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FOR GREATER PROGRESS OF THE LAKE PHELPS AND PETTIGREW PARK REGION AND FELLOWSHIP WITH OUR NEIGHBOR COUNTIES VOL. II; NO. 4 TYRRELL RECEIVES $49,325 ! IN SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS Unemployment Compensation Group Reports 1 on Payments in County for Old Age Pen-! sions, Dependent Children, and to Blind, and For Other Social Services i Approximately $-19,325.1"'* has , been distributed in Tyr.cll < unty •> through operation of nine of the. ten divisions of the So. ia: i- .v-.ritv • Art, from its oeg’imii g ami , through June SO. 1 i*4• •. .t s eStl-. mated, on a basA of ofib »I figures, by Charles Cj. Powvlr, chairman "f the N. C. Uuet.iphn uen; Compen sation Commissi;'!:. Normally, unemployment cm:;- f pensation, or be nerds >. > worker.' temporarily out of jobs, is 'the lar- , gest item in the program, except in ‘ agricultural counties. The more andlarger the industries a county,' has, the more jobless benefits it , gets. In the 2 r s years of benefit payments, through June HO, these benefits reached included in 1,046 checks issued to residents; of Tyrrell County. Chairman Powell reports that State agencies handling phases of the Social Security Act cooperate with him in supplying figures of 1 , their activities, which gives him an counties of the State. These in-; accurate picture of distributions in clde the State welfare department, Mrs. W. T. Best, sperintendent, and Nathan H. Yelton, director of pub- j lie assistance; Dr. Roma S. Cheek, secretary of the State Commission for the blind; Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, State health officer; and the de partment of public instruction, par ticularly T. E, Browne, director of vocational education. Old Age Pensions Old age assistance, help for needy residents past 65 years of age, in the three years of distri-j bution, through last June 80. amounted to $16,912.00 in this ( county. Aid to dependent children, help for those deprived of their normal breadwinners, amounted to $9,- figl 50 in the same period in this county. _ i Aid to the blind, in the same 36 months, amounted to $2,268.24 in the county. ! Ir. these three divisions of the Social Security Act, the Federal government provides one-half of the funds and the State and coun ties one-fourth each, with a State equalizing fund to help the smaller counties. Prior to January 1, 1940, these three governmental units furnished one-third each for aid to dependent children. No county figures are available for old age and survivors insur ance. Monthly payments in this division started after January 1, 1940. due to a 1939 amendment, af ter lump-sum payments for three years. This will, in due time, be come one of the most impoitant of the five major divisions of the Social Security Act. With practically accurate figures, it is evident, Mr. Powell points out, that about $49,325.00 was distrib uted in this county to July 3 ir. for of the five major divisions of the Act, exclusive of old age and survivors insurance. Child Welfare Tn the other five divisions, clas sed as “services/' approximately $12,425.00 has been distributed in this county, including about $350.00 in child welfare services and about SOBO.OO in vocational rehabilitation. Disbursement of funds in the other three “services” is made f through county or district health departments, aid only 70 of the 100 counties having such depart ments June 30, 1940. participated | in this distribution. (Three ether, counties —--Gates, Lin.’o'n and Rock- j Ingham—started organ’zed health! work as of July t, 1940, but dbl not share in the funds in the period be- j ing considered). Twenty-four counties, therefore, received prac tically no funds in these divisions, and what they would have received, and didn’t increased the funds ti counties with health departments. Tyrrell county, with a health de partment., received $2.205.00 for maternal and child health services: $1,940.00 for services t< cripnled children; sod $7,250.00 ;n pobl.c health work. These five “service” division re ports are approximate. The 1940 census figures of 3,501-990 for the State and 5,549 for tn;s county were used in prorating