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, THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD
[He news of the richest agricultural county in the foremost historical and recreational area of north CAROLINA
No. 28
SWAN QUARTER, N. C., THURSDAY, MAR. 15, 1945
Single Copy 5 Cents
RELIES ON
^HlS COUNTY’S
FAT SALVAGE
HYDE BAPTIST PLAN
EVANGELISTIC CRUSADE
Another Travelling Churchill...
Ounce Saved Daily By
PamHy Supplies Medi-
^ ^eeds for 655 Wounded
County’s 1,747 families
3a entire day’s medicinal
“n enure uay a mevA..-.....-
'Ua 655 battlefront casualties
home'will save one table-
'stin? Waste kitchen fat, it was
Ijtj today by the nation’s
H sirngie collector of this vit-
"Tv,*' ^^terial.
fe are few direct ways a
liji ’ Mother or daughter can
One ffeguard the life of a loved
the fighting front, and sal-
tats is one of 1»hem,”
C* Connors, head of the
Co(^ -Atlantic and Pacific Tea
national meat depart-
toj ' "The value o.f 9,128,000
as salvaging by our custom-
throughout the nation last
jgj evident in the fact that
pound of fat will process
t'ood quarts of life-giving
■j,, Plasma.”
'>at s increased tempo of the
dfu aas intensified the need for
taij ’ aintments and acids to ease
OUf lessen mortality among
tU^tdiers as well as for syn-
’td auibber, protective coatings
i>l)i ®ther vital war materials in
Doi a Waste fats figure, Connors
out. Further, he said, the
has continued its offer of
Dj ’’ation points for each pound
l''®ase turned in at stores,
it) j, ® importance of used fats
Hj 7 manufacture of the imiple-
hort war and of thousands of
for the home front is
lity recognized,” he said. "But
ia knoiwn of the miracles
g Worked by military medi-
"'hh the aid of converted
I. Hyde County women, in
’***§ their contribution to this
®e drive may take added
’ action from the knowledge
_ aven a tablespoon or half
^of Used fat will help make
® smallpox vaccine for 75
vtions,” ■
vital medication for
j" household fats are requir-
aicludes tannic acid used in
*^ant of burns, some insulins
^mock victims, tinctures of
and gentian to ease pain,
diazine ointments for treat-
abt- ■
’asions apd fungus growth,
-tro-giycerine tablets as a
atumulant.
M^ILLIAMSON
Hoses two deputies
Pratt Williamson of
reported this week
'hflv ° uf his deputies had re-
Vel ’’^^'Sned, leaving the en-
\a . ht af the law on the main-
the hands of himself and
Deputy Claud Davis of
" • hard has resigned because
Spencer, Swan Quarter
According to Sheriff Wil-
Otj -
tiiisjj^*^®ased responsibility in the
lit of T. J. Etheridge since
Vf'therid.ge has left to enter
It '
kr, stated by the sheriff that
Icct * 'Wou’d continue to col-
S. T ® in Lake Landing town-
Wti ^ Paaking known the res-
tj’, of the Engelhard depu-
Js j tViiiiamson praised him
he officer and one which
sorry to lose from his
McKinney, deputy for
tow,, itiiamson in Fairfield
to t ’ ^®®igned a few weeks
W government employ-
%
ON GASOLINE
District op a head
Th,
lose
who hoped for easing of
''acati ® '^astrictions in time for
tisan,!'^ are doomed to definite
^iteet *'^^ment, OPA District
*>id tt.’’ Theodore S. Johnson
th,a .....
'Ith ^ I
,0 as Am demands stepping
^at forces hammer home
tfatg 'blows at the enemy,
"liiia Pn lessening of gas-
M, s '"^Sulations, he emphasiz-
*‘sW^^^^®®ental gas rations are
he with utmost care,|
tor a^®^’ and every applicant i
*eot y. 'tional gasoline must pre-
hiileage rationing record |
*"5(15 iiihe his apiplication is,
Ga' i
'^oPiPons now valid, he |
^5, rC®d, are A-14, B5, B6, B7, |
E2, E3, R1, R2 and
Week.
The Rev. Lee A. Phillips of
Fairfield, pastor of Baptist
churches in Hyde County, an
nounces that a series of evan
gelistic meetings will be held in
his charge beginning the first
Sunday night in April. The ser
vices will be part of the Southern
Baptist Convention Centennial
Crusade being put on by the
Baptist to convert 1,000,000 peo
ple.
