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BEAUFORT NEWS 3fe CARTERET COUNTY SCHOOLS OPEN THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11 TRY GULF STREAM FISHING OFF CAPE LOOKOUT FS FINE SPORT The Most Widely Read Newspaper Along The Central Carolinatffoasi VOLUME XXIX NO. 37 BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPT. 11, 1941 PUBLISHED WEEKLY. 11 Inlilia I i 1 Hearing To Determine Advisability Of Deepening 'Barden Inlet To Be Held Here By U.S. Engineer Sept. 17 Aycock Brown Has Resigned His Job As C. Of C. Sec'y Aycock Brown, .ecretarjr of the Chamber of Commerce here since it was reorganized in 1935, tent a letter of re.ignation to President Graydon M. Paul and each mem ber of the Board of Directors this week, explaining why he was com pelled to give up the job, effective September 15. He also mailed postal cards to most of the mem bers of the organization stating that it was necessary for him to re sign. The main reason for the res ignation was because the job was becoming to much of a financial undertaking for the local newspa. per editor. House Of Beauty Opens On Ann St. "The House of Beauty" Beau fort's newest beauty shop which is located on Ann Street in the Noe Building near the intersection of Turner will formally open on Fri day, September 12. An advertise, ment announcing the opening, else where in this edition will be good for $1 credit on any permanent wave at the shop in the next two weeks. The marquee or blue awning ex tending from the building across the sidewalk to the street adds to the attractiveness of the new ; shops exterior. The interior has : been beautifully decorated and the best equipment available has ' been installed. Misses Callie Lup- ton and Miss Leonda Guthrie will be the operators. C. D. JONES COMPANY BUILDING ADDITION I This Is One Of The Attractions Of Buck's Exposition At County Fair - 'C. D. Jones Grocery Company is f erecting additional storage facili- ' ties for their firm. The building ris under construction on the pier ' at the rear of the store. It will J be used for storage purposes. Al- f ready this leading grocery firm i has much storage space in its main i building on the second floor. Ad !' ditional equipment on the inter- 'i ior of the store will be installed at an early date, it was announc ed by Mr. Jones. Interested Parties Urged To Be At Hearing Colonel Earl I. Brown, U. S. District Engineer of Wil mington announced this week that a public hearing relative to proposals to mod ify the channel Irom tfacK Bay to Lookout Bight is nec ess'arv at this time. This channel which is better know locally as "Barden's Inlet" because Congressman Barden wa the person who introduced the Bill to improve the project in the first place, has served a most use ful purpose for fishermen and navigation interests in general since the initial improvement were made. The public hearing will be held in the Superior Court room here in Beaufort at 11 o'clock Day Light Saving Time on Thursday, September 18. The main idea is to determine the advisability of deepening the existing channel. Congressman Barden introduced a Resolution which was adopted on August C, for a review of this pro ject with the thought cf improv ing same. Since hundreds of boatmen who do commercial fishing out of Core Sound ports have profited by the Inlet which often proves of too shallow depth for loaded boats, it is expected that many of their rep resentatives will be present. Not only do the commercial food fish ermen use the channel but many vessels of the menhaden fleet would like to use it, if it was of sufficient depth to permit passage of boats. It is expected that in ad dition to representatives from At lantic, Davis, Harkers Island, JSea Level and other eastern communi ties that members of the Chamber of Commerce and the newly lorm ed Junior Chamber of Commerce will be present at the hearing. - ' . ( if Local School Will Be On D L.S. Time Although announced last week that the Beaufort School would open at 9:30 o'clock D.S.T., it was found advisable to change hours. School will open in the morning at 8:30 o'clock; recess at 12 until 1 o'clock and dismiss at 3:30 o'clock P. M. Daylight Saving Time. ONE OF THE best midways ev er presented at Carteret County's annual fair was the year the O. C. Buck Exposition came here. Amer ican Legionnaires who are offic. ials of the Legion-sponsored event scheduled to