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YOU NEED HIM! HE NEEDSKfI/// VOLUME I—NUMBER io April To Be Clean-Up Month for Columbia People Requested To Place Trash in Can That Can Pe Handled Easily A At a regular meeting of the town board of aldermen held the first Mon. day night, the town through its mayor declared April as Clean-Up Month for Columbia. The Street Commis sioner reported it was almost impos sible to secure any help to haul trash from the .streets, and said he would like to request the people to place their trash in cans that were small * nough to be handled by one man and in that way he thought he could get the trash moved. H. A. Owens was employed as regis tra. Mrs. J. L. Snell and T. J. Dav enport. to be poll holders for the Town election. Tire registration books for new voters will be open April 7 14 21 and 28. T he clerk reported that a total of $2,600 had been paid during the month for interest on the funding bonds. A permit was granted to Mrs. Hes ter Fisher to rebuild and remodel her hotel into an apartment house and tea room A committee composed of R. G. Riddick and W. A Williams were ap pointed to work with the Teen-Age club ana other committees from dif ferent. organizations to help secure a Teen-Age tavern. The house back of the library which once housed the fire trucks was offered to the club if they cannot find a better location or house, by the town board. The Columbia Woman's Club was given permission to go aiiead with getting a road constructed across the back and north side of the cemetery if land can be secured for it. Former Teacher To Help Choose "Books Miss Estelle McClees, a former teacher of the Columbia High School, had a very great honor bestowed on her by the Governor of North Car olina. April 5, when she was appoint ed by him to serve on a 12-member Consolidated State Textbook Com mission. The books taught in the schools of our State have a great deal of influ ence on our future citizenship, so Miss McClees. who is very capable for the place, will have an opportuni ty of great service for the youths of North Carolina. She will serve on the high .school committee and will recommend science and mathematics books to the State Board of Education. Tyrrell County Red Cross News G. E. Love, 1045-46 Red Cross War Fund chairman announces that the quota of $2,000 assigned to Tyr rell County was oversubscribed about SIOO. We wishes to thank all men and women throughout the county who so quickly, by their untiring ef forts. raised these funds. Especial ly does he also want to thank the donors, who gave so generously for this worthwhile cause. The Tyrrell County Red Cross of fice is open Saturday from 2-5 p.m and all other week days from 2-3 p.m. A Red Cross member will be in the office during these hours to give information, attend to communi cations and help fill out applications for allowances, and other Govern ment benefits for service people and their families. Any person who wishes Red Cross assistance is ask ed to visit the office during these hours. A regular monthly meeting of the Tyrrell County Red Cro*> Executive Committee will be held in the Court House the last Friday night in April at 8 p.m. All Red Cross mem bers are invited to attend this meet ing. John B. Fleming Wounded March 1 Mrs Beatrice Spencer has recent ly received a message from her hus band. Pfc. John B. Fleming saying he was wounded in the leg while in action in Germany. March 1. 1945 q He had only been in Europe foi three months and had been in service since July 20. He is being hospitalized m France. Cpl. John W. Everett Has Returned From War Zone Tnhn W Evei ett T,/5 was returned March 1 to the States from Luzon for treatment. He is now stationed in Oliver Geneial Hospital, Augusta, Sa He is being treated for Niter ills and is steadily .mprovnw. B« wife left April 1 to be with him un til he is given his medical discharge. Dedicated To Tynell County Men in the Military Services Pfc. ROBERT MIDGETT Pfc. Robert Midgett, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. I). Midgett was inducted in the U. S. Army April 15, 1942. lie received