CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Cartorat County** Newspaper EDITORIALS TUESDAY. MARCH 8. 1960 Learning by Doing This is National 4-H Week. Four-H doesn't stand for Ho-Ho-Ho-Ho, al though 4-H Club members do have lots of fun. The most unique characteristic of the 4-H organization is that it teaches by having its members DO. Many organ izations are merely an excuse for a group of people to get together periodi cally and talk. Four-H Club members are encour aged to carry out specific projects by which they will learn. The girls learn to sew, cook, preserve food; the boys can choose a forestry project, poultry, tractor maintenance, beekeeping; and there are numerous other projects of interest to both boys and girls, such as electricity, botany, biology, and other scientific subjects. The list is so large that one wonders how the 4-H leaders could think of them all. Every phase of the 4-H program is aimed at making meaningful the four words. Head, Heart, Health and Hands. The purpose of 4-H Club Week is to acquaint more young people with op portunities available to them through 4-H, to assist new members in starting projects in farming, homemaking, or community service, and to inform the public about 4-H aims and methods. In this state there are 165,000 4-H Club members. Kour-H'ers have received the follow ing greeting from the President of the United States: "Your theme for 1960, 'Learn, Live, Serve through 4-H,' reflects the high purpose of your organization and the broad concern of its leaders. This changing world places new demands upon the spirit and abilities of our peo ple. "Therefore, the opportunities offer ed to 4-H Club members to grow in citi zenship and in practical skills are espe cially valuable to them and io the na tion. I hope the coming year will be re warding both in your local 4-H pro grams and in your personal efforts to become active, informed, and effective citizens." That's the Way It Is This is the time of the year when you'd like to wake up in the morning and find summer at the door. Just when we figured we had out maneuvered Old Man Winter, he let go with a snowy blast that brought freezing days in its wake. Saturday morning the marsh grass was covered with icy lace mantles, water in pipes under the house was rigid, and the March wind shrilled a song that chilled. As much as we may exclaim about the weather, one can't deny that with out it life would be a monotonous thing. If every day were alike, what would be the use of looking forward to the morn ing? Likewise, it would be most dull to live where there is never any change in the seasons. Every four months Na ture in North Carolina changes the Bet ting. Sometimes she and her sidekick, the Weatherman, go to extremes, cre ating a background of storm, or blast of heat, that makes us poor humans dis card old routine and adapt, for a few days, to a new. But that, too, adds zest to living. If anybody complains too much about the weather, just ask them if they have a substitute. Nice, If You Have Time . . . (Richmond Times-Dispatch) Any person who is known to be a regular reader of books ? not maga zines or sales manuals or fix-it-yourself handbooks, but real hard-cover books which he takes the trouble to buy or ob tain from the library ? has to contend with some strange reactions from his non-reading fellowmen. The remark he is most frequently challenged with is, "Golly, I wish 1 had time to read!" Implicit in this remark is the sugges tion that reading books is a rather friv olous occupation, to be indulged in only by those whose time is not at a pre mium. The quaint "bookworm" ? a term favored by non-readers ? is out of the mainstream of life. Instead of rushing out every evening to attend to such essential business as deciding who is to be second vice chair man of the bylaws committee of the local chatter club, this funny old egg head stays home and reads a book. Oh well, nice if you have the time. But also implicit in "Golly, I wish I had time to read !" is a certain defen siveness, even a tinge of envy. Some where in the back of his mind the non reader is uncomfortably aware that the book reader enjoys a secret life that all the second vice chairmanships in the world can never offer him. Then he hears that the book reader actually knows about the local chatter club, has even been asked to serve on the bylawB committee, but has regretfully declined. You mean, he says, you think read ing is more important than joining or ganizations and having a sense of be longing? You mean, you have to make time to read? You mean, you don't just read because you've got nothing better to do? Ah, but you're different. Take me. When could