1 he Most Widely Read Newspaper Along The Central Carolina Coast
VOLUME XXXIII No. 13
12 PAGES THIS WEEK
BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1944
12 PAGES THIS WEEK
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
GIRL SCOUTS
HOLD COURT
OF HONOR FRi.
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Registration Today
Largest in History
; Of Bft. Scouting
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Girl Scouts 60-odd strong held
a Court of Honor and celebrate J
the birthday of the troop last Fri
day evening at the Recreation Hut
with parents of the girls among
the guests.
Members stood in horseshoe
formation for the ceremonial
Elizabeth Willis, speaking fcr the
Scouts, expressed appreciation to
the Scout, Committed for standing
back of them; Mary Frazier Paul
thanked members of the Eastern
Star, sponsors of the Scouts; Pat
Webb gave a warm word of praise
for Carolyn Wheatly who has
been teaching them dancing; Mar
garet Ann Windley expressed grat
itude to the mothers and fathers
for their cooperation; and Joyce
gave "Shorty' DeCamp a good
word for his care of their club
room and for keeping them warm
in the winter.
A candle for each girl was light
ed on the birthday cake while reg
istration cards were given out to
the largest registration in the his
tory of the Girl Scouts in Beaufort.
Mr. James Biggs added to the ex
citement of the occasion by taking
flashlight pictures of the group.
' The following girls were advanc
i ed from Tenderfoot to Second
5 Class Scouts: Joyce Biggs, Pat
Webb, Phyllis Britton, Elizabeth
Willis, Daisy Dean Sullivan, Hel
en Paul, Susan Noe, Betsy Car
; row Jones, Loraine Willis, Margar
et Ann Windley, Joline Garner.
4 Badges awarded were: OUT
IDOOR BADGE' Joyce Biggs, Pat
i Webb; CHILD CARE: Sara F.-anc-?
is Mason Cora Bell Willis, June
1 Ann Hudgins, Jean Dickinson,
Betty Lou Rice; SALT WATER
FINDER: Pat Webb, Joyce Biggs j
OUTDOOR COOKING: Joyce
Bigs; SCRIBE: Elizabeth Willis;
WIDE WORLD: Joyce; COOKING
Elizabeth and Loraine Willis (sis ¬
ters) ; HOSTESS: Neva Bell,
; Joyce Biggs, Joline Garner, Pat
j Webb, Margaret Ann Windley;
READING: Daisy Dean Sullivan,
J Neva Bell, Pat Webb, Pauline
Bailey; and seventeen girls were
given their gold star represent
ing a year of scouting.
The second part of the program
was devoted to an informal good
time with dancing. The birthday
cake was cut and the girls served
fruit punch with it.
IDEA OF FISH
FARMINGGROWS
Mullet Adaptable
For Farm Ponds
The idea xl a fish pond on the
farm is growing especially in the
South, and the mullet, a hardy
easily transported fv-h, ssems to
be suitable for such ponds. It is
being found that mullet from the
Coast put on the farms grow "like
pigs in a pasture." It looka as
though they are destined to put
the inland farmer in the fish bus
iness. It i? easily conceivable that
the time will come when he gets
his young mullet from the Const
ou.ii venr fnr his nond iust a3 he
buvs baby chicks for hi3 poultry
yard.
Dr. H. F. Prytherch ha3 design
ed and carried out a series of ex
periments with mullet in the pind
on the right of the entrance to the
Laboratory on Pivers Island in
which he has transferred salt wat
er mullet to fresh water ponds.
This is believed to be the first time
in this country that the transfer
of ii substantial quantity of rela
tively large salt water fish to fresh
water has been made although it
has been done with aquarium fish'
es.
First reports form the local ex
periments shown an astonishing
high production approximately
equivalent to 3,000 pounds per
pond acre in two years. Mullet
weighing a pound and a half each
were produced in two years. The
normal Droduction of a well-
managed farm fish pond should be
dbout 200 pounds per acre per
year.
Mullet, p'e seined 6ut of the sea
when quite small and place j in a
pond or brackish water which is
gradually allowed to become fresh.
