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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-18
MAINS HARBoR NEWS

Melvin White and son Wayne of
Norfolk were the weekend guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Stanford White.
Mesdames Pearl Daniels, Wal
lace Taylor and Jaccie Burrus
spent Thursday in Norfolk shop
ping.
Mrs. j. R. Eason and Miss Hell
en- Sutton have returned from Nor
folk after spending several days
with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Arm
strong.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward White and
children spent the weekend in Nor
folk as the guest of Mrs. Whites
parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Mann and
daughter Glenda of Norfolk were
the weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Mann. Their son Pfc.
Albert Mann of Fort jackson, S.
c., met them here for Mothers
Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Ward and
children of San Fernando, Calf,
were the weekend guests of Mr.,
and Mrs. Roy Midgette.
Fred Sawyer of Norfolk spent
the weekend here with his mother,
Mrs. Nat Sawyer.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Gard were
visitors in Elizabeth City and
Richmond over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Twiford and
son Wayne spent Monday in Eliz-
abeth City on business.
Thomas Midget, Jr., visited
with Mrs. C. w. Johnson in Man
teo over the weekend.
Mrs. w. M. White left Sunday
for Norfolk where she will visit
relatives for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. CASTOR Primer and
small daughters of Elizabeth City
spent Sunday here as the guests
of Mrs. Evie Primer.
Mesdames Geraldine Kirkland
and George Midgette of Norfolk
spent Mothers Day here with their
mother, Mrs. Fred Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jaccie Burrus had
as their guests over the weekend,
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Mann and son
Joey of Philadelphia and Mrs. Err
nest Whitehead of Norfolk.
w. S. Thomas of Charleston, S.
c., spent the weekend here with
his wife, the former Miss Hester
Twiddy.
Mrs. Sallie Gard is spending
some time in Norfolk visiting rel
atives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Twiddy and
children of Coinjock were the
weekend guests of Mr., and Mrs.
Roy Midget. .r.
Bruce Slade spent Monday in
Currituck on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Greet and
sons Robert and William spent
Sunday in Columbia.
Mrs. Johnny Twiddy of Norfolk
spent Mothers Day here with her
small daughter, Loretta.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-18
STUMPY POINT STAR
WITH COLLEGE NINE

Buies Creek.-Bill Hooper, form
er Stumpy Point baseball star, is
front line pitcher for the Camp
bell College baseball team this sea-
son.
"Red," one of two lettermen on
the Camels mound staff, compiled a
Al record last year, including a g.
hitter against the Cherry Point
Marines. In a return game with
the Leathernecks, he gave up only
2 hits in 6 2-3 inning relief stint.
Hooper is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. G. Hooper of Stumpy
Point. He plans to finish school at
Elon with a major in physical ed
ucation.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-18
ARCHIE TILLETT COMPLETES
s. WEEKS LEADERS COURSE

Private Archie B. Tillett, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Crowder Til
lett of Wanchese, has successfully
completed the eight weeks Lead
er's Course conducted by the Spec
ialist Training Regiment of the
famed 9Th Infantry Division at
Fort Jackson, S. C.
Private Tillett attended Manteo
High School in Manteo. He was
employed in New York City prior
to his induction at Raleigh last
November.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-05-18
NEW REGIsTRANT

Walter Leslie Gregory, son of
Mrs. Sibyl Gregory of Manteo, reg
istered with the Dare County
Draft Board for the first time last
week. His 18th birthday was in
April. He is at present employed
in Norfolk as a machinist's helper
at the Norfolk Shipbuilding and
Drydock Corporation. On March
Is of this year Gregory joined the
naval reserve.
Evening star., 1951-02-11

paying temporary" job selling
soap for Colgate-Palmolive-Pee
What followed. of course. Is one
of the great Horatio Alger tales
Of modern times.
He switched to the Pepsodent
Co. in 1885 and became its pres
ident in 1912. Early In his Pepso-
dent career he spotted a fast
talking comedian who was trying
to get started In radio.
Luckman hired the comedian
and together they sold a lot Of
toothpaste. The comic was Bob
Hope.
In l946, the Lever Bros.
worldwide soap and shortening
empire bought out Pepsodent, pre-
sumably to get Luckman. At any
rate. Luckman was made president
Of Levers United States branch.
He thus became the boss of
5000 people in plants throughout
the Nation. Besides the original
soap business. he directed SUBJ
sidiaries which made dentrifices,
shampoos, home permanent wave
kits. cosmetics, margarine and
salad dressing.
He also took an active hand in
the firms vast advertising pro-
gram and in construction of new
plants and laboratories.
In 1949. an official company
statement said that Levers had
nearly doubled its business In the
three years of Luckman's presi-
dency. He had also taken time
out to direct President Truman's
Citizens Food Committee to help
feed Europe's hungry.
Remember "Meatless Tues
days?'
Then, in January. 1850, terse
announcement came out of what
looked like a routine meeting of
Luckman and the British and
Dutch heads of Lever Bros.
1t said only that Luckman had
resigned because of a disagree
ment that could not be resolved
Evening star., 1951-02-11
Finds Architecture
Eusier on Nerves
Thun Lever Brothers
By jones R. Bacon

