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BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY APRIL 16 1942
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BAND GROUP
RESUMES DRIVE
FOR EQUIPMENT
Beaufort High School
Organization Seeks
Funds for Uniforms
"Everybody can be a dol-lar-a-vear-man
now," said
Mrs. William Bailey, secre
tary and treasurer of the
Beaufort High School Band
- Association, "by contribut
ing to an annual member
ship in our organization."
Tho movement was beeran about
& vear ago, said Mrs. Bailey, to
equip the band with instruments,
music, band chairs, music stands
and uniforms. Officers of the as-.-piat.ion
were named : Mayor G
M. Paul, president; Mrs. Bailey,
secretary and treasurer; and Mrs
C. L. Beam as corresponding sec
retary.
? Beaufort civic organizations re
sponded with representatives from
.. ' the following groups: Mrs. How
ard. Jones, Parent-Teachers Association-Mrs.
C. L. Beam, Woman's
Club; Mrs. Julian Hamilton, Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary; Mayor G.
m Panl Rotarv Club: Dr. W. L.
Woodard, Chamber of Commerce;
Thomas G. Leary, Principal Beau
fort Schools; and Fred King, di
rector of the band.
At that time band instruments
were needed badly as well as the
equipment mentioned. A commit-
toe was sent out to obtain member
i.iin at one dollar per member,
I and also to accept donations up to
any amount anyone wished to give.
In a short time $240.35 was raised.
: By the time school closed, people
were planning their vacations, so
; the campaign was dropped until
. further notice.
-: Monmvhilp. five horns and a set
nf iimmi were purchased for the
sohool at a cost of $148.65, and
$20 ha3 been spent for music. The
CartereTfcountjr Boftrd 0$ Educa
tion purchased and delivered 25
band chairs and the school, in con
nection with the N.Y.A., purchased
material and constructed the mu
sic stands.
At present the band needs 25
uniforms. The Band Association
is appealing for the citizens of
Beaufort for support with a prom
ise that it will invest their contri-hnt-inna
and erive them in return a
public service organization of
which Carteret County citizens
will be proud.
ADVANCE COURSE
Those who have passed the stan
dard First Aid course and wish to
enroll for the advance course may
report to Mrs. W. S. Chadwick at
the Beaufort Baptist Church, Mon
day morning, at 9 o'clock.
ELECTION BOARD
NAMES TAYLOR
o..o.ri Tavlor was named chair
man of the Carteret County Board
of Elections during Us meeting
last Saturday.
Other members sworn in were
t r Wade, named as secretary,
and George J, Brooks, Republican
member.
Potential names to the election
board were handed to W. H. Lu
cas, Chairman, State Board of
ffwtinn. bv Irvin Davis, Chair
man, Carteret County Democratic
Party. The members were ap
nmn ted bv Lucas. They were
sworn in prior to their meeting
Saturday by Carteret County
Clerk of Court L. W. Hassell.
Last Saturday's action is pre
lude to the election primary coin
in r 11 n Mav 30 which will decide
tho controversy of Senator Bailey
versus "Dick" Fountain of Rocky
Mount.
Alr the Carteret County offi
cials will come up for re-election.
To Hate no opposing candidates
have filed.
tTTn -.r-.iTi-.r.o r.r, ra.ni? nT A D TA170 A DTUrVT ST 1 TTP Toff tn riaif ("qontprll Lieut. Gen,
tuli-r ui I iViins ui i iiiu nA aaja i -
H. H. Arnold, Commanding General, Army Air Forces; Gen. George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff; Lieut
Gen. Leslie McNair, Commanding General, Army Ground Forces; (standing) Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Mc
Narney. Deputy Chief of Staff: Maj. Gen. B. H. Somervell. Commanding General. Services of Supply
MARRIAGE LICENSES
August S. Schrader, Winches
ter, Va., to Edith Whitley, More
head City (white).
Donald C. Taylor, Newport, N.
C, to Shirley Hatsell, Swansboro
(white).
Franklin Shackleford, Walston
burg, N. C, to Emma Jones, More
head City (colored).
Vernon Hardy, Memmon, N. C.
to Nina Marie Tosto, Lukens, N.
