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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-12-13
DRILL TEAM OF
EGG AND FAMED
BAND TO ATTEND

Elizabeth City's high school band
directed by Scott Galloway, and its
nationally famous majorettes led
by lovely Ann Moore will be one
of many colorful features of the
54th anniversary celebration of the
Wright Brothers First Flight to
be held at Kill Devil Hills next
Tuesday, December IT, says. David
Stick of the Kill Devil Hills
Memorial Society and who is in
charge of local arrangements for
the program.
The East Carolina College AT
ROTC team will also present a
precision drill demonstration UNI
der the leadership of 1t. Col. Ed
ward Maloney, of the Air Force
on the scene.
In comparison to the 35 miles
an hour the Wright Brothers flew
on december IL, l9Uo, modern All
Force F-100 supersonic jet fighters
will zoom over the ceremony site
flying in trail and then as they
reach the vicinity of the Wright
Monument atop Kill Devil Hill,
make vertical climbs towards outer
space. The Air Force is also plan
ming to fly a formation of six B.
sc twin-jet bombers over the
events taking place on the ground.
Laying of wreaths from Dayton,
Ohio, and one from North Carolina
will be by grandchildren of Dare
residents who had to do with help
ing the Wrights at the time OF
their first flights, Sd years ago
here.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-12-13

ONSLOW ]. JONES of Manteo
has been business figure in Dare
County for more than half CEN
fury. And now this month, when
he is turning 80, he is going back
in business. Wonders never cease,
and the circumstance should give
pause to many a younger man
who is bent on retiring long before
middle age comes on. About two
years ago, Mr.. Jones sold out his
mercantile business in Manteo to
his son-in-law, Glenn Bonner, and
went home to take, it easy, and to
overcome some temporary illness
which gave him concern for awhile.
And now, having rested up and
become restless for want of some
thing to pass the time, he is going
back into the insurance field in
which he was engaged for several
years, more than 80 years ago.
Mr.. Jones served as postmaster
of Manteo for nine and a half
years, during the Roosevelt and
Taft administrations, and had for
merly been in the insurance bust
ness with R. Bruce Etheridge, fl
nally buying out Mr.. Etheridge's
interest, and later selling it all
back to him, while he engaged a
short time in business out of town.
During his tenure of the postoffice,
he engaged in store business, and
in job printing for a number of
years thereafter and in 1920 went
into the mercantile business with
the late 8. A. Griffin, which bust
ness he bought out in 1926 and
operated it until two years ago,
Eighteen years ago, being wi
dover, Mr.. Jones married Miss
Mabel Evans, woman of ability
who had become distinguished in
the educational field. They now
live at Seatone on Roanoke Island
See JONES, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-12-13
1858 PIRATE JAMBOREE
ON DARE COAST APRIL rs

With plans to include the off
ciaI dedication of Cape Hatteras
National Seashore Recreational
Area as one of the top features
members of the Dare Coast Pirates
Jamboree steering committee meet
ing at Mays Head, set Sunday
the late week end of April 1865
as definite date of the fourth an
nual Dare Coast Pirates Jamboree,
The dates will be April 24-27.
In addition to the steering COM
mittee, Alvah Ward of Manteo,
president, Dare County Tourist
Bureau, will act as coordinator for
all planning of the coming event,
The steering committee members
include Ralph Swain and DR., w.
w. Harvey, for Roanoke Island;
Dick Jordan and George Sides for
the Dare Beaches; Wheeler Bal
lance and George Fuller, for Hat
teras Island; Stanford White and
Horace Hooper for the Dare Main
land, and Robert F. Gibbs and
Gus Huffman of the National Park
Service. Ward succeeded w. H.
McCown of Manteo as coordinator
and Mrs. Dot Wescott succeeded
Mrs. Elizabeth Baum as secretary
treasurer of Kitty Hawk, during
meeting. in The Carolinian Sunday
afternoon. Approximately SO resi-
dents from various parts of Dare
attended the meeting.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-12-13
DUCK HUNTERS GETTING
BREAKS ON DARE COAST
DURING WEATHER CHANCE

