HYDE COUNTY HERALD
NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA
Vl; No. 51
’^\0IVIINENT HYDE
Native dies at
SWAN QUARTER, N. C.. Thursday, August 23, 1945
Single Copy 5 Ceni
salvation army gives a lift on the road to TOKYO
•JOME IN RALEIGH
L. Spencer, Raleigh at-
;y y and native of Hyde Conn- ;
suddenly at his home i
morning at 2:15 o’clock in’
Ke was 54 years o-f age..
Spen cer was iborn on Feb- j
1391, in Fairfield, the'
■ ’Captain F. F. Spencer and !
Ha rris Spencer. He was
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Re
^ted from Wake Forest Col-
^'’d the University of Vir-
^ ■ IMr. Spencer practiced lawi
‘ijj’''®'' Quarter price to moving !
^J^Cgh in 1927 and was prom- |
*n Hyde County affairs. He,
practicing law in Ral-j
since then, maintaining his
Office in the Lawyers Build-
the Capitol city.
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FORMER GOV. BRC UGHTON
SPi/lKER AT EXiRCSSiS
ON AUGUST EIGHTEENTH
Promises More Elaborate Presentation of Lost Col
ony in 1946; Elizabeth City Band Plays; Board
Of Directors Hold Meeting
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,^nviving are his wife, Mrs.
M. Spencer; two daugh-*
Dunn Spencer and Ev-
SpenegP^ both of the home;'
®ons,. Walter Lee Spencer,
: “f Neward, N. J., Carl Bax- [
fencer of Raleigh and Lt. j
.nichard P. Spencer and John i
,, ®ncer, quartermaster second j
i^nth of the Navy stationed)
two .sisters, Mrs
PUBLIC INVITED TO
j MEETING IN MANTEO
Demonstration on Refinishing
j Furniture Friday Afternoon,
August 31, At 2:30
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f®. Pacific
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Coodno of Raleigh and Mrs.
()f' Slagle of Gainesville, Fia.;
^'ther, Pvt. F. F. Spencer, who
Cktnawa; his step mother,
'%• '^aude Spencer Grant of
and four grandchildren.
havis turned
OVER TO NAVY
( A demonstration on refinishing
furniture will be given Friday af-
^ ternoon, August 31, at 2:30 in the
I courthouse in Manteo, by Miss
I Pauline Gordon, State 'College
I House and Home Furnishing Spe-
oialist. The public is cordially in
vited to attend. Many helpful
I points 'Will be brought out at that
time, and it will be to the ad-
; vantage of those who expect to
! refinish any of their furniture in
: the\near future, to attend.
j Commemorating the 358th an-
■ niversary of the birthday of Vir
ginia Dare, a large number of lo
cal peo'ple and many visitbrs
gathered on Saturday, August 13,
[ at Fort Raleigh, .w'here former
I Governor J. Me-wille Broughton
I was chief speaker of the day.
Governor Broughton deliev'ered
his address frem the exact spot on
which President Franklin D.
Roosevelt '.stood eight years ago
, when he spoke at Fort Raleigh.
! The morning’s exercises were
divided into two sections, the
outside ceremony of commemor
ation in which Governor ^rough-
ton spoke, and the other within
t’ne .Chapel, which has come to
! mean a memorial service to all
(those who have been of the Lost
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which was
1,*®'^ over to the Army Air For-
Army Service Forces
't&l been declared
'tij 'hy the War Department
.'heing transferred to the,
l(j ’ has been announced at
lojj^'^Sfters, Fourth Service
lij'toand. The iNavy will utilize |
, *'he installations with the |
Ijt^'^on of 812 acres known as
i). P'sher, which the Army Air
retain.
Ti/SsE Sanford Thomas on Oahu Island, 5,000 miles from his Greenwood, South Carolina, home, gets o cheer from his
.'cuddies ond o coke from The Solvation Army on his birthday. Solvation Army mobile canteens went into action
Nihile the bombs were falling December 7th. Since then, os o member ogency of U SO, the organization has served
1,187,103 Yonks with birthday cokes and other comforts. '
MANTEO TOWN BOARD
PASSES NEW LAWS
'tt was expected to take
August 19 and the Air
k. ^ ®re to be out by August
are 600 Prisoners of
at
- Camp Davis who will be
0^, elsewhere.