the funds, made un for Federal allotment.', matched by the State and counties. Workers Tyrrell County, central UCC of fice records show, has 13 resident employers subject to the Lnem ployment Compensation law and 203 workers protected bv it. Liable resident employers paid $7,862.J« into the State fund in 3V 2 years, ending last June 30, as compared with $6,037.78 ni benefits drawn in ‘SMi years, also ending June 30, by resident workers in the county. THE TYRRELL TRIBUNE NEW TEACHER FOR 3D GRADERS Little Scholars Shower Mrs Molson With Gifts on Lest Dav of School Mrs. John. Mel son. who has been granted a leave of absence by the Tyrrell Board of Education, w : ll be replaced by Miss Anna Louise Tax- ' b>r, of Everetts, N. C.. according to announcements from the county superintendent’s office this week. Mrs. Melsrn is well known in Co lumbia and in the teacher for the ; third grade at the Columbia \ school. Her resignation is only temporary and she is expecting to ' : ♦each again next, year. Miss Tay lor who is ft! mg the vacancy is a recent graduate of Eastern Caro lina Teacher r. College in Green ville. f Showing thmr deep regard for t their teacher, the little third grad * ers .showered Mrs. Melson with gifts on the last day of school. Very cleverly they made arrange ments with Mrs. Clara Alexander, ! also a member of the Columbia, school faculty, to get Mrs. Melson out of the room until they could arrange their many presents on her desk. Her marked surprise was a delight to the young schol ars. She thanked each of them j for their kindness and tfioughtfu!- 1 ness. VOCATIONAL UNIT | j STARTED IN TYRRELL i The construction of a vocational building was started this week at the Tyrrell County Training School in Columbia with 30 workers under the National Youth Administration program «ff the j*S 1 1 Taking advantage of the fact | that the old Travis high school building was of no avail, the pres 'ent board of education approved a ! proposal to take down the Travis . building, move the salvaged ma terial to Columbia, and erect a ’ much needed vocational building on j the colored school plot. * i By turning the w r ork over to the |! NYA group it was revealed that 5 the cost of the building would be * I little, and since the group is un > J der competent advisors and raana - 51 gers, a well constructed and useful building could be had very cheaply. THEY WERE HELPED The twenty-five families which the Tyrrell Welfare office reported as needinig help if they were to have an enjoyable Christmas all re ceived surprises with baskets of food and presents officials reported this week. Some of the families were taken by individuals, and others were ta ken in groups. The NYA toys made by* those on the Federal pro gram during the past two weeks have been distributed to needy families. "E " txcitinsi is the word for BEN AMES WILLIAMS’ New Serial “TH E STRUMPET SEA” ★ Here is a story so vivid and real that it will fairly lift you aboard the home bound whaler, "Venturer'' where things are happen ing thick and fast. Read It in This Paper BEGINS TODAY OCTAGONAL HOUSE OF ANTEBELLUM DOCTOR IN HYDE COUNTY a** ZmJi. - S’. •' .kill - i ONE OF THE MOST interesting of the other. There are two such) This peculiar house was erected j homes to be found anywhere in walls made of Ix 3 plank about six ( before the Civil War by Dr. Wil- j North Carolina and one of Hyde’s inches apart, with a plaster being, itam Sparrow, an anomalous man. aces in attracting tourists is the applied in the middle to hold it to- j who was a physician by profession. “Round House’’ which is located gethcr. A plaster was also used jlt was his one desire to have a about a mile north of the Lake on the out side of the building in j home different from anyone else. Landing post office on Highway j place of weather-boarding, but this] As far a? it can be learned, he sue - 264. I has been torn off in recent years j ceeded well in his task, for it is The building is octagonal-shaped. | and replaced by wooden shingles, said that there is only one other That is, it has eight sides, each of! There are six square rooms in buiiding like it in America, it be the same size and constructed in a this