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BEAUTY
Continued from Page One)

Down and Live" campaign.
They arrived at Beacon Motor
Lodge in Mays Head and, in a
blaze of flash bulbs, were photo
graphed for press and movies.
At pm. they were feted as
guests of honor at a dinner hour
at the lodge and by $3.50 they were
backstage, being fitted for cos
tunes.
The two slept at the lodge from
midnight until 4:30 Wednesday
morning. Accompanied by Dave
Dear of the Elizabeth City Daily
Advance, the pageant winners
were taken back to Elizabeth City
to be put on the $50 plane for
Raleigh.
Eight o'clock Wednesday morn
ing saw them breakfasting in Ra-
leigh, completing Is of the busiest
hours of their lives.
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STATION
Continued from Page One)

ne site on high ground in Buxton
woods. The work was done under
the direction of the CCC organiza-
ton under the direction of E. j.
Byram of Wake County. The light
was restored to the old tower on
Jan. %, 1850.
Similar measures at Hatteras
Inlet, Mr.. Bonner insisted, would
produce similar results and after
looking at the situation and hear
ing Mr.. Bonner, Admiral Richmond
ordered an experimental operation
to be carried out under the super
vision of Mr.. Peele. The contract
was signed on the spot, with Peele
to be paid $1,000 for supervising
the employment of Coast Guard
men and materials. The work was
scheduled to begin on Friday,
August %.
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GRADERS
Continued from Page One)

this change since the establish
ment of the Buggs Island dam.
Heretofore their best fishing
grounds have been in lower Able
marie Sound.
Now the headwaters of the
sounds, and the mouths of the
rivers seem to have become the
best fishing grounds for the varie-
ties here named. A mighty catch
of white perch was made one day
recently near Edenton.
The other day Ernest Haywood
of Colington, one of the most sue
cessful and Woodworking fisher
men in the area, and who has re-
Gently moved his operations to the
head of the sound, made a ire
mendous haul of fish. He caught
100, boxes-1O,00O pounds at the
site of the old Capehart Fishery,
which is on the west shore between
the Roanoke and Cashie Rivers. In
this catch were many striped bass
of large size, and some of the
largest of founders, many of them
measuring IS inches in length.
Among the catches was sturgeon
weighing 200 pounds, species
which is highly profitable.
1t may be this new change in
the habits of fish brought on by
the changes in tide and salt con-
tent of the water will cause rev.
olution in the fishing industry. 1t
appears now that rock fish or
striped bass must be found farther
upstream, along with many other
varieties. The situation may call
for new studies in the habits of
fish, and new regulations in taking
them. Most important to all is the
need to keep clean the spawning
grounds, so that industrial and
municipal waste may be kept from
destroying so many fish as in the
past. This has been fast growing
evil detrimental to the industry in
North Carolina.
1t hasn't been so many years
since crabs have been looked upon
in North Carolina as one of the
greatest evils to beset fishermen.
They had no commercial value, and
they destroyed many fish and many
nets whenever they became en-
snarled in them. Now they are be-
ing caught in Albemarle Sound and
up to Flatty Greek in Pasquotank.
And when community like Column
bia, which never knew their value
before, has an income of $4,000 to
$4,000 a week from these long
despised creatures, it looks as if
all communities of fishermen in
Grabbing territory must surely
run up to a mighty total, maybe
millions annually.
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CATFISH CORNER PERSONALS

