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TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1948
to Schools? Congress Says 'No!'
If some cf the greatest sins are the sins of omission, Con
gressmen had better look (to their hereafters.
The 80th Congress Will probably ' adjourn the end of this
f eek. And abandoned on the capitol steps will be the federal
gjd-to-education bill.
Failure to pass this legislation, which would provide $300,
$00,000 annually for primary and secondary education in efcry
qne'of the 48 states means that two million youngsters will con
tinue to go without proper instruction, the school system in
(inited States will continue to deteriorate, and the dark cloak
' qf ignorance, insidiously, will more heavily blanket the nation.
Every year for the past 25 years, federal aid ' to education
tills have been introduced and all failed to survive the maze of
chpitol machinery, or essentially, lacked the much needed sup
port of the people.
So long now have federal education bills been shelved wilh
little or no protest on the part of the people that Congress has
cbme to believe that when any proposed legislation is to be igior
(ii, the federal education bill can lead the list.
: It's time this attitude of our representatives changes. But
it won't change as long as parents, the voters, sit back and shake
their heads over those "fools in Congress." It's time they start
shaking sticks.
i ', This time the 'federal' education bill passed the senate but
' got hamstrung in the house of representatives where Speaker
Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of Massachusetts, and Majority Leader
Charles Halleck, of Indiana, dominate memlers of the house He
publican steering committee, shoved national defense bills ahead
ff education.
National security in this day cannot be ignored. Crumbling
if our defenses would mean that in case of war, and with (his,
lways, the possibility of defeat, there would be no need to lose
sleep over our education system.
However, war is not upon us. The tempests in Russian
iamovars and American teapots far from spell full-scale war at
the moment.
; "... America won the war because of the ships, planes, and
tanks she turned out . . ." Ah, but something we cannot measure
In numbers and is difficult to use in a gun and grenade argu-
' frient is the mental equipment used, not that of the general or
1 Jiighly-traincd scientist, but of the infantryman and apprentice
Seaman.
j How much responsibility in winning the war is accredited to
She training GI's and sailors got in third grade, in junior high
fcchool, on the basketball team in high school?
; Getting down to figures, which the average Congressman is
Usually willing to consider, 659,392 men were rejected in the last
yar for educational deficiency twice as many as were deployed
Jn combat divisions in -the entire Pacific theater. It is probable,
jeducation leaders say, that one-third of our total military-age
population today cannot qualify for admission into any system
of limited or complete military training Which' the nation may
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I One of the most far-reaching'educatTori"aTproblems is inequal
ity of educational opportunity. The poorest states, in general,
.are making the greatest relative effort to improve their schools,
'but state funds cannot begin to solve the problem. Analysis
jshows that even if all of the accumulated and unobligated state
surpluses were allocated to public education, they would not be
sufficient to bring the per pupil expenditure of the most needy
states up to the national average.
The federal aid to education bill would provide funds for
jschool supplies and teacher salaries. This means that in states
where school buildings are most necessary, local and state funds
- dow used for salaries and supplies would be released for con
struction purposes.
j Under the federal funds allotment formula, the bulk of the
3300,000,000 would go to southern states. Based on the income
per. capita, if this bill had been in effect in 1945-46, North Caro
lina would haVe received $22,825,000, more than any other state.
: . The Federal government is Bending billions ef dollars over
sea! Hi an attempt to sell democracy to Europe, while -it refuses
ftjO ipend just, several million dollars to eliminate the ignorance
which invites acceptance Of alien ideas at home, Dr. Willard E.
Krivens, secretary of the National Education association, aptly
points out.
V If any ,tate needs nelp for schools, North Carolina does.
. i As for Carteret county, there is about as much local money
available for schools as there is water in a stone. The bubbling
Spring is in Washington. But it's not going to flow our way un-'
less we dig some pretty deep channels. The shovels to use are
letters and telegrams to the boys in Congress who hold the purse
trings.
Complacence at their neglect of the aid to education bill
means that the 81st Congress May do no better by us.
AND TiE WATERS PARTED
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Thoughts for an open mind...
He who makes room in his heart for others, will find accommoda
tion everywhere.
Tlie human heart is the shell in which the pearl of sincerity is fouul.
Before trying to understand the SUPREME justice, one must oneself
become just.
Every soul has it's own way in life: if you wish to follow another's
way you must borrow his eyes to see it.
A great mind does not come from ancestors, but from life, the thoughts,
and the individual hiirself. Such a mind fan be constructed by
anyo le understanding the art of mind building ?.w who faithfully
applies his art.
Thinking is scientific when thought lias a direct tendency to produce
what you want, or when all the forces of the mind are working
together to fulfill your desire.
