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Milford chronicle., 1955-09-09
Schools Are Provided
With Safety Cars
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the ninth year Mr.. Burton has en-
Enthusiastically cooperated in this
program dedicated to making the
young idea" more careful drivers.
1.-The number of cars made avail
able TO schools is concrete evidence
of the contribution the nations new
car dealers are making to traffic
safety. During the last school year
another step has been taken to-
ward the goal of giving eligible
students an opportunity to learn
proper attitudes and safe driving
skills in high school driver educa-
ton courses.
"Since traffic safety authorities
report the majority of traffic acci-
dents are caused by driver error,
the support of driver education. is
basic to the nations highway safe
ty effort. We congratulate the edu-
cational authorities and other CO.
operating organizations for the
great progress made in preparing
young people for life in today's mo-
torized world. We shall continue
to make support of driver educa-
ton one of the Committees major
detectives" Mr.. vanderZee report
ed.
Last year." Mr.. vanderZee
pointed out, more than one out of
every five persons killed in traf-
fic accidents was in the 1924 year
age group" In addition to 1890
killed, 100000 in the same age
group were injured, according to
National Safety Council figures.
Impressive statistics from many
states show reductions of so per
cent and more in accidents and
traffic violations involving the
trained young driver compared to
the trained driver in the same
age group.
The Importance of high school
driver education is also accented
by young people themselves at
state and local teen-age traffic
safety conferences, when the re-
commended classroom and behind
the-wheel instruction be made
available to all eligible students.
Despite growth in the program as
revealed by the Association of Cas-
ualty and Surety Companies in
their annual High School Driver
Award Program, only 20
per cent of all eligible high school
students received a complete course
in driver education during the
1854 55 school term.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-09
Local Vets Attended
Boston Meet
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encampmenfs. Included m on z
these were. a Memorial Service
staged at Braves Field and featur-
ing Rev. Billy Graham as princi-
pal speaker, Joint Opening Exer-
cises. featuring the vice president
of the United States, the Hon. Rich
ard Nixon. as speaker: a moonlight
dance cruise around Boston Har-
bour, the five-hour long Encamp-
ment Parade; the Delaware Dinner,
at the Parker House: q baked bean
and hsm supper on Boston Com
mon, and the Military Ball, closing
feature OF this years encampment-
Dept Sr. Vice Comdr Huge was
a member of the National Bylaws
Committee. The Delaware mems
delegation was headed by Dept.
Comdr. James V. Kelley. of New
ark. and the Delaware Ladies'
group was headed by Dept. Auxil.
Pres, Grace Tate, of Millsboro.
Blue Hen Posts community SER
vice entry for f954-55 was on dis
play In the Hotel Bradford, en-
campment headquarters, and was
examined by many of the estima-
ted $4,000 w. r. w. and Auxiliary
members, who visited Boston dur
ing the week-long encampments.
Competing with over 10000 other
v. F. w. posts throughout the ma
tion. the Milford post entry was
accorded 18th place in national
competition, the highest any Del
aware post has ever placed, and
the local post and auxiliary are
being specifically cited for their
service work.
Mrs. Hugg and Mrs. Duphily
along with the other Delaware
Auxiliary delegates, supported two
Wilmington Area members for
elective national offices with each
candidate being successful in her
bid. Mrs. James Rhind, of Elm
hurst, past president of the Del
aware Auxiliary Department, was
elected to the office of national
conductress, another step towards
what may eventually mean selec-
ton to head the national organiza-
ton. Mrs. Louis Szymanski, Will
mingtOn, also former president
of the Delaware Auxiliary Depart
ment. was elected a director Of the
v. F. w. National Home at Eaton
Rapids. Mich.
Mrs. Duphily will report on en-
campment proceedings at the next
meeting of the Blue Hen Auxiliary
to be held at the v. f. w. Home
here, this Monday evening, Sept
18th. On the same evening, Mrs
Hugg will make similar report
To the Ladies' Auxiliary at Dover
The next regular meeting of Blue
Hen Post. scheduled for next Tues
day evenin. here, will be highlight-
ed by encampment reports by
Messrs. Duphily and Hugg: a va
cancy in the office of Junior vice
commander will be filled at a spcci-
al election during Tuesday eve
ning's post meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-09
MILLENNIUM WAS MISTAKE

