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VQLXXXNO. 43.
iwrnment Asldna Faimeis'SNOWDENS IN
Hunt More Scrap For Mills
Here's How Your
'43 Tag Will Look
Here1! the way V' new 194Z ,U"
t0 iceme .
..died to the rear 1942 plate ot
to liceme tab will iook who.
the car. Motomu mui rc.
. . , ... I rr license for
botft trOni luu --
1942. The tab certif ie they have
renewed their licen.e and muit b
f fixed by January 1, 1S4J.
Tea At Hut For
Service Mothers
The American Legion Auxiliary possible way. the nation is
a -.L-- r( ric men toll.;-a to the American
tea at the Legion Hut on Friday
afternoon from 4 to 6. In-itationi
. lat -
wil be extended only tnrougu
newspapers, churchea and wom
en's organizations. All service
mothers of Carteret County are
cordialy invited.
Mrs. Ruth Everett
Addresses Rotes
Tuesday night at their dinner
meeting at bhe Inlet Inn, Eotarians
were addressed by Mrs. Ruth Vick
Everett, Field Worker of the 0.
P. A., on the subject of Rationing
ai.d Price Control. Gue3ts of the
Club were Mrs. J. G. Allen, Car
teret chairman of Women-at
War Week! L. B. Avison and
George Stovall pf Morehead City;
and Mark Kelley of Washington,
N. C.
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BEAUFORT NEWS 1922
Two of the handsomest yachts
that have been in local waters
this season arrived in the harbor
yesterday. One of them was the
Conewago and is owned by John
Wannamaker, and the Merchant
Prince of Philadelphia and New
York. The other boat, the Leonie.
belones to Murray Guggenheim,
one of the well known family of
copper mine owners by that name
Mr. Julian Hamilton and Miss
Catherine Noreom ereatly sur
prised many of their friends here
by getting married this morning.
The marriage occurred at about
ten o'clock at the residence of
Rev. Harry A. Day who perform
ed the ceremony. The newly wed
dt'd couple then left for Atlantic,
the former home of the grocm.
Mrs. N. M. Jurney and little
daughter of Mt. Olive who has
been visiting Mrs. Seth Gibba left
Tuesday returning home.
Several persons from Beaufort
are attending the Teachers Assem
bly in Raleigh this week. Among
them are Misses Annie Morton,
Nellie Richardson, Elizabeth Ho
well, Messrs. C. W. E. Pittman, II.
L. Wright, and J. W. Raper.
New York's movie organ's have
played their tunes, except for Hit
ler. Turned in to the scran drive,
one of them yielded 2,300 pounds
01 war metals.
Pftffufl PAnuMTnnf.intl in t.ha TT
S. in the past 30 years has more
than doubled, while the population
increase has been only about 45
per cent.
SHOPPING
DAYS LEFT-
TO 6ET BOOKS
1 . 7 . v r -
rFfTx FOR- DOC
Iky Qtishos Seals
1
The Following
Telegram From
Donald M. Nelson
Explains the Need
The government is asking
the American farmer to dedi
cate the remaining weeks of
1942 to an intensified scrap
hunt. Steel mills need more
heavy scrap and the farms
are one of the best sources in
this tvDe of metal. We need
your further help in this
farm drive and in aiding
'"o" "
continue this effort through
our salvage committees to
out the next few weeks. Mats
and other material to help
nnu vt... . . . - 1
yOU are being prepared and
will be mailed soon. All sal
vage committees are being in
structed to continue to make
.. . a .1 t II
available to tne iarmer
their transportation facih
; mil mannower. and to
cooperate with you in every
farmer. I am sure, with your
help he Will come thrOUgn.
I
Donald M. Nelson Chm.
Achievement Day
For County Clubs
Celebrated Nov. 14
"Couras? and
will be required of
win this war and
determination
each of us to
maintain our
that follows."
world in the peace
said Miss Ruth t.urrent, siuu
Home Demonstration Agent when
she spoke to a County-wide assem
blage of Home Demonstration 4-H
nn.l Service Club members in theii
annual Achievement Day meeting
at the Court House Saturday after
noon, November 14th. 'We must
face the facts and the future with
confidence and willingness to sa
crifice and cooperate to the fullest
extent and there is where the
Home Demonstration work comes
in. It is the policy of the Stare of
fice in 1943 to contact every mem
ber of every rural family with
this work; remember that we are
with you in everything you under
take," she told the group comment
irg also on the splendid recoid of
achievement made by the people of
rartprpt Countv during the past
year in poultry raising, gardening
canning, sewing, First Aid ana an
health projects.
