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V- ‘ ,t;;.vV-:‘-V ■T r'^ ■ i>-U.> X- r m ■Paae fwc. THE DARE COUNTY TIMES Friday. December 18, 1942 THE DARE COUNTY TIMES BALTIMORE SUN PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT MANTEO, NORTH CAROLINA. BY TIMES PRINTING COMPANY, INC... • ' ^ ■ .-V ^ .K THE STORY OF OEGEMBER, - - f-. T' VICTOR MEEKIXS, EDITOR CATIIERI-VE D.. .MEE.Kr.\S Stcrelarv-Trejisurtir ih Carolina Mary Alice and Evy Lee ''HEss.AssbcuTioNT. ■ - . T Spencsr Don't Think Help- ' ' , in'o; Build Bombers is '\e- Ro'nantic (In The Uplift) Deccmbei-'is the twelfth and last] month of the year. Its name is taken from ‘ the Latin dcccm. The W cckly Joiirnnl of the Xorth. Caridina Coiistlanil. Devotcd' tn/the Soutliern Albemarle .Section and the Cape Hatteras N.itional Seashore—Premiere -Rorrion of Recreation and llenltb ^ In the following paragraphs is which moans ten, and in the old the story of two young Fairfield bJforc the calendar girls working at the Glenn L. Mn^- reform, it was dto tenth inonlh. tin ConTpany-helping build Martin «'’d March the first Uhen two , bombers. It was clipped from the months weie latei added, the mi- Suhscriptioii Rates: One Year §1.50: Eight MoijUis.Sli'Si.x Months.75c. Baltiniore Sun. one of the nation’s mcrical significance of us name - - - - - . - : - - ^.^p. seems to have been lost sight of; 'Entercd-as Second Class .Matter at the Postoftice“'at,.Manleo, N. C.“ Three Month's oOc. neared in the column of Elizabeth ft “'’V "o 'f^rned uo. NO 24 i! 1 ii f ii„,...,. thought it of enough iniport^no ni,.:.. can fm-con-ecUon. There wrs VOL. VIII DECEMBER 18, 1942 Roman c to ' i.Before thev. left their, home in , , . . ' Vr',b.'* 'A hV'p^' and ancration, however; for,-centuries Fairfield, N. C., Maty Alice ..... SOME DEFINITIONS A 'Conference is a group of men who, 'individ ually, can do nothing, but as a group can meet' and- decide that nothing can be done. -_A Statistician is a man who draws a mathemat- icallj' precise line’from an unwarranted assump tion to a foregone conclusion. - A Professor is a man whose job it is to tell students how to solve the problems, of life which he himself has tried to avoid, by becoming a pro fessor. An Efficiency Expert is a man who knows less about your business than you do and gets paid more for telling you how to run it than you could possibly make out of it even if you ran it right instead of the way he told you to. ■ >, L , h '. A Consultant is an ordinary guy who is a, long way from home.—The Beehive. CAPfAlNS COnRACEOBS An Authentic Series of Thrilling Stories of the Heroism of Men of tne Old Life Saving Service Alo.ig the Coast of the Sixth District, From Cape Henry to Cape Fear, as Furnished Through the Cpurtesy of.. A. W. Di inkv/ater, Veteran Telsgraph.er of Manteo. N. C. l__ 1 I 3. SCHOONER EM.MA F. HART, SE.ATACIv STATION (Continued from l.nst week) O : ' ri til LA.*cciiiut;r iiitti but twenty-nine Evy Lee Spencer had heaid a lot ^ about Maryland hospitality. But months, fiidiv they aren t so sure. ! The holly is the special fiower of I Now they want to knotv, ' this month, and its gem is the tur- .non t the peonlc in Bnltimore hko i Roij^ulations, in onler to learn the ;tk.e people from North Carolina '’ ’ ' cause of the other’s absence. Ar- The two girls have been in this wnim .some may a.gue iiiai. me . . , AVhile the crew of the Seatack Station, (Sixtli District), coast of Virginia, were employed at the wreck of the Benjamin.F. Poole, the south patrol of the neighbor ing Cape Henry Station failing to meet tlie north patrol from Sea tack at the limit of hi.s beat kept on. as directed by the Service j The two girls nave ocen in tnis riproniber*;- i^nevallv con-' I’lving'within a mile of the station .ic lilt ^ noticed season, it does not vealiy begin un-1 strannea nmre m.ai tiie oe.icn. til December 22nd, the day on from the c.Ktra gear," procured a| hauled ashore aiid set^ j, \yis ‘ team' and-’ proceeded by'a road crew of seven men witn , some -distance" back from the gage were