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TERRY SANFORD TO'
SPEAK NOVEMBER 30
SAA IN BELHAVEN
Governor Elect On Program At
25th Annual and Aanniver
sary Meeting
Terry Sanford, Governor-elect of
North Carolina will be the princi
pal speaker and honor guest at the
annual Southern Albemarle Con
vention which marks the close of
its 25th year, to be held in Bel
haven Wednesday, November 30th,
Mrs. Scott Topping of Pantego said
this week. The meeting will be held
at Pantego High School.
The Association was formed in
October 1935 at Columbia by the
counties of Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell
and Washington, and has since add
ed Beaufort and Martin to its list,
ast year the presidncy was held
by W. F. White of Tyrrell, and ac
cording bo custom will go to Wash- ]
ington County next <
The organization has been for
most in the movement for roads
and bridges in the Southern Albe- ••
marie Region. County vice presi- .1
dents are as follows: Dare, W. W.
Edwards; Beaufort, Sa. T. Moore;
Hyde, W. I. Cochran; Martin, .
Robert Cowen; Tyrrell, W. Charles
Cohoon; Washington, James H. 1
Ward. At the meeting in Columbia i
in October of last year, J. M.
Broughton, Jr., Chairman of the
State Highway Commission was
present The association led the
movement to name the Alligator
River bridge (now under construc
tion) for Hon. Lindsay Warren,
now a state senator.
The annual meeting is being held
a month late this year Jn part be
case of it having been an election
year, with the election so close to
the meeting time, and in part to
enabel Mr. Sanford to attend.
KNAPP BUILDING TO
BE DEDICATED NOV.
28TH CHAPEL HILL
Currituck's Benefactor Left Re
markable Contribution to Insti
tute of Government
Joseph P. Knapp, the New York
publisher who came to Currituck
County to live and donated to his .
adopted county the greater part of
a magnificent school system, left 1
to the Institute of Government at
the University of North Carolina
the means to erect a million dollar
building to house its activities.
This building is to be dedicated in
a program extending over several
days, beginning next Sunday, No- <
vember 27th, and representatives ,
of County Governments from all
North Carolina will attend.
The first section will be devoted (
to counties of the First, Fifth and
12th Congressional Districts, and
on the program will be Senators
Ervin and Jordan, Governor
Hodges, LL Governor Luther Bam
hardt, Terry Sanford and H. C. I
Philpott the Governor and Lt
Governor elect, and Congressmen
Bonner, Scott and Taylor. Victor
Meekins, will represent the Dare
County Board of Commissioners. (
He said this week he looked for- :
ward with pleasure to this journey, (
because he had been greatly im- ]
pressed by Mr. Knapp’s concern
for the progress and welfare of ,
this area. “I recall that I sent him 1
word about the effort of Mrs. Min
nie Fulcher to raise funds for build
ing a Methodist church at Frisco
bo replace the one destroyed in the
hurricane of 1932, and he sent
Fulcher several hundred dollars,”
Meekins said. “I once asked Mr.
Knapp about the widely circulated
story that he would have located
in Dare County save for high
prices charged him for land, and
Mr. Knapp said their was nothing
to it, for he had never considered
coming to Dare County to locate,
as he had already made up his mind
to buy Mackey Island which be
longed to his friend Thomas Dix
on, the novelist”
Mr. Knapp had come to the Dix
ton property to hunt on several oc
casions ,and Mr. Dixon, having been
financially crippled by his venture
in real estate at Wildacres in the
N. C. mountains welcomed Mr.
Knapp’s offer to buy Mackey Is
land.
T See BUILDING, Page Twelve
AN INTER-CLUB FISHING
TOURNAMENT NOV. 27
Another Inter-Club Fishing
ILournament is planned for Sunday
Kafternoon, November 27 in the area
|| between the Sea Ranch Hotel and
■Oregon Inlet. An All-woman’s fish
l| tag dub is being planned. Recent-
Bly elected as officers for the Nags
■Head Club are Bob Preston, Presi-
I dent; Ben Ivey, Vice-President; W.
|A. Williams, Treasurer. In addition
I u> these other directors elected are
|W. N. Rose, Julian Oneto, Ted.
■ Wood, and Ray Gunter of Norfolk,
■to take office Jan. 1.
