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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-05-22

Joseph Holtzman Of Detroit. dynamic
leader Of that city's Allied Jewish Cam.
paign and National Chairman Of the
United Jewish Appeal, has assumed
additional duties as National Cash
Chairman Of the UJA's 1858 nationwide
drive. Mr.. Holtzman announced his
acceptance of this crucial top.level post
at an emergency meeting Of the UJA's
Campaign Cabinet on Monday, April
20, the date Of Israel's fifth anniversary.
With celebrations going on throughout
the free world in honor Of the new
States birthday, the UJA Cabinet met
70 assess Israel's crushing settlement.
agricultural development and housing
needs and to lay the groundwork for
i...e rapid mobilization Of cash re.
sources to sustain its embattled econ.
omy. Mr.. Holtzman will shortly invite
pertinent local leaders throughout the
country to join him as members Of an
.::.aordinary UJA National Cash Cab.
irt to speed the raising of critical dol.
lar funds. UJA supports the United
al Appeal, Joint Distribution Com.
r, ,iee and United Service for New
electricians, constituent agencies.
, 1953-03-24
BLOW COLD BLOW HOT

BLOW COLD BLOW HOl!
THE COLD VAR is beginning to blow hot. By now, all
serious thinking people are beginning to have a Sneaking ssI
piston that the succession Of incidents, in progress practically.
since the end Of World War One, and which the Western
World has been wont to accept with apathy and Indifference
is simply a dress rehearsal for the real Mccoy that sooner o.
later will come. A shot here, a stab there, sarcasm, insults
hurled back and forth, incidents piing up until the crucial
moment when one touches off the powder key and the cur
tain goes up on the big show. Who will ignite the fatal spark,
East or WestP This question is not a %sixty-four dollar one,
but it does offer plenty food for thought.
GEORGI MALENKOVHAD just become the new die
tator Of Russia and his promise to continue Stains policy OF
peace had scarcely cooled when the pulling plane attack
happened in Germany, a caper that might well turn the Cold
War into an atomic nightmare. The US. Pilots declared that
the Czech MICS deliberately attempted to shoot them down
and without provocation. The Czechs blamed the US. Pilots,
accusing them Of the violation Of Czech territory in jet planes.
Somebody is living. Who? During their interrogation at a
news conference, the American filters were asked why they
had not returned the fire in seH-defenSe to which one replied,
wed rather not answer that" Whyp What are they hidingp
Who are they shieldingp Following the incident, these orders
were issued from the Pentagon in Washington; 81 return
fire if possible when attacked. " If Red plane myades uS.
controlled territory, order it to land. % + order is disobeyed,
open fire to compel obedience. Lacking decisiveness, these
commands might well plunge US into World war Four
however.
AMONG THE SOUVENIRS Of previous world wars,
there are, no doubt, records Of incidents, proof in themselves,
Of well laid plans to promulgate war, and possibly by the
power least suspected Of such 4 maneuyer Stain is dead ana
there has been a change of horses in the Red stream. Allied
military experts might consider this a strategic moment to
start i war with Russia. Again, it is not unlikely. that Malen-
koy. ruthless egodst, might prefer to be the aggressor IN the
next world conflagration. Right now, surmise is the order OF
the day, but whether the aggressor is East Or West bold OF
, 1953-03-24

subtle, the result will be the same-Warl America has fought
wars to preserve the American way of life, a cause in which
Creed, Cain and Glory have held little Or no sway. Suppose
those three simple orders prove to be subtle toucher-offers?
Suppose they are really intended to subtly provoke a crises,
done expressly to preserve out threatened ideology-poP con
certs under the stars, hot dogs, the Brooklyn Dodgers, cruises
to the Virgin Islands The i~nstigators should not be con-
denned, but Judged with sound humane understanding.
Agnes R. Bolore
Evening star., 1953-07-27
Methodists Call Civ
Hardest DrinkinQ'
On American Man

