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THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL ARK.A OF NORTH CAROLINA 20 S,WAN QUARTER, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1941 ~ ~ i —i—;;; J * Single Copy So DE TO CELEBRATE ITS 230TH ANNIVERSARY 1941 If Parents and Teachers Associations, F^unty School Board Association and Coun- Teachers Association Sponsoring Plan; n*g Homecoming Planned For May 8, 9,10, Many Notables to Be Present MERCY SHIP SAILS WITH $850,000.00 OF AID FOR GREECE Parents and Teachers As- i(Ons, the County School Board le County Teachers Associa te celebrating the two-hun- “^nd thirtieth anniversary of | ^unty this year. They are a big Home-Coming Day I ^ 8i 9, 1,0, and 11. It will be !®t of its kind ever attempted county. ^ering Committees” who are Bed of local high school prin- presidents of local PTAs, jiairmen of the local school } will have charge of the local ^ounty-wide celebration, in the general public is urged Iterate to the fullest ex- ( This committee will meet evening at 7:00 o’clock in iwan Quarter Agriculture )g to plan the program for ar. I ^ Gallop Leader i'" Gallop, Superintendent of 3, has been an outstanding Red Cross Cargo Leaves For [ Athens Jan. 15; Ship ' Provided by Greeks Washington, D. C.—An Ameri can Red Cross “mercy ship,” car rying a $850,000 cargo of critically- needed relief supplies for Greek war victims, will leave New York for Athens on or about January 15, I it was announced here by Chair- WILLIAMS OF HYDE IS jman Norman H. Davis. NEW COUNTY ATTORNEY] The vessel will be the S. S. Kas- sandra Louloudis, a 7,500-ton freighter provided free of charge by the Greek Government. It will sail to Athens via Suez. Mr. Davis said the Red Cross had taken action following a de tailed report from its Athens rep resentative, Charles L. House. His report described “critical” needs for complete hospital units and milk products for children. Orders have been placed for $100,000 worth of canned and dehydrated milk and $150,000 worth of drugs and surgical equipment. The re- , mainder of the cargo will consist of 10 trucks, dried fruits, cereals, Oour and a large quantity of blan kets. Orders also have been placed by i the Red Cross for 25 U. S. Army field type ambulances, Mr. F* vis said. They will be placed on the WINS PRIZE Edward Dunbar, Swan Quarter aigriculture student, recently won a 15-jewel Bul- ova wristwatch in a contest sponsored by the Keeling-Es- ter Fertilizer Company of Norfolk, Va., it was announc ed this week by Agriculture Instructor J. M. Worrell. Young Dunbar was awerd- ed tlhe nrize over fourteen oHher constestants. for mak ing the largest increase in the yielld of soy beans from the use of 10 per cent Murate of Potash oyster shell lime on a given amount of land, over those raised on the same amount of land where the formula was not used his increase was 96 per cent. Edward is a ninth grade students. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Dunbar. UNC. JOHN BERRY DIVIDES HIS CASH BUT KEEPS HEAD PUBLIC LIBRARY IS THE PRIDE OF LAKE LANDING Hyde Man. 93, Decides Not to Spend All His Money on the Widows Hyde County’s grand old man, and its oldest, John Henry Berry of Swan Quarter, is 93, spry as a kitten, fond of his fellowman, working hard, and enjoying life. Some months ago our readers learned he had shingled his bam during the hot dry weather. Later, he went to the State fair with the boys one day. More recently he visited relatives in Washington, D. C. Always he is doing things that would tire out many a youPger fellow. A few days ago, he got a check for nearly $5,000 representing damages due him for timber de stroyed by fire. He began turning over in his mind what to do with * his money. “I suppose I should I buy me a Rolls-Royce and show all the widows a good time,” he told I his nephew, Dan Berry, well known merchant. I But Uncle John didn’t buy a car. He called his seven children about Interesting Books Bulge the him, planning to divide his money Shelves; Miss Orphia j equally between them. But on sec- Berrv Manapier thought, he gave them only i half, and salted down th'e rest for „ i.