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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-05-23
LITTLE LEAGUE RECEIVES
GOOD BACKING IN MANTEO

The Manteo Little League base
ball team, which has been organ
lied as an official part of the
statewide Little Tar Heel League,
has received excellent support and
backing in the past several weeks
from civic clubs, and friends in
the Manteo-Stumpy Point commu-
mites. Enough money has now
been raised to buy the equipment
and uniforms needed by the team.
Members of the team this week
sent notes of appreciation to the
Manteo Lions Club, the Manteo
Rotary, the Manteo Oddfellows,
to all parents and friends who at
tended the fish fry, and especially
to Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gibbs and
Mr.. and Mrs. Nevin Wescott for
the great amount of work they
put forth in preparing the fish
fry and other help.
Purchase of the uniforms and
equipment will be made this week,
with delivery of the uniforms ex-
pected in two weeks. The Manteo
teams next home game will be
Friday, May 80, against Kitty
Hawk.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-05-23
DOCK
Continued from Page One)

when l get in, l go right to sleer
and sleep sound.
That's about all for this time
except l can't understand why they
are fighting so hard to hang on to
the courthouse, when they say they
don't get anything out of she job.
l can't understand why they amt
willing to have the books audited
l can't understand why some of
the tightwads in that ring are
spending money to get out a lot
of stuff, and why they go to so
much trouble to carry on a whis-
pering campaign and work in the
dark like they do.
Mr.. Editor, you can tell all that
new crowd l wish them well. ]
believe what my neighbors tell me,
and that is the courthouse is going
to be cleaned out this time, and
that is no dream. That is the faith
and hope and sincere belief of all
of US.
Indignantly yours,
UNCLE DOCK FROM DUCK
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-05-23
BIG HOLE
Continued from Page One)

circumstances. We also asked them
to make public the results of the
appraisals of these strangers be-
before April Is, this being the last
date to file for office. They didn't
accept this challenge either.
In the face of the long continued
attitude of the Commissioners, in
disregarding the public wishes as
expressed at the polls; in reck-
lessly wasting money and raising
taxes for foolish projects while the
schools are on a starvation basis;
in the high salaries paid, and the
creation of jobs for people who
render little or no service;-in
the face of all this, it is no wonder
that the people clamor more every
day for an audit which will be a
true accounting, and an uptodate
report as to what their money
goes for. Is there good reason why
a person shouldn't have right to
fear that the county is now $780,
600 in the hole? If it isn't, why
doesn't the Board come clean, and
let everyone know they are clean.
If it isn't in the hole, why SO des-
oerate and anxious to put through
a hasty re-valuation which no well
informed and unbiased person can
consider ioh worth 600 0nO 70
Dare County in any sense of the
word.
And may We ask in conclusion,
IS the reason the old Board is
so desperately to stay in
office that they are afraid for
somebody to get in the courthouse
who might dig up reasons to show
they have been neglectful, or in
competent in managing the peo-
pies affairs?
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-05-23

Mrs. Elizabeth Scarborough OF
Manteo has successfully completed
the Course of Study and Training
for the Piano as prescribed by a
nationally known correspondence
school of music in New York, and
upon examination has passed with
satisfactory grades to receive a
certificate of award for this out
standing accomplishment.
For a period of two years, Mrs.
Scarborough has studied and prac-
ticed diligently. In addition to pre-
pairing meals for her husband
Maloyd, and maintaining her
household, she is presently serving
as organist of the Haven Creek
Baptist Church for the Junior and
Senior choirs. On many occasions
Mrs. Scarborough has given her
time to render musical assistance
to the Roanoke School and to any
other organization in this commu-
nifty requesting her services.
The time taken to achieve this
skill has already meant much to
the colored people of this commu-
nifty and will mean more in the
years to come.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-05-23
SHOW
Continued from Page One)

