CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES I
Cvtant Ciwly'i Wtwptyw
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1956
Newport Decides Today
Newport residents must make a de
cision today. At least those who have
? sense of civic responsibility will make
a decision. Those who are too lazy to
decide what, in their opinion, is the best
for Newport, won't go to the polla.
Shall the town borrow a hundred
thousand dollars to put in a water sys
tem? Water ? getting it in the right
place at the right time ? has been a
major problem in the town for a num
ber of years.
Most people would like to have a
water system but they don't want to pay
for it. That's natural. But progress has
a price.
The man who has a well and his own
pumping system says, "I'm getting
along all right. I have money invested
in my own water system and I'm not
going to give that up to hook into any
town system!"
That point of view is understandable.
But no town has been built, no great
deed accomplished without the coopera
tion of many people. Selfish motives
must be submerged if a greater good
is to be enjoyed by a greater number.
A town-wide water system would
make water available for fire-fighting.
Folks planning to build in Newport
would be able to deduct from their
building costs the price of a well and
a pump. They will probably benefit by
a lower fire insurance rate. Industry,
small or large, makes a close chcck on
availability of water.
People might scoff and say, "Huh, in
dustry doesn't want to locate in New
port!" But let's see ? there's a rail
road through the town. There arc good
highways. There is evidence that there
is a progressive town administration.
Land is available. That sounds as
though ccrtain firms might be quite in
terested in Newport A water system
would make the town more attractive
to such business.
One hundred thousand dollars is a
lot of money. It's enough to make a
little town back off and say, "Now wait
a minute, let's look at this thing!" And
folks are wise to look closely. Borrow
ing this money means that town admin
istrations over the next 30 years must
function efficiently.
When a debt has to be paid off,
there's no room for dilly-dallying with
a budget. If Newport votes in favor of
the water system, it will be voting in
favor of bringing a "new business" to
town, to be operated by town officials
for the citizens. It will be a big busi
ness. The water system will require
servicing, monthly bills will have to be
sent out and money collected.
In any business, there is risk involved.
But government and financial experts
believe Newport can handle the paying
off of a water system debt. Whether
the Newport folks have that much faith
in themselves we'll know after today.
How to be Informed
Two meetings on the Pcarsall Plan
have been scheduled for the remainder
of this week. There will be one at 7 :30
tomorrow night at Newport School and
another at 7 :30 Friday night at Beau
fort School.
Too many folks, we fear, are going
to say, "I don't know what's the best
thing to do, so I'm just not going to vote
at all." The issue on the public schools
and integration is too momentous for
just a handful of people to decide.
The good citizen will go to one of the
meetings mentioned above, make a de
cision and go to the polls Saturday.
Humans Bury Their Dead . . .
Funerals are an interesting custom.
Rites practiced through the ages by hu
mans burying their dead have been the
subject of study by anthropologists, so
ciologists, archaeologists and probably
many other . . gists."
In this country alone, in this modern
day, funeral customs vary. In some
places there is no music at a funeral
?ervice. In other sections the funeral
(prvice, instead of being quiet and sim
ple, turns into a full-fledged church ser
vice. And occasionally, if organizations
other than the church participate, the
service borders on turning into a three
act show.
A Sanford Herald columnist com
ments that he was quite surprised at a
recent funeral in Raleigh when the fam
ily of the deceased felt obligated to
provida lunch for all out-of-towners at
tending. "Our folks hereabouts would
think this a terrible hardship but the
Raleigh folks accept this as the way
it should be done," he said.
The custom of providing a meal, or
two or three, for the family of the de
ceased and any other folks who may
call at the home, is practiced here.
Friends, neighbors and relatives send
in the food and the table is never more
heavily laden, even at Thanksgiving!
In rural areas in years past, when
folks traveled by horse or on foot to
funerals, it was necessary that they bo
fed somewhere. There were no cafes
"around the corner." Thus, this custom
was established and it will probably be
a long time dying out even in this age
of automobiles and restaurants.
