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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-11-28

Airman End Class Robert B.
Twiford, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
ry H. Twiford of Manteo, has been
transferred to the 1912th Always
and Air Communications Squad
ron (AACS), Olmsted Air Force
Base, Middletown, Pa, and is back
in the U. S. after duty in New
foundland.
Prior to entering the Air Force,
he graduated at Manteo High
School in Manteo. He is a gradu-
ate of the Air Force Radio Main
tenance School at Scott Air Force
Base, Ill. This picture is from an
early photo made when he first
entered the Army.
Airman Twiford has been as
signed to duty as a Senior Radio
Maintenance Mechanic with the
1912th AACS Squadron. This
Squadron is a unit of the major
communications system of the U.
s. Air Force. Its mission is to
guide military aircraft to all parts
Of the world by radio means
through the operation Of commu-
nications facilities and navigation
al aids along thousands of miles
Of Always.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-11-28
WANCHESE RURITANS
ELECT NEW OFFICERS
Edward Green President; Club
Seeks More Hard Surfaced
Roads in Community

The Wanchese Ruritan Club, aft
er enjoying a turkey dinner at their
regular monthly meeting Friday
night, heard remarks from two
visitors, and elected officers for
the ensuing year. DIR. Russell C.
Brown, and Philip R Smith, medi-
cal technician associated with him,
were the guests.
Edward Green of Manteo sue
ceeds V. G. Williams as President;
Walton Williams succeeds Ralph
Meekins as Vice President; OAR
rell Daniels succeeds H. o. Bridges
as Secretary, and S. B. Tillett sue
ceeds ]. w. Davis as Treasurer.
The new officers will take of
fee the third Friday in December
at which time District Governor
Raleigh Carver is to preside.
The Club passed resolutions
seeking the final paving of all
roads of the Wanchese community
not yet hard-surfaced, but partic-
ularly hope for three, all of which
have been endorsed by the Board
of County Commissioners.
Road on the east side toward the
j. T. Daniels homeplace; road on
the south-end via w. E. Daniels
homeplace; road on the west side,
via the B. H. Davis homeplace to
Wanchese wharf road. The two
last petitioned are the roads via
R.. H. Midget and r. H. Gray
homes on the west side, and road
into Baunrtown.
The club approved campaign
to seek the immediate dredging of
the channel to Oregon Inlet in the
vicinity of Herring Shoal, which
has filed into a depth of about
21s feet it is said. Party fishing
boats, at low water, now have to
make an hours extra run via Old
House channel, in order to get in
and out Of the Inlet.
See RURFTANS, Page Five
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-11-28
1s1,1ss.5O 2O7,O71.OO
Totals

In 1948-49,' the tax levy was
$105,0OO, based on a rate of $1.50.
This year the total tax levy, with
the rate down to 81, but 10 cents
higher than last year, totals $780,
500. The difference in the amount
of tax levy and the amount to be
spent, as in all years is anticipated
from other sources as follows:
State and Federal Relief grants,
refunds for Beer and Intangible
taxes, from the State Treasury,
income from land sales and colIec-
tions of delinquent taxes, and from
ABC store profits.
The total property valuation in
Dare County for the current year
is $13,O5O.000. The majority of the
property is located in the area of
Dare County bounded on the North
by Caffeys Inlet and on the South
by Oregon Inlet and east of Roa-
noke Sound.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-11-28
FISHING PIER
PLANNED NEAR
RODANTHE SOON
Mays Head Man Would Build
Structure Near Village,
600 Feet Long

Plans for an ocean fishing pier
at Rodanthe village are being made
nv R. D. Owens of Mays Head. ar
cording to the District Engineer,
of Wilmington. If any objections,
they are asked for at the Engineer
office unts December 49,, 1852.
1t would be approximately 6.8
miles South of New Inlet and IL
feet wide and 900 feet long ex-
tending into the Ocean approx
mately 47O feet beyond the mean
high water line.
Plans showing, the proposed
work may be seen at Wilmington
office and at the Post Office at
Rodanthe.
Objections to the proposed work
if any, will be received at this Of
flee until % December 1852.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-11-28
BRIDGE ASSOCIATION
TO EAT AT BELHAVEN
Meeting Planned for Friday of
Next Week; E It. BOst To
Be Speaker

