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VOLUME XVI NO. 37 ' DISTRICT MEET OF REBEKAHS IN MANTEO WED. State Officers Attend Session 1 Followed by Dinner at Fearings The 6t7h session of Rebekahs of the First District was held in Manteo March 7 in the town hall as guests of Manteo Lodge No. 52 which opened the meeting, fol . lowing which District President, * Mrs. Anita Jessen presided, as sisted by Mrs. Evelyn Sawyer, District Vice-President of Eliza beth City The District Conductress, Mrs. Lessie Davis, and Marshal, Mrs. Cora Gray seated the District Of | fleers and presented each with a lovely corsage of camellias. Oth er District Officers are: Warden, Gertrude Lennon; Secretary, Nel lie Owens; Treasurer, Margarette White; Chaplain, Virginia War ren; Past President,.Estelle Tem ple; Right supporter to Warden, > Dixie Bundy; Left supporter, Lois Midgette; Inside Guardian, Louise Williams; Outside Guardi an, Eleanor Ward; Bearer, Kath yrn Kennedy, Color Bearer, Sue Ballowe; Musician, Rosa Drink • water. Following the welcome song the conductor and marshall introduced the visitors and State officers: Mrs. Emma K. Boyd, State Presi dent, Mooresville; Mrs. Alba Al bright, Raleigh, Mrs. Lennie O’- Neal, Elizabeth City, past State Presidents: Mrs. Lessie Meads, Elizabeth City, district deputy president. Mrs. Lucille Midgett gave the address of Welcome; the response by Mrs. Louisa Williams, both be ing very inspiring. Os two con testants for the unwritten work, Mrs. Midgett will receive the certi ficate. Reports given show con k siderable gains since the last meeting. The State President, Mrs. Boyd gave an interesting talk on “Re bekahship,” using as a topic, “Friendship, Love and Fraterni ty.” She also discussed plans for f the state assembly in Winston-Sa lem next May. Gifts were presented to the officers and past presidents. New officers were elected and instal led as follows: District Deputy President, Mrs. Kathyrn Kennedy; President, Mrs. Evelyn Sawyer; Vice-President, Mrs. Lessie Davis; Warden, Mrs. Bessie Guthrie; Secretary, Mrs. Nellie Owens; Treasurer, Mrs. Margaret White; Marshal, Peggy Armstrong; Conductor, Dixie Bun dy; Chaplain, Miss Belle Midgett; Musician, Mrs. Rosa Drinkwater; Supporter to Warden, Mrs. Ger trude Lennon;. Mrs. Mamie Gar rett; Inside Guardian, Sue Bal lowe; Outside Guardian, Pauline Holloman. Following a business session the Manteo Lodge closed in due form and seafood and chic ' ken dinners were enjoyed at Fear ing’s Case. ONE JAILED. ONE HOSPITALIZED AFTER SUNDAY NIGHT BRAWL Gene McKain, South Carolina Negro, is in Albemarle General Hospital in Elizabeth City in cria ical condition as a result of a gun shot wound he received in a brawl in the California section of Man teo about 8:00 p.m. Sunday. A fellow South Carolinian, Lee Pay ton, is in the Dare County jail , awaiting trial for the shootidg. ’ Both men have been employed here with the crew working on the Roanoke Sound bridge. McKain was shot with a .22 cal ibre rifle; the bullet pierced his stomach and came out at his shoulder. At the hospital on Sun il' day night surgeons gave McKain no more than one chance in a hun dred of survival before he was op erated upon. Since that time, he has rallied somewhat but his con dition is still considered very grave, according to information from the hospital. According to Sheriff Frank Ca hoon, who arrested Payton short ly after McKain was shot, it was difficult to get any coherent state ment from either the wounded man or Payton, as both were so I drunk as to make their statements unintelligible. The sheriff said that Loretta Latham was at the small house, rented by Payton and jointly tenanted by Payton and McKain, when he made the arrest. Presumable she witnessed -the gunplay. She is the wife of the late David Latham. LAST WEEK’S WEATHER Figures provided by U. S. Govt. W Meteorologist A. W. Drinkwater High Low Rain March 1 65 44 March 2 58 42 March 3 60 47 March 4 63 48 March 5 57 42 ♦ March 6 59 41 March 7 63 42 THE COASTLAND WES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WALTER RALEIGH OOASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY BOARD ACTS ON MINOR MATTERS Ben Dixon Mac Neill of Buxton appeared before the County Board of Commissioners Tuesday to ex press his thanks to the Board for its cooperation in the work done by the committee for re-opening Oregon Inlet. He presented