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Evening star., 1952-05-18

l always do manage to find out" "
A most interesting result of this
poll was what didn't annoy people.
As have said before, no one gave
as primary irritation differences
about in-laws, politics. religion,
budgets or how far the wage Garner
had gone in life. Of course. to be
realistic, many of those questioned
might have considered these ques-
tions too deepset to be classed as
annoyances.
The annoyances expressed. for
the most part, were discussed
affectionately. One mans answer
typi6ed this clearly: IF you like
person, you can tolerate her
habits"
NBe Frank"
Bur there's no need to leave it
at that. If you'd like to improve
your marriage, here are some sug-
gestions derived from the survey:
I. Watch "the Httle things" You
know how annoying other peoples
bad habits can be. so try to check
your own. How great hardship
is it not to squash out cigarettes in
the mashed potatoes?
z. Be frank. Silently gritting your
teeth is more conducive to ulcers
than to peace. If your spouse's
fnger-drumming annoys you, say
SOL a nice way. That's healthy
and corrective.
3. Make an effort. When one of
your harmless" mannerisms gives
your mate the jitters, really try
to overcome it. And don't for
get that a compliment, or game
of Canasta when you'd rather
read, can 60 long way toward
smoothing out married life.
4. Be tolerant. Remember that
with the best will in the world no
one could get rid of all of his bad
habits. You didn't marry an angel,
perhaps, but that would be dull
anyway.
Fortunate the couple that as
sesses it's marriage as did the
policeman who said, Here's how
look at it. I've given her plenty
of headaches in my time. Suppose
she's got a couple of little habits?
Add it all up, the good and the not
so good. Is she a good girl, a good
wife, a good mother? Then what's
the difference if she eats peanuts
in bed?" The End
Evening star., 1952-05-18
WHAT UPSETS A MARRIAGE?
Continued from page seeen

You'll find it in the right-hand
second drawer of the desk, in the
back, under the carbon paper l
hate that! But l love the man.
What can do?"
Turning the tables, here's the
typical mans point of view. Take
last night. We were going some
place. She's supposed to have the
address. l say, You've got the
address, Yes. she's got. the ad-
dress. We get in the car and drive
four blocks - she hasn't got the
address,"
Most of those objecting to
minor misdemeanors did so good
humoredly, even gayly. They
understood that stable marriage
involves compromise. As one man
put it, "You aren't going to
change them. You may as well
cooperate"
1t might be argued that minor
annoyances scored high in the sur
vey because people will discuss
them, whereas they hide deep
seated dissatisfactions from out
siders. But on the contrary, many
people averred they would be
franker with a stranger. III never
see you again." said a lady, 80 l
don't mind talking"
Talking itself is often a point of
contention. The survey showed
that men don't like over-talkative
wives, while their good women
often object that husbands are too
taciturn. Hes always reading" a
young housewife reports. He fin
ishes eating and runs to read.
could tear those books to a million
pieces! He'd read at the table ex-
cept he's too interested in food"
Again, a housewife is infriated
when, after Shaving all day, wash
ing, ironing, cooking, dressing the
children, the master comes home,
slaps her on the back and demands,
What have you been doing all
day?"
Other medium-sized irritations
included the complaint that hus-
bands won't 60 visiting, and act as
if they'd swallowed cockleburrs
when guests drop in. Several wives
objected to drink. One wife called
her spouse a know-it-all - who
particularly annoyed because he
was right most of the time. A
woman complained, He keeps
secrets. When he buys stock,
never know. He never tells me how
much money he has. Of course,
Evening star., 1952-05-18
What Annoyed Wives


