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U h PAGE 2 THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD, SWAN QUARTER. N, C. THURSDAY, JUNE 2l HE Hyde County Herald PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT SWAN QUARTER. NORTH CAROLINA, BY TIMES PRINTING CO., inc. THOS. E. SPENCER Editor Entered as Second Class Matter at the Postoffice at Swan Quarter. N. C. Subscription Kates: One Year $2.; Six Months Three Months 60c. Vol. VI Thursday, June 21, 1943 No. 42 MILITARY TRAINING Maybe after awhile the long haired, and starry eyed, as €he saying goes, will stop flitting arbund space dreaming of world peace forever, and come down to earth. The history of iten thousand years, the signs of a million years of the earth’s evolution all thunder at us to say there can never be lasting peace, but we stop ito listen to all the crack-pots who arise perennially to weep that there can be. Gen. Ike Eisenhower is talking commonsense When he goes about the country telling Americans we Should ^ive military training to America’s youth. He is a practical soldier, who has been in the midst of war at its worSt. He knows nothing imder God’s sun can ever reconcile the thousands of conflict ing opinions, nor melt in the one the many different nations, nor merge the world’s multitude of curious cults and relig ions, so as to fulfill a dream of everlasting peace- Moreover be knows darn well life wouldn’t ever be worth living a world with spineless mortals who agreed with each other about everything. Coanmonsense favors military training. Its discipline alone w^l be well for a generation that has been turned loose to run wild. Its wdll-planned regime would contribute to better heaiith among a nation that subsists on sweetmeats and canned tiaah. Its activity would be helpful to the minds of a genera tion whose parents strive to rear in idleness. | And better than all, these boys would be better prepared to take care of themselves, when the next war comes. For there w^ill soon be another war. It will break out in full fury ! among those who cannot agree as to the proper method to inlsure a lasting peace. Let’s get down to earth and try reality fcw: a while. rmi ) ERE’S THE TAV $T0RV OF OUE COMPAMy, CLEv;ELftMP,0M|O'5' THOMPSON) PRODUCTS^ INC. u/coMe 5^ r, « : U ii y. S. DOGS THEIR KEEP Perform Useful Chores for Their OwneYs in Country and in Town FOR EVE«y ^8.92 OF SALE? INCOME THE CQMFWNy PAlP IN WE$ IN '-44 - In the eyes of most persons “dog” spells “pet,” yet by far the I largest number of America’s dogs i earn their keep by rendering use- : ful services for their owners, ac- ' cording to the Gaines Dog Research ; Center, New York City. ' By way of proof, it need only , be pointed out that of the nation’s I estimated dog population of 15,- ! 000,000, a-lmost eleven million live 1 with families in rural districts— on farms, ranches, and in small towns. Here for the most part they have their special chores—such as keeping an eye , bringing in the j watch on the home premises, etc. chores which would otherwise LOOKING Aff£AD BY GEORGES. BENSON Presideitl—JiiirdiHg College Seaeey. /ekansas UP HIS SLEEVE Right Turn j Plain people in America are tired of regimentation. The figures show | it. Late in April big-city news- ! papers were publishing tables of j figures that grew out of a survey I by the American Institute of Public Opinion, popularly called a “Gallup , Poll.” An article by George Gallup himself accompanied the figures I ' examined and they were both in- j teresting and encouraging. I Nothing but victory in war could make bigger news. Nothing short j of unconditional surrender by all of J Former Secretary of Jesse Jones regaled a friends at a party in with this yarn from the P®*^* zone: “A magician, traveling on » ship, had his pet parrot Whenever the magician his sleight of hand stunts th® ^jjonS began a running fire of observ and kept them up througbo'* ^®b edo®^ “Finally, their ship was ^rr®*' and sunk. Magician and found themselves together on raft. floating After they had been^n^^^j^j around for hours, the parrot s g disgust: ‘All right, all righb L* up. What did you do with the s NOT HER fault j fbp. EVER/ PAID in) PMPENR? I -TO ■STOCKHOLPERS> IT PAlPil8.36 IN TAVES- .... ... - FOR EYEBY-^:-?.92 FWP |N Wfl5E# AMt> SALAftlE? IT FWIp ^ 1» IN TAJfEfi- m-' J 7»Xe? weee r| yMoee tthwy ifi § TiMes PROprpf on the sheep, | America’s national enemies could be cows, keeping | more gratifying