THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD
^NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA
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No. 15
SWAN QUARTER, N. C., THURSDAY, DEC. 14, 1944
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HYDE 4-H CLUBS
ARE REORGANIZED
FOR 1945 WORK
County Home Demon-
HYDE GEESE WOULDN’T
I POSE FOR LIFE CAMERAMAN
Officers Elected for Engel
hard, Fairfield and Slades-
ville Farm Youth Groups
North Carolina Youths Win
Market-Gardening Awards
NEWS OF OUR
MENwWOMEN
IN UNIFORM
ENGELHARD IS
TO HAVE A
COTTON GIN
I
Hyde Couny’s three 4-H clubs
It had been hoped tha^ among ^vere reorganized at recent meet
ings, making ready for the 1945
the pictures oif North Carolina
scenes in a forthcoming issue of ciyjij work. This included the elec-
clubs are celebrating the
Dapj. y season with Christmas'
La ^^Ireadv ^^onzer I^ake
tt, and Engelhard have held magazine there would ap- tion of new officers in each of
Sfth the^ the cWbs.l A report of these
having the Scranton cluib Mattamuskeet that would adver- meetings is given in the follow-
h’"- i tise this great hunting paradise, mg story, beginning with the
But it won’t be that way.
^ 1
guest.
tiojj ® Ponzer Home Demonstra-
was hostess to their
and Scranton club and
Lart ^^uiilies at a Christmas
5 /Tuesday night, Decemiber
^ Ponzer cluJb house.
'Wifij'* candles burned in each
Ihg and when one entered
^hrl , ^^hing an atmosphere of
g^strnas prevailed.
Of joined in the singing
cotjt”’'i^^”'as carols and the many
stunts and games led by
aiiij ^heria Roach, home agent,
thoj. Riley Williams were
the enjoyed—judging by
^ ®ughter of everyone,
a jj,“®®utiful table arranged with
atb cf apples surrounded by
individual home made
(Jigj ^ cups filled with hard can-
tof placed in center of room
h to enjoy the refreshments.
Sefj, P- J. Clayton then pre-
the ^ lovely gift in behalf of
'^’ati to Miss Roach in appre-
to cf what she had meant
club and community.
Engelhard Party
^'^gelhard Hcfme Demonstra
memlbers enjoyed a
• ^ ISr r\ «. . , «
“y
•fhbas party at the Commun-
ft(jQ^'*tlding Wednesday after-
Hraj ’ '^ccemtoer 6. The building
“®corated with ever greens
and green crepe paper,
ttieij*' president, op-
^he meeting by the club
“Hark the Herald Angels
]e(5. followed by the chib col-
Unison.
teadi^' f- J- Etheridge gave a
^gi “Giving at Christmas.’’
fij. items of business were
laacg then Miss Helen Bal-
.Jc't a very interesting con-
aias>i pertaining to Christ-
^ exchange of gifts was very
Of Z^f’^e and the refreshments
j^Juits, grapes and candy,
lovg]^' J- M. Long presented a
half ^ ho Miss Roach in be-
the Club.
^ke Landing Entertains
OtiM ® fake Landing Home Dem-
Club was hostess to
sw families at a Christmas
hay at the Library Fri-
fjj^'Sht, December 8.
Vritjj® Ibuilding was decorated
JW Cedar, youpon, ivy and
red candles.
supper was served buffet
Th table was beautiful,
bienu consisted of baked
cyster dressing, gravy,
^ffs deviled eggs,
bejf ’ Pone bread, celery, cran-
Stif .®®uce, hot biscuits, coffee
^^rncemeat pie.
iti supper 30 people joined
iiiaa ^ ®'oging of many Christ-
the !^®''ols with Alton Baum at
Sever Lucy Sadler gave
^lyie
one at Engelhard.
The geese, it seems, wouldn’t xhe Engelhard 4-H club met
pose for the Life cameraman that Wednesday morning, December 6,
was in Hyde week before last. It ijj the school auditorium as a
seems that no geese came to his joint meeting.
'blind where he was all equip- jy^rs. T. J. Etheridge, local 4-H
ped with his photographic equip- dut) leader, was in charge of the
ment to get the pictures. But a program.
