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FRIDAY, JANUARY 9. 1959 News of Columbia & Tyrrell Co. For Subscriptions, see Mrs. Blanche W. Cohoon, or Call Her, Phone 317-1, Columbia, N. C. She wifi welcome news of Columbia and Tyrrell County POLIO CAMPAIGN BEGINS FRIDAY IN TYRRELL COUNTY The Tyrrell County Polio Chap ter will begin its drive to raise funds to fight Polio Friday night with a meeting of the Polio work ers meeting in the Agriculture building at 7:00 p.m- January 9th. ” All workers are requested to be present to discuss plans to make this one of the most successful drives of drives. The following persons have ac cepted chairmanships and will car ry the fight again for a wonderful , cause. Columbia, Town Chairman, John A. Hardison; E. L. Mosley, Riders Creek; Mildred Hassell, Lower Sound Side; Kathrine. Blake Hop kins, Sound Side (Upper); Mrs. Betty Godwin, Scuppernong; Mrs. Wilbert Brickhouse, Scuppernong; > Mrs. Zelda P. Pledger, Travis; Mrs. Lois Selby, Gum Neck; Mrs. Mar •’ gennette Davis, Cross Landing; Mrs. Floyd Hollis, North Side Alli gator; Mrs. L. P. Scott, South Side Alligator; Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Reynolds, Cabin Swamp; Mrs. Worth Snell, Assistant to Mrs. Selby, Gum Neck. ' Columbia and Tyrrell Colored: Professor L. A. Keister will ap . point his workers. Mrs. Mertie Poole, Gum Neck, and Mrs. C. C. Earl, Frying Pan. Mrs. C. E. Cohoon will serve again as Woman’s Chairman and publicity chairman. Officers of the Chapter are: County Director, Mrs. Effie Brickhouse; Vice Chairman, ' W. J. White; Secretary, Mrs. Es telle Basnight and Treasurer, W. B. McClees. W. J. Nichols, Principal of , Schools will direct the drive in the school. With all the people of Tyr rell County working together as they have done in the past the goal i will be reached this year as before.] WGAI The Associated Press and the Mutual Radio Network PRESENT RADIO IN-DEPTH o MUSIC! » Jim Woods . . . Jerry Howard .. . Jack Aulis . .'. and Music At Night NEWS! Each Hour and The . • Mutual Network's World-Wide Coverage PLUS Local and State News and Weather! COMMENTARY! *. Walter Winchell . . . Gabriel Heatter, Fultoq Lewis, Jr. SPORTS! Bill Stern and Jim Woods daily, PLUS Big 4 and Albemarle BAS KETBALL O « WHY LISTEN TO LESS ? 4 Dial 560 For RADIO IN-DEPTH! WGAI J*. . .Elizabeth City GUM NECK PERSONALS Hardy Hudson and son Donald of Ocean View visited relatives here. Mrs. J. S. Williams and chil dren, Grace, Judy and Rogers of Norfolk spent a few days here visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Lewis and son of Fairfield were here Sunday. Mrs. Reuben Cohoon of Ports mouth visited her sisters, Mrs. Margie Squires and Mrs. W. A. Cooper. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Smithson were at East Lake Saturday. Mrs. Etta Armstrong and Little Tommy Cohoon are back home from Columbia Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Tarkington of Norfolk visited relatives during the week end. Herman Cohoon and boys Mike and Hal spent Friday in Hert ford. Mr. and Mrs. Durard Parishar, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hussey of Suf folk visited here Sunday. The County Wide Youth Rally will be held at the Gum Neck Free Will Baptist Church Satur day, Jan. 10 at 7:30 p.m. Hubert i Brian is president and urges ev ; eryone to attend. Mrs. Amanda Parishar was honored at a surprise birthday I party Saturday night at the Cedar I Grove Methodist Church annex. The table was decorated with a beautiful birthday cake. Refresh ments of punch, nuts and mints were served to about 50 of her friends. Many gifts were received. I i CHURCH IN COLUMBIA TO DEDICATE A MEMORIAL The Columbia Christian Church . will have a dedication of a memo rial for Joseph and Mrs. Sarah • Roughton, Mrs. Hattie R. and > Linwood Sykes, Mrs. Leah R. and . Joseph West at the regular Sunday i morning worship service, January | 11th. The Rev. Ralph Messick, of . Wilson, will be in charge of the • service. There will be special mus ic. The public is cordially invited. Rev. Mr. Messick is pastor of the' church with services on the sec ond and fourth Sundays at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The public is also i invited to attend any of these services. 