FRIDAY, AUGUST 15. 1958 I -_r i Then hr> hyJVICTQTL MEEKINS THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY IN BOATING As time goes on, we become more deeply impressed with the importance of regulation of motor boats for the safety and protec tion of life and property. Increas ingly we hear comments about the unconcern and the risk that is taken by people in overloaded small boats operating in our sounds, inlets, and even ocean wa ters—boats which no experienced • person would ever consider using in hazardous places. Men who come from distant towns, knowing nothing of the ways of ocean tides and currents, the mysteries of the sea and the moods of nature, look with delight on an unruffled surface and blithe ly unload craft that are completely unsafe for the locality. In* this boat they pile all that is most dear and precious to them, their wives and all their children, and there are seen more boats overloaded than otherwise, even in safe wa ters. That there have been so few fatalities so far, has been a mys tery, and only accounted for by the confidence of the faithful in a merciful providence. Without some sort of inspection, regulations, and penalties for vio lations, there is no telling where the situation will wind up, as the motor boat craze continues to grow. It is reported that in New York harbor alonfe, 100,000 such small boats are operating, much to the despair of every operator of large vessels who must ever be on his toes to keep from running over them. With so many people flocking to the motor boat craze there is naturally a large number of peo ple who are not only ignorant of the waters but are irresponsible and reckless. Without a proper sense of regard for the safety and the rights of others, they will zoom close to other boats, or to swimmers and bathers, and there by set up a dangerous back-wash, sufficient to swamp a boat or ! HEADQUARTERS FOR CAROLINIANS WHEN IN NORFOLK FAIRFAX HOTEL FIREPROOF RATES $3.50 UP TELEVISION RADIO AIR-CONDITIONED P. F. CRANK, JR. REGISTERED SURVEYOR SURVEYS CADASTRAL TOPOGRAPHIC ENGINEERING HYDROGRAPHIC TEL. COINJOCK 2500 POINT HARBOR, N. C. VARIETY first choice of Millions WHERE do you want to go? WHERE it’s high and cool? WHERE the view is out of this world? WHERE plunging waters end in trout pools? WHERE there are hundreds of miles of beaches and your special kind of sun fun? • WHERE you can surf cast or land the big ones farther out? WHERE you’ll have wonderful roads every mile of the way ..." good accommodations where you stop? WHERE there’s fun for all the, family? Why, that’s NORTH CAROLINA! Me NORTH CAROLINA Malt Beverage Control Institute P. O. Box 2473, Raleigh, North Carolina T*m cd it nn in cooperation with the Travel Council of North Carolina, lnc y in tponwvf W “£<£ NORTH CAROLINA’ BURL S. BRINN ACCEPTS CALL TO CAMBRIA, VA. Burl S. Brinn, supply minister for Mt. Olive Church in Hyde County has accepted a call to serve as minister of the Church of Christ at Cambria, Va. Mr. Brinn’s former charges have been, as a student, at Gum Neck and Pleasant Grove. He or ganized a congregation at Manteo and served as minister for two years; he also served as minister for seventeen months at Sweet Valley, Penn. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Brinn of Swan Quarter. A graduate of the class of 1940 of Swan Quarter High School and a graduate of Roanoke Bible College of Elizabeth City. Mr. Brinn is married to the for mer Miss Dora L. Saunders of Willis Branch, W. Va. They have twin boys, Babern and Stephen. Mr. and Mrs. Brinn will begin their new duties next week. over a bather even if a good swim mer. There has to be some means of curbing the foolish and vicious nature of such people. We devise many laws for the protection of the public on our highways, laws which protect the guilty as well as the innocent if they are only heed ed. These laws come in response to a violent demand that the reck less and foolish be restricted on our roads, just as the reckless and foolish must be driven from our waters. Our waters are a wonderful gift of God, and should be available for the equal use, enjoyment and happiness of all people. No person should have any of these rights curbed because our country is too stupid to guarantee the protection of these rights. We should there fore gratefully welcome any and all measures as will tend to in sure our safety, and the unrestrict ed enjoyment of ourselves and others when on these waters that nature has so generously provided. Those who fail to observe court esy to others on our waters should be warned. Those who then fail to grant it as a regular habit should be stomped on. Those who wilfully, recklessly and foolishly make a habit of endangering the lives of others should be driven out of the country in shame and disgrace and their rights removed to continue in the enjoyment of one of God’s greatest gifts to mankind. THE COASTLAND TIMES, MANTEO, N. C. ) O' "Kecp/wneaGiewi" FIRST BAY OF ISSUE