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'OLUME XIX NO. 11 '' ANESS C. AUSTIN DIES OF SUDDEN HEART ATTACK Manteo Police Officer, Retir ed Coast Guard and Na tive of Avon Maness Columbus Austin, 43, Manteo police officer and retired Coast Guard, died suddenly Wed nesday following a heart at tack and while being taken in an ambulance for treatment. He was the husband of Mrs. Mildred Wil liams Austin and the son of Mrs. Eula Gray Austin of Manteo, and the late Wm. Maness Austin. He retired in 1946 from the Coast Guard after 20 years service, and •established a home in Manteo. He was a native of Avon, a member of Manteo Masonic Lodge, and of the Avon Methodist Church. He is survived by a son,, Jerry Maness Austin; three daughters, Miss Joan Faye and Miss Coral Mildred of the home, and Mrs. Clarence Skinner of Fort Worth, Texas; two brothers, Glover C. of Mt. Pleasant, N. J.„ and Preston H of Duluth; two sisters, Mrs. Janies W. Scarborough of Avon and Mrs. Thelma Loveland of Tuckertown, N. J. PUTS LAW ON TRAIL OF STOLEN BACK HOUSE Manns Harbor Man Reports Unus ual Theft to Deputy Sheriff; Property Recovered from Methodist Church A lot of first things have hap pened in Dare County, but now for the first time the theft of a backhouse, a two-holer at that. 1 Saturday afternoon, Wilson Am brose reported to Deputy Sheriff I Clarence Hassell that his two-holer ! had been stolen and asked him to i get hot on the trail. Officer Hassell and Mr. Ambrose , went quickly on the scent of the stolen property; so to speak, and they finally discovered it a mile away, and of all places, back of I the Methodist Church where a I nch of loyal workers had been I y all day, getting ready for I ’* . following day’s homecoming. ! Now this backhouse wasn’t in ' use at the time it was taken, and i it wasn’t on Mr. Ambrose’s prem- I ises. It stood on the clubhouse property of W. S. Benn, where the clubhouse had burned down on the soand shore last year, and unknown to most folks, Mr. Ambrose had bought it, planning to move it home. C. W. Mann, village patriarch, had a happy thought and told j Tom Sutton and others he knew i where they could get a backhouse j for the big occasion. The church just didn’t have one and there was I going to be a lot of eating done j next day. With Sutton’s truck, and the help ; of Will Tillett, Herman Gibbs,' Frank Ambrose, and some others, j they soon carried the building to j the church. Ambrose was some-. what warm about it when he dis-1 covered it, and called it “plain stealing.” Officer Hassell figured J a fellow wouldn’t get far in' Judge Baum’s court prosecuting j the head men of any Methodist | Church, so peace was made on the j promise that the building would ' be carried back, and located this time at Ambrose’s home, any where he wanted it. Officer Hassell had no difficulty identifying the property. He knew it right away, because he helped build it himself. OVER 52,000 PAY TO SEE LOST COLONY Paul Green’s symphonic drama, The Lost Colony was witnessed by 52,167 paying customers dur ing the 13th season ending Sun day night, General Manager R. E. Jordan said, and the show exper ienced one of its best post war years despite hurricane “Bar bara” which slowed up the vaca tion business on Dare coast tem k rarily. " Paid attendance this year was approximately 6,000 ahead of the 1952 season. There were 60 per formances during the 1953 sea son as compared to 57 in 1952. Two performances were can celled by weather; one total rain out in July, )the 18th, in the dra ma’s long history of 652 perfor mances) and the night of the hurricane was the second cancel lation. “Actually more than 60,000 persons saw performances of The Lost Colony this year,” said Jor dan, “but no admission was charged to several thousand school children in North Carolina and Virginia schools.” The drama will have, its 1954 premiere on June 26. THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA PENNELL TILLETT GETS SUPERVISOR s OF TAXES JOB ' The position of Tax Supervisor, that storm center of the Dare County Courthouse was awarded to Pennell A. Tillett of Kitty Hawk Tuesday by the Dare County Commissioners. He will begin work at once to fill out the unexpired term of Willis Daniels of Wanchese, who quit the last time in July, because the Board would not increase his 8285 month ly salary. Mr. Tillett, who for several years was officer in charge of Coast Guard Stations, has been retired several months. He has long been a highly popular man, a close friend of Rep. Bruce Etheridge. His nomination >vas made by