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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-05-02
FAIRFIELD HID CLUB MET
WITH MRS. ]. L. SIMMONS

The regular meeting of Fairfield
Home Demonstration club was
called to order April 16, at 2:30 p.
m. at the home of Mrs. j. L. Sim
mons, with IA members, and one
new member present.
The president gave report OF
the County Council meeting.
There was a discussion about the
National Home Demonstration
Week beginning April 81 through
May 8.
The Education leader, Home
Dairy leader and Music leader all
made nice reports.
The meeting was then turned
over to our home agent, Miss
Cathey, who gave us very inter-
esting demonstration on knowing
and Applying Paint"
Nice refreshments were served
by the hostesses.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-05-02
DUCK PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. S. D. Tate spent
the week end in Elizabeth City
visiting Mrs. Palestine Basnight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Foster Spruill and
son J. C. of Norfolk spent the
week end with his brother, Charlie
Spruill and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Harvey
Spruill spent the week with their
son, Joe Spruill, of East Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Rogers spent
Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Jen-
ME Waterfield of Aydlett.
Miss Elsie Scarborough Of Nor
folk is spending some time with
her grandmother, Mrs. Eta Scar
borough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Beals and
family of Portlock visited Mr..
Beals' mother, Mrs. Carrie Beals,
Saturday.
MI. Evans of Portsmouth spent
Monday here.
Jack Beals returned home Friday
after visiting his brother, Charlie
Beals and family of New Jersey.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Scarborough
of Little Creek spent the week end
with his mother, Mrs. Eta Scar
borough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weston Forbes
and son of Riddle spent the week
end with Mr.. Forbes sister, Mrs.
jamie King and fSmily.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-05-02
HANDBOOK AVAILABLE TO
SEED GROWERS IN STATE

Any farmer who expects to plant
small grain for certification in
1862 should carefully check the
new regulations as outlined in the
1862 "Certification Handbook"
DIR. r. P. Moore, director in
charge of the North Carolina Crop
Improvement Association wi h
headquarters at State College,
says the handbook has just been
published and copies are available
on request.
The handbook contains new reg
ulations giving major changes in
the certification Of small grains.
Other minor changes are listed for
certification Of open-pollinated
corn. Also included are certifica-
ton regulations for lespedeza and
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-05-02
PLENTIFUL MAY FOODS
LISTED BY HOME AGENT

Southern plentiful foods can help
provide appetizing, attractive and
economical May menus, says Miss
Mary Kirby, Dare county home
demonstration agent for the State
College Extension Service.
Featured items on the u. S. De-
partment of Agriculture's plentiful
foods list for the month include
eggs, oranges, broilers and fryers.
High level egg production is
keeping eggs one of the most plen-
tiful and economical foods on re-
tail markets, Miss Kirby explained.
Cold storage holdings of shell eggs
the first of April were up to 1.6
million cases, largest holdings for
that date since 1916. Broiler mar
ketings should run about fourth
larger than last May, and Florida
and California will market volume
supplies of Valencia oranges dur
ing the month.
Cabbage should be good fresh
vegetable buy in May, she said,
since south Georgia, Alabama, Vir-
ginia, South Carolina and Missis-
sippi will all market cabbage dur
ing that month.
Varied and nutritious menus can
be planned around other foods in
the plentiful list, too. These foods
include fish, peanut butter, pro-
cessed citrus products, grape
fruit, dried prunes and raisins,
dairy products, cooking fats and
oils, snap beans and pecans.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-05-02

