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THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD
^ NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA
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SWAN QUARTER, N. C.. THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1945
Single Copy 5 Cents
HAS RESPESS
IN COURT AGAIN
%ti
ice
of the Peace Charged
^Ohd Time With Peeping
Merchant’s Home
DARfi MAY HAVE
CAPITAL CASE IN i
OCTOBER COURT
They Also Have a Victory to Celebrate
Jewish merchant at
)‘sj. had Justice of the
tiig^ '^ohn C. Respess, also of
t}y ^ard, in court again Mon-
same charge that he
kf in court on lost Felbru-
ijj’ *lanieiy^ peeping into his liv-
(jl^’laarters which were alleg-
t«jj ®'^cupied by his wife. Res-
iiitj, requested a trial by
Island the case was remanded
■ ® Superior Court.
Russell Jordan In Jail Cliarg-
With Breaking Into Stumpy
Point Home
Russell (alias RedC Jordan is
in Dare County jail charged with
the felonious entering otf the
home of Mrs. Doris H. Twiford
of Stumpy Point on Sunday night.
On the charges against him he
may be tried for his life at the
October term of Dare Court.
Russell, who has a prison rec
ord, and a reputation for loafink
and bootlegging, has been up in
court lin Dare County several
times. At the time of his arrest
this week by County Officer
Mitchell, he was wanted in Dare
County for an assault on the
has been considerable In
® the cases at Engelhard
(1 wrangle has been go-,
lifj since the first of the year.
* had Shear in court last
on a charge of beating
K son and inadequately
k dismissed for lack of evi-, knife on his uncle. Henry Jordan.
Next month, February,! He went wild with liquor on the
had Respess up for peep- ferry boat and broke out the win
dows Oif the Manns Hailbor ferry,
while returning from coun at
Manteo where he was involved
with Thursday Gray, a half bro-,
ther, who had been tried for |
drunkenness. j
Jo'rdan immediately skipped the
county for a spell, leaving the
others to be tried, and one of
them was fined $20 and costs, and,
required to pay for damage to
kfor his wife. The case 29th day of August, 1944 using a
his living quarters while
1 allegedly occupied by
I At Respess’ request the
to the Superior court
■iil^ was postponed for trail
hrt fall term. Come June,
merdhant had the officer
■3
trial again on the same
i; Now there are two cases
(Unttwd Natioat PholoJ
d-APPY RANGOON CIVILIANS show their pleasure on the return of British and Indian troops who recently
■e-eniered the chief city and port of Burma. Up to the entry into Rangoon, the Japanese lost nearly 500,000 soldiers
o three years of Burma fighting. British troops freed hundreds of Allied prisoners, including some Americans.
MANY VETERANS
! BOB BURRUS, JR.,
HOME ON FURLOUGH SERVING IN GERMANY
End of Fighting in Europe Makes
Possible Visits with Relatives
ttsj^'*f‘®rior Court against Res-
■ charges of peeping.
\ deal of talk is heard i fke boat.
it around Engelhard, and I This case will come up for trir
3ibiout everyone has foamed al next Tuesday, also a hearing
,, ^ Opinion in the matter. The-j nn the felony charge will be held,
o"®'® i'S awaited with interest. Jordan, it is charged, broke into
Benson, Swan Quarter the Twiford home, where pretty
'young Mrs. Twiford lived alone
except for her small children, and
a young girl, who was spending
'^arrant against him was 1 the night with her. He is said to
** Pay tihe court cost for have been drinking at the time.
0, Was found not guilty of
and battery and his wife,
^ 0 Benson, whp swore out
g frivolous action,
b Of cases included;
The young lady spending the
night with Mrs. Twiford was Miss
C-' f-- Taylor and Wiley D. Iva Payne, and Jordan is said to
both of Nashville, oper-1 have been accompanied by an-
a motor vehicle without' other young unidentijified man.
equipment. Defendant j
tiw appearance. Taxed with
l>, Hopkins, Pamlico Coun-
rtiei
'''olating oyster larws, 30 days
^^ed upon payment of $5
cost.
Ireland, Pamlico Coun
ty^ *a’lating oyster law, not guil-
of Lumtoerton charg-
■‘aii-^ Siving a bad check and
food with intent to de-
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■Absolute against surity.
