THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD
NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA
VII; No. 7
^ANTEO WOMAN’S
CLUB HOSTESS
TO DISTRICT
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l*Proximately 150 Women
father for Annual Meet
ing; JVIrs. Bishopric
Guest Speaker
tse;
e annual meeting of the six-
district of the North Car-
Federation of Women’s
was held Thursday, Octo-
j,'*' 18, in Manteo, with Mrs. Ar-
Greene of Ahoskie presid-
Mrs. Greene is district pres
et, Mrs. D. E. Evans of Man-
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u® being vice president, and
* R. R. Copeland of Ahoskie
^'^fetary treasurer. Approxi
mately 150 women attended the
Meeting,
meeting took place in Mt.
‘ivet Methodist Church, and
^'*t>cheon was served in the USO
,*'onis in the community build
's by members oif the Manteo
'Itib.
The processional was played
|y Mrs. Rennie Williamson, and
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National Anthem was led by
w. J. Hayes. Rev. D. W.
..‘'arlton pronounced the invoca-
I vj®h, after which Miss Dorothy
finkwater, president of the
®nteo Club, brought greeting's,
response being made by Mrs.
SWAN QUARTER, N. C., THURSDAY, OCT. 18, 1945
GRATEFUL NATION CELEBRATES NAVY DAY, OCTOBER 27TH
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MANTEO TO GET $75,000
ICE PLANT WITH WARD’S
MODERNIZATION PLANS
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Fifty Tons Ice Daily Will Be Provided, With Stor
age Space For 100 Tons Reserve, and Space to
Store 1,000 Boxes of Fish. Plant Will Be Ade
quate For Entire County Needs for Years to Come
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LITTLE DONE IN
ONE DAY COURT
Manteo ir to soon have one of
the greatest ice factories in East
ern North Carolina, making no.t
SESSION IN HYDE only 50 tons of iee a day but
with storage space sufficient to
Two Divorces Granted; Grand keep on hand a reserve of 100
T i o /-I tons, and with additional storage
Jury Reports Same Com
plaints of Last May
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BUS SERVICE TO
CONNECT MANTEO
AND ENGELHARD
Mrs. Seth Gibbs Plans To Es
tablish Much Needed Ser
vice Soon
C. Parker of Ahoskie. Greet-
jl'Ss from the home demonstra-
*on club were brought by Miss
''■’ace Draughon, home agent.
'kirs. Karl Bishopric, of Spray,
|',’'®ai(lent of the N. C. Federa-
J®!', was chief speaker. Mrs.
bishopric made an inspirational
on the place of Woman’s
^iub work in the struggle to
^*'ing the world back to normal,
kow that peace time has arrived.
.^^rs. John Council of Lake
^accamaw, second vice presi-
^^nt of the N. C. Federation, ii, j
*t>oke on the work accomplished A bus me between Engelhard
: ®st year by the state clubs,' and Manteo is the aim of Mrs.
I work outlined for another feth Gibbs, of Engelhard, who
year has applied for the franchise for
Reports of clubs- and reports of [this route. And if Mrs. Gibbs gets
'ornmittees were made, and 'this franchise, good service will
Tfizes awarded. The Moyock' he assured A woman of rare bus-
%b received the prize for the, infs^ ahUity, she gives her full
'^st project during the year, their attention to this business which
Project having been the erection fe^as managing when her bus
hel furnishing of a community hand died seven years ago. From,
V-ding. The Camden club won hus, she has expanded the ^
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°oth attendance and mileage pri
2es.
. Official Coast Guard photo
NAVY, COAST GUARD AMPHIBIOUS CRAFT BROUGHT MARINES TO 1^0 JIMA
STUMPY POINT FOLKS
REVIVE OLD ENDEAVORS
ON RETURNING HOME
LT. GEO. DAVIS
AWARDED BRONZE
STAR MEDAL
space for 1,000 boxes of fish.
Work will start in a few weeks
on this plant, according' to A. H.