dinner" He doesn't cover his
mouth when he yawns," or He
laughs too loud" These small
faults were cited by 36 per cent of
wives interviewed.
z. He's too WeH organized. This
fault is imputed to the husband
who knows where everything is
and insists that his wife should,
too. Twelve per cent of wives
complained on this score.
3. He's untidy - said of char
acter who is just the reverse of
No. 2; leaves discarded clothes on
the floor, drops ashes on the rug
and generally messes the place up
no per cent?.
4. He isn't c0nsider0te. The hus-
band who doesn't give his wife
enough attention, or who's lacking
in chivalry after the altar has been
passed, was cited by six per cent
of wives.
5. He's too easygoing. "Oh we'll, it
will work out all right" says this
husband of things that have his
wife in a tizzy. This irritates four
per cent of wives.
What Annoyed Husbands
I. Minor personal characteristics:
She goes too heavy on the hpstick,
doesn't bother to freshen up when
he comes home, carries on mara
thon phone conversations, etc.
Such foibles are denounced by %
per cent of all husbands.
z. Too diS01gGntzed. She can't
keep track of bills, scatters more
junk around the house than the
kids do, never knows where any
thing is - so say 18 per cent of
husbands.
3. Bad disposition. This is the nag
ging wife, who henpecks, bosses
and finds fault with her unlucky
spouse. She's a problem for 16 per
cent of all married men.
4. She lacks consideration. MY
wife doesn't pay enough attention
to me" is the complaint of 10 per
cent of husbands.
5. She talks too much. The sur
prising thing about this complaint
was that it came from so few hus-
bands only four per cent.
The annoying little things"
might well be expected to score
high on the list of complaints. But
it is most interesting that prob
lens of Organization" were the
second most important bone of
contention.
Particularly interesting is the
fact that the tidier sex would seem
to be the male.
Cried a provoked lady, He
knows just where everything is.
For instance. he asked me where
our Christmas-card list was. l said,
I don't know He said, Didn't
tell YOU last Christmas to put it
Evening star., 1952-05-18

at all. Here are the compilations
I've been able to make:
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-09-26
NORFOLK ANGLERS
LAND So POUND
SAILFISi4 IN DARE

A 53-pound sailfish, one of the
heaviest landed off Oregon Inlet
this season, was hooked and boat
ed Sunday by Howard F. Barton,
1910 w. 41st Street, Norfolk,
while trolling near the western
edge of the Gulf Stream in the
Wimble Shoals area.
His sail, measuring more than
seven feet from tip to tip was sthe
first of the species to be taken in
Dare coastal waters during the
past month, but the 43rd sailfish
landed with rod and reel by ang-
lers fishing out of Oregon and
Hatteras Inlets so far this season.
The first sail of the season was
landed at Hatteras on May 80.
Barton, one of a party of six
anglers from Norfolk fishing with
Capt. Omie Tillett lured the fish
with feather jig, instead of null
let and squid bait that has result
ed in most of the catches this
year.
In the party with Barton was
Paul Simpson, Charles E. Johnson,
Joe Holland, Pearl Morrisette and
Ray Morrisett, each of Norfolk.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-09-26
BRIDGE PROPONENTS FIND
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR TOLL
BRIDGES ONLY, in RALEIGH
Highway Commission To Provide Figures on
Traffic and Costs of Bridges Before Janu-
airy to Assist COU1.tie in Legislative Effort
to Bridge Alligator River and CrOatan
Sound

Proponents of plans for the
bridging of Alligator River and
Croatan Sound from six counties,
meeting with Governor Scott and
DR.. Henry w. Jordan, Highway
Commission Chairman, Tuesday,
see encouragement in the recep-
ton given them, and the promise
of DR.. Jordan to provide the COM
mittee with traffic figures and the
estimated cost of the proposed
bridges.
Encouragement for toll bridges
only, was all that was received. A
strong exposition of the need for
the bridges was made by DR.. w. T.
Ralph of Belhaven, the group
chairman. Wallace Tatem of Co.
lumbia lent much information
from his vast store of knowledge
of road and bridge affairs.
Governor Scott agreed with a
Southern Albemarle group Tues
day that interest from invested
highway funds should become a
part of the State highway fund.
"I'm going to recommend that
the next General Assembly," he
said to the group, which had APP
peared before him to ask his aid
in the construction of bridges
across Croatan Sound and Alliga-
tor River.
"But," added Scott, 81 guess you
know how much attention they pay
to me around here"
At present, interest on fund bal
ances, whether the investments are
made with highway funds or with
general funds, is paid into the
States general fund. This year, the
interest is coming in at better
than $3,0O0,OOO a year on all the
investments. State Treas
Brandon Hodges said his office
had not attempted to separate the
investments, but he estimated that
under normal circumstances high
way fund investments should re-
turn several hundred thousand dol
lars annually to the State.
Co. Wallace Tatem, former Tyr
rell County legislator who long
has contended that the fact that
gasoline and oil inspection fees
are paid into the general fund is
actually a diversion from the
highway fund, told the Governor
See BRIDGE, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-09-26
STRIPED BASS TAKING
BUCKTAILS AND DRONES
By AYCOCK BROWN

