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tVOLUME XXX NO. 24.
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1942
OBLISHED WEEKLY.
Citizens Want To Move
Aircraft Warning Tower
FIVE BROTHERS SERVING IN COAST GUARD
2000 Need Venereal Disease
Tieatment Says Dr. Steviclc
"V. V.
fX-CARD ON SUN
BRINGS THRONG
TO THE BEACH
Sunday Turnout
Contradicts Pre
diction That Gas
Tire Rationing
Will Stop Public
"Summer iz ikkumin in"
was officially here Sunday
when the population of At
lantic Beach swelled to the
hordes of beach combers
and sunbathers who rushed
to change the hue and
chroma of their skin.
The blue water lashed up on the
Carolina sands foaming on the top
making one speculate whether
or not a beer tanker had been sunk
by Axis submarines.
Young and old were there. Girls
fcnme from school came to get rid
the bleaching of the skin re-
sponsions iiuiu ii v..-. -school-year
in the hinterland. Sol
diers mimiced their drill up and
down the beach as privates enjoy
ed mocking their sergeants or oth-o-
hitrher u n officers. Babie3 coo
ed as they sat on the edge of the
world's biggest bath tub. Girls
manikined their newest style bath
ing suits which resulted in getting
asked the same question many
times: namely, "Didn't I meet you
at the USO?" The many automo
biles and rented bathing suits
were remindful of the good old
days.
Doubled
The number of 4-H Club mem
bers making application to attend
the annual summer camp has al
most doubled this year, says Assis
tant Farm Agent Marvin S. Rob
erts. Coroner Reports
Death Of Solder
Coroner A. H. James reported
'vTuesday that investigation into the
rfpnth ot wuiiam iarneii, oi-jcai
old soldier, had terminated in a
decision that he came to his death
as result of a cerebral hemor
rhage. James said the decision had
been teached after long considera
tion on part of the jury, includ
ing an auopsy which enabled the
jurors to reach the final conclu
sion. Darnell disappeared from Fort
Macon where he was stationed
April 5 and nothing was heard of
him until the body was discovered
floating in the sound near Atlan
tic Beach bridge.
Fearing foul play finding of the
body was shrouded in secrecy un
til the coroner, assisted by other
officers, had sufficient time to in
vestigate the death from every
angle.
AROUND
Town
With
MACK CLARK
After missinar several meetings
va were finally able to arrange
our program so as to get to the
JayCee meeting last Monday night.
We are giaa we went 10 mis par
ticular gathering beca use we
heard something that made us
want to, more than ever, spill oyer
on a certain subject.
"I WON'T DO IT"
or
TOO MUCH DEMOCRACY
The interested and patriotic
citizen of our town who has under
taken the utterly thankless job of
arranging for twenty-four hour
watch at the aircraft spotting post
was making a report on the pro
gress of the work.
It seems that, recently, Army
Insnectors visited the community
for the purpose of checking up on
the job being done (supposedly
willingly) by the civilians in man
ning the observation post. Well,
See AROUND TOWN BackP
Spotters Object
To 2-Mile Dis
tance, Using Ra
tioned Gasoline
And Fish Aroma
PROS AND CONS HEARD
AT JAYCEE MEETING
The majority of the busi
ness session of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce meet
ing held Monday night at the
Inlet Inn was taken up with
an open-forum discussion on
the proposed moving of the
air-craft lookout tower sta
tioned at the community cen
ter. Junior Chamber President James
H. Potter III led the lengthy dis
cussion which covered all phases
of the objections to having the
civilian defense tower "so far out
of town." . .
The chief objection brought up
by Dr. W. L. Woodard, head of
the local aircraft warning sy-stem,
concerned the fact that the ioca
tion made the tower more of an
"outpost" rather than just a local
civilian defense station.
The two miles envolved in get
ting to the tower places much han
dicap on those without automo
biles, and also requires that citi
zens use their rationed gasoline to
come and go when they need fuel
for other needs.
Another objection to the tower
being built two miles east of
Beaufort has already been raised
by the local women and male. with
sensitive noses who object to the
"gas attacks" by the pungent ar
oma originating from the local fish
emporium. The objectors claim
that they are not only thinking of
their nostrils but of the cleaning
bills envolved in fumigating their
wardrobes.
The third objection was the
mosquitoes, but everyone agreed
that these "insect dive-bombers"
would follow the outpost observ
ers no matter in which part of Car
teret County they posted watch.
Dr. Woodard reported about 85
percent efficiency in the civilian
See CITIZENS Back Page
More Sugar To Be
Made Available
For Canning
Sugar rationing regulations
have been amended to make more
sugar available for home canning,
reports Mrs. Cornelia Morris, Ex
tension food conservationist of N.
C. State College. Each family will
be allowed one pound of sugar for
each four quarts of finished fruit
they have to can.
