FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1953
MIRAMAR COURT
GUESTS’ LOUNGE
POPULAR PLACE
Low Dane in Background Furnish
es Fun % Children Staying
at Beach Motor Court
Nags Head. Stucco gleaming
white against a sand dune is the
first impression the guest re
ceives as he arrives at the Mir
amar motor court, a little south
of Nags Head postoffice.
I The visitor walks into an
' office, set in one corner of a
large homelike lobby, where
guests gather to get acquainted
with each other, play a game of
bridge, read the papers or lounge
when they weary of sun, sand,
and saltwater.
The 22 units in the motor court
are arranged in a symetrical pat
tern on the grounds. Each room
has its separate bath and clothes
closet, and not more than two
rooms are joined under one roof,
so that each room gets three-way
ventilation.
Some of the rooms have one
double bed, some twin beds and
others have two double beds, so
that most any size group can be
accommodated. The cottages are
finished inside in knotty pine de
sign sheetrock. Color schemes
are carried out in candlewick
bedspreads and tier type drapes
which can be drawn together to
insure privacy.
All the units are connected
with concrete walks. At the rear
of the grounds is one cottage,
already there when the partners
built the court. It is the only
unit with kitchen facilities.
The court lies at the foot of a
low dune, which furnishes end
less entertainment and exercise
for youngsters. Though located
on the west side of the highway,
guests have only a short distance
to walk to the beach.
Miramar is owned and operat
ed by three Manteo residents, W.
W. Tarkington, Frank Cahoon
and Frank White. According to
Mr. Tarkington, the season is
starting out in a big way and
promises to continue so.
Mr and Mrs. G. W. Aycock
and daughter, Carolyn, and Miss
Marty Wilkinson of Pantego are
vacationing at the W. H. Weath
erly cottage in Nags Head.
ARCHIE BURRUS
SELF-SERVICE FOOD CENTER
Phone 237 Mante*
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All Western Meats
GULF STREAM
RESTAURANT
OPEN 4 A. M. TO MIDNIGHT
Early Breakfast for Fishing Parties
SEAFOOD BARBECUE
STEAKS
GOOD FOOD AND REFRESHMENT
Opposite Nags Head Coast Guard Station
DONALD GRAY, Prop.
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ME mi 19* A pint,
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Specially priced at
only 19c through Saturday, June 2QL
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ON THE OCEANSIDE
The Misses Esther Thomas and
Anne Wood of Roanoke Rapids,
Winnie White, Nell Burnett, Dor
is Wills,- Virginia Alston and
Ann Noland of Richmond, Va.,
are vacationing at one of the
George Pappendick cottages in
Kill Devil Hills.
Frank Rightmire of Weldon
spent the week end at his Kill
Devil Hills cottage.
Mrs. Ferdinand Schmidt and
daughter, Carolyn, and son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Schmidt of Roanoke Rap
ids, spent Sunday on the beach.
Mrs. Ferdinand Schmidt and her
hnusband, now a patient in Johns
Hopkins hospital in Baltimore,
Md., lived many years in Africa,
but have now returned to this
country to live.
Haywood Lancaster and Harry
Hayman, Jr., of Pantego were at
Nags Head recently to visit
their step-daughter and sister,
Miss Jennie Lee Hayman. Her
brother recently returned from
service in Korea.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Smith of
Roanoke Rapids were week end
visitors at their Kitty Hawk
beach cottage..
Mr. and Mrs. George Geshen
have gone to Baltimore, Md., for
a few days. He formerly manag
ed Journey’s End but more re
cently has been employed by W.
H. Smith.
Mrs. W. B. Powers and crild
ren, Linda and Bill, of Ports
mouth, Va., are here to visit Mrs.
Powers’ brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Smith, in
the Kitty Hawk beach area.
