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THE COASTLAND TIMES
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Vol. XIX Manteo, N. C., Friday, January 15, 1954 No. 29
BLOOD DONORS IN
BELHAVEN URGED
TO APPEAR JAN. 22
January 22 Date for Blood
mobile to Appear to Serve
People This Area
When the Bloodmobile comes
to Belhaven on Friday, January
22 our people may manifest their
gratitude and give blood in re
turn for the great amount used
through the year for patients in
the hospital of Belhaven and
other hospitals which have treat
ed Beaufort County people.
During the last year 154 pints
of blood have been sent to the
Belhaven Hospital from the Red
Cross. Some of this had to be re
turned because it would run out
of date, but 90 pints were used
locally. (Whole blood will keep
about three weeks. After this
period, it is sent back to Norfolk
and used to make plasma).
When the Bloodmobile was
here in May of last year, 100 pints
were donated. It can be seen that,
since 90 pints were used here
and more went to the Washington
Hospitals, just about the whole
amount was used locally. The
blood is badly needed to make the
gamma globin (the base for the
vacine for polio) and for use in
the Armed Forces. For these pro
grams to succeed, extra blood
over local needs should be do
nated. In addition, if someone
from Beaufort County is a pa
tient in Duke Hospital, in the
Memorial Hospital at Chapel Hill,
Parkview Hospital in Rocky
Mount, and in most other large
hospitals in the state, blood is
furnished by the Red Cross.
The hours for the Bloodmobile
will be from 9:30 in the morning
to 3:30 in the afternoon. Only
about 45 minutes is required of
each donor to be checked,
through. A doctor is on hand at
all times, and a physical checkup
(blood pressure, blood count,
weight, etc) is given to each
volunteer. Hot coffee and other
refreshments will be given to all
donors.
Workers will be organized in
each section to contact potential
donors, to ask the donor to sign
a card and state their choice of
a time when they would like to
go to the Bloodmobile. These
cards are collected and each per
son is scheduled as near as pos
sible to the time requested. A
card is then sent to the donor ad
vising him or her of the hour of
their appointment. In this way,
there is little waiting and donors
can go through the unit easily
and quickly.
The American Legion Aux
iliary, with Mrs. Barbara S. Vo
liva, Vice-President of the local
unit in charge, will work to re
cruit women volunteers to act as
hostesses and aids.
Donors must be between the
ages of 18 and 59 years. Through
error it was reported that 39 was
the oldest to be included as a
donor.
WINSTEADVILLE NEWS
Jim Mason of Camp Lejeune
spent the week end at his home
here.
Mr. and Mrs.. Ellis Smith and
son, Ellis Ray, visited friends in
Chocowinity and Washington
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Whorton
were shoppers in Washington
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Weather!”
have returned home after spend
ing two weeks with relatives and
friends in Durham.
Miss Shirley Ann Liverman of
Ransomville was the week end
guest of Miss Alice Powell.
Members and counselors of the
M.Y.F. of Bethany church attend
ed a sub-district meeting held at
the Methodist church in Bel
haven Monday night.
Mrs. S. T. Sparrow, Sr., re
turned home Saturday after
spending a week in Mooresville
with her son, R. L. Sparrow. Mr.
Sparrow, who is suffering from
complications following an acci
dent two years ago, is improving.
Enroute home Mrs. Sparrow
spent Friday night in Grifton
with her daughter, Mrs. Bill
Mann and family.
North Carolina is the only state
with an even 100 counties. Six
states have more: Texas 254,
Georgia 159, Kentucky 120, Mis
souri 114, Kansas 105 and Illinois
102. At the other extreme, Rhode
Island has no counties at all.
GLIMPSES
OF
THE PAST
By CAROLYN LLOYD
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This “when I was a girl” rou
tine may get a bit tiresome, but
somehow I always feel safer in
writing about the past than com
menting on the present.
While watching the Belhaven
girls run up a mighty score over
the Chocowinity team on Friday
night, my mind wandered back to
my high school days and my own
feeble career as an athlete. Upon
entering the eighth grade, which
was then the first year of high
school, I went out for basketball
and became a guard, though any
thing but a star player. That year
our team appeared upon the floor
clad in roomy black bloomers,
and middy blouses and knee
socks. The attention of the spec
tator was never diverted from the
game by the players’ looks, that’s
for sure. Girls were beginning to
wear shorts on the court, though
nowhere else, but our principal
was a gentleman of the old school
not easily persuaded to accept
new ideas. Once when we were
playing a school only a few miles
away, we decided to dress before
leaving our school. As we at
tempted to slip out a side door to
get in the cars, we were con
fronted by an indignant prin
cipal. No pupils of his school, we
were informed, would appear
anywhere except on the basket
ball court attired in bloomers. We
w’ere a little late for the game,
but we arrived dressed in full,
though our short skirts were
every bit as revealing as those
hideous bloomers. As time went
on however, our mentor was
forced to give in to keep pace
with the other schools, and it was
a happy team that trotted out on
the court for the first time in
maroon and white shorts and jer
seys.
