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week after the opening, the author
cabled, SLOW is it gOing?" Miller
cabled back, ITS gone"
a DEADLY SEiARPsH00TER was
Dorothy Parker when she was dashing
off brilliant but vitriolic reviews for "The
New Yorker" magazine. An actress
who later became a star Of the first
magnitude still smarts under the famous
Parker dismissal accorded one of her
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town after an insufficient number Of
poStponementS. John Lardner noted
that a certain new over ballyhooed
extravaganza ''still needed a certain
something" and added pensiveIy, pos
sibly burial" George S. Kaufman tore
hoTendous drama to shreds. Then he
admitted, "Of course, / saw il under
peculiarly unfortunate circumstances.
The curtain was up"
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MERclLESS and sptefu critic
Alexander Woolcott also of the latest Occa-
sionaly he would attempt weadverised but shortIived
diet. and it during such period that playwright
remarked to another: II heard WOollc0tt has dropped
forty pounds" Playwright No. z in
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quired, "On whom"
PERCY HAMMOND once closed a
review with Il have knocked everything
except the knees of the chorus girls, and
nature anticipated me there. " Anotherre-
viewer remarked, The plot Of our towns
latest opening was designed in a light
vein that somehow became varicoSe."
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Critics At Play

and sometimes the author. too
MORE IMPORTANT even than the So
called mine old men, who constitute
the United States Supreme Court, to
stage folk. at least, are the nine major
New York drama critics. Their acco-
ladies' can make poverty-aff1icted play
wrights potential millionaires overnight.
Their disapproval can bring the dreams
Of company Of 200 in a de luxe
musical down to dust just as quickly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10

SHORTEST REVIEW record was written by Brooks
Atkinson. 1t read, Such-and-such opened last night
Why?' Another critic declared that musical arrived in
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JIMMY CANNON said a play
was so bad that the audience Kissed the ushers."
Producer Gilbert Miller imported another comedy that had
delighted London audiences for solid years. New York.
h1uuo u = A
The coastland times., 1957-03-08
WANcHEsE PERSONALS

Mrs. Loretta Case and son, Don,
left Saturday for Key West, Fla,
where her husband is employed.
They have been with Mrs. Cases
mother, Mrs. Bernice Midget, since
Christmas.
Tommie Davis is out of the Ar
my after serving two years and
is now employed in Brownsville,
Texas.
Edward Davis was home for a
few days with his family. He is
working in Arlington, Va. with a
dredging company.
Mrs. Mary Fleming of Ports
mouth spent the week end with
her mother, Mrs. Mollie Baum.
Mrs. Ward Daniels, Mrs. Jean
Curles, Mrs. Edward Davis, were
in Elizabeth City Friday.
Henry Beasley has returned
from Miami, Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walton Williams
and children of Elizabeth City
spent the week end here with Mr..
and Mrs. v. G. Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. ]. Minton and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Fleet
wood of Norfolk visited Mrs. Min
toms mother and father, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. C. Saunders. Mr.. Saun-
ders is leaving for a trip to Nash
vile, Tenn. with his son-in-law,
C. ]. Minton.
Victor Daniels, Jackie r. Tillett
and Stanley Scarborough left for
Baltimore, where they will work
on a tug boat.
Gus Saunders Jr. spent the
week end here with his mother,
Ann Saunders.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Howard
have returned to Norfolk after
visiting Mrs. Howard's mother
Mrs. Dora Davis. Mrs. Davis has
been sick at the home of Mrs. Roy
Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lynton Daniels of
Norfolk were the week end guests
of Mrs. Louise Cudworth.
Mrs. William Forbes and sor
Irving of Norfolk spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Theof Wes-
colt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Daniels
spent Sunday in Greenville as
The coastland times., 1957-03-08
TRUCK DRIVERS GUIDE
is ISSUED BY STATE

