ada' leP^' i^No. acquitted IN DEATH OF deS' ■iliet' )ffi^ rpar« o'lia* ,Uo rfUS*' THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA SWAN QUARTER, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPT. 13, 1945 Single Copy 5 Centf MRS. SABRA E. MANN DIES IN ELIZABETH CITY HOME WRECK VICTIM Taxed With Court ^“sts For Parking Truck *'* Highway Without Lights Dare County Native Passes Away At Age cf SO; Funeral Services Friday Afternoon Remember—Send Your Overseas Christmas Mail Sept. 15-Oct. 15 DEATH CHEATED IN AUTOMOBILE WRECKS IN HYDE GOLDEN WEDDING FOR EAST LAKE COUPLE p L. Mann, employe of the Head Casino, was absolved ^^^t^kless driving and manslau- charges in Dare County Re , HST'O .-v?.rloTT Vk 'cr’s Court . e esday after- The charges grew out of a 5„ -- on the Nags Head beach J^Way on Wednesday evening, ?'cniber 5th, in which Miss Montague of Powells who was riding with him, )jj, killed when the 1941 Ford .^P he was driving hit a (I'cd freight truck, belonging j^hdrew Austin, Jr., of Hatter- ’ 5nd was demolished. testified that his speed- 1 ^ter registered 35 miles an as he traveled south along .. road from the Arlington Ho- . Ward the Casino, but that it V 10 miles slow and that this his actual speed about 45. |i lurther stated to the court k was misting and that he ® blinded by the lights of an ^oa-ehing motorist, j'ltdrew Austin, Jr., who was Wy when Mann collided into ,, Parked truck collaborated ^ 0'^’® testimony regarding the Iht and the approaching car, ' j. ^oid he judged that the Ca- ^ jjj'* employe was going 60 to 70 ^ hour from the damage of *** Under cross exami- If I, he said he had no idea Mrs. Sabra E. Mann, 80, of Elizabeth City, died Wednesday afternoon at her home after an illness of two weeks. Funeral ser vices were conducted Friday af ternoon at four o’clock in the First Methodist Church, Rev. Al len P. Brantley officiating. Bur ial was in Hollywood Cemetery Mrs. Mann was a native of Dare County, being the daughter of the late Avery and Penelope Ann Miann Tillett, of Manns Har bor, and the widow of the late W. W. Mann. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. John C. Evans of Manteo; one son, Sam M. Mann of E izabeth City; fouf half sis ters, Mrs. A. C. Mann of Manteo, Mrs. Francis Jones of Baltimore, Md., Mrs.' W. O. Barnett and Mrs. J. A. Tillett of Pasquotank Coun ty; four half brothers, JC. B. Til lett, Will Tillett and T. A. Tillett of Manns Harbor, and G. A. Til lett of Elizabeth City; seven grandchildren, five great grand children, and a number of nieces and nephews. Among those attending the funeral from Manteo wAe Mrs. John C. Evans, Miss Ruth Evans and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Basnight. Mrs. Evans' had been at her mo ther’s bedside since the beginning of her illness. Girl Injured When Car Goes Out of Control; Negro Es capes from Overturned Truck Death was cheated in two au tomobile wrecks in Hyde Coun ty last week. On Monday after noon, three Swan Quarter girls barely missed being killed wihen their car went out of control and rammed into a residence on the west side of town. A Negro truck driver from Engelhard miracu lously escaped from the fish truck he was driving when it ov er turned near Scranton Friday night when he went to far to the left while a semi-trailer was Mr. and Mrs. George L. Mann Guests of Children on Occa sion of Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary ENROLLMENT UP IN TWO HYDE COUNTY SCHOOLS Mr. and Mrs. George L. Mann of East Lake celebrated their gol den wedding anniversary at their home on Sunday, September 9, being the honor guests of their children at the affair. The guests were greeted at the door by their daughter in law, Mrs. Bernice Mann of Manteo, and were re ceived by the honor guests and their daughter, Mrs. E. J. White- head of Norfolk. Mrs. Mann, the honoree, wore a dress of navy crepe with white lace collar and a shoulder corsage of yellow ros es. Mr. Mann wore a yellow rose in his lapel. The bouse was tastefully dec- Svvan Quarter