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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Carter* County'* Newspaper EDITORIALS FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1959 Figures Worth Noting North Carolina was the only one of six southeastern 'states which experi enced an increase in value of exports through its ports in 1958. Tar Heels should be favorably impressed by that figure ? and the state's governing au thorities should take note. Overall, the value of exports and im ports through Georgia, Florida, Ala bama, Louisiana, North and South Car olina, declined. But in shipping circles it was no secret that shipping was way off last year. In the face of this, however, North Carolina experienced a 29 per cent ad vance over 1957, with the value of both exports and imports clearing its ports going from 121.4 million dollars to 150.3 million. The figures are from a US Department of Commerce report. North Carolina's gain, in value of ex ports, was from 65.8 million dollars to 87 million. In imports, the gain was from 55.6 million to 63.3 million dol lars. How come? It could be that North Carolina is so new at the ports business, that the only way it can go is up. But that is a naive evaluation of the situation, since there are more than 40 ports in the six south eastern states, fighting and clawing for business. North Carolina's record for 1958 shows that there is able administration on the executive level in the state ports picture. It shows that the ports have able salesmen ? be they on the state ports payroll or just citizens and busi nesses anxious to see the state port bus iness grow. The 1958 statistical report on North Carolina imports and exports indicates a lot of things. But most important of all, it indicates that North Carolina should not short-change its-ocean ports program. North Carolina's greatest growth po tential lies on the coast. Ports are the key to new wealth. What happens in Raleigh in this session of the legisla ture will determine whether the key is turned to make that new wealth fully accessible. North Carolina Pioneers North Carolina indicated again a progressive spirit last week when the general assembly approved compulsory polio inoculation. It is criminal to allow human beings to suffer from polio crippling when there is a means of preventing such crippling. To be allowed to enter school next fall, all 6-year-olds must have certifi cates showing that they have been im munized against polio. The shots can be given by the family doctor, or coun ty health departments will give the shots to those unable to pay for a doc tor's services. Cost to the state of the new program is estimated at $100,000 a year. North Carolina is the first state in the nation to enact a compulsory polio vaccina tion law. Let's hope other states will soon follow suit. Pizza is King The pizza craze is sweeping the country. This luscious Italian "pie" of cheese, tomato and pastry was known to very few Americans before world war II. But veterans of the second world war who came back from Italy had ac quired a taste for it. They introduced it to the homefolks here and Ameri cans have taken to it like kids take to candy. The name, pizza, is simply the Ital ian word for pie. And the pizza maker is the pizzaiuolo. Not only is pizza de lectable when properly made, it's in expensive, it can be eaten without knife or fork and the pizzaiuolo is fascinat ing to watch. Pizzerias (where pizza is sold) spe cialize in making the pies where the customer can see them. The pizza maker gets a large lump of dough from a deep table drawer where it has been rising. From a flat cake about 2 inches thick he twirls it into a large pancake about a quarter of an inch thick. He places this on a large wooden peel (baker's shovel) and then "fills" the pie. This filling, basically, consists of Italian plum tomatoes, Mozarella cheese and sometimes a bit of Par mesan cheese, and a sprinkling of olive oil. But lots of folks like a bit more to their pie ? this is where anchovy fil lets, sliced onions, mushrooms, chopped salami or pepperoni, crumbled sausage or meat balls ? get into the act When the pie is made, with the proper garnishes as specified by the customer, the pizza is slipped onto the floor of a special gas oven which has been heated to about 650 degrees. In about five minutes it's ready to be de voured. Slipped from the oven to a large aluminum tray, it is cut into wedges and the hungry pizza eaters fall to. The pizza originated in Naples and some of the skillful Neapolitan pizza makers claim their open-fire ovens make the best pizza. Still others cling r to the old-time brick ovens and look down their noses at the newly-designed ovens in