then ’ , mishap, by means of the biceches beach; but even here the water— the storm having made an e.x- tremely high tide—ywas in some places up to the-liub's:L ■ ' ' • and so far they liaven’t CHRISTMAS MESSAGE . In a world that is dominated by force and brutality it is highly important that we fefresn' our'memories as to the purpose and real meaning of Christmas. We should be re solved that peace on earth and good will toward men will be the ultimate outcome of the present world revolution. A genuine concern for the happiness and welfare of our fellow citizens and associates is excellent training for the young people who are to be the citizens and leaders of a great nation. The true Christmas spirit projected to all seasons is the proper spirit for the world-wide citizenship to come., - , . ... . , It is our sincere wish for everyone to have a happv Christmas season. much difleixmce ilrunut whicirthrsunT-oacherthcTd in succc.ssion, to inform those pie and the way of liMng in B.alti- f,|y,,= Koc^ on its northward on board that their situation wa.s TTnnn min'*' journev. In the northern hemis- known, he'hurried forward and of l.ono.noo and Fan field, N. C., jg the shortest day of soon came upon the life-saving which has a population of _o0, ac- southern honiis-: crew engaged in landing the niw cording to the last official tally. the longest though for h'from the. :schooner, Benjamin F. Except that people in Baltimore ^ thereafter there is little Boole. ' He reported the stranding don’t like the people from perceptible change in the length of the other vessel, then helpod'his Carolina. I of the davs. ■ \Ve frequently'hear comrades tO( finish the . w’ork in . “The only difference I can spoken,of as the “frostyYhand. , /i'., .. .. . ! is that people dress up a little bit ^r the- "icy month,” but, Thi.s consumed but aTew 'min-- more than they do back home,” jg „ot usually the coldest of the I utes, and hastening to the station, offered Evy Lee. “They don t "’ear months," nor is it the most tHe men prepared'a second outfit sports clothes as we do.” 'cheerless. A feeling of good will| No Sight-Seeing ] among people, the crackling fires, i “Of course, we really haven't and the holly of approaching '' had a chance to see much of the Chri.stnias seem to shed a glow of I Another sacrifice to the fury of city%” Mary -Alice admitted. •'■“We'happiness over all. The_ early. the gale of .April 7th, 1888, in the The furious wind was itself a serious obstacle to their progress, and also strewed the way with broken branches and overturned trees. Wlien nearing their desti nation it became impossible for .the team to penetrate the thick under growth; the men were, therefore, Qiiicljiy 'burning, two coston sig- forced to drag, liy the most tedious exertions, the heavy apparatus cart over sand-hills and througli almost impassable brier and brush to'a point opposite the wheel, but, at' a hundred yards from the shore, they found it impracticable to. go farther.' ' ’ '' Selecting a clear space from which to begin operations, Hiey trained the Lyle gun and threw the shot-line on board at the first attempt. The whip-line was sent off and the vessel’s own hawser 4. WRECK OF HATTIE LOLLIS, NAGS HEAD, N. C. have one day off a week and in the Romans made Vesta, goddess of • sixth Life-Saving District was the evenings after supper we general- the hearth, the special deity of ^ schooner Hattie Lollis, of Wil ly just write letters home. The December, and this seems appro-1 mington, Delaware, with cargo rest of tlie time we sleep.” ipriale for there is no time when valued at $4,700, which, while on Though Baltimore offers more hearth fires haver ff'’eater sig- he,, way from Washington, North in the way of theatres and enter- nificancc. tainment, tlioy have not had the The chief Imlid-iv of the month opportunity to see many movies is the gi-eat Christian festival of since they ha\c been here. ,Christmas, celebrated on the twon- Hclping build the Martin bomb-' ty-fiftli. '.ro the children at least. Head Station, coast of North Car ers doesn’t s.eem particularly glam--, it is the chief lioIida> of-'the year, olina. Only .