and Engelhard Have Gain, But Fairfield Suffers Loss The temoerature is torrid but “summer girl” Irene Vemer, Na tional Barn Dance songstress looks ahead to Christmas Santa Claus, alias Arkie, the Arkansas Wood- c’nopper. swelters in his Santa suit as a reminder that Christmas pack ages for our meri overseas should be in the mail between Sept. 15 and Oct. 15. passing. (Mi'sis Grace Gaboon, daughter' orated throughout with a profus- of Mr. and Mrs. A. Gaboon of ion of goldenrod, marigolds and Swan Quarter suffered a broken dahlias, qarrying out the gold ' i his observation how fast was traveling. Hie stated N - he tried to hail Mann as he J some 60 feet north of his j^ked truck where the wreck ‘''^'■red, but that the latter did I a charge of parking his »..*®ht truck on the highway ‘«out proper lights, Andrew Jr,, of Hatteras was found if*^y and taxed with the costs- t ^ourt. According to Mr. Aus- LI he was forced to leave his Whan the gas gave out as ^ ‘‘"aveled from Norfolk toward li^heras. He told the court that a companion pushed all One wheel off the hard sur- in hut because it buried down sand could not get it com- ig off the pavement. He said ttu his companion ki the while he wnet for gas. The j^^ts Were not left burning be-^ the generator was not It3'ng and the battery was not' ijOog. No flares were put out, because he was not pre-, for the emergency. j “^nian Hooper, 19 year old' jij-JOpy Point youth, was found ■ ^ of assaulting L. H. Wise, old Stumpy Point man, hned $io and costs. Probable , Was found in the case the youth charging him $. Entering Mr. Wise’s home on ' i ^'Pher 8i)h and taking $140.! Was set at $250 for his ap- ‘ j)j^‘'®hee at the next term of J.® Superior Court. i tlbf Jordan of Manteo, | Wph with drunken driving, driving and using pro- ijj language in the town of j w^o aske dfor a jury trial and 1 liij Placed under $250 bond for. Of ^^PPearaince at the next term SCHOOLS OPEN IN DARE FOR ANOTHER YEAR MISS GRACE DRAUGHON NEW HOME AGENT Thursday Morning Sees Chil dren Ready for Studies Af ter Summer Vacation Comes To Dare Highly Recom mended; Approved Tuesday By County Commissioners HOOD APPOINTED CLERK FOR HYDE DRAFT BOARD Dare County schools opened Thursday morning, with a large enrollment of children ready to start studies after a pleasant 'summer~vacatidhr" ’ A large number of parents at tended the openings, especially in the Manteo school, where the number of parents perhaps equal ed the number of students. Prin cipal F. M. Eason presided at the opening exercises, and was as sisted by Rev. D. W. Charlton of the Manteo Methodist Church and Dr. G. A. Martin of the Roanoke Island Baptist Church, who led the devotional exercises. The enrollment in the Manteo sc'hool was 237. ‘ Of this number 53 are high school students, the remaining 179 being students in the elementary school. Principal Talmadge Page of the Kitty Hawk school presided at the opening exercises there. A large number of parents attend ed there also. Mr. Page annoum- ces an enrollment of 125, 28 of these being' in high school, the remaining 97 being in the ele- memtary school. lEnrollment figures from the other schools are not available at present, but Will be printed when sent in to this newspaper. Miss Grace Draughon of Samp son County was approved by the county commissioners of Dare County at their meeting on Tues day, to succeed 'Miss Beulah White Gaylord as home demon- sfration agent. Miss Draughon was graduated from Campbell College, and from East Carolina Teachers College, in Greenville, with an A.B. de gree in home economics. At Greenville her record stood out and she was given a high rating in home management and prac tice teaching. Before coming to Dare, Miss Draughon was head of the home economics department of the Walstortburg High School for two years. She received her methods in home demonstration work un der Eugenia Van Landingham, home “agent of Edgecombe Coun ty. She also Observed and work ed under the supervision of Miss Margaret Clark, home agent of Sampson