than this: Suddenly there has come a popular yearning . , J i ' Ion the days when Mr. Customer was take up the time and energy of a , Tnemher nf the familv nr the hired ! , ’ people got paid accord ing to what their work was worth. END OPA FOOD CONTROL Amother six months will see many Americans terribly un- demouri^ed for lack of food- In a country with miillions of acres of productive land, where there should be plenty of everything, where only a few years ago, pigs were plowed i under in a silly scheme to make prices go up, we will soon see people literally starving to death. i We don’t blame the OPA, although it may be filled with impractical kikes and joib hunters like many other Govern- I ment agencies, but it is a certainty little has been accom plished by its management of food stuffs, and we could lose ' nothing by Shifting the control of foods to some other agency for a change. The situation as it now goes promises to be critical, and the country is rife with black markets, and in ferior foods at exhorbitant prices. It is a strange thing with all this scarcity of foods, farm ers can early little producing them', and more acres are going idle. There is no tie-up with the man-power commission and i the OPA to keep farm labor Where it will do the most good. I Certaanly there Should be some coordination or else there will be starvation. STUMPY POINT NEWS 'Mrs. SherrilH Hooper and Charles Meekins of Elizabeth City have returned to their homes after spending a few days here with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Meekins have r»°turned to their home in Nonfolk after visiting relatives here for a few days. Marietta Hooper of Elizabeth City is spending a few days here with relatives. Mrs. Lonnie Hooper and chil dren, Retta, Gilbert and Ardhie, of Elizabeth City, are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. George Payne. Myra Best and Janice Meekins have returned from Louiaburg where they attended M.Y.F. As sembly. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Osborne and ohildren, Betty Jean and Gloria o-f Nortfolk, are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Hooper. Mrs. E. R. Meekins and dau ghters, Lois, Ina and Mlary, of Norfolk, have returned home af ter visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Hooper. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Hooper are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Jack Gaskiil in Newport News, Va. i Mrs. Floyd Hooper and daugh ter, Joanne, and Mrs. Dick Best [ and' diaughter, Grace, left Sun- [ day to spend a few days in Nor- fo-lk with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Malicolm Bobbitt and Mrs. W. H. Meekins and dau ghter, Beioky ai Norfolk are vis- , iting Mr. and Mrs. J. M- Midgett. ' WilbuT Payne is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Payne. MRS. THOS .L. -MIDGETT OF MASHOES IS DEAD I Mrs. Frances Mann Midgett, 71, widow of the late Ciapt. Thos. L. Midgett of Mas’hoes, died 1:30 a. m. June 21 at the Norfolk Gen eral Hospital, surviving her hus band by less than a year. She was the dauighter of the late Capt. Ken Mann of Mashoes. She is survived by a step mo ther, Mrs. Martha Mann of Man- teo, and by the following chil dren: John Midgett and Mrs. Ira Spencer of Norfolk; H. R. Crad dock of Manns Hafibor, and Mrs. Clyde Twiford and Thos. R. Mid gett of Mashoes. Aiiso by three half-brothers, Bph Mlann of Man- teo, Dewey Mann of Wanchese, and Will Mann oif Mashoes. Funeral services are to be held Saturday at Mashoes, and burial in the famiily plot. j ——————————————— Buy More Bonds and Stamps. member of the family or the hired man. The essential usefulness of the dog in American life can be dem onstrated in another way. Dogs are usually classified in six 'dis tinct groups: Sporting, Hounds, Working, Terriers, Toys and Non- sporting dogs. American Kennel Club registrations over the years show the numbers in the three first-mentioned groups—definitely kept for useful purposes—to be about twice those of the other three classifications. As a matter of fact, it is the exceptionally large number of hunting dogs within its borders that is responsible for North Carolina, with its approxi mately 980,000 dogs, being the leader in dog population among all the states. This is not to imply that dogs not included in the so-called work ing and hunting classifications are not useful. A dog is a dog, whether a tiny Chihuahua or a huge St. Bernard, and