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r. THEY GIVE THEIR LIVES YOU LEND YOUR MONEY" Bay an Additional Band Now TRIP 11 II II 11 A A !7 1 FORI NLWS BACK UP YOUR BOY ZStfy an Additional Bond Today The Most Widely Read Newspaper Along The Central Carotin S Vvst VOL. XXXI NO. 21 . BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1943 PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Four Ranks In 1 Year HOWARD STUBBS, 22, son of Mr.. Vera H. Stubb and the laU John H. Stubbt, of Parkton, has just been promoted to first lieu tenant, USA. This makes four ranks Howard has held in twelve months: Sergeant, warrant officer, second lieutenant, and now first lieutenant four more and he will be a colonel. See STUBBS Page 10 AMPLE SUPPLY NEW POTATOES DUE BY MID-JUNE SUMMER PLANS FOR BEAUFORT UNITS OF DUKE ANDW.CJ.N.C. Classes In Art And The Dance Discontinued On Account Of War A&P Expert Pre dicts Present Short age Will Be Ended By Heavy Ship ments Early in June NEW YORK, May 26. Fotato - hungry American will get plenty of new pota toes to eat by the middle of June, the nation's largest buyer of fresh fruits and vegetables predicted today. "Abnormal weather, which re tailed the crop in some states, combined with increased acreage? in other states will cause a bigger volume of early potatoes than last year to be harvested between now and the middle of June," said Har vey A. Baum, vice president and general manager of the A&P Tea Company's produce-buying atfil- iate, the Atlantic Commission Company. "All of these early po tatoes will be available for use in this country because they are not suitable for export. "Government crop reports and advices from our company's field offices throughout the nation indi See POTATOES Page 10 CARTERET FOOD COM. MET TUES. Melvin From State Office Promises Fair Distribution MEAT OUTLOOK IS STILL DARK Promoted The W.C.U.N.C. summer unit in Marine Biology which has not met in Beaufort for two years past will be with us again this summer from June 8 to July 19. Dr. A. D. Shaftesbury, Associate Pro- "lessor oi ooiogy aim iuuuu er of the laboratory here will be in charge again. The lab oratory on the water front a short distance west of the Community Center offers facilities for both undergraduates and advanced stu dents interested in an opportunity for field work in marine zoology. W.C.U.N.C. courses in Art and the Dance which have been con ducted here in the past will not be given this year because of war conditions. It has been announced that no courses will be offered this year at Duke University Marine Labora tory, Piver's Island, as have been offered for the past five years since its founding in 1938. The Laboratory will be open, however, for advanced students working on special problems, and the follow ing members of the Duke Univer sity staff will be available for consultation : Dr. A. S. Pearse, Dr. H. L. Bloomquist, Dr. C. G. Book hout, Dr. H. Oosting, and Harold J. Humm, Resident Investigator for the Rockefeller Foundation. Wednesday Closings Beaufort grocers have been closfng on Wednesday afternoons for a number of summers to give employees an opportunity for one week day afternoon of relaxation. The strenuous living of these days puts increased burdens on all mer chants today. esterday a number of other stores including dry goods stores and the Five and Ten, begai closing. Those who are for this believe that the public would bo indulgent and understanding if ev ery store closed routinely for an afternoon on Wednesday and hope to see it brought about. FIRING NOTICE ' A warning has been issued of firing at 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. from May 24 until further notice. Ac tivity: Antiaircraft gunnery. Area: From a point approximately 13, 000 yards west of Fort Macon, the water area in a sector 7,000 yards offshore bounded by a line 104 degree True and a line 245 degree True. it AIT I 0 IJ BRIEFS COFFEE No. 23, Book I, good for one pound through May 30. GASOLINE No. 5 A coupons good for 3 gal lons but must last through July 1. SHOES No. 17, Book I, good for one pair until June 15. SUGAR No. 12, Book I, good for 5 lbs through May 31. Stamps No. 15 and No. 16 in Book I are valid for 5 pounds of sugar each, for use in home can ning, beginning May 24th. CANNED GOODS Blue G, H, J, good through June 7. Blue K, L, H, good beginning May 24. MEATS, ETC. Red E, F, G, H, good through