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THE DARE COUNTY TIMES
MANTEO, N. C., MARCH 17, 1939
Single Copy 5c
HYDE COUNTY WELCOME FACILITIES
GOVERNOR HOEY APRIL 3
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i.t.
—
j ® greatest need of the people
Point today is a hard-
. ® road connecting with Hyde
y and with Manteo.” So says
M. Wise, veteran fish dealer
'*te of the mioving spirits of
Point. Mr. Wise also
i^hat a telephone line is vital
ised and would prove highly
l^le. He now spends some
J hundred dollars a year in
^ epe bills and has to drive 27
j, e do his phoning at Engel-
(j‘{* Hyde County,
j'^ess Stumpy Point can have
I d-surface road that will en-
..he fishermen to get in and
their products at all times
GEORGE M. WISE THE
CAROLINA “SHAD KING”
year, the fishermen are go-
” have the worst times here
have ever seen,” Mr. Wise
I'dds. He thinks it is just as
to have “farm to mar-
*'®ads for the fishermen as
. for the farmers; it may be
'hiportant because the entire
I af the ^fishermen’s labor is
.y lost because of its highly
th,’®
HON. CLYDE R. HOEY, the Gov
ernor will be The honor guest of
Hyde County April 3, and the Hyde
Chamber of Commerce is busy mak
ing plans for his entertainment. He
will be formally welcomed to the
BEING PROVIDED
FOR LOST COLONY
Larger Dressing Room Space,
Enlarged Amphitheatre,
and Other Features
Dressing room spice for the
company of “The Lost Colony” will
be doubled, shower baths with hot
and cold water and a modernly
equipped laundry for the wardrobe
department will be built according
to plans for improvements of the
amphitheatre worked out here this
week under a new project expected
to get under way before the end of
the month,
Production plans for . the 1939
presentation of “The Lost Colony”
were well under way here this
week after a series of conferences
begun during the week end visit of
Senator Bradford Fearing when
Albert Q. Bell, architect and buil
der of the theatre, was induced to
remain here until September, and
when Harry and Ora Mae Davis
came down from Chapel Hill, ac
companied by Walter Preston, who
TWO COUNTIES LOOKING 1
TO THIS MAN NOWADAYS
:ounty at five p. m. on the 3rd of j designed and built most of the
April in front of the courthouse at | stage settings,
c r. ^ rru j ..1 Other improvements
Swan Quarter. The bands of the' theatre
scheduled
^ include the con-
Edenton and Belhaven schools will j .struction of wash rooms within the
nature.
^ ’>6 present time, Mr. Wise is
^tthused with hopes of get-
road from Engelhard to
’ Harbor adopted as a Fed-
Project and is joining
^'.^•®artedly with Hyde County
Dare in an effort to have
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mThen
i^;^ICTOR. MEEKINS
L^^'y people who come to the
‘fit me they can’t get it
ji''"®ir blood, once they have
them remain,
accepting a lowered
ij'^.status.
there about the coast-
I, remain a continual chal-
(j|/ fire one with constantly
u 5 and subsiding resolutions
Something worth while ?
that makes dreams, and
fiigh craving, and makes
io^*Kination stir
with un-
^ . awakenings ?
jlj^'Sht say it is the sunrise
Ocean, when a crimson
forth into a fully
itg or the sunset across
a the gold fades into
the purple fades into
atpL.***® tpight be gripped by
’j of sails ride off the
j “ri and the dreams they
One’s heart.
lw^^6'’®r it be, whether one
, the water upon a sleepy
itf brawling listlessly where
'! Or*'®''*'® drowsy on the
in to see the even-
flow across the nodding
LEST YOU FORGET, this is a re
minder of Geo. M. Wise, the Caro
lina shad king, about whom so
much has been written and said.
He lives at Stumpy Point where he
operated a large wholesale fish
business. His business sagacity,
and personality has done much to
ward developing his community as
an important fishing center. Right
now Mr. Wise is about as much
concerned over the prospects of
getting a good road as he is about
the shad season. For Mr. Wise
knows that so long as the State
Highway Commission delays the
construction of an all weather
road, to Hyde County, and to the
Dare County seat, so long will his
people be put at a great economic
disadvantage and the progress of
the community will be paralyzed.
DR. ANDERSON LEAVES
FOR POST IN HAWAII
partfcdpate. From there the Gover- amphitheatre enclosure, these to
nor will go on to New Holland, to | occupy space at the left and right
the Mattamuskeet Refuge Hotel, I of the main auditorium. The work
his headquarters for the night, he I will be done through the coopera-
will address the Chamber of Com-jtion of the Works Projress Ad-
merce in banquet at the Swan ministration, under a project that
Quarter High School Auditorium .has gone through all the routine
at 6:30 p. m. A dance will be held except the signature of President
in his honor in the ballroom of the Roo,sevelt.
