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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-02
MANTEO VFW OFFICERS
CHOSEN FOR COMING YEAR

The Manteo Post of the Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars held their
annual election meeting last Thurs
day night, and elected officers for
the ensuing year. Those elected
were as follows:
Wilbur D. Lewark, commander;
Gordon Riddick, senior vice-com-
mander; Carlton Etheridge, junior
viee-commander; Jesse L. Newman,
quartermaster adjutant; Robert
Shannon, chaplain; Rondal Tillett,
trustee.
One of every rs persons IN the
United States received instruc-
ton in a Red Cross training
course last year.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-02
CARD OF THANKS

My son, Michael, and l wish to
thank our many friends for the
flowers, cards, cars loaned and 9TH
er expressions of sympathy ex-
tended us at the time Of the death
of our husband and father, Ed
ward Mann.
MRS. EDWARD MANN
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-02

The government can ask to see
your tax records up to five years
after you file that return. So it's
a good idea to keep them around
for that long. - Changing Times.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-02
BIRTHS

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. David Far
row of Manteo son, David, Jr.,
en- March Is in the Albemarle Hos
pital, Elizabeth City. The little
J ~ weighed eight pounds, IA ounc-
eS.
Evening star., 1954-05-02

of origin (1904) and text. Some
will remember that it caused
a scandal when it was in.
troduced, and was initially
banned. Moral Indignation ap-
parently no longer is stirred
by this shocker, however Zone
wonders, though, how the
Breen Office would react to it,,
and Columbia intrepidly has
come out with an excellent
Viennese performance. Wal
burga Wegner sings the title
role fervently and handsomely,
and the sound engraved on the
two LIPS is splendid.
The late-period Strauss dab
bling in orchestral music pro-
duced results less arresting, by
and large, than almost any of
his vocal works. Some Of the
pieces have an appeal for spe-
cialized tastes. however. One
of these, the E fiat symphony
(Strauss called it sonatina)
for 16 wind instruments, is
given a capable performance
under Izler Solomon on a new
MGM disc. Strauss dedicated
this reminiscent effort to Mo-
zart. He did not quite succeed
in averting a somewhat aca-
demic air, however.
A Versatile Soprano
It is a source of unending
astoniShment to me (and of
none whatever to Europeans.
who are accustomed to ver-
Evening star., 1954-05-02
TurntobIe Talk
TurntubIe Talk
Schworzkopf Records
Soprano Sings Variety Of Music,
From Strauss to Franz Lehur
By jones G. Deone

It has sometimes been said
of Richard Strauss that in his
later years the wellspring of
inspiration dried up, but this
theory reckons without two
of the most noteworthy pro-
ductions of the long Strauss
career.
These are the -Four Last
Songs" completed in 1948
when he was "a, and the last
opera, "Capriccio." The ripe
mastery which they bespeak is
eloquently attested in a new
Angel recording featuring the
soprano, Elisabeth Schwarz-
kopf.
Like symphonic music in
general. Strauss orchestral
opuses like Don Juan" and
Till Eulenspiegel" are the
more familiar, but would put
his best vocal music far ahead
of them, certainly for a steady
diet. A Straussian orchestra
tends to be overwhelming, and
after a while of this one has
had enough. When voices are
added, however, even Strauss
has to pull in the reins a bit.
And the results are even more
intoxicating.
For beautiful balancing Of
voice and orchestra Strauss
nowhere surpassed the -Four
Last Songs" all but one of
which (''Fruehling"D have
about them soft autumnal
glow and all of which are the
ultimate in the way of nostal-
gic, poetic utterance. Nine.
Schwarzkopf, collaborating
with Otto Ackermann and the
Philharmonic Orchestra, re-
creates this poetry with a radi-
ance and an air of spiritual
communion which are enthral-
ling. Her singing of these
songs is appreciably more ex-
pressive than the recent, also
highly attractive, effort of Lisa
Della Casa.
"Capriccio" Finished in 194D
is more cerebral and less re-
prospective, but it, too, is music
of a lovingly refined and puri-
fed sort, flowing. sensuous and
richly detailed but never over
laden. And the final mono
logue, like those in "Rosen-
kavalier" and other Strauss
masterpieces, is distillation of
the composers best inspiration.
The monologue is all we have
here, when the whole opera
would have been welcomed, but
as a counterweight for the four
songs nothing could be more
desirable. The music on this
disc, incidentally, would do
honor to concert patrons. Con-
ductors please note.
Lustier Music
"Salome," it need hardly be
said. is music of a lustier,
CUSTER sort befitting it's date
Evening star., 1954-05-02

