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A Merger Of
The Beaufort News (est. 1912) & The Twin City Times (est. 19SC)
EDITORIAL PAGE
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1949
This Bus Business
Nothing has had the folks who travel from Beaufort to At
lantic in more of a state of resentment than the recent change in
bus schedules.
The new schedule, on which a bus runs from Beaufort to
Atlantic at 4:30 in the afternoon and 7 o'clock at night and to
Beaufort from Atlantic at 5 in the morning and 10 a. m. has been
in effect slightly more than a week.
On the old schedule a bus ran from Atlantic to Beaufort on
Sundays al 10 a.m., 1 p. m. and 6 p. m. Now persons from up
state who go home (anywhere between Beaufort and Atlantic)
must return Sunday morning raiiier than later in the day, thus
rutting short an undoubtedly already short weekend.
Seashore Transportation company, through its local office,
stated that a member of the public utilities commission made a
study of the schedule change, also that persons downcast were
coiimiKim! before the change was made and gave their approval.
People in the communities affected by the change claim
they don't know of cue person who was asked the opinion about
the new schedule and if they had been asked, they certainly would
have objected.
No official announcement of the proposed change was made
or has yet been made. Bus travelers learn of it by word of mouth
or when they go to the station to take the bus they have been
accustomed to traveling on.
There at least should be a bus making connections with the
mail boat to and from Ocraeoke. From where we sit, a lot' of
summer tourists to and from Ocraeoke will be spending the
greater part of their time in Atlantic if they can find a place to
fleep to await the mail boat the next day, or the bus, as the case
may be.
The bus company, of course, has its side of the story. They
claim that there were not enough passengers to warrant as many
runs downe st as were being made, and as for the mailboat
problem, they claim that most people use their cars or hire taxis
to lake them to and from Atlantic.
When we remember that the larger part of the county's po
pulation lies from Beaufort east, a change such as the present
one is bound to have loud repercussions. And we feel that the
protests are not unwarranted.
If the bus company finds a change necessary, a more satis
fa' toiy one should be worked out.
Nay Scouling Prosper
For the past 3!) years, our country has been enriched by the
existence of the Boy Scouts of America. This thriving movement
has affected the lives of more than 15,500,000 boys and men who
h::ve, in turn, contributed to the general welfare of us all.
The theme of this year's Boy Scout Week is "Adventure
that's Scouting" but it s much more than that. Boy Scouts get
the satisfaction of "learning "by doing" exciting things, to "help
other people at all times," and enjoying outdoor activities.
No yardstick can measure the harvest of advantage Boy
Scouts bring to the nation and the community. But the Scouts
depend on the active support of each one of us to increase and
extend these benefits.
Helping them grow will mean reaping for ourselves a larger
crop of healthier, happier young men.
Thoughts for an open mind...
Law does not compel any special action, but only renders all
action possible.
Knowledge, and the use thereof, of the law, is power.
Desire stands behind thought. Thought, energized and determined
by desire, stands behind action.
The man who is deserving the name, is the one whose thoughts
and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
.Man is greater than a world, than systems of worlds; there is more
mystery in the union of soul with the body than in the creation
of a universe.
We cannot always oblige, but we can always speak obligingly.
Eternal truth shall not be realized by one that is not truthful.
He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured
his own.
Jim Morrill
In 7 he Good Old Days
THIRTY FIVE YEARS AGO
J. F. Duncan was elected teach
er for the Baraca class at Ann
St. M. E. church.
Morehead City township voted to
bond itself an additional $5,000 to
complete the central highway from
New Bern to Morehead.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Woodrow Wilson died after a
long illness.
An editorial in the paper regret
ted that the suggestion for readers
to attend the Highway commission
meeting in Raleigh met with no re
sponse. Three and one half mil
lion dollars worth of contracts was
let at that meeting with none of it
earmarked for this county.
TEN YEARS AGO
Front St. in Beautort was to be
widened from Queen street to just
beyond the post office with WPA
funds.
