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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-04-08
MADISON COUNTY COURT NEWS

Pearl and Mildred Stokes to
John w and Norma Jean Baker.
lot no. S, Toland's addition, Lon
don.
Russell E. and Elwanda Wood
to Clinton d. Hayman, lot no. 35,
Maple Court addition. London.
Howard E. and Letha A. Hill
to A. Lowell and Katherine G.
Hutchins 120.69 acres in Somer-
ford and Pleasant Twps.
Proctor Roscoe and Ollie Aileen
Gibson to Robert Edward and
Myrtle d. Gibson, 1.178 acres in
Somerford Twp.
Cecile and Lydia B. Forrest to
Everett II. and Virginia L. Hum
phries, 2 acres in Jefferson Twp.
Louise Cox to John Wesley An
thony, 55 feet from lot 35 and lot
no. II in Watson addition, London.
Franklin Alkire as administra-
tor OF the estate of Emma f AL
kire, deceased, to Fred v. and
Martha r. Trimble, interest in 2
tracts of land in Range Twp.
Neil Galloway to Maurice f. and
Louella L. Bricker, lot no. 3 in
Maddux addition, Gilroy.
COMMON PLEAS COURT
New Cases:
Dorthea M. Sparks, London, VS..
James P. Sparks, London, divorce
sought on grounds of extreme
cruelty. Restoration of maiden
name, costs and other relief
sought. No minor children.
Dana Dean Porter, So. Solon,
VS.. Carol Lee Porter, a minor Lon
don, divorce sought on grounds of
gross neglect and extreme cruelty.
No minor children.
Frank Cypryla VS.. State of Ohio
and Supt., London Prison Farm
habeas corpus.
Viola Jean Plank, Mt. Sterling,
VS.. Kenneth r. Plank, Circleville,
divorce sought on grounds of gross
neglect of duty. Plaintiff asks for
custody of 2 minor children, sup
port and other relief.
State of Ohio ex. rel. Ellie B.
Walls, VS.. State of Ohio and Supt.
London Prison Farm, habeas cor
puS.
June Ellen Rhanor VS. Raymond
Lee Rhanor, divorce sought on
grounds of gross neglect of duty.
Plaintiff asks injunction against
defendant disposing of property
and other relief.
Minute Book:
Henry Rice VS.. Virgie Rice,
plaintiff sentenced to 10 days in
Jail for failure to obey courts or
der.
State of Ohio VS.. Albert Jones,
on indictment for failure to pro-
vide, probation violation, defend
ant sentenced to not less than 1
nor more than 3 years al hard ia
Dor.
State of Ohio VS.. Edgar Jay
Johnson on indictment for escap-
ing from penal institutions; plea,
guilty, sentenced to from l to S
wears
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-04-08
Masons To Honor
5O-Year Members

A Stated Meeting of Madison
Lodge No. 221 will be held at the
Masonic Hall on Monday evening,
April II, at 7:30 pm.
Fifty-year members will be hon.
ored and presented with fifty-year
pins by Grand Master Edward w.
Kuns of the Masons of Ohio.
Brother w. S. Anderson of Mt.
Sterling and Brother o. c. ingalls,
of Columbus, will be the members
so honored.
Refreshments will be served and
all Masons are cordially invited.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-04-08

FREEDOM and LIBERTY
Liberty is the only thing you can
not have unless you are willing
to give it to others.
William Allen White
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-04-08
WEST JEFFERSON NEWS
P.T.O. Hears TVS Aunt Fran
Endorses State School Aid
Ohio Shows Poor
National Figure

