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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-20
DARE SCHOOLS TO OPEN
FOR TERM SEPTEMBER 4

September 4th, Tuesday has
been selected by the County Board
of education for the opening date
of the Dare County schools. A
teachers conference will be held
on Monday. The schools will close
on May 28th. It is not planned
this time to close the schools for
district meetings Of the teachers,
because so few of them attend.
Bill Wilkerson has resigned
from the Kitty Hawk faculty, and
Clarence Butler of Kitty Hawk has
been named as teacher in this
school. Miss Shirley Murphy of
Faison, for her first term, has
been selected to teach in the Bux-
ton school. Pupils will be given a
day off, in addition to Thanks
giving and Easter holidays to at
tend the Pirates jamboree next
spring.
Bus drivers named for next term
are as follows: P. D. Mavromma-
It's, and A. o. Ayers of the Man
'eo school faculty. From the Kitty
Hawk district, Major Curles and
Brantley Twiford. Curles' route
will extend from Duck to Manteo,
vhich includes Kitty Hawk School
District, whose high school pupils
will go to Manteo for the first
'rne.
Kitty Hawk.--Mrs. Esther Rog-
IS, Mrs. Nellie Perry and Mrs.
'a-~ie Perry.
Cape Hatteras--Jack Cahoon and
Ian Gray.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-20

things generously provided by Others Think of the many
blessings handed down through the labor and sacrifice
those who have gone before and who took little for them
selves, depriving their that might have
The most provide will be little indeed compared
with the worth of that have received We must not
actions in this important issue by what other
person thinks what the people of other community
may choose to do If hope to make progress have
overlook many things on which we hold differences We
might have varying personal opinions of neigh
bors, all of which is right and their right WELL but
of it gives any right honestly evade duty and
DENY our children their birthright
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-20
BRIBING AND STEALING

ASKING $41O, OO0-Mrs. Everett
johnson has brought suit against
Bars Jewelry Store in Norfolk
for $4,000 damages, the result
of her husbands condition fol-
lowing his drinking from an
unmarked water cooler in the
store where he was told he
might get drink of fresh water.
He had gone to the store to buy
a watch for his young son. AS a
result of the cyanide he drank,
johnson is deaf, dumb and blind,
being totally paralyzed.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-20
So
MANTEO PERSONALS


Miss Margaret Pearce had as he,,
guests Miss Margaret Park of Ra
leigh and Jimmy Traylor of We'll
don.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allyn Hanks and
son, Bill, have returned from a
six weeks vacation, three weeks of
which they spent in Grand Teton
Park, Wyoming. They returned by
way of Yellowstone National Park
and southern Canada, and visited
Niagara Falls and New York City.
Allen Green OF Washington, D.
c., spent last week end with Mrs
M. X. Fearing, ST., who also had
as her recent guest Mrs. Gaylord
p. Goodwin of Alexandria, Va.
Mrs. M. X. Fearing, Jr., and chill
dren, Dean and Malcolm; Miss AL
ma Elizabeth Etheridge and Mrs.
A. H. Ward, Jr., left Wednesday
to visit Mrs. Fearing's parents in
Burlington.
Miss Ruby Greet has as her
guest Miss Sheryl Patterson of
Mercersburg, Pa. Her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Patterson are Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. O'Neal.
L. D. Harrington is a patient
in the Albemarle Hospital, Eliza
beth City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Jones, Jr., of
Greenville, visited Mr.. Jones' par,
ents last week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Kee of Nor
folk, Va, spent last week end with
Mr.. KEGS mother, Mrs. W. M.
Jolliff, and Mr.. Jolliff.
Woodson Fearing, Jr., is attend
ing summer school at Mars Hill
College, Mars Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Husband
and two of their three sons, of
Kernersville, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer R. Midgette this week.
Mrs. 2. v. Brinkley is patient
in Rex Hospital, Raleigh, having
entered there for treatment early
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward M. Wescott
recently visited the summer furni-
ture show in High Point.
Mrs. Joseph Cuso and children,
Kenneth, Joseph and Christine, of
Wilmington, California, are visit
ing Mrs. Cuso's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. w. Etheridge.
Mrs. Earl Meekins, E. M. Hoop
er of Winfall, Mrs. Calvin Watson
of Norfolk were in Manteo Wed
nesday.
Mrs. w. A. Meekins Of Rodan-
the, Mrs. Nelson Midget and Mrs.
A. H. Gray were in Manteo Wed
nesday.
Mrs. Matilda Inge, of the Man
teo school faculty, will leave Mon
day for Duke University, Durham,
where she will attend an English
workshop. From there she will 90
to Appalachian State Teachers
College in Boone for another sum-
mer course in English.
Mrs. Jesse White had as her
guests last week her sister, Mrs.
John Sherron, Mr.. Sharon and
their son, John Earl of Raleigh.
When they returned home Mrs.
White accompanied them to Wind
sor, where she spent the ewek end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus Midgette
had as their guests last week end
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Kermaidus of
Durham; Mr., and Mrs. J. M. Rob-
bins and son Johnnie of Norfolk,
Va; and Mr.. and Mrs. Ike Davis,
Jr. of Murfreesboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Hassell had
as their guests last week Mr.. and
Mrs. Worth Ward and daughter,
Sally, of Southport, Mrs. Ward be-
ing cousin of Mrs. Hassell. The
Ward family also visited Mr..
Wards half-brother, Hal Ward,
while here.
Capt. and Mrs. M. L. johnson
had as their guests Wednesday
Capt. Johnson's nieces, Mrs. Edith
Dough Of Norfolk and her sisters,
Inez Of Norfolk, and Helen Of
1 Coiniocls.
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MILITARY AIR CRASH-Forty
five persons died, and 81 were in
jured in the crash of a Military
Transport plane after taking of
near Fort Dix, N. J. Two Tan
Heels were among the dead. The
plane is a type used by contract
with the Air Force to transport
its men from station to station
The craft fell in minute and ]
half after taking off, in a thunder
storm.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-20