Mrs. Hugh Pake, County F.:dera
tion President, presided over the
event, hearing reports from var
ious projects from the following
members; Mrs. Bennie Copcland,
Russell Creek, Defense Work; Mrs
A. H. Talman, Wiregrass, Foods
Project; Mrs. S. B. Wilkins, North
River, Curb Market Activities;
Mrs. Josephine Josey, North River
mthin-r Mrs. Griff Dudley, Wire
Gross, Home Furnishings and Sur
rounding; Mrs. W. G. Simpson,
Russell Creek, Recreation; Miss
Virginia Stanton, Service Club for
the Service and 4-H clubs ot tne
county.
Crowned senior queen of Health
k., Mia Wrna Stanton. District
ifmi Acent. was Bertie Simpson
of the Smyrna 4-H club with a ra
ting of 98 percent; John Carlton
Nelson wan senior king, Reva Hod-
ges Norns or tne oeauiort ciuu,
with a rntin of 100 per cent was
crowned junior queen of Health,
nnH Howard Jones of the Beautori
nh was junior king. Miss btan-
ton congratulated the young peo
ple on their excelent heaitn record
and challenged each of them tc im
See CLUBS Page 8
Aycock Browns
Move To Ocracoke
Mr. and Mrs. Aycock Brown and
two children, Brantley ana vu
liam Kenneth, left Monday to
make their home at Ocracoke. Mi
Brown was editor of the Beautort
News from Jan. 1935 until Feb. of
thia vear when he resigned his po
sition with the News and went to
work for the Navy Department.
He will be stationed at Ocracoke
for the time being.
Record
The aroduction of fats and oils
from domestic materials is ex
pected to total nearly 12.000.000,-
000 pounds in 1943, greatly ex
ceeding all previous records.
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Car Wrecked And
Occupants Have
Narrow Escape
Lt. Com. Ernest Snowden
was flhoarrl the airnlane car
rier Wasp which was lost in
the Pacific on the 15th of
September. Since then he
traveled 2900 miles in safety
enroute home, and Tuesday
evening about six o'clock
when he was practically in right
of Beaufort, had the misfortune
of an automobile accident in
which he and Mrs. Snowden had
a miraculous escape. Lt. Com. and
Mrs. Snowden were coming to
spend Thanksgiving with his moth
er, Mrs. M. S. Snowden. As they
passed through Havelock, they
were struck by a car driven by a
Cherrv Point worker. The story as
this office has received it is that
the defense worker looked aown
for a moment to examine some
thing about his car and smashed
into the Snowden Packard. Mrs.
Snowden was thrown from the
car but unhurt. Her husband and
Hriir rnmninpH inside without in-
iurv. The car was such a total
wreck that Lt. Com. Snowden had
to make it his first business on
Wednesday morning to go to New
Rom nnrt make arrangements to
have it replaced.
Harkers Island
Basketeers Win
Double Header
Harkers Island got off to a good
start Wednesday, scoring a double
header in their first game of the
season. Atlantic High school bas
ketball teams came to Harkeis Is
land last Wednesday to start Har
kers Island off with their first
game. Both the boys ana gins
fought hard, the boys Keeping
their first string in all through the
game. Weather conditions being
good, Harkers Island used their
nntrinnr court to ereat advantage.
The girls' game. ended with Har-
kei-3 Island in the lead and a score
of 11 to 0. High scorer was Bea
trice Gaskill.
The boys' game started with
Atlantic rimrinir several in a row,
and leading by two or three point
until after the half, Harkers catcn
ing up with them and ending the
game with a score of 24 to Atlan
tic's 15. High scorer for Harkers
Island was Curvis Brooks, scoring
11 points. Refereeing was done
by Bertram Davis of Harkfi's Is
land and a soldier from Atlantic.
Both teams showed .great sports
manship. The Smyrna coach, Mr.
John Hamilton, attended the cv.me.
Another Opportunity
To Serve The U. S.A.
Another kind of salvage is being
collected far removed from iron.
This is silk and nylon stockings.
The proprietors of the Vogue have
placed a box in their store in which
they are asking ladies to place old
silk stockings to be salvaged and
used by the Government in out
war effort. Rayon stockings can
not be used.
