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VOL. XXXI. NO. 19.
BEAUFORT. N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1943.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
COMMENCEMENT
FINALS MONDAY
I
Lena Dot Ramsey
And Jay Ky Beam
Led All Seniors
In Scholarship
LEGION AWARDS GO
TO EDNA LEONARD
AND GEORGE LAUGHTON
An auditorium well filled
with friends and families of
the 1043 graduating class
witnessed the final exercises
on Monday evening of this
week when departing from
the usual custom of having
a visiting speaker, four sen
iors, Hendricks House, Dot
Dill, Bill Lepp, and Edna
Earle Willis, gave addresses
each of which was a part of
the theme "What We're
Fighting For."
Following the addresses, Mr.
Raymond Ball presented t h e
American Legion Awards to Edna
Leonard and Geo. Laughton of the
eighth grade. He commended
Earle Gillikin as a close runnerup
for the boys award. As chairman
of the School Board, he also took
occasion to thank the faculty of
the school for their fine work in a
year beset with difficulties and the
parents for their understanding
cooperation.
Principal T. G. Leary in present
ing diplomas to the forty members
of the class made public the aver
ages of all of those who made a
four year average of eighty or a
bove. A total of ten girls and eight
boys fell in this distinguished
group, and one girl and one boy ef
this group made averages in the
nineties: Lena Dot Ramsey led
with a four year average of nearly
ninety-four and Jay Ky Beam held
second place with an average of a
fraction over ninety.
The High School band resplen
dent in their green and white uni
forms made splendid music under
the leadership of Mr. Fred King,
and choruses both by the class a3
body and by selected girls were
. much appreciated by the audience.
Arthur Barnhill representing the
Senior Class presented a gift to
Band Leader Fred King for the
splendid volunteer service he has
rendered the school during the
past year as Director of the Band.
This brought to a close a busy
week for the outgoing seniors. On
Friday night they had their Class
Day exercises very appropriately
with a patriotic note. On Sunday,
I the Rev. W. Y. Stewaart preached
the Baccalaureate Sermon at which
service lovely sacred music was
rendered by members of The Glee
Club accompanied by Mrs. Gray
don Paul. Mrs. Jerome Mea?ham,
of the school Music Department,
played the prelude, the offertory,
and the recessional.
CAFFREY MADE
EAGLE SCOUT
Capt. Dunkle and
Rev. Seawright
Now Star Scouts
Wartime Food
Production In
Carteret County
In wartime passing the ammuni
tion is no more important than
passing the bacon and beans. Ar
mies still travel on their stomachs
and we have got to keep them eat
ing to keep them fighting.
American farmers knew last
year when they broke all time food
production records that they were
growing food to feed not only their
relatives and friends at home but
also the millions of allied peoples
in North Africa, the Solomons,
Great Britain, Australia, Russia,
China and every other battle field
of the United Nations.
The greatest mass production
job last year wasn't in Detroit oi
in the shipyards and steel mil's oi
the nation. It was on the six mil
lion scattered farms in rural
America; on the big farms and or.
the little farms such as we have
here in Carteret County. These lit
tle farms did a big job out of all
proportion to their size.
We know that these small far
mers did a big job in food produc
tion, especially those who wera
aided through the efforts of the
Farm Security Administration, the
agency of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture that is helping the
small farmer produce the maxi
mum amount of food in war time.
From actual records kept on 50
of the farmers on the FSA pro
gram in Carteret County there
was an increase of 22 percent in
the number of cows in 1942 over
1941 and the plans made for 1943
will exceed the production of 1942
in an increase of 18 1-2 pel cent.
This means that these families will
have produced in 1943 43,000 gal
lons of milk. These families alone
produced in addition to the milk
the following foods:
Meat 1941: 35,748 lbs.; 1942:
51,840 lbs., 41 percent increase;
1943: 63,720 lbs., 18 percent in
crease. Eggs 1911: 14,580 dozen;
1942: 19,750 dozen, 26 percent in
crease; 1943:30,510 dozen, 35
percent increase.
Canning 1941: 14,129 quarts,
1942: 20,898 quarts, 32.4 percent
increase; 1943: 24,948 quarts.
12.2 percent increase.
