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EDITORIALS TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1960 ||
Big Party Needs Backing
Exactly one month from today Beau
fort's 251st anniversary celebration will
go into high gear. Financially, the an
niversary committee is just a thousand
dollars.ahort of its $10,000 goal.
Mr. Grayden Paul, captain of the af
fair, says that essentially no new con
tributions have been' forthcoming other
than those that were pledged the be
ginning of the year in the initial cam
paign to raise funds for the birthday
party.
It boils down to the same old story,
just a few pull the weight of the boat.
The others are free loaders.
We commend the celebration plan
ners for their financial policy. They
don't intend to incur bills for which
there is no money to meet them. With
out the extra thousand dollars needed
to meet the $10,000 goal, some corners
will have to be cut.
Much publicity has gone out, state
wide, on Beaufort's celebration. Peo
ple far up into the mountains are hop
ing to attend the affair. Beaufort, for
the first time in years, is taking the
stage and putting on a grand show for
the rest of North Carolina.
Pride should make everyone inter
ested in making this show something
that people will talk about for years.
A successful celebration takes lots
of hard work ? and money. Those who
have done the actual planning need
the money-support that only those who
are sitting back can give.
Any thing is lots more fun when
everyone takes part. It's not comforta
ble to have a "left out" feeling. No
one needs to be left out. Even a con
tribution of a dollar is welcome.
Those who feel they cannot afford
to contribute can make a contribution
in another way that will be of benefit
? they can see that tjieir yards are
clean, weeds out of the flower beds,
lawns mowed, and trash piles taken
away.
A clean town is a pretty town. Beau
fort can be the prettiest in the state.
But this means a clean waterfront,
grass mowed in the areas along the
water, beer cans and pop bottles out
of the streets.
It sounds like a big order, but if
everyone starts now, the town can be
sparkling in a short time.
We should leave no stone unturned
to assure that our visitors the week of
July 3 will say, "Beaufort? It's won
derful! I want to go back!"
Any contribution you can make to
ward the big party will bring many
returns.
Never Something for Nothing
Hospitalization insurance in this
county will go up July 1. The premium
increase is based on the proportion of
risk the insuror takes in insuring resi
dents of Carteret. In some counties,
the rate is not going up.
The history for the past year in those
counties shows that the insurors can
continue at the same rate without un
due risk of loss.
This adjustment in insurance rates
will be made yearly. If a county has a
good record, the premiums will prob
ably remain the same. If not, another
raise will be in the offing.
Parents have experienced the same
situation in school insurance for their
children. The rate is now $1.75 per
school year. When the school insur
ance program started, it was, much
lower. But experience has shown that,
based on the number of school-connect
ed accidents and premium return, the
insurance companies were losing
money.
People who believe that insurance
assures them of getting something for
nothing are fooling themselves. There
fore, when they run to the hospital at
the slightest provocation or claim that
Johnny broke his arm on the way home
from school when actually he broke it
playing baseball Saturday morning, the
cost is going to descend on them in the
form of higher premiums next year.
Legitimate accidents and illnesses
happen. It is the expense of these that
the insurors want to protect a family
from. When people use hospital ser
vices unnecessarily or tell tales about
how their youngsters got injured, just
to collect insurance, they are endanger
ing the entire insurance program. They
are putting insurance beyond the finan
cial reach of the families who need it
most.
Perhaps the insured are not totally
to blame. We know of one instance
where a child broke his arm. The doc
tor asked if the family had hospitaliza
tion insurance. When told they did, he
said the cost of his services for setting
the arm etc. would be $75. He added
that if they hadn't had hospitalization
insurance, it would have been $50.
This is not to be interpreted as say
ing that all doctors have "sliding
scales" of cost, dependent on whether
their patient has hospitalization insur
ance. But there is evidence to the ef
fect that the high costs hospital insur
ance companies are experiencing are
not totally due to the people insured.
The conclusion which none of us can
escape, is that it's John Q. Citizen who
pays ? and hospitalization insurance
premiums are going up July 1.
Expensive Talk
(From the Chicago Tribune)
A woman in New Jersey raised a
novel defense the other day when ac
cused of hogging a telephone party line
while a physician was trying to use it
to call an ambulance. She pleaded not
guilty on the ground that, within 30
seconds after she told the physician to
"go to hell," her husband yanked the
telephone out of her hands and hung it
up. Therefore, she reasoned, the physi
cian was not unduly delayed by her at
titude.
For such an excuse to be valid, we
suppose, it would have to be shown
that the woman knew in advance that
her husband would grab the phone and
hang it up. She would have to prove
that she was habitually unable to stop
talking on the telephone and that
whenever she talked too long, her hus
band could be relied on to take this
action. Her refusal to yield the party
line, in that event, would be imma
terial; her back-talk would be simply
her way of passing time before the in
evitable occurred.
