'BiiymorefciKr for5rsecyrity, too! 21 iilLa e 3 11 il I A T'- VV U IT? A IT T n ii i ti J he Most Widely Read Newspaper Along The Central Cjhdina Coast VOLUME XXXIII No. 48 12 PAGES THIS WEEK BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1944 12 PAGES THIS WEEK SALTER ELECTED AAA CHAIRMAN County Committee Meets Tonight To Organize lloland Salter of Beaufort will be in the chair tonight at the organ igLjization meetnig ot tne county fices in the Beaufort postoffice. He was re-elected chairman of the County Committee at a con vention of the Community Com mittees last Friday morning in the AAA offices. The convention followed on the heels of the Com munity Committee elections held throughout the county on Nov. 23 and 24. B. J. May, county head of the AAA, wil continue as secretary of the County Committee. Duties of all committeemen are expected to be heavier during 1945 than in any preceding year due to agricultural changes which the end of the European war will bring about. Farm produce now heavily in demand may become a drug on the market and produce not now encouraged may become the "pres sure" item. Committeemen will be called on as usual to assist in determining acreage allotments, to work out farm plans, to prepare perform ance reports and to arrange and conduct community meetings. Members of the County Commit tee are: ' Roland Salter, Beaufort, chair man; D. W. Truckner, Peletier, vice-chairman; Lawrence A. Gar ner, Newprt, regular member; Al len J. Vinsn, Peletier, first alter nate: Archie R. Hardesty, New- pit, secnd alternate. Members of the Community Com mittees are: White Oak: Herman K. Norris Chairman; James W. Young, vice chairman; Joe G. Taylor, regtlar member; Herman E. Taylor, first alternate; Carl T. Taylor, second alternate. 1 Newport: Leon H. Quinn, chair man; Cecil H. Pringle, vice chair man ; Y. Z. Simmons, regular mem ber; John B. Kelly, first alternate. Morehead: William J. Laughton, chairman ; Fred L. Bell, vice- chair man; James G. Murdoch, regular member; Robert E. Laughton, first alternate; Thomas C. Oglesby, second alternate. Beaufort-Harlowe William J. Hardestyi chairman; Lionel N. Conner, vice-chairman; Manly M. Eubanks, regular member; Ray mond Dickinson, first alternate; Leslie D. Springle, second alter nate. East -Merrimon : Gardner Gilli an, chairman; Guion S. Lewis, vice-chairman; Mildred S. Law rence, regular member; Guy iillikin, first alternate; Hugh J'ake, second alternate. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Japs Fell Pole To Get Van Austin c. G. HASSELL IMPROVING Clerk of Court L. W. Hassell is eported as recovering successful- y from three operations which h inderwent last week at Fayette- ille Veterans' Hospital. emmon Line Connections or All Assured With the Merrimon branch of he Carteret Craven Electric Membership Corporation boing mshed to early completion, J. W. ewis, manager, announcer today hat while only 16 connections lave been authorized, the 20 or jnore potential electric consumers n the line can, most probably, se- ure authorization for connection nder existing WPB regulations. Mr. Lewis also said that while 000 feet is the present, general mit on connections, WPB regu- tions now cover circumstances Much as exist on he Merrimon ranch under which extensions re justifiable. Currently right-of-way difficul ties have tended to slow down con struction of the line but Mr. Lew m said that he hoped the eased WPB regulations would solve all difficulties. This, plus official per- pfiission tolay a cable across the land waterway, should mean ear ly electrification for all along the Merrimon branch. Support Seal Drive With a goal of $1,800 to rach fie Carteret County Tubercx-osis leal Drive got off to a good start in Monday with several thousand ftters containing seals placed in fie mails for delivery to residents firoughout the county. The climax of this story is the top of a forty-foot Banyan wood telephone pole close up to the Japs on Bougainville in the broad daylight of March 7 of this year. The anticlimax is the ground. Van Austin of the First Corps Signal Battalion, First Marine Am phibious Corps, was fastened to the