FRIDAY. DECEMBER 29, 1961
News of Columbia and Tyrrell Co.
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Columbia and Tyrrell County
COLUMBIA PERSONALS
Among the students home for the
holidays: Sam S. Woodley Jr. of U.
N. C. with his parents Mr. and Mrs.
S. S. Woodley Sr.; Miss Madge
Morris of W. C. U. N. C. with her
parents Sheriff and Mrs. Clair E.
Morris.; Monty Harrell of U. N. C.
with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Plato
Harrell; Miss Pat Brickhouse Cho
wan with her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert L. Brickhouse; Miss Shir
ley ‘Cooper of Chowan with her
parents Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Cooper; Miss Peggy Ann Walker of
Chowan with her parents Mr. and
Mrs. Weston Walker; Miss Mary
Lou Kirk with her parents Mr. and
Mrs. B. R. Harrell Jr.; Morris G.
Pritchett Jr. of State College with
his parents Mr. and Mrs. Morris G.
Pritchett; Miss Faye Spencer of St
Mary's home with her parents Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Spencer; Pat Mc-
Duffie of ECC with his parents Mr.
and Mrs. N. P. McDuffie.
Miss Sue Snell of Durham was
home with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Worth C. Snell, of Creswell.
Miss Kay Spruill Melson of Ral
eigh was home with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Melson.
Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Hamilton
and daughter Julia of Conway
spent Christmas with Mr. Hamil
ton’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hamilton of
Atlantic visited his brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McClees
spent Christmas with their son D.
Ray McClees and his family in
Ahoskie.
Mrs. E.H. Ange of Jamesville
spent Christmas with her daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bor
den McClees.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Armstrong
spent Christmas in Raleigh with
their son, Fred Armstrong.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Norman
and daughter Betty of Durham
spent the holidays with Mr. Nor
man’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sea
ton A. Norman.
Misses Reda and Jessie Godwin
of Williamston visited Mr. and Mrs.
J. Donald Selby Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Woodley of
Ahoskie spent Christmas with Mr.
and Mrs. Dennis M. Pledger Sr.
and the Eli and Henry Woodleys.
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Lamb and
sons David and Stuart of Charlotte
visited Mrs. Lamb’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lem A. Cohoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Chas. Cahoon
and daughter Andrea of Raleigh
were in Columbia Tuesday.
Miss Jacqualine Harris of Wash
ington, D. C., was home with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Harris.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie O. Knight
and son Guy were home with Mr.
Knight’s mother, Mrs. Ruth N.
Knight
Miss Peggy Griffin of Baltimore,
Md., and Michael Griffin of Char
lotte were home with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Basnight.
Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Everton of
Atlanta, Ga., were home with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Daven
port and Mrs. G. W. Everton.
Mrs. J. W. Randolph of Elizabeth
City spent the holidays with her
sister and brother Miss Sara L.
Taft and G. Howard Taft.
Miss Joyce Bateman of the Uni
versity of Illinois was home with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. S.
Bateman.
Mrs. J. H. Bateman spent Christ
mas with her daughter and son-in
law, The Rev. and Mrs. John Law
rence at Shelby.
Miss Jane Shelby of Norfolk was
home with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Shelby. Miss Gail Co
hoon of Norfolk was home with her
mother, Mrs. C. Earl Cohoon; Miss
Rena Mae Spencer of South Nor
folk was home with hei* parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd B. Spencer;
Carlisle Harrell of South Norfolk
was home with his parents, Mr.
and Mra L. M. Harrell.
' The Rev. and Mrs. J.' A. Brick
house spent Christmas with their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Brickhouse, and their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas K. Yerby Jr. Mr. and
Mrs. Creston Simmons and children
Cynthia and Cres of Lynhaven Va.
visited Mr. and Mra E. M. Simmons
and Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Yerby Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Kelley
Jr. and son Trip of Norfolk visited
Mrs. Kelley’s mother, Mra W. A.
Yerby.
Mr. and Mrs., Floyd E. Cohoon
spent Christmas with their son,
Floyd E. Cohoon Jr.
