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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-22
MRS. BUENA JENNETTE, ONE
OF MANTEO'S LEADERS DIES

Mrs. Buena Baum Jennette, S6,
died Saturday at 1915 am. in a
Durham hospital after an illness
of two years. She was a native of
Dare County but had bee residing
with her daughter, Mrs. Iva Jen-
nette Carver of Rougemont, N. c.,
for the past two years. She was
the daughter of the late Samuel
and Sallie Etheridge Baum and the
widow Of Robert Moran Jennette.
She was a member Of the Mt.
Olivet Methodist Church of Man
teo. She was a woman universally
loved for her goodness, and she
had always been a loyal worker
and leader in the church.
Besides her daughter, she is sur
vived by one grandchild and two
great grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon at 4 pm. in the
Mt. Olivet Methodist Church in
Manteo by the Rev. Louis A
Aitken, pastor. Burial was in ii
Manteo Cemetery.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-22
MANTEO BAPTISTS PLAN
SPECIAL. MUSIC PROGRAM

The Rev. Henry v. Napier, pas
tor Manteo Baptist Church will be
host to the Acco- Macs quartet of
Petersburg, Va, Sunday, June "a
at the morning worship hour at
HOO. The Acco-Macs were second
place winners in the Pirates jam
boree quartet contest held at the
Carolinian Hotel in April. At that
time they made plans to come back
to give special program of music
for the church, Their special num-
bers will be given during the wor-
ship hour in the place where the
choir usually does its anthem and
meditation.
The public is invited to hear this
quartet again and to worship with
the members of the Manteo Bap-
fist Church. The morning worship
hour begins at 1856 with the Pre-
lude by the church organist.
The church would also like to
thank the public for their support
in the special program to raise
money for new church pews, Mr..
Napier says. The money is now in
sight and the pews will be ordered
within the next few days. They
should be installed sometime in
November.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-22
Stories Of Shipwreck and Rescue
Talk delivered at Chicamacomico Celebration June I6 1856
By DAVID STICK

1t broke loose the mornings of
DIAMOND SHOALS LIGHTSHIIP
NUMBER 50, and drove her ashore
at Creeds Hill. 1t flooded most of
the homes on the Banks, and at
Diamond City near Cape Lookout
it caused such concern that the
entire population picked up what
was left of their houses and moved
Iaway-to Harker's Island, and the
Promised Land-and some of them
live there still, and may even be
here today.
On this section of the Banks
that August hurricane of 1899 kept
the crews Of Chicamacomico and
Gull Shoal and Little Kinnakeet
and Big Kinnakeet stations busy
for three days and three nights,
and left the beach Uttered with
wreckage-and bodies.
1t began shortly after noon,
Wednesday, August 10th, when
surfman w. G. Midget of Gull
Shoal station, on south patrol, saw
a three-masted schooner danger
ously near the beach. Midget was
on horseback, and hurried back to
the station to report to keeper
D. M. Pugh, who Immediately as
sembled his own crew and called
keeper E. o. Hooper of Little
Kinnakeet, and keeper Bannister
Midget of Chicamacomico, asking
both to meet him at the scene, 2
" miles south of Gull Shoal.
Horses belonging to G. L. Mid
gett and p. L. Gray were hitched
to the beach apparatus cart at Gull
Shoal station, and the crew reached
the scene less than an hour after
the vessel AARON REPPARD--
had been sighted. BY then she was
on the edge Of the outer reef, five
to six hundred yards from shore.
The surfmen from Chicamacomico
and Little Kinnakeet arrived in
short order, and helped set up the
Lyle gun.
Keeper Pugh's first attempted
shot, using a 6 ounce cartridge Of
powder and number z Written
line, and with an elevation of %
degrees, burned off the line and
the shot was lost. The second fell
short. The third, elevation in
creased to 25 degrees, and using
a number 4 shot line, put the shot
over the head stays. But by then,
as keeper Hooper Of Little Kinna-
keet reported later, "it was i'm
possible for the men on the wreck
to do anything, only to hold on for
See STORIES, Page -Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-22
FUNERAL SERVICES MONDAY
FOR CAPT. c. c. MIDGET

