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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-09-17
LITTLE OLD RED
SCHOOLHOUSES
DISAPPEARING

Washington-The big yellow
school bus is pushing the little
red schoolhouse off the Ameri-
can landscape
Although there remain $4,000
one-room schools (some still reO.
the number is shrinking at the
rate of 10 day, says the Nation
al Geographic Society.
School districts have been en-
larged. Modern steel, stone and
glass structures, each housing
hundreds of pupils and 10 or
more teachers, are replacing the
elementary classrooms where
four or more grades studied and
recited side by side.
Advantages Outlined
Educators believe advantages
of consolidation outweigh the
good points of the ''little red"
schools. Progress in road build
ing and motor transportation has
made it possible to hire more and
better trained teachers Larger
buildings offer better facilities at
lower cost per pupil.
In the school year 1918,
10000 one-room schools repre-
sented II per cent of all the
country's school buildings. By
1910, the number had dropped to
ia, 900, and by 1852 only $1,000
single-unit buildings were left.
Most of the remaining one
teacher schools offer instruction
only up to the sixth grade. Using
primitive equipment, they are
scattered in rural areas. A few
cities still have single-room
buildings.
The one-room schoolhouse,
red, white or the weathered color
of hand hewn logs, nodded the
early thinking of millions of
children. 1t was frequently a
stern teacher, but in later life
generations of Americans built
nostalgia memories of their
youth around the harsh clang of
the recess bell or the afternoon
drone of reciting pupils or the
prank that spelled half hour
stay after school. Even the rod,
often a hickory switch, became
a symbol of happy, unspoiled
days.
Sometimes school, for all its
mental drudgery, meant respite
from bodily toll. In a little back
woods shack at Knob Creek in
his native Hardin County, Ken
lucky, Abraham Lincoln learn
ed to read and write, and cipher
to the rule of three
The late Henry Ford rescued
Redstone school, in Sterling,
Mass, from its ignominious func-
ton as a garage and moved it to
his ''Longfellow'S Wayside Inn"
estate at South Sudbury, Mass.
1t now serves as a classroom for
Is Sudbury grammar-school chill
dren.
Inspiration For Poem
Redstone, where Mary Saw
yer's little lamb followed her to
school one day." inspired the
poem, MARY Had A Little
Lamb"
Recently 206-year-old Quasset
school in Woodstock, Conn, was
dedicated as a permanent shrine.
On the walls of Quasset's single
classroom are wooden pegs for
hanging wraps. Lunch pals and
a water bucket with tin dipper
sit on a shelf. A high stool and
Ounce cap, and a slippery elm
switch for malefactors have been
preserved.
Dorchester, Mass, probably es-
tablished the first "free" school
in the New World in 1889, and
appropriated 20 pounds from
public funds for teacher hire.
The Pilgrim children earlier had
attended classes outdoors or in
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-09-17
TOTAL COMPLIANCE
NOW LAW OF LAND

North Carolina farmers are
now required to stay within
their allotments for every COM
modify produced in order to be
eligible for price supports on any
commodity and to be eligible for
federal cost-sharing under the
Agricultural Conservation Pro-
gram.
Fred R. Keith, Chairman of the
state ASC committee, explains
that the Agriculture Act of 1854,
recently passed by Congress,
makes across the-board compli-
ance the law of the land.
Total compliance affects farm
ers in another way. Farmers with
more than 10 acres diverted from
the production of allotment crops
will not be able to increase their
total paintings of cash crops.
This total allotment program,
although previously announced
by the Secretary of Agriculture,
may be liberalized as result of
drought conditions prevalent
throughout the country. The
Agricultural Act of 1854, in eff
feet, advised the Secretary to use
discretion in placing total COM
pliance provisions into effect by
making it on an area basis,
avoiding drought areas.
Keith reminded Tar Heel
farmers that conservation needs
in this state are too great for any
conservation to be lost by lack
of knowledge of these require
ments or through other failure
to abide by the requirements.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-09-17
BELHAVEN PERSONALS

