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, THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD
news of the richest agricultural county in the foremost historical and recreational area of north CAROLINA
VI; No. 30
SWAN QUARTER, N. C., THURSDAY, MAR. 29, 194.5
Shortage of navy
Material valued
$18,000 UNSOLVED
^'ifling Cases Against Two
^ttiployes ThowTi put of
Court
Single Copy 5 Cents
WAESCHE NOMINATED !
FOR FULL ADMIRAL
3ses against two employes of
i^anteo Naval Auxiliary .\ir
(,^uon petered out in Federal
this week, and a third
against an employe who ad-
having tools he used at
^ase in his home, brought a
'^ical conviction and fine of
1o:
liti]
■^h alleged shortage in inven-
of tools, materials, etc., run-
S U'p to $18,000, at the base
a period of two years had
reported to the FBI, whose
^sstits on the 16th of March,
^^*^0 to Manteo, and according
Q their testimony in Federal
d[
Of
th,
^‘'Urt this week, made a search
i'ho ho'mes of many employes
base, and of officers at
base. Various articles alleg-
fo ^ ^^tonging to the Navy, were
hd at this homes and cases in
J^hieh
>oi
Naval personnel were in-
''od were turned over to the
for discipline, wihile civil-
Were taken to Federal Court
''e they found it necessary to'
'atts
iv-he
^ XUUllVA XL J’ vvy
^tribute $150 in fees to attor-
So^'^ to defend them. John Wil-
•'s case was first heard, and a
fishing tackle or tool box
d a quantity of gun shells had
found at his home, which
j. Said was given him by an of-
cer of the base. A bucket of
j, |dt, which was supposedly Navy
but made by Montgomery
and found on his premises.
Vice Adpn'/al Russell R. Wae-
sche, top officer of the Coast
Guard has been nominated for
the rank of a full admiral by
President Rooseve’t and confir
mation iby the Senate would
make him the first Coast Guards
man to hold the four-star rank.
Kis nomination was made along '
with that of Lieut. Gen. Alexan
der A. Vandegrift, Marine Corps
commander, for a full general.
Admiral Waesche, who took ov
er as head of the Coiast Guard in
1936. has directed the greatest ex
pansion in its long history. It noiw
has a strength of 175,000 officers
and men, which is 15 times that
of peacetime.
Showing vision and foresight,
Admiral Waesche saw the war
clouds hanging over this country
and secured the approval of Con
gress for a general expansion of
the service. By the middle of
1940, he had a full recruiting
program under way. |
Admiral Waesche came to Dare
County late in the summer of
1937 to participate in a Coast
Guard program down at Fort Ra- '
leigh. He rowed in the boats with
the surfmen and won their ad- ^
miration.
A native of Frederick County,
Maryland, Admiral Waesche is a
graduate of the Coast^ Guard
Academy at New London, Conn.
He became commandant of the
service in 1936, 30 years after his
graduation.
BLUE-GASOLINE CASE
CONTINUED IN COURT
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Manteo Baptist Minister’s Case
Center of Much Interest;
Order Stands
Released by U. S. War Department. Bureau of Public Relatione,
STRUGGLE FOR THE APENNINES—Soldiers of the valiant
Fifth Army in Italy have made few headlines during the bitter fight
ing through the rugged mountains of Tuscany. It was a winter cam
paign of unexampled hardship. This picture shows something of the
handicaps of the Apennine terrain. Members of a unit of the 85th
Division are digging a dugout for a kitchen. Below them a mortar
crew is on duty and in dugouts on the hillside Infantrymen literally
live on the firing line. (Photo by T/4 Harry Hartman, Army Pic
torial Service.)
another item offered as evi-
Judge Hutcheson ruled
Was insu'fificient evidence
threw the case out of court.
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PRESSURE COOKER ENTERTAIN AT
CLINIC SCHEDULED ^ ANNUAL BANQUET
FOR APRIL 12TH THURSDAY EVENING
dyd Meekins, who lives near
jj'j® base, had recently painted
Hyde Women Urged To Take Swan Quarter Vocational
Advantage of Getting Students Host to Mothers
HYDE OVER TOP
IN RED CROSS
WAR FUND DRIVE
® house, testified that of the
JJ^t used, he had bought two
from a Negro formerly
j^Ployed at the base an dwho
arded at his home. He was
®tged with having stolen the
. 'nt. He was acquitted. John Re-
j,/’ Jr., of Nags Head, an em-
°ye of the base, uses his own
. r foj transportation on the -base,
j ® carries the tools back and
and had carried home $48
j ’’^h of tools, which he said he
- ended to return to the base.
