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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-02
CLARENCE PARKER TO
ADDRESS MANTEO MASONS

Clarence Parker of Belcross, a
33rd degree Mason is to address
Masons at the home of the Manteo
Shrine Club Monday night, Novem-
Der 9Th at 8 p. m. according to
announcement by Bob Smith,
Shrine Club Secretary. All Masons
are invited.
The Shriners are running bene-
fit bingo game by courtesy of AL
Mater, with turkeys, bacons, hams
and groceries as prizes at Mays
Head Surfside Bingo, Saturday
night of this week, the proceeds
to be used for the new Shrine
home.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-02
MANTEO PTA LEADER is
NEW DISTRICT DIRECTOR

Mrs. Lawrence Swain of Man
teo was elected district director
of the Parent Teacher organization
at the annual district meeting held
in Jacksonville on Thursday, Oc-
tober %. Mrs. Swain is a past
president of the Manteo PIT. A.,
and has long been active in this
work. Her term will be for the
next two years. On Thursday of
this week she went to Hartford for
a conference with the retiring dis
trict director. Other Manteo PIT.
A. members attending the district
meeting last week were Mrs. H. K.
Tugwell, Mrs. Mabel Clarke, and
Mrs. A. @. Bell.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-02
JOE DEMPSEY DEAD

Joe Dempsey, for many years
the bell boy at the hotel Fort Ra-
leigh in Manteo, died at his home
in Elizabeth City, where he had
lived for several years. He was
widely known throughout North
Carolina, and had many friends.
He had been in poor health for
long time.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-02

a four and half FOUNDER landed by
Raglan NJ. L. Martus and his
son, T. C. Martus, Naugatuck, Con-
necticut, fishing in the surf be-
tween Mays Head and Oregon In
let landed channel bass on each of
three days they fished. They used
cut bait as their lure for the copper
fighters. Smaller fish taken was a
six FOUNDER. The. largest weighed
in at "a pounds.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-02
GAINESVILLE WOMAN, 80,
CELEBRATES OCTOBER 20

In Manteo, Tuesday, October 80,
there is living splendid old lady,
Mrs. Claudia Riddick of Gatesville,
who is being cared for at the Bea-
con Nursing Home Of Mrs. Ellis
Midget, because she recently sus-
tanned broken hip. She was 90
years old Tuesday and celebrated
her birthday appropriately with
ice cream and cake to the enjoy
,ment of herself and other patients.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-02
FERRY BUSINESS DEVELOPS
FROM HATTERAS- OCRACOKE

A total of PIG automobiles have
been carried across Hatteras Inlet
to Ocracoke Island since April I,
Capt. Frazier Peele stated this
week. Capt. Peele's small ferry
will carry up to four cars, if small
ones, and is available on call. He
runs no regular schedule. The fer
ry was established April 1.
Evening star., 1951-11-16
1akoma Park Session
Discusses Manager

Approximately 10 Takoma Park
residents met last night with the
Mayor and Council to discuss pro-
visions of a bill calling for ap-
pointment of a city manager.
The measure, passed at the last
session of the Maryland General
Assembly. will be the subject of
a referendum next March 25.
If it is approved. Takoma Park,
which straddles the Montgomery
Prince Georges County line, would
become the first Montgomery mu-
nicipality to have a city manager
and would follow Greenbelt in
Prince Georges County.
Although no salary is fixed in
the bill, several speakers last
night mentioned sums ranging
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year.
Councilman Walter H. McClenon
a member of the finance COM
mittee, said that if a manage,
had been employed three years
ago. he could have reduced city
expenditures by about $4,000 dur
ing the 1940-50 fiscal year.
Other speakers opposed the bill
as burden to the taxpayers.
Under the bill, the manager
would be appointed by the council
and would be responsible for the
administration of all city depart.
ments except the office of corpo.
ration counsel. He could be re.
moved at any time by majority
vote of the council members.
Evening star., 1951-11-16
Newspapers Merge
AT Manassas, Va.
By the Associoted Press

