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'■’KE news of the richest agricultural county in the foremost historical and recreational area of north CAROLINA
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VI; No. 25
SWAN QUARTER, N. C., THURSDAY, FEB. 22, 1945
Single Copy 5 Cents
state legislature makes
iVlAJOR ACCOMPLISKMEHTS
m FIRST EIGHT WEEKS
^^ovisions Made To Pay Slate’s Debts. Budget Ap
proximately Balanced; Increase in Salaries For
^tate Employes $20,000 000 Post-War Nest Egg
Sot Aside
C
s the North Carolina Legisla-
y, ® Wades through its eighth
niernlbers oif the Tar Heel
at body can look back
lO'Ur major accomplishments.
provision has been
state’s debts; the
j) , has -been approximately
®hced, with increases provid-
j,i ^ the salaries o-f all state em-
^®es; a contingent bonus has
iVihf state workers
get additional pay as the rev-
provides it; and a $20,000,000
has been set aside to
j) that post-'war period that
^^ises some economic head-
^ernbers of the legislature,
OHIO FAMILY
. FIND NAME IN
1790 HYDE CENSUS
liil
"HZ
Asks Court Clerk For Infor
mation; California Woman
Fids Kin
5-^ Officials, and veteran ob-
^^''ers are pleased with the pro-
that has been made in the
. fent legislative session. Action
followed the outline as laid
toy Governor R. Gregg
in his inaugural address.
th,
oe Governor has insisted that
^ith
»tat,
spending -pattern remain
'0 the revenue income of the
3nd. uQt contemplate future
att .®‘^oess. A major portion of
has been given to the
o-f the state and the teach-
mat staff these schools. The
system, traditionally get-
®/hore money than any other
tin state’s agencies or opera-
Jievt’ set $10,000,000 more
lat*^ than the system had
y year.
0^ connection the teachers
' state have -been given what
the three pay raises by
Us legislature. 'The bon-
int” year was incorporated
Pav made a part of the base
give the teaching force its
teg,^, *^stse. Then the base pay for
was increased to a point
the old pay schedule plus
pg ^rius, with a starting base
fif^t ° ^$1-25.00 per month giving
an teachers approximately
gfg. st&ven per cent raise and
an approximate
for ® P®^ cent increase'
5l0 teachers. And finally a
month contingency bonus
lev tD keeping with the
pgi^'^^s collected and will be
at the end of the fiscal year
ta:
. ® full or in the proportion that
ip.'^stlections will permit.
Igj , ® tcgislature has been in Ra-
Pm tess than a week when it
jpg *^UYernor Cherry’s recom-
ipjg j tion to pay the state’s debts
ly Both houses unanimous-
pfj ’^“Pted a bill which appro-
funs^? $51,585,000 to the sinking
ail
Hi
,'^'f to proivide for payment of
state’s general fund in-
'odness.
Th
pjltt ^ '^'oint Appro-priations Com-
fen reported favorably a
Appropriations Bill,
faMv P'^UYides general fund ex-
riort 'm*es for the two year pe-
30 ,Q^m July 1, 1945, to June
261
tip
^Po
The O. B. Cohun family of
Cleveland, Ohio, have been inter
ested in finding so-mething of
their family record for a,^-long
time, without much luck. But the
other day they were elated to
find it in the Hyde County census
of 1790.
They immediately wrote Clerk
of Court Ralph L. Fftjper, for
more information. Here is their
letter:
“Having understood that our
name was mis-spelled and having
never found it any where before
was s-o surprised to find it yes
terday listed in the 1790 census
in your county.
Wm. Cohun, Newibern District
Hyde County, N. Carolina
“’Will you please help us by
sending us any and all infor
mation in your files regarding
this family? It means so much
to us to know.”
Mr. Roper hasn’t had time to
look into the matter, yet, bu he
says he is going to. It was only
recently that he helped a Cali
fornia womian locate her kin in
Hyde County.
Mrs. Frances Tankhard McDon
ald of Altoiambia; Calif., learned
by writing Mr. Roper that she
was related to Mrs. Lewis Siwin-
dell of MiddletO'Wn, Mrs. Nixie
Clark M-ann of Lake Landing
and Florida and Cal Davis of
Swan Quarter. She is correspon
ding with Mrs. Swindell.