Those courts, now they were
enough to test the fortitude of
any athlete. No polished floors
in a steam heated gym for us. We
fought our battles in the open,
on courts sometimes even, but
more often with rough spots to
trap the unwary. That ground
could be mighty hard in cold
weather and a bruised body was
an accepted aftermath of the
game. Even now I shudder at the
memory of the pain that followed
the contact between my nose and
a newly-inflated basketball on a
cold winter’s day. All that was
as nothing, though, to the pri
vilege of getting out on the court
to do or die for the dear old high
school. There is very little in the
way of glory today that would
compensate me for being shoved,
tripped, bumped and bruised for
and hour or so, but then it was
a privilege.
Another difference in the game
then and now was in the arrange
ment of the court. There were
three sections, instead of ,two,
and the centers were just what
the name implied, for they could
not move into either of the other
two sections. The center was a
very important player because it
was up to her to tip the ball to
her forwards, who could not
come out of their section to get
it. The coach was as much on the
lookout for a tall center in those
days as a coach is for a tall for-
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THE JUDGE WAS PATIENT
(Nashville Grafic)
Judge Malcolm Paul presided
with extreme and commendable
patience over the trial of the
North Rocky Mount Baptist
Church dispute which ended
Tuesday. Occasions arose many
times throughout the eight days
of hearings that would have tax
ed the patience of men with less
self-control. Judge Paul displayed
a calmness and command of tem
per that reflected credit upon
himself and the court.
It is unfortunate, of course,
that members of a Christian
church should become involved
on such a controversy, and more
unfortunate that they could not
resolve their differences without
court action. The wounded feel
ings will be long in healing. The
strife and dissension will be re
membered for generations.
Judge Paul has a difficult de
cision to make in deciding which
of the two church groups is en
titled to the church property. His
forbearance and patience will
stand him in good stead as he
weighs the evidence and deter
mines a verdict in a case that
needs the calmest and wisest of
judgment.
A DECEMBER STORY?
(The Dunn Dispatch)
For many North Carolinians
there wil be a sad, unhappy and
tragic Christmas story this year.
Last year, 102 persons lost their
lives in traffic accidents in our
state during the month of De
cember. We had a bad month,
last December and during the
five years before that. No matter
how you express it, many Tar
Heel homes experience bitterness,
sorrow and loss during a season
which should have brought them
joy and happiness.
December is usually a month of
many traffic accidents. They
don't just happen. There are rea
sons. It’s up to us to know those
reasons and do some thing about
them.
Underlying all accidents is the
basic fact that many motorists
and many pedestrians have not
been able to adjust themselves to
their environment.
Most accidents are caused by
indifference, improper attitudes,
and in many cases the lack of
skills which are necessary to con
trol an auto under present day
traffic conditions.
What are the specific con
ditions which make December
one of the most dangerous
months of the year?
, First, December is the month
of the year when winter sets in,
in dead earnest. It’s the month of
adjustment to winter driving
conditions. Ice covered roads,
falling snow, and frosted auto
windows cause or help to cause
many accidents. Defrosting
equipment is placed on those
cars which have it, to be used.
All autos should have windshield
wipers in good working order.
Another factor in December’s
high fatality rate is that traffic is
heavier than the other winter
months. There is more pedestrian
traffic in December too, largely
because of the holiday season.
ward today.
There still is no other sport as
fascinating as basketball to me,
though I must admit to being a
better spectator than I ever was
a player. It is a great deal easier
to sit on the sidelines and tell
others how to play than to turn
in a brilliant performance your
self.
North Carolina, bounded by
four states and the Atlantic
Ocean, has a 1,296 mile border—
along Virginia 322.5 miles, Tenn
essee 255 miles, Georgia 68.5
miles, South Carolina 325 miles,
and the Atlantic Ocean, also 325
miles.
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transmission. Production followed special show
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BELHAVEN PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dodd, Mrs.
Mary Spencer, and Mrs. Molly
Sadler motired to Lake Landing
Sunday to visit friends.
Among those attending the
performance of the “Hippodrome
of 1954” in Raleigh on Saturday
were Mr. and Mrs. James Younce
and children, and Mr .and Mrs.
E. L. Voliva and daughter, Pam.
Dr. Walter Ward, of Roberson
ville, was the overnight guest of
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Petter on
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bulluck
and Mrs. Lucy Smith are attend
ing R.E.A. Conference in Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dawson had
as week end guests their daugh
ter, Pat, and her roommate,
Patsy Pool Pappendick, of East
Carolina College.
The Rev. and Mrs. J. N. Bynum
of Battleboro, were Saturday
guests of Mrs. T. H. Blount.
Captain Thomas Wahab has re
turned to Columbus, Ohio, after
spending the week end with his
aunt, Mrs. Emma Wilson. He was
here to attend the funeral of his
father, Charles Wahab, in Swan
Quarter on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Scott
Hackett and children, Drew and
Jan, were week end guests of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Ambrose.
Mrs. Lester Waters is visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Edwards.
Mr. and Mrs. Belton Midgette,
of Plymouth, were here Sunday
to visit their sister, Miss Edna
Gurganus, also of Plymouth, who
is a patient at Pungo District
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. John McKinney
and children, of Norfolk, were
week end guests of Mr .and Mrs.
