The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-02
Remember When?
(FrOm the Times fiIes)
Fifteen Years AGO

1919 Senate vote Monday, which
OVERRIDE President Roosevelt's
veto and enacted the $2,491 ,000,-
900 soldiers bonus bill. The GER
tificates will be paid in the new
Baby Bonds in denominations of
$50 cashable at all post offices
after June Is, 1885, and in cash
where the amount involved is less
than $50.
That Hatteras was an import
ant port 75lyears ago is revealed
in an old book, a diary kept by
John w. Robinson, pilot, school
teacher and business man of that
sections. According to records
kept by Mr.. Robinson, he piloted
in Sc vessels with cargoes hav-
ing total value of about $4,000,
most of which cargo was destined
for Elizabeth City, Edenton and
Washington, as well as other
points on the sounds. The inter-
esting old book is a family heir
loom kept by Mrs. w. H. Rollin-
son, prominent Hatteras merchant,
and widow of the late William
Harris Robinson, for many years
factor in the life of Dare county.
Announcement has been made
of the appointment of R. M. Jen-
nett of Manteo as one of the
enumerators for the business cen
sus to be taken in the fourteen
counties of the ERA district in
which Dare is located.
Manteo is going to have a new
civic club in the form of Rotary
chapter, if a committee composed
of Martin Kellogg, 1. P. Davis,
C. S. Meekins, D. v. Meekins and
DIR. w. w. Johnston is able to
find twenty persons who are in
terested in affiliating with such
a national civic and social or
ganization.
Maynard Daniels, 18 year old
youth of Wanchese, a sophomore
at Wake Forest College, who
stands six feet, two and one half
inches in his stocking feet and
weighs 1872 lbs, today sits at the
top of the heavyweight amateur
boxing ranks in North Carolina,
and former classmates of his here
and others who know of the ex-
cellent physical condition in which
he has kept himself, say that
Maynard may be the white hope
that the world is looking for, to
stop Joe Louis.
A wedding of much interest was
held last Wednesday evening at
z o'clock in the Hatteras M. E.
Church, South, when Miss Flor
ence Goodwin, of Fairfield, became
the bride of Mr.. John Curtis Gas
kill of Hatteras.
Sheriff D. V. Meekins of Man
teo is being sued for $4,000 dam
ages by one Bud Williamson, Ra-
leigh policeman who arrested
Sheriff Meekins in Raleigh for
passing under a traffic light while
the light changed, according to
an article in yesterdays News &
Observer. Williamson, it is said,
bases his complaint on certain ar
ticles published in this paper, al
leging that Williamson offered to
take a bride of SIS to fix the
case and let the Sheriff go. The
Sheriff demanded trial and was
taxed with the costs. Commenting
on the case, Sheriff Meekins says,
Williamson must be poorly in
formed, or mighty dumb, if he
hopes to get $4,000 for SANDER,
and he might as well havt sued
for % million. He must be an
optimist if he thinks he can get
blood out of turnip."
An unusual sight in Dare coun-
ty is a snow that was recorded
as six inches deep Thursday morn
ing. Dare has had much ice this
winter, in fact has witnessed the
worst weather in many years, but
this the first snow of consequence
this season. A report from Hat
teras, which has much warmer
weather as rule, and seldom sees
snow, indicates that there is al
most as much snow there, and the
temperature this week has fallen
as low as 20 degrees, something
unheard of in that section.
Discussion is rife in Stumpy PIT.
about a proposal to change the
present mail route, which leaves
Manteo at six o'clock in the morn
ing, and to have it come into
Stumpy Point via Engelhard,
Hyde county. Violent opposition
to the move has arisen among
some of the people, who believe
the mail from northern points,
which brings in their fish checks,
would arrive later than at present.
The "Sybil,". beautiful new
boat built and owned by A. S.
Austin, of Hatteras, has been
launched. This boat adds prestige
to the finest fleet of fishing boats
to be found on the Atlantic Sea-
board.