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X. Of c. Speaker

| Addison B. Clohosey, naviga-
tor Of the Washington General
Assembly Of the Fourth Degree
Knights of Columbus, will speak
on est. Augustine: Light Of
Africa" at a luncheon of the
Catholic Laymen's First Friday
Club at 1880 pm. tomorrow in
the Willard Hotel.
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PRINCE
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went to England to participate
In the Henley regatta. But he
was ruled out by the Henley
committee because he had once
worked with his hands, which
disqualified him as q gentle
imam" sculler. But he went te
1.-THE Olympics where he beat the
Henley winner.
In l947, Mr.. Kelly's son. John
b.. jr. cKell'D, wearing the
University Of Pennsylvania:
colors, went to Henley and Won
a smashing victory. His father
had coached him.
/ Grace has had a long series
of top leading men. including
Cary Grant. with whom she wat
costarring when the Prince met
her; William Holden. Jane,
Stewart, Clark Gable and Raj
Midland.
Last March she won a coveted
Oscar as the long suffering wifi
of a drinking actor in "Tht
Country Girl"
j Stage-struck At Z
Il She apparently was stage.
struck at I. That was when sh'
was kissed by Douglas Fair
banks, jr., and remarked. starry
eyed: HE kissed me goodnight
III was never going to wasi
again"
With money no barrier. sh.
lpursed the acting art avidly, in
lcluding studying in New Yorl
and travelling in Europe. Model
ling and television proved thu
correct route. Her first role il
the movies, in 1851 was small
but she blossomed out in mo
Igambo." before reaching hel
peak and the Oscar in 1855.
I Hollywood columnists hav,
long expected the beautiful act.
ress to have a spectacular TO.
! nance. One Of the latest rumori
J in that department was that sht
and French star Jean-Pierr'
! Aumont were interested in eacf
J other.
Career Spectacular
4 Yesterday Miss Kelly wa.
named by the couture group o.
the New York Dress Institute a.
one of the worlds best dressed
women. She tied for first plac,
with Mrs. William Paley of New
York.
A week ago Miss Kelly wa!
named runnerup to James Ste.
lwart in the annual motion pic
ture box Office poll in the Unitec
States.
Hollywood generally has cred,
tied her spectacular career Il
three facts--she is blonde
beautiful-and can act.
From the beginning she ha!
had top roles in pictures. Sht
studied two years at the Ameri.
can Academy of Dramatic Arts
and had a role In a New Yorl
show "The Father" Her bis
break in pictures came in High
Noon"
Playwright: George Kelly and
Actor Walter C. Kelly, the "vir.
lginia Judge" of vaudeville, were
Iuncles.
No Wedding Details
| No details Of the coming we'd
ding were Immediately disclosed.
Miss Kelly is scheduled to
leave for Hollywood Saturday to
start on her next picture.
The Prince, who has been re-
ported going to the West Coast,
is expected to accompany her.
Miss Kelly and the Prince viii
attend an engagement party to-
morrow night at her Fifth
avenue apartment in New York,
IThey then will make their first
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SOME CLEANING UP REMAINS TO BE DONE.

During the past week commendable spirit of cooper
alton has been shown in movement toward cleaning up
premises in order to make the Town of Manteo at
acve to visitors We have fine response the
part of many citizens to the of Mayor Kellogg
But there is unfinished business about this clean
up week. for the good efforts of those who public spirit
ed and willing to cooperate is made mockery of by few
other property who totally ignore the
to make the town better looking.
is fine to make appeal first to the public spirit of
property but all things there will be those
who have civic PRIDE and interest in doing things that
will benefit everyone else In such it then becomes the
clear duty of the governing body to that the recactran
ones are made to do.
The condition of some property in the town of Manteo
fortunately in only few instances remains eyesore and
disgrace There certain lots the waterfront that
should not be in any civilized community There large
vacant lot at the head of Water Street where stood
the old Roanoke Hotel that has remained for several
a shameful spectacle
In most any town that calls itself civilized and progress
sive those lots wouldn't remain in such condition The
town board would have had sufficient and pride to
that those lots cleaned up and the bill presented
to the of the property and he would have been made
to paw for the job.
We wonder what decree of nerve ard pride exists in
Manteos town officials be engendered there the
citizens enough and pride to demand it. In all self
respect they should keep faith with the loyal and cooperative
citizens who have cleaned up their premises Such good
citizens should not be slapped in the face through the ap
parent official sanction Of the several dsrepuabe and un
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OFFICERS ELECTED FOR
DARE LEGION AUXILIARY

