FRIDAY, APRIL 10. 1959
News of Columbia & Tyrrell Co.
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Columbia and Tyrrell County
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COLUMBIA ELECTIONS
FOR TOWN OFFICERS
TO BE HELD MAY STH
COLUMBIA.—The Town Board
of Aldermen, Tuesday, again sup
ported the annual 4-H and F.F.A.
Spring Livestock show, by donat
ing S3O. On appeal from M. L.
Goodman, assistant farm agent.
The date for the town election
was announced by the Mayor, 11.
T. Davenport, as May 5, who fur
ther announced that thee registra
tion books would open on Satur
day, April 11 and remain open for
the two consecutive Saturdays fol-.
lowing; with challenge day the’
last Saturday before election. Mrs.
Blanche W. Cohoon was appointed
registrar, Mrs. Irene Mosley and
Mrs. Daisy Reynolds, poll holders.
Braxton Voliva was appointed
drainage commissioner.
Mrs. Louisa Hales, town Clerk,
announced that incumbent H. X
Davenport was the only person
filing for mayor and eight persons
filed for board members; the in
cumbents Borden McClees, Lloytk
Davenport, Ernest S. Briekhouse,
Braxton Voliva, and Floyd Spen
cer, plus three others, Nedum
Briekhouse, Wiley Armstrong and
J. Abner Harrell.
Julian L. Poston reported re
cepita from Powell Bill highway
funds $963.99, and from the State
of North Carolina for mosquito
control purchases $523.
In reviewing the highway pro
posals for installation of stop
lights, it was revealed that at the
intersection of US 64 by-pass and
Broad Street, 176 feet from each
of the four comers in each direc
tion would be necessary as no
parking oznes; at the intersection
of Main and Broad Streets 20 feet
no-parking zone would be neces
sary. No action was taken.
Mayor Davenport announced
that the reading of the street light
franchise scheduled for this meet
ing ''"4 been ordered postponed
until May meeting. Giving as his
reason i,nat further survey of the
town was desired before this read
ing. A call meeting was voted to
be held later in the month for the
full board to review the survey
to be made by Borden McClees
, and Ernest S. Briekhouse. Julian
L. Poston had reported additional
lights requested by patrons on
Elm, Martha and Bridge Streets.
A revision of the town privilege
license was voted, with new sched
ule made for advertising before
due date.
For the preservation for poster
ity, a large framed oil painting of
the water front of Columgia,
painted about 1900, was offered as
a gift to the town for City Hall,
by Mrs. Blanche W .Cohoon, pro
vided it be cleaned and renovated.
Borden McClees was appointed to
look into amount of cost, and if
nominal, the board agreed to ac
cept the painting.
The $5,000 offered the Town of
Columbia for the right of way of
US 64 by-pass by the State High
way Commission was accepted.
A bill 'from the highway depart
ment of $19,793.08 representing
one third of the right of way
costs was reviewed. The Mayor re
ported that he and Chief Poston
had interviewed W. H. Webb,
Chief Right-of-Way Engineer, at
tempting to eliminate this right
of-way cost, but reported no relief
could be secured, except the five
thousand aforementioned accept
ance.
Attending were Mayor H. T.
Davenport, Ernest S. Briekhouse,
Borden McClees, Floyd B. Spen
cer, Lloyd Davenport and Braxton
Voliva, Mrs. Louise Hales, clerk,
4 and Julian L. Poston, tax collector.
MISS REYNOLDS BECOMES
- BRIDE OF JERRY SWAIN
COLUMBIA.—Miss Eddie Mae
Reynolds, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred D. Reynolds of North
Road treet, became the bride of
Jerry Swain, son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Leslie Swain, Saturday
afternoon, April 4, at 3 p.m. at
the home of the Rev. and Mrs.
W. T. Reynolds with the Rev. Mr.
Reynolds performing the cere
mony.
The bride was dressed in a mul
ti-colored silk Shantung sheath
dress with blue predominating and
elbow length sleeves. A black hat
with slight bit of white, black
patent shoes and bag and white
gloves completed her costume. She
wore an hybrid orchid shoulder
corsage.
The groom, who is on ‘leave
from the U .S. Army, has finished
leaves Friday for Fort Lee, Vir
the initial six-week training, and
ginia.
