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THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD
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NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA*
No. 40
SWAN QUARTER, N. C.. THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1345
Single Copy 5 Cent»
IRISH POTATOES
GOING TO MARKET IN
LARGER QUANTITIES
FOREST FIRE CONTROL
The Hyde County Board of
County Commissioners approved
the state-county forest fire con
trol program for another year
while in regular session Monday,
appropriating $2,000 as the coun
ty’s part to carry on the work.
Thousands of dollars worth of
timber are reported to have been
No More Proud Sight
"tes For Picking Up Established At MeeUng At
^•^gelhard Friday Night, Where Growers Heard as believ'ng the program most
^ate College Specialists Talk on Harvesting and
Marketing
ivt't'
potatoes
began moving ^ FOURTH TERM
e County fields in lar-, COMMISSIONER
feiy^HUantities this week, with j
tfjf receiving ceiling prices I
I|if ^He crop. Yields are good'
^'%out the county. j
tju of the 900 acres in the i
been harvested last 1
tfj ,. ®hd earlier, but generally
the digging went into i
this week. Recent rains i
W. an important factor i'n
make a good cro'p.
meeting in the Engel-
^Wgh school last Friday nite
'shed the price for picking
tijy'’'*'® year. It was agreed to
cents for picking up be-
a digger, and 13 cents for
j/hg up behind a plow.
State College specialists
’!!(}
at the Engelhard meeting.
'ere
talked to growers. They
Lassiter, extension
'‘^aiturist, and H. L. Meach-
^^aiarketing specialist.
tjfJ' Lassiter spoke to the Hyde
i., ®rs on tCare and Hand-
worthwhile. They point out that
saving this natural wealth makes
the county richer and therefore
tends to lower taxes.
Fire Warden Archie Berry of
Fairfield reported to the commis
sioners that all forest fires that
have started in the county since
the program was started 10
months ago were brought under
control before they did any ex
tensive damage.
A fire tower is to be construc
ted in Currituck township near
the inland waterway with the
view of rendering more efficient
service to vast timbered area in
that section.
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HYDE 7TH WAR LOAN
BOND SALES TO BE
BOOSTED BY RALLIES
First of Five To Be Held Throughout County To Be
lAt Engelhard Wednesday, June 13th Travis; Flow
ers, Back From Jap Prison, To Be Speaker At
Each Meeting
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MORE POLIO
CASES NOW THAN
THIS TIME 1944
National Chapter Offering
Free Leaflet Listing
Precautions
R. BRUICE ETHBRIDOE
On the eve of inifantile paraly-
ot sis summer outbreaks, a reicapit-
ol Potatoes” and showed a 30' '''lante® has been appointed for a olation of the figures available,
movie as an illustration.'term as Directo-r of the show that the numiber of polio-
topic of Mr Meacham was' Department of Conservation and myelitis cases in the country is
l«"
^“^keting and Ceiling prices.” j which speaks well running albout fifty per cent ahead
'■ice
hien gave some helpful ad-' ^he record he has made dur- of a year ago, it is announced
p growers. | '^2 the past 12 years. He was first .by Dr. Don W. Oudakunst, Med-
^bhers are urged to give care appointed by Governor Ehring- ical Director of The National
andling the crop in order haus in 1933, and later by Gov- Foundation for Infantile Paraly-
C 'hey can put a better pro- ernors Hoey and Broughton. The sis, Inc., N. Y., N. Y. As of mid-
■ ‘ folloiwing new men were ap- May, the number nf new cases
pointed last week as memibers this year were 642 as compared
ALL THE WORLD looks to The American Flag as the symbol of freedom
fr .>1 ui..»essioii aud a guarantee that peace and righteousness shall pre
vail. This, ofheial insignia of the Mighty Seventh War Loan, shows the
raising of the flag on Iwo Jima by U. S. Marines. It is the picture that ha?
been more widely used than any in this war, proceeds of which the AI
donated to service relief.
the market and get bet
it Digging the po-tatoe . .