within a mile of the stranded Will
lis, which they scrutinized in vain
for signals of distress or the
slightest signs of life on board.
The keeper determined not to at
tempt to return to the station that
night, but to remain in Ocracoke;
but before he turned in" the agent
of the Norfolk and Southern Rail-
road hunted him up and requested
him to make another trip to the
lay boat in the morning, for the
purpose of recovering some $500
from the safe.
About eight a. m. the next day
the agent appeared at the landing
and with him Keeper Terrell and
crew started out in the station
surfboat to board the lay boat,
when as they opened out the point,
they perceived a signal flying on
board the Willis. 1t was only bit
of canvas, but the keeper was sure
it was not flying when his boat
passed the Willis the previous ev-
ening, and he was therefore salts
fled beyond any question that there
must be some person or persons
on board the wreck. Therefore he
pulled that way and soon made out
four men, whom, upon boarding
her, he found to be two of the crew
and two passengers. They desired
to be taken to Ocracoke instead of
the life-saving station, and there
fore they were speedily placed in
the surf-boat and conveyed to the
village, which they reached be-
tween 10 and IL a. m. Three of the
men were taken in charge by some
of their friends, while the fourth,
Mr.. A. S. Kelly of Washington, N.
c., was conducted to a hotel, where
he was provided with proper care,
and on the next morning had so
far recovered as to be able to go
to his home.
The captain of the Willis told
the keeper that as soon as she
struck the shoal all hands took to
the rigging, and that after that
time there was no possibility of
leaving the rigging to make a sig
nal. Previous to that time the
weather was so thick that the ves-
sci could not be seen. He further
stated that late Friday afternoon,
thirty-six hours after she stranded,
the tide and sea had fallen so that
the deck was out of water, and as
the weather was still thick they
all lay down in lea Of the deck
house and went to sleep. None of
them were awake when the wealth
err lightened up about five-thirty
p. M, and consequently the signal
of distress was not set up that
night. On Saturday morning it APP
pears to have occurred to them it
might be good plan to set up a
signal, which they did, with the
result that they were promptly
rescued as already stated
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-05-02
LOSS OF THE SCHOONER
LYDIA A. WILLIS

Two lives were lost from the
small schooner Lydia A. Willis,
near Dry Shoal Point off Ocra-
coke, North Carolina, during the
hurricane of August II, 1899. The
names of the lost were G. L. Buck
man, passenger, and Henry Blan-
go, cook, both residents of Wash
ington, North Carolina.
The Willis was an old craft of
IL tons, which had been chartered
for a pleasure trip by party of
nine gentlemen living in Washing
ton. The entire company on board
when the vessel sailed numbered
~ persons-three of whom made
up the crew. On Wednesday, Au-
gust 16, the schooner anchored off
Ocracoke, and as the wind was al
ready blowing well-nigh a hurri-
cane, six of the passengers wisely
chose to go ashore, leaving the
crew and three of the pleasure
party still on board. During the
night the full force of the storm
broke upon the ill-conditioned
craft, which parted her chains and
brought up at four a. m. OF the
18th on Dry Shoal Point about
three miles east Of the Portsmouth
Life-Saving Station.
The testimony of the captain
(who was saved) could not be OBJ
tanned, but he is understood to
have vaguely stated the time when
the two men were lost as during
the day or night of the day of the
STANDING Thursday or Thurs
day night"
The weather was so thick that
nobody on shore saw, or possibly
could have seen the wreck, and as
matter of fact its presence was
not known to anybody until the
afternoon of Friday, August 1S,
when it was discovered by patrol
man William T. Willis of the Life
Saving Service, who reported it to
Keeper Terrell. At that hour the
clay boat" used by the Norfolk
and Southern steamers was report
ed ashore on Hog Shoal flying
signal of distress, and the life
saving crew at once launched a
surfboat and started to board her
On their way they saw the Willis
apparently deserted, and showing
no signal whatever. The wind was
still blowing hard, and piling up q
high sea, and the keeper therefore
kept on his way to the vessel which
had called for aid. He started out
about five o'clock, and at six-fif.
teen reached the lay boat, which he
found broken in two, full of water
and having on board the shipkeep'
er and his wife. These the life.
saving crew took off and landed
at ocracoke, reaching there at sew
en- o'clock, having again pulled
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-05-02
SMALL GRAIN FIELD DAYS
SCHEDULED OVER STATE

Seven small grain field days
have been scheduled in North Caro-
lima, beginning May 9. The field
days are sponsored by the Exten-
sion Service in cooperation with
the North Carolina Experiment
Station, North Carolina Depart
ment of Agriculture, and Produc-
ton and Marketing Administra-
ton.
In announcing the field days, DIR.
F. j. Bell, seed and small grain
specialist for the State College
Extension Service said cultural
practices, storage, and marketing
features of the extension program
on small grains will be emphasize
ed. Goals of this program are State
averages of rs bushels per acre for
oats, So bushels for wheat, and 60
bushels for barley.
Farmers and other interested
persons are asked to attend on the
date assigned to their county. If
this is inconvenient, however, the
individual may attend on one of
the other dates. Persons whose
counties are not listed may attend
on any date.
The schedule: May 10, 1880 p
m. - Davis-Speight Seed Farm
Pollccksville in Jones County. For
Fender, Duplin, Jones, Onslow
Lenoir, Greene, Pitt, Craven, Car
teret, Pamlico, Beaufort, Hyde
Washington, Tyrrell.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-05-02
HIGH TIDES ON
FISHING GROUNDS

