VOLUME XVI NO. 43 XWJS.CJS. GROUPS r MET AT BUXTON ON APRIL 10 One Hundred Women From Eight Communities At- V tended Fourth Zone w Meeting The Outer Banks Woman’s So ciety of Christian Service held its fourth zone meeting at Buxton ' Methodist Church April 10, with all six societies well represented. The Ocracoke Society had 12 A members present although it had ”just entered the zone in Novem ber 1950. The meeting opened at 10:30 a. m. with the Advance Hymn, fol lowed by a talk by Mrs. Maude Austin, the zone leader, on the ♦w four goals of the Advance Pro- Tgram. The Hatteras Society then presented a play, “And the Word is Advance” in keeping with the theme “The Advance—My Con cern." After a prayer led by Rev. W. B. Gregory, Mrs. Laura Hooper of 1 the Buxton Society gave the wel- • corne. Mrs. Mattie Midgett of Waves responded. The roll was called and each president gave the report for her society which show ed that great progress had been made. Four ladies present from Salvo decided to join the Fair Haven Society, thus making the Outer Banks Zone one hundred ▼ percent. The Fair Haven Society wen the award for largest attend ance. Guest Speakers Mrs. Lillie Jackson, the District Secretary of Promotion, and Miss » Ethelynde Ballance, Secretary of > Youth, were present. Miss Bal lance gave a very interesting talk on the Convocation that she at tended at Savannah, Ga., also a talk on youth work, student ward, and missionary personnel. Mrs. Jackson discussed the new liter ature that has recently come out; 0 she thanked the societies for the silver bowl which they had helped buy as a parting gift in recogni tion of her faithful service during the past four and a half years. Memorial Services A memorial service was held in . memory of Mrs. Minerva Williams 'W of Avon. Beautiful carnations, white gladious, and fern were placed on the altar by members of her family. The service was given by Mrs. Velma Barnett, president of Avon Society, assist ed by Mrs. Bonita Williams and Is Rev. P. M. Porter. Mrs. Jackson presented a .white carnation to the nearest relative, also two carna tions to Ocracoke society for two of its members who had died dur ing the year. Lunch was served outdoors in * picnic style. An offering of $32 was taken. There were one hundred present from the eight communities. Mrs. Maurice Burrus thanked the Bux ton Society for the wonderful .hos pitality, delicious food and every thing that made the day perfect. Beautiful red carnations were pin ned on the District officers, the - zone leader, and all the presidents of the different societies. The Hat teras society asked for the next zone meeting to be at their church. B CHURCHES OBSERVE * CANCER SUNDAY Worshipers at the various local churches will be asked to observe Cancer Sunday, April 22, it was announced this week by Mrs. T. T. Meekins, Jr., chairman of the American Cancer Society’s 1951 * Cancer Crusade in Dare County. ’ The clergy of all churches have been asked to participate by* de voting a portion of the Sunday services to prayers for cancer con trol. Miss Bessie Draper, Crusade _ treasurer, reported this week that donations had been turned in from the Kill Devil Hills, Oregon Inlet and Nags Head Coast Guard Sta tions totaling S2B. No other local collections have been turned into the county treasury so far. The Crusade ends on. April 30. * Dare County quota is $250. Dare have never failed to meet its quota for the Cancer Crusade in the past, Miss Draper said, and it is hoped that 1951 will not be the exception. HIGHWAY DEATH TOLL, 1951 Killed April 13 through April 16.... 13 Injured April 13 through April 1$ 155 Killed through April 16 thia year .... 