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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21
No 'Damfoo,' Says Mrs. Grice
PROGRESS AT MACS HEAD
SADDENS SANDLAND POET

provide her with summertime in
come.
She recalls the 'twenties with a
fond smile and remembers the
time that Charley Perry, a well
known Mays Head fisherman,
brought the late Brig. Gen. Billy
Mitchell to the house and she re-
fused him admittance.
at was in 1927" she says re-
gretfully. 81 had been learning to
drive my first automobile up and
down the sand that day and had
run it into the ocean-which was
MT unusual. In fact, the Coast
Guard used to call from station to
station and say, Here comes Mrs.
Grice. Get ready to haul her out"
'In those days a lot of young
people would come out to the
house with Charley and there were
a lot of parties. But l was tired,
and when he told me that Gen. Bill
ly Mitchell was outside, / said l
didn't care if it was general mer-
chandise-I was worn out. Be-
sides, back then l didn't know who
Billy Mitchell was.
Met the General
81 though about how it sounded
when l saw the hurt expression on
Charley Perry's face. So, figuring
how rude l was, / walked out and
met General Mitchell and said it
See PROGRESS, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21
SURFSIDE BINGO GIVING
SPECIALS FRIDAY, SAT.

Announcement is made by AL
Mater of Surfside Bingo that hams,
bacons, and turkeys will top the
list of prizes to be given this week
end. Friday night these big awards
will be given away on every other
game. At 1890 a Westinghouse
radio will be given away.
Saturday night, hams, bacons
and turkeys will be given away
on every game. In addition to these
awards a General Electric rooster,
which can be used for various
kinds of cooking, will be awarded
at HOO pm.
Mater also announces that much
new stock has arrived recently, and
now is well stocked with nation
ally famous brands.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21
BAPTIST MISSIONARY AT
MACS HEAD CHAPEL
Rev. Jas. F. Burks Assisting Pas
tor Frank Dinwiddie in Revival
Ending September 26th

Revival services which are in
progress at the Mays Head Bap-
fist mission will continue through
Wednesday, September 26, ac-
cording to the pastor, the Rev.
Frank B. Dinwiddie. Meetings are
each weekday morning at 10 >
clock, and each evening at 1880
o'clock, except Sunday. The only
Sunday service will be at IL o'clock
in the morning.
Principal speaker for the series
is the Rev. James F. Burke, pastor
of Woodville Baptist Church at
Woodville, and Riverside Baptist
Church in Elizabeth City. Mr..
Burke received his ministerial
training at Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago, and has served in various
pastorates before coming to the
Albemarle section.
Special speakers on Monday
night, Sept. "a, will be the Rev.
and Mrs. Irwin Steele, Presbyter-
ian missionaries to Chile, who will
illustrates their work with the
showing of color slides. Mr.. Steele,
a master musician, will further en-
rich the program with his musical
interpretations.
The public is cordially invited
to these services.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21
SCHOOL PROGRAM IN
DARE SU ECT TO
MATERIALS SHORTAGE

Some delay has been caused in
the progress of school building
program in Dare County because
of obtaining materials which are
considered critical, according to
County Supt. Mary L. Evans. Sew
eral buildings are undergoing ex-
pansion, while others are getting
much needed repairs. Among these
latter are Kitty Hawk, Wanchese
and Avon, Hatteras and Buxton.
Drinking fountains are being pro-
vided for all schools.
A new Negro school building is
to be built near Manteo. A tract
of land has been bought, which
will make a valuable addition to
the present site.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21
MRS. HURDLE, 80,
OLDEST WOMAN
ON KITTY HAWK
Birthday Celebrated Sunday
at Sea View Inn, Mays
Head; Oldest Man
Present

The weather was gloomy Sunday,
but not Mrs. Nancy Taylor Hurdle
of Kitty Hawk, whose Goth birth
day was celebrated by number of
relatives and friends who gathered
at Perry's Sea View Inn, Mays
Head. Mrs. Hurdle is the oldest
resident of Kitty Hawk, and is still
a handsome woman, and very ac-
tive. Kittys Hawks oldest man, w.
A. Perry, who will be 80 October
rs was one of the guests, Mr.. Per-
ry had been out alone, fishing nets
from boat the night before.
Mrs. Hurdle came to Dare Coun-
ty in 1908, from Harrellsville in
Hartford County. Noah Hurdle,
her husband, taught for many
years in the schools of Dare Coun-
ty. He died in 1917. She is an aunt
of eut.-Governor Pat Taylor of
North Carolina. -
Two of her daughters, Mrs. 2. F.
Perry and Mrs. Eva White attend
ed the dinner. Nine attended the
table, which was heaped with a
great variety of good food. A bot
tie of champagne was opened in
her honor.
Among the guests were Mrs.
Doll Beacham, Mrs. Lizzie Hines,
and Sam Perry of Kitty Hawk. Mr..
and Mrs. A. A. Bolton of Rich
Square. Many of Mrs. Hurdles
grandchildren attended.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21

