CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
Carters* County'*
EDITORIALS TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1954
Time is Running Out
More than two years have passed
since Beaufort extended its town limits
eastward to include a portion of An h
and Front Streets. To protect the resi
dents there and entitle them to the priv
ileges accorded other town citizens, the
zoning regulations should have been ex
tended automatically.
To date, nothing has been done ex
cept that the planning board is "work
ing on it."
Unfortunately, the planning board
did not function for about six months
and only within the past several weeks
has it reorganized and started opera
tions again. Working on zoning in the
Ann and Front Street areas, at least the
"thinking about it" has begun only re
cently. Unless things are speeded up,
there is going to be a big to-do when
some enterprising individual decides to
build a gas station or put a boatworks
in the vicinity of the cemetery or along
the water.
Then it's too late. The man who
wants to put up the business has al
ready invested in the property or in
plans. Homeowners in the area can file
protests but when attitudes reach that
point, ill-will has built up and things
reach a headache stage for everyone
involved, especially town officials.
It is assumed that the general zoning
laws concerning establishment of prop
erty lines would prevail in the annexed
areas, but assumption is of little value
when a controversy starts. What has to
be formally established is the fact that
the area is residential IF such is the
case. 4
It is fortunate that in the past two
years of "do nothingness" in regard to
zoning no issue has arisen to force ac
tion. There's still time to consider the
zoning regulations in a peaceful, level
headed calm but some day this time is
bound to run out. It could be tomorrow.
Now Ifs Really Over
It's difficult for us Americans to be
lieve, but Great Britain just went off
meat rationing Saturday night.
It has taken the majestic isle and the
hardy Britons' 14'/i years to recover
from the devastating effects of the re
cent world war. We wonder if Ameri
cans would have endured, as well, the
hardship. We are a vigorous, sacri
ficing lot when tragedy stares us in the
face. But in the aura Of a "peaceful
world" we quickly call for all the
things that go with peace. The lush
living . , . all the gas we want, all the
sugar we want, all the meat we want.
We don't see eye-to-eye with Great
Britain at the moment on the handling
of international affairs, but we can pay
tribute to the British people for endur
ing those many near-meatless years.
We join in their cheers that accom
panied the burning of ration books.
Where is the Victory?
Now that the smoke has cleared in
the Army-McCarthy hearing, it's worth
while to look back and see what it all
"accomplished." Perhaps the best eval
uation is to take a look at what the
American people THINK has been ac
complished. They read about it in news
papers, they heard about it on tbe radio
and thousands saw it on television.
Actually, they are the jury.
What do the American people think
about the Army-McCarthy squabble?
Dr. George Gallup asked five questions
and the answers given him from all sec
tions of the land show that the people
think McCarthy and his side-kick, Cohn,
used "improper" means to get pre
ferred treatment for Pvt. David G.
Schine but some also think that Secre
tary of the Army Stevens and Adams
used improper means to stop McCarthy
from investigating the Army.
In spite of that latter fact, a higher
majority of persons say they are more
inclined to agree with Secretary Stevens
than with McCarthy. More people be
lieve that the Secretary of the Army
came out on top in the hassle. BUT, a
significant thing to note is that one per
son in every four who had followed the
hearings was UNDECIDED about the
outcome or expresdfed NO OPINION.
Maybe they were confused. For that
we can't blame them. Maybe they just
couldn't decide who was lying. That,
no one will be able to determine for
quite a few years, if then. But we be
lieve that this large a number, who have
no decision%>n thel situation, is an indi
cation of what the "official" evaluation
of the hearing will be. No clear-cut de
cision on anything! For this, the Amer
ican taxpayers have paid $59,000 (cost
of the hearings).
The Senate subcommittee, which con
ducted the investigation, is preparing
its report and "decision." There is one
thing that they will not touch upon, for
it does not deal directly with the tfase :
the hearing proves that a willy-nilly,
charge and counter-charge "investiga
tion" is a poor way to arrive at the
truth.
J. Wesley McWilliaqns, Philadelphia,
,i'
president of the Pennsylvania State Bar
Association, summed it up like this:
"The rules of judicial administration
are not iitle technicalities, but are es
sential for fair play and orderly trial
... I believe the public now realizes
the difference between judicial pro
ceedings in our courts, where with dig
nity and decorum time-tested proced
ures for determining the truth are en
forced, and the hearings where these
essentials were ignored."
