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THE DARE The Weekly Journal of the North Carolina Coastland—Devoted to the Interests of the Lost Colony Country, Embracing the Cape Hatteras National Seashore VOL. V; NO. 9 MANTEO, N. C. SEPTEMBER 1. 1939 Single Copy 5o ROAD THROUGH HYDE TO SEASHORE iS NEEDED FOR AAARKET IT WOULD BRING Early Completion of Route 264 to Manteo Would Bring Great Profits to Farmers of Hyde and the People of Dare; Would Open New Market to Our County and Provide Jobs For Many People OCRACOKE ISLAND VISITED BY BALTIMOREANS The early completion of Route 264, which is now being paved in pai’t, offers more to the farmers of Hyde than any other project capa ble of being completed at this time. This road would put Hyde formers in touch with the big market open ed up for vegletables, produce, poul try and livestock, by reason of the rapid development at Nags Head and adjoiningjbeaclies. In that sec.ton an increased pop ulation of ten thousand or more people averages through the sum mer months; more people than live in the county of Hyde. Their re quirements would give us a vast market, for farm produce as well as seafood products, w'hich Dare cannot always supply. Throughout the year. Dare Coun ty people, instead of paying high prices for corn, and other crops from the west, could get better feeds from Hyde County at a sav ing in price. The business of trans porting these products would give added employment to many peoplle engaged in trucking}, operating fill ing stations and other enterprises. This route may be classed a farm to market road, wdthout any diffi culty. It is greatly needed. And we have not mentioned its value as a tourist route. It would oome nearer to being an ocean highw'ay, than any through route now in this state. This is w'hat is called a “meat and bread road.” Mr. Julien Wood of Edenton, once said he had re ceived more requests for the com pletion of this road than any road in the district of which he was highway commissioner. Thousands of tourists wrho travel between the north and south the year round, would visit this section if the route w'ere continuous and dependable in all weather. But the idea of having to ride to the dead end of a road and then to ride back ‘ LOCAL PAPER MEANS MORE WORK FOR HER CROATAN BRIDGE NEEDN’T REQUIRE COSTLY PROJEC1' Redstone Point to Weir Point Is Shortest and Requires Least Approaches Of much interest to the people of ■Tyde County, w^ho are vitally con- LOST COLONY CURTAIN TO RING DOWN AT END OF SEASON LABOR DAY cerned about the ultimi te bridging ■ Show Has Drawn a Quarter Million Spectators MRS. LOUELLA SWINDELL Despite the fact that the publi cation of a newspaper in Hyde County at Swan Quarter will mean a lot more work for her and her as sistants, Mrs. Swindell, genial post mistress at the county seat, was very enthusiastic when told that Hyde County was to have a weekly newspaper of its own. Mrs. Swindell was commissioned acting! postmistress July 1, 1933 and received .her full postmistress commission June 13, 1934 for four years. The commission was re newed June 13, 1938. Completing the staff at the Swan Quarter post office which has third class rating, is J. L. Swindell, as sistant postmaster, and M. H. Swin dell, dispatching clerk. I OCRACOKE ISLAND off the coast of Hyde County was visited over the week end by a delegation from the Maryland Yacht Club of Balti more, headed by their member and native Ocraeoke son, Stanley Wahab. The picture shows the party embarking from Manteo on the fisheries vessel Hatteras. Lower group shows in the center. Commodore Howard Jenkins, Mr. Wahab, and Senator D. B. Pearing. The Maryland Yacht Club is said to have the largest boat owning membership in the country, having .over 550 boat owner-members. Their visit to Ocracoke has much significance, and indicates a growing interest in this resort. Many yachtsmen are expected to visit Ocracoke as a result of this visit. They returned from Ocracoke Monday. In Manteo they lunched at the Fort Raleigh Hotel. SUPERINTENDENT ANNOUNCES DARE COUNTY TEACHERS NEW SCHOOL BOOK FEE PLAN GOES IN EFFECT NYA REFINISHES Superintendent R. H. Atkinson this week released the names of those selected to teach for the com ing school terra in Dare County schools. The following have been chosen as teachers in the Manteo school: R. I. Leake, D. E. Lithgow, Helen House Book Store Open Saturday From 9 to 12; Fee Is S2.40 )f Croatan Sound, are estimates made by Chief Highway Engineer Baise of Raleigh, citing a cost of $1,000,000 for this bridge, and $45,000 in approaches. Mr. Baise is quoted as saying that the shortest