Matthew H. Jones, Quar-
^or the Fourth Service
The Board af Commissioners of
the Town of Manteo at their last
meeting made the following laws
which will apply to the Town of
Manteo, N. C., from this day for
ward:
All commercial houses and pri
vate dwellings are to stop drain
ing or emptying their sewerage
! Miss Grace Graughton, the new
, home agent, who will assume her Colony company. Dr. G.- A. Mar-
! duties in ’Dare County on Sep- Pastor of the Roanoke Is.and
' temiber 1, will be present. Mrs.' Ha.ptist Church, led the invoca-
I William V. Gaylord, who came, ^^6 outside service, and
i to Dare as substitute agent, three' chape'l service was begun by
> months ago, will return to her linvocation of Chaplain G. W.
j homiC in Roper when the new . Hartman o'! the Naval Air Station,
j home agent takes over. | Melvin R. Daniels, vice presi-
; dent of the Roanoke Island His-
FUNERAL TUESDAY FOR | torical Association, presided at
j MRS. HODGES, ENGELHARD ' the commemoration and I. P. Da-
I , I is, secretary, presided at the cha-
I Funeral services for Mrs. Jean- | P^t service. Mr. Daniels present-
NAGS HEAD MAN SUFFERS ! HYDE FARMERS ASKED TO
BROKEN COLLAR BONE i REPORT WORMS IN BEANS
MRS. PEARL M. JONES
DIES IN HOSPITAL
nette David Hodges, 82, were
held last Tuesday from the home
of her daughter, Mrs. W. M. Har-
Hal Wood Cu'lpepper of Nags) Hyde County farmers are re-j Mrs. Pearl M. Jones 53 of '^ts, at Engelhard with the Rev.
Head was -painfully injured Wed- quested by County Agent J. P. Grandy died Monday mornin® J- Brown, assisted by the Rev.
y.nesday when he was thrown to Woodard to report any findings August 13, a 12:45, in a Norfolk B. Davis, officiating. Interment
the pavement at Nags Head from) of Army worms in soybeans to hospial, following a long illness. in the Amity church ceme-
a 'motor scooter belonging to his i'ils cUfice. This information is ' She was the daughter of the late tery at Lake Landing.
12-year-old son. Mr. -Culpepper) wanted at State College so that j Henry Evans and Matilda Dowdy 'Mrs. Hodges was a native and
was unconscious ,;{^^some time,! experiments can be made in com-
and was rushed -by-his brother,; batting the pest,
Horatio Culpepper, tp^ Leigh Me
in the ditches that are located by rnorial Hospital in Norfolk, where
their property. I he was found to have a broken
A-1 owneijs who have vacant i ijjone. He is now receiving I many of the nati-on’s population
says that there is cer- lots inside the town limits rnusti hospital. | as cotton.
keep the same clear of rubbish, i
and keep grass and weeds cuti ^
down at all times. Grass and
Evans, and wife of the late Wil- Lfe-long resident of Hyde Coun-
liam Jones. ty. She was ibeloved by a hast of
She is survived by four dau-
friends and relatives.
No other raw m'aterial furnish-: Sbters, Mrs. Cecil Sears and Mrs.
es employment and a livelihood to Bonnie 'Sears of Manteo, Mrs.
at Camp Davis
wl‘ *bay be returned to the
Command. This includes
fij equipment, baker’s
kitchen equipment,
%Ce office furniture and
^Ovo ''^*^°'^'saving devices.
|\ points out, that
Navy can use these
War Departmenit may-
ii5 Navy to keep them at
%rth
been
weeds never to exceed three in- ’
ches. I
All those who have outdoor j
THE
which have been con-
f^ore
Carolina post. There
no official decision on
as yet.
^ION man drowns
IN KITTY HAWK SURF
.
biggins, 45. year old Ed-
''bl drowned in the
Kitty Hawk about noon
V sday^ while swimming off
‘‘^ham Bymm cottage,
Was a guest.
\e was carried some dis-
\ and memlbers of the
“ Kill Devil Hill Coast
btit J. ®bation responded to ur-
' jve^'®'P°ns and the body was
at 1:25 -by Lewis Scar-
“inj ” who sighted it and swam
to yards out and brought
iciai respiration was ap-
■’ su'^f than an hour by
'hut without avail.
