. HYDE COUNTY HERALD
% NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA’
No. 31
SWAN QUARTER, N. C., THURSDAY APRIL 12, 1945
Single Copy 5 Cents
^WlFT DRIVING BRINGS
damage and death on
NAGS HEAD BEACH ROAD
St,
Floyd of Henderson Killed During Melee In-
Mving Five Vehicles Following Collision With
^avy Truck; Hearing on Case Will Be Held April
Several Charge With Reckless Driving, Too
^Uch Liquor on Beach Claimed
St
® Floyd of Henderson, 52 aq 4 u rfTRT.C
f suddenly Saturday night on 4-11 IjlllL.»
Hil ^uigs Head Highway, about a |
Parkerson’s Hotel j BISCUIT CONTEST
in which he was riding ,
llj^^Ust been in collision with a
k.
s
ENTER LOCAL
*1- Deen in collision wiui a. . „ .
trailer truck, and lost a Winners Announced; Eti
quette Theme of Joint
' Meetings
«m'’ Wheel. Floyd had gotten,
the road at the time, and |
struck down by some car, [
*'“"'1 Forty eight Myde Co«nty 4-H
tj' N.vy' i°„l *«»” driven by j *irl« ■lelr/rom“April'’4a
H, wescott otf Manteo. j mg contest held from April th
"lu ^tdsmoibile car in which Mr.l
Was riding was owned and
k^ted by J. Harry Bryan of
®rson. Ridinig with them
Jj® ^tiss Vtrgie Perry of Kitty
and A. B. YO'ung and Coy
(..."^‘th of Henderson. After
through the 6th. Miss Iberia
Roach, home agent, was judge.
The judging was done on a
point basis. General appearance
counted 15 points; crispness,
depth, and quality of crust, 10;
fe. :''un of Henaerson. texture, 35; and flavor, 40. 1
the cab of the truck safe- The Engelhard contest was held
Bryan’s cat struck the Wednesday morning, April 4th.
and he thinks he was First place winner was Susie
U in it by the suction of Marshall, Olive Gibbs won second
truck going at a speed which place. Placed in the blue award
THREE HYDE NEGROES
KILLED WHEN BIG TRUCK
GOES THROUGH OPEN DRAW
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James Gibbs, Negro Driver, Who Escaped, Faces
Charges of Speeding, Reckless Driving and Man
slaughter; Wreck at Leechville Saturday Morn
ing One of Section’s Most Fatal
W. H. LANGSTON
DIES TUESDAY
Released by U. S. War Department, Bureau of Public Relations.
AVIATION ENGINEERS ENTER BOMB-BLASTED REICH—Pictured through the shattered sec
tion of a former German building men of the 9th Engineer Command unload matting to be used in
an airstrip for 9th Air Force fighter-bombers flying in coordination with ground forces pushing the
enemy across the Rhine. (Official 9th AF photo.)
LANDOWNERS VOTE
FOR SOIL DISTRICT
, PRESIDENT DIES AT
WARM .SPRINGS, GA.
REVIVAL BEGINS SOON
AT AMITY CHURCH
, witnesses say was 60 miles - group were Vivian Frances Spen-
* ^our. " 1 cdr, Doris Cara wan, Laura Litch- Balloting Was V’ery Light With
Huffman, who sgys he’ fied, Priscilla Armstrong, and Only 183 Votes^ Cast
* ‘driving a Studabaker sedan,' Connie Berry.
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*Vt 5*0%‘'rds behtad the Navy j The contest at Fairfield was Hyde County landowners went
.J says his speed was between I held Thursday rn'orning, April on record .as favoring a soil con-
40 miles an hour. He was , 5th with Alice Reid Berry win- servation district to be compos-
w j%anned by Roy P. Oetz, all j nin-g first place and and Margie ed of Hyde, Dare, Tyrrell, Wash-
h Manteo Naval Air Station.' Ann Clark takihg second honors, j ington and Beaufort counties in
j® Stuhebaker aifter passing Mr. ■
wrecked ’
inn LiarK taxing secuiiu nunuio. i — — -
passing mi. j At Sladesville, the contest was a referendum ending Saturday.