task twice. Subsequently West
minister issued two records
with the fruits of these dupli-
cate labors. Actually it wasn't
illogical, for the music-by
Mozart-was played in one
case on a conventional piano,
and in the other on a restora-
ton of a piano built in Mo-
Zart's lifetime.
Another Viennese pianist.
Alice Heksch, plays a similar
piano in a new Epic recording.
In this case a violin is added
for program of Mozart's
sonatas for these two instru-
ments, the violinist being
Mime. Heksch's husband, Nap
de Kiln. Mrs. Heksch's piano,
a reproduction, is copied from
one actually built for Mozart
by Johann Stein. which is
still in the Mozart house in
Salzburg. Mr.. de Klijn's vio-
lin, a 1909 Paolo, is played
with a bow from Mozart's
time. too.
The result, as far as the
piano sound goes, is quaint
a cross between the modern
piano and the harpsichord.
Evening star., 1954-05-02

satlity in their ranking artistS)
to find formidable personali-
ties like Schwarzkopf singing
''Capriccio" one moment and
"The Merry Widow the next.
Angel has broken this partic-
ular sonic barrier once again
with another Lehar opus, the
Orient-situated romance en-
titled 1.-The Land of Smiles"
It has essentially the same
cast (besides SchwarZkopf it
numbers Erich Kunz, Nicolai
Gedda and Emmy LooSe) as
the previous Angel-Lehar ven-
ture. Schwarzkopf makes as
captivating a Lisa as she does
a Hanna, and Conductor Ack-
ermann (another versatile
fellow keeps the score bub-
bling. If it doesn't do so quite
as much as 'The Merry
Widow" it's simply because
even Lehar could hardly man
age the same coup twice.
Some time ago Paul Badura
Skoda, the young Viennese
pianist known to National SYM
phony hearers and owners of
Westminster records. ventured
the seemingly Illogical and
performed the same recording
Evening star., 1954-05-02

TODAY.
SENIOR A CAPPELLA CHOIR, First Bap-
ttst Church: Harwood Hall. conductor.
Parker, contralto:- Donald Fischer.
liam Messicks, oreanist At the Foun-
dhsI cry MethedISt So Church. 8 pm. REQUIEM,
NATippNAL IL a GALLERY ORCHESTRA;
EsI1sIS Eiehsrd ~ Bales' hrs conductSr National
from the ballet, The incredible Flutist.
walter Piston; symphony No. 2.
D. e. FEDER3T1oN OF MUSIC CLUBS.
Sel3istS Tn0m1: RYAN; 6a1itopS; An
piano. Adeline sunday, contralto: Lii
S.4rer an psno RG%Sn. RanS SH N.yrIs E'hs
Hall, YWCA,. pm. Ombra mail fu.
ISS.Eos EISsE E9snSsnt .t.S Jim e 5Ed!.Eds:
drop; Gretchaninov;- suicidio. Pom
Ne 9Bus Sa NO he anf rsg: 9DS:
Rsvel; Ls Vale des ciSches: RaveI:
81 M RSsysi; 0oSm Mini DG5%i Ravs
Isyarni. spathy; sin tu Amor. SAN
MG%BE11E G3Essi DAVIS, soprano: Arpad
pm. Sommi Del. from Radamisto
Handel; 81 ira ceppi. from Berenice,
Handel; .V'adoro. pupille. Saette
Hoffnung. Schubert; Suleika Schu-
bert; Wanderers Nachtlied, Schubert;
Schlechtes Wetter. Strauss: Befreit,
Strauss; Adieux de lHotesse Arabe
'BiZet; La Vie 1nterieure, Duparc; VII
lsnelle des petites Canards, Chabrier;
All. fuyeZ a present, malheureuses
penSees. Gaubert; Four Spirituals.
LENOIR RHYME COLLEGE A CAPPELLA
CHOIR. Kenneth B. Lee, director Two
Identical concerts; one at Resurrection
Lutheran Church. Arlington, 400 pm;
one at Church of the Reformation,
500 pm Hodie Christus Natus Est.
Palestrina; Agnus Del. Kalinnikof;
Lost in the Night. Christensen; All
Breathing Life. Bach: Sing We Mer-
rily. Shaw; Bread Of Tears, Christian
sen; A Tune on q Reed. Mckay: This
Is the Day. Christensen: Alleluia,
Luvaas; Christmas Symbol, Christian
sen; Flemish carol. trad: Christmas
Eve. christensen; o Day Of Grace.
TOMORROW.
CHEVY CHASE CHANTERS. Louis L.
11ASeR, eonducto1. SoioistS: The Allegro
Evening star., 1954-05-02
Programs of the Week

