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THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD
^'HE ^EWS of the richest agricultural county in the foremost historical and recreational area of north CAROLINA
^OL. VII; NO. 13
*iyde farmers
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COMMITTEEMEN
SWAN QU. JiTEK, N. C., THURSDAY, DEC. 6, 1945
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BELOVED ENGELHARD
WOMAN DIES SUNDAY
lections Held Throughout
County Last Friday,
November 30th
Mi'j. William Patrick Passes
Away After Long Illness;
Funeral Held Tuesday
North Carolina Entries
Win Junior Garden Awards
Kyde County farmers went to
>|tilling places in their communi-
last Friday and elected AAA
JJ'>hmitteemen to help administer
6 government farm program for
Jjiother year. The names of
I'ose elected are given below,
the name of the chairman
sted first; vice chairman, sec-
'td; ergular member, third, first
'•ternate fourth; and second al-
'^•Tiate, last.
.Currituck “A”—Pud Prinn, C.
I’ Williams, Jack Watson, Plum
“*'inn, and Charlie Ayers.
Currituck “B”—J. C. Bishop,
'®o. Satterthwaite, Mrs. Mary D.
'^dcliff, Milburn Armstrong and
■ C. Barcliff.
J’iarfield—J. L. Blake, Carl
^atrell, P. C. Simmons, W. B.
Ikon, and Franklin Midyatte.
Lake Landing—W. W. Payne,
• A. Long, J. D. Silverthorne, L.
L Dudley and H. L. Ballance.
Engelhard—IS. D. Cox, B. B.
Funeral services for Mrs. Wil-
iiam Patrick, 38, were held at the
Amity Methodist Church at Lake
Landing Tuesday mornig at 11
o’clock with the ,Rev. F. R. Davis,
patter, assisted by the Rev J. T.
Brown, the Rev. J. C. Chaffin
and Dr. Maynard Fletcher, offi
ciating. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
M;s. Patrick passed away in
Sunday morning, following a
long illness. She had been a pa
tient in the hospital for three
months.
Always friendly and pleasant,
Mrs. Patrick was highly regarded
and well thought of in her com
munity. She taught school at
Engelhard for a number of years
and was a member of the Meth
odist church. Mrs. Patrick was
the former Archie Harris of Swan
Quarter and had lived in Hyde
County all of her life.
iSurviviLng are her husband; one
brother, Allen Harris of Elizabeth
City; one sister, Mrs. Wm. I.
Cochran of Swan Quarter.
12-YEAR OLD BOY
VICTIM HEART ATTACK
Curtis O’Neal of Kitty Hawk
D.es on Way to Sunday
School; Falls from Bike
Mildred Jester
Sheldon Murdock Marcelene Simmons
'tlford, Cecil N. Williams, J. C.:
**^Pess, and W. B. Cutrell.
Christmas program
FOR MUSIC CLUB
A HYDE COUNTY
BEAR STORY
^rge Group Meets At Tranquil
House for December
Program
The Roanoke Island Music
‘Ub held its December meeting
yesday night at the Tranquil
®use in Manteo, with Miss Addy
'ould and Miss Beveriy Suther-
'hd as hostesses. Misses Gould
•'b Sutherland also had charge
^ the p'rogram^ which was made
P of Christmas selections. The
^®t number was a vocal trio,
^ark! Hark! My Soul,” sung by
Ls. D. W. Charlton, Mrs. R. I.
fake and Mrs. Kenneth Ward,
^is group later sang a special
hangement /of “Siient Night.”
Charlton sang a group of
^iidren’s Christmas carols. Miss
'Ptaiie Gould made a most in-
-resting talk on the observance
^ Christmias among the armed
'^aes overseas, and related some
f her experiences of the last two
'^Tistmases, which were sspent
'ith a Red Cross hospital unit,
''^I'seas She emphasized the
Pportance of music to the mor-
of the men, espaciafly during
Christmas season.
The condluding number was a
sritone solo “iNazareth,” from
Msesiah,” sung by Paul
®dson. Mrs. Rennie William-
'P was accompanist for the
'^fining.
An hour of informal music
>Uowed, during w'hich Mrs.
^ake led the group assembled j
) singing Christmas songs, and
|ano numbers were played by
'aston IMeekins and Mrs. Victor
'®akins. * ^
The hostesses served eggnog
P'i fruit cake. !
