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Jackson advocate., 1952-07-19
Jackson Voters To Elect City Commissioner TUESDAY,
Lilly Whites Move
Take Over COP
Affairs In State
Negro Leaders In
Dilemma After
After Ike Victory
JACKSON. Miss, july IA (DSN

JACKSON. Miss, July IA (DSN)
The Lily White faction of the
Republican party is already begin
ming to give signs of taking over
the party affairs in the state al
though the group lost to the Black
and Tan organization in the con-
test for recognition at the Repub-
lican National Convention. >
The move Of the Lilly Whites to
take over the affairs of the COP
in the state, as was predicted in
the case of the Nomination of Cen
eral Eisenhower at Chicago, was
seen in the announcement of Ber-
nard Chill, Jackson Attorney, and
leader of the Lilly Whites faction,
who announced upon his return
here that he had conferred with
Continued on Page Three
Jackson advocate., 1952-07-19
STEVENSON STILL BELIEVED
DEMOS. WILL WIN IN november

Springfield, Ill. = Gov. Adlai
+. Stevenson met news of Gen.
Dwight d. Eisenhower's selection
as the Republican Presidential
nominee Friday with the obser-
vation that he ''is confident that
the Democratic nominee will win
in November"
William |. Flanagan, a spokes-
man for the Illinois governor who
has been mentioned as the Demo-
cratic standard bearer, said Stew
enson told him "his own position
has not been altered in any way by
Jackson advocate., 1952-07-19

This synodical, established four
years ago, has 80 churches Gall
colored) in it, 38 of which have
organized women's work, with over
700 women representatives.
These churches are active in COM
munity work including 6-day-a-
week programs. They operate at
least five weekday nurseries and
kindergartens in some of the SOU
this largest cities. The churches
boast of large Sunday School en-
rollments and nearly all these
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate., 1952-07-19

the Republican Convention" Elan
again said:
HE (Stevensin) is a candidate
only for Governor of Illinois and
as he has often said, wants no
other office. He will ask the Illinois
delegation to respect his wishes
and he hopes all the delegates to
the Democratic National Conven-
tion will do likewise" ~-
The Democratic Presidential
nominating Convention will be held
in Chicago, beginning July 21.
Jackson advocate., 1952-07-19

Mission Shin
Ready ToSaiI
For Liberia

VICKSBURG, Miss, July IS -
(SpeciaD = The LeTourneau Mis-
sion Ship, 200 foot war surplus
landing ship re-christened the
Robert G. LeTourneau will leave
Vicksburg Saturday with a cargo
of messengers for God and ma
chimes for the natives of Liberia
Africa.
Officials Of the Mississippi plant
K. G. LeTourneau, Inc, revealed
plans Tuesday for dedication of
the ship with the famed evangelist,
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate., 1952-07-19
Negro NeWsman
Serves White n News
Service In Panama

Panama City, R. P. - An ap-
pointment of great significance to
Negroes in Panama was made this
week when a longtime newsman
was named interim correspondent
for International News Service.
Ernest J. Jaminson, staff writ
er for the Panama afternon daily.
THE NATION, was appointed to
cover Panama and the Canal Zone
for ms until the arrival from the
United States of another writer,
Miguel Acoca.
Acoca has been appointed REGULAR
correspondent for ms and will re-
place l.. Bordio Burnham. former
editor of the Nation who this week
resigned his charge. Jamison will
act until the return of Acoca.
Jackson advocate., 1952-07-19
COP Chairman
Is Arthur
SummerfiieId

Chicago, July IA, (DSN) Arthur
Summerfield of Michigan was
unanimously elected chairman of
the Republican National Commit
tee Saturday with the full endorse
ment of en-. Eisenhower and immed-
lately pledged himself to make a
fighting campaign with what he
called the peoples candidate.
The COP National Committee,
enlarged to 1872 (cq) members by
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate., 1952-07-19

DR.. THOMAS J. CALHOUN,
Physician and Surgeon, has joined
the staff of the Afro American
Hospital, YazoO City, Miss. and
is now on the job with DIR. K. f.
FullilOve. DIR. Calhoun received
his BIS. degree from South Caro-
lima state College, Orangehurg. S.
c.; MD. degree from Meharry
Medical College, Nashville. Tenn; !;
interned at Harlem Hospital, New
York City and Resident General
Surgery in the L. S. Veterans Ad-
ministratiOr Hospital, Tuskeeee,
Alabama from 1949 to 1852. He
will also do general practice in
Yazoo City. He has not SET up
office yet. but may be contacted
at the Afro-American Hospital,
YazoO City, Miss, Phone S6s.
Jackson advocate., 1952-07-19

