3LUME XX NO. 26
RURITA 3 HOLD
LADIES NIGHT
AT WANCHESE
Will Hold Hill Billy Show
December 28th in Manteo
School Auditorium
Fifty two people enjoyed the
Ladies night program Dec. 17 of
the Wanchese Ruritan Club in the
school auditorium. Mr. and Mrs.
R. E. Jordan of Nags Head were
club guests and piano music and
group singing were led by Mr.
Jordan. Melvin R. Daniels, who
will again become president, suc
ceeding James W. Davis in Janu
ary, made a speech.
This club will sponsor a hill
billy program called the Grand Ole
Opry, with 5 performers on De
cember 28th at 8 p.m. in the high
school auditorium in Manteo. Ad
mission will be 75 cents for adults
and 35 cents for children under 12
years of age.
The club gained 12 members
during the year ending.
MANTEO REBEKAHS
CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS
Mrs. A. H. Ward New Noble
Grand; Installation of Offi
cers Jan. 3 ' ,
Manteo Rebekah Lodge No. 52
held the regular meeting on Dec.
20, with Noble Grand, Mrs. Steve
Basnight, presiding.
The new officers elected were:
Noble Grand, Mrs. Tracy Ward;
Vice Grand, Mrs. Salina Midgette;
Recording Sec’y, Mrs. Anita Jes
sen; Financial Sec’y, Mrs. Marion
Cochran; Treasurer, Mrs. Kather
ine Kennedy.
These and the appointed offi
cers will be installed on January
3. 1955.
Proceeding the meeting a deli
cious turkey supper was enjoyed
by the 34 members present.
Following the meeting a Christ
mas party and exchange of gifts
was held. Several of the members
visited the Carther Liverman
family after the meeting, carry
ing them boxes and baskets filled
with food articles as a love gift
f rom the Lodge and friends.
J NATOR SCOTT GIVES
ADVICE ON FHA LOANS
Senator W. Kerr Scott has
urged North Carolina farmers to
put in their applications for nec
essary Farmers Home Adminis
tration emergency loans “just as
soon as possible.”
The Senator said farmers in 59
Tar Heel counties are eligible for
emergency FHA loans as a result
of damages by Hurricane Hazel
and last summer’s prolonged
drought.
The FHA, Scott said will make
emergency loans to farmers in the
affected counties until December
31, 1955. However, he said it is
“mighty important” to get appli
cations in for such loans as soon
as possible to insure needed funds
for the 1955 crop year.
Under provisions of the FHA
emergency loan program, farmers
can obtain money for feed, seed,
fertilizer, labor and repairs during
the coming year. However, FHA
loans are available only after pri
vate credit has exhausted.
“The law is designed,” Scott
said, ‘‘to enable farmers who
have been hard hit by the drought
and hurricane to make another
crop. It’s something to tide them
over for another year.”
Scott said in view of the tre
mendous losses farmers suffered
in eastern and Piedmont counties
due to the hurricane and drought,
“there will undoubtedly be large
numbers of farmers applying for
these loans. For that reason, it's
very important to get in applica
tions immediately in order to have
ready cash to start spring crops.”
Applications for the loans, Scott
said, can be made through county
FHA offices.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT
ST. ANDREWS-BY-THE-SEA
On December 24th at 4:30 p.m.
there will be a Sunday School pro
gram for all children and adults.
This program will be under the
direction of W. P. Gray the Sun
day School Superintendent, of St.
Andrews by The Sea, Nags Head.
At 11:30 p.m. December 24th
there will be a celebration of The
Holy Communion with sermon.
This service is one of the most
beautiful services of the church
because it is timed so that just
after midnight everyone will be
celebrating the birth of Jesus
Christ by partaking of his sacra
ment. A cordial invitation is ex
tended to all persons to attend this
service.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
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grand-daughters of men v.-ho helped the Wright Brothers with their
fi’ * flights in 1903, took part in the ceremonies Friday observing the
5 anniversary. Miss Etheridge is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adam
Etheridge; and Miss Pearce is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willis R.
Pearce.—Photo by Aycock Brown.
THE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS
A SLAMON FO1 t THE
FOR OUR READERS
• By REV. H. R. ASHMOKe,
Pastor Mt. Olivet Methodist Church of Manteo.
Text: And the Word was made
flesh, and dwelt among us. John
1:14
Just as there is no other person
who can be what Christ was and
is for the world, there is no other
time on the calendar like Christ
mas. This season commemorates
the coming into the life and af
fairs of mankind divine life and
power in a most impressive and
significant manner. The Word be
came flesh and dwelt among us.
We were confronted with God’s
provisions for a:l mankind.
