAYLOR WILL MANAGE
OPERATIONS OF 'PORT
West Beaufort, taken ov
er by Carteret County in tax
foreclosure suits last year,
was through a Resolution
passed by the Board of Com
missioners on Tuesday trans
ferred to the newly formed
Beaufort-Morehead City Air
port Authority. At the same
time Mayor George W. Hunt
ley, Julius F. Duncan, Jr.,
and Aycock Brown of Beau
fort and Charles V. Webb of
Morehead City were officially
sworn jn as members of the Au
thority and their oaths were filed
with the County Board of Com
missioners as prescribed in the
Legislative Act, presented by Rep
resentative H. S. Gibbs of More
head City, and passed by the 1941
General Assembly. A fifth mem
ber of the Authority, John Lashley
of Morehead City, due to illness
See AIRPORT Page 8
Up Today At Camp Davis In
Tactical Problem Of Kind Ever In America
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COVERING THE
WATERFRONT
By AYCOCK BROWN
JONATHAN DANIELS, editor
of News and Observer and author
of a number of books (some of
them best sellers) and a frequent
contributor to national magazines,
(see his Dmtrl illust.&ted story on
the Rocky Mount June German in
this week's Saturday Evening
Post) told me this week before
returning to Raleigh that he
thought Beaufort'was a good .little
old town and the only fault he
could find (of course he does not
know the inside dope on the petty
nolitics) was one of the two o:
three signs in front of Inlet Inn.
The particular one which he mada
reference to was the small one
over the front porch steps which
reads: "YE OLDE INLET INN."
When he referred to it he said:
"Ye gods! If there is anything
that gripes me it is to see a place
in any town advertising that way."
In other words Jonathan thinks
that it would be a darn sight more
impressive if there was only one
sign which read "Inlet Inn," or
"Inlet Hotel."
JONATHAN OUGHT to know
what he is talking about. He has
traveled around quite a bit over
these United States and also Eur
See WATERFRONT Page 8
LATE BULLETINS
Several local citizens attend de
fense meeting in Fire House here
today to hear Prof. Carl Feiss,
Nat'l Resources Planning Board
and G. W. Geffrey, discuss defense
zoning.
Roper Lumber Co. finally grant
ed Carteret REA right-of-way
across land making possible line
extension to Merrimon.
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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 reallowances must Sj
made for variations in the
wind and also with respec
to the locality, that is whetti
er near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
Friday, Sept. 5
8:44
9:05
AM 2:39 AM
PM 2:58 PM
Saturday, Sept. 6
9:25
9:46
10:06
10:25
10:45
11:01
11:22
11:39
AM 3:18 AM
PM 3:40 PM
Sunday, Sept. 7
AM 3:55 AM
PM 4:19 PM
Monday, Sept. 8
AM 4:30 AM
PM 4:57 PM
Tuesday, Sept. 9
AM 5:06 AM
PM 5:37 PM
Wednesday, Sept. 10
12:01 AM
6:01 AM
6:18 PM
11
6:20 AM
7:05 PM
Thursday, Sept.
AM
PM
12:18
12:39
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JUDGE NIMOCKS
TO PRESIDE AT
OCTOBER TERM
Jurors Drawn By
County Board
Tuesday
Judge Q. K. Nimocks of
Favetteville will preside ov
er the October Term of Su
r e r i o r Court here next
month, it was announced to
day in the clerk's office. The
one week mixed term begins
on October 13, Clerk Hassel
stated. At the meeting of the
County Board of Commissioners
on Tuesday the jurors for this
term were drawn.
October Term Jurors
Wallace Styron, Sea Level; W.
M. Davis, Beaufort; Roland Sal
ter, Beaufort RFD; R. E. L. Davi.s,
Smyrna; Elijah Salter, Sea Level;
George W. Hancock, Smyrna; Dal.
las Rose, Harkers Island; Alonza
Willis, Eeaufort; Lemmie Salter,
Newport RFD; C. G. Nelson,
Gloucester; Hugh Piner, Beaufort;
R. W. Taylor, Morehead City; L.
R. Leffers, Gloucester; C. D.
Jones, Beaufort; Ira P. Chad wick,
Straits; I. F. Moore, Marshallberg;
Georga R. Wallace, Morehead
City; Bernard Leary, Morehead
City; W, M. Dennis, Newport; H.
