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THE BEAUFORT NEWS BEAUFORT, N. C.
Thursday, October 2, 1941
The Beaufort News
Published every Thursday at
120 Craven Street
Beaufort, Carteret County, N. C.
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and Advertising Manager
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Obituaries
MERVIN NELSON
Entertaining
Sports Stories
The Beaufort News has
been fortunate in getting
sports stories for recent is
sues written by. A. v. nice. i
vou care for football and
read his eye witness account
of the game between Beau
fort and New tfern last rn
day which was played to a
scoreless tie, you will be
more than anxious to see the
local grid team in action here
on Friday when they meet
Lagrange for their second
game of the season. Beaufort
High School has got a good
football team this year. The
local team is fortunate to
have Ray Hassell for a coach
because he knows football
and the boys of the team will
strive to carry out his train
ing orders. But playing a
most outstanding role in the
current career of the team's
activity is A. D. Rice, the
press agent, whose stor.es
will not only encourage the
boys to play better football,
but also make local people
want to see the games, thus
giving the support the boys
deserve.
A Good Job Is
Almost Completed
What has been termed as
the most difficult RE A proj
est in America to build, is
nearing completion in Car
teret County. This project
and its builders have, over
tremendous odds, construct
ed lines through areas which
previously had never been
penetrated. In addition to
the swamps, the marshes,
the streams that had to be
crossed, the builders were
confronted with brambles,
briars, red bugs and mosqui
toes. The mosquitoes were
so bad in some sections that
work had to be stopped tem
porarily. On another occa
sion an entire crew of work
men missed an entire day
due to minor injuries and ex-
ATLANTIC Funeral services
for Mervin Nelson, 51, prominent
seafood dealer of this community
and New Bern, were conducted at
the Missionary Baptist Church
here Monday afternoon at 3 o'
clock with the Rev. F. L. Israel,
assisted by the Rev. Mr. Sprinkle
and Rev. Louis D. Hayman offi
ciating. Mr. Nelson died at Morehead
City hospital Saturday night fol
lowing a short illness. His death
was believed t have been caused
by a condition resulting from
something he had probably eaten
several days previously while on a
trip up state with his Negro driver.
The Negro driver died (reportedly
of a similar ailment) in New Bern
Saturday morning.
His death came as a shock to his
friendi and relatives along the
coast. He was prominent in civic
affairs, being a member of the lo
cal school board and a very loyal
member of the Missionary Baptist
Church here. Mr. Nelson was a
World War veteran, having served
in the U. S. Navy.
Surviving is hip widow, Mrs.
Mittie Morris Nelson, and two
children: Mrs. James G. Mcintosh,
of Henderson, and Mervin L. Nel
son, of Atlantic. Two sisters, Mrs.
Charles Robinson, Mrs. Harvey
Hamilton, and two brothers, James
Nelson and Capt. Wilbur Nelson,
of Atlantic also survive.
ARRIVING AT
ONSLOW BASE
Marine Barracks at New River
was officially dedicated Monday
morning at 8 o'clock with the rac
ing of the first colors at Montfort
Point.
The dedication and color raising
were characteristically and beauti
fully simple.
Present were Col. D. L. S. Brew
ster, commanding officer, Major
F. W. Hopkins, Lt. David Ruffin
(M.C.), Lt. Fred C. Hill, Capt. F.
N. Reeve, Lt. A. E. Dubber, Sgt.
Maj. John A. Miller, Capt. Oscar
E. Kelley and Lt. Sol Sehneirson
(M.C.).
An armed platoon of Marines
was present also.
Meantime, at the temporary tent
area 2,200 Marines were already
on "deck" with several thousand
more expected at an early date.
Saturday and Sunda ynights the
Marines swarmed over Jackson
ville filling every restaurant al
most to capacity during the entire
evenings.
Famous Orchestra
Feature In Film
At The Beaufort
Glen Miller and Orchestra, John
Payne and Sonja Heine are star
red in "Sun Valley Serenade"
which come to The Beaufort The
atre for three days starting on
Sunday. In addition to the fea
ture pictures there will be a
March of Time feature and also
latest news.
"Dance Hall," featuring Ceasar
Romero and Carol Landis opened
at The Beaufort today and will
continue through Friday. On Sat
urday the regular double feature
will be presented.
Next Wednesday Richard Carle
ton and Ann Shirley co-star in
"West oPint Widow" and the jack
pot will be $50. The $210 jackpot
on Wednesday was won by a Mrs.
