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A .X II David stick Kitty JU 0». ff! 04. - SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION date on address MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTED, N. C. NOT TO INDIVIDUALS WITH WHICH IS COMBINED THE PILOT ANDHERALD OF BELHAVEN AND SWAN QUARTER PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA VOLUME XXIX — NO. 28 MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1964 Sing'e Copy 7c MET IN MANTEO FRIDAY OCRACOKE-MAINLAND FERRY ENDORSED BY COMMISSION At it.': first meetinir in Man- -too last Frii.ny, tlie nLly-for.n- ostnbhshcl, ,,ro od North Carolina Seashore I'”’ Capo Coin —..mission oiulorsed the e.s- , ... ■ , tablishmont of ferry .service be- ‘'“fP'-oS'-nm of. ■tween the island of Ocracoke i Lookout Nationfil Scasl)ni*e, and and the Hyde County mainland. . In other action of importance, ""’■•"‘"'f. Pi'^ o ' to stop a pri- ‘’’If, '■ the body moved to stop a pri- , , vate developer from subdividing now will have enough a porcion of the proposed Cape Lookout National Seashore ®Vi ^ ate college .soil .scienti.st, reported. ‘ , „ . , „ , . , The plants will then be di.str;b- nl«l at cost and will h.e planted chairman of the NCSC and ^ managing editor of Ihe News counties and Observer, stated: ; ,.,..co^'said, H think we now “Our purpose is to protect realize that the toughest part of and preserve our 320-mile coast- this job will be working out line for future generations and policies concerning erosion cen to - develop it to its fullest trol where private properly is potential now. . involved." - "We must begin formulating .Stick .=aid, “If yon solve only our program for the 19C5 Gen- the problems involving public eral .Assoiiibiy," lie .'aid. l.and, you are going to leave David Stick of Kilty 'Hawk, wide gaps. We feel that it is cliairiiiaii of the Dare County primarily the rc.spon.'ihility of Erosion Control Hoard, asked local people, hut \vc can’t do it t’le commission's help “to get alone." i. th'e^-state and federal^ govc.ni-r-^^—•r'r—~~— — ,“y'of ‘itertoX-’MANN WILL RETURN ,.ime a sorvey ot too ooici o..!.,, NATIVE HYDE The constant changes in the bar, which parallels the beach i just off-shore, arc “the No. 1 contributing factor to beach ero- \ Sion,” he said. ' A long range survey of the liar would provide a companion •Study to efforts recently begun in Dare to record beach erosion section by section and to log the rosuits of indiviilual control ef forts. 1 “We feel that only then can ^ye; or you, or the'Corps of En-1 gineers say what to do and how to do it,” Stick stated. Superior Court Judge Chester R. ."Mon Ls of Comjock swore in Price as chairman, Roy Wilder of Raleigh as secretary and di-, lector and the other 15 njembers ■ of the 20-mah commission who j Attended?- ■ .\shley H. Futrell of Wash ington moved endorsement of the ferry link between the Outer Hanks and the Hyde County DR. IIARV'EV B. .M.-\N.\', jire.si- niainland. District Highway dent of the American Potash Commissioner Graham Elliott of Institute and the Foundation for Washington, an e.N offico mem- International Potash Research ber, said, “The Highway Com- retirefi from that position tlii.s mission is seriously considering week in Washington, D. C.. .ac- this at the present. 1 think the cording to aniioimccmei>t by the resolution will help ii along." board of directors of both The ferry for the run will orgaiiizalions. take eight to 12 months to build,' Dr. and .Hr.s. Ifann plan to ro be said. It would give Ocracoke turn to Hyde County to make Islanders their first direct tie their home at the family home- with Hyde County. place near Engelhard. “ The' commission also asked' Dr. Jlniin left his native Hyde the Carteret County Planning County nearly 50 ycar.s ago to Commission “not to approve train in soil science at N. C that portion of a subdivision State and Cornell, serving half plan affecting property which of his career as a State Ex- would be included in the pro- periment Station scienti.st and posed Cape Lookout National half as an industrial scienti.st Seashore" in the Core Banks, building technical teamwork bc- Shackleford Banks and the 'tween official agiicullure and Portsmouth Island area. industry. Price told reporters that’ Under hi.s leadership, 'the in- Charles M. Reaves of Sanford, situtc supported many .soil fer tile largest property owner in- ■ tility milestones at the invita- volved, propsed a .subdivision tion of official agriculture. 