- J 1- ‘ • J 1. • The growing I^ake Landing pub- J**® “I expect to live a mercy ship if delivery is made be- long time yet,” he said. “I want fore departure. conversation among the folk of ^e able to take care of myself.” Announcement of the ORVILLE L. WILLIAMS, promi- M a--"""''?’’."''! »«« oth celebration, which is be- ^ent attorney^of Swan Quarter has .glief to Greece to $1,100 000. Landing has one of the yen in commemoration of heen named County Attorney for jindred and thirty years of, Hyde County, succeeding George T. ps, development and change ' Havis, who resigned last week, pre- jin the county. j paratory to taking up his duties ir Jative plans for the Home-■ as Representative of Hyde r in May, which all natives bounty. I,!r. Williams is one of the outstanding lawyers of Eastern North Carolina, and one of Ihe few who a>e licensed to practice befoie the Supreme Court of the Unit..d S'-iJes. Je County will be invited, in p planned to be the largest jgether and friendly pow- pld since the county was I as a unit of the Carolina (back in 1711, have already kade and many notables are pd to be present. Tentative Plans nization of local home-com- hs in each community in the will be the main thing on for Thursday, morning and on of May 8, which is the ly of the celebration. The Music Festival will be held school auditorium in Engel- uring the evening and dis- lied natives of Engelhard recognized by the Engel- ome-Coniing Club. HYDE IS TO OBSERVE •PRESIDENT’S BIRTHDAY Local Committees Are Named Help in Celebration Jan uary 20th to I P. G. Gallop, superintendent of Hyde County schools, has been ap pointed chairman of the President’s Birthday Celebration in Hyde County. The President’s birthday , is January 30th. I Mr. Gallop appointed the follow- annual Achievement Day' in each community ack Meet will be held Fri‘- " the high school in Swan, ®oee ^'on. ... During the evening the! Swan Quarter—^. B. Britton, innocent victims and tary Music Festival will be chairman, Lizzie Mae Credle, and Mrs. E. A. Williams; Sladesville— Homer Tripplett, chairman, Mrs. Sophia Credle, and Mrs. E. J. Clay ton; Ponzer—Mrs. Dora O’Neal, ■day will be Ocracoke Day.! chairman, Mrs. E. J. Clayton, and ^bration will be taken to the | Hennie Harris; Fairfield—Robert island where the friendly I Littrell, chairman, Mrs. Leslie Sini- ’ people will entertain their' M’"®- Edna Cuthrell; Engelhard—Rowell Lane, chair- The Kassandra Ixiuloudis will be the second American Red Cross “mercy ship” since the start of the European war. In July the S. S. McKeesport carried a similar cargo of relief supplies to Marseille for 'listribution in unoccupied Prance. ... ^ Dther Red Cross relief supplies from Orphia, Likable the United States have been shin- '^^o managed best libraries in the county. It has many new books and people from Gulrock, Nebraska, Middle-1 town, Engelhard and New Holland, drive several miles to get them. | The library is located in the Civic Center and is managed by young wo- the Swan THE LOSS OF CCC CAMP, DARE’S 1ST AID TO DEFENSE 80-ACRE AIRPORT NEAR MANTEO IS IN PROSPECT TO BE IN USE BY SUMMER Runways Will Be 3,500 Feet Long on Project to Be Cleared by CCC Boys; Covers Site of Ancient Fields Including the County Poor- house Site; Two Miles From Town GIVEN FREE TRIP TO [ The work of clearing Dare Coun- ROOSEVELT INAUGURALr^’® 80-acre airport near Manteo will begin this month, according to I Foreman Harry White of CCC jcamp, Virginia Dare, who has re- ; ceived the “go-ahead” sign on the project. The property, owned by • Dare County, will permit runways !in two directions more than 3,500 j feet in length, and adjacent land available would make possible much longer runways in years to come. The property is located about two miles in a straight line from the town of Manteo, and includes the old Poorhouse property, once the home site of the late John Allen Etheridge, the John Woodley field, and several other small tracts. It