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VOLUME XXX NO. 28.
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1942.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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Conservation
Carteiet Fishe
Two-Day Sessio
Governor Broughton Presides At Monday
Meeting - First Governor To Preside Ov
er Conservation-Development Meeting In
Carteret County.
MEMBERS SEE
OYSTER FARM
By SAM HOOD
The Board of Conserva
tion and Development during
its annual meeting in More
head City Monday and Tues
, day heard requests from
Carteret fishermen which
if granted, would permit the
; menhaden boats to catch
1 mullets with a purse-seine.
,1 Governor Broughton, first Gov
ernor to meet in Carteret County
vitk the Board and other depart-
ment officials, including Santford
i Martin of Winston-Salem, chair-
man of the board and Captain
John Nelson of Morehead City,
, State Fish Commissioner heard the
lengthy pros and cons concerning
the crisis in commercial fiihing
precipitated by war conditions.
It wa decided that a public
I ,oarini would he held July 20 be-
tfore the Commercial Fisheries
J Committee with J. Wilbur Bunn
of Raleigh and Oscar Breece of
Fayetteville added.
1 Inmact Ovtter Farm
I On Tuesday afternoon, members
of the Board, including State Di
$ rector Bruce Etheridge of the De-
partment of Conservation and De
velopment, were guests of Dr. H.
i F. Prytherch, director of the Unit
fed States Fishery Biological Lab
1 oratory who took them, on a cruise
!to inspect the North River Dem
) onstration Oyster Farm. Twcnty-
two in the party inspected the dif-
i f erent stages 01 tne oyster arm me
field laboratory.
At 10:30 Monday morning "the
See CONSERVATION P 10
"Man Struck By
I Car In Dim-Out
I Manly Fulcher , 70-year-old
Morehead City sawmill employee,
j vas in the local hospital hero to
I day sufering from what was de
3 .scribed as serious injuries after
walking into the path of an auto
it n-.obile driven by James Van Jen
's kins, of New Bern, on U. S. High
5 way 70 about two miles from town
I on the night of July 4th.
I John Laws, State highway pa-
i . i i ; i.; tj
iroiman, wno lnvestigmeu me at
j cident, said Fulcher, reportedly
; under the influence of liquor, stag-
gered directly in the path of
J Jenkins' car which was moving
eastward. Fulcher's head hit the
sharp part of. the radiator with
such force that he suffered bad
1 lacerations and cuts.
I Laws said Jenkins stated he was
moving about 10 miles an hour in
"'heavy rain with lights dimmed in
keeping with war restrictions and
was unable to see the man as he
stagered suddenly in the path of
the car. The driver stopped im
mediately and offered his services.
No charge was brought against
him, the patrolman said.
AROUND
Town
With
MACK CLARK
' 1 Our dear old grandmother (mav
uod rest her) never made any pre
tensions toward wisdom or knowl
edge, in fact she bemoaned the
circumstances that prohibited her
from having any formal education
' beyond grade school.
; Yet, our kneenest recollection
f her is one of peace and under
atanding based on a firm belief in
a few fundamental axioms.
j Poor Richard's Pupil
She had gathered out of her
life's experience the truth epress
ed in the ."Sayings" of Ben Frank
lin as they appeared in his Poor
.Richard's Almanac. W e know
them mostly in our generation by
Rearing the wise guys- misquote
'them, and the comedians ridicule
j- Ihem. It is smart these days to
, lay, "Who wants to gather moss?"
(r "Who want3 the worm?" But
not so with our grandmother
I ihe homely bits of wisdom wer
t See AROUND TOWN BackP
B
ard
ears
i inning
at M City
Fourth of July
"Spirits" Seized
In Liquor Raid
Two men andd 29 pints of bot
tled in bond whiskey were seized
by Sheriff C. G. Holland, A. B. C.
oficers and Morehead City police
in a raid on the second floor of
Davis Recreation Center on Aren
dell street over the week end, it
was reported Monday.
