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S OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL v^UCJNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AN J RECREATIONAL AREA THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD OF NOiCrH CAROL1N4 number 30 airfield goes over ! Top in war fund drive I BY WIDE MARGIN OF $107 Commimity Sweeps Over Goal With Do- ^^tions From Almost Every Home; Ocra- Was First To Reach Quota; Final Re- ^ts Not In From Other Districts. "'S HYDE FOLK $100 raisinig a total of i N O W^ LIVING ON, ROANOKE ISLAND SWAN QUARTER, N. C.^ THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1944 LEECHVILLE BROTHERS SERVING COUNTRY IN WAR iii . .-ie *5i: Ki '''as announced Monday 'aitni ^ Shelton, county jj j It was the first district Pqjj® County to make a final rs p drive was headed by • V’ Baynes. * ^lat of names which will ap- '■*' these columns either this . uni- War and Love Have Been Factors Causing Them to Locate In Dare onjj ''"“*6 in the Fairfield area le ^during the drive. Many of Off ®''>'ival of the report aiffl^^l^^^dquarters Monday made iv next shows that almost home “hations, were five dollars and Coi the second community in go over its quota. >al "'as the first, but its fi- Port was not available at p.igl,J«adllne Oi In Many Hyde County folk are now living in Manteo and Dare Coun ty. Most of them have been at tracted by war propects and grow ing private businesses. At least two have married and made their homes on Roanoke Island. One of the well known citizens of Manteo is Mrs. Mabel Evans, a native of Engelhard. Mrs. Evans went to Manteo several decades ago, when a young woman, to Tranquil House, the r copy y ^ only hotel at that time. She [fell in love with a widower twice 'her age and married himi Mrs. Evans is widely known for taking roomers at her home. After the road was built from Hyde County to Manns Harbor and Hyde citizens started going to the re 36-13; Boys 39-20 Dare beaches and to see the Lost ■ri Last Game of i Colony, many Hyde Countians Season ! stopped by her home for lodging. i 'The Hyde County native has °y A. W. MIDGETT i become so fixed into' living in Dare THE THREE RADCLIFF BRO THERS, Delphine, George T., and Gurnwood, sons of Mrs. Mary Radcliff and the late George Rad- cliff of Leechville, are serving their country in the armed forces. The Radcliffs are one of a number of Hyde County families who have at least three members serving in the war. Delphine, 29, the oldest of the brothers, is a member of the Ma rines. He enlisted in November defeats hl^ELHARD IN A ^tjbleheader Sco Sop 'losing thp Katskpfhnll spa- County that she has become well , ‘he Manteo High School Red-i known in county politics. She ran li:ng„l,"®Ieated both teams of the'for Register of Deeds a few jjears thp High School Wildcats ago. She was defeated. Vor! '‘fanteo giHh School Gym She raised a large family. Sev- oke jVPPnoximately 150 Roan- oral of them live in Dare County Uo te sport fans. The Man- and are doing well. One son, Mar- 1942. His rating is seaman, first class. He is somewhere in the Mar shall Islands in the Pacific thea tre. He graduated from the Slades- ville high school and attended the Norfolk Business College. George T., 27, is in the Navy. He enlisted in September 1936. He holds the rating of E. M. 1st class, and serves on an aircraft carrier in the Paj^ific. He was at Pearl Harbor when it was bombed. Navy. He enlisted in August 1942 and took his training at the Great Lakes training station in Illinois. He is a fireman, first class. At present he is serving in England. He has served in India and other far-distant places. He was in«the invasion of Sicily and that of Italy. Gurnwood was a welder in the shipyard at Newport News, Va., before joining the service. He Gurnwood, 23, youngest of the graduated from the Belhaven high Radcliff brothers, is also in the school in 1940. GREGG CHERRY ' TO VISIT HYDE . DARE, APRIL 6 NEWS OF OUR MENwWOMEN IN UNIFORM Candidate For Governor To Listen To Needs Of Peoole On Coast VISITING PARENTS K. R. Mason, SC 2-c of the U. S. Navy, stationed at Newport, R. 1. '^s spending a few days at Swan ‘'’Is really put game. vin, lives with her. He is the coun- their fast one of the, ty funeral director. Mrs. Evans is one of many peo- on the girls’ and boys’; pie that feels that the future of I both Hyde and Dare is tied up by farker, Manteo Senior, and the closest cooperation between bei tal v,i ^”*1 the final one for seve 'Stns