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The film was entitled civil De-
fense".
Again the Rev. H. M. Parks
preached ably and in a very inter-
esting manner on Sunday morn
ing, choosing for his text 'The
Greatest Statement in Language"
He said in part: And God made it,
when he said let there be light.
The silence of Eternity was brok-
en-. Thank the Lord for the light of
his blessed Gospels truth; they
resemble each other in the light
they impart to everything they
touch. The will of God respecting
them is the same; that man should
have the light of salvation; it is
designed for the whole world
which enjoys its saving rays. Have
we the light of Divine Grace in our
hearts; are we assisting the church
to enlighting the world with this
light. And God said, Let there be
light, and there was light.
Looking diligently after the
roads in a fine way to keep the
highways always in good shape,
about all of the roads have been
improved with a coat of stone and
otherwise touched up to add to
their efficiency and safety. Only
two highways not used much are
without a layer of fine stone at
thi time.
The hunting season is still a
live issue. 1t draws many hunts
men to the fields and SO the bang
of the shotgun is heard in the
nearby woods every day except
Sunday. Hunters are jubilant as
they find enough game to satisfy
them and without much difficulty,
too. The groups of gunners are
seen in both woods and fields and
they generally have success. They
are careful of what they shoot and
therefore protect the farmers
stock and chickens as they march
from farm to farm. In other days
there seemed to be a reckless dis
regard for the farmers things and
in many case they were driven
off the places. But, today they are
welcomed by nearly every farmer
who regards them as good, or
Derby crew and who is naturally
glad to see them bag any game on
his farm. It makes a pleasant
picture to see a farmer having a
friendly chat with the hunters at
the close of the hunt.
How far must a person leave a
dog as to make it impossible for
the dog to see the owner again.
Years ago a man named Lee Hus-
bands moved from Snow Hill, Md,
to Middletown. He forgot to take
along his dog-a rabbit hunting
species. Five days after his ar
rival at Middletown, Husbands was
all ready to go back after the can
inc when to his surprise the dog
walked boldly into his kitchen
door. The man gave a gasp and
could not believe his own eyes for
awhile. Sure enough the dog had
made the trip, but it had been to
Middletown before and knew
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Rev. Ralph A. Nickel, of Alum
Bank, Pennsylvania, an evangelist
in the Church of the Nazarene has
spent more than % years in the
ministry, fourteen years of which
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Townsend

{ townsend
The benefit performance, Gala
Opening of Club 21", came, was
given and it conquered. 1t drew
a packed house on Thursday night
and a less attendance on Friday
night. However, both nights gave
opportunity for a grand presenta-
tion of the charming play of the
year. 1t was shown that no other
play given here in the recollection
of members was better written OF
better presented than the play
Gala Opening of Club 81" and
for this the work of the playwright
and the directing places full praise
and glory upon Miss Ethelwyn j.
Maloney who planned and execut-
ed the whole affair. The charact-
ers gave their parts we'll and the
show was mirth-provoking from
start to finish. Jack Reynolds gave
a selection of music and Mrs. Les
ter Cleaver "a Kiss in the Dark. "
Robert Reed sang ''When Irish
Eyes Are Smiling; Mrs. Lester
Cleaver sang, "One Kiss. Then
"Mammy's Chillen' took over the
works. They sang "Open the
Gates of the Temple, then I be-
lieve also Anywhere 1 Wander"
Carey Hutchison sang Don't Sit
Under the Apple Tree, and ]. c.
Hutchison, Jr., sang ''The Sunshine
of Your Smile. The chorus pre-
sented Bend Down Sister" while
later James and George Hughes
sang: The Rhythm of the Tam
BOURNE" Kentucky Babe" was
rendered by John Dickinson; then
Country Girl" a Sponish guitar
selection by Paul McNatt; Glenda
Apgar presented Sweet Georgia
Brown; then followed Mona
Lisa" (saxaphones and trumpet by
Evelyn Robinson, Fred Robinson
and John P. Wilson; then"Strolling
in the Park" by ] C. Hutchison,
Jr.; also whispering" and CAL
ways, by Mr.. Hutchison. Emil
Hughes gave by the Light of the
Silvery Moon; then followed a
quartette selection IT See the
Moon" by Charles Roberts, James
Doughten, James Hughes and
George Hughes. The hilarious
parts of the play were presented
by William A. Carton as 'Baby
Snooks"; Glenda Apgar as "Ras-
tus; "Philomenna' by John Dick
inson, and 'Lindy'' by Emil Hugh
es. The other players taking part
were Donald Case, Carey Hutchi-
son, Miss Edna Conner, James
Doughten, Jessie Watson, Mrs
James Doughten, Mrs. William
Carey, Mrs. James Quinton, Miss
Ethelwyn Maloney, Clarence
Schwatka, Jr., Paris Hutchison
Rodney Baker, Fred Robinson ant
Paul McNatt. The master of cere.
monies was Captain Winfield Coch-
ran.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Townsend Fire Company met al
the fire hall last Tuesday evening,
After the regular business meeting
the members gave surprise baby
shower to Mrs. Elizabeth Moore,
She received many lovely gifts
Refreshments of homemade cake
and ice cream were served. A nice
time was had by all. There were
% members present.
MIR. G.. Lester Daniels, director
of Civil Defense, of Middletown
invited the Ladies Auxiliary of the
Townsend Fire Company to at
tend the meeting at the firehouse
on plane spotting. On Wednesday
evening two of the members at
tended. The president, Mrs. Smith
and Mrs. Wilson, the publicity
chairman, attended. There was q
film shown on Bombing and how
the observation posts are operated
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They like it for ride,
for room, and for just
plain good looks!
Front end road shock is
reduced up to 809O! Wide
seats accommodate six.
Trunk is a suitcase bigger.
And Ford's good looks
speak for themselves.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-11-27
SCOUT FUNDS TO REACH
GOAL OF OVER $1,000
Julian Oneto Raises $643.31 in
Dare County; Campaign Closes
End of This Week