The two men, Andrew Davis, op
erator and Sam Curtis, local fish
erman, -were released under bond
of $250 and $100 respectively,
pending hearing before a magis
trate in Beaufort Thursday.. They
were charged with possessing liq
uor for the purpose of sale.
Officers said the liquor was sec
reted in locked trunks, under beds,
in mattresses and various other
places in the upstairs rooming
quarters.
Officers quoted Davis as saying
he knew nothing about the whis
key, that it must have been placed
there by somebody else. Curtis
also professed to know nothing
about the whiskey.
Government To Use
Beaufort Airport
It was understood this week
that the government had taken
over the airfield at Beaufort and
plans to put it into immediate con
dition to serve as an emergency
landing field.
It was reported the government
had leased the property from the
county at $1.00 a year for the
"duration". There are around 300
acres in the field owned jointly by
Earl Taylor and the county,
The field, containing three run
ways, had been permitted to grow
up in weeds and other vegetation
the last year or so and it was re
ported that the government had al
ready started removing this
growth. A large area is expected
to be graded to put it in A-l con
dition. Erection of three emergency
landing fields in other areas of the
coast was announced sometime
ago, the largest of these being lo
cated at Atlantic, about 30 miles
below Beaufort.
Clyde Mcfbre Dies
At The Age Of 36
Funeral services were conduct
ed Wednesday afternoon at the
Ann Street M. E. Church for
Clyde Moore who passed away in
Norfolk Sunday at 9 o'clock at the
Lee Memorial hospital. He was the
son of the late John B. and Annie
Moore of this city and lived here
until a young man.
Mr. Moore was admitted to the
hospital on Monday of last week
suffering from an acute attack of
stomach trouble. After undergoing
an operation lis condition grew
steadily worse which resulted in
his death Sunday morning. His un
timely passing came as a shock
to his many friends and relatives
here...
He was chief engineer with the
Poling Bros. Co., of Norfolk.
His remains reached here Tues
day morning by the Adair Am
bulance and taken to the Methodist
Church to wait for funeral on
Wednesday at three o'clock con
ducted by the pastor, Rev. W. S.
Potter. The choir rendered several
selections of the family.
Interment was in Ocean View
cemetery by the side of his par
ents. The floral tributes were
many and beautiful.
Surviving are his wife and two
step-children, Delories and Willie
Del Rio Jr., of Norfolk and four
brothers, Dave Moore of the U. S.
C. G. R., Norfolk; Johnnie, of the
Texas Co., of Bayonne N. J., and
James and Cecil Moore of Norfolk
seven neices and nephews also sur
vive at Marshallberg.
Those out-of-town attending the
funeral were Mrs. Mae Stevens,
mother-in-law, Norfolk, and Mrs.
Lorainne Taytor and Bruce Jones
also of Norfolk.
CORDOVA LISTS
MALARIAFACTS
HealthOfficial
Gives Pointers
To Citizens
(By D. Cordova Attittant In The
Carteret County Health Depart
ment In Charge Of Malaria Con
trol.) Not every mosquito that bites
will give Malaria. In North Caro
lina it is only the Anopholes-Qua-drimacutas
that spreads the dis
ease, and it is only the female that
does it, as far a3 it is known. The
only way the disease is transmitted
is by the female malaria carrying
mosqu to biting a person with ma
laria, ind sucks up some malaria
germs with the blood meal. Several
days later if this mosquito bites a
wel person, malaria parasites are
injected into the individual and
this parasite begins to multiply in
his bbod, thus causing him to be
come ill with malaria.
Maiaria is one of North Caro
lina's most serious diseases. The
last figures we have are for the
year L937. In that year nearly one
hundred persors died with the dis
ease. No one knows how many peo
pkle weakened with malaria died
from other diseases. For every per
son that dies with malaria, hun
dreds of others are sick. Thus ac
cording to the Health Authorities
of North Carolina they figure that
there are about thirty thousand
peopli in our state that 3uffer
from malaria each year. People
with malaria become listless, sick
and 1 zy. It destroys the new
healthy red corpuscles in the blood
and often causes disagreeable
chills .'.nd fevers . Not all types of
malaria will cause chills. The most
dangeros type often does not
Many people who have malaria of
ten do not have the energy to
work tc provide the necessities of
life for their families for they
have neither the ambition, the
strength, nor the energy to work
for thes. i things.
