w' Are you fighting mad about this war? Does it mean anything to yon personal lyt Then dig down and boy more anj more War B-,nds. ft fm For Freedom's Sake Tunc Ax The Most Widely Read Newspaper Along The Central Carolina Coast uaebattl worn does otwm t It ur UL'a. a L. YTk times ahead. Buv Mnre i "4 More War Bonds for frstdom's Sate VOLUME XXXI No. 44 10 PAGES THIS WEEK BEAUFORT. N. C, THURSDAY, NOV. 4, 1943 10 PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLY. 1 GIRL SCOUT CEREMONIAL LAST FRIDAY Fourteen New Girls Meet Reqiurements For Membership p , '; Fourteen new's members of the Girl Scouts were wel comed into the local troop at a ceremonial meeting at the Recreation Center last Fri day afternoon to which friends and parents were in vited. As the names were called, each eirl stepped for ward, made her pledge, and was given her membership card. They were Betsy Mae Noe, Carol Ann Willis, Marie Smith, Betsy Jean Tyler, Mae Joe Jpock, Juanita Moore, Patsy Noe, Vera Lou Loftin, Peggy Hamilton, Rita Fay Hussy, Letitia House, Peggy Guthrie, Iris Davis, and Elizabeth Bell. After all had made their pled ges, old members stepped out and give their new sisters the Scout sa lute. Following these rites, Mrs. Jack Neal, Scout Leader, made the fol lowing awards to Scouts: Swimming Badge: Phyllis Brit ton, Joyce Biggs, Neva Bell, Mary Frazier Paul, Pat Webb, Cora Bell Willis, Jean Dickinson, June Anne Hudgins. Child Cares Phyli3 Brit ton, Elizabeth Willis, Lorain Wil lis, Jolene Garner, Neva Bell, Bes- I sie Caft'rey, Vera Lou Loftin, Mar .garet Ann Windley, Daisy Dean ' Sullivan, Pat Webb, Sue Noe. Community Services Phyllis Brit ton, Elizabeth Willis, Loraine Wil lis, Joyce Biggs, Joline Garner, I Neva Bell, Margaret Ann Windley, ' Daisy Dean Sullivan. Ministeral Badge: Joyce Biggs, Neva Bell. Reading Badge: ..Joyce Biggs Leather: Pat Webb. Out Door Cooking: Pat Webb. First Aid: Peggy Hamilton, Juanita Moore, Betty Jean Tyler, Iris Davis, Car roll Ann Willis, Elizabeth Bell, Peggy Guthrie, Mae Jo Ipock, Pa tricia Ann Webb, Vera Lou Loftin, Susan Frances Noe, Jean Ann Hudgin3, Helen Paul, Letitia House, Patsy Miller, Joline Garner, Rita Fay Hussy, Mary Frazier Paul .Jean Dickinson.. Hostesses of the afternoon, Ne ' a Bell, Margaret Ann Windley, Pat Wjbb, and Joyce Biggs, assum ed full responsibility for the enter tainment of the guests. They were present to welcome them upon ar rival, served punch and cakes fol lowing presentations, and were at the door with gracious goodbyes -when guests left. SCHOOL PARTY BIG SUCCESS Prin. Leary Tells Plans for Use of The $564.94 Raised The Halloween party at the school last Friday even ing seems by unanimous consent to have been the most successful ever staged here. It drew the largest crowd, better order was maintained without a sacri fice of the fun, the minstrel show, new this year, had to be repeated and repeated, and $564.94 was raised for those things not in the school budget but which make for a better school. Seven of the things which the school is dreaming of accomplish ing with this money actually total approximately ?64d.50. ihey are: Pavmcnt of $157.50 for the service of the High School Band leader. Service of Elementary School Librarian $80. Lights, water, cleaning of Gym, $90 (Provision for these things is not in the school budget but is the responsibility of each school). Purchase of a combination ra-dio-victrola for public school mus ic if nnd when available $150. Postage, both ways, for free films for use in visual education $56. This will give a picture each week for the remainder of the school year. Pruning shrubbery on school grounds $10. Playground and athletic equip ment for grades one to eight $100. Mrs. Clarence Millis was Chair man and organizer of the carnival, but it was a big undertaking and all the teachers in the school had a part in it. See PARTY Page 10 BEAUFORT BOYS IN THE SERVICE Robert Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hill, RFD, and grandson of Mrs. Emma Hill has been ad vanced to Ship's Cook, 1st