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VOL. XXX NO. 2
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, JAN. 8, 1942.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
THIS STAIRWAY ARCH IS INSIDE OLD FORT MACON
WHICH WAS RECENTLY OCCUPIED BY U.S.ARMY AGAIN
Local Fire Department
teret Coast Has About Two Inches
Inaugurates A Program
Of Increased Protection
Df Snow And Temperature Falls To 25
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SOME BEAUTIFUL examples of early military fortification architecture is being dis
covered by the officers and men of the U. S. Army Unit which have again occupied old
Fort Macon on Beaufort Inlet for the duration of the War. When this publicity photo
J was made .eTrl year, .go by Bill Shrpe, of the Department of Con.erv.tion and Derelopment .new.
I bureau, no one had any idea that the f.mou. old fort which wa. the main point of intere.t in Fort Macon
1 Stat. Park, would ever be occupied by troop, again. But the Fort i. occued again, and now civ.Iian.
i . .U J... tk. m;iitrv nature of everything in the vicinity. In the photo, a va-
i ire 1 uiuiuucu III hv a a-w
cationLt i. explaining the unu.ual .tairway arch of brick to a compan.on. In an early ...ue we will run
a photo .howing the ancient-brick oven of Fort Macon. Bread cooked in thi. oven dur.ng the Civil War
wa. .o bad that it almo.t cau.ed a mutiny among the troop, .tationed there, according to an old h..ton
cal record, found a few year, ago by Beaufort New. Editor Aycock Brown.
Curb Market Plans To
Borrow $800 To Construct
New Building In Morehea
ONLY CERTAIN
VEHICLES M AY
GET NEW TIRES
Application Blanks
From OPA Arrive
In Carteret
RATIONING BOARD
I BEGINS OPERATING
The Office of Price Ad
ministration has supplied
each of the Tire and Tube
Batioring Boards with prop
er forms to be filled out by
persons eligible to apply for
same. In Carteret County
See TIRES Page 8
Private Papers of a
j Cub Reporter:
The scene is Honolulu, and the
dialogue begins: "Listen!"
The increasing roar sounded like
the surging swell of voices from
a distant stadium.
"Planes," he said. "Our pa
trol . . ."
He shook his head. "Too many."
In the distance there were sharp
m explosions like vicious blasts of
JiJ thunder. They rolled and cracked
f and echoed. A blinding, jagged
Jj sheet of yellow flame rose and
T spread.
1 j ". . . Well, it's come at last . . ."
i "... What happened, sir? Was it
bad?"
f "Very bad. They caught us flat
V footed. Approached very high.
. Twenty, maybe thirty thousand feet
. . The anti-aircraft boys held up
their fire ..."
'. . . They knew just where to
Strike and what to strike with."
; "They hit us with incendiaries the
first time over . . . They caught
' the hangars at Hickam . . . and
, even went out cf their way to set
fire to Rogers Airport buildings and
the barracks."
". . . The enemy gave us three
blasts . . . It'll be days before we
; can patch up."
". . . Casualties heavy, sir? '
"... They scored a direct hit on
Schofleld Barracks."
"... Clipper service, of course,
has been suspended. The Japs are
reputed fond of shooting down un
armed transport P'an.
See WINCHELL Page 7
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County To Endorse
Note If L. G.
Approves
The Carteret County Curb
Market which has been op
erated very successfully by
the Federation of Home
Demonstration Clubs in Car
teret County for a number of
years plans to build a new
and adequate Mart building
in Morehead City, lo com
plete the construction it is neces
sary that $800 in addition to a
like sum they now have be raised,
The Curb Market group will bor
row this money from the bank
and repay the rate of $25 per
month, if the County will endorse
the note and the county will en
dorse the note provided it meets
with approval of Local Govern
ment Commission. This was one
of the matters before the Board of
Commissioners at the regular
monthly meeting on Monday.
Bids for supplies to County
Home was awarded City Grocery,
i ne uait ior tne nscat year
1941-4.. was awarded the ac
counting firm of Villiams and
Wall in Raleigh.
Commissioner McCabe was ap
pointed a committee to investigate
the property values of Ella Gar
ner Estate at Newport.
Tildon Davis and R. K. Davis,
commissioners, were appointed a
committee to investigate the prop
erty values of Roland Styron in
See CURB MARKET Page 8
Mrs. Merrill Has
Resigned As NYA
Girls Work Head
Mrs. Rosa Merrill has resigned
NYA Girls' Work Supervisor for
Area 1, effective as of January 1,
it was announced this week. This
important position held by Mrs.