$200 worth was saved, (irous or unusual either to 2I-.Oi'> the thirty-first, last clay of the! active patrol being kept on vear-olc] M.ary .Alice or her young- year. New Year’s Eve calcbrations storm and fog, she Carolina, to Hartford. Connecticut, lost lier sails, sprung a leak and drove ashore one and one-half . , i r „, miles north-northwest of the Nags J . X Ho.-,d .^t.at!on. coast of North Car- td the 12th, when the keeper took to the beach and her crew of five men had already landed. One of them, however, was badly used up by the hardships he had under gone. Stimulants were adminis tered and the man was warmly wrapped, placed in the cart and wtih his companions taken to the station, where their wet clotliiiig was soon exchanged for dry and their comfort well looked after. buoy, the last one reaching tlia shore about sunrise. The craft was the schooner., Eni- , ,.^,.yj m.a F. Hart, of Camden, MaineL ■ • from Nassau, Bahama Islands, bound to Boston with a freight of . . lumber. ' During tlie entire rescue c-., the rain continued, the violence. of -■ the wind was unabated, and the sharp sand constantly drove in the , faces of tlie men with almost' ; blinding force. The work, there- '.; fore required the liest powers ..of. tlie surfnien and tliey were nearly ■ exliaustcd. The return to the sta tion, iiowovcr, with the gal® at their backs, was accomplished much more quickly and easily than h.ad been their trip to the wreck. The rescued men accompanied the life-savers and were cared for two days. The $2,870 lunniber cargo was subsequently saved, but the- vessel became a total loss of,. $8,130, three quarters of a mile north of Seatack Station. being nearer Big Kinnakeet, news, of her condition was first received^ by the surfnien at th.at point. The“ keeper immediately telephoned the Cape Hatteras Station, mustered-^ his crew, and started for the scene with the boat on its carriage. .Arriving at a place abreast of the bark they launcliod their boat, ])ullcd alongside, and took off her crew if lliirteen men. 'riiey then returned and got a boat-load of the crow's effects, alfcr which they ,.f'V’' _ (A 1.. conducted the shipwrecked men to them to Alantco. whence they pro- (fie station. Early in the nftor- ceoded to Norfolk by steamer. j noon, when they had obtained dry Two da,vs later t)ie vessel hrnke clothing and sor.iotliing to eat, the ; up and beenmo a total loss, but the j purfmen made another trip to the RATIONING BOARDS f-’L .-.'.f--.“^Editor Carl Gderch= of State magazi le tery aptly piit~ in a favorable oar for the members of rationing boards leading citizens of their communities and usually busy men with their own affairs, who are finding their duties on the increase from month to month, sometimes almost week by w-eek. ,No salaries are provided for ration board members. . whose, interest in the work thy do is a patriotic one. In ■ fact, an appointment to a duty of this sort is usually ac cepted as a draft to service which the appointee feels he cannot evade, no matter how he might be able to employ his time more profitably otheravise. . It would seem evident under the circumstances that rationing officials should be shielded from undue aggra vation by other citizens who may find the regulations im posed not altogether to their liking. The fair thing for the perplexed citizen to do is to„ ta,ke it out on Hitler’, and the Japs—-and particularly , on the "JapsjY;who gobbled up - our rubber supplies and added to our national difficulties in other particular’s. Another suggestion that seems apropos is that clerical workers who carry out the detailed work in rationing office.s should be treated with every consideration. It should be borne in mind that new regulation and instructions are constantly being received as the new national business of rationing is worked out by those charged with the duty. They must themselves become better acquainted with pro cedure while actually putting