In addition to the above essen
tial foods these families produced
they have made quite a bit of pro
gress in essential war crops. There
has been a 20 percent increase in
peanuts, 80 percent in soybeans,
19 percent in permanent pastures,
50 percent in temporary pastures,
and 16 percent, in soil building
practices, all of which was accom
plished in 1942.
Each of these families has made
an increase in these different
crops as requested by the govern
ment. They are to be commended
for the increase as stated above
for they, with the rest of the
American farmers are facing the
same shortage of labor and a
number of the sons in these fami
lies are now with the fighting
forces leaving less labor to meet
the 1943 goals.
But in the face of these labor
problems, having already made the
above stated increase, they will
continue their fight on the home
front to meet these production
goals.
4
George Caffrey, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. V. Caffrey,
reached the peak of Scout
dom last Sunday evening
when he was made an Eagle
Scout at the Carteret Court
of Honor held at Ann Street
Methodist Church. Standing
with him to receive the a
ward were Mr. and Mrs. J.
V. Caffrey and Scoutmaster Char
les Hassell, of Troop 51. Dr. VV. L.
Woodard, chairman of the Car
teret District, made the presenta
tion, and Mrs. Caffrey had the
honor of pinning the badge on her
boy.
The largest number of promo
tions and awards were made that
have ever been made at a Carteret
Court of Honor. Norman Scriven
er, of Wilson, Assistant Scout Ex
ecutive of the Eastern Carolina
Council, came to Beaufort to open
the Court at which Stanley' Wood
land, chairman of the Court of
Honor and Advancement presid
ed. Very impressive was the pre
sentation of the names of Capt.
Walt Dunkle and the Rev. Ken
neth C. Seawright, both of More
head City, for promotion from 1st
Class Scout to Star Scouts. These
. n in order to better understand
Scouting and to work more effec
tively with Scouts began last Jan
uary as tenderfoot Scouts and are
See SCOUT PaCe 10
Poultry Ceilings
A number of farmers have made
inquiry at the county agent's of
fice with reference to the coiling
price that they may receive foi
their live poultry. According to
recent information that has just
been received from C. F. Parrish,
Extension Poultryman, Raleigh,
the following prices are in effect.
For broilers or fryers alive at the
farmer's door the price is 28 1-2
cents, for hens 25 cents, for roos
ters 21 cents. 1 1-2 cents per
pound may be added to the above
price by farmers selling to retail
stores, commercial, industrial, gov
ernment or institutional users If
the farmer retails broilers and fry
ers direct to the consumer ho
would add 20 percent to the above
price. This would mean that he
would receive 36 cents per pound
when delivered to the consumer.
With the price of poultry and
other livestock feeds at a high lev
el it will be very necessary that
all livestock producers raise just
as much home grown feed as pos
sible. It is becoming almost im
possible for the feed manufactur
ers to secure (1ihe necessary in
gredients to manufacture com
mercial feeds. Protein sources are
growing scarcer each day and with
this in mind our livestock produc
ers should provide early spring
grazing for their livestock to sup
plement part of the feed which
they have been buying.
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Harold Lennox, U.S.N., (right), and William Arthur Lennox, U. J.
N., (left), lorn of Mm. Math Owens, of Ann Street, have tuck to
gether like "brother." Conspicuously close together even in high
school days, at their own request they are together at Corpus Chris
ti, Texas. Both are Aviation Mach nist's Mates. Harold, 2nd class;
Arthur recently raised to 1st class. Arthur graduated from our Beau
fort High School in the class of 1939, Harold in the class of 1941,
and both were in the Navy before Pearl Harbor, in scVicol thsy were
popular with teachers and students alike. Both took leading parts
in their respective senior plays and both were members of basket
ball and football teams.
Fair Distribution
Of Available Foods
Aim of County Com
Last night County food
dealers and officiala met at
the Court House to hear C.
Hillman Moody, of Raleigh,
State Supervisor for the Food
Distribution Administration
to discuss ways and means of
relieving food shortages and
to form a Carteret County
Committee to work with the
State organization in reliev
ing shortages.
Mr. Moody explained that 'busi
ness as usual'' is out for the dura
tion. He made it clear-that any
body who thinks that the Admin
istration can give everybody a
steak is laboring under an illusion.