Striped bass, commonly called
rockfish in this area, have begun
to school in waters of upper Croa-
tan Sound, at the mouth of the
Alligator River and in the North
River and Kitty Hawk Bay region,
it was reported this week.
Capt. Tom Basnight, skipper OF
the Fisheries Patrol Craft "Croa-
tan" returning from Albemalle
Sound waters a few days ago stat
ed that he had sighted three
schools of fish which during au-
tumn and winter months provide
! excellent sport for anglers AMI eX-
cellent hauls for commercial fish
ermen.
Carson Davis, Manteo merchant
and his sons Vernon and Ralph
Davis have made the best catch
of stripers so far this season. Fish
ing near the screwpile lighthouse
where Croatan and Albemarle
Sounds merge, they boated AZ Of
the fish weighing from two and
half to four and half pounds each.
The Davises were trolling from
aboard the cruiser Ella Greet.
I'VE tried bucktails but had lit
tie luck" said the senior DAVIS.
"Then we changed to Huntington
drones, and the fish began really
biting.
Capt. Joe Berry, fishing from
Dkye's Fishing Center here, stated
that two anglers fishing from
aboard his cruiser the Phyllis Mae
few days ago boated 40 rockfish
which were taking bucktails. He
and his party were fishing in Gro
atan Sound.
Capt. Charlie Perry, and his
brothers Capt. Milton Perry and
Capt. Herbert Perry who operated
from Oregon Inlet Fishing Center
during the summer months have
returned to their homt port at
Kitty Hawk for the striped bass
season, Their first parties were
scheduled to go fishing in the Kit
ty Hawk Bay to North River area
CT Albemarle Sound this week end.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-09-26
RODANTHE ROAD MEETING
JAMS FERRIES AS MANY
MAKE FIRST BANKS TRIP
From Oregon to OcracOke Inlet, Citizens
Gather to Meet Visitors and Hear Music
and Speeches. Visitors Depart With Praises
OF Beauty OF Outer Banks and Hospitality
of It's People.

Saturday the habitants of Hat
teras Island were likened to the
chillren of Israel at ceremonies
marking the opening of their first
paved road.
when l think of this remote
area, l thinkof the children of IS
rael wandering in the Wilderness
said Melvin R. Daniels, register OF
deeds and clerk to the Dare COun-
ty Board of Commissioners. ITO
day you come out of the wilderness
and this road will revolutionize
your community. 1t will change
the pattern of law and order"
Representative Herbert Bonner,
of the First Congressional Dis
trict, in brief address touched on
sore subject with many Hatteras
Islanders-the planned Federal
park for the area.
Although not mentioning the
park by name, Bonner said:
There was no mistake made in
setting up Fort Raleigh or the
Kill Devil Hill memorial. There
will be no mistake in the future.
You will be visited by the greatest
spenders in the United States-the
tourists. When your children have
grandchildren, the tourists will
still be coming.
81 am sold on the proposed de-
velopment in this area. If it was
not good for you l would condemn
it. Don't think too much about all
the misinformation you have
heard"
Plans were revealed recently to
take over the island and an ad-
joining strip north of Oregon In
let for a Federal park. Many Hat
teras residents have bitterly OPP
posed it.
Actually, the 40-mile-long road
between the village of Hatteras
and the tiny Oregon Inlet ferry at
the norh thas been in use through
out ten summer, but the ceremon-
les marked it's official opening.
HelicOpter Brings Admiral
The festivities got under way
shortly after II a. m. when a
bright yellow Sikorsky HO4S he'll
icopter landed on the sand in front
of the Coast Guard station. Rear
Adm. R. E. Wood, of Norfolk,
commandant of the Fifth Coast
Guard District, his wife, and Capt.
H. B. Hoyle, USCG, alighted. They
were picked up at Mays Head by
the pilot, 1t. F. H. Raumer, USCG,
See MEETING, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-09-26
AUTUMN COLOR
IN FULL BLAZE
ON DARE COAST
By AYCOCK BROWN