Fort Raleigh Post, Unit 26, of
the American Legion Auxiliary
held its regular monthly meeting
April oath at the home of Mrs.
Rena Tillett in Wanchese.
The following officers were
elected for the coming year:
President, Mrs. Fannie B. Perry;
Vice President, Mrs. Bernice
Shepard; Secretary, Mrs. Mary
Dowdy; Treasurer, Mrs. Alma
Finn; Chaplain, Mrs. Rena Tillett;
Historian, Mrs. Mildred Davis;
Sergeant at Arms, Mrs. Irene
Perry; Child Welfare, Mrs. Lucille
Midget; Rehabilitation, Mrs.
Louise Tillett.
Arrangements were made to
send two delegates to the State
Convention in June. The next meet
ing to be held May 20, 8 pm. at
the home of Mrs. Margaret Davis
in Wanchese. The program will be
on Poppy Day" followed by the
installation services. All members
are asked to attend.
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MANTEo PERSONALS

Mrs. M. K. Fearing, Jr., and
children, Dean and Malcolm, have
returned from Burlington, where
they visited Mrs. Fearing's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. v. Simpson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Tillett and
daughter, Jacqueline, were in Nor
folk, Va, Monday.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. R. D.
Sawyer over the week were Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Haskell of Buck
roe Beach, Va, and Mr.. and Mrs.
J. s. Addison of Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Ness Harwod
OF Buffalo, N. Y, visited Mr.. Har-
woods mother, Mrs. Van Ness
HARDWOOD, last week. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harwod also visited Southern
Pines.
Mrs. Donovan Thyme has return
ed from Burlington, where she Wis
tied her son-in-law and daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Thomas and
their infant son, Harry Hunt
Thomas, Jr.
John d. Midget of Miami
Springs, Fla, IS visiting his sis
ter; Mrs. Frank Sikora. sestsr /.
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One of the largest fish taken
with rod and reel along the Attain
tic Coast last year, and a 5-hour
fishing contest will feature in the
second annual Dare Coast Pirates
Jamboree beginning on Hatteras
April 81, and continuing on the
Dare Beaches the following day
with the conclusion or finale at
Roanoke Island on Sunday, April
%.
The 5-hour fishing contest will
be held on Hatteras Island Fri
day. It will begin at 6 o'clock and
continue until IL o'clock. Fishing
areas will be the surf between
Oregon and Hatteras Inlets. En-
try blanks for the contest will be
available at the stores and hotels
or motels or fishing tackle shops
on Hatteras Island. These are To-
Gated in each of the seven villages.
Anglers making catches which
they plan to enter in the contest
for the prizes to be awarded must
go to the village of Hatteras and
have their catch weighed in be-
tween IL o'clock and 1880 am.
on Friday. The official weighing
station will be Willie Newsome's
Sportsmans Headquarters at Hat
teras. The prizes will be awarded
near the scene of the big free fish
fry close by the Sportsman's
Headquarters on Hatteras Beach.
Blue Marlin dwelling
A 464-pound blue marlin landed
last May % in the Gulf Stream
off the Dare Coast by AL Plews of
Glen Burnie, Nd, while he trolled
from aboard Capt. Ernal Fosters
boat Albatross l, has been mounted
and put on display in special
outdoor show place between Jour-
neys End Restaurant and Journeys
End Motel in the Kitty Hawk
region.
At 1870 o'clock Saturday morn
ing the beautiful mounted fish
will be unveiled by the man who
caught it. This ceremony will take
place to the tunes of Elizabeth
City's famous High School "Pirate"
Band. Larger blue marlin have
been caught, but none will have
had the ceremony and attention
planned for the one AL Plews
caught and which he unveils exact
ly one year to the day from the
time he caught it off Hatteras.
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Elizabeth City reported sighting
two great schools of the fish NOV
ing towards Oregon Inlet, close
inshore off the Outer Banks beach
between the inlet and Rodanthe'
His report came on the heels OF Q
similar aerial sighting of five
schools reported by a Naval lieu
tenant aboard a blimp operating
in the same sector.
In the meantime on Thursday
morning reports came from Navy
Chaplain Dick Titley of Buxton
that small puppy drum were being
caught in the surf near the Point
of Cape Hatteras and seven miles
southwest in the village of Hat
teras Scotty Gibson also reported
catches of puppy drum in the surf
at Hatteras Inlet. One 81 FOUNDER
was caught on the south shore OF
Hatteras Inlet Wednesday by w.
C. O'Neal of Ocracoke.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-04-27
LARGE MOUTH BASS
NEAR LITTLE BRIDGE

