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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
DARE RECORDER HEARS
SIX CASES ON TUESDAY

Zev Vance Saunders of Norfolk,
who is sojourning at Mays Head,
vas convicted of driving with i'm
proper tags, and submitted to a
;harge of drunken driving Tues
day. Recorder w. F. Baum fined
him $110 and court costs.
Theodore Roosevelt Goldsmith,
German born, of Washington, D.
c., also submitted TO charge of
drunken driving and paid a fine
of 500 and costs.
Theodore Roosevelt Meekins Jr.
of Manteo, colored, paid court costs
and a $40 fine for driving IS mph
in a 55 mile zone.
Howard B. Edwards of Virginia
Beach, submitted to a charge of
public drunkenness, and paid a
fine of $40 and costs.
Elwood R. Austin of Hatteras
paid a fine of $50 and costs. He
was charged with driving without
proper license plates, and without
an operators license.
Hubert w. Ambrose of Manns
Harbor had been charged with TAX
ing flooring from a building owned
by C. G. Duvall of Manns Harbor,
but the charges were dropped by
Mr.. Duvall and the case dismissed
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
STUMPY POINT GIRL SHOT
IN THIGH BY BOY FRIEND

Miss Myrna 10y Hooper 10, a
Stumpy Point native, now employ
ed in Norfolk as secretary, was
wounded by a bullet which went
through her right thigh from a
pistol in the hands of her boy
friend David w. Partin, while they
were parked near the Cranky st.
bridge at 4:30 Sunday morning.
She was taken to De Paul Hospital
for treatment.
Miss Hooper, whose father is
Ebert Hooper, is now living at
1OS Wayne Circle, Norfolk, told
police that while she and Partin
were parked, an unidentified sailor
came up to their car and tried to
get in, and that Partin, in attempt
ing to get the pistol from the
glove compartment to shoot the
sailor, accidentally fired it in the
wrong direction. They said the
sailor ran away. Her condition is
reported good.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30

with earth. The storm ripped away
the sea wall and emptied it of
earth, leaving the main building
of the station tipped over at 45-
degree angle. Beyond the galley
is a total wreck and in the back
ground the boat house, built on
stout piling, is set now eight feet
in the air.
This station was abandoned and
de-commissioned by the U. S.
Coast Guard two years ago and on
an exchange of property with the
National Park Service the installa-
ton was moved across the Inlet
to what was Gooseville Gun Club.
That property has been rehabili-
tated and is now one of the finest
stations on the North Carolina
coast.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
COVERING THE WATERFRONT
By AYCOCK BROWN

lures to wire photo transmitters in
Washington, Atlanta or Norfolk
was not available. Some of the
staffers had worked certain areas
of the region with good results.
They headed homeward before the
roads were temporarily impass-
able.
Some folks seem to have the
knack of being at places where
things are happening. That never
falls my lot, it seems. For. exam
pie, the most interesting incident
in Manteo-Nags Head area to me,
as result of Madame Ione's mean
dering, was not a fishing pier
losing part Of it's decking. Too
many pictures of that subject this
year, and also houses in a state
of destruction. Newspapers have
carried many pictures like that
during the rampages of three big
blows this year.
The pictures with human in
terest, that l did not get, were
those people over on a mudflat at
Mays Head weber the southeasterly
gales had pushed all the water to
some points in the northern sounds
and rivers of the State. The water
had been pushed off the flats so
rapidly that hundreds of founder
were left marooned in the mud or
sand to later be picked up by the
dozens by anyone who wanted to
go fishing that way. A picture of
that episode of lone would have
packed some real interest. Hours
later when the wind shifted the
tides came back to give uncaught
founder a break. But l had to be
elsewhere at the time. And my best
shots had to be kids in boats on
Manteo streets.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
WATERFRONT IMPROVEMENT
SOUGHT BY LIONS CLUB
Manfeo Club To Publish Calendars Of
Local Anniversaries In Order to
Raise Funds

