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NATIONAL LIBRARY
WEEK BRINGS PLANS
FOR SPECIAL EVENTS
Open Night Thursday Beginning
At Eight O'Clock; Displays
Feature Numerous Items
By SALLY N. BARDIN
Beginning April the 12th and ex
tending through the 18th is Na
tional Library Week. The slogan
Tor this week is “Wake up and
Read.” Many of us are not wide
awake enough to know the value,
•of reading, or what a world of
knowledge and pleasure there is
for us in books. To quote Lewis
F. Ball, an eminent book critic,
“With a few exceptions, like the
■Scandinavian countries, we are
supposed to be the most literate
nation in the world; yet the great
majority of Americans put their
ability to read to little use.” Next
week our Dare County Librarv is
Stoing to show us where and how
we can put our ability to read to
much use.
On Monday and Tuesday after
noons from 2 to 4 p.m. the Book
mobile will be on the street across
from the Court House. It will be
open, with one of the library staff
in attendance to show how the
"books are handled, and tell how its
coming is looked forward to as it
trundles in and out the back
country sand roads.
National Library Week is also
"Forgiveness Week here. In the
front hall of the Community
Building will be a box, and those
having overdue books can bring
them any time during the week,
drop them in and forget them, for
all fines will be forgiven during
that week.
Monday night the Library will
Be open at the regular time. On
Thursday night, April the 16th at
■8 p.m. the Library is having an
“Open Night in the large room of
the Community Building. Books
from special collections will be on
view, such as: the Harwood art
•collection, books about North Car
olina and by North Carolinians,
Notable Books of 1958, biogra
phies, books for the home maker,
records, books on South America
and Mexico, as this week is also
Latin American Week, children’s
books and many other specialties.
On Thursday night there will be
a special event, a puppet show.
The puppets, many of them made
.by the children themselves, and
the little show put on by the chil
dren is the outgrowth of the Fri
day afternoon story hour.
The Community Building will
•also be open Friday night for
those who can not come Thursday
night.
The members of the library
board and the staff of the library
itself wish to extend a cordial in
vitation to all the people of Dare
County to come and visit their li-
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DISTURBING PEACE GETS
WILLIAMS ROAD TERM
In Dare Recorder’s Court Tues
day Judge Baum sentenced Jon Ar
thur Williams to a road term ef
fective for 12 months. He was
tried on a number of counts. Dep
uty Sheriff Donnie Twyne charged
him with being drunk and disor
derly, resisting arrest, assaulting
an officer, and destroying public
property, to wit: six window panes
in jail He got e 30 day sus
pended sentence, $35 fine and
< -o; sl. co" ar ner D |
days suspended,, sls and costs,
and the effective 12 months road
sentence was on the last count.
Appeal was noted and S3OO bond
fixed. In the second case he was
charged in a warrant signed by
Guy Midgett that he assaulted
Midgett while wearing glasses,
and damaged glasses to amount of
$9 which the Judge ordered him
to pay, and he was fined $25 and
costs.
Gary Davenport, Manteo negro,
was charged with being drunk and
disorderly, threatening his girl
friend’s, life, to burn her home,
and with assaulting her, and he
got for this lovers’ quarrel a 30-
day suspended sentence and a fine
of $25 and costs.
Charges that J. E. Gibbs, color
ed, drove on the wrong side of the
center line of the road were dis
missed, as James Creecy Daniels,
had previously pleaded himself
guilty of doing the same thing,
which had resulted in the collision
between the cars of the two men.
Daniels, who was charged with as
saulting his wife, being drunk and
disorderly the week before, had
been assessed two $25 fines and
not $5 ones as reported by error in
last week’s paper.
F. C. Payne of Wanchese, for
reckless and careless driving, was
fined $25 and costs. Norwood Gibbs
of Fairfield and J. E. Springer of
Buxton were each fined $5 and
costs for driving with improper
equipment. Roscoe Gervick of Bux
ton was fined sls and costs for
speeding at 75 mph.
brary, for after all the Library
belongs to every tax payer in Dare
County, and what could be a better
time to investigate their valuable
property than National Library
Week!
DISTRICT HOME CLUB
MEETING IN ENGELHARD
The annual meeting of the 24th
District Federation of Home Dem
onstration Clubs will be held at
the East Hyde High School Audi
torium in Engelhard on April 15.
The guest counties will include
Tyrrell, Washington and Beaufort.
Mrs. Ben Harris of Hyde County
is District Chairman and will be
the presiding officer. Mrs. H. C.
Lilly, Jr. of Beaufort County is the
District Secretary.
Mr. W. Burkette Raper, Presi
dent of Mount Olive Junior Col
lege, will be the guest speaker.
Washington County will present
the District Report.