the Board with a copy of the booklet on the Inlet, written by Mr. Mac- Neill and published here this week. Garbage Removal The Commissioners acted upon a large number of motions at their Tuesday meeting, most important of which was probably its move to advertise for bids for garbage removal on the beach between Currituck Sound and Roanoke Sound. The schedule calls for gar bage to be picked up once a week during the periods April 16 through May 21 and September 16 through October 29; daily pick ups will be made from May 22 through September 15. Bids will be received in the office of the clerk of the board until noon on April 3. Upon motion by J. W. Scarbor ough, the Board set up an emer gency transportation fund for Welfare Department patients, which may be drawn upon for an amount not to excede SIOO. The department of welfare is heraf ter to present County Accountant C. S. Meekins with a statement of its postage costs for the month, \tfhich the accountant has been authorized to advance the a mount required. Zoning on the Beach R. S. Jordan, representing the Dare Beaches Chamber of Com merce, appeared before the Board in the interest of instituting zon ing regulations along the beach. He said that he had written to R. B. Etheridge, Dare representa tive in the General Assembly, and the state’s attorney-general about the matter. Mr. Etheridge, he re ported, has promised to try to get a law covering the matter through the legislature. The Board in structed Mr. Jordan to have a pe tition circulated among the per sons who would be affected by the ' zoning regulations, if instituted, I said petition to request the Coun ty Board to set up a zoning com mission. It was moved by Commissioner Albert Austin and unanimously a greed upon to donate SSO for the reconditioning of two outdoor toi lets built some time ago by the county at Mill Landing, Wan chese. Comm. H. F. Perry made a mo tion, seconded by Mr. Scarbor ough, that the Highway Commis sion be requested to hard-surface the road known as County Street Extended, in Manteo, which leads from the highway past the Roa noke School. The Highway Com mission is also to be asked to take over a short stretch of road at Manns Harbor near the home of Clarence Holmes. Health Center The Board agreed to ask the Cape Hatteras Health Center to make a report at the April meet ing to the Commissioners of its activities, stating “just what has been spent on the building and what revenues are being derived from said building.” Mr. Perry’s motion to this effect was seconder* by Mr. Austin. The Board voted to list the Leo Midgett lot, near Manteo, at $450 for 1951; W. L. Daniels, tax sup ervisor, was directed to look over the Tracy Ward Apartment, also owned by Leo Midgett, and report its taxable value. John E. Ferebee, upon motion of Comm. Swain, was directed to be paid S2OO for moving a G. I. house for the welfare department. The sum was the same as the amount paid to the Board by- Quint Dozier for a lot which had been bought formerly for the wel fare department. Floyd Hooper of Stumpy Point was named to succeed S. B. Til lett as Oyster Bed Inspector. Mr. Tillett had resigned. Melvin Daniels, Board clerk, was instructed to write to Rep. Etheridge informing him that the Board endorsed the bill providing for listing personal property in the county in which same is lo cated; also that the Board oppos es the bill prohibiting governmen tal agencies in Dare county from spending for plans and engineers* fees for municipal improvement until funds have been provided or bonds authorized therefore. On motion by Mr. Swain, it was agreed to allow Tax Supervisor Daniels S2O per month for travel expenses. Helium reserved owned or con trolled by the United States in Texas and New Maxico alone total about 4.3 billion cubic feet, the Bureau of Mines Reports. At cur rent consumption rates, these re serves would stretch for moYe than a half century. r, '.'Ji •„ I TWO BOYS, GIRL HURT IN MOTOR MISHAP AT CAPE Two young lads and a girl were seriously hurt Saturday night when a 1949 Ford pick-up driven by Walton Fulcher upset while driving at high speed and ran off in the sand near Cape Hatteras. The driver was unhurt. Bobby Gaskins, 14, got a broken arm; Leo Jennette, 16, was badly cut on the head and may have sus tained a fractured skull. They were taken to the Marine hospital, Norfolk, by Coast Guard plane from Elizabeth City. Miss