Life reporter in another blind “Jingle Bells” was sung as a
nearby found the hunting good, group. Seven boys and girls read
and that may save the day. It tjjg Christmas scripture then all
may be that he’ll write about this bowed their heads and sang soft-
great wild fowl hunting mecca. jy “Holy, Holy, Holy.”
Of course, nothing may be said Connie’Midyette gave a Christ-
aibout Hyde in Life. Editors don t rnas reading.
always use what reporters write. New officers were elected as
But anyway the cameraman follows: Allen Hooker, president;
did get some shots here in Hyde, justine Patrick, vice president;
if there were no good ones of Quelda McKinney, secretary; and
wildlife. Shots were taken of the jyfii-^i Watson, reporter.
Engelhard waterfront, forest fire j p Woodard, Farm Agent,
warden Archie Berry and his exiplained the new enrollment
truck, and the Engelhard Bank, urged the clulia memlbers
that widely pulblicized institution fj21 them out with the assist-
that didn’t close down on the parents,
bank holiday declared by Pres- lyugg jberia Roach home agent,
ident Roosevelt after he entered ^lade a few remarks in closing
office for the first term because year’s work and feiw plans
the message was late in arriving. 1945.
Publicity obtained in a nation- meeting adjourned with
al magazine with as large a cir- giving the 4-iH club pledge,
culation as Life is worthwhile. ipj^g j-^gular meetings wilj be
Of course, the greatest bMst a j^gj^ jbe first and third Wednes-
community gets is through the ^ g^g^ month at 10:45 a.m.
columns of its own newspaper, Fairfield Meeting
no matter how small, for it is Franklin Midyette was in
the one who pinch hits for it gbarge of the program for the
Mildred Jester
Howard Blalock
Marcelene Simmons
week after week.
joint meeting of the Fairfield
F 'OUR North Carolina entrants
planted, hoed and marketed
their way to one regional and
three sectional awards in the
1944 National Junior Vegetable
Growers' Association production-
marketing contest. Winners were
announced in the association’s
annual convention at Rochester,
N. Y., by Prof. Grant B. Snyder
of Massachusetts State College,
advisory chairman for the junior
growers.
Howard T. Blalock. 18, R. F. D.
1, Durham; Marcelene Simmons,
16, of R. F, D. 1, Mt. Airy in Sur
ry County; Mildred Jester, 16, of
R. F D 3, Durham, and Elizabeth
Womble, R. F. D i, Nashville,
won major awards in the state.
Howard will receive $200 and the
three others will receive $100
each from scholarships provided
nationally by the Great Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Company. Other
North Carolina awards consist of
$25 war bonds won by Billy
Breedlove, 'Nashville, and Mil
dred Terry, Durham.
Howard,'son of B. T. Blalock,
lives on a 381-acre farm in Dur
ham County. His vegetable crops
covered 21 acres and yielded food
with a market value of $9,940.
Experience in 4-H home garden
projects has led him into com
mercial production. He has been
in 4-H Club work nine years and
has served three years as presi
dent of his local club. He was
active in football, baseball pnd
basketball in high school ntil
grduation last June. During '1
school, he drove ; school ous
'e also
Sam Lamlb, manager of the 4_jj club Thursday morning, De-
Mattamuskeet Refuge, was help- cemiber 7.
ful to the newsmen and was Miss Alice Reid Berry, retir- more than two ve?
much disappointed that no bet- president, opened the meet-
ter shots could be gotten before by the clulb singing “Joy to HYDE COUNTY
they had to go on to Manteo and ^be World” followed by seven rp A V T TC'T'tPlJC
Dare County to get some shots dub memnDcrs reading the Christ- 1 iA A. LlalJliriS
there. Sam, who hasn’t been in lesson, then all bowed their NAMED FOR 1945
Hyde very long, takes a great in- beads and sang softly “Holy, Holy,
terest in development of the Holy.” No Revaluation This Year I Red
county. X Alice Reid Berry gave a read-
ing, “Giving at Christmas,” then
FINDING ENJO'YMENT entire club sang “I Heard, the
READING THE ADS Bells on Christmas Day.” _
Election of new officers was
developed a dairy herd which
gave him returns of $1876 in
1944.
