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—-ir — re '.d. THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AN D RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CARO LIN 4 )Mf . S, . 1 be'OL c'h-'- NO. 23 SWAN QUARTER, N. C.,THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 19^4 Single Copy 5 Cents Dl(^ eonof the 5th Naval District men with whom most of are acquainted. We " get more stories to ‘i «ran arolina coastguards SAW TOUGH SERVICE IN SOUTH PACIFIC WARFARE ^tofy ExpEiriences of Five Who Have Re cently Returned From Long Period of Duty FYom Their Families; Story Released by ^istrict Headquarters. Many others Have Served In Tough Spots. JNotE) : The following story ' by The Public Relations POULTRY SCHOOL TO BE HELD IN HYDE MON. FEB. 21 Halsey Makes His Report to Grandehildren state College Specialist To Be On Hand To Give Ad vice To Farmers ' the thrilling part our citi- News ^^e playing in tne war. home again after nearly ®Perit fighting Japs in Southwest Pacific are five vet- f THE By PaUlMA-LLON ^ ®ett1 Guard Surf men. Now star once again in the lifeboat on the Eastern- Shore and ■ Released by western Nejvepayer.Union. .-'h Carolina Coast, these men j SERVICEMEN ' I A one day short-course in poul- j try raising will be held in Swan Quarter, Monday, February 21, it was announced today by county farm agent, J. P. Woodard. C. P. Parrish, State College extension poultry specialist and other ex perts will be on hand to help with the school. I Ail the Hyde county poultry rais- I ers are not only invited, but are j urged to attend the meeting, which I will begin at 10 o’clock and con tinue throughout the day. j It is the first time that a poul try school has been secured for I Hyde county. Mr. Woodard is i pleased to think it is going to be , held and hopes that there will be a large attendance. I Prizes will be awarded the far mer who exhibits the best dozen of white shell eggs and the best ^ dozen of brown shell eggs at the meeting. BOND RALLY AT PONZER TONIGHT; SWAN QUARTER, ENGELHARD FRI. NIGHT Interesting Programs Scheduled For Hyde Events; Ocracoke Campaign Plans Not , Available At Press Time; Rally At Fairfield Last Night. ROSE BAY HOME CLUB IS DOING MUCH WORK ous remember their adventur- , on the other side of the j jjj^^^'gned to Navy ships to man the'^*'^®’ iu the early days of kn fliese battle-iVise surfmen ' fhe viciousness of the Jap air th screaming shells and l)j|.Jluerous explosions of heavy sea and tiring exactness in second timing necessary j., invasion of Japanese held know the hell of be- IjI® Suddenly torpedoed in the I “'kness of a storm-swept night ^ enemy submarine. They ^ too of the monotonous grind ^^^aking trip after trip from aun V iafands, carrying endless PP'ies of war equipment. „ ‘^ja’as in March 1942, after a Shi transfers on Navy fou'*’ these Coast Guardsmen -,.ad themselves assigned to the The five men included Ben- ^ 'a Etheridge, Chief Machinists tin ’ ^ag’s Head Life Boat Sta- jj C.; Walter B. Stowe, Boat- sw R. Wallace, Boatswain’s l-^'a’s Mate first class, Bodie Is- jyr a Life Boat Station, N. C.; a first class, Isle of Wight ' ® S""*- Station, Ocean City, ARE TKINKING WASHINGTON.—Only people free ly speaking their minds these days on the issues of the day are the men at the front, or just back. Although they are millions strong, and will be the prevailing influ ence in the country after the war, their views are seldom publicly re ported. You can find out what they think only by talking with those at home on leave or reading their let ters to their families. Their common line of thought (as MEN ACCEPTED FOR i SERVICE IN JANUARY Hyde County Sent 10 Men Into Service Last Month; Three W’ere White Admiral Halsey, leader of the United States naval forces In the Southwest Pacific, makes a report to his grandchildren on his activities of the past few months. This picture was made at the home of hts son-in-law» Preston Lea Spraunce of Centreville, Del., where Halsey vis- Ued during a fecent leave. PONZER HOME CLUB PLANS FOR BIG BOND RALLY Essaes-m Club Women Makino; Robes, Kits For Men In Military Service Ten men from Hyde county were accepted into the military services during January it is an nounced by the draft board. Three were white men. Those accepted were as follows: White: Benjamin