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The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1952-11-15
H. B. A. COOPERATIVE EXPAN.
SION CAMPAIGN GOES FOR
WARD
WARD

We are happy to state that the
II. b A. Cooperative Expansion
Campaign has begun to make a big
Roadway. The Presidents ia various
sections Of the State have already
begun sending in new business in
The Campaign Some Presidents
have remarked that now is the time
to reach Our desired goal, while the
Presidents have a mind to work.
We are very pleased over the in
terest that is being manifested a
mong the H. b. As and we are tru-
Iv praying that this manifestation
will not be in vain. The Chairman
Of the Executive Board has made an
arrest appeal urging the General
Officers and Agents to organize some
new lodges between now and the
Convention, 1858 We must reach
our desired goal It can be done and
I believe that we are going to do it.
In the September Board, a large
aumber of the presidents made de-
fcient reports, however, they have
already begun reporting these de
linqIent members. Regardless to
how many new members we add, if
we allow the members that we al
ready had to drop cut quarterly ala
our laboring and work will be in
vain BY all means hold what you
have got and strive hard to add 9TH
ers When you lose members on one
hand and gain them on the other
hand, it is just like a merry go-round
that is, you are continuing to go,
but still you are not going any
place-remaining in the same place.
I am appealing to those presidents
who love the H. B. A., who have sac
rifiGed throughout the years to help
perpetuate the Association; who are
interested in the race and who are
continuing to work hard for the pro-
gress Of the Association, to put forth
every effort to show to the State of
Mississippi that the H. B. A. is not
on the stand still.
We are doing business in the
State of Mississippi that is worth
while and worthy of commentator.
This is expected of the H. B. A. It's
foundation in years past has been
built upon honesty and truthfu1ness,
and we must continue to carry on.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1952-11-15
UnIr1lInInsIpI'I.II IHInI"iuIallInEIrTr- suIlF'
80 ~ FEr~ faFz
rs j : Us

Presidents, if you have deceased
members in your Lodge and it will
be impossible for you to come with
the beneficiaries, please have some.
body to come and identity the bene.
ticiaries of the claimants of your
Lodges. If the secretary doe. not
know the beneficiaries and the,
don't have some kind of credentials
it Will be impossible for them to
make collections.
Please look after this matter.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1952-11-15
WAYNESBORO

I want the many readers to know
about Lodge No. 1888 It is moving
along nicely. We had a rally on the
18th of October. We had with us,
the Spirit Of Mobile Mrs. CaIlie Land
Sponsor, The Pilgrims. Money rails
ed was $3.50 inside and outside
S4O.22. We were sorry that the
Agent could not be with us, but we
understand that he had a big day in
his LODGES. Look and listen in the
Convention.
Ace Evans, President and Reporter
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1952-11-15
H B. A. Calendar

The December Board will be held
in the H. B. A. Auditorium on We'd
nesday, December 10th.
All reports are requested to be
mailed to the office on or before
Friday, December 5th.
DECEMBER ASSESSMENT
The assessment for the December
Board is $1.35 per member.
JOINING FEE
The joining fee for new members
is $1.00 per applicant
RENEWAL FEE
The renewal fee for all applicants
who have at one time been members
of the H. B. A. is SIPS.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1952-11-15

On November g, 1852, money rails
ed $1,000. The Sponsor Of the pro
gram was the Social An Masters
Committee
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1952-11-15
II. B. A. COOPERATIVE Z
EXPANSION CAM
pAIGM MOVES
FORWARD

As we go to press, We are happy to
state to the H. 3. A. Presidents in
particular and to the H. B. AS in
general that the Campaign as 1aun-
ched in the September Board goes
forward nicely. We are publishing
herewith in the following columns,
the names of the local Presidents
who h e added members in this
great Campaign:
Mrs. Earle Anderson, No. 25. Me
ridian.
M. v B. Pitts, No. %, Toomsuba.
jill. MyIes, No. 80. Lauderdale.
Rev C. S. Jackson, No. At, Merid-
ian.
Floyd Coins, No. SIS, Blisville.
N. H. Barnes. No. ST, Bassfield.
Prof L. V. Powell, No. So, Carson.
Duke Morrell. No. rs, Laurel.
Mrs. Bette Faulkner, No. n, Ellis
vile.
G. b. ARLINGTON. No. % laurel
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1952-11-15

Mrs. Velm7 Davis, member of
Lodge TO. ACT is sick at the home
of her Brother, Mr.. Merit jefferson,
of Pachuta Mississippi. We feel
like our president is doing fine
job
Lula Mae jefferson, Reporter.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1952-11-15

