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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-27

Dressmakers shears have a
certain weight and are made
with bow handle consisting of
a large oval and a smaller oval.
Two or three fingers of the cut
ting hand can be inserted in the
large oval, thus making possible
greater force and long clean
stokes, even on heavy material.
The most efficient type of dress
maker shears is called a bent
trimmer.
When cutting IA garment from
pattern use good sharp shears.
Place material on flat surface
and use long, clean strokes.
For an easy, quick seam finish
use pinking shears. Pinking
shears have blades with Jagged
edges and produce a satisfactory
finish for closely woven fabrics.
They are not planned for cutting
out pattern from fabric, and if
so used will produce a very poor
result.
Scissors are light and have
ring handles, slightly oval and of
equal size. Only one flyer is used
in each handle, since no special
effort is required. They have
slim blades and sharp points
for clipping threads and ripping
seams, etc.
Use your dressmaker shears
and sewing scissors for fabrics
only-never cut paper except It's
sue paper. patterns. An OCCASION
al drop of machie oil at the screw
is essential-be sure to wipe it
off carefully.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-27
DAN CANNADY JR.
TO LEAVE AIR FORCE

S/Sgt. D. L. Cannady Jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Cannady
of Manteo, will receive his dis
charge from the Air Force in
September.
For the last year Sgt. Cannady
has served at Goose Bay Air
Base in Labrador. The base is
jointly operated by the United
States and Canada. Strategically
located, it is of utmost impor-
tanc to both countries. 1t is south
of the Arctic Circle but under the
influence of Arctic air most of
the winter, having total of 1873
Inches of snow last winter. Dur
ing the winter there, the days
shorten to point of only seven
hours of daylight. The longest
summer days leave only four
and a half hours of actual dark
ness.
Sgt. Cannady is attached to
the Fifth Weather Group, De-
tachment 4. In the group there
are three embellishments of
which he is Chief Weather OBJ
server and non-commissioned
officer in charge of all weather
observers. In addition to super
visory duties Sgt. Cannady is
connected with weather COM
munications at his base and as
sists the detachment commander
in briefing special missions be-
tween Labrador and Europe.
During his service career Sgt.
Cannady has been awarded the
National Defense Ribbon and
Good Conduct Ribbon. In a re-
cent recommendation for promo
ton his commanding officer said,
! "Airman Cannady has an except
ional sense of responsibility and
his determination to perform his
tasks conscientiously and well is
outstanding. In performing his
military tasks and setting a good
Iexample he is a definite credit
to the organization. He is well
liked among the men and has a
pleasing personality"
Sgt. Cannady is a graduate of
East Carolina College. His wife
was the former Harriet Lewis of
Valdosta, Georgia. Following his
discharge from the Air Force, he
plans to study dentistry at the
University of North Carolina.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-27
BUXTON PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Hassell and
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Carter and chill
dren of Suffolk, Va, spent Friday
with Mr.. and Mrs. BERTHE Dixon.
Mrs. Irene Midget of Morehead
City and Mrs. Dot Midget of Ro-
danthe, Mr.. and Mrs. Merriam Dixon
and daughter Brenda of Suffolk,
Va. visited the Dixon family re-
Gently.
Mrs. Ida Poyner of Barco is Wis
iting her brother, Willie Williams.
Mrs. Ileene Lipps is employed
at the Fuller Tourist Court and is
living at her former home with her
mother, Mrs. Martha Barnett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Mehlhase
have returned to their home in
Wyandotte, Michigan, after two
weeks vacation here.
Mrs. Fred Clark and children of
Portsmouth, Va. spent two weeks
here with Mrs. Joe Jennette and
MIS-. NetIle 1eele.
Miss Amelia Balance, R.N., of
Norfolk, Va. is visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. R. Balance.
Edward H. Fulcher, Jr. is leav-
ing Saturday for New York where
he is employed on a merchant ma
rine ship, after a three-week's Wis
it with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. H. Fulcher.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. P. Gray and
daughter, Eleanor, enjoyed a nice
trip to Florida, where they visited
their son and daughter-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Curtis Gray. Since their
return home Mr.. Gray has been
very i'll, suffering from heart at
tack, and will be confied to his bed
for two weeks.
E. H. Fulcher and son, E. H., Jr.
made a trip to Elizabeth City this
week.
Miss Bettye Vineing of Atlanta,
Ga, spent several days with Mr..
and Mrs. L. D. Midget.
Dan Robinson is making his
home here after being away from
the island for years.
Elmo P. Brown of New York,
who spent a month last summer
here, has returned with his family
for two weeks stay in Avon.
DIR. Casper and family of New
Jersey are spending their vacation
here.
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ocRAcoKE PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Thurston F. Gas
kill announce the birth of their
son, David F. Gaskill in More
head City Hospital.
Mrs. Claude Brown and daugh-
ter, Rebecca, of Marshalburg
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Davil S.
Williams recently.
Mrs. Annie Garrish is home
after being hospitalized in Nor
folk for several weeks. \
Miss Stella Spencer was a
guest of Mrs. Clifton E. Austin in
Hatteras recently.
Mrs. Robert Preston and Mrs.
Travis Williams are visiting in
Washington.
Mrs. Williams P. Garrish and
son, Billy, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. j. E. Overton in Norfolk,
Va.
Ernest Scarborough of New
Jersey recently visited his father,
Charlie Scarborough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Beas-
ley of Portsmouth, Va, were the
week end guests of Mrs. Joe
Burrus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Smith of
Philadelphia, Pa, have visited
Mrs. Smiths mother, Mrs. Annie
Williams.
Charlie Jones of Norfolk, Va.
is visiting E. Carlton Kelly.
Miss 'Lorena Balance, Mrs.
Archie Wahab and Mrs. Henry
Balance spent a day at Hatteras
last week.
Mrs. Gray Willis and son,
Billy, have recently visited Mrs.
Ed Wells.
Mrs. Jacob Williams is visiting
in Beaufort.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baxter Johnson
of Raleigh spent last week here.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-27

