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'V t!f ihe THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA VI; No. 5 SWAN QUARTER, N. C., THURSDAY. OCT. 5, 1944 Bath Single Copy 5 Cents CHURCH COMMEMORATES 210TH BIRTHDAY HOEY, CHERRY, BONNER, PLYMOUTH OCTOBER 16 to Restore State’s Old est Church Begins , | to ^ Elizabeth barber noe Church at Bath, eiifi , Carolina’s oldest religious commemorate 210 of active service, on the S6ci at! ond offe Sunday in October, and ComiJ'®''irig will be presented to | aoue work of restoration Ih ial offering will be a memor Ogf the faith and courage of Wd who in spite of i[j and privations, erected Pig .lively homeland a tem **nia°^ Lord. All North Caro- Sre ®nd out of the State, to have a part in this Stj^.’^*°ntion, in order that tins j^g ® and national shrine of re- a Ij ®’^ance may be preserved as and faith for the present .j,, .*nture generations. ®hii 'inaint and beautiful old 1734 •’ '^nilt of English bricks in Sawi common heritage, re- iatig denominational affil- of and we are justly proud ton‘- ^ visible evidence of the plg''j^^®d faith of a great pco- tiU ‘ 'aas been consecrated many Setip^ 'ay its service to so many pgg Rations. Untold th(Jusands of havr over the world, apd here for inspiration th, I Will continue to come through FALL COURT TERM BEGINS OCTOBER 16TR Five Criminal Cases On Docket and Nine Civil Actions ULYDE R. HOEY, R. GREGG CHERRY, HERBERT G. BONNER, candidates for Senator, Governor, and Congressman respectively, all will be at Plymouth on October 16, at a Democratic rally to rouse the voters in the coming election. The meeting will take place at three p.m. H. Clay Carter of Wash ington has been appointed Chairman of the First D.slrict Executive Committee. State Chairman Wil liam B. Umstead will also be present at the meeting. HUNTERS FIND DEER SHOOTING GOOD IN HYDE Some 300 Out - of - County Sportsmen Gun For Game Monday | * in Dioc-ese of London Thomas Parish, in the Of ft is a glowing symbol ®ace and endurance. One. St. St , ® oldest town and first ro- *’^niai Of i/ 'capital, was once a part has Uiocese of London, and Co^ ^ large handwrought silver Bijj^^f'ion chalice, given by the Jo,[j of London to the Rev. ®hnr first rector of the ed 5.^^' f't also has three-branch- Saj(j p^ffield silver candlesticks, Geg have been given by King fl of England. Its Queen ip j? hell was cast in England Vor).^? and recast in Troy, New hian fS72. It is 18 years older lesg .‘he Liberty Bell, and doubt- the TT ^he oldest church bell in also States. The church prj has a large Bible, w'hich was Wpj in England in 1703, and Sap,, ''®ted by the late Captain sggo Ashe of Raleigh. In pre- Ashg^^ this valued gift, Captain dij ®ent a letter, stating that Asdg^'^®*‘''ffather, John Baptista BFLL CONFIDFNT Who was speaker of the As- frogT’''' from Bath, lived here to c f®29, when he mov- Mth V Fear, taking the Bible Brig, ^rid that since it was ivpj . about the time the towni to f, ‘"^eorporated and appointed *'easo churches, he was big ‘‘ehly certain it was the Bi- llg in the first service here, stated that his grandfa- ■ath. ehildren were born at Gogg Governor Samuel Ashe, Iptig’^®' Jolih Ashe of the Revo- tbg J'’ ®nd Mary Ashe, who was atfgg ^‘^‘fmother of George Davis, eragy*^^^ general of the Confed- ^ First Public Library t>5fj^^''i0ue feature of this old Patig one which makes it of and interest is that it owned the first public li- the y .y legislative enactment in Wbigh'^'!'