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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-20

to the store to see if they wanted
anything. Most of the time the car
would keep on going, but by then
he was half way across the yard,
and had to walk all the way back
to the shade of Mr.. Harris's tree.
1t got to be so veXing that Harold
stopped getting up at all, whether
the car stopped or didn't stop.
After awhile he began to notice
strange thing, which proved to
be helpful; for whenever car did
actually stop, big hen would come
cackling from under his filling
station and head for the marsh.
On such occasions a real custo-
mer would be waiting to buy gas
or some lunch, so he figured the
hen must know her business. By
paying attention to the hen, he
didn't have to make any fruitless
trips, and he soon sold out of gas.
After while though he thought of
another plan to keep from having
to go over to the store-very SIM
pie. He forgot to order any more
gas put in the tank. He then put
up a sign: "out of gas"
But he said, one day Bonnie Har-
ris noticed the hen, and he called
out: "Mama, there's your old hen
that stole her nest out under Har-
ODDS house. Give me a crab net
and l will chase her down."
While Mr.. Harris was chasing
the hen, Harold took a notion tc
look under the house where the
hen was used to make her exit
Being somewhat of heavy build, he
got jammed under the stills anC
couldn't move either way. All he
could do was yell for Ben Harris
to come help him get out.
While I was looking under the
house l saw what looked the durn
dest pile of eggs l had ever seen
If l had just had sense enough tc
keep my mouth shut, and get out
the best could, l could have made
500 on them eggs, but before
thought, Ben Harris had come up
and seen the eggs hisself. He was
also too fat to get under the house,
but we sent to Belhaven for Jack
Windley and Thorne Paul, and
they got under the house and dip
ped out the eggs with the crab
net. There were four wash-tub
fuls and another dipnet over which
Bonnie gave to Jack and Thorne
and they took EN- back to Belhav-
en-. Ben Harris cooped up the old
hen and set her on the eggs and
raised 437 strong chicks from the
lot. If fox hadn't got into EN-,
don't know how many more he
would have raised.
eff you can't believe me and
Bonnie Harris" he said, 81 will
give you the names of two preach
ers you can go ask about it." But
nobody raised any further ques-
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-20
RECOMMENDED MIXTURE
TO CONTROL CATTLE GRUBS

Columbia.-A dust mixture, con-
tanning one part of 5 per cent rot
onone to one part of wettable sui
phur will control OK MARBLE or cat
tie grubs, according to H. H. Har-
ris, farm agent.
He urged that the cattle be
checked by running the hand over
the middle of the animals back
to determine if there are any rails
ed places in the hide. The insect
causes loss of weight, and increase
of appetite for the animal.
After the two materials are
mixed, use a shaker to dust it on
the animals back, and rub it in the
hair by hand. Two or three treat
ments are necessary to kill all the
grubs in an animal. Monthly appli-
cations should be made until the
grub completely disappears.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-20
COLUMBIA All CLUB MEET

The Columbia All Club met
Tuesday morning in the room of
Miss Jessie Flythe at the Column
bia school.
Miss Betty Jane Rhodes presid-
ed. Miss Yvonne Brickhouse led
the devotional which consisted of
the Lords Prayer in unisoon and
the singing of America the Beau
tiful." Survey sheets were distrib-
uted and filled in. Project books
were also distributed, and Mrs.
Mary Ann Combs gave a talk on
Projects" and explanation of how
the project books should be filled
in upon completion of each prof.
ect.
The Columbia High School Al
Club met Thursday at IL o'clock
in the high school library. Miss
Stella Rhodes presided. Devotional
and the Pledge to the American
and All Flags was led by Miss
Annette Spencer.
Mrs. Mary Ann Combs, home
agent, led the discussion about the
All short course and the All cleo
trio congress. Survey blanks We're
filled out, and project books were
distributed.
The Willing Workers All Club
composed of fifth grade girls of
the Columbia High School held
their monthly meeting in the school
library, Monday morning. Miss
Joan Rhodes led the devotional.
A poem was read by Miss Gladys
Hassell. A duet Crock of My
Soul" was sung by Misses Rosalie
Mizzelle and Janet Copeland.
Survey sheets were filled out and
project books were distributed.
Mrs. Mary Ann Combs outlined
the projects for the year, and gave
explanation of how to fill in prof.
ect books.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-20
ROAD PAVING FOR
COLUMBIA VICINITY