The town board of commission
ers agreed to sponsor an NYA
building which would be used as a
vocational building for Beaufort
school pupils.
FIVE YEARS AGO
The Beaufort fire department
had a busy week with Walter
Moore's house on Ann St., Dr. W.
L. Woodard's office and Owen's
house on Broad St burning.
A farm labor camp was promis
ed to the county for spring. The
camp was to be located west of
Morehead City on property known
as the Oaksmith estate.
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RETURN OF THE FATTED CALF
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By Captain Henry
I understand that the Gilbert
Potters are going to move into one
of the Adair apartments on Cra
ven street. They have sold their
home to the Rev. Stanley Potter.
Saturday, loaded down with oys-
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Were you one? A 10 per cent will have pari-mutucl betting. The
delinquency peiu.lty was marked ' bill is being opposed by the Minis-
citizens as a whole of any other in
the city.
D. W. Hill of Newport has en
listed in the United States Navy
for the term of one year. He is one
of many young men of 18 who are
volunteering in the Navy's new vol
unteer submarine training program.
up February I against tax payers
of the county who failed to list
tlieir property during the month
of January. There was a waiting
line -all d y Monday, January 31,
at t he c::r license bureau in order
to meet the dead line. Evenat
thtt there are some car owners
who are taking their chances with
old license plates, uite a few bi
cycles owners about the city are
not showing their vellow license
lays.
Governor Scott has assigned
LJudge Luther Hamilton of More-
head City to preside at a one
week term of Superior court in
Cumberland county beginning
March 7 and a two-weeks term in
Mecklenburg county beginning
March 21.
Beating the inspection: There is
a story going about that during the
1 st car inspection two or three old
Ford cars failed the first inspec
tion for the same defect in some
part. As there was only one new
part to be found in the county, the
story goes that one car was refit
ted with the new part, passed in
spection. The old part was replaced
and the new part passed on another
car which got its red sticker.
Dr. J. F. Giddens who for sev
eral years has had his office in
the Bank Building has rented
the office space in the building
on the corner of 9th and Evans
street formerly occupied by Dr.
John Bell.
Winter ahead: According to the
ground heg legend we are in for
some winter weather for the old
boy, if he came out last Tuesday,
which was his day, certainly saw
his shadow. However Spring is
Just around the corner as the ver
nal equinox occurs on March 20 at
5:49 p.m. Lent starts on March
2 with Easter occurring on April
17. Since 1801, Easter Sunday has
occurred in the month of March
only 34 times and will not ocur
again in that month until 1954.
tcrial association of that town.
Looks like another dog track for
the state.
Following the fire at the lumber
mill of the Scarboro, Safrit com
pany in Beaufort last month at
which time their large dry kiln was
destroyed, this company is repla
cing the structure with a modern
kiln of brick construction.
By the way of the grapevine
comes the information that the
Proctor & Gamble company have
leased all of the property between
the plant of the Southern Felt cor
poration and the Jefferson Hotel
in Morehead City. For what pur
pose it was not learned but as this
company is purchaser of large
quantities of menhaden oil from
factories in this section, the pro
perty might be used for oil storage.
William Skarren of Beaufort,
student at ECTC in Greenville
is taking part in the production
"Peter Pan" to be given on
March 7 to 9. He is member of
the Teachers Playhouse, a col
lege dramatic club.
Members of a road force work
ing cn the highway to Salter 'Path
stood watching one of their mem
bers in the throes of an epileptic
fit. A banker driving by stopped
his car to see what the excitement
was. He informed the group that
the man should be taken to the
hospital as he was having an "ath
letic fit." He was long on being
a good Samaritan if short on his
medical term.
This week of February 6 12 is
known throughout the world as
the annual Boy1 Scout week. Local
events got underway on Sunday
morning when special services
were held in several churches of
the county where troops are organ
ized. Today a nationwide broadcast
was given by Dt George J. Fisher,
nation scout commissioner at which
time til Boy Scouts were asked to
rededicate themselves to scouting.