'NEW BOATING LAWS TO GO IN EFFECT MARCH 10 NORFOLK —Regulations imple menting the Federal Boating Act of 1958 are listed in the Federal Register for December 25, 1958, the Coast Guard revealed this week. The regulations are to be filed J with Congress on January 7th, ! 1959, where they must remain for I sixty days prior to coming into force. The effective date of the I Regulations is stated as March 10, 1959. The published regulations were adopted by the Coast Guard's Merchant Marine Council after a public hearing on the proposed regulations last December 9th at Washington, D. C. Views, Com ments, and opinons were received my mail from persons and organi zations to whom over 35,000 copies of the proposed rules and regula tions had beep sent, and at the Hearing itself. Key changes in the proposed regulations were: (1) Individual “Boating Accident Reports” will not be released, but may be used for statistical studies under cer tain conditions. (2) The minimum height of “numbers” has been re duced from the proposed four inch size to three inches. (3) Fees may be paid by means other than a money order. Copies of the new regulations may be obtained for 15 cents from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. GRIFFIN OTIS MASON. HYDE NATIVE DIES IN TARBORO Griffin Otis Mason a resident of Tarboro for 22 years, died at his home 912 Saint David St. Tuesday night, December 30. 1958 at 10 past 10 o’clock of heart attack. A son of the late Walterner and Bessie Howard Mason was born July 4, 1910. He was married to Miss Label Ange of Plymuoth June 14, 1940. His survivors are his .wife, Isabel of Tarbom, mother, Mrs. Besssie Howard Mason, one broth er, Mack Mason of Scranton, one sister, Mrs. Margaret. Mason Bridgman, three nieces, Joyce. Shirley and Gayle Bridgman of 1016 Indiana Ave., Newport News, Va. He was a member of the Ma sonic Lodge, an Eastern Star and a Grotto. A voluntary fireman of Tarboro. A member of the Mission ary Baptist Church. Funeral services were conducted in Tarboro Thursday and the body was brought fpr burial to the Mt Olive Church Cemetery in Ponzer. Acting pallbearers here were mem bers of the Atlantic Masonic Uodge lof Swan Quarter and the service completed at the grave by Owen Emanuel the new minister in Hyde County. TIIE COASTLAXD TIMES, MANTEO, N. C. MORE HISTORY OF THE MONUMENT IN > TYRRELL COUNTY ■ Numerous People Participated; One Man Paid Half, When A Little Bought Much in 1903 By BLANCHE W. COHOON Columbia.—The appearance of the picture with a short and credit-foggy explanation about the coming into being of the Tyrrell County Confederate monument, in a recent issue of this newspaper has caused much controversy, and has whetted the knowledge-appe tite considerably, as to compari sons with tales told by forbears. No one doubts that Mrs. Mahala Meekins did her part in this ven ture, but they do doubt her being due the most credit. Recorded in the Tyrrell County Court House, there is a docunient dated Oct. 7, 1903, a report of the Executive Committee of the Monu ment Association signed by: W. F. Beasley, President, Mark Majette, Chairman, T. L. Jones and J. S. Cohoon. This document, a list of all receipts and expenditures and other pertinent data .was audited by the Veteran’s Association Com mittee composed of Messrs. F. L. Brickhouse, W. S. Davenport and A. H. Tatem. ' We find from this report that the actual cost of the monument was one thousand and fifty dol lars ($1,050.). Thirty-four dollars ($34) was paid to R. N. Himes for erection. The iron fence which sur rounded it, when it stood in the center of the street at the inter section