his train ing at Cainp Edwards, Mass., and Plattsburg, N. Y. In July, 1942, ho sailed lor England where he stayed until after D-day. When he went to France where he is serving with the 9tli Engineering Division. Local Legion Post In Regular Meet Scuppernong Post No. 182, Ameri can Legion. Columbia. N. C.. met in its regular meeting March 23, with a good percentage of its membership present. Among other matters discussed it decided to invite Hon George K. Snow. Department Commander, to be present at its meeting the latter part of April, and also to invite the Legion Auxiliary and the wives and sweet hearts of the Legionaires to this meeting. At its next meeting. April 6th it has urged all of the members to be present so that they can plan for the supper to be served at the meeting the later part of April. The time for that meeting will be decided when the Commander of the post hears from the Department Commander as to when he can be present, and the members will bo notified later as to the time. MRS. WASH BASNIGHT Mrs. Wash Basnight and lit tle son, Charles. 9 months old. She is the wife of Wash Bas night, W. T. 1/c, who is now sta tioned in the South Pacific. He has been in service for ZVi years. Ignore Request of Women for Places On School Board For the past nine years at the lime when there were to be vancies on the Columbia High School Board, the Co lumbia Woman’s Club has sent a re quest to the County Board of Edu cation asking them to put some mothers on the school boaid with the men. This year, Mrs. J. G. Brick house, Jr., Mrs. Charles Cohoon, Mrs. Roy Roughton and Mrs. Alma Spen cer were appointed to go before the board and ask that some of the five vacancies on the local school boai d be filled with mothers. The board composed cf E. R. Dav enport, chairman; Frank Alexander and Robert Spencer as in the past, completely ignored the request of the women, and put the same men back on the school board, namely, Howard Leary. W. D. Moms. James Daven port, D O. West and C. A. Voliva. Some of these men have already been serving for a number of years. THE TYRRELL TIMES Columbia. Tyrrell County, North Carolina, April, 1945 Counly Ministers Sponsor Series of Revival Services The Ministerial Association of Tyr rell County sponsored for the past two weeks a revival in the Columbia 'High School Auditorium with the Rev. James B. Little of Mavesville as preacher and the Rev. R. N. Himiant as song leader. The services were well attended by people from almost all sections of the county. Wonderful sermons in speech and song have been delivered and it. is believed that it is going io be a real help in reviving religion in this community. Officers Elected by Legion Auxiliary The American Legion Auxiliary of Post 182, was entertained by Mrs. Chester Hopkins at Creswell, Monday night, April 9th At which time il was decided to send a girl from Cres well High School to Girl’s State in June. Miss Matilda Alexander* a committee member, announced the girl had been selected and her name would be announced at the com mencement at. Creswell May 25 Officers elected for next year are Mrs. J. G. Brickhouse, jr. president: Mrs C. N. Davenport, vice president; Miss Martha Sykes, secretary; Mrs. F. E. Cohoon. sr., treasurer. The Child Welfare Chairman re ported she was sending in an applica tion for assistance for a veterans family in Washington County who was in need. Mi's. W. D. Jordan was introduced at the meeting as a pros pective new member. A motion was made to support Mrs. O S Slaugh terwhite for presidency of the Ameri can Legion Auxiliary Department of North Carolina. The President explained a letter from Mrs. Wade Hendricks, the de partment president asking the Aux iliary to support the OPA and the War Production Board, to reduce cur rently inflated clothing prices, to halt quality deterioration and to in sure apparel which would be low and medium priced in essential garments. It was reported that Easter cards with $1 in each card were sent to 4 service men at Oteen and 2 at Fay etteville. Those reporting they would attend the district meeting on the 10th in Elizabeth City were