Mattamuskeet Refuge Hotel from' During her stay here this week
10:00 till 1:00 o’clock April 3rd. I Mrs. Davis has listed all the ma-
A reception line will be formed terials that will be necessary for
at 10:00 o’clock when the Governor ‘ replacement and elaboration of the
and guests will receive the dancing costume equipment of the produc-
couples and spectators representing tionu. New costumes have been
mo.st of the towns in Eastern North designed for several of the parts in
Carolina. At intermission a Grand the show, and others will be • re •
March will feature the Governor, placed. The costumes now stored
distinguished guests and others, for use next season number above
when a prize will be awarded. The 400. The work will be done in lo-
Mattamuskeet Refuge Hotel ball- cal and Chapel Hill WPA sewing
room can accommodate four hun-' rooms.
dred couples easily, and is con-' It is entirely probable that Mrs.
sidered one of the finest ballrooms Davis will remain here durinr; the
in eastern North Carolina. i enutire season this year. Hereto-
The following morning, Tuesday, fore, as soon as the production has
April 4th, the Governor will ad- been put under way she has gone
dress the Engelhard citizens and to New England where she has had
‘ Weekly Journal of the North Carolina Coastland—Devoted to the Interests of More Than 30,000 People of the Four Southern Albemarle Counties
IV; NO. 194
rUMPY POINT HOPEFUL
FORJA ROAD THAT WILL
SERVE IT FOR ALL TIME
t
}^ens See Imiwrtance of Getting a Primary
•j^deral Aid Highway to Serve Marketing
jeeds of Farmers as Well as Fishermen;
*^ould Be Useful Also as Tourist Route Be-
^een Hyde and Dare
AIRPLANE FLIGHT ALONG
"OUTER BANKS” PROVIDES
SOLID HOUR OF THRILLS
Travel Between Manteo and Beaufort Offers
Most Scenic Trip in Eastern North Carolina;
Plans Continue For Charter Service Along
Outer Banks During Summer; Beaufortians
Delightful Hosts
ONE MAN WHO WANTS
LESS LAWS; NOT MORE
HON. DAVID COLLIN BARNES
of Murfreesboro holds within his
mind a decision that will greatly I
affect the destiny of two counties.}
And that is whether he will agree
with the people of Hyde and Dare!
Counties, and, join with Commis-|
sioner Webb of Kinston, and Con
gressman Lindsay Warren of
Washington in making it possible,
for Hyde and Dare to have the ad-1
vantage of Federal funds to com- ■
plete the road between Engelhard
and Stumpy Point. The confidence
of the people of this section in Mr.
Barnes is causing them to hope he
will assist them in this important
matter, and join hands with Mr.
Warren. If he doesn’t they will
be keenly disappointed.
NAGS HEAD CASE
TO BE AIRED IN
COURT TUESDAY
SENATOR __BRADFORD FEAR
ING, home from Raleigh for the
week-end, when questioned about
By VICTOR MEEKINS
Ben Dixon MacNeill says I ate at
least one bushel of raw Carteret
County oysters Tuesday night,
when we attended the oyster noast
at the Beaufort Rotary* club. I in
sist it was not over a peck because
I open them too slowly, and I also
ate during the meal, some seven
hog dogs, with pickle, relish, and
slaw, and drank a cup of blistering
hot coffee. I am convinced, there
fore, that MacNeill is willing to
stretch the truth at my expense.
I do know that MacNeill ate
much longer and more avidly than
did I. In fa.ct, I assumed that he
had not eaten his usual mid-day
meal, and maybe his breakfast. I
1 began to think that maybe he
, thought we were going to come
[ home before breakfast Wednesday
' morning. And if Dave Driskill,
who in about one hour’s time flew
I the plane from Manteo to Beau-
’ fort, would only eat on Roanoke
Island, like he eats in Beaufort, his
gaunt and gangling figure would
disappear and he soon would be too
fat to fly.
If you have never flown to Beau-
the billshehadintroduced replied: ifort along the outer Banks of
I haven t put in any bills; there I
put
are more matters to attend to in
Raleigh than passing laws. If I
, ! had my way, I would cut out a lot
I North Carolina, then it is some
thing to look forward to.