A capacity audience was present
for the P.TO. meeting held Mon
day evening in the high school
auditorium. The newly organized
Junior Band, under the director
ship of Mr. Okey Santee, school
music director, provided the open
ing for the program, presenting
several numbers, concluding with
America" with the audience join
ing in by singing.
Mrs. Max Henderson, chairman
of the program committee, then
presented Aunt Fran" of WBNS
to the eagerly awaiting gathering
of young fans of the popular TV
personality and to their equally
enthusiastic parents. The first part
of the program was directed to the
small fry with stories and games
some familiar and some new-in
which Tney could participate as is
the custom of her daily program.
In the latter part of the program,
directed to the adults, Aunt Fran
gave a brief explanation of how
and why the TV program came
about, its purpose and some en-
Tightening and interesting informa-
ton about the hours and hours of
acknowledgements preparation that
is necessary to produce a program.
To conclude her program, she used
the customary closing, the one used
on her first TV program and on
every program during the five
years since and which now has be-
come a trade mark of the Aunt
Fran show.
During the business meeting
which followed the program, re-
ports were given on the district
meeting of school teachers, super
intendentS and leaders held in So.
Charleston last month to discuss
problems in classroom teaching.
Attending from West Jefferson
were Dale Porter, Kenneth Coe,
Mrs. A. D. Cunningham, Mrs. Ray
mon Deacon and Mrs. Kenneth Ed
miston.
The assembly voted its approval
and support of the state aid to
school bill before the legislature at
the present time. Letters to the
state congressman urging passage
of the bill were directed to be sent
for the P.T.O. Letters from indi-
Vidual members to urge passage of
the bill were also agreed upon.
Among the points brought out
during the discussion of the need
for state aid for the schools as re-
ported by the State School Survey
Committee after an intensive study
of the school system last year were
these shocking figures: Although
ohio ranks eighth among states of
the nation in financial ability as
measured by Income payments per
person, it ranks forty-thrd in in
come spent for schools and thirty
fifth in general state tax per capita
of total population"
FREEDOM and LIBERTY
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-04-08
Mainly About
People

Mr.. and Mrs. Werner Clay enter
tanned recently Mr.. and Mrs. Vic
tor Boucher, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Billman of Grove City; Mrs. Sarah
Martin of Waverly and Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Zeszatek and son,
Mark Richard of Berea.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Kronk of
Plumwood were guests at the Clay
home Sunday.
WISDOM
Go where he will, the wiseman is
at home, His hearth the earth
his hall the azure dome.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-04-08

power, with slanted mounting to give you
new anti-sway safety. All Hudsons handle so
easily that driving is fun again. And you enjoy
new Double Strength Single Unit car con-
struction = twice as rigid, twice as strong,
twice as safe. Hudson stays new longer, is a
better trade-in value.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-04-08

Hudson's new low hood and high space guide
tenders improve forward vision, let you drive
more relaxed. The Hornet V-8, Hornet
Championship Six, and Wasp have the larg-
est wrap-around windshields in the business
There's a new Deep Coil Ride featuring
springs with three times usual cushioning
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-04-08
PROBATE COURT

