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Evening star., 1955-11-18
YOU BE THE
QUARTERBACK
By WARREN GAER

Head Football Coach, Drake University
With Holy Cross having three
quarterbacks ahead Of you you
have been shifted to end.
In Connecticut, you are meet
ing a team that has run the
.pitchout around end well all sea-
son. AS the game progresses, the
situation develops where you ex-
pect a pitchout around your end,
You. are playing defensive end
on a five-man line with three
line-backers behind you. How
should you play?
Rate these choices |, 2. 5 and 4:
Smash In hard and sharply all
the way.
Drift out immediately as the
play begins.
Wait on scrimmage line TO 60
out with pitchout.
Move across line quickly two
or three steps, face the play ~
IL develops and be ready TO 80
with II.
fAnssCer on Page C-5)
Evening star., 1955-11-18
.Potriek BoIeer Dies;
Father of Hoyo Star

| JACKSON HEIGHTS, N. Y,
Nov. 18 Especially Patrick Boil
ger, father of the co-captain Of
the Georgetown University bas-
ketball team, Joe Bolger, died
yesterday.
| Another son, Bill Bolger, set
lGeorgetown's all-time basketball
scoring records for three years
before graduating In 1852.
Evening star., 1955-11-18

LOS ANGELES, Nov. IS R.-
The day might be rainy and the
squads heavily populated with
the lame, and the halt. but
barring even graver misfortunes,
UCLA and Southern California
win meet in the nationally tele-
vised football game Of the week
tomorrow.
UCLA has an opportunity to
clinch the Rose Bowl assignment
with a victory over its bitter
crosstown rival, and the sellout
crowd Of more than 100000 may
see q whale Of game.
The latter will come to pass,
however, only If the many Grip
Piles return to good health and
sound limb by kickoff time at
4:30 pm. washington time).
NBC handles this game Of the
week on TV.
There has been such . aow OF
disheartening reports from both
camps all week the casual OBJ
server might have concluded the
game could be called on entirely.
Most likely the players win
rise to the occasion, as they gene
orally do, and II the experts are
correct. UCLaA win emerge tri-
umphant.
A Bruin win will also nail
down the Rose Bowl bid. If
UCLA loses, and Oregon State
defeats Oregon at Eugene the
same afternoon, the bowl rep
resentative win be decided by
vote Of the conference.
UCLA goes into the game with
q SO conferences record, one
loss tto Maryland3 Ia its nine
games, the fifth-ranked team in
the Associated Press poll. and q
potent single-wing attack.
Southern California, which
Evening star., 1955-11-18
FOOTBALL.
Continued From Page

Continued From Page C-1
against Marquette In perhaps
the worst nismatch Of the year.
= Southern California has moth
ing ut stake except q whale Of q
chance to brighten q $3.50 sea
son. An upset Of fifth-ranked
UCL4A. however, might open the
Rose Bowl door for Oregon State,
which plays Oregon.
Michigan. playing before .
home crowd Of 81. .239, is favored
by q touchdown and maybe
more after 3 minor auto accident
in Columbus, Ohio, yesterday.
Ohio States All-America back
field ace, Howard tHopalong)
Cassidy, was involved in the
riishap and Is carrying . stiff
neck.
UCLA Is favored by nine points,
although Ronnie Knox, backfield
star. is on the injured list. The
nod goes to Coach Red Sanders,
who must have been bristIing all
week after that 1917 scare BY
Washington last week end.
Its the national television
game Of the week and Zoo. 200
plus will be in the stands for
what shapes up as a contest be-
tween UCLA's Sam Brown and
Bob Davenport and Southern
Caiif0rnia's Jon Arnett. 1t may
be played In the rain.
The week end gets rolling to-
night when winless Alabama
visits Miami (Fla.). The Hurri-
canes mentioned as a possible
new addition to the southeastern
Conference, shouldn't have any
trouble at all with Alabama, q
cellar member Of the conference
In the Southwest. Texas Chris
tian and Jim Swink are favored
by two touchdowns over Rice.
Mississippi and Georgia Tech
top bowl prospects. from the
Southeastern Conference, are
idlebut Auburn and Tennessee
keep the fires burning. Auburn
has o touchdown edge on Glenn
son. Tennessee is a touchdown
underdog against Kentucky.
West Virginia. Its bowl hopes
trimmed. goes against Syracuse
with q touchdown edge.
In the East, Princeton can wiz
the Ivy crown by whipping Dart
mouth (the Tigers are favored b,
12) while Harvard needs a third
straight upset Of Yale for the Biz
Three title. Yale Is favored b,
two touchdowns.
Army and Navy are idle pend
Ing their big clash next week end
Elsewhere it's:
South - Wake Forest Duke
North Carolina Virginia, Wander.
bilt-Fiorida.
Midwest - nlinois-N Northwest
ern. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pur.
due Indiana. Colorado : lows
State, Missouri Kansas.
Southwest - Baylor Southern
Methodist, Arkansas Louisians
State, Kansas State-O Oklahoma
Ann. Detroit Tulsa. villanoya.
Houston, Texas Tech College Of
Pacific.
West - Stanford California
Warrington Warrington State.
Evening star., 1955-11-18
HospitoI Releases Yost