most American pizzerias. But Americans who have never known the "old-fashioned" ways of making pizza seem perfectly satisfied with the pizza as they know it. An ar ticle in Aramco World reports that there art 26,000 roadside and sidewalk stands selling 50 million slices of pizza a week, in addition to many restau rants that are dishing them out. The hamburger and hot dog have evidently had their day. Snack time in the USA today means pizza! Phone Tax Should Go (Hamilton County Herald) From the federal government's view point, the 10 per cent excise tax on all telephone service is a fine thing. It can't be evaded by the taxpayer, because he has to fork over the money when he pays his monthly phone bill. And the funds roll in without much ef fort on the government's part, because the phone companies do the work of collecting from the people. But from most any angle, it's an ex ceedingly bad tax. In the first place, it's discriminatory. There's no excise tax on water, gas, or electricity. In fact, the telephone is the only essential household utility that is so taxed. In the second place, the excise tax is a burdensome surcharge on top of all the other telephone company taxes each customer must help pay. It's been figured that out of every (1 the aver age user pays for telephone service, 28 cents goes to taxes. The telephone excise tax has been with us as an "emergency" levy since 1941. For the last 10 years, the federal revenue acta haven't even mentioned a termination date for that tax. We think you should tell your congressman whether you want it to become a per manent part of the tax structure ? or whether you feel as we do, that it should be repealed. Carteret County Newt-Times WINNER OP NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS A Merger of The Beaufort Newa (Eit. 1912) and Hie Twin City Time* (Eat ISM) Published Tuesdays and Friday! by the Carteret Publishing Company, Inc. 804 Arendell 8t. Morehead City, N. C. LOCKWOOD PHILLIPS - PUBLISHER ELEANORS DEAR PHILLIPS - ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER RUTH L. PEELING - EDITOR Mail Rates: In Carteret County and adjoining counties, *00 one year, $3.50 six months, JUS one month; elsewhere >7.00 one year, $4.00 six months, $1.50 one month. Member at Associated Press ? N. C. Press Association National Editorial Association ? Audit Bureau of Circulations National Advertising Representstive Moras Jk Fischer. Inc. 18 Eaat ?0th gtrnot, Now Yortt !?. N. Y. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to use far republication a t local news printed in this new^aper, as well aa all AP news dispatches Entered aa Second Class Matter at Morehead City. N. C.. Under Act of March i, Wt SOMEONE IS FALLING DOWN IflfcMi?IMiailliimMiBilH H wMIKIIttiCAMMCBflHHBMl REPORTED < "TWO MILLION JUVENILE . ^aoo-S A >i Kfi -r fOLKE ?L THE i ^ cam KM Security for You... By KAY HENRY I.ikr a lot of young couples with children, Sarah and Phil Mills couldn't make it on his pay check alone. So, several years ago Sarah got a job clerking in a grocery store. Although she would have pre ferred being home with the kids, she didn't mind working too much. Phil's mother looked after the chil dren and was good to them. And, Phil had promised Sarah she could quit work as soon as he started making $100 a week. PhU was now near the $100 mark and Sarah was really looking for ward to quitting. Then, one Sat urday night about 10, just after the store closed, she was in a car ac cident. The manager of the store was taking her home, as he always did when the worked late, and a tire blew out. The car swerved and rolled over. Sarah was badly cut by glass and had some internal in juries. She died the next day in the hos pital. She had no insurance. PhU had always felt it was more important to have insurance on his life. He didn't think about Social Security until a friend mentioned it about six weeks after the accident. That night, he wrote a letter to the Social Security office in his city. He would have taken time off to visit the office, but he didn't figure it was worth it. He prob ably didn't have anything coming and was only writing because his friend had suggested it The letter started the Social Se curity's wheels moving. In a few weeks, he was told the children could collect Social Se curity monthly payments until they reached 18 or married, whichever came fint; that he could collect ? lump sum death payment. The payments would be based on Sa rah's two years of work in the gro cery store. The payments to the children would be $70 a month until Kath leen, the oldest, reached 18, and then they would drop to $42 a month. After Phil Jr., reachcd 18, they would stop altogether. The lump sum payment would be $168. Phil was amazed. He'd never heard anything about children be ing entitled to Social Security pay ments if their mother died ? even if she did work. "Why are they eligible?" he ask ed the Social Security office. He was told the children would get the payments under a pro vision of the Social Security law which says: A mother who has been working for at least 18 months during the three years just before her death and who has been paying into So cial Security is presumed to be supporting her children. Thus, they're her dependents. As de pendents, the children are eligible to Social Security. The lump sum is paid to a sur viving widower if he was living in the same household with his wife when she died. The requirement to receive it is that his wife work ed in a job covered by the Social Security law for at least 18 of the last 36 months before her death. In fact, he was told, these are only two types of payments made to survivors of deceased workers. Payments may also go to widows taking care of minor children, wi dows 62 or over, widowers at 63 and parents. (Edltor'f Note: Ton may con tact the social security repre sentative at the coorthoase an ?ex, Beaufort, from l:JI a.m. to noon Mondays. He will help you with your own particular prob lem). This is the Law By ROBERT E. LEE For the N. C. Bar Association GENERAL ASSEMBLY This is the first of a spring series of articles that will appear through out the next three months. They have been written for the non-law yer as a public service of the North Carolina Bar Association. '* " Bow Buy members of the General Assembly of North Caro lina are there? There are SO members of the Senate and 120 members of the House. How are the members of the General Assembly chosen? The members of the House of Representatives are elected by the voters of the one hundred counties in the state. Each county has at least one representative in the House of Representatives. The more populous counties have more than one representative. For ex ample, Mecklenburg and Guilford Counties have four each, and some of the other counties have two or three each. The members of the Senate are elected by the voters of the 33 sen atorial districts. Several neighbor ing counties may comprise a single senatorial district; and in the case of the more populous counties ? single county may constitute a sen atorial district. Some of the sena torial districts elect two members of the Senate and others ooe. Are there any age reqatre menu for decttea to the General AsaemMy of North Carolina? Yea. Each member of the Sen ate must be ?t least 25 years of age. Members of the House of Representatives need be only 21 nntfi . Who fills the vacancies occur ring in the General Assembly? A 1952 amendment to the Con stitution of North Carolina stipu lates that vacancies occurring by death, resignation or otherwise, "shall be filled immediately by the governor appointing the person recommended by the executive committee of the county in which the deceased or resigned member was resident, being the executive committee of the political party with which the deceased or resign ed member was affiliated at the time of his election." What Is the pay received by the members of the General As sembly? Members of the Senate and House of Represenatives receive the same pay. It is fixed by the Constitution of North Carolina, which says they "shall receive as a compensation for their services the suiQ of fifteen dollars per day for each day of their session for a period not exceeding one hundred and twenty days. The compensa tion of tiie presiding officers of the two houses shall be twenty dollars per day for a period not exceeding one hundred and twenty days." They receive a subsistence al lowance, not to exceed eight dol lars a day, for each day of the period during which the General Assembly remains in seulon. They receive a travel allowance far one round trip, from their home to Raleigh and return, once during the session of the General Assembly. A bill has been Intro duced in the 1959 session providing travel expenses for one round trip to their home each week. As of the time that this column wis writ ten, final action an this bill had not beta tikiiL ? Comment . . . j. Keiium FLOWERS FOR THE TABLE The delightful recipcs below ap pear In the excellently written pub lication of the National Geographic Society, The World in Your Gar den (1957). "To fry Primrose - Leaves in March with eggs ? Take a handful or two of Primrose leaves, mince them very small, beat them into a dozen eggs; your pan being very hot, cool it a little, and put in a piece of butter, so put in your eggs, fry them very soberly; when it is enough on that side, turn it, and lay it in again on the