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, 1951-01-03
Earthquake Wrecks
Nevis, ST. Kits
And Other B.W.I.

The islands of ST. Kits, Nevis,
st. Eustatius, Monserratt and
even as far as Trinidad have suf-
fered from severe to minor dam
age from earthquake that began
on Friday. The tremors are still
continuing, according to uncon-
reports.
Efforts to get news over regu-
lar broadcasts have been fruitless;
however, a United States des-
troyer left Puerto Rico on Sun
day night under top speed for the
stricken Islands, with 80 tons of
medical and other supplies.
Nevis was apparently the hard
est hit. A small village on the
northwest of this island is
said to have slipped into the sea,
A Pan Am plane was asked to fly
over but could not ascertain the
since they must main
tain a certain speed and there are
no nearby airfields in case a land
ing was necessary.
Last minute official reports
state the damage to Nevis as
severe. The population is sleep
ing outdoors. Severe damage to
all churches, bridges, warehouse,
treasury building, banks, business
houses, hospital, police station
and slight damage to Government
House. Of st. Kits the report
said there was severe damaged to
b k S, churches, government
house, hospital, numerous bust
ness houses, prison, and the po-
lice station.
According to the statement very
heavy tremors are continuing
and the belief is that the islands
face a major disaster.
, 1951-01-03
Heulth Department
To Feature Radio
Programs Over VISTA

The Health Department is, open
ing the new year with a series of
radio programs to be broadcast
over Station VISTA every Friday
night at 6:45.
The first program will be pre-
scented this week Friday, January
9th. Participants on the program
are: Commissioner of Health,
John S. Moorhead; Student Nurse,
Myrtle Edwards; Salvation Army
Captain, Mabel Jordon; and a
member of the Red Cross Home
Continued on page ~
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Pastor c.. c.. Vun
Putten Vdcutioning
In St. Croix

Pastor C. G. Van Putten who
carried on the work of the
Seventh Day Adventist Church in
these Islands for twenty years,
has returned to ST. Croix to
spend his three months vacation.
He counts this Island as his home.
Highly respected by all who
know him, Pastor Van Putten,
has been carrying on his duties
in Dutch Guiana for the past six
years.
On Saturday, December 80, he
was a guest preacher at the SDA
Church in Christiansted.
His wife and youngest daughter
accompanied him here.
, 1951-01-03

its organizational affairs such as
electing it's officers. At 3:15 Sta
ton VISTA was hooked up with
the Government owned station
and Edward Miller, who brought
together a number of bits and
pieces and a wide assortment Of
electrical gadgets, completed the
hook-up. William Greer, owner Of
VISTA then turned over to Miller
who gave a running commentary
to the radio audience and a brief
description of what was going on,
until the arrival of Governor de
Castro and Administrator Taylor.
The mike" was then turned over
to Council Chairman Eric Car
roll, who welcomed the officials
and announced the names of the
newly elected officers. Mr.. Carroll
then introduced the Governor
who said:
Mr.. Chairman and Members of
the Municipal Council of ST. Croix
A Happy New Year to all!
l congratulate the members of
this Council on their election to
this high office and I pledge the
wholehearted cooperation of the
administration for a most success
full term of constructive accom-
plishments.
This Municipal Council meets
at the beginning of a year when
the world might we'll be on the
brink of the most serious catas-
trophe of our time. The forces of
aggression, seeking to corrupt the
moral forces Of democracy and
thus to destroy the worlds civili-
cation, have seemed to obtain a
momentary triumph of might over
over right. Today, as we meet
here in the peace and quiet of our
beautiful islands, the armed fore
es of the United Nations are lock-
ed in a death struggle in far-flung
battlefronts to save the world
from Communist domination. To-
day, American blood is being shed
on alien shores to protect the free
peoples of the world from dege-
neration and disintegration. To-
day, the democratic countries of
the world, led by our great coun-
try, are seeking earnestly and
eagerly to find the way of peace
and freedom amid the rattle of
the tyrants' sabers and the confu-
sion and noise generated by un-
holy war1ords who are determin-
, 1951-01-03
Radio Broadcast Was HistoricI Feature Of
Opening Session Of Municipal Council
Governor Urges Reduction in Expenses