May. Red J good through June. Red K good beginning May 30. Jerry Darling Hurt At Cherry Point Jerry Darling, of Broad Street, was struck by the nozzle of a fire hose last Wednesday at Cherry Point. He was taken to the Cherry Point Hospital where it was found his leg was broken in two places. He is still in the Hospital but is improving and hopes to be home soon. Mr. Darling is a member of th Beaufort Volunteer Fire Depart ment. He has been a Civil Service employee of the Cherry Point Fire Department for the past eleven months. R. T. Melvin, District Rep resentative of the State Food Distribution Administration, Raleigh, was in Beaufort Tuesday evening and met with the Carteret County Food Distribution Advisory Committee at the Court House. Mr. Melvin says the outlook is dark for meat for the next month or so. Stock piles for the military forces have reached a low and must be built up. Shortage of any one commodity is not acute, ac cordirg to the State Committee, until substitutes have been sub stituted. For instance: There i3 no acute shortage of fresh meats unless available chickens, pork, and fish have been used. The Com mittee does not go so far, however, as to withhold meats from coastal sections because of our proximity to the fish supply. Tuesday evening the Committee, with the advice of Mr. Melvin, out lined a plan, however, that prom ises some solution to the meat problem. Reports from wholesal ers and retailers will be obtained and population figures will be compiled to show meat quotas have not increased in proportion to pop ulation increases. These will then be presented to the State Office where thev will be considered and eciuitable distribution of available meat is promised. A weekly Area Food Survey will be made to the Raleigh Offiea by Secretary Stevick of the Car teret Committee. This Survey will be made from telephone con versations with wholesale and re- tail dealers. The State Office promises to go over these reports, compare them with those of other counties, and see that we are treat ed right. Members of the new Carteret County Committee which met last night are: D. B. Willis, of More head City, Chairman; Paul Jones, of Beaufort, Vice Chairman; Dr. C. P. Stevick, of Beaufort, Secre tary; John L. Crump, J. L. Sea man, W. P. Freeman, El Nelson, Graydon Paul, Leslie Moore, Carl Gaskill, Sam Edwards, B. J. May, County ACA; R. N. Williams, County Agent, and Hubert Jerni gan, FSA. mii iiMii'r-""'-' CAPTAIN MAUDE E. CARRA way, USA, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.H . D. Carraway of Merrimon has just been raised to her cap taincy from the rank of first lieu tenant. So far as we know, she is the only Carteret girl who has at tained this rank. Captain Carraway is a graduate of the Beaufort High School and Buxton Hospital, Newport News, Virginia. She entered the Army at Walter Reed Hospital and has been stationed at the Army Hos pital, Kodiak, Alaska, since Sep tember, 1941. Overgrown Collard Capt. Dave Godwin of East Broad Street left one of his col lards he planted last fall stay in his garden for seed. It has grown to be a tremendous plant and stands about five feet tall at this time. It is a curiosity for any one who has never seen one before. Dance Tonight, May 27th, from 8 to 11, the Boy Scouts are sponsoring a dance at the Recreation Center, Broad and Pollock Streets. Every one civilians and Service Men invited to attend. Admission 25c. J. RY BEAM WINS HONOR BEAUFORT BOYS InThe Service Julian Hamilton, Seaman, sec ond class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ju lian Hamilton, of Ann Street, has completed his "boot" training at Bainbridge, Md., and been ordered to Jacksonville, Fla., for further training. Set. Maurice Willis left Sunday after spending a week's leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Willis, of Cedar Street. Maurice is at. ni-psent stationed at Nash ville, Tenn., on maneuvers. Chosen On Basis of Competitive Exams Given Here In Apr. On April 2 qualifying tests of aptitude and general knowledge were given at the Beaufort High School for the Army specialized t training program and the Navy Col lege Training Program. J. Ky Beam, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Beam, of Orange Street, is the only one of those taking the examination who has received his ap pointment to date. J. Ky went to Raleigh on May 8 for his physical examination. He has been