Miss Arbutus Austin has return
ed to her home in Bay Level after
visiting Miss Torso Toler.
Miss Tempest Twiddy of Cat
Cove has been visiting Miss Dinah
Flo Dowdy.
Miss Cassie Rola Carter of Low
Bush has been visiting Miss Came
sofa Cahoon.
= Miss Mandoleen Mann and Miss
Daffylean Daniels have been visit
ing Miss Eppie Dermis Everett in
Square Hill Creek.
Miss Pestie Mae Peele has re-
turned from visit to Miss Hiber-
MIA Hill in Gar Creek.
Spending the week end at the
beach were Misses Sal Amanda
Sawyer, Fiitrola Fulcher, Tootsie
Tucker, 70 Nautibel Norris, Pinkie
Perry, Pandora Parker and NADIA
gascar Mann of Catfish Corner;
Misses Honey Bee Beasley, Basto-
bel Bray, Farisoke Foster and
Bushibelle Bfinn of Gar Greek.
Mrs. Oxide Owens of Wide Spot
and Miss, Radeen Riddick of Square
Hill Greek visited Miss Salvadora
Sawyer. ..
IRE Catfish Corner Cartwheel
Club has suspended their meetings
during July. M
The Royal Sons of Catfish Cor
ner plan to held their reunion in
September.
Prof. G. HOWE Bloze, former
teacher att Oak Head Academy,
alma mater Of so many boys from
this section, u visiting friends here.
He plans to write book about
the HISTORY Ct the Catfish Corner
areash I'D
CART lans cnank and Girdle
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ROGERS
Continued from Page One)'

a nephew, Capt. Aubrey Rogers,
U.S.A., who flew from Denver,
Col, in time for the funeral.
Funeral services for Mr.. Rogers
were conducted Sunday afternoon
at 5 o'clock at the residence, Rev.
D. j. Reid, pastor of the City Road
Methodist Church officiating, as
sisted by DR.. Robert w. Kick
lighter, pastor of the Blackwell
Memorial Baptist Church. "Near to
The Heart of God" and Sometime
We Will Understand was sung by
Maurice Crid6n, Fred HARDWOOD,
Frank Stillwell and Raymond Col
her, Sr. The casket was covered
with pail made of white carna-
tions and fern.
Active pallbearers were, Lind
berg Holmes, Parker Midgette,
Tom Boswell, Baxter Gray, Mat
thew White, and U. D. johnson.
Burial followed in Old Holly
wood cemetery.
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STORMS
Continued from Page One)

displaced steel lighthouse tower in
Buxton. This location will bring
the station to a point Immediately
overlooking the critical weather
area and the tower, with 35 feet
additional height, will increase the
range of the radar to about 400
miles.
Several additional technicians
will be assigned to the station
when the installation of equipment
is completed. The station will
continue its routine weather re-
porting from this territory but
with augmented equipment for OBJ
servation and communication. The
weather balloons will continue their
twice-daily ascension but right now
and for the next week it will be a
race between the erectors and the
approach Of the 1855 hurricane
season.
Both Mr.. Wardman and c. T..
Clark, head of the erecting COM
pany, are confident that the ma
chinery will be in place. The worst
problem at the moment is hosting
the 3,000-pound screen and its ad-
juncts to the top of the tower. They
wish they had the Navy Seabee's
1OO-foot crane down here but that
weighs so tons and its movement
into the site would likely destroy
as much road and as many bridges
as oes an ordinary hurricane.
BEN DIXON MacNEILL
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MORE HOURS TO VISIT
CAPE HATTERAS LIGHT

Superintendent Allyn F. Hanks
of Cape Hatteras National Sea-
shore announces new schedule
of hours for public visitation at
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Effec-
tive July IS, 1866, the IS year
old structure will be open from 10
am. to 8 pm. each day of the
week.
Superintendent Hanks stated
that due to improved ferry service
across Oregon Inlet and much wild
er public interest shown during
the past year, it is felt the new
schedule will offer greater oppor-
tunity to the visiting public to as
cend this historic structure than
was previously possible.
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g | / M p S { S
OF
TIL E P A S 7
By CAROLYN LLOYD

