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PAGE TWO It Takes All Kinds By DAVE WEST Pardon a new prejudice we ac quired on a Sunday-ride, but we think Kitty Hawk must be the neatest, most peaceful looking town anywhere. There just must be lots of pride in the appearance of the town in everybody there, or certainly not everything’d be so trim. If we could arrange for somebody to pension us, Kitty Hawk’s where we’d like to place our rocking chair, within sight of a fenceful or treeful of the wis teria that’s blooming' there now. * * * We’ve been accused of missing stories that were right under our nose, but we never knew that any one doubted that we could see ANYTHING. Not before last Fri day, that is, when we acted as broom-bearer and between-doors confidant for Fred Wescott dur ing the Lions’ Broom Sale. D. Thomas met us at the door of his house on County Street. Fred explained our mission, while po’r ol’ Dave stood beside him, hanging on to a broom and suc ceeding in looking no less blank than usual. Mr. Thomas said he would buy a broom. With a nod at us, he asked Fred, “Is this one of the blind men?” Fred seemed to feel that was funny. It made us feel how com pletely inadequate we are to fash ion anything half so cleverly as sightless people do the brooms. * * * What Thomas R. Midgett said to us over at Mashoes Friday noon was a masterpiece of understate ment. “There’s not much over here. It’s just a good place for rest and relaxation,” he said. The longer we think about it, the more it strikes us that Mashoes’ “not much” is a lot more than bigger, more bustling places can offer. “A good place for rest and relaxa tion” is a rarity—and, we remem ber, rarity is what makes things precious. * * * You can see what the dwindling away of commercial fishing at Mashoes has meant at first glance over the marshes. There are near ly as many fish houses in view as there are buildings in the village and once there were many more. Most of them are unused and fall ing to pieces, for many of the fish ermen have departed and their families with them. * * * There’s a hidden lake beyond the woods north and east of Ma shoes. We are told that there are bass to be caught there now—the bass being a fish guaranteed to distinguish relaxation from bore dom. * * * The friendliness that struck u? in Thomas R. Midgett is come by naturally. He told us that he re members when his father, who was Thomas L. Midgett, “used to stand out in the yard for half-an hour begging a stranger to come in and eat with him.” The son must resemble his father. * * * John Long, they say, is going to be a Justice of the Peace. If that be so, there’ll be a chance to combine some of the beauty of a church wedding with the swift ness of taking vows in J.P. court. John owns a fine tenor voice. What’s to prevent his putting Marryin’ Sam of Dogpatch out of business by performing marriage rites AND a fine rendition of “Al- J. WINTON SAWYER | MEMORIALS f “Direct from the Quarries To You" H SAVES THE MIDDLEMEN’S PROFIT C 4 ) 405 SOUTH ROAD STREET g WALKED I P ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. Concrete Foundations 5 Feet Deep CASH FOR YOUR FISH REGARDLESS OF QUANTITY TOP PRICES GUARANTEED Any Amount from Hatteras to Norfolk » Coastal Fish Co. N. C. MANN, Manager PHONE 63-J MANTEO, N. C. Also at Kalb Daniels Pish House, Wanchese , MANTEO ENLISTEE AT FT. JACKSON Leonard M. McCleary of Man teo enlisted in the regular army j on April 18, Sgt. P. R. Fisher of the Elisabeth City Recruiting Sta tion has announced. McCleary is assigned to Ft. Jackson, S. C., for basic training. He is the son of Mrs. Louise McCleary of Manteo j and Sergeant McCleary of Eliza beth City. FAIRFIELD MAN GIVEN SUSPENDED SENTENCE Stanley N. Armstrong of Fair field was given a six months sus -1 pended sentence in Federal court .in Washington Monday afternoon when found guilty of trespassing and hunting on federal property. Judge Don Gilliam of Tarboro was the presiding judge. Testimony brought out that Mr. Armstrong was caught by gov ernment game wardens while set ting traps on the government re fuge at Lake Mattamuskeet last December 12. Federal Prosecutor John Rodman suggested that Armstrong be given a suspended sentence upon condition that he stay off the refuge for a period of two years. Armstrong had been tried twice in the same court for the same of fense, in May 1945 and March 1946. He said in his own defense that he had set out seven traps to j catch muskrats which had been i eating his crops. ways” or “I Love You Truly” at a flat rate? If John’ll allow us to witness the first nuptial ceremony he conducts and will promise to sing “Oh, Promise Me” to lend at mosphere to the wedding, we’ll take care of the J.P.’s fee for the happy couple. » * * Never heard of such a thing! People who live along the highway between Swan Quarter and Scran ton just step out of their houses and pull fish out of what we thought was a roadside ditch. They do, or else there were doz ens of impatient anglers testing tackle in ditch water last Thurs day afternoon. Some of them could do it from their front por ches, almost. * * • Envy, we know, is a nasty thing to own up to. But we were as envious as an eight-year old of a neighbor kid’s Hopalong outfit on two occasions last week. First, we saw Ras Wescott smoking a rough-finish, bull-moose briar that looked exactly