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Evening star., 1953-09-20
Another Devil in D. c.

Placing the defenses Of
Canada under American COM
mand would be a radical de-
parture from past government
policy, and would entail some
surrender of sovereignty. Can
ada has often shown sensitiv-
ity on questions Of sovereignty,
particularly viS-a-viS the
United States. Thus Bradley's
suggestion may be premature,
and politically feasible only
when the need for a single
command is generally under
stood by Canadians, or when
conditions of actual or antici-
pated attack exist.
If the proposal were imple-
mented, this is what Canada
could contribute now:
A highly trained mobile
striking force" of three bat
talions of paratroopers and a
battery of airborne artillery,
totaling $500 men.
Six battalions of infantry,
four regiments of artillery.
two tank regiments and sup
porting arms.
Six skeleton reserve divisions
at about one-quarter strength.
Twenty-Five air force squad
Evening star., 1953-09-20
Metropolitan Scene
D. c. Reorgonizers Scored SizobIe Victory

forces Of Righteousness (po-
lice) for bedeviling citizenry
without a parade permit.
The appearance was sponsored
by Elder Solomon Lightfoot
Michaux (Happy Am IL, who
did have a permit but had
failed to give it to the Devil.
Lucifer was rescued but had
met his match.
\
BroyhilI's Constituents
Some area Democrats are
suggesting that Representative
Broyhill's recent concern over
G. o. P. firings of career en-
ployes stems as much from his
plight as theirs. BY that they
mean that many Of the RIF-ed
employees live in the new 10th
district of Virginia which sent
Mr.. Broyhill to Congress and
that any general exodus would
hurt him next time at the polls.
+ \
Green Loser
Fairfax County's big tussel
with former Arlington Treas
urer John Locke Green, attor-
ney for the Freeholders' Pro-
tective Association, over is-
suance of $11 million worth of
school construction bonds is
over and the loser is Mr.. Green.
Virginia's Supreme Court
cleared the way for the sale Of
the bonds by tossing out Mr..
Green's contention they were
illegal because the county SUI
pervisors did not join in CALI
ing the referendum which ap-
proved them.
Contention of the lower
court, upheld by the Supreme
Court, was that the petition for
the bond issue was initiated by
qualified voters to the School
Board and therefore participa-
ton Of the supervisors was un-
necessary. 1t would have been
necessary, however, if the pro-
posal had initiated with the
School Board,
Among the casualties Of the
hot struggle were two members
of the county School Board
who resigned to avoid en-
barrassing the bond sale when
Mr.. Green charged they were
serving illegally because they
were Federal employees.
Sale of $2,8 million in Arling-
ton school bonds is still being
held up in another suit filed by
Mr.. Green. In this case he
represents another attorney
and has appealed from a Cir
cult Court decision upholding
the right Of three Federal en-
ployes to sit on the Arlington
School Board.
Evening star., 1953-09-20
By John w. Thompson, Jr.


The curtain came down last
week on the last major re-
shaping of District govern
ment structure under the
reorganization program.
The Commissioners estab-
lished a department of occu-
pations and professions, CEN
tralizing administration for 10
little Independent boards and
appointed former Rent Admin
istrator Robert F. Cogswell to
head it up.
Hitching Post
Effect of the change was to
provide hitching post for the
present crop of special boards
and any others the city heads
may have to set up in the
future. It will not affect in
dependence of the boards in
professional matters.
The final decision was a big
victory for Reorganizer Schuy-
Ter Lowe and his staff who
were opposed in this instance
by everybody involved.
What the reorganizers will
be able to do now will depend
a good bit on what money
they can get from Congress.
Mr.. Loves reception on the
hill last session was something
less than warm. The main
job is refining within the
major changes already made,
and in helping department
heads put into effect the re-
organization affecting them.
Time was when Mr.. Loves
program pretty we'll hung in
the balance. His recommended
tionS were upset on elimina-
ton of the Department of We
hicles and Traffic and on con-
solidating all health inspec-
tions in the new licensing de-
partment. In both these cases
he was bucked by old-line de-
partment heads and it seemed
as if the city heads were
knuckling under to the protests
whipped up by these officials
among civic and professional
groups.
Major ChoIIenee
Later events proved other
wise. A major challenge shaped
up in the Lowe recommended
tion to abolish the Board of
Public Welfare as an admlnis-
trative agent in favor of advis-
ory boards for both the We'll
fare and Health Departments.
Also injected into this test was
a proposal by some doctors that
a board of health be created as
an administrative agent SINH
Evening star., 1953-09-20