Washington is being billed as
the hardest drinking spot on
the American map" by the Board
of Temperance Of the Methodist
Church.
In a elipsheet sent to editors
around the country, the Board
of Temperance declared:
eff the people of this country
knew what is going on in Wash
ington. the Nations Capital, the
hardest drinking spot on the
American map, they would be
Mortified"
Taggart Staying Cited.
The publication then cited re-
cent crimes in Washington-the
gang attacks on women, the
murder of Miss Alyce Taggart,
assaults on older men by rob-
bers. It added:
where the liquor trafic is
allowed to operate practically
untrammeled, there is always
corruption and criminal violence.
The way to attack crimes of vio-
lence is by the Suppression Of
crimes Of vice"
1.-The American people are GER
tainly the most long suffering
people On the earth or they would
use more force in dealing with
alien banditti and rowing bands
of degenerates. If they are ever
to deal with organized crime and
prowling criminals, as they Ger
tainly will some day, the first
steps will be to reduce the use of
alcohol to an absolute minimum
by the sternest repressive meas
ures applied to the traffic and
by wiping out the traffic in mar
cotic drugs"
Some Hope Is Seen.
In a more hopeful vein, the
publication also quoted an un-
named young Washington host
ess" as saying that it is increas-
ingly good form to serve non
alcoholic beverages at afternoon
and evening affairs.
The Board of Temperance said
it has published a recipe book
for n-alcoholic drinks and it is
proving very popular.
Evening star., 1953-07-27
Apartment Building
Planned in Baltimore
BY thu Associated Press

BALTIMORE, July 27.-Plans
were disclosed yesterday for a
History apartment building to
be constructed in downtown
Baltimore at an estimated cost
of SIS million.
John K. Ruff, contractor, said
he decided to build the project
at 604 Cathedral street because
"of a heavy demand for mod
ern living quarters in proximity
to the financial and business
shopping districts"
Mr.. Ruff said tentative plans
call for 1873 living units, with
garage facilities on the base
ment and ground floor for about
35 Of the tenants.
Several years ago he. developed
the 465-living-unit Broadview
apartments here.
This will be the first elevator
type apartment building erected
in the heart of the city for nearly
a quarter century.
Mr.. Ruff's was the second an
nouncement within a week of q
major building project here.
The Commercial Credit Co. last
week announced plans for a 16
to 20-story Office building on
Charles street.
Evening star., 1953-07-27

hope of escaping degrading slav-
cry from the moment Of their
BIRTH
In Salt Lake City. Utah, the
church of Jesus Christ of Lat
ter-Day Saints (Mormon), which
officially abolished polygamy in
1890, said that "all inHNctions
of the moral code by individuals
which have been brought to our
attention have been promptly
dealt with by our ecclesiastical
tribunals. and that, upon proof
Of guilt, those who have been
found guilty have been ex-com-
municated. :. We regard the
reported proceedings as being
entirely within the province of
the civil authorities.
The arrested men were hustled
off to jail at the county seat,
Kingman, 400 miles distant.
Some of the women were to be
Jailed, too. Other mothers and
their children were permitted to
remain in their homes, their
needs provided by the State.
Evening star., 1953-07-27
Japanese Art to Be Shown

Despite protests from former
prisoners of = war in Japanese
hands, the town council of Cos
ford, Australia. voted to go
ahead with an exhibition OF
japanese art.
Evening star., 1953-07-27
Most Of Town Seized
In Arizona Raid on
PoIygamists Colony
By the Assoeiated Press

SHORT CREEK, Ariz., July ~.
The multiple families of poly
gamous Short Greek were split
aSunder today by the wrath Of
Arizona.
The State hurled a united task
force Of 102 officers at the little
settlement before dawn yesterday
and took into custody 33 men,
so women and 263 children.
1t thus launched a supreme
effort to wipe out forever a deep
rooted colony Of polygamiSts that
has operated near the Utah bor-
der for 20 years.
Most Of Village Seized.
Those seized constituted ap-
proximately the entire population
of the village.
Gov. Howard Pyle called the
cult "the fouleSt conspiracy you
could possibly imagine" He said
girls of under Is years of age
were forced into marriages with
men of all ages.
Half a dozen of these pigtailed
brides were arrested along with
the older mates of the Short
Greek patriarchs.
The adults were charged with
nearly a dozen different offenses,
including statutory rape, bigamy.
open and notorious co-habita-
ton. contributing to the delin-
quency of minors and marrying
the spouse of another.
Two men were accused of
having six wives, two of having
five, one of having four and
numerous others with having
two or three.
Four of the wives repeatedly
were only 13 years old, two were
IA and two Is.
hdl0 4t 4 IN morning.
The raid-largest police action
in the States hiStory-waS
launched at 1902 am. (MST) as
the moon hid itself in an eclipse.
AS police cars moved in with
sirens screaming, a signal light
flashed from a hillside. Three
explosions - likewise warning
signals-ripped through the
darkness.
Despite all of the secrecy of
the 26-month investigation the
coloniSts had learned the raid
was coming.
Officers, knocking on doors,
found only women and children
in the houses. In the gray light
of the dawn, they spotted a large
congregation of men and some
women standing near the village
school. The American flag had
been hoiSted overhead.
Suddenly the people burst into
song. 1t was America. Then
they sang hymns.
Leroy johnson, IS, a purported
leader of the cult, spoke for the
colony.
1--WE have done no wrong" he
asserted. 1--WE just practice our
religion according to our beliefs.
We believe in. the original tenets
of the Mormon Church.
"The women don't have to
marry if they don't want to.
l defy any one to prove that
any girl was ever forced into
a marriage"
But a sobbing 17-year-old girl
told officers:
II was told I had to marry a
70-year-old man. 1 told them
they could kill me first. They
finally gave me a second choice
of marrying a 45-year-old man.
1t was so hopeless I gave up.
I was his fourth wife"
White Slavery Charged.
Gov. Pyle, in a radio address
reporting on the raid, charged
that the community was dedi-
Gated to the production OF
white slaves who are without
Evening star., 1953-07-27
SINGER Ends Lonq Service