Rae Sy- i ton of Hatteras who was riding with Fulcher on the seat, was al so injured. Lt. David Oliver took off Sun day morning at 8:22 o’clock in the HRP (Flying Banana) helicopter for Buxton, but because of low ceiling, caused by heavy fog, he was delayed and arrived at Bux ton around noon. He returned with the boys and Mrs. Junius Jennette, mother of the Jennette youth, at 2:21 o’clock. INFORMATION GIVEN ABOUT DARE COUNTY Chamber of Commerce Receiving Many Requests of Various Kinds The Dare County Chamber of Commerce is being beseiged with letters asking for information a bout places, people and things in the county from persons in many sections of the country. During the first 26 days of February, for example, Aycock Brown, the C of C’s diligent correspondent, an swer inquiries as various as these: ' Inquiries for historical infor mation from 197 school children I in more than 40 communities of North and South Carolina and Virginia; a request for pamphlets to be distributed to travelers from the Gulf Tour Guide Bureau, Pittsburgh, Pa.; many requests for information about the area and its facilities for the enter tainment '>pf tourists from pros pective visitors; a Wilmington, Delaware, newspaper wrote for information about resort hotels for its Travel and Resort Depart ment; a number of inquiries were (directed to thb Chamber from I persons who wished to rent sum i mer vacation homes or to be put l in touch with real estate men who would enable them to purchase properties for year-round or va cation homes. One or two samples of the let ters the Chamber receives will be of interest. A husband and wife in Port Orchard, Washington, write: “As we are planning to re tire somewhere in your part of the country, would appreciate in formation and maps about Roa noke Island and vicinity. Also what is the local newspaper?” A lady in Detroit writes: “Kind ly send available tourist informa tion, list of accommodations, points of interest, etc., for year i round. Would like post card views I of outdoor theatre, porpoise, dol phin and lighthouse.” Nags Head Chamber n The Nags Head Chamber of commerce has prepared a list of ?.otel accommodations, beach cot tages, tourist cabins, apartments and rooms for rent. The list is sent to those who write the Nags Head Chamber for information. Not included are facilities at Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, Roanoke Island, the Banks or the Dare Mainland. LEADERS Some leaders lead too far ahead, High-visioned, unafraid; Yet, ages after they are dead, We tread upon the paths they made. Some leaders lead too far behind. Nor seem to keep the track, Yet they bring on the deaf and blind, Who else would hold us back. And some seem not to lead at all, Slow moving on the way, Yet help the weary feet and small Os those who else would astray. Lead on, O leaders of the race! Your work is long and wide; We need your help in every place— Before, behind, beside. —Anon. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1951 RED CROSS DRIVE MAKES PROGRESS Chairman Wallace McCown re ported that the volunteer Red Cross Drive workers in Dare County began their campaign for membership this week. All com munity chairman have received their supplies and are organizing their workers for a successful campaign. A new - chairman was added this week to seek the sup port of the beach area of the coun ty, particularly those residents adjacent to the highway from Currituck Bridge to Nags Head. Mrs. R. H. Taylor, resident of Southern Shores is in charge of this area of the county. It is necessary that another chairman be appointed for the Nags Head community because the person appointed is unable to serve this year. Anyone who can assist in that area is asked to get in touch with Mr. McCown at once. Mrs. Louise Meekins began her work in the Manteo residential section this week. She asks the hearty support of her fellow townspeople in that division. Mrs. Myrtle Tillett, chairman in Wan chese sent for more drive supplies for her area. Mrs. Jesse Baum, Kitty Hawk Chairman, brought the Red Cross appeal to the at tention of the meeting of the Kitty Hawk Civic Club on Monday ev ening; and Chairman McCown asked those present to cooperate in every way with Mrs. Baum and her workers. The Colington Club meeting Monday evening also asked members’ support of the drive in that area. A special appeal was made to all