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have discontinued sending reminders of
subscription expiration. The date is
printed on your paper each week or
ihe address on the wrapper, when
mailed in wrappers. Do not blame us
if you do not get the paper.
An increase in subscription price to
$3.50 per year will become effective in
late spring. All persons interested in
subscribing may do so now at the old
price of $3 per year, or old subscrip
tions may be extended now at $3 per
year; four years for $lO.
THE COASTLAND TIMES
Manteo, N. C.
ROANOKE ISLAND ARTIST
WINS HONOR AT EXHIBIT
"Nags Head Dunes,” Oil by Don Leary,
Gets Blue Ribbon at Eliza
beth City Show
Don Leary of Manteo, who
paints under the name of Charles,
won the blue ribbon in oils for his
canvas “Nags Head Dunes” at the
art exhibit in Elizabeth City Wed
nesday of this week.
Others who sent paintings to the
exhibit were: Mabel Evans Jones,
Ann Borlan, Sally Bardin, and Da
vid Shepherd of Manteo; Mary Mc-
Cree and Anne McGaw of Kill
Devil Hills. There were twelve en
tries, consisting of seven oils, four
water colors and one tempera.
This exhibit is in connection with
annual Open House at the
Elizabeth City Woman’s Club. The
Manteo Woman’s Club sponsored
these artists from Dare County.
KITTY HAWK PERSONALS
Mrs. Linda Keller is a patient
in a Norfolk hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Perry of
Norfolk are staying at their Bay
side cottage.
Mrs. Gertrude Baum and Mrs.
Cynthia Hayman Aquirre are on
a trip to Raleigh, Alabama and
Florida.
Mr. and Mrs .Wally Wise, Nor
folk, Va. are home with parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Toler and Mr.
and Mrs. Sonny Wise are home on
leave.
Mrs. Beulah Perry is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Jennings Beas
ley in Norfolk.
Miss Lena Beacham of Norfolk
is visiting her brother, Roy Beach
am, Sr.
Samuel A. Dick entered Duke
Hospital for an operation. Mrs.
Dick is stopping with Mr. Dick’s
parents in Greensboro.
ROLAND V. BOWSER
ELIZABETH ClTY—Roland V.
Bowser, 31, of 1806 Southern Ave.,
died Apr. 2 at 9:30 p.m. in the
Veterans Hospital, Los Angeles,
Calif. He was the son of the late
Willie S. and Izetta Bowser, and a
native of Elizabeth City, a former
Roanoke Island family, and of Pea
Island Coastguardsmen.
Surviving are four sisters, Mrs.
Viola Lassiter of Windsor; Mrs.
Willie B. Hughes of Elizabeth
City; Mrs. Izetta Redmon of Eden
ton and Mrs. Pecolia Tucker of
Thomasville; three brothers, Wil
liam C. Bowser of New Jersey;
Daniel W. Bowser of Washington
and Wendell Bowser of Ahoskie.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Corner Stone Baptist
Church, Elizabeth City, Wednes
day.
BOARD
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would be put into new hands. Tax
Supervisor Pennell Tillett agreed
to take on this job without extra
pay. Mrs. Zenovah Davis is now
compiling a list of all tax items
now unpaid, and when completed,
the people -who owe them will be
notified. Commissioner David Stick
moved that Mr. Tillett be appoint
ed, and the resignation of Mrs.
Donis White be accepted as to
delinquent tax collector effective
when the list is ready for Mr.
Tillett.
Letters are to be sent to the
people who owe taxes. If in a
reasonable time, no effort is made
to pay, legal steps will be taken
to collect the taxes.
The question of police service
for the beach area was brought
up, and some discussion prevailed.
Meekins, the chairman, wanted the
Board to provide the area with a
competent, trained man, qualified
to solve crimes, and bring offend
ers to justice, and work elsewhere
in the county when needed. Com
missioner Stick wanted to put a
policeman on the job, who would
keep watch on things. Sheriff
Frank Cahoon appeared to be sat
isfied with the men he now has,
all of whom live west of Roanoke
Sound and are seldom seen on the
beaches, except at the night spots
during the summer season.
Meekins said the number of un
solved crimes was disgraceful, and
unless the Board does something
to give the beach property protec
tion, we cannot encourage people
to invest their money where they
feel their property is not safe and
given the protection the officials
owe it. This area now yields over
two thirds of all the county taxes.
