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MAKE EVERY PAY DAY BOND DAY TH1FT Beaufort Mews For Victory, lt Pledge U. S. DEFENSE BONDS The Most Widely Read Newspaper Along The Central ll-olina Coast II It JL1L-J VOL. XXX NO. 39. Local Man Gives First Hand Information About Battle In Pacific Lieut. Comdr. Davis Commended For Part In Battle Of Coral Sea Returns To Portsmouth Hosptal On Monday Lieut. Com. Ernest Davis, U. S. N., our first returned hero from the conflict in the Pacific is still here and expects to stay until next Monday. This in itself is very en couraging for when he was allowed to come home on a furlough from the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth to which he was recently transfer red from the West Coast, it was with the understanding that he was to return at once if he became "uncomfortable". He admits that the September heat has been hard on-a-'man in,a cast and twitches and turns a bit as if to prove it, but otherwise makes no complaint, and has been revelling in an opportun ity to be with his family and his friends again. He says fish and grits and cornbread were things he needed. That was right in so far as these are symbolic of home and included his family also. When news came in June of the battle of Midway and of "Ernest's injury" the large connection of re latives and friends here was bowed down to learn of his wounds and by the great distance that separat ed them from him. They have hung on every word regarding his pro gress since then as news has gone around from person to person. His recovery has been so miraculous as See LOCAL MAN Page 10 Rotes Hear About Our County Library The Rotarians met in regular session Tuesday evening at the In let Ina with President W. S. Pot ter presiding. The work of the Carteret County Library was presented to the group by Miss Mary Amos, Representative of the Library Commission in Raleigh and Mrs. W. L. Woodard for the County Li brary Board. Miss Sarah Rumley, our Librarian was also guest of the Club. The program was very in structive and gave an excellent idea of the work of the growing li brary and the needs it is meeting. According to cards issued, 4,000 books were circulated through the Bookmobile alone during the month of August. In business session, Calvin Jones was elected vice president to suc ceed Dr . J 0. Baxter who is at Ft. Bragg and J. R Saunders was elect ed to succeed Joe Hines who is with the Air Corps in Florida. The Board of Directors announced a decision to move the meetings up to 6:30 for the winter months. Principal T. G. Leary was wel comed back again as an active member after his summer's ab sence. Special guests besides the ladies were S. T. Thompson of Kinston who is with the Coast Guard stationed aboard his own boat here, H. L. Gaston of Wison and Mark Kelly of Greenville, both Regional Representatives of the Boy Scouts here for a meeting with the Carteret County leaders. Farm Machinery Rationing Board Named For Carteret County Announcement of the personnel of the Cartefet County Rationing Committee to hande temporary ra tioning of new farm machinery un til November 1, 1942, was made to day by S. R. Edwards, chairman of the County USDA War Board. Mr. Edwards, who is also chair man f the County AAA Committee will serve as chairman of the ra tioning body, and other members named by the County USDA War Board are: W. Z. Mc Cabe, New port, RFD, Roy Keller, Beaufort, N. C, RFD. Alternate members are R. P. Oglesby Newport, N. C. RFD and T. C. Gillikin, Marshalberg, N. C. Responsibility for administering the new farm machinery rationing program was delegated to the Agri culture Depaiiment by the OPA, he said. Secretary of Agriculture Wickard named Fred S. Wallace, chief of the AAA and special War Board assistant, to handle the pro IN PACIFIC r Roy C. (Tommy) Merrill, ton of Mr. ad Mr. Clem Merrill, oa duty with our troop in the Pacific Miss Simmons To Give Course In Nutrition Miss Ruby Simmons, new Vo cational Homo Economics teacher has agreed to give a standard Nu trition Course to the ladies of Beaufort under the sponsorship of the Woman's Health and Defense League. The class will be given at night and there will be twelve meetings. Some of the topics. for discussion will be: "Food for En ergy; Body Building Materials; Body Regulators - Minerals and Vitamins; Meal Plans; Buying Good Diets. Those interested in enrolling for the course