notified that he passed and will be sworn in in Raleigh on June 22 which will be the date of his seventeenth birthday. He will then report either July first or No vember first to Duke or Carolina where he intends to begin, with the approval of the government, his course in engineering. If the quality of his work meets the re quired standards, he will be given four years of college training by the Government. J. Ky graduated from the Beau fort High School in May of this year with a scholarship average in the nineties. In his first year of high school he was recipient of the American Legion Award, he was a member of the Science Club, of the basketball and baseball teams Beta Club, President of the Junior class, secretary of the Senior class. and was Saluatorian of the class. POPPIES SOLD IN BEAUFORT ON SATURDAY Money Used To Help Disabled War Veterans JohnE. Wiley, son of Mrs, John Wiley of Turner Street is serving with our forces in North Africa. FARM LABOR Cabbages Moving Cabbages are moving hundreds of tons a day by truck and rail, and every ton represents from $67 to $87. This is expected to be the peak week of the season. Last Tuesday one of the big producers sent out 3000 bags (50 pounds to the bag), and he is only one of four or five big cabbage producers whose shipments would probably approximate that figure. Every, time a truck passes thru Ann Street out of town, five to ten tons go out. They are going fast and it is estimated that by the end of the week at least two thirds of the crop will have been cut. Those not cut, in some cases as with W. L. Lewis, represent a later variety cutting of which has scarcely be gun. The quality of cabbage, accord ing to County Agent Williams is good although some of the north ern markets do not like the point ed heads. For that reason they aro selling at about $20 below ceiling price. Farm labor meetings are now being held in ten communities with the neighborhood leaders of Carteret County discussing ways and means of trying to relieve the farm labor shortage according to R. M. Williams, County Agent. With so much of our man power either serving in the armed forces or working on defense jobs, an in sufficient number of farm laborers are left to successfully handle the usual farm operations. In many instances we may not have sufficient farm machinery or labor needed to produce and har vest our crops but we must not ov erlook the fact that our boys on the foreign battlefields have mov ed forward and won many a bat tle with only a limited amount of equipment. Our job on the home front in producing the necessary food and fiber crops is just as important as the man on the front lines. , Food is an important weapon of war. It has and will continue to determine to a large extent the outcome of our present war. Our country through the lend-lease has supplied large quantities of food to the oth er Allied Nations that are fighting with us and will have to continue furnishing them with food for something after the war. We must utilize every available source of labor and equipment on our farms in order that we might get the maximum production. The exchanging of farm labor and ma chinery in every community should be practiced to the fullest extent. According to the latest lnicmia tion that we can get there will be only approximately a little better than fifty percent of the usual mi gratory help that has been avail able in harvesting the Irish potato crop. Plans are under way at the present time to try to get a nvgra tory labor camp in Carteret County. Capt. Johnnie Way arrived Wednesday from Camp Shelby, Miss., and will visit with his moth er, Mrs. B. C. Way, of Front Street until Friday. Miss Vanna way drove as far as Goldsboro to meet him. Red crepe paper poppies will be sold in Beaufort on Saturday, May 29th, by the American Legion Auxiliary of which Mrs. J. V. Caffrey is President. Those who wear a poppy on that day will honor the men who have giv en their lives in the present conflict as well as those who fell in the World War of twenty-five years ago. The custom of selling memorial poppies began in 1921. Since 1922 they have been made by disabled veterans confined in hospitals. Those to be used this year were made in more than 50 hospitals and disabled veterans' work rooms in 40 different states. Money from the flower gsoes to the rehabilitation and child wel fare funds of the Auxiliary where they will serve