A. large percentage of certain
foods must be reserved for our
armed forces. The Administration
can, however, help get an equit
able distribution of what is avail
able for civilian use. As an ex
ample he explained the work of
his office in relieving the evaporat
ed milk shortage we felt last Jan
uary when with the increase of
population in eastern Carolina
shipments based on 1941 consump
tion were inadequate and adjust
ments had to be made.
Mr. Moody explained at length
the intelligent way for merchants
to prepare a request for adjust
ment to be forwarded to the F. D,
A. At the close of his talk, the f ol
lowing men were appointed mem
bers of an Organizing Committee
to name a permanent County
Committee: James Cannady, Paul
Jones, and B. J. May (all of Beau
fort) ; L. Nelson and John Crump,
of Morehead City. When a Com
mittee has been named, a Secre
tary will be appointed through
wnom requests irom local mer
chants for adjustments will be
made.
Measurements Not
Required For Farm
Reports Under AAA
Farmers of Carteret County
will not be required to give linear
measurements in reporting their
compliance with provisions of the
10-13 program of the Agricultural
Adjustment Agency, according to
S. D. Edwards, chairman of the
County AAA Committee.
It previously had been announc
ed that performance reports
should bo accompanied by a sketch
map of tho fields reported' with
linear measurements for each
field. The sketch maps still are re
quired, but only a listing of the
total acreage in each individual
field will be necessary.
It was determined that listing
of the linear measurements of each
field probably would be the cause
of considerable confusion, and it
was decided that they would not
be required. However, the farmer
will be required to show how he
determined the acreage in the
field, whether measured by chains,
steps, or from previous records of
AAA measurements.
The plan of reporting 1943 per
formance by individual farmers
was adopted on a nation-wide scale
by the AAA in an effort to saye
labor which otherwise would be
engaged in active production and
also gasoline and tires. In former
years, AAA penormanee was re
ported by committeemen, report
ers, or others employed by the
AAA.
AAA Community committeemen
will assist farmers in making re
ports and must approve all reports
made from their communities, in
addition, some farms in each com
munity will be spot-checked by the
committeemen or others.
Farmers carrying out late prac
tices for which a payment is made
under the AAA program will be re
quired to make a supplemental re
port at the close of tho program
year on December 31.
SMOKE EATERS
BANQUET WAS
A BIG SUCCESS
P. A. Lewis
Given Promotion
CABBAGES NOW
BEING SHIPPED
POPPY SALE
ON MAY 29TH
Legion Auxiliary
Organize Campaign
Disabled Vete r a n s of
World War I have fashioned
15,000,000 red crepe paper
poppies to be sold over the
United States wherever
there is an American Legion
Auxiliary on Poppy Day,
May 29th.
These poppies are to remind us
afresh of those men who gave so
much for their country in the First
World War that after twenty-five
years they are still patients in hos
pitals or at home unable to take
their place in a competitive world.
The returns from the sale of these
poppies will go to insure the com
fort and happiness of these men
and their families.
Wear a poppy on May 29th to
show that you remember and ap-
predate the sacrifices maJe fo
you.
BEAUFORT BOYS
faThe Service
Cadet Hugh Jones, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Jones, of Queen
Street, is beginning his second pe
riod of training for Pilot in the
Air Corps. Having successfully
completed his preliminary :rain
ing at Santana, Calif., he has been
ordered to Twenty-Nine Pines,
Calif,
Lt. Donnie Dill who has been
stationed at Ft. Lewis, Washing
ton, came home Monday and left
on Wednesday for his new post at
Camp Jackson, S. C.
Word has been reck..!
Dorsey Martin, U.S.A. E:i.:
who has been stationed at J.
son Barracks, Mo., is in lir;.
that
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ROTES QUIZZED
At the Rotary meeting on Tues
day, Rev. Stanley Potter gave high
lights of the District Convention
in Rocky Mount April 28 and 29
to which he and Calvin Jones were
delegates. In addition, Dr. W. L.
Woodard, in charge of the pro
gram varied the usual routine b
introducing a Quiz on the War.