eight-sided, two story strue- ing along the Maryland coast, and circle like way, making it appear ture. Three of the rooms being on it is doubted that it is constructed to be round from a distance. It the first floor apd three on the on the same plan as used by Dr. has no post, being constructed in second. It is occupied by Mr. and Sparrow, the same manner of a rail fence. Mrs. Charles Payne, weli-kriown One plank is paid directly on top Lake landing family, who own it. DETERMINATION OF LEADERS j. MARK GROWTH OF LIBRARY 1 The struggle for cultural devel opment has long been the epic song of all historians, even as the strug gle for a public library in Tyrrell is today turning into an epic song of praise. , i Whether you know it or riot, the . swelling advancement of Colum bia’s public library is vastly under rated and has never been acclaimed by the press. Its fight for exist ence, and the part it is destined to ■ play in the lives of Tyrrell’s citi i zenry, not only means that some fc U,; *y> •• 4- * vr *'"*V 9** vm. i<ao oUi: vuo*. * but also that behind the scenes 1 there’s a human story of what to ■ morrow should have in store for i the people of the county. 5 ; It was first started by the Wo ■ man’s Club some three years ago. 1 A few books were donated, the 1 WPA offered to furnish the labor jin the form of a librarian, and the ; initial scratch had been made, t Today the growing institution, - housed in what was formerly the ‘ town hall, can boast a vevy of - books, and offer to the reading 1 public a well chosen list of up-to- j •. the-minute selections just off the ! press. Today, the library is still j struggling to exist, but it has something which can never be ta- j ken away . . . due directly to the tireless effort of Mrs. A. W. * Houtz, chairman of the Library ‘ Board. i f Obstacles d. You’ll find here that some very discouraging obstacles have been n faced and conquered, and you'll * find on the book shelves the rea -8 son why other nearby cities have '• nothing on the reading public of s Tyrrell. y ; Just last spring the WPA re j vealed that if the government was ] expected to furnish a librarian, a ! certain number of books would have to be purchased for the library. The Woman”s Club called ■ for a meeting of representatives of the leading civic organizations in the county. The response was , gratifying, and oui. of this came a board to keep the library going, ! with Mrs. Houtz as its chairman, j First Mrs. Houtz gained the ap proval of the board to put ir* a rental shelf. Here novels were rented out for ten cents, and was listed as the first income towards the purchase of new books. Next I she went before the Board of j County Commissioners and got a pledge of sls per month towards books, all of which w-as followed by pledges from the Men’s Club, : the Women’s Club, the Junior Wo men’s Ciub. and the American Legion. The WPA officials ac cepted the policy, and Tyrrell’s library made rapid growth. Librarian ; Miss Sarah Fleming was made librarian, and her capable work in keeping the and ca’alog ing the books has brought forth the praise of one and all. Her .binding affection for the :nstitut;or •which she has so meticulously help 'ed nourish into a thriving being jonly came to light recently, j According to rules of the WPA workers must be re-certified after an eighteen month period. II takes some time to become re certified. And Miss Fleming ha< worked faithfully on even thougl I without assured pay ntil she car be approved again. Thanks to th( efforts of Mrs. Houtz, the count} commissioners have agreed to le' COLUMBIA. N. C. THURDSAY, DECEMBER 26, 1940 their sls pledge be used as a ges ture of compensation, wh'le fur- 1 ■ ther efforts are made to fully re ward her for her effort. With such interest and coopera tion between chairman and librar ian, with such sacrifices and dog ged determination to overcome all < obstacles there r little chance for < the library to »o anything ocher ( than advance ir o the indispensible unit which it i mid rightfully be. i ‘ Today there is no doubt that it rests in good h 'ds, as the efforts < 0 >.v . • .... i oh >v, *.