TRIO: Earle Ferguson. piano: Max Ell.
senbergh; clarinet; virginia Harpham
sApoRD HfGEFa% Ron nGs Es9S Gross,
piano. Phillips Gallery, $50 pm.
Sonata in A, Vivaldi; Chaconne in d
minor; Bach: Sonata in D minor; Opus
Hindemith: Suite populaire espaenole,
de Falla; Roumanian Folk Dances,
TUESDAY.
NORMAN FRAUENHEIM. piano. Inter
national Student House, 1925 r street
NV. S:15 pm. No program an
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY STRING QUAR-
TET: GEORGE Steiner and Donald Rad
ding. yiolins; Leon ..,Io Eeldman, viola;
versity, $50 pm. Sonata a auatro
in G. Tartini; String Trio, Berkowitz;
String Quartet. r. Wilding-White;
THURSDAY.
THE AIR FORCE SYMPHONY oRCHEs-
IRA, Col: George s Howard; condue-
ciate conductor. Soloist: William Wat
kins. organist: Pan American Union.
S;9C IlC,, pm osertuTa para e FaustG
"a. "a sieqri ,,s dance from the "Trilosia
Garcia; sinfonia .sintetica, salsado:
C0AbC S000Aos HNO. IL AAQCNOAS SOAGC1SO
for organ and Orchestra, Hindemith:
Icelandic Overture. Floyd Werle.
FRIDAY.
WASHINGTON LEE HIGH SCHOOL
ORCHESTRA. Dorothy Baumle, con-
ductor. Washington-Lee Auditorium,
$50 pm. Overture and Allegro,
Couperin- Milhaud: symphony No. 10
in major tandante: allegro), Schu-
bert; Suite from the Water Music.
Handel-Harty: Symphony No. ! IAN
dante teneramente) Hanson; Hora
Staccato. Dinieu- -Heifetz: Overture to
Oberon, Weber.
THE FLAM1NGO HAT, o new operetta,
music by Richard Dirksen, libretto by
Frank Baer. .Whitby Hall. National
Cathedral Close. $40 pm.
SATURDAY.
RITA PRE1SMAN. piano. Pierce Hall.
pm. Prelude and Fugre in C sharp
(Well-Tempered Clavier, Book One1,
Bach; Sonata In c, Opus So first
movement). Beethoven: Concerto in
A minor. Opus 81 Qast two move
mentsl. Schumann: An-Chopin: Ia
rantelle, A nat, Opus 43; Nocturne in
c minor, Opus 4S, No. /: Valse Bril-
liante. A nat, Opus a. BalIade. A
fat. Opus ~, Chopin.
Evening star., 1954-05-02
HIGH fidelity

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Arizona sun., 1954-09-10
Reprinted Courtesy
Phoenix Brick Yard