Eddie Yost. Senators third
baseman. has been released
from Georgetown Hospital fol-
lowing o tonsil operation, but
viii remain here under obserVa-
tion for q few days before re-
turning to his Long Island home.
Evening star., 1955-11-18
Sugar Bowl Due to Profit
If Aqqies' Bon Is Lifted

There have been reports that
Navy will be invited to the Cot
ton Bowl if it defeats Army next
week and that Mississippi win
be in line for a Sugar Bowl In
vitation If it beats Mississippi
State and wins the Southeastern
Conference championship.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-03-11
AUSTIN CHILDREN JOIN IN
HOMECOMING AT HATTERAS

The week end of March 9Th and
9Th Mr.. and Mrs. Adolphus Bur-
rus entertained Mrs. Burrus' chill
dren and grandchildren, at a re-
union in her home. The week end
activities were occasioned by the
approaching departure of Decator
H. Austin to Newfoundland, and
of Albert L. Austin to Japan
Members of the family present
were: M/Sgt. and Mrs. Decator H
Austin and children, Decator, Jr.
Carolyn and Michael, 1st Glass
BIN. and Mrs. David F. Austin
and son, Gregory, Mr.. and Mrs,
Bill Burrus and children, Dale and
Allen Lee; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Davis and son, "Chippy"; S/Sgt
Albert L. Austin; another guest
was Matt Waters of Washington
D. C. who was visiting Albert
Austin. This is the first time all
of her children have been at home
together since 1910.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-03-11
MRS. INA NOBLE DAW DIES
IN THE BELHAVEN HOSPITAL

Mrs. Ina Noble Daw, 65, died
Wednesday morning in the Pungo
District Hospital in Belhaven, fol-
lowing a long illness. Funeral
services will be conducted at 2:30
Friday afternoon in the chapel of
the Paul Funeral Home in Bella
ven.
Mrs. Daw, who was the daugh-
ter of the late Isaiah and Louisa
Jones Bishop of Bishops Cross,
near Pantego, has been married to
Mr.. Daw since November. Her
first husband was the late w. E.
Noble of Scranton, where she
made her home for many years.
She is survived by her husband,
Branch Daw of Pantego, two sons,
w. E. Noble of Scranton and
Walton Noble of the U. s. Navy,
stationed in Norfolk; seven grand
children; three sisters, Mrs. Ellis
Midgette of Manteo, Mrs. o. C.
Swindell of Pantego and Mrs.
Maude Adams of Paterson, N. j.;
and four brothers, E. H. Bishop
of Pantego, Russell Bishop of
High Point, Lee Bishop of Hilton
Village, Va, and Walton Bishop
of Mastic, Long Island, N. Y.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-03-11
lRATE WOMEN SEEK TO
KEEP CAT MAN OUT OF
MOORE COUNTY BY LAW

