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PAGE THREE 51 The Most Widely Read Newspaper Along The Central Caroi?na Coast PLUME XXXII No. 2 8 PAGES THIS WEEK BEAUFORT. N. C, THURSDAY, JAN. 13, 1944 8 PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLY. speaker For Baptist 1 Hour ; - v i - i , - Vi i j , ! ; ".'it . ...'il ('.'!. :! i. ill ,1 CARTERET BOYS IN THE SERVICE Joseph Sebes who for some months has boon serving with our armed forces in England ha3 been advanced from the rank of Cap tain, USA, to that of Major. Ma jor Sebes is the hueband of the former Julia Thomas. Dr. Douglas Freeman, Editor of re Newt Leader, Richmond, will eat on the program of the South n Baptist Hour at 7:30 EWT unday morning, January 16th. r. Freeman i a Pulilxer Pr:e inner, holder of 12 honorary de reel, visiting Profeor of Colum ia University, author of "Robert ;. Lee," and now completing the t volume of 'Lee'i Lieutenants.' lis subject on Sunday will be: ''A :ree Church in a Free State." Edwin F. Gatlin, AMM 2c, m acknowledging his Christma3 gifts from the Pacific adds, " I hope to be able to deliver your Christmas gift personally. It wil be late for Christmas but nevertheless " so the W. D. Gatlin's, of Cedar Street, are preparing to welcome Edwin home soon after an aosence ui - er two yeare 55,000 Student Nurses Needed PuHoi- William Everett Congle- ton returned to his school in Leb anon, Tenn., after spending the holidays with his grandparents, . . y i .. , Mr. and Mrs. nenry vungiewu. TlnnaM T. Willis, S 1c, USN, has been transferred from Farra- gut, Idaho, to Norfolk for Shore Patrol duty. Three Brothers i n Navy Service ' , 'Kmr '" JH::'it ..I, :v:' : ' . . .-V,. : f S.' Three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Mel in L. Styron, of Roe, are serving in the Navy. Melvin L. Styron, Jr., (left) is now stationed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard after serving overseas for some time. David E. Styron (center) is on active duty somewhere in the Atlantic. Clyde E. Styron (right) is stationed at Pensacola, Florida. VIOLATORS OF HEALTH LAWS HEARD TUESDAY 'lrhe Country is making a call for 65,00 new student nurses in ac credited nursing schools this year. The U. S. Cadet Nurse Corpy has pieen organized by the Government to give this student nursing free to qualified high school gaduates between seventeen and thirty-five ,For more information and appli cation forms see Miss Margaret Hamilton, Superintendent, Totter Emergency Hospital. Jimmy Jarman has been noti tified that he pased his V-5 exam ination, has been summoned to At lanta for his final examination which he passed, and has been no tified that he will be called to re port at some university on the first of March to enter V-12 training to which he was transferred from the original V-5. 1 ii Army Men Give " I'Programs for 4-H And .Service Clubs At the 4-H and Service Club meetings held in the county this jreek we were fortunate in having' Staff Sgt. Murray and Cpl. Dan iher rom Camp Branch to present i program. Staff Sgt. Murray has jeen In the army for 7 years and (las had charge of feeding army lamp,? i or the past 5 years. He presented a very interesting pro- ram on how he feeds the boys, ow the food is prepared, and the menus that he serves at each meal. He also discussed the different menus thta the boys are served in camp, on maneuvers, and in actual combat buties. Sgt, Murray had the different rations along with him that were shown in the club meetings. Cpl. Dannahcr had some of the small arms and ammunition that is .used in combat duty. This includ ed 50 and 30 caliber machine .guns, the tommy gun, and a num I ber of other rifles that are now be- I ing used on the battle fronts. Cpl. Dannaher stated that the 50 cali ber machine gun was the most ac curate of all the small weapons and was used only In knocking out tanks and other motored vehicles. This was a very interesting and ed ucational program and was thor oughly enjoyed by all members prenrot. RATION BRIEFS GASOLINE A-8 coupons good through Feb ruary 8. SHOES No. 18, Book I, gbod indefinitely for one pair. No. 1 "Airplane" Stamp in f, Book III good for one pair. SUGAR 1 Stamp No. 29 in Ration Book IV good for five pounds of sugar pntil January 15. Stamp No. 30 food Jan. 16 through March 31. CANNED GOODS I Green D, E, F, Book IV good thru Jan. 20. G, H, J, good through Feb. 20. MEATS Brown R, S, T, good through Jan. 29. U good Jan. 1C FUEL OIL v Period 2 coupons good through Jan, 24, Period 3 coupons good 1 through Feb. 21. h SPARE i "Spare" Ration stamp No. 2, Book IV, good for an extra 6 points worth of pork through Jan. 15. Harold G. Weeks, Pvt., US Ar my, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Weeks, of Newport, Route 1, has been assigned to the Tecnmcal School, Army Air Forces Train ing Command, Sioux Falls, S. D., for a 20-week training as a radio operator-mechanic. Weeks wus in ducted at Ft. Bragg last August and sent first to Keessler Field, M!ts. His new training will fit him to take his place as u member of a bomber crew. Manley E. Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie G. Murphy, Marsh allberg, has completed a course in aviation mechanics in the Army Air Forces Technical Training School, Armarillo, Texas. Taylor Case Again Cont d. Fish Dealer Accused or Having Mullets Taken In Purse Seines in Inside Waters. Potter Emergency Hospital To Close Doors Soon Tuesday was Public Health Day , , .. . lr, ,. in Kecoraer s uouri. rour casts occupying practically the entire morning up to noon had to do with non compliance with Health regu lations. Two Beaufort colored girls, Sadie Petaway, 15, and Emma Bellamy, 17, were heard on the charge of refusal to take treat ments for venereal diseases. Sadie plead guilty: Emma, not guilty, Private Cooperation Has Served Commun nity Over Seventeen Years. By Contract With USPH Has Also Served Seamen From Licensed Boats, USCG, Other Men In Service. v Real Estate TRANSFERS but the Judge failed to be convinc- j ir.AC f01. $jo Whiteoak Allen Jones, et ux to Sharp et vir, port of P.M. Annie Kusseli Ervin E. Lupton, Fireman 2c son of Mr. E. Lupton, of Lola, has completed basic training at the Submarine School, New London, Conn. The Submarine School, the only one of its kind in the Navy, is attended by a picked group of men. Submarine Lupton is a grad uate of the Atlantic High School. He joined the Navy last April and received his preliminary training at Bainbridge. Albet Royarl Skarren, SK 2-C, arrived Saturday to spend leave with his mother, Mrs. Nina Darling of Broad Street. Skarren was on the SS Hornet when it went down in October, 1942. Since then he has served in the South Pacific. Enroute home he, together with other friends, stopped in the Na tional Capital where they were all much feted. Sgt. Shelby Willis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Willis of Turner Street, arrived in Beaufort oi: Thursday to spend leave with his parents. Shelby has been in for eign service with an address in care of the Post Master, New Orleans. Jethro Quidley, Chief MM, US CG, is spending a thirty-day leave with his wife and his mother, Mrs. Emma Quidley, of Ann Street. Quidley has been serving in the South Pacific and is making his first visit home in 14 months. Pharmacists Mate Clarence Guth rie whose duties have recently taken him away from his post is back at Portsmouth and he and Mrs. Guthrie spent last week-end here with his parents. Clyde Merrill, GM 1-c called his parents, the Carvey Merrill's, from San Pedro, Calif., last Saturday to say that he is back from the Paci fic and is headed home. See SERVICE Page 5 Bookmobile The schedule of tha Bookmobile was disrupted somewhat last week and thin because of illness and bad weather. Next week, it will be op erated on regular schedule making the Barkers Island trip on Monday and going to Newport on Tuesday. About 440,000 cases (approx imately 20 million pounds) ot canned pork and beans wil te re leased to civilian consumers with in the next few weeks. ed in the latter case, and both girls were found guilty, and parolled to Dr. Robert K. Oliver, County Health Officer, who will take then; to the U.S.P.H. Rapid Treatment Center at Charlotte for treatment. L. T. Matthis plead guilty to selling milk products without a permit and without complying in other respects with requirements for milk dealers. Matthis claimed he thought requirements were eased because of milk demands in excess of supply. He was given a suspended judgment on payment of officers costs. Ray Garret, of the Blue Ribbon Club, was charged with failure to display his Grade Card. Plead guil ty, claimed it was without intent, judgment was suspended upon payment of officer's costs. The Tillman Taylor, Sea Level Fish Dealer, case which has been hanging for months was heard in part. Taylor