Build a garden wa k and you
can keep people from wearing out
your lawn, cut down on tracking
mud into the house and give the
girls chance to plant petunias or
miniature roses to their hearts
content all along the borders.
Brick is simple, easy-to-use
and attractive material. 1t can
give you walk that is either as
formal or rustic as you want to
make it. It's warm colors in red,
brown, buff, yellow, harmonic
with garden colors.
You can build simple brick
walk on a sand base either with or
without mortar joints. When no
mortar is used, the joint is filled
with sand. The unmortared joint
is especially desirable if you want
a real rustic effect-irregular, with
grass growing between the brick.
We asked the Structural Clay
Products Institute, authority on
brick and tile construction, about
this type of walk and its experts
CAdN1SCo IIIClt IlCu OIlC
would prove the most satisfactory
for any walk.
To lay a sand-jinted walk, cut
and move the sod to the dimen-
sions desired. Such a cut will pro-
vide form solid enough to retain
the brick where they are placed.
Level the ground and lay an inch
of rolled and tamped sand for
foundation.
Place the brick in a trial run to
see. how the pattern is going to
work out.
A basket weave (shown in the
adjoining diagram) is the simplest.
If your excavation is the proper
width, no cutting of brick will be
needed. When all brick are finally
Arizona sun., 1954-09-10
Pilgrim Rest Baptist

Members of Pilgrim Rest Bap-
tist Church, 1417 East Madison
Street, are busy this week in the
observance of an appreciation pro-
gram, given in honor of their pas
tor and wife, Rev. and Mrs. H. V.
Stevenson.
Among visiting pastors there will
be the Reverend M. C. Jeney of
Avondale, Arizona. This program
will close Sunday at 800 pm. The
Reverend L. J. Dunbar will be
guest speaker for the evening. The
public is invited to spend an eve
ming in serman and song.
Florence Johnson, reporter
Arizona sun., 1954-09-10
Antioch Baptist
Church

The Sunday School Superintend-
ent and several teachers were alb
sent last Sunday. In worship serv-
ices the Junior Choir and Wom-
ems Chorus rendered music. Rev.
Holt preached a blackboard dem
onstration sermon. His subject was
Put Away The Strange Cod" Rev.
and Mrs. Holt left Tuesday for a
vacation, and to visit relatives and
friends in California, Nevada, Vel
lowstone National Park, Idaho,
Oklahoma, and Texas.
Miss Vernola E. Billensley will
be the Sunday school BTU. and
Junior Choir pianist, due to the
departure of Miss Gretchen Van,
who will make her home in South
Carolina.
Grace Hartley, reporter
Arizona sun., 1954-09-10
CHURCH NEWS
LIST Institutional Baptist

Two inspiring message were
brought to an appreciative audi
ence, last Sunday, by Rev. STAN
ley King. S/Sgt. Charles McKin-
ney was united with our church
during the morning services. Rev.
w. S. Youngblood, who is one of
the oldest pastors in the state, and
also served as vice-president OF the
Paradise Baptist State Convention,
will preach Sunday at both morn
ing and evening services. He has
been very helpful to our church.
Rev. A. G. Kendrick, the pastor
elect, will occupy the pulpit the
first. Sunday in October.
james L. Davis, reporter
Arizona sun., 1954-09-10
Willow Grove Baptist

Subject of Rev. Hardison's mes
sage Sunday was, Grow In
Grace" Five united with the
church, of which four are candi-
dates for baptism.
Sunday night Rev. w. H. Easter
brought the message, subjected,
"Stay Where God Can Use You"
The Sunday School will hold a
special rally Sunday, September
18th, at II am. Guest speaker will
be Rev. Stevens Miller of Mesa.
Arizona sun., 1954-09-10
Brick Garden Walk Simple
For Homemoker To Build

laid in position, fine SAND is swept
into the crevices and this completes
the walk.
It's easy to prepare dry mix
concrete, sold in small sacks for
jobs of this size. Only water is
added, according to directions, to
make the mix ready for pouring.
The border excavation is dug 8
inches below grade and the con-
crete is poured to a depth of 2
inches. After this foundation has
set until firm enough to support
Arizona sun., 1954-09-10

the brick, they are placed upright
in position, tight against each
other. Additional concrete is then
poured around these upright brick
to embed them firmly up to the
grade line. The hard, even foun-
dation assures that the top of the
brick edging will be flush with
the top surface of the brick in the
walk.
Arizona sun., 1954-09-10
USHER'S ALLIANCE WILL
OBSERVE THIRD
ANNIVERSARY