County. As a 4-iH club girl and as a teacher of home economics girls. Miss Draughon has received in valuable experience in dealing with 4-iH club work. Veteran To Fill Vacancy Left By Resignation of Mrs, Frances Gibbs HYDE AIR CORPS OFFICER AT GREENSBORO STATION Thomas A. Hood, veteran of World War II, has been appoint ed as clerk in the .Hyde County I draft office to succeed Mrs. Fran- j ces.. Spencer Gibb* who has re- I signed. Mr. Hood will assume his new duties Monday. The new clerk, a former school teacher at Swan Quarter who married Miss Janet Credle, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Nat Credle I of Swan .Quarter, served as a j first lieutenant in the Air Corps and flew on 25 missions over the European war zone. He was re- j leased this month on the point i system. The Hyde County Draft office I reports the names of seven more 1 veterans who have been released, I six on the point system. Those I discharged on points follow: Johnnie E. Armstrong, Fairfield; William G. Midgett, iSoranton; I Thomas A. Hood, Swan Quarter; I John D. Silverthorne, Jr., Engel hard; Cecil R. Silverthornej En gelhard; Hallet Gaboon, Swan Quarter; and Gilbert TunneR, Swan Quarter. Carlos C. Cahoon of Swan Quarter has also been released. leg when the 1938 Chevrolet se dan in which she was teaching Mrs. Gilbert Cahoon to drive, gO‘t out of control and hit the two story residence of Sam Boomer knocking the building some two inches and doing major damage to the automPbile. Mrs. Cahoon suffered minor injuries and shock. .The young ladies were traveKng from the high school toward high way 264 on the west side of town. Mrs. Gilbert Coihoo'n was at the wheel. When they came out of the street they crossed the high way, went into W. O. White’s yard, want back across the high way, through J. M.' Worrell’s front yard, and into Mr. Boom er’s house. They were traveling at a rapid rate of speed. It is be- •lieved the accellerator was stuck. iPatrolman Carl Whitfield in vestigated the accident. No char ges were preferred. Mrs. Cahoon had a learner’s permit and was authorized to drive provided some one with a permit was with her. A fish truck belonging to May nard Meekins of Engelhard was completely demolished Friday color theme. The dining table was centered with a three-tiered white wedding cake, with decora tions of white roses and goild-col- ored leaves, topped with a wed ding bell. The guests of honor cut and served the cake, togeth er with ice cream and punch, served by Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Whitehead, Mrs. Fred Etheridge of Manteo, and Miss Lavenia Hopkins of Norfol Approximate ly 75 guests registered in the guest book. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Will Barnett of Elizaibeth City, who were wit nesses at the wedding ceremony performed 50 years ago on the j 11th of September in Manns Har-! bor. I As a token of affectio.n Mr. { and Mrs. Mann were presented' with a gold watch each by their children. | Only three of Mr. and Mrs. Mann’s children were unable to be present with them for the oc casion. They were Lt. (Horace Mann, USN, of New London, Conn., Chief Percy Mann, USN, who is overseas, and Warrant Officer Bernice Mann, USOG, Enrol'lment figures for the first week of school in Hyde County sho'ws that Swan Quarter and Engelhard schools have a slight boost in registration while Fair- field has suffered a loss. The gain in the two largest schools in the county is believed to have come about as the result oif the return of families from war centers now that peace has been announced. Swan Quarter has a total en rollment this year of 202, with 168 in elementary grades and 34 in high school. This compare# with 192 last year of which 154 were in the grammar department and 38 in- high school. Total registration at the En gelhard school this year is 246, with 198 in the elementary grades and 48 in high school. Last year the enrollment was 232 or 12 lesiS- than it is this year. At that time the school had 177 in the gram mar grades and 55 