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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-01
Arlington Defenders
Set Andrews Rally

A rally will be held in Ar
lington tomorrow for T. Cole
man Andrews, States Rights
candidate for President.
Sponsoring the rally, set for
8 pm, in the Broyhill Audi
forum. 1900 Lee highway. are
the nearby Virginia Chapters
of the Defenders of State Sow
'ereignty and Individual Lib
critics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-01

labor leader Walter Reuther and
newspaper columnist Drew Pear
son as hackers of Mr.. Mahoney,
AS the Senator was attacking
IReuther as "a would-be labor
dictator" a group Of Republic
can workers from Baltimore's
Glenn L. Martin Co. picketed
the United Automobile Workers
union hall near the plant in
protest against what they called
using union funds for campaign
purposes.
However, George N. Frongillo,
international representative of
the union, denied that any union
money was being used for cam
oaign purposes, saying such
money is collected by solicita-
ton and the sale of campaign
pins.
Senator Butler and Gov. Nc
Keldin will go on television to-
gether tonight at 8 o'clock over
WMAR (Channei D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-01
Defense Makes Issue
Of Prevotte Confession
BY RICHARD RODGERS

Billy Ray Prevatte took the
stand today trying to prevent
the prosecution from putting
his signed confession into evil
dence in his murder trial.
The boy claimed he BACKED
out on May 4 and did not know
he went home from school,
picked up a 20 rifle, returned to
Maryland Park Junior High
School and shot a teacher to
death.
Billy, IA, said, IT don't know
that I shot Mr.. Cameron" The
victim was Fraser K. Cameron.
Prevatte said "the police, three
of them kept telling me over
and over that I went home and
got the gun and killed Mr..
Cameron. They kept telling me
i did it, kept telling me to sign
it so they could take me to the
jailhouse so 1 could go to Sleep"
His testimony came after
jurors were dismissed from the
Prince Georges Circuit Court
room during debate over admit
ting the confession.
Cites Broad" Precedent
Defense Counsel A. Gwynn
Bowie cited a Supreme Court
decision of recent years, Ohio
VS.. Haley. He conceded his in
depreciation of it is broad, so
broad it comes close to outlaw
ing confessions of any youngster
to tender age.
1--WE don't contend there was
any abuse of this child or that
any inducements were offered
him to sign" Mr.. Bowie said.
But we are dealing with a child
with the mentality of a child.
The police drilled it into the
mind of this kid that he killed
man. In his mind, since the
police kept telling him he did it,
then it must be true, and he
said to himself, III sign"
He said the Supreme Court
decision puts a heavy burden on
the prosecution in the case of a
confession of young person,
even though the statement is
signed voluntarily.
He asked Judges j. Dudley
Digges and John Raymond
Fletcher to read certain passages
in the high court ruling.
Court Recesses
Mr.. Bowie himself could not
Immediately put his finger on
those sections of the decision and
court recessed for lunch and an
opportunity to read Ohio VS..
Haley.
Arguments over the confess
sion were to resume this AFTER
noon with jurors still excluded.
At his arraignment, Prevatte
pleaded innocent by reason of
insanity. -Four State mental ex-
perts testified yesterday he was
and is sane. States Attorney
Blair H. Smith put three Prince
Georges Detectives on the stand
today to explain how they OBJ
tanned the boys confession. They
Iemphatically denied using pres
sure on the boy. One detective
said he never had a more CO.
operative subject than Billy.
Prosecutor Smith argues sar-
castically against Prevatte's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-01
Butler Charges Mohoney
Fails to Speak on Issues
BY GENE GOODWIN
Star Stan Correspondent

BALTIMORE Nov Republican Senator Butler night
accused his Democratic opponent George Mahoney refusing
public issues alone them with him
MY opponent Just peakee" Senator Butler told one of
three city rallies he attended last night everything
he says through ghost writer"
Gov. McKeldin Joined the Senator in campaign last
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-13
DREDGING WATERS
IN HYDE AND DARE
PROJECTS UNDERWAY
Operation This Month Near Wan
cheese; S+umpy Point and
Engelhard Next.

