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FAMOUS BOATS TO RACE
IN NORTH CAROLINA
Elizabeth City.—With famous
racing craft like Guy Lombardo’s
Tempo VII zooming over the Pas
quotank River in quest of new
world speed records, this North
Carolina boating center promises
visitors a gala round of festivities
and exciting races at the Interna
tional Cup Regatta Festival
September 30-October 2.
Lombardo’s Tempo VII, fresh
from her victory in Detroit’s Silver
Cup and Lee Schoenith’s Gale V,
winner of the Seattle Gold Cup on
August 7, will be among the 10
or more big unlimited hydroplanes
competing for the International
Cup at Elizabeth City. That race is
scheduled for October 2.
In all, there will be 15 classes
of high-speed boats campaigning
for trophies and new world records
in races and mile trials October 1
and 2. The festival program be
gins Friday, September 30, with a
street art display, yachting fashion
show, a mammoth outdoor fish
fry, and football game. A festival
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parade and queen contest will be
interspersed with the races on
October 1, followed by a fireworks
display over the river at sundown
and the International Cup Ball
with Charplie Spivak’s orchestra.
The Pasquotank River curves
past Elizabeth City’s business dis
trict, and offers numerous van
tage points for viewing the races.
Spectators have the whole city to
park in, and ample dock and
anchorage for pleasure craft and
yachts is available to those who
arrive by boat via the Intra
coastal Waterway and Albemarle
Sound.
In the unlimited hydroplane race
this year, Gale V, winner of the In
ternational Cup in 1954, will com
pete with the Tempo VII, Horace
Dodge’s three “My Sweeties” from
Detroit, the Gale IV and the new
Gale VI, and new hydros designed
by Ted Jones. Jones, whose Slo-
Mo-Shun IV set world records,
calls the Pasquotank River course
“the best water on the East Coast
for racing unlimited hydroplanes ’.
Gale V averaged over 90 miles
per hour on the course in the 1954
Ir ternational.
GLIMPSES
OF
THE PAST
By CAROLYN LLOYD
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From someone’s radio or tele
vision set down the street comes
the chorus of “The Old Rugged
Cross” being sung by a male quar
tet. Suddenly I am back in grade
school staying in at recess be
cause the teacher returned to the
room after lunch and found the
class harmonizing on the hymn.
She said we were being sacrile
gious, and no amount of argument
would convince her that we had no
such intention. We simply loved
to sing; it was a song we all knew;
and it was perfect for harmoniz
ing. We were also pretty good at
“Shall We Gather At The River”
and “Let the Lower Lights Be
Burning.” The idea of being sac
rilegious was a little confusing to
us, since we sang those hymns
around a pihno at home and had
never been told that that type of
music should only be performed
under a church roof.
Those old hymns aren’t heard so
frequently these days. Looking
back, I am inclined to believe that
the long-suffering people of my
community might have wished
that they had been heard less oft
en then. As I said, we were a sing
ing crowd, and we performed with
very little urging on any and all
occasions. The town was small, but
like most small towns, had a large
number- of churches with small
congregations. Every denomina
tion was represented in our crowd
and, not wanting to slight anyone
or miss out on anything, we took
part in the activities of all
churches. Whatever young peo
ple’s organization existed in any
church, we all belonged to, favor
ing, of course, the one that served
the best refreshments. There must
have ben a scarcity of adult sing
ers, for when a revival or any
other special occasion was held in
any church, we young ones were
pressed into service in the choir.
During at least one of these, the
minister must have wished fer
vently that he had never seen us,
for we just about broke up the
service on two separate nights.
The choir sat on a dais facing the
congregation and separated from
the minister’s lectern by a half
curtain. The adults in the choir
sat on the first row, in order, I’m
sure, to keep the younger ones in
line. One of them, however, made
the mistake of first slipping off
her shoes. When we stood up to
sing, someone accidentally kicked
the shoe through the curtain in
full view of the congregation.
There were a few restrained
smiles from in front, but there
was nothing restrained about the
■wave of giggles which swept the
back row of the choir. Surely there
is no one who ever went to church
in his youth who fails to remem
ber the peculiar agony of trying
to suppress a fit of giggles in
church, a feat which involves both
mental and physical will power
great degree. On the second night
the evangelist, who was just be
ginning to hit his stride, was the
cause of our downfall. Beginning
mildly enough, he suddenly bang
ed his fist upon the table with
such force that everyone in the
church jumped at least a foot.
Then he really went into action,
pulling at his tie, tearing his hair,
and pacing up and down like a
caged lion. The climax came, how
ever, when he stopped in the mid
dle of the sentence and shouted to
a woman in the congregation,
“How’re you getting along, Sister
Gallagher?” Well, you can imag
ine the effect of such histronics
upon a group of adolescents; our
giggling got completely out of
hand, and the next night our serv
ices were dispensed with. We still
didn’t mean to be sacrilegious, but
the strain on youthful senses of
humour was just too great.
I really don’t know which hymns
the young people sing now at their
Sunday night gatherings but I
suspect that they still like the
effect of old-fashioned harmony. I
also suspect that their motives for
attending these gatherings are not
always entirely of a completely
religious nature any more than
ours were. Regardless of motives,
however, they are gaining more
thank they think and learning un
awares much that they will not
recognize to be of value until later
years. Don’t misunderstand me—l
don’t advocate giggling in church,
nor using the MYF, for instance,
as a convenient place to meet one’s
current crush; but neither do I
consider it a sign of total deprav
ity when a young person does
those things. The adult who does
so consider it had just better check
his memory.