In a second letter to Mr. Ro
per regarding her peoiple from
Hyde -County, Mrs. McDonald
wrote:
“I have learned fro-m the 1790
census that my people in Hyde
County at that tjme spelled the
name “Tan-cred” and I would like
to know if there are any mar
riage or other records in that
name. My aunt, Mrs. L. D. Swin
dell, says that no Tankards ever
lived in Hyde County except
those to which I am connected,
algo, would you be so kind as to
inform me h*>w to go about se
curing information concerning
the marriage, etc of my great
grand father, John Reaves Davis
of Hyde County. What office in
your county handles information
pertaining to births, deaths, and
marriages?
“Thanking you very much for
your help and pa.st kindnesses.” I
HYDE COUNTY AIRPORT
ASSOCIATION FORMED
WEDNESDAY EVENING
Officers Eelected At Swan Quarter Meeting; An-
{ other Meeting Scheduld For Next Wednesday
! Night
HYDE GOES
OVER TOP IN '
POLIO DRIVE
Final Report Chows $704.61
Raised in Campaign
Last Month
Released by U. S. War Department. Bureau of Publie Relations. ~ i
TYPICAL BATTLEFIELD SCENE ON WESTERN FRONT—Troops of the 7th Armored Division
creep through the snow in their mid-winter advance on the snow-covered road from Hunnage to St.'
Vith in Belgium.
HIDE RED CROSS VfAR
FUND QUOTA $2,100;
DRIVE BEGINS MARCH 4
HARBINGERS
OF SPRING
APPROACHING
N. W. Shelton of Swan Quarter Heading Drive
x4gain This Year; Need For Funds Greater Than
Ever
Shad, Herring and Rock Be
ing Taken in Local Waters
Fishermen See Encour
aging Signs
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On Sunday, March 4th, the an
nual Red Cross War Fund drive
will get underway in Hyde
County, with N. W. Shelton of
Swan Quarter serving again as
cam-paign chairman. The county
quota this year is $2,100.
The murity will be divided into
large districts corresponding to
sichool districts and into Negro
divisions. Each district and divi
sion will have a drive chairman,
whose name will he announced
later, along with their solicitors.
With Red Cross needed more
than ever at home and abroad as
the war grows in intensity, the
appeal for funds is ex;pected to be
met with generous suibscription.
On the battle fronts, in hospitals
everywhere and on the home
front, the Red Cross is bringing
comfort and cheer to a war tired
world. More funds are needed to
continue to carry on this work.
Right here at home in Hyde
County, the great, work of Red
Cross has been observed. One
case was the aid given hurricane
Stricken Ocraco-ke last Septem
ber.
When the drive is over it is
hoped that a Red Cross contribu
tor’s emblem will appear in hun
dreds - of Hyde County homes,
symibolizing generous support by
all the families.
ENGELHARD MAN, 84
DIES IN HIS SLEEP
Funeral For Lawrence Roper
Held Sunday Morning
Funeral services for Lawrence
Lee Roper, 84, were held at the
Amity Methodist Church Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock with the
pastor, the Rev. F. R. Davis, of
ficiating. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Roper passed aw'ay in his
sleep Thursday night .His wife
discovered he was dead about
four o’clo-ck Friday morning. He
had eo-mplained of not feeling
well during the day, but appar
ently had not been seriously ill.
He played d-ominos with Mrs. Ro
per before going to bed.
Me-miber of a well known Hyde
County family, Mr. Roper was
highly regarded by friends and
neighlbors. He worked in Closs
Gibbs store for a number of
years, and was a Notary Public.
Mr. Roper was a memher-of the
Engelhard Methodist Church. He
was twice married.
-Surviving are his wife Mrs.
Sarah Cox Roper; two daughters.
Miss Hattie Roper and Mrs. J.
G. Berry of Engelhard; and one
son, Henry Lee Roper.
Believe it or not, spring is just
around the corner. Shad and her
ring are being netted in local
waters and this i-s an infallilble
sign of spring, beautiful, wel
come Spring is-not far off.
Shad and herring school to
gether and wherever one is found
the other is not far away, accord
ing to veteran fishermen. Coming
close behind the herring is the
blue fish, one of the most popu
lar seafoods, but very destruc
tive to herring which is its prin
cipal food supply.
At Stumpy Point, at one time
the shad capitol of the world,
several hundred pounds of shad
have been taken. Some shad have
also been taken at Engelhard and
other places.
-Last week, D. D. Whitson, vet
eran fish dealer of Ma-nteo, took
in a fe-w s-had and expects an in
creasing supply during the com
ing weeks. Mr. Whitson bought
341 pounds of roiok for which he
has been paying 33 cents a pound.
400 pounds o-f herring at 7 cents
a pound. He has paid from 30 to
40 cents for shad and 10 cents
for jack, a few o-f which are run
ning.
