BEAUFORT NE"FS
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U. S. DEFENSE
BONDS
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77ie Most1 ijetfd Newspaper Along The Central Carolina
BEAUFORT, N. C THURS., DEC. 3, 1942.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
VOL. XXX NO. 49.
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BEAUFORT BOYS
InThe Service
Word was received this week by
the family of Richard Bloodgood,
Lt. U. S. A., to the effect that he is
among troops that liave arrived
safely in Liberia, west coast of
Africa Just to refresh your mem
ory, Liberia is the little democracy
populated in part by repatriated
American negroes and their des
cendants. It is also the country to
which the U. S. sends a colored
Minister from the State Depart
ment. There is another distinction
that makes it almost holy soil
the demoncracy is said to operate
on a balanced budget.
S7.183 WORTH OF
BONDS & STAMPS
SOLD LAST NIGHT
Rally At Gym
Success In Spite
Of Bad Weather
Clyclone Tuesday Night
Strikes Beaufort Fisheries
Sergeant Merrill
Pvt. Johnnie E. Wiley, sor, of
Mis. John Wiley, of Turner Street,
has completed his course of train
ing at Fort Bragg and has been
sent to Camp Butner, N. C, for
advanced training.
Hubert Salter, Pvt. U. S. A.
son of Mrs. Lillie Salter has been
transferred from Dallas Teras to
Salt Lake City. He has been spend
ing several days with his mother
before going to his new assignment.
Charles Shakell Rice, Pvt. USA.,
stationed at Palm Springs Califor
nia has been spending several days
leave with his sister, Mrs. Adrian
P.ice Sr.
Shuford Guthrie, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Guthrie, of Harkers Is
land, has been appointed Naval
Aviation Cadet and ordered to re
port to the U. S. Pre-Flight School,
University of Georgia, Athens. l,a.
After three ninths of Pre-Flight
work, he will be sent to one of the
Navy's bases for primary flight
training. Cadet Guthrie graduated
from the H. I. High School, Class
1941. While there he was on the
basketball team and wa3 president
of the senior class. Prior to en
listment he was employed is an
electrician at Harkers Island.
Ed Hancock Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Hancock, now of New
See SERVICE Page 10
Briefs From The
Rationing Board
SUGAR
Stamp No. 9 is good for three
pound until December 15th.
COFFEE
Stamp No. 27 from Ration
Book I is good for one pound from
November 30th to January 3rd for
consumers IS years of age or older
Those who do not have Ration
Book I (Sugar Ration Book) must
make application for one by Dec.
15th.
GASOLINE
No. 3 coupons in A Books good
for three gallons of gas until Jan
uary 1st.
..Expiration of B and C. Books
written on front.
All S-l and S-2 books expired
Monday night at midnight.
Customers should fill in the li
cense number and state of regis
tration on the back of all coupons.
This must be done and it saves
time for both customers ar i all
station operators to do it before
purchasing.
TIRES
Local Boards take applications
for needed recaps or replacement
tires. December 1st deadline for
turning in of excess tires by pas
senger car owners. Passenger car
tire inspection has begun. After
December 12th it will be illegal
for motorists to drive if they have
not registered tires and received
tire inspection records.
The Board Offiea is working on
Tire Records now and hundreds
are being mailed out each day.
KEROSENE AND FUEL OIL
The Board Office is also work
ing day and night on this. Hun
dreds of cards are being mailed
out daily to consumers in response
to applications. Consumers should
present cards for coupons before
2 p. m.
Fight Tuberculosis
SHOPPING
DAYS LEFT
BayCkisfms Seals
In the face of a 40 to 50
mUo. iralo Mrs. H. G. Loftin.
Miss Pansy Mason and Mrs.
W. E. Adair, members of the
committee appointed to dec
orate the gym for the gala
pvent last meht. naa tne nan
festive with wood's greens
! and the 244th C. A. Band
from Fort Macon was pres
ent to give the party a good
start at the appointed hour.
