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THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD
news of the richest agricultural county in the FOREMOST HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA
VII; No. 8
SWAN QUARTER, N., C., THURSDAY, OCT. 25, 1945
Single Copy 5 Cent
Standard oil company
OFFERS CHANNEL, WHARF ;
TO COMMUNITY OF BUXTON
Ready For Girl Scout Week
CHRISTMAS
SEALS SOON
GO ON SALE
®inpany gets Go-Ahead Signal From Chief of Ar-
iiiy Engineers Through Tireless Efforts of Con
gressman Bonner. Ten Year Use of Channel,
Wharf and Road Guaranteed. Vast Saving for
the People of Buxton |
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County Chairmen Named; I.
P. Davis Heads Dare Group;
Mrs. Fred Harris of Swan
Quarter Leader of Hyde
Group
ml
' lease was granted to the
I'fldard Oil Company of New
Jsey by Captain B. R. Ballance,
'^ran Coast Guardsman of Bux.
on his home plot for the pur-
MANY IN HYDE
PLAN TO BUILD,
REPAIR HOMES
of dredging a channel, con-
i^ction of a wharf and the
'^*'ding of a road which will
j>nect with the highway.
executing the lease with
Ballance provision was
guaranteeing the use of the
J^nnel, wharf and road to the
^•hunity of Buxton.
!^®tition was made to the Wil-
pSton office of the United
^?tes Army Engineers for per-
'ssion to dredge a channel in-
, Capt. Ballances’ property
would connect with deep
®ter.
"trough a misunderstanding
^he statement that the permit
*' dredging a channel would be
j.®nted after five days from the
the application was filed,
. *-■ Lawrence moved his dredge
location at Buxton ready
J Work. The same day he was
"Orrned that the permit would
'*1 be granted until October 29.
Vpheas W. Drinkwater of
®nteo upon being advised of the
'^ition offered his help and laid
situation before Representa-
Hyde County is about to ex
perience a building boom. Sixty
eight have told the farm and home
agent that they expect to build
a home or repair one sometime
in the near future. There are
others, no doubt, who are mak-,
ing plans fo ibuilding and who
have not tol dthe agents about it.
Miss Pauline Gordon, home
management and house furnishing
specialist from State College in
Raleigh, will be the principal i
speaker at a meeting in Swan
I Quarter, Friday afternoon, Nov
ember 9th, planned to give- as
sistance to builders. The meet-,
ing will begin at 2:30. j
Sponsored by the Home Dem- i
onstration clubs of the county, it
is ope nto both men and women..
Everyone is invited to attend re-!
gardless of whether or not they |
plan to build or repair in the near
future. Some good advice will
be obtained that might be of
much help i nthe future.
Helen Wicklund, Girl Scout poster model, and Mrs. Paul R'tten-'
house, national director of the Girl Scout organization, place the first
of the new posters prepared foi Girl Scout Week on the wall at na-:
tional headquarters, New York City . ■ .u J
t Girl Scout Week, opening October 28, and continuing through
November 3. will be celebrated by more than a million members of
the organization in all sections of the country. It will be the occa
sion for setting in motion the two-year’plan of work devised by the
Girl Scouts themselves to help them develop more knowledge, under
standing and opportunity to become active citizens of the world. This
aim is symbolized in the poster and in the ^heme of Girl Scout Week
—“Citizenship in action around the world." i , . . ■
I Girl Scout Week is observed annually to mark the birthday, on
October 31, of Girl Scouting’s founder, th* late Juliette Low. Girl
Scout Sunday, which opens the seven day/celebration, is marked by
special church services. Each of the following days of Girl Scout
Week is dedicated to one special phase of the Girl Scout program,
such as homemaking, citizenship, health and safety, international
friendship, arts and crafts and out-of-doors activity. This year the
seven service days, as they are called, will be keyed in to the all-
over citizenship theme of both the week’s celebration and the s^ial
program of citizenship training to b^inaugurated at that time./^ —
Herbert C. Bonner in Wash-]
‘Eton, D. C. Mr. Bonner con- ]
the Chief of the Army En-
j.’'®ers and explained the need
,^his channel by the people of
and the expense that
be saved by the Govern-
''t who would ultimately have
j ^redge such a channel itself
Accordingly the Chief of the
Engineers waived the cus-
'’'Ary waiting period and issued
STATE OFFICERS VISIT I
MANTEO REBEKAHS
27 Members From Manteo Attend
District Meeting In
Elizabeth City
',^*'Uctions that dredging could
■ Commenced without opposition
' the District Engineer,
jj^redging is proceeding rapidly,
jj' Lawrence passed through
Friday on his way to
'“^ton with five additional men,
“De:
'fAtives of the dredge and the
for unloading the drilling
^Ane
Ateriaig. Barges with material
loaded at Elizabeth City
to leave for Buxton as soon
V A sufficient length of channel
th excavated to allow
i to discharge material. Pil-
the wharf is already cut
At Buxton ready to be driven
AOon as the slip is dedged.
