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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-07-06
NOTICE OF SALE
OF VALUABLE PROPERTY

Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in that certain
Deed of Trust executed by Lennie
L. Basnight to Martin Kellogg, Jr.,
Trustee, dated the 21st day of Oc-
tober, 1850, and duly recorded in
Book 81, page 26S, in the office of
the Register of Deeds of Dare
County, North Carolina, default
having been made in the payment
of the Indebtedness secured by
said Deed of Trust, and the said
Deed of Trust being by the terms
thereof subject to foreclosure, and
the Holder of the Indebtedness
thereby secured having demanded
foreclosure thereof for the pur-
pose of satisfying said indebted
ness, the undersigned Trustee will
offer for sale at public auction
,, to the highest bidder for cash at
the Courthouse Door in Manteo,
Dare County, North Carolina at
1900 o'clock Noon on Monday, the
18th day of July, 1851, the land
and premises conveyed in the said
Deed of Trust, the same lying and
being in Mays Head Township,
Dare County, North Carolina, and
more particularly described as fol-
lows:
All that certain lot or parcel of
land and the improvements
thereon, lying and being in the
subdivision known as Roanoke
Park near the Town of Manteo
in Mays Head Township, Dare
County, N. c., and bounded as
follows:
Beginning at an iron pipe stu
ated in and marking the North
margin of the intersection of
Wilson Street and South Street
| in the subdivision known as Roa-
noke Park as shown on the
Amended Plat of Amended Plat
of that portion of Roanoke Park
South of Virginia Avenue and
West of Wilson Street. referred
to hereinafter, running thence
from the beginning point along
the West margin of Wilson
Street South deg. and 10 min.
East PIT feet, more or less, to
a stake or other marker in the
East corner of Lot No. 2 in
Block 5, in the aforesaid subdi-
vision; thence, along the East
line of Lot No. 2 North so deg.
and 40 min. West 142 fit. more
or less, to the Southeast margin
of South Street; thence along the
Southeast margin of South
Street North 80 deg. and II min.
East 165 feet, more or less, to
the point of beginning.
Same being Lot No. l in Block
of the Amended Plat of
Amended Plat of that portion of
Roanoke Park South of Virginia
Avenue and West of Wilson
Street as shown on map or plat
of said subdivision made by C. r.
McIntire, Engineer, April, 1943,
and duly recorded in Map Book
/, page 166, office of the Reg
lister of Deeds of Dare County,
N. c.
Same being the lands conveyed
to Lennie L. Basnight by Theo.
S. Meekins, ct ux by deed dated
October 81, 1850, and duly filed
for record in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Dare Coun-
ty, North Carolina.
The successful bidder at said
sale will be required to make
cash deposit of five (5@o) per cent
of the amount bid as evidence of
good faith.
This the 18th day of June, 1851.
MARTIN KELLOGG, Jr.
Trustee
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-07-06

FISHING TACKLE REPAIRED,
Lawnmowers sharpened and re-
paired. General repairs. YOU
WRECK 1T, WE FIX 1T. We pick
up and deliver. WHITES FIX-IF
SHOP, 304 S. Road St., Manteo.
Phone 201-J. T-4-6-52c
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-07-06

N. c., and at that time open and
read aloud all bids submitted by
Contractors licensed to do business
in North Carolina, for the eonstruc
ton of two new schools at Man.
teo, N. c., and Heating and Flee
trio lighting systems for existing
schools at Wanchese, Kitty Hawk
and Mann's Harbor, N. c.
The Board reserves the right 10
reject any or all bids without fur
Their obligation to any bidder.
Each bid shall be accompanied by
a bid surety equal to So of the
bid, payable to the Dare County
Board of Education. Surety may be
all cash or certified check, or cash
or certified check for 2%o and a bid
bond for go, or bid bond for the
full SO. Checks must be on bank
insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation and bid
bonds issued by surety company
authorized to do business in North
Carolina.
A performance and payment
bond in amount equal to the con-
tract price shall be delivered to
the Board by the successful bid
der at the time the contract is
signed. The bond shall be issued
by a surety company authorized
to do business in North Carolina
and in form satisfactory to the
Board.
Separate bids will be received
on General, Heating, Plumbing,
and electrical work, consistent
with all North Carolina statutes
applicable thereto. Plans and
specifications may be examined at
ACC. Office in Raleigh, N. c., and
Office of County School Super
intendent, Manteo, N. c., and Sc
cured by qualified contractors at
the office of Burett H. Stephens,
Architect, 504 Pollock Street, New
Bern, N. c., upon deposit of
twenty-five dollars for General
plans and fifteen dollars for me-
chanical plans; such deposit will
be promptly returned to bonified
bidders when the plans and speci-
fications have been returned in
good order direct to the office of
the Architect within fifteen days
after the date on which the bids
have been opened.
DARE COUNTY BOARD
OF EDUCATION
Walter Perry, Chairman
(Mrs.) Mary L. Evans, Secty.
T-3tc
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
T-6-22-4tc

