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you Fl! L 1 ! ufi?; ■ m|| VOLUME I—NUMBER 2 County Has Escaped Hurricane Disasters In Past Few Years —-<§> The people of Tyrrell County have every right to feel very thankful for being spared from several hurricane disasters. The Red Cross flies show that in 1940 a telegram warned the Red Cross officials that a hurricane had headed north and would probably hit the North Carolina coastal area, to stand by to render assistance. This hurricane turned out to sea just be fore reaching North Carolina. About two years ago a similar warning came and it looped by North Carolina and hit the New England States, doing lots of damage. In July of this year the Red Cross chairman was notified by the Weather Bureau of Norfolk to stand by to assist as a hurricane was headed towards North Carolina and would most probably hit out section. The Red Cross regional office also notified the officials to warn the people in Alligator to be leady to evacuate as a flood would probably come with the hurricane. We were again spared a disaster by it turning out to sea. The August hurricane did not reach us, but the beaches in North and South Caro lina were not so fortunate. What would be more appropriate than the ministers holding a com munity prayer service and everyone in the community attending to offer a prayer of thanks? Mrs. J. H. Swain Died on July 30ih After Brief Illness Mrs. J. H. Swain, 83, known as “Miss Kate," died at her home in the Rider’s Creek section Sunday morning, July 30th, after an illness of two weeks. She was one of the most beloved citizens of the county and will be greatly missed by not only her relatives but by her host of friends. Until she was married 51 years ago, she lived in Washington County with tier parents, Nicecu-mus and Lcvie Bateman; since that time she has made her home near Columbia. She was an active member of the Legion Auxiliary of the Scuppernong Post, No. 182 and the Columbia Christian church, and was always willing to take an active part in any civic or church activities that would upbuild her community. Surviving are her husband, J. H. Swain; four sons. H. L. Swain, of Williamston; R. L. Swain, of Rider’s Creek; Wilbert Swain, of Farming dale, N. J.; and Julian Swain, of Rider’s Creek; one brother, Dean Bateman, of Roper Route 1, and eight grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at Malachi’s Chapel Free Will Baptist church Tuesday, August 1, at 4 p. m., by the Rev. E. Postum, assisted by the Rev. J. R. Bennett and the Rev. W, A. Hales. During the service the Columbia Christian church choir sang “Beau tiful Isle of Somewhere’’ and "We ll Never Grow Old.” Mrs. W. H. Me- Clees and Mrs. J. E. Norris sang “It Is Well With My Soul.” Burial was made in the church cemetery on Rider’s Creek. Pall-bearers were her great nephews, Robert Worrell, of Norfolk; Rom Norman, of Creswell; Grady Swain, Harry P. Swain, Jesse Spen cer, Harold Spencer, Lonie Roughton, Roy Roughton and Rodney Bateman. The American Legion Auxiliary of the Scuppernong Post, No. 182, had charge of the services at the grave. — fl Dedicate 11 Bonds j To Men in Service j mvmmmmmmmmmmmmm ammmmmmmmmmmumm Eleven service men had bonds dedicated to them during July. Those reported were: Charles Armstrong. Lt. Fred Armstrong. D. Webb Brickhouse, Jr. Lt. Comdr. W. B. Brown. Milbert Cohoon. Lt. James D. Holloway. Pvt. Samuel J. Holloway. T/Sgt. Tilden Y. Holloway. Pvt. Robert Norman Knight. Cpl. Ernest Mosley. Sk 1/c Herbert M. Sawyer. * I Ist Lt. J. D. Holloway Has Six Enemy | ! Planes To His Credit; Also 50 Missions I First Lieutenant J. D. Hollo way. who is now with the Fif - teenth U. S. Army Air Force in Italy, has completed 50 missions and as pilot of a fighter plane has si* enemy aircraft to his credit. On July 2nd he was giv en credit for downing an Me-109 over Hungary and on June 20 he earned his “Ace” rating when he destroyed three enemy planes in THE TYRRELL TIMES Dedicated To Tyrrell County Men in the Military Services |J WOUNDED JUNE 12 [ | | I Pfc. James Henrj McClees, 26, son |of Mr. and Mrs. H. N. McClees, of j Columbia, was injured in his left i hand during the invasion of France on June 12, and was hospitalized in England. He has recently written his parents that he is back in France and hopes to soon be able to join his owm division. Pfc. McClees is a graduate of the | Columbia High School and worked in the Main Street Pharmacy for ten years prior to entering the U. S. Army October 8. 