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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-27
Wunts Crime PurIey

UNITED NATIONS. May 81
R.-The U.N. Social Commission
has asked Secretary General Dag
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mittee Of experts to help him
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-27

GOLDEN YEARS-Mr. and
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Riverdale, Nd, win cele-
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anniversary sunday ct
their home. They were
married June 5, 1907. Mr..
Graefe, "A. Is retired from
the Construction Steel Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. 0raefe have
three children. seven grand
children and six great
dchildren.-Harris and
Ewing Photo.
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Center has wonderful variety Of efficient
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-27

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-27

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-27

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-03

I asked them for cooperation
and they said We have a sound
foreign trade policy and we will
do nothing to change it,
II took their word for it.
went to see Senator Smith, Re-
publican Of Maine. and helped
her draw up the Smith bill. II il
had been enacted last year every
cotton goods gray mill in the
United States would be running
three shifts six days a week.
Drop in Exports
THAT bill would have author
lied the Secretary of Agriculture
to sell surplus raw cotton ir
storage to American textile mill.
at such prices as they coul6
afford to pay. to export liz bill.
lion yards of goods abroad. which
was the traditional fair share Of
world markets for American
mills in 1882.
Since then it has dropped Il
about 500 million yards" Mr.
Martin said. land the billions o
yards that formerly went into ex
port world markets is the missing
link-the cause of overproductioi
ct the present time"
The Bates company presiden
said he disputes a union claim
that there is no longer q wag
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-03

single engine plane crashed and
burst into flames after taking
on from the Sextonville Airport
6 miles south Of here in South
western Wisconsin.
The dead were identified by the
Richland County sheriff's ONCE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-03

as: Norman Nimock. Of James
vile. Wis. owner of the plane;
his wife Merte, his brother Ray,
also Of GAINESVILLE. and Alton
Rognholdt of BoaZ. a few miles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-03

differential in the South and re-
iterated his demand that the
workers take an 8la -cents-an-
hour wage cut. The Textile
Workers Union of America re-
jected the proposal and stuck by
its demands for 5-cent-an-hour
pay boost.
Textile workers involved now
earn an average of 81 40 per hour.
Cites Wage Increases
Mr.. Martin said Of the union :
"All we want is temporary relief.
We are only asking for equaliza-
ton of wages to figures in the
South. to stay in business as long
as We can. We want our
spindles in Maine to stay in COM
petition as long as we can.
"Since prosperous 1915 We have
given wage increases of lit per
cent. Now prices have declined to
the l945 level"
Within the past few days Mr.
Martin announced the company
will halt the operation of the
Androscoggin Mill at Lewiston
Me-; the York Division Mill al
Saco. Me. and the small Bates
plant in Waterloo, Quebec. About
1000 persons are employed in the
mills at Lewiston and Saco and
about IS in Waterloo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-03
a Die in Crash
OF Private Pfune

RICHLAND CENTER. Wis.
April 3 (R.-Four persons were
killed early today when their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-03
Weeks and Union Blamed
For Botes Mill CIosinqs

BOSTON, April L-President Martin the
Mfg Co. Secretary Weeks and the Textile
Workers Union responsible for his to close three of the
companys six textile mills
Mr. Martin said interview last night "A told
Secretary Weeks what happen has happened
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-19
Hearing on ConoI
Planned by Hyde

Representative Hyde. Re-
publican Of Maryland, said yes
terday public hearings Will be
held next January by a House
committee on a bill to establish
the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
as q national park.
The bill already has passed
the Senate. 1t is sponsored by
Senator Beall. Republican Of
Maryland, and by Mr.. Hyde.
The hearings are to be held by
the House Interior and InsuIar
Affairs Committee.
Mr.. Hyde emphasized that
the establishment Of the park
would not give the Federal Gov
eminent any more police pow
ers than it now has in owner
ship Of the canal.
He made 1t clear that the
pending bill would provide for
no superhighway along the
canal between Great Falls and
Cumberland, but would provide
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-19
u. S. Form Surplus
Holdings Decline
To $7,338,O8l,OO 900