If weather conditions improve,
it is believed that fairly reason
able catches Will be the order o-f
the day within a week or so, hut
with all due consideration and
enicouralgement for the fishing in
dustry, the thing your reporter
is most interested in is Spring,
beautiful, wonderful Spring.
Hyde County went o-ver the top
in the infantile paralysis drive
this year, raising $704.60, accord
ing to a report made this week
by N. W. Shelton, chairman of |
the polio carnpai-gn. The county’s
quota was $688. |
The funds were raised for the
most part through the schools, j
The white schools report the fol- i
lowing collections: Fairfield, $37.-,
40; Swan Quarter, $106.75; En-''
gelhard, $127; Ocracoke, $90; and
Sladesville, $40.01.
The col-ored schools make the
folloiwinig report: Hyde Training,
$34.50; Green Hill, $9.30; Swan
Quarter. $15.58; Fairfield, $37.58;
Tiny Oak, $3.60; Middletown,
$11.63; Engelhard Rid-ge, $27.62;
St. Lydia, $18.55; Ndbraska, $7.60;
Scranton, $2.20; California, $4.00; |
Hose Bay, $8; Slocumb, $12.50. i
The Count yCoun-cil of Home
Demonstration Clubs gave $5; 4-'
H girls in the country contritout- ‘
ed 100 per cent, giving a total of
$5.70;- $100 was raised at the Oc-
ra-coke Naval base; miscellaneous ’
9 cents. '
FUNERAL SATURDAY
FOR MRS. STOKESBURY
Highly Regarded Hyde Woman
Passes Away at Age -of 76
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amounting to $131,086,
Yhis is by far the largsst ap-
^‘stions bill which has been
HOGS HIT CEILING
Yin state market
l)ly General Assem-
tior’s
Uy L
it adheres to the Gover-
.. Policy of keeping current
''P'^iations within current
Since the Finance
dgi./P^^tee has not concluded its
dgj ®'’ftions, it cannot yet be
whether o-r not the
"P^get
IS entirely in balance but)
Present calculations there
hgjj P seejft to be less than one-
the PP® Por cent difference in
0(f appropriations and
reivenue.
•'tad ^ -^Ptproipriation-s Bill has
a ig^ Provisions for correcting in
iijg Pleasure conditions exist-
alg *P the various State Hospit-
the insane and fedble-
j)gj_ but does not provide any
®Popt provision of improve-
ih these institutions.
'^'ents
Th "
Stg.j ® salary increases for all
^P'Ptoyes and teachers are
as follows: A teacher
bajg’P® PP A-0 certificate, whose
tggg. ®®lary is $98 per month, will
ctgg^'^P a permanent salary in-
ej of $27 per month. A teach-
an A-9 certificate.
Permanent salary is now
Pgj P^r month, will ’ recei-.e a
anent salary increase of $27
U/ij Pionth. A Slate employe,
pgj, t)ase salary is now $100
w.^PPth, will receive a perma-
^ talirjy increase of $18 per
Farmers’ hog prices hit the
ceiling of $14.55 per hundred
pounds on two North Carolina
hog buying stations last week.
Good to choice hogs weighing
from 180 to 270 pounds went to
this price on the Fayetteville and
Kinston markets, John Winfield,
N. C. Department of Agriculture
market newsman reported.
Only one other time has the
market gone to the ceiling of
$14.55, set in Octaber, 1943, and
that was last year at Rocky
Mount for a “day or two,” ac
cording to Winfield.
He said the high price is due
to the sharp decline in hog pro
duction last fall.
SLADESVILLE RESIDENCE linDGETTE WILL ANSJIVER I SCRANTON MAN
IS DAMAGED BY FIRE QUESTIONS ON BROWNOUT HERALD; HOPES IT SUCCESS
-Norfleet Silverthorne of Scran
ton is one in the hundreds of
loyal readers of the Hyde County
Herald. In a letter to the editor
last’ week along with his renew
al, Mr. Silverthorne had this to
say:
“I am writing you a few lines
to let you know I like the Hyde
County Herald. I wish you many
more years of publication, and
may the Lord bless you.”
The home of M-r. and Mrs. Ed
gar O’Neal at Slade-sville was
damaged by fire last Friday
morning. The O’Neals were
awakened by the blaze which
burned in the dining room and
kitchen. '
Alarm was sounded by ringing
the bell of the near-by church
and neighlbors came and put out
the flames, but not until they
had done considerable daimage to
the interior of the rooms and
furnishings.
