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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-04
A HARD MAN
TO PICK A FIGHT WITH
(Laurinburg Exchange)

Thomas Stokes, columnist, says
Democrats are in a 'timorous and
confused attitude" or state of
mind as they take over control of
the Congress. Some of them are
rearing to go, but there are re-
straining influences. And Stokes
seems to believe that this may
cramp their style. For one thing
the big men who head the impor-
tant committees are mostly South
erners, and as Southerners they
are conservative and have but
little Sympathy for the radicals
and the left wingers.
But the thing that restraints the
Democrats most, it appears is a
man in the White House who holds
an even keel and still has great
personal popularity. And this man
is hard man to pick fight with.
He just holds the even tenor of
his way, appears to love every
body, Democrats included. And he
hasn't said whether he will run
again in 1856.
Just for these reasons it seems
likely, according to Thomas
Stokes, that the radical and insur-
gent elements of the Democratic
party outside the solid South will
find themselves in an uncomfort-
able atmosphere during the next
several months. They would like
nothing more than to tear into
Eisenhower, to stage cat and
dog fight. But the President just
doesn't fight that way. For this
reason and for others it is being
predicted that the new Congress
will not be tearing it's shirt about
too many things.
At the very beginning all eff
forts to kill off filibusters and
limit debate in the Senate were
killed and everybody piped down
They said it just wasn't any use
in starting a fight because they
couldn't win it.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-04
WEATHER IN JANUARY
REPORTED AT HATTERAS

For the third consecutive month
the temperature as recorded at the
Hatteras Weather Bureau Office
was below the normal for this
area. The 43.9 degree average re-
corded for the month made this
the coolest January since 1913,
with the daily average falling 2
to IL degrees below normal on %
days. The highest temperature
reached during the month was 65
degrees on the 9Th, and the low
point occurred on the Both and
31st when the mercury fell to 20
degrees.
A measurable amount of rain
fell on 9 days during January for
total of 3.64 inches, which is
O.46 inches below the normal.
Snow was reported a times, but
with less than one-tenth of an
inch accumulation on each cocoa
sion.
There was one thunderstorm
during January and fog reduced
visibility to IA mile or less twice.
Clear skies prevailed on 10 days,
6 days were partly cloudy, and on
Is days the sky was overcast. -
C. A. Wardman, Meteorological in
Charge.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-04
BELL
Continued from Page One)
BELL

fessional practice of landscape ar
chitecture and personality.
For two years Bell took part in
cultural travel program for the
analysis and study of the great
works of art and architecture in
many countries. The chief accent
in the program for members of
his profession who win the fellow
ship is on large scale planning
such as the Italian. piazzas, and
parks; French formal gardens for
the Baroque; and Spanish Moorish
place gardens. From his travels
in Europe and Asia, Bell was able
to gain the influence of various
cultures on other cultures traced
from India, Egypt, Greece, Sicily,
Rome and Europe generally. Dur
ing his travels he visited in addi-
ton to Italy, France, Holland, Bel
GUM, Sweden, Norway, England,
Scotland, Ireland, Spain, French
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Ger
many, Denmark, Egypt, Greece,
Trans Jordan, Lebanon, Syria,
Ceylon and India. He brought
home more than 1000 color slides
of photographs he had made in his
travels.
In October, 1854, Bell returned
to North Carolina and opened an
office at Roanoke Gardens in Man
teo, where one of his major prof.
ects has been the general develop
ment plan for the Driftwood Gar
den and Recreational Area at The
Carolinian on Mays Head and the
general planting plan for the Bel
haven Community Cemetery.
Dick Bell is a member of the
American Academy in Rome and
both he and Jim Goodwin are mem
bers of the American Society of
Landscape Architects.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-04

of cruelty or crime.
This same variety in effect was
noted in careful studies of crime
and gangster movies almost 20
years ago. And the conclusion
reached has been much the same:
That there are enough C's and DIS,
and the harm they do is so serious
that something must be done.
AS with the movies however, So
ciety is dealing with a powerful
and natural" channel for express
sion. The comics" tell a story
continuously in words and pic
lures. The medium itself can
hardly be waved away. Censor
ship by an organ of government
represents the same peril as does
all censorship: In endeavoring to
stamp out one evil it sets up an
other by vesting with arbitrary
authority this or that prejudice,
phobia, or religious dogma.
An educated and aroused public
opinion, the safe and durable al
tentative to censorship, is being
brought to bear against the crime
and horror comic industry. 1t has
thus far had most encouraging re-
suits. That portion of the publish
ing industry which has issued the
Objectionable material has organ
lied to clean itself up. Parents
and others organized and I'M
organized, whose Indignation
brought about this movement to-
ward reform, are watching to see
that it is no mere gesture.
What the problem is, how public
opinion has been crystallized, and
what, specifically, is being done
! about crime and horror comics
will be discussed in a series of 20
articles beginning today else
where in this newspaper.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-04
OTHER EDITORS
BUT TIE GROUND HOG SAW
HIS SHADOW THIS WEEK
(FERD DAVIS
in the Zebulon RecOrd.)

