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Addition to a letter 47. High in music 49. Deity 50. Health resort 53. Eleven Teachers (Continued from Page 1. Section 2) and demanding day, most teachers are in no condit.on to attwdto business or other per??nal ??a^ They are more likely to be mak ing a call to a parent or trying to figure out how to cope with a problem that is coming up next day. in addition to her regular duties a teacher must keep books and be a money changer. There are milk and lunch tickets to scll and be responsible for. Insurance mon ey must be collected and recorded. Numerous other ftn.nt'al respon^ sibilities fall under the heading of being a teacher - handlmg th money for the Junior Red Cross drive, the Easter Seal "nvass the March of Dimes, and other money-raising campa.gns .n whKh school children arc asked to take part. Teachers have a summer vaca tion of three months, without w They have to eat during ^ three months. would you like to be forced to look for an extra three-month job every year? In the first place, at the end of the school year the teacher is usually too exhausted to be en thusiastic about looking for work. In the second place, . few three month jobs are available. Often | a teacher must attend summer school to have her certificate re newed or to work for a higher de gree This increases her expenses when nothing is coming in. Actually, a teacher needs the three months in which to unwind and recuperate so as to he.Physi tally fit for the strenuous We she will undertake once more in Sep ''some teachers arc lucky in that they have parents who are willing and able to take care of them dur ing their pavless months. But surely the teaching profession should be on a higher plane ^ than that. Teachers should be able to feel independent, proud of their profession and confident that they ire doing a great work and that 11 TeacherT'are^expacted to make good citizens of children when parents have failed to do ? , CM zenship, good behavior, scholastic achievement are the responsibility of the teacher. First-class results are expected of people who are paid as second-rate w?r*?"( . Everybody cries for good teach^ ers How do they expect to get them? Some individu.ls ,c u*"yr love teaching and aUy in it for that reason. They are not enough. Before our public schools cease declining, the profession must be made financially attractive to the many young people who arc ^ cap able of becoming good worxcrs ,nAr^ilCaO Of NorthC.ro lina's teachers, ita ratio to the pay of teachers in other sUtcs has steadily declined in the last few years and is now near the bottom L u,e list of the U members of the union. Is it surprising that our good teachers are going into other professions or leaving the state Contrary Custom Baltimore (AP>? In * drug store on east Baltimore Street here, cus tomers face contrary orders. A lit erature stand is posted, "Come in and Browse." But there is also a sign in the store that reads. "If You Have Nothing to Do, Don't Do It Here." .. mmi ?u(wm SYMPTOMS AT ONE TIMS. ?N IMS* TIM I ITS THE PPQVCN CCLDS MEDlCINg N?-wi from Feb. 6? The Rev. Leslie Rowe of Bridgeton will fill his regular appointment in the Baptist Church Sunday. Pfc. Harmond Bennett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harmond Bennett Sr., who is stationed in Bamberg, Germany, will be transferred to the states in the near future. Mr. George M. Russell, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Russell, who is attending King's College in Greensboro, spent the weekend at home. Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Fodrie and daughter, Kay, of South Nor folk, spent the weekend with Mr. Fodrie's mother and sister, Mrs. Fodrie and Mrs. Whitley. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Salter of Havelock spent Sunday with Mrs. Salter's sister, Mrs. Lula Bennett. Mrs. James Proffitt of Norfolk spent the weekend with her grand mother, Mrs. Fannie Fodrie. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hardy of Norfolk, a son. Mr. Hardy is the brother of Mrs. Leona Rogers. Mr. Cecil Gordon of Norfolk, Va., spent the weekend with Mr. j Ralph Whitley. Miss Doris Guthrie, who under went surgery at Morehead City Hospital, returned home Sunday. Mrs. Eva Bailey of Gloucester spent Sunday with Mrs. George Russell. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lewis and family spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs. Allie Lewis. Quite a large crowd from here attended the Carteret County Sing ing Convention at Morehead City Sunday. Mrs. Richard Wymond is em ployed at Cherry Point now. Mr. Cleo Merrill and Mr. Ray mond Still returned home after a business trip to Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Windley arc the proud parents of a fine adopted son. in order to gain some recognition in their own profession? Our children, and thus the fu ture of the state, are the ones who are being made to suffer. The State Legislature will meet in Feb ruary. That gives parents of school children and other friends of the schools a little while in which to let their legislators know how they feel about the pay North Carolina gives its tcachcrs. How the Menhaden Business Operated in 'Gay Nineties' By THOMAS H. CARROW The article on menhaden fishing off Beaufort and Morehead City by Mr. Jerry Schumacher is by far the most graphic and informative story on the subject 1 ever read. It must have been tremendously interesting to the local landlubbers who no doubt have wondered about all the details of how a crew could catch and bring to the factory a million fish in one day. Some fish! The article was particularly sig nificant to me as a basis for com paring the menhaden industry in Carteret County of today with the days of my boyhood in Beaufort in the Gay Nineties, which by com parison were not so gay after all. At the time I speak of there was one steamboat, named the Nelly Dey, and two schooner type boats, named the Alert and Conway, re spectively, and one or two sharpie type boats out of Beaufort engaged in what was then ^called the fat back business, the nickname being derived from the oil in the fish. Two Factories There were two factories, one owned by Mr. C. P. Dey and I am unable to say who owned the other. Mr. bey's factory was located at Lennoxville and the other was lo cated on the Newport River north of Gallants Point. I think Mr. Dick Rice had an in terest in the latter. There were also some sailboats out of More head City engaged in the fat-back business at the time, but my mem ory of them is vague. I do remem ber, however, that Mr. Dan Bell, the grandfather of the present legis lator from Morehead City, was di rectly interested in the business. Aside from the Nelly Dey, Mr. John Dudley, captain, and Mr. Par- 1 kins, engineer, every other boat was under sail and all the work of | catching, loading, unloading and transportation was done by man power and by the wind and tides. The purse boats were manned by four men at the 10-foot oars, a man to steer and one, perhaps, to han dle the lead weight, used to sink the seine. This weight was made locally from melted lead poured into a mould. It had a ring into which the line, used in dropping it into the sea, was tied. No Machines Then I am unable to detail the opera tion of casting the net and pulling the fish up to the big boat, but there was nothing but manpower to do it with and the physical ex ertion was tremendous. A scoop net on the end of * 25-foot pole was used to take the fish from the^eine and load them into the boat. I am not sure whether block and tackle were used or not. As stated, all the boats except one were sail boats and that meant that getting out to sea and getting back on any sort of regular sched ule was as uncertain as the weather. When it was calm and flood tide it was impossible to get out. And when it was calm and ebb tide it was impossible to get in. I have know boats to be de layed in Newport River many a time all night long, unable to bat tle with the calm wind and/or tide. And what happened after they got to the dock? Every fish in the hold of the boat had to be shoveled into containers, hoisted and dump ed into little push cars that ran down from the factory to the end of the docks. What labor! The fish were processed by the most primitive methods and the odor would be wafted over the county for a couple of miles. Drying the Scrap Now the item that stands out in my memory very conspicuously was what seemed to me then the biggest wooden platform in the world for drying the "fish scrap", as they called it then. It had to be turned over and moved about to prevent spoiling. And that was a job. How bout the money the men made from fishing? I have no fig ures on this point, but I am in clined to think that for every dol lar a man made then, the same PROOF Straight BOURBON Whiskey $9.10 mmm pint 93.35 4/6 QUART TYKONl MSVRUNt COMPANY lAWMMCliUHO, KIMTVCKV work would pay ten dollars now, while the work a man did then in the business was ten times as ardu ous as now. Then there is the investment in the fish business, the improvement in the boats and fishing tackle and the manufacturing facilities. For