it into operation. Likewise, those who come to the rationing offices should school them selves in patience, since others have the same desires and rights—and may have been forehanded in getting there first. The suggestions herein are purely voluntarily from the local standpoint. Our ration officials and employes have not been complaining, but it takes only cursory observation to note they have problems that should be regarded pa tiently and sympathetically. It’s our war the same as theirs. —^Lexington Dispatch. ; Witht’ic .Vrmy sot fipiii't L" sp^i’ial rpM'seno", i,, stavtocl witl. two .Slip .add'-vi tliar lior brnthor, and i.'^ rallod I-o'TiatliPi's’ Dav, ff"''carts tnkiny bosido llio boavli-ap- Woodrow, is istatiorod in Florida on that day Uic; Pilp'-ons “inooren; ^ quantity of blankets with the Army Air Corps. ,their bark on the wiki Ncit Fn.q-l medicine ciiost. Havinc; ' They backed into dofen.se. work, kind slibre,” arid, boKan to niakoLi paji- of horses to as-si-st them ;.Iary- .Alice- oj-rplainod. “AVp wer.c history tbot still iv;fl'.iehocs the c'l-l f^ey were able to make quick time, in the N'YA b.ack home in North itro counlry. I notwithstanding: the wind was dead Carrdina,” .she s.aid, “after wc fin- December is one of the nionth.sj .ahead and the boadios were flooded ished hi.q’.i school bast spring:. Wo (p which nature seems to be re-=t- by the exlreniely full tide, and started at the Columbia NA’A cen- jiijr. f.^r there remains scarcely a j arrived near the snhooner within ter, taking: a commercial course, trace of the activities of summar an hour from the time,of the ac’ci- We worked ir. an office in the f,r.d autumn, but this does not, dent. . upon lo-i\i''ii the st"tio!i. h,'‘>H!ed wreoked. Hie keeper the f.illow ing: card of Uinnks: “1 desire to return my/siocem thanks to Captain Jilthepd:^c'',’,aiid cro-w, of Na^ys -Head -Stalion, for their promptness i'.a rendgrihp: aid and a.s.si.stancc in rescuing and pro- , Upon receiving imws of the di.«- aster the Cape Hatteras crew .started for the, scc.ne willi the ap_- .parntus. hut did not arrive in tipie to he of nmteri.al assistance..On ' tlie following day (12Ui) Ihti crews from the .stations named united,. A HOLIDAY WARNING Christmas IS42—peace on earth good will toward men— far-flung battlefields, bursting bombs, hospital ships, men djdng in .far-off places—and still a season of opportunity— opportunity to help others and “the least that we can do’’ —to- save life and limb on the streets and highways of North Carolina. . - - morning and had our classes in the niean that the moiuli has no in- afici'nooi!.” _ teresting out-of-door phases. We After the center at Columbi.a ’ (be hardy evergreen trees and closed, the two girls went to holly and wonder how they are Greenville where they were en- able to live when other plants rolled in a radio technical course.and we are at lo.ss to They were there for three months understand why the cold has not before being sent to Rcisterstown. driven away tlie English sparrows It was while they were at Reisters-'and chicadees, with most of the town that they signed up for the ,)ther birds. Wonderful “Jack training course at the Martin. Frost” traceries on the window- piant. i panes may be studied; there are “We started out as electricians, beautiful snow crystals to be ex- but we both operate drills now,” amined under the microscope; Mary .Alice said. Both girls would along with many other achieve- like to get into the type of radio ments of the cold. The child will technical work for which they were do well to interest himself in trained, but aren’t quite sure of these; Why is the ice in the brook the w.ay to go about it. igo smooth, since the water in Finding a Home 'summer time is rippled? Since Unlike most newcomers to Bal-[co1d contracts, why does frozen timore, they had no difficulty find- niilk push its way up out of the ing a place to stay. Through bottle? Why does freezing water their NY,A supervisor, they se- crack a pitc’ner? .All of these and cured a room in a private home at many more such studies arc-hene- 3023 Hamilton avenue which they pciai to the child. They not only share with another girl from North keep his mind active but take hini Carolina. 