ic«
r
nc
^ 3 'deli.ghtrui week of camp
Wihfte iDake in Bladen
36 Hyde County 4-'H
are ibaok home this
^^rilled by their experien-
tj^^hg along with ‘the Hyde
"^as 26 4-iHers from Beau-
^ ^Unty. They were under the Preston Daniels' of Wan-
kia ? direction of J. P. fep heir to the papers
Isjd and Miss Iberia Roach gnandfather, Skinner Dan-
Quarter and W. L. Mic-
J and Miss Ella Carawan of Barnett got two of his
yon, farm and home ^j.ign,(is to stand his surety. They
wr their respective «>un-,iwere James S. Barnett and Sam-
Ssj. 'uiel Midgett: Herewith is a copy
s the wholesome recrea- g^ y^g (jocumenit;
^ activities which they en- ^taTE OF NORTH CAROLINA
^ ‘he boys and 'girls exper- j j^hTOW ALL MEN BY THESE
THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD
"E news of the richest .\GRICULTURAL county in the foremost historical and recreational area of north CAROLINA
VI; NO. 48 ^
4.H MEMBERS G.AVE $2,000 BOND
^JOYAWEEKAT i BEFORE GETTING
^^IITE lake camp i HIMSELF A WIFE
‘"•m Boys and Girls Back Unusual Marriage Contract
Single Copy 5 Centi
Japs Hit Carrier Supporting Okinawa Landings
*’om Delightful Trip
To Blad’en
Of 125 Years Ago May Be
Seen at Wanchese
here would be few weddings
today if one bad to give bond in
the ,sm of the equivalent of $2,000
•as wais the'custom 125 years ago,
when Aaron Barnett of Roanoke
Is’-'and get a license to marry Pol
ly Bryant. The proof cf this is
am old doicument in the po'sses-
group responsibiliity, pro-
di* 'I f committee work
.^howahip with other rural
They studied (first add,
^taft, etiquette, rope work
(y ^dimming classes, where
taught many valuable
personnel inicluded Mrs.
“pd Tunnell, dining room
,C^or; J. (P, Woodard and
C. Chaififin, awimming;
P. Woodard and Miss
yt Wynne, newspaper;
u' tl. Chaffin and Mrs. He-
^®hles, recreational leaders;
J, • M'ciOahey, flag exercises;
; '^oodard, setting up exer-
^yd the Rev. J. C. Chaffin,
* Campers were divided into
koups with (the following'
Head, Carla Faye Davis
Overton; Heart, Mitai;
a
J'
BRITISH BARQUE EZRA
BROUGHT INCOME TO
BODIE ISLAND IN 1869
Records Come to Light in Papers From Old Sea
Chest of Charles Skinner Daniels, Wreck Com
missioner At That Time; Papers Now Owned by
Preston Daniels of Wanchese
IPHB9BNTS, That we
Aaron Barnett
James S. Barnett
(Samuel Midgett
■are held and firmly bound unto
bils Bxcellency Esquire, Gover
nor, Oaptain General and Com-
m’a'nder in Ohidf of the Stable
'aforesaid, in the just and fu.l
sum of Five Hundred Pounds,
current money of the State a-
iforeslaid, to be paid to his said
Excelleney, the Governor, his
isoCesSops or assigns. To the
(wh'ich payment well and truly
Ito be miade, we bind ourselves,
■and eia-ch of us, our and each of
our Heirs, Executors, and Ad-
mlinistrators, jointly and sever
ally, firmly by these Presents.
—(Sealed with our Seals and
dated this ISth day of Novem-
(ber, 1920.
- > - ; the CONDITION of the above
and Milborn Nixon; is sueh, bat whereas
itfis’. 'Patrick 'and Alva bounden Aaron
^°’^®'B(a.rnett bath made applica
nt -u 'ti'cn for a license of marriage, to
evening a beautiful g^iatirated between him and
'Cere'mo.ny was poiiy Bryant Bothresi-
, ftonuring the Honor Camp-I Currituck;
lappear hereafter tha.t there is any
lawful cause to bbstruct the said
Marriage, then this Obligation to
be void, otherwise to remain in
full force and virtue.
Aaron Barneitt
(Umilad NaRom Pkolol
JAP SUICIDE FLYERS crashed onto several of the British Paeifie Fleet ships supporting the recent U. S. landings on
Okinawa. In all, seven suicide attacks on British ships have been reported, including two carriers, neither oi which was
put Oat of action more than two hours. This picture Uiowe fierce fifes set on one of the British carriers by the Jap suicide
planes, but the flam'es were soon under control an^thc deck cleared aggia lor action.
