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The coastland times., 1956-06-08
POSTMASTERS OF
STATE MEETING
I'M DARE COUNTY
Governor and Postal Officials on
LIST Of Speakers at Three
Day Convention on
Beach

One of the important conven-
tions coming to Dare County this
summer is the three-day session
at Nags Head and Kill Devil Hills
next week, June 12-14 Of the N.
C. Chapter Of the National Asso-
citation of Postmasters. Mrs. Effie
A. Brickhouse is state president.
Mrs. Maude M. White of Buxton
is District President, and with the
host postmasters, Mrs. Catherine
Perry of Kitty Hawk, Mrs. Elton
Twiford of Kill Devil Hills and
r. R. Kessinger of Nags Head, a
lot of hard work is being done to
get ready for the event.
Governor Hodges is on the pro-
gram for speech. Registration
will begin Monday at the Airing
ton Hotel from 10 am. to 6 pm.
An executive committee meeting
will be held Monday afternoon, a
reception for postmasters and
guests at 9 pm.
On Tuesday the convention will
be called to order at $3.50 am.
Welcome address will be made by
Melvin Daniels, Register of Deeds,
Mrs. Maude White, and Mrs. Cath
crime Perry, of Kitty Hawk, repre-
senting the Host postmasters. The
response to these addresses will be
made by J. Tracy Moore of Green's
boro.
Others listed on the program
now are w. H. Rima Jr., U. S.
Civil Service Representative of
Atlanta, Ca, Jane D. Miller, Vice
President of the, and H. B. Dean,
regional directors, of Atlanta, Ga.
The coastland times., 1956-06-08
ELECTION ON $25o.0o0
MANTEO SCHOOL BOND
ISSUE SET FOR AUGUST

The date for the vote on school
bond issue for $250,0O0 to erect a
high school in the Manteo vicinity,
has been set this week by the
County Commissioners to be held
August Ith, aSSaturday.
The issue viii decide the interest
of q majority Of voters in the
school district in levying a special
tax to erect such "a building to
serve the lower end of Nags Head,
Roanoke Island, and the Dare
Mainland, which constitute the
district. Kitty Hawk district, whose
high school children will attend
Manteo next year, is not included
in the district, as the citizens in
that area are planning to hold a
100000 election to erect a high
school in their district. The date
for this election has not been set.
The coastland times., 1956-06-08
MANY EVENTS MAKE
UP A BUSY WEEK
ON DARE COAST

Next week will be a busy week
for vacation operators and sports
fishing interests on the Dare
Coast.
On Monday at Nags Head one
+ the most unusual schools in the
vorld, an institute for sportsfish-
rmen, sponsored by N. C. State
College Extension begins, and the
ession which will feature classes
board charter boats operating at
oregon Inlet, in the Gulf Stream
nd aboard smaller craft in the
resh water bays and sounds of
pper Dare County.
The Sportsfishing Institute will
pntinue for five days and this
ear, because both fresh and salt
|ater fishing will be included in
he course of instruction and be-
Ruse it is being held at Nags
lead, more students than have ev-
before attended the school will
taking part in the classes. In
l6tion to the piscatorial stu
ents, there will be "a faculty of
Eperts in the art of fishing, tackle
I'd technique generally, of inter
t TO anglers.
Postmasters' Convention
Beginning on Tuesday three
" session of the North Carolina
hapter of the National Postmas-
r Association will begin at Nags
cad. Governor Luther H. Hodges
ho will address the opening ses-
pm, heads long list of disting-
shed state and federal officials
at will take part on the various
ograms.
Approximately 400 persons will
present for the convention and
ssions will be held at the Dare
unity Shrine Club and in the Ar
gton Hotel where the convention
Rdquarters will be.
The coastland times., 1956-06-08
CELEBRATION NEXT
WEEK AT RODANTHE.
HONORS LIFESAVERS