Columbia.-The North Carolina
State Highway Commission will
open bids on Feb. oath, and will
review said bids on February 9th
according to the Feb. 18th issue
of the News and Observer. Among
these bids are two which are of
special interest to these eastern
counties, and which have been on
the agenda of the Southern Abe
marie Association, and for which
they have worked necessarily. The
first and second bids as listed were
as follows:
"Tyrrell-6.3O5 miles of paving
from end of pavement on old us.
Cd, approximately 81 miles north
east of Columbia, east to Fort
Landing"
washington: 5.71 miles of paw
ing from cross roads near Lake
Phelps, north to mail route, then
west to West Canal Road, thence
north to paved road near Cherry"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-20

crab lowed him under water one
day. 1t was Louis Dillon's pet crab
that had been in the family for 80
years and which used to pull a
cart for him and J. H. Mercer
when they were boys in Pamlicg
County The crab which weighed
IS pounds, used to get mighty
restless living in Belhaven. Sc
Louis used to let him out in the
creek about once a week. Harold's
dog came along and speared the
crab, which made bolt for deep
water, and carried off the dog be-
fore help could arrive. Harold
White has made two trips to Ho-
bucken to look for the crab and
the dog but never quite reaches
the spot where they were last
seen.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-20
COLUMBIA PLAYS PLYMOUTH

The Columbia High School bas-
ketball teams met in double
header with Plymouth at the Co.
lumbia High School auditorium on
February Is at 1880 pm.
The Columbia girls topped Plym-
outh with score of 43-39. High
scorer for Columbia was Carolyn
Swain, with "a points. Next high
was Pat Everton with IS. High
scorer for the Plymouth girls was
Maxine Baynor, q points; Barbara
McNair, 8 points.
The Columbia boys lost to Plym-
outh with a score of 1888. High
scorers for Columbia were Derl
Owens and David Swindell with
points each, Jack Combs next with
5 points.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-20
STEWART M. COHOON, 70
BURIED SUNDAY AFTERNOON

Funeral services for Stewart M.
Cohoon, age 70, who died at the
Columbia Hospital on Thursday af-
ternoon, Feb. IL at 5 o'clock, were
held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at
the Wesley Memorial Chapel at
Fort Landing, with Rev. Earl
Meekins officiating. Pallbearers
were Harvey Davis, Edward Davis,
T. D. Brickhouse, w. A. Hollis,
w. A. Howett, and ]. A. Basnight.
Floral tributes were many and
lovely. Interment was in the church
cemetery.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. FL
la Meekins Cohoon, S. Dalton Co.
hoon, and Raymond M. Cohoon, all
of Columbia, Route 2; seven grand
children, and nine great grand
children.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-20
JUNIOR C OF C TO HELP
SPONSOR FAT-STOCK SHOW

At the semi-monthly meeting of
the Columbia Junior Chamber OF
Commerce held at Carley's Cafe
Friday night, motion was made and
passed to co-sponsor the annual
fat-stock show this year, which is
to be held in May, and to donate
$25 toward the event. Paul Liver
man, chmn. of the committee to
appear before the county commits
sioners, asking for permission for
the Juniors to plant a tree on the
courthouse lawn, and to be used
at Christmas as a Christmas tree
reported the permission had been
granted.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-20
ILEECHVILLE MAN
IN EW PRESIDENT
lBELHAVEN L. CLUB
Harold White Wins by 6o-4o
Vote Against Heber
Wilkinson
By THORNE PAUL. Secretary