Dick Gray of the Reef, between
Roanoke Island and Mays Head,
displays an unusual catch of sew
eral largemouth bass he caught on
Tuesday of this week while fish
ing with a bucktail lure. Normally
the waters beneath the Little
Bridge are salty, but recent storms,
rains or something must have
changed the situation. Large mouth
bass are seldom caught in that
sector which officially is salt and
not fresh waters IL. At the same
time he caught the bass he also
snagged and landed a jumping
mullet. Other anglers, fishing at
the Little Bridge also caught
largemouth bass on Tuesday.
Salt water fishing still remains
below par. Last catch of channel
bass reported was four taken at
Hatteras Inlet last Thursday by
three Cape May Courthouse, N. j.,
anglers. Their fish weighed up to
46 pounds.
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FEDERATION
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and the treasurer's report.
Manteo Club President Mrs. Leo
Midget accepted the gavel for the
club as having the greatest num-
Der of members present.
Mrs. Cecil Midget, vice-presi-
dent of the County Council, intro
duced Mrs. Corinne Grimsley, sec
rotary of N. C. Parents-Teachers
Association who talked to the
group about the attitudes of par
ents and children in the different
stages of child development.
, Mrs. Toler announced that all
clubs were asked to participate in
the observance of National HID.
Week. She gave some interesting
highlights of the district fedora
ton meeting held in Camden.
The meeting was adjourned by
the group repeating the club col
lect in unison.
Mrs. Joyce Gray served luncheon
at the Lighthouse Restaurant at
loo.
Special guests and visitors at
the meeting were Mrs. Sam San
derlin, Currituck home agent, Miss
Maidred Morris, Currituck assist
ant home agent, Mrs. H. T. High
smith, district director of P.T.A.
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healthy looking which yet remain untouched and un-
proved.


There is campaigning for U. S. Senate who
ought to get good showing under in the primary He seeks
the office held by Senator Sam Erwin of Morganton
record of service and good He has been Judge of
the NJ c. Supreme Court he has served his state with
distinction in the Legislature and in many other positions
of trust and public service This Marshall Kurfees is the
guy who staged false and scurrilous campaign
to damage Mr. Scots candidacy by the circulation of
piece of false and misleading literature purportg
from the Negroes and couched in such terms might
done serious harm had his undercover scheme been
posed Kurfees himself confessed his cowary deed for he
could find sorry enough to help him up Such
in wise represent the state in the Senate He
is unworthy of consideration in any for this post His
nomination would be reflection North Carolina and
the Democratic party and in respect does any
favorable consideration by the voters of this state He ought
to be showed under just deeply it is possible
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MORE DE-sEGREGATIoN


The U. S. Supreme Court this,
week ruled that segregation in,
buses or other forms of Transports
ton is unlawful. It is predicted
this will result in abandonment of
many bus lines, which. are. expect.
to become Improbable :. The As
socistion for Advancement Of Col
ored people has started a move in
Virginia to mix up the pupils this
year ;. Attorney General Shepard
of Texas complains of the Supreme
Courts action, and asks: "Shall we
stand hopeless while men hidden
behind pious cloaks of Congress
sional, bureaucratic and judicial
immunities with legal sabers
slash whole concepts of free gov
eminent out of the Constitution"
PASSPORT FRAUDS-In New
York U. S. Attorney Paul Williams
said a vicious ring specializing in
faxed passports has flooded the
U. S. with thousands of Latin
Americans with criminal records.
Arturo Arrocha-Lopez As, has been
arrested as king-pin of the ring
and is held under $25, 900 bail.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-04-27
CHANNEL BASS FISHING
SHOULD IMPROVE NOW