For the first time in the history of St. Croix the opening
OF the Municipal Council was broadcast from the Council
Hall and residents of not only the Virgin Islands but those of
the large part of the Caribbean area, were able to listen in
on the proceedings yesterday afternoon.
The Council itself convened at 2:30 and carried through
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ed to conquer the world.

ed to conquer the world.
In this serious moment, it be-
hooVes us as good American citi-
zenS to be loyal to our country
and to the great principles for
which it stands, to proclaim our
faith in the principles of right and
justice, to be proud to give our
sons to the armed forces of the
United States, and by our own
willing sacrifices to buttress ou1
homefront and there provide q
solid bulWark, a pillar of strength
from which the forces of destruc-
ton, physical as well as moral
can never draw substance or sus-
tenance. Let us, therefore, sci
about our tasks in this New Year
with a will to work together or
those things which will improve
not only the material forces of oul
islands, but the social and mora.
forces as well. Let us, together
the legislative and executive
branches of the Government Of
the Virgin Islands, set a clear pat.
tern for our endeavors and fix {
lofty and high-minded goal fol
our achievements. May God guarc
and guide us in the trying days
ahead.
The Governors Message
AS l begin today my relation.
ship with this new Municipal.
Council, let me again set forth my
strong conviction, based upon &
well accepted principle of Ameri-
can government, that the success
of democratic government re.
quires a very clear division Of
labor between those who deter.
mine what shall be done and those
charged with the duty of carry
ing out the determined policy. II
is basic to the job of government
that legislation and administra-
ton are two different jobs fol-
two different sets of people. ]
most earnestly ask that you and
I accept the challenge of provid-
ing good government for these
islands within this framework
for there need be absolutely nc
conflict between such a concen-
tration of responsibility and q
proper division of labor between
Legislators and administrators in
the conduct of government.
The members of my staff and ]
Continued on Page 81
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FAIRFIELD PERSONALS

Miss Alice Reed Berry, who
teaches in Williamson, spent the
week end with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Archie G. Berry.
Pvt. Milburn Nixon of Fort
Bragg spent the week end here
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Ben Nixon.
Mrs. Joseph L. Simmons, Jr.,
was in Belhaven Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. r. w. Jones, Jr.,
of Greenville visited their parents
over the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert G. Baum of
Swan Quarter visited here Satur-
day night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles PRESLEY
of Elizabeth City spent the week
end with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Guy r. Cutrell. Mr.. Presley filled
his appointment at the Fairfield
Church of Christ Sunday.
Bobby Simmons will go to Chap
Ell Hill Tuesday to resume his
studies at the university.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Kerr and son
Of Plymouth spent the week end
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
Carl CutreII.
Joe Linwood Swindell of SwaI
Quarter was q business visitor here
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Saturday night.
Eugene Midyette, who teaches
in Raleigh, spent the week end
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Franklin Midyette.
Miss Rebecca Swindell of Eliza
beth City, a district nurse, spent
the week end with her aunt, Miss
Helen Swindell, and sister, Mrs.
R, L. Mann. She will leave soon
for Chicago to enter college.
Misses Marie Sears and Joyce
Mooney, who attend business col
lege in Henderson, spent the week
end with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. w. Sears and Mr.. and
Mrs. Dallas Mooney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Cutrell, ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Tooley
Cutrell of Swan Quarter, visited
in Ahoskie and Plymouth Thurs
day.
Sheriff C. J. Cahoon of Swan
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TAR HEELS OWE
INSURANCE cos.
OVER 268 MILLION
Life Insurance Companies
Have Loaned Nearly is Bill
lion Dollars in U. S.