I Editor’s Note: The following
interesting story was sent in by
J. Herbert McGowan, a Swan
Quarter native who now resides
in Baltimore, Md. Mr McGow
an writes, “I have often told a-
bout it up here but no one be
lieves it. There are few people
now living down, in Hyde who
remember “4im Polk, the bear.”
Here is the the story;
T WO North Carolina girls and
one boy captured major
awards for efficient production
and marketing in competing with
youths from 46 states in the fifth
annual scholarship contest of the
National Junior Vegetable Grow
ers Association.
Marcelene Simmons of Mt. Airy,
Mildred Jester of Durham, and
Sheldon Murdock of Troutman
were named southern sectional
winners by the association’s adult
advisor. Prof. Grant B. Snyder
of Massachusetts State College,
during the junior growers’ 11th
annual convention in Cincinnati,
O. The three champions received
$100 awards from the $6,000 in
contest scholarships provided an
nually by the Great Atlantic and
Pacific Tea Company.
In addition to the sectional win
ners, a North Carolina boy and
girl were named recipients of $25
Victory bonds at the convention.
Gerald D. Mann, 16, route 2, New
port, and Ethel Compto.., 1' ’■''ute
2, Collinsville, wer.' the bonu win
ners.
Marcelene, 17, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Simmons,
route 1, Mt. Airy in Surry Coun-,,
ty, is a sophomore at Meredith]
College. Her crops were raised i
on a small garden on her father’s ,
■ZO-acre farm and were worth
$623.
A one-acre plot that produce^
an income of $320.25 in vege
tables was the project of top-
ranking high school senior Mild
red Jester, 17, daughter of J. C
Jester, route 3, Durham. She ha
been in 4-H club work for eigh
years.
Thirteen-year-old Sheldon* J
Murdock, son of Mr. John Ca,
Murdock, route 1, Troutmar
worked a four-acre project on hi
father’s Iredell Courtty 360-acr.
farm. Plagued by a late spring
a summer drouth and a heav,
infestation of ear worms in h.
two acres of corn, Sheldon stii
managed to harvest produc
Worth $439.50.
James L. Ammon, 18, of A'.
bany, Ore., was named 1945 na
tional champion and won the to,
scholarship award of $500. Jii'.
f^pell, 16, of Columbia, Miss., rc
wOived a $200 award as southo;
region champion.
Curtis O’Neal, 12-year-old Kit
ty Hawk boy, was'the victim of
a heart attack which seized him
while he was on the way to Sun
day School last Sunday morning,
and died shortly after falling
from his bicycle.
The lad lived with his grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W.
O’Neal, who took him at the
death of his parents when he was
an infant. Mrs. O’Neal had help
ed him prepare for Sunday
School and was watching from
the doorway, as he rode his bi
cycle along the road. He sud
denly toppled and fell from the
bike. His grandmother ran to
him, but he died ailmost immed
iately.
The boy’s death came as a great
shock and grief to the commun
ity of Kitty Hawk, where he was
well known and loved.
He is survived by his paternal
grandparents of Kitty Hawk; one
sister, Peggie O’Neal of Kitty
Hawk; one brother, Geonge Em
erson OiNeal, UlSN, in the Pacif
ic; his maternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hughes of
Cape May, N. J.; one nephew,
several cousins, uncles and aunts.
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MRS. Bj^OWN DIES IN
WASHINGTON HOSPITAL
LOWER TAX RATE IN DARE
AIM OF COMMISSIONERS;
DRINKWATER SUPERVISOR
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Board Finds Gross Inequalities in Valuations A
Handicap to Progress, and Anticipates Many
Benefits From a Lower Rate and Proper Valu
ations As An Encouragement to Development
DEATH TAKES FINE
OLD LADY FROM HYDE
Funeral Services Held In Provi
dence Methodist Church
Thursday
THE STORY OF “JIM
POLK,” THE BEAR
A very large bear made fre
quent visits to the corn fields of
South Mattamuskeet Lake, from
where the Outfall canal is now
located, thence westwardly for
about three miles. They set traps
for him, but could never catch
hmi; they put dogs on his trail,
but he would get away from
them in the big swamp. They
named him “Jim Polk.”
