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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
Stebbins Promoted
ByW.R. Gruce&Co

James H. Stebbins, formerly
head of the Washington office OF
w. r. Grace g. Co., has been
elected an executive vice presi-
dent of the company in charge
of operations in South and Gen.
trial America.
Mr.. Stebbins succeeds Andrew
b. Shea, executive vice presi-
dent, who is taking on broad
corporate responsibilities. Mr.
'Stebbins has been with Grace
So years and headed the office
here from 1947 to 1852.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23

in accord with the committees
announced aim to encourage a
modernized. efficient and finan-
cially strong system of transpor-
tation. But it said the commit
tee might well have gone further
and favorably considered long
standing ICC recommendations
for amending the Interstate
Commerce Act.
These recommendations in
clude the repeal of Federal trans
portation taxes and more ade-
quate control over trip-leaSing-
the rental of trucks for freight
movement on the return leg. of a
round trip which involves an ag-
ricultural shipment on one leg
Iof the journey. Trucks hauling
farm commodities are exempt
from ICC regulations.
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to run. The constable chased
him and finally threw the sum-
mons at him. but this was held
insufficient delivery"
In Illinois, a defendant was
sitting in a hotel lobby when he
saw a bellboy approaching with
the sheriff. The suspicious one
fled to his room. locking the
door. But the sheriff slipped the
summons under the door, and
this. the court said. was all right.
The summons had been served.
In California, an athletic
young man sprinted down an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
TAX MEMOS
By FRANCIS p. DOUGLAS

The following are summarized
from recent rulings of the Tax
Court of the United States:
Wife Didn't Sign: The sum of
$189.366 sought from husband
and wife (later divorced) on
joint return. Found that the
signature of the return purport-
ing to be wife's is not hers; that
she did not authorize filing the
return nor authorize anyone to
sign her name. Held: That wife
did not file a joint return. While
the taxpayer must report her
share of income from jointly
held property. she is free to Sc
lect the method Of reporting it.
Since she did not intend to and
did not file a joint return she
incurs no liability based on it.
rs T. c. No. 81.
Dividends-NOt Loans: Broth
ers who were officers and minor
ity stockholders Of a family
owned corporation Withdrev
large sums of corporate funds
for their personal use. These
were entered on the company
books as accounts and notes re-
ceivable, but no notes were
executed until after the char
acter of the loans was questioned.
Wives Of the brothers were nom
inal officers and held all the
corporate stock except two shares
held by the husbands. who had
virtually complete control. Held:
That the amounts withdrawn by
the brothers were informal dis
tributions of taxable dividends
and not bona flde loans.-25 T. C.
No. 40.
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play Will not produce the ue-
sired transportation system"
In general. the Cabinet Com
mittee recommended less ICC
regulation of rates and more ICC
regulation Of segments Of the
transportation picture not now
subject to its supervision-among
them barge movements of bulk
commodities. private motor
freight carriers, and contract
freight truckers.
The committee listed as its No,
l objective increased reliance
on competitive forces of trans
portation in rate making"
Among other things. the ICC
would be permitted to fix only
maximum and minimum rates,
rather than precise rates, and its
present powers to delay their ef-
fectiveness would be curbed
sharply. The report was vel
coined by railroad interests. and
sharply criticized by truckers and
others.
The House and Senate Com
merce Committees now have be-
fore them a number of bills de-
signed to carry out the COM
mittee's recommendations, and
some time ago asked the ice
for it's views on this pending leg
islation.
In submitting this comment
today. the commission took the
opportunity to discuss the con-
troversial Cabinet Committee re-
port.
Tho TIT cafd IL y,oc ~ rat,reo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. Dec. % R-Foreign
exchange rates follow fGreat Britain in
dollars, others in cents;
market i per cent premium or 1o0.otii.
U. 8 cents. unclaimed
Europe Great Britain tpoundt,
ESQ 1872. up 3 81 of cent; Great
Is OF cent; Great Britain, 60-day fu-
lures 30 - 81. up 3 az Of a cent;
Great Britain. 90-day futures, s.Gaihs,
900. unbalanced: France (francj, -.2Sss
OF a cent. UNCHANGED: Germany West
ernl tdeutsche mark, $3.50. unchanged;
Holland tgutlderl, ?5;l4, up .ol Of
chanRed: Portugal lescudol, 80, I'M
changed Sweden tkronal. 1894. I'M
changed; Switzerland francl itreel.
1894, unchanged; Denmark fkronel,
IA so, UNCHANGED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
LAW IN THE NEWS
When Is q Subpoena
Considered Served?

