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The coastland times., 1951-04-27
AGRICULTURE A PUPIL
IS ROTARY SPEAKER


The Belhaven-P -Pantego Rotary
club, meeting Tuesday night in
Pantego, had as guest speaker Ro-
bert Smith. of Ransomville. A son
of Ellis Smith, the young man is
an agriculture student at Belhav-
en- high school.
After being introduced by M.
L. Andrews, his agriculture
teacher, young Smith discussed
the value of pastures and their
relation to farm economy in North
Carolina.
The club will meet again next
Tuesday night, in Pantego.
The coastland times., 1951-04-27
SIDNEY PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. George Richards
and sons G. c. and Frank of Plym-
outh visited Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Satterthwaite a few days ago.
Mesdames Will Gordon and
Fenner Ross of Bath, Route l,
visited the Satterthwaites here
Thursday.
Mrs. Sudie Bishop and Miss
Bessie Bishop of Yeatesville re-
Gently visited Mrs. Harry Satter-
thwaite and family.
Mrs. Fannie Daw and Miss Mar
gy Daw of Pungo Creek Road,
Pinetown, Route 1, were visitors
here Monday.
Ralph Edwards of Belhaven was
a business visitor here Friday.
Mrs. Bertha Respess and Mrs.
j. B. Brinn, Sr., of Ransomville,
visited friends here Friday.
A number of people from here
attended the Senior play at Bel
haven Tuesday evening.
R. T. Everett of Bath was a
business visitor here Wednesday.
Mrs. r. T. Everett has returned
from Clarksville, Tenn, where she
spent some time with her sons,
Warren and Bill Everett and her
daughter, Mrs. Glenn Davis and
family.
Rev. w. G. Shaw of Bath visited
the sick people here Thursday.
Leslie Daw Of Pinetown, Route
/, visited friends here a few days
ago.
E. M. Satterthwaite was a bus
mess visitor in Belhaven Friday.
The coastland times., 1951-04-27
HALLETT CHAUNCEY
BURIED AT VANCEBORO

The funeral of Hallett Chaun-
cey who died at his home in Or
lando, Fla. on April II, was held
at Vanceboro, N. c., Friday, Ap-
ril 20 at 8 pm. at the Free Will
Baptist Church. He is survived by
his wife, the former Miss Hazel
Sadler. Those attending the fun
eral from Rose Bay were c. r..
Sadler, CASTOR Sadler, Travis Sad
laT, Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Jones, Cecil
Sadler, Mrs. Seth B. Credle, Sr.,
and Mrs. John Jarvis.
The coastland times., 1951-04-27
SCHOOL LUNCH ROOM
SUPERVISOR ADVISES
ON HIGHER PRICES

Mrs. Sabrie Reid of Plymouth,
district supervisor of school lunch
rooms, was in Swan Quarter Tues.
day to hold a conference with
lunch room workers and principals
of Hyde County schools.
Among the problems discussed
wa how to maintain the quality of
meals without increasing the price
in the face of soaring food prices.
Most of the school lunch rooms
charge Is cents a meal, with 5
cents additional for milk.
The coastland times., 1951-04-27
ENGELHARD STUDENTS
AT STATE CONVENTION

Three Engelhard members of
the Future Homemakers club, ac-
companied by their advisor, Mrs.
Blanche Dudley, went to High
Point Saturday to attend a state
convention. More than 100 home
economics students attended.
Those from Engelhard who went
were Betty Jean Mann, Alice Faye
Etheridge and Connie Berry.
The coastland times., 1951-04-27
MAINS HARBOR CLUB
TO HOLD INSTALLATION

The Manns Harbor Woman's
Club win hold its formal installa-
tion of officers at the Community
Building, Wednesday, May End at
7:30 pm. Mrs. Fentress Horner.
president Of the 10th District, will
preside as installing officer. Other
special guests invited include the
officers and members of the Man
teo Club.
The coastland times., 1951-04-27
RECEIVES PROMOTION

Mrs. Margaret Lucas Jones has
received word that her son, Chap
lain Harold Lucas Of Duke Uni
versity in Durham has been pro-
NOTED to a second lieutenancy sin
the ROTC. He is a sophomore at
the university.
The coastland times., 1951-04-27
TWO CARS ARE INVOLVED
IN TRAFFIC COLLISION

