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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-09-26
CRAWFORD D. PAYNE
IS BURIED THURSDAY

Crawford brewery Payne, IS,
died Sunday in the Marine Hos
pital in Baltimore following a
short illness.
He was native and lifelong
resident of Wanchese and had
been in the U. S. Coast Guard
since 1886 and was a chief engi-
neer on the Cutter Hornbeam.
He was a member of the Wan
cheese Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
LESSEE Nelson Payne; his parents,
Fulgrum and Gwendolyn Herbert
Payne of Wanchese; one daugh-
ter, Miss Ann Payne and one
son, Drewe, both of Wanchese;
one sister, Mrs. Catherine Reber
and one brother, LOWE Payne
both of Wanchese.
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WATERWAYS MOVEMENT OFFERS ADVANTAGES TO
TO ALL OF US

There has been launched in Behaven movement that
deserves liberal investment energy and capital Arson
smith Belhavens gogettng hotel man, and Jim Hackney
OF washington have been named cochairmen of Coastal
en OF the small harbors of the states AS of us have
observed only the larger ports mentioned when
the money passed out What has been done for the
er ports on large SCALE ought to be done smaller
ports scale, at least.
Our harbors be great In fact thew are now
more or less necessity. This improvement will require
lot of money It will take lot of work and planning to
nr1ng about these improvements, all of which takes
money too.
- The many advantages to be from an active and
efficient Waterways Association apparent to most of
U.S. They deserve considerable investment in energy and
are worthy of contributions in money to carry on
the work We cannot expect people to abandon
their affairs IN this of labor shortage and 90 abroad
at their personal expense carry on the work What is
to the advantage of all is the responsibility of all and
should be paid for by ALL - ~ A
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lumbia; L. L. Swain and D. v.
Meekins of Manteo; Melvin R.
Daniels of Wanchese, Mrs. Scott
Topping of Pantego, Leon Balance
of Fairfield, w. ]. White of Co
lumbia, F. E. Cohoon of Columbia,
R. F. Baynes of Fairfield, Jack
Davenport of Columbia, E. o. Ar
mold of Roper, Mrs. Borden Nc
Clees of Columbia, and P. D. Mid
gett of Engelhard.
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TOURNEY
Continued from Page One)

invitation tourney on Friday and
Saturday, October 8 and A, and
we expect to have several hundred
persons in the open individual
tournament on Sunday, the fifth, P"
said Maj. J. L. Murphy, secretary
of the sponsoring club.
Team scoring greatest number
of points will be awarded the
Mays Head Championship Tourn-
ament Trophy. This trophy must
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BUREAU
CONTINUED from Page One)

logg, town of Manteo; Wallace
McCown, Dare County Chamber
of Commerce; Dan Harris, Mays
Head Chamber of Commerce and
William Hardy Of The Lost Col
ony.
Absent from the meeting We'd
nesday were Directors Oden, White
and Hardy. Jennette represented
Mays Head Chamber Of Commerct
and Martin Kellogg acted "a
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CHAMBER
Continued from Page One)

Chamber of Commerce, thanking
the organization for its support
in the first year of operation, and
asking that the members give
every assistance to the Tourist
Bureau in raising its budget for
the year 1928. All those pres
ent indicated their interest in the
program and continued assistance
for its successful operation.
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WHAT THE PARK SERVICE MIGHT DO
TO CLEAR UP NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

