FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1958
GLIMPSES
OF
TH E PAS T
By CAROLYN LLOYD
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Every time mankind begins to
get too big for his britches Mother
Nature slaps him on the wrist and
puts him in his place. Satellites
may zoom around the earth, and
planes may break the sound bar
rier; but when a big freeze comes,
man realizes who is boss.
People of my generation heard
their elders tell tales of the hur
ricane ahd flood of 1913 and the
big freeze of 1917, and we enter
tained a certain amount of skep
ticism concerning them. Now we
have lived to see both repeated. No
one drove an automobile across the
river this time, but the greatest
skeptic could not deny that the
river was frozen.
In such times as these, the most
sought after man in the country
is not the missile-man, but the
plumber. He alone can ease the
miseries that come with frozen
water pipes. People who are busy
trotting to the well to get a bucket
of water are too busy to care
what is going on at Cape Canaver
al. Modem man, who has conquer
ed space, is no better off than his
great-grandfather was in freezing
weather. Less well-off, in fact, for
great-grandpapa was accustomed
to going to the well and bathing
from a basin beside the stove. One
wonders how he ever got up the
nerve to bathe at all.
My sympathy goes out to those
who were beset with bursting
pipes, for I have served my time
in the past at mopping up icy
water; nevertheless, it is hard not
to laugh at some of the tales of
woe. One kindly man (or so.the
story goes) decided to let the cat
,stay in the kitchen, instead of out
doors, overnight. He also decided
that it would be wise to let the
spigots run a little to prevent
frozen pipes. Sometime in the
night he was awakened by deadful
noise issuing from the ( kitchen,
Realizing that something was
dreadfully wrong with the cat, he
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dashed downstairs, flung open the
swinging door and went sailing
feet first across a layer of ice.
The sink drain had frozen, the wa
ter had overflowed—ergo, a skat
ing rink! The shock to the man
was great enough, no doubt, but
think of that poor cat. First he
had nearly frozen to the floor and
then had come this apparition
zooming across the floor. Some
time of night, the cat must have
thought, to be practicing figure
B’s. It was enough to make the
poor animal give up claim to his
other eight lives.
How beautiful the sound of wa
ter gurgling through the pipes!
How luxurious the hot bath! Let
those who will worry about getting
to the moon; these days most of
us are chiefly concerned with
keeping warm and keeping clean.
Scientists say that there is no
weather in space, but until they
find away for us all to go spin
ning around up there when things
get rough down here, the plumber
is our man.
MARGARET SWINDELL HAS
PARTY ON THIRD BIRTHDAY
A number of friends helped Mar
garet Swindell celebrate her third
birthday Saturday, when she enter
tained at a party at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Swindell, near Manteo.
The featured attraction was a
novelty birthday cake, shaped like
a kitten on a pillow. The kitten
was white on a pink pillow, and
the cake was cut and served with
ice cream and cookies. Favors were
assorted party whistles.
Guests included Trena and Jan
Bullock, Billy Brickhouse, Martha
Peele, Ella Shannon, Jacqueline
and Andrea Tillett, Paula Green,
Billy Swindell, Warren and Holly
Meekins.
WINTER FERRY SCHEDULES
Effactiv. Oct. 1, 1957. through Moy 31. 1958
ALLIGATOR RIVER FERRY
Ly. Eost lake l». Tyrrell County
600 A.M. 6:40 A M.
A.M. 8:00 A.M.
8 40 A.M. 9:20 A M.
10:00 A.M. 10:40 A.M.
11:20 A.M. 12:00 Noon
12:40 P.M. 1:20 P.M.
2 00 P.M. 2:40 P.M.
3:20 P.M. 4:00 P.M.
4:40 P.M. 5:20 P.M.
6:00 P.M. 6:40 P.M.
7:20 P.M. 8:00 P.M.
- OREGON INLET FERRY
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6:30 A.M. 7:00 A.M.
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8:00 A.M. 8 30 A.M.
8:30 A.M. 9 00 A.M.
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10:00 A.M. 10:30 A.M.
10:30 A.M. 1100 A.M.
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11:30 A.M. 12:00 Noon
12:00 Noon 12 30 P.M.
12:30 P.M. 1:00 P.M.
1:00 P.M. 1:30 P.M.
1:30 P.M. 2:00 P.M.
2:00 PM. 2:30 PM
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5:00 P.M. Nov. 1-Jan. 31) 5:30 P.M.
5:30 P.M. (Add March 1) 6:00 P.M.