of Main and Broad Streets, I was listed as costing $55.22, and a freight charge of $4.48; a total of $1,143.70 elected. The celebration at the unveiling, consisting of flags, monument veiling, decorations, nails, labor, printing and horse hire for parade amounted to a cost of $131.14. Heading the list of donors is W. F. Beasley, the youngest Colonel of the Civil strife—having been made a Colonel at 18 years of age who is listed as having given SSOO, or one-half of the pur chase price of the monument plus all his expenses incurred in behalf of the monument. The document shows expenses listed to others, as well as $35.50 listed to Colonel Beasley—however it carries with it this explanation—Quote “In closing this report, we feel that we would be recreant to duty and reflect on ourselves if we failed to express our thanks and heart felt appreciation to all who have so generously assisted us in this I movement. Especially is this true I of Colonel W. F. Beasley, who has not only been the most liberal benefactor, but who has so gen erously aided us with his valuable suggestions and time, and who would not consent to the presenta tion of his expense account for his services in behalf of the monu ment until it was agreed that the i amount of his expenses should be ] paid to the needy soldiers and i their widows in this connection. , It is proper to remark that none iof the above bill which includes $35.50 goes to him but for the relief of suffering and want in stead.” A list of contributors and amounts given. W. F. Beasley SSOO. Four donations of SIOO each: J. C. Meekins Sr., C. R. Johnson, John L. Roper Lumber Co. and Branning Manufacturing Co. There were three donating SSO each: J. A. Spruill, Mark Majette, W. D. McClees, Md. Three donated $25 each: T. L. Jones, Ab Alexan der and J. W. Sykes. Willoughby Lynch gave sls. Four gave $lO each: T. H. Woodley, Charles Bateman, Hon. John H. Small and John B. Combs. Those listed who gave $5 dona tions are S. S. Woodley, W. P. Leßoy, B. W. Cohn, M. D., J. P. Alexander, R. A. Kohlass, I. M. Meekins, John Roundtree, W.. B. Cooper, John Woodard, W. M. Brickhouse. D. D. Armstrong, R. I. Hassell, Henry Litchfield, A. G. ■ Walker, Alfred Alexander, T. L. Swain, Paul Jones, D. F. Arm strong, and J. L. Cooper. Listed as giving $4 is R. N. Hines, and as giving $2.50 is J. W. Cahoon. i Those whose donations are in the $2 column were M. F. Has kett, W. E. Shallington, G. L. Liv erman, R. E. L. Hayman, C. T. Godwin, Benjamin Spruill, L. P. Combs and W. T. Campen. Listed under the $1 donations to the monument are William Campeh, Caleb Chaplin, S. W. Sykes, F. L. W. Cahoon, S. M. Combs, J. A. Hayman, B. F. Hal sey, L. A. Armstrong, D. T. Arm strong, H. W. McClees, S. F. Brick house, John Pledger, John Combs, J. J. McClees, D. D. Brickhouse, Mrs. Mary Knight, John H. Thomas, A. E. Jones, J. A. Sawyer, W. A. G. Cahoon. Fifty-cehts donations were made by J. W. Howett, Brooks Snell, D. L. Carawan, V. C. Jones, J. W. Pinner, James G. Brickhouse, J. E. Swain, Joe Weatherly, J. B. Leigh, Percy Cooper, J. J. Brickhouse, B. S. Midgett, Mamie Russell. Twenty-five cents donations wore made by Ann Lucas, J. War ren Swain, W. W. Belangia Sr., W. W. Belangia Jr., J. H. Hoskins, C. E. Cahoon, L. H. Tarkenton, Z. T. Owens, C. V. Armstrong, E. R. Cahoon, Jesse Cahoon, Allen Ca hoon, J. A. Armstrong and Nat Meekins. Donations of ten cents each were by C. 11. Parisher, G. V. Ca- , THE WORLD OF < r jl—« jHSS S|; j R j f ISI I'SBUfcU LWLT TO PROVIDE -a— l J, I JIIM '.'Wi Ul- ifagagaul PULP FOR Pine Bluff— : A MARKET THAT DIDN'T SHT WPEFSSS-SOW? 1 s EXIST A YEAR AGO'MOST OF THIS WOOD-A 5 IS THE (KW CASE THROUGHOUT THE I Ilf) 1 SOUTH-WILL BE BOUGHT FROM SMALL PR;VATE • OW I WOODLOT OWNERS' JwnZjfii® lay wsrW' THE NATION'S NUMBER ONE 1400 > tha4 the D She®" | mew joss for southerners/ FO2 PAPER THAT ' S BUT ONE 0P 7HE TO OiHER forest- using j THE SOUTH FROM INTERNATIONAL LNDUSTRIES-ARETHE