Mr.. President, Ladies, and Gentle
men:
The General Accounting Office
and its employees are deeply CRATE
full for this splendid new building.
1t is the product of great engi-
neer, Mr.. w. E. Reynolds, and his
able staff; and master builder,
Mr.. John McShain, and his work
men. Its dignifed exterior and
public reaches leave an impression
of strength and soundness. It's
functional work areas incorporate
the advances of modern science.
Ample provision has ben made
for the convenience and physical
comfort of our people. While its
construction entailed considerable
cost, it is reassuring to know that
the collections of the General Ac-
counting Office during any five
months would pay that cost. We
are all expecting great dividends
in terms of better management
and morale from this first gather
ing under one roof of all of our
Washington activities.
1t was thirty years ago this
summer that the Budget and Ac-
counting Act of 1921 was passed.
The title General Accounting Of
flee" was assigned to the office
then created, but the genealogy
of the Office is clearly traceable
back to the very beginning Of our
Government. The story of its de-
velnnment is an interesting and i'm
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21
BIG CELEBRATION PLANNED
IN MANTEO ON OPENING OF.
NEW ROANOKE SOUND BRIDGE
One of the Biggest Celebrations In Many a
Day on Roanoke Island; Governor and
Many Other Officials Will Be Invited About
November 10; Speaking Will Be At Court
house.

Celebrations come and celebra-
tions go, but they mostly come all
around Roanoke, Island, or some
distance from it. Along about No
vember 10th, Roanoke Island looks
forward to big celebration to note
the completion of the new con-
crete bridge over Roanoke Sound,
which is now inthe last stages of
construction.
The Dare County Board of Com
missioners and the Dare County
Chamber of Commerce have both
endorsed plans for a celebration,
and Melvin Daniels is working out
some of the details already. The
program will call for music and
speeches at the courthouse, and a
general invitation will be extend
ed the people of the neighbor
counties.
Governor Scott and other promi-
nent State officials will be invited
to this program.
The old and rickety bridge
which is being discarded was built
by Dare County % years ago AL
though it has capacity yet for
taking tremendous punishment, the
noise made by its loose boards
brighten away lot Of tourists.
When built, it cost about $150,000,
exclusive of the approaches which
cost 100000 more. 1t began bust
ness as a toll bridge, was bought
by the state and made free in 1915
during the Ehringhaus admins
tration along with the Currituck
Sound Bridge.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21
MAINS HARBOR MEN VISIT
WASHINGTON BALL GAMES

Six men from Manns Harbor
made motor trip last week eLd
to attend baseball games between
Washington and the Cleveland In
dams, and Detroit, Saturday and
Sunday. A fine time was reported
by this jolly bunch, Cleveland
Gard, Melvin and Edward White,
Larry Midget, Hugh Craddock and
Allen Burrls. The party returned
home Monday morning.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21
MEETING ANNOUNCED

FAIRFIELD.-A Methodist Wo-
mans Society of Christian Ser
vice zone meeting will be held at
the church here Sept. 26.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
tContinued From First Page.


