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Evening star., 1952-06-22
Heirloom Treasures. Mostly one-of-u-lkind
on Sole Monaay at The Heel,f Go.

You don't have make You don't
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heirloom
for far less than you'd for wedding and anniversary gifts
collections embassies clubs formal entertaining
sompng collection
but you'll find similar Silver Spring and Poineton
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Evening star., 1952-11-23
Iohn Horace After

husband of Mrs.
H e len Marie
Arter, 1888 Bay
street Sc, was
killed while on
a raid Novem.
ber IL. his fam
lily reported
He was a
member of the
I'd Battalion
5th Regiment
of the 1st Ma
rine Division.
Sergt. Arter
had been serv-
l- ~1-A>~
Evening star., 1952-11-23

INK dS pldtOOu
leader in Korea since February of
this year. A veteran Of the
Marine Corps, he had had IL
years service.
The sergeant served in the
Pacific during World War II.
Later, he was stationed at the
Gun Factory here.
In 1851, he was graduated from
the Metropolitan Police Force
Training School and worked with
the Armed Forces Police in the
District until he was shipped over
seas.
A native of Danville, Pa. he
attended high school there before
enlisting.
In addition to his widow, Sergt.
Arter is survived by three chill
dren, John Horace, jr., 4; Marie
Eileen, ID months, and James F..
Arter. 7 months.
He also leaves his mother. Mrs.
Sarah Arter of the home address,
and two brothers. both of Danville.
Evening star., 1952-11-23

"Clue," an exciting game
A grand mystery game for young
detectives. For 2 to players, it will
keep youngsters occupied for hours.
With rules S2.9S
Evening star., 1952-11-23

. Sovines Insured to $4,000
Evening star., 1952-11-23
District Marine Killed
On Korean Front in
Armistice Day Raid

A 27-year-old District Marine
was killed during Armistice Day
fighting in Korea, it was learned
last night.
S/Serot ,Yonn uoroca Arfar
Evening star., 1952-11-23

"Rook, a Come Of
d-Bidding
Fine quality cards that can be used
for many different games. Included
are rules for other card games.
SI.OO
Evening star., 1952-11-23
1895

thrill for your children on Christmas morn 16"
Huffy Convertible bicycle with training wheels pre-
vent spng help teach children balance Has adjustable
seat and handle bars In brilliant red or blue Boys and
girls will love it.
Washngon-Fourth Floor Arington-Lower Level
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
BIGGEST FISH BEING
LANDED BY WOMEN

While women anglers are in the
minority along the Dare coast this
season they are still catching the
most newsworthy and biggest fish.
Mrs. Mary Black of Chillicothe,
Ohio, started it all on June 4 when
she hooked and brought to gaff a
81 pound cobia. 1t was the largest
of its species ever taken by a wo-
man angler, lettering by more
than 10 pounds, the previous all
tackle record for women, for this
species. She landed the cobia off
Oregon Inlet.
Latest news to be made by a
woman angler was on Monday this
week when Mrs. w II. Wilkins,
Jr. of Piqua, Ohio, hooked and
boated 279-pound blue marlin in
one hour and Is minutes. She was
fishing with Capt. Ernal Foster
aboard his. Gulf Stream cruiser
Albatross II, off Cape Hatteras.
The big fish, measuring 10 feet,
Z inches from tip to tip and AZ
inches around it's girth, was taken
on SO thread line loaded on a
1910 reel. She was using a glass
rod with IA ounce tip and the hook
was baited with whole mackerel.
Skip bait on the Albatross' OUT
rigger was a side of dolphin.
Previously the first blue marlin
of the season to be taken along
the North Carolina coast, also was
taken by a woman. Mrs. Ross H.
Walker of Richmond was the an
g!er and she too was fishing from
Capt. Ernal Fosters Albartoss II,
in the Gulf Stream off Hatteras.
Her marlin weighed 3671s pounds,
was 10 feet, 10 inches long with
81 inch girth. It took Mrs. Wal
ker four .hours and 20 minutes to
land her marlin.
Another woman's world record
in angling was made during June
See ANGLERS, Page Ten
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
NEW BRIDGE SHORTENS
TRAVEL TIME BETWEEN
MACS HEAD - MANTEO

