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PAGE FOUR THE COASTLAND TIMES Published Continuously at' Manteo, N. C., Since July 4, 1935 The Weekly Journal of the Walter Raleigh Coastland of North Carolina, Foremost Region of Recreation and Sport, Healthful Living and Historical Interest On The Atlantic Seaboard Entered As Second Class Matter At The Postoffice At Manteo, N. C. Subscription Rates: 1 Year $2.50; 6 Months $1.50; 3 Months $-1.00 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY TIMES PRINTING CO., INC., AT 505 LODGE STREET, MANTEO, NORTH CAROLINA VICTOR MEEKINS, Editor CATHERINE D. MEEKINS, Secretary-Treasurer Vol. XXI Manteo, N. C M Friday, March 30, 1956 No. 39 MORE POWER TO HOME INDUSTRY. A noteworthy addition and improvement to Manteo’s commercial facilities is now being completed by the Roanoke Laundry and Dry Cleaners, a long established business on the main drag in town. This facility, added to the present large plant, provides the area with equipment that easily outranks anything found elsewhere in towns of similar size in the state. Doing all the work themselves, Lawrence Swain, and his son-in-law Thomas Jordan have erected a substantial brick building connected with the old plant. Mr. Jordan is a skillful professional bricklayer and mechanic, and Mr. Swain has more than ordinary skill with mechanical tools. The two men have done all the work of erecting the build ing, installed the intricate system of steam and electric con ductors, and in this building have installed many units of the most modern type of machinery for the cleaning, dyeing and pressing of clothing. One doesn’t have to know too much about machinery and building to estimate that this achievement would cost the average person who has to de pend on contractors, from $30,000 to $40,000. Undoubtedly it cost these men who did their own work, much less money. By the way, it may be mentioned that the former floor space utilized by this growing concern will hereafter be devoted to the laundry end of the business. In the achievement of Mr. Swain and Mr. Jordan may be found a lesson for those who may be willing to put in about 18 hours a day over a long period of time in order to create something worthwhile, with promise for the future. It is only a trend of human nature to wish for things, and to dream that sometime in the indefinite future we will do this or that, if we get the money, or the time, or if things break our way. But buckling down to the task of hard work for long hours, in addition to njany other demands on one’s time calls for something out of the ordinary. It is deserving of public consideration whenever manifested. It indicates that the owners have a great faith in the community, and the growth that will support the larger enterprise they are establishing. It deserves especial encouragement on the part of all people who have pride in their community, in that local interests have shown here the courage and vision to do something at home for community upbuilding and ad vancement: It is worthy of emulation in many other indus tries. Os course this instance is mentioned as an unusual ex ample of what can be done at home, to point a lesson. It is not the first time such achievements have been done. There are many other advancements in our area accomplished mostly by hard work, and riding to modest success on a limited investment. And all such businesses, created by home people here at home, deserve far more consideration than businesses away from home. When we send our money and our business away for services available here at home, we commit an offense against the community. We block the progress that builds for taxes at home to benefit us all. We deny to our homefolks just so much opportunity for em ployment. We remove the greatest possible sourpe of en couragement needed by our homefolks to develop incentive to invest and work for building up things here at home. Whenever we can get to the point where we give wholehearted support to home things here at home first; whenever we can see that every dollar spent here at home puts money in the pockets of many, whenever we can think of the public interest first, and of self last, we do not need to worry about investments to build up our locality. We do not need to sit around and wish for outside investors to come in and put up money to build business to give em ployment to people who now go away from home to work. There is sufficient money here at home to do all we need to do. But we will never get "the full benefit of it until we encourage our own folks to put their full faith, their hopes and their labor into the enterprises sought. Faith in our own community is the only essential we need to engender vision and courage and determination in our own people. Good luck to the larger enterprise which inspired our sub ject. Long may it prosper. SLADESVILLE PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. John Credle, Mer vis Credle, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar O’Neal visited Mr. and Mrs. S. 0. Jones. Mrs. A. R. Baum, Mrs| Beatrice Earley of Norfolk were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar O’Neal. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Credle of Greenville visited Mr. and Mrs. Gratz Credle. Miss Kathryn Credle spent the week end with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Credle. Preston Jones of Chocowinity visited Miss Texes Sears this week end. Miss Louise Credle and Dot, of Norfolk visited Mr. and Mrs. Har vey Credle. There will be a sunrise service in Sladesville Epworth Methodist Church Sunday morning, April 1, at six o’clock. Mr. and Mjjs. Joe Drake, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Spencer and Glenn were Washington visitors Satur day. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Baum of Swan Quarter visited Mrs. E. S'. Fisher Sunday afternoon. Mrs. E. S. Fisher returned home Wednesday after visiting several days in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Fred O’Neal and Mildred of Pantego spent the week end with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Williams. They visited Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Cahoon at Lake landing Sunday afternoon. Miss Julia Ficher has returned home from the hospital and is get ting on nicely. Mr. and Mrs. John Blake of Norfolk visited Mrs. Dorcas Blake and B. O. Jennette. Victor Jennette and his friends of Chocowinity visited the Asalea festival at Wilmington. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Blake of Norfolk and U. S. Navy are visit ing his mother, Mrs. Dorcas Blake. Ralph Green was in Washington Tuesday and Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Smith and Douglas of Fort Eustis, Va., spent the week end here with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Sawyer. Fenner Allen of Greenville was here Saturday. Statz Cullifer of Belhaven was a business visitor here Saturday. John Blake of Portsmouth visit ed his family and mother, Mrs. Dorcas Blake, this week end. Sammy Cuthrell left Friday for Wilson to enter the Sanatorium for treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Credle of Greenville visited Mr. and Mrs. Gratz Credle. Ralph Green and Kenneth Gray were in Washington and Pungo Monday. Mrs. Griff Gray, who spent the week end with her son and family returned to her home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wayne Smithwick of Ponzer visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Cara wan. Robert Deal of the U. S. Army visited Miss Leah Wayne Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Williams of Portsmouth spent the week end here. Mrs. Dallas Williams, who has been visiting them, returned to her home. Miss Leah Wayne Williams spent the week end with her aunt, Mrs. Fred Smithwick. Mrs. Luther Spencer of Norfolk, Mrs. Ruben Paul of Pike Road, visited Mrs. W. H. Berry. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Howard of Swan Quarter visited Mrs. Sophia Warner Sunday. | THE AMERICAN WAY \ X W/ Ff&'rj V'W/ YEAH-ANO WHETHER X / LOOK AT TUP IX/ W 8 LIKE IT OR. NOT, \ % / POLITICIANS OUR t / IWEYLL use OUR L' '< X; I UNION LEADERS ARE L?' I DUES MONEY TOTRY I TELLIN6 US TO VOTE / I TO ELECT THOSE /W </\ FOR/ / \ CHARACTERS/ Z ; /i\ tW/ON V#* ■ W' win w The Irony Os It! G [ OTHER EDITORS ] RED HERRING i (U. S. Press Association) The care-free British tour of , jolly-boy Georgi Malenkov, the de , posed successor to the mantle of Stalin who is now in charge of proletarian kilowatts, appears to have gone sour. The high-voltage 1 smile has been turned off and his ' unaccountable gloom perceptibly I thickened with the arrival in [ England of the USSR’s chief killer, , head of the secret police and suc cessor to the lately done-in Lav renti P. Beria. While «the British received their ' latest visitor coldly, and without the ceremony accorded the chubby power-house pundit, it is under standable that the latter may be even more disturbed by the ma -1 cabre presence. And, as of this , writing, it is an open question whether the official throat-slitter is in not-so-merry England to pro ’ tect Comrade Malenkov (possibly against any idea of seeking asylum) or to arrange for the se curity of Comrades Khrushchev ' and Bulganin on their forthcoming * visit. Whatever goes on with Britain’s present guests fits in somehow with the latest Soviet ferment, the repudiation of the demi-god Stalin by his former lieutenahts. This latest Kremlin coup was planned it would seem, to confound the free nations with Russia’s qew morality and to enable the Com mies, pinkos and fellow-travellers the world over to make common cause with the socialists who, in most countries, are slightly less suspect. That this breath-taking switch may backfire, is a good possibility. That it can be consum mated without some further purg ing contradicts the Soviet pattern. Certainly the challenge to “the present surviving Communist hier archy”, delivered in the Senate by California’s Senator William F. Knowland, has the endorsement of all those whom these leaders would impress: “These men,” he said, “were the partners in crime of Stalin in the mass murders, slave labor camps, and destruction of sovereign na tions. They were accomplices in the crimes. They share the loot. “Now they want to cast off the evil acts, but not the benefits de rived. They want to get a cloak of respectability before going to Lon don and calling on the Queen. “I would be more impressed if the Kremlin would free the mil lions in the slave labor camps of Siberia; if they would agree to restore independence