THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD
news of the richest agricultural county in the foremost historical an D recreational area of north CAROLINA
NO. 32
SWAN OUARTPR M C THURSDAY. JULY 10 1941
the lost COLONY” HAS
ITS BIGGEST OPENING
SINCE BEGINNING IN 1937
\\^^Tve Island and Dare Beaches Thronged
Mth Visitors During Biggest Fourth of|
J?ly Week End in History; Rep. Hamilton'
General Jacob I. Devers and General
H. Arnold Among Spectators
I
than 5,000 spectators
state of the nation at-
/S the first
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W. J. WHITE IS f
NAMED AUDITOR i
IN STATE OFFICE
! Local Man Leaves Thursday
I To Begin Work As Reve-
I nua Department Auditor
three perforni-
fid Paul Green’s historical
oloiV*’*®tic drama The Lost
tL‘ in its fifth big season
Hojj. .^i^srside Theatre here, had
Js fj ^®Pressive opening since it
'as gj ° this historic drama
? iien notable figures
Hamilton Fish of New
^■astef . ^°amd it a patriotic
ie af historic drama at
a al of the Nation. Tt
by a contingent
'lai j “•'sgg officers, led by Gen-
f H Devers, Commander
Of General H. H. Ar-
‘Pt(.> . ^®bington, found it most
c ’’Sive.
I
'ho . ®embers of
rsvie
ON HIS WAY UP WITH
1 AN EYE TO
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the
I
press
the opening night
'1 tile i-'iUuding Jack Riley,
Il’H and Observer; Caro-
i/'=b.enzi
4 Br
he '^^ggiotti, fashion editor of
he T York Post, who described
lost m one of the
he ^gniflcent outdoor dramas”
Tliig*,.®®on in this country.
h
azie, of the feature staff
Atlanta Constitution; and
with the
One of the most outstanding historic sites in connection w
anniversary celebrations on Roanoke Island and the 5th season of
The Lost Colony, which opened at Manteo, North Carolina, Jul> 3rd, s
Mother Vineyard—the nation’s oldest grapevine which was plaiRed
by Sir Walter Raleigh’s pioneers more than 350 years ago. Ihe
I celebration will run through Labor Day, September 1.
W'. J. White, prominent Colum-
(bia business man, was notified this
.week end of his appointment as
field auditor in the State Depart
ment of Revenue.
Mr. White says he plans to leave
Thursiiay for Raleigh to undergo
a short training course prepara
tory to beginning work. He will
continue to maintain his home and
department store here for the pres
ent.
One of Twelve
He was one of 12 Revenue De
partment field auditors appointed
this week end, 10 of which filled
posts created by the 1941 legisla
ture and two vacancies, bringing
the total of field auditors with the .
department to 54. The auditors, '
who \vill work in all the general
fund tax fields, will receive $125
a month.
Besides his manifold duties as
head of White’s Department Store,
Mr. White is also teacher of the
Men’s class at Wesley Memorial
Methodist church and chairman of
the County Democratic executive
committee. He is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina.
s. W. WESTON WINS
FREE SUBSCRIPTION
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THOS. E. SPENCER,'just turned
21, has become vice president of
The Times Printing Company, pub
lishers of the Hyde County Herald,
Swan Quarter, the Tribune at Co
lumbia, and the Times at Manteo.
Tom Spencer caught the eye of the
e i§land village had its
*"iniber of visitors over a
ao and did its best
r"*! .''?'''^®4ate them. Hotels,, . „ .
'•'eir tourist homes extended i local publishing business because
‘ trie
endly hospitality to bun- his heart and soul is set on ad-
 Calf* points as far 1 vancing the progress of Hyde
Vsfj, |*™riiia and Oregon. Trom i County. He is an Engelhard boy,
'St L. ."‘Ipoint this was the larg- ' and he loves every part of his
county. He is in sole charge of
the editorship and management of
the Hyde County Herald and he
loves the entire county of Hyde |
first, and all the Southern Albe
marle second. All his life he has
that __
and Oregon.
stan(’ -
f-ist in the hisory of The
t fof Those who have seen
ibgj .?.fast five summers de-
i ““'s production as the best
brilliant.
