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Valley frontiersman., 1951-09-13
Frunk Linns Leave Monday for Trip Outside; Lease Form to Pat Murphy

l60 acre dairy farm near the
 Matanuska Experiment Station to Grayson Pat" Murphy, whose resignation from the Soil Conser- vation Service takes effect at the end of this week.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Linn plan to leave the Valley next Monday on an extended trip which will include visits with relatives near Calgary, Alberta, and in Kansas. Although the Linns departure will come as surprise to many. negotiations have been under way for several weeks. Mir. Linn has been in poor health for the past year, and he hopes that 8 vacation from the demands of his l4-cow milking herd will ex- pedite recovery.
 Of all things to happen to a dairy farmer, Linn's development of all allergy to cows last year was most disastrous in it's impli- cations. Medical science soon pro- duced an antidote to the allergy, but other complications demand ed rest, for which the good dairy farmer finds little time.
 Linn first came to the Valley in 1927 from Manhattan, Kansas. He worked for three years as dairy man for the Matanuska Experi- ment Station where Mrs. Linn joined him as a bride in 1928. After three years as superinten- dent of the Fairbanks Experiment Station and a couple of years at mining, the Linns returned to the Valley to purchase two 40-acre tracts abandoned by colonists. He has since added 30 acres to round out quarter section of farm land.
 Both of the Linns have been very active in community affairs Besides taking an active part in the farm work, including driving the tractor and tending to 300 chickens, Mrs. Linn served for a time as Palmer School Board member. Frank has been on the board of directors for MVFCA and on the advisory committee for FILA. Since the creation of the Alaska Soil Conservation District in 1947, he has been chairman of that body. Under his leadership. conservation subdistricts in most of the more promising agricul- tural areas in the Territory have been formed.
 The Linns plan to return to the Valley when the 2-year lease is up, although the return to dairy ing will depend on MT. Linn's health.
 Present plans are that both Linn children will remain in Alaska. Allan, who left college during his senior year last year to help during his fathers ilt- ness, is now in the army at Fort Richardson. Mary Ann hopes to continue with her job as secre- tary at the Matanuska Experi- ment Station.
 The Murphys are renting their attractive home on the Wasilia Highway to Public Health Nurse Marjorie Myren and Alice Nc Cam, Palmer School secretary.
 Pat" Murphy has been work ing as Soil Conservationist in the Wasilla-Knik area since he inin-
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-23
Mrs. TheO. S. Meelins, Jr., Heads County
Easter Seal Drive Opening February Is
Mrs. M. A. Daniels Is Campaign Treasurer Gov. Scott
Urges Support of Drive

The Dare County League for
Crippled Children opens the an
nual Easter Seal campaign on
February %, next Sunday, the
time set by the National Society
for Crippled Children and Adults
as the opening day of the 1851
campaign for all it's affiliates.
Mrs. Theodore S. Meekins, Jr.,
of Manteo, is chairman of the
campaign in Dare county; Mrs.
M. A. Daniels of Manteo is the
Easter Seal Agency's treasurer
for Dare county. Mrs. Meekins
asks Dare countians to contribute
generously to the campaign for
crippled children and adults.
Governors Statement
On Monday of this week Gov
ernor w. Kerr Scott made the
following statement in behalf of
the Easter Seal campaign:
81 urge the citizens of North
Carolina to support generously
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To finance what may be the
greatest work in it's 69-year his
tory, The American Red Cross
March l launches a month long
campaign to raise the necessary
money for next years operations.
On that day 100000 Red Cross
volunteers in com NUM- j S
throughout the nation will begin
the task of raising the 1851 goal.
Dare County people have always
given generously to Red Cross.
Now we must do even more. We
must, of course, provide funds for
organization operation and in adj
dition give blood, talent and time,
to help protect ourselves and our
neighbors.
Wallace McCown is Dare Coun-
US Fund Chairman for 1851. He
is now preparing to begin work
in every Dare County community
March 1. Next week he will an
nounce his community workers.
Meet these workers with a smile,
resolved to do your part by sup
porting the 1851 Red Cross cam
paign with not only money but
time and talents.
To a dazed victim Of sudden
disaster, Red Cross is wonder
full thing-like the hand of all
America reaching out in time Of
need. How well the people Of Dare
County realize this. Since the Au-
tumn of 1914 more than 100000.
90 has been given to our people
because Of need caused by disas-
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-23

