^ o Jjl u X w i ^ p-.Tc.-fp-'h tt n. Conp THE DARE COUNTY The Weekly Journal of the North Carolina Coastland—Devoted to the Interests of the Lost Colony Country, Embradiii,^ tin ( , - llniUras National Seashore W' If/ VOL. IX; NO. 43 ^ riLL COLLECT COLINGTON MAN CLOTHING FOR KILLED BY CAR RUSSIAN RELIEF ON BEACH ROAD . _ i _ School Children To Bring In Ro^^ Midgett Struck Down Shoes And Garments From • May 1 Through May 14 Supt. R. I. Leake has announc ed that Dare county will be given MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL, 28, 1944 Bougainville Bath By Alvah Williams At I Midnight ^ Roy Midgett, a young CoUng- ton man met death Saturday night an opportunity, along with all of on the Nags Head Beach highway North Carolina, to share their when struck by an automobile clothing and shoes with the people' driven by Alvah Williams of Wan- of war-torn Russia during a col lection campaign which will be conducted for two weeks beginning May 1. The clothing will ,be collected chose. Midgett, who wasabout 24 years old was riding in a car with Jepp Gainiel of Colington and others shortly after midgnight, bound homeward from the Nags and brought to each school build-, Head Casino. They slopped the ing in the county, and instructions, car and Midgett got out, walked as to shipping will follow. June 11. Rose of Greenville has been appointed by Governor Broughton to serve as State Di rector of the campaign. Money will not be raised. Rose said. Collection of clothing will be conducted by school children, with the 1C7 school superintendents in the State serving as county and community chairmen. The gar ments will be shipped to Russian War Relief in New York, freight collect, from each community, and will be e.\'pedited to Russia after being cleaned. Only serviceable garments are wanted. Rose said. The goal is 4 pounds of clothing and one pair of shoes for each school child in North Carolina. The campaign will end May 14. Governor Broughton will serve as honorary chairman of the North Carolina campaign. He has appointed J. C. B. Ehringhaus, former governor, as state chair man. C. D. Douglas of the State Board of Education will serve as treasurer to handle any finances incidental to the collection. The need of the Russians for every type of apparel “is mount ing enormously with every mili tary victory,” Rose said. “Soviet relief officials find the bulk of the population in the recaptured cities and villages has been reduced by German destruction and plunder to a state of utter destitution." Assisting the campaign in an rganized way will be the N. C. J/ongress of Parents and Teach ers, the N. C. Education associa tion and the State Office of Civil ian Defense, which is providing facilities for State headquarters. USD TO LIST APARTMENTS VACANT ROOMS CELEBRATES HIS 78TH BIRTHDAY Call Manteo 40-W If You Have Anything For Rent; Rooms Badly Needed around the front end and into the car driven by Williams. He was struck down and knocked uncon scious. He was then taken to the Kill Devil Hills hospital and then by ambulance to' Elizabeth City and died about S:00 Sunday morn ing. The case was investigated by Deputy Sheriff, E. S. Wise. MANTEO BAPTISTS PLAN VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL All Children In Community Invit ed To Attend; Will Begin May 29 For Two Weeks Rev. W. C. Blue, pastor of the Manteo Baptist church has an nounced that the church will con duct a vacation Bible school for 2 weeks, beginning Monday, May 29, for children between the ages of four and IG, from nine to 12 o’ clock. For the last two years there have been more than 100 young people in attendance and the church was so crowded, that per mission has been granted them to