Vhu,“® wrecked Oldsmabile I Friday m-orning, April 6th. The voting was very light with
swerved to the left in the Taking first .place was Sally anly 183 ballots of the 647 mailed
to®’ collided with a Chevrolet giane Credle. Second place win- voting. |
driven by G. A. Harmon oif ^g^ was Connie Midyette. J . Tbe voting was 174 favoring the
Pe Va. Mr. Harmon thinks prizes were aiwarded first place creation of the district and
Li. ®tudgibaker was doing 6*^, winners at Fairfield and Engel- sS^inst. -f. . , •
hour. He said he saw it | { Although no official mforma-
away from the Oldsmo-, nTxt be the se
nile tv, tft talk ov- ! Engelhard; Mrs. Franklin Mid--, ,f f^yg district supervis-
they stopped to talk ov ^,3, ^dna Cuthrell at tar the organiza-
matter, (the two sailors „ . ^
Rev. J. W. Groce To Hold Mat-
tamuskeet Charge Services
April 24-May 6th
Revival services for the Mat-
Three Hyde 'County N’egroes
were killed and a fourth narrow
ly escaped when the 10-ton truck
MU A RTi A TT’ A riT ' they were riding plung-
■tUlixArvJ. rAl IxALlv: ed through the open draw of the
! Punfg-o River bridge at Leechville
Funeral Thursday for Highly on the Hyde-Beaufort line Satur-
Regarded Retired News j morning. The dead are David
Spencer of Lake Landing and
paperman , QQj-dell Blount and Charlie Spen-
' cer of Swan Quarter.
W. H. Langston, 70, highly re- j James Gibbs, Engelhard Negro,
garded Swan Quarter citizen, re- I driver Orf the big truck, who es-
tired Goldsboro newspaperman, | eaped after it went through the
died at 4:30 o’clock Tuesday a-f- ’ draw, has been charged with
terncon in a V—-iington hospit- | speeding, V-ckless driving, assault
al. He suffered a heart attack in I with a deadly weapon ahd man-
his’home in Swan Quarter and sl'auglhter, and will be tried in
was taken to Washington by am- ; Beaufort County Superior Court
bulance where he died a short! on June 25. He is free under $500
time later. ; bond.
Funeral services were held at' The accident occurred about
Providence Methodist Church in ' 11:55 Saturday morning when the
Swan Quarter at 10 o’clock. truck, which belonged to R. L.
Thursday morning with the Rev, Gibbs & Comijany of Engelhard
Chaffin, pastor, officiating. The was traveling from Belhaven to
body was taken to Goldkboiro for ' Engelhard with a capacity load
burial in the family plot in Wil-jof fer'tilizer. Traffic -between
low Dale Ceme-iery, the Rev. Le- | Hyde and Beaufort counties vVas
on Russel, pastor of St. Paul j gtgpped fer five hours.
Methodist Church, conducting the j .Gibbs told officers that breaks
committal services at 3 o’clock. failed to bold and that he hit the
Mr. Langston, a former news-1 bridge railing in an effort to
--- -— J pa,per editor and traveling sales-j slow the speed of the truck. R.
tamuskeet charge will-be held at.jnan, had lived in Swan Quarter' j. Morgas, highway emiploye -who
the Amity Methodist church at 1 for the past four years. He was 1 was operating the draw, and L.
T T A.y^,.n oAfv. intercsted in the development of w. Mitchell, of the tugtboat that
Hyde County, where he lived f just passed through, sitaed
with his parents as a boy when
gette and Mrs. Edna Cutoreli at administer the organiza-
to,5‘“Son“aVe7oron; tion. Nominations will be made
•ittT'OA nn oriG . • tlOn. iNO‘nTlI_
>‘.) th77n‘iQ4 Ford driv- Sladesville. An etiquette quiz was eie,,tions to be held in eadh of
■«ne
south, came
Swinging around the Olds-, , -- *1.
“ «gh treO''
nom-
i inees selected, two supervisors
will be a'ppointed by the State
^ tnree wui oe cicul
SCUPPERNONG GRAPE trict-wide election.
, They told officers they I
SM the latter car must have
Floyd down, although no | , , „
7^4 seen him, and .it is not Tyrrell
'Whether he fell from the
Lj *kiile or what happened. i
rrell Believea lo mxTXTXTirT t tc
Popular Variety of 'Grapes j SGT. TUNNELL IS
I AWARDED BRONZE STAR
of the parties involved I The Muscadine grape, of which j
mighty hazy and confus- | the Scuppernong is the most pop- | jvi.ggt. Gilbert B. Tunnell, 26-
the situation; some of ular variety, is the most import-; of jyfr. and Mrs. J.
