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THE DARE COUNTY TIMES The Weekly Journal of the North Carolina Coastland^—Devoted to the Interests of More Than 30,000 People of the Four Southern Albemarle Counties IV; NO. 187 MANTEO. N, C.. JANUARY 27, 1939 Single Copy 5c COAST GUARD OPTIMISTIC REGARDING CHANCES OF NEW RETIREMENT BILL COLLARDS FLOURISH HERE LIKE THE GREEN BAY TREE Measure Calling For 20-Year Retirement T'or Coast Guards Sponsored by Three Dif ferent Congressmen; Has Strong Support; Believed Likely to Pass in identical form in , *"66 separate measures sponsored different Congressmen, .. ® bill providing for 20-year re- in the Coast Guard Serv- Q® IS viewed with optimism by ^°3st Guardsmen in the Seventh ^i^trict. .p®’ IL 2668, introduced by Repre- ,j,^tative Graham A. Barden of the Carolina District; H. R. 2543, reduced by Representative Lind- Warren of the First District j .'^erth Carolina, and H. R. 2385, j ’’educed by Representative Juries A. O’Leary of the Eleventh! 2^ York District, all provide for ■year retirement for the Coast p.^rd Service. And all are identi- worded. people think it rather odd I JUDGE J. BUSHROD LEIGH FAVORITE TYRRELL SON i he introduced in Congress! three different Congressmen un-j o three different numbers, but fa .®’^P^^*i^tion for this lies in the- that Congressmen Warren, di i O’Leary all hail from where there are a good at the same identical measure y Coast Guards, and they all ■atricts hiap.^ to be able to point out later t they introduce da measure to o^ide 20-year retirement for j^ast Guards. The bill also has ^ ^ Introduced in the Senate by xj^ator Robert R. Reynolds, of ^“ith Carolina. Reynolds, hill, unlike its predecessors, ^ ® the strong support of Coast hr ^ Headquarters and the Treas- , y Department and is believed to J) ® a better-than-fair chance for j^age. It has been referred to and ’’’’^’’’aittee on Merchant Marine Fisheries, of which Congress- vn„’’,Y’arren is a high ranking aiJiber. jjj ar the enlightenment of its readers who are connected Q^h Or interested in the Coast 1>j^’'d Service, the Dare County .a® reprints herewith the con- ® of the new Coast Guard re- aaient bill: . A BILL of ’’’crease further the efficiency the”^ Guard by authorizing diti '^a^’rement under certain con- af enlisted personnel thereof Vice or more years of ser- B* ■ d enacted by the Senate and Ijjjj of Representatives of the gj, ®d States of America in Con- hiaS ^®sembled. That the Com- ’taft bhe Coast Guard (here- J®’’ referred to as the “Com- a shall assemble annually Boj Gurd Enlisted Peronnel the(hereinafter referred to as tot i“'’^rd”), bo be composed of ofe than three commissioned on the active list of the '•f th H shall be the duty tif ® Board to recommend for re- such enlisted men of the tor ^^’’^rd, who have twenty or Boa!j^®’’rs of service, whom the should l^^e^ines, in its discretion, '’ice retired from active ser- hoard recommendations of the Cojv,^ ®hall be transmitted to the the ^^’’hant for final action. If tec.^'”’’roandant .shall approve the eoi; 9’®oadations of the Board, the tio(.if.®o man who, within thirty emj„ thereof in writing, and any dayg oian who, withi nthirty tiejj ^Her receipt of such notifica- \vritt with the Commandant a I by J, ®”. protest of the action taken he rer iri his case, shall not Act u involuntarily under this '■ ^oard ^ subsequent annual creti determines in its dis- shoi,i?,^hat such enlisted man HON. J. BOUSH LEIGH as he is known far and wide, .mostly by his title “Judge,” surviving from the old days when he was judge of the Elizabeth City court, is one of Tyr- ELSEWHERE in The Times is a story about A. J. Hartley’s collard patch. It reminds us of the old days when collards was a staple article of diet in the coastland, and here is a picture of collards growing on the Anketell farm at that time. This is typical of the four acres Mr. Hartley is growing. DARE ABC STORES MIGHT BE CLOSED IF TAX INCREASE Proposed 10 Per Cent State Whiskey Tax Would Hurt Small Control Counties That Dare County may have to close its profitable ABC liqilor control stores if the joint finance committee of the General Assembly acts favorably on a proposal to in crease the State tax on whiskey from seven to 10 per cent, is the word brought back from Raleigh this