~ n ~ ~
At the annual meeting last week
of the Belhaven Liars Club Har-
old White of Leechville, Pioneer,
New Lake and Belhaven, was ele-
waited to post of President by a
60-40 vote over Heber Wilkinson,
the former president. Winning the
place was predicated on who could
tell the biggest lie, and Harold
topped all of them. Harold has
designated Dick Smith his first ex-
ecutive assistant and Romulus
Sanderson, second.
Some of the members wanted to
give the place to a Swan Quarter
man, but Elmo Swindell's yarn
about the wet year in the cotton
patch didn't make the grade.
Heber Wilkinson said one year
his daddy killed hogs during a wet
season, and planted the tails in a
row; that the soil was so rich be-
fore spring he harvested $50 pigs
from the sprouted tails.
| Jesse Taylor, in whose Texaco
station the meetings are held, and
who was one of the judges, ruled
that one out. Heber came back
with another. He said one rainy
day it started freezing so fast that
when the bull frogs leaped off the
ditch-bank, they got froze solid in
the ice before they could get I'M
derwater. Only their hind legs
were sticking out and he said his
daddy went out with scythe and
moved off the legs and cooked 'em,
having enough for all the neigh
bors.
George Nixon of Haslin was a
strong contender. He said there
was nothing to the logging yarns
these boys tell. He said when he
was logging in California, he and
his crew cut for two weeks through
one side of a tree before they got
half way through it. Upon going
around the other side to take a
look, they discovered for the first
time that another crew had come
up and were cutting the tree down
too and also were half through it.
Bill Hackett offered some stor-
les about his life in South Ameri-
ca, where the snakes swallow a
whole deer except for getting the
| head down, and then have to climb
a tree to hang the horns in a fork
so they can break the neck loose
He had seen it himself.
The crowd that supported Will
kinson says that White isn't en-
titled to it, because he didn't get
up the story himself, but Romu-
lus Saunderson is due the credit
for same. Whites story goes like
this:
Last year Mrs. White went to
Belhaven to work every day and
left Harold to run the store and
filling station where they live at
PIONEER. This was pretty hard on
Harold, because he spent most of
the time in q chair in Bonnie Har-
ris' back yard, talking to Bonnie.
Just when he would get good and
interested in what he was telling,
somebody's car would slow up
abreast of Mt. Olive church, and
Harold would have to start over
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-20
COLUMBIA PERSONALS

D. A. Simmons, Johnny Everett,
Braxton Voliva, Roy Smith, Frank
lin Selby and Caswell Woodley left
Friday to attend the American Lee
gion Post Officers Convention held
in Greensboro.
Mrs. w. S. Caravan attended
the Post Officers Convention of
Legion Auxiliary in Greensboro.
Sam S. Woodley is able to be
up after a siege of influenza.
Mrs. w. A. VERIFY spent Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday in
Norfolk.
The following persons attended
the Rotary Convention in Eliza
beth City: Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
McClees, Mr.. and Mrs. Borden Nc
Clees, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. McClees,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hardison, Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Liverman, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. M. Bridgeman, H. H. Har-
ris, w. ]. White, W. A. Williams
and Shelton Ludford.
Mrs. ]. R. Randolph, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. H. Ambrose, Jr., H. H.
Ambrose, Sr., of Elizabeth City
spent Wednesday visiting Miss
Sara L. Taft.
Pfc. Hugh Thomas Davenport,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. (Jack)
Davenport of the U. S. Marine,
who has completed his boot train
ing at Paris Island, S. c., is
spending ten days at home prior
to reporting to Camp Lejeune.
Mrs. Morris Vanhorn, Columbia
High School teacher, is ill with
influenza. Mrs. C. P. Mitchell, Jr.
is teaching during her absence.
Mrs. Ben Spruill of Virginia
Beach, Va, is visiting Mrs. S. C.
Chaplin.
Mrs. James Kitchener and chill
dren, James, Jr. and Mary Ann
of Concord are visiting Mrs. Mitch
ener's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
S. Woodley.
The Columbia Methodist Sunday
School each Sunday, in order to
train it's youth for leadership, has
one of it's classes take charge of
the worship service. Sunday, Feb.
Is was the day for the class of
Mrs. Slade Spruill. ]. E. Roughton,
one of its members, very able con-
Quoted the service.
Shelton Ludford is ill at his
home with influenza.
Rev. w. E. Pope left Saturday
for Salemburg where he attended
the funeral of his uncle, C. T.
Pope, who was killed on the high
way Friday afternoon, Feb. 10.
Airman Apprentice Bill Harris
stationed at cambridge, Md, is
spending his furlough with his
aunt, Mrs. w. V. Reynolds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Iredell Hassell anc
daughters of Norfolk spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. R.
Hassell.
Miss Amanda Reynolds, student
at E.C.C., Greenville, spent the
week end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry L. Reynolds.
]. w. Hamilton, Jr., is very i'll
at the holumbia Hospital.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-20
]. E. ROUGHTON HONORED
ON HIS 18th BIRTHDAY