r. M. Kent has retired after
AZ years of service as leading
tenor in the choir of st. Anne's
Cathedral in Belfast, Northern
Ireland.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-17
PARK SERVICE GETS
FERRY FOR INLET

The State Highway Depart
ment has advertised for bids for
the conversion of a landing craft,
Leu 621, on April Is for use at
Oregon Inlet. The bids are to be
opened April q and contract
awarded Immediately thereafter.
A time provision in the contract
invitation authorizes so days to
complete the conversion.
The Navy Department brought
the landing craft to Little Creek,
Virginia from Newport, Rhode
Island. While the shipyards are
making estimates of the cost of
repairs, the Navy is stripping
the vessel of equipment not de-
sired by the National Park Ser
vice and the Highway Depart
ment. This will be completed by
the time for the contract for the
conversion is let, at which time
the Navy Department will offici-
ally transfer to the National
Park Service who will in turn
make it available to the High
way Department on a Special
,use Permit. The craft will aid
materially in easing the con-
gestion that now exists at Ore
gon Inlet.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-17
NOTED AUTHOR VISITS
ROANOKE Id. GARDENS
BY AYCOCK BROWN

When Joseph Hergesheime1
and Huntington Cairns visited
Roanoke Island this week to see
the dogwood blossoms now splotch-
ing the area where English-speak.
ing America had it's beginning,
they also stopped at Roanoke Gar
dens to buy some potted rose ge-
ranium.
eve were amazed to find a COM
pletely arranged nursery and hot
house filled with native and for
eign plants here" said Cairns who
is on the staff of the National Gal
lery of Art in Washington. He is
the author of several books on arr
and rare paintings.
Hergesheimer, author of such
best sellers as JavaHead, Three
Black Pennys and Balise Sands
was also amazed to see the gar
dens created here by British-born
Albert Q. Bell, resident of Mantec
for many years and associate
manager of The Lost Colony.
Hergesheimer and Cairns are nc
strangers on the Dare Coast
Cairns owns an oceanside cottage
in Southern Shores at Kitty Hawk
where Hergesheimer has often
been his guest. They had visited
Roanoke Island Gardens on sew
eral occasions to see the native
and Towering shrubs, but it was
the first time they had been here
since Bell established his greer
house.
eve didn't expect to find ge.
raniums here, especially rose ge.
ranium which in some sections are
considered the rarest of the spe.
cies," said Hergesheimer.
Rose geraniums are not uncom
mon along the Outer Banks and il
some of the island villages they are
called fish geranium."
'That synonym" said Bell
probably resulted from the fac
that natives use water in which
fish are cleaned to water their pot
ted plants, and especially their ge
raniums."
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-17
REV. J. l.. ASHLEY TO
PREACH AT ENGELHARD

The Reverend ]. L. Ashley of
Piedmont, S. c. will be preach
ing in the services at the Metho-
dist Church, Engelhard, begin
ming at the HOO Am. service,
April 10, through Sunday morn
ag, April 26 Save for the two
5unday hours the services will
be held nightly at 7:30 PM.
Mr.. Ashley is member of the
South Carolina Conference of the
Charlotte Area. He is graduate
of Furman University, Green
vile, S. c. and has done special
work at Gambler School of The
ology, Emory University, ATTAIN
ia, Georgia. Mr.. Ashley comes to
us with a great deal of evange-
listic experience.
Visitors will be the Rev. Will
liam o. Conner, pastor of the
Mattamuskeet Methodist Charge,
Lake Landing; Mrs. w. B. Payne,
Gulrock; P. D. Midget, III, Eng
elhard, and Leon Balance, Lake
Landing.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-17
LEARY'S OPEN
ON SATURDAY
FOR SEASON
Former Market Location Con-
verified Into Office and
Taproom for Guests