Mrs. J. G. Brickhouse, jr., Mrs. T. K. Yerby and Mrs. F. E. Cohoon sr. Mrs. Bettie Davenport was the program chairman for the night and she read and discussed a letter on Child welfare. The hostess served a delicious congealed saiad course with coffee. Annual Mother and Daughter Banquet The Annual Mother and Daughter banquet for the Home Economics department of the Columbia High School, winch is taught by Miss Es ter Brickhouse, was held in the Meth odist educational building, Friday night. March 27 with about 60 at tending. Miss Mary Lou Knight acted as toastmistress and welcomed the guests. Mrs. S. C. Chaplin very gra ciously responded and highly praised not only the girls but the teacher for the splendid work being accomplish ed in that department Miss Sadie Bateman offered the invocation. Spe cial music was rendered by Miss Nan Chaplin and Miss Anna Lou Voliva, with several selections being sung by all present. Miss Julia May Postum introduced the speaker of the evening. Mrs. John Lawrence who spoke very interest; ingly on motherhood. She said in part, “Many great women have achieved fame as women, have won their positions as rulers, artists, edu cators, scientists and musicians. But whenever the title or role of mother is given to a woman, the world searches for a son or daughter. A mother is dependent for triumph on the deeds of her children. No matter how intrinsically great as a mother she may lie, history accords her no such recognition if the son or daughter fail her. All great, mothers have been and are created by worthy sons and daughters. To choose a high, and single pur pose for ones life and to realize that goal through the discipline of oneself are but two ways we might “create” our mothers and prove wor they of their love and sacrifices for us.” The banquet hall was beautifully decorated with white and green car rying out St. Patrick's Day decora tions. White spirea. jonquils and lighted tapers in green holders with green place cards made a lovely set ting for this very enjoyable occas ion. A chicken dinner in three courses was served by the eighth grade girls who were Misses Phylis Liverman, Doris Rhodes, Ann Cohoon, Ollie Vera Beasley, Betty Lou Morris, Ann Brinn, Loretta Simmons, Iris Jean Simmons, TO BE HERE MAY 6TH m 4 f mm « , ' 2 ISteals' rnhj&m Tiie Kt Rev. fh?mia> C. J.'arst. 1).!).. Bishop of the Dim-c-e of l ast Carolina will visit St. An drew’s Episcopal Church. Colum bia. May 6 at 8 p.m. Il«» will de liver hi.; last sermon in Columbia, as Bishop of the Diocese, us his resignation will become effective in May. lie made his first visita tion at St. Andrew’s about 30 years ago and is w deiv known and greatly loved by all denomi nations in the community. Recent Rotary Club Programs March 13--Plans for reforestation of Tyrrell county. Speaker Mr. Grif fith, district Deforestation represen tative. March 20 —Rev. C. K. Wright and J. C. McClees made talks on embalm, ing and burial of the dead Pfc. James Henry McClees who was home on a furlough after being wounded twice in France made a talk on the “Activities of the Red Cross Over sea. vV. S. Carawan, committee chairman reported that a survey had been made of Scuppernong River at the request of Senator Bailey to find out if the river needed dredging. March 27—-Mrs. Ruby Lee Knight gave a talk on tlv. “Constitution” Dr. Phaff, director of the .southern council on International Relations talked to a joint meeting of the Ro tary and Woman Club on Interna tional Relations April 9 Program by Roland Rid dick on "Activities Accomplished din ing the Past Year and Suggestions for the New Year’s Work.” SERVING IN FRANCE . 