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TLJ The Most Widely Read Newspaper Along The Central Carolina Coast VOLUME XXXI No. 59 12 PAGES THIS WEEK BEAUFORT. N. C, THURSDAY, DEC. Vt, 1943 12 PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLY. SENIORS OF ATLANTIC H. S. PRESENT PLAY FRIDAY NjGHT Lively Melodrama Promises Exciting Entertainment The Atlantic Senior Play will be given on Friday night, December 10th, at eight o'clock in the aud itorium of the High School. Th.2 play, a melodrama in three acts, has a setting employing the title "The Smouldering Flame" writ ten by Charles George. The set tine of the drama has for its cen tral theme a characterization of a great love, which for a time wres tles inwardly for a freedom of ex pression. It lingers there with a burnine passion until by a stroke of unforseen fate, the long sought for object of that love is realiz ed in the rescue of a lovely, but retiring young lady struck down by a hit-and-run driver.. She is taken into the house, and after re gaining consciousness, the real ac tion of the play begins to develop All along there are many good lauchs and interest is held to the very last by a continuing series of surprises and unexpected events. The admission will be fifteen cents for children and thirty cents for adults. The play is under direction of Mrs. Jessie Lee Parker, one of the High School teachers, and the characters are drawn from the senior class of the school. COUNTY BOARD ADJUSTED TAX ITEMS MONDAY Pelletier and Chappell Absent County Commissioners held their regular monthly session Monday morning although L. W. Pelletier, of Stella, and C. Z. Chappell, of Beaufort, were both absent. By proper resolution the Board re-appointed the same tax listers for the 1944 tax list as served for 1943. They are as follows: White Oak, Mrs. Pearl Ennett ;. New port, E. Cornell Corner; Morehead, Charles V. Webb; Beaufort Fred R. Seeley and John D. Brooks; Harlowe, Raymond Ball; Merri mon, Hugh Salter and Henry Vance; Straits, Henry D. Chad- wick; Barkers Island, Charles preachers on the home ground, Davis; Hunting Quarter, H. H. Da- oue 10 ine large nuraper 01 minis- vis; Cedar island, Mrs. Dora Day. lers serving tneir vuunuy as Chaplains. While the present ar rangement will reduce tne num ber of services for some of the churches, there appeared to be a willingness on the part of all to accept the situation and work the harder during these aays of emergency. Williston Has 1st Conference For Atlantic Charge The first quarterly conference for the Atlantic Charge was held in the Williston Methodist Church Sunday evening, December 5th. The Rev. J. A. Russell, Supennten- dent of the New Bern District preached an able sermon on the subject of "The Great Command ment of Brotherly Love and af ter his message entered into the business of the Conference. The call of the report from the pastor was offered in a written statement which sounded the note of hopeful out-look for the coming year. The Budget was fixed in the same ratio as the preceding year. This year, the Straits Church has been added to the Atlantic Charge, making five churches un der the pastorate of Rev. L D. Hayman, who was returned to the charge for his fifth year. The addi tion of the Straits churcn was made because of the shortage of Back From Pacific I ' " ' ' t -i-y. - : Gerald Williamson On Duty in Pacific Aboard A Coast Guard-Manned Transport Somewhere in the Paci fic, Nov. 10 (Delayed) Gerald W. Williamson, son of Mr. and Mrs Tully Williamson, of Sea Level, N. C, today began a new "hitch' in the fighting Coast Guard aboard this vessel. Once under attack from the Japs, and survivor of a fire at sea, "Jerry" is anxious for another crack at the little Sons of Nippon. Williamson, a machinists ate, second class, was a member of the '"crew of the transport Wakefield (former liner Manhattan) when she was bombed at Singapore two weeks after Pearl Harbor. Some of his shipmates were killed, and he hopes he has a chance to avenge their deaths. A year after his ship was attacked, she caught fire in the North Atlantic while return ing from an European port. "Jer ry" escaped without injury, al though there were some casualties. A graduate of Atlantic High School, Williamson served in the Merchant Marine before joining the Coast Guard. Lean and tall, 28 years old, Jerry likes the sea and plans to remain in the Service. He has a son, "Jerry, Jr." Blaze Threatens North River Church Arthur Farm Sold For $28,000 The Arthur Farm just off High way 70, six miles from Morehead City and six