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you nmg/M/ HEJEEDS^94y VOLUME I—NUMBER 11 Minutes of County Commissioners in Session on May 7 North Carolina, Tyrrell County. Of flee Board of County Commissioners Tne honorable board of County Commissioners met this dav in regu ar session with the following mem bers present, viz. H. T. Davenport, chairman; Ernest S. Brickhouse, B. B Jones, and Luther Davenport members, and transacted the follow ing business, to wit: Minutes of April meeting read and approved. Motion carried to allow H. S. Swain ' °unt,v accountant, $75 per month to be effective January 1, 1945. Motion carried to accept bond of H. S. Swain county accountant, from Maryland Casualty Company in the amount of $5,000. Motion made and carried to accept Grand Jury report. Ordered to accept J. W. Hamilton’s Justice of Peace report. Ordered to accept quarterly report ficm H. S. Swam, county accountant of ABC funds. Motion carried to accept monthly reports from county officials. It is further ordered that reports from county farm agent and home demonstration agent be accepted and filed. The following bills were approved and checks ordered issued to the fol lowing, from general county fund: H T. Davenport, chairman board of County Commissioners S2O salary. Ernest S. Brickhouse $lB services on board April and May 7 and mile age. B. B. Jones $17.60 services on board and mileage. Luther N. Davenport $16.20 services on board and mileage. Sam S. Woodley, attorney, $69.40 April salary. The Daily Advance $1.40 advertise ment for county. Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Company $ phone service and long distance calls. The Personal Book Shop, Inc. $79.55 books for library. Mrs. Minnie Spruill, librarian, S3O. April salary. Haygood &■ England, Inc., $6.99 books for library. Gaylord Bros. Inc., $13.53 supplies for library. The Washington News Company, $52.92 books for library. Charlie Griswell, janitor, $5 pump ing water from Alms House base ment. Keys Printing Company, $18.23 discharge record forms. N. C. Department of Conservation and Development $82.94 county’s share of expenditures for Forest Fire Control, March. B. Ray Cohoon, sheriff, $192.80 April salary. Charlie Griswell, janitor, S4O April salary. Virginia Electric & Power Com < Continued on Page Four) 1 Laughinghouse Is Reelected Mayor W. M. Laughinghouse, incumbent won in the mayor’s race May 8 over W. A. Williams by polling 98 votes to his oponent's 64. The five candidates for town al dermen were elected but a few voters expressed their desire for other of ficials by writing in names of three persons not nomisated for office. Votes received by the elected aider men were J. D. Selby, 111, G. R. Rid dick 108, W. H. McClees, 92; Floyd Cohoon, 83; and W. S. Carawan, 97. Names written in the printed ballots were John W. Melson, 29; C. 11. Leary. 27 and Paul Liverman, 27. Cohoon and Carawan are the only new members of the board, the other three being incumbent. Red Cross Chairman Is Given Certificate The April meeting of th e Tyrrell County Red Cross Executive Com mittee was held in the Court House, Friday night the 27th at 8:30 o’clock. The chapter chairman, Mrs. W. S. Carawan, presented a Certificate of Appreciation to G. E Love who serv ed as the 1945 War Fund Chairman for Tyrrell County. This was sent to him by the American National Red Cross for distinguished achievement in reaching the War Fund quota. Mrs. J. A. Alexander, production chairman, reported that sweaters are still being knitted for the armed for ces. A motion was passed to have 144 kits costing $1 each made and filled for the men going overseas. Also to continue giving those boys leaving here kits whenever it was pos sible to find out the time they were to leave. Mrs. H. E. Smith, prisoner of war chairman, reported she had distribut ed to the families of missing service men and the officers of the club the war prisoner’s bulletins. The home service chairman’s re