The Dare County Board Of Edu-
cation will receive bids until 1890
am, on Thursday, July 26th, 1851,
in the office of the County Super
intendent of Schools, ManteC,
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-07-06

RADIO TELEV1SION Service.
Parts for all makes, models.
Reasonable prices. = RADIO-TEL-
EVISION CENTER, Manteo,
Phone 1851. TIFF
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-07-06

THE OLD SEA CAPTAIN and
THE DRUMMER; A Book OF 100
pages of salty entertainment from
the Coastland by Victor Meelins.
81 per copy postpaid; six copies
SIS. Address Box 55, Manteo, N. c..
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-07-06

VISIT our gift shop. Beautiful
N. c. pottery, hand-painted brio
a-brac, woodenware, shell-craft, In
dian pottery and bead work, i'm
ported English pitchers, maps,
stamp collectors items and va
riety of souvenir novelties. Roa-
noke Island Gardens Gift Shop,
Mrs. A. Q. Bell, Cor. main Hy
and Mother vineyard Rd., Manteo,
N. G. T-6-22-tfc
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-07-06

WILKINSON'S guest house, Man
teo; Beach Cottage Mays Head;
Rooms for Tourists; New Cottage
for Rent by Week or Month. Mrs.
Odelle L. Wilkinson, Phone 65-J.
Cor. Road and Main, Manteo.
Je-21-3tc
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PoTTED GARDENTAS. Camel

POTTED CARDINALS, Camel
las, Hibiscus, Ponceanas, etc.;
also a nice assortment of house
plants. Get our latest price list on
shrubs, trees and plants for fall
and winter landscaping. Roanoke
Island Gardens, Albert Q. Bell,
Manteo, N. C. T-6-22-tfc
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FOR SALE: Small furnished cot
tage opposite Hotel Patterson,
Mays Head, N. C. E. L. Cason, 1851
Little Bay Ave-, Norfolk, Va. Tel
ephone 1881 Norfolk. T 6-22-Stp
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For your insurance needs see
W. r. PEARCE, Manteo, N. C.
All kinds of insurance
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-07-06

DESIRABLE Manteo water front
lot and building, near court
house, suitable for fish market or
other business; E. E. Meekins.
Phone Manteo 101. Je22 Stc
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IF OLD BOOKS are taking up
space in your storeroom, barn
or attic, send me a postcard. I'll
pay cash for them.
DAVID STICK-KITTY HAWK.
T-l2-22-tfc
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-07-06

K FOUND: Lady's wrist watch in
Manteo. Owner may have same
by fully identifying it and paying
for advt. Mrs. Colinda Barnett,
Phone 129-W, Manteo. Ito
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WANTED TO BUY - House and
lot on ocean. Write me what
you have. A. w. Drinkwater,
Phone 26, Manteo, N. C. If
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-07-06

SIX ROOM home for sale. In good
condition, on IL acre lot, hard
surface road, Wanchese. Phone
I Manteo ISL. Jy-6-4tc
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-05

person to be baptised in Russell
Fork River in this. county.
met these good old people at
the Breaks celebration, June 10.
They were enjoying themselves
very much, Mrs. Kiser, their
daughter, was taking care of
them. Mrs Colley gave me most
of the above information, and
told me with enthusiasm that she
was proud of her family and that
all had proven themselves worthy
of her pride.
To their son, Granville, should
go most of the credit for inaugu-
rating the move for a highway
through the Breaks, with a park
to follow.
Last, but not least, l will men,
ton that their grandson, Ray
mond Colley, a student at Berea
College, was this year selected as
one of the IL honor students for
the 1851 edition Of who's Who"
in American colleges and univer
sites In the United States
! am grateful to E, J, Suther>
land for part of the above infora
nation, which he gladly gave me
from his files,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-05
MRS JOHN GILLIAN HURT
IN HIGHWAY COLLISION