MANASSAS, Va, Nov. 16.-The
Manassas Journal and the Manas-
sas Messenger have merged and
will be published as the Journal
Messenger beginning next Thurs
day.
The new newspaper will be
published weekly by the Prince
William Publishing Co., Inc.
Officers of the new company
are: John Galleher, Manassas
president; Hubert B. Phipps
Warrenton. chairman of the Board
of Directors; Fitzhugh Turner,
Warrenton; Benjamin Muse
Manassas, and Benjamin Pitts
Fredericksburg, vice presidents;
Harry A. Willard. Manassas, Sec
retary-treasurer. and w. Hill
Brown, Manassas. general counsel
The Journal was established In
1895 and published weekly. The
Messenger was established in 1945
and published twice a week.
Mr.. Willard, editor of the
Journal, will become editor
manager of the new newspaper.
Paul A. Muse, editor of the
Messenger, has joined the staff
of the Fredericksburg Free Lance
Star.
Evening star., 1951-11-16
Mount Vernon Lacks Payment
For New Fire Truck on W0y

The Mount Vernon Volunteer
Fire Department might have to
send back a brand-new pumper
being delivered next week because
there is not enough money for the
down payment.
The Sl7.500 vehicle was ordered
last spring and volunteer flremen
calculated they should be able to
raise the $4,000 down payment
from approximately 5000 homes
in the area served by the company.
Only S3,10O on Hand.
But only 5000 was raised
through direct contributions. The
firemen have sponsored dances,
boat rides, turkey shoots, carnivals
land about everything else that's
legal that we could make a dollar
out Of" said A. D. Jenkins. presi-
dent of the fire company.
The net result of the firemen's S
Evening star., 1951-11-16

freight aboard mixed-cargo
ships can even include sewing
machines, Capt. Rusk's expert
ence shows.
WED have to locate the own
er of any sewing machines we
find before those articles could
be disposed of. even for junk"
says Capt. Rusk. This in
wolves a huge amount of cor
respondence with other Govern
ment agencies and private in
surance companies, who became
the owners of cargoes they in
sured when the cargo was sunk.
The owners were paid by the
insurance firms for their loss.
Because, of the national
defense aspect of the salvage
program. the companies that
will do the saivaging work must
meet strict requirements. The
contracts they have to sign read
like a thesis for a doctarate in
law.
On three bids advertised this
fall, the Maritime Administra-
ton got two ansWers-one offer
ing the Government S100 and
another offering ST.
Neither of them contormed
to the form of the contract"
Capt. Rusk comments stonily.
But it is not all nebulous. A
few weeks ago, the Office found
a new wreck that is in the clear.
The 45-year-old cargo ship
Equipoise was torpedoed without
warning at dusk on March 26.
1912. about IS miles off Nags
Head. N C. The weather wGs
Evening star., 1951-11-16
CourtSustains
Fare Increase
For A, B. &W.
Judges Doubt Right
Of Arlington Boord
To Bring Lawsuit

A decision of the Interstate
Commerce Commission granting
a scent fare increase to the
Alexandria. Bancroft g. Washing
ton Transit Co. was upheld today
in Alexandria Federal Court and
the judges expressed grave doubt"
that the Arlington County Board
was entitled to bring the case be-
tore them.
The suit to upset the ICC de-
cision was brought jointly by the
Arlington County Board and
Thomas Proctor of Fairlington.
The three judges who heard
the case said attorneys conceded
that Mr.. Proctor as a patron was
entitled to bring such a suit and
therefore a ruling was given as
though all plaintiffs were properly
before the court.
Doubt Country's Right.
'The statute gives the County
Board the right to be heard be-
fore the Commission. The Judges
ADDED. however, 1--WE have grave
doubts of their (the County
Board) right to institute a suit of
this kind, because they are not
directly affected by the order and
the public is already represented
by the commission"
The opinion was written by
Federal Judge Albert v. BRYAN
and concurred in by Judges Armi-
stead Doble of the United States
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
and Sterling Hutcheson of the
Eastern District of Virginia. They
heard the case argued October 81
at Alexandria.
Equity Not Involved.
The decision emphasizes that
the court case only involved legal
SoundneSs" of the ICC action. and
that there was no issue before the
court involving equity of the fare
increase. The ICC approved the
increase one year ago and it has
been in operation since then.
The County Board sought to
upset the ICC decision on grounds
that only the company's interests
were considered, that intrastate
and interstate operating costs were
not separated. and that no stand
ard was used to determine fair
ness Of the rate increase. Il
Evening star., 1951-11-16

