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supplant part of these stations.
Veterans HOnored

i NlH6L6GH VStCIdfAS Va tAtC OAN A~AAS
Saving Service, which was taken
over by the Coast Guard, were
honored, at the same time the
heroic deeds of those who have
died were remembered. Those pres
ent were D. L. Gray, Nelson Gray,
w. Benbury Miller, James W.
Scarborough, Capt. c. P. Brady,
Warren Midget, Willie Austin, the
Rev. j. A. Farrow, Levine Midget,
E. o. Hooper, Capt. B. R. Balance,
S. A. Stowe, Capt. Ed Hooper,
Capt. M. M. Pigett, Joe Etheridge
Midget, Littleton Gray, Joseph
Evans, D. w. Yeomans, Willie B.
Guthrie, Leroy Midget and Eu-
gene Gray.
Although most of these men still
live on the Outer Banks, Joe Ether
idge Midget came from New York
to be present at the celebration,
and others came from Oriental,
Harkers Island and other points.
James w. Scarborough of Avon
was the last man in this area to
enlist in the old Life Saving Serv-
ice, before it was taken over by
the Coast Guard.
With D. v. Meekips of Manteo
presiding, the morning program
included a welcome by Chief w.
w. Edwards, with response by
Melvin Daniels, Dare County regis
ter of deeds. D. o. Mulvaney of
the Park Service declared that
nowhere have more acts of hero
ism taken place than here" and
predicted that by 1865 million
visitors a year would be coming to
see the Cape Hatteras National
Seashore Recreational Area.
Human Sacrifice"
David Stick of Kill Devil Hills,
author of "The Graveyard of the
Atlantic" spoke of the period be-
tween 1870 and 1914 as the EZRA
of human sacrifice" when the Life
Saving Service men took over
whelming risks to rescue the seas
victims. He reminded the audience
of three fateful August days in
1899, when hurricane swept the
Outer Banks and five vessels piled
up on the shore or broke up at
sea. The men from the Life Saw
ing Stations rescued almost all thu
crews, Rasmus Midget unaided
saving 10 men.
After telling of other rescues,
Stick recalled the time in 1918
when the tanker Mirlo, carrying
gasoline, struck a German mine
and exploded. Keeper John Allen
Midget and a six-man crew braved
a flaming sea to rescue men cling
ing to capsized lifeboat, bringing
them back to safety.
Other speakers included Con-
gresham Woodrow Jones of Ruth
erfordton and Congressman George
Shuford of Asheville.
Following luncheons at Nitric
Beach Lodge and Chicamacomico
Restaurant, the afternoon was de-
voted to demonstrations. The ole
breaches buoy rescue was staged
by members of the Coast Guard
A. capsize drill to show the skill
of surfmen at sea was put on by
active members of the local Coast
Guard stations, after which a mod
ern rescue by air, with a helicop'
ter, was demonstrated by person
mel from Elizabeth City. Boat races
by local citizens in working boats
and other entertainment concluded
the program.
A dance Friday night, and :
memorial program at Fairhaver
Methodist Church at Rodanth,
completed the three-day observ
ance, of which R. D. Owens wa
chairman.
Besides the Life Saving Servic,
veterans, others introduced wer,
Rep. Bruce Etheridge of Manteo
Capt. Pennell Tillett of Kit,
Hawk, Frank Stick of Southern
Shores, Huntington Cairns o
Washington, A. w. Drinkwater q
Manteo and Lloyd Scarborough
Prayers at the morning program
were offered by Willie Burne,
| Gl1thrin of Harknr1S Island nnd h