class. He is stationed on Long Island, N. Y., awaiting completion of his ship. Julius Erickson, Pvt. USA, son of Mr. tnnd Mrs. Alec Erickson of Queen Street, has just been grad uated from the Fort Crook Ord nance Automotive School, Fore Crook, Nebraska. Missing Edwin Dudley, Coxswain, USN, has returned to New York follow ing a fifteen day leave spent with his parents, the Steve Dudley's, of Mulberry Street. GSO DATES I! ! GSO Girls and friends are in vited to Camp Branch for a dance November 4th at eight o'clock. If a group of Beaufort girls plan to go, they will be called for at iifteen minutes to eight. November 7th, Sunday, girls are invited to Cape Lookout. The boat leaves from the foot of 8th St. Moreh-jad City at 1:30 but will stop at Texaco Dock, Beaufort for girls who want to go from here. November 11th, Fort Macon boys have invited the girls for a steak dinner, a camp show, and dancing at the Fort. Dinner will be served at 6:30. Group will leave USO at six. Beaufort girls picked up earlier. Girls interested in any of these parties should call Miss Eddy at the USO as soon as possible. HEW TAYLOR HOME WRECKED BY EXPLOSION Lt. Lucian Whitmore has been ordered to Dedhart, Texas, from Ft. Knox. Mrs. Whitmore, Mary Sue Rudder, is with his there. Hugh Jones, Jr., is expected home from Arizona on Saturday to spend a furlough with his parents. He graduated Wednesday as Pilot, USA Air Corps, and if he gets home will arrive as 2nd Lt. Jones. Pfc. Hiram Kerr writes from a broad asking us to change his ad dress. "It has changed so much it has been hard for the papers to get to me, and that is about the only way I have of learning any thing from the boys from home. I ran into Roscoe Miller in Africa last November. A few months lat er I saw Raymond Naseff. We stayed just across the road from each other for about two months. Just before I left Africa, I saw Dick Swindell, of Morehead, and today I met Preston Mason. I've been looking for Coach McQuade but I can't find him. Maybe I will one of these days. Things arc go ing our way, but we still have a big struggle. Tell all the fellows hello, and to write." Joyce Taylor Has Painful Burns RATION v, i, BRIEFS GASOLINE No. A 6 coupons good for three gallons of gas until Nov. 8. A-8 coupons become good No vember 9 and last through Febru ary 8. SHOES No. 18, Book I, good indefinitely for one pair. No. 1 "Airplane" Stamp In Book III good Nov. 1 for one pair. SUGAR Stamp No. 29 in Ration Book IV good for five pounds of sugar until January 15. This stamp is marked "Sugar." CANNED GOODS Blue X, Y, Z good through Nov. 20. Green A, B, C, Book IV. good through Dec. 20. MEATS Brown G, H, good to Dec. 4. FUEL OIL Period 1 coupon good through Jan. 3. (All definite value coupons (sometimes known as change mak ing coupons are good any time). Fire alarm 33 about 4 :30 P. M. Wednesday called the Beaufort Fire Department to the new home of Earl Taylor on the old New Bern Road where fire followed an explosion damaging the new Taylor home and furniture to the extent of between $2500 and $3000. according to Mrs. Earl Taylor, and in juring 15 year old Joyce Taylor. Joyce was taken to Potters Emer gency Hospital where burns were dressed after which she was able to be moved to the home - of her aunt, Mi's. George Laughton. The new Taylor home is across the road from where the Taylor's formerly lived. It has just been completed and the family moved in on Monday a week ago. The house was modern in every way and was equipped for the use of Butane gas in heating. The xploslon occurred when the gas was lighted for the first time by the Butane representative. The blast left the place in sham bles. Windows were blown out, holes blown in the walls, two doors were blown from the hinges, and furniture and walls wrecked, Mrs. Taylor said. The fire Department responded with the big truck carrying 300 gallons of water in the booster tank. It was nearly an hour be fore they were able to put the fire out. The Taylors are living tempor arily in a house across the way which Mr. Taylor brought