Following is a schedule of ser
vices which will be held during
the campaign:
Fairfield—-Ist Sunday night of
April through the folowing Sat
urday night (April 1-7).
Swan Quarter — 2nd Sunday
night through the 3rd Sunday
morning of April (April 8-15).
Engelhard—Monday after the
3rd Sunday in April, through
Saturday night (April 16-21).
Sladesville—4th Sunday of
April through Saturday night
(April 29-May 5).
Rose Bay—^Monday after 1st
Sunday . of May, through 2nd
Sunday morning (May 7-13).
Aftention Calied
To Midnigh! Curfew
P. B. Pollock, Area Manpower
Director of the Elizabeth City-
New Bern Area, embracing 21
counties in northeastern North
Carolina, calls attention to the
necessity for 'complying with the
Byrnes Directive dealing with
the midnight curfew which be
came effective at midnight, Mon
day, February 26, 1.945.
The Directive is designed to al
leviate the manpower shortage,
and conserve coal, electricity
and transportation. The Mayor
and Chief of Police of each mu
nicipality and the sheriff of each
county have been called upon to
assist the War Manpower Com
mission in enforcing the ban on
places of amusement, and to re
port violations to the Area Di
rector through the United States
Employment Service Office.
A majority of the establish
ments affected by the ban are
cooperating wholeheartedly and
are closing at midnight, while it
has been necessary to warn a
number of employers in several
cities in the area, stated the Area
Director.
The failure on the part of the
employer to comply with the
Byrnes Directive will result in
the cancellajion or reduction of
his employment ceiling, the ap-
p’ication of sanctions against his
operations, and action taken by
governmental procurement agen
cies in cancelling the quota of
food or materials, stated Mr. Pol- '
lock.
Establishments affected by the
midnight curfew include night
cluibs, sports arenas, theatres,
dance halls, road houses, saloons,
bars, shooting alleries, bowling,
billard, and pool establishments,
amusement parks, oarnivals, cir
cuses, coin-operated amusement
device parlors, ice skating and ^
roller skating rinks, entertain-
ment activity of yacht, country,’
and other clubs, dance studios
and schools, and gambling estab
lishments. I
Restaurants customarily open
all night for the purpose of serv
ing food and non-profit events for |
service men sponsored by respon
sible agencies are exempt from
the order. i
The Directive is not intended
to prevent an employer from re-
mainirfg in his establishment af
ter midnight for the pm-pose of,
cleaning up or making prepara-1
tions for the following day. How
ever, all customers are required'
to be out and the establishment;
closed to the public by midnight, j
Any employer abusing this privi- |
lege and allowing customers to
remain in his estajblisbment after
midnight stands to have his em
ployment ceiling reduced and his
alldttment of food or materials
cancelled, stated the Area Direc
tor.
WM
YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF BRITAIN’S PRIME MINISTER, Junior i
Commander Mary Churchill of the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service,
sailed from England recently to serve rvith a mixed anti-aircraft battery in
Belgium. Aboard the ship which took them across the channel she drops in
to say goodnight to the girls of her battery.
NOT A CANDIDATE
FOR ROTARY GOVERNOR
Admitting an error of judg
ment, the Engelhard Rotary Club
will not present the name of P.
D. Midgett as a candidate for dis
trict governor of Rotary Dis'.rict
189. This was announced this
week by D. L. Berry, chairman
of the committee backing Mr.
Midiget't’s nomination, who stat
ed that Mr. Midgett requested
that his name be withdraavn
from the race. He explained that
the nomination was made on one
of the rare occasions when Mr.
Midgett was absent from the
weekly meeting.
According to Mr. Berry, it is a
custom of the Rotariians to elect
the Governor from the East one
year and the West the next. It
haippens,” he said, "that the dis
trict governor this year comes
from Edenton. The next one is
entitled to come from the west
ern end of the district.”
The Rotarian pointed out that
his candidate, Mr. Midgett, had
also requested that his name not
be presented at this timei be
cause of a number of personal
reasons.
The Engelhard club, known
far and wide as "the biggest, lit
tle Rotary clulb in the world,” is
not giving up the idea of having
a district .governor come from the
club, according to Mr. Berry who
says there is no better man for
the job than P. D. Midgett.