From the beginning of record
ed history the individual human
being was called upon to discern
and interpret the character and
purpose of the Divine Presence.
Moses, we are told, was afraid to
look upon God. For him God was
shrouded in clouds and lightning
and thunder. Saint Paul states
that prior to the coming of Christ
men saw G- d as ‘‘through a glass
darkly. ’ Always men have seen
God thr ugh their own back
ground sr J qualifications. Jesus
said to his disciples, “I have yet
many things to say unto you, but
ye cannot bear them now!”
Christmas and the presence of
Christ in the world confronts us
with the individual responsibil
ity of discerning for ourselves his
truth, grace and power toward us
by our lespunse to hi.n through
faith.
Invaluable assistance in our own
proper and necessary response to
Christ may be found in the Script
ural accounts of the responses and
evaluations of the persons immed
iately associated with Christ in his
life on earth. Here nothing is to be
gained for us in ill-considered and
false assumptions. Our minds and
hearts must be open, eager and
alert. Magic or any unreality can
but disappoint and impoverish us.
We want only that truth which is
as pertinent as that by which the
scientist demonstrates his televi
sion, strato-cruiser or atomic
power. We will discover the nec
essity of understanding the differ
ence between poetry and prose,
between drama and unadorned
facts. We will certainly discover
that poetry, drama and music
have their own distinctive and en
riching part to play, but they
must not be assigned a part that
does not belong to them. It is not
surprising that Christ should stir
the hearts and the creative imagi
nations of people. The greatest
poetry ever written, and the
greatest prose of all the ages, and
the greatest sculpture and archi-
tecture men have produced, and
the most inspiring music man has
ever heard, all were produced by
persons Christ had inspired. The
knowledge that the impact Christ
made upon his followers produced
the lovely Christmas stories of the
wise men and the shepherds, and
that these stories played no part
in determining the course of his
life, should be of assistance to us.
What more likely response could
anyone make to a soul-stirring ex
perience with Christ than to wax
poetic or turn to beautiful drama?
A modern poet, Lew Sarett, stir
red by a flaming sunset among
the hills expressed his ecstatic
experience in these words:
“God is at the anvil beating out
the sun;
Where the molten metal spills
At' his forging among the hills,
He has hammered out the glory
of a day that’s done.”
For anyone to undertake to
literalize his beautiful words
would of course be absurd, but
See SERMON, Page Ten
CHRISTMAS, ’54
Someday, as far as you can find,
Every man will love mankind.
Everyone will prove his worth
In all the lands throughout the earth.
Hate and evil war will cease.
And all the world will dwell in peace.
No unkind deed, nor harmful word,
Will then be done, or ever heard.
Man will then his life employ
Doing good and living joy.
Heaven, descended from above,
Will fill both earth and man with love.
Life will then be safe for man.
Lovely works will be his plan;
Grandeur built within the hour
By common wealth and common power.
Forests full of nuts and fruit
Will gloomy prophets all refute;
Abundance free for all to take
Gladly made for brother’s sake.
Everyone will do his part,
And all will share both goods and heart.
Splendid homes will then arise
For all in earthly paradise.
Happiness is our fate
If we will love, and never hate.
May we enter this bright door
Now, this Christmas, ’54.
—Vernon Ward
“Breezy Banks”
Ransomville, N. C.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1954
FLIGHT HISTORY
FOR 51 YEARS IN
DARE RECALLED
Twenty seven years ago, Her
ber Hoover was Secretary of the
U. S. Department of Commerce,
at a time when Lindsay Warren
was trying to get Congress to rec
ognize aviation history that began
at Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills
some 24 years before 1927. Mr.
Hoover came to Kill Devil Hills
to look over the site of the first
successful flights. He passed opin
ion unfavorable to any large ap
priation for a costly memorial at
this place on the grounds that so
few people could ever get to see it.
Ten thousand people came last
year to join in the ceremonies in
observance of the 50th anniver
sary of the first flight by the
Wrights, on December 17, 1903.
This year last Friday, there was
a smaller crowd, but many of them
came and they saw.
So even so great a man as Mr.
Hoover, soon to be President, was
rated in those days could be mis
taken. There were no good roads
in the entire area. No bridge had
been built across Currituck Sound.
But there were men of vision, in
cluding Mr. Warren who knew a
bridge would come, and they pur
sued their dream of building the
Wright memorial until it became
an accomplished fact in a few
years.
In Washington, D. C. also, as
every year the anniversary was
appropriately observed last Fri- |
day with a program featuring
many men high in the aviation
world.
In Dare County some 16 jet
planes joined in the observance,
and men high in military circles
took part in a program that con
cluded with a dinner at the Caro
linian Hotel.
