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VOLUME X NO. 34.
HYDE COUNTY
NEWSjBRIEFS
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Monday, Feb. 20
Pleasant Grove Home Demon
stration Club meets.
Wednesday, Feb. 22
Fairfield Home Demonstration
Club meets.
Thursday, Feb. 23
Englehard Rotary Club meets
t Watson Hotel at 7 o'clock.
SUNDAY SCHOOL DINNER ,
. The Sunday School of Amity
Methodist church at . take Land
in? had a lovely dinner at the
Lake Landing Library Friday
night. The four tables were deco
rated in the Valentine motiff.
Each table represented a different
class.
There were 35 present and two
visitors.
HYDE NATIVE PASSES
Mrs. Annie Spencer Gibbs, 57.
native of Hyde County and resi
dent of Elizabeth City for the past
37 years died Monday, Feb. 6. She
was the daughter of the late P. S.
and Sallie Ann Spencer and the
wife of the late D. S. Gibbs.
Surviving are two sons, two
daughters, one brother and four
sisters.
BENEFIT SUPPER
The Watson's Chapel MVF at
Nebraska will sponsor a supper
for the benefit of the church on
Friday, Feb. 24, beginning at 4:30.
Stewed oyster3, salad plates, fried
oyster plates and other food will
be for sale.
The public is invited.
P.T.A. SPEAKER
Mrs. Scott Topping of Pantego
was the principal speaker at the
monthly meeting of the Slades
viUe P.T.A. in the school gym
Tuesdav evening. Feb. 7. Her top
ic was "How The P.T.A. Should
Respond."
Mrs. Keith Dunbar presided at
the meeting. Boll call was by
Mrs. Aubrey Swindell, secretary.
CHICKEN SUPPER
The Ladies' Aid Society tjt" the
Englehard Christian church will
sponsor a chicken supper at the
Community Building in Englehard
Saturday evening. Feb. 23. Serv
ing will begin at 5 o'clock.
Sandwiches, candy, pie and hot
coffee will be for sale. Plates will
be 50 cents.
The public is invited.
AT RALEIGH MEET
A number of Hyde County far
mers this week attended the State
Farm Bureau meeting In Raleigh.
Among those attending were Rus
sell Swindell, president of the
Hyde County Farm Bureau, W. H.
Pruden, county agent, Linwood
Cuthrell and Wesley Ballance of
Lake Landing. Leslie Simwons of
Fairfield. Staten Clayton of Pon
zer and Ed Bonner of Swan Quar
ter. Mr. Swindell is the voting dele
gate for the Hyde County organi
zation. 100 PER CENT
Scouts of Swan Quarter Troop
No. 213 of the Boy Scouts of
America attended the district
Father-Son banquet in Washing
ton last Tuesday evening. The
Scouts traveled about 140 miles to
attend the banquet.
Russell Swindell is Scoutmas
ter. COMMITTEE REPORT
Mrs. D. I- Berry, of Swan
Quarter, -hairman of a commit
tee rf interest'-'! citizens who so
licited funds for repairins the
home of (he Bill Gil.lx family,
this veel: released a report on tl.e
trending of f".nl.
Mrs. Berry said that a total of
$!2.9i was collected. Expenses
were as follows: H'.Zt for ar;
ent.ers; for carpent'r helpers;
and i'.'J-i for rails, window glass,
putty, etc. for a total of $103.9'"'.
Contributions would be appre
ciated to help pay the deficit of
$20.50.
OCRACOKE DRIVE
Theodore Rendthaler, chairman
of the Ocracoke March of Dimes
drive reports that the Island resi
dents this year gave more to the
polio campaign than in 1949. A to
tal of $174.92 wa3 raised this
year compared with $159.29 last
year.
Mr. Rendthaler told county cam
paign officials that the drive was
conducted in "whirlwind" fashion
with s hoi.1 children r making a
h';'irs to hot;s canvass
An unti.-u -1 thing shout the O
r.i:o!.e di:ve i- th':t .. f .!! t 'on
ji )i:.!y i-; c.it -. !'- i : t -.
it w.-if :-ta"-d. I fi t din.'s and
jr thevi to t" .- ki 's ui.o vie for
tt !.',rr.-;t in'J:v: J'.ud collections.