5f Pfc. W iliam Thomas Daven port was inducted in the U. S. overseas in February, 1943, and was trained at Camp Bell, Ky. and Camp W heeler. Ga He w ent overseas in February, 1942, and landed in England. He is now in France in the 4fitb General Hos pital. Pfe. Davenport graduated at the Columbia High School in 1941 and was working at the Ma rine Hospital in Norfolk when he went in service. Infantryman Gives Support to Airmen As a usual thiug when co-ordinated attacks of the Army are described the air force usually supports the infantry. But during the fight of Steinstrasse, Pfc. Paul Postum, of the infantry in the U. S. Ninth Army sup ported the air force. When two Boston bombers were being troubled cn their bombing run by a German anti-aircraft battery in the field, Pfc. Postum leaned out a second story window and chased the enemy gun crew to cover with his M-l. The Rev. and Mrs. E. Postum mov ed from Kiniey to Columbia when Paul—as he is known to the Tyrrell service men—was four years old. He lived here until he was twelve when his parents moved to New Bern. Paul stayed in New Bern until hi finished his high school education ar.u then worked as an agent in the Union Sta tion in Washington, D. C. Single Copies—lGc Each Dumbarton Oaks Discussed at Meet I 0! Woman's Club ■ A; the regular meiu: v of the t - I lumbia Woman' . Ciu int i', was i rid | m t’.n home of Mrs. W. H. 'VIcCI.T.s [on Wednesday nigh’, the .’4th of i March, a program was presented by j Mrs. G. E. Love and Mrs. E. J. Biick i house on Dumbarton Oaks Props rJ.s land several very impel tan commit. - I tees were elected. Mrs Elsie Holloway io organize a clothing drive in the county to help j collect clothing for the peopi:- in the i war torn countries. I Mrs. D. M Bridgeman. Mrs E J. I Brickhouse anti Mrs. J. A. Pinner to ; help secure a road on the back and j North side of the cemetery. Mrs. O. M. Swan, to secure 1 e I records of the men who carry heir pictures to the theatre. I Mrs. Effie Brickhouse. Mr;-. Cl; trie, i Cohoon, Mrs. Roy Houghton to go be i fore the County Board of Education j and that some women be elected jon the local school bor id. The presi j dent appointed the officers of the j club. 1 Mrs. Effi< Brickhouse, Mrs. Russell Everton, Mrs. W. A. Williams and Mrs. W. H. McClees to assist the Teen-Age group in securing a teen age tavern The next club meeting will be he’d ! the last Wednesday night in April j the 25th at 8:30 p.m. Subject of pro j gram will be American citizenship, j Hostesses, Mrs. Elsie Holloway Mrs. R. S. Knight, jr., Mrs. F. H. Ledbet- I ter, Mrs. Lindsey Livtvman. Mr;. For est Liverman, Mrs D. M. Bridgem . , I and Miss Clara Lary. 29 Passenger Car Permits \ To Be Issued During April | The Tynell Count War Price and | Rationing Board has been notified 1 that for the month of April only 29 j passenger car permits will be issued as compared to 48 for the month of j March. List Men in Draft | Calls Last Month The men called by the local draft board on March 19 to be sent t F r ! Bragg. for pre-induct ion w ere E - wood Cooper Ainslev Archie Lcf (Sawyer. Jesse Saw., r Jewell Jr., Roderick Dim Reynolds, James Rob -1 ert Payne. i On April 4 those sent for pr. -in duction were Siegfried Spencer Gibbs I William Benjamin Everton. Inez Wt - i lit Swindell, Norris Leßoy Cohoon. (News of‘Servicemen ' Sgt. Russell R. Rhodes serving ' with the 3rd Division of the Seve nth I Army ir. France is the son of Mr. and I Mrs. Joseph Rhodes, of Columb:: II i has recently been promoted fin>m I private to nis present grade He is j the holder of the FAME Campaign medal. Combat Infantrymen's Badge Good Conduct Medal, and one bronze [battle star. He has been serving over : seas for the past ten months and (during the last two months was | wounded in action. Sgt. Chester Twedriy is station led in North Carolina. He was home ! last week-end on a furlough witl his ! parent.- Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Twee dy. The three Tyrrell County men in [.service who were on Iwo Jima have : been heard from. They were Pfc. Nor | man Knight, Pfc. Royce Rhodes, and ! Pie. Howard Ainsley. Pfe. Knight is .now in a hospital in North Carolina, j Pfc. Ainsley is in a hospital in Cali fornia and Pfc. Rhodes is at a rest. ! resort. ! James W. Swain SP <Q> TE 3/e of the US NR. was on leave last week for a few days and visited his bro ther Oscar Swain, in Columbia. Be {fore going in service he was manager !of the Columbia Theatre. ] Pfc. Epharim L. Godwin of the Ma rine Corp Air Station of Cherry Point (spent Easter week-end with his pas - Jents Mr. and Mrs. E. L Godwin ; Friends of Joe Norcum are delight ed to know that he has been promo’ - jed from the rank of Staff Sere ant. Pfc. Jess Cooper who has been sta tioned in Hawaii for sometime has (been home on a 21-day furlough vis jit, mg his mother, wife and little baby, iHe expects to return to his camp j next week. Cpl. Yates Roughton, and wife vere in Columbia this week visiting Mrs. Nancy Roughton Cpl. Roughton has j been in service about three years. He has been overseas 19 months before he returned to the States, about, two weeks ago. He was hospitalized foi two months before he was returned. Pvt. Charles Everton. of Fort Ord. I Calif., was home on a 15 days : ur- I lough this week. I Pvt. Jack Hassell, of Fo:t Brags [was home this week on furlough with his wife and children. Pvt. Gerald Gibbs is home cm fur ilough visiting his foster mother and | father. | Pfc. Irving Brickhouse his wife the Continued on Page Two- Dr. E. C. Pfaff Talks International Affairs MARRIED IN ENGLAND 4ft wt m v** • ■ imP* *sf of IP !' ;i ll m > N $$ < •'). Rupert V. ."if inu*. I . S. Ar?. , and his who the former Ali Jh.trcn Flower, daughter of Mr. ;.!id ! rs Albert Flowers of Devon. Engly >d. uere married ai S* M < - ‘ Church England, bv he Re B< nnett. May 20, 1944. Cpl Mann is now in an Army 1 i fiit«il somewhere in F.ngla) l overing from an ope ration. H* is the only son of Mr am! Mrs. B. 51. Mann, of Call, mbia County Campaign For Cancer Control M A Matthew has been appoint ed • ’ .i;*" uv > . the Cancer Control Car ’ n la Tv.. •!! County. Ht will be rH-isied in the campaign by the number- of the Columbia Woman's ( !tn. < ir.paign begins April 15 and unit s thro: vli May 1. Career one of the most dreaded dfsea; •* in thi country. One of .•v« ■’ JG .ho havr it die. Each yeai A m. in.'. 3 times as many of our l lied in World War l. 50,- | 000 needles.-. • oaths < •cur yearly from .■"a • 'Tire presiden of tht U. F. ■h Gove: rial's of the states Congress a d the N C G T.r al A.v.emlny real ize 11 j: vt i is a major public health piel 'em > have set aside the month 1 April to secure funds throughout he nation with v hicn to combat this hi.aviso, winch renks first as a cause of death amonc women. Any person wno is willing to give Si to help stamp out this disease v id: h. and i- .so prevalent in our own i mmunity are asked to Jeave th-.-lr donation at the bank or with r.:'V club momtK ; Ruby Lee Knighi In Debate Finals Ku.) Lee Knight represented the Columbia High School in a debate ip-envor : l 1 " the American Legion on “The Constitution .n a Changing World held d.:r na the month of March in Creswell and Rocky Mount. On April 2 he won third place de bating ,n the Suite finals at High Point STATIONED IN BRAZIL is*, m fr - ' >-■>? '■ • *a? <• -) \ ■ f. f# 9mm, W I : M ~ ' | Walter E. Davenport S 2/e. en listed in the l S. Navy in 1944 and was trained at Camp Perry, Va. and Norfolk V’a. He was sent io Brazil, South America in July, 1944 and has been station ed there since that time. He was educated at the Columbia High School and was manager of Chaplin Bros. Store when he went into service. Melvin West Slightly Hurt When Auto Tarns Over Or: a curve near me prison camp on U. S. Highway 64, Melvin West turned over a V-8 Ford and only re ceived minor injuries. He was forced off the road by an approaching car j which caused his car to turn over several times and damaging it bad ly. I mpsmmrm SI.OO PER YEAR—MONTHLY 4 * Director of Southern Coun -1 cil Oil International Rela tions Here March 27 ' Tu: ...y nig he March '.7, Dr. Eu gene C. Pfaff. director of the Sou thern Coun ,1 on International Rela - tions and professor ai the University of Nonh Carolina. Chapel Hill, spoke ion International Relations” at the !courthouse, under the sponsorship of 1 the Columbia Woman’s Club and the j Rut iry Club, of Columbia, at which j lime tin pubi.e was invited, i Mrs G M. Garrett. International ( Relations Chairman for the Columbia Womans Club was m charge of the I meeting and introduced the speaker. I Dr. Piaff a l oused his hearers to , their part in International affairs by i describing our dav as one of B-29's and B-32's. robot planes and rocket I bombs. And to save our own skins | and to Ik- able to deep safely in our town beds. ' he said, we must become better informed arid usi our influ ence m regard.