Merrill made it necessary for her
to do considerable traveling in 19
Eastern Carolina counties, and
this was one of the reasons she re
signed. Traffic . congestion on
Eastern Carolina roads in many
sections make traveling by auto
very undesirable.
Mrs. Merrill had been connected
with NYA for four years. She was
first county supervisor, then area
supervisor and still later Area
One, Girls' Work Supervisor. Un
der her leadership the NYA accom,
plished much worthwhile work in
Carteret County, including among
other things, the construction of
the NYA-building here, the CAA
approved NYA Seaplane Landing
Float, the Fisheries taxidermist
project, plus much training to
young men and women in worth
while fields of work.
Beaufort Chapter
Behind In War
Drive Quota
Only $353.36 Received
While $1,500 Is Quota
The Red Cross War Fund
campaign in . the Beaufort
Chapter area has been re
sumed after a temporary
halt for the holiday season.
The total amount collected to
date amounts to $353.36. This
includes a sum of $34.56 collected
in the communities of Cedar Is
land. There are representatives of the
Chapter in each community of the
Chapter area and people are re
quested to make contributions to
them, Any person who worked
for the Red Cross during the Roll
Call campaign is authorized to re
ceive funds for the War Fund.
People in Beaufort may make
contributions to Dr. F. E. Hyde or
Rev. Mr. E. C. McConnell, Chap
ter officials, or to any of the fol
lowing: Aycock Brown or The
Beaufort News, W. H. Bailey, C.
D. Jones Co., and Leslie Moore.
The War Fund to date is far be
low the quota of $1,500.00, but
the officers of the Beaufort Chap
ter believe that many citizens of
See RED CROSS Page 8
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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 meallowances must be
made for variations in the
wind and also with respect
to the locality, that Is whett
er near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
HIGH
LOW
Friday, Jan.
12:37 AM
12:48 PM
Saturday, Jan
1:35 AM
1:46 PM
Sunday, Jan.
2:39 AM
2:51 PM
9
6:46 AM
7:15 PM
10
7:53 AM
8:14 PM
11
9:01 AM
9:15 PM
Monday, Jan. 12
3:46 AM 10:08 AM
4:01 PM 10:16 PM
Tuesday, Jan. 13
4:50 AM
5:49 PM 11:11 PM
Wednesday, Jan. 14
5:49 AM 11:17 AM
6:06 PM 12:12 PM
Thursday, Jan. IS
6:45 AM 12:16 AM
7:05 PM 1:08 PM
Hundreds May Lose
Property In County
Hundredi of periont in Carteret
County who are failing to pay the
execution! againtt their property
will loae tame unlets they pay
their taxet for the yeart 1937
1938. Thi it indicated by the fact
that Sheriff C. G. Holland hat terv
ed teveral hundredt of executions
againtt perton who have not tak
en care of their taxet for the
yeart mentioned. ... Pertont owing
1937-38 taxet should pay tame
immediately or before January 22,
which it the date set for prepara
tion of executions againtt prop
erty for advertising and tale. The
Sheriff will be forced to put buyer
in pottettion anil original owner
out of pottettion; following sale.
OUTSTANDING
JAYCEE WILL
BE SELECTED
Community Service
Key To Be Given
Young Man
Junior Chamber of Com
merce leadership in matters
of national defense have
been of unusual significance,
it was nointed out today by
James Potter III, president
of the local organization in
calline attention to "Junior
Chamber of Commerce Week" be
ing observed locally and nationally
January 14-21. "Climax of local
observances will be held January
19, at which time a Distinguished
Service Award Key will be pre
sented to the young man who ren
dered the most outstanding service
to the community, during the past
year i wad ifcmi'.:-r--2:
Referring to Junior Chamber of
Commerce activity in matters of
national defense, President Potter
called attention to the fact that
the United States Junior Chamber
of Commerce had advocated com
pulsory militarv conscription con
See JAYCEE Page 8
J. J. Whitehurst
Home Damaged By
Fire Last Night
Fire originating from a defec
tive flue, caused damage estimat
ed at about $300 in the home of
J. J. Whitehurst on Moore street
Wednesday night, it was stated
this morning by Chief J. F. Dun
can. The alarm was sent in about
9:30 o'clock and flame fighting
equipment arrived at the scene a
long with a large group of volun
teer firemen within a few minutes.
The local fire department's
new hook and ladder truck proved
of great service in reaching the
roof of the burning building. Due
to the fact that the alarm was sent
in during a snow storm, and with
the roofs covered with snow, it
would have been extremely hazar
dous to have used the old ladder
method in reaching the roof top.
Efficiency on part of equipment
and the firemen saved the struc
ture from far greater damage.
