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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-18
LAKE LANDING NEWS

Mrs. Tuten of Edwards is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Blanche
Dudley.
Katie Pugh and Tray Jennette
were the week end guests of Mary
Lee Spencer of Engelhard.
John Bridgman of Washington
spent the night with the H. G.
Creole family. 81
Rue Harris of Raleigh spent the
week end with her family at Lake
Landing.
S. A. Long recently motored
to Edwards.
Mrs. Inez Farrow has returned
from Chapel Hill where she visit
ed her son, Billy, who was in the
hospital. Billy is back in school at
State College.
Walter Gray Creole and Ruth
O'Neal were among those to at
tend the Y. P. S. L. Convention at
st. Peters, Washington, Friday
and Saturday.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-18

ed cost of repairs may be deduct
ed, or if the damage has not been
repaired, allowable deduction is
arrived at by determining the fair
market value of the structure i'm
nrediately before the damage, less
the market value Immediately
after, and any insurance proceeds.
The same formula applies in the
loss of ornamental or shade trees,
shrubs, and other plants on resi-
Dental property.
In every instance in which dam
age exceeded $500, the taxpayer
uses the best available local ex-
pert as an appraiser, and his in
come tax form must be accom-
panied by documentary proof of
such appraisal.
If the damage was less than
$500, the taxpayer must describe
in detail the damage to the struc-
ture, again arriving at the fair
market value, original cost, etc.,
but is not required to furnish an
outside appraisal.
In no case may deduction for
damage exceed original cost of
the structure or land in question.
If the property owner feels that
damage to his property through
loss of trees and other plants was
$500 or less, he must file an item
lied list of plants lost (species,
number, and size of trees, shrubs,
etc.. If damage exceeded $500,
again he must support his claim
with an appraisal by a qualified
person.
Damage to personal property
(boats, autos, etc., must be des-
cribed in detail with tax return,
and if damage was large, expert
appraisal is necessary.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-18
| INVESTING $500. 900
| TO MAKE BOARDS OF
| WASTE FROM WOOD
coreboard Products Company
Expecting To Be In Operation
in Belhaven Soon

It's going to cost better than
100000 to get the plant of the
Coreboard Products Corporation in
Belhaven in full operation, accord
ing to DIR. G. Hodges Bryant, the
genial and enthusiastic president
of the company. DIR. Bryant says
he is spending $4,000 week for
labor while the renovating process
is going on, and another $1,000 a
week is being spent with local
business men for materials and
services.
eve wish to spend everything
here at home we can," DR.. Bryant
said, mentioning that it is taking
more than 1900 gallons of paint
to paint up all the buildings on
the property.
The plant is spread out over a
site of nearly so acres and consid-
cradle railroad trackage is neces-
sary to serve its needs. This week,
L. P. Kennedy, Norfolk and South
ern Vice-President, and J. F. DIAL
ton, Director of Industrial Devel-
oment, surveyed the property for
the purpose of planning the neces-
sary railroad facilities to serve it.
The Norfolk Southern has been
serving the freight needs of Bel
haven for so years, and at one
time, before good roads brought
cars and buses, it operated passen-
ger service six times a day in and
out of Belhaven.
The company office building has
been handsomely cleaned up and
painted. The grounds have been
cleaned up, useless machinery dis
carded and preparations are being
made for installation of new ma
chinery now on order.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-18
TAX ALLOWANCES
FOR DAMAGES BY
HURRICANE HAZEL
N. c. Department Of Revenue
Furnishes Guide NFor Making
Reports for State Taxes