top of the pole by a lineman's belt. His hands were full of the very lasts tretch of cable. It was the last stretch because another stretch would have placed Marine communications in the Jap com mander's headquarters. And Ma rine linemen don't plug Japs in; they just plug them. Van Austin was one of the boys then. Now he's a Sergeant and is home with his mother Mrs. M. L. Austin in Beaufort, recuperating' from wounds. He arrived on Mon day after hospitalization at Sun Valley, Idaho. Van's group of twelve had been celled to Bougainville on March 1 from Gaudalcanal to repair vom mnucations lines which the Japs had badly disrupted. On March 7 Van's group had restretched lines up to the very noses of the Japs when a captain told them to clear out ahead of an expected Jap shelling. With one more stretch, and the last one, to go, that twelve decided to see the job through rather than have to return it on the fol lowing doy. Lots were drawn to de termine the pole climber. Van won the honor. As it turne dout, he was the real winnsr. Three oth ers drew positions at the bottom of the pole. The shell that hit the bottom of the pole killed two of the trio th"ve and broke both legs of thp third. Fastened to tl'.e iop 1j Kij belt Van has a slight remembrance of feeling like the man on the fly ing trapeze. He woke up three days late on Guadalcanal. Since then he has been a patient at several hospitals. He has confi dence that his twisted foot and misplalced stomach will heal them selves. He i3 still his handsome six foot one inch self. He says he has quit trying to reaon out how he escaped with his life. Van first saw combat when he hit the Bougainville beach with the grst wave of 800 on Nov. 1, 1942. He was on Bougainville un til Dec. 17 when hew as returned with his crew to Gaudalcanal for rest. During that first Bougainville experience he learned to sleep in foxholes with water lizards that range in size from eight inches to three feet. The water lizard isn't nice to look at and can scare a fellow half to death, that is, a fel low who doesn't know about them. But they are not only safe but man's best friend. Van says they climb into a foxhole, make friends with the Marine there (what they do when they don't find a Marine, he didn't say) and keep insects, off the Marine through the night by eating them. URGES JAYCEES TO BE LEADERS Beaufort Jaycees Host to Morehead And New Bern Arrvives Overseas 3 LOCAL RATION BOARD HAS HIGH RATING Carteret County Ration Board is one of the best in the whole dis trict according to William F. Nu fer of Goldsboro, board supervis or of the Goldsboro District O P.A. Mr. Nufer was a visitor in Beaufort last week on a regular inspection trip. SSV?t. Walter C. Cuthreli, son of Mrs. Mattie C. Cuthreli, Bel haven, has been awarded the Pur ple Heart Medal for wounds re ceived in action against the Japs at Peleliu. He is a member of the 81st Wildcat Infantry Division which recently invated the South ern Islands oft he Jap held Palau group, 500 miles east of the Phil-lipines. BACK THE DRIVE "You've jot to make youi city better, otherwise we Jaycees are not justified in being members of the Junior Chamber of Com merce," Raymond Pollock, presi dent of the New Bern Junior Cham ber of Commerce, said at a dinner Monday night at the Inlet Inn giv en by the Beaufort Jaycots for the Morehead and New Bern Jaycees. "The leadership you show now, is the leadership which your city can expect in the future," Pollock declared. The New Bern chapter of the Junior Chamber of Commerce is only four years of age, Pollock said, and yet it is now function ing as a veteran organizational waste paper drive nets a carload a week. The New Bern chapter has established a blood plasma bank; it has given the New Bern police department a finger printing out fit. Recently it erected and dedi cated a monument to New Bern servicemen who have made the supreme sacrifice. Captain W. H. Potter, former Beaufort Jaycee home on leave, said that Carteret men and women in service are depending largely on Jaycees at home to pave the way not only for cases needing rehabili tation but for all toward better living at good