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ii- 'tf J - - MAKE EVERY PAY DAY BOND DAY H h 11 rfiiiit r A UFOI 77e Mosf fFciey Read Newspaper Along The Central Carolina C&V Remember Batam Invest A Dime Out of Every Dollar io U.S. War Bonds VOL. XXXI NO. 10. BEAUFORT. N. C, THURSDAY, MAR. 11, 1943 BEAUFORT BOYS InThe Service Homer Lewis, Boatswain's Mate, First Class, U.S.C.Gl, who has been stationed at Spring Lake, X. J., lus been transferred to Ft. Macon C. G. Station. He took up his du , ies there on Tuesday morning, he Lewis' have bought Bob Suth- land's furniture and plan to " ve into the Moore house on Or- ire street which the Sutherlands 1 11 vacate next week. Mrs. Lewis , d daughter "K" have been mak- 4 their home here with her moth v, Mrs. B. E. Windley, of Craven treet. Earl Ray Willis, Gunner's Mate d cl., U.S.X., son of Mr. and Mrs. TJ. T. Willis, arrived last Friday from Brooklyn to spend a 15-day furlough with his parents. Robert Humphrey, recently made Corporal Humphrey, was home for the weekend. He return ed to Ft. Bragg on Monday and left from there on Tuesday for Ft. Sill, Okla., where he enters Offi cers Candidate School. DR. PRYTHERCH RECEIVES NEW APPOINTMENT Director of Lab. Made Coordinator Of Fishers For N.C., Va., and Md. The Secretary of the Inter ior has appointed Dr. H. F. Prytherch, Director of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries Labo ratory, as one of eleven Area Coordinators o f Fisheries which cover all sections of the coast and the interior where the fishing industry figures. The area assigned to Dr. Prytherch includes isortn Carolina, Virginia and Mary land. The fishing industry is now be ing recognized as an indispensable part of the war effort just as ag riculture is and for that reason it is promised more consideration than it has ever had before. Earl Hudgins, U. S. Army, has een transferred from Ft. Bragg, Greenville, Pa. Neil Windley who entered the erchant Marine Academy at reat Xeck, L. L, in Xovembei for 16-month course of study is on le Atlantic doing sea duty or. one f the Liberty ships as part of his raining. Clifford Bridges Fleet has just seen promoted from Lt. i-ig) to Lt. U.S.X.R, 'Bryan prior to her marriage on , 'bruary 24. The Fleets are mak 1 ; their home in the Dowdy artments, Arendeil street, More t. d City. I BLACKOUT ON NEXT THURSDAY Plans Outlined In Great Detail In The Pacific r r. Coordinators are not appointed to force any action on the part of fishermen, but to enlist all possible action from men who are already in the industry and to help relieve problems growing out of man pow er shortage, shortage of boats, and difficulties with priorities for re placements and repairs. Their business is not only to try and pre vent reduction of production but to stimulate greater production. Fishing is important not merely as a source of food but it is closely related to agricultural pursuits for the farmer needs the products of Mrs. Fleet was Helen the fish meal and oil business lor the soil. Therefore in this area, helping the menhaden indusuy to maintain or increase production will be one of the big considera tions of Area Coordinator Pry therch. Dr. Prytherch's first step in his new assignment will be a prelimi nary survey of two weeks during which time he will visit the three states assigned to him. vVilliam P. Cheek, U.S.C.G., son Mrs. W. T. Cheek, is serving ard a ship in the Atlantic; Mr. i ..lek's father was the late Rev. W. X Cheek of the Methodist Con ference who made many friends in this section while serving churches all over the eastern part of the County. His mother makes her home here with her daughter, Mrs. Ivey Taylor, of Harlowe, and Wil liam thinks of this as home. Pvt. James W. Langdale, son of Mrs. Maggie Langdale of Orange street, is home from Camp Rucker. Ala., spending a furlough with his mother. Intelligence Sergeant Eugene F. Brown, brother of Aycock Brown and formerly employed at Loftin Motor Co., in Beaufort, af ter six months in England has gone recently with his Battalion to N'orth Africa. BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Instructions for our Febru ary Blackout were too ad vanced for us. There was much misunderstanding. We are going to have another Blackout next Thursday, the 18th. This time things have been made as elementary as possible 1st grade level. With the exact moment given when we may expect each signal, not one should fail to hear and recognize them. 8:50 p.m. BLUE signal. This is sounded by the air raid alarm in a steady tone. It means enemy planes approaching and all bright lights out. Traffic continues with lights dimmed. Pedestrians keep moving to destination or shelter. Work ers remain on jobs. Defense Corps members take their posts. 