E WAR FUND DRIVE
•results disappointing
less than half of the quota
, H,2oo raised and only the Ne-
'1 division and a few scattered
editors to be heard from. Miss
'A Roach and her War Fund
/'Vorkers are disappointed at
Asults of the campaign just
ij which has little or no hope
. Soing over the top despite
hard work. ^
County has done well in
V PAst campaigns, and it had
hn .'Aoped that it would do its
5^ Ip the recent drive. .Solici-
ij report that many were ^ re-
to give sizeable donations
'.Ahse the war is over, despite
reminding them of the great
■- ef camp shows and enter-
Ament 'for occupation troops
Grinds, to help our allies,
."y of them are in a pitiful con.
“A as a result of the great war
''A left its gaping wounds on
Aatiity.
^Ton pta elects
ITS NEW OFFICERS
Twenty seven members of the
Manteo Rebekah Lodge No. 52
attended the district Rebekah
meeting in Elizabeth City on Oc
tober 16. Sister Elsie Burke, state
president of the Rebekah Gener
al Assembly of IN. C., made a talk
on "Love,” the middle link of the
chain of Oddfellowship. Sister
Ninta Stanley, warden of the
state General Assembly, was al-
presented and made a short talk
on the "International Rebekah.”
A delicious supper was served
by the Elizabeth City Lodge. The
Rebekahs were joined at supper
by the Oddfellows, who held their
district meeting in Elizabeth City
at the same time.
On the night of October 15,
the Manteo Lodge held its regu-j
lar meeting, at which the above-:
named state officers were pres-;
ent, aalso Mrs. Mae Jennings,
district deputy president and
past state' president. _ |
After the meeting closed in
Friendship, Love anad Faith, ice
cream and cake were served.
About 36 members were present.
MANY GEESE ALREADY AT
MATTAMUSKEET PROMISES
GOOD HUNTING SEASON
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Thousaands of Wildfowl In Lake And More Coming
In Daily; Hyde County Fast Becoming Foremost
Goose Hunting Area Along Atlantic Seaboard
Frank W. Webster, executive
secretary of the North Carolina
Tubeculosis Association, has an
nounced that the 1945 Chistmas
Seals, designed by Park Phipps
of the Chicago Institute of Art,
are now being shipped tp some 32
organized tuberculosis associa
tions and local chairmen through,
out the .state.
Traditional Christmas colors of
red and green add a festive
theme to the 1943 Seal which fea
tures a healthy young boy, sym
bol of American youth, carrying
a holiday wreath toward a white
house with a picket fence in the
backgound. A red doublebarred
cross, emiblem of the crusade for
health, completes the design chos
en fo this "year’s traditional tu
berculosis Christmas seal.
The new seals should reach lo
cal personnel by November 1. as
part of the nation-wide campaign
to be conducted between Novem
ber 19 and December 25, to raise
funds for the control of tubercu
losis, Webster said.
Funds raised throughjout the
country, he continued, with all
but five per cent of the 1945
North Carolina quota of $285,000
to be spent within the state. This
five per cent will be forwarded
to the National Tuberculosis As
sociation, the parent (body of the
nation’s 2.500 voluntary tubercu-
.losis associations.
i Plans for the 1945 Christmas
Seal Sale are now well under
way.
I. P. Davis of Manteo has
been named chairman for Dare
County, and Mrs. Fred Harris of
Swan Quarter chairman for Hyde
County.
