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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
CHURCHES OF CHRIST. TO
MEET IN MANTEO, APRIL

The Hyde County District Con-
vention of the Churches of Christ
will meet with the church on Roa-
noke Island April % and goth, ac-
cording to announcement by Burl
S. Brinn, pastor of the local
church. At the Saturday morning
opening on April 18th, Malcolm
Cox, the president, will start the
meeting. Devotion will be by Ralph
Caravan, prayer by Cecil Berry,
address of welcome by ]. C. Groce
and response by Joe C. Bishop.
The sermon will be by Joseph A.
Brickhouse. At the Saturday after
noon service devotion and prayer
will be by Lenda Berry.
On Sunday, April 10Th, the invo-
cation will be by Kenneth Gray;
and sermon by B. Neal Pickett.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
NEWCOMB MIDGET TO RUN
FOR DARE COMMISSIONER

Newcomb Midget of Waves
stated while in Manteo this week
that he had decided to be a can
didate for Commissioner of Dare
County from Kinnekeet Township,
in the primary on May 26. $50
many people have asked me to
run, in view of the big vote given
me last year, which lacked only
six of nomination." he said.
furthermore, l believe in dividing
the offices between the upper and
lower sections of the township, in
order to give reasonable represent
alton. Both the member of the
Board of Commissioners and the
Board of Education now reside in
one community. If elected, l shall
try to help manage the county af-
fairs in every honest and fair
manner, and subject to the wishes
of the people of the county"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
MAJOR MURPHY OUT FOR
COMMISSIONER OF DARE

Major J. L. Murphy of Kill Devil
Hills has thrown his hat into the
political ring in the county, and
seeks the nomination of County
Commissioner from Atlantic Town
ship, Major Murphy, formerly
county surveyor, and former Mayor
of the town of Kill Devil Hills
says he will make u vigorous cam
paign and pledges himself to
businesslike practices in county af-
fairs.
Major Murphy is retired men,
Der of the Marine Corp. and has
made his home in this area for
more than 25 years. He is active
in wildlife conservation circles,
and devotes much time to various
related causes.
Capt. w. H. Lewark, present
member of the County Board is
reported not to be a candidate to
succeed himself. He has been in
the Marine hospital for several
weeks, and is reported to be inn
proving.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
GOVERNOR HODGES TO
SPEAK AT CONVENTION
OF N. c. POSTMASTERS

Governor Luther Hodges will
address the annual convention of
National Association of Postmas-
the North Carolina Chapter of the
ters when they meet here on June
1914, says Mrs. Effie Brickhouse,
president of the North Carolina
Chapter.
Other state and national officials
will attend the convention, it was
stated. All N. C. Senators and
Congressman have been invited,
and some have indicated they viii
come. Headquarters for the con-
vention will be the Arlington
Hotel and all meetings will be
held in the Dare County Shrine
Club.
ave are expecting at least 400
persons for this convention" said
Mrs. Brickhouse. "They will come
from all parts of North Carolina
and already reservations for
rooms are being made. In addition
to The Arlington, several other
hotels and motels on Mays Head
will share in patronage from this
group, the largest
for the Dare Coast so
far this year.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
RED CROSS DRIVE
LAGGlNG IN DARE;
MERE 5000 QUOTA
County Which So Heavily Shared
in Its Funds Hasn't
Clipped In.

The effort of Red Cross workers
to raise the mere 5000 quota for
the whole of Dare County has met
little response, and it may indicate
a shortage of ready cash, which
is the case in some communities.
Fishing has been poor this season.
Furthermore, there are many
drives for money at this season.
There are several building fund
campaigns underway for various
organizations.
This situation will call for more
liberal donations on the part of
those best able to give. 1t will not
do for the memory of our citizens
to be too short, for during the past
several years, those who have felt
the fury of hurricanes, have found
help they wouldn't have gotten in
any other manner. Many people
have been given new nets so they
could return to work; new homes
have been given some people and
many homes restored and repaired.
last week we published the
name of the committee working in
the various communities for the
Red Cross drive. The campaign
this year is headed by ]. Gordon
Kol1n0o 0f Mapfoo Tbo;r,,ooo of
committees for the various commu-
mites of Dare County are as fol-
lows: Stumpy Point, Mrs. Woodrow
Best, Chairman; Manns Harbor,
Mrs. Grace Mann; East Lake, Mrs.
Emily Smith; Rodanthe, Waves,
Salvo, Asa Gray; Frisco, Mrs. Lois
Robinson; Hatteras, Mrs. Vera
Robinson; Dare Beaches, Mrs. Mel
son Chears; Roanoke Island, Wal
lace R. Gray.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
MANTEO MASONIC LODGE
TO BE HOST TO LIST DIST.