Last fall, Hurricane Hazel rip
ped through coastal and eastern
North Carolina, causing millions
of dollars in damage. This week,
the North Carolina Department of
Revenue released a guide for the
state income taxpayer to assist
him in determining his uncom-
pensated loss on non-commercial
property, which is deductible from
the income on which he must pay
tax.
Because of the wide area visited
by the Hurricane-rural sections,
villages, towns, cities, and the
many types of residential proper
ties destroyed or damaged, the
Department did not attempt to
set forth hard and fast rules, but
has established the broad, general
lied policies under which this loss
is to be determined.
The full text of Revenue Com
missioner Eugene Shaw's memo
randum may be obtained by writ
ing to the North Carolina Depart
ment of Revenue, Income Tax
Division, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Basically, the sum to be arrived
at by the taxpayer, to satisfy the
Revenue Department is the differ
ence in value of his non-business
real and personal property as a
direct result of the hurricane, less
the amount of insurance recovery.
Generally, here are the accept
able methods by which the tax
payer may arrive at an equitable
estimate of his loss:
If the residential or other non
commercial property was COM
pletely Destroyed, the taxpayer OF
course must first determine the
original cost, plus cost of i'm.
provements made since the origi-
nal purchase. He adds these items
together. Then he determines the
fair market value just before loss
takes the smaller of these figures
subtracts amount of insurance re
covered from the hurricane las
fall. The result is the amount o.
his loss.
The Department cautions tina
~foriginal cost, in this instance
means the cost of the structure
alone, separate from the land OF
which it is situated.
If land was completely washed
away by the hurricane, the origi-
nal cost, plus improvements, anc
less governmental or insurance
payments for such loss, is the de.
duction allowed.
Where the partial destruction Of
property occurred, the unrecover
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-18

children. He is now married to the
former Lennie Margaret and re-
sides in Elizabeth City. Twin
girls were Evelyn, who married
Carson Meekins, and has one son;
and Gertrude, who married Tom
Wise (deceased). Ebert Lockwood
married Exedell Nixon and has
one child. Ebert is now married
to the former Margaret Russell
of Boston, Mass, and resides in
Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. Hooper died December %,
1888; and after his death Mrs.
Hooper made her home with her
daughter. In the summer of 1947
her son, L. D. Hooper, suffered
fatal heart attack; and on ar
irving at his bedside she was
stricken with heart attack and
was in bed for more than three
years. Doctors thought she would
not survive, but to good nursing,
prayers, will to live and love of
God she gives the credit for her
recovery. After breaking her arm
last summer she refused to give
up, but instead has been visiting
her children in Buxton and Eliza
beth City, and in July attended
the homecoming at Stumpy Point.
She has always been a faithful
church and community worker.
Ministering to the sick has been
one of her best loved services.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-18
WILLIAM WOODLEY, HEAD
WHOLESALE FIRM, DIES

William James Woodley, Sc,
died Wednesday in the Albemarle
Hospital after an illness of sew
eral weeks. He was a native and
resident of Elizabeth City, the
son of the late William ]. and
Mrs. Camilla Cook Woodley. He
was well known throughout the
Coastland.
He had been manager of the
Woodley Grocery Company since
the death of his father, and was a
member of the First Methodist
Church, the Rotary Club, the Seth
E. Perry Post, American Legion,
and of the Elizabeth City Golf
Club. A World War l veteran, Mr..
Woodley served with the occupa-
ton forces in Neweid, Germany.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Katherine Jones Woodley; two
daughters, Mrs. Baxter Williams,
Jr., and Mrs. Shelton Stevens; one
son, William T. Woodley; two
sisters, Mrs. J. w. Foreman and
Mrs. T. P. Bennett, and two grand
children, all of Elizabeth City.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Thursday at the Twiford Fun
eral Home by the Rev. o. Kelly
Ingram, pastor of the First
Methodist Church, assisted by the
Rev. G. F. Hill, rector of Christ
Episcopal Church. Burial was in
Hollywood Cemetery.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-18
MRS. FRANCES HOOPER
IS NOW "a YEARS OLD
Still Active in Her Native VILLAGE Of
Stumpy Point Despite Advance
ing Years

Mrs. Frances Mason Hooper of
Stumpy Point, widow of the late
C. Irwin Hooper, reached her Saith
birthday on December 20, 1854,
and in spite of her advanced years
she is able to do chores around
the home and to read her Bible
daily without glasses. Including
her children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren, with all
their husband and wives, her fam
numbers SO living members.
Mrs. Hooper is the daughter of
the late Warrenton and Mary
Midgette Mason of Stumpy Point,
and except for a few years spent
at Oriental, she has lived all her
life in her native village. She is
one of nine children, of whom only
she and her brother, Willie M.
Mason, and her sister, Mrs. Susan
Hooper of Manns Harbor, are liv-
ing. Deceased brothers and sisters
were Robert L., Samuel and John
Hooper, Mrs. Sarah Ann Payne,
Mrs. Mollie Meekins and Miss
Nora Mason.
In 1888 she was married to C.
Irwin Hooper, and to them II chill
dren were born, nine of whom
lived to rear families of their own.
The, oldest child, Melton Vance
Hooper, married Maude o. Wise of
Buxton. They have six children
and IL grandchildren. John Edgar
Hooper married Annie Miller Of
Buxton. They, with their one son
and three grandchildren, reside at
Buxton. Lorenzo Dove Hooper
(deceased) married Florine Pugh
of Manteo, and they had five chill
dren and seven grandchildren.
Alonzo Calvin married Willie R.
Meekins and they have four chill
dren and five grandchildren. Ruel
Beaman Hooper married Lula v.
Midgette, they having two sons
and four granddaughters. Lonnie
Buren, Hooper married Mae Swain
(deceased) of Point Harbor, who
had four children and two grand
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-18
]. ]. WATSON FORMER CEDAR
WORKS BOSS, DIES AT IS

