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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-13
JEREMIAH c. MEEKlNS, %,
DIES IN WASHINGTON, N. c.

jeremiah Charles Meekins, of
distinguished Tyrrell County an
cestry and resident of Washing
ton, N. c. died Saturday at his
home. He was SO years old and he
was a brother Of the late Judge
Isaac NJ. Meekins. He was born in
Tyrrell County May 81, 1861, son
of the late jeremiah Charles and
Mahala Nelson Meekins. He had
been making his home in Wash
ington for over so years. He was
twice married. He was an attor-
ney-at-law. Surviving besides his
wife are seven sons, Joseph c.,
Charles, Jack, Marzette, Edmund,
Frank and Pete Meekins; IL
grandchildren, seven great-grand-
children. He was a member of st.
Agnes Roman Catholic Church.
Funeral services were held at st.
Agnes Church Monday. Burial was
in Oakdale Cemetery.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-13
FRIDAY IS SENIOR DAY
AT MANTEO HIGH SCHOOL

Friday, May Is, will be Senior
Day at Manteo High School, and
for that day the seniors will be
waited on hand and foot by the
freshmen. They will be accorded
special privileges and will be serv-
ed chicken dinner in the school
lunch room at noon.
At nine o'clock an Assembly pro-
gram will be given in the auditor
ium; and the public is invited to
attend. The Seniors will put on the
first half of the program; the
seemed half will be done by the
underclassmen.
Senior Day was started in the
Manteo school four years ago and
has provided much fun. 1t is the
day on which all seniors are call
ed Miss and Mr., and are honored
with all sorts of niceties and fool
! ishness.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-13
RASH OF BOLD ROBBERIES IN
AREA OVER WEEK END BRINGS,
BITTER DISMAY TO OFFICERS
Scum of The Earth Creeps In and Lies Around
to Theve and Steal; Richard Gray. Roland
Sawyer. on Roanoke Island, Two Beach Places,
and Point Harbor Grill Suffer from Break-ins.

Sheriff Frank Cahoon is having
a hectic time of it trying to locate
the crapulous scum of the earth
which has been hanging around the
Roanoke Island area for some
weeks, casing various places of
business, and who finally, in rash
of robberies over the week end,
victimized many business men.
Richard Gray of Wanchese,
whose lonely office and small store
out on Wanchese wharf was en-
tered Sunday night, was the heav-
Ter loser. Approximately $1,000 in
cash and like sum in checks were
stolen from his safe, which was
broken open with something heavy
as sledge hammer. Several items
of merchandise, a radio set, and
other objects were taken.
Of several hundred dollars in
checks taken, fortunately Mr.. Gray
had records whereby he could get
payment stopped on them. His only
money loss will be reduced to the
cash taken, plus the items of mer-
chandise.
Apparently done by another out
fit were the break-ins on Saturday
night including the r. D. Sawyer
Motor Company near Manteo. Very
little was missed in the way of
merchandise, but keys were taken
from two Bucks and license tag
from a 1850 Mercury. Entry was
made by a back door, and the glass
was broken in the front door.
SBI agents were called in to in
vestigate the robberies. Manteo
Police Chief M. C. Mitchell also
lent his aid in conducting a sweep
ing investigation of the robberies.
The c & G Drug Store at Mays
Head was entered; money was tax
en- from the cash register and a
few cigarettes were stolen. Perry's
Driye=In near Kitty Hawk was en-
tered and money taken from a
juke box. On the Currituck side,
the Point Harbor Grill was enter
ed and cigarettes and a small
amount of money in the juke box
were taken.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-13
STRONG FACTS FOR
IMPROVING OREGON
INLET BROUGHT OUT
Also Amazing Report The -raf-
fic Across Ferries Has Inc. IS
ed From 20 to 2I4 Cars a
Day in Ten Years

