) (POT uyki fcjM ft I Fr3 A NEWSPAPER TO SERVE NORTH CAROLINA'S MOST FAMED AGRICULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL REGION VOLUME VIII; NO. 51 SWAN QUARTER, N, C, THURSDAY. JUNE 16. 1949 Single Copy 5 WHOPPING BIG TIME BEGINS JULY 1 FOR 8-DAY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN BELHAVEN POTATOES ARE ROLLING By Harriet Brown Harris VAN OUTSTANDING HOME AGENT IN HYDE PRAISED The Town Is Planning The Biggest Event So i Far Undertaken In Eastern North Carolina This Year, and Belhaven May Have 30,000 Visitors During the Three-Day Period; Huge Program Shaning Up. By BEN DIXON MacNEILL Again in the uiidst of a cele bration. this time of its 50th birth day anil collateral matters that include a new $150,000 hospital, this cran-and-oyster am! seed- corn capital of North Carolina has dusted off its unpatented fish fryer capacity : one ton every ten minutes and at 1 o'clock on July Fourth will be ready and willing to feed all comers, up to and including ten tia.9S the tow n's Copulation of 3.r"0. Feeding 3'i.",!l people a mess of fried trout, means next to noth ing to this sprightly town. They've i'o.'ie it before. beginning 21 years ;igo when they cebrated the opening of the I'r.i'.a iink of the .dm! Waterway wit" the hue Josephus Daniels a:vl t'.-.e late Con gressman John H. Small as the principal dignatories. This time it will be Senior I'. S. Senator. Clyde R. Hoey who will address massed congregations at, the ball park on Sunday morning, the day before the Fourth. Master Farmer Fred Latham who, at 77, has come home from the hospital as good punew to resume his place as elder states man in the Pungo basin and to take on new duties as a member of the State Conservation Com mission, designed and built the unpatented fish-cooking machine when the community was con fronted with the necessity of feed ing 30.000 people that festive day la 1938. The device is also as good as new end the 'only problem that now remains is catching that many fish. Trout are not as plen tiful as they used to be. but they have deep freeze plants now and they can save up. With so much on its hands those in c harge of events have decided to take three days at it, beginning on Saturday with the town's 2oth annual water carnival, topped off by a gigantic street carnival fea tured by something that probably no other town ever thought of they loose 101 frying size chick ens from the roof of the town, hall and let the crowd scramle. There's a greased pig too. Sunday is the Sabbath and will be obserbed accordingly with Senator Hoey promised as big a congregation as any man has ever addressed in North Carolina when lie speaks at the ball park in the morning. All clrirches will attend, white and colored. The service will be followed by a big home inininz picnic. There will be events on the water in the harbor PONZER HAS A NATIVE SON WITH A PURPOSE f V :f i i - ' V, v - Hinting season, fishing season land potato season are definite I phases in the life of Belhaven cit izens. Hunting at thus time of the year is a happy memory, fishing a future anticipation, but potatoes i very present reality. The everj dependable spud has been rolling this week from the small private garden as well as from the acres of the large commercial producer. The small gardener soon had his jp table ci;op dug and housed but the large producer is still hard at it. digging, washing, grading, bag ging, and shipping. An old-timer would be much im pressed by the changes that have taken place in the handling of this : nrajor eastern Carolina crop. Gone : 1 is the wooden barrel, gone hap : j hazard grading, gone the imcer : tainty of housing and future dis S ' posal. In their place is the jute 5 ' bag, 'he highly mechanized, ac- ' i curate grader, and the truck w ait-1 'ing at the field to transport the! Hyde County, North Carolina crop to far-awav places. A visit liir women, particularly those in to nearby Swindell's or Wilkinson j H-V'ip County, lose one of the out will c.i.vinre fine that even not:., i -tand workers In Home Demon- to production is today a stream lined pioce:-s taking us cue from the factory assembly