week by M. L. Daniels, chair man of the Dare County ABC MARTIN AND BEAUFORT PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS Southern Albemarle Association Urged to Include Two Popu lous Counties rell County’s favorite sons, and'Board. came from the Fort Landing sec tion. The old colonial farm house Mr. Daniels, together with A. J. Daniels, chairman of the County in which Judge Leigh lived as a board of commoasioners, attended boy stands intact on the road near j a hearing on the proposeid increase the Dare County ferry. Judge'before the joint finance committee Leigh often comes bo Manteo court- of the legislature on Tuesday. He house in his .search of land titles, | said the testimony at the hearing and is highly popular for his good humor and high spirits. tired pay as prescribed by section 5 hereof. Sec. 3. The total number of en listed men who may be retired in any one fiscal year under sections ' 1 and 2 of this Act shdil not ex- j amounted to 48.6 per cent of the ceed the whole number nearest profits, which was the highest 1 per centum of the total enlisted I percentage among the 27 ABC ■counties in the State. was unanimously against the pro posed increase in whiskey taxes. During the 1937-38 fiscal year. Dare County’s ABC .stores realized a net pnofit oTaround $6,700, from which the State of North Carolina exacted around $3,300 in taxes. paid by Dare County force of the Coast Guard on the ac tive list as of January 1 of such year, to be divided in such pro The smaller ABC counties, with comparatively small net profits. nortion between retirements under, ^,ggjj finding a large slice of sections 1 and 2 of this Art as|^.}jg;r profits eaten away bv the may be determined by the Com- gg^g„ pgr gg^t State tax. If this mandant. tax were increased to 10 per cent. Sec. 4. The Secretary of the yiow proposed, small counties Treasury is authorized to call anyjjjj^g p^re would have to go out of enlisted man who has been retired |^^g u^^jgr control business, Mr. pursuant to this Act into active ser-, p^^jgjg pointed out upon his return vice for such duty as he may be from Raleigh this week. able to perform. While so em- ployed such enlisted man shall re- HYDE COUNTY’S SUND.IY ceive fpll pay, allowances, ana benefits authorized by law, shall be eligible for promotion, and shall be entitled to the benefits of continu ous service for such rank and for such length of time as he is or has been employed in active service, and when relieved of active service shall retain upon the retired list the rank and service held by him at the time of such relief, with pay and such increases as are pre scribed in section 5 of this Act. Sec. 6. The annual ,raie of pay of any enlisted men retired under this Act shall be 2% per centum ^ of the sum of his base pay and all' permanent additions thereto at the time of his retirement, multiplied by the number of years of his .ser vice: Provided, That any enlisted man retired under this Act who has been cited for extraordinary! heroism in line lof duty,_ ot whose j 'average marks in conduct during ^ his service in the Coast Guard shall I not be less than 9714 per centum | of the maximum, shall be entitled to have his retired pay increased by an amount equal to 10 per CLOSING LAW REPEALED A movement is now on foot to in vite Martin and Beaufort Counties bo become members of the Southern Albemarle Association, leading civ ic organization of this section, it was announced by C. W. Tatem, of Columbia, president of the Associa tion last week. COMMUNITY BLDG. HERE WILL HAVE A PAID MANAGER Fred Howard to Supervise Community Use of New Building In order that Manteo’s new com munity building might become a community building in fact as well as in name, a manager whose sal ary will be paid by the NYA but ^^OUTER BANKS ROUTE FOR AIRLINE PLANNED HERE AROUSES WIDE SUPPORT Establishmient of Line Between Manteo and Beaufort Via Ocracoke Now Hinges on Beaufort Preparing Landing Field For Planes; Elizabeth City Interested and Stan ley Wahab Offers Backing MAKING GOOD IN THE INSURANCE BUSINESS Martin County, according to Mr.jwBo will work under the direction Tatem, should become a member, as! of the board of directors of the the territory covered by it was in | building is to be placed in charge the original Southern