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VOLUME XXXIH No.9
10 PAGES THIS WEEK BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH, 2, 1944
10 PAGES THIS WEEK
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
Red Cross Roll Call Now
Underway In Beaufort
And Eastern Carteret
75 Workers Began
Canvassing on Wed.
QUOTA OF $4700
TO BE RAISED
The American Red Cross Roll
'Call and War Drive with a nation
al quota of $200,000,000 and a
quota of $4,700 for the Beaufort
Chapter is underway. Accoiding
to Roll Call Chairman, Rev. W.
Stanley Pottt'c, workers began can
vassing yesterday. They have set a
week as thet line in which they
want to raise the full amount but
say they do not plan to stop short
of the full quota.
In spite of Insecurity and dis
tress of a country at war, Carteret
Countv. financially, is doine very
well. In all walks of life there is
imore ready money than ordinarily.
Everyone 13 urged in budgeting
their, money during the coming
week, to lay aside a portion for the
; support of the great humanitarian
-organization that since 1881 has
.been serving those in distress es
pecially during the periods wTien
our country has been at war.
The quota for the local chapter
'.isp radically twice of last year.
A little arithmetic shows that to
.do what is asked of us, each one
I will, have to do approximately
twice what he did on the l'J43
f drive.
. Personal letters come into this
f office constantly and into many
' homes in Beaufort bearing lesti
.jnony.to the effective work of the
American Red Cross as it touches
boys ve know who are serving in
the. armed forces around the
world. This in itself should be all
that is necessary to wake members
.cf.ihe community stand back of
, the drive 100 per cent. Since you
. were, last asked to give 6,300,000
isuch.hoys have been given person
al assistance, 350 overseas clubs
Jiave.been opened and, 5,300,000
.prisoner of war packages packed.
(Chairman Potter announces
:that Walter S. Morris has been
.named Treasurer for the Drive and
tthe following are committees for
: solicitation. Beaufort Town: Mrs.
.Raymond Paul, Mrs. R. F. Tillett,
. MrsJames Potter III, Mrs. James
Davis Potter, Mrs. Lonnie Dill,
Mrs. Julian Hamilton, Mrs. Will
Arnngton, Mrs. Jack Oakley, Mrs
Phil Thomas, Mrs. W. H. Bailey,
. Mrs. Mary Brooks, Mrs. George
Brooks, Mrs. Tom Potter, Mrs.
Ghermann Holland, Mrs. J. G. Al
len, Mrs. N. F. Eure, Mrs. Edna
Gibbs, Miss Carolyn Wheatly, Mrs.
David Smith. Beaufort School
Mrs. W. L. Woodard. Beaufort
.Scouts: Mrs. Jack Neal. Beaufort
Theatres: Miss Lena Duncan and
the Hi-Y Club. Specials: Dr. F. E.
Hyde. Colored School and Com
munity: Prof. T. I. Long and com
mittee appointed by him. Lenox
ville: Mrs. Berton Daniels; Van
Sant's: Mrs. Frank Pinner; North
River: Mrs. W. J. Dail; North Riv
er Colored: Miss Irene Elizabeth
Smith; Russell Creek and Core
Creek, Mrs. Dave Merrill; Harlowe
and Bachelor, Mrs. Carlton Taylor
with committee to be appointed
by her; Merrimon and Lukens,
Mrs. Guy Carraway, COLORED,
Miss Sara Fuller; ROE, Mrs. Lup
ton; LOLA, Mrs. Mattie Styron;
ATLANTIC, SEA LEVEL, STACY
WILLISTON, DAVIS, Mrs. Roma
Davis and committee to be appoint
ed by her MARSHALLBERG, Miss
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"LENA RIVERS"
AT BFT. HIGH
ON MARCH 10th
In The Pacific
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Take Lead in Old
Melodrama Given
By Senior Class
The annual senior play at B.H.S.
will be given March 10. The play
selected for this year is an old Mel
odrama "Lena Rivers." This play
has been modernized and meets all
the requirements of a 1944 audi
ence. It is filled with humor, path
os and good characterization.
