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VOLUME VI NO. 8
SCRANTON CREEK
LOGGING PROJECT
COMES TO AN END
Guy Shavender Announces
. Removal of Operations to
Pamlico County
By VANN LATHAM
One of Hyde County's indus
tries will be taking a leave of
absence shortly. The logging
business, operating out of Scran
ton for three years, and employ
ing 75 men will close up for a
year or two, or three.
Guy Shavender, operator of the
loading station at Scranton, has
announced that the equipment
will be moved to a new location
near Hobucken, in Pamlico Cou
ty. The landing at Scranton was
for loading pulp wood for barge
transportation to the mill at
Plymouth. The wood was bought
front local people and also cut
oft tHe Company lands in Hyde
County. During peak operating
periods, in excess of $1,000 per
week has been paid to local log
gers 'for the small logs to be
made into paper. Prices range
from $12.45 to $14.25 per cord.
A cord, is a stacked, pile cf the
wood containing 128 cubic feet.
At the .present time, soma 30
pieces '-'of motorized equipment
tractors, trucks, loaders, saws ,
etc.,'.are .used, and about 25 men
are employed by the company
While'., others are employed by
people- who log and sell from
private lands. Stanley Russ is
woods- foreman, Nind Frank
Thompson bookkeeper.
Several .' of Mr. Shavender's
crew will live the entire wek at
Hobucken, coming home on week
ends. . Others will travel to and
from work daily with Mr. Shav
ender. The new job is expectedl
to last up to three years. Thus
wil) depart an interesting scene
from Scranton Creek, and a fa
miliar sight wilj be missed by
tourists, and hometolks as well.
O. L. WILLIAMS SPEAKER
,,vr,0 SQ WVIANS' CLUB
Interesting Meeting Held in Hyde
County; Interest Light in
Cancer Drive
The Swan Quarter Woman's
Club held its February meeting
in the George Library Monday
night, Mrs. O. L. Williams pre
siding, and opened with the club
woman's Hymn.
Present were Mesdames R. G.
Baum, Jesse Alvis, D. L. Berry,
Bina Roberts, . C. Tunnell, John
Lupton, Claude Sawyer, N. W.
Shelton, E. E. Crabtree, O. L.
Williams, and Miss Aleph Cason.
Mary Jane Shelton and Mrs. J.
C. Williams were visitors.
- The president said the Cancer
Drive will last the whole month
of April, and asked for a volun-
; teer "chairman of this drive but
received no candidates. All re
ports have to be in to Mrs. Brick
house?, the District President, of
' Columbia; by the 10th of Febru
ary. The nominating committee
composed of Mrs. T. C. Tunnell,
Mrs. Z. V. Hayes and Mrs. John
Lupton reported the reelection of
the reeelection of the old officers
the officers for next year: Presi
dent, Mrs. O. L. Williams: vice
president, Mrs. R. G. Baum;
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. W.
G. Harris, corresponding secre
tary,' Miss Aleph Cason. Mrs. H.
E. Griffin, a club member, in
Fowle hospital was reported im-
proved.
"Famous Men Born in Feb
ruary" was the topic for the
month, with Mrs. M. H. Swin
dell as program chairman. Mrs.
Swindell had as her speaker, O.
L. Williams, local attorney, who
reviewed the high lights of sev
eral famous men born in Feb
ruary. He spoke briefly of Wash
ington, the great leader, Lincoln,
- the 'man of destiny, William
Henry Harrison, the prsident
who served the shortest term
one month, and General Sherman
whose march through the South
left such destruction and heart
aches, summing the whole, each
a man of destiny In his own time
and way.
During the social hour Mrs.
Alvis and Mrs. Roberts served
cup cakes and hot chocolate with
valentine hearts as decorations.
BIO TURNIP IN HYDE
i Probably- the largest pair of
turnips ever grown in Hyde
County have been harvested by
Leslie Simmons, of Fairfield. One
14 pounds ;the other 13 pounds.
