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The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-08-20
EINAR OTTEsEN
 BRINGS IN FIRST DEER OF SEASON

The deer season opened this morning and by noon Einar Ottesen of the Wrangell Machine Works, was back to town with a nice three point buck first deer to be brought in for the 1854 season.
 While Ottesen gets credit for a base hit in the box score. the offie- ial scorer is reported to be giving an assist to wolf on Sokolof Is iand. Tine deer bore signs Of having been hamstrung by a wolf as late as this morning.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-08-20
ELM REPRESENTATIVE HERE ON BUSINESS FOR
 LAND OFFICE

In Wrangell for several days this week was Warner T. May, field re- ] lpresentatiye for the Ketchikan of 1 flee of the Bureau of Land Manl agement. He met with citizens in- terested in obtaining tracts of land out the highway which are now un- der the Bureau of Land Manage ment and can be had under the Small Tracts Act
 The ELM recently established an office in Ketehikan to take care of Southeast Alaska in order to give closer attention to this part of the Territory, with it's expanding pop ulation The lands it is now ad- ministering were, in the most part, formerly under the Forest Service.
 May said there were now several tracts available for lease with op- tion to purchase. They can be leased for a period of two years and bought. at their appraised val ue after II months and before the two years is up.
 May said that in the near future some 40 additional tracts will be opened to lease or purchase under the small tract act. at Mile T and Mile and when they are opened to entry it was hoped a representa- tive of ELM would be here to as sist prospective applicants. Advance publicity will be given. The tracts have been surveyed and the surveys sent to Washington D. c. and as soon as they are filed there the tracts for home and cabin sites will be opened to the public. Veterans of World War Il have 91 days pre- ference in filing. The seven tracts now available are in the approxi- mately in the ski slide area.
 In order to qualify, a leasee or purchaser must construct a suitable structure for living. with a floor space of 192 sq. feet for year around homes and 120 sq. it., for cabins, which must be on perman- ent foundations, and adequate sew age and garbage disposal facilities
 
 must be a citizen, or have declared his or her intention of becoming one and only one tract will be all lowed to each applicant. A filing fee of S10 is charged which is re- turned if for any reason the appli cation is rejected.
 May said that anyone wishing further information to direct in quiries to the Land Office, Bureau of Land Management, Box 1740. Anchorage Alaska.
 He reminded those inquiring a. bout land they already possess the writer should always give his serial 1umbnr and any land asked about should be described by it's survey number and lot number which will appear on a stake if the land has been surveyed.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-08-20
COMMUNITY FAIR TO BE HELD IN OLD GYM

To give ample display space for flowers, fruits and vegetables from the garden as well as needlecraft handicrafts and hobbies of all sorts it was announced today by Mrs. Dick Moore announced who is on the fair committee for the Wran- gell Women's Civic Club which sponsors the Community Fair. that the fair will be held in the old gym this year.
 She added that as an added at traction, plans are being made to operate the cotton candy machine during the fair Dates for it are September 10. II and F.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-08-20
EMBLEM CLUB
 WILL PICK UP GOODS FOR RUMMAGE SALE

Anyone having donations toward the Emblem Club rummage sale, to be held at Civic Center Aug 30, can have such goods picked up the pre- ceding Friday and Saturday, Aug. 27 and 2S, if they will phone 33 or 12. 1t was announced today by Mrs, Ben Engdal, chairman. For those who wish to deliver their donation the Civic Center will be open on. Saturday evening from 7:30 to 10 0 clock
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-08-20
SURPRISE VISITOR IN #WRANGELL

It was quite a surprise when the cab pulled up at the Elmer Cop stead home Monday. Out of it step ped Mrs. Harry ]. Frost of Pitts burg Pa, mother of Mrs. Copstead, who is on her first trip to Alaska. It was the first inkling the Cfp.- steads had that she was on the way.
 Mrs. Frost motored across eoun- try from her Pittsburg home to Los Angeles and then flew north. Incidentally, it was her first plane ride. She expects to spend another couple of weeks here.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-08-20
MCKAY APPOINTS ALASKA SURVEY TEAM