Mrs. Morris also said an addi
tional pound of sugar for each
person in the family will be allow
ed to make a small supply of jams,
jellies and fruit butters. "A fam
ily will be permitted to can all the
finished fruit it needs," she de
clared. .
Families should apply to their
rationing boards for extra sugar
with which to can. The person
making application for a Sugar
See SUGAR Back Page
Spotters Get Praise
From Signal Officer
In paying tribute to the work of
hundreds of Carteret County spot
ters doing the vital work in the
air defense of the country, Major
Oscar C. Tigner, Wilmington, Re
gional Signal Officer of the Air
craft Warning Service, points out
that the operation of an intercep
tion system would not be possible
without such observation posts ef
ficiently manned. Major Tigner
said: "That young man up there
flying a thousand horse powered"
ship, a cannon with wings, has a
tough job. He has more power
and pull in his motor than 15
Fords. He has a whole flock of
machine guns, he has instruments
and dials to watch.
"He sees ahead through pyralin
glass, through a narrow opening
no more than eight inches in
height. It isn't much of a view as
you travel some six miles a min
ute. If you are lucky, you can see
all of one minute's traveling time
ahead. Except for that, he would
be blind if it were not for the spot
ters who see for him twenty-five
and fifty and a hundred miles a-
head. lhey are the eyes of pur
suit aviation the eyes of the pi
lot. They make his work, his flying
and fighting, possible."
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(Editorial) '
iV &lf U. S. No. 1 Irish potatoes
J xfi,t$lf are reported to be selling in
WILLIAM MASON.
COURT BEGINS
CRIMINAL AND
CIVIL DOCKET
Judge Frizzelle"
And Solicitor
Dave Clark Here
For 2-Week Session
The two week term of Su
perior Court got under way
at noon Monday with Judge
J. Frizzelle of Snow Hill pre
siding and Solicitor Dav.e M.
Clark of Greenville, recent
ly re-elected to his job, pros
ecuting the. docket.
William L. Hatsell, publuli-ir of
the Beaufort News, was ntmed
foreman of the grand jury which
was composed of the following
members:
W. L. Lockey, Elijah Adams, L.
P. Taylor, H. N. Davis, Monroe
Gaskill, Delton Davis, 0. S. Claw
son, R. T. Willis, Ralph Morrii, W.
G. Styron, Walter Hunnings, Earl
Taylor, W. E. Baggs, C. T. Mur
dock, Melvin Morris, R. P. Ogles
by, H. D. Garner.
The small criminal docket put
the grand jury to work for only
two days.
In the report submitted to
Judge Frizzelle, and bearing the
signature of W. L. Hatsell, fore
man, it was stated that all county
offices and properties ' had been
visited and found in good condi
tion and that all bills of indict
ment had been passed on. It also
made special mention of the good
appearance of the court house
which has recently been repainted
and repaired.
Clerk of Court L. W. Hassell
revealed about nine criminal
charges docketed for the term
with the prospect that only four
or five would be actually heard,
since some of the defendants in
dicted had not been reached or
skipped the county.
Some of the cases listed were:
Alton B. Willis, charged with
assault with a deadly weapon.
Cecil Merrill, charged with
breaking and entering the boat of
John Austin.
Hall N. Miles, charged with is-
See COURT Back Page
Red Cross Nurses To
Meet In Jacksonville
Red Cross nurses and others
who are interested are invited to
attend the meeting in Jacksonville.
Saturday, June 13 at 11 o'clock,
Mrs. W. S. Chadwick, Key Nurse
For the Red Cross in Six Counties,
stated Wednesday.
The speaker for the meeting will
be Miss William Bailey, Register
ed Nurse, of Raleigh and former
A.R.C. World War Nurse. Her
talk will cover the necessities for
disaster nursing. All nurses who
are interested are urged to attend.
U. S. No. 1 Irish potatoes
are reported to be selling in
Beaufort from 35c to 4Uc
less per 100 pounds in com
parison to prices quoted in
Washington, North JJarolina.
Railroad charges from
Beaufort to Philadelphia,
Pa., are 45c per 100 pounds;
and the charge from Wash
ington. INorth Carolina, is
41c per 100 pounds. This dis
tance of 75 miles costs Car
teret County shippers 4c per
100 pounds more than ship
pers from Washington,
North Carolina, to the same
destination.
A Carteret County farmer
selling 300 bags (or a car
load) of Irish potatoes on
last Tuesday's market receiv
ed a total of $495. A farmer
at Washington, North Caro
lina selling 300 bags of Irish
potatoes on last Tuesday's
market received $600. This
tabulation is based on the
Carteret County farmer re
ceiving a price of $1.65 a
bag; the Washington, North
Carolina, farmer receiving
$2.00 a bag.