During the Civil War, “Jim
Polk” had his own way because
the people were occupied with
other things, and had no time to
hunt bear. After the war, the
hunters ‘resumed their efforts to
get “Jim Polk.” Ti'ilman and
Bennett Stotesbury set a trap for
him on the back of the Benson
farm, now known as the Mason
farm, in 1866. i
“Jim Polk” got in the trap, but
he carried it away. Hunters took
dogs the next day and hunted
the big swamp for miles around,
but didn’t find bear nor trap. i
On Thanksgiving Day, 1905,
some hunters found the trap, just
39 years after it was carried off.
It wasn’t over one fourth mile
from where it was set. There
was no sign of the skeleton of
the bear around. ;
A BIRD DOG THAT WATCH FOR MARKERS
REALLY POINTS ON NYLONS, SAYS OPA
EV. H. HOBART BARBER i
4neral services for the Rev i
Sobart Barber, 83, were con-!
ted at Augusta, Ga., Sunday
rnoon. Rev. Mr. Barber pass-
>way at his home in Augusta
'ay night.
lie Rev. Mr. Barber was born
locksville on August 24, 1862,
of the late Samuel Swan
ber and Mrs. Sara Harding
ber. He preached at Bur
ton, Raleigh and Morganton
North Carolina during his
> career as a minister, as well ■
Detroit, Mich., Augusta, Ga.,
alton, Mr., and Greensburg,
irviving are his wife and o.ne
Shter, Mariou Weely Barber,
t^ugusta. Three nieces in
e County are Mrs. E. E.
btree and Mrs. E. O. Spencer
‘Wan Quarter and Mrs. T. E.
Person of Lake Landing.
''DRTHE^STER brings
HIGH TIDES TO HYDE
iny roads in Hyde County
• inundated today (Thurs-
as the result of high tides
•h have prevailed since the
Least storm that struck Tues-
evening. Tides and rains to-
er threaten to close some
1 roads, although traffic was
g in all seations today ac-
ing to information reaching
newspaper.
'Paying the bed mattress with
itable IXDT preparation is all
is needed for the control of
'Ugs, although a more gener-
'Peatment of infested rooms
eliminate the bugs sooner.
MRS. HATTIE 'WESCOTT
Funeral services for Mrs. Hat
tie M/iscott of Wanchese, Who
died at her home Monday morn
ing after a lingering illiness, were
conducied at the home 'Wednes
day afternoon at two o’clock by
Rev. y. A. Lewis, pastor of the
Wanchese Methodist Church, of
which she was a member, assist-
by Rev. L. V. Pierce, pastor of
the Assembly of God Church.
pall bearers were Spencer
Daniels, Amos DanieHs, Kalb
Daniels, Lasaile Tillett, Charles
Lee Wescott and Fred Drinkwat-
er.
Interment was in the family
cemetery.
Surviving Mrs. Wescott are
two sons, Charles Wescott of
Norfo’k and Billy Wescott of
Wanchese; one daughter, Mrs.
Sam Tillett; one sister, Mrs. Bart
Garrison; and two brothers, Billy
White and Theodore Daniels, all
of W'anchese.
Among out-of-town people at
tending the funeral were Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Wiescott and daugh
ter, Amelia, of Norfolk, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Spencer, Miss Lizzie
Drinkwater and Fred Drinkwat-
er, of Elizabeth City.
One day last week two local
sportsmen. Dr. W. W. Johnston
and Dan Cannady, Sr., feeling
the need of relaxation and with
a taste for birds, took Mr. Can-
nady’s two pointers, Frank and
Gypsy and went down Wanchese
way for a bit of sport.
Now Frank, for a pointer, is
an easy going dog, who seems to
hame the attitude that he can
take' hunting or leave it alone,
either way makes little differ
ence to Frank. But Gipsy, for a
lady, is another matter, she is all
eagerness and fire, she. loves
hunting and makes no bones a-
bout it.
At first the two sportsmen had
Indifferent success but final'y
the effervescent Gipsy hit w.Xt
looked like a hot trail or scent
if you prefer. She led the two
huntsmen across a large and
brush grown field and down to
ward a ravine or small gullly and
on the bank leading down to the
place she suddenly froze into a
perfect point.
The two huntsmen, on the alert
and expecting momentarily to see
a covey of quail or other game
birds go up, waited in vain. No
birds were flushed from the
brush, no deer broke cover, no
bear went scamipering away.