The Manteo Lions Club has ena-
barked with zeal upon an ambitious
and deserving venture. Their goal
is to clean up the Manteo Water
front which is one of the worst
in North Carolina. A few property
owners have taken steps to beau
tify and improve their waterfronts,
but there are many who will not
do so, nor have they been willing
up to now to allow others to do so.
If the Lions accomplish the I'M
dertaking, they will deserve much
consideration and credit from their
fellow townsmen.
The club has voted, in order to
raise funds, to publish a calendar
of important local anniversaries,
Further notice will be given in
this respect soon.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
FARMER WILL BE
TREATED RIGHT,
BONNER BELIEVES
Congressman Meets Friday in
Swan Quarter With Hyde
County's Hurricane Dam
age Committee

Congressman Herbert C. Bonner
made clear his belief that the fed
eral government was going to do
all it could to help farmers who
suffered losses due to recent hur-
ricanes when he met with Hyde
County's Hurricane Damage Com
mittee in Swan Quarter last Fri
day afternoon, and he urged that
all farmers who have suffered a
disaster apply for disaster loan
from the Farmers Home Admins
tration. He added that he person
ally wanted to investigate any ap-
plications that were not accepted.
When the congressman express
ed concern because there had been
so few applications for the FILA
loans, farm leaders explained that
the emergency loans were made
for period of one year and that
farmers were hesitant because
they fear their salt-damaged land
may not produce enough next year
to even pay back the production
costs.
However, Congressman Bonner
urged that the farmer go ahead
and seek a FILA loan anyway, and
assured that when the loan came
due he believed the FILA would be
lenient with the borrower.
Getting surplus government
commodities for the county was
See BONNER, Page Five
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30

Ocracoke, Sept. 25.-Capt. Mar
vim Howard, commanding the hop
per-dredge Chester Harding down
in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, is
showing signs of inconsistencies for
his native Ocracoke, Lured last
June from his quiet life of re-
tirement in his native Ocracoke by
an urgent call to captain the
Chester Harding and perhaps too
by the pay-check offered, Capt.
Howard took temporary leave of
absence. And now, after three
months, he wishes he was back at
Ocracoke with his church, his Sun
day School, his P.T.A., his Boy
Scouts, the Civic Club, and last
See HOWARD, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30

For nearly 40 years this Life
boat Station at Hatteras Inlet
stood guard against the ravages
of the sea in its wrath but last
week, before the 1S-hour attack of
Hurricane lone, it surrendered.
The photograph here was taken at
low tide on the day after the storm
subsidized and indicates dramatical-
ly the extent of the damage done,
now believed to be irreparable.
This was a new building which
replaced the old one established in
the 1905.
Upright posts that appear to be
what is left of a fence around the
station are actually all that is
left of seawall built around the
station a decade ago and filled in
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
BOAT DISABLED
SKIPPER SWIMS
ASHORE FOR AID
Harry Baum Anchors and Swims
into Mays Head Through
Breakers Sunday
Evening.

Harry Baum Of Wanchese, we'll
known party boat man and fish
ing guide, exhibited some of the
grit and determination for which
his ancestors are famed Sunday
evening when his boat ran out of
gas while cruising with a fishing
party in the ocean opposite Mays
Head Coast Guard Station.
Failing to attract attention to
his plight, he anchored his boat
outside the breakers apd swan
ashore, went up to the station
and asked for aid. Gas was OBJ
tanned, and a man from Kill Devil
Hills station came down in duck
and took him back, with gas to his
boat. Sheldon O'Neal, officer in
charge of Kill Devil Hills, and
Warren Austin of Mays Head were
the crew of the duck.
They went out to Baum's boat
sometime after nine o'clock and
stayed until midnight, but he had
difficulty getting his motor start
ed and was finally escorted in by
the patrol boat sent up from Ore
gon Inlet Coast Guard Station. In
the night, the passage across the
bar at Oregon Inlet was not con-
sidered safe, and the boats stayed
offshore until daylight, returning
to the station at Z am.
Baum had fishing party of six.
His crewman was Dennis Creef of
Wanchese. His radio-telephone
went on the blink at the same
time, which kept him from calling
for aid.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30