line. Every possible lorm of mechanized e qu'pmerit that can possibly be used to cut time and labor are employe,! locally ev-.i an air- i - I - I f ' ' 'r if j By NELL WECHTER i 1 With the resignation of Iberia Koach Tunnell as Home Agent in 3y CARLTON MORRIS stration work in the state. Horn" Demonstration work was b'-zurs in Hyde County, September 1. ;:)H. whereas other counties of North Carolina had been re. reiving benefits of the work for 30 or 35 years. In spite of its in- plane to supply repair parts from lancy unuer tne direction ot .is Italeigh. Due to the use of tni'Sr I IbeHa Kwh. now Mrs. Tunnell, even laborers can be transported a natlve of Rutherford County, fmm rnmn9r9tiv.i inno- Hitan the work has grown rapidly and aJ tomnnrarc workers t aat in has become a vital factor in the' GURNWOOD RADCLIFF has the , handling the fairly perishable ,ivea of manv Hyde County peop- distint tion of being one of the (crop. Then there is also the new .-lie. few men from Hyde County to go factor of government inspection and government purchasing. At the present time about fifteen out- lnnova- around the world underwater, but that is exactly what he did. He enlisted in the Navy on Aug. 12. .these two fairly recent 1912. and he enlisted with a pur-jtions. pose. That purpose was to do his Possibly the greatest change duty toward his country and get -noted locally in the handling of back to Hyde County and get to potatoes this year Is the almost doing something that he considers exclusive use of truck transporta reallv Important. Upon his en-Hon even on long hauls. Much credit is due Mrs. Tunn ell who not oni.. organized the work but hold to sell herself to BELHAVEN LADIES PLAN BIG FASHION SHOW ON JULY 4 Expect to Display All Fash ions of the 50 Years of Town's Hisvory Spurred on by the favorable comments that are still circulating about last year's Jaycee fashion show, the committee in charge of the event which is being staged this year as part of the fiftieth anniversary celebration ,has com pleted the plans for this year's show that will surpass in beauty and styling last year's outstanding exhibition. Roswell Cox, chair man of the fashion show, has re leased the following information as to the event for this year . The show will be held on the front portico of the River Forest Manor. The tentative time has been set for Monday, July 4th at 7:30 P. M. The Pungoan Book Club will handle the sale of tic kets and the seating of the aud ience. Mrs. E. W. Midgette is chairman of the r-ommitf.ee fromj the club that will direct these ac tivities. The cost of admission' has b'-en set at 50 cents and ad mission will be by ticket purchas ed at the Main Street entrances j to the Manor at the beginning ot the show. There will be no table reservations. Mrs. Eddie Voliva.i who has charge of the girls who. will act as usherettes and cigareti girls, advises that she has design-1 ed a costume appropriate to thej occasion and her group of girls! will be ready to assist in serving the refreshments that are covered by the admission price. Mrs. Billy Griffin, working with a group of Boy Scouts, will have charge of the seating arrange ments. Mrs. Griffin would like for anyone who has a card table BELHAVEN'S HOSPITAL TO OPEN FRIDAY, JUNE 23RD; MRS. LUCY SMITH MANAGER Hospital Committee Monday Night Announc ed Appointment of Beaufort County Wel fare Superintendent With Approval of State and County Authorities; to Manage 24-Bed Hospital; Dr. M. 0. Fletcher to As sist in Opening Hospital. MEDICAL DIRECTOR BELHAVEN HOSPITAL I f ? I I siders are in Belhaven handling the people, the home demonstra-, tnat is iendable to contact her. tion program being so new. Un der her leade-.ship and as a re sult of much bard work, long The show itself will be present ed as an original skit entitled "A Ion$ Fashion's Way." It depicts hours, and the 'cooperation of the tne changing scene in fashions people, 12 home demonstration clubs have been organized with DR. ELLIS G. WINSTEAD. Bel haven's senior physician was e lected at a meeting of the Trus tees Tuesday night as Medical Di rector of the Belhaven Hospital, and he