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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-01-04
sTUMPY POINT PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Mccoy Hooper of
Norfolk, spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Hooper.
Mrs. Bert Wise of Norfolk and
spent week with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Midget. Roger
Best accompanied Miss Midget to
Norfolk Tuesday.
Mrs. Bert Wise of Norfolk and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Lowe and chill
dren of Baltimore spent the week
end with Mrs. George Wise.
Sammy Meekins, U.S.N. is
spending ten day leave with his
father, Sturgeon Meekins.
Leland Wise is a patient in
Norfolk General Hospital.
Billy Vestal of Bonlee, N. c.,
arrived Sunday to spend New
Years holidays with Miss Pat
Twiford. They returned to Green
vile Tuesday, where they are both
students at East Carolina College.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Anderson and
children of Norfolk spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
Hooper.
Miss Kay Bratton of Manns
Harhor visited Brantley Twiford
Sunday.
Sidney Midget of Norfolk visit
ed his aunt, Mrs. Mary Wise, Fri
dav.
Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph Payne
spent the week end at Wanchese.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Best and
daughter Oracle have returned
after spending Christmas in Flor
ida with their daughter and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie Meekins.
Calbert Gray of Norfolk is visit
ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Gray.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Hilton Meekins
and son H.. L. were in Engelhard
Saturday.
Floyd Hooper returned to Nor
folk Sunday after spending ten
days with his family.
Almy Gray, U.S.C.G. is spend
ing fifteen day leave with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. o. Gray.
w. w. Monette is patient in
Belhaven hospital.
Archie Hooper of Elizabeth
City is visiting Mrs. Tom Wise
and Mrs. Frances Hooper.
Milton Hooper of Norfolk is
visiting his family.
Glenn Twiford of Norfolk spent
the week end and New Years day
with his family.
Mrs. Hollis Dudley and daugh-
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-01-04
Gallant Deeds Of By-Gone
Years in The Walter
Raleigh Coasfland.
WRECK OF SCHOONER
JOHN SHAY,
APRIL II, 1889

A great loss of life was that Of
the entire crew of the schooner
John Shay, which was wrecked on
the North Carolina coast in the
vicinity Of the Cape Hatteras
Station (Sixth DistrictJ April II,
1889. The vessel valued at $4,000
hailed from Port jefferson New
York, and was bound from
Hastings, in that State to
Washington, District Of Column
bia, with cargo of stone and a
crew Of six men all told. It will
be seen from the narrative that
the fatal results could not, by any
effort of the Life Saving Service,
have been averted.
The vessel was discovered by
the keeper of the Big Kinnakeet
Station at about noon of the date
mentioned. She was a short dis
lance offshore, coming straight
for the beach, flying a signal of
distress. A strong wind had been
blowing from the eastward almost
continuously for several days and
had made up tremendous sea.
Throughout this period the wealth
err had been thick, with occasional
showers and during the forenoon
of the day in question a strict pa
troll had been maintained north
and south of the station. AS soon
as the schooner was sighted the
life savers took it for granted that
she was about to be beached and
active preparations were made to
start at once for the scene with
the breeches buoy apparatus.
The adjacent stations were mott
fled by telephone of the situation.
Hardly had this been done when
the vessel was seen to anchor,
about three quarters of a mile off;
she swung broadside to and at
intervals the sea broke completely
over her. The fury of the in
rushing breakers, which formed an
impossible wall of surf, precluded
the use of boat. In little while
a two flag International Code sig
nal was hoisted on the vessel, but
its meaning could not be made out
from the shore. Nevertheless, the
keeper endeavored to open COM
munication, but, for time, in
effectually, doubtless because the
signals could not be distinguished
by those on board. At last the
weather lighted up somewhat and
a signal asking for a tug was
read by the station men and i'm
mediately answered. Word was at
once telephoned to the Signal
Service operator at Cape Hatteras,
but reply soon came back that
the telegraph wires were down be-
yond that point and telegram
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The keeper, after signaling the
master of the vessel to this eff
feet, telephoned to the next sta
ton north with instructions to the
life saving men to transmit the
message quickly as possible along
the coast over the Service tele-
phone wires, in the hope that it
might possibly get to- Norfolk.
Nothing more was shown on the
vessel. The surfmen, after a brief
wait, run up the code signal LIN,
("The berth you are now in is
not safe.") This was done because
it would take at least fifteen or
twenty hours for a tug to arrive,
and with night approaching and
no indication Of a favorable
change in the weather, it was I'M
safe for the schooner to remain
where she was. 1t was advisable
for her to seek an anchorage far
Their offshore.
The vessel was all the while
closely watched, but owing to the
rain the station men, even with
the aid of glasses, could not make
out what was taking place on
board. The wind meantime had
drawn off shore to the west of
north. Shortly after four o'clock
the craft was seen to hoist her
mainsail part way up, slip her
cables and stand off the land.
She soon set her jibs, and after
wards lowered the mainsail and
headed down the beach. The keep
err at once had horses hitched to
the mortar cart and notified the
station to the south (Cape Hat
teras) that the schooner had got
underway and was running down
the coast, and that he and his crew
were about to follow with the
apparatus. The beach was soft and
covered with water and when some
two miles on the way, good prog
ress having been made, one of the
axles of the cart became heated,
causing a halt. Efforts were made
in various ways to remedy the
trouble, and a number of citizens
of the neighborhood who had ac-
companied the surfmen aided in
the work, but it was found impos-
sible to get the car in running
order until the axle could cool.
Sought the Inner Slue
1t may be well to state, in order
that the explanation of the ves-
sells movements may be better
understood, that Cape Hatteras
makes out about eight miles to
the southwark of the Big Kinna-
keet Station and that the point Of
the Cape Gust beyond the outer
barr and between it the the Inner
Diamond Shoals there is a chan
mel called the Inner Slue. Be-
tween the Inner ands Outer Dia-
mond Shoals there is another
channel known as the Outer Slue.
Many vessels pass through these
channels during good weather to
save the long sail out and around
the shoals, while many attempt
to do so in heavy weather to more
quickly reach a lee and smooth
water.
1t was evident that the Captain
intended to seek shelter by trying
to 60 through the Inner Slue. for
if he had wanted to beach the
schooner he could have easily done
so when she first came in sight of
the station. The fact that the jibs
were the only sails set after head
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-01-04