ELLEN JAMES OF PONZER WEDS IN MIAMI
mil ,iiniwp m ii in inn hi in mnimi im I II-in il.
Mrs. Alex G.
Plymouth Congregational church
in Miami, Fla., was the setting for
the three p.m. Sunday, February
5th service when M133 Ellen
James exchanged nuptial vows
with Alex G. Morphonies. The
Rev. David J. Davis officiated.
The bride is the daughter of W.
L. James, who gave her in mar
riage, and Mrs. James, 37?) N. W.
1st Ave.. Miami. Mr. Morphonios
is the son of Mrs. Morphonios, al
so of Miami.
Joe J. Mason served as best
man and Cathy Blakely was the
bride's only attendant. DeWitt
Beck and Raymond Williams ush
ered and Lester L. Mullis was vo
calist -
The white satin bridal gown en
train, which was made y the
bride's mother, featured a deep
lace yoke and Peter Pan collar.
The French illusion veil extended
fingertip length from a tiara of
seed pearl orange blossoms. A
cascade bouquet of gladioli and
baby's breath and a strand of
pearls belonging to her mother,
completed the bride's ensemble.
Miss Blakely was attired in a
blue marquisette gown with ruf
fled bertha and side ruffle pep
lum. She carried pink asters.
A reception was held in the
newlyweds' home. 3131 N.W. 16th
St., Miami. Miss Betty Jean Dut
ton, the groom's niece, and Mrs.
THE TIDELAND.TRAIL
The OLD COUNTRY STORE
Found Everywhere Along The
Tideland Trail of Hyde and Dare
By CARLTON MORRIS
SLADESVILLE TALENT SHOW
By CARLTON MORRIS
The Sladesvilie Talent Show,
held in the Sladesville gymnasium
last Friday night, was a marked
su -cess. The program was hich
liuhied by a talent show, ; ;.n.i
ir.2 off cakes and pies and var
ious pieces of fancy needle work.
Drinks, hot dogs and candy were
sold as a ,-i.k-lii.e.
Tiie program consisted r: fonas.
music, dar.i ir.?. ler-itati'.r.s and
miniiery. Three prizes v ere a
warded. Cht.rHe Ayers of .-i-i -viile,
with his fine nIi:i' '. '
birds, a: itnals. ami frogs, tool;
first piize. Miss Jane Topping of
Pantego. with two excellent exhi
bitions of tap dancing, placed ser
ond. The Belhaven Trio won
third place with some good sing
ing. They are Velma Smithwick,
Dot Davis and Peggy Joyce Wat
son with Rosalind Knickerbocker
at the piano.
Judges were F. L. Voliva of
Bfelhaven, J. M. Worrell of Swan
Quarter, and Carlton Morris of
Ponzer.
After the talent show several
contests were held. Mrs. Keith
r.mi:bar was the M.C. and award
ed prizes to o:ie lady for having
more children than ar.yoce pres
ent, (sorry we didn't g"t her
r--:':e !,' s'-" had It children).
Mr.-. John I.ih"-- v. on a irlze
f'.r ti.P -'.''! "test voi::-n .Te-ent.
iJ-yop ("ox wis t.ili' -t iu. i tl. tr j
Mr. L. D Homing was rutne-r-up.
SWAN QUARTER.
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Morihdnies
D. F. Davenport, the bride's aunt
(also of Ponzer and Miami) as
sisted in the serving. For her
daughter's wedding, Mrs. James
chose a navy frock with white ac
cessories and wore a corsage of
red roses. Mrs. Morphonios wore
a peach dress with corsage of buff
roses.
The couple's wedding trip to
Havana, Cuba, by boat was a gift
of Roscoe Brunstetter, for whom
the bride is legal secretary.
1 For traveling the bride changed
' to a white wool suit and black ac
! cessories.