1941. He has been trained as a runner in the famous 4th Di vision which is one of the Army’s first motorized infantry divisions. He had liis basic training at Camp Wheeler and Camp Gordon. Ga. He next went to Fort Dix, N. J., in the spring of 1943, where the whole division thought surely after so much past training that they would embark for foreign service, but instead were sent to Camp Gordon Johnston, Fla., for amphibious training and later on to Fort Jackson, S. C. It has been said that the men in the 4th Division thought that they had been overtrained and kept ask ing, “What are we waiting for?” But in the streets of Montebourg, about six months after they landed on foreign soil, found what they had been training for and then realized the need of being well trained. § — ; County Youths Now |ln Service Meet in Various Paris World Recently when Sgt. Nelson McClees j was being transported from the Unit- j ed States to some place in the Pa- j cific, he was standing on deck when ’ someone slapped him on his back and j said “Hello, there ” When he looked \ ; around whom should he see but his j good old friend, Seaman Abner Har- j rell. During the rest of the voyage, they had a wonderful time discussing ! good old times at home. Abner has written his wife that they landed safely on an island in the Pacific, but he has not seen or heard from Nelson since their arrival. Columbus Sawyer wrote home to his family in July that he was at a ball game in Hawaii and spied out Robert Fleming in the crowd. He said there had never been so much back-slapping and hand-shaking be fore by any two people at any bail game. Pft. Hubert Voliva and Herbert Lee Roughton recently met in North K Africa, so they wrote their families j and they described their joyful meet j ings by saying they were like two old ! ladies at a revival church meeting i who had not seen each other for j years. Home Is Purchased For Baptist Pastor The home of the late W. C. A.lex- j j ander, next to the Columbia Episco- j pal church, has recently been pur- . chased by the members of the Gum ; Neck, Sound Side and Rider’s Creek j Free Will Baptist churches for a par sonage for .the pastor of all Free Will Baptist churches of Tyrrell County. The Rev. W. A. Hales, who has been pastor of the group for 10 months, moved to the parsonage from Eliza- j beth City in July. Improvements on the property have j already begun and when finished will I make one of the most attractive i homes in Columbia. a single scrap over Vienna, Aus tria. Lieutenant Holloway graduated from the Columbia High School in 1935 and was an all-round athletic star. He held a position as a construction superintendent before going in service in the Air Corps on August 7, 1941. He is the son of Mrs. Elsie Hol loway, of Columbia. His wife and little son. Dave, are now resid ing in Greenville. Posi-War Planning j Group Has Number ! Matters io Consider j Th post-war planning board met ■m the county agent’s office Wednes day night, August 2. at 8 p. m. The following members of the board were present: i-I. T. Davenport, W. S. Car awan D M. Bridgeman, W. A. Wil liams. and H. K. Harris. Mi W. W. Bowen, from tire Farm .Security Administration, appeared before the board and gave some in- { formation concerning the liquidation of- farm units now owned by the F. :S. A. in the vicinity of Lake Phelps ! Mi. I owen said that he was author lized to sell farm units to tenants, j share Toppers or wage hands, if they were approved by the committee of ! three farmers which had been ap | Pointed to assist, in determining who was eligible to buy farm units that were for sale. These units can be paid for within five years or financed over a longer period of time Mr. Bowen reported that they had no au ; ihorization to sell land now oper ated by the Scuppernong Mutual As j sociation. The hoard decided to recommend that the Rotary Club and the county commissioners write Mr. Frank Han cock, administrator of Farm Security, asking