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VI; No. 24
bill before assembly
WOULD PROVIDE FOR A
REFERENDUM ON WHISKER
^ote Would Be Held Six Months After the End o
the War, If Bill Passes; Capital Observers Thin!
Ilural-Medical-Aid Plan Has Little Chance Oth
News of Interest from Legislature
^^orlh Carolinians will vote on
6ther or not they want, legal
^ or prohibition in a refer-
held six months after the
if the bill introduced in the
j Senate Wednesday passes
® becomes law,
jjbill provides that if the
‘ ^hibitionist carry the referen-
that the sale or manufacture
'alcohol, brandy, whiskey, rum,
otv!’ 3ie, porter, wine or any
; JUDGE MEEKINS, NOW
70, PUANS TO RETIRE
beverage have more than
’^6 half of one per cent alcoholic
/“htent would be prohibited. Nor
'’Wd they be advertised,
j^rgunaenis for the leigislation,
j^bich was referred to the Fi-
.^hce icommlttee, were heard
ednesday and opponents were
6ard Thursday.
Thi
do
Chi
® measure bears the en-
^■sement of Governor R. Gregg
T^erry and the Allied Church
®ague of North Carolina,
j J^ong other bills of state-wide
j terest are two which would en-
the powers of municipali-
with respect to the acquisi-
and maintenance of airports
lies
lion
^bd estaihlish a State Aeronautics
jJ'^hiission with the general dut-
ipH promoting cooperation of
ydfiral, state and local authori-
in matters concerning avia-
b and of encouraging the de-
iapment oif aviation in the
blate.
Care of Unforunates
Sb ? problem of caring for the
unfortunates came in for
anp focus in the legislature last
. with bills being introduced
to
Provide for a hospital for
^stic paralytic ohildreti, better
^inistrative systems at the four
Stat
j “1® hospitals, revision of ex-
‘Pg mental hygiene laws and
beral improvement of the care
the mentally ill.
spr ? while there was a flurry of
Uvity to help the mentally ill,
®diietions came frcm the State
Pital that the proposed all-out
^^al health proigram, which
,°bld provide for a big hospit-
at Chapel Hill, broadened
g®alth services in the counties,
ate physicians, and so on, will
lb a reality by the /ac-
b of this legislature,
rhe far-reaching program as
®Posed by a committee ap-
g 'aied by former Governor
“'■opghton, won’t come about
because it is felt it is too
^ g a thinig for the State to tackle
d no funds are availaible to
on. Some think the Federal
„ yernment will soon offer a
JUDGE I. M. MEEKINS, United
States district judge in Eastern
North Carolina, who became 70
years old Tuesday and eligible
to retire that he had definitely
made up his mind to step out of
his job, and notified President
Roosevelt to that effect. Specu-
laion is rife as to who will fill
i the vacancy.
I Judge Meekins, a native of
! Gum Neck in Tyrrell County,
was appointed to the judgeship
in 1925 by President Coolidge.
Previously he had represented
Tyrrell County in the Legislature
for two terms and bad made an
unsuccessful race for governor as
the Republican candidate.
His health not the best recent
ly, Judge Meekins has been con
ned to his home in Elizabeth
City for about two weeks.
Among the names mentioned in
political circles as the possible
successor to the Tyrrell native
is Comiptroller General Lindsay
Warren, and former Governors J.
M. Broughton and J. C. B. Ehr-
inghaus.
RESPESS ASKS FOR
JURY TRIAL IN CASE
SWAN QUARTER, N. C., JAY, EEB. 15, 1945
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COMMISSIONERS
HEAR POST-WAR
ROAD PLANS
Sharing Polish Rations
C.
>oard Met With Highway Of
ficials In Swan Quarter
Monday
Memi’oers of the Hyde County
Board of County Commissioners
were told post-iwar plans for pul-
ting an all-weather surface on 10
per cent of Hyde’s secondary
roads at a meeting with highway
officials Monday afternoon.
The road construction bill wi’l
be paid by the Federal and State
governments. Each one will pay
30 per cent of the cost.
No specific roads were approv
ed by the board who left that de-
n.sion with highway officials.
There w'ill be about 22 miles
surfaced under the program.
■Highway officials meeting with
the county board were J. B.
Clark, member of the SHPWC;
W. N. Spruill, division engineer;
and J. J. Gilbert, district engi-
nee>'.
iCitizons present at the meeting
were J. L. Simmons, P. C. Sim
mons, R. L. Jones, R. F. Baynes
and A. G. Berry of Fairfield and
Guy Bishop, O. L. Williams and
D. L. Berry of Swan Quarter.
AIRPORT TO BE
TOPIC OF WED.
