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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-01-16

Clarence and Jacob of Springfield;
five sisters, Mrs. Mabel Lamb,
Mrs. Estella Stumbaugh and Mrs.
Mary Lamb, all of London, Mrs.
Ethel Goodyear of Plain City and
Mrs. Ada Sherlock of Urbana.
Funeral services at the Lukens
Funeral Home at two o'clock Sat-
urday, win be in charge of the
Reverend Robert Versteeg, pastor
of the Summerford Methodist
Church. Interment in Lafayette
Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Lukens
l, Funeral Home.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-01-16
Motor Vehicle
Registrar Quits
P. {. Mcdaniel
Appointed To Fill
Vacancy Here

P. E. Mcdaniel, local auto deal
er, has been appointed Deputy
Registrar of Motor Vehicles here.
McDaniels replaces Mrs. James
Murtaugh, who resigned. Mrs
Murtaugh said that she resigned
because she was unable to do JUS
tice to the job due to the press of
regular business.
License plates may be purchased
henceforth at the P. f. Mcdaniel
Company on East High Street
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-01-16
JOHNSONS HAVE
NEW DAUGHTER

Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Johnson,
West jefferson, announce the birth
of a daughter Tuesday at Mt Car
mel Hospital.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-01-16
MRS. JOE McWHlRT
IN HOSPITAL

Mrs. Joe McWhirt, Summerford,
has entered Mt. Carmel Hospital,
for a major operation. Her room
number is 937.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-01-16
i OUR
"a Town
DEATH

DEATH
Think of this! The first
American was killed in the
Battle of Lexington in ITS
-. /. the first automobile death
occurred in New York in 1900.
The 1,00O,000th American
was killed in Korea sometime
in December, 1851 the
1,000,000th auto fatality hap
pened in December, 1851.
Automobiles have killed as
many Americans in 81 years
as all of our wars did in 176
years!
Wars kill an average of s.
682 Americans per year-au-
tomobiles have averaged 20,-
600 per year SO far. But-last
year 100 persons per day lost
their lives in auto accidents.
This is more than $4,000! Your
son has a better chance of
surviving a war than he has
by using the family car!
sNUGG
Old Haywood Snugg, the
Watchdog of Warmers Cor
ners, says that the worst mis-
take he ever made was telling
his best girl, Mabel, about his
rich uncle. Says Haywood,
"Why don't you come over and
meet Aunt Mabel sometime 2"
WELL?
We hope the day never
comes when bathing beaches
become as crowded as the
suits!
REPORT
A newspaper reporter was
sent out by his boss to inter-
view people concerning mod
ern day women. The first fell
low he saw was an old geezer
1O7 years old. When queried,
the old boy said, Cant help
you much, tyoung feller-quit
thinkin' about women two
years ago."
DAFFYNITioN
Corrected Vision seeing
eye to eye with the little
woman!
OBSERVATION
The thing we could never
understand about doing wrong
is that it starts out to be so
much fun.
EXERCISE
If you think you never get
any exercise, just count up
how many nights you've been
out running.
HUMNN!
The manager berated the
porter about being late, Don't
you know that you'll never
amount to anything if you
don't get up early?"
To which the porter, one
Rastus Jones, replied, "Wa-al,
ah doan rightly know but ah
notices dat dem dat gets up
early, goes to dem dat gets up
late to git paid!"
CLEEN TEEVEE
Drunk staggered into
launderette and lurched into
chair. After watching an auto
matte washer for a long min
ute through the little window,
he got up and lurched toward
the door. Whirling he said,
"Thash the worst televishion
shet | ever shawl"
WISE WORDS
Character is a greater thing
than skill A man With CHAR
acter can acquire skill. but a
man without character will
never be a useful being no
matter how great his skill s.
VERSE
It's easy to tell when youth
is spent your get up and
go has got up and went. But
still you're able to smile and
grin-when you think what a
lot of fun it's been!
YoRE
Remember when a man did
his own withholding on his
take home pay?
LAST WORD
The very best thing to save
for your old age is . YOU!
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-01-16
Finger Prints
Turn Up Wanted
Illinois Fugitive

Chauncey Moore, was released
last Thursday to the sheriff of
Kane County, Illinois, by Madison
County authorities on a charge of
auto theft, burglary and larceny.
Arrested by Patrolman r. +.
Brandon on a charge of driving
while intoxicated, he was finger
printed by deputies in Sheriff Har-
old r. Bidwell's office and found
to be wanted by the Illinois auth
critics.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-01-16
DAUGHTER BORN

Mr.. and Mrs. John Adelsberger.
London, announce the birth of a
daughter, Monday at Mt. Carmel
Hospital.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-03
HER WORK HAS ENDED.