Last week while in Goldsboro, /
was talking with a couple who,
upon learning that / live in Bel
haven, began to reminisce about a
period that they spent in Hyde
County some years ago. Griffin
Porter was a government engineer
at that time and was staying in
Swan Quarter while supervising
the surveying for the canal which
now runs near Fairfield q think). ;
Mrs. Porter joined him in Swan
Quarter for several months, and
they both spoke highly of the hos
pitality and friendliness of people
of this section.
/ don't remember the exact year
that they were there, but it must
have been about 1916. At any rate,
things were very different then.
Mrs. Porter laughingly told of her
experience when leaving Swan
Quarter to go to Virginia for the
Christmas holidays. The only trans
portation she could get to Belhaven
was in the mail truck, Ford with
all the features so we'll remembered
by those who knew them as the
finest means of transportation of
that time. The weather was very
cold, she said, but that didn't seem
to affect the Ford. The radiator
steamed constantly and the driver
stopped at every stream to pour
water in. The floor boards were
out and as they crossed the many
streams between Swan Quarter and
Belhaven the mud and water
splashed upon her feet and dress,
which, of course, at that time
reached to the floor. She was wear
ing pair of light grey kid high
topped shoes for which she had
paid eighteen dollars in New York
and it must have been heartbreak-
ing to see them being splashed
with mud. When they reached Bel
haven, after trip of several hours,
she and her little boy were nearly
frozen and the beautiful shoes were
so black that it was impossible to
tell that they had once been grey.
Here they boarded the Norfolk and
Southern passenger train. She told
of thawing out beside the pot-bel-
lied stove on the train and then
wetting her handkerchief and try
ing to clean the shoes in an effort
to look respectable before reaching
her destination.
Looking back, Mrs. Porter said,
that trip seemed like terrible
hardship; but at the time, it didn't
seem like anything so far out of
the ordinary. From there the con-
versation went to how easily we
become accustomed to the things
that make life easier and how for
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Gregory, champion fishermen of
this community, are on fishing
trip to the beach.
I Miss Tizziegig Tillett and Miss
Soliva Sawyer are visiting Miss
JUNE Eta Jones in Vinegar Hill.
Miss Larkileen Lewis of Bay
Level has returned home after
visiting Miss Ospreylita Owens.
Miss Bozie Berry recently visited
Miss Wandaleena Williams in Vine
gar Hill.
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few minutes from Swan Quarter
to Belhaven, Mrs. Porter's trip in
the ancient Ford will seem even
more primitive and laughable than
it does now.
One thing, though, I hope will
never seem old-fashioned - the
friendliness and kindness of peo-
pie such as that the Porters re-
membered from their stay in this
section.
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SUMMER FERRY SCHEDULES
Effective June ! through Sept. 30, 1855
cRoATAN SOUND FERRY
ALLIGATOR RIVER FERRY

i*Niehtly except Mondoy)
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tunate we are in this time. Others
present began to reminisce about
how in their mothers time house
keeping was full-time job for
any woman.
heard for the first time of how
every housewife worthy of the
name made sure that her beds were
free from the vermin once so
dreaded. 1t seems that the stand
ard procedure was to whip egg
whites, stir in nitrate of silver, and
then go into every crack and crew
ice with a feather dipped in the
mixture. That must have been
quite a job and that was only one
of many difficult ones that would
make the modern housewife groan
in horror. No vacuum cleaners, no
washing machines, no electric
irons, no electric stoves, no electric
fans or air conditioners. 1t was UNI
doubtedly just as hot in the sum-
mer then as it is now, and it is
hard to visualize people getting
along without those conveniences.
However, I suppose if one has
never sat in the cooling breeze of
an electric fan, the breeze from a
self-propelled palm leaf fan feels
pretty good.
/ have an idea that one day
someone will reflect that it must
have been pretty tough in the days
before every house was air condi-
toned. To someone flying in a
Evening star., 1955-11-13
Here's 8 juice news

