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'LUME XX NO. 52 <W TIES UP PAPA FOR SUPPORT FAR INTO THE FUTURE The Cause of True Love Doesn't Run Smooth, But Baby Must Eat, Judge Says True love doesn’t run smooth, in fact it seems a case of love cool ing off on the part of Jerry Bell McClees. His erstwhile lady friend Ella Mae Meekins, dismayed at his waning affections, had him up before Judge Washington Baum Tuesday, in Dare Recorder’s Court. She couldn’t do anything about the other gal, if there is one, but she told the court he was the father of her 16-months-old child. Love may have cooled off for Jerry Bell, but the Judge said in effect the pot had to keep boiling for the child, so he ordered the papa to pay over through the court $5 a week for its support until it is two years old. Then $6 a week until it is four years old, and then $7 until it is 18 years old. COLUMBIA WOMAN ELECTED PRESIDENT N. C. ASSOCIATION Mrs. Effie A. Brickhouse, Co lumbia postmaster, was elected to fill the position of State President of the Postmaster’s Association, on Tuesday, June 14, at Carolina Beach. She was installed by J. Tracy Moore, postmaster of Greensboro, and vice-president of the National Association of Post masters, to take over the duties of office after the National Postmas ter’s Convention which will be held in Detroit in October. Mrs. Brickhouse has been post master for nineteen years, ap pointed July 7th, 1936 as acting postmaster, by the Honorable Lindsay C. Warren, when he was Congressman of the Ist District. When she took over the duties the office was classed as “low third,” it is now a “second class” office. During her tenure of office, a new building, and modern equip ment has been added; has always »en 100% membership with Na 'JF onal Association of Postmasters jf U. S.; is the only post office'in the county, and rural patrons are served by three letter carriers. Mrs. Brickhouse is quite an active person, having been elected for the past two consecutive years, as “the Woman of the Year” of Tyrrell County; has held the office of state third vice-president; dis trict chairman on membership; is at present vice-chairman of dis trict postmasters. She is active in civic work, having served as presi dent of Columbia Woman’s Club; President of District Woman’s Club; and as public relations de- See WOMAN, Page Four MRS. WALKER TO PUT ON BIG FISH MEAL AT OPENING Mrs. Cecil (Doris) Walker is busy this week getting ready for the grand opening of her new res taurant. This highly successful Manteo business woman plans to close her diner on Saturday, while preparing for the opening on Mon day. Monday’s opening will feature a special fish dinner—at a special price—all youn can eat for 50 cents. This includes dessert, too, Mrs. Walker advises, and every body can get this from 12 noon til 5 p. m. Monday, June 27. This new restaurant gives Man teo extra capacity for serving tourists during the rush season. The old diner had a capacity of about 25, while the new establish ment will seat forty-five comfort ably. Mrs. Walker acquired the eat ing establishment about seven years ago, and became an immed iate success. Through hard work and good service, she has built a substantial business, and hence, decided to put up a modern build ing. All modem furnishings are used in the new place, and it will be air-conditioned. CONNER SUCCESSFUL FOR HATTERAS BREAKWATER Recent news reports indicate that Representative Herbert Bon ner has been successful in getting an item in the appropriations bill for the deepening of Rollinson Channel and the construction of a breakwater at Hatteras Harbor. The engineers have recommended a rubble filled breakwater, with the crown 5 feet above mean low water at a cost of $175,000. The cost of deepening the chan nel is estimated at $155,000. The Engineers’ report shows 65 vessels are permanently based at Hatteras and about 135 more using the har bor at the peak of the fishing sea son. THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA PAUL MELLON VIEWS THE GREAT HATTERAS NATIONAL SEASHORE MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS GIFT OF HIS FAMILY'S MONEY |g ■ .7 s 0 4B v i i £'■ a I "■ I MIDDLE-MAN IN THE MIDDLE. Three years ago Huntington Cairns, secretary and Treasurer and general counsel of the Board at the National Gallery