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.THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD J^NEWS of the richest agricultural county in the foremost historical AN!) KECREATIOiNAL area of north CAROfJNA No. 40 SWAN QUARTER, N. C„ THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1944 I^I^E FOREST EMPIRE MORE VAST IN AREA THAN DISMAL SWAMP and Tyrrell Once Held All of Blount j^Urvey. Now in New Ownership With Possi- j^*Ries of Development Looming; Public j^^conxes Conscious of Importance of Long j,^^lect of Region Abounding in Game, Timber and Fertile Grazing Lands. le stop to consider that $76,000 QUOTA ast of Dare County is a fhic}, ^‘^.'^essible forest empire, ■'Ore ^®J°ining Hyde county is a attied ^'egion than the far- tatiy 'Dismal Swamp. Re- great neglected area the jjr ''®-*'ds, and the stock of Corporation , once he- ias a late wealthy Arkan- A. is now owned by W. M Treasurer of the Unit- SET FOR HYDE IN BOND DRIVE M. A. Matthews of Engelhard Is Chairman of Big Campaign The Fifth (“V for Victory”) ■ uj. I War Loan drive will begin Mon- and Fred N. Maloof of day, June 12. Hyde county’s quota 'ashi, Th, '"^ton, D. C. is $76,000. The “E” Bond quota is A SLIGHT IDEA OF WHAT INVASION LOOKS LIKE Single Copy 5 Cent# * m ".I wiis.i-f' - owned by the Dare, f M. A. Matthews of Engel.- “OO ac consists of some 168,-, campaign chairman. between Alligator River The Fifth'Loan quota is the lar- n and Pamlico Sounds, gest that Hyde county has ewr '>et),aj,]'’“''ded on the north by Al- been called on to raise. It is $11,- atid Sound and on the South 000 larger than the Fourth Loan ^hoai Pamlico Sound, Long quota of $65,000. I'te, and the H>-de county Hyde county has gone over the ;^be history of this great top in every drive so far, accord- atid ^”d is varied and colorful ing to Mr. Matthews, who is hope- g gamut of flourish- ful that the county will keep up sd development to crook- this good record. “It is going to the hanH "'ben it fell into take some hard work,” he said, ex- Itispf^ of the Metropolitan Life plaining that everyone would have ^®ars 3 ® company more than 25 , to pitch in and help. Policv i,^?,"'bo took it to save the j — of an insurance I TIRE QUOTAS TIGHTER Released by U. S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations PRACTICE FOR THE GREAT INVASION—On the coast of England American soldiers and sailors and British sailors worked day after day in handling landing barges and in familiarizing them selves with the technique of aquatic offensive warfare. Problems in loading military personnel' and munitions and in the rapid discharge of their cargoes were worked out under varying conditions of the seaway and the terrain of the beaches. Thorough training was considered important for ths success of actual combat and in saving the lives of the invading forces. npari^ t’eiv ^ '"^cked by promotors. people WARNS RALEIGH OFFICE y g. j-v in Dare county pro-, think of the great Hyde County Gets Passenger J'tizepg f property has been to all | loprtjj If one time it paid a i ^ tbe taxes in the county, j from assessment has been , ''go tg fbe .$18,000 paid 16 years Tires For June; Truck Tires Scarce ^"'lav f®*''®fhing more than $9,000 ) Although the number of new ' passenger tires available for ra- because of depreci-j Z a '"C the timber. And this May demand still far ex- "^Pidly being jeopardiz-1 production or the available destructive forest firesf, Johnson dis- Hie^ nearly everv year, and f *1 " • V r T1/^A r»T a rirvMv»i cr-»'r»Tt/\r» Hoes >n V f ®^'^®ed great deprecia f ^rid promise further '^bPfion of*' effective fire pre- Pof jj, can be inaugurated, pbffalo Duval! Brothers of ProfimK^* bun a modest f Prone»+° ® sawmill business on m,, buying logs from the V® Insi ''®b‘'^’ the Metropolitan fibbt Sn,v,''ance company of New 8k bke a year ago, - 'P of \r eame into the own^r- of ij. Julian and Mr. Ma- fice of Price Administration, has announced. He again emphasized the neces sity for continued tire conserva- ' tion. Fewer heavy duty triuck tires will be rationed in June than in May. Johnson nointed out, declar ing that a critical situation exists in this field. June passenger tire quotas for the Hyde Countv Board is 88 The Raleigh District Office has NAGS HEAD DANCES DREW VISITORS FROM EASTERN COUNTIES 91 YEARS AGO FAIRFIELD YOUTHS ENJOY RECREATION PROGRAMS Fairfield’s recreation center for youth in the community was open- i ed the second time Friday night, jJune 2. 