Recently we have noticed in obitu
aries that as many as four and five min
isters have officiated at a funeral ! The
family undoubtedly has valid reason for
requesting the presence of so many
elervymen, but to the outsider, it seems
somewhat "unusual."
A few folks have said, "Evidently
they're afraid he won't get to heaven
as a (denomination named) and so they
call in a few preachers from other
churches to make sure!" Still others
claim it's an effort to "out-do" some
body else who was buried with only two
or three preachers officiating.
Thus custom continues and grows.
We raise an eyebrow at the burial rites
observed by many primitive peoples
and the ancients. And there's no reason
to doubt that people of centuries to
come will be raising an eyebrow at us.
Get Off That Line!
(Greensboro Daily News)
Macy's may not have told Gimbel's
yet, but the truth is sure to come out.
At 4 o'clock one recent summer
afternoon there was a loud blast from
a telephone booth by an escalator in the
center of the main floor at Macy's De
partment Store in New York.
Investigating police found a small
home-made bomb consisting of a gal
vanized iron pipe two and a half inches
long filled with gunpowder. The bomb
was set off by a small, chcap watch
attached to a battery. _
New York police may not be able to
explain the explosion. They may start
a search for a disgruntled employee or
an irritated customer. They may even
harbor suspicions against the rival Gim
bel's.
But it's perfectly clear to us what
happened. Somebody got tired of wait
ing outside that telephone booth while
the lady customer inside called up a
dozen friends to boast about what a
good bargain she had found at Macy's.
Somebody went home and concocted
the bomb, then returned to Macy's to
set it off. Our only hope is that the
same lady was still inside the booth.
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HOW MUCH MIRACLE DRUG DOES IT TAKE?
WOW/Z?r
Jerry Schumacher
White Lightning a La Mode
Wc were talking about white
lightning. Now for my money I
can't stand the stuff and believe
me 1 have tried it every way they
ever thought of, like with coke,
7- Up, ginger ale, lemon juice,
orange juice, even had some that
had what looked like fruit salad
in it. and all of
it tasted bad to
mc.
Now we have
a friend from
up state that
come up with
this one, "Did
you ever try it
with pickled
poaches in it?"
So 1 said, "No
sir, that's a new
one on me. How
Jerry
docs it taste?" Well he said, "I
don't know but the pickled pcachcs
taste real wonderful."
Fellow went into Capt. Bill's
and said to the waitress, "Miss, do
you have frog legs?" Waitress said,
"No sir, 1 have arthritis, that's
the reason 1 walk this way."
Walter Edwards of Fry Roofing
set me back a bit. And this is how
it come about. After the explos
ion that you all know about by
now I had to take more pictures
and while doing this I said, "Wal
ter, it would seem to me that Fry
Roofing should have some fire
fighting equipment of their own
because this is really a potential
danger spot."
Well instead of getting angry at
my carclcss remark, Walter took
nic around and gave me a cook's
tour of the plant. Now this outfit
has fircfighting equipment galore.
You arc never more than 15 feet
from some kind of an extinguisher.
They have 4 big sheds that house
thousands of feet of hose. Every
man is trained to a station.
When their own siren blows, all
hands run from their particular
job and suddenly become trained
fire fighters. Now that kind of or
ganization plus our wonderful fire
department, why shucks, no self
respectin' fire has a Chinaman's
chance. Mighty comfortin' to know
all this, being as this studio is
just a Mickey Mantle home run
away from there.
Some writers ticklc mc, they all
start off writing for the common
man, that's because they are at
that time common themselves, and
it is then that I like to read their
stuff. Then as they get educated.
you learn to spell long words and
such, their stuff loses its appeal.
Like they will be writing about a
clam digger who says, "I'm going
out in my rowin' skiff at hoy toyd
and sec if I can catch me a boat
load of Mugil Ccphalus." Mullet,
to us common folks. Now you sec
what I mean. Then they win sprin
kle their column or stories with
things like this, "Had lunch with
the President and 6 members of
his cabinet today." All this trying
to impress us readers with their
importance, when if the truth were
known they had a hot dog at Sam's
beancry and read about the Presi
dent in the morning paper.
