THE HYDE COUNTY
'■He news of the richest agricultural county in the IDREMOST historical and recreational area of north CAROLINA
Vop^j. ^ ~ SWAM OTTARTFR M c. THfTRSnAY. .TAN. 25. 1945 Single Copy 5 Cents
^Helton acts
TO CONSERVE
SCHOOL FUEL
^se
EARL R. MEEKINS NOW
A FULL TIME MINISTER
SWAN QUARTER, N. C, THURSDAY, JAN. 25, 1945
Blow for Blow
of Coal for Heating
^ooms for Non-Essential
Meetings Forbidden
Stumpy Point Citizen Serving
Three Methodist Churches of
Hatteras Circuit
Principals of the various Hyde
schools have been instruc-
Rev. Earl R. Meekdns of Stum
py Poim, who some years ago
was ordained a minister of the
Methodist Church after a long
career as a lay leader, was re
cently called to the pastorate of
the three Methodist Churches of
by Supt. N. W. Shelton of
"'an Quarter that in order to
■conserve the fuel supply no coal .the Hateras Circuit, which com-
be used to heat buildings af- ^ prises three churches at Hatter-
. closing hour except for meet- as, Frisco and Cape Hatteras.
]Hss essentisl to the war effort., Preaching at both Hatteras and
he request for drastic conserve- j Buxton last Sunday, his second
of fuel came from Governor ; appearance, he told his congrega-
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IRISH POTATO GROWERS
IN EASTERN CAROLINA
FACE LOSS OF MARKET
Hyde County Stands to Lose $125,000 Annually
Unless Changes Effected; Use of Better Seeds,
I Better Planting Methods and Greater Improve
ment in Handling Urged
J^regg Cherry.
Here is Mr. Shelton’s letter
hioh was sent all school princi
pals-
tions of his and their o-pportunity
for service, and of his faith and^
belief in his fellowman, and in
his God, his church and himself;
■■^1 the request of the Governor as an instrument of service to his
fuel iijg conserved dairing the people. j
“bortage it is necessary that the Many fayorable comments
‘°uoiwing policy be adopted for about- his sermon were heard, for
®'^hools in Hyde County. he knows how to -apeak the Ian-!
fuel should be put in stoves' guage of the coast people. Most .
FAIRFIELD MAN
IS PAINFULLY
BURNED SATURDAY
Blaze Smarted By Pouring
I Kerosene on Hot Coals
1 Destroys Home, Furnishings
;
^h will maintain heat after
bool hours. Only sufficient coal
^ould be used to keep a reason-
temiperafure unfil the closing
®Hrnaices should be banked
,, Hty niiinutes to an hour before
b® close of school or as much
before the closing hour as
enable heat to be maintained
^ reasonable temperature un-
PRESENT DRAFT
POLICY TO TAKE
MORE FARM MEN
the closing hour.
Steam pressure in furnaces
^ould never exceed five pounds
adiditionjal pressure will not
^®rease temperature to any no-
^eable degree, but will require
coal
Temperature in rooms with
®toves should be regulated by
and ash pit drafts. No room
®®d. be overheated. Open doors
windows will indicate a Waste
fuel.
Temjpara-ture in rooms iWith ra-
btators should be regulated by
Opening and closing radiator
J[Hyes, not by opening windows.
■wdn'dows in. su?h. cases
"■aae fuel. The steam pressure
the boiler is lowered by out-
side air and the janitor puts on
^ure fuel. Closing valves builds
bp Pressure and -the janitor holds
bis
' ^0 heat can be provided for en-
tsrtainments, programs, social,
athletic or siniilar activities. One
T- A. meeting and meetings
^®ntial to the war effort may
^ Provided fuel as in the past.
.^®etings having to do with crop
Ptodiuction are considered “essen
tial.”
^ ^chools with radiators should
c'tt bjgf radiators in auditoriums.