Inheritance Taxes Paid:
Received from the estate OF
Ulysses S. Bishop, deceased, $685.
As; 1000 Canaan Twp.
Received from the estate of FL
la H. Wilson, deceased, $59.49;
1870 Clark Co., 1870 London Corp
Received from the estate OF
Charles F. Cecil, deceased, $780,
SO; London Corp, 21.76q6, Pike
Twp, 41.5096, Fairfield Twp, &c.
74Go.
ApprovaIs:
In the estate of Keith Hill, de-
ceased, late of London, inventory
of S14,950; real estate, $4,000
personal goods, ST, $50.
In the estate of partnership in
volving Joe Brown, deceased, late
of London, inventory of $5,213.9O
all personal assets.
In the estate of Etura B. Ken.
nedy, deceased, late of Mt. Sterl'
ing, inventory of $25, ,538.02; real
estate, $24,500, personal goods ST.
038.02.
Wills Probated:
Will of William Anthony, de-
ceased, late of London, admitted
to probate and record March 80
1855.
Marrige Licenses Asked:
Vernon Basil Richardson, 39
truck driver, South Charleston, o.
and Mildred Mae Byers, "A, cook
Lafayette, 0.
Robey Wilson, 80, farmer, Yves
jefferson, and Maxine Hampton
"a, housewife, West Jefferson.
Jack r. Smith. %, farmer, Plair
City, and Virginia F. Fyffe, 16
housewife, Plain City.
Marriage Licenses Granted:
Vernon Basil Richardson anc
Mildred Mae Byers.
Robey Wilson and Maxine
Hampton.
Jack r. Smith and Virginia F
Fyffe. -s
RECORDERS OFFICE
Real Estate Transfers:
Ray Welsh to Karl w. and Caro-
lyn L. German, 134.11 acres il
Jefferson Twp.
James A. Slaughter, deceased
to Glenna and Reynold Slaughter
308.9 1888 acres of land in Stokes
Twp. affidavit of transfer)
Earl and Pauline L. holland II
Vaughn and LaVaughn r. Hughes
40 so. rds. of land in Canaan Twp
Roy A. Wood to John S. Woods
and Charles C. Scott, lot no. 81 il
Cappy Jackson addition, Plair
City.
Cyril M. and Margie E. Stickel
to Ray H. and Emma j. Ackley
parcel of land in Fairfield Twp.
Five Point Properties, Inc, t.
c. w and Beulah M. Culp, .44s
acre in West Jefferson.
Alvin L. and Helen M. Richards
TO John r. Richards, lots no. 4, 5
2 block no. 19, Darby Crest ad'
dition, West Jefferson.
Sam +. Sharpe to Daisy C
Sharpe, lot no. !, village of Plair
City. 49,.
Josephine A. and Robert E
Nickel to Frances L. and George
S. Baker, 2 parcels of land il
Union Twp, containing 1.62 acres
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-04-08

LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the
Trustees of The Pentecostal Church
of Christ, Inc, Of South Charleston,
Ohio, have petitioned the Court of
Common Pleas OF Madison County.
Ohio, for authority to borrow the
sum of $7,000.00 and to mortgage
real estate belonging to said church
society, for the purpose of purchas-
ing 21.35 acres of land in Union
Township, Madison County, Ohio.
Said case is numbered on the docket
of said court as Case No 20031.
Said petition will be for hearing
in said court on the 9Th day of May
1855, at 1000 o'clock am.
The Trustees Of The Pentecostal
Church Of Christ Inc. of South
Charleston, Ohio.
By: Crabbe and Tanner, their
Attorneys.
April s Is 90 29
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-04-08
Willing Workers Viii
Meet At Moore Home

The regular bi-monthly evening
meeting of the Willing Workers
Glass of the Methodist Church will
be held at the home of Mrs. Ed
ward Moore, Alkire Road, Monday
evening, April IL.
Assistant hoStesSes will be Mrs.
]. z. HeSton and Mrs. Clarence
Kidwell. Mrs. Fern Thomas will
furnish the program.
All members are expected to be
present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20

year? Because l was happy. l
had no money problems and
could concentrate upon pitch
ing" The Braves owner, Lou
Perrin. conceded this was a good
reason and was ready to give
SPAIN almost what he wanted.
Almost won't make me happy"
said SPAIN. Il want just what l
asked for" He got it.
Not all contract discussions
are strongly contested. One year
Hickey told Roy Campanella to
take a piece of paper and pencil
and mark down the salary he
wanted for next year. Campy
had visions of yachts and auto
mobiles as he meditated. He
returned the folded paper to
Hickey, who never opened it but
put it in his pocket. ''Okay, Roy.
that's your salary next year"
But you haven't even looked
at the amount, " Roy gasped.
''StOp worrying and have a
nice vacation" Hickey said.
Roy got exactly what he had
written down.
Many times the club would
like to change a contract after
the season starts when perform
ances are not all they are paid
out to be. Manager Eddie Stanky
of the Cardinals once called
$40. 600 bonus rookie Dick Soho
field aside for a talk. Heard
you've got a hitch in your swing"
said Stanky.
Cost Of n Dry Pen
YEP" said Dick.
Which way. rightly or lefty?"
Lefty" Dick said, Il haven't
got one right handed"
Well" said Stanky. You've
got to give US back twenty thou
sand dollars"
Even so small an item as not
having a pen ready and loaded
could stall and complicate nego-
tiations. Il always carry two
pens now" says Paul krichell.
veteran Yankee scout. Once |
had a prize youngster talked into
signing for a five-hundred-dollar
bonus. pulled out the contract
and my pen it was out of ink.
Well. before could find another
pen, the boy decided he was
worth fifteen hundred. l had to
give it to him." The End
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20
81 WANT MORE MONEY!"
Continued from preceding page

