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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-06-26
FOUND $500 AND
LIVED HIGH ON.
OCRACOKE ISLE
Was a Lot of Wealth 70
Years Ago When Man
Discovered Cash
in Sands

An interesting story of the
finding of $500 in the sands of
his happy island by an Ocracoke
citizen some 20 years ago, and
how the finder spent freely and
entertained his friends on such
fat as the land afforded in those
times, is contained in a letter to
the Editor by Thos. w. Howard,
one of Ocracoke's beloved citi-
zens, a retired postmaster.
Here's how Mr.. Howard tells
the story:
To The Editor:
/ read an article "Outer
Banks Wealth Rumor Spiked"
by Aycock Brown of Manteo.
Some time ago some one posted
a clipping from Virginia Pilot"
at conspicuous place here at
Ocracoke, which every sensible
person, in my opinion, knew the
reason why it was done. am
quite an old man and have made
my home here on Outer Banks
since birth; it seems strange to
me that it has just come to light
there is wealth in the sands on
the beach. do remembers, how
ever, at one time-I think in the
80's native here while "beach
combing" came across quite a
sum of silver and gold money.
1t was stated the amount was
around $500. 1t has been thought
it was the money stolen from the
Post Office at New Bern, N. C.
As / remember, young man
got in the safe and got the money
and fled during the night by a
small sail boat. Some time early
next morning while in Pamlico
Sound a heavy wind and sea
floundered the boat and he was
drowned. 1t has been thought by
old citizens of Ocracoke that the
money found here by the Beach
Comber" was the money, though
at the time, I suppose to have
been kept secret.
During the 80's very few
people had money here at Ocra-
coke and high living was TN
known, but it has been stated
this Beach Comber' lived sum-
ptuously, he being a very gener-
GUS fellow invited his friends to
dine with him, serving the best
food obtainable. The story goes
he served two kinds OF butter,
in color, the pale and yellow;
also two kinds Of cheese, strong,
and mild. OF course, by sucn
See WEALTH, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-06-26
LOST COLONY WORKSHOPS
BEGIN AT MANTEO SUNDAY

Manteo. = With the Rev. Car
los Gardner, Methodist minister
formerly of Richmond and Nor
folk as guest speaker, the first
in a series of Sabbath Worship
periods to be held in Waterside
Theatre during the Lost Colony
season will be held on Sunday
morning, June %, at II o'clock,
it was announced today by r.
E. Jordan, general manager of
the drama which celebrates its
18th season premiere here on
Saturday evening.
The Rev. Mr.. Gardner will be
introduced by Thomas L. White,
host minister for Lost Colony
services during the current sea-
iod, which changes Waterside
son.
A feature of the worship per-
Theatre into a "cathedr abby
the-sea" on each Sunday morn
ing will be music by The Lost
Colony Chorus, under the direc-
See SERVICES, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-06-26
POPULAR THAD EURE
OPENS LOST COLONY
FOR ITS 18TH YEAR

Governor William B. Umstead
has designated his popular Thad
Cure, secretary of state, to offic-
ALLY open Paul Green's SYM
phonic drama THE LOST COL
ONY for its 18th season in
Waterside Theatre here on Sat-
urday night, June 81. The Gov
ernor, recovering from recent
illness expressed regrets that he
could not be present for the
opening performance, due to that
illness, ''But I'm sending you our
Secretary of State to act in my
behalf" he said.
THE LOST COLONY, sponsor
ed by Roanoke Island Historical
Association, a state agency, is
now Americas longest lived Out
door production. Since its pre-
miere in 1887 (the drama was
not presented during four World
War II years. every North Caro-
lima governor has made personal
appearances at curtain talks dur
ing seasonal openings. Several
months ago Governor Umstead
had agreed to be here this year
as the 18th season was launched,
but due to a serious illness, from
which he is now convalescing, he
was unable to fill the date.
Thad Eure will represent
me and am sure he will do a
good job in launching your 18th
season, which I have hopes will
be the best in the history of
Green's magnificent symphonic
drama said Governor Umstead
in Raleigh on Monday. He was
talking to Miles L. Clark, Eliza
beth City, N. C., long time mem
Der of the sponsoring organiza-
ton at the time he made his
statement.
My talk will be brief and to
the point. I will give your au-
dience a greetings from our
great Governor and from official
North Carolina" said the Secre-
tary Of State. 1T will be 4 plea
sure for me to be there again and
for me to have this opporfunify
70 bring a message from our Gov
'ernor," he added.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-06-26
RECEIVES AWARD FOR
YEARS OF SAFE DRIVING