Raleigh.-A 1857 Truck Drivers
Guide is now being issued to the
more than 1000 truck drivers en-
ployed by the State Highway Com
mission, Chairman A. H. Graham
says.
The booklet should make for bet
ter public relations, better safety
record and better operator care of
equipment, Graham said. It is rec
commended to all highway employ
ees who use and drive State equip
ment, both cars and trucks.
Various sections in the 40-page
printed booklet deal with general
truck maintenance, fabrication and
Tightening, cleaning and care of
tools and tires, battery, duties dur
ing scheduled maintenance and in
spections, maximum speeds, road
rules and traffic regulations, acci-
dent prevention, proper signals,
fire precautions and fire fighting.
The truck drivers guide was pre-
pared by State Maintenance En-
gineer B. w. Davis with the aid
of material from the North Caro-
lima State College, Division of Ex-
tension - Truck Driver Training
School; United State Service Man
uals; and the "Safe Driving Rules"
of the American Trucking Associ-
alton, Inc.
The coastland times., 1957-03-08
ENGELHARD PERSONALS

Miss Belle Neal has returned to
Swan Quarter after visiting here.
Mrs. Kate Makely and Mrs. Or
pha Davis were in Manteo and
Nags Head Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Midyette spent
the past week in Florida. They
visited relatives in New Bern Sat
urday.
Mrs. Bess Litchfield left Sunday
for California, where she will
make her home.
|. Mrs. Annie Marshall is spending
some time in Norfolk with her son,
Norwood Marshall.
Roy Cox attended a meeting in
New Bern Friday.
Mrs. Modia Cahoon of Leechville
is visiting Mrs. Laura Farrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miles Spencer have
returned from a trip to Florida.
Mrs. Spencer is the former Mrs.
Inez Farrow of Engelhard.
Edward Sadler of State College,
Raleigh, Louis Clark of EGG,
Greenville, were among the stu
dents home for the week end.
The coastland times., 1957-03-08
MUSIC CLUB SEES OPERA
FILM AT MARCH MEETING

Meeting Tuesday evening at the
Carolinian Hotel, Nags Head, the
Roanoke Island Music Club held a
business meeting, at which time
the expenses and proceeds of
the recent Grass Roots opera per-
formance were presented. The
small profit which was made has
been donated to the Dare County
Library.
Mrs. Thomas Chears, Jr., pro-
gram chairman, with the assistance
of Julian Oneto presented film
"The Opera School,, obtained from
the N. C. Library Extension De-
partment. Afterward a film in a
lighter vein, a short Gay Nineties
subject, was shown.
The hostesses, Mrs. Chears and
Mrs. Julian Oneto, club president,
served hot chocolate saltines and
salted nuts during the social hour.
The coastland times., 1957-03-08
GL M P S E S
I'll P A S 7
BY CAROLYN LLOYD

Catfish and hush puppies-that's
the speciality of the Davy Crockett
Restaurant in Walnut Ridge, Ar
kansas, according to "Favorite
Recipes of Famous Taverns" Sec
ton Of the "Ford Times" Now be-
fore you turn up your nose at the
catfish part of the meal, let me
remind you that there are catfish
and catfish; and down in that part
of the country the fish, though not
any prettier than our local ones,
are really "fit to eat"
One of my favorite childhood
characters was the old Negro man
who came around each Friday
morning driving a horse and cart
much like one still used by Bel
haven's vegetable man, Cabbage
stalk (that is so his name). The
cart would be filled with a fresh
catch Of catfish and buffalo from
the nearby bayou. The driver didn't
have TO announce his wares if the
wind was blowing from the right
direction, but he always delighted
US children anyway with his sing
song cry of "Fresh Catfish"
don't remember eating hush
puppies, but it was next to i'm
possible to find table in Louisi-
ana without some form of corn
bread. ! first tasted hushpuppies
at an outdoor fish fry in Georgia,
and that experience revived my
respect for cornbread.
Another delicacy of the Deep
South not exactly appreciated in
this part of the country is barbe-
cued goat. Tastes might have
changed there since l was child,
but then no barbecue was complete
without at least one goat done up
brown. OF course, almost anything
would have tasted good after hav-
ing been turned and basted for
hours over great trench of glow
ing Goals, then served in huge
slices with every delicacy imagin-
able ON tables under the trees. To
hungry children who had been rae
ing around getting into mischief
while their elders visited there was
little distinction between goat and
pig, as long as it was food. Maybe
the hosts knew that and got rid of
their surplus goats that way.
What we eat depends largely
on where we live. Some people
cock their vegetables in salt water
alone and consider the beloved COL
lard of the South fit only for pigs.
Few people in this section would
walk to the dining room for a
plate of scrapple or Goldfish cakes.
On the island of Formosa there
are sidewalk snake markets where
the customers may select his snake
and have it cut into steaks to his
taste. Starving men have been
known to eat rats. They do say,
though, that there are no more
cannibals on earth.
Catfish and hushpuppies, any
one?
The coastland times., 1957-03-08
WOMAN'S CLUB MARCH IL
FOODS DEMONSTRATION