fronts on the Sunnyside road. The run ways will be in the shape of a cross, with one running north east and southwest, and the other I running northwest and southeast, and will enable fliers to take ad vantage of prevailing winds in thi.s section. The news that the CCC camp lo- Quarter public library before it VICTOR MEEKINS, Sheriff of Dare County, and Editor of the Dare County Times was the most cated at Cape Hatteras in Dare surprised person in the county Sun- County is one of three out of five day night when he drew a letter National F>ark Service camps in from the postoffice from Kichard North Carolina, whose men will be t i • i. i j? J. Reynolds, enclosing a check for inauguration of this month. °onp-boun'yves*^s^^° "^^® taken over by Mrs. Geo. Make- transferred to Fort Bragg, N. C., The rarirn of tbp’Ka!«niiHrn Ton 'y- The library iis made possible on January 10th, has caused much expenses to the loudis is being purchased according ^h® WPA and the splendid co- concern locally where the value of President Roosevelt to needs as described to House bv epe^’^Hon of the public spirited the camps, both as a commercial “You have won second prize,” Mr. the Greek Armv Medical Corps, the “tizens of the community. asset and as a factor for pblic im- Reynolds write, “and herewith is Minister of Public Welfare and' the Among the newest and best P^o^^ment has long been recog- check for your expenses.” Greek Red Cross. Their requests books belonging to the library are: tt'zed. reason for the check, which were turned over to House and the Raleigh’s Eden, How Green Was The orders are for a three Sheriff Meekins says is entirely un- U. S. Minister to Greece, Lincoln Valley, Quietly Mv Captain months period to aid in the woric earned by him, is that Dare Coun- MaeVeagh. ’ ; Waits, Escape, The Heart is a of enlarging and improving Fort ty was second in North Carolina Red Cross nian.s for widening Lovely Hunter, The Stars Look Bragg, large Army training cen- among contributors to the Demo- Greek relief brought a cable from Down, White Oak Heritage, Tues- ter, and the loss of these men to cratic Campaign Fund. In Sep- Alexander Korizis, president of the Jay Never Comes, Jonathan’s aid in the National Defense pro- tember, Mr. Reynolds wrote the Administrative Committee for Am- Daughter, The Yearling, Pride and gram, will be a large contribution Sheriff asking him to head up the erican Relief in Greece at Athens. Prejudice, Reaching For the Stars, from Dare County, and will prove job of raising contributions in Dare His cable said: , The Loving Spirit, Wild Geese, a great loss for the time Being. County. The money was collect- “We hasten to express our deep Calling and Today Is Yours. | It is stated that the Buxton ed, and turned in. It now de- gratitude for this noble and hu- A list of books that the library P^*PP> located at Cape Hatteras, is velops that Dare was second in Dave Drisldll, local pilot lent h\s aid in mapping out the run- vavs, and the project has been under consideration for abouh one ■/ear. Heading the movement was Tohn Ferebee of the Dare County Commissioners, and he was large ly instrumental in making this much needl'd t^ar-ility possible. He was aided on the Committee by .A.ttorney Mai tin Kellogg and Vic tor Meet ins. The county has tendered the use ■)f the property to the National I’ai'k .‘/e.-vice, which operates a nlane from Roanoke Island, the Park Service plans to erect a. han gar on the nropertv to house its equipment, Pilot Driskill says The first runway to be con structed will probably be in a southwesterly direction, in order to have it ready by summer, Mr. White .“tates. The vision and enterprise of the local people in loo^eing ahead to manitarian action which will great- has just received from the N. C. three out of a total of five per capita contributions,' Carroll, needs mokes DareVne fiynf ly contribute toward alleviating Library Commission in order to camps in North Carolina in the Wilson of Roanoke Rapids, Editor, gountv on the 'Aiinnti/. ; 1 ...-.i..