every hundred dollars invested in the nineties I am sure the figure is a thousand, maybe ten thousand now. Today the menhaden business is one of the important businesses of Eastern North Carolina and op erated on scientific principles. In the early days it was just as tricky and as uncertain as the weather, which in some seasons resulted in very poor business. Indeed, 1 re member some seasons when the ? * ? fishermen bad to go in debt to live. Oitiluliil Person* I would like to call attention to bne otber feature and that is the character of the captains of the fat-back boats and their crew. I am sure there never was a hardier nor more competent set of men than those who operated the fat back boats and the factories in the nineties. One stands out in my mind, Cap tain Mark Mason He was a hand some competent man and was re spected by his crew and the people of the county. His son, John Wash, followed in his footsteps. Mr. C. P. Dey, the owner of the Lennoxville factory, was undoubt edly one of Carteret County's finest citizens for half a century or more. I*-.*? Feb 6? Mrs. A. N. Bell and Mrs Kucb Williams and daughter, Mrs. Luke Turner, and son and Mrs. E. R. Bowlin Jr. were in Beau fort Thursday morning. Mrs. Charlie Bell and Mrs. Earl He was chairman of the county commissioners from 18#4 to 1898 The fact that is most impressive in reviving memories of the men haden business as 1 knew it in the latter part of the nineteenth cen tury is the tremendous progress that has been made in every direc tion in Carteret County, particular ly in business and education and in the adoption of modern facilities for living. I believe that the stiua tion as it exists today presents a future for the people that will com pare favorably with any other part of the USA. DirHiilu of Core Crack visited Id ttw community Monday Mr. and Mr?. Edael Bell and cbildron vlaitad Mr. and Mr*. Car roll MilUs at Newport Saturday night. Mrs. Harvey Golden and daugh ter and Mrs. T. M. Turpin of Havelock vuited Mrs A. N. Bell Friday morning. Mr. and Mr* Kuch Williams and children and Mr. Clyde Bell vis ited at Vanccboro Sunday after noon. Mrs. Charlie Bell and Mrs. George Ball were at Beaufort and Morehead City Friday Mrs. David Bittner of Beaufort visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gurney Connor, Saturday. Mrs. Stella Lane of Core Creek has been visiting Mrs. Earl Jar man. Mrs. E. R Bowlin visited at Havelock and Newport Monday. Mrs. Rodman Taylor and chil dren of Beaufort visited her sis ter, Mrs. Edsel Bell, Tuesday morning. Mrs. Luke Garner and son, Mrs. Krw? frva gy Feb. 5? Mr. and Mrs. Georga Adam* and daughter ipent Sun day with their parenta, Mr. and Mra. Vivian Chadwick. Mr. Jackie Page of Louisburg College spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Willis. Mr. Billy Willis of Norfolk spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Willis. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Simpson of Beaufort spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Mamie Wade. Edsel Bell and daughter and Mrs. E. R Bowlin were at Russells Creek Friday morning. Several of the community at tended the funeral of Mr. Ashley Fodrie at Russells Creek last Sun day. ^:il UMMER Tl?g tomiM ?Ste 4,-lH QUANTITY RIGHTS RESERVED PRICES EFFECTIVE THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, FEB. 7-8-9 Pops-Rite POPCORN in OIL 2i?. 39^ Pillsbury Chocolate angel food mix Get One Box FREE with each box at 49^ Fresh Carton* 3'? 29 y Fresh, Crisp CUCUMBERS 2 LBS. 25* Westover Halve* PEACHES Nc-''" 29 j Plymouth Instant COFFEE ">?? 45^ ?*? 89/ Plymouth MARGARINE 27? Royalty Crushed PINEAPPLE c?- W Red Bird VIENNAS 10^ CHEER ?si? $1.05 Tru-Way BLEACH 2 Q- 29^ Bruce Self-Polishing FLOOR WAX ot 691 Hl-C ORANGE DRINK 27? Bakers Instant CHOCOLATE 25? frosty morn FRANKS KRAFT MUSTARD U. S. GOOD BONELESS Lb. Cello 6-Oz. Bottle BOTH ONLY 39 Rib Steak ? 69> SWIFT'S PREMIUM BACON ARMOUR'S STAR FULLY COOKED Lb. half OR .. WHOLE "-D. 59 59 / GET 2 PACKAGES CIGARETTES FREE FRIDAY, FEB. 8TH WHEN YOU BUY A CARTON OF CHESTERFIELDS OR LAM'S AT REGULAR PRICE Your appetite it no longer "penalized" by old man winter. You can have lummer foods any time of the year with Pi||ly Wiggly's wide variety of frozen and canned food*. We offer you an almoit unlimited (election ? come take your pick and serve your family a "different" meal tonight I And naturally, you save more at Pigglyl STORE HOURS: 8 A.M. to 6:30 P.M. Friday Open 'til 8 P.M. Closed Wednesday 1 P.M. CORNER 14TH AND AREN DELL STS.
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