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V>-' .Vi- '--4 '--'Att-'v '-V -■ i.*; ■> ■“.Two' /.r » THE DARE COUNTY TIMES FRIDAY, DEC. 10, 1943 ilflE DARE COUNTY TIMES "COULD THAT MEAN US?" jWIPUBLISHED every FRIDAY AT MANTEO, NORTH CAROLINA. BY TIMES PRINTING COMPANY, INC. VICTOR MEEKINS, EDITOR CATHERINE D. .MEEKINS Secretary-Treasurer nUISS ASSOCIATION \C.^ W'eekly Journal of tlie North Carolina Coastlaml. Ue\oled to the Southern Albemarle Section and the Cape llatteras National Seashore — Premiere Region of Recreation and Health M ■ M ‘ ■» —I k /r ^ 0/5/?/VA/£>Vr / I ths of"-P^^pie Subscription Rates: One Year S1.50: Eight Months $1; Six Months 75c. ’ Three Montlis 50c. Entered as Second Class Mailer at the I'oslolTice at Manteo, ,N. C. HYDE AAA LEADERS ARE NAMED FOR ’44 Community and County Com mitteemen Named at Re cent Meetings Held Throughout County Vol. IX Friday, December 10, 1943 No. 23 DARE OVER THE TOP The raising of $1,100 in'a small county such as Dare, what with so many other campaigns for donations constantly un derway, is not always easy. But again Dare is over the top in 'this recent campaign, and Chairman C. S. Meekins of the United War Fund of Dare County has just received congratu lations from Thos. L. Carroll, Executive Secretary of State ; Headquarters. “We congratulate you and everyone who worked for the drive, and 'thank you earnestly for your fine ■ leadership,” he said. ’ This campaign was conducted quietly and without much . publicity. But with the 'help of the Rotary Club, the teachers, , the schoolchildren, and the industries of Dare County, the ■ job was quicky done. Too much credit cannot be given the ! work of the schools. All the pupils worked hard and earnest- . ly, and even the children of the one Negro school in the coun- • ty made a large donation. 'editor observe's f 0--A I I . .■7, ^ I 'ifSh OVERCONFIDENCE The editor of 'this newspaper has observed, what seems to be an over-confident feeling of the man on the street, that the war is nearing an end and that in a few short months everything will be back normal again. The average news reader possibly has the right to be confused and to gather such an opinion after reading messages of some political lead ers and news commentators discussing the possible internal collapse of Germany, and sometimes making statements giv ing birth to misleading hcadhnes. We pass along this information to dispel any false hopes of an early peace, although reassuring our confidence of final victorj’- if we don't become too over-confident: The German army is still powerful, and while retreating, it goes gack in good order; the Nazi party, is still all-powerful, and there is no leader to oppose it; Japan’s army and.nav>" has only start ed retreating and 'her war machine and factories are intact; after an armistice is declared, it will take many months to get back to anything near normal, and nothing like pre-war days. We have gone a long way toward wnning this war. We have much further to go’ before we win!- America must con tinue to work as if has never worked-. . . not a few more months, but many more months, until victory, and on into gPOft-war days. ENGELHARD ^lAX SHOOTS DOWN GER:\1AN FIGHTER FAIRFIELD FA3IILY HAS PICKED MUCH COTTON Sgt. Flave B. Gibbs, son of Mr. and Mrs. \V. B. Gibbs of Engel hard, gunner on an American bomber with the North African command was credited recently with shooting down a Nazi fighter last moil til while on a raid over Ausiria. Sgt. Gibbs has no't men- the epirode in letters to his par ents. but th'ey learned of it through news dispatches. Sgt. G'.bbs shot down fclie Nazi fighter over Weiner Neusdadt. Aiiya-la. Fifty Nazi planes were shot down. The Allies lost 11. Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Blake of Fairfield have picked 5.578 pounds of cotton this j'ear, and tlieir sons. eight and 11 years old, have -pick ed 1.000 pounds. Mr. Blake is a •veteran of World War 1, and lost his right arm while serving in the army. The work of himself and his ftinily was dene in a spirit of patriotism more than for finan- c-.al gain, for Uncle Sam pays a pension to Mr. Blake for the dis ability which c.ime about while in service. AAA committeemen to admin ;- ter the farm program in Hyde fo- 'tlie coming year were elected at a series of community and county meetings held recently. Those ■rlected as community co-mmittee- men were: Swan Quarter-Rose Bay-Hodges Pork: E. E. Hodges, chair-man, Gratz Spencer, and T. A, O’Neal. Altei-nates are Evans Harris and Joseph Williams. Swindell’s F'ork-Juniper Bav- New Holland: J. H. Swindell, chadi-man, D. M. Swink, and H. G. Credle. Alternates are Lonnis O’Neal and C. C. Cahoon. Engelhard: John C. Respass, chairman, B. E. Pulfoi-d, anid Ma rion Swindell. Alternates are Frank Gibbs and S. D. Cox. Fairfield: P. E. Swindell, chair man, J. L. Blake, and Carl Cuth- rell. Alternates are H. L. Mr-dgetbs and A. B. HaiTis. Sladesvllle: E. S. Fisher, chair man, D. S. Daniels and A, L. Kin ney. Alternates are Pud Brinn and Geo. W. Spencer. Ponzer-Scranbon: J. C. Bishop, chairman, S. R. Clayton, and J. E. Smith\\-5ck. Alternates ar-e John Poison and E. R. Stowe. Lake landing: W. W. Pa>-ne, chairman, S. A. Long, and H. D Cuthrell. Alternates are J. D. Silvert’norn and J. W. Boomer. I Tlie county committee, which ■was named by delegates represent ing each disti-ict at a county meet ing. is as follows; T. A. Jenn-ette. chairman, Grazt Credle, and R. L. Jones. J. H Swindell and W. W. Payne are alternates. Mr. Aviaiion | is' SIVAN QUARTER BOY GETS RIBBON FOR GOOD CONDUCT Sgt. Bruce Lee Hodges, sen of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hodges of Sw’an Quarter, stationed at Camp Lost and found columns of Tokin newspapers are crowd ed Uiesc days. Every lime an American bnys a War Bond. y*®'1 McCoy, Wisconsin, has been a every pay day. i warded a ribbon 'for good conduct. ENGELHARD HOME CLUB IN REGULAR MEETING Home Agent Speaks On “Let's \ Have Christmas;’’ Officers Installed r'- !bss=s=sssssss ; Ylalaamd by Wwtam Mawipapar Unloik ! f*'4 tffBOPLB ‘CHANOOrO OVER’ iVSOM AOMOnSTRAnON ! WASHINGTON.—I ask«i a Kcn- iMtky friend of mine who ii the best .OMfibl. authority on the people if ,a0t the politics of the state, for an 'Oiplanation of the astonishinf sue* iatM of a Republican (ubematorial iaaiididate in that utmost atrongboid the administration since the be- If of the New Deal, the state jdUch has two Democratic senators, ijS the administration leader in the '■pgBite. gs .fepli^:,l23!S!^2»’^ ’ ‘The people are changing over. {Jim Farley had it about right in bis 'aomment on the defeat of his Demo cratic candidate in New York when fba said the people were tired and 'dlctatisfied with what they have been getting.” I The country, too, Is changing The local results everywliere lOt be satisfactorily explained in aay other way. The successful Kentucky Republi can, Simeon S. Willis, is what is known in politics as “a good man.’’ Ha is the elderly Kentucky gentle man type, a former judge, honest, - iWendly. In tlie past, the far distant past, when the Republicans wanted to win that border state, they had to put In ple ity of money. Willis had no money.'at least not of that size. - The b'g money people did not shell . out f'lr him, probably were not > asked to. AD.’WINISTRATION WORRIED The administration rushed e.-ery one of its national powers from " Kentucky into the threatened final breach. Senate Leader Barkley and ki- . I*’® recently cantankerous Happy Chandler, spent the last three weeks ■.before election on the formerly aark .and 'r oody ground. Some Kentuck- _ 'Ians : link this was a mistake, too. Mr Roosevelt once spoke in Ken- J tuckj against Chandler in the early Dealing days when Happy, was I" trying to crash the gate of big '■'■Jeagiiu politics and establish the gu- berm.’.orial machine he has enjoyed up until last Tuesday. The Demo- candidate was a Chandler '^?cr‘a;ic . .^jnan, J. Lyter Donaldson. How ^ones of First F^bt Were Sent Oot (Qohdnaed from page 1) flown a thousand 'times as -far just as easy. It was m'ade to land with ease and in perfect safety.” 