C. Whitehurst, Straits; Georga
Eastman, Beaufort; C. T. Gillikin,
Morehead City; Ralph Nelson, At
lantic; Charley Russell, Harkers Island ;
E. L, Pollard, Newport; Kenneth
Chadwick, Gloucester; Will Webb,
W'ildwood; S. A. Chalk, Morehead
City; Evans H. Rose, Harkers Is
land; P. F. Carraway, Merrimon;
Harvey Davis, Marshallberg; John
A. Hill, Davis; Jimmie Guthrie,
Harkers Island; B. S. Taylor, New
port; Lawrence Garner, Newport.
FUNERAL FOR
MS. DUNCAN
HELD MONDAY
She Was Outstanding
Personality In
Beaufort
HELPED OPERATE
FIRST TELEGRAPH
Funeral services for Mrs.
Laura Closs Duncan, one of
the most outstanding person
alities during her lifetime to
ever live in the town of Beau
fort, were conducted Mon
day afternoon at 3:30 o'
clock' at Ann Street Metho
dist Church with the pastor,
the Rev. W. Stanley Potter
officiating. She died Sunday night
following an extended illness.
Mrs. Duncan was the widow of
the late Thomas Duncan who play
ed an important role in the prog
ress of Beaufort and the coast dur
ing his life. It was with him that
Mrs. Duncan helped operate the
See FUNERAL Page 8
Alex Norris In Death Bed Statement
Requested No Member Of Family
Harm The Man Who Shot Him Sat.
COURT PAYS
TRIBUTE TO "
ALEX NORRIS
Several Cases Tried
By Recorder On
Tuesday
Standing in silence with
bowed heads officials of Re
corders Court and all present
in the Court Room on lues
day paid respect to the late
Alex Norris, member of the
ieautort rolice torce ana
deputy sheriff who lost his
ite during the line ot his
duty. Judge Webb, verbally,
paid tribute to the late officer,
who died on Sunday night from
wounds inflicted by Nightwatch
man George Hay whom Norris was
attempting to arrest early Satur
day morning for driving an auto
mobile while drunk.
Salter Path was well represent
ed in Court on Tuesday. From
that Bogue Banks community
three defendants were tried and
a number of witnesses were pres
ent. Nora Willis was charged with
"wanton and malicious attempt to
destroy the reputation of an inno
cent woman," to-wit; Mrs. Minnie
Salter. Dewit Salter, charged with
"cursing a woman" was ordered
not to interfere with Mrs. Minnio
Salter and her children for a period
of two years. For lack of evidence
Mrs. Abbie Smith on charges of
breaking the peace was no tcon-
victed.
John B. Congleton wa3 sentenc
ed to 30 days on the roads on
charges of being drunk and disor
derly.
' J. Sam Johnson was ordered to
pay the costs following a praye1
for judgment and continuance of
one year in the case against him
of simple assault. The prosecuting
witness was Milton Lipman. The
argument which resulted in this
fight hinged around the purchase
of a pair of shoes.
Prayer for judgment and con
tinued was ordered in the case
against Leonard Carrol, charged
with drunk and disorderly con
duct plus suspended judgment of
two years."
SCHOOL TIME
The Board of Trustees of
Beaufort School District at a
meeting on Monday night
agreed that the Beaufort
School which opens on
Thursday, September 11, for
the new year would observe
the following time: Open in
the morning at 9:30 o'clock
DAY LIGHT TIME or 8:30 o'
clock E. S. T.; Lunch hour will be
gin at 12 o'clock noon DAYLIGHT
TIME; School will let out during
the afternoon seition at 4:30 o'
clock DAY LIGHT TIME or 3:30
o'clock E. S. T.
The foregoing timet for opening
school, recest period and closing
time during afternoon will be in
effect until September 28, the pro
posed date for North Carolina to
begin observing Eastern Standard
time again. After September 28,
school will begin at 8:30 o'clock
and let out at 3:30 o'clock. In
other words under the arrange
ment agreed upon the schools will
open and close as they have in
past, accord! .g to Eastern Stan
dard Time.