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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-06-13
% VARIETIES OF GAME
FISH CAUGHT IN DARE
WATERS SINCE MAY 80

Twenty three varieties of game
fish have been caught in the ocean,
sound and Gulf Stream waters of
Dare county since May 80, when
sound and Gulf Stream laters of
Richmond angler, James E. Beat
ley landed the seasons first sail
fish while trolling from aboard
the Albatross II with Can't Foster
of Hatteras. Two varieties of
fresh water fish have been caught
daily during the same period.
The catches have included from
Gulf Stream, in addition to Beat
ley's 6-foot sail, one 97-pound cob
ia, in addition TO several smaller
fish of the species, amberiack,
King mackeral, school tuna, false
albacore, bonita and dolphin. Gulf
Stream fishing is good out Of Hat
teras and Oregon Inlets.
From inshore waters bluefish,
channel bass, weakfish, Tor trout
whiting (sea mullet) founder,
Spanish mackerel, hogfish, and
Sand perch. These varieties have
been taken from the ocean piers,
the inlets and sound waters.
Anglers fishing over coral reefs
and submerged wrecks inside the
100 Fathom Curve boated red
snapper, Tautog, sea bass, and
trigger fish.
From the sounds catches of
striped bass have been reeled in
by anglers.
Fresh water catches have inclu-
ded large mouth bass from the
Nags Head fresh ponds, -Colington
Island. bays, Kitty Hawk and low
er Currituck sound.
The red snapper, landed this
week were the first of this species
to be landed with rod and reel
along the Dare coast, it is believed.
"Reason no one has been catching
snapper is because no one has
fished for them. There are too
many other exciting game varie-
ties to CATCH" said Capt Nelson
Stowe, skipper of the Ursula of
Hatteras, whose party landed two
taken earlier this week.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-06-13
JOURNEYS END OPENS
KITTY HAWK SATURDAY
NOrthernmOst Tourist Court on
Beach Opened by Baltimore
Real Estate Man

Journeys End" newest
housekeeping facilities on the
Dare Beaches, will open for bhsi-
ness tomorrow, offering the va
cationer 2-bedroom units, furn-
ished well, with all modern con-
veniehces. Eight units, plus one
for the manager, are complete.
The new motel features all tile
baths, with tub and shower,
Beautyrest mattresses, complete
kitchens, and furnishes all linens.
It is located on Wilbur Wright
Circle, just across the highway
from Southern Shores. Construc-
ton took seven weeks, from the
pouring of concrete, to the COM
plete furnishing of all rooms.
Basil B. Wells, prominent Bal
timore real estate man, and a
native of Morehead City, has
built the motel as the start of a
development program he plans
for property he owns in that
area. Plans for the future include
a restaurant, tourist cabins, and
a swimming pool. He hopes to
have the project completed in
four years.
Mr.. Wells is owner of the Bur-
wood Homes in Baltimore a de-
velopment project containing IA
homes, and 20 more under con-
struction. He plans to retire in
about three years, and spend a
good deal of his time in Dare
ounty, allowing some time for
jaunts to Florida aboard his boat,
which he keeps in Morehead
City.
The motel will be under man
agement of George Gesher.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-06-13
REHEARSALS FOR
: 1852 PAGEANT
NOW UNDERWAY.
New Scene Added to Lost
Colony's Second Act
Shows indian Attack
On Fort
By AYCOCK BROWN