Gibbs, Leech- ville, John E. Garrish, Scranton, far as I have been able to judge in i Millbum Ballance, Middletown. All Mq fetation, ucoan v_/iLy, ‘^D-land; M. R. Garish, Boat- conversations) is fairly accurately presented in a letter from an army captain, received by his father, a newspaper editor. His views seem an average of men who have rubbed elbows with allies and matched fists with enemies to achieve a better, realistic understanding of both, as follows: “Things look different out here (Southwest Pacific) and there is plenty of time to reflect on past life because life out here is so primitive, so basic, stripped of all luxuries and niceties that as American kids we took lor granted as part of our coun try. But now that we are giving, we have gained a much flner per- three of these were accepted into the Army and will report for duty February 18th. Negro: William H. Mackey and Bennie W. Barnes, Scranton, Army, February 11, Henry Lee Howard, Lake Landing, Army, February 11; Otis McAllen 'Whit ney, Fairfiled, Army, February 9; Hertford Benson, Lake Landing, Navy, January 25; Dock Hill, Fair- field, Army, January 25; George E. Weston, Lake Landing, Array, January 25th. NEWS OF OUR MENwWOMEN IN UNIFORM A big bond rally will be held in the Ponzer Community building to night. It is the second of a series being held throughout Hyde coun ty this week. A rally was held I Wednesday night at Fairfield and Report of Monthly Meeting others are scheduled to be held at Friday Shows Women Have Useful Program The Rose Bay Home Demonstra tion club held its regular monthly meeting with Mrs. J. B. O’Neal Friday afternoon. Many important matters were discussed and acted on during the meeting. Guard Coast North Mate, first class, Sation, Ocracoke, and Borland Midgett, P ^'^^"’ain’s Mate first class, Chi- danfu Life Boat Station, Ro- '■ue. North Carolina. the veteran surfmen sailed ®an Diego with their Coast and Navy comrades on a ized*'^ spring day, thev little real- th adventures lay ahead or ■jg^j^^any long months they were RATION REMINDER ceptive—a finer appreciation. “And I for one do not desire to quit until we’ve wiped out-v-not just beat down to an unconditionai sur render—but wiped out the >ouih of | Japan and Germany and Italy For; if we do not, we shall have children j i.u i, at oi who will, in 25 years, have to fight ; are good through March 21. the children growing up in those The Ponzer Home Demonstration club held its regular monthly meeting Tues., Feb., 1, at the club house. There were sixteen of the old members and four new ones present. The club now has a mem bership of twenty-four and is hop ing to reach others this year. The demonstration this month was on gardening and some very useful points were given by Miss Iberia Roach, County Home Agent, and the garden leader. Four lap robes were turned in at the meeting and three others are to be finished and turned over to the Red Cross for the boys who are in hospitals. The club also is to make and furnish money to equip twelve kit bags. The club and community are planning a Bond rally for Thurs day nfight, February 10. ■There will be an oyster and chic ken supper and it is hoped that this part of the county will do its share in helping to raise the quota set for Hyde. HOME ON LEAVE Pvt. Royden Neal of Spokane, Washington is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Neal at Engel hard. He arrived Saturday and will be home for about 10 days. BRO'THERS HOME Bill Hardison, U. S. Navy, Bain- bridge, Md., and PVt. John M. Har dison, U. S. Army, Camp Mackall have been visiting their mother, Mrs. Lee Pinkham and Mr. Pink- ham at Engelhard. John returned Sunday and Bill Wednesday. Swan Quarter and Engelhard Fri day night. Miss Iberia Roach, vice-chair man of the Woman’s Division of the Hyde County War Finance Committee,' is heading the cam paign in Currituck township and is helping with plans for the Pon zer Committee. The women of the Ponzer home are going to Mrs. E. E. Hodges, - presided. The -devotional was given by Mrs. J. j demonstration club B. O’Neal. The minutes were read j serve an oyster and chicken din- and the roll called by the secretary. | ner. Persons buying a $25 bond Members bro'Jght in five lap j-wfiH be given supper; one buying robes w'hich they had made fob the; a $50 bond may have