I find time to read? On the bus going to work? Fun ny, I never thought of that. At lunch time? But I always eat lunch with the boys. On Sunday evenings? But that's when we always watch television. I simply don't have the time. What's that you say? The only people who don't have time to read are mothers with 10 children, no maid and a job in the evenings? Ridiculous. Just the sort of thing a bookworm should say . . . On the High Road . . . The Seadogs are taking the high road and directing their opponents to the low. Another milestone was passed Satur day night. The road is going to get steeper now. Will they make it two state basketball championships in a row? The odds are in favor of it but these days only the federal government counts its chickens before they're hatched ! The players have come through a season with "upset" lurking between every starting and final whistle. That makes the word "Congratulations" to the district champions take on more meaning than just a shout of joy. The team merits every kind of sup port, confidence and good wish. They're going into a tournament at High Point where no mercy will be shown, no quarter given. We believe they're equal to it. All they have to do is show the rest of the state. Go, Seadogs. Go! Carteret County News-Times WINNER OF NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS A Merger a I The Beaufort New? (E?t. 1912) and The Twin City Times (Eat KM) Publiabed Tuesdays and Fridsya by the Carteret Publishing Company, Inc. 504 AicndeU St., Morehead City, N. C. LOCKWOOD PHILLIPS ? PUBLISHER ELEANORS DEAR PHILLIPS - ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER RUTH L. PEELING - EDITOR Mall Rates: la Carteret Comity and adjoining counties, tt.00 one year, $0.25 nine moatba, $4.50 alz months, *3.00 three months, $1.30 one month; olaewhare 10.50 one year, $7.25 nine montha, $5.25 six months, $4.00 three montha, $1.50 ooa month. Member of Aaaociated Press ? N. C. Press Association National Editorial Association ? Audit Bureau of Clrculationa National Adrertiainf Repreaentatire Weekly Major Markets, Inc. 10 Eaat 4Qth Street. New Tort 10, N. T. , The Aaaociated Preao la stifled excluaively to aae for republication of local newa printed la this newspaper, as weU as all AP news dispatches Kdterad as Soccnd Class Matter at Morehead City, N. C? Under Act of March $, 1S? FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS TO OBLIVION Il'l J _ i/ Q&SSpxrg Ruth deling They Were Turpentine Vats Mrs. W. D. Arthur, 80 years old, who lives in Norfolk but is a for mer resident of Beaufort, wrote us this week about the "mysterious hole" found near the headwaters of Calico Creek. At the bottom of the article clip ped from a recent issue of THE NEWS-TIMES and headed "What Could It Be?" Mrs. Arthur wrote: "They are tar vats or turpentine vats. They were made level with the ground. The ground has grown over them." That's about the straightest an swer we've received yet. But with the help of the many people who kindly told us what they knew or could learn, we just about deduced that the hole in the ground held pitch or turpentine in the old days when those materials were essen tial to sailing ships. Mrs. Arthur writes in an accom panying note: "If land is not dis turbed. it grows. They (the vats) hive been there many years. My great grandfather's crowd put them there. "On the shores of Mill Creek was a brick yard. On the Bouth side of Newport river was another brick yard. It was nearly gone when my father took me there when I was 14 years old. Now I am 80. "Later on. they boxed out the trees (slashed the bark) and put buckets in them to take care of the syrup (sap), as they do maple trees to get sugar syrup where the sugar maple grows. "There were not many people in Carteret county when my great grandfather went there and there were no Indians there." Mrs. Arthur goes on to tell that 'Indians later landed at Harkcrs Island and lived there several years until they tried to board freight boats that came in to get brick and turpentine. The Indians apparently scared the boats out to sea and eventual ly, I guess, the Indians were run off or taken care of in other ways. My apologies to Mrs. Arthur. I'm not quite sure that is exactly what she means to convey about the In dians, but I will say this: her hand writing is better than most young people's these days. Her words arc spelled correctly and that's more man i can say anoui loaay s average high school student. Eighty-year-old Mrs. Arthur evi dently went to a school where pen manship and spelling were taught. The Rev. John Staton of Char lotte sends word that his genealogy of the Staton family, The Staton History, is off the press and on sale. It represents 18 years of re search. His postcard reads, "Con tains all Statons we could find in the world from 750 to 1960. They are going FAST ..." 