business and professional peo ple in Manteo and the response from those who have replied has been favorable. Those persons are urged to send their checks to the Fund Chairman this week. All community representatives are urged to contact the Fund* Chairman early next week so that a preliminary report of the pro gress toward the County quota can be published in next week’s issue of The Times. SERVICES HELD FRIDAY FOR LESLIE R. TILLETT Funeral services for Leslie Ros coe (Billy) Tillett, who was killed in an automobile accident, were held at the Wanchese Methodist church, of which he was a mem ber, Friday at 2:30 with Rev. C. W. Guthrie officiating. Pallbearers were George Dan iels, Arnold Daniels, Wayland Baum Cage Hayman, Tom Bas nigh, and B. C. Spencer. Interment was made in the Til lett cemetery. Out-of-town people attending the funeral were: Charlie and Herman Midgett, Mrs. Marcellus Payne, Mrs. Jessie Mclver, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baum, Wesley Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. LaSalle Johnson of Norfolk, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Box, Mrs. Florence Davis, Mrs. Virginia Edwards, and Mrs. Casper Meekins of Elizabeth City. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Basnight of Charlotte, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Midgett and children of Manns Harbor, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Spen cer of Engelhard and Cage Hay mah of Edenton. Skunks are often justly accused of raiding duck nests and of kill ing ducklings, but skunks also eat quantities of snapping turtle eggs —and snapping turtles kill large numbers of ducklings, the Fish and Wildlife Service points out. FIVE INDUCTED FROM DARE ON LAST WE’N’SDAY The six a.m. bus from Manteo on Wednesday took five Dare men to Raleigh for the first stage of their new lives as members of the U.S. Army. The newest Dare ser vicemen were: Bertie B. Barnette, 22, and Murray L. Farrow, 23, of Frisco; and three Manteo Neg roes, Major Scarborough Spencer, 20, Percy Leon Daniels, 20, and William B. Blackmond, 20. LIONS ENTERTAIN CAMDEN CHAPTER The dining room of the Hotel Fort Raleigh was crowded to ca pacity Monday night when the Manteo Lions Club was host to the Camden Lions Club. The president of the Elizabeth City Club, Er win Nixon, was also present. Members of both clubs enjoyed an excellent program arranged by L. W. Huggins of the Manteo chap ter. Safety Engineer George Tewks- bary of the Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. deliver ed a short talk on highway saf ety, which, despite its brevity, was 'an eye-opener. The engineed said that over 35,000 persons were kill ed in motor vehicle accidents in this country during the past year; that the number injured would outnumber the population of such cities as Berkeley, California, or Ann Arbor, Michigan. Fifteen per cent of highway accidents are due to the condition of the highways, fifteen per cent due to faulty au tomobiles and the remaining sev enty per cent of accidents are caused through the fault of the human beings behind the wheel, Tewksbary said. After his talk, the engineer showed a prize-winning safety film which illustrated in the most forceful way the need for increas ed attention to highway safety from communities and civic or ganizations. The group was entertained by several musical selections by four young people from Manteo high school, Misses Millie Ward,_Bar bara Ann Dowdy, Imogene Finch and Jerry Cahoon. Moncie Dan iels, Jr., Manteo student, read a paper on the effect upon interna tional relations of the Korean War. THREE SENTENCED FOR FIVE OFFENSES TUESDAY Judge W. F. Baum gave Ira V. Partridge of Kill Devil Hill a jail sentence of 60 days for two viola tions of the motor vehicle laws in recorder’s court Tuesday, but sus pended the sentence upon condi tion that Partridge pay SSO and $lO fines and the costs of the court. Partridge was charged with operating a motor vehicle after his driver’s license* had been re voked and with driving a car with out 1951 license plates. Partridge pleaded not guilty to both counts, but did not offer a defense, throw ing himself on the mercy of the court. Patrolman W. A. Rogers was the only witness in the case. Sam Moore, George Albert Mc- Clease and Willis Spencer, Manteo Negroes, were charged with as saulting Mrs. Sam Moore. All pleaded not guilty. Judge Baum dismissed the cases against Mc- Clease and Spencer, and, after listening to the evidence in Moore’s case, found him guilty as charged. Moore was sentenced to serve 60 days on the roads, sur pended upon payment of S2O fine and costs. Six Months On Roads Wiliam Blackmond, Negro, was brough back into court on two counts. He was charged with as sault on Ossie Meekins and with reckless driving. He pleaded guil ty to both counts. He was given 60 days on the roads on the first count and six months on the sec ond, the sentences to run concur rently. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR REDING JAMES SADLER Reding James Sadler died at noon Tuesday of last week at his home. Mr. Sadler was born in Pamlico County on April 10, 1896, son of Joseph Reding Sadler and the late Lorena Williamson Sad ler. He was a veteran of Army service in World War I and a vet eran of Coast Guard service dur ing World War 11. Mr. Sadler was a fisherman by trade. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sarah Leary Sadler; one son, Milton Sadler, both of Washington; His father, Joseph Reding Sadler of Lowland; four sisters, Mrs. Carlie Lamm of Aurora, Mrs. Ethel McKinney of; Lowland, Mrs. Clara Lupton of Lowland, Mrs. Ruth Willis of Bay- ; boro; three brothers, W. I. Sadler ! of Metritt, Elie Sadler of Low land and J. Stanley Sadler of Lake Landing. Funeral services were conducted from his home Wednes day afternoon at 2 o’clock. Burial > was in the Reelsboro Cemetery. EVERY COLINGTON RESIDENT SIGNS ROAD PETITION SENT TO HIGHWAY COMMISSION Petition Denies Rumor That People of Island Oppose Building Road As A Waste of Money. KITTY HAWK CIVIC CLUB DEFENDS RECORD SUNDAY The unbeaten, untied and un scored on basketball team of the Kitty Hawk Civic Club received and accepted a challenge this week to meet the Kitty Hawk High School quint in the feature game of a sudden-death doubeheader Sunday afternoon. The first game will be between the high school girl’s team and the ladies of the club. Each of these teams is still looking for its first victory of the season, and the lad ies, in fact, have yet to score their first goal, free or otherwise. The game is being sponsored by the newly formed Kitty Hawk Youth Club, for the purpose of raising money to pay for lights for the outside playground. The games will be held on the outdoor court at Kitty Hawk, and the first contest will get underway at 2:30. The Kitty Hawk boys, semi-fin alists in the recent Albemarle Rural Conference Tournament, may have taken too big a bite this time, for the aggregation they face Sunday is composed largely of professional calibre players. All-Star Squad Leading the offense will be Fonney Tillett, known throughout this section in years past as “The Terror of the Sand Courts.” He will receive able backing from Marvin “Swoosh” Midgett, Carlos “Point A Minute” Dowdy, and a newcomer to the local basketball scene, Bill Foreman onetime (and only one time) star of the famous Arkansas Ramblers. Others on the squad include David Stick, one of the few men in basketball history who has suc cessfully double dribbled with two hands and his head at the same time; Bill West, who customarily plays only half of each game (when his team is shooting for the west goal, naturally) and Rus sell Perry, 7 foot 8 inch (approxi mately) center. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR C. H. BALLANCE SUNDAY Funeral services for Charlie H. Ballance, 63, who died Friday at the Marine Hospital in Norfolk, i were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock by the Rev. W. L. I Gregory at his home at Hatteras. Burial was in the family cemetery at Hatteras. Mr. Ballance was the son of Maillard F. and Mary Wil lis Ballance and was the husband of Mrs. Linda Ballance. Other survivors include two sons, Charlie Ballance, Jr., of i Hatteras, and Millard Ballance of the U. S. Engineers; two daugh ters, Mrs. Hilda Ballance Brown of Marshallburg and Mrs. Melvin Basnight of Lakehurst, N. J.; and several grandchildren. Pallbearers were Donald Oden, Edgar Styron, Albert Austin, Den ny Basnight, Alma Burrus and Roy Gray. Masonic rites were conducted by Masonic Lodge No. 521 of Wanchese. HOUR FOR PTA MEETING CHANGED TO 2:30 P.M. The March meeting of the Man teo PTA will begin at 2:30 Tues day afternoon, March 13, instead of 3:15 as has been the case for merly, in the Manteo high school