port showed that more requests for assistance for men in service and their families were given in April than in any month in the past. EARL J., ISAAC N„ AND CALVIN C. REYNOLDS IN U S. ARMY - S 'Sgt Earl J. Reynolds entered the regular Army of the United States September 27, 1940 at Norfolk, Va„ and was sworn in at Richmond. Va. He started his basic training at the Middletown Air Depot in Pennsyl vania. After his basic training he was transferred to Brookley Field, Mobile, Ala., to help start a new Air depot. After due consideration of certain abilities. Eari was selected to attend the Aircraft Mechanic’s School at Chanute Field. 111. He graduated from the school and was then trans ferred to Duncan Field, Texas. He worked in the job that he was trained for seveial months and was then transferred to Charleston, S. C. to await shipping orders for an overseas assignment. Earl left the states from the New York port of em parkation in August, 1942. He serv ed 25 months as a mechanic in the Bth Air Force at a base somewhere \ Minutes of Town Board Meet Held Here on May 7th | * The following is the minutes of the Town Board of Columbia meet ing held May 7: Mayor W. M. Laughinghouse pre sided. Donald Selby was absent. The bank balance as reported by the Clerk in General Fund. $1100.90. Bond fund $208.72. Bills paid: W. M. Laughinghouse mayor S4O; G. R. Riddick, clerk sls, R. G. Riddick, alderman $1.50; C. H. lie ary $150; W. H. McClees $1.50 W. A. Williams $150; Donald Selby $1.50; J. L. Postum. chief of police, fire chief, tax collector $100.78: B. B. Combs, night policeman $61.60 (busi ness men supplement this $36): Charlie Griswell, cemetery c. sl2; Tyrrell County librarian $10; VE&P Co., street lights and office $11.10; Standard Oil Co., trash truck, sewer age, gas, fire truck $32.18. Petty cash —(2 months) street sal aries $166; street supplies $28.24; street supplies (tiling) S6O; adminis trative <phone, clerical) $19.70; cem etery $2.50; total $276.44. Tyrrell Co. Lbr. Co. tractor rent 4 mo. and lumber $41.18; Columbia Motor Co., install motor $48.95: L. B. Davenport, motor for trash truck $37.50: Carolina Supply Co., street, sewerage, road machine blade, tape, and wheel barrow $31.48; Daily Ad vance, ballots $4; H. A. Owens, regis trar $25; Mrs. Leslie Snell, poll holder $5; T. J. Davenport, poll holder $5. A motion was passed to write CAP concerning information about the initial cost of an air marker. A motion was passed that the street commissioner contact Mr. Dav enport and Mr. Godfrey about the gates at the end of Va. Ave. Also to contact Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Harrell about the street parallel to their pro perty. Signed, R. G. Riddick, clerk. Statement of ABC Board tor Quarter TYRRELL COUNTY ABC BOARD Profit and Loss Statement For Quarter Ended March 31, 1945 Income from Sales. Etc. Sales $17,861.50 Discounts 150.87 Other Income 69.00 $18,081.37 Cost of Merchandise Sold Purchases $15,477.31 Add Inventory at Beginning o f Period 8,021.33 $23,498.64 Less Inventory at End of period— March 31, 1945 7,680 08 Gross Profit on Sales $15,818.56 $ 2,262 81 Expenses Law enforcement _$ 274.69 General expenses 3,664.08 3,938.77 Net Loss $1,675.96 Net profit for period of wine account,—for quarter ended March 31, 1945 $164.74 THE TYRRELL TIMES Dedicated 7o Tyrrell County Men in the Military Services Columbia, Tyrrell County, North Carolina, May, 1945 in England. Earl returned to the states in September, 1944. in accord ance with the rotation policy that is in effect. Sgt Reynolds was awarded I the Aircraft Technician’s Badge for | his outstanding work while on duty ;in England. At present he is sta -1 Honed at Langley Field, Va., serving 'as an engineer in the Air Force Tech. jnieal Training Command. ; Sgt. Isaac N. Reynolds—lke. as he lis well-known—was inducted in the | Army of the United States February 13.1943. He was transferred from the Reception Center at Fort Bragg, N. C. to