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' jj MAKE EVERY PAY DAY lfBOMDDM T0P THAT V0' .: 77ie Mosf Jefy i?w Newspaper Along The Central Carolina Coast VOL. XXX NO. 50. 16 PAGES THIS WEEK BEAUFORT, N. C, THURS., DEC. 10, 1942. 16 PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLY. o ur yc a t coot w nci I 1 II II II li P V II I IITi.ll H iET II I in it CO. OFFICIALS SWORN MONDAY Dr. Bonner Elected Chairman By New Board L. W. Hassell was sworn in as Clerk of Superior Court Monday by Jas. It. Bell, of Morehead City, after which he administered the oath to county officals with the ex ception of Irvin W. Davis, Register of. Deeds, who did not have to run for reelec tion in November. The oath was administered to Sheriff C. G. Holand, County Judge Paul Webb, and County Atorney M. Leslie Da vis. One new member of the Doard of County Commissioners was in the list, Wallace Styron, of Sea Level, who takes R. K. Davis' place. Davis was not '. for ri'-elec tion. Dr. K. P, B. Bonner of More head City was reelected Chairman of the Board of Commisioners. Appointive officials were re-named: James D. Potter, Auditor; A. L. Hamliton, County Attorney; John Johnson, Caretaker of Court House and grounds; George W. Lewis, Supt. County Home and Miss Nannie Wade, janitress of the Court House. Recreational Committee appoint ed for Carteret County were: D. Mason, Atlantic; C. Z. Charpell, Jeaufort; Tildon Davis, Haikers Island; J. Raymond Ball, Harlovve; Graydon Paul and Tom Kelly, Beaufort; C. S. Long, Newport; and Irvin W. Davis, Davis. A delegation headed by Rev, L. W. Hayman of Atlantic, appeared before the board and requested that Sandy Point Road, Cedar Is land, be taken over by the State Highway Commission. The board said they would write the commis sion requesting same. List takers were named for Hst . ing 1943 taxes. ERNEST DAVIS RECEIVES MEDAL Silver Star Of Navy Given Local Boy When Lt. Com. Ernest Davis re ported to Portsmouth Hospital re cently he found awaiting him the Navy Silver Star Medal for hero ism in Midway Battle, and a cita tion from Secreary of the Navy Frank Knox for "gallantry in ac tion." Lt. Com. Davis was stationed on the Yorktown when it was lost. He was with the salvaging crew that reurned to the ship when it seemed that she might be saved. He was seriously injured, hopital--ized in Hawaii, and later at Mare Island, California, before he was able to be transferred to the Ports mouth Hospial to which he is now attached. Davis also participated in the Battle of Coral Sea on May 4th for which he also received com mendation from Secretary Knox. Lt Com. Davis is the son of Dr. Josh Davis of Smyrna . His wife, the former Mattie King Hancock and little daughter, Laura Duncan, are making their home with Mrs. Davis' mother, 301 Ann Street. Da vis is planning to return to Beau fort to spend the Christmas holi days with his family. LEGIONNAIRES ATTENTION Members of Carteret Post 99 are requested to meet at the Hut in Beaufort Sunday morning at 10:30. From there they will go to the Ann Street Methodist church for the 11 o'clock service where dedication of the honor roll of boys who have gone into the ser vice wil be held. A special pro gram has been arranged. SHOPPING") DAYS LEFT -v KNlX- KNACKS 7D PlU. STOCklNfiS' mm M i , II f - t ! , 1 dt -pJ-fr Ftfiflt -'-4 r'l , tthy O immS" im M M 1 ij&M- Left to right Top row: Arthur Barnhill, Jimmy Jarman, Billy Styron, Carl Edwards, Kenneth Wright, Floyd Sprin gle, Lewis Warren, Amy Lou Noe, Gwendolyn Whitehurst, George Caffrey, Herbert Parkins. Second row: Robert Thompson, Horace Loftin, Daniel Lipman, Joe Beam. Third row: Calvin Johnson, Fred Smith, Rob a Lee King, Billie Davis, Orville Weeks, Bill DeNoyer. Bottom row: Gloria Faye Laughton, Director Fred King, James Steed, Tom Kelly, Clinton Long, William Johnson, Bobbie Jeanne Duncan, Margaret Anne Paul. Snorting Mad GRAHAM A. BARDEN RED TAPE Representative Graham A. Burden, of New Bern, came back from his district this week snorting mad because of the red tape he said he found his peo ple had to submit to. He said peo ple had to stand in endless lines just to get questionnaires, and that they wasted gasoline and oil driving back and forth to iocal OPA and WPB offices. "The rationing board in my home town is composed of a group of fine public-spirited citizens," he said, "but they