B, ^Is on the boys’ tearn, has the two counties. She recalls a j opportunity to visit this section be- the only person ’ the speech made by the Hon. Lindsay | fore the primary, this. kad to coach them Warren in the Dare courthouse Hiir“* R. Gregg Cherry, of Gastonia, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor will visit Mrs. J. S. Mason. Hyde County on Thursday, April 6, and will continue to Manteo that night, where he has been invited j to speak. SWINDELL CLUB SPONSORS RED CROSS RALLY _ bmgle Copy 5 Cents IhYDE county SEAiKORE ! TO GET $235,000 SOON OCRACOKE NAVY PROJECT Mess Hall, Housing-, Dispensary and School Facilities For Training- Personnel At Ocra- coke Section Base; Project Means Much To Future Development In That Area. 'OFRArnKF The Navy Department advises TXT Secretary of the Navy has : lOP IN RED CROSS approved the expenditure of $235,- W \ P P'TTXm T-I PTVP ‘'“‘I additional,for expansion of the ; TV ±\IX r U i-S JJILl V r. training station on Ocracoke Is- i T . land off the coast of Hyde County, Final Repor^ Not Availablo according to Congressman Herbert J From Other Hycie ; Bonner. Districts | The Ocracoke Island project now ~~ represents an investment of seve- Oeracoke, Red Cross War Fund ral hundred thousand dollars in officials have reported • $281 col- docks and concrete roads, barracks lected during the current drive, and other facilities. An 18-foot which is $31 more than their quota channel has been dredged into Sil- of $250 set for that township. Mrs. ver Lake, the island’s harbor, and Tom Howard, assisted by the Rev. the lake itself deepened corres- W. R. Dixon, headed the drive. pondingly. Reports made to the county War Tke Section Base at Ocracoke Fund chairman through Monday have some degree of perman- morning showed that Hyde County ®ncy which will give the island a had raised less than half the quota pubstantial income from business of $2,200. It was said, however, incidental to operating the base, that figures on hand were incom- Bocal merchants, tourist homes, plete and did pot show a true pic- inisiness may expect ture of the progress of the drive. Public Urged To Attend Pro gram At Swan Quarter School Tonight (A Rally to raise funds for the Red Cross War Fund Drive will Quarter with his parents, Mr. and be held in the SwanQuarter high of HOME ON FURLOUGH I F. Sgt. Hezzie Brown, Jr., I Camp Ellis, Ill., is spending a few Mr. Cherry may call on party • days at Swan Quarter with his pa- leaders in Tyrrell on the same trip, rents, Mr. and Mrs. Hezzie Brown. He has expressed a wish to learn j first hand the needs of the people j of these coastland counties which school auditorium this (Thursday, March 30) evening at 8:15 o’clock. It is being sponsored by the Swin dell Fork Home club. There will be no admission fee at the door but pies and cakes will be auctioned, cake walk, bingo ta bles will furnish part of the enter- SGT. HAYES HOME jtainment; group singing and stunts Staff Sgt. Hayes of Quantico,! with laughter for everyone will have made so much progress in re-! Va., is visiting is parents, Mr. and comprise the entertainment, cent ydars. | Mrs. Zeb Hayes at their home in Mr. Cherry may not get another gwan Quarter. ®fiason. He did a job worth! when ke first ran for Congress in j HIGHEST VALUED Schoolhe will leave with the w-hich he predicted a road would j ^otie if ® thought that it can be be built through the swamp to first t teams will strike at Hyde County. At the time, it was the diff- ^ team regardless of, considered by many as impossible, itig J,‘’'"Ities that may arise dur-1 Today it is a reality and Mrs. Ev- "ache of teachers and ans hopes for the time when bus | • I and mail connections wil be made ' ■"’etit al‘ke girls’ game j with Engelhard, last k 1?”^ ®Iow but during the Strange as it seems, Mrs. Ev- at thef K ‘k® teams plaved I ans’ going to Manteo and marrying ‘aani j Oa the Manteo Girlsi Mr. Evans fulfilled a prediction "hli a'iP^’-ker topped the girls j niade by a fortune teller travel- score of 20 points fol- i ing through Hyde County many SPENDS WEEK END HOME Pvt. E. C. Miller, Jr., of Fort Bragg spent the week end at Mid- Everyone is invited to attend the meeting. All proceeds will be turn ed over to the Red Cross Fund. HOMES AT ENGELHARD dletown with his wife and parents. PRESSURE COOKER CLINIC TO BE HELD I Berry Asks That Valuation Equalized WTth Swan Quarter Be HYDE SCHOOL FOLK ATTEND NCEA MEETING was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Jennette died in a New York hospital Friday morning at ^ 4 o’clock, following a short illness. A pressure cooker clinic is being j qJ’® ® Jersey. sponsored by the N. C. Extensio^ ^*1® “!