THE COASTLAND TIMES
WITH WHICH IS COMBINED THE PILOT AND HERALD OF BELHAVEN AND SWAN QUARTER
PUBUSHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
FARM YOUTH DELEGATE
TO VISIT HATTERAS
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BOBBY SMITH, 24, a distinguish
ed farm youth delegate will be the
guest speaker at the annual Fall
.Federation of Home Federation of
Heme Demonstration members at
Hatteras next Tuesday, Nov. 22 at
10:30 a.»n. in the community build
ing. Luncheon will be served and
committees are busily working to
make this an important .event in
the Dare County Home Demonstra
tion program. At this time, a Club
Woman of the Year will be recog
nized as well as members with per
fect attendance; and the outstand
ing club will be named.
Bobby Smith, of Belvedere, Per
quimans County was among 70
young people chosen from through
out the U. S. to participate in the
International Farm Youth Ex
change. He was selected to live
in Burma, in which country he spen*
six months from June 11, 1959
where he lived with 13 families,
and wrote articles for papers there
and at home. He attended N. C. 1
State College for two years and
transferred to the University of
Georgia where he received degrees
in Agriculture and Journalism in
1959. During twelve years of 4-H
Club work, he received many coun
ty, district, state, and national
awards, including the National
4-H Health Award in 1964, the Na
tional 4-H Achievement Award in
1956, and the National Danforth
Leadership Award in 1956. He rep
resented North Carolina at the Na
tional 4-H Conference in 1955. He
received over $3,000 in scholarship
awards. He is now Assistant Editor
of Radio and TV for the Agri
cultural Information Division at
the North Carolina State College.
COURT FINES MANY
FOR FAILURE TO
NOTE STOP SIGNS
Recorders Judge Baum Imposed
60 Days on Joe White, Jr. For
Using Truck Unauthorized
Judge W. F. Baum in Dare Re
corders Court Tuesday imposed $lO
fines on several for failing to pause
at stop signs. Several others who
had drven too fast for safety were
also fined. Joseph Douglas White,
Jr., Negro, who had taken off in
the truck of his employer Roscoe
Gallop, got a 60 day road sentence
for taking the truck to Hyde
County without authorization,
wrecking it, and injuring himself.
He was orderd to pay fines of S6O.
the sentence being suspended that
he pay fines and costs, and reim
burse the County Welfare Depart
ment for a $l6O hospital bill in
curred in his behalf.
Those who paid $lO fines each
for ignoring stop signs were Wal
ter M. Mitchell, Franklington, Va.;
Elizabeth J. Lowry, Greenville, N.
C.; Paul J. Wolford, Kill Devil
Hills; Lloyd L. Meekins, Manteo
and Sam J. Burrus, Nags Head.
For driving too fast for safety,
$lO fines were improsed on William
B. Pureell of Morehead City: Del
la McClease, Columbia; J. F. Rose
berry, Mount Ephri&m, N. J.;
Charles B. Payne,' Richmond;
Charles E. Hooten of Norfolk paid
sls for speeding at 70 mph.
George Mann of Nags Head was
fined $lO for operating an undocu
mented boat. Jesse Mobley of
Franklin, Va., was fined $lO for]
taking undersized rockfish; Dan
Lewark was fined $lO for taking
and selling 96 pounds of rockfish
withot license; Marshall Sanderlin
Jr., was fined $lO for selling oys
ters 19 per cent undersized.
Richard J. Mozniak of Buxton
was fined $25 for careless and
reckless driving; George L Turner
of Elizabeth City, for perking im
properly, whereby Wm. B. Purcell
ran into his car was fined $lO. The
cases of Purcell, of Turner, and
of Joe White took about three
I hours of the court’s time, the other
■cases were submissions.
GEN. FOULOIS AND
GOV. HODGES HON'R
GUESTS ON DEC. 17th
Details Outlined For Program at
Wright Brothers Memorial at
Kill Devil Hills
KILL DEVIL HILLS. Major
General Benjamin D. Foulois
(USAF-Ret) the first military avi
ator in the world who flew a
Wright brothers plane in 1910, and
Governor Luther H. Hodges of
North Carolina will top the list
of speakers at the 57th anniversary
celebration of the first flights of
December 17, 1903, on December
17th this year, it was announced
today by S. Wade Marr, president
of Kill Devil Hills Memorial So
ciety.