POULTRY ENTERPRISES IN
TYRRELL COUNTY VISITED
COLUMBlA.—Extension poultry
specialist, Kenneth Bean, was in
Tyrrell County last week and vis
ited the following poultry enter
prises, both adult and 4-H, name
ly Linda Patrick, N. P. McDuffie,
R. G. McLaughlin farm, Mrs. W.
A. Hollis, Mrs. Pauline Hollis,
Mike Cohoon, Bobby Patrick,
Johnny White, Alice White, Larry
Cooper and Willard Cooper.
TYRRELL CO. BOARD TO
SPEND SI,OOO ON LIBRARY
COLUMBIA.—The Tyrrell Coun
ty Commissioners voted SI,OOO
from the ABC funds to be used for
immediate repairs to the building
for the Tyrrell County Public Li
brary.
A delegation of 22 men and
women, representing all the civic
clubs in the county with the P.T.A.
and the Home Demonstration
Clubs representation in the ma
jority, met with the board urging
library repairs be accomplished be
fore the end of the fiscal year.
The Pettigrew Region through the
State Library Commission in us
ing Federal funds for the further
ance of rural library service do
nated $2,600 to the library for
shelving and furniture.
C. Jackson Luper, C.P.A. of
Plymouth, was hired for the regu
lar yearly audit of the county
books at a price eof SSOO.
They passed a resolution ap
proving revaluation bills, Mr. Mc-
Mahon notifying him of this ex
ception, and suggesting for Tyr
rell to read “Leave to Tyrrell
County Board of Commissioners to
determine method of and year of
levy to finance said future revalu
ations,” every eight years.
The county agreed to donate to
the annual spring 4-H and F.F.A.
Fat Stock Show. Present: Harry
P. Swain, chairman, B. Frank Al
exander, Gerald W. Selby and D.
Webb Briekhouse, and Mrs. Sara
L. Taft, clerk.
TWO CAUGHT AT TYRRELL
COUNTY WHISKEY STILL
COLUMBIA. Two men were
apprehended while operating a still
in Dillon’s Ridge area by two
ATU officers and Julian L. Poston,
Tyrrell County ABC officer, Wed
nesday morning.
Benton Ball, 55, and Lawrence
A. Davenport, 23, were given a
hearing in Williamston and put
under S3OO bond each for appear
ance at the October term of Fed
eral court in Washington, N. C.
The arresting officers were in
hiding near the still site, when the
two men arrived about 5:30 a.m.
When the four barrels mash and
one steam barrel distillery was put
in operation some 30 minutes later
the law men closed in, making ar
rests and destroying the still, ac
cording to Mr. Poston.
MRS. VIOLA H. BRICKHOUSE
COLUMBIA. Mrs. Viola Hop
kins Briekhouse, 67, died at the
home of hor daughter, Mrs. Helma
Copeland, Columbia, April 4. She
was the widow of Clair H. Brick
house and a lifelong resident of
Tyrrell County.
She is survived by her mother,
Mrs. Jo Hopkins, Columbia; one
son, C. Henry Briekhouse, Colum
bia; one daughter, Mrs. Helma
Copeland, Columbia; four broth
ers, Chester Hopkins, Creswell;
Durmond Hopkins, Waynesboro,
Va.; Nicholas Hopkins and Grady
Hopkins of Columbia; two sisters,
Mrs. Martha Hickman and Mrs.
Marie McCoy of Norfolk, Va.; nine
grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
the Sound Side Missionary Baptist
Church Monday by the Rev. Gor
don B. Shaw, pastor. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
STEWART WINDSOR HASSELL
DIES IN TYRRELL COUNTY
COLUMBIA. Stewart Windsor
Hassell, 73, died early Wednesday
morning, April 1, at his home. He
was a native and life resident of
Tyrrell County and a member of
Scuppernong Church of Christ.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Me
lissa Alexander Hassell; five sons:
Clarence of Manns Harbor; Mc-
Coy of New Jersey; Jack, Fen
tress and J. S. Hassell all of Co
lumbia; two daughters: Mrs. Ed
ria Roughton and Mrs. Hulda Lea
Swain, both of Columbia; one
brother, Grover Hassell of Rox
boro; one sister, Mrs. Lettie Arm
strong of Roanoke Rapids; 36
grandchildren and 12 great grand
children.
Funeral services were held at
Malachi’s Chapel Free-Will Bap
tist Church on Thursday, April 2,
at 2 p.m., by the Reverend Herbtrt
J. Bryan, pastor. Interment was in
the family cemetery.