WASHINGTON -R- Secretary of Interior Douglas Mckay has ap- pointed Charles N. Reynolds, an Oregon State Highway Commission. CT, and W. c. Williams, assistant Oregon State Highway Engineer, as members of a survey team to study
 he Alaska highway situation. The team leaves for Alaska Sept 1, and will study all operations of the AZ aska Road Commission and recon. mend improvements to the organiZ ation.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-08-20
HEARING ON ALASKA SHIPPING OCTOBER 4
NL IEIlI N

SEATTLE - - Inquiry into the problem of maintaining passen- ger ship service to Alaska will be held be the House Merchant Mar inc Fisheries committee here Oct. l. Rep. Pelly (R-Wash) said a group also will hold hearings in Seattle starting Oct. 1 on the Pac- fife Northwest shipping and ships building problems. Rep Tollefson tR-Wa5h.) will head the group.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-08-20
COFFEE COMING DOWN IN PRICE MAYBE

SEATTLE -R= The wholesale price of coffee 10 groeers dropped five cents a pound in Seattle this week but housewives were warned not to expect a similar drop in re- tail price.
 A spokesman for a large coffee distributor said that the wholesale level had dropped from $1.24 to $1.19. He pointed out that grocers throughout the city are selling cof- fee from $1.23 to $1.29 a pound and that most are merely breaking even with the small mark-up in price.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-08-20
ANOTHER SON ARRIVES FOR SORSET FAMILY

Mr. and Mrs. Arnt Sorset became the parents of boy Wednesday,, Aug. IS, at Bishop Rowe General Hospital. The young man, who joins a brother, Ricky, in the fam fly circle, weighed seven pounds ten and a half ounces and has been named Mark Vincent Mother and son are doing nicely and Pa, (Standard Oil Sorset) is buying his first cigars in several years.
 Sharing congratulations with the parents are grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Curtis.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-08-20
MRS. MCCORMACK HOME

Mrs. P. c. Mccormack returned home from Juneau yesterday where she had taken part in a spiritual retreat at the Catholic mission of St. Theresa.
 While in Juneau she was din- ner guest of Fred G. Hanford at the Baranof Hotel. She visited with other friends and former WrangeN residents before returning home.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-08-20
OUT OF HOSPITAL

Raymond Ford, who was injured in an automobile accident here last New Years night, returned home to Wrangell last Sunday.
 He has been in the Veteran's hospital in Portland Ore. where he was fitted with an artificial leg after losing his as a result of the accident.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-08-20
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE
Encouraging Sight

One of the more encouraging sights in Wrangelps magnificent barbor this week was the arrival yesterday afternoon of a large Foss barge being pushed alongside the Wrangell Lumber Company dock 10 discharge equipment for getting that plant in operation this fall.
 Work got underway this week on the renovation of the old plant which officials of the Alaska Lum- Der and Pulp Company. Japanese group which will operate under the name of Wrangell Lumber Com pauy. say they expect to have ready for lumber cutting by Octo- Der 1. Takuji Oshima, executive dir ector Of Alaska Lumber and Pulp, who was here recently, said s200,- GOO would be spent in renovating the mill and getting it ready for production.
 While sitting out on the McCor- mack dock in the brilliant sunshine discussing the facts of life with our local barber the other noon hour We came to the considered conclusion that another payroll in the community. such as the saw mill. will be a very fine thing. If Lowell hadn't had to go to take care of a customer and we hadn't printing job to do. would have gone into this matter further
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-08-20
MRS. HEATON HERE

Mrs. Harold HeatOn. wife of the manager of Farwest Wrangell can nery, and children flew here from Seattle last Sunday to be with Mir. Heaton until the end of the can ming season.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-08-20
VISITING IN PR. RUPERT

mrs. Lar Smltn, whose husband is local agent for Standard Oil Co.,. and their daughter, Darlynne, are in Prince Rupert visiting Mrs. Smiths father, P. w. Trimble. who is Collector of Customs for the Cam adian government there. Mr. Trim Die Is well known here as he has visited the Smith family several times.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-08-20
PLEADS GuILTY

Valentino Kozeroff pleaed gull ty in Commissioner Joel Wing z court Wednesday to child neglect. IShe will be sentenced Monday.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-08-20
Politics Picking Up