'Ho “just before legislation was in- saw soil and plant testing be- ' troducetl" to establish the now. come an acceiilcd science, fer- park. Several hundred acres are I t'Tizer pl.'icement method.' im- involvcd, he said. H>iovod for efficient use of high- Toiii .Morse of the National er analysi.s fertilizers and the I’ark Service Regional Office in principle of plant food rcmo%'al Richmond meanwhile reported by major crop yields more wide- that, “Favorable hearings on ly taught. ‘the bill (now in House and Son ate Committees) are e.\pt'c|cd, p^RK SERVICE UNITS soon. IVice, announced assignments to two general and three region al committees. The chairmen are: Devlopnient, Futrell: Protection, Frederic L. Cox of Griftoii; Northeast, Braxton B. Dawson of Wa.shinglon; Cen- SHOW GREAT INCREASE IN YEAR JUST CLOSED More )>er.sons visited Nation al I’ark Seivice attractions on the Dare Coast during 1903 than i during any previous year. . ,, , Cape Halteras National .Sca- tr.a , Har>-ey Hines of Kinston; og, visilor.s dur iijg the year emJiiig- Deccnibev Wilmington. yliowod an increase of 34.5 The coniniission will meet f,ver 1902 when 0-19.200 next in Wilming.on Jirn. _3. Ks- were counted, lubhshed by the 1903 (3enoi'.''j annual reports just re Assembly, “ - ' the North by the 1903 (3enoi'.''j annual reports just re ' o ■''! Ica.sed by the Superintendent of i Carolina Outer Banks | iastallation.s reflected that Sciishorc Parks Commissmn,. were 175,714 persoms tent which was created by Gov. Ter- i . „ ■ , . , , camping in designated cainp- *ry Sanford in 19b«, and l''‘8[5itcs of the Seasliore, 57,7.14 in many of the same members. trailers plus approximately The fo^er commission rec- undesignalcd camping ommended that a permanent j jj,.pas. ~~~ j Of the total 350,864 visi'od MRS. HELEN N. SEARS, the Cape Hatteras Lighthoiis: It 34, OF SCRANTON DIES • area. There were 31,195.per.sons — ■■ I visiting the area in December Funeral service.' for Mrs. 1003 or 42.6 percent more than Helen Newton Scars, 34, of in December 1902. This increase Scranton, who died Friday were was laigely due to the ojicning be conducted, at 2:30 p.m. Sun-' of the new Herbert C. Bonner day at St. John’s Episcojial Bridge across Oregon Inlet Church by the Rev. Wesley Lu- which replaced the ferrio.s. cns. Burial was in the cliuich, Next largest increase wa.s cemetery. , noted at Fort Raleigh National She served in the Women’s Historic Site where 136.712 visi- Army Corps during the Korean tors in 1963 was 23 6 percent conflict. . (more than in 1962 when 110,592 ^ iSuiviving arc her husband, pcr.son.s cnlcred the area iiiclud N. F. Sears Jr.; four daughters, jug tlioso who attended por- Myra, Helen, Gwen and Jill, all forinances of The Lost Colony of the home, and five sisters. See PARK, Page Four LARISA GAIL MEEKINS, JUST LESS THAN THREE NEWSPAPER'S FOUNDER DIES WEDNESDAY AT 66 b -vJ-’ i^i fW'"' 1' LARISA GAIL MEEKINS, 2, , the daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Roger F. Mcekiiis of Manteo anil Selfridge .AF fiase, .Michi gan, died last Friday, Jan. 3, in ^.Detroit Childrcii’.s Hospital foL lowing a brief illness, She was born ..Man.h 15, U)0l. '.ir'- i''unci'al %cn'ices'Avere'h'cld'tii ’''.y Detroit, and burial was in the cemetery near .Manteo Wednes day morning. in addition to the parents, .she is sunived by her patoriial grandmother, Mr.s. D. Victor .Meekins of IMaiileo; her m:i- ternal grandparont,', Mr. and Mrs. Elvin C. .Sharp of Florence, .-Mil.; throe great-gra.ndri-ieii."