There are certain things we can
do to avDid taking malaria. If
houses are well screened. Every
house should be thoroughly mos
quito proofed. This precaution
See CORDOVA Page 10
Stevick Attends
Health Meeting
In Chapel Hill
Dr. C. P. Stevick left Tuesday
night for Chapal Hill to attend
the Venereal Disease Institute for
health officers.
This is part of the state-wide
program to combat the venereal
menace which has become more
prominent since America's entry
into the war.
The Institute began Wednerday
morning highlighted by such spec
ialists as Dr. William L. Fleming
and Dr. John J. Wright of the
School of Public Health at Chapel
Hill; and, Dr. E. Gurney Clark of
the Division of Venereal Diseases
of the John Hopkins School of Hy
giene; and Dr. Nels A. Nelson of
the Maryland State Board of
Health. In addition to illustrated
lectures, movies and exhibits, time
will be devoted to discussion.
New Officers
Installed By Rotary
The 1942-43 officers of the
Beaufort Rotary Club were in
stalled at the regular Tuesday
night meeting held at the Inlet
Inn.
The officers include: Rev. W. S.
Potter, president; Dr. J. O. Bpxter
Jr., vice-president; J. R. Sanders
secretary and Joe Hines, treasurer.
The board of directors includes :
Graham Duncan Sr., Rev. Potter,
Graydon Paul, James Cannady,
Calvin Jones and Dr. Baxter.
Aims and Objects Committee ;
Rev. Potter, J. R. Sanders and
James Cannady (Club Service),
Dr. Baxter (Vocation Service)
Calvin Jones (Community Ser
vice) and Graham Duncan Sr., (In
ternational Service.
Other committees include:
Jake Miller, membership; Rev. W.
W. Stewart, fellowship; Dr. W. L.
Woodard, Dr. C. P. Stevick and
Pritchard Lewis, program com
mittee; Graydon and Mrs. Paul,
music; Jack Oakley, attendance;
Joe Hines, Rotary information;
Sam Hood, public information; N.
F. Eure, boy's work; Dave Merrill
Roy Eubanks and Dave Jones, rural-urban
; and Dr. Stevick, health.
Our flfhtlnr men are doing
their share. Hero at home
the least we can do is put 10
of our income in War Bonds
for onr share in America.
Chief Longest Urges
Citizens To Obey Dim
Out Regulations
Chief, of Police Longest urged
citizens to co-operate in turning
off lights and keeping shades on
windows facing the sea.
He stated that unless full co
operation is achieved, the govern
ment may have to step in and cur
tail home lighting similar to the
n'ght driving order issued by the
Army today.
He stated that stores and many
houses on Front Street have un
necessary lights burning thus mak
ing the dim-out inefficient
Also persons have been seen un
necessarily loitering around the
docks at night where Navy posters
have been conspiciously posted re
questing citizens to stay away.
Another violation to the dim-out
he said, is shining flashlight beams
into to air.
Episcopal Rector
And Family Leave
For Church Camp
The Rev. E. C. McConnell and
family wil leave Sunday afternoon
for Camp Leach, Washington, N.
C, for a period of two weeks. Mr.
McConnell will act as assistant di
rector and Mrs. McConnell will
have charge of programs. Camp
Leach, established several years
ago by the Episcopal Church for
the training of young people, is
open during the' summer months
for three two week3 periods for
different age groups. The young
est group, or Midgets begin their
session Monday July 13. Several
young people from Morehead City
and Beaufort are attending this
year.
