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p. Iifyip ■>VTi«Mij[WpjiifMfrtin THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AN D RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA Swan Quarter, N. C., Thursday, Sept. 21, 1944 Single Copy 5 Cents ^astern north CAROLINA OFFERS GREAT APPEAL TO POST WAR TOURIST FIRST NEGRO KILLED D Wh the war came, the North itig seashore was experienc- Srrici ®''°wing traffic in tourists, "'ho from sport fishermen spQjj. "'[anted to combine their j C6(jt 3 beach vacation. Re- iii ,®^Peditions had proven that' tel ^Pttion to the famed chan- ! «r the waters off the Out- | also yielded sailfish, j itiafj. ’ ^^berjack, dolphin, blue 'barracuda and other game . ^t is itore Pfc. Nathaniel Gibbs, son of Letha Phelps of Lake Landing, ' died in an Algeria hospital, Sep tember 5th, of accidental gun shot wounds his mother was inform ed this week by the War Depart ment. Pvt. Gibbs is the first Ne- | gro, as far as we could learn, | that has been killed in this war. The colored boy was with ; transportation corps. Before he ■ entered the Army he was em- ! _ , T" ** ^.~TT 1 IT J* xnj 11 ployed as a farm hand by Mrs. ^Untain Resorts; Fishing and Hunting as vVeli Eunice Midgette. FISHERMEN LOSE NETS AS STORM STRIKES COAST Swords Beaten Into Plowshares? ^Mopinent of Parks and Historic Places Expect- ^ to Bring Great Income From Seashore to fountain Resorts; Fishing and Huntii Historical Appeal Awaits Tourists MUSEUM DIRECTOR WANTS HELP OF MRS. H. R. WAY Anticipated that more and itig T sea fishermen are go- So "'isit the banks and other as the coast, as far down f'ty;'^^^Port where fishing along ^An Shoals is excellent. Will ^^fional Seashore project type to bring in another tijji visitor. This will be the tiofig?® first large marine na- "Itim And plans envision aofg ®te acquisition of 100,000 the V, from Currituck all this through Ocracoke Island. Sona region is noted for It itpp "A® Seashore development is accessibility (and this Coajj ^^PAted), large areas of the sn.. . Heretofnrp visited onlv by mS tof j^’Aen will become available .J,, AAiily vacationists, agg ® State of North Carolina is to an^H''®^y pushing a campaign the . •''•*•0' F^uaiiiiis * i Nland demanded by it Jv,^*'^®rial Park Service before Seve ^ undertake development. Are thousand acres already ipg ^ hand and other land is be- gijj gradually acquired through Ilati ^’^^®hase, condemnation. The !IHi‘°''*a1 seashore will provide toric Unspoiled beaches, his Preparations Do Not Halt For j Flounder and Bass Season Many fishermen in the Stumpy Point-Engelhard area sustained heavy losses in the storm of Sep tember 14 when their nets were swept away. Many boats were damaged also. Fishermen in oth er communities were more for tunate as they did not get their nets in the water. At Manns Harbor and Mashoes, preparations were going forward with speed this week as boats loaded with stakes went forth. Fishermen say they expect a good season for rock (striped bass) and flounders. Blustery weather and thick water usually makes for good fall fishing and both cer tainly seem to be here now. Ma shoes and Manns Harbor are not ed for their rock fishing. LT. WATSON WITH SUCCESSFUL 9th ARMY RED CROSS GOES TO I AID OF STORM-WRECKED I OCRACOKE IN HYDE I Hurricane That Struck Island Thursday Was More I Severe Than Any in 100 Years and Caused Ex tensive Damage; Latest Estimates of Damage in Hyde Now Placed at Near a Million Dollars STILL WATERS RUN DEEP, OLD SAYING Young Officer From Lake Land ing With Outfit Capturing I Nazi “Lost Army” Here, from a symbolic viewpoint, is one of the war’s most remarkable photographs. No painter could ask for a better grouping of aesthetic material. The farmyard strategy is being planned (left to right) by Lieut. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, commanding general, Mediterranean American Air Force j Lieut. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, deputy supreme Allied com mander in the Mediterranean theater, and Maj. Gen. Joe Cannon, commanding general. Twelfth Air Force, ^(OWI photo from Signal Corps. X ^ STORM LOSS TO HYDE AND DARE WILL RUN INTO MILLIONS uawif APots, including Kitty Lt. George Watson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Watson of Lake Landing is a member of the 83rd Infantry Division of the newly organized Ninth Army, which Monday took part in the capture of Germany’s “Lost Army” of Belhaven’s Rattlesnake Col- some 20,000 men trying to make lector Wanted to Catch their way from the Spanish bor- f o 1? u-u-* 't®^ to their homeland. The sur- Snakes for State Exhibits render of the Germans took place on the southern banks of the State Museum Director Harry Loire River in France. Davis has found someone to help Mr and Mrs. Watson have kept him with his rattlesnake collec- up With Lt. Watson’s outfit tion Mrs. H. R. Way, 74-year- through the news columns. They old resident of Belhaven, in have been pretty well informed Beaufort County. about his where-abouts all the “uu Hunting ot waieriowi, I Mrs. Way collects rattlesnakes time, even though censorship has khi 'u'" network of calm water I for fun, using them later as a not permitted him to reveal his ’PAk® possible extensive de-I special added attraction in her location. Through their study of (^y^®ent of boating. Pamlico, | small museum, which is open to the news dispatches they have lie K and Albemarle Sounds | the public each day in the year learned that his division has cov- tere.?- ^ort Raleigh, and in- examples of wildlife. iVfj governor hopes Mr. Orville allow the original Pdane to come back to J,!' Hawk. , North Carolina’s ad- in addition to its surf, And hunting of waterfowl. iie K , Ann Aioemarie ouuims | me puoiic eacn uay m me —^ . ^ehind the banks, but within for the benefit of her pet chari- ered a large territory. Ilia Cross. ' Urtiirwa, wxv***** tljg ‘Ag distance of the surf on oj side, and there is a maze t)etjj^^?®’'''''AyS’ rivers, bays which ""Una yatchsman to move n5ty^^,^"®®Iy- Development of this b In her letter to Davis, Mrs. Way WELFARE DEPT. WANTS ,,, , „ NAMES OF DEAF CHILDREN said that the rattlesnake is e^s- iets of all to kill, because he gyde County Welfare De thinks he has protection and will 'Aturai | ^^inks he has protection ana win , “ . ^ekine the names of 'een : "'®®reational resource has ^ait_if in repose—for you to get ^ seeking the names oi Ci^ started already at Elizabeth ^ ^oe » I children in the county who are on/’ "^here there is a large col-I ^ , d®af so that arrangements can be yachts and an annualy City“^°At regatta. The Morehead Vg). ®"®A also has seen some de- ^Phient along this line. lioj,^^°'Pniodations in eastern Carolina are grossly inade- '"Afii even present 0(j development is anticipat- ^ ®fHy after the war. Hilo ''“Psideration likely to in «ence ’ t ri/g'^®®sion to maintain the Ma- the °^sese in that section after thousands of young arg pPPtinue to be trained in the. is tantamount to the crea- por,, A “permanent floating” ttioj. perhapSs 25,000 or Of young men, many of whom . coi "Ainin seeers. On July 4, Mrs. Way killed a |.g jjayg them admitted into canebfake rattler which measur- state institution at Morgan- ed four feet and 10 inches A pic- seeking he aid of school ture she enclosed with the letter gffjgjgis ^^d citizens, Mrs. Esth- shows a sweet old lady proudly ^ Spencer, superintendent, holding head-high the ■'Aid®" said, “This is one way in which snake apparently as long as Mrs. we can do some work that may Way is tall. ' prevent future need or social “I have preserved many snakes maladjustment. We hope that you I ^“usideration likely to in- in alcohol — poisonous and non- fjjj^ ^jme in your busy pro- 1 development of eastern N. poisonous—to teach children, as gram fo help us in locating the ^ resort facilities is the announ- well as grown-ups, the kinds that children of the county, if there u dpo=,;_._ ... are harmless. I open up all rat- any, who need this service.” tlesnakes that I do not preserve in alcohol, just to get first-hand' GAS BOOKS information as to their food,” | HARD TO COUNTERFEIT wrote Mrs. Way of Beech Ridge | Farm, who has come to the con- | Counterfeiters and black mar- clusion that rattlesnakes do not j^g). operators are going to find = young men many of whom eat birds of any kind—“just rats, ■ ^heir illicit handling of civilian ®®brse will arrive at their mice, squirrels, and yet some tell ^ gasoline more diffcult when the ''PS camps as eager sight-j me they do eat birds.” i new “A” hooks become valid. There is no doubt of it, the losses to Hyde and