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Carteret County News -Times
"Carteret County's Newfpaper"
Urge to Clean Doesn't 'Spring!'
I The housewife takes annual spring cleaning for granted,
i It's, something she knows has to be done, and each housewife
about it,, perhaps not willingly, but if she has any pride
jn her home, she does it. Municipalities would do well to take
jfi leaf out of Mrs. Hausfrau's book.
| Every spring a civic organization, usually the Jaycees, try
jto do something about cleaning up the town, and the town
iovernment offers its cooperation in lending trash trucks or
ifhe labor crew to help get the work done.
? Underway now in Morehead City is a sanitati?n program to
dispose of insanitary outside toilets. Dr. N. T. Ennett, health
officer, points out that there are quite a few homes where
KWer connections are possible, but homeowners are negligent
fft foaking the connections. The town has agreed to look into
the possibility of extending sewer lines where necessary in
titder to make more sanitary and healthful living possible in
?Actions where outhouses now are the rule rather than the
?r?ption.
tf Beaufort worries about its unsightly garbage cans, More
"Wad City's concern is no less when it comes to that strip of
dialled grass along the railroad tracks on Arendell street.
But until the tracks are moved or the state steps in and makes
Arendell street highway 70, the unsightly trash that collects
OH that strip of land will continue to worry folks who would
Kite to see a cleaner, prettier town.
' Some homeowners with a deep sense of civic pride carry
their rakes and lawnmowers across the street and mow the
railroad's property, attempting to keep weeds and trash from
obscuring their across-the-street view.
No spot in a town is remote or unseen, be it in an alley
or on a main drag, therefore any place that is cleaned up is
another step toward making the town attractive and more
healthy.
It should not be necessary, when spring comes, for one
civic organization or one individual to get out and do all the
work alone. Each year two weeks in April should be desig
ttnted and accepted wifhout question as the time for wielding
sHn0*rs, rakes, and brooms ? not only in Beaufort or More
head City, but in every community in the county.
' Carteret doesn't realize how fortunate it is in that the
Clean sea air and not smoke, soot, and coal fumes blow over it
365 days in the year.
?Our communities are relatively easy to keep clean, but the
spirit must be willing.
Divorce Yields Little Profit
Onp nf tho most ronpated tragedies in today's soeial set-up
the office of the clerk of court dur
had just received a divorce came in the office. Her lawyer
tyafi telling her "You're a free woman now, you can get mar
ried tomorrow."
She laughed optimistically and said, "Oh, not quite that
aopp." Then she added, "Maybe a few months from now."
ferhaps sensing a coolness from her hearers who undoubtedly
were wondering if one marriage were so bad, why plunge into
another, she continued, "There's nothing wrong with marriage,
ii's just who you marry."
( i?That philosophy, simple l^gic though it may seem, is per
haps the trap that ensnares most young couples who later leave
ffjvorce courts as "free" men and women. There is "nothing
wrong with marriage." as a matter of fact, they think every
thing is right and fine about it, forgetting that it is not like
putting on a new dress or a new suit. This something "new"
they acquire when getting married is a live, animate individual
equipped with idiosyncrasies, likes and dislikes, moods and
Qujrks. It is not as easy to live with as a new coat or a new
tUit.
But being educated to the fact that marriage is fine,
VQUngsters stop there, and forget that who one marries HAS
gtyite a lot to do with whether future life will be one of con
tent or misery. The fact that one of three marriages ends in
dworce indicates that many unions bring more misery than
Ijajjpiness and that the two persons involved in each case were
ta^pable of dealing intelligently with their problem.
, ,X)f course, there is not a divorced person in the world who
will not contend until his last hour that he (or she) was fully
justified in breaking the bonds of marriage. That is true in
rare instances. There are few people who will admit that they
were incapable of solving a domestic problem or who will ad
Ot that it was simply too much trouble to straighten things
Sf4'
"According to statisticians, re marriage is not as easy as the
wife who seeks divorce fondly imagines. Dr. Clifford R.
Adams director of the marriage counseling service, Pennsyl
vania State college, says that there are twice as many female
divorcees who do not re marry as there arc males.
1 All divorcees have to compete today in a marriage market
?l 1,500,000 men and women. Be the divorced one male or fe
*<de. any sensible person considering marriage to that divorcee
nartnot help but wonder whether the factors in his or her
make up, which may have wrecked one marriage, will not
wreck a second also.
