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THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD
^'tlE NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FXIREMOST HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA
SWAN QUARTER, N. C., THURSDAY, NOV. 1, 1945
Single Copy
^50,000 IS HYDE’S
QUITA in VICTORY
LOAN CAMPAIGN
Bond Purchasers Are Ex
pected to Buy $30,000 Or
More than Half of Quota
'MSSS AMERICA, 1945
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SAILOR CONVICTED
OF USO, LIBRARY
THEFTS IN DARE
iiiSiis
I Allan Gillum, S2c, Shown
Mercy by Judge Baum and
Gets Suspended Sentence
MUSIC CLUBS OF
15TH DIST. MEET
. WITH MANTED
J^yde County’s quota in the
*'cto.ry Doan drive, which got
Merway iMonday, is $50,000,
$30,000 of that to be so-id in
S^'onds, according to M. A. Mat-
Wm
‘he
, 'Ws of Engelhard, county chair-
'^an.
Quotas for the Victory Loan
smaller than those in the re-
v'lt Seventh War Loan drive,
te over-all quota in that cam-
isn was $69,000 and the E bond
’’‘Ota was $50,000 i
"^he Victory Loan is being con-
‘‘cted because the Treasury
j?’ist meet the enormous obliga- j
^Ons incurred in the achieve-
of victory. The aftermath '
War carries grave responsibil-
*‘ies. There are bills to be paid |
munitions and material al- j
®tdy delivered and used, the
of guarding Germany and
jPan, the care of our wounded |
T'l. and to provide benefits for i
''Sht million or more veterans;
' Pe discharged by next July. |
• "^he securities offered to both
iJJSividuals and business firms in '
Victory Loan are: Series E, i
and G savings bonds; Series C;
dyings notes; two and a half per- :
treasury bonds, maturing in
can be recalled in two ,
one-fourth treasury bonds, i
Maturing in 1962, can be recalled
1959; seven^eighths percent:
'artificates of indebtedness, ma-
Interesting Program Enjoyed
In All-Day Meeting Last
Saturday
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■ing in 1946.
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**attera sschool
ACTIVITIES GIVEN
*^alloween Party Enjoyed By A
Large Crowd; Juniors and
Seniors Elect Officers
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'heading the list of activities
the Hatteras school recently
J'as a big Hahoween Party Wed-
®®sday evening which was well
j'tended. Games, contests and
^•■tune telling were enjoyed, and
^any handmade articles sold.
Chances were sold on a cake
^ich was won by Eloise Stowe
the cake walk was won by
‘'ayce Fulcher and Steve Bur-
Prize for the best costume
'^®ht to heila Gibson.
, ’^he Junior and Senio'r classes
®®ye .recently held elections in
they voted on class offi-
Yancey Ballance was elect-
president of the Junior class;
'■'Iward Allen Austin, vice presi-
, 'It and Elizabeth Austin, secre-
®^'treasurer.
.heading the officials of the
pPior class for the school year
,? ^eggy Meekins. Jesslyn Aus-
*h Was eiceted vice president and
•^vie Peele-, secretary-treasurer.
principal Leon Stout, who. re-
^"tly underwent an operation at
Hospital, is recovering
®Pidly and expects to be back
3? the job shortly. During his
3 ®nce, Mrs. Aldeena Midgett is
as principal.
The next beeting of the Par-
i®‘'Teacher Association will be
jf't Monday night, November 5
J the school building and all
^^bers are urged to attend,
teli. of fight
To help sick in prison
BESS MYERSON, 21, tall and willowy, graduate of Hunter Col
lege, New York City, is the new Miss America, 1945, having been
selected at the annual contest In Atlantic City this month. The
new Miss America represented New York City in a competition
that drew representatives from 42 states, Canada and larger
cities throughout the country. She is 5 feet 10 inches, weighs 136,
bust 35%, hips 35, thigh 20, calf 14%, ankle 8%, upper arm 9%,
wrist 5%, dress size 14. bathing suit size 36. She has received a
$5,000 scholarship and will continue her music studies. She is an
accomplished pianist, and flutist.