258 W KiUed through Ap r il 16, 1956 274 Injured through April 1« thia year _ .3,473 Injured through April „ Is, 1M!.... 3,144 I THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WALTER RALEIGH OOASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA , EASTERN STAR OFFICERS FOR 1951-52 j * fII jK i >' 1 • ■ I I * ■ ■- f&B OFFICERS TO SERVE Roanoke Island Chapter No. 79, Order of the Eastern Star for the year 1951-52, were installed at the Wanchese Lodge recently. They are, front row, left to right: Lois Bridges, secretary; Mary Midgett, associate conductress; Dawn Midgett, worthy matron; Edwin R. Midgett, worthy patron; Doris Bonner, associate matron; Andrew Tillett, associate patron; Marjalene Thomas, marshall. Second row: Molly Daniels, Adah; Mary Fearing, Ruth; Jeanine Tillett, Esther; Jewell Scarborough, Martha; Alene Daniels, Electa; Pearl Wilson, warder; Norma Basnight, chaplain; Hilda Ballance, organist. Third row: Nettie Daniels, treasurer; Raymond Wescott, sentinel. ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC TUESDAY, APRIL 24 The Orthopedic Clinic will be held at the Health Center in Eliz abeth City Tuesday, April 24. Registration of new patients will be from 9 until 12 o’clock noon only, and $3.00 plus any X- Ray charges will be required for new patients registered. This charge of $3.00 is for the first clinic visit only and for patients who are financially able to pay. All children in the age group babies through two years of age will be seen prior to 10:30 a.m. Health Educational Films will be shown during the clinic per iod. COMPROMISE BILL SETTLES U-„ TYRRELL CONTROVERSY Rep. Lewis Combs of Tyrrell and Senator Hugh Horton of Mar tin worked out a compromise last week that appears to offer a per manent solution to the school ad ministration problem in Tyrrell County. Tyrrell’s Superintendent df Schools is to be required to have the same qualifications as Superintendents in other counties of the state—but not until July 1, 1953, will the ruling go into ef fect. Thus Supt. W. J. White, who was appointed by a special act of the 1943 Assembly though his qualifications did not meet the re quirements of the School Machin ery Act, will have two years in which to obtain the necessary col lege credits for full qualification. R. L. Spencer, chairman of the school board in Tyrrell, was reap pointed to the board, though his name had been removed from the bill during the contention over the superintendent. Other board mem bers named in the passed version of the bill were Julian Swain and Otis B. Cahoon. DARE HAS 389 WORKERS AVAILABLE FOR INDUSTRY Raleigh, April 19.—A modest increase in overall recruitable lab or for industrial development in North Carolina, involving a fairly large increase in white women and a decrease in white men, is shown in a compilation made of reports from local office managers as of March 15, as compared with a similar report for January 15, the Employment Security Com mission reports. Dare County, this March 15 survey shows, had an 380 workers who could be re cruited for industrial activities, including 90 white males, 210 white females, and 30 non-white males. This overall number in -eludea an estimated 55 who are classed as skilled and semi skilled workers and 150 who are under 45 years of age and are deemed trainable for jobs re quiring skills. This bi-monthly survey, compil ed in the office of Hugh M. Raper, ’ director of the Bureau of Research and Statistics, indicates that al most 166,000 workers could be re cruited from among those not npw employed or partially employed if employment conditions somewhat more favorable should develop.,Of these, more than 54,000 are white males, almost 53,800 are white fe males and about 28,000 are Pon white males. More than 61,000 of the recruit able workers are classed as skilled and semi-skilled, while more than 59,000 under 45 years of age are deemed to be trainable for jobs re quiring skills. SB» STEPHEN D. COX, LONG A LEADER IN ENGELHARD DEAD Former Hyde Official and Public Spirited Citizen Put to Rest Monday Stephen D. Cox, 73, long a lead er and unselfish community work er in Hyde County died Sunday morning after a. months illnesss in the Wilson Sanatorium, and was interred 3 p.m. Monday at Amity Churchyard, the services conducted by Rev. J. C. Harmon. Dan Berry, funeral director. There were many flowers, and a large group to pay their last respects. He was the son of the late Wil liam Henry and- Angenora Cox. and the husband of Mrs. Mamie Ransom Cox whom he married in August 1950. His first wife, Mrs. Viola Guthrie Cox died two years ago. He