Officer Walter l.. Fowler inde-
pendent of the Department of
General Administration headed
by Mr.. Lowe, despite powerful
congressional support that
mustered behind the budget
officer.
The Summation
In retrospect, things shape
up something like this:
Despite buffeting from Con-
gress and old line city officials,
the reorganizerS got through
between 80 and 30 per cent of
their program. While some
bitterness continues, the lines
of municipal structure now
are firmly drawn in their new
shapes. Channels of authority
and responsibility are more
clearly defined and eventual
economies may be expected to
result.
Two-Heoded Operation
Speaking of reorganization,
Health Officer Dan Seckinger
would seem to believe that two
heads are better than one.
At any rate he has both
William H. Cary and w. w.
Burdette heading up the con-
solidation of what formerly
was Mr.. Cary's public health
engineering bureau and Mr..
Burdette's food inspection sec
ton.
Mr.. Lowe, for whom too
many cooks can spoil the
broth, expects to look into
this situation to see whether
DR.. Seckinger has effected the
reorganization of the two bu-
reaus in fact or has accepted
the plan ION paper" and left
things as they were.
Bets are this Janus-like
operation will continue. unless
the issue is forced, until one
probably Mr.. Burdette-re-
tires.
Evening star., 1953-09-20

BY courtesy Of a Frederick,
Md. judge and unless some
body gives one good reason
why not, Kenneth M. Out
house is changing his name
effective October to Kenneth
Morton Dean.
Mr.. Clubhouse, who must
have fought his way through
school with that monicker,
AYERS that the name Dean
would be more appropriate,
genteel and elegant"
X
Another Devil in D. c.
The Devil showed up on a
District streetcorner the other
day and was tagged by the
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-13
AGED ENGELHARD MAN
DIES MONDAY NIGHT

Funeral services for w. Richard
Midget, 80, prominent citizen of
Engelhard in Hyde County, who
died at his home Monday night af-
ter short illness were conducted
Wednesday at noon and interment
was in the Fulford Cemetery. He
was a member of the Christian
church. He was lifelong resident
of Hyde County, the son of the
late John and Mrs. Midget. He is
survived by a daughter, Mrs. C.
Lee Gibbs of Engelhard; a son,
Charlie Midget of Washington;
sister, Mrs. Molly Sadler of Lake
Landing He was a well-known and
highly respected citizen. The Ber-
ny Company, funeral directors.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-13
HOUNDS TREE ONE
FOX; CATCH THREE
AND CHASE MORE

freeing one fox in top of 20
foot myrtle bush near Mays Head
Hatteras highway at Bodie Island
highlighted the fifth annual Val
entine Season Fox Hunt which be-
gan Thursday morning and will
continue through Saturday. Two
packs of Walker hounds, owned by
the Watkins brothers of Oxford,
Jeff Coats and Ed Lamb of Rocky
Mount, jumped about Is foxes dur
ing the first morning of hunt.
The hounds were followed by a
gallery of some 80 or more hunt
ers. Three foxes were bagged dur
ing the first morning hunt, but
The one chased up a tree provided
more excitement.
The freed for also provided eX-
cellent picture material for news
men and for Scott Seegers, an
Arlington, Va, free-lancer cover
ing the hunt this year on assign
ment from Parade Magazine, a
Sunday newspaper supplement
See HUNT, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-13
S E p TIC T A n X
RULES ADOPTED
FOR 2 COUNTIES
Permits to Be Issued to Avoid
Cost of Uncovering Sys-
TENS for Inspection

The Currituck-Dare district
board of health, meeting recently,
adopted regulations governing de-
sign, construction and use of sep
tic tank sewage disposal systems
in the two counties.
In the past, DR.. w. w. Johnston,
health officer, explained, builders
have constructed septic tank sys-
tens according to their own ideas,
with little or no supervision. In
the sandy soil on the beach, these
have been satisfactory. With in
crease of building on the beach,
however, and the proximity of
houses on small lots, the problem
of maintaining a safe water sup
ply has become more pressing.
Water samples taken in the sum-
mer of 1852 showed water pollu-
ton in many cases.
To safeguard the water supply
for the beach, the board has asked
public cooperation in securing per-
See TANK, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-13
BOY SCOUTS PRESENT
BIKE SAFETY PROGRAM
ManteO PTA Hears Talks From
Youngsters Instructed by
PatrOlman Holt

