SOUTHERN ALBE
MARLE SECTION
VOLUME LI—NUMBER 24a
The Roanoke Beacon
******* and Washington County News ★★★★★★★
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 11, 1940
SOUTHERN ALBE
MARLE SECTION
ESTABLISHED 1889
Washington County Extends Cordial Welcome To Visitors
ALBEMARLE ASSOCIATION MEETS HERE
A a A A A A . A A A A A . ^
2,000 Visitors Expected for Two Sessions Tuesday
Presideni Says This
Section Hopes to Get
Road Commissioner
Believes It Is Most Effective
Way To Secure Free
Ferries or Bridges
By MELVIN R. DANIELS
President of the Southern Albemarle
Association
The Southern Albemarle Associa
tion was formed in the year 1930 and
is composed of the counties of Dare,
Hyde, Tyrrell and Washington. Its
first president was C. Wallace Tatem,
of Columbia. Mr. Tatum made a very
good president, and the association
owes whatever success it may have
had to his ability as a leader.
The goal of the association is to
see Alligator River and Croatan
Sound bridged; a free ferry establish- >
ed at Oregon Inlet; the road from
Columbia to Swan Quater. by way
of Fairfield, hard sufarced, alsoM;he
road from East Lake to Manns Har
bor; and the road from Engelhard
to Manns Harbor surfaced.
The association realizes that this
will not be done in a single year, but
by the constant work and coopera
tion of the four counties we will fin
ally realize our dreams. Knowing, as
we do. that the section composed of
the above-named counties, contains
some of the most historic spots in
America, it is our determination to
make them more accessible to the
traveling public.
it was in tms section mat tne very
foundations of this government were
laid, and from this beginning: has
sprung one of the greatest nations
under the sun.
We believe that our people are
among the very best people of the
state and that our children and grand
children should have the same op
portunities that the other children
of the state have. Therefore, it is
our purpose to see that the schools
and roads are on parity with other
sections of the Great Old North State.
It has been the constant aim of
the association to always be on the
alert for any new development that
would be of benefit to the counties of
the Southern Albemarle. We do not
want to convey the idea that we are
selfish, but self-preservation is the
first law of nature, so our association
has adopted the motto, "All for one
and one for all.”
Sometimes we are discouraged, es
pecially when we go to Raleigh and
ask the Highway Commission to give
us some relief on the ferries; but, like
the woman who went to the judge in
the Bible days, we are hoping they,
too, will say “Least by their contin
ued coming they worry us, we will
free their ferries or build their
bridges.” |
It is our intention to keep the Sou
thern Albemarle before the people,
and one of these good days we hope
to get the outside people interested
in our cause.
We are hoping that it will be our
good fortune to get a member of the
State Highway Commission from one
of the four counties, and I am of the
opinion that any fair-minded person
will agree with me when I say that
we are entitled to one. Surely, it is
not for want of men with ability that
we are not represented on this board,
for who is better qualified to serve
the people of this great state than
any of the following: Z. Vance Nor
man, W. L. Whitley, John W. Dar
den, C. Wallace Tatem, C. Earl Co
hoon, D. B. Fearing, Roy L. Davis,
W. W. Watson, P. D. Midgett, and a
host of others I could name?
If my memory serve me right, the
Hon. Frank Kugler, of Washington,
was the last man to serve on this
board that would by any reasoning
be considered from the south side of
the sound and he was from Beaufort
County in reality and not from the
Southern Albemarle. We are going
to petition the Hon. J. M. Broughton,
who will be the next Governor, to
appoint someone from the South Al
bemarle to the Highway Commission,
and when and if this done we believe
we will get something done about
the bridges and ferries in this section.
Strange as it may seem, the only
tolls in the state of North Carolina,
other than private roads, are in the
Southern Albemarle, and they are in
Dare and Tyrrell. Again, it is our
aim to show the people of this great
state that by bridging the Alligator
River and Croatan Sound they can
save approximately 50 miles from Rat
leigh to Dare County, by way of route
64, which now ends at Fort Land
ing in Tyrrell County when it should
end at Manteo.
