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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-11
DEATH CLAIMS
THREE TUESDAY
IN DARE COUNTY
D. 10th Midget of Manns
HarboF, Mrs. TiIIett of
Wanchese, Montague
Infant Dies

Death claimed three people in
Dare County Tuesday, ranging in
age from new born to "a. D. 10th
Midget, one of the best loved men
of Manns Harbor, died at 9 pm.
He was a lifelong resident of the
community, member of the Meth
odist Church and the Junior Or
der. He is survived by two chill
dren, Mrs. Carl D. Mann and Tom
Hunter Midget of Manns Har-
Dor; three step-children, Clarence
Holmes of Manns Harbor, Mrs.
Henry Beasley of Colington and
Mrs. Will Gard of Great Bridge,
Va.
Mrs. Marjorie Etheridge Til
lett, so, widow of Rossor Tillett,
died at her home in Wanehese.
She was the daughter of Mrs.
Martha Gallop Etheridge and the
late Albert Etheridge. Two chill
dren survive her, Jack Gilbert Til
lett of Wanchese, and Mrs. Val
entine Pacquette of Newport
News. Also the following broth
ers and sisters: Fitz Etheridge of
Port Isabel, Texas; T. R., Jess w.
and Henry Burr of Wanchese; Mrs.
John Cudworth of Wanchese, Mrs.
Hal w. Culpepper of Mays Head
and Mrs. Jackson MIDGET of Man
teo. Funeral services will be con-
Quoted Friday at 2 pm. at the
Wanchese Methodist Church, with
the pastor, Rev. C. W. Guthrie,
assisted by Rev. D. B. Lawrence,
officiating.
Frank M, infant son of Mr..
and Mrs. Otto M. Montague, liv-
ed only three hours, and died at
$3.50 pm. Tuesday. Burial We'd
nesday in the Garrison cemetery.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-11
COLINGTON ROADTOBEP PAVED
THIS SPRING COMM. SHELTON
TELLS DARE COMMISSIONERS.
Hard Surfacing 2.25 Miles to CoIington Will.
Be Done by Oregon Inlet Road Contractors
at Cost of $4,000.

First District Highway Com
missioner Henry Shelton told the
Dare County Board of Commits
sioners on Tuesday that the FPS
miles of road leading to Coling-
ton Island would be hard-surfaced
this spring. The work will be done
as an extension of the paving al
ready under way between Oregon
Inlet and the Whalebone station
and will cost 100000. State con-
tracts for road work permit 252o
extensions of work contracted for
without the necessity for new let
tings. The more than eight miles
of paving contracted for the Inlet
road is sufficient to allow the Col
ington work under the same con-
tract, the commissioner said. $780,
600 has already been spent on APP
proaches and bridges for the road.
Bond Fund Status
Mr.. Shelton said that the total
bond funds available for Dare
County on May 7 was 1861, 006.23
Of this amount $545,OOO has al
ready been used or pledged for
specific projects, leaving balance
of S116,0O6.23 which may yet be
allocated for Dare County high
way projects.
Bond-fund money has been all
located for the following road inn
provements in Dare County, Mr..
Shelton told the Board: bridges
and approaches, Colington road,
100000; hard-surfacing Coligton
road, $4,000; Avon to Rodanthe,
hard-surfacirg, $225,O0O; East.
Lake road, 100000; Oregon In
let to Highway 1913, 100000. 81
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-11
School Exhibits

Exhibits prepared by pupils in
each of the county's schools were
on display in the gymnasium.
They were inspected by hundreds
of persons between nine o'clock
Friday morning and nine in the
evening, when the exhibition clos
ed.
The exhibits were examined
critically by a board of three
judges: Mrs. Hilda Brumsey,
Currituck County supervisor;
Miss Betty Swindell, Hyde County
supervisor; and Mr.. Billy Tark-
ington of Manteo.
Winning exhibits were CLASH
fed for rating by the judges in
two categOries, Best General
Exhibit and Exhibits Showing
Best Use of Resources. The
Stumpy Point school was
awarded first place for the Pest
See FESTIVAL, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-11
THIS READS LIKE REAL
FISHING AT HATTERAS

Talk about good fishing, but
two Colerain men last week found
it at Hatteras. w. s. Hughes, and
H. B. Pierce, fishing with Albert
w. Austin landed 1877 blues,
weighing a total of more than 200
pounds. In commercial fishing Ian
guage the fish amounted to ''two
boxes" and were worth a nice
price on the market.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-11
WANCHESE RURITANS
SPONSOR PROGRAM OF
"OLD STYLE SONGS"