had served as a member of the Boards of Commissioners and of Education of Hyde County; as Trustee, and Steward and Sunday School Supt. as well as district lay leader of the Methodist Church; was a‘ member of the Modern Woodmen, a director in the East Carolina Bank, and was well-known for his lifetime of de votion to public causes in Hyde County. He is survived by his wife, by two sisters: Mrs. Annie Cox Wil son of Lakeland, Fla., and Mrs. Sarah Cox Roper of Engelhard. Pall bearers were Leland, Sam and Willie Dudley, Freddie Berry, Roman Patrick and Marion Swin dell. COUNTY BOARD IS VOTED NEW POWERS BY ASSEMBLY The Dare Board of Commis sioners acquired some new pow ers from the State General As sembly as a result of the passage of two bill introduced bv Rep. R. Bruce Etheridge in the hectic last week of the session. One bill authorizes the com missioners to ban the use of loud speakers in certain areas of the Dare Beaches. This measure will give the county board responsibil ity as well as authority for con troling the use of loadspeakers to the satisfaction of both residents of the beach and proprietors of certain beach business establish ments. The second bill empowers the commissioners to zone certain ar eas of the county and to enforce the zoning regulations. LOCAL OFFICERS WILL ATTEND ROTARY MEETING The Manteo Rotary Club will be represented at the District Ro tary Conference April 22-24 by most of the club’s officers, Sec retary Lawrence Swain said after Monday night’s meeting in the Community Building. Dick Jordan reported that the Nags Head Chamber of Com merce has donated $25 to further the Rotary project of erecting an arch at the entrance to the county south of Currituck Sound bridge. Wallace McCown entertained i the group by showing motion pic tures of scenic points he visited ; on a cross country trip he made i when returning from service with the Navy in the Pacific. I After ‘the regular meeting the i Rotary directors discussed prob i lems involved in attempting to re ■ activate the Dare Chamber of Commerce. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1951 MANTEO SENIOR CLASS PRESENTS CHINESE PLAY The Senior Class of Manteo High School will present the three-act comedy drama, “The Yellow Jacket,” Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. This highly unusual Chinese play, produced in the Chi nese manner, will be under the di rection of Mrs. Hal Ward. The cast and its director have been at work for weeks perfecting costumes and scenery and every bit of stage business to make the performance of the first Chinese play ever given in this section one of outstanding merit. The Cast First characters to appear on stage are the Property Man, play ed by Pete Daniels, and the Chor us, played by Dalton Mann. In this unorthodox-by-our-standards play, these are among the principal stage performers. Others cast in “The Yellow Jacket;” are: Moncie Daniels, who appears as Wu Sin Yin, governor of the province; Rose Gallop as Due Jung Fah, Wu’s second wife; Millie Ward as Tso, maid; Jack Tillett as Tai Fah Min; Rose Aus tin as Chee Moo, first wife of Wu. Assistant property men are Floyd Basnight, Doris Alford, Ev erett Liverman and Chesley Mid gett. Unlike property men in the American theatre, these stage hands are in evidence throughout the course of the plot on stage— indeed it could hardly progress 'at all if these odd property men were to be over-reluctant to appear be fore the audience at the proper times. Bobby Owens play Lee Sin; Jean Henly his wife, Suey Sin Fah. Everett Liverman plays Ling Won, Spirit. Wu Fah Din (Daffo dil) is portrayed by Moncie Dan iels. Yin Suey Gong is played by Doreen Midgett. Wu Hoo Git, the hero, is played by Jack Cahoon; See Quoe Fah by Maxine Scarborough; Mow Dan Fah by Rose Gallop; Yong Soo Kow by Millie Ward; Chow Wan by Laura Craddock; Moy Fah Loy, Evelyn Dowdy; See Noi, Ivadene Wilson; Tai Char Sh'oong, Brantley Brown; the Widow, Le lia Ward; her maid, Rose Austin; Git Hok Gar, Jack Tillett; Loy Gong, Carroll Westcott; Kom Loi, Floyd Basnight. TRIAL OF ABANDONMENT CASE IN DARE DEFERRED County Solicitor Martin Kel logg