Mays Head, Apr. 25.-Channel
bass fishing should be much better
during the next two weeks than it
has been since the first of the
season were taken early this
month in the Hatteras and Oregon
Inlet waters. After the first fish
this year the weather became un-
favorable and continued stormy for
several days. AS conditions leveled
off, the waters where channel bass
are usually so plentiful by mid
April, was so choppy and silt-fill-
ed that it was impossible to catch
them either from the surf or by
trolling the inlets in the wake of
charter boats.
The picture was changing the
past week end. Coach Copley of
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* 3IllI1a
WELCOMES CLEANUP WEEK
RECOMMENDS IT'S EXTENSION

To The Editor:
AS a resident and long time
tax payer of Dare County, was
delighted to have news Of Mayor
Kellogg's announcement of Clean
Up Week in Manteo.
In connection with this clean up
program / know you will be in
terested in receiving, under ,sepa-
rate cover, newspaper mats for use
in the Coastland Times. I have
chosen to send collection of our
smallest mats which ] thought
might interest you, and am also
sending our mat proofs and order
form from which you may request
additional mats if you so desire
without cost.
l hope Mayor Kellogg's week
campaign will meet with such sue
cess that he will find it necessary
to extend it for another week at
least, and eventually make Dare
County's campaign a year round
activity.
With kind personal regards.
Brig. General, USA (Ret'd.)
JOSEPH F. BATTLEY
National President
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wooded and timbered with cedar
and oak. In fact at many points
on the coast, shipbuilding was an
important industry, and many
slaves were employed in the labor
involved. The economy, and social
life as well, of this region was
entirely dependent on water trans
portation, the only method of NOV
ing things from place to place.
ANY man affluent enough to own
coasting vessel, could with one
of the small schooners, make a
splendid living by trading out to
the West Indies, taking, slaves and
shingles, and bringing back sugar,
rum, molasses and other commodi-
ties. Salt fish were an important
item of export, it being the prin-
cipal product of the people on the
immediate coast, while farther in
land, shingles, lumber and slaves
brought profit to the citizens.
Roanoke Island had many small
farms in those days, and the COM
bination of farming, stock raising,
boating and fishing was worked
avidly the year round.
On Broad Creek, numerous boat
builders operated in their day, and
many vessels were built on its
shore. The water was deep and
made launching an easy project.
The homes were built on the high
er ground, considerable distances
from the creek itself, but canals
were dug leading up from Broad
Creek, some of them sufficiently
wide and deep to float a schooner.
Some 85 years ago, the late
Francis A. Meekins, who then
resided at the Burgess place, en-
gagged in building schooners. The
schooner Onward, long captained
by the late Capt. Aleck Simpson
and remembered by many people
of Wanchese, was one of the YES
sells Capt. Meekins built in between
voyages to the West Indies. Later
he returned to his birthplace to
reside, which is now the homeplaee
occupied by Victor Meekins, his
grandson.
The old Burgess plantation is
about one mile north of the spot
where st. Clair Midget found the
old shiptimbers, and where Spen-
Ger Daniel resided.
For good run down on local
history of this area, one may learn
much from talking to Mrs. Lucetta
Montague, sc of Wanchese, or to
Capt: Columbus Midget of Man.
teo who is 80. And there are num-
erous younger men in Wanchsee
with sharp recollections of the
stories their parents told them of
the old days of 100 years ago.
Mr.. Midget, who now has pos
session of the timber discovered
on Tobey Tillett's farm, thinks his
find is worth some money; that
someone will come along and give
him a good price for it. Clearly
they are museum pieces, and valu-
able only there where interested
visitors may view them because of
their craftsmanship and their his
tory. 1t would not be difficult to
establish the period in which they
were hewed from the rough tim
ber..
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Continued from Page One)