Dare County folks who have
been troubled by the periodic APP
pearance of the "cat man." who
gathers up cats in his trailer and
takes them away to sell for ex-
perimental purposes, will be in
terested in how mad some women
in Cameron, Moore County have
gotten about the "cat man" and
they have appealed to their Repre-
sentative in the Legislature, Hon.
Clifton Blue of Aberdeen to pass
a law to stop his activities.
They want at all hazards to
keep the man out of Cameron, and
called on Mr.. Blue at his home
last week. They said not only do
stray cats disappear, but even the
FINEST of the Maltese, being
snatched from homes and sold to
the "cat Man" who comes through
town offering dollar for a cat
any cat.
"It's a racket" said Mrs. Kate
Harrington Phillips, the leader of
the trio. She said she had lost
three fine cats in two weeks. One
was big Maltese and the others
were beautiful yellow cats" Two
disappeared in one day.
What particularly riled Mrs.
Phillips and her colleagues was
that someone in their own home
town was working hand-in-hand
with the itinerant "cat man." They
were stealing nice cats-throwing
big nets over them-and selling
them to the cat man for 81.
The visitors told Blue that the
cats go eventually to a biological
supply company which kills them
and sells them to colleges ard
universities for anatomy classes.
"They were as serious about
this thing as am about my insur-
ance bill or balancing the budget"
said Clifton Blue. "They said if
these people want cats they ought
to grow their own and stop steal
ing other peoples fine cats"
Mrs. Phillips suggested, in fact,
that the General Assembly should
levy tax on the sale of cats and
require bills of sale. 81 have seven
cats and feed nine," she told Blue.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-03-11
POST OFFICE PLANS
ARE TO REGlONALIZE,
REP. BONNER SAYS

Congressman Herbert C. Bonner
of Washington, North Carolina,
today announced that, under the
decentralization program of the
Post Office Department, postmas-
tiers hereafter will report directly
to a local district manager rather
than to the Department in Wash
ington.
On and after March Z, 1865,
postmasters in Beaufort, Camden,
Gates, Chowan, Currituck, Dare,
Hartford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquo-
tank Perquimans Pitt, Tyrrell,
and Washington counties will re
port to the district manager in
Raleigh, N. C. Plans call for eight
district managers in region COW
ering the States of Georgia, Flori-
da, South Carolina, North Caro-
lima, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin
Islands. District managers report
to the regional manager at At
lanta.
"This eliminates one of the ma
jor bottlenecks in postal OPERA
TONS" Bonner said, "since it en-
ables local personnel to solve local
problems at the local level. The
result will be better service and
greater economy"
The success of the decentrali-
cation program in eleven other
regions prompted the decision to
extend the program at once to this
area. Three more regions will be
established to cover the entire
country. Field personnel will be
delegated authority equal to their
responsibility.
Bonner pointed out that after
this reora anization has been in
effect reasonable length Of
time, he would like to nave COM
ments from Postmastcrs and
others affected.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-03-11
FORMER BUFFALO CITY
MAN DIES IN BALTIMORE

Joseph Connery, former Post
master and business man of Buff
falo City, N. c., former owner of
Arrow Grocery Store in Elizabeth
City, died recently at his home in
Baltimore, Md, after a long ill
ness.
He was a native of Cincinnati,
Ohio, but had spent most of his
life in Dare county and Elizabeth
City.
Survivors included one brother,
Edward Connery of Elizabeth
City; four sisters, Mrs. Joe Krop-
pey, Washington, D. c., Mrs. Win
tiers Jones and Misses Clara and
Florence Connery of Baltimore
Nd, and four nieces.
The funeral was held Saturday
morning at the church and he was
buried in Baltimore, Md.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-03-11
BUXTON PERSONALS