jobs. "It. has been my good fortune to see a large part of the United States," Capt. Potter s'aid," and I have seen that people in large sec tions of the States have to scratch f"v .. livipg. Ri;jht here we have eVt'ij and the thought has often been forced on me that wo do not avail ourselves of the op portunitties on our own doorstep." Lt. (jg) F. Borden Mace, photo officer aboard an Essex class car rier also home on leave, pled for cooperation of all county resi dents in developing the port f ac ilities of the Old Topsail. Inlet. "Forget the silly fueds of the past," he said," get together and work f V the good of all. We have the stuff here if we'll only use it." Bob Hicks, president of the Morehead Junior Chamber of Commerce, in thanking the host club, suggested a monthly meeting of the New Bern, Beaufort and Morehead Clubs to discuss and car ry out plans for projects of mutual benefit. Pollock invited both Beaufort and Morehead Jaycees to meet with New Bern Jaycees tomorrow night at Tony's in Morehead. Charles Hassell, president of the Beaufort Jaycees, welcomed the guests and introduced James Wheatly who had charge of the evening's program. Wheatly intro duced the New Bern speaker. Hal sey Paul said grace. The songs of Miss Betty Lou Merrill, accompanied by Miss Ruth Lewis were enthusiastically received. Present from New Bern: Richard A. Neely, Obed Pate, j Edmond Nelson, Gus Mann and ; Raymond Pollock. ! From Morehead: Theodore Phillips, Wade Bell. Gordon Laughton, George R. Wal lace, Bob Hicks, Jack Roberts, Charles C. Willis, Edgar Bell, Sam Guthrie, Jack Styron, Bill Cherr.v and William Willis. From Beaufort: C. H. Hassell, W. A. Mace, C. M. Jones, Capt. W. H. Potter, Lockwood Phillips, Lt. (sg) F. Borden Mace, R. L. Davis, H. D. Paul, Henry Hatsell, David Wind ley, Rufus Sewell, James Wheat ly, Charles Cheek and R. S. Eudy. f - SSgt. Letter E. Haskett, at tached to an anti-aircraft artil lery unit, ha arrived in the Euro pean theatre according to word re ceived by Mrs. Haskett, the form er Edna Small, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Small, Rt. 2, New port. Sgt. Hatkett it the ion of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Haskett, also of Rt. 2, Newport. Sgt. Haskett, a graduate of Newport high school class of 1942, hat been in serrice since April 1943. Ralph T. Haskett, brother of Sgt. Haskett, was recently assign ed to the Coast- Guard Training Station at Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Mdd. CARTERET BOYS IN THE SERVICE Wiley H. Taylor Jr.,, USCG who has been home for the past ten days returned to U. S. Recruiting Station in Berkley, Va., today. He has been recuperating from a re cent illness at the home of hid parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tay lor, Sr., of Marsh St. Durwood Gillikin, lie 2, USNR, son of Mrs. Mamie Gillikin of High land Park, has been released from Norfolk Naval Ho.;pitul and return ed to hia unit uiesr treatment for a skin disease coivtrfted -in .. the Canal Zone. Optimistic reports are reaching Mrs. Gillikin about the condition of her other boy in the service, William C. Gillikin who suffered wounds while attached to an en gineering regiment in the invasion of southern France. Gillikin is now in a U. S. Army hosptial in Italy. Pfc Ethel Sawyer, signal corps, USA, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Conway of Highland Park, is home on an eleven day furlough from Washington, D. C. Her broth er, Joseph Allen Conway, F lc, USNR, is stationed at Camp Wal lace, Texas. , Sale of Cless E bonds is mov ing slowly in Carteret's Sixth War Loan Drive, I. E. Pittman, county drive chairman, reported this morning. The county's Class E. quota is $187,000, with the over all quota $317,000. Miss Cora Joslyn reported that all schools in the county were do ing a good job with the Hi-Y girls in Morehead setting a record at their War Bond Booth. The drive ends on Dec. 16. Thus there is little time left in which to make your Ward Bond purchase. Do it today . RESTRICTIONS OFF FARM MACHINERY Restrictions on the purchase of all farm machinery except crawler type tractors and corn pickers, two types