^ States, one volume of opg f If still possesses. It was frgg^ Dr. Bray Libraries, sent atpj England in 1699 or 1700, of more than a frog^ volumes. It differed that •+ other Bray libraries in declared in 1715, by first enactment, to be the oligg''‘*'^iic library in North Car- Bopta considered so im- Edag”^^ i^nt Governor Charles Pigg^y^PPointed himself and the ees of his Council as trust- EragiTp. antedates the Benjamin subscription library in andth by about 30 years ty g^ ® Boston subscription libra- Cgpt j’'® fhan half a century. Ex- ^ew V ^ ®**'nll library set up in Beaf . in 1700, we find no rival. The deer season got off to a good start in Hyde County Mon day. Warden Oscar Chadwick reports that an estimated 300 out-o£-county sportsmen were, gunning for game in the county Monday and that at least 25 and j maybe 50 deer were killed. I Bill Sharpe, head of the State | News Bureau was in the county I with a party of friends making some pictures and getting infor-; mation for publicity. Sharpe and his friends caught a two and a half pound bass and some 25 or' 30 white perch in Lake Matta-* maskeet and a large number of trout and sea mullets in Swan Quarter Bay. Some reports reaching this newspaper Wednesday told of several parties killing deer Mon day. John Radcliffs party at Leechville is said to have killed three deer; Roy Brickhouse’s par ty at Fairfield got two; Cecil Sadler’s party at Swan Quarter got 1; and Delama Topping, col ored guide of Swan Quarter, had a party out which killed one. Some individuals killing deer were J. C. Williams of Swan Quarter and Capt. Billy Payne of Lake Landing. Capt. Payne, 80 years old, has been hunting off and on all of his life and his kill Monday was his first deer. ANOTHFR ALLIGATOR CAUGHT IN DARF CO.! C. L. Kell, chairman of the Hyde County Democratic Exec utive Committee, just returned from a State meeting of party leaders in Raleigh this week, ex presses confidence in a Demo cratic victory in the November election. “The job facing us Democrats,” said Bell, “is to get out the vote.” This is a reiteration of the theme of the State meeting. Precinct chairmen are being urged bv Bell to register every voter and see that they get to the polls. Mr. Bell stated upon his return that those Democrats at the state meeting were confident and that harmony prevailed with McDon ald supporters, as well as those of Governor-Elect Cherry, pres ent. FIRE WARDEN WARNS ABOUT FOREST FIRES HYDE OFFICIALS ENTERTAINED AT DINNER MONDAY County Home Club Officers Fntertain in New Demon- sration Laboratory* Hunting Season Brings Dan ger to Forests; Warden Hooper Asks Public Be Careful "lES. Ruby jennette OF BUXTON DIES Jennette, 32, of Bux- buf’jg *®^ September 25, and was by jT Buxton. She is survived otie- 'hisband, Joe Jennette; Jennette, Jr.; her Baxter mother, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac two brothers, sister*^^'^ Clarence Jennette; two A-lice Austin and Mrs. ''' Stirling, all of Buxton. Gpi'^*^*TING PARENTS Wasijj Neal of S^kane, ents visiting his par- Mrs. S. L. Neal at An alligator, some seven feet long but weighing only 27 pounds was killed on Milltail Creek, near Buffalo City this week by Jesse Dasnigbt, and James Cooper of Tyrrell County who were hunt ing in Dare. They gave the Al ligator to the Columbia school children for study. Most of the alligators caught in the Alliga- to'r River section of Dare County are small ones, altho in years past, much larger ones were found. Almost every year a hun ter finds one of them. They stay in the remote fastnesses of the ■swamp, and usually come out only after heavy rains. SW’AN QUARTER POST OFFICE LOBBY PAINTED The Swan Quarter pbst office got a fresh coat of paint on the inside this week. The work im proves the appearance of the lob by and office very much. FULL SCHEDULE The Hyde County Board of Ed ucation, meeting in regular quar terly session, Monday passed a I resolution requiring all county schools to return to the full day schedule on or before Monday, October 30th. Hyde County schools have been teaching short schedules in or der that students might help in the harvest. It was stated that while all the cotton crop might not be harvested by the last of the month that authorities would not be justified in continuing the short schedule. Other business transacted by the board was routine. Dr. J. W. Miller, chairman, presided. George Cuthrell and Forrest Sears were present, mak- ing it a one hundred per cent 1 attendance for members. The opening of the hunting sea son on October 1 brought with it the annual danger to forests from fires carelessly started by hunt ers, and Dare’s forest