Miss Marie Etheridge, a grand
daughter of the late Adam Ether
idge, and Miss Margaret Pearce,
a grand-daughter of the late John
T. Daniels, who with William S.
Dough, were three surfmen of Kill
DH-'il Hills station who helped the 1
Wright Brothers, brought a
wreath to the base of the monu
ment.
Another wreath was flown in a
jet plane from Dayton, Ohio by
Lt. Col. Geo. V. Lane.
The Elizabeth City High School ,
Band took part in the ceremonies.
See HISTORY, Page Ten
DOOR DECORATION PRIZE
WON BY MRS. TARKINGTON
Mrs. L. D. Tarkington of Man
teo was awarded first place, win
ning a blue ribbon, in the annual
door decoration contest sponsored
by the Home Demonstration Clubs
of Roanoke Island. Mrs. Arnold
Daniels of Wanchese won second
place, receiving a red ribbon; and
Mrs. Henry B. Parker of Manteo
took third place, getting the white
ribbon.
Doors were judged on the eve
ning of December 22 by Mrs.
Clarence Butler, Mrs. Durwood
Miller and Mrs. Herbert Morrison,
all of Kill Devil Hills.
Prizes were awarded on door
decorations only, not the general
decorating effect. Points consider
ed were originality, lighting ef
fect, simplicity and Christmasey
look.
NATIVE OF HYDE
MEMBER OF CREW
OF MISSING SHIP
Walter Jennette of Slades
ville Is Chief Engineer of
Southern Districts
Walter Jennette, son of Mr. and
Mrs. B. C. Jennette of Sladesville,
is the Chief Engineer aboard the
missing freighter Southern Dis
tricts.
The 3,337-ton freighter, a con
verted LST, left Port Sulphur,
La,, on December 3, with a load of
sulphur. It was due at Rockport,
Me., on December 11, but it never
arrived. The last contact with the
ship was on December 5, two days
after it left port.
The Jennettes were notified
Wednesday of last week that a
search was underway for the ship.
The search was suspended last
Friday, but was resumed Sunday
only to be called off late Tuesday
without any success.
However, Jennette’s parents, as
See MEMBER, Page Ten
EASTERN STAR HOLDS
PARTY AT RODANTHE
Following their regular meeting
Monday night at Rodanthe, the
members entertained their hus
bands at a Christmas party at the
community building, the Worthy
Matron, Mrs. Cedric Midgett, pre
sided. About 40 attended. Coffee,
cake, candies, fruit, etc were
served. The chapter, formed over
a year ago, prior to establishment
of the Masonic Lodge at Buxton
is composed of members in the
villages of Hatteras Island.
HEAVY, HEAVY, WHAT HANGS OVER THEE.
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WHY ORANGES, of course, on Mrs. Loran Barnett’s tree at Buxton
on Cape Hatteras. This particular tree is not of recent planting, but
sprouted from-a seed thrown out in the yard about 20 years ago, and
this fruitful tree, now about 25 feet tall, is the cause of numerous other
citrus trees being planted and now bearing, on Cape Hatteras. The good
looker is Miss Shirley Baraett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis Barnett
of Buxton.—Photo by Aycock Brown.
43 VARIETIES OF FISH
TAKEN FROM DARE WATERS
When Charles J. Parker Jr.,
head of the State Advertising
Division, came to the Dare Coast
last week to represent Governor
Luther Hodges at the 51sl Anni
versary Celebration of the Wright
Brothers famous first flights of
December 17, 1903, he had another
objective in view. While here he
checked with Dare County Tourist
Bureau to determine the number
of varieties of fish taken from
Dare Waters and the area in
which they are caught.
The average for the State’s
coastal waters was 30 varieties,
according to his preliminary sur
vey. He learned that more than
this number of varieties are taken
from the waters of Dare County,
and a final report mailed to Ra
leigh this week from Manteo in
dicated that this year at least 43
varieties of fishes had been landed
with rod and reel.
NEW SHRINE CLUB
PRESIDENT FOR '55
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BILLY COX of Manteo, who has
been elected President of the Dare
County Shrine Club for 1955, suc
ceeding Belton B. Burrus. The
new president will take over in
January. Willett Tillett was
named Vice-President and Bob
Smith continues as Secretary-
Treasurer.
Seldon Midgett is succeeded as
house committee chairman for De
cember by P. J. M. Bayne. Sam
Midgett was named chairman of
a committee for the Christmas
party held Dec. 18 for children of
members.
Bill Cox has a lot of the genial
personality of his noted grand
father, Alpheus Drinkwater. He is
28 years old, is married to the for
mer Wanda Daniels of Wanchese,
they have a young son 18 months
old. Bill has been in the Coast
Gaurd all of his adult life.