of farm machinery lit tle used in Carteret, have been lift ed, according to an announcement reaching B. J. May, secretary of the AAA from Raleigh headquar ters. As a result the Farm Rationing' Committee in Cartere is dissolved as of this date and the few re maining details will be handW by the AAA. A medical technician serving with the Italy based 455th Bomb ardment Group, Corporal Joseph L. Salter, formerly of Rt. 1, Beau fort, was recently authorized to wear the Distinguished Unit Badge when his veteran group was cited "for outstanding performance of duty in armed conflict with the enemy." The Liberator group, although handicapped by personal shortages and operating with only 40 per cent of its maintenance equip ment, took off on a vital mission to attack the Diamler Puch Air craft Factory at . Steyr, Austria. Intense cloud cover obscured the target. Using rockets, aerial :iak, cannon and machine guns in ar. ef fort to scatter the American planes, approximately 75 German fighters attacked the formation. Despite severe opposition, the group maintained its formation, shifted its bombing objective to the liieyr Walzlargerwerke, and in flicted "tremendous material dam age." During thea ir battle, the unit destroyed 27 fighters, prob ably destroyed 17 more and dam aged three, balance by a minimum loss of four bombers. MULLET LINE CEREMONIES DRAW NOTABLES Gov. Broughton Principal Guest Of Line It was a proud doy for the Old Mullet Line yesterday. After a breakfast given by the Goldsboro Chamber of Commerce in Goldsboro a notable group of state officials headed by Gov, Broughton, army and navy of ficers, railroad executives and plain citizens climbed aboard a special train replete with an old fashioned private car to travel the entire 95 miles of the rehab ilitated railway to Morehead City. The train stopped at Cherry Point where the group was guided about a short tour of inspection but of sufficient scope to impress everyone with the magnitude of the new, national Marine base. The first half of the round trip ended at 1:45 p. m. before the Gulf Stream Club, just beyond Morehead City, where luncheon was served. Gov. Broughton was the only speaker and his words were those of commendation for E. R. Buchan, president of the Atlantic & North Carolina Railway, a rather oner ous, polysyllabic, corporate name for The Old Mullet Line, for Har ry Edwards, chairman of the board, J. A. Bolich, Jr., vice-president and the host of others who, in the words of Bill Sharpe, state public ist, rejuvenated The Old Mullet Line on the theme of "From Mul lets to Marines." The Old Mullet Line was au thorized in 1852, completed in 1858, financed by both private and state capital. Today the state owns the majority of stock and appoints officers and directors. Rejuvenation of the line cost $1,500,000 but, in performing a near miracle in transportation in serving th; h.:: Cherry Point Marine ba3e, jumped the annual g:osJ revenue ot approximately Thirty Awards Presented At Court of Honor By Charles Hassell At a Court of Honor held Sun day night at 7:30 in the First Bap tist Church, Beaufort, the Rev. M. O. Alexander opened the pro gram with the Benediction after which he introduced Stanley Wood land, chairman of Advancement in Carteret Scouting. After an inspiring introductory talk by Mr. Woodland other mem bers of the Carteret Council were introduced by him including Dr. W. L. Woodard, vice-president of Eastern Carolin Council and Boone B. Owen, field executive of the council. Dr. Woodard was called upon first to present advancement a wards to second class scouts as follows: Ray Willis, Billie Craw ford, Ottis Jefferson, Ernest Toler, Edgar Cole, Paul Arthur, Cederic Beachem, Jimmy Fodrie, Howard Fodrie, Hubert Smith, David Da vis, Alton Willis. Mr. Woodland followed by mak ing presentation of awards to Life Star and First Class: Billie Lewis, Life: Tommy Eure, Jimmy Piner, Alton Willis, Robert Thompson, Delmas Lewis, Star: Robert Simp son, Lloyd Barnhill and Pete Skinier, First Class. This was followed by a very in teresting and inspiring talk by Ex ecutive Boone Owen and presen tation by him of Merit Bade a wards to