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Tyrrell County Tribune
MISS CORA M. BAR:‘SHALE
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▼OL I JAN. 2~>, 1910 NO. 8
About infantile Paralysis
Four times as many cases
of infantile paralysis were re
ported during the summer of
1939 as there were during the
same period of the preceding
year, it was announced by Ba
sil O’Connor, president of the
National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis, New York.
Nearly 7,000 cases were re
corded during the first 47
weeks of the year, as against
I*7oo for the whole country in
1938.
At the same time, the Na
tional Foundation’s annual
report showed that 44 grants
totaling 8463,972 -were made,
in 1938 and 1939 to universi
ties, hospitals, and other insti
tutions in 21 states to combat
the disease.
While more than $130,000
of this went for research to
“trap” the virus responsible
for the disease, there also
were grants for experiment
with treatment amounting to
3884,880 besides aid in a ma
jor epidemic. i
South Carolina received
special aid in the South, on
account of the epidemic dur
ing the early summer.
The state was granted
$7 ,650, which was matched
Jrom the Social Security pro
gram of the federal govern-'
Mtent. The funds, totaling
,300, were used to employ
Are orthopedic nursing con
sultants and two physiother
apy technicians, besides pay- i
Mg fees of examining sur
geons and pediatricians, hos
pitalization of approximately
100 children for 30 days, and
convalescent and foster home
care of approximately 22 chil
dren. Orthopedic appliances
were furnished in some in
stances. ’
A research grant of $5,000
also was made to the Shrin
ers’ Hospital for Crippled
at Greenville, S. C. |
The purpose of this grant,
as explained in the report, is:
“To conduct research on the|
effect of poliomyelitis on the |
length of legs and the treat-.
jnent of leg-length discrepan- j
cies; to study the equalization,
of leg-length discrepancies ; to i
investigate disturbances of
ixrne growth in an effort to
.determine the early and late
.effects on such growth fol
lowing poliomyelitis.”
Negroes in the south were
-the recipients of a grant of
3161,350, made to Tuskegee
Institute in Alabama. The
purpose is given as:
“For construction, equip
ment, and maintenance for
one year of a 36-bed unit for
the care and after-treatment;
of Negro orthopedic cases.
Further, Tuskegee will serve,
as a center for the training of •
Negro physicians, nurses, ana
physical therapists in ortho
oedic work and will dissemin
ate educational information
to all Negro doctors with re
spect to early diagnosis and
after-care and treatment of
orthopedic cases.” i
Funds expended by the Na
tional Foundation are raised
annually through voluntary
contributions made through
the Committee ior the Cele
bration of the Presidents
Birthday. The campaign is
row in progress and will con
tinue through January3o.
birthday of President Roose
vplt Organizations are being
set up in each county of every
state Included m the drive
will be various parties cele
brating the President s birth
day, a March of *
March of Sjwrt. and blrthday
greeting cards, to the Prcisi
dent with dimes attacneu.
Half of all funtecoUectedj
go to the National Foundation
and half tojocal
each county, tost year
drive netted $1,327,173, of I
which $600,000 went to the
National Foundation and
$727,173 to the counties. An
additional $50,000 from the
Will Rogers Memorial Com
mission also was left with the
counties.
FAIRFIELD BOOK CLUB
PLANS ANNUAL PARTY
Misses Flora Reid and Ada Tun
nel; were hostesses to the members
'_ £ * r »e - inTmi tli ok Cuib at the
Jam ary meeting Saturday after
n no. a t the home of Mrs A.
Harris.
Tit.’, meeting was ea’ied to order
h " the president. Mrs. Many O'-
Neal. after which minutes were
read and approved.
Judging by the titles and authors
c r the many new books brought in
t). members are looking forward
wiv , much interest to the reading
master for 194 D.
Flans were made for the annual
P°rty to be given on February 22.