from West Beaufort and was having re paired for renting. Sgt. Roy Eubanks, USA Air Corps, is serving in California with an address in care of the PM at Los Angeles. LT. COMDR. EARL CAFFREY Schneider, commander of the new 1,525-ton U. S. Submarine, Dora do, reported by the Nary Depart ment to be "overdue" and "pre sumed to be lost" in the Pacific War Zone. - Comdr. Schneider was a native of Beaufort. His mother was the former Mary Caffrey known here as Mamie, his father Earle G. Schneider was ChUf of the Naval Radio Station on Pivei's Island, prior to the last war. Earle was known here affectionately as "Penrod". He began his school life in our schools, but the family movd away when he was still a youngster. Schneider entered the Academy at Annapolis by Presiden tial appointment having stood 6th in his examinations for entrance He graduated in 1933. He has serv ed in the South Pacific since before Pearl Harbor. His wife, Mrs. Stella Grace Schneider and Earle Jr., who were with him at Hawaii left a few days before December 7th, 1941. and were on the high seas at the time of the Japanese attack. Comdr. Schneider was last spring awarded the Navy Silver Star for "gallantry and intrepidity in ac tion." Earle G., father of Comdr. Schneider, has served in the navy for 40 years. Mr. Avison Is Promoted Sgt. Robert Frank Rice, son of S. A. Rice Broad St, has been home on leave following graduation from the Kingman Army Air Field flexible gunnery school near King man, Arizona. Robert has had a protracted course on the gunnery range where he shot the .22 rifle, shot-gun and calibre .30 and .50 machine guns, he was given two weeks of air firing before being presented with his gunnery wings. Jack Allen has been transferred from Kessler Field, Miss., to Su perior, Wisconsin, for further training in the Air Corps. Dorsey Martin, son of Mr. Ed- Martin, stationed in the South Pa cific, has been advanced to the rank of sergeant. Indulgence, Please Mayor Paul asks indulgence of citizens to whom the intervals be tween trash collections seem long Like individuals, the town is having its own labor ploblems, and in ad dition, one of the town trucks re cently burned and the second one has been out with a broken axle. The latter is in commission now, the other gives promise of being soon. Until then, one truck will be doing the work of two. A little ar ithmetic will show why there will be twice as long between collec tions. In the meantime, by way of helping, burn all the trash you can. Neil Windley, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Windley, is home on leave following eight and a half months of sea duty as a cadet in the U. S. Merchant marine during which he circumnavigated the globe. Neil first completed ten weeks of preliminary traiing at Great Neck, sea duty followed in which with 63 other cadets he was employed aboard a regular mer chant ship. At the expiration of his leave he returns to Great Neck for advanced training. When he completes his course, he will be 3rd Assistant Engineer in the U. S. Merchant Marine. Mr. L. B. Avison, former Direc tor of the Carteret County USO has been made Associate Region al Supervisor and'wiil be -stationed at the Headquarters of Region 4, USO YMCA, Richmond, Va. Mr. Avison left here to become Area Director for seven USO's in the Rockingham, Aberdeen, Max ton, section. His field of duty un der his new assignment will b" Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina with the special assign ment of serving the clubs in North Carolina This means that the many friends he made while here may look forward to seeing him again from time to time. METHODISTS IN CONFERENCE AT ROCKY MUNT Ministers and Lay Leaders Represent Carteret Churches' Six hundred Methodist ministers and laymen of the North Carolina Conference will meet in Rocky Mount for the Annual Conference be ginning Tuesday at the First Methodist Church and clos ing with the reading of ap pointments on Friday morn ing. The ministers of Carteret will be represented by Rev. W. S. Pot ter, of Ann