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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30

sored all of them!
But we're considering just hav-
ng hurricane week each year we
all had so much fun. Julian wore
out two sets of guitar strings; we
showed all our movies twice, we
had a shipwreck party at which
Ethleen Cochrane starred in a cos
tune fashioned of Spanish Moss
she claimed to have gathered when
she was shipwrecked at North
Duck. Harriet Wallace of New
York City vowed everyone when
she appeared in a simple Sweet
Mustard Pickle Carton with all
flaps Tapping. And last but not
least, Sara had three hurricane
sales in the Crafts Shop-how else
was she to dispose of all that
North State pottery?
Festival of family fun, during
the week of August 29-September
8 was such hit that we are MAX
ing it an annual affair from now
on. The family catching the most
fish really worked at it, trying
the surf, the piers and boats. DIR.
and Mrs. H. S. Krakauer and two
sons of Boston, New York took
those honors. The William Culps
of Omaha, Neb., took the largest
fish prize with a 1852 pound blue
marlin caught from Ken Wards
boat off Mays Head. The largest
family group, Mr.. and Mrs. Lang
horne Gibson and five children of
Greenwood, Va, received the SIS
award-and the littlest Gibson
also won a prize for the best chill
dren's costume. Fran Henry of
Baltimore, took the ladies' prize
for her TIDE costume which she
displayed to the tune of Ebbtide.
Looking ahead a bit we see a
visit from the Mays Head Surf
Fishing Tournament October 28-
80. Incidentally, we have been con-
cerned about our fresh water fish
ing being destroyed, but things
are looking up-seems the fish
went upstream and are slowly re-
turning to the bays and sounds.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
WAC SPECIALIST PRICE
RETURNS FROM ITALY

Sp/2 Mildred R. Price of the
WAC, has recently returned to the
United States from Italy and is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Flossie
Price, in Manteo. Specialist Price
was stationed in Livorno, Italy,
for more than a year and while
there she visited many places in
Italy, among them being Florence,
Siena, Lucca, st. Jeminamo, Mon
tenero and the leaning tower of
Pisa. In Austria she visited the
former summer home AMI head
quarters of the late Adolpa Hit
Ter at Berchtesgaden.
Miss Price was most favorably
impressed with Italy and especial
ly liked the works of art and the
great cathesials. She also liked
the people aid says that there is
much to iaa", from living with
the people III a foreign country.
After her vacation in Mar+eo
Miss Pr.ce will be sent to Valley
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
WHAT 100 NEW FAMILIES CAN DO
TO YOUR TOWNS BUDGET.

What happens when hundred families arrive in
medium sized city? To begin with it about $50
new people including 100 children 81 in grammar school,
school and 165 in high school, which will cost
about $120000 Four teachers will have to be hired
The 100 families will add about 900 year the school
operating budget
Besides teachers the city will need four fifths of
employee in the police department and two third of
fireman tipping the police budget by $40 and the fire de-
parment budget by $500 All sorts of extra jobs will have
to be done from collecting to collecting garbage Add
four city employees at total price of $4,000 to $4,000
The water department must pump 10000 gallons more
each day Traffic will be increased by 40 and trucks
And the city may add 500 volumes the city
library part of visiting and, yesa fraction of
cell in the town jail! - Changing Times
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REASONS
Continued from Page One)

available to hundreds of free-lance
writer's, photographers and col
umnists, who have been attracted
here, through Tourist Bureau eff
forts, and who in turn have con-
tinued to publicize the County.
You can't put down set of
figures showing the results of
these numerous activities. But if
you are the operator of a tourist
facility, you know how many peo-
pie have come right out and said
that the reason they came down
here was because they read about
the place somewhere. Are we going
to stop providing these stories for
them to read?
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
WANCHESE PERSONALS

