VOLUME XVI NO. 30 ROTARY ASKS FOR AIRPORT REACTIVATION The Manteo Rotary Club adopt ed a resolution at its meeting Monday night that may have im portant consequences for Roanoke Island if the action it suggests is taken by government authorities. The Club instructed its secretary, Lawrence Swain, to write to Con gressman Herbert Bonner in Washington, urging the reactiva tion of the Roanoke Island Air port as part of the re-armament and military expansion program. President Gordon Kellogg read a letter which disclosed that the International Rotary has collect ed $1,250,000 toward a goal of $2,000,000 for the support of American and foreign exchange college and university students. Secretary Swain reported that $75 had been sent to the fund re cently from the local club, making a total of $230 contributed by the Manteo Rotary to the stud ent-support project. Bob Smith, Rotary chairman of the March of Dimes Ball, an nounced that the benefit dance would be held at the high school gymnasium on January 27, be ginning at 8:30 p.m. Minstrel at Manns Harbor The Rotary Minstrel, produced here on December 1 and 2, is to be presented at the Manns Har bor school auditorium under the sponsorship of the Manns Harbor Ruritan Club at a date to be an nounced in the near future, it was determined at Monday’s meeting. The program of the evening was presented by Mrs. Harry Thomas, soloist, who entertained the members with vocal selec tions; John Long and Mrs. Thom as offered two vocal duets. DARE JAIL’S LODGER RELEASED ON TUESDAY Frank J. De Febio, whose pres ence in the Dare County jail since : December 5 has been the subject of considerable interest through out Dare county, was released on January 16 by order of Recor der’s Judge W. F. Baum. He was originally given a 30-day sentence for contempt of court upon his refusal to answer the questions of County Solicitor Martin Kellogg. Later, Judge Baum found him guilty of failure to send his two school-age children to school as 1 provided by the state law, and De Febio was returned to his cell when he declared that his con science would not permit him to pay the fine of $5 and costs im posed upon him. Willie McClease, Manteo Negro, submitted to a charge that he had slapped a young woman and paid a fine of $lO and costs to con clude the only other business of the court on Tuesday. SCHOOL LUNCHROOMS GET SURPLUS FOOD Dare County Superintendent of Schools R. I. Leake this week made public a list of surplus com modities made available to school lunrooms by the federal govern ment during the fall school term. When the market price of govern ment-supported food products falls below the support-price, the agriculture department buys the foods and releases them to public schools which maintain school lunch programs, Supt. Leake ex plained. Commodities received have been: 30 boxes of apples; 36 bags of Irish potatoes; 7 cases of cher ries; 31 cases of canned tomat oes; 6 cases of orange juice; 6 cases of dried beans; 20 cases of peanut butter; and 22 cases of cranberry sauce. Six Dare county schools oper ate lunchrooms, the county super intendent said. Manteo school serves an average of 160 meals i per day; Kitty Hawk, 105; Bux- 1 ton, 60; Wanchese, 50; Manns Harbor, 45, and Rodanthe, 30. The Roanoke Colored school has lunchroom facilities and a, school-lunch program is in pro cess of organization there, Mr. Leaks said. I HIGHWAY DEATH TOLL, 1951 Killed Jan. 12 through Jan. 15...,. 13 Injured Jan. 12 through Jan. 15 .100 Killed through Jan. 15 this year -i- 31 Killed through Jan. 15, 1950 31 Injured through Jan. 15 this year 358 Injured through Jan. 15, 1950 430 THE COASTLAND TIMEST PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WALTER RALEIGH OOASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA. 0 J TO CONTINUE DRIVE FOR DEEPER INLET , v . E : ra r A. H. WARD, Manteo ice manu facturer, who is chairman of the Committee for deepening Oregon Inlet, and who for three years has been pushing the project, winning approval for it from Engineers all along the ;i>.e to Washington, is now starting a renewed drive to get Congressional action on the project. Due to various delays in getting the project over the many hurdles between the office of ths District Engineer and Washing- ■ ton, the Project got to Congress just about the time the economy drive headed up. Mr. Ward be lieves now that more favorable consideration may be aroused by presenting the inlet project from a standpoint of defense. JOSEPH HALL BERRY, 78, LEADING NEGRO, PASSES Was Veteran of World War I; Retired from Coast Guard Service, Prominent Baptist Layman and Commun ity Leader Joseph Hall Berry, 78, promi nent Negro resident of Roanoke Island died Monday, January 16 at his home after an illness of several years. He had eaten a hearty breakfast that day, and was conscious up to 6:30 p.m., rec ognizing all his children and friends. He was retired from the Pea Island Coast Guard Station in ; 1918 after 20 years service. He , had served on the local school committee and was an Archdea con of Haven’s Creek Baptist church, and a life member. He was looked upon as an outstand ing colored leader in the commun ity during his active life, until about ten years ago. He is survived by his wife. An genora Pugh Berry, four children living, Maxie M. Berry, Josephus Berry, Mrs. Marshall Collins, and Mrs. M. W. Simmons, twenty three grandchildren, and several great grandchildren. One half-sis ter, Mrs. Bessie Wood, all of Man teo. He was the son of Rev. Zion Hall Berry, noted Baptist preach er, and Jane Baum of Manteo. The body was taken to the Dav is Funeral Home in • Elizabeth City, and burial will be at 2:30 Sunday in the Colored Baptist Cemetery, before which the body will lie in state at the Baptist Church and the funeral services will be conducted by Rev. George Raymond Griffin, of Elizabeth City, the family pastor. Because of the prominence of the family, a large crowd from adjoining counties is expected tr rattend the services Sunday, as well as a number of white fnends. SERVICES HERE FRIDAY FOR MARY E. MOULSON Funeral services will be held at the Mt. Olivet Methodist church in Manteo at 2:30 p.m., Friday, for Mrs. Mary Etheridge Moulson. I Special music will be provided by 1 the Manteo Methodist choir. The Rev. J. H. Overton, Jr., will con duct the services. Interment will be in the Manteo Cemetery. | Mrs. Mary Etheridge Moulson, 32, a native of Manteo, died at her home in Columbus, Ohio, Mon- I day, January 15. She had lived in Columbus for the past four years and was employed there by the Western Union Company. Mrs. Moulson was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Warren Etheridge of Manteo. Survivors, in addition to her parents, are two sons, Harold Stanley Moulson of New Jersey and Danny Moulson of Manteo; a daughter, Becky ! Moulson of Manteo; two sisters, | Mrs. M. E. Webb of Imperial i Beach, Calif., and Mrs. Joseph Cu- I s# Os Chicago, Ill; and a brother, Edwgrd C. Etheridge of Manteo. The Twiford Funeral Home was l in charge of funeral arrange -1 ments. , . FIVE TO REPORT FOR INDUCTION I NEXT TUESDAY Dare Board Receives Notice of Three Enlistments; Three 18-Year-Olds Resister for First Time The Dare County Selective Ser vice Board will send five young men to Raleigh next Tuesday morning, January 23, for induc tion into the armed services, Chairman Robert Ballance report ed this week. The five inductees are: Her man C. Cahoon, 20, of Manteo (formerly of East Lake); Larry G. Farrow, 20, of Buxton; Wil liam'' B. Hooper, 20, of Salvo; Gilbert L. Henley, 20, Berkley, Virginia (formerly of Nags Head); and Charles H. Daniels, 20, Negro, of Manteo. Chairman Ballance also made , public the names of three Dare countians who have enlisted in the Coast Guard in recent weeks and three high school youths who have registered with the board for the first time during the past month. New Coast Guard enlistees are Donald Lloyd Austin and Ronald Boyd Austin of Hatteras, and Ar tis Lydell Crank, 19, of Wan chese. The 18-year-olds who have new ly registered with the board are: Luther Grandy Hooper, of Avon, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Hooper; Johnnie Lynch Williams, Buxton, son of Mrs. Sarah Williams; and Jack Columbus Tillett, Manteo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Til lett. HEALTH CENTER 1 IS EQUIPPED BY LADIES’ GROUPS The Ladies Auxiliaries of the villages around the Cape Hatteras Health Center are a real source of help in the unkeep of this in stitution. They have