MORE OLD AGE MONEY :
The Senate has approved a bill
which would provide old age pen.
sions for women after 62 and al
30 if disabled.
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scREWBALL ON TRIAIzThe

SCREWBALL ON TRIAL-The
erratic drunken sergeant, Matthew
McKeon, who took IA of his men
out in mud and water on a drill at
night at Paris Island, South Car
DINA, when six were drowned in
swamp is being tried in military
court this week. Many former Ma
rines have come up fighting in his
behalf.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-20

AMBASSADOR ILL = Mrs.
Clare Booth Luce, U. S. Ambas-
sador to Italy, has discovered the
cause of her long illness. She had
been poisoned by arsenic in paint
which fell from the ceiling of the
American embassy in Rome.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-20

Orlando, Fla. He is Mike Sibole,
four years old, who will never
again see the beauties of nature
In Goldsboro, Earl Sherman a, is
living on borrowed time, slowly
dying of leukemia. He was expect
ed ito die within the year which
ended February 10th, but he fooled
the doctors. He is hoping someone
will give him an electric train
which his parents cannot afford.
TO SAVE THE FISH-A mass
meeting in Halifax resolved to
take steps. They will ask the Iegis-
latures for measures designed to
prevent the destruction of fish life
in the Roanoke River. Much dam
age has resulted this summer, due
to lack of oxygen in the compare
lively low waters of the river.
Blame is laid to dams built by
power enterprises, and to poison
Gus industrial and municipal waste
now pouring into the river from
many sources.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-20

DOLLOOAER FATAL - JOhn
Brinkley, 80 was killed near
Greensboro while operating a bull
dozer, when a tree he was pushing
fell over backwards.
AGED 10z-Mrs. Emma Waller,
living near Reidsville says she is
LOT years old, and recalls distinct
ly, many events of Civil War days.
She was born in slavery in Vir-
GINA in 1849, and last week came
out of major surgery with flying
colors.
KILLED AT 16-Barbara Jean
Bryant, 16, was killed in the
wreck of car driven by her
friend, Gilbert Askew, II, four
miles south of Murfreesboro. She
was an honor student in the high
school. Youth and speed sometimes
make for tragedy.
SLAYER FREED-Thomas Tay-
lor, who shot and killed his wife's
boy friend, was turned loose by a
Mecklenburg County jury last
week. He said T. A. Parker, the
slain man, was trying to break up
his home.
ORDER EN- MIXED-Federal
Judge John Paul has ruled in
Charlottesville, Va. that integra-
ton of the races must take place
in Virginia by the fall term of
school.
FEDERAL Adm. C. was
granted $5,270,126, the fifth larg-
est grant in the Nation, for hos
pitfalls of the state last week from
Federal funds. North Carolina
ranks fourth in the nation with
3.4 hospital beds per 1000 people.
PLAYED 'POSSUM - Thomas
Thompson near Wadesboro, played
'possum when a hitch-hiker he had
befriended shot him in the back
and robbed him. The bullet struck
brace the man was wearing to
support his back, and his life was
saved.
STOLEN MONEY - Orville
Hodge auditor of the State of IL
linois, has resigned after a short
age of about a million dollars in
his accounts was discovered. He
has admitted guilt and promised
to make restitution so far as he is
able to restore the money.
CIRCUS FOLDS UP = The
world-famed Greatest Show on
Earth" the Barnum-Bailey-Ring-
ling Bros. circus, has announced it
is going out of business. The big
tent has come down for the last
time. Some parts of the circus may
continue to be shown in theatres.
High costs, traffic congestion and
television are cited as main causes
for the show becoming unprofita-
BILE.
SCREWBALL ON TRIAL-The
erratic drunken sergeant, Matthew
McKeon, who took IA of his men
out in mud and water on a drill at
night at Paris Island, South Car
Dina, when six were drowned in
a swamp is being tried in military
court this week. Many former Ma
rines have come up fighting in his
behalf.
BRIBING AND STEALING =
Leslie B. Kreger 81 and Sidney
Kreger, 40, his cousin, are under
$4,000 bond each, for conspiracy
to rob the Government in the
supplying ship stores to Navy ves-
sells at Norfolk. Five other men
are implicated and each were put
under $4,000 bond. The Kregers are
partners in a ship chandler firm.
and one of them is Mess Steward
on the Carrier Forrestal.
ASKING $41O, 0O0-Mrs. Everett
johnson has brought suit against
Bars Jewelry Store in Norfolk
for $4,000 damages, the result
of her husbands condition fol-
lowing his drinking from an
unmarked water cooler in the
store where he was told he
The Sidney herald., 1956-05-24