Christmas Seal Sale
Started Here Monday
Public Interest Shown
The Carteret County Tubercu
losis Association began it's annual
rhrUtmas Seal Sale on Monday
,ifh the mailiwr of letters to many
citizens in all parts of the County
requesting the purchase of seals en
closed in the letters.
The returns that have come in
t-ho first davs of the sale show an
encouraging interest on the part
of citizens of the County in taking
part in this fight against tubercu
losis. In all past wars tuberculosis has
increased. History has already be
gun to repeat itself. In several
overcrowded areas of the Lnited
States the disease is on the in
crease. In the past four years tuberculo
sis has killed 10,000 more persons
combined that this -countryyitthe
lhan were kiled in action or died
from wounds received in action in
all the wars combined that this
country has engaged in from the
Revolutionary War up to Dec. 7,
1941.
Subscribe To The Beaufort
New. $1.50 Per Year.
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURS., NOV. 26,
For all that God in mercy sends;
For health and children, home and friends,
For comfort in the time of need,
For every kindly word and deed,
For happy thoughts and holy talk,
For Guidance in our daily walk,
For everything give thanks!
For beauty in this world of ours,
For verdant grass and lovely flowers,
For song of birds, for hum of bees,
For refreshing summer breeze,
For hill and plain, for streams and wood.
For the great ocean's mighty flood,
For everything give thanks!
For sweet sleep which comes with night,
For the returning morning's light,
For the bright sun that shines on high,
For the stars glittering in the sky,
For these and everything we see,
O Lord, our hearts we lift to thee,
For everything give thanks!
2ND CLASS OF
AIDS GRADUATE
28 Nurses Aides
Capped At
Ceremony At
Methodist Church
Twentv-eight new volun-
Hes. three
from Beaufort, were gradua
ted and received their caps
at an impressive ceremony
at the First Methodist
Church of Morehead City on
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Kuin
Vick Kverett gave tne au
Araaa Mian Virginia Dinned
caps on her nurses, Mrs. Mil
dred Jones, supt. or me nospn-i
awarded the certificates and Mr.
D. Cordova presented the pir,3.
Members of both the pr3sent
and first graduating classes were
present in uniform. Miss Virginia
Hood. Red Cross Instructor, prais
ed the work of both groups of worn
en and expressed appreciation of
the cooperation she has received
here. The Morehead City Hospital
in grateful acknowledgement of
the services rendered by the aides
has given to each member of both
the present and first graduating
class a complete uniform. Miss
Hood feels the groups should be
justly proud of this as she says it
is the first time in her experience
that she has seen it done.
After the ceremony a recsotion
was given tiie nurses ct the Civic
Center.
Last night's graduates wee:
Miss Helen Oglesby, Miss 'J ace
Snith, Mrs. Vesta Davis, Miss Paul
ine Gillikin, Miss Hilda Guthrie,
See GRADUATE Page 8
NYA Representative
In Beaufort Friday
Mrs. Mattie Moye Gayk.-J. N.
Y. A. Field Representative, will be
at the court house Friday, Novem
ber 27, from 9 until 3:30 to inter
view applicants for one of the N.
Y. A. Resident Centers at Green
ville and Scotland Neck. Thess are
centers where girls between 16
and 2") years of ue may take u
12 week course of trainir, .vhich
when satisfactorily completed as
sures a well paid position in de
fense industries. The training
costs nothing, and the youth work
er is furnished board, room, laun
dvr, medical care, and $10.S0 a
month spending money while in
training. High school education is
not required. Placements are us
ually made at the F'airchiM Cor
poration and Glenn L. Martin Co.
in Baltimore and with the Army
Signal Corps. Those interested
should talk with Mrs. Gaylotd on
Friday.
John Hunnings
Leaves Hospital
John Hunnings, the sailor who
wa3 hurt on the North River road
early Monday morning a week &go,
was discharged from the Morehead
City hospital Wednesday morning.
Everyone is glad to know that he
made a much quicker recovery
than even the .most .optimistic
hoped o the day of the acoldt-nt.
1942.
