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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-04-05
.MANTEO FIRM LOW
81 ODER. AT $I42, 400
.ON TYRRELL SCHOOL
Kellogg & CuthreII Would Build
New Columbia CIassrooms
and Gym.

The Manteo contracting firm Of
Kellogg & Cuthrell was the low
bidder last week in the sum of
$142,400 on general contract of
constructing a new school building
with IL class rooms, and a gymna-
SUM building in the town of Co.
lumbia. If the bid finds approval
in Raleigh, construction will start
within 80 days thereafter, and the
gymnasium would be ready for the
first games of next season.
]. G. Kellogg of this firm was
the builder of the new Cape Hat
teras High School which was COM
pleted two years ago at Buxton.
This job cost more than $150,000
for the general contract.
The other low bidder for the
Tyrrell County job were J. B.
Cartwright of Elizabeth City on
the plumbing contract at $13,210,
and for the heating, the sum of
$18,296. The entire job will cost
near $175,000.
See SCHOOL, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-04-05
PRIDE AND DELIGHT
MARKS OPENING OF
HATTERAS CHURCH
A Day Of Fellowship as Methodists
Officially Open New Build
ing For Worship

Fair skies, and full auditorium
favored one of the biggest events
in the religious history of Hatteras
Island Sunday, when the new brick
church building was used for wor-
ship for the first time. Attending
the service at II am. were several
former pastors of the church.
These included Rev. Dan Meadows,
Rev. Earl R. Meekins, Rev. w. B.
Gregory and Rev. C. Freeman
Heath, District Superintendent. All
had parts in the service. Rev. May
nard o. Fletcher of Washington
was an honored guest. He is a re-
tired minister.
The congregation was reminded
that there is an obligation of some
$4,000 on what is said to be a
$4,000 church plant, although, due
to generous contributions of time
and materials by various people, it
did not cost this sum in actual mon
ey. But knowing the will and spirit
of tn e congregation there is no
doubt but that this sum will soon
be raised.
The opening declaration by the
Rev. Mr.. Heath. Prayer by Rev.
w. B. Gregory, the sermon by Rev.
Dan Meadows, under whose leader
ship great job was done in the
building of this project.
Nine children were baptised dur
ing this service. A special attrac-
ton was the Youth Choir of Beth
any church Winsteadville, where
Mr.. Meadows is now stationed.
This group of some 20 young sing
ers were an exceptionally hand
some and clean cut assembly with
wonderful voices.
Acknowledgement was made to
several specific donors to the prof.
ect. J. w. Scarborough of Avon
wired the building without charge;
See CHURCH, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-04-05
FUNDS TO
BE USED TO BRING
TOURISTS TO AREA
County Board Votes Appreciation
for Mrs. Van Ness Harwood,
County Librarian

Dare this week took action in be-
half of legislation whereby half of
the profits from liquor sales in the
county would be assigned to the
tourist bureau for tourist promo
ton work, inasmuch as tourists are
considered to bring half the bust
ness to the stores.
Many citizens appeared in behalf
of the plan, representing numerous
business interests. Some opposition
was found on the Board. in that
Commissioner Perry wanted to
hold an election about it and let
the people vote on it. Other mem
bers of the Board didn't consider
it important enough to spend 49,
900 to hold an election for this
purpose.
The Board passed resolutions
praising Mrs. Van Ness HARDWOOD
for her long service toward build
ing up the Dare County Library
in Manteo, and gave her the larger
part of the credit for what has
been accomplished during the past
severa. years.
A petition sent in by R. d. Ow-
See FUNDS, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-04-05
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
STAGES ANNUAL BANQUET
Manieo Teams Honered at Dinner Al
Shrine Club By Their Parents;
Dance Follows Dinner