Piner of Marshallberg.
Powell And Loy In
Love Crazy Coming
To The Seabreeze
Wilmington Yards
Lay Keels Of Two
More Liberty Ships
' y 2 3f f f
TRANSFERS
of
Real Estate
MOREHEAD TOWNSHIP
Charlie W. Fitts to F. Ray
Moore, con. $10.00, 1 tract.
U. S. Webb et ux to Thomas D.
Dixon, con. $10.00, lot 10, block
16.
James W. Lewis et ux to Lucy
B. Cherry, con. $750.00, lot 14,
square 9.
W. O. McGibony trustee to Fed
eral Land Bank, con. $2,000.00,
80 acres.
BEAUFORT TOWNSHIP
James A. Atkinson et ux to C.
G. Gaskill et ux, con. $500.00, part
lot 33 new town.
W. W. Casey et ux to Dollie M.
Taylor, con. $10.00, 2 tracts, 130
acres.
E. W. Hill, Com. to Leonard
Lupton, con. $935.00, 2 tracts 12
acres.
teret jungles in which work
was being carried on. In spite
of it all the work has pro
gressed ahead of schedule
when materials were avail
able. In addition to the di
rectors of the REA member
ship cooperative, a great
deal of credit should go to
the Consulting Engineer, the
Resident Engineer and the
Miller Baxter Company or
ganization who believe that
with higher priority ratings
that needed materials will
soon arrive so that the proi
ect can be comoleted in short
haustion resultuip; from Car- order.
SEA BREEZE THEATRE
Sunday Night Shows Now Starts At 8:30 O'CIock
Fri.-Sat. DOUBLE FEATURE Oct. 3-4
"WILD" BILL ELLIOTT
in
THE RETURN OF DANIEL BOONE'
JOHN BEAL - FLORENCE RICE - E. D. NORRIS
in
"DOCTORS DON'T TELL"
Also "JUNGLE GIRL"
ADM: Mat. 10c-15c-20c Night: 10c-15c-25c
Sunday-Monday-Tuesday Oct. 5-6-7
WM. POWELL - MYRNA LOY - GAIL PATRICK
"LOVE CRAZY"
ADMISSION
Sunday Mat: 3:00; Night 8:30 10c-15c-30c
Mon.-Tues. Mat: 10c-J5c-20c Night: 10c-15c-30c
Wed-Thurs Oct 8-9
LULA BELLE & SCOTTY - EDDIE FOY
JUNE CLYDE
Go To The
"COUNTRY FAIR"
For
Matinee: 10cl5c-20c Night: 10c-15c-25c
FrL-Sat. DOUBLE FEATURE Oct. 10-11
Six Cases Tried
By Recorder Here
Tuesday Morning
Although six cases were tried
in Recorders Court on Tuesday,
only one defendant was given a
road sentence. Mack Craven was
found guilty of being a public
nuisance and for being drunk. He
was sentenced to three months on
the roads.
Wheeler Foster Smith was plac
ed under bond of $300 for appear
ance in Superior Court after prob
able cause had been found in
charges against him involving the
larceny of an automobile.
Thomas B. Carroll was given a
90 day suspended sentence on
charges of driving an automobile
while drunk and after his licenses
had been revoked on a previous
charge. He was ordered to pay the
costs.
Domestic troubles were aired out
when George V. Piver was tried
on a charge of non-support. The
court ordered prayer for judg
ment and continued providing the
defendant pay $12 for the support
of his two children, age three and
age eight years, and half the costs.
George Ellison plead guilty to
carrying a concealed weapon and
was given a 90-days suspended
road sentence.
Even Temperatures
During September
There was very little variation
in high and low temperatures on
the coast during the past month
according to the report just re
leased by co-operative weather ob
servers at the U. S. Fish and Wild
life Laboratory on Pivers Island.
The report follows:
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Max. Min.
. 89 77
90 79
90 78
. 91 80
90 78
93 77
. 95 74
92 78
94 76
. 94 75
83 74
. 89 69
. 80 65
. 84 65
85 70
. 90 67
. 90 69
87 69
. 85 67
79 69
86 67
. 79 69
90 67
93 62
, 90 68
85 72
. 85 68
. 85 67
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85 69
Designed for the type of hilar
ious fun that only William Powell
and Myrna Loy can supply, "Love
Crazy," which features them to
gether in their latest picture, come
to The Sea Breeze Theatre for a
thiee day run starting Sunday.