The City Usher's Alliance will
hold their third anniversary meet
ing Sunday, September 12, 300
pm, at Mt. Calvary Baptist
Church, 18th Ave. and Yuma ST.
Speaker for the afternon will be
Rev. C. ". Nelson, pastor of the
Lone Star Baptist Church.
Mrs. Alberta Myles,
chairman and reporter.
Arizona sun., 1954-09-10
THE FAMOUS BLIND BOYS

The. Jackson Hormoneers often referred to the Blind
Boys Of Mississippi, scheduled appear here
The group mode up Of Archie BrownIeo, monoger
Lawrence Abroms Lloyd Woodurd }. T. cinkscoIe, Rev.
ParneII Perkins and Rev. Sam Lewis
and heur their souIsng rendition Of "OUr Foher
Hes Ny Rock" Precious Memories" and Mother Don't
Worry"
Arizona sun., 1954-09-10
CHdRCH HUI
DMez0zu

Editors Note. If you would
like to have your church included
in our calendar, please call us al
AL. 3-36S2. We also invite news
items about your church activities
Bethlehem Baptist Church
18th st. at E. Adams
DR.. Joshua r. Miner, Pastor
1000 am. Sunday School
HOO am. Morning Worship
Pentecostal Open Door Church
100 South 18th Street
L. Barnes, Pastor
1000 am. Sunday School
HOO am. Morning Worship
Tanner Chapel A. Nj. e. Church
9Th st. at E. Jefferson
Rev. Charles K. Hayes, Pastor
GAS am. Sunday School
HOO am. Morning Worship
Lucy Phillips Memorial Church
Corner 18th at E.. Adams
Rev. L. J.. Harper, Pastor
$50 am. Sunday School
HOO am. Morning Worship
Arizona sun., 1954-09-10
Tanner Chapel

Eleven o'clock services were pre-
sided over by the pastor, Rev. C.
K. Hayes, and his pulpit guest, Rev.
c. o. Greenfield. Sacrament was
served to over two hundred mem
berS and friends.
Arizona sun., 1954-09-10

Mrs Matte Johnson, 1887 East
Jefferson Street, and Mrs. John
Bentford, spent several days vaca-
tioning in California with relatives.
They were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Steve Bentford of Victorville,
California.
Evening star., 1954-03-31
Soviet Hands
Big 3 Note
On Security
BY the ASsocioted Press

MOSCOW. Mar. 31.-Foreign
Minister V. M. Molotov called in
the ambassadors of the United
States, Britain and France today
and handed them a Soviet note
containing proposals for Euro
pean security.
Contents of the note were not
disclosed by the ambassadors
who cabled the text to their re-
spective capitals. Western en-
bassy officials said it was 10
pages long.
The Molotov proposals appar-
emily were intended as an ad-
vance statement for the Geneva
conference of the Big Four with
Red China and other powers
opening April 26.
At the recent Berlin Big Four
conference Mr.. Molotov pro-
posed European security plan
which rejected the North At
lantic Treaty Organization and
the proposed European Defense
Community.
Since then, the Soviet Union
has sent a series of notes to the
Netherlands, Greece, Turkey and
Pakistan protesting the granting
of bases to the United States and
other cooperation with Ameri-
can-sponsored defense plans.
Evening star., 1954-03-31
Senate Action Seen
On Bill 10 LET j. ).
Buy New Buildings
PIdn Would Permit
Use of Rent Money
On Purchase Price
By WiIIiom A. MiIIen