like the one we dropped off a moving troop train flat car while we were guarding army vehicles against being stol en by natives of Kansas and Okla homa on our way to the Pacific in 1942. Never found a pipe to re place it . , . Second, returning from Belhaven Friday morning, we were held up at the drawbridge over -Wilkerson Creek while a beautiful white motor cruser slid upstream—gawsh! * * * Add new definitions DI VORCE: In Hollywood, a rite per formed during a brief rest in a measure of nuptial music. GROTESQUE— adj.,' descriptive term for the ideas of others, a wife’s hat, a husband’s taste in neckties and a parent’s concep tion of child psychology. * * * Roy Wescott, whose Cavalier Motor Court at Nags Head was turning away late arrivals last weekend, thinks this is going to be the biggest season the Dare , Beaches have ever had. Never beard a sentiment we’d rather 1 agree with! STRIKE BACK! GIVE TO CONQUER CANCER ! { AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY Washing-ton Minister To Be Speaker For Swan Quarter’s May Day Event Voting Will End Saturday Night for Selection of Queen From List of Five Popular Candidates. For Swan Quarter’s May Day, to be held on the court house lawn at 4 o’clock the afternoon of May 5, Dr. D. E. Earnhardt, pastor of the First Methodist church in Washington, will be the speaker Although he has not announced his subject, it is to be on some thing of community interest. The rest of the program will in clude a May pole dance by a group of children; a square dance by adults; a horse shoe tournament and a Robin Hood archery con test. The program will climax with the crowning of the May queen, who is to be elected by popular vote, each vote costing a penny. PANTEGO’S MAYOR HAS NO FISCAL WORRIES * \ JOHN RATCLIFF of Pantego is one mayor of a North Carolina town who has no fiscal w'orries. The town doesn’t levy any taxes on its citizens, and hasn’t in many years. But it does do work on its streets, keeps the weeds cut, and pays for street lights. The town gets some income from state in tangibles and beer taxes; some years ago sold its light line to the Woodstock REA and after paying off its bonds, got a tidy sum from this deal. The town has a Board of Aldermen, and at present is as fol lows: Ed Topping, K. P. Patrick, Hinton Smithwick, Cecil O’Neal, Guy Shavender, Aldermen; Scott Topping, Clerk and Treasurer. BUXTON HD CLUB PLANS PICNIC MEETING The Buxton Home Demonstra tion Club met at the home of Mrs. Vivian Frontis Tuesday night, Ap ril 17. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. Pearl Midgett. During the business session re ports were heard on the County Council meeting March 30 in Manteo and the District meeting April 11 in Poplar Branch. Plans were made for a picnic, meeting by the Lighthouse in June. Mrs. Nina Hehl will make arrange ments for this. Then the hostesses for our fall meetings were select ed. The meeting was turned over to Miss Mary Kirby, home agent. She talked about the selection and care of women’s undergarments. She showed samples of the best types of garments to buy and she gave many helpful hints to keep in mind when purchasing all kinds of women’s underwear. Miss Kirby gave each member a booklet on “Canning Fruits and Vegetables” which has many help ful suggestions about home can ning. She also gave members another booklet called “Needle Magic with Cotton Bags” and this booklet has many clever ideas about using cotton feed bags. Members present at the meet- THE COASTLAND TIMES, MANTEO, N. C. Candidates for the queen are Miss Ella Carawan, Mrs. Evelyn Jarvis, Mrs. Daphne O’Neal, Mrs. Ann Rouse and Miss Mildred Spencer. Voting will end at 9 Sat urday night, April 28, after which a meeting will be held in the court house for a final checkup. The four candidates who are de feated will serve as senior at tendants to the queen, and the runner-up, as maid of honor, will crown the queen. Another feature of the event will be a bake shop, which will start at noon. The entire celebration is spon sored by the Methodist Woman’s Society of Christian Service. ing were: Mrs. Martha Bigelow, Grace Basnett, aPtsy Rollinson, Audrey Rollinson, Leola Rollin son, Paula Fulcher, Edna Barnett, Pearl Midgett, Vivian Frontis and Laura Hooper. The next meeting will be held May 15 at the home of Mrs. Laura Hooper. “Family Life” will be the topic for this meeting. FORMER AURORA RESIDENT SUCCUMBS AT DURHAM Aurora.—Funeral services for Grayden R. Clayton, 57, former Aurora resident, were held Satur day morning in Durham, followed by burial in the family plot in the church cemetery 'near Aurora. Mr. Cayton, who died Friday in Dur ham, where he had lived 30 years, is survived by six sons, Lawrence and Udell R. Cayton of Durham; Laverne of South Carolina. James of Florida, Chester of High Point and Lewis of Bina. Advertise Your Business BENTURY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY W 2 PINT 86 PROOF • NATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CORPORATION. NEW YORK. N. Y. LIBRARY NOTES By GEORGIA E. HARWOOD We have been intending to call attention to our magazines for sometime, and this is a good op portunity before the consignment of books we have ordered arrives. With some exceptions, you will not find the popular magazines here. Instead, we have concentrat ed upon those not so easy to ob ttiin. Os course, we do