use the Manteo school building. An enrollment of 200 or more is expected this year. Mrs, W. C. Blue will act as principal of the school, and each of the four departments will have superintendents and teachers. Tea chers and other workers will in clude Mrs. David Pearsall, Mrs. George Hale Quidley, Mrs. Char lie Shannon, Mrs. Hal Ward, 1 ^ . ... Mrs. Frances Shannon, Mrs.' W. ^St. i. L. Gibbs is missing in ac- R. Pearce, Mrs. E. R. Wescott, Young Gibbs Mrs. C. B. Parker, Mrs. Richard ‘ » Sunner on one of the big The Manteo USO has undevla- ken to list all vacant roo'i s r. id apartments for sendee me’i. w’'.o stand more and more in nr-od of places to live all the time T'-ie need for living quarters i.s '■•reit indeed. Not once, but man;, tiji'-'s a day, the USO hears ple.ns f ->r places to live. Many of the ‘n I service bring their wives an'! tt-H babies, and many others w'l-' to bring them if they can an-inge for an apartment or rooms If vou have anything aviiil-''-', call Manteo 40-W, and leave in formation with Mrs. Tom Bur^tf’^tc, U.SO social director, or with the librarian on duty at the time. It w'ill be necessary to state whether or not cooking privileges are in cluded with room rent; whether or not there is running water; and what the prices are. TONSIL CLINIC IN MAN TEO MAY 24, 25 AND 26 S. Mwia* Corps Pkoco MUr a long tour of d«ty m the Jangle fighting front, this V. S. pfoiine and his Devil Dog take a well'^earned bath on Doiigain* Tille. The dog, 'a Doberman Pinscher, seems to he wondering what will h^pen next. Those Throughout County Inter ested Should Notifj- Miss Bes sie Draper Immediately RED CROSS WAR FUND GROWING IN COUNTY GIBBS FAMILY OF ENGELHARD GETS BAD NEWS More Than Half Quota Raised; I Ihree Communities Not Yet Telegram Received Wednes- Heard irom day Advising That Son Missing Over Europe The tonsil clinic which will bo conducted in Manteo on Miy 2-1. 25 and 20 will be open to all chil dren in Dare county through the age of 13. Those wishing to take advantage of the services of the clinic should make arrangements immediatelv with Miss Bessie Draper in the county health office in Manteo. 18 DARE MEN TO ENTER AR.MY AND NAVY SERVICE Mr. and Mrs. W. D of Engelhard ed a telegram from the War Departmenc Wednesday morning advising them that their son, Tech. VISIT IN MANTEO LAST SATURDAY Wood, Mrs. J. J, Powell, Mrs, Roy King and Sirs. Cl.vde Biggs. Instruction will be given in mu sic. Bible stories, Bible history and handicraft. .MR.S. T. G. CASKILL CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY Mr. and Mrs. Cass B. Daniels of Norfolk and their son and daugh ter-in-law, 2nd Lieut, and Mrs. Venion E. Daniels, visited rela tives in Manteo Saturday. Mr. Daniels is the son of Capt. Ed Daniels, and Mrs. Daniels is a sis ter of Leigh and Clyde Hassell. Lieut. Vernon Daniels was com missioned a second lieutenant and j reiving medical received silver pilot’s wings in the Army Air Forces, April 15, at Brooks Field, Te.xas. His wife, the former Miss Elizabeth Hilton of Norfolk, will accompany him when he returns to Texas. WILL CELEBRATE SILVER ANNIVERSARY The children of Sirs. T. G. Gas- kill of Wanchese surprised her last Sunday with a birthday dinner ho noring her 58th birthday, which was on Tuesday. The affair took place in Elizabeth City at tiie home of Mrs. Gaskill's daughter, Ml'S. Horton Austin, with whom Mrs. Gaskill is staying while re treatment. The centerpiece for the dining t.able was a large cake bearing 58 light ed candles. Those present for the occasion were Sir. and Sirs. Gaskill, Sir. and Sirs. Horton Austin and chil dren, Sgt. and Mrs. John Ward of Wanchese, Sir. and Sirs. Desmond Rogers and children of Manteo, and Thomas