Dare Counties from the storm of September 14th will run into millions of dollars. Hyde County alone from damage of crops and barns will lose a million dollars, according to conservative estimates of well-in formed citizens. Dare county’s actual property loss to houses will run far over $600,000. But that doesn’t begin to take in many other losses. .it is difficult to get estimates of the losses of trees that are a cen- tur yold; of fences that are orh down; of grazing for livestock that is lost; on losses of incomes of people who must give up their vo cations to repair their homes and their fences; of countless dollars that must be spent for labor which demands war time prices before it will lift a hand to help even in time of distress. These losses must run into heavy figures in Hyde County. Dare is situated differently in many respects. Unlike agricultural Hyde, its people are fishermen, boatmen, Coast Guardsmen. Many of them are way from home leaving only wives and children to take care of things. They cannot return to render prompt aid. Their property remains at the mercy of the elements. Fishermen have lost fortunes in nets and stakes. Their opportunity for a livelihood is lost to many people this fall. Boats must be repaired. It is a safe estimate that Dare’s property loss will easily run to a million dollars. It is a safe estirhate that loss of income, and of intangible values will be an equal amount. Summarizing some of th edamages, the Village of Avon seems hardest hit in damage to homes. Ninety per cent of the homes suffered severe damage. Chuurches, stores, and homes all fared alike. The high winds completely demolished some houses. Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo were likewise hard hit. The Sound side cottages at Nags Head were practically swept away. Fishermen at Stumpy Point, Manns Harbor and Hatteras lost many nets. Barns, fish hous es, and other outbuildings were destroyed. High tides at Hatteras village did much damage. The Manteo Boatbuilding company sheds were torn away. Severe losses were sustained by M. L. Daniels, C. W. Davis and O. J. Jones, L. D. Tarkington, and other Manteo merchants. The Roanoke Utilities Company and. the Norfolk and Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Company, and the Virginia Elec tric and Power Company suffered great losses, and have made valiant efforts to restore service. In Hyde County, P. D. Midgett’s power lines suffered great damage, and he made a record in re storing service, even to such distant points as Manns Harbor and Stumpy Point. The communities of Colington, Kitty Hawk and Duck also sustain ed considerable losses. Great damage was done the timber in Dare County, by breaking and blowing down trees. Nags Head suffered a loss in the death of L. S. Parkrson, well known hotel operator, who was fatally injured by a high tension wire that had fallen across his car. Mr. Parkerson and his wife had made a huge success of their hotel at Nags Head, and had done much ,to build good will for Nags Head, and had aided materially in its development. His death was the only fatality of the storm. , The American Red Cross went to the, aid of storm-wrecked Oo facoke Island this week to help the Islanders with problems of ^ food, health and buildings fol- lowing the greatest hurricane dis- ^ aster to strike the Outer North Carolina Banks in more than 100 ; years, reports D. L. Berry, co- j i chairman of the Hyde County : i Chapter. Several Red Cross Rep- ; j resentatives from Atlanta, Ga., j arrived on the island this week, I following a preliminary survey , made by Chairman Berry and aides from the Southeastern Area j office. The Hyde County office of the I Red Cross received a call for help rfom Ocracoke following . Thursday’s hurricane. The South eastern area office was notified , of the disaster and Walter Der rick and Miss Sallie Gaines were dispatched to the area immediate ly. These area representatives, with Chairman Berry, Nollie Shelton, school superintendent, 1 Dr. D. E. Ford, county health REV. W. L. CLEGG is a popular officer, and C. B. Bell, county young Methodist minister who is sanitarian, went to Ocracoke District superintendent of the Saturday and made a survey of Elizabeth City District, having the damage. They report much under his