The Agriculture Department
has reported Federal holdings
of farm SURPRISES declined to
81. 338.0S1. 900 last June 80 from
$S.257 .3OS. 900 q year earlier.
The Government actually
owned $5.S71.252 900 Of COM
modities. with the 81, $3.50. 1925. 900
balance tied up in price-support
loans. Inventories were cut from
$5.972. 12s.O0O a year earlier.
and loan commitments from
$2.2s5. ls0. 900.
Uncle Sam has lost $685.
477.342 on price-support opera
tons durine the fiscal year
ended last June 30, up from
1914. 767, 365 the previous year,
the Department said. Losses are
incurred when the Government
gives away or sells stocks for
less than it paid to acquire and
handle them. Cuts in the sur
plus have resulted largely from
cut-rate sales and giveaways.
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cedures. to be followed in the
event of an emergency. he said.
Much of the plan must be
self sufficient, he pointed out,
and able to function without
the use Of outside power and
other utilities.
The approximately 200 BUSH
nessmen were welcomed by
Howard c. Drake. president of
the Washington Board of
Trade: Rudolph Kaufman, II,
acting chairman Of the Disaster
Protection Committee, and Col.
John E. Fondahl, District
director Of civil defense.
ITO some elements in our
city, emergency planning Of
this nature is very lightly re-
garded," said Mr.. Drake. May
be because some Americans in
some quarters take the attitude
that it can't happen here.
Well, it did in Pearl Harbor:
it did at Manila. it did at Wake
Island.
Let's be sure, therefore, that
If it does happen here we win
be better prepared to adjust
ourselves to such emergencies I"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-19

speakers discussing emergency
planning for business and COM
mercial interests in case Of at
tack OF. natural disaster in a
symposium held in the Per-
petual Building Association
auditorium.
The discussions were spon-
sored jointly by the disaster
protection committee Of the
Washington Board Of Trade
and the District Civil Defense
once.
Experience with industrial
defense plans in cases Of nat
ural disaster indicate they could
be equally effective and helpful
in time of war. Col. Crystal said.
The country's survival pos
ture would improve II all In
dustrial establishments had
such plans, he declared.
"The very existence in this
country of a strong and effec-
tive civil defense, with the
targets hardened, is in itself
one of the most effective deter
rents to war;" Col. Crystal said.
All American businessmen
should face UP to the need to
prepare their concerns against
potential enemies as well as
against fire and nature. he as
serted, pointing out that indus
trial defense plans are simply
extensions of the usual protec-
tive plans.
Col. Crystal included these
initial steps in outlining sug-
geSted priorities for setting up
plans: Screening and training
personnel. training emergency
squads, and obtaining haison
with other local groups.
= \ s.
The planning can go on to
minor procurement. supple
ments and construction before
the adoption Of actual pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-19

Top flight scientists have come TO three star.
ting yet quite sane conclusions aboutyeiucing
for the average person
First don't trv % take weight of too fast
You may damage your health And most people
can't DC it anyway that empty feeling gets
YOU down And you're off your diet
Second don't be faddist Loss of weight
that results in loss Of vitality means you're
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-19
Industry Urged to Map
In-PIont Defense Plan

An industrial defense plan in business establishment
of in increased mental confidence lower accident
lower insurance costs and other benefits Washington
businessmen told yesterday
Col E. L. Crystal jr Of the faculty of the Industrial
College Of the Armed Forces Fort McNair among the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-19

for a parkway along a 25-mile
scenic route from Highway 81,
in the vicinity of Paw Paw,
w. Va. to a point near Wood
mont, Md.
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In Your Reducing Diet
The Sane Scientific Way
In Weight Reduction Not Only Helps Keep
Vitality Up, But Makes
Losing Weight Easier