You know if you get too smart
in this world, you don't have near
as much fun as us stupid people.
Just think, if 1 were smart I would
|iave never bought this miserable
boat, then no one would have any
thing to rib me about. I wouldn't
have anything to write about, also
wouldn't have anything to worry
about or talk about. Now all these
wonderful interesting things hap
pen to me just cause I'm stupid.
Sure hope I never get smart
where everything goes along so
smooth that life will become so
boring it won't even be worth
while.
Ruth Peeling
He's Terrific! He is Not!
One of the most controversial
figures in America is not some
body running for office, it's Elvis
Presley
Presley is a character from Ten
nessee who is sending many folks,
not only teen-agers, into hysteria
with his musical "talent." Some
parents and civic organizations
fear that he is corrupting the mor
als of youth with his wails and
gyrations.
As a matter of fact, those who
have forced themselves to listen to
and look at him, claim they can
hardly understand the words he
utters.
Now the boys down cast have an
argument for this.
They say, "Opera is supposed to
be good music, isn't it?"
The answer to that, in all prob
ability, is yes.
"Opera is usually sung in Italian
or French or something else you
can't understand, isn't it?"
Still the answer has to be yea.
"Just becausc people can't un
dcrstand that, It's still supposed
to be good music, isn't it?"
A weak yes to that too.
"Well, just beeause you can't un
derstand Elvis Presley is no rea
son to say it ain't good music!"
OK, Elvis, wail away. But opera
will still be around, probably, long
after you've joined Betty Boop and
Rudy Vallcc.
"Citing a statute to mc sounds
just like calling football signals!"
?George W. Dill Jr.
Several months ago, Becky
Smith, Morchead City, gave a toast
to "our bosses" at a BfcPW Club
bosses' night dinner.
The toast may be of interest to
every gal and every "boss." Here
'tis:
"So often we think the boss
'never had it so good.' We sit by a
fan that messes our hair-do, while
the boss has lb* air-conditioner.
We get out a mountain of work
and all he does la give his OK or
just sign his name.
In the Good Old Days
THIRTY YEAR# A(iO
Miss Georgia Neal won Ihc beau
ty contest at the Atlantic Hotel.
In a letter to the editor, a Beau
fort resident suggested that the
town commissioners drain the
pools and ditchei to keep the mos
quitoes from breeding.
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Snowden had
returned to Beaufort from Florida
and would make tbeir home here.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
The Marine Bank of Morehead
City had closed. This was the first
bank failure in Carteret County in
20 years. ?
Beaufort would hold a referen
dum on selling the light and water
plant
The new North River bridge was
opened to traffic.
TEN YEARS AGO
Til* first Beaufort PTA meeting
of the year would be held in the
courthousc.
Miss Rachel Brock of Morehead
City would represent Morehead
City at the Tobacco Festival at
Rcidsvillc.
George W. Dill Jr. was asked
by Morehead City commissioners
to assume the office of mayor to
succeed D. B. Willis.
FIVE YEARS AGO
Earl Davis, Clayton Guthrie Jr.,
David Yeomans, Elthu Lewis and
Lynwood Parker were named to
the Marker* Island school commit
tec.
M T Mills. Morehead City, waa
seriously injured when a wrecked
car Ml oa him at the Sound Chev
rolet iari|e.
The newly-installed elevator at
K*Md City Hospital was p?t
t^aritlBn.
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"He takes the prospect out to
lunch and we munch a cold sand
wich. Then he takes the prospect
out for an afternoon of golf. We
feel the world couldn't go on with
out us workers. We arc the ones
who fill the hives with honey.
"This little poem might express
how we feel:
Consider the little busy bee
As down the dusty road be beats
it
Gathering honey all the day
While some lazy loafer cats It.
"But then comes the day when
things go wrong. The file on the
big case gets loat. The customer
raises sand. That's when we wash
our hands and the poor boss's
shoiAders have to be broad. He
bears the burden of loss. He takes
the problems home at night. He
keeps the budget balanced. He has
to meet the payroll.
