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VOLUME XVI NO. 42 LIONS SPONSOR BROOM SALE FOR AID OF BLIND Canvass of Business Places and Homes To Be Made April 19, 20 and 21 Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week, April 19, 20 and 21, members of the Manteo Lions Club will try to reach as many businesses and homes in Dare County as they possibly can in their effort to assist the blind cit ( izens of North Carolina help themselves. The manual abilities of blind persons enable them to perform work in many of the handicraft skills that surpasses the finest work of craftsmen with perfect vision. The Guilford Industries 1 for the Blind in Greensboro is a business organization that ens ues many skilled blind persons to cooperate in supporting themselves by their work. It is in no sense a social service pro ject; it is the way that these workers avoid the necessity of being helped by social service projects. The Lions, then, will not be ask ing for donations to help the blind. They will be selling brooms made in the Greensboro plant by blind workers. This is the part of the merchandising project they oper ate that the blind cannot do for themselves. It is annually a Lions Club project of primary impor tance to assist those who have lost their sight. Last year and this the Manteo Lions /flub has taken on the job of helping them sell their products. When the Lions Club salesman calls upon you next week, you can be sure that the broom he will ask you to buy is well-worth the price, for the products of the Guilford Industries for the Blind plant are always of the highest quality. You will also know that, by purchasing the excellent broom, you are help ing the sightless to help them selves. Committee-in-Charge The committee in charge of the Broom Sale for the Lions is com , posed of Ellsworth Midgett, chairman, Willett Tillett and Bel ton Burrus. SUDAN TEMPL’ SHRINERS MAKE HATTERAS TRIP Wreath and Ceremonies at Grave of Charlie Ballance; Dinner at Atlantic View Hotel Some 40 Shriners of Sudan Temple journeyed to Hatteras Saturday, accompanied by Poten tate Mark Carpenter of Durham, and past potentates Frank Wat son of Raleigh, and W. J. Bundy of Greenville, and other officers of the Shrine. They held a cere mony and left a wreath at the grave of a recent deceased mem ber of Hatteras, and enjoyed a seafood dinner at the Atlantic View Hotel. A. H. Ward, president of the Dare County Shrine Club presid ed at the dinner, when all the vis iting notables spoke. Among them were John H. Gage who has bought a part-time home and who is a past potentate of Tigris Tem ple, Syracuse, N. Y. An offering of S6O was made to buy a rung on the ladder of / smiles in memory of Mr. Ballance, the certificate to be presented to Mrs. Ballance. The dinner was thoroughly en joyed, and was the occasion for merriment and good fellowship. The inspiring talks added to the occasion. Plans were discussed for attending the ceremonial in Dur ham this spring. . BRIDGE BILL INTRODUCED f IN LAST DAYS OF SESSION Representative Lewis Combs of Tyrrell County introduced a bill in the House bn Monday of this week which would order the State Highway Commission to build toll bridges across Alligator River and Croatan Sound. The amount of money te be designated for construction of the two bridges was specified as $4,000,000 in Combs' bill. It was referred to the House Calendar Committee, the 1 group which has taken over all committee work in the closing days of the Assembly’s 1961 ses sion. The fate of the bill is unknown at the time the paper goes to press. Rep. Combs’ bill should be distinguished from the sugges tion to build toll bridges over the two bodies of water which was earlier proposed in the legisla i ture: Combs’ bill would have the ’ state build the bridges with the money to come from a bond issue; the earlier proposal was to allow i a private corporation to build the two bridges and operate them without being subject to state reg ulation. kl THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WALTER RALEIGH OOASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA A PROMINENT MINISTER IS A NATIVE OF AVON REV. LUTHER SIGSBEE MIL LER, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bembry Miller of Avon is perhaps the most noted of several natives of Dare County who have gone forth to preach to members of the As semblies of God faith. He has been pastor of the Pearl Street Assem bly of Elizabeth City for nearly 20 years. He is an able, consecrat ed man, devoted to his work and his people. He was a former teach er in the Dare County schools, and several exceptional children have blessed his home. DARE CHAMBER MEETS FRIDAY Notice has been circulated by mail to members, former