® 1^^® L. Jen- ' nette, prominent citizen of Lake and lived in a considerable increase in income. The increased interest of the Navy in Ocracoke Island indicates its apparent advantages for the training of personnel, and the pos sibility that a school for this task may be continued for many years. In addition to the many natural ad- vantages of Ocracoke island, it has contributed fortunately had a one man cham- Cross fund but j,gj. commerce in the person of Stanley Wahab, Baltimore busi ness man and native of the Island. The continuous effort of this one-man has been a powerful fac tor in developing the island com mercially. Through Mr. Wahab's trie light and ice plant; a hotel inv'estments, Ocracoke has an elec- ■ and cafe, several new cottages, a Funeral Services for Mrs. Theo- laundry and other facilities When dosia Jennette 67, of Chester, Pa., the Navy begain distributing its were held at the Amity Methodist „nits at strategic spots it found church at Lake Landing, Monday Ocracoke almost ready for busi- afternoon at 3 o clock with Rev ^ess. It is probably that these good Mr. Davis officiating. Interment • accommodations outweighed the availability of other areas that might otherwise have ser\'ed equ ally well. Many neighborhoods have not made reports. Recent rains and the muddy roads have hindered the work of solicitors. Because of this, the drive will likely be ex tended. The national drive will end the last of this month. Persons who have toward the Red feel that they would like to give more, may do so it was said. Re cognition will be given by publi cations of names in the county pa per. FUNERAL HELD FOR MRS. JENNETTE MONDAY the N. C. Extension Engineering and Food Conserva-; - j- . tion Specialist for both Extension i tt^", ^”5 Poit)(.g '’P I>y M. Midgett with Siiajd- . H. Meekins, Manteo her that she would marry a dark much the for- Iti foi- the scoring. Engelhard homes have a higher tax valuation than those at Swan Quarter and Engelharders think adjustments should be made, Ed Berr^, commissioner from Lake Landing townsliip, told the com- ] missioners Thursday, as they sat I as a board of equalization and re- Included Many Speakers Plei ‘he boys Ellen Watson, principal of the view. He asked that the valuations Fairfield school; and, B. F. Martin, Prosr.m Or Meetins In EalcigI,' «"i “te 'rLided“'at'’"?wa''n '.check the accuracy of pressure ygare a°o ^ ^ while several gauges and general condition of ^ o'' ’ pressure canners; advise owners ^^® ''o daughters, on making corrections found need-i ^ ^a., ed; and to instruct and advise pres-' Walter Fleicher of New sure canner owers -n Th. nlpun.: ‘hree sons, Ben, Chan- ABOUT MAILING PAPERS OVERSEAS Information Given Out By Swan Quarter Office to Clear Confusion bi. w. of Hyde Shelton, .superintendent County schools; Miss Margaret Silverthome of the En gelhard high school faculty; Mrs. Newspapers cannot be sent to soldiers overseas by second class mail, except under certain condi tions. They can be sent to members vi,*l!®'‘ ®Yery minute of the ! about that now. Mr. Evans has ^‘^nteo excitement. B. Parker ■ been dead for many years. 'eater scored 19 points j Love and matrimony has caused Prints hy A. Mann with 14: at least one more Hyde Countian ^’’P'elh a ^h scorer for the' to make his home on Roanoke Is- W'as Barker. j land. A. D. Swindell, the old man Boys team was from Lake Landing who drills "'ith ‘a. play another game , wells and moves houses, went to '‘aclfgj.g ®, Elizabeth City Yellow Dare County several years ago to ‘Ms tgj Jue to the fact that ^ do some work. He fell in love ■with did not show up for the a wddow nr, fhn ninun 1 ^^n, i^nan- ‘Be Navy. This information was in^ and care of the instmments ’’®*' Millie of New York; and ^®‘®^f'‘ ’^st week by the Swan mg and care ot the instruments. , grandchildren. .Quarter post office to help clea” ‘."^Vtr'T^lbe equalized and his suggestion principal of the Sladesville school. Every woman owning a pressure | PaUbearers were Liston Harris “’® confusion that exists told br,.., ... : Nea" , their cooker in perfect condition I Harris and; Jt "'as stated that many people .,,, gam, «,ete ,v.a S's'Sl gt.rtLT'.VToa'idi f iepres'.nW Hyd. Coanly school. .t"- S'-'..'