are taking their instructions from higher-ups, and they get about a cartload every day." Barden then turned his atten tion to the Price Administration people in Washington. "They are getting bolder every day," he said. "I tell you right now that we are suffering from a severe case of Federalitis and it is beginning to get the acute stage. When it gets Sh BARDEN Pe 8 1000 EXTRA COPIES The Beaufort News which is carrying a special section for the Beaufort PTA and school will be read by sever al thousand more people tihs week. Advertisers in the is sue will reap benefits from this w ?k's issue as the extra copies will be distributed throughout the county to people who are not regular subscribers. REA CHANGES Quincy L. Caughman of Lexing ton S. C, has been made manager of the local Rea to succeed Hnrdy Lewis Jr., who resigned several weeks ago to take work at Cherry Point. Miss Edith Clyde Willis of Morehead City has also been added to the office force. She succeeds Mrs. C. H. Young (Esther Dickin son) a bride of last month who left today to join Lt. Young at Ft. Mon mouth N. J. 'vl BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL BAND SNOWDEN TELLS OF WAR WITH THE JAPS IN PACIFIC Ernest Snowden In Great Action Aug. 7th; On Carrier Wasp When Sunk "It did our hearts good to see the buildings go down and Japs felled like so many rats. The biggest gripa the boys had was 'What are we waiting for?'" said Eruest Snowden, in talking about the bombing of Guadacana! and Tulagi and the other is lands on the day of the great action of August 7. "All day we flew, from dawn to dusk, going back to the ship at in tervals for more gas and bombs." Ernest Snowden, Lt. Com., U. S. N., was in Beaufort for two days at the end of November en route to a new assignment on tho East Coast. No one is better able then he to talk about activities in the Pacific for he was in the midst of it from August until his ship, the aircraft carrier, Wasp, was sunk on September 15. Asked about the morale of the boys out there, Ernest laughingly said, "Better than at home. More cheerful letters should go out to them .It's too bad when they have to cheer up the home folks. Men on board ships get mail somewhat irregularly because they move a bout so much. When it does come, it is the big moment of the day for everybody as the men nather in a large circle around the chap who distributes it. He stands and calls out the names, and a tho men respond he tosses letters riht and left over the head of the crowd to fellows who divo for them like so many pickininnic? See SNOWDEN Pg 8 Delinquent Draftees The following is a list of regis trants who have been sent notice of Delinquency. They will be given five days in which to report to the Local Draft Board and if a satisfac tory reason is given as to why the delinquency then this charge will be removed from the record; other wise they will be reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This list will be added to from time to time. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of any of the persons listed below should communicate with he Local Selective Service Board located in the City Hall at Morehead City, N. C. Hardy Whitford Fennell, More head City, N. C. (col) ; Lewis Earl Hanner, Pensacola, Fla, (wh) : Mc Donald Gillikin, Straits N. C. (wh) Freddie Preston Robinson, Beau fort, N. C. cfo Howard Smith (col) Z- i MRS. THOMAS PASSES WED. A Gallant Soul Leaves The Home And Town jjljs$ Loved Mrs. Murray Thomas who has been critically ill at her home 215 Front Street since last Friday night died last evening about six o'clock of apoplexy. Mrs. Thomas was first sricken nine years ago, and from resulting; paralysis lias been a partial invalid, but with the gallantry for which she was noted she has been active and curried many of her former responsibili ties in spite of it. Born in Beaufort 5G years ajo, Susan Maria Lamphrey, daughter of Mary Eizabeth Longest and Prenice Franklin Lamphrey, Mrs. Thomas spent most of her life in Westerly, R. I. Her father was cap tain and owner of a sloop, George B. McClelland with Westerly his home port. In 19 17 .she was mar ried to Murray Thomas of Beau fort. Her husband and two daugh ters, Mrs. Charles Cheek of Beau fort and Miss Sue Murray Thomas, a student at E. C. T. C. survive. In addition she is survived by three sisters and one