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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-29
WEEK END BAD WEATHER
WELCOMED BY HUNTERS

If wildfowl hunters were shoot
ing from marsh or point blinds
last Saturday, especially in the
Mays Head region, they had the
best hunting since the 1857 season
opened on November z.
Many were hunting in the
marshes and while the principal
kill was widgeons or baldpate, 9TH
er species of duck were also bag
ged. The weather was blustery and
rainy, ideal for duck shooting.
Geese too were bagged, and so
were pitfalls, mallards, riddles
and other members of the duck
family.
Farther south on Hatteras Is
land and at Ocracoke hunting has
been fair to excellent, depending
on where the shooting took place.
Virginia Kraft, before returning
to- New York after three weeks
of hunting and fishing along the
Outer Banks and westward to Mat
tamuskeet and East Lake, report
ed on Thursday night that she had
gotten her limit of ducks, geese
and brant while shooting with E.
P. White of Buxton on Wednesday.
Stanley Wahab of Ocracoke gave
reports of goose and brant kills
from stake blinds in that area.
Ray Adams of Cordoba report
ed earlier in the week that hunting
in upper Currituck Sound had been
up to par during November with
guests at Whales Head Lodge us
usually killing limits or near limits
each day.
Mack Etheridge of Wanchese be-
gan a new service for wildfowl
hunters at Wanchese on Monday,
providing blinds, guides, decoys
and shooting for widgeons, pin
tails, mallards, riddles and other
varieties on the south end of Roa-
noke Island at popular prices.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-29
HARRY M. sEELEY

Harry Miller Seeley, 81, of Eliz-
abeth City died at Albemarle Hos
pital Wednesday at 11:45 am. aft
er short illness.
He was son of Jarvis s. and
the late Mrs. Annie Miller Seeley
and husband of Mrs. Susan Lane
Seeley. He was a lifelong resident
of Elizabth City, and was a mem
Der Of the First Methodist Church.
He was real estate broker and
justice Of the peace.
Besides his wife and father, he
is survived by one daughter, Mrs.
M. 0. Tillers Of Elizabeth City;
two sons, Harry L. Seeley Of Eliz-
abeth City and Thomas j. Seeley
of Roanoke, Va; one sister, Mrs.
H. G. Lee Of Sanford, seven grand
children and two great-grandchil-
dfen.
Funeral services are scheduled
for Friday. Burial in Hollywood
Cemetery.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-29
GRAVESIDE SERVICES FOR
FRED BIBB HELD AT MANTEO

Graveside services for Fred B.
Bib, sc, who died in Greensboro,
Monday morning were held We'd
nesday at the old Griffin Cemetery
near Manteo, where he was inter-
red, the service being conducted
by Rev. L. C. Warren of the Wan
cheese Methodist Church. Mr.. Bib
was the husband of Eula Griffin
Bib, a Manteo native. He was a
native of Valdosta, Ga, but had
lived in Greensboro for the past
16 years, and where he owned the
Bibb Leather Goods Co.
The body was brought to Twi-
ford Funeral Home in. Manteo
Tuesday.
MIR. Bibb is survived by daugh-
ter, Mrs. Robert Weaver of Moul-
trie, Ga; two brothers, Dan Bib
of Waycross. Ga. and Judson Bib
of Jacksonville, Fla, a sister, Miss
Emma Bib of Waycross. He was
veteran of World War 1 and a
member of the Elks Lodge.
Among out-of-town people at
tending the funeral were Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Weaver of Moultrie,
Ga; Dan Bib of Waycross, Ga,
Judson Bib of Jacksonville, Fla;
MIR. and Mrs. L. M. Seawell of
Winston-Salem; Mr.. and Mrs. S.
A. Griffin and children of Wilson;
Mrs. Cecil Griffin and Donald Grit
lin of Norfolk, Va.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-29
OCRACOKE OCTOGENARIAN
IS LAID TO FINAL REST

Ocracoke, Nov. 25.-Leonard D.
Williams, age 80, died at his home
here Thursday night, November
21st. Funeral services were held
Friday afternoon at the home;
with Rev. William Clark officiat-
ing; burial was in the family
graveyard. Mr.. Williams served for
thirty years in the IT, S. Coast
Guard, at Ocracoke, Core Banks,
and Portsmouth. He is survived by
his wife, Aretta Fulche4' Williams,
two daughters, Mrs. E. s. FOLSOM
and Mrs. Helena Merrill, four
grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren, all of Ocracoke.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-29