(Soh.'tols Without furnaces have
never ^feat In halls and pas-
of bis lifetime has been spent in
fishing business, and he is known
as ope of the most successful
fishermen of his section. When
the call to the ministry came, he
abandoned his fishing business
and went to Hatteras. His exper
ience has 'been varied, for he
spent several years in the gro
cery business in Elizabeth Oity,
and later worked for a long pe
riod in the Norfolk Navy Yard.
Knowing the needs of the 'peo
ple of Hatteras, and having
knowledige to manage a iboat, and The iguides set up by the War
to make nets, it may be that the Manpower Commission for Selec-
new preacher will soon find him- five Service in inducting men in
self lending a hand to his new the 26 through 29 age group make
neighbors and parishioners Jn a nice difference 'between the
their daily life. For he has lived “essential” Industrial employ-
the same sort of life they live ment and that which is consid-
he knows their problems, and ered as “critical” to the war pro
now be follows the Biblical in- duction program. Most smaller
(unction to quit fishing for fish commuriities (excepting mining
U.S Stffnat Corpi Radiophoto
Soundpholo—An anti-tank gun is rapidly put into position in foi-ward area on the German Belgian
border, to repel & strong German countei aitat J' in the 1st Army sector.
HYDE CITIZENS
HEAR KINSMEN
KILLED, MISSING
HYDE HOME CLUBS
CLOTHING LEADERS
■Langston Smith, Fairfield lab-'-
orer, is beinig treated in the Co-
lumibia hospital for paiiiful ibufns
which he sustained Saturday
morning .when the five gallon
kerosene can from- which 'he iwas
pouring oil on a slow-' burnirtg
wood fire exploded setting the
bouse in which he was living
Eastern North Carolina face«
the loss of the greater part of its
early commercial Irish potato in
dustry unless some drastic steps
are taken, according to Hyde
County Farm Agent* J. P. Wood
ard. Hyde County stands to lose
a $125,000 business if steps ate
not taken to' meet competition.
Beaufort and Tyrrell'are 'even
larger potato prodolding COUiiti^S
and fa'cfe greater losses. Cutrituck
and other Allbemarle counties ate
also great potato growing cbdiii
ties.
CoaMl^ gAWeri must'fa'ee* tii^
faet’'that'’(ither dtfeas' are' putting
a better prod'uct on the market.
The tiine hsia comh When* they
Here Are Some of Rural Jobs Sgt. Spencer Reported K/lled;
That Are Essential; Some
Listed Critical
Lt. Wright and Captain
Robbins Missing
and become a fishet of men.
FARIFIELD 4-H CLUB
RE-ELECTS LEADERS
Members Show Interest in Club
Work; Contribute 100 Per
Cent to Polio Drive
and Specialized manufacturing
towns) which are. closely related
to itbeir agrtieult'ural areas, wttl
find tlnat most of the men in the
affec-ted age group fall in the
category of “essential” employ
ment when they woilt in such
: fields as the following;
Agricultural .Services: Oom-
. ,, J must'’take "drastic"St€t>S to titi-
HEAR SPECIALIST afire totally destroy!^ jt, j pto’lhfoCs,'''ihcliftIihg
I all of his home furnishings and bf 'Oiily'certi'fi'ed'Seed. bel-
New County Council Officers' ■ ♦y.A I ter planting- itththod^' and diiis
Installed at Swan Quarter
Meeting Wednesday
News received during the week
has told of at least three men—
kinsmen of Hyde folk — being
either killed or missing in the
war. They were 9gt. Lynwood
Flertcher Spencer, First Lt. David
B. Wright, and Capt. William
D. Robbins.
Sgt. Spencer, son of Mrs. Lu
cille Mann Spencer and the late
Carrol Spencer, .'both prominent
Hiyde Countians, was killed in ac
tion In France on January 5. Sgt. I
Spencer lived at Swan Quarter
while a child where his father
was a practicing attorney.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Mary Anderson of Washing
ton, who lives in Falls Ohurdi,
Va,; two small children; hi* mo
ther, -and three brothers, Carl
I Mann Spencer of Columbia, S.