Negro Fisherman
Is Drowned Here
Wednesday Night
John Levey Morris, 21-year-old
Negro menhaden fisherman whose
address was given as Kilmarnock,
Va., was drowned when he fell or
slipped from one of the boats tied
up at local Sinclair Dock during
the snow storm Wednesday night.
It was stated that the Negro has
formerly been employed aboard
one of the Quinn vessels, but that
when his boat sailed a few days
ago he remained here to appear
for Selective Service examination.
Coast Guardsmen from Fort
Macon unit of Beaufort Station
under command of Capt. Norman
Etheridge, were notified that the
Negro had fallen overboard. Pro
ceeding to the local harbor, it was
only a few minutes until the body
was found by them. Efforts were
made to revive the drowned man
by pulmotor and other methods,
but without success. The body
was taken to Adair and Rice Fun
eral Home to await word for its
disposition which had not been re
ceived early today.
Increase Protection
From Air Raids
And Enemy
CHIEF DUNCAN HAS
OUTLINED PROGRAM
Beaufort's Fire Depart
ment has inaugurated a pro
gram for increased protec
tion against fire, in recogni
tion of the great task con
fronting every citizen in this
National Emergency, it was
announced this week by J. F.
Duncan Jr., chief of the depart
ment. As a result and in order to
function more smoothly, a number
of changes in operation of the de
partment have been made. Volun
teers from citizens for enlistment
in various groups that have been
formed will be welcomed by the
department.
"Realizing the potential 'danger
existing from fires that could be
started by enemy agents or by
aerial action, Mayor Graydon
Paul, in co-operation with fire de
partment officials have made con
siderable increase in the protec
tion equipment of the fire depart
ment," said Chief Duncan.
"Additional hose has been pur
chased, special equipment for
handling incendiary bombs has
been installed together with a
number of gas masks and addition
al protective clothing for fire
See FIRE DEPT. Page 8
Civilian Plane At
Beaufort Landing
Field This Week
Pilot W. H. Hay, aboard the Oc
racoke - Manteo Transportation
Company's big 4-place Stinson
cabin plane, formerly operated by
Dave Driskill, landed at Beaufort
Morehead City Airport in West
Beaufort Tuesday morning. The
palne had come here from Wil
mington where it's passenger, Wil
liam C. Gahagan had been to at
tend the opening of waterway bids
of certain projects in North Caro
lina. Unknown to Pilot Hay, he flew
the plane over a recently fortified
area near Beaufort Inlet which is
a rather serious thing for a civil
ian plane to do during war time.
Pilot Hav informed a Beaufort
Newsman that he did not know he
had flown over a restricted area.
He also stated that he wa3 flying
under war-time rulings, which
meant that he had to notify the U,
S. Interceptor Command of his
various landings.
It was necessary for him to re
main overnight also, due to the
new1 ruling which prohibits civilian
planes from flying after dark.
Gahagan, his passenger, was here
on business relative to early dredg
ing operations by Gahagan Dredg
ing Company in the Inland water
way. Diphtheria Case Is
Reported In County
The first case of Diphtheria this
j winter was reported to the Health
i Department on December 31st.
The home was immediately quar
antined. Diphtheria is widespread thru
the State this winter, and stands
as a constant danger to those per
sons who have not had the Diph
theria immunization.
To prevent the spread of this
dreaded disease in Carteret Coun
ty it is urged that all children six
months old and over, who have not
had injections of Diphtheria tox
oid receive them at once.
Those people who cannot afford
treatment by their family doctor
may receive the injections free of
charge at the Health Department
on any Saturday morning.
T. B. Clinic To Be
Held In February
For one week starting February
9th, the Carteret County Health
Department in conjunction with
the Extension Division of the
North Carolina Sanatorium, will
hold, a Fluroscopic Clinic for the
examination of tuberculosis con
tacts and suspected cases. There
will be no charge.
Any person desiring an exam
ination must come to the Health
Department Office on any Tues
day afternoon or Satui-day morn
ing, and make an appointment. All
appointments must be made be
fore February 9th.
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WHEN IT SNOWS on the Carteret Coast it is news, and
that is what happened last night. The Front Street scene
shown above with Inlet Inn in background was re-enacted
here again as a result and what makes the picture unusual
is the fact that semi-tropical Yucca plants, common on the coast in
this section were covered with snow here today. The cooperative)
Weather Observers of the Fish and Wildlife Station on Pivers Island
(in Beaufort Harbor) reported an official depth of two inches, with
the mercury in thermometers falling to 26 degrees. As we go to press
today sunshine was melting the coastal snow fall somewhat rapidly.
