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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-11
DEMOCRAT CHAIRMAN
TO SPEAK AT DINNER


The Jefferson-Ja ckson Dinner,
annual fund raising event for the
Democratic party, will be held at
the Sir Walter in Raleigh on the
night of February 8, according to
announcement by Jonathan Dan
iels, North Carolina member of
the national Democratic committee
which sponsors the affair.
At the same time Daniels an
nounced appointment of Thomas
A. Banks, Wake County attorney
and leader in civic, educational and
political affairs, as chairman of the
dinner campaign. In joint state
ment Daniels and Banks said that
the featured speaker for the oc-
casion will be Frank E. Mckinney,
new chairman of the national Dem
ocratic committee. This will be the
first public appearance in the
south of the man who was the
personal choice of President Tru-
man to succeed William Boyle as
national chairman, and his first
speech to a statewide meeting
since assuming his position early
in November. In private life an
Indianapolis banker, Mckinney
has long been potent factor in
regional Democratic politics.
Banks, former secretary to Gov
ernor ]. M. Broughton and past
president of the state board asso-
citation, served as finance chair
man of the Jefferson Jackson Din
ner two years ago, when a new
high record for contributions to
the Democratic war chest was set.
He said plans for the 1862 event
would follow general lines of pre-
vious dinners, with tickets allotted
to the several counties on basis of
experience and voting strength.
These annual dinners have come
TO be regarded as significant DO
litical events in the state, second
only to the state convention as
means of bringing party leaders
together. While sponsored by the
national committee they have full
support of the state Democratic
organization.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-11
HEALTH CENTER
FOR BELHAVEN
TO COST $4,000
City Will Donate $500 Lot
For County Built and
Equipped Facility

The health center to be built in
Belhaven by Beaufort County is to
cost 5000 for building alone, w. A.
Blount, County Tax Supervisor,
told the Belhaven Board Tuesday
night. The building is to carry out
a program which includes health
centers already built in Washing
ton and Aurora.
Mr.. Blount asked the Board to
contribute $500 on the cost of
the building, as he pointed out,
equipment would run into much
more expense, an x-ray alone cost
ing perhaps $4,000. The Belhaven
Board pleaded that the town is al
ready contributing a lot worth ST.
500 for the building, and further
that the town doesn't have the
money for this purpose. However,
action was deferred to the Febru-
airy meeting, because Of absence Of
two of the members.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-11
OPTION ON TRACT
LEECHVULE LAND
GIVEN AT $4,000
James River Lumber Com
pany May Buy of B. G.
Carowan of Pantego

An option recorded in the Beau
fort County courthouse reveals
that B. G. Carowan of Pantego
has agreed to sell to the James
River Lumber Company of Prince
George, Va, a tract of land east
of Belhaven and near Leechville
containing 1900 acres at $13 per
acre-a total of $4,000.
On January %, if the company
continues with the transaction, it
is due to pay a further $500 be-
side the option token of $4,000 al
ready paid.
There is some speculation about
the possibilities of this deal, first
because the land is described as
having been much cut over, and
second because the proposed buy
ers are from the Hopewell, Va,
area. The Hopewell area is close
to the DUPONT industries.
Coupled with rumors of consid-
cradle areas in the Pinetown sec
ton being bought up by large ex-
plosive powder companies during
the past few weeks, there is much
play of imagination about what
these signs portend.
Some of the land, of course, is
adaptable to agriculture.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-11
BELHAvEN BOARD
DELAYS ACTION
ON CARNlVALS

The Belhaven City Council Tues
day night deferred action on mo-
n banning travelling carnivals
from the city, due to the absence
of two members of the Board. The
motion was offered by Alderman
Calfee with view to keeping out
gambling and lewd shows.
The Board instructed the City
Engineer to bring action requiring
All persons in the city to connect
sewer lines with the city system.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-11
MARCH OF DIMES
FUND WAGES DUAL
FIGHT ON POLIO