The caste ia well selected and
the seniors promise an evening of
good entertainment, well worth
20 and 35 cents.
Cast of Characters:
Lena Rivers Joyce Johnson
Granny Nichols Carol Bessent
John Livingston Carl Chadwick
Mrs. Livingston Betty .Ruth
Hussy
Caroline Livingston Gloria Faye
Laughton
Anna Livingston Margaret A.
Paul
John Junior Ernest Guthrie
Frank Graham Burton Daniels
Mrs. Graham Joyce Hall
Durwood Bellmont Billie Davis
Malcolm Everett Horace Loftin
Aunt Milly Ellen Stafford
Old Caesar John Duncan
ROBERT HILL, son of Mrs. Dan
Hill, Beaufort, RFD, is Ships
Cook 1-c, USN, serving in the Pa
cific War Zone. Robert enlisted in
the Navy back before Pearl Har
bor, but has been abroad only
since December of last year.
Value of Liquor
SCOUTS HAVE
FATHER-SON
BANQUETTUES.
James Gaskins, of
Wilson, Gave In
spirational Talk
On Work of Scouts
Tuesday evening the Ben.ufort
Boy Scouts, their fathers, their
sponsors, the Rotarians, and a few
invited guests enjoyed their annu
al father and son banquet served
them by the Laura Duncan WSCS
in the Sunday School rooms of Ann
Street Methodist Church.
The guests, 51 strong,
seated at two long tables
bright with spring flowers
were
each
ana
The
-i T U.I A lighted with yellow candles,
Uiupuiu u cudici md a baked chicken
supper topped off with apple pie.
It A TI0N
BRIEFS
GASOLINE
A-9 Coupons good through May 8.
SHOES
No. 18, Book I, good indefinitely
for one pair.
No. 1 "Airplane" Stamp in
Book III good for ono pair.
SUGAR
Stamp No. 80, Book IV, good
for 5 pounds of sugar indefinitely.
No. 40 good for 5 lbs. canning
sugar through February 28, 1945.
CANNED GOODS
K, L, M, Book IV good through
March 20. Blue 10-point stamps
A-8, B-8, C-8, D-8, E-8, good thru
May 20.
MEATS
Y, Z, Book III good through
March 20. Red 10- point stamps
A-8, B-8, C-8, Book IV, good
through May 20.
FUEL OIL
Period 4 and 5 coupons good
through September,
Smyrna Girls and
Morehead Boys are
Basketball Champs
Smyrna girls won over More
headhead City girls last Friday
night in the County Championship
finals in the Atlantic School Gym
by a score of 22 to 21 in a closely
contested battle, and Morehead
City boys won from Smyrna boys
by a score of 33 to 20 giving them
the boy's county championship
for the first time in 8 years.
Tournament scores for the entire
series follow:
Tuesday, Feb. 22-Beaufort
Girls vs Newport Girls 27-17. Beau
fort Boys vs Newport Boys 28-14.
Wednesday, Feb. 23 Morehead
Girls vs Beaufort Girls 23-7. More
head Boys vs Harkers Island Boys
35-11. Atlantic Girls vs Harkers
Island Girls 15-14.
Thursday, Feb, 24 Smyrna
Boys vs Beaufort Boys 18-12.
Smyrna Girls vs Atlantic Girls 24
10. Morehead Boys vs Atlantic
Boys 18-16.
Friday, Feb. 25 Smyrna Girls
vs Morehead Girls 22-21. Morehead
Boys vs Smyrna Boys 33-20.
The State ABC Board announc
ed yesterday that the four March
sales-permit coupons will have a
value of only a half pint per cou
pon and will be valid throughout
the month.
It also was announced yesterday
by the State Board that hereafter
the 25 wet counties will conduct
liquor book registrations only on
the second Tuesday of each month.
Funeral Rites For
Mrs. Celia Dudley
Held Last Sunday
Funeral services were conducted
last Sunday afternoon for Mrs.
Celia Dudley, 86-year old native of
Beaufort, who died at her home on
Live -Oak Street last Saturday
morning following a long period
of ill health but only about two
weeks of acute illness.