Oyster Crop May Be
Greatly Increased
North Carolina oystermen may
some day learn how to increase the
yield from their beds three-fold,
the. State Botd',of Conservation
and Development learned yester
day. The increase may be obtained
from scientific handling as shown
by the state's experimental oyster
farm, the board said after visiting
the farm during its annual meet
ing here.
"Within two years each acre at
the farm will produce three times
as much oysters as were planted,"
Director R. Bruce Etheridge said.
"It is a wonderful experiment,"
he added.
The board at its final sessions
yesterday also received reports
from various divisions of the de
partment. State Forester J. S. Holms, in
his report, paid tribute to the late
Col. Joseph Pratt, who for a num
ber of years was director of the
former geological and economic
survey, professor of the d.;part-
NOTICE!
The Rationing Office will be
closed to all sugar consumers from
July 9 through the 11th due to
gasoline rationing.
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GASOLINE
What To Do
Permanent rationing of gasoline
for patenter cart and motorcycle
will take place in certain white
schools of Carteret County 1:00 to
5:00 P. M. on Thursday and Fri
day, July 9 and 10, and 9:00 A. M.
to 1:00 P. M. on Saturday, July 11.
No ration book wil be Uued unless
the applicant preents the registra
tion card for his or her vehicle,
OPA officials announced today.
OPA officials announced thaf
Cherry Point workers will register
at Cherry Point for. both A. and
suppliioentary cards.
Motorists applying for registera
tion must present their motor re
gistration cards and their federal
vehicle tax numbers at register
ation sites. After Jully 22, motor
ists also will have to present the
vehicle tax number at filling sta
tions to buy gasoline.
Typhoid Clinic
Schedule
July 14, 21 and 28 Core Creek
Church 9:30 A. M.
July 14, 21, 28 Mill Creek
10:30 A. M.
July 23, 30 and August 6 New
port White School 9:30 A. M.
NIGHT TRAFFIC
RESTRICTED ON
5 COAST ROADS
Army Issues
Order As Counter
Move Against
Submarine Menace
ATLANTA, July 8 Fourth
Corps Area headquarters today or
dered several North Carolina coast
al roads closed to night traffic be
cause of evidence that recent sub
marine sinkings along the coast
"were assisted by lights from mo
tor vehicles.
The highways were ordered clos
ed to all through traffic except on
such parts as are included within
the bounds of municipalities.
Provision is made for egress and
ingress of all bona fide residents
living on or adjacent to the high
ways, but those entitled to drive
the roads at night are expected to
use parking lights and not go more
than 15 miles an hour.
The amended order closes traf
fic from 30 minutes after sunset
to 30 minutes before sunrise on
the following North Carolina
roads:
1. Improved road connecting
Highway 130 with Fort Caiwell,
N. C.
2. Highway 421 from junction
of improved road four miles
north Carolina Beach, to Fort Fish
er, N. C.
3. Highway 74-76 from improv
ed road six miles west of Wrights
ville Beach to Wrightsville Beach
and road running north and south
through Wrightsville Beach N. C.
4. Highway 70 from Mansfield
to Beaufort and improved road
from highway 70 to Atlantic
Beach and Fort Macon N. C.
5. Highway 345 on Roanoke Is
land and Highway 158 from Roa
noke Island to Point Harbour N
C. with all connecting highways
thereto.
Tire Confiscation
Being Considered
WASHINGTON, July 8 Am
erica's thirty million motorists
faced the prospect today of having
their tires confiscated if the war
gets worse.
President Roosevelt said at his
press conference late yesterday
that he was trying to save the na
tion, not gasoline and rubber, and
warned that if the situation should
deteriorate it might be necessary
for the government to comman
deer privately-owned cars.
He made it clear that he was
hopeful such extreme action could
be avoided. He reported that no
decision had yet been reached on
nationwide gasoline rationing as
a tire-saving measure and said he
hoped the gasoline and rubber
problems might be separated.
Although he anndunced im
proved scrap rubber collections,
he said it already wa3 apparent
that scrap was not a cure-all.
Hare You Contributed lo the
Navy Relief Society?