COLUMBIA.-Annual meeting
of the Alligator Croatan Bridge
Association will be held at River
Forest Manor, Belhaven, on Fri
day, December 5, at II am. it was
announced today by Floyd E. Co.
hoon, president, who said princi-
pal speaker would be representa-
tive E. T. Bost, Jr., of Concord,
next speaker of the house of the
N. C. General Assembly.
The association is composed of
citizens of Beaufort, Dare, Hyde,
Martin, Tyrrell and Washington
Counties who are interested in
completion of U. S. Highways 81
and 264 by construction of bridges
across Alligator River and Croa-
tan Sound. An open invitation is
extended to residents of the six
counties as well as to any person
who lives on either U. s. 81 or 264
in North Carolina. Reservations
for the dutch luncheon should be
made to River Forest Manor, Bel
haven, not later than December
End.
Present officers are: Floyd E
Cohoon, Columbia, president; Har-
ry Swain of Tyrrell, Russell Swim
dell of Hyde, Lawrence Swain Of
Dare, R. F. Lowry of Washington
H. L. Swain of Martin and Mrs
Scott Topping of Beaufort, vice
presidents; Mrs. w. S. Caravan
Columbia, secretary; Julian H
Swain, Columbia, treasurer; anc
". H. Booker, Plymouth, director
of publicity.
Each of the six counties ha'
two directors, as follows: Harr!
Sawin and Charles Cohoon, Tyr
rell; Leon Balance and P. D. Mid
gett, Hyde; Clyde W. Biggs AM
Tom o. Sutton, Dare; P. Bruc,
See BRIDGE, Page Five
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-11-28

1T. MANSON E. MEEKINS,
USCG, recently assumed duties as
Senior Investigation Officer, of the
Norfolk Office of Coast Guard
Merchant Marine Inspection. Ii.
Meekins succeeds Commander DON
aid G. Elliot, USCG, who left on
September Is, 1852, for assign
ment to the Merchant Marine De-
tail in Yokohama, Japan. 1t. r. 7.
Young, USCG, who has filled the
billet in the interim, will continue
serving as an investigating Off
Ger. 1t. Meekins formerly was
with the Merchant Marine Inspec-
ton Office, in New York City.
Under the general direction Of
Commander W j. Conley, Officer
in Charge of Merchant Marine In
spection, Norfolk, 1t. Meekins will
have the prime responsibility for
initial inspection of accidents in
volving merchant vessels and re-
ported mal-practices of seamen
aboard resident vessels in the
states of North Carolina and Vir-
ginia.
1t. Manson E. Meekins, USCG,
was born February 10, 1916, in
Avon. A 1884 graduate Of Eliza
beth City High School, he began
his Career at Strathmere, New
Jersey, in April 1885, as a Surf.
man. He is a son of Lt.-Com. anc
Mrs. George Harrison Meekins
USCG Retired, of Avon.
Progressing through the enlist
ed rates to the position of com
missioned officer, he has distin
guished himself as an able marks
man and won many awards il
Coast Guard and National compe
tition. Acclaimed as an expert pis
tolman as well as rifieman, he wa
awarded several ribbons TO
craftsmanship prior to World Wa
II, including the gold Coast Guar
medal of Distinguished Marks
man..
/ His first six Coast Guard year
were spent at various Lifeboa
Stations along the East Coast, dur
ing which time he was temperate.
assigned with several Rifle De
tachments. While on duty at tn
Baltimore Recruiting Office, il
early 1941, he also served as al
instructor with the Treasury Re
volver Training De achm n
Washington, d. C. Later that yea
he was sent aboard the U. S. Mar
thine Service ship AMERICAN
SEAMEN.
Then a Chief Gunner's Mate, il
June 1943 he was transferred t.
See MEEKINS, Page Five
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-11-28
ANNUAL COST OF COUNTY
GOVERNMENT JUMPS 63W
in DARE in FOUR YEARS
Current Years Budget Shows $4,000 In
crease in Expenditures For Regular Oper-
alton of County; Departments Spending
1000 This Year as Compared with $131,-
1850 in 1948-49.

1t takes lot of vigilance and
saying "no" to hold a budget in
line. The cost of government in
Dare County had done a lot of
leaping in the last four years, and
the current budget for the fiscal
year 1928, shows a jump of 63
per cent more being spent for
County Government than was set
up for the year 1948-49. In round
figures, the jump is about $780,
900.
The budget, which is just being
made up, was not finally complet-
ed until few weeks ago land still
there are some snags that are be
ing ironed out. But this years bud
get now shows a total of some
thing more than 100000 and at
the present trend is showing signs
of crowding the quarter million
dollar mark for operation of the
county. The budget four years ago,
totalled some over $4,000
Detailed figures on the cost of
the various departments Of the
county this year, and where the
county expects to get the money
will be shown elsewhere in these
columns. A comparison of the two
budgets referred to follows:
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-11-28
Breakdown of Cost of
Operating Departments