On a charge of stealing and ap
propriating to his personnel use
a typewriter from the office of
the Dare County Library and a
record player from the Manteo
XJISO club, Allan Billum, S2c, sta
tioned at the Manteo Naval Air
Station was sentenced to six
months on the roads suspended
upon payment of court costs, good
behavior as long as he is in Dare
County, and the return of the
stolhn items.
Judge Baum noted in passing
judgment that the young man was
only 18 years old and just start
ing out in life.
The apprehension of Gillum
was the result of wiork of Chief
^of Police and county deputy sher-
.ff M. C. Mitchell and Shore Pa
trolman Spivey who got to work
on the case Monday morning fol
lowing the discovery of the theft,
.The information they gathered
'ed to the arrest of Gillum who
confessed and told officers that
the stolen items were in the post
office, having been packed and
mailed to his home in Pennsyl
vania. An inspection of the pack
ages at the post office verified
his statemets.
There have been a number of
petty thefts at the USO during
the past several months. On pre
vious occasions another record
player had been stolen, and some
silverware and dishes have disap
peared among other items. It is
thought that the apprehension
and conviction of the Manteo
Naval base sailor will end the
trouble of having items missing
from the club room.
The Library Board and the USO
committee have expressed them
selves as grateful for the work
of the police officers for their
work in the case.
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THREE HYDE SAILORS
MEET IN TOKYO BAY
Aboard the USS San Juan, (De-
The valiant fight of phy-
and corpsmen to care for
(I , Prisoners of war without e-
3 *^P>hent and medical supplies
s-;? often with the active oppo-
3^'Op of the Japanese, was de-
hbed by Bryan Berry, pharma-
ot »third class, USN, son
uAr- and Mrs. M. R. Berry, of
®§elhard, N C.
j P'Ty was among prisoners re
'’iated by the special evacua
'0 task force formed by Admir-
'io
''''illiam Halsey and headed by
ijAhiodore Rodger Simpson,
0 fSan Francisco.
[3], who was captured at the
of Guam, told of more than
(A® years spent in trying to aid
A sick without the necessary
and supplies.
1 Mot of O'ur cases were caued
3 ’Malnutrition and every illness
A’hjury was complicated by
;A''®tion,” he said. "It is amaz
What we had to improvise ii
® Way of treatment.”
The editor of the Hyde County
Herald received the following in-
teersting letter from three friends
Maxwell Cox of' Middletown,
Linwood Gray Cahoon of Swan
Quarter and Roy Hodges of En
gelhard, who are now serving in
the Pacific and who recently met
in Tokyo Bay.
"We suppose you will be quite
surprised to hear from us, but
I due to the fact that all three of
us are very much acquainted with
the Hyde Co'unty Herald out here
' in the Pacific and enjoy the news
and the sto-ries so much that some
of the boys write back home to
you, we thought maybe that you
might be interested in knowing
that three good friends from
Hyde County, namely Linwood
Gray Cahoon of Swan Quarter,
Roy Hodges of Engelhard and
i Maxwell Cox of Middletown, met
' in Tokyo Bay, Japan, a few days
ago.
"Y'ou can imagine how surpris
ed and what a happy surprise it
I was to meet up with each other,
; especially meeting ten thousand
i miles away from home Natur
ally, we had a long talk about
Hyde County and its people. And
■ the three of us want to thank
you and the personnel of the
Hyde County Herald for keeping
us so well informed of the
things that are going on back in
our home county. We enjoy your
' paper more than words can ex
press.
"We are enclosing a snapshot
of the three of us that was taken
: aboard the USS Cimarron in Ja-
' pan.
"Thought maybe you might
like to have this information due
to the fact that we have read so
many interesting stories from the ,
boys 'abroad’ in the Hyde paper.;
"We all hope to meet back
home in Hyde again soon.”
I MRS. O. L. williams
' ATTENDS DURHAM MEET
i
j Mrs. O. L. Williams' of Swan
' Quarter represented Hyde County
' at a regional meeting of the Am-
, erican Cancer Society in Durham
' Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
I day. Mrs. Williams, and J. H. Jar-
j vis of Engelhard headed the last
j campaign for funds for the socie-
I ty which went over the top. The
j good work entitled them to at
tend the meeting. Mr. Jarvis was
unable to make the trip.
FUNERAL FRIDAY FOR
MRS. ELLA SEARS O’NEAL
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella
Sears O’Neal, 88, who passed a-
way at the home of her son, Capt.