NO MORE “C” GAS
RATIONS AFTER
SEPTEMBER 31ST
“B” Coupons Will Be Issued
Instead; Allotment Won’t
Be Affected
j AVON BOY IS WITH
! BLACK CAT DIVISION
REGULATIONS FOR
194546 HUNTING
SEASON RECEIVED Ersklne Scarborough, Now in
France, Due For Visit Home
Osaar Chadwick Hyde County 'Before Going to 'Pacific
game protector, has recently re
ceived a revised summ'ary of
.'■egulations for the 1945-46 hunt- from
SOPHOMORE COURSES
THIS FALL AT PJC
A full program of sophomore
courses will be offered at Presby
terian Junior College beginning
with the fall session on Septem-
iber 7th for the first time since
Enroute to the United States. ^942. This is an indiaatiO'n
the European 'Continent, return of students from the
V
ese inicluded the two best
ifrcm each group, as well
.■1 ® best all around 'boy and
ihe camp. i
‘S 'Iberia Roach
of
was mis-
'will not affect the amount of gas- I John Meekins, Joseph
bline granted to drivers in the, Midgett, Sr., Joseph P. Mid-
preferred mileage class, Johnson' Joseph F. Midigett D S
explained. These applioants wiill | John W. Melson, Patrick
i. 1L.1- i. J i T, 1 ■; I continue to be allowed as much(_‘ ®theridge, Henry
mg season as established at the Private First Cass Erskine Scar-1 .^rvices, because for two 3r,ppiernentary mileage gasoline' Thomas A. (Do'U'gh,
■ Je®eB. Etheridge jS
and Wiljiarn Johnson.
Further in the papers is the fol-
'lowmg rece ipt:
July 1945 meeting of the Board borough of Avon, N. C., is nO'Wlygigpj young men generally have
of Oo'nseration and Develop-^ being processed at Camp Atlanta | ^ibie to spend only about
ment. , 1 in northeastern France, as a mem- j months in ,college and did not
Here is a summary of open' ETO armored ^i-1 sophomore courses. Due
’ ' " ' “ to lack of dema'iid, many sopho-
seasons and bag limits (there are vision to be ordered to the Pa
ne bag limits where none are j di'fic.
designated): Deer- (.male), Octo-, Pfc. SOaitborough is a member
ber 1 'to January 1, bag limits— of 93rd Cavalry Ren. Sq. (Mech)
one a day and three a season; and served with the 13th Armor-
bear, October 1 to Janary 1, bag ed Division in the Battle of the
Limits—^two a day and two a seas- Ruhr Pocket and in the drive
on; opossum and raccoon (with thro'ugh Bavaria into Austria.
more courses were not taught.
Sufficient sophomores have reg
istered for the fall to permit
'te(aching the courses again. Sev
eral ex-service men are expect
ed. One has already returned
Among the many interestin*
■papers that were left in the oM
sea dhest of the late Charles Skin-
T of Wanchese, who
was Wreck Commissioner for hia
district, just alflter the Civil War
IS the pay rool of the salvors oi
the British barque, Ezra.
2 ®®P^ber 1869, lists the aama
promineat familie; on
Jhe sheet opposite each name is
each share, and opposite is the
Plans are being completed to
discontinue use of "C” gasoline
coupons beginning October 1,
Theodore iS. Johnson, Raleigh; . .a
OPA district director said today. | of each (person, and wit-
After that date it is expected | R- S. D. Holbrook. The
that supplemental mileage will j otf the wreck were;
be issued only with "B” coupons. I ^^‘fward Drinkiwater, Benjamia
Bliminaition of ‘'iC” coupons' Dough, Anthony L
'Su;
ceremonies and bestowed
Marshall the honor
;j the best 'all round girl , ^ Sealed and Delivered)
1 J Sen Simmons as the best ’ j
in the-presence of )
fs selected from each group , James S. Barnett (Seal)
follaws; Mead, Susie | Samuel Midgett (Seal)
an.,®'!? SATE of north CAROLINA
gun and or dogs only), October
15 to February 15; quail Novem-
br 22 to January 31, bag liaiiits more than 20,000 German prison- to improve and strengthen
—10 a diay 150 a season; ra(bbit, jers in the fighting in the fiuhr .commercial anraviatiffh 'c(yin'S(5s.