®lhard boy has
J^ISCHARGE POINTS
^ ®4ison Williams Coming
**** Under Army Rede
ployment Plan
THREE FROM DARE CO.
CAUGHT IN VIRGINIA
Charged With Entering Nags
Head Casino, And Taking i
Away Goods |
Engelhard folk are seeing a
numlber of familiar faces around
toiw.n this week, as a numlber of
home-town men who have been
fighting in distant lands are home
on furlough. Now that the war is
over in Euroipe all of our com
munities may look for more vis
its from those who have been
fighting in that theatre.
iSgt. Waller Carr Cox, an En
gelhard boy who chose school
teaching as his profession, is vis
iting his mother, Mrs. Alice
Gibbs. Sgt. Cox participated in
the campaigns in Africa, Italy
and Germany. He was oversease
for 21 months. He is acciompan-
ied by his wife, Mrs. Sara Cox.
Cpl. Norwood Marshall, who
has been serving in England, is
back home for a visit with his PFC. ROBERT B. BURtRUS, JR.,
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Mar- ggn of Capt. and Mrs. R. B. Bur-
rus of Swan Quarter and Belhav-
DUKE O’NEAL VOWS
SPOKEN IN BATH
CHURCH, JUNE 1
^ Bdison Williams, son of
Rulfus Williams of
V i is coming home under
Redeplojmenrt Pro-
I ihis’ BaM
Vm ^^rseas. This announice-
kfas
the
sent this newspaper
headquarters commun-
liJ'iotis, ,
■ ^he Europeon
operations.
. Williams, member of a
^ outfit, who wears
Bat badge and four bat-
holds 124 army dis-
‘i to .Joints. Only 85 are need-
**>e jg, ® eligible for discharge if
Tt,^ can be replaced.
J'etit J. B®3dquarters announce-
jte not say whether or not
*est.,^^ihard boiy would be re-
MERs
Warned
Three young men from Wan-
chese, 'Dare Counltty, were appre-
hendied in Virginia Thursday of
this week for Dare County au
thorities and' will be brought to
Manteo for trial next Tuesday.
They are of a party of five who
are charged with brea'fcing into
the iNaigs Head Casino May 2'8 and
damaging the property and tak
ing away goods. One of them,
Dick Daniels, was apprehended
but the other four esca'ped to Vir- !
ginia where they Were eanp'loyed.
Erbe Gallop and Jess Willard
were picked up toy Ntewport
News officers and Norman (Ter
rapin) Ward toy Norfolk police.;
Vance (iCy) Sbartoorough, the
fifth memiber, is sttili at large,'
having shipped ito sea. I
The groiup had previo'usly been !
tried Ibetfore Judge W. F. Baum
for drunkenness and fighting at
the Casino on other occasions. |
The last ouSbreak followed a itrial
for fighting, at which time they
were acquitted because of inco-1
herency of 'testimony concerning
a free for all in which a number
of sailors as wiell as civilians
were involved. |
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ROSE BAY HOME CLUB i
MEETS WITH MRS. SADLER
Rbyden Clark, a retired Navy
man who was called back into serving with the Army in
service because O'f the war, is He is getting along
home on leave. Mr. Clark is sta- Hne, according to letters receiv-
tioned in Washington City. i parents.
H. C. Harris of the U. S. Navy Young Bbb, who enlisted in the
is home visiting his wife, Mrs. before the war, has served
Kattie Swindell Harris and other England and France. He has
relatives, including his mother, overseas for the past 14
Mrs. Mattie Harris. | ooonths.
I Well liked in Swan Quarter and
iCSooperative 'wool sales* are Hyde County where he has many
scheduled for Williamston on snd relarives. Bob is 22
June 20; Asheville, June 22; and old and weighs 156 pounds.
'Fuquay Storings, July 11. I The Swan Quarter boy is a
I grand'so nof Mr. and M!rs. R, E.
Negro county agents in 43 (Bo'B) Carter of Middletown.
Miss Daphne Hoke Duke be
came the bride of Dick O’Neal
at Saint Thomas Episcopal Church
Bath, June 1. The double ring
ceremony was performed by the
Rev. A. C. D. Noe, Vicar of the
parish.