Aunt Kate Hayman has ended her long life of service
to family and her friends Her last days spent in
suffering despite the kind and thoughtful attention given
loved and neghbors who appreciated her
full life She up through times that not good
these and she bravey faced lfes tolls and troubles
side by side through the years loyal companion
for Capt. John.
When we think about the loyalty and devotion to duty
these old people, wonder that may the like of
them again. Of there will be- but deeply is her
example craven that her loss weighs all the
her children may find just pride. She of the first
members of the Home Clubs in Dare County and Loyalty
attended through the years. inspiring the courage and eff
forts of others by faithful attendance and interest At
the of her death she the oldest member of the
Manteo club.
Though material rewards throughout her life few,
she received many manifestations of the love and esteem in
which she held by her neghbors and her friends Her
long life of than 80 years filed with many
pies of courage and thoughuness of hepuness for 9TH
to leave fine heritage for her loved Everyone
who knew her her passing and all hope that time will
heal the hurt and soohe the of good and noble
woman's passing from midst
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-03
Needs Patching
OcRAcOKE PERSONALS

Ocracoke.-George Simpson was
taken by helicopter to the Marine
Hospital at Norfolk on Saturday,
following the arrival here OF his
son, John Marvin Simpson and
family of Norfolk, who had been
notified of his fathers serious i'll
ness. Mr.. and Mrs. John Marvin
Simpson returned to Norfolk late
Saturday afternoon via Hatteras.
Malby Bragg, son of Mrs. Laura
Bragg, left Monday for a check-up
at the Marine Hospital at Tanntr's
Creek.
Mrs. Hazel Beasley, daughter of
Mrs. Joe Burrus, returned to her
home at Portsmouth, Va, last
week, accompanied by her sister,
Mrs. Sybil Simpson.
Several members of the Masonic
Order from here attended a meet
ing last Thursday at Avon. They
were Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Boos, Mr..
and Mrs. Monford Garrish, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clyde Farrow, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Wahab.
Miss Fannie Pearl Fulcher of
Raleigh is expected home for the
Easter holidays.
Miss Mary Byrum plans to oc-
cupy her cottage here for Easter
week end.
Mrs. Helen Barksdale, Miss Su-
san Barksdale, Miss Beverly Banks
dale Chan Barksdale, and friends
of the family arrived on Wednes-
day for several days here at the
Barksdale cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Rond-
thaler are expecting friends from
Winston Salem on Thursday and
Friday of this week, who will spend
the Easter week end at Wahab
Village Hotel. They are Mr.. and
Mrs. A. G. Allen and children and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold McKeithen
and children.
Miss Kathleen Bragg and her
mother, Mrs. Laura Bragg, are
planning to spend the next week
end in Beaufort.
The community square dance,
sponsored last Friday night by the
P.T.A. at the school recreation hall,
proved a happy event for the
young people.
On Slnday night of this week,
there will be special Easter sea-
son program at the Assembly of
God, with Rotations and songs by
the choir and Sunday School, I'M
der the leadership of Mrs. Ernest
Powlesland and Mrs. Mildred
| O'Neal.
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TILlETT
Continued from Page One)

