FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6. 1941
DARE JURY LIST FOR
OCT. SUPERIOR COURT
The following names have been
drawn for Superior Court jury duty
/tor the term beginning Oct. 23:
- MANTEO: E. E. Meekins, Mrs.
Lorena Daniels, Ervin Hines, Wm.
R. Lane, Allen L. Mann, Jr., Mrs.
Bertha Baum, Mrs. Pearl Riddick,
Mrs. Doris Bonner, Leighton L.
Gibbs, Mrs. Dorris Fry, Mrs. Eliza
beth D. Groce, Marvin L. Mann,
Mrs. Patricia Henderson, Robert H.
Midgett, Ephey Priest, Horace T- ,
Gaskins, Jr., Mrs. Clara Taricing- 1
ton, Mrs. Elizabeth Whitfield, Mrs.
Sybil Gregory, George Dykstra,
Jenness Gibbs, Ralph Davis, Carl
Swaim, Fred Basnight, Mrs. Lula.
Bowser Tillett, Mrs. Mamie Crees,
Mrs. Macdonald Clark, James O.
Basnight, Miss Estelle Meekins,
George H. Powell, Dennis E. Mc-
Ginnis.
WANCHESE: Robert E. Scarbor
ough, Donald P. Gray, Carmichael
Daniels, Harry H. Rhodes, Lonnie
Overcash, Mrs. Deborah Daniels,
Llewellyn Daniels, Sr., Mary P.
Hayes, Rondal Edward Meekins.
KITTY HAWK: John L. Belton,
Henry H. Beasley, Mrs. James
Beasley, A. Delbert Stetson.
MANNS HARBOR: Albert T.
Ward, Alton E. Gard, Sr.
FRISCO: George W. Austin, Har
vey Young.
AVON: Ebenezer S. Hooner,
Luther H. Hooper, Charles T. Wil
liams, T. Columbus Miller.
KILL DEVIL HILLS: Mrs.
Gladys Haywood.
BUXTON, Mrs. Snowden Quid
ley, Delmar Williams.
NAGS HEAD: C. S. Culpepper.
SALVO: Willie Hinnant
HATTERAS: Millard Ballance,
Mrs. Ina Fulcher.
STUMPY POINT: Clyde M.
Payne.
DRAFT BOARD RULINGS
SET UP IN HYDE COUNTY
SWAN QUARTER Miss Nell
Grace Berry, clerk to local board
No. 49 of the Selective Service re
leases the following public an
nouncements: '
Office Hours 9 A. M. to 1 P.
M. Monday thru Friday.
“Ail male persons who are 18
years of age or older, born after
August 30, 1922, are required to
go to the nearest local Selective
Service board and register, if they
have not already done so. Failure
to register may subject the person
to a maximum of five (5) years ,
imprisonment and SIO,OOO fine.”
“All males bom in the year 1943:
are required to register this year
within five (5) days of their birth-I
day.” '
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MANTEO GIRL IN MARINES
Miss Evelyn Marie Dowdy of
Manteo this week became a mem
ber of the Woman’s Marine Corps.
Miss Dowdy, who is the daughter
of Mrs. Russell Sears of Manteo
and the late Alvin Dowdy of Eliz
abeth City, is a graduate of Manteo
High School and has for a number
of years been employed at Pear-
Ing’s Inc., in Manteo. She is now
in training in Parris Island, S. C.
FREE FAIR TICKETS
FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN
Free tickets to North Carolina
State Fair . . . 400,000 of them . ..
are being mailed this week for dis
tribution to students of the secon
dary schools of the State.
Dare County Schools were mailed
210 of these popular gate admission
tickets to be distributed from the
offices of Supt (Mn.) Mary L.
Evans. t
State Fair will be a six-day event
this year, instead of the five days
of previous years. It will open at
noon on Monday, October 16 and
close Saturday the 21st.
Commissioner of Agriculture L.
Y. (Stag) Ballentine, acting mana
ger of the Fair, has announced that
the school tickets will be honored
for free admission each day, prior
to 6 pjn., Monday through Friday.
They will not be honored Saturday,
October 21st.
In former years they could be
used only on Tuesdays and Fridays
when specially reduced prices for
entertainment and amusements are
in effect.
Extremely heavy demands on
parking facilities for these two
days, particularly, brought about
the change to honor these tickets on
additional days.
