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pll MAKE EVERY PAY DAY BOND DAY The Most Widely Read Newspaper Along The Centra, Carolina Coast t Remember Bataan Invest A Dime Out of Every Dollar in U.S. War Bends VOL. XXXI NO. 8 BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 1943 BEAUFORT BOYS In The Service Cpl. James E. Austin, U.S.A., son of Mrs. Moses Austin, of Tur ner street, has been transferred to the Pacific. John D. Willis, of Marshallberg, who entered the Army early this month at Fort Bragg, has been or dered to a branch of the Air Corps at St. Petersburg, Fla. Second Lt. Tom McQuaid spent last weekend on Pivers Island as guest of the James Noe's. Mr. Mc Quaid was popular teacher and athletic coach here for several years before entering the Army. He has just completed Officers Training School at Ft. Sill and re ceived his commission. From here he was ordered to report to Fort Bragg. Dr. J. 0. Baxter, of Ft. Bragg, was in town for the weekend en joying his second 3-day leave since entering the Army in July, He has been notified that he has success fully passed the Officers Candi date Board for Officers Training in the Medical Administration Corps, U.S.A., and will enter a school for specialized training as soon as a vacaricy arises. January 7 we carried a para graph of David Moore's promotion to Lt. ..Comdr., U.S.C.G., his only twn ions in the same service, a15d Tiis cousin, Tyre Moore, of 'Swans boro, also advanced to the rank of Lt. Comdr., U.S.C.G. We wish to add to this Harry and Will Moore of Swansboro, brothers of Tyre, also in the Coast Guard, all three sons of the late Capt. Alex Moore, of Beaufort and Swansboro -who was retired after 30 years in ;the Coast Guard. Warrant Officer Arthur Clove lhas "been promoted to Lt. (jg) U 23. C, G. He and Mrs. Clove make their home in the Welker Cottage on Live Oak street. H.a a station efl t$he.'ell-Waffa$vShipyard.' f 'iaaet wuson worwooa, son oi Vvlr. and Mrs. E. W. Norwood of lYont street, who has been attend tig Wheaton College, Wheaton, fJL, lhas been called into service in ie Meteorological Department, jilson was at home last week on g;ave. From here he reported at ft. Sheridan. 1 1 . Lt. Robt. D. Stamey, who was a neitlber of ROTC at State Col lege, Class 1930. entered the Amiv i few weeks ago at Camp Bland- ng, i la. This week word has been :eceived of his transfer to New Means, La. Mrs. Stamey (Blanche arbour) with her little daughter, s making her home with her par ents, the J. 0. Barbour's while her husband is away. REORGANIZATION OF HEALTH AND DEFENSE LEAGUE All Women Of County To Be Included the each The protection of health and welfare of family and individual in the county is second only to the protection ot each home m the county. As the air raid warden m each zone is re sponsible for the safety of the homes, so the zone and sector chairmen of the Woman's Health and Defense League, now functioning as the Citizens' Serv ice Corps, are responsible for dis tributing information about health problems and defense activities to each family in their districts. New chairmen have just been appointed for some zones and sec tors, taking the places of some, appointed in June, who have since resigned. In some cases, chairmen have been appointed for districts formerly not represented. As soon as possible, it is hoped to have a chairman for each neighborhood in the county from Bogue to Cedar Island. If your clgiirman has not yet gotten in touch with you get in touch with her at once. Perhaps you are new here and she does not know you are in her neighborhood. If you are unable to get in touch with her, call Mrs. J. G. Allen, phone B-418-7, or Mrs. J. M. Da vis, phone M-587-1. It is absolute ly essential for every woman in the community to be a part of the Citizens' Service Corps. On the shoulders of the zone and sector chairmen lies the responsibility for distributing information about health and defense activities and notices about important meetings to each woman in the community. On the shoulders of each woman in the community lies the respon sibility for receiving the informa tion and using it to the best ad . -1. --i , , .... 