was forced to ask the court to discontinue trial of an aban donment and non-support case Tuesday afternoon when the pros ecuting witness became emotion ally upset and was unable to give testimony coherently. The case being tried was one in which Mrs. Evelyn Haskett of Kitty Hawk charged her husband Reuben B. Haskett with abandon ment and.non-support, “the same being in violation of written con tract.” The trial was suspended and Mr. Kellogg asked to nol-pros the case only a short time after the hearing opened. Testimony Mrs. Haskett was first question ed by Mr. Kellogg. She told the court that she and her husband had been estranged for nearly five years, and that during most of that time her husband had paid her S2O per month for support in accordance with “papers I had fix ed up” at the time of their separa tion. When the solicitor attempted ; to establish the exact times that; Mr.' Haskett had failed to make the payments, Mrs. Haskett was unable, she said, to tell exactly when the omissions had occurred. She did say that he had paid her! in March and that she had not I been paid in April. She told the j court that she had forgotten to I bring the papers that she said had , been drawn up as the basis of her support when the separation took place. Mr. Haskett had paid S2O per month “for a right good while,” the witness said; he had first missed payments "last summer or last fall,” she thought. Mrs. Has- j kett testified that she had been paid in March, in February, and said, “I guess so—l don’t know,” when Mr. Kellogg asked if she had been paid in January. When he asked her how she had fixed upon February 24 of this year, See TRIAL, Page Eight MEETING OF DARE CHAMBER POSTPONED The meeting of the Dare Cham ber of Commerce called for the Community Building last Friday night was postponed to an unspe cified date in the future after it was discovered that the building was already being used that night by another group. The attendance of Chamber members was disap pointingly small, it was reported. JONES-LEARY TO OPEN 1951 SEASON TOMORROW NIGHT Awarding: of Sunbeam Mix masfter or Bicycle To Be Feature Event of 1951 Opening The 1951 season for Jones- Leary Bingo will be opened Sat urday night, April 21 at 7 p.m. This announcement comes from one of the partners in the busi ness, W. K. Leary, who says big things are in store for his custo mers during the forthcoming sea son. Mixmaster or Bicycle The big event of this weekend will be the awarding of the choice of a bicycle or Sunbeam Mixmas ter to some lucky player. Each player Saturday night and Sunday will receive a ticket which may win one of these special awards. The drawing will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday. Free Refreshments Free refreshments will be serv ed all afternoon Sunday at the stand’s refreshment stand. The only thing you have to do is ask for it; no strings attached. The stand will be open each Saturday and Sunday for the next few weekends. Announcement will be made later as to when the stand will be open full time. LIONS NOMINATE CLUB CANDIDATES Representatives of N. C. Comm, for the Blind Speak to Group and Show Film Ralph Davis, president of the Manteo Lions Club, and Fred Wescott, present secretary, were renominated without opposition to serve in the offices for the next year at a meeting of the club Monday night in the Ft. Raleigh Hotel. A slate of candidates was pre sented by Edward Greene, chair man of the nominating committee. The committee’s entire slate was adopted with the addition of three candidates nominated from the floor. Election of club officers will take place at the first meeting in May. Nominees When the Lions assemble on election night, they will be given ballots listing the following can didates for office. For President: Ralph Davis. For First Vice Pres ident: Elmer V. Midgett and Hen ry B. Parker. Second Vice Presi dent: M. Keith Fearing, Jr., and Jack Wilson. Third Vice Presi- See LIONS, Page Eight FERRYBOAT CREW RESCUES MANNS HARBOR FISHERMAN The Manns Harbor-Roanoke Is land ferry crew turned lifesavers last Friday forenoon, for which Willie Crain is very thankful. His