the disabled fight ing men of both wars and the chil dren of the dead and disabled of the two wars. Overseas Iflllili Pistils s o LT. JOHN HUGHES SKARREN. USA, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. (Bill) Skarren, of Ann Street, ia serving with our men overseas. Lt. Skarren graduated from the Army Flying School at Columbus, Miss., last October. Odell Merrill, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Merrill, of Ann Street, has been transferred from Camp Shank, N. Y., to New York City for special training in psychology at the College of the City of New York in preparation for personnel work. Charles Roy Eubanks, recently transferred to Morris Field, Char lotte, spent the weekend in Beaufort. William Cutherell, Machinist Mate, USNR, stationed at the Air port, Norfolk, is spending this week with his parents at Highland Park. David who is also in the Navy had recently been assigned to the same post. Out Of School 10 Years, Went Back, Graduated Mrs. Annie L. Gaskill and her guest, Mrs. Albert Clark Gaskill, will leave on Sunday morning for Chapel Hill to attend the com mencement exercises of "Miss An nie's" son, Albert Clark, who graduates from the University School of Commerce on May 31st with a B. S. Degree. Albert Clark finished the 3eau fort High School in the Class o. 1927. He attended college for something over two years when it became necessary for him to stop and work. He reentered in 1942 just ten years after he stopper and completed his course. His major interest has been Accountancy. Plans for the future are neces sarily indefinite because of the probability of being called mti the rmy. Mrs. Gaskill is a train ed nurse connected with the Gran ville County Hospital at Oxford New Inductees Jack Barnes, Drew Field, Fla., has been promoted to private first class. Ben Bell has been transferred from Kessler Field to Sr.:;rna Air Base, Tennessee. T. C. Avery, ART, second class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Noah Avery, has been ordered from Corpus Christi, Texas, to San Diego, Cali fornia, for four weeks of special training. Second Lt. Anne Stout has re ceived her assignment in the USA and is stationed at Camp McCall. near Roxboro, N. C. Ralph L. Thomas, of Ft. Dix, N. J., son of Mr. Charlie Thomas of Turner Street, has been pro moted from 1st Lt, U.S.A., to Captain. Earl Garner, grandson of James Willis, Turner Street, is in the U. S. N. R., and is receiving his train ing at Bainbridge, Md. ' Don't try to store much flour and cereal over the hot months buy less and oftener. Tax List To Be Divided This Year The 1942 delinquent Carteret County Tax advertising will be di vided this year. All delinquent names East of Newport River will be advertised in The Beaufort News and the names west of New port River will be advertised in the Morehc-ad City paper. This plan has been advocated for a number of years by the man agement of the News but it took the war to bring it about due to the shortage of labor and mater ials the whole list would have been a burden to either paper this year. The list is now being prepared and the first issue will appear on June 10th in the News. Mrs. Delmar Martin Dies Monday In Pa. Mrs. Delmar Martin died at hef home in Greenville, Pennsylvania, on Monday of this week following an illness of several years. She i3 survived by her husband, son of Mr. E. D. Martin, of Beaufort, and by two sons, Delmar, Jr., age 21 years, and by Kenneth, who ia 19. Delmar is in the Army and ia stationed in Rhode Island; Ken neth is with the U.S.M.C. "some where in the Pacific." Mrs. Martin was a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Martin learned printing in the old Lookout office here under H. H. Hamlin and is still in the newspaper business. He is with The Argosy, of Greenville. The family have been frequent vis itors here at the home of Mr. Ei Martin until Mrs. Martin's health prevented. CONCERT AT USO MAY 30 The following men were called to report to Ft. Bragg on May 21 for examination for the Army: BEAUFORT: William Arendell Mace, Clarence Duncan Warren, Edmund Thomas Smith, George Davis Cunningham. MOREHEAD CITY: Joseph Haywood Willis, Samuel Lee Hughes, Richard Dexter Eubanks, James Booth Macy, Macon Earl Whealton. NEWPORT: Bruce Arringtor Taylor, Calvin Fair Adams, Ma son Hughes Garner, Robert Wood land McCabe, Bennie Calvin Tay lor, William Jesse Riggs, Theodore Roosevelt Sharte, Theodore Ray Garner. STACY: Edwin Gaskill. SEA LEVEL: John Elliot. HARKERS ISLAND. David Yeo mans, William Raleigh Willis, Ed ward Lewis, James Morton Willis, Elbert Lee Davis. SALTER PATH: Charles Vetoe Willis. MARSHALLBERG: Henry Franklin Mcintosh. LOLA: John Styron. On Sunday, May 30th, there will be a concert beside the USO at 6:45 P.M. Everyone is cordial ly invited to come and hear W. O. Carl Grozan, Jr. conduct the C. B. S. Band in their very excellent program. The program is .. fol lows: 1. Gloria March H. Lossy. 