The Manteo Woman's Club will
hold it's regular meeting on Tues
day night, March IL, at 8 pm. in
the Community Building. A special
program is planned and all club
members are urged to attend.
The Manteo Woman's Club is
sponsoring a Frozen Foods DEM
onstration Tuesday night, March
IL at 8 pm. in the Community
Building. A representative from a
freezer manufacturer will discuss
the preparation and the serving of
frozen foods. Door prizes will be
awarded and refreshments served.
Everyone is cordially invited to at
tend.
The coastland times., 1957-03-08

guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Jones
Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow Stetson
were in Norfolk Saturday.
Julian Brothers is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Harley Ross and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Brothers in Norfolk.
Mrs. A. o. Harris is in Norfolk
with her husband, who is a patient
in the Marine Hospital.
Miss Rowena Midget spent the
week end in Newport News as
guest of her sister and brother-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Murray Edwards
The coastland times., 1957-03-08
ocRAcoKE PERSONALS


Ocracoke Civic Club will meet
Monday night, March 11th, in the
school library.
Rev. and Mrs. W. r. Hale were
away on official church business
this past week end; Calvin O'Neal
presided and preached at the morn
ing service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ansley O'Neal and
daughter, Aida Vann, have return
ed home from Charleston, S. c.,
following his long disqualification
at Old Roper Hospital there. Mr..
O'Neal has undergone several oper-
ations, the last one necessitating
the amputation of one of his legs.
He is home for a month after
which he will return to Charleston,
S. c. for a medical check-up. His
many friends here have been great
ly concerned and hope for his
rapid recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Forbes re-
turned home Sunday after a
months visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Shelvy Burgess in Raleigh. During
their absence, Mr.. Forbes was hos
pitalized twice at the Veterans
Hospital in Durham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Payne, Miss
Joyce West, and Miss Kay Waller
spent last week end in Engelhard'
Mr.. and Mrs. Thurmond Styron
and daughter, Betsy Carol, arrived
home this past week. Mr.. Styron
plans to return to his work in New
Jersey, but Mrs. Styron and Betsy
Carole will remain here.
Mrs. Lillian Simpson returned to
her home in Norfolk Sunday after
an extended visit with relatives
and friends here. She made the
trip north with her son-in-law,
Alec Eley. Mrs. Simpson has built
a new home in Wahab Village and
hopes soon to occupy it. Mr.. and
Mrs. Eley own a trailer home in
the village.
Mrs. D. S. Tolson and daughter,
Hettie, are spending several days
in Beaufort and Morehead City.
Wade Gray, formerly of Concord,
N. c., now of Kecoughtan Soldiers
Home in Virginia, is making his
first visit on the island. He is
staying at the Howard Tourist
Home.
Members of the Woman's Society
for Christian Service, meeting to-
day, Monday, discussed the recent
gift of 5000 to the Methodist
church and voted, with the Suzanna
Glass, to raise the extra $1OO nee
essary to purchase an amplifier
for the church. The Society also
arranged to send '$25 to its orphan
at the Methodist Orphanage for
his use in the purchase of needed
clothing.
A number of new homes are in
process of construction at Ocra-
coke. Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Willis are
building home near that of his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. Tolson
are building a home adjacent to
that of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
D. E. Thompson are now occupy
ing the home which he himself
built here at Ocracoke. Mr.. and
Mrs. Danny w. Garrish and fam
lily are occupying their new home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ulysses Womac
moved into their home in the east
ern part of the village more than
a month ago. Mrs. Wilma Williams
is remodelling and renovating a
former shop for use as a resi-
dence. Mrs. Lillian Simpson, a ma
tive of Ocracoke, now of Norfolk,
has completed duplex apartment
in Wahab Village, and is renting
one side of it at this time. She,
herself, plans to occupy the other
apartment shortly. Also near her
is the trailer home of her daugh-
ter and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Alec
Eley. Stacy Howard is installing
modern conveniences in the home
The coastland times., 1957-03-08