Mrs. Dudley has been a member
of Ann Street Methodist Church
since 1875. Services were conduct
ed by her pastor and members
from the choirs of both the Meth
odist and Baptists churches sang.
Mr. M. Leslie Davis sang "Safe in
the Arms of Jesus" as a solo. The
body was laid to rest in Ocean
View Cemetery. Pall bearers were
Messrs Bob Dunn, Wiley Taylor,
Will Arrington, William Lewis,
Jack Dill and Julian Arrington.
Mrs. Dudley's husband, Mi.
James Dudley preceded her to the
grave by several years. She is sur
vived by two daughters : Mrs. Hat
tie Parkin and Miss Ola Dudley;
one son: Mr. Jim Dudley; three
grandchildren: Rev. William B.
Parkin, Mrs. George Piver, and
Mrs. Jack Chadwick; and by six
great grandchildren.
Egg
Poultry feeders need be little
concerned if their feeds are some
what lower in fat content. Hatch
ability of eggs is unaffected by
fat in the diet, reports the U. S.
Bureau of Animal Industry.
SERVICE MEN'S
BASKET BALL
MATCHES TO BE
AT BFLGYM.
Tourney Closes on
Monday With Dance
The Carteret County Service
Men's Basketball toumament which
is being sponsored by the USO
will get underway on this evening
and a large crowd of local fans and
service men are expected to be on
hand fcr the opening whistle.
There are twelve teams entered
and play will be for four days, to
day, Friday, Saturday and Monday,
March 2, 3, 4. and 6 at the Beau
fort High School gymnasium. The
first two nights there will be four
games each night with the first
whistle at 6:30, the games on Sat
urday will begin at 8 :00 P. M. and
the final game on Monday even
ing at 8:00 P.M.
For the opening game the Fort
Macon band under director War
rant Officer Rallph Church will fur
nish music and there will be a
dance after the game Monday
night with the dance orchestra
from Fort Macon.
Each team is limited to a squad
of the players and gold basketball
charms will be given to the win-
ners and the runners up and a
large plaque, with the name of the
winning team inscribed, will be
hung in the USO Club on Shepard
Street m Morehead City.
One committee on arrangements
is composed of Harold Sampson,
Program director at the USO club,
FHens of the Section Base, and
Pfc. Frank Kennan of Fort Mac
on. Mr. Kennan has been selected
as director of play and he is draw
ing up a list of officials which will
be annonuced on Wednesday.
The drawing for the tourna
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Baptist Hour
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Years Doing Vezy Well
Dr. W. L. Woodard, Chairman
of the County Council, wa3 Master
of Ceremonies for the evunnig.
James Gaskins, of Wilson, Scout
Executive for Eastern Carolina,
gave an inspiration talk address
ed especially to the fathers. Im
pressive statistics given showing
leadership developed through
scouting concerned Scouts in the
Service; 25 per cent of Service
men are scouts; 75 per cent of
officers are Scouts; 77 per cent of
those cited for heroism are Scouts.
Scoutmaster Charles Hassell
spoke for the Beaufort Troop,
Rev. W. Y. Stewart for the Ro
tarians who sponsor the local tioop,
N. F. Eure, Chairman of the
Scout Committee of the Rotary
Club, spoke of the coming drive
for funds for a Scout Club House
on the town donated lot on Pol
lock Street,
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Among the guests were Bobby
Stevens, Eagle Scout of the local
Troop, and James Booker, Scout
master at Cherrv Point.
With Miss Ruth Lewis at the
piano, Mayor Grayden Paul lead
a "sing" as the final feature of the
program. ' 415
Dr. Ryland Knight, of Atlanta,
Georgia, will speak on the Baptist
Hour radio program March 5th.
Dr. Knight is pastor of the Ponce
de Leon Baptist Church, of Atlan
ta, a member of the Baptist For
eign Mission Board, and Chairman
of the Race Relations Committee
of the Southern Baptist Conven
tion. His subject is, "Everybody's
Christ."
The Baptist Hour can be heard
at 8 :30 A. M. Sunday mornings.
JUNIORS WILL
PRESENT R. C.
TABLEAUJRI.