9:00 p.m. RED signal. This means planes overhead. It is sounded by the air raid alarm in a quavering note. All lights out ex cept authorized emergency lights. Traffic stops. All except Defense Corps members take shelter. 9:10 p.m. BLUE signal. The same as sounded at 8:50. The air raid alarm in steady tone. Planes have passed but may return. Con ditions continue as under the first BLUE. 9:22 p.m. WHITE signal. This: is XOT sounded by the air raid a larm, but is given by sounding our regular fire siren three times as is done when a fire is out. This is the ALL CLEAR, but never light up unless you are SURE you arc right. Keep blacked out until you know danger is past, as you may endanger not only your own life and property by lighting up but that of your neighbors as well. The air raid alarm always means danger. Xo signal from it every means lights on. Lights on only when regular fire siren is sounded three times. W. L. HOMPHEY, ion of Mr. and Mr. L. C. Homphey of Bogue, it with the Navy aomewhere in the Pacific. He enlisted in the Navy last August and received training at Camp Bradford and Camp Pen dleton, Va. He recently sent a cablegram to his parents, stating that he arrived safely. NAVY CROSS TO ERNEST SNOWDEN Award For Heroism In Solomon Islands Contests To Be On Mar. 16, 17, 18, 19 niel Kirk, 2nd Eng., U. S. vlei 'riant Marine, son of Mr. and T-s. W. H. Kirk, arrived Tuesday om Africa and Scotland to spend urlough with his familv and 'nts. ,. jJnsign Clayton Fulcher Jj., son t Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Fulcher f Atlantic, who has been at the 'nivcrsity of Ohio for advanced study, has been ordered to Orange, Texas. Mrs. Fulcher, who prior to her marriage last October was Iris larvis, is with him there. Civilian Defense Next Tuesday, March 16, is the third Tuesday in the month, which was set apart as the regular meeting night for Civilian Defense workers All branches are urged to be present at the Court House at 8:00 o'clock. Mrs. Edwards Laid To Rest On Monday The Carteret County Inter scholastic Basketball Tour nament will be held in the Smyrna gymnasium next week, March 16-19, with ad mission charges of 20c and ojt wui ncmujs. Funeral services for Mrs. W. C. ine games are due io oegm on Edwards. 55. who died at her the hour, 8:00 P.M., 9:00 P.M., j home in West Beaufort after an and 10:00 P.M., the schedule being ! illness of about three weeks were as follows: gjj aj the family burying ground Tuesday Girls, Atlantic vs known as the Stillev Cemeterv Smyrna; boys, Atlantic vs Har- near gf Delicht Free Will B; ntist Announcement has been made by the Navy Depart ment that Lieutenant Com mander Ernest M. Snowden. U.S.N., son of Mrs. M. S. Snowden, of Craven street, has been awarded the Navy Cross for heroism displayed in the bolomon Islands cam paign. The citation accompaning the award reads: For extraordinary heroism as Commanding Officer of a Scout ing Squadron during action a gainst enemy Jpanese forces in the Solomon Islands on August 7-8, 1942. Leading his squadron in three dive-bombing attacks a gainst hostile positions on the is lands, Lieutenant Commander Snowden silenced the fire of an enemy battery opposing the "ap proach of our landing boats, there by contributing greatly to the suc cessful seizure of the islands. Later, while engaged in single combtt, he successfully out-ma neuvered and shot down a Japa nese seaplane fighter. His superb airmanship and courageous devo tion to duty, maintained with ut ter disregard of personal safety, were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service." Ernest was stationed aboard the airplane carrier Wasp at the time of the great action of August 7 and and until his ship was lrr,t or. PLEA FOR MANSLAUGHTER ACCEPTED IN CASE OFJRENE Montros Debrix Case Dismissed Wednesday afternoon the State accepted a plea for manslaughter in the case of Irene Debrix Frison charged with first degree murder of Johnnie Gore. Judgment was withheld. In the case of Mon tros Debrix, also charged with murder, non suit was allowed by the Court and the defendant dismissed. This was one of the two cases for which the colored population had waited patiently all week. Be fore the afternoon was over they filled the better part of the cen ter and right sections, 30 or more spuied over into the left section, and a number stood around the walls.. A few whites, both men and women, filled the