Roland T. Orr, Boy Scout fin
ance chairman for the Albemarle
District, announced following a
report meeting this week (Mon-
day night, Nov. %, that the Dis
tricts goal of $1,000 is in sight.
$4,000 has been turned in to the
finance secretary, Mrs. Sanford
P. Aydlett. There are several
large pledges to be turned in this
week which will push the drive
over the top.
The amounts contributed by
the various counties and COM
munities are as follows: Camden
County, Chairman H. Clay Fere-
bee, $188; Currituck County,
Chairman Samuel Walker, 5000;
Dare County. Chairman Julian
Oneto, $643.31; Pasquota n k
County, Chairman Charles Vann,
$35; Elizabeth City, Chairman
Holland Webster, $4,000; Chowan
County, Chairman Charles Over
man, $50; Edenton, Chairman
Gerald James, $940; Gates Coun-
ty, Chairman C. v. Cross, Jr.,
$3.50; Perquimans County, Archie
Lane, $48; and Hartford, Chair
man John Biggers, $500.
Mr.. Orr stated that he hoped
campaigners would turn in all
contributions by the end of the
week so that the campaign may
be officially closed.
All funds are being deposited
in an Elizabeth City bank for
1854 operating expenses.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-11-27
'CURRITUCK MAN
LOST OVERHEARD
ON THANKSGIVING
Robert Cahoon, Harbinger
Contractor, Disappears
While Out Hunting

Robert Cahoon, IS, of Harding
er, apparently drowned in Curri-
tuck Sound shortly after / o'clock
Thursday afternoon and the
body had not been recovered
late Friday morning.
Cahoon, Bobby Cahoon, ID, his
son, and Melvin Matthews. his
brother-in-law, started out early
Thursday morning to hunt ducks.
Cohoon left the others at the
blind and went out in his out
board motor boat.
Thursday afternoon, Wallace
O'Neal of Aydlett saw a motor
boat with the engine still run
ming. The boat was turning round
and round in the water. O'Neal
and his son went to the empty
boat and managed to take it in
tow. The boat was later identi-
fled as that Cahoon had been
using.
A search for the body in the
seven-foot water was begun i'm
mediately. Dragging operations
and helicopter search failed to
produce the body at shutdown.
The search was resumed Friday
morning.
Cahoon, a native of Virginia,
had spent the past 20 years in
Currituck. He spent his early life
In Tyrrell County. He was the
son of R. Vance and Mae Spencer
tCohoon of Currituck County. He
was the husband of Mrs. Erma
Cahoon, a member of Gum Neck
Christian Church and Coinjock
Masonic Lodge. He was mem
Der of the firm of R. V. Cahoon
and Son, building contractors at
Harbinger.
Surviving besides his wife, par
ents and Bobby is another son,
Johnny one brother, Dennis in
See CAHOON, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-11-27
MANTEO BANK ISSUES
$4,000 FOR CHRISTMAS
Christmas Club Members Deposit
$4,000 More in Past Year
Than Previous One