® told various conflicting talesant species of the South. Paric- ^ Tunnell of Swan Quarter, has
'^°hjectures A story next day i ularly should it be of interest to (jggj^ awarded the Bronze Star
Publicized in out of coun-} all North Carolinians because it ..fg^ meritorious achievement on
'‘®Pera was apparently based | is native to the eastern paft _of, ^jjg ground in.support of aerial
.^''^information, or careless | the state and many of its varie- | gombat operations,” according to
®8ard of the facts. The story ' ties originated there, says M. E.' announcement from 15th AAF
^ '"It that Mr Groce was a! Gardner, head of the Horticul-1 headquarters.
sheriff of Dare County, j ture Department of State College., ggj Tunnell, a communications
I — — rt-f riitAl 'n_> .. » •>. I*. iPi-L. AA X' T I _
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.rc ° ■ Ogl. AUiiiiCLi, a
There are a number of opin-' gjjjgf with his 15th AAF Libera-
had^fTnce been a mem- ions regarding its origination, but, ^gr bombardment group in Italy
'''^as totally untrue. How-
ttie Christian ministry. At most people believe that the efficiently fulfilled his duties
,®msent time he is emipioyed
sawmill of Duvall Broth-
? Buffalo City, and bad been
as a private guard on
i ^ads at the tavern of Sutton
j^Belangia on the Currituck
^ *■'6 basis of the investiga-
Sunday -by L. B. Howell,
highway patrolman, he
o he would issue warrants
hr
af
ts
Jii’uax - ^ iida J A.
Scuppernon'g originated in this section chief in charge of the
state, either on Roanoke Island communication system used in
or in Tyrrell County. j the heavy B-24 bombers. For ov-
At any rate, the honor of nam- ■ gj. fifteen months, he has served
ing the Scuppernong belongs to a' jg Italy, directing the repair and
newspaper published in Raleigh maintenance of the intricate ra
in 1811, "The Star.” Dr. Calvin ^jig connections that are vital to
Jones, a noted naturalist, and, the life of a heavy bomber and
Thomas Henderson were the edi- its crew.
tors at that time. Graduate of the Swan Quar-
It was probably Dr. Jones who , ter high school, Sgt. Tunnell en-
named the grape as he was ser- j tered the service in August, 1942,
ing as the agricultural editor of ajjj received his technical train-
the paper and took the name of ing at Chicago, Ill., before com-
Lake Landing fro-m April 24th
through May 6th, it is announ
ced this w'eek by the Rev. F. R.
Davis, pastor.
The services will be conducted
by the Rev. J. W. Groce, confer
ence evangelist from High Point.
He will be assisted by the Rev.
Mr. Davis.
The Rev. Groce is a good
preacher, according to Mr. Da
vis, who urges members to at
tend. An invitation . to join in
these worship programs is extend
ed to the public.
There will be singing of hymns
and other features that go with
revival services, including pray
ers for a world and its people in
turmoil.
''"'e and for Bryan on char
reckless driving. No war-
"ave been issued hO'Wever, me “— -- " i. ««
,>ngeme7sLve been made the grape from the Scuppernong ing overseas with this veteran
> hLnng on April 24, first rive ralong which so many plant- , b-24 bomber squadron.
^^r^aTs IftU' ffme"""' ! SwITqLARTER HOhli ,ne oenen ... ..ese. ..
N people believe that the i cL-gB MEET SFRIDAY NIGHT hg talked about the President to
,c otiU' —t the mfen in the Coast Guard who
v;h7e'ies"stVp7i."" " I original I
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^^°t»7aken to' "rowing on Roanoke Island, how- I The regular meeting of the I gathered around him.
‘ Bevi? S infLlarv -by I ever Glrdner feels that this is a gwan Quarter home club was, .-The President was the great-
" Baywnorf of rim^ton but' mistake as the vines on the Isi, j Friday night, April 6th, at est humanitarian m modern his-
pronounced S on ar- and appear to have been planted Agricullural Building. The tary,” said Mr. Warren. "The peo-
meeting was opened vfith a selec
tion of songs and the club collect.
After the business session and
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I® 'Conclusion seems to be
" dra ■ •
‘Wn from the investiga-
,y'^^at there was too much
A or
II112>Lcl'r».c aa , i
and appear to have been planted
It is true, he says, that these
vines are very old, but not so o^d j
as
PRESIDENT FHaNKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT passed away unex
pectedly at his home in Warm
Springs, Thursday afternoon at
4:35 o’clock of a cerdbral hem
orrhage. He was the 32nd Presi
dent of the Urflted States and HYDE CITIZENS URGED
was serving his fourth term in the . rpQ Qjyg qLD CLOTHES
White House. ;
The 63 year old American lead- „ ‘ j
er, who had led his nation from Substantial Used Clotlung , ee
depression to prosperity and to Needy in Foreign
victory in war, was mourned to- , Lands
day by the peoples of ail of the
United Nations. He was looked Urging Hyde County ca i ns
upon by the little people as their support the United a lona
■greatest hope in secjiring a just Clothing Collection un er w^
and lasting peace. ; this month. Miss Ibena Roach,
I chairman, pointed to the 12o,000,-
' 000 people in liberated or to be
WARREN GRIEVED BY NEWS ' liberated countries that are in dire
OF PRESIDENT’S DEATH need of something to wear. "With
j the manufacture of clothing not
Lindsay C. Warren, Comprol- great enough to meet our de-
ler General of the United States mands,” she said, "these people
was told Oif the death of Presi- must depend on the old clothes
debt Roosevelt as he and his par- that will be given.”
