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well as the sharing Of many good
things from the well-filled picnic
baskets.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gartner
are spending the week in Secre-
tary, their former home.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. A. Old of St.
Petersburg, Fla, left on Monday
after a most enjoyable visit with
Mrs. Odds mother, Mrs. J. R.
Marsh. Another daughter, Mrs. X.
A. Shultz and her son, Norman, of
Cleveland, o., are Mrs. Marsh's
guests this week.
The Misses Doris and Peggy
Swami have returned to their home
in Washington Grove after a vaca-
ton with their grandfather, Ernest
j. Gronberg of Baltimore.
Mrs. Howard Miles and Miss
Helen Davis of North East spent
the weekend in New York. In ad-
dition to the fun of sightseeing,
Mrs. Miles, Miss Davis and 1t.
Ccmdr. Miles, who is stationed at
Camp Kilmer, N. j., were able to
secure tickets for the hit show
"Call Me Madam, starring Ethel
Norman. Mrs. George Darby and
children drove as far as North
East with Mrs. Miles and spent
the weekend with Mrs. H. S. Davis.
Tommy Redding, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Redding, is enjoying
three weeks at Camp Let's, near
Edgewater. Mrs. Redding reports
that Tommy is too busy to write
and must be enjoying camp life.
The Gaithersburg Garden Club
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August seems to be the. month
of family reunions and one of the
largest held on Sunday was the
27th annual reunion of the family
OF Mrs. ]. E. Thompson. The re-
union, with lightweight members
of the family present, was held at
the Thompson home in Hyattstown,
now owned by Horace Thompson
and his wife. The ten children OF
Mrs. Thompson who were present
were. Mrs. Virgie Bealle, Horace
Thompson, Mrs. Clytie Monkey
Mrs. Rose Watkins, Orville Thomp-
son, Mrs. Lillian Turnkey, John
Thompson, Mrs. Bess Barber, Mrs
Nell Browning and Luther Thomp-
son with their families. Mrs. Edith
Rensberg was the only child OF
Mrs. Thompson absent. Also pres
ent were twenty-one grandchildren
twenty eight great-grandchildrer
and thirteen visitors. The mem
bers of the family spent the day
participating in many forms OF
entertainment, with dozens of de-
licious dishes of home cooked food
available for the hungry. Mrs. ely
tie Monkey was elected president
for the coming year, Mrs. Perla
Bealle Frye, secretary, and Mrs
Horace Thompson, treasurer.
Mrs. Edith Engle has returned
from a two weeks visit with hel
sister, Mrs. Alva Williams ano
her brother, Allie Williams, il
Relay.
Mrs. 9. E. Crawford and Mrs
Laura Walker entertained at a pic.
mic supper on Saturday at the
home of Mrs. Crawford.
Mrs. Harvey Selby returned or
Sunday from a visit with Mrs
Laura Disney in Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. Griffith anG
son, Kirk, will leave on Friday fol-
a trip that will include a visit with
relatives in Williamsburg, Mass.
and a stay at Lake Bonsum, Vt.
where good fishing is anticipated
Previous to their departure, the
Griffiths had as their house guest
Miss Ollie Myers a former resi-
dent of Gaithersburg.
Mrs. Laura walker is spending
few days with her daughter anc
son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Robertson in Silver Spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Reber anC
daughter Jackie report a most en-
joyable trip to Niagara Falls las
week. Young Michael Reber stayed
with his grandparents while hi'
parents were away.
The picnic of Pentalpha Chapter
O.E.S., will be held on Saturday
August IS, at the Gaithersburs
Agricultural Center, beginning a
$50 pm. All the members anC
their families have been notified o
this summer get-together which
will include games and singing, a!
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met at the home of Mrs. Clarence
Becraft on Wednesday with Miss
Mabel Becraft, Mrs. Norman ia
cobs and Mrs. C. E. Crawford as
sisting hostesses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Kier and
sons, Walter and Robert are spend
ing the week at systematically.
The Kiers have as their guest for
the week, Jerome Kephart, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fenton Kephait.
Mrs. George Ward spent several
days with her parents in Grace
ham where her son "Chip" has
been visiting. He accompanied his
mother home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Bent and
children, Barbara and David, have
just returned from an enjoyable
vacation at Kitty Hawk, N. C.
Don't forget the Bake Sale on
Saturday, August IS, sponsored by
the Washington Grove Women's
Club in the club house.
Major and Mrs. Charles McDan-
lei, their baby daughter, Mary
Elizabeth, and Aubrey Floyd OF
Macon, Ga, returned to Milledge-
vile, Ga, on Monday. Mrs. Nc
Daniel, the former Miss Beatrice
Martin, has been staying with her
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A.
Schroeder, this summer while her
husband continued his studies at
Columbia University. Mr.. Floyd
also completed courses at Column
bia this summer, and spent several
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days with the Schroeders before
leaving for Georgia.
Miss Caroline Cissel entertained
few friends on Friday at lunch
con. Despite the sultry heat, the
guests enjoyed the out of doors
games and lunch. Attending were
Mary Schroeder, Patsy Demory,
Nancy Mullineaux, Resale Sandi
son, Sandra Lee King, Martha Os-
terwise, Lorraine Davis, Joyce
Clark, Barbara Duvall, and Patri-
cha Mead.
The Norton j. McCurdy family
have been entertaining family and
friends recently. First to arrive
was a friend of their son, Benja-
min Copeland, HIM BIC USN, who
is on the USS Bataan. Nephews
of Mr.. Copeland, Tommy and Ed
die Herman of Pittsburgh, Pa,
spent last week with the McCurdys
and left on Saturday with their
uncle. The McCurdys' son, John
E. McCurdy, HIN SIC USN, who
has been at Kwajalein, Marshall
Islands, arrived last Thursday for
fifty-one days of leave. He was
able to have a short visit with his
friend, Mr.. Copeland. Both boys
had been stationed in Honolulu a
year ago. Other guests have been
Mrs. McCurdy's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. j. Helferty and Mrs.
Stella Ryan of Baltimore, and Mrs,
Pat Helferty and Mrs. John Duma-
schell of Kalamazoo, Mich.
| Members Of the choir of the
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Thursday, August t. 1851