point across the sound would be from Fleetwood J'oint, south of Manns Harbor. Tills theory is advanced without any survey having been made. The U. S. Coast and Geodetic survey chart shows a shorter distance be tween Redstone Point north of thf Manns Harbor ferry wharf, and Weir l’o;nt, south .of the Roanoke Island ferry whaif. Th> Government chart shows this distance to be some two anl a half miles, or 2.44, as compared with nearly three miles, or 2.84 at the location suggested by the highway engineer. The location suggested by Mr. Baise would have several disadvan tages, and would be highly disap proved on both sides of the sound. Most all of the community of Manns Harbor would be left off the road, and at Roanoke Island, the bridge would terminate four mile.s south of Fort Raleigh. Several miles of approaches would also lave to be built. The Redstone-Weir Point l.o.cation lacks only a mile of being paved to the sound shore, while the ap proaches are all built on both sides of the sound. At least 400 yards of bridging would be saved. The sound is less rough and less deep at the north location, which to Fort Raleigh; Attendance This Year Sets New Record; Bisho}} Darst Sunday Speaker; Future Expansion of Show Depends on Speed With Which Roads From West and South Are Completed WILLIAM B. MIDGETT OWNER BILL’S ARENA The book rental system in the Manteo high school will be changed The Lost Colony, Paul Green’s spectacular drama at Fort Raleigh, will give its final showing Labor Day night at 8:15. It will also be shown every night for the few re maining nights until then. Record breaking .attendance in keeping with that of the two past seasons is expected toward the finish. The interest and crowds pouring into Roanoke Island now attest that. Elizabeth City merchants last week and Roanoke Island business men this week have advertised i heavily, urging people to attend i this show. Its worth to the section, ! not only in advertising it, in stimu lating love for our country and his tory, but its great commercial val ue has been recognized widely. The problem now before Lost Colony with respect to its future expan sion, has to do with the speed with which Routes 64 and 264, giving Roanoke Island a south entrance, and a west entrance, are completed. It is recognized now that so long as it must depend on only one all weather road, leaving Roanoke Is land on a dead end. Lost Colony, as all other things in this region is A GREAT SPORTS fan, promoter and good fellow is Bill Brinkley, Midgett, who .has recently built the place known as BTl’s Arena, re- badly hampered, cently opened at Manteo. Mr. Mid- i An example of the ill fortune means that shorter timbers could gett takes much pride in his forth- that kept many people aw'ay from be used at a great saving in cost. | coming fight, in which Maynard the show this year is shown in the There is no tendency to get into i Daniels takes the leading part. See condition of the road leading from story in The Times. argument over the location of a this year, according to Superinten-j bridge the state apparently isn’t dent R. H. Atkinson. anxious to build. But the tendency T»iiirT^T»Ci .Previously the rental price j to make estimates at locations that | fJYDE FARMERS equalled one-third of the cost .of are illogical, has a tendency to dis- | the book but now each high school jcount the propect, and is not favor-1 C CarT’AmandaYth- student will be required to pay ably received by the people. Until E ans, Joh . , • ^2.40. This fee will give him ac-ldefinite surveys are_ made of the cess to all required text books, but llocations, high estimates might does not include work books nor' arouse resentment among those laboratory manuals. It does in-,who favor the project, and arouse CROPS BIGGEST Engelhard, which due to heavy rains was discouraging to motorists a large part of the time. With the road completed to Manns Harbor, it is believed Lost Colony’s attend ance would be doubled. The same elude a high school speller, an eighth grade speller, and one dic- four students. frightens them away, and as much SCHOOL PROPERTY as they would like to visit the ^ • o( „ 1 tionary for every Miss Coulter is 24 and has books are free but sup- points of interest in Hyde and Dare Counties, they will not come. NEW REA DEVICES IN DARE. HYDE SOON A new device which will bring Rural Electrification Authority- financed service within the reach of low income fartners who at pres ent cannot afford the usual rates may soon be made available to citi zens of Hyde County and the Dare County mainland served by the Girls on Project Make Cloth ing; For Needy