HYDE FARMERS MAKING
READY FOR PLANTING;
FACE DIFFICULTIES
Approach of Spring Finds Much Land Already
Turned As Farmers Toil Long Hours to Make Up
For Loss of Farm Hands Gone Off to War
CPL. MARSHALL
KILLED FIGHTING
By THOS. E. SPENCER
! With Spring just a few days
XT A ryxo TXT txt-ittxt »-..ttt i Hyde County farmers are
NAZIS IN GERMANY busy this week turning the soil
I preparing for the approaching
Engelhard Soldier, Who Re-! planting season. Despite the
cently Became Father, Dies
On Battlefield
Opl. Charles Marshall of En
gelhard was killed in action in
Genmany, February 27t'h, accord
ing to a message received by rel- j with
atives from the War Department same as the record one’s of last
Sunday. He was with the Third year. Farm machinery continues
Army which is pressing ahead on scarce, and while fertilizer sup
shortage of farm labor, much
work has already been done.
Some grain crops have been seed
ed.
The farmer began this year
with a greater shortage of farm
help than he has ever had, and
goals approximately the
the Western Front.
plies are adequate those who
A baby daughter was born to have not planned and bought
early may have to go without
because of the bottleneck in
transportation.
, „ „ I The acreage of corn planted
er for R. L. Gtobs & Co. before '
year will be about the same
Opl. and Mrs. Marshall a short;
time ago. j
The Engelhard soldier was 30
years old. He was a truck driv- j
going into the Army.
as last year. Less cotton is ex-
ENGELH.ARD WOMAN, 83, i TINY OAK ELECTS
ENJOYS READING HERALD ! PROJECT LE.ADERS
Mrs. Jenetta Jarvis Hodiges, 83-
year-old Engelhard woman, is a
loyal reader of The Hyde Coun
ty Herald, which she says she
enjoys very much. Mrs. Hodges
has been a subscriber for quite
sometime. ' j
One of the hoibbies of this lov- ‘
able old character is keeping up
with servicemen from her neigh
borhood. Although bed-ridden,
she is cheerful and has a big
smile for visitors.
iMrs. Hodges was born Novem
ber 19th, 1862 at Swan Quarter,
the daughter of the late Joseph
and Elizabeth Gibbs Jarvis. She
married Henry Hodges of Lake
Landing on April 19th, 1881. !
Mrs. Hodiges is the mother of
seven children, four of whom are
living. She has 18 grandchildren
and 19 great grandchildren. She
is a member of the Engelhard
Christian Church. |
More than anything else, Mrs.!
Hodges likes to get cards and
letters from her friends.
SLADESVILLE BASKETEERS
WIN DOUBLE-HEADER
The boys and girls basketball
teams of the Sladesville High
School took a doubleheader from
the two Engelhard quints in
games in the Engelhard gym, Fri
day night, March 9th. The boys
score was 22 to 11 and the girls
was 15 to 4.
After the game' was over the
Sladesville coach, John F. Car-
son, said, "The Sladesville high
school wishes to compliment the
Eiiigehard teams for their display
of excellent sportsmanship. It
was a pleasure playing them.” j
Seventy-two per cent of the!
money advanced to farmers in i
rural rehabilitation loans since j
the beginning of the program in I
1935 has been paid back to the j
Federal Government with inter- j
est, says a report. 1
The Tiny Oak Club met at the,
home of Mrs. Lewis Cohoon, Swan
Quarter, Wednesday, March 14th
There were eight members pres
ent and two visitors.
The project leaders w'ere elect
ed at the meeting. They are Mrs.
E. A. Williams, food and nutri
tion; Mrs. Zeb Emory, Jiome gar
dens; Mrs. Slommie Rice' home
poultry; Mrs. B. F. Mason, food
preservation; Mrs. G. W. Thomp
son, home management; Mrs.
Hezzie Brown, home beautifica
tion; Mrs. Lewis Cohoon, cloth
ing; Mlrs. C. H. Carawan, com
munity Service; Mrs. W. W.
Wheeler,- education.
There was $2.70 collected for
purchasing w'ar stamps for the
club album. Twenty five cents
was collected for the penny
friendship fund.
The hostesses Shepard’s pie
with crackers and fruit whip.
The next club meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. Zeb
Emory.
HYDE FARMERS URGED TO j
RAISE MORE BROILERS j
—
HOW WORLD WAR II
VETERAN SHOULD GO
ABOUT GETTING FARM
GUARANTY PROGRAM
iSurvivmg are his wife, Mrs. pected to be planted because of
Eugenia Sanderson Marshall, and
baiby daughter of Lake Landing
and his mother, Mrs. Patsy Mar
shall o.f Engelhard and several
brothers and sisters.