Mrs. C. B. Gregory, of New
York City, is the guest of her
mother, Mrs. Victoria Smith.
Mrs. Sarah Latham, Mrs. Lucy
Smith, Mrs. w. C. Swindell, and
Mrs. H. R. Boyd are visiting Mrs.
H. F. Noble in Morganton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Tasker
are spending this week in Wash
ington, D. c.
John A. Bullock, Jr., of New
York, was the guest of his uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Bullock, last week before going
to Raleigh to enroll in State Col
lege.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-09-17

Crossed-eyes in children can
be corrected in 80 per cent of
cases, medical authorities say.
Evening star., 1954-10-06
MoegIe Aided by Split Vision
InAveroging73 Yards for Rice
Star STAFF Photo.

seven regulars from last years
conference champions.
The Owls, paced by Guards
Kenny Paul and Don Costa, al
lowed Cornell only AZ yards on
the ground. Paul and Costa
also were the linemen who gave
Moegle his key blocks.
Split vision permits Dicky to
know where his blockers are and
utilize them very effectively" /"
Nicely said. "He doesn't make
many mistakes. He's been caught,
but he's fast enough"
Nicely breaks into smile
when he tells how Moegle came
to Rice as a freshman.
Rice scouts had seen Dicky
play in his high school senior
year, but the reports were not
too impressive.
"No one seemed to want him, Z"
Nicely recalls. Then one Sun
day Dicky and his high school
coach, Ross Baldwin, came to
my home. We decided to take
the coach'S word that Dicky
would make us a good man."
AS a freshman, Neely said,
Moegle looked better as a bas-
ketball player.
1--WE used to think that If we
had the patience to work with
him he might do WE'LL" Neely
said. After all, he was just a
kid of Is when we got him"
Evening star., 1954-10-06
Dodgers Talking Trades,
Get No Bids for Robinson
By the Assoeiofed Press

BROOKLYN, Oct. g. The
Dodgers disclosed today they
are talking deals" with several
clubs. but said there's been no
bait offered for Jackie Robinson.
mo one has offered us a quar-
ter for Robinson" Buzzy Bavasi,
Dodger vice president. said. THAT
doesn't mean he doesn't have
value-I am merely stating a
fact"
Bavasi said several clubs are
interested in Brooklyn pitchers
but added that Don Newcombe
Is not on the Brooklyn trading
list. Lots Of players take a
year to get over Army life," he
added. land maybe that's what's
wrong with Newcombe.
No particular deals were men
toned, but the Phillies are re-
ported interested in Outfielder
Carl Furillo in a straight swap
for Granny Hammer.
Other clubs are reported
anxious to land Third Baseman
Billy Cox.
The Dodgers said Don thinner
had been sent to Puerto Rico to
play for a winter league club
managed by Dixie Howell, vet
eran catcher. thinner is being
groomed to replace Peewee
Reese at shortstop.
Evening star., 1954-10-06
TsSsHleH Schools {

sical education at Langley Junior
High in 1924. He was there for
26 years. He served one year
at Eliot Junior High, then moved
to Eastern in 1852.
While at Langley he developed
the five players who gave Tech
High a record string Of IS
straight basketball victories, in
cluding playoffs and the cham
pionship Interhigh game. over a
two-year span. The players were
Smoky Herman, Babe Marshall,
Joe Cav. Frank Sullivan and
Bill Breen. For many years
Axt was the official timekeeper
at all interhigh basketball games.
He lists Sonny Wise, Dick
Smallwood and Bob Ellis as the
outstanding athletes to come un-
der his supervision while at
Eastern. Wise and Ellis played
baseball, basketball and football.
Smallwood was undefeated in
two seasons as a pitcher. Wise
played for the Senators Hagers-
town farm team last year. Ellis
played with the Boys Club this
past summer in the Industrial
Sandlot League as did Small
wood. The latter is now a fresh
man at Duke University.
Whatever success the Ram
blers have in football this sea-
son can be attributed in no small
way to Axt. More than half of
the Eastern squad were jayvees
last year.
| X II 4
Based on performances in
early-season games. here is the
first rating list on the top 10
high school teams in the Wash
ington area:
l. George Washington.
2. st. Johns.
3. Washington-Lee.
4. Carroll.
S. Montgomery Blair.
6. Tech.
7. Coolidge.
8. Cardozo.
9. Landon.
10. Armstrong.
Evening star., 1954-10-06
BY the Associated Press