Plans are going forward at Ro-
danthe for the celebration next
week, at which Congressman Her
bert Bonner will be principal
speaker on Saturday morning,
June 18th. David Stick of Kill
Devil Hills viii give a review of
important events in which the men
of the Life Saving Service and the
Coast Guard have participated in
the Rodanthe area.
Lanier Edwards orchestra Of
Portsmouth viii play at a sub
scription dance Friday night at
Chicamacomico Motel, and will
play during the program on Sat-
urday.
Expected for Saturdays pro-
gram is Rear Admiral H. C. Moore,
commander 5th Coast Guard dis
trict, Norfolk, and other Coast
Guard officials. Also E. M. Lisle,
Assistant Regional Director Ma
tional Park Service, Richmond, and
other Park Service officials. Also
a number of distinguished visitors
from out of town.
The program will include Coast
Guard drills, local boat races, he'll
icopter rescue demonstration, ETC.,
and will consume most of the day.
The program will start at 10 am.
Saturday, There may be dance
on Saturday night.
A most interesting feature of
the celebration is the memorial
sermon to be delivered Sunday
morning at Fairhaven Methodist
Church, Rodanthe, by Capt. Roy
Bishop, USN, Chaplain Atlantic
Fleet. A solo will be sung by Rob-
ert H. Midget Of Manteo, and the
ladies of the church will partici-
pate in the musical program now
being arranged by A. Fl. Gray,
and the pastor, Rev. Aaron Tyson.
The coastland times., 1956-06-08
BONNER TELLS HIS
GRADS ALL GOING
WILL NOT BE EASY
Many Awards Given in Class Of
~ Who Heard Congress-
man Friday Night

Going through life will not all
be easy, Congressman Herbert C
Bonner warned the 81 graduates OF
the Manteo High School Friday
night. Mr.. Bonner spoke to a full
house, which turned out for the
exercises, despite one of the worst
downpours of rain in many day.
Prior to Mr.. Bonner's speech,
Principal r. H. Stone presented
the following awards: valedictory
award, Carl Hayes; salutatory
award, Thelma Jean Williams;
danforth awards, Preston Sears
and Thelma Jean William; libr-
ary award, Judy Etheridge; bus
drivers safe-driving award, 10
Ann Hooper; school service
awards, Davis Balance, Marion
Woodward, Billy Best, Carol Walk
er, Donna Forbes, Hope Ambrose,
Randie O'Neal, Ann Daniels and
Janice Scarborough; Fren h
award: Richard Shannon, Jr.; SEN
ior athletic awards, Carol Walker
and Woody Woodward; citizenship
award, Davis Balance; tipping
award, Marion Woodward; the Bal
four award for loyalty, scholarship
and achievement, Thelma Jean
Williams; school safety patrol
awards, Raymond White, Joseph
Boyce, Donald Seasons, John San
ders Robinson, Ronnie Payne and
Billy Crumpacker. It was also an
nounced that the Woman's Club
scholarship had been won by Thel-
ma Jean Williams, the Fearing
scholarship by Marion Woodward.
Mr.. Bonner, who was introduced
at length by Mrs. Mary L. Evans,
County Superintendent Of Schools,
gave thanks for the fine introduc-
tion, and then delivered the fol-
lowing speech:
The tenor of my talk tonight
may be considered unorthodox by
some; however, when you stop and
think it over, you'll probably real
ize that truth is often considered
at least slightly daring. I'm not
here to tell you that you are the
hope Of the world (although I am
silently praying that you will
prove to be just that; nor shall
The coastland times., 1956-06-08
COMMISSIONERS TO OPEN
COURTHOUSE BIDS FRIDAY

Bids for construction Of a new
Jail and vaults for the Dare Coun-
ty courthouse are scheduled to be
opened Friday. The project is to
be financed by $4,000 on hand
paid the county by the National
Park Service, and an additional
tax on property in the county.
Cost Of improvements have been
estimated at $4,000 to 100000.
This project was voted down by
the people by q two-to-one vote
last July.
The coastland times., 1956-06-08
TWO GOVERNORS,
HON. TAR HEELS
NOW AT MACS HEAD