in high school. Suffering a los sof sevg,n pu pils is the Fairfield school which, has an enrollment of 116 this year compared with 127 last year. There are fewer pupils in both high school and elementary grades. This year there are 87 elementary pupils registered, compared with 93 last year and 28 high school students, compar ed with 34 last year. Figures were not available from Sladesville and Ocracoke as this story was whltten. Mrs. Sallie C. Baker of Hamp ton, Va., has been employed a# seventh and eighth grade teach er at Sladesville, leaving only one vacancy on the teacher staff in that school. Miss Lil'de Mae War ren is principal. HYDE BEEF GROWERS MISSING PAYMENTS evening when it over turned near: who is in California. Those pres- Scranton when it struck a pass- ent were Chief Allan Mann, Vjj Superior Court. Jordan ‘ound guilty on a charge of tojji^^suthorized used of an au- . Je 'belonging to his friend, Norfolk and fin- ® and costs. A charge of lar- , p $65 was dismissed. j Bowe, colored, of Cur- of ■Uck County was found guilty and operating a mo- without a driver’s and fined $5 and court the first case and court, the second. i young PEOPLE ^ Returning to school number of boys and Mil Manteo have left or within a few days for ''kiarding s;chools and col- iii^ ■ /Ehey include: Marjalene ', ^Ura Greensboro College; Jean Johnston, WC-; ty Dj’ Elizabeth Davis, Universi- lom j^^orgia; Bradford Fearing,' iiig,®P'rg College; Mollie Fear-1 4tn’ ^versity O'f South Carolina; j 'tgj Etheridge, Peabody Coir' ROSE BAY HOME CLUB MEETS WITH MRS. O’NEAL The Rose Bay Home Demon stration CWb- of Swan Quarter township held its regular month ly meeting last Friday afternoon with Mrs. Paul O’Neal. There were five members present. Mrs. Carrol Gibbs who has been substituting as treasurer turned the books back to the reg ular officer with $1.65 for war stamps and $.56 for regular funds. An additional $.50 was added to the collections by the sale of a subscription to the Hyde County Herald. Clulb mem'bers decided that upon change from War to Stan dard Time the club meeting would be held at 1:30 rather than 2:30. It was agreed to meet at the club haU for the Octoiber meet ing; at Mrs. Edd Hodges for the November meeting; and at the club hall for the December meet ing. ' Miss Iberia Roach gave a dem onstration on “Know Your Fab-^ rics.” She also discussed labels* with club members. The hostess served cake and ice cream. i First Lt. Vernon L. Sawyer has reported to the Army Air Forces Redistribution Station, Greens boro, N. C., where he is going through a military processing procedure following hjs return from 7 months of service as a pi lot in the Southwest Pacific the atre Of operations. He is the husband of Mrs. Ma rie C. Sawyer of 401 Norview Ave., Norlfo'ik, Va. At the Redistribution Station, an installation of the AAF Per sonnel Distribution Command, he will received record and classifi cation checks and a complete physical examination. . When his processing period is finished he will be assigned to duty in the United States or if slated for dis charge from the service, to a sep aration center. ing semi-trailer. James Mackey, colored, the driver miraceously escaped uninjured. The accident occurred about 7 o’clock Friday evening one mile north' of Scranton on ^lighway 264. The truck was traveling South from Belhavan toward En gelhard. It went out of control when it hit a semi-itrailer belong ing to M. O. Carawan and being driven by Redden Sadler of Swan Quarter when it was passed by the latter. It overturned several times and was completely demol ished. / Patrolman Whitfield investigat ed this wreck. No oharges have been made. MRS CUTHRELL DIES AT LAKE LANDING HOME GEN. DON SCf HOUSt BUYS IT NAGS HEAD BIRTHS C. State College; Alvah Jr., Riverside Military - I EMPLOYED IN OHIO ’ ^ashville, Tenn.; Chevalier I Miss Nell Burrus, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. R. B. Burrus of Swan Quarter and belhaven has been employed as book keeper for the past six months at