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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Carter*! County's Newspaper EDITORIALS , TUESDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1959 Warning Worth Heeding The explosion at an oil tank farm at Charleston, S. C., Thursday night should serve as warning to all areas where petroleum products are stored, as they are at the Morehead City port. Some years ago we pointed out that such storage is a potential fire hazard and the oil company concerned landed on us with both feet. We wish the oil company well and concede that in any business there are hazards. We are more than willing to listen to a recital of the safety measures that oil firms ilaim they take in storing petroleum products. On the other hand, oil firms should not take offense when in the interest of protecting property and neighbors, "outsider;!" take an objective view of oil storage dangers. In the Charleston tragedy two million , gallons of gasoline went up in a sheet of flame. Nine persons were injured and three houses, 200 yards away, were destroyed. Firemen were fearful that the flames would spread to 31 other tanks. Should such a fire occur at More hpad City, the state port property would be endangered, as well as the Morehead City bridge, railroad tracks, Fry Roofing and Trumbull Asphalt plants. If explosions were extensive, the entire east end of Morehead City would be threatened. If a large blaze occurs at the tank ?arm on Radio Island, the radio station there as well as military installations and homes would be endangered. If the burning petroleum ran into the water, the tides could carry it thou sands of feet. Morehead City firemen probably have pre-planned a method of fighting a petroleum fire at the Morehead City port. If they haven't such a plan, it might be well to devise a system of op erations that would go into effect as soon as a "port oil fire" alarm is sounded. A traffic control plan should also be reUdy to be followed by the police department, in cooperation with state highway patrolmen, county law offi cers and military police. Battling the traffic, caused by sightseers and fire fighters, was a major problem at the Charleston fire. After a catastrophe, those involved look back and say, "If we had only done this ... or that." Hindsight is fine, only it comes too late. Wise persons plan in advance, and frequently save lives and property. Fish Like Old Cars Placing old cars offshore to form fecfs that will attract fish has been tried successfully in a few places. A place close to home is Oceanana pier. Mr. Bob Simpson of Fabulous Fisher men has long extolled the value of such projects. This week, J. A. DuBois, manager of the Greater Morehead City Chamber of Commerce, has raised the subject again. i He quotes a newspaper article: "One of the problems facing indus try is what to do with old automobiles. Currently they are sold to junk yards, stripped of salable items'and salvaged for scrap metal. "The Texas Fish and Game Commis ision and the conservation commissions of several coastal states have come up with an ingenious and practical use for these old automobiles. "Chained together, they are dropped into offshore waters where they lie on the bottom to gather seaweed and bar nacles. The seaweed and barnacles at tract small fish and crustacea. These , in turn attract the larger sport fishes, creating a new fishing area. "Excellent fishing is invariably found around old sunken wrecks and under water rock piles. "Texas has just completed a reef composed of 600 old automobile bodies chained together. It is located six miles off shore from Freeport, in about sixty feet of water. Although only recently completed, the part started in 1958 has already produced excellent fishing. "The artificial fishing ground is clearly marked with lighted buoys to warn off shipping traffic and also to tell the boat captains where fish may be caught." , Apparently most of us agree that old cars sunk to form an artificial fishing ground would be desirable. We assume that commercial fishermen would be consulted before the location is de termined. The question now: who will take the initiative to do it? It will cost a bit of money, even though the project is term ed inexpensive. Perhaps Fabulous Fish ermen, with financial support from its members, as well as civic organizations and individuals, would be the group to spearhead the work. Old Dust for Sale (Bill Dillingham, Milwaukee Journal) 1 j Westminster ADoey, England's ?UU ycar-old church and burial place of kings and notables, is undergoing its first over-all cleaning in 600 years. Dust more than an inch thick has covered up secrets about the Abbey