N. Z.
bodys opposition change mind or sfe voice
have we considered somebody's personal profit
own when we believe is worthy. We have
vlsoned lot OF good for lot OF people because OF the
Seashore Park proposition We also see where few people
may be kept out of mighty big profits in order that
many people may be benefited.
We now speak mind freely again. We note that
seekers has called upon the Park Service officials to join
with them in meeting in Raleigh Monday of next week.
to determine the actual boundaries This meeting has been
engendered by the selfish SPECTATORS who either want to
hold what they have in their and the Devil with
the public by those who hope by stalng off the park
to make huge profits In future We don't any good
that of this meeting, and only look for
gle For not fact that the present tentative boundar
les of the Park set up two ago by the
present N c. Commission, by its employees and under the
direction of it's Director? .i--
We dislike to see the Park Service wasting it's time
without accomplishing any good and running the risk of
useless row. We enumerae lot of stupid things done
in the past by Park Service employees and Park advocates
We will score side quick will the other With
out these mistakes the wu pureyors of misnformation
people unhappy, could have accomplished the dire
results they hey now are gloating over
the Park Service people, less than the Director himself
and others who will be working the project should
down to the and confer with the people By peo
pe do not the land hogs the spectators the
money grabbers and the doubcrossers We the
and file Of the people people who own homes who own
land whether In the Park area not people who have
make living in the
No concessions that be made will ever satisfy the
land SPECTATORS those who wish to continue hog
the Banks for their benefit It would be waste of
time to traffic with them Too or that has been done
nedy Inc people the Park Service officials should
are the folks who make up of the best people on
earth and who like most everyone ee believe in square
DEAL even though in while they be fooled bv the
mealy-mouthed softtalkng two-faced people who for
many years have kept them out of many things that
were their DUE Out of some of these past from
trusted has the atmosphere of suspicion that
noshes the seeds of misunderstanding and isrepresen
taon that have recently been sowed among them by the
Spectators. *
AS friend of the people and friend of the Park we
offer this suggestion that the officials come down as
friends and talk freely among the people themselves ANY
On
in an atmosphere of full and complete understanding
While there always will be land hogs, we don't see why
good people should be made the goats order for the hogs
to get fat Let's have the Park Service boys come in and
give the people complete information.
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Hateras Inlet.
In Waves community, 20 miles
north of Avon, anglers have been
catching plenty of channel bass,
trout and founders" in the surf
close by the broken wreck of a
World War II LIST and two miles
north of Waves at another LIST
wreck, anglers fishing from the
rusty hulk have been taking
blues, trout and sea bass.
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KITTY HAWK PTA
MET LAST THURSDAY

The Kitty Hawk P.T.A. met
Thursday evening in the school
auditorium. Mrs. Charles Perry
presided.
Committee reports were heard
and plans were made for the new
year. A social hour followed the
business meeting.
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MEETING
CONTINUED from Page One)

Elizabeth City.
The 12-car Oregon Inlet ferry
was jammed with cars and many
persons waited as long as two
hours to make the crossing. A
group instituted variously at 500
to 1900 attended the festivities in
front of the Rodanthe school
house.
Chief Levene w. Midget,
USCG, who was host to the gath
ering, introduced the master of
ceremonies, Asa Gray, merchant Of
the community of Waves. Charles
P. Gray, Buxton schoolteacher,
said, 81 don't believe there's an
area nthe United States that has
needed transportation more than
the Outer Banks and which was
longer in getting it."
Advantages of Road
Among the advantages the road
will bring, he said, are the posi-
bility that fresh fish caught there
will go on sale within five hours
after the catch, consolidation of
the schools in the Hatteras Island
villages and a greater unity among
the people.
"Now that the road has been
completed" he said, 81 would like
to call the attention Of the State
government to the Importance of
building up and holding this strip
of land as it is. Once this area
was wooded with live oak, cedar,
dogwood and holly. Where is it
now? The action of the wind has
depleted it. This strip of land holds
back the angry tides from the
mainland of the State. Another
hundred years and what will be
the result?"
Harry G. Wescott spoke brifly
in the absence of Governor Kerr
Scott, who could not attend.
Henry w. Shelton, District
Commissioner, pointed
out the need of eventually building
a paved road to the village of
Duck. He touched on the need for
expanding ferry facilities at Ore
gon Inlet.
Admiral Wood termed the road
Hatteras area" and pointed out
"a milestone of progress in the
that the Coast Guard had a prac-
teal interest in the road because
NOW we can concentrate all of
our forces quickly in one spot" in
case of a marine disaster.
The famed Elizabeth City High
School Band, under the direction
of Scott Galloway, made its first
visit to the island, and so ena-
incurred were the small fry of the
island with the prancing of the
majorettes that several times it
was necessary to ask them to move
back to allow space for fancy
prancing.
After the length speechmaking
beauty contest was held. Winona
Peel, 15-year-old ninth grade stu.
dent at Buxton High School
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. FulforG
Peel, was judged winner in a fielt
of 10 entries.
Others were Edith Jennette, 16
Buxton; Gwenie Gray, Is, Halter
as; Ann Burrus, Is, Hatteras; Lou
ellie Spencer, IS, Ocracoke; Bar
bara Barnett, 16, Buxton; Susal
Spencer, Is, Ocracoke; Appear
Hooper, IA, Salvo; Jazania Her
bert, IA, Rodanthe; and Barbar;
Ane Midget, Is, Frisco.
A fine seafood dinner was ar
ranged at the school for invites
guests.
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In today's contest between
freedom and tyranny, it really
becomes contest between the
American assembly line and the
Communist party line.
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year the total expenditure dropped
to about nine and one-Half million
dollars; however ii was pointed out
fewer groups filed financial reports
in 1851.
The number one spending group
in 1850 was the American Medical
Association, which reported a total
expenditure of close TO million
and one-half dollars. II was during
this period that National Health
Insurance was under consideration
by Congress. In 1851, ANA dropped
to third on the lobby spending
list.
Top suender last year was Am
erican Farm Bureau Federation
which reported an all-purpose
spending total of over one and one
half million dollars.
The Committee for Constitutional
Government, which advocates re-
duced spending, has teen the sec-
ond highest on the expenditure liSt
In both, 1850 and 1851. Other organ
izations which are spending
great deal of money for lobbying
activities are the Townsend Plan
Group, the United World Federal.
LIST and the National Association Of
Electric Companies,
What is my opinion of lobbys and
the money spent for lobbyingf
Well. the amount OF money spent
amazes me. even more so. when
you realize these reported expen-
ditures do not include additional
hundreds OF thousands of dollars
spent for postage and kilograms
when these national groups urged
a Ietter-writing campaign TO Con-
gress.
/ believe. the funds expended By
these organizations for developing
unbiased and verified facts and
figures on both sides Of . question.
was well spent. However. in my
opinion, money spent for distribut.
ing biased and unverified facts foe
the purpose Of propagsndizing and
pressuring Congress IL wasted
money and effort.
TruthfuIly. 10 me, the most pow.
erful lobby Is the one originating
| In your home. A letter from yoa
WHICH contains facts, figures and
your honest and conscientious con-
/ clusions--one that does not rat
| en- nor attempt TO indicate the mum.
: Der a votes behind it's the NOS
psfxuasiye. The letter from home
with these qualities does much
more To influence . Member ~
Congress than any organized pro-
| fesslnnai lobby group.
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Chapter Six