Glenn Gaskill, Jr., of Wanchese. Sir. and Sirs. John B. Peterson ^ of Slanteo will celebrate their | BAUSI CIRCLE twenty-fifth wedding anniversary on Sunday, April 30, and their j .SIEETS AT WANCHESE bombers based in Italy. Infoi'mation obtained by this newspaper Wednesday a. m. was vague. The young man was on a mission over liie continent of Eu rope. -Apparently his plane djd not return. The young Air Force gunner was 24 years old. He was fondly known by his pals in scn’ice as “Gibby.” He was only recently awarded the Distinguished Slerit Badge for outstanding perform ance of duty in action on the fam ous Ploesti Rumania oil refinery raid, the story of whicli was car ried in The Herald last week. Gibbs was raised in Princess Dare is steadily adding to her Red Cross War Fund, the quota' ■ for which is $3,200. To date a to- Dare county had IS men accept- Gibbs j tal of $1,912.09 has been raised, ed for senn'ce in the army and receiv- Donations reaching the chairman’s navy during .April. Reporting to office since last week are: Man-1 Fort Bragg for pre-induction ex- teo, $10.00 additional; Coling^ton, amination, the following men were SIS.GO; and Wanchese, $1.00 addi-, passed: tional. . . Not yet heard from are Nags. Head, Kill Devil Hills and Manteo i colored. BYRON SAWYER HAS BIRTHDAY P.ARTY Byron Sawyer had a party Thursday afternoon, April 20, at' the home of his parents. Sir. and; .Mrs. R. D. Sawyer, in Slanteo, cel- j ebrating his sixth birthday. Games ! were played and refreshments of j ice cream and cake were ser\-ed.' The birthday cake was white-iced, I and was topped with pink lighted candles. ' ‘ - Alrmy (general service): Tine Willis, Hatteras. Emmett E. Smith, East Lake. Herbert H. Bratten, East I.ake. Anderson Slidgett, Waves. William Coolidge Basnight, Wanchese. McDonald Dough, Colington. Walter Russell Taylor, Buxton. Slilton C. Slidgett, Manteo. William SI. Stowe, Hatteras. -Aubrey E. Rogers. Slanteo. Norman H. Gray. Avon. Hobson Willi.s, Jr., Frisco. William H. Gallop, Wanchese. Army (limited .^eirn'ce): John H. Reber. Nags Head. Navy; Keith Fearing, Jr., Guests included Tommie O'Neal,' Roy Gray, Thelma Jean Williams, Slanteo I'lerle Jean Wescolt, Wondie Cox, r.ilhp’rt Tinvnii .Ann County, Virginia, whore his j •!>■•• Betsy Suth-‘ William naronts, natives of Hyde county, i Donald Clark,^ Edna Bruce Hawk, lived for more than 30 years, be-,^, Dowdy, Lois Faye and Stockton fore ret’irninc some years ago to Margaret Winston Pearce, live at Engelhard. MR.S. D. B. FEARING SIANTEO SENIOR PLAY WELL ATTENDED FRIDAY E .HOSTVEDT HOSIE FROM OVERSEAS DUTY teras. R. Toler, Jr., Kitty Harold Slidgett, Hat- LEAVES FOB .SlICIIIGAN Ij. E. Hostvedt of Manteo, with i the Merchant Marine for the last' eight years, arrived home last > nieces arc extending ah invitation j to relali\es an iien . ‘ 'day afternoon at the home of the Peterson . Mns. Slilard Gray of Wanchese. noon from four unLl six , meeting was opened with the to help them celebrate the occas-|^^„ a prayer was ion. ___ Ml'S. D. B. Fearing of Slante'" The cast of “Look Who’s Here!”; eight vears, arrived home last 'nake her home played to a packed auditorium j week, and will spend some time!”’ Jackson, Slichigan, where her last Friday night, when the drama i with his family before returnin'^' Sirs. .A. R. Ball. lives. .She was presented by the Slanteo Se-! to duty. Mr. ‘Hostvedt has been ' accompanied on the trip liy . nicr class. The actors put on a j overseas, in Australia, .Africa, and ■ nephew. Sirs. SIv- j performance that did credit to | ©tlier countries recently, ’sirs ' themselves, to the scliool. and to | Hostvedt and their son, Ilarrv i their coach, Sirs. D. E. Evans. A , n,ako their homo in Slanteo, where ' small admission charge was made, i Harrv is a moniher of the senior and approximately $150 was clear' I class of Slanteo high school. j given by Mrs. Dallas Tillett, Sirs. I Kalb Daniels gave the meditation. .A hymn was road by Mrs, Andrew ETHERIDGE-PRICE A wedding of interest to inany, the scripture was given by in Dare county was solemnized at jnilard G.