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NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA
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^are school^pening
TO TAKE PLACE THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER THIRTEENTH
Eason To Be Principal of Manteo School; Bus
^^rivers School September 11; Eight Lunch
^iooms To Be Operated in County
SWAN QUARTER, N. C., Thursday, August 30, 1945
Single Copy 5 Cent*
Dare Men Overseas Read News From Home
GOVERNOR CHERRY
PAYS TRIBUTE
OPA VOLUNTEERS
County Citizens Who Admin
istered Rationing Program
Justly Praised
n\
■ IW. Eason of Soiuth Mills will
the Manteo school faculty
Principal this year, when
v'tols in the county open on
K^fsday, September 13. Supt. R.
, ^ake has announced the list of
secured for the county,
1 hopes to complete filling the
arai vacancies ibefore the op-
date.
he list of teachers is as fol-
, Manteo F. M. Eason, principal;
1C. Wells, Matilda E. Inge,
Turner Ward, Essie N. West-
, h, Lucy Tillett, Helen Swindell
MEN ARE STILL
NEEDED FOR
NAVAL AVIATION
*
*• f
17 and 18 Year Olds Can Ap
ply Immediately For This
Training
* Bonnytbell Evans.
I^nns Harhor: Callie Jones,
Xwiford.
W ®^st Lake: Emma Hayman,
Smith.
•titty Hawk: Talmadge Page,
j,’aciijkal; Jessie McNeil Crutoh-
C. A. Caldwell, Nellie B.
idweM, .Nora Baum.
^lington: Irene B. Midgett.
. yanohese: Louise Forehand,
1 ^cipai; Cleopatra Daniels, Mi-
h Meekins.
^hunpy Point: Grace W. Hoop-
Nell Wise Wechter.
.•Wanthe: J. T. Coibib, Evelyn
hhgett.
j^''fon: Mabel W. Meekins, Mil-
Smith Parks, 'Fannie Scar-
^fPUgh.
"Uxton: Andrew Stirling, Win-
l^ray, Janet Gray.
^tteras: Vera Robinson.
, Roanoke School: Moses L. Col-
Oenevieve S. Meekins, The-
Basnight, Eva Armstrong
’athea.
*^ight lunoh room,s are schedul-
. hi operate through the county
.Manteo, Kitty Hawk, Manns
^hbor. Stumpy Point, Rodanthe,
"P' Buxton and Hatteras.
Bus Drivers School
^ bus drivers school will he
^Phucted on Tuesday, Septem
in the courthouse in Man-
, > lyith a representative of the
^^fity department in Raleigh
.’’Psent to give instructions. Bus
hyers engaged for the year are.
oanoke Island, north end and
>chese routes, C. Andrew
Nags Head route, Hal
Kitty Hawk, Colington
c. A. Caldwell; Nags Head
Hal Wood Culpepper; Duck
7®, Estelle Hamilton; East
fP® and Manns Hahbor, 'Sam
Rjodanthe, ISalvo, Waves
Leslie Hooper; FriscO', Bux-
jP Peute, Leslie B. Farrow. Con-
transportation routes will be
^®yided at Mashdes and iStumpy
,°‘Pt, where there are no regular
'‘'PPl buses.
Despite the surrender of Japan,
the Navy continues to need addi
tional young men for Naval Av
iation, Lieut. Comdr. F. J. Barnes,
II, Director of Naval Officer
Procurement in Washington, D.
C., announced today. Such men,
U'pon successful completion of
training, will Ibe awarded their
"Wings of Gold” and commission
ed as Ensigns in the Naval Re
serve. Training begins at a Navy
Vh12 College Unit and is complet
ed after fight training at a Nav
al Air Station.
Successful 17 year old appli
cants will be enlisted immedi
ately and assigned to inactive
duty until Novemiber 1, 1945,
while successful 18 year old ap
plicants will Ibe issued letters re
questing their local Selectirve Ser
vice Boards to assign them to the
Navy at induction and thus make
them available for Navy flight
training. Former Army Air Corps
Enlisted Rieserve jiersonnel are
eligible under certain conditions.