Vacationists coming to Roanoke
Island and the Dare beaches this
summer have found one great i'm
provement which has shortened
and made safer the drive from
Mays Head and Manteo. This is
the new all-concrete State High
way bridge. Formerly it was a
half hours trip to Mays Head from
Manteo. With the new bridge, the
distance and time required to make
the trip has been reduced to a
matter of minutes.
Actually the distance between
the island and the ocean resorts
has not been reduced, but in re-
cent years, due to a dilapidated
wooden bridge the time of travel
was considerably more than at the
present when the bridge with its
concrete decking is actually, the
best driving along the route.
The new bridge spans Roanoke
Sound,
AS a result of the new bridge
Manteo is getting larger bulk of
the beach resort business at many
of the local firms, especially drug
stores and food centers.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
BONNER WEIGHS
ADVANTAGES OF
SEASHORE PARK
Congressman Explains Fea-
lures That Will Make
For Future Benefit
of All

Ocracoke, august 2O-Congress-
man Herbert C. Bonner spent sew
eral vacation days at Ocracoke last
week, resting and enjoying some
successful sport fishing.
On Thursday night he gave
Ocracoke residents the opportunity
to ask questions about the pro-
posed National Seashore Park, and
expressed his own favorable view
point of the project for Ocracoke.
Speaking informally in the school
recreation hall to about a hundred
people, he stated that the estab-
lishment of the Park would pre-
vent private ownership of the land
from curtailing the use of the
ocean beach and the hunting and
fishing privileges which the Is
landers and the general public now
enjoy, and at the same time bring
in the tourist dollar" to provide
greater income in various occupa-
tons. He pointed out particularly
that the original Act of Congress,
passed in 1888, specifically guar
anteed protection of fishing and
hunting rights to the residents and
the public. He stated that certain
ly some sacrifices would be in
volved on the part of individuals
giving up land for Park use, and
for those now grazing cattle on
the Banks, but expressed the view
point that the benefits would far
outweigh these sacrifices. He men,
toned the probable protection and
benefits of the Park Service in the
matter of erosion control, and in
the upkeep of the large Navy
docks in Silver Lake .harbor. He
pointed out that the right to es-
tablish Village limits" within
which the Park doees not officiate,
was left to the residents and that
such limits would naturally include
expansion areas.
After a brief talk, Congressman
Bonner answered questions pro-
pounded by the residents, and
when unable to give specific in
formation asked for later written
inquiries.
Mr.. Ronner left his home in
Washington, N. c., Monday of this
week for the west coast, where he
will preside over subcommittee
hearings. He is chairman of the
subcommittee dealing with waste
full practices of our armed forces.
Efforts are directed toward estab-
fishing unified purchase and
supply system.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
DESCENDANT OF FIRST
GOVERNOR SEES DRAMA

Raleigh-born DIR. William L.
White, member of the surgical
staff at the University of Pitts
burgh and his three children,
jeffrey, Bill and Deborah, attended
performance of Paul Green's
symphonic drama, The Lost Col
ony, recently. 1t was the first time
the physician had seen the show
and it was of special significance
to him because the genealogical
records of his family show that he
is direct descendant of Governor
John White, the artist and car
tographer, who was with the group
of colonists making expeditions to
Roanoke Island in the New World
during 1884 and later in 1887.
Governor White of The Lost Col
ony this year is played by Ainslee
Pryor of Raleigh's Little Theatre
group.
DR.. White left Dare Friday
morning. During his stay at Mays
Head, he visited the home of DR..
and Mrs. Joseph H. Barach, also
Of the University Medical staff,
who own the handsome estate,
Mountain Hill Farm" on Roanoke
Island.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
MANY WIN DEGREES
AT EAST CAROLINA

Many Coastal Carolinians won
degrees at Commencement Exer-
cises Friday at East Carolina Col
lege, Greenville. There were 1853 in
all. From Roanoke Island were
Grady Gaskill of Wanchese, and
Mrs. Milan P. Meekins, wife of
c. S. Meekins, who won the degree
IF Bachelor of Science. She teaches
IN Wanchese school. Others VIM
ming this degree were: Mark H.
Moore, Jr., Bath; Edward Ieynolds,
Creswell; Isabella O'Neal, Ocra-
coke; Anne House Plymouth;
elizabeth Walston Forbes Shiloh
Master of Arts Degrees were
won by Mrs. Nell Wise Wechter of
Stumpy Point, who is a teacher of
several years service; S. D. O'Neal
of MiddleseX, teacher in Engelhard
school; Phillip Meekins of Stumpy
Point, teacher at South Mills, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Garland E.
Meekins.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
FORMER WANCHESE BOY is
KILLED IN BOSTON WRECK