miles from Newport was sold at public auction on No vember 29th by the J. W. Ferrell Company, of Winston-Salem. Lee A. Murdock, of Wildwood bought a tract of 144.2 acres for $7,000; Dennis Bryan Turner, of Wild wood ,170.1 acres for $6,80C; and Robert tf. Hay, of Muysville, 314 acres for $ 12,000. RATION BRIEFS GASOLINE A-8 coupons good through Feb ruary 8. SHOES No. 18, Book I, good indefinitely for one pair. No. 1 "Airplane" Stamp in Bok III good for one pair. SUGAR Stamp No. 29 in Ration Book IV good for five pounds of sugar til January 15. This stamp U 4,.arked "Sugar." CANNED GOODS Green A, B, C, Book IV. good through Dec. 20. MEATS Brown L, M, N, good through January 1. i FUEL OIL i Period 1 coupon good, through Tan. 3. Period 2 coupons good ( or 10 gallons per unit. A fire starting on the shoulder of the Atlantic Highway, probably from a discarded cigarette, gain ed such headway Monday after noon around 3:30 that the file de partment had to respond in order to save the North River Methodist Church. The fire spread quickly in the dry grass and young pines. Women in the neighborhood fought it with pine tops but were unable to get it under" control. Primrose Mason from nearby and L. J. Hill, of Morehead City, who was passing, both stopped and lent a hand but it was not until the. , department came that the blaze was stopped, The engine put a stream of wa ter from the booster tarnk on it that proved effective. In the back of the building, the blaze burned to within ten feet of the church wall and on the south side to with in something like fifteen feet of the wall. MAYOR'S COURT Resignation of H. H. Lewis, Sr., as electrical wiring inspector for the county was accepted and H. H. Lewis, Jr., appointed in his place. The Board approved the bid of H. T. Carraway for the purchase of County Home property across the highway from the County Home Building recently puxchas ed by Dave Merrill. The County Auditor was order ed to proceed with the collection of County taxes against Morehead City on the Morehead City Gar ment County's lots. . Valuation on the cleared land of D. J. Willis of Davis was adjust ed, and there were tho folowing tax adjustments made: J. H. Whitehurst, White Oak Township; Wealthey Glancey Heirs, Newport Township; Mrs. Minnie Willis, Sea Level Township; D. W. Davis Heirs, Straits Township; Mary Es telle Garner Heirs, Newport Town ship; Mrs. Isabelle Arthur (Mrs. G. L.), Morehead City, Leon Gas- kill, Stacy Township; E. H. Mead own, Newport Township; ' Kelly Wims, Harkers Island Township; Leslie Hamilton, tSacy Township; Earl C. Day, Cedar Island Town ship; Earl C. Day, Cedar Island Township; Andrew Fulcher Sea Level Township; Clem Fu'icher, Atlantic Township; Mrs. Cleve land Davis, Harkers Island Town ship; Roy Merrill, Beaufort Town ship; W. R. Lawrence, Straits Township. EARL RAY WILLIS, G. M. 3rd. CI., USNR, ion of Mr. a.nd Mrs. Earl T. Willi of Ann Street Ex tension is back from the Pacific War Zone. The Willis family ia a 100 per cent in Service. Earl's father is Chief Machinist's Mate, USCG, stationed at Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and his only brother, Donald, has this month graduated as Shore Patrol Specialist, USN., at Farra- gut, Idaho, fcarl graduated irom our High School in the dais of 1942. He entered the Nayy the same summer, received his basic training at Norfolk. TOWN GIVES LOT FOR SCOUT CLUBHOUSE Traffic Problems Also Discussed at Dec. Board Meeting BLACK OUT FOR THURSDAY NIGHT A practice blackout is schedul ed for tonight, December 9th. The red signal (short wavering blasts) will sound at 9:30. Lights off, take shelter, traffic stops. The blue (steady blast will sound at 9:45. Autos continue with lights on low. Pedestrians may walk. All Clear at 10:10 Mayor Paul calls upon all Civil ian Defense personnel in every branch to report to their respect Of special interest to those who have the work of the Boys Scouts and Girls Scouts at heart was the decision made by the Town Com missioners Monday evening to give the lot on the south side of the Recreation Center Broad and Pollock Streets, for the erection of a suitable hut for Boy and Girl Scouts of Beaufort. A movement is underway by a civic organiza tions but sponsored especially by Beaufort Rotarians to erect a suitable club house for the u;se of these organizations. The lot in question faces Pollock Street and is ample size for such a buillding as the sponsors have in mind.. The other matter which occu pied considerable time was the question of traffic congestion on Front Street due to