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Dr. L. W. Nielsen, a native of
ATRPORT opportuni^' to let Idaho where Irish potatoes hold
Alrir v/Xvl j^he world know that Hyde is althe same rank as tobacco in North
1' BECOME A I region worthy of equal fame ■with i Carolina, has joined the staff of the
po(A its neighbor counties. It is his'N. C. State College agricultural
. 'ijlh 1 rvUJLjLyi (dream to see all groups of the experiment station, and has begun
H00,oof\ Ml • county united, and he has done a vigorous disease research pro-
Froiy,V^^y Obtained I more than any person to bring this gram wih “spuds.”
la|ll.^°''®fT'>19nt to En- about. Without any desire to ad-j Robert M. Salter, director of the
Field; Facilities vance his own interests, he has station, said that Dr. Nielsen has
. Itreatedall other interests fairly and , been engaged for he past six
H ^'i.OOo of approximately , impartially. The publishers have ^veeks in making a survey of the
r^loD ®oon be available to'always wished to see young people Irish potato disease situation
DEFENSE BOND
QUIZ
Q. W’hat is a U. S- Defense Sav
ings Bond?
A. This bond is proof that you
have loaned money to the United
States Government for naional de
fense. Your bond bears inerest at
the rate of 2.9 per cent a year, if
held to maturity (ten years).
Q. Why should I buy Defense
Bonds ?
A. Because money talks. To dic
tators it speaks defiance. To
friends of freedom, it says, “Here’s
my hand!”
Note: To purchase Defense
Bonds and Stamps, go to the near
est post office or bank, or write
IRISH POTATOES for informaion to the Treasurer of
the United States, Washington,
D. C.
The first Hyde County far
mer to bring a cotton blossom
to The Herald office for the free
subscription to tnls newspaper
was S. W. Weston of Swan
Quarter.
The blossom was brought to
the office Saturday. July 3. Mr.
Weston found it on July 1. It
is the first blossom that we have
heard of this season.
STATE EXPERT
FIGHTS DISEASE
31 21-YEAR-OLDS
registered in HYDE
Thirty-one young men ,who
had become 21 years of age
since last October 16, 1940, were
registered by the Hyde County
Draft Board last Tuesday, July
1. Of the 31, 15 were white.
Four of those registered vol
unteered for a year’s training in
the Army. One white and three
colored.
The men who registered last
Tuesday will very likely be call
ed to the colors within the next
year, according to information
out of Washington. A lottery to
determine Ihow the mew draftees
will be listed will be held in the
near future.
HIGHWAY OFFICIALS GET
TRUE PICTURE AT LAST
OF ''OUTER BANKS” NEEDS
Viewed Both From Land and From Air, and
Experiencingr the Daily Hardships of Resi
dents, the Chairman and Resident Commis
sioner Wonder Why Nothing Had Ever
Been Done to Relieve Conditions
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INVITES ROAD OFFICIALS! For the first time in the history
MEET IN DARE COUNTY road building
program two Highway Commis-
at one time visited and saw
County and
if gave minute and thorough inspec-
meeting in Columbia on Wednee-
tion or its problems. After having
attended the Souhern Albemarle
day when the program of the As
sociation was so ably presented
along with its claim for bridges
connecting Dare and Tyrrell,
Chairman L. B. Prince and District
Commissioner Carroll L. Wilson of
Roanoke Rapids joined the party
and came over the ferries to Ro
anoke Island in company with
Maurice L. Burrus, president of the
Hatteras Island Association and
Dan Oden, both of Hatteras, and
John A. Meekins, County Com
missioner of Rodanthe, a vice
president of the Hatteras Island
Association. The highway com
missioners W'ere accompanied by
their wives who joined them for
the week end in Dare County.
Commissioner E. G. Flanagan of
A. J. DANIELS, Chairman of the | Greenville accompanied the party
Dare County Commissioners was Manns Harbor and went
joined this week by the whole Stumpy Point.
Board in an invitation to the State ^aVd tfthlars ^anl b'^oat
before reaching the
OUTDOOR WRITERS GROUP
TO RECEIVE WARM WELCOME
IN DARE THIS WEEK END
Highway and Public Works Com- grounded
mission to visit Dare County, “I
am certainly pleased with the in
terest shown by the Chairman and
Mr. Wilson, and with the manner
our people have received them,”
Mr. Daniels stated.