«o *i ut | Members of le library ooard j a are Mrs. A. W Houtz, chairman; ; a Mrs. Linwood 1 ell, vice chairman; 0 Mrs. G. M. Ga cett, W. T. Crutch- 1 B field, C. Earl C boon, J. W. Hamil- ton, and Mrs. 1 . S. Carawan. FOURTH G»ADE GIVES 4 SPECIAL PROGRAM [ T IN COLIMBIA SCHOOL j; The fourth g-ade of the Colum- j' bia school hek the spotlight last' week when they brought the first < | session of the current school year ! to a close with a musical program j entitled “Sit-town Strike in ; Santa’s Ville.” ' J j The musical show, which was 1 under the direc.ion of Miss- Martha 1 Sykes, teacher of the grade, was given before Ihe entire student I body and friends of the commun ! i ty. i Leading parts were taken by Early Hopkins who did a fine job 1 ( of being Saint Nick. His wife was j capably enacted by Ann Cohoon. j 1 Others in the play were: Paul Hoggard Jr., as the U. S. Postman; jOllie Vera Beasley, as the spirit of ; Christmas; George Thomas Staley, < Franklin Davenport, Thurman 1 Mayo, Elloyd Litchfield, Howard I Thompson, F. T. Pratt, Phyllis • ' Liverman, Anri Brinn, Jane Smith, 1 and Doris Rhodes as Santa’s work-. * ers; Christine Ainsley, Virginia’ * Clough, Maudie Twiddy, Sara Ann i Reynolds, Betty lee Morris, Bobby ‘ Ray Basnight, and Kathleen Crad , dock as Christmas cooks; and Dur . wood Cooper, Guy Litchfield, and - Leland Hayman as Santa’s post i men. J The devotional exercises, held 5 before the play started, were con- ] ?, ducted by little Ollie Vera Beasiey,' t Jane Smith led in prayer, Berlin f, Spencer made the address of vrel- J i i come, Sara Ann Reyno'ds recited a s poem entitled, “Santa’s Christmas i. Fairy,” and then the entire class , I sang “Santa in Coming Soon.’’ -j After the program in the audi i torium, the different classes re - tired to their rooms and completed s ( the finishing exercises with various j programs, exchanges of frifts, and j entertainment for the parents who e ; were guests for the day. >’* 1 -j EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE h| The Tyrrell County Democratic r Executive Committee will be caller! v ; sometime during the next few i- { days, according to an announce ! ment by W. J. White, chairman of i the group, to elect a new member X. •to fill a vacancy in the County r Board of Education, t The vacancy occurred when C. ,- Earl Cohoon, who is chairman of s the board, handed in his resigna h tion which becomes effective the n first of the year. Mr. Cohoon, who e is representative for the county, v will be in Raleigh at the Legisla ;t ture which meets early in the year. ADAM ETHERIDGE AID OF WRIGHTS SUDDENLY PASSES Leading Citizen of Roanoke Island, Vet. Coast Guard; Aided First Flight Adam Dough Etheridge, 67. one of three surviving men of Dare County who helped Wilbur and Orville Wright launch the first airplane on a bleak December 17th, 1903 at Kill Devil Hills, died Sun day afternoon at 3 p. m. at his hpmn "Par Me r top _fnll Auppjr J»ri attack which complicated chronic j ailments. He was interred in the old Etheridge cemetary, at 3 p. m. Monday, across the road from his home. The son of the late Adam and Abia Dough Etheridge, he came of two families who have been promi nent in the life of this section for over 150 years. As a young man j he enlisted in the Life Saving vice, and while working at Kill : Devil Hills in 1903, along with j others, aided the Wrights and ns- j 1 sisted in launching the first air- . plane flight. Tn later years, Mr. Etheridge, and r.he late Willie S. Dough, along with John T. Daniels' of Manteo, went to Washington as witnesses to aid the Wrights in their contentions. With Mr. Daniels, Mr. Etheridge was a guest of j honor of the Cleveland air races in 1937 and on the same trip by air visited Henry Ford. | He had been retired from active, service in the Coast Guard for : several years. Last week, he parti- j : cipated in the observance of the 37th anniversary of the first air-j piane flight. “I served with him many years,” said John T. Daniels, : and our re'ationship were always pleasant, with never a cross word.: jHe was an unusually good man,! and a good citizen, husband and father.” j | As lifelong member of Roanoke Island Baptist Church, Mr. Ether idge and his family were among | the main supports of the church. He lived a life of neighboriiness, and gave his support to community causes. H's wife, who survives, was Miss Lilly 'Johnson and a sister of Capt. Martin Johnson of Manteo. i Mr. Etheridge is survived by ! three children, Augustus Guy Eth , eridge of Woodleaf, Rowan Coun -1 tv; Adam Etheridge Jr., of Manteo, 'and Mrs. John F. Wilson of Man : | feo. There are seven grandchil i firert. He is also survived by a j brother, Capt. Bill Etheridge of . 