We had
looked forward ourselves to this
Williams Swears Warrant Out “ ‘“‘'jtrip with Dave Driskill to Beau-
Wimams owears vvurrutii-w-ul qJ the laws they already have.! fPlease turn tn Patro v.Vktl
For Mrs. Whitehurst jSome of the suggestions offered in' ! ^ S )
For Assault |the legislature are positively rid-
j iculous.” Senator Fearing, who
Edgar Williams (Hickey) swore will no doubt win another term in
out a warrant this week charging the Senate, before precedence takes
that Mrs. Stella W’hitehurst secret-, the office away from Dare County,
ly, feloniously and maliciously as- has gone to Rafeigh and with his
saulted his wife Mrs. Janie Wil-,quiet, commonsense viewpoint, is
liams Saturday night at a filling making many more friends for
station the beach road, by beating Dare County. A great deal of his
students at the High School Audi- an important place in a community I j^er over the head with a beer bot- time is spent contacting officials
torium, 8:45 a. m. He will continue theatre and dramatic school. There tie, and with intent to kill her. , , who need to be informed about, and
Dr. Emory H. Anderson, chief,
medical officer at Camp Wright, |
for the past month, leaves Sunday
for his home in Richmond,'. Va., a#d
a week later will go to the West
Coast to embark for Hawaii. There
he will join the staff of a private
hospital on a plantation at Maui,
near Honolulu.
During his brief stay in Dare^
County, Dr. Anderson has made |
many friends. Manteo people have!
liked his genuine manner and i
agreeable personality and regret to
see .him depart so soon after his
arrival in Dare. And it seems
Dare has made a friend, too, for
the Doctor says he is loath to leave
here. He came to Camp Wright
to work only a few weeks until an
other doctor could be secured. It
is not known yet who will replace
him.
CAPT. SMITH IMPROVES
AFTER HOSPITAL SIEGE
to Fairfield where he will address is every probability, also, that Mr.
the citizens and students of Fair- Davis will have an active hand in
field in the Fairfield School Audi- the production this year. He has
torium at 10:00 a. m., continuing this year held the place of Profes- before and after the affray. She
his return trip to the State Capitol, sor Samuel Selden in the dramatic admitted striking Mrs. William
Among the prominent citizens of school at the University during Mr.
absence in Europe on
Mrs. Whitehurst in turn, this sold on the needs of the Second
week got out a warrant against District. Mr. Fearing is therefore
Williams for assaulting her, both a booster.
Fishing
and all
[Out Doors
—By—
Aycock Brown
Authority on Fishing News
shifting
dunes; or
comes by air, and sees
him the panorama of
*(mi ’ combing surf leaping
^ hpon the yellow sands;—
“(ij) or she, the coastland
gets you although
la hot a soul, even who
I 'l'e^hein. And these things
hloo(j®hHon grab you and fire
fon J •Ihst as they have fired
^ ® ^hys of childhood.
u® fio not in any degree
j^5i|y fifi the high drama of
"’0® of those who, are
W)j„^hd Woof of the coast-
J Of a you go within the
Pko, , c surf, will be found
human
-ajhfaa,
' SfO'
\%
youp
dim
incidents to in-
y, to capture your
heart, and that
North Carolina invited to take part Selden’s absence in Europe on a
in the Governor’s party, are the year’s leave of absence,
following: j it is probable that Mr. Davis, be-
Governor and Mrs. Clyde R. sides helping to direct the show
Hoey, Congressman and Mrs. Lind- will appear in the cast, probably
say C. Warren, Atty Genl Harry as Simon Fernando. He has been
McMullan,, Hon. R. Bruce Ether- under Paul Green’s consideration
idge, Hon. D. Libby Ward, Senator for some time, and there is every
W. B. Rodman, Jr., Senator D. possibility that he will take that
Bradford Fearing, Representative part, played last year by Noel
George T. Davis, Judge C. Everett Houston and the first year by Sam
Thompson, Solicitor Chester Morris Hirsc.h. Nothing definite has as
Hon. E. V. Webb, Hon. D. Collin yet been determined, and no move
Barnes, of Murfreesboro, Editor has been made toward casting the
Jonathan Daniels and Carl Goerch, show.
