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7 he Most Widely Read Newspaper Along The Central Carolina Coast VOLUME XXXIII No, 16 Li - ft Chaplain "Vv 4 ; - XT ' 4 , i 12 PAGES THIS WEEK BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1944 12 PAGES THIS WEEK 1 V - E. G. WILLIS, Chaplain, USA, ion ot Mr. and Mrs. Willie J. Willis, of Davis, serving in the ii . o :c w .It ilgRt plenty to eat, a place to sleep, jtome money, but little use tor it. I am getting along as well a any body else and better than many." DAVID MERRILL NEW PRESIDENT OF LOCAL REA Huntley Resigns Because of Weight Of Other Affairs (VIOLATORS OF LIQUOR LAWS HAVING TROUBLE One Lustrous New Ford Confiscated NEWPORT P. T. A. HAS GOOD YEAR Mrs. Mann, Pres., And Miss Johnson, Program Chairman, Make Fine Team During the past twenty or twen ty-five days law enforcement offic ials have been making a concen trated drive against possession. transportation, and sale of non tax paid liquoi According to Sher iff Holland, 15 arrests havo been made and four cars confiscated by the Court. Working with Sheriff Holland have been Deputy Sheriff Murray Thomas, Patrolman, L. H. Nelson, and Patrolman A. R. A. R. Craig. Lonnie Harvey, colored, deliv ered whiskey to a colored man in the Morehead colored section Sat urday a week ago from a shiny new Ford Sedanette, valued at ap proximately $1,000. Sheriff Hoi i land saw the transaction, arrest ed the purchaser, attempted to ar rest the driver, but he made his escape. In doing so'- he backed through a Morehead City street at something like 40 or 50 miles an hour almost running down several of the officers on the case. The back left tire had to have a bul- ' let in it to bring the car to a standstill and the driver fled. Nine and a half gallons of liquor were found in the car. The car has beer, standing in the jail yard since then, but Harvey has not been appre hended and the Court on Tues day gave permission to confiscate it. Other car confiscations were those of Sam Curtis, white, More head City, valued at $150 in which were 6 gallons of whiskey; the car of Shaw Becton, colored, of More- head City, valued at $100 in which 10 gallons were found; and the car of Edgar Willis, white of Ot way, in which one gallon was found. Mr. G. W. Huntley, Sr., has re signed as President and Member of the Board of the Carteret-Craven Electric Membership Corporation because of the weight of his other business responsibilities. Mr. Huntley has been president and guiding power since the organ ization of the Corporation here in 1940. The Board accepted his res ignation with reluctance passing a resolution to that effect. The new President is Mr. David Merrill who was already a mnmbei of the Board. His place on the Board will probably be filled at the next meeting the last Thursday in the month. National Administrator of REA Harry Slattery, St. Louis, has noti fied the Beauofrt office that an ad ditional $20,000 has been allotted for construction of new lines and for enlarging present facilities. This will make a total of $175,000 invested in the Carteret-Craven area. Superintendent J. G. Allen was speaker at the regular monthly meeting of the Newport PTA last Tuesday evening. He gave a resu me of the fine progress of the New port High School attributing it to the excellent leadership of Prin cipal Ralph Pruitt who has been with the school for the past twelve Commissioned James Murdoch, son of Lee A. Murdoch of Newport, recently re ceived his Navy wings and his com mission as an ensign in the Naval Reserve at Pensacola, Fla. He is TUESDAYS COURT LONG DRAWN OUT Trouble Arising From Land Dispute Occupied Hours ROOSEVELT AND VODDROW WILSON BOTH ON DOCKET years. The primary toy orchestra j scheduled to go on duty as an avi under the direction of Mrs. V. Gar ner and Mrs. Merrill Orvis Fink made its first public appearance of the year and added interest to the program. Newport PTA is one of the most active in Carteret Coun'y. Under the direction of Miss Minnie Johnson, Chairman of the Program Committee, there ha3 been a se ries of interesting programs, at tendance keeps good, and the or ganization can boast of a treas ury balance of $439.30. Mrs. Stancil Mann, President, has shown a splendid interest in work and is in a large measure re sponsible for its success. ator at one of the Navy air op erational training centers. Ensign Murdoch is a graduate of Newport High School, and attended Pres byterian Junior College at Maxton before enlisting. Recorder's