Both shipments of pota
toes arriving at Philadelphia
will envolve a differential in
freight charge of $6.60
which the Carteret County
shipper has to pay for the
extra 75 miles from Beaufort
to Washington.
These figures indicate
that the Carteret County far
mer receives $105 less for
300 bags of the same quality
potatoes than a farmer re
ceives in Washington, North
Carolina.
Why don't Carteret Coun
ty growers find out why this
differentiation exists?
Daily Vacation
School Begins At
Ann St. Methodist
The Annual Daily Vacation
Church School of the Ann Street
Methodist Church began on Mon
day morning, June 8. The hours
are from 9 to 11 each day and will
conclude on June 19. On Sunday
evening, June 21, a program will
be given by this group and exhibits
will be held in the Church School
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room. We nope mac an cnuurcu
up to and including the Intermed
iates will be present each day.
There is a arood attendance. The
School includes Worship, Bible
study and craf twork concerning
Biblical times and other activities.
The following are teachers in
the school: W. Stanley Potter is
director.
Intermediates Misses Gladys
Chadwick, Ethel White hurst;
Joyce Johnson, Music.
Juniors Mrs. C. 0. Pitts, Miss
Annie Mae Gibbs; Carrie Lee
Jones, Music.
Primary Mrs. Tom Dickerson,
Carol Dean Bessent, Betty Rum
ley. Beginner Sara Potter.
BUY U. S. DEFENSE
BONDS AND STAMPS
ALVIN MASON, Jr.
BAXTER TALKS
ON OPTOMETRY
TO ROTARIANS
Specialist Out-
lines Progress
Of Profession
To Local Club
"Nine out of ten peo
ple who come into my of
fice come in as if I were sell
ing shoes," said Dr. J. 0.
Baxter Jr., local optemetnst
speaking at the weekly meet
ing of the Rotary Club at the
Inlet Inn Tuesday night.
"It is the same as a person tell
ing a doctor that he had the stom
ach ache and wanted to know how
much it would cost to cure it. It
might require a pinch of soda for
five cents or an appendectomy for
$200," continued Dr. Baxter, in
clearing up some popular miscon
ceptions attached to the profes
sion. Dr. Baxter next mentioned the
fallacy of one stating: "I can see
all right but I have headaches."
The local optometrist said "there
is a difference between keen vi
sion and efficient vision."
In outlining the history of his
profession, Dr. Baxter cited a
tombstone in Italy that reads
" 'Here lies the remains of Vincint
Armati, inventor of spectacles.
May God have mercy on his soul.'
Whether this expressed concern
for the welfare for Armati's soul
or whether it was a curse for wish
ing spectacles on unwilling man
kind we know not, but it is the
first mention of spectacles."
Dr. Baxter said that the Chi
nese had spectacles as early as Ar
mati's experiments, not corrective
devices but very expensive tortoise
shell badges of nobility, the wear
ing of which was a distinction not
allowed to common people even
though they were able to buy
See BAXTER Back Page
Duke Summer School
Opens On Pivers Is.
Summer School work at Duke
University Marine Laboratory on
Piver's . Island opened Tuesday
with popular Dr. A. S. Pearse a
gain in charge and Dr. Cazlyn
Bookout, assistant in Zoology.
There will be two six-week ses
sions using the lecture and labora
tory method. Sixteen graduate
and undergraduate . students re
ported for work the first day.
The new building is being put
up by Bacteriologist Harold J.
Humm and his journalist wife. He
is Resident Investigator for three
years under the Rockefellow Foun
dation. -
Mr. and Mrs. James Noe m
charge of buildings and catering
are also important members 01
the summer group.
FARMERS MUST
CO-OPERATE,
MANN DECLARES
Nation's Farmers
Are Using Their
Organizations
As Instruments
Of Service
RALEIGH, June 9. Indi
vidually farmers are m no
position to cope with the
power 01 industrial organ
izations which is strengthen
ed in times of war, is the
orjinion of M. G. Mann, na
tive of Newport and general
manager of North Carolina
Cotton Growers Cooperative
Association.
"But together," he told mem
bers of the North Carolina Cotton
Growers Cooperative Association
and the Farmers Cooperative Ex
change at their annual meeting
here, "farmers can hold their own
and protect their interests. When
farmers work together they are
practicing in a practical way the
democracy that our nation is now
fighting to preserve."
Farmers themselves, Mr. Mann
said, can solve through their own
organizations their marketing and
production problems.
