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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-12
COAST GUARD NAMES
READINESS CHIEF

NORFOLK.-Capt. Hollis M.
Warner, USCG, has been assigned
chief of the Readiness Section,
Fifth Coast Guard District, Rear
Adm. Russell E. Wood, USCG, dis
trict commander, announced.
Captain Warner, who will have
offices in the New Post Office
Building, Norfolk, comes from the
Ninth Coasts Guard District of
flee, Cleveland, Ohio, where he was
chief of the Personnel Division.
A native of East Penfield, N.
Y, he entered the Coast Guard
Academy, New London, Conn.,, at
thepage of 10. While there he was
active in basketball, football and
tennis.
Following graduation in 1882 as
an ensign, his first assignment
was aboard the Coast cutter Modoc
at Wilmington, N. C. He has also
served on the Great Lakes, st.
Petersburg, Fla, and Portland,
Me-, and then as executive officer
of the 327-foot cutter fancy at
Honolulu. He has held many other
posts of responsibility.
Command of the 255-foot cutter
klamath was given Captain War
ner in 1916. With Seattle her
home port, the cutter carried out
weather patrol duties in the pa
cific.
He remained aboard the klamath
until 1948, when he was made chief
of the personnel Division at the
Ninth Disctrict office.
The captain and his wife, the
former Hannah J. Kendall of Lake
wood, Ohio, have son, Michael
Kendall, II. They will make their
home in Norfolk,
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-12
ROTARIANS HEAR
NEIGHBOR SPEAK
ABOUT OYSTERS
P. D. Midget of EngeIhard
Guest Speaker at Pantego
Tuesday Night

P. D. Midget of Engelhard was
guest speaker Tuesday night be-
fore the Rotary Club at Pantego.
Although from a neighboring dis
trict, he was introduced by DR.. W.
T. Ralph, program chairman, as a
man Rotarians everywhere should
welcome in the role of District
Governor.
Mr.. Midget was not appearing
in his capacity as a candidate for
the Governorship of the 289th Dis
trict, for which so many of his
friends are advocating him. He
came to talk about the oyster in
dustry and it's Importance to all
the people of this whole area. Mr..
Midget served as chairman of a
special committee under Governor
Cherry which made a survey of
all phases of the industry.
He outlined the progress of the
oyster industry in N. C.. for the
past SO years, from a time when
Maryland and Virginia buyers de-
pleted our oyster grounds, and
thrilled local oystermen with a
new prosperity which no one
then believed was frittering a.
way the birthright of our people.
He cited the gains that have
been made in the industry in
South Carolina during the past
ten years which resulted from
protective measures.
Referring toSthe report made by
the committee he headed, Mr.. Mid
gett mentioned that some phases
of it had been enacted in the law
Of the state, and observed there are
other things yet to be done before
the industry can be brought into
its own. He paid tribute to fea-
lures of the law which were insist
cd upon by Elijah Edwards of Bel
haven, who was a member of the
committee headed by Mr.. Midget
+ ew talks made recently before
this club have excited more inter.
est or inspired more questions
since clustering is a vital industry
IN the community of Belhaven, ant
of Hyde County.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-12
HARRY MOORE TO VISIT
DARE NEXT WEEK
Norfolk Reporter who "ScOOped''
World on First Flight; Will
Attend celebration
December II