accepted. The election was unanimous. Dr. Winstead is a native of Beaufort County, and was the first Beaufort County boy to enter the service in World War from the small preschool child i when he ran away from Trinity through school days, childhood j Park School in Durham and en- parues, graduation, oancea. days .listed in the Marines. After the tjct 250 members, making it one of listment in the Navy he was aa-, week., the local raUroa oaice"" si' u tne beacb, college days, mar-iwar he decided that he wanted to signed to a LST and all his worn nanuie-i omy iwemy-one oars, uasn - - wage, DuuseKeeping. snopping, ana.be a doctor and so he went to the was in the engine room, therefore.! year at this time twenty-one as!sanze'j a . "I6!.1 on' y'n En'tne activities of the modern ma-! University of Richmond, and then he was underwater most of theia daily, not a weekly quota. In- e,h'- s'inileI1 Fork- Ponzer, . tron. The finale will be enacted the Medical College of Virginia, time. He visited 27 foreign conn- deed there has hardly been aIFa.rflld. Sladesvilie Swan Quar-1 to the music, "Through the Years" ; Dr. Winstead married Miss Anne tries during his stay in the Navy. t me on Highway 261 for over a,er- Tlny ak' North Lake, Lake , and will feature those appearing : Murphy in 1920. and they have He went to such places as Ca!-eek when one was out of sight j Landing. Rose Bay. Nebraska, and in the show whom the judges se-, three children: Ellis G Jr.. Mrs. cutta. Bombay. Shanghai, French of one of the huge trucks that 1 1sanl ove. led during the event as candi- James Vounts and Miss Anne Win- Morroco. Alg'.ers, Burma. Arabia, puea nign mgn wun tun jutei " 'or ine oeauty contest which stead. Dr. Winstead is a member . .umpusr,, win tane place at the dance fol- of the town s lieht and water com ing the fashion show. Assist-! mission and Egypt to name a few. an 1 he bags, mean locally that potatoes ; zea ln 111,3 1s composed will was in the invasions of Sicily. It-'are moving. officers from the local clubs 0w aly and France. He also went! As one stands on the sideline1a"J lI,ey "'i iiuiuni, Benn ing in tne presentation of the skit' through the Panama Canal a num-iand watches the movement of theas an advisory board to the Home .will be Mesdames A. L. Johnston.; .- .- . i,i i,; lAeent in determining nlaees. nol-'T s frr.iarf r it n.,. ber of times as well a3 the Suez crop, one cant help speculating on Canal. (Continued on Page Four) He is the third son of Mrs.! ' Mary and the late George Rad-j0RE LAND FOR Ponzer on his mother's farm and . BIG CELEBRATION he feels that there might be a; better place to live but as he has', only been in 27 countries beside ! ... , . . , , the U. S. He never did come a-ilts Co,nZ tonTe a Lot ot noom in oeinaven BEING ADDED Agent in determining places, pol-,T. S. Jordan-. W. E. Bateman and lcies. and programs. .Miss Rosa Gray Hamilton. (Continued on pagre four) MOTOR SHIP MAKES Trips Tri-Weekly TO OCRACOKE Another Venture Backed by Wa hab to Bring Business to Ocracoke July 4 cross a better place. He doesn't believe in putting all his eggs in one basket, where hisj when Chairman Axson farming is concerned. He farms land his committee got MO a' res of land, raiding mostly ;iaymj out the scenario of this (Continued on Page Four) I I SMALL TOWNS TO GET I SHARE OF ROAD FUNDS Belhaven's Share $4,081; Manteo $1,673; Money to be Used on j I f . . L. . . 1 1 l j mynvvtfys nrougn small Towns AN AUGUSTA STUDENT 'desirm-tibl (Inline :Kr afternoon an evening, topped o:f by a demonstration by t'.ie I'.enny Baxter water ski corn ami beans but he ooesn t ne- pen 1 entirely on this for a living." H- h-is a ereat deal oi natural ; days beginning on July pa-t ne an I derives a hne income from his hiu l Bearing tne name oi unosay i. . i Warren. Comptroller General of i Sm;ii towns in North Carolina! Smith, the United States, Washington arP to iret allottments fmm hih. I through i native and former Congressman way funds durine the next i in-ifiom the First District, a con-i months to ret.air and ImOd trft towns celebration ot ; verted sub-chaser nainte 1 a gleam-i jiimtmi.nu unr,,.,.,. i v..