Walter O'Neal, in Belhaven last
Thursday evening, were held at
the home Friday afternoon with
the Rev. Mackey, Episcopal min
ister, officiating. Interment was
made in the Sears cemetery near
Sladesville. Surviving are four
sons.
Newspaper advertising pays.
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ACTIVITIES AT
HYDE SELECTIVE
SERVICE OFFICE
Board Continues Looking For
Clerk As Second Applicant
Drops Out
IVHDDLETOWN MAN IS
LAKE LANDING DEPUTY
(j Every Member, A Bond in
A®tnher” is the slogan of the
L than 90,000 4-H Club mem
bers „
of North Carolina.
_be average farm • in North
Mina is 65.1 acres, or 3.8 per
t smaller than five years ago,
® the 1945 Census of Agricul-
Preston Gibbs of Middletown
has been appointed deputy sheriff
and tax collector for Lake Land
ing township by sheriff C. P. Wil-
! liams. Mr. Gibbs succeeds Claud
* D. Davis, who resigned to devote
his full time to his recently ac-
‘ quired service station business.
I Mr. Gibbs has had experience as
j a law officer, having served as
' deputy under former sheriff T. J.
Mann.
i Sheriff Williamson said this
iweek that he would appreciate
the cooperation of the public with
Mr. Gibbs.
This is not the console of an iron-cased organ, although it does look
like it. Actually it is a warping machine in a Canadian textile factory.
The “musical” strings are threads of cotton being drawn together with
humming precision. The warping machine can assimilate the ends of
threads from as many as 450 spools at one time. Camouflage cloth, web
equipment, tire fabrics, powder bags, rifle slings, and parachute strap
pings are but a few of the cotton industry’s war products being turned
out in increasing quanities.
T he need for clothing and equip
ment for Canada’s rapidly ex
panding Navy, Array and Air Force
placed a heavy burden upon the
textile industries. These industries
are, to a high degree, centralized
in the Provinces of Quebec and
Ontario. In 1942 the gross value of
production was $793,i04,750, an in
crease of 102 per cent over 1939;
employment was given to 165.478
persons, and $185,731,313 was paid
out in salaries and wages. Of all
females employed in the manufac
turing industries, 32 per cent were
in the textile group, compared with
43 per cent in 1939.
The variety of individual indus
tries included with those of the
textile group is representative of
practically all stages of manufac
turing necessary to convert the
various raw materials into products
ready for purchase by the public.
Men’s factory clothing led the
group in 1942 'with a gross value
of production amounting to $149,-
563,457; this was an increase of 111
per cent over 1939. Cotton yarn
and cloth came a close second with
a gross production o| $141,899,520,
an increase of 102 per cent. Other
leading industries, in order named,
were: women’s factory clothing,
hosiery and knitted goods, woolen
cloth, and silk and artificial silk,
which showed increases of 95 per
cent, 39 per cent, 155 per cent and
89-per cent respectively. A new
development in the textile field is
the use of artificial silk yarns in
the production of tire cord and tir»
fabrics.
The war is over, but never-the-
'ess, many activities are going on
these days at the Hyde County
Selective Service Office. Besides
the routine duties set up by iaw,
the board is looking for a quali
fied person to serve a clerk to re
place. Mrs. Frances Gibbs who
has resigned and who is anxious
to join her husband now serving
in the Army.
Mrs. Ina Jones had applied for
the job and had been transferred
from the OPA office under civil
service rules. At the last min
ute she decided not to accept the
work. It was the second time an
applicant had seen fit not to take
the position. Thomas Hood made
the decision someitme ago. The
task of getting someone to meet
civil service requirements and
who wants the work seems to be
a difficult one.
Among the routine work is reg
istering 18-yearolds; recording
the names .0 freturning veterahs;
and, sending qualified youths off
to the military Those regisering
on heir 18h birhday during Oc-
ober were as follows: Wilbur C.
Carawan, Russell L. Blake and
Daniel E. Credle, Swan Quarer;
James H. Burrus and Geo. W.
Ross, Scranon; Robert S. Hodges
and Bruce B. Hodges, Engelhard;
(Colored) Oliver Credle, Jr., and
James D. Slade, Swan Quarter;
Limmie G. Blount, Lake Landing;
James L. Parks, Scranton; and
Walter Spencer, Engelhard.
