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Fork of Willis

Mr. and Mrs Frank Baber, Jr
and son Of Saluda, spent the week
end with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs F. II. Baber.
& Mrs. Edmonia Ransone return
ed to her home here this week
after having spent some time
with relatives in Lynohburg
Tucker Harrison, Jr.. U S.
Coast Guard, ReedsWne. spent the
week end with his family here
Mr.. and Mrs. Tucker Harrison
Jr and son, Harry, III were
Sunday dinner guests Of his nar-
entS, Mr.. and Mrs H. T. Har-
rison. at "Morningslde"
!. Mr. and Mrs Wesley f. Dun
KUN Of Dillwyn called on he,
mother, Mrs Walter Duncan
Sunday night.
Mrs w H Duncan and daugh-
ter. Judy and Mrs. Tucker Har-
rison Jr and son. Harry were IN
Richmond Saturday.
Ms P l. Duncan is spending
a few days with her daughter
Mrs Stanley Scott. in Norfolk
Mr. and Mrs George BleWn.
and Connie and Patsy. Of Ocean
View. spent last week end WITH hel
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Guinea

The Rev. F. P Look filled his
regular appointment at Cente-
nary Church Sunday This was
followed by church school. The
Bible Glass had splendid les
son. taught by Joe A Hazlegrove
Mr.. and Mrs. Porter Davis. OF
Richmond were week end guests
at. "Hors du Monde" Sunday
luncheon guests were Mr. and
Mrs. r F. Ransom: Mr. and Mrs,
L n. Make. Jr Mrs George Nc
Gruder; Mrs. Raymond Canada
and Mr.. and Mrs. James Ashby,
all Of Richmond. Other Sunday
guests were Mrs Clarence Adams
and daughter. Of Charles City
Va, All of these attended the
Davis Fisher nupitals in Farm
vile. Sunday afternoon.
Friday dinner guests at "Hors
du Monde" were Mr. and Mrs
Fred Fisher and daughter Karen
Of Warakoneta. Ohio. Fred Fish
er, Jr., Of San Antonio. Texas and
Miss OctaVia Davis
Mrs Charles Womack, Jr, and
Charles, III, were Sunday evening
guests Of MI and Mrs Johr
hmos. They also visited in the
Mrs A. j. Smith home
Many from here attended the
Davis Fisher wedding in Farm.
Vile on October 10
Mr. and Mrs Garland Brown
Of Richmond, were week enc
guests Of NJ Sgt and Mrs Davio
J Matson and j. A. Addleman
Mr. and Mrs Brown and the Mat
sons were Saturday evening guest!
Of Mr.. and MIS-. J. P. Stratton
Mrs j. P Stratton ATTENDED
The annual District Missionar,
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Open House At
HOrs du Monde
Precedes Nuptials

On Friday. Oct: 8, Mrs. Lottie
Brown and the Conduit Mathews
family had Open House from 8
to 10 p m. in honor Of Miss
Octavia Davis and Fred Fisher.
Among the 40 people present
were Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fisher
and daughters, Karen. Of Wapako-
neN,. Ohio. the parents and sister
of the groom elect: Mrs. Charles
Parker, Mrs. David Holmes and
daughter. of near Farmville, Mrs.
Robert l.. Davis and daughter
Patricia Gail, of Jackson Heights
Mrs. f. w. Blanton and daughter.
Martha Elizabeth, Of Guinea
Mills, Mr.. and Mrs. George Jen-
kins, of "MedWood,' Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Scott. Of Stoddert, and
Miss Octavia Davis.
Many handsome and uSeful
gifts were received Punch and
cake were served
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Gainesville

