PAGE EIGHT MANTEO PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Meekins had as guests last Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Harden, Mr. and Mrs. Lowe, Mrs. Doshie Towers, all of Norfolk, Va., and Mrs. Ollie Wilson of White Stone, Va. Miss Kay Cox has returned to her home at Bird Neck Point, Virginia Beach, after visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Meekins. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Walker and son, Sam, of Poplar Branch, spent Saturday in Manteo, visiting friends. Mrs. J. E. Patrick of Durham is visiting her son-in-law and daughter, Mr*.and Mrs. Raymond Wescott. She was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Patrick and daughter, Stella Kay, of Durham, who spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Wescott. Miss Eleanor Ann Summers of Norfolk visited Mr. and Mrs. Guy Lennon last week end. Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Lennon of Federalsburg, Md., visited Dr. Lennon’s mother, Mrs. Garnet Radio - i elevision SERVICE and REPAIR All Makes and Models MANTEO Furniture Co. Phone 51-J PIONEER THEATRE MANTEO, N. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 “ALL ASHORE” with ROCK HUDSON SUNDAY : MONDAY “THE HITCH HIKER” with MICKEY ROONEY TUESDAY : WEDNESDAY ALAN LADD in “DESERT LEGION" THURSDAY : FRIDAY “SEMINOLE” with FRANK LOVEJOY ARCHIE BURROS SELF-SERVICE FOOD CENTER Phone 237 Mante* WE DELIVER Choice of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Daily All Western Meats NOW IN PROGRESS DAVIS’ 5 c SHOE SALE ON Ladies Spring and Summer Shoes (You purchase the first pair at reg ular price and buy the second pair for only stf) DAVIS WANTS TO SEE YOU Phone 238 Manteo AIR-CONDITIONED FOR YOUR COMFORT Lennon, this week. On Sunday Mrs. Lennon also had as her guests Mr. and Mrs. Lou Bowen and daughter, Mary Lou, of Bal timore, Md. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Holloman Jr., of Ahoskie visited their son in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Meekins, Sunday. Mrs. S. J. Kirby of Raleigh is visiting her daughter, Miss Mary Kirby, who also had as her week end guests Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kirby and daughter, Mary Ann, and Mrs. Kirby’s father, C. T. i Deans, all of Raleigh. A/lc Dan Cannady and Mrs. Cannady and Mrs. Cannady’s brother-in-law, of Valdosta, Ga., : are visiting Mr. Cannady's moth i er, Mrs. Bernice Cannady. Young Cannady, who has received his overseas orders, will be here un til about the 10th of August. | Mr. and Mrs. Jack Thomas and | son, Jack, of Philadelphia, Pa., . have returned to their home after ; visiting their aunt, Mrs. J. B. Peterson, and other relatives. ; They were acompanied by Miss Leah Midgette of Hammonton, I N. J., who had been visiting hei' aunt. Mrs. Anita Jessen, and a ; cousin who also visited Mrs. ' Jessen. i Mrs. W. T. McClenney and - Miss Martha McClenney of Eden ; ton are the guests cf their daugh i ter and sister, Mrs. Bernice l Cannady. W. R. Pearce and daughter, ■ Margaret, visited Miss Lois i Pearce at Campbell College, I Buies Creek, last week end. | Mrs. Joseph H. Barach is visit ing her mother in Pittsburgh, Pa. Mrs. W. S. Meekins and Mrs. I Victor Meekins were visited Wed nesday by Mr. and Mrs. E. A. ' iPalmgren, their daughter, Mrs. W. E. Harvell and her daughter, da. of Charlotte. I Mr. and Mrs. Balfour Baum and son, Balfour, Jr., and Judge W. F. Baum spent Tuesday in Elizabeth City. I Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Gray of I Norfolk have been visiting old i friends in Manteo and Stumpy j , Point this week. At Stumpy Point they visited Mrs. Cora Twiford, and Mr. Gray went out i with a shrimp boat crew* for a day. Mr. Gray was formerly Clerk of the Court in Darte i County. Miss Mary Elizabeth Earle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Earle, is expected to return to her home in Manteo Saturday from Beckley, W. Va., where she has been visiting Mrs. Earle’s sister, Mrs. Cecil Cooke, and Mr. Cooke. The little girl will fly to Norfolk. She accompanied Mr. I Who, ME? by Robert Osborn T / - \x\ / / 1 I I / x s'* “ \ vM The Trovekrs Safety Service Three out of four traffic accidents in 1952 involved passenger cars. Only YOU can prevent accidents! and Mrs. Cooke home several weeks ago when they visited in Manteo. MANNS HARBOR SEAMAN ON PRACTICE CRUISE Atlantic Fleet (FHTNC) Ships of the 1953 Midshipman j Practice Squadron now on their last four weeks of training opera tions will return to Norfolk, Va., in August. Aboard the battleship USS Missouri are Clarence J. Hassell, seaman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence W. Hassell, and husband of the former Miss Shirley Tillett of Manns Harbor, N. C. : Also on this cruise from Manteo , is Charlie V. Scarbor ough, stewardsman, USN, son of Mrs. Benson Scarborough, and husband of the former Myrtle Scarborough of Manteo. The practice squadron has I embarked over 3200 midship- i men from the U. S. Naval Acad- j emy and NROTC units of colleg- ■ es and universities throughout the country. Before returning the ships will have visied ports in South Amer ica and the West Indies during the two month training cruise. ENGELHARD PERSONALS Rev. and Mrs. E. J. Harris and daughter Sara Alice of Grantsboro are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mayhu Selby. Mrs. P. D. Midgett, Jr., Miss j Martha Midgett, Mrs. Janies Brit tain and Bernard Midgett were Washington visitors Friday. Mrs. Janie Spencer, Mrs. Hyler I Cox and son and Miles Spencer | spent Friday afternoon in Belha- I ven. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Starr Cox of Maryland are spending the week here. MEMORIAL (Continued from Page Four) for maneuvering in so gusty a wind and with no previous ac quaintance with the conduct of the machine and its controller mechanisms. Consequently the first flight was short. The suc ceeding flights rapidly increas ed in length and at the fourth trial a flight of 59 seconds was made in which the machine flew a little more than half a mile through the air and a distance of more than 852 feet over the ground. The landing was due to a slight error of judgement on the part of the operator. After passing over a little hummock of sand in at- ' tempting to bring the machine down to the desired height the operator turned the rudder too far and the machine turned downward more quickly than had been expected. The re verse movement of the rudder was a fraction of a second too late to prevent the machine from touching the gronud and thus ending the flight. The whole occurence occupied little if any more than one second of time. “Only those who are ac- “ quainted with practical aero nautics can appreciate the dif ficulties in attempting the first trials of a flying machine in a 25-mile gale. As winter was already set in, we should have postponed our trials to a more favorable season, but for the fact that we were determined before returning home to know whether the machine possessed sufficient power to fly, suffi cient capacity of control to THE COASTLAND TIMES, MANTEO, N. C. make flight safe in boisterous winds as well as in calm air. When these points had been definitely established we at once packed our goods and re turned home, knowing that the age of the flying machine had come at last. “From the beginning we have employed entirely new principles of control and as all the experiments have been conducted at our own expense without assistance from any individual, or institution, we do not feel ready at present to give out any pictures or de tailed description of the mach ine.” *** The “flyer” named “Kitty Hawk” was a biplane with a wingspread of 30 feet. It is at present on exhibit at the Smith sonian Institute, Washington, D. C. The Wright brothers contin ued their experiments and in the spring of 1908 conducted suc cessful test flights at Kill Devil Hill which were witnessed by many newspaper reporters and widely acclaimed in the press. By that time, the Army had drawn up specifications for the first military aircraft. The entire world was becoming conscious of the possibilities of the airplane in peace and war, and other in ventors were experimenting with flying machines. In an address at Kill Devil Hill Memorial in 1943, 40th anniver sary of the Wright brother’s flight, Major General T. J. Han ley, Jr., commanding general, AAT Eastern Flying Training Command, said: “That first army specificatien asked only for a plane that could fly at 40 miles an hour, carry two people and sustain its flight for 125 miles. Thirty-eight manu facturers were asked to submit bids. But only the Wrights met all specifications. And so, on August 1, 1908, the United States Army became possessor of the first military airplane in the world.” Orville Wright lived to see a giant industry grow from the invention of the airplane, and died in 1948. He is buried at Day ton, Ohio, beside his brother, Wilbur, who died 36 years earl ier. Wilbur was 36 years old and Orville 32 at the time of their success at Kill Devil Hill. Their biographies are told in two books by Fred C. Kelly: “The Wright Brothers” and “Miracle at Kitty Hawk.” FIFTH I I PINT J.C.XJ ■ •—ustMr-; J 100 PROOF LIQUEUR SIX TIMES HAVE SENATORS IN N.C. BEEN APPOINTED Washington. How many times have the Governors of North Carolina been called upon to appoint a United States Sena tor? ‘ • The recent appointment of Senator Alton Lennon of Wil mington raised that question. The answer: Six times. And three of the appointments have been necessary since late in 1947 when Senator Josiah W. Bailey died in office. The first appointment occured in 1858 when Senator Asa Biggs of Williamston resigned to accept appointment as a Federal Judge. He was succeeded by Thomas L. Clingman of Huntsville. The next instance occured in 1894, when Senator B. Vance died and Thomas J. Jarvis was appointed to succeed him. Oddly enough, Jarvis had suc ceeded Vance once before. Vance, according to the records, was elected to the Senate by the North Carolina Legislature while he was in the middle of a term as Governor. Vance resigned the governorship and Lieutenant Governor Jarvis became Gover nor. Thirty-six years passed and Senator Lee S. Overman died in office in 1930. Cameron Morrison was appointed to succeed Over man. Then came the death of Bailey in 1947 and the appointment of William B. Umstead. Senator J. Melville Broughton died in 1949 and was succeeded by Dr. Frank P. Graham. The appointment of Senator Lennon, following the death of Senator Willis Smith, rounds out the list. THE GREATEST MID WEEK ATTRACTION EVER AT NAGS HEAD I ffusagaT, VOCftL* STrt.tST2 V COLUMBIA RECORDS J/ / 7 , Wednesday, August 5 9 til 1 NAGS HEAD CASINO |YOUR COMPLETE I $ AMUSEMENT CENTER | i DANCING BOWLING - BINGO f | REFRESHMENTS CASINO BINGO BIDS YOU A CORDIAL WELCOME TO SPEND A PLEASANT EVENING PLAYING THE FAMILY PASTIME AND TAKE HOME SOME FINE BINGO PRIZES. Lo and Behold /I H affair. Washes easily-dries in a jiffy! // I Sizes 32-40 $ 6 .95 up I HEARING’S, INC. YOUR COMPLETE SHOPPING CENTER f Phone 16 or 28 Manteo FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1953