Taste the refreshing that is exciting millions of
juice drinkers Va. It's favors tastier than any
single juice, because it is JUICES fresh vegetable juices
squeezed into /.
That's why it's so extra lively in flavor so extra
refreshing and contains such good supply of vtamins
and minerals And another happy fact: va has even
fewer calories than any fruit juice.
Compare We with other juices It beats 'em all
hollow for flavor and refreshment Especially for flavor.
v-ss masIe blends the juices of the Campbell Tomato
celery, carrots spinach lettuce beets, watercress
and parsley.
Evening star., 1955-11-08
D. c. Population Climbs
I o Estimoted 83l, 600

Washingtons civilian population stood at estimated
zoe last July showing continued since 1850
but at a slower rate in the last year.
The latest gue OoO 5 per cent above the civilian
population shown by the decennia Of April 1850
The gain IN the year from July 1854 July l. 1885, only
Evening star., 1955-11-08

before Judge Edward A. Tamn
of 100 aliens. Mrs. Nelson's work
is done. However, she win re-
main at her desk until Thurs.
day, when she formally retires
The first act for the woman
who has helped so many from
other countries win be to visit
for the first time q foreign land
She viii accompany Mr.. Nelson
to his new post in Calcutta.
Native Of District
A District native. Mrs. Nelson
was born ON Capitol Hill and at.
tended Eastern High School and
Strayer Business College. Shs
has two daughters, Mrs. Mar.
jorie Heckerman. wife Of q For
ThlTaas. KY. Judge. and Mrs
Shirley Dodd dderidge. who Is will
her husband, an Air Force lieu,
tenant colonel. In T'okyo, ang
three grandchildren.
Mrs. Nelson. who lives 81 I3O,
Vermont avenue NV. win b
succeeded BY Mrs. Ruth NJ. Duf.
fey. who was her principal assist.
ant.
Evening star., 1955-11-08
ID. c. GINKGO TREES
CAN BOAST or
ANCIENT LINEAGE

The ginkgo tree, Of which
Washington has many. is an
old-timer compared to those
comparative upstarts. the
oak. elm and maple.
The National Geographic
Society released a treatise
on the ginkgo today, noting
some ginkgo ancestors we're
around q long time before
there was a man on earth.
The trees preservation
through the ages is credited
to Buddhist clerics In China,
where the ginkgo was held
sacred.
Baltimore and New York,
like the District, are liber-
ally populated by ginkgos.
The tree Is hardy enough to
withstand the smoke, fungus
and bugs Of these cities. ac-
cording to the Geographic
Society.
Occasionally O. ginkgo
throwback Is discovered. One
was found near the White
House with leaves shaped
almost exactly like It's Gre
taceous Age ancestor. the
Geographic said.
The society noted that the
female gtnkgo's fruit has
brought the tree into some
disfavor.'' y IN the autumn,
the female drops the evil
smelling fruit onto sidewalks,
causing slippery and disfie-
ing patches.
Evening star., 1955-11-08
Chest Reaches
|o4n of Goal

The 1866 Community Chesi
campaign for "a million na.
reached s4.1e per cent Of 1T
goal,
Workers reported SOTO pew
pledges totaling $47.2l4 to cam
IpaigIl headquarters in the Wash
|ington Hotel yesterday. Thil
brings all collections to $3.766..
l344.
The campaign ended Its for.
NAL drive last Thursday. Since
Iit had not reached its mark ~
that time. the organization wa,
kept intact and reports sched.
luled every Monday. Wednesda,
and Friday afternoon until ths
"a million Is reached. The pres
lent effort is q drive TO bring
tagging divisions up to quota.
Latest division figures an
|nounced yesterday are:
District Business 81 1857, GIT,
SO per cent.
Government -$l.7l7,o5s, los
|per cent.
District Residential $so3, ,O46
30 per cent.
Alexandria ss2. .e7s. ss pei
cent.
Arlington s67.al 80 per cent,
Fairfaz $50. "a per cent.
Montgomery sis4,7Os. s5 per
cent.
Prince oeorgsss47. .247. 81 per
cent.
Evening star., 1955-11-08
Upslur Hospifa|
Space Offered |

