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•;^-i I2.l esP ,9,5^ 21.15 20.0 ..5.0’ 2.55 10.3} 15.0} 21.05 U' .0 17.73 .5.03 lO.Ol 7.30 ■;6.23 ■7,30 47,13 THE HYDE COUNTY HE news of THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA VII NO. 5 SWAN QUARTER, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1945 Single Copy 5 Centf ^’^ILOR WITH 5 MANTEO LOSES $10,000 JlXTRA TIRES HAS ^ month pay roll Generous friends I '’ty Hawk Man Loses Two ^'heels, and Watson Drink- Water Three F fty Men Will Be Out of Em, ployment as Naval Air Station Closes Local Navy Man Aboard Pacific Minelayer TRUE TALL TALE OF MANNS HARBOR MAN OVERBOARD On or before December 15, Mantso will lose one of the big. Q gest money makers it ever had, look out for the when about 50 local ciitiizens now . Ms ,o,f .Cjjgj-’gg D Elms, a sea- em.ployed, are laid off with the at the Manteo Naval Air Sta- closing of the Naval Air Station ^ • Elms has a habit of lend on the county owned airport. ^8 'his car to people he never Never before has Roanoke 1^1- 'they bring him gjid been favored with so profit. 7;o three tires and able .an enterprise as the airport, ®ls for the use of his car. wihich with its hundreds of Navy 'Week, two men and their officers, has paid (;i were itaken from the car handsomely to renters of apart- ^ s drives a model A Ford al. naents, .grocery and clothing jj’ Md was suspeoted of having stores, filling station^ cafes, ho- tires on his car. Sure picture shows and other en. jjJjMgh he did have them, both terprises. the rear axle. Th^ $10,000 a month paid to Cleveland Card Rescued By) Navy, But Loses $250 As His Boat Runs Away I Cleveland Card of Manns Har. I bor had a narrow escape from i drowning, but got out of it with ' the loss of some $250 one day last ! week. The money was in his } pants pocket, and .soaked out I while he was hanging to a stake I in the middle of Croatan sound. I Mr. Gard was crabbing alone, j While trying to move some bar- j nels in his boat, he lost his foot ling. The boat was in operation, I and when Mr. Gard went over. Lawrence L. Austin, gunner’s mate, first class, USN left, of Hatter.,, , , as, N. C., and Raymond A. Miller, who recently advanced to chief ^o®.tinued north. t'l I i?iu,uuu a uionui paru to gunner’s mate, USN, 2230 8th St., Portsmouth, Ohio, aboard the Des.l"^^^? sound. 6-33 much time at the^j^ijai citizens who have jobs at troyer-Minelayer USS Harry F.-Bauer now under repair at a West.. plight was observed by sail- tbe airport will be greatly miss., en^ Pacific Fleet Anchorage, after 80 days of continuous action at fiwn the Manteo Naval Air ed by the business men, but this Okinawa. The DM’s gun creWs are credited with shooting down 13, S'ta7:ion, an^they went ^to ,hk res. Jkp planes during the island invasion. (Official U. S. Navy Photo) ^ an Head Caisa.n.o, and 'he said nb,e airport will be greatly miss., ei*\ Pacific Fleet Anchorage, after 80 days of continuous action at hnknowm. civilian he hadn’t by the business men, but this Okinawa. The DM’s eun crew* an. crMiiiaH ch.w,tino. Hnw-, n D >1? sice, came to him; only a drop in the bucket to [, uesday night and asked for. t,bo money spent by Naval per- ■ '3oan of his car, bringing him' sonnel. Payment the two wheels and. The curtailment of naval ac. es. ^ tivities is to be excepted through. / hi'le officers were looking a. jbe country, but in peacetime (L the place, they discovered j bhere will continue to be many ji niore ttires and wheels that places in commission on a smail- stolen from the truck^ scale for the training of fliers, V Drinkwater in Manteo; other personnel. In view of i^j./'^Sht before. Elms was ready [ (jhe many advantages of Roanoke 1 an explana-tion. He said he | island, business men of Manteo ^ sailor on the a,re wondering why this base w-as