A minor traffic collision which
occurred Monday afternoon on
Pamlico Street in Belhaven result
ed in approximately $40 damage
to the two cars involved. Mrs. Ny
ra Wahab was driving south on
Pamlico Street, in a station wag-
on, when James L. Blake, driving
a Chevrolet, backed out from the
curb, not far from the Main
street intersection. The two cars
collided.
The coastland times., 1951-04-27

who have been directed to admit
Negroes to their graduate and
law schools. The opinion of Judge
R. L. Taylor upheld the conten-
ton of four Knoxville Negroes
that they had been denied their
rights "under the equal protection
of the laws as provided by the
18th amendment to the us. Con-
stitution."
Still going up: the Bureau of
Labor Statistics says that its liv-
ing costs index edged up four
tenths of one per cent between
mid February and mid-March. 1t
reached level of 184.5 per cent
of the 1859 average.
A musical play, "a Tree Grows
in Brooklyn" based on the famous
novel by Betty Smith, opened last
weekend in New York and was
given excellent reviews. Miss
Smith is well known to peaple in
this area, as she is a summer res
ident of Dare County and has
made several guest appearances in
"The Lost Colony"
The Highway Patrol is shop
ping around for new men to fill
105 uniforms. Their salaries,
starting at $2,5OS, were set up by
the 1851 General Assembly. Find
ing men for the job is going to be
a big task, Patrol headquarters
has indicated.
William H. Stokely, 40, Pasquo-
tank Negro wanted for murder
since February II was apprehend-
ed on the Tulls Creek Road in Cur
rituck last Saturday and is now in
Pasquotank Jail awaiting trial at
the June term of Superior Court.
He is charged with having killed
Haywood Wilson, a neighbor, by
shooting him through the heart
with shotgun at close range.
DR.. Paul w. Chapman, Associ-
ate Dean of the College of Agri-
culture, University of Georgia.
predicts all-time records in total
and per capita incomes for the
South during 1851. Basing his pre-
dictions on past records combined
with intensive study of new devel-
opments in agriculture and indus
try, DR.. Chapman says, Regard
less of whatever gains are ahead,
the South will outgain the ma
toni"
aThree scientific investigators in
North Carolina will receive grants
from Christmas Seal funds to aid
research projects during the cur
rent fiscal year, according to word
received recently from DR.. Es-
mond R. Long, director of re-
search, National tuberculosis AS
sociation.
DR.. Long Informed Mr.. Roland
Garrett of Elizabeth City, Presi-
dent of the North Carolina Tuber-
culosis Association, that the NTA
Board of Directors had approved
grants to DIR. William M. Peck:
DIR. David T. Smith; and DR.. H.
Stuart Willis. assi
Drew Pearson devoted about
half of his nationally syndicated
column last Friday to detailed
charges that Shore Police in Nor
folk have repeatedly beaten up
and otherwise mistreated service
men.
A Pamlico County weekly news
paper suspended publication last
week. Richard v. Noble, editor of
the paper and son of Mrs. May
onna Noble, the publisher, said in
a front page editorial that his en-
trance into the Air Force last fall
had put a great burden upon his
mother, who has had chief respon-
sibility for putting out the paper
since his induction. There will be
no further issues Of the Pamlico
County Herald until new owner
and publisher are found. No sale
or transfer of the paper, Noble
said, was in the cards at the time
the paper suspended publication.
North Carolinians have paid ont
The coastland times., 1951-04-27

When buying or selling Use
the Classineds.
The coastland times., 1951-04-27

In a nine-year period per capita
retail sales in North Carolina
more than tripled and total retail
sales jumped over a billion and a
half dollars, the Census Bureau
has announced. The period cover
ed is the time between 1889 and
1948. Per capita retail sales, tAe
final returns show, amount to an
all-time high of $3.50.
The long dispute over who is to
be sheriff of Madison County is at
last settled, over five months after
the election. Or is it? A Yancey
County jury last week upheld the
Madison County Board of Elec-
tions' decision that Democrat E.
Y. Ponder was legally elected on
November z. Counsel for Hubert
Davis, incumbent Republican,
whose defeat was thus confirmed,
made motion for appeal immed-
lately after the decision was CIV
en-.
The coastland times., 1951-04-27

A Federal court decision has
added the University of Tennessee
to schools in the south, including
the University of North Carolina,
who have been directed to admit
Negroes to their graduate and
law schools. The opinion of Judge
R. L. Taylor upheld the conten-
ton of four Knoxville Negroes
that they had been denied their
rights "under the equal protection
of the laws as provided by the
18th amendement to the us. Con-
stitution."
The coastland times., 1951-04-27

North CarOlinians have paid ont
The coastland times., 1951-04-27
HIGH TIDES ON
FISHING GROUNDS