32 boys and girls were present—there were also 32 pres- jcnt at the first meeting, j Miss Iberia Roach, Mrs. J. L. Blake and Mrs. Mildred Guthrie to Dance at Nag’s Head Hotel in 1853 When social hour which was climaxed Leading Families of Eastern Counties Virg’inia Enjoyed the Old Resort as Shown be held Friday, June le, at by Treasured Memento Owned by Mrs. *™ hive Grioe. i charge. m. a different committee the planned progrram in A letter addressed to Miss Vir ginia Hodges, Slades Creek, Hyde County, N. C., mailed in Edenton 91 j-ears ago by Mr. John W. Giles, carried a formal invitation saying, “The pleasure of your com pany is respectfully solicited at a BALL, to be given at the Nag’s Head Hotel, on Thursday, the 15th of Septemmber, 1853.” The enevlope and the invitation it contained are prized relics neat- Iv framed in the cottage of Mrs. Alice K. Grice, one who loves Nags Head and glories in its traditions. The old invitation, speaking for itself, indicates that Nags Head was a greater resort for its time NIGHT PROWLER SCARES j POTATO SHIPMENTS ENGELHARD WOMEN BEGIN IN THE EAST A night prowler who attempted The first carlot shipment of to enter the home of Mrs. Nancy Hish potatoes have begun in Beau- Berry near Engelhard late Satur-1 and JMt. Olive, according to day night gave the family a scare. A man attemtped to enter the home by going up a ladder which Harry Westcott, marketing spec ialist with the State Department of Agriculture. Heavy shipments was propped against the house . ®^P®cted to get underway where it had been used to do some "'’bhin three or four weeks, he repair work. The women in the Due to the inclement weather house heard him and called for spring in Eastern North Car- h-elp. Neighbors heard their cries diggings are spotted, and came at once. ! When the potato movement The prowler was not recognized, peak, the Markets di- except to the extent that it was "'il' have approximately 130 a man. It is not known whether or lu that area. the days before the Civil War, j g.^.^ not he was a white man or a Ne- cautioned holders of “A” gasoline I is ""'y' ' There were five women at the books not to count “too hea-' distances and the difficulties _ of house at the time of the attempted i Po®^®®t quality. ... ' f'Y'OTml Tliorp TiTprP nn trams. j. ^ The potato floor this year will range from $2.30 for the U. S. No. 1 grade downward to $1.15 for the '"Of, -■ v!f Renewed® was;ration — — , u • , thH ^bient bvP°®®'ble de-.viiy” on new tires soon, as indi-' entry. Mrs. Berry’s son, Beamon,! ’’stanrPv;. ® fy"'owners. The cated in published reports from j . "'bo was visiting home during the i bfORTH LAKE BOY IS take §■ now is that the new ^biill. 5'®b^'i^„.®''Pbnding and over the Duvall continue it into a Slav ‘ ■ development ana bP'brace live stock ^’’iefii, ^^®^tensive farming. lltSd ^^O^OTED AT DREW FIELD Washington. , ................. They added that “a few” “A” distin^ished people who appeared Mrs. Berr>' and her daughter Mat dri\"ers probably would be eligible' ^ managers, it is read- tie live alone, for new tires later this vear, but ®®®" ^hat Nags Head was then that even then quotas allotted to '^®®b important seaside resort local War Price and Rationing''" ®b^^®- ®’'’®" Septem- "btent V fu ^ — vvcir rnce ana i:tailoning': ‘ IT..; :: , , -..-r'--— 3 tiv T^bact known vari-'Boards would necessitate consid- '^®" ^^bh, the season had not clos- bhe Joh";' Gray Blount eration of apnlications on the ba- ®‘^’ ?*by, Py® Dumber com-1 sis of essentiality. -bce'thPP’ount Sun^, blou^'b® Property"'“or’jorn'Grav) *'b® "'®" '''^"'ed with con- 0^'*® landowner of' . , . , , , ivuim ^ ey, etc., was i of John Gravj, The managers of this ball num- CO-OP LAMB SHIPMENT. The first cooperative shipment Bragg, has been promoted to" the Elmer C. Spencer, Fairfield far mer prior to entering the sem^ice in February of last year at Fort HYDE COMMISSIONERS VOTE FUNDS FOR STATE-COUNTY FOREST FIRE CONTROL F.L. Hooker, District Forester Explains State- County Setup For Forest Fire Control Pro gram; Educational and Preventative Pro gram Adopted; Hailed As Wise Forward Step. NORTH LAKE FARM FAMILY HELPED BY FSA Officials Cite Case Saying It Shows Program Benefits Needy Farmers The Hyde county FSA office cites the case of the Walter Lee Gibbs family of North Lake as showing