This picture featuring two of the
screen's most popular stars lives
up to the highly entertaining stan
dards for which they are famous.
Once again the two are seen in
their favorite characterization,
that of husband and wife, and once
again the sea of matrimony is any
thing but smooth. Other stars in
the cast include Gail Patrick, Jack
Carson, Florence Bates, North
Carolina's Sidney Blackmer, and
others.
Craven Sheriff Is
Declaring War On
Rural Hot Spots
Sheriff R. B. Lane of Craven
county says the "time has come"
when the service stations, night
clubs and other spots out in the
'iral sections of the county ara
either going to "clean up or close
up" and he said Thursday that he
intended to see that they did one
of the two and right away.
Complaint after complaint has
been received by the sheriff re
cently from residents of the sec
tions in which certain service sta
tions which allow congregating on
the part of men and women and
of night clubs where there is a
continual round of roistering,
dancing and other forms of nuis
ance and the citizenry is demand
ing that prompt action be taken
to relieve a situation which has be
come almost unbearable.
And so the sheriff intends to see
to it that the operators of the
service stations in all parts of
Craven county and the operators
of the so-called night clubs main
tain order and prevent their places
of business from being a nuisance
or they are going to be raided and
a padlock order against them se
cured. Residents of some of the sec
tions in which these nuisance
joints are located declare that it
WILMINGTON, Oct. 1. With
out ceremony, the keels of two
10,000-ton "Liberty ships" were
laid at the yards of North Caro
lina Shipbuilding company last
week.
The vessels, built for reasonable
speed with minimum horsepower,
come under a contract which the
company has with the maritime
commission. There are under con
struction 312 such cargo ships of
which 37 will be constructed at
the Wilmington yards.
Although a number of keels
have been laid here, the first sev
eral months ago, it has not been
announced when the initial unit
will be launched.
The maritime commission has
selected names for the first three
vessels to slide off the Wilming
ton ways, however. They will be
Nathanael Greene, Francis Mar
ion and John C. Calhoun after two
famous Revolutionary war gen
eralls and the famed South Caro
lina statesman.
When the type of ship beinc
built here was planned originally
President Roosevelt described it as
the "ugly duckling" were aban
doned because that type of ship
had never been built and as such
presented unsolved pro b 1 e m s
which made efficient procedure
doubtful. So the designers went
back to the smooth lines, the grace
ful bow and stern, which they
know how to build.
Between 1,500 and 2,000 work
ers are employed at the yards at
present and, officials said, the
number would be increased daily
until peak production is reached
around March 1 and between 6,
000 and 7,000 persons are work
ing there.
Beer Industry Pays
Much Tax To State,
U. S. Government
The North Carolina beer indus
try paid the state and federal gov
ernments $436,128.69 in taxes on
its record consummption of 45,
053.9 barrels during the month of
August. There are 31 gallons to
the barrel.
Figures compiled by the Brewers
and North Carolina Beer Distribu
tors Committee disclosed that Aug
ust established all-time highs in
taxes paid and in volume of sales.
The state received $165,805.49
in taxes and the federal govern
ment $270,323.40. The mount of
taxes paid into the various cities,
towns and counties of the state
was not available.
The state collects $3.75 on each
barrel of beer sold in the state,
and the federal government col
lects $6 on each barrel of beer
sold in the state. The federal gov
ernment increased its tax last year
from $5 to $6, the extra dollar be
ing earmarked for national de
fense. This defense tax netted the
federal government $45,053.90 on
August sales, according to the
committee.
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Winter Legume Seed
With the national shortage of
winter legume seed, it has been
very difficult for the Carteret Ag
ricultural Conservation Assn. to
obtain seed. However, they have
obtained a limited amount of
vetch at 9 1-2 cents per pound.
Austrian Winter Peas at 5 cents
per pound, and Italian Rye Grass
at .56 cents per pound, for distri
bution under the Grant of Aid
Program -which will enable farm
ers who are obtaining these seed
to complete their Soil Building
goal for 1941. Approximately
$30,000.00 is yet to be earned un
der the Soil Conservation Program
in Carteret County for 1941 -with
the fiscal year ending Oct. 31,
1941.
The average soil building unit
is worth $7.20 each that has not
been earned thus far.
Those farmers interested in ob
taining Grant of Aid seed such as
Vetch, Austrian Winter Peas and
Italian Rye Grass should call by
the County Farm Agent's office
and execute an A C P 64 for their
needs.
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