Mays Head.-Formal opening of
Leary's motor court and bingo will
take place Saturday, when new
office and taproom for guests in
the motor court will be in use for
the first time. The general public
will not be served.
What formerly was used for a
market has been entirely remodel
ed to make room for the office
and taproom, as well as for added
rooms for the Leary family
apartment. What was the office
has also been taken into the apart
ment.
All the walls in the remodeledV
section are knotty pine and the
floor coverings are asphalt tile, in
a yellow and maroon color combi-
nation. Chartreuse is the predom-
mating color in the modern plas-
tic upholstered furnishings. In the
tap room, the walls are lined with
settee lounges, in front of which
are the tables. Indirect lighting is
used in this section.
In the building devoted to bingo,
paneling and tables have been re-
vanished. floors and walls fresh
ly painted. In slight change of
arrangement, the callers position
has been moved from the front to
the center of the room.
William (BilD Fulcher of Dan
vile, Va, is to be the caller this
year. He is a new member of the
staff. Mrs. ]. X. Brock of Norfolk,
formerly Miss Betty Jane Leary,
will be assisting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. X. Leary, again this
year and other employees will in
clude Bill Branch of Rich Square
and Elwood Pridgen Of Mays Head.
Leon Saunders, colored stock man
who has been with the bingo bust
ness since it was started, will be
on the job again.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-17
METHODIST EVANGELISTIC
MISSION GETS UNDERWAY

The Methodist Evangelistic Mis-
sion gets underway this week end
throughout the North Carolina
Conference. All Methodist preach
ers from South Carolina come to
North Carolina on Friday after
noon of this week. Methodist
preachers of this area will meet
guest ministers in Elizabeth City
Friday. A conference will follow
for the purpose of instruction and
inspiration. The evening meal will
be served at one of the churches of
the city.
Saturday evening at 7:3O o'clock
mass meeting of young people
will be held at First Methodist
Church in Elizabeth City. Two bus
loads of young people will go from
Wanchese and Manteo. Each bus
will have an adult councillor. Young
people from every charge in the
Elizabeth City District are urged
to attend. Next Sunday morning
and evening guest ministers will
preach in all Methodist churches:
ana also preach each evening in the
local churches. Everybody is invit-
cd to attend the services.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-17
HATTERAS GIRL
CHOSEN AS MISS
DARE OF 1853

Manteo.-Teen-age Roberta Byrd
of Hatteras village was chosen as
Miss Dare County of 1858 in the
Lions Club-sponsored beauty con-
test held here in Manteo. She will
represent Dare in the annual AL
bemarle Potato Festival.
Her runnerups were Phyllis
Sawyer of Kitty Hawk and Sandra
Saunders of Manteo. Competition
for Miss Dare" was keen this year
with 20 beauties from all parts Of
the Dare Coast participating.
1t is the fourth year that a Hat
teras Islander has won the "Miss
Dare" title. Previously for two
years Agnes Fulcher of Buxton
won the title and on the previous
year lovely Lila Peele was chosen
as the Dare coast queen of beauty.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-17
PARK SERVICE PLANS
SHORE IMPROVEMENTS
Gives Funds to State for Parking
Area at Lighthouse; Spillway
and Drainage at Cape ii
Planned

The National Park Service has
started the first of it's development
program in connection with the
Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
Funds have been made available
to the North Carolina Highway
Department to stabilize the two
parking areas that are being con-
structed on the new road from
Buxton to Cape Point. One parking
area, 22' x 200 will be located
near the lighthouse, while the 9TH
er will be located near Cape Point,
the latter parking lot will be 22' x
500. The sterilization of the park
ing areas is necessary to keep cars
from sinking through the roadway
during the extremely hot summer
weather.
The Park Service is also issuing
invitations to bid on a contract for
the construction of a headwall and
spillway on the drainage outlet for
the Cape Point section. Without
proper drainage and tide gates,
much of the area around the Point,
and what was formerly part of the
State Park, stays under water a
considerable portion of the time.
The tide gates will be installed to
let surface water drain from the
area but will not admit seawater
during high tides. The cost of the
above work is estimated to be ap-
proximately $3500.00.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-17
CHARLES GREGORY
DIES SUDDENLY AT
RODANTHE w ED.

