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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-19
DARE JAIL'S LOGGER
RELEASED ON TUESDAY

Frank J. De Febio, whose pres
ence in the Dare County Jail since
December 5 has been the subject
Of considerable interest through
out Dare county, was released on
January 16 by order of Recor-
der's Judge W. F. Baum. He was
originally given 30-day sentence
for contempt of court upon his
refusal to answer the questions of
County Solicitor Martin Kellogg.
Later, Judge Baum found him
guilty of failure to send his two
Sabotage children to school as
provided by the state law, and De
Febio was returned to his cell
when he declared that his con-
science would not permit him to
pay the fine of SIS and costs i'm
posed upon him.
Willie McClease, Manteo Negro,
submitted to a charge that he had
slapped a young woman and paid
fine of $40 and costs to con-
clude the only other business Of
the court on Tuesday.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-19
DARE SCHOLARS
HONORED FOR
HIGH GRADES

Three Dare county students at
East Carolina Teachers College,
Greenville, have been cited by the
institution for the excellent quail
ity of their scholarship during the
fall quarter.
Jeanette Tillett of Kill Devil
Hills and Nell Wise Wechter of
Stumpy Point have been listed a.
mong the 65 students at ECTC
on the Deans list, composed Of
undergraduates who have made
the highly distinguished record Of
at least 2k quality points per
credit hour and have made nc
grade below 49," the average
mark.
Janice Meekins Of Stumpy
Point has been named to the Hon.
or Roll, which includes the 20s
students at ECTC who made q
least two quality points per cred
it hour and had no grade below
''S" during the fall term.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-19

rector Mrs. Balfour Baum urged
the citizens of Dare.
Polio struck down well over 3d.
900 children and adults in 1850.
This was the second worst year
in the history of this Gripping
and costly disease.
Your dimes and dollars given
to the Dare County March of
Dimes will enable the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly-
sis to give help promptly to ev-
cry polio patient in need. Half
the money raised remains with
the local Chapter for local pa
tients or, in emergencies, supple
ments national epidemic aid
wherever needed.
Last year in Dare County 1 per-
son had polio, and another may
have had polio, Director Baum
said. The Chapter spent $177.OO
for patient aid. The Dare Chapter
sent $3.50 to aid the National
Foundation in 1949 and 1850.
Money received from the National
Foundation totalled $7,70O,OOO to
$50 Chapters in as states, toward
the 25,OOO,O0O patient bill for
1850.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-19
JOSEPH HALL BERRY, 70,
LEADING NEGRO, PASSES
Was Veteran Of World War 1;
Retired from Coast Guard
Service, Prominent Baptist
Layman and COmmun-
ity Leader

Joseph Hall Berry, 70, promi-
nent Negro resident of Roanoke
Island died Monday, January 16
at his home after an illness of
several years. He had eaten a
hearty breakfast that day, and
was conscious up to $50 PM, rec
ognizing all his children and
friends.
He was retired from the Pea
Island Coast Guard Station in
1918 after 20 years service. He
had served on the local school
committee and was an Archdea-
con of Ravens Creek Baptist
church, and a life member. He
was looked upon as an outstand-
ing colored leader in the commun-
ity during his active life, until
about ten years ago.
He is survived by his wife, An
genera Pugh Berry, four children
living, Make M. Berry, Josephus
Berry, Mrs. Marshall Collins, and
Mrs. M. w. Simmons, twenty
three grandchildren, and several
great grandchildren. One haf-sis-
ter, Mrs. Bessie Wood, all of Man.
teo. He was the son of Rev. Zion
Hall Berry, noted Baptist preach
err. and Jane Baum of Manteo.
The body was taken to the Dav-
is Funeral Home in Elizabeth
City, and burial will be at 2:SO
Sunday in the Colored Baptist
Cemetery, before which the body
will lie in state at the Baptist
Church and the. funeral services
will be conducted by Rev. George
Raymond Griffin, Of ElizaoeVn
City, the family pastor.
Because of the prominence OF
the family, a large crowd from
adjoining counties is expected II
attend the services Sunday, as
well as a number of white friends
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-19
HEALTH CENTER
is EQUIPPED BY
LADIES' GROUPS