Finally Hickey said: Your trou-
bic. son, is that you can't hit a
happy medium"
The hell l can't" the player
reared. Il hit everything they
throw up therei"
When George kell. lashy third
baseman. won the batting cham
pionship one year while playing
for Detroit. the front office
didn't think it would have much
trouble signing genial George.
The Tigers general manager
Billy Evans was invited down to
Arkansas to attend a testimonial
banquet honoring kell. As Evans
stepped into the room he saw
kell. Johnny Sain. Eddie Lopat
and Preacher Roe in a gabfest
surrounded by other guests.
~Doa't TaIk DO Hizn"
l HE players apparently hadn't
seen him. Sain was speaking:
I've pitched to both you and
Musial and I'd say you're twice
as tough to fool as Musial."
Lopat agreed and so did
Preacher Roe. who added.
When Evans gets here don't
even talk to him if he doesn't
offer you eighty thousand a
year."
BY this time Evans was dry
Tipped. until he saw kell choke
with laughter. Then he knew it
was put-up job.
Legend has it that Connie
Mack never used to say anything
stronger than my goodness"
They never heard him at a con-
tract bee. Once he was discussing
Wally Moses. a good hitter but
weak fielder who was holding out.
Moses is a good ballplayer."
said Mack, but he thinks he's
a hell of a ballplayer. Well he's
not. He's got -. he's got too
damn strong a weakness
To a ballplayer there's a great
deal of pride in getting a raise.
At times it need not be the actual
amount of money, so long as he
knows his worth is increasing.
Some players. of course. use the
same psychology with a demand
for a great deal of money. When
Warren SPAIN talked contract
with the Braves a few years
back. he said, DO you know why
l won twenty-one games last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20
"Cofee-break" at Plant No. 4

Through the of machines he somebody say:
for cofee toughened hand pushes up pair of goggles
He smiles Coffee What cheering thought! What lift for
tired hands and spirits What friendly say Relax
Nothing else tastes good coffee nothing satisfies
like coffee During working day. how about time
coee2 Friendly bracing to taste So much plea
sureand for only pennies cup At home the job enjoy
coffee make coffee right Use level tablespoons
Tor Standard Coffee Measure) to every Give your
self Coffeebreak" Think better work better, feel better
PAN-AMERrcAN BUREAU, 12O Wall St. New York NY
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-27
THURSTON GASKILL.
OCRACOKE GUIDE,
RECITES CHANGES
One Of the Most Famed Citizens
Of the Island Gives Oys-
fer Stew Recipe
Ry, HICE K. RONDTHALER