Several waterway improvement
projects under the Corps of Engi-
neers are underway in Dare and
Hyde Counties, and currently, this
month, the channel job between
Oregon Inlet and Wanchese is un-
derway, with dredge now moving
from the inlet toward Mill Land
ing. From there it will go to Stun
Ply Point.
Next the work will continue at
Far Creek, Engelhard, which is to
be deepened to seven feet, 75 feet
wide for a distance of two miles.
The Stumpy Point project will be
similar channel cut a distance of
one and a half miles. The three
projects are combined letting,
costing about 100000.
Steve Wall, public relations Off
Ger for the Corps of Engineers of
Wilmington, who was visiting the
projects in this territory this week,
said another project, whose con-
tractor is now tied up elsewhere,
would begin shortly at Hatteras.
A 100000 breakwater is now under
construction at this harbor. The
dredging job'will open the channel
in from Pamlico Sound distance
of two miles in Robinson channel,
and deepening a spur toward the
inlet, to a depth of six feet, and
100 feet wide. The harbor job calls
for improvement of basin 100 by
400 feet and six feet deep. This
job costing $4,000 will be done in
late August.
The project between Orego. In
let and Wanchese, calls for cutting
through three shoals near the in
let, and digging a side-channel in
to Mill Landing, with basin 200
feet square, and all of it six feet
deep.
A $4,000 job has recently been
completed at Ocracoke, including
improvement to Wallace Channel,
Wainwright Channel and Silver
lake Harbor.
The achievement of so many vi
tai waterways projects in this area
is the result of lot of hard work
on the part of a few local people
and organizations in each commu-
nifty, but little could have been ac-
complished without the work of
Herbert C. Bonner, the First
District Congressman, man
with much influence in Wash
ington, who has continually
fought for these projects.
Despite the extremely long
time required to work up water
ways projects, and the many dis
couragements that follow any eff
fort to impress the Congress with
the need for them, he has never
given up, sometimes when local i'm
patience on the other hand would
tempt many people at home to
abandon worthy causes.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-13
WILSON PRESBYTERIAN
MINISTER TO PREACH AT
COLONY SERVICES SUN.

Rev. R. Murphy Williams, Jr.,
pastor of Wilson's First Presby-
terrain Church will be guest minis
ter in the third of a series of
Sunday worship services at Water
side Theatre on Roanoke Island
Sunday morning. The Sunday serv-
ices are held each Sunday morn
ing during The Lost Colony sea-
son and in addition to guest min
listers of various faiths preaching
sermons the worship services fea-
ture music by The Lost Colony
choir under direction of DR.. Elwood
Keister with Hedley Yost at the
console of the organ.
Mr.. Williams is a native of
Greensboro, and son of Mrs. Muir
phey Williams and the late Rev.
Mr.. Williams, who was first pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church of
the Covenant in Greensboro and
remained its pastor for 80 years.
The Wilson minister is a graduate
of Davidson College and the Union
Theological Seminary. Durin G
World War II from 1914 he was a
Navy chaplain with service on
Saipan, Tinian and in the Marianas
Islands. Since he was ordained in
the ministry of Orange Presby-
terry, Synod of N. c., in 1914, he
has been pastor of Bethel Pres
byterian Church, Staunton, Va,
from 194S-51, after serving as
FMCA secretary in Davidson Col
lege for one year. He has been
assigned to his present pastorship
since August 1851.
He is member of the Board of
Trustees, Peace College, Raleigh;
chairman, stewardship committee
of the Albemarle Presbytery;
chairman, council of Albemarle
Presbytery; member of council of
the Synod of N. C. and member of
the board of trustees Albemarle
Presbytery Conference Grounds.
He is married to the former Jean
Bachelor and they have two sons,
Robin and, Sandy and one daugh-
ter, Jean.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-13
DR.. MESSICK TO SPEAK
AT COLLEGE NIGHT OF
LOST COLONY JULY 20

DR.. ]. D. Messick, president OF
East Carolina College, Greenville
will be the speaker at a special
East Carolina College Lost Colony
night in Waterside Theatre or
Friday evening, July 20, it was
announced today by James w
Butler, Alumni Secretary, an6
Sports News Director of the col
lege.
This will be the first specia
college night for The Lost Colony
in several years and every effort
will be made through promotionaI
sources at Manteo and Greenville
to have large number of East
Carolina students and alumni at.
tend the special performance.
DR.. Messick will speak briefly
prior to the performance and spe'
cial music will be provided by the
Lost Colony Chorus under the di.
rection of East Carolina College
Music Director Elwood Keister. DR.
Messick will be introduced by Mr.
Butler who will also introduce DR.
Leo w. jenkins, ECC vice presi
dent and others in the Messicl
party.
The Lost Colony this year ha
in it's cast several who are stu
dents at East Carolina College o.
alumni of that institution.
Mr.. Butler stated that addition
al details of the East Carolin;
special night at The Lost Colon!
would be announced prior to Jul!
20. "In the meantime" he said
1--WE are urging all students ant
alumni of East Carolina College t,
be present for the special perform
ance honoring their alma mater o
July 90"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-13
CAPT. VICTOR L. BALANCE
DIES AT HATTERAS SUNDAY