Street Church; Rev. J. Herbert Miller, of the First Meth odist of Morehead City; Rev. Jer ome Hunneycutt, of Franklin Me morial, Morehead City; Rev. John R. Poe, Newport; Rev. Cecil Har ris, the Straits ; Rev. L. D. Hayman, 1 Atlantic; Rev. H. C. Cuthrell, Marshallberg; Rev. Bill Blades Parkin, Hatteras. Three of these men have completed four years in their present charges: Mr. Potter, Mr. Hayman, and Mr. Harris. Mr Miller has completed three: Mr. Poe, twj; the others, one year each. Normally, the men who have served four years expect a change. The Beaufort churchj however, has asked for a return of Mr. Potter. In addition to the ministers a lay delegate will represent each church. Mr. Charles Wallace, First Methodist, Morehead City, Mr. Wilbur Garner, Newport; Mr. Walter Lewis, Franklin Memorial, Morehead City; Mrs. L. D. Hay man, Atlantic; Mr. N. F. Sure, Beaufort. County Board Holds Busy Session Monday Morning Vote $1,000 For Support of Library; Ask That Atlantic Highway Be Rebuilt By State. Selects Jury for December; Com mend Work of County Officials Hon. D. L. Ward Here Tomorrow Recorder's Court Harvey Wallace, NSN, left Tuesday after spending a week's leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Wallace, of Merrimon. Harvey has been doing convoy duty in the Atlantic. Elmer Willis, of Davis Shore, formerly with Eastman Furniture Company, is home this week on leave from Newport News where he is with the Merchant Marine. Ensign Grayden Paul, USNR, has been home on leave from the Norfolk Air Station. He left yes terday for advanced work with Pratt-Whitney, Hartford, Conn. Harry Paul has been transfer red to St. Petersburg, Fla., where he will have three months of actual flying. Judge Webb had a light docket in Recorder's Court Tuesday. Mrs. Kathleen Rice, of the Causeway between here and Morehead City charged her husband with assault but failed to show up to prosecute him. The case was dismissed upon payment of officer's costs by Mrs Rice. J. V. Waters, of Morehead City was summoned lor operating an automobile with improper lights. He plead guilty. Judgment was withheld. Case of Fleming Fulcher, of Gales Creek, charged with larceny of a car from a Newport Service Station was continued from last week for an additional wi-.ness. Harry Taylor, Gales Creek, ap peared, testified that he offered to sell Fulcher a car for $75, and gave him permission to get it from in front of the Service Station. Both claimed that through error Fuiehei had taken the wrong car. The car was returned to the garage later in the day by Fulcher's father and brother with no damage done. Tho charge was changed to temporary larceny and the boy given six months sentence suspended upon payment of costs amounting to $ 23. Fulcher plead guilty to a second charge the possession of non tax paid liquor. Prayer for judgment continued upon payment of costs. Mayor's Court The town is checking violators of two town laws the one hour parking regulation from 8 to 6 be. tween Turner and Craven Streets on Front and the stop regulation before entering Ann Street from Live Oak. Stricter enforcement of the first has become necessary be cause jf the congestion in tin? one solid business block on Front; the second, because of reports of near accidents to school children at the Corner of Live Oak and Ann. On Monday morning, Mayor Paul heard eight violators of tho parking reglulation and twenty for ignoring the stop sign. Other cases on the docket were several for drunkenness all of whom failed to show up. A county-wide NCEA teacher meeting will be held Friday after noon, November 5th, in the Audi tarium of the Beaufort High School. Hon. D. L. Ward, of New Bern. Member of the House of Represen tativet, will give the leading ad dress. Mix Grace F. Wilson, Su pervisor of practice teaching in one of the New Jersey State Teachers Colleges will be present also and speak on "Do's and Don't's In the Class Room." I Prior to the addresses there will be music by the Beaufort High School Band and selections by the Glee Club. The public is