A program of "Old Style
Songs" will be presented by a
group of Manns Harbor and Wan
cheese singers, under the sponsor
ship of the Wanchese Ruritan
Club, at the Wanchese school,
house at 7:45 PM, May Is. The
Wanchese P.T.A. is cooperating in
the presentation, the proceeds
from which will be used to supply
new curtains and other necessary
articles Of equipment for the
school lunchroom at Wanchese.
The entertainers will be happy
to sing favorite numbers request
ed by members Of the audience.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-11
SERVICE BOARD
LISTS RECENT ENLISTEES

Two recent new registrants
with the Dare Selective Service
Board are Orville Lee Tillett, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. T. N. Tillett of
Manns Harbor,. and Monnie How
ard O'Neal, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Willie O'Neal of Wanchese. Both
young men reached their 18th
birthdays last month. Both are
employed as fishermen at the
present time.
EnIistees
Information from the office of
Chairman Robert Balance on
Monday shows the following en-
listees reported to the Board dur
ing recent weeks: 0rville Lee Til
lett of Manns Harbor enlisted in
the Coast Guard at Norfolk on
May 1; on April %, Samuel Ell
wood Midget, Jr., of Manteo en-
listed in the Marine Corps Re-
serve at Norfolk; Carlton AL
bridge Shannon of Manteo enter
ed the Coast Guard at Norfolk on
March Is; Johnnie Lynch Will
liams of Buxton, Coast Guard,
Norfolk, Feb. 2; Luther Grandy
Hooper, Avon, Coast Guard, Nor
folk, January %.
All the enlistees above named
have passed their 18th birthdays
but have not yet become 10, and
so were carried on the lists Of the
Dare Board in a deferred status,
Chairman Balance said.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-11

PAUL L. LIVERMAN, above, was
elected mayor of Columbia in
Tuesdays balloting, by a major
ity of 219 to "a for w. M. Laugh
inghouse. For aldermen, those
elected were R. L. Mitchell, FLOYD
B. Spencer, w. A. Williams, Her
bert L. Brickhouse and Albin
Hamilton. Mr.. Liverman, promi-
nent newspaper man, was this
week elected president of the Jay
Gees, and has served as Vice
President of the South AlbermarIe
Association, and many other plac-
es Of honor and trust. A most FRO
gressive administration for Co
lumbia may be expected of mis-
Board.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-11
DARE SUPERIOR
COURT TERM TO
OPEN M AY %
Fi"a Continued and Six New
Cases On Criminal Dock
ct. Civil Docket In
complete

Dare Clerk of Superior Court
C. S. Meekins released this week
the criminal docket for the spring
term of superior court, which
will open in Manteo Monday, May
%. The civil docket is not yet
complete.
Five cases are continued from
the October, 1850, term of court.
All are. cases in which the State
charges the defendant with drum
ken driving. In the case of the
State VS. Norman Grear Miller
the defendant is charged, also,
with operating a motor vehicle
without a license to drive. One
case, that of the State VS.. Velma
T. Lehew, was continued because
the jury was unable OF reach a
verdict. Defendants in the other
continued cases are Wyke Nuby
Dillon, Jr., David E. Worsley and
Elizabeth H. Champion.
New Cases
Among the six new criminal
cases scheduled for trial are two
cases in which Negroes are charg-
ed with assault with a deadly
weapon. Probable cause was
found in Dare Recorders Court in
the cases of the State VS.. Henry
Junior Bowser, and the State VS..
Lee Payden.
Bondsmen for Litchfield Peele
(Archie Burrus and Frank White
See COURT, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-11
Spring School Festival Attracted ThrOng
Of 1000 Participants and Spectators
Varied Program of Exhibits, Field Events and Pag-
cant Last Friday Made Second Annual Festival
Great Success.