how the' system of credit with supervision used by the Farm Security .Administration has prov ed itself as a good plan to help farmers get started. Here is the story as they tell it. In 19^0 Walter Lee applied at the F9.A office for a loan. He was a farmer, had been reared on a farm, knew how to cultivate the soil, but he wasn’t making a liv ing from the farm. The year be fore, his income from crops was $84.00. Money was necessary and he needed it, but financial credit wasn’t the only thing Walter Lee needed. He needed to know more about modem farming practices. He needed to see that diversified farming with several farm enter- nrises instead of one or two was his only hope, and he needed ad vice from people skilled in agri- CPlease turn to Page Three) SWAN QUARTER BOY m GETS PILOTS WINGS of spring lambs will be made from j rank of Sergeant in the Signal Plymouth today, Thursday, June Corps at Drew Field, Fla., where 8th, according to county agent J. | he is a mechanic in the Aircraft bered 28 people from the most dis- j P. Woodard, who says 45 Hyde Warning Unit Training Center fmormoVion -Fomilitac rtf TT'QQfoi'rj —.mi -i tt.* . . _ ? ' * sham decrease in tire re-i families of Eastern , county farmers will market North Carolina, and tidewater - lambs at the sale. Columbia, Plymouth, I ".'®unt was the 1 ^ 'DBA field men, adding that the ‘ u ’ ®bin th. "® l''."^®®t land- Windsor, Edenton, Elizabeth City, 260 j His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie IS. Spencer, are well known in Fairfield. L iv, ears was a pioneer x- r ui. i. 4. i. i.i. i. 4. .ford, Norfolk and other bp ^biiv coii^f '""’®^ Rentry, and '*1 ’j. ^ ^ « s a represented. Here is the list' mining and is part gra^r '2 ®‘^^® "'Bl! mL-- "ames: op^® fUnnTn Dis •^aiorp '"to A school near Price, Utah, for] prospective mine workers is the | M'OITNDED IN W.AR. brought about by the state-]""™’ a.,u ouier towns first of its kind in the history of. Patrolman C. E. Whitfield of P.. .... mining and is part of the War I Swan Quarter has learned that his Alanpower Commission’s contribu- brother, Horace Ray, in the nast. before the casing is Myrick,_ Joshua C. Skinner, Alex-; ®''®^®® ^''®^ production. ''atrio " grants nf i — j ' Motorists were reminded that tires should he recanued iust as ■ C tDe tire to a bec?,^ Tyrr®ii, and is. A'ory great extent, the experts Dr. O Dr. M^m. A. Armistead, John | ^De nationwide effort to in ., coxswain, USNR, has been w'ounded in action in the Pacific. Such a practice pro- ander Dixon, Stephen D. Pool, la-: caniB "“r”’ which ' ^iftv P^rts of Dare. 1 p'’®''ation^®,f® a great timber' Lakp I!.®., carried on in this JftpjJ^'Pally Dare,county erati^” William C. Wood, Chas. W. Skin- B. Savage, John said. ' jW. Keeling, James E. Smith, Pat- Recent orders bv the armed for- H. \Vinston, C. C. Robinson, ] ces for more and more mobile Jesse T Parker, Samuel T. Saw- g'uns have placed another lari^e Dr. Edward Warren, Elias C. additional drain on the civilian John Hope, Joseph S. Pany; f oy Q ^4? , ct44uiLiA»iicii uram uii uie civilian _ ^ ^ L rorn Buffalo New Vat-v'n | rubber supply, it was brought out, ^""®®’ E. W. Jones, John M. ^ 3s the Dare T nmho until service needs are taken Matthews, Henry A. Gilliam, ifi,> J* 1 Lumber com-,„^.^^ ^4. .n Thomas "Ri s ..^Dfiy ^ii(j an c""-'jc3re of, there will be no more ‘itnL '^""iper Cvuva^^ !i *''’®® f"" Dut the most essen- grew. J. T. Bond, William R. ’ ®"'^hich was Hal drivers. , Spruill, A. W. Starke, William "as ns...... .V,.... Walters, James Wynn, Jr. Dated POTATO CEILINGS ! Nags Head, August 29, 1853. i HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED No doubt the ball was the final affair of the season. One can let Thomas Beckwith, Chas. C. Petti- ^l"®® sawm;n carried to their S'*«3ctS '"Elizabeth City for Am People.^ employed hund- tWfv ^hilo 4f ed tt'■®®Ds in flounshing, got idea nf j,__*®Durgh, conceiv- The new ceiling effective June his mind drift to the glories of aVo^*. Duying“thrproDertv'^ 1 to 16 for U. S." No. 1 grade of the ante-bellum days and picture foj P*'®n on it from the own -1 ^^sh potatoes is $3.06 per hun- the excitement with which the dollars, floated! dred pounds, according to Harry event was anticipated. One can ^'^chariDv.i^ ^®r two million HnllnTss I Westcott, State Department of imagine plans being made to tra- Of s’ad thft 1 J. . uuiidrs, —• ,.aT.r.:oo.Q '''•'ich ^5®'“'ance the bonds for the assets I Agriculture marketing specialist, vel by carriage from the inland J, ojj 'ranee company with' said that if the potatoes grade points like Slades Creek, or other PPd beca? them was concerned I P®" ®®"t H. S. 1 or the com- "towns to the nearest steamboat n® ''alue the bonds exceeded' rnarcial grade with 84 per cent U. landing, and thence to embark for Was'*' *^® property, the com-1E- No. 1 quality, the ceiling is Nags Head. It must have been a n P® aePt j.''