Mrs. W. S. Carawan was with
her daughter, Mrs. W. B. Brown,
in Goldsboro.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Cooper and
children spent Christmas with their
parents Mrs. J. E. Alexander and
Mr. and Mra J. A. Alexander.
Miss Carmen Harrell of Norfolk
visited her mother, Mrs. J. Abner
Harrell.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Ray Cohoon and
son Fred spent Christmas with
their daughter and son-ih-law, Mr.
and Mra Tim Brinn, Washington,
D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus A. Overton
■pent Christmas Day in Scotland
Neck. > ••
Mr. and Mra Robert Boyd Jr. and
children, Sharon and Robert, of
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DEWEY MORRIS
• COLUMBIA, James Dewey Mor
. ris, 61, died in the Columbia
. Hospital Saturday morning after
• an illness of about three weeks.
r He was a native and life long
. resident of Tyrrell County, made
. his home on Route One; a former
> timber surveyor and member of
. Malachi’s Chapel Free Will Baptist
. Church. He was the son of the
■ late Charlie H. and Carolina Owens
• Morris.
i Surviving are his wife Mrs. Thel
’ me O’Neal Morris; one son Floyd
1 Morris of Columbia; two daughters
r Mrs. Virginia Mann of Columbia
1 and Mrs. Jean Kuchtey of Hamp
. ton, New Hampshire; three sisters:
i Mrs. Bessie Smith of Elizabeth
. City; Mrs. Lina Umphlett of Hert
, ford, and Mrs. Alethia Walker of
. Hopewell, Va.
Funeral services were held at
. Malachi’s Chapel Sunday afternoon
at 3 o’clock, with the Rev. Herbert
I J. Bryan Conducting. Interment
[ was in the Church Cemetery.
’ PLYMOUTH MAN, 53, DIES
’ SUNDAY, FUNERAL TUESDAY
1 Kenneth Jennings Davenport, 53,
' of Plymouth died Sunday. Funeral
services were held Tuesday in Lud-
• ford Memorial Baptist Church, Bur
, ial was jn Hillside Memorial Gar-
■ dens. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
1 Inez Bateman Davenport; one
• daughter, Mra Virgil Ordway of
Plymouth; one grandchild; his
5 father, the Rev. T. F. Davenport of
■ Creswell; three sisters, Mrs. Mary
1 Furlough and Mrs. Callie Swain of
Creswell and Mrs. Virginia Spen
' cer of Columbia; five brothers, Sea-
■ I ton E. and Lonnie W. of Creswell,
" Gilbert of Boston, Mass., Thomas
of Detroit, Mich., and Roger of Ra-
■ leigh. He was a member of Lud
-1 ford Memorial Methodist Church
and an employe of Weyerhaeuser.
1 RODANTHE
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was the only one in Rodanthe, too,
1 with the result that some intoler-
• ant mainlanders called the Rodanth
f ians “pagan" and “un-Christian.”
Eventually the islanders con-
■ formed, at least to a degree, by ob-
■ serving both the December and the
. January date. But generally the lat
[ ter is the more important occasion.
: “Which is just as it should be,”
• says a Rodanthian.
On December 25 there are church
1 rites, a Santa Claus, and gifts—the
1 standard Festival. January 5, old
Christmas, is different, and it is
’ honored in more ancient ways.
Traditionally the day began soon
’ after dawn with a distant sound of
c soft music, “real Christmas music.”
’ A visitor described it as “faint,
eerie,” bordering at first on the
supernatural. “The early morning
’ atmosphere,” he wrote, “lent a pe
culiar sweetness.” The music came
’ from the homemade fifes and
, drums of a band of serenaders,
. whose instruments had been passed
’ down from father to son.
The gentle, worshipful procession
t went from house to house; on some
. years, it is said, there were prayers
at each residence. The march con
tinued for hours, until by dark
every home had been reached.
j At midday there was an inter
mission. The musicians, who had
been joined by others during the
course of the morning, arrived at
the spot at which their holiday din
ner was to be servedi This was a
hearty meal in which roasted oys
i ters, the succulent specialty of the
I coast, had a large part. Then came
. I more visits to homes, and about
. dusk Rodanthe's contribution to the
j Southern Christmas, mummers’
.j night.
