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-..Br-:;:;: 19’ :e *1 e ^ THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD llE NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AN D RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA VoL. V; NO. 21. SWAN QUARTER, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1944 Single Copy 5 Cent? IPS* 'll I'. ^'^PaulMallotT; I ®^Sed by Western Newsp' per cniun AMERICA FACES ahead Hiiig ^®NGT0N.—The have cheered us with alnic Lq. ^ 'victories through 1943, but a " Contemplation of 1944 m I;j.g ,,® ns look behind them -it i S % of our war effort. Ijg® the Pacihc islands a ifi Guinea, we have been er. "a io brave but token-scale 1,;. *• A very small fraction ol oi ssive army has even now—^ *'“1 more than two years after Th ^^ncted—seen the enemy. have been official estimates of 0 (possibly about a third sg ® preparing army) will be-over- ® by New Year’s Day. Ijj j cial pronouncements disclose in ’k"'® ^onr divisions in action The Editors Column Many Red Cross Workers Overseas MONEY DRIVES My attention has been vividly called to the many “money drives” that are uiiderw’ay in Hyde and .throughout the country at this I time, not only by being called on I for donations, but by seeing a i great many workers volunteering I their services to collect funds for these worthy causes. Nollie Shelton was busy around Swan Quarter Monday getting up money to put Hyde County over the top in War Fund drive which should have ended in November. Dan Berry was giving some help ' while Nollie was soliciting in the Berry Company store and a little ■ while Mr. Zeb Hayes, Mr. Smith, Mr. Berrj-, Robert E. Tunnell, among others, had forked up be tween five and ten dollars and some of them had alreadv made liberal donations. Besides this the DAUGHTERS OF HYDE NATIVE DIE IN FIRE Tragedy Strikes in Home of Win. A. Neal Formerly Of Swan Quarter L.-' , 1 S«i , V . I school kids were an.md town get- --e in itaf/IaboufeSooTo 75,000 'ting money for the infantile para- fighting at a time. j lysis drive. _ ^ bout half these divisions have ' But what I want to say here is of th*^'^ on through, so that only half .that these drives are something may be assumed to be addi- j that must continue. Right now we fittie These considerations furnish an estimate that a ®Ctli over 100,000 men had yet seen qOo on this front, fifon ^P®fi3ioanal and in the Solo- bee ^00 different divisions have J] b mentioned. In New Guinea, of two more have been of- Pj fiy declared. A division Is sup- to have been involved at Attu. oouid^ fit the Pacific, the estimate 50 be safely placed at around lai-s ^ motion, plus the 19,0(X) regu- f, 'vho fought for the Philippines, tr *t^^®fnly few more than 200,000 —one-tenth of the land force otilv to be overseas now and the infinitesimal 2M per cent of army have been raising and fiaiti: been *ng to beat the Axis—have yet ha; This turned upon the enemy. does not mean their fighting not been great and historic. tim greatness in combat do rest net 'bPortant '0 dc truth thar ot this war now ^aior glCclUlCf&S U on numbers. Nor wiU any re action of this war be more nrtant than the work they had The only point of this cold tory ®iiii i” '•b® prepara- n two years after its start. IIEasc SON'S FOR FORGETTING none of us has fully appre- to -5 ibeee facts, however, is due Th; dieted Several natural are m the midst of the Fourth War Loan Drive and chairman M. A. Matthew's has been asked to sell $66,000 worth, f Hyde county goesi over the top and backs upi its part, someone is going to have to buy a lot of bonds. Then within the next month or two the Red Cross mem bership drive will begin and Hyde county’s part is $22,000—69 per cent more than it was last year. All of this means that we citi zens are going to have to give jpore money to charity causes. This is the result of war. Time and time again we must dig in our pockets and give—give freely. It is tire some, but we must keep it up. In all cases the money goes for a worthwhile cause—to help folks more misfortunate than you and I. During the past year, two Hyde county tamilies whos homes were destroyed by