HOUSTON, Tex, Oct. 6. -
Coach Jess Nicely of Rice says
Dicky Moegle makes few mis-
takes.
1--WE never had a man who
takes such advantage of his
blockers." the dean of South
west Conference coaches said
about his fast halfback who
scored four touchdowns while
carrying the ball only six times
Saturday against Cornell.
The baby-faced, crewcut blond
from Taylor, Tex, finished the
game with 1853 yards rushing,
an average Of % yards per try.
This exceeded his busy after
noon of scampering last New
Years Day in the Cotton Bowl
when his 265 yards in II carries
against Alabama left him with
a 24-yard average.
Moegle and the undefeated
Rice team return to the Nations S
televiSion screens again Satur-
day, meeting unbeaten Wiscon-
sin at Madison.
Moegle's five touchdowns and
13.7-yard average in 16 chances
in early-season games against
Florida and Cornell have not
surprised Rice fans.
The surprising work has been
turned in by a hard-charging
line that includes only one of the
Evening star., 1954-10-06
'Sooners Will Need Reserves in Texas
Wilkinson Having Tough Time
Finding Effective Second Team

fullback spot. where Wilkinson
has been experimenting, with
Sophomores Jerry Tubbs of
Breckenridge, Tex, and Billy
Pricer.
Letterman Robert Burris, who
looked like a sure-fire bet for
starting fullback and was even
pegged as an All-America candi-
date in preseason speculation,
has been moved to second string
right half.
Harris did a stellar job in di-
recting the Sooners in the second
half of their hectic game against
TCU after Gene Calame, Okla
homa' S star split-T signal caller,
had the tip of his collar bone
broken off. He is out indegnitely.
The even greater urgency for
a second team for the Texas
game is because of the usually
hot autumn weather this time OF
year in Dallas.
It's not unusual for the series
which started in 1901, to be
played in 100-degree weather
It, was an old trick of Dana x
Bible, former Texas coach, to
let Oklahoma run itself down in
the first half. Then in the second
half, the Longhorns would surge
back. .. ..-..
To add to Wilkinson's worries,
his scouts report that Texas has
two teams of equal size and
speed and fine material down
through the fifth team.
Evening star., 1954-10-06
Tampa Turns Out Today
To Pay Honor 10 Lopez
Ru kha AxsAc;nAad Prasa

TAMPA, Fla, Oct. 6.-This is
"Al Lopez Day" in Tampa, the
day of the official welcome for
the manager of the Cleveland
Indians.
Lopez returned yesterday but
city officials agreed to give him
day at home before putting on
the big celebration.
Dedication of Tampa's new
baseball park as AL Lopez Field
was the first event on the days
program. Mayor Curtis Hixon
will present keys to the field and
to the city to the hometown base
ball star.
A motorcade of civic officials,
fans and friends of Lopez will
proceed through the suburbs of
downtown Tampa, where it will
be Joined by several bands and
marching units. From there the
parade will go to Ybor City
Tanpa's Latin quarter, where
Lopez lives.
At night there will be street
dancing to two bands in Ybor
City.
Evening star., 1954-10-06
By Dick O'Brien