next to his own, formerly occupied
by Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Collins. E.
Carleton Kelly is making several
changes in one of his cottages. Mr..
and Mrs. Benjamin E. Spencer are
contemplating building another
apartment on their Silver Lake
property, near the one already in
use there.
The coastland times., 1957-03-08
Give Eggs a Break In March
Include Them Often In Meals

NaNey eoPf0P
Shoppers with saving should thank
month for March month More hens and efficient hens
for the supplies of Best buys will be the
size eggs and the graded top quality
snePp always buy eggs py brand fo brand such as you
Of freshness It these canded graded the basis
weight and interior quality In most the will
be dated for your buying convenience
Give break
dish ingredient good tasting foods
favoe dessert this luscious puff shell filed with and
topped thick glossy chocolate Here tested and
you'd like Nancy Carter,
P. o. Box 1858, Atlanta, Ga.
ICE CREAM PUFFS
u water u sifted all purpose flour
u cup butter other shortening eggs
H teaspoon salt
Bring butter and salt boiling Add -four all and
heat until mixture sides of and forms compact ball
Remove continue
minutes Add unbeaten time beating thoroughly after
addition After added satne
sheen Drop mounds batter swng each 2nches
ungeased baking sheet Bake moderate 375 degrees until
pufed
Immediately Sits side puff Return
Cool cake rack Just before fill with
with chocolate Makes medium pufs.
The coastland times., 1957-03-15
Snapshots Make Your Letters Welcome

corners of the snapshot firmly in
place inside the folder.
One of these folders we partic-
ularly like has a colorful scene
of a house, lawn and trees on the
front cover, along with the words
"Just dropping in to say :"
Inside, the message continues,
"Hello-Now I'd like to see one
of you," and an open door reveals
the space in which a snapshot is
to be inserted.
All you have to do is slip-in
your snapshot, tuck the folder
into its envelope, address it and
send it on its friendly way to
someone you're thinking about.
Some folders are available with
Happy Birthday greetings printed
on them; others, without any
printed message, may be used for
any occasion or as party invita-
tions and special announcements.
John Van Guilder
The coastland times., 1957-03-15

How many times has something
like this happened at your house?
You get a batch of wonderful
snapshots back from the photo
finisher, and Immediately decide
you must enclose a picture or two
in your next letter to Aunt Mamie
or Cousin Fred. But somehow
weeks slide by and the letter just
doesn't get written-or if it does,
it's posted without a picture be-
cause the prints have already
been put away.
Well, we think we've found the
answer to this little problem.
Next time you pick up a set OF
prints at your camera store, take
a look at the attractive folders
complete with envelopes - that
are available for your conven-
ience. Aptly enough, they're called
friendship folders"-and each is
especially designed so that wal
let-size print may easily be in
serted. Four little Sits hold the
The coastland times., 1957-03-15
EAST LAKE PERSONALS