Manteo Lodge No. 6S2, AT. &
AM, will be host to the Masons
of the First Masonic District, on
Wednesday night, March %, when
they will hold their regular quar-
terly meeting.
There are ten lodges in the dis
trict and all are usually well rep
resented. The meeting will be held
in the Manteo Lodge Hall and the
District Deputy Grand Master
Robert o. Balance will preside
and the Rev. Louis Aitken Of the,
Mount 0livet Methodist Church,
Manteo, will be the guest speaker.
There viii be refreshments after
the meeting and all master masons
are urged to be present.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
THOMAS d. TATE, LIFELONG
DARE RESIDENT PASSES

Thomas Douglas Tate, II, of
Duck, Dare County, died in Nor
folk hospital Friday p. m. after a
short illness. He was a. native of
Dare County, and had lived here
all his life. He was the son of
Daniel and Mrs. Elizabeth Tate.
He was a member of the Methodist
Church. He is survived by one son,
Daniel Tate, of Barco, N. c.; one
daughter, Mrs. Eta Bowden, of
London Bridge; one half-brother,
Samuel d. Tate, of Duck; six
grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
The body was removed to the
Derry Twiford Funeral Home, and
taken to Kitty Hawk for burial
in the Austin Cemetery at Kitty
Hawk. Servicessat the grave were
conducted by the Rev. w. B.
Gregory, pastor of the Kitty Hawk
Methodist Church.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
KILLED AT MACS HEAD
IN COLLISION WITH
BUS SUNDAY EVENING

Carl W. Beasley, "a, a native
of Sea Gull, but a resident of Eliz-
abeth City, died soon of injuries
sustained when he drove his auto
mobile from a side road into the
southbound Virginia Dare bus
headed for Manteo. The bus was
driven by Rowan Dudley, vet
eran employee of the company, who
was injured and hospitalized.
There were four passengers on the
bus, among them Carther Liver
man Of Manteo who suffered
bruises.
A Negro teacher complained of
a scratched knee. The bus was
badly damaged and the car was
total loss. 1t was a Carolina
Coach Company bus under lease
to. the local company.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at two o'clock
in the Hampton cemetery in
Waterlily.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
BIG TALENT SHOW IS
LINED UP IN MANTEO
Many Fine Numbers Expected To
Attract Large Crowd Friday Night

A talent show for the benefit
of the Manteo High School Athletic
Association will be put on in the
school auditorium at 7:3O O'Clock
Friday night, March %, by the
Manteo school. A small charge
will be made for admission. The
public is invited.
Following opening numbers by
the Manteo rhythm band, the king
and queen of Manteo School will
be chosen from members of the
first and second grades and crown
ed. Then the talent show will begin
in earnest. Grades one through
three will be represented by Eliz-
abeth Kellogg, Marc Basnight,
Nevin Wescott, Ginger Powell,
Betty Midget, Alta Paschall,
Wanda Buchanan, Ben Lassister,
Gale Brown, Lorna Fields, Shirley
White, D'Andrea Midget and
Janet Mann.
Grades four through six will be
represented by Claudia Long,
Nancy Basnight, Nancy Midgette,
Carol Ann Ernst, Judith Willis,
Robert Midgette, Sandy Robinson,
Horace Midget, Nick Sapone,
Sarah Tillett, Nancy Midgette,
Janice Etheridge, Linda King,
Mary C. White, and Chris Payne.
From grades seven and eight the
following will take part: Linda
Wise, Betty Ruth Flowers, Rachel
Morgan, Gwena Clark, Dorothy
Ward, Elaine Brickhouse, Dorothy
Taylor, Nancy Glynn, Linda Mann,
Pauline Leary, Evelyn Toms,
Tommy Dowdy, Raymond White,
Jack Wood, Eugene Smith and
Preston Clark.
Numbers from the high school
will be given by Ruth Cudworth,
Marjorie White, Judy Etheridge,
Bebe Burrus, 10 Ann Balance,
Mary Blanche Meekins and 10
Ann Hooper.
Several other numbers from
adults will intersperse the numbers
put on by school students.
The pre-school group will be rep
resented by Susan Krider and
Frankie Williams.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
RESALE BRINGS
MORE MONEY FOR.
BUXTON SCHOOL
Highway Shops to Be Built on
School Site at Buxton;
$3.50 Melted