HOLLYWOOD. Charles Luck
man, architect. has taken but two
sleeping pills In the last six
months.
Charles Luckman, $500, ,000-a-
year head Of Lever Bros, took
sleeping pills every night for IL
years.
That is what has happened to
Chuck Luckman, boy wonder Of
American business who gave up
fame. power and the big money to
do what he always wanted to do.
"It was the most. intelligent
thing ] ever did," says the Al
Eyear-old Luckman with that same
boyish enthusiasm that shot him
Ijetlike into the dizzy stratosphere
|of big business.
He admits the. cut In pay is
Substantial but worth It,"
MY hours are Just as long and
the work sometimes as hectic"
But" he exfailarates, II wish I
could tell you exactly how I feel
now. leave here some nights at
II o'clock after a 16-hour day but
never feel tired. When go home,
I can sleep. And I am now able
to recognize my three sons when
I 60 home"
Luckman, Of course. is not
starving as an architect. In fact,
he's a partner in an Industrial
and commercial architecture firm
that has an estimated $50 million
backlog Of orders.
The Luckman story starts in his
native Kansas City, Mo.
II was different from most kids.
I never wanted to be a policeman,
fireman, cowboy-or soap sales
man. I wanted to be an
architect" 5..
A brilliant student, he won a
priced State scholarship to the
University of Missouri. 1t was a
free education but meant that he
would have studied business ad-
ministration instead of archi-
lecture. rt
He gave up that. too.
MY parents were unhappy at
that. They didn't have the money
to send me to college. So I went
to Chicago. worked two years in
an architects Office and saved my
money"
He entered the School of Archi-
lecture at the University Of Illinois
along with 109 other freshmen.
Only eight Of the class finished
in 1881. Luckman. with a magma
cum laude degree. was top man
of the eight. William Pereira.
now Luckman's partner, was
among the eight.
Was Soap Salesman
Both tucked their diplomas un-
der their arms and headed for
Chicago. The 21-year -old Luck
man also took along his bride.
They were offered jobs as archi-
tects at S17.50 a week.
Pereira. single. took one. Luck
man told the prospective boss:
But got a wife to support"
d The boss reminded: There's a
depression on"
-Luckman decided on O. better
Evening star., 1951-02-11
Solid Front of Free Nations

one striking force. The ITS first
line Soviet divisions are spread
over a huge area, extending from
the Elbe River to the Pacific coast.
Russia is known for her poor
system Of communications. After
the initial successes. which are in
evitable for an army which has
the initiative. the non-Communist
forces. concentrated in q much
smaller area and with excellent
communications, can strike back.
although we ourselves may not
have fully modified our manpower
for global war.
Evening star., 1951-02-11
Gold Bargain Counter