Racing interests over in the
town of Washington have had their
Assembly-man introduce a bill to
set up racing commission in that
town and to provide for a special
election "m which the voters will
decide whether or not Washington
Members ef the Morehead City
wives and lady iriends at a bar
becue supper on Friday night
They are said to rave cleaned ap
all the barbecue from a 119
pound pig along with the trim
ming and -cokes. The affair was
held in the truck room of the
department with no invitations
refused.
Remember: Way back when,
with a nickel to spend, you leaned
on the grocer's candy case and stu
died the assortment? A momentous
decision. Would it be the rock can
dy or the jawbreakers or licorice
whips or barber poles or sour balls
or a few, maybe, of each? Not for
teen agers of today.
The latest addition to Stroud's
Community Center out at Arendell
and 18th street will be a Variety
Store to open shortly under the
management of Clyde Helms, Jr.
Two of the store spaces to the
north f the Food Center Will
house this new business enterprise.
This Center how has a drug store,
dress goods store, electrical shop
and a small restaurant, also a fill
ing station.
Introduction oi i.ew "wonder"
drugs have brought recent deaths
from influenza and pneumonia in
the United States to unprecedent
ed low levels, but specialists insist
that some types of these diseases
sre not amenable to the new treat
ments and an epidemic rise in
deaths at some future time is not
impossible.
What d'ya know! A story on our
railroad, the Beaufort and More
head City line (only 3.7 miles long)
appears in the March issue of Rail
road. An item on this "shortest
line in the world" also appeared
recently in John Hix "Strange as
It Seems."
Ed Davidson thinks he plays a
pretty good game of golf. Says he
would make out a lot better though
if some of those Scotchman up at
Cherry Point course would wait till
lost balls stopped rolling before
they picked them up.
Ever put yiur own words to a
popular soni;? While musi.ig to my
self on Front street the other day,
I thought of this version (with
apologies to the composer oi
course)
Hair of gold, eyes of blue
Lips like cherry vino
Prettiest e,r I ever knew
We'd never end up in Reno!
Coach Chadwick claims that the
only thing that will get anybody
out of the Episcopal church is
death and religion . . .
Which reminds me of that Pres
byterian preacher friend of Dan
Walker's who maintained that the
chief theologic principle of the
Presbyterian church was "procras
tination." I heard that one time recently
a venerable Baotist layman, driv
ing a spanking new car, was riding
along the street when suddenly he
lost control of the car and smashed
into a house. He dashed anxiously
into the home, unhurt of course,
and there in the fron parlor saw
the man of the house coming to
ward him with a highball in his
hand. Turning purple with rage,
the Baptist spluttered, "This this
is YOUR fault. You've been drinking!"
ters.
Oscar Salter was in town the oth
er day. In bad shape too. He
claimed that people have been bur
ied when they weren't ha-a-alf as
sick as he was.
The groundhog might have seen
his shadow, but the wind whispers
calmly that spring for this section
is not so far off. Yet there's no
telling what might lie on the lips
of the wind next Tuesday.'
Smile a While
When asked about the political
tendencies of his family, young
Billy replied that he wasn't quite
sure what party his family sup
ported. " 'f'ause Daddy's a Repub
lican, Mother's a Democrat, the
baby's wet, the cow's dry, and the
dog is a socialist. He just sits
around and howls Jay after day."
Nrwi fro
Ellen Dickinson in telling of a
recent escapade at Merrimon said
that Mr. Adams beat a torn cat to
death, which caused no undue de
gree of amazement on the part of
the listener. Everyihin? finally got
straightened out Mr. Adams beat
1 up a bob cat.
Nearly one billion metal cans i
are used annually to pack seafood! The Florence Louise, oyster buy
in the United States. boat, went back to Belhaven again
Feb. 5. Major General Ira
Wyche arrived here yesterday to
visit his sister. Mrs. Murray Tolson
and Mrs. Needham Simpson. It has
been firty years since Gen. Wyche
has been here.