The resale of school property
at Avon and Buxton recently
confirmed by the Dare Coun-
ty Board of Education net
ted nearly third more money
than the original bids. The
Avon property brought total of
$4,000, and the Buxton property
$3.50, or total of $6,35O. The
money will be used for the inn
provement of the new Cape Hat
teras Union school at Buxton
which needs equipment for it's all
purpose room, auditorium and
gymnasium also landscaping of
the grounds for recreation pur-
poses.
The Buxton property was sold
to the State Highway and Public
Works Commission for highway
shop purposes, for maintenance
and operation of equipment on
Hatteras Island and Ocracoke.
Harry Mcmillan Jr. of Washing
ton, N. C. bought the Avon prop
erty which is adaptable to a hotel
or motor lodge, and has valuable
acreage in beach property, suitable
for development into home sites.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
MISS ORA CARTWRIGHT

Funeral services for Miss Ora
Cartwright, 70, who died Wednes-
day at the Beacon Nursing Home
in Manteo, will be conducted Fri
day morning at IL o'clock at the
Twiford Funeral Home Chapel,
Elizabeth City by the Rev. w. w.
Finlator, pastor of the First Bap-
fist Church. Burial will be in Hol-
lywood Cemetery. Miss Cartwright
was native of Pasquotank Coun-
ty; daughter of Enoch and Odelia
Thornton Cartwright, and menu
Der Of the First Baptist Church.
She was employed at the Cart
wright Bakery in Elizabeth City
for a number of year. Surviving
are one sister, Mrs. Carl McCleese,
Norfolk, Va, and one brother, w.
7. Cartwright, Route 2, Elizabeth
City.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
ALVAH WARD JR. NAMED
ON WATERWAYS COMMITTEE

Alvah H. Ward Jr. of Manteo
will attend a meeting on water
ways and drainage at Morehead
City March 10Th with the Gov
ernor's Council on Hurricane Re-
lief. He has been appointed dele
gate to the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress in Washington
on May 18th and 18th.
Mr.. Ward planned this week to
accompany Lawrence Swain to
Washington when a hearing will
be heard before the Senate COM
mittee on appropriations, and their
appearance was scheduled to lend
support to Congressman Bonner
in interest of the Oregon Inlet
project.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
TORNADO DESTROYS
HOME; DAMAGES
OTHERS IN HYDE
Sudden Disaster Strikes Near Swan
Quarter and Makes Midee+ts
Homeless.

AS a severe thunderstorm ac-
companied by hail as large as mar
bles passed over Hyde County
Sunday afternoon, a small but
powerful tornado completely de-
stroyed one home in the Oyster
Creek section near Swan Quarter
at 6:10 pm. and damaged several
others, one seriously. There were
no deaths, and only one minor in
jury was reported.
The frame home of John Small
Midget was a total loss, as were
practically all the household be-
longings. The Midget family was
away visiting in Engelhard at the
time.
Some nearby cabins belonging to
Dan Gibbs were moved slightly
from their supports, but escaped
any major damage. Mrs. Gibbs
took refuge in nearby ditch with
her child, and in doing so, received
a slight injury to one side of her
face.
The twister then struck the
home of Mrs. Mamie Rice, ripping
the front porch from the house,
knocking the kitchen off its blocks,
tearing shingles off the roof, and
breaking window panes, along
with other damages to the inside
of the house. Mrs. Rice and her
son, Zion Evans Rice, having seen
the approaching tornado, huddled
together in the dining room and
were not injured.
Power transmission lines were
severely damaged, and the entire
Swan Quarter area was without
electricity until aout 5 am. Mon
day. Other damage. included shin
giles torn from the homes of Co.
lumus Caravan and E. A. Will
liams, with some sheds and fences
being damaged also.
Red Cross workers Monday be-
gan assisting in the rehabilitation
OF the unfortunate persons.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
TRAVEL DIRECTORS TO MEET
AT BUXTON WED. APRIL. %

Members of the Board of Direc-
tors, Dare County Tourist Bureau
will meet at Cape Point Restau-
rant, Buxton on Wednesday morn
ing, March 20, at 10 o'clock, says
w. H. McCown, president of the
Bureau. The Spring meeting of
the organization has been held on
Hatteras Island each year since
the Bureau was established five
years ago.
Luncheon will be served to the
group. During the Spring meeting
each year plans for late spring
and summer promotional activi-
ties are discussed, including the
Pirates Jamboree, scheduled for
late April. =
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE
PLANNED AT CAPE