^"®®D6d. The crooks i ?2.95 per hundred pounds. For thrill to journey across the waters hold. P"®""- To save the! commercial with less than 85 per to the steamboat landing at Nags ®''® of the insurance i ®®"t H. S. No. 1, U. S. No. 2, and Head, and to go ashore there to a ®rs in the insurance]®’^® B, the ceiling price will be hotel that had no plumbing, no and in view | $2.75 per hundred. The floor for lights, and perhaps no screens ' U. S. No. I’s is $2.30, and the floor against mosquitoes. But this, in for the lower grades is $1.15 per no whit lessened the glitter and hundred pounds. the glamour, and the excitement of the occasion, where ;; «> skVt*’’"- ““ D Was * P®"^D and promin- sa P®’itan t-'t^^''®®'^ the Me- ® ""e" the assets and ^®'’ 20 holders from loss. (Bleasa^t® ^'D® Metropolitan ®P®® turn to page 2) romance The Fifth War Bond Drive be- blossomed, and hopes bloomed or gins in June—remember it. (Please turn to page 2.) FREE SUBSCRIPTION FOR NAME OF OLDEST RESIDENT VVe can think of several Hyde county people who are getting along in their eighties, and it would be in teresting to find out who is the oldest person living in the county. We will give a one-year subscription to the tirst person sending us the name and a 300-word story of the oldest person living in your Hyde county com- munity by July 15. If you know of an old resident, write us and let us know the facts. T u is Mrs. Adeline Payne of Gulrock; Uncle John Berry of Swan Quarter, and Mr. John O. Gibbs of Engelhard that we can think of right off hand, and there are others—maybe some among our colored pop ulation. ^ There are great stories in the lives of these old ones and The Hyde County Herald would like to print them. There ought to be some kind of a lesson to be learned from the lives of these people that would bene- fit we younger ones. If you know of an old person in your community who has reached a ripe old age, sit down and send us che story. You will get a worthy return and you also may .help someone by bringing them the facts and les sons of a life that has already paraded by. Address your correspondence to The Editor, The Herald, Swan Quarter, N. C. Ia Junta Army Air Field, Colo. -Vernon L. Sawyer, 21; son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Sawyer, Swan Quarter, N. C., reeentlv was awarded the silver wings of a pilot at this advanced two-engine pilot ichool of the AAF Training Com mand. He was graduated as a second lieutenant after completing the fi nal phase of flight training as an Aviation Cadet in the AT-24 air- nlans, a slightlv modified version of the famed Mitchell B-25 medi um bomber. Sawver graduated from the Swan Quarter high school and at tended North Carolina State Col- 'ege, Raleigh. During an in+ensive .10-week :ourse of study at La Junta, stud- ;nt pilots learn the flving charac- '■erteristics of medium bombers, nractice formation flying, obtain nroficiency in instrument or ‘blind’ flving, and continue their studv of Navigation, meteorology, and re cognition of friendlv and enemy air and surface craft. On graduation, the nilots go im- mediatelwy into snecialized opera- rional training for combat or to four-engine transition training. SGT. MIDGETT STATIONED AT REPLACEMENT DEPOT Kearns, Utah.—T/Sgt. Hassell . E. Midyette, 23 of Lake Landing, N. C., is now stationed at this Ov- ■ erseas Replacement Depot, it is announced by the Public Relations Office. i The son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank ] Midgett has been in the Army Air Forces since June 3. 