College, Louisburg.
Mrs. w. S. Meekins is spending
the week end in Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Thomasson
of Adelphia, Md, are spending the
Thanksgiving holidays with Mrs.
Thomasson's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. j. Scarborough.
Wayland Fry and his 1O-year-
old brother-in-law, Marc Bas-
night, are visiting Mr.. Fry's par
ents in Carthage.
Misses Dottie Davis and Lou
Tillett, and julie Burrus spent
Thanksgiving Day in Norfolk.
Roy Etheridge, who has been a
surgical patient in the Albemarle
Hospital, Elizabeth City, and Mrs.
Etheridge, who has been staying
in Elizabeth City with friends,
have returned home.
J. B. Price is confined to his
hmoe by illness. Mr.. Price makes
his home with his son-in-iaw and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Ether
idge, Jr.
Woodson B. Fearing, Jr., of
UNC, Chapel Hill, Is home for the
Thanksgiving holidays.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-29
KENT WATSON PLEDGE TO
FRATERNITY AT STATE COL.

Recently, Kent E. Watson was
initiated as pledge in Chi Chap
ter of Phi Kappa Tau social fra
ternity at North Carolina State
College. Kent, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Verde Watson of Rodanthe, is
a sophomore in landscape architec-
ture at State College. He was
graduated from Wasatch Academy
in May, 1856.
Phi Kappa Tau was founded at
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio,
in March, 1906. Chi Chapter re-
ceived its charter in 1928.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-29

1T. IRVING EvERToN, now off
duty with the U. S. Air Force, is
residing with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George w. Everton, of Gum
Neck, after a five year tour of
active duty.
1t. Everton entered pilot train
ing as an aviation, cadet in Au-
gust, 1853. He received pre-flight
training at Lakeland ALB, Texas,
and primary pilot training at Bar
ton Air Base, Florida; his wings
at Bryan AFB, Texas, Nov. 1854,
and assigned to Laredo ALB, Tex
as for duty as jet pilot instructor.
His plans are to enter college
and continue his flying career
with the Air National Guard.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-29
CAROLINIAN SCHEDULES
HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES

A turkey shoot, fishing con-
test, and much good eating We're
highlights of planned recreation
for the Thanksgiving holidays at
The Carolinian at Mays Head. A
muzzle loader turkey shoot was
planned for Thanksgiving morning,
with hams and turkeys for prizes;
a jeep sightseeing tour "over the
dunes and through the woods" was
on the docket for the afternoon.
Valuable prizes were offered for
the most and the largest fish
caught in the fishing contest Fri
day afternoon. Saturdays activi-
ties include beach safari along
the Outer Banks from Mays Head
to Virginia Beach. Numerous out
standing menu items were included
on the holiday menus.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-29
MANTEo PERSONALS