All applicants must have been
graduated or be curently enxoll-
' ed in tihe last semester of an ac
credited high school or other sec
ondary school with expectation of
graduation on or 'before Octotber
1, 1945, or be in attendance at an
accredited college or university.
Eligible young men are urged
to try out for the proud privilege
of flying for the Navy. Further
information may be obtained
£ro.m the Naval Aviation Cadet
Selection Board, 1320 G. Street N.
iV., Washington 25, D. C.
I Reading the news from home
the greatest pleasure of American
ture above gives evidence. The b
Guardsmen from Dare County,
pictured reading the Dare County
Harvey H. Payne, Seaman first
Payne of Stumpy Point: Loran H.
C. G. Lieutenant and Mrs. B. R.
Styron, Botswain’s Mlate first cla
teras.
—next to letters from home—is
servicemen overseas, as the pic-
oys in the picture are Coast
stationed in Qreenlland, and are
Times. They are, left to right,
class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Bal’ance, Chief Radioman, son of
Ballanoe of Buxto,n; and .Steve G.
ss, son of C. W. Styron of Hat-
WANTS HYDE TO
HONOR VETERANS
WITH MONUMENT
CANCER DRIVE
CONTRIBUTIONS
HGH THIS YEAR
Ralph Roper Thinks Citizens
Should Build Permanent
Memorial
'BOY DROWNS IN
NAGS HEAD SURF
( BITES FATAL TO
SAILOR AT OCRACOKE
William Henry Markham, Jr., 13,
Loses Life When He Steps In
Hole While Swimming
dlLUCn. acvc-ACia
school house on Sunday
■Toon.
death struck twice
the last ten days among
j)u personnel of the Navy Am-
li l^'eus 'Base at Ocracoke -and
j^^^pTg struck several homes
9it6
ft
Si, August 12, a fish, pre-
to have been a shark, at-
eu pd John Edward Kuenstler,
i(,j^,,'*'ician’s mate, third .class,
he was swimming in the
^ from Ocracoke
Th
Qj^®® fish tore to chunks from
kis and a chunk from
liy, Kiuenstler died within a
the after being pulled from
to l^®ter. His home was in Oz-
si'k. Long Island, N. Y.
U ^®^day .evening, August 21,
t3g) J. Albano of Chicago,
died of gun shot wounds
have been accident-
Tflicted.
William Henry Markham, Jr.,
13-year-old Weeksville 'boy, lost
his life about noon Wednesday,
while swimiming in the surf at
Nags Head. His moither was the
only person near, and she was
unable to summon aii in time
to save him. It is believed the
lad stepped in a hole and 'became
excited. The Coast Guard was
sumnvned, and they, together
with t>r. Jim Parker, tried to re
vive him, but their efforts were
unsuccessful.
The boy is survived by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mark
ham of Weeksville; one sister,
Francis Ann Markham; his pater
nal grandmother, Mrs. J. S.
Markham of Portsmouth; and his
maternal grandmother, Mrs. S. J.
Bateman of Elizabeth City.
Hyde County citizens should
build a monument in honor of
those who have fought and died
in this war. At least that is the
opinion of Ralph .L. Roper, Clerk
of Court, and many other Hyde
citizens share 'ft with him.
There has been talk of build
ing an honoir roll on the court
house grounds which wouH-d bear
the names of all those who have
served in the war. Some work
was done on the project 'by At
torney O. L. Williams of Swan
Quarter who was interested in
it, but because of difficulties this
project has not yet been complet
ed.
But 'Mr. Roper wants some
thing a little different. He thinks
it would 'be better to build a per
manent monument of stone, with
the names of those killed inserted
in bronze slabs at the foot. He
points out that this is so'mething
that would stand for all times.