1 Manteo, and a sister, Mrs. John B. . Etheridge of .Manteo. He was a 1 1 nephew of former Sheriff A. H. ;! Etheridge of Manteo. i Funeral services were 'conducted > i by Rev. L. W. Fields, the Baorist jmstor, assisted by Rev. M. W. i Maness of the Methodist church, j The floral offerings in volume and - beauty bore witness to his large ! j and devoted circle of friend-;, and ci? large crowd attended the funeral. - j The active pallbearers were Capt. f; Martin Johnson, Robert Atkinson, r Leo Midgett,, Capt. Bill Etheridge, / I Roy Pltheridue and T. A. Basnight ! Honorary pallbearers we r e 7.. V !. I Brinkley, Clyde Hassell, J .hn T f! Daniels, D. B. Fearing. I P. Davis - and W. R. Pearce. e‘ Hvirrns sung at the grave were o , “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” anr ,|“ln the Sweet B. e and Bve.” Thf .-j singers were:- Mr. and Mrs. C W. Overman, Mrs. M. W. Maness NATIONAL DEFENSE COURSES TO BE STARTED IN TYRRELL i Federal Government Allots Money For Course To Train Youth in Trades and Professions; Auto Mechanics and Woodwork Classes to I Be Held at night; Jobs to be Offered | CHAIRMAN C. G. POWELL HUNTED IN HYDE CO. CHARLES C. POWELL, Chairman I of the U. C. C. in Raleigh, recent ( !y visited Hyde County.at- the home t >f Dr. A. G. Harris in Fairfield, i and demonstrated to the people * there he is a “straight shooter,” i > for out on the Lake, “his kite” | broke many previous records , among local and non-residents | sportsmen, and his friends say he 1 is equally efficient in administer- 1 ing the affairs of the unempleyed in North Carolina. The high tri- 1 bates recently paid him by the Chairman of the Social Security 1 Board and Governor Hoey indicate t an efficient record during the past j four years. ’ _ 1 i COAST AIRWAY ROUTE BUYS A SECOND PLANE Driskill Puts Now Stinson Five-Place Job Through Paces; Begins Christmas The new five-passenger plane, bought by Pilot Dave Driskill re cently for the Coast Airways route, Norfolk to Beaufort via Manteo and Oeracoke, was :nspecled and put through its paces this week end. Thf- plane went into service, be ginning Christmas day. The Oeracoke Manteo Transpor tation Company, a Stanley Wahab enterprise, owns the new air route. Driskill is president of the com ; pany, and chief pilot. The com i nany has a plane bought from the Roanoke Island Flying Service, (and it was the pioneering of this i group and Pilot Driskill, w’ho re vealed the possibilities of air travel .along the coast The plane service will operate between Norfolk and Beaufort. It will bring Oeracoke and Hatteras within close touch of the entire coast. At Roanoke Island, a new and I large airport is to be cleared soon on land owned by the countv. Oc | rncoke has a good landing field .which is to be improved. Hangars iwil) be constructed, and other fa cilities added. ! McCULLERS GIVES i PARTY FOR BANDSTERS j Band organizer, Charlie L. Me- 1 Cullers, entertained the Columbia Bandstrvs at a special Christmas party last week after the group presented an open a>r concert at the entrance of the County court i house. 1 The party took place in the din ing room of the Columbia hotel, where special game? were played, refreshments served, and gifts ex changed. I Besides Mr. and Mrs. M'*CuU'*~s. a-'d Columbia’s band leader Miss Kathryn Walker, the following were present: Alhin Hamilton. Hal Chaplin. Nan Chaplin, Gilbert 1 Reynolds, Tiii'a Norris, Edward . Hamilton. Mary Alice Cohoon. ( Durwood Cooper, J. E. Norris, Jr., Nancy Meekins. Kathryn Morris, Ann Cohoon, Dan Hassell, Nor mcn Kn'ght. Joseph Laughing house, Phyllis Liverman, Margie Davenport. Roy Smith, Sally Bate man, Joe Norcum, Thomas Yerby, John Eaßon, and Herbert Liverman. G. T. Westcett, Mrs. O. C. J. : Scharff. Robert