mhe did not know, I kept up on a small scale at . the sailor brought him the iggst. wheels in payment for the Some persons connected with Use Tin the car. I the base volunteer the unofficia' 'C ratio.ning doesn’t bother opinion that lack of cooperation tosourcefuil sailor, but a prob- . ij^ ^he community, and failure of iTvf martial may hamper any active civic group to interest • However, civilians will do itgeif in the project has denied to, if passible, learn his ^^he island the continuance of the in order to be on the base. It is also feared, that the ch tor them. They are most delay has gone so far that build, ^^noying to anyone who leaves j,j^g ^iiu be removed before any- hnguarded car. | thiiUg toward reviving the base RAS NATIVE DIES ; could be acoompliahed. ^tITTE In WASHINGTON, D. C. REBEKAHS CELEBRATE J I 94TH ANNIVERSARY '^er Lighthouse Man Buried Ip Arlington National Ceme. tery With Masonic Rites Th. ‘Cmas Grace Willis, native of Swan Quarter Lodge Holds Can dle Lighting Service at Sep. tember Meeting Rebekah .^tteras, died Monday in Mount; ^he Swan Quarter jjT* Hospital, Washington, D. C, Lodge No. 153 met Tuesday age of 73. Mr. Willis had night, September 18, in the Lodge ill for three weeks. Burial jiaM. Arlingtu-n Nationail Ceme. After the regular business ses. ch/’ Masonic Lodge in ^ sh>n a special candle light pro. -^•'Se of the services at Wave. the gj-am was given to celebrate the j 94ith anniversary of the Rebekah lau’"' ^bllis was- the son of the i^dge. During the social hour Qj I'iiomas and Ro'^fina Willis ^ ^kioh fallowed, home made can- _ - 1 : served by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bishop. „ Hatteras. He was a 'member . the Masonic Lodge at Wash- N. C., and a member of j^daji Templie Shrine at New ^ost of his life was spent in }}piouis forms of government ser. *%' ’^^bnining with his entrance CARSON R. DAVIS, USCG NOW LIEUT.-COMMANDER District Coast Guard Headquar- ,ters 'has announoed the promo. Ihe Unite dStates Navy dur. ■ from Lieutenant to Lieuten. R. the Spanish-American War. Ignt 'Commander of Carson 3 feUred in 1939 from active} Davis, USCGR, of Mianteo. 3' as mainager of the light- j Lieutenant Comm^ander Davis J Ij-^e depot at Washington, N. C.! entered the service on June 1, then had made his home ! 1942, as Lieut, (jg) and was as- Monehead City. | signed to the District Coast Guard 4l,/^rwiving are his wife, Mrs. Ju. | office, Norfolk, Vn., as Assistant ^ b English Willis; three sons, [ jyiairine Engineering Officer, n Willis of Portsmouth, Va.,1 a graduate of Virginia Military ' iig) T. G. Willis, Jr., of Man. institute, Lieut. Commander Dav. Beach, N. Y., Sl/c D. J- tg vvas manager of the Manteo ill: *8 of San Francisco, Calif.,' Bioatbuilding Co., Manteo, N. C., 'iaughter, Mrs. O. W. Bailey, pj-jor to entering the Coast Guard, tf^^-lver Springs, Md.; two ^ Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Davis ‘heps_ A. Willis of Poplar (.^e former Miss eZnovah Ether, aift A. J. Wallis of Man.' of Manteo, reside at 578 Mc- and one sister, Mrs. Rowina paniand Road, Oakdale Farms, HYDE COUNTY GOAL IN WAR FUND DRIVE $1,200 Miss Iberia Roach Announces Community Chair-1 men; Governor Cherry Makes Appeal cue, when they saw water splash, ing to attract attenition. They found him 'hanging to a net stake which was in swimming distance. Having rescued Mr. Gard, they set out in their faster craft to get his boat, overtaking it about five miles to ithe north, still underway and unoccupied. BUS DRIVER HELD FOR COASTLAND FOLKS AGOG AS STANDARD OIL DRILLS WELL AT CAPE HATTERAS To Begin Drilling Wells In Few Days; Officials Move In, Locating Offices in Wescott Building In Manteo; Will Spend Million Dollars in Oil Hunt, in Dare County, As Two Mile Well Goes Down VETERANS COMING HOME IN LARGER NUMBERS