remaining seats. CUrk Introduced At the beginning of the after noon session, Solicitor Dave Clark took occasion to introduce John Clark (no kin) new Highway Com missioner, with complimentary re marks which Commissioner Clark immediately reciprocated. Other cases tried during the day were : State vs Charles L. Guthrie and State vs. Weldon Davis, both under probation which was held a bar to U. S. Military Service. Probation was suspended during period of service. Roma Wade, under probation, had his order altered on evidence of good behavior so that he can obtain a driver's license. He plead he was denied Civil Service work at Cherry Point because of his pro bation. See IRENE Pag. 10 PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Judge Hanson Confident Of Victory In Conflict AM. RED CROSS WAR FUND SLOW Memberships Fine Better Response To War Fund Needed Rev. Stanley Potter, Chair man of the lied Cross Roll Call and War Drive, reports a generous response to the Roll Call, but he feels too many have been content to stop there. So far while mem berships compare favorably with those of last year, peo ple are inclined to be con tent to add nothing for the War Fund. In the County only Roe and Lola have been heard from. They did fine with $22.87 and $10.00 re spectively. If the rest of us do as well, Mr. Potter says, we shall have no trouble with out $2800. Core Creek Community has made no official report, but workers say the section is coming across in characteristically fine manner one check of $25.00 was most en couraging to them. Mr. Potter urges that people try to at least double their Roll Call dollar this year that emergency needs of the Red Cross growing out of the War may be met ana our own Carteret boys looked aft er if we curtail the field of serv ice of the organization in any way, it may be in that field in which our boy or our neighbor s boy may need help. There has never been a time when one could ask for funds with less apology. There should be no salesmanship requir ed on the part of the workers, they should only have to collect the offering of our people. Julian Hamilton Jr., son of M. rid Mrs. Julian Hamilton of Ann treet, enlisted in the Navy last ceek and has been ordered to Jainbridge, Maryland, for his boot training.'' W omen To Prepare or the Home Front "This year, more than evsr be re, must each woman can and 'reserve foods at home. Bv no iher means will she be able to fcerve her family nourishing, at tractive meals in the months of scarcity and rationing ahead. As ja part of the statewide food pre servation program, a Ctnning School will be held Thursday, Mar. 8, at the Morehead City School, nd Friday, Mar. 19 at the Beau fort School. "This is a wonderful opportun ity to obtain up-to-date informa tion on the latest, most efTcient methods of canning and food pre servation. All of the women in the county are invited and urged to attend one of these meetings Watch the paper for announce ments about the time." . Little yellow and green slips 'i bearing the above message are be ing distributed throughout the county by the community and zone See HOME FRONT PaCe 10 kers Island; girls, Beaufort vs Morehead City. Wednesday Boys, Newport vs Smyrna ; girls, Newport vs Harkers Island; boys, Beaufort vs More head City. Thursday First game, winners of Atlantic-Smyrno girls vs win ners of Beaufort-Morehead City girls; second game, winners of Atlantic-Harkers Island boys vs Newport-Smyrna boys. Friday Girls and boys finals. Under OPA regulations it is an ticipated that attendance will be much smaller this year than for merly. Referees have been select ed by the Athlete Council from County men found satisfactoiy to the players and their coaches and principals, all of whom will dem onstrate their usual high type ot sportsmanship throughout the tour nament even in the face of close adverse decisions, and spectators are expected to match the good sportsmanship of the players. Church, Monday afternoon at 3:30. Elder Hill Edwards of the Primitive Baptist Church of Jack sonville was in charge of the ser vices. Mrs. Edwards is survived by her husband and five children: Melvir Dillion Edwards, Clyde Edwards, Edward Edwards, William Carl Edwards Jr., and Mrs. Lacy Den nis. She is also survived by three brothers, Allen Avery of New Bern RFD; John Avery and Noah Avery of Beaufort; and two sititers, Mrs. Lizzie Rice, of Wil mington, Del., and Mrs. Pearl Wis ting, of Wildwood. Amos Maynard Is New Legion Head Amos Maynard, Greensboro business man, succeeds the late Henry L Ingram of Ashcboio as North Carolina department