dence than do the citizens Of
other countries.
Process-serving is usually done
by a sheriff. constable, or an
appropriate deputy. Its main
purpose is to acquaint the person
served with the charges being
brought against him and to set
forth requirements concerning
the steps he must then take.
Usually he must appear In court
or file an answer" to the
charges by a certain date. Fail
ure to do so may result in an
automatic judgment against
him.
What does or does not con-
stitute proper service. though,
has long been a subject of liti-
cation.
Runaway Wins
In Colorado, recently. a de-
fenoant won acquittal on
grounds that he had been i'm.
properly served He had seen
the constable coming and started
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alley, easily understanding the
portly sheriff trying to serve
him. In this case, the same sher-
i'll had served the same man
with another summons at an
earlier date, and the young es-
capist admitted he heard the
sheriff call out Il have another
one of those things for you"
This. too. was held an adequate
service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
ice Opposes Proposal
To CurtoiI Its Powers
BY the Associated Press

The Interstate Commission said today seriously
curtalments powers
to regulate in the, transportation field.
first public comment the report of President Ell
Cabinet Committee transportation by
White House last April the ICC asserted:
Resort laws jungle competition in full
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23

The next otiels in this series will
appear Sunday. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
MUTUAL FUNDS

NEW YORK, Dec % R.--National
Association Securities Dealers Inc.
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@ffeN
hX VICTOR MEEKINS

We took off on Thursday morn
ing, September Is, and drove to
Baltimore, via Richmond and U.
S. 3O1 which having covered from
Baltimore to Key West, we think
should be dubbed the Tourist
Court route. We have stopped at
many of these courts along the
whole length of the route, and
have found them all good. We can
see why the motor courts gain In
favor all the time. They are con-
venient. A hotel is fine in city,
but look at the trouble to get to
it, the tipping, etc. Good motels
cost from Sc to So per night
double. A hotel room in Baltimore
cost us $12.75 plus $3.50 for the
car, say some SIS including tips,
and think of the time it takes to
drive in a city. Similar accommo-
dations in a New York hotel cost
$13 for room plus $3.50 for car
storage, with tips totalling $18.
For some Is years, Baltimore
has always seemed a good town.
The friendliness of its people and
its store employees make it seem
truly southern. 1t would be nice
to spend a lot of time there. The
drive to Baltimore is something
like the drive to Burlington or
Greensboro in distance. The lady
who lives with me went along, and
she liked shopping in Baltimore.
On Friday, we drove to Atlantic
City and gave it good looking
over. After visiting the steel pier,
we got a negro to take US up and
down the board walk for two hours.
We rode in slow-moving battery
driven buggy which was neither
comfortable nor fast. This negro
said he was from Greensboro, and
is now preaching on the side. He
resigned from matrimony because
he couldn't get along with his
Bahama born wife. He used to
work in the jefferson Standard
building and the Greensboro hotels,
and he says he likes the south
better, segregation or no.
Saturday after touring Asbury
Park, we drove right on through
two New York tunnels down on
Long Island, via Coney Island. Our
visit to Jones Beach State park
on Long Island was most interest
ing, and gave US a glimpse of the
possibilities and probably similar
future development of our Cape
Hatteras National Seashore. On
Sunday we drove back into New
York City by way of the North
shore of Long Island, and over
the immense tri-borough bridge,
arriving at the hotel in time to
take in two shows, which included
Radio City music hall.
We phoned some friends in New
York but found them not at home.
We didn't see a soul we knew,
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
RoDANTHE PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard W. Mid
gett and children, Rowan and
Cathy of Norfolk visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert X. Midget.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Toler and
daughter Patricia of Norfolk visit
ed Mrs. Toler's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. B. Payne.
Mrs. Aldean Hayes and children
of Norfolk spent Sunday night
here with her mother, Mrs. Lillian
Midget.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie w. Mid
gett both are in the U. S. Public
Health Service Hospital, Norfolk,
very ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Road
cap and children, Anita Dale and
Kathy Elizabeth, spent the week
end here with Mrs. Roadcap's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Her.
bert.
Mrs. Nora E. Herbert spent
Tuesday in Wanchese and attended
a birthday dinner with her aunt,
Miss Elva Payne. She received
many useful gifts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Gray and
daughter Penny of Norfolk spent
the week end here with Mr.. and
Mrs. Julian L. Gray.
Mrs. Francis Gray and daugh-
ter, Eileen, Miss Norma B. Gray
and Mildred Midget spent Mon
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
CAPE HATTERAS
PTA STARTS OFF
IN FINE STYLE
Enthusiastic Meeting Promises
Well For Enthusiasm During
This Term of School