* “T,,'To,Fairfield and - A. L. Cuthrell of Fairfield and of the North Carolina Education J. S. Mason of Swan Quarter, the Association which was held last other members of the board, took Wednesday, Thursday and Fridaj' the view that making such an ad- jj, the Hugdi Morson high school in justment was beyond the powers Raleigh. of the board of equalization and review. It was stated that valua tion adjustments were arrived at i by comparing neighboring valua- itions rather than those of other before canning time arrives and i learn how to care for it. Those I who would like to have their cook ers checked or further information ! should get in touch with Miss Saiiig '■'■ere inf ’’^‘’fy Manteo that they' her for his wife, and is now mak "’bile livdng there, took | Pbe Manteo Boys ing his home near Manteo. Hot WtinVtt the the Manteo Red The lineup: Girls Team J f ® 36 S. w’■her, 20 ’.‘0 L. Mn h’ns btJ.V ®®t J V^'tPtes, hciais ’^®Pen- 39 B, M; Y’'her, 19 B. 14 H. ■ KBS, f.ngemara Payne (4). Offi 5f.’4gett ®^®®® J-. Wilson and E. litner, r All Stars, de- i Bob ONeal, well - known native a score of 24 to ^ of Fairfield, is another Hyde All Stars are , Countian who lives at Manteo and I is doing well. He and his wife op- , erate a boarding house and he is I employed by a local enterprise. Engelhard 13 j Mrs. O’Neal is a Dare County na- L. Gibbs, 9 tive. She was Mary Burrus from C. Selby, 2 j Hatteras. McKinney, 2\ Max Mann and Ronald Ballance I. McKinney ' and their families have been liv ing at Manteo for more than three years now. Mr. Mann and Mr. Ballance have the mail contract from Manteo to Hatteras. They carry freight and have done well since they started on the job. Families who have been attract ed to Manteo by the wages of the Manteo Boatbuilding Company, which is working on war contracts, are Junous Swindell, Nbtfleet Cu threll, Cecil Berry and William Berry. All of them are from En gelhard. A number of Hyde County girls are employed in private businesses in Manteo. Miss Zelma McKinney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Berry stated that it ap peared to him that the valuations of the homes in the two towns should be about the same. Tax re cords show homes in the best re- Among the outstanding educa tors and laymen who spoke at the general sessions were Dr. L. D. Haskew, coordinator of teacher training, Emory University, Ga.; Dr. John Temple Graves, II, edi tor, The Age Herald, Birmingham, fore being brought to the office. Alabama; and Dr. Harry A. Jag- ers, U. S. Office of Education, HOME CLUB TOPIC TO Washington, D. C. i be ABOUT SEWING APRIL Other speakers included Paul Iberia Roach or Mrs. Madeline E. Smith or bring their cookers to the home agents’ office. The cookers will be accepted not later than Tuesday, April 4, and should be thoroughly cleaned be- F P P 'e. G G A. Midgett G N. Gibbs Manteo; J. Holmes, J- Etheridge, N. Eth- Walker. Engelhard: cer, and E. Cox. Of- ,®rees, J. Wilson and E. p Jcorer, H. Wescott and • ^anderlin. ®oys Game Engelhard 20 F Barker 6 P Burrus 4 C Long G T. Mann, 4 G Hodges, 2 Manteo; R. Sand- A- Creef. Engelhard, ees Scorer, H. Sanderlin. Hostevedt. ‘’®®‘ investment is ^ ^‘”’y them today. sidential section of Engelhard playwright, author valu®d higher than the nicer homes Colony,” and Dean Hyde County Home Demonstra- i-rf fVio r-niiTil-v SPIT ■” tion club members in April will Mr. Cuthrell and Mr. Mason said University of study “Finishes That Are Durable North Carolina, among others. 3jjd Attractive, it was announced Governor Broughton was a special this week by Miss Iberia Roach, guest at a dinner meeting Wednes- home agent. Home sewing is being day evening. done today more than ever before. Dr. Ralph McDonald, unopposed according to Miss Roach, who says through May 20. candidate for the presidency of the it makes a big saving in war time fats are redeemed that they thought a change could not be made without a new valua tion and one on a county-wide ba sis. The present valuations had been set as fair by appraisers rep resenting all sections, they stated. The proposal got no further than the discussion stage. No definite action was taken. group, was elected to that office. I attempted to send the home news- ' paper to their relatives and friends in the army. The only way this can be done is by first class mail, like any letter. 