com mander of the American Legion. ' He was elected Sunday at a special meeting of the department executive committee here to fill the unexpired term of Ingram, who URGES TO BE READY TO MARE CONTRIBUTION TOTHEPEACE 7th Grades Present; To See Court Open J. D. POTTER PRAISED RED CROSS AIDS CARTERET BOY September 15. He and his wife! died unexpectedly at his home in were here as guests of his mother at Thanksgiving. Sine then ht has been stationed at a post on the East Coast and she is with her parents, Lieutenant General and Mrs. H. H. Arnold, of Fort Myer, Va. Henry K. Fort Dies At Philadelphia News was received here this week of the death of Mr. Henry K. Fort, of Philadelphia, Pa., who for many past years has been a visitor to Beaufort. At one time he owned considerable property in Beaufort and Carteret County. He was a stockholder in The Beau fort Banking & Trust Co., The Beaufort Wws and several other local concerns. He also owned at the time of his death a large tract of land or Bogue Banks near Sal ter Path. Mr. Fort was a dealer in indus trial supplies and equipment, raw materials and tools in Philadelphia. He has many friends in Carteret County who will learn with regret of his passing away. Mrs. Guthrie Dies Sunday Evening FRD3AY IS WORLD DAY 0FPRAYER Union Service For Beaufort Churches Mrs. Mary Guthrie, aged died Sunday evening around 10:30 at the home of her daughter, 'Mrs. James Rhue, of Moore street, aft er a long period of ill health. Funeral services were conduct ed by her pastor; the Rev. W. Stanley Potter, and burial was in Ocean View Cemetery. Mrs. Guthrie is survived by two sons, Ivey Guthrie, of Vanceboro, and Willie Guthrie, of Morehead City; and by two daughters, Mrs. Warren Moulton, of New Jersey, and Mrs. James Rhue, of Beaufort. Friday has been set apart all over the world, with the exception of Axis controlled countries, as a day of prayer. There will be a union prayer service of the three local churches at Ann St. Metho dist Church from 7:30 to 8 in the evening with the fol lowing program :- Whdt is Prayer? by M. Leslie Davis of the Baptist Church. What Prayer Means to Me. hv 89, 'Mrs. Vera Stubbs of the Metho dist Church. Asheboro Feb. 21 Maynard will serve unt'l the 1943 department convention in Charlotte June 20-22. Charlotte as the convention site was selected Sunday by the com mittee. Reports on various legion activities also were heard. Jaycees Meet At The Inlet Inn Humber On Town Hall Hour Robert Lee Humber, whose pro posal to establish a World Fed eration is gaining widespread rec ognition, will be guest speaker on the Town Hall nation-wide radio program tonight at 8:30. What Prayer Means to the Church, by Claude Wheatley of St Paul's Episcopal Church. The churches of the town wili be open throughout the day for those who wish to go in for prayer. SUGAR March IS it the deadline for ue of Coupon 1 1, Ration Book 1, good for 3 pounds of sugar. Stamp No. 12 will be good for 5 pounds from March 16 to May 31 a period of 1 1 weeks. P.T.A. The P.T.A. meets next Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock in the Beaufort School Building. Mi J. C. Allen will be in charge of the program. The Jaycees, 16 strong, met at the Inlet Inn Monday evening for their regular monthly meeting. A delicious T-bone steak supper gave them just the right start and con siderable fruitful discussion fol lowed regarding various projects the organization has under consid eration. A number of heavier matters came up but the only de cision ready for publication was the plan to entertain their wiver and ladies at a barbecue supper Monday, March 22. Albert Fulford of the Health Department was a guest and talk ed about the rat extermination program and showed a moving pic ture on the subject. Long Arm of R.C. Reaches Pittman In Reykjavik A picture was recently carried in a northern paper showing Dennis Pittman, Carpenter's Mate, 1st Cl. U. S. C. G., son of Mrs. Martha Pittman of Stacy, with a bud dy from California both of whom are stationed at Port land. The boys were shown in the RED CROSS office where they were praising the aid the organiza tion .gave them after being rescued from a Coast Guard Cutter tor pedoed in the Atlantic. The cut ter on which they were aboard was returning from the rescue of a ship at sea when a torpedo struck amidships. From life boats they were picked up by fishing boats and five hours later were landed near Reykjavik, Iceland, where they had to wait three hours for an ambulance Suffering from shock and exposure in the icy waters, their clothing and possessions lost, the men