'It has also been pointed out that the financial problem of
ifVbrcees is more severe than most wives realize. Only 6 per
&nt of divorced women in America today receive alimony for
themselves.
0 And of course, the most Injured parties in a divorce case
the children. It can be argued here that children in an
tfohappy home suffer as much distress emotionally as they
would If they were living with either one parent or the other,
ffit there again, divorce does not solve the problem. Up to
#,?00 ,000 children under 18 in this country today are victims
df: Shattered homes. And that number would probably run
Sftlth higher if one took into consideration the couples who
flSVe not obtained divorce but are no longer living together
ftdfc providing the proper home for their youngsters.
By IMS, if the divorce rate continues at the pace it has
1890, half of all marriages will end in divorce. Marriage
tiff* long time has been revered and respected as the most
fihtt foundation for establishing a home. No other method
yet been devised to improve on that practice. Until such
(Ktetirs, the American people had better think twice before
Ihftwing the old-fashioned business of one permanent mar
weeks ago when a young girl who
, CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
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' A Mirier of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (E?t. 1912)
J and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Est. 193?)
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Sou'easter
BY CAPTAIN HENRY
I've heard of a lot of uses for
woods-swamp brew, but the other
day I heard a new one ... it
serves right well as anti freeze in
radiators.
There are ways of doing busi
ness, and then again there are ways
of doing business . . . the other
day a big colored fellow walked
into Lipman's department store
while Milton was outside in the
sunshine lallvgagging. Milton non
chalantly calls to him: "Just go
right in and take your pants off."
After a while Milton stirs him
self, walks to the door, sticks his
head in and says to the customer
who is looking over caps on a rack,
"Take your shoes off and try one
on."
Boss: Young lady, in the matter
of dress, don't you think you might
liow a little more discretion?
File Clerk: My gosh! Some of
you guys ain't ever satisfied.
Since I lend my talents (?) to
this publication, I can't help but
pick up some of the newspaper
office trivia.
The other day one of the cus
tomers called her newsboy and
said, "Billie, I didn't get my paper
today!"
"Oh. yes, you did,'' he replied,
"It's on the roof."
A gentleman who was the sub
ject of a recent NEWS-TIMES edi
torial said: "I can't understand
it. Here we are in a small place
where everybody knows what
everybody else is doing, but they
gotta read the paper to see who's
been caught at it recently."
Judge: Is there any question you
would like to ask before consider
ing the evidence?
Juror- A couple of us would like
to know if the defendant boiled the
malt one or two hours and how did
he keep the yeast out?
Our United States
By Floyd Cramer
President of the National Asso
ciation fcr the Preservation of
Free Enterprise, Inc.
For the first small groups of men
and women who came to America
over three hundred years ago, as
well as for the millions who have
come here since, America stood ?
and stands today ? as their chance
for freedom.
Laborers, farmers and mer
chants, scholars, artisans and pro
fessional men, they all came AWAY
from a world in which government
was the master of mankind, and
TO a world in which mankind was
the master of the government.
For some the main attraction
was religious
freedom; for
others, the goal
was soeial and
political equali
ty. But for all
who came one
great and glow
ing star was
equality in eco
nomie opportunity ? the system
of free enterprise under which
every man and woman able and
willing to work is also able to
profit, to save and to invest.
The early Americans built well.
From the form of government
which they erected upon the foun
dation of our Constitution comes
our freedom to dream, to plan and
to act.
From their enterprising spirit,
came our inventors, our industry,
our scientists, our modern agricul
ture; in short, our standard of
American life, our continued in
dependence and our greatness.
We have inherited much from
these early American immigrants,
and we are proud of the nation
they built.
But what have we contributed,
ourselves? Have we measured up
to the faith of our Founding Fath
ers. or have we stood idly by while
our Constitutional government has
been riddled by bureaucracy and
mocked by unbelievers?
Arc we preserving the America
we have known for our children?
Or do we intend to leave to them
a government which in time may
enslave them, own them, destroy
them?
Man will always search for free
dom. But freedom does not mean
being coddled by the government.
Freedom means facing the world's
problems day in and day out in a
spirit of hope and courage.
If facing the world squarely has
become too much for an American
citizen to do, then surely our herit
age is in grave danger.4
It is up to us to see that Ameri
ca remains a country people want
to come TO, and not a country they
want to get away FROM.