'•y n ■'he day is urged ; 'he Board of Conservation and iwith 424 cases for the same peri-
h'e sinRf.ioiie+^ 'Development: A. H. Guion of in 1944.
specialists,
j. State Sales Gk>od
y commercial Irish potato
. fiYTfceriencinff the
the
are experiencing
demand and
Charlotte, Charles S. Allen of .Sharp increases have been re-'
Durham, Dr. J. D. Rudisill of Le- ported in the New England states,
noir, A. K. Wingat of Alfoemarle, Middle Atlantic states, South At-
Percy B. Ferelbee of Andrews, lantic area, and the East South
D. M. Stafford of Greenslboro, Central states.
Floyd Crouse of Sparta, Miles J. .While the fadt that there are'
DARE FISHERMEN BRING
IN RECORD CATCH OF
HALF MILLION IN MONTH
^ prices in several years,
Harr yWestcott, vege- - - - -— ^ i ~ .
'Marketing speciaiyt with' Smit hof Salisbury, and J. R. Wol- fifty per cent more cases in the LroakcrS Setting Fishermen OU Top of World: Ten
*“ _ ...» Tci++ rv-f T.r++ilcg+nn rMm£vm/Korc . -t_- 1.1 .»n__ i _ * *
"^ate Department of Agricul-
' 'n
reporting that the some-
8iijj' 'roublesome Irish potato
is this season "all
and light.”
teij. have remained at the
since harvesting began
iajj® "'eeks ago, and Westcott
weakening in the
^®ad is expected.”
railroad carlot ship-
ii '® totaled only 1,500 through
lij.y it is estimated that an-
by truck. W’ith fav-
Coij'leather conditions, West-
ctojj over 50 per cent of the
®atu have been marketed by
Hji June 2, which in nor-
is the date for earliest
f'ents.
ttij ®^ott now has 82 men in
^ Wajor producing counties,
is keeping in constant
qujji '®'ith them as regards the
i'ficg ^ the potatoes, the local
Egging, grading, packing
"'■bees.
Jiotg'^'',hgh the quality of the
is the best in years, the
is also due to a
national crop than had
"thej ^^'■^'^'P^ted and the fact that
'^i'ich ‘'‘'■"'naencial vegetables
^nsuaily compete with the
ty tkj^'^to have been retarded
g "nseasonatoly cool weath-
Ipj^.'^cording to Westcott.
nool weather has also
iatft ^ ® boost for Irish po
^ growers in that it has help-1 .
!)ro(jy®t^2rryin.g quality of their
lett of Littleton. Old memibers re- country this year than in the I
appointed are Roy Hampton of game period in 1944, "this is not|
Plymouth, J. L. Horne of Rocky gn alarming situation but it
Mount, J. Willbur Bunn of Ral- should be watched caretfully,” ^
eigh, Walter Damtoft of Canton, ^j.. GudakunSt. The Medical I
Oscar Breece of Fayetteville, and Director also declared that "The
J. Clyde Council of Wananish. | National Foundatio-n, based on it
Cents a Pound Is Price This Week, As Fishermen
Make Catches of $500 to $700 a Day; Crabbers
Find Yield and Prices Good
RESTRTrTTOlVrSJ i ^ series of five war bond ral-
^XT I to boost laggiiiif
ON SHIPMENTS j "'tt' Loan purchases in Hyde
OP PHTATriPSJ ' ^'’'*''ty, with the first one to be
vrr rUl/llULa held at Engelhard, Wednesday,
VT ii. J. ^ .. j June 13. Travis Flo.wers. son of
Northeastern Counties Now | Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Flowers of
Affected by 'WFA Food Siadesville, recently returned
Order ^ "^^P prison camp, will be
the principal speaker at all of the
meetings.