his
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Cookers Checked Free
And Dads
own admission of having
rnmen't property off the job
in his possession he was
* guilty, and fined $50, and
iglVc-
^“und
eii a suspended sentence,
vj, '^irty Roanoke Islanders em-
jl^eyed at the base, have deplored
^ ® great waste of items thrown
the trash pile, and rather than
tak things burn up, have
®n Wasted things they could
jj.® and carried them home. Tech-
they are guilty of violat-
the law. The great waste and
, practices at this station that
prevailed since its construc-
^ ® have long been local scan-
Wq' '^®rLs of thousands of dollars
j^^rth Qj useful materials have
the^ tinrned up, at a time when
Pie ®‘^''®^riment is imploring peo-
j. ®ase and old paper. Various of-
have had ample supplies
{jg for hunting, and have
jj n able to supply their friends.
. ndreds of enlisted men have
ueea
*aiid
•'*1.11 i\avy iiiica, c
to ■ hunt anything
tio save tin cans, kitchen
®®h turned loose on the main-
j with Navy rifles, and naval
Munition
^ Could shoot at. ^
great waste and extrava-
pK^® manifested, has been ds-
by thrifty people, who
sji ^ it more criminal not to
the^i ®°™sihing and thus violate
iaw by carrying it home, than
A pre. f ure cooker clinic will be
held in the Swan Quarter agri
cultural building, Thursday, April
12, it was announced today by
Miss Iberia Roach, home agent.
Hyde County women ate urged to
take advantage of this o.pportun-
ity and have their cooker check
ed. i
The purpose of the clinic, which
will be conducted by H. M. Ellis,
agriculture engineer from State
College, is to check the accuracy
of pressure gauges, safety vaves
and the general condition of the,
pressure canners; to advise own-'
ers on making, oorrections; and to
instruct and advise pressure can-
ner owners on the cleaning and
care of pressure canners.
According to Miss Roach, this
will be the last year that the
cookers will be tested free of
charge. It is important, therefore,
she says, that pressure cooker
owners should avail themselves
of this opportunity. ;
Those who are planning to
have their cooker checked should
take it to the home agent’s office
in Swan Quarter prior to April ^
12th. The canners must be thor-'
oughly cleaned before they are
brought to the clinic. No canner i
will be accepted that has not
been properly cleaned. It.is sug-|
gested that owners unscrew the;
petcock and soak all the little
parts in vinegar, then rub with*
a soft cloth. Those who have any
special difficulty should make a
note on the tag,'giving name and
address.
The Home Economics Club and
the Future Farmers of America
of the Swan Quarter high school
entertai:\3d at a Mother-Daugh
ter Father-Son Banquet Thursday
evening, March 22nd in the Home
Economics Department of the
school.
The talbles were decorated with
spring flowers, blue candles, yel
low and blue nut cups, blue pro
grams and individua yellow bou-
tonniers. The Farm Family Living
Class served as waiters and wait
resses.
Guests from the State Depart
ment of Public Instruction were
Miss Maibel Lacy, District Super
visor of Home Economics, T. B.
Elliott, District Supervisor of Vo
cational Agriculture Education
and Roy H. Thomas, State Super
visor of Vocational Agriculture
Education.
Other invited guests included
the County Superintendent o£-
Schools, the County Board of
Commissioners, local school com
mitteemen, parents of the club
merrtpers, and business friends of
the community.
Blandina Credle, president of
the Home Economics Club, serv
ed as toastmistress for the ban
quet. William Wheeler, president
of the Future Farmers conduct
ed a meeting during the program.
The Home Economics Club ad
visor is Mrs. Alice R. Williamson.
The Future Farmer advisor is J.
M. Worrell.
Returns Incomplete But
Available Reports Show
Goal Already Reached
Hyde County has gone over the
top in the 1945 Red Cross War
Fund drive it was announced
early this week by N. W. Shelton,
of Swan Quarter, campaign
Chairman. Reports are incom-
lAete, but more than the goal O'f
$Mp0 is in the hands of officials,
altlvugh not quite that sum has
been turned in to county head
quarters.
According to Mr. Shelton, com
munity chairmen at Swan Quar
ter, Sladesville, Ocracoke and
the Negro divSision have stated
that more funds will come from
their communities.
Hyde County’s goal this year
Was $2100. Just how much money
has been raised is not known at
this time, but it is slightly more
tha nthis figure.
W.atoh these columns next week
for full details on the campaign.