MRS. EVERETT
SPEAKS ON
PRICE CONTROL
Urges Women To
Take Action In
Cases of Violation
Ladies of Beaufort and
Morehead City met at the In
let Inn Tuesday afternoon to
hear Mrs. Kuth vick twer
ett on Price Control. Mrs
Everett is well known here
o-.H olwnvahna an interested
audience. She reminisced
-ldn.sant.lv of her last talk
h pro on The Drarna a far
cry from Price Control.
Apropos of her appearance as a
nart of the War Stamp and Bona
program, Mrs. Everett said it was
most aoDrooriate to tie up the two
as both are part of the seven fold
infiHnn nrevention nroirram a-
bout which she came to speak.
"The War of Survival," accord
ing to Mrs. Everett, would be the
proper name for the present war.
"We are fighting," she said, "that
our way of life may survive." Wo
men all over the world are fight
ing for the survival of the things
they hold precious. Russian wom
en fight side by side with their
men; German women are making
tremendous sacrifices because of
their faith in the facist way; Eng
lish women are fighting with a
courage that we can scarcely ap
preciate; women of China and Ja
pan are doing the same thing.
Problems of the war are those
of the military front and the home
front here woman's conc?rn is
See PRICE CONTROL Page 8
FIRE DAMAGES
PARAGON RLDG.
ABC Store, Chalk
& Gibbs Office
Suffer From Fire
Fire, which for a time
thrp;ittned the main section
of Morehead City business,
district, damaged Carteret
Countv ABC store on Ai-en-j
dell street last night with
Chalk & Gibbs, real estate
and insurance office next
door suffering in a minor
wav from smoke.
The two firms are housed in the
Paragon building, ownect by tne
Leary heirs. Damage to tne ouiia
in!?' was estimated at $1,000. Dam
age to the ABC store stock was es
timated at approximately i,uuu.
Chalk and Gibbs suffered mainly
from smoke damage. Stock in tne
front of the ABC store was dam
aged mainly by smoke.
The fire, discovered arouna iu:
30 in the rear of the ABC store
was of undetermined origin, but
hplieved to have originated from
defective wiring. Fed by bursting
bottles of whiskey the flames reach
along the walls to the second floor
but were controlled by firemen be
tn ofanioi H.itnaire could be
done.
See FIRE DAMAGE, Pa S
Bond And Stamp Rally
At High School Gym
Next Wednesday Evening
BEAUFORT BOYS
InThe Service
Earl T. Willis, Chief Machinist
Mate, U. S. C. G., injured in Flo
rida in October has been recupera
ting at home. This week he report
ed to the hospital in Norfolk for
further treatment.
Pvt. Frank L. Nance, U. S. Ma
rine Corps, formerly of Beaufort,
is reported to have completed his
basic training at San Diego, Calif.
H is now stationed at Marine
Barracks, W.S. Naval Air Station,
Alameda, Calif.
Lt. Com. W. S. Chadwick, who
has been stationed at Memphis,
Tenn., has been assigned to Nor
folk and is enroute to his new sta
sion. He and Mrs. Chadwick are
expected to stop in Beaufort on
their way.
I.t Com. Ernest Snowden and
Mn Snowden arrived in Beaufort
Tuesday evening to spend Thanks
giving with Mrs. M. S. Snowden
of Craven street. They go on
Thursday to Rhode Island for
duty. j
Lt. Wiliam Potter. Ensineer Am
phibian Command, who has been
training at Camp Edwards, Mass.
has been assigned to foreign ser
vice. Mrs. Potter who left on the
11th to join him there is in New
York with him but will return to
Beaufort at the end of the week.
Pvt. Robert Robinson left Wed
nesdav for Camo Attleburv Ind..
after having leave in which to re
cuperate from an apendectomy.
Neil Windley left Tuesday morn
ing for Great Neck, N. Y. where he
will be a cadet in the officers train
ing school for the Merchant Ma
rine. Lt. Commander and Mrs. Ernest
Davis left Sunday for Portsmouth,
Va. Lt. Cm. Davis is attached to
the hospital there and is returning
from leave.-
Thelma Mason Dies
Monday Evening
Monday evening about nine o'
clock, Thelma Louise Mason, aged
16, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lemuel A. Mason, of Orange St.,
passed away after an illness of
eight months from rheumatic fe
ver. Everything that medical
science could do was "done for her.
She received treatment at the hos
pital in Kinston and was twice a
patient at James Walker Memorial
Hospital in Wilmington. She was
brought home last Saturday from
her last stay .of two weeks at the
latter.
