PAGE TWO
GLIMPSES
OF
THE PAST
By CAROLYN LLOYD
Applications for charter mem
bership in the AMA (Absent-
Mindeds Anonymous) are coming
in steadily. Names,cannot be di
vulged, of course, but the qualifi
cations submitted might be in
teresting, and even helpful, to
those holding back out of modesty.
First case: A young woman,
noted for her civic work, was pre
paring peanuts for a tea at the
library. When the difficult job of
shelling and skinning the nuts was
done, she dumped the finished
product into the garbage can,
leaving the shells on the kitchen
table. (No hopes of salvage; there
was garbage in the can.)
Second case: One of Belhaven’s
most capable women, well-known
as an excellent housekeeper, went
from room to room emptying the
contents of small wastebaskets into
a larger one, preparatory to burn
ing trash. The bathroom was the
last stop. Here she emptied the
last small basket, and then pro
ceeded to dump the entire con
tents of the large one into the
bathtub.
Third case: A teacher (the pro
verbial absent-minded professor,
no doubt) was asked by her young
child at home for an aspirin.
Teacher arose from her homework,
went into the kitchen, shook an
aspirin from the bottle, poured a
class of water —and swallowed the
aspirin. Some minutes after her
return to the living room, she
was jolted by the child’s question,
“Mama, where’s my aspirin?”
Fourth case: Another teacher—
me again, still way out front. The
scene: my classroom just before
the bell rings to signal the begin
ning of class work. Teacher rouses
herself from a deep study and in
quires, “Isn’t anyone going to lead
the devotiional this morning?”—
First, a dead silence; then startled
looks and a few snickers—“ We’ve
just had devotional, Mrs. Lloyd.”
Is there hope? Can these suf
ferers be cured? Only time can
tell. Psychologists may say that
people forget because they want
to forget, but that theory is open
to challenge. Surely no one would
want to throw away a good hour’s
work on peanuts, or clean trash
out of the bathtub, or take an
aspirin when suffering no pain, or
give her pupils reason to doubt
her sanitary. A charitable explana
tion would be that the absent
minded one is thinking such deep
thoughts that trivial things are
crowded out.
So far, no one has reported hav
ing forgotten to buy her Easter
bonnet—that would be cause for
alarm. It may be that many will
wish they had forgotten by the
time men get through snickering
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.
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EVANGELIST WM. F. VOODRE
of Durants, Fla., who is coming to
Wanchese to conduct a 12 day re
vival at the Assembly of God
Church April 10th through 22nd.
People of all faiths are cordially
invited says Rev. Alvin W. Price,
the pastor.
at the new styles. No doubt about
it, hats are different this year. In
case one should have forgotten to
buy a new one, or is short of cash,
she can take the lid off the gar
bage can, the top of the roaster,
or a large skillet, trim it with
flowers and a bit of veil, and
no one will know the difference.
Then, having no utensil left to
cook the Eastei- ham in, she can
claim she forgot to buy the din
ner and the man of the house can
take everybody out to eat.
Moral: if you have a reputation
for being absent-minded, turn it
to advantage. Sometimes it’s
smart to be dumb.
AVON PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Cecid Midgette of
Waves, Mr. and Mrs. Lance Mid
gette of Norfolk and Vernon
Millei- of Norfolk visited Bembra
Miller and Mrs. Retta Morgan.
Mrs. Celestial Scarborough is a
patient in the Marine Hospital,
Norfolk.
Rev. and Mrs. Aaron Tyson and
son Billy Ray visited her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Mark <S. Edwards,
in Goldsboro last week.
Mesdames Holland Brothers,
Venice Williams and Minnie Gray
were in Elizabeth City Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Miller, Dal
las Royce and Mrs. Retta Morgan
were in Norfolk last week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Gibb Gray, Jr. and
son, Osbourne, were in Elizabeth
City Saturday. »
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams
were in Washington, N. C., last
Thursday. Charles appeared on
TV there.
An Easter cantata-drama, entit
led, “Easter Witnesses” will be
given at St. John’s Methodist
Church Sunday evening at 7
o’clock. Mrs. Bonita Williams is
directing the program. The MYF
group and young adults are par
ticipating.
Ellis Gray, Jr., USCG, is visit
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ellis Gray.
Rev. and Mrs. A. W. Price of
Wanchese visited relatives here.
There are 3.3 persons per pas
senger car registered in the
United States, an average of one
car per family.
BUXTON PERSONALS
- Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Sande of
Norfolk visited her mother, Mrs.
Carrie Midgett and left for New
Smyrna Beach, Fla. for a vacation
with Mrs. Sande’s brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Midgett.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallic Jennette
of Raleigh spent hte week end here
with relatives.
Ralph Swain of’Manteo conduct
ed religious services here at the
Buxton Methodist Church Sunday.
Mrs. Bertie Dixon returned Fri
day from a visit in Suffolk and
Hampton, Va. with her children.
Her son, Bert, Jr., is improving
after an operation on his arm.