ha tAtC ACUuIUu ANCNOIusJ
Today is the first day of Febru-
airy, and that means tomorrow
will be February 2, unless the
good Lord decides that He has
given US enough chances eagerly
seized) to make fools of our
selves.
In turn, that means tomorrow is
Grounding Day, when Marmota
monax, alias woodchuck, alias
grounding, comes out to deter
mine what the weather will be
like for six more weeks.
The legend is that if the ground
hog sees his shadow, we will have
six more weeks of bad weather.
Personally 1 think we are in for
six more weeks of bad weather,
whether the grounding sees his
shadow or not. On February 2,
1927, the grounding couldn't have
seen his shadow with a flashlight,
and the biggest snow l ever saw
came in March of that same year.
This old legend came to US in
part from Scotland and in part
from Germany. February 2 is
Candlemas, in honor of the day
when the Virgin Mary presented
the infant Jesus in the temple.
TIE ancient feast of publication
and expiation in ancient Rome
(Februa) was held on February
IA, and the early Christians
adapted the heather festival to
their purposes.
Later the Emperor Justinian of
ficially instituted the feast
(rorghly 1400 years ago. and set
the day we know as Grounding
Day because it was the 40th day
after Christmas, and all Jewish
babies had to be purified at the
temple 40 days after their birth.
In any event, the Scotch and
Germans picked the day up, and
somehow the notion that the bad
ger could look for his shadow and
determine our weather sprang up.
The woodchuck is the nearest
thing we have to the European
badger, and there you are.
The first German lesson l ever
had contained the proverb: "The
badger peeps out of his hole on
Candlemas Day, and if he finds
snow, walks aboard; but if he sees
the sun shining, he draws back
into his hole"
The Scotch found a rhyme for
it:
IF Candlemas Day be dry and
fair,
The half o winters come and
MAR;
If Candlemas Day be wet and
foul,
The half O. winter was gone at
You'll"
All right for the Germans and
the Scotch; Grounding Day just
shows what comes when you take
up with those foreign philoso-
plies.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-04
MRS. SAWYER
Continued from Page One)

Attending the party were her
two sons and four daughters, with
their wives and husbands. Her
sons are Roland D. Sawyer of
Manteo and Calvin Sawyer of
Norfolk; her daughters, Mrs.
Horace Mann and Mrs. Bernice
mann of Portsmouth, Mrs. K. G.
Ward and Mrs. Fred Etheridge of
Manteo. Several grandchildren al
so attended her party, including
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Barrow, Mr..
and Mrs. H. D. Mann j., and Shell
bert Sawyer and children. She re-
ceived many lovely gifts and the
elaborate dinner was supplemented
with a handsome cake, inscribed
with 81.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-04
NEWS OF COLORED
IN MANTEO AREA

A party was given to Mrs. Ly-
dia Pledger Friday night at her
home by her daughter, jamie
Pledger.
Those present were Mrs. Agatha
Gray, Mrs. Arounia Berry, Mrs.
Cora Gallop, Mrs. Lila Simmons,
Mrs. Cordelia Wise, Erma Dan
iels, Thomas McClease, Augusta
Collins, Wilbur Spencer, Cora
Berry, Delton Simmons and Lind
bergh White, all of Manteo. Out
of town guests were James T.
Overton and David Brishan of
Elizabeth City.
Chicken salad, crackers, lettuce,
cool ade, minis and peanuts We're
served by Augusta Collins, Mrs.
Cora Gallop and Mrs. Arounia
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-04
YOUTH AND COMICS
christian Science Monitor)

1t is quite true that not every
youngster everywhere, put on a
diet of crime and horror comics,
automatically becomes a sadistic
delinquent. Youngster A is re-
PEELED. Youngster B takes them as
his forebears took Hansel and
Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood,
and Snow White-they never
leave the realm of fantasy. But
Youngster c grows emotionally
disturbed and becomes a problem
for himself and his family. And D
is prompted to commit actual acts
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-04
TO BE A GOOD NEIcHBoR.

