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FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1958
News of Columbia & Tyrrell Co.
For Subscriptions, see Mrs. Blanche W. Cohoon, or Call Her,
Phone 317-1, Columbia, N. C. She will welcome news of
Columbia and Tyrrell County
ANNUAL DISTRICT
MEETING OF HOME
CLUBS IN TYRRELL
Many Committees Named For
Large Event in Columbia
on April I Oth
Columbia.—The annual meeting
of the 24th District of Home Dem
onstration Clubs, will be held here
on April 10th, at the Agriculture
Building, under the direction of
District President, Mrs. Grace
Spruill, according to a release by
Mrs. Ann E. Davenport, Tyrrell
Home Agent. Counties of Beau
fort, Hyde, Washington and Tyr
rell comprise the 24th Distdict.
Committees appointed in charge
of arrangements for the meeting:
Registration by all club secretar
ies: Mrs. W. T. Reynolds, County
Council Secretary Chairman, Mes
dames E. J. Brickhouse, Shirley
Voliva, Alton Ainsley, Clarence
Rhodes, Harold Spencer, D. V.
Spencer, Shafter Voliva, Junior
Weatherly, Odell Ainsley, J. S.
Davenport, H. C. Davenport, W. W.
Hudson, Stafford Hopkins, and W.
A. Howett.
Reception by County Council
President, Mrs. R. L. Spruill, chair
man, and all, club presidents: Mes
dames Floyd B. Spencer, L. R.
Barnes, Alton Reynolds, W. T.
Reynolds, C. E. Morris, B. G. Alex
ander, Lindsey Simmons, Eugene
Ainsley, Marvin Voliva, R. S.
Knight Jr., W. J. Brickhouse,
Theodore Gibbs, O. A. Howett, and
H. L. Chaplin.
Foods and Nutrition and Food
Conservation leaders will serve on
luncheon committee with Mrs. J.
B. Davenport, County Foods and
Nutrition leader, and Mrs H L.
Chaplin, County Food Conservation
leader as co-chairmen, They are:
Mesdames C. W. Spruill, Jimmie
Hopkins, Orville Howett, Robert
Barnes, Cyril Walker, Shirley Vol
iva, L. W. Swain, D. W. Blake,
Earl Sexton, H. P. Swain, J. L.
Spencer, B. G. Alexander, Ollis
Simmons, W. W. Hudson, Charlie
Walker, W. B. Spencer, Winifred
Comstock, Lindsey Simmons, Sadie
Cohoon, Minnie Liverman, Alton
Reynolds, E. G. West, L. W.
Swain, S. H. Voliva, H. S. Ward,
J. H. Bateman, Floyd Hollis, and
Stafford Hopkins.
Table committee will be com
posed of County Council Vice-
President, Mrs. Lee R. Barnes,
chairman, and all club vice-presi
dents: Mesdames J. W. Hamilton,
W. V. Spencer, Dallas Blake,
Nancy Sawyer, H. T. White, Rob
ert Barnes, Lindsey Simmons, J.
W. Cooper, W. W. Spruill, H. E.
> Ward, Marvin Brickhouse, and
Morris G. PritchitL
Stage and decoration committee,
by home beautification leaders
with Mrs. C. Earl Cohoon, chair
man, Mesdames J. H» Daniels,
Merle Hassell, T. W. Armstrong,
D. N. Smith, J. W. Williams, W. E.
Spencer, W. W. Hudson, C. E.
Morris, J. W. Cooper, E. H. Holi
dia, E. L. Godwin, Jr., R. S.
Knight Jr., H. L. Chaplin, Ray
mond Cohoon, and Don Wagner.
Purchasing committee, all club
treasurers, with Mrs. H. C. Daven
port, County Council treasurer,
chairman; Mesdames: J. H. Bate
man, Alton Ainsley, Merle Has
' sell, A. C. Voliva, Daniel Brick
house, M. V. Cohoon, E. H. Holi
dia, J. S. Davenport, W. W. Hud
son, Floyd Hollis, and Stafford
Hopkins.
Clean-up committee, home man
agement, housing and house fur
nishing leaders; with Mrs. C. W.