Congressman Herbert Bonner
has been exceedingly reluctant to
see the station abandoned and at
his insistence a project of rehabili-
tation was instituted in July with
a contract with Frazier Peele to
supervise the building of sand
fences around the site. The first
hurricane of the season swept the
start of the fences away, the sec
ond eroded the beach still further
until plans were considered for
moving all buildings about two
miles westward toward Ocracoke.
Then lone interviewed with the re-
suit above and further plans for
saving the Station are now in
doubt. The photograph is by Ben
Dixon MacNeill from an airplane
piloted by Bill Cochran.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
ONE REASON FOR DARE'S
WONDERFUL PROGRESS IN
THE PAST FOUR YEARS

Here are some of the more OBJ
vious results of the four year pro-
gram of the Tourist Bureau.
The Bureau has prepared, paid
for and distributed more than
100000 special Dare County fold
ers.
1t has prepared, paid for and
delivered more than $4,000 special
Dare County Fishing Information
sheets.
1t has received and answered an
average of more than 500 specific
inquiries about Dare County each
month, and has supplied any and
all interested operators in the
county with regular lists of the
names of people making such in
quiries.
1t has distributed at least half
million other pieces of literature
dealing with Dare County-Lost
Colony folders, Fort Raleigh fold
ers, Wright Memorial folders,
Outer Banks folders, for example.
1t has arranged for, or assisted
writer's in preparing, at least one
article month about Dare County
for national magazines.
1t has filled thousands of re-
quests for material for radio and
television programs.
1t has sent out an average of
more than 100 photographs each
month to newspapers, magazines
and press associations, resulting
in as many as 400 different news
papers using the same picture
about Dare County.
1t has sent out each week for
four years lat least two dozen news
and feature stories about Dare
County, for publication in practic-
ally every newspaper in the coun-
try.
1t has handled special publicity
jobs each year for the annual OBJ
selvance of the Wright Brothers
anniversary, and such other events
as the Pirate Jamboree, special
programs at Fort Raleigh and
many more. (The extra cost to
the Bureau, in publicizing the
Wright Celebration for just one
year, incidentally was more than
a thousand dollars.
It's facilities have been made
See REASONS, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
REVIVAL AT AVON

Revival services will be held al
the Avon Assembly of God Church
Oct. 2, through Oct. 16. Rev.
Jimmy Hearns of Indianapolis,
Indiana, will be the evangelist.
Rev. Hearn travelled with team
in connection with the Christ Am
bassadors Department of Spring
field, Mo. He has ministry large
ly to young people. Special music
and songs will be part of the
services. The church and pastor,
Lester C. Jarrett, extend welcome
to the public.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30

Manteo.-Joe Copps was an ex-
ecutive of the famous publicity
and public relations firm of Steve
Hannigan when that organization
was making Miami Beach the
world renown vacation spot it is
today. "Help the editors make a
big front page story out of the
storm, when a hurricane strikes, u
he said.
Joe and myself were talking
about hurricanes one night at The
Carolina Inn at Chapel Hill. I had
asked, "What did Steve Hannigan
do when a big hurricane would
strike Florida and Miami Beach ?"
That is when he gave me the ad-
vice about what to do in a press
agentry way, when and if one of
the things headed Carolina coast
ward. "Get the story on Page One,
it won't stay there long and when
it leaves the front page people
begin swarming back to the beach
es-if for no other reason out Of
curiosity to see what actually
happened" he added.
My primary news beat for more
than % years has been along the
North Carolina coast and its
Outer Banks. AS a correspondent
and not staffer on expenses, re-
porting spot news has always been
difficult for the more or less iso-
lated places which often during
storms really become isolated
Take the lone story for example.
AS this huzzy of the Caribbean
moved eastward there were
dozens of calls from Atlanta,
Washington, Norfolk, Charlotte,
Durham, Raleigh and New York,
some were from radio stations
seeking eyewitness telephone re-
ports for transcription and re-
broadcast. The reports must have
sounded uninteresting. 1t was at
night and there was not much to
see, and the newsiest news SEEM
ed to be happening at places where
the Weather Stations, or Coast
Guard were getting out reports
before they reached me. The pic
lures they wanted would be made
for press syndicates, after some
thing happened to photograph. In
the meantime l learned of staffers
from newspapers who were headed
this way. They would be covering
for their papers, so my only prob
lem was to get some pictures to
the syndicates.
When morning finally came
there were picture possibilities
and many were made of flooded
highways and streets and Of
buildings damaged in the storm
but as it had happened many times
before l was licked. There was nc
telephone connections other thar
local for many hours and transpor.
tation that could speed the pic
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
COLUMBIA MERCHANTS
PROTEST RELOCATION
PROPOSED FOR U. S. "a