Camp McCain, Miss., and was assigned to Hq Co. Ist Battl,, 347th i Infantry, part of the 87th Infantry j Division. He finished his basic and technical training at Camp McCain. He went with his division on meanu vers in Tennessee November-Febru ary 1943-44. After maneuvers Ike was transferred to Fort Jackson, S. C., as was the 87th Infantry division. He was with the 87th Infanry divis- IRVING REX SAWYER MOMM 3/c Irving Rex Saw yer was born in Tyrrell County on June 30, 1920. He graduated from the Gum Neck School and then went to a CCC camp at Tule Lake, Calif., for 6 months training. When he entered the. Armed forces in 1942 he was em ployed by the Virginia Electric & Power Co., at Norfolk. Va. He received his training at Great Lakes, 111.. Norfolk, Va., and in California and was sent over seas in 1944. He has taken part in many of the major in vasions of the Pacific and has been serving on a Landing Ship He has written home of many terrible experiences during his invasions. His wife, the former Miss Rosalie Parisher of Gum Neck and two little girls, one 3 months old, are making their home in Gum Neck for the dura tion. Overseas Veteran Gets Clerical Work -— & S/Sgt. Chester L. Tweedy, sou as Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Tweedy, of Co lumbia. has been assigned to clerical duties. The sergeant entered the service August 7. 1941. and a few months later was sent to the Asia tic-Pacific theater of operations. While overseas he worked as an ope rations clerk. Sgt. Tweedy has been awarded (he American Defense rib bon, the Asiatic-Pacific theater rib bon with three bronze stars, the Good Conduct ribbon and the Distinguish ed Unit Citation. He with other vet erans of overseas duty have recently been stationed at Camp Davis. Camp Davis, an installation of the AAF personnel distribution command, will function as a convalescent hos pital and redistribution station. This command also maintains and supei vises overseas replacement depots and recruits for the post war air force. Russell R. Rhodes Gets Promotion To Sergeant Sgt. Russell R. Rhodes, son of Mrs. Lona R. Rhodes, of Columbia, has recently been promt {ted from private to his present grade. He is the holder of the EAME Campaign Medal Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Good Conduct Medal, and one Bronze j Battle Star. He is overseas in France. W ’ f mm tfcJlllfc, ~*t/ Mi % : - ; Hllll IHI i ,: - v # 'jfflk •::v'|.. M^M' : v-,: ion until June 9 1944, when he was transferred to Headquarters Second Army, Memphis. Tennessee and was ! assigned to the quartermaster .sec tion. Sgt. Reynolds attended the non-commissioned officers Adminis tration and Supply school at Camp Lee. Va. November, 1944- February 1945. After he finished the school lie returned to Memphis, Tenn., where he is stationed at the present time. Pfc. Calvin C. Reynolds was induc ted into the Army of the United States 19 July 1944. He was trans ferred from the reception center at Fort Bragg to the infantry replace ment, training center. Fort MeClel- j lan, Ala. He finished his training I there and was shipped to Fort eGorge G. MEADE. Md.. for an indi vidual overseas replacement. He left the New York port of emparkation, December, 1944. He is now fighting with a part of the 102nd Infantry Di vision which is under General Simp son’s Ninth Army. Eght Men Go To I Bragg April 271 h Eight Tyrrell County white men were : ent to Fort Bragg for induction April 27: Maryland Garfield Brick house, Daniel Elmo Davis. Kenneth Lee Armstrong, Archie Lee Sawyer, Roderick Dhu Reynolds, Stewart Lof tin West, for tin: Army. Joseph Siiel bourn Williams, and James Robert Payne for the Navy. Five Negro men were sent for pre induction physical examination April 18 They were Joseph Woodard. Wil liam Edward McClee*. Thomas Franklin Owens, James Milton Wrighton and Alfred Tennyson Hul loway. Six white men were sent for pre induction physical examination May 8 They were: Joseph Haywood