Rev. and Mrs. ] Kenneth Clark
md daughter Mary Jane, spent
Monday in Richmond
Rev A. A. Mason visited rela-
tives in Bowling Green the past
week,
Mrs. T. w Pearson and Miss
Constance Christian were guests
of Mrs. j. Alex Ransone, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M E. Blanton
and Mr.. and Mrs. c. G.. Blanton
spent Sunday with relatives in
Caroline county.
Mr.. and Mrs Reginald Rollings
of Richmond. were week end
guests OF Dr.. and Mrs N P
Snead.
WMU Hostess
The WMU of the Gainesville
Baptist Church met with Mrs
Y. P Snead, Thursday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ E. Blanton, Mr.
and Mrs. c. G.. Blanton, MI. ano
Mrs. G.. l.. Blanton and daughter
Vivian, and Mr.. and Mrs J Ale>
Ransone were supper guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George jenkins. al
Cumberland. Saturday
Mrs. l. A Martin and Mrs
George j. Whitlock attended the
American Legion Auxiliary meet
ing at Cumberland Monday night
The Peasants here visited Mrs
II B. Peasants in Stuart Circle
/ Hospital. Sunday
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Miss Phyllis Snead spent the
past week end with relatives in
Richmond.
Hospital Visitors
Mrs. w H. Peasants and Mrs.
George G Whitlock visited Mrs
H. b Peasants, IN a Richmond
hospital, the past week
People are sorry to know the
Gainesville bridge across the
James River viii be closed next
Monday for several months for re-
pairs. To reach Goochland coun-
ty, they will have to cross at
Columbia or Maidens.
Shirley Reynolds and mother
and other relatives from Lynch
burg. were guests of F. T. Dabney,
Sunday afternoon.
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parents Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Carnes.
CMr. and Mrs. E. r. Cooke and
Mr. and Mrs E r. Harrison and
son, Robert. visited Mrs. Kate
Rodgers, Saturday.
MIR. and Mrs. Willie Bowles an
nounce the birth Of a daughter
at Medical College Hospital,
Richmond.
Revival services will begin at
Fork Of willis Baptist Church on
Sunday Oct. II. and will be held
each night during the ensuing
week including Saturday night.
Rev. Mr.. Clark will preach
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Miss Bonnie Anne EaSdr had
as her guests Tuesday night
Misses Patsy Carnage. Margar-
ct Whi,elock. Margagct Too-e
Ruby Stout. Susan Tapptr ani
Gail Jones.
Mrs. Karl Robertson and Mrs.
W. A. Baker spent Friday after
noon in Richmond
Master Wesley Ball is spending
the week with Mrs T A. Rhoades,
MI and Mrs. o. w Ball have
a baby girl, born Monday at
Stuart Circle Hospital in Rich
mond
Mrs. S w Parker, Miss Phyllis
Snead and Mrs John Irving spent
the week end in Richmond.
Scoutmaster James Rae, Jr.,
attended a leaders meeting at
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Week end guests of Mrs. Leslie
Miller were Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Miller, Jr,, and family and Mrs.
Francis Stonnell, Of Richmond
Mrs. Gordon Miller and son have
returned home after long visit
With her parents, Mr. and Mrs
George Default in Evansville. Ind
Bert Blanton. of Richmond.
visited l. G. Shores Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Shores.
il. spent the week end in Farm
vile with relatives.
MI. and Mrs. r. II. Waneck.
Mark, Mrs. w. A. Baker and Mrs.
Bobby Tucker spent Monday in
Richmond.
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Crewe Wednesday night,
Guests Of Nh and Mrs. Taylor
Irving Sunday afternoon were
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Baldwin
and son. of Farmville
Mrs. ], B Gresham and chill
dren. of West Point have been
spending some time with her
mother. Mrs. R n Lewis.
MIS- Rob Powell and MIS-
Marie Robertson. Of Orange. We're
guests Of Mrs. L. @. Shores Wed
nesday
MIS- Walter Stockman. MIS-.
Heidi Sutton. Mrs. Harold Suit
ton and Mr. Bobby Sutton spent
Monday in FarmWlle
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-30
Com1os Range Twilight We TONIGHT In March Of Dimes Hadia
Charley Conch's Selections

Tonight Is the last opportunity
for racing fans to enter the '.Name
The Bunny" contest az the Key
West Kennel Club. Contest winners
viii be announced Tuesday. The
prizes are a seasons pass and a
greyhound pup, r. O's Blowfly.
Tonight will also mark one OF
the top evenings Of racing during
the current meeting-the March OF
Dimes Handicap race pitting Com.
stock, Irene Hill, Burning Bright
Range Twilight and some other top
ldogfleSh.
Charley Conch figures Comstock
as the winner-on the basis Of his
performance last week when he
captured the Atlantic Shores Spe-
cial and equaled the track record
for the SIG mile distance.
Other selections:
First Race: Riviera, Buzz A
Bit, and 10 Ann Del. (4,s.7)
Second Race: Lady Sandy, Bud.
apest and Al Mello. CAD
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along his winning ways when he
COPIED his fourth straight victory
of the current meeting and his
seventh for the year in the feature
race.
The winner came In easily by 4
one length margin over Timber
Range to indicate that he may be
the dog Comstock will have to beat
for the top Kennel Club rating in
the future.
Legal Looter paid $50, 500 and
500 while Timber Range returned
$40 and 400. Mischief Girl, who
ran third paid go and the Quiniela
on the feature returned 1920.
The fourth race last night paid
1860 for a Quiniela ticket when
Super Tate and Sol Bonita came IN
winners.
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Legal Looter
TriumPhs In
Feature Race
Here Friday