Kill Devil Hills.-The man who
"scooped" the world on the story
of the Wright Brothers first flight
December II, 1908, will be a guest
of honor at the 49th anniversary
of aviation's birth here, on We'd
nesday, December II, it was an
nounced today by Miles L. Clark,
chairman of Kill Devil Hills Mem
orial Society, sponsors of the an
nual flight celebrations.
Harry Moore, a 21-year-old re-
porter for the Virginian Pidot in
1908 was the first newspaperman
to learn of the Wrights' flights,
but he found few newspapers will
ling to print his unbelievable
Scoop" An exception was his
hometown newspaper in Norfolk
which gave the story a streamer
across the top of Page /.
Until this day, Harry Moore has
not given many details about how
he learned of the famous brothers
successful flight in their plane,
which took off for four flights on
a brisk December day 40 years
ago-flights which lasted from IL
to SO seconds.
On December 8, 1928, the AS
ISOLATED Press, reporting an in
terview Moore had with Orville
Wright carried the following ex-
cerpts:
"Moore talked, with Orville
Wright when he arrived in Norfoll
late last night and obtained the
details which were lacking in the
story of reporting the first. flight
See MOORE, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-12
TYRRELL MEN INDICTED

Columbia.-The following men
left Tyrrell County for induction
last week: Thomas Julian Spencer,
Woodrow Roosevelt Wilson, Ar
thur Etheridge Phelps, Franklin
D. Smith, Judson Douglas Bowser,
Colored, Albert Williams, Jr., col
ored, according to Mrs. Mittie Lee
Hamilton, secretary to the Tyrrell
County Selective Service Board.
She also stated there would be no
calls in January.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-12
MRS. EVANS CHAIRMAN
CRUSADE FOR. FREEDOM

December 8-15 has been desig-
mated as Crusade for Freedom
Week" in North Carolina. The
state chairman of this campaign;
DR.. Gordon Gray, President of the
Greater University of North Caro-
lima, has appointed Mrs. Mary l..
Evans. Superintendent of Dare
County Schools, as chairman Of the
Dare County campaign.
Besides the financing and pro-
motion of the powerful radio pro-
grams to people behind the Iron
Curtain, the Crusade for Freedom
has shown its effectiveness in
many other ways. Last year the
Crusade for Freedom launched the
famous "Winds of Freedom" bal
looms which dropped millions sol
leaflets with messages of friend
ship on Poland and Czechoslovakia
This year, millions of Freedom
grams" will be sent to people be-
hind the Iron Curtain. In the Ian
guages Of the people to whom the
"Freedom-g grams" are dropped
will be this message:
do you listen to Radio Free
Europe? l hope you do, for / am
one of millions of American citi.
zens who has voluntarily contrib.
uted' to build these stations, which
bring truth to you who are de
prived Of it.
In America millions regularly
pray for an understanding be-
tween our peoples. Please add you
prayers to ours. Surely our com
mon faith in God is the place wheri
hope for freedom begins"
The Dare County campaign go
! underway on Thursday Of thi
See CRUSADE, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-12

DIR. WILLIAM C. ETHERIDGE,
a distinguished son of Roanoke
Island who is head of the Agrono-
my Department of the University
of Missouri, is in Manteo for a
few days visiting his brother, Ned
Etheridge, and his sister, Mrs. j.
D. O'Neal. With him are their
brother, H. N. Etheridge, 1t.
USCG Retired of Virginia Beach.
DR.. Etheridge, who is the son of
the late D. w. Etheridge of Man
teo, strangely enough, coming
from land of fishermen, majored
in agriculture. After a season of
shad fishing at Duck Island, he
saved money to enter State Col
lege, Raleigh, and followed in a
career of agricultural research and
teaching that has made him nation
ally famous. He is the author of
many text books on agriculture
and agronomy. He was for several
years at Cornell University, New
York, before going to Columbia,
Missouri.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-12
CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES
UNDERWAY IN COLUMBIA