Commissioner Swain, seconded by Commissioner W. H. Lewark and he was elected unani mously. Two other applicants for the job were Reuben A. Etheridge of Man teo and R. E. Scarborough of Wan chese. Scarborough said this week that had he known Capt. Tillett was going to apply, he wouldn't have put in his application, con sidering it useless. He also said he was going to bring to light some facts about this appointment, and would refer the matter to the Federal Authorities on the ground that Capt .Tillett was receiving some 8300 a month in pension on retired pay, and not eligible to serve and take the job from some one who needs it. The tax supervisor’s place has long been a storm center in Dare County due to blunders being made in the beginning when employ ment being made on a political basis, resulted in getting someone in office who was after a nice plum, and who gave the work no attention; or otherwise someone else who were incompetent to fill the job. This best available infor mation we now have is that the tax books are gummed up the worst they’ve ever‘been, as far as fair values go, and whoever" tried to untangle the mess couldn’t do it even if competent because of the pressure from political big shots who have so long evaded paying their just share of taxes. The Dare Commissioners Tues day approved the hardsurfacing of about a half mile of load in Kitty Hawk leading from the Postoffice to Baum’s landing, and passed on the request to the Highway Com mission. It also approved the plan for the purchase of more land for the Cape Hatteras High School at Buxton, and instructed the Sheriff to prosecute at once, W. H. Jen nette of Nags Head for obstruct- : ng and claiming to own the road to the ocean south of his pier. SCHIFFMANS HURT ON WAY TO MANTEO SAT. En route to Manteo Saturday night to visit their mother, Mrs. Z. V. Brin'i’ey, Mr. and Mrs. Ar nold Schiffman of Greensboro were hurt when their car was struck by one driven by Sher wood Armstrong of Pearl St. Elizabeth City. All three of them j were hurt, and taken to Albeu marie Hospital for treatment. The mishap occured near the In diantown road intersection. Mr. Schiffman, who has recent ly beep elected president of the American National Retail Jewl ers Association, is one of the most prominent jewlers and gem ologists in North Carolina. In 1932 he was president of the North Carolina Retail Merchants Association. He was the sched uled speaker Tuesday night of this week before the Retail Jewl ers Association of Norfolk and Portsmouth at the Monticello Hotel. REGULAR SESSION MANTEO SCHOOL Manteo High School commenced its first regular .session for fall, 1953, on Oct. 10, at 8:45 a.m. Classes commence at 9 a.m. Total enrollment has not been collected for Dare County as yet and cannot be quoted for the records, but bus drivers and lunch room personnel are quoted as follows: Bus Drivers: Manteo: Wayland H. Fry, Janet Basnight, Lloyd Walker. Kitty Hawk: Norma Spruill, Esther Rogers, Bryan Meekins; Buxton: Irish Willis Peel, William Abner Midgett; Manns Harbor; Mrs. Melrose Tillett; Roa noke: Lindberg White. Lunch rooms: Manteo: Mrs. Mel rose Etheridge, manager, assisted by Mrs. Ina Wescott, Mrs. Vilma Brickhouse, Mrs. Hazel Armstrong. Kitty Hawk: Mrs. Bell Parker, manager, assisted by Mrs. Esther Beacham and Mrs. Odell Tillett. A NATIVE SON OF CAPE HATTERAS RETURNS FROM KOREA < .-■ . .1.. . X **W'- • sS, AFTER-30 months'in a-Korean prison camp, Pvt. Julian Austitj,-Jr., got back home this week to his wife and his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, who was born after he went to Korea. He was reunited with family and his parents who had come up from Cape Hatteras to join him, and he received a rousing welcome Tuesday in Elizabeth City where he lived for several years and where he married. He arrived on the west coast Saturday, and reached Raleigh Sunday. Elizabeth City folks turned out in grand style, with the high school band, thousands of citizens, and many fine speeches. Mr. and Mrs. Austin are vacationing at the Sea Ranch in Kitty Hawk this week, with their little girl, Brenda. Photo courtesy of Daily Advance. COAST GUARD BOY FROM AVON FATALLY INJURED Tilman Ray Gray, 20, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Burgess Gray, died in a Portsmouth, Va., hos pital Friday night, of injuries sus tained in an automobile accident. He was a member of the Coast Guard service. Beside his parents, he is survived by one sister, Veda Gray. Funeral services were con ducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o’- clock in