The Columbia Merchants Asso-
citation meeting Monday night, sent
a resolution to the Highway Com
mission vigorously opposing the
relocation of U. S. Highway 81,
which now goes through the towns
main street. The commission pro-
posed to build a new bridge and
bypass some distance south of the
present location. The Association
has asked Congressman Bonner to
use his influence to assist in
keeping draw in the bridge across
the river.
Should it be impossible to get
the road kept where it is, the As
ISOLATION favors maintenance Of
the present bridge also as an
alternate route. They say any other
course would be highly detrimental
to the business interests of the
town. They cite the custom usually
prevailing in maintaining an alter
nate route in other towns of the
state, and opine that it would be
discrimination against Columbia
to follow contrary course. Shell
ton Ludford is president of the
association. 1t was noted that this
week marks the end of the We'd
nesday closing season. Plans will
begin soon for the formal opening
of the stores for the Christmas
season.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
NEW DRIVERS MANUALS

Mrs. w. G. Etheridge, drivers
license examiner, wishes the public
to know that the most recent
drivers manual is now available
and she wishes everyone who in
tends to take a license examina-
ton to come in and get themanuaI
for study, as it contains consider
ably more and harder material
than any previous manual. This
applies to both auto and chauffeur
licenses.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
. OCRACOKERS SAW
NO TERRORS AND
SOME ENJOYED 1T
Here's A FactuaI Account of
How Life Carries on When
Storms Come Around

Ocracoke.-"No news is good
news" This slogan speaks for
Ocracoke Island in the three recent
hurricanes, lone, Diane, and Con-
ME. Little damage by any of them
here. In other words, our luck was
with us, even in lone. Or, it may
be as one of our annual sports
fishermen, who happens to get
here for at least one fall hurri-
cane, says: Lots of good people
on Ocracoke!". A. G. Stewart of
Wilmington, Delaware, declares he
would rather be here in hurri-
cane than in Delaware. "Safer!"
Sid Tolson, local resident, makes
the same assertion, having viewed
the destruction of Hazel last year
from third storey window of the
Fort Macon Hotel in Morehead
City. "Not as much stuff to blow
around at Ocracoke," he says.
True, the Island met Waterloo in
the famous storm of 1874 when
Pamlico Sound spread across it to
a depth of four or five feet in
many an Island home. No hurri-
canes since then have surpassed it
in damage and loss. Last years
Hazel and Carol brought In
good deal of tide, but we had none
this year in lone, Diane, and Con-
ME. And the scragly cedars and
oaks, hugging the ground closely
are not blown down as easily as
the taller mainland trees; there
are not as many light and power
poles to topple, or wires to break.
Houses are sturdy and accustomed
to weather beating.
Atune to mainland radio sta
tions, particularly Raleigh, Wash
ington, and Morehead City, we Is
landers tit took seven years of
teaching here to merit the "we")
heard with due concern the fact
that lone would strike somewhere
between Morehead City and Cape
Hatteras"-that could very we'll
mean Ocracoke and it's neighbor-
ing town of Portsmouth-and that
tides would be eightser nine feet
lbove normal average normal
tide at Ocracoke is two to three
feet), so we battened down our
matches making ready for the on
slaught. 1t never came in the form
of tides, but the wind was terrific
ian old-timer says it went to 75),
and it rained sheets of water.
"Water, water everywhere" Rain
water; thank goodness for that.
Due to the fact that lone chose
to strike land west of Ocracoke,
instead of east or north at Cape
Hatteras, as first predicted, we
got the wind, but not the tide.
True, the Atlantic Ocean flooded
the sand flats in front of the viii
lage. At high tide on Sunday
morning there was no beach Wis
ibie, but when low tide came at
noon the Ocracoke-H atteras mail
truck found enough dry beach to
transport six urgent visitors to
mainland safety via Hatteras and
Manteo. And ON Monday morning
during the height of the storm,
the ocean burrowed across the Is
land in the low places. eff the wind
by any chance had changed to
northwest, bringing back all the
water that lone had blown up into
the rivers of Pamlico Sound" said
the old timers, "there might have
been repetition of the storm of
IA or worse"
Most Ocracokers doa't take
chances; they get ready in adj
vance for hurricanes. Coca cola
See OCRACOKE, Page Five
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
BANKING HOURS REDUCED
AT MACS HEAD BRANCH