School Children to
Help in Drive by
Dramatizing Work
Of the Red Cross
JUDGE WEBB HAS
LIGHT LOAD ON
TUES. MORNING
Six Men Heard
For Clamming in
Restricted Area
CARTERET BOYS IN
THE SERVICE
Christopher Jones, Army Trans
port Service, Mrs. Jones and Kit,
of Newport News, came in Friday
evening and are visiting Mrs. Lu
tie Jones this week.
Mrs. Gillikin Dies
Alone in her Home
From Heart Attack
Mrs. Mattie Gillikin, 65, was
found dead in bed Wednesday
morning at her home on Live Oak
Street
Mrs. Gillikin was employed by
Johnson-Saunders Dry Cleaning
Company. She reported for work
Monday but when she failed to
show up Tuesday and Wednesday,
a member of the force went over
to investigate. She could get no
response so called Mrs. Gillikin's
sister, Mrs. John Chapman, and
together they broke into the house
and found her dead in her bed.
Coroner A. H. James attribut
ed death to a heart attack which
probably occurred Tuesday even
ing. Funeral services are being con
ducted this afternoon by the Rev.
W. E. Anderson, pastor of the
Free Will Baptist Church, from
the home of her brother C. W. Pet
erson, and the body will be laid to
rest in Ocean View Cemetery.
Mrs. Gillikin is survived by four
sisters: Mrs. John Simpson, Mrs.
John Chapman, Mrs. Addie Skar
ren, Mrs. Tom Willis, all of Beau
fort; three brothers: C. W. Peter
son, H. W. Peterson, and Ed. Pet
erson, also of iseaufort.
Robert Howard (Bobby) Stev
ens arrived Saturday from Geor
gia Tech where he is a member of
the ROTC and will spend this
week with his mother, Mrs. A. V.
Pierson, of the Inlet Inn.
Jimmy Jarman, Navy V-5, left
this week for Newberry College,
Newberry, S. C, to begin training.
Walter S, Morris has volunteer
ed for the Army Air Corps and ex
pects to be called for service the
latter part of the month.
Lt. Ira O. Lewis, of Marshall
berg, is attending Antiaircraft
Artillery School at Camp Davis.
W. A. (Bill) Hancock, son of
Mrs. Wilbur Hancock, of .More
head City, stationed in the Canal
Zone on a Mine Planter was re
cently promoted from Staff Ser
geant to Warrant Officer (j.g.).
Lt. Charles A. Clawson, Jr., U. S.
M. M., has just written his parents
of his safe arrival in the "Middle
East" and sends the promise, "Will
see you in the fall." This is Charles
4th and longest trip overseas in
the three years that he has been
in the Merchant Marine.
Six Beaufort men, four white:
George Newkirk, Hiram Springle,
William Ballance, John Noe, Jr.;
two colored: Calvin Sampson and
Hc-nry Gaskins, were heard Tues
day morning by Judge Webb on
the charge of clamming and cys
tering in the restricted area on
the Newport River shores They
plead guilty but declared the line
had never been staked off. They
stated that they knew they were
near the line but didn't know they
were over it. As first offenders
they were dismissed upon promise
to avoid further violation? and
payment of officer's costs totalling
$9.00 for the six men.
James A. Heston, colored, of
Morehead City, was charged with
failure to carry out a Court Order
of last June for support of two
illigitimate children. Contrary to
custom, Elvita, an oriental eyed,
very young colored girl had handl
ed the matter methodically except
in one respect. She had given James
a receipt for each weekly payment
and kept her stubs carefully, but
she had sent the receipts in each
case before receiving the money
and in some cases claimed she
was paid less than the full $5.00
ordered. Documentary evidence
was too strong to do much about
it; the Judge gave her a little talk
on practical business procedure,
ordered James to keep up his pay
ments, pay something each week on
half dozen weeks he had skipped,
and ordered him to pay the $2.00
capias cost.
James Garland Willis, Beaufort
RFD, summoned on two counts
asked that his case be continued
until March 7th. Two other defen
dants asked through their attor
ney for jury trial and their case
were added to the March Superior
Court docket.