November 22 to January 31; L.n'd toiok an ad'd'itional 19,000 in Pre-professional courses are no-w
squirrel (other than Fox Squir- iBavaria. In the clO'sing days of provided for the prospective min-
rel and boomer), OoWbe'r 1 to j fhe war in Euro'pe, it captured ister, teadher, 'dentist, lawyer,
January 1, bag limits—10 a day; i Hitler’s birthplace city of Br.au- 'agriculturist, engineer, business
turkey, Novemlber 22 to January j nau, Austria, and liberated 14,- administrator, and those of other
000 Allied prisoners of war. professions. Terminal students
Pfc. Scarborough is the son O'f receive the Associate in Arts or
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Scarborough, Asscciate in Science degree aftor
of Avon, N. C. He will be given two years at Pres'byterian Junior
a furlough before the Division College. During the war the Pre-
begins its training for action in 'paratory Departimant has contin-
with "(B” coupons as they receiv
ed with "C” coiupons.
"IC” coupons will continue to
(be va-Ii'd for some time even af
ter their issuance is discontin
ued so mbtorists will not have toi Bodies Island, Sept 28 1869
exchange these they hold now or •Received of Chas. S. Daniels'
are issued before Octolber 1 for F'oriy seven and 15/lOO dollars
"B” coupo^ns, he said. IU. S. Currency, equivalent to
Ellimination of the "C” coupons I three and 80/100 in coin in full
,8.0 .■will sim'plify ordering, distriibut-1 PSYtnent of U. S.dut y on fiftv
,after being away siinice 194-, an j jj^g recording pro'cedures as' t>u. of
from the wireck
The 13th, popularly known as has brought his wife to enroll with handling of coupons , of the barque Ezra sold on Bod ie-,
the Black Cat Division, captured him. The college has programs | Rationing, DIand, Sept. 29, 1869, .and all
Gilda Gay Gibbs and Tom-
K^ars'hall; Hands, Sheila Car
• .f-., . , r-,
^fl'd -Shirlen Spencer; 'and
Currituck County,
To any regular Licensed Min
ister of the Gospel, w'itbin the
State, or ainy lawful Justice of
ithe Peace for the County afore
said, greeting;
YOU or either cf oyu are here
by authorized and empo'we'red to
solemnize the rights cf iw^-hn-
• June Long and Ben Sim-
honor campers and contest
Were 'awarded a camp
(l and a 4-H emblem of
^^^^;soVr^toz"e^ rights cf Mabrl
Tom'my Tyner and between Aa-ron Bar-
ndri and Polly Bryant
•Alva Harris, rope _ n,t t.hp County of
'W.,’ June Long, getting ac
'•tied.
•bC'th reridents of the County
i iCurrituCk, agreealble to an Act ot
V/ program, and one which ^ jj^^d and
laughter, was 'an, Li Currituck, the
SilvJ program. T. J. Mann, Noveihbe'r. and in
'4ei[ 1 the 44ft year of American In-
- 711 were picked as the win- the 4820.
f°r the presentation of a! dependence, Anno do
.^srforming an Operation.’
31, bag limits, one a day and one
a season.
Revised Regulations
Among the revised regulations
are:
'While bunting upland 'game
bird's, squirrels and raibbits, it
is unlawful to use an aiutOim'atic- '1
loading or band-operated repeat
ing shotgun which has not been
plugged to a capacity o(f three
shells in the mlagazine and cham
ber combined.
Any person convicted of buy-
the Pacific.
ued to grow while the collegiate, supplemental coupons
'Program fell off. Summer school igj,,ggj. 43 statiscal value.
PALMER IVHDGETT ON NEW i "''‘‘I Septeimlber 1st, one week
SHIP BOUND FOR PACIFIC 'b'efore the fall opening.
ing or selling or offering to buy
or sell quail in violation of the j U.S.'S. Codinigto.n, (A'K173), a new
Lieut. Palmer Midgett, USCG,' BETHLEHEM BAP^lT
of Rodanthe, who has had a long j ^ I
'and varied ea(reer in the service, ~ . „ !
is now First Lieutenant on the "Bh® Beftlehem Pnmi ive ap
tist Church near Fairfield wi.l
North Carolina Game Daws S'ball j ship built for the U. S. Maritime, Hundredit n-
be fined n-ot less than $50.00 or Commission at Galveston. Texas.! Sunday,^
imprisoned for not more than 60 j phe ship went into
days or both in the discretion of
the court.
co.mmission
July 23, at Galveston and is the
'by several sarm'ons and addresses.
A picnic dinner will be served
The public is
Boards, industry and ration ba.nks /Others of any^lpunjl duty paid.
Johnso'n said. j G. W. Colbib, Deputy Coll.