the Pentecostal Holiness Church at Avan by the Rev. P. M. Porter, pastor of the Buxton Methodist Church, assisted by the Rev. W. D. Barkley, pastor of the Assembly of God Church at Portsmouth. Members of the church choir sang “Nearer My God To Thee” and “Jesus, Lover Os My Soul” and Mrs. Esther Whitlock sang a solo, “Goodnight and Good morning,” accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Harrison Meekins. The casket was covered with a pall of red and white carnations and fern. Military rites were conducted at the grave with B. W. Wroton in charge of the firing squad which consisted of M .V. Miller, D. R. Belanga, J. W. Wroton, J. H. Forbes, Jr., L. D. Malborne and W. F. Austin. Pallbearers were T. A. Meekins, E. J. Scarborough, G. D. Williams, J. L. Williams, W. B. O’Neal and Curtis Scarborough. Flag bearers were W. W. Gray and Ray Scar borough. Burial followed in the family plot at Avon. LARGEST COMMANDMENTS FOUND IN N. C. MOUNTAINS The largegt Ten Command ments are to be found on a moun tainside near Murphy. At Fields of the Wood, a religious assem bly ground, the Church of Pro phecy Marker Association has spelled out the Commandments in white stones on the mountain. Passengers on planes flying over this resort area can read the in scription. As manv »s 3,000 sightseers visit the assembly ground on Sundays. Throngs attend Easter and autumn assemblies at Fields of the Wood, It is near Lake Hiwassee on N. C. Highway 294 near the Tennessee border. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1953 WASH’N COUNTY BUCK RUNS ON HATTERAS Buxton on Cape Hatteras. Hatteras Island’s deer popula tion was increased by one half grown and very sprightly young buck from Washington county this week when J. T. Perry, game protector for that county and Bill Goodsonf biologist for the State Wildlife Resources Com mission, came down with him in a crate. After cooling off and feeding on Kindricker Mountain, (with the fabulous coon Minnie looking on from her yoepon tree) the young buck was turned loose and within a little while was quietly munching wild grapes from a nearby vine. He was sent thence into the neighboring woods —to becoming the father of a more vig orous race of deer on the Island. Observing and assisting in the turning-loose were E. P. White, vigorous deer hunter, in season, and game preserver in and out of season. Both Park Service Rangers, Hultman and Charles Lamb were also present. Plans for introducing some new blood into the veins of Hat teras Island deer have been five years in the talking stage. This spring dogs killed the mother of a young Tawn near Washington and the little one grew up with the farmer’s cattle. He was fair ly tame, but not so tame, his well-wishers hope that he will not become a prey to hunters be fore he gets to manhood. BEN DIXON MacNEILL HEDRICKS SPENDING THE WINTER IN ARLINGTON Judge Ben M. Hedrick and family will remove Sunday to Arlington, Va., for the winter, their address being 1700 N. Oak St. The real estate office on the beach will remain open through the winter in the charge of W. C. Forman, former store operator in Kitty Hawk. The address of the Hedrick Real Estate office is P.O. Box 64, Kill Devil Hills. The Hedricks have proved a valuable addition to Dare Coun ty, and their many friends regret their departure. PUBLIC HEALTH ASSO. IN ANNUAL MEETING Nage Head. More than 800 delegates are scheduled to attend the 42nd annual convention of the North Carolina Public Health Association beginning here on the Dare beaches in the Nags Head area Thursday and continu ing through Saturday, it was an nounced today by Walter C. Lac key, chairman of the local ar rangements committee of the as sociation. Registration of delegates will be underway throughout the day at The Carolinian, Wilbur Wright and Nags Header Hotels, with the first general sessions scheduled Casino at 10 o’clock Thursday morning. President Louise P. East of Asheville will preside at this session featuring welcoming addresses, responses by local and association officials, and a report on the Children’s eart Clinic of New Hanover County and the City of Wilming ton. Mrs. Eula Mae Mclnnis will give this report. A feature of the morning ses sion will be the president’s ad dress. Second general session at the Casino during the afternoon will be a panel on “Aging”, with Win gate M. Johnson as moderator, with Dr. Ellen B. Winston, Dr. I. G. Greer and Dr. Bertlyn Bos ley having roles in the discus sions. Dr. E. H. Ellinwood of Greensboro will preside over this meeting. A third general session