Court threatened to run into the twilight hours on Tuesday. The case that took the greater part of the day was that of C. F. Gordon, white, Gales Creek, charg ed with assault with deadly weap on and trespass by Mr. Mcintosh whose land joins his. The case be gan in the morning, was completed at four in the afternoon. Both men claimed and had Heeds to the land on which the alleged trespass took place so the case t BFT. GIRLS AT STATE HOME EC CLU8 MEETING Betty Lou Merrill Named V. President Mrs. Broughton Has Group For Tea Sally Mason and Betty Lou Merrill with Mrs. Y. Z. Simmons, representing the Ruby Home Eco nomics Club of the Beaufort High School, attended the State Club Rally of the home economics stu dents at Hugh Mcrson High School, Raleigh, last Saturday, April 15th In Italy f - j CARTERET BOYS IN THE SERVICE Jimmie Fiser, USCG., Ft. Mac on, and Mrs. Fiser have just re turned from a 15 -day furlough spent at their home in Little Rock, Ark. Our Four Year Old REA now serves 420 members, Atlantic and Bogue Airfields, and an addition- al 50 applications are on hand foi electrification. Manager R. M. McGirt says the Corporation does not intend to stop until every rural home in the County and that part of Craven which it serves that desires electri fication, is electrified. Merrimon is the only section without a line now. The new allotment will be used in completing the line into that section. Other homes not on direct lines but which can be serv ed by extension of existing lines will be taken care of as fast as possible. HONOR ROLL 5th PERIOD $781,364.11 Goes To State From Beer The State collected $781,304.11 in beer taxes for the first guar ter of 1944, according to figures compiled by the Brewing Industry Foundation's North Carolina Com mittee. Collections by months amount ed to $242,696.38 for January; $287,174.68, February and $251, 493.05 March. These totals includ ed collections from all souces on beer including crown and lid tax es and licenses. RATION BRIEFS GASOLINE A-9 Coupons good through May 8. SHOES No. 18, Book I, good through April. No. 1 "Airplane" Stamp in Book III good indefinitely. Another shoe stamp good begin ning May 1. SUGAR Stamps No. 30 and 31, Book IV, good for 5 pounds of sugar indef initely. No. 40 good for 5 lbs. can ning sugar through February 28, 1945. CANNED GOODS Blue Stamps, Book IV, A-8 through M-8 good indefinitely. MEATS Red Stamps, Book IV, A-8 through M-8 good indefinitely. FUEL OIL Period 4 and 5 coupons good through September. NOTICE Every car owner must write his license number and State in advance on all gasoline coupons in his possession. GRADE I: Doris Avery, Eliz abeth Bailey, Martha C. Gibbs, Marie Hunnings, Alberta Fodrie, Laurie Moore, Jr., Nancy Faye Mason, Barbara Finer, Nancy Ruth Ratcliffe, Anna Stone, Gloria Mua lem, Virginia Hassell, Bruce Ed wards, Jr., Ghermann Holland Jr., Henry Safrit, Jimmy Wheat- ly, Jr., Linda Gibble, Geneva Har- desty, Anne Felton Hill, Janice Murphy. GRADE II: Fay Basden, Ani ta Copeland, Swanna Darling, Bar bara Harris, Helen Lee, Peggy Joyce Lewis, Kay Willis, Inez Woodard. Elias Mualem, David Willis, Patsy Ruth Daniels, Evelyn Graham, Sadie Harris, Louise Pot ter, Harriet Ratcliffe, Patricia Willis. GRADE III: Billy Eudy, Lois Merrill, Ann Noe, Shirley Taylor, Gordon M. Davis, Andy Mason, Beulah Lee Eubanks, Phyllis J.ear. Piner. GRADE IV: Carol Herrin. Jane Mason, Sheila Smith, Connie Lewis, Edith Willis, Bobby Willis. Gary Copeland, John Lynch, Jean Dixon. GRADE V: Jean Ball, Eliza beth Bell, Letty Eudy, Carolyn Gaskill, Ann Hatley, Shirley Lip man, Alice Mualem, Jean Taylor, Janice Willis, Jane Basden, Janet Davis, Christine Hansen, Vera Lou Loftin, Patsy Ann Mason, Peggy R. Piver. GRADE VI: Neva Willis Dail. GRADE VII: Fay Graham, Betsy Jones, Dorothy Taylor, Mar garet Ann Windley, Milton Laugh ton, Jimmy Piner, Rosemary Bes sant, Gerry Dickinson, Leonda Goodwin, Julia Simpson. GRADE VIII: Calvert Davis Thomas Eure, Billy Lewis, Milton Taylor, Mary Sue Dail, Sarah C. Guthrie, Valeria Lawrence, Susan Noe, Blanche Saunders, Elizabeth Willis, Zava Beachem, Joyce Biggs, Ellen Congleton, Lula Bell Dickin son, Pauline Mason, Patricia Webb. GRADE X: Yvonne Bell, Mar garet Hansen, Betty Ward. GRADE XI: Faye Laughton. Merit System Exams. To Be Held May 13 The Merit System Office has an nounced that the examination for the position of Interviewer with the Unemployment Compensation Commission which is to be given May 13 will be open to women as