Words from the Governor North Carolina's governor spends much of his time delivering addresses. Two that he has made lately contain comments worth repeating. All of these comments do not directly bear on one subject, but they touch upon points about which North Carolina citizens should be aware. Relative to industrial development, the governor at an industrial confer ence luncheon at Charlotte said, "In all your efforts to develop your commun ity and county, planning? whether im mediate or long-range ? should be made in terms of the individual family . . . Whatever our source of economic productivity, we must always think in terms of human beings and their capa bilities, their hopes, their dreams ... If we do this, we shall not fail in our ef forts to raise the per capita income of our people . . ." "For many years, people in North Carolina have been dreaming about providing trunk-line railroad service East to West in North Carolina. Many people have worked long and hard in trying to make this a reality; yet, fail ure has seemed to dog every effort in this direction. Since becoming Gover nor, I have thrown the weight of my administration behind these efforts without any real idea of whether or not our efforts would be successful. "Last week, it was my unexpected and delightful privilege to announce that the Southern Railroad is buying the A&EC Railroad, which will com plete the link needed and give Southern Railroad the opportunity to provide trunk-line railroad servce across North Carolna from our Atlantic beaches to the great Smokies. "I commend the Southern for its courage and leadership in taking this necessary step, which I predict will bring a new day and a new era to east ern North Carolina." The governor pointed out that, as a region, the South has shown more than a 50 per cent increase in manufacturing output in the past five years. There is more mineral activity going on in North Carolina than at any time in past his tory. The governor added, "We currently are producing about 80 per cent of the strategic sheet mica in the United States, and another development in volves the discovery and location of tre mendous quantities of phosphate ore in Beaufort County. In a short time, the state will put out its first full-scale geological map since 1875." So much for industry. On a more philosophical note, referring to people and government in an address before Presbyterian men at Greensboro, Gov ernor Hodges said, "Democracy has fallen sick of a disease." The disease, he explained, has come to mean the multitudes' RIGHTS and not DUTIES, liberty but not companion loyalties, what the individual can get out of a country, but not what he can give to it. "It would do our children good if they had to go through what earlier generations did," Governor Hodges de clared. "Things are too soft for many of us today and as a result we forget there are responsibilities and demands which must be met . . . "Either we will achieve freely-given loyalty to justice, fair play, brother hood, care for the welfare of all, espe cially for the lowest and'the least, or we will get the drill sergeant of the dic tatorship," the governor concluded. There is truth in his words. Most peo ple look only to government for bene fits, yet loudly protest that they have to pay taxes that are too high and that they have to contend with government that is nothing but a burden! Salute to Women Who, Work The full and winter procession of "weeks" is under way and it is most fitting that one of the first is National Business Women's Week. Every year more women enter the business world and produce goods, or services, that help to supply the na tion's growing population. The first Na tional Business Women's Week was ob served 29 years ago, when there were 10 million women at work. Today there are approximately 22 million. Observance of National Business Women's Week is be ing sponsored by the Federation of Busi ness and Professional Women's Clubs. Founded in 1910, this is the oldest and larg est national organiza tion for women in business and the professions. It is the only one which includes all professions and occupations, including the occupa tion of homemaker. In every walk of life there are out standing women. One of those who is known equally well in the "man's world" and "woman's world" is Jac queline Cochran, flier, the first woman to break the sound barrier. She also founded her own nationwide cosmetic business. Miss Cochran comments on women in business as follows: "During my extensive business ca reer, I have found no difference be tween the efficiency quotient of women and men, and oftentimes I have found that women have many more desirable traits. Among them is a more sensitive, intuitive sense on training and handling personnel, more stick-to-it on detail and important follow through; many times them are more imaginative, practical and thoughtful. "The number of wives in our labor market is continuing with an increase of over five million reported in the eleven-year period before January, 1957. In every field of endeavor, you will find gratifying success stories on women. "It is particularly encouraging to ob serve the number of women who are going into completely new fields of en deavor, such as aeronautical engineer ing for training in physics and allied subjects, which heretofore was looked upon exclusively as a man's world. "Certainly World War II proved there was no difference between the ability of men and women flying every type of airplane in every type of op eration except combat." The National B&PW Club impresses its members with the importance of im proving their skills, continuing their education and invites high school and college girl graduates to partake of the pleasures, privileges and responsibili ties of women in the business world. 