of Raleigh, T. E. Pickard, Jr., Ben| Before he had been a quarter of
Dixon McNeill, of Manteo, Herbert ^he Island when he came
Bonner, Elizabeth Warren, Herbert ^he week end Senator
Peele, of Elizabeth City, C. McK. pgaring sought out Albert Bell and
Thompson, J. H. Conger, J. Edwin began negotiations that will keep
Bufflap, of, Edenton, G. C. Meads, him here through this season. The
of Elizabeth City, Edmund Hard- .^^ho designed and built the
ing, of Washington, Representative theatre was not able to give a defi-
Edwards, MD., Capt. John A. Nel- p^fte answer until he had secured an
son ,of Carteret, W. L. Birch, 0xtension of time from new asso-
Mayor Ralph Hodges, Mayor J. W. Nations that he had formed. He
Hines, of _ Belhaven, Mayor J. B. .^.gg this release Tuesday
Flora, of Elizabeth City, T. B. Att- g^^j will have direct supervision of
more, of Washington, J. B. Cutch- contemplated work at the thea-
ins. Highway Engineer Spruill, pg.^.^ Midgett will relieve him
Mayor Jack McMullan, of Edenton, uiuch of the routine that has so
John Bragaw, of Washington, J. E. ^gj. claimed him.
Edwards, John Darden, of Ply-| Also here during the week end
mouth, J. C. Meekins, of Coleraine A. Walker, chief lighting
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Latham, D.^ \. 0ugineer and state director of Fed-
Meekins, of Manteo, George Wise, ^^.gj Theatre Projects. Mr. Wal-
of Stumpy Point, Bernard Voliva, game down to check over a list
Clay Carter, of Washington, Carter equipment needed for the light-
Studdard, R. and Mrs. R. B. Trot- system, and conferred at length
man, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Spencer, .^^ith Mr. Bell about installation.
Sr., of Raleigh. Hon. David H. C.ar- g^d Mrs. Davis are spending
ter. Dr. W. T. Ralph, C. W. Tatem, week in a cottage at Nags
and C. Earl Cohoon, of Columbia. M0ad, this being the period of
I spring vacation at the University.
GOLDIE S.A.WYER HAS I They plan to make the trip down
BIRTHDAY PARTY 1 the Banks to Buxton before re-
, turning Sunday.
Mrs. P. E. Sawver entertained a ^ '
number of little'guests Saturday ‘ JUNIOR WOMA'N CLUB MEETS [Throw
BRIDGE PARTY IS GIVEN
with her fists, but said she did no
serious damage, and in her opinion,
a rumor that Williams himself had entertained at
later beaten his wfie, accounted lor ,^ lovely nartv Thursday evening at
the more serious injuries. | ^j^g j^g^^g Mj.s_ e. L. Bell, guest
It may be due to the fact that
the column is now reaching 15,000
BY MISS HELEN EVANS! readers each week (since its recent
adoption by Dare County Times),
or, most likely it is because Ray
mond R. Camp, NYTimesman, is
giving us frequent plugging, but
with each mail my postoffice box is
crammed with letters from people
all over the country wanting to
know more and more about mid-
Atlantic Coast fishing. No longer
am I considered as a local source
for information about fishing.
There was the letter this week
from Brooklyn wondering if I could
1 “p Miss Mary Mann' tell them just what kind of fish
remarks about some f Evans, Miss Ruth Evans, Miss Lot-1 could be taken off the South Geor-
tions she had accused her own hus- McCarter, Miss Evelyn Crump, ^ gia coast during Easter week. And
^Mr^Williams. At that time b^'hov^"'
she says she separated from her ‘
being members of her bridge club
J. C. Weeks for treatment, showed g^^^ several invited guests. Mrs.
signs of a considerable encounter. ygj.a0j^ Davis held high score, and
Both eyes were closed, her face ^gggj^g^ g Mrs. E. K.
considerably swollen and she had j^jchardson was presented with a
numerous bruises on the head and g^jg .g^. pj.j2g p,aying
, ,, ! were Miss Evans. Mrs. Davis. Mrs.
Mrs. Whitehurst smd the trouble Righardson, Miss Donnybel Evanc
started when Mrs. Williams called ^ ^ ggjj^ Wi'liam
her a vile name, following some Bridgeforth,
SENSIBLE LEGISLATION
says _
husband upon finding him in Mrs. Q/yviS PASSES PIECE OF
Williams’ bedroom but had later
returned to live with him, and was'
considerably put out Saturday
night on again finding her husband
in the company of Mrs. Williams.
A long list of witnesses are to
be subpoenaed for the case, which
promises to offer some salacior !
details in Recorder’s court next
Tuesday. |
DELIGHTFUL DANCE AT
NEW COMMUNITY BLDG.
their ap-
losg , that, to my mind, is
> , come and surrender
**’ 9iid^^^ surf, and
u the wind remain to
adding ties
Of th u the high
*''6 av,j aches of those
>et, I labor here.