1941. previ- ou.slv stationed at Greensboro. ! His wife is Sally Midyette, Lake Landing. | This Overseas Replacement De pot No. 2, commanded hj' Colonel Weldon Vf. Lee in an installation of the AAF Training Command. HYDE COUNTY GIRLS WORKING IN MANTEO 1 The Hyde county Board of County Commissioners met Mon day, June 5th for the regular monthly meeting. Chairman A. L. Cuthrell, presiding. The general run of county business was discus sed and acted upon. The highlight of the meeting was the appearance before the Board of Commission ers of F. L. Hooker, District For ester who came before the board to explain how the county could participate in the program of for est fire control and prevention de veloped by the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development. Mr. Hooker explained that the I state would furnish a fire warden I and a truck, and that there would j be available to the program a plow J and tractor at New Bern that 1 could be obtained by a telephone I call. The other necessary expenses, I he explained, would be divided be- . tween the State and the county, j Naturally the heaviest expense i connected with such a program is : the initial expense which should be regarded as an investment and isuch expense is not great. As the program develops and people are ; educated to use extreme care in building fires in forest areas and to be positive that every spark of such fires are extinguished before !they leave them; to learn not to 1 throw matches or cigarettes around in such areas or on roads border ing such areas, particularly in dry seasons; the danger of de structive forest fires decreases I and so does the expense of the for- I est fire control program. In some I of our Western states there are ] state laws which levy a heavy fine j for throwing lighted matches, ci gars or cigarette stubs from cars I on state highways bordering forest , areas or in dry .seasons. I The District Forester asked the I Board of Commissioners to budget i $2,000 for the Forest Fire Con trol program, the state to do the ' same. The County Board of Com- I missioners deferred action or. the ^ request at the Monday meeting, i Tuesday afternoon the Board of 1 Commissioners met again and by ' a unanimous vote adopted the program. The money is to be bud geted from the General County Fund. The State pays all bill? and ; then bills the county for its pro- I rata share of the expense. Thir is the first time Hyde coun ty lias been in on a Forest Fire : prevention and control program. I Hyde county in the past has i known some destructive forest ^ fires with heavy property loss. The fire warrlen’s duties include ■ the prosecution of anyone proved I to have been instrumental in start- li.'.g forest fires.'Comment on the 'Board’s action has been distinctly I favorable. 0. L. Williams, County Attorney, speaking solely as a pri vate citizen interested in the wel fare of his county said; “I believe the County Board of Commission ers has taken a very wise forward step. Nothing has taken a heavier or greater nroperty toll in Hyde countv than destructive forest fires.” The County Board of Commissi oners will meet June 19 to consid er the county budget and discuss a general audit with Bundy-Moran of Elizabeth City, certified public accountants. FARM LABOR PROBLEMS DISCUSSED AT ENGELHARD Miss Irene McKinney of Lake, Landing has joined her sister, Eu- | nice McKinney and Miss Camilla I Selby of Engelhard and the three now constitute the staff of w'ait- resses at Robert Owens cafe in Manteo. Last week The Herald in advertantly stated that Miss Ca- millia Selby was visiting friends in Manteo. We are glad to correct this statement. Miss Selby is working, being one of the efficient and courteous waitresses at Owen’s cafe. The production of lactose, or milk sugar, this year is expected to reach 14 million pounds, the War Food Administration predicts. Used to grow the mold that yields pencillin, six to seven niillion pounds of lactose will be needed annually by pencillin manufactur- A county-wide meeting of Irish potato growers was held in Engel hard Tuesday night, to discuss the harvesting and grading of pota toes. Details were not known at this writing. This much is known about the labor program, however. It will be similar to the one used last year. Labor will be shifted from one sec tion of the county to another as needed. H, G. Guthrie, Swan Quarter, who served as farm labor assist ant last year, will serve in that capacity again this year. Those with labor roolems and want help should contact Mr. Guthrie. To move an infantry division of 16,000 men and their equipment by rail, 356 passenger cars, 82 bag gage cars and 900 freight cars are needed, the Office of Defense Ti^ansportation says.