Roanoke Islands oldest man,
Capt. Christopher Columbus Mid
gett died Saturday in the Marine
Hospital, Norfolk, after an illness
of two weeks. He was 80. years
old. Capt. Midget had been retired
from the lighthouse service for 25
years, having been in charge of
lights at various points in Dare
County for many years. He was
born at Stumpy Point, having
come with his parents to Roanoke
Island when he was seven years
old. He was the son of the late
Marcus and Elizabeth Mason Mid
gett. He leaves a son, Charlie F.
Midget, and two daughters, Mrs.
M. K. Fearing and Mrs. Carol
Daniels of Manteo; also IL grand
children, IL great grandchildren
and one great-great grandchild.
His wife, the late Mrs. Mollie
Forbes Midget preceded him in
death several years ago. The fun
eral services were conducted at
the graveside in the Manteo Gene
terry by Rev. L. E. Aitken and Rev.
Henry Napier of Manteo and by
members of the Wanchese Masonic
Lodge of which Capt. Midget had
been for many years an active
member, holder of several offices.
Capt. Midget was a man of
sterling character, businesslike and
honorable in all dealings, a man
of thrift, who was always a good
provider. Long before his death
he had Wrranged his burial plot,
set up the stone to mark his grave.
During the years following his re-
tirement, he spent much time each
day downtown, talking with his
many friends. He will be greatly
missed because of his cheerful dis
position, and his friendliness to-
ward all.
Funeral services for Capt. Mid
gett were conducted Monday after
noon at 200 o'clock at the grave
side in the Mt. Olivet cemetery
at Manteo, Rev. Louis Aitken, pas
tor of the Mt. Olivet Methodist
Church officiating, assisted by the
Rev. Henry Napier, pastor of the
Manteo Baptist Church. Masonic
See MIDGET, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-22
ELRoY MIDGET. BELOVED
CITIZEN OF WAVES DIES

Elroy Midget, 80, died Friday
at 5:15 pm. at his residence in
Waves, after a short illness. He
was the most highly regarded of
men of Hatteras Island. He was
a native of Dare County and had
lived in Waves all his life. He
was the son of the late Damon
and Nancy Midget and the hus-
band of Mrs. Julia Pugh Midget.
A retired fisherman, he was a
member Of the Junior Order Of
Wanchese, and a member of the
Fairhaven Methodist Church Of
Waves.
Besidse his wife he Is survived
by one son, Cecil L. Midget Of
Waves and five grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday at 2 pm. in the Fairhaven
Methodist Church at Waves by the
Rev. Dan Meadows, pastor Of the
Hatteras Methodist Church. Burial
followed in the family plot in
Waves.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-22

For, a number of years l have
attempted to find and preserve
factual information about ship
wrecks on the North Carolina
coast. In the process Of this search
it was not long before I realized
that there was one period when
the activities of those whose job
it was to save the lives of ship
wrecked mariners, overshadowed in
drama and human interest the
very shipwrecks themselves. This
was the period from the late
1905 until 1914-the priod when
the United States Lifesaving Serv-
ice was active on our coast.
The Lifesaving Service was, of
course, succeeded by the United
States Coast Guard, and most peo-
pie today consider them as one and
the same. Certainly, there were a
large number of individuals-in-
GLIDING many of you here today
who were active in the Lifesaving
Service, and continued that activity
in the early days of the Coast
Guard.
But I would not be honest if
l did not point out that the great
and glorious period of continual
human sacrifice which character
lied the Lifesaving Service, began
to wane soon after the amalgama-
ton with the Cutter Service to
form the Coast Guard. It was due
partly to the changeover from sail
to steam--and partly to the intro
duction Of more modern lifesaving
devices following World War One.
AS result, there is no more re-
semblance between the old Life
saving Service and the present.
day Coast Guard, than there is
between three-masted schooner,
and an atomic submarine.
For a few minutes I'd like you
to go back with me to those days
of the three-masted schooners-to
the days Of the original Lifesaving
Service land re-live some of the
shipwrecks and rescues on this
coast.
Do you remember the August
hurricane of 1899? When it struck
the Outer Banks in the middle OF
the month it was already full
scale hurricane, for in Porto Rico
alone some three thousand people
were left dead in its wake. II
caught up with more than dozen
vessels off the Banks, and six Of
them disappeared without trace
Seven others were sunk, or piled
up on the beach, total wrecks.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-22
START DREDGING CHANNEL
WANCHESE-OREGON INLET

