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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-08-31
CROATAN TOWNSHIP
STUMPY POINT DISTRICT

James Basnight. 8. acres
land O.US
Guy Vinton Best, land and
home ........................ 1925
William Albert Best Est. PA
acres land and home .......... 11.21
B. F. Brinn, 915 acres land
and home ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6.oe
J. r. Duvall Est, l acre land :. 2.2l
Dallas Mckinney Gray, 31a
acres land and bldgs. ....... 41.27
j. Grandy Gray, 31a acres
land and home .--...-....--.-..-. 2O.O2
n. and home '........................... 2s.75
A. S. Hooper Sr. Est, land --.- ATT
Alonzo Calvin Hooper, A acres
land and bldgs. .............. II. 10
Caddie NJ. Hooper, SO acres
land and home ....,,..,..-.-...,. 2.74
Calvin Mccoy Hooper. II acre
land and home ......,....,........ 27.97
Floyd Hooper, 70 acre land
and home ............"............... 51.44
Herbert Edgar Hooper Est,
80 acres land and home 80. 21.41
Lorenzo D. Hooper Est, 3
acres land and home .......-.. 30.83
Troy Hooper, acre land and
home ............... II II
Russell H. Jordan, / lot ......... 2.66
Olga B. and F. D. Lowe, A
acres land and home ......... 1912
Robert d. Midget, A acres
land and home .-.-......,........ 1926
rvh,,re%o,, p Midraft az
acres land and home .,....- 23.42
Bette Nixon. 81 acres land
and home ....--........-. 21.17
Bonnie Lafayette Payne, 11a
acres land and home .. 3S.04
C. E. Payne and Co., 8 acres
land --.--.-------.---.----..---.-- 900
C. E. Payne and D. r. Nixon,
II acre land and home ..... s.24
c. E. and r. r. Payne, land &c 1.9O
Calvin Elwood Payne, 5 acres
land and bldgs. .......... 1882
Clyde H. Payne, SO acres land
home acknowledgements. 33.11
George V. Payne, 40 acres
land and bldgs. ......-......--. GO 20
Mrs. LESSEE Payne, 10 acres
IdlAu anu uOIIlS -----.--.----------- AO'd "
Mrs. Nellie Payne, 31a acres
land and home -.......--..,,,..--. 20.45
Olive Payne. A acres land
and home ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ZO.45
Riley R. Payne, 1 acre land
and home ............. 1884
Rupert ]. Payne, l acre
land .-...---.-..-..----.....-... l 81
J. Hollis Dudley, u acre land
and home -.--..-....---.-.-......---. 1880
2. r. Rochelle ct ais, 10 acres
land and bldg. --..--..---.-...- 1882
Dea Cahoon Twiford, u acre
land and home .--..........--.---... 6.44
Glenn Twiford, / lot and
bldgs. ACKNOWLEDGMENT 64.26
Murl P. Twiford, acre land
and home 1858
Leander H. Wise Est, A acres
land and home --...-......--...-.- 1850
Leslie Harold Wise, 312 acres
land and home .---...-.--........- 19.41
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-08-31
CROATAN TOWNSHIP
MASHOES DISTRICT

Herman Ronald Craddock, land
anu UluSSs --------------.----- 1.-Two
Mary Liggett Midget, 2 acres
land ................ 1.61
Ira Spencer, a acre land .. 1.61
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-08-31
HATTERAS TOWNSHIP
FRISCO DISTRICT

Raymond Basnett, 90 acres
land -................-........... 1902
Mrs. Frances Farrow, 25 acres
land .................................. sos
Sherman Good Est. 20 acres
and bldgs. 4............ 14.37
Ralph Gray, Az acres land -. STA
Louval Realty Co., 8214 acres
land .-............................. 1865
Mrs. Evelyn Stowe McAbee, lot,
/ acre and house ...... 1875
Edgar Lee Styron, land ........ $40
Elwood Tolson. lot and home :. SAL
w. r. Whidbee Est, Is acres
land 4.96
lack H. Whidbee, IL acres. lot
and home 1873
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-12
EostIond Fears Trouble
For japan in Red Treaty