They were planted in August
following Irish potatoes, and are
of the Purple Top variety. They
were cultivated only one time,
and dug out about two weeks
ago.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF BELHAVEN AND THE PUNGO RIVER BASIN OF BEAUFORT COUNTY
BELHAVEN, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1954
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LARRY LOFTIN is a young man
with ambition and courage. After
serving as medical technician at
the Pungo District Hospital in
Beihaven for several years, he
left on Monday to enter Wake
Forest College as a pre-med stu
dent. It is not an easy thing to
give up present security for the
long years of training necessary
for the medical profession ,and
Larry frankly admits that he is
a little frightened at the prospect.
However, the young technician
is willing to take a chance to
realize an ambition that has been
growing since he came to work
at-, lie local hospital. He says that
it was working with the Bel
haven doctors that first made
him realize that he wanted to go
further in the field of medicine,
but there were many difficulties,
to be overcome before he coulcVte,
consider giving up his present
work and starting out on a new
career. Not the least of these is
the fact that he has had no
college training and feels that
he has become a little rusty in
academic subjects since leaving
high school.
A native of Canton, N. C, Lof
tin attended ..'Dell-?,-. School of
Medical Technology in Asheville
In 1950 he came to work at the
Pungo District Hospital and re
mained there until 1951, when
he was called to service in the
U. S. Navy. Upon leaving the ser
vice in 1933, he went to work in
Martin General Hospital in
Williamston until February of
1953, when he returned to Bei
haven. Larry says that he has enjoyed
working with and tor the people
of Beihaven and vicinity and is
greatly appreciative of their
friendliness. His dream is to com
plete his medical education and
return here as a practicing phy
sician. It is certain that his many
friends hope that his dream may
come true.
THREE CASES TRIED BY
RECORDER IN BELHAVEN
Recorder M. M. Jones, tried
three cases and also passed
judgement on six defendants who
submitted, in Beihaven this
week. Milton Selby of Pantego,
RFD was ordered to pay $10 and
costs and $5 a week for support
of his unlawful child. Claude
Harrell was found guilty of a
charge of being the father of the
15 months old child of Irene
Jones. James Earl O'Neal e-f Pan
tego, charged with assaulting his
wife forfeited a $200 appearance
bond. He is reported in New
York.
Cases pleading guilty were
Thomas Frank Peterson of Swan
Quarter, charged with driving
at 65 mph. Fine of $10 and costs.
Harold S. Winfield of Ransom-
ville, charged with driving at 65
mph and failing to observe a stop
sign, fined $25 and costs. Leo
Hardy Sawyer of Scanton Route
1, pleaded guilty of driving
drunk and paid a fine of $100
and costs. Walter Moore of Bel
haven for failing to give turn sig-
nals, costs of $13. Levy Jones J Guard division, which disting
Spencer of Pantego RFD failing , ii:hpH it-,f flt SanHhatf Castle.
to stop, costs of $13. William
Granville of Beihaven, no oper
ators license, $25 and costs.
RABIES INSPECTOR IN
HYDE BEGINS WORK
Troy W. Mayo, newly-appointed
Rabies Inspector for Hyde
County, has announced that he
is beginning work right away to
vaccinate dogs. Schedules are be
ing posted in each township
-.howing the time and place to
have dogs vaccinated.
The fee is 1 for males and $2
for females. Failure to have rings
vaccinated before the deadline
will result in the owner being
Penalized $1, the penalty having
J been raised from 25c by the 1953
state legislature.
,a NEW BUILDING
CONSIDERED FOR
TOWN'S MAIN ST.
Prospects are shaping up for a
new and attractive business build
ing in a choice location on Main
Street in Beihaven, where an an
cient landmark is being torn down
thi3 week. More recently it was
used as a bus station, and was
long owned by Toss Ridtlick of
Norfolk, until bought two months
ago by Jimmy Hodges of the J. l.
Dawson Co., local wholesale groc
ers. The building was just about as
old as the town and had been a
landmark in Beihaven for more
than a half century. Its last loca
tion is the lot between the City
Hall, and Horsey Dilday's store.