NAUGATUCK. Conn. (P) =
Seventy employees of a factory
here found out their $4,000 indi-
vidual pay increases were just a
sticking type bar on a check writ
ing machine.
A 80" wound up in front of the
correct figure on the faulty checks,
which were called back.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-09
IT'S. ON THE MAP

DETROIT Up Have a look
ture puzzle.
The Lower Peninsula is a mitten,
with the fingertips reaching out to
touch rabbits foot.
The rabbit is the Upper Peninsu-
la, with its face far to the west
0ronwood), its ears in Lake Su-
perior (the Keweenaw Peninsula)
its front feet touching Wisconsin
and Lake Michigan (at Menominee)
and its hind feet at Detour and
st. Ignace.
Classified Ads Get Results
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-09
DOMESTIC INTERLUDE

DALLAS, Tex. -[P)- 1t was a
tense moment in a civil suit in JUS
tice Bill Richburg's court.
Lets quit minute" the judge
said suddenly, banging his gavel.
MY wife's on the phone and she's
liable to hold me in contempt if ]
don't talk to her."
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-09
STRENGTH WINS JAIL

SAN ANTONIO. Texas - up -
An 18-vear-old strongman bet he
could yank parking meter from
its concrete setting. He won his
bet. bnt lost to the police. They
booked him for drunkenness.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-09

Gold was first discovered in Cal
ifornia in 1S4S, 10 days before the
treaty ending the Mexican War
and transferring the territory to
the United States was signed.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-09

Beat an egg, a cup of milk and a
couple of tablespoons of molasses
together; serve to small fry for a
mid-morning or mid-afternoon
snack
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-09

Mix tuna fish, diced celery. crum-
bled crisply-cooked bacon and
chopped apple together; moisten
with mayonnaise and use as
sandwich filing.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-05
MANTEO OCTOGENARIAN
FETED AT BIG PARTY
Alpheus w. Drinkwater Receives More
Than $50 Guests On Occasion Of
His Eiehtisth Birthday

Manteo's beloved Alpheus w.
Drinkwater, retired Coast Guard
telegrapher, celebrated his 80th
birthday on Sunday, July 81, with
party and buffet supper at the
Sea Ranch Hotel at Kitty Hawk,
and more than $50 guests enjoyed
his hospitality and paid him hon.
age during the evening. The host
ess was his daughter, Miss
Dorothy Drinkwater. Mr.. and Mrs.
H. Travis Sykes, owners and
operators of the Sea Ranch, assist
ed her in making the evening a
most memorable occasion.
Among the notables present for
the occasion were Lindsay Warren
of Washington, N. c., former
Comptroller General of the United
States; w. E. Debnam of Raleigh.
radio commentator; and Edmund
Harding of Washington, N. c., all
of whom paid vocal tribute to the
honoree at the microphone, with
Mr.. Harding acting as master OF
ceremonies. Many other well-known
persons, too numerous to list, were
on hand for the party. Mr.. Drink
water responded graciously to the
homage paid him.
Known for the last so years and
more as the telegrapher who sent
out the first news of the Wright
brothers first flight at Kill Devil
Hill, and always a booster of the
Wright Brothers tradition, Mr..
Drinkwater received, among other
messages a telegram from Mamie
Eisenhower, wife OF the President,
which read as follows: although
it is not possible for the President
See PARTY, Page Five
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-05
BOARD OF EDUCATION SETS
UP PLANS FOR NEXT TERM

The Board of Education last
week in Dare County made plans
to bring the students of Stumpy
Point school to Manteo this fall.
Heretofore, they have gone to
Engelhard. Mrs. Grace Hooper,
who has previously taught in
Engelhard will teach this year in
Manteo. Parents of the children,
petitioned for a change. The first
to fourth grades will continue to
be taught at Stumpy Point, until
the bridge is completed.
Miss Arlene Venable was elected
to teach in the Kitty Hawk School.
It was decided to dispense with
the use of cutters on the Cape
Hatteras High School, since it
appeared they would cost $4,000
and more.
The Commissioners had included
$4,000 in their budget for school
site at Kill Devil Hills, but Mr..
Parker of the Kitty Hawk District
moved that request be made for
an additional $4,000. His motion
received no second.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-05
COUNTY LAND SOLD
FOR LESS THAN
TAX EVALUATIONS
Kitty Hawk Tract Sold By Com
missioners for Less Than 81
Per Acre; An Old
Custom in Dare