Senator Eastland, Democrat Of
Mississippi, expressed doub
today that Japan will gain any,
thing except greater Soviet in
reference in her domestic af-
fairs under the bilateral agree
ment approved by the Soviet
parliament this week.
The chairman Of the Senate
Internal Security subcommittee
noted that the document pur-
ports to end the state of war
between the two nations and to
lprovede for trade between them.
He added this comment:
IT can appreciate the desire
|of Japan for the accomplish
|ments Of both those detectives.
However, the detailed studies
made by the Internal Security
subcommittee. of which / am
chairman, make the conclusion
inescapable that the Soviet
Union keeps none Of its inter-
national promises unless it is
to its own advantage to do so.
1.-THE present spectacle in Hun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-12
81 Million Heiress
Ruled Incompetent

DETROIT. Dec. IL R.--An
elderly woman who went into Sc
|clusion after her husbands
death last May has been ruled
mentally incompetent and her
81 million estate placed in trust
for her.
This was the order Monday Of
Probate Judge Thomas C. MUIR
ply, who heard the case involv-
ing Mrs. Henrietta Lea, about 10.
She was discovered crumpled
on the living room floor of her
Uttered apartment November 1,
suffering from a broken hip, skin
ulcers and malnutrition.
Testimony brought out that
Mrs. Lea had seen no one since
her husband. John Mckenzie
Lea. had been buried. Only she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-12
Sereeont!G
g Months in
.Hit-Run Death

An Andrews Air Force Base
sergeant was sentenced to six
months in the Maryland House
of Corrections yesterday, follow
ing his conviction Of one of four
traffic charges fled in the hit
and-run death Of q pedestrian
September IA.
Sergt. Harold James Magee, of
the 400 block of Cabin Branch
drive. Seat Pleasant, was SEN
fenced in Hyattsville Police Court
by Judge Grover L. Small. As
Sistant States Attorney Thomas
r. Brooks changed the warrant
to charge Magee with failing to
stop after being involved in an
accident.
Prince Georges County Police
Pvt. Leo Bury testified Magee
struck and killed Marven L. Har-
riS, 81, Of Jersey City, N. j., while
he was walking in the 800 block
of Fifty-seventh avenue, Capt.
tol Heights. The motoriSt did
not stop after the collision, but
glass and the rim of his car were
left at the scene and were used
by police in tracking down Ma
gee. accorring to Pvt. Bury.
The policeman reported Ma
gee as saying he remembered
striking something but thought
1t was a pole. Magee was ar
rested the next day when he re-
turned to the accident scene to
see what he had hit. Pvt. Bury
said.
Charges Of manslaughter,
reckless driving by colliding with
. pedestrian and leaving the
scene Of an accident without
identifying himself also were filed
against Magee but dropped by
Mr.. Brooks because Of INSULT
lcient evidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-12

gary, slaughter that approaches
genocide, and the bold disregard
of United Nations obligations by
a puppet government in that
country emphasize that nothing
has changed about the Soviet
regime in the past year except
its leadership"
The subcommittee also re-
leased today a document bring
ing up to date a staff study of
Soviet political agreements and
results. Senator Eastland said
this revised study shows commu-
nism in no more favorable
light" than the original study.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-12

and a nurse attende dthe fu-
neral.
After breaking into her
apartment authorities found her
'once-elegant rooms Uttered with
empty milk bottles, cheese con-
tanners, magazines, clothes, news
papers and buttons. Hidden on
the premises was more than
500, 900.
In her name at the National
Bank of Detroit were deposits
and stocks valued at more than
81, O68 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-12
Heavy Dolly Prayer

NEW YORK, Dec. IL (R.-
The "dial-a-prayer" service,
which gives q telephone caller a
recorded 30-second prayer, has
averaged $500 calls a day since
lit was set up October 81 at the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church.
The Omaha guide., 1956-01-27
Robinson
Seeks Postal