Manteo Boy Scouts presented
program on Bicycle Safety to the
Manteo Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton Tuesday afternoon at the Feb
ruary meeting in the school audi
forum. The boys had been in
structed by Patrolman R. C. Holt,
and the scout group was represent
ed by Raymond Wescott, Jr., Lloyd
Wescott, Danny Moulson and
frankie White.
Mrs. Edna Bell gave a talk on
the meaning of Founders Day.
The PTA voted to complete pay
ment on the school typewriters
and announced that the new pri-
mary school piano, which was pre-
sented to the school by the organ
ization as tribute to Miss Bonny-
bel Evans, retired Manteo primary
teacher, had been installed in the
new building and was already in
use.
The following nominating COM
mittee was appointed by Mrs. Ray
mond Wescott, president: Mrs.
Kenneth Ward, Mrs. Nevin Wes-
colt and Mrs. R. D. SAWYER.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-13

ROTARIANS throughout Eastern
North Carolina were genuinely
elated upon news of the election
Monday of P. D. Midget, Jr., of
Engelhard to the post of Governor
of the 1S9th Rotary District in N.
c. Mr.. Midget, who is in the cleo
trical power business in Engel-
hard, is a native of Wanchese, for
merly taught school at Hatteras;
is 1922 Duke graduate, generous
civic leader, and for 25 or more
years has been a moving spirit in
Rotary, having been an organizer
of the Engelhard club which spon-
sored his candidacy for the Cover
norship. He has been an active
leader in many civic and religious
causes. His wife is the former Vir-
GINA Britain of Suffolk. He has
four children.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-13
ROADS ARE WATERWAYS
ON HATTERAS ISLAND

The heavy rains of early Febru-
any have frequently covered most
of the new paved highway between
Hatteras village and Oregon In
let, but the water soon drained off,
and at no time was traffic halted.
In Hatteras village, however, it
has been a different story with the
dirt roads through residential
areas. Heavy rains on the week
end made the roads impossible.
Some of the holes in the village
roads had two and three feet of
water.
During early January when the
rains flooded the Hatteras roads it
was necessary to mark the shallow
water with bushes and discarded
Christmas trees so motorists might
avoid drowning their motors.
"a group of Hatteras citizens
met with officials of the highway
commission recently asking for
better maintenance of the village
roads," said Dan Q. Oden, local
merchant. But they made no def
mite promises to do anything but
did indicate that probably by sum-
mer improvements may be made"
Some residents have charged the
highway commission with building
paved roads in less populated
areas of the county in recent
months while densely populated
residential areas of Hatteras were
overlooked. One spokesman charg-
ed that "favoritism" had been
shown in building paved roads in
the vicinity of properties owned
by politicians" on Roanoke Island
during the past year while more
thickly populated communities
such as Hatteras having only diff
ficult sand trails had been over
looked.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-13
MAKE
SPORTSFISHING
RESERVATIONS

Under normal conditions the first
channel bass of the 1858 season
will not be taken with rod and reel
from Dare coastal waters until
around April l, eight weeks from
now, but already anglers are MAX
ing reservations in local and beach
hotels with their arrival date con-
curing with the arrival of the
channel bass.
A survey of hotel and tourist ia
cilities on the week end made by
Dare County Tourist Bureau indi-
Gated that more persons had made
reservations for fishing here dur
ing the mid-Spring run of channel
bass than in the history of the
county.
Channel bass is not the only
fish that is resulting in current
reservations from anglers" said
L L. Swain, chairman of the Tour
list Bureaus board of directors.
Quite number of persons have
ASduSotSu CllSy De LOIllleu WIFI
fresh water fish start biting"
Usually the first fresh water
fish, Qarge mouth bass) are taken
with rod and reel about March Is,
it was stated. Large mouth bass
are taken in the fresh ponds of the
Outer Banks from Duck and Kitty
Hawk to Buxton on Cape Halter
as. Kitty Hawk Bay and Colington
Island bays seem to attract more
fresh water anglers than anywhere
else in the county
Fresh water fishermen also
find the fishing good in the road
side canals and lakes of the Dare
mainland. The waters of the mainA
land have been stocked at regular
intervals by the Wildlife Re-
sources Commission in recent
years.
Channel bass appear simultan-
See ANGLERS, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-13
MORE ACCOMMODATIONS
RISING ON THE BANKS
Tourist Courts and Cafes at Bux-
ton Under Construction; 9th
ers' Being Planned

