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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-05-01
Railroads, Us. And -
q. A Bad Weather Lesson

The weather has moderated,
end this is a good time for a look
back at what worked and what
didn't when the going was tough.
The worst of the snow hit right
around New York City, where
traffic facilities are more advanc-
ed than anywhere else in the ma
ton, so let's just take our look
there. Quoting the New York
Times:
Gears stalled in Nassau . =.
Suffolk roads crippled
"The Reckland Coach Co. sus-
pended all services =.
"Short line buses ran only as
"The parkways looked like junk
car yards
Give airlines cancel 100 depar-
Most inbound flights Cancelled
or diverted -.
BUS lines to suburbs cancel
ed ="
Yet the great city, with nine
inches of new snow in its streets
and % inches in many suburbs,
functioned rather busily through
out it all. But how? Again, the
Times:
"Commuter travel on the New
York Central, Long Island, New
Haven, and Pennsylvania rail-
roads was generally good -.
Arrivals Of long distance trains
were 80 to 80 minutes late -.
Rail stations were crowded -.
Departures were generally on
schedule $.
Frozen switches caused the
minor delays on railroads ="
And that's the way it always is
in emergencies. The airlines, with
their great speeds and require
ments of delicacy in handling, are
knocked out early. The bus lines
fight it valiantly, but they are in
effective in the end if for no other
reason because masses of aban-
doned cars block their way. And
on the railroads, it's just busy
day.
The railroad men get to their
jobs, if they have to crawl. And
they stick to them. Their equip
ment is built to take it, and does
When is this nation going to
wake up and treat the railroads
right? We are the only nation in
the world which is abandoning
railroad mileage.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-05-01
COST OF LIVING

The Bureau of Labor Statistics
has reported that the consumer
price index rose tenth of l
per cent to another record high
of 1911. The small September rise
was the 18th in the last nineteen
months. Since the current con-
sumner price initiation began, the
increase in consumer pricees has
been 81 per cent, meaning that
the dollar worth 100 cents early
in 1856 is now worth 94.3 cents.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-05-01
THURSDAY, MAY /, 1853

points to check pink bollworm in
filtration.
Farmers planning fall alfalfa
crops were warned to leave their
land fallow through the spring
and summer Experts say high al
falfa hay productio1will make up
for any money loss. Tips on, how
to control the fire ant menace is
available now through Mississippi
State College experiment station.
Their findings are the result of a
years study.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-05-01

When the steamship Titanic
was sunk in 1912 by an iceberg
off the Newfoundland coast, 1917
lives were lost.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-05-01

Read the CLASSIFIED ADS.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-05-01

4FeF aink poli@s.--- Il.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-29

north a few days ago.
In Smithfield Tom Lassiter was
the only person I met that l
knew. He is a noteworthy news
paper publisher and his paper isl
one of the states best.
But the Gabriel Johnston Hotel
was a place. had looked forward
to visiting, since | first stopped
there 10 years ago. At that time
Caleb Brickhouse was with me.
Like so many other old friends. he
has long since passed on.
The hotel is still as fine as ever.
1t is a nice place. 1t is quiet, clean
and restful. Whenever I need a
long rest, l couldn't think of a
finer place to rest for a few days.
I visited Henry Belk in Colds
boro, that giant in stature among
Carolina newspapermen. Although
he has lost his vision, he gets out
great daily newspaper. He has
long given us splendid publicity
with his sympathetic and construc-
tive articles about the Lost Colony
and the Coastland.
/ made short visits in Ayden,I
Washington. Ahoskie and Kill
Devil Hills on my way home Sat-
urday. It was fine to observe what
has been done in a few years to-
improve the roads in all those
areas. /.
But finest of all was the air OF
confidence and hope, and ease of
the people / met because of the
fine crops with which our farmers
are favored just about everywhere
in Eastern Carolina, this year.
think North Carolina is SO
splendid now, that ! don't care at
all about travelling anywhere else
for long time to come. 4 do plan
to take several more trips through
Carolina this fall. want to know
my state better and better. While
| l have visited all of its counties,
each new trip made after lapse
of several years, reveals a COM
pletely new and more interesting
picture.
l think I am fortunate that 1
love my own state above all
others; that / love this coastland
still better. We have everything,
and circumstance has favored us
nightly If we make the most Of
our blessings.
We've got everything we need
! in Carolina.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-29
CAPE HATTERAS GROUP
COMMANDER RETIRES

