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The coastland times., 1951-08-24
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Two Tyrrell county men who
had planned to go to Avon to
search for an immense fortune in
gold that is believed to be buried
there, stated after coming as far
as Manteo this week that they
were obliged to postpone their trip
for a few weeks until necessary
parts of their divining instrument
could be found.
The Boy Scouts of Eastern North
Carolina are holding ten days
encampment at the old Transient
Site near Nags Head.
Camp Seatone, owned and op-
Grated by Miss Mabel Evans, on
the eastern shore of Roanoke Is
land, brought to a close last week
its activities for the summer. Dur
ing the season 49 children enjoyed
healthful vacation there, there
having been two three-weeks' ses-
sions and one two-weeks' session.
Four of the campers were from
Alabama, the remainder from this
state.
DR.. Frank Porter Graham, pres
ident of the Greater University of
North Carolina, was the main
speaker at the Virginia Dare
Birthday celebration at Ft. Raleigh,
August 18.
Gene Daniels, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Preston Daniels of Wanchese,
who joined the army about month
ago, writes to his mother that he
is leaving New York for Honolulu
next week.
A wedding of note took place
August II when Miss Marjorie
Wilma Hooper became the bride of
Robert Delton Midget of Stumpy
Point. The ceremony took place at
the brides home, the Rev. R. L.
Lewis officiating.
L. Y. Gray, prominent citizen of
Salvo, is advocating the opening of
a good fish market in Salvo, one
that would enable fishermen in
that territory to market the large
catches Of mullets recently caught
there with more ease.
Miss Mary Love Smith and Den
ME Alexander were quietly married
last Sunday morning by Justice of
! the Peace l. P. Davis. The bride is
the daughter of Capt. and Mrs.
Herman C. Smith. The groom was
formerly with the WPA camp at
Fort Eustis, Va, but is now other
wise occupied.
The young people of Duck met
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Johnnie Hines Wednesday night
A social hour was enjoyed. Ice
cream and cake was served.
The coastland times., 1951-08-24
DARE YOUTHS ENLIST

Notification of the recent en-
listment in the armed forces of two
young Dare county men has been
received by the Dare County Sc
lective Service Board. Alonzo Or
lando Burrus, Jr., of Frisco, has
enlisted in the Coast Guard, and
Ernest Ray Balance of Hatteras
has Joined the army. Both enlistees
are under 18 years of age and were
not, therefore, registered with the
Dare Board.
The coastland times., 1951-08-24
MANY GRADUATES FROM
ECC SUMMER SESSION
Beaufort, Dare and Hyde Coun-
ties Well Represented Among
1853 Students at Greenville

Greenville-Graduation exercises
terminating the 1851 summer ses-
sion at East Carolina College with
the chief event the comforting of
degrees upon 1853 men and women
students, took place in the Austin
auditorium Friday, August II.
DIR. Ralph Mcdonald, executive
secretary of Higher Education of
the National Education Association
and recently elected president of
Bowling Green Univ. of Ohio, de-
livered the commencement address.
President John D. Messick of East
Carolina conferred degrees upon
candidates.
Those completing their work at
the college this summer included
S5 candidates for the bachelor of
science degree, which is a profess
sional degree for those taking
courses preparing them as teachers
More than half of those students
majored in work for teachers of
primary and grammar grades.
Twenty-six are listed as majors in
primary-grade work, and % as
majors in grammar-grade work.
The SO other students majored in
secondary-school subjects.
North Carolinians from the
tideland area graduating last Fri
day are listed below by counties:
Fenner S. Boyd, Jr., Pinetown.
DARE: M.A.-Stewart NJ. Dan
iels, Wanchese; Harry H. Thomas,
Manteo;
HYDE: B.S.-James L. Griffin,
Jr., Scranton; Elizabeth Mann Pet
erson, Middletown; M.A.-Thomas
Allen Hood, Swan Quarter;
PASQUOTANK: B.S. = Lessie
Hooper Gaskill, Elizabeth City.
The coastland times., 1951-08-24

case and determine, finally, wheth-
er the children shall remain wards
of the state or be returned to their
parents. Some sort Of agreement
was being worked out between the
North Carolina and District Of Co
lumbia Welfare Departments, the
judge said on Tuesday, but he did
not specify what the agreement
might portend.
The coastland times., 1951-08-24
DeFEBIO
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verification of it by the District of
Columbia police and welfare de-
partments, and the filing of letters
testifying to the good character Of
the parents by reputable persons in
Washington, d. C. have been
fully complied with.
The purpose of Fridays hearing,
according to Judge Meekins, is to
rsview the facts surrounding the
The coastland times., 1951-08-24
LOIS HOOPER MEEKINS
BRIDE OF C. L. JACKSON
Brides Father Officiates at I'm
pressive Ceremony in Columbia
Saturday Afternoon