was quickly demolished on enter
ing the inner breakers. 1t is doubt
full whether the man was seen
after the cabin went to pieces. One
of the surfmen, nevertheless,
hastily buckled on a cork jacket
and fastening a line around his
waist plunged into the surf to
his rescue, but the heroic effort
proved futile. The wreckage of
the cabin was carefully examined
after it reached the shore but no
trace of the man could be found.
Meanwhile the rest of the drift
ing wreckage had been swept to
sea and out of sight.
The keeper and crew of the
Creed's Hill Station (six miles to
the westward of Cape Hatteras
Station) had arrived during the
operations and joined in the work.
Darkness had now shut down and
nothing remained but to watch
the shore. An effective patrol was
maintained throughout the night
and the following two days, but
nothing came on the beach. Many
persons of the vicinity had render
ed willing and efficient aid in the
efforts to rescue the ship wrecked,
and a number of them remained
far into the night keeping vigil
with the life-savers. On the 10th
the sea had gone down sufficient
ly to enable the station men, to-
gether with a party of wreckers,
to go off in a boat to the wreck.
The stern of the vessel which was
found fast to the debris was cut
loose and lowed ashore. By saving
out some of the planks, her name
was ascertained.
From a careful investigation of
this case, in which exhaustive tes-
timony was taken, there can be
drawn no other conclusion than
that the Service did all in their
power to save life. The long con-
tinued blow from the east and
northeast had produced a fearful
sea and surf, the latter being al
most if not quite as dangerous as
any time before experienced on
this exposed portion of the coast.
1t was utterly impossible. for an
open boat to live, or even to be
successfully launched from the
beach, and so there was no way
by which the surfmen could reach
the schooner when she first came
to anchor off the Big Kinnakeet
Station.
The diligence of the crews in
their efforts to reach a position
abreast of the schooner when she
was beached is unquestionable.
The accident to the cart belonging
to the Big Kinnakeet Station, as
subsequent events proved, did not
affect the result in any way. The
men put forth their strongest en-
deavors and acted with great
promptness and judgment, and
the sad loss of life was due to no
failure in effort or error in execu-
ton. The vessel broke up so quick
ly that had they been abreast of
her when she struck they could
not in the limited time at their
disposal have effectually set up
and worked the beach apparatus.
Three of the bodies, without
marks of Identification, one of
which was supposed to be the Cap
tain's were subsequently found on
the beach between the Big Kinna-
keet and Cape Hatteras Stations.
They were decently buried by the
life saving men.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-01-04
KITTY HAWK PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Watson of
Mentor, Ohio announce the birth of
son, James Jernigan, on Deem
Der %. Mrs. Watson is the former
Nancy Baum.
Miss Jackie Twiford has return
ed home after spending a few days
with Miss Judy Utz in Norfolk.
Mrs. Rosalind Swain spent
Christmas with her daughter, Miss
Marie Swain, in Newport News.
Miss Tanya Dawn Tillett of
Dukes School of Nursing in Dur
ham, has been spending ten days
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lin
wood Tillett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Toler and
son, Rusty, of Havelock, have been
spending the holidays with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos Dowdy.
Mrs. w. H. Smith, Jr. and son,
Leslie, spent the week end visiting
in Portsmouth, Virginia.
DR.. Ralph Baum of Durham
spent the week end here with Mr..
and Mrs. Jesse Baum.
Mrs. Shirley Baum and son,
Kenny. of Beaufort spent the week
end visiting relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Toler, Sr.
have returned to their home here
after spending the last few months
in Fort Pierce and Orlando, Flor
ida.
The W.S.C.S. met at the home Of
Mrs. Jack Twiford Tuesday night.
Mrs. Edgar Perry and Mrs. Twi
ford were Joint hoe+c~-~-
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-01-04