TT WAS three weeks before Meli-
ande found enough courage to
revisit John Taylor at the play
ground.
SNOWFALL saw her coming through
the gates and at the sight of her
he emitted a howl of glee that
threatened to disgorge his larynx.
and came. running, his padding
feet several shades blacker than
the natural hue of his skin.
''Hullo, Miss"
''Hullo."
Snowball's face shone eloquent
ly with the pleasure of remem-
brance.
you're the Miss who minded
my tooth, amt you, Miss?"
Melisande smiled and enquired
after the subsequent fate of the
tooth.
"Gave It to. a kid for a connie
agate an peekay."
Melisande nodded her approval
i &
kid. SNOWFALL"
Miss, do you take fits?"
mo, I don't think so. Why do
you ask?"
well, there's a kid at our school
takes fitS-like this"
Whereupon SNOWFALL instantly
proceeded to demonstrate the cpl
LEIPZIG evolutions of the afflicted
one. This was accomplished by
means of, firstly, realistic rolling
of the eyes, followed in turn by a
series of sharp, pig-like grunts,
a stiffening of the arms and legs,
a falling to the ground, and a
squirming and writing finale that
eliminated in kind of death
like trance. Melisande burst into
loud spasms of laughter Snow
ball swiftly came to his feet,
breathing heavily from his dis
play.
Miss, can you climb trc 50"
81 haven't tried in We ="
Il can! Do you want to Sce me
climb one noW?"
''The trees aren't very big,
SNOWFALL. Would Mr.. Tay or ap-
prove of you damaging the trees
in the playground"
Snowfall waved a hand to-
wards the Office.
Shippers in there, drinkin' tea.
He wouldn't see me, anyway"
So they called him Skipper.
Not sir, or Mr.. Taylor-merely
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!S1,seags Passage
By Williom Lynch !, ..~........