A remarkably large crowd weath
ered the wind to be present and the
Committee not only sold stamps
and bonds, the avowed purpose of
the gathering, but in addition naa
a swell community party. Mayor
Paul and T. M. Thomas up to their
usual fine form as auctioneers ex
tracted over $7,000 from the as
sembled crowd. L. B. Avison of
the USO with characteristic coop
erative spirit furnished the piano
for the occasions and some of
those doughnuts that have become
a sort of trademark of the UbU.
Ten nounds of sugar givrn by
Peterson's Market went for $725
the largest sum bid for any item
with the American Legion iurkey
pushing it close with $700 bid.
Folowing are the items donated
bv the merchants and just what
happened to them as given to us
by Mrs. J. G. Alen, County Chair
man: Turkey, donated by Post 99,
American Legion bought by Jas.
Canady for $700.
1 year's subscription to The
Beaufort News, bought by George
Woolard for $50.
1 year's subscription to Twin
City Daily Times, bought by David
Lippman for 18.75. .
$2.50 credit, at Johnson Saun
ders, bought by Mis. Milton Lip
man for $57.50.
82.50 credit at Ideal Dry Clean
ers, bought by W. H. Bailey for
$525.
1 safety deposit box by First
Citizens Bank, bought by George
Woolard for 310.
1 facial and $2.00 cosmetics by
Davis Beauty Shop, went to Mrs.
Halsey Paul for 37.50.
$3.00 permanent by Margatet's
Beauty Shop went to Daniel Lip
man for $17.50.
1 permanent, Rilling by Duchess
Beauty Shop, went to Gherman
Holland for 50.
1 nermanent. So. bv Ann Street
Beauty Shop, went to Mrs. Howard
Jones for 18.
1 man's shampoo, by Jeff Jef
ferson went to H. W. Hatsell for
25.
1 hair cut by Earl Mason went
to H. W. Hatsell for 25.
1 Fitch Smampoo by City Bar
ber Shop went to H. W. Hatsell
for 50.
1 Bicycle basket, by Ben's Bi
cycle Shop went to Mrs. Howar'd
Jones for 50.
1 grease job by Hooper's Esso
Station went to V. A. Rivenbeck
for 10.
1 bu. sweet potatoes by K. W.
Wright went to Wllie I. Loftin for
75.
3 pkgs. Frozen food, by C. D.
Jones Co., went to Mrs. D. M. De
noyer for 37.50.
$10. set of China by B. A. Bell's
Jewelry went to George Woolard
for 100.
1 chafing dish and holder by W.
H. Bailey's went to Jake Miller
for 75.
Hurricane lamps by Morris
Jewelry Co. went to Jas. Canady
for 425..
1 wooden Tray by House Drug
Co., went to Jake Miller for 500.
2 growing shrubs, by Copeland's
Nursery went to Mrs. H. G. Loftin
for 50.
1 tablecloth by Feltbn's went to
Willie Loftin for 50.
5.00 Christmas Seals by Health
Department went to Dr. L. W.
Woodard for 18.75.
1 step ladder by Miller Furni
ture Co., went to Mrs. D. M. De
noyer for 200.
2 pictures by Eastman Furni
ture Co., went to Daniel Lipman
for 10.
2.00 credit at Dill's by Dr. L.
W. Woodard went to Jas. Canady
for 25.
1 scarf by Beaufort Dept. Store
went to Mrs. D. M. Denoyer for
18.75.
$1.00 credit by Davis Seafood
Market went to Willie Loftin for
25.
10 lbs. sugar by Peterson's Mar
ket went to Willie Loftin for
See BONDS Page 10
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Damage Estimated
At $10, - $12,000
CRESY SADLER HOME
ON RIVER SHORE
DAMAGED B YSTORM
The strong wind that blew
in this section throughout
the night Tuesday reached
cyclonic proportions in a nar
row path east of town around
miHnicrhr vvreckintr half doz
en or more buildings of the
Beaufort Fisheries, Inc., of
which W. V. c. rotter is rres
ionf anH C. K. Wheatlev is
Secretary and Treasurer.