Elizabeth City until 1888, when a
printing plant was brought to
Manteo and installed in a build
ing in front of the Fort Raleigh
Hotel. The first office had only
about 200 feet of floor space; the
larger building had only about
1000 feet and in time the quar-
tiers were too cramped to operate
profitably or efficiently. The new
building, in which the business
has been located since shortly be-
fore Christmas, has over $500
feet of floor space.
Many firms supplied materials
for the new building. Steel Cir
ders to support the roof came
from Norfolk, as well as steel
sash for the windows. The build
ing is built of masonry, with a
cream colored brick front. It's
construction is of fireproof type,
with a 20-year roof; the office has
asphalt tile floor. For the conven-
fence Of the force, two baths are
provided, with hot and cold water
at all times.
Among the leading firms which
See NEWSPAPERS, Page Four
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shape as the shoe for the right
foot. 1t had a spot Of tar or as
phalt on the bottom of the instep.
The trade name of the shoe is
Jumping jack" an expensive
type of shoe manufactured by
Vaisey- Bristol Shoe Company of
Rochester, New York and 0ntar-
10, Canada. It is not usually car
ried by local merchants because
of the slow sale of this class of
shoe.
Naturally, the two discoveries
of this kind give rise to lot of
speculation. Were the shoes lost
from some passing vessel? Not
many yachts pass through these
waters in midsummer. They
might have been lost in the
spring, but then the shoes might
be much the worse for wear. Did
child fall overheard and drown
If this had happened there would
have been an cutlery before now,
unless there was foul play and
child was murdered.
Maybe some child pulled of his
shoes and went wading and they
were carried away by the tide.
Anyway, it is a curious circum-
stance that the shoes should have
been found, one seven months af.
ter the other, and both made then
way to the store Of Earl Pugh
which is some seven miles from
Engelhard in Hyde Couny.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-23
DRAB WEATHER MARS
ANNUAL FOX HUNT

After three gray days that irk-
ed photographers who came to
shoot the chase in color and black
or white for newspapers and mag
azines the third annual Valentine
Season Fox Hunt at Mays Head
ended on Saturday.
From Thursday through Satur-
day more than 100 persons from
at least six states followed the
100 or more hounds, first in Mays
Head Woods and then on Big and
Little Colington Islands, just
across one of the reaches of Kitty
Hawk Bay from the ocean resort.
The score was two foxes-one kill
and one catch that was first freed
and later made good it's escape
with the pack in full pursuit after
it was released.
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The Times Printing Company is
now located in a new building at
sos Lodge Street, Manteo, a few
steps from U. S. Ga and U. S. 264,
which traverse large part of the
territory the company serves. In
this plant are printed The Coast
land Times of Manteo, The Bel
haven Pilot of Belhaven and the
Hyde County Herald of Swan
Quarter.
This plant is equipped with am
pie printing machinery and facil-
tiles to serve the printing needs
of the area, and expects to add
more equipment as fast as needs
develop.
The Times Printing Company
was established in July, 1885, in
a small room in the Fort Raleigh
Hotel building in Manteo, and for
two years the paper was printed
in Elizabeth City by George W.
Haskell. It started with no capt.
tai. For IA years it's present edi-
tor worked the paper business in
spare time without ever receiving
a cent of salary for his work.
There was need for a newspaper
to tell the story of the Coastland,
but not sufficient business to JUS
tify the investment in a printing
plant. Advertising revenue was
mighty lean because the merchan-
dising facilities of the community
were not large. All this region
had looked to larger towns and
cities in North Carolina and Vir7
ginia to supply most of it's needs.
But there was need for a news
paper that would devote itself to
telling the world about the adj
vantages of this coastland area,
and to keep people informed about
their own public affairs. Outside
newspapers gave very little space
to the area, and at that, space was
over-shadowed by items devoted
to the other areas which were
more profitable.
In 1886 a small office building
was erected to hold the office and
a small job printing plant, but the
paper continued to be printed in
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-23
DRIVING DANGERS TO
BE EXHIBITED HERE
TUESDAY, MARCH 6