MANTEO GIRL CHOSEN
HOMECOMING CANDIDATE
Miss Janet Wescott, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Nevin Wescott, and
a senior at East Carolina College,
Greenville, has been chosen from
the 300 girls in Garrett Hall to
represent them as candidate for
homecoming queen, the queen to be
chosen Saturday night. One girl
from each dormitory will be a can
didate.
4-H CLUB MEETS, MANTEO
The sth grade 4-H club met
Tuesday, October 3, in the Manteo
I Elementary Auditorium. Topic for
discussion was the importance of
[ milk. A very interesting film called
“The Milky Way” was shown dur-
I ing the program.
—Mary Claire Dowdy, reporter
HATTERAS FIREMEN’S BENEFI
IN ,LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE
On Friday night, Sept. 29th at
7 o’clock 130 people decided they
would go on their vacation while
the rates were reduced.
Leaving America, with Patrol
man Skiles and Danion Gray Jr. as
guides. They made their first stop
at Hawaii, the home of Delores
Burrus. A cordial welcome was
given by Kilawea Peak.
The scenery was beautiful. The
Hawaian Music, flowers and pal
menteos. Mats were placed on the
lawn to recline, should one feel tir
ed from traveling. Two of the na
tives dressed in grass skirts and
Leais danced for the crowd, their
names, Juanita Epa and Kilawea
Peak. Liza, Lola and Lizzie Luhau,
the punch makers were dressed in
mu mu’s and severed punch. After
saying farewell to lovely Hawaii,
they started out for Italy, the home
of Mrs. Hazel Foster. There they
found Hazel, Lois, Ina and Lily
dressed in native costumes and
were anxious for all to taste of
their spaghetti which was delicious.
Mrs. Roy Kobasta whose parents
here from Italy, helped prepare it.
Then all was anxious to stop over
in Japan. The bright lights and
gaily colored lanterns, beautiful
Japanese ladies with pretty kimon
ous made you feel this the place to
stay awhile. Here Pauline Oden,
Sarah Ellen Skiles, Delma Miller,
and Ann Midgette served tea to all,
and crackers and pretzels.
The next stop was China, gardens
were at the home of Mildred Aus
tin, all were greeted by this lovely
Chinese lady dressed to perfection
in a beautiful satin costume.
As one walked about the gar
den music of China was played.
The gaily colored lights and flow
ers were something to never for
get. There Mildred, Rosa and Alice
Gray served rice pudding. After
saying good bye they started back
to good old America, The Land of
the Free and the Home of the
brave.
Everyone was so happy to see the
group home, their friends came
out to greet them, and served ice
cream, all joined in singing Amer
ica. The lucky person on the trip,
Ulysses Peele won a box of candy.
The trip around the world will
long be remembered as one of lot of
fun and good fellowship together.
MRS. GRACE MARSHALL, ONCE
MANTEO RESIDENT DIES
Mrs. Grace Harris Marshall, 77,
died Saturday morning in Cam
den, S. C., after a long illness.
A native of Vance County and
a former Elizabeth City resident
she lived in Camden a year. She
lived in Manteo some 45 years ago
while her husband wps pastor of
the local Baptist churches.
She was the daughter of the late
Lonnie M. and Mrs. .Annie Hurt
Lamptin Harris, the widow of the
Rev. O. N. Marshall, and a mem
ber of First Baptist Church, Eliza
beth City.
She is survived by one daugh
ter, Miss AmKC. Marshall, a son
John H. Marshall, both of Rock
Hill, S.C.; a sister, Mrs. D. L.
Hoyle of Henderson; three broth
ers, Leon Harris Phillip Harris
and James Harris of Henderson;
two grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
A funeral service was conducted
Monday in Twiford Funeral Home.
Burial was in New Hollywood Cem
etery, Elizabeth City. \
FORMER DARE MAN GETS
A SUGGESTION AWARD
SANDIA BASE, Albuquerque, N.
M. Two enlisted men at Sandia
Base have been presented Sugges
tion Award Certificates and checks
for $5.00 for suggestions which
have improved operations in the
Base Transportation Section, where
both men are assigned.
They are: Sgt. Hugh W. Wil
liams, USA, an Asst. Shop Fore
man, who lives at 4002 A Antolak
Place; and S/Sgt. Sam J. Dunn,
USAF, an Auto Mechanic, who
lives at 7409 Hirsch Drive, SE.