violations of the one hour parking law in the block between Turner and Craven Streets. Officers are still aresting violators in an effort to make it possible for loading and unloading without having to stop freight trucks in positions to block the street. Mr. G. W. Duncan Recognized For 25 Year Service Last Saturday, G. W. Duncan, local insurance agent was present ed with a gold sign by The Ameri can Insurance Company of New ark, N. J., in recognition of his having faithfully represented that Company for over a quarter of a century. The presentation was made by a Home Office Representative of the Company, who spoke highly of his ability in handling the Company's interest. The agency also received a congratulatory letter from Paul B. Sommers, President of The American Insurance Company, who has taken a personal interest in the event. "We appreciate the loyalty you have always evidenc ed toward this Company, and we value the bond of friendship which has held us together. May it grow even stronger in the years to come. Agencies such as yours have en abled this Company to attain its present enviable position among the large insurance companies in our business." Mr. Duncan has represented The American Insurance Company since June 10, 1918, and his many clients will doubtless join with us in wishing him continued success. Funeral Services For Mr. Tom Norris Monday Afternoon Mr. Tom Norris, 81, Beaufort RFD, died Sunday morning at 7:30. Funeral services were con ducted Monday afternoon at four ive posts and requests that every-; o'clock from Tuttle's Grove Meth- DECEMBER COURT ADJOURNEDVED. o Eleven Divorce Cases Heard in CAROL SERVICE AT HIGH SCHOOL DECEMBER 15 200 Boys and Girls To Sing in Annual Affair Directed by Mrs. Chas. Hassell one report to the Town Hall later for a check up on the test. Orville Kirk, of Beaufort, and Roy Smith, of Beaufort,' who ai'e alleged to have interferred with Chief Walter Longest and Officer Clyde Peterson in the performance of their duty around two o'clock last Saturday afternoon when they attempted to arrest service men were summoned to appear before Mayor Paul Monday. Smith, on one of the Coast Guard boats, had obtained permission to be heard on the 13th and at Kirk's request, his case was also continued until next week. Both boys are out un der $100 bonds. A preliminary hearing will be given in Mayor's Court on Monday and the boys will probably be heard in Recorder's Court on the 14th. Other cases before the Mayor were the usual run of drunks both white and colored. Inductee Arnold Father of Six Chooses U. S. N. R. The Selective Service began to go into our list of Pre-Peari Har bor fathers when the last group of inductees were called. Melton Duffie Arnold, of New port, with six children is said to have the distinction of having the most of any father in the group. Arnold chose service in the Navy and left for Raleigh at the end of the month. Mrs. Arnold, the form er Miss Leola Currier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Currier, will continue to carry on in the home Two of the children are in school, the others too small. Keep in Mind JC Paper Drive Save your paper and cardboard for salvage. It is needed for re processing. This is your opportu nity to help. There will be a cclloc tion early in January by the Ju nior Chamber of Commerce. Date to be announced later. As piles ac cumulate, prepare in bundles and store until date of drive to made public. ROTARIANS R. M. Williams, County Agent, showed the Beaufort Rotarians the picture, "The Village Black smitn" at their Tuesday evening dinner meeting at the ' Inlet Inn this week. The picture presents in an interesting: manner the storv of John Deere and the develop ment of the steel plough. In addi tion there was the usual good fel lowship of group singing. Salter Home From Pacific Chief Boatswain's Mate Joe Salter, USCG, is spending a 30 day leave in Sea Level with his wife, the former Ena Gaskill, and his two children. Salter was with our first forces landing on Gaudal canal August, 1942, and has been in the Pacific War zone for the past eighteen months. Salter re ports to Charleston, S. C, the day after Christmas for his new assignment. BEAUFORT BOYS IN THE SERVICE Coxswain Thomas Giay Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose F. Roberts, 1004 Broad Street, has completed specialized training at the Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center at Charleston, S. C. Roberts enlisted in the USNR two years ago last August. Sgt. Royall