Spruill, county housing and house
furnishing leader, and Mrs. J. M.
Carroll, county home management
leader as co-chairmen; Mesdames:
D. M. Bridgeman, Dan Davis, Dud
ley Swain, D. V. Spencer, H. S.
Cohoon, W. W. Hudson, W; E.
Spencer, Nancy Sawyer, Odell
Ainsley, Marvin Voliva, W. J.
Brickhouse, Jean Combs, N. P.
Hopkins, A. B. Hopkins Jr., I. R.
Swain, Floyd Spencer, J. E. Swain,
■Ollis Simmons, H. T. White, Chest
ley Hudson, James Reynolds, Eu
gene Ainsley, R. A. Weatherly, R.
L. Spruill Sr., S. D. Wynne, Ver
non Alexander, and Durwood
Cooper.
ALL CASES SUBMITTED IN
DARE COURT TUESDAY
Tuesday’s session of Dare Coun
ty Recorder’s Court recorded only
five cases, with the defendants in
each submitting.
Robert Edward Newsome of
Florence, S. C., paid fines totaling
$35 and costs for driving without
an operator’s license and for giv
ing false information to an offi
cer.
Harry Stonecypher of Norfolk,
Va., paid a $25 fine and costs for
careless and reckless driving.
K. C. Smith of Coinjock was
fined $25 and costs for being drunk
on the highway.
For parking illegally oh a state
highway, Calbert Lockwood Gray
of Stumpy Point paid a $5 fine
and costs.
Lewis James Tate, Sr. of Kitty
Hawk, charged with operating a
motor vehicle, with an expired li
cense plate, paid a $5 fine and
costs.
COLUMBIA PERSONALS
Clair E. Mon is J». us state Col
lege spent the week end with his
parents, Sheriff and Mrs. Morris.
Miss Barbara Stephens of Ahoskie
was week end guest of Sheriff and 1
Mrs. Morris.
Mrs. Milton May and son John ‘
of Winterville, were guests of her ,
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Brick- ’
house, Friday.
Mrs. John A. Hardison has been '
a patient in Columbia Hospital, for ‘
the past few days.
A. N. Bateman, who has been ill
at Norfolk General Hospital, has ’
returned home.
Mrs. Emma Krause is in Norfolk f
visiting her daughter, Mrs. James ,
Walker.
Services will be held at the Wes
ley Memorial Methodist ‘Church,
Columbia, each evening beginning
Sunday, March 9th, 7:30 p.m. and
continuing through Saturday,
March 15th. These services are
held in connection with the United
Evangelistic-Mission of N. C. Con
ference of the Methodist Church.
The Rev. Christian White, pastor
of Glen Haven Methodist Church,
Burlington, will be guest speaker.
All denominations are invited to
attend and join in the worship.
March 16-22 has been proclaimed
as National Library Week. Its
purpose is to impress upon the
public the importance of books and
related materials, which are avail
able free of charge to everyone
through their libraries.
A Fashion Show, held annually
at the spring season by the Colum
bia Junior Woman’s Club is sched
uled for Friday night, March 14th,
7:30.
“Community appreciation and
method of improvement” was the
I program at the meeting Thursday
night of the Junior Woman’s Club
in the home of Mrs. Elsie Edwards,
with Mrs. Effie A. Brickhouse,
president of the Senior Club, as
moderator. A contribution of $35
to the Tyrrell County Scholarship
Fund was made. Sixteen members
were nresent. Mrs. Don E. Steagall
served with Mrs. Edwards as host
ess.
Swain-Roughton *■
Miss Janet Marie Roughton,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
• B. Roughton,' of Route 2, Coulmbia,
and Dennis William Swain, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin R. Swain were
married Monday evening, March
3rd, by the Rev. Joseph A. Brick
, house, minister of the Church of
Christ.
. TYRRELL COUNTY SOLDIER
ONE OF 100.000 IN GERMANY
Seventh Army, Germany (AHT
I NC).—PFC Robert W. Hili, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Alaric A. Hill Sr.,
> Route 1, Columbia, recently par
-1 ticipated in “Sabre Hawk”, a
Seventh Army maneuver which
■ involved more than 100,000 troops
■ in Germany.