Jackie Christensen Cootiette
club No. SIS, held its regular
meeting on May II. Two new
members were initiated into our
club. They were Verna Neckels
and Pauline Kopp. Glad to have
you both.
Chief Grayback Mary Voss APP
pointed the following chairmen
for this year:
Hospital, Lorraine Minch; cover
cite, Marian Dasinger; member
ship, Marian Albrecht.
Anna Nelson and Hazel Will
liams were elected as delegates
to the Grand Crawl which will
be held in BoZeman next month.
Sunday afternoon the Cootiettes
visited the Richland County
Home for the Aged, which is un-
der the excellent supervision of
one of our new members, Pauline
Kopp. We're very proud of her
wonderful work. Cookies were
taken to all the patients there
from the Cootiettes. Thought the
Coolies were going along but
they changed their plans and neg
lected to let US know.
See you next month.
Sincerely,
Ink Singing Louise.
The Sidney herald., 1956-05-24
Pilot And
Observer Duty
Personnel Needed

An urgent need presently exists
for applicants for pilot and OBJ
server duty with the Montana
Air National Guard in Great
Falls. Montana's Air Guard unit
is expanding from a squadron
to a group and is in need of ap-
plicants for aviation cadet train
ing.
An applicant must be between
the ages of 10 and 261z, single,
a United States citizen, a high
school graduate, and in good
physical condition. Applicants
may apply at the United States
Air Force recruiting station in
Sidney.
Applicants for flying duty with
the air guard will take prelimi-
nary physical and mental testing
at the Armed Forces Examining
Station in Butte and will take
final testing at Malmstrom Air
Force Base in Great Falls. If the
applicant is fully qualified at
Malmstrom he may then enlist
in the Air National Guard and
be sent to aviation cadet training
The Sidney herald., 1956-05-24

Noel Carrico's Radicals me-
with defeat at the bowling alleys
Sunday when Banta's Muckers
again slipped through a contest
without defeat.
February Is, 1924
=
Richard P. lines, son of MIR,
and Mrs. r. P. lines, has receiv-
ed notice from West Point Mill
tary Academy that his examina-
tons through the local high
school had passed him for en-
trance to that school. This comes
as good news both for the young
man and his family and the pa
irons of the school, indicating
that a very high standard of in
struction is being given in the
Sidney schools.
February Is, 1924
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c.. Estes of
Cartwright returned from Cali
fornia to Sidney Wednesday, en-
route to their home. Grandma
and Grandpa Estes say they got
homesick for Montana and re-
turned before the winter was ov-
er, because this is the best coun-
try in the world after all.
February 22, 1924
What has become of the old
fashioned Sidney man who wore
a derby and a black bow tie
that fastened with a wire loop?
February 22, 1924
Sheriff O'Brien declares he is
in favor of woman's rights, even
granting the privilege of getting
up first in the morning to fix the
fire.
February %, 1924
Forest Amsden says the world
is growing better because women
no longer consider it stylish to
have a crayon portrait of their
husband, hanging in the living
room to brighten the future
grandchildren.
February 20, 1924
MI. and Mrs. William Peter
are the happy parents of a
baby boy. The %youngster was
lshered into existence ait the Sid
hey hospital Sunday afternoon.
Bills grin is just a little broad
n.
February 20, 1924
The Sidney herald., 1956-05-24