RATIONING
Where To Go
Applicants from the communi
ties indicated, both white and col
ored, should apply at the follow
ing designated centers:
Atlantic High School Atlantic
Cedar Island, Sea Level and Stacy.
Beaufort High School Beau
fort, Core Creek, Harlowe, Lenox
ville, Long Pine, Merrimon, North
Harlowe, Russell's Creek, South
River, Wire Grass.
Markers Island High School
Harkers Island.
Lukens School Lukens.
Morehead City High School
Morehead City, Atlantic Beach,
Camp Glenn, Cuab Point, Fort Ma
con and Salter Path.
Newport High School New
port, Mill Creek, Wildwood.
Portsmouth .School Ports-,
mouth.
Smyrna High School Smyrna
Bettie, Davis, Marshallberg, Ot
way. Straits and Williston.
White Oak School White Oak
Bogue, Broad Creek, Pelletier, and
Stella.
Present plant indicate that peo
ple employed on defense projects
at Cherry Point and the New Riv
er Marine Bate will .secure gaso
line rationing books at their .re
spective placet of employment for
ALL of their .highway .operated
vehicles.
Diamond Back Terrapin
Project Works With
Rules That Nature Set
Larkins Succeeds
Duncan As President
Of Bar Association
State Senator John D. Larkins
Jr., of Trenton was elected dis
trict president of the Fifth Judi
cial Bar Association which held its
annual meeting in New Bern on
W ednesday. Larkins succeeded Ju
lius F. Duncan of Beaufort, who
presided. W. J. Bundy of Green
ville, and State Senator Kenneth
A. Pittman of Snow Hill, are the
new vice president. Judge William
J. Lanche, Jr., of New Bern, was
reelected secretary-treasurer.
On the executive comittee will
be George McNeill, Carteret Coun
ty; John A. Guion, Craven; Walter
Shepherd Greene ; J. K. Warren,
Jones; Frank Brinson, Pimlico;
and J. D. H. Roberts, Pitt County.
Attendance was much greater
than had been anticipated. Judge
Luther Hamilton of Morehead City
and Judge J. Paul Frizzelle of
Snow Hill were among those mak
ing brief talks. A luncheon was a
feature of the day's program.
Trade Ratings
Are Announced
By Navy Dept.
The Navy Department announc
ed this week that ratings for the
following are now open:
Lt. Wray will be at the New
Bern Recruiting Station July 10
to interview applicants for the
Navy's Construction Regiments.
Applicants must furnish three let
ters of reference from employers
as to their ability.
Trade Rating Baker, Boats
wain, Chainman, Chauffeur, Chief
of Party, Clerk, Cook, Ship's;
Construction Worker, Diver, Di
ver, Tender; Draftsman (arch.),
Draftsman (electrical), Drafts
man (mechanical), Draftsman
(str. steel.), Instrumentman, Mail
Clerk, Photographer, Rodman,
Sailmaker, Steward.
Mrs. Vernon Styron
Is Buried Sunday
Mrs. Vernon Styron, 60, died at
her home, 913 Front street, last
Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at Russell's Creek
Church at 3 o'clock by Rev. W. S.
Potter, pastor of the Beaufort
Methodist Church and by Rev. S.
J. Erwin, pastor of the Beauforr
Baptist Church. Burial was in the
Beaufort cemetery.
Surviving are her husband, Ver
non Styron, and children: Mrs. Lil
lian Salter, Marshallberg; Misses
Annie and Margaret Styron and
Vernon, Guy and Louis Styron,
Beaufort; Clarence Styron, Wash
ington, D. C; and Fairley Styron,
of Appalache, Fla. Surviving also
are six grandchildren, two great
grand children and a brother, John
Dickinson, Beaufort RFD.
Atlantic Youth
Wins 4-H Prize
Edward Hamilton, 4-H Club
member of the Atlantic Club has
been selected as the Carteret
County winner in the 4-H Club
Outstanding Boy Contest and has
received a check for $5.00 from
the Chilean Nitrate Educational
Bureau for the purpose of defray
ing his expenses at 4-H encamp
ment. Claud R. Wheatly Jr.
