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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13
FRISCO PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. r. s. Wahab spent
several days at their home here
this week.
Edgar Tolson, who is employed
at Wilmington, Del. visited his
family here over the week end.
They have recently moved here
from Hatteras to make their home.
Hilton Austin visited his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Austin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Austin are
visiting their children in Elizabeth
City.
Bunyon Williams, who has been
i'll at his home here is improved.
Jackie Robinson is visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Robinson.
DIR. and Mrs. Garland Wampler
visited here Sunday and attended
services at the Little Grove"
Church.
Ralph Twiddy has returned to
his work in Norfolk after visiting
his family here.
Mrs. Alice Ramsey of Norfolk
is visiting Mrs. Pauline Robinson
Miss Erlene Twiddy left last
week for East Carolina College,
The Home Demonstration Club
met with Mrs. Lois Robinson
Tuesday night for reorganization
Present were: Mrs. Maggie Aus
tin, Theima Austin, Laura Austin
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HOT RODDERS
Continued from Page One)
and get them"

and get them"
At about midnight on this Sum
day night, car went past the
Smith building several times. Mr..
Smith thinks it was really intended
to kill him and his wife, or both.
The Smiths operate cafe and bar
Der shop adjoining. Mr.. Smith says
he recognized Spruill in the car
with another man he did not iden-
tify, and that Spruill began shoot
ing. Bullets went through two big
windows and the glass of the upper
part of the cafe door, and into the
door of the barbershop. Apparently
some of the shooting was done
with a % caliber rifle, and other
shots were fired from larger cal
iber gun.
One of the worst annoyed of the
home owners who lives along the
road at this point is M. L. Am
brose, pastor of the big Phillip
Church of Christ in nearby Cherry
Harry w. Pritchett, prominent
Creswell merchant, and long time
member of the Washington County
Board of Commissioners, lives close
by. The yards of these men and
other have been much disfgured by
the cutting in and out Of the hot
rodders turning their cars around
in the process of racing or ending
races. Lookouts are maintained fol
patrolmen. Some serious accidents
have occurred nearby, and many
fights have occurred. Loud, filthy
and profane language uttered by
both girls and boys keep these res
idents awake nearly all night.
The young hoodlums who take
part in this disgraceful pastime
come in large part from Columbia,
Creswell, Cherry, and places to the
west of CreswelI as well. It seems
now to have become well-lnown
as an established and safe rendez-
vous Of this sort, and where none
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13
LOST COLONY ACTRESS
SELECTED AQUA QUEEN
OF PRES. CUP REGATTA

Diane Rousseau, who played the
role of Eleanor Dare in the 1867
production of The Lost Colony
has been selected as aqua queen
of the Presidents Cup Regatta on
the Potomac at Washington, D
c., this week end.
A resident of North Wilkesboro
N. c., Miss Rousseau, who had
spent her collegiate freshman and
sophomore years at Woman's Col
lege, U.N.C., Greensboro, entered
Catawba Colleges junior class in
Salisbury this Fall.
Her appearance in the regal
role at Washington is under the
sponsorship of Radio-TV station
WTOP, a CBS-affiliate in Wash
ington. A press relations officer
of WTOP stated that her selection
had been made because she is one
of "the most promising starlets"
of drama during 1857.
Largely responsible for her Sc
lection for the President Cup role
was series of photographs that
had been made of Miss Rousseau
by John Burwell, an advertising
executive of Washington who was
formerly Lost Colony actor.
During the past summer while
playing the female lead in The
Lost Colony she had been photo
graphed often by the dramas pub
Lefty department and once by Tom
McAvoy of Life Magazine, and she
had received wide publicity as a
result of the photographs.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13
DANIELS
Continued from Page One)

