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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-26

One Of the Presbyterian Church,
great early leaders in the South
was featured IN the address given
at the Slate Hill Chapter Daueh-
ters Of the American Revolution
banquet Wedne day at Long
wood House
Speaking before group Of
some IS members and guests Df
Francis b Simklns. Southern his
torian and history professor at
LongWood College. told Of the life
and work Of Or. Robert l. Dabney
the Presbyterian minister who
made Union Theological Seminary
at Hanpden sydney famous
throughout the South ia the lat-
ter part of the 18th century.
Born In Louisa County. Dr.
Dabney attended Hampden-Syd-
ney for a while ais q youth but
feeling he knew more than the
teachers there he LEFT and entered
the University Of Virginia The
1niyersitv he found little better.
but admitted he had learned
something more than mis- private
tutors had taught him as a boy
In 1916 he was ordained a
minister in tn 4 Presbyterian
Church having been teaching at
Hampden Sydney since 1886
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-26
Enlists

He enlisted as chaplain IN
the Confederate forces during the
war, and served as chief Of staff
for Stonewall Jackson until a
difference Of opinion made him
resign from Jacksons service. Tic
then. one summer. fought as an
ordinary soldier dressed in his
ministerial habit.
After the war was over, he re-
Evening star., 1955-11-20
Sports Cars to Invade
Nassau for Speed Week

2oo-mile competition the follow
ling Sunday.
To a British vacation city,
used to clip-clopping surreys
and a preponderance of English
lsedans, the arrival Of the speed
lsters probably will bring looks Of
awe from pith-helmeted police
and gaping residents and vis-
Iitors.
After the cars are unloaded at
Prince George Wharf, Nassau
will lose a touch Of its quaint
mess for a few days as Ferraris,
Porsches, Jaguars. Austin
Healeys and many others glide
down Bay street shopping dis
Itrict. puttering around and
tuning up for the thrills and
lglories Of race competition.
Several airlines and the Queen
Iof Nassau are preparing to haul
heavy passenger loads to Mas
fsau for speed week.
The Queen Of Nassau, leaving
Miami on Mondays and Fridays.
will make three crossings with
race -bound visitors. The bulk
of the liners race passengers will
make the sailing on December S.
Following the wind-up of the
races on Sunday, the ship will
return in time for most visitors
from the Miami area to go to
work Monday morning.
Evening star., 1955-11-20

PHOENIX.
A bright new look - to the
tune of some 81 million-will
greet vacationers in the winter
resort of Phoenix and the Valley
of the Sun this year.
The sum represents only the
amount of redecorating. addi-
tions and improvements in the
areas older resorts and motor
hotels. In addition, another 81
million has been spent on new
motor hotel construction, res
taurants, swimming pools and
sports facilities.
Biggest improvement is being
made by the Sky Riders Hotel.
the Nations first airport hotel,
located at Sky Harbor Airport.
Operators are adding "a new
units, bringing the total to 80,
Ia coffee shop, cocktail lounge,
multi-purpose room and new
recreational facilities. Total cost
Evening star., 1955-11-20
How Teddy Roosevelt Developed
Self Confidence and Courage
By DALE CARNEGIE
By DAkE CARNEGIE
Aushor se "RaeW 10 Win Friends and influences Psepls"
and 'stsow 10 Step Worrying and Start Living"

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with the Dale Carnegie Course, I've
seen that happen with my own eyes
to thousands of suecess-minded
people. also know that il is not
lack Of ability, but lack Of self
confidence, that holds many people
back from further success.
The Dale Carnegie Course can
help you gain self-con6dence and
develop other qualities that ean help
you realize your potential abilities.
II teaches valuable rules that also
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speak more effectively
become a leader, In this Course you
put these rules into practice under
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Evening star., 1955-11-20

sorts total number Of accom-
modations to $50.
The managers Of the Arizona
Manor, one of the Valleys year.
round resorts. have spent some
$50, 900 recently to build new
dining room. called 'LeVon's
Holiday" and to redecorate
rooms. The new dining room win
have an innovation in that
guests may pick out their own
steaks, brand" them and watch
them broiled in an all-copper
barbecue pit.
Los Olivos, a guest lodge with
individual kitchenettes in all
units. has doubled It's capacity
| to 100 guests. In addition. Jokake
Inn, Paradise Inn. Arizona AM
bassador, Arizona Ranch House.
and several Of the Wickenburg
dude ranches have spruced up
considerably over last year.
Evening star., 1955-11-20
Phoenix Area Increases
Glamour for Tourists

