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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-08-04

human stories the cold figures
which show that during 1886
there were g .207 more units Of
service given by the Community
Chest agencies than in l94e.
The figures mean that more
children who were orphaned
neglected or Legitimate were
placed IN homes where they re-
ceived the loving care OF house
parents or Of foster parents.
They mean that more troubled
people sought the advice Of
trained social workers In fam
nY service agencies where they
got advice on their marital
problems or their problem chill
dren or their personal per-
plexifies-
More people received hospital
and clinic service than ever be-
fore. A larger number OF men
taly-ill people were treated in
mental hygiene clinics.
Children and teen-agers had
more chance TO join youth-servinE
organizations or 20 60 10 a CON-
munity center where they had
fun and learned 70 De good citi-
zens-
Those are the warm. human
facts that lie behind the story
OF statistics which say that the
Us Red Feather services are
giving more service now than
they have ever done before.
And all those 343.675 units o,
service We're given because Mr..
and Mrs Detroit donated 20 the
annual Torch Drive which sup
ports the Red Feather service.
which are providing the child
care. family service. health serv-
ice, youth organizations and rec
Jeational services which Metro
po'itan Detroit must have.
The Research Department !
part OF the Council Of Social
Agencies. IS also . Red Feather
service and aids IN the planning
81 needed social services in the
area
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-08-04

Briqadier General OnSlow s.
Rofle. Assistant ca. Office.
Chief of Army Field Force. Fort
Monroe. Va. delivered the prin-
cipal address and reviewed the
Reqimental Parade which was
a part Of the graduation cers-
monies
He holds the Distinguished
Service Cross and Legion of Merit
and during the early part OF
World War III was commanding
officer Of Camp Carson Colo.
the famed Mountain Training
Center.
Colonel Mary A. Hallsren, Di-
rector of the Women's Army
Corps, presented concentrations
TO the outstanding graduate. and
Lieutenant Colonel Ruby Z. Her
man. Commanding Officer of the
WAC Training Center admins
tered the oath of office TO the
graduates.
Lieutenant Richards enlisted
at Detroit, Mich, in December.
le49. After completing basic
training. she attended the Lead
ers' Course and was sSigned to
the Training Center. Fort Lee
A graduate of the Miller High
School, Detroit, 1t Richards at
tended Spelman College, Atlanta.
Ca. and Wayne University, De-
troit.
Her aunt. Mrs. Betty A. Jack
son. resides at 65l3 vinewood
Detroit
1t Richards has been assigned
to Fort Lewis. Washington.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-08-04
RedFeather agencies
offer .3B,62 Services

Red Feather agencies gave De-
f-o.terx 343675 units OF service IN
1880, which s top achievement
according 20 The Council OF So
cal Agencies. n noting Is
growth
This figure does not indicate
tie svex larger number Of PEG
PIE thai these Red Feather
services reached because some
times whole families were
helped By the service 10 just
one member.
Il is not hard TO translate into
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-08-04
WildflOwer
Arrangements

For your home in summer
there is nothing quite so lovely
and fresh as a simple arrange
ment Of wild flowers, Says the
womsn's Home Companion.
In their August issue they
show a half-dozen interesting
ways 10 arrange them in q china
or wicker basket. old compete.
sea shell and antique bronze
holder.
Yours for the picking are
Queen Anne's lace, joe-pye weed
turtIeheadS. meadowsweet. tansy
vervain, Michaelmas daisies and
thistleS All in all, there are
some one hundred and fifty wild
flowers and plants that grow free
for Us every year.
However, before picking. YOU
should know the wild-noweI
protection law Of your state.
To ekeep wildflowers fresh
longer. says sfhe Companion.
remember these few rules;
Don't pick them: cut them with
scissors or sharp garden clippers
Avoid taking excess foliagev-i'
Wits quickly and the plant needs
Il for continual growth. Cut stems
on a slant with a sharp knife e
give q wider surface 10 absorb
moisture.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-08-04
BUTTON STYLES FROM PARIS

Paris is at the fingerups q
home sewers. LaMode fall linz
buttons will feature Paris ln:p'
rations as well as European i%
ports which include an unasuA
Italian marbelized button. gen
uine cut steels in openworS ~.
terms. crystals hishlish'ed WIN
touches of real gold a roun'
moonglow set in gold and sur y,
ulated cut steel and JET eils s..
which are guaranteed wasna0'
Let's Get Race Representa-
Register Today.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-08-04
Detroit Vac Receives
2ndLOuie Commission