whereas Europe and particularly
Britain can supply what is needed.
And to buy in Britain one requires
pounds sterling.
The World Bank holds some $50
million of uncommitted pounds
sterling, that is British currency
paid in as part of Britains sub
scription to the banks capital.
When the Breton Woods bank
was launched, it was in part on
the basis of the argument that
all the member countries would
contribute local currencies-plus a
small gold payment-and that
when a borrower needed one of
those local currencies the bank
would draw on its supply thereof.
Treasury Concerned
But In this instance, as In
others. 1t does not work out like
that in practice. Bank spokesmen
explain that the British do not
consent to the bank lending
pounds sterling to South Africa.
Were the bank to do so, the South
Africans would spend the sterling
in Britain, British equipment
would be shipped to South Africa
and Britain would have nothing
to show for the transaction. It
would be what the British term
as an "unrequited export" So
the bank is going to have to take
dollars and go out into the ex-
change markets and buy pounds
sterling Herewith, to the extent
OF about $40 million the while its
230 million pounds remains un-
touched for lack of permission to
use it.
When the deal is carried out,
$40 million of British equipment
will be exported from that coun-
try to South Africa and $40 mil
lion more will have been added to
Britain's gold and dollar reserves.
These dollars will be supplied by
American investors in the World
Banks bonds.
Under a British-South African
agreement, South Africa is paying
regularly in gold for ESQ million of
its purchases of goods in Britain.
The loan which the World Bank
has made to South Africa neces-
sarily had the approval of the
National Advisory Council, whose
chairman is the Secretary of the
Treasury. The Treasury has been
not a little concerned in recent
years over the tendency of other
countries to operate in the gold
market at premium prices. At
the last two annual meetings of
the World Fund, Secretary Snyder
has resisted the forceful demands
of South Africans for a higher
price of gold. Latterly, South
Africa's government has encour-
aged the sale of South African
gold on world free markets at
prices which are Illegal under the
rules of the World Monetary Fund.
Now, in effect, South Africa is
being rewarded through the World
Bank for it's fouting of that other
American-supported monetary in
stitution, the World Fund.
In recent years. we have had
committees to formulate Ameri-
can policy on foreign aid, raw ma
terials and the like. Perhaps we
should have. a committee of able
students to tell us in simple words
what Americas gold policy is OF
should be.
Evening star., 1951-02-11
Boy Wonder Luckmon Is Sleeping Better NOWADAYS
In Partnership on
West Coast With
College CIossmote

the California license test. He
passed 1t and submitted q 32-page
treatise on "The Effects Of Earth
quake Forces on Structural De-
sign"
A member Of the State board
wrote Pereira that the treatise
was the most detailed on the
subject submitted In the last 10
years"
The ex-boy wonder believes his
big business experience has made
him a better architect.
/. Recently. an industrialist whom
Luckman had never known be-
fore, asked about the construction
Of q new factory.
The industrialist started to 20
into detail but stopped suddenly
but I don't have to tell you all
that. Luckman. You know what
I mean"
Pereira sums 1t up thus:
"CEuck has brought us the
clients view. That's priceless In
this profession"
AS q businessman. Luckman
knows all about the high cost
Of building. He knows that an
architect. to be successful today,
must come UP with design that
will cut operating costs and offset
the building cost.
There's q Luckman undertone
Of expanding big business about
the firm now. It is noted that
the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
tenn last May announced plans for
a $35 million television city in
Hollywood. It is noted. too, that
Pereira g. Luckman were named
architects a month after Luckman
Joined the firm.
Knows Both Aides
"Of course, I was once one Of
Bill Paley's (CBS head best Gus
toners and still am a good friend.
But that doesn't mean he's going
to spend that kind Of money un-
less we can produce"
Luckman probably is the only
architect In the country who ever
bought millions Of dollars worth
of radio and television time. That
should give him a sponsor's-eye
view that Is valuable.
The firm recently was selected,
with three others. to appear be-
fore the board Of review Of the
Navy's Bureau Of Yards and
Docks to present qualifications for
handling design Of a new multi
million-dollar permanent West
Coast Navy base. Pereira a.
Luckman were the only West
Coast firm invited. They got the
job. too.
National City. Calf. Q San
Diego Navy suburb that mush-
roomed during the war years and
expects to do so again, hired the
firm as city planners.
Things hustle around Luckman,
but he has a casual. calm way Of
not looking hurried or rushed
himself. He still looks boyish-
almost like q grownup Freddie
Bartholomew-but he inspires his
co-workers.
Pereira is Luckman's greatest
booster. I interviewed him sep
arately.
What does he think Of Luckman
as an architect?
Architecture, as q profession,
could use more Luckmans."
What is the secret Of the Luck
man success?
Hes a good listener"
Luckman has another sideline.
He spends week ends at his 20 ,000-
acre cattle ranch in nearby San
Diego County. overseeing paying
cattle business.
In case you're curious about
those two sleeping pills. He ad-
mits they were taken when he
went to New York on business.
Evening star., 1951-02-11
(Continued From Page C-10

