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Hon. F. P. Lnthesf d Eclh-.vcn-, 1T. C.n' " P 7-0-53 S: 'i ' vv. v-V , PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST? OF BELHAVEN AND THE PUNCO RIVER BASIN OF BEAUFORT C0UN1T VOLUME V NO. 31 . . 1 " . 'V'.- BELHAVEN, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1953 Single Copy 7 WW Lmb r HAYMAN CLAN'S REUNION, HAPPY ONE; WANCHESE Adkt A Number of Mem bers; President Re Elected . , ' By THE CLAN SCKII5E The Hayman Clan of North Carolina got under way at ten a.m. Wednesday ' morning July 17, 1953. Rev. L. D. Hayman, the president of the Clan called the Clan to order, and conducted the devotional. Mrs. Rena Tillett, organist of the Wanchese Meth- ' odist Church presided at the or gan console during the day. Spe cial features of the devotional hour were a solo by Phillip Quidley. and a duet by Misses Hattie Hayman' and Lottis Gal lop. During the morning program Mr. Quidley entertained " the Clan with a series of shoit catchy skits and songs. Also, Peggy Taylor rendered a piano solo, and Sandra Midgett, sang a solo. Peggy is from Manns Harbor and Sandra is from Norfolk, Va. Uncle Biil Harnett represented the Manfts Harbor community in extending a word of welcome. He took tne place of Mclvin Dan iels who was unable t& be pres ent to speak to the Clan. The business dispatch moved on rapidly during the morning under the guiding hand of the President, Rev. L. D. Hayman. The routine of business and re ports included registrations of more than two hundred members of the Clan and friends of the group. Matters of Clan history were discussed, and a commission appointed to study the matter this year with view of publish ing a revised edition of the pres ent volume with many additions which have cbme to light the three years of the Clan's history. Also, the chart of Haymans pre pared by Southgate Lohman of Norfolk was on display for ex amination and any minor,;errors ' detected . The Family TreV will b reftrlv for .-dmtributioii i lie fgj ' "sess, which rneetsVat f ity Ijawr. jS.JC, the tnird ' i-ldt .July.- ; fV41 Cdmmittee on nominations reported and named for confir mation the following to serve as officers for the ensuing year. Rev. L. D. Hayman of Carolirp Beach, President; Edward Hay man of Norfolk, Va., Vice Presi dent; and Miss Oma Pearl Mid gett of Manns Harbor, Secretary Treasurer. Five new Directors were named to fill vacancies caused by the term of this num ber expiring this year. They are Mrs. Stella Goodman of Siler City; L. L. Hayman of Coinjock; T. D. Hayman of Wanchese-Nor-folk; Charles Aguirre of Raleigh; and Elsie Brickhouse of Eliza beth City. The Clan has fifteen directors as the governing board of its affairs. At each yearly meeting, it has been a policy of the Clan to hon or one or more persons who are strong supporters of the Clan or who have rendered valuable help in programs and otherwise. The policy is not to go beyond the number of three such honors in any one meeting in a year. This1 year the Board of Directors elect ed for recommendation three outstanding persons of Roanoke Island as "Adopted members" for life membership in the Clan, and with powers to vote and share in all matters of the Clanft intervention of prominent Gar activities. These persons are Mrs. den club women in N. C. Rena Baum Tillett, organist of j The statuary has been deliver Wanchese church, civic and rel- ed to Roanoke Island. Under the lgious leader of her community j direction of W. H. Canipe of Fay and county. Melvin Daniels, Reg-; etteville, the general construction ister of Deeds of Dare County, 0f the garden which adjoins an outstanding leader in all af-. historical Fort Raleigh and is ad fairs of good causes in his county jacent to Roanoke Sound is now and church. Victor Meekins Edi- ( well underway. Foundations for tor of the Coastland Times, a the fountains are now nrartinallv fearless leader and editorial writer and whose influence is felt widely in the weekly paper he publishes at Manteo. The Clan feels honored to number these among those "adopted children" on the rolls of the Clan which number is six to date - the others being Lynton R. Daniels and Gus Montague of Norfolk. Va.. and Capt. Spencer D. Murphy of Wanchese. Capt. Spencer is a devoted friend of th- Ti, :. . ", President of the Clan. The dinne: hour was a great one. The 100- foot table laden with the best of food, and another stand with free to the pleasure of the day. The j fo,lows: Clan had nothing but high I Beaufort; $865.17; Dare $291. praise for the entire community j 10; Figures for Tyrrell county of Wanchese for making this a were not available. No campaign great one in our midst, chief was conducted in Hyde or Curri among these being Jimmy Davis, tuc 55 per cent of the gqoss re Melvin Daniels, Mrs. Pete Dan- ceipts are retained for use in the iEls, Mrs. Rena Tillett, Mrs. Les- counties. 