is capable of per forming many useful tasks taught him by his master, in addition to providing joyful companionship, selfless devotion and other quali ties associated with the dog through the ages. when they had a right to anything their money would buy. Back to Earth Dr. Gallup says, “there are indi cations today that the largest group of the American people are not now particularly interested in seeing many changes or reforms in this country after the war. In fact, a survey just completed across the nation by the Institute reveals that the majority of Americans want things to remain pretty much as they were before the war.” The head of the Institute told a few hopeful details about indi'vidual answers to his questions. He says a good share of tlie minority who wish for post-war changes want to change hack, back to conditions we knew years before the war. He didn’t say so, but indicated clearly that the people are longing for the days of self-reliance, before the WPA, the CCC and the NYA Pompous Protests People are beginning to walk around the idea of dictated social j change to look at the back side of Mae—She can’t keep anyth‘1’^ der her hat. Kay—No wonder. Look at tn® of it. Order io the Court! Lawyer—Are you married? Witness—Yes. jjyf Lawyer—Whom did you Witness—A woman. Lawyer (impatiently) know anyone who didn’t? ,, Witness—Yes. My sister diob yoi» aby)' But whatever a dog’s contribu- ] R- The gold paint is beginning to tion to his owner, he occupies a I rub off those cheap theories about unique position as a member of! all citizens doing a similar amount the family. This is highlighted in \ of work and drawing about the same a survey rnade by the Country i pay, government guaranteed jobs ® showed that tor everybody, politically run banks when a dogs health needs leaking 1 stores, regimented farmers. Shower Needed Minister (at baptism of ba What is the name, Proud Father—Reginald jjef Gillingham Buckminster Wor® Fernando Wiggleworth Jr. _ . pi® Minister (to assistant) — “ more water, will you plea®®' Water Stop -Doesn’t any Traveler- stop here? Agent—Yep. We had a w) oncet. fast traf reck ber« after the father of the family at tends to it in 44 per cent of the cases, the mother in 38, the son‘ in 23, and the daughter in 10 j per cent. (From these figures it isj evident that in many families more ‘ than one person is responsible for the dog’s welfare.) The same holds true in the matter of feeding. The mother is responsible for feeding the dog in 73 per cent of the cases, the son in 27 per cent, the father in 24 and the daughter in 22 per cent. DtARE ZONE MEETING HELD AT KITTY HAWK Methodist Women Hear State Leaders Speak at Gathering Mrs. Gurney P. Hood of Ral eigh, president of the N. C. Con ference of the Woman’s Sbbiety of Ohrisitian Service n't the Meth odist Church, and Mrs. C. V. Cross of Gates, diisitriet secretary, were guest speakers at the Dare County zone meeting which was held at Kitty Hawk Methodist Church on Thursday, June 14. Mrs. Ray Jones, zone leader, pre sided. Mrs. Mary Best of Kitty Hawk made the address of wel come, the Stumpy Point group responding. Rev. G. W. Cruteb- field led the morning devotionaL Special music was rendered by McABEE IN PHItXPPINES WANTS TO iSEE HOME BOYS Wim. A. McAbee oif H'aitteras is somewhere in the Philippin'es and be wants to see any of the boys from home who are there. In a letter to The Times, he says, "I sure get loneson^e here. Of course I meet a lot of fellows from N. C. but I would like to find some of the fellows from down Hatteras way. I am getting along fine and haven’t ben in but one scrap since I have been over. I am in a new outfit now. Escort Guard. The job is real interest ing and I have to be on m-y toes all the time. We get some bad Nips sometimes but for tihe most part the ibuck-toothed b s READING &WRmNG r wcSci«inSeav()tne«>KoSmM''’fi)m w. are real anxlo'us to please us. We' Mrs. D. W’. Charlton and Ivii® Holland Wesbeott of Manteo. Mrs. Dallas Tillett of Wanchese dis- human, not like I would really love to handle them. I have one cussed Mission Study, Mrs. Cal-'-^^P '"y vin Hooper of Stumpy Point dis- y®^^® America, and says cussed Christian Social Relations,! ® the country. I asked him and Mrs. B. H. Davis of Wan-1 "’’^y ‘'"^® ‘^®^1 h® ^^s fighting Chese discussed Supply Work, j ^^® then he went back to Miss Miriam Ferabee of Manteo ' talking Jap talk. He said he was led the noon devotional, which' ^ tyomber pilot