The County Commissioners of
Dare are making progress, for
county land is not being sold now
at ten cents an acre, but following
the old custom of just about giving
it away, the board this week sold
the 52-acre Gallop tract of land
near Currituck Sound in the Kitty
Hawk area to Hallett Perry for
5000.
Without asking any questions, or
seeing what the land might bring,
they sold it for less than the tax
values they put on n.ighbo-ing
land, which ranges hot less than
SIS and up to $40 per acre.
A peculiar situation has develop
ed in the county, whereby a man
who owns only a few acres of land,
pays twice as much taxes per acre
as the man who owns so or more
acres. The little fellows land is
valued on the books for twice as
much as the big fellows.
The land sold this week was one
of several pieces recently decided
back to the county by the State of
North Carolina, and was formerly
owned by the county, and decided
to the state some IL years ago, for
inclusion in the contemplated sea-
shore park. The county had fore
closed it for taxes, and the taxes
involved in the foreclosure was far
greater than the price the Board
sold it for this week. 1t is esti-
mated that the land sold for 5000
would easily bring one thousand
dollars. There are number of
other county owned tracts which
will probably go the same cheap
way. 1t is an old custom, giving
away the county's land. 1t just
seems County boards lack back
bone to break it.
Among other business transacted
this week was the closing of por-
ton of Norfolk Avenue at Kill
Devil Hills on the Diane Frank
property. The Board heard dele
cation from Kitty Hawk asking
for aid toward the development of
small harbor for the community
in the Poor Ridge section.
A bid was extended to the State
Association of Commissioners and
Clerks of Court to hold their 1856
Annual convention in Dare County.
Notice was received that the state
has approved hard surfacing of a
road near the Walter Etheridge
home in the Burnsides Section of
Roanoke Island, and known rs the
Etheridge road.
The Board expressed no devia-
ton from their unanimous decision
to continue with their wasteful
scheme calling for the eventual
expenditure of more than 100000
for a new Jail at Manteo and at
Buxton, which proposition was
contrary to the decision Of the
voters of the county on July 9th
See LAND, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-05
RODANTHE CELEBRATION NOW
APPEARS TO GROW GREATER
THAN FIRST PLANNED FOR
Aid Coming in From Other Communities To Aid
Small Villages on August I2-I4 to Stage Events
Honoring the Coast Guardsmen and the Old
Life Savers. Navy Chaplain To Speak.

The list of old veterans is grow
ing. Plans for the celebration are
growing. It's going to be a much
bigger affair than was first anti
cipated when the committee got
together about month ago.
But August 12-13-14 will be big
days in the memory of the Coast
Guard, when the programs come
off at Rodanthe. It's been big
undertaking for the communities
of Rodanthe and Waves, number
ing only about 200 people. Fortu.-
nately, their friends in neighbor-
ing towns have come to their res
cue, and the committee now sees
financial daylight again.
From Norfolk, Elizabeth City,
and Manteo, as well as from Bux-
ton and Hatteras, have come sew
eral contributions of cash to aid
with expenses. Mostly these are
from firms who enjoy the patron
age of the people of Hatteras Is
land, and have enjoyed long bust
ness friendship and wish to help
a good cause.
Many more names have come
to the committee swelling the list
of old Life Savers who are being
invited as special honor guests.
All Coast Guardsmen, retired and
active are honor guests, and ex-
pected to come and be honored,
but the old boys are something
special indeed. 1t may be the last
annual round up for some of them.
If names will be found in a
u v column.
Committee considers itself
nate in having for the
speaker Sunday the closing service
of the program, Capt. Roy E.
Bishop, USN, Chaplain of the
Atlantic Fleet, who will speak in
honor of the old men Sunday morn
ing, August Ia at II a. m. at
Fairhaven Methodist Church. At
this service, Robert H. Midget of
Manteo viii be guest soloist.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-05
LATEST LIST OF THE
OLD TIME LIFE SAVERS