The Army-McCarthy hearings, while
strengthening our faith in the tried and
true court system, have struck one tell
ing blow, they have shaken the faith
of every American in some of the gov
ernment's highest officials.
It's easier to believe now that the
spirit of Diogenes still walks the earth,
holding high a lamp, looking for an
honest man.
Challenge for Investment
(From Ocean County Leader)
This country continues to grow at a
record rate. Births are so far in excess
of deaths that the population increases
7,000 every 24 hours.
Their needs are great, beginning with
layettes and crib*; they will grow up to
even greater needs. Our expanding bus
iness and industry happily will supply
these needs right up to the ultimate
need of employment.
The labor force, now about 66 mil
lion, may total 88 million by 1975. It
takes a private business investment of
$12,000 for each job in manufacing ?
22 million jobs mean business and in
dustry must find some $264 billion in
the 21 years ahead. .
This is a challenge to America to "in
vest in America" and to Congress to
foster the kind of economical, efficient
.government that will make "it possible.
If you don't think the dollar's worth
anything today, just try to collect some
that are owed you.
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Red Reflector T ape, Boon
To A- Age and Teen- Age
A great day dawned with the in
vention of red reflector tape. The
safety factor involved has become
secondary. This new marvel of the
A-Age (A standing for atom and
automobile) is serving as a release
valve for the frustrated motorist.
No longer is he inhibited by driv
ing an "ordinary" car. Reflector
tape has given him the opportunity
to mold that mass of steel on
wheehs to his own personality.
The shy, retiring young man. who
refrains from wolf-whistling out
the window gets by famously with
red reflector letters on his rear
bumper: "Hello, Baby!"
But the undaunted Romeo who
can handle all situations, whether
they involve a female, a flat tire
(or both ? hot dog!), letters on his
rear bumper "No Help Wanted."
Just give 'im room.
And in case anyone doubts the
identity of the wagon ahead of him,
sign* shining red in your head
lights flash back "The Hush Honey
Lovers" (now you know) or
"Green Hornet."
A real hospitable driver in a
pick-up truck, has lettered on his
rear bumper, "You All Come."
That's a broad invitation, boy.
And then there's the sign that
could mean anything "Yes ? No."
The normal male would decide that
the driver is a woman, simply
couldn't make up her mind.
No telling what you'll see on the
backs of moving vehicles these
days. A massive truck had painted
on its rear doors the following:
"Pass to the left, be the leader,
pass to the right, meet St. Peter."
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A service station this side of
Richmond, Va., has this sign over
Stamp News
By SYD KRONISH
THE II. S. 3-CENT commemora
tive for the 100th anniversary of
the birth of George Eutman will
oe placed on lint
day sale at Ro
chester, N. Y.,
July 12. Although
born at Water
\rille, N. Y., East
man went to Ro
chester at an ear
ly age and gained lame ther* as
an inventor and a philanthropist.
A portrait of Eastman is the
central design. His name is at the
left ?
Stamp collectors desiring first
day cancellations of this stamp may
send addressed envelopes to the
Postmaster at Rochester, N. Y.,
with money order remittance to
cover the cost of the stamps to be
affixed. An enclosure of medium
weight should be placed in each
envelope. The outside envelope to
the Postmaster should be endorsed
"First Day Covers."
BRAZIL has issued a 1.90 cruf
teiros red stamp lor the recent
vialt ol CamiUe Chamoun, presi
dent of Lebanon. The stamp bears
a portrait of the statesman, reports
Stamp* magaxinc.
THE VATICAN has issued a se
ries of three stamps to commemo
rate the canonisation of Pope Plus
X. The stamp*, bearing pictures
of the Pontiff, are 10 lire, 35 lire
and 38 Jtre.
CsluauUt Vacation*
Cap'n Henry, popular columnist
whose paragraphs appear on this
page each Tuesday, I* vacationing.
His column will be returned when
he return* from hi* visit to Long
Island. N. Y.
the picture of a flat tire, "Invite
us to your blow-out."