NOW But While Many Are Return ing, Others Are Register ing and Going In Service The first oil well to be drilled in Dare County will be at Cape •Hatteras, near the 'lighthouse, it was decided this week by Stan dard Oil officials who visited the cape. The first well is about as far seaward as they can go. The well will probably go to a deptli of nearily .three miles, certainly two miles. More than a million dollairs may be spent in this area in the immediate search for oil. Diesel driven equipment valued at a quarter of a million dollars will Happy days are here again. Yes, happy days are here a. gain for many men who are re. turning from the battlefronts and service centers. For them the , , , j • , J , , , be used, and the derrick will be war is over, and they are glad. • ^ >tiv,,4- ^ BOARD WANTS HYDE-TYRRELL ROAD COMPLETED 1945 Tax Books Turned Over To Sheriff at Meeting This Week T, i .i-i, ,1. , ■ . some 140 feet high. Thousands o But still others are leaving home . j •, tor service or getting ready to t go, for peace remains shaky used m the drilling proce^ The names of 21 returnirig vet. channel will be EMBEZZLING $180 j erans, recently discharged were 7,nto Duxton, and a pi^ . / , ^ J -i. line laid through the woods to registered, or re-registered, with - . , , ... . ... ~ . .1*,, TT J J. -r, J furmsh oil from tanks that may Ex-Soldier In Jail Awaiting Trial the Hyde County Daft Board , u . , o 4 u Tje filled by supply boats, from Thursday, September 13th ^ T.ru i «• ,, ,0 JO, 1- Wednesday K. D. White, offi- thrO'Ugh Sunday, September 30th, . „ , j ■ J- ,■ ,1. , ,1. cia'l of the Standard Oil Company indicating that the men are re. . r, ^ J i A-11 , • 1 ■ • 1' returned to Manteo from Bux. Dois H. Vineyard, of Asheville, turning from service in larger , , , , , 04 ...... k™ ton, and made arrangements to rent offices in the Wescott build ing opposite the post office. for Robbing Va. Dare Trans. Co. By mss IBERL4 ROACH (Hyde War Fund Chairman) Gov. R. Gregg Cherry of North I Carolina sends the following N. C., 21 year old ex-soIdier | numbers. > message in appealing to the peo- i whose early life was mostly a j 'While veterans were re.regis. 1 pie to support the United War'school of pood rooms, gambling, tering, as a matter of form, nine “7® “*'7,, I Fund Drive which is being and booze, is heud m ]al’l at Man- other young men were register- in the rou t t v 'launched in Hyde County Oc. teo charged with stealing $180, ing for military duty. That was from .the Virginia Dare Transpor.' the picture as viewed fro mthe needed ^ tation Company while driving draft front at the close of Sep. their bus this summer. I tember. I tober 13.20. "To the people of North Car. The Hyde County Board of County 'Commissioners in regular olina. Greetings, session this week passed a reso. Just at this moment, we on the in Manteo. Meantime the citizens of the Au ■ mi- i A coastland who have land leased He was discharged from the ^ The names of veter^s rs.reg- ^ standard OU ar exceedingly lution asking the State Highway • home front have three great re-i yea-rs ago for injury to istered with the Hyde County something out ^ 1 • _ A -1 i ., , . , A . hie* iT-lo no.c is TYi/%rn»r i.n T-n'a'r.n aAr .ac Trvllnwc* .'