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THE COASTLAND TIMES
Published Continuously at Manteo, N. C., Since July 4, 1935
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VoL XX Manteo, N. C, Friday, April 29, 1955 No. 44
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WANT TO'SINK $85,000 IN A JAIU '
The Commissioners of Dare County want to raise your
taxes, so they can get $35,000 to spend on a jail. They want
the citizens to go to the polls, vote $35,000 in bonds, which
actually means twice as much by the time it is paid back, if
history is followed in Dare County. The last bond hasn’t
been paid off on the old courthouse and jail built 50 years
ago.
Then when they get the $35,000, the commissioners
want to take $50,000 in cash that now belongs to all the peo
ple, making a total of $85,000 to build a new jail; a jail that
will still be unfinished, but it will have a couple of glorified
offices for some of the officials. It’s going to cost more than
SIOO,OOO to do this job, and maybe more by the time it is
done. And all on a small lot not big enough for the town hall
of Kill Devil Hills.
This is a lot of money to spend on a jail, which has about
one boarder a year. One pint sized colored fellow, weighing
about 100 pounds recently awaiting trial at May court.
But he is now free, bailed out by his employer. Wonder
if the people will vote in favor of building a SIOO,OOO
hotel to take care of one negro a year, and a couple of of
fices for county officials. Perhaps they want more room so
they can hire more help, to do the work they were elected to
do themselves.
If this is progress in Dare County, we are surely out of
step.
A GOOD WORD FOR ELECTRIC CO-OPS.
The management of electric co-ops in the United States
gets a good word in the current report from Washington
which shows that of two and a half-billion dollars loaned
for creating these utility systems, only $307,340 has been
lost in delinquent loans. There is still a further bright spot
in this report which is refreshing following so long a period
of Governmental waste and mismanagement, in that, of 78
and a half million dollars loaned in N. C. there are no loans
delinquent.
We who know the splendid advantage that has come to
the people served by Woodstock Electric in Beaufort, Hyde
and Washington Counties; of the Cape Hatteras Co-op on
Hatteras Island, and the plant at Ocracoke know what a
boon these systems have meant to a people who were long
considered as being in an unprofitable area where invest
ment of private capital was not warranted. It is true that
when the co-op came in, it was a long pull in some cases,
but the establishment of the system made possible a great
development which now Jooks interesting to private capital,
or the larger public utilities companies.
These systems have made a splendid contribution to the
progress of the Belhaven and Hatteras areas ushering in a
high standard of living because of means of using modern
conveniences and aid to home life. They have encouraged
building and improvement of homes, and in countless ways
stimulated commercial and economic development and im
provement.
The Co-ops built by REA have justified the investment
and confidence placed in them by the American people.
CRITICISM OF THE NEW CARS
Automobile manufacturers are coming in for some se
vere criticism for the trend toward wider, longer and lower
cars as well as for the emphasis on greater and greater
horse power. While the primary criticism is on grounds of
safety, the wider and longer cars are criticized on other
scores as well.
New cars are said to be harder to park and to jut out of
older home garages and allow the driver hardly enough
room at the sides to open the door and get out. And while
car manufacturers generally are on defensive of the trend,
Alfred C. Reeves, advisory vice president of the Automobile
Manufacturers Association, says it is “ruining a lot of gar
ages and parking lots.”
The drop in car height of three to five inches has sharp
ly cut motorists’ vision and made it difficult for drivers to
see clearly across intersections, according to Frederick P.
Clark, a nationally-known consultant on city planning.
As for horse power, Traffic Commissioner T. T. Wiley
of New York City says most drivers are neithen,trained nor
physically able to handle the amount placed at their disposal
and continuation of the trend would be “sheer madness.”
The extraordinary sharp competition which is produc
ing these trends is also producing “many worthwhile fea
tures to facilitate safe driving,” as Commissioner Wiley
says. What manufacturer will be first to make such fea
tures as these the main selling points for his product, instead
of dramatic changes of doubtful value ? Surely the automo
bile buying public possesses the intelligence and the dis
crimination to justify the faith of designers and builders
who will make their first appeal to those who are interested,
not in superficialities, but in a safe and useful product
AVON PERSONALS
Charlie Haywood, who is em
ployed in Norfolk visited his chil
dren last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Herscal Williams
and children of Elizabeth City
spent the week end here.