The Ladies Auxiliaries of the
villages around the Cape Hatteras
Health Center are a real source
of help in the unkeep of this in
stitution. They have worked I'M
tiringly to see that every need
was met. There were six auxil-
iaries organized at the very be-
ginning and each one sent large
donations. Some of these are still
active, and those that are not, are
willing when called on to solicit
their communities for fund S
needed.
Mrs. Hornstein made a list of
necessary items, and they are
very busy trying to see that these
are-provided as soon as possible.
Salvo Auxiliary sent a bed
spread recently. Rodanthe and
Waves gave 2 bedspreads. Bux-
ton purchased a plastic covered
platform rocker, 2 laundry bags,
5 flannel draw sheets, 2 mattres.
ses for basinettes, 10 yards per-
Gale for bed screens, one vacuum
bottle, two and one half yarde Gre
tonne for closet curtain, 10 yards
plastic to cover davenport in wait
ing room, 1 self-wringing mop,
and 8 duplex window shades.
The other communities are get
ting underway with their dona-
lions, and expect to have them
ready soon.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-19
MARCH OF DIMES
GOAL IN COUNTY
SET AT $500

Three devastating years of the
worst polio epidemics in history
have wiped out patient care funds
of the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis, and left unpaid
bills of $5,0O0,0OO.
So the 1851 March of Dimes,
which opened this week, must
raise $50,0OO,O0O nationally, and
$1,500.00 in Dare County.
This sum is essential to enable
the Foundation and it's local
Chapters to provide financial aid,
equipment and skilled workers for
the thousands of children and adj
ults who will be victims this year,
and for those needing care from
earlier years. Also, the Founda-
ton must continue to pay for re-
search in the treatment and pre-
vention of polio, and the training
of professional personnel.
LET US meet this financial cris-
is. and give freely to conquer this
vicious polio enemy" Dare Coun-
ty March of Dimes Campaign Di-
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-19

Mrs. BalfOur Baum, Dare
March of Dimes Campaign
Chairman, announced the
names of local chairmen for
the Dare anti-pOliO drive early
this week, after her return
from state meeting of COun-
ty Chairmen in Raleigh last
weekend. Local drive leaders
are:
Avon, Mrs. Percy Williams:
Buxton, Mrs. Maude White:
COlingtOn, Mrs. Lewis Meek
ins; Duck, Mrs. Carrie BeaIs:
East Lake, Mrs. Emily Smith;
Hatteras, Mrs. Levin Fulcher;
Dare Beaches, Mrs. Nellie
Pridgen; Kitty Hawk, Mrs.
Edith Best; MashOes, Mrs. Will
Mann; Manns HarbOr, Mrs.
Dorothy Taylor; ROdanthe,
Mrs. Fred O'Neal; SalvO, Mrs.
Melvina Whidbee; Stumpy
Point, Mrs. Beatrice Meekins;
Waves, Mrs. Cedric Midget;
Frisco, Mrs. Lois Robinson.
In ManteO the drive will be
conducted under the sponsor
ship of the Dare County Teen
Age Center, the Rotary and
Lions Clubs. The COlOred Drive
will be under the craftsmanship
of Agatha Gray. The March
of Dimes Ball, to be held jan
uary ~ at the ManteO school
gymnasium, is under the direc-
ton of Bob Smith. Mrs. Mary
Mann Evans and Miss Ruth
Evans are in charge of the
bridge and canasta party to be
held as a March Of Dimes ben
eft at the Fort Raleigh Hotel
1T s pm. on Monday. Principal
L. w. Higgins is organizing
he ManteO school for the
campaign. The Dare Teen-Age
Center will conduct the activ-
ties of a Tag Day for the
March of Dimes.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-19
AFTER 30 YRS. SERVICE,
RETIRED WITH HONORS
Julian HI. Austin Now Has OppOr-
tunity to Return to Old Home
Near Cape Hatteras

Julian H. Austin of Frisco,
Dare County, last week was re-
tired with honors from the us.
Coast Guard, and was presented
with the Albert Gallatin Award
for meritorius service. Capt. STAN
ley C. Linholm, commanding Of
ficer of the Elizabeth City Air
Station made the award on behalf
of the Secretary of the Treasury.
He served in the Coast Guard for
80 years.
At the time of his retirement,
he was keeper of the Wades Point
light at the mouth of Pasquotank
River. He had served in many
other lighthouses, including Roa-
noke River, Roanoke Marshes,
Bodie Island, and on the Chesa-
peake Bay, where he married Miss
Catherine Dobson.
He has always had it in mind
to return to his home in Frisco,
where he lived for many years.
Since he left Frisco to live in
Elizabeth City a hard-surface
road has been built by the door
of the Frisco home. He will re-
turn to find many changes. Dur
ing his time in the service, the
village of Frisco decreased in
size, as the older heads died off,
and younger people moved away
in search Of larger opportunities.
The school has been abandoned,
but new church has been built.
His mother and grandfather, and
uncles and many other relatives
have passed on.
Julian Austin loves the outer
banks. He is the grandson of a
faithful old citizen, the late w.
H. Poyner, who for many years
was a leader in the affairs of the
community. There are many who
remain faithful to Frisco, and
want to see it regain it's former
status as a thriving community.
The Austins will find a ready well
come when they return to the old
home, old friends and old neigh
borS.
The Albert Gallatin Award for
meritorious service was establish
ed by President John Quincy Ad-
ans more than a century and
quarter ago. Mr.. Austin has thus
joined select group of his coun-
try's servants who have received
the signal honor. 4
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-19
COLONY'S
1851 BUDGET is
SET AT S87,2O5