« k'n Mid'gett, keeper of
' * Devil Hi'-l station, who
privies
demned by the health officer,
m'ust connect with the sewer line,
instead of building anew.
All owners of shrubs or shrubs
that are located near the side
walks, the lowest branches of
which are under seven feet, are
to keep same trimmed above stat
ed footage. I
Margaret Spraggins, !
Town Clerk. |
A penalty will be placed on |
those who fail to comply with I
the laws above. ,
VETERAN'S FRIEN
Hodges of
are two sons,
'Norfolk, Va.,
Ellis
and
Herman Sears and Mrs. Cecil
two daughters, Mrs. W. M. Har-
ENGELHARD VETERAN GETS
VETERANS JOB IN KINSTON
’s
Seti;
hg coroner for the day in
’to^^bnce from the county of
\cert Rogers, pro-
'MtiQ-.Mr. Wiggins dead and
She'aS hob necessary. The call
So 55 H-uard was sent in at
^ ei jf''”Snd the crew covered
^ 'Inlles and 'were on the
Ilf y bo minutes.
\ J 'ggins is survived by one
Wiggins, who is sta-
Vh, bhe Marine Base at
^w*bARD ROTARIANS
‘ ^ Plymouth meeting
v^yans D. '-D. Midget't and D.
the Engelhard Ro-
ht attended the charter
of the newly or-
Plymouth Rotary Club
aday evening. They report-
®Pioyable Irlp.
An Enge'lhard .man, just return
ed from the war and expecting
to be discharged from the service,
has been appointed Tri-County
'Veterans Officer for Lenoir,
Jones and Greene counties. He is
Sgt. Walter ‘Carr Cox. Mr. Cox
taught school at Pink Hill in Le
noir before entering the Army.
-Sgt. -Cox is the son of Mrs. Al
ice Ct)x Gibbs af Engelharl and
a nephew of R. S. Spencer. He is
a graduate of Wake Forest Col
lege.
The 'Engelhard man .served 480
days in actual combat in Africa
and Central Europe where he
served as a liaison scout sergeant
with the Field Artillery’s Intel
ligence Service. He earned five
battle stars and came thro'Ugh the
war unharmed. His 'wife, Mrs.
Sarah Henderson Cox, is Lenoir
County Home Agent. She is also
a former school teacher.
GOING BACK TO SCHOOL?
Every honorably discharged service man or woman of World
War n can go to school at government expense under two acts of
Congress (see chart below) if the requirements are met.
Additional information can be obtained from the Disabled American
Veterans national service officer in your area or write D A.V national
headquarters, Cincinnati 6. Ohio,
atnount^of soda can
. cookinitr.'time of green
b^ut Eiaiif witbout loss of
Use only .arpinch.
Nthe
ROBERT WTLLIS WISE
RECEIVES DECORATION
Pfc. Robert Willis Wise, son of |
Mr. and Mrs. -Claude Wise of;
Manteo, has received the award of |
the Purple Heart (Oak Leaf clus- j
ter to Purple Heart), for wounds)
received in action against the en- ,
emy in Germany. He has partici- j
pated in campaigns in the Rhine
land, Ardennes and Central Eu; ^
rope. His job in the ajrmy is rifle-,
man. !
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Buy War Bonds And Stamps' ^
PUBLIC LAW NO. 346
(G I Bill of Rights)
TO BE ELIGIBLE:
1. A veteran must have served in
active military or naval service on
or after §ept-. 16, 1940, and prior
to the end of World War 11
2. The veteran's .discharge must be*
other than dhshonorable;
3. At least 90 days active service is
required for one year of schooling; ’
4. Veterans under 25 years of age at
induction are entitled to instruc
tion (not less than one'year, not
more than four) commensurate
with length of service. Over 25
years of age must prove interrup
tion or interference for one year
of schooling.
WHAT you GET:-
Tuition and necessary school ex
pense (up to $500) for an ordinary
school year. In addition subsistence
payment of- $50 a mpnth is made to
veterans without dependents, $75 a
month to veterans with dependents.
WHERE YOU GO:
The veteran may choose any recog
nized educational or training insti
tution which will accept him^
FUTURE BONUS:
This law, as it stands today, pro
vides that money spent on a vet
eran’s education will be deducted
from any federal bonus he may get.