GOVERNOR DEMANDS THAT
HIGHWAY COMMISSION GO
TO WORK ON RURAL ROADS
Chief Executive Says It Is Urgent That Country
Roads Be Improved, And That He Expects
Something To Be Done About It; Tells Engineers
That They Have Been Fooling Around Too Much
With Blueprints
H. P. DEATON, 73,
DIES THURSDAY
IN MOORESVILLE
WATCH YQUR SUGAR
IN HOLIDAY BAKING
Buxton Parent Teacher As-
met Tuesday night, Oc-
16, at the home of Rev.
j Andrew Stirling. The
"Wijig officers were elected
j year: President, Ms. Ag-
j,“®rnette; vice president, Mrs.
Midgette; secretary,' Mrs.
Midgette; and treasurer,
f, Horis Stirling.
® next meeting will be held
. ne Buxton school Tuesday
Novembe 13, at 7 o’clock.
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® Wild blueberry has been
into an excellent fruit
in cultivated fields of
■®rii Ciarolina on acid soils
, ''’Quid have otherwise pro-
■ a Only brush and scrubby
'' growth.
ROBERT RYDEN OF MANTEO
GETS NAVY DISCHARGE,
,A veteran of submarine patrols'
in the Carolines and off Japan,
Robert G. Ryder, 23, motor ma
chinists mate, second class, USNR,
of Manteo, N. C., is being releas
ed from service under the Navy’s
point system. ^ '
Ryder revealed how his sub-1
marine made eight runs, caught a;
Japanese convoy entering a har-1
bor in the Carolines and sank or
damaged six merchant ships.
Withdrawing, the submarine
noted a Jap task force waiting
outside the harbor and scored hits
on an aircraft carrier and sank a
destoyer, he said.
The son of Ms. Vivian E. Ryder
of Manteo, he entered service in
June, 1942. He wears the Phil
ippine Liberation, Asiatic-Pacific
and American theatre ribbons and
the submarine combat pin with
one silver star and one gold star.
With an estimated 25,000 to 30,-
000 geese already at Lake Matta-
muskeet in Hyde County and
more coming in daily, prospects
are bright for good hunting this
season. A record number of
sportsmen are expected to hunt
wildfowl in the county this year.
Most guides on the Refuge are
already booked for the entire
season. Most late comers will
have to find rooms at private farm
homes and hunt in the fields.
Many sporsmen prefer this type
of hunting and living.
According to Oscar Chadwick,
Hyde County game protector at
New Holland, hundreds of sports
men will be in Hyde County next
Monday, (November 2nd, for the
opening of the season. "There will
not be public accommodations to
take care of all of these people,”
said the warden.
Lake Mattamuskeet is fast be
coming the foremost goose hunt
ing site along the Atlantic sea
board. Even during the war
years when shells were scarce,
traveling difficult and everyone
busy, accommidatibns were some
times crowded. Expansion has
not been possible because of re
strictions.
With the war at an end, more
hunters are expected to be gun
ning for wildfowl- than ever.
Shells are reported short, but it
is said that there will be a larger
supply than there has been in
the past three or four years.
Geese, brant and ducks are re
ported to be arriving at Ocacoke
and other points along the Outer
Banks and activities are starting
at the club bousese. Blinds are
being built and repaired and other
preparations are being made.
I The weather has been mild this
fall, but many thin kthat this in
dicates rough weather ahead,
I which is good for goose hunting,
j Unless the calm, warm, sunny
' weather ends before the opening
of the season next Monday, shoot
ing the first days may not be so
good. It takes cold, windy weath
er to get the birds moving albout.
The bag limits on geese and
ducks are the same this year as
last. Two geese may be killed
daily, -w'ith a possession limit of
four. The daily limit on ducks is
10, with a possession limit of 20.
It continues illegal to use live
decoys or to drive, rally or chase
with airplane, power boat, sail
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Present Allotment IHust Be Made
To Last Until January 1; .
Stretch Is Over Thanks
giving and Christmas
HYDE BOND SALES TOPPED QUOTA
EVERY YEAR DURING WORLD WAR II
^ear Series “E” Sales
1941 $ 2,490.00
1942 49,656.25
1943 180,375.25
1944 142,232.00
1945 thru July 82,400.50
Overall Sales
$ 2,490.00
50,356.25
232,911.75
321.133.50
292.124.50
Dare County housewives area
cautioned to go easy on the bak
ing of those Halloween pies, since
their current sugar stamps must
a’so last through Thanksgiving,
Christmas, and New Year holi
days, J. E. Ferebee, Chairman
of the War Price and Rationing
Board said today.
The present sugar stamp. No.