The Atkinson Dredging Company
of Norfolk is scheduled to begin
dredging in the Manteo-O Oregon In
let 6-foot channel on Wednesday
or Thursday of next week. The
first work will be the removal of
three shoals between Wanchese and
the Inlet. After this is done the
dredge will dredge a 6-foot chan
mel by 100 feet wide from the
main channel to Wanchese. At
Wanchese, it will dredge a basin
200 feet square. The last several
hundred feet of the channel near
the basin will be only go feet wide.
At the completion of the work in
the Manteo area she will move to
Stumpy Point and Engelhard for
maintenance work in each of these
seven-foot channels. The work will
involve the removal of approx
mately 272,000 cubic yards at a
contract cost of $4,000.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-22
500. 900 MOSQUITO
WARFARE MONEY
COMING SOMETIME
But Governor Estimates It Would
Take Five Times As Much to
Do the Job in NJ. c.

North Carolina will receive
$100,0 900 in federal funds to help
carry on a fight against the mos
quitoes in Eastern North Carolina.
The, governors office reported that
Gov. Hodges had received a tele-
gram from President Eisenhower
advising him that the ALLEGATION
has been approved. Gov. Hodges
had requested the federal help on
May 81.
At that time, the governor an
nounced that the state was al
locating $57,40o from the state
contingency and emergency fund
as its share in the fight against
mosquitoes in sections of the state
hit by hurricanes last year.
To Match Local Funds
The governor said at the time
that $4,000 of the state funds
would be used to match local funds
in the purchase of insecticides and
other supplies for spraying and
other mosquito control measures.
He said $4,000 would be used to
employ three sanitary engineers
for a period Of five months to help
carry out the program.
The governor also said on May
81 it has been estimated that $780,
900 in federal funds will be needed
to carry out the control program.
The governors office said it had
notified Gov. Hodges, who is in
New York, of the Presidents
action in approving the 100000
ALLEGATION which Hodges requested.
It said the governor was every
pleased"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-22
FIRE THREATENS
AT LOST COLONY
THEATRE THURSDAY
Damage Slight. Due To Quick
Work on Part Of Mrs. Irene
Smart Rains

A fire alarm which sounded in
Manteo shortly after IL o'clock
noon on Thursday caused conster-
nation and much anxiety until the
outcome could be learned. The
alarm was turned in by Mrs. Irene
Smart Raines, costumer for the
Lost Colony, who discovered smoke
pouring from one of the cabins on
the stage at Waterside Theatre in
Fort Raleigh. BY the time the
Manteo firemeh, with two fire
trucks and numbers of volunteer
firemen, arrived on the scene, Mrs.
Raines, her assistants in the cos
tune department of the Lost Col
ony and members of the shows
maintenance crew who were eating
lunch close by had extinguished
the fire. The Manteo firemen were
there in record time after the
alarm sounded, followed by mana
ger R. E. Jordan, who found out
about the fire by accident. In the
excitement, he was not notified,
unless someone called after he was
on his way.
Mr.. Jordan, manager of the Lost
Colony, stated at press time that
he had no accurate figures on the
amount of damage, but that it
would be small. The fire was
caused by overheating of one of
the six transformers that are used
to boost the organ for the loud
speakers. The insulation melted
and charred the boards on which
the transformer was sitting, caus-
ing lot of smoke, but little other
damage.
The fire occurred just after a
morning rehearsal. All the cast
members had left and had it not
been for quick thinking on the
part of Mrs. Raines, Fort Raleigh
could we'll have had another dis
astrous fire like the one that con-
sumed a large part of the theatre
some years ago.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-22
LIGHTNING. STRIKES AND
DOES MUCH DAMAGE TO
WASHINGTON LBR. co.

Columbia. Lightning struck the
air-conditioning unit at the trailer
office of the Washington Lumber
Co., located in Creswell, late Sun
day afternoon, June 18th, and
travelled throughout the lower
electrical circuits throughout the
office. At some fifteen feet dis
lance the roll of adding machine
paper on Remington Rand Adding
Machine was scorched. The exter-
Tor of the adding machine showed
signs of being burnt. 1t and an
electric Friden Calculator, both
were rendered useless as to i'm
mediate use. The lights in the
trailer were disable.
No blaze was apparent in the
tightly closed trailer office, but
only dense smoke, when found by
M. v. Cohoon, Supt. of Operations
for the said lumber company, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Smith, who
live adjacent, and on whose land
the trailer is parked.
Mrs. Smith relates that during
the storm, she heard a crash Of
lightning, and smelled rubber burn
ing. On investigation, nothing
was found out of order, so she
thought it had struck a power
line nearby. Being dark in the
office, and being tightly closed,
she could detect no smoke.
On arrival of Mr.. Cohoon, who
on his check, up rounds, entered
the office, he was met by a deluge
of smoke. Quick action prevented
further obstruction.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-22
MORE HARBOR PROGRESS
SCHEDULED FOR HATTERAS