Neelsville Presbyterian Church
held surprise housewarming
shower on Monday evening for
Mrs. William Christie in her new
home on Hutton Street.
Mrs. CORTLAND Ferguson will
speak Thursday at the regular
meeting of the Washington Grove
Women's Club. She will discuss
life in Japan and display many ar
ticles she has brought from there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Kohlen-
)urg of Washington Grove are
beaming over the arrival of a
daughter, Sharon Sue, born at the
Montgomery County General Hos
pital on August 10. She weighed
in at 6 pounds liz ounces. Mrs.
Kohlenburg is the former Miss
Doris Hankel of Derwood.
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Page 3
POLICE :.
Continued from Page II

NSOilSlilbSu llOlll age
Rockville, suffered fractured
skull when the car in which he
was riding left the road and struck
bridge abutment on a long down
hill curve on Black Rock Road, ac-
cording to police accident report.
Another passenger in the car,
Spencer Dove, was injured. Brain
erd H. Lawson of Tennessee was
the driver. The Gaithersburg Res
cue Squad responded to the call.
The fourth accident occurred on
Viers Mill Road about z o'clock,
and involved two cars driven by
Richard f. Meisser of Silver Spring
and Herbert R. Ray of Montgom-
cry avenue, Rockville. The report
stated that no one was injured.
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LAST WEEKS WEATHER
Figures provided by U. s. Govt.
Meteorological A. w. Drinkwater
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RITES HELD SUNDAY FOR
SARAH E. MANN. "a

Funeral services were held at
an Elizabeth City funeral home
Sunday afternoon for Sarah Eliz-
beth Mann, Dare County native
who died at her home in Elizabeth
City last Friday morning. The
Revs. L. A. jackson and w. R.
Stephens conducted the rites. In
terment was in Hollywood Gene
terry.
Mrs. Mann resided in Elizabeth
City during the last years of heI
life. She was a member of the
Church of Christ. Born the daugh-
ter of Samuel and Melissa Til
lett, she became the wife of the
late P. D. Mann.
Survivors are five daughters
Mrs. N. C. Hoffler of Portsmouth
Mrs. W. M. Munden of Portlock
Va, Mrs. H. M. Culpepper, Mrs
John E. Gaskins and Mrs. Jessie
Jordan of Elizabeth City; one son
Doyle Mann of Elizabeth City; g
sister, Mrs. John T. Combs of Co.
lumbia; and two brothers, c. w
and ]. S. Mann of Elizabeth City
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INLET
Continued from Page Onel