William Dempsey Payne, 80,
formerly of Wanchese, was the
victim of an automobile wreck in
Boston, Mass, at five o'clock last
Friday afternoon. Funeral services
We're held in Boston at two o'clock
Monday afternoon.
Mr.. Payne, who was a retired
Coast Guardsman, is survived by
his father, Corbett Payne of Wan
cheese; his wife, Dorothy and one
son, w. D., Jr., both of Boston;
five brothers, Clarence Payne, Cor
bett Payne, Jr., Jarvis, Ronny and
Don Payne, all of Wanchese; and
one sister, Mrs. Norman Paouette.
of Oxford, Mass.
Mr.. Payne was the son Of Cor
bett Payne and the late Volantille
Etheridge Payne of Wanchese. He
had lived for a number Of years in
Dorchester, Mass. He was onIv
recently remarked.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
DANIELS REUNION
HELD IN WANCHESE

Approximately $50 members of
the clan attended the annual re-
union of the Daniels family in
Wanchese Tuesday afternoon.
Melvin r. Daniels of Wanchese
and Manteo, head of the clan, pre-
sided at a meeting of the group
which filled the Wanchese Metho-
dist Church to capacity.
Archie Daniels of Draper made
the address at the meeting, his
subject being "The Value of
Friendship" He stated that fam
lily reunions such as the Daniels
reunion held each year here was
an example of friendship.
Present from Raleigh were Mr..
and Mrs. Jonathan Daniels and
their daughters, Adelaide and
Mary Cleves of Raleigh and Mr..
and Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Jr.
The late Josephus Daniels attend
ed the reunion here until the time
of his death. He had said his fore
bears came from Wanchese.
Recognition was paid to the old
est and youngest members of the
clan present. Mrs. Lucetta Dan
iels Montague, IS, was the oldest
person present. Her great-grand-
child, Lille Daniels, four-months-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Vic
tor Daniels of Wanchese was the
youngest.
The Daniels who came the long
est distance to attend the reunion
was DIR. William L. Daniels from
the State of Maine.
Following the meeting in the
an old-fashioned picnic
dinner was held under the pines
on the church ground. Mrs. Dallas
Daniels Tillett, director of music,
presented a musical program, and
member of the clan, Frank
Harris of Elizabeth City gave the
during the formal pro-
gram. .-..
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
Government A gency Bids
$1,000 for Property Cost
ing $4,000; No Up
settlers Appear

The four-year-old shrimp plant
erected near Davis landing at Wan
cheese has become the property of
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poratlon which lent upwards of
$4,000 to enable it to be built
Henry Albert of New York erected
the plant, and obtained part of
his capital from the government
lending agency. The loan was
based largely on the proposed ad-
vantage the plant would be to the
fishing industry in eastern North
Carolina, and to local labor which
was avid for employment.
1t is said that more than 100000
was invested in the property. For
a time it was in operation, en-
ploying many people, and provid-
ing a market for shrimp. 1t was
the plan of the operator to bring
shrimp from as far as the Gulf
of Mexico for processing. This
project was looked upon with some
doubt by old hands at the game.
Several large buildings are on
the property, including a freezer
locker and storage room costing
an estimated $4,000.
At the sale of the property in
late July, it brought no bidders.
1t was knocked down for $1,000,
a fraction of the amount of the
mortgage held by the RFC. No
one appeared within ten days to
upset the bid, so it becomes the
property of the RFC.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
DARE SCHOOLS
WILL OPEN
SEPTEMBER 3
First Graders Must Present
Birth Certificate; Teach
ers Announced

All schools in Dare County will
open Wednesday, September 3.
Parents are reminded that all
children entering the first grade
must be six years old by October l.
The encouragement has ruled
that if a child's birthday falls on
October 2, the child is eligible to
enter, but under no conditions, will
children whose birthdays come aft
er October 2, be allowed to enter
until the following school year. A
beginning first grader must pre-
sent a birth certificate before he
can be enrolled.
Due to the acute shortage of
teachers there is still one vacancy
in the county. The superintendent
hopes to have this filled before the
opning of schools.
Teachers for the 1928 school
term are:
ManteO
A. o. Ayers, Principal, Mrs.
Willis Pearce, Mrs. BERTHE S.
Ward, Mrs. Essie N. Wescott, Mrs.
Jennie B. Davis, Wayland H. Fry,
Il. G. Finch, Mrs. Jean T. Ward,
Mrs. Matilda Inge, Mrs. Mary D.
|Meekins, Miss Bonnybel Evans,
Mrs. H. r. Ashmore.
Avon
T. G. Wilson, Mrs. Mildred S.
Parks.
Kitty Hawk
R. B. Cobb, Principal, Miss
.Alyce Sumrell, Mrs. Elizabeth At
zins, Mrs. Irene B. Midget, Mrs.
Fannie Lee Kessinger. John Mil
er.
Manns HarbOr
A. L. Mercer, Principal, Miss
Callie Jones, Mrs. Bette Twiford.
See SCHOOLS, Page Ten
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
LIVELY WEEKEND IN
OFFING FOR DARE