J On this Old Christmas evening
■ people stepped out in costume, sim
j pie, gayspirited bandannas, colored
stockings, ancient furs, even more
ancient hats. They made their own
. masks of cloth or paper with gro
f tesque noses, long chins, and over-
I hanging brows, or hid their faces
.[inside dark stockings into which (
I holes had been cut for the mouth
( and eyes. They wandered wherever
, the spirit moved them, hailing
friends, laughing, joking, skylark
j ing.
Then the high moment: the ar
‘ rival of Old Buck, an animal half
I frightening, half hilarious. Old
Buck, said the Rodanthians, had
once been a monstrous scourge, the
terror of the Hatteras Woods, who
t left his retreat only once a year, on
’ | January 5, galloping forth in ma-1
B -.-4.. '■wksrdness. He con-
( sdsted of a pole covered with bed
’ quilts or blankets, and a steer’s
i head with a fine pair of horns. At
r his neck hung a bell. The two men
j beneath has quilts cavorted and
| danced in away that made the very
J young shudder and their elders gig- 1
r gle. Old Buck’s rider, perched atop
j his quilts, directed the monster’s
1 wanderings. “Caper, Buck . .
1 “Straight ahead, now.” “Right over
. there, fast!” As Buck approached,
, the crowd swerved, screamed, and
i Hampton, Va., spent Christmas
I "H*h Mre. Bovd’s Parents, Mr. and,
Mrs. Julian L. Poston. Mr. Boyd 1
I expects to be transferred to IHous
f ton, Texas, in January. '
THECOASTLAXD TIMES, MANTEO, N. C.
HISTORY OF TOYS
REFLECTS EARLY
LIFE, PROGRESS
WASHINGTON—The world of
toys has reflected* adult life and
progress since the earliest days of
human history.
A London museum displays a
little wooden baker from Egypt es
timated to be nearly 4,000 years
old,, says the National Geographic
Society. Bending over a pyramid
shaped board, he can be manipulat
ed to kneed “dough” by rolling a
tiny wodden ball up and down the
board.
French fashion dolls of the 18th
century mirrored the glitter of
court sophisticates. Th e severe
dress of Victorian miniatures was
in keeping with an age when re
spectable English families did not
permit children to play with their
toys on Sunday.
Homemade com-cob dolls tras
ured by children of pioneer Amer
ica wore sunbonnets and calico of
the time and place. The flippant
flapper doll of the 1920’s gave little
sister the thrill of vicarious par
ticipation in the rebellions of
“flaming youth.”
Accent on Science
In present-day Christmas dis
plays, the accent is on science and
the Wild Blue Yonder. Formidably
lifelike doll babies complete with
toy models of moon viewers and
microscopes, electronic computers,
earth satellites, rocket launchers,
and atomic reactors.
Among the most advanced of the
new scientific toys are wireless
telephones. One twin set, powered
by flashlight batteries, transmits
voices via infrared rays. Two
youngsters can talk at any distance
within line of sight
The principle of the toy tele
phone is the same used in missile
detection and satellite tracking.
Both functions go back to 1880,
when Alexander Graham Bell, in
ventor of the telephone, produced
the photophone and proved that
sound could be carried by a beam
of light.
First Dolls Were Sacred
Where and when children’s toys
called out encouragement: “Get ’em,
Buck get ’em!” Not until every
body felt tired, including Old Buck,
did the Old Christmas end.
Whether the Rodanthians knew
it or not, their custom went back
to earlier English folk ceremonials.
From Cornwall comes a description
of “a hobby horse represented by a
man carrying a piece of wood in the
form of a horse’s head and neck,
with some contrivance for opening
and shutting the mouth with a loud
snapping noise, the performer being
so covered with a horsecloth or hide
of a horse as to resemble the ani
mal whose curvetings, biting and
other motions he imitated.” Much
earlier, Staffordshire had a horn
dance at Christmas, with men
carrying stag horns on their shoul
ders. Clearly Old Buck has English
ancestors.
Old Christmas is homecoming
time, and many men and women
who have left Rodanthe return
every year for this event Last year
they were joined by a few outsiders
from North Carolina and Virginia.