L
Rehearsals for the 1852 season
of Paul Green's symphonic drama
The Lost Colony got underway in
Waterside Theatre at Fort Raleigh
Tuesday night with all actors
present to practice the roles they
will play during the shows 18th
season.
More than half of the actors
this year are natives of Roanoke
Island. There have been few
changes made in the assignment
of roles to native actors, but there
will be several new faces in the
cast of off-island principals.
Notable changes in the cast of
principals will be the appearance
of Frederick Young of Carolina
Playmakers who will play the
comi-tragic role of Tom Harris,
the beggar man. Young is the first
non-equity actor to play this i'm
portant role.
Mrs. Lillian Prince who has
played Queen Elizabeth for the
past several seasons will have that
role again this year. Sir Walter
Raleigh will be played again by
Andrew Griffith.
Barbara Edwards Griffith is
again cast as Eleanor Dare, the
female lead of the show and Ala.
bama born Bob Armstrong plays
the male lead of John Borden.
Victor Michalek of Duke Uni
versity will be the dramas his
torian this year succeeding Frank
Groseclose who had that part for
the past three years.
Roanoke Island principals in
clude Louise Wescott as Manteo's
wife; Buddy Flowers, as Wano,
Manteo's son; Robert Midget and
Edgar Midget as first and second
soldiers, Natalie Etheridge as the
spinner in the fish net scene, Ruth
Flowers as the meal grinder, Mar
jalene Thomas as Margaret Lawr-
ence, Wade Nixon as Coulter,
Roy Gray, Jr., as the messenger
and Edwin Midget as George
Howe; Johnny Booth, formerly
Manteo's son, will be George
Howe, Jr., this year, and Billy
Brown will be Thomas Archard.
Grace Davis is again cast as
Agona, consort of Old Tom, and
Wally McCown, a local attorney,
will be the Landlord and Mark
Bennett.
Already preparations are being
made for the exciting Indian attack
scene for Act II. This will add
See REHEARSAL, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-06-13
DISTRICT ROTARY
GATHERING HELD
AT MACS HEAD
Enjoyable and Successful
Two Day Affair for 27Sth
District, including 3S
Clubs

President Bob Smith and Presi-
dent Elect Zeb Vance Brinkley of
the Manteo Rotary Club, and their
various COMMITTEES had their hands
full, Sunday and Monday when the
club was host to the 38 clubs of the
278th Rotary District. The meet
ings were held at Mays Head, and
a highlight of the occasion was the
dinner Sunday night for Rotarians
and their wives at the new Shrine
club.
Registration began Sunday aft
ernoon at the Carolinian Hotel,
convention headquarters. The con-
vention is primarily a training
school for incoming Rotary Of
ficers, and George Colclough of
Burlington, District Governor
elect was present, with several
past District Governors.
At the dinner Sunday night, the
principal speaker was DIR. l. G.
Greer, president of the N. C.
Business Mems Foundation. He
was introduced by Governor-elect
Colclough.
Mr.. Colclough was presented by
District Governor Olin H. Broad
way of Henderson. Other speakers
were Past District Governor
Sherwood Robertson of Robertson
vile, H. B. Spruill of Windsor.
A much applauded feature of
this meeting was the singing by
Dick Jordan's Blockheads, other
wise known as the Rotary Quartet.
They are Ralph and Lawrence
Swain, Julian Oneto, and Johnny
Long with Dick Jordan at the
piano. Singing was led by Charles
Overman, of Edenton, forme r
Dare farm agent. More than 200
men and women were present at
this dinner.
P. d. Midget of Engelhard was
featured as the speaker on Voca-
tional Service at the meeting
Monday.
Breakfast meetings for Presi-
dents-elect and for Secretaries
Hotel, and the Arlington respect
lively on Monday.
Total registrations for the as
sembly were 131.
n. B. Spruill spoke on the Stu
dents Exchange fund and Jack
Jenkins of Henderson of the Ro-
tary Magazine.
DIR. r. S. Rankin of Duke Uni
versity spoke on International
Service. DR.. w. H. Plemmons of
Chapel Hill spoke on Community
Service; and Norman Gold of
Rocky Mount, Club Service.
The assembly closed at 8 pm.
following Mondays luncheon meet
ing.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-06-13
KITTY HAWK LOSES A
MAN WHO'LL. BE MISSED
"Uncle Will" Midget, Local
Preacher Passes on; Funeral
Conducted Tuesday After