Nags Head. - Governor Luther
H. Hodges and former Governor R.
Gregg Cherry of Gastonia are
guests this week end of The Caro-
linian hotel at Nags Head along
with one of the worlds most ex-
elusive membership groups, the
Honorary Tar Heels. Also here to
help Mrs. Lucille S. Purser and
Julian Oneto of the Carolinian en-
tertain the group is State Maga-
zine Publisher Bill Sharpe, Ra-
leigh, chairman of the Dept. of
Conservation and Developments
advertising committee, Hugh Nor
ton of Wilmington, and the Cover
nor's Secretary, Ed Rankin.
Members of the Honorary Tar
Heel group are persons who in the
past have aided in the promotion
of North Cardinals vacation and
industrial attractions. They are
mostly magazine writers or edi-
tors, top-ranking news men and
columnists and outstanding pho
tographers.
If not the first, it will be one
of the few times that former Gov
ernor Cherry has met with the
group since his term of office ex-
pired. But most of the Honorary
Tar Heels are old friends of Gov
ernor Cherry just as they are good
friends of present Governor Hodg-
es who met with the group here
last Spring and again with them
in New York during the past win
ter.
It was during the Governor
Cherry administration that he and
Bill Sharpe, the latter then head
of the Dept. of C and D State
News Bureau, thought up the idea
to do something for the States
non-residents who were response
BILE for SO much excellent publicity
that North Carolina was getting,
both from the vacation standpoint
as well as industrially. Since then
succeeding Governors have assist
ed in keeping the organization
alive along with the assistance of
Morton. and Charles ]. Parker, Jr.
of the State Advertising Division.
During the years the group
have met in Morehead City, where
famous Restaurateur Tony Seq
mon, also here this week end, help
ed entertain them, at Wilmington,
and Cataloochie Ranch near
Waynesville where Tom Alexander
who is also here, entertained the
group. They have also met at Fon-
tana and each winter there is a
special meeting in New York City
where another famous restaurant
owner, Joe Massoletti, owner of a
vacation lodge at Hatteras, helped
make the group feel at home. Mas
soletti is one of the few members
who is not connected directly with
magazines, radio, newspaper or
photographers While here
they will have no set program,
some will fish and others will just
relax for a few days.
Governor Hodges, former Gov
ernor R. Gregg Cherry, Bill
Sharpe, Tom Alexander and others
landed at the CG Air Base in
Elizabeth City at noon Thursday.
There they were met by highway
patrol who brought them overland
to the Dare Coast. The big Ma
tional Guard CAT which they were
aboard had left Raleigh at 1850
with Manteo Airport as the desti-
nation. Overcast weather conditions
See TAR HEELS, Page Six
The coastland times., 1956-06-08
GET POLIO SHOTS NOW

Polio shots for all children from
the age of six months through 10
years, inclusive, and for all ex-
pectant mothers are being urged
by DR.. w. w. Johnston, Dare
County health officer. Polio, ac-
cording to DR.. Johnston, is ON the
increase in North Carolina, and he
advocates one shot immediately,
another four weeks later. Clinic
hours at the Manteo Health Center
are from $3.50 until five o'clock on
Wednesdays and Fridays.
The coastland times., 1956-06-08
IRANDED TRAWLER BURNED
7 BEACH AT WASH WOODS

Having stripped the stranded
wler Cherokee Of everything Of
ue, the owner, B. #. Forrest Of
mpton, Va, set it afire and
med most Of the vessel last
ek. The boat went ashore April
One Of the crew members died
exposure. The old boat was
. II for sub-chaser during World
u i and is nearly 40 years old.
boat was once used as q
lighter between Baltimore ana
folk.
The coastland times., 1956-06-08
TRUX SHELTON MIDGET
RETIRES AT VA. BEACH

Trux Shelton Midget, Chm,
USCG, formerly assistant group
commander of the area was retired
on June 1. He is 45 years old, son
of Capt. T. E. Midget and a ma
tive of Kitty Hawk. For the pres
ent he is living at Virginia Beach,
in which area he has spent the
larger part of his service in the
Coast Guard.
The coastland times., 1956-06-08

SEAMAN RECRUIT DONALD R.
BLIVEN, USCG, 20, and the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Blixen, Man
teo, completed the 12-week course
of recruit training at Cape May,
N. ]. last week, reporting to his
first duty station: the Center's
Maintenance Division.
Bliven was graduated from
Manteo H. S. in 1854. He entered
the nations oldest sea-going serv-
ice February 90, 1856.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10
Day Old Chicks Need
Best Foot Forward

A day-old baby chick requires
about as much attention of its
caretaker as newborn baby, ac-
Cording to w. G. Andrews. State
College extension poultry Specia-
list.
Andrews says that in order to
set its best foot forward in life, a
baby chick must be proper
nourished. along with h a vim 9
many other comforts.
AS he puts it. I'VE are growing
the young orphans for either meat
or egg production. and we can in
fiuence either of these courses
favorably by placing a good start
ing mash before the baby chicks
at all times. A good start in life
by being fed this kind of ration
can make a good end.
Poultry nutritioniSts have work
eo long and hard to find the cor
rect proportions of each ingredi-
ent. Producers shouldn't alter this
balance by feeding additional
grain in the form of cracked corn
CT other cracked grain, thereby
unbalanclng the ration, Andrews
warns.
Andrews points out also that the
poultryman can save money by
avoiding wasting of the feed. He
says the mash hopper shouldn't
be filled more than two-thirds
full.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10