Children Plans for the National Youth Ad ministration in this county for the new year include the construction and refinishing of all County prop erties such as desks, laboratory |cy Gibbs, Adelaide Bond. eridge, Essie N. Westcott, Isabel Lennon, Bonnybel Evans, and Leot- ta Coulter. Miss Coulter, instead of M^ss Elizabeth Hypes, will be in charge of home economics and girls’ ath Ictics* had iwo years exxperience teach- ,g,„g„tarv I'eaders mg at Nevvkn in Avery County, N. purchased and C. yhe obtained her degree from Appalachian State Teachers Col lege where she majored in home economics and minored in English and physical education. The rest of the county list fol lows : Manns Harbor: Paul Wells, Nan- and worl; are not available from the office of the superintendent in the Court House. opposition among those not dependent upon it. who are MRS. HOl-LOWELL HOSTESS TO xMUSIC CLUB SEPT. 12 IN MANY YEARS “if^ounS^ Best Crops Since 1918. Ac cordin.g to Some Farmers of That County Bv CHARLES BOND, in Hyde County Herald Hyde County the j Bishop Darst Speaks ' Bishop Thomas C. Darst, of the Eastern Diocese of the Episcopal Church, will deliver the final ser mon of the third summer season of The Lost Colony this Sunday (Sept. 3rd) at. 11 a. m., closing the sum- merlong historical celebration of The Roanoke Island Music Clul best crop they have had will have its next meeting at the tables, typing tables, and school deskk for all Dare County schools and offices. In the Manteo sewing ro-om, girls will continue to make clothes for Pamlico Ice and Light Company of j^be needy children of the county. Engelhard, it was announced from j average of 65 young peopb Washington by REA officials last Dare County gained work ex week. The device will also be made perience from the Administration’s available to farmers near the lines program for out-of-,school youth of nine other power companies, the during the past fiscal year, aocord- East Lake: Mrs. Bertie Ward, Iris Silver. Mashoes: Carrie Mae Lowe. Collingbon: Mrs. C. W. Overman. Kitty Hawk: M. R. Bonner, W. Galen Clark, Mary C. Bryant, C. A. Caldwell, Vera Reed, Nellie B. Caldwell, Nora Baum. dispatch from Washington said. The new devices consist of a small transformer, a new type of circuit breaker, a new gap for lightning protection, and an under ground wire from the transformer to the house, which serves both as a conductor and aground for the circuit. All of these pieces of equipment which constitute a “ser vice,” are being produced and mar keted at low prices and will bring the cost of electricity down to a point where a minimum bill of $1 a month will provide amortization of the cost. Use of the new units will be re stricted to farms where a small amount of power is used. They will enable the farmer to have the simultaneous use of the standard electric iron, a radio, and two or three light bulbs. m year;' .. 11T T 7,-7 and will be sitting pretty, if they ■The student is required to pay 1 home of Mrs. Jam„s Hollow ell 1 . , , n , • -» *1,0 the full amount of the fl.at fee at Tuesday, September 12. when mem-j get a break on the prices, was the one time and no books are to bejbers will begin the study of a new "’ay one bu3.ne;,s man summed -up rented on credit. Under this sys-ltext, “Discovering Music.” Meet-1 the crop situation, tem the student will rent or buy ings are usually held the first Tues-j Various farmers and business all books. The book store in the ! day of each month but this month’s men, asked about the crops, were court house will be open on Satur- meeting has been scheduled for the .agreed that the crop this year pre- Sawyer day, 9 to 12 for the sale of books.' second Tuesday. sents the best prospect in years ~ though there was a difference in minion as to the iast approach to the good crops of this season. One man gave the opinion that generally the crops—corn, soy beans and cotton—in Hyde County This 194 pound heavyweight were the best that they had been farmers have the 352nd anniversary. The Wilmington bishop has open ed the first two seasons of the Paul (Please turn to page five) DANIELS RETURNS HOME FOR HOLIDAY BOUT WITH FERRO FISHING PARTY HAS GOOD LUCK IN BAT Over 325 fish were caught in Swan Quarter Bay Thursday of last week by a party of four from Lit tleton with Sam Overton of Swan Quarter serving as guide. The partv, ■which included A. W. Park er, Percy A. Harris, H. E. Walker and L. A. McCronie caught 50 trout, which until the time was the record foY a party in one day this season. Also caught tvere 125 sea mullet, 145 croakers, six pomino and some spot. The party which has been coming to