North Carolina property owners
had $26s,S15 of their mortgage f.
nancing needs extended to them
by the life insurance companies of
the country at the start of this
year, the Institute of Life, Insur-
ance reports. These real estate
loan covered 38,440 individual
mortgages in the state and repre-
scented an increase of SGT, 100000
from the year before.
"The mortgage financing ex-
tended by the life companies has
been an important aid in helping
this state and the entire country
meet the acute housing and con-
struction need in the years which
followed World War II" the Insti-
tute commented. "For the country
as a whole, the total funds loaned
by the nations life companies to
property owners in the U. S. under
percent in the five years and stood
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mortgages increased nearly $50
at SIS, ,226, 900 on 1,725,14O
mortgages at the start of this
year. That was net increase of
well over $4,000, 0O0,0O in the FIVE
of this year. That was a net in
years. About two-thirds of the life
insurance mortgage financing was
on housing.
"The rtgage financing
through life insurance funds has
continued large this year, chiefly
because of commitments made
prior to the establishment of cred
it curbs in the fall of 1850. The
new financing in the first half of
the year brought U. S. mortgage
holdings of the life companies to
nearly $1s,OOO,0OO,OOO at mid
year."
Of the total mortgages OUT
standing in North Carolina with
the life companies at the start of
the year, 100000 was on 1880
farms; $1O7, 1858, 900 was on 14,O10
non-farm FILA insured homes;
SAG, 414,O00 was on 9,42O non-farm
mortgages guaranteed by the Vet
Grams Administration and $104,=
$4,000 was on 1860 other nom
farm properties. The last CLASH
fication included both urban hous-
ing directly financed by the COM
panies and commercial properties.
For the country as whole, the
life companies of this country
showed 81 ,32O, 124, 900 extended un-
der 165,470 farm mortgages; $4,-
565, 231, 900 under 62O,91O nom
farm FILA mortgages; $1,000, $780,
900 under 410,27O non-farm VA.
mortgages; and $8,011, 932, 900 I'M
der 537, 400 other non-farm mort
cages.
In addition to the real estate
loans on these us. properties, the
life companies of the country had
an additional 21,660 mortgages in
Canada and other areas where they
do business, representing loans of
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21

Quarter visited here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas Mooney mo-
tored to Middletown Friday.
Billy Roberts and Erwin Smith,
who have been employed in New
port News, Va, are spending some
time with their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Tunnel
motored to Washington Sunday to
take his father, has been visiting
his son anddaughter -in-law.
The Rev. Roe Harris was taken
to the Marine hospital in Norfolk
! last week. His condition is slight
ly improved. His son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert
Cutrell, of Norfolk were called
here last week due to the illness
of the Rev. Mr.. Harris.
| Church Street and the short road
down the side of Fairfield Canal
have been paved.
]. B. Berry and Tommy Jones
motored to Columbia Saturday
night.
The condition of Dave Mooney
who has been i'll, is slightly i'm
proved.
The Rev. and Mrs. Oscar Ed
monds and daughter are to move
to Swan Quarter in the near flu
ture.
| R. G. Roebuck, who. has beer
confined to his. home with chilli
and fever, is able to be out again
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard McKin
ney of Elizabeth City spent thu
week end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Mckinney.
| Robert E. M. Baling, the prin
cipal, is setting up chemistr!
laboratory and making other i'm
provements in the school.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21
IT TAXES
ALL KINDS
BY DAVE WEST

A fine series of articles about
Chicago in the October issue of
Holiday" struck us most for the
absolute lack of resemblance be-
tween the impressions the great
midwest metropolis had made on
the distinguished Holiday-writers
and the impressions Chicago has
made on us. The articles were writ
ten by men who knew the city
well: our deepest impressions are
those of callow visitor-one who
took 20 years to realize the dream
of every mid-western boy, to go to
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21

Chicago, the BIG town. For every
young lad reared in the midwest
knows ali his life that he'll go to
Chicago some day; he may even
think that, if he doesn't live an up
right life, he'll be sent back to
Chicago after he dies. When he
does go, he knows for certain he'll
be made fool of, appear to be
! a rube, and, perhaps, even be rob
bed or killed before he can get out
of the wicked CITY," lit may be
that eastern boys feel that way
about New York-but no green lad
from the mountains or swamp
country could be more awed by
New York before he saw it than
we were by Chicago, and we were
20 years old and a self-styled So
phisticated college man when we
first saw the place.
There were three of us lean
pursed depression-time students
who pooled our resources and drove
spawned old coupe from Iowa
City to Chicago for one of the
games of the World Series being
played between Detroit and the
Chicago Cubs, some indistinct Oc-
tober in the thirties. We drove
most of the night and arrived in
Chicago about 5 am. The approach
to the Loop was along deserted
streets, and we saw the tall spires
of the city in the gray half-hght
of pre-sunrise. We drove down La
Sale Street through the financial
district, and it seemed to US that
we passed through a canyon with
perpendicular stone sides. 1t was
absolutely still and for long time
we saw no one. The only stirring
was that of papers scudding along
the deserted canyon-bottom in the
brisk, chilly wind. 1t was scarey.
But not as scarey as the time
we left the city on foot. We had in
tended to go back on a midnight
train, but we discovered that the
fare was more than twice the
amount of money we had left after
playing the hick in the big city for
the week end. So we though we'd
hitch-hike back; starting out from
the LaSalle Street Station after
midnight to walk to ga good corner
for catching rides" There's not
such a thing for miles and miles
away from the heart of the city,
probably not such a thing at such
an hour of the night. But one of
our professors had told US such a
thing; so of course we knew moth
ing about that. (Any common sense
he may have is whirled out of a
lad in strange, big town.
Finally, car pulled up along
the sidewalk as we limped along
in the direction we hoped was west,
and a man we couldn't see said,
"I'll take you out to Cicero, kid
We were too frightened by the
neighborhood we were threading
through to remember that Cicero
was supposed to be the worst
part of the Chicago area until we
were in the car; then we remem-
ibered that many gang-killings had
taken place in Cicero; that Cicero
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21
WHAT WILBUR
FARMS PRODUCE
IN 25 YEA r S
What About the Time Well
Need Food for 200 Mil
lion People?