of the Improvements viii be
$3.50, 900.
The old Palmesa Court has
been done over at the cost of
100000 and has been renamed
the Sandman Motor Hotel. The
| 30-unit hotel will cater to tour
lists seeking a residential-type
establishment.
At the Wigwam. one Of the
Valleys major resorts In nearby
Litchfield Park. some 100000
has been spent on new units and
la 200-capacity convention room,
The new additions bring the re-
Evening star., 1955-11-20
Baggage Declarations
Eliminated BY Jumoicu
KINGSTON

Visitors to Jamaica, one of the
fastest growing Caribbean play
grounds, no longer must flll out
baggage declarations.
This document has been elimi-
mated by the British colony fol
tourists as well as business
travellers. The move stems from
an intensive campaign to cut
travel red tape launched by the
Airlines Association in Jamaica
Evening star., 1955-11-20
NOTEBOOK

Continued From Page Gle
scheduled to start early next
year; the dedication in July
1858. The airport site is II miles
northwest Of Bogota.
Miami Beach's Hotel Seville
still under construction. planned
to import live bull from Seville
Spain, for its debut December
Is. as part Of the atmosphere
for It's all-Spanish decor. The
United States Agriculture De-
partment said 1t couldn't be
done. according to the owners
who changed signals In favor Of
a live United States bull.
Evening star., 1955-11-20
| Road to Roosevelt
IHideuwuy Improved
WARM SPRINGS. Ca

Franklin D. Roosevelt's fa-
vorite hideaway in Georgia. deep
In the woods and overlooking
beautiful Pine Mountain Valley,
has been made more accessible
for visitors.
The State highway depart
ment recently widened and
paved the mile-long dirt road
leading to Dowdell's Knob from
the Franklin D. Roosevelt high
way atop Pine Mountain. land
scaped the area at the high
escarpment and built five large
concrete picnic tables and two
grills for public use. The rim
of the overlook has been made
safe by an embankment of huge
|lichen-covered boulders, lifted
from the side of the mountain
Evening star., 1955-11-20
West coost Flight
Permits Alternative

United Air Lines passengers
using excursion coach fares on
flights between Washington,
ID. c.. and California can pick an
alternate route for the return
trip now.
Local travellers flying to Los
Angeles. for example, now are
able TO return via San Francisco
or Oakland. Previously passen-
gers were required to return from
the destination point.
Evening star., 1955-11-20
Heidelberg TO Offer
More Hotel Space
HEIDELBERG.

HEIDELBERG.
BY next April. when the main
travel season opens in Heidel-
burg. Germany. the famed City
of the Student Prince will have
its full complement of hotels
operating and viii be able to &C.
Icommodate more than 5000
travellers at q time.
All hotels which have been oc-
Icupled by allied forces since the
war are now in the process Of de-
Irequisition and renovation. These
include the well-known Euro
|paeischer Hof. Schlosshotel
Bayerischer Hot and Hotel
|Schrieder.
Evening star., 1955-11-20
NASSAU. Bahamas.

Hundreds Of early bird vaca-
'tioners viii be heading for Mas
sau early next month to attend
Bahamas speed Week. this city's
international sports car road
race classic.
Set for the week December
l5-l, speed week events will gel
of to a roaring start with an
even 100 drivers at the helm OF
some of the worlds speediesi
sports cars. Main events viii
feature a 100-mile race on Fsf-
day, December 8. and a gruelline
Evening star., 1955-11-20