Although the Old Christmas had
been modernized in its details, the
ceremony still retained its light
hearted flavor. In the afternoon the
Rodanthians, in casual costumes
like those of earlier times, drove
their automobiles up and down the
road. It was all most good-na
tured, neighborly, and simple. As
dusk approached excitement grew
in Rodanthe and the neighboring
settlement, Waves. From nearby
Avon, Salvo, Buxton, and Hatteras
came men, women and children who
still spoke with the “toime and,
toide” brogue of the Outer Banks.
Along the beach, parties of men
gathered driftwood and wreckage
to be used for the outdoor oyster'
roast.
As a large moon rose over the l
inkblack Atlantic, the people gath
ered in their old schoolhouse. At
one end was a stage, at the other
benches for natives and guests. The
I curtain parted and the program be
gan. There were singers, dancers,
musicians, and deciaimers, most or
all in masquerade and blackface.
Then a pause, and out pounded Old
Buck, as fearsome as ever. The aud
ience fell away in mock fright as
he clattered down the aisle, turn
ing to left and right, tossing his
head, threatening those around him.
But Old Buck had been changed and
modernized. On his back rode Santa
Claus, impersonated by av"" ’
• er. Here was the new American
| Christmas wedded to the old.
I Then the benches were pushed
back and and it was time for danc
ing, in square and other styles.
Outside, a fire had been lit It was
covered with tin sheets on top of
which tile oysters would be roasted.
The people danced, walked out for
oysters, and went back to dance
again and to greet one another with
ithe cry of “Merry Christmas.”
In the words of an observer:
“There was nothing ’quaint’ about
al) this, nothing self-conscious. It
had an honest look; these people
were having a good time out of
their pwn resources, a wonderful
time. At 49 I can recall evenings
when this happened in the country,
, and I was seeing it for the first
1 time in many years: I hope the
j Rodanthians never turn “dignified”
’■or “Picturesque” on u»-”
March of Dimes Clinic Head Forecasts
Pre-Marifal Tests for Birth Defects
Before most thoughtful young couples marry,
they do a great deal of planning for the future.
They ponder about jobs, homes of their own,
saving money for their retirement years.
All well and good, but—
The pediatrician-in-chief at famed Johns
Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, Md.,
wishes they would invest as much thought—be
fore marriage—in their planning for healthy
children.
Dr. Robert E. Cooke predicts the development
of pre-marital tests which would forewarn of
genetic deficiencies or flaws in either or both
parties to a marriage that could cause their chil-
dren to be bom with
Dr. Robert E. Cooke
to be born deaf, blind,
mentally retarded or malformed.
By the same token, the tests when adequately
developed would also reassure the vast majority
of young couples of the likelihood of their hav
ing normal, healthy families.
What if a young couple agrees to undergo
these searching tests, ana the results show they
might have babies with congenital malforma
tions? Would such a marriage be forbidden?
Testa Are No Bar To Marriage
. “By no means,” Dr. Cooke said in a recent
interview. “The tests should be voluntary. An
unfavorable prognosis or prediction should not
provide, in my view, either legal or moral
grounds for advising against marriage.
“The results of biochemical examination of
their blood and cell enzymes should be made
available to prospective parents and the outlook
for their offspring made quite clear. But ulti
mate decision as to marriage should be left to
the individuals themselves.”
Dr. Cooke added that genetic defects in the
husband afhd wife may also be the cause of
childlessness.
Pursuing his line of thought further, Dr.
Cooke said that our young people should be
given a better understanding of this subject.
Proper instruction would minimize anxiety and
permit them to plan their futures in a mature
manner. The noted pediatrician would like to
see more genetic investigation and counseling
of patients by physicians—he calls it “anticipa-
originated is anybody’s guess. The
doll-like figures archeologists find
at prehistroic sites were doubtless
burial offerings and miniature idols,
not playthings, says National Geo
graphic.
Yet from time immemorial,
small boys have delighted in copy
ing their father’s tools and weap
ons. They have played with mina
tures of man’s successive inven
tions—stone-wheel carts to space
ships—just as little girls have imi
tated mother by cuddling dolls and
playing house.