Billy Lewis, Robert Thompson, Tommy Eure, Jimmy Piner, Alton Willis, Delmas Lewis, Lloyd Barnhill. Several hymns were sung during the program. Due to an unavoidable delay in receiving their advancement ma terial the Morehead City Troops were unable to receive their a wards at this time. Capt. D. Wal ter Dunkle, S. M. Troop 39 More head City was a guest of Troop 51 of Beaufort. He had several cf his boys with him. Capt. Dunkle as a representative of the Compasi Club of America, presented a Sil ver Compass to the outstanding Patrol of Troop 51, the Flying Eagle Patrol under the leadership ' ' , ot. c,,t- t;, p;q- $3000,000 in 1939 to approximate- " ly $1,500,000 in 1944. In the same period the new operators paid thfc state approximately $500,000 in rent and repayment on debts. Yesterday's "to do" was remin iscent of others in the line's history. Time was when all stockholders (who got free passes) made the trip to Morehead City for the an nual meeting at the Atlantic Ho tel, long since gone. Stockholders also got passes for their families, and it is on record that one lady who owned one-half a share of stock applied for 32 passes for the event. . All of those from Beaufort and Morehead City aboard the train were made honorary vice-presi-dviiits of The Old Mullet Line vice presidents in charge of icing fish. They are Judge Luther See MULLET LINE Page 8 bomber group attached to the 15th AAF in Italy. He has flown on many bomber missions against the enemy in. southern Europe. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. W. B Norris of Beaufort. Rotarians Fete Their Ladies Cpl. Virgil H. Day, son of Mrs. Olivia Day of Lola, N. C, has re turned to Tampa, Flu., for further air crew training as a radio oper ator mechanic gunner on a B -17. He took basic training at Greens boro, N. C, and was then sent to Pittsburgh, Pa., for traaining as an aviation cadet. Because the ca det program was eliminated he was sent to Scott Field, 111 to receive training as a Jiio operator me chanic. He finished there and was sent to Yuma, Ariz, to train as a gunner. He received his wings and was promoted to the rank of cor poral. He expects to be sent over seas shortly. Ensign L. Bryan Springle, USN., son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie D. Springle of Beaufort RFD, flew from Washington Tuesday to spend several hours with his mother' who suffered a heart attack on Satur day. A telegram from his father re questing him to come home reach ed Ensign Springle just as he took off from Washington on Saturday to pilot an Assistant Secretary ot the Navy to California. Ensign Springle returned from California on Monday and the next day flew to Beaufort. Pfc Billy Wells passed a day this week in Beaufort visiting Mrs. Wells and his The Beaufort Rotary Club en tertained their ladies on Tuesday evening at the Inlet Inn. A com bination Thanksgiving and Christ mas party, it was the largest such affair ever held by the club. Each of the ladies was given a present, the presents having been donated by the merchants of Beau fort. The Rev. W. O. S. Potter, fath er of the Rev. W. Stanley Potter said grace. Dr. W. L. Woodard, secretary, reported that flowers had been sent to Mrs. James Canady, wife of the club president, who is re ported as improving at Morehead City Hospital from an illness of several week's duration. Dr. Woodard also announced that club member Dave Merrill has returned to his home from More head Hospital. The beautiful table decorations were the work of Mrs. Jack Oakley and Mrs. William Willis. The evening was largely devot ed to songs and entertainment under the guidance of Impressario Grayden Paul with Mrs. Paul a', j the piano. Sammy Guthrie anj hi. I orchestra played, two of its mem . bers being ' Rotarians, Sammy j Guthrie and William Wili:s. -;t. I R. S. Frizgibbon. sang several bar i itone solos. MERCHANTS SET TO FIGHT INFLATION Stanley Woodland Commends Their Patriotinc Co operation The Beaufort War Price and Rationing Board signalized enthu siastic cooperation with the na tion-wide campaign to keep prices down at a merchants' meeting on Tueslay night in the Court-house attended by