The wedding of Miss Lois
Hooper Meekins, of Rolesville,
daughter of the Reverend and Mrs.
Earl Ray Meekins, to Cornelius
Lamb jackson, of Raleigh, son u
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Jackson, of
Elizabeth City was solemnized
Saturday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
in the Wesley Memorial Methodist
Church. The brides father offici-
ated in the double ring ceremony.
A program of nuptial music was
presented by Miss Susan Thigpen
of Edenton, organist, Mrs. John
Yeattes of Greensboro, and Mr..
Allen Osborne of Norfolk, soloists.
The bride was given in marriage
by her uncle, Calvin Watson, of
Engelhard. The bride designed and
constructed her gown of faille
taffeta fashioned with an open yoke
banded by points of cotton lace.
An overskirt of lace topped the
circular skirt, falling to a circular
train. Her fingertip veil of French
illusion was attached to a tiara of
seed pearls. She carried a cascade
bouquet of white Brides roses and
pom-poms centered with a corsage
of miniature white roses and
showered with lily-of-the-valley
and white satin ribbons. The bride
wore her grandmother's emerald
pendant necklace.
Preceding the bridal party and
wearing pastel floor length dresses
and wrist corsages of summer
flowers were the honorary brides
maids, Miss Mary Lee Jackson,
Mrs. Earl Bright of Elizabeth
City, both sisters of the groom,
Miss Betty Jean Osborne of Nor
folk, Miss Janice Meekins of
Stumpy Point, and Mrs. Philip
Meekins of st. Pauls, cousins of
the bride.
The bride had as her honor at
tendants her sisters, Mrs. Burwell
/ Evans of Manteo, matron of honor,
and Miss Mary Meekins, maid of
honor. Their floor length dresses
We're of orchid faille taffeta and
had fitted bodices with wide gath
cred berthas and scalloped waist
lines. They wore wide brimmed
hats of matching net and carried
net fan bouquets of rainbow glad
ioli.
The bridesmaids were Mrs. NAL
colin Bobbitt of Littleton, cousin
of the bride, in rose, Mrs. Irwin
Craig of Elizabeth City, sister of
the groom, in blue, and Mrs. Kay
| O'Keefe Of Norfolk, in yellow.
Their hats and fan bouquets
matched their dresses.
Mr.. Jackson served his son as
best man. The ushers were Francis
Jackson, and Carroll Jackson, both
of Elizabeth City, brothers of the
groom, Burwell Evans of Manteo
brother-in-law of the bride and Joe
IunSdall OF Edwards.
The brides aunt, Mrs. Warren
Meekins of Norfolk, served as
mistress of ceremonies.
Immediately following the cere.
mony Rev. and Mrs. Meekins en-
tertained at reception at their
home.
Later in the evening the bridal
couple left for a wedding trip tc
the west of North Carolina and
Virginia. For travelling the bride
wore a white suit, straw hat Of
white and pink, white accessories
and the rose corsage from her bou.
quet.
| After the wedding trip the couple
will be at home in Rolesville
where the bride will teach Home
Economics in the high school,
while the groom attends State Col.
lege in Raleigh.
The coastland times., 1951-08-24