fishing boat caught fire far from shore in Roanoke Sound that morning, and Crain had to take to the water to avoid the flames. When Crain was picked up by the ferry’s crew, he was almost ex hausted and could not have kept head above water for more than a minute or two longer. When the ferry reached shore, -Crain re quired the doctor’s attention. After Capt. Roy Etheridge and his crew saw Crain in the water, it required about 45 minutes for them to reach him and effect the rescue. The boat burned to the water line and sank. MAY 8 INDUCTION CALL TEMPORARILY WITHHELD An induction call for five men, who were to be called May 8, has been suspended until further not ice upon instructions from the state draft board in Raleigh, Chairman Robert Ballance said this week. Two 18-year-olds registered with the Dare Board during March: Charles Elmer Meekins, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Meekins of Stumpy Point; and Shelby Lar -1 ry Hines of Kitty Hawk, son of | Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hines. Meek ins is a student at Engelhard high school, and Hines attends Kitty Hawk high school. Chairman Ballance reported that the board has received infor mation that three Dare Coast Guardsmen, who enlisted during the past year, have reached their 19th birthdays and are to be re moved from the Board’s files for classification. They are: Oscar Seldon Midgett of Manteo, who entered the Coast Guard on June 12, 1950, and is now stationed at Nags Head Coast Guard Station; John Moile Cudworth, Jr., of Wanchese, who enlisted October 27, 1950; and John Edgar Herbert, Jr., of Rodanthe, who entered ser vice or. January 21, 1951. Cud worth is now on leave and is visit ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Cudworth, Sr., in Wanchese. EASTER SEAL SALE EXCEEDED ’sl QUOTA FOR DARE COUNTY OFFICERS REPORT THIS WEEK This Is Second Drive to Aid Unfortunates to Surpass Expectations in Recent Weeks and Is a Tribute to Citizens’ Generosity. BUXTON AIRMAN AT LACKLAND BASE kb PFC. WILLIAM D. HEHL, son of Lt. and Mrs. W. H. Hehl of Bux ton, is now stationed at the Lack land Air Force Base near San An tonio, Texas. He is a talented young man, and in his off-duty hours Hehl is studying music at the Albano Institute in San An tonio. HEALTH EXAMS ARE COMPLETED FOR ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN District Health Officer Dr. W. W. Johnston said Wednesday that physical examinations have been completed during the present school year for all students in grades 1-12 in every school in Dare and Currituck Counties. This is the first time since tha Health Department was organized that all students and schools have been examined within a single school year, Dr. Johnston remarked. Ap proximately 2500 examinations of children in the two counties have been conducted this school year. Pre-School Clinics Examinations are about to be started of pre-school-age children who will enter school next fall. State law requires that children shall have been immunized a gainst diptheria, whooping cough, small pox and typhoid fever be fore entering school. Miss Bessie Draper, public health nurse, will get in touch with families with children eligible for this examina tion. Parents in Dare and Curri tuck Counties will be notified when the clinics are to be held. Separate tonsil clinics for Dare and Currituck are to be held in the near future also, Dr. Johnston said. Dental Care Program The dental care program for children in grades 1-8 have been completed in the white schools throughout the district. Arrange ments have been made for a den tist to carry out the program in the colored schools, and this is ex pected to be accomplished next week. Eye Clinic Dr. J. D. Hawes of Washington conducted eye clinics at Buxton and Manteo last week. This was made possible through the School Health Program of the N. C. Blind Commission. Dr. Hawes examined 102 students and adults in the two days and fitted 48 persons at Manteo and 31 at Buxton with glasses. The percentage of those requiring glasses of those examin ed was commented upon by Dr. Hawes as unusually high, Miss Draper