That total of 1850 ships ag-
gregating more than fifty million
tons annually pass within sight of
Cape Hatteras and the territorial
waters of Dare County, making
the heaviest concentration of ship
ping in the western hemisphere is
among the newly developed facts
contained in a new brief on Oregon
Inlet completed this week under
the direction of the Dare County
Committee on Oregon Inlet.
Additional new matter included
in the presentation of the potential
of Oregon Inlet as an asset to the
national security and economy in
cludes first comprehensive traffic
census for Oregon Inlet to be put
together and the year-to-year in
crease is shown in a tabulation
accompanying this story. Traffic
has increased from daily aver
age of 16 vehicles in 1916 to PA
in 1854.
In addition to these newly devel-
oped aspects of the problem of
Oregon Inlet other data compiled
for two earlier presentations of the
Case for Oregon Inlet undertaken
under the leadership of the late
Alvah n. Ward, has been expand
ed and brought up today making,
in the opinion of some who have
studied the new brief, the most
comprehensive examination of the
problem so far undertaken.
Annual passenger traffic across
the Inlet has increased from low
of 22,978 in 1915 to a high of
100000 for last year. Records of
traffic movement over the Inlet
were not kept until after the State
Highway Department, at the direc-
ton of the late Governor j. Mel
vile Broughton, subsidized the
ferry in 1941 and freed it of tolls.
Traffic increased spectacularly
when the State bought the ferries
outright in 1851 and began their
operation with more modern equip
\ mt.
Members of the Committee in
dde Alvah H. Ward, Jr., who IN
4 r his fathers interest in the
pro, Lawrence L. Swain, chair
man, Melvin R. Daniels, and E. P.
J White, of Buxton, member of
the Board of County Commission
ers. The brief was prepared by Ben
Dixon MacNeill.
In acknowledgements appended
to the report special thanks are
directed to Admiral Russell E.
Wood, commander of the U. s..
Coast Guard Fifth District, at
whose direction the census OF ocean
traffic was made from Diamond
Shoals Lightship and to William
N. Spruill, District Engineer for
the State Highway Department,
whose engineers assembled and
analysed the inlet traffic for the
period.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-13
Twenty Pound Tuna

Twenty Pound Tuna
Hatteras.-School tuna, some
going to 20 pounds and over have
been landed by offshore fishermen
during the past week, according to
reports here.
Plenty of bluefish and bonita
have also been taken; false alba
core are also taking trolled lures.
Most of the offshore fishing dur
ing the past week has been in the
lee of Diamond Shoals due to
northeasterly winds. The catches
of tuna were made near the west
ern edge of the Gulf Stream.
Previously, anglers going to the
Gulf Stream have been catching
a few dolphin and king mackerel.
No reports of amberjack landings
have come in during the past sew
eral days, but one party trolling
near the western edge of the Gulf
Stream in sight of Diamond Light
ship reported seeing sailfish on the
leap.
Operators of the fishing centers
here, Capt. Edgar Styron Of the
Blue Marlin Docks and Capt.
Ernal Foster of Fosters Quay
have each reported outlook good
for Gulf Stream fishing by late
May.
Fishing Piers Opened
Mays Head.-Three fishing piers
the Dare Beaches area are now
a. Operators Of these piers,
" lch were unchanged by last
ears storm, have reported whit
ing as the most plentiful variety
of fishes during the past week
Some parties caught also sea null
let and roudnheads. A few trout
have also been taken, and few
blues. These ocean piers, one at
Kitty Hawk and two in the Mays
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-13
HATTERAS MEN APPEAL
FOR IMPROVEMENT TO
THE, TOWNS HARBOR

Three greatly encouraged Hat
teras men returned this week from
Washington where Congressman
Herbert Bonner presented them as
witnesses before the Rivers and
Harbors Committee of the House
of Representatives and they were
at last able to tell the members of
it how badly off is the village of
Hatteras when the winds come
down out of the north. They badly
need breakwater.
This harbor is, as everybody
who has to use it knows, wholly
unprotected from northerly winds
that can and do sweep down from
the 35-mile width of Pamlico
Sound and pile water up in the vii
lage. Hurricanes last fall damaged
every dock in the village and toss
ed one of them, Frazier Peele's,
on the steps of the U. S. Post
office a hundred yards away.
This and more Mr.. Peele told
the Committee Monday and he
was abetted and corroborated by
and M. L. Burrus, Texaco dealer,
Donald Oden, Standard oil dealer
both of whose facilities get batter
ed because there is no defense
against a norther. The delegation
came home hopeful and encour-
aged. Members of the committee
listened with interest and SYM
pathy and Mr.. Bonner summed up
eloquently.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-13
BAPTISTS INVITE FRIENDS
TO BRING PICNIC LUNCH

The Manteo Baptist Church has
issued a general invitation to all,
to attend their 50th anniversary
celebration, Sunday, May Is. There
will be a dinner served on the
grounds after the service, and all
who will, are requested to bring a
basket to help along the good work
and make the day more enjoyable.
The congregation looks forward
to an excellent occasion on this inn
portant birthday of a vigorous
and growing church.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-13
AS REPORTED BY AYcocK BROWN

