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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01

HAS lIlSue q decision. NO linking
has come from the White House
when to expect a statement
Until Mr.. Eisenhower speaks, he
is considered a candidate.
So confident is the G. o. P. or
sanitation that it has con-
tracted for thousands of dol
IarS worth Of campaign ma
terial in which Mr.. Eisenhower
is the standard bearer and pres
ldential candidate.
This same material also fea-
lures Vice President Nixon as
the Presidents running mate
The Republicans clearly are
banking on the ticket being
Eisenhower and Nixon as it was
in 1852.
Nixon Seen in Race
The inclusion of Mr.. Nixon s
name in this material seems to
give the lie rather effectively tC
suggestions that Mr.. Nixon may
De dropped. A great amount OF
preliminary work already mas
been done by the national COM
mlttee, SO that the party may be
in position to start its campaign
Immediately after the conven-
ton.
The belief that the President
will make the race Is not con-
fined to Republican National
Chairman Hall and others IN the
party organization. The II Re-
publican Governors who attended
the 48th annual Governors con-
ference at Atlantic City last
week not only signed a state
ment urging Mr.. Eisenhower to
run and pledging their support,
but they individually said they
thought he would.
They also expressed them
selves individually as willing to
go along with the denomination
of Mr.. Nixon. Undoubtedly a
number of these Republican
Governors would like to have
the vice-presidential nomination
if for any reason Mr.. Nixon
should not be the candidate
Gov. Herter of Massachusetts
would have strong backing for
that nomination if occasion
should arise. Gov. Knight of
California. the second most pop
ular State and the home of Mr..
Nixon. would be delighted to
take over, and so would Gov
Stratton of Illinois. who has Just
won denomination for Governor.
Thornton Takes Post
Former Gov. Dan Thornton OF
Colorado has been mentioned
too. But Mr. Thornton has now
accepted the dictatorship of the
Republican National Commit
tees Agricultural Division, with
headquarters in Chicago, one OF
he most important posts of the
& publican organization in view
T. Z the farm issue in the coming
campaign Mr. Eisenhower wrote
Thornton a letter expressing his
pleasure that he had accepted
his post.
A number of these Republican
Governors are considering a SUBJ
stltute for the President, on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
COP. Election Material
Stors President and Nixon
BY GOULD LINCOLN

When President Eisenhower walked out Of Walter Reed
Hospital yesterday under his the belief
tinue a candidate for reelection became frmer
Unless the President has setback fails to convalesc salts
facoy Republican leaders convinced will
decision, however, remains in the Presidents hands
The big question is how will the President reveal
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-05-18
MACS HEAD HOST
TO HISTORIANS
OF THE STATE

Under the leadership of DIR. C. C.
Crittenden, head of the State De-
partment of Archives and History,
members of the State Literary and
Historical Association are meeting
at The Carolinian on Mays Head
this week end in cooperation with
the Roanoke Island Historical As
ISOLATION. The meeting starting
Friday at noon includes, in addi-
ton to sessions at Mays Head and
visits to points of historical inter-
est on the Dare Beaches and Roa-
noke Island, a full day trip to
Hatteras Island on Saturday.
Association President Gilbert T.
Stephenson will preside at the Fri
day afternoon session when Law
renee Swain of the Dare County
Board of Commissioners will give
a welcoming address followed by 8
description of tours in area ar.
ranged and planned by R. E. Jor.
dan of The Lost Colony's business
office. The Roanoke Island toul
will include Elizabethan Gardens
Fort Raleigh and Lost Colony's
See HISTORIANS, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-05-18

KERMIT URIAS GRAY of Win
ston-Salem who was born at Cape
Hatteras in 1917, son of w. w.
and Carrie O'Neal Gray, was in
Dare County this week calling on
old friends and relatives in the
interest of his candidacy for North
Carolina Commissioner of Agricul-
ture. Mr.. Gray, who previously
served in the Coast Guard as chief
petty officer, retired in 1948 and
now lives in Winston-Salem with
a wife and four children. His wife
a former nurse is from Texas.
Mr.. Gray is a grandson of the late
Urias O'Neal who was Register
of Deeds in Dare County some so
years ago. His father, w. w.
Billy Gray, a native of Avon, re-
tired from the Coast Guard and
removed to Black Mountain where
he died in 1947. Mrs. Gray is liv-
ing in Black Mountain near her
sisters, Misses Maude and Minerva
O'Neal.
Mr.. Gray left Buxton as child,
and moved to Black Mountain
where his father went for his
health. He attended the public
schools in Buncombe County and
Blackstone School of Law in Chi
cago. He is now 80 years old and
Fis serving as a Justice of the
Peace in Winston Salem. He is g
member of the Methodist church
and is 32nd degree Mason. Oh
the W. w. Gray children there are
four sons and sister. A fifth SON
Walter, was killed in Korea in
1850, while serving in the Army
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-05-18
SALVATION ARMY
RETREAT HELD AT
KILL DEVIL HILLS