Meridian
Mrs. Luyenia Husband, No. 249
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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-10-10
OLEN AUSTIN, HATTERAS
RETIRED VETERAN, DIES

Funeral rites for Glen West
Austin, IS, of Hatteras, who died
Saturday in the Marine Hospital
at Norfolk, were conducted Tues
Hatteras Methodist Church by the
day afternoon at 2 o'clock in the
Rev. w. B. Gregory, pastor. Burial
was in the Austin Cemetery. Mr..
Austin was a native and lifelong
resident of Hatteras, son of Jim
and Sally Bailey Austin, husband
of Emerline Robinson Austin, a
veteran of World Wars One and
Two, a member of the Hatteras
Methodist Church and member
of the Wanchese Masonic Lodge.
He retired from the Coast Guard
in 1914 as a chief boatswain after
serving 81 years. Surviving be-
sides his mother and wife are
two daughters, Mrs. Leila Leonard
of Bee Branch, Arkansas, and Mrs.
Belle O'Neal of Avon; one sister,
Mrs. Louisa Peele of Hatteras;
two brothers, Jack and James Aus
tin of Hatteras; and five grand
children.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-10-10
WILDERNESS IN
DARE OPEN BY
SPECIAL PERMIT
Licensed Hunters Allowed in
Season on PuIpwood Com
pany's 10000 Acres

West Virginia Pulp and Paper
Company will issue temporary
permits extending to individuals
the right to hunt on it's Dare Coun-
ty timberlands during the hunting
season which opens Oct. Is, it was
announced this week.
William Ernst, Jr., manager of
the lands, said the permits will be
available on and after Oct. Is in
the company's office at Manteo,
or through the following company
employees: William Basnight,
East Lake; Ira o. Payne, Stumpy
Point and James Mann, Manns
Harbor.
To be eligible for a permit to
hunt on company lands, a person
must hold a hunting license. issued
by the State of North Carolina.
The company permits will be valid
only for the hunting season which
opens in North Carolina on Oct.
Is, 1852.
Mr.. Ernst pointed out that the
system of individual hunting per-
mits was being tried this year,
pending development of perma-
nent policy dealing with hunting
on company lands.
"Our main interest in the lands
we acquired recently in Dare
County is to grow continuing
crops of pulpwood for use in the
manufacture of pulp and paper"
he explained. "But," we realize
that an abundant supply of game,
of interest to many sportsmen in
this area, is among the resources
of the land, and we expect this
game population to increase as the
See WILDERNESS, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-10-10
COLUMBIA NEWS
And Items From
TYRRELL COUNTY

Columbia, Oct. 8.-The County
Commissioners of Tyrrell County
met at 2 pm. Monday with full
schedule. The County A.B.C. Board
Chairman, ], A. Spencer, whose,
time had expired, was duly elected
to serve another three years. jan
itors were hired for the premises
of the Court House at salaries of
$500 and $500 respectively.
Mrs. ]. H. Sawyer of Gum Neck
appeared before the board asking
what could be done about the "Joe
Reek" road in Gum Neck, as one
of the land owners on said road
had refused to sign petition to
give the right of way for the
Highway Commission. The Coun-
ty Commissioners had previously
petitioned the Highway Commits
sion for the acceptance of said
road, and the Highway Commits
sion had accepted it on condition
that the right of way be given.
Mr.. Davenport, Chmn. of the Board
advised her to have the local high
way resident, D. NJ. Bridgeman,
to- stake off the road showing the
land owner who has refused to
sign just where the road would go,
and how much extra land would
be consumed by it. 1t was brought
out that maybe then he would re-
consider. Should he then refuse
to sign, it would be necessary for
the county to, pay condemnation
proceedings if the road is to be
built.
The Commissioners, then, went
to the Tyrrell County Public Lii
brary, at a short meeting with the
Library board in regards to show
ing them the lack of housing IA
cilities for same. In this instance,
lem. A. Cohoon, newly elected
County Commissioner to take Of
fee in December, accompanied
them, They were sympathetic with
the situation, and Mr.. Davenport,
Chmn., informed the Library
Board that in order to build a new
building, a bond issue was nee
-essary, and that would have to be
voted on by the people. The Lii
brary Board asked since the court
house was in such dire need of
additional office space, couldn't it
be possible to incorporate the Lii
barry Building and the additional
office space in a wing facing Main
Street added to the Court House,
and how to go about it to get pub
lie acceptance of same, so that
a vote could be carried.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-10-10