Cigars were passed around. To
those who could answer the ques
tions, the cigars were complimen
tary; those who failed, were taxed
ten cents which went into the Ro
tary treasury. Bright scholars who
could boast free cigars were Gra
ham W. Duncan and visitor Geo.
Stovall of the Morehead City Club.
Rotarian Henry McKensie, of
Asheville, and young Henry, Jr.,
were gusts as well as Mr. Stovall,
and Mrs. G. M. Paul was welcomed
back as accompanist after being
absent some weeks because of a
conflict with the Home Nursing
Course.
Roderick R,eum?n Chitty, for
mer HVjhway Patrolman, v.v.o en
tered the Army last month at Ft.
Bragir, is wkh the Air Service, sta
tioned at Miami Beach, Fia. Mrs.
Chitty who has been employed at
Cherry Point will continue with
her work. She has a room with the
Dave Merrill's on Ann Street.
Ensign Robert Hill left thu
week for active service after
spending ten days leave with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hill.
Comdr. Ernest Snowden, U. S.
N., visited Beaufort by plane last
Sunday to spent Mother's Day with
Mrs. M. S. Snowden of Craven
Street.
Three of our boys who were in
ducted into the Army at Ft. Bragg
late in April are in the Air Corps
and are stationed at Miami. They
are Robert (Bobby) Hudgins, Ro
land Longest, and Talbert Dunn.
Edward Potter, Lt. (jg), who
has been stationed at San ford,
Fla., has been transferred to Cher
ry Point for the next few weeks.
After an absence of a couple of
years, this brings him back home
temporarily at least.
See SERVICE Page 10
P. A. Lewis, one of the local
representatives of the Durham
Life Insurance Company has been
promoted to District Superinten
dent with headquarters in Golds
boro. Mr. Lewis who has been with
the company for a number ot
years made his home in Beaufort
and was also a Justice of the
Peace. He will move his family to
Goldsboro when he gets settled.
Earl Mason who until recently
was connected with the Corner
Barber Shop has been appointed
to the place held by Mr. Lewis.
WAACs
WAAC's are enlisting women
here in Beaufort next week to be
trained to provide specialized
members of our U.S.A.
.Recruits will be given a period
of basic training lasting five weeks
during which they may decide
what type of work they are best
fitted to do. Afterwards they may
attend advanced training schools
in many different vocations. Those
who demonstrate qualities of lead
iiship will be selected to attend
Officer's Candidate School. Wom
en showing outstanding qualifica
tions may be enrolled specifically
for Officers Candidate School.
The WAAC Recruiting Unit
from Fort Bragg will be here Mav
21st, and May 22, at the Post Of
fice Building. Applications may
be had at the post office now.
Join the WAAC's and release a
soldier for active combat duty!
DEMONSTRATION
There will be a small grain va
riety demonstration held on the
farm of R. P. Gooding next Friday
afternoon, May 21, at 2:30 o'clock.
Mr. E. C. Blair, Extension Agron
omist, Raleigh, will be present at
this demonstration.
Mr. Gooding's farm is located a
bout two miles east of Beaufort
on Highway No. 70.
All small grain producing far
mers in Carteret County who are
interested in studying the differ
ent varieties of small grain are es
pecially urged to attend this demonstration.
Sunshine Choir
The newly organized Sunshine
Choir of Ann Street Methodist
Church will sing for the first time
next Sunday at the evening service.
Potato Crop Said
To Be Off By Half
R. M.' Williams, our new
County Agent, who succeeds
J. Y. Lassiter, has been busy
ing himself this month get
ting acquainted with his new
field and trying to tinrt a
house to which to bring Mr3.
Williams and his little son
and daughter.
In his casual survey of crops
prior to yesterday's rain, he found
cabbages beginning to be shipped
out which is the only produce go
ins out now except a few raddish-
es. The cabbage stood the cold
which cut down other things sev.
eral times, but they have suffered
from dry weather and aphids and
are not filled out as well as would
normally be expected. Potatoes
cut back by successive colds and
suffering from the drought are
expected, he says, according to a
number of our leading farmers, to
yield only about half the normal
crop.