Commissioner Hugh Sladen of
London, England, who has retired
after So years service with the
Salvation Army, was distinguish
ed guest of the Army's Carolinas
Divisions four-day officers retreat
at Wilbur Wright Hotel at Kill
Devil Hills this week. The confer
ence was attended by approximate
ly 1875 workers of this organiza-
ton that operates throughout the
world and is always praised for it's
spiritual and relief activities.
The conference at Kill Devil
Hills was headed by 1t. Col. Rob-
ert Rose of Charlotte, head Of the
Carolinas division of Salvation Ar
my, and arrangements for the
meeting were made by Capt. Roy
Tolcher who is stationed in Eliza
beth City and whose workers are
often seen on the Dare Coast.
Commissioner and Mrs. Sladen,
who are now in this country visit
ing Salvation Army conferences
and units, will soon make SINH
See CONVENTION, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-05-18
DARE DEMOCRATS
ENDORSE HODGES,
SENATOR ERWIN
Only Six Of Is Precincts Repre-
!. sented al, County Conventions,
Officers Reelected:

Dare County Democrats assem-
bled in County convention Satur-
day at 2 pm. gave unanimous en-
dorsement to Governor Hodges and
Senator Sam Erwin in their cam
paign for election. Only six of the
county's 16 precincts were repre-
sented: Manteo, Wanchese, Stumpy
Point, Mashoes, Mays Head and
Kitty Hawk. There was not a
representative from either of Hat
teras Islands five precincts. There
were no delegates either, from
Manns Harbor, East Lake, Kill
Devil Hills, Colington or Duck.
Only about 80 people attended,
most of them from Roanoke Is
land.
Very few of the candidates at
tended and only few county Off
GERS. County officers present were
Melvin r. Daniels, Frank M. Ca
hoon, Pennell Tillett, R. Bruce
Etheridge.
Of a dozen or more candidates
for office in Dare, the only ones
attending We're Rep. R. Bruce
Etheridge, and James w. Davis of
Wanchese, who seeks a place on
the County Board of Education.
Mr.. Etheridge spoke briefly of in
teresting recollections of political
life in Dare County so years ago.
Two Beaufort County men were
unanimously endorsed as delegates
to the National Democratic Con-
vention, and delega, IS to Raleigh
to the state convention were so
instructed. DIR. w. T. Ralph of
Belhaven was endorsed as dele
gate from the First District, and
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner
was endorsed as Delegate at Large.
The Dare Convention passed
resolutions of respect and good
will toward Lindsay C. Tarking-
ton, aged Manteo resident who
was unable to attend for the first
time in many years. He has pre-
viously served as Manteo precinct
chairman for many years, and is
succeeded by C. R Evans, former
Postmaster, who made the motion
endorsing Mr.. Bonner. D. v.
Meekins made the motion en-
dorsing DIR. Ralph, seconded by
Melvin Daniels.
NJ. L. Daniels of Manteo was
reelected county chairman, Mrs.
Herbert Perry of Kitty Hawk
Vice-chairman and Robert H. Mid
gett of Manteo, Secretary. The
convention agreed to appoint all
Democrats in good standing to
the State convention in Raleigh,
May 18th.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-05-18
MYSTERY FIRE ON NEW
CROATAN SOUND BRIDGE
Considerable Loss Prevented by Quick
Work on Part Of Manieo Firemem

Manteo Fire Chief Raymond
Wescott and volunteers of the To-
cal department received one of
their most unusual calls for assis-
lance early Tuesday morning. A
fire of unknown origin, and how
it started is still mystery, threat
ened the destruction of an 80-foot
wooden form on the main channel
span of the new and soon to be
completed Croatan Sound bridge.
By the time Manteo's new snow
white fire truck arrived at the
scenes the flames had destroyed
waterhose of the T. A. Loving
Company which would normally be
used in such emergencies.
The local firemen quickly extin-
guished the blaze which would
have caused considerable monetary
loss, as they were ready for pour
ing with steel parts already INSTALL
ed. The local department was call
ed at 7:05 o'clock and the fire
truck and volunteers were there
within matter of minutes.
State engineers who have in
spected the forms since the fire
and officials of the T. A. Loving
Company bridge builders have
stated that loss was not as great
as first estimated. The company's
local superintendent, Mr.. Trimble,
stated that it was a mystery how
the fire started although it was
indicated that it could have been
started in sawdust from the cleo
trical saw used at the location or
it may have been deliberately set.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-05-18
FLYING FISHERMEN VISIT
DARE COAST, HIT BLUES