Bids were opened at Whining
ton, June 20, for three phase
dredging project at Hatteras.
The work involves restoring the
channel from Pamlico Sound to
the basin to six feet, dredging in
the mooring basin, and clearing
the side channel to the inlet of
shoals.
The job is expected to get UNI
derway within 30 days Of the
opening.
Progress on the double wing
75O-foot breakwater at Hatteras
is reported to be on schedule. The
stone barrier is designed to pro-
tect the basin from storms and
accompanying high water.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-22
PHI ONEiINSTALLATION
is COMPLETE AT
OCRACOKE ISLE

Ocracoke, June 18.-June 18th
was a .red-letter day at Ocracoke,
since it marked the completion of
installation of local and long-dis-
tance- telephone service in about
ninety homes or business concerns
on the Island. In brief ceremony
at Wahab Village Hotel at 9 am,
S. E. Baker, Manager of the Wash
ington, N. C. district, introduced
L. w. Hill, President of the Caro-
lima Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, who spoke briefly concerning
the Ocracoke Island installation,
and who then introduced Sam
Worthington, N. C. Utilities Com
missioner, who closed the switch
connecting the Ocracoke exchange
with long distance service. Mr..
Worthington also talked briefly
and introduced Ralph Moody, also
for the Utilities Commission.
Others officials of the Telephone
Company present were J. F.
Ravens, vice-president, J. E. Reed,
H. D. Holderness, A. D. Mason, C.
R. Jones, w. E. Marshall. Among
Ocracokers present were r. S.
Wahab, to whom the Island is en-
debted for the telephone service,
since it was he who for the past
three years or more worked dill
gently and patiently to persuade
the telephone company to make the
installation. In his talk, Mr.. Hill
mentioned that when Mr.. Wahab
had first preached the idea, they
had considered the possibility Of
submarine cables across Pamlico
Sound but had finally decided to
experiment with the radio connec-
ton. He stated that whereas in
general telephone installation serv-
ices cost about $400 per person,
the Ocracoke installation is cost
ing about $1100 per person, and
he stressed the fact that the Com
pany does not expect to meet it's
costs for a long time, indeed that
it was from a standpoint of serv-
ice to the public, not monetary re-
ward, that the Company had gone
through with the project.
In the short week before the long
distance connection was affected,
local 'phoning averaged between a
thousand and fifteen hundred calls
per day. Between June 4th, when
the first home phone was installed,
and June 18th, there had been a
total of about nine thousand calls
made on the Island. Some of these
were made by the children and
young people enjoying the service
for the first time, but the majority
of them were necessary and proved
the usefulness of telephones here.
The Ocracoke exchange is the
111th of the Carolina Telephone &
Telegraph Company. The exchange
name is WAVERLY-8, and equip
ment is so modern and up-to-date
that when the time comes that
Eastern North Carolina is furnish
ed with long distance dialing equip
ment, Ocracoke can participate i'm
mediately in this type of service.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-22
NO SUMMER SCHOOL

There will be no summer school
for Manteo students this year, ac-
cording to announcement this week
by J. o. Basnight, chairman Of the
school board. Summer school,
which was scheduled to begin some
time in June, will not be possible
because only five students register
ed, and no teacher can be secured
for so small an enrolment.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-22
A COVERED DISH SUPPER
FOR CHURCH SCHOOL FINALS

Vacation Church School at Mt.
Olivet Church viii close this year
with a family night covered dish
supper. Parents of all children en-
rolled in the school, as well as all
others who will come, are invited.
The hour is 6:30; the place, the
educational building, the date,
June 9th.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-22
MAKING TELEvISION SCENES
ON ISLAND OF OCRACOKE

Beginning last Friday, a group
from the Walter Harrison Smith
productions of 1876 E. 57th St.,
New York. undertook the filming
of scenes for television, showing
Ocracoke Island. The pictures are
being made on assignment by U.
S. Rubber Co. Mr.. Smith planned
also to make some pictures on
Hatteras Island, as well as Sec
ond travelogue for development
later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-24