Mrs. Stella Price and boys,
Kem and Bengy of Eliabeth City
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. I. G.
Scarborough.
Rex Meekins of Jacksonville
has returned after visiting here.
Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich Williams
and family of Elizabeth City spent
the week end here.
Mrs. Kate Scarborough and
Mrs. Dewey Scarborough Jr., are
visiting iin Norfolk.
Earl O’Neal has returned from
Norfolk.
Cecil Williams and Jimmy Wil
liams of Norfolk spent the week
end with their mother, Mrs. Ruby
Williams.
Billy Gray, who is employed in
Norfolk is visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Gray.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Meekins of
S. C., have returned after visiting
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Meekins.
Clyde Scarborough, U.S.C.G.,
Norfolk, Va., has returned after
visiting his family.
Rev. and Mrs. Alvin Price of
Wanehese are visiting here.
Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Scar
borough, Jr., and son Sumner of
Norfolk are visiting Mrs. Marg
Gray and Mr. and Mrs. Sumner
Scarborough, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Gray and
family of Norfolk are visiting
here.
Damorn and Otis Meekins of
Norfolk are visiting here.
Mr. and Mrs. Blucher Scar
borough and son B. R. have re
turned after visiting Mr. and Mrs.
E. R. Scaroborough.
METHODIST CHARGE BOARD
TO MEET SUNDAY NIGHT
The Charge Board of the Swan
Quarter-Fairfield Methodist Charge
will meet next Sunday night, May
1, at 7:30 p.m., at the Fairfield
Methodist Church in Fairfield. The
charge officials and the pastor urge
all members of the board to attend
this meeting.
ODE TO
THE
PIRATE’S
JUBILEE
By MARY EASON COX
In bright sunlight, we walked the
beach,
’Twit saxnd dunes and lapping
sea;
The gulls flew high, the gulls flew
low,
With cries of grave anx-i-ety.
We gathered shells of orange and
red,
Os copper, pale gray and cream,
The beautiful conchs and cat-eye
snails,
Huge, white clam and oystern
lean.
We heeded not the inrolling fog
’Til brightness left sand and
shell;
Far, Far were we from the cot
tage snug,
’Twixt dunes and the sea’s
somber knell.
Wreck and driftwood loomed out
the mist
Like sea serpents of fables old;
The little fat dunes hooded and
weird;
And we were weary and cold.
The dank, whimpering swish of
sea oats,
Cringing ’neath their ghostly
shroud,
Seemed to whisper legends of
pirates
Who long ago this beach had
cowed.
Deeper and deeper grew the cruel
sand, -
Crunching and grasping at our
feet.
Could pirate spirits be on this
strand,
’Waiting outlanders to defeat.
No! They herald “Pirates’ Jubi
lee”, ‘
To be held on this lonely coast:
A strange and colorful pageant
Os which any proud pirate could
boast.
Shell-laden, at last, we found our
door,
Followed by swirling veils of
fog,
Closed out the piercing sea gulls’
cries,
And lighted the waiting log.
FAVORABLE REPORTS BY
TYRRELL GRAND JURY
At the recent term of court in
Tyrrell County, the Grand Jury
gave a clean bill to most county
institutions. The school buses and
the patrolman’s report and his of
ifce were recommended. Paint was
recommended for the outside of
the patrolman’s office, and the
outside of the county library. New
lights and sash for the colored
school at Travis; colored schools
in Colunibia in good condition.
Paint and repairs were recom
mended for the second time at the
colored school in Gum Neck. The
white school in Gum Neck was in
satisfactory condition; Columbia
High in good condition, save for
paint on outside of wooden build
ing. The office of the school
Superintendent was in excellent
condition and all other county of
fices in good condition; the jail
in “reasonably good” condition.
The county home now rented out
to five families, was in much need
of repair. Four rubber cushions
were again recommended for
chairs of the petit jury.
Strictly speaking, the bream is
a European fish not found in the
United States. Sports Afield
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THE COASTLAND TIMES, MANTEO, N. C.
WASHINGTON REPORT
By BILL WHITLEY
REA. Advocates of the Rural
Electrification Program are pre
paring themselves for a battle
which they consider a matter of
life and death for the entire REA
setup.