Politics Picking Up
 With the dog days of summer here and the last salmon headed to- ward the can this coming week. politics, always a likely topic, be- gan to pick up. We note by the public prints, for instance, that AL bert White, the old Republican boss, turned independent, predicts in Juneau that the Democrats ought to elect all their candjdatd3 this fall in Alaska. The sorry plight of the GOPers, Albert says, is so pitiful, what with the present ad- ministration refusing to recognize the old Taft Republicans, that the donkey riders should have a walk away. However, he makes one reser- vation: says that Democratic can-I didates who haven't paid their bills or taxes might find it difficult. II Albert says he isn't going to get a job from the Eisenhower adminis- tration because he was a Taft sup-l porter. He also lists Mrs. White, former Republican National Com-I mittee woman, John Manders of Anchorage and Howard Stabler of Juneau as those not likely to share a political plum.
 Meanwhile, over in Sitka, Har- old Veatch of the Sitka Sentinel, named for Wrangells famed Sentin- el, has also apparently been sun n bn friend. The friend, Editor Veatch reports, came up with the eonclu- sioG that Jim Nolan is too cnnserv- atiye to be a Democrat and Elton Engstrom is too progressive to be a Republican.
 With this thesis. one could con clude that they would balance each other nicely in the Territorial Sen ate. Harold's friend didn't mention Bob Ellis, who got lot of votes in the primary.
 Also from the south end of the Division emanates a piece of pro- paganda that so many Democrats are going to vote for Engstrom that Nolan may wind up low man on the totem. No mention is made of the fact that Jim usually gets quile a few Republican votes along with the Democratic. Fact is that the old lefty Democratic crowd are out to try and defeat Nolan;l probably considerable of a task.
 Mail Bag
 A note from Senator Doris Barnes that she plans to be home from Seattle next Wednesday
 Word from Ketchikan that the Associated Board of Trade of Gen. tral British Columbia is going to meet in Ketchikan September 8 and 8. A swell opportunity for somebody from the Chamber of Commerce to go through the new pulp mill.
 Probably the heat in the middle west, but a leaflet from Oklahoma which wants to abolish the U1Gted Nations. Abolition usually being an admirable institution, the idea may have merit. However, we're a. gainst aboTishing moose hunting on the Stikine
 Labor of Love
 If you've been wondering what the City Council has been doing meeting every night this week be advised it hasn't been dividing the swag Rather, it has been trying to find out where the swag is coming from for operation of the City for the coming year by going over the tax rolls for assessment purposes At last report they were through the R's and going strong so you'll get your tax statement in due time A labor of love, no less.
 l. W.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-08-20
MRS. MOORE TO SEATTLE

Mrs. Ed Moore flew to Seattle last Saturday on a vacation trip. She will visit sister and other re- iatiyes there.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-08-20
W A ARNING

Persons caught trespassing on property of Mrs. Anna Grant will be prosecuted.
 MRS. ANNA GRANT
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-02-12
DARE MARCH OF DIMES
DRIVE NOW AT 81, ZOO

The Dare County March of
Dimes drive looks like it may run
we'll over the $1,40O mark, accord
ing to Wallace Gray, county chair
man. "The drive is progressing
very WE'LL" Mr.. Gray said this
week. Last year the fund Melted
around $1,000.
With only about half the COM
munity reports in, the fund already
has run somewhere around $1,000.
Mr.. Gray says the communities on
the lower banks have done twice as
well this year as they did last.
Manns Harbor, Mashoes, Wan
cheese, Kill Devil ills-Colington,
Rodanthe-S alvo-Waves reports are
not yet final, but they are being
closed and will be in by the end
of the week. The reports from the
communities which have already
closed the drive are as follows:
Hatteras, $137.81; Avon, $121;
Buxton Frisco, $165; Manteo, $500;
Kitty Hawk, $81.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-02-12