won by Mrs. Lucetta Willis. 1t was
a beautiful arrangement, suitable
for church, of purple Dutch iris
and purple iris and Baptisia with
Hasta leaf foliage, in an alabaster
container.
In the Horticulture Class, which
was not judged, probably the more
outstanding were, Mrs. Lyna Har-
bour, Peace rose; Mrs. Leo Mid
gett, St. Charles rose buds; DR..
w. W. Harvey, Anemone; Mrs. A.
Q. Bell, Rhododendron; Mrs. Bar
din, African daisy; Mrs. Leigh
Hassell, Guava buds and Mrs. Dan
Cannady, Talisman rose.
Besides the fifty arrangements
in the ten classes and the twenty
specimens in the Horticulture
Glass, many containers with flow
ers were brought in and colorfully
filled what would have been bare
spots.
One of the outstanding features
of "Springtime on Parade" was the
Art Exhibit which formed a varied
background for the flower ar
rangements. The artists were
Frank Stick, Bess Williams, M.
Evans Jones, Fred Ley, Lucille
Winslow, Anne Corey,> Helen True,
Ralph Tillett, A. Q. Bell, Sally
Bardin, Enola Smith, M. Charles,
Anna Bolin, Lucretia Etheridge
and Ina Evans. All the pictures
drew favorable comments, but
those which seemed most popular
were a large oil of three hunting
dogs by Frank Stick, an oil of
the water gate at the Elizabethan
Garden by M. Charles, a still life
of shells and sea oats by Bess Will
liams and still life of zinneas
by Ina Evans.
Among the many persons attend
ing the show were visitors from
Belhaven, Moyock and Elizabeth
City, who made the trip to Man.
teo especially for that purpose.
The Roanoke Island Garden Club
is greatly to be congratulated for
an outstanding flower show. 1t is
hoped that "Springtime on Parade"
will become an annual event.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-05-23

dinner guests with Mr.. and Mrs
Max Hodges on Sunday. Mr.
Wheeler announced he would be.
gin services at the local Baptist
church each Thursday night at
o'clock. The public is invited.
Party and Shower For
Miss Jean WOodley
Miss Jean Woodley, home agent
for Hyde County who will be mar
'ried to Leon Balance of Engelhard
on May 25 at the Christian Churah
at Columbia, was honored Thurs
day at shower party at the home
of Mrs. Geo. ONeal at Engelhard,
Mrs. O,NeaI, Miss Ella Mae
Mooney and Mrs. Reginald MrKin-
ney hostesses.
The honoree was given corsage
of red roses. Contests and CONVEX
sation were enjoyed by the guests
during the evening, Mrs. Jimmy
Spencer winning a flower contest
and Mrs. P. D. Midget winning
on the "Pantry Shelf" contest.
A large umbrella was filled
and overlooking with gifts amid
a room made lovely with flowers.
After the gifts were opened and
admired, Miss Woodley expressed
words of appreciation.
Plates with punch, nuts, minis
and party cake squares were serv-
ed; about 80 enjoyed the occasion.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-05-23
ENGELHARD, PERSONALS

Mrs. Jessie Harris, Mr. and Mrs
Lemuel Harris spent the week enc
in Warren County.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Woodsor
were Belhaven visitors.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. X. Hall spent
the week end in Newport News
Va.
Mrs. S. S. Marshall and Mrs
Royden Neal visited in Washing.
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walton O'Neal
and Miss Daisy Dell of Belhaven
were here on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. G. Midyette
and son, B. G., spent Monday of
this week in Washington.
Mrs. Roy Starr Cox was in
Edenton on Saturday and met Mr..
Cox for the week end.
Rufus Williams visited in Nor
folk.
MRS. Addle Midget of Pantego
and Mrs. Mary Gibbs spent Sunday
with their sister, Mrs. Martha
Berry.
Miss Evy Midget of Pantego
spent Sunday, with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ebert Jones.
Max Hodges Jr. and Miss
Sophia Ann Twiford, students at
E.C.C., Greenville have returned
home.
Rev. and Mrs. Lamar Wheeler
and son Wayne of Fairfield were
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-05-23
VICTOR MEEKINS
SAYS TO PEOPLE
CONCERNING VOTE