Sgt. Williams is a native of Bux
ton, on Cape Hatteras.
MRS. BOND COORDINATOR FOR
FIRST DISTRICT DEMOCRATS
Mrs. Edward G. Bond, Edenton,
N. C. has been appointed as Reg
ional Coordinator by Mrs. J. Henry
Cromartie, State Vice Chairman of
the Democratic Party.
Mrs. Bond will assume her duties
immediately and will be the coordi
nator for the following counties:
Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hert
ford, Northampton and Dare.
The coordinators duties are to
serve, assist, and co-operate with
County Vice-Chairman in organiz
ing and campaigning. She is to en
courage women’s activities in each
of the counties. There are presently
fourteen women in the state acting
in this capacity.
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MANTEO NEGROES KEEP
DARE RECORDER'S COURT
BUSY TUESDAY EVENING
Several cases involving residents
of the colored community west of
Manteo occupied a good deal of
Tuesday afternoon, when Judge W.
F. Baum held the usual weekly Re
corder’s Court. Briefly, their prob
lems are stated here:
George Washington King, charg
ed with appearing in a public place
while in drunken condition, and re
sisting arrest, pleaded guilty to the
charge of resisting arrest; not guil
ty to being drunk. However, Judge
Baum found him guilty on both
charges, and on the first count
suspended a 30-day jail sentence on
payment of $25 and costs. Second
count drew another 30-day sus
pended jail term, with a fine of
sls and costs.
Another Manteo negro, Cleston
Parker, was in court on a combi
nation of charges, the result of
his arrest about the middle of Sep
tember. Charged with driving un
der the influence, reckless driving
and speeding 60 in a 35 m.p.h.
zone, Parker pleaded not guilty on
all three counts. He was found
guilty on all charges and on the
first count got a 2-month jail sen
tence, assigned to work the roads,
suspended on payment of SIOO and
costs; count 2 drew a four-mont'n
road sentence, suspended on pay
ment of SSO line and costs; count
three drew a fine of $25 and costs.
Parker, decided, however, not to
accept terms of judgment, and not
ed appeal to Superior Court, the
charges to be further aired during
October. Appearance bond was set
at S3OO.
Thelman Williams, Manteo negro
charged by his wife, Lizzie Wil
liams, with trespassing on her prop
erty and creating a disturbance on
the 20th of September, was found'
guilty in spite of his plea in the
opposite direction, and fined slOl
and costs.
Luther E. Ray, Jr., charged with I
being drunk on Highway 158 at
Kill Devil Hills on the first of Oc
tober, pleaded guilty to the charge,
was sentenced to 30 days in jail
suspended on payment of $25 fine.
The option of the fine was not
taken, though, and Ray went to
jail.
Milah Marie Williams, Norfolk,
Va., charged with driving under
the influence, pleaded not guilty,
was adjudged so, and action dis
missed.
Submissions during the past week
are as follows:
Rollins Brent Beasley, Wanchese,
improper lights, $lO.
Calvin D. Burrus, Jr., Buxton,
improper muffler,* $lO.
Jesse Arthur Fairley, Jr., Point
Harbor, speeding, sl2.
Roy Howard Good, Frisco, care
less and reckless driving, $25.
John Noah Mackey, Elizabeth
City, improper lights, $lO.
Murphy Glen Peterson, Manteo,
exceeding safe speed for existing
conditions, $lO.
Delton McKinley Simmons, im
proper equipment brakes, horn
and mirror, $lO.
The preceding cases also had
court costs of $8.70 assessed, be
ing the usual charge for single of
fenses.
Hatteras personals
Miss Jo Ann Midgett of East
Carolina College spent the week
end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Anderson Midgett
L. B. Fulcher and Roy Gray,
Jr., of the Coast Guard spent the
week end here with their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Darlington
and family of Silver Spring, Md.,
spent two days here last week with
Mrs. Nancy Jane Meekins, who re
turned home with them for the
winter.
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FRIDAY IS HOMECOMING
DAY FOR MANTEO HIGH
Parade Will Ba Feature of Festivitie*.
and Football Game Will Follow;
Dance Friday Night
Manteo High School will have its
annual homecoming festivities Fri
day, October 6. Before the game
there will be a parade exhibiting
school spirit The parade will form
in front of the high school at 6:30
p.m. and proceed down the high
way, turning right down County
Street going around the court
house, continuing up Highway
Street and on to the football field.