With the Boiling Air Force
Generals idle this week, the serv-
ice football spotlight centers
on the Fort Belvoir Engineers
and the Quantico Marines.
These highly charged eleVens
will collide Saturday afternoon
at Quantico in what promises
to be another stirring conflict
between two area rivals.
The Boiling Airmen are out
front and winging with their un-
beaten string of three triumphs
to date, but neither the Marines
nor the Engineers are planning
to allow the Generals to make
it a runaway race for public
favor.
True, the Marines bowed to
Boiling earlier in the season
25-i4, but there has been a re-
shutting of things down Guam
tico way. 1t. Col. j. T. Hill, the
coach, now seems to have found
the right offensive combination
to carry the Marines to a sue
cessful season.
AS to the Belvoir situation
the Engineers are keeping the
future meeting with Boiling in
mind. They hope to knock of
not only the Marines, but also
the Airmen in a two-pronged
assault to gain recognition as
the areas military football
leader.
The Marines seem to have
stabilized the situation, at least
extensively, since their loss to
Boiling. They trounced Detroit
U. last week in impressive style.
Vince Dooley, the former Au-
burn star, now Is installed as
Quantico's No. l quarterback
as a result of his spectacular
performance against Detroit.
Gene Filipski, the hard-run-
ming halfback from Villanova,
also has found a starting posi-
ton in the Marine backfield
Evening star., 1954-10-06
Mountoineers Announce
Two Changes in BockfieId

MORGANTOWN, w. Va, Oct.
6 (P).-Coach Art Lewis indi-
Gated today there will be two
changes in the starting back
field for West Virginia Univer-
sity against George Washington
here Saturday.
Dick Nicholson will start at
right halfback in place of Carl
Norman and Danny Williams
will replace Joe Marconi as the
Mountaineers' starting fullback.
Both Nicholson and Williams,
who will be co-captains for the
game, saw considerable duty as
reserves in the Mountaineers'
victory over South Carolina last
week.
Nicholson, from Redwood,
was West .Virginia's No. 2
ground gamer. with SIS yards in
six tries to his credit. Williams,
who is from Belle, punted we'll
and gained 18 yards in four
carries.
Marconi came out of the
South Carolina contest with a
charleyhorse, but is expected to
be able to play against George
Washington.
Evening star., 1954-10-06

so assisted Herman Littman,
now at Roosevelt, with Eastern's
championship baseball teams
the last two years. But the job
that passes almost unnoticed,
yet earns him the undying graf
itude OF other coaches, is that
of self proclaimed trainer.
A bronzed, energetic man in
his early SOS, Axt is a familiar
figure at Eastern's baseball and
football games. He'll pace the
sidelines at football games, cast
ing a critical eye at each play
and paying particular attention
to a player who doesn't get to
his feet quickly from a pileup.
II don't rush out every time a
player is stretched out on the
ground" Axt said. "Oftentimes
he's only had the wind knocked
out of him and in a few seconds
is able to get up on his own.
BNt if a player. even one on the
opposing team, appears to be in
any pain or lies very still as
though knocked out, I'll take my
kit and rush out"
The exit" is no more than the
usual f1rst-aid equipment found
in any trainers bag. Axt doesn't
muscle his way in. If the play
er obviously needs some atten-
tion and no one on the oppos-
ing team is in d position to help,
he'll lend his assistance.
"Some coaches might resent
my taking over" AXt explained.
II always offer to help first.
Then if it's OK. with them I
look the injured player over and
do what I can for him. The first
thing I do is look in the eyes.
Then the ears to see If there
is any bleeding.
Zone thing would like to see
DONE" he added, "is to carry all
players who might have q head
injury off on a stretcher. Plac-
ing them in a prone position
and keeping them quiet might
prevent more serious trouble"
X X y X
Axt's knowledge of first aid
stems from his service as medic
in World War I. He put in one
year in the Army between his
Junior and senior years at Mary
land University.
At Maryland he was an end
and halfback on the football
team coached by Curly Byrd. He
also played lacrosse and cap
tanned the team as a freshman.
He graduated from Maryland
with a bachelor of science de-
gree and obtained his masters
at Illinois.
Axt started his career in ply
Evening star., 1954-10-06
Unbeoten Boiling Armen Idle
Fort BeIvoir- -Quontico Contest
InWeek-End Service Spotlight