Mosquito Control
While most authorities agree
that the methods of mosquito con
trol used in Dare County has been
largely a waste of money, as it has
been applied in the past, the Board
took note of the attitude of the
people that something ought to be
done, and the county having sever
al pieces of equipment, and having
recently gotten a large fogging
machine at what was considered a
bargain, ordered all the equipment
now put into shape, to give serv
ices as needed this season. The
plan is to keep one piece of equip
ment on Hatteras Island, and use
the rest in the north end of the
county. The Dare Beaches Sanitary
District, in a letter brought by
Dan Harris, requested the loan of
one of these pieces of equipment,
same as last year, for use in the
district area, but consideration on
this request had to be postponed
until the Board might determine
where its equipment is to be used,
THE CO A STLA.XD TIMES, MANTEO, N. C.
CONDUCTING REVIVAL FOR
ROANOKE ISLAND BAPTISTS
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REV. D. M. HARDISON who is
conducting a revival at the Roa
noke Island Baptist Church which
will close Wednesday night of next
week, April 15. The revival began
Monday night of this week, and
services are held each night at
7:30. Rev. Frank B. Dinwiddie,
the pastor, says the public is cor
dially invited to these services
which are being attended by an
increasing audience each night.
fs P O R T N EW S
From
MANTEO HIGH SCHOOL
By EMMITTE WINSLOW
———■
Manteo opened its baseball sea
son with a thrilling 7-6 victory
over the Griggs ball team last
Tuesday here in Manteo. Manteo
1 led all the way except for the
first inning, which ended with
Griggs holding a 1 to 0 lead. J.
Lane went the distance for Griggs,
while Merrill Winslow, Arnold
‘ 'Poison, and Horace Hooper shared
’ Manteo’s mound chores. Horace
! Hooper collected two hits to lead
’ Manteo at the plate.
5 Manteo’s next contest is sched
■ uled for Friday afternoon at
Manteo with the opponents being
1 Weeksville. The following Friday,
April 17, will see Manteo travel
• ing to Moyock for their third con
• test.
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‘ MANTEO PERSONALS
Harry Crees and Chesley Holmes
’ of Norfolk, Va., visited Mr. Creef’s
1 mother, Mrs. Caddie Crees, and
other relatives in Manteo this
I week.
t Mrs. E. H. Baggs of Ahoskie
‘ and her mothere, Mrs. McLeod of
Tampa, Fla. ,were visitors in
Manteo Wednesday.
Dennis Evans, who recently re
turned from a Goldsboro hospi
tal, is recuperating at the home
: of his sister, Mrs. O. J. Jones,
• where he and Mrs. Evans are
1 staying during his convalescence.
Mrs. C. C. Jones and Mrs. Isa
-1 bel Warren visited Mr. Jones
> Sunday in the Marine Hospital,
! Norfolk.
• Mr.-and Mrs. Gaylord P. Godwin
’ returned Monday to their home in
■ Alexandria, Va., after visiting Mr.
’ and Mrs. M. K. Fearing, Jr.
‘ Marshall Smith is a patient in
• the Marine Hospital, Norfolk, hav
ing undergone surgery there.
; ENGELHARD PERSONALS
1 Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Williams and
little daughter of Goldsboro spent
; the week end with her parents,
' Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Swindell.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Long left
recently to visit relatives in Ten
• nessee and Missouri. •
Mrs. Fred Berry is in Plymouth
with her daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Stotesberry
and children, Mr. Stotesberry is in
j the Plymouth hospital recovering
• from an appendicitis operation.
Little Debra Terry spent the
past week in Portsmouth, Va. with
! Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Porter.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. 'Baker and
three children of Poestenkill, New
Jersey, spent part of the past
, week with Rev. and Mrs. Frank
Wiberel.
Edgbert McKinney and' Roy den
. Neal spent Friday in New Bern.
Mrs. Cyntha Spencer is spending
’ a few days in Washington.
1 Mrs. Viola Selby and Mrs. Alma
; Neal visited in Bath.
Mr. and Mrs. Ephron Cahoon
and children spent Saturday in
, Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lee Swin
, dell and family of Sladesville
. spent Sunday with his parents
[ here.
Mrs. Gretchen Brittain and Miss
Martha Midgett were in Washing
ton Wednesday.
and what, if any, will be left over,
i Dr. W. W. Johnston, district
t health officer, was scheduled to
• hold a conference with the Board
i Thursday afternoon or evening.
A request from the Tyrrell
s County Commissioners for cooper
i ation in the hearing to be held
r soon by Army Engineers with ref
r erence to salt water in Alligator
f River was referred to the county
, attorney, W. H. McCown, who
s with William Ernst, Jr., J. L. Rea,
i Co. Agent, and V. G. Midgett and
I W. S. White of Manns Harbor is
s Dare’s Committee to aid on this
, project
BILL PASSED TO
BUY LAND FOR
HYDE SCHOOL
Landowners Appeal Last Week’s
Appraisals to Supreme Court;
Confusion Continues
The Legislature has passed a
bill sponsored by Rep. Dick O’Neal
of Hyde County authorizing the
Commissioners to levy a tax up
to five cents on the SIOO, to pay
for land for the controversial cen
tral school on which construction
was begun last year near Lake
Comfort.