Directors of the Roanoke Is
land Historical Association meet
ing in Raleigh last Friday adopt
ed a budget of $87,205 for the
1861 production of The Lost Col
ony. This figure is slightly small
er than the total of expenditures
for the 1850 production.
An estimate of 1851 income
from the drama of $1O1,500 was
made by General Manager Bill
Hardy of Chapel Hill. A box Of
fee net of $4,000 would be re-
ouired to reach the income figure
estimated by Hardy.
Royalty
There is no provision in this
years budget for. the payment OF
royalty to author Paul Green.
Last year, under terms of vol
untary agreement, Mr.. Green re-
ceived nearly $4,000, the first roy
allies he has been paid from PRO-
ceeds of the, Lost Colony produc-
ton on Roanoke Island. Harry
Mcmillan, state encouragement,
told the board of directors that
he doubted that the Association,
a North Carolina state agency,
had the authority to pay royalties
on the play because it holds title
to it.
Chauncey Meekins, Manteo, AS
ISOLATION treasurer, reported that
S699.1O had been received from
the sale of commemorative coins
owned by the Historical Associa-
ton.
Others from Roanoke Island at
tending the meeting in the Hall
of History at Raleigh were Mar
tin Kellogg, r. Bruce Etheridge
1. p. Davis, association secretary
T. S. Meekins and Aycock Brown
Mrs. Katherine Arlington OF
Warrenton told the group that the
Society of Antiquities was inter
ested in financing a construction
program to make parts of the re-
stored site of Fort Raleigh, where
the play is produced, more au-
thentic. The proposal was refer
red to the liaison committee, Of
which John Parker of Chapel Hill
is chairman.
The possibility that the Garden
Club of North Carolina may spon.
sor a Shakespearian garden at OF
near the Fort was explained Il
the directors by Mrs. Charles
Cannon of Concord. The liaisor
committee was instructed to de.
termine from Park Service off
Gals whether or not such a pro
ject could be approved.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-19
ROTARY ASKS
FOR AIRPORT
REACTIVATION

The Manteo Rotary Club adopt
ed a resolution at its meeting
Monday night that may have inn
portant consequences for Roanoke
Island if the action it suggests is
taken by government authorities.
The Club instructed its secretary,
Lawrence Swain, to write to Con-
gresham Herbert Bonner in
Washington, urging the reactiva-
ton of the Roanoke Island Air
port as part of the re-armament
and military expansion program.
President Gordon Kellogg read
a letter which disclosed that the
International Rotary has collect
ed $1,250,000 toward goal of
100000 for the support of
American and foreign exchange
college and university students.
Secretary Swain reported that
$75 had been sent to the fund re-
Gently from the local club, making
a total Of $3.50 contributed by
the Manteo Rotary to the stud
ent-support project.
Bob Smith, Rotary chairman of
the March of Dimes Ball, an
nounced that the benefit dance
would be held at the high school
gymnasium on January 81, be-
ginning at $3.50 pm.
Minstrel at Manns HarbOr
The Rotary Minstrel, produced
here on December / and 2, is to
be presented at the Manns Har-
Dor school auditorium under the
sponsorship Of the Manns Harbor
Ruritan Club at a date to be an
nounced in the near future, it was
determined at Mondays meeting.
The program of the evening
was presented by Mrs. Harry
Thomas, soloist, who entertained
the members with vocal selec-
tiOns; John Long and Mrs. Thorn
as offered two vocal duets.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-19