- J , __L—■ _ National Park Service' yy-Ao-yorv. .i,-ti—u I“'"-v "iLianLic i^oosc ro -nd Ambassador Josephus who has Hyde County veins will make a 1 his and Friday to decide whether or not to have a countywide dance or not. more general- give its patronizers a wider va- -ciationai Fart Kervice • program, of the Herald, being first. I attemnt to provide e medeyn lend ly the misery caused by an unpro- riety of literature to choose from to be removed at this time “i don’t feel that I did anything! Jop- field with adenuate voked and cruel war waged against follows: Willdemess Wanderers, The identity of the other two to deserve it,” Sheriff Meekins said, ‘ a small country.” : Kentucky Cargo, Backwoods Am- . ® ^ moved to Fort Bragg, but appreciate the honor on be- Spyros P. Skouras, head of the erica. The White House Gang, Of '®. revealed. A skeleton crew half of Dare County Democrats, Greek War Relief Association, wir- Human Kindness, Passport For a after the prop- for they made splendid contriba- ed from New York: |Girl. The Young Hostess, Shadow erty. Other Park Service carnps tions, and all the credit' is due “Nothing I can ever do or say on the Land, The James, So Red Mowow Mountain, Hanging them. They felt that Dare County ■will completely and adequately the Rose, The Eagles Gather, How Mount Mitchell, and Crabtree has been so greatly recognized in express the full measure of my to Organize and Conduct a Meeting. Greek near Raleigh. ' many ways, that its people should i tJvplv TTniil oyo gratitude for your generous sup- ^ujnors W been going the have pride in making a substantial! ^rp,^two co oti« yf - ’ ' rounds that both the camps at contribution Darp Countv is us , ® a Manteo and at New Holland in J^llv to the front anv^^^L what I s^rtsmen, Hyde County, which are engaged eve/it understakes ^and’this isn^l'^' J"®® ™ore and iin U. S. Biological -Survey duty, tL fi/st prLf R ^ - t,valusKi. ly,.. are soon to be removed to Port I Bragg. There is no official con firmation of this, but the rumor is giving much concern locally, be cause their sudden removal will nndoubtedlv prove a great eco nomic loss to sections geared up to ^ • • .. ,,, ^ Comnussjonpi Webb Plans County boys left oanale the needs_ of the camps. i out the country. Swan Quarter Tuesday morning at More than 100 men will proba- ' Aid to Greece is being extended 7:00 for Fort Bragg where they be removed from Cape Hat- were inducted in the nation’s grow- With them will go many I local men, some of whom are in a of the mainland. This is , maLiLuue lor voi 3 to be one of thp hiire-pst Mrs. Norfleet Mann, and Mrs. r fi, ri i- r Wc/will7™h't • b iee^'c/Sn °M?s mi' i cTeek FOUR HYDE BOYS Pie Of th/Pnfa//rs?r H-s Riddick,’and James H. Car- J-^fi-t td\S lid^oli ^ORT people of the island. -®h'^ ^^^Jthe Red Cross in the emergency- BRAGG TUESDAY nor the kindness and understanding , [Greek War Relief Associatic th ent communities. Coin collectors [ i Fnny Hvdp will be placed around for those who i ^^-eel^ organizations through- Four Hyde wish to donate to the worthy cause. I ... l j j 7-nn fay The chairmen of the local com-!,, mittees will meet at Swan Quarter! ^ previously contrib Quota program will be carried to ; i«®„ celebration which is Kinaness an the countv’s fivp cotTimiio-' annually throughout the nation, in T, ® ,■ f j nday. On this day the oro order to raise money to fight infan-1 . , “First Man Actually Drafted L .:™d ,*vL to "fc tile p.r.ly,b, will be eellbr.t.d in [ J',™'d" eTf’.m Call tO fill ^ond s of the different churches,' l-b'® year with parties, ®Port-[j honorarv chairman of 1 have all day services. events and dances in the differ- ' chairman of re being made for a picnic rounds of the churches. It 1 dav when all will join to- in :i prayer of thanks to tL°"n"aTu/ai" T/s/uteT FrMa/te’decid; wli“eti;e;‘;r";:;rt/;^®:’ to the Red Cross war reli.rt dVmociatfc f ppi.ntvw,-Hp dancp ny nnt ^nd through purchases made Thiis has been the plan used in 1 past. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION TO 1 MEET MONDAY EVENING people, lent. Daniels to Come lus Daniels, AmeTfican am- ' to .Mexico and pi blisher levvts and Observer will be , lany notables to attend the 1 ” ' Home-Coming. Mr Dan-' ^be Engelhard High School Al- -her was a native of Hvde ’ Association will hold its ambassador in his letter regular monthly meeting at the Mr. Gallop’s invitation j b®'^® of Dr. and Mrs. J.‘W. Milller, event, “Naturaliv I ani Monday evenmg at 8:00 o’clock, eresfced in the 230t’h aniii- i There wfil be many important of Hyde County . ! matters discussed and every mem- ■w’oiild make me happier,ber is.urged to be present, attend this anniversary ' The refreshment committee is mow my mother was born County and I was brought ing army. Boys reporting year.” SHORTER FERRY ROUTE POSSIBLE BY SUMMER io Pot Machine to Digging Road to S.vndy Point in Tyrrell That a prospect for cutting the fscilitiert suitable for use in all weafher and all winds. It 'w’ill be the best field east of Rockv Mount. Hyde and Tvrrell Ncpd tfiplds T,aTid'’ng fip'ds are needed at both Columbia and Sw^an Quarter in 'Tvrrell and Hvde Counties Tpsnpp- moyp vabnblp trade. I Dare Countv finds itsett greatlv in need of a larger landing field, now fbat the coast air line beti*'ppTi Norfolk cud Reanfort. of which I Qfoy'-,y 'Wahab is president, is as sured. Hvde Countv wdth its fnrnons Mattamiiskeet lake, gyeativ needs an aii-nort near this important cen ter for snoclsnipn, hunting in voctey and fishing in summer. for pcoorjated by Congress, it was ex plained. FIVE HYDE COUNTY BOYS JOIN THE Clarence Norfleet Dunbar of Scran ton. CCC The boyS were taken to Fort Bragg from Washington by spe- Only five boys were present in call bus. Keith Sewell acted as Swan Quarter Monday morning to captain of the group, fill Hyde’s CCC (juota of eight. The Three of the boys, including boys enlisting in this branch of Claudy Spencer, James Harry service were (white) Chesley Gibbs Simpson and Keith Sewell, 111 a -r,- H 1. • 1 ,11 I fit'fing and fall. Tvrrell C-'nnf'n armv duty fiimervisory canacitv, among them . ^®”^ 'rou .e in half, | army auL> ^ „ r . IS m the offing, was rpvca cd this • „ ... , , .. its email shooting too, and its black bass fisbinc'. also gceatly I needs c, landing field,- Ciirritimk. noi- Carterpf. bavp es vet made nrovisions for ani' field adequate as the Roanoke Island thV^'' **’'® GTOvemment'fromuTndsT/ *mJ®i' the Selective Service Act ®^, Buxton and Renrfsentativr^C.'^'^ EaH Cohoon of Tyrrell County, who states he has been advised hv Dis-1 trict Highway Commissioner E. V. j Webb of Kinston to thp effect that were Claudy Spencer of Engelhard; Gawn Meekins of Avon, it is re- James Harry Simpson of Scranton, POfted. , Keith Sewell of Swan Quarter; and FISH NP-T A. TWiMF CO, HAS INTERESTING SHIP ^ Jraglme machine will be placed apT^in on the Dillon Ridg®e road j rp^ « , , i. project, which will connect with ^^® Sandy Point on the Tyrrell side of the river, as soon as yie weather I conditions permit. Completion of this road will shorten the distance from Colum- Calendcr Dc.als With Story “White Swallow,” Medford, Mass. Clipper The Pish Net & Twine Co., well ' planning a special course of eats. /ing that there was no I the world so delightful as 1 lood home on Smith Creek tJto -River. A later com- on from Mr. Daniels said, >p on hand and thank you Hyde County for the HARRIS—TUNNELL Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Tunnell Announce the Marriage of Their Daughter Ada to Mr. Arthur Bell Harris on Wednpsday January First Nineteen Hundred and Forty of Middletown, Joseph A. Gibb? of volunteers. Clarence Norfleet was to our readers, has issued , .. • Engelhard, Elwood Ackiss of En- the first man to be actually drafted attractive calendar dealing with ,, . . . m ,kp nvp'iable to the Covernmout. in ’i"? defense program, if neefii'd, nviri jf j it is rpnnired. suffi''ipTft land max- be obtained to lengthen the enH of either runway to accommodate the Elwoqd Ackiss of En- the first man to be actually drafted gelhard, (colored) Abraham Alii- in the Army under the present “® of an