following the wroTg road
Third-the smart way to reduce is-see your
doctor first then get on balanced diet. Eat
all the good foods but trim down little on
everything
You need all these foods for balanced diet
meat milk. eggs. fish. poultry, citrus fruits.
geen-leafed and yellow vegetables And cereal
grain foods such as good bread
This way you keep your body well nourished.
You don't become nervous. irritable and feel
empty all the time You do help keep your
vitality up
Thus-the trick is to eat little less and lose
a little less but keep on doing it
Good Eating Helps
One Of the biggest reasons many people can't
follow diet is because they don't like what
they eat Good-tasting foods help you keep on
a diet
County Fan Buttermlk Bread can add
pleasure to your meals. Because it has par.
ticularly delightful flavor 1t has a fine texture
and tender crust to make good tender toast
In addition. County Fair Buttermik Bread
helps supply your daily needs of Protein, Vita
Minis 81 b. Niacin And Calcium and Iron
Follow the sane scientific way in reducing
Get County Fair Buttermik Bread fresh from
your grocer today You'll be glad you did
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-19

The planning can 60 on to
minor procurement. supple
ments and construction before
the adoption Of actual pro-
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-06-28
BELHAVEN GETTING
PREPARED FOR JULY
4TH CELEBRATION

Jack Finch, professional decora-
tor, has set up shop in Belhaven
in the store formerly occupied by
Bulluck's Tots and Teens and is
taking decorating orders for the
Fourth of July celebration spon-
sored by the Belhaven Community
Chamber of Commerce. Mr.. Finch
has decorated floats for the parade
for the last two years and his work
has added much to the effective
ness of the parade.
The Chamber of Commerce
hopes that this years celebration
will be the biggest and best yet and
enlists the cooperation of all bust
nesses and individuals in making il
so. Ed Harris, director for the eel
ebration, has announced that U
S. Navy band will be on hand to
provide music for the parade. 1t is
hoped that the band will also give
a concert during the afternoon.
Donald Bunch and his orchestra
from Washington will play for the
street dance that night. The dance
is expected to be a fitting climax
for a gala day,
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-06-28
First Big Homecoming Celebration in 1875
Was Turning Point in Dare County Progress.

everybody happy and at the same
time bring a sort of fame to Roa-
noke Island he hit upon the idea
of mammoth homecoming cele-
bration dedicated to all the peo-
pie who had ever lived in Dare
County at any time in their lives.
at was just as simple as that,
he says, "and once the idea took
hold and started going it went like
SNOWFALL going down a hillside"
Most of the work on the home
front was done by committees made
up of leading citizens in every
coastal community in Dare County,
headed up by Mrs. Rennie Griffin
Williamson, of Manteo, who, Meek
ms says. deserves a great deal of
credit, for it was she who visited
every school in the county talking
celebration" She helped round up
list of the names and addresses
of everyone who had ever lived in
Dare County during the previous
so years. The committee then sent
each of them series of four let
tiers appealing to them to "come
back home" And did they come!
Some came back after having been
gone for more than DO years. Many
of them came from distant states
and some from foreign countries.
The. big August Is Homecoming
Celebration at Old Fort Raleigh
touched off series of similar eel
ebrations in every village in the
county.
While plans for the celebration
were going on as far back as De-
cember, 1925, Meekins kept ham,
mering at it with what limited
newspaper space was available in
those days. He was fortunate in
having the help of Lindsay C. War
rem, of Washington, N. c., then a
young and energetic Congressman
from North Cardinals First Dis
trict, who was successful in get
ting the British Ambassador to
come to Roanoke Island and make
speech on the site where English
men first attempted a settlement
in America between 1884 and
1887. When the time came many
others prominent in State and Ma
tional affairs showed up too.
Many newspapermen and news
reel cameramen came to Roanoke
Island for the first time that sum-
mer.
Meekins recalls that in those
days every visitor to Roanoke Is
+, land and the Dare County beaches
had to come here by boat and that
the initial publicity for the cele,
bration caught the interest of Capt
Tom Baum, native of Dare Coun-
ty then living in Norfolk. Va, ant
a man experienced in the opera
] ton of ferry boats. Being a mar
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-06-28
JAMES H. SWAIN, 81,
COLUMBIA NATIVE, DIES

