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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-19
TEN = MAN GROUP
VISITS M AN TEO
AIRPORT ON HUNT
Study of RecreationaI Posi-
biIities in Connection with
Flying Sportsmen
Made

Ten men interested in Avia-
ton spent the early part of the
week at the Manteo Airport, and
some of them got some good
wildfowl shooting in the two
counties of Hyde and Dare. Linn
its were bagged Monday and
Tuesday at Lake Mattamuskeet
and near Oregon Inlet, as well
as Kitty Hawk bay, where some
of the party hunted with Charlie
Perry.
! In the party were Joe Nor
wood, District Airport Engineer
of Wilmington and his Deputy,
John Talbert who had as their
guests eight others. L. A. Wink
Ter, Chief of Planning and Eval-
uation of the CAA; A. S. Quinn,
Chief of Airport Lighting Sec
ton; Marsden F. Holman, Elec-
trical Engineer; r. D. Stout of
the Southern Engineering Co. OF
Greensboro; Sam Baker of Will
mlngton, an attorney for the Ma
tional Production Administration
R. D. Seaborn, Chief of the Air
port Building Section; o. L. An
drews, Director South Carolina
Aeronautics Commission and his
Chief of Airport Division.
The party lived in the Sky
Club building at the Manteo Air
port, where business sessions
were held following the hunts.
Meals were prepared on the pre-
misses. Some of the party came
by plane, others drove in, while
one lone member rode the bus
all day Sunday from Washington
in order to complete the rendez-
Vous.
Something may develop from
this meeting in the near future
if only comments and advice for
the community to take advant-
See GROUP, Page Ten
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-19
NATIVITY SCENE AT DARE
C'THOUSE THRU HOLIDAYS

Throughout America this year
there has been special effort put
forth to get Christ back into
Christmas. This spirit has even
taken root in Manteo, is the belief
Mrs. Nevin Wescott and Mrs. w.
R. Pearce, through whose good eff
forts there will be very soon a Ma
tivity Scene displayed on the
courthouse lawn. 1t is hoped that
no one will pass this by without
pausing to realize the true mean
ing of Christmas, "Peace on earth,
good will to men,.
A listing of those who have
made this display possible through
their generous gifts will appear in
next weeks paper.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-19


Mrs. Rosa Gray Drinkwater,
wife of Alpheus w. Drinkwater
and in her own right one of the
most widely influential and be-
loved women ever to live in Dare
county, and for more than two
score years a leader in the COM
munity's religious, civic and fra
ternal life, died at 11:29 o'clock
in Albermarle Hospital, Eliza
beth City after a series of mas
sive cerebral hemmorhages which
began before midday.
Conscious almost to the mo-
ment of her death Mrs. Drink
water, though she must have rea-
lized the gravity of her condition
better even than those around
her, continued cheerful and she
died, after an instant of appar-
emily convulsive pain, her hand
in the hands of her oldest daugh-
ter who was with her from the
moment of the onset of the at
tack that ended her life. Also at
her bedside was DR.. c. r. Brown
of Manteo and DR.. w. w. Sawyer
of Elizabeth City had just left
the hospital in a hopeful mind
about her recovery, provided she
survived the initial stages of the
attack.
Until the last night of her life
Mrs. Drinkwater was active, IN
her home, in her community and
on the last evening attended one
of the organizations with which
she was so long and influentially
connected. She awoke feeling un-
well Tuesday morning, with lit
tie energy for the days duties,
as she remarked to Mr.. Drink
water when she set about the
day. He urged her to just take
it easy and within two hours the
first minor attack came on.
Physicians in attendance which
also included DR.. w. w. John
ston were agreed that massive
hemmorhage at the base of the
brain had occurred and might
recur unless she was kept quiet.
She was not alarmed, or if she
were he gave no hint of it. Her
last words as she was carried out
of the house to an ambulance
about 1880 P. M, after a second
and more severe attack, was
that her birds and her indoor
flowers of which she had hun
dreds, be attended to carefully.
Last week she had reserved
two tickets for the annual Wright
Memorial Dinner for Wednesday,
an event she never missed and
on Wednesday morning, feeling
that it would be as she wished,
the tickets were sent to J. w.
Goodman, manager of Eastern
Airlmes, Raleigh Division who,
a year ago, was host to Mr.. and
Mrs. Drinkwater on her first trip
in the air and to New York. Mr..
See LEADER, Page Ten
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-19
BIG CAROL SING PLANNED
FOR SUNDAY NIGHT, DEC. q