Charles Fulcher, U.S.C.G., OF
Norfolk, Va, recently visited his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Full
cher.
Willie Williams left Thursday
for Wilson Sanitorium.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bateman Miller of
New Jersey recently visited Mrs.
Farley Miller and Mr.. and Mrs.
]. S. Turner. The Millers are
planning to begin building a home
here soon. Mr.. Miller was recently
retired from the Coast Guard.
They are natives of Avon and
Buxton.
The Buxton W.S.C.S. held its
third study course, women of
the Bible" taken from the book,
"The Master Calleth for Thee y
at the Methodist church Tuesday
night, with large attendance.
Mrs. BERTHE Dixon, Sr., returned
home from a two weeks visit in
Suffolk and Norfolk, Va, with
her children. She was accompanied
home by her son, Elvin, who spent
Saturday night here.
Richard Daley made trip to
Elizabeth City Monday.
nj. Y. F.
The Buxton Youth Christian
Witness Mission for Outerbanks
Subdistrict will converse Friday
evening at 500 pm. at Hatteras
Methodist Church and go through
Sunday noon. 20 youths and six
adults will be visiting from Dare
Subdistrict. The purpose of this
mission is to a. WIN youth to
Christ, (2) strengthen their faith,
(2)'improve the M.Y.F. All youths
are invited to attend the Friday
and Saturday evening serices at
700 pm.
Birth
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston DUDLEY
are the parents of a daughter,
Patricia Monette, weight Z
pounds, born at the Cape Hatteras
Health Center Friday March 4th.
Mrs. Dudley is the former Belle
Price, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Noah Price of Avon.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-03-11
MISS HOYLE'S ENGAGEMENT
ANNOUNCED BY PARENTS

Captain Richard Morrison
Hoyle, United States Coast Guard,
and Mrs. Hoyle this week an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter Grace Ann to First
Lieutenant James Edward Notes,
Jr., United States Army Reserve.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
Captain Hoyle was recently de-
tached from duties as Chief of
Staff to the Commander, Fifth
Coast Guard District in Norfolk,
to report to new post as Assis-
tant Inspector General at Coast
Guard Headquarters, Washington,
D. C. The Hoyles currently reside
at 1T West Bay Avenue, but plan
to move to the Washington, D. c.,
area early this summer.
Miss Hoyle, a 1852 graduate of
CRANKY High School, Norfolk, is
a junior at William and Mary
College, Williamsburg, Virginia
and is President of Phi Mu Soror-
ity there.
Lieutenant Notes is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Edward Notes
ST., of 3249 Buffatmill Road
Knoxville, Tennessee. Prior to his
graduation from the University
of Tennessee in 1858, he gradu-
ated from Knoxville High School
in 1913. He is currently on active
Army duty at Fort Eustis, Vir-
ginia.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-03-11
BIRTHS

Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Vincent
Parent of Alexandria, Va, an
nounce the birth of a son, Ray
mond Vincent, Jr., on Wednesday
March 2, in the Albemarle Hospi-
tai, Elizabeth City. The baby
weighed five pounds, three and a
half ounces. Mrs. Parent is the
former Gloria Hayman of Mays
Head.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-03-11
ON DEANS LIST

Greensboro.-The Deans List,
composed of members of the jun
ior and senior classes, has been
announced at Woman's College.
Students listed are those making
an average of B or better during
the first semester.
Included in the group is Betty
Rae Rogers of Manteo.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-03-11
MEETING DATE CHANGED

The Elizabeth City District of
Methodist Churches will hold their
next meeting at the First Method
list Church, Elizabeth City, March
90, at 10 am. This is an a.tera-
ton to the original date set.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-03-11