and a P-38 shot was closed with prayer by Mrs. ^ down. He said he sure was H. O. Chesnut. | sorry Frisco , and New York had The afternoon session was op- I '^®®« bomibed. I told him he was ened by Rev. Earl Meekins that it was Tokyo and Hatteras. Mrs. D. W. Oharlton of Japan thait had been discussed Y’outb Work, and the Kitty Hawk youth group render ed special music. During the business session all circles in the county made their ■ TUfports. Hatteras won the mMe- award. The courtesy report v. as given by Mrs. H. O. Chesaiit. IdissSon study awards were pre- et'ded to Manteo, Wanchese and Slmmpy Point by Mrs. Hood. C. S. FORESTER bo-mlbed. Yes, the job I have is reel nice at times, but tell the fellows I would love the letters they could write. Pfc. Wm. A. McAbee. Boyce is a veteran of five ma- j'or aimiphJbious operations. He j served on a ship during the in- j vasion of North Africa, and j aboaiid' his present ^ip during unch was served by the lad-! the invasions of Stcily, Salerno, Jes of the Kitty Hawk ohurrfi. The fall meeting will be held gt Stumpy Poind, JOSEPH BOYCE, CSNIl, RECEIVEiS PROMOTION Joseph B. Boyoe, 23, of Man- feo, N. C;, has advanced to boat swain’s mate, second class, USiNR, gfooard a oaago i£ti|p. He is the «en of Mir. and Mrs. Cherles B. {P'cyce of Edenton, N. C, __ Soiuthern France and Okinawa. He is married to the former Catheaine Midgett. They have one son, 2. Bo-yce vol'UE'teered in 1942 at Norfolk, Vh. He has been at sda 3'2 montlis. Area's where trucks are urgent ly seeded to prevent the impair ment of farm production will be alloeated reasonable quantities of surplus trucks, says the Depart ment of •omtiherice and the WiFA. hen it comes to telling a good sea story, C. S. Forester has very few rivals. His latest is “Commodore Hornblower,” the Book- of-the-Month Club selection for June. This continues the adventures of Mr. Forester’s doughty sea-dog hero, which he related previously in his trilogy, “Captain Horatio Hornblower,” also a Club selection. Horatio Hornblower is on the verge of „„ retirement, as squire of a fine country estate, when this new book commences. He « i- jjjj J, beautiful wife, a child, wealth and fame. But that is not enough. He has never been so miserable as when, dressed in his new tight-fitting civilian clothes, he' has to greet the tenants who have come to welcome him. Then a letter from the Ad miralty, offering him immediate employ ment as a Commodore, abruptly rescues him from a landlubber’s fate. At this period of history Napoleon had reached his climax, but no one as yet recognized that. Prussia had been overrun, the status of Russia and Sweden was uncertain; Riga was about to be attacked. And in the midst of all of this, it is Hornblower’s assign ment to take a small task fleet into the Baltic. Every act of that fleet is as important in diplomacy as a battle. It is England’s ^ prestige in the North; it is visible pressure upon Russia and Sweden to take sides. If Napoleon does not invade Russia, it may be caught in a trap. If he does, this English fleet must show by its deeds the power that will keep the Czar from making a negotiated peace. Well, it did; and what those deeds were makes up the story of this exciting book. • • • Like two other English authors (Somerset Mavgiiam '«nd A. J. ~ Cronin), C. S. Foiwer scodied to be a doctor in his yontk , . . Hs abandoned ine£eine to mitt poetiy. . . • His first big success an AsMcifa w« *7tyinent Deferred,** a novel afc(ni( disintegra tion of the aund ot a nnudercr, which was made into both a j|^y and a movie. . .. Another of his hool^ "The General,** an acid portrait of a brass hat, told wide ly in Germany because Hitler, who missed the sa;ire, regarded it as a supreme deifica tion of the militaristic spirit. ... Forester lives now in Berkeley, California. In re- ./cent months he has sailed several times ,yith the U. S. Navy and has written jeveral articles on the war in the Pacific. . It was on one of these voyages that True or False I Test your knowledge of your I Government’s War Bond Financ ing program. The answer's to these questions, given at the end, should be known by every American. How good are you? 1. 85 million Americans have pur chased Series E War Bonds. 2. 84% of all the money ever in vested in E Bonds is still invested in them. 3. If a Bond is lost, stolen or de stroyed, it is just the same as if the owner had lost the money he in vested. 