Funds contributed to the 1852
March of Dimes this month win be-
come double-barrelled barrages in
the war on polio, Nollie w. Shell
ton, Hyde County campaign di-
rector, declared today.
Every dime and dollar finances
care of patients, research, epidem-
ic aid and education of much-need-
ed professional personnel" Mr..
Shelton said.
Mr.. Shelton said for lack of
time he would have to depend on
voluntary aid of public spirited
people in this campaign.
Fifty per cent of the funds re-
main home to finance care of local
polio patients needing such help
or, in an emergency, are made
available to the national epidemic
aid fund.
The other fifty per cent is sent
to National Headquarters, where
it is used for these programs:
Research-The most extensive
voluntary research programs ev-
er levelled at a single disease.
Aimed at finding a means of pre-
venting or curing polio, March
of Dimes grants are supporting
research in the nations leading
universities and laboratories.
Professional Ed1catiOn-With
shortages resulting from i'm
creased demands for profession
81 service, plus inrOads made by
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-11
OTHER EDITORS
MINK COATS
dunn Dispatch)

A new and fascinating occupa-
ton has cropped up in government
circle.
The new occupation might be
termed "minkitis" and it has been
set up, apparently, to discover just
how many coats can be turned up
with lady owners among the pow
ers that buy in the nations capt.
toll.
Just why the investigators
should concentrate on Mink coats
is a mystery to us. For if the
truth be known we suppose that
there are a great many things
worse than Mink coats that have
changed hands between the cor
rupt and the corruptible.
But human nature being what it
is, mink coats are the rage now
days in the newspapers,
The only bad thing about it all
is that the manufacturers of mink
coats and the trapper who catch
the tiny animals may be hurt.
Who now days will dare wear a
mink coat for fear that someone
will claim that he or she got it
through corruption and graft?
Pity the poor mink. He lives by
his wits. He loves life as you do.
Yet his name is being dragged
through the murk and mire of a
nation gone crazy, apparently, ov-
er coats made from the little var
NIT.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-11

way Elijah Edwards characterizes
banking in this area at the end of
1851. The bank has some $500, 00c
more on deposit than it had a
year ago, and had the farmers not
been paying off two years Of losses
from crops drowned out, it would
be hard TO gvcss how prosperous
.ookiag the Bcn.ayen area might
appear.
Tais looks like good record for
a bank limited to a small area. It
indicates that people are much bet
ter off financially, and while per-
haps a little more cautious, as
they remember past unexpected
losses and do not want to risk be-
ing caught short, If the weather
man starts Furnishing them again
a 1862.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-11
STRAIN OF MODERN LIVING.

While society has done much with modern sanitation
ana strides In medical progress that the death rate
from diseases which common scorges 80 years
has tremendously decreased find that death from heart
ailments have multiplied almost fourfold in North Caro-
na between 1916 and 1948 Figures released by the Uni
the only diseases responsible for increased death rate
Wh diseases Of the heart are largely attributed to older
people ana we may note an increase in rate due to the
longing of the span of life old people, we must also take
note OF the fact that people middle life are dying
OF near ailments indicating that there is too much strain
IN modern living too much overindugence and excuses
is interesting to note that actual deaths were
occurring IN North Carolina thirty to thrtyve years ago
than occurring at the present time The population has
increased since 1914 from approximately 24O0 to
UOO IN 1880 There We're nearly million people in
North Carolina in 1850 than in 1890 vet there were
over 600 more deaths in 1880 than in 1850.
Here the figures for the neriod
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-11
ALBEMARL' UNION
18TH CONVENTION
IN BELHAVEN FRI.

The twenty-fifth Convention of
the Albemarle Christian Mission
Union of the Disciples of Christ
met at the First Christian Church
in Belhaven, N. c., on FRIDAY.
January A, 1852. Rev. C. N. Bar
nette, minister of the Plymouth
Christian Church, and president of
the convention, presided over the
morning session. The theme of the
day was Jesus Calls U.s." the inn
plication being that "He calls us
to do His work" Miss Noel Fave
Plnner sang a solo, Bless This
House." accompanied by Frankie
Keaton. DR.. R. Fred West, Minister
OF the Hillyer Memorial Christian
Church in Raleigh, addressed the
group explaining the ten-year
Long Range Program of the Broth
erhood of the Disciples of Christ
stressing its Implications and chal-
lenges. Rev. Howard James of the
Elizabeth City Christian Church
delivered sermon.
At the noon hour the Christian
Christian Women's Fellowship of
the Belhaven church served a fine
lunch to the Albemarle delegates
who came from Washington, Mar
tin, Tyrrell, Hyde, Pasquotank and
Beaufort Counties.
E. Leon Roebuck, vice-president,
presided at the afternoon session.
Reports from the various staff
members of the state offices told
of the years progress and the com
ing years plans. A total of 100
registered for the convention,
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-11
CYRUS GRAY NEW SKIPPER
HATTERAS ISLAND STATION