to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia; if they would agree to free elections in Eastern Germany and would free their hold on Czechoslovakia, Po land, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria and Albania. “It is my belief that the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and other agencies should chal lenge the Kremlin’s rulers to per form deeds repudiating acts of Stalin, rather than use mere words of repudiation. The dead can- not be brought back to life, but the enslaved can be freed. The sov ereignties of captive nations can be restored. This would be the acid test as to whether there has been a basic change in Soviet policy.” There will never be a better time to call this collossal bluff. THE PRELIMINARIES (U. S. Press Association) We are being told that Senator Kefauver has won primaries be fore, and are assured by Governor Stevenson that he has just begun to fight. But the jolts sustained by the Democratic party in these early popularity contests are shaking some more names out of' THE COASTLAND TIMES, MANTEO, N. C. the ’56 campaign hat. There’s Senator Stuart Syming ton, the Missourian who first held the office of Secretary of the Air Force, and who, it is generally agreed would make a hard-hitting campaign. There’s New Mexico’s Senator Clinton P. Anderson, for mer Secretary of Agriculture, re garded as equally acceptable to north and south. There’s Mic'-J --gan’s Governor G. Mennen Wil liams, the Walter Reuther front man. And we suppose Governor Averill Harriman is still around, but he seems to have quit warm ing up. But, having mentioned these pos sibilities, it should be remembered that the Party’s strong man— whose appeal is not only nation wide but extends to a large seg ment of Republicans as well—is Governor Frank J. Lausche, of Ohio. While he is presently con tending with George Bender for his seat in the Senate, there is no reason to believe the Governor wouldn’t prefer the swivel chair in the White House. UN SECRETARY-GENERAL DAG HAMMARSKJOLD is off to the Near East as the result of a US resolution urging action in the Israeli-Arab crisis by the Securitv Council—rather than waiting until September for the General Assem bly to open up shop. Mr. Hammar skjold is directed to report back to the Council within a month on compliance with the armistice agreements “to assist the Council in considering what further action may be required.” The report that President Eisen hower will ask Congress for stand by authority to use American mili tary forces in the area fits with the London report that Britain is prepared for military action in 24 hours. Under our agreement with Britain and France, the Congress can hardly withhold its sanction. But, if UN peace efforts fail, Con gress should at least protect our forces from further frustration un der UN command. ON THE BANKS, LEGEND COMES EASY (Charlotte Observer) No one really has seen North Carolina until he has seen Hat teras, its turbulent cape, its tall lighthouse and its native stock living in picturesque and wind burned isolation. Nor has he really known North Carolina until he has heard the lore and legend of the Banks, tha* fragile reef of sand that juts out into the Atlantic to separate sound from sea. Here lives, in quaint villages, a little tribe of fishermen, Coast Guardsmen, weather observers and (increasingly of late) the caterers to the growing herds of tourists. The sea dominates all. Its smell and its sound are forever in the air. It is at most times a comfort and at all times a source of liveli hood, but when the hurricanes and the “nor’easters” roll, it is a men ace, a menace, however, more re spected than feared. It is no strange thing that leg end should pile up in a place where, in the old days of sailing. 20 miles of shallow quicksand be came known as the Atlantic’s graveyard. One such legend popped into the news a few days ago. It was the legend of “Old Quawk’s Day,” p day that, in the tradition of the islanders, means sudden squalls and dangerous waters. And, if you are a wise seafarer, an extra helping of caution. The Bankers were not surprised, we are told, when the Weather Bureau hoisted small craft warn ings along the cape on such a day last week. They had remembered the 18th Century story of the blasphemous sailor who cursed MIDDLETOWN PERSONALS Mrs. Preston Gibbs of Washing ton is here. Mrs. Dennis Selby, Mrs. R. B. Burrud, Jr. and R. 8., 11l were the Saturday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McKinney and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Carawan. Mrs. Lillie Cox is visiting in Orlando, Fla. with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Osbron. Everett McKinney of Norfolk visited his sister, Mrs. Ella Saw yer. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Carawan were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs'. Emmitt Carawan. Mr. and Mrs. Flave Gibbs and little daughter of Portsmouth vis ited Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Swin dell, the week end. Hugh Gibbs, Mr. and Mrs. George Cahoon and family of Portsmouth, Va. visited Mrs. Ella Gibbs and Mr. and Mrs. - Malcolm Gibbs. Miss Julia Cox visited Miss Mattie Berry. God on this day and then drowned when a quick-rising storm over took his fishing boat. He was, as Hatteras tells it, a ship-wrecked Caribe halfbreed whose name was more than a match for the local tongue. They called him “Old Quawk,” for the night heron of the marshes. No one can say now whether the story is fact or fancy Or a mixture of the two. The cosmopolities of the inland cities are likely to say “hogwash” to the salty tales of the Banks. But those who have been there and sampled the atmosphere are not so sure. Possible, they say. Highly pos sible . A LOOK BACKWARD (Elizabeth City Independent-Star) History is always interesting . . . and sometimes it makes sad reading. Take, for instance, the history of the individual income tax. In 1929, the tax on a $2,0Q0 income was $2, and for a married person with two children and a SIO,OOO income it was a mere S4O. Now the tax begins at 20 per cent on the lowest taxable income levels. From there it goes swiftly up the ladder, reaching 91 per cent at the top. It’s no wonder that people still talk, wistfully and nostalgically, of the good old days. Who dares to predict what taxes will be 25 years from now, with government functions being expanded like the proverbial green bay tree? Office Furniture and Supplies HERE IS A PARTIAL LIST OF THE ITEMS THAT WILL BE FOUND HERE: Filing Cabinets Typewriter Papers Storage Cabinets Typewriter Ribbons Desks - Chairs Adding M. Ribbons Office Tables Adding M. Paper Book Cases Cash Reg. Paper Transfer Cases Stamp Pads Waste Baskets Letter Guides Card Index Files Letter Folders Ledgers, Binders Indexes of all Kinds Blank Books Mimeograph Paper Loose Leaf Books Mimeograph Stencils Inks and Pens Mimeograph Ink Letter Trays Cards, Copy Paper Carbon Papers Second Sheets Rubber Stamps, Seals and Supplies We can assure you of the finest quality equipment at prices that are as low or lower than any you can obtain from larger cities. See Us For Your Needs and Save Money Times Printing Co., Inc. I■' ■■■■•■ |j| ■ , NED'S 4HORLD SWEDISH VISITOR—Vice-Ad miral Stig H. Erickson, chief of the Royal Navy of Sweden will visit Norfolk in April on a two day tour of Naval installations. STEALS $85,000 —A lone bandit robbed the International Bank at Tampa, Fla. of $85,000 and got away. BILLIONS WASTED?—House investigators have charged in a report of some 400 pages that the defense department has wasted bil lions by shoddy buying practices for the armed forces of the U. S. BACK INTEGRATION—Ohio’s Attorney General reports that Communists are working in his state to enlist youth in support of a drive to force integragtion in the south. SCOUT HONORED Frank Boyce, 13 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Boyce of Elizabeth City has won the “Boy of the Year Award” among 450,00 boy scouts, and was thus honored for the sec ond time in’ a year. NEGRO DOCTORS—Negro doc tors in Wilmington have filed suit in Federal Court seeking their “legal rights to have staff privil eges at the James Walker Hos pital.” MONEY TO CHURCH—Mrs. Lizzie Wall who died this month in Lynchburg left the bulk of her $428,000 estate to various Catholic churches, hospitals, schools. DEADLY FEMALES—Five 15- year old girls were sentenced in Akron, Ohio to one to 20 years in prison for the slaying of the ma tron of a detention home from which they attempted to escape. TEACHER RAISE SOUGHT— North Carolina teachers in session in Asheville voted to ask for a pay raise, which specifies a mini mum salary schedule of $3,000 to $4,500 for teachers with Grade A certificates. ON THE GOVERNMENT—Four per cent of the entire population FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1956 of the U. S. is Government em ployed, the Census bureau reports. This number 2,278,000 Federal em ployes; 1,250,000 employes of State Governments and 3,252,000 local government employes. THREE POWER CONFER ENCE President Eisenhower, President Adolfo Cortines of Mexi co apd Prime Minister St. Laurent of Canada are enjoying a confer ence this week in White Sulphur Springs, Va., where their talks will symbolize unity between the three countries. HOUSES BY GOSH!—A sub committee of the House of Con gress has proposed a measure whereby the Government would build 50,000 low-rent houses a year for three years. It also recommends 10,000 low rent units a year for three years for persons over 65 years of age. PRIEST FREE—Rev. Harold Rigney, the Catholic Priest who was jailed for four • years by Chinese ‘ communists is now back home in Chicago. He got out of jail six months ago, rested up and flew to Rome to see the Pope. “Pray for the Chinese,” he says. PASSPORT FRAUD—Wonder how many undesirable aliens get into this country through fraud? A House committee says there is a vast passport racket by Hong Kong brokers which causes illegal entry of thousands of Chinese in this country annually. They pay SSOO down and another $2,500 on arrival in the United States. CAR STEALING CRAZE A car-stealing craze has broken out in South Norfolk in the past sev eral months, the offenders mostly juveniles. This week five youths were picked up in Florida after abandoning a stolen car. There have been 17 car thefts involving juveniles 12 to 18 years of age. In South Norfolk too, the “Cat Man” is still prowling around, looting homes and keeping women terrorized. MORE EMPLOYMENT—A gain See NEWS, Page Four
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