that land now operated by the various mutual associations not be sold until after the war and then that they only be sold to prospective farmers. After much discussion, the board decided that it would be best to ap point a chairman and a*small com mittee to work on the various post war projects. By this method, it was thought that definite responsibility would be placed on all members of the club and that the small commit tee would be able to concentrate on their particular assignment. The proposed post-war projects and the committee appointed for each are as follows: Rural Electrification: H. H. Har ris, chairman; Prince Purdy, F. E. Cohoon, sr. School Buildings: W. J. White, chairman; B. F. Alexander, Grady Love. Community Building: Rev. A. J. j McClelland, chairman, R. S. Knight jjr., T. K. Yerby. Town Water Works: W. A. Wil liams. chairman. W. H. McClees, F. E. Cohoon, sr. Air Strip: M. A. Matthews, chair man, W. S. Carawan, J. E, Norris. Roads and Bridges: H. T. Daven port, chairman; D. M. Bridgeman, W. S. Carawan, C. Earl Cohoon. m’ I A. Matthews. Drainage and Health: J. W. Ham- ! j 11 ton, chairman; J. C. McClees, W. W. i ! Bowen. j The chairman of each committee i should report on plans and progress | one night each month. Tire board j recommends that when a committee j does not function properly, a new i j committee be appointed. The board also suggested that the members offer additional projects to be promoted. The board recommends that the secretary of the Rotary Club keep a complete set of minutes on any in formation presented by these post war project committees. Christian Endeavor Group Is Continuing Its Weekly Meetings The Christian Endeavor still meets each Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Even though the summer days are here, and it might seem that other things might attract, our attendance i is very good, and very interesting pro- I grams are planned by the members. I We were very happy to have Laura! Bateman to speak to u.s twice not long ' ago. Since then ‘while Mr. Gaither was jin the hospital) we were invited to j have our services in the Episcopal • church. We enjoyed worshipping in j their beautiful church. We are hop ling to attend the Epworth League | at the Methodist church before many Sundays. Several of our girls have gone to work in defense areas, some have married and others are in college. We | miss all of them. We have a service flag for “our boys” and a very attractive honor roll in front of the church. Mr. Rid dick printed the boys’ names in Old English. j As for our quarterly socials, we’ve i been very fortunate to have two new ! members. Eva MacMillan and Marie j Sawyer (girls working in the FSA of fice' who have entertained with stunts, songs and games suitable for all. Last quarter we walked over j Pinv Marsh for a weiner roast. ! We are planning to entertain 25 j Marines and Lady Marines from the ■ Eden ton Base soon. The Endeavor has one SSO War Bond. One thing that makes us happy is the visits from our boys when they are home on leave. We ll be so happy to have all of them back “for keeps.” Officers for 1944 are: President, Shelton Ludford; vice president, Ra chel Woodley; secretary, Mary Lou Knight; treasurer, Polly Alexander. Columbia, Tyrrell County, North Carolina, August, 1944 ! I THREE BROTHERS | I* » ip*- ~ ~~ I Mrs. Bingham B. Liverman, of Co lumbia. now has three sons serving in the U. S. Army. Sgt. B. B. Liver man, jr., 23. left, who Is now station ed in Florida is an airplane me chanic in the U. S. Army. He has been in service one year and ten months. In April, 1944, he married Miss Pearl Mabrey, of Riner, Va., and she is now making her home in Columbia. Pvt. Curtis B. Liverman, 29. cen ter. is now stationed in Bermuda. He has been m service two years and three months. His wife was the for mer Miss Elizabeth Godwin, of Gum Neck. She is now living with her parents Mr. and Mrs Cecil Godwin ' in Gum Neck. S/Sgt. F. R. Liverman, 22, right, is in the Maintenance Division of the U. S. Army Air Corps. He was mar ried in April of this year to Miss Margaretfce Hall of Denver, Colo rado. They are now making their I home in Publoe, Colorado. Captain J. H. Davenport Wounded in Normandy Captain J. H. Davenport, of