They were puzzled, but not for
long, apparently disgusted with
such waiting Gipsy led the men
to it. She had made a perfect
point for a very large and heavy
turtle. The sportsmen made a
gallant effort to take this game
back to the car but gave it up
as a bad job. The turtle was too
heavy.
iNo one seems to know juat
when the market will be flooded
with a plentiful supply of nylon
hosiery, but when the nylons ar
rive they will carry a tag giv
ing all the information the cus
tomer needs in making her pur
chase, according to OPA. Shop
pers should look for these mark
ers for their own protection.
The OPA said these official
tags, attached to one stocking in
each pair of nylons, will give
such salient data as the retail
ceiling price; the guage and de
nier of the hose; the name of the
maker; whether or not they are
irregular, second or third quality;
and whether they are out-size or
extra-lo.ng.
OPA also reminded a nylon-
hungry public that the hose
would return to the market at
prices at least one-fourth below
those charged in 1942, with ceil
ing prices for first quality, full-
fashioned nylons ranging from
95 cents to $2.05. compared to
previous ceilings of $1.65 to $2.50.
MASON RE-ELECTED
BOARD CHAIRMAN
J. S. Mason of Swan Quarter
was re-elected chairman of the
Hyde County Board of County j
Commdssioners at their regular
meeting this week. Other busi
ness transacted by the Board in
cluded approving the bills and
hearing reports from various de
partment heads.
MANTEO P. T. A. HAS
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
The Manteo Parent Teacher
Association met Tuesday after
noon in the school auditorium,
and enjoyed a Christmas pro
gram. Rev. Frank Dinwiddie was
the guest speaker and made an
interesting talk on Peace. This
was followed by a group of
Christmas carols sung by the
fifth and sixth grades, assisted
by four members of the fourth
grade. Miss Holland Westcott
accompanied the ohi'idren. The
stage was altractively decorated
in keeping with the Christmas
season.
During the business session it
was s greed that a party be given
in Feoruary for the purpose pf
raising funds. At the conclus
ion of the meeting, tea and sand
wiches were served in the lunch
room by Mrs. Roy Wescott, Mrs.
W. W. Ballowe, Mrs. Warren
O’Neal and Mrs. W. M. Jolliff.
DANIEL HOPKINS DIES
Daniel H. Hopkins, 83 years
old, a native of Danish West In
dies, who came to America when
a very small bay, died at his
home West of Manteo, Saturday
morning, December 1, following
several months of failing health.
Shortly after he landed in Nor
folk, he ran away from his home
there, took passage on a small
schooner for Roanoke Island,
and becoming attached to the
household of the late I. C. Meek-
ins, who lived at the place now
known as the Mather 'Vineyard
Farm, he grew up like one of
the family.
He was high’y respecte,d as one
of the best citizens of the Island,
by white as well as those of his
own race, and many years ago,
became ordained as a minister in
the Negro Baptist Church. He
had conducted a small store far
many years, and was known for
his pleasant manner and upright
dealing.
He is survived by three chil
dren, Dan Hopkins, Jr., and Mrs.
Lucy Bowser of Manteo, and Mrs.
Izetta Bowser of Elizabeth City.
The burial was. conducted Tues
day at the Haven’s Creek Baptist
Church of which he was a mem
ber.
Funeral services for Mrs. Leta
Brown, 56, were held Thursday
morning, December 6, at Provi
dence Methodist church in Swan
Quarter, with the Rev. J. C. Chaf
fin, pastor, officiating. Inter
ment was in Soul cemetery.
Mrs. Brown died in Fowle
Memorial hospital in Washington
Wednesday morning at eight
o’clock. She had been in declin
ing health for several years.
A former school teacher and a
leader in church activities, Mrs.
Brown was highly regarded and
well thought of in her commun
ity. She was the widow of the
late Thad Brown and the daugh
ter of Alexander and Josephanna
Berry, of Swan Quarter. She was
a graduate of the Woman’s Col
lege of the University of North
Carolina.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. Allen Wilkinson of Greens
boro, two sons, Thad Brown, Jr.,
of Norfolk, Va., and S/Sgt.. John
Kenneth Brown, U. S. Army, one
granddaughter, Beverly Ann Wil
kinson of Greensboro; one sister,
Mrs. ,Geo. B. Oredle of Norfolk,
Va., and one brother, A. B. Ber
ry of Norfolk, Va.
