CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
Carta** C>? ty??
It's Time to Go 'United'
As every charitable fund raising
drive comes along, the demand grows
louder and louder in this county for
ONE drive to cover all charitjes.
About five years ago THE NEWS
TIMES suggested editorially that such
a united crusade be undertaken in this
county. At that time, however, many of
the major organizations which conduct
annual drives were against becoming a
part of a large, united fund-raising ef
fort. Today, however, we believe there
is an answer to the problem in "Caro
linas United."
This organization came into being
about two and a half years ago when
civic and business leaders of North and
South Carolina met to help local com
munities overcome problems created by
the growing number of fund-raising
campaigns.
In 1950, there were no "Red Feather"
or united fund campaigns in either
North or South Carolina. Last year a
total of 65 cities (47 in this state and
18 in South Carolina) conducted either
community chest or united fund drives.
This is a jump from 43 campaigns in
1951 and 55 in 1952.
Carolinas United President Richard
G. Stockton of Winston-Salem, chair
man of the board of Wachovia Bank
and Trust Co., states that the significant
thing in this progress was the inclusion
of budgets for national agencies in al
most every large city campaign^ and in
many of the smaller communities.
Red Cross, one of the first of the big
nationals to approve of participation in
united funds, was included in 10 South
Carolina and in 28 North Carolina cities
this past fall for a total of $900,000.
In addition to Red Cross, budgets for
other state and national services were
included in the goals of many local
communities. Heart participated in 36
campaigns and received nearly .$100,
000, cancer in 27 cities got $82,000, tu
berculosis in 15 cities got $63,000, crip
pled children in 26 cities received $60,
000, polio in 12 communities got more
than $61, OQfl. and the -United Defense
Fund in 56 cities got $270,000.
This revolution in fund-raising in the
tw,o states did not just happen. It is
the result of well-planned effort ?
community leaders cooperating with
the non-profit organization, Carolinas
United.
What, exactly, does Carolinas United
do? It makes available to communities
professional help in campaigning, bud
geting and promoting; it helps estab
lish equitable quota* for each charity
in the campaign; conducts annually a
series of institutes to train persbns in
conducting drives, and provides them
with campaign promotion supplies and
materials.
When Wilmington (New Hanover
County) first tried the united idea, they
went over their $181,318 goal. Largely
responsible for Success of New Han
over's campaign were A. E. Jones of
Carolina Power and Light Co. and Dr.
B. Frank Hall, former pastor of Webb
Memorial Presbyterian Churchiin More
head City. H. A. Marks was campaign
chairman.
Carolinas United reports that inclu
sion of polio, heart, cancer and other
similar campaigns is undertaken by
agreement with state and national of
fices in many cities and by local chap
ter agreement in others.
North Carolina's lieutenant governor,
Luther Hodges, is serving as the Caro
linasTInited Campaign chairman in this
state. He says,
"The united fund idea is fundamen
tally sound and constitutes a construc
tive approach to the problem of sup
porting the many humanitarian causes
which the public is asked to finance
each year."
He also claims that united funds have
the backing of progressive business ele
ments in North Carolina and that it is a
"typically American" way of helping
out neighbors less fortunate than we.
It is his opinion that there is no logical
reason yet given why national services
now opposing united funds should not
join forces with local and state agen
cies to provide communities with a truly
efficient campaign.
In this county, all our fund-raising
campaigns could be lumped into one ?
Red Cross, polio, cerebral palsy, cancer,
heart, Boy and Girl Scouts, crippled
children, or any other worthy cause.
Each year it's a scramble and a head
ache to find someone or some orgauista,
tion to take over each campaign. As a
matter of fact, some campaigns are not
pushed at all ? and each is just as
worthy as the other.
We believe that the Carolinas United
way of raising funds Bhould be looked
into immediately. We further believe
that a sponsor can be found to conduct
one all-out appeal, an appeal that will
meet with success through the willing
cooperation of everyone in the county.
Trash Mars Road, Brands Us All
The garbage problem is ever with us.
We mean the dumping of trash beside
the highway. The latest incident
brought to our attention is the dumping
of trash west of the North River Bridge.
The state pumped in fill for the
bridge and as a result there's a nice lit
tle beach to the right as one approaches
from the west on highway 70. Someone
? perhaps the owner (if ownership of
the property has been established) ?
has built an outdoor fireplace there.
Everyone makes use of it when they
have picnics.