I A graduate of Miami Edison
High School, the bride has work
' ed as a model a&.l did radio work
as Miami's Bridal Consultant of
'the Air for four years, and was
j Harvest Maid for the Crandon
! Park Festival. She is a former
resident of Ponzer, N. C.
Mr. Morphonios, an Air Force
radar navigator during the war,
plays semi-professional baseball
ami football. He is a senior at the
University of Miami School of
j Electrical Engineering, and is as
! sociated with Barfield Instrument
J Corporation. He is adjutant and
past judge advocate of Damon
Runyon Post of American Legion,
and a graduate of Miami Edison
Senior High School, having been
president of the Miami Edison
Alumni Association.
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l?lSf.ANQUARTER
Can-ft IT!
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar O'N'eal had
been married longer than anyone
el.-e iheie while Mr. O'Neal was
the oi(!-.-t person present. Harry
Swindell was the heaviest man
present an 1 we are sure Hec
'' Watson was the best
MURDER WILL OUT
BUT HOW?
In Recorder's Court last Mon-.i.-y,
Roosevelt claimed he got
.-hot ree:-!y wh:e visiting at a
.-.ore i:: j..,-t Chance. He didn't
..i.o. v w.y he was shot or who
shot him. AH he knew was that
eight buck shot hit him in the
side and arm while he stood and
listened at the picolo. He wasn't
mad at anybody and still isn't
Clement, another negro present at
the time of the crime, stands
charged with shooting Roosevelt
but be doesn't know anything a
bout it either. He said he won
a little money In a poker game
but lost it out of his pocket while
wrestling with another Negrr
Thirty-five cents was the amount
and he rerovered fifteen cents and
accused Roosevelt of tak;ng the
remaining quarter. Of course
Roosevelt says he didn't do if.
Clement then left the joint ar:d
returned in a few minutes with a
shot gun. When he fired a t barge
in the floor he had a clean house.
Roo.-evt It ran along with the
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V
N. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1950
! fiinnfri T T 17" T)r'n
HELD FRIDAY IN
MOREHEAD CITY
Man From Hyc.e and Dare
Counties H?id: Fred
Latham .i'esent
Fishermen from along the North
Carolina coast, more than 200 of
them, last Friday crowded into the
hearing room of the commercial
fisheries building at Camp Glenn
at Morehead City and aired their
views on shrimp regulations to
the commercial fisheries commit
tee of the Board of Conservation
and -Dewlepsnent. , ,
The commercial fisheries eotn
mittee will' report on "the hearing
Friday at Wilmington and the
state board will act on their rec
ommendations. The first spokesman for the
fishermen was David Beveridge of
Beaufort, who requested that the
shrimp regulations remain exactly
as they are. James Styron of Sea
Level voiced his approval which
was echoed by many fishermen in
the room.
W. H. Lupton of Lowlands was
then recognized and he asked that
the size of the shrimp trawl used
in Pamlico Sound be limited. The
heavy trawls, he said, are destroy
ing oyster beds. He asked for
elimination of the balloon net and
then added that he was also rep
resenting Jhe delegation from Hat
Uu (about lOmea) who want
111 ,7 T """
miles oi me
Herbert Austin of Hatteras voic
ed his approval of Lupton's plea
but groans and remarks of dis
satisfaction came from the audi
ence. A. T. Foster, 75 years old, of
Swansboro, who works an outside
trawl, told the committee, "If you
make a three-mile limit, you may
as well come ami take our rigs
away." Someone in the room add
ed, "and build a poor house."
Mr. Styron of Sea Level was
then granted the floor and told
the committee, . "if you -close in
side waters, you'll kill the shrimp
ing industry . . . and more than a I
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i P.T.A. BUYB rTANGE
' AND REFRIGERATOR
Englehard Group In Regular Meet
ing; New Teacher
Presented
The Englehard P.T.A. held its
February meeting in the high
school auditorium Tuesday night,
February 7.
Mrs. Margaret Gibbs was in
charge of the program, which in
cluded songs, readings and recita
tions. The program was enjoyed
by everyone.