James H. Swain, "a. died We'd
nesday morning of last week in a
Norfolk hospital. He was native
of Columbia and had lived in Nor
folk 20 years. He was the son of
William H. and Cottie Woodland
Swain and a member Of Powells
Point Baptist Church.
He is survived by three daugh-
tiers, Miss Rose Marie Swain of
Newport News, Mrs. Adrian G.
Hand of Princess Anne, Va. and
Mrs. Linwood Tillett of Kitty
Hawk; one son, Robert Swain, of
Norfolk; three sisters, Mrs. Clara
Forbes of Currituck, Mrs. Pearl
Miller of Norfolk, Mrs. Martha
Swain of Quantico, Va, a grand
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-06-28
JOHN 7. COMBS sUccUMBS
IN COLUMBIA HOSPITAL

Funeral services for John
Thompson Combs, 78, who died
at the Columbia Hospital Thurs
day morning, June 20, after
an illness of about five weeks.
were held Sunday afternoon at
the Columbia Christian Church
by the Rev. Leslie Wilkins,
pastor; interment was in lakewood
Cemetery. Palibearers were E. H.
Morris, John Harrison, Paul Liv-
erman, w. F. Spencer, Melvin
Pledger, and w. H. McClees.
Mr.. Combs was the son of the
late John B. Combs and Mary Mel
son Combs of Alligator Township,
Tyrrell County. He was retired
rural mail carrier, member OF
the Columbia Christian Church, q
native and lifelong resident Of
Tyrreli County.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
F1arah Tillett Combs; one son
John S. Combs of Elizabeth City;
one brother, S. M. Combs of Co
lumbia; three sisters, Mrs. Hester
Fisher of Columbia, Mrs. Pauline
Leary of Charleston, S. c., and
Mrs. Lille Heirs of Eherhart, S
c.; and two grandchildren.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-06-28
By EARL DEAN
I'm the Elizabeth City
Daily Advance)

"God Almighty has given us the
finest bit of coastland in the world
in which to live and it is criminal
to waste it, to despoil it and ruin
it through greed and selfish self
interest, D. Victor Meekins, OF
Manteo, once said in commenting
on the phenomenal progress all
along the Dare County coast be-
tween Kitty Hawk and Hatteras,
Mays Head and Manns Harbor.
The urgent need of the people of
Dare County for income at one
time forced them to accept and re-
ceive patronage that took from
them much of the best they used
to enjoy, he continued, adding that
we cannot be too careful about
what remains.
Meekins was then and is still
now waging his one-man campaign
urging the people of Dare County
to look ahead and plans for the
future and its needs. To be sure he
is sometimes more abrupt than dip
lomatic, but he has always been
known as honest in his convictions
calls spade a spade, and when he
thinks something is not for the best
interests of Dare County, of which
he is native. he usually says Sc
in no uncertain terms. If he sees
something that's good he is as lib
eral with his praise as he is his de-
nunciation.
A typical example of his far
sightedness occurred back in the
year 1926 which about everybody
now comedies as the real turning
point in Dare County's progress
That was the year when the first
Dare County Homecoming was
staged on Roanoke Island with Sir
Esne Howard, the British Ambas-
sador to the United States, as hon.
or guest and principal speaker.
1t was Meekins, who now edits
and publishes The Coastland Times
who largely engineered this early
celebration at Old Fort Raleigh
the forerunner of number of other
fruitful schemes to publicize the
coastland. He recalls that the real
estate boom on the Dare beaches
which brought thousands of invest.
ors in with millions of dollars. real.
ly stems from that initial effort Of
81 years ago. Prior to that time
he says, this area had little or nj
local fame, there was no tourist
bureau or paid publicity to woo
! strangers. So he took it upon him
self to keep Dare County and Roa
noke Island in the public eye a!
much as possible.
| Casting about in his mind TO
something that would make nearl,
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-06-28
MANTEO GETS 100 WIN
OVER WANCHESE LITTLE
LEAGUERS SATURDAY