it was necessary to have a secret
meeting to hire Daniels for the
job. The Commissioners meet in
September, the 9th to be exact,
and that session would have given
the body enough time to do this bit
of business.
"The truth is, that Commissioner
Smith, who with his colleague Nc
Collum, wanted to wait awhile,
made and seconded respectively,
the Daniels hiring motion at the
secret meeting.
"But the crux of the problem lies
in politics. Daniels is said by some
Commissioners to be top-notch
vote-getter. He is reputed to be
able to swing eight of every ten
votes in the Tri-City area.
"This is significant because
there's a county commission con-
test coming up next year and Dan
ieis since he, owes his appointment
to the Commissioners will be ex-
pected to go out and beat the
bushes for the boys.
Further, there's politics in the
appointment, because Daniels
boasted after the Draper town elec-
ton last May that "my boys got
in" He was later asked if he hac
done any work in the campaign. He
said he had not.
There's another angle and it is
this. Daniels wanted the welfare
post for 20 years. While there is
nothing wrong with wanting a post
it is strange that for a man who
wanted something so badly that hs
worked for 20 years to get it, thai
he'd so quickly relinquish his job
namely that of county welfare di
rector for that of county manager
"The point of this editorial j:
not to analyze Daniels, nor is il
by and large, to evaluate his pc
litical power
"The real angle in the entir,
consideration is that Daniels hal
been given the authority over 81.
67700O of taxpayer money. He il
not one who is noted for giving tn,
people the facts. That a man S,
constituted, should be appointed II
take charge of the destinies of ;
county and its money is remark
able event in contemporary govern
ment What is more alarming
is that the entire proceedings wer
pulled off behind closed doors in
"quickie session."
All Of this will be surprising Il
old friends in this area. where Ar
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13

of them seem to fear the law. Cit
liens of nearby Tyrrell County,
which is barely mile away, and
of Columbia seven miles east, as
well as many citizens of Washing
ton County are seeing much trou-
Bile about the continued neglect of
officials to prosecute these Offend
ers. They have watched with alarm,
the worsening of the situation, and
are afraid that unless something is
done to effectually curb them, the
wild crowd will wind up in Of
lenses more grave than those COM
mitted to now.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13
SCHOOL
Continued from Page One)


use the pupil placement law as the
means of destroying the Engelhard
school.
Judge Sumner Burgwyn Of
Woodland is hearing the case, al
special term of court which be.
gan Monday. 1t was necessary tc
summon a jury from outside, anc
this jury, which was selected final
ly by noon Tuesday, comes from
Pitt County. The Hyde County
Board of Education, as well as the
citizens of Engelhard have each
retained counsel from Pitt County
to aid their attorneys. o. L. Viii.
liams of Swan Quarter represents
the county board, while John Viii.
kinson of Washington represents
the citizens.
Former Superior Court Judge
Albion Dunn of Greenville assists
Mr.. Williams in defending the
Board of Education. Charles Whed-
bee, former Recorder in Greenville,
and Bryan Grimes of Washington
assist Mr.. Wilkinson.
Numerous witnesses were put on
the stand up to noon Wednesday
in the interest of Engelhard's case,
These included Engineer Duke of
Washington, and j. M. Long of En-
gelhard, a former member of the
County Board of Education.
Other witnesses introduced prior
to noon Wednesday were R. L,
Gibbs, Alton Baum, Mrs. Murrell
Marshall, Mrs. Johnny Swindell
for Engelhard. All evidence and
witnesses up to date have been pre-
scented by the Engelhard group
The Board of Education is expect
ed to begin presenting its defense
Thursday.
The case is expected to reach the
jury maybe Friday afternoon, or
later.
The courthouse grounds are
parked tight with cars, and all the
nearby streets. Business is good
for gas stations and eating places
this week.
Judge Burgwyn on Monday paid
q visit to the Engelhard community
and looked at their school. He has
been stopping at Mattamuskeet
Lodge.
The courthouse has been packed,
and standing room was exhausted.
The courtroom holds not more than
$50 persons, and this room was
filled mostly with women, Of which
several spectators said 80 to 80 per
cent were mothers from the En-
gelhard area. There is intense feel
ing about the subject, and great
harm appears to have resulted
from the effort to do away with
the Engelhard high school.
Evidence developed so far shows
that two members of the Board of
Education, without notice to inter-
ested parties, and without due
courtesy to their colleague, Mr..
Gibbs, arbitrarily ordered the con-
solidation of the school, and trans
ferred the Engelhard pupils to
Swan Quarter without giving tire
students individual consideration.
The Engelhard folks claim a great
injustice has been done these chill
dren, and undue hardship is being
worked upon both children and par
ents.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13