MISS GRACE ANN HOYLE,
whose engagement to Lieut..
James Edward Notes has been an
nounced by her parents, Capt. and
Mrs. Richard NJ. Hoyle of Norfolk,
Va. Miss Hoyle is the granddaugh-
ter of Mrs. H. B. Hoyle of Norfolk,
formerly of Manteo, and the late
DIR. Hoyle of Manteo.
Evening star., 1955-06-01

begins to be Of some value dur
ing the second i've months but
is of greater value in the second
grade.
Although the experiment was
conducted to test the value of
phonics in the teaching Of be-
ginning reading the results
show conclusively that there is
immeasurably less difference be-
tween classes taught with or
without phonics than between
different schools. Where results
We're unusually good in a class
taught by a teacher using
phonics they were unusually
good when the same teacher
taught without phonics. On the
other hand. poor results were
secured in both phonic and nom
phonic groups taught by the
same teacher. -.
Although the outcome Of the
experiment tends to favor some
phonic instruction, beginning in
the second half of the first year,
just what type of phonics should
be taught and to what extent are
still problems for experimental
ton"
Certainly the above statement
Evening star., 1955-06-01

tice In visual and auditory tech
niques necessarily Is the cause
of good phonetic analysis and
high early spelling achievement.
It would seem rather that the
visual and auditory techniques
are part-and-parcel of the pro-
gram Of phonetic instruction
conducted in the classes studied
and that separation into cause
and effect Is unwarranted."
Another study to which Flesch
referred was one entitled "The
Newark Phonic Experiment"
which was written by Elmer K,
Sexton and John S. Heron in
the Elementary School Jour-
nal" of May, 1928. Flesch sum-
marizes the study in these words
'In spite of a rather confusing
experimental setup, they con-
clude that the results favored
instruction in phonics." How
ever, this is what Sexton and
Heron wrote under the section
Conclusions" in their article:
"The results clearly indicate
that the teaching of phonics
functions very little or not at
all with beginners in reading
during the first FIVE months. 1t
Evening star., 1955-06-01
FIesch Articles Arouse
Comment by Readers

up in faulty spelling habits.
inability to break words into
syllables and difficulty in solving
new words found In unfamiliar
context.
AS a parent with graduate
work and experience in the edu-
cational field it became neces-
sary to do corrective work on
my two sons at the third grade
level. Unable to find a simple
book on phonics as q guide. ]
used a children's dictionary and
compiled a list of simple sounds.
Using the list and long words
of simple sound groupings, lie.
Organization" establishment,
together with exercise drill. it
was possible to bring my sons
ability in word analysis nearer
to the training they had re-
ceived in word recognition.
Many parents recognizing the
problem would welcome for sup
Elemental use a simple primer
in phonics embodying exercises
for use in review or remedial
work at home.
Mrs. L. E. Bennett,
Arlington. Va.
Evening star., 1955-06-01
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
Our daughter was ready
for school when she was nearly
six, according to her pediatri-
clan. However, schools were
over-crowded at the time. and
she was prohibited from attend
ing public school. In ,investigat-
ing private schools, one was To-
Gated which teaches phonics. Our
daughter was Immediately en-
rolled.
Our daughter was just Z in
February and is completing grade
two. She reads anything and
everything. One book she has
completely read (and understood)
is "Bambi," which contains such
words as "grubs." "thicket. "
"gleam."
DR.. Samuel Engel Burr, jr., in
his criticism of DR.. Flesch's ex-
planation OF "Why Johnny Can't
Read" (The Star, May 23)-
and there is no doubt in my mind
he can't read-makes the state
ment: "Of course, American chill
dren need to master phonics. But
phonics are not very helpful in
grade one and they are Of doubt
full value in grade two"
There is no doubt in my mind
as to the value of the mastery
Of phonics in grade one and
grade two. Our little Johnny
can read!
(Mrs.) Betty Hallman
Arlington. Va.
Evening star., 1955-06-01
Virginia and Ohio
Air Mail to Sturt

RICHMOND. Va. June I tR.
-First-class mail between Vir-
ginia and Ohio win be carried
by plane on an experimental
basis, starting tomorrow.
Richmond Postmaster Fergus
McCree said Ohio-bound mail
from Richm ond, Roanoke
Lynchburg and Norfolk will be
picked up and flown west by q
Piedmont Airlines and Virginia
bound mail from Ohio viii be
handled in a similar fashion.
He said some first-class mai
from Virginia now is being flown
out Washington to such points
as Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa.
Evening star., 1955-06-01
Had Phonics, Reads