Students of Manteo school will
have an opportunity at 9 am.
March 6 to see for themselves
how false impression and sense
of security that a driver of a mod
ern automobile gets, can and does,
often lead into the danger zone
and trouble, when they partici-
pate in a series of driving tests,
L. w. Higgins, principal, an
nounced today.
The tests, which will be in two
parts, will be given under the di-
rection of George M. Tewksbary,
safety engineer of the Farm Bu-
reau Insurance Companies.
The first section will be a lee
ture and movie in the high school
auditorium, while the second will
be demonstration on the high
way in front of the school. The
demonstration will also demon
strate the correct and incorrect
driving habits.
! High point of the demonstration
will come, however, when driving
tests are made with various stu
dents and faculty members in the
specially equipped car. Three re-
volvers which are mounted on the
front bumper of the car will fire
yellow paint bullets to indicate
the distance required to stop the
car in an emergency.
The driver being tested will be
signalled to stop by a red light
mounted above the radiator. The
first paint bullet will be fired au-
tomatically at the same instant
the stop signal is flashed.
The second will be fired au-
tomatically when the brake is APP
piled and the third when the car
halts. Distance between the spots
of paint will then be measured to
determine the reaction and brak-
ing distances.
As part of program for safety
on the highway, the Farm Bu-
reau Insurance Companies have
presented the driving demonstra-
ton and test before the student
bodies of more than 1925 high
schools and colleges in IL states.
The program is being brought to
Manteo under the sponsorship of
the local Lions Club.
The public is invited to attend
the lecture as well as the demon
stration.
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By BEN DIXON MacNEILL

Manteo, Feb. 22.-More than a
billion dollars worth of shipping
and three thousand lives have
been lost in four wars along the
undefended coast of Dare county
above Cape Hatteras and the
story is being set down on a gra-
phic chart here this week by AL
bert @. Bell for the Ward Com
mittee for the Re-Opening of Or
egon Inlet when the matter is pre-
sented to the Department of Ma
tional Defense next month.
Data assembled from the Ma
tional Archives, the records of
the us. Navy and the us. Coast
Guard and from native sources
that are more detailed than Off
cial reports will show the location,
the date, the registry and tonnage
of ships and the loss of life. Him.
self student of the colonial era,
Mr.. Bell begins with the loss of
the admiral" from Grenville's
fleet in 1885 and comes down
through the War of 1912, the Civ
il War and the First and Second
World Wars.
Only when Capt. Otway Burns
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JUDGE OFFERS CHOICE:
so DAYS OR 500 FINE

]. Brinkley Price of Washing
ton, D. c., was found guilty of
driving while intoxicated in Judge
w. F. Baum's recorders court in
Manteo Tuesday. The Judge hand
ed down a sentence of so days on
the roads, suspended upon condi-
ton that Price pay 500 fine and
the costs of the court. He was
placed in the Dare county Jail
pending payment of the fine.
Price, who testified that he is
writer and photographer, and
said that he has been rooming and
boarding at a private home in
Manteo for some days, was ar
rested near the Mays Header Ho-
tel last Sunday afternoon by Pa
trolman w. R. Rogers, the prose-
cutting witness in the case.
Officer Rogers testified that, as
he was driving toward Manteo
along the highway south of the
Mays Head station last Sunday
afternoon, his auto was forced off
the road by. the car driven by
Price, who was going in the OPP
posite direction. Rogers turned
around and gave chase, overhaul
ing Price near the Mays Header.
He booked price for drunken driv-
ing.
The defendant admitted that he
had drunk several" beers, but de-
MED being intoxicated; he said
that if he had known that man
could be charged with drunken
driving because he drove after
: drinking few beers, he would
not have taken his car out on the
road.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-23
LOST COLONY
TRYOUTS HERE
ON MARCH 16

Roanoke Islanders who wish to
try out for roles in the 1851 pro-
duction of The Lost Colony will
be given an opportunity to do so
in Manteo on Friday night, March
16, it was announced this week
by General Manager Bill Hardy.
The local casting will be conduct
ed by Samuel Selden, director of
the symphonic drama since it's be-
ginning in 1887. He will be as
sisted by General Manager Hardy
and local committee. More than
one half of the actors in The Lost
Colony are island residents who
play many roles including some Of
the minor speaking parts.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-23