"So let's join in a Wholehearted
toast to the boss:
It may rain
It may hail
But our bosses never fail.
It may snow, it may sleet.
But our bosses can't be beat."
Note to towns contemplating
celebration of centennials,, and
such: Men, if you want to get out
of growing beards, and ladies, if
you want to avoid a battle with
your husband about it, put a bar
ber on the centennial planning
committee.
Morehead City is expecting to
sell captain's caps to tlx gentle
men. . "*
If anybody's feelings are hurt
because he wanted to grow a beard,
maybe there will be a moustache
and beard concession somewhere
and you can acquire face Miace
at a small price and put H on with
a gum band.
Smik a While
"What is the Uctful way lor ?
girl's father to let her boy friend
know it'a time to leave?"
. "He may carnally pass through
the room with a hox ef breakfast
food" .
? Coast Guard lbgaitM
' 4 - t,*.'
Words of Inspiration
I A UT1U FKOM FATHER TO DAUGHTEK
kjr dear Louise, w
In a few mare years, If the right man comcs along, you will be mar
ried. And, U be is a swell guy and you arc a wonderful wife, your fifth
anniversary gift from him may include a note something like this:
"Darling and best of wives, I thank you for making these five years
the happiest I have ever known.
"1 thank you for appearing at breakfast every morning with your
hair combed, wearing fresh clothcs and a smile.
"1 thank you for considering my taste in food and serving things
I like, instead of suiting your own palate and requiring me to eat things
1 abominate ? or do without.
"I thank you for understanding that food tastes better If nicely
served, and for having some kind of flower on the table at every meal.
"I thank you for allowing me to use your best china and linen, and
silver, instead of saving it for more important people or hoarding it for
your heirs.
"1 thank you for understanding that we two are one, and for the
unfailing loyalty that makes you take my part in any controversy ?
whether I am right or not.
"I thank you for always telling me your real troubles and letting me
help if I can, yet never complaining about little things that nobody can
help.
"1 thank you for realiting how completely my heart is yours, and for
trusting me as I trust you, and never being jealous or suspecting me
of disloyalty.
"1 thank you for waUhing me leave the house many a time and
never once saying: 'Where are you going?"
"1 thank you for being tactful and considerate and never talking
about my ornery relatives and never saying anything unkind about the
nice ones.
"I thank you for remembering that 1 have an interest in things, and
for not saying 'my car' and 'my house' when you mention our car or
our house to your friends.
"1 thank you for being a good sport and never crowing when you
win, or rubbing it in when I am wrong, or saying 'I told you so.'
"And most of all, I thank you for enduring my faults and not telling
me about them."
Whfn and if you get such a note, it will be like graduating with a
grade of 100 per cent.
Love,
Dad
? Robert Quillcn
GOD'S GIFT
We are not here to play, to dream, to drift;
We have hard work to do, and loads to lift;
Shun not the struggle ? facc it, 'tis God's gift.
? Shaftesbury
SPEAK SOFTLY
When we answer back in anger oftimes to one we dearly love,
Many more angry words arc spoken, making angels shudder in
heaven above.
Had we spoken, a soft, kind answer, wrath would quickly disappear,
No broken heart from grievous words spoken to hurt the ones we
love dear.
Speak gently, kindly ot each other, let love be your guiding star;
Let no harsh words in anger spoken, your happiness forever mar.
? Mary Langham
Free Wheeling
By BILL CROWELL
Motor Vehicles Department
OA* SICKNESS . . . Science now
knows what causes motion sick
ness, that queasy-in-the-stomach
feeling you sometimes have on long
motor trips. The trouble comes
from the type of food eaten, kind
of clothing, and boredom.
Children are especially suscep
tible. Which leads Free Wheeling
to advise a simple diet (no pas
tries, mayonnaise, fish) for young
sters during a trip. Also loose,
comfortable clothes, and a favorite
toy or coloring book to occupy the
small frys' attention.