In 25 years will our farms be
able to produce enough to give 200
million people as good standard
Of living as the 154 million we have
now? That is a question which
should concern every one of US
the farmer and non-farmer, says
T. A. Jennette, Chairman of the
Hyde County PIMA Committee.
In the past 25 years farm pro-
duction has increased about 40 per-
cent. During the same period pop
ulation has increased 81 million or
about 80 percent. Total area of
cropland has changed very little in
the last 80 years.
One of the factors that has help
cd to increase the amount of food
fer people has been the replace
ment of horses and mules with
tractors. Since World War l, more
than IS million acres of GRO land,
OF roughly one-sixth of the total
acreage of harvested crops, have
been released to produce food fer
human consumption.
But in the next 25 years we caL-
not expect another similar acreage
to be released. The million !rac-
tors now on farms have about TAX
en- up the slack.
This all means that the expec' ed
200 million population in 1875 will
have to look to the land nov in
production for most of the food
and fiber they need. This same land
will also have to produce what IS
needed for exports to other coun-
/ tries.
Mr.. Jennette states that the Ag-
Iricultural Conservation Program
was established to help farmers
take care of this land so there will
be enough to meet today's needs
and at the same time protect and
b lid this land so there will be
enough for the 200 million people
in 1875.
Farmers can increase their re-
turns from soybeans if they store
the beans for a while on their
farms instead of selling the whole
crop at harvest time.
Calling attention to a study Of
soybean marketing practices which
Twas recently completed by the Pro,
ductlon and Marketing AdminisGra
ton, G. T. Scott, Chairman Of th'
State PIMA Committee, points out
that soybean prices are seasonallN
low during harvest months. Thi;
is the period of heavy fall sales
Within a few months after har
vest, however, the price ordinaril!
moves considerably higher.
Cost of farm storage is low, &c
cor ding to the report, with the to
tai for 9 months less than Z percen
Of the price at harvest time. On til
other hand, the rise in soybea:
prices from harvest time to spring
months averaged more than q
percent during the A postwar croI
years 1946-47 through 1949-50.
Fam storage of soybeans, say!
Chairman Scott, offers definite adj
vantages in connection with the
mobilization effort, since it reduce:
congestion at elevators and lowers
operating costs for soybean hand
lers, crushers, and product manu-.
factureres. Growers may share IL
these cost savings through lower
prices than would otherwise apply
on feeds and other products.
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ORGANIZATIONAL
CALENDAR