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OCRACOKE PERSONALS
Ocr&coke, Feb. 25.—0 n Friday
night of this week, February 28, at
8 p.m., in the school recreation hall,
several members of the Ocracoke
Civic Club will take part in a one
act comedy entitled “Ocracoke at
Mailboat Time.” Scene I is at the
Community Store; seene II is at
the local post office. Taking part
in the play are T. H. Wahab,
president of the club; Henry Wild
er, secretary; Charlie Ahman,
treasurer; Cris Gaskill, Theodore
Rondthaler, Taft Howard, Law
rence Ballance, Oscar Burrus, Wa
hab Howard, Elmo Fulcher, Eph
Esham, Capt. I. F. O’Neal, Danny
Garrish, Wilber Robinson, Albert
Styron, Monford and Jesse Gar
rish, Needham Simpson, and Calvin
O’Neal. It is an all-male cast ex
cept for postmistress Elizabeth
Howard, who has a part in scene
11. Mrs. Ruby Garrish will accom
pany the men in their group sing
ing, which includes as a theme
song, “Sugar in the Morning,” and
parodies on such old-time favorites
as “Adeline” and “Alabama Choo
Choo.” Following the play there
will be an hour or two of square
dancing.
Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Esham left
Sunday morning for Philadlephia,
having received word that Mr.
Esham’s father, King Esham, is in
serious condition following long
illness.
Several people were heune this
past week end. Some who came
earlier found themselves maroon
ed here during last week’s freeze;
still others got as far as Manteo
and chartered plane service to
'Ocracoke from there, due to the
fact that the • Hatteras ferry was
icebound. Among those here for
this week end or earlier were Hor
ace Gaskins, John N. Midgett, Jr.,
Millard Williams, Mace Garrish,
Dallas K. Williams, and Frank
Teeter.
Mr. and Mi’s. Felix Flieg, who
have been here recently, returned
to Norfolk Sunday.
Mrs. W. N. Cullifer of Norfolk,
who has been visiting her mother,
Mrs. Laura Bragg, returned to her
home on Saturday, making the
trip to Norfolk with.. Leslie Gar
rish, USCG, who will be stationed
at Portsmouth for duty on the
“Mistletow.” Mrs. Garrish is stay
ing here for the present with
Mrs. Annie Garrish.
Mrs. Charlie McWilliams has re
turned from a visit in Norfolk
with her daughters, Mrs. Fannie
Jones and Mrs. Corinne Roberts.
Her grandson, Kenneth Tillett, in
the U. S. Marines, has recently
been assigned to Puerto Rico.
The Ocracoke Electric Appliance
Shop, operated by E. S. Tolson,
has moved from the Travis Wil
liams building to a section of the
Jack Willis Store on the dock. Mr.
Williams is tearing down the old
building and plans to build a new
and -larger one.
Rev. W. W. Clarke, pastor of
Ocracoke Methodist Church, has
announced a revival service for
the week beginning Sunday, March
16th, at which time Rev. Alvis
Daniel, pastor of the Wildwood
Presbyterian Church, Carteret
County, will preach.
Mrs. Flora Spencer has returned
home from Atlantic, where shd
stayed following hospitalization at
Sea Level. (
Little Mack Tolson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. D. S. Tolson, fell while
playing and broke his arm in two
places. He was taken to Beaufort.
He and his mother returned home
today.
Graham Burkirk went to Nor
folk this week to re-enlist in the
U.S. Coast Guard. He has been
stationed here tor several years
and with Mrs. Burkirk and son,
Laverne, makes his home here.
Ocracoke Scouts .and Cub Scouts
got together again last Friday
night after a recess of several
meetings. Several of the Cub
Scouts are now joining the Boy
Scouts, and there are one or two
new Cub Scouts. Scoutmaster Mar
vin Howard and Cubmaster Mur
ray Spencer, and Assistant Benja
min L. O’Neal and others, in the
Scout work are making plans for
Spring activities. After the meet
ing Scout Lewis Tolleson showed
colored slides of Ocracoke.
The February \ meeting of the
P.T.A., postponed a week because
of cold weather and pipe-freezing
conditions, was held this Monday
night. Henry Wilder presided;
Mrs. Monford Garrish, secretary,
made her report, and Mrs. Theo
dore Rondthaler read the treas
urer’s report in the absence of Eph
Esham. The P.T.A. voted to post
pone the March meeting one week
on account of the revival to be
held at the Methodist Church the
week of March 16th. The P.T.A.
will meet on March 24th and en
joy its annual pot-luck supper that
evening. The organization author
ized the purchase* of new table
cloths and Mrs. Wilma Williams,
Mrs. Dicie Wells, and Mrs. Doris
Garrish were appointed to select
material. The group voted to pay
for decorations used at the Valen
tine Party and to purchase St.
Patrick Day decorations. Follow
ing the business • meeting, Princi
pal Rondthaler showed a movie:
“South Carolina.”
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MOTOR MAIDS
AAA Urges Positive Approach
For Improved Traffic Safety
By Jeanne Smith, Dodge Safety Consultant
“SAFETY EXPERTS, lawmakers and police officials can pro
mote safety in their states by putting ‘common sense’ into traffic
laws.”
This opin- «p
ion was ex- Ft
pressed by
officials of :
the Amer- f 9
ican Auto- ,
mobile As- | ' v
sociation at
the recent 8M
AAA conven- 1
tion in Phoe-
nix.
“Laws and Miss Smith
methods used in many states are
negative in their approach,” Jo
seph H. Braun, chairman of the
AAA legal advisory committee,
told delegates.