Albemarle of the building in the near future. section, while Beaufort’s interest would lie in the fact that it is close ly associated with the charter mem ber counties, Hyde, Dare, Tyrrell and Washington. If these two counties were admit ted, such action would bring to gether for the common interest ofj the section, six counties with a to-1 Fred Howard, who does the spectacular Indian dance in “The Lost Colony” and is Manteo report er for the Daily Advance of Eliza beth City, has been chosen for the job of directing community use of the building. Howard’s duties will consist principally of working out details tal population of 94,000, divided as 1 for the use of the building by vari- follows. Beaufort, 35,000; Martin, ous community groups, assigning 26,000; Washington, 12,000; Hyde,■ hours for certain activities and see- 9,000; Tyrrell, 6*000. Congressman 7,000; and Dare, Lindsay Warren ing that the property is not dam aged or abused. The board of di rectors, in deciding to employ a suggested Beaufort’s entrance, and! manager for the building, did so in others have suggested that Martin | order that the building might be a become a member. They have i real community building and not many interests in common with the* just another public office building, original members of the organize- [ Meanwhile, the offices in the tion and their addition would great- j building are rapidly being filled, ly strengthen the association in its! The men’s division of the WPA efforts to adverise and assist in the development of the whole section by cooperative action. Mr. Tatem said he had talked with State Department of Agricul ture officials, and they are in favor of the union constituting one of the zones which they are now ar ranging in their program of sec tional development. The proposal to add these coun ties will likely be brought up at the Thanks to Representative George next meeting of the association, to E. Davis, motorists who hereafter find themselves entirely or practi cally out of gas in Hyde County on a Sunday will be able to buy the needed fuel for their automobiles. A bill which was introduced in the General Assembly by young Representative Davis and which was quickly passed by both House and Senate repeals Hyde County’s Sunday closing law and permits filling stations to do busine.ss on moved in on Monday of this week, followed shortly by the county health department. The welfare office, the women’s division of the WPA and the Home Demonstration Agent were to move in today and tomorrow. The room to be used by the pub lic library is not yet ready for occu pancy but will be made ready as quickly as possible. CAPT. WARD RECALLS FIRST GASOLINE HERE Was Brought to Manteo by Capt. John Thos. Daniels Some 40 Years Ago, He Says be held in Dare sometime this sum mer. There has always been strong sentiment within the Association against including any other coun ties, particularly larger counties than those which originally formed the Association. The view is that four counties of similar size, inter , j - tt ests, and faced by .similar problems, I to Manteo. He , - xt might best pull together. Any! more years ago, a party of New other course was expected to result 1 Jersey fishermen^ down to in declining interest. LORIMER W. MIDGETT is an ex patriated native of Dare County who is .making a name for himself in Elizabeth City. The only son of the late Brad Midgett of Manns Harbor, Lorimer has lived in Eliza beth City since he was a baby, but he still has a warm spot in his heart for Dare County. After graduating from the University of North Carolina, he taught schoiol at Elizabeth City for several years be fore entering the insurance field Considerable interest both locally and away from home has been man ifested in plans for a proposed air line via Ocracoke between Manteo and Beaufort as outlined in thi.s newspaper last week. The Roan oke Island Flying Service, of which A. H. Ward is president, and Dave Driskill, chief pilot, looked into the feasibility of operating such a line. Inmmediate interest resulted, and came a prompt response from Stan ley Wahab of Baltimore, native of Ocracoke who has made a large success since leaving home, but who never fails to oome back and play Santa Claus to his home folks. Mr. Wahab has been quick to