chose navy with pink and white
accessories. She wore a corSage
of pink and white roses.
A reception following the cere-
mony was held in the church
parlors and was attended by more
than ITS guests. A beautifully
TERED wedding cake conferred the
luncheon table. The cake was
baked and decorated by the
grooms' brother and sister-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Beecher
of Wolf Point. 1t was cut and
served by Mrs. Adrian Beecher
of Norma, N. Oak. Mrs. James
Olsen poured and Mrs. Leslie
Young presided at the punch
bowl.
Mrs. Stanley Dreyer had charge
of the guest book, and Mrs. Chris
Hansen, Mrs. Nord Lund and
Mrs. Lyle Peterson, Sidney, were
at the gift table.
Milton Anderson played a pro-
gram of appropriate music dur
ing the reception and the Jaycee
chorus of which Darol is a mem
Der, entertained with two num-
bers.
The bride, a graduate of the
Kenmare high school, Kenmare,
N. OAK, attended Augsburg Col
lege in Minneapolis and is pres
emily employed in the office of
DR.. Harper in Sidney. The groom,
a graduate of Maxbass high
school, served four years in the
Navy and is now employed in the
mems department of the Yell
lowstone Mercantile Company.
When the couple left on their
trip through the mid-western
states, the bride wore an avocado
linen suit with beige and yellow
accessories and a white orchid
corsage.
Out of town guests at the we'd
ding were: Miss Marlene Beech
and Mrs. Homer Beecher, Eek
man, N. OAK; Mr.. and Mrs.
Adrian Beecher and children of
Norma, N. OAK; Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Olsen of Hastings, Mimi;
Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Olsen of
Northfield, Minnesota; Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Maturen of Rose
Mont, Minnesota: Mr.. and Mrs.
H~odenfield and Mr.. and
Mrs. Julian johnson of Ray, N.
Dakota, Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin
Beecher, MI. and Mrs. Fer
rest Baker, Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
vim Baker and DR.. and Mrs.
Sorenson of Wolf Point;
Mrs. Louis Hanson, Mrs. Lauritz
Jorgenson, Mrs. Romayne Taylor,
Mrs. Herman Simonsen, Mrs. Ted
Waller, and Mrs. Adolph John
'on of Kenmare, N. Oak.
The Sidney herald., 1956-05-24

night, showed that there was q
very large sign-up of farmers
from No. %, north, to the end
of the valley, and the directors
met again Monday evening to
get things ready so that they can
soon call for bids.
James Taylor of Watford City
was an early morning caller at
the D. w. Taylor home last
Thursday.
A directors meeting of the
Farmers Elevator of Dore was
held last Saturday afternoon at
the elevator.
The school children from the
Missouri Bridge school at Noble
and their parents motored to
Cartwright last Friday afternoon
where they took a beating from
the Cartwright baseball team.
They were good losers, though.
Mrs. Geo. Sanderson and Mrs.
L. P. Moore will entertain Circle
8, Friday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Moore.
Joe Fletcher spent three days
in the hospital in Sidney last
week getting relief from a bad
cold.
Mrs. Viola Taasevigen was hos
TESS at a blue and pink shower
at her home Thursday evening
for Mrs. Gerald Morrill,.
MI. and Mrs. Axel Danielson
went to Bismarck last Sunday
and expect to be home Wednes-
day OF Thursday.
Erwin Beiber stepped on a
spike last Monday while working
on the railroad and was taken to
the hospital for treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Diede and
family went to Lambert Sunday
and visited at the home of his
brother Ernie.
There was a very large attend
ance at the East Side school pic
mic held at Rich1and park last
Sunday.
Mrs. Bud Monson and daughter
flew in from Seattle and are in
Williston visiting her mother Mrs.
The Sidney herald., 1956-05-24

for the first available class va
cancy. Both pilot and observer
applicants may reasonably expect
to be called to training within
three or four months. He may
elect to go later if he wishes.
Cadets will undergo approx
mately one year of training, upon
completion of which, they will
receive their commission and
wings. After their training is
completed they will be released
from the Air Force and assigned,
in civilian status, to the Montana
Air National Guard. These of
ficers will then fly with the Air
Guard at least once a month.
They may earn from $11.00 to
$4,000 per month depending on
how many duty days and how
much flying they care to per-
form. They will be assigned to
the Montana group for a mini
mum of three years. Flying Of
ficers with the air guard are
draft exempt.
The Montana Air Guard will
be utilizing the jet F-89 type
aircraft, the Northrup Scorpion.
This is one of the Air Forces
newest all weather, fighter-in-
terceptors. 1t is a two passenger
aircraft.
The Sidney herald., 1956-05-24