efforts is S3,100 cash on hand
just slightly over half the amount
needed Off the down payment.
The pumper was shipped yester-
dav and is due to arrive at the
Mount Vernon fire station next
Tuesday or Wednesday, The So
900 down payment mus. be made
within 80 days after delivery or il
will have to be returned.
More Contributions Sought.
The company has a pumper
and truck now. but one of them
is not considered satisfactory.
Mr.. jenkins said contributions
for the vehicle may be mailed to
the Mount Vernon Fire Depart
ment. Box 234. Alexandria.
Also, the fire department is
sponsoring turkey shoots each
Tuesday and Friday night at the
fire house.
Evening star., 1951-11-16
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a pound. and although the ex-
act amount to be salvaged is a
secret, it may be enough almost
to double the present stockpile.

secret, it may be enough almost
to double the present stockpile.
Other hulks are loaded down
with tons of manganese, for
making steel. and copper, tin
and zinc. Steel from the hulks
themselves will be added to the
Nations scrap heap.
The Maritime Administration
already has advertised bids on
wrecked vessels off the shores of
Florida and Alaska and in the
Gulf of Mexico. Enemy U-boats
crept to the delta of the Mis-
slssippi River to sink oil tankers
plying between the United States
and South America.
Oil cargoes may be salvaged
unless sea water has contami-
mated them. And the deck
houses and steel plates of,
the ships will be melted down
and added to new steel in blast
furnaces.
An outline Of the salvage op-
Grafton sounds simple and dra-
matte. But to Capt. Frank
Rusk, a 33-year veteran of the
maritime service. who is getting
the program started, it is fan
tastically complicated. Plan
ming can only be described as
"nebulous," says Capt. Rusk,
and here is why:
THE salvage men find
wreck. let's say, and start
bringing up the Government
owned cargo. Then a diver
finds some bulldozers in the
hulk. They don't belong to us.
Evening star., 1951-11-16
Montgomery Council
Hears Arguments Of
Cabin John Firemen

The Montgomery County Coun-
Gil last night heard past and pres
ent members of the Cabin John
Volunteer Fire Department air
their differences at a public hear
ing in the Rockville Courthouse.
Speaking for the 13 members
who resigned from the depart
ment last September 6, Frank c..
Smith. of Persimmon Tree road.
told the council the mass walkout
was planned to call attention to
what he described as the serious"
condition of the department,
headed by David S. Tuohey.
Mr.. Smith charged the COM
munity now lacks proper fire pro-
lection and does not have ade-
quate flrst-aid equipment on
training.
Funds Audit Reported.
He also contended department
funds had been disbursed in an
irregular manner.
County Finance Director Alex
ander K. Hancock told council
members, however, that an audit
by a Washington accountant
showed all receipts and expendi-
lures were accounted for.
He added the minutes were
"better kept than might be ex-
pected of informal organizations
of this type" although he con-
ceded they were vague as to the
details of financial disbursements.
Glen Echo Chief Reports.
Joseph A. Giammatteo, fire chief
Of the neighboring Glen Echo De-
partment. said Mr.. Smiths ac-
count of several occasions when
Glen Echo's fire fighters arrived
first at the scene of a Cabin John
fire and put it out was true.
But he explained that many of
Cabin Johns volunteer firemen
work outside the community dur
ing the day, while Glen Echo can
count on a good response to day.
time fire calls.
Officers of several other county
fire departments and the State
Forest Service said they had re-
ceived good cooperation from the
Cabin John Department and
thought its equipment and man
power were adequate.
Evening star., 1951-11-16