/ thank all of you, so many of
you who have so nicely shown APP
probation for the single-handed
fight have been waging for bet
ter ounty government, and
against unfair discrimination in
taxing property in Dare County
From all the reports l get, the
people of the county expect to
make drastic changes in their Of
ficials Saturday May 81.
1t will be necessary to have a new
crowd if good results may be ex-
pected. Persons who stand in the
way Of improvement will do no
good if voted back into office.
/ have, talked with all the new
candidates and all say the people
tell them they want the books
audited, and they want a report
on what the officials are doing.
They say the people want to fire
any persons who are useless and
incompetent. They say that they
think a lot of money is being
wasted which could be better spent
on schools.
This is the kind of program
expect to work for. l will not work
for quick deals, nor rush action or
important projects without con.
sulting the people. 1t will be the
peoples office, not mine.
l do not expect to publish furth.
er items opposing individual can.
didates. If the people don't know
about them by now, they will new.
er know. | stand back of all l say
in black and white, but l will MOI
rush out with last-minute state
ments to which they have no
time to reply. i have told nothing
which is not true, and l have sat
isfactory evidence to show any in
terested person who is in gooC
faith.
l do not expect to reply to any
of the last minute stuff they ar,
getting out about me. The thing.
have heard about are completed,
false, and my record is in ths
courthouse. attested by audits, re
ceipts, and other records. Any at
tempt to falsify these record:
would be distortion, and stupidity
Despite anything they say, there
is nowhere record of dishonesty
or unfair dealing.
/ shall fight for an audit of the
books. l am being fought by some
people who don't want an audit Of
the books. ask that you ask then
why they fight me, and why hasn't
audits been made and revealed tt
the public
Best wishes,
VICTOR MEEKIN;
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-05-23
GIANT SIZE BLUE MARLIN
LANDED OFF HATTERAS
BY ANGLERS THIS WEEK


Hatteras-Henry Wieche, Seven
Mile, Ohio, boated a 423 pound
blue marlin near Diamond Light
ship at the edge of the Gulf
Stream off Hatteras on Wednes-
day.
1t was the second of the giant
species of billfish to be taken there
in two days. On Monday, George
Beveridge, a Pulitzer prize win
ming staff member of the Wash
ington Evening STAR, and two
other anglers had done some pis-
catorial collaboration to land a
3G415 FOUNDER. His two compan-
ions each of whom had try at
boating the big fish were Charles
Cutler, Bethesda, Nd, and Gordon
Vangsness, of Villa Park, Ill.
Both catches were made from
Capt. Edgar Styron's Blue Marlin
Dockbased cruiser Twins" skip
pered by Capt. Elmer Balance.
The first fish bit bait, the second
an S-ounce yellow tuna feather
jig. The Monday marlin measured
10 foot four inches from tip to
tip while the speciman taken
Wednesday was 10 foot 10 inches.
The latter fish had girth meas
urements of 81 inches.
Both fish were landed on the
same type tackle, 1870 Penn
Senator reel, on a Hornell boat rod.
Thirty-nine thread Golden Spot
linen line testing at 117-pounds
was used on each marlin.
Billfish Outlook Good
Mrs. William Arnott of Florham
Park, N. j., who had landed the
first of some 80 blue marlin taken
by anglers off the Dare Coast in
1857, on May II was back again
this week hoping to catch an even
larger speciman than the 3s7-
FOUNDER that placed eighth in the
international Field and Stream
Fishing contest last year. She had
not boated blue marlin by Thurs
day noon, but had raised one to
bait on Monday and hooked and
lost large one Wednesday.
Fishing with Capt. Edgar Styron
aboard his cruiser "Twins II" Mrs.
Arnott did hook and boat the first
white marlin of the season on
Monday, May 10. 1t scaled at IS
pounds.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-05-23
ACCIDENT
Continued from Page One)

don't even know he is one of
them. His property was raised
from a value of S1,S5O to $3.50.
By applying the rate of S1.O5 to
the $1,85O for 1857, and the rate
of 20 for 1858, it will be seen
that the officer will save $3.O4.
Things like this happening
unanimously among public Off
Gals who cry about their spot
less faithful service for many
years, makes one wonder at the
strange coincidence creating an
accident of the sort here.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-05-23
FREE
WHEELING