begin on October 20, announced this week that the O. C. Buck Exposition would be back again this year with a bigger and better midway attraction. The Ex- REA PROJECT IN CARTERET NEARLY DONE Transformers Are Going In Place This Week WIRE STRINGING TO BEGIN NEXT MONDAY Air Raid Warning Posts Established In Carteret Trerapin Freak I Still Alive Here position will come to Beaufort fol lowing one of the most successful tours in its history. Of the many attractions, the trained chimpan zee, pictured above is one which will have much appeal to children and grown-ups as well, although there are many other midway fea tures which will be enjoyed by ev ery member of the family. GRANT PRIVILEGE FOR RUNWAYS NEAR CEDAR ISLAND ROAD Capt. James R. Morris of Atlan tic has granted the Beaufort Morehead City Airport Authority the privilege to construct run-ways on some of his property near the Cedar Island road north of Atlan tic. The grant has been officially recorded and it is hoped that the runways will be constructed at sr early date. . JAYCEESGET OFF TO GOOD START HERE Headquarters Have Been Opened For Room Seekers Bill Blades Parkin Is Honorary Member Of Kinston's Troop Washington, D. C. POLITICAL DYNAMITE There was real political dynamita behind that letter President Roose velt sent the Young Democrats con vention in Louisville blasting Demo cratic Isolationists as "obstruction ists who are in the wrong party." The scorching attack was a tip-off on undercover plans which may make next year's congressional elections the hottest in years. Nothing has been said about it, but certain administration and Republi can leaders have discussed uniting Democratic and Republican forces to oppose all congressional isolation ists regardless of party label. Under the proposed plan, Admin-istration-G.O.P. backing would be thrown behind incumbent anti isolationist congressmen whether they are Democrats or Republicans. Furthermore strong coalition candi dates would be entered against iso lationist congressmen seeking re election. One of the most significant things about the plan is that it has the hearty approval of Wendell Willkie. Discussing it with a group of friends the G.O.P. standard bearer . declared, "The people should have the opportunity in every senatorial and congressional election next year for a clear-cut expression of opinion on this all-important issue of foreign policy. This referendum should nnt -hft rliit"roH up with phony . or See MERRY-GO-ROUND Page 2 Before leaving on Monday with a group of Epsworth Leaguers and Troop 51 Boy Scouts, Bill Blades Parkin was notified that he had been made an honory member of the Kinston B.S.A. troop. Scout master L, O. Branch of the Kin ston troop wrote Scoutmaster Parkin at follows: "You have been voted honorary membership in our troop and it should interest your folks there to know how much scoutert over Eastern Carolina appreciate you and your efforts in scouting." Parkin who is manager of the Seashore Transporta t i o n Com. pany's but terminal here hat been very active in Boy Scout activi ties for the past several months. It was hit idea and hard work which made the recent Coastal Camporee very successful. Betty Kay Party Land Three Large Tuna Ori Weekend Atlanta Resident Ends Life In Car Down At Straits John E. Wells, about 45 years of age and an official of an insur ance company with headquarters in Atlanta, ended his life with car bon monoxide from an automobile exhaust pipe down in Straits Com munity last Sunday. A note at tached to the dash board of the car, according to Sheriff C. G. Holland, instructed the person who found the body to notify Eric G. Flanagan at Harkers Island or Henderson. Flanagan was a brother-in-law of the deceased. Dave Jarvis, Straits resident re ported that he had noticed the car pulled off on a side road near the curve of the new highway between U. S. 70 and Harkers Island bridge about 10 o'clock Sunday morning but did not consider this unusual. However, when some children of the community passed near the car See SUICIDE Page 8 Second meetine of the Beaufort Junior Chamber of Commerce was called to or der at 8 o'clock Monday nicht bv James H. Potter III. Followine the reading of minutes of last meeting a number of motions of immed inteneed to the Town ot Beaufort were recognized by the president. Dr. W. L. Woodard, former president of the Chamber of Com merce here who resigned recently