There nothing finer than good neghbor, and par
cuary in time of need who lends helping hand Good
neghbors around in time of Sickness they help get
things in out of sudden rain they help pull up fellow
boat ahead of the storm So many little things they do that
don't cost them much, but really go long way
Dare County people now have exceptional opprtun-
y follow the good neghbor policy In fact this oppor
tunity offers something the way of profitable invest
ment Good roads can't hurt any county with much to
offer the wheels as Dare County has to offer
The people of Ocracoke need road to enable them to
get and readily This is day. and the time
is past when any community should longer be forced to live
as Ocracoke Island The simplest cheapest and easiest
be by road the beach to Hatteras Inlet
and enlarged ferry service across the Inlet.
Dare County through exceptional unity and coopera-
ton through the years has been fortunate in the ability to
impress the state with its road needs and do far for
itself than other counties thoughtess and Indifferent
to progress and development Dare County can now do
good turn else who do but little alone.
If Dare County will put it's shoulder to the rope
speak, and help pull the boat for Ocracoke it will
only help it's nebor whose folks number many of our
own people, but it will be helping Dare County For Dare
Countys interests the Ocracokes Better roads
for either will bring business to the other This road
will make each better neghbors than they might other
wise hope be- It will also make money for us both.
Rushing around smartly is proof of accomplishing
much. Mary Baker Eddy
The secret of constancy to purpose Benja
min Disraei
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-04

Berry.
Rev. B. C. Ellis will hold his
regular service at Haven Greek
Baptist Church, Sunday, Feb. 6.
Morning service at II noon, and
evening service 1880 pm. Mr..
Ellis will be accompanied by the
Junior and Senior Baptist choir.
Rev. Joseph White of Manteo
will be guest speaker at Piney
Grove Disciple Church, Hardin
ger, Sunday, Feb. 6 at 8 o'clock,
accompanied by the host church
choir. Theme for the hour: "The
Duty of the Church"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-04
DARE COUNTY

By ]. w. Alexander Elizabeth City, N. c.
story without authenticity: The Lord
With hand full of sand did declare,
He did not know what to do with it,
Then he threw it down and said, DARE"
This County of which speaking,
This wonderful County of Dare,
In eighteen hundred and seventy,
1t was remote from anywhere.
In this eighteen hundred and seventy,
From Currtuck, Tyrrell and Hyde come,
Enough to make and form new County,
And it was thus Dare County was formed.
When Dare County realized its isolation,
It was not long before it did declare,
1t had wonders to show to the nation,
This wonderful County of Dare.
The best fishing is found in its waters,
The best hunting for ducks and bear,
Or if it is for history you are looking,
More can not be found anywhere.
Mays Head of fame and of fiction,
The sand hills are of such grandeur,
The bathing beaches without equal,
And people come from far and from near.
The Outer Banks and Hatteras, has been,
The graveyard of ships on the coast,
And the Life Saving Service of merit,
Was formed on the Dare County Coast.
Roanoke Island was where the First Colony
Landed and tried to make their stand,
And when they failed and could not make it,
The only information left was, "CROATAN'.
The first white child of English Percentage,
Was Virginia Dare and that was her name,
She born Roanoke Island,
And to honor her Dare County named.
The towns of Manteo and Wanchese,
Was named for Indians there found,
And the huge Mother Vineyard of record,
Was brought from the Scuppernong.
The battle of Roanoke Island in February,
OF eighteen hundred and sixty two,
The Confederates defeated in battle,
And the Federalist was thus let through.
l heard my mother many times tell,
She was twelve and lived at East Lake,
And heard the guns when the Island fell.
Dare County was the birth of the nation,
And the birthplace of Virginia Dare,
1t was also the birth of Aviation,
And the first wireless station was there.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-04
HYDE COUNTY TO HAVE
NO MARCH DRAFT CALI

The Hyde County Draft Board
has been notified that it will not
be required to send off any regis
trants either for induction or for
examination during the month of
March, it was announced this
week by Mrs. Frances S. Gibbs,
clerk to the board.
Mrs. Gibbs announced however,
that two volunteers will be sent
off for induction during the
month.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-04
EXACTLY-----WHY?
(From Dixie Guide, Gulfport, Miss.