already in their seats.
/ To be admitted to the exam.
, nation rooms. each student hat
to produce his special card, issuee
to him by his draft board on hi.
request for college deferment.
i After lengthy questionable wa.
filled out on his educational back.
lground and draft status, thu
Examination itself got under way
To assure positive identification
of each answer sheet. student.
'lplaced their left thumb prints or
it. Each was given a special pen.
Gil to mark his answers to thu
$50 multi-choice questions.
During the examination. no ont
was permitted to enter or leave
the rooms. An assistant super.
visor and at least three proctor!
kept a watchful eye on the pro.
ceedings. Unlike the situation ir
Washington, however. televisior
and newsreel cameras were re.
ported to have been set up ir
some testing centerS.
officials of the Educational
Testing Service refused to release
any of the questions used in the
test, but students who took ii
gave these examples of the ques-
tions:
On the average, one line of a
newspaper column contains five
words and each column inch con-
tains eight lines. How many words
must be deleted from 220-word
dispatch to fill a 4-inch space.
tA %. tB) SIS. Co go. Cd 70,
(E) 88. Answer-(C).
If a certain structure can carry
a load of four to five tons, what
Is the maximum number Of po-
tato sacks weighing 100 pounds
each that it can carry: (A) 20, OBJ
40. Ca 80, Cd 100. (E) 500.
Answer-D).
A ------ is one who has lost
faith in ------. The correct
combination is (A) Satirist-van-
Iity, OBJ Cynic-humanity, Co
Skejtic- objectiyity, CD Syco-
Iphant-society. (E) Realist-truth.
Answer-(B).
The students who took the exam
here started streaming out of the
rooms at about 1890 pm, many
of them hopping their foreheads
and arguing about answers to
the questions.
Test of Comprehension.
John Jameson, of 1929 Bancroft
place NV. told reporter: "It
was the usual thing with multiple .,
choice questions-lots of matt,,
paragraph reading and so on. I
won't know how I did until I hear
from my draft board"
Daniel Stearman, 20, a college
junior from Hyattsville, asserted
that "it was hard, but accom-
plishes the purpose it is supposed
to-" There were some questions.
he said, that almost anyone could
answer and others that were
posed for the superior student. 4"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
Draft Deferment Test 'Rouqh,'
College Students Here Report

1T actually tested your ability
to comprehend he added, ami
there was nothing really special
lied in it,
| Irving Shapiro, 90, of 1910
Twelfth street NV, disagreed
A Journalism major, he thought
there was too much math TO.
people who haven't had any for
a long time" MIR. Shapiro said
he had finished only lis out of
the $50 questions, but believer
that most of his answers were
correct.
I'm not too worried" he added.
I'm already in the reserves"
Not all students found the tests
too difficult.
James Marshek. 10. a freshman
at Georgetown. from 5700 Fiji
tenth road. Arlington, declared
that "it wasn't as hard for me
because had had similar tests
before, and knew how to space my
time. Frankly, had expected it
Ito be harder"
Called Well-Designed.
Most of the students agreed
with Malcolm Clark. 81, history
major of 1916 Brandywine street
NV. that the examination was
a well-designed test Of scholastic
aptitude.
THE test was fair, and it Ger
tainly was on a college level" he
said. 1T should do a good job of
wedding out those who don't be-
long in college at this time" Mr..
Clark admitted the draft board
is breathing down his neck "be-
cause of my lack of scientific
knowledge"
Although some 1900 students
in the Washington area were
signed up for the examination
actual attendance figures indicat-
ed the total fell short of that
figure.
George Washington reported
1873 students actually on hand
out of an expected total of 2l2.
Georgetown had 389 out of Ala
candidates; American had 81 out
Of 100 and Catholic University has
203 out of 212. Final figures for
Howard University and the Uni
verslty of Maryland were unavail-
able last night.
Similar tests with different
questions) will be given on June
Is, June 80 and July IL. SelectiveI
Service officials have announced
that the last date. falling on al
Thursday, was set to accommodate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
Z Cited for Ingenuity
In Army Medical Jobs

Mrs. Elaine F. Reece, 1924 Con-
inecticut avenue NV. and Roderic
F. Davis, Takoma Park. Md, both
employees in the Office Of the
Surgeon General of the Army
have been awarded citations anC
in-grade advancement for devel.
oping operational methods to save
the Office substantial amounts Of
money"
This announcement was made
by the Army's Technical Informa-
ton Office. Maj. Gen. George E
Armstrong. deputy surgeon gen.
eral, made the presentations.
Mrs. Reece. an administrative
assistant in the Office for nearly
10 years, produced a correspond
ence manual to increase efficiency
Iof administrative management
procedures. Mr.. Davis, employe
for % years, works with the Medi-
cal Illustration Service. He in
PRODUCED a system of size stand
ardization for exhibits and dis
plays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
z in Alexandra Family
And 5. Soldiers Hurt
lin Head-0n Collision