and was instrumental in organiz ing the Junior C of C, gave a very interesting address and left with the Jaycees some problems rela tive to the progress of Beaufort which will be the aim of every member, according to Walter S. Morris, publicity chairman. Realizing that one of the cur rent pressing needs in Beaufort is to establish an office or headquar ters with accurate information re lative to room rentals, board and prices, the Jaycees went on rec ord as approving as temporary headquarters the store of Walter S. Morris, jeweler, which is cen trally located in tBe business dis trict. All persons who wish to list rooms, apartments, and boarding houses are requested to telephone or leave this information at the new jewelry firm which is located on the north side of Front street in the building adjacent to First Citizens Bank. The telephone number is B-324-1. There will be a girl on duty at the store each day to receive this information and place it on file. Beaufort has lone needed a sys See JAYCEES Page 8 Paul Albertsoi and Dr. George Wooten ol.HnokeVtoB fishing, Over an off shore coral (blackfish) reef last Sundav landed three tuna weighing on an average of IS pounds each. These were the largest tuna brought into port by any sportsmen so far this year, excepting the one taken down on Core Banks during the Spring which was not caught with rod and reel. In addition to the three tuna, three fairsized amberjack were also taken. The Hookertonians were fishing with Capt. Cecil Se well aboard his cruiser the "Betty Kay." With government priori ties making it possible to get wire and other material, the Carteret-Craven REA Coop erative will soon have in op eration the system's lines which extend to every com munity (not previously serv ed) in the county excepting Portsmouth, Lukens and Sal ter Path. Plans are under way to extend lines to Salter Path at an early date. An official of Miller-Baxter Company stated today that if materials for com pletion were received on schedule the tentative date for the project to be finished would be October 15. Previously, before materials had gotten tied up due to defense pro jects the tentative completion date was set for September 15. In the meantime however, the Carteret-Craven Cooperative was re quested to string lines into the Cherrv Point area where Cunning ham Field is now under construc tion. As this spur line was defi nitely tied in with defense, it was possible to get on the priority list, for materials which otherwise may have made the completion date very indefinite. Workmen were tins week com pleting the setting of poles in cer tain sectors and placing trans See REA Page 8 WESTCARTERET TOWN ON VERGE OF EARLY BOOM The Siamese-twin Diamond Back terrapin hatched out in the propa gation pens at the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Laboratory on Pivers Is land several weeks ago and is ap parently getting along very nice ly. The freak, with two shell-covered bodies, six legs, one tail and two heads (both very much alive) is the oddest of all freakish terra pins that have been hatched at the Laboratory. Beaufort May Not Secure Proposed Sewerage System Because Commander Cotter of the U. S. Navy is of the opinion that neither Beaufort or Morehead City will have a 30 percent in crease in population, he would not write a letter last week when local engineers visited him with tenta tive survey for improved sewerage system and a disposal plant here. It had been stated a letter from Commander Cotter would be-nec essary beiore tne uovernmeiu would give assistance. Neverthe less, both Beaufort and Morehead City have applied formally for aid in getting the desired utility improvements. PTA To Meet On Tuesday Night The first meeting of the Parents Teachers Association of the new school year will be held at the School Auditorium next Tuesday night (Sept. 16) at 8 odock, it was announced today. Volunteers Will Be On Lookout Duty For Planes W. H. BAILEY IS POST ORGANIZER IN COUNTY, Newport Worker Hurt At Airbase Newport Growing As Air Base Workers Are Moving In Application Made For Utility Improvements NEWPORT William Garner of Newport R.F.D. was still receiving treatment at St. Luke's hospital in New Bern on Wednesday, accord ing to reports, following a serious accident last week at Cunningham Field where he is employed. Gar ner was working with a land. clear. ing crew and was injured when a falling