A. w. Drinkwater, Manteo's
famed octogenarian, now finds
himself gummed up during the
hunting season, the victim of a
freak accident, whereby a finger
was broken on his left hand while
caught in car door a few days
ago while on a business trip to
Manns Harbor. His hand is now
done up in splints.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Midget and
children, Nancy Lynn and Ted, are
spending the Thanksgiving holt
days in Philadelphia, Pa.
1t. M. L. Daniels III, USAF,
arrived recently to visit his ia
Their, M. L. Daniels, Jr., and Mrs.
Daniels, in Manteo; his mother,
Mrs. Helen Ward of Manns Har-
Dor; and to join his wife and baby,
who have been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Jaccie Burrus. 1t. Daniels
has been stationed in San Antoio,
Texas, and is being transferred to
Savannah, Ga.
Mrs. F. w. Meekins and chill
dren, Susan, Warren and Holly,
arrived home Tuesday after visit
to Mrs. Meekins' parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. A. Holloman, Jr., in Ahos-
kie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace r. Gray
attended the Duke-C Carolina foot
ball. game in Durham last week
end. Mrs. Gray spent much of last
week with her father, H. A. Greet,
who is a patient in Duke Hos
pital. Her sister, Mrs. H. B. Par
ker of Elizabeth City, is with Mr..
Greet this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. d. Whitson
spent Thanksgiving in Elizabeth
City with their daughter and SON
in law, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Bos-
wood on Highland Ave-, Elizabeth
City.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Ernst, Jr.,
and children, Carol Ann, Malcolm
and Betty 10, are spending
Thanksgiving in Floyd, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Twiford
and children, Debra Ann and Mil
burn, Roy Gray, Jr., and Mrs.
Carrie Stillman spent Thanksgiv-
ing Day in Richmond, Va, with
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Noyes.
Mrs. Stillman remained for a long
er visit.
Mrs. H. A. Greet, Jr., and Mrs.
George Greet left Wednesday aft
ernoon to visit H. A. Greet in
Duke Hospital, Durham.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Gibbs and
baby of Raleigh are spending the
holidyas with Mrs. Gibbs parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Desmond Rogers.
Mrs. Julia C. Gray is spending
Thanksgiving in Colonial Beach,
Va, with her sister, Mrs. Robert
E. van Laer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quentin Bell of
Raleigh are visiting their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. @. Bell, and Mr..
and Mrs. Warren O'Neal.
Among college students home
for Thanksgiving are Danny Mann,
Harry Johnson, George Henderson.
Allen Dough, Randie Houston and
Floyd Basnight of N. C. State
College, Raleigh; Mabel Jean Bas-
night and Mary Blanche Meekins
Of Meredith College, Raleigh; Patl
Baum and Thelma Jean Williams
Of Greensboro College, Greensboro;
Raye Rogers Of Louisburg
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-29
MANTEO PTA HEARS TALKS
ON LIBRARIES AND BUDGETS

Meeting Tuesday night in the
school auditorium, the Manteo
PTA heard talk by Mrs. Mary
L. Evans, county superintendent on
"How the School Budget Is Set
Up and How Spent in Dare Coun-
ty." Following this, Mrs. Hal
Ward, Dare County librarian,
spoke on "School Libraries" Mrs.
John D. Earle was program chair
man, and William Ernst, Jr., pre-
sided in the absence of president
George Greet.
A social hour in the lunch room
followed the meeting.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-29
THE STORY or A BRAVE
i2-YR-OLD BOYS FIGHT
TO OVERCOME POLIO

OF interest to Dare County peo-
pie is a story published in a New
York newspaper about a grandson
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin L. Hazen
of Wanchese. The boys parents
live in the town of Catlin, N. Y.
We think you win find it refresh
ing and inspiring to read how this
boy has fought against the effects
of polio for three years; how he
even mows lawns as part of exer-
else to gain his strength.
Summer, 1854, Mike Hazen was
a pitcher on the Big Flats Little
League "All-Stars."
A few months later, he was con-
fined to an iron lung with polio.
Mike, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gerald A. Hazen of Townley Road,
Town of Catlin, was faced with a
long uphill fight with much con-
fineinent. 1t was a bitter pill to
swallow for a 12-year-old young
ster, who loved the outdoors.
But Mike is not the kind to give
up. He set his mind to give that
paralysis real fight.
And he fought hard for three
years.
1t wasn't glamorous battle
like the kind on the ball field. 1t
was quiet, grinding struggle of
self-discipline and patience.
First, there were months in an
iron lung at Corning Hospital.
Next, over a year of difficult and
myriad exercise therapies at the
University of Buffalo Respiration
Center. Then, year at home to
date, gradually became independ-
emit of his portable respirator and
rocking bed"
Next month, he will return to
classes at Households High School.
An eight grade student when
paralysis struck, Mike kept right
on studying during his grim fight
and will enter the eleventh grade
this Fall.
A slender, quiet boy with sem
sitive eyes, Mike has a penchant
for taking things apart to see
how they work." as he puts it. He
also enjoys music and is very
proud of his record collection.
His curiosity isn't limited to
mechanical workings. Being a soil
tary student hasn't been satisfying
to Mike. 81 want to see what the
other fellows are thinking and do
ing" he said.
At first, Mike will attend classes
three times weekly until his doc
tors give him the green light to
attend daily. He will catch the
school bus at the top of the dirt
road which winds through the
wooded hill to his home.
He mows the lawn, and has
worked in the garden this sum-
mer to help get in shape" his
mother said. Mike stopped using
his respirator during the night
only this June.
The respirater was part of
about $4,000 worth of equipment
loaned to the Hazens by the Found
alton, for Infantile Paralysis, Mr..
Hazen said.
Well never forget either how
some people have made Mikes
fight their fight, too,' Mr.. Hazen
added.
The Hazen family then got up
to go into the yard. Besides Mike,
there is Patricia, 8, Susan, IL,
Francis, 10, and Dolly, 16.
They all watched happily as
Mike gave the lawn mower work
out.
In the yard, the bright afternoon
air was clear and rich to breathe.
Mike smiled. He didn't have to
tell anyone how glad he was to
be out there.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-29