S%van Quarter fishing for several years say they have had better luck here than anywhere else they have iished. ing to Mrs. Helen Duvall Daniels, NYA Supervisor of Dare County. Results of a tabulation just com pleted and made public by John A. Lang, State Youth Administrator, showed that these young people earned a total of about $975.00 a month, and that approximately $11,700 was spent in this County for NYA youth labor during the past year. Young men and women employed on work projects are be tween 18 and 25 years of age, in clusive, and their need must be cer tified by local welfare agencies. This year a total of $1,754,640 has been allocated to North Carolina’s National Youth Administration, about $700,000 more than last year’s allotment. In employing youth on work ex perience projects, the NYA in North Carolina has constructed school house additions, youth corn- munity centers, repaired public buildings, operated metal and wood working shops and sewing rooms, carried on clerical activities for public offices, conducted research projects into the situation of young people in this state, and operated 14 resident training centers for white and Negro boys and girls, and for Indian boys. Maynard Daniels, the new favor- of heavy-weigh boxing, re turns to his home area to box one of his most important fights on Wanchese: J. B. Usry, Lassie Hooper, Milah P. MeeMns. Stumpy Point: A. L. Mercer, Inez P. Meekins, Mae H. Watson. ^ ^ o • u ,1 no Rodanthe: D. W. Gaskill, Eliza Labor Day, September 4. when he Medgett, Evelyn Midgett. meets Jimmy Ferro at Bill Mid- Avon: S. E. Green, Camille Tur- gett’s Arena. .... ner Gfav, Harry Lemmond, Irene ^ Daniels a private in the Marine Baum, Mabel Westcott Meekins, Reserve, has a string of six strmght Marv Scarborough. knockouts behind him on the West Buxton: H. G Guthrie, Virginia Coast. On August 8 he "’as made Beam, Mary Fulcher, Irene Rey- the new favorite when he met Jake Bu™ Bland, Nellie NLThrMaZ'S,”; Hatteras: A. E. Baum, Clyde Tal- Dudas card. He knocked this Bal- lent, Elizabeth Baum, Annie Gas- Fishing and all !|:0ut Doors —By— Aycock Brown Authority on Fishing News comes from fighting blood, generations ago Daniels, Two since 1918, however, several others May- recalled that there w'ere some un- ^ ^ _ , . More publicity has been given the nard’s grandfatoer, moved to Kitty usually good crops about 1928 and silt water fishing on the North Hawk from the regions of the Mis- 1929. Carolina coast this year than ever sissippi River basin. Montague. Farmers are generally optimistic before. Seldom a day passes, but claimed sole rule over Manteo and | about the price outlook, especially w'hat such outdoor writers as Don- the Pamlico Sound, ordering the for soy beans. Occasionally though aid Stillman, N. Y. Herald-Tribune, kill, Lucy Tillett, Mary Styron. Roanoke Colored, Manteo: Hous ton Pendergrass, Genevieve H. Scarborough, Estelle Tillett, Eva B. Armstrong. CHARLES BOND EDITS timore man out in forty seconds of the first round. Later in the month he felled Jim Wilson with one of his wild rights. Daniels was formerly regarded as a middle class journeyman. He couldn’t get a professional bout ini is the new Italian this area as recently as a year agio, prize ring. He is newcomer, to gjo back where he come from. Daniels proved himself just as pugnacious as Montague and the two men waged a feud similar to that of the Martins and the Coys. Finally, at Montague’s challenge, Daniels proved his super iority in a fight that lasted from morning until night. He stood his ground and later brought peace to the island by marrying one of his daughters to one of Montague’s sons. Daniels’ opponent, Jimmy Ferro, giant of the old. there is a farmer who is pessimistic and voices the fear that low prices or such things as hog cholera and Fred Fletcher, N. Y. Daily News, Raymond Camp, N. Y. Times, Bob Wilson, Washington Herald Times, but now Colonel Heinie Miller, sec- HYDE COUNTY HERALD retary of the district Boxing Commission, said the Marines be- Cnuntv lieve the Manteo boy, will be the 22 years staggers which are prevalent in the Norman Chambliss, Baltimore Sun, Engelhard and Middletown area Hammond Brown, Baltimore News will work to offset the goiod yields Post and others do not mention the and prevent the farmers from mak-, fishing along the coast and it has ing big profits. 