Annie Austin, Odessa Wasili, Mi
nerva Tolson, Lois Robinson and
the Home Agent, Miss Fran Alex
ander. The officers elected for the
new year were: Julia Tandy,
President; Maggie Austin, Vice
President; Lois Robinson, Secre-
tary; and Minerva Tolson, Treas
urer. The club will meet with Mrs.
Maggie Austin in October.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13
WMU CONFERENCE IN
EDENTON OCTOBER 3-4

The Woman's Missionary Union
Baptist Conference of the Eliza
beth City Region will be held in
the Edenton Baptist Church, Octo-
Der ga. 1t will convene at 1870
pm. on the first day and will
close with the meditation period at
1890 on the second day.
The theme for the meeting will
be "a Charge to Keen" with Miss
Inabelle Coleman, missionary to
Formosa, as the principal speaker.
Dinner will be served at the
church October 8. A registration
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13

fee of one dollar must be sent to
Mrs. Haywood Bunch, 21O South
Oakum Street, Edenton, by Sept.
20.
Reservations for the night of
October 8, in private home must
be made also to Mrs. Bunch.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13

ing speeches, his leadership in civ
ic clubs, and his extremely relig-
ious nature. He is the son of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Daniels.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13

DRIVE TO RESTORE con-
STELLATION--A drive to-, raise
two million dollars to restore the
old U. S. frigate Constellation has
been begun in Baltimore.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13

SHOOTS PARENTS = Two
year-old Randy Linn Nolan, of
Houston, Texas, took a pistol from
his parents nightstand early Mon
day morning and shot his sleeping
mother and father; the couple
We're both hospitalized, but were
reported in fair condition.
STATES DEBUTANTES PRE-
SENTED-When the nations only
statewide presentation of debu-
tantes was held Friday night in
Raleigh, 179 young women made
their bows to society; the setting
for the 31st Debutante Ball in the
Memorial Auditorium was describ-
ed as being "as Southern as mag
nolias and mint juleps."
TENNESSEE LAW UNCON-
STITUTIONAL-A U. S. District
Judge has ruled that Tennessee's
new school preference law, design
ed to allow local school boards to
operate separate schools for chill
dren whose parents choose to send
their children to school with MEM
bers of their own race, is uncon-
stitutional.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13

U. S. AIRLIFT TO JORDAN
U. S. Globemasters and Flying
Boxcars Monday began an airlift
of arms to Jordan to buttress the
Arab kingdom against any threat
from Syria's leftist-commanded
army.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13

STEVENSON TO SPEAK AT
UNC RALLY-Adlai E. Steven
son, twice the Democratic candi-
date for President, will address
giant education rally September
% at the University of North
Carolina.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13

All Of this viii be surprising to
old friends in this area, where Ar
chic is remembered for his inspir-
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13

SCHOOL BUS GOES OFF
MOUNTAIN-A school bus loaded
with about so children, rolled off a
mountain road near Fontana Viii
lage Monday morning, but a thick
ct of trees miraculously stopped
its plunge and no one was seri-
ously injured.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13
SLAYS CRIPPLED SON

STAYS CRIPPLED SON = A
63-year-old Weaverville man is be-
ing held for the Staying of his 49,
year-old son who had been crippled
with polio since the age of four;
the father also planned to commit
suicide but lost his nerve after
killing the boy.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13
TOWN HIT HARD BY FIRE

IUWN HIT HAhD By FIRE-
The town of Georgetown, Ohio,
faces economic disaster as the re-
suit of million-dollar fire which
destroyed a shoe plant, the towns
only major industry, and put more
than 200 persons out of work.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13