see many possibilities in the coastland, and he is quick to endorse the pro- po.sed air route, and offers financial backing, should any be needed. Owners of the Roanoke Island Flying Service seem inclined to be gin operation of the line with the coming of summer, but it is doubt ful it could extend to Beaufort un til that community improves its landing field to make it dependable in all weather conditions. In view of the interested response that came from Beaufort and Morehead City, it is believed the required co operation will be given. In the meantime a n,ote of the proposed air route has been made by the Elizabeth City Daily Ad vance, which is well aware of. the grfeat po.ssibilities of the Million Dollar airport being constructed at city by the U. S. Coast Guard. The some 15 months ago. He is with the Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance j Daily Advance on Wednesday car- Co., and handles fire, life and auto-1 ried the following editorial refer- mobile insurance. At the age of; ence, which is typical of the com- 28, he is looked upon as one of ment that is being made: Elizabeth City’s most popular and most successful young men. He is As Certain as Sunrise The Daily Adv'ance is keenly in now serving as a .member of the terested jn the proposal, announced board of commissioners of Pasquo- in last week’s issue of the Dare tank County, and last week he was County Times, to establish an air elected Dictator of the newly-' line between Manteo and Beaufort organized Order of Moose Ibdge at this summer. Elizabeth City. His mother, known Even with the road program of to .her many Dare County friends! the Southern Albemarle completed, as “Till Midgett,” is now married I the motorist setting out from to Guy F. Hudgins, who is station- | Manteo to Beaufort would have a ed at Seventh District Coast Guard | long, long way to go in travelling Headquarters in Elizabeth City. to his destination. But by air, Beaufort and Manteo are only an .hour apart. The Daily Advance is interested in the proposal, however, not so much from the standpoint of its bringing Manteo and Beaufort within an hour of each other as from the standpoint of the develop ment of communication by air with the outside world for other points below HYDE CHAMBER HAS NAMED COMMITTEES Has an Ambitious Program For This Year; 12 Committees Namied With an ambitious program to Capt. Henry Ward, well-known Roanoke Island man, recalls the first barrel of gasoline ever brought to Manteo.' He says some 40 fl be retired and so recom-1 centum of the sum of his base pay which case such enlisted \ and ad permanent additions thereto ' upon approval by the r p-^- Sl '■de ke retired from ac- II retired pay as pre- ^1 isection 5 hereof. At the I ceipt b ** thirty days after re- 5for( un enlisted man of notice speb in the event that no the is filed by him within tiiaji prescribed, such enlisted Cojjj ’”^5''’ upon approval by the Vice retired from .ser- by ge„!. retired pay as prescribed tianda 9 hereof. If the Com- (’’ttirppJj -^Fall disapprove any rec- listed m Board, the en- bis ” concerned shall retain ![ the Coast Guard to tot bp”'® extent as if his case had Sec. *2 ®°’’®’‘^®red. Coast' p enlisted man of the t who has twenty or spitabj service may, upon I Ptovai ^Fplication t titeb fc Commandant, be re- at tl ' ’me of his retirement: Pro vided further. That the retired pay of env entisted man retired under this Act shall not in any case ex ceed 75 per centum of the sum of his base pay and all'permanent ad ditions thereto at the time of his retirement: \nd provided further. That the determination of the Sec retary of the Treasury as to what constitutes extraordinary heroism | for the purpose of this section shall j be final and conclusive. I Sec. 6. (a) The provisions ofi this Act shall Te supplementary to, but shall not ''■o construed to limit or supercede, existing laws relating to the retirement of enlisted per sonnel of the Coast Guard. (b) The Commandant may pre scribe such regulations, which shall be subject to approval by the Sec retary of the Treasury, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Jkc of MART LORING... O She tried to bury a disappointing love affair in personal achievement, but the memory would not fade. Yet she ultimately forged her