The Memorial Society with co
operation of National Park Serv
ice and the U. S. Air Force As
sociation will sponsor the celebra
tion this year which is designed to
be the dedication of the new Visi
tors Center now open at the Wright
Brothers National Memorial.
Conrad L. Wirth is scheduled to
deliver remarks and introduce the
speaker at the dedication.
General Foulois is scheduled to
speak at the dedication and Gover
nor Hodges at the First Flight
luncheon, the latter to be held in
Dare County Shrine Club.
Tentative program of the dedi
cation of the new Visitors Center
See DEC. 17TH, Page Six
PIONEERED WITH FAMOUS
PANTEGO MEAT PRODUCTS
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LEON H. JOHNSON, 61, who pio
neered more than 20 years ago, in
producing meat products for which
his community is now famous, died
in Belhaven Saturday. Mr. John
son built the plant that is now us
ed by his famous successors, the
Toppings.
The funeral services were held
Monday at 2 p.m., from the Pan
tego Christian Church, the Rev.
Harold Tyer, officiating, and Bel
haven Lodge No. 509 conducted
Masonic rites at the graveside in
Oakdale Cemetery in Washington.
Mr. Johnson was bom in Pantego
and was an elder of the Pantego
Christian Church. He was also a
member of the Belhaven Masonic
Lodge. He was twice married, first
to Hattie Smith who died in 1949.
His second marriage was to Alma
Stokes Duckworth of Greenville,
who survives. Surviving other than
his wife are his mother, Mrs. Mat
tie Latham Johnson Shavender;
one son; Walton Johnson of Ports
mouth, Va.; one stepdaughter,
Mrs. John Clarke of Richmond,
Va.; three grandchildren, one step
grandson; four half-brothers; R
H. Shavender, Belhaven, Rt 2,
Herman Shavender, Pantego, Hil
ton Shavender, Alexandria, Va.,
and Gene Shavender of Raleigh;
two half-sisters, Mrs. Blanche
Kelley of Norfolk, Va. f and Mrs.
susie Payne of Coropolis, Pa.
Mr. Johnson was wholesale meat
salesman at the time of his death.
He was a former member of the
Rotary Club and the brand name
of his popular product was John
son’s Homemade sausage.
LEROY BAUM, NAGS HEAD
NATIVE DIES ON TUESDAY
Leßoy Milton Baum, 61, who
grew up in the north end of Nags
Head died Tuesday in a Norfolk
hospital. He had resided in Nor
folk for 45 years, and had travel
led over North Carolina for 40
years, being secretary-treasurer of
C. C. WaddiU Co., food brokers.
He was the son of the late Capt.
Jesse and Penelope Baum of Nags
Head. Besides his wife he is sur
vived by one son, Larry M. Baum
Jr., of Smithfield, Va.; one steo
daghter, Mrs. H. L. Hefner of Nor
folk; two sisters, Mrs. Lenora Liv
erman, Norfolk and Mrs. Robert
Darden, Miami, Fla.; two brothers,
Jesse E. Baum, Kitty Hawk, and
Albert C. Baum, Upper Darby, Pa.
Funeral services were conducted
I Thursday at 3 p.m, with burial in
1 Riverside Memorial PM*, Berkley.
MANTEO, N. C.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1960
JNO. BOOTH PROMOTED TO
FULL NAVY LIEUTENANT
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JOHN L. BOOTH has worked his
way up from boot camp since en
listment April 5, 1939 and has re
cently been commissioned a full
lieutenant in the Navy. He is a
resident of Manteo, married Mar
guerite Drinkwater, daughter of A.
W. Drinkwater, and they have two
sons, John and Robert. He enlisted
in Louisville, Ky., his home state
and became an apprentice seaman
on the USS New York and worked
his way up to Warrant officer aft
er six years on this ship. He took
part in the African Invasion in
World War 11. He also served in
Okinawa and Iwo Jima, and after
the war in the Mediterranean area.
He is an inveterate hunter, and
has considerable skill with a gun
when he goes for quail, bear, geese
and ducks.
HEAVY PENALTIES
IF CANVASBACK OR
REDHEADS ARE SHOT
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Duck Season Opening Saturday,
Nov. I9tb Calls For Sharp
Eyesight of Hunters
Sharp eyesight will be needed
by duck hunters Saturday, Novem
ber 19th to avoid shooting two
jkinds of ducks that are on the re
stricted list this season. Rigid en
forcement against shoot ng Can
vasback and Redhead ducks has
been promised by the U. S. Wild
life Bureau. Hunters will have to
let the birds come close up, and
then it is almost impossible to tell
a female redhead from a greater
scaup.