worked un- ■ tiringly' to see that every need ; was met. There were six auxil iaries organized at the very be- ■ ginning and each one sent large ' donations. Some of these are still active, and those that are not, are willing when called on to solicit their communities for funds needed. Mrs. Hornstein made a list of necessary items, and they are very busy trying to see that these acK*>provided as soon as possible. Salvo Auxiliary sent a bed -1 spread recently. Rodanthe and Waves gave 2 bedspreads. Bux- • ton purchased a plastic covered I platform rocker, 2 laundry bags, 5 flannel draw sheets, 2 mattres ses for basinettes, 10 yards per i cale for bed screens, one vacuum 1 bottle, two and one half yarde cre ‘ tonne for closet curtain, 10 yards plastic to cover davenport in wait ing room, 1 self-wringing mop, and 3 duplex window shades. The other communities are get -1 ting underway with their dona tions, and expect to have them ready soon. LIONS MET MONDAY i The Manteo Lions Club held its regular dinner meeting at the : Fort Raleigh Hotel Monday night. 1 Mrs. Balfour Baum, Dare county ' man, addressed the group, giving 1 March of Dimes campaign chair , an excellent summary of the work of the anti-polio chapter in 1 Dare county and elsewhere. She asked for the cooperation of the 1 Lions in making the county drive • for 1951 a success. The Club agreed to put on a March of Dimes benefit basket ball game at the Manteo gymnas ium in the near future. It was de termined to challenge some other « civic group in the county for the 1 game; arrangement of > concerning the game was assign- • ed to Jack Wilson, who is to ar ' range for the Lions’ opponent and ! the date the game is to be played. 1 EBER WESTCOTT STRICKEN; NOW IN E. CITY HOSPITAL t Eber R. Westcott of Manteo, ■ who had recently taken on the du -1 ties of Drivers License examiner ’ for this area, was stricken with a ! serious heart attack Wednesday night, and was carried to the f Elizabeth 4:ity hospital for treat -1 ment Thursday morning. > TWO YOUTHS ENLIST t » R. D. Sawyer, Jr., 20, son of r Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Sawyer, who , has been attending East Carolina I Teachers College, and Stafford - Berry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil , i liam Berry, enlisted in the Coast i Guard at the Norfolk recruiting II station on Monday. They left here -1 Thursday to begin their new dut- • ies. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1951 Dare County Delegates Describes Work Os Conference On Children and Youth Attended by over 6,000 Persons From All Parts of the World, the ,White House Conference Was a Forum for the Exchange of Ideas About Children and Youth. (Editor’s Note: This is the first part of a two-part article written by Mrs. David Stick of Kitty Hawk about her experiences at the Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth held last month in the nation’s capital. She attended the confer ence as the representative of the Dare County Council for Services to Children and Youth in the North Carolina delegation of 54 persons. This is a well-written re port, extremely interesting to read, quite aside from the impor tance of the vital information MANTEO CAGERS HIT FAST PACE IN 49-22 WIN The Manteo high school boys team treated the Kitty Hawk club and the largest crowd of the sea son to an exhibition of its best basket-shooting form Tuesday night, and the sharp • display was good enough to give Manteo a 49 to 22 victory. Most pleasing thing about the performance of Coach Fry’s squad from the fans’ standpoint was the well-balanced attack. All of the regulars were potent scorers Tuesday, and any reasonable fac simile of the same brand of all around offensive play in future games will be a guarantee of de fensive-headaches for Manteo’s opponents. The evenly-spread scoring for Manteo went this way: Jack Cahoon and Carroll Wescott had 10 points apiece; Steve Basnight racked up nine; Punk Daniels, eight; Everett Liv erman, six; Pete Daniels, four; and Ray Jones, Jr., two. ' Girls Win 33-14 While the boys game was much faster and more closely contested than the score indicates, the Man teo girls had an easy time down ing the Kitty Hawk sextet, 33-14. Kitty Hawk’s scoring was divid ed between three