Capt. John Jackson Watson, 70,
for 40 years with the Richmond
Cedar Works, who died after a
long illness at his home in Eliza
beth City early Friday morning of
last week, was well-known in the
counties of Dare, Tyrrell and
Hyde. He had been a resident of
Elizabeth City most of his life,
although born in Portsmouth, Va.
He was a Mason, Shriner, and
member of the Elks lodge.
He is survived by wife, a
daughter, and three grandchil-
dren. He was buried in Elizabeth
City.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-18

/. The llama has a mean and ugly
disposition. When angry or at
tackled, it spits saliva into its
enemy's face.
The frontiersman., 1955-07-07
CITY BUILDING
RETAINING WALL

A retaining wall is being con-
structed along colony street in
front Of the Horton property, by
the city. The work is being done
to enable street grading in that
section; prior to this work it had
proven too hazardous to attempt
any grading. When finished the
high hump that had been along
the street at that point will be
removed. Trenches are being dug
to hold braces SO that the wall
will be entirely independent of
the Horton building in the event
another structure is built on the
property at a later date. Permis-
sion to build the wall was obtain
ed from MIR. and Mrs. Ralph Hor-
ton.
The frontiersman., 1955-07-07
WESTSlDE SERVICE
REOPENS UNDER
NEW MANAGEMENT

Westside Service Station, locat-
ed at the foot of Bailey Hill on
the Glenn Highway, reopened for
business on July ! under new
management.
Nat Smith of Palmer will OPP
crate the service estation. He an
nounced this week he will sell
Standard Oil products, General
tires, and tubes, Exide batteries
and will do general car repairs.
He has had IS years experience
in automotive repairs. The sta
ton will be open seven days a
week from $50 am. to 1870 pm.
Leslie Hoeldt will work with
Smith at the station as garage at
tendant.
The frontiersman., 1955-07-07
SITE AND SIZE
OF LOCATION NOT
YET ANNOUNCED

According to a news story re
leased last week, a contract for
% communication sites through
out the territory was awarded to
Morrison-K nudsen Construction
Co. under contract with Western
Electric Corporation. Included in
the project is a chain of radar
screen and guided missiles sites,
located strategically, and includ-
ing location in the Wasilla area.
No definite information has yet
been released on the selected site
in the Wasilla area. The entire
program has been reported in the
neighborhood of 35,000,000, and
came as welcome news to labor
leaders who speculated the pro-
ject will absorb all jobless in the
Territory.
The frontiersman., 1955-07-07
NEW LONG DISTANCE
TELEPHONE SERVICE
AVAILABLE LOCALLY

Effective July j, improved long
distance telephone service is
available in Palmer through the
long distance facilities of the
Alaska Communication System
and the subscriber facilities Of
the Matanuska Telephone Asso-
citation, Inc, Colonel M. r. Kun
itz, commanding officer Of the
ACS, Signal Corps u. $. Army
announced this week.
Col. Kunitz stated that this inn
proved service is the result Of
an agreement between the ACS
and the MIA and represents a
joint effort BY both organiza-
tons to provide modern and i'm
proved long distance telephone
service to this area. Under terms
OF the agreement, MIA subscrib-
ers will be provided long dis
lance Telephone service by the
ACS toll switchboard at Anch-
orage and telephone accounts of
Palmer subscribers will be hand
led directly by the MIA. Col.
Kunitz pointed out that long dis
lance telephone service to and
from Palmer is available "a hours
daily and that the applicable
rates for call, for example, be-
tween Palmer and Anchorage is
$40 for the first three minutes
and $40 for each additional min
ute at the day rate and $.55 for
the first three minutes and SIS
for each additional minute at the
night and Sunday rate.
The frontiersman., 1955-07-07
ACS Summer Hours
Now in Effect