The tea. ers were appointed to ar
range .lie entertainment program
and Mrs. R. R. Grant, Mrs. Isabelle
Cartwright and Mrs. H. C. Jones,;
Jr. to plan the menu.
Two contests relative to
and counties in North Carolina
were the ente inment featuies!
for the afternoon. Mrs. R. L. Jones, i
Mrs. G. D. Hardesty, Mrs. R. G.j
Roebuck, Mrs. H. C. Jones, Sr.,'
Mrs. J. L. Simmons, Mrs. Isabelle
Cartwright and Miss Mary Lindsey
tied for the prizes. Miss Lindsey,
drew the lucky number for the i
cities and Mrs. Hardesty for the
| counties. ;
The hostesses served sandwiches. 1
pickles, olives, hot tea and choco
late nut candy. |
i
CRE SWELL HONOR ROLL
Following is the Cresweil school
honor roll for the fourth month,
as announced by the principal:
First grade: Clifton D. Lamm,,
Lael June Gregg, Ruth Holton,
Sarah Jane Phelps.
Second grade: Miss Peterson:,
Doris Ambrose, Billie Jean Clifton,!
Maude Grace Davenport, Romaldia j
Sadler, Joyce Snell, C. J. Haire, j
Clarence Lee Patrick Arden Wii- i
Miams, Ronnie Pritchette.
Miss Ogilvie; Dorothy Cara wart, j-
Betty Joe Davenport, Nell Daven- \
port, Althea Midgette, Nina Phelps, •
Jean Spruill, Dorcas Ann Swain, j
Bobby Bennett, Buddy Harris. Ken
neth Williamson, Esther Mae Hus- j
ton.
i Third grade: Ray Reynolds.!
Marvin Davenport, Thomas Noon
ey, Fess Wynn, Leroy Wynn, Caico
Ann Comstock Alice Davenport,
Myrtle Edwards, Rebecca Patrick,
Norma Riddick.
i Fourth grade: William Hassell,
Mary Jane Ambrose. Margie Dav-1
enport, Cleo Davis, Joyce Patrick,!
Ceceilia Willoughby, Louise Daven
port, Wade Phelps.
Fifth grade: Aubrey Woodley,
Fred Collins, L. A. Huston, Robert !
Stillman, Ina Phelps, Viva Cahoon, •
Garland Spruill, Christine Ambrose,!
, Mildred Ambrose, Betty Jean Bate-!
1 man, Frances Harris, Toledo Over- j
ton, Betty Swain, Jay Allen, Sadie ;
L. Patrick, Marjorie Tarkenton, Ju- i
lie B. Twiddy, James C. Davenport, j
I Sixth grade: Norma Belanga, j
■ Dorothy Davenport, Norma Daven
port, Nettie Hathaway, Marjorie
i Phelps, Virginia Woodley, Harold
; Gibbs, Jimmie Hopkins, Ray Liver
' man, Albert Norman, Edwin Nor
jman, Clyde Smithson, Jr.
I Seventh grade: Grayson Collins,
i Roger Davenport, William Daven
'port, Wendell Haire, Alton Harris,
Leon Hassell, Joseph Huston, Eva
1 Liverman, Ada Virginia Ilopkins.
Eighth grade: Billy Liverman,
Myrtle Allen, Selma Furlough,
Evelyn Belanga, Lucile Davenport.
Ninth grade: John Stillman,
Sam Woodley, Geneva Ambrose,
Violet Mae Ambrose, Ruth Allen,
Marjorie Barber, Mary Bateman,
Louise Snell, Maude Grace Holton.
Tenth grade: Isabelle Patrick,
Neva Patrick, Iris Spruill, Carol
Van Davenport, Chester Hopkins.
Eleventh grade: Billy Wells
Bateman. J. C. Gatlin Jr., Margaret
■ Davis, Edna Rae Spruill, Selma
Stillman.