Thelma was taken ill near the
close of her senior year at the
Beaufort High School and was
forced to give up her school work.
She was a popular member of the
class, conscientious, able in her
work, and showed qualities of i
leadership. She was a member of
Hi-Y and the Beta Club and had
been assigned an important role in
the senior play when she stopped.
She was also president of the
County Council of 4-H Clubs and
secretary of the Beaufort 4-H
Club. The tragedy of so promis
ing a young life cut off has sad
dened the whole town.
Thelma is survived by her par
ents, her vounirer sister Patsy, her
paternal grandmother, Mrs. Lelia
Mason, and her maternal grand
mother, Mrs. Julia Simpson.
The funeral was conducted Vved
nesday afternoon at 3:00 p. m.
fro;n the home. Thelma worship
See THELMA MASON DIES P 8
Graham Duncan, Sr.
Undergoes Operation
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Duncan, Sr.
left on Sunday for Wilmington
where Mr. Duncan underwent an
operation for gall stones Monday
at 2:00 p. m. A report was re
ceived from the hospital last night
to the effect that his first day fol
lowing the operation was very sat
isfactory. Mr. Duncan has an as
sistant in his office thia week, and
Mrs. Duncan returns today to be
in the! office frortt: Friday on.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
244th C.A. Band
Will Make Music;
Service Men Invited
Plans are taking shape for
a mammoth Bond and Stamp
Kauy ana Dance to De given
at the ueauiort nign scnooi
gymnasium next Wednesday
evening, December 2nd,
from 8:30 to 11:30. Music
will be furnished by the
244th C. A. Band from Ft
Macon, and all service men;
free for the evening are in-.
vited to attend.
Anticinatiner manv who will not
be interested in dancing, the Band
will give a concert as well as danca
music. The ladies say the Gym
will be heated and there will ba
seats for those who merely want to
sit and watch the panorama of the
moving crowd.
Admission will be by the pur
chase of a stamp or bond of anjj
denomination. Representatives
from the Beaufort Post Office will
be present to personaly handle tha
bond sales. Refreshments will nofl
be included but the American Le
gion Auxiliary will have a bootq
for refreshments. "
Mrs. Geoi-isre Eastman will ba
responsible for the decorations audi
have the surroundings properly
festive. Every organization in
town is back of the rally and hava
a part in it: The American Legion,
The American Legion Auxiliary,
P. T. A., Rotary, Woman's Club,
and Chamber of Commerce.
There will be novelty features
such as a cake walk and during thq
evening Mayor Paul will auction
off donations made by the mer
chants of the town to the dance.
Many merchants have already
been approached and others will
be given an opportunity to donata
articles between now and then,
These will go in each case to per
son purchasing the largest number
of stamps or bonds. After the sale
is completed, the purchaser will go
away with both the stamps or
bonds he has purchased and the ar
tides auctioned. Red, white and
blue corsages wil be sold for $1.00
each. Each will contain nine ten
cent defense stamps.
This is to be a party for no ona
errouD. but everybody's party. Anv
person who does not attend wdl be
the loser. , . ... . i . . 1 i
FIREWORKS
Mayor Paul wishes to remind tho
boys who have been shooting fire
works for the past ten days in anti
cipation of the approaching holi
days that it is ilegal to shoot them
on the streets and the law will be
enforced. He also requests that the
boys forego them altogether thia
season as their sacrifice in a war
year. It wil be both a patriotic act
and show consideration of those
people with "war nerves" that are
aggravated by the explosions.
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TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beauiort is given in tins
column. The tigures are 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 respect
to the locality, that is whett
er near the inlet or at Ui"
V
1
head of the estuaries.
i
HIGH LOW
Friday, Nov. 27
AM 5
11:50
:22 AM
:10 PM
:05 AM
:55 PM
:54 AM
:46 PM
:53 AM
:39 PM
.59 AM
Saturday, Not. 23
AM 6
PM 6
Sunday, Nor. 29
AM 6
12:18
12:30
1:01
1:11
1:49
1:58
2:45
2:53
3:45
3:54
4:47
4:55
PM 7 :
Monday, Not. 30
AM 7
PM 8
Tuesday, Dec. 1
AM 8:
PM 9
Wednesday, Dec. 2
AM 10:
PM 10
Thursday, Dec. 3
AM 11
PM 11
:33 PM
01 AM
:25 PM
:00 AM
:16 PM