Low Tides Between Hours shown
The coastland times., 1951-06-08

Next week, ! want to chronicle
The coastland times., 1951-06-08
AFFECTING
WAR
VETERANS
information and Answers
To Questions by the
Veterans Administration

Eligible veterans who served in
the Armed Forces since the start
of the Korean campaign may ap-
ply after discharge for the new
post-service term insurance pro-
vided by the Insurance Act of 1851,
Veterans Administration announc-
ed today.
No medical examination is re-
quired for this insurance.
To be eligible, veterans must
have been entitled to indemnity
protection under the Indemnity Act
of 1851 and must have been order
ed into active service for a period
in excess of 80 days. This would
include veterans ordered into such
service who were in service on
June 27, 1850 and those entering
service on and after that date.
VA said these veterans need not
have served in the Korean cam
The coastland times., 1951-06-08

School is closing this week, so
it may be July before we get into
stride again on our children's
books. The first few days of vaca-
ton the youngsters seldom care
to read much but by July they
have hit their stride again.
The coastland times., 1951-06-08
STATE PATROLMAN'S PAY
GOES UP ON JULY ]

Raleigh.-Effective Jnly 1, 1851,
the starting salary for patrolmen
will be $26S8 annually or 1924
monthly, Colonel James R. Smith,
Commander of the State Highway
Patrol, said today.
The Patrol School now in prog
ress and the second school, begin
ming June 18, will furnish the ad-
ditional patrolmen needed to bring
the Patrol to its newly authorized
strength of 528 men.
Men interested in attending the
school beginning June 18 can OBJ
tain an application blank by con-
tacting any member of the State
Highway Patrol or by writing or
telephoning the North Carolina
State Highway Patrol Headquar-
ters, Revenue Building, Raleigh, N
c. or the State Highway Patrol
Troop Headquarters in Greenville.
Completed applications should be
returned to Colonel James R.
Smith, Commanding Officer, North
Carolina State Highway Patrol,
Revenue Building, Raleigh, N. C.
The coastland times., 1951-06-08
LAKE LANDING NEWS

Mrs. j. P. Woodard and chill.
dren of Selma are visiting her ia.
ther. H. G. Credle, Mrs. Credle
and family and other friends here.
DR.. and Mrs. Thurston Mann
and little son spent the weekend
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T.
j. Mann.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Hammond of
Catonsville, Nd, have returned
home after visiting her sister,
Mrs. c. A. Swindell. Mrs. Bessie
Williams and family.
Miss Stella Sparrow of Cross
more is spending some time with
Mrs. L. J. Weston.
Attending the concert of Sacred
music given by 'Durrant Swindell
and friend, Alfred Patten of New
York in the Methodist Church at
Fairfield Sunday pm. we're Mr..
and Mrs. S. NJ Fisher, Mrs. H. G.
Credle and Mrs. L. j. Weston and
Misses Stella Sparrow and Eva
Swindell, Leon Balance. and Wes-
ley Balance of Nebraska. Durant
Swindell is formerly Of Fairfield.
.Snitsam eds % smoo Of b
The coastland times., 1951-06-08
EAST LAKE NATIVE
DIED LAST THURSDAY

Funeral rites for Mrs. Cora Lee
Dowdy, 72, were conducted Satur-
day at the Powells Point Christian
Church by the Rev. D. w. Davis.
Interment was made in the church
cemetery.
Mrs. Dowdy died at the Abe
marie Hospital in Elizabeth City
on Thursday, May 81.
She was a native of East Lake
in Dare County, but had made her
home at Harbinger in Currituck
County for the last So years. She
was the daughter of William JEFF
ferson and Affie Basnight Twiford,
wife Oft. G. Dowdy, and mem
ber Of the Powells Point Christian
Church.
ASurviyors are her husband, four
stepsens,. Elwood of Sanford, FL
mer of Hillsboro, CRANBERRY of
Nanteo and Lindsey L. Dowdy of
Harbihger; three stepdaughters,
Mrs. gC9 L. Whitehurst of Norfolk,
Mrs, Edward Jennings of Berkley
and Clara Dowdy of Atlanta, Ga. !;
two brothers, ]. G. Twiford of
Point Harbor and G. NJ. Twiford,
East Lake; one sister, Holland
IWiford, Portsmouth, Va.
The coastland times., 1951-06-08

During May the lower grades
have read 1913 biographies. The Sc
ries of The Childhood of Famous
Americans has almost put the
story book out of the running
among the younger set. Even the
third grade has Joined the fourth
and fifth in the rush for them
Mrs. Thomas says she told the
children they might read and tell
the story of one of the books in
The coastland times., 1951-06-08