Victor Lester Balance 20, died
at his home at Hatteras Sunday
night at 11:10 in less than three
hours after being taken ill. Capt.
Balance is well remembered in
coastal sounds and rivers, having
long operated craft between Hat
teras, and Elizabeth City, Wash
ington and other points. He was a
lifelong resident of Hatteras, the
son of the late Bascom B. and
Dorcas Balance, and the husband
of Mrs. Rachel Balance. He is also
survived by two daughters, Mrs,
Marvin Robinson Of Virginia
Beach and Mrs. Eulus Miller Of
Buxton; a son, Lester Balance,
USN, now in Cuba; two sisters
Mrs. Nelson Stowe of Hatteras
and Mrs. Willie III. Austin d
Oriental, a brother, Cecil Balance
Of Hatteras, and by six grandchll-
dren.
He was a member Of the Meth
odist Church.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-13
FINE ARTS SCHOOLS GET
UNDERWAY IN DARE co.
Ar Schools and Lost Colony Drama
Adds Culture Aspects TO Coastland
Rx AYCOCK BROWN

Additional cultural aspects, in
GLIDING Roanoke Island School of
Fine Arts and a school of water
color painting began this week on
Roanoke Island, where Paul
Green's symphonic drama The Lost
Colony operates. The Outer Banks
Gallery and Studio is open at Kill
Devil Hills.
"The school of fine arts is un-
der the same sponsorship as The
Lost Colony. DE-. Elizabeth WEIGH,
of Salem College, Winston-Salem,
is the supervising director" said
Lost Colony Manager Dick Jordan
Glasses in adult and children's
chorus, dance, beginners dance for
children, stage craft and playwrit-
ing, lighting and play production.
costume execution, voice and die
ton, will be offered students. The
staff of instructors include: DIR.
Elwood Keister, Val McCarter,
Charles McCraw, Lois Garren and
assistants, Karen Wentworth, Will
liam 1. Long, James Byrd, Irene
Rains and DR.. WEIGH. The purpose
of the school which opened July IL,
See SCHOOLS, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-13
HAYMAN REUNION SUNDAY
AT MAINS HARBOR CHURCH

One of the most interesting and
enjoyable of local celebrations is
scheduled to begin Sunday morn
ing, July 18th at Bethany Meth
odist Church, Manns Harbor when
the annual reunion of the Hayman
Clan of Eastern North Carolina
convenes. Ira Spencer Jr. of Manns
Harbor is now president of the
clan, a place held for many years
by Rev. L. D. Hayman of South
port, who is a beloved son of Dare
County. Ten o'clock is starting
time.
The program usually includes
short business session and an hour
of fellowship and picnic dinner
on the grounds. Previously, Mr..
Hayman has preached at least one
sermon at a nearby church, be-
cause of popular demand on the
part of old friends.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-13
BOOKS OPEN FORIEND A YEARS OF
REGISTRATION FORlPREAcHlNG; SERVED
SCHOOL BOND ISSUE THE OUTER BANKS
Those Who Do Not Register
Won't Have Opportunity to
Vote August Il+h.