45 per cent goes to the See REUNION, Page Eight .state.. PRAISED AS LOST ' ..-,:. j.' :: y s r- , ' tf . -fc-W. " ; . i' ' ' - " I - A - f ,: ljftl'tJ jJm;S,A,m : - " & - ' " CLIFTON BRITTON, who rose from stage manager to director of , tournament held at the Commun Paul Green's symphonic drama The Lost Colony, has been highly lty Center on Thursday evnin praised for the show he has put together this season with what many July 16th. The affair was held to riprlnre is the best trained cast in the history of the production. High- raise money for the purpose of .... f n D s,,.i Bnpwinrv director of ; cist Jlliac ut an iJiiito a"i ....., t the drama, and from magazine and newspaper critics who have wit nessed performances this season. Britton is a man with much drama experience and background. In Goldsboro he is founder of The Gold masquers. The excellent show Britton has produced this year is pay ing off for the Lost Colony. A total of 12,398 persons had paid to see the show through the first 15 performances through Wednesday night, a total of 1,493 more persons than last year during the same period, or, an average of 826 persons nightly which is 99 more than the nightly average last season. (Lost Colony Photo) GARDEN PROJECT AT FORT RALEIGH IS MOVING ALONG State Garden Clubs Are Sponsoring Project on Roanoke Island Foundations for the most un usual garden fountains ever er ected in the United States are now being constructed for the State Garden Clubs' Elizabethan Garden at the site of The Lost Colony on Roanoke Island. The Statues are unusual because they typify the period of Elizabethan England, wrhich the gardens will commemorate. Since the North Carolina Gar den Clubs made the Elizabethan Garden here one of their major projects, land has been acquired, landscaping has been started and the goal of $10,000 pledged by members of Garden clubs from the mountains to the sea in this state has been reached. The $10,000 will see the pro ject well underway, but there will be additional funds available from time to time to see the Gar den completed. This outstanding gift of sta uary is from the Jock Whitney South Carolina estate and was first headed for a New York museum of art, but instead it was presented to the sponsors of the local project, through the completed 1953 REPORT FROM FUND FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN A final report on the 1953 "I "'""V " S T7" . o i r i i , r ,T - PP children, was rece.ved ' lafSt efk hy JT" f ?h f"v.e for Dare County. The states : cuota of $125,000 was more than j raised, total collections amount- , ing to $136,827.26. Gross receipts by counties in this immediate area were as COLONY DJ RECTOR www LIGHTNING DESTROYS BELHAVEN WOODSHOP .jLi&hlnir. struck. - the ' wood work shop "of Stephen Williams on the pld cenletery road in West Belhaven during a severe electrical storm j Sunday after noon and the resulting fire des troyed the building and all equipment in a matter of min utes. The loss was partially cov ered by insurance, but Mr. Will iams lost valuable tools and a boat. Prompt work on the part of neighbors and the Belhaven Fire Department prevented the near-by residence of the Will iams from catching fire. This section has been hard hit by electrical storms this summer. Earlier this month the generator at the Belhaven Light Plant was struck by lightning and put out of commission for two days. A residence in Ponzer was destroy ed in the same manner in June. WILTON SMITH SPEAKER Wilton Smith, of Bath, was guest speaker at the regular meeting of the Belhaven-Pantego Lions Club at the River Forest Manor on Thursday evening. Mr. Smith presented a vivid verbal picture of the Arctic regions and his experiences there during World War II. M. E. Gunn, President, pre twenty Lions were present, sided over the meeting at which SGT. ALBERT AUSTIN VISITED AT HATTERAS Sgt. Albert L. Austin who had been at home visiting his mo ther, Mrs. Kate A. Burrus of Hat eras for a week, accompanied l y Sgt. Harry Jones of Liberty, Miss, have left for a visit to Sgt. Jones' parents in Liberty for a week. From there they will re turn to Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico where both are stationed. 