The use of two types of cou- | & Insipector,
pons was of statistical value dur- Port 0(f E. City, N. C.
ing m'Udh of the rationing period,, A twio-cent internial revenue
he explained. However, the re- stamp was affixed to the fore-
cent increase in the "B” ceiling going .paper. Another p'ape.r with
and the .ad'ditiO'n of a new ■semi- a five-cent stamp reads as fol-
preferred group limited to 825 lows:
miles per month will distort; .Received Roanoke Dland, Dec.
t-hese statistics except as over-all. 22., 1869 from C. S. Daniels,'com-
supplemental issuance totals. For 1 imissione'r of Wreaks for distri-ot
these re'asons, keeping two types No. 4, two hundred, & thirty sev-
H'O en and 50/100, less four dollars
paid by him for adve.rasing jew
elry. Also received the foliow-
ing. jewelry. Viz. Packet said to
have been cut from the dress of
Mrs. Oa'pt. Ellis who was drown
ed at B'odies Island beach, and
one wa-i'ch, one (rUbar?) ’chain
‘With gold locket attached, and
.marked "In memory of”; one gold
chain wi'th key .attached, one gO'ld
finger ring, four sleeve buttons,
MORE LARD NEXT YEAR
IS THE PREDICTION
first vessel 'Of her type to be nam- ^^® gratindis.
Any person taking or having in i ed entirely by personnel of the u- n, -
doe deer in violation u. S. Coast Guard. It was nam-. fellowship, the services
ed for Codington County, So. Da- ^ ®tiJ dinner.
ko'ta.
^ac'h'
Jut
qw\N quarter boy AT
Stou'p was assigned ®P®-. RADIO SCHOOL
ea'C.h day. Afte^rnoon;
1^, ‘Ofts after quiet hour were ^
../fttlve .soft ball .games,'
■soft
shoe pitching, checkers,
bdiiiig and swim.ming.
Radio
States
Recently .assigned ^ to
Trainin'® at the Unite'd
Maritime Service Radio Timing
: Station, Gallups Island, Boston,
Massachusetts, G^dy 4
Named O NHYDE 'O’Neal, of swan Quarte^r, _ _
FSA COMMITTEE Seam'an SecO'Ud Class '
'.will complete 20 weeks of inten
®PP®intement of Joe C. g^g radio
as member of the Hyde taking Federal Cominunica
Barm Security Adminis- tigns Com'mission
.•.,y a°'”amittee was announced ^ Second Class Radio
V '^y F. V. Harris, County rapher’s license.
^ supervisor. Mr. Bishop sue-; upon receipt of ms^ fc>e
Swindell whose term; class License, O’Neal wi-loe ap-
June 30ft. The appoint- pointed W-arrant Radio Electiic-
made by State FSA tan, U. S. Maritime Service
I'lij!'''’Vance E. Swift. Leland'w-iil be assigned to duty as Ra
possesio'n
of the North Carolina laws is sulb-
jeot to a fine of not less than $50
or imprisonment of not less than
in! 30 days O'r both such fine and im-
prisonfent in the disicretion of the
court.
Any person who takes or at-
tem'pts to take deer between sun
set and sunrise vvkh the aid of a
spotlight or other artificial light
on any highway or in any field,
wcodiand, or forest in violation
O'f the North Carolina game laws
^ i-nvited to attend this celebration, j 'Por.ts of the Bureau of
tural Bconomi'cs, D. S. Coitrane,
Assistant Comimssioner of Agri
culture, pointed out, howe'ver,
iHou.seiwive'S w.ill be able to pur
chase more lard nexit year, for
lard proidu'Ction will be about
100,060,000 pounds larger in the
spring and summer of 1946 than
'this year. . ©old, one se't of gold ear-rings,
•Easing .his predictions on re-1 one set of jet or mourning e'ar-
is subject to a fine of not less than 1
$100.00 or imprisonment of n.ot i
less than 60 days or both, such'
fine and imprisonment in the dis- .
cre'tion of the court.
"FOSS’ MIDGE’TTE
IN MERCHANT MARINE
'Elmer Uulysses Midgette, bet
ter known to his friends as "Poss,”
left Monday for Norifolk, to be-
drops.
Willett Mottt, Agent.
'Sal-
Costs O'f licenses are: state resi- j come a part of the U. S. Mari-
dent hunting lice.nse, $3.10; coun
ty resident license, $1.10; combi
nation bunting and fishing license
$4.10.
time Service. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs.’-Usysse ....neETNNN
Mr. and Mrs. Ulysses Midgette of
Manteo.
1 ' u/ A 4
(j’T
*,v
•4 8
tA'
and I
c 4/4
J '^•■'7
Another paper deals with
that lard production will be less vage on Second Sale.”