George H. Robinson, 1912 Pratt
Street, Executive Secretary of the
Omaha Urban League, issued the
following statement announcing
that he would file for election to
the Charter Convention:
undermining our city govern
ment is of utmost Importance to
every Omaha Citizen. Persons
elected TO the Charter Convention
will have a grave responsibility
as well as a unique opportunity.
The responsibility is one of helping
to improve our city management
structure by a~nalyzing the prob
lens of local government and max
ing recommendations that will pro-
vide efficient and democratically
responsive administration. The ap-
portunity is one of rendering an
invaluable service to the communi-
ty. / am filing for the Charter
Convention because l appreciate
the responsibility involved and
cherish the opportunity afforded"
The Omaha guide., 1956-01-27
Packers Seek
Better City
Truck Routes

Omaha-The United Packing
w of America, ALL
CLIO, today released the contents
of a Resolution sent to Omaha
Mayor Rosenblatt and to Cover
nor Anderson of Nebraska calling
for the City of Omaha to estab.
lish improved and easily Access
sible truck routes within the City
to the Omaha Stockyards and for
the State of Nebraska to provide
necessary arterial highways link
ing into these City truck routes.
United spokesman stated "the
City of Omaha and the State of
Nebraska both must recognize
that the providing of these truck
routes are essential if Omaha is
to maintain its present position
as the Number One Livestock and
Meat Packing Center of the
World"
The Omaha guide., 1956-01-27
Mrs. LeRosu Smith
Leads Discussion

Mrs. LeRosa III. Smith will lead
a group discussion designed to as
sist interested persons in the or
ganization and administration of
guidance services in secondary
schools.
The organizations and structure
of the conference is designed to
answer some of the questions ask
ed by the conferees who attended
the 1855 conference. This ques-
tionnaire was prepared by Mrs.
Minnie Fields, Specialist in Ee-
mentary Education, Florida State
Department of Education, who
will also appear as a program par
ticipant.
Persons interested in housing
for the conference contact Mr.. E..
III. DeBose, Mrs. A. L. Cooper, CO.
chairman Of housing and registra-
ton or DIR. B. l.. Perry, Jr., confer
ence chairman.
The Omaha guide., 1956-01-27
Magazine
Aid
Marriages.

Union City, N. six factors
that seem to be the most fire.
quent causes of marital disrup-
ton r cited by a professional
marriage counselor in an article
in the February issue Of The Sign,
national Catholic magazine pub
lished here.
The article, entitled six OBJ
stacles to a Happy Marriage, is
written by Alphonse Calabrese,
research fellow in marriage coun-
selling at New York City's Center
for Psychotherapy. He lists the
factors as: H. the sex block; 2.) a
stereotyped concept of the other
sex; 3.)refusal to share the fail
ures; ~ religious differences;
So attachment to mother; g. re-
fusal to share life.
Contrary to a widely honored
old wives tale", Calabrese as
serts, marriages rarely come a
cropper over little problems.
When they reach the point where
the partnership itself is threaten
ed, they cease to be little. They
become big-big in terms of the
anxiety they produce and the
havoc they can wreck on all con-
cerned.
"Nor are the little problems
of marriage simple, Calabrese
continues. "More often than not,
they turn out to be mere symp-
toms, pointing to deeper hidden
problems My thought is merely
to present samples of how big the
little problems of marriage can
be, of how they can often be SOL
we'd by good will and good sense,
and of how a few big little rules
of thumb can usually see a couple
through stormy difficulties"
After describing case histories.
Calabrese offers four pointers:
~ Enter marriage prepared to
share its failures without com.
plant: o. Don't stand between
your spouse and his or her re
ligious convictions; 81 Do re.
member the little things; A. Call
on a marriage counselor only if
aspects of the problem are be-
yond the competence of the priest
or when they require the kind Of
p pathological detective work
every qualified counselor has
been trained to perform.
The Omaha guide., 1956-01-27