The PTA of the seven Outer
Banks villages held it's first meet
ing of the year in the auditorium
of the new school building at Bux-
ton Tuesday night, September 18th
at 8 pm. The meeting was pre-
sided over by the president, Mrs.
Blanche Midget = of Buxton.
America" was sung in unison.
The devotional was given by Rev.
Dan Meadows, followed by a talk
on willing Workers" and prayer.
Mrs. Pauline Oden is secretary.
Mrs. Vivian Fronts, treasurer, re-
ported $207.33 on hand from last
year. The ex-president, Mrs. Joyce
Gray, installed Mrs. Julian Gray
as vice-president, as she was abb
sent at the installation ceremonies
last May.
The president asked for sugges-
tons for name for the PTA of
the consolidated schools of the
Outer Banks. The name "Cape
Hatteras PTA" was chosen.
The principal, w. R. Lingle,
asked parents for cooperation in
making the schol one of the best
in Dare County, also introducing
the teachers as follows: First
Grade, Mrs. Robinson; Second
Grade, Mrs. Violet Austin; Third
Grade, Mrs. w. R. Lingle; Fourth
Grade, Mrs. Inez Austin; Fifth
Grade, Mrs. Ormond Fuller; Sixth
Grade, Mr.. Terrell; Seventh
Grade and Eighth Grade, Carlee
Lowry; Ninth Grade, w. R. Lingle;
Tenth and Eleventh Grades, Mrs.
Mildred Jeranko; and Twelfth
Grade, c. P. Gray.
The president said on October
4th, Tuesday, there will be a meet
ing of the District P.T.A.
in the school, also District Direc-
tor, Mrs. Lawrence Swain of Man
teo, will be present. The PTA will
be host for the day and lunch will
be sold in the lunch room at SIPS
a plate. Parents of Ocracoke will
be present at this meeting also.
All parents of the Outer Banks are
urged to be present.
Detectives of the PTA for this
year were discussed. The PTA will
buy playground equipment as
planned last year; and help pay
for some lunch room equipment
now on order. Committees on
playground equipment were ap-
pointed as follows: w. R. Lingle,
Charlie Gray and Ivey Batten of
Hatteras.
The attendance count taken by
grades will be announced at the
next meeting.
Rev. Dan Meadows recognized
Rev. Aaron Tyson of Avon. His
wife and young son were also
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
BUXTON PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred O'Neal of
Rodanthe spent the week end with
their daughter, Mrs. Vance Mid
gett.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Anslow and
son have returned to their home in
Norfolk after a visit here with
Mrs. Caddie Gaskins.
Mrs. BERTHE Dixon returned
home from a visit in Suffolk, Va.
with her children.
Johnnie Williams has been
transferred to Cape Hatteras
Coast Guard Station.
Mrs. Cora Lee Casey is recover
ing from three weeks illness.
Most of her children visited her
during this time.
Word was received that William
H. Barnett, U.S.C.G., Ret, had
suffered stroke and is hospital
lied in Savannah, Ga. Marine Hos
pital. Mr.. Barnett, a native of
Frisco, was formerly in charge of
Creeds Hill Coast Guard Station.
Church School Rally Day was
observed Sunday am. at the Meth
odist church. The program was
prepared by Mrs. J. S. Turner,
chairman of the Board of Educa-
ton, assisted by Mrs. Evelyn
Gibbs, Vivian Fronts, Pearl Mid
gett, Thelma Gray and Edgar
Hooper. Church School Superin-
tendent promotion cards were pre-
sented to Rama Fuller, Edgar
Hooper, Jr., Kenneth Hardee,
Dianne Robinson, Karen dudley,
Evonne Fronts, Caryn Gray,
Maurice Dudley, Myron Midget,
Mario Fuller.
Mrs. E. R. Midget has returned
home from ten days visit in
Morganton, N. C. with her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Boyce Midget.
P. L. Farrow, U.S.C.G., left
Tuesday, for Portsmouth, Va. and
will marry Miss Rose Anne Guilt
fer. He was accompanied to Ports
mouth by Mr.. and Mrs. David
Barnett.
Birth
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon
Lee Perry of Hartford, son, Sept.
II in the Albemarle Hospital. Mrs.
Perry was Georgia Barnett, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Martha Barnett of
Buxton.
Buxton W.S.C.S.
The W.S.C.S. met Tuesday eve
ming at the church. Mrs. Essie
Burrus gave the Spiritual Life
Devotion, assisted by Mrs. Thelma
Gray, Laura Hooper, Dinah Daley
Mrs. Evelyn Gibbs commented on
the 1856 program book "To the
end of the Earth" After the bust
ness meeting a skit was given;
each officer present telling their
duty and what it meant to them
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save some of the hotel bell boys
who have been there at least 20
years, yet whose names we still
don't know. We did talk by phone
to Dallas Midget Jr., son of
Wanchese man who is Norfolk
police officer. Junior is in New
York trying to work his way up
on the stage. We called a Louis
Midget, whom we thought was
from home, but he said he was
from Tennessee, and he sounded
like southern Negro putting on
airs. There are only two Midgetts
listed in the Manhattan directory.
On the way in we enjoyed a
short visit with old friends, the
Bert Cowells in Harrison, N. j.,
and we stopped for dinner with
the Macons, General and Doctor,
who come down here often, and
who now live at California, Md.
We can say this for the North:
Everywhere was politeness and
courtesy and an effort to be help
full on the part of service station
men and other business men.
On Monday morning about six
o'clock we turned on the television
in the room in New York, and the
broadcast about the hurricane was
so terrific, l said we might as
we'll go home. Everything in Caro-
lima was expected to be swept
away, and indeed New York City
and all the rest of the Eastern
Seaboard was probably going along
with it. Dire warnings were put
out on television and radio, and in
the newspapers. In New York
they have to coax the last ounce
of drama and excitement out of
everything and then they soak the
old brew over and over.
We had a good trip down the
road, but had to come back down
through Baltimore as the Little
Creek ferry, which we'd planned
to use was not running that day,
they told US IN Delaware. We came
down on the Jersey pike, stopping
to visit Philadelphia, where we
saw several acquaintance. Some
miles south of Baltimore, it be-
gan raining lightly, and it rained
! some most all evening, until we
got to Petersburg about ten at
night, where we stopped over. For
distance of 200 miles or more,
the radio reports for period of
over four hours spotted the hurri-
cane at 80 miles south-southwest
of Nofolk. l figured that put it
between Belhaven and Creswell,
and that by then it hadn't left
even a hole in the ground. But l
said mo-, that must be an old re-
port given out over and over by
different news announcers. Finally
toward the last, lone was spotted
in the vicinity of Weeksville with
| blood in her eye for Norfolk.
She came and she went, but how
lucky we are in the Dare County
coastland. Sometimes l think our
low flat beaches are the reason for
the comparatively little damage
done US by storms. The low land
offers little resistance to the wind;
the tide flows across and it's re-
lieved before it gets to great
heights. Old timers who know just
where the tides go, put their
houses up. The water runs under,
the owner suffers chiefly from
annoyance.
The low built house has no place
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Taking part in the skit were:
Retta Dudley, Laura Hooper,
Gladys Dickerson, Evelyn Gibbs,
Dinah Daley, Essie Burrus, Thel-
ma Gray, Pearl Midget. The
group welcomed a new member,
Mrs. Sudie Jennette. The group is
raising extra money to buy collec-
ton plates for the church.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30