1 1 j j 1 'Y ' I MANTEO ROTARY CLUB ENJOYS A DOUBLE TREAT P. D. Midgett of Engelhard and a native of Roanoke Island visited the Manteo Club this week on the occasion of his ini tial official club visit as Gover nor of the 189th Rotary District, which post he assumed this month. An Inspiring message, cover ing briefly the history of Rotary and the challenge to do good offered its membership, deliver ed by him brought much praise from the club members. More than a dozen out of town visitors attended the meeting, and they were favored by musi cal selections sung by Mrs. Kel yne McLain of the Lost Colony choir, who was accompanied by Gordon Fleming another mem ber of the choir. ... , Mrs. Helyne McLain who was also a member of this choir last, vear, was introduced J by Club President Dick Jordan as a gifted singer who has recently returned from a successful national tour. BELHAVEN LIBRARY IS BUILDING BOOMFUND The Belhaven Library Assj ciation cleared $150 at a caM' buying books for the Jfanny Me- bane Ralph Memorial LibraryJ after Dr. W. T. Ralph had offer ed to give $150 as -soon as the Association could . match that amount. . : " A prize of homemade candy was given to the high scoreat each of eighteen tables." Tne following door prizes were flsb won: a basket of groceries 'o Tarkington and Fussill Grrry, by Mrs. E, B. Howard; at frey from Johnston Grocery, b.v rs. Wilbur Johnston; 'a .' beast cooler from O'Neal'V Djv V U,f AH U1U1 i Cj, , . - 1 pr. Peppers from ; . Ffl ' .. i cl Batemajsf and a cho.&latd ,cake, by Mrs.,' Jack Burgess. During progressions members served coca colaa and Du. Pep pers. At the close of play, they served ice cream and cookies. Mrs. Jule Purvis and Mrs. James Younce, who were in charge of arrangements for the affair expressed themselves as See LIBRARY, Page Eight ROTARY CLUB HEARS CF LIFE IN FRANCE The Beihaven-Pantego Rotary Cluh had as guest speakers at their Tuesday night meeting Staff Sei grant and Mr;. Dwight Trippe, wh"i returned lecently from Laon, France, where Sergeant Trippe was stationed with the U. S. Air Fm ce. Mrs. Trippe gave the woman's viewpoint of living conditions in France. The couple showed movies made during their travels in France, Germany, and Switzerland, with Sergeant Trippe giving the commentary. He also discussed the base at Laon, which is under the supervision of NATO. President Denton Lupton presid ed over the meeting, which was held at Flossie's House in Pante go. BEST ALL-ROUND GIRL Pam Voliva, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Voliva of Bel haven, returned home on Sunday from Camp Leach, near Wash ington, with the most coveted award given during Midget Camp. At the close of the two weeks' period she was voted "Best Ail-Around Girl Camper" She also won top honors in swimming, which included com- petition with both boys and girls, ! when she swam 160 yards and outdistanced ' all competitors. i This was Pam's third summer at Camp Leach. Her honors were not easily won, as this year's en rollment of 130 was the largest number to be present for Midget Camp in a number of years. RETURNS TO COAST FOR MARLIN FISHING Hatteras. Mrs. Ross H. Wal ker of Hidden Hills, Richmond. Va., who landed a 367-pound blue marlin last year was back on the coast here this week hoD ing to land a sailfish. "We mounted the head and tail of the big marlin I caught," and then discovered that it was almost necessary to build an extra room on the house to hang the mount," she stated. The Walkers are fish ing with Capt Ernal Foster aboard the Albatross I. TRAINING IN GEORCIA ..;v; Mil Rt GUYON CAR AW AN. noou lar Ransomville hnv. eipdua'e of J'ohn A. Wilkinson High School. on lnc L'!cal aKes to nolo; van is takina M. P. training at Camo datccl documents, which evidence Gordon, Ga. He will be glad 'to hear from his friends. His add ress is U. S. 33188185, Co. E. M. P. R. T. C, 4th Platoon, Box 32, Camp Gordon, Ga. NEW TELEPHONE LINES IN BEAUFORT COUNTY Sixteen New Subscribers Provided Service in Free Union Church Area . Rural telephone service was provided to sixteen new sub scribers recently when the Caro lina Telephone and Telegraph Company completed construc tion of lines to the Free Union Church area of Beaufort County. Completion of the project wras announced today by K. C. Wil kerson, Belhaven