NORFOLK, August 28.-After
better than thirty years service,
Chief Boatswain Harold R. Dan
iels will retire from the Coast
Guard at Atlantic, North Carolina
today.
Daniels, who was born in Lola,
N. c., in 1905, entered the Coast
Guard on April ~, 1928, at Smith
Point, Long Island.
During World War II he adj
vanced to the rank of Lieutenant
Commander while serving on the
Barnett, Bayfield,, George r. Eli
OFT, and Betelgeux. He was Boat
Group Commander on the USS
Bayfield, during the Normandy,
Southern France, Two Jima, and
Okinawa invasions.
Most of his time service
has been spent on lifeboat stations
on the Atlantic coast. He has been
Commander of the Fort Macon
Group, the former Ocracoke
Group, and since July, 1856, he has
served as Commander, Cape Hat
teras Group, all in the Fifth Coast
Guard District.
Daniels is married to the former
Leila Nelson of Atlantic and they
have three children. After his re-
tirement, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniels
will make their home in Atlantic.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-29
AUNT SUE
From Skyco Writes
About Yearninp for The
Old School Days
of Yesferyear.

The smell of the tall, brown
seeded grass says it's again time
for the school bell. On the first day
boys and girls, riding off to school
leave me with a twinge of some
thing-a kind of yearning for those
days when children went skipping
down the road in new gingham to
join the ranks of curious, half
frightened youngsters.
There was always something to
be afraid of: the new teacher, dali
ly tests, having to repeat grade,
bears, wildcats, and homegrown
stock that roamed at large, forag-
ing for it's living.
The school bell and the noisy
shuttle of little feet brought to an
abrupt end the quiet rest of hogs
and flea-ridden sheep that had
lslept all summer under the school
house. But the hogs did not go en-
tirely without compensation for
Delng disturbed.
The class-day usually moved
along with no untoward incident
until mid-morning arithmetic les
son. Then a sudden clatter in the
hall (passage-way) brought forth
the cry, "Pigs in the dinner-pails!"
Sure enough, the shiny, little tin
lard-buckets had lost their lids and
all their contents. What feast
for the pigs! Baked sweet pota-
toes, collards, and fat biscuit
sandwiches, with their slices of
ham from last years hogs, made
good eating. But one needed to
hold ones nose (which the pigs
never did) upon first opening a
tightly-shut lunch bucket.
Coastland education experienced
ar innovation when the local school
board fastened hooks to the wall,
that children might hang their
"dinner-pails" out of reach of the
pigs. The banner of progress was
also recognized in the Boards nail
ing of planks to the tree-stump
pillars, enclosing ''under-the
house." Animals, thereafter, had to
make their beds elsewhere.
No one had ever thought of cut
ting the grass on the school yard.
In our newest clothes, we waded
through it, those first days fight
ing gnats from our eyes. In week
/ ali of us had sore eyes except the
teachers, whose sympathy we ire
mendously enjoyed.
During recess little children
didn't stand much chance at the
school pump. So the teacher, with
the help of an older student,
brought in large pail of water
and served all of US from one long
handled dipper. Who could ever
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-29
DETOUR ON U. S. 264

RALEIGH = Second Highway
Division motorists travelling in the
vicinity Of Washington on US 264
will encounter a detour while it is
being resurfaced with asphalt mix.
Through traffic will be detoured
over old US 264, distance of SO
miles, all of which are paved. This
detour applies to US 264 from
Washington to Douglas Cross
Roads, and it will remain in effect
for the next twenty days.
Local traffic will be maintained
throughout construction with a
minimum of delay. Highway Off
Gals also indicated there is no de-
lay in travel time for through traf-
fic over old US 264.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-29
MRS. BELL is HONORED
WITH BIRTHDAY DINNER