wreck of an old schooner. He re-
calls that the mates wife was the
first person brought ashore. She
had been injured, though able to
walk.
The other was the wreck of a
trawler and he participated in the
rescue of the crew, who had chung
to the rigging through the night.
Actually, there were two trawlers
in trouble, but they lost commu-
nication, though one was able to
communicate with the Coast Guard
station. That one fought its way
through the storm to reach shore
safely, but the Coast Guard found
the other on it's side, submerged
except for little of the rail, part
of the cabin and the rigging.
"That was a bunch of happy
men when they saw the Coast
Guard coming" Chief Tillett re-
called.
A native of Kitty Hawk, Chief
Tillett has come back to Kill Devil
Hills, where he has a home, just
north of Cavalier court. He also
has a rental cottage there and may
build another. Although his plans
are still in the making, Chief Til
lett says he will be busy but will
reserve time to go fishing whenev-
er he likes.
He is married to the former Fora
E. Parker of Kitty Hawk. They
have two children: Ava Jeanette,
Il, and Sherryl Ann, 1.
Last week, few days before he
got his release papers from the
fifth Coast Guard district at Nor
folk, the Coast Guardsmen of the
Virginia Beach group honored him
at a dinner at the Kill Devil Hills
station, and presented him with an
electric sander. Commander C. S.
White of the fifth district was on
hand for the occasion, as were B.
w. Wroton, commander of the Vir-
ginia Beach group, Arthur Scar
borough of the electrical shop at
Virginia Beach, Chief B s.. O'Neal
and Nevin Wescott, officers in
charge of the Kill Devil Hills and
Mays Head stations.
When speakers had praised his
work and told him how much he
would be missed in the Coast Guard.
Chief Tillett declared the occasion
seemed as sad as funeral to him,
when he thought of leaving the
service and the men he has known
in the % years since that day he
made his connection with the
Coast Guard official by enlisting.
At any rate, there's still a Til
lett in the Coast Guard, for a
younger brother of Chief Avery
Tillett, Clay Tillett, wears the uni
form. He recently was transferred
to the Mays Head station.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-03
VETERAN NURSE
MAKES OCRACOKE
ADOPTED HOME
1t. Comm. Page Has Seen
Much of the World; Pre-
fers Home State
(From ocracoke School News)

(From Ocracoke School News)
Ocracoke appeals to many peo-
pie. Any native Ocracokers will
tell you it's the "best place on
earth. To many it is an adopted
home.
Miss Martha Page came here in
the summer of 1852 and liked it
so we'll that she decided to stay
on through the winter months. Ac-
cordingly she rented one of the
Wahab cottages, and, except for
brief trip to Florida and a long
Christmas visit with her sister in
Texas, she has been here at Ocra-
coke all winter long.
Miss Page is far more than
mere miss; she is Lieutenant
Commander NCUSN Page. There
are few places on the face of the
globe that she has not visited or
worked. During World War II she
served in many places.
Miss Page is native of North
Carolina, born at Burlington, but a
resident of Greensboro for many
years. She trained for nursing at
the Woman's Hospital in Philadel-
phia and made special study of
anesthesia at John Hopkins in Bal
timore. She joined the Navy Nurse
Corps in 1927 and served at Phil
adelphia, New York, and Anna
polls. She was on transport duty
to the West Indies aboard the USS
"Kittery" (which was the captur-
ed "Deutschland"). She also serv-
ed in San Diego, California, and
served on hospital ship to Sa-
moa.
Miss Page says that war is not
all fighting and not all nurses;
there were interesting events of
social nature. She recalls the trips
taken from Samoa, the visit to
and the dances and teas at the
Government House, which was for
merly the home of the writer Ro-
bert Louis Stevenson. Miss Pages
duty took her to the Fiji Islands,
the New Hebrides, and to New Zea-
land, and to Guadalcanal, where
she was chief nurse at the Navy
base hospital.
In the US. she saw service at
Bremerton, Wash, Corpus Christi,
Portsmouth, Va, and at the New
River Hospital of Camp Lejeune.
Here she organized the hospital
school for WAVES and a Nursing
Department.
In 1850 she retired from active
duty to take care of her mother,
who was very i'll in Greensboro. In
the summer of 1852 she discover
ed" Ocracoke and it has been her
home since then.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-03
MORE LIGHT SHED ON
SHERIFF CONTROVERSY
Sheriff CohoOn of Tyrrell Insists
His Position Not Made
Clear in Articles