The State Advertising Depart
ment has published three of the
most handsome publicity maps I
have ever seen. And the one cover
ing the coast has a lovely color
photo of the W. C. Carltons of
Morehead City enjoying the beach
at Fort Macon State Park.
When Mr. Spence, president of
the new water company, told the
Beaufort town board that it was
unlikely that his company could
straighten out all Beaufort's prob
lems immediately, Dan Walker,
town clerk, offered with a generous
grin, "Oh, we'll give you a month."
Everyone laughed heartily but
none more heartily than George
Stovall and Mr. Spence!
The Readers Write
June 29, 1954
To the Editor:
Have just finished reading your
editorial on the Section Base ver
sus the $10,000 Edenton restora
tion by the C&D Board.
I believe that this is one of the
best editorials I have read in any
newspaper as it concisely and pre
cisely states the facts of the case.
Common sense dictates the course
indicated by your editorial, how
ever, the ways of some of our
government agencies often seem
strange to us.
This Chamber is going all out to
hold the line on the Camp Glenn
buildings, and the committee is
headed by Mr. H. S. Gibbs Jr., who
is also on the board of directors
for the Morehead City Chamber of
Commerce.
With the support of Coastal Caro
lina's finest newspaper, and the
people of Carteret County I hope
we will prevent the destruction of
one of our greatei^ assets.
Sincerely
Ted Davis
From the Bookshelf
HACKENFELLER'S APE, Brigid
Brophy. Random House.
Percy and Edwina, Clem and
Gloria. Figaro, Susanna and the
Countess are the heroes and
heroines of this entertaining story,
and the villains are Kendrick and
Tom. Tom's contribution occurs
too near the climax to be revealed,
but here are the others:
Percy, in the title role, is a guest,
client or whatever of the zoo in
London, ann while Edwina, his
mate, is willing, he can't manage
to get interested.
No one has ever seen the coyrt
ship, love dance et cetera of Hack
enfeller's apes, and professor Clem
Darrelhyde would like to be the
first to observe. His investigation
may provide only a biological foot
note, but it should be a spicy one,
and a romantic one. too. for he is
no unfeeling scientist. He wonders
whether Percy, too, is romantic;
perhaps the fact that he has not
been allowed a choice, that Edwina
alone of all apes is thrust on him,
explains his refusal to make love.
Edwina isn't the only (Irl in the
world, to Percy, she's merely the
only girl available; and there's a
difference.
But a villain of a scientist stalks
upon the scene: Kendrick. who
would sacrifice Percy to a rocket
experiment. Miss Brophy tells of
Clem's efforts, with assists from
Gloria, to foil Kendrick, and of
the unexpected rebuffs he meets,
as (rom his sister who exclaims,
"What, try to save a monkey when
people, human beings, are starving
in India!" In the background is
heard constantly Mozart's grand
music for "The Marriage of Fi-'
garo," another love ? story that
serves to point up this modern fan
tasy.
The book is full of fun. and not
just empty fun. either. This Is all a
great monkeyshine by a wise and
witty author.
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THE TIME OF THE FIRE, Marc
Brandel. Random House.
First, the town barber finds a
pair of comely but grisly lega be
longing, It develop*, to Clara. Then
the town drunk, spotting some
thing in a refuse can thrft looks like
a foot, ia responsible for the dis
covery of a second mangled corpse.
Any doubts about the presence of a
maniac are set to rest when a third
butchered body is found.
Besides the barber, there are a
doctor, a scientist, a real estate
man. a manufacturer, a mission
worker and, for women, a librarian
aad a couple o< (iris badly in need
at a man. Before their grim ax
GhHOI
periences are over, the town suc
cumbs to hysteria.
A couple of other Brandel novels
have been favorites of mine, and
still are. Ai least, this one does
not replace them. The dozen or
two arms, hands, feet and other
choice cuts strewn through these
pages are a messy kind of murder,
and also a messy kind of mystery.