FORT LEE, Va.-Estelle Richards, of 65l3 Ninewood
Detroit Michigan received commission Second Lieu.
tenant in the Organized Reserve, Womens Army Corps
during graduation ceremonies held July "a for the fifth
Officer Candidate Class of the Womens Army Training
Center Fort Lee Virginia.
Evening star., 1951-06-15
Why Grow Old?
Try Suntun Mokeups

1goes so well with the summer pas
tells and whites.
I have been making a survey
lately. Whenever I am in q
crowded spot or walking along
the street I look to see how many
women have failed to remove the
hair from their legs. ! have been
lastonished to see how many there
Iare. I would have guessed much
lower percentage. I cannot i'm
Iagine how any one could think
Iof this as attractive-looking Sheer
hose lose their allure when this
condition exists. q s E
This summer. when going about
without stockings, you will look
la lot better if you use q depilatory
to remove hair. It is impossible
to use one of the leg makeups un-
less you do so. How often this
has to be repeated depends on the
individual, but repeat whenever
necessary. The trouble Is neg
Iligible compared to the benefits.
II you would like to have my
leaflet which gives you corrective
exercises for the most usual leg
figure faults, send a stamped,
self addressed envelope with your
request for leafiet No. 13, why
not take steps toward lovely legs?"
Address Josephine Lowman In
lcare Of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1951-06-15

was composed Of courses In cloth
ing, foods and nutrition, home
management. home furnishing
millinery. health, home dairying
poultry and landscape gardening
Home dairying was dropped
when home butter and ice cream
making largely passed from the
scene and the poultry class went
out when farm people began sell
ing eggs to hatcheries. eliminating
the need for knowledge Of how to
handle a poultry flock.
The other original courses have
proven perennially popular. how
ever, and after World War II these
other courses were added: Public
speaking, personality development
journalism and radio. art appre-
citation, modern crafts, effective
speaking. family life,, parliament
tary law. flowers and their ar
rangement. music appreciation
and every day English
I'VE try to build around the
interest back in the counties =
Miss Kellar explained. For exam
pie. the women wanted classes In
parliamentary law and public re-
lations to help them with their
club work.
Glasses are conducted through
lecture and demonstration. Home
makers Forums and Homemakers
Town Meetings are part Of the
Evening star., 1951-06-15
By Josephine Lowmon

Women are chock full of va
riety. That is one Of their charms
They can change moods and per.
fumes so quickly that it MAKES
one dizzy. Today they can look
like the sun-tanned. healthy
sports girl in the daytime and
have a petal-like, pale face in the
evening.
In other words. I am calling
your attention to the fact that
there are suntan makeups for
the face. In case you do not want
to dry the skin of your face and
neck with much summing but wish
Ito get the health benefits which
come from general tanning, you
Ican do so without looking multi
colored. Protect the face and
meek when taking your sunbath
and then use the suntan makeup
during the day or whenever you
wish.
Many women achieve a tan
mainly because it is chic-looking
in the summertime. Some years
ago they Sun-dyed their skins tc
| a very dark brown. That vogue
has gone and today, the ladies like
to toast themselves only slightly
They all work for that warm
sum kissed looking tan which
Evening star., 1951-06-15
Todoy Home Builds Tonoono.vs Wond
Moryonds Short Course IS Quarter Century Old
By Betty Mile.

Next week, the Rural Women's
jShort Course at the University Of
Maryland celebrates its FIRST quar-
tier century,
The only one Of It's kind In the
country, the short course made
It's debut in 1923. an enthusiastic
lgroup of 203 women responded to
the announcement. and at the end
Iof the week insisted 1t be made q
permanent institution. Stopped
from 1941 to 1946 because Of war.
1.-THE course was resumed with reg
listration that shot way up above
lprewar totals over 1000 have at
tended each year and q greatly
Expanded curriculum.
I'VE have tried to make the
short course as nearly like college
las possible, Miss Venia M. Keilar,
director. reported, Although Miss
Kellar officially retired last March,
lshe has stayed on to conduct the
I25th anniversary Of the short
course, which she organized, and
has directed every year. Miss
tKellar has served as State leader
and assistant director of Exten-
sion Service. In charge OF Home
Economics Extension for 81 years.
From Monday through Friday,
the women viii live In the univer-
Isity dornitorieS and take their
meals on campus. There are five
levels OF work offered, with both
required and elective courses
given. Women who have attended
-four years are awarded certifi-
Gates. Among this years at
|tendees will be Mrs. Walter Multi
lgan of Berwyl, who has been at
every short course given!
"We have had to keep informed
ion all new developments in home
making. Miss Kellar commented.
1.-The women read about foods.
health. and other subjects
times they scare you with their
wealth Of information!
Women have never been as well
equipped to run their homes as
they are today" she went on.
"The world changes and we
change with 1t. Women are
keeping abreast of the times. To-
day. they are interested in politics
and international topics as well
as their home.
The whole world has changed
since the short course was started,
Miss Kellar added. with world
consciousness growing with each
world war.
In the early days, the curriculum
Evening star., 1951-06-15

