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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Carteret feeelj'i EDITORIALS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, I960 Your Insurance Company Pays? Some motorists in the county have re cently been informed by the firms that carry their liability insurance that the insurance will not be renewed. This has caused them distress, and justifi ably so. The number of car owners who get such notices is increasing. It is a sit uation of which every motorist should be aware: insurance companies are get ting mighty particular about the people they insure. Why? Tho number of automobile accidents, property damage and human injury are steadily increasing. This has given rise to a law requiring that every motorist carry insurance. While this may increase insurance company busi ness, much of it is business the insur ance companies don't want. The insur ance companies are being pushed to see that they can offer the service the mo torists need and yet make enough money to stay in business. It is predicted that auto insurance rates will be raised again this year. This is not good news to car owners, but what are car owners ? and others, doing to help make it less risky to own a car and thus decrease the "gamble" insurance companies are taking? Insurance agents, some of them, are rightfully indignant when a law en forcement officer, after an accident, refuses to issue a citation to the motor ist believed to be at fault. The officer frequently says to the drivers, "Notify your insurance company and settle damages between yourselves." This usually makes the drivers feel better. They don't have to go to court. But insurance agents contend there is no deterrent, or punishment if . you will, that would serve to make the guil ty driver more careful in the future. Drivers figure, "Oh well, I have insur ance. If anything happens, the insur ance company will pay for it." That is an attitude that gives rise to more accidents, more costly damages, more expense to the insurance companies ? and higher insurance rates. Motorists have the attitude, too, that they art PAYING for insurance and they have a right to collect. That is a normal attitude. An insurance policy, however, is no free ticket to drive like a wild man. Most drivers, probably, are cautious. As in all things, though, the good ones are made to suffer along with the few who are bad. It's like the old days when a whole class had to stay in after school because one fellow threw spit-balls. Insurance companies are rhecking up these days with your neighbor. May be you drink, but you seldom get drunk. The insurance company could figure you're a bad risk and not renew your policy. Maybe you've been caught several times for speeding. Your li cense may still be with you, but your auto insurance may be going out the window. This is a serious situation. There are no "minor" accidents these days. Even little ones are expensive and they are expensive in many ways. You think your "insurance company" pays. The one who pays, friend, is you. You could lose your insurance. Help Keep Hearts Healthy "The heart diseases are the nation's Number One health enemy. The Heart Fund is the nation's Number One de fense." This has been the slogan of the Heart Association's campaign here and throughout the country during the cur rent Heart Fund drive. The facts prove both statements. Most of us are thoroughly aware by now that the heart diseases kill More Americans each year than all other causes of death combined. We know from day-to-day observation that the heart diseases aren't just a problem of old age: heart deaths among the lead ers of our own community ? men and women in the prime of their lives ? are all too frequent. And who can forget the children ? more than a half million of them ??who are affected by rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart dis ease and inborn heart defects? We needn't belabor these facts here. Our obituary pages, unhappily, remind us of them day after day. But we do need to be reminded that, if this Number One enemy of our na tion's health is to be fought successful ly, it is up to us, its real and potential victims, to join the fight. The Heart Fund gives us both the op portunity and the inspiration to do so. The Heart Fund supports the work of the American Heart Association, the , nation's only voluntary health agency devoted exclusively to combating the heart diseases. A partnership of medi cal scientists and laymen, the Heart Association welcomes all of us into its ranks. We can serve as volunteers in the annual Heart Fund drive, or as con tributors whose gifts can speed victory ?ver heart disease. The Heart Fund, through the Ameri can Heart Association, its affiliates and chapters, already has been responsible .m for a large measure of the impressive and encouraging