Head area have a total Of 2700
feet of overwater decking.
80 Largemouth Bass
Kill Devil Hills.-Best catch of
large mouth bass made in the
fresh waters of this section during
the past week was made by the
Deatons. The Deatons, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. r. Deaton of Delray
Beach at. Kill Devil Hills and Mr..
and Mrs. Warren C. Deaton of
Gallon, Ohio, fishing with Capt.
Grover Sawyer in lower Currituck
Sound brought in 80 largemouths.
Their fish ranged from one
See FISHING, Page Ten
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-13
MANTEO WOMAN'S CLUB
HAS IT'S ANNUAL PICNIC

The annual picnic of the Manteo
Woman's Club was held Tuesday
afternoon at Fort Raleigh. The
members were accompanied by
their families, and many other in
vited guests were present.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-13

REV. HENRY V. NAPIER, native
of Polkton came to the pastorate
of Manteo Baptist Church in 1948.
Mr.. Napier attended Wingate Jun
ior College, Wake Forest, and
Southeastern Seminary.
In May, 1850, Mr.. Napier and
Miss Imogene bayfield, were mar
ried in Wadesboro. Before coming
to Manteo, Mr.. Napier held a pas
torate in Jacksonville, in 1916 and
1916.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-13
Figures Show Travel to Hatteras Island
Is Growing Suddenly by Leaps and Bounds

Figures compiled the by automobiles the
Inlet ferry reveal growth After the road between
Rodanhe and Avon built traffic almost doubled After big ferry
1853, traffic almost doubled again Last when
second ferry used the so increase
red years. traffic than en-fod
win great
the figures supplied by Ben Dixon MacNeil
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-13

MIDGET opening date
Colony Mays Head Saturday night The
popular hosiery About so friends of the Mdg
enjoy which usual with the clam
howde for which the First Colony famous and followed with barb
Norfolk
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-07-13
Green Sea
News
BY Special Correspondent

Rev. Eddie Hough, pastor c.
Pleasant View Baptist Church
was guest speaker Sunday morn
ing and evening at the Green
Sea Baptist Church.
Clayton Lewis will conduc'
prayer services at ~" Green Sc,
Baptist Church Wcdn, sday uv. o.
ming
Mr.. aal Mrs. i. II. Dcrhaaa "a
t2ml!y sr,u, las: week al ~,
beach.
Rev. a.G Mrs. Morgan E. O.
rcatG srcH; some time in Char
lott, ... week where he re-
.cciv,.. physical cxaminat!1rs
Mrs. Gilrcath's mother Mrs. Al
cNurdcr. accompanied then.
home for a visit. They are now
at the beach.
Mrs Norwood Norris and sons
are visiting with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert HARRISON.
The Norris Wll sail for Cuba
soon to join their husband and
father who is in the service.
Vernon Clemens entertained
with 4 chicken bog and ice
cream supper at his home Friday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Lupo an
-ouncC the birth Of a son Thurs
"ay. July :. in the Conway hos
"i'al. Mrs. Lupo Is the former
Martha 10 Hayes.
AIR and Mrs. G. \. Lupo were
~ Florence Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Clcmons
md Mrs F. /. Buf.kiu were
-lorcucc visitors Tuesday.
y. O. Graham continues i'll at
his home.
Mrs. Prudie McCask.u is in
Columbia TO attend T., Wedding
= her grandson. Billy Little
John.
Mr.. and Mrs. Minis Floyd of
Cayyc spent the weekend in
Green Sea visiting.
Bruce Bryant is patient in
the Veterans hospital. Faycttc-
Vile.
Miss Mary Angela Clemens is
spcnd!ng sometime with Miss
Mary Wynnc Jackson in Tabor
City.
Edgar Clemens and Ross Glenn
onS visited Brady Gore and fam
ily Al Nakina Sunday.
Mrs. Milton Clemens vas hos
tess for the monthly meeting of
tie HomCmakcrS SUNDAY School
class at her home recently. Eight
were in attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Crosby vis-
tied in Florence Sundly.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-07-13
Seven Columbus
Anglers Making
Big Catches

Seven Columbus County lads
enlisted in the Army last month
and are now taking basic train
ing at Fort Knox Kentucky.
Sgt. Will Buchanan. Column
bus County recruItcr. released
the following list OF June enlist
ccS. JEFF Little. Rt ,, Tabor City;
James =. Bowen, Rt. l, Acme:
Robert Mckinley Williams. TT.
l. Nakina: Lcvon Dewitt. Tabor
City: Marion Johnson. RI. !.
Wh!tCvillC; Henry d. Jones Ri.
3. VAUDEVILLE; William II. SolcS.
Tabor City.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-07-13
Columbus EnIisfees Given
Chance To Form Company
Entirely Of Local Youths