'out-of-doors, for it is more neces- She is Doris Wall, whom they sary that he shoukt have plenty of met in Greenville and who has out-door air at this time than in been with them ever since. She is summer months, since homes arc a riveter at Marlin’s. Doris is not lilceiy to be as well ventilated somewhat more positive in her feel-'as jn open-d-oor and open-window ing.s about n.a)timore. season. “It's the only place I've been —^ vidir.g for mysrdf and crew sirand- \ olVort.s to save the cabin fur-I^I-. ed April 71)i. 1,$S8. ^ I nH.ure ;uk1 whatever other articlgs\_/ “CIT.AS \v'. SHARi', 'value they .■’oiiki tr.ansport. The • ' - “Ma.ster of .stranded sehoomo-. j valued at Sd.bOO was a loss, alltlio Lollis. ’. p,id was siibscqucntlv sold at ouc- WRECK OF SCHOONER CAROLINE AT OCRACOEE !eommi.s.=ioner. The T The vo.sscl had worked in close i During a slnqig northeast, gale the schooner, Caroline, of New Bern, North Carolina, at anchor in Hatteras Intet, parted her cables and stranded about two miles east- northeast of the Ocraeoke Station, (Sixth District.) The accident oc curred at 6 o’clock in the morning of April ICth, 1888, and was at once reported by the lookout. The life-saving crew made hasty prep arations to go to the rescue. Drag ging the apparatus-cart they ar- rived at the place at half-past 7 o'clock, to find that the vessel had driven well inshore and that the crew were about to land in their yawl. Tliere was tlierefore no need of the apparatus. AVIien the schooners boat ap proached the beach the station men by w.ddihg -out -to mce.t it sleadiod it through the heavy surf and safely to the shore. The six men constituting the crew were j s'liiors wore succored at the station taken to the station and well cared j clav.s. when thov loft for for. ...In the aftcnioon the surf- ' ' ineh wont on board and saved the persomil effects of the men, and on the ISth they wore employeti on the schooner all day endeavoring to fioat her. They ran out anchors Norfolk, first addressing the foir lowing letter to Hie General Super intendent of the Service: “Big Kinnakeet, N. C., “April 17. 1889. 1 i,... T “Sir: Wc hereby wish to thank and attempted to heave her off on • » .l «• t-- *. ii, - o.,., I toe crew of. the Big Kinnakeet ceL Station for their awav t^e sand Inder the Saft and ’ assistance. They lost no again on the flood tide the work; r""' fl, ® of heaving her afloat was resumed.' It was found impossible, however, "««« ^hc station, to move her. and at midnight the station crew returned to their post.; The captain gave the vessel over* to wreckers who, bn the 13th of» May, got her afloat, 'ivitliout ap-1 parent injury. Her freight, con-1 ^ ^ . ' sisting of general morcliandiso, I i i- • » which had been taken on board at I f New York and wa.s destined for Iconlr.butcd by American AVashington, North Carolina, was foVCultural experiment stations, saved. The master was named 1 “Very respectfully, “A. OLSON, Master, “J. JOHNSON, Mate, “Of the Bark Wolseley,-. “of Norway.” . 7 ■ f. ■ •! Ham's, the boat valued at $2,000 j and Hie cargo $4,000. ! to help Rus.sia maintain her aver- o-ge crop yields. since ( left home, that 1 haven’t-felt .jay. -They will have a holiday on homesick,’ she. said. _ ■ ‘Chri.stmas Day, bat they, have-no The immediate holiday season of 1941, Christmas Eve. as yet. - - work the .same shut IJicir hours, q'bev b.ave no plans yet for the are from a. ni. to 3:45 p. wLdd iViD wnr is over. Christmas Day, and the day after Christmas fell far short of being a season of happiness for many North Carolina families. Death stealthily moving among holiday crowds took a tragic toll of 17 lives on those days, persons un necessarily slaughtered on the streets and highways of the state by motor vehicles. “This year the slaughter will not be so great, but never has the danger been greater and the need for