Mrs. Harold Howard, who has
been with her mother, Mrs. Dora
Davis for month, has returned to
her home in Chesapeake City, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Daniels have
returned to their home in Green's
boro after visiting Mrs. Terrah
Midget.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. R. Daniels of
Norfolk visited relatives here this
week.
Mrs. Ida Daniels is visiting her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Macon Tillett at Station Is
land, New York.
Mrs. Ivy Evans and daughter,
Nannette of Norfolk are visiting
Mrs. Evans mother, Mrs. Terrah
Midget.
Leland Tillett visited his father,
A. P. Tillett, recently.
Mrs. Laura Hayman of Norfolk
visited Mrs. Arville Midget.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Daniels and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Mickey
Daniels and children and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ivy Daniels visited Williams
burg and Hampton, Va.
Mrs. Arnold Daniels and daugh-
ter Brenda and Mrs. Lucy Mid
gett were the week end guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow RawlS at
Arapahoe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Finch of
Washington, Pa, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Baum.
Mrs. Jack Tillett received medi-
cal treatment in Elizabeth City
Monday.
Mrs. Minnie Allcox of Norfolk
visited Mrs. Willie Etheridge.
Mrs. Lucy Hoyt, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. P. Hoyt and children, and Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Winfield of Nor
folk visited Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Tillett Jr. Sunday.
Mrs. Arnold Daniels and Mrs.
Dennis Greet and son, Lester Lee
were in Norfolk Tuesday.
Richard Tillett returned from the
Marine Hospital, Norfolk, Sunday.
Corbett Payne, Jack Tillett,
Sterling Paul and David Gaskins
visited Clarence Payne, a patient
at Duke Hospital, Durham, SUM-
day.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30

work. 1t would be appalling to look
into the future and see all at once
all the dishes to be washed, all the
floors to be swept and scrubbed,
all the clothes to be washed and
ironed, all the furniture to be
busted before woman's work is
done forever. Little boys, too,
might not be able to take it if they
could look into a crystal ball and
see themselves, not as dashing
adventures or big league ball
players, but as tired men helping
with the dishes after day in the
office or in the store.
These remarks do not apply, Of
course, to those who just love to
wash dishes, scrub and iron, and
pride themselves upon having a
"floor clean enough to eat off Of,
but to people like me who consider
it enough to have t~h'c clean
enough to eat eff of. Wlc T~Hets
10 eat off the flrcv =,
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
THE THINGS 1T TAKES
TO OPERATE A HOTEL
The Newsy Notes From the Carolinian
Help To Make Life Interesting for
Its Friends and Guests.

If one needed proof that it takes
more to run business beside just
opening the doors to the public,
he could get a good idea from
reading "Driftwood," which is
spicy sheet constituting the house
organ of the Carolinian at Mays
Head. The honey touch, the newsi-
ness, and the informative nature
of one of the numbers is reprinted
herewith, and follows:
Hurricanitis is getting to be an
occupational disease at The Caro-
linian. Like so many unpleasant
things, our hurricanes have been
more full of sound and fury than
real significance. We rode them
all out with most of the major
damage on the financial side
thirty-five check outs and cancel
lations in one day. Fortunately the
hotel and cottages came through
with damages only from the rain,
much which came in when two of
those Newspaper fellers" as
Barry says, "S'posed to be cover
ing the hurricane lying up there
in bed asleep with the East winder
wide OPEN. Again we are thankful
to have been spared the brunt of
the storms and have replanted our
petunias, mended the solarium
roof, hitched our belts a notch
tighter and are going on our
merry, Fallish way.
Contrary Connie as we fondly
called our first hurricane, brought
out the poet in DR.. and Mrs. H..
W. Jaeger of Silver Spring, Md.
and the J. M. McIlhenny's of Pitts
burg. They sat out both hurricane
scares and came up with the fol-
lowing parody on "My Gal Sal".
eve came down to Mays Head to
swim, We came with motor and
fin; But the tide was too heavy,
we stood on the levee, Afraid to
go in. The Children are surly and
mean; Not a rag they can wear
lis all clean. They run through the
lobby, Chaos is their hobby,
They're our little friends. And
the H. w. Vervoorts of Manhasset,
N. Y. and H. l. Edwards of
Rochester also waxed poetic with
this: -Four lii ole Yankees came
to Mays Head, Seeking a place to
make their bed-They combed the
Beach from Kitty Hawk to Hat
teras, Looking all over for a soft
matteras. With Connie on our tail
and Diane in our face, We were
seeking a good substantial place.
The Carolinian fulfilled the bill
for Diane, But twas really the
sight of bare feet that fitted our
PLAN. And Polly Napier really
produced some amazing limericks,
but fortunately Florine Taylor CEN
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ovERMAN's RECOGNITION.