Due to the absence of the pres
ident the meeting was called to
order by the vice-president, Jabin
Berry.
Mr. A. T. Casey, new high
school teacher, was introduced to
the P.T-A. by Mr. Berry. Mr.
Casey is also coach for the girls
ball team.
Reports were given by the var
ious committees and Mr. Casey in
formed the P.T.A. that the school
expected to organize student gov
ernment and urged every parent
to encourage it.
Plans were completed and the
P.T.A. expects to purchase a new
electric range and refrigerator for
the Home Economics department
in a few days.
Mrs. Mann and Mrs. Swindell
won the attendance dollar, for the
elementary grades and the 11th
grade won the dollar in high
school.
The P.T.A. was sorry to hear of
the illness of Mr3. Baum. Mrs.
Margaret Cibbs is teaching for
Mrs. Eaum.
SCOUTS ATTEND
CHURCH SERVICE
The Boy fcouts of Swan Quar
ter climaxed their observance of
National Boy Scout Week by at
tending and becoming a part of
the hour of worship at the Provi
dence Methdiist church In Swan
Quarter February 12, at 11 o'
clock. After the minister. Rev. D. M.
Lewis, concluded the preliminar
ies, he introduced the seoutmas
tera, Russell Swindell, and turned
the service over to him. At this
time the troop marched in and
stood until the leader entered and
placed the flag, then they gove
the pledge, of allegiance and the
salute. The Scout oath was re
peated. Mr. Swindell spoke brief
ly. The Scouts attending were the
leader. Carroll I. Gibbs; John
Brickhouse, Merlin Berry, Thom
as S. Harris, Wayne Bishop,
Ralph Swindell. ;Pne Austin
Swindell. Walter Wheeler, Ed
ward O'N'eal, Francis Sadler. Tim
Berry, Roger fwindell. Mack Car
a.van, Overtoil Anusuoi.g, and
Richard Berry.
LAKE LANDING MAN '
DIES AT ACE OF
85
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J. T. MIDGETT, 85. prominent cit
izen of Lake Landing, died early
Monday morning following an ill
ness of several months. Funeral
services were held at the Amity
Methodist church at Lake Land
ing Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'
clock. Burial was In the church
cemetery with Masons conducting
the graveside rites.
Mr. Midyette, the second son of
William Payne and Nancy Jane
Midyette, was born May 1, 1865
at Lake Landing, in the house
now occupied by the Dridgmans.
The beginning of his education
W4 In a nrlvnlA dntinnl Irninht V.
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leaded a private school in the
.i.Ai fc i,j
wunii; stuuut uuuc, luvaicu a-
cross the highway in front of the
Riley Murray home, taught by
Mrs. Sue Goelet. Finishing his
elementary education at Rush and
Ridge Academy in 1SS4 he entered
Davis High School, where he com
pleted his high school education
and took a business course.
Getting his diploma ia book
Keeping ana commercial law. in
the Spring of 1SS6 he accepted a
position in an insurance office in
Virginia and moved to Richmond
In the Fall of 87 he moved to
Washington, D. C. On June 2'
he married Miss Eu.-ebius
Reeedda Dunn, and in 1SS9 moved
to Kinston.
I;iring his 22 years residence
in Kinston, he was active in
church ami civic life. He was a
rc.aber of Caswell Street (now
ljueen) Methodist church, and
served the church, as Quarterly
Conference secretary and in other
capacities. He was a charter mem
ber of the Oddfellows, Woodman
and Kinston Fire Co. Also a mem
ber of Knights of Harmony. Serv
ing the Wood lodge as Consul
Commander and Knight3 of Har
mony as president, and the Fire
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L A R CE FORCE TO TA K E
CENSUS IN COUNTY
A force of approximately 11
persons will be employed to take
the.lTih Decennial Census in the
County Census District, it is an
nounced by District Supervisor of
Hyde for the I'nited States Bu
reau of the Census here. This
force will be responsible for tak
ing the l&o'i Census in April in
every township within the borders
of the county.
The largest segment of employ
ees for the Census in the local
district consists of the enumera
tors of which there will be 10.