Charles B. Gregory, At, merchant
of Rodanthe, died suddenly We'd
nesday night at ten o'clock of a
long standing heart ailment. He
was the husband of Mrs. Rae
Meekins Gregory and the son OF
Willis N. and Ethel Stone Greg
Dry, late of Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. Gregory was born Dec. 27,
1905 at Hartford, N. c., and grew
up in Norfolk. For a time he made
his residence at Sligo, N. c., in
Currituck County, coming to Man
teo about ten years ago, where for
several years he engaged in the
plumbing and heating business. He
was well-known in eastern North
Carolina, coming Of family prom
inent in the business life of the re-
gion.
He is survived by two children
of former marriage: Mrs. Robert
B. Wyant of Olathe, Kans. and
Willis Gregory, USA, Fort Bragg,
N. C; by a Ester, Mrs. Vivian Dun
evan of Salisbury, and a brother,
Wiley N. Gregory of Weldon.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed at the Twiford Funeral Home
in Manteo, Friday (today) at IL
am. and burial will be in Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, at p.
m.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-17
ART EXHIBIT IN MANTEO
DISPLAYS MANY ITEMS

An art exhibit in Manteo Tues
day night, sponsored by the Man
teo Woman's Club, displayed art in
various forms, and attracted a
small but appreciative crowd. It.
ems ranged from crude drawings
and paintings by number of
school children, through many pic
lures by local amateur artists, to
a display by the nationally famous
artist Frank Stick, who makes his
home at Kitty Hawk.
Mrs. Charles Marshall placed on
display a number of her ceramic
creations, and Ernest Yates show
ed framed applique work done by
Santo Dominicans. Aycock Brown
showed a collection of his prize
photographs. ...
Others placing paintings in the
exhibit were Albert @. Bell, Ralph
Tillett, Mrs. T. D. Etheridge, Mrs.
R. B. Etheridge, Mrs. o. j. Jones,
Mrs. Bessie Williams, Billy Brown,
Mrs. Francis Meekins, Mrs. M. X.
Fearing, ST., and Michael Hayman.
Jack Marshall displayed a piece of
bronze work.
The Community Building, in
which the affair took place, was
decorated with profusion Of
spring flowers. Refreshments were
served from a table covered with
an Italian cutwork cloth and GEN.
tered with spring flowers. Mrs. o.
j. Jones presided at the punch
bowl, and Mrs. William c. Eubanks
served sandwiches and cookies.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-17
MRS. EVELYN HARRISON
BURIED AT BUXTON THURS

Mrs. Evelyn Midget Harrison,
So, wife of Albert Mcdonald Har-
rison, 121 Gushing Street, Grad
ock, Va, died Monday morning in
Portsmouth Hospital. She was a
native of Buxton and daughter of
the late Abraham and Rebekah
Midget of Dare County and had
lived in Cradock for the past IL
years.
She is survived by her husband,
Albert Mcdonald Harrison, one
daughter, Mrs. Celus F. Weeks Of
Cradock, brother, William Riley
Midget of Lake Worth, Fla.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in
the Buxton Methodist Church at
Buxton, the Rev. w. B. Gregory
pastor, officiated. Burial followed
in the Buxton Cemetery. The body
lay in state one hour prior to flu
neral services.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-17
TOBACCO BOYCOTT
ORIGINATOR RETURNS
John nj. Wise of New Bern Led
A Drastic Movement on Stun
by Point 35 Years Ago

John M. Wise of New Bern, N.
c., native of Stumpy Point, is
back home this week visiting old
lends and relatives, and on We'd
esday went to Hatteras for his
.irst time. He was accompanied by
his sister, Mrs. M. V. Hooper, Mr.,
Hooper and their daughter, Mrs.
w. w. Monette.
He went to New Bern some 80
years ago, after short residence
in Oriental, where he met and
married Carteret County girl,
and for 25 years has been engaged
in a successful store business. He
has two children, Staff Sgt. John
NJ, Jr., with the Army in Louis
lana, and a daughter, Mrs. Belle
Hyde Alstine of New York.
In his early days, Mr.. Wise was
a leader in Sunday school work
and ne well remembers the boy
colt of snuff and tobacco he start
ed on Stumpy Point about 35 years
ago. "At that time l was teaching
a Sunday school Glass;" he says,
land noticing one of my class
members throw down cigarette
which was picked up by small
boy it struck me that here was
something that ought to be stop
ped. / made the evils of it my
subject that day, and it made such
hit that the Sunday School super
intendent also brought it up, and
we started movement, which
quickly brought the signatures of
the majority of the people on a
pledge to use no more snuff and
tobacco"
Mr.. Wise went on to say how
the stores then refused to sell
snuff, tobacco, or cigarettes, and
how some of the old women jumped
on him for taking their snuff away,
claiming they would die of tooth
ache. But the boycott lasted long
time, and created a lot of talk.
See BOYCOTT, Page Eight