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THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD
news of the richest agricultural county in the foremost historical and recreational area of north CAROLINA
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SWAN QUARTER, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1944
Single Copy 5 Cent*
Boy
landing storm WARNINGS
DESCRIBES EMPTY BEACHES
^Bench farming past week end
p **esley Ballance Among Great Exodus of People From
**'^1 Assault Troops To i Nags Head As Coast Guard
Land In France Brings Report of Forth-
- coming Hurricane
•lice ^ ^ farmers have some
Q ^ their little farms, Hundreds fled from the beach-
t Ballance in gj Nags Head Sunday afternoon
brother, Orville, de- when Coast Guardsmen acting up-
obsp farming as he qjj orders from their superiors
in since he went a- . brought a message that the trop-
■^°''niandy with the first jcal hurricane in West Indies was
roops on D-Day. Sgt. expected to arrive late during the
of Mr. and Mrs. O.'
oaii;
Mtb "a fnf Lake Landing, is
. Sairi c artillery unit,
itig jjj Ballance of the farm-
Juiy ^I'ance in a letter written
l>icg ■ “You should see what
botij b have around here
Of and milk type. Some
I(j(jWeigh 2,000 pounds, but
ate, i know what breed they
fat j, are really sleek and
"'ill ^ wonder how they
Seen ® winter. I haven’t
ibey kay ori anything that
fiei^g®®''e for them. All of the
kitb about three' acre lots
"'“nTcf hedge all around. We
lib u ^i-^rve to death farming
do.”
^it>n^ ^®bter was written after
Sunday, and here is
W sergeant had to say a-
“j ^°''ship at the front.
\s finished lunch,
"ice we had church ser-
abi
I
other
g am glad to say we were
hold it. We have it every
the c ^^’'‘day over here due to
tiUjj^j^^'ditions. There was a great
su^ out this morning as the
havg L ® shining for a change. We
having a bad spell of
the ^""d it seems good to see
Q^unshine again.”
his 25, Sgt. Ballance wrote
lettef^°^her his first descriptive
f'rjfi following his landing on
in Speaking of the fighting
the a ®3id, “We were among
%r troops in the invasion.
kiti(j ^fhllery was the first of its
"'ere and the doughboys
As y.*^®^hy glad to see us, too.
""asn *^"ight know, the going
tough at the beginning,
to that we are more used
-}jj ® situation it isn’t too bad.”
‘"j, letter went on;
^8w farm people left a-
The* , seem to be friendly.
"oUe big herds of cattle and
ter get all the cream and but
you ^
I night at the rate of 60 to 80 knots
per hour. This sounded like
something worse than had ever
happened before, and altho there
is no record of anyone having
been killed by a hurricane in Dare
County, only the brave and the
foolhardy dared tarry at the
beaches.
Even unto Monday morning
the rumor persisted that the gale
was still coming, hut the weather
turned out the most beautiful in
several days. Businessmen be
wailed the unfortunate circum
stances, but anyway, most folks
considered it wiser to be safe than
sorry and took no chances.
The hotels had a good week end
business, and their patronage con
tinues to grow despite the diffi-
cultise of travel.
TIME NOW TO START
A FALL GARDEN
0,
'tie
Dice
Want for a few cigarettes.
Some Timely Hints Given By
Dean Schaub of State College
Dean I. O. Schaub of State Col
lege has issued an appeal, through
county and home extension a-
gents, for the planting of summer
and fall gardens in all sections of
North Carolina.
Exceptionally hot, dry weather
has seriously damaged gardens in
many sections, but there is still
time to produce an abundance of
fresh vegetables, if gardeners will
take advantage of good soil con
ditions created by recent rains.
Dean Schaub points out that
commercial canning of vegetables
especially tomatoes and snap
beans, is running far behind sche
dule—and the need for home can
ning is now greater than ever be
fore.