With possibility of few slight
errors in the hurry of tipping, the
anticipated cost of operating the
various departments, with salaries
paid, follows. With only three or
four exceptions a considerable in
crease is shown in each of these
departments and some of them
very large increases. With some
departments, there is constant
tendency to increase expenditures,
and few of them instead Of try
ing to save money, when they find
themselves with a surplus, they
make haste to spend it instead Of
saving to help the coming years
budget.
The anticipated income Is $780,
500, assuming all the taxes are col
See BUDGET, Page Seven
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-11-28
JAMES w. DAVIS AGAIN
LEGION POST COMMDR.
Special Dinner Planned for De-
cember 18th, with State Of
ficers Invited

James w. Davis of Wanchese
has been elected commander of the
Fort Raleigh Post No. 26, the
American Legion of Manteo, sue
ceeding himself for a second term.
Other officers elected are Ralph
Swain, First Vice-C Commander;
Royden Tillett, Second Vice-Com-
mander; Edward Green, Adjutant;
w. A. Davis, Finance Officer; Dali
las Tillett, Sergeant at Arms; Rev.
H. R. Ashmore, Chaplain.
The Post has ga paid up MEM
bers.
On December 18th, which is the
regular. meeting night, the post
is making plans for a banquet, and
See LEGION, Page Five
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-11-28
CAPE HATTERAS is
FAVORED BY MORE
FROST FREE DAYS
Buxton's Balmy Weather
Great for Growing Cit
rus Fruits and
Gardens

BuXton.-Official weather rec
ords reflect that Cape Hatteras has
more frost free days than any
other sector of North Carolina.
That is why in the temperate eli
mate of Buxton on this Outer
Banks Island, citrus fruit, such as
oranges, grapefruit, lemons, cum
quots and tangerines are ripening
at this season of the year.
The official weather records
show that there is a minimum of
295 growing days" at Hatteras.
These records are from the wea-
Their. station in Hatteras village,
seven miles west of the famous
cape, and here it is actually, even
warmer, most of the time.
Tourists and vacationists leaving
Manteo on chilly morning are
surprised upon arrival at Buxton
to find weather that is actually
from 10 degrees to sometime more,
warmer here than the Dare
Coasts county seat Sc miles north
ward.
Richard Daily, veteran weather
observer at Hatteras states that
the community there, where the
station is located, is situated some
% miles from the nearest point
on the mainland coast of North
Carolina and about the same dis
lance from the Gulf Stream.
"This favors Hatteras with war
mer winters and cooler summers
than the mainland coastal sections
of North Carolina" he said.
"Only one year in three brings
minimum temperature lower than
25 degrees, and the average num-.
Der of days with a minimum tenn
perature of 80 degrees or lower.
are fewer in number, than any
where else in the state" he said,
adding shat is why we boast if
at least AZ weeks of growing sea-
son for vegetables and fruits"
Actually; few vegetables, other
than those planted in home own
er's private garden are grown on
Hatteras Island. And the citrus
fruit is not grown commercially,
although it is estimated there are
some 200 or more orange, lemon
grapefruit and tangerine trees on
the island, with scores of them
bearing fruit this year," said Dali
ly.
Being surrounded by water on
practically all sides and the near
ness of the Gulf Stream, is cred
tied with giving this section of
North Carolina a temperate winter
climate, even when it is showing
or freezing in other sectors of the
state.
Alretady this fall, hundreds of
tourists have been amazed to find
such temperate climate in North
Carolina as Cape Hatteras offers.
eve knew it all the time, but it
took the new highway for so many
outsiders to learn this fact" said
Daley.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-11-28

UrvlIle wright spent several
weeks in October. 1911, at Kill
Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk. He
had come here to do some expert
menting with an automatic con-
troll device and to make soaring
flights with a glider.
While it was not his last visit
to the area, it was the last time
that Orville Wright came here TO
conduct experiments. He made re-
turn trips to Kill Devil Hills at
the time the monuments were
erected to commemorate his, and
his brother Wilbur's conquest of
the air in a heavier-than-air pow
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er-driven airplane. Wilbur had
died in. 1912 of typhoid fever.)
In camp with Orville during Oc-
tober 1911 were Alex Ogilvie of
England, (who had flown
Wright-built plane) his brother
Lcrin Wright and Lorin's 10-year-
old son Buster" Also in the vi
cinity of the camp were a number
of newspaper photographers ana
correspondents. Among them was
Van Ness HARDWOOD, who covered
the 1911 experiments here for his
newspaper the old New York
World He also doubled as pho
tographer for his newspaper and
Evening star., 1952-09-04
Ohio Stafe's S Coach,
Optimistic About 81
.Shortens Daily Drill
BY the Assoeiofed Rreaa