Hill, a gunner in the 714th Tank
Battalion’s Company D, entered
the Army in August 1956, com
pleted basic training at Fort Jack
son, S. C., and arrived in Germany
last March.
1 The 19-year-old soldier is a 1956
graduate of Tyrrell High School.
GOVERNOR CLEMENT TO
SPEAK AT YDC RALLY
Misenheimer, N. C.—Announce
ment has been made by Robert
Davis, president of the Young
Democratic Clubs of North Caro
iina for a state-wide rally and ban
quet to be held in the Armory in
Salisbury, N. C. on March 14. It is
being co-sponsored by the Rowan
County and Pfeiffer College Clubs.
Activities get under way at 3:00
p.m. on March 14 with an executive
meeting. At 4:00 p.m. a workshop
is planned.
The outstanding event of the day
is the banquet and address at 7:00
p.m. The speaker is the Honorable
Frank Clement, Governor of Ten
nessee. Governor Clement gave the
keynote address at the Demoratic
Convention at Chicago in 1956. He
is a person of rising importance in
the Democratic Party.
The price of the dinner is ten'•
dollars which shall go into the.
Y.D.C. treasury. A limited number
of tickets will be sold at the door.
Advance tickets are available
through Wilson Woodhouse, ticket
chairman. Pfeiffer College. Misen
heimer, N. C. or local Y.D.C. pres
idents.
REVIVAL
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ken, pastor of Mt. Olivet Methodist
Church, each Methodist charge in]
the northeastern part of the state
will be conducting similar services i
in a simultaneous evangelistic ef
fort. The Commission on Member
ship and Evangelism of ML Olivet
Church, under the chairmanship of
Mrs. E. E. Meekins, is planning <
during the week to send evangelis- I
tic teams into the community to :
visit more than 150 prospects dis- ’
covered in a recent survey.
The service for Sunday night, i
March 9th, will begin at 7:30
p.m., with the services for the .
rest of the week beginning at 8:00 ’
p.m. each night The church in- <
vites the community to attend the :
services. 1
SCHEDULE SET FOR
PRIVILEGE TAXES IN
TYRRELL COUNTY
Commissioners Draw Jurors and
Seek Red Cross Aid For
Distressed
Columbia.—The Tyrrell County
Commissioners Monday afternoon
adopted a resolution requesting the
N. C. Dept, of Agriculture to fur
nish Tyrrell County with surplus
commodities, and motion made that
the Civil Defense Director, L. P.
Scott, intercede through Army
surplus to obtain a refrigerator
unit of sufficient size to refriger
ate perishable items of surplus
commodities.
For the annual 4-H Live Stock
show, $l6O was allowed towards
the necessary expenditures.
A resolution was passed that
there be levied for the 12 months
beginning July 1, 1958, privilege
tax in the maximum amount per
mitted by Schedule “B” of the
Revenue Act, etc. on each business,
trade, occupation and profession
which counties are authorized to
tax unler schedule “B” of the
Revenue Act and by other sections
of hte general statutes. They fur
ther resolved that there also be
levied for the 12 mos. beginning
July Ist, 1958 a privilege license
tax of SSOO upon each and eveiy
person who engages in the practice
of Fortune-Telling or Phrenology
or any other trade or practice as
described in Section 105-48 and in
section 105-58 (A) and (B) of the
General Statutes.
The secretary was ordered to
write to the Hon. H. C. Bonner,
and the “Red Cross” seeking aid
or relief for the local fishermen
who lost nets during the freeze.
Jurors drawn for the April term
of Superior Court were: W. J.
White, Dennis Respass, R. Stafford
Hopkins, Nedum Brickhouse, James
H. Beck, Stephen H. Davenport,
Len T. Jones, Howard J. Brick
house, Otto Sawyer, Gertrude
Craddock. Wilbert A. Simmons,
William E. Bateman, S. F. Pollard,
Roy W. Brickhouse, Jessie Norman,
, Richard C. Weatherly, Chester-
Cooper, Joseph V. Bateman,
Charles L. Swain, Dallas M.