Friends, we live in one of the best
parts of the State of North Carolina,
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| MAIN SPEAKER !
J. Melville Broughton, of Ra
leigh, Democratic nominee for
Governor of North Carolina, is
principal speaker at the Southern
Albemarle Association meeting
today. His speech will be made
at the morning session in the
Plymouth Theatre, begining at
11 o'clock.
Former President of
Association Tells of
Principles and Aims
C. Wallace Tatem Outlines
Unusual Features of
Organization
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By C. W. TATEM
President. 1935-1939, Southern Albe
marle Association
The Southern Albemarle Associa
tion was organized at Columbia in
October, 1935, for the express pur
pose of working toward the develop
ment of the natural resources and
tourist possibilities of this section. It
is a civic organization which is repre
sentative of the aims and aspirations
of every citizen of the four counties.
For sometime prior to its organiza
tion, certain citizens of these four
counties had been more and more
conscious of the fact that it would re
quire a collective effort on our part
if we were ever to obtain an equitable
position with other parts of the state
in roads and bridges. Our best ef
forts in the past had failed to gain
this position for us. With this view
in mind we deeded to form a four
county unit.
The fundamental principles upon
which the association is founded, so
far as my information goes, are dif
ferent from any other association. It
is composed of county units. While
every citizen of the four counties is
a bona fide member of the associa
tion. its voting power, its policy-mak
ing power are both vested in official
delegates duly appointed and certi
fied by each of the four counties thru
their county boards of commissioners.
Its official body consists of a presi
dent, elected at large, with four vice
presidents elected by the delegation
from each respective county. It has
an executive committee consisting of
eight members from each county, ap
pointed by the president upon the rec
ommendation of the vice president of
each county. It has a recording sec
retary, an executive secretary and a
treasurer. None of the officers of the
association receive any salary or oth
er remuneration. No member is as
sessed with any membership fees. The
expenses of the association are paid
by the county units. All of the work
done by the official family of the as
sociation is voluntary and free, with
them bearing their own expenses.
The remarkable thing about this
association is its solidarity effected
under this plan of organization. The
expenses of the officers and delega
tions appointed to do things, and at
tend annual meetings amount to quite
a sum, and the spirit with which it is
undertaken speaks very highly for the
public spirit of its whole official fam
ily. The respect and confidence of
the people of the four counties which
it is gained in its five years of life is
almost incredible. This respect and
confidence could never have been ob
taned without the unselfish devotion
to its cause by its leaders without re
ward or hope of reward.
A conspicuous evidence of this con
fidence is given by the people of each
county at our regular annual meet
ings by the magnificent way in which
they entertain the association, and
the good will shown it. These meet
ings have grown in attendance from
year to year, until at the present time
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PROGRAM
Southern Albemarle Association
Sixth Anniversary—June 11, 1940
Plymouth, North Carolina
TEN O’CLOCK — COMMUNITY HALL
Registration of Delegates
TEN-THIRTY O’CLOCK — WATER STREET
Musical Review—Columbia, Creswell, Belhaven and
Plymouth High School Bands
ELEVEN O’CLOCK — PLYMOUTH THEATRE
7. V. Norman, Presiding
Song: “America”
Invocation Rev. I’. B. Nickf.ns
Address of Welcome V. Norman
Responses:
('. Eari. t'oHooN Tyrrell County
1’. 1). Midcett, Jr. Hyde County
I). V. Mffkins ' Pure. County
Recognition of Distinguished Guests
Presentation of Speaker
Address
W. M. Darden
Hon J. M. Broughton
ONE O’CLOCK
Lunch
Parade
TWO O’CLOCK — COURTHOUSE
M. R. Daniels, Presiding
Association Business Session and Election of Officers
OFFICERS
President
Melvin R. Daniels
Vice Presidents
C. Eari. Cohoon
P. D. Midgett, Jr.
D. V. Meekins
Z. V. Norman
Paul I.ivkrman
G. W. Jones
M. A. Matthews
Executive Secretary
Recording Secretary
Treasurer
Dare County
Tyrrell County
Hyde County
Dare County
Washington County
Tyrrell County
Tyrrell County
Hyde County
OUR GOAL:
The Same Opportunity as All Other Parts of Our
Great State for Development, Growth, Progress and
Happiness
Plymouth Extends
Hearty Welcome to
Visitors, Delegates
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Every Effort Made To Have
Them Feel at Home
While Here
Plymouth’s hospitality was stimu
lated to its peak today as citizens be
strired themselves to make the best
of the rare privilege and honor of
entertaining the Southern Albemarle
Association in its sixth annual ses
sion, the residents marshalling every
civic resources to render a genuine
and sincere cordiality to Governor -
Nominate J. M. Broughton, of Ra
leigh, officers and delegates of the
association, and the hundreds of oth
er members and visitors who honor
"The Town of Opportunity” with
their presence.
Every force at the command of
town officials and every citizen in his
own right were combining efforts to
impress upon the visitors that Plym
outh and the entire Southern Albe
marle section—composed of Dare,
Hyde, Tyrrell and Washington Coun
ties—welcome them to this great em
pire of unspoiled history, recreation
and health.
The gaily decorated town is replete
with signals of welcome to the visi
tors. Placards in the store -windows;
signs on the streets; banners above
the streets; everything to proclaim a
hearty welcome to all visitors.
Expense has not been spared nor
efforts counted to bring to the visitors
the sincere welcome that is theirs in
Plymouth—the metropolis of the
Southern Albemarle—the gateway to
the Southern Albemarle region, which
has a total population of some 30,
000 and an area embracing 4,000
square miles.
The entire Southern Albemarle area
is destined for growth and develop
ment, with the town of Plymouth en
joying its share of this improvement
and enlargement. Additions are be
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Figures on Schools
In Four Counties of
Albemarle Section
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Costs, Length of Term, En
rollment, and Average
Attendance
School facts of the Southern Albe
marle for the term of 1936-37, the
last term for which figures are com-.
plete, follow: |
Dare: Enrollment, white 1,335; col
ored, 120; average daily membership,
white 1,297; colored 108; average
daily attendance, white 1.235, colored
101.
Hyde: Enrollment: white 1,146, col
ored 1060; average daily member
ship, white 1.099, colored 1,040; av
erage daily attendance, white 1.051:
colored 851.
Tyrrell: Enrollment, white 816, col
ored 580; average daily membership,
white 766, colored 576; average daily
attendance, white 700, colored 409.
Washington: Enrollment, white
1,554, colored 1.604: average daily
membership, white 1,479, colored 1,
528; average daily attendance, white
11,345, colored 1,349.
The average terms have increased
in days, as follows: Dare, 153 in 1929
to 160 in 1940 Hyde, 158 in 1929 to
160 in 1940: Tyrrell, 147 in 1929 to
160 in 1940; Washington, in 1926.
had 169 days, dropping to 160 in 1040.
The eight-month school term paid
for by the state is now 160 days in all
counties.
Expenditures by the counties, the
amount provided by the state, amount
provided by local agencies, and ex
pense per pupil follow:
Tyrrell: total $34,668,21; state $31,
389; local $3,279.21; per pupil, $24.98.
Hyde: Total $58,783.77; state $51,
751.18: local $7,032.59; per pupil
$24.49.
Washington Total $67,970.64; state
$59,728.21; local $8,242.43; per pupil,
$21.08
Dare: $44,520.84; state, $40,663.88;
local, $3,856 65; pel pupil, $29.68.
Democrat Nominee for Governor,
J. M. Broughton, Will Be Heard by
Association at Meeting in Morning
PRESIDING OFFICERS AT MEETING HERE |
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V.