Two Candidates have filed for
the two places for Senator from
the Second Senatorial District in
the General Assembly, and it
looks like they will have easy
going, First is L. H. Ross of
Washington, Beaufort County,
and Second is Martin Kellogg Jr.,
of Manteo in Dare County. Mr..
Kellogg is now mayor of Manteo,
and county attorney. The son of
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kellogg of
Sunbury, and has practiced law
in Manteo for some 20 years. He
played for several seasons in the
Lost Colony, and served in the
Navy in World War Two.
Mr.. Ross has issued a more de-
tailed statement concerning his
candidacy. "I'm against secrecy,
for a balanced budget, for max
ing Eastern North Carolina at
tractive to our industry, and for
a Well-rounded program of pro-
gress for all our people," he says.
He is A years old, was born
and reared in Beaufort County,
at Edward, near Aurora and most
of his life has been spent in
Beaufort County. He served with
the Navy for three and a half
years during World War II.
He attended the University of
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-02-12

North Carolina and later the
University of Louisville Law
School where he graduated in
1886. He was licensed to practice
law in North Carolina that same
year.
Married to the former Miss
Lyle Golden of Mississippi, the
Ross family has one child, Eliza
beth, aged six.
Mr.. Ross is a member of the
First Christian Church of Wash
ington and a member of the
Board of Deacons. He is also a
member of the American Legion,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Elks,
and Improved Order of Red Men.
In his political life in the area,
he has been an active Democrat
all his life. He has served as
judge of Recorders Court, City
attorney, on the City Board of
Education, and at present is serv-
ing as Beaufort County attorney.
Broad Platform
In announcing his candidacy
Mr.. Ross said that he would work
for the repeal of the secrecy law
enacted by the last legislature.
Il believe that there should be
no secrecy on any government
level in our state. 1 believe that
See SENATE, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-02-12
EX-GOVERNOR SCOTT
is IN SENATE RACE

Few people had any doubts
about it, but they are now abso-
lutely sure that former Governor
Kerr Scott is in the race for US.
Senate against Alton A. Lennon,
young Wilmington lawyer who
was appoited last year to this
post, and who is now a candidate
for election to the office he holds.
Scott announced his candidacy
Saturday at his Haw River farm
and paid his $3.50 filing fee Mon
day.
Governor SCOTS friends be-
lieve his road program in be-
half of the forgotten people of
the country will go a long way
toward insuring his election.
Young Senator Lennon, realizing
he is facing no weak foe, has gone
after Scott hammer and tongs.
In a speech in Charlotte this
week, he refers to this man as
unqualified for Senate service,
and represents demagoguery set
ting out to divide and conquer
by setting farmers against towns
people" 1t does look indeed as if
warm campaign might be shap-
ing up.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-02-12

Members of all the local Rotary
Clubs have been invited to at
tend the annual District Confer
ence to be held in Rocky Mount
February IA, Is, Is, and number
ruary IA, IS, Is, and a number
of them, including the officers,
are expected to attend. P. D. Mid
gett, Jr., of Engelhard, Governor
of the 289th District will preside
over the meetings.
Highlights of the program are
outlined in an announcement just
received by officers of the local
Club from District Governor
Midget and Graham Dozier,
Rocky Mount, Conference Chair
man.
Conference headquarters will
be at the Kicks Hotel.
DIR. C. Sylvester Green, exec
utive vice-president of the North
Carolina Medical Foundation, a
past District Governor, will be
the principle speaker at the
opening session Sunday night.
February IA.
DR.. TEela D. Collins, retired
Durham minister, will address
the luncheon session on Monday,
and Claude w. Woodward, Rich
mond, Va, vice-president of Ro-
tary International and a past
director, will be the principal
speaker at the Governors ban
quet Mondy night.
Paul Lucas, Charlotte, public
relations director for the Duke
Power Company, and an immed-
late past District Governor, will
address the closing luncheon
session Tuesday, February 16.
Various phases of Rotary &C.
tivities will be covered in short
talks by discussion leaders al
plenary sessions Monday and
Tuesday mornings.
Monday afternoon will be
given over to sightseeing tours
and recreation.
Egbert Peeler, Raleigh, is the
only announced candidate so far
for District Governor. New off
Gals will take office July l.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-02-12
HYDE AND DARE
CHOSEN SAMPLE
AREA OF NATION
Census Bureau Selects These
Counties To Supply Per-
tinent information