members and other interested parties that the Dare Chamber of Commerce will hold its postponed annual meeting in the Community Build ing in Manteo at 7:30 p.m., Fri day, April 13. Atendance of all members is urged for the reason that organ ization officers and directors are to be elected and other matters of importance decided. NAGS HEAD CHAMBER ADOPTS PLANS FOR COUNTY PROJECTS The Nags Head Chamber of Commerce met at Jockey Ridge Tuesday evening and adopted plans to aid in several county pro jects. At the suggestion of member Dick Jordan, individuals in the group donated about $25 to assist the Manteo Rotary Club in paying for the erection of the log arch over the highway at the entrance to Dare County south of Currituck' Sound bridge. The club adopted a resolution to support The Lost Colony with every means at its com mand during the coming season. The club instructed its secre tary to write to First District Commissioner Shelton of the Highway Commission to ask him to use his influence in speeding up the completion of the new Croatan Sound bridge by July 1; the club will also request Mr. Shel ton’s attention to improving the surface of the Currituck Sound bridge, which has become rough and bumpy in many places. Nags Head Chamber of Commerce May Take Over and Carry On In Place of Former Chamber of Commerce Operated in Manteo Increasing Volume of Mail and No Funds for Answering It Makes It Necessary for Aycock Brown to Turn Work Over To Beach Group Now Stocked With Funds and Folders, Unless New Organization Arises. The organization called the Dare County Chamber of Com merce, whose inactivity inspired the origin of similar organizations in the beach area, has now become entirely dormant without funds, and without a piece of literature to send to inquirers. In the mean time the year-old Nags Head Chamber of Commerce is going strong with members, funds and folders all ready to supply those who want to know about Dare County and who want to enjoy its sights this summer. The great volume of mail piling up in Manteo asking for informa tion about Dare County during the past two months would have gone unanswered had not Aycock Brown volunteered to keep up the good work. He has mimeographed a lot of material at regular inter vals to keep things going, but, without any general folders or lit erature about Dare County, he has been sending out Lost Colony ma terial, and such other stuff as comes to hand. He is now having to rely on the large stock of fold ers advertising the Dare Beaches which the Nags Head Chamber of Commerce is able to furnish him. On May 1, Mr. Brown’s other activities will engage sp much of his time that he will have to give CANCER CRUSADE SEEKS TO RAISE $250 IN_ COUNTY Mrs. T. S. Meekins, Jr., Is County Crusade Com mander The 1951 Cancer Crusade in Dare County is being carried on throughout the month of April un der the direction of Mrs. Theodore S. Meekins, Jr., Crusade Com mander, with the assistance of Dr. W. W. Johnston, general chair man; Miss Stella Crees, campaign chairman; and Miss Bessie Drap er, treasurer. Community leaders and offi cers of clubs in the county have been contacted by letter from the Crusade Commander’s office. Those persons will sponsor the campaign in their communities and turn in their collections to Miss Draper at the close of the month. Contribution boxes have been placed in business houses over the county, so that every person who wishes to contribute to the Cancer Crusade will find it convenient to do so. “The debit side of the cancer ledger exceeds the credit by more than 150 fold.” This observation by Mrs. T. S. Meekins Jr., 1951 Cancer Crusade chairman, means that although cancer costs the family and so ciety, on an average, SIO,OOO for each cancer death, only $66 was given the American Cancer So ciety last year for every cancer fatality . Mrs. Meekins issued the state ment in connection with the Can cer Crusade which is seeking $250 as its share of the national goal of $14,565,000 which is needed to maintain the ACS programs of research, education and treatment. “It is apparent that the amount See CRUSADE, Page Five COMMISSIONER’S PAY Last Thursday the House of Representatives passed a bill fix ing the pay of the chairman and board of commissioners of Dare County at sl2 and $8 a day, re spectively. Wednesday of this week the Senate approved the bill. BASS CATCH GOOD Record and near-record catches of channel bass in the first two weeks at Oregon Inlet and in the other waters of Dare have become commonplace. One 57-pounder has been hauled in and many others of above 45 pounds have been caught. With continued good fish ing, the present one may well be the most satisfactory for fisher men and guides in