Buxton Chief Warrant Officer
Cyrus Gray has been assigned to
the command of the Hatteras
group of U. S. Coast Guard sta
tions. He assumed command Of
the group on January /, replacing
Lieutenant Commander George
Harrison Meekins of Avon who at
the age of 81, was retired from
the service as Of December 81.
The new commanding officer is
a native Of Hatteras Island. He has
ad varied duties In the Coast
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-11

military requirements, more
trained personnel are needed to-
day than ever before, particular
ly in view of more widespread
polio epidemics. March of Dimes
scholarships, fellOwships and
short courses are training more
professionals to care for polio
victims and to man scientific
laboratories.
Emergency Epidemic Aid
Fund - This is money made
available to any community
which has exhausted its local
March of Dimes funds caring
for patients.
Hyde County during the past
two years has had some emerpen.
cy polio cases of its own.
Mr.. Shelton emphasized that
the number of new patients every
year, plus the tens of thousands
of patients from past years still
needing help, have left the March
OF Dimes in debt at the end OF
each of the past four years. Thus
the 1852 appeal must surpass any
of the past"
The March of Dimes will contin.
ue to the end of the month.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-11
FLIES HAVE FOUND
THE SUGAR
(Medford, N. j., Record)

This is not a partisan matter.
The old, degrading techniques of
city-machine politics have been
brought to Washington. The flies
have found the sugar. The Ameri-
can people must make it unmis-
takably plain that, in the conduct
of their government, they demand
what David Lawrence calls cold
fashioned honesty, old-fashioned
decency, and old-fashioned morali-
ty."
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-11
Crime in America
By ESTES KEFAUyER
United StOtes Senator
Fourteen of Series
Nevada: A Case Against
LeqoIized Gambling

Both morally and financially legazed gambling in Nevada is
flop That conclusion after the Senate Crime Committee
visited the which lawfully permits all gambling
We had whether the committees opinion it
would deter organized crime gaming legalzed nationally
We decided instead that Nevada speaks eloquenty in the mega
tive"
is true that from state and local gambling
welcome Nevada However what the receives is only
pi fraction Of the millions Of dollars that the gamblers them
selves drain from the pubicnot all of whom outofae
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-11

Guard Service and at one time was
commanding officer Of Diamond
Lightship off Cape Hatteras at
what is described as sbeing the
"most exposed lightship station in
the world
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-11
THE CHAINS OF HABIT

The chains of habit generally too small to be felt
till they are too strong to be broken The chains that bind
current habits generally as strong as the chains that
keep us in slavery to our habits.
OF some chains may be proud is the Lord Mayor
OF London who chershes the golden chain of office that
adorns his neck Of other chains should be ashamed
they heavy rsted and the signs of ignorance and
weakness or an abject lack of zeal to make good
Now, in this institution as elsewhere as we
think each thought-we forging habits Good or bad
those thoughts being welded into chainschains that
viii noby support attempts to excel and win through
or chains that will dog steps, weigh down. and hind
progress 5G
The quality of your thinking will determine the ma
tllre of your chains of habit. -Rasmussen
we are al e IS passengers the planet
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-11
BELHAVEN BANK
HAS $500, 900 GAIN
YEARS DEPOSITS
Cashier Edwards Reports
Best Year in History of
Institution Now Serv-
ing Community

"The best year in the history
Of our bank in Belhaven," is the
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-11

We all Of us fellows passengers the same planet
and all of equally responsible for the happiness
and the welIbeing Of the world in which happen to live
Hendrix w. van Loon
Evening star., 1952-05-12
Hollywood Diary
Merle Will Get HoH-MiIIion
For Mokinq No Pictures
By SheiIoh Grohom