Manteo's Little League baseball
team turned in an outstanding
performance last Saturday after
noon at Wanchese to overwhelm
the Wanchese Little Leaguers
100; the Wanchese batters We're
held hitless by the superb pitch
ing of Dickie Burrus and Butch
johnson, Manteo's two pitchers.
Burrus pitched four of the six
innings, striking out 10 of IA bat
tiers he faced and walking only q;
after walking the first man up,
he struck out 8 consecutive bat
tiers. Johnson, during the last two
innings, struck out 8 batters and
walked only l.. Only one error
was charged against Manteo, at
testing to the excellent fielding of
the team.
Manteo's runs were scored as fol-
lows: in the first inning, Francis
Combs and Burrus; in the third
inning, Eddie Hooper, Freddie
Combs. Dean Leary, Paul Mayo,
Pete Warren, Fancis Combs and
Burrus; and in the fifth inning.
Burrus. johnson hit what would
have been a home run in the first
inning, but he was called out for
having failed to touch third base.
Ten hits were credited to Manteo
g doubles and z singles. Ray
White got double and single,
johnson and Leary each got one
double, Burrus and Francis Combs
each had two singles, and one
single each was credited to
Hooper and Freddie Combs. Hubby
Bliven also saw action for Manteo,
playing three innings in right
field.
Billy Walker pitched the entire
six innings for Wanchese, allow
ing 10 hits, walking a batters, and
striking out 6. Wanchese was
charged with 6 errors. R. S.
Meekins was behind the plate. See
ing infield action for Wanchese
were Georgia Daniels, Wiley
Montague, Charlie Greet, Landra
Gaskins, Rickie Tillett, and David
Daniels. Outfelders were Richard
Baum, Rusty Stetson, Don Payne,
and Punkin Daniels.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-06-28
II DREDGING PROJECT
lis COMPLETED LAST
WEEK AT ENGELHARD
Soundside Phase Of Oregon Inlet
Project Slated To Be Com
pleted July Is

The Corps of Engineers District
office in Wilmington reports that
the new 12-foot channel and basin
at Engelhard was completed Sat-
urday, June %.
The new work job reaches from
the highway bridge to deeper water
in Pamlico Sound and was dredged
to two feet overdepth to provide
for inaccuracies.
The office also revealed that the
Soundside phase of dredging at
Oregon Inlet is scheduled to be
completed July Is to depth of IL
feet with the usual two-foot over
depth. The remainder of the Ore
gon Inlet project, channel IA
feet deep and 400 feet wide from
the inlet out across the bar, is
scheduled to follow in 1957-58. The
exact starting date has not been
set, but it is expected to be htld up
until after the hurricane season.
The Far Creek job at Engelhard
was completed at a contract price
of $114,339.
The current work at Oregon In
let was awarded for 1925, 800.
Contractors were scheduled to
start moving equipment into Dare
County Monday, June "a prepara-
tory to starting drainage work.
They are: L. w. Howard, New
port; Ray Lewis, Manteo; I. j.
Crooks and E. w. Tate, Coinjock;
and Fred S. Sherman & Son, Nor
folk, Va.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-06-28
VETERANS OFFICE IN
MANTEO TO BE MOVED

The Dare County Veterans
Office, beginning July l, will be 10
Gated in the courthouse building in
Manteo rather than in the Fort Ra-
leigh Hotel, its present location,
James M. Vannote, veterans serv-
ice officer for Dare County, has
announced.
Mr.. Vannote has also announced
that he will be at Fuller's Store
in Butxon on Wednesday, July 10,
and the second Wednesday in each
month thereafter.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-06-28
WEScOTT REAPPOINTED TO
UTILITIES COMMISSION

Harry T. Wescott of Dare
County was last week reappointed
for his second six-year term as a
member of the State Utilities
Commission by Governor Hodges.
Two other members were also re-
appointed for four-year terms
were Sam o. Worthington of
Greenville and Edward H. Nc
Mahan of Brevard.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-06-28

children and two great-grandchil-
dren.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday at 2 pm. in the Powells
Point Baptist Church by the Rev.
A. j. Eure, pastor of the Poplar
Branch Baptist Church. Burial was
in the Poplar Branch Baptist
Church cemetery.