4 Men Lose Lives
At Cherry Point
We hear a persistent story from
a number of reliable sources to the
effect that four men were killed
at Cherry Point Wednesday in an
accident when a fire wall fell on
the Quartermaster Storehouse. At
press time today we have bee-i un
able to get in touch with the prop
er official from whom to secure
names and other details.
SgtDouglas Merrill, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. A. Merrill, is with the
Ordnance School Detachment.
Sminefield College Mass. H? en
tered the Army in June 1941 and
was first stationed at Camp Davis.
He was transferred to the Ord
nance School last month.
G.S.O. GIRLS
HONORED ON
SUNDAY P. M.
Beaufort Girls
Well Represented
December Quotas
Automobile 5
Bicycles 30
TIRES (PASSENGER CARS
New Tires
Grade II Tires
Grade III Tires
Recaps
Tubes
TIRES (TRUCKS)
New Tires
Recaps
Tubes
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District Governor
In Beaufort Wed.
Rotarians shifted their meeting
this week to Wednesday that they
might have Hal Orr, of Rocky
Mount, writh them.
Governor Orr met with the
Board of Directors and Chairmen
of Committees from 5:30 to 6:30.
At 6:30 the members gathered a
round Mrs. Pierson's board and en
joyed their regular good dinner af
ter which Governor Orr spoke to
them first about Rotary in its local
relations then broadened out to Ko
hrv in international aspects. He
stressed particularly the work be
ing done to cement out friendly re
lations with South America. He
told the crrouD that their nationa'
President is spending most of this
year in South America in connec
tion with this effort and that Ro
tary is sending their magazine to
many non members in South
America as a part of the "nme
plan.
Triple Feature
At USO Friday
nouorhnut Dunking champion
ship will open the regular Fiiday
Variety evening this week at the
USO. The girl and boy winners will
he crowned Queen and King Dunk.
Soeed. technique and grace will
he the best in which a great va
riety of methods for artistically
dunking doughnuts in coffeo will
be shown the public.
An Amateur contest will follow
and civilians as well as Service
Men are welcome to try for the
prizes and to centribute to the eve
ning's enjoyment.
Then the dance with Carl Gro
zan and his famous Fort Macon or
chestra will, as usual, be what is
called "tops". '
Civilian volunteers those on
Committees or have served the
men in any way through USO, in
cluding their husbands or wives
are welcome to attend on this and
all Friday evenings.
ATLANTIC SCORES
The twister coming in from the
water blew the seine house and
seines overboard, took the reels
down, neatly dipped over a camp
building, three store rooms, and
the box in which the raw fish are
stored, wrecked the "cooking
room" and boiler roof, leveled the
smoke stacks, lifted over a store
room and dipping down again com
pletely wrecked the big ncrap
house on the Lenoxville side. It
crossed the road without apparent
ly losing any of its velocity, tore,
the tin roof from the porch and
main portion of the "cook house"
and carried it so far into the woods
that at noon the next clay, no one
had seen it. The cook and family
living upstairs in the house were
unhurt. A trailer house just back
of the "cook house occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. Ottis Gardner and in
fant child was turned over twice
with the frightened family inside
uninjured. Continuing northeast
to the Lenoxville houses on the
North River side, it tore tops from
both oaks and pines in its path,
and when it reached the water s
edge, blew the supports from the
front porch of the Cresy Sadler
place causing the roof to fold
down over the entire front like the
flap of an envelope. The house was
occupied by Mrs.v.SadLur, her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Mark Mason. (Mark is the oldest
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mason of
Ann Street.)
All electric light and telephone
wires in the path of the storm were
snarled. Crews had to get to work
the first thing Wednesday morning
untangling them.