Midgett. Mrs. B. i H. Davis, and Miss Evelyn Davis. ? The poem, crossing the bar was . read by Rev. M. W. Maness, whe , also pronounced the benediction. Single Copy 5c Realizing the marker) lack of skilled labor in the fields of pre paring an armed nation, the long arms of the National Defense pro gram reached down into Tyrrell last week and started the machine rolling to turn- out men capable of filling some of the many vacancies now listed on the program records. The machinery started in the form of finances being given by the Federal Government towards starting classes which would give 1 young men that knowledge which I fit them for some specific trade. It was with this in mind that Tyr irell educational officials called a 1 meeting last week of local high j school grads now unemployed and ] started the proceedings which will j mean active c'ass work within the , near future. j The machinery started in the | form of finances being given by the | Federal Government towards start- I ing classes which would give young men that knowledge which fit them for some specific trade. It was with this in mind that Tyrrell edu cational officials called a meeting last week of local high school grades now unemployed and started the | proceedings which will mean ac j tive class work within the near future. j There wore eleven young fel lows present at the meeting in the 1 school building, and with V. H. , Durrance presiding, the group elected to study auto mechanics for the eight week period named by the officials from the Nation's capital. Night Classier, , The class will meet f'>r tT'rep I hours every night at the school garage where actual enuipment will he on hand for the learners, ine ’ Will ue inotiUi.LtJvi 0» Lu)>il Davenport, school mechanic, and the class will meet five nights each week. ' A similar program will begin in the Tyrrell Training school for Negro youths desiring to specialize in some trade. The first meeting held by the colored officials re sulted in the inauguration of a class in carpentry. ■At the completion of the eight weeks course the young men will not he classified as skilled laborers, but will be ready to step into posi tions as assistants to mechanics or carpenters. Present information from Wash i ington officials reveal that those , taking the course will proba’bly be offered jobs in nearby national de . sense projects, and sin the course ■ will cost tlie students nothing, the , graduate is expected to give na ; tional defence openings nreference - over jobs he may be offered by i private industry. j Open to AH ? The classes are open to anyone between the ages of seventeen and s twenty-five. It was explained by local officials that even if anvone ~ ; is enioloyed at present and wishes , to take the course he may do so. Bv holding the clashes at it n will be possible to include almost j e.ery case which might be inter d ested. According to schedules and rat ings made bv the government, the instructors for the course will be paid a dollar each hour of class, but there can be no more than fif teen hours of class work during any one week. The new program authorized bv Congress, however, does not in clude only classes in auto mechan ics and wood-work. If there is de mand for other courses, the gov ernment will make arrangements for the starting of such, and hero in comes the first opportunity for the young generation to get competent instruction in a specific trade or nrofession. Information on this subject, can he secured from the county superintendent’s office at any time The courses are being offered i throughout the nation, end it ’*■ nv. ported that within a period of spy , eral months, a great deal of slack ( can be taken out of the present ; emnlovroent problems of the c-er -1 whelming defense program. Tyr ] rell County is one of the first counties in North Carolina to com plete plans for these courses. Return From Florida Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Swindell and family, of Gum Neck, and Mrs. Pearl Roughton of Baltimore, re turned home last week after spend ing the past two weeks visiting their uncle W. D. Ireland, of Fort I Meyers, Fla.
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