was charged with having in his possession (last Aug ust) mullets caught in a purse seine in inside waters. Taylor tes tified to having the fish in ques tion but claimed that he did not suspect anything illegal. He said H. B. Hunter, of Barkers Island, who buys for him, sent him word that he had between ten and twelve thousand pounds of fresh mullets. He himself took the truck for them, found them in good con dition not soft and red which would have suggested purse seine catches, and says he naturally took them without inquiry. The fishermen have plead guilty to catching the fish as described. The case was again continued for more State's evidence. Other cases were more or less less routine. Oscar Bell (colored of Morehead City) plead guilty t-o vio lation of traffic regulations and was fined $11.50; Eddie Lee Col lins (colored of Beaufort) was charged with possession and sale of non tax paid liquor. He was giv en twelve months on the roads suspended upon good behavior foi two years and payment of costs amounting to $50. Sam Curtis (white of Morehead City) was called to answer the same charges. He was given a twelve months sen tence suspended upon good behav ior and payments of costs totall ing $76.15. In Trouble Again Shirley Self, colored, Virginia fisherman, found guilty of assault on Sam Rhodes and Lee Vann Johnson in Recorder's Court of December 14th and given 6 months suspended sentence has already been in trouble again. He was heard in Mayor's Court this week on the charge of cuttnig a color ed woman. He claimed the cutting was accidental, and as it could not be proven otherwise, he got off with a fine for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. The only other case before Mayor Paul on Mon day was another colored citizen charged with being drunk. Nora C. Guthrie et ux to W. E. Guthrie, 30 acres, $10. Lemmie Millis, et ux to J. G. Taylor, 15 acres $100. Morehead Township Chas. S. Wallace, et ux to Otis Purifoy, pt lot 3-13- sq. 75 $10. C. E. Cheiry, et ux to Otis Purifoy, 12-13 eq. 75. $25. J. M. Willis to Eddie Warren, pt. E. C. Boyd land $10. Morehead Manor est. to J. M. Holladay, et ux, lot 4 sq. 52 for $100. Iva B. Styron, et vir to E. G. Willis, et ux, pt lot 6-7 sq. 23 $10. Iva B. Styron, et vir to E. G. Willis, et ux, pt lot 6-7 sq. 23,$ 10. George Rowles, et ux to Robert E. Parker, lot 9, blk. 67, $100. O. W. Lewis et ux to J. W. Lov ik, pt lot 9-10- sq. 124, $10. Beaufort Mary G. Arrington to Charlie Lewis, 4 tracts Lewistown, $300. Carteret County to H. T, Car raway, 2 tracts, $1,225. J. F. Duncan, Com., to William A. Branch, pt. lot 204 O. T. $350. Harkert Island John H. Guthrie, et ux to Mat thew L. Fulcher, 50x50 ft. $25. Smyrna John H. Lynch et ux et al to C. O. Salter, 439 acres $100. Funeral For Mrs. Hunnings Mrs. Sarah F. Hunnings, 78, died at 2:00 A. M. last Friday at the Morehead City Hospit.il fol lowing a long illness. Funeral services were conduct ed from the Beaufort Baptist Church at 3 :00 p. m. Saturday by the Rev. R. T. Willis, Jr., assisted by the Rev. W. Stanley Potter, and the body was laid to rest in the North River Burying Ground. Mrs. Hunnings is survived by two daughters: Miss Martha Jones, of Beaufort; Mrs. Eva Douglas of Philidelphia: by one son: J. R. Jones, of Chocowinity; and by a great grand father; Miss Eva Lee Hales, who has been making her home here during her grandmoth er's illness. Child Dies From Burns Received In Newport Fire A disastrous early morning fire on last Friday destroyed the home place of Manly Earle Mann of Newport, RFD, and his three year old son, Earle Bryant Mann, died in Morehead City Hospital aa a re sult of burns received. The fath er, mother, and three other chil dren were also taken to the Hos pital for treatment. All have been discharged now except Mr. Mann who received very serious burns but whose condition is reported to-day as satisfactory. The fire originated from an ex plosion of an oil stove. Potter Emergency Hospit al closes its doors soon after something over seventeen years of service to this com munity. Dr. C. S. Maxwell who has been associated with the hospital continuously since the beeinnine re-lived the early days of the hospital for us one day early this week. He went back to the time when the eastern half of the building only was in exist ence with the Post Office beneath, the second story unfinished. The building belonged to the late J. H. Potter, Sr. Dr. Maxwell