Mr.. Morris Johnson, 81 years,
2514 North 22nd Street, passed
away Monday afternoon, January
23rd at a local hospital. Mr..
Johnson had been a resident of
Omaha thirty years and was an
electrician by trade. He was a
faithful member Of Clair Method.
ist Church where he served as
choir member, treasurer Of the
church, member of the Method.
list men and various civic organ
izations.
Mr.. Johnson is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Rosa Johnson, Omaha;
two brothers, Mr.. Earl johnson,
New York City and Mr.. Murphy
Johnson, Franklin, La; three sis
tiers, Mrs. Elnora Davis, Algiers,
La, Mrs. Precener Cromedy, New
Orleans, La, Mrs. Mary Thomas,
Port Arthur, Texas; niece, Miss
Theresa Nedd, Omaha; nephew,
MIR. Rivers Davis, Harvey, La;
cousin, Mr.. Shedrick Matthews,
Flint, Michigan; sister-in-law, Mrs.
Flora Simon, Omaha, and other
relatives.
Funeral services have been set
for Friday afternoon from Clair
Methodist Church with the Rev.
E. T. Streeter officiating with ar
rangements by Thomas Mortuary.
The Omaha guide., 1956-01-27
Y Member
Drive Is
Sforfed

The 18th annual membership
roundup Of the Near Northside
YMCA began last Sunday when
Mayor John Rosenblatt spoke at
a Kjcs off breakfast.
TIL drive. guided by DR.. L. o.
Goodloe, Big Boss of the CAM
paign. will continue until Monday,
February 9Th. Goal is for 700
members and $500 in cash.
Mayor R%osenblatt called the
YIN one of the facets" helping
to curb junvenile delinquency.
Membership and participation in
the YM's program is real cheap
even if dollars are scarce in our
pockets" he added
Boys Club Supervisor Booker T.
Washington pointed out that it
cost less than one cent a day to
give boys the warmth of Chris
tan fellowship and association
at the YM' while it cost one dol
lar a day to maintain a boy in the
juvenile detention home.
"Younkers, Brandeis, o Pen
ny's can offer you a saving of 99c
a day like a membership in the
YIN affords" he explained.
Executive Secretary John R.
Butler told of the various types
of memberships available. They
included:
Sustaining-s1OO.OO, SIS, $50, $25.
Physical-$7.50.
Social--S5.00.
Boys-$3.50.
Girls ard Women-S2.00.
Several clubs and organizations
indicated that they were going
to secure memberships for vari-
Gus needy boys. Mayor Rosen-
blatt paid for ten boys member
ships.
Report meetings will be held
Tuesday, January 31st, Friday,
February 3rd, and Monday, Feb
ruary It'll, Meetings viii be held
at the YIN branch, 22nd and
Grant Streets, and will begin at
8 o'clock.
The Omaha guide., 1956-01-27
Farmers
At


A Town and Country Banquet,
to which local business men and
Douglas County formers are being
invited, will be held Thursday
evening, February 9, at TOO pm.
in the main dining room at Boys
Town.
Roy Glandt, a member of the
Elkhorn ". E. Grange and chair
man of the event, said that spon-
sors in addition to that organiza-
ton, include the Duoglas County
Farm Bureau and the Douglas
County Farmers Union.
The Omaha Chamber Of Com
merce, a participant, is urging
its own members to attend the
banquet. The invitations are be-
ing extended by Merle E. Belts,
chairman of the Chambers Farm
City Relations Committee.
The sponsors said the banquet
is being arranged to provide bus
inessmen and their farm neigh
bors with an opportunity to get
even better acquainted and to
discuss mutual and related pro-
blems.
AS a highlight for the evening
meeting, Roy Battles, Washing
ton, DC, assistant to the Master
of the National Grange, will ap-
pear as guest speaker.
Mr.. Battles active experience
with the Grange dates back to
1926, when he joined the organ
ization as a high school student.
Over the years, his work in the
field Of agriculture has included
service as a county agricultural
agent in Ohio, the position of
farm program director for radio
station WLW in Cincinnati, the
presidency of the National Asso-
citation of Radio Farm Directors,
an office (secretary) with the Ohio
National Resources Commission,
and since 1852, service with the
National Grange.
with a lifetime of experience
in the field of agriculture" Mr.
The Omaha guide., 1956-01-27
Union Head IS
By State To
Enter Insurance Program