The U. S. officials advise that
there is great scarcity of canvas
back and redheads this season.
They are birds greatly desired for
eating. The canvasback is a power
ful flier, usually in V-formation.
The hens are grayish, and the
drakes have a black breast and
rump, and white body.
The redhead hens are brown with
gray wings, and have black breast
and rump, and gray body. Any
hunter who doesn’t know one duck
from another may be up against it
and will surely need an experienced
guide with him.
The daily b"g limit is three ducks
on other varieties.
Up to now, the goose hunting has
been below par, due to mild wea
ther and light winds; perhaps the
most unfavorable weather sos duck
hunters and fuel dealers in many
years. Birds are not flying, but
resting comfortably most of the
time, out of range of the guns of
hunters.
RED CROSS GIVES DARE
PEOPLE OVER $67,000
Larger Pert es Sum Required to Aid
Distressed Hemet et Stumpy Point
Which Hed Heaviest Losses
The greater part of the $67,-
186.76 alloted to Dare County for
relief of victims of Hurricane Don
na will go the community of
Stumpy Point where losses were
heaviest, and disastrous to some
families. Many homes were severe
ly wrecked, some of them having
been floated for quite a distance
from their foundations.
This ,does not include the cost
of administration and surveys made
by Red Cross staff members who
worked in ’the area for several
weeks.. Some small sums were al
located to Colington, Kitty Hawk,
Roanoke Inland, and on the South
Banks, indudbig Ocracoke Island.
Many applications were made by
persons with no valid claim for
gifts from the Red Cross, and were
denied.
A survey by the Small Business
Administration resulted in several
loans being assigned 1 to tke area.
"CAPE HATTERAS
SEASHORE MAKES
CASE FOR ITSELF"
Saturday Evening Post Gives Big
Spread in Color to Unique
North Carolina Area
“We drove back up the Banks,
convinced that a National Seashore
makes a good case for itself,” says
Jim Bird, a writer from the west,
who has done a big spread in color
with a long article on the Cape
Hatteras National Seashore pub
lished in this week’s Saturday Eve
ning Post. Mr. Bird goes throrough
ly into the subject from Whalebone
Junction to Ocracoke Inlet, and
says in his comprehensive and
complimentary art’cle about the
whole area, that “For our money
the village of Ocracoke retains,
more than any other settlement
on the Banks, its orginal, salty,
quiet charm. It lies in rather helter
skelter pattern around a circular
harbor and seems drowsily uncon
cerned with modem times ... an
influx of tourists hasn’t changed
its narrow winding-streets which
saw their first automobiles just
eight years ago. Nor has it altered
the gracefully wind-twisted live
oaks and cedars or the neat frame
houses with their picket fences and
banks of Oleanders.”
Mr. Bird mentions the splendid
help given him by Park Supt.
Bob Gibbs; he refers to Aycock
Brown, to A. S. Austin of Hatteras,
who fought the park, and Victor
Meekins of Manteo who favored it.
He tells how it came in to being,
when forward looking men, (princi
pally Lindsay Warren, and the late
W. O. Saunders of Elizabeth City)
planned the park, and brought
some 2,500 men to the area, and a
vast amount of money was spent in
rehabilitation work for the bene
fit in many ways, of the area and
its people.
See SEASHORE, Page Six
ENGELHARD MAN TRAINS
AT KEESLER, MISSISSIPPI
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AIRMAN LOUIS W. CLARKE,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward R.
Clarke, Sr., of Engelhard, has com
pleted his initial course of Air
Force basic military training.
He has been selected to attend the
technical training course for Radio
and Radar Maintenance at Keesler
AFB, Mississippi. He is a graduate
of Engelhard High School.
Upon completion of special tech
nical training at an Air Force
Technical Training Center, airmen
are assigned to operational units
of the USAF Aerospace Force.
Pratt Williamson, Jr., of Swan
Quarter is located at this Base, and
has moved ahead in technical as
signments for the past two years
at Keesler. He formerly was em
ployed by Coastland newspapers.
TURKEY SHOOT TO BE
HELD IN MANTEO SAT.