ty came in from sea at Oregan Schools, churches and horne
Inlet late Thursday afternoon, clubs are collection depots in
Mr. Warren said that while he Hyde County,
knew of the terrific strain that it is pointed out that rags are
the President has been under in not wanted, but rather some-
the last few months that he was thing that is serviceable. "What
shocked beyond expression over is needed is good sulbstantial
his untimely passing. He imme-1 clothing for both summer and
diately sent a message of sym-' -winter wear,” said Miss Roach,
pathy to Mrs. Roosevelt. The man w'ho went on: ’-’Although clothing
Who was one of the Administra- ; need not be in perfect repair, it
tion’s leadeirs in the Congress dur- ' must be useful to the people who
Mr Roosevelt’s first two terms,, will receive it. Underclothing and
and who received the Ibngest! types of cotton garments
term of appointment from him ^ should be washed before they are
outside of the Judiciary, and who , donated, but need iV't be ironed,
recently declined a life post on! Formal clothes can’t be used.’
the bench was deeply grieved as , —
exjoy picnic in woods
Having -won a -half holiday for
raising the most money during
the Red Cross War Fund drive,
the pupils of Miss Lona Bonner s
class at the Swan Quarter High
his father preached in the coun
ty. Some of his grandparents
were natives of Lake Landing
Township. He was born in Beau
fort County.
One o' Mr. Langston more re-
tbe truck was going' at a rapid
rate of speed.
A state highway truck, park
ed inside the gate on the bridge,
was kno.?ked into the river. Both
vehicles were badly damaged.
44- ... Statc Hlghway Patrolman CaYl
cent public spirited acts was his' Whitfield and Sheriff Pratt Wil-
offer to give a lease free of iia,mson of Swan Quarter inves-
charge on some land he owned
fcir a county airport. He was
greatly interested in the propos
ed project.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Lucy Berry of Swan Quar
ter; three children by a former
marriage, W. H. Langston, Jr., of
the Maritime service, reported en
route to Russia, George Langston
of Rocky Mount, and Mable Lang
ston oif Washington, D. C.; a bro-
tigated the wreck. They had a
crane brought in from Cherry
Point to remove the trucks from
the river bottom.
David Spencer, Negro farmer
of the Last Chance section of
Lake Landing Towhshi\, veteran
of World War I, was riding in
the c-Jb of the truck. His body
was found there when it was pull
ed from the river.
The Coast Guard found the
ther, Col. John D. Langston of bodies of the other two riders
Washington, D. C., assistant di- j Monday morning. They had« been
rector of Selective Service; three I rijing in' the back of the truck on
sisters, Mrs. F. S. Thomas of Dur- ^ -[be fertilizer. Their bodies were
haim, Mrs. E. R. Thomas of Dur- badly decomp Dsed.
ham, and Mrs. H. J. Elmore of ^ ijo ^ hearing before Justice of
RoiCky Mount, and two grand-
childiren,. Among more distant
relatives surviving is a niece,
Mrs. Dennis Evans o'! Manteo.
' the Peace D. H. Latham of Bel
haven the Engelhard truck driv-
; er was placed under $15,000
I bond and put in jail. This was
' lowered in a habeas corpus hear-
FAIRFIELD BOV BLTH ,
33.™ ENGINEER REGIMENT
CO CIJ. ' ^
as some others to be found m
Tyrrell County, from which the
..®''the beach when so much ryuci. ^ere
J "'as apparently involved, grapes on Roanoke Isa
^ 'bystander said, "when the ■ probably brought.
Incloses at midnight, it is a i - ”
r^atnible to see how fast they [.
several announcements, the meet
ing was turned over to Miss Iber
ia Roach, home agent, who dem
onstrated two dishes, using home
canned supplies. These dishes
were served and were delicious.
Mrs. Ray Cahoon and Mrs.
^ ..V, returns to duty
1^,, bp the beach, and with^ Rovden Neal left last Sat , , i, .
^'iy coming down the, _Cpl. Rj Washington, Murl Jones served as hostesses,
anxious to get homo, at a; stationed at Geiger -
h is a wonder more ^h^^ spending a fifteen
' ‘ ’■'"rlmiffh with relatives at
20 feet wide.”