Registration for the election to
vote on school bond issue to build
a $250,000 high school at Manteo
will begin Saturday when the
books open at the usual polling
places at Mays Head, Manteo,
Wanchese, Manns Harbor, Ma
shoes, East Lake and Stumpy
Point.
The election will be held Satur-
day, August IL, and calls for au-
thority to issue $250,000 in bonds
for the purpose of erecting a
building to serve the pupils of the
Dare mainland, Roanoke Island, a
part of Mays Head, and the high
school pupils living north of Kill
Devil Hills. However, this area
will not share in paying the tax.
Last year the Commissioners
levied tax of % cents on the $500
to buy a $4,000 school site from
the Brinkley property at Manteo
for this proposed building, and for
site for proposed school at Kill
Devil Hills.
1t is said the proposed bonds
sought on August II will require
a tax increase of about 20 cents
to pay off principal and interest
over a period of 20 years.
The books will remain open for
four weeks, but registration must
be done on Saturdays, July ID, 81,
and 18th. The following Saturday,
August 4, is challenge day, and
the next succeeding Saturday, Au-
gust II, is election day.
People who do not register for
this special election will not be
permitted to vote on this impor-
tant issue. 1t is not enough to al
ready be a registered voter; every
person who wishes to have a voice
in the deciding of this question
must go out during the next three
Saturdays and put his name on the
books.
Those now registered cannot
vote in the August II election UNI
less they register anew, during the
next three weeks.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-13
DARE COMMISSIONERS BUY
COUNTY'S JAIL CELLS
Triple Pay for Board Members Also Ex.
ample Of Waste Of Public Money.

One of the reasons Dare County
finances are always running be-
hind, out of the reckless waste of
the officials was shown last week
when the Commissioners paid a
junk dealer for the steel Jail cells
from the demolished Dare County
jail. Although the county owned
the cells and abandoned them
they paid $500 for them to send
to Cape Hatteras. They were not
good enough to keep, but good
enough to buy to give the Outer
Bankers.
Another example of waste is
the custom, God knows why, of
paying the Board members from
Hatteras Island, three days pay
for one days work. Instead of col
Letting So like other members, they
collect $24, in addition to their
mileage. This is proof that the
county Board never wishes to save,
never wished to entertain a new
idea, but still conducts the county
business as in the sailboat days,
when it took county commission
er day to get to the county seat,
and day to return home. AL
though the road has been complet-
ed to Hatteras Island for five
years, the custom is kept up, al
though only one days time is used.
In four years it has cost the coun-
ty thousands of dollars.
Another big item of waste is
maintaining several small precincts
in Dare County whose voters could
all be taken to nearby polling
places by the simple expedient, if
desired, Of providing one or more
automobile trips. But these tiny
precincts are maintained at con-
siderable cost, although a bare
dozen votes may be cost, and not
single new voter registered
during the four weeks the books
are open.
These and numerous other items,
such as keeping people on the
county payroll who render only a
token amount of service, at salaries
ranging from 500 a month up,
run the cost of Government too
high, and keep the tax rate high.
Many thousands of dollars might
be saved by cutting off only
waste. Salaries of County officers
See BOARD, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-13
A BAPTIST CHURCH
TO BE ORGANIZED
MACS HEAD SUNDAY
Pasquotank Laymen TO Meet
at Mission. July 18th at
1920 For Purpose

A new Baptist church will be or
gained at Mays Head Sunday, Ju-
ly Is, by the congregation of the
Mays Head Baptist mission. The
service of organization will be SUI
pervised by an advisory council
consisting of ministers and laymen
from Blackwell Memorial and Be-
rea Baptist churches, Elizabeth
City, and from the sponsoring
church, the Roanoke Island Bap.
fist Church of Manteo. Also on the
council will be the Rev. G. NJ. Sin,
gletary, missionary of the Chowar
Baptist Association.
The advisory council will con.
vene at the Mays Head mission
building at 1890 o'clock Sunday
morning, elect it's own officers
and then proceed to examine tie
circumstances justifying the for.
nation of a Baptist church. The
council will then advise the con.
gregation of the Roanoke Islano
Baptist church and it's pastor, the
Rev. Frank B. Dinwiddie, of it.
findings, and if the findings are
favorable, the organization service
will proceed at IL o'clock.
After an opening devotional
service at IL o'clock, letter will
be read from the Roanoke Islant
Church dismissing from it's mem
bership those who propose to or
ganize the new church. Following
this resolution will be read com
prising the charter of faith ant
practice to which the new churcl
will subscribe, and including tn
church covenant and the Southern
Baptist Declaration of its Articles
of Faith. This resolution will thel
be voted on by the proposed mem
bers of the new church, and if rat
flied, will be publicly signed, a
which time the new church will
be considered as officially in exis
tence as self-governing mission
airy Baptist church for the frs
time. The first official act of tn,
new church will then follow
which will be the election of a pas
tor and such other officers as the.
deem essential at that time.
The Baptist council, which wa
called at the request of those wish
ing to form the church, will thel
extend to the members of the new
church the right hand of fellow
See CHURCH, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-13
MANY All GROUPS OF N. C.
TO VISIT LOST COLONY

