The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-28

tary who became clerk to the Com
mission, was long ago replaced.
In fact and in truth, there is new
er dull day in the State Utilities
Commissioner that is, the Cor
poration Commission !. Until the
name was changed in 1888.
TOGETHER Early last fall
there was some talk to the effect
that three State organizations -
the N. C. Quality Restaurant As
sociation, the N. C. Hotel Associa-
ton, and the N. C. Motel Associa-
tion--would soon Join hands so as
to operate more numerically and
more economically.
Last week it became apparent
that at least two-thirds of the dis
lance had been travelled.
All new N. C. Hotel Association
cards were signed an. NJ. Melvin,
Secretary" He is also secretary of
the N. C. Quality Restaurant As
ISOLATION and for many years be-
fore going with the restaurants an
official with the State Board of
Health.
WAGES :. At one time, the
hotel people tried to maintain an
office with full-time, paid exec
utive in Raleigh-but there was
not enough support and insult
ficient interest unless or until a
Legislative matter like minimum
wage law came along.
Had it not been for the work Of
the N. C. Hotel Association in the
1857 Legislature, we would likely
have a State minimum wage law
today. Melvin, with good legal help
from Melville Broughton-and ].
C. B. Ehringhaus if he is retained
in the new setup-should give the
hotels new strength. Also in the
picture will be Ace Publicist c. A.
Upchurch, Jr.
NEED Frankly, we can't
see the hotels and motels going to
bed together - though stranger
things have happened in organiza-
tional bedtime stories. Mrs. Maude
Morrow heads up the Motel Asso-
citation, with John Larkinds as adj
visor and father confessor. Infor-
nation we get is that the motels
do not give their organization the
support it deserves.
In a state going after the tour
list dollar you need stronger sup
port than have any of these or
ganizations-and less gripping and
growing from members.
THE SPOILER Due to the
tremendous Importance of Forsyth
County's vote in the Fifth Con-
gressional District, Winston-Sa-
lem's studious Winfield Blackwell
had been given $3.50 chance of
ousting Ralph Scott from his re-
Gently won seat in the House of
Representatives.
For many years Forsyth has
hungered for place in Congress,
but the closest they have been able
to come was kind of dog-fall
with Elkin when the late Thur
mond Chatham made the grade.
Perhaps Blackwell was the man.
But no less than the mayor of
Winston-Salem himself, the Hon.
Marshall Kurfees, has seen to it
that Scott goes back to Washing
ton.
This has been accomplished by
the simple eXpedient of making
himself a candidate for the posi-
ton. Those in the know around
the Fifth District say that popu-
lous Forsyth will split it's vote be-
tween Blackwell and Kurfees and
thus enable Scott's reelection
without difficulty.
TWO MORE OUT To the
growing list of legislators decid-
ing they want to see Raleigh only
from afar next year add the names
of: Tom White of Kinston and Cal
vim Graves of Winston Salem.
Their announcements last week
came as a sharp surprise.
White was supposed to be in a
three-cornered race with Carl
Venters of Jacksonville and Addi-
son Hewlett of Wilmington for