Sheriff B. Ray Cohoon of Tyr
rell County this week again calls
our attention to his contention that
certain newspaper articles recent
ly carried by US do not represent
clearly the position in which he
was placed by legislation effect
ing his office.
This newspaper has no intention
of taking part editorially in any
of the politics of Tyrrell County,
and being willing to let anyone
state his position when he thinks
he is misrepresented, prints here
with excerpts from his letter which
is the last thing we are going to
print about this contention.
Referring to last weeks paper,
he says:
"The article states at the time
H.B. 1877 became effective the
Sheriff of Tyrrell County was re-
ceiving $15O0.00 annually. This,
of course, is incorrect. H.B. 292
effective January LIST, 1945 pass
ed by the late C. Earl Cohoon, with
the approval and the recommenda-
ton of the Tyrrell County Board
of Commissioners placed the Tyr
rell County sheriff on a $4,000,
salary annually. The sheriff was
satisfied with this bill at the time.
THE bill which the sheriff con-
sidered discriminating known as
H.B. 1877 passed in 1915 effective
September of 1916 placed the sher-
if of Tyrrell County on a per-
cent commission basis. Eliminat-
ing the land sales fees, supplies
for the sheriff's office, bearing all
other expenses by the sheriff that
is required to carry on and operate
as sheriff and tax collector, as we'll
as being required to pay the sher-
ifs bond premiums. The Levy
during this period was approx
mately fifty thousand dollars and
had the sheriff been required by
the Board of Commissioners to
have complied with the intent of
the bill, the salary would have
been reduced to approximately
$1250.00 annually.
"1n 1947 the newly elected rep
resentative The Hon. T. w. Shall
lington, a Republican endeavored
to repeal this bill and place the
sheriff on salary comparable to
the other major offices in Tyrrell
County"
This bill was fought and defeat
ed he says, because many of the
most prominent Democratic lead
ers of Tyrrell went to Raleigh and
mustered influence necessary to
keep it from reaching the floor of
the house. The sheriff considers
that what he calls the discriminat-
ing bill, No. 1877, was in large mea-
sure responsible for the election
of Mr.. Shallington, the Republican
candidate.
We now hope everyone is salts
fled and will forget the matter.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-03
BUXTON PERSONALS

Mrs. Martha Barnett has return
ed from Norfolk where she has
been spending some time with her
children. She was accompanied by
her granddaughter, Opal Anderson,
who has entered school here for the
rest of the school term.
Tom Evans and family of Nor
folk spent the week end here.
Mrs. Cora Lee Casey and daugh-
ter Mrs. Edna Gray and Linda
Midget made a trip to Norfolk to
visit her son, Lionel Casey who
suffered a heart attack several
days ago, and is slightly improved.
Mrs. Laura Hooper and Gene
Holden made a business trip to
Elizabeth City Tuesday.
Mrs. Celia Barnett has returned
home from Baltimore after a visit
with her daughter and son-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Koski.
Mrs. Gladys Dickerson is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Ellanova
Williams in Elizabeth City and
Mrs. George Davenport in Nor
folk.
Mrs. Pearl Midget was sent as
delegate from the Buxton
W.S.C.S., Methodist Church to
Rocky Mount to attend the North
Carolina Conference Woman's So
ciety of Christian Service. Mrs.
Midget is the first delegate the
Buxton W.S.C.S. has sent to this
conference.
Miss Agnes Fulcher of Mary
Wood Seminary in Scranton, Pa,
is spending the Easter holidays
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hayes Fulcher.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. B. Daley are
visiting their children in Raleigh.
Preston Dudley, U.S.C.G., who
was badly burned in an explosion
on a Coast Guard boat and spent
some time in a Washington hospi-
CaI, is nome on SICK leave.
Mrs. Loretta O'Neal and children
are in Avon visiting her in-laws,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Oliver O'Neal.
Ward Barnett, U.S.C.G., station
ed in Norfolk, spent the week end
here at his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Turner and
Mrs. Farley Miller have returned
from Washington, D. c., and Bal
timore where they visited their son,
j. S. Turner, Jr., and family.
Mrs. L. L. Gibbs, conference sec.
Of literature and publication has
returned home after attending the
Woman's Conference in Rocky
Mount and her work as librarian in
Columbia.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-03
G AR ALI G
- A L L E -
ODD PLANT
SARAH F. HALLIBURTON


Moses in the Bulrushes is one OF
the most unusual plants this scribe
has seen in many day. Mrs. Sar-
all Smith of Kitty Hawk has one
potted. 1t has long, droopy, dark
green leaves, about an inch wide.
The blossom, which gives the plant
its name, appears at the end OF a
stiff stalk, where cradle" per-
haps an inch long grows. In this
cradle is a flower cluster, but only
one of the tiny white, starlike bios
SONS opens in any one day.
Mrs. Smith also has Christmas
cactus in bloom, here in the spring
of the year. Last year it blossom
ed early in February. The bright
red blooms are at the ends of the
segmented foliage. AS a sort of
freak, one of these "leaves" grew
twin flowers, which seldom hap
pens.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-03
SPECIAL EASTER SERVICES