of Art brought the then Governor Kerr Scott of North Caro lina and Paul Mellon, son and heir of the late great Andrew W. Mellon together in an agreement to put up the money to make real the Lindsay Warren dream of Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Here the three men get together for the first time in their lives. Cairns is in the middle of the picture with Kerr Scott, now U. S. Senator at the right and Mr. Mellon at the left. The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse shows dimly between Mellon and Cairns. Photograph by Ben Dixon Mac Neill AVON NATIVE IN MINISTRY WINS MORE RECOGNITION i - IHr Omsk ■ ~ : •• <■ DR. L. SIGSBEE MILLER Many natives of Avon have gone out in the world, but none is more zealous in his field than Luther Sigsbee Miller, the son of Capt. W. B. Miller and the late Mrs. Mil ler. He has served as pastor of the Pearl Street International Pente costal Church in Elizabeth City for 23 years. On May 29th he de livered the commencement address to the graduates of the William Carter Bible College in Goldsboro, at which time he received a degree of Doctor of Divinity. He attended the Manteo High School, studied at N. C. State Col lege and received teacher training at the University of N. C. He taught school in the state for 25 years. At presen|, in addition to his pastoral duties, he is general Secretary for the International Pentecostal Assemblies with head quarters in Newcastle, Wyoming, with a branch office in Elizabeth City. He is a member of the offi cial school board of the Beulah Heights Bible Institute in Atlanta, Ga. THE STATE’S 400th ANNIVERSARY CHALLENGES OUR SPIRIT On Wednesday of this week, a conference of interested citizens was held with Governor Hodges to discuss the commission which will work for a great celebration of the 400th anniversary of the early settlements of North Carolina which trans pired on Roanoke Island. Recent legislation pro vides that a commission be appointed for the 30- year task of planning for the event. The suggestion for this celebration came from Hon. Lindsay C. Warren, a great North Carolinian, and a citizen of our Own region. Its magnitude is treitiendous, its possibilities for the development of the region are great. It is hard to figure where such a celebration would be based, for no one knows now where the most convenient facilities will be 30 years hence. Doubtless there will be many changes whereby sit uations unfavorable now would be exactly the thing then. But no matter where it is concentrated in North Carolina, it will be of tremendous value to every part of it, and to the whole state and na tion. It will be useful and inspiring to the Walter Raleigh Coastland. We hope must good comes out of this meeting and that immediate action is the result. Buxton on Cape Hatteras.— Three men without whom the Cape Hatteras National Seashore might never have been and one of whom had never seen the other two got together on the point of Cape Hat teras Friday and after a day’s looking around decided that the ef fort they put into the creation of the great recreation area was well spent. The three men were Paul Mellon of Washington and Pittsburgh, U. S. Senator AV. Kerr Scott who to gether put up the money to buy the area and present it to the Na tional Park Service and the third was the self-effacing Huntington Cairns, secretary-treasurer and general counsel of the National Gallery of Art in Washington and by many regarded as the most erudite man in that sprawling cap- See SEASHORE, Page Five WANCHESE RURITANS HEAR DISTRICT GOVERNOR FRIDAY Wanchese Ruritan Club had a most welcome guest Friday in Dis trict Governor Bob Spivey of Hert ford. Mr. Spivey spoke to the club on citizenship, praised its good work, and mentioned the forth coming District meeting, probably to be held in Sunbury. Another guest was Rev. Ralph Buchanan, who is temporarily serving the Wanchese Holiness Church. Ches ley Midgett Jr. who has recently come to Wanchese to live was a visitor. Tom Sutton and Wallace Taylor of the Manns Harbor Club attended. The Manns Harbor Club will attend in a body in July. In August the Wanchese club will be host to the Schoolboy’s Ball team. President Melvin Daniels re ported that the County Commis sioners would employ a police officei - for the village beginning in July. A new member, Ernest Walker was elected. Casper Meekins, a new member, attended. Many reports were given concern ing activities of the club in behalf of the community. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1955 THIS GO-GETTING OCRACOKER HAS LED A FULL AND BUSY LIFE iMM-' ,U- w? - ar ■» -.WW .JO \ I ’ " ' l i OCRACOKE ISLAND’S most widely known citizen is Robert Stanley Wahab. His career is extensively covered by a summer neighboring newspaperman, Woodrow Price, in the News and Observer and through the courtesy of this paper we re-print his story. He is a man of great importance in Hyde County; he has extensive real estate interests in Dare County. He is a booster and supporter of most things of public inter est. STANLEY WAHAB FOLLOWED MANY ROADS TO FAME Ocracoke Man's Busy Career Re cited By Neighboring Newspaperman By WOODROW PRICE (News and Observer) If people find Robert Stanley Wahab of the Island of Ocracoke to be an unusual character, it would not be altogether surprising. In his veins runs the blood of pi rates and the blood of Arabs, and the mixture could scarcely be ex pected to produce the common place. He was born at Ocracoke on February 3, 1888, the son of Hat ton Wahab of the Life Saving Service, since become the United BIG JULY FOURTH BEING PLANNED ON OCRACOKE ISLAND Pony Penning, Square Dancing, Beau+y Contest, Boy Scout Cer emony, Surf-Casting and Oth er Events Scheduled Ocracoke. Ocracoke Island Civic Club, with a specially ap pointed committee under the lead ership of Chris Gaskill, president of the Civic Club, is making plans for another big July 4th week end celebration. General management of events in the past two years ha's been in the hands of Capt. Marvin Howard, but his departure for Venezuela, as commanding officer of the sea-going hopper dredge, “Chester Holden”, puts responsi bility in other hands for this year. There will be three days of cele bration. There will of course be the annual round-up and pony pen- j ning and the big parade. There ■ will be a special flag-raising cere mony at the school house, with Boy i Scouts and Cub Scouts taking' part. There will be the big square dance on Saturday night and prob ably one also on Monday night. Plans this year include a bathing beauty contest, a surf-casting contest, and the local Coast Guard Unit has been asked to put on a demonstration of rescue maneu vers. Prizes of course will be in evidence for each and every event. Sunday Services at the two local churches will appropriately recog nize Independence Day. Members of the committee serv ing with Mr. Gaskill are R. S. Wahab, Elmo Mulcher, Harry O’Neal, Monford Garrish, Wallace See OCRACOKE, Page Four States Coast Guard, and of Martha Howard Wahab. Hatton Wahab, according to family tradition, des cended from an Arabian sailor who was cast ashore on Ocracoke from a shipwreck in the early 1700 s. Martha Ann Howard came down the line from the Howard who served as quartermaster aboard the ship of Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard the pirate. Full, Busy Life Now 67 and in the autumn of his career, Stanley Wahab can look back upon a full life, some of which was spent at sea in the man ner of his forbears, except that no pirating was involved. He has been an oysterman, a sailor, an accountant, a pubic school teacher, a leader in the business world and the entrepreneur of an air service. He has been and still is a real estate man, a promoter and a hotel owner. For decades he has been DRAMA’S 712TH PERFORMANCE TO OPEN LOST COLONY’S 15TH SEASON NEXT FRIDAY, JULY 1 This Sunday, Virginia Aspirants to Beauty Title Will Be Received; A Special Extra Perform ance Will Be Given Monday Night, July 4th, for Benefit of Holiday Vacationers STUDENT HONORS FOR STUMPY POINT GIRL MSmM. in* wi J " Hkß' ' 7X ■ i PATRICIA ANNE TWIFORD, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Twiford of Stumpy Point, who graduated from Maury High See HONORS, Page Four prominent in the political and economic life of the coastal region. He looks out upon the world now from behind exceedingly thick lenses and a big cigar. His voice booms across the waters of Silver Lake from the rail of the Commu nity Store as he tells visitors of Ocracoke’s past and predicts of its future. He stands a bit over six feet and weighs a bit over 200 pounds and, except