■Because of the illness of Attor- Ward, owner of the Dare County
ney Clay Carter of Washington Storage Company at
who was appearing in a large Wanchese. The 'Wanchese plant
I part of the cases docketed for "'ill be retained for storage pur-
trial in Hyde County Superior Poses, with probably extra stor-
Court Monday few,.cases were houses built at Manns Harbor
i tried. or Stumpy Point, and a’-so on the
I One of the two criminal cases beach.
on the docket, that against Hill A contract was made this Week
Green, colored, of Swan Quar- with A. C. Barnes, representing
i ter, charged with public drunk- the York Ice Machine Company
j enness, was continued and the for the relocation of the Wan-
! case against John C. Respess of chese plant at Manteo. Moderni-
I Engelhard on a "peeping tom” zatian and additional equipment
j charge was nol pros with leave, will bring the capacity up to the
! 'Columbus Green, colored of new plans. Much of the operation
Swan Quarter, was granted a di- of the new plant will be by elec-
vorce from Lois Green and Sam- tricity, and the old method of
uel McCabe, colored of Swan delivering two blocks of ice at the-
tative, Cited for Work
Fighting Japs
Quarter, was granted a divorce time will be superseded with
Prominent Hyde County At- from Ednora Farrow McCabe, equipment that will deliver 12
torney, Former Represen- Two other divorce actions were blocks of ice at a single opera-
continued. tion, either to the storage room
I Of four civil actions on the or the customet.
calendar for trial, three were The plant is laid out 90 by 150
continued and one left open for feet of fireproof construction, and
'meritorious achievement i’^^gment. + j , .v, designed that if the fish
PrmnfiT- Uicl-ino- ViTlncfi Hnrl Alrnncf T?prnnvprt. connection with operations e gran ]ury repor e o e storage space is not needed, it
UOUnty r ISliing Village XiaQ /Vlmost Iveconveri Lgg|jj.g(. enemy as Air officer it bad no criminal cas- m^ay be converted into food lock
ed to Its Peace Time Industry, and Is Now Going; of a seaplane tender in central fLl° a short time.
Pacific waters,” Navy Lieutenant
George Thomas Davis, USNR, of
■ Lake Landing and 'Swan Quar- , .i, . .i. j . ... ...
ter, Monday was awarded the were made that the grand jury interruption in the service toere-
I Bronze Star medal and citation. of last May be carried fore assuring a surp.us of ice at
I , out regarding installing weights all times.
... ceremony of its in the windows of the vault in IVork on the new plant will
Before the War Was Over, This Hustling Dare; For
At Better Than the Old Speed, With an Eye to
Greater Civic Improvements in Future.—
term. ’It reported that all the The plant will have two sets
county offices were found to be of engines and compressors so
well kept. Recommendations there will be no breakdowns or
By NELL WISE WECHTER
ever have made.
After all businless, had been
®®hipleted the clubs went to the
^onimunity building tor lunch-
A color scheme of red, white
®td blue carried out the V-Day
'decorative idea. Tables were cen
tered with small flags, with the
exception of the guest table,
’"’hich held a centerpiece of white
®bryganthemums. Each guest
'"'as presented with a large yel-
dew chrysanthemum.
The visiting officers were pre-
Prosperity,
i"|servic7Vo‘"l3“buses^"connecting;beoamTJchrys^ between Pearl 1929 and 1930 has stopped ^ kind heto ^ ^ Bureau of Aero- the Register of Deeds office and sta'rT withto to'toree “weeks
' — - ~ its game of coyness and is now nautics station at the iLurtiss- that a fountain be installed back it was originally planned some-
reposing in the midst of the i Wright Corporation plan, Colum- gf the agriculture building. time ago, but cou’-d noit be built
homefolks. | bns, Ohio, Commander M. J. Members of the grand jury because of war-time restrictions.