MILTON LEE PATRICK
CRESWELL.—MiIton Lee Pat
rick, 77, died Friday morning at
his home on Route two.
He was a retired farmer, a na
tive and life resident of Washing
ton County. t
Surviving' are one brother, Er
nest Patrick and one sister, Mrs.
Aavia Phelps, both of Route two,
Creswell.
Funeral services were held at
the Scuppernong Church of Christ,
of which he- was a member, on
Sunday at 2 p.m. by the Reverend
Mark Woolard, pastor, assisted by
the Reverend Arnold Perry.
Interment was in the church
cemetery.
I EIGHT FOR ALDERMEN
IN COLUMBIA RUNNING
COLUMBlA.—Saturday, April 4,
the deadline for filing for the
Board of Aldermen for the Town
of Columbia, revealed eight had
filed for the five-man board, and
one filed for Mayor.
For mayor is the incumbent H.
T. (Jack) Davenport. For aider
men—the five incumbents, Borden
McClees, Ernest S. Briekhouse,
Braxton Voliva, Floyd B. Spencer
and Lloyd Davenport. The three
new names added to the list who
brought in a certificate, each sign
ed by five registered original en
dorsers necessary in order to file
were Nedum Briekhouse, J. Abner
Harrell and Wiley P. Armstrong.
The first Tuesday in May—May
5 is set for the town elections,
advised Mrs. Louise Hales, town
clerk, who informs that the books
will be open for three Saturdays
for registration. The last Saturday
before election is challenge day.
COLUMBIA PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Spruill
and Mrs. E. L. Mosley left Fri
day to spend the week end at
Wilmington with Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. (Billie) Reynolds, Jr. and to
attend the Azalea Festival.
Miss Sara L. Taft, Mrs. E .E.
Chesson and Mrs. R. K. Jagars
spent Wednesday in Manteo.
William H. McClees, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry J .McClees, Mrs. J. C.
McClees, Mrs. Borden McClees,
Mrs. Effie A. Briekhouse, Mrs. T.
K. Yerby, Sr., Mrs. B. Ray fco
hoon, Mrs. W. A. Williams, Mr.
and Mrs. T. W. Armstrong from
here attended the funeral of W. B.
Brown at Goldsboro Wednesday.
Mrs. D. V. Spencer is spending
a few days with her daughter,
Miss Billie Ann Spencer and Miss
Barbara Foster at Norfolk. Billie
■ Ann was a recent guest of her
parents here and was accompanied
1 home by her mother.
Glenn Simmons of Washington,
D. C.; Arnold Simmons of U. S.
' Coast Guard, Hatteras, Mrs. Mar
gie Weatherly of Newport News,
Va., Mrs. Iris Grace Ambrose of
Creswell, all were recent guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Linwood Simmons.
Odell Smith and sons Lawrence
and Allen of Portsmouth spent the
week end with his mother, Mrs.
Dora Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Adams of
Stuart, Va., Mr. and Mrs. Eldon
Simmons and children of Norfolk
were recent guests of their mother,
Mrs. Sadie Simmons.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray McClees and
children Dennis and Denise of
Ahoskie visited his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. McClees, recent
ly.
The father of one of Columbia’s
leading women, Mrs. W. J. White,
J. S. Collins, 89, died at his home
in Roper on Friday evening. Those
from Columbia attending the fu
neral Sunday included Mr. and
Mrs. E. J. Briekhouse, Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs.
Borden McClees, W. H. McClees,
Mrs. C. Earl Cohoon, Mrs. R. S.
Leary, Miss Cavel Leary, Miss
Jessie Flythe, Mrs. J. E. Alex
ander, Wm. Chas. Cohoon.
The last quarterly conference
for 1958-58 of the Methodist
charge will meet April 19 at Wes
ley’s Chapel. The District Super
intendent will preach at 11 a.m.
and conduct the business of the
Conference. Following the Confer
ence session there will be a Fellow
ship hour with picnic lunch. The
church will observe homecoming.
OLD HOUSES HEART LUMBER
MAKE HOT FIRE IN COLUMBIA
COLUMBIA. A two-story
frame house, occupied by several
men who are employed with a
lumber firm, was completely razed
by fire late Saturday night.
The dwelling known as the
Polly Lewis and Lou Roach home
was so rapidly engulfed with
flames, the Volunteer Fire Dept,
immediately answering the call
could only keep the flames from
spreading to nearby home.