The building was constructed
about 1900 and operated as a store
by W. J. (Will) Harris, father of
Hal and Jack Harris. When built
it stood n the lot now covered by
O'Neal's Corner Store. Later on,
a Dr. Windley and Tom Swindell
operated a drug store in it. It was
once a boarding house, with Tom
Jarvis as host.
Post office there.
About 1912, Theo. White ran the
To enable Dr. Marriner build
the present brick structure, the
building was moved aside to make
room, and was later attached to
the brick building. Its mark may
yet be seen on the side of the old
drug store, near Calfee Auto Sup
ply. The building was purchased by
T. F. (Toss) Riddick, who later
moved it to the present location.
The place was rented out for the
next several years, and Reuben
Williams was one of the occu
pants. Also living there was the
Widow Sadler, who later married
a Tunnell.
About & boarding house
was operated in the building near
ts present location by Mrs. Alice
Woodward. Carl Wilson later raa
the same kind of a business there.
After the house was moved back
from the street, it was employed
as a filling station by Mills Wind
ley, and afterward a garage was
operated in the building.
'During tluj period tliut ths b4ito
ture housed the Bus Station, Har
rison Mercer lived upstairs.
PEOPLE REALLY SEEK
BARGAINS, SALE SHOWS
Bureess Department Store Sale
Meets Big Response from
Public
People are growing more
thrifty minded and are once
again showing an interest in
bargains, as witness the big sale
put on this week by Burgess De
partment Store in 3elhaven. The
sale, which is continued another
week, has met with unusual suc
cess, partly because a wide va
riety of merchandise is being of
fered, and partly perhaps, be
cause people enjey going to a
sale, and there have been very
few of them in recent years.
It is the only sale that has been
put on by a store in Beihaven for
a year. During a long period of
prosperity, stores have grown
away from the habit of offering
periodic closeouts, because so
many people had become accus
tomed to buying without asking
the price. But now a sense of
thrift is developing, and the suc
cess of this sale goes to show
that people appreciate an oppor
tunity to find bargains.
Elsewhere in these columns
will be found advertising of Bel
haven's biggest dry goods store,
and the only big sale offerd in
this store for a year.
SOLDIER FROM SCANTON
IS NOW IN KOREA
40th Div., Korea. Army Pfc
Willie L. Barrow, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Nathaniel Barrow, Scanton,
N. C, helped to celebrate the
40th Infantry Division's second
anniversary in Korea this month.
Th fnrmpp Palifnmin Matinnal
The Punchbowl and Heartbreak
Ridge, arrived on the peninsula
in Januray 1952.
Barrow, who joined the divi
sion last July, is a gunner in
Company I of the 160th Infantry
Regiment.
He entered the Army in
October 1952 and completed basic"
training at Camp Roberts, Calif.
GULROCK. COUPLE TO
OBSERVE GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr. and Mrs. Joe M. Pugh of
Gulrock are celebrnting their
fiftieth wedding anniversTv
Sunday, Februarv 7fh from 2 to
5 P.M. All their frends and rela
tives are cordial'" invited to
attend.
BELHAVEN MINISTER
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GEORGE E. DOWNEY -minister
of Belhaven's First Christian
Church who has accepted a
bigger job with the church, and
will have headquarters in Wilson.
See story.
MEW CONSTRUCTION
DONE BY WOODSTOCK
New Lines and Enlargements Will
Improve Service in Several
Areas
New construction just com
pleted will soon mean better ser
vice for several communities in
the area served out of Beihaven
according to W. W. Bullunk,
manager of the Woodstock Elec
tric Membership Corp. The work,
which is a part of the long range
plans for expanding and im
proving the REA lines and equip
ment, is being done by Wood
stock personnel, with some extra
helP' . W.
- n eSta wireJ been actoec
to the line from Winsteadville to
Pamlico and Moore's Beach,
doubling the former capacity of
this circuit, when final connec
tions are made. This addition was
required by the large increase in
the population of the Beach
areas. Power reaches this section
from the Pantego substation.