This will be one of the livliest
week ends of the summer season
for Mays Head according to
things to do, now planned.
Mays Heads Club Casino will
present Charlie Spivak and his in
ternationally famous music max
ers.
The Shrine Club of Dare will
also have a special dance for men,
bers and their invited guests fea-
turing a well-known orchestra and
also a floor show by members of
Lost Colony cast. Andrew Griffith,
the serious Sir Walter of the SYM
phonic drama, will be head man of
the floor show featuring talent
from the drama. 1t will be the
second floor show of the season
to be presented at the Shrine Club
by members of Lost Colony cast.
On Roanoke Island, Saturday
night and the current week end
is expected to be one .of the big
gest of the current season for Paul
Green's symphonic drama The Lost
Colony. Already several large
groups, some of them coming by
the bus loads will be present for
the Saturday night performance.
Lost Colony Housing Secretary
Helen Baum has stated that there
will be adequate accommodations
for persons coming to stay over
night.
Accommodation for many
scores of persons will be made
available at the Roanoke Island
All Camp which by the week end
will be closed for the season and
the rooms and barracks they have
been occupying being made avail
able to overnight groups or in
dividuals. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Smith of Manteo have charge of
renting the rooms at the All En-
campment.
General Manager William Hardy
has announced that while many
See WEEKEND, Page Ten
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
LOST COLONY TO
CLOSE SEASON
ON AUGUST 81
Many TarheeI History Stu
dents Seeing Drama
During 18th Season

Paul Green's symphonic drama,
The Lost Colony, now being shown
for it's 18th season at Waterside
Theatre on Roanoke Island, will
present its final performance for
the year on Sunday night, August
81. Until that time there will be
performances every night except
Monday, August %.
The drama this year has at
tracted patrons from every state
and many foreign countries. The
drama has also attracted several
hundreds of North Carolina his
tory students who were given COM
plimentary passes to the show.
More than 1900 All Club men,
bers have attended the show this
year. They came from counties
throughout the state.
Many of the persons seeing the
show this season had witnessed
performances during previous
years. One new scene, an Indian
attack on Fort Raleigh, has added
much to the second act and won
the acclaim of all who have seen
it. During this exciting scene,
through clever work of techni-
clans, the fort in which the col
onists have taken refuge is set
afre. This scene is also a turning
point in the dramas love interest,
as Eleanor Dare's husband, Cap
tain Ananias Dare, is slain by the
indians and from there on out his
widow and John Borden lead the
group of colonists until they
march away into the wilderness at
the dramas finale.
By the end of the current sea-
son more than 100000 persons will
have seen The Lost Colony. The
dramas premiere was on July A,
1857. 1t vas not shown during four
war years. 1t is now the worlds
longest-lived outdoor drama and it
tells the story in pantomine, song
and the spoken word of Sir Walter
Raleigh's Inflated attempts to es-
tablish a colony in the New World
that became America, and of an
unsolved history mystery.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
NAVY MEN ESCAPE INJURY
WHEN AUTO OVERTURNS

Two Navy ensigns, enroute to
the beach for holiday, met bad
luck Saturday afternoon while
southbound around the curve at
Currituck courthouse. Miraculously
they escaped serious injury. The
car skidded, turned around and
turned over the ditch across the
road, and they were unable to get
out of it until wrecking truck
had turned it over. Once on its
feet the motor was easily started,
and the car was capable of opera
ton. The car was a Chevrolet
sedan, NJ aryland license No.
198-437. One of the occupants was
R. B. Alternately. The mishap oc-
Cured during a rain at 2:30 pm.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
STATE UPHOLDS
CONTRACT FOR
SEASHORE PARK
Murphy Resignation Boomer
angs Against Opposing
Force1, in Raleigh