on the first day of the convention to be held at the Shrine Club during the evening will be an address on the “Legal Problems of Pub lic Health in North Carolina, by William McW. Cochrane. MANNS HBR. RURITANS TO HOLD LADIES NIGHT The Manns Harbor Ruritan Club has 25 members and meets twice a month, will hold its Ladies night meeting Wednesday night, Sept. 16. Wilbur Pinner of Manns Harbor is President of the Club and an nounces that W. S. White, Manns Harbor game protector, former club president and District presi dent will be the speaker of the occasion. MAINLAND PICNIC AFFAIRS IN DARE ARE SUCCESSFUL East Lake Methodist Home coming Next Sunday; Manns Harbor Cele brated Sept. 6. Methodist Church Homecom ings on the Dare Mainland this month are arousing a lot of in terest and gyd fellowship, and Sunday, the 6th, the people of Manns Harbor entertained their friends from far and near. There were 219 people present at the Sunday school and following the sermon of the pastor, more than 300 were fed at an elaborate pic nic with food enough for an esti mated 1,000 people. This coming Sunday, a home coming and dinner will be held at the East Lake Methodist Church, and it is expected to be fully as large as the Manns Har bor affair. Sunday school will be at 10:30. Rev. F. S. Love, the Dis trict Superintendent will preach at 11 A. M. Dinner on the grounds will follow the sermon. A similar event was held at East Lake last year, and drew a large attendence. Rev. A. L. G. Steph enson is pastor of these and the Stumpy Point Church. Among the out-of-town guests at Manns Harbor for Homecoming day last Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. James Gaskill and Miss Linda Gas kill of Wanchese; Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Armstrong of Hickory; Mrs. Beatrice Midgett, Janet Midgett, Velma Brickhouse of Manteo; Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Gibbs of Elizabeth City; Geraldine Kirkland, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Midgett of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Langley of Nor folk; Mr. and. Mrs. Woodson Mid gett of Kitty Hawk; Mr. and Mrs S. K. Midgett, Mrs. M. M. Midgett, Miss Sandra Midgett, Murray Mid- j gett and Billy Midgett, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence P. Crouch all of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Water field of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Brinkley, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Jordan of Sunbury; Ira Spen cer, Jr., Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Eason, Norfolk; Minnie Mann Dowdy of Norfolk; Harry S. Burn ham, Sr., Leola Mann Burnham, Harry Stanley Burnham, of Virgin ia Beach; Mrs. Ella Green Wes cott of Manteo; Jesse T. Gard, Jes se C. Gard of Norfolk; Mrs. Fran ces Jones of Baltimore, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mann, Miss Laurrie Spencer, Miss Janie Mann, of Engelhard; Mrs. Lyna M. Har bour, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Twiford, of Manteo; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ives of Elizabeth City; Mrs. Lennie Til lett, Wanchese; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Crees, Miss Phyllis Crees, Manteo; Vera Patrick, Annie Mae Parrisher of Columbia; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mann of Oklahoma City, Okla.; Martha Jones, Sadie Patrick, of Columbia; Mrs. R. A. Jones, Eliz abeth City; the Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Narron, Raleigh; Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Sykes, Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Julian Gallop, Kinston; Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Gibbs, Columbia; Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Hooper, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Wise, Mr. and Mrs. U. G. Wise, Stumpy Point; Mi. and Mrs. C. G. Twiddy, Ports mouth, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. W. R. West, Washington, N. C.; M. V. Hooper, Mrs. Maude Hooper, Stumpy Point; Chester Holmes, Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cul pepper, Mrs. John Gaskins, Eliz abeth City; Allen L. Mann, Sr., Manteo; Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Mann, Miss Elizabeth Gallop, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Sawyer, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gibbs, Norfolk; Mrs. Lillie Meekins, Wanchese; Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Marshall, Engelhard; Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Burrus, Elizabeth