Rallies are scheduled to be
held at Swan Quarter Friday,
June 15; Fairfield Tuesday, June
19; Ponzer, Wednesday, June 20;
and Sladesville, Thursday, June
FEWER FARMS
IN HYDE, DARE
THAN IN 1935
On the whole, the fishermen of
I experience of assisting in severe Dare County are not complaining;
A OITA-VTA XT CAW Outbreaks of infantile paralysis happy for they
MA^TEO SEAMAN SAW are doing right wel, and wonder-
OKINAIVA INVADED ^id condition to render real ser- how long it will last. Catches
! vice to medical and pulbldc croakers as high as $700 a day
Gilbert Duvall Had "Grandstand health authorities in an epidem- 'hoat make a crew of four
'Seat” from U. S. Battleship i ic of inf.anrtile paralysis wherever . "^'ghty good. During
I it may occur. We stand ready and 'P^®t six weeks, catches have
Gilbert Duvall 24 seaman, willing to help the state, county, higher than that, and record
son' of Mrs. Odell and local health authorities at a ''itches have brought up to $4,000
POSTMASTERS OF
DISTRICT MEET ‘
AT NEW HOLLAND
Mrs- Swindell HostesS; Offi
cers Elected; Watson Nam
ed National Director
second class, son of Mrs. Odell ana mcai neaiuxi auLnox.ues av a ^ , , i Postmasters Of the first district
Duvall, Manteo, had a grandstand moment s no.,i)ce. i , . held their annual meeting at the
seat from which to view the in-. As a further aid in the fight This w^k fishing holds up' Mattamuskeet Lodge at nIw Hol-
vasion of Okinawa. ! against infantile _ 'paralysis, the well Croakers run as high as four j ia,st Wednesday eveneing
u J National Foundation is distrilbut- pou-nds. Alfred Midgett’s boat
IS ar - X g ^ ’ , ing hundreds of thousands of bul- on Wednesday brought in 63 box-
under threat of air attack, moved IVC RQOn ' -r.r
letins entitled
Warren
'When Polio es, or 6,300 pounds.
uii vvi.uiiii wih'ich includes many O’Neal on Friday also at the
th,. H»^,ch targets helpful hints for parents. It also Manteo dock had a fine catch.
The crew oontains a series of simple pre- And of course there were many
cautions to be taken by parents others. These were at the fish
during the summer months.
up within 3,000 yards of the shore,
cruising slowly back and forth
and pulverizing the beach targets
at poinit-lblank range.
could clearly see the ei^losions ^ summer months. i house of Willie Etheridge. Dave
from the ship’s shells as her guns ^ , Whitson, the oldest buyer in Man-
smashed piilboxea, gun s^p ace | .^g^ paid out $200,000 for fish
ments, v^rehouses and trench WILL WHEDBEE FORMER up to albout three we4s ago and
fbrtil.ications. COAST GUARD IS DEAD the catches are still going strong.
The ship's anici-aireraft gunners | Down at Oregon Inlet a run
fought o!ff deadly air assaults WilLram E. Whedibee, 40, form- struck, and sport fisher-
services
For cpl, marshall
.Me
services for Cpl.
who died in
Sjilt ^dbruary 27 as the re-
t>0n '"ounds received in ac-
held at 11:30 Sunday
tbri j/f’ ™ the Engel-
church with the
‘'hajgg • Ih Davis, pastor, in
liy his • ■h^^'^shall is survived
Eugenia Saun-
'''S’ti' . a daughter, Car-
•haii’. ”^«ther, Mrs. S. S. Miar-
tliefj several sisters and bro-
during the bomlbardment period, erly of Buxton and Salvo, Dare j^en were doing fine. From Hat
and on one occasion only skillful County, a retired member of the teras came even more favorable
maneuvering of the vessel by her Coast Guard service, died May reports, as old timers made ef-
^ commanding officer saved her 25, in St. Elizalbeth’s Hospital, |.g fishing place,
(from a torpedo which had been Washington, where he had been s^unrpy Point good fishings
• - ■ a patient for several years. He reported
Jap "Zeke” was the husband of Mrs. Melvina ^rom Manns' Hortoor and other
bomlber, pursued by two U. S. Gray Whedibee of Salvo, and the ^rab centers came reports that
Navy planes, came within range son of Mrs. Hannah Barnes of crabbers were selling up to $35
of the ship’s 20-mm. and 40-mnn. Salvo, and the late Dick Whedibee g day, catching craibs at $5 a bar-
guns, and crew memibers of this of Buxton. Besides his wife, he j.gj Fishing is good no doubt
ship and those of another close is survived by five children, Ken- oralbbing, and fisher-
by had the satisfaction of seeing dall, Earl, Irene, and Jean Whed- gj.^ now having a chance to
the enemy crash into the sea. An- bee, and his mother Mrs. Hannah away something for a rainy
other time, bombs from a JaP Barnes of Salvo, one brother, even if there is a high cost
plane fell only 200 yards off the Charles Whedibee of Manteo, and Hying.
port bow. I two sisters, Mrs. Geo. Gaskins of , |
By early afternoon of invasion Buxton, and Mrs. Tom Wallace | " ~
day, the big ship’s primlary target of Sherwood, Mr. j PONZER CLUB WOMEN
area had been captured and she ■ Funeral services were held at | PLAN FOR BOND RAULY
was free to lend her powerful' thg home at Salvo Junel, by Rev, '
I’o
‘«ti
timibe
r owners: the prob-
^ P'''d'ucing enough crates
to ship war supplies
ounted since V-E Day.