A great vacant place is in thu
hearts of Kitty Hawk folks, who
will miss one OF their most val
ued citizens in the loss of Rev
William Weatherington Midget
affectionately known as "Uncle
Will" He diedSunday at the age
of SO in the Elizabeth City hospi-
tai. He had been life resident
of Kitty Hawk, and was the son
of the late Ezekiel and Ann
Payne Midget.
During his active life, Mr.. Mid
gett captained the boat that ran
between Kitty Hawk and Eliza
beth City. For many years an ac-
tive church worker, he became
a local Methodist preacher. He
served the people of Kitty Hawk
faithfully in the church, officia-
ted at funerals, and generously
gave his time to the sick.
He is survived by two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Wilson j. Haskell of
Washington, D. c., and Mrs.
Thelma Roley of Palm City, Fla;
one brother, Ezekiel D. Midget
of Kitty Hawk; two grandchil-
dren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Kitty Hawk Methodist
Church Tuesday afternoon at 3
o'clock by the Rev. w. H. Free
man, pastor, officiating. Burial
was in the Austin Cemetery at
Kitty Hawk. The body lay in
state at the church two hours
prior to the funeral.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-06-13

in Sticks graveyard" dating as
far back as Spanish brigantine
lost in 1926 and as recently as a
Panamanian freighter in 1852.
There is the story of the Tiger,
flagship of Sir Richard Grenville,
stranded in Ocracoke Inlet while
trying to reach Roanoke Island
with Sir Walter Raleigh colonists.
And there is the story of the
Patriot, with the disappearance of
Theodosia Burr Aston and the
discovery of mysterious portrait
years later at Mays Head.
Sticks own favorite wreck is the
Pulaski, a steam packet from
Charleston which had its starboard
boiler explode in 1888 with the
subsequent loss of 100 lives. Stick
recreates the whole story, tracing
the activities of all the passengers
and crew members until they fl
nally reached shore or were
drowned. He even discovers a ro-
nance between a young Mr.. Ridge
from New Orleans and Miss On
slow, who met on raft improvised
from a couple of settees and a
large cask, became engaged while
they drifted, and were married aft
err the rescue. "Only them" says
Stick, "did Ridge learn that. his
bride was heiress to an estate
valued at 100000"
Records and Files
Getting all the material he
needed for his book was no easy
task. Stick started out by going
through the annual reports of the
United States Life Saving Service
from 1876 to 1915. Then he checked
reports of the Coast Guard after
it was established in 1915. Data
on wrecks during the two World
Wars he collected from the Navy,
the Coast Guard, the photographic
Office and the National Archives.
Civil War information came from
the official records Of the Union
and Confederate navies.
Old newspaper files were care
fully checked in Norfolk and Ra-
leigh. Stick and his pretty wife
estimate that they examined well
over 10000 daily and weekly news
paper issues, column by column
and page by page. The Mariners
Museum at Newport News was an
other source of records; and Colo
NAL and State Records and Hak-
luyt's Voyage produced some Of
the earlier facts. Ship logs and
personal interviews with survivors
added much local color.
Among the fascinating stories
See STICK. Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-06-13
SEA GOING SANDY
RETURNS TO MASTER
By AYCOCK BROWN

Sandy, a two year old Chesa-
peake Retriever returned to her
master Jack Hoffler at Mays
Head this week after one of the
most unusual junkets ever made
by a dog. 1t happened this way.
Hoffler, quartermaster aboard
one of the Cape Charles ferries,
was home for a short vacation.
He decided to go Gulf Stream
fishing last Saturday and Sandy
followed him to the Inlet. After
he fishing cruiser got underway,
eaving Sandy, she followed the
shoreline from the Oregon Inlet
BOAT wharfs to the inlet.
When last seen by her young
master Sandy had waded into the
waters Of the inlet and was GO
ng back on shore. Upon his return
luring the late afternoon Sandy
was missing from the vicinity of
he boat wharves. Because she is
such an intelligent and friendly
hog. Hoffler assumed that someone
had stolen his Chesapeake Re-
riever.
Three DAYS later Hoffler learn
ID that strange dog had taken
ip at Oregon Inlet Coast Guard
Station. A member of the crew had
'ound her wandering along the
peach several miles south of the
,tation on Saturday. On Wednes-
lay, at Hoffler's request Sandy
vas placed aboard the Oregon In
ct ferry for the journey across
oregon Inlet. Before the ferry had
Entered it's slip the intelligent
chesapeake had spotted her mast
n on shore. She did not wait for
he boat to dock, out jumped over
BOARD and started swimming
horeward.
Now that she is reunited with
Ter master. the assumption Is that
lfter the Gulf Stream fishing boat
passed the Inlet on Saturday, San
" decided to swim seward in
earch Of her master. How she
managed to keep from being wash
d to sea by the outgoing tide is
local mystery, but she had done
What no other dog had ever done,
wan across Oregon Inlet and then
n confusion wandered down the
,each--or else she was washed 70
See SANDY, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-06-13
SCOTT
WILL FISH GULF
STREAM AGAIN
Governors of Georgia, Vir-
ginia and Tennessee May
Be Guests