supervision about 35 destruction and on their arrival ■charges, which some 30 preachers found the island without drink- and 60 churches scattered about ing water and only enough food these northeastern counties. Mr. for one day. Clegg is a native of Cleveland According to Chairman Berry, County, and is a quiet, modest [ of the 180 homes on Ocracoke, minister, but “still waters run; six were totally destroyed, one deep” as the saying goes, and he: store building destroyed, and 100 talks good sense. Here is a re- [ homes damaged. A number of port of what his home town pa- [ boats were washed high on the per said about his speech to the' beaches and either badly damag- Rotarians the other day: I ed or destroyed. The “don’t care attitude” is the j The Hyde County Red Cross menace which now confronts the head said that old timers on the Christian religion after surmount- ' island told him that the hurri- ing dozens of serious obstacles to j cane was the most severe witness- recognition and acceptance, Mr. i ed there in many years. Tide was Clegg told Rotarians Monday af ternoon. “ ‘Stone walls do not a prison make,’ and ‘the mere removal of stone walls and iron bars do not guarantee freedom,” said the minister. “Freedom is an inward quality—not solely the ousting of external hindrances. “How many of us would be reported five feet deep over most of the island, two feet higher than seen in the past 100 years. With possibly one exception the entire island was covered with water. The last record of the velocity of the wind registered at the naval base on Ocracoke was 88 rniles an hour, and the storm was reported even more severe after the in- willing to die for our faith? Many \ struments stopped working. The snake Mrs. Way killed in ] The Office of Price Administra- T. Historic Sights j July was the first seen by her, tion said today the new coupons effort has been made to j last fall as he “left a shed at are printed on a new type of Gov- t.ho nianps of fVit* noultrv house door.” I ernment safety paper which de- the historic places of ; the poultry house door. | ernment safety paper which de- Carolina but there are , Throughout the spring she look-, fied duplication by counterfeit- giy -“At more attention will be j ed for him, knowing he was, ers. As further protection the ^orth that tra sev more attention wui ne, ed lor nim, Knuwius nc wao.cia. xui’tuci. tuc ^0 this phase of tourist at- 1 spending the winter under the ; new coupons, are serially number- ■kriw , t ‘ 1 "'tions. Orton plantation for years has promoted visi- Its gardens. Some com- Pfg “®A have made efforts to Eli, historic places—^Edenton, ^.^abeth City, New Bern, Wil- Among others. Winston- A long-range plan for {> ""Ation of Salem. [gJ^^ration of Tryon’s palace at “®rn, a $500,000 project, will "® to brooder house. led. “So sure enough, I was there OPA emphasized, however, that when he came out and the hoe protection measures taken for the was handy and here is his pic- nevy coupons do not lessen the ture.” Although Mrs. Way’s first in terest in collecting is the rattle snake, she also collects birds and other items In reply to the lady’s letter, -, - t—“J > Director Davis said that rarttle- make New Bern a major | snakes have been known to take c. tourist center. Top- an occasional "bird, though their Sites ®Hy’s other historic * importance of motorists endors ing every coupon with their li cense number as soon as the new books are received. Veterans who are interested in becoming farmers after the war should botain the new booklet, an occasional unn, — .“Shall I Be a Farmer,” publisli- principal food consists of rodents.' ed by the U. S. Department of “They are good ratters and Agriculture in Washington. tend to stay around where rats and mice abound,” said Davis. | “Keep the Homes Fires Burh- Will niake New Bern the 1 He declared that he plans to ing” will be changed to “keep the j^Atosburg of N C Over $300,.! have Mrs. Way catch some rat- fires from burning your home” Already available for this tlesnakes alive for Museum ex- during Fire Prevention Week, Oc- (Please turn to Page 4) hibits. tober 8 to 14. 