warden, Alph. B. Hooper, of Stumpy Point asks the hunters to be par ticularly careful about fires in the woods. Many a forest fire could have been prevented had hunters been careful not to throw cigarettes into the grass or underbrush un less they were positive the sparks were out; or by properly putting out a campfire. Each year, es- pecfally in the fall when the trees are dying, thousands of dollars worth of property is destroyed by people who forget to be careful about fires. At this particular time, with the country at war, with every inch of timber needing protection for future use, and with a large majority of men and boys of the various communities away with the armed forces, more care than ever should be taken. There are few left at home to fight fires in the sections most! heavily wooded, and the flame started from one careless match! may mean the loss of valuable' timber, the destruction of small game, perhaps the loss of a home or two, perhaps even a human life. So hunters, be careful. Swan Quarter Born to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Smith a daughter, Gloria Jean, September 27th at Fowl Memor ial Hospital. Mother and baby are getting along fine. The County Council officers of the Hyde County Federation of Home Demonstration clubs enter tained the county officials at a three course dinner, on Monday noon, October 2, in the new Home demonstration laboratory. The department was beautiful ly decorated with fall flowers with yellow and green predomi nating, which are the club colors. The tables were arranged in “T” shape with the County Commis sioners as honored gueSts. Those attending were; A. L. Cuthrlell, Eddie Berry, Jones Ma son, County Commissioners; Bonner Lee, Register of Deeds; Ralph Roper, Olerk of Court; Mrs. Maude Jones, County Ac countant; N. W. Shelton, Supt. of Schools; O. L. Williams, Coun ty Attorney; J. P. Woodard, Farm Agent; Pratt Williamson, Sheriff, and Miss Iberia Roach, Home Agent. Those giving the dinner were: Mrs. S. S. Neal, Mrs. W. E. Noble, Mrs. E. E. Hodges, Mrs. John Lee, Mrs. E. A. Williams, Miss Mildred Spencer and Miss Iber ia Roach. VETERANS HAVE FREE CHOICE PICKING JOBS The fall term of Supedior Court will convene in Hyde County Monday, October 16, with Judge Q. N. Nimocks, Jr., of Fay etteville presiding. There are five criminal cases on the docket for trial and nine civic actions, in cluding two divorce cases. Bennie Young, Jr., colored of Engelhard, is charged with tres passing at night time and assault; Jack Harris, colored of Fairfield, will be tried for reckless driv ing and damaging Stanley Arm strong’s car; Sam Spencer, col ored of Engelhard, is charged with being under influence of strong drink on the highway and resisting arrest; Will Basnight colored of Fairfield, is with reckless driving and hit and run driving; and Mrs. Lola Arm strong of Fairfield will be tried for trespassing on property and damaging personal property. I The following divorce actions are scheduled to be heard by the ^ court Elijah Gray, colored, vs.' Polly Gray, colored, and Richard Gaskill vs. Elizabeth Gaskill. j Other civil cases which are on the court calendar are Gary Bragg vs. James Styron, C. P. Williamson vs. Harry McMullen,! C. F. Gibbs, Adm. Closs Gibbs Estate vs. Ellen Midgette, S. R. ’ Clayton and wife vs. Cecil Jones, 'Mattie Jones Boomer vs. Isabel Boomer, D. L. Berry vs. Albert Lewis, Walter L. Young et al vs. Frank M. Young, et al. HYDF OFS MFMBFRS ATTFND DIST, MFFTING DRIVE TO RAISE $1,250 FOR NATIONAL WAR FUND WILL BEGIN OCTOBER 9TH Township Chairmen Listed for Big Campaign; Sol icitors Named for Swan Quarter and Lake Land ing Townships All manpower controls have been removed insofar as veter ans of the present, war are con- ans of the present war are con- mission announces. Veterans do not need statements of availabil ity in order to change jobs, they may be hired by any employer without regard to employment ceilings and in seeking employ ment through the USES they are entitled as a matter of right to a referr-il to any jobs of their choice, without regard