Melvin R. Daniels (left) of
Manteo, Dare County, president
of the Southern Albemarle Asso
ciation, will preside over the business session ot the organization, begin
ning at 2 o'clock p. m., in the courthouse; while Zeb Vance Norman, of
Plymouth, vice president for Washington County, will preside at the
morning session, beginning at 11 o'clock in the Plymouth Theatre. Mr.
Norman will also make the address of welcome, which will be responded
to by vice presidents from the other three counties: P. D. Midgett, jr„ of
Hyde; C. Earl Cohoon. of Tyrrell; and D. V. Meekins, of Dare.
Each County Has List
50 Official Delegates
Have Authority To
Aid in Outlining
Association Policy
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Official List From Each of
Four Counties Issued by
Association Officers
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Mingling with the 2.000 persons ex
pected here today for the sixth an
nual meeting of the Southern Albe
marle Association will be 200 official i
delegates who will have the authority
to vote the strength of their county
and to help in shaping the policies
of the organization.
These men and women are well
known in the section and they rep
resent some of the most civic-minded
persons in Washington, Dare, Hyde,
and Tyrrell counties. They will be
entitled to a free dinner in the Chris
tian church annex by virtue of their
official representation of the four
counties.
There are 50 official delegates from
each of the four counties in the or
ganization, and they will be feted and
entertained along with the remainder
of the visitors. They will be given
official delegate badges to distinguish
them from other members of the as
sociation and the remainder of the
large gathering expected.
The official list of delegates follow:
Hyde County
Engelhard: R. L. Gibbs. M A. Mat
thews, J. H. Jarvis, R. S. Spencer,
C. P. Gibbs, R. L. Patrick. S. S. Neal,
W. W. Payne, T. J. Etheridge, and
S. D. Cox.
Fairfield: E. R Stewart, H. C.
Jones, P. C. Simmons, Leslie Sim
mons, Archie Berry, Mr.- Isabel Cart
wright, S. A. Berry. Edison Brown,
Z B. Watson, A. B. Harris.
Lake Landing: Charlie McKinney.
O. C. Ballance, T. G. Young, W. W.
Watson, T. J. Mann. Mrs. Clara Gibbs
Mrs. Eunice Midyette, T A Jennette,
J. D. Silverthome.
Swan Quarter: J. H Swindell. E. A.
Williams, W. J. Lupton. D L. Berry,
John Lee, Sam Weston C L. Bonner,
A. G. Credle, P. G. Gallop. W. B. Wil
liams, R. B. Stotesbun
Scranton: Joe Bishop Jeff Credle,
J. W. Lupton, H. H. Watson. John
Richards, J. M. Credit \v. C Bate
man, W. E. Nobles, E. A Griffin, and
Prank Fortescue.
Dare Count'
Manteo: Mr. and Mrs M L John
son, Mr. and Mrs. M. L Daniels, sr„
J. A. Meekins, Mr. and Mrs. J E.
Perebee, Mr. and Mrs. I P- Davis,
M. and Mrs. Roy Davis. Mr. and Mrs.
D, B. Fearing, Mrs. Sophia Evans,
I VICE PRESIDENT
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D. Victor Meekins, sheriff of
Dare County and editor of the
Dare County Times, is also a vice
president of the Southern Albe
marle Association, and as public
ity director for several years has
been one of the organization's
strongest boosters and most ac
tive workers.
Mrs. Agnes Midgett, Mrs. Tom Bas
night, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Etheridge,
sr., Mrs. Tom Etheridge, Mr. and
Mrs. R. H Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Lennon, Mr. and Mrs. M. K.
Pearing, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stick,
Martin Kellogg, jr.
Wanchese: Mr and Mrs. A J. Dan
iels, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Daniels, Mrs.
Melvin R. Daniels.
Kitty Hawk: Z. F. Perry and J. E.
Baum.
Duck: A. J. Scat borough.
Manns Harbor: Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Midgett.
East Lake: Calvin Sawyer, C. C.
Smith and Jim Bratten.