TIME LIMIT:
1. Schooling must start not later
^ than two years after discharge or
the end of the war. whichever is
later, «(»»«-
2. Educational benefits of-the GI
,i>^/BiU terminate seven years* after'
,;thewar.y^ >
PUBLIC LAW NO. 16
(Disabled V'eterans Bill)
TO BE ELIGIBLE:
1 Disability must have been incurred
or aggravated by active service bn
■ . or afttfr Sept. 16, 1940, and prior
to'ehd of war
2_, Discharge must be other than dis- -
honorable.
3 . Length of service and age at in
duction do not enter into eligi-
t^ityj_ ,
4. A' disabled veteran is eligible for
training pnder Public Law 16 if
his disability is a vocational hand-
ierfp,' .That is, the disability must
“materially interfere with securing
and pursuing employment com
parable with that for which he is
qualified by education, training
and experience."
WH.\T YOU GET:
A single veteran receives $92 a
month plus tuition and necessary
school expense. Married veterans re
ceive $103.50 a month plus $5.75 for
each dependent, plus $11.50 monthly
for each dependent parent. Trans
portation and travel expense also is
provided.
WHERE YOU (30:
Any public or private educational
institution pending approval of the
Veterans AiJministration.^'
FUTURE BONUS:
There will be no deduction from
future federal bonus for training, un
der Public Law 16^^ * ' ''
TIME LIMIT: '
1 Maximum trainii^ is four yeqrs.
2. There is no deadline on starting
" 'time. .
3. Benefits under Public Law 16
terminate six years afUr the end
' of the war^'
Jkm .-oNmimL
Brickhouse of Grandy; one son,
Wi'lUam Henry Jones af Grandy;
three sisters, Mrs. Robert Aydlett
of Norfolk, Mrs. Ben Lewis of
Grandy, and Mrs. Etta Gilden of
Elizabeth City; one brother, Jos
eph Evans of 'Oceana, Va., and six
grandchildren. i
Funeral services were conduct
ed Tuesday afternoon at
ris and Mrs. Henry Harris, both
of Engelhard; ’ 33 grandchildren;
and 30 great-grandchildren.
MRS. INA BARNETT
DIES AT WANCHESE
Mrs. Ina Midgett, Barnett, 50,
four wife of W. B. Barnett of Wan-
o’clock at the Methodist Church chese, died at her home Sunday
in Grandy. Burial was in the night at eight o’clock following a
family plot at Jarvidburg.
Mrs. Jones’ children were at
her bedside in Norfolk until the
time of her death. f
TRANSPORTATION FOR
SLADESVILLE STUDENTS
long illness.
,^Mrs. 'Barnett was a native and
lifelong resident of Dare Coiun-
ty. She was the daughter of Mrs.
Mary Fahbes Miidgett and the late
' Apolos Midgett of 'Manteo.
She is survived by her husiband;
her mother, four daughters, Mrs.
A school bus will run from Madeline Basnight of Norfolk,
Slad'esville to Swan Quarter to Mrs. Hilda Outlaw, Mrs. Mary
transport high school pupils it Ept and Miss Almeda 'Barnett of
was revealed this week Iby school Wanchese; four sisters, Mrs. T.
officials. 'State officials authoriz- G. Dowdy of Manteo, Mrs.
ed the routing of the bus after Thomas Layden and Mrs. Percy
denying high school teachers for McGinnis of Boston, Mass., and
the Sladesville high school be- Mrs. Annie Arey of New York
cause of the sma'll enrollment. City; three brothers, Lance 'Mid-
The Sladesville school will op- gett of Boston, Mahlon Midgett
erate as an eight grade school, and Da'llas Midgett of Manteo;
and 'Will have three teachers. No four grandchildren and a num-
grammar students will be trans- ber of nieces and nephews.
ported out of the community.
FAaHLIES OF WAR
WORKERS COME HOME
Three Engelhard families who cemetery,
moved away to centers of war
work came back this week, fbl- MRS. LETTIE IvnDGETT I
lowing the close of the war. Those DIES IN NORFOLK)
coming back were Mr. and Mrs.
Sam C. Spencer and family of Mrs. Lettie Midgett, 57,
Williamsburg, Mr. and Mrs. Cal Manteo died Tuesday morning in
Watson of Norfo'l'k, and Mr. and a Norfolk hospital.