A. H. WARD, Manteo ice manu-
facturer, who is chairman of the
Committee for deepening Oregon
Inlet, and who for three years has
been pushing the project, winning
approval for It from Engineers
all along the ;i,e to Washington,
is now starting renewed drive
to get Congressional action Oh the
project. Due to various delays in
getting the project over the many
hurdles between the office of the
District Engineer and Washing
ton, the Project got to Congress
just about the time the economy
drive headed up. Mr.. Ward be-
lieves now that more favorable
consideration may be aroused by
presenting the inlet project from
a standpoint of defense.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-19
SCHOOL LUNCHROOMS
GET SURPLUS FOOD

Dare County Superintendent of
Schools r. /. Leake this week
made public a list of surplus COM
modities, made available to school
lunrooms by the federal govern
ment during the fall school term.
When the market price of govern
ment-supported food products
falls below the support-price, the
agriculture department buys the
foods and releases them to public
schools which maintain school
lunch programs, Supt. Leake ex-
planned.
Commodities received have
been: 80 boxes of apples; SO bags
Of Irish potatoes; Z cases of cher
ries; 81 cases of canned tomat-
oes; 6 cases of orange juice; 6
cases Of dried beans; 20 cases OF
peanut butter; and % cases OF
cranberry sauce.
Six Dare county schools oper-
ate lunchrooms, the county super
intendent said. Manteo school
serves an average Of 100 meals
per day; Kitty Hawk, 1O5; Bux'
ton, 60; Wanchese, 80; MAINS
Harbor, 45. and Rodanthe, 30.
The Roanoke Colored school
has lunchroom facilities and a
school-lunch program is in pro-
cess of organization there, Mr.
Leaks said.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-19
Dare County Delegates Describes Work
Of Conference On Children and Youth
Attended by over 5000 Persons From All Parts of the
World, the White House Conference Was Forum
for the Exchange of Ideas About Children and Youth

Editors Note: This is the
first part of a two-part article
written by Mrs. David Stick of
Kitty Hawk about her experiences
at the Midcentury White House
Conference on Children and Youth
held last month in the nations
capital. She attended the confer
ence as the representative of the
Dare County Council for Services
to Children and Youth in the
North Carolina delegation of 81
persons. This is a well-written re-
port, extremely interesting to
read, quite aside from the impor-
lance of the vital information
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-19
LIONS MET MONDAY

The Manteo Lions Club held it's
regular dinner meeting at the
Fort Raleigh Hotel Monday night.
Mrs. BalfOur Baum. Dare county
man, addressed the group, giving
March of Dimes campaign chair
an excellent summary of the
work Of the anti-polio chapter in
Dare county and elsewhere. She
asked for the cooperation Of the
Lions in making the county drive
for 1861 a success.
The Club agreed to put on a
March of Dimes benefit basket
ball game at the Manteo gymnas-
ium in the near future. It was de-
termined to challenge some other
civic group in the county for the
game; arrangement of details
concerning the game was assign
ed to Jack Wilson. who is to ar
range for the Lions opponent and
the date the game is to be played.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-19
SERVICES HERE FRIDAY
FOR MARY E. MOULSON

Funeral services will be held at
the Mt. Olivet Methodist church
in Manteo at 2:3O PM, Friday
for Mrs. Mary Etheridge Moulson.
Special music will be provided by
the Manteo Methodist choir. The
Rev ]. H. Overton, Jr., will con-
duet the services. Interment Will
be in the Manteo Cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Etheridge Moulson'
80. a native of Manteo, died. at
her home in Columbus, Ohio, Mon
day, January Is. She had lived in
Columbus for the past four years
and was employed there by the
Western Union Company.
Mrs. Moulson was the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Warren
Etheridge Of Manteo. Survivors,
in addition to her parents, are two
sons, Harold Stanley Moulson OF
New Jersey and Danny Moulson
of Manteo; a daughter, Becky
Moulson Of Manteo; two sisters,
Mrs. M. e. Webb Of Imperial
Beach, Calf, and Mrs. Joseph Gu
50 Of Chicago, I'll; and brother,
Edward G. Etheridge of Manteo.
The Twiford Funeral Home was
in charge Of funeral arrange
ments.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-19
FORESAW BOOM ON
DARE COAST AND
PROSPERED BY 1T
Kellogg Supply c o IN pany
Made Notable Gains Dur
ing Five Years