HYDE FARMERS INTERESTED
STATE-WIDE CONTEST
SWAN QUARTER SOLDIER’S
FEET FROST-BITTEN
Pvt. James Brinn who has been
in comibat fighting in Luxem- ^
bourg is now in a hospital in Eng
land suffering with frost bitten
feet. Pvt. Brinn is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Brinn of Swan
Quarter. Writing relatives he,
says, ,T know what war is really ■
like.”. 1
Three Swan Quarter farmers,
J. L. Tunnell, J. C. Williams and
Otis Carawan have obtained ap
plication blanks from the coun
ty agent’s office which they -plan
to fill out and thereby enter the
state-wide 5-a-cre cotton growing
contest in which a $750 grand
prize is being offered knd a dis
trict prize of $350.
Other Hyde County farmers
interested in entering the con
test can get full details and ap
plication blanks from the county
agent’s office. The application
must be filed before July 1st.
Commercial users of electricity i
in Hyde County who have ques
tions regarding the “’brownout”
order which prohibits certain
speoified types of electricity and
which came into effect the first
of this month are invited to put
them to P .D. Midgette, Jr., man
ager of the Pamlico Ice & Light
Company at Engelhard.
The program is being observed
for the most -part in Hyde Coun
ty but as a reminded Mr. Mid
gette is running the rules again
in an advertisement elsewhere in
this issue.
-Merchants should remember
that advertising lights, marquee
lighting and outdoor display
lights' arq prohibited. Violators
are subject to have their electric
service disconinued.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie
Stokesbury, 76, were held at the
home near New Holland Satur
day morning, February 17, at 11
o’cloctk with the Rev. J. C. Chaf
fin, officiating. Interment was in
the Soule cemetery.
Mrs. Stokesbury passed away
in Powle Memorial Hospital in
Washington Thursday evening
about 8 o’cloidk. She had been in
failing health for several months.
Born March 17, 1868, the dau
ghter of Hiram and Minnie Wat
son MoClaud of La-'sie Landing
township, Mrs. Stokesbury was a
life long resident of Hyde Coun
ty. She was a widdw of the late
Dr. Charles Stokesbury.
A member of Soule Methodist
Church, Mrs. Stokesbury was an
active leader in churdh affairs.
She was well known and highly
regarded in her community.
Surviving are tiwo sons. Dr.
R. B. Stokesbury of New Holland
and H. A. Stokesbury of Rocky
Mount; and three daughters, Mrs.
Ed Berry and Miss Nellie Stokes
bury of New Holland and Miss
Adlaide Stokesbury of New York
City.
An association, to be known a-s
the Hyde County Airport Asso
ciation, was organized at a meet
ing in the Agriculture Building
in Swan Quarter Wednesday eve
ning for the purpose of raising
funds and making plans for the
proposed airport .near the county
seat.
J. C. Williams, prominent
Swan Quarter farmer and coun
ty AAA official, wa-s named -pres
ident of the new organization. J.
P. Woodard of Swan Quarter,
county agent, was elected to the
post of vice president. Chosen
for the post of secretary-treasur
er was Ernes K. Mann, cashier of
the Swan Quarter branch of the
Engelhard Banking & Trust Co.
It was decided at the organi
zation meeting to have five di
rectors. Three of these, W. H.
Langston, O. L. Williams and
Dick Lupton, all of Swan Quar
ter, were named at the meeitag]
The other two who are to come
from other parts of he county,
will be named later.
The association will meet again
next Wednesday evening at 8
o’clo-ck.
A five year lease on 70 acres
of land has been donated to the
county by W. H. Langston of
Swan Quarter for the purpose of
developing an airplane landing
field. The county government is
siponsoring thep roject, providing
it doesn’t cost the county any
money. The task otf raising funds
falls on the shoulders of the new
organization. ’
-Guy Bishop, Swan Quarter
engineer, who was chiefly resipon-
sihle for the current development,
estimates that some $800 or $1,-
000 is needed in addition to all
the help of men and machines
that can be had, to develop the
swamip End wood land of the pro
posed site for landing strips. This
estimate is made on the assump
tion that muieh labor and many
machines will be donated for this
worthy community undertaking.
It is heped that the government
will come in and develop the field
once landing strips are built.
O. B. GIBBS, 62, DIES
SUDDENLY AT STORE
TINY OAK CLUB MEETS
WTTH MRS. WILLIAMS
THREE WHITE MEN LEFT
WED. FOR INDUCTION
Three Hyde County white men
left Wednesday, February 14, for,
Fort Bragg for induction into the j
armed forces. They were George
Payne, Swan Quarter; Andrew R. |
Aicox, Jr., Scranton; and Chester i
Williams, Engelhard. I
The Tiny Oak Home Club held
its' reg-u’iar monthly meeting
Wednesday, February 14, at the
home of Mrg. E. A .Williams. Mrs.,
A. P. Carawan gave a report on
the County Council meeting -in
Swan Quarter sometime ago. The
club voted $5 for the Jane S.