DUCK PERSONALS
Airman First Class Cecil L.
King, USAF, son of Thomas J.
King, Kitty Hawk, has reenlisted
in the regular United States Air
Force for a period of 6 years. He
first entered the Air Force June
8, 1951, received his basic train
ing at Lackland AFB, Texas. He
is presently assigned to Power
Equipment Repair duties with
3345th Field Maintenance Sq. Be
fore entering the Air Force, he
attended Kitty Hawk High School
in Kitty Hawk.
THE COASTLAND TIMES, MANTEO, N. C.
HATTERAS PERSONALS '
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gray, Harold
Midgette and Harold Jr. visited in
Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Burrus and
son Steve Jr. of Portsmouth, Va.
were here last week end with their
■parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Burrus and
children visited her mother, Mrs.
Belle Wilson in Norfolk.
Roberta Byrd has gone to school
at Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Peele and
daughters Gail and Dale have been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frazier
Peele.
Ronald Stowe Jr. left to attend
school in New York.
Mrs. Inez Austin is home from
W inston- Salpm.
Kenny Oden has had a major
Operation in the Memorial Hospital
at Chapel Hill, and is expected
home in a few days.
Mrs. Adeline Burton returned
after visiting friends in Norfolk.
Slje is accompanied by her son,
Randy, who has been visiting his
grandmother at Cape Charles.
Jack Gaskill of Elizabeth City
has been visiting Billy
Mrs. Damon Gray visited in
Norfolk with Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Gray.
Mrs. ’Edna Foster and daughter
Susan are visiting her mother,
Mrs. Sue Foster.
Mrs. Etta Midgette and children,
Barbara, Alta, Eddie of Kitty
Hawk, spent the week end with
Mrs. Brittie Gaskill.
Mrs. Dan Meadows returned
Sunday after two months with her
daughter. She and Mr. Meadows
are the proud grandparents of
their first grandson. Named Daniel
Cleat, weight 8% lbs., born in
Burlington.
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Stowe
announce the birth of a daugh
ter, Lucy Reid. Weight 8% lbs.,
at Cape Hatteras Health Center.
The Bible Class met at the home
of Mrs. Aldena Midgette Friday
night for the first meeting of the
month. Plans were made for the
new Sunday School rom, which will
be occupied the first Sunday in
October. Cards will be sent to all
the sick. A discussion was given
on the Book of Job.
Mrs. Ruth Byrd and Mrs. Olivia
Stowe gave the program. Poem by
Mrs. Minnie Burrus. Prayer by
Olivia Stowe. Song, “Day is dying
in the West” was sung by all. 13
members were present.
A going away gift was presented
to Mrs. Aldena Midgette by the
Bible class.
-The hostess served cookies and
punch. The meeting adjuorned to
meet with Mrs. Anderson Mid
gette, Sept. 16th,
E. B. Ballance is home from
the hospital in Norfolk after
nearly three months. t
Mrs. Eliza Ann Rollinson is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Elina
r Ballance.
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STATE FAIR OFFERS
BOOST IN PREMIUMS
Raleigh.—The 88th North Caro
lina State Fair, to be held October
18 through 22, will offer exhibitors
more than $60,000 in premiums.
But that’s not all.
This year, on a trial basis, the
State Fair will offer a 25 per cent
boost in its standard listed premi
ums. In order to qualify for the
added cash, .in exhibitor must start
prior to the State Fair by exhibit
ing at one of the states’ 88 other,
smaller approved agricultural
fairs. The exhibit must be of more
than just blue ribbon quality. It
must be an “Especially Worthy”
entry. Secondly, it must be in a
category that will permit its
eatry in the State Fair.
Those entries at county, district
and regional fairs which meet the
requirements will receive a “Spe
cial Merit Designation” rosette,
which are being furnished free to
fair managers over the state. The
rosette will designate the exhibit
as exceptional, and especially
worthy of exhibit at the State Fair.
The judge at the local fair will
sign the rosette and place it on the
exhibit during the regular period
of judging.
The next step for an exhibitor
of an “Especially Worthy” entry
is to check his State Fair cata
logue, or that of his county farm
or home agent, to see that the
State Fair offers a premium for
his particular type of entry. If
there is no premium offered in the
regular competitive -classes for his.
entry, it would not be eligible to be
officially entered in the State Fair.
(For example: the State Fair has
no class, accepts no entries and
offers no premiums for mules.)
Booth exhibits are also ineligible.
In those instances where the
entry is qualified for exhibit at
the State Fair, the “Especially
Worthy” rosette must be on the
exhibit during its display at the
State Fair.
The reason for the bonus offer,
says Dr. J. S. Dorton, State Fair
manager, is to encourage all fairs
in North Carolina to “standardize
their premium lists in accordance
with the very latest recommended
agricultural and industrial prac
tices.”
EAST LAKE PERSONALS
Mrs. Pearl Crees, Mrs. Estelle
Holmes and Johnnie Twiford visit
ed Columbia.
Eugene Smith has returned to
his home here after visiting in
Norfolk.
Mrs. .Emily Smith, Nina Bas
night and Susan were in Columbia
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Rommie Flora of
London Bridge, Va. visited Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Shannon
I and Imogene of Manteo were here
Friday.
C. C. Smith visited at Hatteras
this week. .
Bernice Mann of Portsmouth,
Va. spent the week end here with
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his mother.
Mr, and Sirs. Augusta Gregory
of Pendleton were visitors here.
Chester Holmes of Norfolk was
here Sunday.