after his bang-up performance
at Detroit.
Filipski ran a Detroit kickoff
back 73 yards for one of the
Marine touchdowns, scored an
other from the 4-yard line and
booted two extra points.
The entire Marine coaching
staff was on hand at Fort Bel
voir last Saturday to watch the
Engineers stage a thrilling
comeback in the fading minutes
to subdue Fort Jackson, 14-9,
and they were duly impressed
with what they saw. Says Coach
Hill of Fort Belvoir:
Fort Belvoir has a good ball
club. It is we'll rounded and we
will have plenty of trouble Sat-
urday. The right side of the
Belvoir line is especially strong
with Pat Sarnese and George
Tarasovich in there. Nobody is
going to run very far against
them. Quarterback Don Engels
and Fullback Jerry Lodge pre-
sent a double threat in the air
and on the ground"
Engels, the former Illinois
great, had a bang-up day against
Fort Jackson, completing 10 out
of IA passes for 119 yards. He
threw for two touchdowns and
otherwise handled the untried
Engineers offense in fine style.
It is doubtful if there is a
harder running back in area
service circles than Lodge, the
former West Pointer. He car
ried 16 times against Jackson
and ripped off 81 yards over
defenses that proved consistently
stubborn. With Belvoir's offense
polished of as the season goes
along. Lodge will be an explosive
force in the Engineers attack.
Belvoir, with the Fort jackson
victory under its belt, will be at
fun strength for the Marines.
The Engineers suffered only
minor injuries in the bruising
fray against Jackson.
Evening star., 1954-10-06
By the Assoeiofed Press

NORMAN, Okla, Oct. g.
Oklahoma is rated as the Ma
tion's No. football team today,
but to watch Coach Bud Wilkin-
son switch his men around in
practice, one would think he
hadn't won a game in a year.
Actually, Oklahoma has won
II straight. including it's opener
against California, 27-13, and
its encounter with Texas Chris
tian, 21-16. Last Saturday was
an open date.
The all-important gam e
against Texas comes up Satur-
day in the Cotton Bowl and Will
kinson faces the task of finding
a second team that can take
over from the first eleven in re-
lief.
Last year. the Sooners had two
teams of almost equal caliber
but half Of the players were lost
through graduation. This season
the two close contests didn't
give Wilkinson much time to
judge his sophomores in action
and he can't hit on an effective
second eleven. <
At present, the first team has
three sophomores with two of
them-and, both from Texas
apparently set. They are Right
Tackle Edmon Gray of Odessa
and Quarterback Jim Harris of
Terrell.
The big question mark is the
Evening star., 1954-10-06
One-Mun Team Stuys
Unbeuten in VoIIeyboII

Pfc. Ali Abdoh. the one-man
volleyball team from Walter
Reed, remained undefeated and
extended his winning streak to
five games by taking two
matches from the Knights of
Columbus Rosensteel Council, IS
S and 1877. last night.
Abdoh stunned the six-man
team from Silver Spring with
fast smashes that dropped
sharply just over the net.
Tomorrow at 8 pm. Abdoh
will take on the officers team
at the Vince Hill Farm Station,
Warrenton, Va.
Evening star., 1954-10-06
81 Pros Tee OF Today
Al Virginia Beach in |
Middle Atlantic pGA
spseial pispatsh q d. s.or

VIRGINIA BEACH, Oct. o.
Fifty one golf pros tee off today
at the Cavalier Yacht and Coun-
try Club in quest Of the 36-hole
Middle Atlantic PGA champion
ship won for the last two years
by Charley Bassler of Cations
vile, Md.
Bassler passed up yesterdays
pro-amateur event, but toured
the course in practice and shot
an even-par SO. With him were
Roger Peacock of Silver Spring,
Md, who had u and Max Elbin
Of Washington. D. c.. who had
"a.
Winners Of the pro-amateur
were Chandler Harper of Ports
mouth, the 1851 National PEA
champion, and Layne Leoffier,
one of the concessionaires OF
Washington's public links. Har-
per shot II and Leoffler SO for
a low ball Of 81, eight below par.
Armed with a II handicap,
Leoffier also was low net in the
amateur sweeps. Finishing In
almost complete darkness, he
dropped a 5-foot putt for a
birdie on the treacherous par
No. 18, a water hole.
John O'Donnell of Norfolk
shot Sc to win $125 as the low
scorer among the pros. Two
strokes behind were Clarence
Dozer Of the Woodmont Club OF
Washington and Dan Herring o1
Petersburg. Steve Tobash OF
Fort Meade, Md, was next with
SO.
Second place in the pro-ama-
teur went to Arnold Haneke OF
HagerStown, Md, and Robert
Wahab of Virginia Beach with
SO. Tied for third with Gas were
O'Donnell and H. r. White OF
Sewell's Point, John Kelly and
Cox Joyner of Ocean View, Har-
per and Keith Kallio, Washing
ton, D. c., and Harper and Bus
Beale, Portsmouth.
Other money winners among
the pros were Ward Burgess,
Chevy Chase. Md; Frank Ten
ney, Annapolis Roads, and Andy
Gibson, Country Club of Mary
land, all with 70s.
Evening star., 1954-10-06
Wheaton Eleven PIoys
Prep B'Teum Tomorrow