MISS HAZEL GIBBS of Washing
ton, D. c., is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. j. Al. Gibbs of Swan
Quarter, who announce her engage
ment to Rodney Eugene Butler of
Bradbury Park, Maryland. Miss
Gibbs, a graduate of Swan Quar-
ter High School, is now employed
with, the F.B.L. Mr.. Butler is a
gaduate Of Suitland High School
in Suitland, Maryland;' he is pres
emily employed with Mel Par Inc.
a JANUARY Wedding; is planned.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-01-04

ter Darlene of Norfolk
her father, A. B. Hooper.
Spurgeon Meekins was in Man
- ~"o-Iav
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-24

You never run out Of credit with
TINE MEcMT co. REVOLVING CHARGE
Buy anything you wantl Anytime you wantl Ten
months to pay! No cash needed!
Milford chronicle., 1957-06-28

to interest her in a wider range
of activities.
Nancy was an only child. She and
her mother got along we'll together.
Nancy was cooperative and happy,
loved her play with her mother,
but also was apparently content
by herself for quite long times. 1t
was during these long solitary
plays that she was rocking more
and more.
Other Interests
A nursery school helped Nancy
a great deal When she had other
children 20 play with and more
interesting toys and play equip
ment to occupy her, her need for
rocking gradually subsided.
For the night time rocking we
made the rocking little less salts
factory. The crib was screwed up
very tight so it diSu't sway with
Nancy's rocking, the casters were
removed and the legs Screwed to
two heavy planks which prevented
it from moving on the fiool Nancy
continued to rock 51;;sring the aight,
but she got less satisfaction from
it and before long found sleep more
restfui and satisfying than rocking.
Only if your child rocks instead
of playing or sleeping need you
be concerned. A little rocking is
quite normal behavior for small
child. Excessive rocking suggests
you try to find more interesting
things for the child to do. Scold-
ings and punishments quite OBJ
viously do not help-they would
but increase a child's need to seek
the comfort of rocking.
Milford chronicle., 1957-06-28
Pullets Require
Shade On Range

Unless shade is provided on
range, growing pullets spend too
much OF their time in the shelters
or brOoder houses during the heat
of the day, points out County Ag-
ent Ray Lloyd Natural shade, such
as a brush fence row, trees, or sun
flowers is the most satisfactory,
but when this is not available
brush or some similar material
may be piled on stakes driven into
the ground to provide artificial
shade.
If trees are used for shade, the
lower branches should be removed
to let the sun filter through. Sun
shine helps to keep the grass grow
ing and kill disease organisms.
Trim and thin out the fence rows
to eliminate hiding places for fox
es and other predatory animals.
The larger trees and bushes will
supply needed shade.
More feed and water will be
consumed during the day if the
feeders and fountains are shaded
at least part of the day. An mex
pensive lean-tO over the fountains
will help materially when larger
shade for the feeding and water
area is not feasible.
Milford chronicle., 1957-06-28
Weekly Tree Talk
Lightning More Apt To Hit Ga
Than Any Other Tree