HYDE CHAPTER O.E.S.
ENTERTAINS OFFICIAL
Hyde Chapter, iNo. 213, Order
of the Eastern Star, held a spec
ial meeting Friday night, Nov
ember 36th, in the Masonic Hall
at Lake Landing for the official
visit of Mrs. Maud Baynor Foy,
District Deputy Grand Matron.
The meeting was opened in rit
ualistic form by the Worthy Ma
tron, Mrs. Ruby Long. Mrs. Foy
was escorted to the East and in
vited to take charge of the meet
ing.
' Mrs. Foy brought an inspiring
message to^ the mbemers of the
chapter, after which she was pre
sented a gift by Mrs. Lucy Cox
in her pleasing manner.
Another vftitor was Mrs. Ra
chel Stroud, Worthy Matron of
the Kinston Chapter, No. 52-
O.EjS. Mrs. Srtoud is a sister of
Mrs. Foy.
At the close of the meeting,
refreshments of fruit cake, fruit
■je'lls with whipped cream, hot
cofree and Christmas candy were
served by Mesdames Annie Payne
Belle Gibbs and Lida Miller.
Hyde County lost one of her
most beloved and oldest citizens
On Thursday, November 28th, in
the death of Mrs. Adeline Payne
of Gulrock. Mrs. Payne was born
April 10, 1854, at Lake Landing
and spent her entire life in the
County. .In early life she married
the late Millard Payne.
Surviving are five daughters,
Mesdames Mollie Cason of Le
noir, Jim White of Belhaven,
Joseph Pugh of Gulrock Lizzie
Credie of Swan Quarter, Addie
Gibbs of Gulrock; one son, War
ren Payne of Gulrock; numbers
of grandchildren, great-grand
children, and great-great-grand-
children.
Mrs. Payne was buried in the
family plot at Gulrock with her
pastor. Rev. F. R. Davis, officiat
ing.
Pallbearers were Earl Pugh,
Carl Pugh, Steve Hawes, Cepnas
Harris, Claud Selby and Adolph
Francis.
Flower girls were Ercell Gibbs,
Edna Willis, Cora Lee Long, Nel
lie Harris, Esther Powell, Haz
el Davis, Essie Pugh, Virginia
Pugh, Verna Gibbs, Lillie Tay
lor, Sarah Midyette, Sylvia Mid-
yette, Marilyn Gibb^, Louisdell
Quidiey and Edna Ruth Davis.
KITTY HAWK SCHOOL
ANNOUNCES HONOR ROLL
AGED COLORED MAN
OF MANTEO PASSES
ENGELHARD SCHOOL
CLOSES FOR TWO DAYS
The adoption of standard ccii-
sitructions of cotton goods and
the labeling of cotton products
Bgcause all the buses were out'
of commission, the Engelhard j
high school was forved to close |
Wednesday afternoon. Present
p’ans call for opening Monday,
December 10th.
The basic answer to farm pros
perity is found in high domestic
may bring a self-service selling! consumption and a healthy ex
plan such as is used in food ’'ort market, says J. B. Hutson,
stores ■"r.d:- Secretary of Agriculture.
Dan Hopkins, aged colored man
of Manteo, died early Saturday
at his home. He was about 80
years of age, and had been in
fai’ing health for some time, 'but
had been seriously ill about two
weeks.
Funera'l services were conduct
ed Tuesday afternoon at one
o’clock in the colored Methodist
church.
Born in Norfolk, he came to
Roanoke Island when a young
man, and had run a smalil store
ever since. He was highly re
spected by both white and col
ored, and his passing has left
grief in the hearts of many. H''
is survived by two sons and t'»’o
daughters.
The following students of the
Kitty Hawk School made the
honor roll for the second report
period;
Second grade—^MaiJ:ha Leary,
Sadie O’Neal and Conley Beach-
am.
Third grade—Clifton Perry and
Billy Harris.
Fourth grade—Tanya Dawn
Tiilett and Anges Taler.
Fifth grade—Harriett Tillett
and Kathleen Rogers.
'Sixth grade—iFannie Austin,
Kenneth Clay Tillett, Roy Dale
Sowers ana Lynwood Beasley.
Seventh grade—^Zelda Gaimel
and Jimmy Culpepper.