pipe. His eyes reflected tiny PIN
points of perplexity.
HAS it ever occurred to YOU.
Melisande, that Paul might be in
sane?"
Melisande's face paled and her
hands trembled.
Eyes. it has. Has there ever
been-anything?"
81 don't know. But he's always
impressed me as a man who lives
in extremes of emotion-a man
walking over a tight-rope."
Melsande left the playground
her mind in confusion. Ii what
Taylor had said was only half.
true she was headed for diSastep.
The supervisor was not the Kind
of man to make hasty assessments
and, moreover, there was never a
suggestion of malice. OF pity. YES
and quiet tolerance-but nothing
more.
She entered Number Thirteen
and stood uncertainty. She glanced
up suddenly and saw that ps,Jl
was standing careleSsly at the top
of the stairs, smiling down ut her.
He came slowly down and kissed
her firmly on the mouth
"Melisande," he said, .'The fact
is--Melisande-Fve a sudden urge
to take unto myself a wife. So I'm
asking you to marry me. WIN
your"
Melisande, gulped and began -
culver. She looked into his eyes.
but they were serious, and the
blue in them was dark in the
shadows of the room.
"Yes," she said, quietly. ~rlL
marry you, Paul. When?"
Tonight"
Tonight you wish.s !
They were both quiet and en-,
barrassed. 1t was Melisande who's
broke the spell. (
I'm awfully glad you asked me-
that, Paul."
"Why?"
Because / was on my way tol
your studio to ask you the same
thing"
"And if I had refused-whati
them"
Then / should have had to-
leave you. But why all this dou-
BILE talk? We're being married."
Paul glanced up sharply. j
Whats on your mind?"
Nothing. There's no time for
talk. A marriage has been ar
ranged. and there's such lot to-
do. {.
TO be continued)
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Being a lad who likes to bet on a
sure thing | always wanted to get
a wager down on the bunny. but
such gambling is frowned upon by
track officials. Someday hope TO
see the rabbit turn about and
chase the greyhounds. ! am work
ing on the project nights in my
bomb shelter.
Citizens who like dog racing
can go to the track and watch
the CANNES race and there Is no
law that says they must place
bets. But when they do bet the
venerable Mr.. whiskers gets the
biggest percentage of the "han-
de. 1t is all quite legal. The IL
legal, and unfortunate. angle de.
velops when certain gents begin
making book outside the track.
This is for the benefit Of the folk
who are too lazy TO 60 TO the track,
for people who hate dog racing.
and for citizens Who merely like
10 sit about and place bets.
Such off.track wagering Is what
brings In the undesirable element.
OF course, the Law can prevent
such going -ons. The Law can wipe
il out IL il starts. The Law can stop
any form Of illegal gambling. The
big trouble has been, all around
and about the land. that the iaw
allowed the gamblers 10 gambol
with the green" until the beat
was really on. For a cut Of the
take. naturally.
l think that putting the matter
90 a vote is sensible and fair Il
is quite democratic The viii d
the people, and all that sort o.
thing. And the voters. given 'hs
, opportunity TO vote dog racing IL
ar cut. should pause and reflec
instead II barking Up any wronl
tree. II they vote In favor Of th.
track their opinion 10 pcwerfr
enough To bear weight in the dee
SONS that muse BE- made after IN
track opens. Whether there viii b
uff.vaek betting or not 10 srtirsi
up 10 the voting public. u viii b
Nd 10 them whether or not llega
gambling wsil nourssh - il la
in the past Gamblers wtli gamble
eomsslns. come you knOx.xhss q
high Satgr.
LegaliEed betting In Monro'
eounsy wo@aid be- quite m trnoss
tlon The g0seruaaent would D
x~ssaaz a eus cf TIE handle. for |
change
NJ. | &0ut1 tke 70 have tks err
Iag tU1eI eonessssoc.
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The
.Southernmost
Corner
By CHARLES pUERKEs

After considerable absence |
have returned to my hogan meath
the poinciana. The termites are
still merrily gnawing away at the
bulkheads, and the heat is quite
intense. Whisky, my cat, has got
everything scattered about the
rooms and I've just gone through
the stack of Citizens that arrived
while | was gone.
see by The Citizen that Key
West is now in the F. /. L. and
the Leagues cellar team is now
called the Conchs. With the sea-
son pretty well along no one sup
poses that the Conchs will zoom
into top position, but / viii make
a bet Con the O. T., match, as |
understand betting is frowned upon
BY the sheriff. =. :. anyhow, viii
make bet that come next year
the Conchs will be up in the top
brackets.
Key West is a baseball town.
II is the only city in the land
boasting Tomatoe League. and,
when | was living there, Sunday
afternoons were pretty big base
ball afternoons in the Tomatoe
League. Key West fans will polly
well see to il that the Conchs will
become a team 10 be reckoned
with next season.
Since Louie Carbonell is ram
roddding the deal, my bet is a
safe one. All be has To do to in
sure my bet is 10 cut loose with
the same enthusiasm he display
ed in the Cancer and March of
Dimes drives. That was when |
first saw him, on big platform
on Duvai street, making with the
microphone and raising dimes by
the haiiuii.
If need be, Mr.. Carbonell will
90 in and play first base, | am
quite sure.
As a Sun sox fan | am. NATURAL.
iy. now in q bill Of other. | must
root for tire Sax and the Conchs
and that is going 20 be a rough
caper when the two teams meet.
II pitcher is needed il might
be well To remember ina, hig
Jack Clarke, Of the Key West
Barn satre. used 10 make hy.
| ing in Piedmont League by
burning in fast ones from the
mound. (Wouder If he remembers
the curve tossed his way ia Sky,
larkF1
Ness gleane3 from TIE Citizen i
that the Isiard City Is ali bet up. pr.
ard cun, concerning a dog track
CO Stock island. Some residents
! feel TIA. Key West wiIl 20 60 The
dogs il the deal goes through.
| Establishment Of a dog traei
woaaaa sntgu5ace Isgaiaxed gamhi
mg in Monxoe County. n wgsa,
sonse peopse aver. draw an uns.e
/ ssrahle elernsni irztn ske eoaxnty.
| II wusasa also hrTng in . Eos d
FnaslaA
/ perxfnaIly. wgt1@sAGnE The fash
| ing greyhgaz1s chase q naeehan
sesI Esbcat GeTeF ma1e sxe MTIj
/ fer ny Tse dogs gron zhaeh r.
hSzek oeca ss0EaIsy F0xse bad TIE re
iyx2saas ha5ss of chasing tsse esAeG
csgs EaEaeAg q chasing Tie hsaany
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| Skipper. Trust kids to and good