Wildfowl hunters, harrassed by
"bluebird" weather as the goose
and duck season opened in Novem-
Der have been getting the breaks
recently with rains and winds MAX
ing conditions just right for shoot
ing.
The weather during the past sew
eral days has not been ideal for
sportsfishing and surfcasting was
at a standstill along the Outer
Banks on many recent days.
Stormy weather came on Decem-
Der 4, and since that time when it
was not overcast and windy, it
has been wet, the kind of rainy
days that assure hunters of good
shooting.
Hunters from Kitty Hawk Bay
to Hatteras have been killing
fowl. In the marshes of Mays
Head it has not been difficult to
bag limit Of Canada geese or q
limit of various species of ducks.
Many hunters, some local, some
from distant places have been do
ing just that.
Anglers on the other hand who
came for striped bass fishing from
boats in the Manns Harbor area,
or for fishing in the surf where
channel bass have been the princi-
pal detectives, found the weather
too rugged for fishing.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-12-13

seat admissions. He said he feared
it would hurt business.
Chears pointed out that "more
people than ever" visited the Dare
County beach areas last summer
"The people are there, the problem
is to get them to the theater," he
declared.
Chairman Humber urged strong
er efforts in a membership cam
paign, with emphasis on 500 life
membership. eff northeastern
state had the tradition this area
of North Carolina has, it would
have been publicized until every
history book included chapter on
it and every school child would
know it," he asserted.
The association voted to increase
its regular annual membership
rate from So to SIS, to become eff
fective at the close of next season
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-12-13
SHERIDAN TO GET
BIG AIR TROPHY
ON DECEMBER IL
Speedy Commander Who Cover
ed 2.346 Miles In Four Hours
Coming to Celebration

Mays Head.-A feature of the
Wright Brothers First Flight
luncheon concluding the 54th ami
versary celebration of the birth of
aviation at Kill Devil Hills on De-
cember II, next Tuesday, the COW
eted General Electric Air Trophy
will be awarded Capt. Robert E.
Sheridan for winning the flight
from Paris to Madrid, to Rome and
back to Paris on May 26 this year,
according to David Stick, in charge
of local arrangements for the an
nual ceremonies concentrating
the achievement of Orville and
Wilbur Wright.
"Capt. Sheridan was aircraft
commander of the USAF BAT
which covered the 2,346 mile run
in four hours, twelve minutes and
seven seconds, to win first place in
the event known as "Le Prix Des
Trois Capitols," (The Prize of the
Three Capitalist" said Stick.
"The race clearly proved in Eu-
rope the value of modern US. JET
aircraft and free world survival
and with NATO meeting in special
session at the time of the Deem
Der II Wright Brothers ceremon-
les here on the Dare Coast the
event becomes even more signifi-
can't" said Stick. "Peter ]. Schenk
president of the Air Force Associa-
ton, one of the co-sponsors of the
Wright Brothers Celebration, will
make the award"
See SHERIDAN, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-12-13
SNOW GEESE A SHOW FOR
PlRDWATCHERS AT PEA
ISLAND WlLDLlFE REFUGE
By AYCoCK BROWN

Greater snow geese, more than
10000 of them have arrived at
their Pea Island National Wildlife
sanctuary in Dare County to spend
several winter weeks feeding in
safety here. The total number of
the great white waterfowl, distin-
guished by black-tipped wings
when they reach adult stage, along
the Atlantic Flyway is believed to
be less than $4,000.
The greater SHOWS, also called
white brant" are different from
the lesser snow geese of the Paci-
fic and other western flyways.
Here at Pea Island, refuge estab-
lished in 1888, primarily as win
ter home for this particular species
of rare waterfowl, the population
is reaching its winter peak.
In addition to greater SHOWS the
refuge here at this season contains
the only large concentration of
gadwall ducks, nesting along the
Atlantic coast as well as Canada
geese, all species of duck, swan
and other varieties of sea and
shore birds. A paved highway
passes through the area and it is
easy for birdwatchers to see the
greater SHOWS, Canada geese and
ducks without leaving their auto
mobiles. Recently however, the
National Park Service has COM
pleted concrete walkway or over
look atop one Of the dykes used to
impomd fresh waters for growing
feeds of different kinds for the
ducks.
L. B. Turner, manager of the
refuge, stated that more than ITO
varieties of birds have been OBJ
served at Pea Island during diff
ferent seasons of the year. Some
are permanent residents, but ma
jority are migratory visitors to
the area. He urged bird watchers
who are interested in seeing the
greatest concentration of snow
geese in several years to make
their plans to visit the Refuge be-
tween now and early january.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-12-13
CELEBRATION OF AVIATION'S
BIRTH NEXT WEEK in DARE
is OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
A Two Year Program viii Be Launched Next
tuesday at Kill Devil Hills; Plans Begin For Air
Museum; Historical Site Area VIII Be Enlarged;
CoIo1ul Program Arranged.
By MIRIAM RABB