North Carolina is chairman of the
Civil Functions Sub Committee
which is holding hearings for two
weeks. The Oregon Inlet Commit
tee found the way well-paved by
the hard work that has been done
by Congressman Herbert Bonner
and the vast amount of research
placed in his hands by Mr.. Ward
and Ben Dixon MacNeill. The Sub
Committee highly praised the job
that had been done by Mr.. Bonner
and Mr.. Wards Committee, and
declared it was about the best pre-
pared case ever to come before
them.
However, there are many hur-
dies to overcome. The Oregon In
let Committee found itself in the
boat with numerous other groups
seeking Government aid for var
ious projects, some of which call
for millions of dollars. On the
same day one committee sought
So, 100000 for the Philpott Dam,
and another sought $4,000, 900
for the Bugs Island project, both
in North Carolina and Virginia in
the Roanoke River basin.
Beside Congressman Kerr, 9TH
er member of the subcommittee
are Reps. Clarence Cannon of
Missouri, Glenn R. Davis of Wis
consin and Gerald R. Ford and
Louis Rabaut of Michigan. Mr..
Rabaut was particularly strong in
his endorsement of the work that
Mr.. Bonner and Mr.. Ward had
done in preparing the case, and in
particular complimented Mr.. Bon
ner on his ability as a Congress
man.
At any rate, the Oregon Inlet
group is still in the ring fighting
for the case. 1t may take year
or two longer to win success. 1t
is a comparatively new project,
and has required much work to
develop. Fortunately, it has no OPP
en- opposition, but without contin-
ued and vigorous effort by those
interested to keep the project
alive, it might easily be lost in
the vast number of other projects
from all parts of the nation, that
are being constantly kept before
Congress by active and well n
nanced groups of people.
The Oregon Inlet project needs
continued support and work. A
serious draw back, is that few
people can afford to spare the
time from work, and the expense
necessary to maintain the desired
contact with Washington.
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HATTERAS
Continued From Page One)

Friday morning, and along with
their homemade dramas they are
taking a tremendous lot of home
generated enthusiasm. What they
lack, if anything, in histrionic ex-
perience will be more than made
up with the gusto with which the
students have entered into the
staging of their pieces. Not that
they are likely to be found lack
ing in effort and coaching.
Beginning at the north end of
the Island, Rodanthe school will
present a sketch built around the
community's annual celebration of
Old Christmas. Moving down to
Kinnakeet the play is conferred
around recreation and here at
Buxton the grammar and high
school grades are putting on a
sketch based on a translation of
what is generally conceded to be
the first written mention ever set
down about Cape Hatteras. 1t is
from the Spanish Archives and
the date is 1857, or 80 years be-
fore the English started settle
ment on Roanoke Island. Hatteras
schools sketch is built around the
log book of old Durant's Station
of the us. Coast Guard.
One interesting piece of histor-
ic property" for Rodanthe's
sketch will be the ancient drum
that has served to assemble the
villagers for Old Christmas ever
since the instrument floated a.
shore after the sinking of Brit
ish man-o'-war in the War of 1872.
According to original casting of
the sketch, Lance Midget will
carry the drum and explain to an
"outlander," played by Dalton
O'Neal, the significance of the old
drum and the celebration of Old
Christmas. Other students will fill
in.
Chance brought the Spanish
story within the range of the
school here. More than % years
ago Ben Dixon MacNeill, now a
resident of the Cape, was mem
Der of the State Historical Com
mission and advocated the pur-
chase by the State of some re-
ported manuscript in Madrid
which had a bearing on North
Carolina history. About 1000
pieces of it were bought but few
of them translated. One fragment
mentioned the destruction of an
exploring English boat in the
blight west of the Cape-adding
that the natives, Hattorask In
dams, could be seen looking on
from a neighboring hill. The local
school will present the scene with
Jackie Robinson taking the part
of the chief of the Hattorask In
dams. The sketches were writer
by Mr.. MacNeill.
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ent who is not familiar with the
kind of lunches that are served to
his child when he takes lunch at
school.
Monday: spaghetti and meat
balls, peach salad, toasted loaf
bread, cookie. Tuesday: pork
chop, peas, creamed potatoes, slic-
ed beets, rolls, gravy, chocolate
pudding with marshmallows. We'd
nesday: salad green's, baked sweet
potatoes, sliced tomato, baked
cornbread, deviled eggs, apple
sauce. Thursday: baked hash, but
ter beans, apple salad, fried corn
brean. Friday: vegetable soup,
loaf bread strips with cheese, gin
gerbread.
That's long way to go in four
years: new building, new equip
ment, more than three times as
many pupils served each day, a
Class A rating for the lunchroom
all done without going a. cent in
debt. Everyone who has had any,
thing to do with making the Man
teo School Lunchroom what it is
today has a right to feel great
pride in it, we say.
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SCHOOL
Continued from Page One)