DEAD AND NOT BURIED,
H. F. M. Prescott. Macmillan.
Written before the war, this mys
tery is printed again partly as an
example, 1 suppose, of excellence
in this field, and partly because
the author has since become so
handsomely known for her histori
cal novel "The Man on the Don
key," that we may be trusted to
read anything of hers we can get
our hands on. It was the second
partly that inveigled me into read
ing this, and I'm sorry it did. A
dfunken farmer is murdered by his
wife and her lover in chapter I,
and we spend the rest of the time
wondering mildly who is the lover.
Only ingenious touch is the dis
posal of the corpse; you may guess
at it early, thanks to the title and
a couple of other hints, but it's
still an intriguing idea.
Author of the Week
Robert Blackwood Robertson, au
thor of "Of Whales and Men." hap
pened to be born In Cairo, Egypt,
but he's Scottish clear through, in
family. In his boyhood in Dundee,
in his studies at St. Andrews.
A doctor, he served with the
British Red Cross in the Itale-Abe
sinian war, with the British Army
in India and Palestine and, during
World War II in North Africa
His book. * Book-of tbe-Month, la
baaed on his own experience! on a
whaling expedition.
In the Good Old Days
THIRTY TWO YEARS AGO
Charles L Abe ma thy oi New
Bern won the Democratic confre*
lional primary held last week. He
defeated Matt H. Allen.
The County Board of Education
told Sea Level residents they would
have to aend their children to the
Atlantic school since there were
no funds for a school in their com
munity.
Beaufort town commissioners
were asked to pass a law requiring
all cars to use mufflers.
TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO
Two Greenville men were killed
while fishing in Bogue Sound.
Beaufort town commissioners
had let a contract to remodel the
town hall.
James Midgett of Morehead City
saved a Naval officer from drown
ing when a seaplane sank in waters
of Morehead City harbor, trapping
the pilot in the wreckage.
TEN YEASS AGO
Forest fires on the outakirta of
Beaufort were threatening the
town and Charlie Britton'a houae
and Mr*. John liorriaoo'i garage
on Ann Street extended caught fire
from flying i parka.
Mrs. Rebecca Gillikin Hooper of
MarshaMberg and Mrv Lillian Ma
?on Fulchcr of Stacy had purchaaed
the Morehead Beauty Salon from
Mrs. Walter Freeman.
The queation of title of the
Bogue Community Hall waa to be
aettled in Superior Court.
FIVE YEAKS AGO
Thomaa C. HcGinnia had accept
ed the position of auperintendent
of Carteret County public welfare.
The pleaure boat Helene, which
had been tied up at Morehead City,
burned off Pivera Island. The two
men aboard her escaped without
injury.
Fort Macon State Park had been
closed to the public, no more pic
nicking, swimming, or f tailing
Wildlife Federation Helps
Protect Fragile Spiderwort
The National Wildlife Federa
tion is dedicated to the "intelli
gent management of the life-sus
taining resources of the earth ?
its productive soil, its essential
water resources, its protective for
ests and plantlife, and its depend
ent wildlife ? and to promote and
encourage the knowledge $nd ap
preciation of these resources, their
inter-relationship and wise use,
without which there can be little
hope for a continuing abundant
life"
Spiderwort
Jone Eads
Washington
Mrs. Melquiades Gamboa can
talk gaily about her life in Wash
ington, her five children and the
re?ipe for her famous frozen ava
cado dessert, but the memories of
World War II years still burn
vividly.
The vivacious, attractive bru
nette is the wife of the counselor
of the Philippine Embassy. Her
youngest son, Keith Douglas, now
12. was born during the Japanese
occupation and is named after Gen.
Douglas MacArthur. The family
lost everything it possessed during
the war except its clothing. Mrs.
Gamboa'i Danish-American fath
er, who remained in the islands
after fighting in the Spanish-Amer
ican war, died. Her grandmother
and two aunts were killed by the
Japanese. Her home was burned.
Her husband, then a professor of
jurisprudence at the University
of the Philippines, refused to co
operate with the occupation and
gave up his teaching.
Nine years ago in May the fam
ily came to Washington, where
Gamboa served as legal, political
and cultural officer in what was
then the Philippine resident com
missioner's office.
"Washington is my second
home; I love everything about it,"
Mrs. Gamboa, confided at a party.
"It grows on you. I have so many
friends. I feel I have a perm
anent place here."
She told me she's equally fond
of England, where she lived for
two years while her husband was
studying civil law at Oxford Uni
versity.