forwards, C. and M. Haywood and Rogers. Betty Rae Sanderlin led the local girls with 12 points; and, as always, Doreen Midgett played an excel lent game in the back court. LOST COLONY’S 1951 BUDGET IS SET AT $87,205 Directors' of the Roanoke Is land Historical Association meet ing in Raleigh last Friday adopt ed a budget of $87,205 for the 1951 production of The Lost Col ony. This figure is slightly small er than the total of expenditures for the 1950 production. An estimate of 1951 income from the drama of $101,500 was made by General Manager Bill Hardy of Chapel Hill. A box of fice net of $90,000 would be re quired to reach the income figure estimated by Hardy. Royalty There is no provision in this year’s budget for the payment of a royalty to author Paul Green. Last year, under terms of a vol untary agreement, Mr. Green re ceived nearly $4,000, the first roy alties he has been paid from pro ceeds of the Lost Colony produc tion on Roanoke Island. Harry McMullan, state attorney-general, told the board of directors that he doubted that the Association, a North Carolina' state agency, had the authority to pay royalties on the play because it holds title to it. Chauncey Meekins, Manteo, As sociation treasurer, reported that $699.10 had been received from the sale of commemorative coins owned by the Historical Associa tion. Others from Roanoke Island at tending the meeting in the Hall of History at Raleigh were Mar tin Kellogg, R. Bruce Etheridge, I. P. Davis, association secretary, T. S. Meekins and Aycock Brown. Mrs. Katherine Arrington of Warrenton told the group that the Society of Antiquities was inter ested in financing a construction program to make parts of the re stored site of Fort Raleigh, where the play is produced, more au thentic. The proposal was refer red to the liaison committee, of which John Parker of Chapel Hill is chairman. The possibility that the Garden Club of North Carolina may spon sor a Shakespearian garden at or near the Fort was explained to the directors by Mrs. Charles Cannon of Concord. The liaison committee was instructed to de termine from Park Service offi cials whether or not such a pro ject could be approved. that it contains. We urge all of our readers to read Mrs. Stick’s report. The second part of this important article will be printed in next week’s issue of this paper. REPORT FROM WASHINGTON By PHYLLIS STICK PART I As Dare County’s delegate to the Midcentury White House Con ference on Children and Youth, I was one of over 6000 people who found their way to the National See REPORT, Page Eight FORESAW BOOM ON DARE COAST AND PROSPERED BY IT Kellogg Supply Company Made Notable Cains Dur ing Five Years The Kellogg Supply Company, of Manteo and Nags Head, is one of Dare county’s newer business firms. Its success in the short per iod of its existence illustrates the accelerated volume of commercial enterprise in this area in recent years. The rapidity of its growth illustrates just as clearly the fore sight and business ability of the Company’s management. When Gerdon Kellogg, president and general manager of the cor poration, fixed upon Manteo as the place for the location of the busi ness in 1945, he did so because he foresaw the possibilities in Dare county for great expansion in the construction business. Although most people recognized the pos sibilities more slowly than Mr. Kellogg, the long rows of homes and commercial buildings newly constructed along the Bodie Island beaches make it very easy for any one today to agree that Kellogg in 1946 was perfectly righ in his de cision. The fact is, it is now diffi cult for Kellogg to name construc tion projects along the beach, be gun since 1945 that his firm has had no part in supplying. “Some times we supply only a little for a building job; often we supply all the materials. , Expansion The business began in one large warehouse building which the com pany put up along the highway northwest of Manteo in 1945. It was soon necessary to construct another smaller building, near the first one, to house the workshop and the machine tools the com pany uses in its work. In 1948 a Nags Head branch of the Kellogg Co. was opened on the west side of Highway 158 in a two-story building with a handsome display room, carrying a