(Eubanks News Photo).
Whooping Cough Epidemic
Underway In Beaufort
WASTE PAPER
FOR DEFENSE
Mayor Graydon M. Paul an-,
nounced today that the Boy
Scouts would visit each home in
Beaufort on Saturday morning be
tween 8 and 10 o'clock to collect
waste paper which will be added
to collections throughout the na
tion for use in national defense.
Mayor Paul urges all housewives
to bundle up their papers, tying
same or placing in cardboard box
and placing on front or back porch
at the designated, hour for collec
tion. Citizens are urged to coop
erate. URGENT APPEAL
FOR RED CROSS
FUNDS IS MADE
Norman H. Davis, national
chairman of the American Red
Cross has sent out an urgent ap
peal to all Chapter Chairmen of
the United States in an effort to
raise a necessary quota for carry
ing on Red Cross War Relief
work. Copy of the telegram re
ceived by Dr. F. E. Hyde, chair
man of Beaufort Chapter follows:
"The bombing of Pearl Harbor,
Honolulu, Manila, the invasion of
the Philippines, submarine at
tacks in the Atlantic and Pacific,
have dramatically brought home to
us the cruelties of this war. Wher
ever our heroic soldiers, sailors
and airmen are so valiantly de
fending our soil there you will find
the Red Cross flag unfurled along,
side the Stars and Stripes. Red
Cross men are on every front.
Funds are urgently needed to keep
intact these front lines of mercy.
The enemy respects neither holi
days nor weekends. The Red Cross
War Fund should be pushed to rap
id over-subscription. Give all the
people an opportunity to partici
pate. The Red Cross is a people's
partnership in time of need. It is
patriotism in action to give to the
Red Cross. Miseries of war cannot
be measured by quotas and mathe
matical yardsticks, nor personal
conveniences. The president, the
American people, and our fight
ing men expect much of us. An
avalanche of giving now will help
the Red Cross to deliver the goods.
"Norman H. Davis, chairman."
Child Lost Durisig
Air Raid Warning
Has Been Located
Capt. Alan Mason, retired
Coastguardsman here, has receiv
ed a wire from his son, Albert
Mason in Brooklyn, N. Y., that his
10-year-old son, Albert dr., who
disappeared for several days dur
ing an air raid warning test, has
returned home. No details about
the youngster's return or where
he bad been during the period he
was reported lost, were given in
the wire.
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Parents Are Urged
To Keep Coughing
Children At Home
ISLAND SCHOOL CLOSES
Since the Christmas holi
day season a rapidly increas
ing number of reports of
wnooping uougn m Beau
fort have come to the Health .
Department, it was stated to- !
day by Dr. Stevick, Health
Officer. Practically all of
the cases are school children
in. the lower grades.
In order to stop further spread
of the disease parents are urged
by the Health Department to keep
any child who has any cough what
soever out of school until the fam
ily physician can make a diagnosis.
It is not always possible for the
doctor to make the diagnosis dur
ing the first week so that all chil
dren who are coughing should be
kept home at least a week:
It is only with the cooperation
of every family that the epidemic
may be prevented from reaching
major porportions, Dr. Stevick em
phasized. Already the Harkers Island
school has been closed because of
Whooping Cough. Approximately
100 Ocases have occurred on the
See EPIDEMIC Page 8
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Washington, D. C.
WILLKIE AND F.D.R.
Seldom in political history has a
President of the United , States re
ceived such wholesome support on
major foreign oolicy from a defeat
ed candidate as Franklin Roosevelt
has received from Wendell Willkie.
Few people knov how active Willkie
has been behind the scenes.
For instance, Willkie has even
done some missionary work on Joe
Martin, chairman of tiie Hepubliran
National comnnttae anc! oppos'' in
leacfct of the houss. Willlue rrmi'iu
nn very friendly terms wit.1-, his old
campaign manager, even though
they diflered on foreign policy.
Shortly after the congressional
vote to repeal the Neutrality act,
in which the Republicans nearly de
feated Roosevelt, Willkie phoned
Joe Martin.
"Joe," he said, "those Republi
cans who voted against repeal of
neutrality are going to have, a tough
time being re-elected. They're go
ing to find the country is behind
Roosevelt cn this."
The Republican national chair
man replied that be would not only
re-elect all the Republicans who
voted against Roosevelt, but h
would also elect a lot of new Repub
licans to fill the seats of the Demo
crats who had voted with Roosevelt.
"Listen," said Willkie, "if you re
elect 80 per cent of those who voted
against the President you'll be the
greatest political genius of all time."
"And." said Wjllkie, in teHin the
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