I Hmw Pwnonrtrotton N*wi
Health Chairman Attends
i Recent Raleigh Conference
IHUh Nate: Oant MhaiM l*4ay for Mrs. Ftojr Corner,
km lint, b Mn. G. T. Splvey, Beaufort, Home Demsnslratlaa
health rhalrmaa),
Mrs. I.eota Hammer and I at
tended the Eighth Annual Rural
Health Conference at the Sir Wal
ter Hotel in Raleigh Thursday,
Oct. 8
This meeting was divided into
two parts, the morning session be
ing on farm and home accidents.
During the morning session, we
heard speeches by Dr. Charles M
Cameron Jr.; director of accident
prevention section. N. C. State
Board of Health, who gave a sum
mar)' of a three-county non-fatal
accident survey; Mr. Maynard Coe,
director of farm safety division.
National Safety Council, Chicago;
Mrs. J. C. Ferguson, farm safety
specialist, agriculture extension
service, N. C. State College; Dr.
Edgar T. Beddingfield, practicing
physician of Stantonsburg, N. C ;
Mrs. L. M Massey, rural health
committee. N. C. Dental Society,
Zebulon, N. C. and several others.
The afternoon program was our
chief interest, since it was on men
< - 1 L lit.
i*i iiraiui. nuw
I was not real
ly prepared for
this program
for I had ex
pected one of a
different kind.
I was probably
like many o f
you who hear of
someone having
Mrs. Floy Garner
a mental illness.
I think of a person who U not
accountable for his or her actions,
or even the fighting, wall-climb
ing type of illness. Well, if any
of this type was mentioned, I
didn't catch it at all, for everyone
of the speakers talked directly to
the people who make up our coun
try, our state, our county and our
towns.
They were speaking to you and
me. Their concern is the country
as a whole and they seemed to be
in complete agreement with an
article which I have read In one
of this month's magazines written
by Leo Cherne and his Research
Institute experts who write that
within 10 short years, there will
be many changes in our living con
ditions.
Most of these look good but
there are some that are so alarm
ing and even if we do have a lot
better life such as better homes,
more money, live longer, etc., all
of these things will not be worth
while if we are mentally ill. ti*
tells us that by 1065 there will be
181 million people in our U. S.
He says that we will be physically
more healthy, but we will be sub
ject to greater suffering from ner
vous tension of ltMS's faster and
more complicated pace.
This will produce more psycho
somatic ills such as asthma, aller
gies, ulcer, heart trouble and sto
mach difficulties. In 10 years, one
child In every 10 can be expected
to apend some time in a mental
institution. Although the children
will be batter educated, there will
be a steady increaae ia juvenile
delinqueac" and one marriage out
of three will ead in divorce.
Mental illness is this aatioa'a
No. 1 problem. Life ia so compli
cated, there are so many demands
upon each of ua ? continued
stresses and strains. Is it any won
der that so many Americans find
themselves on the road to mental
illness?
There , are about nine minion
persons in our country who have
aerioua mental diaordera. Did you
know that in 1937 there were 110,
000 firat admiaaiena to mental
hespitala and 1M.000 in 1M0
which it an iarreaa* of *9.000 in
the short period of 12 yeara? Now
that la juat firat admiaaiona. re
member, and Dot all mentally ill
people >hhi haapltaltaed
There ia little that we of Car
teret County can do In relieving
the national aituatloa, but there
ia a great deal that ceuM be doae
here at home. Dr. Lloyd Thomp
aon aaya that "we should regard
mental health as a community
problem aad responsibility "
The children ia oar county need
the tupport of every single adult
to make thia county what it should
he, a safe place for the childrea
to groar ap in, not only physically
but mentally. I believe the people
at thia county are becoming more
and mora conscious of what ia
right and wrong, and what la beat
far our county, and moat of the
time they will go to bat and rule
out the things they know are dea
troying our youth of today.
Our mental authoritiaa say that
each of ua meat stay on our toe*,
apeak wbea we ahould, and fight
It aw nuat againat the thlaga we
haow are detrimental to our youth.