Buffalo City: Mr. and Mrs. John R.
Duvall.
Colington: Mrs. U. S. Meekins and
L. W. Stetson.
Stumpy Point: Mr and Mrs. E D.
Wise, Mr. and Mrs. Wise. A B. Hoop
er. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Hooper.
Hatteras: M. L Burras.
Tyrrell County
J. W. Hamilton, W. A Yerby, Polly
Tatem, W. H McClees, J Ernest Nor
ris, J. C. Meekins. A. L. Walker, Mrs.
W. S. Carawan. Frank Griffin, R. S.
Knight, jr., Ernest L. Moseley, Mr.
and Mrs. E. J. Brickhouse, Mrs. J. Er
nest Norris, C. Earl Cohoon, Mrs. T.
S. Spruill, E. R. Davenport, Mrs. Al
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Officers for Coming
Year To Be Elected
At Business Session
Program Gets Underway
With Registration at
10:30 o’Clock
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Partly cloudy with probable scat
tered afternoon thundershowers.
Such is the forecast of the weath
er man. who is right about 80 per
cent of the time; but. despite the
possibility of rain, it is expected there
will be 2.000 persons here from Hyde,
Dare Tyrrell, Washington and parts
of Beaufort Counties to attend the
sixth annual session of the Southern
Albemarle Association and hear J. M.
Broughton, of Raleigh, Democratic
nominee for Governor, speak.
Delegates will be registered in the
community hall here at 10:30, to be
followed at 10:30 by music provided
by the high school bands of Plym
outh, Creswell, Columbia and Bel
haven on the streets. There are 50
official delegates from each of the
four counties.
At 11 o’clock the program for the
morning session will get underway in
the Plymouth Theatre with Vice
President Zeb Norman, of Washing
ton County, presiding. The Rev. Paul
B. Nickens, Baptist minister will make
the invocation. Mr. Norman will wel
come the visitors and resopnses will
be made by county vice presidents
as follows: C. Earl Cohoon, for Tyr
rell: P. D. Midgett, for Hyde; and
D. V. Meekins, of Dare.
Mr. Norman will recognize disting
uished guests prior to the introduc
tion by Representative W. M. Dar
den of Mr. Broughton, who will be
the principal speaker. At the con
clusion of the speech, there will be a
recess for lunch, with church booths
and public eating places open in the
down-town area.
The bands will again provide mus
ic during the lunch period. At 2
o'clock the business session will be
held in the courthouse, where officers
will be elected and other business at
tended to.
It may be that business houses here
will close from 11 to 12 while Mr.
Broughton is speaking. Highway pa
trolmen and local officers will han
dle the crowd.
Between $4,000 and
$5,000 Invested in
Equipment of Band
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Most of Money Contributed
By Parents for Uniforms
And Instruments
Between $4,000 and $5,000 is invest
ed in the equipment of the 51-piece
Plymouth High School Band, accord
ing to x Director L. W. Zeigler, as he
summarized the property of the or
ganization in his preparation to close
the six-week summer band school in
session here.
Uniforms, instruments and music
are expensive. For instance, the di
rector said that a good music library'
would require the expenditure of $100
each school term. Only $75 was spent
on this last term.
Most ox the money invested in the
band has been contributed by par
ents for uniforms, instruments and
music for their children as a private
investment, but the public at large
here has been called upon for dona
tions to purchase certain needed
items not supplied by parents. The
band has earned some money on trips
and concerts.
It was revealed that the school band
in itself owned, as an organization,
equipment valued at $680 as follows:
Bass drum. $50: snare drum. $25: bass
horns. $187.50 and $145; alto horns.
$30, $52, and $50: pair cymbals, $26;.
10 uniforms. $165.
Mr. Zeigler said the band had lost
six members by graduation but that
five of them had been replaced.
In return for the financial invest
ment made by the parents and the
public in the band, they are getting
some excellent music and develop
ment in members of the band such
traits as character, personality, dis
cipline and sportmanship,.