Manuel Fosters Comstock,
currently the class of the
Key West Kennel Club, will
go to the post tonight in the
March of Dimes Handicap
race at the plush Stock Is
land racing oval.
The classy canine will be
out seeking his seventh VIC
tory in the current season
as the meeting moves into
its 32nd night.
Last week, Comstock
equaled the track record of
30.4 seconds over the 5-16
mile distance set by Reck-
oning last year in gaining a
win in the Atlantic Shores
Especial. n
Tonight's race looms as a four
way battle between Comstock,
Range Twilight. Burning Bright
and Irene Hill.
Rsngs Twliisise, wsse sisevid Get
. lot 81 consideration from Me
bsfsors. hes nm second 10 Com.
stock on tovr occasions ii,is year,
and with 81 early break could
come N q wim,sr tonight. Both
Burning Bright. owned by Fleet
Wing Kernels, and Irene HMI, q
stablsmafe Of The faverits, own
victories over comssoek but vine.
thsr o. not TREY cen repeat 70.
night, remains to ba seen.
Other entries in the grade one
hotbox special include Point Breeze
Kennels Tissort, NJ. w. Fakg's
Gay Skipper, Sam Baxendale's
Saginaw Bay and Jack Ortner's
Crossword.
The feature tonight Is The tenth
on an eleven race program. Rae
ing fans viii be given an oppor.
Itunity to give for the March Of
Dimes polio fund.
Tonight's program also features
two SO mile marathons. The pro.
gram opens at Sis p. m. with the
first half Of the daily double.
In last nights action, Overseas
Kennels Legal Looter continued
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Irene Hill
Burning Bright
ComStock
ELEVENTH RAGE - 90 mile
Grade s
Speed In Review
Sir Mckay
Yardley
Red Carpet
Linda Hill
Glen Page
Flakes OF Fire
Taran
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Henriquez and
Gates Pace
COnchs II, LOiU
Scoring Game

The Key West High
School basketball team took
the measure Of the South
Dade Rebels for the second
night in q row last night on
the local hardwood. The
score was 1923 in a listless
gamelistless that is, up to
the point where the Conchs
broke loose in the late
stages of the game to give
the visitors a lesson in ball
handling.
It was not a conference
victory.
1t was just for kicks.
And tonight, the COnchs win 60
back MO action for the third
straight night when they tackle the
highly vaunted Miami Tech Gag
err. II win DO conference game
and the winner viii be in at Ieasi
q De for the Gold Coast lead. Al
least Il appears that way-the ex.
act sctandings are slightly on the
muddled side as the result Of {
revelation by South Dade coach
Paul Worley that the second Conch
Rebel contest won't 60 into the re
cord books. Game time tonight Il
Sis p. m.
In last nights battle. both clubs
played q cautious brand Of ball
throughout the early stages Of the
game, and there was not much
scoring.
As q matter Of fact, the frs
two and half minutes of the con
test, produced not a field goal
Then Glynn Archer dumped in q
free throw to break the ice.
AZ the end Of the first period
the Conchs commanded slim g..
lead.
The Conchs played their usual
calm and deliberate brand Of bal
during the second period and the
walked OF the court at the he
time with j 1915 kicker.
Julio Henriquez and Gibby Gates
dominated the offensive play
throughout that period.
In the third quarter, another
scoring drought hit both teams and
five minutes elapsed before anyone
could tally. Gibby Gates broke the
ice then with Q set shot and q
layup to start q Conch drive that
pulled away from the Rebels and
gave them the win.
Henriquez was the high scorer
for the Conchs with Is counters,
followed by Gates with IL points,
John Carbonell and Stu Logun also
turned in fine defensive perfor.
mances. Glynn Archer dumped In
seven points for the Conch cause,
Bob Williams was top scorer fol-
the Rebels with IL points.
Tho st1nrnnrv.
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Third Race: Lady Ports, Fabu.
ious Flight and Dear Lad. DAD
Fourth Race: Steel Band, Hoi-
day House and Pretty Blossom.
.(26-D
Fifth Race: Little Dariin, Lucky
Package and Berkshire. (7-6-4)
Sixth Race: Release Call, Break
The Bank and Even Key. SAD
Seventh Race: Mercury Switch,
Bramble and Another Whisk. Us
80
Eighth Race: Nm Gale, Rural
Cousin. and Tabcin. (2-S-6l
Ninth Race: Over My Shoulder.
News Carrier and Judy Doll. e.
SD
Tenth Race: Comstock, Range
Twilight and Irene Hill. (42-s)
Eleventh Race: Glen Page. Red
Carpet and Sir Mckay. (2S-S)
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Horatio Luro. trainer at Hialeah
race track, uses an electric oat.
cruSher to prepare food for his
horses. 1890
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Key West Kennel Club Results