A crowd estimated at nearly
one thousand children and adults
thronged the grounds and build
ings of the Manteo school last
Friday for the Second Annual
Spring Festival. Many visitors
brought their lunches with them,
but more than 800 out-of-town
people were served in the Man.
teo School Lunchroom between
the morning and afternoon pro-
grams.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-11

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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-01-03

Laurie and Joyce Holden, cast
as the comics respective girl
friends, race along with them
through a succession of laugh
provoking events which left
opening day audiences holding
their sides with joy.
Notable performances are also
turned in by the supporting cast
including Jess Barker, character
izing a weak-livered milk com
pany executive; Elisabeth Ris'
don, as his cantankerous aunt
and principal stakeholder in the
dairy firm; and Henry TNeill, as
O'Connor's doting father.
Produced by Ted Richmond
and directed with a deft comedy
touch by Charles Barton, 1.-THE
Milkman" deserves an honored
spot at the top of the list of
comedies based on the adven-
lures of the country's unhonored
public servants.
Even the milkmen will love it
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-01-03

Donald O'Connor and Jimmy
"Schnozzola" Durante in the mid
die of some of the gayest, most
nonsensical goings-oA to hit the
screen in many crazy moon.
The two comedians, paired Tor
the first time in 1.-THE Milkman,"
will have movie fans throughout
the world yelling for more OF the
same. Aided by two of the Slick
est chicks to bow on the screen
in years, Piper Laurie and joyce
Holden, Durante and O'Connol
spin their way through tour
catchy tunes and a million rib
tickling situations which ,samp
"The Milkman" as one OF the
finest comedy offerings of the
season.
O'Connor is great in the Wacky
role of a wealthy playboy who
tries to escape the hangovers OF
the war by becoming milknlan.
Durante, cast as his pal, plays
the part of a 25-year veteran
along the milk routes. Piper
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-01-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Pearly Holmes OF
Loris visited Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
vim TYLER last Tuesday.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-01-03
with a scratched thumb.

with a scratched thumb.
At Toulouse, France, a gust of
wind swept eight-year-old Loui:
Henry from his seat on a ski
lift over an S0O-foot chasm. His
skis caught the car and held it
fast, him suspended, until the
lift was reversed to a point
where he could be released.
Henry Lafeave was watching a
patriotic parade at Springfield
Mass, when he leaned too far
out a third-story window and
plunged toward the ground. He
saved himself by grabbing a
flagpole jutting from the build.
ing beneath the window.
At Yankton, S. D., George B.
German, farm reporter of a radio
station, was making Transcribed
interviews to support National
Farm Safety Week. Arriving at
a farm in a driving rain, he
jumped from his car, slipped in
the mud and broke his ankle.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-01-03
Church Landscaping
Circular Published

The State College Extension
Service announces publication of
a new 12-page illustrated circular
intended to provide practical
help in improving the appear
ance of church grounds.
Entitled thanksgiving Church
Grounds, the circular was pre-.
pared by John H. Harris, extern.
sion landscape specialist. It COW
ers such subjects as parking
space, driveways and walks. i'm.
proving old cemetery lots. and
planning new cemeteries. Draw
lngs are used to present exam.
pies of the principles stressed.
Harris emphasizes that the
value of initial good planning
may be lost unless arrangements
are made to maintain the
grounds in good condition.
maintenance" he says, "is
where most of us fall down
we do a good job of landscaping
and then 60 homo and forget it.
In a few years, it all has to be
done over again"
In a brief forward, Harris saws
ne at times is depressed" to see
so many unattractive rural
churches in North Carolina. He
asserts that a church and it.,
grounds should reflect Gods
handiwork, and he adds that "a
Well-kept lawn, trees, and shrubs
| will make any church building
look better"
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-01-03
Mrs. Addie Powell
Claimed By Death

Mrs. Addie S. Powell, 81, died
at her home in the Nakina-Old
Dock section OF the country at D
o'clock Monday morning after an
illness of several months.
Funeral rites were held at 3
o'clock Tuesday afternoon from
the Palmyra Baptist church and
burial was in the church GENE
terry. Officiating ministers were
Rev. CASTOR Hester, Rev. A. D..
Harrison and Rev. Clyde Prince.
She is survived by her husband
j. H. Powell; three sons, Walter
and Crowell of Nakina, and John
ME of route 1, Clarendon; three
daughters, Mrs. Bertha Benton
of Myrtle Beach, Mrs. Glennie
Bell Ezzell of New Brunswick
and Miss Essie Powell OF the
home. Also surviving are II
grand children.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-01-03
Record Attendance
Seen For Pontiac
Service Schools