A minister on meeting a little
boy one day asked, Sonny. who
made you?'
We'll. to tell you the truth.
mister. I don't know" the boy re-
piled. Il amt done yet"
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10

piete garden fertilizer such as an
G-S-8 or 5-l0-5. This will hasten
the breakdown of the brouS.
coarse materials which have a
low content of nitrogen and other
pant nutrients. Bacteria which do
the work of composing require a
readily available supply of nj
trogen and mineral nutrients in
order to rapidly break down the
compost materials. If stable ma
uure is available it will make a
valuable addition to the compost.
AS soon as the compost ma
terialS are well rotted they should
be distributed and worked into
the garden soil The purpose of
the compost is not to furnish the
necessary f E / t il ty for growing
garden crops but to supplement
regular plant food applications as
source of organic matter for
maintaining the physical condi-
ton of the soil
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10

sensible and simple. Remember it's
sood etiquette to follow your
hostess lead Don't start to eat
until she does and then use the
same piece of silver. The host sits
at one end of the table, the hos
tess at the other end. A lady guest
Of honor is seated at her hosts
right gentlemen guests of honor
at his hostess right.
PLACING SILVER To set the
table. use only pieces of silver
necessary for the meal. Place sill
Yer about one inch from the edge
Of table, with pieces to be used
first on outside Knives and spoons
go to the right of plate, forks to
the left
TABLE LINENS Fold napkins
square or rectangular and place to
the left of forks. Tablecloth should
overhang the table 10 to Is inches
and should be exactly centered on
table. If you use place mats in
stead of a tablecloth, they should
be set one inch in from the edge
of the table.
GLASSWARE AND CHINA -
Glasses are placed to the right of
each place setting and directly
above the knives. Individual salts
and peppers should be placed
above the plate or between two
settings the same goes to ash
trays if they are used. Place the
salad plaCe to the left of forks and
che inch in from table edge. If
bread and butter plates are used,
place them just above the forks.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10
This Former Won't
Do Things Holt Way

S. B. T. Eastering Of Ellerbe,
PIchmond County, doesn't believe
III doing things half way.
He carries this philosophy right
along with new enterprises. If
YOU plan to make money out OF
broilers. 1t is best to build a good
house and raise a lot of birds.
re says.
Negro County Agent S. N. Shell
ton says that Easterling sold his
first batch of birds recently. The
batch" consisted of $3.50 broilers
that averaged pounds in 10
weeks.
Shelton says that Easterling put
SIPS birds in a house that was
constructed by State College rec
concentrations. The h ouSe has
automatic drinking u n a n S,
ridge ventilatorS. thermostatlcal-
IL controlled heat and electric
lights. The house also has a spec
;al aluminium roof that conSel yes
keat in the winter and repels the
sun rays in the hot summer, max
ing the building cool in the sum-
mer and warm in the winter.
Easterling says, 1t costs a lit
tie more to build a house like !
have. but it pays off by lowering
the mortality rate, and facilitates
the caring for the birds.
Shelton says h EaSteriing
made some mistakes such as put
ting too much feed in the hop
pers. But despite his mistakes he
managed to make a profit on his
first batch He says, I'm in the
poultry business to stay.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10
Farmers Advised
To Plant Within
Their AlIotments

The fact that the state allot-
ment for Virginia type peanuts
has been increased considerably
over last year is Just another rea-
son why farmers should carefully
pant within their acreage allot-
r1ents this year, according to H.
d Godfrey. administrative officer
cor the state ASC committee.
Godfrey says that $500 report
ers" have already been hired and
trained oy local ASC county Of
ficeS. They will visit every farm IN
the state and every field on the
farm to determine acreage plant
ed to allotment crops, thus Vlrtu-
ally eliminating the possibility OF
on erplantlng a peanut allotment
and escaping the prescribed pen
atty.
Another reason why farmers
should carefully stay within their
peanut allotment is the fact that
peanuts of this type are the only
commodity not IN oVer-Supply
Godfrey adds. He explains that
with price support available IN
1856 at SO per cent of parity,
prospects are good for this years
crop. Prices we're favorable last
year because of a shortage. With
ailotmentS increased in 1856 and
with favorable weather conditions,
the supply situation n can be
changed very quickly and as the
supply changes. producers can eX-
peel a change in price
This change in price Will make
price support eligibility even more
important to the producer, he con-
cflldnS
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10
RIMD COMPOST FILE