The woman apparently failed to con
vince the judge because he found her
guilty and fined her $200.
As the husband is probably aware by
now, it was all his fault. He should
have been more diligent in the past
about grabbing the phone away from
his wife when she talked too long, and
his reliability would then have been
unquestioned. Perhaps there is a moral
here for other husbands.
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It's Fun to Ride the Ferry
I took my first ride on the ferry
to Oeracoke last week . . . and
pretended 1 was baek aboard the
Queen Elizabeth!
The trip over and baek is a nicc
day's excursion. We had a won
derful luncheon at Oeracoke, visit
ed the Cochran shell and gift shop
next to the postoffice, the Coast
Guard station, and then skittered
between the raindrops back to the
ferry.
William Robinson, one of the
crewmen aboard the ferry, cordial
ly chauffeured us about on the is
land.
There are two ferry captains,
Marvin Howard, and Clarence D.
Scarborough. Captain Howard hap
pened to be on duty duiing our
trip. He's best known in these
parts as founder of Ocracokc's
mounted Boy Scout troop.
He has a notable past. A retired
Army engineer, he operated
dredges that dug channels on the
west and east coasts, Venezuela
and England He holds the dis
tinction of being the only Army
officer to take a convoy of mer
chant ships to England during the
second world war.
Ho recently returned to Ocracoke
after 40 years with the Army en
gineers. He holds pilot licenses
for numerous ports and at one
time commanded the dredge Bid
die, a dredge similar to the (ierig,
which is a frequent visitor to More
head City.
W. T. Skittletharpc, pilot aboard
the ferry, went along for the ride
the day we made the trip. He was
the first off the ferry at Ocracoke
and set off to catch a mess of
clams.
Ansley O'Neal, former operator
of the Ocracoke mailboat, serves
as quartermaster, purser and
mate. Among the others who man
the ferry arc Moody Hose and Dav
id Taylor, Sea Level; Roland Sty
ron, Cedar Island, chief engineer;
William and Kermit Robinson,
Ocracoke.
It's a grand trip, a time for re
laxing, reading, watching water
birds and enjoying the sun.
One lady, a tourist aboard the
ferry, was feeding the birds as we
approached the dock at Atlantic.
We also saw a school of porpoises.
Someone mentioned to her that
there was a school of porpoises
right near the ferry. She replied.
the good old days
THIRTY YEARS AGO
As a result of thr primary elec
tion, Ihcrc would be another pri
mary for the office of sheriff on
the democratic ticket, between
Raymond Ball of Harlowe and El
bert Chadwick of Straits.
Clifford W. Lewis of Beaufort
was graduated from the Medical
College of Virginia.
Fire destroyed over 100,000 acres
at Open Grounds.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
The Busy Bee Cafe of Morchcad
City would open a restaurant, the
Breakers Cafe, on Atlantic Beach.
Kemp Wickizcr won the $5 prize
for the winning name.
All the resort hotels in the coun
ty were expecting the best season
in many years.
The dry forces of Carteret coun
ty held a meeting and planned a
campaign to be put on in the coun
ty before the July 6 referendum.
TEN YEARS AGO
The Morchcad City Lions club
was sponsoring a four-ring circus.
Morchcad City residents voted in
favor of a 10 cent recreation levy
to provide a recreation program.
One hundred forty-five persons
voted, 74 for the levy and 71
against.
Miss Annie Morton, dean of wo
men at East Carolina college for
25 years, retired to make her home
in Beaufort.
FIVE YEARS AGO
Mrs. Floy Garner of Newport
was named county home agent by
the county board of commissioners,
replacing Miss Martha Barnctt,
who had resigned.
The temperature had varied dur
ing the past week. From a high
of 92 on Monday it dropped' to a
low of 55 on Saturday.
The Morchcad City town board
voted to rezonc the Presbyterian
church property at 24th Street and
Arendell for business use.
From the Pulpit
Life is made up of unexpected
events, some of them pleasant but
oft times many of them are un
happy surprises. First of all, we
would be surprised to know just
what we can do. We have no idea
of the power we possess. Every so
often we hear shocking things
about others. Reduced to its es
sence, it often amounts to gossip
or slander.
If we repeat these things we arc
exercising a power that all human
beings possess ? the power of
speech. Some would be appalled
to know they have literally de
stroyed the happiness and even
lives of their neighbors.
On the other hand, how wonder
ful it is to see people join together
and do a fine thing. It's surpris
ing bow much good we can do. In
a community in which I lived I
saw people raise a large amount
of money for a widow with several
children and then give their time
to build with their own hands a
suitable cottage. The usual com
ment wis, "I just didn't believe
it could be done."