6th Army Group, France—
Construction of the two longest
Army-ibuilt railroad bridges in
France, clearance of a 1 1-2 mile
blown-up tunnel, rebuilding miles
of demolished railway tracks-—
these are typical of the large scale
engineering feats of the 344th En
gineer Regiment in keeping pace
with the U. S. Seventh Army ,
troops in General Jacob L. Dov
er’s 6th Army group.
The outfit has been overseas
32 months. The men have done
construction work in England,
Algeria, Italy and France. They
have-built 35 highway and rail-
The wreck occurred jusrt a few
feet from the Hyde County line.
The fatalities will be credited to
Beaufort county’s highway death
list.
JOHN BASNIGHT DIES
BURIAL AT EAST LAKE
John Lewis Basnight, 47, died
in a Norfolk hospital April 12.
He was a long time resident of
East Lake, but during the war,
had made his home in Berkley
and was residing at 319 Lee
street. He had been ill with dia
betes a long time. He was the
have-built 35 of the late William and Esth-
road .bridges and maintained ap- Rasniffht
2,000 miles o ,0.0
in this country.
Members of the regiment in
clude' Pvt. Holland E. Spencer of
Fairfield.
MRS. LUPTON TO SUCCEED
MRS. TUNNELL IN AAA OFC.
pie of the world have lost their
best friend, and it is tragic that
he was not permitted to influ
ence the peace through which he
School enjoyed a picnic in the
woods on Good Friday
Mrs. Millicen-t Lupton will suc
ceed Mrs. Lucy Tunnell as chief
clerk in the Hyde County AAA
ooas uii >-,4,4.4. —o- office when the Ihtter resigns
Just as the group finished eat-, Saturday to join her husband,
ing one o-f the grade mothers, i Rpi^ert E. Tunnell, a war wor-
„ Am 1 Norfolk.
Mrs. Tunnell has been employ
ed in the AAA office in Swan
hoped to give them security. His j pratt Williamson, came to
thrilling and dynamic leadership I pictures of the guoup and
in this war has been the inspire-i served candy. _ eu m me 4,4-.4,- ...
tion of mankind. Honored as was i since some of the children had Quarter for a nuimiber of years,
• A -. J .• i.1. . - n_i A-.. ...X W-WA #4 MAN TN
ly W
ar Bonds and Stamps.
North Carolina has 2.4 hospital
da?‘^fuSugh^''^^'th"relatives''at' beds per 1,000 population as com-
' Selhaid Mrs. Neal is spending: pared with the recommended 4
'Se ime with her mother, Mrs.' beds. This means an additional
1 S^ S "Marshall. 6,000 hospital beds for the state.
IlUIl Ui llhcili'n.fxx'.** ao wool iyUilit: vjx.
no other man in American his-1 never been in the courthouse, a
tory', he has already taken his i visit was made with Mrs. Maude
place with our immortals.” | Griffin acting as guide.
! ^Ler Miss Bonner’s ice cream
VISIT IN ir-DF I treat at Mack’s the group return-
\ISIT 1.^ HaDE school in time to en]oy
Mrs. Rachel 'White of Goldsboro
and Harry White of Durham vis- j g’^me.
ited relatives at Middletown and j
Swan Quarter this week. |
Buy More Bonds and Stamps.
and only last A-ug-ust was made
Chief Clerk, following the resig
nation of Mrs. Jennie Crabtree.
Mrs. Lupton has been em
ployed in the Swan Quarter post
office. No one has been named
to take her place.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Inez
Creef Basnight, he is survived by
a son, Coolid'ge Basnight, of the
U. S. Army, overseas; one dau
ghter, Mrs. V. K. Holloman, of
Norfolk; two sisters, Mrs. R. M.
Payne of Norfolk and Mrs. J. B.
Sawyer of Colun-ilbia; three bro
thers, C. B. Basniight- of Norfolk,
James- Basnight of Stumpy Point
and W. Ray Basnight of the U. S.
Army, overseas, and two grand
children, Darlena Fay and Wilma
K. Basnight of Norfolk. He was
a m-emlber of East Lake Methodist
Church. The body was rem-oved to
the Sykes Funeral Home. Funeral
services will be conduicted in East
Lake Saturday afternoon.
Buy More Bonds and Stamps.
The following 1945 AAA prac
tices require prior approval of
your C^'.nty AAA Committee:
contour stripcroippinig, contour
row crops, contour drilled crops,
open ditch drainage, tile drain-
, age, permanent pasture, pasture
improvement, and terracing.
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