progress that has been made against the heart diseases. It has made possible a life-saving program of research. Through technical journals, scien tific meetings and other means, it has supplied new knowledge of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Heart dis ease to the nation's physicians for the benefit of all patients. With the help of all media of communication, it has been instrumental in implanting truth and hopefulness in the public mind. And, through community activities, it has helped guide thousands of cardiacs back to productive and happy lives. On the strength of the record, we be lieve that the Heart Fund is truly the Number One defense against our Num ber One health enemy, and that the American people ? physicians, scien tists and laymen alike ? may well be proud of having created it. We earnest ly hope that, through the present drive, the residents of this county will give the Heart Fund the increased support it needs to relieve human suffering and save lives. Names Make News In Newton, Kan., Robert Beer was arrested for bootlegging. In Luppitt, England, after 69 years, Mary Stamp retired as postmistress. In Coronado, Calif., Ernest Digweed entered a garden contest and won third place. In Cleveland, May Dye got married and became May Linger. At Chapel Hill in January, Jimmy Dumbell, Charlotte, won a prise in a contest for newspaper reporters. In Omaha, Dorothy Snow chose law yer Frank Frost to plead her divorce case. ? Gluey Gleanings Carteret County News-times WINNER OF NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS A Verier at fin Beaufort New* (Eat Mil) and The Tola City Time* (Eat UN) PubUahed Toeadays and Hdajn by the Carteret PubUibinf Company, toe. Kt Ar?dall 8U. Marahead Ctty. N. & LOCEWOOD PHILLIPS - PUBLISHER ELEANORS DEAR PHILLIPf - ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER RUTH L. PEEUNQ - EDITOR Mail Ratei: to Carteret Couaty aad adjoining countiea, ttoo one year, ?Hi, HJO ate raootha, ?L00 three auaOa, ?LW one month; aieewl year, DJI atoe montha, ? 2S ail month*. M OO three montha, $1.30 one of Aaaodated Preaa ? N. C. Preaa Aaaodation National Editorial Aaaodation - Audit Bureau a i Circulation* National AtiartMH EiirmatiBTi Weekly Major Marketa, be. U Eaat 40th Street, New Tack M, N. T. Preaa la entitled exdoatreiy to we far republic itkn a t local ; ' to thia newapaper, aa well aa all AP i Ctoaa Matter at Marnhaad City, M. C., Coder Art ft IfankVHM KEEP THIS ONE IN ORBIT AMMICAN MMMM MOOUCI INOUOH MILK IVKV ? DAT! TO MACH IM MOON, ? (TAOUO md on m in QUART (OTTLU < FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA t/ou '(> L fez/mzj /*( yO//R fcfate -? ? ? I Ruth P? ling Mothball Fleet Slated for Junk You may not be teeing, much longer, all those ships in the moth ball fleet at Wilmington. To say they are obsolete is understate ment US Maritime administrator Clar ence Morse says that the hundred Liberty ships in the Wilmington layup basin will be scrapped as soon as possible. Speaking of Wilmington, the Azalea Festival dates this year are March 31 through April 3. Wonder what kind of a test they give a Navy man to determine whether he'd make a good blimp pilot? A Navy blimp stopped off at Cherry Point last week. Once a year, the Navy sends a blimp to Cherry Point so that Marines there can get practice in handling it. The Marine base is an emergen cy-alternate base (or the big air ships. One of them would cover a regulation football field. They are used today by the Navy as floating radar stations, patrolling coastal areas of the United States. No little boys are ever heard to say, "I'd like to be a dirigible pilot." Guess those big balloons are just too slow to catch the imag ination of a youngster. But they ARE fascinating aircraft. The mysterious bole on Mr. George Huntley's property in More head City has caused a lot of in terest. From the Pulpit All our lives we have had to do thlnga we didn't want to do. From the time we can first remember, our parents compelled us to obey them. The average child dislikes to wash his face and hands, brush his teeth, go to bed and get up at a proper time. As adults, our lives are filled with doing things we don't want to do. Yet, we some times find these things have been tiie most rewarding. All of us have spent a goodly portion of our lives studying? usu ally not becauae we wanted to, but because we were made to, or felt it to be essential. Our lives have been disciplined and we all be lieve in it, because later on, we can see the reasons why. It ia strange that we understand this principle and apply it to our daily living, but when it comes to worshiping God, many of us have lived a harum-scarum existence; a hit or miss relationship with God. For many there has been no plan, very little organization, and a com plete lack of discipline. 