'niere were imc»e quaint mes sages—one of -Oiem on Mlay 11, 1908, as the sensational flights continued: “In flying 'machine flights at Kill Devil HiU today, Wright Brothers made long gains over dis tances heretofore flown, the long est -flight today—^the distance be ing computed by the telegraph poles of the Unit^ States Weath er Bureau seacoast w-ire—being two and se^'en-slxtenth miles, almost a mile in excess of their best record previous to today.” The speed of the flying machine »as worthy of note, too, and was estimated: at 46.774 miles an hour. The reporter, attempting to help his public vizualize the strange goings-on, inserted this descrip tion; “Imagine .a reaper -f 1 y i n g through the air -w-ith its customary noise while at work and the rising and falling motion similar to that of a bird, and a fair picture of Wright Brothers flying machine action'is Obtained.” One suLfii unbelievable message, sent by Byron Newton to -the New York Hei'.ald, led to his curt dis missal by wire. On May 14th, 1908, the first tele graphed news story of an airplane wreck was sent out, "On the eve of a great triumph with a sustain ed record of eight miles in the air Just rolled off—the Wright Broth ers airplane was completely wreck ed on the beach at Kill Devil Hill shortly after one o’clock this afternoon. “Wilbur Wright, who was steer ing the- 'mach-ine at the time, escaped without Injury. Now in the sixties—^Drlnk still has birthday parties but doesn’t celebrate any particular birthday —^he has assignments as exciting £s ever he had. Until recently, his nimble’fingers called roaring bombere from nearby 'bases to carry war to submarines prowling along the Outer Banks. « UGHT HORSE HMIRY” UE SAVED BY OEUWARE TAVERN’S TRICR STAIRWAY Reblnaea HewM, historic Inn near CIsymanI, Oclawaro, and Ocnoral "Light Horaa Harry* Lee, who uoed iU oocret otairway to oludo capturo by Britioh. “Tavern aavea life of RovoluUon- ary General” might well be the caption for a atory of the two- hundred year old Robinaon House, at Naaman'a Creek, near Claymont, '^Delaware.'’ ——— For hero It waa that General Henry Lee, noted cavalry officer and father of Gen. Robert E. Lee of Confederacy fame, bid to elude a cordon of British soldiers who had carefully guarded all appar ent avenues of escape, after trap- I ping him inside. Lee, familiar j with every foot of the Inn, knew of its secret staircase whose en trance led through a sliding panel In what appeared to be a solid wall. {Returning after his escape. General Lee turned the tables on tais would- be captors, by taking prisoner three officers from a British warship while they were at breakfast. General George Washington made use of the tavern frequently for meetings with bis staff officers. . u. S. Minn* Corpt Photo Bated one of the best airplane motor mechanics in the U. S, Merine Corpe, Master Technical Sergeant Clyde H. Jenkins of Eaat SL Ionia, HL, frequently le referred to as "Mr. Aviation’’ becanse of bis keen mechanical mind. A Leatherneck since 1925, ' SgL Jenkine today Is a member of a Marine Corpe squadron now blasting the Japa FUl-Top Warning—Again the Jaranesc have been warned to loorout, this tinie with,^tiio I'luncliing of the carrier, Ba t n ” Previously, m iv^veahiiK Ians for 45,000-ton can-iers, the a\® indicated an attempt to bLb the heart of Japan. They to its basic purpose. It was con-V ceived in the last jilancs close enough to ''•-'-’’t "lo German fleet in the and Baltic Sea. The chorts ended dsasti-ou-%. In 1922. howeveis the U S Na\y converted a collier into the “Langley’;, first success- ful aircraft carrier. Last year this “mother” of jicot-based air- craft was destroyed by Jap planes - , , presumably from a carrier. Air Bill Airing—This week the Ch’il Aeronautics Act of 1943 was scheluled before the House of Representatives. Originally, the bill maintained the air was for pioneers - • Uie fliers who ciared to — PLANE FACTS- SWAN QUARTER PLANE SPOTTERS TO GET AWARDS Army 3Icn Will Present Them At Meeting Thursday; j