MI. James G. Cole president of
the Four C'S Credit Union an
nounced today that Mr.. Harold A.
Mason, 81 N 9th Ave was licen-
sed by the state of Nebraska as
resident agent for the Credit I'm
ion Auto Insurance Program.
Mr.. Mason as Insurance AID
visor will handle the CUNA Auto
mobile Insurance program for the
Four C's Credit Union Members.
MI. Cole stated that the Four
C'S Credit Union now offers all
of the services available to its
members, that similar credit I'M
ion offers throughout the United
States. This service includes
Savings, Personal Loans, Auto
mobile Financing, Life Insurance,
and Automobile Insurance.
The Credit Union is overjoyed
to add Automobile Insurance to
its members because Of the fl
nancial difficulties experienced
by automobile owners in this COM
munity who buy insurance for
their cars.
Under the new plan beverages
include Bodily Injury, Property
Damage, Medical Payment In
surance, Extended Medical Pay
S, Comprehensive, Fire,
Theft, Tornado, Collision or Up
set, $4,000, $4,000 or $25O.0O de-
ductible.
Automobile owners interested
in obtaining more information
please call Credit Union Head
quarters POOL Lake Street Jackson
2O39.
Mr.. Cole also extends to the
members of the Credit Union,
and their friends an invitation
to attend the Annual Meeting of
the Union Sunday January 29th
at 400 Pm. at the Near North
Branch YMCA.
The Omaha guide., 1956-01-27
Joycees
Leaders In


The Junior Division of the
Omaha Chamber Of Commerce
far out-ranks other major and
larger cities in paid memberships,
and now is listed officially as the
second largest such organization
in the world.
Leroy H. Buzard, Jr., Omaha
Jaycee president, said the an
nouncement came from the
United States Junior Chamber of
Commerce, which listed total
paid memberships Of the local
group at 1,079.
The biggest Junior Chamber,
Buzard said, is Rochester, New
York, with 1898 members.
Trailing Omaha, and in third
place, is Dallas, Texas, with 932
members. Fourth and fifth places
are held, in that order, by Hous-
ton, Texas esd and Minneapolis,
Minnesota 1854.
Others in the top ten are Lin
coin, Nebraska 0788), Cedar
Rapids, Iowa (750), Philadelphia,
Pa. $3.50, Oklahoma City, Okla.
$500, and Kansas City, Mo. 5000.
The Omaha guide., 1956-01-27

Nashville DR.. w. S. Davis,
president of Tennessee State Uni
versity, scored another first in
Tennessee as he becomes Cover
nor Frank G. Clements a~ppointee
to the Commission on Youth
Guidance.
Established by the 1855 legisla.
ture, the commission has a mem
bership of nine appointed by the
Governor replacing Morris Lang
ford of Johnson City, who resign.
ed. DR.. Davis was appointed for
a term expiring in 1859. The new
appointee attended his first meet
ing Wednesday.
Among other things, it is the
duty of the commission to collect
facts and statistics and make
special studies of conditions at.
fecting the welfare, health, and
education of children and youth
in the state, to interpret its find
ings to the public, to the courts
concerned with juvenile problems
and to all agencies, public and
private dealing with children anc
youth; to keep abreast of recent
national Developments in his field
of activity and to make recon-
mendations for needed improve
ment and additional resources in
the field of child care, health
education, and recreation in the
state.
DR.. Davis, a graduate of Ten
nessee State, where he laugh
prior to his elevation to the presi
dency in 1913, for more than TIVE
decades has been successfully en-
gagged in activities embracing
youth of all ages.
For several years he was voca
tional agriculture teacher on tn
secondary level. Tennessee chap
ter MIA state adviser, MIA Ma
tional Executive Secretary wa
teacher-trainer and director 0
the Tennessee States division o
agriculture. in addition to hi
duties as football coach.
Twice a General Education
Board Fellow, DR.. Davis hold
both the masters and doctorat
from Cornell. He is a Meharr
Medical college trustee, is a men
Der of Chi Boule and Omega Ps
Phi and is a Mason and Elk.
The Omaha guide., 1956-01-27
Beauties To
Be Seen Al
The Auto Show