Pledger. Woodrow Wilson Brickhouse. Booster Tex Lindsey, Verma Gray Gibbs, Joseph Columbus Davis, jr„ and Henry Earvin Gray, jr. Thomas Henry Smith Is Training for Commission A/S Thomas Henry Smith entered service in March, 1942, from Colum bia, and was first trained at Fort Bragg and Florida. He was sent then to Alabama as an inspector and then to Mississippi as an instructor. In March Sgt. Smith was sent to the Aviation Cadet School in San Antonia Texas, where he will be trained for 40 weeks before receiving a commission as a lieutenant His assignment then will be on a B-29 as a mechanic. Two months before going in serv ice, he married Miss Barbara Barnes of Creswell. I Tyrrell County's I [BOLL of HONOR] WILLIAM S. BRICKHOUSE— Near Greenville. EPHARIM C. COOPER— In Action. CHESTER HOPKINS, JR In U. S. Hospital. JOSEPH HOLLOWAY (Ch in Columbia. LINDSEY JARVIS— In Jap Prison. GAITHER LASSITER In Action. JAMES T. MACHEN— In Action. NELSON McCLEES— In Action. KAYFIELD OWENS— In U. S. Camp. CHARLIE SYKES— In Action. NORMAN E. SMITH— In Action. PETE TAYLOR— In Action. CALVIN DOSS WEATHERLY— In Action. RAYMOND WILKINS— In Action. RICH ARD WYNN (C) In Camp. HURON RUDOLF VOLIVA— Missing In Action. EDWARD EVERETT VANHORN— German Prisoner. Single Copies—lGc Each Counly Has Quota ; Os $69,000 To Raise | In New Bond Drive i The Seventh War Loan Drive be !gan Monday, May 14 with an over jail quota of $69,000. The E bona quota is $34,000. The drive will con. Ilnue through June 30. 1945. Workers appointed by the chair man of the drive are: for Columbia, Mrs: G. M. Garrett. Mrs. Elsie Hollo way. Mrs. W. Willis Bowen and the Teen Age Club. Alligator: Mrs. D. M. Pledger. Gum Neck: Miss Ethelynde Ballance. Rider’s Creek: Mrs. Nan nie Spencer. Scuppernong: Mrs. L. L. Gibbs and Mrs. Alfred Ward. Negro division: Prof. S. P. Dean. A bond booth is opened daily at the drug store with the Teer. Age Club in charge. Miss Elsie Lee West is serving as chairman. Miss Berry says she has been un able to get. volunteers from other communities in the count?, to serve and if there is anyone who would be j willing to represent their respective | communities in this very worthwhile cause to contact her at the bank. $64 Collected lor Crippled Children The Tyrrell County chairman of the N. C. League for Crippled Child ren, Mrs. D. M. Sawyer announced the total collected through the Eas ter Seal Sale was $64. During the last eight years the League and its affiliated county chapters have provided medical care for many children not eligible for help from other agencies. Braces and other appliances, blood transfusions, tonsillectomies and orthodenture treatments have aiso been provided. Mrs. Florida Vallier Dies In Ohio April 13 Mrs. Florida Vallier, 51, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Har rell died in Anslow. Ohio, April 13 after a lingering illness. She was a native of Columbia and lived here until she married Lieutenant V. J. Vallier about nine years ago. Since that time she traveled with him ex tensively. living for 2\'- z years in the Hawaiian Islands. / She was brought to Columbia for burial April 16. Funeral services were held in St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church v ith the Rev. B. W. Gaither in charge of the service and burial was in the Columbia Cemetery. Pall bearers, were her nephews: Ted Harrell, HM 1/c, Luther Harrell, Rodney Cooper, Marvin Cooper, and Charlie Gregory. Surviving are her husband, Lt. V. J. Vallier; Ens. William Wilkins, of the U. S. Navy, who is now some where in the Pacific; one sister, Mrs. W. M. Norcum; four brothers, Jim, Dick, Clyde and Bush Harrell; and several nieces and nephews all of Co lumbia. | NORCUM BROTHERS SERVING OVERSEAS | Pfc. William Norcum. of the USAAF, who is now in France, and Sgt. Joe Norcum. who is now station ed with the Army Air Forces in Eng land. sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Nor cum of Columbia, met for the first time since they have been overseas on Easter Sunday, in England. Pfc. William Norcum went in serv ice in November, 1942. and was sent overseas in March. 