C. , Capt, Charles F. Spencer of
I the U, S, Army and Pvt. Warren
,Smith -was saved ffom
flames by his wife and children j ard'the'facts'in the pOta-
I who heard the explosion. They
I all escaiped uninjured.
Accordiing to reports reaching
to situation? Here they ' arte' ak
told by' tihte' Hydte 'Cduhty'fariti
agterit; ’ ,1
Aocording to a recent rej^rt is
sued I by tbe ’Procurement and
Price Support' Brgn'ch of the pifr
room, ana uien anomcx m [ fl®® of ^istribution, WP.A ^dis
the kitdhen. When he returned' purchased a^roxl-
to .the living room, he found the mately, 24 89 per cent oi .tte total
fire burning slowly, and ipoured' ^ipmentaf rcm Norxn CaxQlin,^
oil on it to speed it up. It was | This lyas the se^nd
then that the can Caught fire highest percentage purch^s^ m
any State and compared w-ith an
ing room, and then another in
and exploded. ' ‘ * -
The 'blaze spread quicSUy aud
The Fairfield Boy’s and Girl’s mercial poultry hatcheries, seed
4-H Club met seperately lor their processing, animal ibreddlng,
regular meeting Thursday, Janu- crop disease protection services,
ary 18. Mr. Woodard met with initial processing services of ^ ^
the boys and Miss Roach with the compressing, threiShing, cloning, 1 of the"U. S. Armv
girls. ■; shelling, curiiig and the like, ir- j
Record books for this year were rigation services, farm repair and . 'jj. g Wright son
given out. Each project was care-1 maintenance services, farm Pro-. j j Wright
fully explained. Bvif duet ssseihibly g§rVl@@9, custom ^ jnigold, has been missing in
member was told whlat 'vyill 0^ grist ■milling and id6 hafvesting. jjj Luxembdurig since De-
requlired of him to oon^lete each jjg “Critical” employmeilt is list- 2O aOcOrding to ■word re-
project and how to fill out the un'dtef rati WM!C guide for ag- ■ .frdn} the War Department
record -books correctly and aocur-' ripultural services. The produc- ' -vVifd) 'tiite former Allene
‘Clothing leaders fmm the va-1 newspaper. Smith arose Sat- j
rious Hyde County Home Dem- morning and proceeded to
onstration clubs -met m Swan
in the hou^ as |
Quarter Wednesday morning and
one in the liv- !
heard Miss Willie Hunter, cloth-,
ing specialist from State College,
Raleigh, talk and give a demon
stration on “Patter Fitting.” This
meeting was followed in the af
ternoon by a meeting of the
County Council of home clubs,
at which time new officers were ^
installed. ^ ' the two story dwelling, which
New officers of the County ^ Oapt. R. B. Bufrus --.j -- ».
Council were installed in an im- Quarter and Belhaven,’- going on thte market, while North
pressive ceremony put on by Miss to the ground in a Jew j Carolina shipment^ are dechlun^.,
Iberia Roach shortly after Umch, ^jjjutes. None of the furnishings | growers have continued to
w-hlch was served by the Slades-, clothing was savgd, except for,, plant on wilt infested fields aiid
vine, Ponzer and North Lake wife attempted to move their jmta-
clubs. New O'fficers are Mrs. W. children had on - toes early when they ^sco'vered
E. Noble, president; Mrs. R. F.' ^ County Chapter, of 1 the presence ^ wilL This prac-
Baynes, vice president; Mrs. Ellaly^g American Red Cross investi-; tice has prove ndisastroi^ because
Mae Gibbs, secretary, and Mrs. the situation and is going it has result^ in rotting in toans-
A. ■Williams, treasurer. ' * stricken family. Friends it ap'd has given North Carohna
In the installation cersaaony, . neiahbors have been gener-[ potatoes, 4 bad Reputation at the
,1 .thiTH-iine season.
average for the producing
of 8.15 per cept. . . , ,
More ‘ California potatoes are
ately.
tion of 'padkaging materials for resides tvith hter par-
Several schools
teed la's! summer. lH sOmte Cas-
^ it Was for schools 'll(hieh fe-
'^C'ved no .coal then. In othef fia^-
it will be deducted from tnd
^’tpply fcj. next year. W your sup
ply looks extra good you may be
1 the “deductible” class. If it is
‘“W conserve it. If you received
coal last summer you will be
fc^'t a small additional amount,
■^ven if your supply seems ade
quate we may receive much less
the old officers were called to
lur
aext year.