w. G. Wenzel and a party of
five other anglers caught several
channel bass during the week end,
but they had their best luck with
bluefish which hit at Oregon Inlet
by the thousands on Sunday. A
total of SO blues were caught by
the party.
This group of anglers were one
of several flying to the Dare Coast
from distant points to enjoy the
sportsfishing during the past week
end. They were flying aboard an
Aero Commander, two motored
plane which landed on the former
U. S. Naval facility which today
is Manteo Airport under the man
agenent Of Bill Henderson. More
than 20 planes were using the air
port facilities during the past week
end.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-05-18
BASS ON MAINLAND

Manns Harbor, May 15.-A
seven pound large-mouth bass,
largest of this species reported
landed with rod and reel from the
fresh waters of the Dare Coast
this year was taken from East
Lake by DR.. C.. L. Caldwell of
Greensboro on Saturday. Game
protector w. S. White of Manns
Harbor who reported the catch
stated that this big bass, one of
the limit DIR. Caldwell caught was
lured with popping bug on a
fly rod.
Fishing in East Lake is at
tracing many anglers now, as a
result of the new Wildlife Re-
sources Commissions Access Area
completed for this season on
properties granted by West Vir-
ginian Pulp and Paper Company
along the lakes east shore near
Manns Harbor," said White. can
average of 100 or more persons
are using the Access Area daily
on Fridays through Sundays" he
added.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-05-18
SO IN PARTY OF filters
IN TWO CLUBS ENJOY A
WEEK END m DARE AREA

Fifty eight persons in 40 planes,
members of the Pegasus Flying
Club of Friendship Airport, Balti-
more and the Washington, D. C.
Aero Club took off from the Man
teo Airport to their homes today,
Sunday, following their annual
flight to Mays Head area which
began Saturday morning. Many of
them are old friends of Bill Hen
derson, operator of the Manteo
Airport.
For Pegasus Club it was the
eighth annual flight to this area
and the first of Washington Aero
Club. A. D. Jones, Baltimore, chair
man of flight plans stated that
the purpose of annual trip is to
swim, relax and visit scenic spots
of area. Planes in the flight were
of mostly four passenger capacity.
They landed at Manteo Airport
or used a landing strip in Kill
Devil Hills. Members of the clubs
are mostly business and profess
sional men of Washington Balti-
more area and were accompanied
by their wives to this sector.
Two other group meetings were
planned for Mays Head area this
week. On Monday 1875 Salvation
Army leaders will begin four day
officers retreat conference at Will
bur Wright Hotel in Kill Devil
Hills. Capt. Roy Tolcher of Eliza
beth City in charge of conference
planning stated that delegates
would be mostly from North and
South Carolina posts and that
special guests will be Commission
er and Mrs. Hugh Sladen and Brig
adler John Ward, all retired, from
Florida. Principal speaker at Mon
day nights session will be 1t. Col.
Robert Rose of Charlotte, Caro-
linas Division Commissioner, who
will speak on "Our Responsibility
to the Kingdom"
Beginning on Friday for two
day session at the Carolinian Hotel
here on Mays Head will be the
Spring meeting of North Carolina
Historical and Literary Society
with DR.. c. C. Crittenden, director
of State Archives and History
Division in charge of all arrange
ments.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-05-18
COLORFUL EVENTS
FOR SHRINERS
IN ELIZABETH CITY
Many From Dare Will Attend
Sudan Shrine Ceremonial
May 1924

Many Dare County Shriners are
expected to attend the annual
spring ceremonial of Sudan Tenn
pie Shrine in Elizabeth City on
May %, "a. And at this ceremon-
ial, which will give Elizabeth City
one of the largest group gather
ings in it's history, will be not only
the Shrine Mobiles, but also their
ladies.
Under the leadership of Illus
trious Potentate Clarence H. Par
ker, Elizabeth City-born but now
a resident of Belcross in nearby
Camden, an active schedule of
events, to many of which the public
is invited, has been arranged I'M
der the close cooperation of Eliz-
abeth City's Shrine Club and Off
Gals of Sudan Temple.
Throughout Wednesday after
noon, beginning at o'clock, visit
ing Shriners will register and at
1880, events open to the public will
begin in the vicinity of the Pas
quotank Courthouse green and
Main Street. Colorful attractions
at that time will include uniform
ed units of Sudan Temple and
band concerts, chanters concerts
and precision drills by the Temple
Patrol. Later in the evening al
the U.S.C.G. Hangar, a pre-Cere-
monial dance for Shriners and all
Master Masons will be held.
Thursday events begin fol
Shriners with special events TO,
their ladies at 8 o'clock Thursday
morning. The high spot of the Ger
emonial concluding the two days
of activities will be the Potentates
Ball at the Coast Guard Hangar
on Thursday evening.
To make this an outstanding
ceremonial, S. B. Smith, president
of the Elizabeth City Shrine Club,
and his associates have worked
hard and they have had excellent
See SHRINE, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-05-18
MRS. DEZZIE FULCHER. rs
CAPE HATTERAS NATIVE
INFERRED AT BUXTON