The Bank of Manteo last week
paid out around $4,000 to de-
positor's in the Christmas savings
club. The club seems to grow
each year, as year before last
only $4,000 was on deposit at
payout time. Last years. club
paid out $4,000.
Money received through the
club seems to come in handy
for everyone this time of year,
not only for gift buying, but for
such other purposes as paying
taxes. One important point of the
club is not being able to- with
draw the money, therefore it is
left until around the middle of
November, when all the checks
are sent out.
The banks 1854 club will be-
gin Monday, December 7.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-11-27
SPECIAL AIR MAIL
FLIGHTS DEC. 14-17
Jet Planes To Fly Mail to Kitty
Hawk and Kill Devil Hills
from Dayton

Jet planes will fly special air
mail cachets to Kitty Hawk on
each of the four-days of the
Golden Anniversary of Powered
Flight celebration at Kitty Hawk
and Kill Devil Hills on December
AIT, it is announced in Wash
ington by Ralph Whitener of the
Aid Force Association and nation
al coordinator of the event COM
memorating the achievement of
Wilbur and Orville Wright, so
years ago.
The American Air Mail Society
is sponsoring the cachets as COL
lectors' items.
An Air Force jet fighter plane
will carry the cachets on opening
day of the celebration, Monday,
December IA, from Dayton Ohio,
home of the Wrights to Kitty
Hawk, the birthplace of powered
flight. The flight will be made in
little more than one hour as COM
pared to the four days it took
the Wright Brothers to travel the
same distance from Dayton to
Kitty Hawk in 1900, the first
year they arrived on this coast to
begin experiments which led to
powered flight in their rugged
built plane the kitty Hawk" in
1903.
The Dayton-Kitty Hawk each
cts will be put on board the jet
plane at 8 A. M, during a spe-
cfal ceremony arranged by the
Wilbur and Orville Wright Mem
orial Squadron of the Air Force
Association. Norman Miller, Ohio
Wing Commander of the Associa-
ton, at IL West Monument
Street, Dayton 2, Ohio, will
handle all cachets mailed to him
by philatelists who want to have
their own cachets included in the
flight. The air forces of
Canada and Great Britain have
been invited to fly cachets to
Kitty Hawk on two of the four
days of the celebration.
Helen M. Ross, P. o. Box 149,
Milburn, New Jersey, will es-
tablish the rules for collecting the
cachets, and will receive and dis
tribute the cachets at Kitty
Hawk. Inquiries on cachets
should be addressed to Miss Ross,
it was stated.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-11-27
WILLIAM HOWARD BARNES
BURIED AT SALVO TUESDAY

Funeral services for William
Howard Barnes, 81, who died
Monday morning at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Charlie Wild
bee of Manteo, were conducted
at 1890 o'clock Tuesday morning
at the Twiford Funeral Home
chapel by the Rev. H! R. Ash
more, pastor of Mt. Olivet Meth
odist Church, and the Rev. P. M.
Porter, pastor of Salvo Methodist
Church. Burial was in the fam
lily plot at Salvo. Mr.. Barnes was
a native of Salvo, Dare County,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Barnes, member of Salvo Meth
odist Church and a retired car
penter. Surviving besides Mrs.
Whidbee, his daughter at Manteo,
are five grandchildren and five
greatograndchildren.
Mrs. Naomi Wescott sang
Safe in the Arms of Jesus" ac-
companied on the organ by Mrs.
Rennie Williamson, at Manteo.
The casket was covered with
a pail of red roses.
At Salvo the church choir sang
Nearer My God To Thee"
Myron v. Midget, William j.
buchanan, William J. Bats,
Jimmie A. Grafton, James A.
jacobson and Curtis E. Scarbor-
ough served as pallbearers.
Some years ago, he cooked for
the boys at Gull Shoal Coast
Guard Station. He was always
popular figure in the community,
and he has lived in Manteo for
several years and made many
new friends. The old homeplace
he had at Salvo he sold to Capt.
Steve Basnight of Manteo.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-11-27
A 61-POUND BASS
CAUGHT AT OCRACOKE

Ocracoke. - A sixty-one pound
channel bass was caught in Ocra-
coke Inlet on Thursday, Novem-
Der 18th, by Ernest M. Jordan of
Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Mr..
Jordan was fishing from the
Boat Greg with Capt. Stacy
Howard and Capt. Maltbyt Bragg.
He used a Penn Squidder Reel,
Montague Glass Rod, 48 Id. test
Weston Hotstretch line. This is
Mr.. Jordan's fifth year of fall
fishing at Ocracoke. He and Mrs.
Jordan stayed for a week at the
Wahab Village Hotel and it was
during his last day of fishing that
he made the prize catch. He
planned to enter it in the Field
& Stream contest. He took sew
eral pictures of the drum before
he and Mrs. Jordan left on Fri
day for New York.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-11-27
MANNS HARBOR CLUB
PLANS PRIZE NIGHT