Once, in the years just follow- K'^^^dlips, Bureau representative, ^^ere E. E. Baum, foreman, D. While the present plant is now
ing Pearl Harbor, it was quite! the award on behalf o.f Alvin Spencer, Jim Berry, Calr- large enough to take care of all
an event to see more than two i ^®^'', a” ence Emory, Wilbur Gibbs, Ern- present business under normal
Hyde County with Washington,
Belhaven, Columbia and other
towns.
Harbor and V-J Day; it never
was helpless and without • food
during those intervening years;
There is already a definite need . but when 63 families of the eom-
for this service, to connect the ..jnunity’s total of 87 lifted them-
two co.untie3. Some Dare County j seWes "body and soul,” from
people have moved to Hyde, and
some Hyde people have moved to
Manteo. Nevertheless, they like
to keep up their ties with folks
back home, and they travel of-
their native environment and mi
grated en masse to war jobs in
Norfolk and Elizabeth City, the
village was leR with an aching
void. Oliver Goldsmith might
rented with Luvenir plaques of as^a feeder f^^^
^ort Raleigh. The state and dis-
ffict presidents received hostess
trayg
/■ . , . Kir Stumpy Point, Manns Harbor,
■Special music was rendered by Currituck points.
ten. Many Hyde people wish to, b'ave found inspiration here for
go to the beaches. j g second writing on the "Desert-
The line would prove of much i gj Village.”
Virginia Dare Transportation Co.
at Manteo, and would route a
great deal of traffic through
Raul Lodsin, baritone soloist, ac-
^ornpanied by Miss Addy Gould.
^r. Lodsin’s numbers were, "I Marshall A. Matthews and Mrs.
Reard a Forest Praying” and ■ S. M. Gibbs of Engelhard attend-
"Drink to Me Only with Thine j ed the Southern Albemarle
Eyes.” feeting in Manteo Thursday.
WELFARE DEPARTMENTS
CAN GIVE MUCH AID TO
RETURNING WAR VETS
Proper Filing of Claims for Government Aid Due
Veterans and Dependents Can Result in Vast
'Posterity will record the Sec
ond World War, its horrors, its
casualties, its atomic bomb, and
its shortages. When in the near
future one can regard his ration
book as just a souvenir, he can
also remember th-at it took red
points to buy meat. Because of
the meat shortage fish came into
demand. More people ate more
fish than had ever happened be
fore. As a result fish prices
zoomed, and to my best knowl
edge there was never any "ceil
ing” to hinder. Stumpy Point is
very definitely a fishing village,
and the 24 families "who stayed
home” made the most of their
opportunities. It wasn’t long be
fore rumors began drifting
or three oars a day passing
through the village. Hooper
Brothers’ oil truck was the most
frequent bit of traffic in those
days. Now the traffic zooms all
day and much of the night. Prac
tically every family has some
kind of car or truck.
Home Improvements
■ Directly, or indirectly the tem
po of the war has put new life
into Stumpy Point. The inhabi- i 30 ^945
tants are more civic minded than,'
I have ever known them to be;
they are taking more interest in
improvements around
homes; and there are new homes
in the building, old houses are
being renovated, and every avail
able house is being rented. Even
mander of F.eet Air Wing One. esj q Morris, H. C. Williamson, conditions, several features are
Admiral Perry’s citation stated C. W. Ross, S. W. Boomer, Sr., being added in anticipation of
that Lieut. Davis had worked Clyde L. Berry, Bruce Nobles, any future demands.
"tirelessly and efficiently under T. S, Burrus, Jr., C. E. Baum, E. Wartime activities in this sec-
many difficulties and hazards to A. Spencer, C. E. Gaboon, G. L. tiQn practically commandeered
lay and maintain the markers Roberts, Preston Simmons, Early tbe output of the plant, and twice
and moorings of the seadrome Gibbs and S. A. Long,
and to serve and keep at a high
standard of readiness the patrol'
bombing planes under his super-'
vision.” The citation covered the'
period March 28, 1945 to June
BIRTHS
during this season, there was a
shortage of ice, due to 500 tons
of ice being taken over to near
by naval units to fulfil contracts
in force at the time. However,
the unusual quantity of fish be-
Portsmouth, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McGowan ing caught then used up the sup-
Lieut. Davis is at present sta- of Portsmouth, 173., announce the ply, but this has only happened
tioned .at the Curtiss-lWright plant birth of a daughter, Linda Sue, twice in 17 years, and worse
their' *'R® ®®P®®Ry assistant con-, at Mary View Hospital, Sunday, conditions prevailed in Beaufort,
tracts termination officer. 1 October 14.