telephone man ager. The new subscribers are iconhected through the Belhaven exchange. WUkerson said that the tele phpne company built approx imately 4 miles of new pole line i'j'mngiboiJt 1 cijevit miles (. wire at a cost oi over jm.uuu ljnrder to orve the new sub- Construction of the line was a part of the broad rural expan sion, program of the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Com pany, Wilkerson said, and is one of many projects completed in this area since World War II. Other projects have furnished new service to Washington Park, Shady Banks, Chocowinity, Bish ops Crossroads, Bonnerton, Ed wards, Pactolis, Pantego and the Swindell's Store sections in this area. Wilkerson added that the Company plans to provide addi tional service to the New Hol land and Fairfield sections later this year. BELHAVEN BOY TO ENTER MILITARY ACADEMY Fork Union. Richard O. Howard, Jr., of Belhaven, has been accepted for enrollment at Fork Union Military Academy, located at Fork Union, Va., and he will enter that school for the first time in September. Howard recently moved to Belhaven from Raleigh. At Fork Union, he will study .unaer tne one-subject plan, a I ciretm t U ,' ...U.U -11 ajoicui ui leaguing w linn auuws a student to concentrate all of his time for an eight weeks' period cri one cburse, and to complete the year's work in that course before beginning a new topic of study. The Belhaven boy will receive ROTC training from U.S. Army officers assigned to the school. Fork Union Military Academy holds the Department of the Army's highest honor rating for prep schools. TELL HIM SO If you hear a kind word spoken Of some worthy soul you know, It may fill his heart with sunshine If you only tell him so. If a deed, however humble, Helps you on your way to go, Seek the one whose hand has helped you, Seek him out and tell him so! If your heart is touched and tender Toward a sinner, lost and low, It might help him to do better If you'd only tell him so! Oh, my sisters, oh, my brothers, As o'er life's rough path you go. If God's love has saved and kept you, Do not fail to tell men so! TIGHTER SECURITY ON WATERFRONTS BY COAST GUARD j Norfolk, Va., July 22 Tight ' f.ning its nation-wide port secur ! it; program, the Coast Guard announced today that after Sep tember 1 all persons working aboard merchant vessels of 100 gro.-s tons or over operating in ; certain water areas of the United I States must possess specially I validated merchant mariners . documents. Areas included in the new ; move are all bays, sounds, lakes, I bayous, canals, harbors and other ; navigable waters of the U. S. i The regulations are an addition j to earlier laws requiring crew members of vessels of 100 gross ! tens or over sailing to foreign 1 countries, U.S. possessions such as Alaska and Puerto Rico, and ; sccurity clearance. Exempted from getting thei. mariners documents validated by the Coast Guard are crewmen aboard all craft of 100 gross tons and over engaged exclusively in trade on the navigable rivers of the U. S. However, many workers; aboard these craft are required j to have Coast Guard port secu ity identification cards as a re sult of other regulations which went into effect July 1. All mariners working aboard craft affected by the new regula tions should immediately make application to have their mar iners documents validated by the Coast Guard in order to meet the September 1 deadline. Applications for validation of ' the documents can be made at Merchant Marine Inspection offi ces in the Naval Landing build ing,, foot of West York street, Norfolk, Va., in the Chamber of Commerce building, Baltimore, Md., and at the Captain of the Port office, Wilmington, N, C. r j . . NfEW! OF BEAUFORT CO. 30LDIERS IN KOREA With The Korean Base Section. Arm$r Pvt. George E. Lacy, whose wife lives at 281 Crown St., Brooklyn,' recently arrived in Korea for duty as a first aidman with 8138th Army Unit, a hos pital train. Private Lacy, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lacy, Route 1, Box 90, Ransomville, holds the UN and Korean Service Ribbons. A 1949 graduate of Belhaven High School, he entered the Army last December and was stationed at Camp Pickett, Va., before being transferred to Kor ea. Pvt. Kenneth Moore, son of Mrs. Ethel J. Moore (father deceased), Route 1, Box 12 Ran somville, recently joined the 45th Infantry Division in Korea. Private Moore, an infantry man, entered the Army in 1948 and was stationed with the 