'resulted in more out of state ang- “Even the pecan trees seem load- lers coming to our sections to fish ed with fruit,” one citizen remarked during the summer of 1939 than in in commenting on the bumper crop nny or possibly all previous years, prospect. I Majority of credit for this out of Two 'interesting ideas about state publicity goes to Bill Sharpe farming that would, if put in gen- and his stable of ^ce "nRers and eral practice, eliminate to a degree photographers. Bill is head of the bumper Bureau of the Department of weighs 218 pounds and is 6 feet, j Conservation and Development—as 2 inches tall. He has defeated Jake | ^ , ^.^^.o'iflie had to be identified. Bill Freedman Herman Weiner and ;“ i Sharpe is as well known in fishing boxed a draw with Howard Land- „ , , q-^vfin oenters along the North Carolina la^who^ltSed^thrUniversity's seceSd Marine in history to be-'graph in ^ent bouts. If Daniels I today as anyone else and he North Carolina, and has done news- come a w'orld’s heavyweight chain- |is defeated here, his bout in Phila-1Q" ^ is continually coming down to make stock, thus eliminating the neces sity of having to buy team and second 1 eliminating that much dependence new contacts, and start new' stories rolling. He has a fine bunch of paper w'ork in Danville, Virginia, pion. i, w i, ai ,Galento^ and w'orked for the Dare Countv Times Eddie Ross, w'ho has handled]Lou Nova card on September i will three vears ago, and later edited many fighters, hailed Daniels as ibe cancelled. •„ k n . the Jac'kson News, and last the the new Lochinvar out of the west,] “Evil Eye” Finkle will be Dan- Roytio ToHirpr pdltimr the Hvde saving that he is a living composite iels’ second. He has been a . j ■ „ of John L. Sullivan, Jack Dempsey for over 200 different fighters, 12.upon good crops and good P«®®s. Himes the news goes by letter—if experienced and and Gene Tunney. '“No,” he con- of them champions, and has gained I J. H. Jar\is, merchant and banK-|j.j. coastal contak will Wire (at coastal contak.s expense) fellows in every locality along the coa.st who are continually feeding bis office with fishing iiew's. .Some- CAPT. NELSON HERE County Herald. Mr. Bond is an capable reporter, and rienced anu ana ijene luime.v. advertising tradicted himself, “he gives you the U Capt. John Nelson, Fisheries Commissioner, ahvays welcome in Dare County, was a visitor here this w'eek, w'ith W. R. Hampton, mem- ^ her of the Board of Conservation j ij, Hvde County and Development. They were look-1 ing over th“ arrangement of limits i for the commercial Asheries. 'like this job 1 have undertaken.' man. The bouts begin at 8:30 Monday evening, and at this writing the card includes one three-round bout man as well as being a practical impression that he could talfe the printer He is married. For the three of them and rap their noggins present he is' living at O’Neal’s together w'ithout even w'orking up .(Hotel in Swan Quarter. The flerald a good sweat. He’s got everythin^^, office is in the Berry Co. bnildins “I have never found more likanl . - or friendlv people than I have met the kisser. You wait until you see' rus vs. Wise, Beck vs Dmt dj ip W.-.tp Cmirtv and Be’haven.” him. You’ll fall in love with him. ,Dan Davis vs. C. Parker, and reputation for being a No. 1 hexler, of Engelhard advanced the idea ' of cover crops as a means .of pro viding stock feed, and improving the soil, thus eliminating partly everything including a punch and between colored fighters, three the ability to take a good punch on j three-rounders .as follows: D. Bur- ~ ' Dow'dy, and two the necessity for purchasing ial fertilizer. “Hyde County 1 diate section. Mr. Bond savs. “I think I am go- Mr. Ross predicts that he will leave .four-rounders: Ace (^.aik ^s. F. c in"- to like living in Hvde. and I a battered impression on the heavy-1 Midgette, and G. Wise vs. D..si i.-i.^p fVkio irkh T 6.,VP imdprtaken.” weight door within the next year. Twyne. ld lawar^ Before old g-irM object ot ig wage^ ourt this - hearing jrt C. Sk1 ;y Jean IS- sud- e driven me tvvn, own the-; vho has motheri i jii4 fougW , we®*! he ""S* kneiell , cainej C; '>"] Mr! f-l to the I ivited! )rinh^ afd- rtin col" the d tej , cu3^ fay; : in 'girl ,Mq the -ep- jza' i h. thll i f jurorsj issionersj erve onf ;he petifcl f supenlJ OctobeYi .gelhard; ; Heze-ir m; Carl 'i : 1 e, ' d: j ic E. 1 J dns. 1 ird; ■ - -S. I 5 i I i the news or maybe telephone it in. The contak on the coast bears this [expense because usually it means I a publicity break for that inime- fnrmers would derive a great bene-, autumn run of channel bass fit, both in the upbuilding of theirOregon, Hatteras. Ocra- land and in the saving in commer-Beaufort Iidets. If C'.al fertilizer, from coyer cnop.-, such as vetch and peas,” ivlr. Jaiwis, declared. (Please turn to pag^e five)
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