Mn R PROGRESS OF THE LAKE PHELPS AND PETTIGREW PARK REGION AND FELLOWSHIP WITH OUR NEIGHBOR COUNTIES
_~~ _ COLUMBIA, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 10. 1941“ " ~ jja ' —: —r-'—'T'
OLD POWER HOUSE WILL
BECOME FIRE STATION
Board of Aldermen Move to Sponsor NYA
Project to Renovate Station For Fire House,
Municipal Building; Sell Town’s Interest in
dumber Company
Acting upon a petition from the
Columbia Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, the town board of aldermen
Monday night took steps to spon
sor an NYA project by which the
abandoned power station, which re
cently became town property,
would be converted into a perman
ent municipal building and fire sta
tion.
The board approved a partially
completed application blank for an
NYA project to renovate the power
house and named Alderman C. H.
Deary and Donald Selby to a com
mittee to draw up a bill of ma
terials to complete the application
arid to investigate the possibilities
of acquiring a suitable driveway
from the power house for the fire
truck.
Recreation Hall
According to present plans, the
building would contain storage
space for the truck and equipment,
a joint recreation and assembly
hall for use by the citizens of the
town and the fire department, an
office for the mayor and a meeting
room for the board of aldermen,
and sleeping quarters for one of
more members of the fire depart
ment.
Members of the fire department
point out that such a fire house
would result in more adequate fire
protection for the community by
providing a central location for
its equipment. Having a member
of the fire department live in the
building would assurer prompt re
sponse to calls, better upkeep of
the truck and equipment, and a
lower insurance rate for citizens
of the town.
The board also granted the re
quest of the department for $lO
membership fee in the North Car
olina State Firemen’s Association.
Town Clerk A. W. Houtz read an
offer from the Tyrrell Lumber
Company to purchase the town’s
interest in the lumber company’s
property here for $1,200, S3OO cash
and the balance to be paid within
one year. After consideration, the
board voted to accept the offer.
In accordance with the new
charter which provides that the
board of aldermen shall regulate
elections, the board set up the
necessary machinery for the forth
coming municipal election on May
6. Paul Spruill was named regis
trar and A. Meison and S. A. Nor
man, judges of the election. April
12, 9, and 26 were named as regis
tration days, on which the books
would be open from nine a. m. to
sundown, and Challenge Day was
set for Saturday, May 3.
The aldermen also ratified the
town’s schedule of privilege taxes,
which have been posted for the
nast 30 days. Upon the recom
mendation of Chief of Police Julian
Poston, the board moved to con
demn the old negro lodge hall as
unsafe and a fire hazard and order
ed the owners located and the
building razed. The law firm of
Storey, Palmer, Thorndyke and
Dodge of Boston was employed as
the town’s bonding attorneys.
The board moved to pay its cur
rent bills, including a statement
presented by the fire department
for payment for its members for
answering calls for the past year.
The payments, which ranged from
$3.00 to 50 cents will be deducted
from the members’ town tax as
sessment.
Night Policeman Ear! Daven
port was granted a week’s sic!,
leave by the board.
WIDE AWAKE HEALTH CLUB
HAS PROGRAM ON HOLLAND
The Wide Awake Health Club
composed of members of the fourth
grade at the Columbia school, held
its monthly meeting last Wednes
day afternoon. Every member of
the class was present.
Little Miss Christine Ainsley,
president of the club, presided over
the meeting. After hearing re
ports from several chairmen, the
program chairman Miss Jane Smith,
progam chaiman, Miss Jane Smith.
The theme was “The Outgrowth of
Holland,” and included a playlet
about Holland written and pro
duced by members of the class.
After the meeting, Miss Annie
Sykes, the teacher, served a sweet
course.
Lady (sympathetically): I would
not cry like that my little man.
Youngster: Cry as you dam
please. This is my way.