The earliest toy, some think, may
have been a child’s version of the
caveman’s club. Later came games
based on organized warfare. Pre
served from ancient Cyprus is a
musemum collection of identical
peakcapped soldiers, holding shields
over their hearts.
Military toys have followed the
changing looks and techniques of
fighting men from Greek and Ro
man swordsmen to me.dieval
knights on horseback and 18th
century foot soldiers in ornate
European uniforms.
Tiny tin editions of British Red-!
coats and Colonial Minutemen, Civ
il War soldiers in blue and gray,
khaki-clad doughboys of World
War I, and Commandos of World
War ll—all these and many others
have won and lost battles in the
nursery.
In today’s pushbutton society,
toys follow the lead in military af
fairs by emphasizing the hardware
of war. Offerings include an array
of midget superweapons—robot [
tanks and planes, atomic cannons,'
nuclear submarines, guided mis
siles, and antimissile missiles.
Offsetting the scaled-down sam
ples of man’s destructive arts are
the latest models of 20th-century
building and living—bulldozers,
bridges, and skyscrapers, jet trans
ports, tractors, and backyard cook-1
out apparatus.
For the junior distaff side, there
are toy home appliances that really
work, vacuum cleaners, refrigera
tors, washing machines, and per-j
manent wave sets to curl doll hair
growing out of plastic scalps.
Ancient Toys Still Popular
In choosing toys that appeal,
manufacturers know that nothing
is obsolete. The Greek philosopher
Archytas, who lived in the 4th
century, B. C., considered the rat
tle an “admirable invention” to
amuse children and keep them from
breaking things in the house.
Still highly popular are ragdolls,
marbles, and balls known long be
fore the first Christmas. A croco
dile with movable jaws, devised in
ancient Egypt, is still going strong.
So are small animals mounted on
wheels and pulled by a string, sim
ilar to those of early Persia and
India.
To make toys safe, educational,
and tempting, the modern billion
dollar industry employs chemists,
psychologists, engineers, and de
signers.
Manufacturers who specialize in
i serious defects due to
heredity.
Dr. Cooke speaks
from extensive knowl
edge of the problem.
In addition to his aca
| demic position, he is
responsible for the
Birth Defects Special
Treatment Center at
Johns Hopkins, which
is financed by March
of Dimes contributions
frojn the Baltimore
City and County chap
ters of the National
Foundation.
The genetic tests
which Dr. Cooke sees
for the future would
bring to light gene
| patterns in potential
parents that could
cause their children
■ reproducing the newest automobiles
i and war weapons have problems
■ all their own in obtaining authen
, tic designs. Even after blueprints
have been made available, strict
secrecy must be observed lest ad
, vance information leak out to rival
. firms, or national security suffer
. because of premature release of
. classified military information.
Copying foreign designs is even
. more difficult. The engineer of an
. American toy company once spent
I months studying Soviet theory and
history of aviation in an effort to
• guess what type of landing gear,
. would be installed on a then-secret
i Russian jet fighter. Later, official
photographs revealed that the toy
; ’ gear chosen was the same as the
I real one.
.
FRISCO PERSONALS
’ The Frisco Home Club held its
Christmas party at the home of
1 Mrs. Laura Austin. A Christmas
reading and the singing of carols
i comprised the program led by Mrs.
[ Catherine Austin. A card was sign
!ed by the members and sent to the
home agent (Mrs. Beulah Gaylord)
, who was ill and could not be pre
-1 sent. The members exchanged
I gifts. Decorations and refreshments
i carried out the Christmas theme.
• Attending were: Mrs. Odessa Was
lili, Mrs. Maggie Austin, Mrs. Nel
, lie Willis, Mrs. Catherine Austin,
• Mrs. Ella Ransom, Mrs. Julia Tan
> dy, Mrs. Lois Rollinson, Darlene
■ Willis and the hostess Mrs. Laura
; | Austin.
Those home for the Christmas
holidays include: Edgar Tolson,
Mr. and Mrs. Inge Wick, Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur Brinson and son. Mr.
( and Mrs. Romas Bass and children,
Donald Niskanen, Ellis Willis, Er
, lene Tandy, Dennit Ransom and
.■ Dianne Burrus.
| Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ware are
I spending the holidays with their
.’son, in Atlanta, Ga.
, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Talton and
. family visited Mrs. Talton’s parents
,iin Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Ina Burrus is home after
ia week in the U. S. P. H. Hospital
in Norfolk.
Erlese Tandy had as her guests
[ over the week-end, Misses Janet
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tory medicine.” He feels that medical students
should become much more knowledgeable about
human embryology.
“More than a quarter of a million babies with
significant birth defects are born every year in
the United States—almost 700 daily. Until scien
tific research can develop means to prevent these
tragedies, young people who are the mothers
and fathers of future generations should under
stand how and why they happen,” he said.
Such premarital tests as Dr. Cooke advocates
are not practical today on a widespread basis
because of a lack of appropriate laboratories.
“But with increased research in birtn defects,
and with improvement in our medical technol
ogy and our laboratory facilities, genetic tests
will soon become practical and feasible,” he pre
dicted.
“Through them we may well come to the
actual detection of future birth abnormalities
and possibly prevent many by proper handling
of the pregnancy.”
He Defines ‘Birth Defects’
Dr. Cooke says there is a great confusion re
garding the term “birth defects.” Medically,
these are congenital anomalies ca tsed by genetic
factors or by injury to the embryo during its life
in the womb. Most of the general public mis
takenly believes that birth defects are limited
to those apparent at birth, such as missing ex
tremities, an enlarged head (hydrocephalus) or
open spine (spina bifida). But many more subtle
birth defects are not disclosed until maturity
and even middle age.
For example, severe high blood pressure ap
pearing in later life has been shown in many
instances to result from congenital malforma
tions of the blood vessels of the kidneys, a dis
order present at birth but unrecognizable at that
time. Birth defects also account for many cases
of diabetes, urological disorders and gout that
do not become apparent until middle life. The
list could be substantially lengthened, Dr. Cooke
pointed out.
The Birth Defects Special Treatment Center at
Johns Hopkins is one of a rapidly growing num
ber of centers in various parts of the nation
financed by National Foundation chapters using
March of Dimes contributions. They provide
comprehensive medical care for victims, with
emphasis on early diagnosis, prevention of dis
ability, rehabilitation and expansion of knowl
edge concerning birth defects.
In addition, the voluntary health organization
has established university-affiliated birth de
fects iclinical study and research centers in
Columbus, Ohio, Oklahoma City, and Nashville,
Tenn. A similar program of March of Dimes
supported treatment and research centers in
arthritis is also in effect across the country.
“Birth defects cause 21,000 deaths each year
in the United States,” says Dr. Cooke. “That’s
twice the toll taken by tuberculosis and ten
times the annual number of deaths from whoop
ing cough; measles, polio and infectious hepatitis
combined.
“The National Foundation-March of Dimes
is taking a historic forward step in searching for
a preventive. Until it is found, one thing we
might do is to determine, before marriage, what
types of family genetic histories are likely to
lead to the calamity of major birth defects. The
means to do it are within our reach.”
MRS. H. F. LEATHERMAN’S
FATHER DIES IN VALE
The Rev. Harold F. Leatherman,
pastor of Mount Olivet Methodist
Church.in Manteo, -nd h's fami'y
were called last week to Vale by the
death of Mrs. Leathermas’s father,
Titus G. Wright, who passed away
on Monday. December 18 Funeral
services were conducted Wednesday
in Vale. Mr. Leatherman, accom
panied by his daughter Nancy, re
turned to Manteo for services last
week end. but went back to Vale
to spend Christmas with the fam
ily.
Midgett and Barbara Trueblood
of Elizabeth City.
M” and Mrs. Thomas Meads and
daughters, Jeanne and Kathy, Mr.
and Mrs. Franklin Walls and chil
dren, Sandra and Franklin Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. Julian Austin Jr. and
children, Brenda and Karen of
Elizabeth City visited their parents
here Mr. and Mrs. Julian Austin.
Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Gray of Vir
ginia Beach visited Mr. and Mrs.
George Austin.
A candlelight service was held at
the “Little Grove" Methodist
Church Christmas Eve. The Rev.