Before entering the service, the
Hyde County man was a practic-!
ing attorney and farmer. He was
IVIanteo
Born to .Mr.' and Mrs. George
then there aVnorenough‘places R®Pr®4®nDative of his county in Glenn Bonner of Manteo a dau-
the General Assembly and was ghter, Martha Jennings, on Mon
day, October 15. The little girl
weighed six pounds, 13 ounces.
here to satisfy the demand. , .
Frank Payne has bought the! ^®^«'
■Uncle Daniel Midgett home. He'
and other towns, due to the large
catches of croakers which ex
ceeded any amounts ever caught
before in this section. Most of
the time during the past few
years the output of the Wanchese
plant has not been consumed at
("Please turn to nage four)
Savings to County Wlfare Funds, and Prove of
Great Benefit to the Individuals ---- wright in the Yard, and I’m sure
that he must have visioned a
hundred pound pine box full of
pan trout every time he handled
(Note. The forgoing article is
Printed in part, from the Septem
ber issue of Public Welfare News
Published by the State Depart
is adding an attractive append- THIEVES TAKE 'TIRES
age to that. The front porch he; OFF DR. IvnLLER’S CAR
has well screened. Randolph
Payne has purchased Frank’s old | cr. J. W. Miller of Engelhard
Virginia-ward that Bennie Payne homestead. As I rode by the oth-' .^^^35 g surprised man last Tues-
or some o,her citizen was making j 0r day I noticed that Randolph morning when he discovered
a killing "down home. It wasn t' -had already started a nice fall three tires stolen and his automo-
long before Navy yard welders
shipwrights and carpenters newly
oriented in their trades were
coming home for a weekend to
eludes many types of service now
being rendered under various . „ , . v tat
categories of welfare work. This, any piece of mmber on his Navy
is quite true in dealing with Vet.
COLUMBIA TO BE HOST
TO SOUTHERN ALBEMARLE
THURSDAY, NOV. 15TH
three tires stolen and his automo-
garden, had cleaned off the grass bile sitting on Coca-iCola crates,
and weeks from the front, and Patrolman Carl Whitfield and
was reconditioning the house. In Sheriff Pratt Williamson of Swan
between his mother’s lot and Quarter were notified, but they
Horace Hooper’s house, Gaskill found no clues. I
SroVa new toin|atow.“'''‘™''‘jen^'rt stumpTPoinTto^*^ same Exccutivc Gommittec Meeting in Manteo Thursday
Down on the tower end of the, ^ight. George Wise, Rev. Parkin;
viLage Lutrell Payne has rented g^d Garland Meekins were the
victims in that community. Sher- j
erans of World War I and the
toent at Raleigh. We regret lack g g^^.^ American War. These
®f space to print the article in ■
full, but have given most of its, veterans,
ftro,ngest points. The writer has . ,
the Ed Hooper plantation from
Mr. Stein, its owner. Trell is be- iff Meekins was reported invest!-:
yard job. Anyway, he lasted less | ing kept busy ever^ day paint- gating the Dare thefts. 1
fore he was home in his Fisher-
,. I man’s Exchange, harassing the
persons first came to our alten. Charlie Brinn for not
—- most probably I
than six months in the yard be- ] ing houses and doing carpentry
work. To view the houses newly-
painted—among many are Mon-
hurrying with a fish box, or the
had
wide experience in filing preference in certification
c^aims for veterans and their de. assignment to jobs.
in®' iti W. P. A. days, when they were; m^happy ice man-if sufficient ice
pendents.)