many years. NOMINATING CONVENTION AT COURTHOUSE APRIL 23 At Monday night’s meeting .the Manteo Town Board appointed the night of Monday, April 23, at 8 p. m., at the courthouse, as the time and place for the nomination to be held for the purpose of nom inating candidates for the offices of mayor and members of the board of commissioners for Man teo. The biennial town election is scheduled foi May 8. up his volunteer work and from then on leave it up to the Nags Head Chamber to answer inquir ies. The Dare County Chamber has had no members for more than a year, and while it did elect officers, there has been no appar ent functioning of the body as an organization. The organization known as the Dare County Chamber of Com merce was incorporated in the thirties, after there had been some objection to the continued use of county funds to finance its activi ties. It had no bonafide members. At that time quite a fight develop ed in Manteo as to who should run it, and when the dispute was set tled, a number of one dollar mem berships were collected, and the county continued to support it sporadically, whenever its back ers thought it necessary to use the organization. Three years ago, interest was revived in the Chamber, officers were elected, and there was con siderable activity for a while. The Chamber retained Mr. Brown to carry on its public relations work for a year, but for a year now it has raised no funds for the work. Mr. Brown has had to depend on his regular clients, and The Lost Colony work for income to carry on. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1951 ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CHURCH AT SALVO ' ‘ 1 ■ wwwHHWfiSfeSfeXiL. I Ml R Ki ’ WHILE in a small community, there is nothing lacking in enthusiasm among the members of the Assemblies of God Church in Salvo. This community has turned out several preachers of this faith. 40 Home Demonstration Club Members Attend Dist. Meeting at Poplar Branch Mrs. Earl White of Manteo ( Was Presiding Officer. Mrs. Curtis Toler of Kitty Hawk Chosen District Treas urer. Forty Dare County women at tended the 25th District Federa tion of Home Demonstration Clubs at Griggs High School in Poplar Branch Wednesday. The Dare delegation was led by Mrs. Earl White, 25th District Chair man, who presided at the meet ing, and Mrs. Leo Midgett, coun ty president. The morning session was open ed by singing the United Nations Hymn, which was followed by the invocation, given by Mrs. W. H. Saunders of Chowan. Speeches of welcome were made by Mrs. J. P. Morgan, President of the Curri tuck Council; Supt of Currituck Schools W. H. Tuck and Norwood Ansel, chairman of the Currituck LAST WEEK’S WEATHER Figures provided by U. S. Govt. Meteorologist A. W. Drinkwater High Low Rain April 5 64 51 April 6 71 49 April 7 82 37 April 8 61 50 April 9 62 49 .26 April 10 68 40 .44 April 11 71 52 Second Annual Spring Festival May 4 To Feature “Drama of Dare,” Exhibits A Program of Field Events Being Arranged. Bus Transportation To Be Provided for Banks Schools’ Pupils. Mrs. Mary L. Evans, supervisor of schools, has announced the ten tative program for the second an nual Spring Festival for Dare County schools to be held in Man teo Friday, May 4. Exhibits Exhibits from the various schools will be on display in the Manteo school gymnasium from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4. A program of field events will be staged on the Manteo athletic field between 10:30 and 12 noon. Lunch will be served in the school lunchroom between 11:30 and 1 p.m., Mrs. Evans states. She emphasizes that all students planning to attend the Festival must make arrangements before May 4 to eat at the lunchroom or bring their own lunches, for stu dents will not be permitted to go up town for lunch. “Drama of Dare" Between 1:30 and 3:00 p.m. a program consisting of nine origin al skits, dealing with outstanding events or features of interest in Dare County, will be presentee? as the “Drama of Dare.” The separ ate scenes are as follows: “Lost Colony,” Manteo and Wanchese schools; “Aviation,” Kitty Hawk and Colington; “Religious Life of Dare,” Stumpy Point; “Fishing Industry,” Manns Harbor; “Mus ic,” Roanoke School; “Old Christ mas,” Rodanthe; “Recreation in Dare,” Avon; “Legends of Dare,” Buxton, “Coast Guard,” Hatteras. Transportation No definite arrangements for chartering buses for the day have been completed; when the exact number who will attend is known, students will be given full infor mation about bus transportation from the Outer Banks. Other schools are expected to arrange transportation for their students. Committees in charge of differ ent phases of the Spring Festival arrangements are as follows. Gen eral Steering