The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-23
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supplied materials for this build
ing were Jones Wholesale Com
pany, Kellogg Supply Co., w. H.
Meekins Co., Midget & Midget,
plumbers, Dare Hardware Com
pany, all of Manteo; Southern
Block and Pipe Corp, Atlantic
Electric Company, of Norfolk;
T. G. Griggs & Son of Point Har-
Dor; Gordon Roofing Company,
Elizabeth City Brick Company.
Chesson Mfg. Co., Sanders Com
pany, Hooper Tile Company, all
of Elizabeth City; Voliva Lumber
Company of Belhaven. Miscellan-
eous items from many other
sources were used in the construc-
ton of the building.
The building was constructed
almost entirely by Richard and
Wallace Shannon, brothers of
Manteo, and two of the most YER
satile builders in North Carolina.
There isn't much in the building
line they cannot do. They are
bricklayers, carpenters, and do
zen other things. Just about all
the labor was done by these men
win colored helper, Randolph
Enron. For a few days, Lloyd
Meekins and James Gibbs of
Manteo supplied help. Steve Til
lett of Wanchese did most of the
work of fitting up the office for
use of the printing business.
The wiring of the building was
done mostly by w. H. Meekins of
Manteo, with Henry Twiford
supplying some of the labor. Dali
las Tillett and Son of Wanchese
painted the office. Carson Greet
was principal plumber employed
to install equipment furnished by
Midget & Midget and the San
ders Company, which includes
bathtub and shower, and most lik-
ely this is the only business office
in the Walter Raleigh Coastland
equipped with a complete bath
room. AS time goes on, we want
every facility for convenience and
comforts of employees.
An asphalt and Stag roof an
inch thick was put on the build
ing by Gordon Roofing Company
of Elizabeth City, guaranteed to
last 20 years. The inside walls
are painted with white Bondex, on
outside with cream colored water
proofng compound. The windows
are so arranged that ordinary
daylight suffices to light the en-
tire building, but when lights are
needed, large f1uorescent lights
serve the building throughout.
The building is equipped with
Photographic darkroom. A separ-
ate room is set aside for the ster-
eotyping of metal. The old Bah
cock press on which the paper
was printed for many years has
been discarded and larger Wal
ter Scott press is used for print,
ing the papers.
This plant is dedicated to the
business of serving the printing
needs of towns not large enough
to afford a printing plant for
themselves alone. With good
Lroads, and better telephone COM
munications, a central plant can
render a better service than any
single weekly could render in the
old days.
During all the years there has
been a faithful firm that stuck
by US through good and bad
times. We acknowledge special
indebtedness to Mr.. H. T. Adams,
President of the B. w. Wilson
Paper Company of Richmond, Va.
This firm has supplied the larger
part of paper stocks from the
days when we first began TO the
present.
We will always feel indebted to
George w. Haskell of Elizabeth
City who, while operating The In
dependent printing plant in Eliz-
abeth City went to special trou-
BILE and effort to help US keep 60
ing. After we began printing our
own paper, he came to our rescue
time after time when we had me-
chanical troubles, or were short
of help.
A newspaper occupies a pecul-
lar place in community. 1t is
business proposition, but it is
more than that and it owes the
readers a duty which sometimes
conflicts with good business prac-
tice as observed by most business
men. The businessman usually is
a nice, pleasant fellow, who goes
out of his way to be nice to his
customers and to offend nobody;
if he inadvertently offends a Gus
toner, it is not difficult for him
to make apologies and regain
good will.
A newspaper cannot do this if
it fulfills it's duty. In printing
news of public affairs, and about
which its readers should be in
formed, it is often necessary to
offend people. Sometimes they
are influential people. Some of
them are large in their own esti-