If the fellow driving the car
behind yours is mind reader,
you're safe without making sig
nails.
Unfortunately for you, less
than one per cent of the popula-
ton is made up of the profess
sional mind readers.
So you'd better assume that
other drivers haven't the slight
est idea what you're about to
do stop, slow down, turn left
or turn right. A shocking number
of all accidents are caused by
slowing, stopping or turning
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-27

without proper signals. That's
why you can often prevent an
accident by making the proper
signals-letting other drivers
know, Enthusiastically, what you
plan to do.
Be sure your mechanical turn
signals and stop lights are work
ing properly. If not-and if
you're relying on them withou
hand signals you really need a
mind reader behind you.
Signalling, remember, is more
than just courtesy-it's life
saving necessity. North Carolina
Department Of Motor Vehicles.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-27
THE HIGHER
THE FEWER
There's Always Plenty of Room
At The Top
By
NANCY ]. MIDGET

1t being Monday morning and
my brain being more Fewer"
and less Higher, the direction
of this column and its ending de-
ponds on any small happening in
the immediate future which
bends my thoughts, much as
from where l sit I can see the
trees behind Twiford'S garage
bending to- the breeze. In other
words if get anywhere today it
will be like the drunkard in the
poem who went to Lands End
by way of John O'Groats".
That can be fun too if one has
plenty of time to spare and
enough energy plus small
quantity of adventure. Going the
long way round 1 mean. Just
think what a lot of beautiful
views one may be missing by
just journeying the highroads be-
cause they are the quickest way.
For that matter if few hun
dreds of years ago folks had just
kept taking the old sea and over
land routes to the great trading
, centers of the East the United
States would still belong to the
Indians-maybe.
One of my old school mates,
Christine HUMPHREYS, and myself
used to scorn maps every now
and then when we went walking
over week end. The method we
used was to take train or bus out
/, to say Dorking or Guildford, still
in our home county of Surrey
/, but much more in the country
side than our native Kingston
and Norbiton. Having arrived we
would take a road that led out of
town and from then on regard
less of direction, take say every
second right turn on whatever
road we were ON and alternate it
by taking every left hand turn.
Thus, if we were heading down
a southerly road we'd take the
second right turn heading US
west to start with then off that
turn we would take the first left
which would or should bring us
back on a more or southerly
course. The fact that the English
country roads run anything but
straight, God bless them, would
bring a few surprises in the
course of a day and there was
just no knowing where one
would end.
! Sometimes we found ourselves
F, walking up someone's private
| drive way, when the owner, ac-
! cording to his disposition, would
either turn us back at the house
or let us go through the stables
and or grounds and out onto the
nearest road or foot pain in
which the countryside still
abounds. Once through each haz-
ard, we would start our routine
all over again.
I remember once we broke
away from it in, as we thought
an act of mercy to the dumb
creatures. We had been walking
along crest of the North Downs,
where the sheep Craze under the
running clouds driven by
breezes that still have a tang of
the salt in them as they pass by.
Off to our right near clump of
gorse we saw sheep lying on its
back. We went over but as it had
a full cargo of wool on it, it was
too heavy for us to move and be-
ing two green city folk, we didn't
know whether it was ailing Or
no. We differed and whathered
and tossed ideas back and forth
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between us until we happened to
walk back still further off the
road and saw that the hill sloped
down to small valley in which,
all quiet and restful, stood a
farmhouse.
Still very perturbed re sheep,
which we were sure was dying,
we descended to the farm and
after hunting around found the
farmer or his help and told him
the tale. He wasn't a bit worried
and his attitude did much to
dampen our feeling of Florence
Nightingale to the rescue. In fact
he gave US look which plainly
said Poor dumb city gawks' and
told us it would be alright. After
told us it would be alright. After
wards we found that sheep often
got that way. In lying down they
rolled over too far to permit their
thin legs to raise themselves
when they had so much wool on
them.
We were sufficiently subdued
to take any thought of climbing
back up to our original road
right out of our minds so we
went on down the valley road.
We did however learn something
we might not have met up with
in thousand miles of highway
and we had so many laughs and
surprises out of those walks that
the setbacks seemed relatively
unimportant.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-27
OLD FILM TO BE SHOWN
MONDAY AT PIONEER