M. Barbour, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Barbour, of Gordon Street, is home this week from Harlingen Army Air Field, Texas, where he completed a com prehensive six weeks course in ev ery phase of aerial gunnery and was awarded his silver Aerial Gun ner's Wings. Maurice E. Willis, Pvt., USA, is serving with our forces in the Eu ropean theatre of war. Mr. Bushall In Harness Again Mr. C. H. Bushall who recetnly underwent an operation at Watts Hospital has been improving at his home since his return on No vember 24th and has been out for the first time this week. He spent a few hours at his office yesterday and expects to be down again to day. Mr. Bushall is full of prais? for his care and treatment while away but admits that Beaufort never looked quite so good to him as it did when he got back. He beams as he tells of the kindness and thought of friends here that fol lowed him in the hospital. He would like to personally thank the individuals and those groups, including organizations in all three of our churches, who remembered with cards and flowers, but since he cannot, he has asked us to say that they made bright spots in the long days while he was away. The Field Artillery Journal for December carries an article by Cpl. Melvin E. Mason and Cpl. Joe B. Windley entitled "Intra-Bat- tery Communication in an Armor ed F. A. Battery." It pictures the new device invented by these boys for eliminating difficulties of wire laying within an Armored F. A. Battery and gives a drawing of the mechanical features. The article is too technical for bed time read ing but the boys seem to be in good company as ni03t of the oth er contributors in the same issue are generals, colonels, or majors. Capt. Ralph Thomas, USA, son of Mr. Charlie Thomas, is spending this week with his father. He has been transferred from Johnston, Fla., to Columbia, S. C, and re ports to his new post from here. CityPionsMs vvgk cmw cmfwfcmm Lt. Tom Davis, USNR, leaves to day for Yorktown, Va., after spending several days here with his parents, the M. L. Davis' of Front Street. Tom has been transferred from Charleston, S. C. to Virginia for an eleven-week advanced train ing course. Mrs. Davis who has been with him here, will return to her work in Durham. George Brooks, Jr., Corpl. USA, has been transferred from the In fantry at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to the Army Air Corps at Amarillo, Texas. Word has been received tha'l Cpl. John Butler, USA is with our troops in Italy. Odell Merrill, USA, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Merrill, of Ann Street, is spending the week with See SERVICE Page 8 1 i-wllcl rVii.i.il. k.r Pair TovAmo TTurt. eycutt and Rev. W. Stanley Pot ter after which the body was laid to rest in Russell's Creek Ceme tery. .-Mr. Norris was a farmer who was loved and respected in the community. Mrs. Norris preceded him to the grave by several years. He is survived by four daughters: Mrs. A. P. Adams, Harlowe, Mrs. M. M. Scott, Wilmington, Mrs. Hugh Carraway, Beaufort, Mrs. Walter Stewart, Gloucester; three sons: Will Norris Beaufort, RFD, Leslie Norris, Beaufort, RFD, Cor bet Norris, Havelock; two sisters: Mrs. Tom Dudley, Beaufort, RFD, Mrs. Will Lane, Beaufort, RFD; and by twenty-one grand children and four great grandchildren. Rewards the Grade Buying Most Bonds Miss Edith Lewis' Fifth Grade led all grades of the Beaufort Graded School for November in the purchase of Defense Bonds and Stamps and each member has been awarded one pass to the Beaufort Theatre good for any program. A new month began this week and Mrs. John Brooks Seventh Grade started out with high. To tal sales for the week were stamps to the amount of $150 and $675 worth of bonds. QUAIL HUNTING Alex S. Davis, County Game Protector, calls attention to the regulation that quail can be hunt ed on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays only in Carteret Coun ty. Anyone apprehended hunting quail on any other day of the week will be liable to arrest and prosecution. I December Term of Carteret County Suuperior Court conven ed on Monday morning with Judge J. Paul Frizzelle of Snow Hill pre siding and some fifty spectators present. The jury was sworn in by 11:15 and business was underway continuing until adjournment Wed nesday afternoon. The case of the ten or twelve ex ceptions to the report of the . ap praisers of the Beaufort-Morehead Air Port came up for hearing. The Court settled the issues and set the cases for trial on the second Monday of the June term. The case of McLawhorn and Wi!son vs Jameson grew out of