R. F. Smith, George Ambrose,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Pinner, and
Mrs. Lundy Twiford were in En-
gelhard Thursday.
Mrs. Emmett Smith is receiving
treatment at the Columbia Hos
pital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin MsGowan
and Mr.. and Mrs. Johnnie Twiddy
were in Columbia Saturday.
Richard Twiddy and Roy Ever
ton motored to Elizabeth City
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Basnight and
Susie, and Mr.. and Mrs. R. F.
Smith spent Sunday at Manteo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Basnight
and children of Norfolk, were
visitors here for the week end.
The coastland times., 1957-03-15
MANNS HBR. WOMANS CLUB
PLANS CELEBRATION BOOTH

Manns Harbor.-Mrs. Dorothy
Taylor was hostess to the Manns
Harbor Womans Club Thursday,
March 7th at 8 pm.
After singing America" and
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag,
Mrs. Taylor presided.
Mesdames Grace White, Grace
Mann and Thelma Burrus were ap-
pointed to plan a booth for the
bridge opening celebration. 1t was
ordered flowers be sent to Mrs.
Reba Ambrose and daughter in
Columbia Hospital and to the in
FAINT son of vice president, Mrs.
Shirley Spencer in a Norfolk hos
pital. Mrs. Lola Beasley was
heartily welcomed as a new men,
ber. She was winner of the door
prize. Community Affairs chair
man, Mrs. Reba Ambrose was alb
sent due to illness, so Mrs. Florine
Hooper spoke briefly on the subject
for the month "Child Welfare"
After the collect a social hour was
enjoyed while the hostess served
white and green mints, pop corn
balls, pie and coffee, carrying out
the st, Patrick's Day motif. Those
enjoying the evening were: Mes
DANES Thelma Burrus, Pearl DAN
iels, Inez Gibbs, Florine Hooper,
Guy Mann, Mildred Midgette,
Geraldine Stephenson, Rose SUIT
ton, Wallace Taylor, Elaine
Twiddy, Mabel Twiford and Grace
White.
The coastland times., 1957-03-15
STUMPY POINT PERSONALS

Mrs. Viola O'Neal, Florine
Hooper, Rev. and Mrs. A. L. G..
Stephenson, Mr.. and Mrs. C. E.
Payne, Calvin Hooper, Mrs. Mar
garet Midget, Phine Wise, Ruby
Gray, Melton Hooper and Lou
Hooper attended Christian Work
ers School at Manteo two nights
this week.
Mrs. Gertrude Wise and Mrs.
Florine Hooper attended Eastern
Star meeting at Engelhard, and
Brantley Twiford and Mike Payne
were also at Engelhard.
Mrs. Ray Midget, Mrs. Ed Mid
gett and Miss Margaret Midget
visited relatives at Engelhard.
Mrs. Geraldine Stephenson and
Mrs. Florine attended the Womans
Club meeting at Manns Harbor.
Mrs. Bruce Gray and Van Gray
were in Englehard Wednesday.
Dick Best was in Manteo Friday.
Garland Harris is a patient at
Pungo District Hospital, Belhaven.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. E. Meekins
spent the week end with Mr.. and
Mrs. Phillip Meekins at Princess
Anne, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Mason of
Manteo, Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Smiley
of Norfolk, visited Mrs. Frances
Hooper and Mrs. Tom Wise here
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Perry of
Norfolk visited Mr.. and Mrs. Car
son Meekins Sunday. \
Mr.. and Mrs. Hilton Meekins
and son H. L. were in Belhaven
Monday. H. L. will undergo sur
gerry at Pungo District Hospital
later in the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Hooper, Mr..
and Mrs. Beamon Hooper visited
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hooper and Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar Hooper at Bux-
ton Sunday.
Dick Best is in U. S. Public
Health Hospital in Norfolk. Mrs.
Best is with him.
Leon Balance of Engelhard
filled the pulpit here Sunday in
the absence of the pastor. Mr..
Balance, a layman of the Metho-
dish Church, is a helper in the
"No Silent Pulpits Program" The
church people enjoyed the service.
This is the second time Mr.. Bal
lance has spoken here.
Mrs. Elizabeth Midgette and
son Randy visited her sisters, Mrs.
Russell Jordan and Mrs. Essie and
brother, Grady Twiford in Norfolk
for a week.
ALI Hooper visited his brother,
Luther, Sunday, who is a patient
in Leigh Memorial Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. o. Payne of
Norfolk visited Mrs. Thurston
Gray and children here Sunday.
U. G.. Wise, Guy Best, Jimmie
Harris, Mrs. Maria Wise and Mrs.
Maude Hooper are on the sick list
this week. Leslie Wise is now up
and out.
Calbert Gray of Norfolk spent
Sunday here with his parents.
Misses Kay and Violet Bratten
of Manns Harbor were dinner
guests of Brantley Twifird and
Bryan o'Neal Sunday.
C. w. Mann of Manns Harbor
visited his daughter, Mrs. Dallas
Gray and Mr.. Gray for several
days.
The coastland times., 1957-03-15
@ GLIM p S { S
TIL E p A S T
By CAROLYN LLOYD