casting a bout for office space, approached Mr. Potter in regard to finishing the rooms to meet his require ments'. The" answer was, "No, but you go ahead and fix them as you want them, I will rent them to you, and the rent can go to pay for the improvements provided payment is not spread over a per iod of over four years." This wus the condition of the first lease. The second floor was designed to meet his needs, and en one side steps on stilts were constructed as the only means of reaching the offices. On the west side of the build ing was a small wooden structure occupied by Jim Potter's grocery store. Mr. Potter planned to re place it with a brick building which was to be bui't around the grocery store so that business need not be interrupted in the meantime. It was then that Dr. Maxwell again approached Mr. Potter and made the suggestion that he make the new building a two story one to be used as a hos pital. Thus the hospital idea evolved, and according to Dr. Maxwell the name Potter Emer gency Hospital was given oat of appreciation of the cooperation of Mr. Potter in making space avail able and in other ways making it possible to accomplish things es sential for its use as a hospital. At the end of November, 1927, although installation of the heat ing plant was not complete, the first patient was entered Wal ter Lewis, of Sea Level, and the first baby who saw the light of day in the new hospital was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Garland Gillikin, of Otway, who was born on November 29th. For those who like statistics, 685 people who were once babies can now point to the second story rooms over B. A. Bell's and Potter's Pure Food Store as the place of their birth. Among patients hospitalized during the first few days of the ex istence of the new hospital was W. D. Davis, of Harkers Island, fath er of the late Mr. Leslie Davis, who was accepted on November 30th. His clothing had caught in a pin on a fly wheel of an engine, he was knocked down, suffered lacerations requiring fourteen stit ches, and also a crushed foot Cooch Taylor, seventeen year, old son of John Taylor, of Sea Level, was also among the first enses. Others were Mrs. Whitfield Mas on, of Norfolk, and Mr. Allen Ma son, of Beaufort, who were injur ed in an automobile accident, and Mr. Clyde Peterson, of Davis, and Mr. Fulcher, of Sea Level. The hospital has always been a private hospital owned by a cor poration, but from the beg.nning it has had a contract with the U.S. Public Health Service to serve members of the Coast Guard. En- MR. ALEXANDER TO BE PASTOR OF CHURCH HERE Baptist Evangelist Comes February 1st To Accept Call Rev. M. O. Alexander, of Ral eigh and Carey, has accepted a call to become pastor of the Beaufort First Baptist Church and will take up his work here the first of next month. Mr. Alexander is well known here. For the past nine years he has been Assistant State Baptist Mission Board Secretary and in that capacity held a Stewardship meeting here last September. Mr. Alexander also served as a Chap lain in the Navy for seven years including the period of the First World War and has served a num ber of North Carolina Churches including the one at Thomasville where he was pastor for nine years. Mr. Alexander has five children. One son is in the Navy, another is a student at W-ke Forst College, and his youngest will be with him here. One married daughter makes her home in Raleigh; a second, the mother of very young twins, is making her home with her father while her husband is in the service. Abroad . - - - f I i I. ' . ' -'V , - '-7 . Word has been received of the safe arrivel of Maurice (''Wil kie") Willis somewhere in the British Islands. "Wilkie" ha been in the Service since June, 1941. He left from Ft. Dix, New Jersey, where he was stationed for two months. The Baptists who have been without a regular pastor since Oc tober, 1942, are to be congratulat ed on securing the services of a man of Mr. Alexander's caliber, and the people of Beaufort will welcome the family into their midst. Plane Crashes Lead In Causes of Death For Last Year JAYCEES In 1943, for the first time, air plane crashes lead in causes of death in Carteret County follow ed by cerebral hemmorhage ac counting for the second largest number and myocarditis for the third largest group. In 1943 there were 580 births as compared with 404 the preced ing year and 186 deaths as