Bridgeman, E. L. Hathaway, Wil
liam W. Reynolds, Lee R. Barnes,
Willie R. Smith, Howard D. Brick
house, F. F. Pritchitt, W. T. Wil
kins. Lionel C. Bateman. W. L.
Jackson, A. K. Spencer Sr., Rod
ney S. Bateman, Harold. Lloyd
■ Davis, Grady Braxton Swain, John
W. Woodard, A. N. Bateman, Le-
Roy S. Cahoon, R. C. Hudson, J.
F. Furlough Sr., Daniel B. Brick-
■ house, May W. Basnight, Noah W.
Spruill Sr., Rodney Lee Brick
house, Joe D. Roughton, Ollis B.
Simmons, Morris Vanhorn, Mary
Ann Combs, Joseph Rhodes, and
S. R. West.
i All members were presenL
Harry P. Swain, Chmn., B. Frank
Alexander, W. A. Mayo, Gerald W.
Selby, and Edward Davis.
BAUM
(Continued from Page One)
did not lose trade by being judge
■ but actually gained some instead.
Mr. Baum had other trial
experience prior to becoming re
corder’s judge; he served as a jus
tice of the peace for a period of
time, just how long he is not cer
tain, and for two years while ma
yor of Manteo also held a mayor’s
court. He ■’also had four years
service as a county commissioner,
serving as chairman of the Board.
Now to digress a little, as Vic
tor Meekins says, to add to this
story, Judge Baum has what is
called the “Baum bullheadedness,”
and once a Baum thinks he’s right,
there is no way to change his,
mind. This Baum blood prevails 1
very strongly in those Roanoke Is
landers of the Meekins, Ward,
Etheridge and Daniels tribes of
Roanoke Island, and some others
too.
It was this tenacity which back
in 1926 made Judge Wash Baum,
then chairman of the Dare County
board stick to his policy to build
a bridge to Nags Head.
Frank Stick came to Roanoke
Island from New Jersey and he
told the Board of Commissioners
how Dare County could be worth
something to itself if it would
bbild a bridge from Roanoke Is-
Jqnd. to .Nags Head, connect up
the beaches north and .south and
get away across Currituck Sound.
Judge Baum had to be convinced
so Mr. Stick took him to New
Jersey and showed him what had
happened in all the Asbury Park
vicinity as a result of roads and
bridges. Judge Baum returned con
vinced, and he set about bonding
Dare County for money to build a
bridge and causeway to Nags
Head.
Thpre was a lot of local oppo
sition from people who just
couldn’t see so far ahead as Judge
Baum thought he saw, and they
said Dare County could never pay
the debt.
But Judge Baum and his board
of commissioners went ahead and
built the bridge to Nags Head, and
how nobody would say it was
wrong. But the bullheadedness of
Judge Baum is the only reason it
got there when it did.
Returning to his career as a
Judge, Mr. Baum says he tries to
“mix mercy with justice.” He also
commented that while he likes tp
see the law observed he does not
like to see any violator condemned
THE COASTLAND TIMES, MANTEO, N. C.*
THIS WEEK
—ln Washington
Ol
Russian military potentials in prepa
ration for a firm stand at the forth
coming summit talks.
The yardstick being used is striking
power, measured both in total force
and ability to move rapidly to
counterattack once the first blow has
been delivered. The opinion of mili
tary experts we’ve talked with is that
neither nation could deliver an initial
knockout blow.
Japan, they recall, delivered an
all-out sneak attack on Pearl Harbor
that crippled our Navy. Our su
periority in the movement of men
and material to distant parts of the
world proved, in the end, to be
decisive.
Russia undoubtedly has, or will soon
have, the ability to strike an even
more punishing first blow through
the use of long-range missiles. But
we now have the ability to move
fully equipped armies thousands of
miles in a matter of hours, and to
keep them supplied through an
aerial pipeline.
Secretary of the Air Force, James
H. Douglas, pointed out that, in
addition to an undisclosed number of
military planes, the U. S. has on a
stand-by basis some 2,500 civilian
cargo and passenger planes in a
Civil Reserve Air Fleet that would
dwarf the famous Berlin airlift.