Operation Tobacco Leaf" II
successful. will find a complete
Army company of Columbus
County boys serving together in
the Third Armored Division.
Sgt. Will Buchanan, Columbus
County Army recruiter. said to-
day that every effort was being
made to enlist enough men from
this county to form u complete
company.
1t marks the first time such a
project has ever been undertake
en.
According to Sgt. Buchanan
the drive will get underway to-
day with full ceremonies for ev-
cry enlistec slated for August
26. A site for the mass swearing
in exercises has not been deter
mined.
Complete details will be an
nOunced rs soon as we are able
to determine the control loca Lion
depending on the enlistees' home
residence" said Buchanan.
Approximately 100 young men
are needed to form the separate
company that will see duty IN
Germany sometime after the
first of the yea
EnlistmentS will be for three
years.
Endorsement by the city couu-
Gil In Chadbourn. Rotary Club
in Fair Bluff. Civilian Club in
Whiteville and Lions Club in
Whiteville make the success OF
the project highly probable.
Sgt. Buchanan is contracting
officials in other towns and will
address civic clubs throughout
the area lin an effort to promote
this unique project.
"These boys will stay together
during basic training and are
assured of remaining in the
same division throughout the en-
listment period" said the re-
cruiter.
Elk scrvicCmcn are being
sought during the drive. They.
according to Buchanan, will
have outstanding opportunities
in this new company.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-07-13
HEAT CAUSES
FALL FROM POLE;
WORKER INJURED

Milton Billiard. 10, OF Clark
ton broke his left wrist and sus-
tanned chest injuries when he
fell from telephone pole here
Thursday.
An employee OF Cameo Con-
structi1a Co.. he fell after being
overcome by heat while working
at the top Of a telephone pole.
His condition is reported as
good ut the Columbus County
Hospital.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-07-13
NEW PATROLMAN
JOINS COLUMBUS
HIGHWAY PATROL

Pfc. G.. +. Lane joined the loo
al State Highway Patrol in Co
lumbuS County several days ago
Lane will be stationed al
Chadbourn replacing X. NJ. Gen
Try who has been transferred to
North WilkcSboro.
A native of Wilmington. Lane
has been with the Patrol since
1851. He is married and has two
small sons.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-07-13
County TB Head
Resigns Position

Mrs. George Gold, executive
secretary of Columbus County'S
tuberculosis Association. an
nounccd today that she had re-
signed effective August |.
President Clyde Wayne said
the resignation was accepted
with regrets" by the executive
committee.
Preservation of health was
given as her reason for resigning
from the post she had held for
the past three years.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-07-13
Plans In Maxine
For Gala August
Trade Promotion

Plans are shaping up for a
gala Bargain Days" trade pro-
motion to be held August S, 6
according to X. p. Counts. exc
cutive secretary Of the local
Merchants Association.
Merchants have been contact
ed this week regarding their
participation in the big promo
ton.
I've seen IS merchants and
each has expressed his desire to
participate in the promotion"
said Counts.
Better-than-ever prices will
be given customers who trade in
Tabor City during "Barga ain
Days"
In addition to the special mer-
chandising feature, Hank Nobels
and his musicians will be feat
ured in concert on Friday aft
ernoon. August ). A street dance
will climax the Friday events.
Dancing will be held from eigh
o'clock until
Counts reminded merchants
of the annual tobacco motorcade
TO be held August Z. Again.
Hank Nobels will furnish music
for the farmers along the route
taken by the motorcade. Han;
will play at the various stops
made by the group.
\ map outlining the route 20
he taken by the motorcade will
be available next week Counts
said this morning.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-07-13

Governor Luther Hodges is
expected to attend the mass
ceremonies.
EnliStceS in this special COM
oany will take basic training at
Fort Knox, Kentucky for an
period.
The Nome nugget., 1955-09-26
Another Judge Recommended For 3rd Division