well as men. If you have had a col lege education, you are eligible to take this examination. If you are a high school graduate and have had four years of successful full time paid employment within the last ten years in responsible com mercial, industrial or professional enterprise which shall have provid' ed knowledge of employment prac tiees and problems, you are also eligible to take this examination If your name is already on the register for this position, it will not be necessary for you to take this examination again at this time. Examinations for the positions of County Superintendent II and III, Case Worker, Case Work Aide War Emergency with the County Welfare Department will also be held on May 13. The closing date for receipt of applications for both of these ex aminations is April 30, 1944. Al) applications must be made on the official form and these applications may be secured by writing to the Merit System Supervisor, Box 2328, Durham, N. C. Examinations will be held in approximately 12 centers throughout the State. School Stamp and Bond Sales The School Bond and Stamp Committee reports a sale of $1, 125.00 in bonds this week and $115.75 in stamps. Miss Myrtle Piver's First Grade ranked first in amount invested and Mrs. Jimmy Fodrie's Tenth Grade was second. Mrs. Charles . Young (Esther Dickinson) has received word of the safe arrival abroad of Lt. Young. Cel. Talbert Dunn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dunn, who recently received his Aerial Gunner's wings, has been sent to Colorado Springs for a 10 week period of addition al training. Approximately 300 delegates, representing 32,000 home econo mics students in North Carolina attended, t ollowing the morning was dismissed. The nronertv dis- I business session, the group attend nutps out. nf which hnd feeline- ed a luncheon at the Woman's PVT. JOHN E. WILEY, USA. whose wife, Mrs. Carrie Anderson Wiley, lives on Turnes Street; was in a hospital in North Africa in late '43 and early '44 but has been on active duty in Italy for the pest two months. grew will have to be heard in Su perior Court. The whole matter was an involv ed tangle and much wordy testi mony was given. Mrs. Mcintosh testified that as she sat in her car waiting for her husband to investigate something on the shore early in the evening on Easter Sunday, Gordon came See COURT Page 8 Word has been received of the safe arrival of Capt. Ralph Thom as, USA abroad. ' Joseph A. Conway son of Mr. and Mrs. John Conway, Fulford Street, has been graduated from an intensive course of basic engi neering at Gerat Lakes, 111. Con way was selected for specialized training on the basis of his apti tude test scores. Mrs. Frank Ritter (Cindy Thom as) has been notified of Lt. Ritter's safe arrival at a foreign port. Raymond P. Nassef, Pvt. USA, reported wounded last week is back on active duty. Bishop Darst at St. Paul's Sunday Bishop Thomas Darst, of Wil mington, -Bishop of Eastern North Carolina, will be pz-esent at the eleven o'clock service at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church on Sun day to administer the Rite of Con firmation. v Bishop Darst usually makes his annual visitation in the fall but as there was no Retcor ut the time to prepare a class, his visit was postponed. Bishop Darst will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Davant of Morebead City. Club folowed by a fashion show under the direction of Miss OUie Berry, of the "Modern Miss" fash ion designers of New York City. Betty Lou Merrill was elected Vice President of the State Club and presided over part of the af ternoon business session. The day closed with a tea giv en by Mrs. J. Melville Broughton at the Executive Mansion. Miss Catherine T. Dennis, State Super visor of Home Economics Educa tion, introduced the delegates to Mrs. Broughton and Mrs. Clyde A. Erwin assisted Mrs. Broughton in receiving the girls. BANQUET AtlD DANCE GIVEN M SENIORS Juniors Make Party A Brilliant Affair Births and Deaths For March Meetings to Discuss Farm Bureau Work INDUCTEES The change in policy regarding acceptance of men between 26 and 38 in Service is responsible for the presence of a great many young men in the County today who expected on this date to be experiencing their first days in uniform. The group reporting over the week end was boiled down to: NAVY: Jessie Bell Gould, New port; Mack S. O'Neal, Morehead City; Harlan Truitt Murphy, Dav is; Marian Huit Murphey, Davis; Claude Alfred Henderson, New port. MARINE