A gent came into a restaurant
hurriedly and asked the waiter to
serve him a cup of black 1 coffee
quickly. The waiter to the kitchen:
■“One blackout in a blitz!” ,
THE TYRRELL TRIBUNE
TYRRELL EXCEEDS
PARTY DAY QUOTA
W. J. White and Mrs. Effie
Brickhouse Present For
Jackson Day Dinner
Out of the 600 delegates present
in Raleigh last Friday night for the
annual Jackson day dinner, twm of
the proudest and happiest there
were Tyrrells Democratic Execu
tive Chairman W. J White and
Postmaster Effie Brickhouse. And
for good reason since Tyrrell was
among the 27 counties of the state
that has exceeded their quotas and
the only county in the Albemarle
to do so.
The county’s quota was set at
SSO bv the state Democratic execu
tive committee and contributions
here went $5 over the mark. Total
funds raised by all 100 counties
were $1,500, which were turned
over to the party treasury.
The dinner was held in the Vir
ginia Dare ballroom and the Co
lonial room of the Sir Walter hotel,
the first time two rooms have been
ncessary to seat the Jackson Day
dinner guests. Because of the
Hatch Act, no tickets were sold but
all those who contributed $25 were
invited.
Among the notables present were
National Chairman Edward J.
Flynn, National Chairman R. J.
Reynolds, Comptroller General
Lindsay C. Warren, Governor
Broughton and others.
SOUTHERN ALBEMARLE
AT COLUMBIA APRIL 24
Executive Committee Meeting For
Four Counties to Plan Con
cutd Albion
A meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Southern Albemarle
Association at Columbia at 11
o’clock a. m. on Thursday, April 24,
has been called by Melvin R. Dan
iels, president of the Association.
The meeting will be for the pur
pose of planning concerted action
to obtain road improvements, and
other things needed for the South
ern Albemarle region, Mr. Daniels
said.
C. W. Tatem, of Columbia, form
er president of the Association,
was in Manteo Tuesday and ap
peared before the Dare Commis
sioners and was given a pledge of
cooperation.
“Our counties need to stand
firmly united,” Mr. Tatem said,
"or we are liable to lose the force
of the good work we have done in
promoting the original purposes of
the Association. There is a ten
dency to get strayed off onto other
projects not in keeping with our
original purpose, and we may
thereby lose the fruits of all our
hard work.**
“ENTERPRISE” FARM TOUR SEES
GOOD LEGUME GROWTH HERE
State College Agronomist
Says Vetch Here Is
Finest Seen
Despite sunshiny weather that
that kept farmers in the field fol
lowing the recent rainy spells, a
good representation was on hand
for the county’s first “enterprise”
farm tour last Thursday aftenoon.
Designed to give the farmers of
the county a chance to see what
their neighbors were doing with
winter legumes the tour was the
first of a series of short inspection
trips that County Agent H. H.
Harris hopes to arrange as the
various crops come in. Only four
stops were made on the three-hour
trip.
Enthusistic
Dan F. Holler, State College Ag
ronmist, who has recently been on
a number of like tours in eastern
counties, was particularly enthu
siastic over the fine stands of vetch
he found here on the tour. Accord
ing to Mr. Holler, the growth here
was much finer than he had seen
elsewhere in the eastern part of
the state.
The first stop was made at H. B.
Swain’s farm on Rider’s Creek
Here the tour saw Austrain Winter
Peas mixed with vetch. Another
field of vetch vividly demonstrated
the results of raising hogs on cul
tivated land instead of in the
woods. Where the hog lot had been
the vetch stood high and thick
while part of the same field that
had been havily fertilized last year
with commercial .mixture for Mr.
Swain’s watermellon patch only
TOLLS MAY BE
LIFTED FROM
FERRIES SOON
Free Ferries bv Julv, Sought
at Luncheon Wito the
Governor
The possibility of better access
to the neighboring county of Dare
and the seashore region from
Tyrrell by means of toll-free fer
ries across the Alligator River and
Croatan Sound as early as July 1
appeared likely following a two
hour luncheon conference between
Governor Broughton and a South
ern Albemarle delegation in Ra
leigh last Wednesday.
Although the Governor hid not
reveal the details of the method to
be used in carrying out his cam
paign promis to free the ferries,
he gave the delegation a warm
welcome and promised to push the
project with the Highway Com
mission with all possible haste.
