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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-08
DARE co. WOMEN
LOOK FORWARD TO
DISTRICT MEETING

The District Home Demonstra-
ton meet will be held at Sandy
Cross Church, Gates county
Thursday, April IA, at 1880 a. m.
Lunch will be served by Gates
county women for 81 per plate.
Mrs. Melvin Daniels of Wanchese
will give response to the welcome.
Mrs. Lena Pearsall of Manteo as
chairman of committee will pre-
sent resolutions, Mrs. Troy Beas-
ley of Colington has been nomi-
mated as second vice-president and
following the election of the Dis
trict officers. the installation will
be by Miss Florence Cox, the new
District Agent.
Mrs. John Austin of Frisco will
serve on the courtesy committee,
Mrs. C. P. Midget of Mays Head
will serve on the nominating COM
mittee. Mrs. Horace Dough of Kill
Devil Hills on the place commit
tee. Mrs. Curtis Toler of Kitty
Hawk on the gavel committee.
There will be a special bus leav-
ing Manteo at 8 a. m. if enough
women will notify the agents
office not later than Saturday Of
this week, of their desire to go
on this bus. Otherwise each indi-
vidual will be responsible for her
own transportation. Miss Ruth
Current, State Home Agent will
be main speaker.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-08
JAMBOREE
Continued from Page One).

ing. These range from self made
apparel to authentic clothes which
historical documents reflect as
the type of dressing of the 18th
and 18th Century days of piracy.
Mrs. Tom Briggs of the Croatan
Hotel and Mrs. Sue Ballowe of
Davis Clothiers here in Manteo
are co-chairmen of the committee
and they have a world of advice
and suggestions for costumes.
Members of the Boat Racing
Committee hope 100 craft will
take part in the races which mark
the finals of the Jamboree on
Sunday afternoon, May l, at
Manteo.
Other committee who will have
charge of the Pirates Ball, the
board contest, pirate queen event,
treasure hunts, jallopy and jeep
races, the nag with lantern clas-
sizes, moder plane contests and the
Friday evening Pirates Party all
scheduled for the Dare Beaches
area have reported "plans COM
pleted" or nearing completion"
News from Hatteras Island
where the Pirates Jamboree opens
on Friday morning, April 20, in
dictate that everything will go off
as scheduled there, including the
surf fishing contests, the Worlds
biggest fish fry, buccaneer beau
ty contest, banker pony races, (by
Ocracoke Islands unique mounted
Boy Scouts) and the beach buggy
races. "It has been monumental
task and our local folks and
friends of Hatteras Island have
given much cooperation" said
George Fuller, overall chairman Of
the island events. The Hatteras
phase of the Jamboree begins at
6o'clock in the morning with surf
fishing competition and ends very
late on Friday evening with a
Buccaneer Ball at Tandy's.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-08
THE CRADDOCKS KNOW THE
VALUE OF GOOD NEIGHBORS

''It's great to have good neigh
bors, and but for their good work,
we would have lost our home sew
eral days ago." say Mr.. and Mrs.
H. R. Craddock of Manns Harbor.
I'VE don't know how to thank
everyone, but we do, from the bot
tom of our hearts.
A fire set by some small boys
playing hockey from school is be-
lieved to have started the woods
fire which came up to the Grad
dock premises. The fire burned
down two or three outbuildings
owned by Mr.. Craddock, who was
out of town that day, but the
neighbors, just about everyone on
the place came to the rescue and
prevented the fire from getting
to other property.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-08
MRS. ANNIE C. wEATHERLY

Columbia. - Funeral services
for Mrs. Annie G. Weatherly, ~,
who died Saturday morning at her
home on Route 8, Columbia, were
conducted Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock at Malachi Chapel Free
Will Baptist Church by the Rev:
Mr.. Evans, pastor, assisted by the
Rev. Don Wagner. Burial was in
Palmore Cemetery. Mrs. Weather
ly was a native of Washington
County, the daughter of Sanford
and Hester Davis Sexton. She was
the wife of Ben F. Weatherly and
a member of the Malachi Chapel
Free Will Baptist Church. Surviv-
ing besides her husband are two
sons, Robert and Ralph Weatherly
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-08
WALKERS TO CONSTRUCT
I "A NEW CAFE BUILDING