~
Occ IKE, May 23.-Severa
large cobia, caught this past week
indicate this species to be running
off Ocraccke early hnis year. ". E
Woodruff, Robert Lowe, and J. N
Still, all IF Mount Airy. fishing
with Capt. Thurston Gaskill
brought in four beautiful cobia
weighing 20 to 35 pounds, several
channel bass, weighing thirty to
fifty pounds, and dozen OF core
tuna, weighing from three to five
pounds.
Capt. Gaskill is young in years,
but old in experience when il
comes to guiding sports fishermen
He began his trade when he was
thirteen years old, helping his
father, Capt. Bill Gaskill, famous
guide and pilot, and owner and
operator of Pamlico Inn from 1915
to the time of his death in 1885.
Big Foot Slough, Beacon Island
Channel, Wallace Channel, Shell
Castle Rock, Ocracoke Inlet and
Off Shore in the Atlantic were
the early haunts of young Thur
ston and he knows them every
inch of the way and has a knack
for finding the fish if the fish are
there. This knack is inherited not
only from his father, but goes
back through several generations
of Gaskills to an ancestor, Jacob.
Colonial records indicate that
Jacob Gaskill was among the first
pilots who settled at Ocracoke,
earning his living in part by pilot
ing sailing vessels from the Allan
tic Ocean across Ocracoke Bar, in
to the safety of Pamlico Sound.
Ocracoke Inlet in the early days
of the republic was busy
thoroughfare for trade between
Eastern Carolina and the West
Indies.
Capt. Gaskill has guided fishing
parties coming to the Island all the
way from Pennsylvania to Georgia
and from the mountains to the sea
in North Carolina, waiting on some
of them for more than thirty-five
years. There have been fishing
trips when he has had three gen.
erations of the same family to-
gether in his boat. Asked about
particularly good catches, he says
that he remembers a year lii the
late thirties, probably about 1888,
when his party brought in sos
blues from trolling in the Inlet.
Another good fall season was two
years ago when his parties brought
See GASKILL, Page Twelve
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-27
MRS. SALLlE MEEKlNS
COLlNGTON'S OLDEST
RESIDENT DIES TUES.

A great old lady, the oldest
resident of Colington went to her
final resting place Thursday after
noon. Mrs. Sally Shannon Meekins
80, died Tuesday night at her home
in Colington. She was the wife of
John Hawkins Meekins and daugh-
ter of the late Nathaniel and
Sallie Williams Shannon, of Ro-
anoke Island. She was a lifelong
resident of Dare County. She was
woman of brilliant mind for her
opportunities, and kept well posted
until failing eyesight slowed her
activities a few years ago. She had
been i'll for several months.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs.
Evelyn Haywood and Mrs. Rob-
anna Toler, and a son, John Oscar
Meekins, all of Colington; a half
brother, Jim Shannon of Powell's
Point; IL grandchildren, IL great
grandchildren, and one great great
grandchildren, and many nephews
and nieces.
Burial was in the family ceme-
terry Thursday at 2 p. m. follow
ing services conducted at the
Methodist Church by the pastor,
Rev. w. B. Gregory. She was. a
member of this church and faith
full worker in her active life.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-27

DALTON LEE MANN of Manns
Harbor is another popular Dare
County boy whose neighbors
watch his career with interest. He
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Mann and graduated Monday from
East Carolina College. Much recog-
milton and many awards have come
his way through his hard work
and application to studies. He was
one of II who received student
awards from the Student Govern
ment Association of East Carolina
He also was one of 32 leaders in
student activities at his college
who is listed in "Who's Who
Among Students in American Col
leges and Universities" Dalton
Lee is Secretary of Phi Sigma Pi;
president of the Mathematics
Club, and holds membership in
various extra curricular activities
and college fraternities, including:
Chi Beta Phi, Circle K, Science
Club, Student Government Asso-
citation and ROTC Officers Club.
Mr.. Mann is one of 20 students
at ECC who were commissioned
second Lieutenants in the u. S.
Air Force Reserve, Monday.
The following quotation from
the class president and college
officials sums up the citation for
his work in college:
Dalton Mann, you have been
named the recipient of the Maria
D. Graham Mathematics Award
and the Mathematics Department
al Award for the year 1954-55.
The Maria D. Graham Mathe-
mates Award is presented by the
Math Club annually to it's out
standing senior member. The De-
partmental Award goes to the
senior mathematics major or minor
with the highest scholastic average
in mathematics.
"In your three years as a mem
Der of the Math Club, you have
been very active, both as leader
and as follower. You have never
said ".no" when asked to do job.
And now during your last year you
lhae served as our president.
| "Your participation in other
campus activities has helped YOU
to become "a more well-rounded
person. With all these activities,
See MANN, Page Twelve
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-27
CHARLIE SCARBOROUGH,
FORMER REPRESENTATIVE
OF DARE COUNTY, DIES