They are a forage fish, eating mic
roscopic vegetation, and so need
no other fish placed in the ponds on
which to feeJ. To promote the
growth of the vegetation off which
the mullet feed it is ncssary, how
ever, to fertilize the water hence
the cultivation of the rlock of
wild mallard ducks which we have
been seeing on the Pivers Island
pond. Yet to be determined is
whether mullet will grow in all
fresh water areas and whether
they will breed in fresh water.
BEAUFORT BOY
KILLED IH FLA.
PLANE MASH
Plans For Funeral
Rites Incomplete
Sgt. Royall M. Barbour, 22
year old only son of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Barbour of Gordon Street
was killed together with nine oth
er airmen Sunday night when their
four engined plane from Chatham
Field, Georgia, crashed while at
tempting a landing at the Naval
Air Station, Melbourne, Florida.
Cotton Seed For
Carteret Farms
An order has been recently plac
ed for sixty-seven bushels of Cok
trs Wilt Resistant Strain 2 cotton
seed for a number of the cotton
producers cf the county. The best
seed that can be purchased in the
growing of any crop is usually con
sidered a wise investment. With
the high cost involved in the pro
duction of practically all crops ev
ery factor that affects the yield
and quality of a crop should be giv
en careful consideration.
iR A T I 0 U
I BRIEFS
j GASOLINE
A-9 Coupons good through May 8.
SHOES
'. No. 18, Book I, good through
April.
No. 1 "Airplane" Stamp in
Book III good for one pair.
Another shoe stamp good begin
ning May 1.
SUGAR
Stamp No. 30, Book IV, good
for 5 pounds of sugar indefinitely.
Ne. 40 good for 5 lbs. canning
sugar through February 28, 1945.
Stamp 31 will become valid on
April 1 for 5 pounds indefinitely.
CANNED GOODS
Blue Stamps, Book IV, A-8, B-8,
C-8, D-8, E-8, good through May
20. F-8, G-8, H-8, J-8, K-8, good
April 1 through June 18.
MEATS
f Red Stamps, Book IV, A-8, B-8,
7-8, D-8, E-8, F-8, good through
lay 20. G-8, H-8, J-8, good thru
June 18.
I FUEL OIL
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g renoa ana o coupons gouu
Sirough September.
ti REMINDERS
I Date for riling 1944 Dec'ara
tiEon of Estimated Income and Vic
tory Tax extended to April 15.
JAMES CAHADY
NEW PRESIDENT
OF ROTARIANS
New Officers to be
Installed in July
There was a hundred percent at
tendance at Rotary Club Tuesday
evening at the Inlet Inn to cast
ballots for officers for the new
year. Those elected will be install
ed July first and serve for one
year from that date. Jame B.
Canady is to be the new President;
N. F. Eure, Vice President; and
Dr. W. L. Woodard, Secretary and
Treasurer. The new Board of Di
rectors is composed of: D. F. Mer
rill, Dr. W. L. Wodard, N. F.
Eure, J. P. Canady, G. W. Duncan
and W. Stanley Potter.
Air cadet Harry Paul was pres
ent as guest of the club for the
evening. After business was dis
pensed with, a quartet made of
William Willis, Sammy Guthrie,
and the Paul Brothers gave sever
al selections folowed by whole
hearted group singing with Mrs.
Paul at the piano.
Certified Seed
Potatoes To Be
Raised in Co.
Two hundred thirty-six bushels
of certified Louisiana Strain sweet
potatoes have been delivered in
the county.
Mr. Landis Bennett, from Ral
eigh, who is with the Crop Improve
merit Association, has recently in
spected these potatoes for seed
treatment befor they were bedded
fcr the following farmers: Joel
Davis and Ball Brothers of Har
lowe; Karl Campen, Thombetta,
Roy Keller, Roland Salter of Beau
f(.rt; X. L. Smith Gloucestero T.
Gillikin, Marshallberg; John Og-
lesby and Willie Lrughton of Crab
Font.
After the potatoes grown'ig on
the above mentioned farms have
passed inspection while growing
in the fields next summer and a
gain after harvesting next fall,
they will be qualifies to be sold to
ether farmers in the county as cer
tified seed.