In addition to their regular
attraction, the Pioneer Theatre
will have an added attraction
Monday night. Old scenes of Ro-
anoke Island, including the orig
inal Lost Colony, Roanoke Island
businessmen, President Roose-
velt's visit and address at Fort
Raleigh, and several other
scenes, are on this film.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-27

Your doorbell can be made to
sound more loudly throughout
the house if the bell is placed in
contact with heating duct, Pop
ular Mechanics magazine sug-
gests.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-27

Lace bugs are causing damage
on the underside of azaleas, py-
racanthas and other plants right
now. You can control very easily
with nicotine sulphate BLACK
Leaf 4O. The insect will make
the leaf look like lace, so it is
easy to tell if they have been
around
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-27

SCISSORS AND SHEARS
Good scissors or shears are rather
expensive, but one should look
on them as good tools for good
work and a lifetime investment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
At The Stop Sign
Chesapeake Beach, Md.
Southern Nd.

TideWater Southern Md.
/. west River, "a acres, modern z.
room home, farm house. large barn.
complete outbuildings, good anchor
age, near Shadyside; immediate pos
session, paved road, 20 miles d. c..
$4,000.
2. Chesapeake Bay, Dares Beach, mod
ern 3-bedroom home, living room
with fireplace, glassed-in porch, full
basement, hot-air heat; immediate
possession; liberal financing; a real
bargain; 40 miles D. c.; $9,950.
3. Solomons Harbor area, q acres.
large majestic pine trees, perfect
harbor; 800 feet waterfront; i'm
proved road; perfect site for your
dream home; fish, oysters. crabs,
ducking; immediate possession; %
miles d. c.; $4,450.
4. SS acres, st. Mary's River, y
mile waterfront; large pine timber;
paved road: good harbor; utilities;
liberal financing; 81 miles D. c.;
8. Anne Arundel county, 70 acres
on Ford's Greek; paved highway;
land in high state of cultivation:
ideal for private estate or subdivi-
sion: adjacent to yacht club; %
See our ad under Farms for sale"
We have farms, waterfronts, cot-
taees to fill yoor requirements. CAL
VERT REALTY AGENCY. Prince
Frederick, MARYLAND. Phone l0S,
354 and 225Jl. INSPECTION BY
APPOINTMENT.
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Historic TideWater
Southern MARYLAND