The Board of Commissioners of
Dare County discussed the visit
of the Commissioners during their
meeting in Manteo Tuesday and
were so favorably impressed, not
only with the attitude of the Com
missioners, but with the reception
given them by the citizens that
they made official recognition of
this visit and passed a resolution
wharf. Being maneuvered ^to its
dock with much difficulty and to
the great discomfiture of Captain
Bob Pledger, who with a remark
able skill finally got the heavily
loaded boat ashore, the cars set
Manns Harbor, and the Manns
forth over the dusty 15 miles to
Harbor ferry was loaded to capac
ity. Captain Tom Baum, the ferry
owner, had obligingly waited both
his boats in order to accommodate
the party that they might see the
operation of the ferries. The
party found the ferry across Croa-
fait'Sonnd operating right speeflil!^.''
Island they
. Manteo, who would take an interest in home Eastern North arolina. A research MaHy NotablcS Among- ThoSC ExOCCted tO Bb
aucn I pj.ggj.ain loo'kmg toward the solu- j i n m ® jj-c
Present; All Types Fishing: to Be Made
Available For Guests; Trip to Hatteras and
Dance at Nag:s Head Beach Club Planned
to
°nner.
ItiaH. .'inder
' - '‘n Con,
Iv tllg g . ^
^ of Commissioners of j ment of Mr. Spencer as a share-
4 . I ^
Ylr. Bonner this week : holder in the business is made at
this time.
Representative Her-, affairs, and to encourage
The money is pro- people who would develop jobs tion of major potato disease prob-
lof -in provisions! ppportunities at home. Hence it. ie„js ,vill be based on the results
' ' the and, on request; is with pleasure that the announce- jgf jjjg and on other informa
tion available at the college.
Dr. Nielsen spent two weeks re
cently in the Beaufort County area
and a week in the Elizabeth City
section, studying pathological con
ditions in potato fields and ship
ping centers. He set up a tem
porary laboratory at .Washington,
to make quick tests of certain dis
eases he encountered.
The new research plant patholo
gist will devote his entire time to
11 '"le tL
■ thio ? ^-squirements for obtain-
^itniUi, leadership of County , MOVIE MEN MAKING
5^teo John E. Ferebee of
Keli^*''* ^“^'^rity Attorney Mar
ll'si
‘!if Jri, the county last
H
PICTURES IN STATC
la .1°“* develop an ade- Fitzpatrick, “The Voice
field two miles north of the Globe,” has completed a
f "’hich is now in process | travelogue of the Great Smoky
the H^®*'i?n CCC forces un-j Mountains. The motion picture
^hite, J^otion of Foreman Harry j globe-trotter and crew spent a
feet 1 ® runway, three thou- j week in Western North Carolina
bg tong from East to West, with Bob Thompson of the Ashe-
hJortu he other run-1 ville Chamber of Commerce and
."t clear; ° ^-rid South, is in process Baker of' the State News Bu
ll? by The property is own-jreau as guides and expressed satis-
' ol(j p®*"® County and includes faction that he got some striking
.jS’Pe'arg t?®*" House farm. It now shots, especially of the Cherokees
''.'’htair, tu t-he county, in order at the Qualla Reservation and of a
U''ant*'? the benefit
The Outdoor Writers Associa.-
tion of America will visit the
shores of Dare this week end,
meeting here for their summer
convention. An extensive program
of entertainment has been pre
pared for tht group, including both i
fresh and salt water fishing, a I
showing of the
WELL KNOWN MINISTER
TO HOLD REVIVAL
Lost
potato research. Director Salter | dance at Nags Head, and a trip to ' i
said and he will wwk closely with ' Hatteras as guests of Tom Eaton. ! I
the Horticultural Department in j Fishing trips will include deep sea i 1
the improvement of Irish potatoes fishing for those who wish it, and '
through the breeding of disease-re- ... , , „ . |
sistant varieties. is expected some will fry fishing '
... , , /for bass in the still waters of Col-
Dr. Neilsen did undergraduate ; Hngton I I
work at Utah State College, and |
of the $120,000 pack trip leaving Cataloochee’received his doctor’s degree
uecessary to ac-| Ranch, Charles Parker, director of
I and ^®*’®^S'e to the. the State News Bureau, said.
to present site! rnaking movies in the Great
'f.'-h of 4 fiAf, L, runways to a smokies last week was Tye San-
Ittirt ® airnort , t. M®rs of Atlanta, who covers the
Jfeiio ®®Utrol /ii,**’ ?? ^®, South for Universal Pictures.