said. This was probably due to the pre-examination screening program carried on in the school. A number of other children were referred to their own doctors for examination, the nurse said. COLUMBIA STUDENTS VISIT RALEIGH Members of Columbia, Plym outh, Creswell and Roper high schools recently visited Raleigh in the Washington and Tyrrell Coun ty Cavalcade under the direction of Mrs. Jack Barnes, supervisor of schools in the counties of Tyr rell and Washington. Attending from Columbia high school were: Stella Rhodes, Carolyn Swain, Charles Swain, Charles Spruill, David Earl Davis, Ada Basnight, Dora Dean Owens, Gene Rhodes, Bobby Pinner, Louise Walker. J Dora Lee Merritt and R. N. Knight of the faculty. Single Copy 7* The second tangible demonstra tion in recent weeks by Dare coun tians of their generosity and wil lingness to aid the unfortunate was given in the report of the Easter Seal Sale made Tuesday by Mrs. T. S. Meekins, Jr„ and Mrs. M. A. Daniels, chairman and treasurer, respectively, of the Dare County Chapter of the North Carolina League for Crippled Children. As it had done in the recent Red Cross drive, Dare County exceeded its quota for the Eas ter Seal Sale. The county’s quo ta was set at S2OO. Mrs. Dan iels reported $235.41 turned in to the chapter’s treasury by Tuesday of this week. Mrs. Meekins, chapter chair man, expressed warm thanks to those who assisted the successful campaign with their contributions. “We are pleased that we have reached and surpassed our goal here in Dare County,” Mrs. Meek ins declared, “and present indica tions are that we will be able to continue our services to the crip pled throughout the coming year as we so earnestly hoped. “Our neighbors have shown that they want to lend a helping hand to those who are less fortunate. For that, we are sincerely grate ful.” The local Seal Sale was one of hundreds such Sales held through out the 48 states under the direc tion of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults and its 2,000 affiliates. Funds Used Locally “Local funds will be utilized for local services, with only 8.3 per cent of the total raised going to the National Society to main tain its three-point program of re search, education and service,” stated Mrs. M. A. Daniels, Treas urer. She further clarified the distribution of the funds, saying 55 per cent is kept in Dare County for local use, and 45 per cent is sent to the North Carolina League for Crippled Children. LOCAL LODGES MEET WITH VISITORS Fifty eight members of the Oddfellows and Rebekahs met in Manteo last Saturday. Noble Grand of Manteo’s Rebekah Lodge No. 52, Mrs. Gilda Swain, and her associate officers invited the State officers here in the hope of build ing up the Oddfellow Lodge, which has not been very active re cently. Following dinner at Wise’s Case the group met in the local lodge building, where talks on Oddfel lowship were given, followed by a moving picture of the first football bowl game ever sponsored by Odd fellows and Rebekahs in Greens boro last November. A recorded speech on united defense was also a feature of the meeting. The speech was by Grand Sire of Odd fellows, Bartley Sharpe of Ne braska. Plans for greater activity in Virginia Dare Lodge No. 3, IOOF of Manteo, were made Saturday night. Seven members of the Manteo lodge were present at the dinner, and at the business session in the Manteo town hall. They were J. E. Ferebee, Dave Midgett, H. C.- Smith, J. D. O’Neal, Edwin Mid gett, R. E. White and Alfred Gard. State Grand Master and Mrs. Bradley Wyrick of Greensboro and a number of other state and district officers were present 7TH AND BTH GRADE PROM HELD WEDNESDAY NIGHT The 7th grade of Manteo school gave a dancing party Wednesday night in the Community Building with the Sth graders as guests. The party was sponsored by a group of grade school mothers, Mesdames Elmer Midgett, St. Clair Basnight, Herbert Crees and Jasper Simpson. LAST WEEK’S WEATHER Figures provided by U. S. Govt Meteorologist A. W. Drinkwater r < High Low Rain April 12 73 57 April 13 68 50 .76 April 14 70 52 April 15 74 51 April 16 76 47 ’ April 17 58 46 April 18 59 39