tree struck him, it was re ported. Leon Mann, Jr. Cedar Island And Atlantic Respond To O.N.S.F. Drive William H. Bailey, local jeweler and member of the American Legion here who was given the task of being Post Organizer for the Air Raid Warning System to be established during the gigan tic military maneuvers in North and South Carolina, starting October 2, announc ed today that he had com pleted his organization. Ap proximately 300 civilians in Car teret County have volunteered as observers at the thirteen observa tion posts extending from Sea Level and Bogue Inlet. In North Carolina there will be 1,300 observation posts manned by more than 26,000 volunteer ob servers. Observation posts must be manned at all times, 24 hours daily, and their duty will be to be on the lookout for "enemy" planes which will be trying to attack some 400,000 troops on maneuvers m the central part of the State. It has been indicated that the volun teers will be on active duty for four hours and then take a rest pe riod before going on duty again. When a plane is sighted, it must be reported by telephone to a central observer immediately. See AIR WARNING Page 8 A.&E.C. Railroad's Spur Track To Base Is Almost Complete Louis B. Willis is Appointed To Take Post Of Policeman Louis B. Willis, well known Beaufort citizens was appointed by Board of Town Commission ers on Wednesday night to be come policeman, succeeding the late Alex Norris who died last week of gun-shot wounds inflicted by George Hay, nightwatchman here. The new officer was appointed fol lowing secret ballot. On the-first ballot John Pake, Clyde Peterson and Louis Willis received one or more votes each. On a second ballot, Willis was ae lected. Two other candidates appli ed for the job, they were Jack Smith and Charlie Glover. AVIATION STUDENTS FLEW HERE WEDNESDAY Two advanced aviation students of the Raligh Airport, flying a small Aeronca cabin plane landed at the West Beaufort landing field Wednesday. Their names were not obtained. PVVTTTTim I t ' j X ? TIDE TABLE Information as to the tide f at Beaufort is given in this t solumn. The figures are ap- t proximately correct and are f based on tables furnished by t the U. S. Geodetic Survey. T So meallowances must Nj made for variations in the wind and also with respect f to the locality, that is whetfc er near me iuki ui . mc- head of the estuanes. Friday, Sept. 12 12:57 AM ' 7:05 AM 1:21 PM 7:58 PM Saturday, Sept. 13 1:45 AM 7:57 AM 2:09 PM 8:56 PM Sunday, Sept. 14 2-39 AM 8:55 AM 3:08 PM 9:55 PM Monday, Sept. IS 3:43 AM 9:55 AM ,.io pm 10:51 PM Tuesday, Sept. 16 4:52 AM 10:54 AM r.11 PM 11:44 PM Wednesday, Sept. 17 K-sn AM 11:52 AM 6:05 PM Newport is apparently in the early stages of a boom, such as this town has never seen before. This is because Newport is the nearest mu nicipality to Cunningham Field, America's largest U.S. Marine Air Base which is un der construction nearby. In addition to employment be ing given many of the resi dents of this town and vicinity at the Air Base, a great many work ers from other parts of the coun try who are employed there are choosing Newport as a place to live during the period of construction. Newport's population was listed as approximately 500 during the last census. Well informed citizens here are convinced that the cen sus takers failed to count every one because they are sure that the official population figure wa nearer 750 persons. That was back in 1940. Today there are new people moving to town each day, Up until last Saturday at least 75 workers from the base had moved into Newport to live. By the end of this week the number will have increased to many times more than that and the increase in popula tion does not only include this town but the rural territory which comes under the Postal address of See BOOM TOWN Page 8 Pre-School Play Center Assembly Here On Monday Thursday, Sept. 18 6:38 AM 12:35 AM e-55 PM 12:47 PM Proner recoenition has never been eiven in print to the splendid cooperation which the citizens of Atlantic and Cedar Island gave in the recent Old North State Fund campaign, and therefore Ihe Beaufort News takes pleasure in announcing that a total of $54.57 was raised in these two communi ties which helped make Carteret go farther over the top. Cedar Is landers gave a total of $21.07 while Atlantic contributed $33.50. The ONSF monies will be used to buy an ambulance plane to be giv en the people