Erection of a two-story brick
building in Manteo adjacent to the
Jail, on Lodge Street opposite the
Pioneer Theatre is planned inn
mediately by Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil
Walker, who operate Walkers
Diner. Mrs. Walker has by hard
work and good service developed
good cafe building in the limit
ed quarters of the diner, and when
the building is completed, she will
operate on the first floor mod
ern cafe, and will have apartments
on the second floor. While con-
struction on the new building is
underway, business will continue
as usual in the old diner which
has been moved to one side of the
-lOt
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-08
MRS. ELLA FRANCES O'NEAL

Mrs. Ella Frances O'Neal, IS,
wife of George W. O'Neal, and
daughter of the late Benjamin and
Almira Hayman Tillett, and a
lifelong resident of Kitty Hawk,
died at the Marine Hospital, Nor
folk, after a long period of fail
ing health. She was a member of
the Primitive Baptist Church Of
Kitty Hawk. She is survived by
four sons: Odell Tillett, Melvin
Tillett of Norfolk; Alvah E.
O'Neal and Mitchell O'Neal; by
one daughter, Mrs. Leon Perry. BY
three sisters, Mrs. Mary L.
Perry, Mrs. Jennie Beasley of
Kitty Hawk and Mrs. j. B. O'Neal
of Manteo; one brother, Will Til
lett of Kitty Hawk; by ten grand
children and % great grand-chil-
dren.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-08
SENIORS
Continued from Page One)

here Friday the fifteenth of April.
And where will you be? At the
school auditorium we hope at 8
o'clock in the evening. We think
we have a very good play, though
at the time of this writing, Mrs.
Jean T. Ward is growing silvery
haired by the moment, as all good
directors do before their plays.
Anyhow folks, please come; you
all need the fun and relaxation
we, the seniors need the inspira-
ton of your presence.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-08
PRE-SCHOOL CLINICS

Pre-school clinics will be held
Tuesday, April IL, in Wanchese
and Kitty Hawk. DIR. w. w. john
ston, county health officer, asks
all parents who have children who
viii enter school next fall to have
the children at the clinics for
examination and immunization
against contagious diseases. The
Wanchese clinic will be held at
10 o'clock Tuesday morning; the
Kitty Hawk clinic to two o'clock
Tuesday afternoon in the school
buildings.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-08
CANNADY ON DEANS LIST

Dan Cannady, Jr., of Manteo
has been named on the Deans List
at East Carolina Teachers College,
Greenville. Young Cannady is
back at East Carolina after
spending four years with the U.
S. Air Force. He attended East
Carolina for three years before
entering the service, and will
graduate next year. He is a
science major.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-08
SKILES IN CHARLESTON

Charleston, S. C. (FHTNC)-
Norman F. Skies, chief radioman,
USN, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
C. Skies of Kitty Hawk, and hus-
band of the former Miss Gladys
Padrick of Wilmington, is now
serving at the Fleet Training
Center here as an instructor in
the Radio School.
Before entering the Navy,
Skies was graduated from Eliza
beth City High School, Elizabeth
City.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-08
MANTEO CARDINALS WIN
TWICE FROM TWO TEAMS

Four times have the Manteo
Cardinals, the young local team
covered themselves with glory.
Twice apiece they have won over
Kitty Hawk and Wanchese. The
second time Ger Kitty Hawk was
this week when they won by a
score of IL to nine.
The team is engaged in a cam
paign now to get uniforms.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-08
U. S. "a BOOSTERS
BID FOR BUSINESS
AS SEASON OPENS
Many Advantages of travelling
History's Highway Cited
By Firms Serving II.