Yet, it ia surprising to know
what others can do. Jesus took
people and brought out In them
almost miraculous things. He took
some of the most despised people
in the Jewish community and
made them his disciples. Mat
thew and Zacchaeus were two of
the most hated people in their ci
ties. They were hired men of the
Roman tax collector.
Yet, Jesus took Matthew and
brought out in him potentials that
no one dreamed existed. One of
his books became a part of the
New Testament ? the Gospel of
Saint Matthew.
Finally, I think our greatest sur
prise will come when our earthly
life ends. To begin with we never
know when this will be. Jesus
warns us that we arc to prepare
and to be ready for wc know not
the day or hour. Again, he says,
there will be those who will be
surprised when he accuses them
of letting him go hungry and thirs
ty. "When did we do these things
Lord?" And His reply will be
"Even as you did it not to the
least of these so ye did it to me."
Yet we should sot be surprised
at any of these, for wc have am
ple warning. "That which a man
sows he shall also reap." There
will be a day of accounting?* day
of Judgment. But perhaps the
greatest surprise will come when
Jesus says to those who have been
faithful, "Well done thou good and
faithful servant ? enter thou into
the joy of the Lord." Matt. 25:21.
"Yes I know. I've been feeding
them."
I don't know whether anyone
ever told her a porpoise and a bird
arc two different things or not.
This is the week of Bonnie Blue
Sweetheart. Bonnie Blue Sweet
heart is a play. It's being given
in Morchead City high school audi
torium Friday and Saturday
nights. Most folks who saw it last
year were very well pleased. We
hope this year's audiences will be
too.
NEXT month, during the Beau
fort celebration, there will be a
play presented in Beaufort school
auditorium. The plays are NOT
the same. People, more easily
confused than anybody, seem to
be confused about these two pro
ductions.
Harry Salter, Morehead City,
was the subject of a feature story
in the Civilianairc May 13 The
Civilianaire is the paper published
by the Industrial Relations depart
ment at tbc air station, Chwry
Point.
Mr. Salter was recently promot
ed to the position of master me
chanic. His wife is the former
Carolyn Styron of Beaufort.
If anyone has seen the new State
Highway Department map, they
have seen a familiar scene. The
captain mending nets in one of the
pictures with the two youngsters
watching him, is Capt. Johnny
Guthrie of Morehead City.
Stamp News
By SYD KRONISH
A postage stamp commemorat
ing the 100th anniversary of the
first treaty to promote mutual un
derstanding and goodwill between
Japan and the United States will
be issued on Sept. 26.
The stamp will be placed on first
day sale in Washington, D. C.,
when Crown Prince Akihito is ex
pected for his good will tour of the
United States.
The new 4-cent stamp will fea
ture a view of the Washington
monument with sprays of Japanese
cherry blossoms around its base.
The lettering "United States-Ja
pan" is prominently displayed on
the left border above the dates
"1860-1960."
The centennial is being cele
brated on both sides of the Pacific
as a notable event in the history
of US-Japanese relations. One
hundred years ago the US and Ja
pan exchanged ratifications of the
Treaty of Amity and Commerce
which they had concluded two
years previously.
The stamp was designed by Mi?s
Gyo Fujikawa, an American artist
of Japanese parentage now living
in New York City.
Collectors desiring first day can
cellations may send their address
ed envelopes together with money
order remittances covering the cost
of the stamps to be affixed to the
Poatm aster, Washington 13, D. C.
Lotilf Splvey
Words of Inspiration
YOUTH WEEK - FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, BEAUFORT
(Continued from Last Week)
They are our cornerstone, our foundation for the future.
We arc building our tomorrow's world upon the foundation of today's
youth.
i For just a few short years, parents, with the help of teachers, hava
the God-given opportunity to mould young bodies and minds into some
thing good These are our happiest years, when we know we have their
love and can see them growing in stature and responsibilities.
Here in Carteret county, our children are especially blessed. We
have good churches, teachers, food growing on our land and in our
waters. We are not crowded and can enjoy clean fresh air, warm sun,
the water to swim and fish in, church and 4-H camps, and so many
bright hours of wholesome fun.
Just for these few years, we have the opportunity in our homea,
churches and schools to fill the minds of tomorrow's men and women
with thought patterns that are holy, constructive and good Through
adult leadership, we must mould their lives with love and hope and
fill their hearts only with brotherly love, personal and civic responsi
bilities.
Parents must remember that our best teaching is done by example,
so it is very important for those who teach tomorrow's citizens to show
them the joy of leadership and live the way we feel that God wants us
to.
Home is so important during these growing years, as youth takes
its place in tomorrow's world. It must be a place where love is, where
peace dwells. The evil forccs of the world try especially hard at this
time to ensnare all children, make them want to follow the wide road
to destruction and fills their souls with confusion, bad habits, disobedi
ence, prejudice, hate.