Rationing guide
FOR THE WEEK
Processed Foods: Blue X-5, Y-
’ Z-5_ b_2, C-2, D-2, E-2,
^'2 ana G-2 (Book 4) now valid
to Points each.
"teats and Fats: Red Q-5, R-5.
*'5, T-.'i, U-.5', V-5. W-5, and X-5
iBook 4) now valid at 10 points
for use with tokens.
J Bugar: Sugar stamp No.- 34 val-
now for five pounds.
Shoe,s; Airplane stamps 1, 2
3 now valid.
tuci Oil; Period 4 and 5 cou-
from last season and Period
’ 2 and 3 coupons for current
sason now valid at 10 gallons
7," in North Carolina.
^asoline; A-14 coupons valid
The girls relented Mrs. Frank- shipping and preserving essential, ^ puker
iin IVEidgette as local leader, and products is also listed as an es- 1 ’vancerboro Mrs Wright’s
Mrs. R. G. Roebuck as assistant ential class of employment I u^other was the former Miss
leader. In the ^-tagory of ^ Blanch Cox of Middletown, sister
Both the' boys^and girls wn- g^u^ioyment, as it may ^ect ,the Preslon Gibbs of Middle-
ftibuted one hundred .per cent to ^raft status of citizens of non-in- I -silver-tborne
fog March of Dimers. | d-ustrial smaller towns, is Bsted | Landlfog. She .used to vis-
'AltBdbgh the club is small the ^uch work as foe repair of au- ^ frequently,
memibefs show more iirt^est in f^o-mobiles, ibuses, trubks, tractors, William D (Dud) Hob-
club work this year than the pre- ^^rm equipment. However, it • ^ Burgaw. nephew of T. A.
is intended that in the ^tagory jg^nette, chairman of the Hyde
of repair services co^ideratiori Vfar Board and AAA
begi'venonly toirtoividualsquaH ^^j^ reported
ified to render «n-mund missing in aCtiOil W
services J^h ^ essential Decemiber 16. Capt. ^tobfeitiS
'•“"J >
11*1. iypi.5 t' deemed '’'^cation with his grandparents at
, Lake Landing. Son of Mr. and
beginning of the shipping season.
the front In recognition of “‘Negro Woman Burned ’ "'The retailers have lost h^vRy
magnificent piece of work they Undsay Slade, "Jold'fted; * and some have retoed to buy -
had done as the pioneer Council' Quarter, suffered biirns j ditional potatoes from tnis sec
leaders in Hyde County. The re- .morning as the resulf'pf i tioh. , . . ^ , .
tiring officers were Mrs. S. S. ^ ^laze made big by pouring’ker-I There has ibeen little or
Neal, president; Mrs. W. E. No-1 according to ibfor-; 1 provement in the method
bles, vice president; iVto. E. E. mation given this paper Tuesday i ^ting, grading, and h
Hodges, secretary; and Mrs. J. A. ghe was taken to ,0 1 This has W
Lee, treasurer.- Washington hospital for treat-| in transit which eeUlS eiSliy
ihr.
"ow
eugh March 21. Rationing rules
require that each car owner
^■■he his 1945 license number and
en each coupon in his pos-
®®ssion as soon as it is issued him
his local rationing .board.
^HlBlT IN ENGELHARD
BANK
is on display in the En-
Bank at Engelhard s
®nes3 of the plaqre wiiich is
on an LBM boat bearing
• name o-f Hyde and several
^,hr North Carolina counties
better than sold their Fifth
o '" Sond quota. There is also
g^.^^i'ihit, pictures of the crew
„ h officers of the boat. Hyde
^ hntians .will find it interesting
've thi=; exhibit.
vious three years of work here#
We hope to make 194'5 an out
standing year in tlid history of
club work in Fairfield.