The annual banquet of the Man
teo High School Athletic Associa-
ton was held last Friday evening
in the Shrine Club at Mays Head
with a record crowd in attendance.
The banquet was given by parents
of the association members and
the colors of black and gold were
carried out in the decorations.
Bowls of jonquils centered the ia
bles, and place cards were in the
shape of basketballs with referee
whistles attached. A turkey dinner
was served. Those attending in
cluded players and faculty mem
bers, and school board members,
with the parents coming in for
dessert. A dance followed the din
ner.
The invocation was given by
George w. Burch of the faculty.
Principal w. H. Bunch gave the
address of welcome, Allen Dough
and Bobby Duvall responding. A
toast to the teams was given by
Mr.. Burch, and response by Mabel
Jean Basnight and Mccoy Tillett,
Jr. Reviews of the teams came
from coaches A. o. Ayers, w. H.
Fry and Clarence Butler. R. o. Bal
lance, school board member, acted
as POSTMASTER and gave small
memento to each player, and spe-
cial gifts to each of the IL girls
on the first string basketball team
who won the tournament, and to
coach Ayers. Mr.. Ayers coached
the girls basketball team, Mr.. Fry
the boys basketball team and Mr..
Butler the football team during the
season just past. Il
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-04-05
so LOVELY DARE
COUNTY GIRLS TO
CONTEST FRIDAY
Event at Manteo High School to
Select Coun+ys Entry For
Bridge Celebration

Approximately 80 lovely girls
from all sections of Dare will COM
pete in an evening-frock beauty
contest at Manteo school Auditor
ium Friday night, April 5, at 8
o'clock, and from the group a win
ner will be selected to represent
this county at the William B. Um-
stead Bridge Dedication on Thurs
day, April rs on the eve of Dare
Coast Pirate Jamboree.
The competition on Friday eve
ming will be a feature of the Mt.
Oiivet Methodist Church-sponsored
Spring Fashion Show that will be
presented on the stage durinq the
evening under the direction of Mrs.
Fat Wescott.
The Fashion show attractions
will include not only the latest in
wearing apparel from local firms,
but also comedy and music. An act
billed as the Barnacle Billy Band
will be a musical highlight and
also on the program will be talent
ed Mile Brown at the piano.
The Beauty Show feature will be
under the sponsorship of Manteo
Rotary Club from which a COM
mittee headed by Dan Morrill, has
been responsible for bringing to-
gether perhaps the largest number
of pretty girls ever entered in COM
petition in a North Carolina coun-
ty.
"By early this week 46 girls
from Kitty Hawk to Hatteras and
from Mays Head to Stumpy Point
had been lined up to take part in
the contest, and each are sponsor
ed by commercial eirms or indi-
viduals who paid entry fees fol-
the privilege" said Morrill,.
The entry fee for each girl en-
tered will be used in defraying
overnight expenses of contestants
who are unable to return to then
homes after the contest on Friday
night. This group includes at least
10 entrants and their chaperones
from Hatteras Island. MorrilPs Is
land Studio will be information
headquarters for any contestants
seeking information about housin-
ing. His Rotary Committee as
sisting in arrangements includes
See GIRLS. Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-04-05
ELECTRIC SURVEY
REPORT RECEIVED
BY TOWN BOARD
Meeting Will Be Held Friday at
3 pm. to Review It and Fix
Nominating Committee

. Due to the necessity of one OF
the members having to be out OF
town next week, when M. L. Dan
iels Jr. is to attend a business man.
cement school in Chapel Hill, the
regular meeting of the Manteo
town Board which falls ordinarily
on Tuesday, April 8, has been
moved up.
Instead, the Board will meet this
Friday. April 5 in the Manteo town
hall at 8 PM, at which time it is
planned to fix the date for the
customary public meeting to nomi-
nate candidates for town offices
to be voted on in the election on
May 7th.
Beside the other usual business
of the Board, there will be offered
for consideration, a report made
by o. ]. McColl, a Norfolk engi-
neer, on the probable cost to the
town of entering the electric pow
eF business. This report was turn
ed in this week to NJ. L. Daniels Jr
and s. E. Midget, aldermen of the
town who have been investigating
to see if the town would be justi-
fled in taking over the business OF
those customers now served In
town by Roanoke Utilities.
The renort If is understood, an
ticipates the town starting off the
first year with a bonded indebted
ness of $4,000. Taking care OF
this debt and operating the system
would cost an estimated $24,700 q
year. Further estimates show the
town would take in $25,5O0 yeal
for electricity, based on full col.
lections and provided the current
could be bought of Vepco at one
See SURVEY, Page Five
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-04-05