As a further diversion, when
children get restless, the Smith
field Herald suggests some simple
game like seeing which one can
scream the loudest.
HOT CARS . . . Tom Secrest, as
sistant head of the Motor Vehicles
Department's Auto Theft Bureau,
is the car thief's worst occupation
al hazard. The former highway pa
trolman, turned sleuth, nses chem
istry. clerking and checking to up
set plans of auto and truck pilfer
ers.
Tom doesn't low-rate the pro
fessional auto thief. He relishes
matching wits with the pros who.
for the most part, are the ones
who keep him in business.
"Kids who snatch cars tempora
rily for joy riding seldom keep
them more than a few hours,'* he
says. "And others eventually aban
don stolen cars after impulsive,
and usually foolish, journeys. It's
the professional who displays real
cunning at stealing cars and try
ing to cash in on them."
To try and sell a stolen vehicle
in North Carolina is risky bus
iness. Despite new paint jobs, seat
covers, extra accessories and the
like which the professionals em
ploy to disguise a hot car, Tom
and his inspectors can spot them
with regularity. Grinding off en
gine numbers is a standard trick.
Tom doesn't have X-ray eyes but
he can even read such vanished
figures. Chemistry does it.
A secret formula dabbed on an
obliterated engine number brings
it back with Houdini-like myster
iousncss. Fake engine numbers,
cJften substituted after grinding,
are detected with equal facility
by investigators.
RECKLESS ROLLER . . . The man
didn't say a word when the high
way crew ran over his cat with a
steam roller. He just stood there
with a long puss.
Cqptoin Hriry
Sou'easter
Mabel Gilchrist bought some of
the wrought iron work that was
on the old Chadwlck house. After
the story on the house, by Mr.
Salisbury, came out ? few weeks
ago, then was the greatest rush by
lovers of antiques for grillwork and
other stuff from the house. (The
home was torn down, you know). .
I heard one woman in New Bern
tried to buy what Mrs. Gilchrist
had already acquired, and when she
was unsuccessful, cried all night.
You can have all the old stuff.
Givt me a nice new power mower
or an outboard motor any day.
They're still telling this story
about B. C. Brown. He went up to
Jacksonville a couple weeks ago
with the golf clubbers. When he
was introduced to hia Jacksonville
partner, his age was mentioned as
??72."
Well, B. C. got out there and
Hckcd the pants oft hia host and
said host was slightly put out
After carefully riding B. C. around
in the cart, being very charitable
in deference to Mr. Brown's al
leged ate. etc.. It's not very com
fortable to e?me in on the wrong
end of the score.
Mr. B. C.'a Jacksonville partner
p*M, "t do declare. I think some
body waa selling mo a bill of
goodsf
It was It years ago Sunday that
Japan finally gave up and surren
dered to i* on the battleship Mis
souri . . . seems like only yester
day | tried to convince tb? Coast
Guard that I was {it as a fiddle
and could do just as much to win
the war as any young whipper
snapper, even though 1 had been
retired a couple years. What they '
said to me was nice but it about
added up to "We ain't scrapin' the
bottom of the barrel, yet, Henry
m' boy, but if we do. we'll be get
tin' in touch with ya'.n
I understand that the manager
of Morchead City's centennial cele
bration will probably be paid. This
is a good idea, I think. Whoever
engineers such a show puts more
work on it than the volunteers un
der him.
But from what I've read about
the centennial, evidently a lot of
money is going to be passing
hands and it might be a good idea
to have an auditing committcc
keep close check on things.
And so our Miss North Carolina
is in Atlantic City this week. I
believe she has a good chance of
reaching the top.
Reformer? Young man, do you
rcaliie that drinking will never
get you anywhere?
Slewed? Ain't it the truth! I
started home from thia corner five
times already.
I hear the new Colonial Store
will open Wednesday, Sept. 1# . . .
also I'd like to aay a belated
"Howdy and Welcome" to Jim
WhMtley. It's a real good feeling
to have him home again. Best of
Just. 100.
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