A two-year program to provide
more visitors facilities at the
birthplace of the Air Age will be
launched December II during the
celebration of the 54th anniversary
of powered flight at Wright
Brothers National Memorial on the
North Carolina coast, at Kill Devil
Hills.
With a gold-plated spade, gift of
the Air Force Association, Conrad
L. Wirth, Director of the National
Park Service, will turn the first
shovel of earth on the site where
new visitor center and Flight
Museum will be constructed in
1858. He will outline plans for
new airstrip to accommodate light
planes, and a motor road to con-
meet the visitors center with the
new section of Highway 158 now
under construction between the
Memorial and the beach.
The public is invited to the cere-
monies, which will begin at 1O:45
am. on the monument overlooking
the spot where Wilbur and Orville
Wright made their first powered
flights on December II, 1903, near
Kill Devil Hills and Kitty Hawk,
N. C.
Director Wirth will describe the
accelerated mission Sc" program
through which the Park Service
will extend the boundaries of the
Memorial area to take in additional
historical sites and make them ac-
cessible by land and air.
Wright Brothers National Memo
rial formerly Kill Devil Hills Ma
tional Memorial) was authorized
by Congress in 1927 and is a Ma
tional Historical Site administered
by the Park Service. The Memorial
with monument, flight markers
and reconstructed buildings of the
Wrights' hangar, living quarters
and shop-attracted over 277,OOO
visitors in 1856, and by October 81
of this year had been visited by
over 100000 people. 1t is open all
year.
Notables from the civil and mill
tary aviation world take part in
the annual Anniversary Celebra-
ton sponsored by the Kill Devil
Hills Memorial Society, the Air
Force Association, National Park
Service and the North Carolina An
niversary Commission. A fIyover of
modern aircraft is one of the pro-
gram highlights each year.
] Wright Brothers National Me-
mortal is in the Dare coast resort
area accessible by toll-free bridges
and highways. Seashore resorts, in
addition to Kitty Hawk and Kill
Devil Hills, are Mays Head and
Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands.
Just across Roanoke Sound from
Wright Memorial is Roanoke Is
land, site Of the first English
settlements in North America and
now home of the Roanoke Island
National Historical Site and 'eThe
Lost Colony" oldest of Americas
outdoor dramas.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-12-13

MANSON E. MEEKINS, Lieuten-
ant Commander USCG of Avon,
now on duty at Norfolk, recently
received from Adm. H. C. Moore,
commandant of the Fifth district,
wrist watch for being the high
est Coast Guardsman in the 1857
National Trophy individual pistol
matches at Camp Perry, Ohio. The
watch was awarded on behalf of
the NAVY TIMES. He placed 33rd
out of 1,O58 competitors, consist
ing of police, civilians, and repre-
sentatives of all branches of the
armed forces.
Lieutenant Commander Meekins
is the son of Geroge H. and Leona
S. Meekins of Avon. His father re-
tired in 1852 from the Coast
Guard after 80 years service. 1t
Cdr. Mcekins is a graduate Of
Elizabeth City High School.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-12-13
STUMPY PIT. WOMAN WINS
ANOTHER IMPORTANT AWARD