“The primary approach,” he
said, “has been to ‘crack down’
on the motorist with heavy
emphasis on arrests, prosecu
tions and license suspensions.
“In many instances, no par
ticular effort is made to se
cure the driver’s respect for,
or cooperation with, law en
forcement efforts.”
There are several examples of
this negative approach which
were adopted by state legisla
tures and administrations last
year, according to Braun.
“For instance,” he said, “sev
eral states announced plans to
increase the use of unmarked
police cars and road blocks for
ordinary highway patrol work,
despite the fact that other areas
have abandoned such techniques
after unsuccessful experience
with them.”
Other AAA officials pointed
out that marked patrol ears
influence motorists to slow
down and drive more safely,
thus preventing far more acci
dents than unmarked cars.
Another negative approach,
according to Braun, was the
adoption by a number of states
of fixed, absolute speed limits,
permanently written into the
law, and applicable to all high
ways in the state regardless of
KITTY HAWK PERSONALS
George Washington O’Neal cel
ebrated his 81st birthday at his
home on Saturday evening Feb. 22.
Friends and relatives who drop
ped in for coffee and cake were
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Perry, Mr. and
Mrs. Alvah O’Neal, Mr. and Mrs.
Leslie Henley, Francis, Sadie Flo,
Carol, Mike and Danny and little
Ervin.
Mrs. Dalton Beasley and twins,
Mike and Danny, have moved back
to their home here after a stay of
several months in Norfolk. Her
husband, Ensign Beasley, is sta
tioned aboard the U. S. Coast
Guard weather ship, Absecon, out
of Norfolk.
Due to isolation by ice and dam
ages to the bridge; with sickness,
and flu rampant, the people of
Kitty Hawk are grateful to a good
neighbor and nurse, Mrs. Marie
Perry, for services rendered, in
quiring and visiting, giving aid to
any and all who were in need.
Several local people last week
end were caught on on the other
side of bridge and had to drive
home byway of Engelhard and
Stumpy Point, due to damage to
bridge and the Alligator River fer
ry being frozen in. Will Perry
went across with several of the
children. He had a merry time.
Mrs. Bertie Beachani, Mrs. Will
Tillett and Edith Best went on to
Norfolk and down byway of Vir
ginia Beach.
Tuttle Stetson made two round
trips up the beach to Norfolk, get
ting stuck in the pebbles at Cas
sey’s Inlet each trip.
Mrs. Wade Register, local game
warden’s wife, and children were
one of the first to try crossing the
bridge from the west side, in fact
drove her car out on the bridge
behind the state trucks until being
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varying conditions, weather or
the road.
“The proper purpose of speed
limit laws,” he said, “Is to ex
pedite highway travel consistent
ly with prevailing conditions af
fecting safety. The logical way
to control unsafe specdr ic
through flexible speed limits
which allow motorists and en- .
forcement officers to take into
account the condition of traffic
and the road, as they vary from
time-to-time and place-to-place.
Enforcement of fixed, abso
lute limits or the use of un
marked police cars seldom
have the desired effect of re
ducing the average speed at
which traffic moves, Braun
points out.
“Often they have produced the
opposite result and almost in
variably they have lessened gen
eral public respect for the law,”
he said.
Braun and his committee be
lieve that a positive approach to
traffic safety can best be
achieved by this three-point pro
gram:
1. Stop putting major reli
ance upon fear of arrest as the
basis for traffic law enforce
ment. States with the most im
pressive records in reducing
highway accidents have
achieved these records through
a coordinated program of
driver improvement, traffic
engineering, improved high
way design and enlightened
traffic supervision.
2. Improve driver licensing
procedures so that public of
ficials can reach and deal with
the “problem driver” more ef
fectively.
3. Recognize that public ac
ceptance, rather than legislative
decree, is the basis for successful
traffic regulation, and that con
structive leadership is the most *
effective force for the promotion
of highway safety.
stopped, had to turn around and
go back around by Engelhard and
home at Avalon Beach, where they
reside.
The father-in-law of S/Sgt. Ken
neth Clay Tillett, Robert Lindsey,
of 625 Davis St.. Vacaville, Calif.,
’eft his home in a private plane,
with a friend, enroute to Reno,
Nevada, crashed. And after an
eight day search, were found with
in eight miles of their home, both
dead.
The WSCS served a turkey din
ner at the Kitty Hawk lunch room
on Wednesday evening for benefit
of the Methodist Church building
fund.
HATTERAS SEAMAN RETURNS
Norfolk, Va. (FHTNC). Ed
ward A. Austin, hospital corpsman
first class, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward L. Austin of Hat
teras, and husband of the former
Miss Nancy M. Willis of Hatteras.
returned to Norfolk, Va., Feb. 17,
aboard the ammunition ship USS
Suribachi after taking part in a
U.S. Atlantic Fleet and Canadian
Navy joint anti-submarine warfare
exercise off the coast of Florida.
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Has returned from a vacation
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Sunday March 2nd For Season.
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