Mrs. Dixon was accompanied home
by her son, Elvin Dixon, of Suf
folk.
Albert Jones is home from tbt
Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth
City, and improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gray
visited their daughter and son-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Mc-
Daniels, in Norfolk.
Mrs. Parley Miller is improving.
Capt. Walter Barnett and Mrs.
Loran Barnett are shut ins be
cause of illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Goodrum
of Raleigh, spent the week end
with her sister and brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Hooper.
Mr. and Mrs. Bateman Miller,
who recently moved to Hatteras
Island from New Jersey, spent a
week here with his mother, Mrs.
Parley Miller, while Mr. and Mrs.
J. S. Turner visited Washington,
D. C.
Capt. L. L. Woods spent Sun
day here with his wife and son.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Williams and
daughter Melissa of Portsmouth,
Va. visited relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Coy Anderson of
Elizabeth City spent Saturday
here.
Ottis Willis recently retired
from the Coast Guard service, has
moved his family here in the home
with Mrs. Willis’ mother, Mrs.
Martha Barnett.
Mrs. Essie Burrus made a trip
to Elizabeth City Tuesday.
WEST VIRGINIA PULP AND
PAPER INCOME RISES
Sales and earnings of West Vir
ginia Pulp & Paper for the first
four months of the cun-ent fiscal
year were up sharply from re
sults in the comparable period a
year ago, David L. Luke, Jr., told
the annual stockholder’s meeting
Monday in New York City.
Luke reported the company
had earnings of $5,977,000 equal
to $1.17 per common share on
sales of $62,503,000 in the four
mopths ended February 29. This
compared with earnings of $3,-
816,000 or 74 cents a share on sales
of $55,070,000 in the same four
months a year ago.
Basic reasons for the improved
results, said Luke, are the com
pany’s investment in physical
plant and its improved product
pattern.
“Increased production of high
quality products is flowing
smoothly from new and modern
equipment made possible by these
investments,” he said.
The company’s current expan
sion program calls for expendi
ture of more than 100 million dol
lars for plant improvements
through 1959.
THE COASTLAND TIMES, MANTEO, N. C.
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A high camera angle on this picture shows the action clearly and pro*
vides a neutral background which helps tell the story.
Tried Any New Angles Lately?
We know some cynical souls
who maintain that there is an
“angle” to everything—but that’s
not the kind we’re talking about.
It’s camera angles we’re inter
ested in today.
We want to remind you that
there are more ways to picture
your children at play, for ex
ample, than to shoot them head
on. In many situations there’s
much to be gained by taking a
worm’s eye view of the situation,
or pretending you’re spapping
the scene from a helicopter.
The picture we’ve chosen to
illustrate this column shows clear
ly what happens when you look
down on your subjects through
the viewfinder.
In this case it seems like an
excellent idea, since the subjects
have paused long enough in their
play to observe the cameraman’s
WINTER FERRY SCHEDULES
Effective Oct. 1 1955 through May 31, 1956
CROATAN SOUND FERRY
Lv. Manns Harbor Lv. Roanoke Island
6.20 A.M. 5:30 A.M.
8:00 A.M. 7:10 A.M.
9:40 A.M. 8:50 A.M.
11:20 A.M. 10:30 A.M.
1:00 P.M. 12:10 P.M. *
2:40 P.M. 1:50 P.M.
4:20 P.M. 3:30 P.M.
6:00 P.M. 5:10 P:M.
7:40 P.M. 6:50 P.M.
9:20 P.M. 8:30 P.M.
11:00 P.M. 10:30 P.M.
alligat6r~r7ver FERRY
Lv. East Lake lv. Tyrrell County
5:30 A.M. 6:20 A.M.
7:10 A.M. 8:00 A.M.
8:50 A.M. 9:40 A M.
10:30 A.M. 11:20 A.M.
12:10 P.M. 1:00 P.M.
1:50 P.M. 2:40 P.M.
3:30 P.M. 4:20 P.M.
5:10 P.M. 6:00 P.M.
oregofTinlet ferry
Lv. North Shore Lv. South Shore
5:00 A.M. April-May 1956 5:30 A.M.
6:00 A.M. Delete Nov. 1-Feb. 15 6:30 A.M.
7:00 A.M. 7:30 A.M.
8:00 A.M. 8:30 A.M.
9:00 A.M. 9:30 A.M
10:00 A.M. 10:30 A M.
11:00 A.M. 11:30 A.M.
12:00 Noon 12:30 P.M.
1:00 P.M. 1:30 P.M.
2:00 P.M. 2:30 P.M.
3:00 P.M. 3:30 P.M.
4:00 P.M. 4:30 P.M.
5:00 P.M. Delete Nov. 1-Feb. 15 5:30 P.M.
6:00 P.M. April-May 1956 6:30 P.M.
NOTE: Gross load limit for Single Vehicles
all ferries 12.0 Tons. Gross Load limit for
Combination of Vehicles all ferries 18.0 Tons.
The above ferries are State-operated Toll-
Free.