Skipper. Trust kids to and a good
word
Perhaps you'd better not. Skip
per might be angry"
mot Skip. He amt eUer angryr
That's very good thing, isn't
Il meant amt 1T"
Taylor appeared.
Snowy, how much longer are
you going to say amt
Good morning, Mr.. Taylor"
"Good morning. What's Snowy
been up tor"
"Nuthin', Skip"
Snowfall continued to hover
round expectantly, dismayed al
the sudden curtailment of his tete-
a-tete.
as this new Miss, Skipper?'
1--WE don't know that yet"
THEY watched him vanish into
L the gymnasium, punching holes
in the air as he went. and then
John said:
That's the kid whom Paul paints
as being without life"
For the first time Melisande
turned and squarely faced the
supervisor.
"What does Snowy himself
think of the picture?"
Hes been awfully scared OF
Paul ever since - How are you
making out with your new land
lord, anyway, Miss Brandon?"
Melisande permitted her gaze
to play deliberately upon Taylor's
questing face.
I Skipper" Melisande hest
tated and became confused.
"Oh, that Kids just have to put
labels on people,"
"Skipper-what do you think OF
Paul? It's very important that
should know"
Taylor gently took her arm and
steered her into his Office.
I'm glad we got round to
that" he said. Eventually, OF
course, I'd have had to tackle you,
Miss Brandon"
Melisande intently studied the
toes of her shoes.
I'm very fond of Paul"
Paul won't marry you. Nell
sande. You might as well know
that right away"
How do you know that?"
II expect you've met Kate
Why don't you ask her?"
Il hare asked her. She says the
same, as you"
The supervisor plunged a finger
into the burnt-out bowl of his
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| A Letter
From Bill Laniah
Dear Neighbor:

Dear Neighbor:
At one time or another you may
have wondered how many lobbys
there are in Washington, how much
money they spend in attempting
to influence legislation, and what
influence they have on Congress.
Such questions were posed in a
letter to me from South Florida
the other day. Surveys on lobbys
in Washington and their financial
expenditures have been made for
1850 and 1851. The results of these
surveys were enlightening to me. ]
think they may interest you.
According to surveys. in 1850
$40 lobby groups spent an amazing
total of nearly ten and one-half
million dollars in an attempt to In
fluence national legislation. Last
Evening star., 1952-01-06
Christmas Gifts for CorIsen
Wait in Home Of Proud Family

tiers and are proud Of him."
She said her daughters, Sonia,
II, and Karen, z. have been brave.
They miss him So" she said.
Mrs. Carlson said she was sure
her husbands refusal to leave his
stricken ship was because of his
deep feeling for the traditions OF
the sea.
Telling of how once, about eight
years ago. she begged him to stay
ashore, she said, He did try it.
for about a year. But he is born
for the sea. He's happy there"
Asked if she again would ask
her husband to give up che sea,
Mrs. Carlsen said, Hes the boss
If he wants to go back to the
sea-"
The Carlsen living room is one
with the touch of the sea. A
hand-carved dark wood chest with
marine figures and topped oy the
image of a three -masted schooner
is near the kitchen entrance. On
one wall there hangs picture of
a marine training ship, the Koben-
havn. On another wall there is a
large original painting of a ford
on the Scandinavian coast. An
other wall is framed by prints of
vessels.