: ~ AGi5f
!. chesapeake Bay peninsula. EOS
and tidewate ter creek esE vide Sid II SANDY
beach. good harbor, mafured tim.
Der, Groom farmhouse, 3-rOom
beach cottage. tenant house, 2 large
barns, complete farm machinery,
utilities: adtoins Scientists Cliffs.
Seafood. diicking, upland game.
Ideal for private estate Of subdivi.
sion: 45 miles p. g. Immediate
Anne sfsSs'' Arundel County, Colonial
Estate. los acres. restored historic
brick home. o rooms. 2 baths, land
scaped grounds, managers house
barns. fun set farm buildings, com
plets farm machinery and tool ,s
runnins streams. large orchard
paved road. Ideal retirement place
In first-class condition. 70 miles
J. Anne Arundel County. so-acr,
estate, 10-roofi stone home Will
sll modern conyenisnces. . frame
masonry implement building, com.
state Of cultivation, 3s-acre tobacco
allotment; Immediate possession
4. 90 acres. 3-room log cabin.
tobacco barns, large running
stream. good orchard. 8 acres Of
TOBACCO housed. ~ acres Of corn
valuable gravel deposit, Southern
Anne Arundel County. Inlmediatt
possession. 25 miles d. G. 81, 200
B. 1856 acres. Groom Colonial frame
house, 2 good farmhouses. 3 largt
barns, both sides OF paved highway
running streams. near Chesapeake
Bay; land in high state of cultiva'
ton: 20-acre tohaccs allotment
8. Is acres, 5-room home. larg,
porch, running creek. Immediate
possession: liberal financing. 81
miles D. c. $3.50.
I. 245 acres overlooking Chesapeake
Bay, 7-room Colonial. frame dwell.
ing, 2 farmhouses. 4 barns, run
ming streams. paved highway. Idea
for cattle. tobacco and grain. In.
mediate possession. 40 miles D e
3. 900 acres Of valuable timberlant
consisting Of pine. oak, poplar ane
other mixed hardwoods,. on larg.
running ing creek. 40 miles p. e
see sos our ad under "waterfronts fol
Sale We have farms, water.
fronts, timber, going businesses tl
Nil your reuuirements. CALvEhl
REALTY AGENCY. Prince Fred;
erick. Nd. Phone 106. 354 ane
225-J-1. INSPECTION BY APPOINT
~ u
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LEVEL rambler lot. 60xI50. 1927
Military I'd; nv. Ideal transports
right on Military I'd. 2iz hlks.
Call OWNER, Ma. S-S379; call. 9-6.
weekdays: call Sun. only, IA. 9-12O5,
COR. BRANCH AND SOUTHERN AVE.
SE.-281x550. approx. 4 acres, i'm
proved by 2 rented frame dwellings.
Possible apt. or business site; S20s-
ALSO s 14o-FT FRONTAGE. at South.
ern ave. and 4lst st. s.e.-Ioned
4 commercial 3 and Va acres; $4,000,
Both properties Just placed on mar
ket and must be sold Immediately,
Terms or accept trade OF income
grcdacinE property, JAMES z ,, ,SA5,
ave. 10. 10000. sVes. RI. 6-7s7s.
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10000 SO. FIT. LAND
20 MINUTES TO d. C.

These lots. 10Ox4OO, are located on
Billingsley road. historic old Mary
land, near u. s. Highway No. 301,
the great national boulevard. Drive
out Pennsylvania avenue Southeast
to Branch avenue. Maryland Route
No. 3 and D. s. Route No. 301
These great highways. when COM
pleted. will be comparable to the
wonderful turnpikes Of other States:
Billingsley road Is the first. hard
road on right south of Waldorf. The
lots are about level with beautiful
trees and are about 1000 feet west
Of u. s. Route 301.
The lots on hard-surfaced Billingsley
road 100 feet wide are $3.50 each;
lots 100x400 each on new street
running of OF Billingsley road are
$500 to 5000 per lot.
We offer almost an acre Of ground at
low prices and on any reasonable
terms. BEALL TURNER & CO, 1105
Vermont ave. NV, National S-6131
Evenings. Emerson S-1176,
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eARkls tcens.D3