merchants from all parts of the county as well as by County War Price executives and office workers. "Never in the history of this- country," Chairman Stanley Wood land pointed out," has there been such a magnificent attempt on the part of business, the consumer, and government, or one with loftier purpose, to hold the line of eco nomic defense against inflation. "Working together all through these war months," Mr. Woodland told the large audience, "both th merchants of Carteret and the Car teret consumers have held prices in line and maintained all celling prices." Mr. Woodland cited the infllation figure of 68 per cent in the first 54 months of World War I and com pared it with the inflation figure of only 27 per cent for the first 54 months of this war to prove his contention of current merchant consumer cooperation. Colorful posters were distribut ed to the merchants. Pledging the merchant's cooperation to main tain all ceiling prices, they will be prominently displayed in all Carteret stores. On the platform with Mr. Wood land were Miss Alma Davis, chief clerk of the board, and Miss El sie Nelson, price clerk. John Crump, chairman of the Prica Fanel, was unable to be present due to illness. TIRE SERVICE COMPANY ANNOUNCES NEW SERVICE A complete truck tire recapping service has been installed by Tire Service Company, 1300 Arendell St., Morehead City, according to an announcement by J. R. Morrill, president of the company, "No longer will truckers have to take their work outside Carteret County and no longer will they have to suffer the delays and ex tra tire wear in travelling 40 to 60 miles for work which can now be done here," Mr. Morrill said, Tire Service Company has in stalled Firestone factory controll ed, tested, approved and standard ized Lodi molds capable of tak ing all tire jobs. Tire Service Company, the only firm of its kind in Carteret, was es tablished December 1943. Soma of the company's auto tire recap jobs have done better than 24,000 miles which, while perhaps not a record, has established high regard for the company's work. BEAUFORT COAST GUARDS MAN IN PHILLIPINE INVASION A veteran invader is Coas six months old j Guadisman Paul Gillikin, Seaman. daughter Billy Jean whom he had never seen. Wells returned to the army hospital at Augusta, Ga., ex pecting to return here for the Christmas holidays. William B. Norris, Jr., who was graduated from the Beaufort high school in 1940 has been promoted t sergeant. He is an armorer gunner with a B-24 Liberator Dick Ingram, E 2c, USNR, re turned from overseas on Tuesday with his English bride. Glenn H. Adair, flying " corps cadet, has been transferred from Cochrane Field, to Spence Field, Ga., for single engine flight training. Benjamin B. Arrington, AMM lc, USNR, "son of Mrs. Theresa Arrington, Beaufort, has beets transferred from Pensocola, Fla., to Alameda, California. recon.l class, who has added the eighth sLar to the ri'jbon-bedojke-i chest for the invasion of the Phillipines. Serving aboard a Coast Guard manned Invasion Transport, Gillikin took part in the assault on Leyte. He previous ly had struck at the enemy in North Africa, Sicily, Makin, Kwa jalein, Eniwetok, aipan and An gaur. SMOKE BUT NO FIRE A defective wick in a kerosene stove in the home of Miss Annie Rumley, Ann St., at Marsh, caus ed great clouds of smoke but lit tle damage on Monday afternoon. Thi? Beufort Fire Deprtment re sponded to an alarm. TIDE TABLE Information as to th. :iio Ht Beaufort u given ir t'.ii.i column. The figure a.e up proximately correct and based on tables furnished b' the U. S. GeoJnic Survey Some allowances must b made for vari-.tir. ir. th wind and also wi'.h r .' to the locality, that U ' :. er near the ir.'.et or ;.t t:i -lead o: the ostuaries. KKh LO Friday, Die. 1 9:S2 All. 3:30 AM. 10:10 PM. 4:20 PM. Saturday, Dec. 2 10:38 AM. 4:15 AM. 10:57 PM. 5:06 PM. Sunday, Dec. 3 11:23 AM. 5:02 AM. 11:45 PM. 5:53 PM. Monday, Dec. 4 5:50 AM. 12:09 PM, 6:39 PM. Tuesday, Dee. 5 12:36 AM. , 6:40 AM. 12:66 PM. 7:29 PM. Wednesday, Dec. 6 1:29 AM. 7:34 AM. 1:46 PM. . 8:19tPM.., Thursday, Dec.7 , . v I -t , -2:25 AM. . ,w 8:34 AM. 2:37 PM. 9:10 PM.