The committee for celebration
for the Coast Guard at Rodanthe
August 12-14, have received the
names of the following men who
have served at some time in the old
Life Saving Service, which was
consolidated with the Coast Guard
in 1915. These men will be invited
as honor guests at Rodanthe, Aug
ust 18th:
Davis Littleton Gray, and
Arthur v. Midget, Waves, N. C.
w. Ben1bury Miller, Eugene G..
Gray, James w. Scarborough, Nell
son Gray, of Avon. N. C.
Clarence P. Brady, Nasa F. Jen-
nette, Warren Midget, Bernice R.
Balance, Cyrus H. Gray of Bux-
ton, N. C.
Charlie S. Styron, of Hatteras,
N. C.
Horatio, J. Williams and Leonard
d. Williams of Ocracoke.
Willie n. AuSIiH VI OtlCAIdi, AN'
C.
John Marchant Meekins, Claude
C. Jones, Edward w. Etheridge,
Walter Otis Dough, Washington
Franklin Baum, Christopher Co.
lumbus Midget, Samuel Alonzo
Stowe, Ohio C. Ward, Clyde Has
sell, w. Van Lewark, Roscoe Bur-
rus, Sr., and John Alfred Farrow
of Mantee, N. C.
Joe Etheridge Midget of New
York.
Arthur j. Fulcher, 3118 Cottage
Toll Road, Norfolk, Va, Jess M.
Rogers, SO4 E. 26th St., Norfolk,
Va.
Request is made that names of
-ormer veterans of the Life
~ Service be sent to the Chic
u aico Committee, P. o. Box
,danthe, N. c.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-05

DIR. C. SYLVESTER GREEN, Vice
President of Wake Forest College
in Winston-Salem, will be guest
minister at the sixth of series
of Lost Colony season Sunday wor-
ship services in Waterside Theatre
here, Sunday morning, August Z,
at IL o'clock. DR.. Green's topic for
his sermon will be Religion is a
Relation.
For several years DR.. Green
edited the Durham Morning Herald
before becoming Executive Vice
President of the Medical Founda-
See SPEAKER, Page Ten
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-05
CORRECTING ERROR IN
QUOTING DARE BUDGET

A mistake occurred in the set up
of figures in 1856 budget
items for Dare County, reported
in our paper last week. 1t was re-
ported that the increase in the bud
get of the Register of Deeds is
$3.50 when the correct sum is
$1,43O. Of this sum $500 is for the
purchase of a new map book. We
regret the error in typesetting. 1t
is not our desire to report any
thing incorrectly.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-05
SCHEDULED ANNOUNCED FOR
SECOND POLIO SHOTS

DR.. w. Johnston, health
officer for Currituck and Dare
counties, has announced that the
second batch Of polio vaccine for
the two counties has arrived, and
that the schedule for Currituck
county has been set up as follows:
Aug. 8, at the Currituck health
center from one to four pm; Aug.
9, Knots Island school house at
10 a. M; Aug. 10, Powell's Point
clinic, from one to four pm.
All parents who wish their chill
dren to have the second polio shots
are asked to have their children al
these point on the dates stated. Nc
other shots will be given before
school opens.
The schedule for Dare County
will be announced at later date
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-05
SEA BEE SERENADERS TO
PLAY AT RODANTHE DANCE

The Sea Bee Serenaders is the
name of new orchestra on its
way to popularity on Hatteras Is
land. This orchestra, which will
play at the dances on Friday and
Saturday nights, August IL and
18th at Rodanthe, is composed of
Don F. Bradley, Duane w. Sayre,
Bob Stapleton, and Dave Bennett.
Their address is Buxton. Herbert
Midget is in charge of the pro-
gram at the Rodanthe dance.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-05
THREE CASES SUBMITTED
BEFORE DARE RECORDER

Louis Frank Sykes of Columbia
submitted to a charge Of failure
to dim lights, and paid the costs
in Judge Baum's Dare Recorder
court in Manteo Tuesday. Steve
Manuel submitted to being dis
orderly in Mays Head casino and
was fined S. and costs.
VIM. Grandy Whaley of Eliz.
City submitted to drunken driving
and driving in excess of rs mph,
was fined 500 and $25 and the
costs of court. Total $133.20.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-05

CAPT. ZEKE MIDGET of Ro-
danthe is shown here with 40
pound drumfish caught Saturday
night by Selby Gaskins. Mr.. Gas
kins caught many fish, ranging in
weight from eight to 40 lbs. Many
other fishermen made big catches,
some fish weighing % to 80 lbs.
Fishing was good in the vicinity
of the old wrecks near Rodanthe
and Waves and has kept good all
this week. 1t is estimated that
nearly so drumfish were caught by
anglers Saturday night. Reuben
Etheridge and Wallace Shannon of
Manteo made good catches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-13
Arrangement Of Couple
Starts Test of Bottle Club Law

