The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-03-09
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Fifteen Years AFRO

church members, according to fig
ures obtained by a census of the
church memberships made by The
Times. The Methodist denomina-
ton with a total of 700 members
at Wanchese and Manteo FREEDOM
mates. Each of the two Baptist
churches, the North End Baptist
church, which is the oldest church
on the island, and the Manteo
Baptist church have SO enrolled
with the average attendance at
each being about 62 or So.
War has begun on the North
Carolina Fisheries, Inc, an organ
ization that has plants at Manteo,
Belhaven, Morehead City and
Southport, and which was organ
lied to help the fishermen who
were down and out, and to better
the prices of the industry. The
war is begun by a number of in
dependent fish dealers of the
state, centering around Morehead
City and in Charlotte, who have
employed able attorneys and have
gone to the courts.
A suction dredge is busy at
work digging a channel into Ro-
danthe from the main waterway
of Pamlico Sound. The new chan.
mel will be about one mile in
length and will enter the creek
formerly used by the old Wan
cheese ferry. The cut will enter the
land for 500 feet and will have a
turning place about 800 feet long
across the end of it.
A steady increase in building on
Mays Head Beach continues to
keep up the price of the choicest
lots in that section, and lots that
jumped from $400 a year ago to
J $500 during midsummer, are now
| priced and are actually being sold
at $500.
Mrs. Ollie Bell Mann, popular
young local woman, who for the
past several months has operated
Martha's Beauty Shop here, this
week announced the opening of
her own shop on March 5, in the
building formerly occupied by the
Greek restaurant.
News from an authoritative
source to the effect that three of
the eight CCC camps in the State
would be discontinued April 1,
and that in all probability the Vir-
ginia Dare Co. 436 would be one
of the camps discontinued, has
started the local Chamber of Com
merce and other officials on a
warpath to point out to officials
in charge the disadvantages of
having the work csurtailed at pre-
sent.
The unusually bad weather of
February didn't do business much
harm, according to Carson W.
Davis, of Manteo. "Our business in
February was better than that of
a year ago." Mr.. Davis said. owe
don't have any kicks about bust
ness"
After several delays caused by
weather and other factors beyond
the control of the director, the
Roanoke Island Players have an
nonunced again that they will
stage the 3-act mystery play, "One
Mad Night" by James Reach to-
night at the school auditorium.
This announcement was made
Tuesday despite the illness of
Marylin Daniels, one of the prin-
cipal characters.
Considerable discussion is rife
in Dare County as to a probable
successor to the late Dan E. Mann
on the Board of Education. Some
of the leading people at Hatteras
are anxious to have Captain John
c. Gaskill appointed to fill this
unexpired term, and at any rate
they want Capt. Gaskill to be a
candidate in the June primary
c. H. Fulcher of Frisco has been
suggested as candidate, he being
well-known man, very popu-
lar citizen and one always interest
ed in education. His father, the
late Thomas ]. Fulcher was for
many years a member of the
board. The name of Richard H.
! Gray of Wanchese has also been
suggested to fill the unexpired
| term.
Both boys and girls teams from
Manteo were eliminated in the an
nual invitational Albemarle bas-
ketball tournament held in Eliza
beth City last weekend, with the
Perquimans high school girls anG
the Central high school boys win.
ming the championships for the
second. consecutive year. Miss
Eloise Burrus, forward on the
Manteo sextet,N was awarded 9
| gold charm for making the most
spectacular shot during the tourn.
ament in the game against Pop.
lar Branch, which the Mantec
girls lost 1912.
| County Commissioners in ses.
! sion here Tuesday appointed E. S
! Wise of Manteo county tax super.