Mrs. A. Q. Bell was honored
with a surprise buffet dinner hon
oring her birthday last Saturday
evening at her home near Man
teo. Those preparing the surprise
dinner were her daughters-in-law.
Mrs. Dick Bell of Raleigh and Mrs.
Quentin Bell of Manteo. The entire
family was home on visit, includ-
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Bell and
daughter, Sharon of Raleigh; 1t.
Roger Bell, U. S. Naval Air Force.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-29
NORTH CAROLINA A STATE
REALLY WORTH SEEING

Some people say you never
know what living is until you have
some grandchildren growing up
beside you. I'll buy that one too.
but later on will comment about
it. Something else is on my mind
for ] haven't felt so good in years
as on this last week end when ]
took trip across the state as far
as Townsville, and then back to
Smithfield to spend the night.
After visiting Goldsboro, Washing
ton, and then around by way of
Ahoskie, l wasn't even tired, so
interesting was the journey, SO
pleasant the weather, and so fine
the people l met.
y Less than two years ago l trav-
elled from Manteo to Murphy, the
year before l went across the state
via Asheville to Knoxville, Tenn.
for a visit, accompanied then by
my wife. Not in almost two years
had been farther west than Chapel
had l been farther west than Chap
ell Hill, so it was with much pleas
ure / rode the fine new highways
that have been built since then.
where one may ride quickly and
toll-free for long distances with
out delays in passing through
cities.
There is nice thing about rid
ing on the roads of North Caro-
lima. One doesn't have to pay
double as in some other states, and
this makes you sort of extra proud
that you are North Carolinian.
When one has paid his tax at
the gas tank every time he fills
up, he has paid enough. He should
not have to pay more to ride the
roads, and particularly, he should
not be penalized in any given To-
cality of the state.
When Governors like Ehringhaus
and Broughton took tolls off the
highways of this state. they were
looking ahead, and working for
progress. 1t added great prestige
to North Cardinals growing popu-
larity. 1t would give North Caro-
lima a black-eye to again return to
tolls.
Chapel Hill is always an inter-
: esting town, where one sees so
many bright young people. Here is
a county that has been famed since
Colonial days. Here the regulators
defied the dominion of Britain.
Here has been fight ever since
for freedom of the mind and the
advancement of education.
My greatest contribution to the
cause of education was to pick up
such items as my daughter wished
brought home as she has just fin
ished her term at summer school.
My next stop was Smithfield
which / reached after having driv-
en- to Townsville since 5 am. and
turned back, finally driving 439
miles that day. From Manteo to
Townsville, via Columbia is 295
miles. My Chevrolet gave me bet
ter than 20 miles per gallon. The
Pontiac did less than 10 on a trip
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-29

OF Key West, Fla; and Quentin
Bell who has been attending a ma
rlne summer school at Morehead
City, branch of Duke University.
Also present were Mrs. Dick Bells
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Har-
rls OF Charlotte; John Kennedy of
Raleigh and Mrs. Nancy Midget
OF Manteo; and of course the
honoree's husband. Albert Q. Bell.
1t. Roger Bell left Tuesday for
hey West. Before visiting in Man
teo he had attended a three months
course in Naval Law in Newport.
Rhode Island.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-29

Yes Pursuant to the laws Of the State Of North Caroline the
Board OF County Commissioners has been requested to levy and
collect rate OF 80 cents $4,000 valuation properly the
Sanitary District This request Board Of County Com
mioners August a. 1858 when the Board for HE purpose
OF sefg the tax rate for the County and the various Districts
the County In order for the levy TO be valid mandatory that
be levied at the time that the County Commissioners levy
the other rates the County At HE time that the Board Of County
Commissioners requested to make this levy they advised
and the Board agreed that at the fine of the joint meeting Of the
Board OF County Commissioners and the Dare Beaches Sanitary Dis
fcf Board for the purpose Of canvag the Of the election
to be held September that e bond defeated by
the voters Of the District that the County Commissioners would be
requested to reduce This levy to ten cen This procedure has been
approved by the Local Government Commission well ihe legal
representatives. Of e District Twenty cents Of the levy for The
purpose Of raising funds pay The interest the bond issue
1859 that would become due prior TO the time that levy therefore
could be made in the ensuing fiscal year. the future published
reported and advertised income from he sale Of will be avail
able for retiring the interest and principal Of the bond
The levy Of FEN cents for The purpose Of raising $4,000 TO
engineering fees $1,000 for mosquito control funds to finance e
mosquito control work that already under way the District $500
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-29
20 YEARS SERVICE IN
LOST COLONY BOX OFFICE
BY WADE LUCAS