Similar improvement has been
done on the line which runs from
the Pinetown substation along
the Brady Road (Brick-kiln
Road) to Highway 264 and then
to the River Road section and on
the north side of Bath Creek.
Since the new substation
have been in operation, and
power has been coming through
them from the Southeastern
Power Administration, some
trouble has been experienced
with too much voltage. The
trouble before was too little, and
the equipment was set according
ly. Efforts are being made to ad
just the lines so that the voltage
will be right, reported Mr. Bui
luck.
BUSINESS WOMAN BUYS
SWAN QUARTER STORE
MRS. MATTIE (R.D.) HARRIS,
well-known business woman of
Swan Quarter, and for some
years an efficient employee of
the store of Joe L. Tunnell in
Swan Quarter, has gone in busi
ness for herself. When Mr. Tun
nell decided to retire, he sold the
business to Mrs. Harris, and the
transfer was completed this
week. Mr. Tunnell quit business
only because it was a little too
much work for a man his aee.
The store has enjoyed a good
trade, and he has sold it into
capable hands to carry on. Mrs.
Harris is popular and knows the
business. The same full lines of
merchandize will be carried, ex
- t frr fertilizer and seeds,
Hrh will be discontinued.
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PRESIDENT ASKS
FUNDS TO BALK
SALT MENACE
Fairfield Area To Be Helped
By Project to Keep Out
Pungo River Water
By VANN LATHAM
Relief from seepage of salt
water in the Fairfield section of
Hyde and Tyrrell counties came
one step closer to reality as Pres
ident Eisenhower asked that
$195,000 be included in the ap
propriation for the year 1934-55.
This is the amount which it is
estimated to take to complete the
drainage project, and install the
necessary machinery.
Soon after the Inland Water
way was opened from the A!lo
gator River to the Pungo Rivet
in 1928, it became apparent to
the farmers who till the soil be
tween the lake and the Water
way that their crops were suffer
ing. Subsequent investigation by
Army Engineers showed that salt
water was coming down the In
land Waterway from the Pungo
River and Pamlico Sound and
was being diffused through the
canals to the farm lands. It is
believed that the level of the
Pungo River, particularly in pe
riod of high tide caused by a
northeast wind, is probably 15 to
18 inches higher than the Alli
gator River, thereby resulting in
a flow toward Fairfield from the
saltier waters of the Sound and
River.
Local people banded together
in an effort to get Federal aid to
improve the situation. The sur
vey was ordered, and the results
show that the saltier water was
being carried to the farming land
by the Fairfield Canal and the
Dyke Canal, and the ditches that
drained into these canals. Dis
cussion began as to the best
The land most affected lies be
tween the hardsurfaced road
method to combat this intrusion.
which curves around the .'.orth
side of the Lake and the Water
way and to a distance of about
five miles each way from Fair
field. The old Dike Canal was
dug by the New Holland Com
pany in an effort t- keep the
water from coming into the Lake
from the north side. It runs in
an East-West direction about
halfway between Fairfield and
the Waterway. From the Dike
Canal (so called because the ex
cavated dirt was used to form a
dike) run lateral Canals the
Carter, the Baum and the Swin
dell Canals being three of the
See PRESIDENT, Page Four
BOYETTE ANNOUNCES
FOR HYDE REP'SENTIVE
Ocracoke, Feb. 1. C. F. Boy-
ette, long-time resident of Ocra
coke, has announced his candid
acy for the Hyde County seat in
the House of Representatives.
This announcement pleases his
many friends here at Ocracoke
and has brought forth favorable
comments from many of Hyde
County's mainland citizens
Mr. Boyette is a graduate of
the University of North Carolina,
Class of 1918; a native of Wilson
County, but spent most of his
life in Johntson County. He
taught in the North Carolina
Schools for seventeen years, and
it was in the capacity of teacher
and principal that he came to
Ocracoke in 1941. For the past
t?n years or so. he has beer,
manager of the Wahab Village
Hotel, here at Ocracoke.