We have everything to gain by
renewing our faith and spirit. We
have everything to gain by resist
ing the constant increase of cen
tralized power ? the spawning of
agency and sub-agency to a degree
that eats into the American love
for independence.
Let us remember the thousands
upon thousands of sad, oppressed,
victimized people who have come
here to begin a new life, and to
breathe the air of freedom.
Arc we less courageous than
they? If they could break the
chains which bound them to a
throne, are we so weak and so fear
ful that we cannot cut through the
sticky web which a well-paid bu
reaucracy seeks to weave around
us? Or are we to succumb to all
embracing socialism?
It is later than you think.
Words to Remember
Walter Rauschenbusch. educator,
Palisade. N. J.: The influences
that really make or mar human
happiness arc beyond the reach of
law. The law can keep neighbors
from trespassing, but it cannot put
neighborly courtesy and good will
into their relations.
Thomas Jefferson, third presi
dent of the United States (1743
1826): I place economy among the
first and most important virtues,
and public debt as the greatest of
dangers. We must make our
choice between economy and lib
erty, or profusion and servitude.
William Kwart Gladstone, Eng
lish statesman (1809-1898); The
proper function of a government
is to make it easy for the people
to do good, and difficult for them
to do evil.
Trouble is usually produced by
those who produce nothing else.
TODAY'S
BIRTHDAY
DOROTHY Mct'ULLOUGH LEE,
born April 1, 1901, in Oakland,
Calif., daughter of a Navy medical
officer. Firs t
woman mayor
of Portland,
Ore., Mrs. Lee
was elected in
1948 \/ 1 1 h a
two - thirds ma
jority over six
opponents. A
lawyer and wife
of an oil com
pany represent
ative, she served
in both houses of the Oregon legis
lature, Portland's city council and
as commissioner of public utilities.
IN THE
GOOD OLD DAYS
THIRTY-THREE YEARS AGO
The Bank of Newport had opened
for business.
To provide better mail service
for the residents of the Merrimon
section, it was suggested that a boat
makp the trip every day, taking
the mail to Merrimon and from
there to Lukens. thus giving the
people a service that could be de
pended on.
A wage dispute between men
haden fishermen and the factory
owners threatened to tie up the in
dustry here this spring.
TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO
The First Baptist church , of
Beaufort had purchased a residence
on Ann street to be used as the
parsonage for the church.
Work had begun on the new
school in Beaufort for the colored
pupils.
An editorial in the paper sug
gested one telephone exchange for
Beaufort and Morehead City, which
would do away with the 25-cent toll
calls between the two towns. t
TEN YEARS AGO * /
Easter fell on April 5 thv> year.
C. Z. Chappell was appointed a
member of the county board of
commissioners to fill the unexpired
term of the late W. P. Smith.
J. F. Duncan, jr.. was elected
secretary of the Beaufort-Morehead
City airport authority, George
Huntley was elected permanent
chairman and Charles V. Webb was
named vice-chairman.
FIVE YEARS AGO
Grayden Paul of Paul's Machine
shop in Beaufort sold his building
to his brother, Halsey Paul, owner
of Paul Motor company.
Vic's Poolroom, formerly located
on Front street near Turner had
moved to the building on Turner
street formerly occupied by the
REA.
Bernard Learv had returned
from military service and would
open a men's furnishing store in
Morehead City sometime this
month.
Taxes could be a lot worse. Sup
pose we had to pay on what we
think we're worth?
Pretending to be rich keeps a lot
of men poor.
ON THE HOUSE
BY DAVID G. BAKEUTHER
"Methinks I scent the morning air; Brief let me be," as said the
world's most famous ghost. And you probably say something like that
when you get up on a cold morning. In fact, when I start feeding fuel
in a mad effort to beat the wind that whistles in around windows and
doors, 1 feel as mad as Hamlet and hope you're feeling the same.
Fresh air is fine ? in its place. And we have to ventilate our houses
even in winter. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't try to control drafts.
Heating engineers will tell you merely a 20-mile wind can blow
enough air through the joints around one wihdow, ordinarily considered
tight, to completely fill an average-sized room once every hour. You
have to heat that fresh air to keep your house comfortable. And heat
costs money.
Don't Worry About Statistics
Exactly how much you can save on your fuel bill by sealing up that
window is difficult to predict. There's a lot of bunk in statistics. How
ever, they are interesting.