complete supply line from electric extension cords and electric appliances to asbestos siding and roofing, paint, shellac, turpentine, hinges, brackets, soil pipe, plumbers’ supplies and pipe fittings. Behind the building is a lumber yard and a smaller build ing for storage. See KELLOGG, Page Eight MANTEO DEFEATS BUXTON 52-26; GIRLS BEATEN The boys from Cape Hatteras high school at Buxton came up to try out the court at Manteo last Friday night and gave the large crowd a good exhibition, al though Coach Fry’s more exper ienced squad defeated them by a score of 52-26 score. The team from the Banks evidenced plenty of latent talent and, if it had a chance to get more experience in competition, the Cape Hatteras club would undoubtedly develop into a first-rate set of eagers. Al Gray, Boyd Jennette, Ron ald Styron and Jackie Rollinson performed at the forward posts for the visitors; S. Tollson played center; and Billy Gaskill, Eddy Styron, Harold Gray and John O’- Neal were guards. Tollson led the visiting team’s scoring with 8 points; Eddy Styron got 7, Billy Gaskill 5, Al Gray 4, and Boyd Jennette the other two points. The entire Manteo squad sr • action. Carroll Wescott with 14 points led the scoring. H. S. Girls Upset A basket by Janie Etheridge with about a minute left to play gave the Mqnteo All Stars girls <*lnb a 26-25 decision over the high school sextet. Coach Ayers used his entire squad and gave a number of the bench brigade a chance to see more competion than they have ever had before. Janie Etheridge was the game’s high scorer with 15 points. STUMPY POINT BOY WITH ARMED FORCES RCT. KENNETH W. PAYNE of Stumpy Point, son of Oscar and Doris E. Payne, enlisted in Octo ber at the age of 17 years. He had a strong desire to serve the colors and persuaded his parents to give permission; is now in Fort Jackson, S. C., taking basic training. He had worked a year as a nylon machine operator in an Elizabeth City mill, and left his job to enter the Army. AFTER 30 YRS. SERVICE, RETIRED WITH HONORS Julian H. Austin Now Has Oppor tunity to Return to Old Home Near Cape Hatteras Julian H. Austin of Frisco, Dare County, last week was re tired with honors from the U.S. Coast Guard, and was presented with the Albert Gallatin Award for meritorius service. Capt. Stan ley C. Linholm, commanding of ficer of the Elizabeth City Air Station made the award on behalf of the Secretary of the Treasury. He served in the Coast Guard for 32 years. At the time of his retirement, he was keeper of the Wades Point light at the mouth of Pasquotank River. He had served in many other lighthouses, including Roa noke River, Roanoke Marshes, Bodie Island, and on the Chesa peake Bay, where he married Miss Catherine Dobson. He has always had it in mind to return to his home in Frisco, where he lived for many years. Since he left Frisco to live in Elizabeth City a hard-surface road has been built by the door of the Frisco home. He will re turn to find many changes. Dur ing his time in the service, the village of Frisco decreased in size, as the older heads died off, and younger people moved away in search of larger opportunities. The school has been abandoned, but a new church has been built. His mother and grandfather, and uncles and many other relatives have passed on. Julian Austin loves the outer banks. He is the grandson of a faithful old citizen, the late W. H. Poyner, who for many years was a leader in the affairs of the community. There are many who remain faithful to Frisco, and want to see it regain its former status as a thriving community. The Austins will find a ready wel come when they return to the old home, old friends and old neigh bors. The Albert Gallatin Award for meritorious service was establish ed by President John Quincy Ad ams more than a century and a quarter ago. Mr. Austin has thus joined a select group of his coun try’s servants who have received the signal honor. DARE SCHOLARS HONORED FOR HIGH GRADES Three Dare county students at East Carolina Teachers College, < Greenville, have been cited by the . institution for the excellent qual- < ity of their scholarship during the < fall quarter. i Jeannette Tillett of Kill Devil < Hills and Nell Wise Wechter of . Stumpy Point have been listed a mong the 65 students at