Elizabeth,-daughter of- Bennie
L. Womble, lives on a 100-acre
farm and is a senior in high
school. On a half-acre garden
she produced 22 kinds of vege
tables worth $452. She was
named outstanding camper in the
1944 Nash County 4-H Club
camp and won five seconds and
seven firsts on vegetables at the
county fair.
Marcelene, daughter of John A.
Simmons, had a three-acre gar
den with marketable okra, po
tatoes and cabbage. She ranked
first in her high school class in
1944 and has entered Meredith
College at Raleigh after five
years in 4-H Club work. She
and her sister sold vegetables, as
well as some of the fruit from
their father’s 1,400 peach trees.
Mildred, daughter of J. C
Jester, ranks first in scholarship
in her junior class in high school.
Shfe had an acre garden with 21
kinds of vegetables which pro
duced crops worth $211. She has
been president of the county 4-H
Club Council, active in church,
scrap drives and bond sales. In
school she won a scholarship
medal two years in a row and
has been participating in oratory,
debating and athletics.
Youths in 44 states competed
for sectional and regional awards
and for national honors. The
national championship award of
$500, Prof. Snyder announced,
was won by Donald F. Sullivan,
19. Potsdam. N. Y.
FURTHER RELIEF
FOR COAST FOLKS
IS BEING SOUGHT
Because of War-Time
Conditions
I find myself reading most of
the ads in the papers and maga
Mrs. Maude Jones, Hyde Coun
ty tax supervisor, announced this
then held which are as follows:
zines these days. When I became Tommy Jones, president Eve y that tax listers had been
aware of this, I began to question Clark, vice president; Lydia 1 - named for the 1945 work which
myself ‘why?’. I think I know Sette, secretary; Alice Rei er- begins January 1st. It was also
noiw. It is the interesting story '^y- reporter. stated that no revaluation would
Mr. Woodard gave out the new held because of war-time con-
enrollment cards and explained jitj^ns.
them. Miss Roach made a few listers who have been ap-
the poorly planned sales ads, but tills'^ yeL’'s^^work° and Quarter; T. E. San-
rather the institutional ads and 1945
Cross Workers With
Governor’s Committee In
vestigate Situation
that most of them carry, e
Some of the classifieds.
This does not mean some
of
those that carry a message. Some
of the best human interest stor
ies are found in some of this
“^f’rcopy. Look for yourself the next vvillbeMTeTirst and third Thurs-
time you are reading your paper month,
or magazine.
Ho;
loadings, then Miss Iber-
thg ", led two contests and
Vijj. ®'^ous Christmas poem “A
St. Nicholas” was
lUf played as a game,
th Silverthorne welcom-
Sroup and wished every
ily of the clulb and her fam-
have enjoyed the club’s
Christmas supper.
Payne presented
gift , *heria Roach with a nice
the clulb.
gat), R. Davis "dismissed the
Chri 'wRh an excellent
prayer.
Some examples appear in The chrisxmAS HOLIDAYS FOR
Herald. There is the brewing In-
derson and Miss Maggie Bridg-
^ , , man. Lake Landing; C. E. Baum,
In closing the 4-H pledge was pairfield; Gratz Credle, Curri-
given in unison. tuck; and T. W. Howard, Ocra-
The regular meetings fo^^l945 gj these people served
as tax listers last year except
Mr. Baum and he has held the
jo bof tax lister in years gone by.
Mrs. Jones stated that the re-
dustry Committee ads. Bill Coch
ran’s Jefferson Standard Life
Insurance ads, the American pot
ash ads, among others.
Yes, there is enjoyment read
ing the ads. And often bargains,
too.
An investigation as to the need
of further relief for the people
who suffered in the storm of Sep-
temlber 14, on Hatteras Island, is
being made 'by Red Cross work
ers, and a committee appointed
by Governor Broughton, follow
ing a conference in Manteo Fri
day. The Committee delegated
John E. Ferelbee and John A.
Meekins to go to Rodanthe and
Avon with the Red Cross work
ers, and make a study of the sit-
tuck; and T. W. Howard, Ocra-1 nation to see if help could be
given. It is estimated that about
$25,000 will be needed to build
chimneys, and make homes hab-
ita'ble for winter use.