^wan lAii.a’r- . - . _ . . Commision to complete the high way connecting the 'Mattamuskeet causeway with the pavement in Tyrrell County. The road has recently been closed by the rains which made it impassible. The commie-doners stated in their resolution which was un. animously adopted, that "the State Highway and Public Works Commission, be an dit hereby is petitioned .and memordaiized to take immediate steps toward com pleting Highway leading from Swan Quarter to Columbia, via Mattamuskeet Lake, beginning at the point where the surfacing ends in Hyde County and ending where ithe surfacing begins in Tyrrell County; said work to be in the form of improving the road bed wherever necessary and the surfacing of the remainder of said road.” The resolution stated further: "This Board 'extends its gratitude and sincere 'appreciation for the surfa'Ciing of the road across Mat tamuskeet Lake, and feels that a great public service will be ren- d'ered lO'Oally 'at well las state wide, should road project be now completed.” The 1945 tax books were turned sponsibilities. .his knee. He has a mother in Board aer as follows: Swan Quar- one-eighth royalty We must do all we can to end their oil rights. ...A. . at acksonv.iHe, Alabama. Coming fi. Harris; Engelhard—Mac Ca. ;to Ma'nteo in the for HOME FROM WAR ZONE Receives Discharge After More Than Six Years Service; Also Receives Citation From Commanding Officer war and •flrmiy-establish peace. ■ -n^ ■ : We must help maintain the i'^° Ma-nteo in the summer, he hoo nand John I. Wiatson; Fair. mora’e and well bein® of thous I readily found a job with the field—Hollan E. Spencer and ERNEST MEEKINS, JR. ands of N^to (?aroTn; In and ’transportation company on exhl. Ronald Dallanoe; Ponjer- women in the armed forces honorable discharge Bonne r Morris; Ocra^k^Wil. yond the days of surrender. It is the aimy ' « rS’ if naV w our job until the'last service flag’ tried next week. kiU, Henry Baliance, Ottis W. comes down I Brom apperances of his two arms, Allen, aind Wi.ham D. Gaskill; ' ^ It seems be spent the m^ajor pairt Lake Landing—'Hyatt J. McK'in. The third ob.igation is not tattoo work after, ney and Genn O’.Neal; (colored) easy to grasp but it cannot be leaving Manteo a month ago. He New Holland—Wiiliiam T. Shel. over.emiphMized. Our complete apprehended in 'Elizabeth ton; Swan Quarter—^Benj. L. Lu. Ernest E. Meeklns, Jr., is at military victory in Europe will Qjjy lytonday by policeman M. C. 'Cas, Jr. home in Manteo, viisiting his mo- not, in itse.f, insure peace. There |^ijtc«hel'l. ! The ninje IS-year-ol'ds register, ther, Mrs. Louise Meeklns, afiee can be no peace in the world • ij^g the Board during Sep. Six years of service in the Navy. while famine, disease and gener- tember were Earl Elwood Blake, He .recently received his honor. al misery prevail anywhere. WE MUST HAVE BEEN nheo. J. Brickhouse, Bernde able disohar.ge papers, and win The allied .governments, as WRONGLY INFORMED Leighton Smith, all of Fairfield; remeiin 'in Mianteo for severa* such, and through UNiRRA, must Wilbur G. (Bill) Carawan, Swan weeks. He is undecided yet as to carry the major part of the bur. ^ fiollowrng is with reference Quarter; and George Washington what he will do. den. But, ^ President Truman ^ recent story in this paper of Ross, Jr., Scraniton. Colored boys Young Meefcins, who was Ra. says, there is a very special task | announcement .sent us by the registered were Olie 'Cred,le, Jr., dioman First Class, on the des- for the private agencies of Office department ioocern. Joses Esse Slade, Swan troyer C. J. Badger, had been in National War Fund—a task, examinations for postmaster Quarter; Lemmie olden Blount, the Pacific war zone for almost whose value is out of all propor. | Hatteras, Dare County, N. C. Lake Landing; an dJames L. three years, having previously tion to the relatively small sums. ..Times, Pub. Co. Parks, Scranton. served in the Cainal Zone and involved. It is only through the .dpigase' retraot ^deny or contra- Two young white men inductad North Africa. He took part in the personal support of these private o-n September 24th vvexe James invasion of the Philippines, hav. over to Sheriff C. P. Williamson, Iworld. agencies that we, as individuals, can express our intolligent sym pathy and our determination that justice and mercy shall prevail and the old 1944 books accepted. PVT. LEON