fire; a young draf tee awaiting induction and with out room or lodging for the night; a soldier, sick in an Army hos pital, reported to his parents by commanding officer * il WILL SPEAK SUNDAY , ON BAPTIST HOUR GARDENING WILL BE HOME CLUB TOPIC IN FEB. Schedule of Metings For Hyde Club Announced Monday '■N Red Cross men and women are with troops on fifty-three conti nental and insular battlefronta, and have gone into the theatres in ma^ instances right along with the invasion forces, or else have followed aoon after. Above ia Miss Barbara Sweetland. American Bed^Cross worker, chatting with n snail native boy, “somewhere ia India. American Bed Croes for the Office of War Information. WANCHESE NATIVE DIES IN NEVADA Clarence Pugh, Who Left Roanoke Island As Young Man, Passes After Brilliant Career As Lawyer the first place, collapse of the ^Please turn to page 4) ^^tJls SELIG BELL DIES IN ELIZABETH CITY W; as A.WOL, Clarence Pugh, native and for mer resident of Wanchese, died Sunday night in aj Reno, Nevada, hospital, following a long illness and a recent operation. He was about 60 years of age.. Funeral sertdeea were conducted Tuesday in Reno and burial was made there. Mr. Pugh, son of the late St. Clair and Holland Wescott Pugh, spent SLADESVILLE 4-H CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS Three sisters, Minnie: Lee Neal, 20 Jophronia Neal, 19, and Annie M?.,,- Neal, 14, daughters of Mr. n .Virs. VV. A. Neal of New Bern sir- iocated in an up stairs bedroom 9 ' their apartment house home Tue“- lay night in one of the most tragi'’ fires in the history of New Berr,. Thd girls’ father was a native 0? Tyde county. He was a son of the late Benjamin and, Elizabeth Neal if Swan Quarter. He left home ard vent to New Bern when a young nan. ■ Origin of the flames which caus 'd the death of the sisters was not letermined immediately, hut it was lelieved to have started on the sec- md floor of the building. The youngest sister apparently 1 wakened in the smoke filled room md went to the window for aid. Tne of the other two bodies was m the bed; the third on the floor. •Vater poured into the burning muse by firemen scalded their ho lies but there was no indication hat flames touched them. Hyde county friends of the fam- Iv were sorrowed by the bad news. Funeral was scheduled for Thurs day or Friday. Burial will be in Cedar Grove cemetery, New Bern. Surving are the parents, a bro ther, William in the Army in Ok lahoma, a sister, Mrs. Annie Cara- wan of Swan Quarter and an aunt, vIrs. Martha Credle of Swan Quar- er. There are many other distant -elatives in Hyde county. DR. C. C. WARREN Certificates Awarded Those Soc- cessfal With Homemaking Projects The 4-H club of the Sladesville high school met last Friday in their first meeting of 1944. New offi cers were elected and certificates FAX LISTING GOING “Faith in God and Man” is the subject of Dr. C. C. Warren in his Baptist Hour message next Sun day morning, January 30th—7:30 CWT—8:30 EWT—as announced by the radio committee of the Southern Baptist Convention. Dr. Warren has recently assum ed his duties as Pastor of the First Baptist church of Charlotte, North Carolina, having come from the Im manuel Baptist church of Little Rock, Arkansas, where he was well established in the confidence of the people as a preacher, pastor and religious leader. The Baptist Hour network now carries 36 stations, covering the area from the Eastern Seaboard to the far Southwest. The prog- Monday Is Last Day For Listing, Mrs. Jones Reminds Taxpayers The month of February will be j devoted to the study of “Garden- ' ing” in the Home Demonstration I clubs. The vegetable garden should be given a definite and promin- •ent place in the farm program. The 1944 garden will serve a triple purpose (1) in providing health insurance policy (2) a sav ing account for the farm family, (3) and the war can be shortened with food, said Miss Iberia Roach, Home Agent. All members should profit from this timely demonstration on this important place on the home front this year. Non-club members have a cordial invitation to attend the meeting in her community. Below is the February