have LIFE, and we have CHARM and SEV ENTEEN, both of which are pop ular with the feminine teen-agers and those somewhat older. We have the ROTARIAN. the CLUB WOMAN, and NORTH CARO LINA GARDENER. For the na ture lovers. NATURE. NATUR AL HISTORY and WILD LIFE IN NORTH CAROLINA: for the vacationist. TRAVEL. SCIENCE DIGEST AND SCIENCE NEWS LETTER are of interest both to the High School and to others whose minds run that way. SCHOOL ARTS exploits that field rather thoroughly. READER’S DIGEST. NEGRO DIGEST and CORONET cover many subjects interestingly for the general read er. POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE are well known and excellent in their own fields. NEWSWEEK gives current news accurately and tersely with very little editorial bias. THE FREEMAN takes sides on contro versial questions. POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY, a recent comer to our shelves, is here because of the interest many have in the sub ject. CONSUMER’S RESEARCH, also a newcomer, is an excellent buyers’ guide. EBONY, on the or der of LIFE, presents' the Negro at work and play. We also have THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY and NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC and SATURDAY REVIEW OF LIT ERATURE. The Children’s magazines are JACK AND JILL, STORY PA RADE, HIGHLIGHTS for CHIL DREN and JUNIOR NATURAL HISTORY. All magazines except those of the current month may be circulated. Incidentally, the Bookmobile carries magazines to other towns in the county, so the Library will be glad to take'your back issues for' that purpose. While this has nothing to do with the Library, I should like to comment on a rumor that has re peatedly come back to me lately to the effect that Mrs. Harwood was very beautiful when she was young, she was a show girl in the Ziegfield Follies. Far be it from me to correct the first part of that statement, truth aside, it is far too pleasant to wrap around me in my declining years, but as for the second part, definitely NO. I never was in the Follies, as a matter of fact, I nev er even saw them that I can re member, except in the movie ver sion of them that I saw here after Ziegfield’s death. Sorry to prick the bubble but I never was a show girl. Jackson’s Bicycle Shop Keys Made for Any Lock Safes Opened and Combination Cleaned and Changed Phone: Day 5403, Night 7288 Elizabeth City. N. C. GARDEN TIME By ROBERT SCHMIDT Anyone who tries to grow toma toes is concerned with the problem of firilt. There are two kinds of wilt which commonly affect toma toes—fusarium and bacterial wilt. Both are carried over in the soil from- year to year. Fusarium wilt can be effectively combatted by the use of wilt resistant varieties such as Pan America, Southland, Rutgers and Marglobe. None of these varieties is 100 per cent re sistant and Marglobe is probably the least resistant but it is a pop ular variety. There are at present no varieties available which are resistant to bacterial wilt. That is why when you plant a variety rec ommended to you as wilt assis tant it may all die from wilt. Bac terial wilt is commonly known as Granville wilt where tobacco is grown. The newest thing in small mel ons is the All America Gold Med al Winner for 1951—“ New Hamp shire Midget.” This melon is said to be only about six inches in dia meter when mature and has been developed to fit into the modern refrigerator without it being nec essary to leave all the other food out. A single melon is just about enough to serve two people. I don’t know what you think of it but personally I like a big melon —I was raised with big ones. However, I must admit it is dif ficult for two people to eat a big melon and what is left doesn’t fit well in the refrigerator. By the way, the Congo variety is a melon of the Garrison type that is highly recommended, and also there is the Japanese Seedless melon that is being advertised in the garden magazines. Perhaps it is worth trying, but keep your fingers crossed. NOTICE THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND REVIEW FOR NAGS HEAD AND ATLANTIC TOWNSHIPS Will Meet At the Courthouse In Manteo, North Carolina, On MONDAY, MAY 9, 1951 AT 10 O’CLOCK A. M. for the purpose of considering com plaints on the valuations of real -and personal property for the year 1951. This is hot a re-valuation and complaints will be considered only where there has been a loss or an im provement. This 3rd day of April, 1951. W. L. DANIELS Tax Supervisor, Dare County FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1951 REVIVAL WILL CLOSE FRIDAY NIGHT IN HYDE A revival which started Mon day at Soule Methodist church, seven miles east of Swan Quarter, will close Friday night. The Rev. | Alexander B. Berry, whose home is now in Virginia, is the evange list. A son of Alexander B. Berry, Sr., of Norfolk, the .minister was reared in Swan Quarter and his father still has a home there. The Rev. D. M. Lewis is pastor of the church. g PIONEER MANTEO, N. C. Week of April 28 SATURDAY MATINEE 3:30 FEATURE OUT IN TIME FOR 5:30 MANNS HAR . BOR FERRY “TARZAN AND THE SLAVE GIRL” —with— LEX BAKER SUNDAY : MONDAY DORIS DAY in “TEA FOR TWO” TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY “711 OCEAN DRIVE” —starring— EDMOND O’BRIAN THURSDAY : FRIDAY _ LUCILLE BALL * in “FULLER BRUSH GIRL”
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