interesting oM ship, son of Scranton and Bruce Mann set-up. built in 1850 ' of P’airfield. I The CCC offers exceptional op portunities to the youth of today “ who has little education or training and those interested in joining BRIDGE PARTY Mrs. Joe Linwood Swindell on the calendar is the “White Swallow,” built in Medford, Mass., in 1853, vv'hose crew mutinied be cause of its cruel skipoer while de- bound out of New York for San mit a ferry crossing in 30 minutes, 'rbr'cifiin ®® the time now required to The ship pictured ^ ^ go from East I,ake to Fort- Land ing. This site would also be used in event of the bridging of Alli gator River. MRS. LUPTON ENTERTAINS lliC BOMBARDMENT BREAKS WINDOW IN MANTEO this branch of service should call lightfully entertained members of Francisco in 1866. at the Welfare Office in the Berry her bridge club at her home in - The captain and officers were I building in Swan Quarter and Swan Quarter last Wednesday overpowered and put in irons. On Mrs. C. Rouse T.upton delight- 1 register. ^evening -at 8:00 olclock. arrival at San Francisco, six of the fully entertained members of her j I Mrs. Stacy Lupton won the high crew were prosecuted, the case bridge club at the home of Mrs. score prize. The floating prize lasting over a week, when the evi- Nat Credle last Tuesday evening was awarded Mrs. Orville Langley, dence of some of the passengers.' at 8:00. Members of the club attending and the admissions of the.officers! Prizes were awarded Mrs. Nat NEW FARM AGENT COMING TO DARE FROM RICHMOND the party were Richmond County is to furnish Woodard, Grady Dare with a farm agent to succeed Koonce, Robert Tunnell, Bonner of the crew. L4S weather HEAD OES TO WASHINGTON Id Mrs. R. B. Dailey have :eraa temporarily to make r Two costly plate glass windows in CTias. W. Overman, who is to go Lee, and John I.awrence. prn w chief of the store of M. L. Daniels are be- to Chowan County early this Mrs. Swindell serv-ed a salad as Weather Bureau, has ing replaced last week by an in- month. TTie new agent is to be course. ^gned to special temporary | surance company which insures the Paul Chaplin, of Rockingham, N. C. glass for Mr. Daniels. The win- Tlie man from Wilson County, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Williams dows cracked while Navy guns originally slated for this Job, hav- and daughter,- Betty Lou, of Bel- arland M. Byrum, Mr. first assistant, has been large of the Hatteras bu- C. R. Lupton and Cecil R. Herris Ipft Monday for Norfolk where they will visit friends and relatives. , . . .... . , , . I Frank Harris of Washington i.s were engaged in target practice mg received a boost in his pay, haven spent Sunday here with Mr. spending sometime here witii his off the coast during the fall. will remain in Wilson. and Mrs. Swindell. parenls." Mesdames J. P. who manhandled the crew, led the Credle for high score; Mrs. O. L. Credle, Mward judge to decide the case in favor Williams, second high score: and Mrs. Pratt Williamson, floating prize. Those present included Mes- dames Branch Suencer. C. L. Saw- ver. M. A. Smith, M. H. Swindell, Pratt Williamson, O. L. Williams, and Nat Credle. Delicious ice cream and cake was served. fastest and largest of shnns. In a recent Civil Aeronaiitico bill submitted to the House of Con gress. and aouroved, 8123.000 was set UD f(*r the u=e of the utant^o , airport; some $40,000 each for Hatteras, Fairfield and Ocracoke. But due to the protests of other communities, who were not named in the bill, the Senate let tVp measure die. Since that time the urogram of National Defense has been uaramounted, until it apuears j that the help needed for these 'm- portant projects may come »only through defense legislation. But it is a safe bet that Manteo and Dare County will be in an ex cellent position later bv reasen of having a large airport availahle. and further, an enomous aoiount of business wdll come to this sec tion that would otherwise pass it by. Having an airport will he a.s good as having a trunkline railroad I (PIsaae tuiu to Page Four)