The District Commissioners
today gave city department
heads q chance to ask for Tho
Upshur Street tuberculosis
Hospital, which has been or
|dered closed BY November rs.
They acted on i recommends
|tiCn by James 4. MeCalliskar
administrative services olilcer
ne urged that department heads
|be formally notified ..in view oi
the obvious worth of this struc-
|ture. and the critical need fol
space by virtually al depart
Iments and agencies Of the Dis
|trict government.
Both the Health Department
and the Welfare Department
have indicated they would like
to use the structure and thu
schools are interested. too.
Mr.. Mccallister said he had
inspected the structure, con.
lstructed IN 1908 at q cost d
$89, $50, and found it ''in an
excellent state Of repair. Hi
declared that except for made.
lquate electrical wiring for light.
ling. lit, could be readily util.
lied for any ordinary purposes
In addition. he warned, ''ths
elevator Is quite old, slow and
might need to be replaced de-
pending upon the purpose foI
which the structure is to b
used The cost Of heating
based on actual experience, i,
approximately $4,000 per year
This amount is high and is con-
|sidered TO be attributable TO two
facts: 1. The large percentage
|of special purpose areas such as
large bathrooms. ETC.. common
TO the era Of It's construction
and secondly. the fact that II
lis gas fired"
Evening star., 1955-11-08
Trons-L-ux Chuin
Leases PIuzu and
Little Theoters

The Trans-Lux theater chair
yesterday announced 1t hal
leased the Plaza and Littls
Theaters here, effective iInmedi.
ately. Vincent Iorio. managing
director Of the Trans-Lux here
said the Plaza will continue Il
show flrst-run pictures. but that
the policy of the Little had moi
been decided yet.
The two theaters have been
operated by the Roth theater
interests. The Plaza was opened
by the Roth chain In 1850, and
the chain leased the Little from
its owner, Mrs. Louise Noonar
Miller. In 1851.
No financial arrangements
were announced In connection
with the change of hands In the
operation Of the two tl1eaters.
Both theaters seat 800 persons,
The Roth chain win continue
to operate l8 theaters IN the
District area. Virginia and West
Virginia, d spokesman said.
4 i
Evening star., 1955-11-08
'ChiIdren's 'sHome
Gets Lions Gift

A $1,000 check was donated
today to the Children's Conya.
|lescent Home by the Eastgate
Lions Club at a luncheon helc
at the Village Inn Restaurant
1906 Rhode Island avenue NE.
The money. presented by Jul.
ian Cardin. president, and Car
Carlson, chairman Of children /
activities. will be used by the
home to buy a hydrotherapy
tank. The District Government
had agreed to pay two-thirds oi
the cost Of the tank If the home
could raise the other third.
Mrs. James r. Lynn, president
OF, the board Of managers, and
Mrs Charles c. Glover III, past
president and finance chairman,
accepted the check for the clinic.
which Is q member of the Com
mhnity Chest Agency.
The home is located at 1881
Bunker Hill road NE.
Evening star., 1955-11-08
Businessmen Ask PorIey
On How D. c. Con Save

A request for q public hearing
on how to make economies In
the District government was
made to the Commissioners to-
day BY the Central Business As
|sociation.
Leading D four-man delega-
Itior. President BENJAMIN Etfiner
heard the Commissioners prom-
|ise TO take the request under
|advisement as well as i sugges-
|tion that the city heads appoint
Is vigilance committee Of "in-
dependent, interested citizens
to advise on economy moves.
Mr.. Striner coinplimented the
city heads on reported budget
cutting they have done for the
next year and urged that the
policy be continued.
Free to Snggest
Commissioner Samuel Spencer
pointed out that "anybody who
wanted to was free to recommend
economies ct the public budget
hearing" but Mr.. Striner said
budget hearings have NOT
worked out that way.
An association resolution said
/ the District is dangerously
Threatened By continuing in
|creases in taxes" and said
there have been no SPECIFIC
hearings held toward the objec-
tive of economies In operating
the District Of Columbia"
The Commissioners are now
drafting q program to summit
to the Federal Budget Bureau
and Congress to raise $40 mill
lion in new revenue. mostly
through additional local taxes.
Urge Hearing Soon
The association resolution
asked the Commissioners to
"fold a-'pubiic hearing As soon
las practicable" and urged that
|"ail business. civic and profess
sional organizations and other
Evening star., 1955-11-08