Except for the availability of the
CRAF, the military budget now
before Congress might be appreciably
larger. Secretary Douglas recognized
this when he told a congressional
military appropriations committee:
“We have not ordered any turbojet
transport aircraft for the Military
Air Transport Service, such as the
airlines have on order in large
numbers, and which we count on the
airlines making a part of CRAF.
This fleet is an essential part of our
wartime airlift ability.”
These views are shared by Con
gressmen with whom we have talked.
Rep. Prince H. Preston, (D., Ga.),
Chairman of the House Appropria
tions Subcommittee for the Air Force,
told us in an interview:
“Our not-so-secret weapon, more
significant than all the sputniks, is
the Civil Reserve Air Fleet. It should
be maintained and strengthened to
give us unmatched ability to shift
and concentrate our striking power
in a matter of hours, not days or
weeks.
“The building of a strong civilian
air fleet through government as
sistance not only is good sense, it
also is good economy. The Berlin
air-lift demonstrated the value of our
ability to move people and supplies
safely and speedily.”
Rep. Albert Thomas, (D., Tex.),
another member of the subcom
mittee, told us that “if and when the
next war starts, the initial movement
of men and supplies must be done by
air. This can be done only if we
maintain and strengthen our air
power, both military and civilian.
An adequate reserve through the
commercial airlines is of the utmost
importance.”
Rep. John J; Rooney, (D., N. Y.),
also a member of the Air Force
subcommittee, said “air power will
continue to be of vital importance in
our total defense for some time. I
favor maximum utilization of both
military and civilian planes as the
most economical method for main
taining our air strength.” *
i
unjustly. His hardest decisions, he
has found, are to give a defendant
a road or prison term, especially
■when the man is a young person.
Not only does a term in prison or
on the roads frequently have an
1 adverse effect on a person directly,
he points out, but a person with a
prison record will always encoun
ter difficulty in getting employ
ment or keep them from entering
the armed forces. He admits that
such punishment is sometimes un
avoidable, but says he is doubtful
if in many cases it helps to
straighten out the offender.
During the course of his office
holdings, there have been instances
when parties involved in court pro
ceedings have attempted to offer
Judge Baum bribes ranging as
high as SSOO. He particularly re
calls one instance when a man
came into his place and slyly slip
ped $5 in his coat pocket; the
judge discovered the money a few
minutes after the other man left,
caught up with him, made him
take the $5, and gave him a good
verbal lashing.*
Judge Baum, who is 81, still de
votes part of his time to fishing
his ocean nets. He has always liked
an active life and would undoubt
edly find it difficult to take it
easy all the time. He is nckv faced
wth running for judge again in
the May primary, but says he finds
it difficult to make up his mind
-m seeking another term.
Keep America Green
With
Clinton Davidson
Washington mili
tary, diplomatic and
congressional leaders
are measuring the
relative U. .S. and
JAMBOREE
(Continued from Page One)
ing pushed in many sectors of
ware towards making the 1958
program one of tne most unusual
of ail Dare Coast Pirate jam
borees.
Un Hatteras, a schedule of
events with Bin Dillon of Buxton
as program chairman was announc
ed last week. In addition to at least
tmee pre-Jamboree dances on tap
tor Hatteras Island, where pirate
"beards'’ are more plentiful than
ever before and where scores of
costumes are now in the making,
one of the special features of the
Hatteras Island phase of events
will begin on Weoneoday morning,
April 23. This will be the surf
fishing contest. “This will give
anglers two and a half days to pit
their skill against fish of the surf
prior to the awarding of prizes
xor tne largest at noon on Friday,”
said Dillon.
Friday’s program on Hatteras
Island, most of which will be held'
at the greatly expanded and im
proved in PS uay Use area at the
Point of Cape Hatteras, includes
the big free fish fry, costume con
tests, a Coast Guard rescue drill,
an exhibition of horsemanship by
the Ocracoke Boy Scouts and their
banker ponies, a big open-air dance
at the new parking facilities, and
the awarding of prizes for various
contests. A beach buggy race if
held, and it is planned, would be
presented on the beach near Hat
teras village rather than on Na
tional Park Service properties.