the U. S. Army in Great Britain, who is the husband of the former Sadie Lee Jarvis, of Columbia, was wounded in action during the invasion of Fiance. He lias recovered and has recently returned to duty. He is the son of H. T. Davenport, j of Washington County. His wife is i now living with her parents, Mr. and ! Mrs. L. W. Jarvis, in Elizabeth City. | SAVE YOUR COPY! —— <3>- Every copy of the Tyrrell Times j will have both past and present his- j torical facts in it. Be sure to save j each issue for future reference. Service Men Write Dear Mrs. Carawan: I received your July issue of “The Tyrrell Times,” and was glad to get it. lam not a native of that county, but I lived at Gum Neck two years and married down there before en tering the service 10 years ago. I spend most of my leave down there when I get off. I know most of the people throughout Gum Neck and I am. always glad to hear from there. It seems like home to me when r am there. My home is in Currituck. I mar ried Sam Sexton’s daughter, of Gum Neck, and he is the one who sent me the paper. I enjoyed reading it I am in the Coast Guard. Tam a chief motor machinist's mate on a sub chaser at the present time. I have filled out the slip for “The Tyrrell Times” and would be glad to get it every month. Yours truly, GILBERT CURLES July 31. 1944. Dear Mrs. Carawan: I received through the courtesy of my parents a copy of this month’s local county newspaper, The Tyrrell Times.” It is definitely, in my opinion, a phenomenal paper for our many de parted friends and loved ones, that are separated from home, participat ing in this world conflict. With extreme pleasure, I enjoyed reading the various articles pertain ing to my many intimate friends, as well as those with the current hap penings in the former home town, j Therefore, in closing. I shall be very grateful if you will mail this = monthly paper to m.v address below > in the future. Thanking you in advance, I remain.! Yours truly, JOE GODWIN, j India, July 29, 1944. P. S.—Give everyone my best re gards. J The following letter, written Au- j gust 4, 1944, was received by your [ editor today, August 10th: jDear Mrs. Carawan: I have just received one of the Tyr j rell Times paper that my mother sent !me. J really was glad to get it and to know that the people of the coun i ty are thinking of we fellows that are jin the service. I am sorry that the ; paper found me in a hospital, al-; School Openings on Augusi 31sl Depend On Polio Situation' j W. J. White, superintendent of i public instruction, announced Mon-: j day that the schools of Tyrrell Coun jty would open August 31 unless the j .infantile paralysis epidemic prevent jed their opening. The county board of education. ; which met Monday, spent most of their time working on post-war plans j for remodeling and constructing new : school buildings in Tyrrell County. Repairing and painting has been j done on the inside of most of the' school buildings during the summer' months. i All teachers for the coming year have been secured except one for high-school English and one for one of the grades. The teachers for this year are: Columbia High School: Grady E. j Love, principal, Emma Lee Meads,! Margaret Ange. Mrs Elsie Y. Hoi- ! loway, Magnoiia Owens, Mrs. Rachel I C. Spencer, Martha Sykes, Gyula ; Rose Bateman, Mrs. Florence W. Chaplin, Mrs. Helen S. Melson, Mrs. j Camille B Evert on, Kathryn Holder. I W. T. Reynolds, Esther Sue Brick- j house, Rowland G. Riddick and Mil- j ver Davis. Gum Neck High School: Ethelynde j Mann Ballance. Hettie Jones, Mrs. ■ Lois O. Selby, and Mrs. Blanche J. j Jones. Breakdown of 1944 j County Tax Bale ,# The tax rate levied for Tyrrell j County for 1944-1945 is as follows; J General County .43 ! Auditing ,01 ; Health .03 Public Welfare Administra tion .10 Old-age assistance 06 Aid to dependent children- .05 Outside poor relief . .03 Debt Service ‘county ) .85 j $1.56 : Schools Current expense .27 Capital outlay .13 Debt service .04 „44 Total Levy $2.00 Poll Tax School ,$i..50 j Pool .50 ' Total $2.00 i though I am not very sick, and I j think I will be out pretty soon, lam somewhere in Italy. 