COMDR. KIPLING w. WISE,
USN, son of Mr.. and Mrs. R. Dew
ey Wise of Stumpy Point, assumed
duty as Commanding Officer, U.
S. S. Kitek last week as he relieved
Commander John G. Roemgk,
USN in change of command cere-
monies at the U. S. Submarine
Base, New London, Connecticut.
Commander Wise takes COM
mand of the experimental anti-sub-
marine warfare destroyer Witek
no stranger to submarine warfare.
All his experience with the excep-
ton of his first year of commits
stoned service has been directly
related to some branch of this vi
tai branch of naval warfare.
Commissioned as an Ensign in
the Naval Reserve in February,
1941 and after a year of service as
Assistant Turret Officer aboard
the newly commissioned battleship
North Carolina, Commander Wise
was assigned to a pre-commission-
ing detail ordered to England to
commission the Surprise-a re-
verse lend lease British corvette.
Duty aboard the Surprise was for
three years, the last year as Com
handing Officer.
More sea duty involving anti
submarine warfare followed when
Commander Wise took command
for a year of the frigate Asheville,
then command of the Destroyer
escort Coolbaugh.
= With wealth of anti-submarine
warfare experience gained at sea,
Commander Wise was ordered to
a three year tour of duty in 1945
to the staff of the Surface Anti
Submarine Development Detach-
ment at Key West, Florida.
From 1948 to the time he receiv-
ed orders to the Witek this sum-
mer, Commander Wise served as
Assistant Antl-Submarine War
fare Officer on the staff of
the COMMUNICATIVE Chief, United
States Pacific Fleet.
Commander Wise attended
Louisburg College, Louisburg,
North Carolina. He accepted a
commission in the U. S. Navy with
rank of Lieutenant Commander in
1945 and was promoted to the
temporary rank of Commander in
July of this year.
He is married to the former
Mary S. ,Allcox, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. B. Allcox of Norfolk,
Va. Commander and Mrs. Wise
are now residing with their two
boys in New London, Connecticut.
The family spent some time with
relatives at Stumpy Point this
summer.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-10-10
PARKS DIRECTOR
COMPLETES TRIP
ON OUTER BANKS
Expresses Appreciation for
Reception Given in Visits
To All Villages

eve will continue to give the
people of the Outer Banks step by
step information of the Seashore
Park plans" said Conrad Wirth,
Director of the National Park
Service yesterday in Manteo, on
mis- return from a three day trip
on Hatteras and Ocracoke Island.
1--WE have nothing to conceal,
and we are making every effort
that no one can be able to say they
are not informed about the prof.
ect," he said. eve found that the
fears of the people and the oppo-
sition expressed heretofore mad
largely been the outgrowtn of
transformation spread by a few
who oppose the park" he contin,
ued.
"Many people later told us they
were sorry they had had any part
in the opposition they had ex-
pressed. Some said they had only
gone along with neighbors to be
agreeable, and others SAID they
had been misinformed."
Mr.. Wirth said with few excep-
tions, the people were friendly
and the meetings were pleasant
and he felt grateful for the many
kindnesses that were shown the
party on the trip. He regretted
the visit had not been made long
before. "Had this been done," he
said, maybe lot of misurder-
standing would have been avoid
ed" This was the first opportunity
he had had to get to Hatteras he
said, due to completing engage
ments in other parts of the United
States. However" he agreed,
shat those who have personal
reasons for fighting the seashore
park, may continue to spread 9th
er rumors which may be untrue"
Meetings were held at Ocracoke,
Rodanthe, and Avon, and Wis
were made to all the stores and
with various citizens in the area.
A more detailed account is pub
lished elsewhere, and which in
general covers most of the perth
nent questions to come up. Mr..
Wirth returned to Washington
Thursday afternoon by plart from
Norfolk.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-10-10
DARE BOARD ABANDONS
DeFEBlO SUITS
Dare Commissioners Tuesday De-
eide to Quit Wasting Money
on NOn-Attendance Case