to essen tiality or priority status of such jobs. County Chapter Led Memorial Exercises at Washington Meeting Fifteen memoers oi the Hyde Chapter of OES represented that chapter at the annual district meeting in Washington last Wed nesday. Those from the Hyde chapter led in the Memorial ex ercises. Some 200 delegates attended the Washington meeting. Mrs. Maude Baynor Foye, district dep uty Grand Matrpn of Kinston ■and Jasper Phillips, district dep uty Grand Patron, of Kinston, president. Washington was the hostess group. Those attending from Hyde were Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Long, Mesdames E. C. Miller, Sr., J. H. Jarvis, J. W. Miller, B. B. Ful- ford, R. S. Cox, Durwood Gibbs, W. 'W. Payne, S. M. Gibbs, Mary Jennette, J. D. Silverthorne, and Miss Iberia Roach, Miss Ella Ber ry and Miss Grace Berry. Growers have been warned to pick cotton free of trash and gin only when thoroughly dry. And yet, some farmers lose as much as $15 a bale by not heeding these warnings. , A new egg candling ana grad- I ing laboratory will be establish- I ed at State College. The first egg 1 grading short course begins in ' mid-November. ROWFLL LANF IS The United War Fund drive PROMOTFD TO MAJOR ! wBl get under way in Hyde j County Monday, Octo.ber 9th, an- % i ' ' nounces Miss Iberia Roach, coun ty campaign cnairman who states that the quota this year is $1,250. Miss Roach, pointing out that the quota is $100 more than it was in 1943, says that it is going io take a lot of hard work to raise the money. She urges that everyone make as liberal a con tribution as they possibly can. Miss Roach states that relief money, to aid American boys in service through the USO; to help those in prison camps; and to our Allies in need of help after years of living under the Nazi heel, is badly needed. The Unit ed War Fund is for the purpose of helping these people, she says. The county chairman announ ces that community chairmen have been named for all dis tricts and that a full slate of so licitors have been obtained at Swan Quarter and Engelhard. The Swan Quarter drive will be headed by F. V. Harris, wiho is township chairman. His co workers will be Mesdames Bon ner Lee, Reuben Berry, Howard Gaboon, Columbus Carawan, Charlie Gaboon, E. E. Hodges, John B. O’Neal, Joe H. Mason, Violet Harris, Elmo Swindell, Mrs. F. V. Harris and Misses Lola Watson and Lona Bonner. 1 Heading the drive at Engel- ' hard te Mrs. S. S. Neal, commun- 1 ity chairman. With Mrs. Fannie I Selby Peebles and Miss Blanche ! Tuten serving as co-chairmen. So- ' Heitors will be Mesdames W. W. ' Payne, M E. Marshall, L. J. Wes ton, Ella Mae Gibbs, W. B. Neal, T. J. Etheridge, Clyde Berry, J. ! R. Brittain, and Misses Janie Mann, Helen Lavender, and lone O’Neal Mrs. Charlie Flowers is chair- . man of the Currituck township drive with Mrs. Bunion Midyette serving as co-chairman. At Pon- zer, Mrs. Macon Howard is ser- ' ving as chairman and Mrs. E. J. Clayton as co-chairmian. j The Fairfield driv’e will be headed by Mrs. R. F. Baynes with Mrs. R. G. Roebuck serving as co-chairman. Solicitors will be Mrs. J. L. Simmons, Jack Ban ner, Walter Jones and J. L. Blake. The Negro drive will be un der the direction of Prof. O. A. Peav of Scranton. ROWELL LANE, stationed with the Army Air Forces at Tampa, Fla., has recently been promot ed from Captain to Major. Major Lane was a school teacller in Hyde County, serving with the faculty at Swan Quarter and lat er as principal at the Engelhard school, before he entered the Ar my. He married a charming Hyde County girl, the former Miss Ha zel Asby of Swan Quarter and Engelhard. They recently an nounced the birth of a little boy, Robert Harold. DAN BERRY TELLS OF BURYING THE DEAD Red Springs Rev. and Mrs. Henry G. Ruark of Red Springs announce the birth of a daughter, Rena West brook, Sept. 27. Mrs. Ruark is the niece of the late Mrs. A. G. Harris, Sr., of Fairfield for whom the baby was named. Greensboro Mr. and Mrs. Allen Wilkinson announce the birth of a daugh ter, Beverly Ann, on Sept. 30, in Greensboro. Mrs. Wilkinson