REA co-op officials consider the
Hoover Commission report dealing
with Federal lending agencies as
a direct blow to the REA program.
If adopted by Congress, they fear
it would seriously jeopardize the
program.
Under the Hoover Commission
recommendations, REA would be
converted into a "Rural Electrifi
cation Corporation,” and would be
operated by a board of directors.
Under the proposed changes, it is
feared that REA co-ops would be
forced to secure all future loans
through the private money mar
ket.
PRIVATE. Such a shift, it is
argued, would mean that the REA
would in effect be put into the
hands of private banking interests
—and for all practical purposes,
into the hands of private utilities.
REA was conceived and built, it
is argued, by the general public
through Congress. To put it into
the hands of private interests
would be to kill its intent, it is
pointed out. •
ARGUMENTS. In support of
their position, REA advocates
WANCHESE PERSONALS
Mrs. Calvin Sawyer of Norfolk
visited Mrs. Erma Daniels.
Irving Williams, Jr. visited
Mrs. Louisa Williams.
Shirley Daniels of E.C.C.,
Greenville, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold Daniels.
Mr. and Mrs. Royden Tillett
visited Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Chap
man at Farmville.
Mrs. Harry Baum and Mrs.
Woodrow Stetson spent Saturday
in Norfolk. t
“Buster” Daniels of William
and Mary College, Norfolk, visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kalb
Daniels.
,Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Daniels
visited Spencer Daniels, a patient
in the Norfolk General Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Daniels, Jr.
of Norfolk visited relatives here.
Miss Rowena Midgett visited
her sister, Mrs. Murray Edwards
in Newport News.
Mrs. Ralph Fleming of Newport
News visited her mother, Mrs.
Molly Baum.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Walker,
Jr., Mrs. Millie Daniels, Mrs.
Ward Daniels, Mrs. Noah Forbes,
Mrs. Carrie Tillett, Mrs. Bob
Green, Mr. and Mrs. Reggie Til
lett, Mrs. Walter Ballance, Mrs.
Lillian Daniels, Mrs. Lucetta
Montague, Mrs. Sallie Daniels,
Mrs. Edward Davis, Mrs. Bernise
Midgett and Miss Ophelia Daniels
attended the funeral of Mrs.
Ernest Walker, Sr. in Maple Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Gaskill visit
ed Hatteras Tuesday, with their
guests, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Caroon
of Angleton, Texas. Mr. and Mrs.
Caroon left Wednesday for Texas
after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Gas
kill for a week.
CAPT. JAMES N. BARDIN
NOW IN CALIFORNIA
Camp Pendleton, Calif. (FHTN
C). —Marine Capt. James N.
Bardin, sonof Dr. and Mrs. James
C. Bardin of Manteo, and husband
of the former Miss Ruth C. Mor
tensen of Blackwell, Okla., report
ed here on April 1, and has been
assigned to the Base Maintenance
Section.
have a strong argument in REA’s
record of repayment of loans. Os
the total 2.5 Billion dollars loaned
to REA co-ops in the 20 years the
program has been in operation,
only $307,340 has been lost in de
linquent loans. In North Carolina
the repayment record has been
even more amazing. Os a total of
78.5 million dollars in North Caro
lina .loans, there are none delin
quent.
Another argument is that of in
creased interest rates. REA offi
cials fear that if the Hoover Com
mission report is carried into law,
it would mean that co-ops would
have to pay about twice as much
in intterest as they now pay.
TREND. The Recommendations
of the Hoover Commission, con
cerning REA is but one of sug
gestions that the government
should turn over many of its func
tions to private enterprise. It is a
growing trend in line with the
recommendations o f President
Eisenhower and the Republican
Party.
It is interesting to note that
REA itself was born as a result
of private power companies refus
ing to furnish electricity to rural
areas which didn’t appear profit
able. Now, after 20 years of de
velopment, it appears that private
utilities feel that there is profit
to be made in REA customers.
ATTEND C.W.F. CONVENTION
Those from Engelhard who at
tended the Christian Women’s Fel
lowship Area Convention at the
First Christian Church in Plym
outh last Friday were: Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Huffman, Mrs. Lee
Gibbs, Mrs. M. C. McKinney, Mrs.