The owners and operators of this
store are a united father and son
team, the first being a veteran in
business and the second having
joined the firm a few years ago.
M. L. Daniels Sr. knows the bust
ness life of the community from
away back, he having often face
tiously said he began business back
about 1912 with crate of pop and
a bunch of bananas, when he and
the late Ed Midget opened a small
store. Mr.. Midget being in the
Coast Guard, he soon sold his in
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-04-05
MRS. GRAY SUES
FOR $4,000, RESULT
SEVERE INJURIES
Famed Maker OF Dolls Sustained
Damage in Collision With
Garbage Truck

Mrs. Julia Culbreth Gray of
Dare County. the acknowledgements
maker of dolls who has operated
businesses on Roanoke Island,
Mays Head, Washington, D. c. and
Florida, has a suit pending IN
Dare County Superior court asking
for $4,000 damages as the result
of severe personal injuries she sus-
tanned on August ~, 1855.
The injuries occurred when the
car in which she was riding, and
which was driven by Mrs. Ethelyn
L. Watts, then living in Dare Coun-
ty, crashed into the rear end OF a
truck stopped on the highway in
the process of picking up garbage
at Mays Head.
Named as defendants in this
suit is Mrs. Watts, driver of the
car. Leonard Midget of Manteo,
garbage contractor, and his driver,
a negro named George Washing
ton King of Manteo.
Mrs. Gray, who spent the great
err part of the time in hospitals in
Elizabeth City and Charlotte, NC,
suffering from painful and perma-
nent injuries, alleges negligence
on the part of both Mrs. Watts and
of the owner of the truck and its
operator, Mr.. Midget and King.
She now continues to walk with a
crutch and in a brace. She is rep
resented by John Hall and Forrest
Dunstan of Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Watts lawyers are LeRoy
and Goodwin of Elizabeth City,
while Midget and King are rep
resented by Worth and Horner, al
so of Elizabeth City.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-04-05
BUCCANEERS TO DANCE
AT HATTERAS APRIL 6

Dave Smiths Combo will make
the music for the colorful costumed
Buccaneer Ball at Hatteras Com
munity Center on Saturday night,
April 6, it has been announced by
Lloyd Styron, chairman.
In addition to music and dane
ing, a costume contest and other
interesting events are scheduled
Monies derived from admission
charges will, after expenses, help
defray the expenses of the Hat
teras Island phase of Dare Coast
Jamboree which is scheduled to
open the third annual event on
Hatteras, April 26.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-04-05
ARLINGTON HOTEL OPENS
FOR SEASON AT MACS HEAD

Dewey and Phoebe Kayman
opened the ever popular Arlington
Hotel and dining room at Mays
Head, on April 1, and they are
catering this year, more than ever
to the service of meals to outside
guests, whereby Mays Head gets
the advantage Of additional de luxe
restaurant service.
The Haymans recently returned
from Washington, d. c., where
thew were emnlovad for tha w;,+ar.
and in a few weeks have given the
popular old hotel and its brand
new additions a complete going
over.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-04-05
SCHOOL REGISTRATION IN
MANTEO FOR SIX-YEAR-OLDS

All parents who nave children to
enter the Manteo school next fall
are requested by Principal w. II.
Bunch to bring them to the Pri-
mary school building in Manteo
on April 10 between the hours of
1880 ard four PM, for registra-
ton. After being registered, they
may 90 to the Health Center for
physical check-ups. All children
must be six years old by October
is in order to enter school.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-04-05
REVIVAL AT BETHANY

Revival services at Bethany
Methodist Church in Wanchese will
begin Sunday evening, April z, and
continue through Friday, April IL,
with services at 1880 each evening.
Rev. Van T. Crawford of Murfrees-
boro will be the guest minister,
and the public is invited to attend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-17
But pogo sticks jolly good answer

And now. ladies and gentlemen. camera turns to
historic old England with its proud spires and quaint
byways timeeSs land Of the great bard Shakespeare.
We see the stad natives going about their daily tasks
much as their ancestors did centuries ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-17

. Keep handy 6-Packs of
Sun Maids around for box
lunches, party favors and
between meals. Let the young
sters eat them often! Sun
Maids are rich in iron, calcium
and phosphorus. And they're
so easy on the teeth!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-17
The PiccadiIIy Hop