The third Easter sunrise serv-
ices to be held at Cape Hatteras
will come off on April 1, acord-
ing to Rev. Dan Meadows, Metho-
dist pastor. All churches will unite
in the choir and there will be a
visiting speaker.
Four states were represented
last year, Mr.. Meadows says. This
years choir will be directed by 1t.
j. c. Gaunt, USN and the guest
speaker will be Chaplain Richard
Tillery, both of whom are station
ed at Cape Hatteras. All local
ministers of the various faiths will
participate in the services.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
HATTERAS
ELECTRIC PLANT
TO BE ENLARGED
New $4,000 Unit To Be Added
TO System Serving Hafferas
Island Customers

Welcome news to the $50 Gus
toners of the Cape Hatteras Elec-
trio Membership Corp. at Buxton,
is that a new generator of $50
kva is to be added to the plant
at a cost of about $4,000. The
plant which now has a peak load
of $40 kva has four motors cap
able of generating 800 kva, but
new Navy installations are expect
ed to consume NEST of the reserve.
The four motors in service in
clude two of $50 and two of $50
kva capacity. Outside of the high
school with light bill of about
SITS per month, the Navy is the
largest customer on the island, it's
bill for current running up to
about $700 per month. Most all
the customers are small customers,
being principally homes. Since cur
rent must be generated by diesel
motors, the cost of manufacture
runs almost as much as the rates
usually charged by the big power
systems on the mainland, and it
will take considerable growth in
business to make possible a re-
duction. Very few motors are
used, the single large one in serv-
ice is so horsepower motor used
by the military.
The motors now in use include
three Superior diesels and one
Chicago Pneumatic. Some of these
motors had been in service else
where for eight or ten years when
the Cape Hatteras plant got them
ten years ago. At the present rate
of growth, it looks like peak load
will be up to capacity by the end
of summer.
The plant has four engineers and
a book-keeper employed and a
superintendent, who are doing a
good job keeping up the system
from Rodanthe to Hatteras. Last
year was the first time the sys-
tenn got out of the red, netting
about $500 after expenses. It's
total income from the sale of cleo
tricity, is about $4,000 a year.
The entire capital for building
the plant and the lines was loaned
to the Cape Hatteras ENC by the
Federal Government. 1t has made
possible the development of ac-
commodations on the island cost
ing hundreds of thousands of dol
lars for the accommodation of the
many visitors pouring into the
newest National Park, and the flu
ture prospects of the island had
great weight in enabling Congress-
man Bonner to aid the pursuit of
the cause of the light plant. Re-
Gently another $4,000 loan was
authorized to this plan for the use
of customers in buying electrical
equipment and appliances.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
TO SPEAK IN DARE
ON CHILD WELFARE

Mays Head. - Mrs. Myrtle
Wolfe, state director of child well
fare, Raleigh, will be the principal
speaker at a meeting of the Dare
County unit of the North Carolina
Educational Association here on
Saturday, March "a says R. H.
Stone of Manteo High School. The
meeting will be in form of
luncheon in the Dogwood Room of
The Carolinian Hotel at 1880
o'clock.
Stone also announced that Mrs.
Vera Midget, 3rd grade teacher,
Manteo School andR Mrs. B. P.
Ward, high school teacher of Kitty
Hawk had been selected as dele
gates of the Dare NCEA to g.
day meeting of the state organiza-
tion in Asheville this week end on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
MASONS ATTEND SERVICES
AT KITTY HAWK CHURCH

Members Of the Manteo and
Wanchese Masonic Lodges are
urged to attend church services at
Kitty Hawk Methodist Church,
Sunday March 25 at 7:15. Sheriff
Frank Cahoon and Edwin Midget
of Manteo, the committee for the
two lodges on church attendance
have issued notices that "every
Mason is not only invited but
urged to attend this worship serv-
ice" This meeting is in keeping
with a long-standing custom of
visiting various churches in the
area from time to time.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23

HAROLD B. FULLER has finally
acceded to the call to come to
Cape Hatteras, and he and his
young wife are building a cottage
near the Fuller Shopping Center,
in which they have purchased an
interest with Mr.. Fuller's brother.
The Outer Banks got go-getting
team as the result of George Full
ler's marriage to Miss Ormond
White, and during the visits of
Harold to see his brother, he and
his wife too, fell in love with the
Cape. This winter they came down
to stay and to make the Island
their home
The Fullers have one of the most
up to date stores on the whole is
land. They operate good market,
and Mrs. George Fuller runs a
successful ladies shop. George Full
Ter and a Raleigh partner, Gordon
Vaughan own the Cape Hatteras
Cottage Court, which has been
highly successful and has been
continually enlarged during the
past four years. George Fuller is
now completing two beautiful du-
pick apartment cottages overlook
ing the ocean, commanding a view
of the lighthouse and the beach
in all directions. Now that he has
teamed up with his brother Harold
the Outer Banks may expect more
and more developments by them
in the Cape Hatteras area.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
WAVES GIRL WINS
PLACE ON DEANS LIST