The wedding music was ren
dered by Miss Betty Jane Nalley
of Winston-Salem. Bo'b Langley
of Bath was soloist.
Mr. O’Neal had as his best man
nis brother. Jack O’Ne.*^ O'f New
Holland, and the U. S. Army. J.
Richard Cunningham of Norfolk,
U.SN, were ushers.
GROWING PAINS START
NEW HEADACHES FOR
DARE COUNTY OFFICIALS
Problem No\y^ Is How to Take Care of County Bus
iness With Limited Space Available In Court
house; Register of Deeds and Clerk of Court
Hav No Room To Work; Jail Inadequate and Fit
To Be Condemned
FARMERS WHO
SLAUGHTER MUST
I Like a child grows, one never
I knoiws how a county grows until
I it begins to bust the Ibuiiions off
GET PERMIT NOW, its clothes. Hence it has come as
^ { a surprise to many the 'condition
July 1 Is Deadline For Filing
With Local War Price and
Rationing Board
Farmers in Eastern North Car
olina who slaughter or have ani
mals slaughtered for sale as
Dare Co-unty has gotten into dur
ing the past 16 years since roads
and bridges have made possible
the' developments 'thait have taken
place, and which promise a much
greater scope in the years to come.
Dare County is having trouble
with its jail and courthouse, tooth
meat were rem'inded today by | whom were built to fill the
OPA District Director Theodore I needs of more than 40 years ago.
S. Johnson that they must obtain The courthouse cost $16,000 and
a class 3 slaughterer’s 'permit by , there was a 'great outcry alboi^ it.
filing a simple form with their i It was -poorly 'built, and has been
War Price and Rationing Board, i costly of upkeep ever since. Cheap
before July 1; even though they I iron work in the jail has rusted
may not be slaughtering until' badly 'because of poor quality,
next fall or winter. i and the rust has damaged the
A class three slaughterer, he 1 brickwork. Under present new
defined, is a resident operator of 1 laws, its condition makes it unfit
a farm, who sold not more than | and unsuited to hold prisoners of
six thousand pound of meat, re- j any kind, and it is disapproved
suiting fro'm slaughter of his o-wn I by fhe State authorities, and con-
livestock, last year. i damned oy the Federal Govern-
Those who sold no dressed meat j nient, which makes it illegal to
in 1944 may register with their! Pnt Federal prisoners in it for
Ration Boards and obtain a per- j safekeeping. Several thousand
mit to market up to 400 pounds ! dollars must be spent on it be-
t'his year; -but no permit is re- j fore it can be brought up to any
quired to dress m'cat for the far- I decent sort of standard. More
mer’s ow.n home consumption, • than 40 years ago 'when it was
The 'bride entered the church |
with her father by whom she was j livpstodk he has raised,. builtt, it never opened its doors
given in marriage. She wore a j Johnson observed. Simple forms I to more t.ian five individual pris-
gO'Wn of white marquisette over i ,-eporiing sales will be sup-! oners a year. Today state laws
taffeta, made with sweetheart
plied to farmers when their per-
neckline, long sleeves tapered to,
points over the bands, Shi-rred
counties report that production of
chickens is being increased to
help solve the meat shortage.
Buy War Bonds and Stamps.
Pacific Office Building
The Bose Bay Home Demon-!
UN SECRET ENEMIES ■ stration Club met Frid-ay, June
should pay more at-
live t "secret” enem-ies
and poultry profits
Nsite forms of external
■ ^ ^-hi'oh work away quiet-
. hyestock and - poultry
' ^fcing a (terrific toll year
S w 'Ihe opanion of Dr. Wil-^
head otf the Ve-ter-
of the State De-
' thii' Agriculture.
^ list. Dr. Moore
'■M ri® l-ice, ticks, mites, fleas,
? **'6 li
” ^’inting out that there
l^inds—the ones which
feed upon the skin.
feathers, a-nd those
I the skin and live
otf the poultry or
’cog,:™-’ cau.'ie serious loss
animal that
exist-
V th pro; .n- rest or sleep
■'litio ,. ® e_':',2tant annoyance or
o’ rel-.rn a dr-
to its own'-T,” .'ays
1st, at the home of Mrs. Oharlie 1
Sadler. Mrs. E. E. Hodges, presi-1
dent, pres'ided. There were eight *
members present. |
After the business session. Miss'
Roach told about the clothing that,
had been co-llected for the war re- |
lief in Europe. She was pleased
with the results.