brother, Mrs Earle Robinson, Mrs. Walter Flynn and Prentice Lamphrey of Westerly, were with her at the end. Her third sister, Harriet, is in San Diego and was unable to come to her. Mrs. Thoma3 was one the most faithful and active members of Ann Street Methodist Church. Funeral services will be conducted from church at 3:30 p. m. Friday and she will be laid to rest in Ocean View Cemetery. An S. O. S. From The Rationing Board ..The deadline for Fuel Oil Cou pon Books to be issued is suposed to be today. After the 10th no one can purchase oil without coupons. The force at the Rationing Board Office is doing all that is hnntanly possible to get these out, but there are something like 8,000 of them, and they are not ready. The Board is, consequently sending out a call for volunteer clerical workers from among the ladies of Beaufort Morehead City and other localities to help rush these out. Anyone wil ling to help should call Mrs. J. W.. Mason at the Rationing Board Of fice, Phone Bft 551-6. The Board wishes to acknow ledge the fine help already given by some of the Iadie3, the Jaycees and high school boys and girls. Five Chrysler employees have been car-sharing since 1937, cut ting transportation expenses 80 per cent of their 50-mile daily round-trip to work. John James Rolison .5 John James Rolison, son of Mr and Mrs. W. . Rolison of West Beaufort joined the Nary last Oct ober and is stationed at Norfolk. When he came home for his 'boot' leave, his parents gave a "Good Luck" party in his honor. A tre mendous chucolate cake was a feature of the party, it was decora ted with the words, "U. S. Navy", and "Good Luck, John." In addi tion ice cream and coca colas were served to the following friends and family present: Edward, Edna, Hilda, Del, Lela, and Dot Glover; Eugene, Billy, Mattie and Earl Garner; Vera, Harold, Sarah, Her man, Charlie, Sally, Ronnie, Jim, Ammie and Mae Rolison; Ellen Stafford; Fred Smith, Calvin John son, Calvin Hodges, Theresa Smith, Carl Edwards Jr., Virginia Jones, Horrise Smith and Lillian Eubanks. Draft Boards Told To Defer Calling Of 38-Year-Olds RALEIGH, Local draft boards have been ordered to hold up the induction into the armed services of all men who are 38 yrs of age or older, state selective ser vice headquarters announced to day. The orders were issued as n re-1 suit of an announcement made in Washington Saturday that no more men of 38 or older would be drafted. T.ninl hoards wil receive instruc tions later on the reclassification of men between the ages or is and 45, the state headquarters an nouncement said. Atlantic Again On Honor Roll Report of the Women's Stamp and Bond Committee for Atlantic report n total of talei that now reaches $4,010. This brings the to tal for the County from the wom an's effort to between $22,000 and $23,000. Sale Of Whiskey Began Today Under Rationing BEAUFORT BOYS InThe Service Maurice "Wilkie" Willis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Willis of Ce dar Street who has been in school in Chicago, has been promoted to the rank of Sergeant. He is station ed at Ft. Sheridan Illinois. Wilkie had looked forward to having leave home this week, but leaves have all been cancelled. Wilkie had has basic training at Ft. Eustis Ga., before being selected for a course in trade schools. Harry Allen Paul, son of Mayor and Mrs. Graydon M. Paul, of Front street, has been selected as a Naval Aviation Cadet and will be called to active duty shortly. He will be ordered to the U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School either at our State University or the University of Georgia for three months of physical conditioning and basic training after which he will be or dered to one of the Navy's rserve bases for primary flight training. Harry is in his second year at Mars Hill College. His brother G. M., Jr., has enlisted in V-7, U.S.N., and is also awaiting call to active duty. John Smith, U.S.N., son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith of Gordon street is home from Norfolk on ten days leave. Clarence H. Guthrie, Pharma cist's Mate 1st Class, U.S.N.R., spent last weekend here with his parents. He is stationed at I'arris Island, S. C. Ensign Eunice Goodwin, Nurses Corps, U.S.N., has been transfer red from U.S. Naval Hospital, Pensacola, Fla., to U.S. Marine Air Station Dispensary, Cherry Point. Miss