other side; when it is enough, scrape on Sugar, scruise on the juice of a Lummon or two. The whole Body of Cookery Disscctcd, Taught, and fully manifested. London, 1673. "To make a sirrup of violets ? Pick the flowers and weigh them, put them into a quart of water, and steep them on hot embers, un til such time as the flowers are turned white, and the water blew as any violet; then add to that quart of infusion, four pounds of refined Sugcr, and boyl it until it comes to a sirrup, being boylcd and scummed on a gentle fire, lest it turns its colour; so done, put it up, and keep it for your use. The Art of Confectionary. London, c. 1750 "To make a tarte of marigoldes, Prymroses, or Couslips ? Take (such) floures and perboyle them tender, then strayne them with the yolckes of three or fotire egges, and swetc curdes, or els take three or foure apples, and perboyle wythal and strayne them with swctc butter and a lyttlc mace and so bake it. A Proper Newe Booke of Cokcrye (mid-16th century) "To pickle any kind of Flowers for Sallets & c. Put them into a gally-pot or double glass, with as much sugar as they weigh, fill them up with wine vinegar; to a pint of vinegar add a pound of sugar, and a pound of flowers; so keep them for sallets or boild meats in a double glass covered over with a blade and leather. The Accomplisht Cook. London, 1685" Now He Believes An Antrim farmer who com plained that his wife did not shoul der her full share of the burden agreed to run the household for one day. He kept a minute record of his activities. It read: Opened the door for children: 106 times. Shouted, "Stop, Johnnie": M. Tied their shoes: 18. Stopped quarrels: 19. Answered phone: 11. Provided glasses of water and milk: 26. Answered questions: 202. Ran after children: About 4Vi miles. Lost temper: 45 times. Next day he bought his wife the washing machine she coveted. ?Irish Digest Smile a While Jim had planned a fishing trip with one of his neighbors, a young Chinese with the unoriginal nick name of Charlie, who, though thoroughly Americanized in every thing else, was still a bit reckless with the English language. At the last minute, however, Charlie came over to say be couldn't make it "Something came down," he ex plained. Jim chuckled, "You mean, 'cam* up,' Charlie." Charlie grinned ruefully. "No, down. Wife's foot." ?Wall Street Journal Loul? Sptvy Words of Inspiration JV8T FOB TODAY Juit for today I will try to live through this day only, and not tacld* my whole Ufe problem at ooce. I can da aomethlng (or twelve hoars that would appall me if I felt I had to keep it up for a lifetime. Just for today I will be happy. This assumes to be true what Abra ham Lincoln said, "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be." Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will study and I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer but will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration. Just for today I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my "luck" as it comes, and [it myself to it. Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: 1 will do some body a good turn, and not get found out. I will do at least two things I do not want to do ? Just for exercise. I will not show anyone that my [eelings are hurt; they may be hurt but today 1 will not show it. Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress bccomingly, talk low, act courteously, criticize not one bit, not find fault with anything, and not try to improve or regulate anybody except my self. Just for today I will have a program. I may not follow it exactly, but 1 win have it. I will ssve myself from two pests: hurry and in decision. Just for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself and relax. During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better perspective of my life. Just for today I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me. ? From Bulletin, First Church, Scotland Neck A PRAYER FOR EVERY DAY Make me too brave to lie or be unkind. Make me too understanding to mind The little hurts companions give, and friends, The careless hurts that no one quite intends, Make me too thoughtful to hurt others so. Help me to know The inmost hearts of those for whom I care, Their secret wishes, all the loads they bear, That I may add my courage to their own. May I make lonely folks feel less alone. And happy ones a little happier yot May I forget What ought to be forgotten; and recall Unfailing, all That ought to be recalled, each kindly thing; Forgetting what might sting. To ill upon my way Day after day, Let me be joy, be hope; let my life sing! ? Mary Carolyn Davies QUOTES What one falls for indicates what one stands for. It is