A dozen firms on U. S. 81 are
calling attention this week to the
saving in distance this route af-
fords the tourist, and they also
suggest that this highway offers
lot in sport, both in hunting and
fishing in season. U. S. "a is a
highway stretching from the At
lantic to the Pacific.
In Columbia, the hotel is under
the management of Mrs. Ruth
Everton, and offers good accom-
modations for tourists. Mrs. Ever
ton also operates a drive in grill
which offers good service Column
bia has two excellent service
stations. Floyd E. Cohoon, ESQ
Distributor operates next to the
bridge, and adjoining the hotel,
and Charles Cohoon, Texaco Dis
tributor operates across from
courthouse square.
Carley's Cafe, operated by Bill
Van Horn is a good eating place
in Columbia and is doing a good
job, serving chickens, seafood,
steaks and barbecue. This cafe is
located in the heart of Columbia.
A splendid roadside cafe is oper-
ated at Creswell by Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Davenport. This cafe has
plenty of parking space, and a
modern service station next to it
to assure the customer quick
service while eating.
In Columbia will be found the
largest of the three banking
houses of the East Carolina
Bank, which is under the manage
ment of M. A. Matthews, vice
president and cashier. This bank
has been a great instrument in
developing Hyde and Tyrrell and
sections of Dare and Washington
Counties. 1t has branches at
Swan Quarter and Engelhard.
Halfway between Columbia
and the Alligator River ferry at
Sandy Point will be found uni
que headquarters for sportsmen in
Morris Pritchett's Sandy Point
Service Station. Here are boats
for rent, or one may be bought
newly built. The Pritchetts have
built canals into the highway from
Alligator Creek, and the property
is we'll served for the convenience
of fishermen. Some big catches of
bass, Dream, and other fish have
been made at this point.
Coming over to the mainland of
DARE County will be found a
modern newly built motor court,
the Croatan Motel, operated by
w. S. White, which is a credit to
this community. All rooms have
baths. There are complete house
keeping units also.
In Manns Harbor will be found
the friendly cafe operated by Mr..
and Mrs. Ira Spencer This cafe
has been running successfully for
about six years. 1t is famed for
it's seafood and oysters in season.
The Spencers are natives and
know good fish and how to fix
them.
H. R. Craddock operates mod
ern Amoco service station nearby.
Mr.. Craddock has been in business
for many years and is well in
formed man on fishing, He ar
ranges accommodations for hunt
ing and fishing parties. The
Manns Harhor area is famed for
it's bear and deer hunting in sea-
son, as we'll as the nearby bass
fishing in East Lake waters.
On the Manteo end of the
journey will be found a new motor
court, the Manteo Motel, operated
by Mrs. E. R. Meekins and Mrs.
B. A. Evans. This motel is just
north of the town limits in a quiet
neighborhood, and is handsome,
clean and modern in all respects.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-08
REVIVAL SERVICES TO BE
HELD AT STUMPY POINT

The Rev. A. S. Lancaster,
Methodist minister of the Colds
boro district is to be the speaker
at revival services to be held at
the Stumpy Point Methodist
Church beginning Monday, April
%, and continuing through Sun
day night, May 1. Services are to
be held each night during the
week. The public is invited to
attend.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-08
BUREAU
Continued from Page One)

bills regulating Justice of the
Peace fees in Dare County. They
cancelled some tax penalties
against the Cecil Midget estate
at Stumpy Point.
The Board set Wednesday and
Thursday, April 20 and 21st to
hear complaints as to tax regula-
Itions for 1854.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-08
SCOUTS CAMP AT MASHOES

A patrol leaders hike took sew
eral Manteo Boy Scouts to Ma
shoes last week end for an over
night camping trip. Leaving Man.
teo at noon Saturday and return
ing at noon Sunday were scout
leader, A. H. Ward, Jr. and assis7
tant scout leader, Sidney Shaw;
Raymond White, Jr., Lloyd Wes-
cot, Preston Clark and Melvin
Twiddy.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-08

of Route 8, Columbia; one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Dora Thornton of Ports
mouth, Va; one brother, L. v.
Sexton of Creswell; three sisters,
Mrs. M. nj. Williams of Norfolk,
Mrs. ]. c. Woods of Orlando, Fla,
and Mrs. Frank Swain of Cres-
well; and six grandchildren.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-08
DARE SCHOOLS CLOSED MON.

All schools in Dare County will
be closed for holiday on Easter
Monday, according to announce
ment by Mrs. Mary L. Evans,
superintendent. Glasses will be re-
sumed on the usual schedule Tues
day morning.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-08

Iron horse shoes were not intro
duced until about the second cen
fury B. C. and were not widely
known until the fifth century A.
n
Evening star., 1955-11-15
indictment Charges
Driver in Deuth

George E. Lewis. 63. of the
4l0o block of Gault place NE,
was indicted yesterday on a man.
slaughter charge accusing him
in the trafiic death last July Of
Milton Moore, 81. Of the 1900
block of Duncan street NE.
Mr.. Moore, who was colored
was among several pedestrians
struck by an automobile operated
by Lewis, also colored. at Four
teenth street and North Caro-
lima avenue NE. according to
police. A crowd had gathered
around the spot because Of au
earlier accident. police said.
A 20-year-old youth. who was
CAPTURED by police last month
on the roof of q building in the
500 block Of F street NV. was
Evening star., 1955-11-15
Truck Rums Bridge;
Loss Put at $4,000