CORPS: Marvin Scroggins, Morehead City; Lamar Jones, Newport. ARMY: Perry Jones Goodwin, Roe. The following men went up to Fort Bragg this morning for their pre-induction examination: Kenneth Wilis, Henry Graham Edwards, Leo Franklin Simpson, Richard Dawson Jones, Alvin Wil lis, Frank Harold Avery, Otis Col on Willis, Theron Davis McCain, Guy Leslie Gaskill, Flemming Hughes Fulcher, Edward Earlo Doshier, Ozell Willis, Bonnie Jac on Piner, Dallas Simmons, Clar ence Preston Oglesby, Dyon Burk man Simpson, Charles Thomas Garner, Hitious Morris, Leslie Glenn Garner, Herman Perry Sty- ron, Kicnara nunter naawicis., Virgil Hyman Gillikin, Vernice Clifton Godwin, Clarence Taylor Willis, Ashton Rufu3 Thompson. Mart Lewis Bell, Cleveland Bron dell Gillikin, Augustine Thomas Piner, Edgar Willis, Roger William Jones, John David Griffin, Wood ard Willis, Walter Yeomans, Jr., Oliver Wendell Hunnings, Fred Devine Guthrie, Jasper Cleveland Long, James Garland Willis Ver non Paul Garner, Harry Quinton Simmons, Thomas Willis, Thomas Ball Mann, Leslie Grant Dudley, See INDUCTEES Page 8 Tommy Avery, has recently been advanced to the rank of First Class Petty Officer, USNR. He l-s serving abroad with an address in care of the Post Master, San Francisco, Calif. Charles Manson, Pvt., USA, ha? spent the entire time since he en tered the Army in Oliver General Hosptial, Augusta, Ga., suffering from blood poisoning. He spent the past week end in Beaufort at which time he said he would prob ably be hospitalized for another nine weeks. Mrs. Albert Pokrzywa left Wed nesday for Gatesville, Texas, to join her husband, Cpl. Pokrzywa, who is stationed at Camp Hood. While in Beaufort Mrs. Pokrzywa made her home with her sister, Mrs. Jerry Darling. Pvt. Ethel Sawyer spent the past week-end with her parsnts, the John Conways, of Highland Park. Ethel enlisted in the WACs in November, 1943, t Norfolk. She trained at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and is now assign-id to the Signal Corps at Baltimore, Md. Her comment: "The Service is great. Wish I had enlisted sooner." Sgt. Ralph Davis returned to Camp Butner last week-end after leave spent at home. DANCE Tomorrow night, Friday, the 21st, the Athletic Association of Beaufort High School will stage a big dance (formal and informal) in the High School Gym for the benet of the Athletic Fund. Sam my Guthrie will be there with his orchestra and Harry Wright will give vocal selections a team that always draws the crowd. Admis sion will be fifty-five cents and there will be dancing from 9 until 1:00 o'clock. WHITE Townships Birth Deaths Beaufort 8 3 Cedar Island 0 0 Harkers Is. 3 0 Harlowe 0 0 Hunting Quarter Davis 0 0 ' Stacy 0 1 Atlantic No Report Marshallberg No Report Merrimon 0 1 Morehead ...32 5 Newport 5 1 Straits 0 0 Total 48 11 Yr. Total 123 58 COLORED Beaufort 4 4 Harlowe 0 0 Merrimon 1 0 Morehead 0 1 Newport 2 1 Total 7 5 Yr. Total 13 15 MEMBER OF WELL KNOWNCARTERET FAMILY DIED THIS MORNING Funeral Tomorrow From Meth. Church At Marshallberg Mrs. Melissa Davis Moore, na tive of Carteret County, died this morning at five o'clock at her home ! in Marshallberg. Mrs. Moore has been an invalid for several years but was acutely ill for only about a week. Mrs. Moore is survived by her husband: Mr. Tyre Moore; a daughter: Mrs. Edwin - Piner, Marshallberg; four sons: Dr. Lau rie W. Moore, Beaufort, Mr. Har ry Moore, Marshallberg, Mr. E. O. Moore, Marshallberg, and Mr. Hed rick Moore, USCG, Norfolk. Funeral services will be con ducted Friday morning at eleven o'clock from the Methodist Church by the Rev. H. C. Cuthrell, Mr3. Moore's pastor. The body will be laid to rest in the community cem etery at Marshallberg. A series of meetings are being held this week in Carteret County this week for the purpose of in forming the farmers on the Farm Bureau and its legislative program for tho farmers of this taction of the state. The Farm Bureau last year spent several hundred dollars in Washington fighting a fair floor on the price of potatoes in an attempt to obtain fair price ceilings on the truck and vegetable crops pro duced in this area. The ceilings as announced for this year by the OPA are approximately 20 per cent less than the prices paid to the farmers last year. The average price received by farmers last year for cabbage was $55 per ton in comparison with $33 ceiling an nounced by OPA for 1944. The Farm Bureau truck committee spent last week in Washington fiehtine for an increase in 1944 price