The average home garden soil
Goes not have sufficient organic
matter in it to keep it in the best
condition. A goodway to obtain
this organic matter is to build a
compost pile. During the spring
and summer there will be a lot of
materials available for composing
such as leaves, grass clippings,
weeds. cOnrnStalks n canning
v asteS. Weeds with ripened seed
heads should not be used. Plants
infected with soil-borne diseases
such as tomato wilt should not be
rut in the compost.
Build the compost pile in a
shady place. The sides should be
vertical and the top should be
slightly depressed in the center to
retain rainfall. On each layer of
plant material put a thin layer
Of garden soil about one inch)
and add few handfuls of a COM
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10

Plans Con Mean
More Income

Better farm plans which fully
utilize land. family labor, and
ether resources. could mean a
better living for farmers in the
Piedmont area of North Carolina,
according to D. G.. RarWood. Jr.
extension farm management and
marketing specialist at N. c.
State College.
He says that USDA economists,
Working IN the area lying between
the Coastal Plain and the Appa
lachian Mountains. report that
farmers in this area aren't fully
using their arm management
ability.
The economists, for instance,
found that many farmers were
hiring too much labor in propor-
ton to their farm income. This
vas a result of a farming system
in which too much of the work
came in one season.
BY changing enterprise combi-
nations on these farms, less labor
would need to be hired, and the
family labor could be utilized more
nearly the year around, Harwood,
says.
Other adjustments could include
better mechanization practices.
Many farms have both mules and
a tractor. and don't use either
fully.
HarWOo adds that with
changes in the labor picture and
better utilization of machinery.
some of the idle land could be
brought into production.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10

Twenty five counties in North
Carolina will grow aromatic to-
bacco in 1856.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10

grain to determine the best va
rieties for the Piedmont section
Of the state and studies in rotat-
ing the usual crops of the area.
SMALL GRAIN CENTER
BY the time the station was
celebrating its fortieth anniver-
sary III 1943, it had become the
center of the small grain breeding
work in the state, foreign crops
were receiving considerable atten-
ton and livestock and grazing pro-
grams were under way.
In 1886. a Federal station was
established adjoining the state sta
ton for investigational work in
cotton The work developed high
produc tion, diSeaSe-reSistant
strains. with emphasis on length
of staple and strength and quality
OF fiber
Shortly before the relocation of
the Piedmont station. the Federal
government gave to the state the
1873 acres it owned at StateSville.
In return for which the state will
provide new facilities for continu-
alton of the work at the new farm
in Rowan county.
BALLENTlNE COMMENTS
State Commissioner of Agucul-
ture L. Y. Ballentine. commenting
on the move this week said:
AT the new farm near Sails
bury. old lines of research can be
expanded and some badly needed
new ones added. "
Special field days for various
crops which have brought thou
sands of farmers to the station
each year will probably be con-
tinued at the new farm, it has
been indicated.
Mr.. Ballentine said no date has
been set for the section OF the ap-
proXimately 325 acres left in the
property. 1t is hoped, he added,
that it can be arranged for the
latter part of May.
Mr.. Hendricks and all Of his
staff except one man have moved
to the new 1,065-acre Rowan tract
tC contonue their work. The one
man remains to look after the few
sheep and cattle left.
The Statesville Chamber
of Commerce offered S2O5 900 for
the farm to insure Its orderly
Development" but the state re-
iected the bid in favor of the auc-
ton sale plan.
RAILWAY SHOULD PROFIT
The development Of the prop
erty into an industrial center will
be d boon to the Alexander Rail
way Company. which serves a
tWenty-mile run between States
Vile and Taylorsville.
The company was organized sew
eral years ago when the Southern
Railway abandoned the line as
Improbable. Now the Alexander
tracks connect with those of the
Southern Just east of the expert
ment station property.
That means the little line will
get a share of shipping rates for
hauling freight only a few hun
dred yards in many instances.
The Alexander Railway tracks
split the experiment station prop
erty. The sound of its diesel en-
zines horn twice a day is about all
that's left to disturb the cattle
and sheep as they await the day
when they. too, viii move.