Mrs. Dezzie Miller Fulcher, rs,
widow of Martin L. Fulcher and
daughter of Christopher c. and
Mrs. Emma Fulcher Miller, a ma
tive of Buxton, and a resident of
Norfolk for the past nine years,
died at the residence of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lance Montague, 6406
Avon Road, Greenhill Farms, Nor
folk, early Monday morning. She
was member of the Ocracoke
Methodist Church and resided on
Ocracoke Island most of her life.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Lance Montague, Norfolk,
and Mrs. Clarence Edmonds and
Mrs. Harvard Hodges, both of
Washington; one son, w. W. Full
cher of Norfolk; five sisters, Mrs.
John Jennette of New Bern, Mrs.
Maude nj. White, Mrs. Annie
Hooper of Buxton, Mrs. Lucy
Parker of Lasker, and Mrs. Mamie
Jennette of Raleigh; four grand
children and three greatgrand-
children.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Ewell and Williamson Fun
eral Home Wednesday at 10 am.
by the Rev. Roland P. Riddick,
D. d. pastor of Park Place Meth
odist Church, Norfolk, Va. Burial
was in the Miller family ceremtery
at Buxton, Wednesday afternoon
at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev.
Dan Meadows, pastor of the Bux-
ton Methodist Church, assisted by
the Rev. Ralph Buchanan. A solo,
After" was sung by Mrs. Blu
'channan.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-05-18
DOLPHIN CATCH MADE BY
CANADIANS OFF HATTERAS

Hatteras. - Three Canadians,
Don Bere, David Shuman and Tim
Daynen, fished ocean waters for
their first time off Hatteras on
Sunday and they caught SO dol
phin. Their fish weighed more on
an average than any of this spe-
cies of Gulf Stream fish to be
boated so far this year, according
to Capt, Ernal Foster of Fosters
Quay.
The three anglers were trolling
in the Gulf Stream near Diamond
Lightship when the big dolphin
started hitting their feather lures.
They were fishing with Capt. VIII
liam Foster aboard the cruiser, AL
batross II, one Of the boats in the
Ernal Foster fleet Of Gulf Stream
craft.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-05-18
BROOM SALE STARTS
NEXT TUESDAY, NIGHT
BY MANTEO LIONS.
Roanoke Island To Be Canvassed
BY Crews Starting at J PM;
Beach Area TO Follow

The annual broom sale sponsored
by the Manteo Lions Club is sched-
uled to begin Tuesday night, May
%, around z pm. Lions will as
semble at the Dare County Ice and
Storage Co. into groups of three,
each group having a specific area
of the island to canvass.
Club members are also to call
upon beach citizens during the fol-
lowing days, but no definite sched-
ule has been arranged.
Funds raised in this manner are
used for various projects of the
Lions Club; further, it is stressed
that brooms bought from your To-
cal Lions help to support the blind
workers in this state. This year,
as usual, the brooms are supplied
by the Guilford Industries for the
Blind, Greensboro.
This is one of many Embarrassing
projects sponsored by the Manteo
Lions Club, an organization active
in a number of community i'm
provements. The boat-launching
ramp recently built at the foot OF
Lodge Street in Manteo is chiefly
a Lions project.
The public is urged to buy a
broom from the Lion when he
knocks on the door. The cause is
worthy, and the product is fairly
priced.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-05-18
CAPT. CLAM STOVES PARTY
MADE BIG DOLPHIN CATCH

Hatteras.-A party of four head
ed by John Hunter of Natural
Bridge, Va, trolling from Capt.
Clam Stoves cruiser Ursula" in
the Gulf Stream off Hatteras,
brought in the largest catch of
dolphin made in the waters so far
this year. The catch Saturday to-
tailed 70 of the colorful fishes
which are sometimes called the
fastest fish that swims." To lure
the fish Capt. Stoves party used
feather jigs. The dolphin were not
large in size but to offset their
smallness, the Hunter party boated
two tuna which weighed %
pounds.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-05-18
WATERS PRODUCE 1877
BLUES FOR TWO ANGLERS