1944. He has been wounded three limes in action with the 29th Division. First in Germany, then in France and the third time in Germany. He has been awarded the Lt. John L .Snell Now at Flying Field in Florida 3> , , . Boca Raton Field. Fia.—Lt. John L. Snell, of Columbia, N. C.. an air crew combat veteran of aerial flights made with the Italy based 15th Air Force for which he holds the Air Me dal with two Oak Leaf Clusters. Dis tinguished Unit Citation and Europ ean-African-Middle East theatre rib bon with five combat seal’s, is now stationed at Boca Raton Army Air Field, a technical school of AAF Training command. Lt. Snell at tended the University of North Caro lina for three years. His wife resides in Greenwood. Miss. V-E Day Prayerfully Observed in County IN PACIFIC WAR AREA Richard C. Weatherly, EM 3/c entered the service September 17, 1942. He was stationed in Nor folk, Va., until January 8, 1945, then was sent overseas. He is now somewhere in the Pacific. He is the (on of Mr. and Mrs. Vi . J. Weatherly, of Columbia. His wife the former Miss Mary Emma Jones and son, Richard, Jr. are now making their home with his parents. Huron R. Voliva Is Missing in Action; Parents Get Medals T/Sgt. Huron R. Voliva, son of Mr. and Mi's. Shafer Voliva, of Colum bia, was reported missing in action over Austria in April 1944. He was a bombardier on a bomber in the U. S. Army Air Corps. On April 19, Captain Mack, of Sey mour Johnson Field, N. C., made a presentation of two medals, two oak leaf clusters and the flying cross in honor of T Sgt. Huron R. Voliva to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sliapter Voliva, at their home in Scottia com munity, on their son’s 24th birthday. Captain Mack, told the parents that their son—if only news had been received by them from the Government, that he was missing in action—may still be alive. Among those present for the pre sentation were: his brothers, Alva Voliva. of Norfolk and Marvin Voliva of Columbia: his sister-in-law, Mrs. Alva Voliva; and sisters, Mrs. C. L Voliva and Mrs. W. E Pavey, of Nor folk; Mrs. Oscar Sawyer, Mrs. Fannie Davenport. Mrs. Ethel Holiday. Mrs. Robert Barnes, Mrs. Kitty Sawyer. Mrs. Minnie Ray Cooper, Emmett Voliva. Mrs. Ronald Davenport, Mrs. Burvill Voliva. Mrs. Lois Voliva and Joe Liverman all of Columbia. Purple Heart Medal and two Oak Leaf Clusters. As he was a sheet metal worker in civilian life, he has been assigned the same kind of work in the ninth Air Force Service Com mand Unit since he recovered Sgt. Joe Norcum has been in the service since November 1943, and was sent overseas last January 31. He is a veteran of 15 bombing attacks on German targets as a member of the 381 bombardment group He has j been awarded the Air Medal with one j Oak Leaf Cluster for “meritorious ■ achievement” in action. Slaughtering Permit Is Required By Farmers Farmers in Tyrrell County may now obtain permits and quotas for , slaughtering from the Tyrrell Coun ■| ty War Price and Rationing Board. ! chairman W. S. Carawan announced jtoday. In order to sell or transfer any meat after May 14 a permit and a quota for slaughter from the ra ' tioning board must be secured If the farmer does r.ot wish to sell be tween May 14 and July 1, he may have until July 1 to register for a i; permit, but no registration is accept able after that date. mpmmnm SI.OO PER YEAR-MONTHLY Business Places Close Fol lowing Proclamation by President Tinman After President Harry S. Truman delivered on V-E Day. May Bth his address and issued a proclamation calling the people to prayer, the church bells of Columbia were tolled and special services— as planned by the minister’s in the town—were held in tiie Wesley Memorial Methodist Church for the adults and in the Columbia High School auditorium for the school children. The Rev