Winner of many awards for her
writing and other activities in edu-
cational work is Mrs. Nell Wise
Wechter, Stumpy Point woman
now living in Greensboro. Among
the top Tar Heel Literary Awards
in Raleigh last week at the meet
ing Of the North Carolina Literary
and Historical Association was one
for Mrs. Wechter for her recent
book, "Taffy of Torpedo Junction"
Mrs. Wise and her husband, Bob,
are both teachers in the Green's
boro schools. Our readers have
been posted previously as to her
writing career, her earlier work
being done for this newspaper.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-12-13
JUMBO STRIPERS NOW IN
SURF OF OUTER BANKS

Avon.-Jumbo size striped bass,
great rockfish that weigh up to
SO and 20 pounds with the general
average being 80 pounds or more
are now being caught in nets by
commercial fishermen. Anglers
seldom go after these big fish, and
when they do, they seldom catch
them.
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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-01-03

Newest figures, just in, throw the first
light available on the amount OF business
growth in Noble county during the past
year Income and spending on the part OF
local residents are shown to be running at
a high level, with the economic strength
revealed best in the volume of business done
by the local retail stores.
The figures, given by the Standard Rate
, and Data Service, are based on nation
wide survey carrying right up to July |,
1856. 1t is the first comprehensive estimate
running to that point.
Locally it shows, there has been over
all progress that has made for good retail
business, despite declines on a few fronts
In the II months ending July 1st, the
cash registers in Noble county stores jingled
to the tune of So, 946,000 according to the
survey It compares with $9,309,000, during
= the 1855 calendar year.
Economists generally have been i'm
pressed by the fact that business volume has
been increasing even though there has been
a decline in automobiles, housing and
agriculture.
According to the u. S. Chamber of
Commerce. it is due to the better balanced
diversity of our economy" We are now able
to absorb major setbacks in two or three
important industries at one time and yet
have healthy end condition.
AS to the retail business, it has profited
because people as a whole have been chalk
ing up gains in income that were offset only
partially by rising prices
In Noble county, spendable income, the
amount left after tax deductions, reached
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-01-03
Ahead i'm Retail Sales

a total of ST., SAG 900 in the 12-month period,
according to SRDS. It was more than the
S12553.O00 earned in the 1855 calendar
year.
Apportioned equally among the esti-
mated 3,640 local families, the earnings pro-
vided net spending capacity of $3,474 per
family.
The economy is expected to remain at
a high level in the forseeable future
because as the Chamber of Commerce sees
it: Both business and government know
better how to handle their affairs so as to
reduce the chances and magnitudes of
recession"
In line with the above, the Noble county
merchants have just completed one Of their
heaviest Christmas sales. Although it got off
to a slow start, the stores did a record
breaking business the past two weeks and
sales ran ahead of previous years.
The CG.B. payroll on Friday just
before Christmas accounted for this, with
a greater trend of buying at home quality
merchandise by the merchants and less Of
a mark up
This is also reflected in the sales tax
figures released from Columbus. For the
week of Dec IS, they amounted to $3,468.36
in this county compared to S2,92909 for the
same period during Christmas of 1855,
The report disclosed there were 80
counties in the state including Noble, that
reported weekly collections in excess of
those for the same week a year ago,
Regardless of what anyone would like
you to believe, business is still very good in
this county, for figures certainly don't lie.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-01-03
Highest Tax Rate

The dubious honor of paying the largest
tax rate in Noble county again goes to the
property owners in the corporation of Bates
vile, according to the rates of taxation for
1856 released today by Treasurer A, K.
Hicks.
Batesville residents are paying a total
rate of 80 40. In addition to the regular state,
county and township levy, they pay cor
poration tax Of $40 mills and high school
levy of 2020 mills. Outside of the Fulda
school district, this is also the largest school
levy in the county.
The lowest rate of all the political sub
divisions in the county is paid by property
owners of the Summerfeld school district
in Seneca township where the rate is listed
at 1910 mills.
Belle Valley corporation pays the next
highest tax in the county at 2740, while
Fulda school district in Stock township is
next with 1920
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-01-03
journal
Mail BaS; g;
Editor of The Journal:

IIillOl VI L iII JOIt1 ilCtl.
The following are quotations
taken from the editorial in the
December Goth edition of The
Journal, which was written by
Caldwell minister and entitled
Peace On Earth. "As the birth
of Jesus was announced by the
"angel of the Lord. We read
in Luke 2:13; IA that "there was
with the angel a multitude OF
the heavenly host praising God,
and saying, "glory to God in the
highest; and on earth peace to
men of good will" (verse "A
Douay version). A present day
version Civilians translation Of
the New TestamenD Of verse IA
reads; GLORY to God in the high
est heaven, and peace on earth
to men who please him >
The writer has in hand a King
James version of Gods word,
which has served as the heavenly
road map of Americans for many
years. st. Luke IA reads as
follows in this Bible which has
been our fore-fathers source of
inspiration. GLORY TO GOD
IN THE HIGHEST, and on earth
peace good will toward men,.
Which we believe describes the
purpose in the coming Of Our
Savior.
Had God not intended that
Good willh be extended to men,
Why should John have recorded
verses st. John 16 II, For God
so loved the world, that he gave
his only begotten Son, that who
soever believeth in him should
not perish, but have everlasting
| life.
For God sent not his Son into
the world to condemn the world,
but that the world through him
fContinued To Page 3-B)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-01-03

The village of Caldwell pays a tax rate
of 2480 and the Caldwell school district has
a tax rate of 1870.
In a number of cases. the tax rate within
Caldwell is lower than out in the county.
Tax forms are now being mailed out by
Treasurer Hicks and the collection for the
first half of 1856 is getting off to a good
start
At the same time, Auditor c. r. Atkin-
son is working on the current delinquent
property tax list and this will be published
anytime after Jan. 10, according to the
officials
Although other officials made this parti-
cular item political football in this county
Auditor Atkinson has been one of the most
conscientious officials ever to serve the
county in this particular office and he has
kept it completely free of any political
entanglements, concerned only with serving
the best interests of all the people,
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-01-03
Xxx The America Way X X

ceivable effort to destroy the
courage, optimism and initia-
tive of Uncle Sans nepheWs
and nieces, the pioneering
spirit still lives on in the
breasts of many of them.
1t is true that big companies
do have some advantages over
little ones, but, on the other
hand, small business has some
advantages Of its own over its
big corporate brother. It is in
closer touch with customers,
employees, sources Of supply,
etc. Also, in many instances
the activities Of little concerns
are essential to the success of
the larger companies. A recent
study made by the Dupont
Continued To Page 3-B)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-01-03

businesses) employing an estl-
mated IS million people and
accounting for about one-third
of our national outrut of goods
and services.
Most small businesses are
launched by proprietors who
are unqualified and unexperi-
enced, resulting in a high NOR
tality rate. In spite of this,
however, while during the
decade l946-55, an average of
$4,000 firms went out of busi-
ness and 100000 changed hands
each year, on the average
$4,000 new businesses were
started. This certainly indicates
that despite almost every con-
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-01-03
Helm For Little Businesse


Big Business has been the
favorite whipping boy of the
"left-Wing" government bur
eaucrats and the ess-enlight-
ened of the union labor lead
ers. They point to Big Busi-
ness" as a predatory beast that
preys upon small business y
either destroying the latter or
making its life most miserable.
Now, as Al Smith was. wont
to say, lets look at the re-
cord" According to President
Eisenhower, at the beginning
of 1856, there were approx
mately 4 million small busi-
nesses (about 95 per cent Of ali
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-01-03
From journal Files
. Ten Years AGO

been started when Christmas
decorations caught fire. Mr.. and
Mrs. Parrish and their four
children escaped without injury
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-01-03

H. c. Jordan, we'll known
manager of the Charles w. HaW
kins store in Caldwell for the
past ten years, has purchased
the merchantile business from
the former owner and possession
was given Wednesday, January
/. The new owner states that the
policy of the store would con-
tinue as in the past and no inn
mediate changes were contem-
plated.