Governor w. Kerr Scott of
North Carolina who ran into foul
weather and poor fishing during
the Spring Channel Bass run at
Oregon Inlet is coming back to try
his hand at Gulf Stream fishing off
the coast of Dare County.
Captains Sam and Omie Tillett,
Mays Head fishing guides, have
extended the invitation to the chief
executive for this second angling
trip of the season to the coast of
Dare.
Governor Sid McMath of Ar
kansas was the fishing companion
of Governor Scott on his channel
bass junket earlier this year. They
trolled the fish-famous waters of
Oregon Inlet most of one day with
out getting strike. One conso-
lation for the gubernatorial party
on that day, however, was the fact
that no one else caught any fish.
When the Tilletts extended their
invitation to Governor Scott to
come back and try his luck again,
they suggested that he bring any
other governors of any other
states with whom he may want to
challenge in the sport that Izaak
Walton originally made famous.
They also suggested that plans be
made to come back when Gulf
Stream fishing was good.
Il feel that we might be able
to invite Governor Battle Of yir-
GINA, Browning of Tennessee or
Talmadge Of Georgia to wet a
hook with us" said Governor
Scott.
"Why not invite them all to
come along" replied Sam Tillett.
father Of yeung Capt. Omie Tillett
who guided Scott and McMath and
who is one of the better Gull
Stream guides along the North
Carolina coast.
So now, Governor Scott is await
ing word from Tillett as to the
best imet 70 come down for the
hook wettingS and Judging from
recent catches made in Blue Water
on Dare, that time is now ap,.
proaching
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-06-13

DAVID STICK shown above standing piece shiprec ON
the Dare County has published interesting and valuable
book dealing with the history hpYrecks
called the Graveyard Of the Atlantic goes tomorrow
is published by the of the University Carolina where
Mr.. Stick to
The book shpwreck from the sailing to
bOat warfare during illustrated by 80 original
line drawings by Frank Stick gifted father of David
Stick, and it contains 276 pages.
Concerning this of
School Of journalism published Sunday VginianPo II
following interesting article:
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-06-13
TOURIST BUREAU
MEET HATTERAS
TUESDAY, JUNE II

The board of directors of the
Dare County Tourist Bureau will
meet in Hatteras at the Atlantic
View Hotel Tuesday morning,
June II, at 10 o'clock, it was an
nounced today by David Stick, Sec
retary-treasurer of the organiza-
ton. One of the most important
matters to come under discussion
will be the budget proposal for the
coming year beginning October 1.
While it will be directors
meeting, any person on Hatteras
Island or in the county is extended
an invitation to attend, it was
stated. This will be the first time
the group has met outside of Man
teo where the Tourist Bureau has
its headquarters. Activities of the
organization cover the entire coun-
ty, and one of the duties of Ay-
cock Brown, manager and news
director, is to visit the various
communities regularly for news
and public relations purposes.
Members of the board of direct
ors include: L. L. Swain, chair
man, M. L. Burrus, vice chairman,
David Stick, secretary treasurer,
George Frank, Edgar Perry, w. S.
White, Dan Harris, Martin Kel-
logg, Claude Duvall, Asa Gray,
Wallace McCown, Dan @. Oden,
Gordon Kellogg and B. M. He'd
rick. Following the morning meet
ing the group will have lunch at
The Atlantic View.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-06-13
By WALTER sPEARMAN

Making an ocean graveyard the
birthplace of a book is the unusual
accomplishment of David Stick,
young fisherman, Marine Corps
combat correspondent, real estate
dealer, house builder, crafts shop
promoter-and now author.
Having roamed the Carolina and
Virginia beaches since he was 10
years old, Stick has always been
familiar with the term graveyard
of the Atlantic" but it took imagi-
nation to make the old wrecked
ships, around whose hulls he used
to fish, the heros of his book
Graveyard of the Atlantic" which
will be published this week by
the University of North Carolina
Press.
Six hundred vessels, are wrecked