a guest at WEEK END HOME Pvt. Bemell Gibbs, U. S. Army, stationed at Goldsboro, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Huron Gibbs near Middle- town. VISITS FATHER Hyler Cox, U. S. Merchant Ma rine, is visiting his father, Otis Cox and Mrs. Cox at their home near Engelhard. Red Cross. Another one will be fin ished later. The possibility of mak ing kits for the soldiers was dis cussed, but no final action was taken. A letter box for servicemen was also discussed. The Fourth War Loan was dis cussed by club members. Several cakes and pies were offered for use at the Bond Rally in Swan Quarter. A collection of 9(>c was taken for buying War Stamps for the club. Miss Iberia Roach, home agent, gave some interesting ideas about gardening. She also gave a help ful demonstration on planting seeds. ■The hostess served ginger cake with whipped cream and hot cof fee. The meeting of the club next month will be held at the home of Mrs. Carroll Gibbs. Gasoline—In 17 East Coast states A-9 coupons are good through May 8. In states outside ” ' ' ‘ coupons HYDE BOARD GETS MANY APPLICATINS FOR TIRES The Hyde County Rationing Board had many tire anplications Tire Inspection—For A coupon Friday, but few tires. They went "■as gone from the States. For it countries now-with warped mmds. holders, deadline is March 31. For through the list carefully before B and C coupon holders, deadline they issued permits "But will America get soft? I j is February 28. V ^ not until 19 months later, in Galendonia, that the Coast and u finally left their ships in for home. They arrived anj ^^'fornia late last November, tver long leaves due them, Slav to the various surf ions in the Norfolk area, att^ .August 1942, in the American Goa t Solomon Islands, the acf^^ Guardsmen saw their first Their ship, while carrying loaded mainly with war arrived off Guadal-1 assault'^*'' dawn of the first iaiTd'^^ battleships and cruisers r)l„ a heavy barrage and our Car ^fnaffed the beaches, the ships and transports took frot^ Pnsirions a few miles out HioS L'rom the transport am Coast Guardsmen in ^he crew operated the land- ]i)F Most of these veterans, five men from the Norfolk Were former surfmen Unit of experience at various Slat- ®f^tes Coast Guard Surf •atations. Po^-T managed to tem- erica*^^ move in and run the Am- Co--?® ^^okward to the sea, these Navv ^'^^*'‘f®men, along with their to f Marine comrades, began ^ tllp Full ^ n-VWT 4-l-> believe she is yet, and will go easy , _ xt oa • -d i on them. I suppose the American I Sugar - Stamp No. 30 in Book to face imperi- i Four is good for five pounds It was stated that regulations that went into effect February 1 put many car owners on the eligi learn quick. i Book Pour is good for five pounds i allotment had not been increased .•■E- V u oaSoIac ore hoino ' of Canning sugar through February This means it remains a hard task English mandates are being , secure tires. handed back on a silver platter out | ’g. ^ ' gtamn No 18 in Book Factors taken into consideraf on here to the j*;; ' One is good for one pair. Stamp'by the Board ^^ilen going through TRANSFERRED TO KENTUCKY No. 1 on the airplane sheet in Book applications are (1) A tire inspec- moves in again- bathed in marines’ blood. There is one I can think of at present, and , Three is good for one pair, back to dear old England it goes. | Fuel Oil — Period 3 coupons are “This all may sound bloodthirsty 8ood through February 21 in the to the average civilian very comfort- | South and through March 13 in all able and safe in an easy chair in a other areas. Period 5 coupons now carpeted home. Changed? No. I valid in the South, remain good haven’t changed at all. I always I through Sentember 30. thought thus. I just got acquainted | Meats. Fats—Brown stamp V with primitive instincts that I fig-; W and X good through September ured I would never have to know. 30. (Continued on page 4) Processed Foods—Green stamps G, H, and J in Book Four are good through February 20. Green and M are good through March 20. Tx -.TT-n- rr. Income Tax—Deadline for filing Dr. William T. Griggs, the grand tion record this is in order. (2) Number tires available for use (3) Other vehicles that can be used. (4) Has owner acted to make his tires last longer, recapping upon recommendation of inspection. DR GRIGS HAS ATENDED MORE THAN 5,000 BIRTHS stamps K ,L, old man of Currituck, who is now . 