Emul McKinney.
S/Sgt. and Mrs. Kenneth
Rutherford and little daughter
have gone to .Cherry Point after
visiting Mrs. Rutherford’s grand
mother, Mrs. Lyda Rice. Sgt.
Rutherford was recently trans
fered to Cherry Point from a
Florida base.
Mrs. Jim Best and baby daugh
ter, of Newport are visiting Mrs.
Martha Simmons in Haslin.
Mrs. Sarah Latham has return
ed from a trip to Asheville and
Atlanta, Georgia.
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
FOR
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING
SPENCER RE-UNION TO
BE AT SLADESVILLE
A re-union of the Spencer fam
ily of Sladesville on a big scale
is being planed for Sunday, Jan
uary 17th and visitors are invited.
This meeting will be led by W.
Carl Spencer, affluent Norfolk,
Va., citizen who has achieved
success away from home, and
Ray Spencer of Sladesville.
The Rev. Amos Stone, pastor,
has invited the public and an un
usually happy occasion is pre
dicted. The occasion will honor a
founder of his church, William
Watson Spencer, who died in 1884
at the age of 68. His wife was
Susan Prucia Leath, who died in
1898 at the age of 70. They were
the parents of nine boys and
four girls.
In honoring this distinquished
couple, this becomes the first
family reunion of this distinjuish
ed branch of the Spencer family
and it is planned to make this an
annual occasion.
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60 SECONDS OF
WISDOM
By Fred Dodge
TEXT: “Character is much easier
kept than recovered.”
Thomas Paine.
This story is told of a circuit
judge who held court in a tiny
backwoods county seat. In one case
the local defendent pled guilty and
threw himself on the mercy of the
Court. Never-the-less the judge
ordered a jury trial. Tb his amaze
ment the jury brought in a ver
dict of “Not Guilty”.
“What do you mean?” the in
dignant judge demanded. “Why
this man confessed his guilt!”
“That’s right, judge,” said the
jury foreman, “but you don’t know
this fella’ like we do. He’s the
biggest liar in this country and no
twelve men who know his reputa
tion can believe a word he’s sayin’.”
The harder you throw down a
ball ,the higher it rebounds; but a
thrown reputation is like an egg.
A man’s reputation does not de
pend on the business in which he is
engaged, but rather on his actions
within his business. A good reputa
tion must be guarded jealously.
Even to appear to have been un
truthful or dishonest causes every
act to be regarded with suspicion.
It is necessary to avoid even the
appearance of evil if we would
make and keep a reputation that
will withstand all the assaults that
will be made upon it in our life
time.
TEXT: "Be not simply good; be
good for something."—
Thoreau
A farmer sent his new hired
hand to a little railroad station to
pick up a portable chicken coop
which was coming by freight. Ar
riving at the railroad, the hired
man saw a house, loaded it on
his wagon and started for home.
On the way he met a man in uni
form with the words “Station
Agent” on his cap.
“Say! Hold on! What have you
got on that wagon?” he asked.
“Why, our chicken-house, of
course”, was the reply.
“Chicken house, nothing!” ex
ploded the station agent. “That’s
my station!”
Do folks know who and what
you are? Or will you be mis
taken for something else by any
stranger who happens along?
Whenever you build a belief or
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15,1954
TWO ROBBERIES
PUZZLE OFFICERS
IN BELHAVEN
Potter’s Fish House and High
School Burglarized Dur
ing Week
C. R. Potter, owner of the Bel
haven Fish and Oyster Compaq,
was robbed of approximately
on Saturday afternoon. The bold
thief slipped into the office of the
fish house and picked up the
money lying on the desk while
Mr. Potter was standing outside
talking. Mr. Potter was at no time
out of sight of the office, so it is
obvious that someone familiar
w’ith the establishment was
aware that the money was there
and worked with lightning speed.
On Wednesday night of last
week thieves entered the John A.
Wilkinson High School and
robbed the office safe. Entry was
evidently made through a win
dow on the back of the building.
The thief, or thieves, then prised
the facing from the office door
and dragged the small safe into
the hall, where they jimmied the
door open. The reward for their
efforts was small, however, since
there was only approximately
eleven dollars in silver in the
safe. The money was receipts
from the lunch room and ice
cream box taken in too late to be
banked on Wednesday. A puzz
ling aspect of the case is the fact
that the door facing has not been
found.
Deputy Sheriff Floyd Lupton is
working on both cases.
BOWEN - GIBBS
Mrs. Latham Gibbs of Swan
Quarter has announced the mar
riage of her daughter, Margie
Dell, to Elwood Boyce Bowen,
Thursday, December 31, 1953 at
7:30 in the evening.
The ceremony took place at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert
Bowen, Plymouth, R-l and was
performed by Rev. Arthur J.
Mackie of Belhaven.
The couple left immediately
after the ceremony for a wedding
trip. Only the immediate families
witnessed the service.
an ideal, let those around you
know where you stand. Be good
for something. Put a label on
yourself. Be identified in a posi
tive way with your beliefs. When
you are, you won’t be carted off
by anyone who comes by with
a vehicle to carry away you and
your ideals.