P. M. MEETING
ihis
program, and because of
view they don’t prppose to
State money on it.
Ig '^PPorted by many rural
g^ders as necessary to the
. ^te’s best welfare, news comes
Raleigh that Governor
is not keen o.n its passage.
^®^ZER SERVICE MEN
COME HOME TO VISIT
J, ®veral servicemen from the
^°P2er community arrived last
J to visit with friends and
J ®*^Wes. Among them were Cpl.
Ql *'^®s C. Waters, Pvt. Earl G.
^^awaij and Pvt. Macon Howard,
fp Pt. Waters has just returned
^ Pm overseas after 29 months of
with an aircraft unit in
Pland. He is visiting with his
^’■ents, Mr.- and Mrs. Rdbert F.
j^3‘®rs. He will report back to
^laini Beach, Fla., for reassign-
coming home, Cpl. Wa-
visited his sister, Mrs. Dewey
■ tJlayton and friends in New-
News, Va.
Carawan is visit-
® his mother, Mrs. Minnie Car-
pi He has just recently cofm-
at n weeks of basic training
Blanding, Fla., and his
for this first 10-day leave.
Will repprt to Fort Meade,
•> for new assignment,
j ^iting his wife and little
ghter Oyer the past weekend
iu t Nfacon Howard. He has
at returned from overseas du-
^ France. After a short stay
J Camp Butner, he was trans-
to Sheppard Field, Texas,
of was given at the home
p , Manning, Friday night,
^ ' ^th, 1945, in honor of Cpl.
‘®rs and'Pvt. Carawan.
John C. Respess, Engelhard Jus
tice of the Peace, charged by S.
Shear, Jewish .merchant at En
gelhard with peeping in his home
at his wife, asked for a jury trial
when the case was called in Hyde
Recorder’s Court Monday morn
ing. The case is scheduled to be
tried at the next term of Super
ior Court.
Grady Lupton of Sladesville
was found not guilty of a charge
of carrying a concealed weapon.
H. G. Oredie of New Holland,
charged with cattle trespassing
and damage to .personal proper
ty, took an appeal to Superior
Court.
Cleo Hardy, Swan Quarter Ne
gro who is no stranger in Re
corder’s Court, was fined $25 and
costs bn a charge of public drunk
enness.
Other eases tried included sev
eral oystenmen charged with
dredging with a power boat over
32 feet loqg. In each of these the
defendants were fined $5 and
costs.
Hyde County citizens are urg
ed to attend a county-wide meet
ing in the Agriculture Building
in Swan Quarter Wednesday eve
ning, February 21, to organize
an ainport association for raising
funds and planning for the pro
posed county airport at Swan
Quarter. The meeting will be
gin at 8 p.m.
The county government has
been given a five year lease on
a site in the Oyster Creek sec
tion and they have agreed to
sponsor the project providing
that it doesn’t cost the .county any
money. It is understood that the
effort must come from the peo-
,ple.
It is for that reason that a
meeting has been called for Wed
nesday evening. An organization
must be set up to raise funds for
the project and plan for laying
the runways. i
The interest shown in this
meeting will possibly determine
whether or not the county will
have an airport at this time. It is
urgent that every interested citi
zen be present and give it his
support.
The government will not lend
aid unless, initiative is shoiwn on
the part of local people. The
hopes are that some $800 can be
raised and enough machines and
lalbor donated to make a landing
field which the CAA might come
in and further develop and main
tain.
Those who are pushing for an
airport to be located at the coun
ty seat at this time urge every-1
one interested to attend the
meeting. |
TATE PAYS OFF IT’S
DEBTS WITH SURPLUS
IN THE GENERAL FUND
Legislative Follows Recommendations of Governor
Cherry and Gets Finances of State on Stronger
Footing; No Funds Available for “Melon-CuU
ting” Activities
FAIRFIELD 4-H
BOY WINS $25
WAR BOND PRIZE
Girl From Same Club Wins
Medal For Having Best
Clothing Record
j by J. P. Woodard, county agent,
i Young Nixon produced more
I food in his 4-H project than any
I other Hyde County 4-Her. It was
I for this that he was given the
! prize, which was donated by the
home bank.
i Lyda Midyette, another Fair-
' field 4-iH elub memlber, won a
THIS I’OLlSll SOLDIER, after heavy fighting on the Tilburg front in Uoliabd,
' i» happy to share his rations with a little Dutch girl. Polish troops helped to
bring liberation to parts of the country held bv the Germans since May, 1940.