It ia oaaior to prevent mental til
nee* than It la to cure it.
la Proverb# til, wt find "For
m he thinketh la hi* heart, so 1a
ha," aad li ail of ua, a* tndivt
duala, who lave this ?ouaty, who
lev* our ehildran aad lb* Amori
eaa war of life, wiU think aerioua
theae thinga tad count th*
if rtr"-'- we eaa tak* Car
ton! Coaaty'* problem* that hrl
MB do aoi
Th* aolution
There la the
(or future attitudes are formed
early in life, on the faiii of fam
ily relationships That places a
great responsibility upon all of us
is parents and citizens. Mental '11
health reveals itaelf in many ways
and the troubled individual can
be spotted and helped at many
points along the way.
It has been said many times, "A
family that prays together, stays
together "
What are we in Carteret Coun
ty going to do about mental ill
ness, the No. 1 health problem of
the state and nation?
Swansboro
Oct. 12 The Nettie Merritt Cir
cle of the Woman's Society of
Christian Service will meet with
Mrs. D Redfern next Tuesday eve
ning, Oct. 18.
All day Saturday, Oct. 22, there
will be a Bake and Rummage Sale
in the Bogue community. Spon
aored by the Woman's Society of
Christian Service, Bethlehem Meth
odist Church, Bogue, the sale is
for the benefit of the organ fund.
The public is cordially invited.
Mrs. John Sparrow, Jacksonville,
was a recent visitor of her daugh
ter, Mrs. J. F. Winberry.
Spending a few days with her'
sister, Mrs. J. C. Vinson, are Mrs.
A. J. Hollomon and four children,
J. W., Pulton, George and Bert,
of Princeton.
James Latham returned home
from McGuire Veteran's Hospital,
Richmond, Va.
Mrs. Wilda Wethington and
daughter, Linda, spent the past
weekend visiting friends in Wil
mington.
Weekend guests of the Effiorn
Smiths were their daughter, Polly
Ann Spurling, Norfolk, and Mr.
and Mrs. T. R. Watson, and son,
Teddy, Durham.
Mr. and Mrs. Roddy Redfern,
Greenville, have returned home
after spending the summer months
with Mr. Redfern's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. David Redfern.
Agriculture Council
M??ts on Thursday
Six agriculture council members
atteiuM the council's monthly
"IM'fFf Thursday in the home
agent's office, Beaufort.
Agriculture agencies' participa
tion in the "county fair" was dis
cussed but no final action was
taken.
Attending the meeting were A1
Newsome, assistant farm agent;
Mrs. David Beveridge. Mrs Mar
garet Gibson and Mrs. Delfido
Cordova, home economics teach
ers; W. J. Owens, Smyrna agri
culture teacher; Howard Garner
of the Soil Conservation Service;
and Mrs. Floy Garner, home agent.
Thf Rf?. U. N. Ftffnun, pat
tor of thf Pilgrim Holiness
Church of Aihtbtn, is conduct
ing a revival at the Free Grace
Church on Markers Island. It
will end Oct. 23. The Rev. Ker
mit Farlow, pastor, invite* the
public to the servicer
Woodmen Give
Water Cooler
To FWB Church
On Sunday morning members of
Camp 188, Woodmen of the World
and members of the Free Will
Baptist Church, Morehead City as
sembled in the Sunday School for
the presentation of a water cooler
by Camp 188.
A1 McElmon introduced Clifford
Faglie, field representative for the
WOW, who gave a short address.
He outlined the history and scope
of the WOW Fraternity in Action
program.
This program aids local camps
in fraternal, civic and patriotic
projects such as the presentation
of American flags, flagpoles, wa
ter coolers, historical markers and
American History proficiency
awards.
For example tomorrow night the
Newport Camp of the WOW will
present a Scott-Airpack to the
Newport Fire Department as one
of their Fraternity in Action pro
jects.
Mr. Faglie introduced E. B.
Thompson, consul commander of
Camp 188, who presented the wa
ter cooler to the church on behalf
of his camp. In his presentation
address Mr. Thompson gave a re
port on the results of the Frater
nity in Action program for 1954.
He also gave a brief history of
the Woodmen of the World.
The Rev. Noah Brown, pastor,
accepted the water cooler on be
half of the church. Jesse Kirkman
gave the benediction.