GOV. w. Kerr Scott's doctor has
ordered the governor to limit his
smoking to three cigars a day;
and the doctor is getting assistance
from non-medicos in seeing that
the governor obeys his order, too.
Near Asheboro last week the gov
ernor asked service station at
tendant for some cigars, and was
handed three stogies. "Three are
all l can let you have, governor"
the attendant said. "The papers say
that's what the doctors cut you
down to each day."
The outdoor play, "The Common
Glory" in its fifth season at Will
liamsburg, Va, at the half way
mark of the season, appears to
have good chance for its most
successful season to date. Attend
ance records are only slightly be-
hind 1947, the first season, which
The coastland times., 1951-08-24

two highway patrolmen for infor-
nation, conc erning the ferry
schedules. They had a schedule
handy and assured US that we
could make the five o'clock ferry
which was timed to make connec-
tion with the six thirty ferry at
Manns Harbor, putting US across
in ample time for the pageant.
We enjoyed our trip into Plym-
outh and Columbia, and reached
the ferry at the Alligator River
with considerable time to wait.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce
of Columbia was on hand at a
booth with a very pleasant young
gentleman in charge of refresh
ments and information. There was
a Mr.. Adams there who has been
employed by the N. S. Ry. for a
number of years. I enjoyed talk
ing with him for quite awhile.
Finally, the good ship "Sandy
Graham" docked, discharged and
took US aboard for a very nice trip
across the river. Shortly we ar
rived at Manns Harbor and waited
quite a while. Finally the ferry
arrived and discharged. l cranked
up but nobody moved ahead. In a
few minutes a native fisherman
came by and told US that they had
tied up and would not go back,
that the next ferry was running
late and would get over about nine
o'clock. He was correct since we
pushed off about eight-thirty COM
pletely loaded. l do not know
whether anybody was unable to get
aboard. The fisherman did not
understand why the other ferry
did not go back. He said they US
ually did whenever there was any
thing like a load, and it would
have been right on the six-thirty
schedule, which we had expected
to make.
The ferry that tied up and left
a number of people stranded was
the Governor Scott" and the one
we finally crossed on was the
Governor Cherry" By the time
we reached the Pageant, the first
half was almost over and l am sure
it was over before most of the
autos reached there. We had no
supper and no time to arrange for
a place to spend the night. Not to
mention the fact, that the Pageant
was flop since we missed the first
half of the show.
Doubtless the other thirty to
forty people had the same reac-
tion. 1t certainly seemed that
there was something badly off key
with your ferry schedule and ac-
tual service. We came back by
Elizabeth City and while eating
dinner there at The Fort Raleigh
Cafe, l wondered if there might
have been a sprinkle of politics
mixed in with the ferry service
since it is entirely too often mixed
into many things. 1t is long triI
from Wadesboro to Manteo. Doubt
less many of the people who were
knocked out of seeing the Pageant
by the Governor Scott failing tt
carry on were from more distant
points and some from other States
l feel that the interest of the
travelling public and the good peo
pie along Ga, as well as the gooC
name of the State deserves your
serious attention to this matter
and similar cases if there be any.
Thanking you, am,
| Sincerely yours,
! d n ID TrrTNT Z
The coastland times., 1951-08-24

R. T. B. Little, a Wadesboro,
N. c. business man has recently
written the following letter to the
Chairman of the State Highway
Commission:
DR.. Henry w. Jordan,
Chairman State Highway & Public
Works Commission,
Raleigh, N. C.
Sunday afternoon August 9Th
Mrs. Little and / were on our way
to see the "Lost Colony" She was
anxious to go by Plymouth, Co
lumbia, etc on 81, crossing the AL
ligator River and Croatan Sound
on the ferries, too, it saved con-
siderable mileage through new in
teresting country. About three
pm. at Williamson we stopped
The coastland times., 1951-08-24

that bill will be staggering But if the money is spent
hastily and demand is allowed to unnecessarily outrun the
supply the bill could be actually runous both to the
economy and the national security by causing
ever-greater of imitation.
We must have the strictest kind of economy in nom
defense spending And must also that the defense
dollar Is spent in the right way.
The coastland times., 1951-08-24
WARREN FRANCIS
PROOF
Continued From Page One)

this one incident, totally unwar-
ranted and due to carelessness on
the part of the ferry crew for
which they should be reprimanded,
marred the trip.
You will hear further from me
from New York. You can be as
proud of your pageant-as Not of
this occurrence.
Very truly yours,
ALAN HOWARD.
2 w 45th
New York City.
Aug. Is, 1851.
The coastland times., 1951-08-24