Pearl, now Mrs. Quentln Doro
mal, wife of a Harvard-educated
Manila business man, is the Gam
boa's eldest child. She has a year
old son. Edwin Frances. 28, who
is graduating from George Wash
ington University's foreign service
school here, is tne second. Mel
quiades Jr., 27, who now is with
the Philippine Air Lines in Man
ila, is the third. The other sons
are Lionel Kenneth Gamboa, 26, a
graduate of Maryland University
in agriculture and animal husband
ry, and young Keith, who is fond
of animals and so gentle he doesn't
want, to see harm done "even to
an ant."
Mrs. Gamboa who met her hus
band at the Methodist Church
while she was singing in the choir,
loves to sew and knit. "I've al
ways fixed my children's clothes,
lengthening the pants as they grew
taller, letting out the waists as
they grew bigger, she said.
Her deaaert, by the way, is made
with two avacados, three cans of
condensed milk and sugar to taate,
beaten and froaen in an old iaah
ioned ice cream Ireeaar.
Into this picture we can fit well
a consideration of the spiderwort,
the spider, spittle insect, the spilo
gale and possibly something as
ephemeral as the spume on a wind
blown breaker. The spume is here
for an instant, the scent of the
spilogale (a skunk) is here today
and gone tomorrow (maybe), the
spittle insect lives for a few weeks,
the spider for a few months.
The spiderwort may occupy for
many years a roadside embank
ment, a damp waste spot or even
a garden. It's close relative, the
wandering jew, may live almost
indefinitely through cuttings that
may or may not bear flowers.
There are more than 30 species
of Tradescantia. the genus to which
the spiderwort belongs. Some
are cultivated for their flowers,
some for their foliage. The flowers
may be small and inconspiAous or
large and brilliantly colored Rail
road embankments in the Middle
West often in late spring and early
summer glow with the blue patches
of spiderworts that may be reason
ably identified from a speeding
train. '
The flowers of spiderwort may
be deep purple, pale blue to white
or rose colored depending in part
on the species involved. Almost
invariably they do not survive
picking and quickly fade when
picked for bouquet purposes. How
ever the fine hairs on the stamens
are frequently sougkt by biology
teachers who have noted the con
spicuous streaming of protoplasm
which may be seen In them with
the help of a microscope. Some
schools even keep a supply of
Tradescantia living on the window
sill for the purpose of supplying
this material for use in classes.
Pollination of Tradescantia in
the wild is supposed to be effected
primarily by queen bumblebees
that seek the pollen for food and
in gathering it carry some to the
receptive stigmas of the pistils
of the flowers. Some botanists
have a great interest in studying
what happens during the period
when the elements of the stamens
and pistils come together and in
the rather great variation we have >
in the chromosome number in
members of the genus Tradescan
tia.
While it is the usual thing for
the members of a genus to have the
chromosome numbers relatively
close together, in Tradescantia the
number may be 8, 8, 12, 13, 15, or
18, or even 24 with it going on
up to 26, 32, 80 or 72 in species .
not found in North America in a |
native stated In the house plant
wandering jew it may be 80. All
this may be of little interest to the
casual reader except to suggest
that here on your windowsill or in
your back yard may be a plant that
may seem to be meek, demure and
innocuous, yet it packs secrets
that challenge the best of us. In
view of this, who can uy it is Just
a pretty weed?
? E. Laurence Palmer |
Today's Birthday
DOROTHY KIRSTEN, born Inly 1,
(. 1817 in Montclair; N. J. The ||
famed opera and concert singer i
member of the
Metropol
itan Opera Co.
since IMS. A
protegee of the
late Grace
Moore, she stud
led voice in
Rome. Made her
concert debut at
New York's
World Fair In 1M0. Hn nude
frequent appearances on radio and
televiaion. Her Met debut wan aa
Miml in La Boheme. She speaka
as well aa the sings, Italian,
French and Spanish.
The Salesman
He who works with hit hands ii *'
a laborer.
He who works with hia hands
and head Is a craftsman. ?
He who works with hia hands
and head and heart ia an artist
He who works with his hand and
head and heart and feet la a nlea
? Efin Echoes