C. (white).
Visiting Minister At
First Baptist Church
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Dr. F. A. Bowers, visiting min
ister from Kannapolis, who is con
ducting a revival at the First Bap
tist church used as his subject on
Monday evening: "Prayer. On
Tuesday evenincr his subject ''Soul
Winning" was discussed.
Dr. Bowers pointed out in his
Monday night address the acute
need for prayer and its power to
meet the needs of man with last
ing results. His Tuesday evening
subject was closely related to that
of Monday showing that prayer
"drives one to his knees to the
word of God and results in great
reward."
"The end of prayer and soul win
nine is the iudVment seat of Christ
where the Christian is judged for
the life he has lived since his e
perience in regeneration at The
Cross," Dr. Bowers pointed out.
Simplicity is a very noticeable
feature of all his messages, which
makes it easier for the very young
est in the congregation to understand.
CHIEF DUNCAN
SAYS FIREMEN
READY FOR WAR
Helmets, Air Raid Si
ren, and Drills Add
To Program
Fire Chief Julius Duncan
Jr. reports that his depart-
ment is rapiaiy getting miu
ehnnp tn mppt. trip war effort.
Tn thp hnrV nf the station he
has a collection of brand new
"Over The Top" bullet proof
helmets, which, he says, will
come in handy during peace or
war when fighting fires that rain
falling debris.
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News.
Wildlife Restoration Week
Symbolizes Defense Heed
On the Beaufort water tower
he pointed to the new air-raid si
ren or the "screeching red bird"
that can be heard within a mile
and a half radius.
Chief Duncan announced that
the Beaufort Fire Department
holds drill every Thursday night
for the purpose of training regu
lar firemen and auxiliary fire
men who wish to join. The drill
ing is under the command of Drill
Captain Roma Willis. Later on an
incendiary bomb practice will be
instigated. Those wishing to join
may call Chief Duncan at the Fire
Department.
More defense pointers were dis
cussed bv the local firemen who
attended the Eastern Carolina
Firemen's Convention which held
its quarterly meeting at Plymouth
on Tuesday, tfeautort iiremen
attending were: Assistant Chief
G. A. Glancy, Captain Morris Wil
lis, Captain Earl Noe, Captain
Frank Rice, Supt. Fire Alarm
Roma Willis, and Members Wil
liam Soiinsrle. H. H. Lewis Jr.,
Jerry Darling, Cecil Harold, Hir
am Kerr, James Austin, and Kob
ert Mades.
DRUNK GHOST
REPORTED IN
LOCAL TOMB
Maybe the reason ghosts are
called "spirits" is explained by
an incident which happened
Monday morning at the Live
Oak Cemetery.
Harold Wilton and Durwood
Fulche.r, Newport residents em
cloved bv a local chemical com
pany, arrived in town a half an
hour before working hours. Wil
ton said be was "just py-rootin
around the graveyard when I
spied a vault with the lid crack
ed." The two slid back the cover
ing and upon peering into the
sanctum, discovered the resting
place for some other kind of
sDirits ("namely a Quart bottle
half full of intoxicating liquor).
AMERICAN LEGION
HUT RENOVATED
FOR SERVICE MEN
Local Headquarters
To Operate As So
cial Center
12,000 DOCTORS
NEEDED BY ARMY
The Fourth Corns Area at At
lanta has issued a call for 12,000
Medical Corps officers. The an
nouncement from First Lieut.
Theodore P. Herrick stated that
the greatest proportion of the of
ficers will be chosen from the age
ei'oun under 45 years, and ap
pointments in the various speciali
ties of medicine would be avail
able.
The general procedure for ap
plication and further details may
be obtained from the District and
Induction Station at Charlotte.
Three forms dealing with training
and experience must be filled out
by the applicant. Also, a final
type physical examination must be
obtained from a board of army
medical officers and the complet
ed papers will be sent to the Head-
miarters. Fourth Corps Area, at
Atlanta, Ga.
Any communications concern'
in f.his suhiect should be address
p,1 to Medical Officer. Charlotte
Recruiting District Headquarters,
Post Office Building,
N. C.
FOURTH
REGISTRATION
i TIDE TABLE ?:
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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 bo
made for variations in the
wind and also with respect
to the locality, that is whetti
cr near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
HIGH LOW
Nation Observing F.