ENGELHARD POWER CCT.
GETS BROWNOUT ORDER Vr thari foe above are
j “essential.” ‘
1-* -r^ n/r-.3 i.4. f" P^m-' In the ‘iield oi healtil ,wel-
iico'foe'an? Lighf Company has fare service* «lassi--
reJeived a copy of the? ‘%rowrtV, fication is applied to physioians,
out’’’ drder which will ifiFobibit surgeons, dentists, dculists,- ostoo- ,
certain specified types of oltec- paths', sanitary engineers, veler-j
trie lighting after February 1 as inarianS engaged In farm live
one phase Of the program to al- stock trealtipent, medical, dental 1
leviate the critical fuel shortage, and optical 'laboratories, pliarma- |
Among the outdoor lighting -which ceu-tleai services, hospitals, nurs- -
will be prohibited will be adver- , ing services, and institutional
Using, decorative, and marquee, care. Int* the “essential” class
Mr.’ Midgette is urging his cus- go mortuary .services, auxiliary
tomers to cooperate in the pro- civilian welfare servi-oes to the
gram. An advertisement giving armed forces, welfare services to
further details appears elsewhere civilians, ichairch activities, acci-
■h this issue. Failure to comply dent and fire prevention services
put's customers liable to discon- and struc/hiral pest cbhtrol serv-
tinuance of electric service. ; ices. Only educational .service
It is pointed out that while considered critical is tilie United
these tiertiain types of lighting States Maritime Service Training
which are termed non-essential Program; most others are listed
arte to bte prohibited, electric as essential services. )
power is ava'ilaible and plentiful; In the forestry and lumbering
for essential heeds as long as it'! fields the only -critical classifi- ,
is used .wisely and conservatively.' cations are those of timber tracts
The local power company is al-; and logging camps, cutting of
ways eager, a.ccording to Mr. pulpwood, wood for tanning ex- ^
Midgette, to' heln custo'ners yet tract, sawmills, veneer and plan- I
the most -benefits from electric i.ng ar d plyv,ood mills. j
energy. ' Substantially, ihe .guide system
-t. ' f'.M; up by WMC,* which is in ae
on a btig of oordarce .with the directive to
fertilizer for Selective Service by the Director
of Wirr Mobilization and Recon-
■ ersicn, Jame.s tr. Byrnes, reflects
the irtensified demands on Am
erican resources of men and ma
terials to wtge the iwar, and the
fact that tlie past years of war
hc-.'e ab-urbed the more readily
availabit- resources. |
The eouiicil veted to' send $5 to _-_t
the Infahtlle Hardiyste Drive, $5’ ‘
for Chinese Relief, Shd aocept an-'
other Red Cross sewlfll ^UOta. ; RUTLES FOR CQTTQN
iMisS Hunter gave a most in-,
teresting demon^ration on “TipS| GROWING CONTEST'
in Clothing for Figure Problems”
which was most helpful for all!
the members.
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a\^idlsd. In roany ,tastes this rough
hancl'ljbg, accompanied by over
heating in the field, makes it ;
jW^gtically impossible for pota
toes to aMve vr. foe terminal
r '.arkets ill idbd .cehdiyoa:- '
The la.bor sibUSiish has heten'-
acute but unless better stfoervis-
f ill
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Any fiahihef, laftdletd and/or j provided In the field and
1 tenant, producing as raiidh as five; expect little
'Some stfaifts bf sweet corn hold acres of -cotton in one body is j,.i-„pj-ovement. This is highly im- ■ :»l
their sweetness .beittef than others eligible to enter the five-acre >
between the pickiftl and the pot, ' cotton production and qulality very little washing and drying
say agricultural scientists. . contest in Nonth Carolina this 1 better
^ i carrying quality, is the biggest
^ Blood ap6ts In eg-gs do not iff- ^ wiil be given.-
«^ T At ** Jl J-Jt a •
Mrs. W. H. Robin of Burgaw, he
was an honor student at State
College. *
dfoate a diseased condition of the
chiCkeA' foying the egg, says Prof.