C. K. Wright was in charge of ihe service at the Church and the Rev. W. A. Hales at the school. Business places closed during the service hour from 10-11 a.m. and large crowds attend ed the services. In such manner local people re ceived their most momentous news since. Sunday, December 7, 1941 when tlie Japanese launched their sneak attack on Pearl Harbor They were following the advice contained in President Truman’s address. ‘Let, us not forget the sorrow of our neighbors,” he said. “Only by work can we repay our debt to them. We must work, work and work to finish the task, and we must remain at our posts until the last Japanese division surrenders unconditionally. All Amer icans. through sacrifices and with God’s help, have forced unconditional surrender upon Germany.” The President was surrounded by his official family as Ji e began his momentous broadcast Tuesday morn - ing. “This,” he said, “is a solmcn but glorious hour.” He voiced the thoughts of millions and brought a mist to their eyes by adding. “How I wish Franklin Roosevelt had lived to se e this day " He reminded the na tion in its flush victory that it had not been fighting alone, and he pro claimed Sunday, May 13. a day of prayer. ‘T call upon all the people of the United States, whatever their faith, to unite in offering loyful thanks to God for the victory we have won and to pray that he will support us to the end of oui present struggle and guide u.s into the way of peace. 1 aiso call upon my coun trymen to dedicate tills day of prayer to the memory of those who have given their lives to make possible our victory.” Cancer Quota lor County Is Raised April was designated by an Act of Congress and of the North Carolina General Assembly as Cancer Control Month. The Cancer Society in the nation set $5,000,000 as a quota to wage a nation-wide fight against cancer. Tyrrell county was a sited to accept a quota of $68.85. Funds will be used for research, de tection clinics, educating the pub lic in methods of detecting the pres ence of cancer in its early stages The Cancer Control Campaign was sponsored in Tyrrell County by tiie Columbia Woman’s Club and the Rotary Club, of Columbia, with the president of each organization serv ing as co-chairman. The Columbia Woman’s Club raised $60.50—59 40 of this amount was from an offering taken at the Columbia Theatre and $13.10 from the three Columbia col ored Sunday Schools. The Rotary Club raised $24 making a total of SB4 50. The treasurer. M. A Matth ewes, of tiie Tyrrell County Cancer Control Society sent in the quota as signed to this county. Mrs. Sadie Walker Funeral Monday Funeral services for Mrs. Sadie Walker were conducted at the Colum bia Missionary Baptist church Mon day afternoon at 3 o’clock by the Revs. J E. Baker, C. K. Wright, and B. W. Gaither. Interment was made in the Oakwood cemetery, Columbia. Pail bearers were R. S. Knight, jr . Charles Cohoon, Clarence Chaplin, Nedham Brickhouse John Melson, Joe Brickhouse and Tim Tarkenton. Honorary pallbearers were; Phil Spruill. W. S. Carawan, C. W. Tatem, F. E. Cohoon. W. J. Wiiite J. VV. Ham ilton. Walter Holloway, Charlie Hol loway. Seaton Norcum, J. H. Bate man. S. M. Combs, L. L. Yerby, Paul Spruill, W. E. Bateman, W. M. Nor cum. W. H. McClees and Nelso Mc- Clees. Surviving are her husband A. L. Walker; three daughters, Mrs. C. E. Cohoon, Mrs. W. A. Yerby. of Co lumbia. and Mrs. D. M. Darden, of Wilmington; one son, J. L. Walker, of Raleigh; four sisters, Mrs. Hattie Newberry, of Columbia, Mrs. J. R. Stokes, of Hertford, Mrs. D. W. Saw yer, of Belhaven, and Mrs. H. E. Spruill of Great Bridge, Va.; one bro thel', W. M. Patrick of Williamsburg Va. Mrs. Walkei died at her home Saturday night at 9:15 o’clock after a lingering illness of four years. She was a life long resident of Tyrrell County and very active in the Co lumbia Missionary Baptist Church of which she was the oldest member
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