Uy ^
Bonds and Stamps.
May 30, with Mrs. Louella Swin
dell, Swan Quarter postmaster
and district chairman, hostess.
Guy R. Cilthrell ,of Fairfield
delivered the address of welcome.
The response was by W. C. Ar
nold oif Ayden.
The guest speaxer was Wilbur
C. Dosher, of Wilmington, state
president. Also present and mak
ing a short talk was Mrs. Pearl
Linviile, of Oak Ridge, state sec
retary.
R. F. Garrett oit unizaibeth City
was elected president of the dis
trict association. Maude W. Whi’te
of Buxton was named vice presi
dent. W. W. Watson, Lake Land
ing postmaster, was elected as
national director from the dis
trict.
EAST LAKE SOLDIER
IS NOW A SERGEANT
support against other enemy held Wm. E. Albright, Methodist min- i The regular meeting of the
I ister. I Ponzer Home Demonstration club
— He was buried in the family was held in the Ponzer Commun-
Last year’s pig crop was down cemetery at Buxton. I ity House, Tuesday, June 5. Plans
' I were made for the bond rally to
ibe held in the community June
J W .
34 per cent from the year -before.
Since pork accounts for about 50
— * - i 1 A countrywide Shortage of food nn
oer cent of the meat supply, no' j, ,, , j • ^ ^
per eciii. o' -containers of all kinds is reported
wonder there’s a shorta'ge.
Following the business session
I by the War Food Administration., demonstration
The REA has made a loan al-, , , ... ggyeg'®^ 'o make cheese, the host-
lotment of $685,000 to the Al- .• ^ecom- Williams and
bemarlc Electric Memibership l^t iLn utensils delicious
Corporation of Hertford County, mended. Dqn let iron .utensils refreshments.
Nolan S. Amibrose, son oif Mr.
and Mrs. L. Amibrose, Ea,sit Lake,
has been pro-moted from a pri
vate first class to a sergeant in
Battery A, 12lst Field Artillery;
Battalion of the veteran 32nd
"Red Arrow” Division now fight
ing in the precipitous Caralbal-
lo mountains of Northern Luz
on. He is a communications ser
geant.
iSgt. Amibrose entered the ser
vice in June of 1941, took hisi
basic training at Forft Sill, Okia.,
and sailed overseas in April of
L942. Before entering the army,
he was a merchant marine and
worked' for the Eleo Steamship
Co. of New York City. He is a
graduate of Moriol High School.
Atlanta, Ga.—^Tne War Food
Administration has extended po
tato shipping restrictions to seven
North Carolina counties and four
Virginia counties, effective June ,
4, to assure a sufficient quantity j 2^
of good quality potatoes for the L.. „ ^ , ,
Armed services and other gov-1 - ,, ® t^^ture attraction of each
emment procurement agencies, * ese rallies wiJ be a talk by
Counties affected, under War' Flowers on life in a Jap
Food Order 120, include Curri- i camp. There will be oth-
tuck, Camden, Pasquotank. Tyr-j entertainment of the lighter
rell', Hyde, Beaufort and Pamlico -... ,
in North Carolina, and Accomac, L, *0
Northampton, Princess Anne and highest bidd^ as has been
Norfolk counties in Virginia. | ™stem. Mrs. Charlie Flowers
Under the order, shippers in if getting donations
those areas must first offer to sell I ® Slades-
each lot of potatoes to a govern- iff
ment procurement agency. If the locgnty later,
quantitites offered are not re-
quired for fresh use, or by dehy-i j .’ --
drators having contracts With '
government Agencies, a permit f
will be issued auteorizing ship-' ^
ment through commercial cbaL' be he-^ed th ^ sales will be
nels. Offers to government g., t^°®ted greatly by the rallies,
gencies must be made at prices j
within ceilings fixed by the Of
fice of Price Administration, and
they must be accompanied by in
spection certificates indicating
grades and packs acceptaible to
WFA. j
George Crisp, War Food Ad-' Espe-
ministration, will be in charge of, cially Large, Considering
offices to be set up in Washing- j Acreage
ton and Elizabeth City, N^rth |
Carolina, and George Engels will T>hc,-o t c
represent WFA in Onley; Va., ' .nw nL! n
issue permits in the restricted a-ia
reas. Details of procedures for
dbtaining permits will be handled ^ ^ J
through their offices in the cities ^
gained Agricutture. The drop in Dare
' I has been especially large consid-
I ering the acreage in the county.