sistance in planning such things
as merit system.
Urges Voluntary Aid.
you've got to go to the board"
MIR. Lawrence said. "and not wait
until you're called. You must
take the initiative, for MANY
times you will be thinking beyond
the board"
Mr.. Lawrence told citizens that
they should enter the new govern
|ment transition in a spirit of CO.
operation rather than Of criticism.
He said it will require time to
make the transition and warned
that too hasty criticism that is
not constructive will retard the
smooth functioning of the new
plan.
He expressed a hope that re-
dlstricting in the county can soon
oe accomplished. He said the
pending annexation suits should
soon be out Of the way, leaving
a clear road for redistricting,
This. he said, will provide more
and better representation and
perhaps an odd number of board
members which. he said. he would
like to see.
Evening star., 1951-11-16
Takonla Park Discontinues
ChiI|um Fire Protection

The Takoma Park City Fire De-
partment today officially discon-
tinued fire protection service
except in extreme emergencies, in
the Chillum District of Prince
Georges County.
The fire department acted under
a resolution approved by the
Takoma Park Council last month
after the Chillum District voted
down a special fire tax in a refer
Iendum October 16.
Meanwhile, officials of five other
towns which are continuing to
provide fire service to the area
and representatives of Chillum
civic groups plan to meet tonight
to begin drafting legislation for
a new fire tax referendum in the
district.
Evening star., 1951-11-16
Soogng Topdoed Russian Cngoes for Skpe Against Communism

slightly cloudy and the sea was
moderate. but there weren't
many vacationers at Nags Head
that night. 1t was cold. Ac-
cording to the ships second Of
ficer: :
The vessel was on course DOL
degrees true, speed 8 knots. not
zigzagging. no lights burning,
radio silent, four gunners on the
poop deck. lookout on the bow,
captain, chief mate and helms
man on the bridge, no other
vessel in sight.
"One torpedo struck the ship
on the starboard side forward
between No. l and No. 2 matches
below the water line. The bot
tom was believed to have been
blown out because the ship sank
in two minutes"
Six survivors got aboard
the two life RATS that were
launched. Nine others clam
bered into the only lifeboat that
could be lowered before the
Equipoise sank. The master
died the first night and was
buried at sea. Later, the ships
carpenter died. Total crew, SO,
of whom 13 were rescued, two
were known dead and 38 appar-
emily drowned.
The United States has done all
it can for the next of kin of
the 40 men lost with the Equi-
poise. War insurance claims
were paid. For a time the ship
was forgotten in SO fathoms
of water. But Korea came, and
a dusty file on the Equipoise
was pulled out. She carried 5000
long tons of manganese from
Rio de Janiero bound for Balti-
more-manganese for steel.
The Equipoise has been adver-
tised to salvage firms and will
be one Of the next jobs under
taken. along with a group of II
tankers in the Gulf of Mexico.
Others will follow-the Alex
ander Macomb, Black Point,
Maurice Tracy. Tiger, Persia
phone. Some are loaded with
INT and high explosives. Others
contain valuable ores.
Much of the salvage program,
if it proves workable, will be
carried out within seeing dis
tance of such Washington re-
sorts as Nags Head. Ocean City.
Md; Rehoboth Beach, Del, and
Cape May. N. j. More than one
German U-boat "zeroed in" on
an American cargo ship by sill
houetting it against the head
lights of passing motorists on
the shore. The coastal blackout
had holes in it.
Despite the complications of
his job and an occasional chill
ing thought Of the cost in lives
OF the 600-odd sinkings of
Allied ships during World War
II, Capt. Rush feels it is a good
one.
Dredging up the residue of
World War IFS closest action to
home has one lesson to learn
In it," he says. 1T shows it
can happen here"
Evening star., 1951-11-16
David Lawrence Urues
Patience in Change 10
New Fairfax System