D. R.'s Proclamation
Concerning Game
Preservation
APRIL 12TH TO 18TH
NAMES AS DATES
HIGH
10:26
10:39
11:03
11:16
11:40
11:54
12:19
12:34
1:00
1:16
1:46
2:03
2:40
LOW
Friday, April 17
AM. 4:17 AM.
PM. 4:19 PM.
Saturday, April 18
AM. 4:35 AM.
PM. 4:54 PM.
Sunday, April 19
AM. 5:29 AM.
PM. 5:31 PM.
Monday, April 20
6:08 AM.
PM. 6:06 PM.
Tuesday, April 21
AM. 6:52 AM.
PM. 6:58 PM.
Wednesday, April 22
AM. 7:44 AM.
PM. 8:00 PM.
Thursday, April 23
AM. 8:42 AM.
PM. 8:57 PM.
Wilton judged that it "must
have taken a powerful man to
move the top off the vault. He
must have had to drink half the
whiskey to do it alone." Fulcher
proved that they had not partook
ia the liquid spirits by pulling
the bottle from his belt and dis
playing the remaining pint. Us
vintage was 1938; the worn
gravestone indicated 1862. May
be some ghost is an habitual
drunkard.
Will Present Recital
Tomorrow Night
"Amprira's fish nH wild
lift rpsnnrees are nfirishahlp
and cannot be neglected ev-
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en war uiue wiuiuui. sacrmc
incr an imnnrt.ant element: in
the American way of living,"
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declared ur. neroeri r . rry
therch, Director of the Fish
ery Biological Laboratory at
Beaufort. He caled attention
,to the fifth annual National
Wildlife Week which began
on April 12.
Sponsored by the National Wild
life Federation, the annual obser
vance of this week was inaugurat
ed by the proclamation of Presi
dent Roosevelt in 1938.
rr Prvthprch rointed out that
the Fish and Wildlife Service of
the United States Department of
the Interior, with which he is em
ployed, is participating in the
week a observance this year De
cause wildlife is a resource that
the nation must take care of at all
times just as individuals have to
guard their own resources while
doing their utmost to win the war.
Wildlife And The War
"Conservation, profitable at all
See WILDLIFE Back Pace
Postoffice Receipts
Gain During 1942
If vou are a great believer in
statistics, then business is three
times better to date than a year
ago. The Post Office, which is
generally thought of as the most
highly efficient public service or
ganization in the world, hai re
ceints to show a train of $879.17
over the first quarter's receipts of
1941.
tn the ficures of
Postmaster W. H . Taylor, the post
al receipts from January 1, 1941
to March 31. 1941 total $3,131.50.
The receipts from January 1, 1942
to March 31, 1942 total $4,010.67.
Postmaster Taylor added that the
gain in normal times is generally
from two to three hundred dollars.
Beaufort will have a "U.
a n " that is in function.
even'though its name will be
retained as the American
gion llut. Flans tor tneopen
wiriov nio-ht. were re-
trionroii vmnnav mummx
the monthly meeting of the
County Board of Commis
sioners where J. Raymond
Ball appealed for $200 to help de
fray the $800 expense of renova
tion.
'.The committee representing the
Beaufort Post No. 99 of the Amer-
T amnn incllirlprl R. H. Hill. T.
Infill " - .
E. Kelly, and Mr. Ball, who acted
for the trio. He
tA that tha" Leanon "Hut had
Wn rp-conditioned to furnish
aorvW men with a place for social
activities and a letter-writing sta
tion.
Wp have been embarrassed as
citizens," Mr. Ball stated, "for not
having a place for service men to
go." He added that since the
County U.S.O. is stationed in
Morehead City that three nines is
too far for a soldier to have to
walk in order to write a letter.
He stated that W.P.A. workers
will be employed as custodians of
the project. The public is cordial
ly invited to attend the opening
Friday night at 7 :30.
County Commissioners Chair
man K. P. Bonner told Mr. Ball
and the Legion representatives
that statements concerning the
See A. L. Back Page
Chairman S. A. Chalk of the lo-
cat Selective Service Board an.
nnnncfed todav the fourth regis'
tration day as Monday, April 27.