DRIVE TO RESTORE CON-
STELLATION-A drive to, raise
two million dollars to restore the
old U. S. frigate Constellation has
been begun in Baltimore.
| SOLD AS $4,000 BRIDE, RUNS
AWAY-A 15-year-old daughter
of Suffolk gypsy patriarch ran
away with her 19-year-old nephew
after her father planned to sell the
girl to another man for $4,000.
MYSTERY KNIFER CAUGHT
Il Joseph Caraher, 39-year-old
Waterman, was arrested Friday
night after he was identified as
Chicago's mystery knifer; during
week-long spree, he had stabbed
eight persons.
SCHOOL BUS GOES OFF
MOUNTAIN-A school bus loaded
with about SO children, rolled off a
mountain road near Fontana Viii
lage Monday morning, but a thick
ct of trees miraculously stopped
its plunge and no one was seri-
ously injured.
STAYS CRIPPLED SON = A
63-year-old Weaverville man is be-
ing held for the Staying of his 49,
year-old son who had been crippled
with polio since the age of four;
the father also planned to commit
suicide but lost his nerve after
killing the boy.
SLEEP ON FLOOR - Uncle
John Ware of Hopkinsville, KY,
who is 1O4, gives his formula for
longevity: Never sleep on bed;
thrown an old quilt down and sleep
on the floor. When you sleep on a
hard floor, you're in much better
shape to face the rough, tough
life ahead.
TWO COPS SUCCEED IN
TASK-Two veteran Chicago po-
licemen, suspended indefinitely
without pay Aug. when a prison.
er escaped from their custody,
have been reinstated after they
went 1000 miles and spent 80 days
and their own money to recapture
him at Covington, La.
HUNTER MUST PAY FOR IL
LEGAL GAME - Virginia game
officials reminded this week that
hunters must pay replacement
costs of game they kill illegally
as well as the fines imposed; val
ues of the various game animals
have been set, and the following
are a few examples: elk, $3.50 to
$500; deer, 500 to $3.50; and bear,
SIS to $125.
UNDERCOVER AGENT NAB
BED-State ATU agents at Sci
verville, Tennessee, made a prize
catch during a recent raid on
moonshiners, when they arrested
and jailed a federal tax under
cover agent from North Carolina;
the undercover man revealed his
identity the day after he was jail
ed when seven persons charged
with selling whiskey to him were
captured.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13

NEGRO MINISTER BEATEN
BY MOB-A Birmingham, Ala,
Negro minister was beaten Mon
day in an outbreak of mob violence
set off by his attempt to enter
Negro students at an all-white
high school.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13

FRENCH TRAIN RECK
KILLS ga French express
train Saturday jumped a switch at
60 miles an hour at a station near
Mines, France, killing 20 passen-
gers; at least 20 others were hos
pitalized.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13

SOLD AS $4,000 BRIDE, RUNS
AWAY-A 15-year-old daughter
of Suffolk gypsy patriarch ran
away with her 19-year-old nephew
after her father planned to sell the
girl to another man for $4,000.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13

GRANDMA MOSES - The
woman who turned to painting at
the age of 20 and became IA
nous artist observed her 9th
birthday Saturday at her New
York home.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13

THREE MILLIONTH GIRL
SCOUT - Twelve-year-old Janice
Brewer of st. Louis recently be-
came the 3,000,000th member of
the Girl Scouts of America.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-13

MYSTERY KNIFER CAUGHT
= Joseph Caraher, 39-year-old
Waterman, was arrested Friday
night after he was identified as
Chicago's mystery knifer; during
a week-long spree, he had stabbed
eight persons.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1957-08-24
Less Trouble FinanCinq
Homes for Minority Group
WRITE VHMCP IN ALTA MIA

Members of minority groups
should have much less thouble in
obtaining financing for their
homes if they make use of the ia
,cilitieS offered by the Voluntary
Home Mortgage Credit Program, a
spokesman for the Program said
in Atlanta this week.
"In spite of the tight money
market, the new 5A percent in
terest rate on FILA loans is suffi-
cient to enable VFIMCP to OBJ
tain private financing to meet the
needs of qualified borrowers"
said George w. West, Jr., presi-
dent of First Federal Savings and
Loan Association, Atlanta, and
chairman of VFIMCP's Region vi
committee.
"The availability of funds,
coupled with the recently lower
ed minimum down payments for
FILA loans, can result in real
squirt in sales and construction
of minority housing, if prospective
home buyers and home builders
take advantage of VHMCP's ia
.ciitieS."
VHNGCP was established by
Congress In 1884 to serve as a
nationwide clearing house by
bringing together prospective
borrowers in search of FILA or VA
financing. and lending institu-
tons all over the country who
are in the market for such mort
gage loans.
VHMCPs services are available
to members of minority groups
anywhere, and are also available
to others who reside in small COM
munities and remote areas.
The VIIMCP is administered by
a National Committee, and Is
Regional Committees. The States
of Alabama, Florida and Georgia
are served by Regional Commit
tee No. 8. which is headed by Mr..
West. In Is months of operation
reports Mr.. West, his committee
has succeeded in aiding 1900
families to obtain home loans
totaling approximately $23, OOO,-
900. Almost 20 percent of these
loans were placed in metropoli-
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1957-08-24
Register NOW :
Vote Later /!
Will Baptist Vote Against
Racial Inteqration?