77 years old, and has practiced, oesiraoie, medicine for more than 48 years BORROWERS has attended the birth of more than jjq^D SUCCESSFUL MEETING 5,000 people, according to his re-1 cords. His practice in Camden, Cur rituck and Dare counties kept him! a busy bo™..,. „.d,pia„s Dr. Griggs has always beon a«ive, ! The Hyde County Farm Securi- XT ty office reports a successful Ineet- man. He never had time y - i- ^ 4. o i. r* ^ me: of clients at Swan Quarter re- to marry. One of a large family ^^5 , , gteel the full fury of the’battle, i" R^rlo^h Sas were FSA supervisor, F. V. Harris, histoL^^® well knows the | new school at Poplar Branch was Bishop, FSA committeeman, ■ Miss Iberia Roach, home agent, and tory and final outcome of the I Gu A ^ > Mt^ J^anal action, and the ship V. 1 nnd Coast Guard victo win that important shojiT- The ship remain^ off days f days, and they were Won’t hell those tough surfmen a^gd forget. Air raids aver- tbat tim*^ three a day during to^ho'^T^'*^*^nlcanal they went on adaic Hebrides, thence to Gu- ors once again. By now sail- even regular commuters ^Ubted trips were inter- raido J ® ^nd again by swift air J nnd submarine attacks. adaiA nfter the last trip to Gu- ^ of horror ^ temporary end to the 'PS commuting. (Please turn to page 4) ENGELHARD FAMILY MOVES I J- M. Worrell, Swan Quarter Agri- TO SWAN QUARTER culture teacher. SPENDS WEEK END HOME R. W. Jones of the U. S. Navy, stationed at Oceanview, 'Va., spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Carawan at Swan Quarter. He is Mrs. Carawan’s brother. VISITS PARENTS Vernon Gray Gibbs, U. S. Mer chant Marine, is visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Gibbs, near Engelhard. He has just re cently completed his basic train ing in the maritime «ervice. VISITS GRANDMOTHER Pfc. Charles Rhodes, U. S. Army. Rationed in Kansas visited his grandmother, Mrs. Bettie Jennettr near Middletown last week Frida;- and Saturday. He returned to Nor folk Sunday to visit with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Rhodes. Charles graduated from the En gelhard high school last year. HYDE COUNTY NEWS BRIEFS James H. White, deputy collec tor, Internal Revenue Service will be in Swan Quarter February 28, 29th, Engelhard 24, 25; Belhaven 21, 22nd, and Columbia March 1, 2nd, to assist taxpayers in filing current Federal Income tax re turns. Lt. George Watson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Watson of Lake Landing has been transferred from Camp Wheeler, Ga., to Camp Breckinridge, Ky., The Herald was informed this week by the pos tal department. George is one of the many service men who gets the county paper. the free supper; and a person buying a $100 bond can have a free supper for all his family. There will be entertainment for the folks. The Belhaven quartet will sing and play at the meeting. Many useful items will be auc- tioned off at the rally. Ro-bert Ed ward Tunnell, popular young fur niture salesman from Swan Quar ter will serve as auctioneer. Inclu ded in the items will be a box of gun shells. Plans for a rally at Sladesvilld did not materialize it was announ ced Monday. Members of the Sladesville committee will put on a determined drive however, to sell in other ways. The committee is composed of Mesdames Ken neth Dunbar, S. S. Jennette and * SWAN QUARTER RALLY The Swan Quarter rally will be hold Friday night at the school. The program had not been com pleted Monday. Members of the Swan Quarter township committee are as fol lows : Swan Quarter: Mrs. D. L. Berry, chairman, and Mrs. J. M. Worrell and Mrs. Graham Ponder. Swindell Fork: Mrs. Bonner Lee, chairman, Mrs. Linwood Tunnell and Miss Lona Bonner. Tinv Oak: Mrs. Clifton Gaboon and Mrs. E. A. Williams Rose Bay: Mrs. E. E. Hodges, chairma" and Mrs. J. B. O’Neal. The Engelhard r'l'lv v-ill d1~o be held Friday night, and it will be at the school. A snecial prog ram, which had not been complet ed Monday, will he presented. Miss Blanch Tuten of Engel- FILE REPORT FOR DRAFT Hyde county farmers within j draft age should file a statement j of their farm units planned for the I current farm year if they have not },a‘rd‘“is heldinsr thrdrivr in^'llke done so, it was announced today from the Farm Office. It was stat