1 believe God has an individual plan for every life. Each of us is of vital importance to Him. Yet, the majority of people go through life, actually living a colorless ex istence conformed to this world. All about ua we see men living as though God were dead. By im perceptible stages we drift into acquiescence in the things the world demands. Paul said, "Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renew ing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and ac ceptable, and perfect will of God." Rom. 12:2. God calls every one of us. A man tells of riding horseback deep in the mountains of North Caro lina. When darkness came on, he knew he was lost in a trackless timber belt. A storm came with the darkness to add to his discom fort and confusion. Finally, he knew not which direction to take. His pony kept pulling in a certain direction so since he did not know which way to go, he let her have the reins. She crossed swamps, swam swollen streams, and after about four hours led him straight to their home. Instinctively, she went home. God places a "homing instinct" is all of us. Through prayer, methodical study of the Bible, wor ship services, etc., God can shape and mould our lives. It might be in the opposite direc tion wc selfishly would like to go. His way may lead us into dark wildernesses, through trials and hardships but in the end our world is better because we have lived. Let us all join with John in saying, "I love the Father and am doing what He commanded me to do." John 14:31. ?The Rev. Barney L. Davidson, Pastor, First Methodist Church Morehead City the good old days THIRTY YEARS AGO In an effort to economize, Beau fort town commissioners voted to dispense with the services of the street superintendent and to cut the salaries of other town employ ees. Hiss Glennie Paul, a student at Meredith College, gave a solo over station WPTF in Raleigh. William H. Bell of Newport and Elbert M. Chadwick of Gloucester had announced their candidacy for the office of sheriff on the Demo cratic ticket TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Fred Seeley was elected presi dent of the newly-formed Beaufort Chamber of Commerce. The Morehead City movie house was showing Sunday movies and donating the proceeds to the com munity club, who would use it to buy milk for undernourished school children. The charity movies would continue, despite the disapproval of the welfare officials. The Rev. Charles H. Levister, one time president a i Graham Academy at Marsballberg, died at hia home in Camden, N. J. TEN YEARS AGO The North Carolina Board of Conservation and Development banned shrimping with trawlers in the inland waters o f the state from Jan. 1 to July 1. The American Legion Auxiliary of Beaufort presented two books to the county library in memory of two boys who were lulled in serv ice. James Goodwin was elected presi dent of the Haveloek Junior Cham ber of Commerce and Robert L. Rose and A1 Rachide were vice presidents. FIVE TEARS AGO All first and second grade pupils in the county were eligible to re ceive polio shots from the health department. Plana (or Navy loading ramps on Radio Island had been approv ed by the Corp* of Engineers, Wil mington. The Carteret Community Thea tre produced Arsenic and Old Lace. Out around Russells Creek 1 have been told that there are quite a few "charcoal beds," such aa those described by Mr. Huntley as hav ing been found along Calico Creek. These charcoal beds are not old camp sites, but the remains of out door "furnaces" used to get tur pentine out of pine wood. Lighter knots were thrown into a hole and burned. Leading from the hole was a trench and as the turpentine ran out of the burning wood it would be dipped from the trench. The charred remains of the wood are permanent relics of the day when "naval stores" were a major industry of the Carolinas. Mr. Gilbert McDaniels, bulldoz er operator on Mr. Huntley's prop erty, showed me Friday afternoon the big "hole" he diacovered. The narrow opening widens out into a large solidly-lined "pot" under grwund. The lining material, prob ably Clay with a bit of sand, is saturated with pitch. Mr. McDaniels says that maybe the hole was a storage place for pitch or tar.? If so, it certainly must have been a job to get the stuff out. Or maybe there was a hole at the bottom through which the heavy tar was drained out. Mr. Bryant Guthrie, Morehead City, suggests that the hole, now three-fourtha full of muddy water and leaves, might have been a cooler of some sort. But what it cooled no one knows. The "tar kilns," or beds where pine wood was burned to get the pitch and rosin, are located all over the county. Mr. Guthrie says every plantation bad one. The new information booklet on North Carolina, published by the Department of Conservation and Development lists North Carolina first in the nation in manufacture of textiles, tobacco, wooden house hold furniture ? and first in the South in the manufacture of bricks. The North Carolina Motel Asso ciation will meet May 20-21 in Morehead City. Bud Dixon is con vention chairman. Here's a tale that comes by way of the magazine, We the People: A man missed the last bus from town and tried to hitch a ride by signaling several passing cars. Three passed without stopping, but the fourth was going slowly and as be approached, stopped, where upon he entered very gladly. But, to his horror, no one was within driving the car which mov ed slowly on and finally came to a complete halt in front of a ceme tery. The neighboring church clock struck midnight at that mo ment, slowly and ponderously, and the young man, now thoroughly unnerved, leaped from the car and began to run. He looked back for an instant, however, and noticed a man ap parently trying to enter the car. He cried out: "Don't get into that car, there's something terribly wrong with it!" To which the other replied dis gustedly: "You're telling me? I've been pushing it all the way from town!" Smile a While In some families parent-child re lationships are just aa they were a generation ago, except that now it's daddy who aska if he can have the car tonight. ?Davenport Democrat An optimist ia a person who drops a quarter in the collection plate and expects a five dollar ser mon. ?? BinldflS lowba Spivy Words of Inspiration A FKAYEK Grant me the self-awareness to know honestly what I am, what I can do, and what I cannot; Grant m? the judgment to ehannul my energies into those avenues which beat utilise my abilities and do not require talents which I do not possess; Grant me the wisdom to admit error cheerfully and learn from my experiences, that I may grow and develop and avoid repetition of mis takes; , Grant me the humility to learn from others, even though they be younger, less experienced, or of humbler station than I; Grant me the courage to make decisions whenever they are neces sary and avoid rashness wben they are not; Grant me the sensitivity to Judge the reactions of others that I may modify my actions to meet the needs of those affected; Grant me the consideration to recognise the worth of each individual, and to respect all those with whom I have contact, neither stifling them nor exalting myself at their expense; Grant me the perspicacity to acknowledge that I can be no more ef fective than my subordinates enable me to be, and to deal with them so that they can help me by helping themselves; Grant me the tolerance to recognize mistakes as a cost of true learning and to stand behind my subordinates, accepting my responsi bility for their actions; Grant me the insight to develop a personal philosophy, that my life may have more meaning and satisfaction and that I may avoid capri cious action .under the pressures of expediency ; Grant me patience to live realistically with my circumstances, striv ing always for the better, but recognizing the perils of too rapid or too drastic change; Grant me all these things, dear Lord, that I may live a more useful life, through serving my fellow men, and through then , <erve Thee. ? ? Prof. Robert L. Katz THE DAY'S RESULT Is anybody happier because you passed his way? Does anyone remember that you spoke to him today? The day is almost over and its toiling time is through; Is there anyone to utter a kindly word of you? Did you give a cheerful greeting to the friend who came along? Or a churlish sort of "Howdy", then vanish in the throng? Were you selfish, pure and riinple, as you rushed along your way, Or is someone mighty grateful for the deed you did today? Can you say tonight, in parting with the day that's slipping fast, That you helped a single brother of the many that you passed? Is a single heart rejoicing over what you did or said? Does the man whose hopes were fading now with courage look ahead? Did you waste the day or lose it, was it well or poorly spent? Did you leave a trail of kindness or a scar of discontent? As you close your eyes in slumber do you think that God would say, "You have earned one more tomorrow by the work you did today?" Free Wheeling By BILL CROWELL Motor Vehicles Department STARTIN' . . . Somehow I have a hunch winter's got a few more cold kicks tor us car owners before springtime. Which means cold weather driving and maintenance advice is still fashionable. Every one knows how much harder it is to get an automobile started on a refrigerated morning than on a warm one. The battery Iqses much of its starting punch, the ignition seems sluggish and reluctant. Here then are a few tips to minlrnlie the strain on your battery-^n# your nerve*? should wintertime temper atures prevail a while longer. Each night when you put your car away shift into neutral and run the engine at a fast idle for a few moments. Kill the ignition then depress the accelerator once. This will leave a small