®. - Mrs. Betty McGco, and ^Ir. and Mr.s. Homer .Sharji of Florence; one aunt, Mrs. Sam Carrington of Manteo and Chapel Hill; one uncle, Francis,Meekins, of Man- Ico; two great-aunt.s. Mrs. W, S. Jleokin.s and Miss Estelle Meck- in.s of M.intco; two i;reat-ui-fles. William ami H. -Al. McGee of Florence. DANIEL VICTOR MEEKINS, 06, founder of The Coas'.land 'rimes, anil at the time of his death postmaster of Manteo, died shoilly before 8 a.111. Wednesday in a Norfolk hos pital. He had hceii hosiiitalizcd .since sliortly before Ciiri.stmas, ■rjiist'a;few (lays after, participat ing in the 60th anm\ or.'iiry ob.sei'vaiice of the Wright Broth er.' first flight III Kill Devil Hill.i. After entering the ho.spita! with what appeared to he a mild heart condition, he suffered a .'erics of 'overo .-ittacks, ’.h" final coming ahriip'ly, (|U.et’y, closing a long career of devoted tj.'i-tvice to the rcgirin he joved,- A native of Roaimkc l.'laiid, ho was born July 19, 1897, the .son of the late Daniel and Ilowcjut Homer Mf.-ekins. Ho, at- ■■ tended public sehonls on Rod-' iioke l.'land '.md business college in Elizabeth City His first I'cuspaper experience was with the late W. 0. .Saimoeis ol Elizabeth City on the Indepen dent, during which time^heu^dc:,, voted much' effort. to'storiesjof-' miwm '; 17/ VICTOR, MEEKINS WE HAVE LOST A BIT OF HEAVEN - Death’s opal draperies were drawn cruelly and abruptly, .shut la.sl Friday on one of ,thc, in'd.st trea.sured bits of Heaven we have ever known. Larisa Gail was a beautiful child, perfect in features and ))hysique, endowed with an angelie smile; she never cried except from pain, 'fhe jiatter of ‘ - her feet, and her happy laugh-' • ter filled our home with joy uii every visit. The last time .wca-j,., saw her was in November. ' 'She was the jiroduct of the most painstaking tind loving care of good anti devoted par- .. ents She bad been blessed wi.h good advantage.'. Yei the icy claw of iMichigan winter reached out and look her from us while . , she was ecstatically in the midst , of lavish Christmas joys as she had never known This cruel blow ha.' reopened in itainful memory many olil wounds endured -through the years when grief in like manner-^ " struck our faithful friends. We strive in vain to pierce the veil to find a reason that Iragcily should strike any par ents, so innately decent and good as are hers. There is 'no season to be seen. 'J'hcrc is some comfort in the memory that wc were, even though for less than three years, with this beautiful angel, tlcsb of our flesh and blood of our blood. We have had a lre.isuro greater than many others have, shared. This memory wc can carry in our hearts as a price- ■ less treasure to offer comfort when time has helped assuage the bitter grief of this hour. We arc indebted to the Great Unknown for what has been vouchsafed us, if even for so short a span. Wo owe something in return—to rcdedicate our selves -to doing good for others, to bear witness to ours, hum ility, faitli and gratitude for so much of God’s goodness. Let no one feel that Hc.avcn will drop its richest blessing.s into - hands that have never leanied to hold them. We will always weep on the grave of our dear we must also weep for ' thO- ihon-u'hdcMei.jped -f.e g,Lo.ii-.-. iic-w so familiarly known a*5'the Outer Banks. But the voice of a naw.'paper many miles di,-tant did not satisfy his yearning, and in 1935 With limited capital but bounci- less sinrit. The Dare County Time-.' (Cua.'tliind Times) began IHiblicatiun. Under his leader ship the new.'papei- waged many campaigns, emerging yiclqrioti.' for mo.-;t of the treasured .ic- complishinonts throughout Dare County ami the Southern -Albe marle Region. In addition to The Coivsiland Times, he had al.'o operated new.