Pontiac Motor Divisions New
Model schools are underway a
cross the country with nearly
$4,000 dealer service men SEIZED,
uled for up-to-the-minute train,
ing. About $50 separate sessions
are planned for the 80 factory
trained specialist service instruc-
tors scattered throughout the Is
Pontiac field sales zones. All 1851
model changes will be covered,
with special emphasis on increas-
ed generator output, new gaSo-
line tank guage, longer and i'm,
proved rear springs, improved
accessory fuse block, body wiz
ing, new convertible top hydraul.
ic systems, new siX-cylinder car
buretor, improved distributor
starter, battery, and all new &C
cessories. Also covered will be
improvements in the Hydra Mat
ic transmission which permit
rocking" the car to get out of
mud, snow or sand.
The Pontiac service instruction
program. considered one of the
most advanced and comprehen.
sive n the industry, calls for the
taking of ali servicing changes
to dealerships continually thro.
ugh the model year, thus insur-
ing better. moro economical car
performance, maintaining high
used car trade-in value and
greater customer satisfaction
states General Service Manager
Hugh j. Hales.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-01-03
Anything Can Happen
.. And Usually Does

Anything can happen in Tabor
City or anywhere else in the
world, for the annual list OF
many accidents in 1850 has now
been published by the National
Safety Council.
Tabor City, be it known, is
not listed as a locale for queer
accidents like the one that hap,
pened to Policeman Donald OFT
of Detroit. Off duty he was walk
ing with his girl friend when his
service pistol went off, shooting
off the seat of his pants.
And then there is the one
about the monkey that ran down
her trainer while riding her mot.
or cycle at the st. Louis Zoo
when she scooted off the stage
and banged into trainer William
Rogers.
At Mayville, Ind, an uninhibit-
ed motor boat leaped out of the
White River and crashed into
car parked 20 feet from the
bank. Emmett Holsapple said he
neglected to throttle the boat
down as he neared the shore.
J. V. Short was driving along
the flooded street in front of his
home in Toledo. Ohio, when he
struck and killed two fish which
had migrated from the pond in
his yard.
John H. Badford, state budget
director Of Virginia, was strug.
CLING into a boiled shirt for an
important party in Richmond
He struggled so fiercely that he
had to be taken to a hospital foI
emergency treatment OF sever
finger bruises inflicted by an o.
5tin2te collar button.
Gray Wilmer, Jr., of Atlanta.
Ga, was playing an angel in ar
theatrical, but fell tc
earth when the cable supporting
his above stage snapped.
At Glendale, California, form
ar City Manager Charles Mccall!
applied for state compensation
on the claim he sWiveled so Wig
orously IN his swivel chair that
ne hurt his back.
Two-year-old Mickey Holloway
of Birmingham, Ala, got his
head stuck between the balusters
while making faces at his sister.
Firemen pried him loose. Anoth-
err two-year-old, Philip Burrows.
of Hollywood, CAL, got his head
stuck in the toilet seat. Firemer
pried him loose, too.
At Cannon Ball Beach, South
Africa, H. w. Lewis drove his
car off a 100-foot cliff overlook
ing the sea. A thorn tree on the
brink caught the car and held it
fast. Lewis climbed out to safety
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-01-03
NOTES ON FORESTRY

$500 per acre for tree seedlings
planted, probably it is worth
$500 for your time to plant an
acre of trees.
Trees cannot stand fire. AL
WAYS, when land is burned many
trees are killed and all trees have
markedly. Many landowners are
cutting fire lanes with disc and
the growth slowed down very
farm tractor. If you are trying
to grow trees, it is very import
ant that you tage some precau-
ton about fire. Being fire consci-
one, it is your trees that are be-
our is the first step, then get out
and make an effore to prevent
ing burned!
Fence posts, pulpwood, piling,
poles and saw logs all come out
of your woodlot. Have you ever
sold any? What have you done
to insure another cut? Trees are
a crop and should be handled as
such. You are the one to gain or
lose by proper or improper handl'
ing of this tree crop. If you are
interested in growing trees, they
will grow. What you grow and
how you grow it is up to you
you may be able to improve your
own woodlot, small or large,
Should you need forestry advice
of any kind on any size tract in
Baden, Brunswick, Columbus,
Duplin, New Hanover. or Pender
County, write to N. c. Forest
Service, Whiteville, N. c. or con-
tact your County Forest Ranger
There is the equivalent of two
full time Foresters located at
Whiteville for woodland manage
ment assistance.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-01-03
. DEATHS -
Joseph Pink Gore
Dies At PireWay

Joseph Pink Gore. 70 year old
Pireway farmer, died at 1 o'clock
Saturday morning at his home
after an illness of several weeks
Funeral rites were held from
the home at 8 o'clock Sunday
afternoon with Rev. H. G. Con
officiating. Burial was in the
Pireway Methodist church GENE
terry.
He is survived by his wife Mrs
Jean D. Gore; three sons, Clay
ton. Joe and John of route 3
Tabor City; a daughter, Mrs
Minnie Lee Elderdice of route )
Tabor City; and brother, Oscar
Gore of Whiteville.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-01-03
Finklea News
BY LISTON TOMPKINS