that even the oldest attendant there did not know. _-?! The death watch beetle, an insect with an insatiable appetite for wood, has been chewing away many of the timbers. Some of these wooden beams are 37 feet long. At present England is being combed for oak trees tall enough to supply re placements. > Surveyor of the Fabric is the title given to the man whose charge it is to inspect the Abbey's condition and han dle its dusting. This title, like the church itself, is deeply entangled in an cient English tradition. His present dusting job is considered an almost un equaled honor, one which will mark his name among the ranks of past and fu ture Surveyors of the Fabric. In that field, one can rise no higher. At the beginning of cleaning opera tions, an analysis was made of some of the grime. Results showed that it con tained soot from candles that burned in the Abbey about 900 years ago. When word of this reached English newspapers, people began swarming to the area, seeking teaspoons full of the dust in envelopes. No greater sou venir, they felt, could be fc -iid any where in the world. Since there is no official distribution or sale of the dust to the public, one has to bribe a workman for such a sou venir. Two shillings buys enough to fill two thimbles. Carteret County News-Times WINNER OF NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS A Merger of The Beiufort News (Eit. 1912) and The Twin City Times (Est. 1936) Published Tuesdays and Fridays by the Carteret Publishing Company, Inc. 504 Arendell St., Morehead City. N. C. LOCKWOOD PHILLIPS - PUBLISHER ELEANORS DEAR PHILLIPS - ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER t RUTH L. PEELING - EDITOR Mail Rates: In Carteret County and adjoining counties, $8.00 one year, $6.25 nine months, $4.50 six months, $1.00 three months, $1.90 one month; elsewhere $9.50 one year, $7.25 nine months, $5.25 six months, $4.00 three months, $1.50 one month. Member of Associated Press ? N. C. Press Association National Editorial Association ? Audit Bureau of Circulations National Advertising Representative Weekly Major Markets, Inc. ' 10 East 40th Street, New York It, N. Y. The Aaaoclated Press 1a entitled exclusively to use for republication of local newt printed in this newspaper, aa well as all AP news dispatches Intend as Second Class Matter at Morebead City, N. C., Under Act oi March 3, 1*7# ' " II -? t it, HARDLY ABREAST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD <? 1 1 rfli IIIIIIlK Og^UOATfo ^ t? ttuth P? ling Europe is Fine , But So is Home If you have a chance to go to Europe, go. But it's sure good to be back. Paris was a fine climax to the trip. Everything ? in all the coun tries we visited was bigger than we had imagined ? the Alps were higher and steeper, the Leaning tower was bigger, and in Paris the Arc de Triomphe was mammoth and the city's fountains and pal aces just surpassed anything we had pictured. Paris is a city of trees. I had never been aware of that before. In New York, you've got to go to Central Park to see a tree. In Paris, practically every street has its shade trees. The taxi drivers are the worst ? and the best ? I've ever encounter ed. They know more swear words and insults than the average sailor. 1 only wish I could have understood them all. But I got the general idea. 1 thought the taxi driver in Flor ence, Italy, was a caution. He could have driven us anywhere with no wheels, no motor, just a horn. But the Paris cab drivers ? oooo la la! The first one I encountered was a rather elderly gentleman, de void of most of his teeth; his glasses were worn on the tip of his nose, and he could speak nary a word of English. But we got along famously. I had to track down a music firm, I.eblanc, to find some reeds for a bass clarinet my nephew plays. He can't get the reeds in this country and has been blowing his heart and lungs out on a split reed for the past two years. I went to one music store and after much gesticulation and ex change of French and English, I was directed to another place. There we again went through the French-English maze. The man got a box of reeds, 12 of them, out of his VAULT! I thought, "Good heavens, these things will cost a fortune. They keep them in the safe." Also, he said it was the ONLY box of No. 2 bass clarinet reeds they had! So I was prepared to sign my life away for them. Know how much they cost? $1.26. My kind old taxi driver was wait ing for me when I emerged from m m GOOD OLD D2ZS THIRTY YEARS AGO The first big storm of the year blew in with plenty of wind, tides and rain, but little damage was done. County road superintendent D. M. Jones returned home from Goldsboro, where he had been in a hospital recuperating from in juries received in an automobile accident. Miss Nell Blair Jones and Ben jamin Ernest Wendley were mar ried in the Ann Street Methodist Church. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Miss Barbara Parkin and Mr. Edward Willis, both of Beaufort, were married Sunday, Sept. 30. Work had begun on a bridge to Pivers Island. Fishermen held a meeting at Harkcrs Island in hopes of get ting better priccs. They were con sidering forming an organization. TEN YEARS AGO THE NEWS-TIMES was observ ing National Newspaper Week by holding open house. On three dif ferent occasions the plant was Open to the public. The Carteret County Fair was to open next week at the Legion Fairgrounds. Beaufort and Morehcad City ac cepted FHA plans for slum clear ance within their town limits. FIVE YEARS AGO The rodeo in Beaufort Sunday afternoon drew a crowd of 1,500 people. The County Board of Commis sioners refused to go on record opposing a fishing pier at Money Island. Cleveland Gillikin's store at Bet tie was destroyed by fire. Tuberculosis, What It Is, How It is Treated Today Editor's Note: This continues ? series of articles on tuberculoids. Q.? What can a person do to prevent his developing tubercu losis? A.? It is sometimes impossible to prevent being infected with tuberc ulosis, bccausc there are people walking around in our large cities who have tuberculosis, and this is unknown both to the patient, and to the health authorities. So the flrit consideration, there fore, is for everyone to main tain a normal and adequate state of health. If one is in a normal state of health, he is in a better position to defend himself against infection with any type of bacteria, including tuberculosis. Frequently a patient is infected with tuberculosis, and develops lit tle or no symptom, therefore, he may be completely unaware of his infection until the disease process advances and causes noticeable symptons. la order to prevent the further spread of tuberculosis, it i* neces sary to have routine regular med ical check-ups. This is accom plished by having tubercuU skin test and chest x-rays. Tba tuberculin skin test merely tells one if he hat ever been in fected with tuberculosis germ in his past life. It docs not necessar ily mean that he now has activc tuberculosis. If a person has a neg ative tuberculin skin test it is wise to repeat this skin test once a year. Should this skin test ever be come postivc, a doctor should be consulted and the patient should be followed with x-ray exami nations. In perhaps 95 per cent of people who develop postivc skin test for the first time, no evidence of activc tuberculosis is discovered by the means available to tlie phys ician. These people have had a minimal infection yvith tuberculosis, and have resolved this disease through the natural defense of their own bodies. However, It Is at this time that one should have careful follow-up to detct and treat thoroughly any possible occurrence of early, clin ical tuberculosis. The annual chcst x-ray has been our most valuable tool in uncover ing early tuberculosis sa that we can treat it before it has a chance to spread. The "cure" rate of tu berculosis is highest in those people who are discovered earliest. (To Be CMtlaued) completing the transaction and we got back to the hotel ? after avoid ing one three-car collision (which would have been our fault if we had connected) and several other near-misses. The Paris taxi drivers have the right idea. If you nearly hit a car and it's your fault, raise so much sand that you scare the other poor guy into submission and he fear fully backs off. In England it's just the opposite. The English are so reserved and so polite that everybody wants to take the blame for everything. Well, the second Paris taxi driver with whom I had the privilege to ride was younger. Dark curly hair. Very talkative. I got into the cab and we had hardly started off un til he babbles, "Vous etes trcs jolic ce soir." I thought I understood what he said, but I wasn't sure, so I just kept quiet. He repeated it, laughed and then in broken English, trans lated it. I thought he had told me I looked pretty but I didn't want to convey that I knew more than I did, for fear of what 1 might get into. He was just being friendly and we got along fine. I gave him a couple lessons in the English lan guage and he gave me a few point ers in French. He could sec, hear and didn't assume that every car on the street was an infringement of his private rights and privileges. He was the young man who drove me to the home of Admiral Jimmy and Ruth Davis where I had a very pleasant visit. Admiral Jim, who is a member of the Morchead* Beaufort Elks