probation are developed by the
course, she feels. It still fulfills
the functions for which it was
designed-to bring the women in
closer touch with the university,
to show them how to use its fa-
cilities, and to teach them how
they can best carry out their re-
sponsibilities as citizens.
There is a Rural Women's Short
Course Club, too, composed Of
women who have received GER
tificates. This club is busy pro-
noting interest in the short course,
as well as in the construction Of
a building on the University Of
Maryland campus to be dedicated
to the homemakers of Maryland.
Evening star., 1951-06-15

program, too. Each day, COM
|munity sings and fine talks are
included. And evening programs
present distinguished guests and
entertainment.
"A honnemaker is q tomemaker
every place. Miss Kellar OBJ
served, pointing out that Balti-
more women respond as enthusi-
astically as women from the rural
areas. College graduates are de-
voted attendees, too. A Kansan
herself, Miss Kellar is a great
admirer Of Maryland women,
whom she has found consistently
interested in culture and educa-
ton.
Character, leadership and ap-
Evening star., 1951-06-15

The orrivoI of ship is oIwoys exciting And so is
the thot eodne French perfume house
sending to America its famous face powder scented with
their beloved rock garden" fragrance This powder feo-
lures vegetable roher hon mineral base, and COM
petey treoted blended and pockoeed in Fonce 1t stoys
and on-nnony women it minus foundation cream
Eight shades have been blended to suit individual coornos
Call Sterling 5000, extension 1885, between and sotur-
doy, for further information
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-12-21

PFC. WILLIAM B. O'NEAL is
home after more than a year in
Korea. He has 80 days leave and
will be assigned to Camp jackson,
S. c., on January 8. He is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Bristow
O'Neal of Manteo.
! Pfc. O'Neal says the Koreans are
savage fighters. Old men up to 10
join the ranks, they fight with
stones, sticks and even fists. When
they fight they come yelling. Con-
ditions among the people are pref
ty bad, he says. They live in mud
houses with dirt floors, eat gar
bage or anything else.
O'Neal, who is 20, enlisted New.
8, 1949, and was trained at Camp
Jackson, S. c., and Fl. Belvoir,
Va. We went to Wonsong in New
ember 1850, serving in the Third
Engineers Division commanded by
General Soule. He returned to San
Francisco on December 8, and got
home on the 9Th.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-12-21
DARE TOURIST BUREAU
HAS QUARTERLY MEETING

Manteo.-Dare County Tourist
Bureaus board of directors held
their first quarterly meeting at
The Lost Colony offices in Manteo
on Friday with nine of it's IL
members present. Feature of the
meeting was the progress report
given by David Stick of Kill Devil
Hills, secretary treasurer of the
association.
Mr.. Sticks report reflected that
the first annual budget of $10,-
600 had practically been raised.
He also gave figures on the num-
Der of clippings received by the
Bureau during an eight week peri
cd beginning on October Is, when
the Bureau began to function. AL
most 700 clippings from newspa-
pers in AZ of the 48 states were
presented to the directors from the
Bureaus scrapbooks covering the
two month period, The part played
by the Bureau in various activities
of promotion along the coast was
also given.
The directors voted to award a
contract to an engraving company
in Charlotte for a folder layout
to advertise Dare County. 1t is
planned to print 10000 folders.
The Tourist Bureau officials al
so voted to proceed with the incor-
poration of the organization and
to prepare a contract with the
manager and news director for the
current fiscal year. The Executive
See MEETING, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-12-21
NEW ROANOKE SD. BRIDGE
OPENED TO TRAFFIC THURS.