way to suc cess and a greater happiness, not os the "career girl" she planned to be, but as heroine in a beautiful love story. Read Mary boring's thrilling life experience in our new serial^— 'THERE COMES a MOMENT' As one compares motor car transportation today with what it was 25 years ago and looks at re- Oregon Inlet, bringing with them ^ the first gasoline boat ever brought to this county. He said they sent word by him one day as he came up to the steamboat wharf at Sky- co, to order a barrel of gas sent down to them. He isays, the late W. P. Lennon put in an order for the gas, but be cause the Old Dominion Steamer “Neuse” carried mail and passen gers, the Captain refused to bring the gas, and it was sent down to Manteo by Capt. John Thos. Daniels. W. P. Lennon took it in his cart, and carried it to Skyco, Capt. Ward says, and the Jersey fishermen, finding they knew less about fishing at Oregon Inlet than they thought decided to go South, and came into Manteo. They came to see if Capt. Ward had gotten their gas, so he had to get a horse and go to Skyco, to have Mr. Lennon bring back the gas. Capt. Ward says, counting the 50 cents freight to Manteo, and the 25 cents each way hauling to Skyco I and back, the gas cost a total of I $4.50, or about seven cents a gallon ! net. An air nump run by contact with the outside of an automobile fan belt has been invented to supply a strong, constant vacuum for operat ing a windshield wiper, More than 34,000 new motorboats were nlaced on the waterways dur ing 1938. work on, the alert and progressive! in Dare, particularly those Hyde County Chamber of Com- Oregon Inlet, merce has appointed the following committees to carry out its numer ous forword-looking activities: Mail, Passenger and Express cent development of the airplane Lines: M. A. Matthews, Chairman;' and at the ppgram of the govern- T. C. Tunnell, and Lee Mann. | ment to teach flying to the youth Hyde County Pair: R. L. Jones, of the country, he can but feel that chairman, J. M. Long and Pratt the airplane is going to be the Williamson. principal mode of transportation in Safety: E. A. Williams, chair- reaching the outside world for all man, P. E. Swindell and R. L. j of the more isolated communities Jones. I wfithin the next 26 years. In other County Newspaper: R. E. Tun-j words, mail and passenger service nell, chairman, Dallas Cuthrell and by air is the logical answer to the E. C. Miller, Jr., secretaries. j demand of the North Carolinians Roads: George P. Carter, chair-ifnom Knotts Island to Smith Is- man, P. D. Midgett and W. J. Lup- ■ land at the mouth of the Cape for ton. speedier communication with the Conservation and Development. \ outside world. The Daily Advance A. J. Harrell, chairman, R. L. Jones believes such service is coming and Leland Dudley. i within the present generation, bar- industry: E. R. Stewart, chair-1 ring a collapse of civilization in an- man, D. L. Berry and R. L. Gibbs, i other world war, just as certainly Advertising: H. C. Jones, chair-1 as tomorrow will see another sun- man, E. A. Williams and R. L. Pat-' rise. The people along the banks rick. I and those who do business with Incorporation: B. W. Williams,| them will both do well to ponder chairman, E. C. Miller, Jr., and'the results of such service. Guy Cuthrelh ' ' ' Program: For Swan Quarter j meeting, April 3, 1939, P. G. Gal-; lup, chairman. Dr. Fitts and R. E.l Tunnell. ' Membership: Guy Cuthrell, chair-; man, W. H. Cox and R. E. Tunnell. j Legislative: R. E. Tunnell, chair man, P. D. Midgett and H. C. Jones. CHARTER GRANTED It was stated in this paper last week that the Utilities Commission had graned a charter to W. A. Wa hab for a transportation line be tween Ocracoke and Manteo. This was incorrect. The charter was issued to the Ocrncoke-Manteo Transportation Co. CARTERET FOLK ARE INTERESTED Beaufort and Carteret County are extremely inter ested in plans for the plane service, according to advices reaching this paper Thurs day, to the effect that the Comber of Commerce of fi elds and town officials of Beaufort are cohipleting plans to prepare landing fa cilities in West Beaufort, a quarter mile from down town and about two miles from Morehead City. Jree i- h ■ e n if r. eight) ’
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