Charles Henderson Scarborough,
70, who represented Dare County
in the General Assembly some As
years ago, died Sunday in Hamp-
ton, Va, where he had resided
since 1917. For many years he was
engaged in the furniture business
in Newport News.
Although he had moved away,
he never lost his interest and love
for Dare County, and was a fire.
quent visitor, often stopping with
his uncle, Lee Mann, and other
relatives at Manns Harbor. He is
survived by a son, Maxton Oscar
borough of Newport News, two
grandchildren and several nieces
and nephews.
He was the husband of the late
Sudie Peele Scarborough of Hat
teras, who died in 1915. He never
remarked He was the son of the
late Henderson and Lois Mann
Scarborough of Avon. His mother
died young, and he went from
Avon to Manns Harbor to live with
his grandmother, Betsey Mann.
The funeral services We're con-
Quoted Wednesday at the Rouse
Carper Funeral home in Hampton,
Va.
Interment was in Twiford Gene
terry at Manns Harbor Wednesday
afternoon.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-27
MANTEO Fl. S. CLASS OF 20
TO HAVE REUNION SAT

Members of the graduating
lass of Manteo High Schol for the
~ 1929 are planning reunion
Saturday evening. A dinner
be held at Fearing's Cafe in
.aanteo, and class members and
their husbands and wives will at
tend. Class president is Hugh B.
Hines, city manager of Jackson
vile, N. c., who plans to be pres
ent. Also expected to attend are
four members of the faculty at the
time the class graduated. They
are: F. T. johnson of Hartford,
Mrs. Sally Peele Smith of Char
lotte, Mrs. Percy w. Meekins OF
Washington, d. c., and Mrs. Theo.
S. Meekins, Jr., of Manteo.
Of the 29 members of the class,
81 are now living.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-27

THESE husky Roy Gill and years
old in October They the pet of Mr. and Mrs Charles
Evans of Elizabeth City Mrs Evans who
the former Bonnie Gard daughter of Mr.
pink Gard formerly of Harbo residing
City, Mrs Evans also of Samuel Twiford
Quinn Furniture Store in Manteo.
The Evans have older child healthy
and enjoy life and usually give the old
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PROF.. B. @. CHILDS
TO BE COMMENCEM'T
SPEAKER IN MANTEO
Rev. A. c. D. Noe To Deliver
Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday
Evening at Eight O'Clock

Commencement exercises at the
Manteo High School will begin
Sunday, May 20, at eight o'clock
p. m, with the baccalaureate serv-
ice. Rev. A. C. D. Noe, rector of
St.-Andrews-by-the-Se Sea Episcopal
Church of Mays Head will deliver
the sermon, and will be assisted by
Rev. H. V. Napier, pastor of Man
teo Baptist Church and Rev. H. R.
Ashmore, pastor of Mount Olivet
Methodist Church, Manteo.
Glass Night will be held at eight
o'clock Thursday evening, June 2.
The program will be entitled
"Senior Merry-Go7 Round". The
valedictory will be delivered by
Shirley Midget and the salutatory
by Carol Ann Allen.
On Friday morning, June 8, the
graduation exercises of the Junior
High school will take place at 10
o'clock. This will feature a student
participation type of program.
Graduation exercises for the
high school seniors will eliminate
the weeks activities with a pro-
gram at eight o'clock Friday eve
ming, June 3, with Professor B. ].
Childs of Duke University as
speaker. Mr.. Childs is a professor
of Education at Duke, and is much
in demand as a speaker.
All commencement programs
will be held in the school audi
forum.