FACTS Employees in one
unit of the big Motor Vehicles De-
partment work elbow deep in a
weller of figures, picked from a
flood of auto accident reports that
arrive in their office daily.
Abandon the idea that once the
wreckage is dragged off the high
way, the injured ministered to, and
Investigations complete, the acct
dents history ends there. Actually
it's only begun.
First there are infinitely detailed
reports to file. One each from the
parties involved and another from
the Investigating trooper.
What they have to report would
never make the best seller list, nor
is it always pretty, but more i'm
portant it is informative. 1t aids
enforcement officials, engineers,
and other safety authorities in
planning new attacks on what is
one of the nations, and North
Cardinals most persistent and
alarming problem-the loss of life
from motor accidents.
The figure-sifters work is fan
tastically involved! Were it not for
a battery of efficient, gray-painted
IBM machines, whirring busily all
day long, officials would be largely
in the dark as to the "why, where
and when" of Tar Heel road mis-
haps.
Already tentatively established
is a death toll of 1869 for last
year, with injuries expected to
round off to 10000. Of necessity,
statisticans are constantly some
three months behind in their cal
culations.
In every published report, once
the figures are in, revelatory facts
like driver violations, driver ex-
perience, age, sex, residence of
driver, cause of accident are care
fully documented for study.
The report also lists a break
down of highway defects (if any,
contributing to the accident, type
of vehicle involved, road surface,
locality, highway number, day of
week, light and weather conditions.
Little is left to guesswork in COM
piling the accidents history. And
there are approximately $4,000
traffic crack-ups year.
Arriving from the field literally
by the bushel, the reports are
first assembled by clerks in the
statistical unit. In this preparatory
phase, each factor involved in the
accident is slugged with a key,
then punched into the familiar
IBM card. The cards, thousands of
them, are fed into the NAV of an
IBM machine (Which the Army
once used, according to legend, to
find the only left-handed bassoon
player in the Armed Forces dur
ing World War I'D and rapidly
sorted into proper receptacles
where they are then gathered and
filed for reference. At the same
time, other workers pin-point the
accident location on a set of county
maps, swinging loose-leaf style in
their office.
Once a month workers gather
their facts and figures into sup
Elementary reports which are MINI
and distributed to the
press, to libraries, and to safety
throughout the state.
While Tar Heel auto accidents
haven't been completely stopped,
few folks have to wonder what
causes them.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-05-23
MIDGET
Continued from Page One)

taxpayers, and he hopes the people
will not hold it against him be-
cause something got put over on
him, and which he did not want.
He said further, he thinks one or
more other members of the board
thinks as he does ON the subject,
more or less, and that if all of
them had known what they know
now, they wouldn't have touched
the mess with ten foot-pole.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-05-23

PRATT WILLIAMSON Jr. has
suspended his editorial career for
the time being, and is now asso-
ciated in business with Uncle Sam.
Recently, following his enlist
ment in the Air Force, he was
sent to Lakeland Airforce Base in
San Antonio, Texas. Mr.. William
son, son of the well-known Swan
Quarter family has been with
Coastland Newspapers for the
past four years, and his principal
work has been with the Pilot and
Herald, published at Belhaven and
Swan Quarter. He is quick
minded young man, and his field
in the Air Force will be electronics,
which is one of his hobbies.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-05-23
UNCLE SAM
Continued from Page One)


ing to see frying size gals walk
ing around up town these warm
days in not enough clothes to
keep a jaybird from freezing to
death on a cool morning. And he
says their mamas is as bad if
not worse. The only difference,
he says, is that the gals has got
that certain someput that their
mamas don't have no" more. In
fact, Ed allows, if these mamas
knowed how they looked going
north to a teller coming from the
south they would go home and
put some clothes on.
Yours truly,
Uncle Sam
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-05-23
THANKS A MILLION

The Sophomore class of the
Manteo High School thank parents
and families for their cooperation
extended in connection with the
turkey dinner given the class Sat-
urday night, May IL, which clear
ed $61.42 for the class treasury.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-05-23
KOREAN VETERANS CITED

Medals were presented on May
l6, to four men at the Navy Facil-
lty, Cape Hatteras, who served
their country during the Korean
conflict. The medals were awarded
by their commanding officer, Lcdr.
James F. Toner. We regret not
having the important item, the
names of the men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-12

only $3.50 down,
balance as low as
21.84 per month
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-18
Weather

Dear DR.. Steincrohn: Whoa
there! Back up! In your col
umn about weather you are
hand in hand with weather
reporters in that you COM
pletely forgot the farmer.
Unless you are a farmer
you can't possibly understand
how grating it is to have
weather thought of as the
monopoly of the city folks.
Many's the Friday during
weeks Of drought when we've
turned on the radio and
heard a cheerful voice an
nouncing good news tonight,
friends-we're in for a nice,
sunny week end"
At any rate. we farmers
still do exist, and like farm
ers Of bygone days, are at the
mercy Of the weather. Those
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-18
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. e. EDGAR