The case of the much pub!icized
DeFebio family, with which the
Dare County Welfare Department
has been embroiled for nearly two
years, and whose children are nov
being cared for in boarding
home at public expense, may soon
fade out. The Dare County Com
missioners Tuesday in a motion
by Lawrence Swain and seconded
by James Scarborough, declared
the further prosecution Of the case
is a waste of money which can
serve no useful purpose, and there
fore has no justification. However,
a great deal of money has been
unnecessarily spent.
Meanwhile, Mrs. DeFebio is SUI
ing in the court for allegei sland-
er and libel.
She has sused Sheriff Melvin
Owens of Perqui:aans County, the
Daily Advance of Elizabeth City,
and the Ccastland Times for $780,
900 each, and she has suel G. S.
Meekins, Clerk of Dare County
Court, and Mrs. Goldie Me Akirs,
Dare Welfare Officer, for $4,000
each.
The children are now being car
ed for in a boarding home in Per
quimans County.
Other Board Actions
The Dare Commissioners also
Tuesday asked the State to con-
tinue its summer ferry schedule
over Oregon Inlet. 1t asked for
road work near the Avon school.
1t also directed that action be
brought against J. M. Jones of
Edenton charging obstructing a
public street area at Mays Head,
and it set Tuesday, Octobe:' Is, as
the date to meet and receive the
settlement of Sheriff Frank Ca
hoon for the 1851 tax roll.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-10-10
TYRRELL TO BE HOST
TO SAA OCTOBER 30th
County Board Elects Delegates to
Southern Albemarle AssOcia-
ton Annual Meeting

COLUMBIA, Oct. S.-The Tyr
rell County Board of Commission
ers voted to entertain delegates
attending the annual meeting of
the Southern Albemarle Associa-
ton which will be held on Oct. 80
at their meeting Monday after
noon and also approved the fol-
lowing delegates from Tyrrell to
represent the county at the meet
ing: Mesdames Julian Swain, Eff
fie Brickhouse, Bette Williams,
Blanche w. Cohoon, H. L. Chap
lin, Polly Leary, L. L. Gibbs,
Rose Pritchette, William Bateman,
G. w. Everton, Statha McClees, ].
A. Spencer Willie Basnight, C. J.
Liverman, Margaret McClees, E.
j. Brickhouse, C. E. Morris, R. L.
Spruill, ST., w. A. Howett, E. L.
Mosley, Sam s. Woodley, Dennis
NJ. Pledger, Jr., Lloyd Davenport,
J. w. Hamilton and Miss Sara L.
Taft.
Julian Swain, G. w. Selby, ]. w.
Brickhouse, w. Charles Cohoon,
Otis B. Cohoon, C. R. Chaplin, H.
T. Davenport, J. B. Pritchette, j.
A. Basnight, Lewis L. Combs, Lem
A. Cohoon, R. L. Spencer, w. A.
Mayo, w. ]. White, Sam S. Wood.
ley, B. T. Lindsey, E. r. Daven-
port, ]. H. Daniels, c. E. Morris,
James S. Davenport, r. L. Mitch
ell, H. S. Swain, Harry P. Swain,
H. H. Harris.
G. w. Tatem, former legislator,
is president of the Association this
term. Next time the presidency is
due to come to Dare County. Mr..
Tatem was the first president Of
the Association when it was or
ganized in 1885.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-10-10
JUDGE BURGWYN TO HOLD
DARE COURT OCTOBER 20

Judge Sumner Burgwyn OF
Woodland is to preside over the
term of Superior Court which
convenes October Goth in Dare
County, substituting for Judge
Hunt Parker who was originally
scheduled to hold court.
Jurors selected for this term
are as follows: Kitty Hawk, Char
lie w. Perry, Mrs. Jesse Perry,
W. R. Toler, Mrs. Herman Tillett;
Wanchese. Hiram G. Tillett, Ar
mold Daniels, Spencer Daniels
Avon: Fred G.. Gray, Geo. H.
Meekins, Branch Meekins. East
Lake: Roy Basnight, c. c. Smith.
MAINS Harbor, Mrs. v. G. Mid
gett, Cecil Midget, Ira Spencer,
Preston Twiford, Buxton: Harry
Lee Jennett, Martin Tolson, E.
M. Dudley, Hatteras: Lee Robin
son, Dan Oden, Horace Gaskins,
Lima Balance. Stumpy Point, AL
vim Hooper, Riley. Payne, Wood
row Best. Manteo: Mrs. Alberta
Gross, Mary @. idgett, Henry w.
Evans, Roy Wescott, Charlie
Shannon, Paul Midget; Waves:
F. H. N. Midget, Lucretia w.
Midget, Mrs. Sarah Midget; Col
ington: Jasper Camel, John o.
Meekins. Rodanthe: Mrs. E. r.
Midget, Frisco: Preston Basnett,
Sherman Good. Duck: j. d. Scar
borough. Mays Heal: j. E. Harris,
Margaret d. Bayne. Kill Devil
Hills: Mrs. Walter Perry
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-10-10
MASHOES CREEK LOSES
ITS MAJESTIC PINES

