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DARE COUNTY NCEA
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
Miss Myrtle Wolfe of N. C. Child Wel
fere Dept. Maltes Talk and
Shows Films
Officers for the coming year
were elected last Saturday when
the Dare County unit of the N.
C. Education Association met in
luncheon session at the Carolinian
Hotel, Nags Head. The new presi
dent will be Mrs. B. P. Ward of
the Kitty Hawk school; vice presi
dent, Mrs. Vera Midgett of the
Manteo school; secretary, Mrs.
Grace Hooper of the Manteo
school; and treasurer, Mrs. C. S.
Meekins of the Wanchese school.
The outgoing president is R. H.
■ Stone, principal of the Manteo
school.
The speaker for the Saturday
meeting was Miss Myrtle Wolfe,
director of the N. C. Child Wel
fare department. Miss Wolfe talk
ed on child development and also
showed films on the subject.
Attendance was almost 100 per
cent. Among those absent were
Mrs. B. P. Ward and Mrs. Vera
Midgett, who were attending the
NCEA meeting in Asheville as
representatives from Dare County.
MISS SWINDELL VISITS
Ocracoke.—Miss Bettie Swindell,
Supervisor of Elementary Schools
of Hyde County, arrived on today’s
mail boat from Atlantic to spend
Tuesday and Wednesday at Ocra
coke School. With her were Mr.
and Mrs. Henry C. Richmond of
New York City. Mr. Richmond is
an art consultant from American
Artists’ Color Works, Inc., who
will work with teachers in the
elementary school and high school
in the field of school art possibil
ities. Miss Swindell will visit vari
ous classes and consult wth mem
bers of the staff.
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WAVES GIRL WIN
PLACE ON DEAN'S LIST
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Notice that Miss Jacqueline Joy
Farrow of Waves, Dare County
has been placed on the Deanes list
at the University of Nortß (Caro
lina has been received by her moth
er, Mrs. Nellie M. Farrow, who is
now living in Manteo. The dean
of the school of Education writes
that “this honor comes because of
good scholarship during the last
semester, and carries with it cer
tain privileges.’’ Miss Farrow has
long had a record for proficiency
in her school work.
ST. ANDREW’S FEATURING
VESTED CHILDREN’S CHOIR
A feature of the 11 o’clock
Easter morn services at St. An
drews-by-the-Sea on Sunday morn
ing at 11 o’clock, will be the Epis
copal Children’s Choir under the
direction of Mrs. Glenn Mayberry
with Richard E. Jordan at the or
gan. It will be the first appear
ance of the young singers in their
new vestments.
The Rev. Mr. A. C. D. Noe, rec
tor of St. Andrews has announced
that Easter Worship at the church
would begin with celebration of
the Holy Communion at 8 o’clock,
Sunday school at 10 o’clock and
then the 11 o’clock worship, fea
turing in addition to the morning
and children’s choir, vested flag
bearers and crucifer.
Holy Communion was celebrat
ed on Maundy Thursday evening
(March 29) at 7:30 o’clock and
again on Good Friday morning at
11 o’clock. These Communions fol
lowed a series of nightly Holy
Week candlelight meditation serv
ices that were well attended by
faithful members of the Church.
BIRTHS
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mann
of Manteo a son, weighing eight
pounds, five ounces, March 25 in
the Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth
City.
SEARCH IN HYDE
SEEKS ASSAILANT
OF NEGRO WOMAN
Angenora Spencer of Engelhard
Dies After Being Found Un
conscious in Road
Officers in Hyde County con
tinue to look for some concrete
clue to the identity of the person
or persons who sometime during
Friday night beat a middle-aged
Negro woman into unconscious
oess, then tied her up and left her
half-nude in the highway near En
gelhard. The woman, Angenora
Spencer, 47, of near Engelhard,
died early Sunday without ever re
gaining consciousness.