-ay. Mrs. Peter Til- ;U.30 Saturday p. m., Apnl in dismissed with a prayer, the Slillcr .Ave. Rcfornied church in | 'I’jjose present were Mrs. Millard Akron, Ohio, when Sliss Slargaret (jf^y. Sins. Dallas Tillett, Mrs. Lee Price'of Akron became the, TjHett, Mrs. Peter Til- bride of Roy L. Etheridge, Jr., WT,]ctt, Mrs. Kalb Daniels, Mrs. Mar- l-c USCG, of Manteo. The vows I yjf, parker. Sirs. Billy Tillett, Mrs. were spoken to Rev. Hennessey. ^ j Reggie Tillett and Mrs. Gage The bride wore a two-piece suit Williams. The hostess served de- of orchid linen, with accessories to' Heious refreslmieiits. match, and a shoulder corsage of' gardenias. Her matron of honor was Mrs. Earl Boyle of Akron, and ’harles Boyle S 1-c USCG, of Ak- jn, acted as best man. Sirs. Etheridge is the daughter ofyJoseph Price and the late Mrs FINDING IT HARD TO GET REGISTRAR AT OCRACOKE B-F".- Slason, chairman of the Hyde County Board of Elections, is having difficulty getting a reg- ' .— .— I .w ........p ^ O — --Z3 'PnSe of LAkron. She is a graduate istrar and judges to sen-e in Oc- ^^jf^Talmadge high school, Akron, j racoke township. He has written '^ana is employed by the Firestone; several letters to Ocracoke Is- Tire and Rubber Company. Hand residents, but through Mon- Mr. Etheridge is the son of Mr. | day he had been unsuccessful in and Mrs. Roy Etheridge of Man- securing anyone, tco. He has been in the Coast; Asrangemonts were made Mon- Guard for about four years, and day for Rouse Lupton of Swan is stationed in Brookl.vn, N. Y. { Quarter to take the books to Oc- Mrs, Etheridge will make her , racoke sometime this week .and home in Akron for the duration, j personally contact citizens for the The couple are visiting the election hoard .-md attempt to so- hridograom’s parents this week. , enre help in this important task in ■ democratic government, Rcgislra il Pays to Advertise in The Times lion begins Satmday. ron L. Bickford and Jackie Rai> ' of Jackson. Midi., who arrived Monday afternoon to make the trip with her. ed, this amount to go toward de- j fraying local school expenses. Those taking part in the plav were' Bernard Parker, Lillian Morris, i Harry Hostvedt, Marjalene Mid-1 gett. Rose Marie Tillett, Anna-, belle Gates, Billy Baum. .Shirley Mann and Minon'a ‘Austin. ROLAND .MIDG15TT Roland -Midgett, 68, died Wed nesday morning at the home of his daughter, Jlrs. R. B. Hooper of Stumpy Point. Funeral services were conducted at three o’clock Thursday afternoon at the home by Rev. W. B. Parkin, and burial was in the Stumpy Point ceme tery. Mr. Midgett is sur\’ived by two daughters, Mrs. IL B. Hooper of Stumpy Point and Mrs. C. W. Munden of Durham; one son, Lt. Harr.v Midgett, USCG, now in the Pacific; one half-sister, Mrs. J. M. Midgett of Norfolk; one half-bro ther, George M. Wise of Stumpy Point; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. !n 1934 some 70 per cent of the chicken.s grown in North Carolina were hatched under hens Vmt last year tlie hens were crodilcil with only 21 per cent of the hatched chicks, say Rae reports from Washington. Buy War Bonds and Stamp.s, Mr.s. Feaving’s home near Man- leo will be occupied by M>'. and Mrs. Harold Glynn. Crimea Becomes Nazi Dunkirk CRIMEA LESi.r: .SUTHERLAND of Manteo. v ' .'I'l Friday, April 21, celebrp 'citli brthd'v Mr. .Suthe, • > r rvi' .; . '"on- kers, ..