invited to hear these guests. The Lights Are On The lights are on, officially, and have been since the first with the exception of flood lights, accord ing to Mayor Paul, and the flood light restriction does not affect us. Automobiles, residences, stores, streets, every thing affected by the restriction is affected by the new regulation. Street lights will be delayed for repair and replace ment of bulbs but Mr. George Sto vall of the Tide Water Power Co., promises them before the month is out. FISH CEILINGS Henry Kirk, RDM 3 cl. USN writes from aboard ship in the At lantic: "I have been receiving the News ever since I have been in. It has been a big help. I look forward to it each week. A suggestion See SERVICE Page 10 There will be a meeting of Com mercial fishermen and dealeis at Hampton, Virginia, tomorrow morning to consider price ceiling on Southern fish especially with reference to the Chepapeake and North Carolina areas where the income of fishermen has al-.vayi been at subnormal level. Dr. H. F. Prytherch of the U. S. Govern ment Fisheries Laboratory wi'l be present, Mack Lupton, Fishery Consultant from New Bern, and. possibly, Gordon C. Willis and Ghermann Holland, Fishery Con sultants in this area as well as other of the leading dealers from North Carolina. Dr. Prytherch Attends Meeting Dr. H. F. Prytherch has just re turned from Washington where he has been attending a special meet ing called by the Deputy Coordi nator of Fisheries and attended by state and public health officials for consideration of the elimina tion of pollution at Hampton Roads. Pollution of the lower Chesapeake according to Dr. Pry therch, costs the oyster industry a million and a half dollars a year. The group made an attempt to work out a joint program with the Naval Officials of the Fifth District and the Federal Works Administration, Richmond, to clean up the water in Hamptor Roads nnd vicinity. The increased population of this area is respon-j sible for the unsatisfactory condi tion. Dr. Prytherch's interest was in following up action started last July designed to insure the har vesting of oysters from waters of tve highest purity. Miss Lewis' Fifth Grade Wins Award The School Stamp and Bond Committee composed of Mrs. N. F. Eure, Mrs. J. W. Humphrey, and Mrs. J. K. Vanderveer com pleted their fourth week's work in the Beaufort schools on Tuesday of this week. It was somewhat more important than the work of oth er weeks because at the elope of each four weeks, J. L. McGowan, of the Beaufort Theatre, has a greed to give each member of the grade leading for the month a pass to the Beaufort Theatre good for any one performance. Miss Edith Lewis 5 grade lead, and her boys and girls are the first to re ceive this award. Total sales for all grades for the four weeks come to $2,000 for bonds, $750 for stamps. SPOTS Spots made the fishing? news week. Stere Mason, of Beaufort, caught 60,000 pounds near the old Ha i leers Island Ferry Dock day before yesterday, Stacy Davis, of Harkers Island caught 25,000 pounds, and Sammy Willis caught close to 20,000 pounds back of Harkers Island. They were all good catches but do not approach the record catch of the season which is said to have been 140,000 lbs., taken by Jim Wallace Mason of Atlantic on Tuesday of last week. MR. THOMAS ILL Armistice Dinner 0 Plan3 have been completed by Carteret Post No. 99, Amtncan Legion for the Annual Armistice Day Dinner at the Hut next Thurs day evening at seven o'clock. Charles Baddour, of Clinton, a cherter member of the Golsboro Post and charter member of the Forty and Eight of Rocky Mount. Voiture will be the speaker of the speaker of the evening. Oth.r of ficial nositions that Mr. Baddour, has held in the Legion are Fast Grand Chef De Gare of the Granu Voiture of Georgia, Past Depart ment Commander of the So:s oi the American Legion of Georgia, National Cheminot of Georgia, and pa3t commander of several Ly ion posts. As has been the custom, num bers of the Legion Auxiliary will serve the dinner. Mr. Charles Thomas has been in Potters