Almost 1900 boys and. girls of
All clubs in more than 80 North
Carolina counties will see perform
ances of Paul Green's symphonic
drama The Lost Colony during the
current summer.
They are members of the Ro-
anoke Island All Summer Encamp-
ment located in the former U. s.
Navy barracks at Manteo Airport,
which during the summer season
offers weekly courses to groups
from 80 counties. The encampment
is under the supervision of the N.
C. State College Extension Divi-
sion, who with Dare County Farm
Agent, R. S. Smith, has charge
Of local arrangements.
Many other Dare Coast attrac-
tions will be seen by All men,
bers while on our coast; Fort Ra-
leigh National Historic Site,
Wright Brothers National Monu-
ment; trips to the ocean beach for
swimming in the surf, daily in
struction in swimming under life
guard protection at their Croatan
Soupd encampment; and cruise
across Croatan Sound to Manns
Harbor and return aboard one of
the toll-free state operated ferries
serving the waterlink of U. S.
See ALTERS, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-13
BLUES OFF OREGON INLET

Although they are not being
caught close inshore, numbers OF
big blues of the 10-pound class
have been caught near the Gulf
Stream off the Dare Coast during
the past week. Biggest catch by
single party were brought in
Sunday by Roper C. Whitehurst,
Dick Garner and H. w. Anderson
of Portsmouth, Va. Each caught a
giant blue, the fishing ranging
from nine to IL pounds. while they
trolled from Capt. Omie Tillett's
cruiser Jerry Jr.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-13
REPAIRS TO COURTHOUSE
ROOF AFTER FLOODING

Although large section of the
Dare County courthouse roof was
blown off in the northeaster of
three months ago, nothing was
done about getting on the job to
actually repair it until Thursday
of this week, following the flood
ing of the courtroom and several
offices in Tuesdays rain. Consid-
cradle damage was done to the in
terror as result of failure to get
the building repaired. This sort Of
neglect seems typical throughout
the county. Those in charge of
county property do not give it
proper supervision and apparently
never have heard the old saying,
"A stitch in time saves nine"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-13
SIR STANLEY SPURLING
MAY VISIT LOST COLONY

If present plans now carry, Sir
Stanley Squirting, member of the
British Parliament from Bermuda,
will be q special guest at The Lost
Colony now in its 10th season at
Waterside Theatre at Manteo.
Sir Stanley on his North Caro-
lima visit win be the guest Of Gov
ernor Hodges. Governor Hodges
was his guest in Bermuda last
year when the States chief execu-
tive made a cruise to that British
Island
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-13
OCRAcOKE MAN FINISHES
TRANSPORTATION SCHOOL

Fort Eustis, Va.-Armv Cpl.
Edgar M. Balance, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elisha Balance, Ocracole Is
land, recently was graduated from
the Transportation Schools in
structional methods course at Fort
Eustis, Va.
Corporal Balance entered the
Army in September 1850 and COM
pleted basic training at Camp
Pickett, Va. His wife, Maude, lives
in Warwick, Va.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-13

Stowe of Hatteras receiving special trophy
Institute Education of the Blind New
City, he valuable wrestler of the year. Ronald
wrestling which all its meets during the
Ronald medal at the exercises
his Blindness leadership,
spirit He expects spend another year the In
complete college requirements and then
degree recreation and physical education with the
ultimate objective of working handicapped children
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-13


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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-20

by TOM HENRY
Diu This Gardening is of the top hobbies in the
United States How much being annually?
S6SoOOOOOO compared with SCI 100000 in 1910.
Ills. AiddVetOwn Pa
NAYS The male citizens of Bern Switzerland voted recently
TO Keep Of politics. How many have they rejected
suffrage?
This was the 24th time MS, Chicago
Thrifty What per Of the american income after taxes
was saved for a rainy day. last year?
Six per average normal year savings eight cent
Indications far for 1856 show getting thrier
-SM HnSdae, Ill.,
Yanks What being given newly arrived
American Air Force personnel in the British Isles?
They must take an SOho in the ways and customs Of
British driving. -G.R.R., San BeTnardinO, Calf
Traffic Problem What pass, famed gateway Of war, is
being widened because Of cOngested pe0ceime traffic?
The Bremen through the Alps 1t has been used by the
Germans invade Italy sc times = HL.D. Piedmont. Mo-
will bsd
contributions eonno be
acknowledged returned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-20
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