"It is important to bear ir
mind" the report said, thai
present shortages of manpowei
in this country are a symbol Of
success, not failure; that inner
Ient in our constant growth and
Expansion are increasing de-
mands for skilled persons of all
kinds - demands which may
never be completely met.
1T is an unprec e den t e d
achievement and eloquent testi-
mony to the success of a social
experiment which, when this re-
public was founded, was only a
dream and an ideal"
The subcommittee conceded
that "a sense of added urgency
has been given to the manpower
problem in this country by dis
turbing reports that the Rus
slams have launched a massive
educational program to train
scientists and engineers for use
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-24

made to it which should receive
consideration, the group said.
called for establishment Of a
Federal mathematics scholarship
award program. This would
provide a Substantial cash
award" for high school grad
yates who pass examinations in
mathematics at the college en-
trance level.
Other recommendations re-
ceived which the report said de-
served close study were:
Earlier identification of the
ablest students through testing
at the eighth or ninth grade
level.
Increased pay for high schoo,
teachers and greater flexibility
i'm salary scales.
Federal contributions to pri.
vate scholarship foundations.
Establishment of a nationa
education reserve. comprising
qualified persons drawn from
private industry who would Of
released from their jobs for a
year to serve as mathematics and
science teachers in high schools
Better utilization of available
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-24

in Russia, and, more ominously
for export to the uncommitted
areas of the world.
Few people will deny that
the immediate need-vis-a-vis
RusSia-is indeed serious. But
this is only one aspect of the
total picture.
1.-THE shortage of trained and
educated manpower would be
equally pressing without the
Russian threat, although 1t
would perhaps not be as readily
recognized. To that extent, the
pressure created by the Soviet
danger may even be beneficial"
The subcommittee said it had
received much testimony that
there has been a rapid deterio-
ration in the quality and guam
tity of mathematics instruction
in our high schools in recent
years"
One of the recommendations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-24

BARBARA BARROW issiursd In
"IHE MOUNTAIN" Apstsmouui Picture
Filmed in VstsWson-colof By Techatolof
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-24
D. c. College Sets
Admission Tests

District Teachers College will
give admission tests to prospec-
tive freshmen students at 2 pm.
Friday.
DR.. Charles w. Thomas, regis
trar, said today las applicants
passed similar tests given in
March and May. The tests, new
this year, are an English exam
and an aptitude quiz.
All entering freshmen are
being required to take the tests
as part of a new screening pro-
gram. Some 260 have taken
them so far.
DIR. Thomas said the college
hopes for a good turnout for the
Friday testing in the Wilson
Building. Eleventh and Harvard
streets NV. Those who haven't
applied already will be allowed
to register just before the tests,
he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-24
Boys Nation Delegates
Elect Frye President

States and the Canal Zone,
swept to the platform and
paraded the winners on their
shoulders after the convention
election in the university's old
gym.
The election capped a busy
day in which the youths had
lunch with their Senators after
touring the Capitol and then
visited the Supreme Court, the
Library Of Congress and the
State Department.
Today they will visit the
Smithsonian Institution and the
National Museum, the Lincoln
and Jefferson memorials and the
Archives.
They will wrap up a week of
activities with graduation exer-
ciSes on Friday.
The delegates are representa-
tives of Boys State conventions
across the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-24

John L. Frye of Huntington
w. Va, was elected president
by delegates to Boys Nation last
night on flrst-ballot vote al
the 18th annual convention al
the University of Maryland.
The 96 delegates to the Ameri.
can Legion's mock government
program split the ticket anc
elected Gilbert Shasta, IT, oil
New London, Conn, vice presi.
dent.
The 17-year-old Huntington
delegate, a nominee of the
Federalist Party, won a 63-to-3;
vote over Joe N. Short, 16, Of
Ponca City, Okla.-the National
list candidate.
Young Shasta, a Nationalist
won his seat over Robert j. De.
lisa, II, of Hartford, Conn.
53-to-40.
The delegates, representing A.
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Iskills in private industry and
better utilization of scientists in
the armed forces.
Federal aid to universities in
training technical assistance
representatives for service
abroad.
Marshaling of the free
worlds" scientific resources
through common progress pro-
viding for instruction and schol-
arships.
Expansion Of reactor training
programs in the field of atomic
energy.