Ocracoke.-The choir of Ocra-
coke Methodist Church, under the
direction of Mrs. w. Y. Stewart,
with Mrs. Ruby Garrish, organist,
will present special Easter serv-
ice on Sunday night, April 9Th, at
the evening service. Soloists for
the program are Mrs. Miriam Belle
Hoggard, Mrs. Eliza Wahab, Mrs.
Iva Stewart, Calvin O'Neal, Jr.,
Benjamin Spencer, and Harvey
Wahab.
The program consists of a pre-
Jude, professional, and offertory
song by the choir, prayer by the
pastor, Rev. w. Y. Stewart, and a
number of special numbers by the
choir and mems chorus and wo-
mems chorus, in a cantata entitled
"Victory Divine, and several solos
and duets.
The service will be at 7:30
o'clock. The public is cordially in
vited.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-03
BRIDGE BILL OVER ONE HURDLE.

may issue bonds and build toll bridge waters more
than mile in width this week got the approval of the
House Finance Committee in the Legislature In Raleigh
While the thought of tolls on bridges and highways
has always been reprehensbe to us true North Caroans
and more so only the east who have to be
subjected to discrimination of this kind it is proper that
the state should be the only one privileged to build to
bridges or roads, BY stretch of the Imagination IN this
modern age private interests be justified holding this
privilege the peoples heads.
that bridges can be built Alligator River and Croatan
Sound doesn't that they will be built by the state
There many things that get the way There are pow
erfu and weghty influences constantly prevail the
authorities for delay We may wait long time before we
see the first ping driven.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-03
HAS EN- FOOLED

Oh, yes, it's a mans world, all
right. In hotel dining room the
other day, this observer noticed FIVE
women, obviously representing
three generations, come in with an
elderly man. His wife chose a table
not far from the door, but he pre-
ferred one at the other end of the
room. The whole party got up and
went to the other end of the room.
The five females, presumably his
wife, daughter and three grand
daughters, deferred to his every
wish. His wife even told the wait
tress just how he liked his rice
prepared. He carried on a mono
logue, with breathin gspaces in
which his five adoring girls ex-
pressed eager interest. Maybe he
wasn't anyone so very important
as the world judges success, but to
those five women he was the sum
total of perfection. He accepted
their devotion as his just due, gra-
ciously but casually.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-03
MIDDLETOWN NEWS

Mrs. Ida Miller and Mrs. James
E. Cox were Vanceboro shoppers
Tuesday.
Mrs. Lille Cox visited her
daughter, Mrs. Jessie Rawls, and
family in Washington last Tues
day.
Miss Dorothy Davis of Hamp-
ton, Va, spent the week end with
her mother, Mrs. Matte Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Thomas Carter
and Vann were the Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Carter.
Mrs. Isebelle Daniels of Wash
ington visited her mother, Mrs.
Preston Gibbs, here Sunday.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-03
LEADER AND NEIGHBoR LOST.

The community of Stumpy Point and the region round
about has sustained great loss in the death of Mrs g. E.
Meekns who died suddenly Saturday night Scripture con-
tains phrases to illustrate her worth She was
comparatively young but her life had been busy She
given literally of her heart and her energies to serve
her home her children school, her church and her
munity Her life beautifully exempled wfehood mother
hood and good neghborliness She loved her community
and she lived in every way that her labors and
talents might possibly help
She with several of her neghbors and lifelong friends
for than quarter of century have been the moving
spirits that have contributed to all that worthwhile
in the community She will be sorey missed by her church
and school circles the whole community has sustained
loss Her example will long remain in the recollection of
those she has left here to but who will to call
her blessed,
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ing to come here wouldn't be such
a task. He figures that the family
can leave bedding, pots and pans
and even some clothing in the new
cottage and not have to load the
car with belongings just for week
end jaunt. He said they had been
coming to Mays Head for Is years
"and we look like gypsies every
time we start out"