Out of 222 naturally occurring
mineral commodities produced or
utilized in the United States, only
seven are not known to occur in
California.
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on low grounds where first floors
are easily flooded, rugs and furni-
ture spoiled. Work with nature and
not against it, make use of its
forces, and don't combat them. In
most cases there will be rewards.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30

day in Elizabeth City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Smith
an children, Jack and Raymond,
Jr. of Norfolk visited Mrs. Smiths
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Mid
gett.
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present.
The meeting was adjourned to
the lunch room for cake and cof-
fee.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-04-07

daughter and Noah Hochstettler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilford Gratz and
daughter Sharon called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Elroy Baier and Mrs. Esta Ro-
mick of Dunkirk, Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Eikenbary OF
Dunkirk accompanied Mr.. and Mrs.
GUY Eikenbary to Kenton and spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
Curtiss Stephen and family. Then
they ate supper with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Eikenbary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Moser and
daughters and Mrs. Robert Marquart
called Sunday afternoon on Mrs.
Amos and Mr.. and Mrs. Weldon Lug
inbuhl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Woodhead were
Sunday dinner guests at the Harley
Hesler home in Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Schaublin
called Sunday evening on Mr.. and
Mrs. M. f. Boutwell, and daughters.
Mrs. Cora Balmer returned home
Monday after spending two weeks
helping Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mccain
and family to their new home in
Speedway, Ind.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-04-07
Prize Winners
Announced In
Poster Contest

Prize winners were announced this
week in the recent Girl Scout Anti
Litter Poster contest, and some of the
best posters will begin to make their
appearance in Bluffton store windows
in connection with the annual clean
up campaign.
The winners are as follows:
Third Grade = First prize, Diane
Lueinbuhl. Honorable mention, Jean
Oberly, Elaine Mas, Thomas Schmidt
and Jan Benroth.
Fourth Grade = first prize, Elaine
Baker. Honorable mention, Carol Ba-
singer, Thomas Brauen and Marvin
Augsburger.
Fifth Grade II first prize, Jean
Stauffer. Honorable mention, Rachael
Hilty, Nancy Swank, Darlene Hall,
Donna Basinger.
Sixth Grade = first prize, Mary
Smucker. Honorable mention, Regln-
aid Welch, Anita Huber and Walter
Jordan.
Seventh and Eighth Grades - first
prize, Norman Hochstettler. Honor
able mention, Mary Steiner and Ra-
mon Lewis.
All of the first prize winners VIII
receive one dollar in cash.
Mrs. F. T. T..Lauriat was in charge
of the Judging committee.
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TALK
TEENERS
. by Lois Amstutz :

Hi Gangl
Congratulations to the music de-
partment for "Babes In Toyland,"
fine operetta. Also hats off to the
orchestra for doing fine job. Every
one enjoyed it. Now the music groups
will sing for the Easter sunrise serv-
ice which is to be held at Founders
Hall.
More congratulations are in order
to those who received superior rat
ings at the state solo and ensemble
contest last Saturday at Bowling
Green University. They are: Boys
Ensemble, Thorne Lauriat, Ann
Stauffer, and Irlene Gierman.
Kay Basinger, it seems, just can't
make up her mind on any particular
guy Loretta Nonnamaker has
been going with Don Dudgeon, stu
dent at Michigan University.
Next Sunday is Easter. Imagine
some of you will be looking for your
DdSheLS anu GSSo hiioS iio4AiAAS'
and Pete told us that they are going
to stay up all night to talk to that
rabbit. They are getting tired OF
getting eggs every year so this year
they want a whole harem of chicks" J"
Hey Thorne-How did you like the
lemonade in the operetta? Now
we're wondering who put the soap in
the water. Guess we faxed you out,
didn't we?
Jim Fisher and Nancy Steiner have
been seen together regularly.
The skating party scheduled Tor
last Monday night was postponed
until later date because this is Holy
| Week.
There will be no activities this
week because this is Holy Week.
Jerry, why did you write Hook
on your slate in the operetta?
This is all the snoopy news that
have this week so don't forget to droI
around next week at the same time
and place.