TRAFFIC: Hungarian Play
right Ferenc Molnar spent
the last three years of his
life at the Plaza Hotel in New
York City. Fearful of New
York traffic, he never left the
block.
Among his friends In the
city was an old crony from
Budapest. The latter at one
time was having marital diff
flculties. Hurt because Mol
mar did not come to visit him
to give him consolation, he
sent q reproachful letter.
my dear chap" replied
Molnar, you know how nerv-
Gus am. Surely you don't
expect me to take a cab and
risk my neck in trafilc every
time your wife deceiveS you"
DISCIPLINE: Composer
Igor Stravinsky is a disci-
plined artist who sets him.
self a rugged schedule and
adhereS to it rigidly.
When his publisher asked
him to hurry the completion
Of a new composition, Stra-
whisky was incensed.
Hurry" he cried. Il never
hurry. / have no time to
hurry!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-18
DEAR ABBY
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

titled to complain about this.
My husband and I have been
married six years and we
have three darling children
and 1 am expecting a fourth.
In fact, l am writing this be-
tween pains. When 1 am
pregnant my husband refuses
to take me out in public. I
make my own clothes and
have made such pretty ma
ternity clothes that people
stop me on the street and ask
me where l got them. But he
is old fashioned. He said he
thinks q woman should not
go out in public in that con-
dition. He is good to me and
I know he cares for me, but
he Is funny that way. How
can change his mind?
EXPECTING.
Your husband Is more than
old-fashiOned-he II mid
Victorian. There is no reason
for an expeetant mother to
hide during heg pregnancy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-18

both rather late in life. I am
"a and he is 80. / guess we
were rather desperate when
we got married. because l
realize now we were much too
hasty.
We come Of very different
backgrounds and that is
causing trouble between us.
My husband was raised by
poor relatives of his fathers
His mother deserted him
when he was a baby. He
didn't have much chance for
education and was never
taught manners or the need
for a nice home, good cloth
ing and pleasant entertain
ment..
I was an only child and
maybe somewhat spoiled. We
don't have the money to live
as well as 1 would like unless
/ continue working. Henry
wants to have a child immedi-
ately, but I feel I can't stand
Q life Of grueling work with
out all the comforts / love.
Henry ST. feel that at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-18
FEATURE Rcz
jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
The Long Wait for Ginny's Body

then, if q baby died, she came
home and said to her mother:
II don't feel hungry tonight"
Today, the wheel takes a
full turn. Ginny Is in Holy
Name Hospital and another
12-year-old stands in the
corridor, awaiting orders and
listening wide-eyed to the
first thin wall of a brand new
soul.
IT'S A NEW generation.
New ideas. New thinking.
When Gayle was born, If
DIR. Trewhella stuck a needle
in Elinor's arm, / fell down.
Ginny's attitude Is: IF all
pregnancies are like this, /
want to have six in q row."
The time Il noon and she
and Charlie have been gone
three hours. The phone is
silent. The housekeeper
looks out into the Office and
says: Would you like an
other cup of coffee?" I
would. Gayle pats me on the
back and says airily: I'm
going to be Aunt Gayle. And
stop worrying about Ginny.
Daddyo. You're way out in
space"
The clock ticks slowly. 1t
ticks for thousands of young
women in many lands. This
is the moment Of truth for
all of them. When the doc
tor comes in, they will sum-
mon small smiles and all will
say the same thing: Doctor,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-18
Gold in Your Attic BY V" ALE" Hrod's,
Price Tag on Walden Would Amaze Thoreou

Money meant very little to
Henry David Thoreau, an oc-
casional house painter. ma
son, surveyor and carpenter
who worked only when he
had to do so in order to
satisfy his modest needs as
a bachelor.
He would therefore be
quite surprised If he came
back to life today and dis
covered that book collectors
will pay $125 to 5000 FOR fine
first-edition copies Of his
classic Walden" the most
famous nature book ever
written by an American.
This much-sought rarity is
Thoreau's account Of two
years spent in a lonely hut
on Walden Pond (1845-l84O.
The title page reads. in part:
WALDEN; or, Life in the
Woods. BY Henry D. Tho
reau. Author Of "A Week
on the Concord and Merri-
mack Rivers" Boston:
Ticknor and Fields. M
DCCC LIV.
The binding is cloth, in
dark brown and other colors.
with gold lettering on the
spine. Advertisements at the
back of the book are dated
variously, from April to Octo-
Der, 1854. No priority of issue
has been established.