"The Disc of White" a Led
Cross Tableau will be given by
members of the Junior Red Cross
of the Beaufort Graded School on
Friday, March 3, at 3 o'clock. It
has been planned for the public,
and it is hoped that as many par
ents and friends of the school as
possible will attend.
Mrs. John Brooks, Chairman of
the Juniors, who is directing the
entertainment says that most of
the grades of the school are repre
sented on the program and that
members of Mrs. Charles Hassell's
Glee Club have prepared a pro
gram of patriotic songs for the
occasion,
Mary Lou Mason, 10th grade,
has been selected for the Narrator
and Yvonne Bell, also of the 10th
grade, will represent "The Great
est Mother on Earth." There will
be four tableaus. In the first: Bil
ly Ball, 9th grade, Lillie Mac Tay
lor, 7th grade, Corabelle Willis,
7th and Rosemary Bessent, 7th,
will take part; in the second:
Bruce Edwards, 1st, Letitia Simp
son 6th, Jesse Taylor. 7th, and
Sarah Mason, 7th; in the third:
Joyce Biggs, 8th grade, Lula Belle
Dickinson, 8th, and Pauline Ma
son, 8th; in the fourth will be Er
nest Toler, 7th, Margaret Ann
Windley, 7th, and Norman Skin
ner, 7th.
Following the entertainment,
the Rev. W.' Stanley Potter, Roll
Call Chairman, will present the
March Drive.
EXPANSION OF HEALTH DEPT.
Mrs. Iva Paul Bailey, WAC. is
at Ft. Des Moines, Iowa for her
preliminary training.
Manly Styron, USCG, stationed
with the Captain of the Port, Bal
timore, was called to Beaufort
this week because of the illness of
his father, Mr. H. W. Styron.
Lt. David Mosier is stationed at
the Naval Air Center, San Diego,
Calif. Mrs. Mosier and Memrie
are spending some time in Geor
gia with Mr. Mosier's mother, Mrs.
D. W. French.
Lt. Allan O'Bryan, USN, was
transferred March 1st from the
Recruiting station, Huntington,
W. Va., to Harvard University to
study Communcations.
Julius Erickson, son of Mi. and
Mrs. Alec Erickson of Queen St,
has notified his parents that he has
arrived safely in New Guinea.
Railroad Gives
Big Dance and
Barbecue Supper
The Beaufort and Morehead
Railroad entertained something
like 400 officials and friends last
Saturday" evening at a barbecue
supper and dance in the dining
room of the Howard Smith Fish
Meal Company, West Beaufort
The out of town list of distin
guished guests included officials
of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road,, Wilmington: Vice President
R. J. Doss, Assistant to the Vice
President J. M. Fields, Assistant
to the Vice President J. H. Hatch
er, Chief Traffic Manager L. L
Doss, Comptroller Armond; Naval
officers from the Section Base, US.
MC. officers from Cherry Point,
and USA officers from nearby
posts.
President Stanley Woodland,
Master of Ceremonies, called on
guests who responded with appro
priate remarks and until midnight
or later there was dancing to the
music of Harry Wright and his
orchestra.
The County Health Department
family was increased last week
with the arrival of Marjorie Gen
evieve Oliver at the Morehead City
Hosptial on Friday afternoon at
three o'clock. Dr. and Mrs. Oliver
have been making their home in
Mrs. M. S. Snowden's house since
the beginning of the year.
Republican Precinct
Meeting Called
Precinct Chairman L. J. Noe Sr.,
has called a meeting of Beaufort
Precinct Republicans to meet at
the City Hall tomorrow night at
8 o'clock. The chief business .of
the meeting will be to elect dele
gates to the County Convention
which will be held in the Court
House at 1 :30 o'clock on Saturday
March Uth.
Mayor's Court
Mayor Paul dealt with minor
traffic violators and drunks again
Monday. There was nothing to
make news in any of them ; two
white drunks; three colored, one
of the latter resisted arrest which
upped his sentence to 30 days ev
en though he was a first offender
The whites (old in court) were
given 30 days each and having no
money will work it out; two color
ed were given ten days eacii, paid
their fines, and were allowed to go.