Patter son Field, Ohio. Miss Burrus graduated from the Swan Quar ter high school in 1943 and was lemployed the same year ^s book-'"; keeper at the Wilson Hatchery, Wilson. Gainsville, Ga. Wish to know the best Md p butchering, cutting Vic pork, just write the, V P Editor, State., 901-;; for a' rthnv o'f Ex- for a' copy of Ex- Circular No. 262. Wanchese Born to Mr. and Mrs. George W. Midigett an eight and a half Bound boy, Benjamin Lee, on Wednesday, September 12. , Avon Born to Mr. and Mrs. George Price^of Avon a daughter, Lillian Undlerwood, weighing eight and three quarter pounds, on Satur day, Septemjber 8. Mrs. Price is th^ former Miss Nellie Williams of Avon. Portsmouth, Va. porn to Mr. and Mrs. N. Fish er Weston of Portsmouth, Va., a son, N. Fisher, Jr., on August 31. iVfc. Weston was . formerly Miss iMnia Wiatl'Mr. Wes- to,ii;|U.',a.jb.a'j^ve ;^j,‘|..ake ];,^;p.ding. Buy War Bonds and Stamps. Mrs. Laura Ballance Cuthrell, 69, died at her home at Nebraska in Lake Landing township Sun-! day morning, August 19, at 4:30 o’clock, following a short illness. Funeral services were held at the home on Monday morning,, August 20, at 11 o’clock, with the Rev. F. R. Davis, pastor of Wat son’s Chapel church, officiating. Interment was in Soule cemetery. ■Surviving are her husband, Joe Cuthrell; one daughter, Mrs. Will Marshall; three sons, Keith Cuth rell of Nebraska, Norfleet Cuth rell of Manteo and James Cuth rell of the U. S. Navy; five sis ters, Mrs. David Selby, Mrs. Har ry Harris, Mrs. John Watson, Mrs. McKinney and Miss Alma Bal lance, ail of Lake Landing; two brothers, O. C. Ballance and Tom Ballance both of Lake Landing; and six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. | Pallbearers were Thad Seiby,: Glenn Ballance, Leon Ballance, Orville Ballance, Preston'Mooney and Henry Cuthrell. Flower girls were nieces and great nieces. j Scott of Graham, ead of the Third land for Virginia, ters in Richmond, njguish'ed new ad dition to. County’s summer 'Gen. Don iN. C., now 'Service Cor wiilM headqug is another ® colony a Scott has rec' W. McMullar Head. ■General Sco in World Wa N. C. Govern Head. General >t cottage at Nags UISCG, of Manteo, Cecil Mann of Manteo, Mrs. Cleve Smith of East Lake, Mrs. E. J. Whitehead of Norfolk, Mrs. Jaccie Burrus of Manns Haiibor. Also present was a niece who was reared by Mr. and Mrs. Mann, Miss Lavenia Hopkins of Norfolk. Among other people from out of Dare County attending the af fair were Mrs. Percy Mann and son, Joseph, of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Frank Wrighte and daugh ter, Delma, Mrs. Jessie Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart S'anderlin, John E. Creef, E. J. Whitehead and daughters, Bahbara Ann and Joyce Lynn, Miss Helen Mann, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lewis, all of Norfolk; Fred Huddleston of The Plains, Va., Mr. and Mrs. William Hopkins of Wiasnington, D. C., Mrs. Jimmie Liverman, Mrs. Irene McLeod and Mrs. Clarence Bonney of Elizabeth City. A family dinner was held at 12:30 at the Mann home with pla ces laid for the following: Mr. and Mrs. George L. Mann, Mrs. Bernice Mann, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. iy bought the P. j ^^jii^ehead and daughters, Bar- who served also I in Europe with Cherry is one of the most prominent of North Car- o’ina’s citizens. He has spent a lifetime in textile manufactur- bara Ann and Joyce Lynn, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Mann and chil dren, Marvin, Hilda, Helen and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lewis; Mr. and Mrs. Allen Mann and son Allen, Jr., and Danny, Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Smith and children, Richard, Rita Lse, Emmett and ipg at Graham, N. C., and recent- | Johnston, Mr. and Mrs ly sold his holdings there. He is jgg(.jg iBurrus and daughter, youthful, and persona'b.e, and Dale, Mrs. Percy Mann will soon build many friendships Joseph, Fred Huddleston, in this section, for he will spend William Hopkins, a great deal