Mays Head.-Maritime colors
which would rival mountains and
seas anywhere in the world are
now going into full blaze along
the historic coast of Dare County.
This painting of the scenery by
nature is noted not only in the
woodlands of Duck, Kitty Hawk,
Mays Head and Cape Hatteras but
also on Roanoke Island, and along
the dunes and marshes of the is
landchain which forms the Outer
Banks.
Most colorful of all during late
September and throughout October
are the mornings and late after
noon when the sun bursts from
the ocean creating a painted sea
or in the evening as the sun sinks
beyond the horizon creating a
mass of rainbow hues in the sky.
The Dare coast communities of
the Outer Banks are the only
places of habitation along the
North Carolina coast excepting
Portsmouth, where the sun rises
from the ocean each morning and
sets in the sound during the after
noon. Thus the illusion of being
far away on an oceanic island is
created. Actually the mainland is
never more than 25 miles away.
In the coastland woods the
leaves of hardwood trees are just
beginning to change colors. The
coloring, blended with the ever
green of pines, coupon and the
red myrtle creates scenery which
becomes the topic of conversation
for all who visit the area.
1t is not a lifeless coloring that
autumn brings to the Dare coast,
because as the season changes, SO
doees the life of the area, especial
ly the wildlife. This is the season
when summer birds and sea fowl
begin migrations southwark. 1t is
also the season that the green
wing teal, first Of the waterfowl,
returns to the marshes and bays to
be followed by the ducks of many
species, geese and swan, a few
weeks later.
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or no private or commercial de-
velopment. Colington Island near
Kill Devil Hill was also removed
from the proposed area.
Most important to the Outer
Bankers is the provision of the
1887 legislation which expressly
provides that the legal residents
of the villages will be permitted
to earn a livelihood by fishing
their main source of income)
within the boundaries of the Ma
tional Seashore.
The original act was amended
on June 80, 1910, to provide that
hunting would be permitted under
such rules and regulations as may
be prescribed by the Secretary of
the Interior in conforming with
the Migratory Bird Treaty Act,
not to include the Pea Island Bird
Refuge, where hunting is already
prohibited.
To facilitate the acquisition of
land for the park, the North Caro-
lima Legislature passed a bill set
ting up the Cape Hatteras Nation
al Seashore Commission. The Com
mission was to act as a, clearing
house to receive donations and
make purchases of land.
The first donations came from
three northerners, ]. S. and ]. H.
Phipps and Winston Guest, who
owned 1,175 acres of property at
Cape Hatteras which they used
as a hunting preserve. They stipu-
lated that the land should be in
corporated into a state park until
such time as the Federal Park
came into being. Smaller donations
followed, and the establishment of
the Pea Island Game Refuge just
south of Oregon Inlet insured that
some 5000 more acres would be
available to the new park.
At this point, World War ii in
tervened, and plans for the park
were virtually shelved. The Com
mission was inactive from 1941 to
1945, and the terms of the origi-
nal commissioners appointed by
Governor Clyde Hoey expired.
AS the war came to an end in
1915, a further wrench was thrown
into the park plan machinery. Oil
companies became interested in the
Outer Banks as a part of their
search for reserve oil fields. The
companies leased most Of Dare
See PARK, Page Five
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-09-26
MANY MANTEO PEOPLE
SOJOURN IN HOSPITALS

The jinx has hit many Manteo
people this week. At least six
are in hospitals for treatment.
Bill Henderson, operator of the
Manteo Flying Service at the
Manteo Airport is being treated
for a leg injury at DePaul Hos
pital, Norfolk. His partner, Al
Byers who came down from
Washington to help him out, had
an attack of appendicitis and had
to return home.
DR.. c. F. Harris, is in Norfolk
General Hospital for an operation
leaving Roanoke Island without
a doctor. Tom Etheridge suffered
a heart attack and is in Marine
Hospital, Norfolk. In the same
hospital is Mrs. Delton Dowdy,
for an operation.
Claude Wise, grocer, is in Nor
folk General for an operation.
]. B. Anderson, Kitty Hawk
merchant went to Albemarle hos
pital for treatment following a
heart attack riday.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-09-26
MUCH ACCOMPLISHED
BY DARE CHAMBER
Wiping Out Deficit Chalks Up a
Great Record for the
Organization

The Dare County Chamber of
Commerce met on Monday even
ing of this week for survey of
the years work. In attendance
were the officers, members of the
board of directors and interested
members and citizens of the
County. A discussion was held
On the responsibilities and activi-
ties of the Chamber of Commerce.
President McCown reported that
in acord with the policies set
for the year 1882 the main eff
fort had been in putting the Or
ganization on a sound financial
basis; and assisting in the organi-
cation and operation of the Dare
County Tourist Bureau. Facing a
deficit of ST, 760 at the beginning
of the current year, the Chamber
of Commerce would, with a few
remaining memberships yet to be
paid, finish the year with a bal
anced budget. 1t was generally
agreed that the organization
should continue in its effort to
promote countrywide benefit and
operate on a balanced budget
without mourning obligations be-
yond its means.
The meeting revealed plans for
an effort to develop and promote
some docking facilities for the
county so that the widespread
demands of sportsmen and fish
ermen for some suitable docking
facilities could be met, and there
by adding to the attractions of
Dare County's Vacationland.
Committee appointments and
full plans for this project are
to be announced at an early date.
Lawrence Swain and David
Stick, representing the Tourist
Bureau gave a full report to the
See CHAMBER, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-09-26
TEEN-AGE CENTER TO
OPEN SATURDAY NIGHT