1 like here all right, but it’s not ’.ike the States at all, but the Italian people are nice, that is as far as I know about them. ; I really do hope you can read this letter, for ray writing is not so good. Well, 1 don’t know any more to say at this time, so I will close. Pvt. ELBERT SWAIN. P. S—l hope to be home pretty soon, and I hope I get a paper every month. I also used my company ad dress, for I hope to be there when the ! paper comes. Dear Mrs. Carawan ; I have just received my first copy ' of “The Tyrrell Times.” I really en- j joyed it lots, and I’m looking forward j to many more copies. It’s really nice to have a paper from home about home and telling j all about the boys in service. Al- j though there is going to be both good j and bad news, but I guess that’s something we shouldn’t worry about —just sit tight and hope for the best. ! There isn’t much new-s here that a j fellow could write about. It’s hot j here the year around ‘Hawaiian Is-1 lands). Then it isn’t as hot as the! island I just came from ‘spent 101 months there). The work here is going full speed. I'm sure the papers have proven that. , Thanks again for making it pos- ; sible for all of Tyrrell’s service men j to have a paper dedicated to us. I’ll try and write an item for next 1 I month’s issue about that little island I jl spent 10 months on. So. until then—Thanks. Sincerely, WILBERT FLEMING. i Following is a letter to Mrs. C. G. Simmons, received from Seaman; Ralph Sykes, son of Mr. W. S. Sykes, j of Frying Pan. Mrs. Simmons mailed the first issue of the Tyrrell Times to j him and this is his reply: i Hello: ■ Received your letter, and I’ll say I i ; was glad to get my hands on that newspaper. I’d been wanting one for a long time, but didn’t ask for it, since I thought the publication had stopped. So Mrs. Carawan has tak en over as editor. Ido not envy her. j It is quite a job indeed to print a I i (BeTLETTERS, Pag^) | WOUNDED JUNE 28 | u- > j Pfc. W M. Norcum. jr., of the U. S. Army, was injured in the leg dur ; ing the invasion of Fiance, on the j 28th of June. Ke was recently j awarded the Purple Heart: while be ; ing hospitalized in England. He wrote j his family that he was wounded by la German soldier carrying a white | flag in one hand and a grenade in ! the other hand. His parents have [been reassured that ne is much im -1 proved as they have received a letter ! from him in his own hand writing. He stated in this lettet that he es pecially wanted to praise the Red ■ Cross for the services rendered him j and other service men since he has been in the hospital. He was induct ed into the army in December 1942 j and has been overseas since March, i 1944. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. j W. M. Norcum. Red Cross Director j Holds Conferences { Wiih Local Groups Miss Janet Cox, regional field direc ! tor of tire American Red Cross, was in Columbia Tuesday' holding con ferences with various chairmen, j In the afternoon, she met with the I Junior Red Cross chairman of the ’ Tyrrell County chapter. Mrs. R. S. i Knight, jr.. to plan activities for the ; school children for the coming school I year. Miss Rose Bateman and Miss Hettie Jones were appointed advisors ! of the two high schools in the coun | ty for white people. At 3 p. m., she met with the home : service committee to explain the poli cies pertaining to the assistance the i Red Cross renders to the service men j and their families. Those oil the ! home service committee are Mrs. Ab j ner Harrell, chairman; Mrs. E. ,J. { Brickhouse. Mrs. W. B Brown, Mrs. ' Russell Everton, Mrs. T. K. Yerby, I and G C. McKeathen. A disaster meeting was held at 8:30 i p. m., with a round-table conference i about how to proceed in case of a j disaster. The following committee chairmen have been serving for sev eral years and are prepared to ren der assistance if a disaster should come to this community: A. J. Mc- Clelland. chairman; H. H. Harris, survey chairman; Mrs. S. J. Holloway and Mrs. W. M. Laughinghouse, food chairmen; Mrs. W. H. McClees, cloth ing chairman; C. V. Liverman and W. E Bateman, rescue chairmen; J. E. Norris, registration and informa tion chairman. The latter is assisted by Mrs. A. J. McClelland, Mrs. W. D ! Bowen, Mrs. Lloyd Davenport, Mrs. j Clarence Chaplin, and Mrs. Joseph j Brickhouse. Mr. A. B. Hopkins, jr.. j