.this winter than last winter. He 1 lEodie Island, Sept. 29/69. Re
said the natiional fall pig crop isloeived of Charles S. Daniels,
expected to be about 13 per cent $32.81 in full for the sa'lvors on
jim'ore than a year eaiiier. Market- ;he Eiarque Ezra, all cargo sold
lings oif 1945 fall-crop pigs will c.n the beach and on board of the
begin in late April, 1916. 1 B.arque Ezra.
Hogs now being nuarketed arej Jesse Eiihenldge and
from the 1944 fall pig crop, Wihichi John B. E.heridge.
was 34 per cent smaller than J _
the record fall crop in 1943. Hogsl Cg'pt. Skinner Danie'.,? father
to be marketed from Octciber to , oJ the late E. R. Daniels and sev-
April will be from the 1945 spring eral oftar prominent citizens was
pig cro'p, estim'ated to be seven a mlan of m.any afafirs. He had a
‘per cent less than that of the fmend in Neiv Yc.rk named C. J
-'A-
v/"
A,
spring crop of last year.
SWAN QUARTER REBEKAH
LODGE ACTIVITIES
11
f V
Key
serving
^ud John A. Lee, 'who Operator a.board a
vessel O'f i
,5^ - .4v;iviics on t.he com- ^^g United States Merdhant Ma-
i«jf ’ 'yi-l continue for another ^ j-jne.
fiiei
VISIT AT HATTERAS
committee pl'ay.s a very j
i’l^‘»r(iing^’^to^^'Supervisor!* Miss Maude Midgett _and ne'ph-
^■;^"S.lla^iora;^-- l ew: John Midgett, of
.eVj the committee and - ’N-Y- are wsrUng M.s^Mad^
Qf *8, .rviirr'hase .gett’s grandmother, Mr .
./* I
lu
...ri'ik.fel-
%
the farms and the loans
\ ^hfied by the committee,
{'^^''“hittee also gives advice
*Vev ttorrowers and assists
^ £>ossiible in teaching
wtter me(thod'S of farming.
Oden.
VISrnN GMOTHER
Pfc. John D. Gibbs of EngewoM
Arsenal, Md., is Visiting liis moth
er, Mrs. S. M. Gibbs, at'Engelhaoxi.
Bonds and Stamps. ' Buy More Bonds and Stamps.
^ f
Here lie our dead;
God let them rest in peace _ _
For this is hallowed ground above each honored head.
Let every cross a halo be; ..j j
Let ocean breezes shroud each grave (. _ -aii-
,And starlite stand on guard for these our friends.
(AnuiTmoas Btarine
,•*5*11 fSSWS
,lwo
Jima
Activities of the S'wan Quarter
Rebekah Lodge 'durin.g July in-
c’uded the in.-'toMation of officers j your house,
at the Julv 3rd 'meeting 'and wel-
cerring a retw memlber at the Ju
ly 17ft meeting. A .fish fry was
enj-oved on the 'courthouse lawn
on Wednesday e''Tnin‘g, July 11.
Officers installed .for the term
■w'ere Ndble Grand, Quinn.ie
Bocmer; Recording Secretary,
R'Ollins who lived at Gien Cove,
Queens County, New York, and
a'liieation'ate correapondeiice be-
'jween them is revealed by the
old paipers;
Glen Cove, Fe-by. 3 69
Miy Dear Firiend;
lit is 21 yeiars since I was at
Many changes has
tlaxen place. It looks like a dream.
Through them ail GO'd hais been
very good to me and m.ine. He
n^ay o.TiE'stise us, he never for
sakes those that put thare trust.
I claim that priomlse, praise him.
I have been anxious about you.
Hqw is it with you? I have not
Lola Watson: Warden, Evelyn M.' beard from you since the cruel
.Jarvis; Conductor, Ai'm'a Ross; j war has 'Ceased. Is my Aunt SalJ
Chaplain, Mary Bonnner; Right j ly still living? I want you or
I Supporter to Noible Grand, Mil- John Daniels to write to me and
dred iSpencer; Left iSupp'O'rter,' let me know all albout your fam-
Hathleen Co'oper; Inside Guard- ily. Is M. M. Cutworft still liv-
ian, Violet Harris. j ing. I think Johnny is dead. Mr
Mrs. 'Edith C. Thompson was | sister had a son born last week,
welcomed into the Ijodige and re- 'Will. call it Thomas. She an.d
'ceived the Rebekah degree, at a'her family, is all well. The son
beautif'Ul ’ 'candle light serviice .at | ain-d two daughters is her family,
the regular meeting Tuesday j All with me wis(hes to be remem-
eventog, July 17th. (Contnued on page four)
ft ;