White tapers lighted the aisle.
and candelabra in the sanctuary
for the candlelight ceremony
which united Joyce Annette OF
sen, daughter of Mrs. Annette
Olsen, Sidney, and Darol Beech
err, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Beecher of Eckman, N. D.
The bride chose Wednesday
May 2, her parents wedding
anniversary, for her wedding,
and the ceremony was perform
ed at 700 p. m. Rev. Alfred Jen-
sen and Rev. James w. Olsen
brother of the bride, of Lincoln,
Neb., officiated for the double
ring ceremony.
Mrs. Peter Steffans, at the con-
sole of the organ, played a pro-
gram of music preceding the
ceremony. The brides sister, Mrs.
j. Harry Johnson, played the
traditional wedding marches. She
also accompanied Mrs. Wayne
Cumming, soloist, who sang, WED
ding Prayer" and "The Lords
Prayer"
Given in marriage by her
brother, Rev. Olsen, the bride
wore a gown fashioned of en-
broidered organdy over taffeta.
An organdy yoke accented the
embroidered bodice which was
scalloped at the neckline and fea-
tured brief puff sleeves. F1aring
to floor length the bouffant skirt
was edged in a deep hem seal
lop frosted with embroidery. A
half hat of tulle and trimmed
with ruching and seed pearls
caught the folds of her waist
length illusion yelling. She car
ried a white Bible with a white
orchid and streamers of white
stephanotis. She wore a pearl
necklace and earrings, a gift. of
the groom.
Miss Marlene Beecher, sister of
the groom, was maid of honor.
Mrs. Robert Hokana and Miss
Nelson were the brides
maids. All wore waltz-length
gowns of light blue nylon dotted
swisse fashioned with deeper blue
cumberbunds.
Each carried a bouquet of dali
sizes and wore daisy headbands.
Irwin Beecher, brother of the
groom, served as best man. Ush-
ers were Adrian Beecher, brother
Of the groom, and Harry John
son. The brides nephew, Craig
Johnson, was the ring bearer. All
wore white dinner jackets.
The brides mother wore a navy
blue lace dress with pink &C
,essories and a corsage of pink
'oses. The groom's mother also
The Sidney herald., 1956-05-24
Sidney Youth
Will Complete
Recruit Training

San Diego, Calf. (FHTNC) -
John A. Doe, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Axel, Doe; Willard Prison,
of lit Third ST., N. W., and
Stanley T. Kemmis, son of MIR.
and Mrs. George w. Kemmis of
1913 S. Lincoln, all of Sidney,
Mont, are scheduled to complete
recruit training May rs at the
Naval Training Center, San
Diego, Calf.
The graduation exercises, mark
ing the end of nine weeks of
boot camp" will include a full
dress parade and review before
military officials and civilian
dignitaries.
In nine weeks of instruction,
the raw recruit" is developed
into a Navy Bluejacket, ready for
duty with the fleet.
The Sidney herald., 1956-05-24

Ida Shade, who Is ILL In the hos
pital. Bud also flew in on Sum
day night and Is visiting with
his parents in Dore and his sis
ter and family in Medicine Lake.
Delmar Dschaak of Sidney was
a caller in Dore Monday. He Is
recuperating from an operation
and says that it is not too pleas
ant a way to take a vacation.
Grace william and two children,
formerly of Havre, have taken
up residence on North State St.
in Fairview this past week.
Matt Fellnar and Harry Frank
of Minneapolis called on Earl at
the Farmers Elevator last Sat-
urday.
Esther and Katherine Stubs
and Lillian Bowers motored to
Alexander last Thursday night to
attend graduation exercises. AL
fred Melby Jr. was an eighth
grade graduate. They enjoyed a
delicious lunch at the Melbys'
before returning home.
Mrs. Herman Johnson was an
overnight patient at Sidney hos
pital Monday because of a Sc
we're nose bleed.
The F1etchers who have been
in Sidney with the McMullins
the past week came home We'd
nesday.
Mrs. Ed Ochs has been helping
Katherine in the store for a few
days this week.
Dan Williams was in Sidney
having medical attention Tues
day. He has not been feeling
well for several days.
Mrs. Ben Sedlacek took Garry
to Sidney for his polio shot Tues
day.