'Game of Hazards' Even the best of men get knocked down many times in a lifetime. Oc casional knocks aren't anything to be feared. In fact, they make the game of life more interesting. They are the hazards and the bunk ers and the sandtraps that force us to keep our mind on the game and play it best. ? Sunshine Magazine Carteret County News-Times WINNER Or NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS A Merger of The Beaufort Newi (Eft. 1912) and The Twin City Timea (Eat. IBM) Published Tuesdays and Fridays by the Carteret Publishing Company, Inc. MM Arendell St., Morehead City, N. C. LOCKWOOD PHILLIPS - PUBLISHER ELEANORS DEAR PHILLIPS - ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER RUTH L. PEELING - EDITOR Mail Rates: In Carteret County and adjoining counties, M.00 one year, $3.M> six months, 11.23 one month; elsewhere $7.00 one year, $4 00 six months, $1.30 one month. Member of Associated Press ? N. C. Press Association I National Editoaial Association ? Audit Bureau ol Circulations I National Advertising Representative Moran A Fischer, Inc. i Ave., New York IT, N. Y. The Associated Presets entitled exclusively to use for republication of local news printed In this newspaper, as well as all AP news dispatches. Entered as Second Class Matter at Morehead City. N. C.. Under Act of March $, 1MB. T SMALL OPPORTUNITY -5 ' mmm 1 ?ZJVS* >VVC iMMM V%r cattle. Later he opened a little store not far from the house. He sold cigarettes and beer and put in a juke box. His day started at 5 a m. He fed the pigs and the cattle, before breakfast. He was a mighty eater. His wife knew his favorite dish: it was "Jemaline," blended of shrimp and crayfish. He loved to teach his children and later his grandchildren to ride. He was a great believer in sitting up straight, in chair or saddle. "You all act already down," he would say, to one who had slumped. "You've got to sit up straight if you're really alive." But more often than not, he would talk French?the Cajun French of the bayou country. As the years passed, he discov ered television. He watched base ball games televised every Satur day night. If the game was ex citing, it was no use trying to get him to serve a customer at the store. He never smoked. Once in a while, he would play a harmon ica. He took no interest in politics. He was a Roman Catholic but not a regular church-goer. He offered guests steaming hot coffee the minute they dropped in; he liked to have 20 guests for supper. He was no traveler; Cameron parish was all the world he needed. So the children kept sending the grandchildren back to see him. The week before the disaster, Jeancttc Reed, 6, and little Frank came down from Lake Charles to visit. Ten-year old Bobby Simms was already in Grand Chenier. On Wednesday morning Mrs. Reed returned from a trip west with Rebecca and Geraldine Gui dry, the California grandchildren. Frank Reed had promised to have them riding horseback in a few days. Next morning the water over whelmed the house. Today Mrs. Reed is missing. Rebecca and Geraldine and Jeancttc arc miss ing too. Only little Frank is accounted for. His body was found in old Frank Reed's arms. The two were buried the way they were found. Smile a While An opportunist is ? person who, finding himself in hot water, de cides he needs a bath anyway. ?The AoUmia lout? Spiyy Words of Inspiration RELAXATION AND RECREATION The most relaxing recreating forces are a healthy religion, sleep, music and laughter. Have faith in God ? learn to Sleep well, love good music, see the funny side of life, and health and happiness will be yours. ? Unknown The Lord may forgive our sins, but the nervous system never does. ? William James Half the worry in the world is caused by people trying to make de cisions before they have sufficient knowledge on which to base a de cision. ? Dean Hawkes No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. 1 have been my own greatest enemy ? the cause of my own disastrous tate. ? Napoleon Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work however hard, tor one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means. ? Robert Louis Stevenson Every day is a new life to a wise man. Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call today his own; He who, secure within, can say: "Tomorrow, do thy worst, for 1 have liv'd today." ? Horace The main thing is to have something in view and then do your level best to see it through. The fun. interest and companionship come from building and dreaming and hoping together, from sharing triumphs and disappointments, successes and failures. ? Samuel and Esther Kling CONSEQUENCES A traveler on a dusty road strewed acorns on the lea; And one took root and sprouted up, and grew into a tree. Love sought its shade at evening time, to breathe his early vows, And age was pleased, in heats of noon to bask beneath its boughs; The dormouse loved its dangling twigs, the birds sweet music bore; It stood a glory in its place a blessing evermore. A little spring had lost its way amid the grass and fern; A passing stranger scooped a well where weary men might turn, lie walled it in and hung with care a ladle at the brink; He thought not of the deed he did, but judged that all might drink. He paused again, and lo! the well, by summer never dried, lie cooled ten thousand parching tongues and saved a life beside. A dreamer dropped a random thought; 'twas old, and yet 'twas new; A simple fancy of the brain, but strong in being true. It shone upon a genial mind, and lo! its light became A lamp of life, a beacon ray, a monitory flame. The thought was small, its issue great; a watchfire on the hill; It shed its radiance far adown, and cheers the valley still. A nameless man, amid a crowd that thronged the daily mart. Let fall a word of Hope and Love, unstudied from the heart; A whisper on the tumult thrown, a transitory breath ? It raised a brother from the dust, it saved a soul from death. O germ! O fount! O word of love! O thought at random cast! Ye were but little at the first, but mighty at the last. ? Unknown From the Bookshelf The Reformation. By Will Du rant. Simon & Schuster. Dr. Durant's Ions surveying ex pedition down the course of civili zation, from its headwaters in pre history, has reached the Reforma tion. But like four of the preced ing five volumes in his sweeping "Story of Civilization," the title of the present work, as he readily acknowledges, does not do justice to his far-reaching inquiry. He covers in surprising detail the po litical, cultural, social, and even economic history of most of West ern Europe and related areas of the East over three centuries. Approaching the Reformation, Durant goes back beyond his pre vious history of the Italian Renais sance to the conclusion of "The Age of Faith." He describes the "rehearsal" for the Protestant re volt. Then, after filling in the ma jor facts about the progress and the calamities in the main coun tries, he advances to the discovery of the New World and the true Re formation: Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Knox, and that unlikely reformer, King Henry VIII of England. Naturally he leans heavily on secondary sources. Durant is not striving for startling and hence debatable conclusions. Instead, he tells the story of history, setting down the judgments of the lead ing authorities in various fields. As always, he makes his charac ters, even the minor ones, come alive. The detectable defects arc few. One who admires Durant's ex citingly readable style can be for given for disliking such an ana chronism as "it seemed a propi tious time to begin the Hundred Years' War." And the translator who made Villon's line read "Where are the snows of yester year?" was Rossetti, not Ruskin. ?Ronald C. Hood Ilow the Merrimac Won. By R. W. Daly. Crowcll. The judgment of history has been that the famous encounter between the Merrimac and Monitor in Hampton Roads in 1862 was a drawn battle, with the long range effects strictly favoring the Union. Now, in this slender volume, Daly endeavors to reverse the judg ment. He argues that the strategic victory belonged to the Merrimac and the Confederacy. Daly is associate professor of naval history at the U.S. Naval Academy. He did not set out with any preconceived notion but reached his conclusions along the path of his meticulous, arduous re search. In the first place, Daly argues, the Merrimac's potential was vast ly overrated. Although its initial strike at the Union fleet spread terror along the Atlantic coast from Washington to New York, he demonstrates convincingly that the Merrimac was too ponderous and clumsy to venture into the open sea, and never was intended for anything more than harbor de fense. His main thesis is that the Mer rimac destroyed Washington hopes for a short war. It upset George II. McClcllan's original plan for a swift strike at Richmond, with transports landing his army just one day's march from the Con federate capital. Perhaps Daly is too charitable to McClellan in giving the Merri mac sole credit for frustrating him. If the Merrimac's control of the James River had not been avail able as an excuse, it is this re viewer's opinion that McClellan would have found some other rea son for delay. That personal observation is not meant in any way to detract from the merit of an audacious piece of scholarship. Daly makes a per suasive argument that must be regarded as a fresh and highly en terprising contribution to history. ?Bob Price r.r; h? Ai ?w ?oo th. hwi