Charles w. Overman who for years county
agent in Dare County will be forgotten for his par
cipation community affairs He made friends
who followed his when he went to Chowan County
They gratfed at the national recognition which
to him recently in Michigan, when at the National Agri
cultural County Agents Association he among five
North Carolina farm agents to be presented the county
agents National Distinguished Service Award.
While in Dare County, Mr. Overman did good work for
the Boy Scouts and most active Rotary leader
His good work will live after him He has been in Chowan
for Is years. and is going strong
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
OCRACOKE PTA MEETING
MONDAY NIGHT OCT. Bird

Ocracoke PTA meeting, first
postponed because of Hurricane
lone and second because of a re-
vival service, will be held Monday
of next week, October 8. Frank
Teeter is president, and he will
have charge of this, the first meet
ing of the new school year. Other
officers are Mrs. Van Henry
O'Neal, treasurer, and Mrs. Lois
Ann Wahab, Secretary.
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HOWARD
CONTINUED from Page One)

but not least, his wife. All of his
recent letters indicate this fact.
Each time Capt. Marvin gets the
wanderlust, he declares it is the
last time, but there is always one
more last time after the last time.
Active in many community affairs:
on the Methodist Church Board;
superintendent of the Sunday
School; vice-president of the PIT.
A.; Scoutmaster, and on ad infini-
tum, Capt. Howard is missed at
Ocracoke, and lots of friends will
be glad to welcome him back when
the job down here in Venezuela is
completed.
Meanwhile Capt. Marvin wants
the news from home and has sub
scribed to the Ocracoke School
News, monthly publication, and the
Coastland Times, weekly. Not sat
isfied with this, he wants each and
every Boy Scout to write him a
letter, and he wouldn't mind some
from the older boys and girls too.
He writes: "There are six big
dredges here in Lake Maracaibo,
and of the six two are captained
by Ocracokers." This bears out the
fact that wherever Ocracokers go,
they usually run up with other
Ocracokers. So Capt. Marvin
wasn't surprised when he discover
ed that one of the dredges was
captained by Capt. Kelly F. O'Neal,
native of Ocracoke, now living in
Texas and on a dredge out of Gal
weston. This reminds US of the
time the elder Capt. Kelly F.
O'Neal met up with Mace Garrish
way over in Siam. These Ocra-
cookers are travelling menD "Three
of the dredges are working on a
new channel while the other three
are maintaining the old channel
until this one is opened to traffic.
We work seven days per week,
weather permitting. Our operating
expenses amount to about 100000
per month and We'll dredge APP
proximately 100000 at SOC per
yard this month. At first we had
bad weather and rough seas, but
since the sun has passed over US
on her way southwark, it appears
we will get along better. 1t is al
ways fairly cool because of the
NE. trade Winds"
"Near the channel there is an
old Fort and Dungeon. The pilots
station is there and everytime the
dredge passes it, we must salute.
The city of Maracaibo is further
up the lake about twenty-five
miles. There is small village on
an island near US. Homes are of
adobe with matched roofs. Chill
J dren play naked in the streets,
pigs run in and out of the houses.
There are lots of burros and dom
keys. On another island is the viii
lage of Taos, 465 feet up, where
there is stone quarry. Each viii
lage has pretty Spanish Mission
Church. Each house has fenced
in patio, and in some of the patios
there are beautiful red flowers. AS
| was walking along the narrow
streets, q game cock flew over q
wall, strutted in front of me,
crowed twice and then jumped
upon a pigs back. The pig went
on quite unconcerned. All can
say to the people is Como estes"
which means "How are your"
| Just when Capt. Marvin will get
back home is uncertain. Some say
January; some say March. He says,
"the sooner, the better"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30
9 L I'm P S E S
T n E P A S T
By CAROLYN LLOYD