But some ignoramuses have done
their best to discourage folks from hav
ing a bit of pleasant, home-blown recre
ation at the beach. Garbage has been
dumped in heaps near the entrance and
the latest payoff is that trash has been
dumped very neatly right across the
road that turns into the area. ,
The garbage is lying on the state
highway right-of-way. There's a law
prohibiting dumping trash along high
ways, but it's a difficult law to enforce
because you can hardly convict a vio
lator unless he's actually seen throw
ing the garbage out.
It is our understanding that since the
state pumped in the land several folks
have entered claim to it. If it ia now
owned by one individual, maybe others
who coveted it are dumping the trash
there for spite. Or it could be that the
owner himself may be doing it to dis
courage people from using the beach.
But we can't see how he would want to
lessen the value of his own property by
making a garbage dump out of it.
Of all the ways there are to dispose
of garbage in a rural area, we fail to
understand why people delight in put
ting it along the highway. If U can't be
buried, it can b? burned. If it can't be
burned, it might even be put on a
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trawler going out to sea and then dump
ed overboard.
Burying or burning it is certainly no
more difficult than loading it in a truck
or car and carrying it several miles
down the highway and shoveling it out.
And loading it in a boat and carrying it
out to sea (since many of the down-east
folks have as easy access to a boat as
they do a car) cannot be much more
trouble than loading it on something
that has wheels.
Everything on either side of our high
ways show people what kind of place
we live in and what kind of people we
are. In a way, highways are our "dis
play windows." Just as folks walk along
a sidewalk and see what are in the win
dows of the stores, so motorists drive
along the highway and can judge what
kind of place they're traveling through.
Garbage along the highway says,
"This is a sloppy place. Slovenly, lazy
people who have no pride in their sur
roundings live in this county."
Garbage along the highway also in
dicates that we don't appreciate the
fact that the ptate builds and maintains
our roads. Every time folks want a road .
paved or a road put on the state high
way system, they go to the county board
and say, "We want, we want, we
WANTI" And if they don't get it, they
usually rant and rave and blame the
county board and the state highway
commission.
Yet the fact that they disfigure prop
erty beside the highway and disgrace
the whole county by dumping garbage
there is evidence we don't appreciate
the highways we already have.
Anyone who mm persons dumping
garbage along tits highway should take
it upon himself to report the license
number of the car or track. It seema as
thoagh that will be the only way we
can atop a few people from making ua
all look as though we're a sloppy, laay,
ignorant parcel of humanity.
HITCHED TO A STAR
aantiWifuvit ^rt
F. C. Salisbury
Here and There
The following information is
taken from the files of the More
head City Coaster;
FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1915
A S Nelson has returned from
Miami. Fla.. where he has been
employed by the Miami Fish Co.
for several months.
Otis Moore and Grayer Hudgins
of Beaufort were in the city Sun
day. .
Miss Hendri* of Baltimore has
arrived in the city to begin her
work as milliner for the Paragon
C?Mrs. B. F. Royal is visiting at
F7 i. Buck moved his family to
Harlowe this week where they will
nuke their future home_
The many friends of Miss Made
Una. Taylor .will r aatat to l?ir~
thai (he it quite sick.
Miss Susie Wells and George
Roberts were quietly married
Thursday night. ? i li.i
Friends of little Sara Royal Mal
lison will learn with pleasure that
she is now able to sit up after six
weeks' confinement on account ot
* Mr^arvd^Mrs. Harvey Styron left
this morning for Davis where they
will spend several days with rela
tlVMiss Alice Edwards returned
home this morning from PoU*J""
ville where she has been spending
* Miss Helen Hughes Neal of Beau
fort was in the city today.
Mrs. Hattie Edwards spent a few
d*Gfe?gt Howell" of WUdw^od? was
*" Klein wMre
his'room'a" hi To^on'shepard
""w L. Arlington of Beaufort
spent Thursday in the city on hla
way home from Durham where i he
attended the Biennial ^n"ntio?
of the Woodmen of the World.
Ralph Hauser spent Wednesday
111 K?1B*FirRoyal left Thursday for
Four Oaks where he will 8Pcn'i a
few days with his wife who is vialt
ingFrieerni":?n Mart Dixon will *
glad to know that the report that
he had smallpox is not true.
? "m. D. Hicks has the agency
for ready trimmed hats. ??" "d
see them. Prices to suit the tUnes^
Dr. B. r. Royal has moved his
office over the Marine Bank to the
Morehead City Hospital.
One of the most enjoyab e social
events of the season took pta<* tart
evening when Miss
charmingly entertained
home on Arendell street in honor
of Mrs. John D. Webb. The home
was attracUvely decorated to green
and white and lovely Pott*d P|"lt*
and cut flowers were everywhere
in evidence. The hostess,
by Mlsaes Winona Nelson and
Uelen Hughes Neal. served a de
Scl~. ?"sd course followed by an
tee course. Here the color scheme
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of green and white was carried out.