! Twelfth grade: Dallas Spruill
'Collia V. Davenport, Virginia Dav
enport, Roxie Furlough, Nancy
Jane Norman, Irene Spruill, Evelyn
Swain.
A demonsti ation on simple home
water systems given by H. M. Ellis,
of State College, before a Wilson!
County home demonstration group
i is expected to result in the instal
lation of several systems.
HEROES OF SPORT BILL ERWIN
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EX-aujApp champ > 1
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»10. I 1 CLENCHED FIST-To PREVENT a 15 GOOD LUCK/ .?-■'.
1 ' uncle Jeff Kayman wants us
;■> ta k about him,” said the Drum
mer t» his friend, the Old Sea Cap
tain.
I haw troubles enough of my
own.” replied the Old SaT. “What
in Jes ’s head anyway? Most
people don't want to be talked
about.”
"Since Uncle Jeff has been care
taker of Fort daiejgh, he has found,
it pays to advertise,” said the
l.'vui..nv-r. “lie says he don't care
v. hat folks ays about him, just so
they say SOMETHING.”
"Vied, he has got something
there.” said the Old Sea Captain.
Talning about folks never hurt any
body except the one who does the
talking. What do we want, to say
about Jeff?”
“I think he would want us to
talk about what a ladies’ man he
has always been,” said the Druni-
I mer. “As Jessie Benjamin Ether
i idge used to say, he ‘never couitl
1 understand why the womenfolks
; thought so much of a little runt
, like Uncle Je f.’ As you know, he
' is going on T? years old.”
! “Yes,” said the Old Sea Captain,
; I know it must have been a blow
to him, that (.’apt. Tom Midgett
should be the first to be the victim
, of an ‘alienation’ suit.’
j “Uncle Jeff is doing a streak of
courting,” sa d the Drummer. He
;is all puffed up like a Bantam
rooster because so many women-.
folk who visit Fort Raleigh show
ian interest in him. He is easily
! more popular than Paul Green, or
j Sam Selden or Ben Dixon Mac Neill,
■when it comes to holding the in
terest of the lady folks.”
“Wei!, it is a mighty fine thing
to be popular,” said the Oid Sea
Captain. “One cannot value friends
too highly. They are always worth
; more than money. It is often said
that one true friend makes a man
■ rich. And the good will of the
! womenfolks is certainly a big as
| set.”
: “Uncle Jeff certainly has
I friends,” said the Drummer. “He
jhas away about him that makes
; people like him. I think the se
■ cret of it is that he was always
big hearted, generous to his own
hurt, and always ready to go out
jof his way to do a favo*’ for a
i neighbor.”
! “One can hardly overdo being
accommodating,” said the Old Sea
Captain. “If you will notice, the
, men who find the time to do the
most favors for people are men
who have the most to do for them
selves.”
“Uncle Jeff deserves a lot for
; his good nature and his friendly
j desire to he!]) people,” said the
Drummer. “1 think he is a great
asset to Fort Raleigh, and he ought
to be paid a good salary for look
j ing after the place, for he draws
j crowds here and makes them glad
; they came, and to want to come
back.”
! 'Yes,” said the Old Sea Captain,
j”He should be preserved as a land
j mark. We don’t have many like
i him. When they are gone it will
ibe hard to fill their places. The
old folks are the salt of the earth.
They live not only in the present
but the past, and in the light of
their rich experience, they can give
us many valuable lessons, and much
wise counsel.”
“Amen,” said the Drummer. “We
will stick by Uncle Jeff in all his
courtship, and may he have a long
and happy life.”
| NOW AND THEN |
(Continued from Page One)
waiting on the trade. Saw there
an old friend, Capt. Walter Barn
ett, who was on the lightship off
Hatteras torpedoed by the Germans
during the World War.
Mannie Steen came in. He told
us about the mistake Loran Ball
ance of Hatteras made. Mannie
recently bought a 1935 Ford of Ro
land Sawyer. He ordered a barrel
of gas of Mr. Ballance, Hatteras
oil dealer. Mr. Ballance’s truck by
mistake set out a barrel of kero
sene at the Steen home.