Members of the WOW present
included Willie W. Moore, David
F. Jones, Gerald V. Phillips, R.
Lester Turnage, Peter Block, Mr.
Kirkman, Mr. Faglie and Mr.
Thompson.
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More Power, New Styling
The 19M Ckrymler WM?t cmtveitible, Impnil, ??* the 1*M
Chrraier New Y otter ?ii-pu?igr h4? denwM the beautiful
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The completely new 1966 Chrys
ler, featuring such innovations aa
push-button shifting, high fidelity
record player, LUeGuard door
latchea and instant-heat aircraft
type heater, were announced today.
They will be ahown Oct 21 at Port
City lfoton, More bead City.
"The youthful spirit and vigor
of Chrysler Corporation's Forward
Look is accentuated stlU further in
the IBM Chrysler lines by the use
of completely original flight-swept
rear fenders," said E. M. Braden,
general sates Manager, Chrysler
Corp.
"For IBM, the ' powers! jrie'
Chrysler Windsor and ?powerstyie'
Chrysler New Yorker models fea
ture the latest engineering ad
vances ? exclusive new push-bot
ton powerftlte drive, new 12-volt
electrical system and new center
plane brakes of unprecedented ef
ficiency and long wear."
Twe new V-g engines ? ? more
powerful *80 horsepower Firepower
V-g in tM ChfyMhi New nrirar
line and a 226-heraepower Spitfire
V* in the Chmier ?Mw line,
otter outstanding performance and
increased ^
efficiency power modification avail
able on Winters boosts Spitfire
engine! to ? lull 250-horsepower.
For HOC Chrysler elm offers
new flight-swept rev fenders, new
high ? efficiency vacuum power
smith brakes, new pull-type door
handles, mw Improved safety team
headlights aad a sow rotary-type
deck lid latch.
The 1(M Chryslers art altered
in two lines ? the Chrysler Wind
sor and Om Chryaler New Yorker.
Wheelbaae measurement of ail ears
is 1M inches. They art available
la a choice of IT aattd colors aad
1M color iiasbiaatisas
Tile Clu/alsi Windsor la avail
able tat a complttely new tour-door
hardtop, l*e fiseiagsr sddan, Nan
aav hardtop, Menparl hardtop,
convertible coapo aad tha Toon
aad Cant i j Wafoa. The Chrysler
Now Yorker line latladss a new
low-door hardtop, slx-pasaeager
m^mi Newport turd top 9L. Rfg|?
i - ijlfc I a -n?n, J
naraiop, cvRrtniM coupe ami
Town and Coaatry Wagon.
New style-setting flight ewept
roar fenders emphasise the tow,
slim, toat linos aharactartatie of
the forward look. Fin-like, the new
fenders lend an aircraft feeling tt
the overall design. Chrysler's IBM
hardtop and convertible models are
five inches longer than last year.
AAUW Members Hear
Discussion on Education
The need of proper teacher
trauiuig. additions to the curri
cula of Beaufort and Morehead
City schools, and comments on pa
rental assistance were discussed
before the American Association
of University Women's lac at
branch Friday night at the Civic
Center, Morehead City.
Miss Gladys Chadwick, Beaufort,
and Mrs. J. C. Harvell. Morehead
City, representing the teacher
viewpoint, joined the panel dis
cussion with Mrs R. W Safrit Jr.
of Beaufort and Mrs. Gus Davis
of Morehead City, who spoke from
the parental angle.
"Teachers are being trained in
methods of teaching, rather than
in the actual material students
should receive," commented Miss
Chadwick. "As a result, scholar
ship itself is being sadly neglected,
and students are losing the con
fidence in their teachers so impor
tant to correct education."
Mrs. Harvell's comment that tho
present educational system pushed
students into college who other
wise would not aim for a higher
education, led to the question of
whether better minds were being
neglected to concentrate on the
larger number of average students.
"Standards are being raised
yearly in our local schools," said
Mrs. Safrit, "but speaking as a pa
rent, I feel the strong need for
homework since minds must devel
op like muscles, which improve
only with constant usage."