HAGERsToWN. Nd. Nov. Is
|R.-A tractor-trailer loaded
with nylon thread crashed into q
bridge on Maryland route sss
Just west of here yesterday,
Loss was estimated at $4,000.
Erskine L. Moses of Salem,
Va. the driver. escaped injury,
But the truck and cargo were q
total loss. State Police said.
Evening star., 1955-11-15

indicted on charges Of breaking
into two stores in that block
He is George w. McGaha. listed
as having no fixed address.
The indictments were among
q total of Is returned by two
|juries before Judge Joseph C
McGarraghy Of the o. s. District
Court for the District Of Co
IluHnhia.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
George Town
Once Included
Within County

Not many people realize that
for Is years, from 1776 to 1871,
George Town was part of Mont
gomery County. The southern
boundaries of the new county,
separated from Frederick on Sep
tember 6, 1776, included what was
then rapidly growing communi-
ty.
Twenty-Five years earlier, the
Maryland General Assembly had
authorized the purchase of 60
acres ION the Potowmack River,
above the mouth of Rock Creek,
adjacent to the Inspection House"
for a town to be called George
Town.
The owners of the land, George
Gordon and George Beall would
not sell for what was considered
a reasonable price. Therefore a
jury of II citizens assessed the
price at 280 pounds on September
%, ISL.
In 1889 George Town had
grown to the size of an incorp-
GRATED city. Robert Peter who had
served previously as town COM
missioner became the first May
or. Two years later it was taken
over by the Federal Government
and became part of the District of
Columbia.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
County Horse
Epidemic Put
Folks on Foot

In the Fall of 1872 an epidemic
of horse influenza swept out of
Canada and across the eastern
United States.
In late October it struck Mont
gomery County and as one writ
er reported, wherever there was
a horse, a mule, or a donkey,
there was the disease" The i'll
ness was rarely fatal to the ami
mails but "the suspension of work
was almost total"
Deprived of their horses for
the duration of the disease, resi-
dents took the inconvenience rath-
er philosophically. An historian
notes, then did some folks re-
cover an accomplishment little
used since they were infants,
finding they could actually
WALK miles"
Curious scenes are described in
stories telling of carriages pull
ing up in front of church with
the man and boys of the family
between the shafts!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Brief Lay-o
OF Vote Area
Given i'm 1921

Election Districts in the nine
teenth century were described in
very cozy terms. Cracklin Dis
trict No. l, in 1921 was outlined
in the following brief and honey
language:
Beginning at Mershberger's
old mill on PatuXent, and COM
ing down Patuxent to the mouth
of Rawlings River; then running
up said river to the mouth of
Reeds Branch, from thence to
the head of the late Gerard
Brooke's spring; thence to the
pole bridge near where Cyrus, a
black man, formerly kept a
blacksmith shop; then with a
small road, leaving the house
formerly owned by Surrett Dick
erson on the right, until it in
tersects the road passing in front
of Mrs. Magruder's house at the
corner of her fence; thence with
said road, leaving the house
where the late Captain Benjamin
Ricketts, did live on the right,
until it intersects the Bladens-
burg road at the lower end of
said Ricketts, plantation; then
with the road through the place
where Zadock Ricketts, once lived
to the headwaters of Muddy
Branch; then down said branch
to the Georgetown road; then
with said road to Middlebrook
Mills on Seneca; then up Seneca
to the head thereof; then with
a straight line by DarnalPs
spring to the main road; then
with said road until it intersects
road leading by Benjamin Ben
toms; thence with said road to
the beginning"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Complete WITH Tobacco Juice
County's Hot Stove League
Held Forth i'm Sentinel Office