Tourist courts and cafes contin-
ue to rise on Hatteras Island, so
confident are the people that big
tourist business is on its way. If
the history of National Parks is
repeated, then there will be bi
business in providing food and
lodging for visitors.
George Fuller, enterprising mer-
chant of Buxton, is now construct
ing a cafe to seat rs persons lat
Cape Hatteras. Mr.. Fuller owns
a new cottage court completed last
year.
Walter D. Barnett, well-known
native of Cape Hatteras, retired
Coast Guardsman, and who owns
considerable real estate in Norfolk,
is to erect four cottages to be
known as Orange Blossom Inn.
These will be near the old home Of
his father and mother, the late w.
Loran Barnett. His mother, Mrs.
Ionic Barnett, lives there now.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-13
LEAVE FOR PRE-INDUCTION
EXAMS AT FORT BRAGG

A number of Dare County boys
left this week for pre-ihduction
examinations at Fort Bragg. They
included Stanley Tillett, Mays
Head; Norman Ward, Manteo;
Thomas Cannady, Manteo; Erbe
Gallop, Wanchese; Alton Gard,
Jr., MAINS Harbor; Harrie Willis,
Frisco; Harris Pledger, Manteo;
Lloyd Pendleton, Manteo, and Reg
inald Midget, Manteo. The last
named was volunteer.
Harley Murphy of Kill Devil
Hills was transferred to Wyoming,
Delaware land will be sent from
that selective service office. Dave
Coldiron, who has been living at
Kitty Hawk, was transferred to the
local board from Annapolis, Md.
Failing to report were Raymond
Miller, Buxton; and Julian Mid
gett, Manteo.
The chief reason for failure to
report is attributed by John Fere-
bee, chairman of the local board.
to carelessness about leaving the
proper address with the board. Mr..
Ferebee stresses the Importance of
sending a change of address i'm
medlately upon making such
change.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-13
CARRIES FAME OF
OUTER BANKS TO
GARDEN CLUBS
Stratton Predicts 100000 Ad-
ditional Visitors to Outer
Banks to See, Park

A. C. Stratton, administrator for
The Cape Hatteras Seashore,
spread the praises of the area
Tuesday when he spoke bofere
some 800 women, attending the
South Atlantic Regional Council
of Garden clubs at Pinehurst. In
this large group, were delegates
from II southern states
Stratton predicted 100000 more
visitors will tour the states Outer
Banks annually when the park is
completed. He explained plans for
recreation, including boating and
fishing, and for other activities in
the area, such as botanical studies.
He noted that in the 1905 the
picturesque Outer Banks were on
the verge of being lost because of
erosion damage. However, soil ero-
sion and other conservation meth
DDS have stopped this threat.
1t is now the goal of the Cape
Hatteras project, Stratton contin-
ued, to preserve the Outer Banks
in their natural condition.
When completed the Cape Hat
teras project will be the only ma
tional seashore park in the U. S.
Park System, Stratton said. Plans
for the big project, covering more
than 10000 acres and being devel-
oped at cost of $1,236, 700, include
a museum to relate the story of
the sea and the heroic people who
have inhabited the Banks since the
early colonial days of Virginia
Dare, Stratton reported.
STATIONS address at a luncheon
meeting of the host North Caro-
lima Garden Club, was a highlight
of the opening day. The South At
lantic Region has more than one
third of the national councils
membership.
Mrs. Karl Bickel of Sarasota,
Fla, regional president, reported
that the South Atlantic Regions
junior membership now totals
more than $4,000. She presided
over sessions this afternoon at
which state presidents gave their
annual reports.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-13
HATTERAS MAN, BOATSWAIN,
TAKES AMPHIBIOUS COURSE

Little Creek, Va. (FHTNC)-
Lester B. Balance, boatswain's
nate second class, USN, who is
he son of Mr.. and Mrs. Victor
Balance of Hatteras, was among
he 90 men qualified as assault boat
coXswains in a course conducted
at the Naval Amphibious Base, by
he Atlantic Fleet Amphibious
Force.
The new coXswains will be at
tached to Boat Unit 2, large de-
tachment which provides small
anding craft and crews for am
dubious landings. This unit is nor
mally based at Little Creek, but
AN be embarked aboard landing
ships, attack transports or attack
cargo ships for maneuvers or &C
;ual landings.
In order to qualify as an assault
boat coxswain, candidates must be
able to pilot boats up to % tons
through surf onto beachheads. The
largest landing craft the coxswains
are taught to maneuver can carry
25-ton tanks or 100 combat-equip.
ped foot soldiers.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-13
WANCHESE MAN HAS A
CLOSE CALL AT CANAL