This registration wUl affect those
men between the ages of 45 and
63.
The official order read a fol
lows: 'Those required to register
are men who weer born on or af
are men who were born on or af-
Aoril 28. 1877, and, on or be-
fore February 16, 1897; and there
fore, had obtained their 45th birth
day on or before February 16,
1942 and had not obtained their
65th birthday on April 27, 1942."
Half A Dozen
Allied Ships Are
Reported Lost
Reports of sinkings of allied
vessels in the water of North and
Cr.ndii America last nieht had
raised the toll of ships lost to axis
submarines by six.
The fifth naval district reported
yesterday from Norfolk, Va., that
torpedoes gliding out of the dark
ness on the early morning and
nieht of April 9 sank one Amer
ican merchantman, tore another
in two and apparently cost the
lives of three seamen off the At
lantic coast. Sixty - three men
aboard the two vessels were res
cued. Twenty-eight survivors of one
of the ships, a small merchant ves
sel, were picked up by a rescue
craft after they were adrift lor
six hours and were brought ashore
the following day.
An hour and a halt alter tne
other attack. 35 survivors of a
See SHIPS Back Page
CONTROL OF
DISEASE IN
ACTION HERE
Government Funds
Made Available For
Health Program
Twn new erriDlovees. a
clerical assistant and a follow-up
worker have added
to the pesoranl of the Health
Department to assist in an
expansion program for con
trolling venereal diseases,
Dr. C. F. StevicK, uarterex
County Health Otticer stat
ed Wednesday.
The new program includes five
activities: Case finding, case hold
ing and follow-up, case treatment,
public education, and prevention.
Reports of infected persons are
sent to the Health Department
from many sources. These individ-
Charlotte, uals are assisted in making ar
rangements for treatment either
with a private physician or in one
of the Health Department Clinics.
A record of the progress oi eacn
case is kept. Should an individual
discontinue treatment, he is con
tacted and placed under treatment
again. Should the patient reiuae
to continue treatment and if the
patient in considered infectous to
others legal proceedings can oe in
stituted. Treatment is being carried out
by private physicians and by the
Health Department clinics. At the
present time the Health Depart
ment has reeistered for treatment
125 patients. A majority of this
number appear each week. The
colored clinic is held every friciay
from 1 to 4 P. M., the white clinic
on Tuesday from 1 to 4 P. M.
The new government aid lor tne
veneral disease work includes the
provision of moving picture appa
ratus and films together with lit
erature so that an extensive edu
cational program can be carried
out. "This education of the ago
groups most frequently infected
with the venereal diseases is tne
keystone of success in any control
program" Dr. Stevick commented.
"Carteret County has a great
faV hcf ore it when it comes to-
winning out venereal diseases," Dr.
Stevick added. "Draftee examina
tions and examinations done by
physicians and the Health Depart
ment reveal that 6 per cent of the
white population of the county ia
infected and between 10 and 25
See DISEASE Society Page
Mrs. Charles Hassell will pre-
m:.. M.rrv Johnson, pictured
cm .- j
above, in a recital in the Beaufort
High School auditorium at 8
o'clock tomorrow (Friday) even
ing. Miss Johnson's program will
include works of Hayden, Pader
ewsky, Liszt, and the Andante and
Allegro movements of Tschaikow
sky's Concerto in B-flat Minor.
Appearing on the program as
vocalist will be Miss Pearl Good
ing, voice student of Mrs. Hessell.
The public is invited to attend
the presentation of these two
young students of music.
FIRING NOTICE
Major C. J. Pox of Camp Davis
sent out a warning to any lovers
of nature that might decide to
hike around Fort Fisher this
weekend.
In case you're down that way
between 8 A. M. and 5 P. M. thru
April 18th, it would be unad vis
able to attempt any open-fire
cooking since it is doubtful that
the ham and eggs would stay in
the pan.
The danger zone has been desig
nated as the water area known as
Sector No. 3 to include a distance
off shore of 10,000 yards.
BUY U. S. DEFENSE
BONDS AND STAMPS
JUNIOR-SENIOR
BANQUET HELD
FRIDAY NIGHT
Local Graduates En
tertained By Rising
Senior Class
One hundred and fifty cit
izens (two-tniras ui mem
under the voting age) met in
the Beautort uign ocnooi
gymnasium Friday night tor
the annual Junior - Senior
banquet.