Sunday
MT OLIVET METHODIST CHURCH Of
Manteo: Sunday School, Gas 3. m; even
ing worship. 7:SO pm. The Rev. J. H.
ROANOKE ISLAND BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday School, 1000 am; evening wor-
ship, 800 pm. prayer meeting. 800
pm. Wednesdays.) The Rev. Flank B,
WANcHEsE METHODIST CHURCH:
Sunday School, 10 am; Methodist Young
People, tbs PM evening worship, 800
pm. The Rev. C. w. Guthrie.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD Of Manteo: Sun
day School. 10 am; evening worship 7:SC
pm. Irregular worship service. Friday
T:3O PM The Rev. D. B. Lawrence.
MANTEO BAPTIST CHURCH: Sunday
School, 1000 am; morning worship II
am; Baptist Training Union, 700 pm.
evening worship, 800 pm. (Mid-week
prayer service, Wednesday, 500 PM
The Rev. H. v. Napier
ROTARY CLUB Of Manteo: at Com
munity Building, every Monday, $50 pm
LIONS CLUB of Manteo: atsFt. Raleigh
Hotel, first and third Mondays, 7:15 pm
REBEKAHS, Manteo: at Masonic Hall
first and third Mondays 8 pm.
MANTEO HOME DEMONSTRATION
CLUB: at Community Building, second
THETA RHO GIRLS CLUB at Masonic
nan, SSCOuu anu pm
SHRINER'S CLUB: at Manteo Airport
first Mondays, 8 pm.
TOWN COMMISSIONERS OF Manteo
Manteo town hall, second Monday, pm
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY: Sc
cond Monday each month at the Com
munity Building, pm.
WESLEYAN GUILD: third Monday
each month in homes Of members, $50
pm.
wOMANS CLUB Of Manteo: at Com
munity Building, every second Tuesday
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: at Dare
County Courthouse, Tuesday after first
Monday each month.
AB.C. BOARD: at Manteo store, Tues
day after first Monday, IL am.
BOARD OF EDUCATION, Dare: Tues
day after first Monday, quarterly. IL Am
MUSIC CLUB (Roanoke Island: frs
Tuesday each month, $3.50 pm.
MANTEO P.T.A: at Schoolhouse, Sc
cond Tuesday each month, 3:15 pm.
ODD FELLOWS, Virginia Dare Lodge
Manteo: at hall rear of school gym, frs
and third Tuesdays, pm.
Thursday
MASONIC LODGE Of Wanchese: frs
and third Thursdays, pm.
EASTERN STAR: at Wanchese Masonic
Hall, second and fourth Thursdays, pm
WV. CLUB No. 1853: at Manteo Air
port, every Thursday, pm.
GARDEN CLUB: at Community Build
ing, first Thursdays, 2:S0 pm.
MANTEo LODGE AT. g. AM. No. $50
at Fire Hall, first and third Fridays
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was the headquarters of the then
flourishing Capone gang. We won
dered who we were riding with.
And that was scarey.
But not as scarey as it was when
the man let us out in dingey Cic-
ero. There were infrequent little
blush Neutrality-suspicious. on
some of the corners. We sprinted
between the lights past the dark
doorways of the shops in the main
part of town. We painted along I'M
til it began to light in the morning,
by which time were out among
corn fields on highway that turn
ed out to be headed downstate
rather than west. But that wasn't
scarey. We lay down and slept.
Maybe it was never having any
money when we visited Chicago as
student that gave us a lasting
impression of the place as one of
discomfort and fear. In those days
when two or three or more fellows
amassed enough money to buy
bleacher seat tickets for a ball
game or last-row balcony seats for
a play, they considered they had
ample money to finance the 600
mile round trip to the magnetic
big town. Repeated experience
could not teach them otherwise s.. /.
Once, after seeing Ducky Medwick
(now manager of Raleigh's club
hit three doubles, followed by
three home runs by Big Jawn Mize
(now with the Yankees), to give
the Cardinals a 6-5 win over the
Cubs, two of US thought we could
sleep in Grant Park because it
had been such a hot August day.
We learned about the breeze that
blows off Lake Michigan that
night, and thought that the old
Viking would be at home on Left
Erickson Drive; we found, too, that
newspapers ARE really of some
service as blankets :. After that,
we alSays put up in the waiting
room of the LaSalle Street Sta
ton, where nobody ever froze to
death nor got much sleep either.
+
Shows you what crazy creatures
humans are. All properly-fnanced
trips to Chicago, since college days,
seem in retrospect ever so much
less interesting than the shoestring
junkets. The strange nobodies we
used to meet in the ball parks or on
the streets seem much more CLAM
orous than Joe E. Browns liar
vey" or Alexander Woollcott's
"The Man Who Came to Dinner"
in Chicago theatres.
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sits, 424,OOO. The aggregate mort
gage Investment Of the life COM
panies at the start of the year was
SIG, O97, $4,000 on 1,746,SO0 mort
cages, an average of 1920.
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The temple of our purest
thoughts is silence.-Mrs. s. J.
Hale.