15 a natural advantages "elie town, adjacent to ex- I'Alac And hunting, the COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN MEETING MONDAY The Hyde County Board of County Commissioners met Mon day and audited the land sale list and insolvent list of taxes pre sented by Sheriff C. P. William son. Land sale certificates as list ed in the sheriff’s report in the amount of $4,031.71 was accept ed by the board in part settle ment of 1943 taxes. The entire • insolvent list was presented to Mr. Williamson from which to make further collections. MASHOES CREEK LOSES ITS CHURCH IN STORM The people of Mashoes Creek were desolated by the storm of last Thursday when the Metho dist Church went down and is believed wrecked beyond repair. This small community of seven homes had the largest church for its size of any community on the coast. The Methodist Church at Sal vo on the coast lost its roof in the storm. Several churches in Currituck County were badly wrecked. of us are not willing to take our children to Sunday School. “Freedom of religion has not cost us Americans much. We in herited it. “The test of courage comes when Christianity is in the mi nority. The test of tolerance fol lows when Christianity is in the majority. “We must not just live and let live. That is an incorrect idea of freedom. Freedom is to live and help live, according to Christian ity. “We must not confuse religious freedom wit hthe ‘don’t care’ at titude. “I am not afraid of persecu tion. The one thing that religion can not stand at all is being let alone—the ‘don’t care’ attitude.” HYDE BOY PROMOTED AT SOUTH PACIFIC BASE A South Pacific Base—Horace A. Gaboon, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Gaboon of Engelhard has been promoted from private to private first class in an anti-tank I company'of-(he 147th Infantry, i Pfc! Gaboon has seryed in the I South Pacific since Dec. 9, 1943, I and has been awarded the Pacific- Asiatic Theatre ribbon. In addi tion he wears the Good Conduct medal. SISTERS JOIN SPARS tliiisfiaslaili! PACKAQES FOR OUR ARMED FORCe5 OVERSEAS must be mailed between SEPT. 15-OCI, 15 Misses Elizabeth and Robeana Gibbs, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Gibbs of Engelhard left this week for Norfolk, Va., to enter the SPARS, women’s branch of the Coast Guard. The Hyde girls recently passed examinations and were accepted lor service. They will be sent to Tampa, Fla., where they will take their basic training. The sisters make a total of three girls from Engelhard in the SPARS. Their first cousin, Mrs. Rebecca Huggins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Jarvis, volunteer ed several months ago. Arrangements have been made to have drinking water carried to the island. Health officials will set up headquarters on the island with The Red Cross. The party spent Saturday night at the Ocracoke naval base. They had high words of praise for the commandant and his personnel. The Navy furnished transporta tion to the party which speeded their investigation. Crop Damage Crop damage in Hyde County is now placed at $300,000 by county agent J. P. Woodard. Mr. Woodard at first placed losses at $200,000, but revised his estimate when damages appeared more extensive. The exact loss to far mers depends on weather condi tions. Much of the corn and cot ton is on the ground and only dry weather will permit salvage of these crops. Orchards were badly torn up by the wind. Many trees were up rooted, while hundreds more had most of their limbs blown out. Pecan groves suffered heavy dam age. A number of large groves were almost totally destroyed. Schools Damaged Three chimneys were blown off the Fairfield high school, reports Superintendent N. W. Shelton. No damage was apparent at other buildings following a hurried survey bly officials. Negro school buildings suffer ed most from the blow. The Cali fornia school in Swan Quarter township was not able to open Monday because of storm damage. Reports were not available from all the schools. The Swan Quar ter building had window panes blown out and needs further re pair. The Negro school buildings in Hyde County are poorly built. There are few that don’t need re- 'pairing or being totally rebuilt. The situation is no credit to the county, but finances will hardly permit much to be done and of- (Please turn to Page 4) i'; I : 'irV. . ' ii' :* ir I fi' [irir ’ ,1.' ■ X ■'I \M 14 1 - raj ' ■i'*l if#
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