Interesting Movie Will | Be Shown | Ike cof^smLATia'J, de5igmeo FOR THE AIRLIME5 BUT NOW . ARMY-U6EP 15 THE LARGEST LAMP FIANE BUILT IN THE US.AsIDHAS THE SPBBP OF A FtSHTE^j f “Let's Have Christmas” was tlie subject Miss Roach discussed at the Engelhard Home Demonstra tion Club meeting Wednesday af ternoon. Miss 'Roach said. “When we say merry Christmas this year, 'we must mean it and believe it. Although It’s going to be difficult to celebrate CAuistmas 'this year for most every home is affected in some way due to the 'war. But in spite of the oonfu^on, uncer tainty,'anxiety and fear we can not afford to 'let the (diildren say when they are grown ‘that was the year we didn’t have Christ- -' mas.’ Why should we let the suf-1 From Auguet 83 to S5,1177, accord ing to one hiatorisji, Washington ”wu an anxious guest waiting to learn of the destination of British forces commanded by Sir Wllllsm Howe, which came up the Chesa peake and landed at the bead of the Elk River in Maryland.” Among its famous guests was General "Mad Anthony" Wayne, brother-in-law of the tavern's host, Abraham Robinson. Adjoining the inn, is an old block- / house which was built in 1654 by John Rising when be was Governor of New Sweden, as that section along the Delaware River was known St the time. It waa fired upon by Peter Stuyvesant’a men in 1655, captured by the Indians in 1671, and taken by the Britiab in 1776. With Robinson House, now known as Naaman's, it still stands as a memorial to the American beroea of an earlier day. fering of this 'world affect our| children by failing to celebrate in a simple way this year?” Sixteen members were present and one new member. gl.fiO was oontributed in stamps for the chib's album. The club -voted‘to put toeether the quilt squares -the Engelhard 4-H girls had m'ade and make the linings. The 'lap robes will be used in the hospitals for the soldiers who are convalescing. The new offloers, Mrs. J. M. Long, president; Mrs. B. C. Mar shall, Ist vice president; Miss Janie Mann, 2nd vice president: and Mrs. S. S. Neal, secretary,' were installed in a very Impress ive candle lighting ceremony, con ducted by Miss Roach. Several Christmas games were played and the gifts were given! out. The club presented Miss* Roach with a nice gift. The re freshments consisted of fruits, grapes, candy and nuts. A meeting ot aircraf-: observers of toe Fwan Qu.arter observation po^t w-.ll b-e held Thursday even ing. December 16th. at 8 o’clock to present aw.irds :d f.-iitifful obser vers, it was announced today by Sg't. Clisrlie Lanier of the Nor folk Air Defense Wing. The meeting will toe held in the Agriculture Building. The Awards will.be made by Army personnel. Sheriff C. P. Williamson is chief observer at Swan Quarter. The public -is hot only invited, but urged, to come out and attend this meeting. The -work of volunteer observers has been reduced by -the Army De fense Command because of the re- m-ote possibility of being bombed, here in America at this -time, but this does not mean -the danger has been entirely elkninaled, and therefore a skeleton organization must be kept operating. The po^ operate Wednesday afternoons. 'V’olunteens for this work and f-or emergency work is needed. Awards are given those who serve faithfully for many hours. Those who deserve these medals at the Swan Quarter post will get them next Thursday evening. A movie, “The Battle of Britain” will be presented by the Army of floers. combat anti to conquer it. Thats why a hot debate is expected. The latc-coinevs, stoainships, raili-oads, ail appl’ • ' bus lines, now have all applicil foi* air service. They want the bill amended to let them in. But the sixteen domestic air lines which are for competition in post-war aviation decl.'irc the sur face carriers, with billions of dol lars, seek to create a monopoly. Tliey also point out that the can als did not take over the railroads, the clippers did net take over the steamships, the horse and bugpy did not take over the automobile ... so why should ancient forms- of transportation qow