Low tides between Hours Shown
Oregon Inlet for April
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-05-02
peanuts.

peanuts.
Request for copies of the new
handbook should be addressed to
Crop Improvement Association, NJ
c. State College, Raleigh.
Evening star., 1952-11-30
government personnel

There has been much loose talk of wholesale
requirements. Government employees have been
beset with rumors of drastic changes affecting their
Evening star., 1952-11-30


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The frontiersman., 1952-06-19
$26, 6,500 ADDITION TO PAL MFR SCHOOL STARTED TODAY

Swift action on the part of the Palmer School District Board re- suited today in the beginning of new S26,000 addition to the pres ent school to forestall a shortage of classroom space when school opens next September.
 In sharp contrast with the months of waiting associated with public construction under federal help plans, the School Board was able to act quickly in. the emer- gency through the use of tobacco tax revenues specifically ear marked for school structures. Last week contractors in the area were canvassed to submit bids for second-story addition to the south wing of the school begun two years ago. This action follow ed a fruitless survey of the city for suitable classroom space on a rental basis. Bids were opened in a special session of the School Board yesterday afternoon. The contract was awarded to Sandvlk and Roark, local contractors who had submitted the low bid ot 1 S26,5OO. The successful bidders planned to start today on the con- struction which is due for compile 1 ton August 31 of this year.
 The second-floor addition of the new wing will provide four small classrooms for high school classes Superintendent T. Zahradnicek stated. Elaborating on the class room emergency, he pointed out that Palmer High School last year graduated 20 seniors. Next Sep ] tember 63 freshmen will take their places. The sophomore | junior and senior classes are ex-
 Continued on page 10
The frontiersman., 1952-06-19
Anchorage EIks Offer Transportation to
 SIood Bunk Donors

Anyone in the Valley who wishes to volunteer a pint of blood to the Red Cross Blood Bank set up in Anchorage this week will be furnished transpor- tation to Anchorage by the Anch- orage Elks Lodge.
 Volunteers may leave their names with U. s. Commissioner Dorothy Saxton tomorrow or early Saturday and if sufficient number respond, a bus will be dispatched from Anchorage to furnish return-trip transportation.
 The Anchorage EkS Lodge of fer come after efforts had been made by the local Elks Lodge and Beta Sigma Phi to have the blood bank equipment brought to Palmer. The local lodge had pledged 30 pints and it was be- lieved that other donors in the Valley would bring the total close to 800. However, the local offer was rejected by the Red Cross in Anchorage because it was deemed impractical to set up the equip ment here for such a small num- Der. Another reason given against the Palmer set-up was that the airport here was too small to ac- commodate the B-29s that fly out the refrigerated blood.
 Blood plasma extracted from the blood donated to the blood bank is very much needed for Korean battle casualties. Four pints of blood and two pints ot plasma are required to restore one battle casualty to health.
The frontiersman., 1952-06-19
Survey of Palmer Stores Reveals No
 Immediate Food Shortage Due to Strike

"okay" for the next 30 days. After that-"it's hard to tell" He obser- we'd that groceries are still getting through on the Alaska Freight Lines. However, he added, the traffic on these lines may get so heavy that only a small trickle will seep into Palmer.
 Already the strike has had its effect on the completion of two new office buildings in Palmer, although the scheduled occupancy of the offices is expected to take place in spite of the shortage. Off, fees in Lloyd Severns' new sec ond story addition will be without their Venetian blinds and lighting fixtures for a while, but lack of the latter couldn't have happened at better time. Lighting fixtures for the New Neal Wright Building addition arrived in time, but some of the hardware for doors had to be re-ordered locally.
The frontiersman., 1952-06-19
S5. 900 OF SALES TAX FUND GOESTO SCHOOL