38, must be made to last until
January 1, Mr. Ferebee explain
ed, and stetohed to supply a pe
riod of traditional holiday bak
ing.
Mr. Ferebee continued that un
til the United States Department
of Agriculture increases civilian
allocations to ref’.ect any addi
tional sugar, there will not be
a change in the present level of
rationing sugar.
In regard to the recently re
ported 1,600,000 tons of sugar in
Java, Mr. Ferebee asserted that
there is no definite information
on what quantity may be deliv
ered to the U. S. of when it might
arrive.
Any possible shipment from
Java to the U. S. would require
considerable time.^he pointed out,
so it is unlikely 'that any sugar
could arrive in quantity before
the end of the year.
MRS. INA JONES TAKES
HYDE DRAFT CLERK JOB
Harry P. Deaton-, 73, Publisher
of the Mooreville Enterprise, and
President of the Times Printing
Co. at Manteo, died Thursday,
October 25, at the Lowrance Hos
pital, Mooresville.
His two children, Miss Mary
Deaton of Mooresville, and Mrs.
Victor Meekins of Manteo, were
with him at the time of his death
which resulted from a complica
tion of diseases of age. His wife
died five years ago.
Mr. -Deaton had spent his en
tire life in the Mooresville sec
tion of Iredell County and ad
joining Cabarrus County. Fol
lowing his return from service in
the Spanish American war, he
established the pritning and
newspaper business which he
owned jointly with Frank B.
Freeze in Mooresville at the time
of his death. He was a positive,
forthright editor, had long been
active in civic affairs, was on the
staff of United Confederate Vet
erans, a former city councilman,
and member of the Masonic
Lodge and Presbyterian Church.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Saturday, the 27th, in
Mooresville, N. -C.
He is survived by two daugh
ters mentioned above, and three
granadchildren, Roger, Francis,
and Mary Blaanche Meekins of
Manteo. A cousin, Lt. Cbihdr.
Paul Deaton is Medical Officer
of the Manteo Naval Air Station.
Mr. Deaton loved the coastal
section of -North Carolina, and
for sixteen years, since hisfirst
visit here with the North Caro
lina Press Association, he had
been a frequent visitor. His last
visit here was during the month
of August following his conva
lescence from a serious illness.
LORMAN HOOPER FREED
OF $140 THEFT CHARGE
Lorman (Pug) Hooper, 18, of
Stumpy Point, was freed in Dare
Superior Court Wednesday of a
charge of larceny of $140 from
Leander Wise of Stumpy Point,
his uncle by marriage. The theft
occurred in July, and when ac-,
cused of it by Mr. Wise, Hooper |
attacked him. Shortly before the :
trial, his attorneys were consid
ering entering a plea of guilty,
of larceny, in hope of getting a
light sentence on condition he
pay the money back. While in,
jail in Manteo in July Hooper
wrote Mr. Wise "offering to pay
barfc the money. But the jury
found him not guilty, w'hen the
only witness identifying him
waas Mrs. Edna Knight, daugh
ter of Mr. Wise, who said she
recognized him by-^ his back, run
ning from the. house in the early
hours before sunrise.
"I am tremendously interest
ed in this problem of roads. I am
more interested in it than in any
other problem that has come up
thus far in my administration,”
Governor R. Gregg Cherry told
memibers of the State Highway
Commission meeting in Raleigh
last Wednesday as he demanded
immediate action in repairing
and constructing country roads.
Declaring that "a real emer
gency confronts us,” the Gover
nor told the commission membenj-
that "There is definite demand
that we do something far beyond
what we are now doing in the
matter of secondary and country
roads.”
The Governor emphasized that
he wants acataion. "The job is on
us. We can’t say we don’t have
the money to do it,” he asserted.
"We do have the money. I rea
lize too, that it will be a tremen
dously expensive task . . . You
must make some provision to in
crease what you are paying com-
rribn labor—and if engineers and
draftsmen are the bottleneck,
then you will have to pay them
more.”
As a paritng shot, after he had
concluded his admonitions and
advice, the Governor, told the
commission members: "I’m wat
ching you to see what you get
done.”
"I think the commission ought
to adopt the -policy of taking care
of the county roads that we now
have, of concentrating its entire
attention on putting these roads
into passable condition,” the Gov-
eror said. "You have got to go
even farther and make improve
ments on community roads, roads
that aren't even on the map. You
must be more liberal in constru
ing your rule governing construc
tion of roads for communities.