Last week in a special term of
Superior Court it was ruled that
$13,354.43 was a fair price to pay
for 12.28 additional acres for the
site for the school. Construction
had been started on the school be
fore the entire site had been ac
quired. A suit was brought re
straining construction of the school
until title to all the land had been
acquired.
In spite of an order to not
spend further money on it, the
Supt. of Schools got some $19,000
from Raleigh and paid it to the
contractors.
The landowners, Carroll and
Eugene Mann of Newport News,
contested the value set in two sep
arate appraisals, which resulted in
the costly term of court last week,
whereby jurors were brought from
Pasquotank County to pass on the
value of the land.
The Mann Brothers have appeal
ed their case to the Supreme
The
NAGS HEAD
BEAUTY SHOP
1
Will Be Open
THURSDAY, FRIDAY
and SATURDAY
Beginning April 16
General Supply Co.
Phone 4-W G. G. BONNER Manteo, N. C.
Whole Grain Corn 2 No. 2 cans .39
Today’s Sweet Garden Peas 2 No. 2 cans .29
Brand Small Green
Canned L ‘ ma ® e<ms 2 No. 2 cans .39
rrmts and Sliced Peaches .... 2 No. 2V2 cans .69
Vegetables Sliced or Crushed
Pineapple 2 No. 2 cans .49
Fresh Ground
Lean Hamburger lb. .49
All Lean Cube Steaks lb. .79
GRADE 7” Rib Steaks lb. .79
A Round Steak or Roast lb. .79
n . Luter’s
rresn Jamestown Bag Sausage lb. .29
Meats Smoked Ham Hocks lb. .29
Pickled Pigs Feet lb. .39
Fresh Grade A Fryers lb. .33
, /
Fresh Green Cabbage lb. .05
Fresh Avocado Pears each .19
Fruits and rge f' a ; i G ™ p 1 e,ruit ■“
Veoetahlo. Large Stoll,S Cel,ry eaeh 09
8 Fresh Carrots 1 lb. cello, ea. .09
Large Heads Lettuce eaeh .15
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GLADIOLI BISCUITS can .09
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Flower and Garden Seeds and Fertilizer
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QUANTITY RIGHTS RESERVED
PRICES EFFECTIVE FRIDAY, and SATURDAY, APRIL 10 and II
Court which means that construc
tion of the school will be delayed
until the high court can review
the case.
Eugene Mann, who lost the en
tire frontage on his land, had ask
ed for $21,000 for 7.66 acres. He
was awarded $9,778.30 by the jury.
Carroll Mann was asking for $12,-
000 to $15,000 damages. The jury
awarded him only $3,576.13.
Previously, the commissioners in
Hyde appointed for the appraisal
had set the value of the 12.28
acres as $5,218.50.
If last week’s court action
stands, the people of Hyde County
must shell out an additional SB,OOO
more than they had expected to
pay. This will be collected through
the law passed by Rep. O’Neal last
week.
Witnesses for the Board of Ed
ucation in the court last week had
testified that before taking, the
land of Eugene Mann was worth
from $12„000 to $15,0000, for 7.66
and had been reduced in value to
some $9,000 to $10,500. These wit
nesses for the Mann brothers had
also testified that Carroll Mann’s
tract had been worth $12,625 to
$13,500 before taking, and after
the value reduced to $9,250 to
$10,500.
Witnesses for the Mann broth
ers had valued the land of Eugene
Mann at $20,500 to $25,000 before
7.66 acres were taken, and at
from $3,700 to $12,000 after the
taking. Carroll Mann’s land was
valued by his witnesses at SIO,OOO
to $12,000 after he loses 4.62 acres.
The lands sought for the school
are from a 65 acre tract owned
FRIDAY, APRIL 10. 1959
TO OPEN BIDS ON
ALLIGATOR RIVER
DREDGING PROJECT
Wilmington.—Hie Corps of En
gineers advises that maintenance
dredging in the Alligator River
section of the Intracoastal Water
way is scheduled to begin about
May 15.
A report by Col. H. C. Row
land, Jr., District Engineer, says
bids for the work are to be open
ed April 21 with dredging to begin
about 20 days later to restore the
project to 12 feet deep by 100 feet
wide.
The job will require the removal
of an estimated 1,800,000 cubic
yards of material in a 25-mile
stretch from the mouth of the riv
er to the beginning of the land cut
near Grassy Point
The successful bidder will be
required to dredge at an average
rate of not less than 400,000 cubic
yards per month.
by the brothers. The county al
ready owns three of the 15-acre
site needed for the school.
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