MR. MARTIN TO
SELL BUSINESS
Merchant Retiring
After Many Years
Of Active Work
According to the Melbourne
Public Relations Officer, the plane
contacted the control tower at the
Naval Air Station reporting that
two engines were not working and
asked permission to land. The
plane overshot the field on its first
attempt to land and crashed while
circling back for a second attempt,
He said that telephone and tele
graph wires were torn loose as the
plane fell on to the tracks of the
Florida East Coast Railway and
that the ship, plunged into an em
bankment where it caught fire and
burned.
Roy completed a six weeks
course in aerial gunnery at the
Army Air Field,. Harlingen, Tx
was awarded his silver atrial gun
ners wings in December, ana has
been stationed at Chatham Field
since the last of January.
Roy was a graduate of our Beau
fort High School, Class of 1941.
He entered tht Army at the Army
Classification Center, Nashville,
Tenn., in Bebruary 1943.
He is survived by his parents,
his maternal grandmother, Mrs.
Edward Robinson, and by a num
ber of aunts and uncles and cous
ins on both his fathers and moth
ers side.
As we go to press funeral ar
rangements are incomplete pend
ing arrival of the remains from
Florida tomorrow morning. The
plan is to have the services con
ducted from the home by the thres
ministers of the town.
Mr. Ed Martin, octogenarian, is
,?oing out of the dry good. bus
iness immediately as indicated by
his ad in our paper today.
Mr. Martin says simply that he
is "tired." He has been in the
merchandizing field as he says,
"Since I was tall enough to reach
a counter," with the exception of a
period of time spent in fanning.
Mr. Martin's appearance belies
his 81 years. He says that he feels
fine, but his eyes give him some
trouble and business responsibil
ities are inclined to make him
more and more nervous.
Asked about his first experience,
Mr. Martin said it was helping his
mother in S. J. Martin and Son.
After her death he went in for
farming but came back to the mer
cantile field as an associate of
Sam Yoffie with whom he worked
for ten years, he was then with
Gaskill-Mace, Bayard Taylor, and
for the past twenty years he and
Mrs. Martin have had their own
business. They started in the Dun
can Building (now the Lipman
Building) and after several moves
they occupied the Ramsey Build
ing where he does business now.
Mr. Martin is full of opprecia-
tion to his loyal friends. He natur
ally has an interest in the future
ot his business, reels ne nas a
choice site, and would like to see
some younger man take up where
he is leaving off.
JAYCEES TO
SPONSOR CUB
SCOUT PACK
16 Bft. Jaycees In
Country's Service
CARTERET BOYS IN
THE SERVICE
School Sales of
Stamps and Bonds
The Stamp and Bond Committee
for the Beaufort Graded School
renorted sales on Tuesday totall
ing $517. Four hundred and fifty
dollars were invested in bonds;
$67 in stamps. Mrs. John Biooks
7 th grade lead.
RED CROSS
The Red Cross War Fund Drive
draws to a formal close tomorrow.
Mrs. Mattie Bell, Treasurer, re
ports just $2,458.39 turned in up
to and including this morning.
This is $2,241.61 short of what
we were asked to do.
The chapter picture, however, is
some brighter than the figure? in
dicate as Chairmen in many of our
communities have not yet report
ed or have not signified that re
ports are complete. So far, in
the County, only four communi
ties have indicated that reports
are final. Chairmen in other sec
tions cannot be reached by tele
phone for figures. Amounts for
each community will be given next
week. In the meantime, Chairman
Potter urges all workers to get in
their reports so that he may mak
his semi-final report promptly.
Although the formal drive :;s ov
er tomorrow, March 31st, Mr. Pot
ter calls attention to the fact that
contributions wil still be accepted
and urges that those who have not
had a part or wish to be further
represented in the work of the
Red Cross plan to give.
Aviation MM 2 cl. Edwin Gatlin
has wired from San Diego that he
left Tuesday for Beaufort for a
30-day leave with his parents, the
William D. Gatlins, of Cedar
Street. Gatlin has" just returned
from the Pacific Area. This will be
his first visit home since he left
November, two years ago.