90 ACRES of rood farmland. Ghena-
ss sa.n ssfa c aas sa
5000. pO 22-3S40 OF y. N. DAVIS
3 REALTY CO., woodstock. Va.
WITHIN g MI. ID. C.-37 -acre to-
hacco farm plus 4-hedrni. modern
home. outbtdgs.; entrances from 3
s psmt nif RE s.7lss, ~. 4 so1i s0vh
WANTED Farm, near p. q, with
perienced North Carciisa man, slnall
family; will rent or buy. Ii. 3-6072.
MD, 1 mi. on Route
301, approx. IL nj. Co b. c. 6S
acres, good productive farm land
See the present crop on the ground.
g-rm. modern home. tobacco
barns: SCI 800: terms. PINKNEY
s; a; !, EARNsHAW. u. Cypress 500.
pie. fufn.. 4-ac-e retreat, 40 mt,
Va; $4,000. OWNER. UN. 4-5063.
30-ACRE FARM, acre. timber. s.
rm. house. modern, cleo. telephone.
oil ht., gen. utility room, chicken
houses, calf barn. garage, tool shed,
storage bathroom, equipped tractor,
sisc saw g motors D. d hsTa saws sof faI
price only Sill, 900: ole age, owner
III. Rt. 2g-I7--Liberty Church SLOW
down. stone wall turn left. and
house left side.
FAUQUIER COUNTY cattle farm, $50
acres. bordering large stream. 'front.'
Ing highway. Only 500 per acre.
Easy terms. WAUGH REAL ESTATE
AGENCY. 8502 or 1882. Culpeper,
5 ACRES and good house, workshop
and garage for rent. All conven-
fences. On Lee hwy, so Minis ia
y Wash. Garden and chickens. Live
here and learn whether life in coun-
try Is what you want. S70 mo.
viii consider sale. HUI. 3-7174, Sun
before 2 PM, or write Box 27S-Y,
Star.
NO BOMB SHELTER NEEDED
66S-acre estate. .,1la-mi. frontage on
Shenandoah River. Good fishing,
good hunting. Truly o paradise. Ask
ing price $3.50. 600.
DAIRY. FARM
18S acres; houses. Q barns and 2
silos. Cows and equipment. Good
terms.
235-acre dairy farm; very old-stone
house. Price $50, 900.
LOUIS HODGES, Real Estate
Purceilville. Va. Phone 1892
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Front Royal, Va, Properties

Front Royal, Va, Properties
Large chicken farm with 5 acres on
No. 522 and $40 highway. 3 chicken
houses and barn, all remodeled and
PAINTED; Oil heat in S-room res
Florist site with 1oM acres on shen-
room modern res. 4 bathrooms, out
buildings. All city modern conven-
fences. Rich land In city limits OF
Total price. $4,000 with u cash
down pay, payment snts Water and sand
8 acres with Groom res. on No. Clio
State gravel road, Groom residence
store building where q gro. store
has been operated for long number
of years. owner died and store has
been closed; Splendid to reopen UP
for big s bus business ness IN selling gro. ano
Large Belle Meade Distillery. Closed
up plant with sprinkler system In
good order. R.R. siding, over 900
It. frontage on Highway No. 55 also
go miles west of WASHINGTON. D. C.
over go acres Of land with stream
on same. $4,000. This plant cost
over $500 600 Plenty Of help IN this
Large exchange gro. store, self serv-
ing, Locker departmsnt for sale be ooo
in 19h3-Only $4,000. y cash.
OF and coal business with property
and all euuirment-S3n: 600.
CLAUDE L. RUST
3O6 8 ROYAL Ave, Front Royal. Va.
Phone 124. Front Royal Va.
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WATERF'T PROP. SALE econs.s
BAY RIDGE My

40 Lake drive; new attractive hor,.
On lake: riparian rights: facing bay:
lke. pedYms.. Ia tile baths, lre.
Nv. I'm. with stone fifepi.. etched
wooo 9in. rm. wall: all-elec. kit.:
S Mlea sal, rs OH furnace. oak floors,
front porch with ialousies, Soft, "a.
rage: Q good buy. I'D
PINE ON THE sEvERN--On the va.
ter and literally In the tree tops.
rms peautiful home has every csei-
yenience for comfortable LIVING. IL
y secluded and in excellent condi-
rooms. 2 baths. . living room se 4
modern kitchen land downstairs q
room, inclosed screened porch. Also
2 recreation room. bar and COM
afs are r0G Rs s 3ser wort ssra .SaU
green house, fiagstone patio and
barbecue. also the dock and dress-
Nearly 3 acres on the north shore Of
tns south River. 4 wide frontase
erty has q nice terrain and At pres
emit has some camp buildings on Il.
A nice secluded waterfront area
close TO Annapolis.
Cape st, John---A very attractive
home IN this desirable area. Beau
right at. the beach area. A large
wooded lot Cottage is almost new
and has bedrooms, modern kitchen.
fireplace and can easily be made .
year-round home.
Y esR aes shs soS6 river a %sS Gys
of-way to water. Large home In
very fine condition. -Four bedrooms,
one and half baths. Hardwood
floors, This. Is very fine home
Epping Forest-Brick YEAR 'round
home. The. large wooded lot is
close to the beach and the house is
in good condition. There are .
bedrooms, a Lying. room with fire.
Place, modern Kitchen and 3 beau;
J0SEPI n TAzENPy