He explains that all vegetables
should not be planted at the same
time, but that growers should fol-
farmer (brought us over, low a definite schedule. He sug-
djy"-' Piece of butter the otherigests planting of snapbeans and
it was really good. We lima beans as early as possible
Utide ^ time making them i and the setting of tomato plants,
by J^tand sometimes, but we get Squash can also be grown in the
our little! east, if the squash worm is con-
boy”'^^ hook. There is a little; trolled with cryolite.
here that comes over i Irish potatoes, broccoli, cab-
as, o and eats dinner with | bage, cauliflower, carrots, col-
GEORGE WISE GETS ACQUAINTED WITH MARCIA DEATH OF MRS.
m
GODFREY RULED
TO BE MURDER
OF INTEREST along the North
Carolina Coast is the above pic
ture of George M. Wise of Stum
py Point getting acquainted with
his new great-niece, Marcia
Wechter. The young lady is the
daughter of ((Nell Wise) Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Wechter. Mr. Wech
ter, a native of Wisconsin,^ is a
Chief Pharmacists Mate in the
Navy, and met Miss Wise while
teaching school at Cape Hatteras.
He likes Dare County and has
changed his voting residence to
Dare. Recently he was transfer
red to sea-duty, having served 24
pounds. At the time the picture
was-made, it was four and a half
months old. The Wechters now
live at 2931 Shelter Road, River-
dale, Norfolk.
Old George Wise, one of the
first citizens of eastern North
Carolina, business man at Stumpy
Point, is known and loved the
length of the coast, for his loy
alty to his fri^ds, his hospital
ity, and community service. His
son, George, Jr., is serving in the
Navy, and has recently returned
from service in the South Pacif
ic. Mrs. Wechter, mother of the
years in the Navy. The baby is | baby, is the daughter of his broth-
six months old and weighs 26' er, the late Enoch Wise.
Around the Courthouse
Cartaret Coroner’s Jury Finds
I Ocracoke Woman Died
By “Foul Means”
1 A Cartaret county coroner’s
'jury inquiring into the death of
I Mrs. L. C. (Fannie) Godfrey,
I Ocracoke cafe operator, who mys
teriously disappeared following
1 her arrival at Horehead City,
Thursday, July 6, and who was
I found dead in her car near the
city of asphyxiation, Monday, July
10, found Sunday that she came
to her death by foul means.
The jury recommended that all
witnesses in the case be retained
within calling distance for fur
ther questioning, but not be re
quired to put up bond.
The witnesses are Ila Riggs of
Atlantic, L. C. Godfrey, husband
of the dead woman, and Richard
Matthew Coster, a Marine of To
ledo, Ohio.
Costner testified that he drove
to the outskirts of the town with
Mrs. Godfrey Thursday night and
that when the car got stuck in
the sand she refused to call a
wrecker after he had tried to get
the car in motion.
He said he later left her, walk
ed to the nearby New Bern high
way and boarded a bus for a fur
lough. He admitted he and Mr.s.
Godfrey had had a number of
drinks.
An autopsy performed earlier
in the week revealed death due
to asphyxia and placed the time
as Friday night and not Thursday
night, as officers at first suppos
ed.
HYDE NATIVE TAKES
LIFE WITH SHOTGUN
HYDE GOES OVER TOP
5TH WAR LOAN; SALES
NEAR THE $90,000 MARK
E Bond Sales Lagging More Than $10,000 Behind
Quota, But Drive Continues Through Next Sat
urday, July 29th; County Chairman Matthews
Praises Splendid Work of Women
ENGELHARD BOY IS
CHAPLAIN’ S ASST.
FSA HEALTH PROGRAM—Farmdepend on cisterns for their
Security families are practicingdrinking water, that it is neces-
methods that will keep down di-sary that they be treated to as-
seases, according to Mrs. Made-sure safe drinking water,
line E. Smith, associate FSA sup- The supervisor reports that
ervisor. Prevention is the key-most of the FSA families have
note to the health situation in had the typhoid vaccination, but
Hyde County, says Mrs. Smith.
Fighting flies and mosquitoes is
a big part of the FSA program.
if a health doctor is available,
they plan to take one more shot
this year as--recommended-by the
Screens are being patched, doors j Health Department as a yearly
made fly tight, swatters made of, preventative aggainst typhoid.
made | Balanced diets is stressed by
He
speaks slowly and we can j lards, and Chinese cabbage can
also be planted at this time.
About August 1, beets, leaf let
tuce, onions, kale, mustard, rad-
him* better than the
iisjj °"‘es. He is learning Eng-
tef J, fast. He is doing bet
.,j We are by a long jump . _
'"'th you are keeping up • be planted.
'"hat ■ ® know about “Don be discouraged because
going on. There isn’t ■ the bad weather conditions
kw '■Hst I can tell you as you' that we have had thus far^this
V
and
scrap scren wire, home
sprays prepared and barn yard
premises cleaned.