learned that the Germans will not
join the Western coalition. except
as full-f1edged partners and on a
footing of absolute equality. This
Is a matter of politics. on which
he was not eager to pass. It
was a question to be decided by
the governments of the United
States. Britain and France. But
what made him lukewarm to in
clusion of Western Germany in
the defense setup was the fact
that 1t would take at least 16
months. If not longer, before a
German combat force could be
gathered together, drilled and
equipped with modern war ma
chimes. Armies are not organ
lied over night.
Gen. Eisenhower strictly mill
tary concepts, it was believed in
France and other European coun-
tries which still live in fear of
revived German power, displayed
greater understanding of their
problem than has been shown by
the American Government. Thus.
If Gen. Eisenhower strongly rec
ommends that Spain, with her 40
combat-ready divisions, join the
Atlantic coalition, his words may
have greater weight politically with
the rank and file of the peoples of
Western Europe.
Alert to Far East Perils
Gen. Eisenhower has avoided.
as much as possible, committing
himself to the number of Amer
lean troops to be sent to Europe
before the outbreak of hostilities.
But he has limited that at this
stage we should keep American
contingents to a minimum. He
knows from personal experience
the slowness of the process Of
mobilization in this Country before
a full war has started.
Although Gen. Eisenhower in
his public addresses has spoken
only of the Atlantic frontier,
which now is his personal re-
sponsibility, he is known to be a
strong advocate of Pacific defense.
The general realizes our stake in
that area and knows that more
troops will have to be sent to the
Far East, even if we decide to
evacuate Korea. because of stra-
tegic considerations. All this adds
up to the fact that regardless of
how well our mobilization of man
power may proceed, we cannot
have sufficient strength within the
next IL months to meet our COM
mitments in both the Atlantic and
the Pacific.
The advantage of the Western
coalition-assuming that present
political handicaps to Inclusion Of
Spain will be overcome-is that
these forces are easily grouped into
Evening star., 1951-02-11
Continued From Page C-1o

Wontlnueo from Page C-1O
not normal times. If the United
States Government lends it's sup
port to such ventures today, what
can it answer tomorrow, when our
own gold mining industry and
that of other friendly countries
ask for similar equipment?
The Orange Free State gold
fields. it is said. may yield
uranium as we'll as gold. South
African gold ores. like the Oil
shales of Sweden and the marine
phosphate deposits of the United
States. are potential sources of
that element as a byproduct. But
the World Bank does not contend
that its purpose In lending to
South Africa is uranium produc-
tion.
From one standpoint, 1t might
be said that the World Bank is
lending to South Africa to replen-
ish that country's gold and dollar
reserves. The bank states that
without its loans South Africa
could secure the desired equip
ment only at the expense Of It's
foreign exchange reserves and
maintenance of foreign exchange
reserves at a satisfactory level is
particularly important to" South
Africa. That is, South Africa
would rather not use its own
money.
Evening star., 1951-02-11

and affecting policy Of the Amer
lean branch"
Atomic news In the business
world. it touched of q blast OF
speculation over the nature Of
the disagreement. Nothing off,
cial ever has been said, but as
Luckman says now:
ut was one of those instances
where the parties concerned
agreed not to falkland never
did"
Much wondernent followed as
to what Luckman would do next.
He ruled himself out of offers
from competitors. But there was
much Washington talk that he
would be chairman Of the Atomic
Energy Commission or even a dip
lomat.
He admits there were business
offers aplenty-many matching
that 100000 a year paycheck he
had just lost. They came from
banks. mercantile houses and
textile industries.
II spent five months just listen
ing" he comments.
The first offer came in q wire
from Pereira in Hollywood. It
read:
Isn't it about time you kept
your promise to 60 into partner
ship?"
Impressed Board
1t was something he and his old
friend had talked about ever since
college days. Pereira had always
stayed in architecture but had a
career almost as spectacular as
Luckman's.
After designing theaters all over
the Midwest for Balaban &
Katz. Chicago theatrical chain.
Pereira moved to Hollywood when
Barney Balaban became president
of Paramount Pictures. Balaban
urged Pereira to first try set de-
signing. then art direction and
finally direction and production.
He did all as a sideline in his
growing architecture business. It
was a profitable sideline, winning
him an Oscar in 1943 for special
effects on Reap the Wild Wind"
and top salary of $500 a year.
But he gave the movies up for
full-tirne architecture few years
ago-and started anew to lure
Luckman in with him.
It took more than a mere shak-
ing of the hands for the two to
become partners. He needed a
California license. Luckman hired
a tutor and studied for months for
Evening star., 1951-02-11
Foreign-Exchange Angle