a call by C. R. Jameson, Merrimon, for an accounting of the crops rais ed and the money received from them by his tenants McLawhorn and Wilson. After the case had dragged for hours, the score was nothing to nothing. The plaintiff received nothing and the defen dant nothing in his counter claim The following eight divorces were granted on the grounds of two years separation: Marie Boyle Convery vs Thomas J. Convery. Alton T. Gaskill vs Helen K. Gas kill, Chester L. Raffaldt vs Bertha Raffaldt, Robert Scott Belford vs Martha Ann Belford, Leon Cotton vs Mable Jenkins Cotton, Ray mond Sutton (colored) vs Carrie Mae Sutton, Maceo Yorborough vs Bessie Yarborough and Duffee vs Diffee. The divorce of H. R. Heihl vs Grace M. Deihl was granted on grounds of adultery; the case of Alphia M. Gardner vs Ray Gardner was non suited; the only divorce granted that was not absolute was that of Eloise F. Singleton vs John Singleton to whom an armenss. et thoro divorce was granted. On December 15th at 2:30 ill the School Auditorium, two hun dred boys and girls of the Beau fort Graded School will give the Christmas story in song and nar rative for the people of Beaufort. Mrs. Charles Hassel, public school music teacher, under whom they have been trained says that every grade in the school will be represented in the coruses. Mem bers of the Glee Club will wear their Glee Club robes, others will wear costumes of carolers. They will sing all the loved and familiar carols and others less familiar. The setting for the entertain ment is a church cathedral which is being designed and executed by Miss Betty Lou Merrill. Mrs. Gray den M. Paul has written the script which carries the story along and she herself will read it. The public is invited to attend. It scarcely seems necessary to urge people to be present as the splendid talent of our school, Mrs. Hassell's direction, and Mrs. Paul's support is assurance that the af ternoon will be well worth while. We do .however, ask that not only parents but all who love the Christmas story and Christmas music and who take pride in our school set apart next Wednesday afternoon to attend this enter tainment. We go a little further and suggest that no one go with a partly empty car but that those who have cars extend invitations to neighbors and friends to ha their guests. Make it a "must" for next week. Mrs. Dickinson Laid to Rest '.. Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. Mollie Potter Dickinson died Sunday morning around ten o'clock at Duke Hospital where she went for an operation on No-, vember 13th. Funeral services were conducted from the housa Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. Stanley Potter, of Ann Street Methodist Church, assisted by Dr. Edgar Jones, of St. Paul's Episco pal Church, and burial was in Ocean View Cemetery. Mrs. Dickinson was a native of Alliance but spent all of her mar ried life in Beaufort. She is surviv ed by one son, Gerald, and by two grandchildren, Geraldine and Richard, all of whom make their home here. Pall bearers were: Clarence Do vis, Fred Davis, Gordon Bell Da vis, Earle Ireland, Orrie Davis, and Phil Thomas. Honorary pallbearers were: Al onzo Thomas, David Merrill, Mur ray Thomas, Graham Duncan, C. R. Wheatly, Dr. L. W. Moore, I. N. Moore, Thomas Nelson, C. K. Howe, and J. S. Steed. Make It thrifty CHRIST MAS give WAR BONDS. Keep on BACKING THE ATTACK. BONDS OVER AMERICA "If they mean to have war, let it begin here," Capt. John Parker cau tioned his 60 Minute men on Lexington Green, just before they fired "the shot heard round the world." Lexington Green Czechs, Dutchmen, Danes, Frenchmen, Norsemen, now livinar ,3 under the Nazi heel, remember their free- . a 1 " il ' w . l aom ana cnensn meir BaCK thC Att aCKBuy lost memorials now re- an Extra $100 Bond HJy the bhck TIDE TABLE Information as to the tide at Beaufort is given in this column. The figures are ap proximately correct and are based on tables furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Survey. Some allowances must be jj made for variations in the wind and also with respect s to the locality, thit is w hetli ; er near the inlet or at the H head of the estuaries. HIGH LOW rslday, Dec. 10 8:06 AM. 8:8:23 PM. Saturday, Dec, 8:50 AM: 9:06 PM. Sunday, Dec. 9:29 AM. 9:49 PM. - AM PM. 1:45 2:34 11 2:29 3:18 12 3:10 AM. 3:56 PM AM. PM. Monday, Dec. 13 10:09 AM. 10:30' PM. Tuesday, D 10:48 PAM. 11:11 PM. :" Wednesday, Dec, 11:28 PM. 11:54 PM. Thursday, Dec. 12:06 PM. 3:49 AM. 4:34 PM. 14 4:28 AM. 5:13 PM. , IS 5:07 AM. 5:53 PM. 16 549 AM. 6:36 PM.