Mr. Roper lost his only son,
Sydney, in the Pacific war sev
eral years ago. He is a veteran
of World War I and is a leader
in American Legion activities in
Hyde County.
This newspaper would welcome
short letters on this subject that
could appear in the forum col
umn.
Hyde, Dare, Turrell, Beaufort,
Currituck and Washington
Over the Top
EAST LAKE SOLDIER
TO RETURN TO STATES
MARION MALCO RECEIVES
BRONZE STAR MEDAL;
jiijj-''' Sunday afternoon light-
C P’ayed tag w.ith several
on Ocracoke. One bolt
iiilj the school house. The re-
Lre was extinguished by
jgg Base fire brigade. Dam-
tid estimated at less than
HOME FROM ITALY
ton Harris, son of Mr. and
kobbie Harris of
‘®L is ■ home after serving'
Army in Italy.
Marion Iverson Ma’-co, CMoMM,
son of Mrs. Susie Ma'lco of Man
teo, has been presented with the
Bronze Star Medal for meritorious
achievement in the performance
of outstanding service in .support
of combat operations, according
to a letter received from him by
his mother.
Young Malco is serving in the
war area of the Pacific where he
has been for more than a year in
submarine service. He is a mem
ber of the regular Navy, having
enlisted in .1934, training at New
London, 'Conn., and the Norfolk
Naval Base. He has seen service
in European waters of the Atlan
tic, in Panama and on the Pacific
coast, stationed at .San Diego. He
is a graduate o^f Varina High
School of Varina, Va.
The medal was presented by
Captain E. H. Bryant, U. S. Navy,
ait Submarine Repair Unit, Navy,
137,, June 23, 1945.
‘ ' ■ ■ • • ' It.
Buy War Bonds and Stamps.
Private Nolan S. Ambrose, son
of' Mr. and Mrs. L. Ambro'se of
East Lake, N. C., is returning to
the United 'States under the re
deployment plan of the Army.
Ambrose was a cook in Battery
A, 121st Field Artiiler Battalion
of the 32nci "Red Arrow” Infan
try Division.
He joined the Army June 14,
1941, completed his basic training
at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and was
assigned to the "Red Arrow” In
fantry Division when it was on
maneuvers in Louisiana.
He emibarked for overseas du
ty on April 22, 1942, and has been
in action in Saidor, Aitape, Biak
of the Netherlands East Indies,
Leyte and Luzon of the Philip
pines.
For participating the initial
landing at Biak, Ambrose was
awarded the Bronze Arrowhead.
He is entitled to wear the Asiatic
Pacific Theatre ribbon, the Am
erican Defense and Philippines
Liberation ribbons with three
battle stars.
WANCHESE \VOM.4N ILL
IN NORFOLK HOSPITAL
Receipts in the 1945 campaign
of the North Carolina Division of
the Field Army of the American
Cancer Society reached a total of
$103,374.84, according to an an
nouncement made today by Mrs.
George E. Marshall, state com
mander. This is miore than five
times the totEl of $20,048 raised
last yeaT, which was the largest
sum constributed to the fight on
cancer in this state up to that
time.
The increased amount received
this year, Mjrs. Marsha'.l points
out, will enata’.e Idle North Caro
lina division to undertake a much
more ambitiious fight on cancer
than has been possible in the
past. The funds 'will be used for
research, education, and service
to cancer patients. Cancer claim
ed 2,298 lives in the State last
year. Early diagnosis and treat
ment would have saved at least
a third, and perhaps as many as
one half of them.
Or. James .B. Murphy, native
of Morganton, who heads the
cancer research work of the
Rockefeller Insititiite, estimates
that North Carolina has at least
8,000 cancer patients at the pres
ent time. The North Carolina Di
vision, believes Mrs. Marshall, has
a great responsibility to them. In
addition to its educational pro
gram, it aids clinics, m'akes sur
gical dressings for the use of can
cer patients, and is developing
a program for making funds
available for indigent cases.