of his time atNags Wright. Head. He was interested in this ^ section through Col. Gordon , Smith, who is also a lover of the mrs. VAN NESS HARAVOOD Dare Coast. SUSTAIN SBROKEN ANKLE TALMADGE PAGE HEADS I DARE COUNTY UNIT NCEA AA’AR CORRESPONDENT ; ATSITS AUNT IN HYDE j E. C. Daniel and son, E. C^, Jr., ^ of Zabulon, foreign correspondent j for the New York Times,/visit- I ed his aunf, Mr?. D. L. Beriy and Mr. Berry' ip. Swan Quar»r this week. Mji Daniel recent re turned Ijfpm an, assignn^t in Lond’on, ^Jngland. He i^''await ing anothfr foreign asAgnment by T-imef IditQrsr-.' ? ( Newspaper advertising'^pays. Talmadge Page, principal ol the Kitty Hawk school, was elect ed Tuesday as president of the Pare County unti of the North ■Carolina Education Association, when all teachers of the county met before going to their respec tive communities. F. M. Eason, principal of the Manteo school, was elected vice president; and Mrs. Eiwood Inge, Manteo teacher; was elected sec retary-treasurer. Mrs. Van Ness Harwood, senior librarian for the Date County li brary, is confined to her room at the home of Mrs. George Glenn Bonner in Manteo, due to a broken ank'e she suffered in a recent fall while in Plymouth, N. C., on a business trip. Mrs. Harwood is able to be around to some extent on crutch es, but has not' yet been able to resume her duties in the library. In an effort to encourage Hyde County Beef Raisers to take ad vantage of the beef subsidy pay ments, T. A. Jennette, Chairman, Hyde County AAA Committee, urges producers to endeavor to get the price that will meet the minimum staibilization price that will make them eligible to re ceive these payments. Mrs. Jennetee said, ‘Tt appear# that there are some feeders in th county who do not know that they are eligible for these pay ments.” (Explaining the requirements for eligibility, Mr. Jennette de fined a "feeder” as any person who has purchased or raised a beef animal and sold such animal during the period. May 9, 1945 and ending June 30, 1946, to a legally authorized slaughterer for slaughter or to another person who has delivered such animal to a legally authorized slaughter er for slaughter within 29 days after such sale but not Later than June 30, 1946. The payment rate is 50 cents per hundredweight for sales of good and choice cattle weighing 800 pounds or more. The AAA Chairman pointed out the importance of producers keeping supporting evidence such as invoices, sale tickets, account sales showing the date of sale, name of buyer, point cf sale, num ber of head, total liveweight, price received and the name and address of the slaughterer to whom the animals were sold for slaughter. “Such evidence,” he added, “will be required by the Hyde County AAA Committee before payments can be authoriz ed.” The Beef Cattle Production Payment Program was desi.gned to encourage greater beef produc tion by giving the feeder higher returns from feeding more cattle and feeding them to heavier weights and to promote bettor distribution by directing rriore cattle to authorized slaughterers who sell through regular trade channels. Mr. Jennette urges ail feeders to keep in close contact with the Hyde County AAA office for any assistance that , will enable them to receive the subsidy payments on their beef cattle. 'Farmers taking part in the state five-acre cotton contest are asked to keep com'plete ' renbrds-, regardless of whether yields are large or small. All records are needed for a complete report. WEST COAST CROWDED Eecause of a critical housing situation at West Coast ports, the Navy is warning naval depend ents against travel to that area .for the purpose ctf. meeting men returning ftx)m overseas duty. Buy War Bonds and Stamps. BERNICE M-YNN IS BACK IN STATES 'Bernice Mann, Warrant Offi cer, U'SCG, is in California, af ter having .spent five months ov erseas. Mrs.. Mann expects to join him in California at an ear ly date. Mr. Mann is the son c Mr. and Mrs. George L. Mann East Lake.

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