T E d d y
Roosevelt was
courageous
and seif-re-
liant, but was
he born that
way? On the
contrary. He
confesses in his
A Autobiography
that when he
Evening star., 1955-11-20

was shy and lacked belief in himself.
He struggled for years TO train him
self to tougher not only his muscles
but also his will power and nerve.
Where did the famous Rough
Rider" get his self-confdence and
courage? He admits that he had
bcen afraid Of many things from
bears. to mean" horses and men
who fought with guns, But he dis
covered that by acting as il he
weren't afraid, he gradually stopped
being afraid.
Teddy Roosevelt would doubtless
have agreed with me when ] say
that il you ACT self-conhdent and
courageous, you'll BECOME self
confident and courageous. ] know.
Evening star., 1955-11-20
New Fronconiu Service
NEW YORF

| NEW YORK.
The 20,000-ton Cunard liner
Franconia has been scheduled to
Ienter the New York Cobb Liver
pool service commencing east
bound from New York next
May 8.
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ship Company, and Archibald E.
King, executive vice-president.
Also attending the dinner were
the heads of all departments of
the company.
Capt. Tillett's seagoing career
began in 1909 at the age of 10,
when he went to Norfolk, from
his native Mays Head and began
tow boating for the Smith Tow
ing Company. Later he worked a
year for the Richmond Cedar
Works, towing logs from North
Carolina to Richmond, Va.
Moving farther out to sea, he
next became a quartermaster for
the Old Dominion Line, sailing
from Norfolk to New York.
He received his third mates
license in 1918, went with the
Morgan Line in that year and
stayed with them until he was
called into the Navy in World
War I.
See TILLETT, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-03-18
PIRATE COSTUMES
ARE TO PREVAIL
DURING JAMBOREE
Descriptions of Clothing Worn
During Blackboard Era Viii
Help 3 in Preparing
For Festival

Colorful costumes will be seen
along the Dare County coast dur
ing the week end of April 80 for
the Pirate Jamboree.
Residents and visitors are ex-
pected to be in costumes repre-
senting the seventeenth century
era. This was. the time on the
coast when Blackboard reigned
over the coastal waters.
Suggested costumes for those
who wish to represent Carolina
planters are as follows: for the
men, long coats and full breeches,
the breaches reaching to the
knees. The coat can be patterned
from a mans vest with long tails
and full sleeves. Materials can be
either of silks, brocades, or linens
or less expensive cloth as khaki
and unbleached muslin. The cravat
can be made of cheese cloth or
fancier material. The shirts fully
pleated down the front, and the
stockings were of long black cot
ton. Regular oxfords can be worn
with large silver or gold buckles.
The hats had large brims with one
plume on the side. Wigs can be
made of black or brown crepe pa
per twisted to represent curls
sewed on a stocking skull cap.
The women wore close fitting
bodices that pointed at the front
of the waistline. The puff sleeves
and neck line were edged with
lace. The skirt of the dress was
open in front to show decorative
petticoats, some were draped at
the hips and held by bows of rib
bon, slight train in the back.
Feather fans, long white gloves,
pearl necklaces and silk slippers.
Hair curled softly around the face
with one or more curls over the
shoulder. Dress materials were
either silk or fIowered cottons.
The colonist costumes for the
See JAMBOREE, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-03-18
TRUE TO TRADITION
THERE WAS A SQUALL
"OLD QUAWK'S" DAY

Wednesday was st. Patrick's
Day eve throughout the world for
Irishmen, but on the Outer Banks
and especially at Ocracoke, it was
"Old Quawk's Day" And true to
tradition, there were sudden
squalls during the day.
In the folklore of Ocracoke "Old
Quawk" was the island name for
a half-breed Caribbean character
who had landed at Ocracoke from
schooner in the West Indian
trade many years ago. Because of
his tone of voice, and general dis
position, the man with a hard to
pronounce Spanish name became
known as "Old Quawk," after the
elusive. night heron which fire.
quents the Outer Banks marshes
and when disturbed produced a
"quawking" noise.
Old Quawk was Goddess
character, according to folk lore.
One morning he boarded his spirit
sail skiff to get net fishing out in
Pamlico Sound. Islanders on the
shorefront advised him not to go.
There would be squally weather,
and no day for a man to be in the
See SQUALL, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-03-18
NEViN WESCOTT OFFICER
IN CHARGE AT OCRACOKE