Mr. and Mrs. Josephus Brink
ley of Portsmouth were Tuesday
guests of Mrs. W. H. Cartwright,
in the Kitty Hawk area. The
women are sisters. Mrs. Brink
ley, an arthritis victim more than
20 years, was so impressed with
the beach that she plans to re
turn in the summer for a longer
stay.
Mrs. Z. F. Wilson of Jounrney’s
End shopped in Portsmouth, Va.,
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Pruden and
family of Edenton are at Miss
Margaret Pruden’s Nags Head
cottage for a three-week vaca
tion.
Miss Norma Jean Parrish of
Durham is here to spend the
SARAH’ C
ALLIED
SARAH F. HALLIBURTON
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APPRECIATIVE
Although a newspaper without
editorials seems incomplete, few
readers get around to discussing
them wiith people connected with
the paper. That’s why it was
something of a surprise that so
many of the beach readers went
out of their way to tell this re
porter what they thought about
Mr. Meekins’ recent editorial
.about extravagance in court pro
cedures which do not result in
verdicts and in drawing juries
inadequate to the needs of the
term. At least 90 per cent of the
persons who mentioned this ed
itorial to your scribe were in
summer with her cousin, Miss
Faye Dykstra, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Dykstra, who
operate Dyke’s Fishing Center.
Mrs. Kenyon Wilson and three
children of Elizabeth City and
Mrs. John Crawford and child
ren of Norfolk, Va., are spending
a vacation at the family’s Nags
Head cottage. The women are
cousins.
Mrs. Philip McMullan and son,
Philip, and daughter. Anne, of
Edenton are at the Turner cot
tage in Nags Head to spend a
vacation. *
Mrs. John Badham and son,
Jack, of Edenton are at their
cottage in Nags Head, to remain
a month.
Mrs. M. L. Sheep of Elizabeth
City and daughter, Mrs. Mary
Lee Gill of Morehead City, came
the, first of the week to vacation
at the former’s cottage.
Mr. and Mrs. .John Buchanan
and daughters of Durham and
Kinston have returned to their
homes after being at their Nags
Head cottage. They are to go to
Richmond, Va., this week end to
attend the wedding of the Buch
anans’ niece, Miss Mollie Thoms.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wood, Thom
as Wood, Jr., and Miss Heilig
Harney of Edenton are vacation
ing at the S. J. Twin cottage in
Nags Head.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lewis and
three children of Durham were
recent vacationists at Kill Devil
Hills. Their visit was their first
trip to this beach.
Dabney Taliaferro, who at
tends high school in Norfolk, Va.,
is at Kill Devil Hills to spend
most of his vacation with his
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W.,
S. Gregory, at Kill Devil Hills.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kinkier
I and family of Oberlin, 0., have
left after spending a week’s va
cation at Kill Devil Hills.
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Foster and
party of Richmond, Va., have
returned home after a week at
Kill Devil Hills.
Mr. and Mrs. N. K. Lee and
daughter of Warwick, Va., spent
the week end at the Kill Devil
Hills cottage they rent from
September to the middle of June.
Mr. and Mrs. James Feaster
and three sons of Shinnston, W.
Va., are at Kill Devil Hills for a
week’s vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. William Young
blood and daughters, Judy and
Amy, have returned to their
home iin Richmond, Va., after
a week at Kill Devil Hills. Mr.
Youngblood, a commercial ar
tist, was to start work on a new
job Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman G. Smith
and three children of Arlington,
Va., are vacationing this week
at Kill Devil Hills.
THE COASTLAND TIMES, MANTEO, N. C.
complete agreement with Editor
Meekins. Most of them admitted
this was a subject to which they
had given little thought until
two hung juries in one term of
court, and the spectacle of hav
ing to snatch people off the
street to serve on a jury called
it to their attention.