FIRST RACE
Pilgrims 1851 Dandy Candy
- Tennessee Belle
&Sss ST DUST Is" So IS eun,.l. oo $50
Wnnerh Souzas Red Brne September, Streak
Delinquent News - ~
zzSSS ~, " e S s auals. ao 1870
Daily DOuble-Jo Go and Perhda paid -
RACE
Fosters Dark Brne B. July Kns-Fres
S SiSs1H SE&1 4" H s$ a.,n's. $50 $40
FOURTH RACE
suzs Bnle B. Fortress 1mp-paper
81 $3.50 s Is e asn,sl. ga ,osso
FIFTH RACE
E TasssEe F Sax. Light sr 9sss BINS
e eRgRScHs NEWS $40 ,ssSSS ounisla $50 Ao
SIXTH
WinHsTMr o. Feuens Black D, cameron-Adora
eezzfe RieiS55 LADY ITO Is IS aonls. go $3.50
Brde White D. September 1880 Wrinkle.
e. sStSaH 1850 8: &c IS IS qr,.,.. su n~
EIGHTH RACE ~~
WinnsrFred Whiheads Black B. April. vory-Bombs
SEzRssy sssg H." i: * = aon'.. oo 200
wIHpsrR Hutchngs July Tumble Bus-Iady Orlando
E 5fA5 REWARD SO 90 euinis. cssm~
Winner Rural streak-scatlns
MseER FA eS $40 200 ouiniea cso $500
ELEVENTH RACE
MneTTTed Whteheads Brine B. October CoaxMi
M n ER sA5nr ',s $40 g 0uinie. c-s 1900
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Page THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, January 90 1854
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TONICHTS
ENTRIES

~N030
Son o. Burt
10 Ann Dell
Lovely Day
Buzz A Bit
Hartagon
Cuddly Cute
Happy Woman
Riviera
SECOND RACE - SIS mile
Grade 4
July Fourth
Forest Wild
Let's Go By
Sooner Senator
Debra's Boy
Budapest
Lady Sandy
AL Mell0
THIRD RACE - SIS mile
Grade 4
Markoney
Fabulous Flight
Prem
Lady Ports
Dear Lad
Viberation
Bob Stack
LOngiene .,x
FOURTH RACE - SIS mle @
Grade 3
Painter Pete
Black Bomb
Spring Bunny
Matthew Hill
Steel Band
Guaiira
Holiday House
Pretty Blossom
FIFTH RACE - SIS mile
Grade s
Tar tip
Linda North
Aero
Summer Special
Berkshire
Little Dariin
Viking Love
Lucky Package
SIXTH RACE - SIS mile
Grade )
Canunculus
Release Call
Break The Bank
Dian Hill
Kay Roo
Baker Boy
Even Key
Stylish Blond
ivENTH RACE - SIS mile
ade 4
Vaulta
R. O.'S Moonbeam
Bramble
Another Whisk
Wicked
Mercury Switch
Yves Hardin
Boyee
EiTHTH RACE go SIS mile
Grade Z
Fearless Warrior
Rocket Jet
Cotton Nose
Wheat
Mohammedan
Tabcin
Mill Gale
Rural Cousin
NINTH RACE -- SIS mile
Grade !
Judy Doll
Tru Pattern
High Legios
New Carrier
Modest Blond
Carlita
Over My Shoulder
Capehart
TENTH RACE - SIS mile
Grade I
TissOrt
Range Twilight
Saginaw Bay
Gay Skipper
Crossword
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-01-15
OCRACOKE CIVIC CLUB
ENJOYS OYSTER STEW