OFFICERS INSTALLED
BY WANCHESE MASONS
Officers installed in Wanchese
Lodge No. 521 A.F . and A. M. in
December to serve during the en
suing year are Willett Tillett, W.
M„ R. S. Smith, S. W.; H.
O. Bridges, J. W.; J. W. Davis,
Secretary; Melvin Daniels, Treas.;
Bill Twiford of K. D. Hills, Senior
Deacon; Chas. Daniels, J. D.; S.
B. Tillett, Tyler; Chesley Midgett
and Hughes Tillett, Stewards.
The Lodge, organized June 13,
1903 has 225 members, at one
time it had almost 400 members,
but the organization of the Man
teo Lodge a few years ago took
more than 20 members and the
greater part of the territory under
its jurisdiction. Last year the or
ganization of the Lodge at Bux
ton took another 20 or more mem
bers, and with it the entire terri
tory of Hatteras Island from
which Wanchese Lodge drew a
large part of its new members.
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A FAULTY WIRE
CAUSES A FIRE
IN GARD HOME
Damage to Roanoke Island
Home Tuesday Night Es
timated at SSOO
A fire believed to have been set
from a defective cord in an elec
tric heater damaged the Alfred
Gard home near Manteo Tuesday
evening to the extent of SBOO, ac
cording to Manteo Fire Chief Ivey
Evans. The Manteo Fire Depart
ment went to the scene when call
ed. They soon brought the fire un
der control.
The occupants of the home had
gone down-town for the mail
shortly after plugging in the heat
er to warm a bedroom. The home
is a modern bungalow two miles
from Manteo.
More fires of this type may be
expected during the bitter cold
weather, and particularly the
Christmas season when more
electrical lighting and heating ap
pliances will be used. Many elec
trical cords long unused become
dry and easily break when sudden
ly unrolled and put into service;
when cold the danger of breaking
insulation is even greater.
LIONS HOLD SUCCESSFUL
DANCE, LADIES NIGHT
Saturday’s Shrine Club Affairs
Nets $125; Ladies Night Held
Tuesday in Community
Building
Two successful meetings in
short order within the week have
been held by the Manteo Lions
Club. Saturday night at the Man
teo school gymnasium the Lions
held a dance and sold 190 admis
sion tickets. The dance netted $125
for the clubs fund for work among
the needy. Aid to the blind L one
of the principal programs of the
Lions.
Earl Green is now president of
the club which has 25 members
and js spur ye.rs old. Other presi
dents hsrve been Henry B. Parke!*,
Jack Wilson, Ralph Davis, and'
Dallas Parker. The club meets on
the first and third Tuesdays of
each month.
At Ladies Night in the commu
nity building in Manteo approxi
mately 40 people were in attend
ance. The Christmas motif was
used in decorations, and a chicken
dinner was served. The evening’s
entertainment featured Mr. and
Mrs. Elmo Daniels, who sang a
group of songs.
BETTER FIRE FIGHTING
UNIT TO SERVE MANTEO
AND VICINITY IS NEEDED
The rapid growth in the value
of property in the area, the in
creased demand for fire protec
tion, the scarcity of men able to
afford the time to give free to
operate an efficient volunteer fire
department comprise a subject
worth serious study.
Next week we wish to devote
some space to the problems that
confront efforts for good fire
fighting service. In the meantime
every person with valuable prop
erty at stake, should be careful
with fire. With Christmas trees
and home lighting on the increase,
together with the rapidly growing
uses of electric cord, a lot of cau
tion is necessary to avoid fires. In
the winter season, more fire is
used for heating and cooking.
Homes are worth more than ever,
cost more to build. It is time to
think about adequate fire protec
tion.
OYSTERMAN OVERCOME
BY CARBON MONOXIDE
Sammie Harris of Swan Quar
ter was in Pungo District Hospital
in Belhaven yesterday recovering
from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Mr. Harris was overcome by car
bon monoxide fumes Tuesday af
ternoon while operating a boat out
in Deep Bay, near Rose Bay.
Johnnie Hodges, another oyster
man, is reported to have sighted
Mr. Harris’ boat, the Colerain,
aground near the shore. He could
not reach the Colerain because of
the shallow water. So, Eamie
Sawyer, in a smaller boat, went
to the distressed vessel. He found
the motor of the Colerain still
running and still in gear. Mr. Har
ris on the floor in the cabin un
conscious.
The victim was taken aboard
Mr. Sawyer’s boat and carried to
C. B. Jennette’s Oyster House at
Rose Bay; from there he was
rushed to Pungo District Hospital
in Belhaven, where he was
brought around by Dr. J. T.
Wright.