Columbia.-Strands of multi
colored lights and Spanish moss
have been stretched across the
business section of the town, the
shop windows are beautifully dec
grated, to usher in the gala Christ
mas season.
Preparations and practice for
the Columbia High School basket
ball club is underway.
The High School Glee Club is
very busy these days preparing
for appearances in five programs
The Columbia Christian Church at
IL o'clock, Dec. IA; the P.T.A.- at
1880 in the school auditorium Dec.
10; Chapel. Programs at School,
1920 am, Dec. 10; and for the
Outdoor Christmas Pageant on
Sunday, Dec. 81 at 5:45 pm. to be
held at the intersection of Main
and Broad Streets. The. eighth
grade glee: club will assist the
high school glee club in the outdoor
pageant.
The Beta. Club, of. the Columbia
School met at the School in the
Home Economics Dept. Tuesday,
Dec. 9 at 7:3O. Miss Katie Swain
was elected secretary. The Presi-
dent, James Henry Reynolds, an
nounced that the Beta, Club Con-
vention would meet in Asheville
next Spring, that funds were
needed to meet expenses to the
convention, and would like ideas
to raise the necessary money. The
plans adopted were: a basketball
game between the Beta Club VS.
the town team. Other plans dis
cussed were Valentine party, box
picnic dinner, and a basketball
game with the teachers of Column
bia High School. The hostess, Miss
Gay Spencer, served ice cream and
cake. The next meeting will be
Jan. IA at 1880 pm. at the home
of Miss Peggy Griffin.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-12

FLOYD E. COHOON of Column
bia was reelected president of
the Alligator-Croatan Bridge As
ISOLATION at a meeting attended
by about 40 at River Forest Man.
or, Belhaven on Friday last. A
joint committee with the South
ern Albemarle Association seeks
to get bridges built over the wa
tiers above named. The group
ate a buffet luncheon prepared
by the hotel. Other officers re-
elected were Mrs. Mae Caravan
Secretary; Julian Swain, Treas
urer; and County Vice Presi-
dents as follows: Tyrrell: Har-
ry P. Swain; Beaufort, Mrs.
Scott Topping; Martin, Herbert
L. Swain; Washington, r. F.
Lowry; Hyde, Russell Swindell;
D are, Lawrence Swain. Jack
Booker of Plymouth, Publicity
Directors; DR.. w. T. Ralph of
Belhaven, halSon officer. Coun-
ty Directors are: Tyrrell, Lewis
Combs and Charles Cahoon;
Washington, w. j. Wollard and
Bruce Bateman; Martin, John
E d wards and Hugh Horton;
Beaufort, John Winfield and A.
D. Swindell; Hyde, Leon Bal
lance and P. D. Midget; Dare
Clyde Biggs and T, O. Sutton
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-12
FORMER OFFICIAL OF
DARE COUNTY DIES
John A. Meekins OK ROdanthe,
Retired Coasts Guardsman
Was County Commits
siOner IL years

In the passing of John Alexan-
der Meekins of Rodanthe, the out
err Banks lost one of it's best known
citizens. The member of a promi-
nent family of his section, Mr..
Meekins had retired honorahly aft
er 80 years service in the Coast
Guard. He had served in numerous
public capacities, his local school
board, and for IL years he was
a member of the Dare County
Board of Commissioners. He was
a man devoted to his family.
Since his retirement from the
Coast Guard some Is years ago, he
devoted most of his time to public
affairs, and began to enjoy some
of the life that was denied him
while he was bound to the service.
He had made trips to New Eng
land, to the West Coast and to
Florida, and many other sections
of the country.
Mr.. Meekins, was rs. He died
Saturday afternoon at 4:4O o'clock
at the family residence in Rodan-
the, following an illness of three
months. He was the son Of the
late, Luke and Emily Douglas
Meekins, a member of the Fair
Haven Methodist Church, Wan
cheese Red Men; American Legion
Post at Manteo.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Emma D. Meekins of Rodanthe.
One daughter, Mrs. Rae M. Greg
DRY of Rodanthe, one son, 1t. Alton
w. Meekins of Edgartown, Mass.
Three sisters, Mrs. Mollie Midget,
Mrs. Margaret Midget and Mrs.
Viola Midget all of Rodanthe,
Three brothers, Theodore S. Meek
ms of Manteo, J. Frank Meekins
and Ara E. Meekins both of Ro-
danthe. Four grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Monday afternoon at 2:30 o.
clock in the Fair Haven Methodist
Church, Rev. P. M. Porter, pastor,
officiating. Burial followed in the
See OFFICIAL, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-12
MAN HUNT ENDS
WITH CAPTURE
OF 3 CONVICTS
Caught Cooking Breakfast in
Beach Cottage in Dare
County Sunday