City; Mr. and Mrs. Shelton Gallop, Rocky Mount; Thomas H. Jordan, Sunbury; Mrs. Mollie Gallop, Mrs. Ruth Crees, Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Gray, Stumpy Point; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin White, Norfolk; Charlie Scarborough, Newport News, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Gard, Mr. and Mrs. John Royals of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Wise, Manteo. SOYBEAN DEMONSTRATION About 40 farmers attended a soybean demonstration on the Au brey Swindell farm near Slades ville Tuesday afternoon. State farm officials attended, ex hibiting four rows of experimental soybeans of several varieties and comparing them with older vari eties in the county. SLADESVILLE BAPTIST HOMECOMING SEPT. 13 The Sladesville Baptist Church will have its homecoming day Sunday, September, 13. Everyone is invited to attend and bring well-filled baskets for a picnic dinner. Single Copy 70 Wildfowl Season Hunting Dates Wildfowl Hunting dates in North Carolina have been an nounced by Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior. For Ducks and Geese (but not Snow geese) the period is Nov. 11 through Jan. 9th. Daily bag limits, Ducks 4, Geese 2, Coot 10. Possession limits, Ducks 8, Geese 4, and coots 10. Brant may be killed on from December 26 through January 9th. Six birds are the daily bag limit, as well as possession limit. Wood cock season is November 26 to Jan. 4th. Wilson’s Snipe or Jacksnipe November 26 through Dec. 10th. Opening days begin at noon. Other days, shooting begins at one half hour before sunrise to sunset. No Sunday shooting allowed. SHETLAND PONY A SPECIAL AWARD AT LEARY’S SUN. Sadie Hawkins Day Has Be come Institution at Nags Head A special prize for some little one will be a highlight of the afternoon on Sadie Hawkins Day at Leary’s bingo. This in the an nouncement made by Wilkse Leary, manager of the stand, who says they will award a Shetland pony, complete with bridal and saddle, during the afternoon of September 13. “Somebody wil be mighty happy,” says Leary, “because this is one beautiful prize.” Prizes such as appliances, furniture, I radios, rugs and bicycles are among the hundreds of useful prizes to be given away. Sadie Hawkins Day began five years ago, at the end of the sea son, and has continued ever since, becoming more popular every year. Leary’s has promised to give the people a good time, and seldom has anyone kicked. “And we’re going to do it again,” says Leary. BALFOUR BAUM GETS PARK RANGER JOB Balfour J. Baum, of Manteo, has been named supervisory ranger of the Bodie Island area of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Sep tember 1. Although operating a sportsfish ing cruiser for the past several years during the summer months and engaged in the oyster busi ness during the winter, this is not Baum’s first government job under Civil Service. Prior to and dur ing World War II he was em ployed as senior foreman on con struction soil property and on military construction here in Man teo, at Chapel Hill and elsewhere. He received his education in Manteo, Oak Ridge Military Acad emy and State College. He is the son of Judge W. F. Baum. He is married to Mrs. Helen Baum, formerly of Morganton. They have three children, Patricia, Helen and Balfour 11. WARREN LEE TERRY LEAVES FOR THEATRICAL TOUR Warren Lee Terry, who for several years, plaved the role of Old Tom in THE LOST COL ONY, will leave early in Septem ber for Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he will resume his lecture tours before going to Fort Lau derdale, Florida, for a six week’s theatrical engagement. In addi tion to theatrical work, Mr. Terry is also under contract for appear ances on television, as well as for lectures in several large cities I during the early fall months. Following a five week’s thea trical engagement in Baltimore, Mr. Terry will go to London to play the role now played by Pat Rooney in “Guys & Dolls”. Mr. Terry and his family re turn each summer to spend the season at their summer home at Southern Shores, and are looking forward to the time when Mr. Terry i retire from his thea trical and be free to spend the greater part of each year on the Dare coast. Mrs. Terry and the children will return to Baltimore, where Mrs. Terry teaches and the child ren attend school. VISIT AT NAGS HEAD Mr and Mrs. C. M. Butts and daughter and grandchildren of Rome, N. Y., visited recently with their daughter and son-in -7w Mr J nd Mrs ’ Walter Gray of Nags Head. y
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