Nevin Wescott of Manteo, Chief
Boatswain's Mate, USCG, took
command of Ocracoke Lifeboat
Station Wednesday, after seven
years as officer in charge of Mays
Head Station. The larger station
at Ocracoke is something in the
way of promotion, but it is sta
ton that few men have desired
to command because of the incon-
venience of travel back and forth.
Despite all the delightful living
at Ocracoke, the slow journey in
and out has been discouraging.
But now there are prospects of
road. Location crews are on
Ocracoke this week making sur
veys, and Ocracoke in time will be
sought after by ambitious Coatst-
guardsmen.
Chief Wescott is the son of
Capt. John Wescott, late retired
Coast Guard officer of Manteo,
and a grandson of the late Capt.
Joe Wescott. He is one of the
most popular younger officers in
the service.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-03-18
HIGHWAY ENGINEERS ARE
SURVEYING FOR ROAD

N. C. Highway Engineers ar
rived at Ocracoke Monday of this
week to begin survey of the pro-
posed road between Ocracoke VII
lage and Hatteras inlet. At this
-cture they are 1g survey
- g existing paveu roads IN the
~ E. R. M. Saunders. Division l
Aeer, is in cl Of the
1rk. With him on lie job are
III. l.. Everett and j. E. Orreli OF
Raleigh, t. L. Bishop OF Swan
Quarter, T. B. Mayes of Zebulon,
R. S. Wooten of Trenton, and j.
e. Orrell of Elizabeth City.
This group is thoroughly con-
WINGED Of the need of road down
the Island. On Monday afternoon
their big Dodge power-wagon got
stuck and when they attempted to
pull that out by jeep, the jeep got
stuck, so the local Coast Guard
truck had to effect a rescue.
Semper Paratus!
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-03-18
RAY VAUGHN TILLETT, MACS HEAD
NATIVE, RETIRES AFTER 46 YEARS
OF COLORFUL SEAFARING CAREER

Planning to spend while now
getting acquainted with my fam
ily," Capt. R. v. Tillett, who re-
Gently retired as commodore of
the fleet of the Isthmian Steam
ship Company after 46 years at
sea, reported that he expects to
divide his time between his home
at 10S Bloomingdale avenue,
Crawford, New Jersey; and the
large home with a view of the
ocean which he built two years
ago in his native Mays Head on
the Outer Banks of North Caro-
lima, according to an interview in
his local newspaper.
Most of his voyages have lasted
from two to six months in dura-
ton, with only a few days on
shore in between, and as a result,
Capt. Tillett remarked, he has
been out of touch with many
members of his family.
There is much to hold him and
his wife in New Jersey now that
he is retired, for their daughter,
Joan, married to Patrolman Rich
ard Schofield, and their 2-year-old
grandson also reside there, at as
Richmond avenue. Crawford has
been the home of the Tilletts for
80 years.
But Capt Tillett himself was
born on the Tillman Tillett home
place at Mays Head, North Caro-
lima and worked out of that state
and Virginia when he first began
his life at sea in 1909, and many
of his relatives and friends still
live in those states. These facts,
togethe- with the ocean view af-
forde, his new home at Mays
Head, probably will influence
many trips south in the future.
When his retirement became Of
ficial on January 81, Capt. Tillett
was honored at a luncheon given
at the India House in New York,
at which time he was presented
with a hand-lettered scroll ex-
pressing the following sentiments
"T'he associates and colleagues
of Ray Vaughn Tillett, commo-
dore of the Isthmian Steamship
Company Fleet, express their re-
spect and affection for tried
and trusted friend, who, through
out the "a and one-half years of
his association with the company,
has ever reflected in unique and
outstanding manner the essentials
of integrity and efficiency; as a
consequence of which he has con-
sistently advanced the interests
and welfare of the company and
its employees"
Presentation of the scroll was
made by Adm. Glenn B. Davis,
president of the Isthmian Steam
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-03-18
LATE SEASHORE PARK
NEWS DURING THE WEEK