A Thanksgiving turkey shoot
will be conducted Saturday eve
ning, Nov. 19 on the Manteo wa
terfront, it was announced this
week by Manteo Lions Club. The
event will begin at 6 p.m. and
will feature 12-gauge shotguns;
shells will be furnished.
A special shoot for ladies is be
ing planned, and those wishing in
formation on this phase of the
program may call Mrs. Jack Wilson
for details. Fifteen frozen turkeys
are on hand for the winners in all
classes.
In the event of inclement wea
ther, the shoot will be held the
following Monday evening.
MANTEO HIGH SCHOOL PTA
WILL HEAR GUEST SPEAKER
The Manteo High School PTA
will meet Tuesday night, Novem
ber 22, in the high schol auditori
um at eight o’clcok. Speaker for
the program will be W. S. Brax
ton, Jr., director of the rehabilita
tion center of the Caswell School
in Kinston. Accompanying him
will be Leroy Batts, president of
the Caswell Academic School.
All members and other interested
citizens are urged to attend.
FORMER HOSPITAL S&PT.
IN BELHAVEN DIES
FUNERAL SERVICES were held
Friday for Mrs. Lucy Winstead
Smith, 68, who died Nov. 9th in the
Washington hospital, after several
days illness. The services were con
ducted by the Rev. Lester Bissett,
assisted by Rev. O. F. Williams,
former pastor of Trinity Method
ist Church in Belhaven, and the
burial was in the Bethany church
cemetery, her old home at Win
steadville. Serving as pallbearers
were Dr. W. T. Ralph, Col Edwin
G. Wistead, Morgan Sparrow, Kirk
Wharton, Robert Fisher, Mayor
James Younce and Charles Mid
gett
From the time of its opening in
1948, Mrs. Smith had been for sev
eral years following, the Superin
tendent and business manager of
the Pungo District Hospital in Bel
haven.
Mrs. Smith was born in Win
steadville and was married to the
late Bonner M. Smith who preced
ed her in death several years ago.
Surviving are two sons, Wilton
W Smith of Bath and Bonner Ma
yo Smith of Portsmouth, Va.; one
daughter, Mrs. Russell Johnston of
Belhaven; one sister, Miss Augus
ta Winstead of Henderson; and se
ven grandchildren.
SANFORD LED IN
GOVERNOR'S RACE
OVER 140,000 VOTES
Senator Jordan's Majority Great
est With Over 294,D00 Over
Republican
Official count of votes in the
recent election, where it had been
predicted Gavity ’ tfttr Republican
candidate would' run close, gave
Terry Sanford, the Democrat 735,-
248 to 613,878—a majptjty of 141,-
270. Senator Evertt Jordan had the
highest majority in tha'fetate. Jor
dan got 792,491 td #7,964, for
Kyle Hayes the Republican candi
date, —a majority of 294,527.
Prediction! that Nixon would
carry North Carolina for the presi
dency fell flat, for Kennedy got
a margin of 57,670 votes, the count
being 713,318 for Kennedy to 656,-
648 for Nixon A new record was
set in North Carolina the total
vote cast being 1,368,960 in the
presidential race.
Despite hfs request to the con
trary, there were 1,137 votes for I.
Beverly Lake for Governor. In the
First Congressional District, Her
bert C. Bonner for Congress got
48,809 votes to 7,587 cast for Zeno
Ratcliff the Republican candidate.
Listing Democratic candidate
first, the results in other races for
offices were as follows:
Lieutenant Governor —H. Cloyd
Philpott 766,519; S. Clyde Eggers
532,445.
Secretary of State—Thad Eure
787,985, David L Morton 504,846.
State Auditor—Henry L. Bridges
781,164, Dallas M. Reese 503,059.
State Treasurer Edwin Gill
784,495; Fred R. Deith 502,399.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion Dr. Charles JT. Carroll
See SANFORD, Pager Twelve
MANTEO BAPTIST CHURCH
PLANNING INTERESTING
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
There will be a Union Worship
Service at Manteo Baptist Oiiitrch
Thanksgiving morning (November
24) at 10:30. The Reverend Harold
Leatherman, pastor of the Manteo
Methodist Church will deliver the
annual Thanksgiving sermon. The
choir of the Manteo Baptist
Church will render special music in
keeping with the Thanksgiving
theme.