Jim Morrill
row will be dog-day for the ca
nines of Morehead City at which
time they will be shot, not with
bullets but with vaccine. If you
don't get them shrfl with vaccine
they are liable to get shot with
bullets.
Shepard street between 10th and
11th streets several times.
We have- added two new mem
bers to "Our "right-side-hair part
ers" club since last week. We
caught H. B. Utley with his hat
off showing that he is a right-side-parter
while on second glance at
Wade Bell, on the street, not in the
ABC store, we place him in mem
bership. We are just wondering
if all editors or ex-editors are
right-side parters.
At the recent encampment of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars held
in Winston-Salem, Alonzo Thomas
of Beaufort was elected as Grand
Seam Squirrel of the order of
Cities, an honorary society of the
V.F.W. Other officers of the or
der carry such titles as Grand
Blanket Bum and Grand Hide Gim
let. Members vow to uphold the
cooties' organization and to "agree
tfr disagree with anyone who agrees
to disagree with them."
The American Legion Post of
this city is sending three local
young men to the 8th session of
Boys State to be held at Chanel
Hill the week of June 13 20. The
young men selected to attend this
session are W. C. Matthews, Jr.,
Donald Davis and Alex M. Lewis,
Jr. The fundamental principals
of "our government" are taught
the youths at these meetings. All
expenses are paid by Ufa local post.
A news item under date of 30
yean ago states that one of the
largest shipments of the season
ef seafood went out en that date
from Beaufort and Morehead
City consisting of one and a half
carloads of which there were 75
boxes of soft shelled crabs.
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
June 12, 1948
T the Editor:
Notice that throbbing night and
day? Well, that is the dredge, if
you have not found out.
Know why they did not do that
job last winter?
Well, it was cold and people
were inside with the doors and
windows shut and it would not
hale bothered them much, and be
sides the summer people who come
down here to Set a rest would not
be here so they could not keep
them awake.
Now that they have a good
crowd here with their doors and
w.iiuows open they reully have a
ice lot of people to annoy. Run
night and day so you cannot even
get a good night's rest.
They have a nice whistle too,
and while the dredge is not over
a hundred feet long they blow a
whistle you can hear a mile to
notify someone ?t one end that a
feller at t'other end wants a chaw
of tobacco. Also so that if you
have got sort of used to the throb
and cough of the engine and drop
off in a doze they can toot the
whistle and be sure to arouse you.
Towards morning they toot two to
four times as they have heard that
you sleep sounder the last half of
the night.
Jim Morrill
Great Britain Seeks '
Seven Atom Scientists
LONDON (AP) Britain is
seeking seven atom scientists to
put Infinitesimal radioactive iso
topes by-products of an atomic
pile-Tto work. The isotopes are
used in medical research and are
equally useful in friction experi
ments and in solving problems of
lubrication. For In the lubricating
oil has been used to gauge the ex
tent of wear due to friction. In
agriculture, radioactive : isotopes
wni enable research groups to stu
dy more closely the processes of
growth. '
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First meeting of the creditors
'of S. H. Guthrie of this city and
W. H. Willis of Be?utort who were
rinlv a din deed bankrupt on edi
tions filed May 7, 1948, will be (
held in New Bern on June 19 at I
11:30 a.m. This firm conducted1
a dress shop in Beaufort and a
children's shop in this city.
The old wooden building on the
corner of 12th and Bridges streets
that was partly destroyed by fire
about a year ago and which the
city comdemned and refused the
owners to rebuild, is being torn
down. This structure was erected
by the colored Odd Fellows Lodge,
which occupied the second floor
while the ground floor was used
for business purposes. It was one
of the landmarks of that section.
HERE
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High tides have been preval
ent for the past week. Old tim
ers along the waterfrant are un
able to live a reason for such a
I condition, sUting ihfli U H'rtth.
I'cr unusual for such high ttde4
mis lime ui me ycur. wwr-
from the sound came up ever
STORY OF THE WEEK
Here is an interesting story tak
en from an old Coaster which must
have been published 40 years or
more ago. We have only a prrt
of the paper which does not show
a date or the name of the editor
but is a copy from Vol. 6 The
story is headed an editorial.
"We are at n loss for matter
this week, thought we would write
about Summer, and io and behold,
it is Winter. In fact felt comfort
able with an overcoat on last night
and have enjoyed a nice wood fire
for the past two days, all of our
Jocgl stoves having been down for
4 4vks.'qrimdr4i ..,
- Well, let's say something on
Tslat is known in Carteret County
See HERE THERE Page 3
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more
talking
points
every
day
With each passing day your telephone increases
its range of usefulness. More and more telephones
are being installed daily, thus spreading the web of
communication for everyone.
Our expansion program is forging ahead with
full speed. It won't stop until we reach our destina
tion: The finest possible telephone service for all
who want it.