EXHIBITING THEIR GAME after hunting Hyde Counys Lake
last Friday Florida Governor Leroy Collins ef
and North Carolina Luther H. Hodges Despite the weather
being bright and Friday the hunting
with guide Edward Caravan succeeded getting their limit of two
each killed before about
Collins Wednesday evening
hunted Thursday blind with w. j. Capp president the Florida
Power Commissions during the day, the Florida officials killed
three geese, short of their limit
The Governor who had hunted Bodie Island Dare County
with a. w Dnkwater and others the previous Hyde Friday
afternoon paid visit officials Columbia and then Muir
freesboo speech Chowan College Friday night where told
his audience such colleges and
should be supported and enlarged
Last Friday the second day of hunting Mattamuet this
for Hodges who had bgged his limit Saturday.
November 16. photo by Pratt Williamson, Jr)
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-29
DISTRICT METHODIST MEET
TO BE IN HEREFORD

The annual conference of the
Elizabeth City District Of the
Methodist Church will be held at
Hertford's First Methodist Church
on Thursday, December 9th, be-
ginning at $3.50 am. The Rev. C..
Freeman Heath, district superin-
tendent, will preside, and the con-
ference sermon viii be delivered
ny DR.. Carl J. Sanders Of Rich
nlond. va. The session is expected
to adjourn about 1 pm. and will
be followed by lunch.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-29
HOME FOR TWO MONTHS

G. B. Midget was taken by his
son and daughter-in-Iaw, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifford Midget, to the Vet
Grams Hospital last week, and was
permitted to return with them for
a two-months visit. He had prev
iously come for two weeks, but his
condition had improved 80 that he
Is making an extended stay.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1957-01-26
Again File Measure
To Protect Williams

Rep. James F. Condor ID,
South Boston yesterday
urged the Legislature to
enact his bill to impose a
$50 fine on anyone direct
ing "profane, obscene or i'm
pure language at a parti-
cipant in a sporting event."
Condor fled a similar bill
a year ago after the famous
Ted Williams Splitting" in
cidents. The legislation was
thrown out at third base,
however, after winning the
approval in the House.
Condor charged that
'leeches hired by the gambl-
ing syndicates" shouted in
suits about athletes and
their families during sports
events causing the athletes
to crack up at times and lose
points"
Lets keep the filth out
of all sports events and pro-
tect the athletes and their
families" Condor told the
committee on legal affairs.
There was no opposition to
the bill at the public hear
ing.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1957-01-26
No Action Seen
Against Sunday
Football Games

A request to abolish high
school football games on the
Sabbath is not likely to bring
school board approval when
the matter comes up for
discussion at a committee
meeting next week.
School officials, in the past.
have not seen eye to eye
with the argument that
Sunday afternoon football
games interferes with church
services and Sunday school
classes.
ut has always been the
policy to screen members of
the football squad and make
certain that participation in
the game is not keeping
them away from church SER
vices" said a school COM
mitteeman yesterday.
"It might be said, of
course, that youngsters sit
in the stands and watch a
game on Sunday instead of
being in Sunday School.
"Yet, in view of other
sports allowed on Sunday it
would be unfair to say that
these youths would not be
playing hockey somewhere
else"
The committee man noted
that professional baseball.
professional football, bowling
and other sports are legal
on the Sabbath.
It doesn't seem that all
the kids who skip Sunday
school spend the afternoon
at Bertram Field.
From a broadminded
viewpoint" he continued, 81
would think that some people
are picking on high school
football"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1957-01-26
TeIeVision Features
Salem Witch Trials