- .,,. '!" antvversary lasting three jng white is now plying the Pam-. Highway Commission this week river and sound on regular! are as follows- P.ehaven Jmvi- :ves a one income discovered with some ilismav that 1 cr-ho.inluu hot-e.n vOahincrtn ' vi.. ti i 1 aile. He (hp show was too hie for the stae. 'an.t ( x-raenke "ilie Ttrminlu of .-... u i ml.. . i- ,u. .... t'n'.ipe. Tar Heels Afloat will jail o.' l::s farming with traftor They ned-d at least two acres 1 North Caiolina. i Z'.t'J cuise fcere v itii abot;' I'M yachts j and d-!ivers his hog to market in r;fp e,onnd for the sort of fi.-'n This is another vei.tuie backed I ' The nM small tow--- ti e far the tnree day eve.-.t. I his own truck--. He is an o-.it-. fr. th,.y N;e planning, and for, by Stanley Wahab. the patron : s-ate will c'-t A to'al of J!" 1."1 1 Ontlj d motor bo.it races. f;i st standi:; g succe-s as a farmer be- the crowds that will come to wit-jsaint of Ocracoke I-le. (These towns ate of less than 2 ".' l-.eld ir. Notth I aroi:na on the " '.; "'"' "" ,r.ess the water carnival in .Match a- A ievied sad.ng chedule h I'ungo :.ver in 1924 w!ll begin n ! ,0 'l0 an 1 ls 'lv,n w!,erejpur.2o river. at 9 o Yl-Hk Mondav nor.iing and fc" war-,' ,0 ,:vf"- n" "nt Less resourceful (ontmnf until a moT:-r narade U! U1 -11 -av-v aiJ,i nave cut down tne 'important sail.ng i-ched'jle has t population. The money must be j'l-t been released to coni'otm . first spent on streets whic h form with local needs and Wednesday) a Part of the State highway svs.! pioposeu ceie- aiternoon tnjis down the ramlp o tern, and second y i'- people might ton. ,uA ... . . 11 , j ii i -' " , mi-. " ' ' 1 1' t uii M ( -t-I r I J 1 1 J gets under way at noon, headed 1 ieU, tJr- ,., Dratl0n ,;ow n to size, but not so as well as moonlight sails each form ward tie fish frying grounds "orn bread, especially ground f'roni Latham's Double selected 9 orn, native cabbage cole slaw and jnative potato salad, will round out (the dinner. Dedication of the modern hos- oital will he tfl??prl im.-ler the aus- lidces of the State Medical Care 'Commission at 2 o'clock. Details -f the program of this event are L till in the making. The day will lid with a fashion parade on the iunds of River Forest Hotel, a nster fireworks display over river, a dance and queen- ning. jery organization in the Pungo Is taking a hand. These in Rotary, Lions, Masonic, and SJcan legion dubs. Eastern kf'TA. the town government. rch auxiliaries, Junior er of Commerce, Athletic rclub, and Ministerial As- He decided to add , Friday night, have been arranged j links,' J. HAROLD LITTON, Tr son oi connecting ,t- itl! i - ,.f r- lo the State Hiehwav Svs- w ....i.. . '. . required acreage to his loca-jby the N. C. Coastal Shipline. tern, or the county highway svs-1 ','., . ,i-,;. ..!. "I tinn hir.U 1 it,. nt.t H-;ill., .....t.: fi ii-sii! . I . . . . -.RU.-irt ..j.ii.j;. " 1' "II-:- f l . , . , - w,,.,, Ui.,ir, o,. ur idi iii-io-iiiarivei roaus '"r u" "l, '"'"'s ! mansion now converted into the manager. Olten times his destiny is rghtjRjver Fot(,st HotPl an,, by thti j The ship has twin diesel engines time the celebration opens two, and is equipped for inland and off weeks from Saturday, there will! shore waters. There are sleep- be room and to snare for everv intr accnmmnl.ltinna fnr ahnnt iO ciose iook tor it count oe an op-Mhw th h,... ni-.n.,u.i r.i,,u tu. a unless some unforseen catas,food, restaurant style refresh- in in it time ami r.is an vice to tnex0!1 c;m-;th la i who is just starting out in tiie!thf -rtilt in lrft.' '.rrtiin.l Kim hu ' . at home, and too. when the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence you had better take a Mrs. Lucy W. Smith, Beaufort County Welfare Officer, has been named as Manager of the Belhav en Hospital, which is to be opened Friday, June 23, according ta W. P. O'Neal, Chairman of the Pungo District Health Center. The employment of Mrs. Smith was made with the approval ,of the State and County Welfare Boards, arcl she will enter upon her new duties with the tempor- ary assi.-tar.ee of Dr. Maynard O. r letcher. retired Washington phy sic an, who formerly managed tha 'layloe Ho.