With the idiosyncrasy for which
such twisters are noted, the new
Van Sant plant within less than a
quarter mile east, while littered
with debris from the lish lactory,
was untouched and the airplane
spotter's tower, which must have
been tempting prey, is still stand
ing a few yards west of the factory
The remarkable story of the
storm is that no one was injured..
The last fish boat, the Deutehland,
had come in and was tied up be
fore the storm struck. Had there
been two or three hundred thou
sand more fish the men would
have been at work and there would
have been casualties. The disaster
struck when there were 300,000 in
the "raw box" in which they were
deposited ready for "cooking.".
Had the men actually been cook
ing there would have been loss of
lives.
All of the fish in the "r - v box"
will be a total loss. Damag. to
buildings is said to have been 3 10.-
000 or $12,000 about half of which
is covered by insurance. The
length of time it will be necessary
to shut down for repairs will be
considerable. Just how long in the
1 ;,-rht of present conditions, it is
See CYCLONE Page 10
Last Sunday afternoon in the
First Methodist Church of More
head City, a special service was
held honoring G. S. O. girls who
have been in the service for a year.
Officials present were Miss Elea
nor Wilson, instigator of the GSO;
Mrs. Darden Eure, County Chair
man; Miss Frances Eddy and Di
rector L. B. Avison of the USO and
Corporal Clyde Pitelli of the Ser
vice Men's Council.
Stimulating and appreciative
talks were made after which Mrs.
Eure introduced the group to Miss
Wilson who made the following
awards :
Pink ribbons (girls out of town
who come whenever possible) to
Cherry Garner, Mary Emily Mann,
Mildred Mansfield, Mary Ann Mi-
zelle, Louise Smith, Elizabeth
Swinson, Hilma Swinson.
Red ribbons (for 60 hours of
service) to Liby Arendell, La vera
Freeman, Annie Gillikin, Pauline
r.illikin. Georgia Guthrie. Foy Har
rell, Dawn Lewis, Earline Mizelle,
Florence Norcom, Coleen Odum,
Margaret Pittman, Carolyn Wheat-
ly, Ethel Whitehurst.
White ribbons, (for 120 hours
nf service) to Madelire Ebron,
Doris Helms, Eleanor Jones, Grace
MnDaniel. Margaret Rumley, Bet
sy Stallings, Ann Stout, Josephine
Wade, Jean Willis, Joyce Willis.
Honorable mention (for girls
away at work or school but who
give service when possible) to Lu
nelle Geer, Amy Joslyn, Hazel
Lewis, Sara Potter, Ruth Royal.
The next coal for the girls will
be blue ribbons for 180 hours of
service with which USO pins will
be awarded.
After the awards were given,
Miss Eleanor Jones presented Miss
Wilson with a silver pendant as a
token of appreciation from the G.
S. O. Girls.
JUDGE HAMILTON
PRESIDES AT
DEC. COURT .
Exchanges With
Judge Harris Of
Raleigh
Judge Luther Hamilton of More
head Citv. will preside at a one
week term of Superior Court at
Beaufort next week for the trial
of civil cases. Judge W. C. Harris
of Raleigh, was to hold court but
Judge Hamilton has exchanged
places with him.
Following are the cases schedul
ed for hearings.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 7TH
65. Beam vs. Wright
124. Garner vs. Mann
135. Touring vs. Touning
142. Horton vs Eubanfcj
MOTIONS
11. Conner vs. Davis
82. D. G. Lewis vs. Hilda Lewis
DIVORCES
107. John Ward vs. Rosa Ward
140. Umphlett vs. Umphlett
143. Hilmer vs. Hilmer
144. Saratawski vs. Saratawsiki
145. Piner vs. Piner
147. Lucas vs. Lucas
148. Samuel Smith vs. Mildred
Smith
149. Hazel Swink v3. Philomena
Swink
150. Kelly vs. Kelly
Looking
Backward
From
BEAUFORT NEWS 1922
A verv enjoyable community
sing was held at the school build
ing in Morehead last Sunday.