Engneers Turn Field
Over to Navy This
Month for Duration
Plus Six Months
Our million dollar Beaufort
Morehead City Airport authorized
less than a year ago is having tha
final touches put on and U. S. Ar
my Engineers will turn it over to
the Navy this month.
As it stands to-day it covers 879
acres (640 make a squqare mile)
and level as a floor looks out to
the south on Beaufort, to the West
across the waters of the Newport
River, to the North to Benny
Coneland's place and to the east
across a field to Highway 101. But
for the Fish-Meal-Factoryvine
skyline, it is perfectly level and
bare of bmldines except the ntue
office flying the flag of the USA
Engineers, a amglep lane nanger,
and the little house of Emmett
Russell which the CAPs used as an
office.
Lt. Edwin G. Long, USA Engi
neers, who has been in charge left
last week for Sarasota, Fla., Engi
neer Orlo Clark pulled out last
Saturday, Engineer T. N. Alder
man pulled out Tuesday, and Engi
neer D. P. Billard and paving man
R. L. Patrick expect to be out by
the 15th.
To date the three beautiful
4,000-foot runways and several
miles of paved taxi strips haven't
been used except for an occasional
emergency stop for directions, gas,
weather conditions and such. What
the future will be is in the lap of
the gods. The Navy has it for the
duration and e'.x months and is
said to be planning construction
work there.
The main 100 foot wide entrance
is just beyond Earl Taylor's place
on Route 101 although others are
open over the West Beaufort
Bridge and by Stanton's place
which are passable or otherwise ac
cording to weather conditions.
Although authorized in 1943,
West Beaufort Airport story goes
back thirteen years before that day
to the purchase of a Travelair Bi
plane by Ernest Waters in 1930.
Waters made a crude runway on
w.hat is now H. B. Avery's flower
farm, Route 70, but it was too
small and the same year he made
the first runway at West Beaufort.
In January, 1931, the "biggest
doings in the way of flying with
the possible exception of the gulls"
was advertised for The West Beau
fort field with World War Pilot Lt.
Carl A. Dixon, holder of the
World's endurance record for op
en cockpit planes for stunt flying
and "Dusty" Barnard of Elizabeth,
City for parachute leaps. Specta
tors were taken up for $1.50, con
siderable interest was manifested,
folks began to say, "Beaufort
should have a regular airport."
the Beaufort News Editor felt "an
airport necessary for the proper
development of the tourist and re
sort possibilities of Morehead City
and Beaufort."
In the spring, Ralph B. Jordan,
of Sanford came here, lived at the
See AIRPORT Page 10
News of Morrison
Received Through
Lt. Sidney Thomas
Lt. Sidney Thomas Richmond
hat written from her hospital in
India that Capt. John MorrUon,
Flying Tiger, who wat seriously
wounded in the Asiatic War Area
last fall is in the same hospital
in which she it stationed. He hopes
soon to he returned to the States.
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in thu
j column. The figures a:e ap
f: proximately correct and are
H based on tables furnished by j
H the U. S. GeodHic Survey. :
l Some allowances musi be
made for variations in the
H wind and also with respect
p to the locality, that is v heth-
or near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
HIGH
Help Promised With
Income Tax Returns
Notice has been received that a
representative of the Department
of Internal Revenue wil be at the
Beaufort Post Office on March 7th
and 8th to help with .making .in
come tax returns. It's their word,
not ours, but we rather believe that
ha will really b there this time.
LOW
March 3
4:16 AM. .10:44 AM.
4:33 PM. 10:48 PM.
Saturday, March 4
5:18 AM. 11:45 AM.
5:35 PM. 11:48 PM.
Sunday, March 5
6:12 AM.
6:29 PM. 12:38 PM.
Monday, March 6
7:00 AM. . 12:41 AM.
7:17 PM. 1:23 PM.
Tuesday, March 7
7:43 AM. i:29 AM.
8:00 PM. 2:05 PM.
Wednesday, March 8
8:22 AM. 2:11 AM.
8:38 PM. 2:42 PM.
Thursday, March 9
8:58 AM. 2:50 AM.
9:15 PM. 3:16 PM.