4. E Bonds may be cashed at any qualified bank for their full cost any time after 60 days froijn dateofissue. 5. The U. S. Government’s prom ise to redeem War Bonds any time after 60 days from date of issue is just as strong as its promise to stand back of a dollar bill. 6. You have to hold a Bond the full ten years to get any interest. 7. The lowest-priced War Bond costs $25. 8. War Bonds are better thancash. 9. Two persons cannot own a War Bond jointly. 10. The only reason we should buy War Bonds is to help pay for food, ammunition, etc., for the armed forces. ANSWERS 1. True. 2. True. 3. False. War Bonds are regis tered in the names of their owners, and lost Bonds can be replaced. 4. True. 5. True. Compare wording on a Bond 5nd a bill. 6. False. Your Bond increases in value after one year. See the values on the back of the Bond. But you get a greater increase in value the longer you hold a Bond, up to $1 at the end of 10 years for every $3 you paid. 7. False. A $25 Bond costs $18,75. 8. True. They cab be replaced if lost, they increase in value and they can be converted into cash in case, of need. 9. False. War Bonds can be o-wned by two people as co-owners or as O'wner and beneficiary. * 10. False. Your savings invested Iri War Bonds will also help to stabilize pyices now and to provide for your own security in the future. 1*2* standardized houses, clothes and food. The sawdust is showing through. The famous surveyor of public opinion grouped into three classes everybody his scouts questioned. The break-down was by education al attainment, (1) college, (21 high school and (3) grade school people. Now who, do you suppose, wants the social changes? The college class— 58% of them. More than half the other two groups disagree but most of the cap-and-goYvn folk want America made over. Fake High-Brows Revolutionists, critics of represent ative government, malcontents and promoters of European theories have done an amazing job in Amer ican colleges. The mystery is—How! They smoke-screened the unique prosperity of this world’s most fa vored people and, protected by aca demic indifference, spotlighted the flaws of popular government and fumed about unfair competition. Selfishness is a trait of mortal man, not a special feature of pri vate enterprise. 'This fact has been proved to a lot of honest people un der war-time regimentation, need less restraints, questionajole ration ing and discourteaus petty officials. It is losing favor. We have heard a lot about post-war demobilization of the Army and Navy. Evidently the public wants to hear about the demobilization of bureaucracy. Slightly Fresh Diner—You brought me two and I only ordered one! jido'! Waiter—Yes, I know. But 1 have the heart to separ®^® after all these weeks. Bare Back? pjng Wifey—Don’t you want R'® ® out in style? Hubby—No. I want yob ‘ respectable. Jogrefy Teacher—Do they have ters in Arkansas? Smarty—Well, I know tb®y Hot Springs. cold have EDITOR CLEM By Ralph Kemp Retort Courteous ^ Eider—I haven’t been ridi taxis for nothing all these Driver—Naw, but I bet J been trying hard enough. MIND OF HIS OWN Clerk—Yes. sir, that’s the sb> est hat we ve got. __ b® Customer—It doesn’t bave^ smart. I’ll put the brains in it. Completely Cured Nit—Don’t you like to pi® paper dolls any more? Wit—No, I ' any inuic; cut them out ' Garden Pun jgwm? Harry—Do you enjoy ,^j,| Jerry—ITl say. It’s mo'wet Hot Foot g ho* Why don’t you try bottle when your Dumb- water cold? Dora my feet into that narrow I have, but I couldn t neck- 111 I,, ■iFGQQ .GaOQKIW “This next stickful o’ type Is gofn’ te say just one thing—We got 35 mil lions of Japs to beat." True Enough Nit—How loud does money talk? Wit—Usually loud enough so no body can hear anything elsel "Commodore Hor^lower” was ^gua, ^our War Bond investment is Your investment in Double Trouble Jane—They say your hair 1 Joan—It’s false! . Jane—I’ve heard that, too Little Bugg®y ... v®- Joe—What’s that odd Jo®* hide? BiU—That’s a horse iri® Joe—But I saw people g® it. ■ No! No! No! ^ Girl—I’m sorry, but I ® ^bick cept you. Circumstances ov I have no control prevent LjujU'i Boy — What are those stances? Girl—Your circumstanc®®- f Free Speech Lecturer—And when -i » ^psii- speak the people all sat tb mouthed. , *V' Heckler-Amazing! erybody yawning at once. ) Correct Teacher—Use a sentence word “Himalaya” in it- ^ Smarty—Today is P® ® and Ma is baking himalaja bifi lib® 'thd®? Buy More Bonds and
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