; awarded a medal by Miss Iberia j
measure tranaferring $51,500,000
SWAN QUARTER OES GROWING FRUIT TOPIC
CHAPTER GROWING t)F FAIRFIELD MEET
Roach, home agent, for having, the surplus and p^st-war
toe best clothing record in-Hyde, payment of
Coun y- all the state’s delbts, exclusive
Several club mentoers gave | highway ddbt.
talks on raising fruits. Mr. Wood- i
This action consumed all of the
Lodge Hall Given New Coat of Extension Horticulturist Speaks
Paint; Officials Coming i Meeting Friday
For Visit
Afternoon
ard gave a talk urging the club, approximately
memibers to plant, more fruits I,
and give proper care to their!
trees and vines.
ENGELHARD SPAR GETS !
FLORIDA ASSIGNMENT
Mrs. Maysel Sawyer and Rob- A .special meeting for the farm
ert Glenn Baum of Swan Quarter'-men and women interested in
have been accepted into the growing more fruits was held in
membership of the Swan Quarter 1 toe Fairfield community Friday
Chapter O. E. S. No. U. D. The i afternoon, February 9.
degrees were conferred upon! ,j. h. Harris, Extension nor
thern in an impressive ceremony; ticulturist from State College,
at toe regular meeting at the spoke on “Fruits for Home Use.”
Lodge Hall Thursday evening, | “Unless we grow fruits we will
February 8. j not eat some every day,” he said.
The lodge hall has been recent- | “Fruit in the diet is necessary for
ly painted and with the many i strong, healthy bodies. Fruit trees
potted plarits used in decorating' should be used to beautify the
made a lovely setting for this home grounds, instead of so
occasion, which were the first many shrubs. Pecan trees are one
two candidates to be received of the best shade trees. The fruits
since institution. ' that can be grown in Hyde Coun-
Visitors were welcomed from ty with little attention are pe-
Hyde Chapter No. 213, Washing- cans, figs, straiwiberries, grapes
ton Chapter No. 7, and Maryland > and dawlberries. Those that can
Chapter. ! be successfully grown that re-
'.Cherry gelatin with whipped' quire a little more attention are
cream topped with a cherry and ^ aipples, peaches and pears. He
pound cake were served as re- showed many interesting' slides
freshments at the close of the' in color that illustrated many
melting by the hostesses: Mrs. I points in his talk. •
Bertie Lee, Mrs. Janie Swindell,' The meeting was arranged by
Mrs. Ollie Lee and Mrs. Gladys Miss Iberia Roach and J. P.
Cohoon. Woodard, Hyde County Extension
A special meeting will be held Agents.
Tuesday, February 20, when Mrs.
Blanche Twiford, Worthy Grand SWAN QUARTER BOY’S SQDN.
Matron of North Carolina, and^ RECEIVES COMMENDATION
Mrs. Maude Baynor Foy, District'
Deputy Grand Matron will make | Opl. Frank O. Harris, son of
Tommy Jones, president, pre
sided at the meeting.
TELLS STORY (5f
HOME DEMONSTRATION
A human interest story of bow
home demonstration work over
came all early Obstacles and
grew to be one of the great ed
ucational movements of the past
quarter century is dramatically
told in a new book written by
Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon and just*
released by the University of i
$16,800,000 in toe post-war fund.
Revenue estimates released by
the Revenue Department indicate
that tax receipts for the current
year will exceed original esti
mates -and it is now probable
that collections will be sutfificient
to replenish the post-iwar fimd
so that it will have a balance of
$20,000,000 at the end of the fis
cal yera, June 30, 1945.
The joint appro.priations com
mittee is now considering toe
appropriations bill which pro
vides funds to pay the expenses
'of the various'functions of gov
ernment for the two year period,
July 1, 1945, to June 30, 1947.
Revised revenue estimates pre-
HYDE 4-H GIRLS WERE
100 PERCENT IN GIVING
The 4-iH club girls of Hyde
County were 100 per cent in con
tributing a dime, above what
they had given through toe
school, to the “March of Dimes.”
All 4-H club members in North
Carolina were asked to give a
dime and after toe money has
been turned in to L. R. Harrell,
State4 -H club leader one check
will be made to toe National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly-
ysis from 4-H club members of
North Carolina.