j. o. Basnight of Manteo, bet
ter known to his friends and bus
passengers as Nose, recently
received his 19-year service a
ward pin from the Markell SER
vice, which is an insurance SER
vice covering transportation We
hicles. While the pin was for 10
years of driving without charg-
cable accident, Mr.. Basnight has
actually driven without accident
for the Virginia Dare Transpor-
tation Co., for "a years. Only the
last 10 years have been serviced
by the Markell organization, but
the previous years he drove for
the bus company were equally
without accident.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-06-26
BOARD. SEEKS
SCHOOL SITE
COMPROMISE
Chairman Walter Perry Au-
thofized to Consult With
State Education Group

When the county board of ed
ucation holds its next meeting.
at / o'clock the afternoon of July
z, the chairman, Walter Perry,
probably will be able to report
on the possibility of acceptance
of compromise site for the
proposed 100000 school for Hat
teras Island.
When it met last week, follow
ing a ruling by Judge John J.
Burney in Wake superior court
that the state board of education
was justified in refusing approx
al of the use of state money to
build the school at Avon, the
county board authorized Perry to
confer with the state board about
a compromise site. =
Buxton was first chosen as the
site of the consolidated school
and the choice was approved by
the state board. This action was
protested by Avon residents and
the county board swung over to
a site at Avon. The state board,
however, called this seaside To-
cation unsafe and refused to ap-
prove use of state funds to- build
there.
The proposed school, when ac-
tually built, will take care OF
all pupils on Hatteras Island
from the first through the twelf-
tn grades.
The board also approved ap-
pointment of three teachers,
Stanley Matthews for Manns
Harbor, Mrs. Elizabeth Peterson
for Manteo and w. E. Hall for
Roanoke school.
Chairman Perry also announ-
ced that the county commission
ers had approved a $4,000 school
budget.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-06-26
WILLIAM M. HARRIS IS
HCSPITALIZED IN GEORGIA

William M. Harris, son-in-law.
of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Etheridge of
Manteo, has been a patient in a
hospital in Augusta, Ca, for sew
eral weeks, following an accident
in which he suffered hip. knee
and facial injuries. Mr. Harris.
who was employed in Salley, S.
c.. was injured when the car he
was driving was run into by q
truck. Mrs. Harris is at his bed
side in Augusta.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-06-26
PARK SERVICE TO
FURNISH FOREST
FIRE PROTECTION
Robert c. Mccabe On Duty
AS Civil Engineer Sue
ceeding Eubank

The National Park Service is
planning to furnish forest fire
protection facilities to Hatteras
and Bodie Island according to A.
c. Stratton, the Project Manager
of Cape Hatteras National Sea-
shore. Stratton stated that it is
the policy of the National Park
Service to attempt to protect not
only Park lands but other lands
from which fires might spread
into the Park area. This will en-
title the Park facilities to be used
on any grass or woods fires be-
tween Whalebone on Bodie Is
land and Ocracoke Inlet.
All fire fighting facilities and
the fighting of going fires will be
under the supervision of G. P.
Huffman, the Chief Park Ranger
who recently entered on duty at
Buxton, North Carolina. Fires
can be reported either to Mr..
Huffman, who can be reached by
telephone through the Cape Hat
teras Coast Guard Station or to
the National Park Service office
in Manteo, where the telephone
number is 243. At night and on
week ends Manteo calls can be
routed to Charles S. Marshall at
Manteo 29J. Fire tools of suffi-
cient quantity to fight the aver
age size fire on these islands
have been ordred and will be
available early in July.
The furnishing of this fire pro-
lection is only single phase of
the services which the National
Park Service will render to the
communities and to the visiting
public. Other services and facili-
ties will be announced as rapidly
as funds and personnel become
available.
Robert c. McCabe of Rich
mond, Virginia has entered on
duty as Civil Engineer with Cape
Hatteras National Seashore, it
has been announced by the Park
Service. MIR. McCabe replaces
William c. Eubank who recently
resigned from the National Park
Service to go into private bust
ness in Newport News, Virginia.
1t will be Mr.. McCabe's respon-
sibility to make land surveys on
Bodie Island, Hatteras Island and
Ocracoke in connection with
land acquisition for the National
Seashore.
Mr.. McCabe is native of In
dianapolis, Indiana. He attended
high school in Richmond, Virgin
ia and then received his engin-
eering degree from Virginia
Polytechnic Institute in 1948. His
College education had been in
terrupted by military service in
the European Theatre during and
after World War II. Since grad
uating from VPI he has worked
with the Navy Department at
Dahlgrea, Virginia and, more re-
Gently, with the Army Corps of
Engineers in Richmond, Virginia.
He is married to the former Mary
Elizabeth Richart of Richmond,
Virginia,
The MeCabes will live at 218
East Main Street in Manteo.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-06-26
WEST vIRcrNIANS MAKE
BIG FOUNDER CATCH