In the meantime, if you wish to
contribute further to the drive,
do so at once.
J® ke(
destroyed. The Man-
"®®P within the law, and al-
5tj.®^®b‘on is undoubtedly as well
"th ®®°’^"’'iiii'Caly run as are all
kiem stations, for govern-
®tyw ^Pafficiency and waste ev-
atid seems the watchword,
'•Qd axamiple is set at the top
'ivh years. Those
travelled far among
iiaf ®®^^’*^hshments, say the sit-
after two years, it
tg remarkable that an effort
shoyl'^'* $18,000 worth of stuff
out in to such a
Cm ® this attempt to prose-
hok simple employes. It
kke an example of ineffi-
the/^ sewieiwhere, and also as if
tkg'f.'Pight be an Ethiopian in
kindling in more places than
^^^’Ual EASTER PROGRAM \
Middletown church :
TVi
be ^hnual Easter program will
at the Middletown Chris-
8th ^^Preh Sunday night, April
8:15 o’clock. The public
'^''ited to attend this service.
FSA COOKER OWNERS
INTERESTED
Miss Eva L. McMillan, Associ
ate F. S. A. Supervisor, states
that many Farm Security bor-j
roiwers owning pressure cookers |
plan to take advantage of get- j
ting their cookers tested in the;
clinic. Miss McMillan is assisfingi
the families in properly cleaning
the valves and petcock on the
cookers.
A large numiber of cooikers were
cleaned and turned into the office
during this past week. Judging
from the numiber of cookers al
ready turned in and the question
naires that haVe been mailed
back to the office there will be
approximately 125 cookers be
longing to F. S. A. borrowers to
be tested. '
Miss MldMillan urges all the
families not to neglect getting
their cookers cleaned and in be
fore April 12. She will be glad to
help those needing assistance or
advice.
ENJOY HOT DOG ROAST
MemiBers pf the Engelhard High
School Home Ec Club and their
guests enjoyed a hot dog roast
at the home of T. J. Mann, III,
Wednesday night.
I
I Engelhara
j Chief Petty Officer and Mrs.
j Hubert Se’Jby of Engelhard an-
I nounce the birth of a daughter,
j Donna Vann, on March 25th, at
I the Tayloe hospital, Washington.
Mrs. Selby is the former Miss
j Eva Spencer of Engelhard.
Middletown
Sgt. and Mrs. Elmer Fulps of
Middletown announce the birth
of a daughter on March 20th at
the Colurnbia Hospital. Mrs. 'Fulps
^is the former Miss Lois McKin
ney of Nebraska, Lake Landing,
Hyde County.
Much interest has prevailed in
the recent case of the gasoline ra
tion of Rev. W. C. Blue, pastor [
of the Manteo Baptist Church
which was to have been heard in
Federal Court in Elizabeth City
this week, but was continued by
Judge Hutcheson to the next
term, when Mr. Blue and the at
torneys for the OPA both failed
to aippear in court.
Friends of Mr. Blue thinks this
ends the case, and former Mayor
L. D. Tarkington, staunch sup
porter of his minister, thinks the
ration board should never have
bothered Mr. Blue at all, about
his trip to Florida in the winter
with an A card. On the other
hand, there has been much criti
cism of the preacher, not only
for taking the trip, but for his at
titude in the matter, which is
characterized by some of his best
friends as "extreme bullheaded-
ness.”
Ration board officials request
ed Mr. Blue to appear before the
board and show cause why his,
gasoline raVon should not be re.
,yoked. Th>^ was done only after
pressure was brought on the
board from higher up. Mr. Blue
jgnored their several requests,
'and refused to do any explaining.
Whereupon the board "grounded”
his car for six months, and noti
fied all filling stations not to sell
him any gasoline. The legal di
vision of the OPA bro'Ught a case
against him in Federal Court.
Whereupon Mr. Blue hired Attor
ney Henry LeRoy, pro,minent
Elizabeth City Baptist to defend!
him. Mr. Blue’s friends related |
that Mr. Blue thought his attor
ney had everything fixed up in
Raleigh, and there would be no
more of the .matter. As a matter
of fact there seems to have been
some effort before Federal Court
came up on the part of the author
ities hr -Raleigh to mollify- the
situation and let Mr. Blue go his
way rejoicing.
Wide speculation as to this
course has prevailed locally.