Alexandria. Va.
Evening star., 1955-06-01
Challenges Dr.. FIesch
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
I am surprised that the WASH
ington Star is giving so much
attention to Rudolf Flesch's pam
acea for reading difficulties,
"Why Johnny Can't Read" Not
only does this book give false
picture of reading instruction In
our school today, but it indicates
that the man who wrote it either
deliberately distorted the truth
or is unable to comprehend the
research studies he used to sup
port his views.
What amazed me most was
Chapter 5. which is entitled
"Phonics VS.. No Phonics." At
the beginning of the chapter,
F'lesch tells the reader that he
carefully read all the papers and
monographs dealing with "phon-
les VS.. no phonics. AT the con-
clusion Of the chapter he tells
his reader that Cd he has COW
cred all the evidence written and
(2) there is no evidence in favor
of the word method. He adds:
Il have left out nothing and /
have misrepresented nothing-to
the best of my ability as a re-
Searcher."
I was naturally curious
as to how good a researcher he
had actually been. Therefore I
read a few of the articles to
which he referred. One which he
summarized was an article by
David H. Russell, which ap-
peared in the Journal of Ed
ucation Research" for Decem-
ber, 1943. According to Flesch,
Russell made the following con-
clusion after an experiment in
volving training a group of chill
dren with much phonics" and
another group with tthttle or no
phonics," "The table (of test
results) clearly reveals that the
early and rather direct type of
instruction in the phonics group
has a favorable influence on
achievement in spelling and
reading"
Mr.. Flesch did not bother to
give the further qualifying state
ments made by Mr.. Russell. i.
This is what Russell added:
"The results do not establish,
however, clear pattern of cause
and effect relationships between
phonetic instruction and sue
cessful visual and auditory per-
ception. It is important to note
that teachers of the 'phonics
group used more than a pho
netic method with an exclusive
reliance on the sound Of words.
Accordingly, it is not possible
to say definitely that work in
phonics improves visual and au-
ditory perception as measured
by the tests used, or that prac-
Evening star., 1955-06-01
Let Us Use coution
To the Edito

Az bAAC GAAoSA'
While the German child
at the end of the second grade
can read orally almost anything
in print, DR.. Flesch himself
admits that this is without
regard to the degree of compre-
hension. It is the method of
training the child in compreheu-
sion and understanding that
most of the schools in the
United States have been using
to lay the foundation. Perhaps
this is one reason why this coun-
try, among the military powers
is the world leader in the drive
for peace without dishonor.
DR.. Flesch has some good ideas
that are worth looking into. But
let us use caution before we
recommend any immediate OF
radical change in our overall
method. -.
While DR.. Rudolf Flesch has
Evening star., 1955-06-01
Something Is Wrong
To the Editor:

10 Cn6 EQlGOT.
Along with the Flesch articles
you have been publishing the
solicited criticisms of school
superintendents and professors
of education. But these men do
not come into intimate and daily
contact with the pupils who have
attended our primary grades
and know their capabilities.
suggest. therefore, that you
solicit the opinions Of teachers
in our junior and senior high
schools who know these children
at first hand and their difficult
ties. To me, the fact that many
of our colleges and universities
have found it necessary to set up
remedial courses in many sub
jects for ill-prepared students
indicates that something is
wrong with our public school
training.
C. C. Kiess.
Evening star., 1955-06-01

made some worthwhile contribu-
tions to his adopted land since
he fied here from Hitler in 1888,
perhaps it would not be too un-
kind to suggest that had the
German youth been taught to
read first with understanding
as is the United States method
instead Of with robot-like per.
formance. then there would have
been no German masses to bt
sacrificed for Hitler's "Meir
Kampf."
Gordon L. Clark,
Takoma Park, Md.