easier to be critical than correct. It takes a weak character to tell a strong lie. I Warm-hearted folks never treat others cool. People who know the most usually talk the least A boiled down talk la never dry. From the Bookshelf The Watch that Knd? the Night. By Hugh MacLcnnan. Scribncrs. *3.95. When George married Catherine, he knew two things? that the suf fered an illness that might kill her any minute, and that her once tempestuous love for Jerome had calmed down a great deal by the time he went to join the Spanish Loyalists and to die. As this novel opens, George has just got a phone call? from Jer ome. The Fascists hadn't killed him after all. He haa returned to Montreal to a questionable wel come from George, whose bene factor he had been; from Harry whose wife be had seduced, from people who don't want him talking about his and their political va garies during the depression. MacLennan is telling a story of two contrasting people, healthy Jerome who evades death and sickly Catherine who also evades it but between them teach the unsure, doubting George that life la more than he has ever guessed: Medical science may be irrelevant to its preservation, the will to life is essential, and anyway, it must be prized for its own irreplaceable self. MacLennan teaches at McGill, and this is a Canadian, not a United States, novel, of an older, more sedate pattern. It's not only traditional but conservative In Ha form, its even and sure flow of sound writing, and its impassioned belief In the irreducibility of Ufe. F. C. SoUtbwry Tie Pistol. By James Jones. Scribner. $3. When the Japanese bombers came over Pearl Harbor, Pfc. Richard Mast, unlike the other riflemen with him, was wearing a pistol. It had been entrusted to him (or a stint of guard duty by an army short on equipment, and he was expected to turn it in. Instead, be spends the next few weeks, in Jones' company and if you are patient in yours, not try ing to win the war, not trying to ward off the enemy, of whom he sees neither hide nor hair, but try ing to hold off his buddies who want to get his pistol away from him and belt it in its holster around their middles. They snatch by day and snitch by night. They use all their guile and muscle, they put up an argu ment and put up a fight Jones had a major theme in "From Here to Eternity," and lavished the heroic treatment on it. Here after a promising start be had a picayune topic, which he spins out endlessly. Perhaps he meant to be funny, or to satirise red tape, or what? Either he haa mistaken a short story for a novel, or his story telling knack has for once for saken him. In the MO pages of "From Here to Eternity" he never did run out of material; in these l?o, be does. -W. G. Rogers Here and There The following Information Is taken from the files of the More head City Co* iter: FRIDAY, APRIL J, IK* Mr. and Mrs. Banks Arendcll of Raleigh are visiting in the city, the guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Canfield. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hamilton have returned home from their honeymoon in several northern cities. Arthur Allen, who if working at Washington, N. C.. spent the week end in the city with his family. Miss Sudie Nelson returned Fri day from Wilmington after spend ing a short time there visiting rela tives. Bailey Piner, who Is employed in Washington, N. C., arrived home Saturday. night. Miss Lola Piner, who has been teaching school at LUUetoa. return ed home Saturday, her school hav ing closed for the season. Little Charlotte P. Guthrie enter tained a number of her frienda last Wednesday afternoon at the home of her parents, it being her fifth birthday. Marriage! of the week: Charle* Jonea to Dora Jones, both of New port. Anton Nielaon to Annie John son, both of Beaufort. For the first time in the political history of the county, women dele gates were appointed to the county convention to be held in this city by the Democratic party. Those appointed were Mesdamcs J. B. Arendel!, D. G. Bell, Charles S. Wallace, R. W. Taylor and W. M. Webb and Miss Corinne Bell Capt. Harry Moore arrived in port Wedncaday with the Florenda, a yacht belonging to Edward Bin ary of New York. Mrs. R. 0. Moore and daughter, Stella, left this week for Savannah where they will Join Captain Moon whose barge la In that port bound north. Mrs. Addie Jones tendered her scholars of the 4th grade an ea joyable egg bunt Friday afternoon at the conclusion of school. The scholars, about 40 In number, ac companied by their teacher toak a hike until they reached the skirts of the woods whara the eggs were hidden. Tha finder of the greatest number of agga received a prlaa.
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