Best Christmas gift for Dare
County, especially the motorists
travelling between Mays Head and
Roanoke Island was the opening
Thursday morning of the new
100000 Roanoke Sound Bridge
which replaces an antiquated
structure built by the County and
opened on Christmas Day 1927.
= In comparison of, costs, the mod
ern powered draw-span, necessary
for navigational interests plying
Roanoke Sound, alone cost $780,
900, which was the total cost Of
the y mile wooden structure
built during 1927, which had re-
placed a barge that served &C.
casionally as a ferry Ton appoint
ment only between this island
and the Mays Head sound-side
summer resort of that day.
Caution is recommended motor
lists in approaching and leaving the
bridge from either end, because Of
See BRIDGE, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-12-21
OLD CHRISTMAS TO
BE CELEBRATED ON
HATTERAS ISLAND

Observation-Disclosures come s
twice each year to the citizens of
Rodanthe and their neighbors in
Waves a few miles down the beach
of Hatteras Island.
Since the oldest resident here can
remember a significant date has
always been January 6. That is
when Old Christmas is observed.
Most of the residents of the two
communities today actually give
more attention to the Christmas
that comes on December %. But
in the old days it was different
story. The biggest celebration
came on January 5, the eve of
EPIPHANY, which on the Church
calendar marks the arrival of the
Wise Men from out of the East
bearing gifts for the Christ child
in its Bethlehem manger.
The custom of celebrating Old
Christmas has been kept alive by
such folks as Capt. Levene Mid
gett, Chief Boatswain mate in
charge of far-famed Chicama-
comico Coast Guard Station here,
and other old timers of this COM
munity and Waves.
Usually we have a big oyster
roast and a general get together
at Old Christmas time," says Capt.
Midget. "After the oysters are
eaten we have a social gathering.
Sometimes games are played. But
always" and he emphasized this
statement, cold Buck, the Wild
Bull of Cape Woods, makes his
appearance at the party"
"Old Buck" is as mythical as the
Christmastide bull in the folklore
of the Scandinavians. And yet he
is not. Because usually there actu-
ally appears on the scene of the
gaiety at Old Christmas, replica
of one of the "cattle-beastes" that
once roamed this island in a state
of wildness.
Props for "Old Buck,"-the cos
tune that is, left Hatteras Island
for the first time, several months
ago when the Old Christmas Bull
was presented as a skit by Rodan-
the school children in an achieve
ment Day program at Manteo. If
See RODANTHE, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-12-21
THIRD OF ONE FAMILY
DIES OF DROWNING
Lawrence Perry of Kitty Hawk
Succumbs Saturday; Brother
! and Sister Previously
Died in Water

By a strange coincidence, three
children of Mrs. Hildegarde and
the late w. R. Perry of Kitty
Hawk have met death by drown
ing; two sons and daughter, and
all of them were drowned on a
Saturday. y
The third was Lawrence Perry,
well-known fishing and hunting
guide, 81 years old. He was drown
ed about 1890 Saturday while en-
gagged in a trip to set traps, and
probably fell overheard from his
small skiff driven by an cupboard
motor. With heavy clothing and
boots and ice water to contend
with, death must have come quick
ly.
Around noon his boat was seen
floaing upside down in the bay and
later his body was recovered by a
Coast Guardsman from the Kill
Devil Hill Station.
He was a native and lifelong res
ident of Dare County and the Kit
ty Hawk community
He served in the U. S. Coast
Guard during World War II fol
three years. He was member Of
the American Legion Post Of
Manteo.
Besides his mother, he is sur.
vived by one sister, Mrs. E E
Hines of Norfolk; one half-sister
Mrs. Levetta Beasley of Kitty
Hawk; four brothers, Charlie, Her.
bert, Edgar and Milon L. Perry
all of Kitty Hawk. Graveside serv
ices in Austin cemetery were con
Quoted Sunday afternoon at
o'clock.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-12-21
THOS. A. TILLETT,
MAINS HARBOR,
PASSES THURSDAY