A man hunt for three escaped
convicts from Currituck County
prison camp at Maple, which
lasted several days came to an
end Monday when Highway pa
trolmen and other officers cap
tured the men while cooking
breakfast in one of the cottages
on Southern Shores, Dare Coun-
ty. VI.
Melbert Rice of Asheville, Billy
Gene Tetterton of Martin Coun-
ty, and Warren Haislip of Marion
Kansas were three who for eight
days led officers a merry chase.
Apparently they came to the
beach at the outset, for it was
soon reported that beach cottages
were being broken into. The Of
ficers continued a search of the
cottages and found that more
than so had been entered.
B. U. Evans of Grandy, Super
intendent of the Camp, Lonnie
Dali, Leo Needham, and numer-
Gus patrolmen and county Off
GERS of Currituck and Dare join
ed in the eight-day search.
! The men apparently had little
trouble in finding good on the
beaches. Most cottage owners
leave their cottages equipped for
use the year around, and not a
few of them leave food in readi-
ness for frequent weekend Wis.
its.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-12
News of Columbia & Tyrren Co.
Subscriptions Blanche w. COhOOn, Call Her,
Phone 3171, Columbia N C. She will welcome Of
Columbia and TyrreI County
CIVIL CASES BEING
TRIED IN TYRRELL

Columbia. - A special term Of
Superior Court for civil action is
being held in Tyrrell County this
week, presided over by Judge w
H. S. BurgWyn.
The Civil cases on the court cal
endar are: Lem Ainsley VS.. H. T
Davenport; S. M. Combs ct ais
VS.. Albemarle Lumber Co.; Oressa
Hill VS.. William Hill; Mary Hill
VS.. Roger Hill; Monzora Lewis
Hardy VS.. Herman Hardy; C. C
Duvall VS.. Albemarle Lumber Co..
C. C. Duvall ct ais. VS.. Albemarle
Lumber Co.; J. T. Ambrose VS.
Albemarle Lumber Co.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-12
DISCUSSION GROUP MEETS

Columbia.-The American Her
itage Discussion Group met Thurs
day in the Tyrrell County Library
Building, with 20 members pres
ent. Two new members were add
ed to the list, Mrs. Julian H. Swain
and Mrs. w. ". Reynolds. The dis
cussions are entered in with much
enthusiasm, and much is being
learned through the exchange OF
ideas about the book ''This Amer.
lean People, by Gerald w. John
son, which is the guide literature
now being used.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-12
MARY MEEKINS OF COLUMBIA
WINS SPEAKING CONTEST

Columbia. - The Contest II
Speak for Democracy, which is
being sponsored by the Jaycees,
was won in Tyrrell by Miss Mary
Meekins, of Columbia High School,
with Miss jamie Alice Sykes Of
Tyrrell Training School winning
second place. A recording has been
made Of these winning speeches
See COLUMBIA, Page Eight.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-12
CHRISTMAS, 81

Hear our little Christmas verse:
Mankind doesn't want the hearse.
Mankind wishes wars to cease,
Wants the whole world ruled by peace.
Hear the songs from Heaven above
That sing whole wide world of love,
That sing brotherhood of friends
That class and race and creed transcends
And over every cline ascends
Welding all the earth in one
Happy, tribe beneath the SUM-.
Hear our fated Christmas song:
Right mequity and wrong.
Build equal good for every man
According the heavenly plan.
We can reach the happy frame
BY loving man and self the same.
Hear our little Christmas verse.
In joy its bright refrain rehearse.
If ever you would Heaven find,
Under love unite mankind.
- VERNON WAR;
Ransomvfne, N. O.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-12
TOURIST BUREAU
IN DARE MAKES
+. PLANS FOR 1853
Directors Meet in Manteo
Wednesday to Develop
$4,000 Budget