The Ocracoke Civic Club met on
Monday night with cooks Elmo
Fulcher, Stacy Howard, William
Garrish, and Harry O'Neal serving
up some good oyster stew. Chief
discussion was the formation of an
Ocracoke Cemetery Association
and transfer of the deed to the
land recently acquired by the Civ
ic Club to such an Association. 1t
was voted to hold a community
meeting to discuss the formation
of. such an association on Monday
night, January 25th, at the school
house. Two new members were
added to the Civic Club roll: Bill
Spencer and Rev. Robert Vickery.
On Monday night, January 18th,
the P.TA. meets at the school Ii
brary. Hostesses are Mrs. Wahab
Howard, Mrs. Bertha O'Neal, Mrs.
Naomi O'Neal,, Mrs. Edna O'Neal,
Mrs. aKtie O'Neal, Mrs. Ansley
O'Neal, and Mrs. Marcia Peele.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-01-15
HARBOR SEALS SHOW
UP IN OREGON INLET

Harbor seals, a pair of them,
probably driven south by ex-
IRENE cold weather have been
making themselves at home in
Oregon Inlet during the past few
days, and were first sighted by
personnel of the Oregon Inlet
ferry. 1t is not unusual to see
seals in North Carolina waters
during extreme cold weather but
the pair sighted here on several
occasions this week are the first
to show up this winter.
Harbor seals are common in
ports and along the New England
coast during the winter months.
In years gone by they have been
sighted as far south as Cape
Lookout and a few have been
captured in that section of the
coast.
Unlike some species of seal the
fur of harbor seals, a mottled
brown has little if any COM
mercial value.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-01-15
ENTIRE COURT TAKEN
WITH TRAFFIC CASES

All three cases in Dare Record
ers Court Tuesday involved the
operation of automobiles. Robert
Hilton Parker of Spot, again be-
fore the court charged both with
drunken driving and reckless
driving was found not guilty on
the first offense, but paid inc
of $75 and costs for the second.
Noah Price, Jr., of Avon, plead
ed guilty of driving drunk, and
was fined 500 and costs. The
case developed following a COLI
sion with car in which Ralph
TWiddy and his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Lou Farrow of Frisco were
occupants, and this couple an
nounced intention of bringing
civil suit for damages.
Steward Leon Balance and
Ray Enoch Banks of Mamie, Cur
rituck County were bound over
to Superior Court on the charge
of stealing an automobile from
Milton U. Gard of Kitty Hawk.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-01-15
SNOW GEESE DEPART
PEA I'D. "OLD CHRISTMAS"

AS has been their custom dur
ing recent years after spending
a short feeding period at the Pea
Island National Wildlife Refuge,
the flock of greater snow geese
departed on their migratory
flights northward on Old Christ
mas night this week.
'This is their custom each
year., said L. B. Turner, refuge
manager. "They always leave, or
the bulk of them do on the night
& early morning of January g."
Ie first flocks Of snow geese had
arrived during late November at
their usual time of arrival which
is on or about November q, it
was stated.
This year only about SO per
cent of the normal number of
these handsome white fowl with
their black wing-tips showed up
for winter feeding at the Pea Is
land refuge. Game officials have
not yet determined why the
flock, normally about $4,000
geese was only about 1000 at its
peak this season.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-01-15
COAST GUARD AIDS
MORE CASES IN YEAR

Norfolk, Va. - Coast Guards
men in the Fifth Coact Guard
District, which stretches from
the Delaware border to South
Carolina, handled 1853 more dis
tress and assistance cases dur
ing the past year tan they did in
1852, according to a headquarters
report.
And last July turned up in the
Coast Guards books as the all
time record month in the number
of cases with III.
Total assistance cases ran to
1,240 for the past year, while
1925 top was 1,072.
At the top of the Coast Guards
breakdown of cases stood vessel
disablings. The service assisted
$50 craft ranging from fishing
boats to freighters and tankers
that were adrift, out of fuel, or
on the Coast Guards list.
disabled because of heavy seas,
engine trouble, dead batteries or
broken rudders.
Vessels that ran aground num-
bered 1873 and took second place
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-01-15
BOLD BEARLOSES
DARING RAID ON
MIGHTY HUNTER