]. E. Roughton, age Is, was
honored at a birthday party, by
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Odell
Roughton, of Columbia on Fri
day, Feb. IS. Those present were:
Thyra Howett, Annette Jones,
Gail Cohoon, Yvonne Brickhouse,
Virginia Davenport, Jane Cohoon,
Grace Cohoon, Gene Rhodes, John
ME Davenport, Alfred Davenport,
Bobby Primer, and C. ]. Liverman,
Jr. Several games were played.
Refreshments consisted of cakes,
ice cream and iced drinks. Many
useful gifts were received by the
honoree.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-20
SCOUTERS ROUNDTABLE

Columbia's representatives who
attended the Wasmarty district
meeting of the Scouter's Roundta-
Bile at Williamson were: District
Commissioner D. M. Sawyer, Paul
Liverman, Tex Lindsey, and R. L.
Mitchell. The new field executive,
Jerry Ashwell, was present and
was recognized. He made a few
helpful suggestions. The next
meeting will be held in GAINESVILLE,
on the 3rd Monday night at
o'clock.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-20
CLUB HEARS STUDENTS

Special music was rendered by
the high school students of the
Tyrrell high school, to the Rotary
Club at its meeting in the Metho-
dist annex Tuesday night.
A trio consisting of Virgie Bas-
night, Myrtle Owens, and Mary
Ellen Swain sang "Swing Low"
"Malinda Lou" and "Lord l Have
Tried" The MIA group sang "My
Buddy" "Annie Laurie" believe
Me-" and "Bye and Bye" accord
ing to Julian H. Swain who was
in charge of the program.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-20
THINKING

If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win but think you can't,
It's almost cinch you won't.
If you think you're lost you're lost,
For out of the world we find
Success begins with fellows will
It's all in the state of mind.
If you think you're outclassed you are;
You've got to think high to rise;
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win prize.
Life's battle don't always go
To stronger faster man;
But soon or late the man who wins,
Is the who thinks he can.
Walter D. Wintl
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-20
MISSION STUDY CLASSES END

Mission Study Glasses have re-
Gently been held in Columbia in the
annex of the Wesley Memorial
Church, on the subject of african
Heritage" and one on the subject
AFRICAN Safari." Miss Jessie
Flythe was in charge of the study.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-20

The more than 202 million
life insurance policies now out
standing in the United States
are held by an estimated SO mil
lion men, women and children.
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tions.
Members of the club include
Lewis Dillon, Frank Noble, Jack
Windley, Elmo Swindell, Jesse
Taylor, Thorn Paul, Romulus
Saunderson, George Nixon, Bill
Hackett, ]. P. Harrison, H. L. and
Marion Dilday, Jack Riddick,
Shorty Willis is the long distance
member. He doesn't have time to
leave his store across the street,
but delivers his contributions via
megaphohe. He is a one way men,
Der. Tells stories but never hears
any. He wouldn't believe 'em any,
way.
NOTE: Thorn Paul, Secretary of
the Club, who wrote the above
piece for our readers, is the man
who once welded a spear on the
tail of Harold Whites pointer dog.
The dog would point soft-crabs
without harm, and await for the
owner to come to pick them up;
but he would stab hard crabs and
bull frogs right along. Unfortu-
nately the dog was supposedly
drowned when a big blue-channel
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-10

that way because people depended
on firepIaces for warmth. Small
rooms were easier TO heat.
To-day we have central heating
and the necessity for a lot of little
rooms is past.
"The truly modern house is the
one which fits the needs of the
family, makes living easier and
pleasanter and avoids waste space.
1t needn't have a flat roof or a
bizaar appearance, 1t can look any
way you want it, to look. But it
should have a flexible floor plan,
it should take advantage of all
the modern materials and appli-
ances, and it should fill the needs
OF each member Of the family
which occupies il"
Stones latest design idea, incor-
porated in several houses now un-
der construction in Connecticut
and Long Island, has rooms open
ing on central patio covered by
a clear plastic roof and centrally
heated. This gives a summer and
winter living area that has all the
advantages and meme of the dis
advantages of the outdoors.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-10