A test of Marylands new liquor
law aimed at cutting off after
hours clubs shaped up yesterday
with the arraignment of two
Prince Georges County bottle
club operators in Circuit Court.
Charged on seven counts OF
permitting after hours consump-
ton of alcoholic beverages were
Vincent r. Grillo and his wife
Mildred, operators of the Tyre
Club on Marlboro pike, Hillside
The couples attorney, John F
Lillard, jr., did not enter a plea
before Judge Charles c. Marbury
but will file a motion to dismiss
the indictment either Monday OF
Tuesday.
The motion to dismiss will be
heard by Chief Judge John B
Gray, jr., and Judge John r
Fletcher and Marbury at 10 am
Wednesday in Upper Marlboro
If overruled. arguments will BIZ
heard Immediately.
Five of the seven charges were
dismissed in May when Judge
Marbury ruled the warrants
were faulty. At that time the
Grillos, in agreement with Mr.
Lillard and States Attorney Blail
H. Smith, consented to two new
indictments as a means to test &
new State law to prohibit bottle
club operations. Later, Mr.. Smith
revived the five old charges.
eve opened our doors to them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-13
Residents Rally Tonight
To Save the Post Office

Residents of the Branchville
Md area, irked because theil
75-year-old post Office is closing
after Monday, have called a pro-
test mass meeting for 8 O'Clock
tonight.
The meeting will be held in
the Berwyn Elementary School
with Representative Landlord
Democrat of Maryland, sched'
uled to hear their pleas.
Closing of the separate
Branchville post Office and the
post Office in its neighborine
community of Berwyn are part
of the planned opening next
Tuesday of a new branch office
in Berwyn of the College PARK
post Office.
The Berwyn residents have
no complaint, however, mas
much as the new and larger
substation is just a short dis.
lance from the post Office being
closed.
The new substation, to bt
located at SOLO Berwyn road II
what was a bicycle shop. viii
be under the supervision Of
James o. C. Shank. College Pari
postmaster.
Mrs. Josephine Harding, out.
going postmistress of Berwyn
will serve as superintendent Of
the new branch, and Mrs. Flor.
ence K. Hazard, poStmistress al
Branchville for the past 81 years
will be reassigned as a regular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-13

(the State)," Mr.. Lillard said
in explaining his move to have
his clients indicted on the new
counts.
The old law prohibits con.
sumption of alcoholic beverages
in licensed restaurants between
2 and 6 am. The new law pro-
hibits such consumption in any
public or private establishments
during the early morning hours
Also indicted yesterday were
Walter Glover and John r. D
Lancaster. both colored, for.
merly employed at the county
jail in Upper Marlboro. The two
are charged with malfeasance ir
office by serving alcoholic bev.
erages and fornication.
The men did not enter a plea
Their attorney, j. Franklin
Bourne. said the indictment die
not charge a crime under the
laws of Maryland.
The alleged offense involved
Mrs. Anna Edith Vaughn, Will,
jailed in Upper Marlboro witt
her husband, Lloyd Vaughn, OF
charges of numbering their two
infants. Mr.. Vaughn recent,
pleaded guilty to manslaughtel
on one count and was sentenced
to five years in the Maryland
House of Correction. The othel
count was nolle pressed.
Mrs. Vaughn still is in Jail a
! Upper Marlboro.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-13
Money Shortages Found
In Magistrates Office

gett said emphatically there had
been no deliberate attempt to
Ijuggle books.
Everyone was running in and
out of that office, so it was i'm
possible to keep anything
straight, he said.
A new chief clerk was sent
to the Office in June.
Emanuel and Pair criticized the
apparent carelessness with
which dockets and jackets were
kept.
In a number of instances,
motor vehicle dockets did not
agree with the facts that were
generally recorded properly on
the jackets which supported the
docketS. At times dockets were
unsigned, and there were cases
where collateral was received,
banked and refunded without
ever being docketed.
The auditors also advised that
receipts of justices of the, peace
be kept in a numerical sequence.
In a bond report, the Fidelity
& Development Co. of Maryland
recommended the use of blanket
bonds for all county employees.
The report advised the bonding
of at least 80 more workers.
Persons included would be all
those who handle money or
securities, are accountable for
money, supplies and property,
maintain accounts, approve pur-
Ichases, authorize payments and
sign or counter-Sign checks.
Looking at other housekeeping
problems, Mr.. Baggett an
Inounced that plans soon will be
drawn to air-condition the Up
per Marlboro Court House and
the buildings new addition still
Ito be erected.