Bob Midget of Stumpy Point,
king of Bear Hunters was vic
torius again at 2 am. yesterday
morning, when the king of bears
invaded his home and tried TO
break in his back door.
Midget is the mortal enemy
of the bear kingdom because of
the many sportSmen he has
guided to glory and he was alert
when the noise of this invader
in his back yard reused him from
sleep at an unearthly hour.
He fired shot at the bear, but
the bear didn't stop. 1t took six
shots to stop him. One neighbor
reported the bear weighed $50
pounds. Division by two might be
better.
The old bear had been causing
trouble a long time around Mid
gets home. Some folks think he
was the king of the tribe.
In fact many bears have caused
trouble for year or more at
Stumpy Point. They raided Alton
Best's fish house, one of these big
Fellows was slain at that time.
They rai1ed ether peo-le'S hog
pens, and chicken houses. IN
April one, weighing 800 p,ulds
attacked Victor Meekins Pontiac
at 9 o'clock at night, near MAINS
Harbor, but lost his life. The car
owner was the loser.
In fact bear hunting at Stumpy
Point has ceased to be a sport, but
defensive warfare, and hunters
no longer have to spend long
hours in chilly anticipation. They
now have bear chills in fear a
bear will attack 'em.
It's all because the law is strict,
and because the storm blew all
the gumberries off the trees. The
bears just have to come out for
something to eat.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-01-15
NORTHWEST FORK
TO BE BRIDGED
DURING THE YEAR

A new bridge on Route "a be-
tween Gum Neck and Kilkenny
crossing the Northwest Fork of
the Alligator River is to be built
this year, the State Highway
Commission announces. The con-
tract will be let Jan. % for a
concrete floor on creosoted tim
Der piles. It will be rs feet wide
and 361 feet long. 1t will replace
the old floating barge, now in
service, and will greatly aid
travel and commerce between
Fairfield and Columbia.
The commission plans the
building of 100 miles of road on
U. S. "a at Roper. In Beaufort
County, 5,68 miles of grading and
structures is planned on No. 33
near Mineola.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-01-15
GRADY BRICKHOUSE
DIES IN NORFOLK

Funeral services for Grady
Brickhouse, As, who died Friday
in a Norfolk hospital, were con-
Quoted at the Providence Baptist
Church, NORFOLK, Sunday after
noon at o'clock. Burial was in
Riverside Memorial Park. Mr..
Brickhouse was a native of Co.
lumbia, the SON of Claude and
Mollie Hawlis Brickhouse; the
husband of Mrs. Sybil Pinkham
Brickhouse, and an employee of
the Regent Construction Com
pany, of Oceana,. Va. He had
lived in Virginia for Is years.
Surviving besides his wife are
two daughters, Frances Carroll
and Nancy Jane Brickhouse, and
three sons, Albert, Rogers, and
Grady Brickhouse, all of South
Norfolk; three sisters, Mrs. Dale
Daughtrey, Mrs. Willard jenkins,
and Mrs. Benny Jones, all OF
Elizabeth City; a half-sister, Mrs
Elwood Smith; three brothers
Albert, of Berkeley, Va, Raymond
and Louis Brickhouse, both OF
Elizabeth City, and his step.
mother, Mrs. Matte Davis.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-01-15
MORE FERRIES: BETTER
RAMPS ARE PROMISED

State Highway officials in
Manteo this week announced that
plans have been made to rebuild
the ramps of the Oregon Inlet
landings. Since the ramps were
first built last year numerous
automobiles have been damaged
as result of the short, steep ramps
which have proven inadequate
when the tides are low.
The officials said plans have
been drawn and that work on inn
proving the ferry slips will begin
in the near future and be COM
pleted well in advance of the
peak travel season of the Cape
Hatteras National Seashore re-
gion. Two ferries, converted
landing craft will be placed in
operation at Oregon Inlet this
year, it was stated.
And they won't be there be-
fore they are needed.