CONSERVATION 5«1 o . . L*~ The Nation’s first forest con servation postage stamp goes on sale October 27 at Tuc son, Arizona during the annual meeting of the Amer ican Forestry Association. The issue was designed by the Post Office Department to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt, one of this country’s earliest forest conservationists, and to sa lute the many private and public agencies whose coop eration has helped make possible the progress in for est conservation. First-day mailings will be cancelled with the above die featuring the Smokey Bear and the Keep America Green forest fire prevention pro grams. The 4-ccnt Forest Conservation commemorative stamp, which goes on First-day sale at the Annual Meeting of the American Forestry Association, will be printed in three colors on the Giori press in yellow, brown, and green. The stamp, 0.84 by 1.44 inches, ar ranged vertically, features the ma jor aspects of. forest conservation including new growth of young trees and the harvesting of mature timber under scientific forest man agement; home and shelter forj wildlife and birds; and protected watersheds. This first forest conservation stamp in history commemorates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt, one of the earliest forest conservationists in' the country. It also salutes the I many private and public agencies which have played a large part in the progress made in the protec tion and wise use of the Nation’s natural resources. Collectors desiring first day cancellations may send addressed envelopes to the Postmaster, Tuc son, Arizona, together with money order remittance to cover the cost of the stamps to be affixed. An en closure of medium weight should be placed in each envelope and the flap turned in or sealed. The out side envelope to the Postmaster at Tucson should be endorsed “First Day Covers Forest Conservation Stamp.” Collectors should bear in mind that this is a vertical stamp and envelopes should be addressed in the lower left comer, particu larly when blocks are desired. The first day cancellation at Tucson, Arizona will portray the head of “Smokey Bear” and the wording “Keep America Green.” >ll > I RESERVE s noo i $ K I «/5 QUMT 86 PROOF / rw KLy H.t IROWrt SON CO. UWIENCHVRO. KV. RtNOEDWMtKIV.N PROOF A 70% ORION NIITRMIPIRITI FREE SERVICES TO AID LANDOWNERS BEING OFFERED Southern Landowners Waking Up to Value of Cultivating Timber A record growth in the number of landowners in the South receiv ing free forestry services from the pulp and paper industry has oc curred in the past five years, ac cording to a statistical report re leased by the Southern Pulpwood Jonservation Association, in At lanta, Ga. Such services in this area are being offered to landowners in Dare, Hyde, Washington and Tyr rell Counties by the West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. through its of fices in Manteo. Henry J. Malsberger, general manager of the SPCA, said the report points up the “highly sig nificant progress that has been made by the association and its member pulp and paper mills in providing land owners with direct services leading to greater prod uctivity of Southern woodlands. For example, the 1957 report reveals that 50,696 landowners in eleven Southern states had receiv ed management assistance since an annual industry-wide survey was started in 1948, Mr. Mals berger said. “The latest study shows that 41,611 landowners were served by industry foresters in just the past five years,” the association execu tive continued. “Compared with a 1948 total of only 465 and a 1952 total of 9,085 landowners receiv ing nranagemerrt aid from the in dustry, the recent figure becomes most impressive.” Mr. Malsberger explained that management assistance offered by association and industry foresters includes advising farmers and forest owners on cutting their trees in a productive manner, rec ommending what trees should be left for future growth, or whether replanting with “superior” tree seedlings should be undertaken. Total acreage in the South on which management assistance had been provided was 942,000 when the survey was first made in 1948, it was explained. Total acreage through 1957 was 30,604,000 acres —a five-year increase of 26,607,000 acres over the 1952 fig ure of 3,997,000, the report said. The survey also showed that Southern Pulp and paper mills were responsible for planting 1,- 288,000,000 seedlings in the region by 1957—an increase of 883,000,- 000 seedlings over the total of 405,000,000 planted by 1952. “The significance of the figures contained in this latest report is that landowners and the industry are recognizing to a greater de gree than ever before the vital im portance of this growing program of mutual cooperation,” Mr. Mals berger said. “This kind of activity projected into the future can have a tre mendous effect on stabilizing the output of pulpwood from Tivnt. To guard family health like Mrs. M... "s 8 gj >•>"• '•> v x