on those occa sions when he is off tending to some of his enterprises farther up the Banks, he usually is around the lake front when the Dolphin comes in each afternoon with its load of mail and passengers from the mainland. As might be expected for any one growing up on an island such as Ocracoke, the water always has played a big part in Stanley Wa hab’s career. It brought his pater- See WAHAB, Page Four Single Copy 70 The oldest outdoor drama in America will open again in Friday night, July 1. Paul Green’s match less Lost Colony is entering what manager Dick jordan says will be its biggest season. Many signs point to a big season, he says. “Already we have sold scores of tickets for the opening perform ance in addition to more than 800 memberships to Roanoke Island Historical Asssociation, each of which represent a season’s ticket to any or all showings this year,” he said. Jordan pointed out that he ex pected large attendance of season ticket owners on opening night, due to the fact that The Lost Colony this year with some minor and some major changes will have a new look. In addition to the usual opening night attractions which normally draws a large audience, there will be many new actors in the cast this year, especially principals, and in show business this always attracts attention from those who like to be first nighters. Rehearsals Progress Director Clifton Britton states that rehearsals have been prog ressing much better than some had anticipated with several new faces in leading roles. “That is because the new prin cipals are experienced actors,” he said. Among the new actors this year will be Martin Gerrish in the role of John Borden, male lead and also David Bowen who will portray the ever popular role of Old Tom Har ris. Gerrish came from Arizona to play the lead and Bowen came from New York via the Raleigh Little Theatre where he was di rector of productions during the past winter. The annual press photographers’ rehearsal of The Lost Colony, will be held in Waterside Theatre be ginning Sunday afternoon, June 26, continuing through the eve ning. During the afternoon, a special event will be the appearance of 18 Portsmouth, Va., beauty queen as pirants who will be officially re ceived by the Lost Colony’s Queen Elizabeth dressed in her finest re galia. Lost Colony’s. Queen Eliza- See PAGEANT, Page Four FAVORITE PASTORS MAY NOT RETURN TO COAST Methodist Ministers Enjoy Great Popu larity As They Plan to Attend Con ference Next Week. When Methodist ministers of the Coastland depart for the annual Conference of their church which begins Monday, June 27, in Fay etteville, they will leave their charges some of them for the last time on their assignment, but also enjoying the highest degree of popularity known in many years. For it appears that most of the Methodists are very happy and devoted to their pastors, and con gregations are unhappy at the prospect of losing some of them, who in the nature of things must be sent to other fields. Churches generally have been prosperous during these years, and in such times progress has favored the churches, and enabled the pastors to carry on their work in greater satisfaction. The Rev. H. R. Ashmore is com pleting his fourth year of service at Manteo. At Wanchese the Rev. C. W. Guthrie is completing his eighth year. At Kitty Hawk the Rev. W. B. Gregory is on his sec ond year of service. On the Kinna keet charge the Rev. R. E. Couch has been serving the Methodist churches on the northern end of Hatteras Island for his first year. The Rev. Dan C. Meadows is com pleting his second year on the Hatteras Charge. The Rev. D. O. Guthrie is finishing his first year on the Currituck Charge. The Rev. A. L. G. Stephenson has been serv ing the Methodist churches on the Dare Mainland for four years. The Rev. E. R. Meekins is completing his fifth year on the Columbia Charge. The Rev. A. M. Cameron has been serving one year as pas tor of the churches of the Matta muskeet Charge. At Swan Quarter the Rev. A. H. Stone is completing his second year. At Bath the Rev. Wilford Wise has served two years. At Belhaven the Rev. W. A. Wentz, Jr., is finishing up his first year of service. The Rev. W. R. Hale is com pleting his first year of service as Methodist minister at Ocracoke.
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