EDITOR PUTS BUTTER
RIGHT IN THE MILK
Because of, increased needs for
eggs and poultry products to
augment the nation’s supply o-f
meat, farmers in Hyde County
are urged to raise more broilers
and roaster chickens this year
and to obtain chicks early so as
;o have more pullets ready for
Jail and winter laying, according
o T. A. Jennette. chairman of
the Hyde AAA committee.
Good fertility of hatching eggs
may be obtained 7 days after
mating and for aibout 7 diays af
ter males are removed from the
poultry flock at the end of the
breeding season.
Reseeding, fertilizing, and mow
ing pastures to control weeds
will give big returns in milk
per acre.
11
By the OSd Moidmein Pageda . . . "
TROUT SEASON OPENS
IN STATE APRIL IS'TH
' * ' 's ' ~ '■ i
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i^EGRo PAROLED
* Governor cherry
Cjj . i
Eussell, New Holland i
®®htenced to 25 to 30 1
Sfee ^ ® charge of second de- |
“titjin 1929 was paroled
'y, 12th by Governor Cher- '
Open season for fishing for
trout begins April 15th as usual
this year, accordinig to the State
Department of Conservation and
Development, tl is also announ
ced that the season for warm-
water fish closes in the East,
April 6th, and in the West April
15th.
VISITING IN VIRGINIA
Mrs. Mattie Davis of Middle-
town and Mrs. Joe Payne of Ne
braska are visiting friends in
Hampton and Portsmouth, Va.
By F. V. HARRIS
(Hyde FSA Supervisor)
There has been lots of ques
tions asked by interested per
sons about how a World War II
veteran would go about getting
a loan guaranty. I am going to
give below the simplest way to
do thisl
'Suppose a World War H vet
eran wants a loan guaranty to
pay for land, buildings, live
stock, equipment, machinery or
to be purchased 'by the veteran,
to be used in bona fide farming
operations conducted by the vet
eran.
1— ^He would locate the farm
or equipment or livestock that he
wanted to purchase.
2— He would then contact a
lender such as local bank, mer-;
chant, private individual, or ma- |
dhinery dealer who would be ]
willing to make him the loan, i
3— The lender and the veteran |
would execute the Certificate of j
Eligibility Form 1800 and give {
the information called for and j
send it to the Veterans Adm., 20
Houston Street, Belle Isle Build-1
ing, Atlanta 3, Georgia. * 1
4— The Veterans Adm. would I
send back to the lender a cer-1
tificate of eligibility if the vet-:
eran was eligible, it would also ‘
notify the lender about apprais
als and other needed informa-,
tion and requirements. i
5— After the lender- and the
veteran had comiplied with the
requirements of the Veterans
Adm. the application would go
totheVeterans’ Agricultural Loan
Committee for certification. The
committee would make recom
mendations to the Veterans Adm.
6^The Veterans’ Adm. .ap
proves or disapproves the appli
cation for the guaranty and noti
fies the lender of its decision. If
the loan guaranty is approved the
Veterans’ Adm. forwards closing
instructions to the lender. The
lender services the loan until it
is repaid in full j
The limit of loan guaranty to
one veteran is $2000 or not more
than 50 per cent oi the loan.
The maximum period which a
guaranteed loan must be paid in
is 20 years.
The maxim-um interest rate is.
4 per cent.
ENGELHARD BOY AWARDED
GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
the difficulty of getting pickers
to pick it. The soybean crop may
be some larger. Because of the
poor price and market outlook on
early Irish potatoes, it is likely
that slightly less of these will be
planted, although some farmers
are going ahead with the usual
acreage.
It is estimated that 30 to 40
per cent less hogs will be raised
Above all else a newspaperman
tries to be accurate, but much as
he may try mistakes will be ' 'county‘in°19457There”wm
made. Often when the re’port does | cattle and chi'ckens,
not make them, the typesetter The sweet potato is a crop
will. But what we are getting at, ^hat offers farmers an opportuni-
is iwe want to correct an error pialie a profit now and after
we made regarding the amount
of butter Ben Blount, Negro tan-
the war, according to statS agri
cultural officials. It is .not known
ant at Lake Landing, makes from ^ ^vhether or not any Hyde County
the milk he gets from his cow. f3i'mers are going to grow these
Blount owns a good cow which ygg^. pg^ have been gro'wn
gives four and one half gallons of ^he past
milk every day. From this mi’k, ^ith world supplies of vege-
he makes 12 pounds of butter j^hle oils not sufficient to meet
every week (not every day as ^he demand, the soy bean mar-
was indicated in our recent het outlook is good. Since less
story.)