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Dept. Of Defense Photo

paign itself; the required service
anywhere in the world will meet
this eligibility requirement of the
law.
The other requirement is that
they must apply in writing to VA
for this insurance within 120 days
after their separation from service.
The application must be accom-
panied by the correct premium.
The new insurance is in the form
of a fve-year level premium term
contract that is renewable every
five years at the premium rate for
the then-attained age. This insur-
ance may not be converted to any
of the permanent plans of insur-
ance administered by VA. 1t also
is non-participating-that is, no
dividends will be paid on it.
The new insurance may be ap-
piled for in any amount from ST.
600 to $4,000 in multiples Of $500.
A veteran may not carry at any
one Clme an amount OF Government
life insurance in excess of $4,000.
This includes the new insurance,
the National Service Life Insur-
ance (World War III and the U. S.
Government Life Insurance (World
War y, or any combination of the
three. .....
Applications for the new insur-
ance, properly filled out and ac-
companied by the required prem
iums, are to be forwarded to: Cen
tral Office, Veterans Administra-
tion, Washington %, D. C. All
premiums thereafter are to be
mailed to the same office until the
insureds are notified otherwise.
The coastland times., 1951-06-08
RITES FOR HYDE NATIVE
HELD IN ELIZABETH CITY

Mrs. Ionic Mae Lacy, So, dieG
Sunday in an Elizabeth City hos.
pital after a long illness. She was
a native of Hyde County, but had
been living in Elizabeth City for
90 years.
She was a daughter of the late
Wilson and Martha Rose Gibbs and
wife of Walter Lacy. She was a
member of Pine Grove Christian
Church at Engelhard.
Survivors are: her husband, a
daughter, Mrs. Laura Mae Forbes,
Elizabeth City; two sons by a for
rnerg marriage, Claude Gray Ward
Of New Mexico, and John Edward
Ward; two other sons, Walter N.
Lacy, Elizabeth City, and Henry
w. Lacy, Ft. Jackson, S. c.; two
sisters, Mrs. Elsie Sawyer and
Mrs. Nan O'Neal of Elizabeth
City; two half-sisters, Mrs. K.
Lawrence and Mrs. Margaret Ward
Elizabeth City; a half f-brother,
Fred Gibbs, Engelhard; and 18
grandchildren.
Services were conducted at 4 o.
m! Monday by the Rev. L. Sigsbee
Miller and the Rev. L. A. Jackson
at the Twiford Chapel. Burial was
IN Highland Park Cemetery.
The coastland times., 1951-06-08
! NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
MAP OMITS FAMOUS
COASTLAND SITES
Rx AYcock BROWN