Jaycees in regular session Mon
day evening got behind the organ
ization of a much needed Cub
Scuut Pack for Beaufort. The
Club is to sponsor the group with
Earl Noe as leader and John Hai
nes, Ralph Eudy, and Charles Has
sell serving with him on the Scout
Committee.
Twenty-five applications have
been made by boys from 9 to 12
for membership in the Cubs. Chas.
Hasseil, acting Jaycee President,
has called a special meeting at the
Beaufort School Building for 4
P. M., tomorrow, Friday, at which
prospective Cubs, their parents,
together with (he Jaycee Scout
Committee will meet for organi
zation. Other boys of Cub ago who
are interested are invited to at
tend together with their parents.
Paper salvage on Sunday gave
encouraging results. Another col
lection is scheduled for the Sun
day after Easter.
Herbert Lewis, Highway De
partment; David Windley, Cherry
Point; and Charles Cheek, Cherry
Point, were welcomed ( into the
Club. This makes a total of eight
new members in the past six weeks
which will in part fill the roster
seriously reduced by loss of mem
bers to the Service.
The Jaycee Honor Roll of men
serving their country around the
world today has sixteen names on
it: Charles Davis, Section Base;
Roy Eubanks, California; Jim Bob
Sanders, Ft. Bragg; Crip Jones,
Norfolk; John Butler, England;
William Potter, California; James
Potter, Ft. Bragg; Walter Morris,
Ft. Bragg; John Ratcliffe, Ft.
Bragg; E. C. McConnell, Cali
fornia; Julius Adair, England;
Clarence Guthrie, Norfolk; Wiley
Taylor, Section Base; Grahan.
Duncan, Jr., Section Base; Prit
chard Lewis, Ft. Bragg; Peary
Reavis, Army Air Corps.
Cpl. Fulcher
Killed In
S. W. Pacific
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Stacy Boy Makes
Supreme Sacrifice
Word wai received last Satur
day that Cpl. Clarence Fulcher,
USA, 25-year old ton of Mr. and
Mrs. William Fulcher, of Stacy,
was killed in action in the south
west Pacific on March 8th.
Cpl. Fulcher was a graduate of
the Atlantic High School. He en
tered the Army in April 1941 at
Ft. Bragg and has been serving 1
broad for two years. A letter writ
ten to his mother the day before
his death indicated that he had
reason to think he was to return
to the States soon.
Besides his parents, Cpl. Fulcher
is survived by a younger brother,
Daniel Fulcher, USN, and a young
er sister, Mrs. Fernie Willis, of
Marshallberg.
Air Cadet Jarvis Herring, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Herring, of
Morehead City, has completed his
colllege training at Beloit College,
Beloit, Wis., While there he was
elected to serve on the honorary
committee for his Squadron and
was also active in the Army Air
Corps Band. He has been transfer
red to Santa Anna, Calif., for
further training.
Cpl. Billy Wells has been order
ed from his station in Louisiana
to an address c-o P M.., New
York City.
William Skarren, USMC, Cher
ry Point, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
D. Skarren, of Ann Street, was
this week promoted to the rank
of corporal.
Coxswain Allen G. Willis, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Willis,
of Ann Street, is home on a fur
lough after two crossings.
Cpl. Charlie Gillikin, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. T. Gillikin, Beaufort
RFD, has been serving in the
southwest Pacific since last July.
He entered the Army two years
ago in February. His brother, Cic
ero Gillikin, S 1-c, USNR, is sta
tioned at Virginia Beach.
Lt. Bob Humphreyof Camp
Mackall spent the past week-end
with his mother, Mrs, J. W. Humphrey.
AC Glenn H. Adiir, son at Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Adair of Beaui'ort,
has been transferred from Green
wood, Miss., to Maxwell ' I leld,
Alabama.
Sgt. Warren H. Taylor is serv
ing in England. He sends the good
word that his copies of the NEWS
are getting through to him bring
ing news of home.
Ensign James M. (Jimmy) Al
exander, son of Mrs. Helen Alex
ander, has reported for duty to
the U. S. Navy Section Bas? at
Charleston.