But there is more interesting
foreign-exchange angle to the
loan. Twenty per cent of the loan
proceeds will be spent in the dollar
area, while the rest will be spent
almost entirely in the United
Kingdom, in sterling. Yet the
bank Is lending the $50 million to
South Africa in dollars. In ex-
PLANTATION, the bank states that
the type of equipment South
Africa wants is in short supply
here and at best could not be de-
livered within a reasonable time,
Evening star., 1951-03-18
elvEs PRIVACY wIrHour oFFENsE

Gives you quick, permanent,
friendly privacy-without offense to
neighbors. White blossoms in June
thousands of attractive red berries
in fall. Makes your property worth
hundreds of dollars more. Ideal for
game conservation; berries and
thorny protection attract song and
game birds.
Evening star., 1951-03-18
Shrubs
Regular Varieties

HeoVily wrapped roots in sphoanurn moss.
Your choice of purple, pink. red or white
oltheo; purple or pink butterfly bush;
pink or white deutzio; red Towering
ounce, forsythio, red or pink honey
suckIe. purple IiIoes, mock oronoe, snow
boil, red or white snow berry, spireo,
tomorx, weieeIo, in red or pink.
Evening star., 1951-03-18
MARYLAND Milk Hits ALL Time Hiqh

Dairy farmers in Maryland
helped set a new record last year
Total milk production hit an all
time high of l billion 800 million
pounds. This was per cent over
the 1949 figure.
The increase came about be-
cause of higher production pei
cow and a 10000 jump in the
number of milk COWS on farms in
Maryland. The average cow pro-
|duced $500 pounds compared to
$500 the year before.
DR.. G. M. Beal of the agricul-
tural economics and marketing
department at the University of
Maryland said Maryland's milk
production has shown a remark
ably consistent upward trend
since annual figures were first
compiled in 1924. During that
26-year period. the quality OF
milk has never declined more than
two consecutive years. This hap
pened only once-1929 and 1890,
Even when the national figure
for the number of milk COWS on
farms started to decline in 1914,
Maryland continued to increase
The Free State herds increased
% per cent from 1910 through
1950-from $4,000 to 235,OO0
COWS.
DR.. Beal said a new high level
Evening star., 1951-03-18

The other morning I spent a
half hour watching lambs at play
in the pasture across the road.
There must have been 40 of them,
all about 3 weeks old, and they
had taken an old sink hole for
their playground.
There are no animals more ap-
pealing than young lambs. I am
sure they have more fun together
than anything on the farm. IN
their games, they remind me of
a group of young children.
The sink hole lies in the mid
die of my neighbors bluegrass
pasture. and the lambs had gath
cred there while their mothers
Evening star., 1951-03-18
This Week in the Garden

The flower shows are over, the
buds are beginning to swell. daffo-
dis and tulips and poking through
the ground, the. blue birds and
robins are here. and the gardeners
are beginning to clean up the
trash in the yards. All of which is
another way of saying that the
gardeners planning season is over
and work should get under way as
rapidly as weather will permit.
Cabbage, broccoli, lettuce and
other hardy garden plants may be
set out as soon as they have been
properly hardened. Moving plants
from a cold frame or protected sit
uation into the garden is apt to set
them back severely. Once hard
ened off. however, they will with
stand frost without injury. Thus,
it is safer to delay planting a few
days until the plants are properly
conditioned.
Peas. onion sets, lettuce seed
and beets may be planted as soon
as the space is ready. They will
sprout rather slowly since the soil
is cold but when they do come up
they will be we'll rooted and ready
to make rapid growth.
Pansy plants, Phlox sublata
(moss pink and other hardy
plants can go into the flower bees
whenever the ground is dry
enough to be worked. Normally
these plants are not offered unit.
early April, but is is desirable tc
get them into the ground as
early as possible.
Spring planted rose bushes
should have the tops cut back to
a height of 6 or 8 inches and then
have dirt mounded up to the
tips of the branches. Keep this
mound over the branches for 10
days to 2 weeks. Then remove it
on a cloudy day so that the tender
bark will not sun-burn.
Perennial and bulb beds that
were mulched during the winter
should have this material gradu.
ally removed, preferably on a
cloudy day, so that the tender
growth which is likely to be
found under the blanket will not
Sunburn.
Current attention to the use
of hollieS in landscaping the
home ground was reflected in the
displays at the Philadelphia Flow
er Show. Many varieties of Amer
lean and Japanese holly were on
display as well as a few Chinese
hollies. One large specimen of
American holly on display appar-
emily had been growing in a too
exposed situation and the foliage
on one side had been badly
thinned by winter winds. While
we all enjoy the hollies, 1t is well
to remember that they are pri-