Van Cash brought the message.
Mrs. Odessa Wasili furnished the
music and Inge Wick was soloist-
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Hughes and
son Daman of Sussex. N. J. are here
for the holidays, with Mrs. Hughes
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus
Burrus.
Robert Austin U.S.A.F., who has
been home on leave for 30 days, left
Tuesday for oversea duty, and will
be stations in Guam.
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GOLDEN WEDDING FOR
MANTEO COUPLE DEC. 27
Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Midgett
were guests of honor Wednesday
evening, December 27, at their
home in Manteo when their children
held Open House on the 50th anni
versary of their wedding. Mrs. Mid
gett; the former Darcus Midgett of
Rodanthe, and Mr. Midgett, also of
Rodanthe, traveled by boat to Man
teo, where they ' exchanged thei
wedding vows.
Hosts at the party were Mr. an<
Mrs. Ellsworth Midgett, Jr., ant
Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Midgett, of
Manteo; Mr. anAMhaOlax Hann
of Alexandria, jB. SA Mr. and
Mrs. Bernice ImOgeMßßichmond,
Va. The couple also grand
children.
The three-tiered white wedding
cake was topped with a gold “50”.
Matching cake squares, mints and
salted nuts were served with golden
punch, poured by Mrs. Ellsworth
Midgett, Jr., Mrs. Max Mann greet
ed guests and Mrs. Gaston Midgett
assisted in the gift room and else
where. A large number of friends
called to extend congratulations to
the couple.
Out-of-town guests included Mr.
and Mrs. Mann, Brenice Midgett;
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Midgett and son
of Portsmouth, Va.; Mr. and Mrs.
Harrison Midgett of Powells Point;
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Davenport, their
son and daughter-in-law and grand
daughter of Creswell; Mrs. Ells
Cox of New Smyrna Beach, Fla.:
and Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Shannon
and son of Hattersis.
WANCHESE PERSONALS
Luther Midgett spent Christmas
in Hampton, Va., with his daugh
ter, Mrs. Gus Saunders.
Mrs. Louise Williams received
medical treatment in Norfolk Tues
day. She was accompanied by Mr.
sind Mrs. Woodrow Stetson and
children.
Parker Midgett of Elizabeth City
visited relatives here Saturday.
Mrs. ‘ Lucy Midgett spent the
week end in Norfolk with her
daughter Mrs. Dennis Crees.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Jones and son
Mike of Kill Devil Hills, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Voshille and son, Reese of
Norfolk, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Dan
iels Jr. and children of Elizabeth
City spent Christmas Day with Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin R. Daniels.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wright and
daughter Jo Ann of Point Harbor
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Daniels and
daughter Brenda spent Christmas
■ with Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Crees
in Norfolk.
Mrs. Carrie Tillett, Mr. and Mrs.
■ Pete Mavromattes and children of
New York are spending the-Christ-
> mas holidays here.
Mr. and Mrs. David Gaskins and
■ children spent Christmas at Bux
| ton with Mr. and Mrs. George Gas-
■ kins.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Ballance
. and baby spent Christmas in New
■ Bern with Mrs. Ballance’s parents,
J Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Pledger.
Mrs. Tommy Daniels and chil
dren spent Christmas in Curritick
with relatives.
■ Mr. and Mrs. Wayland Baum
spent Christmas in Fort Lauder
dale, Fla., with their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Billy
’ Baum. They were accompanied by
the Billy Baum children, Kay, Anna
[ Mae and Judy Faye, who will re
main in Florida. They did not ac
’ company their parents earlier, in
1 order to complete the fall school
‘ term here.
Mr. and Mrs. Allison Hazen and
• son Maynard have returned from
Mount Airy, Maryland, where they
'■ visited Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
: Craighead. Mrs.' Craighead is the
• daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hazen.
• j Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Darnels
» and son Barry of Windsor visited
• Mr. Daniels’ parents, Mr. and Mrs.
I Willis Daniels, during the Christ
» mas holidays.
3 .
‘I The pulp and paper mills in the
111-state Southern area represent an
i investment of $3.7 billion. Florida
t has the largest investment for any
I one state, with mills valued at $632
million.
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