Mrs. Harvell cited the need for
science courses at Morehead City
School, and Mrs. Davis added her
request for a high school com
mercial course, as well ?ts an ex
tra-curricular advisory group to
aid students. Additional language
courses to give students a choice
for college preparatory work were
also thought necessary.
The panel agreed that one of
the pressing problems in schools
everywhere was clerical help to
relieve the teachers and princi
pal* of unnoremry paper work,
leaving (hem time to devote to ac
tual teaching and planning.
Mrs w L Waodard. Beaufort,
branch education chairman, mod
erated the ducuaaion, and an
nounced that next month * meet
ing will feature a talk by H. L.
Joalyn, county superintendent of
scboola.
Mr. George McNeill and Mr*.
Walter Chipnan were named by
lira. Ralph A1 bares, branch praa
idant, to submit namea of aaveral
local qualified wwaaa to a atata
AAITW committee, for poaaibla
future aae by t)w governor in ap
pointing women to state boarda.
Mrs Ajharea gave a synopsis of
the May workahip held in Raleigh,
dealing with "The Criaia in Public
School Education . Where We
Stand Today/*
Mrs. M. E. McNeill, Quantico,
Va., and panel members were wel
comed as gueata. Members attend
ing included Mn. Jack Barnes,
Mra. G. B Talbot, Mn Clarence
Guthrie, Mrs Calvin Allyn, Mrs.
John Coatlow, Mra. Thomas Noe,
Misa Georgie Hughes. Mra. Wood
ard, Mrs Chipman and Mra. Al
bares, all of Beaufort.
Mrs. Milton Roush, Mra. Pam
Miller, both of Newport; Mra. Ed
gar L. Smith. Mrs. T. R. Rice, Mra.
Tom B. S*ott, Mra. George Mc
Neill and i.fi-a. Leland Day, all of
Morehead City.
AAUW meetings, held the sec
ond Friday of each month, are
open to all women graduates of
accredited colleges or universities.
Still Missing
The body of Don Willis, 20, At
lantic, has not yet been found.
Willis, well-known county sports
star, drowned last Monday off the
New Jersey coast. He was knocked
from a menhaden boat from which
he and his father, Grover, were
fishing.
Ports Authority
Hears Report
On Bond Legality
Both Wtk* County Superior
Court and the State Supreme
Court have ruled legal the issu
anee af bonds to finance the
building of a grain loading device
at Morohaad City port
This report was made at a
meeting of the State Ports Au
thority at Charlotte Friday.
The grain loading eqaipment
was built last year with port
funds but final approval on bor
rowing money for the erection was
deferred until the matter was
used as a test eaae to determine
whether the process was legal un
der the act creating the State
Ports Authority.
Col. Richard S. Marr, executive
director, told the directors that
19*4 million dollars worth of bus
iness was done by Morehead City
and Wilmington ports during the
first part of this year as compared
with about 18' i million dollars
during the same period last year.
Colonel Marr also said measures
should be taken to safeguard
ports from hurricanes, but said
that damage to port facilities dur
ing the storms this year was slight.
He said It should be determined
whether the state is liabU 'or
damage to goods which may be
destroyed while a vessel is ia port
or while goods are stored in ware
houses.
Edwin Pate, Laurinburg, SPA
chairman, presided at the meet
ing.
Subdistrict to Meet
The Morehead City subdistrict
of the Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service will observe "A Day
Apart" Thursday at the Core Creek
Methodist Church from 10 a.m. to
2 p.m. Mrs. J. C. Burnwell, WSCS
conference spiritual life leader,
will be present.
S. W. Smith Starts
County Cradit Bureau
S. W Smith, owner and man
ager of Smith's TV. announce*
formation of the County Credit
Bureau with offices at 610 Area
dell St., Morehead City. Mr. Smith
will direct the bureau activities.
"A credit bureau has long been
needed by merchants and pro
faaaionai men aad women of Car
teret County," Mr. Smith said.
"The functions of the County
Credit Bureau will be to provide
a central location I or credit infor
mation and to aaaiat individuals
to obtain credit relation" with
merchants through local channel,"
be explained.
Further information may be had
by contacting him.
Any Takers?
Charlotte, N. C. (AP) ? Thin
classified ad appeared in a Char
lotte newapaper: "Old drunk, 43,
waati easy Job."
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