Some express the thought that
mayibe the laws are not sufficient
ly Strang to miaintain a case for
the OPA. Others think the attor
neys dislike to go into he case,
rather than raise a ^tink by un
covering the source of gas tick
ets which has kept Mr. Blue’s car
going, and fear it might involve
prominent people. Most likely it
may be that church loyalty among
Baptist in Raleigh may be rally-
! ing to Mr. Blue’s cause.
Generally in Manteo, the sit
uation is greatly deplored be
cause Mr. Blue seems to have
been developing so well as a
preacher, and doing a fine job
with the Manteo Baptist Church.
The outgrowth of his refusal to
smooth matters over as might had
been done in the beginning .ha^
neutralized much of his force for
good. In fact it is said he is plan
ning to take a new church, and it
may have been that his trip to
Florida party for his health, was
to loo kover certain church fields
in that state.
TRAWL BOATS ILLEGALLY
FISHING WITH IMPUNITY
IN CAROLINA WATERS
Fifty Boats Alleged to be Operating Along
Dare County Coast, Fishing Within 300
Yards of Shore, Prove Harmful to In«
dustry of Natives; Huge Catches Made
PLEASANT GROVE CLUB
MEETS WTTH. MRS. IVILLIAMS
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The Pleasant Grove Home club
of near Engelhard met at the
home of Mrs. C. N. Wil’iams last
Tuesday afternoon. Eight mem
bers were present.
During the last meeting. Miss
Iberia Roach, home agent, gave
out m.ore Red Cross material to
be sewed. She gave a demonstra
tion on "Well Planned Meals
from Pantry Supp'ies.” $45 was
donated to the Jane S. McK;m-
mons Loan. Fund.
IIIYDE NEGRO IN STATES
AFTER BEING OVERSEAS
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More" than fifty trawl boats
many of them from Virginia and
states further north are said to
be operating illegally in North
Carolina waters, sweeping the
water clean of many fish that
might come into the nets of fish
ermen in4he sounds. These boats,
19 of which were counted last
week by one Pbserver, were fish
ing inside the three miles limit,
and some of them within 300
yards of shore. These 19 vessels
were in the immediate area near
Kill Devil Hills.
Immense catches of fish, prin-
cipaly croakers, were made, and
some of the trawl boats brought
their fish into Manteo where they
were sold to Dave Whitson and to
Willie Etheridge. The smaller and
less speedy trawlers thereiby ob
tain better prices by selling into
Manteo, before the larger boat
could get into Norfolk and flood
the markets.
Old fishermen predict that this
unusual run of croakers predicts
a return of blue fish, which sel
dom come into these waters once
in about 15 to 20 years. The com
ing of the bluefish is something
greatly wished for by commercial
as well as sport fishermen.
$3,800 Catch to Boat
Although the activities of many
boats on the ocean side, with a
vast amount of net to sweep the
seas clean may have kept many
fish from coming in the inlets,
and crossing the sounds to the
pound net fishermen the .largest
catches of croakers ever known
have been taken by some long
net fishermen in Roanoke Sound
bet weep Manteo and Nags Head.
Henry Hayiwood and Ernest Hay
wood of Colington made one catch
which brought them $5,800 in one
day last week. Dan Baum and
other fishermen have made large
catches. And day after day the
Ceremony Held Last Thurs- * croakers kept coming in. But the
high price of 12 cents had dwin
dled, and by Wednesday of this
(U. S. Marine Corps Photo)
Marine Pfc. Carl E. Bliss of East
Syracuse, N. Y., is sho-wn with his
canine charge, “Boy,” a captured
Jap war dog seized on Guam and
retrained for use in action
against his former masters. The
shepherd-coUle is with the Sec
ond War Dog Platoon, now serv
ing with the Second Marine Di
vision somewhere in the Pacific.
NEW OFFICERS
OF HYDE O.E.S.
INSTALLED
day Evening; Mrs. Long
Is New Worthy Matron
week fishermen were getting on
ly three cents a pound.