Whether or not the free ferries
would be a temporary measure,
pending the completion of the
shorter route through Alligator and
later giving way to bridges across
the river and the sound, was also
left undecided.
More Travel
Free ferries across the river and
the sound this summer would bring
a sizeable portion of the visitors
from the west and south for the
Lost Colony and for Roanoke Is
land and Nags Head Beach through
Tyrrell, thus giving the county a
needed share in the section’s an
nual tourist boom, which many
■predict will he greater this year
because of the increase in Drosper
ity in the State through the vari
ous defense projects.
Governor Broughton evinced
much interest in the Southern Al
bemarle section and showed it by
his grasp of the situation here, and
by his determination to lend his
influence to assist the people here.
Improvement of the transporta
tion facilities between Tyrrell and
the seashore region appears to be
awaiting- the reorganization of the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission, which is expected to
take place around May 1. The
delegation left Raleigh with the
definite impression that the Gover
nor would see to it that the situa
tion would be among the first mat
ters to come to the attention of the
reorganized Commission.
Present for the meeting were
Melvin Daniels of Manteo, presi
dent of the Southern Albemarle
Association, M. A. Matthews of
Engelhard, the treasurer, along
with Vice-presidents O. L. Wil
liams of Swan Quarter and D. V.
Meeklns of Manteo, and other Dare
County representatives. Also at
tending the luncheon were R. Bruce
Etheridge, head o>f the State De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment, and Congressman Gra
ham A. Barden of New Bern.
Kite Eats on Fly
Possibly the title is a shade mis
leading. We don’t mean that the
bird sits on a common housefly
while eating its meals, but that the
kite, including the Mississippi kite
and the Everglade kite, capture
and devour their prey while on the
wing.
had a sparse, scattered growth of
the vetch.
The tour then drove to E. B.
Armstrong’s farm on Sound Side,
i Here they view a field of mixed
i oats and barley, adjacent to Mr.
I Armstrong’s home, which will be
i harvested by his flocks of white
I Leghorns instead of purchasing
I feeds for them. Here also was a
1 good exampleof early seeded vetch,
j sown between the rows of a crop
of winter cabbage, that made the
State College agronomist positive
t )y rave.
j Next on the list was Representa
tive C. Earl Cohoon’s farm further
down the Fort landing road. Sown
rearly in the fall on land that had
acquired inoculation against di
sease by being used for vetch for
j the past few years, the field had
a uniform, luxuriant growth of
i vetch .that promised plenty of ni
trogen for later crops.
The next stop was made at the
farm of J. S. Davenport across the
river ip Seuppernong township
where the vetch hadbeen put down
jin rows with a corn planter. Here
j again an excellent growth had
been secured.
I In ploughing the vetch under to
intake way for another crop, Mr.
Harris told the tour that it would
he a good idea to disc the corn first
in order to make the vetch decay
more quickly and release the nutri
tive elements to the soil.
Also making the tour were Miss
Blanche Strickland, countv home
I demonstration agent, and Miss Pol
j ly Tatem, cheif AAA cleik for the
county.
FOR MAYOR
Interest in the municipal election May 6 centers on the race for
mayor in which W. M. Laughinghouse, left above, is opposed for re
election by former Representative Wallace Tatem.
PROGRESS AND ECONOMY
Tyrrell Schools Have Advanced During Last Two
Years While School Debt Was Lowered
i Progress and economy are two
words seldom linked together by
Tyrrell County’s school administra
tion during the past two years has
done just that by effecting consid
erable progress in scholastic stan
dards and an increase in school fa
cilities while lowering the school
debt with savings effected in the
operation of the schools.
During the last bienium, accord
ing to a report which County Su
perintendent W. T. Crutchfield sub
mitted to the Board of Education
last Monday, the county school
debt was refunded by paying 85
per cent of the back interest due
up to 1937-38 and canceling the
other 15 per cent. The 1938-39
payment to the debt service, which
was in default, was paid as were
the 1939-40 and *940-41 install
ments and one f~ u - refunding note
was paid over and above the regu
lar debt service payment,
i Reduction
1 In all, $11,839.54 was taken off
the school debt during the two
year period, reducing the total in
debtedness to SIB,OOO.