The cheerleaders will lead the
parade which will feature last
year’s Homecoming Queen, Miss
Willene Partridge, the ten candi
dates for 1961-62 Homecoming
Queen, and floats decorated by the
students.
The Manteo Redskins will face
the Knapp Knight in the football
game w'hich will begin at 8 p.m.
During halftime the Homecoming i
Queen and candidates will be pre-1
sented. Immediately following the
football game there "will be a cor
onation dance in the -high school
gym until 11:45 p.m. Admission
will be 50 cents and 75 cents.
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MANTEO HOSTS KNAPP
IN HOMECOMING GAME
The Manteo High School foot
ball team will play its first home
game of the season Friday night,
when the Knapp Knights of Curri
tuck come to town.
Despite three losses this season,
the Manteo club has been very im
pressive in its games and they are
hoping to gain their first confer
ence victory Friday. Knapp also
, has been impressive in winning
one and losing three to very strong
competition.
I This will be Manteo’s Homecom
ing and a colorful ceremony is be
ing planned. The game will begin]
at 8 p.m.
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KITTY HAWK SCHOOL IS
ON ACCREDITED LIST
Members of the Kitty Hawk Ele
mentary School PTA, meeting Sep
tember 28, were informed by Prin
cipal Louis Cayton that the school
now has been placed on the list of
accredited schools.
The program featured a film
“Variety Vacationland,” and was
followed by a reception for the
teachers, Mrs. Hazel McLean, Mrs.
Irene Midgett, Miss Eriene Tandy,
Mrs. Leona Rogers and Mr. Cay
ton.
Taking office for the new PTA
year were Mrs. W. T. Beasley,
president; Mrs. John Forbes, ■ vice
president; Mrs. W. C. Foreman,
secretary; and Mrs. Carl Gard,
treasurer.
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GEORGE A. STAVRO
George Augustus Stavro, 50, hus
band of Mrs. Hilda Grook Starvo,
died Friday afternoon in the family
| home near Manteo after a long ill
ness.
A native of Ocean View, Nor
folk, he lived on Roanoke Island six
months. He was a son of Wil
liam G. Stavro and the late Mrs.
Grace Moorehead Stavro. .
He retired from Norfolk Naval
Shipyard in 1957. He was a mem
ber of St. Mary’s Catholic Church
of Norfolk.
Besides his widow and father;
surviving is one sister, Mrs. Lewis
Babcock of Knotts Island.
(special SERVICE AT
MANTEO ASSEMBLY OF GOD
A special missionary service will
be conducted at the Manteo Assem
bly of God Church Thursday night,
October 12th. Rev. William C.
Stepp, a missionary to Barquismeto,
Venezulea, since 1948 will be the
guest speaker. Rev. Stepp will show
colored slides of the missionary
(work in this foreign field.
Every one is invited to attend.
JIMMIE L. HARRIS, RESIDENT
' OF STUMPY POINT DIES, MON.
Jimmie Lee Harris, Sr., age 43,
of Stumpy Point, died at Albe
marle Hospital Elizabeth City,
Monday night at 11:55 o’clock fol
lowing a critical illness of five
days.
He was born in the Chocowinity
Community of Beaufort Co. on
September 13, 1918, son of Garland
Lee Harris and the late Annie H.
Harris. He was tt trpcfc driver for
the State Highway’ And Publie
Works commission, Spending most
of his lifetime in Stumpy Point.
A small son, Jimmie Lee Harris,
Jr., preceded him in death on Sep
tember 23 of this year.
He was married to the former
Linda Patricia Lawson. Surviving
are his wife and his father, both
of Stumpy Point; three
Mrs. Eddie Pryor of Chocowinity,
route one, Mrs. Charles Apple of
Greensboro, and Mrs. Luther Pay
ne of Stumpy Point
Funeral services were held from
the chapel of the Paul Funeral
home Wednesday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock conducted by the Rev.
Fritz Shmidt. Burial followed
in Trinity cemetery at Chocowinity.
His fellow employes of the State
Highway and Public Works com
mission of Dare County served as
pallbearers.
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