The Palmer Alaska Communi-
cation System (ACS) office IS
open to business during new
hours, effective July 1. 1t was
announced this week that the
office will be open from 8 am. to
z pm. on week days and from IL
am. to pm. on Sundays and
holidays. Telephone subscribers
Of the MIA system may place
kilograms or long distance calls
through the MIA switchboard
"a hours a day, including hours
when the ACS office IS closed,
kilograms placed during hours
when the local ACS office is
closed will include charge for
the minimum toll to Anchorage.
The frontiersman., 1955-07-07
Arctic Riding Club
Takes First Place
In Anchorage Parade

First prize in the commercial
entries in the Fourth Of July par
ade held in Anchorage went to
the Arctic Trails Riding club Of
Palmer. Their entry included 20
horses ridden BY club members
representing Horses in History"
Indians, cowboys, pioneers, kni-
ghts, Robin Hood, and many
other phases Of horses in history
were portrayed by the riders,
all wearing appropriate costumes
for the represented period
The parade was termed the
most colorful Fourth Of July par
ade in Anchorage history. Decor
ated floats, military marching
units, and many individual en-
tries helped make the parade
such a success. It was estimated
that approximately $4,000 per-
sons watched the parade.
Another entry from Palmer
was a float from Northland Pion-
eer Grange.
The frontiersman., 1955-07-07
MEA Requested 10
Serve EkIuina Area

The City Of Anchorage is ne
gotiating with the Matanuska
Electric Association to service
the CAA station, the Alaska Rail-
Road, and the old generating
station, all at Eklutna. AT the
present time the old transmission
line is being used to serve them,
necessitating an almost round
trip from Eklttna to Anchorage
and then back almost to its
source. A power outage for near
ly IA hour last Thursday was
caused by shift III the Ship
Greek channel which undermin-
ed a pole on the old Eklutna
transmission line causing the
automatic circuit breaker to 60
out at the Anchorage substation.
The frontiersman., 1955-07-07
VIEW Celebration
Postponed 10
Sunday, July 10

Due to poor weather, the Was
lila Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fourth of July celebration was
postponed one week and will
now ba held this coming Sunday,
July 10-rain or shine, it was
announced this week.
Jack Dunlap, post command
er, has extended a cordial "
vitation to the entire valley to
attend he annual celebration and
for the children to participate in
the many stunts and races plan
ned as part Of the program. There
will be plenty of free ice cream
and soda pop for all youngsters
attending and members of the
Auxiliary unit will operate a hot
dog concession, and Alaska's fav-
orite game will be played.
The celebration will be held
on July 10, rain or shine, com
mittee members said. In case of
rain, activities will be moved to
Community Hall in Wasilla. With
good weather prevailing, the
celebration will be held in the
baseball park, as previously plan
ned, beginning at noon.
The frontiersman., 1955-07-07
TRANSFERS PICKET
AREA BAKERIES

PicketS were assigned TO the
Palmer Baking company and
Anchorage bakeries by members
of the Transfers Union on July
2.
Bakery products are still be-
ing produced and delivered in
spite of the walkout. Manage
ment from he striking bakers
joined forces in Anchorage and
are producing enough bread and
other bakery products at Gil
mans Bakery in Anchorage, to
supply their customers.
Bakeries against whom the
bakers and truck drivers are
striking include Gilman's, Sun
rise, and Palmer Baking Com
pany. Drivers and bakers have
been receiving $3.50 per hour,
are now asking for So, and triple
time on Sundays. They don't
want to work on Sundays, Jess
Carr, business agent for the
TeamSters said, "and are there
fore asking for as much as triple
time.
The frontiersman., 1955-07-07
VISITORS, FARMERS,
DISCUSSION TOPIC At
CHAMBER Meeting