Mrs. A. T. Piner arrived here
Wednesday night from Florida
bringing her aged father, Mr.
Loder here for treatment in the
local hospital.
Miss Mildred Wallace was the
charming hostess to the Nameless
Club and others last Friday eve
ning at her home.
The public is invited to visit the
millinery parlor on the second
floor of the J. B. Morton store, to
witness the elaborate display of
spring and summer millinery. For
some time the milliner Theo.
Webb, who recently visited Balti
more and New York has been pa
tiently toiling, designing and mak
ing patterns, assisted by Miss Etta
Lewis who will be in her store, the
Lepper building, and will have her
?prntng on the same dates, March
25 and M.
School honor roll for the month
ending March 12, 1915:
Grade 10- ? Nellie Wells, Branson
Caviness, Janice Leary, Will Brin
son, Milton Jackson.
Grade 9? Evelyn Chadwick.
Grade 8? Marie Jackson, Bessie
Willis. Vida Mewbern, Ada Mans
field, Orlandah Phillips.
Grade 7 ? Lillian Paul, James
Canficld, Ruby Willis. John Willis.
Pearl Guthrie, Margaret Willis,
Alice Willis, Warren Caviness, Guy
Bcvnctt.
Grade 8 ? Ulrich Mallison, John
Smithson, Violet Riggs, Clyde Wil
lis. Harvey Dixon, Hettie Guthrie.
Grade 5 Sec. A ? Venice Daven
port, Juantta Riggs, Georgia Wade,
Robert Wallace.
Grade 5 Sec. B ? Bonnie Day, Cal
lie Gillikin. Alma Willis, Kathleen
Styron, William Wells.
Grade *? Hattie Wade, Llndsey
Wells, Lucille Lewis, Joseph Har
rell, Gertrude Jones, Alvln Willis,
Marie Willis, Irma Braddy, Leroy
Guthrie.
Grade 3 Sec. A? Maggie Davis,
Ruth Davenport, Zenora Guthrie,
Addie Hancock, Ruth Leary, Letha
Lewis, Addie Phillips, Madeline
Royal. Belva Wade, George Roberts
Wallace.
Grade 3 Sec. B ? Bessie Ball,
Gladys Braddy, Beatrice Davis, Ina
Moore, Nina Wade, Bessie C. Wil
lis. Mary E. Willis, Fleta Willis,
Thelma Willis, Charles Bennett,
Harold Bedsworth, Sterling Davis.
George Dill, Edwin Lewis. Herman
Keith Willis. Randolph Willis. Y.
Z. Newberry, Alton Robinson.
Grade 2 ? Kenneth Canfield,
Ruby Willis, Alice Willis, Eula
Dixon.
Grade Adv. 1? Gordon Becton,
Rudolph Dowdy, William Dixon,
Clarence Emery, Ola Bell Headen,
Lloyd Moore, Christine Nichols,
Gordon Willis, Charlie Wicklzer.
Grade 1? Justin and Austin Ball,
Vernon Guthrie, George Lewi*
Wade, Rudolph Lewis, William
Way. Willie Marks, Clarence Lewis,
Clayton Willis. Alice Marie Ben
nett. Lina May Gibbie, Beulah
Lewis. Lila May Odom. Georgia
Simmons, Samantha Guthrie, Ada
Bell, N. P. Harrell, Cranston Lewis.
Jon? Ead?
Washington
Washington ? Chief Justice Earl
Warren had to hire a ear to take
him and Mrs. Warren to the din
ner given in their honor by the
Norwegian ambassador and Mrs.
Morgenstierne. Most of the guests
came in big black limousines pro
vided especially for their official
use.
However, the Warrens got a lift
home in the plushy beige broad
cloth-lined limousine of Joseph E.
Davies, former U. S. ambassador
to Russia, one of handsomest cars
in town.
Gen. Harry Vaughn, former aide
to President Truman, replied to
friends who remarked at a party
that he had lost some weight: "The
Democrats aren't eating very well
these days."
Mrs. Lewis L. Strauss, wife of the
thaiunan of the Atomic Energy
Commission, says the name ia pro
nounced "straws" by her Virginia
in-laws. She adds that "straws" is
the true English way of pronoun
cing Strauss.
"Black canyon" cheese was a del
icacy served at a cocktail party giv
en for Mrs. Truman Stockton of
Denver, newly elected Republican
national committeewoman from
Colorado. Mrs. Stockton was co
chairman of the Young Republican
National Federation from 194? to
1949, when the cocktail party's
host, Ralph Becker, waa chairman.