A big carol sing is being plan
ned for the evening of Sunday,
December 81. on the courthouse
lawn in Manteo. People from all
over the county are invited to at
tend, and all church choirs are urg-
ed to take part in the event. A
manger scene is being erected on
the court house lawn by a commit
tee of women headed by Mrs. w.
R. Pearce and Mrs. Nevin Wescott
of Manteo. John H. Long is in
charge of musical arrangements,
and the singing will begin at nine
o'clock, giving everyone time to
attend church services and stop by
to take part in the caroling before
returning home.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-19
NEGOTIATIONS OF
SEASHORE PARK
LANDS IN 1858
Acquisition of Property to
Begin in Manteo Office
Early After Jan. I

The Land Acquisition Office Of
the National Park Service, which
was established in Manteo three
months ago, will start actual ne
gotiations for property in the Sea-
shore Area soon after the first of
the year. The acquision office has
been engaged in surveys, apprais-
ais and title studies during this
period. 1t is the hope of the Ma
tional Park Service that all lands
can be secured by negotiations
with the property owner except
those instances wherein it is nee
essary to resort to friendly court
action to clear property titles. In
addition to small staff of Park
Service personnel headed by Prof.
ect Manager A. C. Stratton, the
firm of Ehringhaus and Ehring-
haus of Raleigh, is engaged in title
studies. The property appraisals
are being conducted by Govern
ment appraisers and the firm of
Richard B. Hall of Washington,
d. C.
A meeting of the North Carolina
Cape Hatteras Seashore Commits
sion has been called for IL am. on
December % to consider resolu-
tions leading up to the transfer of
State-owned lands to the National
Park Service for the Cape Halter
as Seashore Project. At noon on
that date, the Commission will
meet with the Governor and Coun-
Gil of State and officials of the Ma
tional Park Service at which time
the transfer will take place.
The State-owned lands included
in this transfer are the Cape Hat
teras State Park at Buxton, several
ungranted tracts and a number of
tracts which have been acquired
by donation for the Seashore Prof.
ect during the past few years. The
transfer of approximately 5000
acres of State lands to the Ma
tional Park Service together with
the already Federally owned
tracts will total over $4,000 acres
of the 10000 acres that are sched-
uled for acquision. The National
Park Service land acquisition office
in Manteo is now engaged in SEES
curing the balance of the land
within the boundaries designated
and approved by Secretary of, the
Interior Chapman on October 81,
1852.
In connection with the transfer
of lands to the Park Service, Prof.
ect Manager A. C. Stratton has
announced the first of several
deeds of gift of land from persons
interested in lending their support
to the Project. This first gift di-
rect to the Park Service was made
by Mr.. c. N. Keyser, Plymouth
Meeting, Pa. Property decided by
Mr.. Keyser is located near the viii
lage of Waves. Other donations of
land are expected as the land ac-
QUESTION portion of the project
progresses.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-19
MUST GET PERMIT BEFORE
BUILDING A SEPTIC TANK

On November 81 the Currituck-
Dare District Board of Health con-
Quoted its quarterly meeting at
which time DIR. w. w. john
ston stressed the dire need of
a revised Septic Tank Ordinance.
The new Ordinance was discussed
at some length and was unani-
mously approved and passed by the
members of the Board present.
The Ordinance in effect means
that any firm, corporation, or pers-
on must secure a written permit
from the local Board of Health
before beginning the installation of
any Septic Tank in Currituck and
Dare Counties.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-19
SENATOR SMITH
DIDN'T TRY TO
SPEND 1T ALL
This News From Washington
Sounds Almost Too
Good to Be True

WASHINGTON. - Despite the
fact that 1862 was an almost I'M
precendented year for requests by
constituents for assistance, the Of
flee of Senator Smith is turning
back to the government almost 90
percent Of the government funds
allocated to it for operating ex-
penses.
Senator Smith, an ardent advo-
cate of economy in government,
could have spent about $4,000
more than he did in the operation
of his office for the last fiscal
period. But by careful selection
of personnel and a close check on
general expenses, the office oper-
ated at minimum cost to the tax
payer.
Even so, the task of responding
to, and assisting whenever poss-
ible, the nearly $4,000 Tar Heels
who contacted Smiths office dur
ing the period cost total of Sat-
500 in round figures-including the
Senator's salary which is set by
law.
The maximum amount of money
which a Senator's office may spend
is based on the population of his
State. North Carolina is in the
brackets of States with popula-
tions ranging from three to five
million people. Therefore, Smith
See SMITH, Page Ten
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-19
AVIATION'S FUTURE NOW
EVEN MORE FANTASTIC THAN
WAS IMAGINED so YRS. AGO
StupendOus Suggestions Come Out of 10th An
niversary at Kill Devil Hills Wednesday;
Many Notable Aviation Figures Presented;
5Oth Anniversary Celebration Discussed
for Next Year.