The Republican Policy Com
mittee plans to bring to the
Senate floor next week the
Lease Purchase Bill, whereby the
Federal Government may use
rent money to buy new buildings
The legislation passed the
House last July "a. Tt received a
favorable report March 19 from
the Senate Public Works Com
mittee.
If it becomes law officials say
Edmund F. Mansure. head of the
General Services Administration,
could start things rolling. He
could go to the large insurance
companies or to others with ex-
tensive capital and make an
agreement for new Federal
buildings. with rent money going
toward the eventual purchase
price.
Supporters of the legislation
say that, with the current decline
in employment and slackening in
business. speedy enactment of
the bill would spur tagging con-
Struction.
Benefits Cited.
Saving the taxpayers money is
seen as one of the prime results
of the proposed law. It's enthu-
SlastS say it would make for more
orderly procedure in Govern
ment construction. 1t would keep
property on the local tax rolls.
while Uncle Sam Is still g tenant
and before he gets the deed to
the property. after wipins out
the purchase price through rent
payments. they contend.
Furthermore. it's sponsors as
sert. this legislation would re-
lleve Congress of the political
embarrassment of having to ap-
propriate large sums for new
Federal buildings, here and else
where.
Because there has been no big
public building program since
before World War II, a large
backlog of demands has been
built up. This includes new
Continued on Page "A, Col. g.
Evening star., 1954-03-31
BY George Beveridee

District Engineer Commission
er Louis w. PrentiSS today regis
tered unqualified opposition to
the proposed Reaches Run bridge
asserting that 1T simply will
not work"
He told a House District sub
committee the city heads still
feel an E street bridge over
Roosevelt Memorial Island is the
moSt-needed river crossing. But,
in the event Congress feels it
cannot authorize such a span
he proposed the following nine
point program as the next best
solution to river crossing prob
lens:
/. Immediate authorization of
a Jones Point bridge. the Dis
rict Highway Departments sec
ond priority bridge choice. While
this bridge is proposed mainly
as a bypass span, the general
said he thought it wise to see
how well it also would serve to
relieve" downtown congestion.
2. An immediate increase in
authorization from ST million
to $11 million to permit early
construction of new south
bound four-lane Fourteenth
Evening star., 1954-03-31

greater force - greater than
the fission weapons by a de-
gree of magnitude comparable
to the difference between fis-
sion bombs and conventional
bombs. A theoretical method
of accomplishing this was
known to our scientists.
In January. 1850, the Presi-
dent directed the Atomic
Energy Commission to under
take the necessary steps to
see if this weapon. variously
called the hydrogen bomb, the
fusion bomb, and the thermo-
nuclear bomb, could in fact be
made AS you know, thanks to
the ingenuity of those scien-
fists and engineers who de-
voted themselves to the prof.
ect, the feasibility of the
fusion reaction was demon
strated and a prototype was
tested at Eniwetok in Novem-
ber. 1852.
Evening star., 1954-03-31
By jones Y. Newton

Republicans on the Senate La
Dor Committee today pushed
through a bill Incorporating most
Of President Eisenhower sug-
gestions for revising the Taft
Hartley Act and the Democrats
Immediately charged they were
"steamrollered."
The committee. on a straight
party line vote of 7 to s. decided
to report to the Senate a bill
which differs from the Presi-
dents program in only one i'm
portant respect.
A White House proposal for a
secret strike vote conducted by
the Government was rejected by
the committee. But Chairman
Smith of New Jersey told re-
porters he would introduce from
the floor an amendment calling
for a pre-strike vote in all i'm
portant labor disputes.
Others Ruled Out of Order.
The six committee Democrats
tried vainly to bring up a num-
Der of additional amendments
but in each instance they were
Evening star., 1954-03-31
HouseGrouD
BucksWiretup
Bill, 1919

A bill legalizing wiretappinq
and the use of wiretapped evi-
dence In the prosecution OF spies
and saboteurs was approved to-
day by the House Judiciary
Committee.
It is scheduled for House con-
sideration before The end of the
week. Backers said passage is
certain.
AS it came from the commit
tee by a vote reported as 1875
the bill is substantially as pro-
posed by Attorney General
Brownell and supported by the
administration.
It vests sole authority in the
Attorney General to order FBI
and military intelligence agents
to intercept communications by
wire taps or other methods in
cases of suspected treason, es-
pionage, sabotage, sedition and
conspiracy.
It authorizes Federal courts to
accept as evidence information
obtained in this manner.
The committee struck from
the bill a provision permitting
the use of wiretapped evidence
in kidnapping cases upon issuance
of d Federal court order at the
request of the Attorney General.