The old home recently moved to
make way for the new by-pass,
burned with such rapidity; intense
heat, and spectacular display, it
appeared to have been constructed
entirely of light-wood. In less than
an hour only a skeleton of charred
timbers was standing, yet it did
not give up to easily. Firemen
were called late Sunday afternoon
to extinguish a blaze whipped up
by the wind from the few remain
ing coals.
GUM NECK PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Smithson
spent Sunday in Portsmouth.
Mrs. I. W. Swindell, Tina Jo,
Mrs. Blanch Cooper, Mrs. Margie
Squyars and Bill Cooper spent
Sunday in New Lake visiting Mrs.
Maud Dunbar.
G. L. Owens and I. W. Swindell
were home for the week end.
Henry Cohoon of Ft. Bragg vis
ited relatives here.
Thedice Cohoon is a patient in
Columbia Hospital.
Hal Cohoon, Lee Cohoon, Allen
Basnight, Joseph Liverman and
Bobby Patrick, members of the
Boy Scouts and Explorers, visited
the Norfolk Naval Base.
Mrs. M. V. Cohoon is visiting in
Winston-Salem.
R. B. Patrick left Tuesday for
Norfolk.
THE COASTLAND TIMES, MANTEO, N. C.
HOME CLUB AND 4-H
ACTIVITIES NOTED
IN TYRRELL COUNTY
COLUMBIA.—Mrs. Ann E. Dav
enport, Tyrrell home agent, re
leases schedule for the month of
April: Tuesday, April 2, Newlands
Club was held at the home of Mrs.
Lem Ainsley; Tuesday, April 7,
Scotia was held at the home of
Mrs. S. H. Voliva; Wednesday,
April 8, Columbia club at the home
of Mrs. C. Earl Cohoon; April 9,
Travis at the home of Mrs. L. N.
Davenport; Monday, April 13, Kil
kenny at the home of Mrs. Chest
ley Hudson; Tuesday, April 14,
Upper Sound Side club at the
home of Mrs. H. L. Chaplin; Wed
nesday, April 15; District meeting
to be held in Hyde County. Fri
day, April 17, Levels with Mrs.
Alton Reynolds; Tuesday, April 21,
Creeks with Mrs. J. L. Spencer;
Wednesday, April 22 with Mrs.
Daniel Briekhouse; Thursday, Ap
ril 23, Cabin Swamp with Mrs.
Philip Swain, Jr.; April 23, Scup
pemong with Mrs. Alvin Alexan
der at 8 p.m-; Friday, April 24;
Alligator with Mrs. C. W. Pritch
itt; Tuesday, April 28, Gum Neck
with Mrs. J. W. Williams; Wed
nesday, April 29, Frying Pan with
Mrs. H. C. Ainsley; Home Demon
stration Dress Revue at 8 p.m.;
Thursday, April 30; Home Demon
stration County Council at 2:30
p.m.
GOLDEN AGE PARTY
SCHEDULED IN MANTEO
The Golden Age Party given an
nually by the Manteo Woman’s
Club, will be held Friday, April
17th, at 7:30 p.m. in the Educa
tional Building of the Methodist
Church.
All persons in Dare County of
65 years and over are invited to
attend. Those requiring transpor
tation to the party are requested
to get in touch with Mrs. Keith
Fearing, Jr. by the morning of the
17th.
A prize will be given to the old
est man and the oldest woman
who attend.
JAMES D. SPENCER
COLUMBIA. James Dennis
Spencer, 72, died at his home on
Rt. 7 Friday night. He was a re
tired farmer and a life-long resi
dent of Tyrrell County.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Clinnie Liverman Spencer; one
son, Maxie Spencer, of Alliance;
one daughter, Mrs. Ella Hopkins,
Rt. 2, Columbia; five brothers,
W. Owen Spencer, H. Gilliam
Spencer, Julius A. Spencer, Ennie
F. Spencer, and Robert F. Spen
cer, all of Columbia; two sisters,
Mrs. Annie Everton, Portsmouth,
Va., and Mrs. Mamie Swain, Co
lumbia; seven grandchildren and
four great grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted
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By CAROLYN LLOYD
Come on, everybody out! Batter
up! Governor Hodges has declar
ed “Let’s All Play Ball Week.” It
is time, he implied, for all good
North Carolinians to get out the
ball and bat and limber up the old
muscles.