caution been more urgent,” said Ronald Hocutt, Highway Safety Director, , _ -•future, when the war is over, by 0: brother would like us which means getting up o’clock each iiiorning. They ^ fmish our commercial course and need to bother walh _an alarm 1 ^ said Evy ^^''iLeo. She added that they might night shut, awakens them "'ben5(._ she comes in. I ’ The stories of the fabulous sal-* aries paid defense w’orkers have G. WRECK OF NORWEGIAN BARK WOLSELEY AT BIG KINNAKEET - . bound to 'Portl.ajid, JIair.c, in ha’- About four o’clock in the niorii- liisl, froin Buenos Ayres, Argon- _ ing of April 11; ISSS^ th'e_ ,Nor- tine Republic, ^ , ' FUR.S—Mink, muskrat, iTiC-jojii, opossum, etc. Top mar ket urice.s, spot cash. W. - C. ■ GLOVER, Elizabeth City, .NL C. wegian bark AVolseley, of .Ai'Ciidal, with one of her topniast.s gone and in a sinking condition, was beached on the North Carolina coast soma three miles south of the Big Kin nakeet Station and four and a half miles north of the Cajie Hatteras Station, (.Sixth District.) She was ^ A few minutes .after the acci dent and almost simullaiieoiisiy the patrols froni the two stations discoveiied her, ilashed their Cos- ton signals to let those on hnanl ■ know that they were seen, and lia.s- tened to give the alarm. Tlie vessel & •>'’1 USE 666 TABLETS. SALVE. NOSE DROPS in bringing to the attention of the public the lurking dan ger hidden in traffic during the Christmas season. “Dim- outs, daugerously worn tires, effect of'’war hysteria on drivers, and heavy traffic congestions are contributing fac tors to the traffic powder keg,” he added. The safety director repeated previous pleas for the con servation of man power and material resources through the prevention of death and destruction on the highway. “Never was the opportunity for public safety education more necessary,” said Mr. Hocutt. “Conservation of hu man resources means not only the saving of adult lives, but those also of children, from tots in the primary grades, to the young manhood and womanhood in high schools. With war swirling around the. heads of the nation’s popu lation, saving of life on the highways is no longer a job that can be attended to tomorrow. Lives unnecessarily snuffed out today cannot be replaced. Every crash on the highway now is a direct stab at the resources, human and material, of a nation bending every effort to defeat a common foe.” . ^ , hi conclusion, Mr. Hocutt stat^, “With one ciean stroke North Carolina’s thousands of automobile drivers can as sure a White Christmas for themselves, their fan^iM and friends, plus an invaluable contribution to the ismnmg of the war through the", simple pi^autions of safety on streets and hij^wayi? —The Uplift ^ . reached all three girls, but they are not putting too much faith in them. I “We borrowed money to come to j Maryland, and we haven't been here long enough to get it all j straightened out,” said Mary Alice. “We haven’t done much shopping, but I guess we will h.ave to buy some clothes.’ Their Budget They are not certain what they will do with their money when they do get matters “all straight ened out.” “We have a younger sister who’s going to high school back home,” Mary Alice put in a possible solu tion. “I don't guess she’ll want to miss anything that goes on. We didn’t.” Evy Lee said that their sister would like to study music and, if she could, she would like to send her money for the lessons. “I’d like to have learned to play the guitar, but I juat never did.” Thanksgiving was the first holi day Hiey had apent away from home. They were working .that 1 Extending the Greetings of the Season And Inviting You to See Our Display of Useful Gifts in Crockery -v Glassware O Kitchen Utensils' Rugs and Other ' - t Useful Household Items. GREETINGS AT CHRISTMAS; Wishing My Customers ai Mcriry Chlratmas and a Happy New Year YOUR BEAUTY SHOPPE Ljiv ' Jj. JONES WHOLESALE CO. MANTEO, N. C. MRS. • LAWRENCE SWAlNi iANITA MipCETTt Assistant .■'.-■'LrJ '-'vA T*,,! -V ,
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