The pastor of the Manteo Bap
tist Church, Rev. M. J. Davis, joins
the congregration in extending a
cordial welcome to all members,
former members and friends of
both churches as well as all in the
; community to attend this special
worship service.
The nursery will be open for the
i convenience of those with children
three years of age and younger.
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO, N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
Single Copy
DARE'S CLAIM FOR
HURRICANE RELIEF
WOULD TAKE ALL
Projects Sought Equal to Sum Al
located to State For All
Needy Counties
A claim filed in Raleigh re
questing a total sum of $1,139,500
for Hurricane relief funds is equal
to about all the entire sum al
located to the State of North Car
olina for the several distressed
counties, victims of Hurricane Don
na on Sept. 11th, according to in
formation received by this news
paper. The report was prepared
and sent to Raleigh by a special
committee appointed by the Board
of County Commissioners, and
some 80 per cent of funds asked
are for projects that do not quali
fy-
Os the total sum listed $896,500
is asked for breakwater and other
purposes at Stumpy Point, or
more tfaan half of all the money
available to all the counties in
North Carolina. Grants of money
will not be made for new projects,
but only for temporary relief or
repairs to existing facilities dam
aged by the hurricane.
A breakdown of the request for
15 areas in Dare, including $64,-
600 for engineering fees totals
$1,139,500, as follows: For Stumpy
Point, $896,500, for Manns Harbor
$3,130; East Lake $8,400; Mashoes
$2,970; Roanoke Island $40,900;
Colington Island $2,100; Kitty
Hawk $32,380; Nags Head $3,960;
Rodanthe $6,760; Salvo $400; Avon
$26,000; Buxton $2,000; Frisco
$4,700; Hatteras $3,820; and Mo
squito control $40,000.
The committee appointed to
make the survey consists of Hor
ace Hooper, Chairman, Frank Co
hoon, county director of Civil De
fense; Robert Walker, county sani
tarian; Dr. W. W. Harvey, chair
man of the Dare Waterways Com
mittee and Lawrence Swain.
The report was completed and
filed without being submitted to
the full Board of Commissioners
who sponsor it. It embraces brief
ly, shore erosion, drainage and
mosquito control. However, due to
the restraints governing the awards
of Federal relief funds, it is feared
the inclusion of many projects
which do not qualify, may result
in all projects being weighed in
the same light with a loss of some
projects, which qualify.
DARE HAS MET HALF GOAL
TOWARD CANCER RELIEF
As yet only $768.84 toward a
goal of $1,500 in cancer relief funds
in Dare have been collected. Mrs.
Raymond Wescott said this week
that some communities have not
yet reported. Contributions may be
made however, to Mrs. Wescott or
others mentioned in the following
preliminary report:
The damaging effects of hurri
cane Donna are showing agiin in
the response to the collection for
Cancer Relief Funds. The majori
ty of the people contacted are will
ing to give and want to be more
generous than their resources will
allow. The spirit of the nine peo
ple who make up the Mashoes com
munity is evidenced by their check
for fifteen dollars. Because of the
very successful Crusade last year
this year’s goal for the county is
$1,500. To date the total amount
reported is $768.84. Several com
munities are yet to report and'all
workers are asked by Mrs. Ray
mond Wescott, county chairman to
report as soon as the volunteers
have finished in the community. A
complete list will be published as
soon as all areaa are heard from.
A letter received by Mrs. H. O.
Bridges, president of the Dare unit
of American Cancer Society, reads
in part “The check you sent was
the silver lining to the dark cloud
hanging over our family.. We did
not see how .... could get another
treatment. Our spirits were lifted
in spite of knowing that the treat
ment is just a temporary relief.”
Accompanying one of the com
munity reports and check was a
request for bandages to help a vic
tim bedridden from Cancer.
Appreciation is expressed by
.Hn. Wescott and others in the
local unit who know of the many
calls for help for the fine coop
eration from the community vl
unteers. Several workers have also
expressed the satisfaction they re
reived from working for this cause
and offered to help whenever need
ed.
An interesting fact uncovered by
six volunteers was that out of 204
persons over thirty-five yean of
age only 64 have had a physical
examination in the last two yean
that would detect Cancer. The
theme for the Crusade is “Fight
Cancer with a checkup and a
check.” Everyone is strongly urged
i to have the annual checkup and
get Cancer before it gets you.