SALVO PERSONALS
Mrs. Perry Farrow, Mrs. §etty
Ann O’Neal and children Cheryl
and Sandra visited in Manteo with
their sister and aunt, Mrs. Claude
Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. Coy L. Anderson
and children Charles and Carolyn
of Shiloh visited Mrs. Anderson’s
mother, Melvina Whidbee, Satur
day. ,
Mrs. Mae Fulcher is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Perley Farrow and
family, and brother and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Vance Midgett, of
Buxton.
Dallas Miller of Avon visited Mr.
and Mrs. Perry Farrow Monday.
Mrs. Josephine Gray and Mrs.
Melvina Whidbee and grandson
Larry Midgett visited in Manteo
with Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Mid
gett.
Perry Farrow spent Tuesday in
Manteo.
Mrs. Salina Midgett, Mrs. Gas
ton Midgett, and son Gaston, Jr.
of Manteo spent Tuesday night
with their mother and grandmoth
er, Mrs. Josephine Gray.
Charlie Whidbee of Manteo vis
ited relatives here Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Flora Midgett
spent the week end at Kill Devil
Hills with ,Mrs. Midgett’s daugh
ter, Mrs. Pearl Twiford.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hooper and
daughter Kay visited in Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hooper and
family of Manteo spent Friday
with his parents, Mr. anti Mrs.
Aaron Hooper.
Mr. and Mrs. Pritchard Gray of
Avon visited Mrs. Gray’s mother
and brother, Mrs. Kitty Gray and
Wesley, Sunday.
Perry Farrow visited Mr. and
Mrs. Dallas Miller at Avon Satur
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. Pharrow Payne
of Oregon Inlet spent Wednesday
and Thursday with Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Austin.
, Irene Midgett is visiting rela-
activities and thus we get a good
view of their faces.
Here the camera angle gives a.
good clear picture of the activity
and finds an ideally plain back
ground that at the same time
tells part of the story.
By varying your camera angle
you can many times find a good,
non-distracting background in a
situation which, if pictured in
more straight forward fashion
would present an unwanted mass
of clutter to call attention away
from the subject
Some subjects, however, are at
their best when pictured straight
ahead. Just don’t let yourself get
in a rut and use any one angle
all the time. Take a minute or
two to study your picture in the
viewfinder from a number of
angles and then shoot from the z
one which gives you the picture
you like best.
—John Van Guilder
HATTERAS PERSONALS
Mrs. Dplores Burrus is visiting
in Norfolk with her mother, Mrs.
Belle Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Peele of
'Norfolk spent the week end with
their parents here.
Mr. and Mrs. David Austin of
Manteo were home for the week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Millard Ballance
and daughter Sandra, who have
been in Thailand for nearly two
years, are back home.
Fulton Scarborough and Harold
Stowe, are spending the week with
their family.
Mr. and Mrs. William Lfngo of
Norfolk spent the week end with
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Ballance.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Midgette
and Mrs. Juanita Parker of Man
teo were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Carlos Peele Sunday.
Mrs. Annie Stowe, who has
been with her daughter in Suf
folk, is home with her family.
The wedding of Miss Frieda
Lee Midgette, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Vance Midgette of Bux
ton, to Ernest Lee Styron, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Murry Styron of
Hatteras, took place Friday at the
home of the bride’s parents. The
double ring ceremony was per
formed by their pastor, Rev. Dan
Meadows. Given in marriage by
her father, the bride wore a gray
suit with Navy blue accessories,
and a corsage of white carnations.
After the ceremony the couple left
for a short wedding trip.
Mrs. Katie Austin has returned
to Norfolk to visit her daughter
after visiting with her sister, Mrs.
Clifford Wade.
Contest Closed Friday
The Alphabetic Contest sponsor
ed by the Bible class and includ
ing each woman in the Methodist
church, was started in January
and closed Friday night, March
23rd, with a birthday party for the
whole community. Each month
was represented by stage act. For
January -the Old and New Year
was portrayed. Feb., a school in
George Washington’s day. March,
the group sang “Wild Irish Rose”.
April, a Gay Ninety parade. May,
children around the May pole.
June, Secret wedding. July, Pledge
to the Flag and “America” was
sung by all. August, “The Good
Old Summer Time”. September,
“School Days” was sung. October,
a ghost drill. November, a Pil
grim scene and hong. December,
the Christmas Story, with children
receiving gifts from Santa, and
“Holy Night” was sung.
The group then assembled in the
club room; where tables had been
decorated to represent the months
of the year and each had beauti
ful decorated cakes which were
served with lemonade to ail pres
ent. The amount collected was
$877.68. There will be $900.00 when
all monies have been turned in.
The F.G.H. group with Mrs. Edna
Garrish leader, won the contest.
Mrs. Nacie Austin entertained
them with a tea at her home Mon-
evening from 3 to 4 o’clock.
tives in Manteo.
Rev. Ed Hooper filled his ap
pointment at the Pentecostal
Church at East Lake Sunday.
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