If it isn't. a reconciliation be-
tween Gary and Rocky Cooper,
they might be just pleasantly
wasting each others time. Gary
lunched home on Sunday, took
her to the polo matches that after
noon, and then back home to dine
with Rocky Sunday night. The
Graham detective bureau hasn't
filed its Monday eve report yet.
David Brian and wife, Adrian,
staged couple of scenes on
Springfield Rifle" location that
weren't in the script. Alan
Lerner will fly to Hawaii this week
to sit on the Jim McLain" side
lines with his wife, Nancy Olson
-. Rita Hayworth is due to report
back soon. Her fathers at home
recovering from his heart attack
. And her brother. Eddie Can
sino, is the new Heathcliffe in the
Top Hatters version of "Wuther-
ing Height" want Rita to see
it. because I want a part in 'Sa-
lome,'" said Eddie.
X 4 y \
Terrible taste. but It worked
A letter came from Great Britain
addressed Jerry Giesler, Film
Producer Walter Wanger's Attor.
ney, Care of Jennings Lang"
Released by
North American Newspaper Alliance.
Evening star., 1952-05-12
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
keenan, Wynn's estranged wife,
Beetsie, and Jane Wyman's ex-
|fiance, Travis Kleefield, have been
|consoling each other at Cafe Gala,
listening to Benay Venuta. The
new Alec Guinness play in Lon
don, "Under the Sycamore Tree, "
has the curtain rising with Diana
Churchill playing a queen ant, and
laying her 300th egg. It's satire.
not on ants or eggs, but the
human race. Brenda Mar
shall's ex-mate-Richard Gaines,
has the lead in TVS BOSS Lady"
with Lynn Bari, Lee Patrick. and
William Russell, who did the
Dear Ruths" at Paramount, di-
|recting. :. The now-blonde Piper
Laurie, with Bob, or twin. Leonard,
Goldstein-I can never tell which
is which-at Chasen's.
BY the time Merle Oberon fin
ishes collecting from RKO. she'll
rack up a neat $500, 900 for making
no pictures at all for them. How
ard Hughes inherited the contract
from the former regime. Di-
rector George Sidney wired Ida
ILupino Duff, Congratulations
You are the first member of the
Screen Directors Guild to produce
Ia baby"
Evening star., 1952-05-12

The musical Tor 1857 is one
called "Piccola Pisa" AS for its
Broadway prospects. this specta-
tor is pessimistic. On the other
hand, less jaded and Sterotyped
Washington should find it a
cheerful investment during the
next fortnight. 1T is a highly
charged, happy hearted work that
will remind many of those gay
and youthful musicals that Pro-
ducer George Abbott used to do
before the war and subsequent
peaceleSs pace. Leo Brady is Alb
bolts successor director on this
occasion.
Louis Botto is the author of
book and lyrics Of "Piccola Pisa"
and he also composed the music.
He Is a young man of promise as
soon as he finds himself where
now he finds a talent for initiating
older and more successful makers
Of musical entertainment.
Botto. however. is more the
basic than the most electrifying
name associated with "Piccola
Pisa"
That distinction belongs to a
splendidly designed singing come
dienne who is programmed as
Dee McHugh. Miss McHugh will
remind no one Of a Dresden doll.
She does not need to. She has one
Of those fine big scale voices that
tears into a song with the con-
tagious confidence that this par
ticular song is the funniest ever
written.
Twice in the opening perfor-
nance of "Piccola Pisa, she stop
ped the show. Both pauses were
refreshing enough to become IA
NOUS and if the lyric writer's
thought over the weekend to
write more verses. Miss McHugh
can expand her encore calls to
match. She sings with the might
and merriment of girl who has
1t figured out that Ethel Norman
will not last forever. (This, Of
course, is sheer agnosticiSm but
forgiveable in the very young).
Another agreeable surprise Of
''Piccola Pisa" is its dancing. This
feature of the 1852 show is we'll
above any previous standard. Re-
sponsible for it is Jeri Nagle, a
professional who is married to a
Gu. faculty member, and obvi-
ouslly an excellent teacher her
self.
AS its title intimates, "Piccola
Pisa" is set in Italy.
This is sound judgment on
Author :. Composer Botto's part.
Italy is possessed of a singing
landscape and a singing people
and there is no limit to the musi-
cal moods into which the latter
fall.
They need very little excuse for
breaking into song and this is
not a bad description Of the book
Evening star., 1952-05-12
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
And Time of Showing