Jack Allen has left Suprior,
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Correction
The gross profit from the dance
given by the Athletic Association
in Newport Gym was $317.19
the net profit of $195.90 will be
used for equipment to be used in
the Association.
Grace Jones.
DR. PRYTHERCH
ASKS DEFERMENT
OF FISHERMEN
Says Fishermen
Produce an Averoge
Of 3700 lbs. of
Food Per Year
The fishing industry is losing
key men by the draft. Selective
Service has been cooperative in
North Carolina, but in the Chesa
peake Region the industry is be
ing crippled by loss of important
man power.
Dr. H. F. Prytherch returned
over the week-end from Washing
ton where he attended a meeting
of the Congressional Sub-Committee
of Fisheries on this subject,
called by Congressman J. Harden
Peterson, of Florida.
Facts presented by Dr. Pryther
ch were that the average farmer
produces about 3300 pounds of
food per year per man, but :f the
"skeleton" is included in the fish
erman's report as is true with
stock, the fisherman produces an
average of 3700 pounds. Dr. Pry
therch's testimony bore especially
on the oyster industry in which he
reported that although 90,000,000
pounds of oyster meats are
produced in the country eacii year,
if the shells (skeletons) are added,
the figure is boosted to 1,900,000
000 pounds which gives the oys
ter a position above both the sar
dine and the menhadden. The bil
lion pounds of shells, says Dr.
Prytherch, are manufactured into
poultry feed, lime, and other pro
ducts for the farmer.
Result of the meeting: A meet
ing is to be called between Selec
tive Service representatives, the
Man Power Commission, and the
Office of the Coordinator of Fish
eries to discuss placing fishing in
the critical occupations.
Labor Camp To
Be Ready May 15
J. B. Moore of the War Food
Administration, Raleigh recently
notified the County Agent's office
that our Carteret County Labor
Camp will be completed and ready
for use by the fifteenth of May.
i The Camp is located about three
miles above Morehead City on that
part of the old Oaksmith Estate
i. ordering the north side of the
Highway.
Provision will le made to take
care or 300 workcr-i and their fam
ilies with necessary recreational
and health facilities.
Mr. C. B. Gilliam, who is work
ing with the U. S. Employment
Service, was in the County Thurs
day of this week and stated that
he has been contacting a large
number of migratory labor crew
ieaders, and that ths prospects of
getting labor to fill the camp for
harvesting truck crops looks en
couraging at the present ti'tie.
Seasonal cond'l 'ens, according
to County Agent R. M. Williams,
have thrown farmerii back at Iras';
two wf-eks in their work. W t
weather has causid Irish potaoe&
to rot and has cai'sed cabbage to
run up to seed. A r umber of farm
ers are replanting parts of pota
to fields lying in low poorly drain
ed areas.
HEALTH EXAMS
UNDERWAY
SCHOOLSJJF CO.
Teachers Cooperate
In Preliminary
Investigations
The Health Department thi3
spring is extending its usefulness
throughout the County by deputiz
ing the teachers of the County to
help in a campaign to examine ev
ery school child.
Teachers have permanent rec
ord form for each child on which
to record health facts. They have
the children say "ah-h-h," take a
look at tonsils, teeth, eyes, and so
forth, and record matters that ob
viously need attention. Teachers
are especially useful in this partic
ular work for by the end of a
school year they have a knowledge
of their children that is perhaps
second only to that of the parents.
Health nurses are supervising and
helping them develop techniques
necessary for the work.
Teacher inspection has long
been in operation in Virginia and
is being more and more widely
applied over our own state. After
the teacher inspection has been
made, "Requests for Investiga
tion" are forwarded to the Coun
ty Health Department Offices on
questionable cases. These prelimi
nary examinations are being rush
ed to a conclusion now, and the
Department will within the next
two weeks begin to establish diag
nostic clinics in the schools for
those children in whom obvious
defects are found in order to see
each one before the close of the
school year.
Dr. R. K. Oliver, Director of the
Department, will notify parents
of their findings and the Depart
ment will follow up the matter in
an effort to see that all problems
that can be corrected will be cor
rected during the summer months.