MURAL DEPICTS TULIP
FIELD IN BEAUFORT CO,
Members of the Fine Art
Commission approved the second
cf two murals that have recently
been placed in the office of U.S.
Comptroller General Lindsey
Warren in the General Account
ing Building in Washington, D.C.
The mural portrays a tulip
field in the comptroller general's
home county of Beaufort in
North Carolina. The comptroller
general said it is a replica of a
scene in color photography dis
played in the coffee shop of the
Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh.
In one portion of the mural,
three Dutch farmers are shown
assorting tulips for shipment and
grading tulip bulbs. In the field,
itself, three young ladies, for
merly of Washington, N. C, are
picking tulips. They are the for
mer Mary Helen Rodman, now
Mrs. John C. Hill of Norfolk. Va ,
daughter of State Representative
and Mrs. W. B. Rodman, Jr.; the
former Jean Eley, now Mrs.
Thomas Braddy of Greensboro,
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
William Eley; and the former
Florence Tripp, now Mrs. Paul
Tate of Mobile, Ala., daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Guy Tripp,
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SUBSCRIPTION AGENT
FOR THIS NEWSPAPER
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GOLDEN G. BROOKS of Yeates
ville is well-known in Beaufort
and Hyde. He has agreed to go
out in the field and get some new
subscribers to The Beihaven Pilot
and the Hyde County Herald.
Golden Brooks is a deserving
fellow. He has never been able to
speak, or to hear, and yet he
pursues his way through life en
deavoring to earn his own living.
He informs us that at the age of
three, he could hear and talk, but
he was administered so much
quinine and chill tonic, that he
lost both speech and hearing. At
the age of nine, he was sent to
the school for the deaf in Mor
ganton which he attended for 11
J ears and left in 1914, due to the
death of his parents, who were
the late David P. and Sally
Brooks. He left school while in
the 9th grade.
Mr. Brooks formerly sold
papers for the old Beihaven
Journal, and the Washington
Daily news, and sice 1918 has
sold Bibles, books, Christmas
cards, etc. He is popular among
many friends', polite to everybody
tf.d unselfish," v.th. .a 'heart'that
is soft and kind. He is a member
of the First Christian Church of
Beihaven. He lives about ten
miles from Beihaven and his
address is Route 1, Pinetown.
He has three brothers, Dack of
Beihaven, Earl of Troy, New
York, and David of Norfolk, Va
Another brother Harry, was
killed in a car wreck, April 15,
1951.
He is anxious to get around and
meet his many friends, and get
subscriptions, and we will appre
ciate any favors shown him, and
all assistance in getting correct
names and addresses written
down.
DOYLE NIXON BUYS OUT
HYDE BOUND ESSO STA.
Hub Griffin Giving His Full Time
to Barbecue and Cafe Bus
iness in Beihaven
Doyle Nixon, jolly service sta
tion man has bought out the
business known as the Hyde
Bound Esso Station in Beihaven,
from Hub Griffin. He plans to
give it a full time, and Hub Grif
fin is now giving his full time to
his cafe next doer and the bar
becue business, wheih has become
famous in this area.
Both businesses enjoy a con
venient location, convenient to
both city and tourist trade. Both
men have many friends, and may
be expected to do well in future.
Mr. Griffin said this week that
since taking over the service sta
tion, the demands of both cafe
and station had grown until he
could not continue lone-handed
to give his custonu-rs the usual
prompt service, and he felt it for
tunate all around that Mr. Nixon
was interested in going in busi
ness for himself.
The fame of Griffin's barbecue
may be expected now to go
further than ever.