L
Stage.
Catholic University - "Piccola
Pisa; $3.50 pm.
National-"Call Me Madam;
$3.50 pm.
New Gayety-"Tovarich"; $3.50
pm.
Screen.
Ambassador - Mara Maru";;
I1:15, 3:20, 5:25, 1928 and 9:35 pm.
Capitol-"Singing in the Rain;
II am, las. 4:30, 7:15 and 10 pm
Stage: 1880, 3:35, $40 and 9:05
Columbia-'Whistling in the
Dark; 10:30 am, 1:10, $3.50, $50
and 9:10 pm.
Dupont-"Anything Can Hap
pen'; 100, 3:05, Sis, 1925 and
I9:35 pm.
Keith's-"Ma and Pa Kettle at
the Fair; 11:55 am. 1:55, 1855,
5:55, 7:55 and 9:55 pm.
Little-"Les Miserables";; 100
3:1O, 500, 7:40 and $50 pm.
Metropolitan-"The First Time"
HAS am, las. 3:45, 5:45, 7:45
and 9:45 pm.
Ontario-"My Son john; 1:05,
3:15, $50, 7:40 and $50 pm.
Palace-"Pride of st. Louis;
1880 am, 1870, 3:35, $40. 7:45
and 9:45 pm.
Pix-"Young and Beautiful:
2:1O, 4:10, $40, 8:05 and 9:55 pm
Playhouse-"Deadline, U.S.A.";;
11:00 am. 12:45. 2:35, 4:20, 6:10
sos and 9::55 pm.
Plaza-"The Clouded Yellow;
1850 am, 1880, $40, 4:50. $50
8:15 and 9:55 pm.
Trans-Lux-"My Six Convicts"
II am, 1915, $40, 500, 1920 and
$40 pm.
Warner-"Mara Maru";; 1880
am, 1880, 1885, 5:35, TAO and
9:45 pm.
Evening star., 1952-05-12

OF "Piccola Pisa" It deals with
the return Of a native Piccola
Pisan, his wife and two children
from America where the family
has grown rich. The older folks
are delighted to be home again
and the home folk even more en-
chanted to see them. The spoiled
sophisticated offspring Of the re-
turnees take a different view OF
Italian mountain village life.
Their reconciliation to the
charm of this existence provides
the musical with its major plot
line.
Being Italian himSelf-unleSs
somebody is seriously misreading
that name-Botto feels that vir-
tually everything people have to
express is singable. He has
written, therefore, a musical play.
1t holds spoken dialogue to a
minimum.
Whenever anyone, or any group,
has something to say Of the joys
of pastoral living or the delights
and pangs of love, it comes out as
a song. This is true even Of the
little prayers of gratitude such as
THANK You, st. Peter" which is
a gay and comic number and
pleasant to the ear.
Numerous love songs, There's
A Legend" Nobody in Town" ="
Never For Me-" and when You
Are Near" are strewn through the
action of the musical. They are
listenable enough, but the hit
tunes of the show are the sur
charged pair sung by Miss
McHugh, "Ciao" which deals with
Italian goodbyes, and Plenty of
Life" which needs no explana-
tion.
Although Miss McHugh is the
standout, there are q number of
agreeable performers in "Piccola
Pisa" In singing roles, some of
these are Diane Mannarino as the
spoiled brat daughter: Mary Louis
Jaros as her Italian cousin: Otto
Kvapil as the Italian-American
boy returned home; and Gino
Conforti as the bubbling young
Pisan boy.
Jeri Nagle who did the bright
choreography Of the musical is its
principal female dancer, assisted
most notably by Joe Trinity and
Joan Kendall. This trio is backed
up by the best ballet ensembles in
&c. U. musical history, a tribute to
Miss Nagle's inspiration.
James Waring has performed
his customary magic with the set
tings and lighting Of "Piccola
Pisa" Joseph Lewis is clever
fellow with costumes, and Jimmy
Smiley and Sidney Seidenman,
jr. take artistic care Of the must-
cal support.