of Great Britain from residents of North Carolina. Mrs. Julian Hamilton, active in the ONSF campaign made the forego ing announcement today. Premium List And Fair Catalogue To Be Mailed Sept. 15 The Premium List and Cata loarue of the 1941 American Le gion sponsored Carteret County Fair will be mailed on September 15. The Premium List this year advertising the coming fair sched uled to begin on October 20 and continue for one week at the Athe letic Field in Beaufort, has been completely revised. Advertising solicitor for the booklet, which is being printed in The Beaufort News Printshop, is Mrs. W. 1. Lot tin, who has secured space from several more firms than were rep resented in the 1940 booklet. The spur track from the main line of the Atlantic and East Car olina Railroad which leads into Cunningham Field, the new U. S. Marine Airwing now, under-construction at Cherry Point is al most1 completed and will be ready for traffic by September 22, it was indicated by a story in the Sun Journal Wednesday. In the mean time the railroad has been deliv ering freight to Havelock Station and delivering same from there to the reservation by truck. The A. and E. C. is building 6,. 200 feet of trackage from the main line to the base where it will connect with the Government track that is under construction. In addition to this main spur, there will be an additional mile of track adjacent to the present main line and also a "Y" for turning locomo tives around. Since construction operations began the morning mail has been reaching the coast late, but it is understood that this situa tion will not continue after ade quate trackage has been complet ed at Cherry Point to help expedite the traffic. All mothers who are interested in having their children, ages 3-6, attend the WPA Pre-school Play Center in Beaufort are asked to meet at the Recreation Center Monday, Sept. 15, at 4 p. m., it was announced today by Mrs. Vera Stubbs, county supervisor of WPA Recreation. Since regulations require that certain standards be met before pre-school can open this year this will be a very important meeting. Mrs. Sidney Doyle and Mrs. Ber nice Jarman will again be in charge of this phase of the work. In addition to all previous training and experience, Mrs. Dovle is now attending a ten-day conference at Crabtree Creek for special training in the latest meth ods for working with this age group. Beaufort Citizens To Meet And Form Zoning Commission If the defense growth of Beau fort is so great that housing pro jects will be established here it will be necessary for the town to be Zoned properly, it was outlined in talks by Carl Fiess, member of the National Resources Board and George Jeffreys of the Regional De fense Committee, here last Thurs day. The meeting was attended by members of various civic organ izations and town officials. On Wednesday night when the Town Board met it was officially annonuced that a Mass Meeting of Citizens of Beaufort (and every property owner is urged to be pres ent because it is a matter of much importance) will be held on Fri day. September -9, either at the I Court House or the Town Hall. Whil Walter Winchell it on tempo rary active duty with the V. S. navy his column is being conducted by guest columnists. This week's column is written: By KATE SMITH 'We're All Americans' As a linger and commentator I have had my say via radio to mil lions ot Americans both at home and abroad. From time to time I receive gracious invitations from editors to express myself as a re porter on topics of the day. I al ways welcome such opportunities and more so now, for I feel that , not enough is being said on behalf of America for Americans. Not so long ago I introduced a new song of America titled "We're All Americans" which your editor thought should be the title of this column. The lyrics of this song which I made recently for Columbia Records, reads: r We're all Americans, We're proud to bear the namt Our nation's fathers wove a flag By the light of freedom's flame. Now waving bravely overhead. It tells us what to do; We're all Americans, All true bfue. Permission by Collwill Corp. It Is that flag which gave us our birthright It is that spirit which gave us our courage. It is that free dom which made our land a great democracy. It is that something .faith-nerhaps which., is found in See WINCHELL Page 2
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