The water supply gets its share
of attention, according to Mrs.
Smith. Each family is being
shown by the home specialist how
to sterilize the family water sup
ply. It is painted out that since
so many families in Hyde county
HYDE NATIVE DIES AT
HOME IN GUM NECK
Funeral Held Sunday Afternoon
For Leechville Man,
Suicide Victim
W. B. Gibbs, 73, of Gum Neck
*han We are by a long jump . .! ish, spinach, and turnips should died at his home late Thursday
afternoon.
He was a native of Hyde County
but had made bis home in Gum
Neck for the past 20 years. He
All of us boys (meaning i spring apd summer,” says Dean | had been in declining health for
Hudley. Hyatt McKinney j Schaub to the gardeners. “Just | the past six months
Gibbs who are jn the (keep planting and working. We| Surviving are his wife, Mrs
outfit) are doing alright, I yet have time to produce gardens | Mart Liverman Gibbs; a son, Odis
it out to the Jerries of which we can all be proud.'
y tirno ...« —L i.1— ” This year it will be excellent fall
gardens instead of summer gar-
e we get the chance.
MAN NABBED ! dens.”
stolen AUTOMOBILE i
Qi,, ENGELHARD BOY SAYS
•tiaj) Watson, young Fairfield i JAPS NOT SO TOUGH
'astarrested at his home
mate
troiJ'"'>'sday afternoon by Pa-! John Watson, gunner’s
iag C- E. Whitfield for steal- 11/c, U. S. Navy, home with his
^"'Wmobile. Watson stole mother, Mrs. Fannie Watson, at
car
'ove
in
, Thr -
Elizabeth City and ’ Engelhard, after three and one
William Clarence Williams, 52,
took his own life Saturday after
noon by shooting his head off
with a shotgun in his home at
Leechville. He had been in a de
spondent mood for some time and
was reponted to have made sever
al previous attempts to take his
ilife.
the FSA, it is said, to prevent any, Williams was a native of
sickness caused by diet deificien-j jjg resided at
cies. Gardens are being replanted Leechville for the past nine
to hip carry out this plan success
fully.
ENGELHARD BOY HOME
FROM ITALIAN BATTLES
months, moving there from Pan-
tego.'
Surviving are his wife, four
sons and three daughters.
Funeral services were conduct-
i ed Sunday afternoon at Mt. Olive
Pvt. P. D. Midgett, HI, veteran' church, Ponzer. The Rev. A. J.
of North African and Italian cam- j Mackie of Belhaven officiated,
paigns, is visiting his parents, Mr. i Interment was made in the church
and Mrs. P. D. Midgett, Jr., at cemetery.
Engelhard. Young Midgett, who j
suffered a severe attack of pneu- I A furloughed paratrooper when
monia, was in an Army hospital asked how many jumps he had
several months before his return made, replied: “None. But I’ve
to this country. been pushed 17 times.”—^Time.
CORPORAL NORWOOD B.
MARSHALL, Engelhard, North
Carolina, has been in England for
seven months. He is stationed at
a strategic air depot of Brigadier
General Donald R. Goodrich’s
Vril Air Force Service Command,
where battle-damaged Eighth
Air Force combat planes are re
paired. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. B. C. Marshall, Engelhard.
A graduate of Engelhard high
school ajid Norfolk Business Col
lege, Norfolk, Virginia, Corporal
Marshall entered service in May,
1942. He is detailed as the chap
lain’s assistant at this base, act
ing as clerk, organist, chapel cus
todian and driver.
ROTARY PRESIDENT NAMES
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Yanks Prepare to Take Farmhouse
L. Gibbs of Baltimore, and sever
al grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
the graveside in the family ceme
tery near Engelhard Saturday, j
The Rev. J. T. Brown of the En- j
gelhard Christian church offi-1
dated. j
SCRANTON CLUB MAKES j
MONEY SELLING BARBECUE ,
I half years in the South Pacific, The Scranton Home Demonstra- j
in jg®, ^airfield man was placed ' said that the Japs are tough only tion club sponsored a barbecue j
ior Swan Quarter and held i when fighting on their terms. He supper at the Club House Thurs- |
canig City officers, who ; expressed the opinion that the!jay afternoon, July 13, at 8 P. M. j
V + in the week and took I war would not last long in 'the The supper was a big success and
he ^^squotank county where ■ Pacific once the Allies put their profits boosted the funds of the j
organization to purchase a $100
War Bond.