Well. perhaps with small difference = the pogo
stick This importation from America accounts for the
fact that the British here do look exactly Shakespearan
To be downright truthful these pictures delber-
atey staged by Ken RUSSELL British photographer Russell
feels that there good chance the pogostck movement
will really take over what with the petrol shortage
And so we take leave Of historic old England, but as
the sun sinks beneath the horizon feel Of
thing: The joints really jumping! CHARLES D. RICE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-15
NucIeor Power Plant
For Civil Use Dedicated

The experimental reactor is
housed in a concrete and steel
walled pit. 20 feet deep and II
feet in diameter.
Heat from nuclear fiSsion.
which releases energy through
the splitting of atomic nuclei. is
transferred to liquid sodium
which circulates through the
core or heart of the reactor.
The hot sodium is then
pumped to an eXchanger. where
the heat is-transferred to a nom
radioactive sodium circuit.
From this circuit heat is dis
sipated to the Edison generating
equipment. where it is converted
into electricity.
Mr.. Strauss said "valua-.e
technology obtained in the de-
sign, construction and operation
of this experimental reactor will
be used for the building of a
commercial-size nuclear plant
of this same design, but with a.
power capacity 10 or IL times
greater"
1.-The full-scale demonstra-
ton plant" he said. will be
built for the Consumers Power
District of Nebraska, which will
provide the site for the plant.
build its convential turbogen-
orator facility and contribute
some SIS million toward the con-
struction of the nuclear portion
of the plant"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-15
Science Study
Held Problem
|0f States Alone

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Nov,
Is R.-Public education chief
tains of the various States
agreed with President Eisen-
hover that America must pro-
duce more scientists to meet
Russia's challenge, but they
say the States. not the Federal
Government. should wrestle
with the problem.
AS the Council of Chief State
School Officers entered the final
day of its annual meeting a
sampling of reaction to MIR
Eisenhower's Wednesday night
speech to the Nation produced
these comments:
Wilbur Young. Indiana super
intendent of public education
1--WE don't need Federal aid to
education. When / go home ]
will appoint a committee OF
educators and lay people to re-
valuate science offerings in
the elementary and secondary
schools; to re-examine our
guidance programs and work
out a plan whereby good stu
dents will get into science and
mathematics. and work out
methods whereby these stu
dents, when they graduate from
high school. will realize the
importance of going to college. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-15

A. John Holden. jr., Ver-
mont Commissioner of Educa-
tion-'Too many of our teach
ers. particularly those qualified
in science and mathematics,
have found it necessary to &C
into industry in order to sup
port their families. In Russia,
teachers are paid as well as any
other profession and better
than most. There is a more i'm
portant lesson to be learned by
our people from that fact than
from the launching of two sat-
elites"
James E. Allen, jr., New York
Commissioner OF Education
II agree that we need to scrut-
inize our progress in science
and mathematics at all levels
of our educational system. We
need to sharpen teaching in
this field and in all other basic
areas of education"
Vernon L. Nickel. Illinois
Superintendent of Public In
struction-"It is highly essen
tial to our national security to
produce more efficient scien-
fists. One of the difficulties the
schools are up against in trying
to train scientists is the fact
that for the most part the
cream of the crop is drained of
for other purposes.
Frederick M. Raubinger. New
Jersey Commissioner of Educa-
ton. told the council yesterday
that Mr.. Eisenhower's proposal
for Nationwide tests to find
school pupils with aptitudes for
scientific studies 'is the most
dangerous suggestion ever 10
come out of Washington"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-15

LOS ANGELES. Nov. is up
Chairman Lewis L. Strauss
of the Atomic Energy Commits
sion yesterday dedicated this
country's first nonmilitary nu-
clear reactor designed and built
exclusively to produce CONNER
cial electric power for civilian
use.
The reactor. an experimental
sodium cooled power plant. is
located at Santa susanna, 80
miles northwest of here. It's
power will flow into the system
of the Southern California Edl-
son Co.
Mr.. Strauss said that by the
mid-1960s there are expected
to be some 10 or 20 nuclear
power plants serving homes and
industries across our Nation. p"
"These plants will represent
a total investment of close to a
billion dollars" he said, with a
large proportion of that sum to
be supplied by industry itself.
In fact, planning or negotiation
has already been announced for
eight large plants to be financed
entirely by private capital"
AS Mr.. Strauss spoke. split
ting atoms produced heat gen.
Grating 1880. kilowatts of cleo
tricity sufficient to provide
power for a community of APP
proximately 1000 persons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-15