David Lawrence, Washington
news writer, has urged patience
and cooperation in establishing
Fairfax County's new government
system January /.
Mr.. Lawrence, who headed a
special county commission created
to study the problems involved in
the change from the present to
the new system, told the Fairfax
County Civic Association last night
that 1t could give valuable service
IN making the new system work.
Mr.. Lawrence said that for the
first time the county will have a
responsive government. He said
the new system provides monthly
reports to the people and, above
all. a responsible administrative
head.
Asserting that the key to the
new system will be the selection
Of the proper administrator. Mr..
Lawrence said he hopes the county
will select an administrator worth
more than $4,000 a year."
Non Political Leader.
He said the administrator
should be a "non-political type"
He said he had no quarrel with
political parties, but that a sue
cessful county executive should
be manager rather than a poll
tician.
II hope the manager that is
selected will be a man expert
enced in municipal government
affairs. whether he comes from
Virginia or elsewhere. He should
be objective, and be able to work
with all factions and groups"
He pointed out at least two
changes which he said should be
sought in the general law govern
ing the county.
One, he said. is the archaic
practice of the appointive power
of the Circuit Court Judge to fill
which may occur on
the Board of Supervisors between
elections.
He said he hopes the county
would seek legislation in the Cen
eral Assembly which would allow
vacancy on the board to be
filled at the next general election,
rather than to have a man ap-
pointed who would serve until the
next supervisor election. This, he
said, could be for as long as four
years.
Advises Merit System.
Mr.. Lawrence also told the !
Meeting in the Annandale school
hat he hoped to see the county
establish merit system for its I
employees.
He said that while the new l
government plan makes manda- {
,ory equal pay for equal work, it
loes not specify that a merit sys-
;em be provided. {
II believe that merit system
S essential" he said, "if capable, Ii
;areer workers are going to be at S
racted to county government q
obs"
He said that citizens groups Ia
throughout the county could rem Ir
Ter a real service to the Board ofIr
supervisors by offering their as II
Evening star., 1951-11-16
Arnold Buses Reroufed
To Stop at 7 New Stores

Shoppers at the new Hecht Co.
and Kann's Virginia department
stores will be furnished bus service
beginning next Monday by the
w., v. & M. (ArnoldD bus lines.
Route 10 will be rerouted from
Shlrlington. via Westmont, Buck
lngham, the two stores and Clar-
endon.
On the same date the lines also
Will put more buses on Route l
(Wilson boulevard) and Route 2
washington boulevard). The
former line will be extended to
West Falls Church via Seven
Corners.
Evening star., 1951-11-16
School Board Limited
In Use Of Surplus
Funds, Almond Rules
BY the kssoeiotsd Press

RICHMOND, Nov. 16.-A school
board is prohibited from spending
it's surplus funds for any school
purpose not specifically set forth
in its budget, Attorney General j.
Lindsay Almond held yesterday.
The question was posed by the
Loudoun County School Board,
which wanted to use surplus funds
to pay an architect for prelimi-
nary work on plans for a new
central high school.
But the Attorney Generals opin-
ion in the case. based on a Vir-
Iginia law and two Supreme Court
opinions. applies to other political
subdivisions Of the State. as well
as Loudoun County.
Effect ON Loudoun.
Its effect on Loudoun is that
the school board does not have
the right to use any surplus funds
for the architects fees unless it
first obtains the approval of the
county board of supervisors-the
tax-levying body. Mr.. Almond
wrote the opinion at the request
of Loudoun's Commonwealth At
torney Stirling M. Harrison.
The county board of supervi-
sors, on request of the school
board. approved an application
for a literary loan and an appli-
cation for use of State school con-
struction funds last march for
the new central high school. The
State Board of Education ap-
proved the literary loan 60 days
later.
In the meantime, the school
board, with the approval of the
supervisors, bought 30-acre tract
of land as the site for the pro-
posed school.
Loudoun's school supt., o. l.
limerick, explained that in the
preparation of the school budgets
for 1950-51 and 1951-52, the costs
of architects fees were not in any
case listed separately but were
considered as part of the cost of
new buildings.
Other Rulings Stated.
In other rulings, Mr.. Almond
held that:
l. A physician who is a member
of a county school board is pro-
hibited by law from contracting
with the board to examine chill
dren attending the public schools
The prohibition also would ap-
lply to a physician who held the
lpost Of county coroner, Mr.. Al
mond said. Treasurer c. A. Sin
clair of Prince William County
asked for the attorney generals
views on the matter.
| 2. Out-of-State servicemen can
continue to show their back home
automobile tags as long as they
are stationed in Virginia.