tried in Superior Court,' full weight in that theatre
tian highway patrol- ' —
the ioi» ® officers also returned
wSsuick.
ajipfg. end highway violators
Hy the Hyde patrol
Jatne7
SEVERAL LAKE LANDING The club held a short meeting
BOYS FIGHTING IN FRANCE ; prior to the supper. In the ab-
I sence of the president, Mrs. Joe
Several Lake Landing boys are ^ Bishop, vice president, presided,
fighting with the American forces | After the business session, Miss
— mi +/-» +V»ie  Ti r>^«rtVi VknrrtO QCfPnf cfnvp
SPeert-'’"' Grimsley, Columbia,! in France. Those reported to this ' Iberia Roach, home agent, gave
Bond was given for ap-j newspaper are: Lt. Geo. Watson, j g short talk on “It s good business
Jtise!?®® in Recorder’s Court. Sgt. Wesley Ballance, Sgt.. Hyatt. to keep well.” Mrs. Joe BBhnp
Gurganus, Washington, McKinney, Cpl. Hugh Gibbs and | served refreshing drinks.
Sivgn "Yith a truck. Bond was Cpl. Sam Dudley. It is thought | v —
^t’s p appearance in Record- that possibly others are in that poNZER BOY TOOK
'-nurt, i theatre since quite a few were PART IN INVASION
- I stationed in England just prior to
^ [the invasion.
BAK home club
“BYS war loan bond
The
Ino traffic deaths
I IN HYDE SINCE JAN.
Ernest J. Owens, Sl/c, was with
the Navy in the invasion of Nor
mandy. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Addje Owens of Ponzer and
attended the Belhaven high
school. He was employed in Nor
folk, Va., as a pipefitter before
entering the service.
— About 700,000 full-time work-
is barbecue fish supper hides. Tyrrell was also listed as ers must be recruited^tor the^can-
Hyde was one of 18 North Caro-
Gak Home Deiqon-
^I'arg purchased a $100
Tifti, the club during the ,
Mil t drive. The dub lina counties that had no traffic
Pes(j^ ® “ its annual picnic Wed- fatalities for the first six months
Pt July 26, at Bell Island of the year, reports T. Boddie
i'artv P. M A swimming Ward, commissioner of motor ve-
Planned
no fatalities on the high-
ugnjt'' *'“>“nea for this year’s having
Entertainment. way for the same period.
ning of millions of tons of frujts
and vegetables this summer.
OWI PHOTO FROM SIGNAL CORPS
Two American soldiers make a farmhouse their objective
as they push their way into Northern France with the inva
sion army. The rifle of the soldier on the left apparently
is still draped with the ^waterproof covering used on rifles
during amphibious operations and warfare and in very damp
climates where rust sets in quickly.
J. M. Long, president of the
Engelhard Rotary Club, announ
ced the appointment for four
committee groups to assist him
with the activities of the club
during his term which began
July 1st. They are as follows:
Classification, Membership and
Attendance— P. D. Midgett,
chairman, Leland Dudley, and
Tony Spencer.
Program and Fellowship-—Dr.
J. W. Miller, chairman, Dan Ber
ry, and Carl Whitfield.
Public Relations, Publicity, Ro
tary Information—Tom Spencer,
chairman, Frank Gibbs, and As-
bie Silverthorne.
Community Service and War
Effort—^Nollie Shelton, chairman,
J. H. Jarvis, and Dallas Cuthrell.
Rotarian Tom Davis of White-
ville made up his weekly meet
ing with the Engelhard Club last
Thursday evening. He made a
short talk saying he enjoyed the
fin fellowship of the Hyde group.
COTTON ACREAGE
'Hyde county has gone over the
top in the Fifth War Loan drive
announces M. A. Matthews of En
gelhard, county chairman. Sales
through Monday had reached
$89,284.75, topping the quota of
$76,000 by more than $13,000.
Sales of E bonds were lagging,
however, and this blemished the
county’s splendid record. Sales
of these bonds amounted to $28,-
510.75 according to reports in
Monday. This was $10,489.25 un
der the quota of $39,000.