4lh Infantry Division's 8th Regiment in Germany before his present assignment in the Far East. The 45th Infantry Division, or iginally an Oklahoma National Guard unit, has been in Korea since December 1951. It has par ticipated in heavy combat action including the battles for "T-Bone Hill" last summer. GREENVILLE PATROLMAN REPLACES STOKES IN HYDE Harold H. Stokes, who has served with the State Highway patrol at Swan Quarter for the past year, has been transferred to Kinston July 15, and replaced by P. C. Whitley, who has been stationed at Greenville for the 1 past three years. Anon SCHOLARSHIPS F'R TWO; IN PANTEGO AND IN BELHAVEN Frankie Keaton, John Slott and Bennett Cox of Au rora Cat $103 Award Greenville. East Carolina Coilegs has just presented schol arships amounting to $100 aach to twenty-nine graduates of North Carolina high schools. Re cipients include thirteen men and sixteen women who are schedul ed to begin work as freshmen at the college in September at the beginning of the 1953-1954 term. They include Frankie Keaton of Belhaven and John Slott of Pan tego. Those to whom scholarships were given were chosen by a committee at the college headed by Dr. Clinton Prewett, director of student personnel. Other members included President John D .Messick, Dean Leo W. Jenkins, Business Manager F. D. Duncan, Dean of Women, Ruth White, and Registrar, Orval L. Phillips. Applicants for the scholarships included 140 high-school gradu- ates who were recommended by officials of the schools which they attended. After a careful screen ing, recipients were chosen on the bases of scholastic record, participation and leadership in school affairs, character and per sonality, special talents, and qualities indicating success in college work and in future ac tivities. Benjamin Franklin Keaton, Jr., is a graduate of the John A. Wil kinson High School in Belhaven, where he made an excellent re cord as a student. An accomplish ed musician, he served there as accompanist for the Glee Club for one year and as director for two years. In addition, he has been a member of the staffs of the school paper and the year book, president of the French PlnVi and n rhoer leaHer. . " - - - - - - - ., i T.'-.l' T-T CI-. t J" I, (TllUMIl, Vl.f . Mtv Y M uate of the Pantego jfligh School,', As a student there, l ihjp;partici-v-!:' pated in such school ,:tivities as debating, dramatics journal ism. Ho is a student &i the llhlu ' and ic nnw etlldvinf With Mrs. Selby Jones of Washington. Mr. Slott began his high school car eer in New Jersey, but has lived for several years in Pantego, where his father, John Slott is engaged in farming. -.. Eppie Bennett Cox is the son of Willie N. Cox, Route 2, Aur ora. The young man was gradu ated at the Aurora High School, where he established for himself a fine record as a student and ss a participant in various school activities. He took part in the class play given during his junior year, engaged in debating, was a member of the Beta Club, and served as a class officer. FINAL RITES MONDAY FOR MRS. LENA HARRIS LEWIS Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Harris Lewis, 59, who died Sat urday at her home, Elizabeth City, Route 3, were conducted Monday at 2:30 p.m. at the Twi ford Funeral Home by the Rev. Howard James, pastor of the First Christian Church. Burial was in Hollywood Cemetery. Mrs. Lewis was a native of Engelhard, Hyde County, and had been a resident of Pasquo tank County and Elizabeth City for the last 45 years. She was the daughter of John and Janie Meekins Harris and the wife of W. D. Lewis. She was a member of the First Christian Church. Surviving besides her husband are three sons, Walter E. Lewis and Hillary Lewis, both of Eliza beth City, Route 3, and Clarence R. Lewis, of Lynchburg, Va.; two brothers, Garland Harris, of Stumpy Point, and George Har ris, of Elizabeth City, and five grandchildren. RANSOMVILLE RESIDENT DIES SUNDAY IN HOSPITAL John W. Cooke, 65, of Ransom ville, RFD, Sidney Crossroads died at the Pungo District hospi tal of Belhaven Sunday night after several days illness. He was born in Pamlico county March 12, 1890, son of the late Benjamin and Victoria Sawyer Cooke, and is survived by a number of nieces and nephews. Graveside funeral services were held at the Belhaven Com munity cemetery Tuesday after noon at 4:00 o'clock, with the Rev. George Downey, pastor of the Belhaven Christian Church officiating.
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