“It looked funny bo me,” Mannie
sajd, “but I thought it must be
white gas. I ran that old Ford on
it two days before I discovered
what was wrong. I may go back
to it, as it costs only half as much
as gas.”
There I visited the CCC camp,
THE TYRRELL COUNTY TRIBUNE
and found old friends, E. J. Byrum,
Charlie Gray, Grover Quinn and
Calvin Meekins, driven inside by
unusual weather, snow and low
temperature, not often found at
Hatteras.
The woods at the Capo were un
usually interesting Friday after
noon, with snow spreading over
hill and dale, and whitening the
side of the pines, and making light
er the Winter afternoon. It was an
unusual sight, and was unusual
sport for the children of the Cape,
who are not often privileged to en
joy snowballing.
At night l drove to Hatteras, ar
ri\ ing in time for a warm supper
at Scotty* Gibson’s hotel, f was
tired and didn’t mind going to bed
early. Here, at the nearest part
of the coast to the Gulf Stream,
was a temperature of 24. 1 wrap
ped in .warm blankets, and slept
■ until the sun, pouring in the win
dows, awoke- me.
} 1 spent the day at, Hatteras, mos>:
of the time at Dan Oden's store,
with occasional sa'lie.s about the
! neighborhood. At night, I drove
I all the way to Rodanthe, where I
I spent the night. The wind was
| crisp and brisk, and cold. Snow
was over the beach, and the sands
i were frozen in many places. Once
II had to stop to deflate iny tires
jin order to proceed through a soft
i patch of sand and snow.
When one has travelled all day
along the coast, nursing and cuss
ing, and scolding, and coaxing and
i pushing an old worn-out Ford, he
!is ready for rest at night. My
j friend Robinson Douglas gave me
: food at Chicamicomico Station. I
chatted awhile with Newcomb Mid
gett, and the other boys, and went
l over to Frank Mec-kins’ and a'ter
1 awhile went to bed. Despite my
i aches and pains, [ went to sleep,
'and awoke to the bright sunshine
Jof Sunday morning,
i ! do not know of a more enioy
i able visit that one can make than
ito travel among the kindly, friendly
people on the banks from Oregon
i inlet to Hatteras. There is always
j hospitality, and friendship, and
ikind treatment, and a desire to be
he’pful on most every hand.
The saddest thought ever to cross
my mind is to think of the good
j old friends who have passed away
iin the past 12 years since I began
jmos t extensively t o travel the
!banks. The county is the loser since
I they have passed on, and so often
jhas it tinged with sadness every
j visit.
j At Hatteras we remember many
j who are gone; splendid people who
' were of the salt of the earth. Men
Uncle Charlie Austin, and Dex
ter Oden and Andrew Oden, and
| Litchfield Gaskill, a dear and faith
!ful friend. Capt. Dozier Burrus,
land Hiram Austin are dead.. Old
j Tom Angel, the good old colored
man is gone.
At Frisco are remembered n .y
j faithful ones. Dick Farrow, <x/id
! Dozier Scarborough, and Chrisio
,pher Rollinson, and Uncle Bill Poy
!ner, bless his memory. Poor old
I Little Ike is dead. And more than
half the population has moved
iaway.
| At Buxton one recalls many gone
jwho were there 12 years ago.
j There was the venerable Kit Miller,
,an outstanding citizen. Uncle Jim
iiny Parnett, who died at 93; big
-1 hearted old Tom Barnett, Capt.
jTom Gray, Burton Smith, and Uncle
j Ben Jennett, along with many
! others. All, all are gone, the old
familiar faces.
At Avon many old faces are mis
sing. Uncle Till Gray heads the
list. George Meekins is dead. Geo.
Howard O’Neal, and a few others
have passed on. When one comes
to the villages of Salvo, Waves and
Rodanthe, the list is short. Few
have died, but the few were great.