Dick Jordan and George Sides,
co-chairmen of the Dare Beaches
program on Saturday, April 26,
nave announced that one of the
main attractions will be the pirate
landing at Avalon Beach. Other
events will include a bicycle race
around Wright Memorial Monu
ment, a bull-frog jumping contest
at the Recreation Center, a treas
ure hunt for children in the vicin
ity of Kill Devil Hills monument,
and an exhibition of sand skiing at
Jockey Ridge. A children’s costume
contest will also be held in the
vicinity of the Recreation Center.
“Os course all plans for the Dare
Beaches events which we have
lined up are subject to the approv
al of the general committee at
their next meeting,” said Jordan.
Finale of the Dare Beaches
event would be the gala coronation
ball. On the following day, Sun
day, April 27, it is planned to move
the scene of events to Manteo
where the Dare Power Boat Asso
ciation would present wildcat boat
races and to Manns Harbor- where
open-air religious services to be
arranged by Stanford White will
be held.
Already, promotional activities
in Dare for the big Jamboree are
gaining momentum. Dick Purser,
n charge of souvenir sales, is
busy stocking mrechants with pi
rate paraphenalia, and Jolly Roger
flags are appearing on automo
biles. Silver dollars and “pieces of
eight” are clinking in purses and
merchant tills, and under the lead
-"•ship of Julian Oneto and Wallace
McCown pirate caravans to cities
ind shows for radio and television
stations are being arranged.
BOARD
(Continued from Page One)
ard of Belhaven, and the chair
man and clerk to the board
were authorized to sign the
contract. The motion called
for the contract to be made a part
of the minutes, but on Thursday
morning Melvin R. Daniels, clerk
to the board, stated that the con
tract had not been received in his
office.
The board approved the aban
donment of a short piece of road
at Buxton designated as Road No.
2 on a map of three roads which
the State Highway Commission
has proposed to abandon, but the
board protested the abandonment
of two other roads, one. in Nags
Head woods and one at Buxton,
protests having been lodged by
owners of adjacent property.
On request from the Board of
Education, the clerk to the board
was instructed to write the State
Highway Commission about two
matters. One was a request that
the state improve a short piece
of road at Hatteras known as the
South Back Road, and the other
was a request that the state put
in curb, gutter, and a sidewalk
from the existing curb and gutter
going south from the Town of
Manteo to the new Manteo High
School.
Representing the Home Demon
stration Club, Mrs. Zenovah Ether
idge, Mrs. Fred Basnight, and Mrs.
Hattie Olson, offered “help inclean
ing up the grounds of the court
house. They promised that they
would see that something was
done on this with a little help
from the board.
MIDDLETOWN PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs.. Bill Thomas Spen
cer of Norfolk, Va. spent the week
end here with Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Spencer.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lancaster,
Bill and Bobby Ann of Vanceboro
visited Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Payne.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Mann and
Edward of Washington visited Mr.
and Mrs. Columbus Cuthrell.
Mrs. Tom Young, Mrs. Richard
Mann, and Mrs. Max Mann visited
Mrs. Lida Miller.
Mrs. Lillie Cox visited here this
week. .■ ,
GLIMPSES
, OF
TH E PA S T
By CAROLYN LLOYD
Before the days of movies, ra
dio, and television, home talent
shows were popular in Belhaven, as
well as in towns large 'and small
throughout the land. Without the
yardstick of professional perform
ances to judge by, people enjoyed
the acting and antics of the home
town folks. In every town there
were a few people whose talents
were always in demand. One of
tose in Belhaven was Mrs. H. R.
Way, whose name is still known
locally and far afield. Her favorite
role on the local stage was that of
“end man” in the minstrels that
were dear to the heart of the thea
ter goers. Mrs. Way wrote her own
material for these shows, using lo
cal names to heighten the interest.
The following is an excerpt from
one of her minstrel scripts and
may bring back memories to those
who enjoyed the shows.
“O Lawd, give these thy ser
vants de searching eyes of de Chief
of Police Marvin Jones an de wis
dom of the honorable Bill Sears.