The Society works under the
supervision o-f the medical profes
sion. Its educational director is
always a member of the Medical
Society of the State of North
Carolina.
Among the counties which ex
ceeded their quotas in the 1945
campaign and the amounts raised
follow. Unless otherwise noted,
the first person named is the un
it commander and the second is
the campaign chairman:
Hyde, $131.74, Mrs. O. L. Wil
liams, Swan Quarter, J. H. Jar
vis, Engelhard; Dare, $150.37,
Miss Bessie Draper and Hal F.
Daniels, both Manteo; Tyrrell,
$80.20, 'Mrs. W. S. Carawan and
M. A. 'Matthews, both 'Columbia;
Beaufort, $1,075.27, Bryan Grimes,
Washington, chairman; Currituck,
$301.88, Mrs. Kathleen M. Snyder,
Commander; and Washington,
$313.82, W. H. Peele, Plymouth,
chairman.
■Mrs. Luther Midgett of Wan-
chese has been a patient in de
Paul hospital in Norfolk for more
than a week, and will undergo a
major operation at an early date.
It is expected that she will re
main in the hospital for several
more weeks.
Food production still remains
a paramount problem because
milliotis of hungry'people must
be fed. 'Jtat*.
CORPORAL HARRIS IN ITALY
Cpl. Frank O. Harris, son of
' Mrs. Deppie Harris and the late
I Charlie Harris of Swan Quarter,
i who is stationed in Italy is get-
' ting along nicely according to
letters received 'by hi smother.
' The Hyde County soldier has
been in the Army for 36 months,
24 of which he has served over
seas. Cpl. Harris was statioined
on Sardinia for six months and
has been in Italy for 18 months.
His mother Is looking forward to
his return now that the war has
ended.
Volunteer workers connected
with local War Price and Ration
ing Boards who have remained on
the joib during the war period
were praised by Governor Cher
ry this week in a prepared state
ment in which he emphasized the
continued importance of the fight
fiigaiiist inflation.
Governor Cherry urged these
patriotic citizens to "see the job
through to the finish,” adding
that the end of the fighting in
the Pacific does not eliminate the
need for continued vigilance on
the home front.
The Governor’s statement in
full:
"Since Decemiber 1941, when
the Governor of North Carolina
first set up tire rationing 'boards
in every county, thousands of pa
triotic persons have given their
time and services in administer
ing our wartime rationing and
price control programs. Many of
them have been on the jo(b for
more than three years and all of
them are doing their jobs with
out thought of com'pensation and
without fanfare^ some at a per
sonal sacrifice.
"The work these people have
done, and are doing, is a direct
contribution to the welfare of our
state and nation. With the end of
the fighting in the Pacific and
the coming of peace all of the
conditions that make price, rent
control, and rationing necessary
will not be immediately done
away -with.
"Many persons through thought
lessness will want to see the con
trols thrown wide open and the
pressures for inflation—that have
been built up in others parts of
the world — hit our state. This
means that the job the volunteer
workers, and others in OPA, have
to do is not yet finished. The end
of the war means that the job has
been finished on foreign soil, but
there remains work to be done
here unless all the good that has
been accomplished thus far is lost.
The way in which the job is com
pleted will determine the direct
results.
"As Goernor of the State of
.North 'Carolina, I, R. Gregg
Cherry, do ask that these patri
otic citizens, and others who
might care to contribute to the
cause in the future, continue to
lend all that is in their power to
com'plete the fight against infla
tion and unfair distribution until
such a time that such controls are
unnecessary.”
"Our board chairmen, clerks,
and volunteer workers have done
a good jdb. Let’s see the job
through to the finish.”
TIME IS SHORT FOR
SEEDING PASTURES
A permanent pasture on many
farms in North Carolina is a few
acres of poor land surrounded by
a wire fence,with about one- half
of the area or more in woods and
'.he remainder in grass that has
been overgrazed for a number of
years and not fertilized.