ter of the floor mindful of the
fact that they form hub of
little universe which has main
tanned its power and prestige for
three.quarterS of a century.
From Gaithersburg, Derwood,
Hunting Hill, Travilah, Olney,
from Poolesville, Damascus and
Germantown, from all over the
upper and western County the
farmers brought in loads of wood
that the old stove might change
its black to fiery red and roll
it's smoke upward to the heavens.
The old stove is a little tired
now, and its back is slightly bow
ed with age, but its heart still
beats regularly when the Janu-
airy blasts rush down the old
Frederick Road and the cold rains
drive the visitor to seek its COM
fort.
Now, in summer, it doZes and
dreams of the past, wonders what
the future will bring. The old
sand box must keep awake as
the mound. of dried tobacco juice
creeps higher and higher.
The publisher and editor of the
SENTINEL believe that the old
traditions are to be encouraged
and that IMP and the sand box
are institutions to be preserved
for posterity.
And so, friends of the SEN
TINEL are invited to remain
daily visitors to the old office
west of the new courthouse
square. The sand box is in con-
slant use. The new editor is
learning to chew tobacco and
when November ushers in its
frosty mornings and snow is in
the air, old Imp. d. will stretch
himself and once more roar his
merry welcome.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Found Fault
With Youths
In 1858, Too

AS early as 1853 the older gen
Grafton in the County was find
ing fault with the youngsters as
witness the following account
taken from the SENTINEL of
Mar. II, 1858:
"a good, hearty, old fashioned
winter has come on us at last,
and the lovers of fun and frolic
have been killing old time to the
merry jingle of sleigh bells. E.
But alas! modern sleigh-riding
has greatly degenerated. In its
palrny days when we flourished
among the girls, they were as
necessary an appendage to the
sleigh as to the parlor and we
would as soon have thought of
going to church by ourselves as
taking a sleigh ride without a
full load of red cheeks and laugh
ing eyes.
Your modern gentleman is of
a new and improved variety. He
does not feel at LIBERTY in the
company of ladies. He can enjoy
himself better with his own sex,
than with the other. In the par
lor and drawing room he is under
awkward restraint.
"And then he must to have
pleasure, go a sleigh-riding alone.
For shame! A sleigh ride is a
mere excuse for pleasure without
the girls. Take them along-take
them along or stay at home your
selves. And be sure to have the
sleigh as full as it can stick-the
more the merrier-don't just take
your TWO Sweethearts along.
mo, no-the next time you go
sleigh riding get a full load and
then for fun in good earnest"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Rockville Frederick Word War
.Flared Briskly in SO SENTINEL

After re-printing the above abu-
sive language, the SENTINEL OF
Sept. "a, 1853 took a long breath
that was almost visible in type,
and then launched its counter-at-
tack:
"NoW, no one ever pretended
that Rockville is a great city
like Frederick" the SENTINEL
answer started with a little irony,
land, of course, a resident of that
metropolis must look on improve
ments here as trifling. Whether
it is as dull and stupid as Roamer
thinks, depends very much on
the company he kept while here.
Perhaps he was by himself at
those dull times he speaks Of
Gas to their activity on public
days, no doubt our tavern keep
ers make hay while the sun
Shines But the citizens general
ly, so far from making money on
such days, cheerfully entertain
all DECENT strangers they may
become acquainted with"
Then came the Sunday punch
the Rockville Rocket that was
intended to put this Frederick
falsifier in his place:
"But it is plain from Roamer's
own showing what kind of COM
pany he kept. He talks of cut
throat, seven up and every man
for himself all low games of
cards.
mo doubt, being from the
great city of Frederick, he
thought he could easily conquer
anyone in the poor village of
Rockville; but he found himself
mistaken.
'FIe goes to war and then com
plains about the rascality of those
who beat him at his own game.
So may it always be with those
Roamers who go about playing
cut throat and villifying whole
communities.
This broadside apparently re.
duced the rash Frederick Roam.
er" to inarticulate covering by
his fireside. No rejoinder is to
be found in subsequent SEN
TINEL's.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Flat Bread
Became Rolls

Nineteenth-century housewives
had an answer for every domestic
problem. Mrs. Emma M. Waters,
who lived in Montgomery Coun-
ty, wrote this hint in her cook
book:
"When Bread Doesn't Rise
Don't throw the dough away.
Instead take tea cup full of
flour, two heaping teaspoons of
baking powder, a scant teaspoon
of lard and enough warm milk
or water to make a sticky dough.
Roll flat and cut into biscuit
shapes.
Bake quickly. The result will
be a lot of biscuits so nice and
light that everybody will agree
that they are superior to ordin-
airy soda or yeast powder bis
cults. The proportions given will
be found sufficient if there was
not more than a quart of flour
used in making the first dough-"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

The King James version of the
Bible was ordered by King James
in 1904 and completed in 1911.