A shortwave radio system is to
be established at Cape Hatteras
National Seashore Recreational
Area during early spring. Off
Gals of the National Park Service
have long recognized the many
advantages radio has to offer an
area with widely separated de-
velopments, such as the National
Seashore, but definite plans for
the installation of radio here have
been delayed, pending study of
local communications problems.
Verne Rowley, National Park
Service Supervising Electronics
Engineer, Washington, and Re-
gional Engineer Tyler Kiener,
Richmond, spent several days at
the National Seashore completing
necessary studies and plans. Fix
ed stations are to be established
at the Bodie Island Headquarters,
Chicamacomico, Cape Hatteras
and Ocracoke. Mobile units will be
installed in ranger patrol and
maintenance vehicles. Other units
will be added as required.
The new system will, in point
of time, bring the various sec
tons of the area closer together
and will contribute toward more
efficient use of manpower. This
will result in Setter maintenance,
more effective protection prac-
tees and increased services to the
visitor.
V. R. Ludgate, National Park
Service Regional Landscape Ar
chitect, Richmond, was at Cape
Hatteras National Seashore Rec
reational Area February "a
March IL inspecting construction
work now in progress and assist
ing with the preparation of plans
for the future. developments. Prof
ects under consideration included
roads and structures 1t the Bodie
Island bathing beach, Bodie Is
land Lighthouse and museum, inn
proved facilities near Cape Point
and at Fort Raleigh National His
toric Site. Also in the area for
several days we've Engineers
See PARK, Page -Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-03-18
STEAMER TRENTON
RECALLED BY AGING
MASTER IN MANTEO
They Were Fine Old Days To
Remember When Travel To
Elizabeth City Was
By Boat
By EARL DEAN
In The News and Observer)

(ln The News and Observer)
Manteo.-Captain Martin l..
Johnson, the man who operated
the only freight, mail and passen-
ger boat service between Eliza
beth City, Mays Head and Manteo
for more than half century, will
be eighty-three years old on the
last day of April.
AS master of the Eastern Caro-
lima Transportation Company's
faithful little steamer, Trenton"
which piled the waters of Abe
marie Sound between Elizabeth
City and Roanoke Island for many
years, he was, in his hey-day, one
of the best-known and most popu-
lar men in all of Dare County. Re
tired now, and living quietly with
his wife in his comfortable home
here on the waterfront, Capt.
Johnson has seen many changes
on old Roanoke Island and the
nearby beaches since he began his
maritime career in the old sailing
vessel, "Lew Willis" back in 1890.
Hard-surfaced highways and
bridges across intervening waters
which now link Dare County's
"Lost Provinces" with the rest of
North Carolina as well as the OUT
side world, and the September
hurricane of 1888 which swept
away Graham Hollowell's long
pier on the sound side of Mays
Head, all helped put the "Trent-
on" out of business. She reached
the end of her journeys in the
Neuse River and only her sunken,
water-logged hull remains beside
a bridge between New Bern and
Morhead City. But Captain John
son continued active in the trans
portation business long after the
demise of the "Trenton. And he,
like a good many others nova
days, recalls with nostalgia, the
less-hurried days when a leisurely
five-hour trip by boat on the wa
tiers of Albemarle Sound was the
only way to get to Mays Head
and Manteo.
Dare Native
A native of Dare County, Capt.
Johnson was born at Manteo on
April 80, 1872 in the old Tranquil
House," long a familiar landmark
on Roanoke Island, now rapidly
going to wreck and ruin. Destined
See TRENTON, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-03-18
WEATHER STATION
PLANS AT HATTERAS
DISCUSSED FURTHER
UnrivaIed. Facilities Contemplated
For Future Use; Old Steel
Light Tower Considered

Buxton on Cape Hatteras. Mar.
17.-Pending the selection and ac-
ouisition of permanent site for
the Weather Bureaus hurricane
warning center here temporary
installation to serve for the 1855
hurricane season will be made at
the weather facility at Hatteras,
II miles west of here, according
to statements made here last
week by w. H. Powell of New
York and Vaughan D. Rockney, of
Washington, both administrative
officials of the Bureau.
When the installation here is
completed, contemplated for late
this year, all the activity of the
Weather Bureau in this area will
be concentrated here and this will,
in effect, be a homecoming for
the weather bureau to the immed-
late vicinity where it was estab-
lished 80 years ago, with the first
rude instruments set up in the
Lighthouse and, later, in the resi-
dence of the Lighthouse keeper,
who doubled also as weather OBJ
server.
AS described by Mr.. Powell and
Mr.. Rockney the installation here
will be the most modern in the
world, going even beyond the hur-
ricane warning center at Miami
which, until now, has borne the
brunt of locating and predicting
the movement of hurricanes. So
sensitive will be the radar equip
ment that it will be able to detect
a duck landing on water five miles
away, and it will have range of
800 miles over water, eastward
See STATION, Page Four