ed that most farmers had filed these statements, but that there were a few who have not done so. j ]and, Mrs. E C. It is important that this informa-, tion be turned in at once. Landing township. She is being as sisted by Mrs. Alfred Pugh, Gul- rock, Mrs. Ro«a Mooney, Nebraska, Mrs. Oscar Chadwick, New Hol- Miller, Middle- Rovden Clark, GETS PROMOTION Lt. (jg) Thurston Mann, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Mann of Lake (Continued on page 4) ORDER COTTON SEED All Hyde county farmers who have not placed their orders with the County Farm Office, and plan to, should do so at once it was sta ted this week. So You Can^t Buy Another Bond ! CLUBS REPORT SALES i Nine Hyde county Home Dem- j onstration clubs bought $17.05 worth of War Stamps during Jan- town, Mrs. T. J. Etheridge, Engel- I Clark, Lake Landing. , A rally was scheduled for Wed nesday night. A special program ■ was planned by the school. Admis- ' sion was by purchase of War bonds or stamps. I Mrs. Ellen Watson, chairman of the Woman’s Division Hvde Coun- ! ty War Finance commirtee was most active in the Fairfield drive. Mrs. R. F. Baynes is chairman of the Fairfield committee. Other I Dinner was servhd. Each family The W Otis White family of En- ' participating contributed some of gelhard moved down to Swan the food, and the ladies prepared Quarter last Friday. Mr. White,, it. formerly with the Engelhard Bus Many farm models were on dis- Company, has recently accepted plav. the job of Hyde County represen tative of Home Security Life In surance Company with headquart ers at Swan Quarter. They are re- '■’’ding in the Don Harris home. PAYNE-SEWELL Miss Pee-'-'" Sewell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Sewell of Swan Quarter to r'en-re Pavne, son of Mrs. Lydia P ;Tie of Swan Quar ter, on January 26, at South Mills. Visitors included Preston Swin dell. Fairfield, TP committeeman; J. P. Woodard, farm agent; Miss Jennie Brown, chief clerk in AAA office; Mrs. F. V. Harris. CANNING A recent poll shows that 75 per cent of the peonle canned an aver age of 65 iars or of fo'>d 'ost vear, — 4,100,000,000 containers full. , uary it was reported this week by' members are Mrs. R. G. Roebuck, Miss Iberia Roach, Hyde County Miss Annie Jones, Mrs. J. I,. Home Agent. FAIRF''^' O 4-H-FRS GET CERTIFICATES 15 Girls Get Awards For I Work; Officers A/^e : Elected Good I Fifteen Fairfield 4-H Club girls I were awarded certificates for satis factorily completing projects 1943 at their regular monthly Blake, Mrs. Frank Young and Mrs. R. L. Jones. Full details on the campaign plans of Mrs. Wahab Howard of the Ocracoke committee had not been received by Mrs. Watson Monday, but it was thought that a rally might be held on the is land. M. A. Matthews of Engelhard is War Loan. Mrs. Watson is head county chairman of the Fourth of the Woman’s Division and is meeting at the high school last ^ ^ 'I knT*»aHQ»r raartiaTai rt «• I ir'Fart^»»a •. > -- ... X" o Array Signal Corps Photo Take a good look at this American soldier as he lies in the mud of Ren- dova Island in the South west Pacific, victim of* a Jap air raid. It is not a pleasant scene, is it? Wh'j'i ycu are asked to buy an extra War Bond to Back the Attack think of this picture of your fellow American blasted by the concussion of a J70 bomb thousands of miles from home. 'Then brother, don’t you think you will want to dig a little deeper to back up his comrades? From V. S. Tieosury Thursday morning. Officers were elected for the year at the meet ing. The girls who received certifi cates were Joyce Ballance, Alice Reid, Berry, Myrdis Blake, Carolyn lake, Selma Blake, Evelyn Clark, 'larjorie .Ann Clark, Jean CuthreP. Edna Bell Blake, Elvira Hudson, ■■vdia Midyette. D 'ro+bv Nixoi- 'lizabeth Sperop-. 0,-•o*;-.-.'- ■■>ms and Che’-r - '''' Officers elected ■ ’’’irsday morning were "•r'.'. president: Bur'b- p-nresident; Evelyn C' and I.vdvT ' sorter. Mr. Matthews. GARDENS The 20 million Victory Gardens grown on farms and in the cities and villages of America produced over 8 million tons of excellent food last year and the job must be repeated in 1944. DIET Becauso of a more intelligent at- ' ’ods Americans have o hotter diet during the *bqn at any time in their ■to nutrition experts with the U. S Government. i-' ^ I I k i i; ’ A’ MU ■i i Mi :i 'J