Emergency Hospital Lea week tomorrow with neuritis la his right shoulder. He is improving but expects to remain several days for treatment. Orthopedic Clinic . The State Orthopedic Clinio will be held Friday, November 5th, i 1 Greenville from 12:30 to 4 at tho offices of the Pitt County Health Department at the corner of 3rd and Green Streets. This clinic takes all typo? of cripples, both white and colored, free of charge who are unable to afford prjvate treatments. It is de sired though not required, that pa tients be referred by a physician or the Welfare Officer, and that patient bring such note to the Clinic. The Clinic fa conducted by Dr. Hugh A. Thompson, orthoped ist, of Raleigh. In the Novehpr mpprintr nf the County Commissioners on Monday, the Hoard voted an appropriation of $1,000 from the general fund for the support of the County Li brary. This is a matter which has ben hanging fire for some months. In the August meeting the matter was pu4 to a vote. Mr. Chappell pur by Tilton Davis of "Barkers island, mere were but four members of the Board at fri time, when Dut to the vote it stood two to one for the ap propriatioiL Chairman Bon ner then voted bringing the mauer to a tie. No action has been taken since because of the absence of members of the Board at each meeting but it was brought up this week in spite of the absence of Tilton Da-' vis as opportunity for getting State Aid will expire before the next meeting. Mr. J. F. Duncan presented the matter for the Library clarifying the issue. He showed that to set the State Aid, there must be the County Library, for a County Li brary, there must be County sup port. Without a County Library, the Bookmobile which is an exten sion of the Library into the Coun ty cannot be operated. The first question was to decide whether there would or would not be a Li brary; the second was to discuss the disposition of the Library of 7,000 columes whis has been built up here and operated as a County Library. When the first question was put to a vote, it was passed without a dissenting "No." The Board passed two resolu tions one asking the State High way and Public Works Commission to rebuild the road from Beaufort to Atlantic; the other, asking the same Commission to make improve ments in the Stanton Road from Route 101 to the north end of the bridge ever Gallant's Creek. The Board accepted the audit of Williams and Wall, CPA's, of County accounts for the fiscal year ending June 30th. J. G. Allen was authorized to provide suitable locks for the doors of the Court House Annex and it was ordered that doors be kept locked during the night. Tax adjustments were made for the properties of Lara Ward, J, A, Norris, White Oak, and John W. Lupton, Sea Level. The following were selected for the Jury of the December term of Civil Court: Beaufort: K. W. Wright, Char les Case, T. M. Thomas, Jr., C. W. Britton, John Johnson, Luther Pittman, Hua-h P-iUp. r;.nvin Clawson. Morehead Citv: W. H. Rail in Williams, Henry D. Goodman. Straits: H. D. Chadwick, G. C. Chadwick, M. M. Chadwick, G. L. oee COMMISSIONERS Pag? 10 s?mtn::an:a:sa::::::::::j::ujr 1 TTHF TARI F - s. a a m-J m i Information as to the tide at Beaufort is given in this column. The figures a:e ap proximately correct and are b:ise;l on tables furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Survey. Some allowances must be made for variations in the wind and also with respoet to the locality, that is wheth er near fhs inlet or ut th head of the estuaries. The soybean yield of the U. S. is estimated at 18 bushels per acre as compared with 19 1-2 buohels last year, while the North Carolina yield dropped from 13 bushels to 8 1-2 bushels. HIGH 2:ff 2:58 3:39 4:09 4:50 5:16 5:52 6:16 6:47 7:09 7:38 7:59 8:25 8:43 LOW Friday, No 8:54 9:43 . 6 10:07 10:44 7 11:13 11:41 PM. Saturday, Nov AM. FM. -Sunday, Nov. AM. PM. , Monday, Nov. 8 AM. PM. 12:16 Tuesday, Nov. 9 AM. 12:32 PM. 1:11 Wednesday, Nov. 10 AM. 1:1:22 PM. 2:03 Thursday, Nov. 11 AM. 2:08 PM. 2:45 AM. PM. AM. PM. AM. PM. PM. AM PM. AM. P1L AM. PM.