''’ho fb® life story of
lived in the homes
CAPT. HERMAN C. SMITH,
tired Coast Guardsman and T.ix
Collector of the Town of Manteo is
back home after several days of
treatment in the Marine Hospital
in Norfolk. The picture shows
Capt. Smith in the uniform of a
Coast Guard Officer.
Tornoon at the home of Mrs. C.
C. Jones, honoring the tenth birth-
On Tuesday night, a delightful
dance was given by the Junior-
Senior Classes of Manteo High
School at the new Community
Building. Featured during the
evening was a floor show that was
hugely enjoyed by those who
crowded the floor. Mrs. Hazel Mid
gett, son Sam, Jr., and daughter
Marjalene' entertained vdth piano,
drum, singing and dancing, using
as their selections the popular
“Alexander’s Ragtime Band” and
“I’m Gonna Lock My Heart and
Away the Key.” Rhoda
C-udwiorth and Mannie Williams of
The Junior Woman’s Club held a Wanchese .^ng
day of her daughter, Goldie. Sev- social meeting Tuesday night at
eral games were enjoyed by the the home of Mrs. H. A. Creef. Mrs.
children, after which candy and Lucetta Willis and Mrs. Bruce Len-
“They Say” and!
REP. ROY L. DAVIS of Dare
County has caused to be enacted
into law one simple bill which
alone justifies his election. And
that is a bill which prevents the
“Deep in a Dream.” A novel har- ^ ^
monica selection was renderiM I imposition of forcing citizens of
Nathan Payne, who played o ( | pare County to lose time from
Violets.” There
their work, to serve at expense to
,
their lives; when I
't ® f® carry on despite
Se
and understand
~ ®^ bave suffered, the d-
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WOMAN’S CLUB MEETING I
Next Tuesday, March 21, at 8 p.
.m., the Dare Woman’s Club meets
at the Community building in their
regular meeting. Mrs. Rennie G.
Williamson stated this week.
apples were served. The littlel non, program chairman, introduced! favorite. Sweet
honoree received many n’Ve gifts, a Bible game which proved to be [was much favorable cominent on themselves, and without pay on
Those present were Goldie. Lock-j very entertaining as well as edu-■ these emoyable features, ino g j Hecorder’s Court juries in Dare
wood, Alma, Ruby and Betty Rae} cational. The acting hostesses,, electrical transcription many ia-.| Mavis’ new law pro-
Sawyer, Miriam Ferehee, Pat Da- Misses Maxine Tillett, Carita Creef I ™ous orchestras lent their . vi(j0s that when any man is not
know if Central North Carolina
coast offered any inducements for
anglers during early Spring and
that person in Ocala, Florida, want
ed complete information about
where he could buy goggle-fishing
equipment.
I When an angler in New York
writes to North Carolina to learn
about when the Blues will start
running though, when that person
could wait just a few weeks longer
I and get his blue-fishing nearer
I home it is something worth writing
I about. I am waiting now for- the
first reports from commercial fish-
I ermen that Blues are running off
Cape Lookout or Cape Hatteras.
As soon as this is determined I
shall nite-press-rate collect mes
sages to the outdoor editoi-s of all
big northern newspapers. Because
it will be news. If weather condi
tions are partly favorable during
! Ap’ il—and that is always a gamble
I—Blues will start showing up. The
netters will get them first and
then the trollers will go after
them. A few weeks later by mid-
May Spanish Mackerel should be
come quite as numerous as Blues
off Beaufort Inlet. By that time
Blues should be appearing in the
inlets of Ocracoke, Hatteras and
Oregon in large schools, and they
will he worth going after because
you can fish the morning flood
tides for these small but furious
fighters, and then go in for larger
game during the afternoon flood
tide. By large game when I speak
of the Ocracoke, Hatteras and Ore-
Billv Ward, Elizabeth Drink- and Delnoy Burrus, served a deli-1 for dancing feet, and a’ded in 1 gontent to trust his case to the 1 gon Inlet region, I mean Channel
water, Shirley Hartley, Dennis Lee cious sandwich tray and hot tea. 'ing this a highly successtu
and Wilton Creef, Norman and The President urged all members
Claude Brantley, Roger and Fran-;to be present at the next game
cis Meekins and Connie Mae Head- party at the Community building,
ley. March 25.
honesty and ability of the court, he
may have a jury trial, if he asks
What Is Man? foj. jt, but he will get it in Superior
Of all created creatures man is Court, before 12 men who are not
the most detestable.—Mark Twain, half mad for being imposed on.
Bass.
You won’t be writing that fishing
friend false information if you tell
him that blues and channel bass
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