Konnect their souls with the gospel
thru and by the grand telephone
system of dis here great, big beuti
ful Belhaven town. Luminate their
brows with a ’lectric light sistum
that never goes out that they may
see one ’nuthers faults case it do
go out. Overflow their minds with
the fear of Jedge Lee upon the
road. Turpentine their magination
with the spirit of New Lake corn
meal. Grease their lips with pos
sum oil and onions so that their
kisses wont last no longer than
Ralph Swindell’s bank account.
Loosen their tongues like the sweet
music of Mr. Pittman’s sledge
hammei- when all the bass rooms is
froze up. Lcctify their brains with
the knowledge of Heber Wilkinson
when he reads dem air meter
eaters. Roll the thunder of fear in
the blushing bride to be dat she
may never forget dem words,
“Obey.” Put pctual motion in the
groom’s arms and a wallop in his
hand. Change the law on wife
beatin with a necessary perfection
of a mjrried man. Fill dis here
couple plum full of Mr. Voliva’s
dynamite; ’noint them all over with
Mr. Keaton’s kerosene oil of salva
tion and den set ’em on fire.”
Os those mentioned in the skit,
three—Heber Wilkinson, Mr. Pitt
man, and Ralph Swindell—are still
living in this vicinity. Mrs. Way
herself, though a partial invalid,
still has the unquenoir’.ble spirit
that made her the hit of the min
strel shows. She doesn’t leave her
Beech Ridge home these days, but
through the medium of radio, tele
vision. and newspapers she keeps
up with a changing world. The
years have dimmed neither her
mind nor her enthusiasm. One of
her hobbies is exchanging letters
with pen pals; and, though she
now must sometimes depend upon
others to do the actual writing, it
is a safe guess that her pen pals
never find her letters dull.
There isn’t much demand for
hometown talent these days; but if
there were and Mrs. Way could
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, POLITICS
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he doesn’t want to run again, and
encouragement from several peo-»
pie has been given his son-in-law
George Fuller to seek the office
representing Hatteras township.
Fuller, a succsesful business man
has ability and personality as well
as youth.
The Chairman of the Board,,
Claude Duvall is expected to run,
again, since he is well paid by vir
tue of the office, what with his
SSO a month from the county, and
other considerations which come to
him because of his position. A
number of citizens of the mainland
have been urging Horace Hooper
of Stumpy Point to be a candidate
for this office. ,
No reports have come from the
Board of Education, although Le
land Wise of Stumpy Point is ex
pected to run again, as well as
Robert Ballance of Manteo. There
are some rumors afloat that candi
dates for other offices will be in
the field before filing time closes,
this being considered a good year
to get elected.
Judge Washington Baum, after
27 years in office has not definite
ly made up his mind about seeking
another term, but most friends be
lieve he / will run. Rep. R. Bruce
Etheridge has already said he is a
candidate for the 1959 legislature.
The County Board of elections
this year is expected to consist of
Wayland Fry, chairman, W. H.
Beacham of Kitty Hawk for the
Republicans, and L. V. Gaskill of
Wanchese. Republicans recom
mended two others, E. B. Scar
borough of Avon, and Ted Toler
of Kitty Hawk. Democrats also
recommended a third person, Jas
per S. Hooper of Stumpy Point.
ENGELHARD PERSONALS
The Ephron Cahoon family visit
ed in Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. Maywood Lee and
son of Manteo spent the week end
with her mother, Mrs. Nancy
Berry.
Miss Natalie Huffman of James
ville and Don Ward of Roberson
ville visited here Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Royden Neal were
in Belhaven Friday.
Rev. and Mrs. Horace Thompson
and children of Colerain visited
here Saturday.
Miss Ann Elliott of Hertford
who attends E. C. C., Greenville,
spent the week end here with Mrs.
Janie Spencer and Edwin Spencer.
Tommy Marshall of State Col
lege, Raleigh, spent the week end
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Marshall.
Lt. and Mrs. Wm. Burrus have
returned to Camp Rucker, Ala.,
after visiting here for ten days.
Max Hodges Jr. of E.C.C. spent
i the week end here.
I Earl Spencer of Plymouth spent
the week end here.
I Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gibbs have
returned after visiting relatives
here.
' will her feet and hands to be as
j lively as her mind, even a sophis
ticated modern audience might be
content to leave the t. v. set for
an evening.
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