Mrs. Homemaker" and Mr..
Farmer" were guest speakers at
the July meeting of the Matan-
uska Valley Chamber of Com
MERGE. They were invited by
Everett Adams, Chamber presi-
dent, to give their ideas and sug-
gestions for the betterment of the
valley.
MRS. H. P. Gazaway, Mrs.
Homemaker'') offered many val
liable Suggestions on how the val
ley could make a newcomer feel
she is not only welcome, but
wanted, in the community. "A
homemaker looks for modern
schools, churches, adequate play
area for her children and a plea
SAINT and congenial neighborhood,
when she comes mo a new To-
cality", Mrs. Gazaway pointed
out. Legible street markers
throughout the city would be a
big help to newcomers, she said.
Friendly and courteous clerks in
the stores" and might say
here that in Palmer | have found
we have friendly and courteous
clerks" A newcomer feels a def
mite need for an information
service one that would tell her
where she can find the doctors
and dentists office, where the
1aundries and cleaners are locat-
ed especially those businesses
that are not located on the main
streets.
Mrs. Homemaker" stressed a
need for a highway sign indicat-
ing the center Of Palmer. Many
people do not know they have
passed Palmer on the highway.
A sign of some sort would solve
this problem, she suggested.
In discussing her talk with
others prior to the meeting Mrs.
Gazaway said she found there
IS definite need Tor some sort
of tourist service on week ENDS.
Some centrally located spot
where tourists could become ac-
quainted with what is here in the
valley and how they may locate
it.
At the close Of Mrs. Getaways
talk Don Irwin and Betty Mears
suggested a welcome letter" be
printed and distributed on week
ends that would acquaint visitors
and newcomers with the points
of interest in the valley. 1t was
suggested that possibly a table
could be set up in the hotel lob,
by, stated by volunteers who
would distribute the letters. A
Continued on page 81
The frontiersman., 1955-07-07

Police Chief and Mrs. Bernard
Bouwens have left for a trip to
the states. During Chief Bou-
wens vacation time he will be
replaced by Larry Cobb.
The frontiersman., 1955-07-07
INDIAN AFFAIRS
OFFICIAL TOURS
MATANUSKA VALLEY

Glenn l.. Emmons, commission
or Of the Bureau Of Indian AT
fairs and his party, were guests
at a special luncheon meeting of
the Matanuska Valley Chamber
Of Commerce in Palmer this past
Saturday. A tour of the valley
was included in the program for
the visitors. Commissioner En-
mons was accompanied to the
valley by his wife, Carl Beck,
Arizona, field representative for
the commissioner and Mrs. Beck;
Leo Murphy, Seattle, manager
Alaska Native Industries; Wiz
liam H. Olsen, Juneau, area di-
rector, Alaska Native Service,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Atwood,
and John Croul, Jr. of Anchor
age.
Emmons, a New Mexico bank
er, is. in Alaska on his first in
spection tour since being appoint
ed by President Eisenhower in
August Of 1858. He stated that
plans for Alaska have not yet
been finalized. Results of his
findings will be discussed in con-
ferences held after his return to
Washington D. C.-and upon
Congressional appropriations, he
added.
The frontiersman., 1955-07-07
RADAR SITE SLATED FOR WASILLA AREA
NEED FARM HELP?
LOOKING FOR WORK?

Again this year the Exten-
sion Service office will accept
registration of persons desir-
ing farm work and names Of
farmers seeking temporary
farm help, according to Lew
Hanks, district agent. Any
farmer who desires seasonal
help on his farm is requested
to register at the office in the
Legion building. Persons in
terested in obtaining work are
invited to register.
The frontiersman., 1955-07-07
POULTRYNAEN INVITED
TO JULY 3 MEETING

John Hamann, poultry mar
keting specialist from Wash
ington d. @. who has been in
Alaska the past two weeks
checking egg quality and ap-
praising the problem of egg
marketing, will meet with egg
producers Friday night, July
8 at 8 pm. in Grange Hall.
The meeting will enable
Hamann to talk with egg pro-
ducers and answer questions
on egg production and also
discuss possible egg regula-
tons that would affect pro-
ducers.
All interested persons are
urged to attend the meeting.
The frontiersman., 1955-07-07
PALMER GETS SECOND
TERRI. POLICE OFFICER

Sherman Barton, Territorial
Police officer, has been assigned
to the Palmer area and has start
ed his duties in this section. Pa
trolman Barton has been on the
force the past two years, work
ing out Of the Anchorage station.
He will work with Patrolman
Frank Cornelius, Palmer area Of
ficer. Patrolman Cornelius has
been assigned new 1855 Ford
patrol car. Patrolman Barton
will drive the courier vehicle.
The frontiersman., 1955-07-07

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