be permit ted to take over the new - - avia tion? Ahrpert Cttanco* — Completion of the airports at Burlington and Rockingham, work on which stop- wi& the liquidation of the- ?fpA , stni ia i^ssible althou^ the House proposal to provide KEiP ON • WITH Will BONDI * HYDE P.ATROLMAN MOVES OFFICE TO BERRY BLDG.t Patrolman C. E. Whitfield of S-wan Quarter has moved his of-j lice fro mtihe jury room on the sec- ond floor of toe courthouse to the! second floor in the Berry Com- psny Building, next to the office occupied by The Hyde County Her ald., Buy It at Home ^Verchanis, businessmen, and county officials need no longer buy their office supplies and printing away from home. We carry in slock typewriter ribbons, adding machine paper, legal pads, legal forms, cards for all occasions and otlier miscellaneous office supplies. We can furnish you with most anything you need through the firms we repre.sent. s We can do your printing. Our work is destinctive and satis factory. Our pricesj^re reasonable. Give us your order. Dare County Times MANTEO, N. C. jCawl Vi r Charles Chandler is one of the senators f^wbo returned from a world tour re- -^^.-^^'cently, with advice for changes in administration world policy -which ^#;j.;^^were sharply and publicly rejected Ihe White House. When he and Barkley rushed back , Kmitucky to get into bed together Donaldson and call for uphold- 1 (Pletase turn to page 4) 0m us: ACROOGE had no occasion to be told that the bell waa again upon the stroke of One. Now his bed became the very core and center of a blaae of ruddy light, which itreamed upon it when the clock proclaimed the hour. Living green filled it that it looked a perfect grove. Heaped up on the floor, to form a kind of throne, were turkeyi, geese, game, poultry, brawn, great joints of meat, barrels of oysters, red-hot chestnuts, oranges, and seething bowls of punch. In easy state upon this couch, there sat a Jolly Giant "1 am the Ghost of Christmas Present,” said the Spirit. ' “Spirit” said Scrooge, “conduct me where you wilL” Perhaps it was ffie Spirit’s sympathy with all poor men that led him straight to Scrooge’s clerk’s. On the threshold of the door the Spirit smiled, and stopped to bless Bob Cratchit’s dwelling with the sprinklings of his torch. . In came little Bob, the father. Tiny Tim upon' his shoul-. der. Alas for Tiny 77m, he bore a little crutch. “And how did little Tim behave?" asked Mrs. Cratchit- “As good as gold,” said Bob, "and better. Somehow he gets thoughtful, sitting by himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard. He told me. coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, be cause he was a ’cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk, and blind men see.” Master Peter, and the two ubiquitous yo-jng Cratchits. went to fetch the goose, with which they soon returned In high procession. There never was such a .lab sa d ho didn t be lieve there ever was such a goose cooked. Its tcn'.’.’rn:;^ said Tiny Tim. father’s side Bob held hi# funds lost by but one vote. It’s Bcu-ly certain, however, tha Senate will restore the appropria tion. Tha one-vote House margin indicates a popular support tba Senate will rckpect Burlington may yet get the 1475,000 and Rockingham the $75,000 needed to finish their airports. • JJ and flavour, size and cheapness,, were the themes of unl- yersaLadmiration. Eked out by apple sauce and mashzd potatoes, it was a sufficient dinner for the whole family. The youngest Cratchits in particular, were steeped in sage and onion to the eyebrows. “God bless us every one!’ He sat very close to his withered IJttie hand, as if dreaded he rh ght be taken from him. "Spirit,’ said ScrcO(,e. u.j it Tiny Tim will live.” ”1 see a vacant sea:.' n.-. ej the Gho.st,”in the poor chimney-corner, ari a cru i :ncui an ov.-ner, cai-c.uily preserved If these sr.u.:o.-.-.- .nn unaltered by the Fu ture the child will die ” "i-Io. no.” sa'd Sc-oogo. "On. no. Kind Spirit! sav tin wiU be spared." . 3, coB«.s,..-s i
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