Governor Broughton, upon
hearing of oonditionst here after
Red Cross Workers had complet
ed their emergency relief task,
sent June Rose of Greenville, N.
C., to make a report on the situ
ation. Mr. Rose reported that he
had found numerous homes with-
H'YDE SCHOOL CHILDREN j valuation scheduled for 1945 had
been called off because officials
Hyde County school children, deemed it advisjible to do so be
both white and colored, will have cause of war-time inflationary
five school days off for Christ- trends. She stated that such a
mas, it is announced by school course was advised by state offi-
officials. For the white children cials and quite a number of ^
of Swan Quarter, Fairfield and counties are following this course. , out chimneys, and unalble to have
^ESVILLE 4-H CLUB
Elects new officers
Th
ing J ^ladesville 4-H club, meet-
last E ^ time this year
ottigafternoon elected new
Those elected were Roy
president; Connie
Saw vice president; Grace
®®^“’®tary and reporter,
^ch f.^^^'Jssville club will meet
Uoon 3iid third Friday after-
*ER soldier wounded
France improving
]VT Sawyer, son of Mr.
Ho E- E. Sawyer of Ponzer,
wounded recently in
it) g P W Prance is improving
His Ga., Army hospital.
recently visited him
ihoy ® Hospital and report that
iosjjt pleased at the splendid „„
service given their son.: decline from stocks hold on June 30
GARDEN CLUB ENJOYS
CHRISTMAS PARTY
Engelhard this means a nine day Hyde County tax payers who
holiday with schools closinjg on have adjustments which they
Friday, December 23rd, and op- think should be made will be re-
ening again on Monday, Janu- quested to 'take them before the
ary 1st, adding two week ends Board of Equalization and Re-
Club to the five days. Dates for other view which meets in March.
The tax listers will meet with
The Engelhard Garden
gave its annual Christmas party school closings were not available
last Tuesday evening with Mrs.
J. R. Brittain and Mrs. Charles
Patrick, hostesses.
The Town Hall was beautifully
decorated for the occasion. Christ
mas music was by Mrs. David
Peeples. Games and contests were
enjoyed during the evening. Each
guest had a string tied to their
finger leading them to a pres
ent from Santa Claus after op
ening and displaying the gifts, a
delicious salad plate with hot
coffee was served.
Plans were given out for the
Community Christmas Tree that
the clulb sponsors every year to
be held at the Hall on Saturday
night before Christmas when
Santa Claus will be there to treat
all the children. A program will
be given. Gifts will be taken to
the shut-ins.
The public is invited to come
out and see the children made
happy by Santa’s visit.
at this writing.
' the Board of Commissioners and
:i ^ ■■ ' the Tax Supervisor sometime be-
NORTH CAROLINA MAY BE THE , fore they start their work on
“rifTH QT/ITC” IM MABV u/iuc ' Ja'^^^ry 1st. This meeting will
ririn OIHIC in muni nATOjlikely be held the last week in
the year.
but it’s a poor
O. E. S. members in HYDE
AT BELHAVEN INSTALLA'TION
Hi
‘‘r Bonds And Stamps
Stocks of canned evaporated j
milk held by wholesale grocers on'
September 30 showed a moderate
I and were less thnii half as large as
on September 30, 1943.
in Number of Hospital Beds
Per 1,000 People
Why not ask your Legislator
to Support the proposed
State-Wide plan for
MORE DOCTORS-MORE HOSPITALS
MORE INSURANCE
Eourteen members of the Swan
Quarter Chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star No. U. D., attended
the institution of a Chapter of
the Eastern Star in Belbaven
Thursday night, Decemiber 7.
The Masons of the Belhaven
Lodge was hosts to visitors from
Eastern Star Chapters from Swan
Quarter, Hyde, Plymouth, Kins
ton, Aurora, Greenville, 'Washing
ton and prospective memlbers of
the Belhaven Chapter at an oys
ter roast prior to the institution.