cent increase over the Official
count of April /. 1850.
Virginia's civilian population
was estimated at 3.42ls 900 as oi
July 1, 1855. The figure is 8
Is. per cent increase over the
estimate of q year earlier. anc
a 6.7 per cent gain over the 1886
census figure Of 3.208. 900.
These States showed the
largest percentage gains: Ne.
vada, $4,000 estimated ciyiliar
population, up 37.6 per cent from
the census count Of 1850: Ari.
zona, 955. 900, an increase Of 49,
per cent; Florida, 1854. 900, {
gain Of 23.3 per cent; California
1886. 900. q gain Of 21.9 PEI
cent, and Delaware, 3S0, 900, ui
1875 per cent.
Alaska, with an estimated
civilian population of 1853, 900
showed q 55.6 per cent gain.
At the other end of the scale
Arkansas, with an estimatel
figure Of i.T7G,Gee. showed .
decrease of 7.2 per cent.
Evening star., 1955-11-08

interested parties be invited tc
lpresent their cohesive know
how towards effectine ec0no-
Imies In the District government,
las well as ways and means ot
reducing municipal expendi-
lures"
Commissioner Spencer said
1.-THE city heads have done i
number Of things 10 reduce exz
Ipenditures without cutting sery-
iices below the point where they
Ought to be. :
Commenting that all econo-
Imizing now comes from the
top Mr.. Strfner urged that
District employees be allowed
without Jeopardy to themselves
Ito make recommendations to the
vigilance committee.
Incentive Award Plan
Mr.. Spencer countered that
1.-THE city Is now setting up All
lemploye incentive award pro-
lgram like they have In the Fed
leral Government. ! hope that
| will lead to suggestions foi
Economics. z
Commissioner Robert z. Nc
lLaughlin pointed to congress
sional requirements that city
departments absorb Within
grade pay increases for employees
as an economy technique already
In use.
He said that of 70 additional
nurses allowed recently by Con-
Igress for District General Hos
lpital, II doubt If one Is there
now because Of this constant
erosion which forces the city
Ito keep jobs untitled TO pay SAL
larry raises.
Accompanying Mr.. Striner
were John G. Sullivan, assistant
Ito the association president:
Richard c. Darneil. secretary,
land John y. Fitzgerald chair
man Of the Fiscal Relations and
Taxation COMMITTEES.
Evening star., 1955-11-08

I, 1000, or o OF ! per cent.
The estimate Of both civilian
and military population on july
II, 1854, was 849, 900 Estimates
Of population including the mill
tary for 1865 win not be issued
until January.
The current Aguras were con-
tanned in the Census Bureaus
latest estimates. For the CONT
mental United States. total civil
Ian population Is given as l62.-
| |2S4, 900. This lis an increase oi
1850, 900. or 8.5 per cent. over
the 1850 census count. Including
armed forces overseas. the Ma
tons total population at mid
year was estimated at 165. .248. 900
While much Of the District
areas population is In the
suburbs, estimates for metropoli-
tan areas were not. included ir
the latest figures.
Maryland's civilian population
last July ! was estimated al
| z. 2.593, 900. This was q 8 per cent
gain over the July /. 1854. esti.
mate Of 2.517. 600. and q 12.7 pei
Evening star., 1955-11-08
Weisz Art Exhibit

An exhibit Of drawings by the
late Eugen Weisz. a painter who
was associated with George
Washington University and the
Corc0ran School Of Art Tor more
than 30 years, viii be on dis
play Iii the University library,
2O23 q street NV. during the
month OF November.