Goodwin is anion: the first group of Navy nurses to do duty at Cherry Point. Everett D. Swinson, son of De cader Swinson, Newport, ha.i been advanced to the rating of Aviation Radioman, 3rd CI., at the Naval Air Training Center, Pensacola. Swinson enlisted in the Navy Sep tember, 1940, and was sent to the Naval Training Station, Norfolk, Va., for preliminary training. Upon reporting to Pensacola, the "Annapolis of the Air," in Feb ruary, 1941, he wa3 assigned to duty in the Communications Unit. This promotion carries with it a petty officer rating. Capt. Sammie Way, stationed in Columbia, S. C, spent Saturday with his mother, Mrs. B. C. Way, on Front street. See SERVICE Page 8 IN THE ARMY The following are the selectees called en November 30th who were accepted for service in the U. S. A: Beaufort James H. Butry, O dell Merrill, RFD; M. Jacob Willis RFD; William Earl Congltton; Charles Ray Eubanks; Eugene F. Springlo. Morehead City Frank Gas kill Swindell; Leo Everette Buck, Frederick Warren Fulford, Algier Vance Shotshire, James Ernest Wood. Newport Leland F. jvner, Route 2; Charles Thomas Gii-ner, Route 2. Stacy Cartie Fulcher. Merrimon Fred Edward Can non. Stella John David You.-y. Harkers Island Dalma Grey Willis. Williston Ira Thomas Willis. Court Adjourned Wed. Afternoon 10 Divorces Granted Civil Court in session this week with Judge Luther Hamilton of Morehead City presiding, finished business and adjourned Wednes day afternoon. Ten divorces were granted. Oth See COURT Par 8 Stores Closed Three Days To Allow the Public To Register Liquor sales in North Car olina's 25 wet counties began this morning under a ration plan. Many patrons had to do without their liquor on Monday, Tuesday and Wed nesday as there was no pub lic announcement of ration ing until it appeared in the State papers on Sunday. The local ABC store had a lush ing business on Monday as people waited to register for their "sales permit books." No sales were made on these three days. Many people who have been in the habit of or dering their liquor through their grocer had to go and register or they will have to do without. The new order does not allow anyone to register for you and no one can buy it for you unless they are will ing to sacrifice their own tickets, which is not likely. t nen tne store opened uaay for sales, the first two coupons of the permit books were valid worth one pint each which will have to last until Dec. 16. Last summer when the distillerv ies quit making whiskey and start ed making alcohol for the govern ment to go into synthetic rubber and explosives for the war, they estimated that there was enough on hand to last five years, but in creased sales in the fall cut the reserves to a three year supply. The order allowing a person only one bottle a day was tried to cut down the ' sales but this did not work because after one had bought his bottle he could get as many people as would to go and buy more. Another reason for ra tioning in thi3 State was tho so See WHISKEY Page 8 Stores Might Close Saturday After Christmas We have been requested t men tion in the News that there is a plan being perfected to ask all the merchants to stay closed the Sat urday following Christmas Day which comes on Friday this year, thereby giving the employees of the various business firms an ex tra holiday. It is pointed out that most peo ple will have enough on hand to eat until the following Monday and that most of the business Sat urday will be people who wish to exchange some present they re ceived and would rather have something else. f TIDE TABLE jj Information as to the tide ? at Beaufort is given in this column. The figures ate ap- ; ', f proximately correct and are ; ; J, based on taoies iurnisnea oy the U. S. Geodetic Survey, f So meallowances must N) made for variations in tht wind and also with respec to the locality, that is whett er near the inlet or at thr? head of the estuaries. HIGH LOtf Friday, Dec. 11 H:43 AM. 5:11 AM. 6:00 PM. Saturday, Dec. 12 12:10 AM. 6:09 AM. 12:37 PM. 6:53 PM. Sunday, Dec. 13 1:05 AM. 7:14 AM. 1:31 PM. 7:59 PM. Monday, Dec. 14 2:06 AM. 8:25 AM. 231 PM. . 9:01 PM. Tuesday, Dec. IS 3:11 AM. 9:34 AM. 3:35 PM. 9:58 PM. Wednesday, Dec. 16 4:40 PM. 10:51 PM. 4:40 PM. 10:51 PM. Thursday, Dec. 17 5:22 AM. 11:37 AM- 5:41 PM. 11:43 PM.
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