schedule of Home Demonstration meetings. Tuesday, February 1, Ponzer; Wednesday, February 2. Engel hard: Thursday, February 3, North Lake; Friday, February 4, Rose Bav; Tuesday. Febmary 8, Slades- ville; Wednesday, Febmary 9, Tiny Oak: Thursdav, Febmary 10, Semn+on; Friday, Febrnarv 11, l ake Landing; Tuesday. Febmary 16. Swindell Fork: Wednesday, Fehmarv 16, Nebraska; Thursday, Febmaia- 17, Fairfield; Tuesday, Febmary 22, Swan Quarter. USO PRESIDENT WRITES ON THIRD ANNIVERSARY WELL IN HYDE COUNTY can be^a^ in our area over stations WPTF, Raleigh, and WBIG, reensboro. Tax listing in Hyde County is proeceding well, but many people still have not listed, Mrs. Maude were awafdhd to fnembers for tlidlr iisneST ts.x supervisor, reported this ^ Brother of Mrs. Allen Hay- of Kitty Hawk; Operated Oiotype For Independent after going to work .''fiay morning. o f J his childhood and youth at Wan- were helped by Red Cross j ^hese, later attending Triniy have given in the past. This (now Duke University), from which he graduated with hon ors. He has had a brilliant and ,successful career as a lawyer, and has made his home in Reno for many years. He last visited Roa noke Island in 1941, when he at tended Paul Green’s Lost Colony. Mr. Pugh is survived by his wife, Mrs. Blanche Pugh of Reno; one brother, Earl S. Pugh of Smithfield> one aunt, Mrs. John T. Daniels of Manteo; and a number of cousins. you „ is just a few cases. I could report sco-res of them but space for this column doesn’t permit. ^ Don’t for heaven’s sake don’t, get the idea that the causes are not worthy . . • not the Reel Cross, USO, Infantile paralysis, War Bond sales. It may seem hard earned dollars, one after another, but some giving their lives. Money is little compared with this sac- (Jit Selig Bell, 52, of Elizabeth ... ^ should be made, of achievement. The new officers elected were Grace Sawyer, president; Roy Garrish, Vice president; Mary Fisher, secretary. Certificates were awarded the girls who had satisfactorily com pleted the Homemaking project. Receiving certificates were Doris Sawyer, Eula May Baynor, Sally Mane Credle, Mary Fisher, Doris Marie Sawyer, Grace Sowyer, Wanda Smith, Eleanor Wheeler, Jean Wheeler. HYDE AT LAST GOES OVER TOP ON DRIVE War Fund Goal of $1,100 Reach ed, Although Three Months Late :H0WAN BAPTISTS HAVE WEEKLY RADIO HOUR ; course, according to one’s earn Bell • , I ings and wealth. It is doubtful operator for The ^g^ks that way very of- fites home a few min-1 ^.ej,_ xhe man with plenty many ing to ®*Kht o’clock, accord- g}.y.es very little, compared ^ '^as “^'nfiers of the family. He|.^^j^jj .jvith less money and "’eat ^ I a free heart. I am sorry that space, "’hen he typesetting won’t permit us 'loor te attack; the!^ individual donations, the V stove was open and j fio fire shaken down,' g^ER TAXES PAY LARGE n had been made. He SUMS TO STATE TREASURY by found lying on the floor be Geo. W. Haskett when The state collected $2,773,963.66 8:40 the unlocked door at | jn beer taxes for the calendar year Coro White,‘1943, according to figures com- iatelv^*"’ called immed- piled by the Brewing Industry a }J’ Prtnounced death due to Foundation’s North Carolina Com- an attack. He had suffered mittee. ber, angina in Septem- j Despite wartime shortages, the The very hesrt of liberty, the very core of our heritage, is the The Chowan Baptist Association ■s now sponsoring a series of pro grams over radio station WCNC, Elizabeth City, and the series will continue throughout the year. week. Listing has been completed in Fairfield township. Mrs. Jones reminds tax payers that there are only a few days left in whihe to list their taxes, and that those who fail may be tried for a misdemeanor. Mrs. Jones had much trouble finding tax listers this year, espe cially in Lake Landing township, where T. E. Sanderson and Miss Maggie Bridgman were finally secured. Other listers in the coun ty were Mrs. Lila Mason, Swan Quarter township; Mrs. Mary Simmons, Fairfield; Tom W. How ard, Ocracoke; and Gratz Credle, Currituck. YOUNG ENGELHARD WOMAN DIES WED. Miss Isabella Lawson, young En gelhard woman, died in the Colum- The Chowan