The huge catch of croakers,
which are in excellent condition
New officers of Hyde Chapter,
No. 213, Order of the Eastern
Star, were installed in ceremon- for eating at this time of year,
ies at the lodge hall at Lake brought into play every available
Landing last Thursday evening, truck, and all the ice that could
Mrs. Ruby Long is the new Wor- be Obtained a't the time. It work-
thy Matron and J. M. Long is ed the fish buyers’ limited forces
Wbrthy Patron. : pretty hard in getting them to
A profusion of spring flowers market. But it proved a boon to
were beautifully arranged in the rnany fishermen, of whom some
chapter room, entrance hall and . have been in a steady run of hard
dining room of the old Mattamus- ' luck for a long time,
keet Lodge. The decoration were . Shad fishermen are still view-
arranged by the Worthy Matron, Hii® season as a practical
Mrs Alese Mann ! failure. Many of the fishermen
a' number of O. E. S. members ’ have not pair exipenses. A few
.from the Swan Quarter chapter ^fish«men _ have made _fair wag-
attended the installation cere
monies. j
Mrs. Lydia Miller served as in- :
stalling officer; Mrs. Marshall'
Patrick as installing marshall; |
and Mrs. Belle Gilbbs as install-;
ing chaiplain. j
The following officers were in- 1
stalled: Mrs. Ruby Long, Worthy
es. The end of the season is at
hand, ‘and already the buyers of
carp are on the scene with their
tank trucks. And now fishermen
are looking forward to crabbing
again this year, for the past two
years has brought them big prof
its from crabs.
mss BERRY’S ENGAGEMENT
Matron: J. M. Long, Worthy Pa
tron; Mrs. Maggie Silvert^rne,; TO MR. mLLER ANNOUNCED
Associate Matron; Dr. J. W. Mill-1 j n/r t t, m
er. Associate Patron- Mrs. Myra! Mrs. J. E. Berry of
Patrick, secretary; Mrs. Janie i New Hodand announce the en-
Fuiford, treasurer; ,Mrs. Lucy ' of their daughter Shir-
Cox, conductress; Mrs. BelU Grey, to Edgar James Mito
Gibbs, chaplain; Mrs. Annie ^ H^ief Petty Officer (CMo.MM)
Payne, Marshall; Mrs. Lydia Mill
er, organist; Mrs. Hazel Silver-
home, Adah; Mrs. Mary Cooper,
Ruth; Mrs. Virginia Miller, Esth
er; Mrs. Lola Gibbs, Martha;
Mrs. Nolline Barrett, Electa; Mj^s
Grace Berry, Warden and Mrs.
Aldeene Meekins, Sentinel.
After the meeting adjourned.
Pfc. Susman L. Collins (Negro)
son of Mrs. Henrietta Collins of
Lake Landing has recently re
turned from service outside the I .,
continental limits of the United members and Victors were invit-
States and is now temporarily sta- ed to the dining -room w ere a
tioned at the Ground and Service J birthday cake^.'^^s served with
Forces Redistribution Station fruit punch. Eight _ candms^w^re
here.
lighted by Mrs:' Alese,' Junior
Past Matron,, representing the
eight years of ^ryice of the Hyde
VISITING HYDE RELATIVES
Cpl. and Mrs. Royden Neal of
Geiger Field, Washington, are!
visiting •friends and relatives at
Engelhard. Mrs. Neal is the for
mer Miss Charlotte Marshall of
Engelhard.
Released by U. S- War Department, Bureau of Puoiio KelationE.
IN THE TRENCHES IN ITALY^Firing an Gl-nim. mortar
from a dugout on the battle line of the Fifth Army in the Apennines.
Left to right, Pfc. Forrest M. McClain, Lenor, N. C.; Cpl. Marlin
Swibert, Carlisle, Pa,, and Pfc. Weldon Worrell, Hillsville, Va„ of
the 85th Division. (Photo by Harry Hartman, Army Pictorial Service.)
Pfc. Collins served 35 months
' as Machine-Gunner in the Asia- -p a
tic-Pacific theatre of operations, i Chapter O. E. 3.
He is a recipient of the following
decorations Asiatic-pacific C'An-
paign Ribbon, Good Conduct Med
al arid the American Defense
Medal.
Before entering the service
Pfc. Collins was employed by Ed
ward Barber, of Lake Landing,
■North Carolina. '
BUY MORE IIIAIjBEfjOEE
IU. S. N., of Cleanfield, Pa., son
of Mrs. Olga Miller of Greystone
Park,, N. J., and the late Edgar
Miler. The engagement took
place March 5 in Portsmouth.
They celebrated the occasion with
immediate friends at the V.F.W.
Club at Cradock, Va.
IMilss Berry attended the Engel
hard High School and is. a grad
uate of Portsmouth B-eauty
School in Portsmouth. She is now
employed b^- the Naval Ammuni
tion Depot, St. Julians Creek,
Portsmouth.
!■ The groom-to-ibe attended the
Clearfield High School. He en-
tisred the U.S.N. in 1939 and has
sef.ved 16 months overseas. Chief
Petty Officer Miller is serving on
i mine sweeper which has re-
iklhtly been assigned to duty in
the Pacific.
'iSTo date has been set for the
wedding.
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