COLUMBUS. Ohio. Sept. A.
Woody Hayes sounds like an eager
optimist when he surveys Ohio
States prospects for the coming
football campaign.
Struggling of the loss Of about
20 members of last seasons squad
which won 4. lost 3 and tied 2, the
corpulent coach Of the Buckeyes
said:
We'll have a good club, if the
attitude of the kids means any,
thing. The players are in good
shape, and although we're not too
deep in some positions, we could
have pretty good year."
Changes will be plentiful, in
procedure. department and per-
Sonnel.
On top of a T-formation Of
fense which never quite jelled last
year, Hayes has piled the split T
attack in hopes of producing more
punch and power. He said he
felt his boys were tired in some
of the 1851 contests. so this years
training sessions will be shorter.
Two a day practices, whic h
started yesterday, will run through
September IL. with the players
getting an unprecedented free
week end September 1914. Single
sessions open September Is, as
Hayes starts the polishing process
for the opener September ~ with
Indiana.
The 66 players on the Ohio
State roster face a rugged early
season schedule of the ''make-or-
break" variety. Indiana, under a
new coach, Bernie Crimmins, isn't
expected to repeat its unexpected
1910 triumph of last year, but
figures to be tough. Right behind
the Hoosiers come Purdue's Boiler
makers, winners of their last four
in 1851, and then Wisconsin, which
the Buckeyes were lucky to tie at
6-6 a year ago
Vic Janow1cz, All-America back,
who did everything for Ohio State
last season, is missing this year
along with a flock of highly touted
talent.
Janowicz' scheduled replace
ment, Bernie Skvarka, captain
and left halfback, turned up Tues
day with a recurrence of an old
kidney ailment and may not be
able to play this season.
Evening star., 1952-09-04
City's Sports History Clarified
As Old Time Athletes Gather

old-timers were Shag Rawlings
baseball pitcher, halfback and
quarter-miler and top-notcher
generally in the club field; Ray
mond Dutch) Stentz, a member,
along with Rawlings, of the un-
beaten fremont A. c. mile relay
team that won notable victories
in the Georgetown University,
George Washington u. Johns
Hopkins and other meets; Mike
Lynch, marathoner; Ray (Hooks)
Cohill, 145-pound fullback of the
city champion Warwick A. C. foot
ball team (his fellow backs tossed
him over the line for tough yard
Iage), and Dan Hassett, noted
track coach and official.
Col. Walter C. Rathbone, re-
tired Army officer who. with Dick
Mansfield, whipped up the party
was a crack sprinter. At the be-
hect of Jesse c. Suter, president
of the Oldest Inhabitants, most
of the old athletes signed on as
members.
Evening star., 1952-09-04

fornia. Eight Of the ex-Rams are
still with the Texans.
Dick Wilkins and Dan Edwards
are the Texans two top ends since
Barney Poole was moved to guard
Mike Mccormack, from Kansas,
and Ken jackson. second draft
choice from Texas, will do at
tackle. and the same goes for the
veteran Weldon Humble and
John Wozniak at guards. The
Dallas club could use help at cen
ter, where Brad Ecklund and Joe
Reid have first call on the offen-
Sive jobs.
Humble a Linebacker.
Phelan, an old hand at the
business, has made a linebacker
out of Humble and likes the way
the former Cleveland Browns star
handles himself. The coach also
is pleased with his defensive
tackles, Don Colo, 252-pounder
from Brown, and Art Donovan,
240-pound son and namesake of
the famous boxing referee.
The Texans defensive back
field includes Stan Williams an
erstwhile end, and John Petition,
late OF Notre Dame, along with
Jerry Davis. who spent five years
with the Cardinals, and Tom
Keane. another former Ram, at
safety.
End Art Weiner from North
Carolina injured his knee playing
softball this summer and ap-
parently didn't fully recover. He
was released, along with Ernie
ZalejSki who had a trial with the
Redskins last year. @e
Evening star., 1952-09-04
Mats
Continued From Page CID