WHAT'S THE SOLUTION of the
mystery of the pair of baby shoes
that have finally been brought out
of the waters of Hyde County?
The first one came to the surface
seven months ago; the other, this
month, according to Earl Pugh,
merchant of Nebraska, near Lake
Landing.
People of the community are
puzzled by the singular manner
in which the shoes came to light.
On August 81, 1850, Alex w. Mas
on of Gulrock was shrimp-fishing
southeast of Hog Island, seven
miles south of Wyesocking Bay.
When he pulled in his net, there
was the little white shoe for the
right foot, in excellent condition,
it's polish intact. 1t had been worn
but little.
Less than two weeks ago Her
bert R. Rice of Lowlands, Pamlicc
County, was dredging oysters in
Wyesocking Bay, which is near
Nebraska, when he pulled in the
shoe for the left foot, which
matched the shoe found by Mr.
Mason. Like Mr.. Mason he took
it to Earl Pugh's store. It was
found about seven miles from the
place of the first discovery. It hat
lost its string, and the eyeleti
were clogged with sand, but 9th,
erwise il was in almost as gool
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-23
HEAR UNWELCOME
NEWS ABOUT AIRPORT
Club Accepts Rotary Challenge
For Game To Benefit Chill
dren's Playground

At it's meeting in the Hotel Fort
Raleigh dining room Monday ev-
ening, the Manteo Lions Club &C.
copied a challenge from the Man.
teo Rotary Club, delivered in per-
son by Rotary President Gordon
Kellogg and Rotary Challenge
Finger John Long, to play bas-
ketball game to raise funds for
the grading of the children's play
ground near the Community
Building.
Airport Opening Unlikely
Lion. President Ralph Davis
read a letter from Congressman
Herbert Bonner concerning the
possible reactivation of the Man
teo Airport. Although the letter
did not rule out the possibility of
reopening the Manteo facility al
together, it made it clear that,
unless there is a worsening of the
international situation, it does not
appear probable that present de-
Tense department plans will in
clude the local base.
Two new members, Willett Til
lett and Charles D. Midget, were
accepted into the organization
during the evening.
Driving Demonstration
President Davis asked one of
the members to explain briefly the
driving demonstration which will
be offered to the public here on
March 6 under the local sponsor
ship Of the Lions. Both the lee
ture and the road demonstration
are open to the public, it was
pointed out.
Secretary Fred Wescott repeat
ed the invitation Of the Elizabeth
City Lions Club to all Lions to
attend the 10th Anniversary Gel
ebration of its organization on
Friday night Of this week.
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SUBS CREATED
BUILDING BOOM
HERE IN 1918
Young Newsman's Story of
Captured Shippers Ex-
periences Gave Govt.
A Running Fit"
By BEN DIXON MacNEILL


Manteo, Feb. 23.-German SUBJ
marines contributed substantial,
if unplanned, help to a modest
building boom here on Roanoke
Island and in the Seven Villages
of Hatteras Island in 1918 when
they destroyed a covey of schoon-
ers off Mays Head, including the
"Hauppage," next to the last
three-master built in North Caro-
lima. They also virtually destroy
ed a burgeoning newspaper ca
reer in Wilmington.
Little or nothing got into print
about the sinkings and the Navy
Department was content to ascribe
them to furtively laid mines I'M
til the skipper of the "Hauppage"
got loose from his captors, came
home and talked unreservedly,
with the help of a bottle of rye,
to a beginning newspaper man
who didn't know enough to COM
prehend that it would be well
enough to steer clear of such stor-
les in war time, especially when
the Navy Departments face could
get pretty red.
Drinkwater Recalls Wreck
Putting ancient tales together
See SUBS, Page Four
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WARD COMMITTEE FOROREGON
INLET WORKITO PRESENT CASE
TO DEFENSE DEPT. in MARCH
Chart Drawn by Albert @. Bell of Manteo Will
Show Graphically How and Where S., OOO,-
100000 Worth of Shipping and 5000 Lives
Have Been Lost Along Undefended Dare
County Coast.