lodge, and owns property here in his native coun ty, says he's axious to get back home. Target date: February. Our tour was grand, mainly be cause we had such a pleasant tour guide, J. Van Oostaycn of The Hague, Holland. Mr. Van Oostayen spoke the language of each country we visited. He had been an inter preter for the American Army, spent three months in Virginia at one time and understood Ameri cans very well, more than just their language. The Queen Mary left Cherbourg Sept. 24. We had a very pleasant voyage home and when we got back to our own territory once more I could think only of what one of the early English explorers said of America, " 'Tis a goodly land . . Losf, A Word I lost a cross word yesterday. Unguarded, from my tongue; It slipped into the atmosphere Then trouble had begun. A dozen others followed it; They filled the room with grief. No matter then what word was said, It could not bring relief. If only I had stopped that word Before it crossed my lips, My day had been a happy one? And sweet with fellowships. I think I wasted yesterday; Hurt self as well as friend. Today I want to watch my words, And let not one offend. ?Gertrude McDaniel in Capper's Weekly Charley had taken his girlfriend to lunch, and she had spoken to a nice looking man at the next table. "Is that man a friend of yours?" askey Charley. "Yes," she replied. "Then I think I'll ask him to join us," said Charley. "Oh, Charley, this is so sudden," exclaimed the girl. "What's so sudden?" asked Char ley curiously. "Why - he's our mwWer." Loulw Splvy Words of Inspiration HAPPINESS IS A BY-PRODUCT Happiness often proves to be an elusive goal. Many people seek it Perhaps, only ? few really find it. In recent conversation with a friend, I gleaned a piece of real truth, when she said, "Happiness is a by-product." Thinking about this further, it occurs to me that the reason some people never find it is because they selfishly seek it. "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," makes a beautiful utter ance, but its language is not perfectly accurate. Happiness is not to be pursued. Happiness cannot be grasped. It is rather an atmosphere that surrounds a life of service and holiness. It is a by-product. According to John's Gospel, Jesus has been talking about service when he says, "If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them." Through the doing of service, one finds that happiness has caught up with him. Too many people go through life with the false assumption that happiness itself is the end-product, rather than the by-product. Trying to grasp happiness is like grabbing for warm air on a cold day. It can be breathed and felt, but it can't be seized or held. It simply attends the presence of those who pursue right things. It is a will-o'-the wisp that people sometimes find themselves in company with, simply because they have been unselfish enough not to pursue it. Seek the right product; pursue the right things; happiness will join you somewhere along the way, probably at a time when you are least anxious to find it. ? The Watchman-Examiner OUR REWARD? THE BLESSINGS OF THE LORD I sought to help a child to see That God had made a willow tree, And He became more real to me. I tried to lead a child through play To grow more Christlike every day And I myself became that way. I joined a junior child in prayer, And as we bowed in worship there I felt anew God's loving care. Lord, keep us ever quick to see By guiding children we find Thee. BEGIN TODAY Dream not too much of what you will do tomorrow, liow well you will work perhaps another year; Tomorrow's chance you do not need to borrow , . . Today is here! Boast not too much of the mountains you will master. The while you linger in the vale below; To dream is well, but plodding brings us faster To where we go. Talk not too much about some new endeavor You mean to make a little later on; Who idles now will idle on forever Till life is done. Swear not some day to break some habit's fetter. When this old year is dead and passed away; If you have need of living wiser, better, Begin today! From the Bookshelf Arturo' Island. By Elsa Morantc. Knopf. $4.50. One of Italy's top woman nov elists in a sad but well written tale tells of the disillusioning of a romantic boy's ideals as he growa to manhood. Arturo lives on a romantic is land of Procida in a castle which a rich man has given his father. Arturo's mother dies and his father is seldom home. The boy wor ships his father as a romantic wanderer. He is fascinatcd by the island and the tales about it and explores it all. His romantic world comes to an end when his father returns with a new wife only two years Arturo's senior and he