4-H CHURCH SUNDAY I The numiber of farms in Hyde
OBSERVED AT ENGELHARD County is 826 today, compared
I with 993 in 1940 and 1,052 in 1935,
The Engelhard 4-H club ob- a'ceordirag to the census report
served 4-H Church Sunday June issued by the headquarters of the
3 at the Engelhard Christian Eirrt North Carolina Census Dis-
Church. The club members were trict. This is a decrease of 226
dressed in white, carrying a light- farms in 10 years,
ed cahdle and wearing the 4-H; The report showed that there
emblem in the processional. Eliz- ^^a 60,270 acres of land in farms
abeth Long, Mitzi Watson, Gilda 'ao'’'V.' This comipares with 66,915
Gay Gibbs and Sylvester Burrus 'a 1940 and 66,143 in 1934. Aver-
iighted white candies on the ^g- siz eof farms shown in the
large 4-H entblem which repre- preliminary 1945 census count for
sented Faith, Prayer, Courage Hyde County was 73 acres, as
and Character. After the four eomipared wish 66.2 acres in 1940
large candles were lighted the eu- i" 193'5, showing that
tire group of 27 club members' 'farms have become larger during
gave the 4-H pledge. j the war.
The group sang "God Bless 1 f" Dare Counity, the 1945 re-
Our Native Land,” followed by! port shows that there are 49
Justine Patrick giving the pur-' farms now, compared with 55 in
pose of the service. Allen Hook- 1940 and 126 in 1935. The acreage
er and Connie Berry read the I to-day is 2,467 as compared with
scripture While Jay Spencer lead 2,495 acres in 1940 and 5,249 iiv
the prayer. A beautiful poem, "111935. Average size of farms is
took a Day to Search for God” ^ 50.3 acres now, as co'mpared with
was given by Dorinda Berry. A145.4 acres in 1940 and 41.7 acres
special song, "Ivory Palaces,’’ I iu 1935.
was sung by Susie Marshall, June' In announcing the 1945 census
Long and Mitzi Watson. | totals, the district office pointed
Offering was taken' by the 4-H, out that the figures are prelimi-
ushers. Jack Long, and Joe Dav- (nary and subject to correction,
is, followed by tbe audience'Final tabulation returns will be
standing while 'Max Hodges, Jr., made by the Bureau of the Cen-
gave the offentory prayer. | sus and announced from Whsh-
The Rarv. J. T. Brown preach-, ington, it was said.
ed on "Steiwards of God’s Earth.” —^
The program -was directed by FAIRFIELD SOLDIER
Mrs. David Feelbles, and the | AWARDED BRONZE STAR
church was beautifully decorated 1 - . .
by Mrs. Norfleet Mann, local 4- iPfe. Ed'ward E. O^Neal of Fair-
1 1^1 mV ^ mmlA 1^1 1 .Cl-
H leaders.
Buy More Bonos and Stamps.
HATTERAS GIRL
- c^ezi. Wets
GRADUATES AT LOUISBURG try Division.
Miss Louise Oden of Hatteras
was among -those graduating
from Louisbxirg College in ex
ercises held Sunday and Monday,
May 27th and 28th. Miss Oden
studied commerce. She is a grad
uate of the Hatteras high school.
field. Who participated in the
fighting in Germany, has been
^ aiwarded the Bronze Star. Pfc.
i O’Neal was with the 30th Infan-
Vegetables in the Victory Gar
den should be mulched just af
ter growth begins. •
STORY TIME HOUR
The Engelhard Book Club will
sponsor a Siory Time Hour again
this year. The meeting will be
held each week beginning Wed
nesday afternoon, June ,13. All
interested children between two
and 12 years of age are welcome
to the meetings in the town hall,
i They will be from four to six in
the afternoon.