are asked to see one of the following ladies for further de tails, Mrs. W. L. Woodard, Mrs. Blythe Noe, Mrs. Calvin Jones, Mrs Robert Safrit Jr., Mrs. N. F. Eure, Mrs. R. Hugh Hill. METH. LADIES PLAN PROGRAM FOR OCT. 5 The Afternoon Circle of theWo man's Society for Christian Ser vice, of the Ann Street Methodist Church met on the 21st with Mrs. Hugh Jones on Queen Street . Rou tine Circle business was discussed and plans made for some improve ments at the prsonago. The Spirit ual Life Group wil give a program at the church the first Monday in October at 3:30. All women of the Church are urged to attend this meeting. After business, a pleas ant social period was enjoyed dur ing which "Miss Annie" served sake and a cold drink. ALL MEMBERS OF C. D. TO REPORT TO POSTS NEXT TUESDAY All brandies of Civiian Defense are reminded to report to their re pective poiti at the ound of the iren for the fint tate-wide black out Tuesday, the 29th. After the "All Clear" i sounded, they are to report to Town Hall for a check up." Former Norwegian floating wnaie lactones are now Allied gas olinc tankers, r gram nationally, and directed State USDA War Boards to be res ponsible for rationing on state lev els. Secretary Wickard also provid ed for setting up the county ration ing committees. The order setting up tse ration ing program provided that the chairman of tlie County AAA Com mittee should be chairman of the rationing committee, and that two representative farmers should be selected by the County USDA War Board to serve as regular mem bers. Naming of two alternates also was provided in the order. Chairman Edwards said that no member of the committee may act on his own application to purchase new machinry, an application of a member of his immediate family or other near relative, or that of his landlord, tenant, or other business associate. See FARM Page 10 I - !, h 'ft1 .I L. Looking Backward From BEAUFORT NEWS 1922 Illiteracy to be banned. "Begin ning in November night schoola will be held at several points and an opportunity will be given to those who desire it to get at least the rudiments of an education" announced Supt. M. L. Wright. "The Director of this work v. ill be Miss Nellie Richardson of Beau fort. She is well qualified." The Community Club made ar rangements for the showing of a picture at the Seabreeze Theatre telling of the first attempt at set tling the colony on Roanoke Is land. Personals Mrs. Sue Dudley of Washington who has been here for several days at the home of J. F. Duncan left Wednesday to return home. Mrs. C. L. Swindell left Tues day for Wilson to spend several days with relatives. Mr.-and ;Mrs. . G. D. Potter. Jr. left Tuesday for Charlotte where they will make their future home. $2500 IN PRIZES FOR SCRAP METAL IN N.C. CONTEST Newspapers Sponsor Contest For More Scrap For War Needs Collection of SCRAP METAL in our county has been 'good but not ood enough. Steel mills -on September 16th had but two week3 supplpy of SCRAP METAL on hand and the Government thru Donald Nelson has called on the newspapers of the country to push the campaign. Dailies and weeklies of North Carolina have subscribed a fund to finance state-wide campaign to round up every possible pound of SCRAP METAL in every corner of the State. The campaign starts October 1st and closes the 21st. At the end of the campaign $2500. in prizes will be awarded to the N. C. County, business firm, individual and units of junior boy or girl or See SCRAP Page 10 North Carolina's Beer Industry Employs 13,875 RALEIGH, Sept. 22. North Carolina's beer industry provides jobs for 13,875 persons with an annual payroll in excess of $12, 000,000, according to figures com piled by the Brewing Industry Foundation's North Carolina Com mittee. During the 1941-42 fiscal year ended last June 30, the industry paid $5,821,572 in taxes $3,324, 419 to the federal government, $2,318,451 to the state and $178, 700 in license fees to the counties, cities and towns. Tax collections increased by $2,291,300 over the previous 12-month period. There are 5,148 retail establish ments, 120 wholesale distributors, one brewery and four bottling plants in the state, according to the committee's figures. The shortage of tins and crowns is reflected in the state's changing beer-drinking habits. Draught beer now represents about one-fifth of the sales; formerly it averaged less than one-fourth. ' Canned