At Fort Sill, Okla.
Corporal Claud R. Wheatly, Jr
left recently for Fort Sill Okla
homa, where he will atterd a
three months officers training
school.
Prior to July he was stationed at
Fort Bragg.
HUGE TOMATOES
John Brooks was displaying a
pair of tomatoes at the Court
House this morning which he grew
in his Victory garden at his home
on Moore Street. The tomatoes
were on one stem and the 'weight
of the pair was 3 pounds and 4
ounces. Due to the dry weather
this spring the early crop was
small but if the rest of Mr. Brooks'
crop is like the sample he had this
morning he will have tomatoes
galore.
Dr. Prytherch and
Capt. Charles
Hatsell's Experi
ments Become
An Industry
HIBERNATION SAVES
COSTLY COAL BILL
By SAM HOOD
Man has been able to
harness Nature and devise
shortcuts, but when he tries
to improve, he loses time and
money.
Ihe U. S. Fisheries Biolo
gical Laboratory here under
the direction of Dr. H. F.
Prytherch has saved both. When
taking up his duties here 10 years
ago he ordered that the Diamond
Back terrapin hatchery cut cost by
not artifically steam heating it,
and instead, cover the baby Dia
mond Backs with straw and allow
them to hibernate according t
Nature. This saved time and ef
fort in rearing them and also sav
ed the tax payers' money.
Although the present year's cen
sus on the propagation of Diamond
Back terrapin has not been tabu
lated, the total production for
young terrapin, hatched and rear
ed here at the laboratory last year
amounted to 16,131 and is the
highest record obtained for the
culture of this species.
This is the world's largest terra
pin farm or hatchery and has sup
plied over 160,000 of these salt
marsh animals for re-stocking the
southern coastal area since the
artificial propagation of this spe
cies was first undertaken in 1909.
The propagation of these Diamond.
Back provide a,n annual crop of
young terrapin for re-stocking de
See TERRAPIN Page 4
Band Members
Wear Uniforms
One of the most outstanding
features of the Victory Parade last
Saturday was the Beaufort High
School Band under the director
ship of Fred King.
The organization is continuing
its appeal for the balance due of
$100. Contributors should contact
with Mrs. W. H. Bailey.
The latest contributors are:
Mrs. J. O. Barbour $1.00
Mrs. F. E. Hyde, $1.00.
Mrs. W. L. Woodard, $1.00.
Mrs. Gray Hassell, .50.
Mrs. Ghermann Holland, .50.
Mr. J. B. Saunders, $1.00
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Lipman,
$5.00.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Bailey,
$2.00.
Mrs. Paul S. Woodard, .50
Johnson and Saunders, $5.00 .
Mrs. I. N. Moore, $1.00
Mrs. Richard Dickinson, $1.00
Mrs. Raymond Ball, $1.00.
Mrs. W. E. Skarren, $1.00.
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide r
at Beaufort is given In this
i mi.-; - v
soiumn. i ne ugurua aiu ap
proximately correct and are
based on tables furnished by '.
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
So meallowances must ?
made for variations in the
wind and also with respec
t to the locality, that is whetl
;- er near the inlet or at th'-
;' head of the estuaries.
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HIGH LOW
Friday, July 10
7:05 AM 1:09 AM
7:24 PM , 1:00 PM
Saturday, July 11
7:47 AM 1:52 AM
8 3 PM 1:44 PM
Sunday, July 12
8:29 AM 2:32 AM
8:41 PM 2:24 PM
Monday, July 13
9:08 AM 3:09 AM
9:20 PM 3:03 PM
Tuetday, July 14
9-48 AM 3:44 AM
9:57 PM 3:41 PM
Wednetday, July 15
10:28 AM 4:17 AM
10:35 PM 4:17 PM
Thurtday, July 16
11:07 AM 4:51 AM
11:12 PM . 4:53 PM