transportation chairman; Dr, s. C. I Chaplin medical aid chairman; F. E I Cohoon and M. A. Matthews, pur j chase and supply. The shelter chair j man has to be appointed. Columbia Post Office Advanced To 2nd Class The Columbia Post Office was ad vanced to that of second-class office ;on July Ist. This gives the office (two regular clerks and a substitute ! clerk. | METHODIST MEN'S BIBLE CLASS I -- ■ , _ We have thirty-eight members from our class in the armed forces Our attendance is holding up very well with that many away We have had a number of the boys back home on leave to visit us and we are always glad to welcome them back. We hope it will not be long before all of you return, and we can carry on as we did before the war We received word that James Henry McClees was wounded but is back with his outfit now. I wall appreciate it if you will keep me advised of vour address so wa; can mail each issue of the “Tyrrell Times 'to vou Lots of luck to all of you from all of us.—Floyd. WWW SI.OO PER YEAR—MONTHLY Known Facts About Infantile Paralysis; Symptoms Outlined The cause of infantile paralysis is a virus- a virus so snail it can only be seen by means of an electron mi croscope. This virus attacks certain nerve cells of the spinal cord whi< h control the muscles. It large numbers of these nerve cells are completely de stroyed by trie virus permanent pa ralvsis always results. But luckily this doesn’t happen in very many cases. Usually the nerve cells are only temporarily damaged or only a few are destroyed. When the acute form of the disease subsides, the pa tient's musicles can be re-educated and his power of movement is re gained, either partially or completely Neither older children nor adults arc safe from it. The greatest in cidence of infantile paralysis now i occurs in the 5 and 10 year age group. More boys than girls get the dis ease Arid healthy, well-developed, children are as susceptible as under nourished and frail children. This disease is sometimes fatal and, therefore, it is necessary for all of you to become thoroughly familiar with the symptoms of infantile pa ralysis. If your, child shows any of the symptoms which are mentioned here, call your family doctor immed iately. Usually certain symptoms ap pear suddenly. Parents frequently mistake them for the early stages of other less serious illnesses. He has a sore throat or a head cold, per haps with some fever. Maybe there’s | nausea and vomiting. Diarrhea is [common bul there may be constipa I tion. Perhaps there is pain or dis j tress in the upper obdominal region. ; The appetite is poor. His arms or i legs may tremble if In tries to ex it,end them without support. A par jticluarly alarming symptom is still ness in the neck or spine. Watch for j that! It is for these reasons that we urge j you parents to keep your children j out of crowds, to keep them away from new contacts during the cuursi of this epidemic, for the number o' such carriers may mount to a high figure during an epidemic. [ Sixteen Selectees Report To Camp j ® j Sixteen selectees left in July to re port to Fort, Bragg for their pre-in duction physical examinations. Thomas H Cohoon. Wilton Arm srtong, Woodrow Edwards. James L. Rhodes, James Phillip Swain, jr., Mitchell E. Snell, Robert B. Patrick, Tesse L Hudson, jr., James H Culli pher, Hodges Davenport, Ronald E. Ainaiey, Joseph Melvin Pledger, Floyd jW. Hollis, Linwood R, Everett, jr., [Dennis G. Cullipher The following men will leave week [for induction: Ernest Felton Rough jton, Carl Irvin Rhodes, and James j Thomas Sutton. Sgt. Jack A. Graham Returns To Pacific M. Tech. Sgt. Jack A. Graham, United States Marine Corps, who has been stationed at Camp Lejeune for the last 15 months, has returned to the Pacific battle front. Sergeant Graham was at Pearl Harbor on De comber 7th and was also in the bat tle of Midway. mmm mmmmm waßttiaL ■ __ ■ I Subscription Rate j 1 is SI.OO Per Year j The subscription price of the Tyrrell Times is SI.OO per year. If you have not already done so, and wish to receive the future is sues of this newspaper, you should send in your subscription at once. !Vtay Cohoon Carawan, Editor Columbia, North Carolina
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