Judge Robert w. Hill of
Salem and Sen. LeVerett Sal
tonstall, three times governor
of Massachusetts, will appear
in a CHS television dramatiz-
alton of the Salem witch tri-
ais of 1892 on Sunday, Jan.
II, at 4 Pm. Half of the
fuA-scale hour long produc-
ton vii originate at the
Witch House, corner of Es-
sex and North streets in
Salem with the other half
coming from the CHS stu
dio in New York where a
facsimile of a room in the
Witch house has been built.
The program has aroused
considerable interest in Sa-
lem, Boston and. North Shore
communities. Essex street
will be closed while the tel
evision crews operate.
Charles Collingwood, well
known CHS commentator,
will narrate the story of ga
tan in Salem" the witch
craft delusion which caused
10 persons to be hanged and
one crushed to death for the
crime of witchcraft. The pro-
gram is the second in a new
series called odyssey" which
will take viewers to interest
ing points throughout the
country,
The CHS drama Is concern
ed particularly with the tri-
al of Ann Pudeator, one of
five who still stand convicted
of witchcraft, because they
were not represented by any
relative when the MassacIlu-
sets legislator reversed the
conviction Of all the others
in It'll. She now has a mem
Der of her family to speak
for her, Mr.. H. Vance Green
slit, president of the South
eastern Greyhound Bus Co.
of Lexington, KY, a direct de-
scendent, who will be in Sa-
lem on Jan. 81 to speak for
his ancestor over CHS televi-
sion.
Mr.. GrenSlit is very proud
Of his connection with this
woman branded as a witch
and has a daughter and
granddaughter named Ann.
With the assistance of Judge
Robert w. Hill he has been
trying for the past three
and a half years to get a bill
through the Massachusetts
legislature which will clear
Ann Pudeator and her four
unhappy companions.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1957-01-26
SPORTS WITH STODY
BY RALPH WARD

could do in sports. At his Yer
mont high school, Matt" was
indeed fabulous in track, foot
ball and basketball. In each
Of these sports, Matt" starred,
and in track he was a one
man team, scoring over half
of the teams points in each
meet. For many years, / just
looked at him as another un-
dertaker, in a very grim bu-
sineSs, but after reading the
accounts of his many ath-
letic feats, I am beginning to
realize that undertakers are
human after all.
Elmer Munroe
I was very glad to hear that
the "Clutching Hand, Elmer
Munroe, is back in circulation.
He has been quite i'll and he
had us all worried about his
health. Elmer was one of the
great colored pitchers of the
New England area and If he
was of another color could
have posSibl been a big
League" star. He gained con-
siderable fame by outpitching
Danny McFayden of Somer-
vile in a twenty-one inning
game. Danny went on to star
i nthe major leagues for the
New York Yankees, Boston
Red Sox and the Boston
Braves. Too bad, we had so
many good colored ball paly-
eIs during that era that could
have stepped into organized
baseball. Elmer at the present
time is working a tthe East
Boston Airport, where he
earned the name of Clutch
ing Hand, with "Zing" Rice,
another great little ball play
er that used to knock the
cover off Danny McFayden's
fast ball.
Bob" Russell
Most all of the old time
players either hang out or go
t othe Colonial Lounge, 9S1
fremont ST., to talk with
Bob" about BASEBALL or to
reminisce about their ath-
letic days. 1 have been there
and found a lot of old friends
seeking advice or trying to
put the bite on old Robert.
Bob" was a star in his own
right. He was one of the most
versatile ball players in Bos-
ton. When he was in good
shape he could play about
any position on the diamond.
I have seen him play the out
field, catch, pitch, a first base
and second base. In one of his
real tough games that he
pitched, he not only won the
game with a timely double
but pitched sixteen innings
at Middleboro, Vermont.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1957-01-26
Suffolk Downs Gels
So Racing DAYS

The State Racing Commits
sion this week granted IS
days of racing this year to
the Eastern Racing Associa-
ton, Inc, at Suffolk Downs.
The first IS days will be
May 81 to June 90, inclusive,
and the remainder from Sept.
20 to Nov. 2, inclusive.