Mrs. Gladys Dershinger ano Miss
Beatrice Tolson .arrived home Sun
day alter visiting in Raleigh, N. C,
for a few days.
Miss Irma Cyskins and Miss
Mary Louise Ballarce of Hatteras
spent the week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Gajkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wells and son,
John Ivy, left today to visit Mr.
Wells' family at Springfield, III.,
for a month.
Mrs. Janice Taylor and son, Bil
iy, visited in Beaufort last week.
Alda Van O'Neal, second grade
pupil in the Ocraeoke school was
the outstanding one in her room
again this year to carry in the most
money for the march of dimes. The
amount she carried in was eleven
dollars.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gaskins have
received word from their son, Earl
H. Gaskins, that he has arrived in
Germany and is now working in
the Medical General Dispensary U.
S. tirmv.
Miss Bobbie Grey and Miss Bell
Austin from Hatteras spent the
week-end with Mr. and MrS. Ansley
O'Neal. "' '
Teen Topics
'ht "Gene"- Lout
Morehead High School
Hi folks!
This week I'll bring you up to
date on our basketball statistics so
far this season. Out of 18 played
our girls have lost only 3, one to
Smyrna down there, one to Alli
ance up there, and one to Wakelon
here. The total number of points
through last Saturday nights' game'
is 576. Breaking tiiis down indi
vidually we have as follows: Elsie
Jane Willis 210; Patty Jean Bell
148; Nancy Derrickson 136; Jo
Jayne Windell 75; Bertie Warren
4; Betty Jo Midgett 2; Ona Willi 1.
The boys, out of 22 played (in
including 2 Junior Varsity games
played at Southern Pipes) have
lost 5. Two games were lost to
Camp Lejeune, 1 to Southern
Pines, 2 to Bethel. Total points
for the 22 games 1020. Individu
ally they are: Leslie Feagle 269;
Buck Matthews 214; Tommy Cor
dova 115; Ray Lewis 113; Bobby
Bell 56; "Struggle'' Steed 55; Mit
chell Burge 51; Berl Ray Lewis 50;
Mickey Woolard 45; Bobby Mat
thews 25; Charles Macy 14; Larry
Woolard 7; Tommy Bennett 5; Do
nald Davis 1.
Speaking of basketball, I am de
finitely ashamed of the Morehead
people after that game played Sat
urday night. Talk about a display
of poor sportsmanship, but there
really was one shown. Anybody
who would start a fight over no
thing Lut a basketball game should
be ashamed of themselves. And I
don't just mean maybe either. I
'ould say much more on the sub
ject but I won't, i think everyone
already knows that they did the
wrong thing after that game. As
far as calling a game goes, the re
ferees cannot always see as many
mistakes and fouls as the people
sitting on the sidelines; so they
shouldn't always be blamed for
the outcome of a game.
Since we didn't have a game on
Friday night I took a little trip
across to Beaufort to see their
doubleheader against Camp Le
jeune. At the half of the girls
game it looked as if the Camp Le
jeune girls might win as they were
only 2 points behind in a score of
15-13. However the final score,
also -for Beaufort, was something
like 38-23. The boys game was
really very, very interesting how
ever! The half score was 22-6 for
Lejeune but in that last half they
really called some fouls on Le
jeune; the foul shots helping Beau
fort bring the score up to 23 points
for the final of 33-23 for Camp Le
jeune. Pretty good ball game
though, but any ball game played
with Camp Lejeune would be .good
since they have a wonderful club.
Bye
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A represetnatlve from the Re
venue Department to assist tax.
payera la making out their year
ly government income statement
will be at the Beaufort postotQce
on February tl and March t, and
at Morehead City on the second
floor of the post office building
on February 2S and March L
fire department entertained their
At the next "collection of waste
paper by the Jaycees we would
like to make the suggestion that
tha proceeds be given to the More
head City library for the purchase
of new books. Tha Elks Club is to
be commended for the Interest they
have taken in giving books to -this
public institution that means so
much to the city. This public
vice tcdvj the least from
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