The letter of Durham lawyer,
representing a group of Negroes in
Pamlico county who demand ad-
mission this fall to the white
schools of Pamlico county, was
made public in Bayboro last week
by A. H. Hatsell, Superintendent
of Schools. The superintendent
has written to the attorney that
neither the white nor the Negro
people of Pamlico desire to abolish
segregation in the schools; he
added that "these things should be
left to the patience and the good
will of both races, who, in time,
will work out advantageously
their Joint, racial, educational and
other problems"
The coastland times., 1951-08-24

Grover R. Boyd of Route l, Bath,
became president of the North Car
olina Future Farmers of America
on the last day of the organiza-
tons annual convention at State
College in Raleigh. He is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Grover C. Boyd,
a graduate of Bath High School in
the Class of 1851, and a former
secretary and president of the Bath
FLA chapter.
The coastland times., 1951-08-24

Advance elements were under
way last week to Camp Mcclellan.
Alabama, to prepare for the two
weeks summer training which will
soon be taken by the Tennessee
North Carolina National Guards
30th Division.
The coastland times., 1951-08-24

More than 100000 checks, rep
resenting an amount in excess of
$3.50, 100000 have been mailed to
holders Of National Service Life
Insurance policies in the second
GI insurance dividend, Veterans
Administration said. :
The coastland times., 1951-08-24

II PAYS TO ADvERrIsE
The coastland times., 1951-08-24

North Carolina school lunch
rooms and charitable institutions
received 2O,152,040 pounds of do
mated commodities, valued whole
sale at $2,614,254, from the U. S.
Dept. of Agriculture during the
year ending June 80, 1851.
The coastland times., 1951-08-24

was the dramas best-attended
year.
The coastland times., 1951-08-24

A rising trend of pedestrian ac-
cidents involving children is con-
fronting safety officials in North
Carolina, H. D. (Tarvia) Jones,
director of the Motor Vehicles
Departments Highway Safety Di-
vision said. The Highway safety
official revealed that highway ac-
cidents accounted for 80 fatalities
among children at the ages SO
during the first six months of the
year. Seven youngsters, he said, in
the age group from 0-4 died in
traffic accidents during the same
period and six in the 1914 group
were killed. One was killed in the
1919 age group.
The coastland times., 1951-08-24

A proposal to conserve channel
bass brood stock is before the
Fisheries Division of the Dept. of
Conserva tito n & Development.
Sportsmen are advocating limiting
catches OF channel bass above 32
inches in length to two a day
for both sports and commercial
fishermen. Poor channel bass
catches this spring were credited
to ruthless slaughter of the big
fish in years past, which are taken
from the surf and in boats along
the North Carolina coast in large
numbers. 4
The coastland times., 1951-08-24

Records are falling right and
left for travel to North Carolina
vacation lands. July attendance at
Great Smoky Mountains National
Park was 453, 474 as compared
with 395,433 in the same month
last year. Blue Ridge Parkway
visitors totaled 440,071 as COM
pared with S4S,54S in July, 1850.
"Unto These Hills" has played to
over $4,000 through first week end
in August, an increase of more
than $4,000 over same period last
year. And official attendance Sat-
urday, Aug. a was 1868, a new
record which includes 753 stan
dees. "Lost Colony" in same pc
riod reports running 1000 ahead
of last season.
The coastland times., 1951-08-24

In the last two years, the State
has hard-surfaced over 1900 miles
of secondary roads and stabilized
for all-weather travel nearly H.
600 miles additional. Among these
are a hard-surfaced road from
Nags Head to Oregon Inlet, famed
fishing place, and a loop connec-
tion with US. 128 to Joyce Kilmer
National Forest from Robbinsville,
where there are excellent trout
streams. There are now more than
$4,000 miles in the North Carolina
highway system, criss-crossing the
5O3-mile long State from Cape
Hatteras to the Great Smokes.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1951-06-15