Mrs. Agnes Gillian, a county
welfare worker, was severely in
iured last Friday when the car
she was driving was struck by a
pickup truck driven by Clarence
Adkins, a bookkeeper in the Of
flee of the Clinchfiell Coal Cor
poration at Clinchco
Mrs. Gillian was bruised and
severely shaken up, but no bones
were broken and she hopes to be
out again soon.
At or about Riverside, truck
started to pass Mrs. Gillam's car,
The driver saw another truck
approaching and tried to stop to
avoid a collision, The truck wab
bled, swerved and struck her car,
Both car and truck We're badly
damaged,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-05
Wins $245O
In Civil
Suit

The June term of Dickinson
circuit court ended late last week
after hearing the chancery suit
of Francis Mccoy Smith against
Maggie Long, and after granting
a motion to set aside the verdict
of the jury previously imposing
a sentence of one year in the pen
itentiary against Ernest Rife.
The Smith-Long suit, which
attracted much attention, came
about in this way: After the death
of C. C. Long, owner and man
ager of hardware and furniture
store in Clintwood, his family
alleged that he had given Francis
Mccoy Smith vast lot of furni-
ture and household goods to be
used in a house she had rented
on Crabtree Fork A son of the
deceased, it was alleged, went to
the house occupied by the Smith
woman and forcibly removed the
goods.
Thereupon the Smith woman
brought suit for the value of the
goods, claiming that all of these
belonged to her and that they
were taken from her by force.
The trial jury returned a YER
dict in favor of Mrs. Smith, the
plaintiff, against Mrs Long for
$2152.00 for the goods and $780,
90 for the detention and use of
same by the defendant.
Attorneys for the defense noted
an appeal, but it is now under
stood that the matter is being
compromised.
Ernest Rife was charged with
stealing a vast lot of copper wire
from the Clinchfield Coal Corpor
alton plant on Lick Fork After
the trial it developed that three
of the trial jurors were employ.
ees of the Clinchfield Company
and that was the basis for the ap
peal, which was granted The
case was then continued to the
next term of court.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-05

Advertise or Be Forgotten"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-05
Game Club Has Sports
Writer From Richmond
AS Guest Speaker

The Ervinton Game Protective
Association held an enthusiastic
meeting one night last week at
the agricultural building at Nora,
attended by so or more members.
The club was fortunate in hav
ing as its guest speaker John H.
Gwathmey, sports writer for the
Richmond Tilnes-Dispatch, and
an eminent authority on the sub
ject of conservation. Mr.. Gwath-
mey is a mine of information on
all matters connected with fish
and game and his speech made
deep impression upon his hearers.
Ernest Yeats, game warden of
Washington county, accompanied
Mr.. Gwathmey to the meeting
and spoke briefly, cordially invit
ing the members to come to his
county for good fishing in Hols-
ton River.
During the storm prior to the
meeting high winds blew tree
across the power line and it was
necessary to use oil lamps during
the meeting, but this did not
dampen the spirit of the occasion.
The main subjects discussed
was the necessity for food and
cover for game and the expected
increase in deer, if dogs can be
kept off the National Forest area.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-05
OUR OLD PEOPLE
BY HAMPTON OSBORNE

N. B "Pode" Colley is we'll
known throughout Dickinson and
especially in the Sandlick section.
He is great-grandson of Eight
ing Dick" Colley, the first per-
manent settler of what is now
Dickinson County. He settled at
Sandlick and built a three-walled
log house in which he lived for a
while.
Uncle Pode is 81 years old but
is fairly active for his age, but
not able to do much manual la
bor He has led an active life, be
ing farmer and merchant most
of his life. He spent most of his
time on the farm and his wife at
tended mostly to the store. He
taught school few years in his
younger days. He served many
times on juries in court at Clint
wood Mrs. Colley is Is years old
and very active
The Colleys owned much land
in the Breaks area and his grand
father, Joshua Colley, at one time
owned 1000 or more acres of land
there. Uncle Pode's grandmother,
Didema Mullins Colley, was a
daughter of DR.. Jim Mullins, a
brother of John Mullins, the first
settler at Clintwood. Thus ne was
connected with both pioneer set
lers of Dickinson county.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Colley were
born the following children: Gran
vile, now of Grundy; Joshua c.,
Elan College, N. c.; Karl, of
Breaks; Mrs. Make Childress, of
Breaks; Mrs Crissie Kiser, of
Grundy; Mrs. Lackie Flint, Rural
Hall, N c.
Four of the six children were
school teachers, following in the
steps of their father as a choice
of vocation,
Mr.. and Mrs. Colley have 90
grandchildren and 10 great grand
children.
Mrs Colley says that her grand
father, David Deel, was the first
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-05
Man
Hurt In Fall
From Cliff