quantity of gasoline to catch quickly the next morning. On manual shift cars always have the gears in neutral and the clutch depressed before starting. Thi> lessens the load on the start er motor. Turn off lights, heater, radio, etc. before pressing the starter to assure maximum voltage for the starter and ignition system. Drivers of cars with automatic chokes probably don't know that the choke must be set "on" by de pressing the accelerator before starting. Hold the gas pedal down about half way prior to starting. If the engine balks don't grind away at it; you'll only run down the bat tery. Give your starter a "rest" every 10 or IS seconds to prevent it from overheating and possible damage. II flooding'* your problem, then you will smell raw gasoline. Let the car sit for a few minutes then mash the accelerator to the floor. Next engage the starter for about IS seconds and, if the engine was flooded, it should start okay now. SUDDEN THAWT . . . One some When You're Healthy Again . . . Only those strange people who "enjoy ill health" keep on taking medicines after they're well. (The medicinei may not have helped in the cure, but the "invalids" think they did). According to all the thermome ters, America ia again very healthy indeed. But millions keep on de manding and taking medicines once prescribed for a sick country Billions to farmers in subsidies to encourage them to raiie war shortage crops in quantities nobody wants any longer. Low-interest loans to stimulate the building of housing for well paid families. Hundreds of millions to subsidize Federal power and transmit it, where private power companies can do it cheaper. Government projects for "de pressed" areas that should bestir themselves. Human bodies build up an im munity to medicine; then when real sickness comes again, they die. It could happen to the nation .. . . keep on taking those economic medicines when we're healthy, and what will we have left to take if we need it once more? ? Warner and Swazey times wonders can this nation long endure half drivers and half dodg ers. VIGNETTE . License exam iner C. W. Harrelson of Lumberton looked up from his desk the other day as two applicants approached. "I want to renew my driver's li cense," one of the men said. Har relson asked Robert Bryant Jr. of Aberdeen to have a seat and then he began to administer the cus tom a r y examination. Bryant's pardner, Sammy Chambers, aat down nearby to wait. The examination proceeded smoothly enough yet something didn't "feel" quite right to the ex perienced licensing official. Toward the end of the examina tion Harrelson put his growing sus picions to a test. Holding Bryant's license before him, he asked, "How tall are you, Bryant?" The appli cant stammered out an answer, in accurate by several inches. Another question or two soon re vealed that applicant Bryant and his friend Chambers were engaged in a nervy little hoax, definitely disapproved by the state. Highway Patrol Sgt. G. D. Dod son ? didn't like it either. Up?n questioning the two men further he discovered that it was Cham bers' license up for renewal. But Bryant was obligingly attending to the details. Sergeant Dodson trotted the tricksters off to the local record er's court which, coincidentally, was in session at the very moment. Only a few hours later, after their losing performance, the two men heard the judge order a $75 fine and costs for each. Chambers' li cense was picked up as well and the pair returned to Aberdeen pre sumably sader but wiser men. And definitely poorer. Moral: The license you renew should be your own. PUZZLE . . . Get a pencil and some paper now and have a go at this braintwister. Take your li cense number (four digits) and double it. Next add 5 and multiply the total by SO. Add your age. Then add 365. Finally subtract <11. You'll see that the last two num bers are your age and the others your license number. Some fun, huh? From the Bookshelf Young Man Willing. By Roy Do liner. Scribneri. $3.50. U ? stage-door, Grecnwich-Vil lagey sort of w?y, Ben Home works hard through (his brassy first novel to be a Bohemian and like it. He has one troublesome mistress, Maggi Clair, when the story opens, and he is thinking of turning her in for a new better-behaving model named Martha. Maggi would like to marry him partly for his money, but however willing the young man is in other respects to please her, he balks at this. And in view of her temper and flightneas, I don't blame him. But it is her untrammeled cave girl characteristics that seem to ac count for her theatre success and you can understand why he thinks, at moments, that she's worth hold ing on to. The novel bones along shrilly, three-quarters of it talk. Maggi and her friends may be worth meet ing in a book but you'd probably duck them it cocktails. ? W. C. Rogers
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