The Belhaven Chapter was in
stituted with 51 charter members,
To encourage the harvesting of
more seed, a purchase and loan
program for winter cover crop
send harvested in 1945 will be un-
derlaken by the Commodity Credit
C '•’loratioB and operated as in
1944.
fires. He found that some homes
had not yet been removed to
their original locations. The chief
trouble he found, was due to a
shortage of manpower, and it was
impossible to get workers from
distant points to go to the coast
for prevailing wages. Mr. Rose
reached the conclusion that it
would be necessary to pay prem
ium wages to attract bricklayers,
housemovers and other mechan
ics to the area.
Governor Broughton this week
appointed a committee consisting
of Melvin Daniels, John Meekins,
D: "V. Meekins, I. P. Davis to as
sist in handling the proposition,
providing funds could be found
to pay the difference in costs,
for such people as are unable to
pay the extraordinary costs in
volved.
I ADD SERVICE MEN
j PVT. MACON HOWARD, who
i has been visiting his wife and
I family at Ponzer has returned to
I an Army hospital for further
I treatment. Pvt. Howard was
wounded while with the Army in
France.
R. L. Gibbs £i Company Plans
For Construction Early
Next Year
Engelhard is to have another
industry added to its slowly grow
ing list of businesses. R. L. Gibbs
I & Company, wholesale and retail
I produce and seed and feed deal-
FLOYD MANNING U. S. Army for the con-
Ai- , 1 structioo of 3 cottoo gin near
their warehouse site on the wa
terfront some time early next
Air Corps, is home visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Man
ning at Ponzer.
SGT. HILTON DUNBAR, son of
Mrs. Lonnie Dunlbar of Wenona,
home from the Pacific war on a
well earned furlough, visited his
aunt, Mrs. G. L. Squires and un
cle, Cleveland Smithwick at Pon
zer.
CPL. FRANK O. HARRIS, son
of Mrs. Charlie R. Harris of
Swan Quarter is a truck driver
in aservic e squadron attached
to the AAF’s oldest fighter group,
which has been awarded a Pres
idential Citation and two War
Department Citations, announces
the 15th AAF in Italy.
dpi. Harris’ squadron, com
manded by Major Robert E. Da
vidson of Chicago, Ill., has serv
ed the veteran fighter group
through the campaigns of Sicily,
Italy and Southern France.
MAJOR and Mrs. Rowell Lane
and son have returned to Tam'pa
Fla., after spending a week at
Swan Quarter with Mr. and Mrs.
J. Harry Swindell. The Lanes
visited friends in other parts of
the county while in Hyde.
MAX FLOWERS, U. S. Navy, is
spending his leave with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Flow
ers at Sladesville.
CENSUS INFORMATION
TO BE WIDELY USED
The information on crops and
livestock to' be gathered by the
1945 Agricultural Census in Jan
uary will be used in many ways
by farmers and by varied groups
from Federal agencies to manu
facturers and advertising organ
izations.
Dean I. O. Schaub of State Col
lege, who heads an advisory coun
year.
The new gin, which will cost
something like ten or twelve
thousand dollars, will have a ca
pacity of approximately 30 bales
a day. Work on construction will
begin soon.
R. L. Gibbs & Company has
already purchased a lot near
their warehouse for building the
new industry, although it hopes
to swap around and get one near
er their site than the one they
have purchased which is just be
yond J. M. Long’s two story ma
chine shop building.
The only other cotton gin in
Hyde County is located at Slades
ville and is owned by Jeff Credle,
prominent Currituck township
businessman and former sheriff.
R. L. Gibbs, head of the pro
duce firm, says that his company
will continue to buy cotton in the
seed as he has been doing front
those farmers who don’t want ta
gin their crop.
Engelhard business people look
ing around for possibilities of
new interest have advocated the
location of a gin in their town,
saying it was needed by farmers
in that section of Hyde County.
They look with favor on this new
expansion of R. L. Gibbs & Com
pany.