■ c.ai: t to n '• home sevp’al years 'go. ’ d a voi” rvp’iie r^cov- e"'* f p '.o.r iy?i? r..,. ' h'l ’ ri -tei'i ’ - •■•d IK'* •• th" 'CSt of hiS da.', s ; 1 b- .1, r>lr. S.ilherland has Uu\^ Ivi .i-!i t'l V ;.'k on ci'ulches. cods much o'" h’s time outdoors. For celebration of his 'lilrhda;. t' 11’ c ' a fa' ' ner, at v.h •'h t ,' Mr. Su* . •■'•1.1 sat at the table with the famil> for the first time since his illness. Miss .Addy Gould was a guest for the occasion. l.ook» To HeV or Soldiers Single Copy 5 Cenf FERRY SERVICE MANNS HARBOR IS INADEQUATE Local Interests Anxious To Get Extra Trip To Re lieve Handicap The travel situation is begin ning to get serious between Roa noke Island and Manns Harbor, due to the congestion on the fer ry. The Dare County Board of Commissioners and the Manteo Rotary club are taking steps seek ing relief of the situation. The matter has long since been under discussion by the Board of Com- miss'oners and Monday night of this w.-jek. the Rotary ciub moved 1.0^ ask the State Highway Com mission to provide two more trips after C p. m. daily. The growing mercantile activity on the mainland and the beginning of the tourist trade have made the situation critical. The boat can carry only seven automobiles and makes eiglit round trips a dav. On certain days of the week, par- ! ticuiarly Sundays, cars must line up ahead of time for the better , part of an hour, and it is often 1 the ca.=e that some of these are I left. On Sunday afternoon last, , five cars were left behind on the I Bare County mainland at the last ; trip. Tt so happened that a mo torist bound for Engelliard paid , the Ferry man $15 to return to Manns Harbor so that he could eontirue his journev but by that , lime the cars had dispersed.' EL.AINE JOHN.SON ' WEDS PHILIP MORRELL Creep Clieiry of Gastonia, ean- dlciate l.r governor. Is devoting a good uci\ on of his campaign energy to promoting the cause of the 300.- 000 North Caio- llna mop and * women in uni- r form and to that part of hri pro- gram feat ill 1*'.-' 1 gram feat ill ^ " Af' seek to sjm pathetically c“al TxrtfJ-i rhA.c> vAf-urn- with chose i-eturn- ing from the war and aid them In readjustment to civil life. Mr. Cherry has a three-point pro gram for handling returning vet erans. Ke advocates; 1. Sympathetic dealings with fi--,./ilng men who will return home ciiangcd, physically and meniaiiy, by their expenence and needing wtelts and months of adjustment to civil life again: 2. An expansion of the State of North Carolina's service officer program to operate in every coun ty in the state in helping veterans v. h their claims, benefits, ana v: ■’US problems of adjustment: and 3 Enlargement of the present govcinmcnt employment servirie program to see that veterans re turn to the jobs they left to go to war, or get other gainful employ ment that will aid them to be self- supporting and to keep the full measm-e of their self-respect. Mr. Cl‘-erry is telling his au diences: "Far and beyond any other problem this state faces is the problem of readjustment, from army to civil life, of this group of young men and young women. Tlicy are our ‘seed corn’ and they must be treated as such." "You can't make a soldier over- nlglic," according to Mr. Cherry. "It lakes weeks and monil',s of rigid ti-alning. By the same intel ligence you can’t change a soldier into a civilian overnight. Living under battle conditions causes incn- Tal and physical changes to take place ui a man. V/hen these man come home fipm the war, only sym- pati'.etic handling and treatment will restore them to their fuU civU- lan slants in a busy and veful worla." Mr. Cherry himself fought in France during World War I. as Captain of a Machinegun