A field for 'much needed serv
ice is offered county departmients
®£ public welfare through assist
ance which may be rendered vet-
Veterkiis of wars previous to
World War I are still an open
field for welfare workers espe
cially in smaller counties w-here
for his fis-hermen came slowly
Uncle George got back into his
element right faSt-like and he
Discusses Many Matters and Sets Date for 11th
Anniversary Meeting; Large Gathering Expect
ed to Attend Tyrrell Event.
! each of'the four counties of Hyde,
Columbia was chosen this week Tyrrell, Washington Ind Dare
were working on an organized by the Southern Albemarle for with the other by hard-surfaced
roe Midgett s, Beamon Hooper’s ■ basis. It was only a few days be- the annual meeting which will-be roads and bridges, which is the
and Lennon Hoopers one can i fofe that two tires were stolen held Thursday, November 15, and major program of the Associa-
see the proficiecy with which ; from Maynard Meekins’ truck and the Tyrrell County capital is ex- tion.
Trell works. Helpilng him in hjs one from R. S. Spencer’s trailer; Pected to do itself proud as us^ w. L. Whitley of Plymouth is
Hyde County officials were in- j
dined to believe that the thtoves'
work is another Dare County jn Engelhard,
boy, Z. F. Payne, who. plans to
, ual. when delegates from
has stayed put there. I am also; rent Ellard Payne’s house here j
certain that he has recouped I and become a resident of the vil-
much of the capital, if ijot at all, lage.
erans of American wars. Veterans no special service bureaus with;
service, of co^urse, includes wid- paid workers are set up. Even
®ws and orphans, dependent par
ents or other dependents of veter
ans. The wo.rd "veteran” in this
article includes any dependents
®f a veteran whether they be
■widoiws, o^rphans 'or other de
pendents.
The field is so broad that it in-
Civil War veterans came in for
considerable contact, made both
possible and necessary by the
legislation of 1941. Most of the
services to be rendered in this
field consist of aid given in se
curing pensions or increases in
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he lost during the depression
years.
Now that the war is over, 43
of the migratory families are
back home. It’s true that they all
did not return at once, but it is
also true that all the men in these
families are now engaged in their
'oeloved industry. The Stumpy
Point fishermen have made the
best money and the most they
STUMPY POINT MAN IS
RELEASED FROM C. G.
I—four now president of the Association
counties will gather to discuss and the county vice presiderds
matters of interest to all of them, are P. D. Mi(ige;t of Engelhard;
The executive committee met D. V. Meekins, Manteo; John W.-
in Manteo Thursday, October 18, Harden, Plymouth; and Earl Co-
I St the Creef Theatre, 'and voted boon of Columbia. Others attend-
Tom A. Hooper, 22, MM2c,^to meet in Columbia. All coun- ing the Manteo meeting.were M.
trSCG, has been released from i ties v/ere represented at the A. Matthews and Mrs. Seth Gibbs
service and is returning to Stum- | meeting. Columbia was chosen ©f Engelhard, C. R. Chaplin, C..
py Point to be with his wife, I because of its central location, "w. Tatem, Jack Davenport, of
Mrs. Louise Hooper. | and for its fame as a royal host Colum'oia; Melvin R. Daniels, C.
He has concluded 72(4 months; and entertainer. s. Meekins, Theo S. Meekins, M.
Bob Midgett 'has rented the Ro
land Midgett place which is lo
cated between the old parsonage
lot and Edith Wise’s home. Bob is
a dead shot with a rifle or shot
gun. Someone once said that if
Bob Midgett were turned loose
on a regiment of Japs that the | of service in the Coast Guard,' Chief item of business expect- L. Daniels, M. K. Fearing of Man-
Nips wouldn’t stand a chance. In- having been on duty in the Asi- ed at the Columbia meeting is a teo, and F. H. N. Midgett of
cidentally. Bob is the boy who atic. Pacific and African theatres renewed drive for the complete Waves and E. R. Midgett of Ro-
(Please turn to page two) j of war. unuion of the county seats of danthe.