About One Hundred
Hear Brockwell
And Enjoy Feed '
By Win. L. HATSELL
About one hundred fire
men, their wives and invited
guests were present Monday
night for the thirty-sixth an
niversary celebration and
banquet held in the depart
ment's engine house. The
room was decorated in red,
white and blue with a large
red, white and blue "V" no
ticeable as guests entered
the hall. A long table ex
tended on each side of the
room and across the end.
At eight o'clock those present
were invited in by Mayor G. M.
Paul who acted as Master of Cer
emonies, and an excellent meal of
barbecue, baked beans, salad, com
bread and an assortment ot cold
drinks was served.
After the meal Mayor Paul in
troduced Sherwood Brockwell, of
Raleigh, Deputy Insurance Com
missioner and Chief Fire Marshal
of North Carolina. Mr. Brockwell
made an exceptionally fine speech
praising the local Volunteer fire
men and also the volunteer fire
fighters of the whole state and na
tion. He said that a Volunteer Fira
Department is a purely American
institution conceived by Benjamin
Franklin, and that volunteer fire
companies and Minstrels are the
only two purely American institu
tions having no connection witli
the Old World. Mr. Brockwell also
brought out the responsibility of
firemen in normal times and the
increased responsibility during
war times. He praised the firemen
of London for their work during
the worse air raid on December 29,
1941, stating that by their prev
ious training and preparedness
they were able to save civilization
when England was fighting the
Axis alone. He stated that no ma
jor objective had been taken in
World War II without first being
given a baptism of fire from the
air. He said that Norway, Holland
and the Low Countries believed
Hitler and were not prepared as
was London. Germany's attack on
Russia, according to Mr. Brock
well, was for the purpose of ob
taining oil from the Caucasus for
their six motored bombers with. :
which to attack America and they
have thousands of them. ,Mr.
Brockwell exhorted the fire de
partment to be always on the alert
and to train as many volunteers
as possible even if they never
needed them.
RATION
After the address John Pake,
local fire truck driver, was asked
to stand, and he was given an ap
plause of thanks for the fine bar
becue he had prepared. The other
members on the committee of ar
rangements, including Charl i e
Britton, Hubert Fodrie, William
Lewis, Charles Hassell, and Chief
Hardy Lewis were asked to stand,
and they were thanked for the fine
See SMOKE EATERS Page 10
BRIEFS
COFFEE
N'o. 23, Eook I, good for on
pounl for 5 weeks beginning Apr.
26. .
FUEL OIL
Period 5 coupons good t Sep
tember 30.
GASOLINE
No. 5 A coupons good for three
gallons but must last t: July 21.
SHOES
No. 17, Book I, good for on;
pair until June 15.
CANNED FOODS
Blue G, H, and I, Book II, goo 1
through May.
MEATS, ETC.
Red E, F, G, Book II good. H
good beginning Sunday.
SUGAR
No. 12, Book I, good for 5
pounds through May.
Registration will be held on May
18, 19, and 20 for persons desiring
sugar for use in home preserving.
Any adult of a family may regis
ter for the entire family by pre
senting War Ration Book I belong
ing to those persons for whom they
are registering and by supplying
the following information : number
of quarts of fruit canned last year;
number of quarts of vegetables
canned last year; number of
quarts of fruits on hand; number
of quarts of vegetables on hand;
estimate of number of quarts of
fruit to be canned this year.
I TIDE TABLE I
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Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in thi
column. The figures ave ap
proximately correct and are
based on tables furnished by
the U. S. Geodetic Sx.vey
Some allowances muu be
made for vaiviH r.n in t'-
wind and also vi a re-";.-'.
to the locality, th-t is ' ':;(!
f-r near th? inlet or at t..e
head of the estuaries.
IGH
LOW
Friday, Ms
4:21 AM 10:57 AM
5:03 PM 10:20 PM
Saturday, May 15
5:19 AM 11:45 AM
5:55 PM
, Sunday, May 16
6:11 AM 12:17 AM
6:42 PM 12:31 PM
Monday, May 17 '
7:00 AM - 1:07 AM
7:28 PM 1:17 PM
Tueiday, May 18
7:46 AM ' 1:55 AM
8:12 PM 2:02 PM
Wednesday, May 19
8:32 AM 2:42 AM
8:59 PM 2:43 Til
Thurtday, May 20
9:21 AM 3:27 AM
4:47. PM 3:29 PM