were mighty grateful for the blankets, sweaters, shaving gear and American cigarette;: th RED CROSS provided when they came ashore. In his charge to the Grand Jury at the opening of the March term ot Superior Court Monday morning. Judge Luther Hamilton urg ed that we be ready to make our contribution when peace comes. Judge Hamilton began his re- marks with primitive man and fol lowed his development. He told of his conquest of speech, conquest of the animal kingdom, conquest of his environment, yet of h;s in ability'to exercise dominion over himself hence the bloodshed in the world today. Governments of the old world, he said, were designed to enhance the prestige of the state ; the gov ernment our forefathers set up was to exist for the individual in the state, and our government found on that theory has become the most powerful on the face of the earth. Two theories of government are in bitter conflict today. The one would have every man exist for the state; the other would have every man a king. I am not one to be lieve that the Lord comes down to help unless we help ourselves. We must give ourselves to the cause without murmurings, but "1 do feel He still watches over the des tiny of nations as well as individ uals." Confident of victory, he then threw out the challenge to be ready to make our contribution to the peace. That, he said, is where what I am saying ties up with the courts and our other institutions. The Judge gave some shocking figures on crime to show that our society is imperfect. North Caro lina has a disgraceful criminal rec ord, Carteret County nothing to boast of. "When I send a criminal to the chain gang or gas chamber, I feel I am indicting society. There are those punished who although they have a vague feeling of right and wrong in specific cases, have never been given any basic nrin ciples of living." He plead through for institutions and a society that gives every man greater opportun ity. Addressing the jury more spe cifically regarding its duties in ad dition to consideration of criminal cases, he said:, "You will be mak ing a survey of conditions in the County. See that things are being carried on consistent with a de cent and orderly society the jail is not supposed to be so pleasant a place as to make a man want to go there, but see that it is proper See HAMILTON Page 10 TIDE TABLE TRANSFERS Mrs. Armissa Willis Of Wildwood Passes Mrs. Armissa D. Willis, of Wild wood, passed away at her home at 8 :30 last Thursday evening, after an illness of but a few weeks. She was in her eighty-second year. Funeral services were conducted from the Ihome on Saturday at 10:30 by Rev. K. C. Seawright, pastor of the church at Wildwood and Morehead City. He was assist ed by Reverend Phipps, former pastor of the church at Wildwood. Interment was made in Gales Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Willis is survived by her husband, F. T. Lewis; one daugh ter, Mrs. L. A.' Murdoch; and three grand-children, all of Wild wood. Active pall bearers were Fred Bell, Robert Murdoch, Jamie Mur doch, George Collins, W. A. Mur doch a.nd L H. Wetherington Jr. 9fc 9fc Sfc of jn Real Estate ir WHITE OAK Benj. F. Harrison to William C. Piner, con. $600., 16 acres. J. W. Burton et ux to J. M: Cabe et al, con. $3, 150., 12 rcres Gertrude Taylor et al to Jot:; Guthrie, con. $100., 5 acres. NEWPORT TOWNSHIP E. H. Riggs et ux to Leary Holt, con. $57., 2 acres. Cecil B. Arthur et Vx to Hazel G. Mayer, con. $100., 125 acres. Irvin W. Davis, trustee, to J. A. Bolich Jr., et al, con. $1,500., 600 acres. G. E. Mason et ux to G. M. Loc key, con. $10., 1 acre . MOREHEAD TOWNSHIP Morehead Manor estate to N. A. Rouse, con. $100., lot 3, block 52. Chalk & Gibbs Inc. to Julia Dud ley, con. $150., lot 15, block 62. Cecil B. Arthur et ux tt gsse! See REAL ESTATE Page 10 Information as to the tWe tit Beaufort is given in this column. The figures are ap proximately correct and are bused on tables furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Survey. Some allowances must b nrmde for variTtiTs in t wind ai d ulso wi h res-'e; to the, locality, that ;s .- .e.i er near the inlet or at the head of the estuaries. HIGH Friday, March 12 1:20 AM 7:53 AM 1:39 PM ' 8:03 PM Saturday, March 13 2:09 AM 8:53 AM 2:29 PM 9:00 PM Sunday, March 14 3:04 AM 9:54 AM 3:28 PM 9:59 PM Monday, March 15 4:08 AM 10:51 AM 4-:35 PM 10:58 PM Tuesday, March 16 5:12 AM 11:56 AM 5:37 PM 11:52 PM Wednesday, March 17 6:07 AM 6:29 PM 12:36 PM Thursday, March 18 6:54 AM 12:42 AM 7:15 PM 1:20 PM
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