finds that far from being an adventurer his father has only been away to near by surrounding islands and is in volved in a sorid affair with a prisoner in the island's prison. Arturo falls in love with his step mother. His shame over this and over his father turns his romantic boyhood into a nightmare and he tries to withdraw from the world. He is saved by his boyhood nurse who launches hipi into manhood and the realities of the world. Arturo's island holds the reader's interest to the end despite its leisurely pace and rambling from episode to episode rather than working smoothly up to a dramatic conclusion. The Art of Uewellyn Jones. By Paul Hyde Bonner. Scribners. H.50. On the first page of this novel we meet Jones the fugitive? the tags all snipped out of his clothing, the marks of his shoes rubbed out, a shrinking, unsure, but new born man aged SS traveling by pullman. But he's different from the man you meet on your travels. He has $300,000 in his suitcasc, for one thing. For another, he was until the day before Townsend Britton, our one-time ambassador in Bel gium, and husband to the copper heiress Edith Ketcham. Copper and Edith together made him ambassador and would have done more but he decided to walk out and become a man on his own. At his first stop in the Midwest he banks under his new name, meets the girl Terry, buys a car and moves on southward, though with Terry not far behind. The FBI has been on his trail, and having a bent and training for sociability, he is popular and finds himself working backup involuntarily to the aocial position he had abdicated. Also, he proves to have a knack, and then a pronounced talent, for painting. But Jones' art, whatever he docs with one phase of it in Paris gal leries, consists principally in his success in working out a new, se cure life for himself. The author doesn't hestitate to introduce aome unusually impro bable coincidences, but they won't hurt you, especially in a story ol this sort. Bonner establishes a light and sentimental mood with an oc? casional glib witty accent or a touch of mockery. Styled urbanely, this Is reading fun. -W. G. Rodgers "Henry," puffed the fat woman plaintively as her husband failed to assist her onto the street car, "you aren't as gallant as when I was a gal." "1 know dear," puffed Henry, "but you aren't as buoyant as when I was a boy." To Give is to Live Last Sunday was World-wide Communion Sunday (or many Protestant denominations. Each year, this special day is perhaps the greatest day for Christian unity. It's the day when millions of Christians come to the Lord's Table and ask forgiveness of their sins and have their spiritual life renewed. In addition to receiving God's blessing, we become His instru ments of helping others. Each year Americans give millions of dollars through their churches for the relief of refugees, orphans, victims of catastrophes, or for hungry men and women. A great part of our special offerings on this particular Sunday go for these causes. If you could walk through the Scaldah Railroad Station in Cal cutta you would see masaes of people living under conditions that cattle could not long endure. You could watch four or five children crowd around an old man on the floor in ? corner of this same railroad station and try to lean) their ABC's. One may aee refugees in a new village at Rangoon walking more than a mile for a bucket of water, or hear men a ad women telling of their flight from the mountains oi Tibet to aacapa Cnmninlil tar ror. Such conditions move Chris tians to action and we dig deep in our pockets to help. One of the most interesting min istries carried on overseas by American churchcs is the distri bution of government surplus com modities. In Asian countries these are at present mainly powdered milk and grain. When ministered through the hands of dedicated missionaries, this food is no longer just powdered milk. It is a gift of of God. One dollar designated for the Share Our Surplus program in 1858 provided 435 pounds of powder ed milk for undernourished child ren in India. It also kindled afresh the love of Christ within the hearts of thousands. Often two or three dollars is all that is needed to give medical treatment which restores the sight to a11 child who is suffering from a minor eye ailment. Jesus went about giving sight to those who were Mind. You too can follow in Christ's footsteps by supporting your church's mission program. How shameful it is for a preacher to hear a church member say, "I support the local budget, but 1 don't believe in foreign missions." ?TV Rev. B. L. Davidson, Pastor First Methodist Church Marabead C*/, N. C. _
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