Forty nine years ago Wednesday,
Wilbur and Orville Wright flew
the first airplane in Dare County.
Yet today, the things predicted in
the field of aviation are so far
more fantastic than the future of
flying in those days, that they ap-
proach the realm of impossible;
Visitors Wednesday heard some
of these things predicted.
Igor Sikorsky, aviation pioneer
and developer of the helicopter,
came back Wednesday to Kill Dew
il Hills to witness the unfolding
of prediction he had made to an
audience on the same spot five
years before-fight by man at
speeds exceeding that of sound.
Sikorsky was, one of more than
1000 persons who watched and
listened fascinatedly as three Air
Force Sabre Jets roared earthward
from $4,000 feet, passed the "son-
ic barrier" for a period of three
seconds and pulled out of the dive
at 10000 feet.
Entering and returning through
the "barrier" at the speed of sound
produced six "sonic booms"-two
for each of the planes These are
loud, sharp explosions.
The speed of sound is roughly
76O mph at sea level. 1t was unof-
ficially estimated that the F-86's
were travelling at better than 800
mph when they pulled out of their
dives.
They were a part of splendid
air show put on by the Air Force,
Army, Navy, Marine Corps and
Coast Guard.
Later, at luncheon in the First
Colony Inn, Sikorsky listed reasons
flor the Wright Brothers selection
of the place and the time for thei1
ksuccessful fight.
To-day we experiment in wine
tunnels. The Wright Brothers
really had wind tunnel at this
site. They had smooth hill and {
reasonably strong wind and that il
virtually wind tunnell," he said
They made their plane fly, no
because of good luck, but because
of the correctness of their basic
! ideas and because of their out
standingly accurate, thorough anc
well-done scientific approach"
Sikorsky made another predic,
ton:
"Out of aviation will come the
inter-planetary operations of the
future"
Arthur F. Kelly, president of the
Air Force Association and a prin.
cipal speaker at the luncheon, call
ed for consumer commission" tt
assist in planning possible adapta.
tons of instruments of war tt
peacetime use. He said: q
eve must bring our military air.
power effort closer to the people
who pay for it. We can do this by
increasing the research and devel.
opment portion of this effort anC
by planning a program adapting il
to our civilian economy. First anC
last, we must crack the mental bar.
rier as we have cracked the sonic
barrier"
See FUTURE, Page Ten
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-12-19
COUNTY OFFICES TO CLOSE
FOR LONG WEEK END

The Dare County Board of
Commissioners this week voted to
close all county offices December
%, 26 and %, thereby giving all
county employees long week end
for the Christmas holiday season.
The county offices win also be.
closed on New Years Day.
Evening star., 1952-07-07
Convict Shot as 14O.
Stage New kutiny
|Af Michigan Prison
sy III. Assoeiot.d Pres.

JACKSON. Mich. July 7.-one
convict was shot as 14O-odd wild
and rioting prisoners grabbed two
guards as hostages, threatening
them with death, and wrecked
their cell blockat Southern Michi-
gan Prison last night.
It was in this same prison. the
worlds largest. that a bloody mu-
tiny and riot in April brought
death to one convict. wounds to
eight others and close to a mil
lion dollars worth of damage. The
leaders Of the new outbreak were
among those being disciplined by
solitary confinement for their par
|ticipation in the April rioting.
Now as then. the rioters had
complaints. And again. prison au-
thorities agreed to these demands.
Both hostage guards were freed
unharmed. but only after State
police troopers had been with
drawn from the cell block. The
rioters shouted they would throw
them of a fifth story cellblock
balcony to a concrete floor below
If they weren't withdrawn.
But in their first move into the
cellblock Of shouting, cursing,
knife and club welding convicts.
the troopers fired an estimated
five to 10 shotgun blasts.
Carl Bradford. "a. colored. Of
Detroit, serving one to four years
for larcency from q building, fell
wounded.
Evening star., 1952-07-07
Iran 5 Senate Defers
Vote on Mossadegl,
but Asks Continuance
BY The Assoeio,sd Press