The N. c. Council of State vot-
ed this week to abide by its con-
tract with the National Park Serv-
ice for establishment of a seashore
park on the Outer Banks, despite
opposition led by W. A. Worth,
owner of the Bodie Island land,
and numbering some 40 people
from Dare County who journeyed
to Raleigh.
The resignation of j. L. Murphy
of Kill Devil Hills from the N. C.
Seashore Commission, apparently
motivated from a dislike of Frank
and David Stick, of Kitty Hawk,
reached Raleigh about this time,
and instead of discounting the
park project, seemed to strength
en- the Council of State toward it.
Murphy, it seemed, was pistoff
because Huntington Cairns had
not let him into his confidence as
to the identity of the donor of
$618,0O0 for buying lands, sum
which the state has matched. Mr..
Cairns, a lawyer himself, is not
given to revealing confidential
matters.
Mr.. Cairns of course, turns out
to be an innocent bystander. 1t
appears he knew Of the donor, but
the Sticks had no connection with
the donation. The object in keep
ing the matter secret so long APP
pears to have been to avoid an
avalanche of requests from other
sources, with which the donating
foundation did not wish to be pes
tered. Announcement is being
made today by the Park Service
as to the source of the gift.
Major Murphy, who shortly be-
fore his appointment to the Com
mission, had been more or less in
different to the park, was highly
appreciative of this political pre-
ferment, and entered into the
proposition with a great deal of
zeal and energy. He had pronounc-
ed opinions about the proposition,
some of which he has aired at
length in this weeks newspapers.
For several years he was employ
ed as an engineer working with
the project during the days when
See PARK, Page Ten
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
THIS ANSWERS THE QUESTION:
WHO GAVE MONEY FOR THE PARK?

Secretary Of the Interior Chapman announce
ed Thursday in Washington that the Old Domin-
ion Foundation and the Avalon Foundation do
mated S6l8,OOO for the purchase of land for Cape
Hatteras National Seashore Recreaticnal Area
Both foundations were created by children of the
late Andrew w. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury
under President Hoover The Old Dominion Foun-
datlon, Virginia charitable and educational
foundation was created by Paul Mellon The Ava
Ion Foundation, Delaware charitable trust was
established by Mrs Asia Mellon Bruce. Recently
Chapman announced that 81, 236OOO was avail
able for the purchase of lands for the Seashore
Recreatlonal Area an addition to the National
Park System. He said then that the names of the
donors of the private funds would not be disclosed
ana that the state had matched their gift Today
ne SAD the donated funds have been accepted and
deposited in the United States Treasury, He add
ed that under an agreement dated july is with the
State land acquisition office has been establish
ed by the National Park Service at Manteo and
acquisition of lands is under wav.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
IN COLUMBIA
TO TALK BRIDGE TUES.

President. C. Wallace Tatem of
Columbia has called a meeting Of
the four-county road committee of
the Southern Albemarle Associa-
ton in Columbia at IL am. on
Tuesday, August 26. Likewise, a
meeting of other organizations
and public officials is expected to
be called jointly to seek discus
sion with the Governor at an early
date toward building of bridges
over Croatan Sound and Alligator
River.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
DARE AUTUMN BUSINESS
PROSPECTS LOOK GOOD

September and October business
klong the Dare Coast will be
best in the history of the resort
Ii present reservations from per-
IONS planning vacation trips here
ht that time is any indication.
Most of the beach hotels will re-
main open throughout September
Ind some will remain open until
ate October or throughout the
winter season. One of the big at
reactions planned for the autumn
eason is the Surf Casting Con-
ests sponsored by the newly or
.anized Mays Head Surf Fishing
club. The fishing contest, expected
o attract many organized clubs
ere will be held October 8, 4 and
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
BLITHE SPIRIT TO BE
PRESENTED MONDAY NIGHT

Noel Coward's ''Blithe Spirit"
will be presented Monday night,
August %, by members of the
Lost Colony cast, starring Lillian
Prince and Fred Young. The fan
tastic comedy, which is being Ii
rected by Victor Michalak, will
be staged in the Dare County
Shrine Club, and will begin at
8:15. The public is invited to at
tend. A nominal admission charge
will be made.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
GUM NECK GROWS W'NCHESE SHRIMP
AS MODERN ROADS PLANT STANDS At
AND POWER COME BID OF THE r q
T yrreII County's Largest
Community Shows Value
of Go Forward Pro-
gram

The large and prosperous COM
munity of Gum Neck, largest ru-
raj community in Tyrrell County,
having some six to eight hundred
Inhabitants, is showing many
signs of new progress and more
enjoyable living that has come
since the go Forward" movement
reached it.
See GUM NECK, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
BLUES PLENTIFUL ON COAST

Bluefish, which attract more
anglers to the North Carolina
coast than any other species of
fish, have been very plentiful in
the waters of Oregon Inlet, Hat
teras Inlet and along the ocean
surf during August. Scores of fish
ing parties have caught hundreds
Of blues daily.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-10-18

The line survived the test.
 The reservoir is being con- structed by Shupp, Chase and Tolbert and the Pacific Alaska Contractors.