Wanchese. = Louis Freisheim
and Byron A. Winebrener of Lin
coin Heights and Frederick, Mary
land, fishing with Capt. Jesse
Etheridge aboard his cruiser Care
dwyn on Monday landed 1877 blues
ranging from one half to one and
half pounds. They were trolling in
Oregon Inlet using nylon lures.
This was the biggest catch Of
blues reported on the Dare Coast
through Monday, and since the
bluefish blitz started last week.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-05-18
STOCK OUTBOARDS.
INBOARDS COMPETE
IN WEEK END RACES
Delayed Pirates Jamboree Feature
Expected TO Draw Thrones
to Waterfront

Speedboat races in IL classes
will be featured in Manteo's Shall
lowbag Bay on Saturday and Sun
day, May 10 and 20, to complete
a Dare Coast Pirates Jamboree
event which had to be cancelled
on the afternoon of April 30 due
to 30 mile an hour gale.
On Saturday stock outboaras
will be in the competition and on
Sunday, May 20, the fast inboards
will be featured. Each race will
feature two heats except one local
non-sanctioned class which will
compete in 10-mile heat at APO
on Saturday.
Sponsored by the Dare Power
Boat Association, the event is
sanctioned by the American Power
Boat Association. "All drivers
must present 1856 APBA member
ship and club affiliation cards be-
fore entering the sanctioned
races" said Ralph Davis, commo-
dore of the local sponsoring asso-
citation.
The course on Shallowbag Bay
will be one and Il miles and there
will be a laps per heat. Registra-
ton will be at the pits and closing
time will be II o'clock on day of
races. Roy Wescott will be in
charge of registrations. There will
be drivers meeting on both days
at the pits at noon and the races
start at 1:20 on Saturday, and
pm. on Sunday. There will be take
home prizes for winners of all
events.
The schedule of races and classes
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-05-18
DARE DEMOCRATS ATTEND
CONVENTION IN RALEIGH

Many Democrats from Dare
County made plans to attend the
State Convention in Raleigh Thurs
day. Early arrivals at the capital
were r. Bruce Etheridge, Charles
R. Evans, Mrs. Lena Pearsall and
Victor Meekins of Manteo who left
Wednesday morning to spend the
night in Raleigh. Leaving Thurs
day morning from Manteo to make
the round trip in a day were M,
L. Daniels, Melvin Daniels, and
Frank Cahoon.
Capt. Pennell Tillett, Hallett
Perry of Kitty Hawk, and Capt.
Will Lewark of Kill Devil Hills,
left Thursday morning also.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-05-18
SERVICE AT ST. ANDREWS
DEDICATED TO MASONS

A special Sunday evening serv-
ice at st. Andrews by the Sea,
Protestant Episcopal Church at
Mays Head, will be dedicated to
members of the Masonic Order on
Sunday evening, May 20, it is an
nounced by the Rev. A. G. d. Noe,
rector. The Masons will attend the
services in body, but the serv-
ices with special music by organ
list R. E. Jordan will be open to the
public.
This service begins at 8 o'clock.
In the Church Calendar Sunday
will be Whit-Sunday and a special
8 am. Communion Service win be
held. Communicates of st. Andrews
and communicates of other faiths
in good standing with their
churches are invited TO attend.
Sunday School will be held at
10 o'clock with morning worship
services at IL o'clock.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-05-18
RED SKINS FINISH SPORTS
FOR 1856 SCHOOL YEAR

The Manteo Red Skins baseball
team closed out the 1856 school
years schedule of sport events
Tuesday afternoon, losing their
first tournament game to Moyock
High School. Final score was IA,
in favor of the Moyock boys. j.
d. Simpson and Murl Meekins were
on the mound for Manteo.
Previously on Friday, the Red
Skins lost their final scheduled
game to the Camden Rebels at
the Camden field. Score was 81.
Mufl Meekins was on the mound
for the Red Skins. Final batting
averages win Be published next
week. 81
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-05-18
TABBY LOSES KITTENS
AND ADOPTS BABY PIGS

One of the most unusual Incl
dents occurring on Roanoke Island
in many day happened last week
end. Mrs. Isabel Warren's tabby
cat lost her kittens one day and
on the next with all her feline
motherly instinct she had adopted
several Of litter of baby pigs at
the Lennon homeplace on the
shores Of Croatan Sound. 50 un-
usual was this story the Associated
Press and United Press sent It out
over state and national wires.