2. Overture to "The New Moon" I. Romberg. 3. LaCumparsita Rodriquez. 4. Irving Berlin Melody Waltz 5. Army Air Corps March Crawford. Intermission. 6. Regimental Drinking Song W. Rock. 7. Merry Widow Waltz F. Lehar. 8. Volga Boatmen Tradition al. 9. 10. 11. Key. Dear Old South Medley. Service Medley. National Anthem F. S MARRIAGE LICENSES Harry Richard Joyce, Irvinton. N. J., to Georgia B. Lewis, More head City. Floyd Staten Frost, Salter Path, to Berna M. Willis, Salter Palh. Herbert Carter, North Harlowe, to Lucinda Culley, North Harlowe, (colored). Not More Than 7c Pound For Potatoes TYPHOIR CLINIC Sgt. Warren H. Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Taylor, has been transferred from Nashville, Tenn., to South Carolina. Another son, James W., Boatswain's Mate, 2nd class, is serving with our forces overseas. Clarence Guthrie, Pharmacist Mate 1st Class, U.S.N., son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Guthrie, of Ann Street, is back in Norfolk after four months in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which he describes as "the most beautiful place I've ever seen with the exception of Beaufsrt" June 7-14 Atlantic Health Clinic, 11:00 A.M. Roe Mrs. Dora Day's Stove, 1:30 P.M. Lola Free Will Baptist Churgf 2:00 P.M. June 9-16 Merrimon Merrimon Metho dist Church, 10:30 A.M. South River Edwards Chapel, 11:00 A.M. North River Church, 2:30 P.M June 11-18 Morehead City City Hall-, 10 A.M. Store dry goods such as flour, cereal, sugar, spices in tight con tainers to keep out dust, moisture, Orthopedic Clinic -vw The State Orthopedic Clinic con ducted by Dr. High A. Thompson, of Raleigh, will be held in Green ville, Friday, June 4th from 12:30 to 4:00 p.m. This Clinic takes all types of cripples, both white and colored, free of charge if they are unable to afford private treatments. It is desirei, though not required. that patients be referred by a phy sician or the VV elfare Officer and that the patient bring such note to the Clinic. The Pitt County Health Depart- . ment Offices are located at the corner of Third and Green Streets, Greenville. Dr. C. L. Swindell Back In Beaufort Dr. Charles L. Swindell who is well known in Beaufort and who practiced medicine here from 1919 to 1923 has returned from Shelby to open an office here again. He will be located on the second floor of the old Duncan Building, more recently, the Lipman Building. Dr. Swindell will make his home in an apartment in the same building in which he has his office. TIDE TABLE Consumers in the southeast?.'-! OPA region have been tsked not to pay more than th: ceiling pric of seven cents a pound fcr new po tatoes. The request, medt in a state ment by Frarcis E. Ksirpir, OPA food official, resulted, he slid from information thi : many stores in the region have been selling new potatoes as high as ten rents a pound. "U n d e r no circumstances," Kamper said, "should a consumer pay more than seven cents a pound for new potatoes, whether produced in this area or shipped in from California, Texas, or other potato producing states. There is no way to justify a retail price any higher than this." States included in this OPA re gion are: Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. Information as to the tide at Beaufort is given in thu column. The figures a:e ap proximately correct and arc br.sed on tables furnish -d by the U. S. GeM 'tie Sarvy. Some allowances mun b? made for variation? in I ' wind and nls v. i:h ty to the 1. cu'.ity. fi-jt ;.-.-:'.! er near- ;h3 in'.t ul t..e head of the estuaries. LOW Z3 AM 10:52 AM PM 11:33 PM Saturday, May 29 AM 11:45 AM IZH 4:30 5:07 5:33 6:05 PM Sunday, May 30 6:27 AM 12:30 AM 6:54 PM 12:35 PM Monday, May 31 7:18 AM 1:22 AM" 7:40 PM 1:23 PM Tuesday, June 1 AM 2:10 AM PM 2:07 PM Wednesday, June 2 AM 2:53 AM PM 2:49 PM Thursday, June 3 9:27 AM " 3:32 AM 9:43 PM 3:28 PM 8:02 8:23 8:45 9:03