Ways and Means Chairman,
Mary Agnes Haywood of the
MAINS Harbor Youth Club, states
that plans are under way for a
Grand Prize Night" to be staged
at the Community Building,
Tuesday, December Is. Prizes are
to be solicited from the local
business places and tickets will
be on sale by the club members
within a few days. The winner
of the turkey on Guess the
Pumpkin Seed" contest will be
announced the same night. Pro-
ceeds of this event will 60 to-
ward completion of the Com
munity Building Project, which
the club has undertaken for the
current year.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-11-27
WANCHESE MAN
DIST. GOVERNOR
PURITAN CLUBS
James w. Davis Advanced to
Head of AIbemarIe
District

For his vigorous work in be-
half of Ruritan while Lieutenant
Governor last year, James w.
Davis of Wanchese was advanced
to the Presidency of Albemarle
Ruritan District in Hartford Fri
day night at the district conven-
ton.
Mr.. Davis, a retired Coast
Guard officer, was active during
his term in the organization of
clubs at Hatteras and Avon, and
in re-activating the Poplar
Branch Club. He is charter
member and former Secretary
Treasurer of the Wanchese Club.
Mr.. Davis spoke briefly at the
HEREFORD meeting, pledging his
best efforts in the new office dur
ing the coming year.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-11-27
BUXTON MANS
MURDERERS GET
PRISON TERMS
Slayers of Ross Midget Tried
in New Jersey Last
Week

The slayers of Ross E. Midget,
young Buxton man in New Jer-
sey on August 80, were tried last
week in Morristown, and four of
them drew prison sentences rang
ing from ten years downward.
Thirteen youths were involved
In the Staying in Lovers Lane"
in Denville. One got seven to ten
years, four drew suspended SEN
fences in Superior court and
were placed on probation. The
other eight, all juveniles-were
to be dealt with by juvenile au-
thorities.
George Compo, %, of Denville,
whom police tabled as the ring
leader, drew the lone prison
sentence imposed by Judge Don
aid Waesche in the case.
Compo was sentenced on a plea
of no defense to second degree
murder on Nov. 9. He could have
received up to 80 years in prison.
He will serve his Jail term in Bor-
dentown Reformatory.
Those receiving suspended SEN
fences were Richard Mitchell, Is,
Denville; Jerre Hinkle, 20, Morris
Plains; Edward Dresh, 10, Den
vile; and Phillip Kennybrook, II,
of Denville.
Mitchell, Hinkle and Dresh had
pleaded guilty to manslaughter
The first two were placed on pro-
baton for five years, Dresh, for
four years.
Kennybrook pleaded guilty to
conspiracy to commit atrocious
assault and battery and was
placed on probation for five
years.
The four-like Compo-origin-
ally entered mandatory pleas of
innocent to first degree murder
but were permitted to plead to
lesser charges.
Midget, 80, member of prom
inent North Carolina family, was
6 in the pre-dawn hours OF
tnot in a lovers lane in near
II > vile. He was beaten with
bottle, police said, in a
scneme that involved morals and
robbery.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-11-27
PTA WILL SPONSOR
GRASS ROOTS OPERA
Bonnybel Evans Picture to Be
Hung in Primary Building

The November meeting of the
Manteo Parent Teacher Associa-
ton was held Monday night in
the school auditorium, Mrs. Law
renee Swain presiding. Mrs. G..
C. Bonner led the devotional,
using Thanksgiving theme.
A report from the treasurer
showed net of $27O.7O from the
Halloween carnival.
1t was voted to sponsor again
this year the appearance of the
Grass Roots Opera Company, the
opera Carmen" being preferred
at this time.
Two pictures have been &C.
quired for the school, one for
grades IA, the other for grades
5-12, these to be used as parent
attendance prizes. Mrs. Swain re-
ported that the picture of Miss
Bonnybel Evans has arrived ano
will be. hung in the Bonnybe
Evans primary school building
as soon as it is framed.
A microscope for the science
laboratory and duplicating
machine for the commercial de-
partment are to be bought for
the school, this being voted on
after hearing from Mrs. w. S.
Meekins of the science depart
ment and Mrs. James of the
commercial department of the
pressing need for these items.
Mrs. John Earle, chairman of
the program on Better Homes
Make Better Schools, presented
Mrs. D. E. Evans, county super
intendent, who made an interest
ing talk on can Ideal School,;
and Mrs. Van Ness HARDWOOD,
who spoke on Reading to Broad
en- Ones Knowledge. Mrs. Har-
wood urged everyone to take ad-
vantage of the wide selection of
books available in the Dare
County library.
During the social hour the
hostesses, Mrs. Charles Marshall
and Mrs. Vernon Davis, served
refreshments.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-11-27
FORMER HATTERAS MAN
IN ACCOUNTING FIRM