"It has come to my attention
that the commission and its di-
ecting personnel is too concern
ed with the State highway sys
tem, its chief duty prior to 1931
when the commission took ov-er
the county roads.
"Mr. Baise, you are a fine man
and you’ve done fine work, but
I think you’ve kept your nose too
much in blueprints and specifica
tions. (At that point in his re
marks the Governor addressed
Chief Engineer 'Vance Baise.)
"I have the very definite opin-
(Contnued on page four)
STATE VETERANS
PAID $1,000,000
READJUSTMENTS
HYDE TO BE SERVED BY'
WASHINGTON OPA OFFICE
GEORGE CHESNUT
BACK IN STATES
Totals $457,154.00 $899,016.00
Not only did the county top yearly quotas, but it went
over the top in every Loan Drive, except the second in over
all quotas and topped the “E” quota in every drive except
the sixth. Quotas and sales are given below:
Mrs. Ina Jones, price clerk in
Hyde County OPA office, will as
sume the position of clerk in the
Hyde County draft office Mon
day, October 29th. She will suc
ceed Mrj. Frances S. Gibbs who
resigned.
Present plans of the OPA call
fqr combining th? Hyde and
Beaufort ration offices with head,
quarters in 'Washington. Some
records have already been moved
from the Swan Quarter office
which is expected to close De
cember 1st.
aLYY’OR AND MRS. LONG
VISITING IN i\nD-WEST
George Chesnut, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. O. Chesnut of Manteo,
arrived back in the United States
recently, receiving his discharge
from the Navy after serving for
almost three years, two and a
half which were spent in the Pa
cific. Mr. Chesnut wds one of the
Seabees and spent many busy
months doing construction work
in the war zone. The last job,
he says, was the hardest, it be
ing in the Philippines.
He spent several days in Man
teo with his parents, leaving the
1st of the week for Richmond.
VVar Loan Drive
Overall Quota
Overall Sales
1st
$ 6,300.00
$ 7,787.50
2nd
43,100.00
34,559.50
3rd .1 :
45,000.00
112,904.00
4th
65,000.00
80,414.50
5th
76,000.00
99,979.25
6th
62,000.00
113,174.50
7th
69,000.00
259,860.25
War Loan Drive
“E” Bond Quota”
“E” Bond*Sales
4th
.....$31,400.00
$53,840.00
5th
39,000.00'
• 39,131.00
6th
34,000.00
21,787.00
7th
50,000.00
50,210.25
Mayor and Mrs. J. M. Long of
Engelhard are visiting Mr. Long’s j
relatives in Missouri and their i
daughter, Dorothy, in South Da- f
kota. It is the first time that I
Mayor Long has visited his native j
Missouri, in some twenty -odd |
years. j
NEW FORD ON DISPLAY
The new postwar Ford auto
mobile arrived in Manteo last
Friday and is on display at the
new show rooms of the Virginia
Dare Transportation Co. The car
has attracted a great deal of at
tention and has been viewed by
many people.
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NAUONAi SAKir COUNCU
Checks issued last month as re
adjustment allowances to return
ed veterans bfought the total paid
out in North Caro’ina under this
program to over a million dol-
las. Veterans seeking employ
ment but temporarily without
jobs, have received $821,036.00;
and self-employed veterans whose
net earnings are less than $100 a,
month—most of them farmers—
have been paid a total of $272,190.
Applications fer th'se a’iow-
ances are handled through local
-Employment SeiVice Offices by
the Unemployment Compensa
tion Commission of Ncr'h Caro
lina, but the funds to cover pay
ments come from the United
State Ve'erans Administration.
The readjustment allowance
program, in effect since Seplem-
ber 1944, is carried out under
title V of the G. I. Bill of Rights.
The maximum allowance for
veterans ■while they are looking
for work is $20 per week. Maxi
mum duration is 52 weeks, de
pending upon length of military
service. At present, weekly pay
ments approximate $41,713 with
1,935 veteranas drawing the al
lowances.
Fewer veterans engaged in
business for. themselves have ap
plied this month for th^ a'low-
ances to make up the difference
between their net earnings and
$100 -during September. Checks
amounting to $17,474 were paid to
178 self emp'oysd veterans on
the basis of their reports for Au-
' gust. In previous months, more
than twice as many veterarfs in
self employment were receiving
payments totalling over $40,000.