TEFIERAN, July Trans Sen
ate today postponed vote on the
disappointment of Premier Mo-
Ihammed Mossadegh. but advised
the Shah to approve the aged Ma
Itionalist's continuance in Office.
The lower house of Parliament,
the Mails. approved the reap
pointment last night by a vote
of So to 8.
The Senate resolution said the
upper house would vote on DR.
Mossadegh after he forms a cabi-
net and presents a program Of
his policies for study.
There was a possibility that the
Shah might issue a royal decree
later today approving Dr.. Mossa-
degh's continuance in Office. The
aged premier had resigned. in ac-
cordance with tradition, when the
new parliament opened last week
Later he appealed in a radio adj
dress for reappointment.
The Senate resolution claimed
that speakers Of the two houses
originally had decided both houses
would vote together on the new
premier. The Mails. however,
Jumped the gun and voted alone
Half Of the 6O-member Senate
lis appointed personally by the
Shah. It has been in existence
only two and one-half years
Though it has never overthrown
Ia government on a vote Of con-
fidence, observers considered its
resolution today an implied threat
of such action.
Evening star., 1952-07-07
|AIexandrians 10 Hear
Candidates for Congress

Candidates for the Congression-
al seat from Virginia's new 10th
district will speak at a meeting al
the George Washington High
School, Alexandria, at 8 pm
Wednesday.
The meeting will be sponsored
by the Northern Virginia Chapter
of the American Veterans Com
mittee, John Pierce. chapter
chairman, announced yesterday.
Candidates who have accepted
SO far include Edmund D. Camp
bell and Laudon c. Painter. both
Democrats. A representative OF
Joel T. Broyhill. the Republican
aspirant. also will appear.
Evening star., 1952-07-07
Truman Economic Adviser
Named 10 Hiqh U. n. Post
BY the Associated Press

BY The Associated Press
A Truman economic adviser has
been named to a top-rank eco
nomic post in the q. N.
The appointment of Roy Blough
as principal director Of the De-
partment of Economic Affairs was
announced yesterday by David K.
Owen, acting secretary-g general of
the u. N. MFR. Blough. on leave
from the University of Chicago,
has been q member Of President
Truman'S Council Of Economic
Advisers since 1850. The U. N.
posts pay from 1900 to $4,000.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1952-05-23
BY RUTH TAYLOR

Last Monday when | was going
through the great mass OF paper
that come to my desk the first
of each week, | found masthead
slogan hich impressed me
greatly. 1t was so apt that | cut
it out and stuck it up on my desk
| thought about it SO often during
the week that Pm passing it on
to you. Stating the purpose OF
the paper, it read "ToWake- Up
rather than Makeup your mind.
IL that isn't the function of both
a newspaper and a writer, then
| don't know what isl Not to tell
you what to think, but to stir up
your thoughtsl -.
One of the disadvantages Of
being free people is that we
have to think things out for our
selves. Our thoughts do not come
to US in cardboard containers,
ready to be defrosted when we
want to use them. OF course,
thinking is hard work, and we
must be cautious in the proper
evaluation of what we hear and
read. -.
If this is too much work, we
could get around it by shutting
out the world and believing what
the loudest speaker tells us. 1t is
sure to be dark if you shut your
eyes and quiet if you plug up
your ears.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1952-05-23
ABOUT TOWN

Ninety-five years ago Sunday
the village of West Urbana was
organized by vote of the people,
according to a historical calendar
printed in 1908.
Four years later the name was
changed to Champaign.
Today, movement to merge
Champaign and Urbana under one
government awaits a decision by
Circuit Judge Martin E. NORTH
land, Decatur. He has taken I'M
der advisement arguments PIE
sented on a petition for writ of
mandamus ordering County Judge
Eugene P. Herman to call spe-
cial election on the consolidation
question.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1952-05-23
Freedom Of The Mind

We need to wake up our minds
with setting up exercises. We
need to look around us and see
what is really so = not what IS
told us. We need to look FOR the
purpose back of bold, definite
statements, and we need to show
courage enough to say What
your proof !" ------
The most successful propagan-
da campaign in history was put
across during the last war on the
theory that if you shut off all but
one avenue of news and then re-
peated a lie often enough and
loud enough, it would be believed.
Unfortunately for the world, this
evaluation of the worlds mental
ity was correct. This, the greatest
conspiracy, the greatest on
slaught upon the minds OF men,
would have succeeded had not
there been in free countries, free
men bold enough to ask for
proof and to show the lie for what
it was .--....,... =.
Here in America we believe in
the freedom of the self-governed,
in a thinking citizenry. There is
no need for an Ogpu or "a Gestapo
in America. We can and will do
our own thinking, curbing our
preiudices as we do our tongues
because we believe in decency and
in the inherent responsibility of
free thought. --
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1952-05-23
SERVICE HELD