INDUCTEES
The following white inductees
reported to Raleigh Tuesday for
service in the Navy: Charles Wes
ley Morton, Beaufort, Lemuel
Gillikin, Beaufort, RFD, Charlie
Thomas. Lewis, Morehead City,
James Wesley Lewis, Newport RFD
Ben Vaden Rogers, Newport, Clin
ton Thomas Lewis, Harkers Is
land, Ben- Vaden Rogers, Salter
Path, McCoy Dudley, New Bern.
The following Carteret colored
men left for Fort Bragg today
for pre-induction examination.
Raynor Hill, James Dudley Stiles,
John Anderson, James Franklin
Rhodes, Columbus Merrill, Jr.,
Frank Llewely.n Johnson, Carol
Gray Ward, David Pickett, Jr., 1 1:
Richard Rudolph Mardley, Guru-' ji
ey Thomas Murray, Calvin Mark ; J5
Sampson, Roscoe Reels, Luther
! Everett Tootle, Charlie Wiiliam
Daughtery, Andrew Reels, Albert
j Jasper Courmon, Samuel Wells :
Hurd, Johnnie Horton Dodds jj
Freddie Russell Hartley, LaSr.i ; ::
Sheppard.
Pressure Canner
Clinic April 6
A pressure canner clinic will be
held in New Bern for Carteret,
Craven, and Onslow counties on
Thursday, April 6. This clinic is
being held (1) to check accuracy
of pressure gauges and general
condition of pressure canners, (2)
to advise owners on makin? cor
rections found necessary (3) to
instruct and advise pressure can
ner owners on the cleaning and
care of pressure canners.
Anyone wishing to have ler
pressure canner taken to the clin
ic should bring it to the County
Agent's office in the Beaufort P. O.
Building not later than noon on
Wednesday, April 3.
A demonstration "Cleaning and
Care of Pressure Canners" is to
be held Friday, April 7 in the
Home Agent's office, Courthouse
Annex, at 10 o'clock. Those per
sons sending canners to the clinic
will want to attend this meeting.
The canners wil bo returned at
this time.
Barber Shop Moves
The City Barber Shop, Ralph
Eudy, Proprietor, has moved into
the building on the north side of
Front Street recently occupied by
Walter S. Morris, Jeweler.
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TIDE TABLE
Street Repairs
The tvo car loads of marl re
i cently ordered by the Town for j
reparing streets is here and holes ,
in the dirt streets on the north i
side of town will begin to get at
tention this week.
BENEFIT DANCE
FOR RED CROSS
A Benefit Dance for the Red
Cross wil be given in Newport
Gymnasium Friday night, March
31st from 9 til 1 o'clock. Sammio
Guthrie's orchestra will furnish
the music. Formal and Informal.
55c per person.
New Home For
Western Auto
Associate Store
The Western Auto Associate
Store, Calvin Jones, owner, will
move into the building owned by
the Chadwick estate on the north
side of Front street recently oc
cupied by the City Barber Shop
and J. P. Betts Bakery. Mr. Jones
will use the entire building which
will necessitate certain changes in
the interior, but he expects to be
in his new home within a month.
Information as to the tide
ut Beaufort is given in thi.i F
column. The figures a:e ap- ;
proximately correct and ar; fj
based on tables furnished by J
the U. S. Gcodnic Survey
Some allowances nmi bo
made for variations- i;i th? t
: wind and also with rev.x'et ::
t' .o the locality, that is wheth-
er near th? inlet or at the tt
head of the estuaries. t!
HIGH i-OW
Fr!cy, ?.-'areh 31
2:33 AM. 9:02 AM.
2:56 PM. 9:12 PM.
Saturday, April 1
3:37 AM. 10:07
4:02 PM. 10:20
Sunday, April 2
4 38 AM. 11:08
5:06 PM. 11:22
Monday, April 3
5:36 AM. 12:02 AM.
6:01 PM. .
AM.
PM.
AM.
PM.
Tuesday, April 4
6:27 AM. 12:16 AM.
6:49 PM . 12:47 PM.
Wednesday, April 5
7:11 AM. 1:04 AM.
7:30 PM. 1:28 PM.
Thursday, April 6
AM. 1:46 AM.
7:51
8:08 PM.
2:04 PM.