Eighth grade—Violet Keller,
Reda Perry and Jean Best.
Ninth grade—(Evelyn Gaimel
and Geneva Harris.
Eleventh grade—David Til’ett.
Twelfth grade—'Burvell Beach-
am.
Producing a suff-’ient amount
■’.c. kind of feed for the
',1 -’’rssrs of livrSi^-x is one
• ' ;:Or far'C ornbiems in
••',;r a, say Dr. James
Hilton if 'he State C ll'gd.
Most of the time of the meet
ing of the Board of ,Dare Commis”
sioners this week was 'given over .
to a serious discussion of tax list- '
ing problems, and the Commis
sioners were unanimously of the
opinion that the demands of the
day call for a reduction of the
tax rate, and the adoption of tt
system of fair valuations for 1946.
The board looked around for
a diplomat to put into effect an
improved system, and chose A.
W. Drinkwater, who was given
full authority to select a board
of appraisers and list takers for
the entire county. The board ay-
so delegated Commissioner John
A. Meekins of Rodanthe the au
thority of special assistant for
the South Banks to see that
things are properly managed in
that area which ha s some 40
per cent of the county’s popula
tion, but none of its advantage
of modern transportation.
Under the loose listing system
that has prevailed in Dare Coun
ty from time immemorial, prop
erty owners have been allowed
to list as they chose, and in many
instances they didn’t list at all,
until brought to book by some
d'il'i^en’t official. Property has
often been listed at one tenth to
one half its market value, and
the system has resulted in prop
erty going on the books at so low
a value that it has been neces
sary to charge a high tax rate
in order to raise enough money
to finance the county.
An investigation by the Board
revealed property now selling at
as much as $10,000 for instance,
valued on 'the books at $1,500 to
$2,000. This has made it neces
sary for those who list their prop
erty at a fai r value tp. bear an
undue burden of the county’s ex
penses, and their taxes at a rate
of $1.90 has been more than
their fair share.
The law requires every person
who lists to first subscribe to an
oath, before making a return of
his holdings. In future this rule
is to be put into effect. Persons
who are non-residents will be al
lowed to make this oath before
a notary public at their place of
residence before mailing their
return. 'Lucal citizens will take
the oath before the list-taker.
Failure to make the proper re
turn will invoke the penalty re
quired by law, which may be as
much as 25 per cent of the taxes,
(Contnued on page four)
HATTERAS P. T. A.
The Hatteras PTA met Mon
day night, Dec. 3, in the school
building with Mrs. Nacey Austin
presiding. “Work For the Night
Is Coming” was sung by mem
bers. Rev. Earl Meekins led in
prayer and gave an interesting
talk on “Together We Build.”
Mrs. Meekins discussed “Choice
of Books for Our Children” and
gave a readinngnnnnnmETAONN
" " s reedin'?; from the Novem
ber issue of Parent Teacher Mag
azine. The minutes and treasur
er’s report were approved. It
was announced that the mem
bership was 141, with 70 families
represented. Ricom committees
were announced as follows: Its,
2nd, and 3rd: Mrs. M. L. Burrus,
Mrs. Donald Stowe, Mrs. Lacey
Austin and Mrs. Boy Gray. 4th
and 5th: Mrs. Murray iStyron,
Mrs. Harold Gray, Mrs. Fr.azier
Peele and Ms. Norman Quidiey.
&th and 7th: Mrs. Richard Job,
Mrs. Ellsworth Ballance, Mrs.
Horace Gaskins, Mrs. Johnny
O’Neal. 8th and 9th: Mrs. Dolph
Burrus, Mrs. Olen Austin and
Miss Grade Bal'ance. llth and
12th: Mrs. Damon Gray, Mrs.
Loran Ballance, Mrs. Ruth Aus
tin and Mrs. Srowden Quidiey.
The fourth and fifth grade
room won the attendance ban-
■ner. Mr. and Mrs. Loran Bal
lance would have won the jack
pot If they had been present. The
$2.00 goes into next month’s
jack-pot, making it $4.00. Mrs.
Eafl Meekins was appointed pro
gram chairman. Refreshments
were served by Mrs. A. S. Aus
tin, Mrs. Olen Austin and Mrs.
M. L. Burrus. It was decided to
hold the regular meeting on the
'"st Monday in every month, in-
•’d of the first, so that program
material would be available.