The funeral service for Mr..
Homer Uptegrow who passed
April 18th, Easter Sunday were
held t tn e Free Will Baptist
Church which he was faithful
member the following Wednesday.
Rev. Prince Williamson is pastor.
Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery. Par
ker Funeral Home in charge.
Mr.. Homer j. Uptegrow de
parted this life on Easter Sun
Morning April 18th, at 2 a. m.
lie was born in Louisiana, Mo. in
Pike County June gath 1890 the
son of Benjamin and Callie Sum
mers Uptegrow and was preceded
in death by his parents, tow bro
theirs and four sisters. He has
e e n q resident of Champaign
Tor 36 years. He united with Free
Will Baptist Church SOM after
his arrival and remained a devot-
ed member. He served as deacon.
and on the trustee Board. He was
baptized by Rev. j. w. Edwards
he united in marriage to Eliz-
aheth Markey on Feb. Is, 1906 at
Decatur. III
He leaves to morn his loss.
loving wife. two sons Lloyd and
Shelby of Champaign, one niece
Mrs. Sylvester Buckner. one
nephew Kenneth Henderson both
OF Hannibal, Mo-, a great niece
and a greatgrand niece, Wanda
and Deborah Louise Adams Of
Sacramento, Calf, one great
nepew, George Buckner of Korea
and three grand children, Brenda
Karen and Markey of Champaign.
A host of relatives and friends
"A precious One From us has
gone"
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1952-05-23
THE BUDDY POPPY SALE

In 1922 the VFW became the
first veterans organization to
conduct poppy sale movement
on nationwide scale, using
French peoples made by women
of the war-torn areas. The pres
ent Buddy Poppy" plan was de-
veloped in 1924. and is recognized
by the u. S. Veterans Admins
tration as a valuable adjunct to
their Occupational Therapy in the
government hospitals where t h g
Buddy Poppies are made.
Each Buddy Poppy is identified
by copyrighted green label as
h genuine handiwork of dis
abled and needy ex-service men.
All Sale proceeds are used for
welfare and rehabilitation.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1952-05-23
SERVICES IN INDIANA FOR
MRS. HAYDEN

Body of Mrs. Dona Hayden, 40,
of 1O4 East Park Avenue, Cham
paign, was sent to Gary, Ind. for
funeral services and burial.
Body was taken to the McHa-
ney funeral home.
Mrs. Hayden had lived in Cham
paign the last eight and half
months with an aunt, Mrs. Mar
garet Green. Her husband, Sgt.
William Hayden, formerly OF
Chanute Air Force base, is now
in Guam. The Haydens were
formerly from Gary, Ind.
She leaves her husband; a
daughter, Betty holden, Gary,
Indiana; her mother, Mrs. Rachel
Davis, sister, Mrs. Esther
Johnson, and two brothers Ilyas
and Harrison Davis, in Dallas,
a brother Isaac, in Gary.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1952-05-23

Mrs. Lula B. Chairman, 7041-2
North Poplar Street, Champaign,
died Sunday in South Bend, lnco
at the home Of her daughter, Mrs.
Lillian Weiss. Body was brough.
to the McHaney funeral home in
Champaign
Funeral services were at 2:30 pm.
Thursday from the Bethel AME
Church with Rev. Elsa Tabor of
floating; burial in Mount Hope
cemetery.
Mrs. Chairman was born in I'm
ion City, Tenn, March 26, 1879
She came to Champaign ct an
early age and has been a resident
here for more than 48 years.
She leaves her daughter IN
South Bend, a son Horace Chat
man, Champaign; a sister, Mrs
Ollie Penn of Champaign, n
brother, John Morris Of South
Bend and four grandchildren. Her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. William
Morris and son, Norvelle Chat
man preceded her in death.
Among out of town friends
a
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Chicago
and son Walter.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1952-05-23
PROF. SNYDER WILL
RETIRE

Howard J. Snider, assistant pro
fessor of soil fertility at the u.
of l., will retire Sept. /, it was
announced Tuesday.
Snider was born at Jeff erson
vile, Ind, and attended high
schools in Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Illinois before starting college at
the y. of I. in 1909. He has been
here ever since.
He received his bachelors de
gree in agronomy in 1913 and his
Masters from the u. of I. in 1921.
He took a year of decorate work
at the University of Wisconsin
and further doctorate work here.
Snider's speciality is soil fertil-
ity and he has written several
magazine articles, pamphlets
and bulletins on the subject. He
is member of Gamma Sigma
Delta and Phi Sigma.
While he has no definite plans
for next fall. Snider said he is
thinking of writing a book. He
lives at sos w. Pennsylvania
Ave, Urbana.