This is the season for founder
and some big catches of the big
flatfish are being caught in local
and nearby inlet waters. One of
the better catches this week was
made by a party of five West
Virginians using shrimp for bait
and bottom fishing near the In
let. They caught 10, the largest
weighing three and one half
pounds. In the party were F. B.
McLoy, Charles B. Norman,
Benjamin j. Rosenbloom and
John E. Wise. They were. from
Wheeling, w. Va.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-06-26
RICHARD I. MIDcETTE
TO ENTER ANNAPOLIS

Richard I. Midgette, SON Of Mr..
and Mrs. John A. Midgette, of
Hampstead. Long Island, New
York, has recently passed en-
trance examinations to the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, and is to
be sworn in as midshipman
June 20. Young Midgette entered
the Navel Prep School at Balm
bridge. Md, in September and
has just completed the prepare
tory courses there. He is the
grandson Of Mrs. Minnie Mid
gette Of Manteo, and has visited
her often.
Evening star., 1953-12-04
| Parents Ask Police
For Traffic Guard at
New Draper School

A traffic policeman to control
an intersection near the new
Draper Elementary School is be-
ing sought by parents of some of
the youngsters who will enter
the new building Monday.
Mrs. Thelma Fine, 1888 Valley
avenue Sc, said yesterday she
and other parents are anxious
to have a policeman stationed
at e Wheeler road and Wahler
place Sc. Wahler is a new
street which will be a principal
entrance to the school.
Mrs. Fine said many Draper
pupils will have to cross Wheeler
road there. She said Wheeler
road is too wide to be patrolled
by patrol boys, She also called
it a speedway.
All Policemen Assigned.
Capt: William T. Murphy oi
No. II precinct said he already
has IA school crossings he feels
must be covered by policemen
Every man now available already
is assigned, he added, and two
new women crossing guards now
in training already have posts
designated.
Capt. Murphy said he intends
to make a survey to determine
how badly the new crossing
needs a policeman. He said hi
may call on the traffic division
for a motorcycle patrolman tc
help cut down speed in the vi
cinity.
Will Observe Opening.
The precinct commander Saio
he and a patrolman will be or
the scene when the school opens
it's doors Monday morning.
Two signs reading "Slow-
Evening star., 1953-12-04
Jack Dempsey Seeks
Trainees for Television
No Previous Experience Needed Says Ex ohump

CHICAGO-(SpeciaD Jack
Dempsey, former worlds heavy
weight boxing champion and one
of Americas foremost sports
idols is part of a nationwide
campaign to help enlist men to
prepare for profitable jobs as
television technicians.
Dempsey, who is now asso-
ciated with DeForest's Training,
Inc, 1889 N. Ashland Avenue,
Chicago IA, Illinois of the
nations. foremost television
training centerS-upon entering
the campaign made these start
ling revelations:
Startling Facts
"a man needs no previous
experience or special educa-
ton to prepare to enter the
thrill-packed field of television.
radio and electrOnics. As a mat
ter of fact, he doesn't have to
know how to splice a lamp cord
or use a soldering iron to be
eligible"
eve are seeking men who are
willing to learn. Men who want
to prepare for better jobs or q
business of their own"
Train in Spare Time
Dempsey said the training
could be carried on in a trainee's
Evening star., 1953-12-04
Cor Deuth Rote HoIyed

CHICAGO.-The 1852 rate of
7.3 deaths for each 100 million
miles Of motor vehicle travel in
the United States was less than
half that recorded Is years ear
lier. Law violations figured in IS
per cent of the $4,000 traffic ia
talitieS in 1852.
Evening star., 1953-12-04

School" were put up on Wheeler
road yesterday. Legally the street
will have a 15-miles-per hour
speed limit at that point.
Miss Grace Bush, Draper prin-
cipal, said patrol boys already
are organized. Nine have been
recruited so far. and more prob
ably will be added, she said.
Draper will open with nearly
600 pupils. most of them trans
ferS from Simon School.
Evening star., 1953-12-04
Slump in Smuggling