1 assume he means the books, not the Statons. No Leap Year babies were born in the county Monday, Feb. 29, but a little girl was born at Cherry Point to M/Sgt. and Mrs. Harold C. Mitchell. As the Windsock re ports, the newcomer, Pamela Sue, will be a hundred years old on her 25th birthday! But Mama and Papa have de cided to celebrate her birthday ev ery y?ar on the last day of Febru ary. Stamp News By SYD KR0N1SH If you collect United Nations stamps or are about to start such a collection, you can obtain an al bum for these issues for only 10 cents (to cover the cost of postage and handling). The pages arc standard size, punched to fit any three-ring bind er and contain spaces for all U. N. stamps up to and including 1959. The album also contains helpful tips on U. N. stamp collecting. Just write to U. N. Stamp Album, New York Stamp Exchange, 79 Wall Street, New York 5, N. Y. and enclose the dime. Summerfield also announced that the 50-Star Flag stamp will be first placed on sale at Honolulu, Hawaii, on July 4. Details of this stamp will be given in this column as soon as they arc received. Minkus Publications has issued five new and up to date albums in their line of individual Country Al bums. Each space in the albums includes catalogue numbers. The new albums are Belgium and Col onies; Netherlands and Colonies; Japan; Panama, Colombia & Ca nal Zone; Tunisia, Libya & Mo rocco. From the Pulpit God made this world and has a plan whereby those on this earth can live in peace and harmony. At present there seems to be little of either. The type of peace we do have is being maintained by force. Our nation is spending more of its budget on war equipment and defense measures than we are for anything else. An enforced peace is never a lasting one. God's plan is for love to rule the world and in spite of our failing to rely on it? love is the most power ful forcc on earth. Jesus went about bringing the love of God into the hearts of men. He is still at work attempting to do this very thing. He established His Church to carry on the most important task in the world. This love is at work and is doing miraculous things. A few years ago when the great "A Man Called Peter" was being made, just such an event took place. Marjorie Rambeau, an actress, wai to play a minor role in the film. A few years before, she had been injured in an automobile accident and had not been able to walk since. Her bit part was to sit in the front pew of the church, and at a certain time when the congrega tion stood at the close of the ser mon she was to stand also. The congregation was to walk out and sincc she could only stand by hold ing to the pew in front of her the camera would switch from her and show the rest of the congregation leaving the church. The actor representing Dr. Mar shall was delivering one of the preacher's inspiring sermons on faith and love. The theme was, "If you really believe and trust in God's love and have faith you can do amazing things". Miss Ram beau, the crippled actress, forgot where she was, even forgot that an actor was delivering another man's sermons. She heard only the words ? the message. It penetrated deeply into her heart and mind and when the con gregation began to leave the church, she unconsciously walked out with them. You can imagine the excitement and joy that swept through this movie set. The power of love had removed the psycho logical block in her mind, and oth er impediments, which medical sci ence had been unable to do. A dead preacher's message on faith and love healed a person. God is at work and His love is available to all of us. "And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three, and the greatest of these is love!" ?The Rev. B~. L. Davidson, Pastor First Methodist Church Morehead City the good old days THIRTY YEARS AGO H. S. Gibbk, secretary of the Port Commission of Carteret Coun ty, asked the county commission ers to authorize and issue $100,000 bonds or notes for the proposed port. William Potter, student at UNC at Chapel Hill, had been chosen aa one of the members of the all-cam pus basketball team. Denard Lewis was appointed postmaster at Marshallberg to suc ceed Miss Mary W. Jones. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO W. G. Mebane, editor and pub lisher of The Beaufort News for nineteen yeari, died after a long Illness. Alvah Hamilton was reelected tax collector by the county com miasioners. William H. Potter, Dr. L. W. Moore, Richard D. Whitehurst. A. T. Gardner and Clarence Guthrie ?niwmn^j tbClT f