Now, I am a loyal citizen of
North Carolina and would like to
cooperate, but this time the Gov
ernor is just asking too much. In
the first place, I would have to
have something much larger than
a baseball bat to hit anything as
small as a baseball; and if the
bat were any larger, I wouldn’t
have the strength to hold it up.
If, by any odd mischance, I should
get a hit, I would probably col
lapse before getting to first base.
It is a sure thing that I wouldn’t
be able to get out of bed the next
day, thereby missing school. No,
Governor Hodges, I’m afraid I
can’t play ball this week; that is
unless you and the legislators de
cide to vote for sick leave for
Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Malachi’s
Chapel Freewill Baptist Church, of
which he was a member, by the
Rev. Herbert J. Bryan, pastor, as
sisted by the Rev. John Alford.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
4-H SCHEDULES SET UP
Mrs. Elsie B. Edwards, assistant
home agent for Tyrrell County, re
leased 4-H activities during the
month of April; April Ist a com
meeal training program was held;
April 2, 4-H recreation meeting
was held at the Agriculture Build
ing at 7:30 p.m.; Monday, April
13, Tuesday, April 14 and Thurs
day April 15 4-H club will be held
on each of the three days 8:30 to
10:30; 4-H Council and talent con
test April 16 at 7:30 p.m.; Creeks
Community 4-H will meet at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Julian
Swain April 20 at 7:30 p.m.; Sound
Side 4-H Community Club April
22, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
G. L. Hopkins, 7:30 p.m.; Cabin
Swamp Community 4-H club with
Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Davenport,
7:30 p.m.; The 4-H dress revue
will be held Wednesday, April 29
at 8 p.m.
Receive Baby Chicks
Nine Tyrrell County 4-H mem
bers are busy these days caring
for baby chicks they received as
part of a pullet project, sponsored
by Farmers Cooperative Exchange
and Weston Walker. Receiving the
chicks were Larry Cooper, Everett
Swain, Mike Cohoon, Harry Lee
Spruill, Charles Wayne Patrick,
I Alice White and Johnnie White.
I Bobby Patrick and Linda Patrick
chose the red Harco orchard strain.
teachers.
The proclamation of such a
week is just about the height of
the unnecessary, anyhow. Since the
first warm day every vacant lot
has been swarming with little boys
with baseball fever, and it has
been open season on window panes.
Soon the big boys will be either
playing or sitting entranced before
television sets imagining them
selves getting the winning run. It
doesn’t take a special “week” to
stir up interest in baseball in
this country.
This is also Future Homemak
ers of America Week. Now there
is an organization from which the
girls of my generation might have
profited. Those club girls today
work out budgets for food and
other household expenses and learn
a great many practical things. In
my crowd, the only interest we had
in food was eating it, and we let
our parents worry about the bud
geting. Perhaps our attitudes
were due to the fact that mar
riage was something for the dim
future; and besides, we were all
going to marry millionaires so
why think about budgets. So far
as I know the club didn’t exist at
that time, anyhow. We did have
a nicely-equipped home economics
department, where the girls whip
ped up cornbread and did a little
sewing, but nobody took it too
seriously. If the girls of the
F.H.A. don’t turn out to be better |
homemakers for having belonged
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WANCHESE NATIVE DIES
SUDDENLY IN FLORIDA
Mrs. Marceline Smith Holmes'.
28, wife of Joe Holmes, died sud
denly Friday morning, April 3, at
her home in Clearmont, Fla. Fu
neral services were conducted
Monday in Clearmont.
Mrs. Holmes, who was a native
of Wanchese, is survived by her
husband; two daughters, Helen
June and Debbie; her mother, Mrs.
Sam Sparaento -of Washington,
D. C., her father, Marshall Smith
of Manteo; one sister, Mrs. Pattie
Splain of Washington, D. C.; and
her grandmother, Mrs. H. C. Smith
of Manteo.
to the organization, it will not be
the fault of the home ec teachers.
Next week comes “National Li
brary Week,” so if you are too old
to play baseball or belong to the
F.H.A., you may redeem yourself
by reading a book.
We not only have “weeks,” we
also have “months.” April is
“Teaching Career Month.” We
teachers could give Governor
Hodges some good suggestions on
how to observe that one!
If there has not yet been a
week or month declared to suit
your special needs or interests, b<*
patient—there will be. Somebody
might even get around to declar
ing “Let’s All Loaf” week. That;
one I am going to like.
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