Lightning More Apt To Hit Oak
Than Any Other Tree
The oak is the most unsafe tree
under which to seek shelter during
a thunderstorm.
Lightning seems to be lured to
oaks more than any ether tree,
according to Don CantwelI, lis
trict Manager of the Bartlett Tree
Expert Co. The elm, pine, ash, pop
lar and maple follow in that order
of susceptibility to being struck by
lightning. The beech is at the bot
tom of the list.
No tree. however. is a safe refuge
during a lightning storm A tree
growing in the open, singly or in
groups, is more apt to be hit than
one in a forest. Street trees and
trees growing at the edge of a
woodlot are struck more frequently
than those in dense wood.
Thousands of valued shade trees
are lost every year to lightning.
Some may be shattered. In others.
there may de outward sign of in
jury. Then from "a hours to 6
months latter damage may show
up in many forms.
Often the roots have been killed
and it takes an autopsy to deter
mine the cause. Sometimes the
bark of the trunk becomes loose,
again, the inner tissues may be
scorcbed and death comes more
slowly.
Lightning damage to tree can
result from a surge travelling up
from the ground lin New York
City 80 per cent of the lightning
travels up. not DOWN as well as
from bolts flashing down from
supercharged Clouds.
Lightning can also strike twice
in the same spot especially trees.
Tree owners are now giving their
trees lightning protection, turning
them into giant lightning rods that
protect both the tree and surround
ing area. A loosely woven copper
conductor is extended from the
treetoI, down the forks, along the
trunk and grounder to feet in
the soil beyond the branch spread.
A bolt striking such protected
tree is harmlessly grounded.
y
Milford chronicle., 1957-06-28

rs this anything to worry about,
Doctor? Nancy has been doing this
for some time but IL seems to us
il is becoming rather excessive"
Bed rocking is pretty frequent
behavior of young children. A baby
toward the end of his first year will
push himself up on all fours and
sway back and forth He may dis
cover pretty soon that he can
crawl and he prefers to ego places"
rather than to stay in one place
and rock. Thus he may outgrow
rocking at an early age. Another
child may enjoy the rythmic mo-
tion so much that he will rock even
when he has learned to do other
things as we'll
Rocking Comfort
Nancy was one of these young
sters who seemed to get great
satisfaction from rocking. She
rocked not only at night, but dur
ing the day IL she was upset by
anything. If she bumped herself,
If she became angry or frustrated
over a toy that wouldn't do what
she wanted it TO. she would first
cry Gas any child would) but she
firally comforted herself by rock
ing. At first the rocks would be ac-
companied by her cries, but soon
the crying gave place to a rhyth-
mic humming. Wbsl she was COM
forted, she would get up and go
on about her play.
Nancy had discovered a good
way of solving her problems. But
II seemed she was OVERRIDING it..
We don't mind If she rocks little,
but If the rocking interferes with
sleep, if she prefers TO rock ra-
ther than play, we had better try
Milford chronicle., 1957-06-28

When the New York Stock Ex-
change opened in 1917, members
were fined SIX to rs cents for nom
attendance unless sick or out of
the city"
Milford chronicle., 1957-06-28

The leaning tower of Pisa in Italy
is now 16 feet out of plumb. says
he National Geographic Society
It IDS forward an average of .02
If an inch a year.
Milford chronicle., 1957-06-28

Democracy in the world will
work better when more people
re interested in the general well
are and less interested in pri-
ate profit
Milford chronicle., 1957-06-28

The Smithsonian Institution in
Washington, d. c.. has $40 u. S.
gold coin of 1915. An offer of $4,000
for this rare gold piece was once
refused.
Milford chronicle., 1957-06-28

The abolition os the woodshed,
as heating rlaDss come into gen.
eral use. may have serious eff
fects upon the education of chill
dren.
Milford chronicle., 1957-06-28

Steam whistles for locomotives
were invented in 1893 because few
farmers could hear the tin whistles
then used in time to get their c.ws
of the track.
Milford chronicle., 1957-06-28
STEP MOTHER

GAIT, Ont. ~ (P) ~ Ernest
Smith was surprised when he went
to the barn to gather eggs. To find
his sons pet pigeons sitting on
five hens eggs.
Milford chronicle., 1957-06-28

The best advice for modern
young people, facing all sorts of
propaganda, is the single, simple
word: think.
Milford chronicle., 1957-06-28
Rocking The Crib IS
Normal Baby Behavior
Rr poRorHY Y. wHIPPLE. NJ. D.
AP Newsfeatures