Baptist hour is at j bia hospital, Wednesday after a 1:30 each Sunday afternoon, and at | short illness. Her health had been 'hat time a prominent Baptist will speak. Dr. Truett will be the speak er for the! immediate week. apparently had gotten' 1943 total was an all-time peak. that friends last week The state colected $2,688,741.38 in he bari^ feeling better than, 4942; $2,111,397.69 in 1941 and $1,- no some time. He made 321,024.37 in 1940. leayiJ*'Bmint of feeling bad before in the space of three years, the "'’me Monday morning. state has more than doubled its tor fn Been linotype opera- collections from beer sales al- Past 2i Independent for the though the rates have remained lof y^ars, going to work for'the same. Of tb ® G. Saunders, founder etap]®, in 1923, and had been ' MORE- HOME OWNERS MAY , ^ oyed by the firm continuous- that time. NOW GET ELECTRIC SERVICE More Hyde and Dare homeown ers may now be able to get elec v^nrigt^^* ^ member of the First | erg and ‘’hurcK of Elizabeth City, trie service, it was announced this as a recently appointed, -week by P. D. Midgette, manager Holigg p'"Ber of the Elizabeth City!of the Pamlico Ice & Light Co., of Hesidft 1 Engelhard. Hives B Allie| According to Mr. Midgette, un- P’'’ther° m’ survived by his der the new government ruling daughte Barker; three homeowners who can get their 1 wired may now be taken on Alii, NO KIDDING....ARE YOU REALLY DOING THE BEST (YOU CANJ00?..:rj1 Hyde County went over the top in the War Fund drive this week, it was announced Tuesday by P. D. Midgette, county chairman. The drive should have ended November 1st. Mr. Midgette credited the suc cess of the drive to the persistent efforts of the township chairmen. They were Mrs. E. N. Murray, Fairfield, Miss Lona Bonner, Swan Quarter, Mrs. S. S. Jennette, Sladesville, Mrs. E. J. Clayton Clayton, Ponzer, Miss Blanch Tu- ten, Engelhard, and Rev. Wm. R. Dixin, Ocracoke. Mr. Midgette had word ol praise The following letter was written, recently by the president of the- USO, Inc.j expressing appreciation for the things done by means of the USO, which will celebrate its third birthday next week. TO THE EDITOR. Dear Sir: Friday, February 4th, is the 3rd Anniversary of USO, and on this occasion I should like to extend greetings to the millions of Am ericans who have made its servi ces possible. Every day we hear “Thank you” from boys in uniform. He’s glad to find stationery to write home. He’s relaxed in a deep chair, lis tening to music, between trains. Maybe he’s been dancing, having a fine time at a party. “Thank you,” he says. And he means it. Well, so do we. We’ve done our besb these three years. We’ve done quite a lot, but not by comparison with the soldiers, sailors, marines, and coast guards we so gladly serve. And whatever we’ve been able to do USO donors have made possible. Through almost a thousand Hometown USD’s American fam- for N. W. Shelton for his work in helping organizing and working ilies are extending traditional hos- poor for several years. Miss Lawson was a native of Whitestone, Va., but had lived at Engelhard with an aunt, Mrs. Belles Neal, since a small child. She came to live in Hyde shortly after the death of her mother, Mrs. Lucy N^al Lawson. The young woman was highly regarded and well liked in her community where she was active in church and club activities. Miss Lawson attended ECTC in Greenville and taught in the pub lic schools of Hyde for a number of years. I^neral services will be held at the home this (Thursday) after noon at 4 o’clock with the Rev. Da vis, pastor, assisted by the Rev. J. T. Brown, officiating. Interment will be in Fulford cemetery. Surviiung are her father C. L. Lawson; a sister, Mrs. J. C. Rob bins; three brothers, Carral, Luther and Dolphas, all of Whitestone. Va.; an aunt, Mrs. Belle Neal of Engelhard; three uncles, S. S. Neal and L. M. Neal of Engelhard and H. A. Neal of Lake Landing. Pallbearers will be Merle Mar shall, John Patrick, R. L. Patrick, Charles Patrick, Burl Spencer and Ben Midgette. the campaign. Prof. O. A. Peay was credited with doing a snlen- did job heading the Necro divis ion of the War Fund' drive. Hyde County had a quota of Sl.