The idemonstiration for June
was on home 'made cheese. Mrs.
E. E. Hodges gave the demonstra
tion. Miss -Roaich gave the latest |
information on gardeh. insect;
control in absence of our gapdeni
leader, Mrs. Ed Howard, who |
has ibeen ill for sometime. |
The hostess served .peaches and
cookies. |
The ci^ib will meet next ihonth'
with Mrs. Be'l Jordan.
bodice embroidered in silk braid
ing and seed pearls, with the full
ness of the skirt forming a round
train. Her finigertip veil of im
ported illusion fell from a head
dress of finely pleated maline
trimmed: with seed pearls. She
carried a (white prayer Ibook
showered with stqphanotis, fern,
and a wlhite orchid.
Miss Wanza Duke, sister of the
bride, maid of honor, wore a dress
otf petal pink marquisette over
taffeta and a cap fashioned otf
matching marquisette and flow
ers, and carried an old-fashion
ed nosegay of mixed flowers.
The bridesmaids were Miss
PO'lly Siwindell of Bath, and Mrs.
Fay Kenney of N-oriolk. They
wetre identical gowns of aqua
marquiisette over taiflfeta, with
matching caps, and carried nose-|
gays of mixed flowers.
The bride’s mother wore a dress
of navy, with white accessories
and a corsage otf gardenias. The
bridegroom’s mother waS gown
ed in a dress otf rose crepe with
black accessories, and she also
wore a corsage Oif gardenias.
Mrs. O’Neal is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. WiUiam H. Duke of
Bath. She received her education
in the local schoots and the Ral
eigh 'School of Commerce. For
the past two years she has been
employed at the Naval Base in
Norfolk.
Mr. O’N'Ca'l is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Leslie O’Neal of New
Holland. He attended the schools
of Hyde County, and was asso
ciated with his father in the mer
cantile business, prior to joining
the Navy a year ago. He now is
stationed at Little Creek, Va.
For traveling the bride wore a
dress of navy crepe, white acces
sories, and the orchid from her
bouquet. After a wedding trip
they will make their borne in
Norfolk.
Immediately following the cer
emony, Mr. and Mrs. Duke en
tertained the wedding party and
friends at an informal reception
at their home.
require it have enough separate
compan .Eients to keep apart both
races, and both sexes otf both ra
ces, and ito isolate all prisoners
COUNTY COUNCIL OF i of -both races who may have ve-
HOME CLUBS MEETS' nereal diseases. 'Federal laws de-
mand certain -plumlbing facilities
John Harris of State College Ex-' not there, as well as
tension Service Spoke on measures otf safety, which are not
Home Beautification
there, in-cluding a j'ail yard. And
where is there to get room, for
Twenty seve hHome Demon- county sold (the land it bad
stration Cluib women and five 4- ‘ ®®'me years ago, and there is bare-
H club girls reipresenting eight | truck room around the 'build-
otf the twelve clulbs in Hyde Coun- |
ty met in Swan Quarter Thurs
day, June 7, for the Third Coun
cil meeting of the year.
The situation around the count-
house is more evident every day,
panticularly in the county vaults.
John Harris, Extension Horti- where the valuable deeds, wills,
culturist from State College, talk- 1 other public records must be
ed on Home Beautification and { stored. Neither of the vaults are
Small Fruits. Interesting pictures | firapro-of. At best theiy are only
in color were shown of improved' large enough for the average gen-
h(Ome grounds and also of grow-' sral store and were built to hold
ing Small Fruits. j mere handful of books that
A discussion of the 1946 pro-! were the records of a small ooun-
gram of work was led toy Miss! tY only 30 yeans old when con-
Iberia Roach, and votes were cast; sta^ucted. All of the county’s deed
for certain subjects as to the' books and will books at that time
county’s need. Each county’s sug- | have been toted by a lone man.