fell upon a British convoy above
Cape Hatteras in 1915 has the
area ever been the scene of of
fensive action; and with such tell
ing effect did the Carteret county
privateer lay waste British ship
ping that the enemy thereafter
gave Dare's coast a wide berth.
Burns and his Privateers record
ed the capture of just over two
million dollars worth of ships and
goods in the area, according to
records that survived the burn
ing of the capitol by the British.
Undefended COastline
But thereafter, with privateer-
ing out of fashion, the area COW
ering about 500 square miles off
Dare's 86-mile-long coast was
left undefended and in three wars
losses by enemy action, or by mis-
adventure mounted. During the
Civil War the Federal fleet invad-
ing North Carolina lost Al ships,
including the. fabulous Monitor.
Some $40 lives were lost. During
the early summer of 1918 Ger
man submarines, lurking among
the shoals above the Cape, took a
toll of many ships, including the
Wilmington-built "Hauppage" and
the "Mirlo" as well as the Dia-
mond Shoals lightship
World War II Losses
And then on January 1, 1912,
when the Second World War was
% days old Germans struck again
and for half a year they averaged
a ship a day. In mid March elev-
en- ships could be counted burning
at one time within sight of Cape
HatterAs and it was weeks before
defensive or rescue action could
be mounted. More than 100000
tons in tankers alone were sent
to the bottom in the area and l.
052 lives were recorded as lost.
Norfolk is 1873 miles north of
Cape Hatteras and MOrehead
City 10 miles southwest and
only from these ports can a de-
fensive or offensive action be
mounted. The thickness of the
waters in the area requires a
type of surface craft that has
light draft and great speed. MIR
Wards committee will stress
this factor in presenting its
case to the Defense authorities.
1t is no secret along the coast
of Dare county that foreign un-
dersea craft have been sighted
a number of times during the
past two years.
Mr.. Bells chart and the sup
porting brief with photographs
not before released or available
for publication will be given to
the printers this week and the
brochure viii be ready for pres
entation and distribution next
month.
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ter.
Services to the armed forces
are a never ending responsibility
of Dare County Red Cross in
peace as we'll as in war. The de-
mands are becoming greater each
day-helping the serviceman
wherever he is, is our top rank
ing Red Cross obligation. You can
tighten the problems of our SOL
diers, sailors, marines and coast
guardsmen by keeping Red Cross
constantly on the job through
your support of the 1851 Fund
Campaign.
First Aid Classes
1t is necessary that more
classes in First Aid and Home
Nursing be started. This is par
.ticularly true in this county where
doctors and nurses are few. Books
have been ordered for First Aid
classes which will be taught at
Hatteras in the near future. 9th
er classes should be started i'm
mediately.
The Red Cross belongs to all
Of us-all who want to help, all
who need help. It deserves our
whole-hearted support.
All are invited to listen to the
formal opening of the 1851 drive
which will be broadcast over all
major networks on Friday even
ing, February 81 at 1890 pm.
Major stars Of the entertainment
world are giving Of their time for
this opening program.
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tions. These papers were estab-
lished to serve these communities
without asking a cent of invest
ment, or obligating anyone in the
community. They have been sup
ported to an encouraging degree,
and with new plant to serve
them, we expect to render greater
improvement.
Having a brick front and side,
the Manteo printing plant is con-
structed entirely of masonry. It's
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County Herald. The Hyde County
Herald began business in 1889,
and The Belhaven Pilot began in
1913. Both of these papers were
established in response to re-
quests from many citizens who
wanted a weekly paper devoted
principally to the communities
they serve and to give more
space to the life and progress of
the home region than could be
given by more distant publica-
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the sale of Easter seals sponsored
by the North Carolina League for
Crippled Children during the
month of February % to March
25.
"The Easter seal sale is the
chief support of the League which
works in close harmony with fed
eral, state and private organize
tions. Money derived from the
seal sale will help our crippled
children to become self-sustaining
adults.
"In North Carolina there are
some $1,000 crippled children and
some 10000 handicapped adults.
Let's help them help themselves. u
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-23

Entomologists at State College
advise North Carolina tobacco
growers to check their plant beds
for insect damage at least twice
Q week.
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COASTLAND NEWSPAPERS
NOW In LARGER PLANT
PLAN GREATER SERVICE

Times Printing Company Plant In ManteO,
Near U. S. ga and U. S. 264 Is Largest Print
ing Establishment of A Town Its Size In the
State; Planned for Future Development of
the Southern Albemarle Region.