NEWS ABOUT LAW 'ON
FILING INCOME TAX
Joseph D. Nunan, Jr., Comimie-
sioner of Internal Revenue, to
day reminded individual income
taxpayers that Congress has chan
ged from December 15, 1944, to
January 15, 1945, the final date for
filing Declarations of Estimated
Income Tax, either original (as
in the case of farmers), or amend
ed, and paying of installments of
estimated tax for the calendar
cil of all agricultural agencies i year 1944.
cooperating with the Census Bur-' Among the taxpayers affected
eau, urges that farmers give just by this change in dates are: far
es complete information as pos- mers who exercised their right to
si’bl6. H-e points out that the in-. defer filing deiclarati-ons last April
formation collected from growers | 15; others who have already fil
ls stridtly confidential and will i ed 1944 declarations but desire
not be used for taxation or regu- j to change their estimates by fil-
' I ing amended declarations; all
When all of the information is' persons who owe the final in-
classified and published, it will' stallment of 1944 estimated tax.
present an invaluable digest of| If a taxpayer wiho would oth-
agricultural facts. Cooperative 1 erwise be required to file an
farm associations can use it as original or amended Declaration
a guide to intelligent credit and j of Estimated Tax by January 15,
as a basis for marketing plans, i 1945, files his annual income tax
Individual farmers will know j return for 1944 (on Form 1040)
'better how to make acreage' and pays all tax due by Janu-
changes in crops and regulate the ary 15, his return will serve as
numjber of their livestock. j both a return and declaration
The agricultural census will ■ and he need not file the 1944
provide basic information for declaration.
dealers in agricultural products,' Also, if a taxpayer files his
railroads, insurance com'panies, final 1944 return (on Form 1040)
and pays the tax due on it by
January 15, he need not pay the
HYDE GIRL ’TYPIST
FOR COLLEGE ANNUAL
Miss Gladys Gilbbs, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lathan Gibbs of
Swan Quarter has been elected
typist for The Oak, the Louis-
burg College annual. Miss Gibbs,
who is a junior, is taking a com
mercial course and is very popu
lar with students and faculty.
Pork production at federally in
spected plants was 168 million
pounds for the fust week in No
vember, or 42 million pounds less
than a year ago.
manufacturers, advertising agen
cies, marketing organizations
experiment station and extension final installment which otherwise
'Workers, and such agencies as the would be due on his estimated
Farm Credit Administration and tax.
Soil Conservation. , A bill from the Collector for
In times of disaster, the agri- ■ uie final installment of 1944 es-
cultural census will provide much timated tax may be ignored by a
of the information needed for taxpayer who files his annual re
drought relief, seed loans, and, turn (on Form 1040) and pays
other rural relief agencies. tbe tax due on it by January 15
“Agriculture will be able toj These changes will enable a
make much greater progress in; taxpayer, if he desires to do so,
the future, if we have full infor-; to wind up all of his 1944 in-
mation at hand on which to make come tax obligations by January
our plans,” I>ean Schaub said. 15, but it does not affect the fil-
“We especially need all the facts Ing of his 1945 declaration which
in the case as we face changing will be due March 15. Also tax-
conditions after the war.” i payers who do not file'their fin
al 1944 returns by January 15
must do so by March 15.
LIME RECEIVED IN 1944
SHOULD BE SPREAD NOW
anss CREDLE’S ENGAGEMENT
TO aiR. GIBBS ANNOUNCED
All limestone and phosphate
that has been received through
the Hyde County iyVA office Miss Oarma Blair Credle o£
should be spread prior to Jan- Lake Landing, daughter of the
uary 1, 1945, according to T. A. late Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Blair
Jennette, chairman of the Hyde Credle whose engagement to Mr.
County AAA committee. Horace Gregory Gibbs, son of Mr.
December 31, 1944, is the end and Mrs. C. Frank Gibbs of En-
of the 1944 program year and all gelhard is announced by her sis-
conservation materials that have ter, Mrs. J. C. Roper. The wedding
been received through this office will be solemnized December 26,
should be used at once so that 1944, at the home of Mr. and
credit may be given under the Mrs. J. C. Roper, Newport News,
1944 program, Mr. Jennette Va. ’
pointed out.
Supplies of fresh eggs in the
Used motor oil and mortar color- United Stotes were heavier during
ing are good for “painting” out Oriober than a' year earlier but
buildings on the farm. Several col- still short of needs, says a govern
ors are obtainable. ment report.
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