Two white boys were sent for
induction on Wednesday. They
were Wilbur McKinney of Engel
hard and Samuel W. English of
Scranton. Abel Fulford, Jr., Of
Swan Quarter and'Russell Young
of Engelhard, colored boys, were
sent to Fort Bragg for induction
today.
Veterans back from the war
and recorded at the draft office
from October 17th to November
1st are as follows: Laurie G. Lew
is. Ivy O’neal, Elvin Styron,
Benjamin L. O’neal, Murray F.
Spencer, John M. Simpson and
Troy S. Williams, Ocracoke; Ed
ward H. Watson, Fairfield; James
C. Waters and William A. Wrenn,
Ponzer; illiam E. Midgett, Hassell
E. Midgett, Sam A. Dudley, and
Hugh B. Gibbs, Lake Landing;
William D. Sadler, Roy A. Jor
dan and Olian Williams, wan.
Quarter; Carroll L. Swindell and ^
David' H. Selby, Engelhard. Ne- j
groes discharged during this per- ,
ion were Linwood Collins of Fair- .
field and Waltef Spencer of En- j
gelhard.
SCOTT OPERATES
COTTON PICKER
In a broad field out from Red
Slprings last week, Agriculture
Commissioner Kerr Scott operat
ed the first cotton picker ever to
be Used in North Caolina.
After he had observed the ma
chine pick as much cotton in one
houf as a good field hand can
harvest in a week—from early
Monday morning until Saturday
night, 10 hours a day—-Commis
sioner Scott expressed the opin
ion that the mechanical cotton
picker will" mean a new day for
cotton in North Carolina and in
the South.
"This cotton picker is going to
put King Cotton back on the
throne in Dixie,” declared Scott
as he climbed down from a trial
run on the machine.
"I’ve picked a lot of cotton here
but my back feels just as good
as when I started,” said Scott to
a farmer who had just comment
ed that the cotton picker would
"save many a poor cotton farm
er’s back.”
The cotton picker, purchased
by the Liberty Manufacturins Co
of Red Springs for $5,000, will be
used for custom picking through
out that area, according to G. T.
Ashford, general manager of the
firm who was in charge of the
exhibition.
Ashford said that he and Ed
win Pate of Laurinburg, presi
dent of the company, decided to
"bring one into North Carolina—
since it began to look as if no
body e’se was going to do it.”
While farm laborers in Hoke
and Rcbeson counties, and thru-
out the state for that matter, are
charging from $2.25 to $3 per
hundred pounds to pick cotton,
Ashford and Pate are doing the
work for $1.25 per hundred and
"don’t know—and don’t care
much—whether we are making
any money at this business right
new or not.”
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED
BY PLEASANT GROVE CLUB
ISAAC C. H.AYES
Isaac Clarence Hayes, age 73.
died at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. Luther Midgett, Wan-
chese, N. C., after a short illness.
He was a life long resident of
Wanchese, a mernber of Wan-
chese Methodist Church, and a
member of Tribe No. 123, Improv
ed Order of Red Men, of Wan
chese, N. C.
He is survived by two daugh
ters, Mrs. Luther Midgett and
Mrs. Dewey Marm and one son,
C. Ralph Hayes, all of Wanchese,
N. C.; tin grandchildren, four
great grandchildren and several
niece ssnd nephews.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Friday afternoon at 3
o’clock from the Wanchese Meth
odist Church, by the Rev. V. A.
Lewis, pa.stor, assisted by L. V.
Pierce, pastor of the Assembly of
God, Wanchese, N. C. Burial will
follow in the Cudworth Ceme
tery.
The annual meeting of Music
Clubs of the 15th District was
, held in Manteo last Saturday,
' October 27th with the Roanoke
I Island Clulb acting as hostess
, club. Miss Virginia Patrick of
Windsor, District Director, pre
siding. There were delegations
from Elizabeth City, Washington,
Windsor, Robersonville and Man-
teo. Mrs. James Brady, Slate
Junior Director from Statesville,
delivered the principal address.
Invocation was by the Rev. D.
W. Charlton of the Manteo Meth
odist church. Mrs. Rennie G,
Williamson, president of the Roa
noke Island club, delivered the
address of welcome. The res
ponse was made by Mrs. R. K.