Effective Monday, October 3
and until further notice, the hours
of the Manteo Banks branch at
Mays Head will be only one hour
from II noon to pm. Heretofore
the bank has been open from 10
am. to 1 DIN.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30

WHAT with intervening and three of them having been in the
srapping George Thyme
Manteo finally all home the visit
with their this fall Reading from left right McAdoo
younger Donovan both of live and Wiley
the u Navy stationed in Norfolk the
living Baltimore and Howard who business
Salem Howard the elder served four and half the Pacific
during World H. Wiley while the Navy
serving uadacana This the first boys
home together 20 when they going
the world George THYME who blind will
day. develop
ed unusual mechanical artistic skils.
Evening star., 1955-01-22
Malaria Old Diseuse

Malaria is one OF the oldest
known diseases OF mankind.
Evening star., 1955-01-22
Couple S Date Ends
In Suspects Capture

A househreaking suspect was
surprised last night by a couple
returning home from q date and
held until police arrived. police
reported.
With the mans arrest. police
hope to clear ten housbreakings.
according to 1t. Nunzio Bonac-
corsy Of No. Q Precinct.
The couple, Miss Mary A. Byrd
80, and her friend Morris Nor
ton, 20, both colored. returned to
Miss Byrd's apartment at lil2
Raum street NE. after a date.
Entering the apartment, Mr..
Morten told police. they saw q
man ransacking the place. Mr..
Morten grappled with the in
truder while Miss Byrd called
police.
Taken to No. . Precinct, the
man was identified by police as
John r. Thompson. 20. colored.
OF the TOO block Of M street NV.
It. Bonaccorsy said q woman's
compact was found on Thomp-
son and identified as one re-
moved In q recent housebreaking
at 1871 Capitol avenue NV.
Thompson was charged with the
two househreakings.
Evening star., 1955-01-22
Envoys Returning
10 Russian Capital
BY III. A..oeiot.d prs..

\. MOSCOW, Jan. 22.-The So
Wet Unions Ambassadors to the
United States, France and East
Germany were in Moscow or en-
route here today while weighty
International issues remained in
the balance both in Europe and
the Far East.
Georgi Pushkin and Sergei
Vinogradov already are here
from Berlin and Paris. Georgi
zarubin is en- route from New
York, and Jacob Malik. Soviet
Ambassador to London and dele
gate to the United Nations, is
leaving today. Signs were awaited
that p. F. Yudin, Soviet AM
baSsador to Peiping, might also
be returning.
The Soviet Ambassadors from
Turkey and Iran previously were
reported to have returned to the
Soviet capital.
A thorough foreign policy re-
view was indicated. For some
weeks now the Soviet foreign
ministry has been working over
time showering notes and declar-
ations on the Western nations in
an effort to derail ratification of
the Paris pacts for West German
rearmament.
Evening star., 1955-01-22
Policy
Photo,
CONTINUED From First Page. J

Continued From First Page.)
to defend Formosa against Com
munist aggression.
Mr.. Martin. expressing an
opinion held by numerous mem
bers Of Congress, said he thought
Mr.. Eisenhower already had suf-
flcient power to act without
going to Congress.
But he wants the support of
Congress so the world will know
that in the defense in that area
America stands united" Mr..
Martin added.
Expected to Define Area.
Mr.. Martin said he felt the
President did not consider the
United States justified In Tight
ing for minor outlying islands
between Formosa and the Chi
nese mainland. But he said Mr.
Eisenhower probably would de-
fine clearly the area for which
this Government would feel just
ified in defending.
Mr.. Martin gave no indication
Of what particulars the message
win contain but there have been
signs that the Presidents request
would be In the nature Of an III
and when" authorization to use
American forces In defense OF
Fprmosa.
Earlier, Representative Rich
ards. Democrat, Of South Caro-
lima, chairman Of the House For
eign Affairs COMMITTEES urged the
administration to make it clear