John Arey, in charge of Exten
sion dairying at State College
says that the average dairy cow
expends about as much energy in
finding grass in such a pasture as
be obtains from it. It’s no wonder
that average milk production per
low is exceptionally low on many
farms wheh compared with the
milk yeilds of herds on improved
oermanent pastures, carefully
seeded to both legumes & grasses
well fertilized, and so managed as
to prevent overgrazing in early
spring, late fall, and during dry
periods in summer.
On the basis of Agricultural Ex
periment Station records, the Ex
tension Service has outlined a for
age crops program for North Car
olina that may be adapted to the
needs on any farm, full informat
ion on the plan is in the hands of
county agents.
Time is now short for develop
ing the 1946-46 forage crops pro
gram. Permanent pastures, teriv
porary grazing crops, and alfalfa
j should be seeded by September 1st
j The plan appli-^s not only to dairy-
'men and beef cattle producers but
I also to small farmers for the pro-
duction of the cheapest possible
feed. Harvesting of the crops by
animals not only saves labor but
also money.
Peace brings reoanversion prob
lems in agriculture as well as in
industry.
NAVAL AIR STATION
CELEBRATES FOUNDING
OF NAVAL AERONAUTICS
O
Gates Opened to Public Thursday Afternoon For
Open House Great Crowds Attend; Air Show Put
On With Thrills For Young and Old
MANY HYDE MEN
BEING RELEASED
FROM SERVICE
Roanoke Island turned out al
most one hundred per cent ’Thurs
day afternoon when tbe Manteo
Naval Air Station held open
I house in celebration of the 32nd
Eleven Dischargees Report' founding of
rr, r ^ ^ Naval Aeronautics. For most of
To Local Selective Service
Board In Month
the isitors it was the first time
^they had been inside the gates
'since the opening of the station
Eleven Hyde County men have fhe war. The gates were
been released from the services in at f-'SO, and from then
the last month, according to re- afternoon a con-
ports of the Selective Service stream of visitors throng-
Board. Four of the men were dis- grounds of the base. Some
charged s on the basis of points, business houses closed
while the others were sent home doors for the afternoo-n, to
for other reasons. the Navy celebrate, and oth-
The four men released on' worked in shifts throughout
points were Hubert Elwood Moo- afternoon, in order to let all
ney of Fairfield, Chesley Gibbs tiave a chance to pay
of Middletown, Jones Jennette respects to the Naivy and siee
and Stafford Mooney of Lake themselves a first hand dem-
Landing. Other white men re- bnstration of how the Navy help-
cently discharged were Travis the war.
Flowers of Scranton, Jule Mid-1 Demonstrations of all kinds of
gett of Engelhard, Russell Earl flying and in every conceivable
Cuthrell of 'Fairfield, Floyd Mid
gett of Scranton and Tommy
Mann of Lake Landing.
Negroes released were Roose
velt Carter of Fairfield and Rob
ert Lee Bryant of Engelhard.
The Hyde County draft board
has been instructed to discontinue
calling men over 26 years of age
pending further instructions.
Men •under that age who qualify
for induction will continue to be
drafted. Two white youths, Rob-
formation were put on during the
afternoon, giving a thrill to most
of the spectators and a isbiver of
terror to a few. Even when the
loudspeaker announced, "We have
a Corsair coming in with a loose
bomb—Now don’t get excited,”
the crowd showed no alarm, but
the majority pushed forward as
close to the runway as possible,
in order not to miss anything that
was going to happen. The bomb
fell off and slid a distance down.
~ ^ U.LfVVl.Jt
ert Selby of Engelhard and John' the runway, the pilot brought the
H. Gibbs of Swan Quarter were i Pilane in safely, and no harm was
sent for induction on August 15th. done. The bomb didn’t explode—
perhaps to the disappointment of
CINDER CONSTRUC’ITON some who wanted an extra thrill.