beer has almost disap peared from the North Carolina market, dropping from a high (Oc tober, 1941) of 3,101,280 cans to only a few thousand monthly. Singular T. B. Weldon of the Wise com munity in Warren County has the only field of Nancy Hall sweet po tatoes passing certification re quirements of the N. C. Crop Im provement Association this year. At Hai-phong, French Indo China, when labor recruiting lag ged, a Jap band enticed listeners, Jap troops then surrounded the crowd and allowed only those provinj? regular employment to leave. The rest were marched off under guard. The more than 800,000 workers in the war-converted automobile industry are producing one-sixth of the total value of war goods. BEAUFORT, N. C, THURS., SEPT. P. T. A. TO MEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON Mrs. William Willis, new president of the Parent and Teacher Association has call ed a meeting for next Tues day afternoon at 4:30 at the school building;. Mrs. Robert Safrit Jr., Program chair man, will be in charge of the program. It is urged that parents make a special ef fort to attend this meeting. The President wants a re- presentative group in order X to discuss unusual problems V of the organization growing j out of present conditions. More Than Half Carteret Stores Fail To File Ceiling Prices All retail stores are required to file a list of their ceiling prices with the local rationing board. This is the Federal Law (Maximum Price Regulation - KV). There are about 240 retail stores in Car teret County and only about 100 have complied with the law to date. These in the following businesses are concerned. For further infor mation or advice, see the Rationing Board: Automobile repairs, servic ing, ""and storage; bicycle repairs, boat repairs; camera repairs, clean ing, dyeing and pressing; clothing repair; mending and reweaving; electrical appliance repairs; farm equipment repairs; film develop ing and printing; food locker ser vice; fur repair and storage; furni ture repair and re-upholstering; gas appliance repairs, hat cleaning and blocking, laundering, linen sup ply service; lock repair and key making; mattress renovating and repairs; motorcycle repairs; park ing lots; phonograph repairs; radio repairs; refrigertor (household) repairs; rental of many com modities (used by consumers) ; rub ber good repairs; rug cleaning or repairs; safe deposit rental; sewing-machine repairs; shoe repairs; sporting goods repairs; stove re pairs, tool sharpening and repairs, (hand tools;) typewriter repairs vacuum cleaner repairs; washing macnine repairs; window cleaning. Air Raid Wardens Meeting Called All Air Raid Wardens of Beau fort will please be at the City Hall, Friday (tomorrow) night at 8:00 o'clock for a short meeting rela tive to the State Wide Blackout which will he held next Tuesday night. T. E. KELLY, Chief Air Raid Warden MISS HAYNES BROTHER RECOMMENDED FOR BRIGADIER GENERAL Col. Caleb Vance Haynes of Mt. Airey, received.the President's re commendation last week for pro motion to Brigadier General in the Army Air Force. Col. Haynes has been head of the Bombardment Unit of the American Air Force in China. He is a brother of Miss Ra chel Haynes who was our public school music teacher for three years ending June 1940. jt j jav 5 5 J J ! i ! v v v TIDE TABLL t Information as to the tide at Beaufort is given in this column. The figures ale ap proximately correct and are based on tables furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Survey. Ort . 'iviAallitwnnpna mnuf vn f made for variations in the X wind and also with respec Y to the locality, that is whetti er near the inlet or at the t head of the estuaries. t 4. HIGH LOW Eriday, Sept. 25 AM. 3:15 AM. PM. 3:44 PM. Saturday, Sept. 26 9:31 9:52 10:14 10:35 10 :55 11:14 11:30 11:55 AM. PM. Sunday, Sept. AM. PM. 3:53 AM. 4:25 PM. 27 4:31 AM. 5:06 PM. Monday, Sept. 28 AM. PM. Tuesday, Sept. 5:09 AM. 5:48 PM 29 5:48 AM. 6:33 PM. 12:16 PM. Wednesday, Sept. 30 11:35 AM. 6:32 AM. 12:57 PM. 7:25 PM. Thursdy, Oct. 1 1:19 AM. 7:23 AM. 1:41 PM. g;22 PM. 24, 1942. BEAUFORT BOYS InTheService BEAUFORT BOYS IN SERVICE Friends have heard from J. M. Hines, former manager of the 5 and 10 cent store. He is in the Air Force Technica 1 Service School Clearwater, Florida. Letters were received last week from Earl Dickinson Jr., U. 3. N., on duty in the Pacific. He is the son of Mr and Mrs. Earl Dickinson