NANCY GETS UP rocks and rocks
She the crib the
The other her
town all by herself She happy enough while she is doing It,
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1957-07-25

At seven O'Clock last Saturday
evening Nancy Ann Berrey and
Sydney Leonard Kershaw repeated
their marriage vows in the Forest
Hills Presbyterian Church before
DR.. Yoder P. Leith, pastor of the
church.
Nancy is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard J. Berrey of 1867
Selwyn I'd. and Sydney is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Sydney c. Ker-
shaw of Monticello blvd, Cleveland
Heights.
Her wedding gown, with its por
trait neckline, was embroidered
with sequins and pearls in an over
all pattern on the bodice. Of schif-
fli-embossed tulle, it was designed
with a back peplum of net that fell
into a chapel length train. The cap
sleeves were complemented with
matching mitts. A lace and net
head band held her finger tip veil.
White roses and stephanotis were
pinned on the Bible carried by the
bride.
Gail Z. Mentel, the maid of
honor, chose white organza frock.
The skirt was dotted in pink, and
the same color formed the cum
merbund and large bow at the
waist.
Susan H. Winsord and Susan L.
Kuebler, the bridesmaids, were
dressed in similar gowns but with
aqua trim. The attendants carried
fan bouquets of larkspur and car
nations. Little Robin Ann Peer, in
white nylon over blue, was flower
girl.
Acting as best man was Richard
E. Kohagen, and ushering were
Richard j. Follett and the brides
three brothers, Jack M, David H.
and Howard j. Berrey, Jr. The we'd
ding reception was held in Lynd-
hurst.
Mr.. and Mrs. kershaw will be at
home at 13304 First ave-, following
their honeymoon in Virginia.
An alumna of Kent State Uni
versity, she graduated from Shaw
High School in January, 1854. The
bridegroom, who received his Shaw
diploma the following June, at
tended Ohio State University and
is now enrolled at Fem College,
in mechanical engi-
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1957-07-25
Win Major
Prizes AT
The Picnic

Major prize winners at the East
Cleveland Picnic are announced by
the official committee as follows
Laundromat: w. E. Stockstill
1880 Shawview ave.
Dryer: A. Fratiani, 1861 East
| 141st st.
Vacuum cleaner; Norman Zim-
norman, 1922 Nelaview ave.
Racer bicycle: Mrs. J, j. Kriz-
man, 1876 Colt ave.
Racer bicycle: Katherine Knife,
1905 Northfield ave.
Wrist watch: John Bertloff,
14605 Ardenall ave.
Gas incinerator: Mrs. J. w.
Austin, 1851 Wymore ave.
Three piece bathroom outfit:
Mrs. M. Magnusson, 147O9 Ar
denall ave.
us. Government Bond: NJ. Sal
vatore, 1902 belmont ave.
us, Government Bond: Stella
Harty, 1878 East 143rd st.
Merchandise certificate, $25: G..
Miller, 851 Lecona dr..
Merchandise certificate, $25:
Donald Hull, 1904 Knowles ave.
Mans suit: Mae Allen, 1865 Rox-
bury ave.
Vacuum cleaner: Mabel Ford,
14627 Savannah ave.
US. Government Bond: Mrs,
G. M. Chamberlain, 1890 Bender.
Auto paint job: Pauline Schikow-
ski, 1894 Third ave.
Landscape painting: Joyce Spen-
Ger, 410 East 124th st.
Theater season pass: Mrs. P.
Rooney, 1878 Milan ave.
Executive cushion: Doris Caile,
1864 Beaumont ave.
Lamp, painting set, food and
merchandise certificates: Francis
Mcknight, 1929 Plymouth pl.
Permanent wave, 4 dinners, cor
sage: betty johnston, 1910 East
141st st.
Lamps, painting set, shave
master: Mrs. j. A. Martin, 1929
Euclid ave.
Electric razor: Mvra Haberman.
400 Parkway DIR.
Radio: J. Kalk Brenner, 1916
Mann ave.
Address plate, shaver, food GER
tificate: A. Martin, 144O5 Elm ave.
Gift certificate, $25: H. Luskin,
1858 Graham I'd.
Spotlight with mirror: C. E.
Carlson, 14007 Orinoco ave.
House paint, 5 gals: H. W.
Christensen, 14116 Scioto ave.
Fireplace wood, venetian blinds,
food certificate: Mrs. w. F. Baum
garten, 14209 Darley ave.