5 LEAGUE Page 10 JAS. MOORE DIES IN NORFOLK, VA. Body Brought Home For Burial James Martin Moore, 41, son of the late Capt. John B. and Annie Moore, member of an old and honorable fam ily of Beaufort, died at the Norfolk General Hospital, Monday morning at 3 o'clock three days after being taken there with a heart attack. The body was brought to Beau fort Tuesday and has been lying in state in Ann Street Methodist Church since that time. Funeral services are being conducted for him as we go to press, with the pastor, the Rev. W. Stanley Pot ter officiating. The body will be laid to rest in the family plot in Ocean View Cemetery. Pallbearers are: Harold Simp son, Tom Potter, A. B. Hooper, J. C. , Chadwick, Walter Moore Jr., and Macon Moore. Mr. Moore is survived by three brothers, Johnnie Moore of New York City, Cecil Moore of Norfolk, and Lt. Comdr. Dave Moore of Norfolk; by an aunt Mrs. Josiah Chadwick of Pollock street, and an uncle Mr. Walter Moore of Ann street. STANLEY POTTER IS CHAIRMAN OF RED CROSS DRIVE Masonic Meeting At Beaufort Beaufort Asked To Raise $2800 Pvt. Luther Glover returned to Camp Shelby, Miss., Monday morning after spending a 14-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Glover. j Homer Leinthall who has been attending the U.S.C.G. Telephone School in Boston completed his course this week. Miss Maria Hill and Capt. Jess Pagel are away at- xenaing me graduating exercises and visiting the Leinthall's. Mrs. Leinthall is the former Jess Pagel. Martin Willis, U.S.N., , son of Chief Boatswain's Mate and Mrs. Dan Willis of Pollock street, has been spending his "boot leave" at home with his parents. He is due to leave today. Mrs. Parkin Passes J0n Sunday Evening ' Mrs. Barbara (Miss Bob) Adams Parkin, 69, wife of Harry Parkin, of Gordon street, died at her home Sunday evening at 9:00 fol lowing a prolonged illness. Funeral services were conduct ed from the home Tuesday after noon at three o'clock by the. Rev. Charles E. Williams, rector of Christ Church, New Bern, and bur ial was in the Episcopal cemetery. Pallbearers were: Christopher Jones, Bob Lewis, Elmo Stewart, Louis Willis, Borwnie Piner, and Coot Willis. Mrs. Parkin is survived by one son, George Parkin, of Raleigh; three daughters, Mrs. Roy Eu banks, Mrs. John Basden, and Mrs. Edward Willis, all of Beaufort; ifre grandchildren; and one sister, Miss Lucy Adams, of Raleigh. f T. B. Gunter, J. B. Broach, and y. vm&ra ot tne State Highway " sfrtment. T?.n)pior)i. f" fee Parkins. attpnHp1 tYia fnn., A nation-wide Red Cross Roll Call and War Drive be gins next week. The cam paign will be for the largest sum of money ever asked from a people for a single private cause $125,000, 000. Of this the little por tion which Beaufort has been asked to contribute as our part is but $2800. Rev. W. Stanley Potter who succeeds Rev. E. C. McConnell as Chairman of the drive, announces that he hopes to get his organiza tion perfected so that the local committee can carry on a short in tensive campaign and so raise our portion of this fund without delay. It is not necessary to conduct a super campaign to sell the Red Cross to people. It has sold Hself I over and over again to everyone who has had a father, brother, hus band, or son in the last war cr in this. It is a tremendous humani tarian institution almost as famil iar to us as our church or Sunday School and as necessary to us. We just can't think somehow of the world without it. An American General recently said, "If we didn't have a Red Cross, we should have to create one." There are dozens of services rendered by the Red Cross, but those closest to the most of us just now are "Services to the Armed Forces" for which $66,000,000 of the total amount asked will go. These include the Red Cross Camp and Home Service, services in Ar my and Navy hospitals, the collec tion of blood plasma, production of sweaters, kitbags, and other comfort articles desired by the troops, the service man's clubs ov erseas, and services to our fighting men held prisoners of war by our enemies The rest of the national bude-eti covers foreign war relief and nec essary disaster relief and civilian aid which goes on whether ve are at war or peace. The budget also includes $9,000,000 which is a minimum figure covering contin gencies in all these services made necessary by the uncertainties of war and a rapidly growim? nrmv and navy. Franklin Lodge, F.A.&A.M. No. 109 was host to visiting Masons from Jacksonville, New Bern ana Morehead City on the occasion of putting on the Sublime degree of Master Mason to the following candidates: Eugene Moore, Geo. Eastman and Tom T. Potter of Beaufort. A delicious fish dinner was served at the Fish Meal Co. plant with Brother Harvey Smith as host, the guests returning to the Lodge room for work of the third dpgre, ... .. .. - '''T -T :" Viniting brothers from New Besn were G. A. Farrow, Dist. Deputy Grand Master; G. N. Mit chell, Past Master, St. Johns No. 3 ; A. H. Bremer, Past Master Dor ic No. 568; Jos. M. Spivey, Master St. Johns No. 3; W. J. Ipock, W. P. Eakes, J. W. Goulding, M. S. Bray, I. V. Stevens, Joe N. Al- ford, A. J. Kennell, R. W. Ipock,, Alvin Lincoln and R. R. White. Visitors from Jacksonville were L. E. Freeman, P. M. La Fayette Lodge No. 83; W. D. Aman, Geo. Rhodes, E. B. Smith, Robt. E. Craven and W. A. S. Aman. Visitors from Ocean Lodge No. 405. Morehead City, were H. L. Joslyn, Rev. Anderson, J. E. Eng lish, Theodore Economan and D. Walter Dunkle. The following states were rep resented: New York, Colorado, California, Louisiana and Mon tana by Masons in the armed serv ices of our country, as foiows: Chester L. Raichart, Norwood, Col; George A. Aretakis, New York City; Richard Todd Pomona, Calif.; Howard B. Newton, New Iberia, La., and Chas. G. Eybel, Helena, Montana. NEWSPRINT RATIONING NOTICE Subscribers of The Beaufort News must remember that newsprint is being rationed and every conservation pos sible is necessary. Your pa per will stop coining when your subsciption expies. The date of expiration is printed on the label opposite your name on each paper you get. Only enough papers can be printed to supply our paid up list. If we drop you from our list it is possible that we cannot replace your name. If you wish to contine receiving the Beaufort News please pay up if your are delinquent. The Beaufort News can be de livered only to paid subscrib- RATION BOOK II IS DISTRIBUTED Register 1 to 5 p. m. Through Friday Registraton for Raton Book II began Wednesday at one o'clock at the school gym and contnues through Friday from one to five. An ideal spring day got people out and a long line of them were standing ready to be regis tered when the doors opened which together with the fact that the registrars had not had time to get in their stride, made lines move slowly for the first few hours ev en tho the set-up had been worked out with care. Something like 1000 citizens, however, received their books in the four hours. An estimated 4,000 are expected to register so another pretty day to day will probably bring out crowds again, bu lines will move faster under experience gained yester day. Beaufort Boy Scouts in uniform were present and performed fine PUBLISHED WEEKLY. M f IML'A 'I'll UlI 1 v' 90 . . i . i niiiiii mil am i niifii r tfAsm Volunteers to Help Customers In Use Of Their Coupons A committee of women have volunteered to help see Point Rationing off to as smooth a start as possible when it is inaugurated on March first. Beginning Mon day, they will be posted in the stores where rationed food is sold to instruct ra tionees in the use of the new Ration Book II. The following ladies have a greed to sei-ve: They have their final meeting for instruction and discussion on Friday at four o' clock at the home of Mrs. Biythe Noe at which time assignments will be made. Mrs. Graydon Paul, Mrs. E. H. Potter, Mrs. Wiley Taylor, Mrs. C. R. Wheatly, Mrs. M. L. Davis, Mrs. U. E. Swann, Mrs. Horace Loftin, Mrs. Blythe Noe, and Mrs. William Bernard Wuertz. i 1 r -IN. V, I" J Mrs. Susie Dickinson Merrill Passes Away Mrs. Susie Dickinson Merrill, 87, widow of M. Thomas Merrill, died at her home in the Core Creek section Monday afternoon about 5:30. She has been feeble for some time, but her last illness was of but two weeks duration. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock from Core Creek Commun ity Church by Rev. W. Y. Stewart and the body was laid to rest in the gi'aveyard back of the church. Mrs. Merrill is survived by two daughters: Mrs. C. C. Nelson of Washington, N. C, and Mrs. D. V. Nelson, of New Bern; five sons: D. S. Merrill, E. L. Merrill, S. T. Merrill, K. A. Merrill, and Theo- h Confusion Results In nge of Air Raid Signals AIRPORT The folowing telegram received by The Beaufort News early this week makes the West Beaufort Air port not omy assured fcut ups the amount which it was originally planned to be spent on it by about $200,000. "Re Beaufort Airport Just received telephone call from Donaldson, Director of Air ports, informirfg me of fact that the Airport Board has approved construction in a mount o f approximately Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars to be handled by Re gional Office in Atlanta, Georgia. Am also informed by Mr. Donaldson that this approval has now been sign ed by Secretary Knox. Graham A. Harden MC. The County Commissioners have the authority to go ahead and secure the land required for this project and it is expected that things wil be underway at once. The Beaufort airport is but one of three authorized at the same time. Eight Hundred thousand dolars was also appropriated for one at Greenville and another $700,000 for completing a class 4 airport at Winston-Salem. Tuesday Night's Air Raid Warning Was Not A Success MANY AIR RAID WARDENS DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO AfVa .MflffllU ' .07 -.. 4n:m r n 1 il rln w service both m keeping bnea-m or-and 17 gKit grandchildren. She is der and m performing messenger, the lagt surviving aunt of Col. uuk.bo. i 17 l ,. : u t : .. 