ing for the election to be held
Monday.
First order of business for the
new board on Monday will be the
election of a chairman. Then the
board will proceed to the election
of a superintendent Of schools.
Committees Appointed
The board acted to re-appoint
school committee members, as
follows: MANTEO: T. D. Ether
idge, H. A. Dough, Nevin West
colt, John Long and Mrs. Ray
Jones.
MAINS HARBOR: Jaccie F,
Burrus, Melvin White, C.. R. Full
cher.
KITTY HAWK: John Beacham,
Clyde Beacham, Charlie Spruill.
COLINGTON: Raymond Perry
Sam Liverman, Barney Midget.
WANCHESE: Ralph Meekins
Royden Tillett, R. H. Gray, Jr.
STUMPY POINT: Robert Mid
gett, Carville Wise, Woodrow
Best.
RODANTHE: Capt. Levine
Midget, Cecil Midget, Melvins
Whidbee.
AVON: Eugene Gray, Luther
Hooper, Goodrich Williams.
BUXTON: Lloyd Scarborough
John E. Midget, Edna Barnett.
HATTERAS: Anderson Mid
gett, Byron Byrd, Frederick Aus
tin.
ROANOKE SCHOOL: Maloy'
Scarborough, Marshall Collins
and one member yet to be named
East Lake Building
Lundy Twiford Of East LAX
appeared before the board to re
quest that the school building
there be retained for the use o
the East Lake community, pro
vided that the building be kept i
good repair. The board approve
1.-The request.
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MISS DARE COUNTY
/ TO BE NAMED MAY ~
Pioneer Theatre Sponsors Con-
test. Winner Will Compete for
Title of Queen of Eliza
beth City Festival

On May II at the Pioneer Thea
tire in Manteo "Miss Dare County
of 1851" will be chosen. She will
represent the county IN seven
county contest at Elizabeth City
at the Carolina Theatre on May
"a; the winner of the Elizabeth
City contest will reign as queen
of the annual Potato Festival.
Other entrants win be attendants
Of the Potato Festival queen at a
banquet and ball to be held dur
ing the celebration.
Entrants in the Dare contest
here will be judged by a panel
of three impartial, outside judg-
es. Miss Lila Peele of Hatteras,
winner of last years contest at
the Pioneer Theatre, will crown
Miss Dare County of 1851" af-
ter the judges have made their
decision. The winner will be
presented trophy by the own
ers Of the theatre.
Anyone who wishes to enter the
beauty contest, or anyone who has
a favorite candidate whom they
feel should be entered, may secure
entry in the competition by noti-
flying Ben or George Greet of the
Pioneer Theatre staff. Entries
will be accepted up to the day of
the contest, May II.
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DeFEBIO
Continued from Page One)

the near future for the DeFebioS.
That of the husband, Frank De-
Febio, who attempted suicide in a
jail cell here the night of April
81, on compounded charge grow
ing out of his refusal to place his
minor children in school, will be
tried in recorders court May Is.
The hearing in juvenile. court, call
ed originally for last Friday, mas
been set for a day later in the
same week that Frank DeFebio is
to be tried.
DeFebio was discharged from
AIbemarle Hospital on Thursday.
What arrangements had been
made for him until he is tried
could not be learned up to press
time Thursday night.
Mrs. DeFebio has left her
Washington, d. c., cab-driving
Job, of course, during her demon
stration of "non-violent resis-
tence." AS her job is the source
of the family's entire income, her
money, she said on Thursday
morning, is running low. When it
Is gone, she declares, she will
continue the vigil until justice is
DONE"
To Stay Permanently
The DeFebios intend to make
their permanent home in Dare
County, Mrs. DeFebio told a
Times reporter. They like the
country and they wish to stay
here. She said that the people of
the town of Manteo have been
very kind to her, and that all the
people with whom they have come
in contact in the area surround
ing their Dare County home in
the Kitty Hawk section have beeH
most friendly to the family. Mrs
DeFebio says that her family's
troubles have been caused by "the
politicians" and that it is against
them alone that her struggle il
directed.
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GARDEN TINE
-Ru RnRERT' SCHMInT