Seven persons were injured In a
head-on collision between two
automobiles on Mount Vernon
boulevard just south of National
Airport last night.
Park Police said one car was
occupied by five soldiers from
Camp Pickett, Va, and was head
ing north. An Alexandria father
and son were in the southbound
car.
Alexandria Hospital said the
father and son were Willie Har-
grove, 40, of the 500 block of North
Alfred street. Alexandria, and
Walter Hargrove. 10. of the 300
block of North Patrick street
Alexandria. Both are colored
They suffered minor injuries, the
hospital said.
The five soldiers were taken to
Boiling Air Force Base Hospital
The extent of their injuries was
not learned Immediately.
Park Police identified then, as
Carl F. Hurst, Kenneth Carpenter,
Cecil D. Anoepe, Mario Frenia and
Frank Cardarelli, all of an anti
aircraft battalion at Camp Pickett.
In another accident, Berkeley
H. Peters, 10, of 1905 Twenty
ninth street, Mount Rainier, was
hurt last night when he was hit
by a streetcar at Thirty-fourth
and Rhode Island avenue in Mount
Rainier.
Police said Mr.. Peters fell from
the safety platform as the trolley
was about to draw alongside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
Gen. Collins Denies
Anything PersonoIin
Senate Testimony

Gen. Collins. Army chief of staff
said he hopes his testimony re-
garding Gen. Macarthur won't be
interpreted "as anything of a per-
sonal nature"
Just before he left the witness
chair in the Senate inquiry Gen
Collins said:
Il would like to state that while
have been forced to make COM
ments with respect to Gen. Mac
Arthur's movements and opera
lions, the statements that I made
were made with the utmost respect
for Gen. Macarthur.
Il hope no one will interpret
them as being anything of a per-
sonal nature, but as matters of
Judgment in which you, as mem
bers of this committee, are en-
titled to know, and which I, as
your witness. was bound to
answer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
Letter
Continued From First Page.

OF metal; piece of metal ship
ped to the enemy in all likeli-
hood by our so called allies who
continuing recognition and sup
port OF our enemy will long live
in infamy.
HE was killed by a piece of
metal brought down over supply
lines we were forbidden to bomb,
and made into ammunition by
power from Korean dams we
were forbidden to destroy: a piece
of metal whose transportation
was protected by Red planes we
were forbidden to pursue and
shoot down.
The name for the reason this
and other bits of metal were
transported and protected until
they could kill this boy and other
thousands of American boys is a
Justly hated and dishonorable one
~ 40 oPPCdocIucI1l.
Our leaders prefer to call it by
another name and they excuse it
on the grounds of expediency. It
has, they say, given us more time
which is but a paraphrase of,
peace IN our time It has, they
say. kept us out of a big war. Those
excuses are but echoes of the
words OF the man with the UNI
brella at Munich.
This boy, these boys, fought and
died without hope or chance for
victory. When before in our his
tory has America ever committed
such a crime against its fighting
sons? Appeasement tied one of
their hands; the Reds tied the
other, and so shackled they died.
The reasons for paying black
mail are always compelling, and
the alternative to paying it is al
ways horrible. Pay or have your
house burned down; pay or have
your child murdered. The reasons
today are no less compelling-pay
or have World War III, pay or have
Washington atomic bombed. -.
nevertheless appeasement or
paying blackmail is wrong and
does not work. The child held for
ransom has already been killed;
the decision to burn your house
down has been made no matter
how much blackmail you pay. To-
day the Russian decision as to
whether and when to attack will
not be altered by our hand tying
appeasement.
I'VE are paying with beloved
human lives to buy time that we
might have for nothing. Our
blackmail payments in American
blood purchase neither time nor
security"
When he finished reading the
letter. Senator Knowland asked
Gen. Collins whether he wanted tol
comment.
Il have no comment, SIR" Gen.
Collins replied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27

those who want to go on to grad
uate school should be in the upper
half of their class, or score rs on
the test. Juniors, to be deferred,
must be in the upper three-fourths
of their class or score 70. Sopho-
mores should be in the upper two
thirds of their class or score 10.
Freshmen should be in the upper
half and score 10.
Henry Chauncey, president of
the Educational Testing Service,
has emphasized that the score of
10 does not mean that the stu
dent has answered that many
questions correctly. Neither is it
a percentage. or an I. @. The
score, he said, corresponds with a
score of 100 on the Army General
Classification Test.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
Democrats
Continued From First Page)