plated.
On this territory, the late Capt.
Spencer Daniel held forth. Born
shortly after the Revolutionary
war ended, in March 1884, he be-
came one of the big landowners
of this area, and his remains rest
in the old family cemetery. He
died in October, 1859, 81 years ago
The late Thomas E. Tillett, who
was born in 1881 and who died in
1897, married Sophia M. Daniels,
and they lived on the homeplace
which came to her, and which went
to her son William B. Tillett, and
is now owned by his son ]. B.
(Tobey) Tillett. Sophia Daniels
wife of Thos. E. was born in 1882
and died just SO years later. Thos.
E. and Sophia Tillett were parents
of seven sons and three daughters,
whose progeny now run into the
hundreds. Nearly all the popula-
ton of the community of Wanchese
can trace their ancestry to Spen-
Ger Daniel, many of them through
Thos. E. and Sophia Tillett.
Memories of the older people of
Roanoke Island pickup the things
they heard in childhood, which tell
them that Spencer Daniel was one
of the big men of his day. The
activities of successful men of $50
years ago embraced an exceeding
rugged and vigorous existence.
Business enterprises called for the
operation of vessels between
coastwise and West Indian ports.
No one could carry on without
ships, and they had to be staunch,
able and commodious vessels. It
was necessary for these men to
build their own ships. They must
know how to repair them. They
had to work with crude tools, yet
their craftsmanship which developed
under the most difficult of condi-
lions is often a marvel to this day.
Those old timers operated large
fishing businesses, often by the
use of log canoes. They not only
knitted their own nets, but they
grew and spun the thread for them
on their own plantations. There
was free range, and they had herds
of hogs and cattle and horses, all
identified by individual marks or
brands. There was plenty of tim
Der for the taking, for their vari-
Gus enterprises. The door of oppor-
tunity was wide open, but only
for those who were willing to
work. Those who were more than
willing to work were most pros
porous. Those who might have loaf
ed or lived on their bounty of their
neighbors were not allowed to do
so. 1t was a fight for survival,
and the larger the family, the bet
ter off everyone was, for all had
to work.
In the days of $50 years ago,
Roanoke Island was heavy set with
virgin pine. Live oaks thrived in
the sandy soil, and a heavy growth
of cedar extended the length of
the coast. From cedar and oak,
many of the natives fashioned
timbers for ships. Those who did
not build ships often manufactured
and exported framing to others
who did build ships.
Avon too, was noted for the
building of vessels in those days.
The entire Hatteras Island was
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BOMBS AND MISSILES-Niki-
ia Krushev in England said Russia
will soon have a. guided missile
which can hit any point in the
world DIR. Theo Karmen, scien-
fist in Germany says at is unlike
ly an intercontinental rocket can
be made accurate enough for guar
anteed push-button warfare" /.
FINAL EASTERN SHORE
TRAIN =. The final night train
of the Pennsylvania railroad, be-
tween philadelphia and Cape
Charles will be run Saturday night.
The daytime train each way will
remain. Loss of business is the
reason for taking off the night
service.
CHARTER ON ATOMIC ENER-
GY-The U. s., Russia, Great
Britain and ten other nations are
now in basic agreement on char
ter for proposed international
atomic energy agency. Object to
control its uses into peaceful cham
nels.
TWO LOST IN LAKE-Major
Fred B. Park, an army chaplain
of Fl. Bragg, and his 14-year-old
son Michael, vanished Saturday
afternoon in Kerr Lake reserva-
ton. Their boat has been found;
they are given up for lost.
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It is hereby given for general information, raoreso, to all
employers of labor who come within the jurisdiction of the
Act to provide for the Establishment of Fair Labor Standards
in Employment within the Virgin Islands on May %, 1856,
and which received executive sanction and approval, will go
into force and effect beginning on July !, 1856.
Also. Section 8 of this Act states, among other things,
that every employer shall pay to each of his employees wages
at the rate not less than Forty Cents ($0.4O) an hour.
Where there exists doubt in the mind of an employer
|(whose type Of business is affected by this Act concerning
wages, hours Of work and the classification Of employment
therein, it is hereby directed that that employer turns to the
Division Of Labor for information and guidance in the cir
|cumstances.
Done at the Office of the Department Of Agriculture
and Labor this twenty-eigthh day Of June, A.D, 1856.
LOUIS E.
Head, Division of Labor