Mrs. T. J. Etheridge and family
' of Birmingham.
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C.ATCH BIG DRUM OFF
ed visitors, including Dr. Samuel
Selden who directed the original
production of the Lost Co.ony,
and who received quite an ova
tion.
Governor iBroughton was pre
sented 'by Dr. Frank Porter Gra
ham, president of the University
of North 'Carolina. ' ”
'A musical pogram had 'been
arranged by Misis Holland West-
cott for the chapel service. Af:er -
a 'brief address 'by Rev. . Fred
Drane a wreath was laid upon '
the chapel’s altar lin memory of •
those members of the Lost Colony
company who have died since the
drama first o:pened. Those nam
ed during the service included
Rev. Dr. Robert Brent Drane,
founder of the association; W. O.
Saunders, 'who worked for many
years to impress upon the public
the fact that such a drama as the
Lost Colony could be produced;
and D. B. Fearing, who devoted
the last years Of his life to the
production of the 'Lost Colony. i
Mr. Davis was hesitant about
calling the roll of the dead, for
the reason that so many of the
com'pany have gone to far fields
and no complete record of them
is yet available. Of the 800 peo
ple who have had a. part in the
host Colony since the 'beginning,
more than 400 are in the armed
services, and the company has
suflEared heavy casualties.
The 'Board of 'Directors held a
luncheon meeting in Manteo, and
com'pleted business which was
started at a dinner the night be
fore at the First Colony Inn at
Nags 'Head.
The Elizabeth City 'band gave
a performance in downtown Man
teo, after the program at Fort
Raleigh had 'been completed.
They were accomipanied 'by their
, ^ ‘benefactor. Miles Clark, of Eliz-
(hhurch. Rev. L. . lerce o iQj^y^ who had much rea-
ciating. Burial 'was in the church
1 boys and girls in the 'band,
j Gbuernor Broughton’s speech
follows;
"History is in the making to-
Qlj day. No jn-evious generation in all
the annals of time has witnessed
such earth-shaking events as
have occurred in recent years—
or,- indeed, in recent The
tempoSan'd the-'scale "'of' t^e
•unfolding drama 'are' too 'vast lor
humai^ico-rnprehensiom^R 'is un-
'Funeral services w’ere conduct- i
ed' Tuesday afternoon at three)
' o’clock at the Assembly of God.
Funera'l services were cpnduc- j
ted af the graveside in Manteo;
cemetery 'J'hurSday afterndijn. I
’^She is'Survived by a daughter,'
Mrs. W- G- Dough of Norfdik; a
PIER AT NAGS HEAD gTjYer Mrl Efkie°Midgen of'Man-
teo; and a brother,-Zenai %idgettt gHther>r 'the '358^ atsh.wersary
Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Mise^-, of Rod&nthd. * J-'
heimer of Green Acres, Ports-)_ '_ -
.mouth, Va., who were visithrs of-';. .7—' - —
' Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hooper pi Man-'^KACTCijl AND ilVIPLEMENT
i teo ia^st weekend, caught "thre'e. . ■ ' •TIRES NOT .RATIONED
I large drum' .Saturday nr^hing , ;—
j from th'e pier‘at Nag'S'Mea^.'. - ,. Tractor and imp.ement tires
On-r 'Mfinday morn'mg E. .S., have been released from ratioin-
Stanton of 'Edenton caught T7ting, T. A. Jennette, Chairman,
large drum just south of the pier. | olf the, Hyde 'County AAA Com-
mittee, announced here today.
There is no scientific evidence! "Farmers using truck and vP^s-
to back up the superstition that' senger tires will continue to ob.-
thundier or lightning causes mi’Jk tain them through local OPA
or cream to sour. boards,” he said.
of nbilth^fth ‘Of Virgin!* Dare.
'uShe^-tiirth of the-f-ir^t_ child of
English-speaking parents on the
Nortlf Afneri'c’an Con'finent is in
its4if ah event worthy of com-
memoratio. The ill 'fated 'Drst col
on^ pierished under circumstan
ces' of mystery 'find tragedy—'but
its spirit 'lives on. 'In this day of
our greatest national triumph we
may find strength and .guidance
in the contemplation of the deeds
and purposes otf that .gallant 'band
who more than three and a half
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