The victim, who was separated
from her husband, lived with her
son, John Otis Spencer, about a
mile west of Engelhard. When
Spencer went to bed Friday night,
he said his mother was lying down
across her bed; he knew nothing
of her leaving the home or what
happened to her between then and
the time she was found.
Thurman Evans, delivery truck
driver, of Swan Quarter, found
the woman, with her head tied to
her feet with her skirt, in the
highway between Fairfield and
Engelhard near the Seth Gibbs
home about 1% miles west of Pat
rick’s curve at 5:45 a.m. Saturday.
He notified authorities and she
was taken to Pungo District Hos
pital in Belhaven, where she died
at 6:30 a.m. Sunday. She had»beeri
knocked unconscious by a blow be
hind her left ear and had scratches
on her hands.
ROGER Q. BELL ENTERS
THE NAVAL AIR FORCE
Roger Q. Bell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. Q. Bell of Manteo, en
tered the Navy recently, at the
Office of Naval Officer Procure
ment in Raleigh.
Mr. Bell who formerly attended
Manteo High School, completed the
academic requirements for Naval
officer training when he graduat
ed from North Carolina State Col
lege. He reported to the Naval
Air Station at Pensacola, Florida
this month, where he is en
rolled in the Navy’s pre-flight
school. Upon completion of his pre
filght training, Mr. Bell will re
ceive his commission as an Ensign,
and begin fourteen months of
flight training, after which he will
fly With the fleet for two years
as a Naval Aviator.
Young Bell, in addition to his
graduation from N. C. State Col
lege, recently completed graduate
training at the Universityy of
Southern Illinois, Carbondale, 111.,
and has been visiting his parents
for the last several months, while
awaiting his Navy training.
MRS. FANNIE B. PERRY
LEGION AUXILIARY HEAD
The Fort Raleigh Post, Unit 26, '
of the American Legion Auxiliary
met March 27 at the home of Mrs.
Mary Dowdy in Kitty Hawk.
The president, Mrs. Louise Til
lett, resigned and Mrs. Fannie B. '
Perry was elected to serve the 1
unexpired term. '
Several members agreed to go ’
to the District meeting in Eden- !
ton on April 3. All other members 1
are urged to attend. :
The next meeting is to be held 1
on April 24, 8 p.m. at the heme
of Mrs. Rena Tillett in Wanchese.
MANTEO PERSONALS
Mrs. Bill Daniels visited her
father, Roy Wescott, and Mrs.
Wescott several days this week,
before returned to Norfolk, where
she will make her home with her
husband’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Amos Daniels, while he is over
seas. Mr. and Mrs. Daniels have
been living in Port Hueneme, Calif.
Mrs. W. M. Joliff has returned
to her home from the Albemarle
Hospital, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. William Rollinson, who has
been a patient in a Norfolk hos
pital, has been discharged and is
now visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Hugh Brady, in Portsmouth, Va.
John Krider, Jr., is visiting his
parents while recuperating from
injuries recently suffered in a fall
through a hole on the U. S. Coast
Guard cutter Marion. Young Kri
der, who sustained two fractured
ribs, has been a patient in the
Marine Hospital, Norfolk, Va.
Brantley Brown arrived home
last week after a two-months trip
with the Merchant Marine, which
took him to Germany and France.
EPISCOPAL BAKE SALE
AT JOCKEYS RIDGE SAT.
Members of the St. Andrews-by
the-Sea Episcopal Auxiliary will
sponsor a cake and bake sale at
Jockeys Ridge Restaurant, Nags
Head, on Saturday, March 31. it
was announced this week by Mrs.
W. A .Williams. In addition to
cakes and pies, an assortment of
candies will be offered for sale
by the group, it was stated. Prof
its from the sale will be used for
religious work of the Auxiliary.
Albert Q. Bell has returned to
his home near Manteo from Wil
liamsburg, Va., where he has been
employed on the Jamestown resto
ration during the winter months.