Wheaton High Schools new
football team, 37-2 victor over
the Western "B" club Saturday,
goes to Georgetown Prep to take
on the Little Hoyas' "B" team
tomorrow at $3.50 pm.
Another Thursday encounter
has Spingarn host to Bates of
Annapolis at Banneker at 3:15,
instead of Friday.
Evening star., 1954-10-06
TwoD. e. Golfers Advance
In Hot Springs Tourney
Special Dispatch 10 The Stor

HOT SPRINGS, Va, Oct. g.
Two golfers from the Congress
sional Country Club of Washing
ton were on deck today for the
second round of the Homestead's
42d annual invitational fall tour
nament.
DR.. w. j. Evans. who qualified
with IS, shot 76, five over par, in
eliminating Jackson Boyd of
Harrisburg. Pa, l up, in a cham
pionship flight match yesterday.
In third flight match, George
o. Sutton defeated c. G. Crockett
of Williamson. N. c., S and 4.
Today, DR.. Evans plays DR.. j.
M. Brodbeck~ of Pittsburgh and
Sutton meets G. H. Smith of
Pittsburgh.
Evening star., 1954-10-06
Woodward Sports Editor
Of Newark Stur-Ledqer
By the Assoeiotsd Press

NEWARK, N. j.. Oct. 6.-R.
Stanley Woodward is the new
sports editor of the Newark STAR
Ledger.
Woodward, former sports edi-
tor of the New York Herald Trib-
une and the Miami Daily News,
succeeds Frank Casale, who re-
signed.
Long considered one of the
Nations sports authorities,
Woodward will assume his duties
Monday and begin writing his
column, THE Woodshed," early
next week.
Evening star., 1954-10-06
Redskins
(Continued From Page C-1.)

that Isl and the violinS have
been real sweet about their work
'"The bass horns hit a low note
now and then" Mitchell frankly
said, "but that's to be expected.
The symphony leader denied
he planned to make changes in
the oboes. or that the French
horn had a new twist.
I'VE just think we've got a
solid outfit this year." Mitchell
said, land if we don't blow our
own horn who'll do it for U.S."
Match. And that goes for beat
ing the drums, too.
Actually, DR.. Mitchell had lit
tie to say to the Ad .clubbers,
but George Marshall, the towns
champion after-dinner speech
maker, successfully defended his
title.
Its nice to be here" George
told his hosts. when you're
winning you can go anywhere,
but its different when you're
losing"
Marshall said the Redskins
would continue to rebuild until
they got a winner-not a second
place team. He said he was con-
f1dent Coach Joe Kuharich could
do the job and that he hoped
Joe would be around a long time,
a hope Kuharich undoubtedly
shares.
Marshall also introduced seq
ment of the Redskins squad,
noting that some of the estab-
liShed stars hadn't yet reached
their peak, and that some of
the rockies were still developing.
He concluded by crowning Ann
and Jean Dahlstedt Miss Red
skins of 1884" with the remark,
Il hope you bring us some luck" +"
Evening star., 1954-10-06

Although he
uses the sig
nature Ridg-
ely Axts he is
known among
his fe lilo W
coach e S as
Dutch and by
flund re ds of
st I'D e nts at
Eastern and
othe rh ig h
S c h ooIs as
INK.
Axt is jay
wee foot b all
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