-pifal in his home town. I he benefit of his wide hospital experience wa-s sought by the Committee before Mrs. Smith be came available for the post. The foimal indication of the nospital wiil take plae on July li h. when the town will also form ally observe its 5'Hh anniversary. At this time the hospital will be :n full operating form. Hospital's History The aquisition of this hospital came only after a lot of hard work on the part of many public spiri ted citizens, and a review of some of the work which began some two years ago should now be of interest. In January, 1947. a group of cit- teens met and organized the Bel haven Hospital Building Corporav tion and the original signers were H. V. Latham, W. P. O'Neal, the Belhaven Mayor and town drugr gst, with Mrs. O'Neal. In this group of original incorporators were F. L. Voliva. J. H. Luptdn. W. E. Bateman, U H. Johnson, Dr. Clifford C. Byrum, Guy Davis, 3 A. Lee, J. L. Lancaster, A. R 3ethune, Scott Topping. F. T. Paul, C. G. Westerbeck, D. W. Lupton, W. H. Voliva, J. E. Ed wards, J. C. McKeel, L. L. John--son. M. L. Andrews, Walter Za chowski. Reginald Bishop, Clyde Potter. R. Y. Williams .and Clyde Burgess. Before the complete plans for the non-stock and nonprofit cor--loration ha 1 been effected, the State became much interested ill the provisions of the Hill-Burtonv Public Health Aid Bill, and the Pungo District Hospital Corpora tion rested on its oars until they coull look into th" possibility of bringing State and Federal Aid to belhaven. When it was found there was a po.-slbil tr of obtaining Hill Burton aid they made applict on, bur w th B-Mufort County ir; "C" pi.ority stjius ft was decided to create a iii:r:r-t w hi-h included !.e rieliirt.c.i recorder's court area .if luui .j pi: t- of Bath. Long v -e. ;,...! all of Pant ego Town--.'.i;. i.i tiie s.nin.er of 1947, j -' 1 y-ai ago. the corporat or! is ii !-- I ar.-l named the Pun- r". I I'-!-.. I t - 'i ! .1 fVimur . t f n i:: .(.ii. . i -, i.." i) i inane up a !." t for tire o:,-r: uction of Vd ho-pitai( one story cindeN .'.i.. 1).. !-: vender, with woo it .in.'ir and no bas-mer.t. On Marct -7, iliH, the project had niovcuF" ,;lo;ij so idpidiy that it was aJ tical illusion. Gurnwood is a sober, straight forward, hard working man of 23 years. He is single and lrkely to remain that way unless you girlsand t0 your ,ot ig not sucn a cofc get busy. I don't advise any girl to apply for the job if she doesn't like Hyde County. trophe happens to the dredge thatments and dancing. The Lindsay he completed yesterday afternoon. C. Warren is a US-foot ship. Adding a couple of acres of) The Wednesday afternoon cruise beginning at 2:30 for four hour will take about 100 passengers (without congestion) down at least as far as Indian Island and ENGINEERS SHIFTED ON HIGHWAY JOBS Plan May Prevent Highway Forces Growing Moribund; New Ideas and Stimulus Expected I he has jtir-t complete! his third jyear. He has recently returned 'home for the summer season MASONS AND WIVES FED BY EASTERN STAR plex problem along the Matcha pungo river. All you need is a good retaining wall and a sand- sucker. You suck some sand up .return. The maiden trip will be Jout of the river and dump it inside made tomorrow for the down the the retaining wall. It makes good I river outing. dry land and it also makes good i "Ocracoke Island, C., is dif- The members of the Order of the Eastern Star of Belhaven Chapter. 224, entertained the Ma sons and their wives of Belhaven Lodge. 