I ttt at®\thorities for the present, I Tommy Baltzell Pathe s roving
* Nnr the emergencv at Camp Daius and
''■’*ntai ® ^“'^ritv would have the 1 Hase m Onslow County
I a modern airport far ’■®®®"t maneuvers at those
ri'otii^jY'’ provided for many."®"' defense Bases.
I t"^ortg °®ality of like size. While ] Parker said that plans were
o Y® considered invaluable i shaping up for one or more motion
"ill k T ®''’®rv community, i picture expeditions to the Outer
so to Dare ' Banks later this summer, and that
{ ''’’'St gy Y**.destined to depend I one of the major picture maga-
on tourist travel zines contemplated shooting a pic-
ct 11 ood All -„ii—.-i.; ture sequence in the proposed Na
tional Seashore Park area between
Kitty Hawk and Hatteras.
plant pathology at Cornell. He is
married, and has two children.
T4VO DREDGING PROJECTS
IN SOUTHERN ALBEMARLE
Itii" *hat\°.??'. authorities pre-
11)1^*’*® " '^®"’ y®urs air-
df"'hej. ®o.ual automobiles in
I tic ? 'riiportance as method
to ^'"iation is ex-
"(V'^tomotiv^” .industry equal to
ift Prin„-industry and one
ii5'*'he ssin*^® Methods of absorb-
Qi! that follows every
activity.
in dy au-
kc ^Wnp- • are particularly
si aiY*' connection with the
*“
fl'i? develnl Miportant it will
lttii-.*d®s unH** landing
Pity der the present oppor-
NEW ENROLLEES CCC CAMP
The following boys were enrolled
in Virginia Dare CCC camp on
Roanoke Island, Tuesday, July 8th:
William Haynes O’Neal of Wan-
chese; George Henry Simmons, Jr.,
of East Lake; Elliot Brown Stew
art of Fairfield.
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner
was advised Monday by Colonel
Earl I. Brown, North Carolina Dis
trict Engineer, that bids for dredg
ing in the channel from Manteo to
Oregon Inlet, North Carolina will
be open July 2 and bids for the
dredging in Silver Lake, Ocracoke
Island, will be open July 31 and
that work on both projects would
begin at , the earliest possible date.
Both projects to carry a six foot
depth. These are the only two
River and, Harbor projects approv
ed for North Carolina this j-ear
and their improvement was based
on the fact that hey are necessary
to the National Defense and had
been so recognized by the War De
partment.
Wool
On .Saturday, July 12, the group
will witness Paul Green’s Lost
Colony, and on Sunday they will
make the trip to Hatteras, re-
turnisg Monday to be aruests at
dinner that evening of Senator D.
Bradford Fearing and the Roanoke
Island Historical As.siciation, who
have also arranged a dance at the
Nage Head Beach Club for the
visitors.
Arrangements have been made
for members of the nartv to stay
a the Fort Raleigh Hotel in Man
teo, and at one of the hotels on the
beach at Nags Head. Part of the
visitors, it is expected will remain
on the boat which will remain
anchortd in the h.arbor for their use.
Amonai the distinguished visit
ors to be present are Governor J.
Melville Broughton of North Car
olina. Governor Herbert R. O’Con
or of Maryland, and Governor Wal
ter W. Bacon of Delaware, to-
srether with more than 30' of the
foremost rod and gun writers of
the United States.
that the entire Highway Conimis-'Arriving at Roanoke
Sion come to Dare County for a | were ioined for dinner at Fear-
meeting in August where 'they ing’s Cafe by a number of Dare
ight all see something of the]County citizens, including Sheriff
great possibilities of this region, D. V. Meekins, Representative Roy
and at the same time be accorded ; Davis, Theodore S. Meekins, Coun-
the courtesies of the officials and ty Welfare Officer 1. P. Davis and
pointed’ out
loving letter sent to the Highway the h^ndi^a,,, under which Dare
Commission by Melvin R. Daniels, County had been allowed to'suffer
secretary to the County Commis- during the past several years and
sioners, will illustrate the senti- added their invitation to that of
ment of the Board at this time: the Hatteras Island people, urging
U T r, TS ■ ^ 'i'i’® Commissioners to visit thal
1: , I by all means before their
btat^ Highvay and Public Works departure from the county. Mr.
Burrus and Commissioner John
Commission
Raleigh, North Carolina.