-cpa))ors in Helhavcn, Swan tjiiarler and Columbia. A staunch Democrat, ho was elected to the post of sheriff in 1028, continuing in that capacity until 19-16. He twice served as chairman of the Dare County Board of Commissioners, 1948- 50 and 1958-60. In 1956, he was a delegate to the 'Democratic , National Convention - held in . Chicago. He was apiioinlcd postmaster in the spring of 1962, and per manent appointment was ' made in October of 1902; he was cur rently solving as president of the Easlcni N. C. I’ostmasters ,, Association. At the time of his death, he was vice-president of tlie South ern .Albemarle A.'snciation, an area dovolopmeiit agency ongi- ,.nally comprising the eoiinlies of Dare, Hyde, ’rjrrcll and Wa.sh- ington; and later enlarged to in clude Beaufort and .Martin; and which ho had established with the aid of far-sighted public citizen.' in neighlMiing counties as well as Dare. During his last few days he was formulating plans for the forthcoming cele bration of the Herbert C. Bon ner bridge spanning Oregon Iti- lol. From 1943 to 1945 ho was secretary of the Kill Devil Hills Memorial Association and was vice- president at the time of his. death. Ho was also long ac tive ill affairs of the Roanoke Island Historical Association, producers of the Lost Colony. During his newspapering career, he originated many pop- See I'OUNDEK. I’age I'kiur one; others too. GRANDDADDY NOTE: “Then and Now,” as published in the a d j o i 11 i 11 g column, is the evident la.'l piece of writing, i>rci)ared shortly before the jiassing' Wednesday morning of Daniel Victor Jleekins, founder and guiding light of this news paper since its establishment. Another bit of Heaven has gone the way of .all flesh. rouM'm waterICONTITUTIONAL CHANGES: MANGES TO LANoj WILL BE DECIDEiV TUESDAY; Now Jeop Delivery Will End an Era of Tranaporfafion from Currifuclc Mainland ! REDISTRICTING MAIN ISSUE Light Turnout of Voters Anticipated, Espe cially in Dare County Where Special Reg istration Has Turned Out Only'40 Persons; Polls Open From 6:30 A.M. to 6:30 P.M. Hy A. G. O’.NEAL 1 On January 10, 1901, tiie vil- , lyge of Corolla and the rest of the villages oh the: Currituck Beach strip of the Outer Bank' uill lo.'o tl.e last connecting link ! ■ with Us county .'eat and A C i-lV/ir- l Utile iinerest bus been shown Curriluc-k County mainland On HATTERAS CIVIC far by m.n.y citizens in the • wilt mt:k;'’tu ' mp‘ H::: ■ group outlines nnuro-Mug^im election,, to Corolla ending a service that : GOALS FOR i 964 when votert l,h..nigl'mit Started ncarlv seventy veins; . .. .. - - ^ . J “ 1 AorJ; ( ar'ihna '^11 5»a tn Uu' .ago bringing with it The Coa.'t-, ^enfer. Ycufh Program polls to d.-c-ide tlir fate of two papers i and Post Office Lead nL amendm.-m. ,o .he Slati: Cou- lY In August of 1963, .Mr. IVill dear’s Proposals stitution. ■ ' In Dare Coniiiy, there ii.ivo Tlie Halteia,' Village C-.vic been appru.xinia'.ely 40 new Chair- I,'Ross of Coinjock, the 80-year- ; old mail c.arrier who had seived ’ as carrier for eleven years died its January meet- registratmn.-!, report.' the Cl of a heart attack leadng his outlined goal.' foi the com- man of the Board of Elections, widow, Mr.'. Mabel Ro.ss soli*>v Jack C. Tilleti, who also stated responsible for executing Ins I • 'lo complete and stafi the that he didn’t expect much 'tuin- contract which would have ex- ""-'dical center. out—rieihap.' no more thun piled this coming July. Since his' • I»t-opo>u‘e the Civil As- SOU-on id.viion day. A .'pedal death the mail .'on-ice to Corolla thrce-.'-’alurday legi.-^taition for Build a new )io't office new voiei.' coiKluded la.'t Sat- has bco.n an irregular one with . , , I • frequent iiUorrputions of .service , "’‘1 ™»ununUv uid.iy. l'IUs the niail was, carried, by, anv-. and ^ 4 facsimile of ihe ballot to be^ one Airs. Ross could locatc'to new„faciliMe,s.'tf''’-‘ ''used 'rticsday/is published;;else-’;'' so This brought about the plan I • JMake an all out effort to -where in today's issue. For en- to discontinue the water route Pfo''ul8 a commumiy joatli lightenmeiit of those not p-.-evi- ; in favor of e.'tahlishing a land P>'og'"'m ously int'ormed of the issues to route from Kilty Hawk, and will' •*"’’ Mullen rejioiled on the {j,, we reprint herewith I'enable .Mrs. Ross to maintain Progre.'s of the medical center explanation.' from a p.imphlcC her job as carrier at Walerlily ibal an avchiU'cl had prepared hy Waiie Bruton, at- whirii before wa.s a part of the L^en hired and was le.idy to terney genei'al of N.nth Ctini- Corolhi mail contract. pre.'cnt initial drawings of the s,.c,.,.,;,rv of j Today old timers, hearts , StntP Thad Eure- .