Twenty-eight Eastern Nebraska
beauties will compete in the semi
finals of the Miss Auto Show
Beauty Contest Saturday after
noon, show officials announced
today.
The judging will reduce the
field to 16, who will vie for the
Miss Auto Show title on January
18th. The winner will receive
an expense paid trip to Las Vegas,
Nevada or $3.50 cash and will
reign as Queen of the Omaha
Auto Show, February 4th through
18th.
Next summer, Miss Auto Show
will compete with other Nebraska
beauties for the right to represent
Nebraska in the Miss Universe
Beauty Pageant at Long Beach,
California.
Semi-finalists include girls
from Wakefield, Gretna, Lincoln,
Ewing, Bellevue, Wahoo, and
Omaha.
Judges are Glenn Trump, World
Herald columnist; Bette Tolson,
KMTV homemaker; Bob Stitch,
KOWH disc jockey; Joe Martin,
WOW, WOW-TV personality; and
Donald Jack, Omaha photograph
er.
The Omaha guide., 1956-01-27
You Can't Pay For Your
Funeral Before You Die

Lincoln-Funeral Directors and
undertakerS cannot advertise and
sell contracts for funeral services
for a person before he dies, At
torney General Clarence Beck
ruled.
Mr.. Beck said the State Depart
ment of Health shall suspend or
revoke a license if the licensee
has a "pre-arranged funeral plan.
If an undertaken or funeral dir
The Omaha guide., 1956-01-27
Reciprocity

A romance of long standing
had gone on the rocks, and a
friend was questioning the would
be bridegroom.
"Why after all these years."
he inquired, "did you break your
engagement to Nary"
WELL" replied the other sad
ly, Il only did to the engagement
what she did to me-"
The Omaha guide., 1956-01-27
Mary L. Cant

Mrs. Mary L. Cant, So years,
222O Willis Avenue, passed away
Monday morning, January 23rd at
her home. Mrs. Cant had been I.
life long resident of Omaha. She
was a member Of st. Johns AME
Church and the Cheerful Builders.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Mr.. Elmer J. Cant, step
mother, Mrs. Winona Minis, of O.
cousin, Mr.. Dan Straw.
theirs, st. Paul, Minnesota.
Funeral services have been set
for Thursday afternoon from st.
Johns AME Church with arrange
ments by Thomas Mortuary.
The Omaha guide., 1956-01-27

ector engages generally in the
business Of selling or issuing bur-
ial contracts or burial certifi-
Gates in anticipation Of the death
of a person, or if he shall enter
into any contract with another
whereby he agrees or undertakes
to furnish funeral supplies, he
shall have his license revoked,
MIR. Beck said.
The Omaha guide., 1956-01-27
WHEN THE WEATHER
SLOWS UP

Bill Daley Of Daley Painting
and Decorating Co. said today
that the weather was holding up
much of the actual work on
homes in the North Side area
Although many home owners
contacted the Daley Firm dur
ing the past week only estimating,
letting of contracts, and etc. was
being done clearing the way for
actual work as soon as weather
conditions permit.
The Daley firm and his affilia-
ted contractors, who have joined
together to handle any and all re-
modelling from painting, wiring,
The Omaha guide., 1956-01-27

Glandt said, Mr.. Battles has
earned national prominence as
an extremely qualified spokes-
man for agriculture. We a be
sure his appearance at the ban
ouet will provide an outstanding
program"
Wives also are invited to attend
the banquet,
The Omaha guide., 1956-01-27

Mrs. Selma Jones, age SO years.
of 1913 No. 10Th ST., expired Mon.
day morning, January %, 1856 al
a local hospital.
She was an Omaha resident six
years and was a member of Pill.
grim Baptist Church.
She is survived by her daugh.
ter, Shirley Jones; sister, Mrs
Emma Patterson, both of Omaha;
brother, James Davis Of Helena,
TX; five n~ieces, three nephews
and a host of other relatives.
Funeral services are tentatively
arranged for Friday, January u.
1856 at 200 pm. from the Pill.
grim Baptist Church.
Myers Brothers Funeral Ser
vice.
Words-the coins minted by
the tongues Of men with which
realization may be purchased.
The Omaha guide., 1956-01-27
Can't Hep

A quick-thinking sailor came
up with a new one when his chief
demanded, "How come you're
sleeping on the job?"
Goodness" replied the sailor,
"can't a man close his eyes for a
minute of prayer"