There's a smuggling slump be-
cause police have been so active
on both sides Of the Fire North
ern Ireland border, Dublin re-
ports. and out-of work smugglers
are bemoaning the lack of a dole
to fall back upon. Radio police
cars are blamed for the trouble.
Evening star., 1953-12-04
Former Finds Chasing
Troctor Not SO Easy
BY the Assoeioted Press

FAIRvIEW. Mont. (R.-
Farmer John Reidle's tractor
took off. unnamed. into the
darkness. He chased it-across
railroad tracks, through fences,
a beet field and across a road
1t must missed a car.
Mr.. Reidle said his tractor
could go only 20 m.p.h. but after
his chase afoot he swore: ut
seemed to go twice that fast"
Evening star., 1953-12-04
Films of More Than Routine Merit

7VG77I
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDs" the MariIyn type,
this big musical.
LAST HOLIDAY" Alec Guinness fine British irony.
"OGANIBO Gardner Clark Gable collide in Africa
"THE MOON BLUE" captivating stage
play
ROUGE coorful recall of TOuouseLautrec and his
times.
PETER PAM Cartoon Master Disney at his masterul best
"THE SWORD THE ROSE" lively ve" swashbucker by
Evening star., 1953-12-04

spare time and would in no way
interfere with his present job.
"AnyOne interested in learn
ing how he may become a
trainee should address card
or letter to DeForest's Train
ing, Inc, 2539 N. Ashland Ave-
nue., Chicago IA, Illinois. There
is no obligation whatever for
/ this information"
Evening star., 1953-11-29

gether. The purpose Of the
institution is to serve as a
practice school for teachers
training in elementary educa-
ton. At the same time it
proved to be a successful eX-
pertinent in promoting under
standing and appreciation be-
tween children of different
backgrounds and cultures. Ex-
cept for language classes both
Americans and Lebanese study
together in the eight grades.
The principal Of the school
is Miss Nahla Mrowe, a gradu-
ate of Oneonta State Teachers
College, N. Y. With a staff of
IA experienced teachers, she is
adapting Western methods to
LebaneSe needs, with extreme
care and attention to both
theory and practicability. Miss
Mrowe finds that THE basic
difference between other pri-
mary schools in Lebanon and
our school lies in the fact that
Lebanese schools direct the
entire attention of the student
to reading and memorizing
the contents of the books. We
take good care to teach them
what the books contain, but
also exert special effort in de-
veloping the personality of the
student by studying his tend
encies and habits and direct
ing him accordingly
In one classroom Americans
of II and IL years were learn
Evening star., 1953-11-29

By Samuel EneIe Burr, Jr.
Chormon, Department of Education,
The American University
There has to be a special rule.
for placing the apostrophe
when the possessor has a name
which ends in IS" such as
Julius, Hans. Agnes. or Gladys.
Another special rule applies
when plurals do not end in
IS" as men, women, oxen,
data, gymnasia, and others.
There are so many varia-
tionS from the basic rule for
placing the apostrophe that
some authors, printers, and
sign painters seem to give up
in utter despair.
Keeping a record of errors
involving the use of the apos-
trophe may result in a list
such as this one. which re-
quired only one month to ac-
cumulate:
Boys and Young Mems
Clothing (Street Sign
Brownies Garage painted
on Building)
"When worlds Collide"
(Drive-In Theater Announce
ment)
Reductions on LincOln'S and
Mercury'S Newspaper Adver-
tisement)
Wife Gives Reasons for
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Here's Man Who's Got Crockin Good Idea

I want to help in organizing
a new association. 1t is to be
called: The Association for the
Abolition of the Apostrophe
From the English Language.
It is to have only one purpose,
that of ridding our language
of the much abused and fire.
quently misused little punctu-
alton mark called the apostro-
phe - the elevated comm a
which is likely to be found
lurking around the letter IS"
in almost any street sign, pub
lie notice, printed advertise
ment, personal letter, or other
written material.
AS it has come down to us,
out of the tradition of the
past, the overworked little
apoStrophe is supposed to serve
three distinct and separate
purposes. Either it denotes
possession Gas in the express
sion Johns h0t or it indicates
the omission of certain letters
from a contraction (as don't
for do not ) or it is used to
form the plurals of letters and
numerals tB'S and S'S).
In actual practice, however,
its uses are much less simple
than may at first appear. This
is especially true of it's use in
the forming of possessives.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
BY John McKeIwoy