about-face on its no-TV policy.
Robert Taylor recently guested on
the show, together with film clips
from his "Above and Beyond" The
show has also presented scenes
from battle Circus" And Debbie
Reynolds appeared with II Love
Melvin" There are plans for other
such appearances.
MGM has signed the two top
TV stars, Lucille Bah and Desi
Arnaz, to make q film this sum-
mer. And it has permitted 4 con-
tract player, Barry Sullivan, to try
out for Q TV film series off the lot.
Paramount has noticeably relax
ed its rules against TV in recent
weeks. Players are permitted to
appear on the homo scteens for
exploitation purposes. Among its
top stars, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby,
Martin and Lewis and Rosemary
Clooney already have the right to
do TV.
RKO players are allowed to plug
movies on ~ out Of town, but not
yet in Hollywood. There is no
change in the stand-fast attitude
at Warmers, but a new policy is
rumored.
Columbia is the only big studio
making films for ~. Its subSidi-
airy, Screen Gems, turns out half
hour shows for Ford Theater and
Cavalcade Of America. The pro.
jects repeatedly do not show a
profit, but win do 50 when the
films are re-run. Columbia win let
its stars make occasional appear
ances to exploit films.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-10

Would Ike to remind World War
II veterans (and survivors, that
April . Is the deadline for filing
claims with the War Claims Com.
mission ($1.50 per day is being
paid under ! law passed last year
for veterans who were prisoners Of
the enemy and we're subjected 10
inhumane treatment or forced la
bor). We bSttled all last week to
obtain releases for Florida shrimp
ers and shrimpboAts seized by
Mexico.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-10
Desire For
Modern Homes
Is Increasing
ny DOROTHY ROE
AP Woinen's Editor

Soon everybody viii want a mod
ern house, says Edward Stone,
architect pioneer in the field.
This doesn't mean that all hous-
es win have HAT roofs, all-glass
walls or trees in the living room.
II does mean that the house Of to-
day and the future viii be planned
for the problems Of modern living.
Stone, who has designed such
spectacular buildings as FL Pan
ANA Hotel In Panama City, Radio
City Music Hall and other exam
pies of the modern school, says the
one thing which has sold modern
houses to the U. S. housewife is
practicality.
Women have found that life Is
more fun when you can talk to
your guestf while preparing din
ner in kitchen that isn't shut
off from the rest Of the house,
and that homework is easier in
broad open spaces instead of small
cluttered rooms. Says Stone:
THE open floor plan is the dis
tinguishing feature Of the modern
house. Usually living room and
dining room are combined in one
general living area, and often the
kitchen also is q part Of it. Nom
in the kitchen can enter the gener-
al conservation instead Of being
isolated In q cubicle.
sAs customs change, houses
should change. The colonial house,
with its chimney in the middle and
its small, bo$y rooms, was built
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-10

agnosis by newspaper photographs
and descriptions would be limited.
The successor to Generalissirno
Joseph Stain has been described
as being So years old, 5 #. 2 ms.
tai and weighing zJ0 pounds, with
a pudgy, sallow and unsmiling
face.
HE doesn't look unlike people
with Cushing's disease" said DR..
William Scott. ut is disease Of
the adrenal glands and results in
high blood pressure and obesity.
IA cardiac goes along with it. He
Is liable to blow d fuse under pres
sure.
Other comments:
DR.. Amos Christie, president Of
the Middle Tennessee Heart As
sociation--I thought be might have
glandular disturbance. Things go
through your MIND like that when
you see picture.
DR.. J. HarviIl Hite--Life insur-
ance statistics Indicate men with
too much weight do not have =
life expectancy as great as peo-
pie with average weight. He may
be q cardiac.
DR.. Clinton E. Brush That vod-
ka stimulates appetite. Malenkov Is
very definitely overweight. They
very definitely tend to have car
diac (heart condition).
DR.. Pierce M. Ross--Life expec-
fancy in a man that much over
weight in his sos is cut 10 per
cent.
DR.. ]. Allen Kennedy--Heart di-
Sease does occur more often in peo-
pie who are overweight.