These enumerators will make the
house to house calls in the work
of collecting official Census in
formation regarding the popula
tion and housing in urban areas
and, additionally, agricultural ac
tivities in the rural areas. Their
work in the field will be super
vised and checked by a for'-e of
one crew leader. At the Census
District Ouic-e headquarters, si:;
persons v.jll compose the staff to
edit the c-ii.iiu'-i ators' renin's,
make preliminary tabulations, and
perform other office work in con
nection with the Census.
Provisional results of the Popu
lation Census count wiil be an
nounced locally by District Super
visor T. Webb Williams when the
District Office staff has complet
ed the preliminary tabulations.
HYDE FARM MEETING
SET FOR FEBRUARY 23
Mcyle S. Williams and C. E.
Clark, farm management spec
ialit with the N. C. Extension
Service, will discuss the farm
outlook for 1950 at a meeting in
Swan Quarter Thursday, Feb.
23, it was announced this week.
Details as to time and place
have not been worked out.
- Some of the topics that will
be discussed wiil be "What A
Farm Support Program Should
Do For The . Farmer," "Will
, 7rsctors Replace Mules" and
"Mil (Livestock Replace Crops."
The,- mee ting has been sched
uled for the benefit of Hyde
County Veteran Farm Training
classes, but ail adult farmers
are invited to tt"d.
BEAUFORT VOTERS APPROVE
$800,000 SCHOOL BOND
ISSUE BY BIG MAJORITY
Belhaven Gives Largest Vote In Favor Of Is
sue With 496 Registered For 'And Only 15
Against; Pantego, Pungo And Yeatesville
Oppose Program.
HYDE MAN AT AF
SCHOOL IN FLORIDA
LT. J. J. MASON', son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Mason of Swan
Quarter, is among the 16 men
from North Carolina attending
the current class of the Air Tac
tical School at Tyndall Air Force
Case at Panama City. Fla.
The Air Tactical School is the'
basic school of the Air Univer
sity. Officers learn fundamentals
required of all Air Force officers,
the intensively broad academic
course including instruction in
leadership, administration, public
speaking, military management,
military law, public information,
etc.
Upon completion of the four
months course student officers re
turn to their home bases from
which,, after a period of erviee,
many will attend other advanced
schools in the Air University sys
tem. CAGE TOURNEY
TO DRAW MANY
TO BELHAVEN
16 Teams From Beaufort
And Hyde To Play Feb
ruary 23, 24, 25
Hundreds of sports fans and
school supporters from through
out Beaufort and Hyde counties
will converge on Belhaven Febru
ary 23-24 and 25 for the annual
two-county basketball tournament.
Sixteen teams will participate.
They will include boys' and girls'
teams from Belhaven, i'anteeo,
Bath, Aurora, Chocowinity, Engle
hard, Swan Quarter and Slades
ville. The tournament this year is un
der the sponsorship of the Beau
fort County sehools. Out-of -county
officials will be ia charge of the
event.
It will be the second year in
succession that Belhaven has
been Chosen as the Kite for the
tournament. It is a central loca
tion for a Reaufo; t-Hy a tourney,
and therefore the logical lo-ation.
Aurora boys' and girls' teams
were winners of last year's event.1
In 1917 and 19 IS when only boys
teams were entered an 1 when the
tourney was hel i in Washington!
under-' the sponsorship of the i
newspaper there, Aurora wen '
first piai e each time and Er.gle-!
hard sei ond pkc-e. j
This ye r there is reported to
be several strong teams. These j
ln hide Ueihaven, Aurora, Engle-'
ha;.!, Bath and Pantego. J
Beaufort County school?, which
are larger than those in Hyde, are ;
usually able to put stronger!
team' on the court- Er.glehard '
hi? b'-en an exception.
ChocoAiaity will be entering a
eara for the first time and their!
Hirers will l-rk the experience of
the other contestants. Swan Quar
ter oes into the playing handi-
tipped by rot having a gym in
which to practice.