The w. S. Bureau of the Cen
sus, which has been conducting
a sample survey of retail trade
in this area since February, 1858,
began collecting facts from a
panel of local residents in Janu-
airy as part of the Current Popu-
lation Survey, according to JOS
eph R. Norwood, supervisor Of
the Bureaus district office at
Charlotte.
The Current Population Sur
vey, conducted for more than a
decade by the Census Bureau,
provides up-to-date national in
formation about the numbers of
persons who are employed and
unemployed; the number of per-
sons who are in school, retired or
unable to work; the availability
of manpower for both defense
and civilian production; and
similar facts. Industry, labor and
government are constantly using
this information in planning var
ious kinds of programs and in
measuring the general level of
business activity.
Dare County was selected, in
conjunction with Hyde County,
as one of $50 sample areas
throughout the country to re-
present characteristics of the ma
TONS population and employ
ment. Employment and other fig
ures obtained from these areas
on a sampling basis are project
ed" to give an accurate picture
of the nations labor force as a
whole, Norwood pointed out.
Each month representative of
the Census Bureau personally
visits businesses in connection
with the Retail and Service
Trades Survey, and households,
in connection with the popula-
ton survey, to obtain the desired
information. Different parts of
the towns and county are can
vassed each month, the areas
changing periodically, so that at
the end of the year all of the
area has been represented. Mrs.
Alva G. Wise of Stumpy Point
has been designated as enumer-
otor for. tba -fIIrrent formulation
Survey in this area and also for
the Current Business Survey.
Mr.. Norwood pointed out that
the Current Population Survey
is authorized by law. This law
provides that all information
about individuals be kept in
strict confidence and that only
See SAMPLE, Page Five
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-02-12
DARE NATIVE DIES AT
HER HOME NEAR COLUMBIA

Mrs. Bessie Rayburn Cohoon, So,
died at noon Sunday at her home
on Route 1, Columbia, following
a heart attack. She was the wife
of the late Eddie P. Cohoon, by
her second marriage, and the wife
of William Davis Rayburn by her
first marriage.
She was a native of Dare Coun-
ty but had been a resident of Tyr
rell County for % years. She is a
member of the Malachi Chapel of
the Freewill Baptist Church.
Surviving are her mother, Mrs.
Sallie Gard, of Manns Harbor,
three sons, W. D. Rayburn, of Sal
isbury, Md; T. G. Rayburn, of FIT.
Benning, Ca, and D. M. Rayburn
of Columbia; two daughters, Mrs.
Margaret E. Sawyer, of Norfolk,
and Mrs. Julia Ann Voliva, of
Salisbury, Md two brot h RS ,
Cleveland Gard of Manns Harbor
and William M. Gard of Norfolk;
one sister, Mrs. Gertrude Midget
of Norfolk, and eight grandchil-
dren. Two half-brothers, A. c. and
j. T. Gard of Elizabeth City also
survive her.
The body was taken to the Wal
ker Funeral Home. Funeral serv-
ices were conducted at the Malachi
Chapel Tuesday at 2 pm. by the
Rev. C. H. Overman, assisted by
the Rev. W. 7. Reynolds.
Burial was in the church ceme-
terry.
Floral tributes were many and
beautiful. PaIlbeareres were E. L.
Mosley, Henry Reynolds, Jesse
Spencer, Willie Brickhouse and
Wiley P. Armstrong.
She was the daughter of Mrs.
Sallie Gard and the late Tom Gard
of Manns Harbor, and had lived
in Tyrrell County for % years,
her home in the Mills Ridge sec
ton.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-02-12
DARE COUNTY LIBRARY
TO EXPAND QUARTERS

The 18,000-volume Dare Coun-
ty library will be moving into
expanded quarters within a few
days, according to Mrs. Georgia
HARDWOOD, librarian.
The Dare County health de-
partment, which recently moved
into its new building next to the
community building in Manteo,
left vacant three offices in the
community building. These three
offices will now be occupied by
the Welfare Department, leaving
vacant their two old offices,
which will leave room for the
library.
At present the library has just
one room in the community
building, and books are piled on
top of the stacks, on and under
tables, in the corner of the room,
and anywhere that space can be
made available for them. Mrs.
HARDWOOD says that one of the
new rooms will be made into a
reading room, and one into a ref
erence room. An arch will be cut
between the old room and the
two new ones.