He pointed out that farmers
now are using their own organi
zations as instruments of service
in meeting war-time problems,
enumerating such services as sup
plying seed, feed and fertilizer
that will give maximum produc
tion, inaugurating bag-return pro
grams to conserve for the war,
and the dissemination of timely in
formation. "Our cooperatives," Mr. Mann
said, "are giving the farmers the
facts and by giving them the true
facts on time we feel we have
helped to cushion the jars that
the war was bound to bnng. lhe
information the Cotton Associa
tion gave to farmers last fall on
cotton alone meant to those who
made use of it more than $1,500,
000." Mr. Mann reported a volume
for the year through the two co
operatives of approximately $10,
000,000. Of this $4,500,000 was
chalked up by the Farmers Coop
erative Exchange with net savings
the largest in its seven year his
tory, more than $150,009.
W. W. Eagles of Macclesfield
was re-elected president of the
Farmers Cooperative Exchange.
H. Sivertsen of Autryville was
elected president of the North
Carolina Cotton Growers Coopera
tive Association, succeeding John
T. Thorne of Farmville, who de
clined the nomination on account
of ill health.
Shearing
An effort is being made in
Johnston County to teach all peo
ple with flocks of sheep to shear
them properly and to tie the wool
with paper twine rather than fiber
twine.
Baptist Vacation
Bible School Ends
Commencement exercises
for
at-
their Vacation Bible School
tracted an interested audience
that practically filled the Baptise
Church Sunday evening at 7:C0.
The children participated by
reciting scriptures learned the
preceding week, singing their new
sorgs. ana alter tne service xne
audience was invited to see an ex
hibition of the handwoik the chil
dren had done during the week
school was in session.
The Junior Department was iv.
charge of Mrs. Leslie Davi? an!
Mrs. R. D. Barnhill and Mr.-'. U.
E. Swan, Mrs. S. J. Erwin, Mrs.
Cecil Harrcll and Mrs. Mathias
Skarren had the work of the Pri
mary Department. Mr. Erwin. Jhe
pastor, and Wilson Norwood held
woodworking classes for the boys;
craft3 for the girls were taught
by their regular teachers. Mrs.
James Rumley did effective work
as Director of Music with Mrs.
Hardy Lewis at the piano.
Carteret County
Health Official
Calls Attention To
Serious Situation
ONLY 140 CASES
NOW UNDER CARE
1
"With the ODeninar and
steady growth of the Health
Department Clinics in addi
tion to an increased number
of patients under private
medical care, the number of
persons receiving venereal
disease treatment has risen
to approximately 140 at
present. It has been estimated on
the basis of laboratory tests done
by the Health Department that
there are approximately 2,000
more cases that should be under
treatment," Dr. C. P. Stevick stat
ed today.
"In October, 1941, at the time
the Carteret County Health De
partment was organized, approxi
mately 40 patients were receiving
treatment for a venereal disease
in the country," he added.
"Medical science has known for
sometime that each new case of
syphilis spreads the disease to at
least two other individuals. Many
of the infected cases that still re
main untreated in the County con
stitute a constant menace to the
general public. The Health De
partment is actively at work in
finding these individuals and ar
ranging treatment for them," Dr,
Stevick continued.
"The citizens of the county can
be of great help to the health
workers in many ways. At pres
ent the most importan duty re
quested of the public is that every
employer of a domestic servant in
sist that their servant have a
health card as required by State
Law. About 20 percent of the col
ored population in the county have
syphilis. Many of the infected in
dividuals do not know they are in
fected because they feel perfectly
well. This type of individual can
be just as capable of spreading the
disease as others with definite
symptoms.
"There is a huge task ahead of
the Health Department, and the
cooperation of the public is an ab
solute necessity if this task is to
be completed."
Calico Creek's
Dredging Begins
Dredging operations began on
Calico creek Tuesday and will con
tinue for about six weeks.
The dredging is being done by
Dredge No. 3 of the R. C. Huff
man Constructing Co. Alvin Her
betr is captain of the dredge and
C. A. Smith is in charge of office
work. The dredge is an hydraulic
outfit.
The dredging company has set
up an office on the yards of Bell
Wallace Shipbuilding Company.
Operations will extend from the
Newport river channel to the Bell
Wallace docks, allowing sufficient
depth for vessels plying that area.
I 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 f urniphed by
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
So ineallowances must o
mnra fn ujirinHnna in the.
wind and also with respec'-
to the locality, thai is whetl X
$ er near the inlet or at the t
X head of the estuaries. X
HIGH LOW
Friday, June 12
8:15
8 '30
8:." 3
9:06
9:32
AM 2:18 AM
PM 2:11 PM
Saturday, June 13
AM 2:50 AM
PM 2:49 PM
Sunday, June 14
AM 3:31 AM
9:54 PM 3:26 rM
Monday, June 15
10:13
10:21
AM 4:07 AM
PM 4:02 PM
Tuesday, June 16
10:51 AM 4:42 AM
10:59 PM 4:37 PM
Wednesday, June 17 -11:30
AM 5:16 AM
11:36 PM 5:16 PM
Thursday, June 18
5:55 AM
12:09 PM 5:58 PM