The hall was patriotically deco
rated with flags hanging from the
rafters and a huge American flag
hanging back of the speaker's ta
ble. The defense theme was car
ried still further by the color
scheme of members of the Fresh
See BANQUET Back Page
MacArthur Awarded
By Compass Club
The beautifully engraved com
pass awarded by the Compass Club
of Morehead City to General
Douglas MacArthur is at present
on display in the window of the
Morris Jewelry Company.
Thw rlnh. originated by Captain
Dunkle, has presented two of these
awards. The first compass went
to President Roosevelt in conjunc
tion with his work done towards
the infantile paralysis campaign.
General MacArthur Is winning the
compass for his morale uplifting
effect of the American public.
The engraving in the hunting
case of the compass w&s done by
Walter S. Morris.
CIVILIAN MEET
Mayor Paul announced to
day that there will be an im
portant meeting Monday night
at 7:30 o'clock at the Town
Hal of the Civilian Protec
tion Committee and all volunteers.
COAST GUARD REQUIRES
SEAMEN TO BE LISTED
AROUND
T o w n
With
MACK CLARK
Scouts Leave
For Camporee
Fifteen Boy Scouts from Beau
fort will leave Friday morning for
the Camporee to be held in Roa
noke Rapids.
Two thousand Scouts will attend
the three day affair. Local attend
in tr are : Scout-master Charles Has
sell; Junior Assistant Scout Mas
tpr Robbv Stevens. Patrol Leaders
Tom Potter, Nelson Taylor, Sam
r.ihhs. nnd Stouts Billy Lottm.
Tom Kelly, Thomas Gibbs, Charles
Chappell, Danfort Hill, Ernest
Guthrie, George Caffrey, George
Murray Thomas.
Last week we remarked about
the war on the home front here in
Beaufort and how it affected us
with regard to street lights, tooth
paste and delivery boys. (Whicn
sounds about as logical as ".ships
and shoes and sealing wax, and
cabbajres and kings" from Alice
in Wonderland.) Anyway, this war
is "confoosin' but not amoosin'"
Issues 750 Cards Dur
ing Past Week; Fin
gerprints Taken
With Photo
Boatswain Norman Ether
idge, recently appointed
Captain of the Port for the
Beaufort ?nd More head
City area, stated today that
approximately 250 boatmen
had been issued Coast
Guard Identification Cards
during the past week. Thi;i
makes a total of app -oximxtely
750 C. G. Identification cards is
sued to operators and crew mem
bers of vessels along tne coast in
to quote from Li'l Abner.
For one thing, we were talking the area extena.ng i.u ..
r or one ull"f c ... . . to Swansboro and including the
with Red up at his f.l ling stat on communities and towns of
the other day and he said that the "smug , . , f ,
war had done one thing that noth- Cedar g?.' ant.c Sea Lel.
..... u ,hi. to Ho It Davis, Wihston, Smyrna, Marsnail
K r .... .. -- her. Markers Island, Beaufort,
naa enaDiea mm iu gei iu , - ,
Sohool and Church on bumiay
morning because he had to close
flip station for the day. And he
Beef cattle production is rapid
ly coming into its own in the farm
program of Harnett County farm
ers, reports T. D. O'Quinn, assist
ant farm agent of the N. C. State
College Extension Service.
could close it with the assurance
that the others in town would be
closed, too, and he wouldn't lose
his trade.
RUMORS RIFE. And speaking
of confusion if a person listen
ed to and believed all the rumors
that are floating around town, he
would certainly take himself and
his belongings to the middle of the
Mojave desert. We were told in
sincerity the other day that an en
See AROUND TOWN Back
Morehead City, Broad Creek and
Salter Path.
Since January 1, 1942 it has
been a violation of government
laws to operate or to be employed
aboard a vessel, unless said opera
tor or employee holds a Coast
r.imrd Identification Card. In view
of the fact that it was not possible
for many of the residents who are
required to have Identification
cards, to visit Norfolk or Wilming
ton or Elizabeth City to obtain
same after the Law went into ef
fect, liency was shown to resi
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