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FJ,,rAn DANL. ordinance at the next meeting of
INCREASE GRATIFYING the board, for approval.
i The ditch which runs from near
The Beihaven Post No. 249 of where the Old County Road inter
the American Legion held its reg- sects California street hack of the
ular meeting at the Hut on Mon- J houses on the North Side of the
day night, with Commander Roy Street will be cleaned out to allow
Windley presiding. Carl Edwards , better drainage for this section of
acted as adjutant
The Post voted to give $25 to Town Clerk Frank Keaton re
the March of Dimes drive, and to ported that the sale of city license
donate $7 to the Girl Scouts. tags was lagging, and estimated
This was the first meeting to be there were over 80 cars which
held since cards were sent out were not showing the tags. He
notifying members of the time and purged auto owners to come by the
place, and the results were grati-1 of fice and get the $1 licenses,
fying as nearly 25 attended. Present at the meeting were
Discussion was held on several Mayor W. T. Ralph, and Board
projects, but action postponed un- Members Clyde Burgess, Worth
til next meeting, which will be at
the Hut on Monday, February 15.
Single Copy If
DOWNEY CALLED
TO LARGER POST
IN CHURCH FIELD
Beihaven Pastor Named State
Director of Religious
Education
George Downey, minister for the
First Christian Chutch in Beihaven
for more than four years, has ac
cepted a position with the state
organization as Director of Reli
gious Education. The job, which
will take the family to Wilson,
X. C, to live, will cover the plan- .
ning, organization, and adminis
tration of all education work for
the Disciples of Christ in the State.
A native of Indiana, Mr. Dow- '
ney graduated from Butler Uni
versity, in Indianapolis, and at
tended three years at the College
ol the Bible, a Disciple seminary in
Lexington, Ky. Ke came directly
to Beihaven from seminary in the
summer of 1949. He has long been
interested in youth work, not only .
in the Church, but throughout the
community. He organized the Chi
Rho Fellowship for young people
in the intermediate group and the
Christian Youth Fellowship (CYF)
for youth in high school. In the
interdenominational work, the
youth from several churches have
cooperated in presenting the an
nual Christmas Pageant, an acted
story of the birth of Christ, which
Mr. Downey organized and di
rected. As chairman of the Troop Com
mittee of the local unit of the Boy
Scouts of America, he was respon
sible for the reactivation of Troop
80 and organizing of the Sea Ex
plorer unit in Beihaven. Both of
these units are now growing and
offering training and . recreation
for the youth of the community."
During his ministry at the First
Christian Church, a constitution
has been written and accepted as
the guide for Church organization
and operation. Major repairs, in
cluding the installation of a new
roof on the main building, have
been accomplished. The last pay
ment on the parsonage, which left
the church free of debt, wa made
during his pftstorfte. , " --' " '
ilr. Downey was one of the or-
ganizers of the Beihaven Minister
ia 1 Association, and is its present
chairman.
In his new job, he will be res
ponsible for arranging the time
and place of meeting, the selection
of faculty, and the many other de
tains connected with four summer
camps for intermediate youth and
three conferences for high school
age. In addition, there are the
training programs for Sunday
School teachers which are held
i during the summer in various
towns throughout the state. All
these activities are a part of the
overall educational program of
the Church which he will head.
His office will be with the state
Secretary in Wilson. He will also
be a member of the national staff
of the department of Religious
Education for the Church.
Leaving with Mr. Downey will
be his wife, Jean, and their three
children, Greg, 5, Doug, 3, and
Ellen five months.
The Church Board will meet on
Thursday night in Beihaven with
Mr. Ross Allen State Secretary, to
discuss the selection of a minister
to replace Mr. Downey.
CLEAN UP AND PAY UP
PROBLEMS IN BELHAVEN
The low bid was accepted on the
painting of the City jail and the
enactment of an ordnance was
discussed at the regular meeting
of the Board of Aldermen of Bel
haven Tuesday night.
The painting of the jail had been
recommended in several reports of
the Grand Jury, and the job went
to Charles Smith, who submitted
a bid of $55, this to include labor
and materials furnished for one
coat of aluminum paint. Town
forces would be used to do any
necessary cleaning.
The ordinance had to do with the
building code for the town, and it
was decided to investigate the
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the town.
Calfee, Mrs. L. J. Rice, and Ji
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Hodges.