Macdonald Mullins, coal miner
living on the road between Clint
wood and Flemingtown, drew his
pay check, and some say, his va
cation pay last week at Clinchco,
where he has been working for
many years. The next heard of
him was when he was found ly-
ing unconscious at the base of a
cliff somewhere down the way.
He was taken to the hospital here
and it was found that he had been
severely shaken up by the fall
over the cliff and that he was suf
fering from exposure. His mon
ey was gone.
One report says that the first
inkling the family had of any
thing being amiss was when Mac
Donald's faithful dog came home
carrying his (MacDonald's) emp
ty pocketbook
Some sort of foul play is sus-
pected by the family by reason of
the fact, as reported, that the
mans money had been taken, or
had disappeared in some way.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-05
STOCK LAW AND
ROAD PETITIONS
HEARD BY BOARD

The Board of Supervisors of the
county met in regular session at
the court house Monday, with all
members present except Alex
Rakes, who was reported sick.
In his absence, Hadley Edwards,
vice-chairman, presided.
Petitions for stock laws for
Counts voting precinct and Jakes
Branch were filed and will be
considered at the next meeting.
The petition for a stock law for
Camp Creek was again postponed
after long wrangle by and be-
tween Lem Perry and Elva Hon
al1er on the opposing side and
proponents of the measure on the
other side.
An order was entered request
ing the highway department to
transfer $1,000 from funds allo-
Gated to Route 604 and divide
equally toward improving the
road up Roaring Fork and from
Stratton up Crooked Branch.
The board also requested the
highway department to improve
and maintain Route 693 in Willis
District.
An application for road from
Brush Creek up the branch to and
by the residence of Mrs Clercie
Meade was filed and viewers ap-
pointed to look it over and re-
port to the Board at the next
meeting.
Many routine claims were al
lowed.
The county farm agent and the
game warden asked the Board to
pass an ordinance providing for
the vaccination of all dogs in the
county against rabies. Members
indicated that favorable consider
alton would be given the request,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-05
REBEKAHS ELECT OFFICERS
FOR COMING TERM

Chase Rebekah Lodge elected
officers at the meeting last Tues
day for the coming half year as
follows:
Mrs Wyoma Keel, Noble Grand
Mrs. Grace Short, Vice Grand
D. M. Crabtree, Secretary
Mrs Dolly Fleming, Financial
Secretary
D. w. Hawkins, Treasurer
Mrs. Leota Felty, of Abingdon,
district president, paid her Off
cial visit at this meeting, and
gave very instructive talk on
the good of the order.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-05
OF
All
Thin9si
BY E. II. Is.