is the former Miss Mary Anna Brown of Swan Quarter. Buy War Bonds And Stamps Released by TJ. S. War Department. Bureau of Public Relations ARMY POSTOFFICE BEHIND THE BATTLE LINE—Th^ese members of a mobile APO sort the mail for the day and keep moving forward with the advancing American front. Left to right, Cpl. Henry Ploucher, Staten Island, N. Y., takes time out to read his own letters; T/Sgt. Alan Braun, Biloxi, -Miss.; Pfc. Alexander L. Civillo, Chicago, Ill., and Pfc. Herbert Green, Philadelphia, Pa. Dan Berry, Swan Quarter fun eral director, spoke to the En gelhard Rotary Club , Thursday evening on operating a funeral home in a rural area in the third of a series of vocational talks by Rotary members. Mr. Berry, pioneer in funeral directing in Hyde County, told fellow Rotarians that one of the big problems of burying the dead was getting the families to un derstand that close cooperation between the mand the director is needed. The Hyde County man explain ed that the profession of prepar ing the bodies for burial and putting them away was one of the oldest professions. He ex plained some of the means of embalming. One must understand hum.an nature, said Mr. Berry explaining that it is a touching job to work with the bereaved. He went on to say that it took a lot of tender ness and sympathy on the part of the director. Mr. Berry said the name “un dertaker”, once applied to his profession and even used by many laymen today, is no lon ger claimed by those who work at it. He said he was engaged in “funeral directing.” Following Mr. Berr5"’s talk. Dr. J. W. Miller, chairman of the program committee, announced that Ipans were being mapped for holding a ladies night ban quet arid having the Engelhard faculty as the guest of the club. It has been a custom of the Ro tarians for several years to en tertain the Rotary Anns and teachers. No date has been set for the event pending securing a speaker. OCTOBER 15 IS DEADLINE FOR CANNING SUGAR The Dare County ration board has announced that October 15 will be the deadline for accept ing applications for canning sugar, ■iriose who have not applied for their canning sugar are urged to do so at once, as the board posi tively will not issue coupons af ter the date set. Coupons for a number of ap plications already on file have not yet been mailed out, but these will be taken care of. The cou pons will be good indefinitely. HOME ON LEAVE John Willis Spencer, U. S. N., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Borlnie Spencer at Engel hard. ENGELHARD BOY TRAINS AT MEMPHIS AIR STATION Naval Aviation Cadet George E. Midgett, of Engelhard, N. C., has compleited the course of phy sical conditioning and ground school work at the U. S. Navy Pre-Fliah't School here. He has been selected to continue in the pilot program, and has been or dered to the Naval Air Station, Memphis, Tenn., to begin pro gressive flight training prepara tory to joining a combat unit. Midgett, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Midgett, Jr., graduated from Engelhard High Sdhool in 1941, and attended The Citadel for two years. He completed Na val Flight Preparatory School at Columbia, S. C., and repor'ted here from -the CAA War Train ing Service School, Macon, Ga. SELL OIL RJ” The Hyde County Board of County Commissioners, meeting i in regular session Monday and Tuesday, sold the oil rights to some 3000 acres of land owned by Hyde County in Lake Landing and Fairfield townships to the Standard Oil Company at the rate of ten cents an acre. D. E. Ford represented the Standard Oil Company. The bond of Sheriff C. P. Wil liamson was approved for anoth er year and the 1944 tax books turned over to him after settle ment for the 1943 taxes w’as made. The insolvent list turned in by Sheriff Williamson, amount ing to $777.24, was said to be one of the-smallest, if not the small est, turned in in many years. Other business transacted by the board was routine, including I hearing reports by the officers I and approving the bills. /I 1:
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