THE COASTLAND TIMES, MANTEO, N. C.
PORTSMOUTH MAN WILL
PREACH NEAR MANTEO
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THE REV. H. L. TOLBERT,
1 pastor of the Alexander Park Bap
tist Church of Portsmouth, Va.,
will conduct revival services for
the Roanoke Island Baptist Church
of Manteo, beginning Easter Sun
day evening at 7:30 o’clock.
Mr. Tolbert will preach each
night: thereafter through Friday,
April 6, at 7:30. He will also teach
a morning Bible study in the Epis
tle to the Ephesians at the church
Monday, April 2 through Friday,
April 6, at 10 o’clock.
Mr. Tolbert has served as a
minister in the Southern Baptist
Convention for the post 15 years,
having served the Alexander Park
Baptist Church since March Ist,
1947.
He was educated in the public
schools of Leaksville," North Car
olina, after completing high school
he entered an industrial school to
study textile designing. He then
worked for Marshall Field and
Company 15 years before being
called into the gospel ministry.
Before coming to Portsmouth,
Va. as pastor of the Alexander
Park Baptist Church, Mr. Tolbert
served as pastor of Cleveland Bap
tist Church in the southwestern
part of Va. He also served the Bel
Haven Baptist Church in Floyd,
Va.
When Mr. Tolbert came to the
Alexander Park Church in 1947
the total membership was 201. To
day the church ha s a total mem
bership of 694, with an enrollment
in Sunday School of 1127. The 1
Alexander Park Church is now
completing a building program of
$200,000.00.
The public is cordially invited
to attend all of the services.
NEWS
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in employment in this country is
predicted for May, according to
Labor officials. Meantime, despite
lower food prices, the costs of liv
ing remains high, due to increase
in manufactured goods, as a result
of higher labor costs.
KLUCKHOLN SENTENCED—
Richard Kluckholn got only one to
two years in prison this week
when he entered a plea of nolo
contendre to killing Miss Bernice .
Seawell in Raleigh last May. He
was fooling with his pistol, and .
shot her from his hotel room while
she was crossing the street. He is
21, and called a brilliant student,
but stupidity appears a more apt .
term. This was his second trial.
ASKS ONE MILLION—The U.
S| Government has brought suit
against the Swedish vessel Nyland'
and ner owners for damage done
the U. S. Freighter Kirby Smith,
rammed by the former ship on
March 17th in the James River.
The owners of the Nyland have
brought suit against the U. S.
Government for $150,000, for dam
age to the Nyland.
HELD FOR ROBBERY For
robbery of a New River bank in
April 1955, Paul Russ, 28, an un
employed carpenter was arrested
at Whiteville. Nearly $29,000 was
stolen, and nearly $13,000 was dis
covered. He might have got by,
but recently picked up a good
looking young woman, drove her
out in the country and tried to
rape her. Investigation developed
the information that although out
of work, he had been spending a
lot of money. He is married and
a father.
RED SKINS PLAY FIRST
HOME GAME APRIL 3rd
The Manteo High School base
ball team will play their first
home game of the 1956 season
Tuesday afternoon, April 3rd. The
game will begin at 3:30 and will
be against Bear Grass. On Friday,
April 6, the Red Skins will play
a return engagement, traveling
to Bear Grass for the game. The
games with Bear Grass are elimi
nation games for the state touma
, ment held in the latter part of
' the season. The winner of two out
. of three Bear Grass games will
be matched against the winner of
. the Albemarle Rural Conference
championship, which will also be
> elimination games.
The Reid Skins open their sea
i today, March 30, with a game
. against the Elizabeth City YeHow
jackets at Elizabeth City.
DEDICATION OF VEPCO
DAM TO BE APRIL 4TH
Roanoke Rapids.—Formal dedi
cation ceremonies for Virginia
Electric and Power Company’s
$32,000,000 hydro electric develop
ment on the Roanoke River here
will be held at 11:00 a.m. next
Wednesday, April 4.