Carolina TU(aotte & Telegraph Company
If you have a phonograph of any
size or style which you are not
using and would like to loan or
present to the City Library for
use in the children's room, it will
be very acceptable. This depart
ment of the library is becoming
very popular with the small child
ren of the city and a phonograph
would add much interest to the
work.' Instructive work, let's help
it along.
ture. Services are now being held
each second Sunday at 909 Fisher
street in chsrge of Rev. W. C. Fos
ter, acting pastor.
Ijast Caari Institetes
tjw Be Enlistment Progrant
CA program for enlistment and
- rRnlistment in the Coast Guard
Reserve has been instituted, Com
modore J. E. Whltbeck, command
et Fifth Coast Guard district, an
nounced recently. The purpose Is
to! establish a nucleus of experience
, ed men in case of national emerg
ency. ,
iiJAU men so enlisted will be in a
status of inactive duty. Present
enlistments are being restricted to
former Coast Guard and Coast
Guard Reserve male personnel be
tween the ages of 17 and 45. En
listment period Will be three years.
The local Coast Guard recruiting
station is located in room 22, Cus
toms House, Wilmington, N. C.
NEW YORK (AP) - Between
1940 and 1947 there was a net
decline in population for the Dakota.
Among the ball teams listed to
take part in the Northeastern dis
trict championship to be held at
Williamston June 20 is that of the
team of this city. Checking on the
matter, Wade Bell states that the
team of this city is not to enter
this contest. The semi-pro teams
which gather for this annual affair
are too swift for the local team.
This northeastern is one of the
largest tournaments in the state.
The winner goes on for the annual
state tournament at Asheboro.
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CARTECST CC3NTY KtfSTIXil3
Carteret County's Only Newspaper
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Ruth Leekey Peeling. Executive Editor
Publlihlng Offlcea At r'
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130 Craven Street. Beaufort. N. C.
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Entered a Second CJasa Matter t Morehead City, N. C
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I r Aawwiated Press Is htltled) Mcluilvel to iue for renuhllfaHnn n( In.
tl wi printed hi this nawnpaper. aa well as all AP newt dlipatchet.
Klghu of republication oUierwfe raatrved.
In order to meet the growing de
mand for telephone service in this
section, the Carolina Telephone &
Telegraph company will start soon
to enlarge their exchange building
on 9th street in this city. In addi
tion to the vacant property on the
north side of the present exchange
building, this company has pur
chased from A. L. Hamilton the
vacant lot on the south from which
the Hughes house was recently
moved by Asa Cannon.
Vincent Lawrence who has been
employed by the Ream's Mark
et for the past few years has ac
cepted a position with the Car
teret Supply company as ware
house clerk and salesman, suc
ceeding Lee Parker who is plan
ning to take a scholastic course.
The large menhaden fish boat
recently launched by the Phillips
Fisheries was taken by tow the
past week to Norfolk where the
heavy mechanical equipment will
be installed. Work on the second
craft of this size is well underway
with prospects of being launched
by the first of the year.
N TAI N S...0 R SEASHORE..
SERVICE FIRST
is SAFETY FIRST!
Announcement has been made
by James D. Ilarker of Markers
Island that the- bote! which he
has had under construction the
past few months was opened U
the public en Thursday. ' The
building Is located at the eastern
end of the Island known as
Shell Point A dining room is
operated In connection with the
hotel affording the guests with
all needs as a vacation resort
Persons who enjoy purchasing
and reading the latest books as
they come out, will soon be able
to get the latest editions whet the
Book Nook opens about the first
of the month. A. B. Chapin who
recently moved to Morehead City
to rr.ake his home, is fitting up the
ground floor space at the cornet
of 10th and Arendell street, for
merly occupied by the Dress Shop,
for the display and sale of new
and old editions. It will be a place
where book lovers can browse and
discuss the works of various au
thors. -
Construction work 'has, started
on a small chapel building for the
First Christian church of this city.
The structure, 24x36, is being,
built of concrete blocks. .This
church organization reofntly
bought two lots at the cornel of
23rd and Bridges streets. The cor
ner lot is being, reserved for""lf
larger church building in the fu-
Among the 126 students of the
East Carolina "Teachers college to
receive their degrees at the 39th
annual commencement exercises
last week was that of Gordon Da
vis of Beaufort who received his
Bachelor of Science degree. Grimes
G. Slaughter, son of Rev. B. B.
Slaughter, former pastor of the
Methodist church of this city, was
graduated from Duke university
on Monday last with the degree of
Bachelor of Science in electrical
engineering. County graduates
from the University of North Caro
lina this year are Harry A. Paul
and Dorothy M. Avery, of Beau-J
ion. air. raui receivea nis de
gree in bachelor of science and
Miss Avery was presented a Ba
chelor of science degree in library
science. . .-
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