OWENS, USA, GETS HIS DISCHARGE Son of Riverside, Md. N navy MAN NOW IN PACIFIC W.ATERS Pvt. Leon Owens, son of R. V. Owens of Manteo. is this week re. ceivtog his ho,norabiIe disicharge from the Arimy on the point syi- item, and is expeoted in Mainteo navy truck SIDESWTPES ijy lija end of the week. He land. KITTY HaVW'K school BUS ^ gd in Boston Monday. Pvt. Owens has been in the Norfolk, Va. A navy truck, driven by Beth, j gj-my for three years and seven Foster, seaman 1st class, Valley battle in Italy, and has recently been stationed in Leg horn. Through our own United War Fund of North Carolina, (a part of the National War Fund) we can continue to help maintain morale among our armed forces and establish peace through the relief of suffering and misery. As we begin our third campaign, let me urge you to give freely of your time and money, so that when the starved, naked, home Miss Maude OINeal PM Hait. Henry Spencer, Scrainitou, and ing been in ithe vicinity of the iteras, N. C., is •retiring’ John Adams Gibbs, Engelhard. Philippines since March, 1943. He "It is not true. ■ You are will. Mrs. Frances Gibbs continues was sent to the states after his fully lying, else you have been clerk in the draft office, pend, ship was out in two by a Jap lied to. T-he employrn'eryt of a succes'sor suicide plane. The ship he was on "Miss Maude O’Neal is a com. through civil service. M.rs. Gibbs' previously, the gunboat Erie, was petitor 'though she may not be resigned somettime ago, asking to -sunk in 1942 in the Caribbean, reappointed. T).® relieved o,n .September 15th. Since the beginning of the war, "•Maude O’Neal, P. M. Hatteras, Thomas Ho^od, World War II vet. young ^Meekins has apet o-nly 30 N. C.” COLORED PEOPLE LOSE ALLWHEN HOME BURNS Those who have ‘travelled on eran, was reoommei^ided fo^r the' days at'home, position, but later withdrew hi3‘ -He' .feceived from his corn- application. .■-■reading officer the following ci. rt£iliC‘n: The Commanding Officer, Unit ed States Ship Charles J. Badger, the USS Tuscaloosa in the D. Bagnall, chief • g,i Foster, seaman 1st class, | rnoniths, having spent three years, „ electrician, Avon, N. C., •ba.s! giitached to the Manteo Naval Air | overseas. He participated in the' ^ ®®'fving on this cruiser, gia.tion sideswiped and damaged African campaign and in the Po eh ■^vias assigned to suppo‘rt Kitty Hawk school bus driv- JJ^Pation farces in Japan. | c. A. Caldwell Friday af. thev Tuscaloo.sa did ooinvoy in.teirnoon The itruck -was loaded Atlantic, fought a gun! (.'hildren iwtoo escaped in. J ' with the French battlSiShip | j^j.y^ altho the truck was damag es ^ Shore batteries at; considerably. Another sea less, despairing millions of the ‘the steamer Trento'n when she world lift their heads with hope -ran between Elizabeth City and LESLIE AUSTIN SERVES ON LANDING CRAFT commends . ^ ' Ernest Ethan Meeklns, Jr., Ra. dioman First Class, United States Navy *^8ab;lianca during the invasio'n | j^^gn, James W. Sparks, was in ‘"th, orth Africa, and to^ok part; The sailors, charged with being drunk, were 'turned over to Ithe Naval authorities for court martial. HATTERAS MAN GETS DISCHARGE FROM NAVY ^6 battles of Normandy, south "aiva. , J France, Iwo Jima and Oki. aika was in the escort for ^,^0 ‘Carrying Prime Minister • goUTHERN ALBEMARLE TO MEET IN MANTEO OCT. 18 ^Pference. r —'On Churchill to the Quebec H)." BIRTHS ,^r AVanchese h ^th. to Mr. land Mrs. Kalb an 'eight and a half Id son on October 1. 