The dedication will bring to a
climax almost three years of major
construction and more than a quar
ter century of hoping, planning
and preliminary work. It has been
operating since December.
Governor Luther H. Hodges
(N. C.), who happ'ens to have been
born just over the Virginia line,
will make the dedication address.
Erwin H. Will, Vepco’s president,
will welcome the guests for the
company, and Mayor W. H. Pruden
will welcome them for the cify.
Ray H. Goodmon, vice president
of _ Vepco’s Carolina division, will
act'as master of ceremonies.
Donald C. Barnes, chairman of
the Vepco board of directors, will
unveil a facsimilie of a tablet
memorializing Jack G. Holtzclaw,
former president, who died last
December, just as the project for
which he had worked for 25 years
reached completion.
After the brief program, lunch
eon will be served on the grounds
to the more than 3,000 persons ex
pected to attend. The public is in
vited. There will be conducted
tours of the new dam, power sta
tion and service headquarters
building. Sunshine the Old
Dominion Barn Dance will enter
tain the guests during the lunch
eon.
The hydro development includes
a lake covering 4,900 acres; a con
crete dam 3,050 feet long; a power
station with equipment capable of
generating 100,000 kilowatts of
electricity and a tailraca. one and
one half miles long that was blast
ed from solid rock.
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MORE RESERVE OFFICERS
WANTED BY COAST GUARD
In an effort to get more Re
serve Officers, the Coast Guard
will admit more college graduates
to its Officer Candidate School, it
was announced in Norfolk by Rear
Admiral R. E. Wood, Commander
of the Fifth Coast Guard District.
According to Rear Admiral
Wood, men holding baccalaureate
degrees can fulfill their military
obligations by serving as Coast
Guard Reserve Officers. Appli
cants for the Officer Candidate
School program must be at least
21 years old, but not older than
26.
Those accepted for the schooling
will be trained at the Coast Guard
Academy, New London, Conn., for
four months. Classes will convene
in late June and September.
Rear Admiral Wood urged col
lege graduates to write to the
Director of Reserve, Fifth Coast
Guard District, P. O. Box 540,
Norfolk, Va., to get more infor
mation concerning this program.
NAGS HEAD OCEANSIDE
Mrs. A. L. Mathers has returned
to her home in Memphis, Tenn.,
after visiting her mother, Mrs. N.
E. Gould, who has been ill for
some time.
Michael Hayman, who attends
McDonough Military Academy in
Baltimore, Md., is spending the
spring vacation with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Hayman.
Another Big Week End
of Springtime Fun at
Nags Head Casino
with
Larry Walker
and his orchestra
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Saturday Night, March 31
FOR THE BIG EASTER DANCE
Open Friday, Saturday,Sunday
13 Reg. Bowl ing Al leys
Refreshments - Amusements
- A Big Time For All -
SANITARIAN CALLS
ATTENTION TO FOOD
HANDLING RULES
Notice has been issued, to all
persons or firms handling food,
to the revised regulations, by R.
K. Gunn, district sanitarian for
Dare and Currituck Counties. Mr.
Gunn says “The regulations gov
erning the sanitation of restau
rants and other food handling es
tablishments were revised Septem
ber 23, 1955, and are in more de
tail than previous.”
These regulations are based on
the recommended ordinance of the
U. S. Public Health Service, with
additional material gained from
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V <' for the coming season and
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coverings, Venetian blinds add
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FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1956
North Carolina field experience.
For the purpose of expediency it
is recommended that operators
anticipating the construction of
new food handling establishments,
or new operators planning or pur
chasing establishments already in
operation, contact Mr. Gunn at the
Dare County health department be
fore any final action is taken. This
will prevent a waste of any money
through ignorance of the law.
ALWAYS HAVE YOUR
PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED AT
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