■are turning to the sad day in the neces.sary charter to make .r j AMENDMENT NO. 1. I. history when tlieir boat will ^ profit organizatum .SE.S.SIOX A?.1END.. 1 cease to be no inoio in favor of an.v P>'0)B-‘^ M' “C given to —EliClSLATIVE BEI*- lia four-wheel-drive jeep. It is wui'H'V fharily. A 'luc-; (.Subiiiilled by ' •- -- "'ho the doctor will ^ Extra Session Laws of 1903) The Slate Senate would he' trXJv lit L(I aIIWIIIIq* • I whirl, nr,lie the trin lo the President Cailos Oden pro- 'nerea.-eil to .0 rnembeis (at m.ide thi tup to th. , between th- P'e.-eit oO). b'l-in.iallj elected fror ■ d..-'ll lets wilh a popidation senator within 2-51 of the huppy days for those who can about who t'’® ^ remeniber When Corolla ' wa.s be -is to he..maLlo by the .li^^dnta ‘first seived by a sailboat then committee before ilhe next Civic the change to a motor boat As.'ociation MeoUng which made the trip to the Pre'ul , main'and in twenty minutes, po-'ed a , - , ... ■ jroi . ; bringing ,their couiuv seat to la-'tccutivo Board of the C-vic, 4ofv.;J:rnoTwhr°ll,;e,iTr SrS," niThoM UII, P-WL'.tlon «f t.h, S,„o Jajiproaching boat that brought Ibe futuio of that propenj and •with it distingui.'hed visitors, wbat can be done to make it a ; tourist, and “company” for the better place in our village, citizen.' of Corolla a.s well as President Oden nPP'>'”i‘-'' giocery .supplie.s, and freight Stockton M.lge;t. Edith blow: will hear .silence now. and .Miller Gray lo seivo on r. i Corolla, due to its not iiaving committee with Juanita 1 eele to any hard surf.ace roads, making a'd ber in her efforts to provide . ilnving only on the beach at low a >’‘”'1’' program for me com- lide h.is alway.' been nioie real’- nuinity. iiy accessible by boat than by l.l.aiid when a conscientious effort; JEFF PAUL IS ' was made to do so, except dur-i kic\a/ ODCCinCMT ing the winter month.' with an I NtVV rKtjiUtINI occasional freeze their mail i C. H. ANGLERS .seivico has been a regular one j by boat. Taking into consider- - , - • Jeff Paul has been electeil ation the hardships oi driving ^f the Cape HaKcvar the bench and making a .scliedul- , ^lub for 1964. Other ed mml deliveiT, this proposal W.asili, vice- brought about from mild to bit- Amelia Paul ter resentment to he citizens of Harry Lange Corolla, who feel they will suf- ,.,..3,,,.^,. fur a deep pcM-sonal loss w-ith the followiig persons wil loss of this boat. Executive Commit petrt.oned the ^ Orrnond Full Post Office Department to wheeler Bal ' maintain their water seivice but q Kilt> ■It wis in vain as tlie.r petition - ^ Edison conflicded with tho.'e reports of Archie person.' who didn l take time to ,, ,Bussell Ochs. under.sland or perhaps had other, me.uber.'hi,) contest moliws. So on January 11 ^ 3^ fol- Corolla will have a new mail , .. .'eivkc by land one in which it,' ’"'Snei ’ ha.'s (from boal)- Citizens will be awaiting and Audubon, N. J- lu-aying nirnestiy that it will be 49 lbs. a satisfactory one, tl en perhaps _ their sacrincng for the past six , . y^^to 48-/, lbs I months will not have been m ^^,.,^.^^,01 - Joe Lovinev Harris Gets Conir.act Postmaster, Norris \V, Austin j Hampton, V.a., 3 lbs. I Bluefish — Bert Dixon, Box announced that effeeiive Jati- ton, 4 lb.'. 1 oz. uary 11. mail seivice to Corolla Kingfish — Edgar Hooiicr will 1)0 o'-ei land from Kilty Buxton, 2 lbs. 4 oz Hawk. Scheduled arrival of the wS lb :incommg mail is at l:o0 p.m. " 'The outgoing will be dispatcluHl ^:^'„„„ae,._Mr.'. Wamla Brink at 2 p.m. On .Tamiary 10, the' water route fr I See MAIL Harold E - * - . , rlouncior—Mrji, imhik Tamiary 10, the Rockville, Did. 4 lbs. 3 cz from Coiiijock. g ijrout—Charles Wii Hams. Avo.,. 4 lb.'. 