ceilings on cabbage, toma toes, snap beans, potatoes, and other truck crops. The Farm Bu reau with the help of our Congress man last week were able to pass the Cooley Bill which extended tobacco quotas for 1945 and 1946 The tobacco committee feels that the ceiling price on flue-cured to. bacco will be raised to forty four cents this year. The Farm Bureau meetings have been held during the week at Beaufort, Harlowe, Bettie Commu nity, and a meeting will be held at Joe Pigott's Store Friday night. Mr. Joe Williams, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer of the Farm Bu reau, who is assisting in holding the community meetings will be back at a later date for holding other community meetings in the county. R. M. Williams, County Agent, is urging all farmers in the coun ty to come out and participate in the discussion at these meeting!. The annual Junior-Senior ban quet and dance was given Friday evening at the High School Gym which had been fashioned, for tha evening, into an old fashioned Sout.iern garden with flower laden trellises, shaded seats, and even a moss covered well. From the cen ter lung a large chandelier of crepe paper from which were sus pend d varicolored paper balls. Th 3 color scheme for the tables was green and white, school colors, and l arcissus, gypsophelia, and spirei were used with green and white candles. Place cards were memory books with colonial fig ures on the back and space within for autographs of the high school friends.. Sixteen boys and girls from the freshman class dressed in colonial costum i served a delicious menu of grape juice cocktail, chicken salad, potato chips, celery, peas, radish salad, rolls, tea, ice cream, cake, and nuts. The following was the program: "N. W." Taylor, president of the junior class and toastmaster. Toast to Seniors, Mary Lou Ma son. Response, Joyce Springle. Solo, "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes," Betty Lou Merrill. Toast to the Faculty, Yvonna Bell. Response, Miss Lena Duncan. Minuet by members of freshman class in colonial costume. Toast to the School Board, Bet ty Ward. Response, Mr. Raymond Ball. Piano Solo, Mrs. Charles Hassell Toast to Friends, Margaret Hansen. Solo, "It Was an Old Fashioned Garden," Betty Lou Merrill. Duet, "Let Me Call You Sweet heart," Betty Lou Merrill and John Nelson, I Solo, "I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl," Betty Lou Merrill. Virginia reel by members of freshman class. After the formal rrogram there was an informal good time during which popular songs were sung a round the table followed by dancing. Bookmobile TIDE TABLE TWO CANDIDATES A statement was carried last wek to the effect that H. S. Gibbs, Democrat, had filed as candidate for Carteret's seat in the Legis lature. Since then Mr. Nat H. Rus sell, Republican, also of Morehead City, has filed. The Bookmobile has been disked;:: to make a stop at Qumn's Store . JS between Newport and Bogue, rnii j beginning Tuesday, April "th, l.: , will stop there and on every ot'aer j Tuesday after that date. The j-. Schedule tor the route is: r.i.w port, 10:15; Quinn s Store, 11:00, Taylor's Filling Station (Bogue), 11:30; and Smith's Filling Station (Bogue J, 12:00. Those who patronize the Book mobile realize that there must be a certain amount of leeway in this schedule dependent upon weather and other factors but they may expect it as near as possible to the hours given. Information as to the tide ut 2e".t:fcrt is given in thu co'.umn. The figures a.o ap proximately correct and lira based on tables furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Survey. Some allowances must br made for variation? in t-'.e wind and also with revect o the locality, that is wheth er near the inlet or at the head of the estuaries. HIGH LO.. ROTARIANS Rotarians heard Dr. W. L. Woodard on Socialized Medicine at their Tuesday evening meeting over one of Mrs. Pierson's dinners at the Inlet Inn. Guests for the evening were Rotarians Einest Kilbourn, of Wilmington, George Stoval, of Morehead City, and Mr. Williams of Winston-Salem. Friday, April 21 7:50 AM. 1:48 AM. 8:18 PM. 2:05 PM. Saturday, April 22 8:43 AM. 2:41 AM. 9:06 PM. 2:52 PM. Sunday, April 23 9:30 AM. 3:29 AM. 9:53 PM. 3:37 PM. Monday, April 24 10:15 AM. 4:17 AM. 10:38 PM. 4:22 PM. Tuesday, April 25 11:01 AM. 4:53 AM. 11:25 PM. 6:08 PM. Wednesday, April 26 11:46 AM. 5:50 AM. 5:53 PM. Thursday, April 27 12:12 AM. 6:38 AM. 12:34 PM. 6:42 PM.
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