Committee: Mrs. Elizabeth Atkins, chairman, Mrs. Milah Meekins, Miss Callie Jones. Stage Committee; Mrs. Jennie B. Davis, chairman, ,Miss Sue Wil- Board of Commissioners. The re sponse was made by Mrs. Vernon James, president of the Pasquo tank Council. Women of Perquimans County made a report of the achieve ments of the clubs of the 25th district, which was followed by musical selections offered by the Rev. J. H. Miller of Currituck. The principal speaker at the morning session was former Lieu tenant-Governor L. Y. Ballentine, State Commissioner of Agricul ture, who was introduced by Mrs. Dudley Bagley of Currituck. Afternoon Session Mrs. P. P. Gregory, president of the State Federation, introduc ed by Mrs. A. M. Spencer of Cam den, was the featured speaker in the afternoon. Mrs. Gregory gave an address, illustrated with slides, “My Trip to Europe,” during which she told of her trip to Cop enhagen last summer as an Amer ican representative to the Coun trywomen’s Council of the World. She visited seven European coun tries and described her experience in each in a most interesting man ner. See FORTY, Page Five liams, Mrs. Lois Valent. Lunch Committee: L. W. Huggins, chair man, Miss Bonnybel Evans, Mrs. James Gaskill, Field Events Com mittee: D. E. Skakle, chairman, Wayland Fry, A. O. Ayers. Ex hibit Hall Committee: L. G. Finch, chairman, Miss Esther Wynn, Mrs. Sophia Fulcher. Last year’s Spring Festival was so successful and so much enjoyed by students and parents that it was decided to make the affair an annual one. Mrs. Evans has notified teach ers on the banks that she will transport such exhibit materials as are ready at the time when she returns to Manteo from the teach ers’ meeting at Hatteras on April 21. County Teachers’ Meeting To Be Held At Hatteras For First Time April 21 Will Be An Overnight Trip for Teachers from Schools North of Oregon Iplet. County Officers To Be Elect ed. The first county teachers’ meet ing ever to be held on the South Banks will be held at Hatteras Schorl on Saturday night. April 21. Teachers from north of Oregon Inlet will leave Manteo by char tered bus at 9 a.m. on Saturday and will return on Sunday. The teachers will stay at the Atlantic View Hotel while at Hatteras. Saturday afternoon will be giv en over to sightseeing, fishing and “exploring,” for many of the Dare teachers will be making their first trip to the Banks. The meeting, a combined session of the county teachers and the North Carolina Education Association, Dare Unit, will be held at' Hat teras school that night. The Hat teras faculty will act as hosts for the social hour to follow the busi ness session. Business Calendar Mrs. Essie Westcott, president of the local unit of the NCEA, will preside. In addition to rou tine business, there are three it ems of primary interest on the THREE EVENTS IMPORTANT TO ASSEMBLIES OF GOD IN DARE THIS WEEKEND Dedication of Churches at Buxton, Hatteras and Manteo, With Rev. W. A. Brown of Springfield, Mo. and State Supt Rev. An drew Stirling To Attend; Huge Attendance Expected front Eastern Carolina and Vir ginia. ‘ “ DISTRICT SUPT. OF ASSEMBLIES CHURCHES i ... wk r* Sot. J/ REV. ANDREW STIRLING is no stranger in Dare County. It was under his leadership that much was accomplished in the building of churches during the past 18 years in Dare County. The pres ent fine church at Buxton is the second church of the faith in that community. The first church was built at Avon, and the first Bux ton church was built about two years later. Mr. Stirling came to Buxton from Ohio. He married Miss Doris Jennette, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Jennette, and they have two children, Deanie and Baxter, and now reside in Dunn. He is now State Superin tendent of all churches. BONDSMEN APPEAL TO SUPERIOR COURT FOR RELEASE FROM BOND “There’s no excuse for these two men, who are very intelligent, not to know the meaning of sign ing a bond . . . When a man signs a bond there’s responsibility at tached to it, that’s what I think of it.” These were the words with which Judge W. F. Baum prefac ed his decision at the conclusion of a hearing in recorder’s court in Manteo Tuesday afternoon. The hearing was called for purpose of giving Archie Burrus and Frank White, Manteo merchants, oppor tunity to show cause why the SI,OOO they had posted as bond for Litchfield Peele should not be forfeited, since Peele has not com plied with a judgment pronounced last May 23 after Peele had been found guilty of abandonment and non-support of his wife, Etta Peele. The judge ordered Burrus and White to pay in monthly in stallments, beginning May 1, SIOO to the clerk of the court until a sum of $735 has been paid, the clerk to pay the same to