A "mountaineer" is supposed to
believe in Witchcratt. And he Is
supposed, when he wants to use
that art and mystery for his bene
fit, to know where to find a
witch. Yet, l relate, with some
feeling of shame, that not until
lately have / seen a person who
bears that dread repute. For the
purpose of this column, she shall
be nameless and her habitat de-
scribed in the most general terms.
y X X
She lives in a deep hollow, not
far in actual miles from Clint
wood. Yet one would not be too
surprised to meet Daniel Boone
along the dim pathway that leads
to the place she calls home. Turn
up the creek from the main high
way, follow the road up to h e
first fork, turn Off into the rough
er one and go on to the place
where there is another fork.
Guide yourself as best you can
along the narrowing trail until
you see lone shack perched in
what was once field. 1t isn't
log cabin, but you do pass an
old, old one along the way.
Ii She is surprised, the old Wo-
man doesn't show it when she
meets you at the door. She is, one
would judge, used to visitors
away back here in the woods
where time seems to stand still.
Your genuine 'mountaineer" is
too polite to ask questions about
your business. A few minutes of
rambling talk, and then you ask
if she can tell fortunes. Her thin
face lights up, but it's hard to
describe the look of her eyes.
They are eyes such as may be
seen in the face of a mildly de-
ranged person; somehow you feel
as if they are not exactly Of this
world. She fits into the kitchen
and back with teacup. And then
the mystic rites begin.
X X
She tells you to shake the cof-
fee grounds in the cup and to
make three wishes as you do SO.
She then takes the cup and peers
within it in a most knowing way.
AS happily as if it were her own
good fortune, she announces that
you'll get your wishes. Stabbing
question here and there, she
tells you in the most general
terms lot Of things you would
like to believe. You are going to
have good luck during the COM
ing year. Nearly everybody likes
you, you have many friends and
few enemies. A plan you have in
mind is going to succeed. None of
this information drawn from the
misty deep is specific. She goes
on until you get tired of the ho-
Gus pocus and give her a few
small coins
Cautiously, most cautiously,
you ask her if she believes in
witchcraft. She goes on the de-
fensive. The Bible does speak of
witches, she says, but the Holy
Book indicates that one should
have no truck with them. Well,
yes, she has seen a witch. When
she was child, there was an old
woman living on a mountain top
who had the reputation. She was
an evil case and harried those she
didn't like with bitter and unu-
sual Affections. As for herself, if
GTurn to back sass)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-05
|ClintWOOd 9
on Comeback
Trail
BY CLAUDE SHORT

Nine land that's all that went)
travelled over beyond the Virgin
ia border to entertain the Ben
ham, KY, miners, which they did
in rare and unusual style. Skill
and speed were served up by the
local nine throughout the game
until the last, when every move
counted, and then it happened:
Very uncalled for laziness set in
on one of the usually alert play
ers and he was almost trampled
by his team mate who had just
hit a nice double, forcing the hit
ter to return to first base while
he was easily picked off at third.
But, to top it all, we had to
| end up on the losing end of a
very stupid call by the umpire in
chief. 1t was plain to everyone but
the umpire that the catcher had
inerfered with the batter The
umpire made the runner who
scored go back to third, and the
batter was forced to take his
| third strike over. But wait, the
umpire first called the runner
safe, and told the batter to take
his base, then changed his decis-
ion CATER one of our opponents
quoted him homemade rule),
which entitled our manager to
protest the game and could have
gained the decision, but do-easy
us, we let it go. We would suggest
that league officials get this par
ticular umpire to quote the rule
from the book on this particular
play. We did not catch his first
| name, but his last was Stanley
Now, for a few of the most in
teresting items of the game show
that the Clintwood boys held a
slight edge throughout the con-
test. Superior fielding, catching
and hitting was exhibited during
the affray. Pitcher Habe Ham
| monds served up his puzzlers that
kept the Benham boys guessing
all the way. 1t was indeed a mas
terful job on his part Habe was
very effective all the way until
the last of the ninth inning when
the young and sought-after John
son of Benham came to bat. 1t
was then that Clintwood's lead
of 2 to l faded away. With one
mate aboard Johnson literally
gave the ball swat that all who
saw it agree that the rubber in
nrds of that baseball, after taking
that lick, was no longer disable
in any manner. Totals: Clintwood
2, Benham 8
Sundays game here brought
out the talents and abilities of
the Clintwood boys. Taking am
early lead in the game and hold
ing all the way through proves
that the boys have the talent and
ability needed to win ball game,
The Old Master, Fuller, had the
Benham boys swinging at t h e
wind as he pushed his sliders and
twisters across the plate. His
team mates seemed to have glue
in their gloves, as no balls were
dropped nor any errors made.
The Benham die-hards became
threat only once or twice, but
Fuller pulled himself out of the
pinches nicely each time to go
on and win his game with the
very pleasing score of to 2.
A report on the Fourth Of July
games will appear in next weeks
paper, This coming Saturday
Clintwood meets the leagues sec
ond-place holders, Appalachia,
(see back page)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-05
TO COUNTRY
CORRESPONDENTS:

Please mail your new early
Monday so that we may have
time to set it in type. 1t must
reach us Tuesday forenoon if it
appears in that weeks paper.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-05

Mr. and Mrs Elva Rose am
nounce the arrival of new
daughter, named June, at the lo~
cal hospital last week.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-05

Mr., and Mrs HE Mullins, of
toAtowh, are visiting in Detroit.