Adkins, president of the McDow
ell club of Robersonville.
Mrs. ames Brady, the princi
pal speaker, who was introduced
by Miss Patricy, spoke on the his
tory of music federation c’ubs.
She explained that the organiza
tion began in Chicago on January
28, 1897. The North Carolina
federation was started on l^Iarch
7, 1917, she said, with Greens
boro having the first club.
The program of music during
the morning session included a
vocal trio toy I\|jsdames R. I.
Leake, D. W. Charlton, and Ken
neth Ward of the Roanoke Island
club; a vocal solo toy Robert Mid
gett of Manteo, with Mrs. Rennie
G. Williamson accompaist; a voc
al solo by Miss Barr of Elizabeth
City, accompanied by Mrs. Lit
tle; and a vocal solo by Mrs. Rcib-
ert Hicks of R'obersonvi'le, ac
companied by Mrs. R. Y. Adkins.
There was a violin solo by Mrs.
R. L. Councilman of Windsor, ac
companied by Mrs. T. C. Lassi
ter,
Mrs. Selby Jones, district jun
ior councillor; Mrs. I. M. Meekins,
district chaple4«; and Mrs. Ervin
Midgette, district chairman of
War Service were recognized.
Mrs. Midgette gave a report of
donations to the War 'Service'
fund in which she told how the
Elizabeth City club raised $1,300
through various activities, put
ting North Carolina over the top
before any other stats.
Committe appointments were
as follows: Mrs. I. 'M. Meekins,
Elizabeth City, and Mrs. Lucetta
Wil’is, Manteo, nominating com
mittee. Mrs. Ervin Midgette,
Elizabeth City, and Mrs. Thomas.
House, Robersonville, placement
committee. Mrs. I. M. Little,
Robersonville and Mrs. ElizElheth
Whitley, Windsor, courtesy com-
mi’tee
Lunch was served by the Irene
Shearin Circle of the Methodist
church.
In the afternoon, the Junior
club program was held with Mrs.
Se:by Jones as director.
An outstanding feature of the
afternoon program was a piano
solo by Jane Winfield, 10 year
old childe prodigy from Wash
ington, who played "Concerto in
D Major” by Haydn. Miss Win-
fieM is tob e sole guest artist
with the N. C. Symphony Orches
tra next spring. Ellen Se’lars,
10, a’so of Washington, a girl
" i h great talent for music, play-
d Grieg’s "Puck” and "Butter-
O.hs-s on the pvogr'’m were
I ■sura Harrell of Windsor, who
p’aved a piano solo, the Windsor
Youth Choir which sang a vocal
ersemb'e, and niano sclo's by Eva
A-bevonnis of Washington.
(Regrets were expressed that
Mrs. J. Kenneth Plohl, state pres
ident could not be present as
scheduled. She sent greetings by
telegram.
At the regular monthly met- i
ing of the Pleasant Grove Home
Demonstration Club at the home I
of Mrs. Theola Spencer near En
gelhard last Thursday, the fol
lowing officers were elected: Mrs.
Walter Lee Gibbs, president; Mrs.
Oscar Payne, vice president; Mrs.
Theola Spencer, secretarytreasur.
Many North Carolina farmers
reporting about 30 per cent in
crease in yields of corn from
the use of hybid seed. The cost
of the extra corn is running from
4 to 6 cents a bushel.
DARE TUDENTS OF WCUNC
INITIATED INTO SOCIETIES
New students at the Woman’s
College have been initiated into
the four societies, whose purpose
is of a social nature. Invitations
are isued to all tudents by Cor
nelian, Dikean, Adelnhian or Al-
etheian societies. 'Rat Day,’ when
novices are required to wear com
ical attire and obey ludicrous or
ders from upperclassmen and a
formal banquet make up the in
itiation ceremonies.
Those initia’ed from Oare
County are Misses Jean Eliza
beth Johnson and Laura .John
son, both Cl Manteo^ Adeiphian
society; and Phyl’is liS'i,ie, Stum
py Point, Dikean society.
Buy More Bonds and Stamps.
Ask the county chairman of the
Victory Loan Campaign or the
county agent about the new 16
mm motion pictures for war bond
rallies.