WASHINGTON, R-The direc- tor of the administrative office for US. courts has Reiterated his belief that Alaska's 3rd Division should have another federal judge.
 Henry P. Chandler, the official, told Chief Justice Earl Warren and members of the judicial con- ference of the United States that the 3rd Division "has an extreme ly heavy case load" and congested dockets.
 He backed this up in his annual report with figures showing that although the division closed 143 more civil cases in the 12 months ended June 30 than it did the pre- vious year, it's backing increased by TIT cases to a total of 1,543.
 He noted also that the 4th Div lSlOn "haS fallen behind In the disposition of civil cases and the number of pending cases has in creased in each of the past 12 years"
 Except for the 4th Division, all Alaska courts showed a de- cline in pending criminal cases at the end of the year. There were no such cases pending in the End Division, 12 in the 1st and in the 3rd the total fell off from 196 to 84. The pending criminal caseload in the 4th Division climbed from the previous years Fl to 105.
The Nome nugget., 1955-09-26

asked to decide what powers may be delegated.
 The Constitution provides that the Vice President take over in case of the removal of the PreSi- dent, his death, resignation or inability to discharge the powers and duties of office"
 Only when President has died has a Vice President ever taken over, however. No President has ever retired while in office, all though the possibility was discus sed after President Woodrow Will son suffered a stroke Oct. 2, 1919. He finished out the IT months of his term and survived for three more years.
 Secretary Dulles told reporters that Eisenhower has forged a team" of his top officials who know their respective tasks. This team, he added, can carry on with full effectiveness permitting ample time" for the President to recover without jeopardizing the nation.
 He said he himself planned to continue with preparations for the Geneva Big Four foreign minis ters conference opening Oct. 27-
 Secretary Humphrey, also em- phasizing the team aspect, told newsmen "you can count on the government continuing in the ab- sence of the President due to ill., ness the same as they would con- tinue in any other temporary ab- sence the same policies will carried out in the same way"
The Nome nugget., 1955-09-26
Lyng's Death Leaves Legal Issue
 On Write-in Candidates; Possible
 Mike Walsh Gets Convention Seat

JUNEAU, R-Territorial Sens Howard Lyng's death has left AL aska officials with legal issue about write-in candidates.
 They must determine whether a write-in candidate must declare his candidacy formally before the votes for him can be considered valid.
 The Nome senator was one of four unopposed candidates elected Sept. 13 to the End Divisions four at-large seats in the Alaska Con- stitutional Convention. Lyng's death left one vacancy.
The Nome nugget., 1955-09-26

The act providing for the con- vention election specifics that in the event of the death of an elect ed delegate the vacancy shall be filled by the candidate who re- ceived the next highest number of votes in the election district.
 There were no other candidates names on the ballot for the four at-large seats, but M. J. Walsh of Nome received three write-in votes.
 Walsh had not sought a dele
 Continued on Page Three)
The Nome nugget., 1955-09-26
The National Security Council Becomes Policy Making Agency In
 Government Until Ike's Recovery

WASHINGTON, R m T h e United States government went to work on a business as usual pol icy today despite the loss of Presi- dent Eisenhower's active leader ship for an indefinite period.
 The National Security Council now becomes the most important policy making agency in the gov ernment. A strong advisory group, it now affords the mechanism through which Vice President Nixon will act in some degree as a substitute president, and others can share problems which other wise would be the Presidents.
 Assurances that the domestic and foreign policies and opera tions of the Eisenhower admins tration will go forward without a hitch came quickly yesterday from NlxOn and three cabinet sec retaries-Dulles of State, Humph- rey of Treasury and Benson of Agriculture.
 Eisenhower retains the full powers of the presidency, but many of his responsibilities and much more of the work load that normally would be his can be delegated to others.
 Even while recuperating from the heart attack which struck him Saturday, Eisenhower pre- sumably could sign papers and make those decisions important enough to be brought to his at- tention.
 At Denver, White House Press Secretary James c. Hagerty said the Justice Department has been
The Nome nugget., 1955-09-26
Coastal Rambler Departs For Nome From Seattle
 With Large Varied Cargo

SEATTLE, LR - Two signs of approaching winter were in evil dence at Pier AZ, home of Alaska Steamship Co. ships.
 One was the departure of the Coastal Rambler on the last voy- age of the year to Nome and other Boring Sea ports, which soon will be icebound until next summer.
 Aboard the Coastal Rambler were large amounts of groceries, fuel oil, gasoline and lubricating oil, and lumber and other build ing supplies for the areas around St. Michael, Unalakleet, Nome and Teller.
 There were also large amounts of beverages, a normal cargo item, and a small shipment of fireworks, an item which was more puzzling at this time of year.
 Another sign of approaching winter was cargo being loaded on the Square Sinnet, which left yes terday for Seward.
 Included were some 50 boys sleds and also a quantity of snow shoVelS.