For example, it i* claimed that you can save 15 to 20 per cent on your
fuel bill if you weatherstrip all doors
and windows. But it also is said
that you can save another 15 to 20
per cent or more if you have storm
windows. And thermostats lowering
temperatures during sleeping hours,
are said to save 9 to 22 per cent on
fuel. Then, complete insulation is
supposed to save even greater per
centages!
In short, you'd think a man in
Alaska, with an all modern house,
would get by with a $10 winter fuel
bill.
Comfort Is the Payoff
Somehow it doesn't work out
quite that way. But there is no
denying that all of those features
are worth while. They can make
your house more comfortable and
certainly save something on the fuel
FIEX/BLE
'WEATHER
STRIPS I
bill. There is no sense in shoveling coal through the roof or spraying
oil or gas out the windows.
All of the cracks around an ordinary window or door arc approxi
mately equal to a hole three inches in diameter. (You can figure this
out if you can square the circle).
When you stand or sit near a window or door, and feel the cold air
"around your ankles or neck, it's time to weatherstrip.
You can find various kinds of weatherstripping at your local hard
ware store or building supply house. They include metal, rubber, plas
tic, fabric and felt, with or without wood or metal molding mountings.
Flexible Type Easiest
The most popular among household handy men are the flexible types.
They are the easiest to handle and when properly installed, they arc very
MCTAL
MATHER
sru/p
effective. Of course, they'll wear
out in time, but it's simple to replace
them.
For a good jdb fasten flexible
weatherstrips to the outside of the
window frame for the upper sash of
a double bung window. Fit it snug
ly to the sash. Another strip on the
inside of the upper sash is fastened
to the stop-bead molding.
A strip on the meeting rail of the
lower sash to cover the crevice be
tween it and the upper sash will
close a big crack. Then fasten a
strip along the inside molding snug
ly against the lower sash and across
the bottom.
Rigid strips are fastened in the same places and mitered at the cor
ners. They make for more uniform tightness, but since their cushions are
of approximately' the same materials as used in flexible strips, they are
subject to wear.
It's a good idea to lock the windows while you apply weatherstrip
ping. This makes for a snug fit that will be maintained when windows
arc kept locked.
Weatherstripping a Door
Also close and lock a door for weatherstripping. Side and top strips
are tacked to the outside stops of the door jamb. Press them evenly
against the face of the door. The bottom strip is tacked to the inside
face of the door. Its contact edge should press snugly against the saddle,
or threshhold.
Special types of strips are available for metal casement windows.
Some are applied with adhesive. Others snap into the grooves along the
edges of the casements.
All-metal weatherstrips fitting into metal grooves are the most per
manent. Some of these fit into grooves lined with felt. But the installa
tion of such types is no job for the amateur, requiring special tools and
technique as well as the experience of a carpenter or other mechanic
trained in the work.
Hollywood
Hollywood. ? "The Marrying
Kind" is an example of what you
might call the Oscar effect. It's
a fairly funny domestic comedy.
But after "Born Yesterday." in
which Judy Holliday carried off
the Academy award as 1950's best
nctrtss, it's a disappointment.
Here again Miss Holliday plays
the dumb blonde ? not so dumb as
the kept woman of the previous
vehicle but still no Quiz Kid. The
story relates in repeated flashbacks
the break up of her marriage to a
postal clerk played by newcomer
Aldo Ray. The flashbacks come on
as the two tell their story to a
domestic relations judge agreeably
played by oldtimc star Madge Ken
nedy.
There arc scenes of the couple's
first meeting, in Central Park (best
in the picture) . . . Their newlywed
life in a small apartment . . . The
trivial doings of Judy's friends, and
Aldo's efforts to get rich quick.
And tragedy when the couple's
child drowns at a picnic.
Miss Holliday's dumb - blonde
voice is squeaky. Mr. Ray's voice
is naturally harsh. So their loud
bellowing w hen they quarrel, which
is frequently, gets a bit trying at
times. Both play their parts skill
fully, however.
Ray, a former constable, was dis
covered for pictures accidentally
when he drove his younger brother
to Berkeley for tryouts of football
players for bit parts in a movie on
location.
"When in Rome" is a priest
(Van Johnson) and an escaped con
vict (Paul Douglas) rambling about
Rome, where most of the picture
was filmed.
They become good friends on a
vessel crossing the Atlantic during
the 1050 Holy Year. Paul, to elude
Italian police, swipes Van's black
suit and cassock and goes ashore
masquerading as a priest. \an
temporarily garbed in Paul's toud
sport clothes, is nabbed as the
crook.