Mrs. Peele. Peele had paid $265 in compliance with the court order before he ceased making payments in August 1950. The judge, therefore, as sessed the bondsmen SI,OOO, the amount of their bond, less the amount previously paid by See APPEAL, Page Five schedule for the Hatteras meet ing: officers for the coming school year are to be elected; a constitution for the county teach ers’ organization will be adopted; and it will be attempted to work out a philosophy of teaching that will have county-wide application. It is expected that all fifteen teachers from the South Banks will attend the meeting. Teachers , who have given definite indication 1 of their intention to attend the meeting from other parts of the county are: Colington, Mrs. Irene Midgett; Wanchese, Mrs. Louise F. Tillett, Mrs. Cleopatra Daniels and Mrs. Milah Meekins: Kitty Hawk, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. West, Misses Sarah Howell and Bettie Davis and Mrs. Elizabeth Atkins; Manns Harbor, A. L. Mercer, Mrs. Bettie Twiford and Miss Callie Jones; Manteo, A. O. Ayers, L. G. Finch, Wayland Fry, Mrs. Jean- Ward, Miss Esther Wynn. Mrs. Sophia Fulcher, Mrs. Bertie Ward, Mrs. Essie Westcott, Mrs. Marja lene Thomas, Miss Bonnybel Ev ans and Mrs. Mary L. Evans. Single Copy T Three important events to mem bers of the Assemblies of God faith are to take place this week end, with the dedication of new churches at Buxton, Hatteras and Manteo. The Buxton Church, one of the largest in the state, will be dedicated Friday night; the Hat teras church Saturday, and the Manteo church Sunday. Rev. W. A. Brown, General Treasurer, will come from Spring field, Mo. to deliver the dedication sermon, and he will be accompa nied by Rev. Andrew Stirling, State Superintendent of Dunn, N.C. There will also be a host of preachers of the faith from the entire eastern section of the state. A brief history of the movement in Dare County, which is a little over 20 years old, and covering the various communities on Roa noke Island, and Hatteras Island with a total of seven churches is given herewith. This story does not cover the three churches on the mainland, nor the churches of Colington and Duck, which are not to be confused with the Assem blies of God. Avon Church and Parsonage The first Assemblies evangelist to come to Avon was Mrs. Myrtle Chambers who, in 1930, conducted services in a tent and as a result of these services a church was or ganized and later a parsonage was purchased. Mrs. Chambers was as sisted by the Rev. Walter Long, now of Mount Morris, Pa., the Rev. Sigsbee Miller of Elizabeth City, and the Rev. Homer Peter son, now of Florida. The present supply pastor at' Avon is Alvin Price, well known local preacher. Buxton Church and Parsonage About 2 years after the church was built at Avon the erection of the Buxton Assembly was star ted and in 1937 the Rev. Andrew Stirling came from Ohio to pas tor the congregation. A parson age was built and later when storms damaged the old church See EVENTS, Page Five FIELD EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED D. E. Skakle of Hatteras, chair man of the field events committee for the Dare Schools’ Spring Fes tival to be held in Manteo May 4, has notified the various schools of the events to be staged on Man teo athletic field that day. Each school is to select a boy and a girl to represent it in each of the events planned for stud ents in grades 4-8. Many of the schools will hold elimination con tests to determine their entrants before May 4. The events for students are: po tato race (a 30-yard dash with each runner required to carry a potato in a spoon as he runs first racer over the line with the potato safely in the spoon is the win ner); bag race (40-yard dash with the runners’ feet enclosed in bur lap bags); a race around the bas es of the ball diamond, a time race; a baseball throw for boys; basketball throw for girls; 40- yard dash for grades 4, 5 and (•• 50-yard dash for grades 7 and 8; three-legged race (teams of two with the right leg of one and the left leg of the other tied together at: the ankles and knees—distance 40 yards). Adult Events Each school will select one par ent to represent it in a horseshoe pitching contest for men. One parent will represent each school in the thread-the-needle contest for women. The winning contestant is the one who first threads a needle in motion and . crosses the finish line 40 yards ' away. HIGHWAY DEATH TOLL, 1951 | Killed April 6 through ' April 9 7 Injured April 6 through I April 9 184 Killed through April 9 this year 241 Killed through April , 9, 1959 258 ' Injured through April 9 this year3,2l3 Injured through April 9, 19592,997 '
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