PROVIDES advantages! addition to the crowd of
I grownups who attended the cele-
North Carolina farmers are 'be- '^ration, including Dare County
coming more interested in the i officials, who closed their offices
use of cinder and concrefe blocks I o-ccasion. Manteo and
in the construction of farm j Wanchese business men and wo-
buildings, and many questions housewives from all of Roa-
have been coming to State Col-1 ooke 'Island and many visitors
lege in regard to certain features j other places, throngs of
of this type of construction. I young boys and girls crowded
Prof. David S. Weaver, agricul- I around the runways, cCimbed in
turai engineer of the State Col- ■ airplanes put there for t'heix
lege Extension, has released the ' amusement and education, sat on
fo'llowing information concerning I iops of 'buildings to watch the air
the matter: j show, and stuffed themselves
In general either cinder blocks I '"'^iih picnic food. For the young
or concrete btocks can be used! ^oys—and girls, most of whom
with success for farm buildings.! ^ho are also airminded—it was a
It is true that any type of mas-1 big day, for there is
onry construction will have a j a boy or girl on the island
different effect on temperature ^ho hasn’t longed to watch tha
and m'oisture conditions than; great planes take off and land
frame construotion. However, ®ver since the airport was put
here in the South where we do j ••• operation. Many of them
would like a band at the flying
themselves.
Late in the afternoon a 'bounti-
not have the extremely low tern
peratures, these differences aree
not enough to cause concern. - — —
The advantages of masonry j picnic supper was; spread for
construction as compared to visitors,
frame construction are several, | Acting as host for the occasion
c'hiefly, freedom from decay, and'Wss Lieut. 'Commander Frank A.
termite and rodent destruction.*! Davis, and assisting him were
They need not be painted and! fo.lowing officers who were
should last indefinitely. At the j down with duties at the
present time they compare favor-' tune: L-t. E. R. Coffman, Lt. D.
ably with frame construction in A3- P^^ce, Lt. H. H. Nelson, Lt.
price although this may change. L. Wilde, Lt. J. L. Barnes, Lt.
as lumber a^ain becomes more! J- 'Williams, Lt. P. F. Tierney,
plentiful. j Ensign H. S. Minges, Lt. R. S.
Cinder blocks are relatively j Strother, Lt. W. Schelsinger, Lt.
new in use, and there is always' A. M. Frieberg, and Lt. H. R.
the question as to whether or not i Peutzke.
weaM,her
they are completely
proof. It has beea shown that
there is a definite need for treat
ing t'he outside surface of cinder
blocks if a one hundred per cent
water proof wall is needed. This
is particularly true if an attempt
is made to plaster the inside sur
face of a cinder block wall.
Any good building supply deal
er can furnish a cinder block
weatherproofing compound. Most
of these compounds are in the
form of powder and need to be
mixed with water and applied at
a thick cream consistency with an
ordinary paint brush. Usually two
cr more coats are needed for the
best waterproofing.
CAPT. A. O. BASNIGHT
EXPECTS DISCHARGE SOON
Capt. Arvin O. Basnight, AAF,
expects to receive his discharge
soon, having more than enough
points to receive same. Capt.
Basnight was overseas for many
months, and took an active part
in the battle of Germany. He and
Mrs. Basnight and their daugh
ter, Mary Ann, and Mrs. Bas-
night’s parents and brother, Mr.
and Mrs. L. J. Gauthier and L. J.
Gauthier, Jr., are spending the
weekend with Capit. Basnight’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Bas-
night, at their home near Manteo.
HYDE FSA SUPERVISORS
ATTEND GOLDSBORO MEET
F. V. Harris and Miss Blanch
Tuten, FSA supervisors • in Hyde
CouQ'ty, attended b district meet
ing in Goldsboro,^'MTonfey 'and
Tuesday, August 21 and 22. Plans
were mapped for 1945-46 year of
work.
HOME FROM ’THE WAR
‘Carmer Gibbs, son of 'Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Gibbs, of Swan
Quarter js spending his furlough
with' his parents. The Swan
Quarter youth served with the
Third Army in France and Ger
many.