TOO FORMAL
Mr. and Mrs. George Frank,
who operate the Edgewater
hotel in Kill Devil Hills, are a
little aghast at one of their twin
sons, Michael. He is so formal
that even at his tender age he
insists on wearing his suit jacket
when he goes to Sunday school,
is embarrassed by the briefness
of his sports shorts and frowns
on going barefoot. The other
twin, George, falls in with beach
informality and would just as
leave appear at the table in his
swim trunks, if his mother could
be persuaded to see it that way.
Both youngsters are all boy,
ready to romp and whoop it up
anytime, anywhere, but in the
question of proper beach wear
they just don’t see eye to eye.
IGNORANT
While Manteo folk are press
ing the need for a new school in
that community, another educa
tional problem has arisen. It’s
those illiterate fish, who can’t
or don’t read the fishing guide
books.
The other day, a rank amateur
arrived on the beach on a day
when the guidebooks and all
the experts said no fish in its
right mind would bite, the
wind was from the wrong direc
tion, etc., etc. This amateur, with
his new tackle and no exper
ience, went out within 100 feet
of the cottage he was occupying
THE EXCLUSIVE SALES LISTING PLAN
Listings Wanted llpbfl Listings Wanted
THE MEEKINS PLAN
WHY THE REALTOR’S EXCLUSIVE LISTINGS SALES PLAN
IS BEST FOR YOU
From the Owner’s Standpoint...
1. Exclusive listings get preferred attention.
2. From one exclusive agent you have the right to demand
attention to your property.
3. A Realtor concentrating on exclusives can give each
property close attention, can afford to advertise it, and
is more likely to effect a sale, and at a better price. .
4. Place your confidence in one live, wide-awake Realtor
who will represent your best interests, then keep him
advised of all inquiries you may receive and cooperate
with him to the fullest extent.
5. ‘‘The Exclusive Sale Plan” does not prevent the sale of
your property by some other Realtor.
6. An exclusive agent should secure the best price possible
for you, should save you the annoyance of dealing with
many different people. Your exclusive agent does it for
you, separating “the wheat from the chaff—his exper
ience better fits him for the task.
7. An exclusive agent, feeling sure, in due time, of fair com
pensation for his services, can always be looking out for
your best interest. He can afford to advertise your prop
erty extensively, can afford to spend the necessary time
on it, can offer it through other Realtors, and thereby
he offers you a special service with real selling power, as
it includes both concentration and a wide market distri
bution.
8. Select the right exclusive agent. Arrange with him to as
sume responsibility and pledge faithful and energetic ef
fort, THEN LOOK TO HIM AND NO ONE ELSE FOR
RESULTS, AND YOU WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO
GET RESULTS.
Our Practices Have Proven Sound... Our Sales Record Speaks for Itself...
THE MEEKINS AGENCY’S CODE OF ETHICS
Article 13. In accepting the agency for property, we pledge
ourselves to be fair to purchaser or tenant, as well as to
the owner whom we represent and whose interests we will
protect and promote as we would our own.
Article 14. As realtors we will not buy for ourselves prop
erty listed with us, nor will we acquire any interest there
in, without first making the true position clearly known
to the listing owner.
Article 18. The exclusive listing of property is urged and
practiced by us as realtors, as a means of eliminating
misunderstanding and dissensions and assuring better
service to the owner. ’
Article 20. Before offering a property listed with us by the
owner, it is uor duty to advise the owner honestly and in
telligently regarding its fair market valile. This is com-
f |f| a li i\ REALTORS are persons engaged in the real estate business
111 |«/v It MA If aaN*AMA/ who are Active members of a real estate board affiliated
W HO UrPIl PAITfirC ' with the Nationar Association of Real Estate Boards. As
11 lIU m V llvUliUi O • each ’ th «y are subject to rules and regulations of business
conduct.
ERNEST E. MEEKINS
M ANTEO REALTOR KILL DEVIL HILLS
• Phone Manteo 101
REAL ESTATE RENTALS
Member of the State and National Real Estate Boards as well as the National Institute of Real Estate Brokers
and brought in a nice catch of
sea mullet. So you see, those
ignorant fish are too dumb to
play according to the rules and
consequently foul up the ex
perts’ holidays.