Elk and buffalo meat from Custer
State Park In South Dakota waa the
lusty fare served up to members
of the capital's congressional and
official acts at an "American Pion
eer Dinner" by Secretary of the
Interior McKay. None other than
the president of the National So
ciety of Chefs, Pi?-re Berard.
prepared the dinner, served In the
Department of Interior building.
Mrs. Homer Ferguson, charm
ing wife of the Republican senator
from Michigan, explains what the
does when she gets into a tight
spot ? being seated next to an arch
political opponent of her husband
at a dinner party for instance.
"I think of amusing stories to
tell," she says, "my mother told
me as a young lady that true breed
ing ia the ability to differ without
acorn."
Smil? a WhiU
A traveling salesman stopped at
a Kentucky mountain shack. When
he walked inside, he found an old
man playing checkers with his
dog.
"Why that's the smartest dog I've
ever seen," exclaimed the salesman.
"Oh, I don't think he's to smart,"
replied the mountaineer, "I've beat
two out of three games."
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Raleigh Roundup
IN COLLKB . . . Wave been do
ing a little checking with the N. C.
Department of Public Instruction
on the number of kid* we have in
colleges and other institutions of
higher instruction this year. The
figure: 41JU.
This is 1.T per cent more than
a year ago and 2.000 less than in
1946-47 when the colleges were lit
erally aswann with GI's.
There are 14,817 boys in the
higher education group, with '18,
374 girls. About a fifth of these
students are Negroes. While there
are fewer whites in higher educa
tion bracket* this year than in 1946
47, there art more Negroes than
seven years ago.
PAY SCALE ... You might be
interested in knowing, by the way,
that the annual average salary
paid Negro teachers in North Car
olina last year was $3,181.99. The
average annual salary paid white
teachers in the State was $3,038.65.
Principals of white schools re
ceived an average of $4,945.79 for
the term; Negro principals, $4,
993.47. White supervisors got an av
erage of $3,901.03; Negro supervis
ors, $3,960.68.
GATHERING . . . Things may be
getting warm in the Dept. of Mo
tor Vehicles before long now. On
Wednesday of this week, officials
of the N. C. Assn. of Insurance
Agents and those of N. C. Assn.
of Mutual insurance Agents, along
with their attorney's met with Mo
tor Vehicles Head Ed Scheidt to
discuss the matter of the Carolina
Automobile Club selling auto li
cense plates. That is, collecting
taxes and getting a percentage for
so doing.
Our information is that a rather
thorough study of the entire situ
ation is being made. Chances are
that a recommendation will be
made that the license tags be sold
by a public agency rather than
through a private firm.
The meeting with Scheidt could
bring the problem to a head ? or it
might go to the Governor's office
and finally to the Legislature. Af
ter all, there are approximately
50,000 insurance agents in North
Carolina, and it looks as if they
are determined to be heard on this
thing.
THIS TEXAN . . . Readers of A1
Reach's piper, Chatham News, will
recognize the following story car
ried in the Resch sharp column re
cently and being paased on to you:
Fellow had done a favor for a
Texaa mttlti-minionaire and the
Texan wanted to ahow his grati
tude.
"What la it you want that, I can
get you," asked the Texan.
The man tried to shrug off the
offer but the Texan kept on in
stating.
Finally the man said: "Well. I'd
sure like to have some golf clubs."
The Texan said: "I don't play
golf myself, but if you'll tell me
how many golf clubs you need, I'll
be glad to get them for you."
Man said fourteen clubs would
do and they parted company. Noth
ing was heard from the Texan for
about three months. One day the
two men met on the street
"You muat think that I've for
gotten about those golf elubs," the
Texan said, "but I haven't. I've
had a little trouble, but I have
eight of them bought now. Six of
them with swimming pools."
ORPHAN . . . Speaking of Adlai
Stevenson, the boy graduated at
Wake Forest College In 1814.
He waa a native of Clyde, Hay
wood County, and lived in David
son County at the time he entered
Wake FotmL
At the age of aeven the little fel
low waa admitted to the Baptist
Orphanage from which he went to
Wake Forest in 1010. He entered
the Army in 1917. A telegram from
the War Department to the Or
phanage dated October Tl, IBIS,
disclosed that "Sgt. Adlai Steven
son, machine-gunner, waa killed in
action in France, September 27,
1018," leu than two montha before
World War I ended.
Orphanage officials say they as
sume he was named for former
Vice President Adlai Stevenson,
grandfather of the Democratic
nominee for the presidency in th?
elections of 1992.