The teen-age center will open
in the community building in
Manteo, Saturday, September q,
at 7:30 P. M. and will remain
open until 10 o'clock. Mrs. Roy
Wescott is the newly appointed
director for the year. The center
is sponsored by the Manteo Par
ent Teacher Association. Square
dancing will be led by Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Marshall, newcom-
ers to Manteo, who have had
much experience in directing
teen-age groups elsewhere. The
membership for the year is SO
cents per person, with nightly
admission price of five cents.
The center will be open each
Friday and Saturday night, with
hostesses and chaperones 10 be
supplied by the PTA. Open house
will be held for parents and other
interested citizens on opening
night.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-09-26
AWARDS FOR SURF
FISHING TOURNEY
AT n AGS HEAD
Inter-Club and Open Events
with Over 1000 Worth
of Prizes
By AYCOCK BROWN

With the issuance of official pro-
grams at Mays Head heralding
the first annual invitation, inter-
club and open surf tournament on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oc-
tober 3-5, announcement of awards
having a total value of more than
$1,000 was made by officials of the
Mays Head Surf Fishing Club
sponsoring the surf-side classic
under the auspices of the Associa-
ton of Anglers Club of America.
Dial H. Williams, president of
the sponsoring clubs, stated that
there would be no entrance fees
for persons participating in the
tournament, which will be strictly
for surf fishermen. "There will
be no awards made to persons
catching record fishes during the
period, if the fishes are caught
from ocean piers or jetties," he
said.
more than Is clubs have indi.
Gated they will have 5-man teams
here to take part in the inter-club
See TOURNEY, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-09-26
JOE DANIELS, WANCHESE
NATIVE, DIES SUDDENLY

Joe Daniels, 48, former fish
dealer and more recently boat
man of Norfolk, Va, for several
years, died shortly Tuesday after
noon following heart attack at
Engelhard. With his wife, the
former Nellie Cuthrell of Fair
field, he was enroute to Fairfield,
after visiting relatives on Roa-
noke Island. He was well known
in Belhaven, where he had been
engaged in the fish business and
he lived for several years at
Stumpy Point. He was the son of
Mrs. Evelina Mann Daniels and
the late Charles B. Daniels of
Wanchese. He was a member of
Wanchese Masonic Lodge.
Besides his mother and his
wife, he is survived by two chill
dren by a former marriage; by
four brothers; Cecil of California,
Willie o., Paul M. and Carl D.
Daniels of Roanoke Island. Many
nieces and nephews.
The funeral was conducted at
Fairfield Thursday.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-09-26
PLAN BIG RALLY
DEMOCRATS AT
ROBERSONVILLE
First Congressional District
et-To-Gether Set for
Thursday October %

First District Representative
Herbert C. Bonner, of Washington,
said the usual prediction Demo-
cratic rally will be held in the
high school gymnasium at Rob-
ersonville Thursday, October % at
5 p. m.
The rally, which will be started
with "hard-hitting" talks by party
leaders and end with a big bar
becue supper, will be attended by
many Democratic candidates for
top state offices and delegations
from each of the districts IA
counties.
Congressman Bonner, who is
working with State Democratic
Executive Committee Chairman
Everett Jordan and Democratic
chairmen in the Ia counties, said
he is hoping 1.-TWO or three thous-
and" people will turn out for the
rally. Congressman Bonner and
Democratic nominee for Governor
William B. Umstead are expected
to head the speakers list. Other
top Democratic leaders are also
expected to speak, but arrange
ments have not been completed
as wet.
Jordan said the First District
rally is one of II district meetings
that will be held throughout the
state between now and the gen.
eral election November 4. "We're
taking the Democratic campaign
into every county and district in
the State" Jordan said, "and
we're driving hard for the big
gest Democratic majority in the
States history, especially in the
eastern counties"
Among the IA county chairmen
who will help Bonner and Jordan
round plans for the First Dis
trict rally are:
Malcolm C. Paul, of Washing
ton, Beaufort County; S. A. Walk
err, of Snowden, Currituck County;
M. L. Daniels, of Manteo, Dare
County; Martin Kellogg, ST., of
Sunbury, Gates County; w. j.
Lupton, of Swan Quarter, Hyde
County; D. NJ. Pledger, Jr., of
Columbia, Tyrrell County; and c..
L. Bailey, of Plymouth, Washing
ton County.