Last March, a plump little
boy with a rosy complexion was
carried and placed on a table
in the auditorium of the Dis
trict Medical Society. Lying
; there on the table, his intelli-
gent face looking out on the
audience, this 10-year-old was
as helpless as a 3-month-old
baby.
A man. lecturing to the 400
people about physical therapy,
slowly turned the boy over on
his stomach. The boys feet
topped loosely and knocked on
the table. He WINGED but did
not cry. His mother and father
looked on.
With the demonstration
over, the father picked up his
heavy little boy and carried
him back to the wheel chair.
The boy was George Dixon,
jr., victim of a spreading dis
ease called muscular dys-
trophy. The meeting in which
he was exhibit A was respon-
sible, at least locally. for get
ting muscular dystrophy on
the disease map.
Fother Goes to Work
1t was not until George was
Z that he was found to have
muscular dystrophy. His
father, an intense individual,
a lieutenant commander in the
Navy, set out to find a cure or
some form of treatment for
his son. He found nothing-no
cure, no real treatment, little
available information on the
disease. So he plunged into a
one-man campaign to collect
funds for research in muscu-
lar dystrophy. Last year, when
the drive Jagged, 1t. Comdr.
Dixon and volunteers came up
with a "telethon" and the Mus
cular DyStrophy Association
here collected about 100000.
Much has happened since
George Dixon, jr., was rolled
Evening star., 1953-11-29

SpOuse's Suicide Newspaper
Headline)
Johns Hopkins Course on
Southeast Asia announce
ment in another College pa
PERI
Flowers by Telegraph Qn q
flower shop window
Halloween Decorations
printed Circular)
Building Lots for Sale (Real
Estate Sign
Six O'clock Dinner (On
Mimeographed Menu
Can you guess it's name?
Contest blank
Dot the eyes and cross the
teas CA term paper)
In order to end all of this
bother and confusion and to
remove forever all chance for
future errors in this matter,
I propose the formation of this
new association of abolition
lists, the AAAEL, with no dues
and no meetings. The only
qualification for membership
will be a solemn pledge by any
interested person who will
promise to refrain from any
use of the apostrophe, in writ
ten English, from this time
forth.
Evening star., 1953-11-29

ing conversational Arabic. The
Lebanese teacher was saying,
You, Richard, how do you say.
Open the door'?" and Richard
replied in almost pure Arabic
without hesitation.
lone Roneer' in Lebanon
Soon the Arabic class was
over and an American teacher
took charge. An atmosphere
of excitement flled the air as
she started reading another
chapter from The Lone
Ranger Rides North" The
teacher, Mrs. Elmer Quistorff
of ISsaquah, Washington, said
later that she read to her stu
dents other stories besides
THE Lone Ranger" She be-
lieveS that her American stu
dents, who travel with their
parents to different places in
the Middle East, should know
something about the history Of
the areas they live in. She also
reads the story of "St. George
and the Dragon, which sup
posedly took place in Beirut.
At noon, as I walked through
the school yard to leave. I saw
American and LebaneSe kids
sitting together in little circles
eating from their lunch boxes,
merrlly chatting together. I
then had feeling that this
and similar experiments in
better international under
standing could not fail.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
District Fight Against Child Killer Nens Its Climax

Of a healthy baby" contest,
noting the Sturdiness of her
legs. The apparent excellent
physical development" of the
child was later traced to mus
cular dystrophy. In one fam
lily, three sisters. all over 40,
developed muscular dystrophy
in succession. Two have died
up to this time.
DR.. Ade T. Milhorat, chair
man of the Medical Board of
the Muscular Dystrophy Asso-
citation of America. spoke of
the nature of the disease at
the last convention of the Dis
trict Medical Society.
According to the doctor, the
disease lodges in the victims
muscles. And the slow, vast
ing away of these muscles be-
gins. Often the muscles be-
come fat, giving the appear
ance of strength, when actually
they are deteriorating. AS the
disease progresses, the victim
becomes emaciated and de-
formed-completely helpless.
Still, muscular dystrophy
does not do the killing. It
leaves that to other infections
which, because of the breaking
down process of the disease,
are able to strike at the un-
protected victim successfully.
Patients often die of suffoca-
ton because their breathing
muscles have given up.
Though people don't catch"
muscular dystrophy from 9TH
ers, there are certain signs the
disease is hereditary. AS in the
case of the three sisters, mus
cular dystrophy is known to
be concentrated in some fam
lilies. AS many as six children
in one family have been
stricken with the muscular
disease.
Children. doctors say, seem
to develop muscular dystrophy
mainly between the ages of 3
and 13. There are also mixed