|
program, contained in the 194e
platform of the Democratic Party
will again be offered the voters.
Sixth, a tremendous effort at
organization down to the precinct
level will be undertaken. with the
aid of organized labor.
No "Appeasing" of G. O.,P.
Speeches by w. Averill Harri-
man, special assistant to the Pres
Iident, and Secretary of Agricul-
ture Brannan and Senator Kerr
of Oklahoma clearly indicated the
willingness of the administration
to make foreign policy the big
issue.
There was. these speakers in
sisted, to be no "appeasement" of
the Republicans on foreign policy
questions, no "watered down
foreign policy in order to obtain
so called national unity. They did
say that the administration would
cooperate with any one who
would work reasonably with the
administration. But that does not
look to a real bipartisan, or even
an un-partisan foreign policy. In
fact, it looks now as though BIZ
partisanship on foreign policy was
completely out of the window.
When you go beyond a Truman
nomination by the 1852 Demo-
cratic National Convention and
ask these Democrats, eff not
Truman, who?-" the replies bring
two names, particularly. The first
is Gen. Eisenhower and the second
is Senator Douglas of Illinois
Even some of those who are pro.
claiming their desire for a Truman
denomination are saying, off the
record, they would go in a minute
to Gen. Eisenhower if he could
be obtained as the party standard
bearer. They feel that with Gen.
Eisenhower as their nominee they
could defeat any Republican can
didate for President.
West Strong for Douglas.
Here in the West a very con-
siderable sentiment for Senator
Douglas as a presidential nominee
is building up. The Democratic
meetings in Denver have been
overwhelmingly atten ded by
WeSterners. Beyond two or three,
no members of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee showed up from
the Southern States, and the
from the Eastern States
were with few exceptions repre-
sented by proxies. In fact, a very
large proportion of the votes cast
by the committee were through
proxies.
This probably was due both to-
the fact that Denver is far jour-
ney from those sections of the
country and to the fact that It'll
had been pretty generally under
stood the main business of the
committees meeting, the selection
If a convention city for 1852, al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27

ready was settled in favor O
Chicago.
It is no secret, however, that
the aversion of Southern Demo
Gratis to President Truman ano
his program is still strong, despite
all the efforts of the administra-
ton to break it down since the
1948 election. Whether the dele
cations of the Southern States al
the Democratic national conven.
ton, with one or two exceptions
could be brought to vote for a
Truman denomination is admit
tedly doubtful. and admitted BY
Southerners who are supporting
the administration.
A main hope of the Truman
Democrats-so far as the South
is concerned-is that section OF
the country can be rallied to the
support of Mr.. Truman on the
foreign policy issue and Mr.. Tru-
mans record in dealing with the
war situation.
One committee member from
the South, Mrs. E. Neil Afford of
Florida, did rise in the committee
meeting and invite the committee
to bring the party's national con-
vention to Miami next year. Her
fervent plea to come to Florida
and enjoy the delights of the
Miami beaches, the hotels. and
Southern cooking, met enthiusi-
|astic applause, but brought no
votes.
Under present conditions there
lis no more likelihood of holding
a Democratic National Convention
in the South. which is alive with
Democrats. than there is of hold
ing a Republican National Con-
vention there-where there are
virtually no Republicans.
The Democrats here for the
meetings took on added hope
under the oratory of members of
the Cabinet and their wives and
other prominent speakers repre-
senting the administration, in
Guiding National Chairman Will
liam M. Boyle. jr. It was clear,
however, they believed that as
things stand today the Demo-
Gratis have a real fight on their
hands to retain control of the
Government next year.
While discussion of possible
presidential candidates usually
wound up in agreement that Presi-
dent Truman can have a renom-
nation if he wants it, there still
appeared considerable uncertainty
as to the Presidents probable
course. Some of the committee
members frankly doubted he
would be a candidate. Most of
them said they believed he did
not wish to run for another four
year term.
Few of the delegates got around
to talking about vice-presidential
possibilities, and those who did
expressed doubt that Vice Presi-
dent Barley would seek renom-
nation. BY election day next year j.
Mr.. Barley will be IS years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
The SUNDAY STAR, Washington, o. g. *
SUNDAY, "a,

students whose religious convic-
lions prevent them from taking
the tests on Saturday.
After the results of the tests
are tabulated by specially designed
electric-brain machines at the
Princeton, N. j., headquarters of
the Educational Testing Service
the results will be forwarded to
the students home draft board.
Final decision to defer a stu
dent because of scholastic apti-
tude rests with the individual
board. 1t will be based either on
his grade on the examination or
his standing in his college class.
AS a guide to the boards, Selec-
tive Service recommends for the
present that seniors be permitted
70 finish their college courses. But