The tournament which has
grown Into an annual affair, is a
major factor in creating an ac-V.ai-ltanreshio
between the boys
and girls of Beaufort and Hyde.
A total of 1,016 cowr wer ured
irtificial'v by the Mecklc-ibur;
'loopprative breeding AsHOciatinn
in 199. The total -in 19X was 699 j
(if.-'.v ' - t ; ' ' V 'snol-: atli! PCt
O.o-C ' I ? 1 crAVv; T 'o-ir.ties ro
ceiHy have Ken well attended.
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' Beaufort County voters went t
the polls Saturday and over
whelmingly approved the issuaace
of $800,000 in school bonds for im
proving the school building facili
ties of the county.
The vote, as tabulated from un
official returns, was 2,777 in favor
of the issue to 831 against
Belhaven voters gave the larg
est majority to the issue wita 496
votes cast in favor to only 15 a
Sainst. The City of Washington voted
1.225 in favor of the issue to 64 5
against and Bath favored it 70 t
30, but many of the rural pre
cincts including Pantego, Pine
town,' Yeatesville and Pungo vot
ed against it. The vote was almost
divided at Aurora.
The vote in the Pungo region
and neighboring area was as fol
lows: Precinct
Belhaven
Yeatesville
Pantego
Pungo
For
496
22
31
7
Against
15
55
82
101
13
9
4
Tot.
511
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North Creek 60
Hunters Bridge 33
Leecbville ' 23
The bond money,
along
$256,750.00 from county funds and
$311,963.23 from state funds, will
be used in an effort to provide
equal educational opportunities in
each of the school districts in the
county, according to school offi
cials. These needs are officially listed
as follows:
Belhaven White School 15
classrooms, agriculture shop,
lunchroom, and modernization and
equipment.
Pantego Gymnasium and mod
ernization. -
Pinetovm Lunchroom and Li
brary. Efcth Four classrooms, modern
ization, lunchroom and equipment
and furniture.
Belhaven Negro School Eight
classrooms and lunchroom.
Pantego. Negro School Four
classrooms and modernization.
The bond issue is expected to
raise the tax rate of Beaufort
County 20 cents on the hundred
dollar valuation. County Account
ant W. A. Blount of Washington
says that the 20 cents additional
levy, in his opinion, will be ade
quate to retire the bonds in 20
years at an interest, rate of 2 1-2
per cent.
The present tax rate is $1.00. A
2 cent raise would boost it to
$1 20.
Much interest had been mani
fested in the election in Eielhaven
whe'e o im meeting had been
hel 1 only a few days before and
where a mass meeting had been
passe 1 i.uaninio'-j.-ly a resolution
endorsing the issue at its regula
meeting on Wednesday night.
HZART CAMPAICN
SCHEDULED IN HYDE
The annual heart campaign ia
being held in Hyde County this
r.ivith, according to Mis. Ellen
YVt-on nf Lake Larnlig.n who is
i.t t :::ig the drive.
i'l i.-tic hearts will be placed a
bout where the public may drop
their eor.r.'ib.it!or..
iH.-lluis luiii-iit-i in this, the sec
ond r.a;:or.a! campai-m v ill Le us
ci for re.--u.-ch. citation and
community s'-rv ice.
Heart i:;se,i.-e is America's
t'ic-ate.-t public health problem to
day. Yo::r contributions during the
.:. pa'gn will be appreciated.
HYDE FARM BUREAU
SEEKS SHIPPING POINT
The Hyde County Farm Bu
reau this week asked the North
Carolina Farm Bureau to help
in establishing a shipping point
at Englehard for Government
surplus buying before Irish po
tato marketing begins in 1950.
A resolution was presented
at the state convention by R. A.
Swindell of Swan Quarter, pres
ident of the Hyde County on.
ganization.
It stated that Hyde 'arm.
ers are handicapped in taking
advantage of any Government'
fcurplus buying program hy not
(living a shipping point for
surh commodities which might
tre purchased by the Govern
ment located within te county."
a-'d at the rrcs,;"t Vr-e t'ey
are forrcd to pay frr-n'-t frcn
all point? in MvJ"