"The pen is mightier than the
sword" With cne word news
paper headline can make a man in
what is now generally considered
the prime of life into an elderly
person. "Young Girl Shoots Elder
ly Suitor" read the heading. Cur
iosity impelled me to read the ac-
companying article. 1t was some
what of a shock to find that the
elderly" man referred to was Al
years old.
The man is dead, so the words
won't wound him; but what a blow
that would have been to his ego.
He certainly must not have felt
elderly, as he was courting a girl
eighteen years old. OF course, he
was old enough to know better, but
many q man older than he has fool
ed himself into thinking he was
still a gay young blade. Fortunate
ly, few pay for it so drastically.
1t does seem strange, though, in
this day when people on the aver
age live longer and stay younger
to hear forty-seven referred to as
elderly. True, in comparison to
eighteen, it does seem ancient.
Perhaps it all depends upon the in
dividual, or the time of day, or
even on the state of ones health.
Even the determinedly young in
heart" might feel elderly after a
combination of a bad cold, a back
ache, and a hard days work.
A recent televislon program
showed group of square dancers
in Miami Beach, whose average
age must have been nearer sixty
seven than forty-seven; yet it
would be hard to classify such live
ly people as elderly. Just watching
them made me want to retire and
go join in "set."
That headline did start me think
ing, though. The shooting occur
red in Wilmington, and perhaps
that is such lively town that for
ty-seven does seem elderly. The
annual teachers convention of this
district will be held there this
month; and Pm afraid that there
will be a number of "elderly" peo-
pie in attendance. Could it be that
the city plans to furnish free wheel
chairs for transportation of dele
gates from meeting to meeting.
Naturally, very few of the women
teachers are going to admit to be-
ing in that age group, though by
the end of the meeting, they may
be very grateful for a wheel chair.
On the other hand, the youthful at
mosphere there just might make
square dancers of us all; provided,
of course, that the Wilmington
ians haven't declared open season
on everyone over thirty.
All of which reminds me how 1,
as a young teacher, used to look
with pity and something akin to
scorn at the older teachers attend
ing conventions. Like all young
people, l thought that going to
teachers meetings was probably all
they had left in life at that age
and that they were just marking
time waiting for the undertaken.
Some young gal just out of school
will look at me now and say, "Poor
old thing" I'd just better not hear
her, though. They might have an
other shot gun lying around loose.
The coastland times., 1957-03-15

The population of North Caro-
lima is 99.6 per cent native born,
ranking third in the United States
in this respect.