MicKimimon loan fund.
The next meeting w'ill be held
at the home of Mrs. Lewis Ca- i
boon. I
Delicious jelld with whipped
cream was served with oake dur-
ing the social period. |
SL.4DESVILLE HOME CLUB
MEETS, AVITH MRS. CREDLE
The Sladesville Home Demon-
tration Clulb held its February
meeting Tuesday afternoon, Feb
ruary 13 at the home of M.s.
Louisa Credle. A large percent
age of members were present,
and much .business was transac
ted and many plans made.
The hostesses. Miss Warren
and Mrs. Maye, invi^d the mem
bers in the dining room which,
was attractively decorated with
the valentine motif and served
fruited creamed jeilo and pound
cake during t!he social periqd. !
COUPI.E, RECENTLY
DIVORCED, MARRY AGAIN
(1
"6 turn hj p^'r-
OCRACOKE VISITOR
Supt. of Schools N. W. Shel
ton of Swan Quarter was a busi
ness visitor in Ocracoke 'early
this week.
Of first importance in feeding
lamlbs is milk and plenty of it,
says Lel’and Case, Exlcnsion ani
mal hu.sibandman at State College.
More than 90,000 farm boys’
and girls in North Carolina will:
man ti'eir battle stations during
National 4-H Club Week, March
3 to 11, in an all-out. effort to
help w’n the war. |
Oliver Ane of Norfolk and
Sicrantion and his ex-wife, Mrs.
Olivia Williams An-ge -yvere re
married in South Mills this week.
The Anges were only recently
divorced.-
Funeral Tuesday for Highly Re
garded Lake Landing Town
ship Man
Funeral services for O. B.
G:':ibs, 62, were held Tuesday af-
te; noc-n at 2 o'clock ■ at the Amity
M‘-'lk-odist Church with the Rev.
F. D. Davis o'Sficiating. Interment
was in the St. George’s Episcopal
Cemetery.
iMr. Gibbs, a highly re-garded
and well liked man in his com
munity, died suddenly at his
store on route 264 near Engel
hard Saturday evening about 7
o'clock. The Rev. Mr. Davis- found,
him on the store porch when he
stopped to -buy some needed
item'-.. He had comp’ained of not
feeling well during the day, but
was not considered sick. His
death was a shock to friends afid
nei-ghibors.
Mr. Giblbs was a member of the
Democratic precinct committee
and for a rrumher o-f years was"
a member of the township AAA
committee. He was twice mar
ried. His first* wife was the late
Mrs. Etta Gibbs.
-Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Alice Cox Gibbs; one hrothsr,
Jule Gibbs of Farmville; and sev
eral nieces and nephews.
Acting pallbearers were Char
lie Payne, B. B. Fulford, R. L.
Gibbs, Russell Gibbs, Roman
Patrick, W. W. Payne, Bill Fat- •
Pcik and Fred Berry.
ORDER COTTON SEED NOW
MRS. MacKIMMON’S BOOK
IN EACH HYDE HOME CLUB
It’s a good time now to have
cotton seed tested for germina
tion so as to make sure they are
Eali;.?actory for spring planting.
Wanch
o.-'e
iS.cring pigs should be immuniz
ed "'^airst hc-'t choVra, is a sug-
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Seldon ge.s'ion fr-&:n Dr. C. D. G’-innelis,
Barnett, an eight pound baby Aericultura'l Experiment Station
girl on February 14th. ’ veterinarian at state College.
, 'Hyde-County farmers are urg-|
ed to place Eieir orders for cot-
t6r seed right ^way. The plea
comes frhm 'county agent, J. P.
Woodard, v/ho urges care in se-1
lecting ' the best seed. Farmers
who wish the county agent to
pl.i ■' their orders for them should
notify 1iirh,at once.
Each home club in Hyde Coua-
ty has ordered a copy of Mfs.
Jane McKimmon’s ’book, “Wlien
We’re Green We Grow” and they
are: being delivered this month,
according to Mis-s Iberia Roach,
county, home agent. According to
Miss Roach, the BKM regional
Bookm-ohile has purchased three
copje,s of the, book.
The new book tells the story
of home demonstration- work in
North Carolina and every farm
woman is urged to read it.