gestions will be studied when the ' There were less than a half dozen
Program Planning ’Committee deed books. Today, they are ,be-
meets in Raleigh this summer. I mg filled at the rate of one a
The Mome Demonstration Clubs month. In the clerkls otffice, and
are sponsoring the five Ibond ral
lies to be held during June for
the 7th War Loan Drive.
in the register’s -office, there is
not room in which to work and
in the vaults barely room to (turn
Mrs. W. E. Nolble presided over j around,
the -meeting while Mrs. E. E.i iPart of the county’s activities
Hod'ges acted as secretary in the | have to toe (housed in other 'build-
absence of Mrs. Ella Mae Gibbs. - i-ngs. It has 'been necessary to use
Tiny Oak, Rose Bay and Swin-1 the grand jury room to hold
dell Fork officers served delici-; school supplies. The jury rooms
ous home made ice cream and ap
petizing cookies.
2,000 DIAMOND BACKS
and lawyer’s conference rooms
adjoining the courtroom- have
been turned to other uses, and the
j old treasurer’s office downstairs
LOOSE AT PEA ISLAND converted into quarters
I for tax records to relieve conges-
In cooperation with the State
"B-6” AND "C-6” COUPONS
expire JUNE 30TH
Department of Conservation and i help.
Development, the U. S. Fish and' 'P^^t fifteen years
WildMfe Service is turning loose | many new activities have come
on Pea Island refuge 2,000 dia-:!'^^'° most of which
mond back terrapin this week. I roug a.atie and federal laws
The terrapin were hatched at the! cooperative agencies, finan-
laboratory at Beaufort -under the ' “'J largely toy those governments,
direction otf Dr. Heibert F. p^y-| counties the
therch. Supt. J. F. Hills of the:f sm-tato!e office
Pea Island refuge says they thrive! ^ave a county
in this 'section, and should be | f«Partme-nt, a couniy agri-
I cultural agent, a cuunty home
i agenlt and a county ration board,
i which toy the way is expected to
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Dr. T'-ii-ore, adJin-g that lice also;
carry swine pox, and may help to;
c:'’.i'ry ot'ier In o. ti and poultry j
1’.--iun"''iy, however,
the ike of one type' of animal
eanot l.c trai-.-r-iiltcd to ' other
ty 3 cf livestock. I
These Leathernecks feel right at home In the captured Jap building
which serves as an office for a Fourth Marine Atr Wing service
squadron In the Palau Islands. The structure, which housed Jap
machines, was battered by pre-iuvasion naval bomhardment. From
the foreground and reading counter-clockwise, are Staff Sgt. George
M. Petersen of Chicago, Ill., Pfc. Charles Meadows of Birmingham,
Ala., Master Technical Sgt. Grai H. Vaughan of Bothell, Wash.,
and Pvt. Donald R. Kerr of W’aukcgan, Ill. (U. S. Matine Corps Photo)'
i "B-6” and "0-6” gasoline cou-
r-ons, the last of which were is- prices,
med in March, ’will not be good
■ lor uee -after une 30, OPA *0.3-
■rict Director -'Jbeodore S. John-
.,n said today. Consumers who
- i.r-.-c’ -any of these coupons that
"I j .-t: t an urexpired ration
m;;y extht.nge them for valid
coupois at iluir local boards, he
c:. iriiird.
helpful to start a new industry
in this state. At one time dia
mond backs were .plentiful in . ^
Dare County, and brought good,
er.
Just .Wihait to do r.hcu
making headache;; ie.r 1'e
mitsianers, as well r.i t/;o
jT CCirgr ;;:
Service station oper-ato’-s ■will
iutve uniil July 10 to surrender | wo-k ui d
uiem to their supplies for gaso- ditions, as wufas there w;
line or to the Wer Price and Ra- v-oi-'g; under coe-e^fed
ioring Board for ra-Bon ( hecks, v-'dch do not ' ii-j .. j. r
Disiributors have until July 20 Qorafort ot’iicier.cy. or ; ri;
to deposit theim in their ndion| (_)th,jr c-e-uu-ries am-j.v’ ,.!i
n.^0U';ts, he said. ■ i '(I'lease turn to page