Medical science has done Won
ders in recent years. 1t has come
up with cure for just about
everything, but 1 haven't yet heard
of one to cure my chief ailment-
laziness. At this moment, for in
stance, l would much rather be
propped up in bed with a good
book than pecking away at the
typewriter. 1t seems a shame not
to take advantage of gloomy
Sunday afternoon, but my trouble
lies in having taken advantage of
too many hours that seemed per-
feet for loafing, so now the
penalty must be paid. Oh, those
fortunate souls born with so much
energy that they must forever be
doing something constructive.
Little do they know of the struggle
to force oneself off the path of
least resistance and onto the road
of accomplishment. The only con-
ISOLATION that l have is knowing
that there are plenty of others
just like me.
Yesterday / mentioned to a
friend that l had been doing a job
that l had despised since child
hood-dusting baseboards. Though
to tell the truth, little enough in
the form of physical labor was
required of me, my regular Satur-
day morning job during the school
year was busting baseboards, and
before the job was done, l was
sure that no other house in the
world was as well-equipped with
the things. My friend then said
that her most hated childhood job
was washing lamp shades. In
summer she had to wash them
every morning, but during the
school year, the chore fell to her
lot only on Saturdays. That job
is one practically unknown to chill
dren today, though dust catching
baseboards are still with US. An
other job no doubt hated by to-
days child as much as it was by
our generation is dishwashing, in
spite of the advent of automatic
dish washers.
My brother and l, being the first
to grow to dishwashing size in
our family, used to work up some
fine battles over the assignment
One was required to wash and the
other to wipe, and we both pre-
ferred to wipe, consequently the
battles. Mother tried to settle the
question by assigning each to one
of the tasks for a week; and, OF
course, wound up doing both her
self often to keep peace. really
had the advantage of my brother
though, for / knew that he consi-
dered the job unmanly and there
fore was suffering from injured
pride as well as laziness. 1t would
be nice to say that ! sympathized
with him and in sweet, sisterly
fashion took the burden from him.
but probably no one would believe
me if I did say so. No, like any first
rate pain-in-the-neck of little
sister, I threatened to tell the boys
in his gang if he didn't let me
wipe" more often than wash; and
he, like many another poor man
before and since, yielded to black
mail rather than face exposure. 1t
wouldn't surprise me to know that
much the same thing is going on
in kitchens all over the world to-
day as soon as mama has returned
to the living room or gone up
stairs to put the baby to bed.
1t is a good thing, / suppose,
! that when little girls dream of the
future, they always see themselves
as beautiful and rich, surrounded
by servants to do all the d'rtv
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-30

President Esenhower's illness has shocked and moved
the people of the United States and the world Everywhere
people praying for his recovery and that he may be
spared to out the remainder of his 4ear term Not
only is Mr. Eisenhower very popular President he is also
very popular And he has gained stature Presi
dent and statesman His efforts world peace appear to be
succeednga least there is encouragement for those who
abhor He perhaps the most effective and most
handing figure in the world today partly because of the
office he holds and partly because of his stature
leader and man.-Laurinburg Exchange
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Forge Army Hospital in Phoenix
vile, Pa.

Instead Of throwing away worn
towels, cut them into squares for
disposable washclothes that can
make handy travel aid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13

81 guess my house the first in Washington to get
complete Chrysler Airemp arcooled air conditioning sys-
tenn and don't kno,v pat zoe do ,cithout it, Month after
month, year after year. entire family sleeps better ana
res better because of it, We think it's the best Investment
in happiness comfort and gracious lirng that ceU eUer
made or eper ,v make And that Webster installation!
In perfect condition after years and I'm sure will be
good for many, many more.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13
With ONE ChrysIer % Airtemp Air Conditioner

Read what TV and Radio Star
Mark Evons Says About His
CHRYSLER AIRTEMP Residen-
tioI System:
Evening star., 1955-05-01

waterproof plastic case
protected the camera,
which was focused at 6
feet, thus limiting the
swimmers field of action.
A battery of fioodlights
beside the pool provided
the necessary illumina-
ton. An exposure meter
housed in a watertight
jar was used to determine
the camera setting. Be-
cause time to use the pool
was limited and the pho
tographic problems were
difficult enough. the pho
tographer simply held
his breath whenever he
ducked under to make q
shot. instead of taking
time to learn to use the
Evening star., 1955-05-01
STAR DUST

MAKING the underwater pictures reproduced on 1873
Ivl difficult assignment Photographer Harold j.
Flecknoe ight) spent evening in the YCA pool just
practcing The two nights equipped with face mask
ppers he went work in earnest to snap photos
Evening star., 1955-05-01
PICTURE CREDITS

pictures listed When picture. single
is9 harod Lseknes o.i star PhSaphssr Eiyoa bSksr
Fst:so s LINES spnS e HIIy:os %
Syndicate;
Evening star., 1955-05-01
NEXT WEEK

Cover: 14yearold girl sharpshooer Inside: Features
the Davy Crockett Junior Rifle Club and variety of
other subjects
Evening star., 1955-05-01

These are the Station-to-Station
rates for the first three minutes,
all day Sunday and every night
after 6 O'Clock. They do not
include the federal excise tax.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-03-08