- 100. The funds went to war relief agencies. USO got half the sum. HATTERAS ID LOSES TWO GREAT LANDMARKS Edward J. Midgett of Buxton and Andrew J. Meekins of Avon Dead y \K lam Cullipher and Miss as customers of the electric com- |N. ity; ajl of Elmabeth pany, if they dont live a great dis- H. 's'“a®® Ht. Edward P. Bell, ten T i”""'’'’ Wadsworth, sto- Bell Y-, pl. William R. L. g p t^ortland. Ore., and Cadet cll, Jt- Q4- T rtiiic Mo.;' Army, Fort Wadsworth, Sta- tance from the line. Announcement is made in an ad vertisement appearing elsewhere In this issue. two c.T'r"’ '’I Ht. Louis. -vT T T Sisters, Mrs. H. A. Foy of S. ell of Palsades, N. J. J.; “‘abers, Mrs. H Mrs. Allan Hayman of grandchildren; ^ Hawk; one brother, Edwardnephews- two several nieces and U. S. 7 rtasMT^ Department BAPTISTS OBSERVE 5th SUN. Hyde County Baptists look for ward to their fifth Sunday meeting which will be observed January 30th at Rose Bav Baptist church beginning at 11 o’clock. Dinner will be served on the grounds and ev- etumn" is invited to ceme with umP filled baskets. Rev R. H. Lucae of Plymouth, w” '■"e visitinv minister; one v-’ laved by — I feati-Hiig m'lric a--^ ' J. T. LENNON, Pastor. Two of the best known old men of Hatteras Island are dead. On Tuesday of last week, Edward J. Midgett, 82, of Buxton passed away while sitting reading, .^t a table in his home at Cape Hatteras. His funeral was conducted Sun day. On January 25th, one week la ter, Andrew J. Meekins, 78, of Av on died after a long illness, j Mr. Midgett, a retired Coast Guardsman had been an actiye man for his years up to the time of his death. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Carrie Midgett, and follow ing children: Mrs. Baxter Jennett and Carlos Midgett of Buxton: John E. Midgett of Belhaven: D. D. Midgett of Coinjock, Don D., EH, Dallas, Luther and Thompson Mid gett, all of the U. S. Coast Guard, and Mrs. Venus Sande of Norfolk. Two brothers, Evan J. Midgett and P. W. Midgett of Elizabeth City, and a sister, Mrs. O. J. Gray of .Yvon. Uncle Andrew Meekins was af fectionately known to all the peo- •I'e of the “banks”. He was uni versally loved by his neighbors. He ’’s survived by one son, Branch E. ■'I’^ekins, and a daughter, Mrs. C ^ Grav, arid two foster children Cecil ’'Williams, and Mrs. M '”-rav of 'vt.c pondneted hv tu- '-'"^nrs of ^'I’n Methodist and Pen Wednesday af ternoon. ' nitality to boys away from home. More than a hundred USO units go by truck to isolated posts where servicemen are otherwise cut off from amusement, bright lights, and the theater. Across the country, USO travel lounges are furnished for soldiers en route, to drop in for a bite to eat, a nap, or to freshen up. And from Alaska to Brazil, the USO clubs are open with a bit' of home and laughter for men far from their own homes. Outside the western hemisphere, troups with volunteering stars bring music, jokes, plays—some good old American fun to audien ces of armed men in combat zones around the globe in desert waste land, field hospitals, ruined cities, even on remote Pacific islands among war-splashed palm trees and fox-holes. When those men thank us, we just say “Sure, vou’re welcome, it’s all yours.'” We know that 'our mil lion volunteers and our donors of $100,000,000 feel the same way— because we all realize our best is not good enough. It can never match the epic couras-e, the un faltering devotion to duty, so am ply demonstrated every day by the American serviceman. Chester I. Bernard, President United Service Or ganizations, Inc. HYDE FARM AGENT ADVISES BUY LESPEDEZA SEED EARLY Fvde County Farm Agent J. P. Woodard adTlses lesnereza grow- °rs to b’ly thenr seeds ear’y this vear hocaure there is a shortege, and they are hard to set. He points out that the n.'^ed for lime and fertilizer becomes greater "pid l(mger le’spedeza a.s grown on the farm,^ due to the depletion of ‘he soil’s matural supply of plant "’trients by removal of the hay. ■’’or this reeson it now pays to rertilizer lespedeza on land where formerly It did not. /i r A-;, ah'
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