Manv musical selections were giv
en and especially enjoyed were
the seventy-five voices from the
colored school which Prof.issor
Joslyn had asked to sing.
The season for scallops opened
December the first instead of the
fifteenth as the Fish Commission
first announced. A large number
of Beaufort and Morehead City
fishermen were on the uauop
grounds the first day and the re
norts are that they did very well.
The price this year is not very
high ?1.50 a gallon, but tne re
port is that about $3000 worth
were brought in by the Morehead
City dealers the first day.
Report of the Womens Stamp
and Bond Committee for Atlantic
through last Saturday shows total
sales of $3,177.15 worth sold.
Maxwell's In
Auto Accident
Miss Lottie Has Fire
Last Evening
Firemen responded to a call
from Box 14 last night at 6:30. It
proved to be a burning chimney at
Mis Lottie Sanders'. The combina-t-inn
of hieh wind and hot fires
caused the chimney to burn send
ing great flakes of fire in the air
pnHiinirerinff surrounding property.
The fire was first noticed by 'Doc'
Thomas who was on duty on tne
bridge. He phoned his brother, Mur
ray, thinking the fire came from
his chimney. The alarm brougnt
the men at once. There was con
siderable fire back of the fire
boards and in the chimney, but the
house itself was uninjured except
by water.
The fire was in a chimney which
served apartments which Miss Lot
tie rents to others. She knew no
thing of the trouble until the fire
truck drove up before her house
even then she did not know that
its presence was of any personal
concern.
Dr. and Mrs. C. S. Maxwell had
the misfortune of an automobile
accident while in Greensboro
spending the Thanksgiving holi
days with Dr. Maxwell's sister,
Miss Susie Maxwell. Last Friday
just before leaving the three of
them went out to the Masonic
home to visit "Miss Betty" Rogers.
As they were going back to drop
Miss Maxwell at her home, they
collided with a car driven by A. A
Metts of Route 2, Greensboro at
Walker Avenue and Holden Road.
Dr. Maxwell, the most seriously in
jured suffered a broken wrist and
rib and bruised left leg; Miss Max
well received bruises on the head;
Mrs. Maxwel was badly shaken up
but uninjured, and the driver of
the other car was uninjured.
The Maxwell car was badly dam
aged, and is being repaired in
Creensboro. They returned heme
today.
Cannon Of Newport
Honored By Navy
Willie Linwood Cannon, Seaman
1st class, son of John Cannon, New
port, Route 1, i3 among nineteen
enlisted men commended by the
Navy Department for services a3
members of gun crews aboard mer
chant vessels during enemy at
tacks. Fourteen of the men in Can
non's group were praised for ac
tion under fire and five others for
their part in opposing a dive bomb
er assault on their ship while in an
allied port. Their ship was attack
ed without warning, the gun crew
rushed to battle posts without con
fusion, and speedily damaged one
nomv nlane and destroyed an
other according to the letter of
commendation received oy me
group.
Buy Christmas Seals
Harkers Island And
Smyrna Split Double
By SHUFORD GUTHRIE
Smyrna High School basketball
teams came to Harkers Island w en
nesday to play Harkers Islar.d for
the first time this season, u Deing
n windv dav. Harkers Island's out
door court was a great disadvant
age, making it hard for eitner
team to run up a high score.
At. the end of the half cf the
girl's game the score was 6 to 14,
ending the game with Smyrna in
the lead with a score of 20 to Bar
ker Island's 7. High scorer lor
both teams were Beatrice Oaskiu
ttith 4 noints for Harkers Island,
and Audry Salter scoring 10 for
Smyrna.
In the boy's game it was a dif
ferent story, at the end of the first
quarter Harkers Island led by a
score of 2 to 0, finishing the half
with 4 points to Smyrna's 2. After
the half both teams fought harder,
considering the disadvantage of
the weather conditions, and ended
the game with a score of Smyrna.
8 points, and Harkers isiana, iv.