Com pany. The following announcement will be of interest to many readers of the Times: Mr. and Mrs. Hans Christian Johnson announce the marriage of their daughter, Elaine Marsclla to Mr. Philip St. Clair Morrell on ■ Sunday the sixteenth of April 'nineteen hundred and forty-four Trinity church, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Morrell was managing edi tor of the Dare County Times from uApril 1939 until January 1940, when she left to join her parents at their home in ” ^firiheapolis, ivlinn. Soon afterward she became advertising manager for the Even ing Tribune, Albert Lea. Minn., and some six or eight months ago ’•esigned that position to join the .Suars. Mrs. Morrell has many friends in Manteo, where she took an .actr'e part in civic organiza tions. MRS. G. T. WE.STCOTT LOSES NEPHEW IN PACIFIC RATION REMINDER Moats, Fats — Red stamp.s .AS through Q8, good indefinitely. Processed Foods — Blue stamps AS through KS, good indefinitely. Sugar—Sugar stamps .30 and 31. each good for five pounds indefin itely. Sugar st.amp 40, good for 5 pounds of canning sugar tlirough February, ne.xt .vear. Gasoline — .A9 coupons, good through May S. Fuel Oil—Periods 4 and 5 co’.i- pons, good through September 30 Shoes- .Stamps No. 1 and ? •V’rplane in Book Tliroe, good in definitely. The Crimea again occupies the historical spotlight as Ilcd forces pash the Nazis Into a pocket at Sevastopol. This close-up reveals how German and Kumanian armies were trapped (1) when Reds reached Dzhankoi and (Zt cut eommiuiications link. Meanwhile amphibious forces took over Kerch (3) and moved rapidly toward Feodosiya and Simferopol. Nazis made desperate aliempt to evacuate by boat as Russ moved swiftly to check this mcaus of escape. Iiifonnatinn service? wore stin- uiied t(i 2,64.8,929 memhcr.s of the armed force? .and civilian.? by U.SO during a s-’nglc month, the mo.st 1 recent U.SO slatistic.al report shows. Mrs. G, T. Westcott of Manteo recei^-otl word this week that her nenhew. Ensign Williani Harry Kent, LSN, had died on .ApF’ c n bums received on March IS when he was ergaged in le-scuing member? of his cre^v from a gasoline fire. Kis bur.-’s are nnuerstood to have been second ri''g’'>p burns, and in a letter dic- ta-od bv him and written for ' an by a friend on March 31 he indi cated that he was recuperating sa'.sfactorily and would soon be able to return to duty. He was somewhere in the South Pacific, having gone overseas just after Christmas. Ensign Ivent has a number of friends in Slanteo, where he visit ed Mr.?. We.stcott often while he wa? stationed in Norfolk. He was the POP. of Mr. and iili-s. W. H. Kent of Fort Valley, Ga., ard is survived by them and one s;.?ter, Mrs. Edward Ilalsam. Memorial services wall bo conducted next Sunday afternoon in the First Me thodist church ill Port Valley. Ensign Kent, who was 23 at the tune of hi.? death, had made an outst.anding record during his training period. Of the 942 naval officers gradu,ating at Fort Schuy ler, N. Y., he was among the 12 ranking highe.?t. Mrs. . Westcott left Manteo Thursdav afternoon for Georgia, to attend the memorial services. M.WTEO FRESHMEN GO ON PICNIC The eighth grade of the Manteo school enjoyed a picnic in the sandhills north of Manteo Tuesday evening. The boys and girls wore accompanied by Mrs. Charlie Bradley, home room teacher, and Mrs. Adam Etheridge, grade mo ther. MUSIC CLUB WIIL MEET The Roanoke Island Music club will meet ne.xt Tueesday evening at 8:30 at the Trannnil House, with Mrs. T/Uceita Willis as hos tess. All members are urged to be pre.sent. The most porsi.slent que.stiim at the USO sendeemen’.? T.oun'ge in Detroit is—you guessed it—where to shop! u. : III 4 ■ tj - j'l HI