Mr.. and Mrs. Corlie Billiard
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Liston Tom
pkins Sunday.
$
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Billiard,
Sr. visited Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey
Tompkins Sunday.
Thester Barnhill of Ocean
Drive visited Mr.. and Mrs. H. w.
Martin during the holidays.
$
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Harrel
son of Washington. D. c. visited
his mother. Mrs. Herbert G. Har'
relson, last week.
s
H. w. Martin has about com
pleted the remodeling of ms
store.
The Finklea Drive-In Theatre
is open on Friday and Saturday
nights only until further notice
Kenneth Beasley who recelvec
injuries from a Jeep misfortune
last week returned to school this
week.
=
Nolan Tompkins was in Tabor
City on business last Tuesday.
Mrs. Cecil Graham is a patient
in the Community Hospital
Loris. We hope for her a speedy
recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Tompkln'
of Conway visited Mr.. and Mrs
Liston Tompkins during the holl
days.
3
MIR. and Mrs. Pearly Holmes o
Loris visited Mr.. and Mrs. Maj
vim Tyler last Tuesday.
Dewey Tompkins underwent
minor operation in the Commur
ity Hospital, Loris last week.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-01-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Tompklns
of Conway visited Mr.. and Mrs,
Liston Tompkins during the holi'
days.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-01-03


woodlots contain less than col
acres and comprise a very large
percent of the country's timber
growing land. Most of these
small tracts are handled in a
very haphazard way, leaving
most of the work up to nature
hoping it will supply the future
needs of your farm and supply a
future income too. In the grow
ing of most farm crops other
than trees, there is a great deal
of care taken, selecting the best
species, applying the right crop
to the right soil, and marketing
each product on its individual
merits. But few people ever
think about their farm woodlot
until they need money or until
someone offers them a price for
their usually scattered trees.
The average farmer needs an
nual incomes from all his crops.
This can even be done in the
woods, possibly starting this
wear. The returns may not be a
very large sum of money now
but they will grow as you work
in the woods over the years. On
some experimental tracts the an
nual income ranges from S7.O0
$1,000 per acre. These tracts did
not pay that much the first year
Improvement work had to be
done-it took II years but isn't
that worth working for. There
were returns every year and now
they increase as the condition of
the stand improves.
There are many things that
you must consider when you are
getting a timber growing area to
maximum production. First
what are you growing on your
lando Can you expect to get
any returns from upland oak:
and gums, or are the hardwoods
growing in the swamp and bot
toms defective, do they already
have large rotted places in
them? On the upland sites pine
probably would be the best tree
to grow, and in the swamp cy-
press, poplar, gum, and ash may
be your best tree. 1t should be
possible to do some improve
ment work in your stands and
increase the value of the crop
by giving more valuable trees a
chance to grow.
If you have the best species o.
tree, are you getting the maxi
mum amount of growth from the
land? There is an Optimum point
in growing trees, if the trees are
too thick they may be competing
for TIE limited soil nutrients 2ad
water from below and light from
above. This causes loss Of growth
because no one tree is allowed
TO Get ahead. If the trees are too
scattered they may not produce
large enough volume per aocs
and what is produced may CONS
from limby trees ard not hr,n"
the price that clear logs would
bring.
Ii there are openings IN your
stand of trees, they should be
planted or restocked by natural
methods. Planting is much quick
err. it is possible to have a one
year old Seeding in the ground
this year. When trees are plant
ed g. x z over one acre. 1000
trees are required to cover the
acre. You can obtain 1000 pine
trees delivered from the N. C.
Department of Conservation and
Development for $500. You can
obtain additional information
from your County Forest Rang,
er. In some counties, the P. M. A
will authorizes the payment OF
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-01-03

Two North Carolina turkey
producers John Lockhart.
Route 1, Durham, and Lane
Price, Route 2, Monroe will at.
tend the annual convention of
the National Turkey Federation
at Long Beach, Calf, in Jan.
uary.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-01-03
1.-THE. MILKMAN" DELIVERS
HILARIOUS LAUGH TEAM

IF Won don't fellow who leaves the milk a YOU uo
leads an interesting life wait until you gander at
nternationaps 1.-THE Mkan hilarious comedy with music
which opens Sunday Monday the New lapor l puts