There was some debating as to
whether Harkers Island was to
have an extra two points that was
shot between the time the time
keeper blew his whistle and the
referee blew his, but the point was
finally decided in favor of Smyrna
Higs scorers in the boy's game
were Lester Davis of Smyrna with
4 points, and Creston Gaskill scor
ing 5 for Harkers Island.
Refereeing was done by Bert
ram Davis of Harkers Island and
Clifton Styron of Smyrna.
Mehtodists Meet
In Kinston Wed.
Aid Solicited For Fire Victims
The great conflagration that
swept New Bern last week destroy
ing a million or more dollars worth
of property and rendering several
thousand people homeless, has ne
cessitated the call for outside aid.
The Federal Gvernment is furnish
ing tents, blankets, and other
things. Contributions of money
and clothing are being sent to New
Bern from various places. Mayor
Bushall has issued a call upon the
people of Beaufort to help out in
this great emergency and today
and tomorrow Chief of Police W.
R. Longest and Supt. Chas. Mason
will take up the collection.
P. T. A. Edition Of
News Next Week
P. T. A. special edition of THE
BEAUFORT NEWS comes from
the press next Thursday. Editors
and Chairmen of the various com
mittees have been active this week.
They are going to put out an in
teresting and informative sheet.
Don't miss it.!
L. B. Avison Sp?.k
To Ministerial Assn.
Carteret County Ministerial As
sociation met Monday morning at
10:30 at the Morehead City Civic
Center with Rev. L. T. Peyton of
Beaufort presiding. Rev. K. C.
Seawright of Morehead City,
Chairman of a committee appoint
ed for the working out of plans
for the ministers to render the
most effective service to the USO
and to men in Army Camps, pre
sented Director L. B. Avison of
the USO who gave his thoughts on
the subject to the group..
At an all day New Bern District
meeting of ministers, laymen and
representatives of women's work,
held in Kinston yesterday, Mrs. H.
Jones and Mrs. E. H. Potter, tor
the women's work: N. F. Eure for
the laymen; and the pastor, Rev.
W. S. Potter; represented Ann &t
Methodist church. They motored
up in the morning returning be
tween five and six o'clock.
Jaycees Ration
Members of the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce in keeping with
their policy of service are helping
the Rationing Board with the tre
mendous task of getting out kero
sene and fuel oil books in response
to applications made last week.
They began Monday evening with
a force of six men and a contin
gent has shown up for duty each
eveningsince.
I TIDE TABLE f
Liquor Stores On
Shorter Hours
Effective December 1 Carteret
County's liquor stores are now
open from 10 in the morning to 7
in the evening as compared to the
old hours of from 9 am to 9 pm.
The one bottle per day per per
son is still in effect although there
is talk of rationing liquor in the
near future.
C. A.P.'s Suffer
In Tuesday's Blow
It is said that three planes of the
Civil Air Patrol were wrecked in
the high wind Tuesday night two
are said to have been complete
wrecks, the third offers at least
some salvage possibilities.
Men who .volunteer for the Navy
receive additional funds for their
dependents.
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The figures ate ap
proximately correct and are
based on tables furnished by
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
So meallowances must Ss
made for variations in tht
wind and also with respec
& . . .L. t !:... fk.il ;c urhatt
er near the inlet or at th
head of the estuaries.
HIGH LOW
Friday, Dec. 4
AM. 11:58 AM.
PM.
Saturday, Oec. 5
AM. 12
PM. 12
Sunday, Dec. 6
AM. 12
5:44
5:53
0:34
6:45
7:24
7:38
8:13
8:31
9:05
9:23
9:55
10:17
10:49
11:14
:08 AM.
:54 PM.
PM.
Monday, Dec.
AM.
PM.
Tuulif. Dec.
AM. 2:39 AM.
PM. 3:27 PM.
Wednesday, Dec. 9
AM. 3:28 AM.
AM. 4:16 PM.
AM. 4:18 AM.
PM. 5:07 PM.
;59 AM.
1:47 PM.
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1:49 AM.
2:38 PM.
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