Thomas Avery Tillett, IA, prom
inent citizen and merchant Of
Manns Harbor, died Thursday at
2:3O PM, at his home after a
weeks illness. He was the husband
of the late Cynthia Hayman Til
lett, and the son of the late Avery
and Mary Virginia Walker Til
lett. He is survived by two sons,
Troy Tillett of Norfolk, Tom Til
lett of Manns Harbor; a daughter,
Mrs. Eloise Tillett Gard of Nor
folk; three brothers, George Til
lett of Elizabeth City, w. NJ, and
A. B. Tillett of Manns Harbor; al
so several grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
Mr.. Tillett, who was born Au-
gust 10, 1874, was a lifelong res
ident of Manns Harbor, and was
noted as man of upright and
businesslike character. He had en-
gagged for many years in the fish
ing and bodybuilding industries.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted at Manns Harbor Satur-
day at 2 pm. at Mt. Carmel Meth
odist Church, Rev. A. L. G. Steph-
enson, the pastor, will conduct it,
and burial will be in Twiford GEM
etery nearby. Twiford's Funeral
Home, directors.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-12-21
.MANTEo MAN GOES TO
KENTUCKY TO HUNT
No Trouble to Find Plenty Rab-
bits and Quail in the Hard
wood Country

Warrant Officer John Booth,
USN, of Manteo, may not find all
the fowl he wants in Dare County
these days, but he konws where
to go for rabbit and quail. He has
recently returned from his boyhood
home in the hill country of Ken
lucky where he visited his rela-
tives including seven brothers and
sisters, and missed seeing the
eighth who is still on duty in Ger
many.
They left Norfolk in shirt-sleeve
weather, and the next day on
awaking in West Virginia, found
the temperature at two above zero.
They were here this week to at
tend the ceremonies at Kill Devil
Hill.
He not only was a party to bag
ging 121 rabbits while on his visit
to Lebanon Junction, but the bag
was 80 quail. In two nights of
coon hunting, they bagged five
coons the first night and three the
second. His brother has new
$3.50 bird dog which they gave a
workout.
The Booths were accompanied
on their 715 mile motor trip by
their two sons, John and Robert.
Mrs. Booth is the former Margue-
rite Dvinkwater.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-12-21
COLINGTON FOLK
BEGIN TRAPPING
FOR THE SEASON
By AYCoCK BROWN

Colington.-With the opening of
the trapping season on Saturday,
many of the residents of the two
Colington Islands and elsewhere
along the Dare County coast were
busy setting traps.
Tragedy overlook one trapper
of nearby Kitty Hawk as the sea-
son opened. Lawrence Perry, wide
ly known fishing guide, lost his
life as he starter across Kitty
Hawk Bay to establish a trapline.
The cupboard motor-powered skitf
in which he was travelling over
turned while it was travelling
across rough open waters.
Trapping means much to the
economy of many residents of this
community and the county at
large, during the chill winter
months. Most widely known trap
per of the Colington region is
Johnny Moore who has made a
winter-time occupation of taking
muskrats and minks and other pelt
bearing animals for the past half
century.
Moore, as youth of II, was re-
turning from his trapline on De-
See TRAPPING, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-12-21
A BIT OF PROPHECY
COMING TRUE

Il think / shall take vacation
next week" said the Drummer to
the Old Sea Captain.
Sand return more tired than
when you left" said the Old Sea
Captain.
''But 1 will have gotten away
from my work and it's worries for
a week." said the Drummer.
"That is highly necessary, after
one has worked a year steadily"
"Some men get a vacation by
sticking to their work; others can
get rest without leaving home, "
said the Old Sea Captain. "Most of
this vacation business is just a
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-12-21
VIEW TURKEY SHOOT
WILL BE SATURDAY

Want nice turkey for Christ
mas? Then here's your opportuni-
ty.
Dare County Post $3.50 of the
WV is sponsoring a turkey shoot
Saturday, Dec. % at the North
End of Roanoke Island, 800 yards
north of Fort Raleigh. 1t will be-
gin at IL noon.
In addition to 10 turkeys to be
awarded, there will also be chick
ems, hams and ducks. Twelve
gauge shotguns only will be al
lowed. You may bring your own
gun, or gun will be provided;
all ammunition will be furnished.
Everyone is invited to attend,
and the proceeds will go to a
worthy cause.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-12-21

NOTE; Reprinted from the book, aThe
Old Sea Captain and the Drummer,
first published in The coastland Times,
Aug. s.. 1888. The 120-page book OF
characters 81 postpaid. Address Times
Printing Co., Manteo. N. c.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-12-21

REV. P. M. PORTER, pastor of
the three Methodist Churches, of
Kennekeet Township, Dare Coun-
ty, who is now entering on his
sixth year with these churches,
was overjoyed Wednesday night,
when his people gave him an old
fashioned pounding. 81 cannot
find words" he said, "to express
what happiness these people have
brought to u.s." After prayer serv-
ice members and friends brought
to him and Mrs. Porter at the
See PORTER, Page Four