-' to issues of today, jthal will determine tomorrow. I-lc likened the rebuilding of the (World Federation of nations to the early history of the 13 colonies. Tt-s i development and success depend j largely on our increased understand j ing slid appreciation of our neigh j hot and our increased understand ing and appreciation of our neighbors and our practice of the principles of Chiistian brotherhood. The speaker compared the plans foi a permanent world peace to the building of a house, its foundation lie mg made up of bricks one depen : dent on the other. He named the | Dumbarton Oaks Proposals and the jßi etton Woods proposals as two of ; the first bricks to be laid and cited [matters dealing with world education, ! | tarriffs. labor and cartel control uoli- I j cies as others t o be defined later and added lu the necessary foundation. Dr Pfaff described Bret ton Woods ’ | an issue so important that the de j feat of it would destroy the confi- I dence of the other nations in the * j United States. This proposal which jis now i.i the Senate .s on Interna ! tionai Monetary Fluids, drafted by representatives of the United Nations. ■ which would endcavoi io stabilize the 1 currency of the world and free ex > change transactions nom peify uu > reaucratic control. Dumbarton Oak pr .posais was ein -1 i phasized as an issue that, provides 1 “the beginning and not the perfec flt ion, of an international organiza j tion to insure peace. This proposal I would organize representatives of tiie i nation.-, in a general assembly; pre ■ vent, aggression through a world ' peace system, bring about, peaceful ■ settlement: of disputes tlnough an In : ternational Court ol Justice; and i work for the economic and social betterment of all people through a council elected by the Assembly. The San Francisco Conference to be held April 25 merits our greatest attention .since lhe nations will ac , cept ui reject the proposals at that > time. Our responsibility according to Dr. Pfaff is to become better mform . ed on these momendous issues and . he invited the public to tune in on i NBC stations each Saturday from I 7-7:35 p.m. to hear discussions on our •! foreign policy by national leaders, I The right decision by our Congress ; now might prevent wars in the fu i i ture, and provide peace and safety j which all Amere ans crave. ■! BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln V. Spencer (announce tiie birth of a daughter on (March 1 at Columbia hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lee Spencer an | nounce the birth of a son, David Neil Spencer, on March 5 at t he Columbia j hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Gibbs an nounce the birth of a son on March jl9 at Columbia hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Royce Cooper announce the birth of a daughter, |. Jessie Velma Cooper, on March 22, [at the Columbia hospital. j marriages Jones - Bateman | Miss Lucy Jones, daughter of Mr. ] and Mrs. W. A Jones, of Gum Neck | and Dallas E. Bateman, son of Mr. and Mrs Emanuel Bateman, were (married at the home of tiie Rev. W A Hales Saturday afternoon. March i3l - - Combs [ Mr;-. Jessie Elizabeth Phelps and j Thomas J ionel Combs were united in marriage February 26 at the home of Mr. and Mrs J. A. Armstrong on Water Street bv tht Rev. Carl R Wright. 1 Bi-i< khouse - Clifton -Miss Gladys Ethel Can ley Br iek- I house and Loon Wilson Clifton were i mail if J hebiuary 25 in Columbia by ! Jtistice of Peace J. W. Hamilton. Davis - Davenport Miss Hily Marginette Davis, tiie jdaughtfi of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis, of Cross Landing, and Dallas \ Davenport, son of Mr. and Mi.<j. Percy i Davenport, were married by Record jer Judge W. W. Sawyer at Travis j Friday, April 5. Mr. and Mrs. Davis ■ will’make their home on Sound Side ; near Columbia, with the groom’s i parents.
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