3 oz. PIRATE JAMBORAMA i PLANNING MEET TO BE HELD JAN. I7TH 1 Winners in the ladies’ com i petition were: SiH? ANGLEILS, Page Four 1 A discussion of plan rel- ! ativo to the Dare Coast Pirates I?Jainborama will be held in the MBS. Ky\THEUINE AUSTIN, IIATTEKAS NATIVE DIES Mrs. Katherine Stowe Austin private dining room of Manteo 79, died Wednesday in a Raleigh L Motel Restaurant on Friday _ hospital after illness of foui I'evening, January 17, it was an-: years. Ilnounced today by Lionel Ed-j A lifelong resident of 'Hat- Lwards, chairman of the Spring teras, her parents weie. CaleV LA’acation-launchiiig event last and Mrs, Mary Burriis Stowe, |*ycar. All interested persons are! She was the widow of James ■’ urged to attend the meeting. j Jlonroc Austin. I Already D.avid Stick, king ofSuiviving are two daughters I the pirates is growing his beard Mrs. Mogieannah Brown ol I for the event. .Among the things | Marshalburg and Mrs. Mary I to be discussed will be tbc mat-j Harlow Styron of Norfolk; a ' ter of whether the fiesta, which sister, Mrs. Maggie Wade of has brought national publicity, Hatteras; four grandchildren 11 to the Dare Coast and also in- I fluenccd an earlier beginning of the vacation season in recen and four gvcat-grandchilddren A funeral service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Hatteras yeai-s, will be staged as a one 1 Methodist Church, of which she week end event or if it will be j was a member, by the Rev: 11 continued for four consecutive j Wayne Wingfieli Burial will be I j week ends, it was stated. j in Oden Cemetei’j’. now requires Senatorial Dis trict,' to contain, as near a.s - may be, an e]imi number of in- habiiants. I’rc.'LUii con.'titu'Iion- al requirement.' of .Senatoiiul District.' of contiguous terri tory, and prohibition,' aguin.'t the division of a county among Disli-ic-t.' unles.' entitle:! to two or more senators:, arc contimictl; Senaloria! redi.stric.tng and re- apportionmenl is made compul- upon the General -A.ssembly convening in 1965 and after any Feder.a! census. .Should any General -Assembly fail to dis charge it.' constitutional duties wilh re.'pect to senatorial re— distrieiing and rcapportionmon:, - the aniendmeiit requires that a Senatorial Kedislricting Com mission shall convene and carry out the eonstitu.'ioiuil mandate. The Commission shall ronaist of the President of the Senale and one senator appointed by him, the Speaker of the House and - one representative appointed by,' him. and an additional senator or reprosentative appointed by the Governor, The Slate House of Rep- resenlativo biennially electezl.. from each county. By law the State inesently has one hundred'.' counties. Present consti'.utionid ■ provisions compose the House df\ 120 members. Of these each county with loss than 1/120 of the State’s census population elects one member and each of - the more po))uIus coun ties elects- one or more of the lemaimng: oiembor.'. allotted to it accord ing to a forimila primarily based upon population. 'I'he propo.'ed amendment would, in effect, reduce the membership of the House of Representativos from 120 to 100 members, elect ed one by the electors of each o.C the counlic.' of the Sl.atc. regardless of population. The proposed amendment con tinues the fonner provisions of tho Constitution in effect as to the'composition, nomination and election of membei's of tho House and Senate of the Gen eral Assembly of 1965. Appro priate legislation of that As sembly must implement the new constitutional amendment as to revised Senatorial Districts and apportionment of 'the 70 Sen ators. The Senatorial Redislrict- ing Comndssion must act upon a failure of the General A.s- ■ scmbly of 1965 to do so. THli composition of the General As sembly of 1967 and the nomina- tion -and election of its members in 1966. shall be governed'byith'e’: new constitutional provisions •and laws enacted pursuant thereto. AMENDMENT NO. 2. - REGULAR SESSION AMEND- MENT _ MARRIED WOM. EN'S PROPERTY RIGHTS. (Submitted by C3i. 120»->lt«S See VOTE, Page Four '
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