Editor Tom Spencer was asked
a lot of questions about it, t5
which he. replied that he was the
one that put the 12 pounds of
butter in the four and one half -j^he farm agent recommends
gallons of milk. Yes, he sard, ^hat lespedeza follow small grain
"it was one of the many errors gj.gpg ,-g.^her than soylbeans. Hyde
that take p.ace in a news office Couinty farmers have lost many
short of help. They are made and ggj.es of late beans in recent
slip by despite the care we take.” years.
Mcye than anything else, far
mers must learn to grow quality
labor is required to grow this
crop, \t is expected there will be
an increased acreage. The sup
port price will be the same as
BELHAVEN CAFE OWNER
FINED FOR DRIVING DRUNK products, from which they can
get the best prices. In other
Arthur Zambas, Belhaven cafe words, with the available man-
operator, was fined $50 and had
his diii'Ving permit revoked in
power and material, be should
glow only what he produces into
Hyde County Recorder’s Court a desiralble product and harvest.
MHonday for driving automo- 'State Co’lege recommends that
bile under the influence of intox- farm families:
icating drink. Zamlbas was ar- i. Understand conditions fac-
rested by Patrolman Carl Whit- ing them and keep informed as
field of Swan Quarter after he changes oour.
■2. Use sound business methods
to plan and operate the farm and
heme business. The success of
one depends upon the success of
the other.
3. Keep their yearnings with
in their earnings. Buy with care
became involved in a wreck
with Dr. J. W. Miller near En- ^
gel hard.
Orvar E. Axelson of Northiwild-
wood, N. J., who was with Zam
bas, was fined $20 and costs for
being drunk and disorderly. :
Two captains of oyster boats,' and only that which is absolutely
charged with dredging oysters in necessary.
large boats propelled by power,
drew light fines of $5 and costs.
4. Provide an abundance of
food and fuel for the family;
Their crew members were found feed, seed, and soil fertility for
not guilty.
Other cases on the large dock
et included several tried for
speeding and other minor traffic
violations.
LAKE LANDING HOME
CLUB WELL ATTENDED
AN RAF TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT flying low over the spires of Burmese
temples heads for the front lines to drop supplies to British troops closing in
on Mandalay. '
An Air Service Command De
pot, England—tCpl. Norwood
Marshall, son of Mr. and Mrs. B.
' C. Marshall of Engelhard was re
cently awarded the good conduct
medhl for exemiplary behavior,
efficiency and fidelity at this
large Air Service Command de
pot in England. Prior to his en
listment, Cpl. Marsha’l was at
tending Norfolk Business College.
Tests in Raleigh food stores
show that growers can market
five times as many sweet pota
toes as formerly to home consum
ers, if they will .grew disuse-free
Louisiana Porto Ricos of the
proper size.
the farm; and a surplus for our
armed forces, our allies and oth
ers who are unable to produce.
5. Take good care o.f what they
have.—"Waste not—want not.”
6. Economical production is
vital in time of peace and time
^ of war. Efficient production
' should be keynote of North Car-
The Lake Landing Home Club olina farm families for 1945 and
met at the library, Friday after- beyond.
noon, March 9th, with good at- j
tendance. The meeting was op
ened by singing, "Saviour, Like
a Shepherd Lead Us,” followed
by the club collect and collec
tion of dues.
PONZER MAN’S OUTFIT
SPANNED SERCHIO RIVEH
With the Fifth Army, Italy-
I Sgt. Bonner Morris, son of Mr.
Pledges were made for the [and Mrs. D. W. Morris of Pon-
Jane MicKimmon Loan fund and j zer, is a member of the 175th
contributions made to the Penny I Engineer General Service Regi-
for Friendship Chain. Miss I ment which recently spanned the
Roach gave an interesting dem- ! Serebio River on the Fifth Army
onstration on "Well Planned front in Italy with a 270-foot tim-
Meals from Pantry Supplies.” her pile bent bridge.
Mrs. John Silverthorne and The 175th fought in North Afri-
Mrs. Dora Gibbs were hostesses, ca, doing work on an airfield
to the meeting. j near Casab’anca. They have done
— I a considerable amount of work in
The REA has announced a loan Italy. The outfit is currently
allotment of $38,550 to the Ocra- j maintaining snow stations along
coke Elect'r.ic Membership Cor-1
poration for emergency rehabil
itation and refinancing.
routes where snow ploughs oper
ate from an emergency rations
are stored and issued.