com pared with 166 in 1942. Jaycees had their regular meet ing on Monday of this week at the Inlet Inn and enjoyed a period of good fellowship over Mrs. Pier son's good steak dinner topped off with pie a la mode. " Chief business was discussion of the paper salvage collection of the previous day which had proven dis appointing. They boosted one an other's spirits with the thought that it was not willful lack of co operation on the part of people when they could collect but some thing like 1000 pounds when they want 3000 or more but due to the sleet and ice in which' people thought they would scarcely be so bold to venture out. A decision was made to try again on this com ing Sunday aiternoon at one o'clock. HARL'WE SCHOOL BUS OVERTURNS TUES. MORNING No Grave Injuries Three Children Held In Local Hospitals The ITarlowe school bus driven by Mary Francis Morton bringing children to the Beaufort Graded School on Tuesday morning of this week left Highway 101 on the straight road about a mile be yond Core Creek Bridge and went into a ditch. Seven or eight children weer injured all but three of whom suffered only minor hruis es and lacerations. Three: Eloisc Jarman, 8th grade, daughter of Paul Jarman; E. G. Taylor, 5th grade, and Thomas Taylor, 8th grade, sons of Ivy Taylor, were brought in to Potter Emergency Hospital for treatment. They are not reported as seriously injured but date of discharge is indefinite. The cause of the accident has not been definitely determined Roy Barbour, school mechanic, says examination showed no de fect in the bus. It was towed to town but the steering gear report ed to have ''come loose" was in tact. He says the haii dozen men present when the bus was righted confirm his statement. Mary Frances is considered one of the most capable and conscien tious of the bus drivers. In a con versation with Principal Leary yesterday, he commended her and Emily Taylor,:- especially for their level headed iess in the moments following the accident. They open ed the doors, got all the children out, then Mary Francis remained with the group while Emily, En gineering Department, Geodetic i ise Jarman (one of the injured Survey, and other branches of thp j girls) and Patricia Moore ran to See HOSPITAL Pagj 4 Core Creek to notify him. "Here's To Youth" Girl Scouts will join nine other Youth Organizations in a ''Here's to Youth" program. There will be a series of 13 dramatic broadcasts based on current problems facing young people of America to-day. The programs will come over NBC each Saturday for 13 weeks from 1:00 to 1:30 (EWT) beginning January 15. Rotarians Rotarians met Tuesday eveninjr at the Inlet Inn in - their reguar dinner session with Rota'.-ians George Stoval and "Carty" Svartz of Morehead City as guests. Apart from exchange of ideas over the dinner table chief business dis cussed concerned the work of the Boy Scouts. Mrs. Brooks' Grade Receives Reward The school Bond and Stamp Committee announce that mem bers of Mrs. John Brooks 7th Grade with the largest sales of de fense stamps and bonds for the month of December have been a warded threatre nasses bv the management of the Beaufort xneatre. The report for this week? Misa Edith Lewis' grade leading. Total sales for the week: Bonds, $725.- 00; stamps $179.00. PAPER SALVAGE Paper salvage Sunday was dis appointing, but Jaycees, not down hearted will try again Sunday, the 16th, at ONE O'CLOCK INSTEAD OF THREE. The boys want a minimum of 3000 pounds, but to date out of all Beaufort have got ten but 1000 pounds. There were some overlooked last Sunday be cause of extraordinarily bad veath er. Some people couldn't believe that they would weather the Ice and sleet to pick it up; some were late in getting it out and as it was necessary to stop and clean wind shields constantly as the cars skidded through the streets, no second trips were attempted. Jaycees can't be expected to come around endlessly to collect dribbles. They want to help and are taking the most difficult end of the bargain gladly. A call is a gain sent out to get old papers, magazines, and cardboard .toady, fasten them in piles to make it pos sible for one man and one car to handle more, put them on the porch next Sunday after church. Meeting Mayor Paul is calling a meet ing of members of Civilian De fense for 7:30 Monday evening at Town Hall. He says it is especially important that women of the Cit izens Service Corps be present.