Al good lawn, wen kept, is .
beautiful thing, and is an asset
to any property. This is not the
proper season to plant lawn grass
es-except Bermuda grass-but
from now on through hot weather
is the critical period in lawn
maintenance. Fertilization in the
spring is not enough to last all
summer. A lawn should be ferti-
lized every five or six weeks
throughout the growing season.
For this summer fertilization use
five pounds of nitrate of soda per
1000 square feet applied while
the grass is dry and preferably
just before a rain.
Watering is very important.
Soak the soil thoroughly at least
once a week during dry weather
rather than making light sprink-
lings each day.
Frequent cutting is desirable,
but close cutting will do much
harm to the better grasses such
as Kentucky blue grass.
If you have a good stand of
grass, weeds will not thrive, but
if weeds have become established,
spray of 2, AID will also XIII
your shrubs and flowers, so it
must be used with care. Even the
spray mist carried by wind may
cause a lot of damage. There are
also sprays that will kill out crab
grass without harming the princi-
pal lawn grasses.
Spring towering shrubs should
be pruned as soon as they are
through blooming. This group i'm
cludes such shrubs as spirea, for
sythia, pearl bush, towering
ounce, and others. The main
stems may be cut back to new
shoot growth and some of the old
er unproductive stems should be
removed. Most of next years
flowers will be on young wood.
Shrubs which bloom in June or
later should not be pruned until
next winter. This group includes
such shrubs as Grape myrtle and
arthea.
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LUNCF1ROOM
Continued from Page 0ne)

quate benches and tables. The
space that it occupied in the school
building was sorely needed for
classrooms.
The trim, green-roofed building
with white-shingIe siding is an
attractive asset to the appearance
of the Manteo school grounds. It
has undergone a great transfor-
nation since it was acquired from
the CAA. The entire front of the
building was built after it was
moved to its present location. The
siding and roofing, of course, are
new, too.
During the first school term
that the lunchroom was in use,
1947-48, Popular Girl Contest
was held under the direction of
Miss Esther Wynn and Mr.. Hug
gins to raise $500 necessary to
buy an excellent gas range for
the kitchen.
Without going IN lebt for as
much as a cent co do so, the school
has been able to replace all the
old dishes, silverware and cook
ing utensils with new and COM
plete sets of dinner ware, stain
less steel silverware and heavy
aluminium kitchen ware in the
years since 1947. None of the
equipment now in use predates
the present lunchroom. There is
complete equipment for serving
200 lunches at any time.
New tables and chairs were add
ed to the dining room in 194S-49.
The tables and counters are all
covered with heat-proof water
proof, highly durable material in
conformity with requirements for
a Class A lunchroom.
Installation of three-compart-
ment sink, a necessary piece of
equipment for Glass A lunch
room, has been made this school
year. An electric fan, now on or
der, will soon be placed over the
sink to aid ventilation. The kitch-
en- has been given new coat of
paint this wear also.
Interior
The walls of the dining room
are of stained natural pine; all
walls, cupboards and shelves in
the kitchen are painted white. The
floors are of oak. There is a ker-
osene-burning heater in the din
ing room which keeps the build
ing comfortable in the coolest
weather. A large white refriger-
ator stands near the end of the
serving counter between the din
ing room proper and the kitchen.
Capacity of the dining hall is
70 persons. There are two rows of
five tables each along the north
and south walls of the dining hail.
Each table seats seven persons,
The building is lighted by rows
of windows along the north and
south walls and by a good system
of overhead electric lights.
The foregoing description may
give some idea of the building and
its equipment; but it cannot ex-
plain what has made the Manteo
school lunchroom program work
so efficiently and so much to the
satisfaction of school officials, the
pupils who are it's patrons, and
their parents. The lunchroom staff
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INTERSECTION ACCIDENT
9.T CAUSES $500 DAMAGE

A collision of cars driven by
Allan Mann and Clarence Beals at
the blind intersection of Little
and County Streets in Manteo
Sunday morning caused about
$500 damage to the two cars,
Sheriff Cahoon reports. Mr.. Beals
was driving north on Little St.,
Mr.. Mann east on County St.,
when the cars crashed at the in
tersection, striking at the front
tenders and ricocheting to hit
again on the rear tenders. About
$500 damage was done to Mann's
1850 Buick. and $500 damage to
Baels' 1850 Ford.