A budget for Palmer School Districts fiscal year 1952-53 was approved at last nights Council meeting despite an indicated def icit of some S22,000.
 The Council voted unanimously to appropriate $5,0OO from the general sales tax revenues to the School Board to make up at least a part of the estimated deficit This appropriation is to be made in two equal payments: the first on September l, 1852; the second on March 1, 1953-providing, of course, that funds are available on those dates. The unanimous vote of the Council indicates that it's members will make every et- fort to see that the first payment is made on time.
The frontiersman., 1952-06-19

Saturday evening, June 21, members of the Valley Farmers Market Association will meet at the market site to put shiplap on the back and metal roofing on the top of six 10-foot booths.
 Money for this improvement will be drawn from the associa- ton treasury, which sWelled last year from booth and membership fees. The land where the market operates will again be donated rent free by the Coop.
 A regular meeting of the asSo- citation was held on May 28 at the home of it's president, Howard Estelle. From the enthusiasm demonstrated at that meeting, members are certain that the Farmers Market, which got off to a fine start last year under the guidance of Florence Eby, will be able to meet the needs of the public even better this season.
 It was unanimously agreed by the members that only Alaska grown or Alaska-made articles would be sold at the market. Above all, they decided, they wanted to show the public the ex- cellence of produce grown in the Valley. The market also provides an outlet for the sale of vege- tables, poultry, and other items for those farmers who do not pro- duce enough to sell in wholesale quantities. Many times last year it was noted, tourists stopped to marvel at the variety of vege- tables grown in Alaska.
 This year members feel that they know better what the pub lie wants. There will be more dressed broilers, flyers, and hens; some fresh eggs, strawberries, and raspberries in season; rhubarb radishes, carrots, swiss chard lettuce. cabbage, cauliflower broccoli. potatoes, peas. string
The frontiersman., 1952-06-19
GEORGE JOHNSON, LOCAL BARBER, DIES

George Johnson, local barber, was found dead in his cabin Tues day morning, June IT, by two friends who feared he was ill.
 Ben Marine and Tony Corvich found Johnson's body in his cab in, where apparently he had died in his sleep. They immediately notified the U. s. Commissioner. The body was taken to the Arch- orage Funeral Home, where it will remain until funeral arrange ments are made. A telegram was sent to relatives in Michigan's Upper Peninsula by members ot the local Moose Lodge, of which Johnson was member.
 Johnson was the brother of Ar vid Johnson, former Matanuska Valley dairyman and original <olonist now living in Crystal Falls, Michigan. The deceased had lived in the Valley for several years following two years Army service in the Pacific Theater Discharged in December of 1944 he was recalled to duty from Pal mer in September of 1945, serv- ing at Fort Richardson until he
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The frontiersman., 1952-06-19
COUNCIL ACTS ON
 PHONE EMERGENCY

The City Council telephone committee was empowered last night to take immediate steps to procure a temporary emergency outside" plant and to obtain the telephone switchboard offered by Anchorage some months ago.
 It is planned to replace the tangle of field wire now festoon- ing poles in Palmer's downtown section with cable, which will do much to restore adequate phone service. It is hoped that part of this work can be accomplished within the next two months. Twenty-thre applications for new telephones await the install lation of 100 phone sets recently purchased by the Council.
 As soon as the new cable is in stalled, the new switchboard will be placed in service. The new switchboard will be capable of handling a larger number Of phones. It cannot be used with the present field wire lines be- cause of more sensitive signal de- vices than are in the present switchboard.
The frontiersman., 1952-06-19
Furmers' Murket Members To Improve
 Booths in Preparation for July 5 Opening

beans, turnips, turnip greens, green summer squash, green house cucumbers and tomatoes, as well as baked goods and some handicraft items.
 In the absence of Florence Eby, who is in the States for a year, Thomas Mover has kindly cffer- ed to serve as market master without salary. MT. Mover has done fine job of publicizing the Valley through the Matanuska Valley Record, and he will be given an opportunity to display the Record in his booth office.
 Onyone who wishes to sell may see MT. Mover at the market. The association membership fee is $2.0O and the daily charge for a booth is $1.00 or five percent of the gross receipts for a regular seller and ten percent for an oc- casional seller, whichever is the greater.
 The market will open this year on Saturdays and Sundays with the opening date set for July 5. Most sellers will arrive at 10 am. and stay until sold out or until 5 pm. The widest selection ot produce will be found in the morning.
The frontiersman., 1952-06-19
Hollywood Troupe To Attend Mckinley Farm Barbecue Friday