! Considerable money was saved
for the county in the regular ope
ration of the schools by using WPA
and NYA projects of various sorts.
Use of these two agencies resulted
in spending approximately $14,000
less on operating expense and
buildings and maintenance in the
two-year period than in the pre
! vious one, and $9,500 more was ap
| plied to the county’s indebtedness
! for schools than in the previous
: period.
Progress is reflected in the ad
dition of a $4,000 county garage,
built by a WPA project at a total
cost to the county of $1,024. The
i garage, together with the mechanic
i and equipment furnished by the
! state, has made for safer, more de
pendable transportation for the
county’s rural school children.
Accredited
j The physical and instructional
j standards of both the Columbia
i elementary and high schools were
raised to meet the new arcredit
i ment requirements set up by the
state in 1938, giving Tyrrell the
only accredited elementary school
lin the Southern Albemarle accord
ing to the 1940 directory of ac
credited schools.
A new and adequate heating
system, including a new furnace
and Modine heaters for rooms that
previously were insufficiently head
ed, were installed in the Columbia
school. The auditorium was com
pletely renovated by painting and
repairs and a new curtain was in
stalled on the stage by the Parent-
Teacher Association,
j Painted
( All four buildings of the Colum
bia school plant were painted on
the outside and new window shades
were put into place. Concrete
steps and side walls were erected
at either end of the main building,
and a new roof nut on the voca
tional building.
| The school grounds were en
iclosed by. an iron* 1 railing, land
scaped with mew scrubbery. and
the driveways repaired. WPA
matron service was instituted in
the schools Vithri thr e matrons
constantly on dutv. A standard
library' room and furniture was ad
-1 ded to the school, and new desks
w*ere put in several rooms,
j New furniture was purchased for
two class rooms of the Gum Neck
high school, and librarv hooks were
provided for the first time. The
! exterior of the school was painted
! and new window' shades put into
,use. Lunchroom equipment was
. supplemented by new dishes, coun
ters, and silver, a 100 foot well was
dug and a new pumn installed to
give the school a stfe water sup
'ply. The old stoves were repaired
and minor repairs were made on
and new ones put in where needed,
the building.
New Roof
t A new roof was put on the Gum
Neck colored school and a new
pump and well went into service
there also.
A new vocational building, con
sisting of a shop and a class room,
was built at the Tyrrell County
Training school here with NYA la
bor and materials from the old
Travis school at a cost of $350 to
the county. Two more classrooms
were added to the main building
with student labor at an approxi
mate cost of SIOO for materials.
The wooden steps at the Travis
colored school were replaced with
concrete steps and the roof repair
ed' new fc Ype pump and well was
installed a»id all stoves in the
building repaired.
Each summer, all the county
school buildings have been cleaned
and their interiors repainted by a
WPA cleaning project. All out
door toilets in the school system
w’ere rebuilt with concrete floors
arid risers by the WPA to meet
health department requirements.
The county schools as a whole have
an exceptionally good health rat
ing.
ANALYSES GIVEN
OF PLANT FOOD
North Carolina’s annual bulle
tin on “Analyses of Comercial Fer
tilizers, Spring Season of 1940”,
containing 246 pages of informa
tion to guide farmers in more in
telligent use and purchase of plant
food, is now off the press and will
be sent free to growers upon re
quest, D. S. Coltrane, assistant to
the Commissioners of Agriculture,
said today.
A publication of the State De
partment of Agriculture, the Fer
tilizer bulletin contains information
on fertilizer inspection, lime and
land-plaster analyses, valuation
of all fertilizers, “guaranteed and
found in dollars per ton”, consum
ption statistics, grades for which
there has been greater demand.
Articles written to assist the
grower in more intelligent use of
fertilizer, prepared by State Col
lege, N. C. Experiment Station arid
Department authorities include:
Fertilizer for Different N. C.