Dear Mr. Prince:
The Dare County Board of Com
missioners in session today have
directed me to write you that they
Meekins and the Sheriff set out
early Thursday morning with the
two Commissioners for Hatteras.
They inspected the ferries at
Oregon Inlet and Captain Toby
Show
AImftiiM s BIf ScUer
Poor Richard’s Almanac,
lished by Benjamin Franklin for 25 about 30
'ears, sold 10,000 copies annually year ago.
Much of the 1941 wool clip has ^ , Club mem-
b«. marketed and, ,s SS3„rDaT"'sLw't''beTeMt
from producing centers, with prices
pub- (’received by farmers this spring
per cent higher than a
Statesville this fall, savs W. Z.
Smith, assistant farm agent of the
N C. State College extension ser
vice.
REV. J. W. FRANK, 70-year-old
Methodist minister of Mount Airy,
North Carolina, will hold the second-
annual Lake Landing Township re
vival at the Engettiard high school
auditorium from August 4 to Au
gust 15.
The Rev. Mr. Frank is very ac
tive in religious work despite his
age and is well known as a mission
ary in the Far East, having'worked
in Japan for 37 years.
He is a graduate of the Western
Maryland College, having .gradu
ated from that school in. 1897. He
received both his B. A. and M. A.
degrees at WMC.
The announcement that the Rev.
Mr. Frank would hold he district
revival was made by the Rev. R.
G. Regan of tha Mattamuskeet
charge. In making the announce
ment, the Lake Landing minister
said that the public was not only
cordially invited but urged to at
tend the services.
are extremely pleased, not only (Tiliett of Wanchese quite obliging-
with the interest that you and Mr. j ly carried the party across between
W’ilson, the Resident Commissioner, schedules, and the Commissioners
have shown in visiting the various ! anpeared to be well pleased with
sections of this county, but in the ' the serrice and appearance of the
attitude of our citizens who have ^ equipment. The ferry crossed in
j been so favorably impressed with ■ less than 20 minutes and the party
I your sympathetic interest in our proceeded down the beach,, Mr.
j problems. .Burrus driving. The trip was al-
I They also wish me to convey to iniost without event. Mr. Wilson
! you their sincere and earnest in- flown over the territory before,
j vitation that the entire membership but it was Mr. Prince’s first vdeiv
jof your Commission either hold a 1b® island, and they were point-
! session in this county or visit it ®fl out the Oregon Inlet Coast
I during the month of .4ugust, in Guard station, the negro Coast
order that we may express some ' Guard station at Pea Island, and
measure of appreciation for the the New Inlet situation. They
splendid interest you have mani- almost the entire 12 miles
fested, and that_ they may at that the Pea Island Migratory Bird
time extend to you the courtesies P-®fuge. which is onerated by the
of Dare County. As we undei*- U. S. Bureau of Biological Survey,
stand it. Governor Broughton prob- before getting stuck at San Ridge
ably contemplates a visit to Hat- Lodge. Chairman Prince and M’-.
teras Island during August, in Wilson were photographed pushing
which event the two occasions "’’th all their might, trying to get
might coincide. the car out of the sand, which was
The Board wishes to convey their finally accomplished after the tires
sincere thanks, not only to you, bad been deflated and the motor
but to Governor Broughton for the bad bdhn heated becmise the water
interest he has recently manifested boiled out, and thus they were
from time to time in this section, /initiated into some of the mysteries
I assure you that all of us are very | of beach driving,
happy that you have so graciously I Under the skillful driving of Mr.
accorded us several occasions to Burrua and following a brief stop
freely a.nd franklv approach your at Podanthe, where Commissioner
Commission at this time,—some- j Meekins left the party, the trip
thing that seems to have been more I was continued to Avon, a distance
or less restrained under previous’of about 35 miles south of Oregon-
administrations. The Board would .Inlet. The various characteristics
appreciate hearing from you as |of the beach and the maze of roads
promptly ^ as possible as to your ' which have been facetiously dub-
nleasure in this matter in order | bed Route 110—take your choice of
that further plans may be made in jthe tracks—were observed by the
anticipation of your possible visit. (Commissioners. Thev were told
Sincerely yours, about the splendid citizenship liv-
Melvin R Daniels ™g at Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo,
Clerk to the Board. ^
Copy to Mr. C. L. Wilson.
purpose of observing the beach,
(Please turn to page eight)
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