POUND FOR PETS
With the season hardly under
way, some folks already are
worrying about the cats and dogs
that will be left behind when
the vacationists leave after La
bor day. These kind hearted
people have suggested that a
pound be established for pets
left to become strays. If they
were picked up, persons who
wanted pets could choose from
among them; the rest could be
painlessly destroyed, more mer
ciful than allowing them to
starve or become mauraders.
ART APPRECIATION
It is flattering to know that
somebody liked the Cat's Meow
sign, well enough to lift it
out of its moorings and remove it
from the premises. Since it can
be of no possible use to anybody
else, your reporter would be
mighty pleased if anybody who
saw it would pass the word
along. After all, it will have to
be replaced at some expense. It
disappeared on a week end when
an unusually large crowd for
June, some of them having a
rather uninhibited holiday, was
on the beach.
SMELLY
Your persistent pencil pusher
is no crusader, neither in tem
perament nor job. Just the same,
she help sympathizing with
those Kitty Hawk residents who
have been trying to get some
official help in the problem of
dealing with dead fish left to
decay and draw flies. When
cottage owners from other places,
who pay heavy taxes, try three
or four officials and can get no
satisfaction, nor suggestions as
to where to get it, they begin to
resent tax assessment hikes.
NEIGHBORLY
When this reporter breezed
into a beach hotel about 9
o’clock the other morning, she
For Summer Comfort
WE HAVE A LARGE SELECTION
OF PORCH and LAWN FURNITURE
SrT7Tf77r\ PORCH CHAIRS
LAWN CHAIRS
BEACH UMBRELLAS
LAWN MOWERS ,
Also, in stock
| Power Driven and
From the Realtor’s Standpoint...
1. An exclusive listing should be taken only if you believe
the property can be sold and you intend to give it pre
ferred attention.
2. Under only such an arrangement is a Realtor justified in
spending money or much time; furthermore, in no other
way can he do justice to his client or himself.
3. Would a sane man go on the road and spend his money
and time taking orders for goods without a definite
agi-eement regarding the delivery?
4. How many professional experts of standing in any line
are willing to spend hours, days, weeks, yes, months of
work without assured conpensation from him who has
engaged their service ?
5. To list property and forget it, is a waste of time and an
injustice to these owners who believe that you are giving
special attention to their interests; it is vastly better to
conceive your efforts as properties the sale of which you
control.
6. “The Exclusive Listing Sales Plan” provides an up-to-the
minute inventory of good buys which can be sold through
concentrated advertising, promotion and selling.
7. Cooperation between brokerage firms is encouraged by
"The Exclusive Listing Sales Plan” of selling real estate
because it gives more assurance to the broker represent
ing a buyer that a property can be delivered at a definite
price.
8. Marketing of real estate will approach the efficiency of
marketing in other lines in direct relation to the use of
“The Exclusive Listing Sales Plan.”
monly called appraisal service.
Article 21. As realtors ,it is our duty to protect the public
against fraud, misrepresentation, or unethical practices
in connection with real estate transactions.
Article 22. We pledge ourselves, as realtors, to offer prop
erty solely on its merit without exaggeration, conceal
ment, or any form of deception or misleading representa
tion.
Article 31. At the time the agreement is reached as to the
terms of a transaction we will fully inform each party
regarding commissions and other expenses to which each
is respectively liable.
Article 35. No instructions nor inducements from any client
or customer relieve us, as realtors, from our responsibility
strictly to observe this Code of Ethics.
PAGE THREE
found the proprietor having a
friendly cup of coffee with the
owner of another beach hotel.
The breakfast rush was over at
both places, and the two women
had a few minutes’ breathing
spell. Actually, they were trans
acting business, but it seemed a
neighborly way to do it.
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