Crops; Fertilization of Truck
Crops: A Discussion of Tobacco
Fertilizers. Fertilization of Pea
nuts; Fertilizer Suggestions for
Corn; Results from Fertilizer
Placement; American Potash Supp
plies; Soil Testing and Plant
Growth; Soil Acidity Problems in
the Southeastern States; Soil Ac
idity and the Use of Lime; Differ
ent Forms of Agricultural Lime
and Their Uses Definition of Fer
tilizer Terms; Recommended Fieid
and Vegetable Crop Varieties for
North Carolina.
New features of the bulletin in
clude the use of plus and minus
signs to indicate “shortage’’ or
"overage” in plant food trusrar.teed
bv the manufacturer, Coltrane ex
plained.
A facsimile hand is used for the
first time opposite, the name of the
manufacturer whose fertilizer is
found to be five ner cent or more
below' the guarantee value.
Strawberries
The production of earlv straw
berries is indicated to total 2.470,-
000 crates as compared with 1,982.-
000 last year, and the ten-vear
(1930-39) average of 2,340,000
crates.
TATEM AND LAUGHINGHOUSE
FILE FOR MAYOR; SIX MEN
IN FIELD FOR TOWN BOARD
Hot Race Expected Between Former Repre
sentative and Incumbent Mayor; Leary, Co
hoon, McOees, Selby and Houtz Seek Re
election Opposed by Godwin ,
1 FREE TRAINING
FOR VOCATIONS
OFFERED BY NYA
Tyrrell Boys May Learn
Skilled Tracies at Green
ville Center
t (An unlimited number of Tyrrell
County boys will be accepted this
| month for free vocational training
at the National Youth Administra
tion’s new Boys Residential Center
in Greenville, Miss Ada Valentine,
NYA youth personnel officer, an
nounced this week 1 .
The training program is primar
ily planned for boys who do not
have the opportunity to learn a
skilled trade. At the Residential
Center, they will learn whatever
i trade they choose by actual shop
work under trained instructors for
| a period of from six to nine months
for. An infirmary, under the super
ior them with private employers.
Room, board, medical and dental
(attention will be furnished by the
NYA.
Here Each Thursday
Miss Valentine will be at the
NYA workroom in the county home
here each Thursday afternoon to
interview applicants. Although she
is particularly interested in find
ing boys for the Greenville center,
which is expected to open around
| May 1, she will also be glad to
place boys in the Durham, Lumber
ton, or Hickory centers if they pre
fer
In order to be elegifele for train
ing at the centers, an applicant
must be between the ages of 16 and
25.
Course planned for the Green
ville center thus far fnculde auto
mobile mechanics, radio construc
tion and repair, wireless operation,
and many other fields. The length
of time a boy remains in the cen
ter will depend upon his progress
in the field he choses.
j Emphasis will be nlaced upon
physical and social development
jas well as on vocational training.
| Each boy willreceive individual
'attention from instructors to de
termine the field he is best fitted
after which the NYA will seek jobs
vision of a doctor and a dentist,
! will be maintained at the center.
!TWO-DAY COOKING
j SCHOOL WENT OVER
1 WELL LAST WEEK
More Than 200 Present For Wo
man’s Club .Sponsored
Event
! ,
| “One of the best cooking schools
we’ve had anywhere this season,”
said K. B. Worrell, VEPCO sales
supervisor, in commenting on the
two-day cooking school conducted
here last Thrusday and Friday by
VEPCO’s home demonstration
agent, Miss Mary B. Allgood.
More than 200 Tyrrell women
Iwere present in the auditorium of
the Agricultural building here to
watch Miss Allgood demonstrate
the preparation of two full meals
with all the trimmings the electric
way. They were given recipes for
the various dishes under prepara
tion by Miss Allgood so that they
could see them put to the test.
Around 160 prizes, ranging from
the meals prepared on the stage
to farm equipment were donated
by local merchants and wholesale
houses for distribution at the
school.
■ The cooking school was spon
sored by the Columbia Woman’s
Club, and according to Mrs. B. Ray
Cohoon, netted the organization
around $35. Members of the club
sold 358 tickets for the event.
1 Ip addition to Miss AUgood and
Mr. Worrell, Delrnar -Hopkins of
WilHamstbn and Howard Glass, lo
cal VEPCO representative, were
present to help with the arrange
ments.