Luke Neal, Mrs. James E. Cox,
Mrs. Terry Hardison, Mrs. George
T. Gibbs, Mrs. J. M. Long, Mrs. Ru
fus Williams, Mrs. Durwood Gibbs,
Mrs. Henry Cahoon, and Mrs. Guy
Gibbs.
CASINO BINGO
NAGS HEAD, N. C.
Sadie Hawkins
Day
“THE DAY WE GIVE IT ALL AWAY”
Sunday, May 1
OPEN 12 NOON
Every Prize In the House
Will Be Given Away!!
. GENERAL ELECTRIC UNIVERSAL
WESTINGHOUSE SUNBEAM
APPLIANCES
SPORTING GOODS HOUSEWARES
TOYS FISHING TACKI ,F.
LAST GAME UNIVERSAL
WASHING MACHINE
Plenty of Fun
for All
DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL
WORKSHOPS ARE HELD
Teachers, supervisors, and
superintendents from eight school
units in eastern North Carolina
took part in a district workshop
of the Southern Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools’
Cooperative Program for the Im
provement of Elementary Educa
tion Monday in Plymouth.
The introduction to the work
shop and the explanation of the
State Guide was given by A. B.
Combs, director of the State Divi
sion of Elementary and Secondary
Education, Ruth Hoyle, elemen
tary supervisor of the Elizabeth
City Schools, spoke on “How
Schools Identify and Become In
volved in planning a Program of
Self-Improvement" and “How to
Evaluate the Elementary School
Program in Terms of the Southern
Association’s Bulletin on ‘Evalua
ting the Elementary Schools.’” A
discussion of available resources
at the state and local levels for
carrying forward a program of
self-improvement was led by
Annie Lee Jones, elementary
supervisor of Pitt County Schools.
After dinner, a presentation of
promising practices which have
been carried out in schools of this
area was made by Homer Lassiter,
State Supervisor of Elementary
Education, and then Eva William
son, of' East Carolina College’s
Department of Education,- spoke
on Child Growth and Develop
ment.
School units which are members
of the district are the Hyde, Dare,
and Washington-county units and
the Elizabeth City units. Guests
at this week’s workshop were rep
resentatives of the Beaufort and
Martin county units and the
Washington and Edenton city
units.
Practically the same program
was followed Tuesday when Negro
teachers and leaders of the district
met at Roper.
The following white teachers rep
resented Dare County at the meet
ing: Mrs. Hazel McLean, Kitty
Hawk School; Mrs. Mary Deaton
Meekins, Manteo School; C. D.
Wagstaff, Wanchese School; Mrs.
FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1955
CANCER CLINIC ON FRIDAY
MAY 6 IN ELIZABETH CITY
The Northeastern Cancer Clinic
will be held Friday May 6, 1955
in Elizabeth City, at the Health
Center with registration begin
ning at 1:00. A free chest
will be given to anyone
it along with the examination
the five areas of the body where
cancern is most easily found and
cured. There are no limitations as
to sex, race, physical, or economic
status at the Center; however
there are age requirements. Wo
men should be 35 or more; men
should be 40 or over unless refer
red by a doctor, or unless one of
the “Seven Danger Signals” or
“Symptoms” is present. No prior
ity is necessary; however, only so
many people can be seen at the
Center due to limited facili
ties, so it is suggested that anyone
who wishes to be assured of an
appointment should drop a card
to the CANCER CENTER, Eliza
beth City and be sure of being
seen. Examinees are asked to
bring a robe or housecoat with
them.
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Ruby Gray, Stumpy Point School;
Mrs. Ivadean Wescott, Manns Har
bor School; Mr. Noah Toler, coun
ty supervisor; Mrs. Mary L. Ev
ans, county superintendent.
Principal W. E. Hall, Mrs. Es
telle Boone, and Mrs. Eva Bethea,
all of the Roanoke School, attend
ed the meeting for Negroes at
Roper.
ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS!
GRAVEYARD OF
THE ATLANTIC
By DAVID STICK
Factual Accounts of Numerous
Shipwrecks Along the
Outer Banks
$5.00 at Your Bookseller or
from the Dare Press,
Kitty Hawk, N. C.