The Kellogg Supply Company,
Of Manteo and Mays Head, is one
of Dare county's newer business
firms. It's success in the short per-
iod of it's existence illustrates the
accelerated volume of commercial
enterprise in this area in recent
years. The rapidity of its growth
illustrates just as clearly the fore
sight and business ability of the
Company's management.
When Gordon Kellogg, president
and general manager of the cor.
poration, fixed upon Manteo as the
place for the location Of the bust.
ness in 1915, he did so because
he foresaw the possibilities in
Dare county for great expansion in
the construction business. Although
most people recognized the pos
sibilities more slowly than Mr..
Kellogg, the long rows of homes
and commercial buildings newly
constructed along the Bodie Island
beaches make it very easy for any
one today to agree that Kellogg in
1916 was perfectly RICH in his de-
cision. The fact is, it is now diff
cult for Kellogg to name construc'
ton projects along the beach, be.
gun since 1915 that his firm has
had no part in supplying. Some
times we supply only a little for
a building job; often we supply
all the materials.
Expansion
The business began in one large
warehouse building which the COM
pany put up along the highway
northwest of Manteo in 1915. 1t
was soon necessary to construct
another smaller building, near the
first one, to house the workshop
and the machine tools the com
pany uses in it's work. In 1913 a
Mays Head branch of the Kellogg
Co. was opened on the west side
of Highway 1853 in a two-story
building with a handsome display
room, carrying a complete supply
line from electric extension cords
and electric appliances to asbestos
siding and roofing, paint, shellac,
turpentine, hinges, brackets, soil
pipe, plumbers supplies and pipe
fittings. Behind the building is a
lumber yard and a smaller build
ing for storage.
See KELLOGG, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-19
MANTEO CAGERS
HIT FAST PACE
IN 49-22 WIN

The Manteo high school boys
team treated the Kitty Hawk club
and the largest crowd of the sea-
son to an exhibition of its best
basket-shooting form Tuesday
night, and the sharp display was
good enough to give Manteo 49
to % victory.
Most pleasing thing about the
performance Of Coach Fry's squad
from the fans standpoint was the
well-balanced attack. All of the
regulars were potent scorers
Tuesday, and any reasonable fac
smile of the same brand of all
around offensive play in future
games will be a guarantee of de-
Observation-Disclosures for Manteo's
opponents. The evenly-spread
scoring for Manteo went this
way: Jack Cahoon and Carroll
Wescott had 10 points apiece;
Steve Basnight racked up nine;
Punk Daniels, eight; Everett Liv-
erman, six; Pete Daniels, four;
and Ray Jones, Jr., two.
Girls Win 1914
While the boys game was much
faster and more closely contested
than the score indicates, the Man.
teo girls had an easy time down.
ing the Kitty Hawk sextet, 1914.
Kitty Hawks scoring was divid-
ed between three forwards, c. and
M. Haywood and Rogers. Betty
Rae Sanderlin led the local girls
with IL points; and, as always,
Doreen Midget played an excel
lent game in the back court.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-19
FIVE TO REPORT
FOR INDUCTION
NEXT TUESDAY
Dare Board Receives Notice
OF Three EnIistnents;
~ Three 49, Year-Olds
REGISTER for First
Time

The Dare County Selective Ser
vice Board will send five young
men to Raleigh next Tuesday
morning, January %, for Undue
ton into the armed services
Chairman Robert Balance report
ed this week.
The five inductees are: Her
man C. CahOOn, 20, of ManteO
formerly of East Lake,; Larry
G. FarrOw, 20, of Buxton; Will
liam B. Hooper, 20, of SalvO;
Gilbert L. Henley, 20, Berkeley,
Virginia formerly of Mays
Head; and Charles HI. Daniels,
20, Negro, of ManteO.
Chairman Balance also made
public the names of three Dare
countians who have enlisted in the
Coast Guard in recent weeks and
three high school youths who
have registered with the board for
the first time during the past
month.
New Coast Guard enlistees are
Donald Lloyd Austin and Ronald
Boyd Austin of Hatteras, and Ar
tbs Lydell Crank, 10, Of Wan
cheese.
The 1S-year-olds who have new
ly registered with the board are:
Luther Grandy Hooper, of Avon,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Hooper;
Johnnie Lynch Williams, Buxton,
son of Mrs. Sarah Williams; and
Jack Columbus Tillett, Manteo,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Til
lett,
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-19
DEMOLISHED FORD ENDS
CAREER IN FRONT YARD

A Ford sedan driven by Thorn
as Glenn GaskilI of Wanchese was
almost completely demolished late
Tuesday night when it failed to
negotiate the curve on the high
way north Of Manteo and car
eened off the road and into tree
in the front yard Of Mrs. Lizzie
Dough. Although the Ford was
damaged beyond repair, GasIxill
escaped injury more serious than
bruises and scratches.