STOOD UP . . . Time Magazine
this week features the following
little yarn from Graham, county
seat of Alamance County: Register
of Deeds J. G. Tingen received a
year-old marriage license in the
mail with a note: "I'm sorry to
have to send this paper back, but I
have been stood up ... "
WHALE ... If a man does a lot
of fishing, sooner or later he will
come up with a big one. Last week
Kerr Scott pulled in one which on
first blush seemed to be a whale.
Dan Edwards, regarded for some
time as a comer in the Democratic
Party, has cast his lot with Ala
mance and will manage the Scott
campaign in rambunctuous Dur
ham. Although he has fought his
candidate tooth-and-toenail on prior
occasions, Edwards has unbounded
ambition and sees support for
Scott as the shortest distance be
tween two points.
A rather liberal liberal, Edwards
is a former mayor of Durham and
was assistant secretary of defense
under Gen. George Marshall. He
has served two terms in the Gener
al Assembly.
On the day Scott was naming
Edwards, Alton Lennon was all
over Durham, both county and city
of, getting a good reception, being
greeted at the Guy Lombardo Show
put on by Chesterfield and the Dur
ham Merchants Bureau, sitting on
the stage with Lt. Gov. Luther
Hodges, palling around Duke Pres
ident Hollis Edens, and generally
making himself pleasant. We hear
the crowd liked it.
Since I.ennon's appointer is from
Durham, you will find a goodly
portion of the moderates going
with the Umstead man. However,
it is recognized that labor gener
ally calls the tune in Durham, so
Lennon may have a hard time
there.
ANNOUNCEMENTS . , . Two an
nouncements of interest about Pou
Bailey hit the Raleigh newspapers
last week. One said he would not
be a candidate to succeed himself
in the State Senate. The other,
which came several days later,
said he was building a $98,000
home here. Notice of the permit
was given prominent play in the
local press.
Well, he is the son of the late
U. S. Senator, who left his family
rather well fixed for a senator.
He is the son-in-law of Edwin Pate
of Laurinburg and environs, who
is not what you would call on star
vation. He has a good law prac
tice. But you can bet ytfur bottom
dollar he would not be consider
ing the new home were he in the
race for tlx: State Senate.
Why? Because people are funny.
We like our leaders to be as hum
ble as possible We don't like for
them to build fine homes ? partic
ularly, if they are finer than our
own. We know a lady who threat
ened to get another baby doctor
because her favorite ? and a lot
of other mothers'? had just com
pleted a $79,000 home.
You might think that a fine home
Interfered with one's legal or po
litical capabilities or with his know
ledge of medicine. Not at alt, * -oth
er. It's not that. It's the little
things of life? envy, jealousy, sus
picion, Inferiority complex, and the
other breeders of hate.
Incidentally, you will soon see
compariaona of the wealth of Al
ton Lennon and W. Kerr Scott. Get
ready for some big auprisea.
Past Glory of Swansboro
Stirs Memory of Sailing
(Editor's Note: T. H Cirrow,
Philadelphia, a native of Beaufort,
haa sent ua another of hia alwaya
welcome "memoranda" on by-gooe
daya of Beaufort and thla aectlon.
Thla time he telle of the days of
sailing veaaela).
Mr. Salisbury. In his article of
March 5. aays, "Today Swanaboro
lives in the (lory of the paat aa
a port or water shipping point
for ocean going vessels."
In the ntnetlea there waa a sail
ing vessel named "Cherubim" that
made Beaufort, that Is, rort Chan
nel, her home port She was a
beautiful two-masted ship of me
dium size and had a reputation for
being fast and easily maneuvered
eves In the roughest weather. Her
skipper at the time I saw her first
was Capt. Joe Geaklll. Cspt 8am
Howland, a humorous old man of
Beaufort, was the mate.
When Capt Joe quit the "Cher
ubim" he was succeeded by Capt
Bun Coogleton, a native of Beau
fort. Cafrtaln Bun got a contract
to take a load M lumber from
Swsnsboro to Baltimore My father
arranged with Caputs Ban tor ma
to go on this trip.
The ?Cherubim" left the Fart
ChaMet m a tisatlfii! day la
J use UW far Bogae Iniat where
ahsstslwH
from Swiiuboro began bringing tiM
lumber out and within a couple of
days the good ihip was loaded and
departed for Baltimore.
The crew of the "Cherubim" con
?iated of Captain Bun, Charlie Sal
ter, mate; Henry Weeka, before
the maat; and a colored man named
Tim Nelson, cook. There may have
been another member of the crew
whom I have forgotten.
In addition to the crew there
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