0^}"^ 'to Mr. and Mrs. James . ‘'aw of Wanchese a nine pound iOti October 2. A meeting of the executive committee of the Southern Albe marle Association comprising the copnities of Tyrrell, W'ashlngton, Dare and Hyde has been called in Manteo at 11 a. m., October ISth. A lunch for about 35 peo ple will be served. Melvin R. Daniels is in charge of the program. and say'Thank God for America,’ Manteo, will remember well the land. Sept. 2 (Delayed)—Lsslii I each one 0‘f us can honestly say, 3:all light complected cook caled Davis Austin, Jr., fs, quartermas- service as set forth in ithe fo’ lEsie. Friday night. Sept. 21, her ter, third class, USNR, Manteo, lowing Very sincerely yoiurs,' | house burned down and she had jj. C., son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie . CITATION R.,Gregg Cherry, j no insurance. Elsie married d. Austin, 817 Baylview Blvd., e'xcellent and conspicu. Honorary Chairman, ' Claremce Pigford some 'three 'Norfolk, Va., antf nephew of Mr. g^, servme in 'the line of h’s pro- United War Fund of N. C.” years ago. They are now trying and Mrs. C. S. Meeklns of Man. fes'sign When his ship suffered se. Seiplember 25, 1945. ^ to raise money to start a new teo, serving on this landing ship, ^g.g d-mage in acMo^n against •Hyde County’s quota is $1200. home. Delilah Simmons, whose, .today landed me nand equipment .^g g^g^jy 9 April, 1945. By We •haven't failed in a single address is Manteo, N. C., is soli, to take over and rebuild ithis j^ig initiative and devmtion to du. drive that has been launched to citing oointributiohs for 'this tofmeir Japanese island.fontxess 4.,^ j^g niateriallv cont"ibulef to Arthur Wrav Hoffman 30 Hat- [ h«lp bring the peace, and we cause, and 'this .notice is out ^Uygh was surrendered yaster. ^j^g elimination of fire and loss terts N C Was honorkS dis ilife by shutting off all power charged'on’September 26 f-on^ i that w'ho were we.l fed when E.sie Helping in 'thC un’oading pro- jg damaged radio anlennae which the United States Navy at the U I come home and the less, cooked on tne Tren.on as well gess are Japanese landing barges fg.jgg .g ^he shock of the Uni-ted States Navy at tne L'-' fgj.tggaig people. . ; as all other friends will send a ^nd trucks m.anned by Japaese exp’-osion. i '"When the solicitors call for little do.natiion for the cause. ; i.^Hors and ooldiers, 'under guid. your oontribution, give as liber. I jraiue cf -\msricans. ally as last year and we’ll reach' RETURN FROM THE ARMY j others of the former garrison our quota,” said Mi^s Roach. j Roy Basnight, Who has seen ser. pf more than 2,000 are busy re. Below are the township ohair. vice in Ita'ly, North Africa and moving land mines from the I men: Lake Landing, Mrs. S. S. Germany, 'has recently been dis. beaches. S. Naval Personnel Separation Center, Charleston, S. C. He has. been in the Navy since September 17, 1941, and saw duty in Casablanca, French Morocco. •He plains to enter the commer. cial fishing business: On discharge his Navy rate was Coxwain, and he is entitled io wear the follo'wing ribbon: North African. J. H. Cotton Commcinder, U. S. Navy. Newspaper advertising pays. Neal; Swan Quarter, Mrs' Essie charged from the army, and has — Spencer; Fairfield, Mrs. R. F. joined his wife and baby at Buf- , FAIRFIELD BO YIN TOKYO Baynes; Currituck, Mrs. 'Charlie falo City. Lloyd Jones, son of Maxwell Blake, USMC, has Flowers, Mrs. Charlie Ayes; Pon- Mrs. Calcie Jones, has been dis. written his parents, Mr. and Mrs. and 23.6 for fhe lO.yea'r (1934 Tj*-« 1 .q1/4 +l-».oi4 Virx . - . RECORD EGG PRICES Prices received by farmers for eggs in the natic'n in August av eraged 40.8 cents per dozen, the highest for the month since -1920, compared with 33.00 a year ago zer, Mrs. Mary Radcliffe; Ocra. charged following Ms service in John Blake of Fairfield, that he 43) average, Curtis Tarlstori, coke. Miss Hele^n Taylor; Colored the Philippines, and has return. ^ ig in Tokyo and geitting along staitistician with the N. C. Depart' People, Prof. O.: A. Peay. ed to East Lake. well. ment of Agrieulture, reports.
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