of Core Creek. It is the first con tact the family have had with him for two months. News was brief and he prudently avoided the story of his activities but says he's al! right. Leslie Gillikin,, Boatswain Mate 1st class, aboard the Wakefield, spent the week-end at Marshall berg with his parents. Tom Davis, Ensign, U. S. N. R. stationed at Charleston speut last Friday night with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Davis on Front St. Ensign Davis was called to Raleigh last week for the funeral of his uncle Dr. S. P. Norris. He spent the folowing two days with Mrs. See SERVICE Page 10 RAM SHIPMENT 49 SHEEP SENT AS EXPERIMENT 500 MAY FOLLOW According to county agent Lassi ter, forty nine rams and wethers were shipped to Kingan and Com pany, Richmond Va., on consign ment as an experiment by the sheep wners of Harkers Island in cooperation with L. I. Case, Ex tension Livestock Special and H. W. Taplor, Extension Marketing Specialist, Raleigh N. C. Mr. Lassiter said, the carcasses would be offered for sale on the Philadelphia and New York mar kets and the skins to a shearling company in Indianapolis whose re presentative will personally ob serve the skins in Richmond. If satisfactory results are obtained approximately five hundred rams will be shipped. Twelve skins will make the parkahood, jacket, gloves, pants and boots for an Army pilot. CLUB MEETING POSTPONED The Book and Bridge Club which was to have met with Mrs. E H. Potter this evening has been postponed because of the illness of Mrs. Mary Arrington. Jackpot Unclaimed Florence Asdenti. 913 Front St., could have had a $70 jackpot last night at the Beaufort Theatre but she wasn't there to claim it. Next week it will be upped to $90. BEATRICE WITH GUTHRIE-JONES Each week shows further infil- teration of girls and women into our business life. Beatrice Kirk be gins today as jerkette at Guthrie Jones. Drug Store. BILLY MACE IMPROVING The family of Billy Mace who was operated on three days ago at the Morehead City hospital report that, although still very uncom fortable, he is getting along as well as could be expected. He will probably be in the hospital for two weeks more. STERLING CHADWICK AT M. CITY HOSPITAL Little Miss Sterling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chadwick was admitted to the Morehead City Hospital today for a tonsil opera tion. MARRIAGE LICENSE Eugene W. Wosko, Camp Glenn N. C. to Wanda Ziemba Bristol Pa Charles Davis, Beaufort N. C, to Josephine Betts, Beaufort N. C. John S. Kosich, Swinsdale, Pa., to Helen S. Kuban, Munhall la. It takes five tons of iron ore, coke limestone and other materials to equal one ton of scrap metals. State-wide Blackout illl Set For Uext Tuesday Commissioned x x v t i rim Hilda Smith, 2nd Lieut. U. S. A Nursing Corps, stationed at. Fort Brass. Lieut Smith is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. . Smith of Smyrna. Ernest Snowden Shoots Down First Enemy Plane Ernest Snowden, Lt. Com. U. S. N., now somewhere in the Pacific has been heard from for the first time in six weeks. He tells with well justified pride of shooting down his first enemy plane on Aug ust 8th, a Twin Float Single Seat Fighter. His letter shows an under standing of what we are up against but is optimistic throughout: "Haven't lost a Pilot since I have been here." This is quite a war, but we are winning. Rome wasn't built in a day." Lieut. Com. Snowden is the son of Mrs. M. S. Snowden of Craven Street. He was graduated from the Beaufort High School from which he went direct to Annapolis finish ing in the class of 1932. He was made Lieutenant Commander on June 1st of this year. Electricians Badly Needed at Navy Yard There is a critical need for elec tricians, $9.20 per diem, at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremer ton, Washington. Applicants must show four years experience in the trade or the completion of a four year apprenticeship. Electrical ex perience confined to house wiring and line work is not acceptable. Persons selected for appointment will be assigned to ship wiring. Time and a half will be paid for all work over forty hours per week. For further information and nec essary forms, interested applicants should immediately contact Mr. Samuel Kavruck, Representative, Civil Service Commission, Labor Board, United States Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Toint, N. C. There is also a need