auditorium. Members are particu larly urged to attend this meeting because important business is to come before the group, according to PTA officials. The speaker of the day will be Atty. Wallace McCown of Manteo, who will discuss legislation per taining to the schools which is now pending. a When buying or selling Use the Classifieds HIGHWAY DEATH TOLL, 1951 Killed March 2 through March 5 25 Injured March 2 through March 5 207 Killed through March 5 this year 180 Killed through March 5, 1950 15t Injured through March 5 this year 1,962 Iniured through March 5, 1950 1,903 Single Copy 7« Rumors that an unidentified in dividual has told one or more members of the State Highway Commission that the proposed road to Colington was a waste of money and that the people of the island opposed it, brought immed iate response from Colington this week in the form of a petition, signed by every citizen in the community, urging immediate construction of the road. The petition, signed by 73 Col ington residents, as well as a number of non-resident property owners, was forwarded this week to Mr. Henry Jordan, chairman of the State Highway Commission. Contents of the petition, which was addressed to Mr. Jordan in the form of a letter, follow: “Dear Mr. Jordan: “It has been rumored in our community that an individual whose name is unknown to the signers below, has expressed the personal opinion before one or more members of your illustrious Commission, that he was opposed to the construction of the contem plated road into Colington Island, Dare County. “We are hopeful that this is on ly an idle rumor, unfounded in fact, for it is hard to understand any basis on which this sorely needed project could be opposed either by residents or by non-res ident property owners. The fact that a State school bus, loaded with children, must each day nav igate the treacherous and uncer tain sand tracks now serving as the only connection with Coling ton, seems in itself justification for construction of the short length of road (less than three miles) now planned. “In order that the Commission may know the true feelings of the residents of Colington Island, ev ery citizen residing on the island has signed this letter, which we wqfild like to have the Commis sion consider as a petition urging construction of the road as soon as possible. “In addition, a number pf non resident property owners have ex pressed the opinion that they, too, would like to refute the rumored statement of opposition mentioned above, and for that reason a sec ond petition signed by non-resi j dent property owners is also en- I closed herewith.” DRIVING DEMONSTRATION GIVEN HERE TUESDAY Safe driving must be made a personal habit of every motorist .if the slaughter on America’s highways is to be curbed, George Tewksbary, safety engineer of the Farm Bureau Insurance Compan ies, declared Tuesday as he spoke prior to conducting driving tests at Manteo High School. “Excessive speed is the greatest single cause of automobile acci dents,” Tewksbary said. In the demonstration which followed, he pointed out the conditions under which even 20 or 30 miles per hour can be excessive and added: “When drivers know the true facts and base their driving on those facts, highway accidents will drop sharply. Students and teachers, Dotty Alford, Mr. Finch and Mr. Fry, took part in the tests which were conducted in a specially equipped car. The test driver was signalled to stop by a red light mounted above the radiator. As the signal was flashed, the street was mark ed with a yellow paint bullet fired from one of three revolvers mounted on the front bumper. A second bullet was fired as brakes were applied and a third after the car came to a complete stop. Dis tances between the spots were carefully measured to determine in feet and inches how far the car traveled before the driver applied the brakes, or the reaction dis tance, and how far it traveled af ter the brakes were applied, or the braking distance. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Atlantic Township Curtis L. Jones, et al, to Obed : W. Harrell, 1 lot, Avalon Beach, SSOO. Nags Head Township William J. Banks to Amos R. Daniels, % acre at Wanchese. C. L. Ziegler, Jr., to Wesley Cullipher, 1 lot, Sound Side, Nags Heed. Wesley Cullipher to C. L. Ziegler and wife, 1 lot, Sound Side, Nags ■ Head
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