509, at a buffet supper Wednesday evening. The sup per was held at the Community IGELHARD METHODIST j House, and consisted of Ham sand wiches, potato salad, pickles, deviled eggs, ice cream, cake and at a revival will begin iced tea. Of an expected 125 peo Ight, June 2). at F.ngel-'rle only 75 attended. After sup-T-dlst Chunh. The Ser-iper everyone was entertained by Lbe conducted by Rev. a song fest nut on by several members of both orders. Mrs. Ricks offiiiatej at the s . .BEGINS MONDAY J f . Harmon, pastor, an- be conducted by Rev. j oi wasinngton. er-1 be at o'clock. Thej Claud r harborage for Tar Heels Afloat and other yachts that come here with increasing frequency. And it will restore to the once fabu lous Wilkinson House grounds all of their one-time quality that once rated the place the handsomest residential establishment in the State. Mr. Smith these days attends meetings of the Celebration Com mittee dad only in a par of shorts and a sweat shirt. He is superin tending the work himself, and doing a good deal of it. The re taining wall timbers are virtually in place and the sand pumping ial!y invited to at ipiaoo. Everyone reported a very will et under way by the first of pleasant evening. next week. ferent". One of the famous Outer Banks, it is built around Sliver Lake where your boat will dock. Sandy trails wind beneath water oaks and yaupon bushes. A large flat extends behind the village to the beach where is unexcelled for surf -casting. "In the village you can rent skiffs for bottom fishing. There is a small hotel with dining room as well as a restaurant. There is a command-car taxi for going up the banks to see the wild ponies, or to visit the old lighthouse Northward lies Cape Hatteras. reached by ferry. Informality and ease are the words for Hatteras. ! by tiie Noith Caroli i .', ' 'are ( ommiss on and tj .. : i Sta's Public Health and on March 16 a coni .... .. .11 r , .A u eg-'; r.r v, ii.-ou, r.ortn caroifia . : coiioti.e't tne. hospital. Fiti HYDE FARMFRR HFAR iound was broken in April, MARKET RPFr.lAI l5T; on October 1 the building .complete; a remarkable tribi H. R. Niswonger. Horticulture , th vision and energy of BeV. Specialist w:th the N. C. Exten- people the first hospital sion Service, and Joe Gourley. I'nited States constructed Marketing Specialist with th" 'he Hill-Burton Bill, flnaa State Department of Agriculture, 'irey without levy upon spoke to a group of 175 represen- , ;rs of the district. tative farmers from Hyde County . private subscriptions regarding an auction market for, Vbis group raised vegetables. The meeting was held ! $"3 exclusive of the I In the Engelhard school auditor- leg d fes, the site beincf iura Thursday n'ght. June 9. with b the C'ty of Belhaven A exiellont interest In th venture, .el ai tl.,vi"i. The cq-JM Farmers present stated' that; of b idling this hos;t vegetables could be grown on a and the lareesrAJf ciiiiiiiiMi v,ai Hi-nip on moi or tn was rseau'ort Lo'inty soil in Hyie County ers pre-ent joiner1 movement to establ The news that there has been a shift in Highway Engineers sounds like a good plan. Fortun ately, the Second and First divi sions were well pleased as mat ters stood, but there has been a growing belief in the state for some years that it might be better to transfer the engineers occas ionally. For one thing it has been often the case that the engineers run the division. So many Com missioners, after building a few pet roads for their own towns, have then let the Engineers do as they pleased. W. N. Spruill. Second Division Engineer, who is a native of Tyr rell County, and long stationed at market for vegetable ureenvine, nas been transferred plan enough of the various vz- . q ;;,, ,,,,- ar 1 f to the first Dtvisron with offi esletable crops to ass-ire buyers for c ' d's short fy in Aboskie. He will replace T. J. the market. As a result of this ing f!"i.0'M. This M' Kim who for the past two years !mee(:ng. an organiaztion meeting .le-isned n'iinarilv has served the First Division, and for sett ng up the working pr'n of 'he Pur.go Half Mr. M Kim will go to Wilson with i oiple of the auction has beer. nil. h o;,e i n peo-1 the Fourth Division. Romulus ' ed for T'i" Hy nieht. June :i In i:e main'nl of i Markham will go from Wilson tojthe Engellurd sihool auditoririm of Dare Cority :l Greenville to replace Mr. Spruiil. fit 1:31. Further details regarding '"IIJ IJ-T ? til lil I r t n most of th was Beaufort Countyl 'y. The farm- ri' ul'urisf, Honoiaf f 'osether in a La'hani. who gave 1 ish an auction val g-nral con'ra e product! arid h ho- ! v as ff Nine engineers in all were pivenlthe market will be discussed at appointments. this time. (Cintini.ed ojf

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