fate Of the plane that dis
appeared with A persons on a
flight from San Francisco to
Hawaii.
On three of the bodies were
wrist watches stopped at 5:27.
The last radio message from
the plane, a routine position
report, was received at 5:04
pm. last Friday. Twelve bodies
had on life jackets.
There was "some evidence of
fire" in the considerable debris
consisting of mail, cushions,
miscellaneous buoyant parts.
the aircraft carrier Philippine
Sea reported.
Boats Pick Up Debris
The bodies were found yes
terday as the carrier combed
a more than 100-mile square
area 955 miles northeast of
Honolulu with a f1otilla of small
boats picking up debris from
the Romance of the Skies, "
which vanished with SO passen-
gers and a crew of eight.
With small boats from all
ships in the area working un-
der helicopter guidance. the
Navy said it expected Ito ex-
haust the possibility of SUN
vivors and recover all available
bodies and significant mate
rial from the area" by S pm.
today.
All the bodies found were
shoeless; most wore lifejackets
and all had external injuries
and multiple fractures" the
Navy reported. The cause of
death is considered to be the
extensive injuries and frac-
lures" the Philippine Sea
radioed.
Coast Guard Capt. Donald
MacDiarmid said the evidence
indicates the pilot did not
have everything go sour sud-
denly or he would not have had
time to warn people to get into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-15

Jackets and get their shoes of
I would assume the pilot ditch
ed the aircraft"
Removing the shoes is rou-
tine -ditching practice for
planes at sea.
Reasons for Silence Mystery
Asked why the big plane.
bound from San Francisco to
Honolulu, had sent no radio
call after a routine position
report at 5:04 pm, Capt. Mac
Diarmid said:
80 many things could have
caused it, it's foolish to conjec-
lture."
He said there have been cases
where planes have tried to
land themselves" after their
crews have been knocked out
in action but that this seemed
highly unlikely" in this in
stance.
A Navy officer who has been
participating in the search
from Pearl Harbor said there
could be three reasons Why the
plane sent no distress signal.
That's the big mystery" said
the officer, who declined use Of
his name.
He said there could have been
a fire, a propeller could have
flown off. or a meteor could
have hit the plane.
He considered the loose pro-
peller the likeliest cause. He
said a propeller once came
through the fuselage, made a
right-angle turn and sliced
through the entire plane,
knocking out all communica-
tionS.
COpterS Direct Boats
Helping the Philippine Sea
were the destroyers Fpperson
and Renshaw and the Coast
Guard cutter Boring Strait. All
had small boats working over
an 11-by-3-mile area where the
bodies were found floating
among debris. Overhead hell
copters whirred, directing boats
to new finds, and the carriers
radar-equipped planes method
ically criss-croSsed large area
-searching-Searching.
The bodies were found 88
miles north of the planes
course to Honolulu. The Navy
said this was due to natural
drift and the time was about
right for the bodies to have
risen to the surface. If the big
plane sank. the Navy said,
there was no hope of recover
ing it from $500 feet of water
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-15
Eastern Shore Truins
Hearing Is Slated

BALTIMORE. Nov. is (P).-
The Public Service Commission
announced yesterday it will hold
public hearings beginning No
vember 81 on the Pennsylvania
Railroads proposal to suspend
passenger train operations on
the Eastern Shore.
The railroad has applied for
permission to end its last two
daily runs between Delmar. on
the MISUNDERSTANDING line,
and Cape Charles, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-15
Evidence of Fire Noted
In Pacific Plane Debris

HONOLULU, Nov Is l0.-The Navy, noting evidence OF
fire. has recovered the bodies of IT who killed
when Pan American Anyways Stratocruser vanished over
the Pacific Ocean a week ago.
relentless search pressed today for addi-
tiona bodies debris that might provide clues to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-15

and sonar would be of no use
in attempting to locate it at
that depth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-15

Identities Of the bodies were
withheld pending notification
of kin.