Red Cross Knitters
Needed At Once To
Complete Sweaters
Tne Beaufort Chapter of the
Red Cross still needs volunteer
knitter., to complete the present
quota of sweaters. Instructions,
directions and materials may be
secured from either Mrs. F. E.
Hyde or Mrs. E. C. McConnell.
Knitting instruction is being
given each Friday afternoo nin
St. Paul's Parish House from 3:00
to 5:00 p. m.
C. OF C. TO MEET
ON FRIDAY NIGHT
There will be a meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce of Beaufort
on Friday night at Miller Furni
ture Store. AU directors of the or-
See CHAMBER Page 8
Nightwatchman Hay
Removed To Jail
Out Of County
HE IS SCHEDULED TO
BE TRIED IN OCTOBER
As members of his family
gathered around him in St.
Luke's Hospital at New Bern
last Sunday, the late Alex
Norris, member of the Beau
fort Police Force, in a death
bed statement said : "I hope
that none of my family will
harm Mr. Hay, because he is
a very sick man and has only
a short time to live." Shortly
afterwards Policeman Nor-
FINAL NORRIS RITES
HELD ON WEDNESDAY
With the ministers of the three
principal churches of Beaufort,
Rev. W. S. Potter, pastor of Ann
Street Methodist, assisted by Rev.
S. J. Erwin, pastor of the First
Baptist Church and Rev. E. C. Mc
Conned, rector of St. Paul's Epis
copal Church officiating, the fun
eral services for Alex Norris, 54-year-old
officer of the Beaufort
Police Force, were conducted on
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
A very large number of persons
paid final tribute to the officer
who died as result of gun-shot
wounds received while carrying
out his duties early last Saturday
morning. The esteem in which the
officer was held was shown not
only by the large number of per
sons attending the funeral serv
ices which were conducted at the
Methodist Church, but also by the
large number of floral designs sent
by friends as a final tribute.
The deceased is survived by hi
widow, Mrs. Virdie J. Norris and
three daughetrs: Mrs. Bonzelle
Lewis, Mrs, James W. Willis and
Miss Helen Norris of Beaufort and
one son, Robert Norris, of Pasea
goula, Miss. He is also survived
by his father, J. T. Norris of Bean
fort R.F.D., and three brothers,
William and Leslie Norris of Beau
fort, R.F.D., and Corbett Norris
of Davis. Four sisters: Mrs. Wal
ter Lewis, Gloucester; Mrs. Austin
Adams, North Harlowe; Mrs. Hugh
Carraway, Beaufort R.F.D., and
Mrs. W. M. Scott of Greenville al
so survive, along with three grand
children. ris, who had been shot twice
by Nightwatchman George Hay,
aga 69, early Saturday morning
as he was attempting to arrest him
for drunken driving, died from the
wound which had been inflicted in
his stomach. The other shot had
struck the officer in his hand.
Shortly after Alex Norri3
death at 10 o'clock on Sunday
See ALEX NORRIS Page 8
While Walter Winchell is on tempo
rary active duty with tha U. S. navy kit
column it being conducted by guett
columnists. This week't column is writ
ten: By JAMES R. YOUNG
. N. S. Correspondent 13 Yean in Japan
and Author, "Behind the Rising Sun."
UNFINISHED STORIES
What has become of the Em
peror's brother. Prince Chichibu?
His failure to appear at the Em
pire's 2600th mythological anniver
sary of the founding of the Sun God
dess' country aroused queries. What
will become of Japan's puppet Em
peror of Manchuria, Henry Pu YL
who rides a bicycle and plays ten
nis under "protection"? Not hav
ing an heir, the Japanese some
how will put the skids under him to
favor his Manchu brother, whom
militarists married off to a Japanese
girL How will the Japanese handle
their puppet Wang Ching Wei at
Nanking? Japanese guards sur
round him for two purposes: Keep
enemy hand grenades from being
tossed at him and keep him from
running away. His wife, notorious
in Chinese politics, stays in Shang
hai selling government jobs and opi
um licenses.
The President's freezing order of
Japanese business means: NO
MORE lily bulbs for Easter, gold
fish by the tankfuls for five and
dime stores, oyster bed seedlings,
camphor for methol products or
pyretheum seeds for bug powder.
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