soning is predicated on the Yam.
KEGS and Indians sagging almost
beyond belief.
That blithely eliminates thu
White Sox, Athletics and Red So2
from flag consideration, but al
this point the Mats can still af-
ford to dream and point to a 49,
hit attack against the Red So1
last night as an indication they
might be ready to roll.
Six Runs in Second.
They Splurged for six runs ir
the second inning against Dizzy
Trout and then coasted behinc
the seven-hit pitching of Gumpert
Randy's job was termed his best
of the year by Manager Bucky
Harris.
Singles by Floyd Baker and jim
Busby. plus Mickey Grasso's dou-
BILE, started the Mats scoring
Kell's error, a walk to. Gil Coan
a passed BAH and more singles
by Jackie Jensen. Pete Runnels
and Busby. for the second time
in the inning. completed the DAM
age.
Boston got two runs in the third
after Billy Goodman delivered the
first of his three singles. Run
nels dropped a throw at second
base and Vern Stephens single
Evening star., 1952-09-04
|GW Seeks Line on Newcomers,
Plans Full Scrimmoge Saturday

George Washington Univer-
sity's football team may hold an
intrasquad scrimmage Saturday
as the first real test for the many
freshman prospects who are seek
ing regular berths on Coach Be
Sherman'S squad.
About half the 60 candidates
at CIV are 1irst-year men and
Coach Sherman says he has
hopes q number of them will
prove of varsity caliber right
away. It almost is necessary that
some of these youngsters make
the grade at the start and he may
have as many as three green
hands in his defensive backfield.
There already is some head
banging going on among the line
men as the Colonials practice at
Frog Island, but so far there
haven't been any full-team ma
neuvers except to run through
plays. BY Saturday. though, the
coaches should have their play
Evening star., 1952-09-04

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Evening star., 1952-09-04

ers ready to. stand up under fire
George Washington has a good
start in both the defensive and
offensive lines with good veterans
back, but both the offensive and
defensive backfields need new
faces. Coach Sherman knew that
situation when he took over as
head coach this spring and he
and his assistants made it a point
during the summer to round up
some backfield prospects.
So far, these new men are just
numbers as there hasn't been time
for any to show his real ability
AS a group, though, they look
promising. There are some big
boys and some fast ones, and
some combine size and speed. The
coaches aren't ready to single
out any one from among their
more than 10 freshman backs, but
one youngSter for whom they
have hopes is Nprb Danz. He's a
big one who did all right in spring
practice and he may At in well at
fullback.
Evening star., 1952-09-04
BY the Associated Press

MIAMI. Fla. Sept. "A Uni
versity of Florida ultimatum to
the University of Miami on the
conduct of its football program
threatened today to destroy one
OF the South's richest gridiron
rivalries.
Florida's Gators. who belong to
the Southeastern Conference, say
they won't play Miami any more
unless the Hurricanes abide by
conference rules. Miami is a top
Southern independent.
One of the demands from Coach
Bob Woodruff of Florida is that
Miami must certify its students
to the Southeastern Conference
commissioners office for eligibil-
tty. the same as Florida must"
President j. Hills Miller of
Evening star., 1952-09-04
Florida UItin1otum Threatens
Odd Miami Football Rivalry

Florida backed Woodruff. He said
Florida has no desire to dictate
to Miami" but the Gators would
not sign a new contract under any
conditions other than those sought
by Woodruff.
He added that Bernie Moore.
conference commissioner, had in
formed Miami authorities there
was a serious doubt that any
Southeastern team would sign fu-
ture football contracts with the
Hurricanes unless they complied
with conference regulations on
scholarship aid and student trans
ferS.
Among those who read the news
'of the ultimatum with interest
were fans who already have pur-
chased $4,000 worth of tickets for
this years Florida-Miami game at
Gainesville. The four-year con-
tract the schools are negotiating
includes this years game.
It's the States big money"
game. Last year it packed 1000
into the Orange Bowl. The teams
split the net proceeds $3.50.
Miami's Athletic Director John
Harding and Coach Andy Gus
tafon said Woodruff in his state
ment tried to put Miami in an
unfair position"
"The monetary value of a
Miami scholarship is not equalled
in any conference with which I
am familiar" Woodruff declared.
He said Florida, under confer
ence rules, could give its players
SIS a month in addition to tut
ton. fees, board. room and books,
while Miami allows $40 a month
in addition to the other consider
ations.
Only one player, Gordon Mall
10y. has been mentioned as fig
uring in the rhubarb between the
two schools. He transferred to
Miami from Georgia Tech and
was on the Hurricane freshman
squad last season.
Harding said Miami decided
last October not to accept trans
fer students from the Southeast
ern Conference in the future, but
that Malloy was already here at
that time and Florida's demands
would force Miami to violate it's
agreement with Malloy and bench
him.