ECTC on the Dean’s list, composed of undergraduates who have made the highly distinguished record of at least 2% quality points per credit hour and have made no grade below “3,” the average mark. Janice Meekins of Stumpy Point has been named to the Hon or Roll, which includes the 209 students at ECTC who made at least two quality points per cred | it hour and had no grade below “3” during the fall term. Single Copy T MARCH OF DIMES ’ GOAL IN COUNTY SET AT $1,500 Three devastating years of the I worst polio epidemics in history | have wiped out patient care funds of the National Foundation for In- I fantile Paralysis, and left unpaid ! bills of $5,000,000. So the 1951 March of Dimes, which opened this week, must raise $50,000,000 nationally, and I $1,500.00 in Dare County. This sum is essential to enable I the Foundation and its local Chapters to provide financial aid, equipment and skilled workers for the thousands of children and ad ults who will be victims this year, and for those needing care from earlier years. Also, the Founda tion must continue to pay for re search in the treatment and pre- • vention of polio, and the training I of professional personnel. “Let us meet this financial cris is. and give freely to conquer this 1 vicious polio enemy,” Dare Coun : ty March of Dimes Campaign Di- Mrs. Balfour Baum, Dare March of Dimes Campaign Chairman, announced the names of local chairmen for the Dare anti-polio drive early this week, after her return from a state meeting of Coun ty Chairmen in Raleigh last weekend. Local drive leaders are: ► Avon, Mrs. Percy Williams; Buxton, Mrs. Maude White; • Colington, Mrs. Lewis Meek ins; Duck, Mrs. Carrie Beals; East Lake, Mrs. Emily Smith; Hatteras, Mrs. Levin Fulcher; Dare Beaches, Mrs. Nellie Pridgen; Kitty Hawk, Mrs. Edith Best; Mashoes, Mrs. Will Mann; Manns Harbor, Mrs. Dorothy Taylor; Rodanthe, Mrs. Fred O’Neal; Salvo, Mrs. Melvina Whidbee; Stumpy Point, Mrs. Beatrice Meekins; Waves, Mrs. Cedric Midgett; Frisco, Mrs. Lois Rollinson. In Manteo the drive will be conducted under the sponsor ship of the Dare County Teen- Age Center, the Rotary and Lions Clubs. The Colored Drive will be under the chairmanship of Agathia Gray. The March of Dimes Ball, to be held Jan uary 27 at the Manteo school gymnasium, is under the direc tion of Bob Smith. Mrs. Mary I Mann Evans and Miss Ruth Evans are in charge of the bridge and canasta party to be held as a March of Dimes ben efit at the Fort Raleigh Hotel it 8 p.m. on Monday. Principal L. W. Huggins is organizing the Manteo school for the ,*ampaign. The Dare Teen-Age Center will conduct the activ ities of a Tag Day for the Vlarch of Dimes. 1 rector Mrs. Balfour Baum urged the citizens of Dare. Polio struck down well over 30,- • 000 children and adults in 1950. 1 This was the second worst year in the history of this crippling and costly disease. 1 Your dimes and dollars given ’ to the Dare County March of 1 Dimes will enable the National ‘ Foundation for Infantile Paraly -1 sis to give help promptly to ev ' ery polio patient in need. Half the money raised remains with the local Chapter for local pa tients or, in emergencies, supple ments national epidemic aid wherever needed. Last year in Dare County 1 per son had polio, and another may ' have had polio, Director Baum said. The Chapter spent $177.00 for patient aid. The Dare Chapter sent $350 to aid the National Foundation in 1949 and 1950. Money received from the National Foundation totalled $7,700,000 to 990 Chapters in 46 states, toward the $25,000,000 patient bill for 1950. LAST WEEK’S WEATHER Figures provided by U. S. Govt. Meteorologist A. W. Drinkwater High Low Rain January 11 54 32 .64 January 12 52 27 January 13 44 37 January 14 60 39 .28 January 15 61 35 January 16 52 34 January 17 62 36 DEMOLISHED FORD ENDS CAREER IN FRONT YARD A Ford sedan driven by Thom as Glenn Gaskill of Wanchese was almost completely demolished late Tuesday night when it failed to negotiate the curve on the high way north of Manteo and car eened off the road and into a tree in the front yard of Mrs. Liisie Dough. Although the Ford was damaged beyond repair, Gaskill wags il injury more serious than bruises and scratches. ■> 'J/' I .' '

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