Luther Midget of Wanchese had
close call Saturday night when
his truck shot across the road and
headed for the canal on the south
side of U. S. 1853 near its inter-
section two miles south of Man
teo. All that saved him from going
into deep water was a small pine
tree that stopped the truck. A
passerby extricated him from his
Imprisonment in the truck. Many
accidents have occurred on this
road, including several deaths.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-13
HYDE POWER SYSTEM TO BE
ENERGIZED BY $4,000 VOLT
LINE IN TYRRELL OF VEPCO
PamlicO Power and Light Company Makes
Contract Which Will Assure Consumers i'm
Two Counties of Unlimited Source of Ener-
gy; Line Through Tyrrell to Cost S168,OOO,
and Hyde County Connections 100000

Expenditure of a quarter mil
lion dollars is contemplated soon
which will give Hyde County con-
sumers of the Pamlico Ice q Light
Co. at EngelHard the advantage of
an unlimited supply of power. The
Virginia Electric and Power Com
pany will build $4,000 volt trans
mission line from Columbia to the
Tyrrell County line north of Fair
field at a cost of $168,000. The En-
gelhard Company will spend some
100000 to modernize its lines and
to connect with the Vepco line
south of Kilkenny.
The new source Of energy will
supplant the operation of the six
oil operated motors in Engelhard,
which supply upwards of 1000
KVA to the 1900 customers in
Hyde County, and the Dare Coun-
ty communities of Stumpy Point
and MAINS Harbor.
Company officials said this week
they are hopeful Of putting the
new system into service by mid
summer, which is the peak season.
The move of the Pamlico Power &
Light Co is in line with the grow
ing trend to hook on to super
power lines, where current can be
bought for much less than it may
be generated in the smaller plants.
Usually the rate to an operation OF
like size is one cent and two mills
per XIV. The town of Belhaven has
recently entered into a similar con-
tract with Vepco for 20 years.
Present costs of manufacture in
plants of the type used in the
smaller system run at 2 cents and
up per XIV.
A great advantage of the new
system of electrical distribution is
that customers may be assured of
any needed amount of current. No
industry need fear a shortage Of
power, should it desire to locate in
Hyde County.
The Engelhard plant is the prod
uct of the vision and energy of
P. D. Midget, Jr., who established
the business in 1885 and began OPP
Grafton with seven customers. The
business has grown through the
years from one motor to seven;
the lines have been extended over
most of Hyde County and to Stun
ply Point and to MAINS Harbor in
Dare and now serves 1900 con-
SumerS.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-13
SIX DRAW FINES
FOR DISTURBING
BUXTON SCHOOL
Youths on Rampage Assault
Principal; Plead Guilty
in Dare Court
Six young men ranging in age

Six young men ranging in age
y m II to 81, pleaded guilty in
J orders Court Tuesday to
argos growing out of distur-
bance they created on the school
grounds at Buxton, Cape Hatteras,
last week, and were fined by Judge
Baum. They drew suspended SEN
fences.
The principal, C. E. Word,
brought the charges to which the
sextette pleaded guilty. Evidence
showed that their disorderly con-
duct forced the closing of the
school for the balance of the day.
David Barnette, who was charg-
ed with assaulting Mr.. Word,
when he attempted to get the par
ty off the school premises, and
with being drunk and disorderly
and creating disturbance, was
fined $25 and the costs of court,
and was given a six months roao
sentence, suspended on condition
he keep off the school premises
for the balance of the term.
Ronald Midget, for aiding and
abetting this ARRAY, and for driv-
ing an automobile without proper
license plate, also got a 30-day
suspended sentence and was fined
SIS and costs.
Donnie Gray, for disturbing and
interrupting the school, was fined
So and costs. Joseph Farrow and
Darrell Austin, for aiding and
abetting this disturbance each
were fined SIS and costs.
Larry Farrow, who was charged
with being drunk and disorderly,
was fined SIS and costs and got a
30-day suspended sentence.
Roger Hammond, member of a
Coast Guard crew, was fined $45
and costs and given 30-day sus-
pended sentence for speeding at rs
miles per hour, and having no OPP
orators license.