1 . : t-i , i ford, N. J., who was present for the funeral. LIBRARY AND BOOKMOBILE SOS Withdrawal of WPA Threatens Library TOBACCO Because of extreme cold weath er experienced in Carteret Conn. ty in the past few days the County Beaufort ""scholar" with per Farm Agent advises that tobacco BOMB SCHOOL SUCCESSFUL Arrington of Bft. Completed Course Mayor Paul, Commander of C. D., James Potter, Co ordinator of C. D., and Chief Walter Longest looked in on a session of the Bomb School Thursday and Friday of last week at the Royal Theater in Morehead City, but J. L. Arrington was the only Our County Library for which we have worked long and hard is in a precarious situation this week because prior to this cold wave it is thought of the withdrawal of WPA that the your, plants were iust growers to remove their tobacco cloth and broadcast from one -half to a tablespoonful of tobacco seed per 100 square yards of bed. Then replace the tobacco cloth. Since a large percentage of thp growers seeded their beds just Stamp and Bond Day At Beaufort School Mrs. D. M. DeNoyer and Mrs. C. O. Pitts of the School Stamp and Bond Committee are still doing a good job there. This Tuesday they had a total sales of $405.85 worth to report. This time Mrs. John Jones' grade led with Mrs. Clar ence Millis' room taking second place. RationB oard Panel For Section Base Lt. Comdr. David T. Baskett, U.S.N.R., Lt. N. S. Garrigues, U. S. N. R., Lt. (jg) R. H. Casson will ration gas, tires, and all ration food for all military personnel, in cluding civilian personnel, as well at all vessels attached to the Sec tion Base Recruits Wanted For Varied Jobs John R. Shematz, Civil Service Representative, will be in our Post Office March 1 and 2 to recruit stenographers and typists for work in Washington, D. C, and for all sorts of skilled workers as woll as laborers and helpers in Pearl Har bor. Those interested should re port for an interview on one of the dates given. workers from the County ex cept for those in recreational work. This takes all three of those who have been giving iuu time to jjiorary worK. it means more than merely closing the doors of the building on Broad street and having the 2,000 books he idle there; it means losing S6, 000.00 worth of books that belong to WPA and the shiny Chevrolet Bookmobile which has become an institution in the County. Those interested in the Library have gotten justly paniky over the possibility of this loss which will mean a real deprivation to hun dreds in town and to other hun dreds off the beaten track to whom the arm of the library has been extended through the trips of the Bookmobile. The members of the Board say if we can get from our County an additional appropriation of ap; proximately $400.00 in excess of the $300.00 already appropriated for the fiscal year, the Library can continue until June at which time a new fiscal year begins, and there is reason to believe that additional State Aid can be secured at that time. The Board seems to think chanc es of State aid are good, and that it is worth the speculation on the part of the County to invest this $400.00 on that basis. It is a small amount to gamble on the posses sion by the County of a bookmobile (that we cannot replace 6 months from now though we have the money) and a collection of books larger than that we have of our own. The Library Board asks those hundreds who have expressed them selves on the value of the Library service and the Bookmobile and other hundreds who appreciate both and have not expressed them selves to contact Commissioners from their respective sections and let them know just how much these mean. , , .'.Will coming through and it is likely that the soil froze under the cloth which will kill many of the plants or they will be so weak that they will not make healthy fast growing plants. Seed sown in this method will become imbeded in soft soil under conditions favorable to germinate. Also, if a good stand were obtain ed from the original sowing seed sown now would not interfere with the early plants. Carrying out this practice will assure the tobac-' co growers a stand of plants. County Agent Lassiter says there Is an abundance of available to bacco seed in the county for if one farmer is short his neighbor has a supply that he had left over, Nursing Course Given In March Mrs. J. G. Allen, Home Nursing Chairman of the Beaufort Red Cross, has received announcement that a Red Cross worker from Washington will be available early next month (around the 9th) for a 6-week course, 2 hours a week, in Home Nursing, including the care of infants, children, and adults. It a sufficient number ot people are interested a class will be organized and sessions will probably be held in the Court House Annex. If you are interest ed or have questions to ask about the course, call Mrs. Allen, Phone 418-7. feet attendance at the 12-hour school conducted by Capt. W. A. Calder, U.S.A., of Atlanta. Eighty odd men completed the course and took the 26-question examination which if passed, qual ifies them to become Reconais sance Agents. By far the greater number of these were service men from nearby Army and Navy posts. The bombs on which most dis cussion centered were the bombs that do not explode on contact but lie in the ground a menace to the community. Holes in the ground indicating a bomb are reported to the air raid warden who reports