Ignatius Midgett was a true and
helpful friend; old brother Ken
neth Pugh is dead. Old man Van
Dyke, who at 80 watched the ocean
from the window of his deathbed,
and let it lull him to his last sleep
is no more at Salvo. Capt. John
Allen Midgett, who brought fame
and glory more than any other man
on the coast, to the Coast Guard
service he loved and served is gone.
And there are others.
I say I enjoy these trips along
the coast. I iike to drive along the
surf, and to hear its hollow moan
ing, and to see the distant light
houses flashing as night comes on.
I like to see the moon across the
waters, shining on sea or sand, or
even snow. There is always some
thing new* to thrill and delight one
along the coast.
But when I think of the splendid
souls who meant so much to the
coastland who have gone to rest,
whose places it seems are slow to
be filled, it is with a feeling of
! loneliness and discouragement that
'one contemplates the land about
'him. To know these people along
i the coast is to like them. And
when one has found a friend among
i them, he is an exceptional one. The
loss of one of them is a tragedy
not easily forgotten.
* * *
! Maybe next week, when I have
' gotten back on the job, 1 can hit
the old stride in writing this
column. It used to be printed in
the Beaufort News. Several other
papers have asked for it. But I
hesitated about writing it because
1 doubted I would have the time to
keep 7i up. Maybe, and then
maybe.
j FAIR HELD -NEWS
I
, Mrs. J. L. Mann ar.d daughter,
(Betty, spent the week end in Bel
j haven wit h relatives,
j Miss Robena Midyetve left last
week for Youngstown, Ohio, to
spend some time with her sister,
Mrs. Faul Osgocd.
j Miss Camille Swindell of Louis
• burg, spent several days last week
at home with her parents.
The following citizens were visit
ors in Washington last week: Mr.
|and Mrs. R. G. Roebuck, Mrs. Mat
‘ tie Cartwright, Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
j Jones, Sr., Mrs. Isabelle Cart
wright, E. N. Murray and C.
j Mooney.
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i
EVERETT—COLLINS
i Miss Margaret F. Collins of
jMackeys and Francis L. Everett of
1 Roper were united in marriage
Tuesday evening at 6:30 at Cres
jWo’i Baptist pastor’s home with Dr.
G. A. Martin performing the ring
ceremony.
J The bride, the daughter of Mr.
land Mrs. Ft. 1. Collins of Mac Keys,
ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OF
Dixie Motors, Inc.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
Authorized Sales and Service For
PLYMOUTH
and DODGE
AUTOMOBILES AND TRUCKS
r
To My Friends in Tyrrell County:
I wish to extend you a cordial invitation to visit our new show
and sales rooms in the former N. C. Equipment Company building in
Williamston, and I will personally appreciate a chance to serve you
again in my new field. Let me show you the new 1940 Plymouth
and Dodge cars before you buy any make of automobile.
WILLIAM EVERETT, Manager
Service Department Now Open
Expert Mechanics to Serve You on All Makes of Cars
DIXIE MOTORS, INC.
WILLIAM EVERETT, Manager WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
was attired in a teal blue traveling!
outfit with matching accessories.;
Her flowers were a corsage of talis- ■
man roses. 1
STOP AT
BURTON’S TEXACO SERVICE
STATION
Sandwiches—Cold Drinks
Corner Church and Broad Streets.
Edentcn, N. C.
.
NOTICE!!
TO THE FARMERS OF TYRRELL
COUNTY
There will be a meeting at the Agri
culture Building at 2 o’clock, Jan. 27th,
to discuss and sign contracts for growing
Tomatoes during 1940.
A representative of The Neuse
Packing Co., will be at this meeting to
explain to the farmers their proposition.
A. L. Alexander
Thursday, January 25, 1940
I Mr. Everett is the son iof Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Everett of Roper
and is well known in this com
l munity.