Miami, Fla.—SPAR Mary Ro-
bena Gibbs, Sic, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. Frank Gibbs, En
gelhard, N. C., has been assigned,
to active duty at the Coast Guard
Air Station, Coconut Grove, Mi
ami, Fla.
Enlisting in the Coast Guard
women’s reserve in September,
1944, Spar Gibbs was sent to
Coast Guard training station.
Palm Beach, Fla., for prelimin
ary training and cooks and bak
ers school. Upon completion of
her training, she was advanced to
her present rating.
Prior to her enlistment. Spar
Gibbs was employed by Engel-.
hard Banking & Trust Company. ‘
She is a graduate of Engelharxi
high school. Her sister, Sally E.l
Gibbs, is also a seaman first class
in the Spars, stationed at Palm
Beach, Fla.
their official visits.
Mrs. Charlie R. Harris of Swan
Quarter is a truck driver with a
BELL INTRODUCES BILL Fifteenth Air Force Service
REGARDING INDEXING' Command air service squadron
that recently received a Corn-
Representative C. L. Bell of mendation from Col. Arthur C.
Hyde County Tuesday sent to the Agan which said: ' '
house .a biU which would require' “The excellent maintenance
the Hyde County Register of record of the group has been
Deeds to index and cross-index, made possibly by the exceptional
the list of immediate prior o'^rn- high standard of work done by
ers of property before it was sold its service squadron. The vigor-
for unpaid taxes. The Register of ous gfforts of the service squad-
Deeds would not receive addition- | ron to secure replacement parts
al pay under the legislation for ■ necessary to keeb aircraft in com-
this work, although the County, mission has kept a maximum
Commissioners could raise his, nuimibei; of planes in operation. |
pay for that reason. | Cpl. Harris has been a mem-
This legislation was recom- ber of the U. S. Army since Au-
mended to the Representative by gust 1, 1942, and has been over-
the Board of Commissioners. seas since August 21, 1943. j
North Carolina. i j- . .u .. . ...
. ■ diet that tax receipts for the next
w unassuming I fiscal year, July 1, 1945. to June
title of When Were Green, We, 30, will yield $66,640,914,
Grow and in its 3o3 pages wi’l ^ toe following fistal year of
be found incidents, hitherto un-1 the biennium, July 1, 1946 to
revealed history, and much re-iju^e 30, 1947, will be $63 635 014.
markable human insight which; g tojal for the two year period
tell better than stalistics how toe 'of $130,275,028. This sum rep-
farm women of this State worked resents the funds available to pay
to form the presen successful j _^tate government expenses for
nome demionsration program. ! this period
Mrs. McKimmon was one of| On the other hand the joint
the five pioneer state home I appropriations committee has
agents, beginning her work ini heard pleas for allotments of
1911, to promote girls tomato $146,129,406 which figure does
clubs. The idea was based on the not take into consideration the
successful boys’ corn clubs which j proposed medical school and hos-
had been organized by the Far-; pitalization plan, a program of
mers Cooperative Demonstration | aid and rehabilitation for war
Work. I veterans, a child health program,
Mrs. McKimimon was able to! and other similar proposals and
get 14 counties organized in that recommendations. Nor does this
first year and 230 farm girls -consider the planned $55,000,000
planted one-tenth acre of toma
toes each and filled -35,000 cans.
These pioneer counties were
Alamance, Catawlba, Edgecombe,
Gates, Granville, Guilford, Hert-
permanent improvement pro
gram.
In connection with this simple
accounting to the citizens of
^North Carolina—“to ah of the
ford, Madison, Mecklenlburg, 'People of North Carolina ' and
Moore, Pitt, W.ake, Wayne, and i their reprssentotives at Raleigh”
Wilkes. Each of these counties put (—Governor Cherry added an ap-
up $75 for a years’ work, with' peal that was dramatic in its sheer
toe exception of Wayne which simplicity. Making it plain that
was willing to risk only $50. The' there is now no financial surplus
first agents were supposed to' for meloncutting activity, toe
work only during the canning sea- | Governor reiterated his stand
son but, as Mrs. MdKimmon tells, j that w.e should fill in the money
they worked toe who'le summer, | valleys with the money peaks
and have continued to work in 1 and not meantime dissipate toe
ENGELHARD BOY GETS ’ ENGELHARD 4-H GIRLS
GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL GIVEN CERTIFICATES
VISITING HIS PARENTS
Mendall H. Long, first assistant
engineer on a Standard Oil Com
pany ocean-going tanker, is visit
ing his parents,. Mayor and Mrs.