Corlett w. Burrus, son of E. E.
Burrus, well-known Hatteras
man, and formerly associated in
business, with his father in Hat
teras, is now associatedin the
new certified public accounting
firm of COOTES and BURRUS
of 43l Cranky ST. Norfolk. Mr..
Burrus has resided in Norfolk for
several years. He is one of the
most highly regarded young men
from Dare County.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-11-27
DAVID MIDGET OF WAVES
ENLISTS IN COAST GUARD

Cape May, N. j. = David Mid
~ 10, seaman recruit, USCG,
he son of Mr.. and Mrs, Cecil
idgett of Waves, North Caro-
ana is scheduled to complete the
12-week course of recruit train
ing at the u. S. Coast Guard Re-
ceiving Center in Cape May, NJ,
early next week. The course
schedules the basic duties en-
countered as member of the
nations oldest seagoing force.
Seaman Recruit Midget grad
uated fifth the class of 1858 from
Cape Hatteras high school, where
he was active in basketball, soft
ball and the All Club. Midget
joined the Coast Guard on Aug
ust 81, 1868, and is now under
going training with Recruit COM
pany E-19.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-11-27
MILLION DOLLAR
BUSINESS BUILT
UP IN Is YEARS
The Toppings of Pantego Be-
gan Small But Worked
Hard in Sausage
Business

Toppings Country Sausage!
It's name that has gone a long
way during the past Is years. II
has given the Beaufort County
village of Pantego a million
dollar industry, and it has be-
come a monument to an unbeat-
able man and wife team who
didn't stop work when they were
tired, and the going was rough.
Scott and Miriam Topping
haven't long been in their new
quarters where they can now
dress out as many as 800 hogs a
Gay, if they want to- It's a plant
that you might not easily dupli-
cate for less than $4,000. And it's
long way from the sausage
business Scott Topping started on
kitchen stove, back in 1889
when folks hereabout hadn't
quite recovered from the depres-
sion. Those were the days when
Scott had to really worry about
where he could find 500 to ex-
pand his business.
The other day he counted up
and found out where he was pay
ing out a thousand dollars week
for labor, and that he will pay
this year to the farmers of the
area, better than million, one
hundred thousand dollars for
hogs.
The fame of Topping's country
sausage has spread across the
nation. Letters come from many
distant places, demanding Top
pings sausage meat by mail. Re-
Gently long distance phone call
came from Washington, D. c. 81
want you to send me some of
your sausage meat, the caller
said. II went down to Hyde
County, and Mrs. Watson served
me some of it at Engelhard Hotel.
She told me where she got it
from"
Now there are always folks
who sit and wish for a business
of their own. Many of them will
never have one, and some of
them will believe to the end of
their days they never had a
chance in life. Of course there are
people who wish for something
full blown, turned over into their
hands. And there are folks who
look with disfavor on those who
have succeeded.
Doubtless Scott Topping would
tell you, when he got in the sau-
sage business, he had no idea of
anything except trying to figure
out a way for the time being to
feed himself and wife, and the
babies that were coming along.
Anyway, he used to buy two hogs
a week, and make them up into
sausage in his sisters kitchen,
and he had the good luck to get
hold of a super-saleswoman, Mrs.
Louise Kicks, to introduce Top
pings country sausage; from
house to house in Belhaven and
Pantego. That's how Topping's
country sausage got started on its
way, until it is now sold in vol
ume everywhere in eastern North
Carolina and four salesmen on,
See TOPPING, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-11-27
AMERICAN LEGION TO
MEET MONDAY NIGHT

The Fort Raleigh Post of the
American Legion will meet Mon
day night, November 80, in the
Wanchese school building at
seven o'clock, according to an
nouncement by Post Commander
James w. Davis, who urges that
all members attend.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-11-27
WILLIS E. LEIGH OF
KRAMER BROS. DIES

Well known throughout the
Coastland was Willis E. Leigh,
an official of the Millwork firm
of Kramer Bros Co., who died
Sunday at 6 p. m. at his home in
Elizabeth City. He was buried
Tuesday in Hollywood cemetery.
MIR. Leigh was a native of Tyr
rell County, the son of the late
Samuel E. and Ellen Brickhouse
Leigh, and the husband of Mrs.
Marguerite Leroy Leigh. He had
one brother and two sisters and
was a member of the First Bap-
fist Church.