CRUTCHFIELD ATTENDS
| SCHOOLMEN MEETING
Countv Superintendent W. T.
i Crutchfield was in Greenville Tues
day for a meeting of the school su
perintendents of the northeast dis
trict, presided over by J. C. Mann
ring of Williamston. president.
Civde A. Erwin, state superintend
ent of schools, was present to ex
plain what effect legislation passed
in the last general assembly would
have on the schools of the state.
j Eight candidates for municipal
! office—two for mayor and six for
jthe five memberships on the board
of aldermen— filed petitions for
! nomination, as required by the new
charter, before the deadline for
| nominations Tuesday night.
■ In the race for mayor are th&
present head of the city’s ad minis -
"tration, W. M. Laughinghouse, and
former Representative Wallace Ta
tem. All of the members of the*
present board of aldermen, C. H
Leary, Donald Selby, W. H. Mc
j Clees, Floyd E. Cohoon and A. W.
j Houtz, are up for reelection with
) Ralph Godwin running as the sixth
candidate.
i May 6
I Election day is set by the new
charter as the first Tuesday fol
i lowing the first Monday in May ,
■ which falls on May 6 this year.
The town board at its last meeting
■set the hours during which
I polls will be open as seven a. *n.
to sundown and named S. A. Nor
: man and A. Melson as judges of
j the election.
The city’s registration books will
i open in the Agricultural building"
i from nine a. m. to sundown next
j Saturday, May 12, with Paul
i Spruill as registrar and will be.
| opened at the same hours on the
’next two Saturdays, April 19 and
26. Saturday, May 3, is Challenge
Day.
Five Voters
! Under the new charter, each can
didate was nominated by a petition
bearing the signatures of five qual
ified voters and his own acceptance
;of t.ic nomination. No one Is al
i lowed to sponsor more than one.
i candidate.
i Interest in the race naturally"
centers on the fight for the mayor
alty with Tatem perhaps conceded,
i a slight edge by the local long
-1 range political prognosticators.
i Both men have an excellent record
( in public life.
j Making his first trv for munici
pal office. Godwin is the dark
horse in the campaign. Since less *
than 30 davs remain before elec
tion day, campaigning has already
begun to ramh a hot level and will
probably maintain it right up to
election day.
WOMAN’S SOCIETY OF
CHRISTIAN SERVICE
PLANS MEET HERE
Methodist Women of Elizabeth
City District Here Next
Thursday
!
| Plans are being made by the lo
cal organization of the Woman’s
Society of Christian Service of the
Methodist church to entertain the
Elizabeth City District Society
next Thursday, April 17, in an all
day service. One hundred and
fifty women from the district are
expected to attend and luncheon
will be served in the church annex.
Committees on arrangements are
as follows:
1 Hospitality: Mrs. M. A. Daven
port, Mrs. E. J. Bric-khouse. Mrs.
J. C. McOees. Mrs. L. L. Bibbs,
Mrs. A. L. Choplin.
1 Luncheon: Mrs. W. H. McOees,
Mrs. A. A. Owens, Mrs. Sadie
Cooper, Mrs. W. W. Adams, Mrs.
L. B. Garrett, Mrs. Reba Spruill,
i Decorations: Mrs. l izzie Alex
ander an'd Mrs. H. N. McOees.
Mrs. Glenn Pendleton of Eliza
, betn City is district secretary, and
vcdl preside over the meeting and
i Mrs. W. C. Chadwick of New Bern,
who is president of the North Car
, ohna Conference Woman’s Society
of Christian Service is expected to
be present and address the mooting.
I Also Major L. M. Hall, chaplain of
Fort Bragg is expected to he nrek
ent and tell the women what the
I church is trying to do for the boys
of the U. S. Army.
j ' j
i WATER SYSTEM PLACED
IN METHODIST CHURCH
) Workmen last week were bus 1 *
installing a plumbing system ro
bring water to the annex the
Wesley Memorial Methodist church
here. Included in the system are
toilet facilities for the church and
a much-needed water sunn!* - for
the annex kitchen which the Meth
odist ladies have made famous for
tVn excellent brand of cooking done
. there.
j Other additions and repairs to
the church are also contemplated.
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