After clearing himself. Van
struggles to decide whether to turn
Paul over to police. Douglas, met
by waiting priests and thus trapped
into continuing the hoax, is begin
ning to repent.
AUTHOR
OF THE WEEK
By W. G. ROGERS
ELIZABETH SPENCER, author
of a new novel, "The Crooked way,"
waj born and brought up in the
country she writes about. Carroll
ton, Miss., at the edge of the Delta,
was her birthplace. With a bache
lor's degree from Belh&von college
in 1942 and an MA from Vandcr
bilt a year later, she became a re
porter on The Nashvifle Tennes
sean. Her first novel, "Fire in the
Morning," was published in 1948
She likes to ride horseback, and
to sail, and recently she has been
teaching writing at the University
of Mississippi.
j? THEY MAKE NEWS 1
I STAMPS I
By Syd Kronish
A STAMP within a stamp is fea
tured oil a new eommemorative
from Morocco. The reason for the
issuance is the 30th anniversary of
the first airmail stamp by Morocco.
The main design of the 15-franc
plus 5 brown airmail stamp is a
large. foi:i-motored plane in flight
over a public building. At the
right side is a reproduction of the
first airmail stamp- a 5-franc blue
depicting a single-motored biplane
of 1922 Vintage flying over Casa
blanca.
1 he new stamp also honors
Stamp Day in that country.
THE DEATH of King George VI
has not influenced the stamp sit
uation in Australia. A new value
in the regular series of Australian
stamps has just been issued. The
one shilling half-penny blue illus
trates a profile portrait of the late
monarch. The Aborigine design
has been issued in a 2-shilling 6
pence denomination.
THE LATE Field Marshall Baron
Carl Gustaf Mannerheim who died
a year ago is honored on a new
raj
U
stamp lrom rm
I a n d. Manner
heim, Finland's
national hero,
former presi
dent and leader
against the Rus
sians in two
wars, was once
termed "the un
crowned King
of F i n 1 a n d."
The 10 markka
plus 2 grey, 15-mk plus 3 rose and
25-mk plus fi blue hear a iikeness
of the Field Marshall. A Red
Cross insignia appears in ihe up
per right corner of each stamp.
COLLECTORS who specialize in
British colonies now can easily pur
chase the Crown Agents Stamp Bul
letin. Published monthly in Lon
don. it gives details of new British
colonial stamp issues, new print
ings ani other interesting phila
telic information.
The cost to subscribers in this
country would be $1.40 a year, post
free, by regular mail. Remittances
should be sent to The Crown
Agents Representative, 1800 K. St.,
NW, Washington 6, D. C. Those
who wish the monthly publication
by airmail should send $3.08 for
one year's subscription.
ISRAEL will issue two new air
mail stamps on April 13 honoring
the National Stamp exhibition in
Haifa. The design on the 100-pruta
blue and grey depicts an aerial
view of Haify Bay. The 120-pruta
dark purple and grey shows an
aerial view of Mount Carmel.
This is the second series of air
mail stamps issued by Israel.
THE LATEST Isabella commem
orative has arrived in this coun
try. It is a five-value set from
Costa Rica and honors philatclical
ly the fifth centenary of the birth
of Queen Isabella of Spain who
sponsored Columbus' voyages of
discovery. Each stamp bears the
same design. A likeness of the
Queen appears in the upper right
corner and three vessels of Colum
bus at the left. All five stamps
are airmail.
THE AMERICAN Philatelic So
ciety. the oldest and largest na
tional organization of stamp collec
tors in the U. S., is looking for
new members. For information re
garding this organization, write to
Joseph Zollman. 585 West 214th
St.. New York 34, N. Y.
PARAGUAY has issued a set of
eight airmail stamps to commemo
rate the fifth centenary of the birth
of Christopher Columbus. The
main design illustrates the casket
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that is supposed to contain the re
mains of Columbus in Ciudad Tru
jillo, Dominican Republic. The 10
centimos is blue, 20 c green, 30 c
violet, 40 c orange, 50 c brown, 1
guarani blue, 2 g orange and 5 g
brown.
SCOTT PUBLICATIONS has re
ceived an interesting stamp. It was
a new oveprint of a Cuban stamp
honoring the new Batista govern
ment. The coup d'etat occurred
on March 10. The stamp was post
marked March 11.