Judging from map of the
| United States compiled and drawn
in the photographic section of the
National Geographic Society dated
June, 1851, and released as sup
plement to the current issue of the
magazine, it must have been long
time since those having to do with
producing the colorful and attract
i've work of art visited in North
Carolina.
Although there are more than
100 national parks and monuments
shown on the map Fort Raleigh
National Historic Site and Wright
Memorial, a national monument at
Kill Devil Hills, were both omit
ted. Probably to the photographers
of National Geographic Society
these two sites maintained by the
National Park Service of the De-
partment of the Interior were too
Insignificant to list even though
Fort Raleigh was the birthplace of
English-speaking America and the
monument atop Kill Devil Hill
commentaries mans conquest of
the air and was erected to honor
Wilbur and Orville Wright who
made their first flight at the base
of Kill Devil Hill.
Fort Raleigh and Wright Me-
mortal were visited by a total of
more than 100000 persons during
the past year. Yet the two sites
failed to get on the map. The
Ocean Highway GUS. II, as it
winds north and south through
coastal North Carolina) was shown
in red by the map maker. Not
shown were three other US. high
ways, Routes 158, Ga and 264,
which terminate at the oceans
edge in Nags Head. AS matter of
fact Nags Head is not shown. on
the map, and the general Nags
Head area is an ocean resort that
stretches for almost 80 miles and
has summer population of many,
many thousands.
Northeastern North Carolina
with its paved highways leading
eastward looks nightly like the
wilderness it was, instead of the
fast developing area it really is
if one judge from the National
Geographic Societv'S latest lis.
map.
Others Omitted Too
Also US. 20, starting some
where out west and ending in the
village of Atlantic on Core Sound
is not drawn on the map. This
should cause some comment down
in the Morehead City-Beaufort re-
gion, progressive towns through |
which the highway passes.
The Society, which is generally
accepted as the last word in. ac-
curacy, may have good reasons for
not including the two National
Park Service units, the Nags Head
beach area, and the highways men !
toned so far in this story. If so,
what is the explanation for in
cluding the rural hamlet of Ma
rines, on the east shore of New
River (Which no longer is in ex-
stence), and omitting Camp Le-
jeune, the largest U. S. Marine
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base? How about Cherry Point
headquarters for one of the worlds
largest air bases?
These two bases have come into
being during the past decade. May
be the North Carolina section of the
Society's map was completed 10
years ago, and no one took the
trouble to go back over the work
and make corrections for the June,
1851, map. That being true, what
about Fort Bragg? Fort Bragg is
not shown on the map.
Some Get Recognition
Western North Carolina got a
better break. Fontana, Blue Ridge
Parkway, Smoky Mountain Nation
al Park, and a great many more
names of places which attract
many tourists to the southern Ap-
palachians are listed. On the other
hand, judging from the National
Geographic Society's map-makers,
there are not many places for
tourists to visit in Eastern North
Carolina, according to the listings
of places, and no roads to reach
most of the places that are shown.
Another thing. is sure, Russia and
cur potential enemies will not get
much information about three
great military installations in
North Carolina, Fort Bragg, Cher
~ Point and Camp Lejeune, if
they seek same from Editor Gil
bert Grosvenor's National Geo
graphic Magazine Supplement of
June, 1851.
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class. But that wasn't enough.
they went ahead to read I'VE or six
and some brash, bold readers an.
nounced they were going to read
the whole Sc books before they
stop. Even the High School has
sneaked few of them out. The
teachers are pleased. The books
are interesting and give a fire
background for the American His
tory they must study, Even Moth
er and Dad read them we under
stand, SO we are very pleased with
the local response, we are extend.
ing it via the Bookmobile.
There have been 1,176 biogra-
phies read in Manteo in the last IL
months-291 by adults, including
the High School, and $50 by the
children.
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the achievements of the first grade
in reading. 1t is impressive but 1T
needs more space than l have this
week so / will save it for the next
issue. don't like to skimp any
thing really important.
The coastland times., 1951-06-08

The cotton ginning industry, to
q large extent, has gone from
small plantation-types of gins to
larger and more effective outfits
with complete conditioning, clean
ing, and extracting processes.
The coastland times., 1951-06-08
LIBRARY NOTES

We have some new books fol
the adult shelves ready for circu
latiOn: THE Ballad of the Sad
Cafe" by Carson McCullers: IRE.
turn to Paradise" by James Mich,
ener: Fire on the Wind" David
Garth; New York o." Ilka
Chase; Operation Heart Break, .
Duff Cooper; "The Gift" Madeline
Nuttall; "To Love and BE Wise,
Josephine Tey; Lonesome Quar-.
ter" Richard Wormser: Candle.
mas Bay" Ruth Moore; Morning
Journey James Hilton; 'The
Golden Lie" Thomas H. Philips;
Weight of the Cross" Robert o.
Bowman: "The Man Who Knew
the Date" Sophie Kerr; "The In
.nocent Eve, Robert Nathan. There
will be another list of fifteen or
more next week, so if you are in
terested, look for it.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-04-01
HOsU to Build -.
WOyen-Wire Fence
BY HOWARD SNYDER

wrap ends of line wires around
clamp and onto line wires. No
chance of slipping now.
5. If your woven-wire is 80 inches
or over in height, you will need a
woven-wire stretcher with two
jacks. Fasten up the chains of the
jacks to clamp so that each jack will
pull same number of line wires.
Hitch up the stretcher to puller post
and begin stretching but stretch just
a little. Wait.
6. Walk the entire fence row and
see that the woven-wire is not hung
up anywhere and prop it up with
stakes leaned away from direction
of the pulling. If your fencing goes
over ridge, prop it up with two
stakes so it cannot double up and
hover down to ground.
z. Stretch it some more. The fenc-
ing should be in vertical position
by this time. Walk the fence row
again and make sure the fencing is
not caught on any of the posts.
8. Give the fencing the full
amount of stretching now. And how
much will this be? ENOUGH TO
PULL THE TENSION CURVES
HALF WAY STRAIGHT. Do not
straighten them out fully. To do so
will leave no provisions for contrac-
ton and expansion with heat and
cold. You can damage a fence by
overstretching as well as by under
stretching. When tension curves are
half way Strengthened out, quit.
You have stretched the woven-wire
enough.
9. Staple woven-wire to big post.
Drive staples down hard. 1t must
not slip. Loosen the stretcher and
undo the clamp of 2x4s. Remove
few stay wires, wrap line wires
around the big post and onto the
line wire of the woven-fencing. Your