Directors of the Dare County
Tourist Bureau meeting here on
Wednesday discussed promotion
al plans which are expected to
bring record breaking throngs of
vacationists, sportsmen and Wis
itors to the region during the
coming year. Presided over by
Lawrence l.. Swain, chairman, a
feature of the meeting was an
nouncement that only few hun
dred dollars were needed to COM
plete the $4,000 budget under
which the Bureau will operate
during its second year of opera
ton.
Treasurer w. H. McCown ex-
planned that while the budget
had not yet been reached, that
several individuals and firms
which invested in the promotion
al program last year had not yet
been contacted and that it was
quite likely that the budgets
goal would be reached before the
Spring meeting of the Bureau.
New Folder Planned
Bids for printing $4,000 new
Dare County folders were stud
led by the directors and it was
decided that in view of the fact
that a Wilmington, N. c. firm
had agreed to do the job at a
lower cost than firms in New
Bern, Winston-Salem, Raleigh,
Chapel Hill, and Manteo, that the
Bureau Manager should complete
negotiations for the printing job
with the Wilmington Firm.
A proof drawing of the new
folders cover was displayed to
the directors. Cover pictures Sc
lected for the new folder will
place emphasis ON the Wright
Brothers National Monument at
Kill Devil Hills in recognition
of Golden Anniversary of Avia-
ton year, far-famed Cape Hat
teras region which is becoming a
national tourist mecca since the
completion of the new Outer
Banks paved highway, sports
fishing and the beaches always
major attraction, and The Lost
Colony at Fort Raleigh.
Last year only 10000 folders
were printed and we soon learn
ed that the demand was greater
than our supply. Even with an
additional 10000 folders pur-
chased by the Lost Colony, the
supply was not enough" Chair
man Swain pointed out ON be-
half of the manager.
"This year the folders will be
printed and placed at strategic
locations on major highways
leading from Florida with the
thought in view of attracting
northbound tourists from the
south" said Tourist Bureau man.
ager Aycock Brown, "And we al
so plan to have enough folders
to keep information booths and
bureaus in Washington, New
York and other major cities, as
well as the major highways in
formation headquarters in the
north, supplied with Dare Coun-
ty information.
Financial Status
The Directors agreed that the
See BUREAU, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-12

Breezy Banks" IA
Ransomvilie, N. G.:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-15
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE 4

$685.; only 1928 down: 2 city block
Of fine cars. AUTO WHOLESALERS
1871 Bladensburg Rd.
PACKARD 1910 ITO" 4-dr. sedan
equipped; AZ engine; excel. cond.
owned by mechanic. $295. OIL. 1858
PACKARD $50 Model 1900" de lux.
4 veay fHmpa aR m Gsls SaF dMsiys1
Transmission. r. and h: defrosters
fresh-air unit. Easa- Matte power
brakes, oil filter, windshield washer
other extras; new-car title and guar
sntee; List, price $3.252;S IS, save
term low- sss fl nsncins cAp a1af
MOTOR CO. Silver Spring Packare
yer Spring. Md. SH. 5000.
PACKARD 1852, MAYFAIR hardtop
H sPs low S'i mle saT d'lHsn xss'
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shield washer. backing lights. other
extras. New-car title and guarantee
LIST price price So s go save $365 81
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CO. Silver Spring Packard Dealer
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PACKARD 194S 4-dr. sedan; over
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BELL MOTORS. SOLO Wis. ave. NV.
PACKARD 1895; fairly good shape;
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Packard 1910 coupe: S75, tota,
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tires; 1895. MA. $3.50, Ext. 622. !
PACKARD 1850 Ultramatic: good
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

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