(From Dixie Guide, Gulfport, Miss.)
If you don't Know-Exactly Why
All plants and trees and fish and birds,
All animals-in native state
And every different of men,
No matter where upon this Earth,
And every single living thing
Is prompted to cling to it's kind
And pull away from unlike kinds
Then-Something bids you-Stop and Think
If you don't Know-Exactly Why
Each form of plant life on this Earth
From all pollen available,
Selects for itself-its own kind
And rejects kinds of other types
Then-something bids you-Stop and Think.
When animals-in private state
Strive to preserve-Race Purity
By not crossing with unlike kinds
Then-Something Asks-Is There Law?
Then-when you Know-You Don't Know WHY,
Turn to your Bible for The Word,
go forth-ye all-and multiply
Each one-according to its kind),
But ia Million Years of Law
Does Not Meet with Your reasoning
Then throw aside-all humbleness-
And Formulated Better Law
Designed to fit experience.
That you may learn-Exactly Why
And ponder factors you've left out
While Mixing-u Two Sets of Laws
Then turn again-unto The Word
(Render to Caesar-what is his
And what is God's-Render To Cod.
Things functioning in Matters Sphere
Answer to Laws that appertain
While an Evolving Creation
Holds Process Laws-contiguous-
Which must be held as Primary
WHITMAN Made Laws-subject to Both.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-04
BIRTHS

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
Midgette, of Manteo, a son, Ed
win Russell Midgette, Jr., on jan
uary 80 in the Albemarle Hospi-
tai, Elizabeth City; weight seven
pounds, nine ounces.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-04

RUSSELL A. SWINDELL, Hyde
County's member of the State
House of Representatives, was ap-
pointed Tuesday to serve as chair
man of the houses Committee on
Commercial Fisheries. Swindell
served as member of the Fish
cries Committee during the Gen
eral Assembly's 1853 session, and
is a member of the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission.
Representative Swindell was
named earlier this year to serve
as a member of the Houses i'm
portant Appropriations Commit
tee.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-04
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

$500 REWARD to any person
who can prove they know who
broke in my clubhouse at Salvo,
N. C. and stole about $50 lbs. of
lead and A red-ochre-dye set nets.
Burgess Hooper, 3078 Fireside Rd.,
Norfolk 6, Va. T-2-4-1tc
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-04

Raleigh.-Last year was the
safest for driving and walking in
North Carolina since 1950>the Mo-
tor Vehicles Department an
nounced.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-02-04

Rushing around smartly is no proof of accompl
luch Mary Baker Eddy
The Sidney herald., 1955-09-29
Newcomers Club Meets at
Lone Tree Inn

Newcomers club met Monday
evening, Sept. 26 at 8 o'clock at
the Lone Tree Inn.
Fifteen members and seven
guests, Mrs. Gene Barber, Mrs.
Michael Cerkovnik, Mrs. c. E.
Hagen, Mrs. Clifford Hansen. Mrs.
Willard Holys, Mrs. A. F. Kukkola
and Mrs. Ray Reinske, were pres
ent.
The business meeting was con-
Quoted by President Mrs. Howard
Clos. The club welcomed a new
member, Mrs. Dewitt Berger, and
plans were made for a Halloween
Ibingo party October "a.
Hostesses for the evening were
Mrs. Leroy Ekedahl and Mrs.
Hal Strong.
Prizes donated by CANDLES
Hardware were won by Mrs. Clos
for bridge and Mrs. L. E. TaIbert
in canaSta.
Hostesses for the October 10
meeting will be Mrs. Ray Lilley
and Mrs. L. E. Talbert.
The Sidney herald., 1955-09-29
THE SIDNEY HERALD N9
Thursday. Sept. 29. 1855 Al A

as more particularly described in
certain Deed recorded in Book
A-23, Page 277 of the Deed Records
OF Richland County, Montana.
The North Half of the Northwest
Quarter (Nl5NW14) and the South
east quarter of the Northwest Quar-
Ter tSE14NW14) of Section Fourteen
ti4ls Township Nineteen (19), North
OF Range Fifty-eight (58) E. M. p.
M, hlchland County, Montana.
Terms and conditions of sale: Cash.
11WIuI 15NAIuI money of the United States:
Len Len per cent (109o) of the purchase
Ih,I11lley ha1n'y 10 be paid at the time of sale,
Oa.auee on confirmation of sale.
All BIDS or offers must be in writ
lns' ana may be left at the office
OF {. N. Cottingham, one of the at
toTneys Tor said Administrator. i'm the
(lty OF FalrVieW, County of Rich1and
ana state of Montana, the place of
sale, or delivered to the UNDERSIGNED
- AAuIilIllstrator personally. or NAV be
the above entitled District Court AZ
any time after the first pubIiesf;on
OF TINS Notice and before me making
Of the sale. Is
Dated this 28th day of September
CARL H. RUDBERG
administrator of the Estate of
august "A. N1lSSOl. also
known as A. A. Nilsson
r corrrro,rr Deceased.
ROBINS, DAVIS & LYONS
Attorney for Administrator
1900 Rand Tower
Minneapolis 2, Minnesota.
c. N. COTTINGHAM
Attorney for Administrator
Post Office and Business Address:
F'airview Montana.
Pub. Sept. %. Oct. g.
The Sidney herald., 1955-09-29

Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Thompson
went to Culbertson Sunday after
noon where they took in the soap
box derby. They report that they
enjoyed it very much.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Thompson.
Ruth Kaye and George called at
Norman Eldridge's Tuesday eve
ming.
Earl Mccoy, Mrs. Arthur Ede-
burn, and Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
Eldridge were all Williston shop-
pers Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Snedigar
and children visited at the Fred
Thompson home Tuesday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. w. THOMPSON
took Mrs. Elizabeth Hanson to
CuIbertson Friday afternoon.
Those who attended the Farm
ers Union convention in Sidney
Saturday were Mr.. and Mrs. G.
w. Thompson and Ruth Kaye: Mr.
and Mrs. Myron Schow and bows
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Peterson. Mr.,
and Mrs. Norman Eldridge and
children. Norman was the lucky
winner of sack of GTA calf
meal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Schow and
boys, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman FL
bridge and children motored to
Wolf Point Sunday to attend
church Sa1.Uicnc ffbara
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Schow
motored to Poplar and Wolf Point
Monday.
Saturday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Bill OchS and Ira Palmer called
at the Norman Eldridge home.
Jennie and Anna Jorgenson and
Mrs. Arthur Edeburn were Sid
ney shoppers Tuesday.
The Sidney herald., 1955-09-29

the service of this summons, exclusive
of the day of service, and in case of
your failure to appear or answer,
judgment will be taken against you
by default for the relief demanded
IN the complaint
The foregoing and above entitled ac-
ton is brought for the purpose of OBJ
tanning judgment of Court quieting
title IN the plaintiff as against each
and all of the defendants, to the prop
erty which is specifically described as
follows. to-wit:
Township 25 North, Range So, E. M.
p. M, Richland County, Montana
Section 3: Lots and 4, SW14-
NW14
Section 4: EIa, E5aNW14, SW14-
NW14, N1aSW14.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said
Court this 18th day of September,
COURT SEAL)
Alma Murphy,
Clerk of Court
BRATTIN, HABEDANK & CUMMING
Sidney National Bank Building
Sidney, Montana
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
(Pub. Sept. %. Oct 6, 13, 2O)
The Sidney herald., 1955-09-29
Rev. Pennepacker
Guest Minister

1t was announced by the Rev.
Reuben Dutton, pastor of the
Lonsdale Methodist church that
the Rev. DR.. J. E. Pennepacker,
dean of Rocky Mountain College
at Billings, will be the guest
preacher at the morning worship
service Sunday, October 2 at 11:0O.
DR.. Pennepacker is coming to
visit with his son, DR.. and Mrs.
J. S. Pennepacker, over the week
end.
DR.. Pennepacker has been on
the faculty of Rocky Mountain
College for the past twenty years.
He is a gifted speaker and is call
ed upon by many organizations
to give addresses. The public is
cordially invited to attend this
service and hear him.
The Sidney herald., 1955-09-29
Red Cross First
Aid Training
Courses Available

Mike MCGOWAN, area repreSen-
tative of the San Francisco Area
office Of the American Red Cross
has agreed to conduct five teach
er-training courses in the State
Of Montana in first aid. These
training courses are only for the
purpose of training first aid in
structOrs so that each community
can have qualified first aid
teacher. We urge each school and
county to take advantage of this
opportunity to get qualified first
aid teacher.
The training course will require
80 hours of training. The classes
will be conducted six hours a day
for five days and will require one
week Of time. The tentative days
and training centers for the
courses are as follows:
October "a %; October 81 =
November 4.
Please circulate this informa-
ton among the schools in your
county Red Cross chapter so that
there will be a sufficient number
of instructors in your county to
take care of all first aid training.
If any teachers are sent from
your school for this training, pro-
visions should be made for paying
the board and room for the teach
er while in attendance at the
training course. 1t will not be
necessary for the students to have
any previous first aid training.