PAPER'S NEW PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS SOUTH'S NUMBER MILL / ONE CASH CROP' ' ~ hoon, D. S. Brickhouse, Tilghman Gibbs, B. F. Turner, James Turner, and T. A. Cahoon. Nelson McClees is reported as giving eight cents. Five-cents do nations are listed to Willis Cooper, CharlieSwindell, Lucile Leßoy, Ir ving Leßoy,, and Jacqueline Spruill. A total of fifteen cents was made up by the following, most of them children, listed at one cent each: Willis Alexander, Her bert Liverman, Josie Spruill, Catherine Spruill, Howard Combs, Alva Combs, Della Basnight, Fos ter Basnight, Winslow Basnight, Peleg Barnett, Bernice Barnett, D. W. Midgett, John S. Midgett, At wood S. Midgett and Mahala F. Midgett. Others known to have shared in the duties of collecting these amounts along with the aforesaid Mrs. Mahala Meekins were Mrs. Susan Alexander Patrick, Mrs. Ella Newberry and Mrs. Alice Alexander, who also for many years that followed observed “Soldier’s Day” as it was then known by patriotic entertainment planned and directed by her with the children taking part. These Soldiers Day celebrations were continued by Miss Lula Jones (Overstreet). “It’s when some men are feel ing fit as a fiddle that they begin looking around for a female ac companist!”—Henry Morgan. why the smart switch is to the 59 Chevrolet ROOMIER BODY BY FISHER: practical slant. HI-THRIFT 6: NOW—PROMPT DELIVERY! features wider seats and more up to 10% more miles per gallon. stepped-up shipments have luggage space. MAGIC-MIRROR IIM PACKED J B’s: eight to „„„ „ JsjL FINISH: keeps its shine without choose from, with compression , . \ , , v waxing for up to three years. ratios ranging up to 11.25 to 1. models and S Ol ? rS - We ca , n P rom - NEW BIGGER BRAKES: better FI LL COIL SUSPENSION: ! se P ro . m Pt delivery-and its an cooled with deeper drums, up to further refined for a smoother, ‘deal time to buy! 66% longer life. OVERHEAD steadier ride on any kind of road. CURVED WINDSHIELD and One short drive and you’ll know bigger windows—all of Safety the smart switch is to Chevy. ™S Plate Glass. SLIMLINE DESIGN: Come in and be our guest for a fresh, fine and fashionable with a pleasure test first chance you get. I OoWI 'I lllllllllllllllililill _ -mu L4MM iSF'MffiMFrCT -- iiiW The 6-passenger Nomad and the Impala i-Door Sport Sedan. « .low—see the wider selection of models at your local authorized Chevrolet dealer’s!. ri«T *~..............................y............... ~, MANUMCTOMTS LICENSC NO. 110 Hassell & Crees Motor Co., Inc. PHONE 87 MANTEO, N.C. ~.<„..,., t WILLIAM BLADES PARKIN FORMER MINISTER DIES William Blades Parkin, 42, died December 28th in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Parkin served as minister of the Methodist Churches on the Croatan charge in Dare County about 12 years ago. He was a na tive of Carteret County, and fu neral services were conducted Thursday Jan. 1, at Ann St. Meth odist church, Beaufort. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Hattie Parkin; two sisters, Mrs. Alberta Chadwick, and Mrs. Janie Piver of Beaufort. IN E. N. MURRAY’S DEATH PROMINENT CITIZEN LOST Edward Napoleon Murray, 67, died Monday December 22, at his home in Fairfield, Hyde County. He was a member of the Metho dist Church, attented State Col lege, and was a farmer all of his life. He was the son of the late William Durant Murray and Eliz abeth Spencer Murray. He is sur vived by his wife, Ella Selby Mur ray; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Murray Cooper, Windsor, N. C. and two grandsons, Jerry Ward of the U. S. Air Force, and Murray Ward, a staudent at the Univer sity of North Carolina. Funeral services w ere reld Wednesday, December 24 at the Methodist Church at 11:00 with in terment at Fairfield Cemetery. ENGELHARD PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. George O’neal, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jarvis, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Leon