fore all the children choose other
paths and leave home.
It seems preferable that these de-
cisions and the necessary legal ar
rangements be made before the par
ents expect to leave this world or
even to retire. This does not neces-
sarily mean that title to property
has to be transferred early, but some
definite plans should be made. Such
planning and action can forestall fric-
ton and uncertainty within the fam
lily. 1t can take into account the eff
fects of taxation and make it pos
sible to avoid losses to the family or
the farm and unnecessary expenses
to the future estate.
S.. There are various alternative
methods or legal devices which can
be employed to put the family's plans
into effect. These devices differ and
are suited to different situations.
Principle Alternatives
The principal alternatives which
OC1O1C l11C 1dI11l OW41Cl VIII Is COll-
sidering the disposition of his prop
erty are these:
l. The law of inheritance Cor des-
cent)-The owner may make no dis
position or plans. After he dies in
testate without wild, the courts
will make disposition of the property
to the heirs.
2. "A Willie may bequeath the
property in will and specify who
gets what and on what terms.
8. Joint tenancy may hold the
property in joint tenancy with right
of survivorship so that when he dies
the property will pass to the Other
person or persons named in the title
4. Gifts of property-He may give
his farm away before he dies or he
may give future title but retain life
use of it.
5. Sales of property may sell
the farm, either outright or with
various restrictions
6. Incorporation-He may incor-
porate the farm business and then
dispose of shares in the corporation
by methods listed above
Interests to Reconcile
Several sets of interests must be
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1951-06-15
Will Your Farm or Ranch
Stay in the Family?

The author, an agricultural
economist. has based this article
on study of 200 farm families
and the experiences of 222 law
Yers in handling farm estates.
II HAVEN'T THOUGHT about it.
-. But maybe I should!" That was
the common reply when almost 200
farm families were asked about the
disposition of their farms.
Entirely too many farm owners
most of them in fact-die before they
get around to making a decision as
to who gets the farm. The families,
the farms and the public will bene-
fit if farm transfer arrangements are
made more carefully and sooner.
For Future Generations
Many farmers want to keep their
farms in their own families for flu
ture generations There are sound
reasons to support this desire for
those on adequate and efficient farm
units. One of these reasons is that
a farm transferred within the family
can more easily be transferred as a
''going concern"
One has only to look around the
average farming neighborhood to
realize that relatively few farms stay
in the same family for successive
generations and that even fewer
farms are transferred as complete,
operating businesses. Often the re-
firing farmer sells his stock and
equipment at public auction, takes
his valuable management knowledge
off the farm and lets new operator
learn by trial and error.
There are numerous reasons why
farms do not stay Sin the family. 2
These include the lack of heirs, OF
the unwillingness of heirs to farm
inadequate size of farm business
lack of capital and reluctance to dis
cuss the disposition of property OF
to take any action until after the
death of the owner.
What 10 Do About II
There are, however, many families
with a suitable business which they
wish to transfer to the next genera,
ton What can they do about it?
No two m-fan1ily situations are
exactly alike. Therefore no one def
mite plan can be laid down for ust
by all farm owners. The study O
many farm-fanily situations and tn,
experience OF many attorneys, al
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1951-06-15
By MAX MYERS

brought together in this report, seem
to indicate that the following points
are important:
/. It is rather generally believed
that there are benefits to individuals,
families, communities and the public
if successful farm businesses are han
ded down as going concerns through
the right kind of farm families
2. Some farms probably should not
be kept in the family. Unless the
business is adequate in size and eff
ficiency to support family, and
sometimes two families, there is lit
tie reason to make the effort neces-
sary to keep one of the children on
it. To do so is to try to swim up
stream against the current of desir-
able trend toward fewer, larger farm
businesses.
Who Will Take Over?
8. If a given farm business is ade-
quate and if it is desired to keep it in
the family, then the next question is
that of deciding who is willing and
able to take over from the present
owner
For families with children this
may raise the problem of creating in
at least one of them an interest in
farming and in the continuation of
the home farm business. This inter
est cannot be created overnight just
when the parents wish to retire. 1t is
something that starts in childhood,
possibly with small shares in farm
ing such as All and FLA projects.
It is frequently developed further
with share operating agreements as
the youngster reaches maturity.
The continuation of such interest
is frequently tied to an understand
ing by the young man or woman OF
how the home farm is to be passed
on and to whom. Farm couples who
have no children of their own to take
over the business sometimes work
out similar arrangements with other
young people.
Discuss Future Plans
4. The family should be able to
discuss future plans for the farm
business and the eventual disposition
of the property, to discuss this SEN
sibly and with a realization that diff
ferent members have different in
terests. This should be done early
Some decisions should be made be-