'This goes at 3c an ounce or fraction thereof. It cannot weigh more than 8 ounces. Airmail • rates are 6c for 1-2 ounce or frac- Gasoline—In 17 East Coast Uon thereof. '■ates A-9 coupons are good | Postal regulations do not permit through May 8. ' publishers of newspapers to mail I Tire Inspection—For A coupon ■ new subscriptions to men in the I holders, deadline is March 31.; for Army overseas. Men who take the C-coupon holders May 31; and for paper before going overseas can B-coupon holders, June 30. f have their address changed and j Shoes — Stamp No. 18 in Book in these cases the publishers have One is good for one nair. Stamn to wrap the paper in a special No. 1 on the airplane sheet in Book wrapper. New subscriptions can be Three is good for one pain ' taken if the person subscribing Fuel Oil—Period 4 and 5 coupons' gets permission of his commanding are, good through September 30 officer. Red 10-pt. sHmps A8, B8 and C8, The Hyde County paper goes to D8, E8 and F8 in Book 4 are good many men overseas, but in each Waste kitchen case they were subscribing before at two ration being moved and paper goes in HYDE PATROLMAN NABS VIOLATORS ROAD LAWS living. Demonstrations will be giv- points nlns '’oiir cents a pound. special marked wrappers. Some en to help homemakers with their G8, H8, J8, expire June 18 and parents send the paper to them by DINNER PARTY se'wing problems. i K8, L8, M8, (Book Four) become air mail which costs about 12c per Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Payne en- ; All women are invited to attend valid April 9 and expire June 18. , copy. They do this to get the home tertained at dinner Saturday night, the club meetings in their commun-! Processed Foods—10-pt. stamps news to them as quickly as possi- March 18th for Cpl. and Mrs. ity. Dates of meetings can be ob-' A8, B8, C8, D8, and E8 in Book ble. Drummond Payne. An arrange- tained from the weekly Social Cal- Four are good through May 20. 1 __ ment of spring flowers and white endar in the Hyde County Herald, j F8, G8, H8, J8, and K8 (Book of tapers formed the centerpiece. I —^ Four) become valid April 1st and Patrolmah C. E. Whitfield Swan Quaiter gave tickets to sev- j Mrs. Payne was presented with a, ENGELHARD CHURCHES eral violators of the highway laws.gift of cn’stal. Guests were Mr. TO HOLD JOINT SERVICES over the week end for their ap- and Mrs. R. L.'Gibbs, Mr. and Mrs. pearance at the next term of coun- j Armistead Jennette, Mrs. Clem-' Special church services will be William Price Guthrie, two year , old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. period. Stamp 31 will also 'become , Guthrie of Swan Quarter died.at ty court, April 10. Those appre- ent Mills and Mrs. S. B. Windley, held at the Methodist church in ; valid on April 1, for five pounds i Tayloe hospital Friday afternoon expire June 21. Su.gar stamp 80 (Book Four) good for five pounds for indefinite LITTLE SON OF MR. AND MRS. H. G. GUTHRIE DIES bended were Delmar Wallace, Pan-1 of Washington, and Miss Della Engelhard next week under the of sugar for indefinite period, tego, operating a truck with no Mae Payne of Charlotte. [auspices of the Engelhard Baptist Sugar stamp 40 (Book Four) brakes; Clinton Pugh, Washington, land Methodist churches. The Rev. I good for five pounds canning su- McKinney of Engelhard is employ-] no brakes on trailer; Herbert WAR STAMP DONATIONS | S. E. Davis, Methodist minister gar until February 28, 1945 (13 ed in the Manteo Bank. Miss Mag-I Floyd, Windsor, speeding with Nine Home Demonstration clubs will conduct the services. The pub- nios.) aline Berry of Engelhard is chief i truck; Joseph Hooten, colored, Bel-! in Hyde County bought a total of lie is invited to come out and join NOTE; R.ationing rules require at 4 o’clock. The body was taken to the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Guthrie of Snow Camp, Alamance County. Funeral services were conducted from Snow Camp Sunday. Inter waitress in Fearing’s Cafe. Misses haven, no brakes; Roatan Adams, j $16.10 in war stamps during | in the worship services. Details^ as that every car owner immediately | ment will be in the family ceme Ha and Gilda Sadler of New Hoi- colored. Lake Landing, no driving land and Miss Essie Pugh of Gul- permit; and Edgar Bowden, color- (Please turn to Page 8) ed, Engelhard, no lights on truck. March. Stamps were bought at, to time and how long the meeting write his license number and state ' tery near the home, club meetings and for stamp al- j would last were not available at on all gasoline coupons in his pos-1 bums belonging to the clubs. our copy deadline. A- session. Buy War Bonds and Stamps.
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