Chairman Matthews points out,
' however, that the E bond drive
does not close until July 29th. He
is hopeful that the quota may be
met by that time. Those who have
not bought bonds during the first
phase of the drive and desire to
do so now can still have their pur-
; chases counted in the county’s
1 quota.
I The splendid work of the Wom-
' en’s Division was praised by Mr,
Matthews who credits a great
j part of the success of the drive
I to their efforts. Mrs. W. W. Wat-
I son of Lake Landing is chairman
of the Woman’s Division and
Miss Iberia Roach of Swan Quar
ter is vice chairman.
I “The work of Miss Roach and
‘ the Home Demonstration clubs is
I gratifying,” said Mr. Matthews,
i “They have done a splendid job.”
I Bond rallies in the various com-
: munities were helpful in boosting
I sales. Sales at the Swan Quarter
rally, held June 23rd were the
I largest amounting to $10,500.
i Bonds sold at the Engelhard ral-
I ly, June 22nd, totaling $6,300.
I Nebraska’s sales, June 28th, were
* $1,575; Sladesville’s, June 29th,
I were $2,050; Fairfield’s, July 6,
I were $4,300; and Ponzer’s, July 7,
I were $2,183.
' Hyde county has gone over the
top in each of the five loan drives
held to date, although each time
I the quota has been upped con-
' siderably. It has also gone over
(the top in the sale of E bonds in
j every loan drive to date, except
I the current one.
j Here is what C. T. Leinback,
j state chairman, wrote when he
learned Hyde had gone over the
I top;:
1 “I am very happy to observe
Uhat according to to the Federal
j Reserve Bank’s report of July 13
: Hyde county has officially ex-
iceeded its overall quota. I con
gratulate you most heartily upon
reaching this goal,
i “There are now 88 counties
(that have exceeded their overall
I county quota. However, only
nine counties have reached their
E bond quota, and I hope that you
will continue to work on that
class of security until the end of
the month.”
I MORE SWEET POTATOES
THAN IRISH IN
1944
, The Crop Reporting Service of
LOW THIS YEAR ^jje State Department of Agricul-
ture estimates that the sweet po-
The cotton acreage in this state .(.gto yild in North Carolina this
this year is six per cent less than j yggj. be larger than the corn-
last season and the second small- | mercial Irish potato crop. The
est acreage since 1878, the State (forecast for sweet potatoes was
Agriculture Department Crop Re- get at 6,800,000 bushels as against
porting Service reports. The re- 6177,000 bushels for Irish pota-
lease estimates the acreage at foes.
800,000 as compared with 850,000 i if prospects hold. North Caro-
in 1943. ■ lina will rank second in 1944 fn
Planting this season in North | f^e production of sweet potatoes.
Carolina are the smallest since j Qeorgie is put in first place with
1939. 17,540,000 bushels.
The Department attributes the I
decrease to adverse weether at faIRFIELD YOUTHS ENJOY
planting time, less labor for hand- j SWIMMING PARTY FRIDAY
ling the crop, and more attrac-
tive income prospects for other I Fiarfield young people and
crops, especially tobacco. .many parents enjoyed a delight-
ful swimming party on the Lake
BERRY AND WATSON ATTEND : Road Friday afternoon, July 14,
LAY MEETING IN PAMLICO | gf 5 o’clock. The swim was fol-
lowed by a delicious picnic sup-
Messrs. D. L. Berry of Swan
Quarter and J. C. Watson of Fair-
field, attended a meeting of Meth
odist Layman in Oriental, Pam
lico county, Tuesday and Wednes
day.
HYDE BOY IN INVASION
BACK HOME ON LEAVE
per and ice cold bottle drinks.
About 70 people attended the
event.
The committee in charge was
Mrs. Franklin Midyette, Mrs.
Henr Jones, Mrs. Guy Cuthrell
and Miss Iberia Roach.
BAPTIST UNION MEETING
TO BE AT TINY OAK
Hyde county Free Will Bap
tists will hold their Union meet-
Gerald Midgett, machinist mate
1/c, U. S. Navy, is visiting his
father, Ben Midgett, at his home wiii x...—.
at Lake Landing. Midgett was ; ing at the Tiny Oak, Swan Quar-
on one of the naval craft that ter township, church, Sunday,
took part in the invasion ofjuly 30. Elder Ross will do the
France. preaching.
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