IA q book yellow with aye the
p1zed possession Of the Fannyllle
Fire Department Is a list Of all
fire calls from January 1908
to September 1927 ON the ~
leaf are Inc unmistakable sigma
lures Of q M. Robeson. Chief.
w f Davidson. assistant chief
Leslie FOCUS. police chief and j
r Lyon. assistant chief
Several pages are missing and
the first tire recorded vas on
March 4, 1903, q tobacco factory
owned by N Aberheim & Co. Of
New York and used for storage by
w G. Huntington Of Farmville
The loss was half million pounds
OF tobacco valued at $4,000. and
covered by S26 900 insurance A
newspaper clipping revealed that
d policy insurine the building for
$1,000 was but a few days ago
Issued by MesSrs w p Venable
& Co. and sent to the owners
IN New York The premium charg-
ed being considered too high. the
policy. was returned TO the agent
rejected. and was received here a
few hours after the building was
burned
A list Of fire apparatus on hand
was interesting 4 hose reels j
hook q ladder truck 3 ladders,
"A leather wat bucks ! ex-
tension ladder. 2 hooks on truck,
? axes, 2 pinch bars pick axe
! hand engine 1900 feet available
hose S noazles % spanners
Much Of the early record was
written by @ VI Robson until
/ he resigned Ia September, 1903
and Leslie FOCUS became ire chef
as well AS police chief
/ Members Of the Company at
! that time we're Capt r $ Rice.
Henry Lindsey Asa jenkins, II
/ x Cohb r r No J. A David
son r. W Noel. A M. Stone
Among The larger fries recorded
are
Aprn II. 1910 No 325 Main
street Occupied by Mrs NJ b
Martin. A " Wade merchant
Mrs II II Hunt. milliner II II
Hunt photographer Also POS
Main street. Ideal Shoe store, and
e23 Main street. NJ II McNamee
barber shop
The first fire inspection record
ed vas In 1912. when on Septem
Der IS the Fire Prevention Bureau
met IN FarmVliie and inspected
all business and pronounced
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-03-08

responded promptly and fought
vigorously ana without a hitch
The fire spread SO rapidly that it
was hard TO control same After
fighting about seven hours got it
under control and put it out.
Used II gallons of gas (in the
new truck had 600 feet Of new
hose and with the engine working
full speed. humping about $50
gallons of WSt1r per minute, eX-
tingWshed the flames No one
hurt, and ali the girls escaped
without a scratch. Loss S265 900
This cryptic report leaves much
Of a hard fought battle untold
Feb 2 1924. Lee Hall factory
burned. Caught about 1890 a. m
and was out about 1926 . m
Unusual good fire fighting BY the
company Damage was noted to
Arthur Barrow house L . Whit
aker house
March IS. 1924 Alarm sounded
at $3.50 D m Star Warehouse
burned TO around, made good
night fire had good Roadway be-
fore alarm was given Could have
saved more Of WAREHOUSE. but
had q shortage of hose
April 2g. 1924. Taylor Mfg.
Company. located end or Buffalo
street. burned
"Decembe1 IA, 1924 f. H Me
CURE house on First Avenue.
caught in roof from flue burned
roof Off. very windy
March 10. 1926 Main street,
buildings burned were Drrunelier \
Market Paulett & Bugs Ander-
sons Grocery, Greenbera Dept.
Store. Hub Dept, store. Misses pa
wilson Fire broke out in Paulett
a. Bugs store upstairs at 1000
D. m. Called Crewe Department
and they made trip in IS minutes
They did effective work. Lynch
burg No 2 came but did not ar
rive In time To do much good
Fire lasted about Z hours
December 4. 1926, building
known as old cannery burned at
/ $50 Saturday morning Total
/ loss
December 10 1926. called out
/ Sunday morning at 5 90 m, oid
! Vaughan stable noH Afatherly
+ Furniture Company II was the
coolest morning Of The year. nine
/ above zero The boys fought q
good fight and not one t.>ok q
drin.
/ MAY 4. 1927. nnloaeed Seag.saye
Fire Truck $50 gallon punper
! This ends the record IN the yell
lowed pages of the First con7pans
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-03-08
Scottsville Senior
Wins HOmemaker Pin

Miss Ruth Looper. a senior at
Scottsyille High School has been
awarded u Betty Croker pin and
cook book by the General Mills
Company for her entry ia tine
company S Homemaker Of the
contest
Her entry. an essay on the
Difference bs tween HouSekeep-
u and iontemaklne, won her
'En awards and made her eligible
for state competition