Ballance were Raleigh visitors last week. Mr. and Mrs. Royden Neal and daughter, Patty were in Washing ton Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Williams spent New Year’s day in Norfolk. Miss Jackie Roper of Elizabeth City visited Mrs. Sara Roper and Mr. and Mrs. Jabin Berry. Mrs. Florence Burrus of Swan Quarter and her guest, Mrs. Ina Watson of Richmond spent Friday here. Mrs. Maggie Silverthorn and daughter, Margaret visited in Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs, Leo Midgett, Mrs. Bettie Guthrie and Mrs. Mary Gibbs of Manteo were visitors here Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Royden Neal and children, Patty and Pete spent Saturday in Greenville with Mr. and Mrs. Shaw Bonner. Rev. and Mrs. Frank Wiberal, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Gibbs spent Friday in New Bern. Mrs. Ephron Cahoon and chil dren Elizabeth and Ricky were in Washington Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Hardison and son, Rex, after visiting his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Brinn and mother, Mrs. Sherwood Selby returned to Big Spring, Texas. Other guests of the Brinns were i Paula Brinn of Kitty Hawk and Millie Hardison of Washington. Mr. and Mrs. O’Neal of Kitty Hawk have returned home after visiting their son, George O’neal. Mrs. W. G. Robinson and daughter, Pauline have returned to Rocky Mount after visiting with Mr. Robinson of the Engel hard school faculty. The Royden Neal family and Mrs. S. S. Neal visited in Manteo Sunday. Birth Announcement Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Giro a d ugh ter. Katherine Jean at the Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Washington; Mrs. Gibbs is the I former Lillian Tucker. Virginia Dare Transportation Co. DAILY SCHEDULES Manteo to Elizabeth City and Norfolk Lv. Manteo 6:00 A.M.—11:30 A.M.—5:00 P.M. Ar. E. City 7:55 A.M— 1:35 P.M—6:ls P.M. Lv. E. City 8:00 A.M— 1:40 P.M—6:2O P.M. Ar. Norfolk 9:20 A.M— 2:05 P.M—B:2O P.M. Norfolk to Elizabeth City and Manteo Lv. Norfolk 7:30 A.M—12:15 P.M—S:OO P.M. Ar. E. City 1:35 P.M—6:ls P.M. Lv. E. City 8:00 A.M— 1:40 P.M—6:2O P.M. ' Ar. Manteo 10:10 A.M— 3:38 P.M—B:IO P.M. BIG INCREASE IN SPEEDERS SHOWN IN OUR COURTS More North Carolina drivers saw the inside of a court room last year than in 1957, according to a report released Tuesday by the Depart ment of Motor Vehicles. The State’s drivers drove faster-, but possibly less recklessly, the de partment’s year-end court report indicated. In 1958, 99,137 persons were tried on speeding charges. That’s 16,450 more than were tried on the same charge in 1957. Fewer arrests were made for driving drunk and driving after li cense had been revoked. Fewer drivers also ended up with a reck less driving charge. While the overall record, ex cept in the speeding category was considered comparatively good, the number of driver license suspen sions showed an increase over the preceding year. Elton R. Peele, director of the Driver License Division of the De partment of Motor Vehicles, said 19,157 driver licenses were sus pended last year. That figure, he said, topped the 1957 figure of 16,709. License revocations in 1958 to- . taled 11,709, Peele said. In 1957. there were 13,735 revocations. Records showed that courts heard 210,675 traffic cases in 1958. That totaled compared with 201,- 319 in 1957. The Driver License Division sent out more written warnings in 1958 than in 1957, Peele’s re port showed. Habitual violators re ceived 3,434 warnings last year as compared with 1,200 in 1957. There were fewer licenses re voked last year for -driving drunk than in 1957. Last year’s figure was 6,942 and the ’57 figure, 8,516. (TOO LATETOCLASSIFY) FOR RENT: 2 bedroom, unfur nished house. One mile north of Manteo. Mrs. J. E. Ferebee, Tel. Manteo 168 W. t-l-9-3tc PAGE FIVE
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