J, M. Long at Engelhard. Mr.
Long has just returned after sev
eral months voyaging between the
West coast and Hawaii.
IN PACIFIC THEATRE
Maxwell iCox, Sic, U. S. Navy,
is stationed in the Pacific thea
tre. His wife and sons reside at
Middletown. Seaman lie Cox is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Osman
Cox of Middletown. Before en
tering service he was employed
as manager of Roger’s Paint Store
in High Point.
Pf!c. P. D. Midgett, HI, son of
Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Midgett, Jr.,
of Engelhard, has recently been
awarded the Good Conduct Med- \
al. Pfc. Midgette iwas among the'
64 cadre members of Headquar- ■
ters and Headquarters Detach-'
ment of the Army Ground and i
Service Forces Redistribution;
Station at Cam pButner, N. C., to
receive toe award. •
I
WFA announces set-asides that'
indicate the war requirements
for canned vegetables will be
somewhat greater in 1945 than
in 1944, while those for canned
fruit will be slightly less.
MOVES TO MANTEO
Mr. and Mrs. Beamon Berry of
Engetoard moved to Manteo Wed
nesday where they will make
their home. Mr. Berry is employ
ed at the Manteo Nayal Air Sta
tion.
The following 4-H club girls of
the Engelhard club were award
ed a certificate Wednesday morn
ing for completing their project
last year. The certificates were
signed by Miss Iberia Roach,
Home Agent, and Mrs. T. J. Eth
eridge, local 4-H leader.
Edih C. Payne, Celia Gibbs,
Mitzi Watson, Priscilla Arm
strong, Susie Marshall. Emma
Satterthwaite, Estelle Christine
Williamis, Shelia B. Midyette,
Justine Patrick, Jay Spencer.
Elizabeth Long, June Long, Olive
Ehzabeth Gibbs, Millie Spencer,
Jane Cr-.die, Et'.iel Lou Cutrell,
Connie Berry and Gilda Gay
Gibbs.
that manner since that time.
The book should be in toe li
brary of every farm home in
North Carolina.
ENGELHARD CHRISTIAN
WOMEN TO SELL MEALS
peaks, and asked his state to live
within toe tax income of toe state
and not plunge into a situation
that may mean future debts and
the hardships that debt brings.
“It has been and is the policy
of this administration that all
aippropriations made for current
services ibe provided out of toe
current revenue of the bienni
um,” Governor Cherry said at a
press conference. “It is not sound
business to pay current appro-
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Enigelhard Christian Church will
serve a chicken and oyster din
ner and supper at the Commun
ity Building Saturday, February
24th. The patolic is invited to | priations out of an accumulated
come out and buy their meals that j surplus oif former years. W’hen
day. ! we keep appropriations within
current revenue then we are on
solid ground.”
State Treas’urer Johnson con
tributed some detail in drawing
up the . State’s financial picture
—today and in the months ahead.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Barnes “R seems to me that it would be
of Creswell announce the birth of a mighty wise course to conserve
a son on January 22. (Please turn to page four)
In the exact reverse of the'
Horatio Alger formula, the State
of North Carolina has gone from’
a state of riches to one of pover
ty in 30 days—^in so far as a fi
nancial surplus is concerned.
Tha,,t’s the situa'tion the General
Assembly now faces.
The composite picture as paint
ed by Governor R. Gregg Cher-
I 1%/r'iiu ivT- TT State Treasurer Charles
Milburn Nixon, Fairfield 4-H | Revenue Commissioner
Edwin Gill, and Brandon P.
I Hodges and Thomas J. Pearsall,
I the Engelhard Bankina& Trust Co-chaimien of the Appropria-
I Company through the N C. Ban-! i.Tv,,; ii,,
I kers Association for winning the
I “Feed a Fighter” contest, it was
I announced at the Felbruary 1st
I meeting of the Fairfield 4-H Club
30-day riches to poverty turn of
events has come about in thi»
way:
When the Legislature met ear
ly in January toe State’s general
fund had an estimated cash sur
plus of $68,500,000 as of June 30,
1944', including a $20,000,000 post
war fund established in 1943.
During the first few days of the
session—bn Governor Cherry’s
recommendation—Iboth toe Sen-
,l'. 1.
, , , , ,, ate and the House of Represen-
j contest too. Miss Midyette was unanimously adopted a-
I