for Labor ers, Classified, for duty at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Persons interest ed should contact Mr. Kavruck at the address given above. MRS ARRINGTON VERY ILL We regret to report as we go to press that the condition of Mrs. Mary Arrington who was operated on at Morehead City Hospital on the 12th is very grave. Hor grand son, Edward Arrington of Norfolk came home last n'ght because of the seriousness of her condition. jt PMliummmnj u .tiMi-nimm- Start Christmas Shopping Now For Men CHARLESTON, S. C. It's time to start Christmas ."hopping for friends and relatives servirr abroad in the Navy and Mari ie Corps. Christmas parcels ami cards should be mailed "during the month of October November may be too late. Carelessness in choosing gifts or in sending them, and failure to mail early enough, may mean that the recipient will have little or no Christmas cheer from home. The earlier packages are mail ed, the better the chances that they will arrive before Christmas. Packages should be labeled "Christ mas parcels." Here are some of the sugges tions of Navy and Postal officials: PUBLISHED WEEKLY. ENTIRE STATE BLACKED OUT FOR FIRST TIME LISTEN FOR 3 MI. BLAST OF SIREN SIGNAL FOR "LIGHTS OUT" If you hear the bridge siren give a three minute continuous blast next Tuesday night, the 29th, just remember it's not the bridge siren but the siren for the first State wide blackout. With all the pract ices and all the informative talk we have had this should be 100 per cent perfect for Beaufort. When the siren sounds all houses al places of business, and all boats in the imediate harbor are to turn out lights immediately except those equipped with approved blackout shade or painted windows and are to remain so untill the "AH Clear signal (2-10 second blasts with a 5 second interval is given.) All operators of motor vehicles are to turn out lights immediately and bring their cars to a full stop against the unpainted curb and are not to light up again until the 'All Clear" sounds. If away from home, seek shelter in the nearest building and follow orders of your air raid warden. Wardens are vested with full authority of City,- Police and may arrest and eniorce rules, in cases where lights are left burning, they have been authorized to put them out by whatever means seem for the moment to be expedient says T E. Kelly, Chairman of the Air Raid Wardens. According to City Ordnance of December 15, 1941, a fine of $5. is to be meted out for the first of fense and it is to be increased with subsequent ones. Rescue Squad Meet Called By Fire Alarm Twenty-Two I suppose our firemen were re minded before hand that a 2-2 alarm at 8 p. m. on the third Mon day in the month means a "Rescue Squad Meeting" otherwise they had puzzled moments on last Mon day niight trying to find the fire. At that it wouldn't have been any harder to find than some others we have had recently. A small but earnest and interest ed group of members of the Res cue squad, organized the tenth of August to better serve their com munity in any emergency, met at the Town Hall. Chairman Charles Hassell presided. Routine matters were discussed after which prob lems concerning first aid as related to possible emergencies were pres ented and solutions discussed. The group adjourned to meet again the third Monday in October DR. N. M. BAXTER TO OPEN OFFICE Beginning October 1st Doctor N. M. Baxter of New Bern will open the office of his brother, Dr. J. O. Baxter on Thursdays and Fri days of each week, for examina tion of eyes and fitting glasses. Dr. J. 0. Baxter this month began Army life at Ft. Bragg. Copper for 4,187 rounds of .50 caliber cartridges is contained in the typical household bronze door hinjje, check and door slop. Abroad Articles should be easily port able and useful in any climate. In hhti recommended category are t- iiet kit", watches, notebooks, pines, wa'iei.s, pens or pe'icils, pliotogi-Bp-js, etc. Electrical ap paratus is of doubtful valu No perishable matcer should u-t in cluded. Food, including cakes, cookies, fruits, etc., should be particularly avoided, as the necessary delay in handling mail under war condi tions often causes such gifts to arrive in bad condition. Stale or mashed cakes, cookies reduced to crumbs, and spoiled fruit do not make for a Merry Christmai for boys overseas. Besides, our Navy is the best fed and clothed in the See SHOPPING Page 10