Home must be a place where both parents are good examples, who
work together to plane away the evil in young hearts, helping them
emerge as young adults without stain in character, soft spoken, respon
sible, capable and compassionate.
The Master Builder drew up the plans for our tomorrow's world more
than two thousand years ago. His instructions for both parent and child
are recorded in His Book. Every day, both parent and child need His
counsel, from birth to adulthood, then the cycle begins again.
A parent's task is a tremendous job, and a great opportunity. We
must have great faith and a goal as high as the stars.
As we watch and read about our young leaders of tomorrow, we may
be inclined to ask this question, "Why is it that some children can ac
complish so much, others stand still?" We know there arc exceptions
to all rules, but in most of the cases that I have observed, a good ex
ample has been set by both parents, and the children are only taking
the places they have been trained for by their parents, church, school
and community.
Joe Kid
. . . pastor
Judy GUUlua
. ? . organist
(tUOTKS
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and for&ake not the law of
thy mother;
Bind them continually upon thine heart and tic them about thy neck.
When thou gocst, it shall lead thee; when thou steepest, it shall keep
thee; and when thou wakest, it shall talk with thee.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs o I
instruction are the way of life. ? Proverbs 6:20-23
llunor thy parents, those that gave thee birth, and watched in tender
ness thine earliest days, and trained thee up in youth, and loved in all.
Honor, obey, and love them; it shall fill their souls with holy joy, and
shall bring down God's richest blessings on thee; and in days to come,
thy children, if they're given, shall honor thee, and fill thy life with
peace. ? Tryon Edwards
Under 21
Youth Who Uses Girlfriend
As Punching Bag NeedsGym
By DAN HALMGAN
? Dear Dan: The boy I'm dating
is swell except that he doesn't
realize how rough he is. He thinks
nothing of reaching over and hit
ting me, and just the way he han
dles me is too much. I've men
tioned it to him but he still keeps
it up.
I'm 17 and he's 19. We have a
lot of fun together and I like him
a lot but I'm getting to the point
that 1 can't take his roughing up.
What should I do?? Bruised.
Dear Bruised: Your boy friend
may be trying to prove he's a "he
man" but in using you as a punch
ing bag, he's not showing much
courtesy. Tell the guy if he wants
to date you, fine, but if he wants
a workout, to go to the nearest
gym.
Dear Dan: I'm far from being
a teen ager but I have a teen-age
son and he and I argue quite a bit
on one subject. Of course, it's
just a friendly argument but we
want you to settle it for us. My
son says when he becomes 18, he
could leave home and be within
his legal rights. I always thought
the law was 21 but he says it's
been changed in our state
I haven't got a kick against it,
if it's so, but I want him to be the
right age when he docs leave
home. We'll look for your answer
soon and thanks.^l. D. J.
Dear J. D. J.: The "legal age"
law varies from state to state and
your best bet is to check with your
county officials. Actually, cach
state has a number of laws cov
ering the time a juvenile moves
into the adult orbit.
For instance, your state may
have one law governing the age
a juvenile may obtain an adult
driver's liecnse. another law cov
ering a criminal complaint being
brought against a juvenile of a
specific age, another one for vot
ing privileges, one for marriage
and one (or the question you wrote
about. Ask your county attorney
to give you the latest state ruling.
However, I think you'll find that
even though your son may be priv
ileged to move out of your home
as an adult on his 18th birthday,
he will still be responsible to you
as a minor if he stays at home
and receives his support from you.
Dear Dan: I'm a girl of 13 and
I think I'm mature enough to go
out once in a while and maybe
even go steady but my mother
doesn't. To get to the point. 1 know
a boy who knows 1 ran't go out
and yet he still wants me to go
with him. Should I say yes or no?
Also, he confides in one of my
friends to find out things about
me. Should 1 stop this or let it go
on? Thank you.? Hoping.
Dear Hoplag: Just because
you're starting to become interest
ed in boys isn't any sign of ma*
turity. As a matter of fact, you
show a great deal of immaturity.
Your mother has already said no
and just because the boy won't ac
cept that answer as final, you
question whether or not you shwild
go along with your mother or just
disregard her sound advice and
still date the boy.
This is another instance of moth*
cr knowing best, seconded by yuur*
truly. Don't sneak-date, it's about
as low as a girl can sink.
Dear Dan: What should a girl
order in a restaurant after a movie
date? I always thought a ham
burger and milk or soda was it
but the last girl I took out had a
full meal while I nursed a root
beer.? Ron.
Dear Rob: I think where teen
agers are concerned, a sandwich
and drink should be par for the
course unless a boy insists she >
have something else. The girl you
wrote about had a nerve as well aa
an appetite.