to the Re"cognaissance Agent. The Reconnaissance Agent who has been taught to identify the bombs, gets in touch with Co-ordinator Potter, giving him the necessary information, and he contacts a bomb disposal officer of the Army or Navy. The Recognaissance Agent then busies himself with protective measures roping off areas where necessary, and in the case of bombs of specified types, he has houses within a given area evacuated. All those contacted in regard to the school were impressed with tho seriousness and interest of the group and felt the school well worth while. Capt. Calder express ed himself as pleased with both the size and interest of the school. Much confusion was evi dent Tuesday night when the first blackout was put on under the new Air Raid sig nals which went into effect on February 17th. Before this date there were only two signals used, one which meant a blackout, and one which meant all clear. The new signals which are to be used in the future are as follows: A steady two minute blast of the siren means that enemy planes are headed this way. On this signal the civilian defense mobilizes, cars and pedestrians may proceed on their way under proper dim-out regulations, lights in houses and places of business must be reduced to a minimum not to exceed one 25 watt bulb in each room. If the enemy planes continue in the same direction and are getting closer a two minute wavering tone will be sounded on the siren which means that all lights must go out, cars and other vehicles must be parked to the curb, extinguishing all lights and the occupants Si well as pedestrians must get off the streets and seek the nearest shel ter. When the planes pass over and are some distance away a sig nal will be given which will be a steady two minute even tone on the siren which DOES NOT MEAN THE ALL CLEAR HAS SOUND ED, as the enemy planes may re turn. During this period can and nedeBtrians -mnv nrnppeil wVxiVci they are going undsrhg proper dim-out regulations. See SIGNALS Page 10 City Grocery Ready For Point Rationing In an announcement elsewhere in today's Beaufort News, City Grocery says they are ready for point rationing which begins Mon day, March 1. Their ration articles are plainly printed under each ar ticle as to the number of points it takes to purchase a certain can of bottle of rationed merchandise as well as the price which can be plainly seen by the public. The ad also states that they have a com plete stock of meats, vegetables, fruits and other articles which are not rationed. Beaufort Barber Shop To Re-open Beaufort Barber Shop which has been closed for several months due to the shortage of barbers, are an nouncing elsewhere in today's Beaufort News that the shop will open for business Monday morn, ing, March 1. Mr. Tom J. Moser of High Point will be in chare-e of the shop. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS 8 TIDE TABLE 50c TURKEY DINNER Ladies of the Methodist Cnurch will serve a 50c turkey dinner at Troys Place, corner Front and Turner streets Saturday morning beginning at noon. Episcopal Services The Rev. Thomas P. No'e, of Wilmington, will hold services at St. Paul's Episcopal Church at 11 o'clock Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Yeoman of Cherry Point announce the birth' of a son, Clifton Vaughn Jj;.. at1 Potter's Emergency Hospital Fr- day, Feb. 19. ; 1 Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Wi announce the birth of a son, f ur-' man Douglass Tuesday, Feb. 2t, at Potter's Emergency Hospital. t Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Willis of ! Williston announce the birth of twin girls, Linda Kay and Glenda Faye Friday, Feb. 19, at Potter's Emergency Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Whitehurst announce the birth of a daughter, Sandra Ellen Friday, Fv. 19, at Potter's Emergency Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Myr'Harris, of Marshallberg, announce the birth of a son, Myron Gray Jr., Friday, Feb. 19, at Potter's Emergency Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Lewis of Harkers Island announce the birth of a son, Sunday, Feb. 20, at Pot ter's Emergency Hospital. Information as to the tide at Beaufort is given in this column. The figures a.e ap proximately correct and arc based on tables f urnishod by the U. S. Geodetic burvey. Some allowances must be made for variations :r. t''e wind ar.d also wi.v. resn-c; to the locality, that is -,- Let'., tr near the inlet or at t'ie head of the stuaries. HIGH LOW Friday, Felj. 26 1:07 AM 7:29 AM 1:19 PM 7:42 PM Saturday, Feb. 27 8:34 AM 1:59 AM 2:12 PM 8:45 PM 28 9:42 AM 9:52 PM Sunday, Feb. 3:02 AM 3:18 PM Monday, March 1 4:11 AM 10:50 AM 4:34 PM 11:00 PM Tuesday, March 2 5:23 AM . ; 11:54 AM 5:44 PM Wednesday, March 3 6:26 AM 12:06 AM 6:48 PM 12:54 PM Thursday, March 4 7:25 AM 1:02 AM 7:46 PM 1:48 PM.
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