Mashoes Greek, the charming
community in Dare County, facing
Albemarle Sound, has lost another
of its charms. The majestic pines
which made it so attractive have
been sold and cut and hauled away
to the mills. Mashoes once had a
large population, and during the
fishing season supported two
stores, a church, a school. But all
these are long since gone, along
with several substantial citizens,
who were it's prop and mainstay.
Today only five households re-
main on Mashoes, and these are
small ones. The population in all
numbers only about dozen peo-
pie. A few years ago good dirt
road was built five miles from
Manns Harbor to serve the people,
but by the time the road was built,
a large part of the community had
gone by the board.
But Mashoes still has one great
asset that will aid in its revival
and increase in value. 1t is one of
the finest fresh water fishing pla-
,ces in the state. Each season many
people come for both black bass
and striped bass, and other game
fish which abound in its waters.
Nearby is hunting for deer and
bear, as well as smaller game. Its
once fertile fields may grow up,
its people move away, but pros
poets are that the new order will
make it all the more attractive to
the seeker of wildlife rewards.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-10-10
GOOD RESPONSE
NEW CAMPAIGN
TOURIST FUND
Treasurer's Report This
Week Shows $12,500 Rails
ed on New Budget

A report presented to the Dare
County Board of Commissioners
at their meeting Tuesday by Sec
retary-Treasurer Wallace Nc
Gown indicated that the Dare
County Tourist Bureau, the i'm
partial county wide promotional
organization, had completed its
first year of operation on bal
lanced budget.
The 1928 budget of $4,000
90, as approved by the Board of
Directors at its September meet
ing, is we'll on its way to full
subscription by investment pied
ges from individuals and business
firms scattered through out Dare
County. Latest reports indicate
that approximately $12,500,00 has
been pledged and the remaining
$1,50000 is expected to be raised
during the coming week. Mem
bers of the Board of Directors
from the various areas of the
county are in charge of complet-
ing the total budget, and will be
contracting the individuals and
business firms who have not yet
invested in the program. Secre-
tary- Treasurer McCown stated
that due to the increasing con-
seriousness of the citizens of Dare
County totheir important tourist
industry, the bureaus activities
for the year would again be Wit
ally important in attracting the
tourist to this area, andin cooper
ating with other civic orgoniza-
lions of the county for the pro-
motion and growth of Dare Coun-
ty.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-10-10
SEASHORE PARK
PLANS REVIEWED
ON OUTER BANKS
Park Service Officials and
Residents Meet in Frank
Discussion of Project
By ALICE K. RoNDTHALER


Ocracoke, Oct. 6.-Residents of
Ocracoke had the opportunity to-
night to get first-hand informa-
ton about what the establish
ment of the National Seashore
Recreation Area will mean to
them. Conrad Wirth, Director of
the National Park Service met
with Approximately two hundred
of the residents in the school aud
itorium and answered questions
presented. With Mr.. Wirth were
E. M. Lisle of Richmond, Virgin
ia, Assistant Regional Director,
A. Clark Stratton of Manteo,
Project Manager, and Buxton
White of Elizabeth City, on the
Commission of the Seashore
Park. E. Carlton Kelly of Ocra-
coke, member of the Seashore
Park Commission, introduced Mr..
Wirth and the other visitors.
After a general discussion of
the Seashore Park Project, Mr..
Wirth asked for questions. R. S.
Wahab, Jr., of Baltimore, pre-
sented a list of pertinent ques-
tons. Mr.. Wahab explained that
he had spent a good deal of his
life on Ocracoke and was inter-
ested in the genuine welfare of
the people here. The nine ques-
tionS which he propounded were
answered by Mr.. Wirth, as fol-
lows:
Cd What is the purpose of the
Government in establishing the
area? (the area being the Ma
tional Seashore Recreation Park :;
(2) Under what authority is the
Government proceeding? (3)
What lands and waters are in
cluded in the area? "a What
rights and restrictions will the
Government exercise over the
area?- (a) as to commercial fish
ing, (b) as to sport fishing, (c) as
to hunting, (d) as to grazing of
livestock? 5. Will the Govern
ment establish and operate COM
mercial enterprises such as stores,
hotels, restaurants, theaters, fill
ing stations, transportation facil-
tiles sports guides, fishing and
hunting facilities in competition
with private interests CO.. What
are the plans for development
which will give the area attrac-
tive features which it does not
already have and would a paved
highway be built from. Hatteras
to Ocracoke, CD What is the
source for the money to purchase
See PARK, Page Four