the dying groanS OF an old order
about to be buried. The outStand-
ing brilliancy of its leadership
cannot save it. Indefinite tenure
Of Office has outlived ITS day even
among Baptists who are thought
to be unwieldy, unn1anageable
and unprogressive. There are
those who think that Baptists are
so unthoughtful and gullible that
change" Is impossible. These
opinions do not even have to be
argued, or Debated because Bap-
fists generally are for tenure.
Since much has been written
and talks have been carried on
for months, ii will not be neces-
ssry to preach a sermon on this
issue now. Let me offer three
simple reasons why tenure will
prevail In the National Baptist
Convention, Inc, despite argu-
ments to the contrary. They are
as follows:
/. We cannot admit now that
we are different.
2. We cannot admit now that we
are limited in leadership.
3. We cannot admit now that
we are not ready for indignation.
There are many other reasons,
but these three are the most basic
ones. Too many Baptists have
fought for a New Day" to be de-
feated now that 1t is in sight. To
do so would betray all that DR..
Martin Luther King Jr., and all
Of the other militant Baptist
leaders have fought for and &C.
complished. There is no turning
back of the hands of the clock
now! The pendulum has swung
forward and 1t is taking us all
along with it. We are marching in
a new day and we simply meet
| in Louisville to affirm it. There
fore, it will be better not to fight,
MAIN and kill; but rather to give
thanks and offer praise to AL
mighty God who has led us into
the Sunlight of this hour.
Let us 60 to Louisville determ-
ined that we shall be brothers in
Christ" There Is no earthly rea-
son why we cannot conduct our
business with charity, dignity and
order. Let us close ranks and end
the disunity, emnity and dishar-
mony that have characterized our
convention too long. II the forces
for the constitution win, then all
OF us will win. And, what is more
important the cause of Christ will
win. Baptists will not vote against
indignation because our basic be-
Lief is unity
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1957-08-24

AS the convention session APP
proaches us II becomes more and
more apparent that the fight to
preserve Tenure in the Constitu-
ton is not a mere clash involving
personalities. No longer is 1t the
opinion of thinkers" that we
shall meet in Louisville to accept
or reject a certain personality.
But, the real issue is, are we 60
ing to join the evil forces, we so
greatly oppose in their fight
against indignation? In the face
of all the charges and counter
charges there arises one question
Can Negro Baptists afford ITO
bow at a time like this?"
It has become crystal clear that
our fight is a moral fight rather
than a political one. The cry for
"the old way" is reaching loud
proportions and nothing is being
left undone to make 1t heard. We
hear arguments Of the negative
effects of tenure and its possible
harm to the convention down to
the loosl church. These are but
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1957-08-24
New York Migrant Labor
Laws Not Enforced
NAACP PROBE REVEALS. . /.

lations and lack OF crew leader
registration and labor camp GER
LITIGATION as required by state
laws" Mr.. Hill reported.
He said the migrant farm
workers are Negroes brought
mainly from Florida, Georgia and
South Carolina.
Mr.. Hill said he had telegraph
ed Isador Lubin, state industrial
commissioner, citing "latant and
widespread violations of state
laws" and requesting an immedi-
ate conference TO discuss more
effective investigative and en-
forcement activity" While in up
state New York, he and Mr..
Thomas conferred with state de-
partment Of labor officials in Bir-
minghem and Syracuse regarding
more vigorous enforcement Of
state laws" Mr.. Hill added.