Roy DtearStyne, head of the poul
try depart-mtent at State College.
differertce between eastern North
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“CHAMPION COOK MEETS iOVll STIR’’
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The analy; .i*. tsg
seed, or e I ?r of
that matter, is fer mere import
ant than the prks tag, r.cy State
College Extension agronomists.
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i.aimers file ^application^ j Cat6Una and Oaliforoia potatoes
with their couiffy Sgtents, before The potatoes grown in eastern
July 1 and these will be „for-'j North Carolina are just as nutri-
warded to J. A. Shanklin -a-t Stfl-te j tious a.s those grown in Califor-
I College, Who is in charge of the j nia but the eye_ appeal is not the
' contest. The purpose of the con- same and this is what the house-
j tet is to improve the quality of' v/ife looks for. They have at least
the crop and to lower the cost of | two other edvantages because
j produicrtio-n per pound through ^ (hey can control water and they
higher yield.s | do a better job of handling and
1 The grower agrees in foe ad-' 1 distributing. A decided disad,-.
: plication to plant his .contest, vantage is that California must
, acres with a Variety normaily ship .their potatoes 3000 miles,
prpduclnig an inidh Staple or bet- while we are less than 1000 miles
I tter and to strive to fceeb his seed from most of our markets.
pa-He for the behefit of his com- ! . .What Can Be Done? J
’ muilirty and oounity. f Here are some bf the that ;
I The state is divided irt'to three Easteun Uaroiina growers can do ;
! distrldts arid four prizes of $350, i to improve the situation: *
I $250, $100', and $50 are to be | First, they m'ust uiider no con-^^,
I awarded in each di^dt. The dition .plant potatoes 'in land'
I grand .prize is $’?50 and this known to be infested with dis- ’ ,,
i amount, together ,;,w,ith foe top eas® and, second, they should^ by 'fo'
j distridt prize of $^Q, . will give all means use only certified seed."
I the stae winner $lp00. AM prize from ^ depepd^ble sounpe. Some?
awards wfH be divided between other things are cut potatoes in
to blocky seed pieces which will
weigh not less than onte and- one
h-lf otij‘Ce.s.; dig Rptafoes--Si late
a';tornd*n '-and pick-up early the-
fol'owihg morning, using crates
■f Si’i;
j the lian'dlord and the tenlant on
I foe same basis as the crop itsteif .
I Oflfictel yields will be on the
I basis of “dalraiil.r.teid yidlds” as de
termine' b” measurements, boll
counts, a-'-rd wiU.'iite made by t'le 'and baskets whe navailafole; ibet-
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i Extenifi.0-1 Scr-'me. Estin^ate-s will
# he ms'ie a't five yicirits in the
^ I field, /'M field's wi b hi.eh yield
, poss‘.bUifi'''S wi'l be checked sev-,
High crop yields just don’t
happen: they are made by a wise
selection ot -/'- id . -esd, gc-'.d land,
and wise farming practices.
“A now cooking champion met a movie champion at the recent
4-H Club Congress in Chicago when Elaine Noble (left abcAe) ftora
Deep Run, North Carolina, m^t Rhonda Fleming, Selsniok star.
Rhonda will be seen soon with Ingrid Bergman in the picture Spell
bound’. Both girls were th ■ guests of Servel, Inc., donor of award!
in the 4-II Food I’repara'’o' Contest, at the Congress.”
era! timbs sfier ini^i.”.’ e:.'"
‘ Fife made Thls 'inetho-d of
mining yields hr s' proven en
sa/iisFant.oj’y in cmint\r ari,ri
conteats in the pas When checl
a.gaij,-s1. actual yields. ■
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ter rnganization of labor during
b-nrH-,-)g; attention at
grading; wash and dry *^he po*a-
'toes asl'oon as eqiuphriehfis 'avail
able. ■ - ;
' Government Purchases
The government will punch' ; (t
the grade 1 'potatoes
-;a)n this ."nh
year, t this help cannot be ex-
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