Notice that Miss Jacqueline Joy
Farrow of Waves, Dare County
has been placed on the Deans list
at the University of North Caro-
lima has been received by her moth
err, Mrs. Nellie M. Farrow, who is
now living in Manteo. The dean
of the school of Education writes
that "this honor comes because of
good scholarship during the last
semester, and carries with it GER
tain privileges" Miss Farrow has
long had record for Proficiency
in her school work.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
PRE-SCHOOL REGISTRATION
IN MANTEO ON APRIL 18th

For children who will be enter
ing school for the first time next
year, there will be a pre-school
clinic and registration in Manteo
on April IL, it has been announced
by Principal R. H. Stone. All chill
dren planning to enter the first
grade next Fall must be six years
of age on or before October 1, he
stated. In addition to registration
at the local school building health
examinations will be given the
children at the Dare County Health
Building.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23

The Hatteras Methodist Church
plans to climax it's church school
Evangelistic program with a
youth revival beginning on Mon
day March 26th, and running
through Easter Sunday. The Rev.
Thomas Collins, Executive Secre-
tary of the Conference Board of
Missions and Church Extension,
will be the visiting evangelist. Mr..
Collins spent several years in
youth activities while serving as
a pastor in the Elizabeth City Dis
trict.
Every youth is invited to take
a special part, each night there
will be singing before the service.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
MASONIC PLAY

A play "To Entertain Strangers,
is to be presented by members of
Norview Masonic Lodge of Norfolk
in the hall of Wanchese Lodge No.
621, A. F. & A. M. Saturday eve
ming March oath at s pm. Mem
bers of Manteo and Cape Hat
teras Lodges are invited to attend.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
MASONIC LADIES NIGHT

A joint meeting Of Wanchese
and Manteo Masonic Lodges win
observe Sladies night with 4 dinner
at the Wanchese Hall on Satur-
day, April 14th at 8 p. N.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-23
DARE COAST
PIRATES JAMBOREE
PRO CRAM
APRIL n, 20, ~, 1855
Friday, April n
Ha++eras Island
FRIDAY-sATURDAY-sUNDAY

Am. to II Am. - Surf Fishing Contest
IL Noon = Worlds Biggest Salt Water Fish Fry
2 PM = Banker Pony Races and Exhibitions
(By Ocracoke Island Mounted Boy Scouts
8 PM - Jalopy Races
8 Pm. - Waterfront Carnival and Dance
The Hatteras Island Schedule of Events
Will Be Held at Hatteras Village
Saturday. April 20
Dare Beaches Area
900 Am. to PM = Model plane Contests Wright Mem
orial Monument at Kill Devil Hills
1890 Am. = Children's Treasure Hunt Kitty Hawk
Road
113O Am. = Blue Marlin dwelling - Journeys End
Motel; Concert: By Elizabeth City H. S.
pirate" Band
$3.50 PM Blackboard and land - Kitty Hawk
Bay Officials welcome him. Give Key
Outer Banks - Serenade by Elizabeth City H.
School Pirate Band
$3.50 PM - Jeep Obstacle Race = Jockeys Ridge Mays
4SO PM. - Jalopy Race Near Jennettes Pier
Beach
$3.50 PM - Grand Pirates Ball at The Casino Growing
of Pirate King and Queen Grand March.
Costumes.
Sunday. April ~
Roanoke Island
1900 Am. Religious Services - Fort Raleigh - Dr.
Sylvester Green v.P Wake Forest College,
Speaker
1916 Noon - Speed Boat Races, Manteo Bay - Every
Finale
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-06


roll must be met each month. CI-
william payroll alone for 1855 was
over $1,l70,00e The monthly pay
roll figure for military and civilian
personnel is now in excess OF ST.
250. 900.
In addition to the heavy trans
port mission of the giant C-124
Globemasters based at Dover AFB,
the 46th Fighter Interceptor Squad
ron has been standing 24-hour alert
day in and out and recently was
joined by the 98th Fighter Inter-
ceptor Squadron. The 1737th Ferry
ing Squadron pilots have flown
literally thousands of planes, ferry
ing them across the North Atlantic
TO American air bases overseas
and to countries joined in the Mu-
tual Defense Assistance Pact.
Four years from the date of ac-
tivation. Dover AFB has become
a symbol of the military progress
of the United States and the very
history Of this country From a
small beginning it has progressed
to major installation of world
wide significance and is a tribute,
not only to the efforts of the men
and women of the Air Force, but
to the people of Dover and of the
entire State of Delaware.