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.
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Advice-Giving Manuals Arrive
Now available at THE NEWS
TIMES office are two manuals
dealing with humane treatment of
animals. One describes the Society
for Prevention of Cruelty to Ani
mals and the other manual, pub
lished by the American Humane
Association, gives procedures on
organizing a humane society.
Readers have expressed interest
in such organizations. Anyone who
wishes to borrow this material
may pick it up at the newspaper
office.
Mayor Clifford Lewis, Beaufort,
recently suffered a serious wound
from a sting ray. He's back on his
feet again, we're happy to report.
Not to be outdone, however. Mayor
George Dill of Morehead City de
cided last week that he would run
into a "cherry tree" in his yard.
He cut a lovely gash right across
the top of his head.
ABC Officer Marshall Ayscuc
seriously doubts that the obstacle
with which the mayor tangled was
a cherry tree. "I never heard of
a cherry tree around here,'' Mar
shall says, shaking his head du
biously.
"No," Mayor Dill decided, "it's
a caterpillar tree."
Last week was the week for the
Dill family to run into things. Mrs.
Dill ran into a stop sign. Not with
the car. Just alone, all by her
self. She rushed to get hold of her
son, George Leigh, who ? she
thought?had not seen a car ap
proaching, but she collided with a
stop sign and received a big bruise
on her arm.
All right, Mrs. Lewis, if you're
next, make it something trivial.
The recent array of bugs has
been a revelation. 1 now know why
they say that anybody who is
crazy, is "buggy". The bugs are
enough to drive anybody crazy,
I've gotten so that 1 swat at any
thing in mid-air. 1 was cleaning
house Saturday and was killing
things left and right?all of it fuzz
floating in the sunlight.
A praying mantis was on my
stepladder and I had to pick hiin
up and move hiin to a bush. When
1 did, he flailed his front arms
and turned his head and looked
at me just as mad as could be.
It was cither that or step on him.
Bugs don't appreciate humans the
way they should.
Mr. Thomas H. Carrow writes
from Philadelphia that he enjoyed
the story on Darden Eurc Jr.'s
jamboree adventures. The story
ran in last Tuesday's paper.
Mr. Carrow says, "The article
was beautifully written. In fact,
it was so graphic that I felt as if
I were again visiting some of the
sights enumerated . . . The article
also gave me a good idea of what
the Boy Scouts are doing to in
fluence youngsters to lead a clean
life. I was particularly glad to
notice that Carteret County had
a goodly number of Scouts, which
will show good effect in the com
ing generation."
Scout leaders and supporters of
Scouting, take a bow.
And thank you, Mr. Carrow, for
your kind words.
'You've Got to Sit Up Straight
(Editor's Note: The following article appeared in the Sept. 13, 1957
issue of the Cameron Parish Pilot, Cameron, La. Jerry Wise, editor
of the Pilot, ealls it "one of the most moving stories to come out of
the hurricane" [Audrey!. It was written by the Pilot's colored cor
respondent from Grand Chenier, Mrs. Lee J. Harrison, who is now
living at Lake Charles, La.)
Frank Reed stood 6 feet 2,
weighed 210 pounds, had a shock
of white hair and was fond of say
ing of his nine sons, "I have my
own baseball team."
He was born in Grand Chcnier,
in 1881, when it was all farming
and fishing?none of this latter
day offshore oil business.
When he was 21, he married
Jcanctte Jones, who was only 14.
Besides their boys, they had three
girls. After a while the children
moved away to places as far away
as California. But Frank liked to
have a houseful of his own grand
children with him for the summer.
Five of those grandchildren were
with him in the roomy old house
on his 80 fertile acres on June 27.
Two had arrived the day before
from San Francisco.
Today Frank Reed lay in a cof
fin clasping the body of 4-year-old
Frank Reed III. The other grand
children were dead, too, and so
was their grandmother. From Gal
veston and Lake Charles, and from
the far west coast, the Reed chil
dren came to mourn.
This was a day for funerals, in
dividual and collective. The com
munity sought to provide burial
for the unidentified while keeping
a record of clues?such as finger
prints?that might lead to identi
fication later, and private re-burial.
Two group services were sched
uled. There was still no firm figure
on the unidentified dead.
But as the hastily built coffins
were lowered into trenches, it was
easy to forget that each individual
had an history, and family ties,
more or less like Frank Reed's.
Actually, his long Jifc had
touched the lives of most of the
others. So if you knew something
about Frank Reed you knew some
thing about most of those who lived
and died in the remote marshland
rimming the Gulf of Mexico.
Frank Reed went through ano
ther big blow in 1918. He bought
his property the following year.
He grew cotton and corn, raised
IS THE GOOD OLD BBS
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Mr. Julian Brown of Marshall
bcrg had found a number of Indian
rclica which were on display at the
Beaufort Banking and Trust Co.
Beaufort students who left this
week for Chapel Hill included Al
bert Gaskill, James Wheatley,
William Potter and Sam Way.
Tcaehers of the Beaufort graded
school and of St. Paul's school
were entertained at a reception at
Ann Street Methodist Church.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
The Beaufort Graded School
opened a cafeteria and served
sixty-three 10-ccnt lunches to the
students.
A breakwater was being con
structed at the rear of the store
occupied by B. L. Jones, F. R.
Bell and C. V. Hill.
A Portsmouth resident was
brought to court for allowing his
cattle and sheep to rtm loose In
Portsmouth Village.
TEN YEARS AGO
County superintendent H. L. Jos
lyn announced that 4,173 students
had enrolled in the county schools.
Beaufort Jaycccs announced that
their project for the year was to
clean up the waterfront and to
find the solution of garbage dump
ing in the water by Front Street
stores.
Newport received its first fire
fighting equipment, a fully
equipped 1948 Chevrolet fire en
gine.
FIVE YEARS AGO
Mrs. Glenn Adair was elected
president of the Beaufort Junior
Woman's Club.
The Carolina Power and Light
Co. had erected new lights on
Front Street, Beaufort, in the new
section of town.
The Honorary Tar Heels, a group
of writers and photographers, were
in Morcbead City this weekend.
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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
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