Chamber of Commerce mem bers and their guests who wish to attend the barbecue being given tomorrow noon at the Butte farm home of Dr. Lee Mckinley in honor of the World Premiere troupe may get s tickets for the event at the barbecue; a few tickets are available at Betty's or from Bill Renpel
 The barbecue is being given by the Anchorage Chamber of Com merce in honor of the Hollywood troupe that will put on show at the world premiere of the Uni versal-International movie "Wor- Id in His Arms" at Anchorage's Fourth Avenue Theater tomorrow night. The .all-star troupe is head ed by Ann Blyth who co-stars with Gregory Peck in the film.
 Besides the 50 Hollywood en- tertainers and neWsmen accom- panying the troupe, 20 members of the Portland Chamber of Com merce, now on a tour of Alaska, are expected to be present at the Mckinley farm for the barbecue. Guests are expected to arrive at II am, with the barbecue lunch being served about 12 o'clock noon. The affair is expected to break up by 2 pm. to permit the visitors a brief tour of the Val ley before returning to Anchor age for the pm. premiere.
The frontiersman., 1952-06-19
Construction Starts On First Baptist
 Church of Palmer

Construction started this week on the First Baptist Church. of Palmer with excavation at the site on the corner of Matanuska Street and Gulkana Avenue.
 Rev. A. V. Richey is the pastor of the local congregation, which has been holding Sunday services in Carpenters Hall for more than year. With the congregation ire quently numbering a hundred or more for the regular morning services, church members are hoping that their new building will be completed by October l.
 Footings are already being er- ected for the 70-foot by 35-foot building. A modern, Spanish-de- sign church is planned with a flat roof, from which will rise 36- foot belfry. The belfry will make Ln0 DullO1IlS kIlS IdI4Cot III l oA mer-to date. Pumica blocks will be used for the church exterior The church auditorium will oc- cupy the first floor in its entirety. Located in the full tion in helping on the church con- plete kitchen, and two rest rooms
 Two college student couples will spend their summer vaca- tion inhelping on the church con struction and in church work They are MT. and Mrs. Leonard Krise of Wayland College, Plain view, Texas, and MT. and Mrs Billie Bickel of Texas Tech, fo' cated at Lubbock, Texas.
 According to plan, dedication ceremonies for the new church will be held some time during tht month of October.
The frontiersman., 1952-06-19

With regret the City Council last night accepted William Heads resignation as City Clerk, effective July l. Appointment of John D. Shaw, law partner of City Attorney Harold Butcher, to fill the vacancy thus created was announced at the same time.
 MT. Shaw expects to open a law office in the Severns building next week and will be ready to assume his duties as City Clerk in his new quarters by July 1. :.
 The City Council moved a vote of thanks to Mir. Head for a job we'll done. Commenting on Heads contributions to the newly incor- porated city of Palmer, Mayor Carl Meier voiced the heartfelt gratitude for the fledgling Coun- cil. He pointed out that MT. Heads active support of incorpor- ation contributed immeasurably to the welfare of the entire com munity. For four months he serv- ed without pay; his counsel and
The frontiersman., 1952-06-19
POLICE POLICY CLARIFIED

City Council members agreed last nioht that the responsibility of the community in policing ac- tivities is properly confined to the streets and similar public property.
 Local barrooms and saloons are expected to maintain order with in their establishments. Police Chief Bernie Bouwens was in- structed to take over only when and if disturbances overdOwed in to the city's streets
The frontiersman., 1952-06-19
ls52-5a FISHING LICENSES

Territorial Sport Fishing stamps for the fiscal year begin ming July l, 1852 are on sale now in the U. s. Commissioners of- flee. Stamps for resident citizens cost $1 and those for nonresident citizens or aliens cost s.
 Federal fishing licenses for the year July 1, 1852 to July l, 1853 are expected to arrive at Bert's Drug Store this weekend and will go on sale to those who have 1951-52 licenses on June P.