For more than 20 years Mrs.
Mabel Basnight of Manteo has
been near performances almost
nightly of "The Lost Colony" at
nearby Fort Raleigh, but last sea-
son was the first time she ever
sat through a complete showing
of Paul Green's moving symphonic
drama of the futile efforts made
in 1585-1587 to colonize Roanoke
| Island.
1t so happens that Mrs. Basnight,
a Manteo office worker and house
wife, has been box office manager
of "The Lost Colony" since it was
first presented under the stars at
Waterside Theatre. where Sir Wal
ter Raleigh's English colonists at
tempted settlements. Her reason
for not seeing the show more is a
simple one: She was just too busy
at the box office.
AS box office manager for
Americas longest lived symphonic
drama, Mrs. Basnight has known
all those who, six nights week
during the season, have portrayed
such parts in the show as Eleanor
Dare, Governor John White, Anan-
las Dare. John Borden, Queen
Elizabeth of England, Sir Walter
Raleigh, and many others who
have gone to footlight fame like
Andy Griffith, for example.
Mrs. Basnight' S two children
have been members of the shows
cast just about every season since
World War II. "The Lost Colony"
will on August 81 be shown nigh
on to the 1,0OOth time.
Mrs. Basnight does not pretend
to know any more about what
happens to the poor, hungry and
apparently unhappy colonists than
does Paul Green, the playwright,
who wrote this moving drama that
the late President Franklin d..
Roosevelt praised so highly when
he viewed it here in August, 1887.
The question is being asked: Just
how long can "The Lost Colony"
last?
Forever, Dare County residents
hope, because in the 900 times it
has been given since 1887 it has
brought countless tourists from
various parts of the world to his
toric Fort Raleigh. And these
tourists have left many dollars in
the area from which Raleigh's
colonists so mysteriously disap-
peared.
I Attendance this season has not
been as good as some of the sea-
sons of the past, but officials say
that percentage-wise the 1858 at
tendance is better than that of
such other outdoor dramas as
"Unto These Hills. "Horn in the
West, "The Common Glory, and
some others. .ss
State-supported in part, "The
Colony" will close it's current sea-
son at the end of the performance
on the evening of August 81.
And on the night of August 81,
C. S. Meekins, who, with Mrs.
Basnight. has been connected with
"The Lost Colony" since it's be-
ginning, will count the proceeds
from the tickets sold by Mrs. Bas-
night and her aides.
Meekins, who is a widely known
Dare County native, also takes up
tickets at the gate. AS treasurer
of the Roanoke Island Historical
Association, he also signs the
checks for the large cast and others
on the shows payroll.
Neither Mrs. Basnight, who
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forget the refreshing GOODNESS of
that pump-water? Those were In
dian Summer days, the same as
now. The room was bullying with
students, the same as now. The
heat, sticky and oppressive left one
putting for a drink of water, but
in the afternoon the air touched
one with icy fingers that foretold
the coming of the cooler nights.
Our school term was compare
lively short. Three months of
"hired" school, during which time
the parents We're billed for tuition
to pay the teachers salaries, were
followed by three months of "free"
school, paid for by the county. In
the middle of the term the classes
were swollen by numbers of Gree
school" children, just entering.
This was a SITUATION for both
teachers and students. 1t took the
"free-schooiers" two years, some
times three, to make a grade.
Competition was always keen
especially in the daily spelling
class. Standing in a long line, we
"cut-down" our classmates until
we reached the head of the line,
stayed there a week, received a
gold star by our name, and re-
turned to the foot of the class.
A bunch of well-frayed chinqua-
pin switches stood in the corner.
Their purpose was only partly
psychological, as they We're usually
applied only to tough boys. Girls
did not get many whippings, but
once in a while if one missed too
many spelling words, or was seen
talking, her back received a few
lashes.
Morning recess, an hour for
lunch, and afternoon recess took
a lot of time, making it near
ly night when we got home
from school. But we had a
lot of good exercise playing
cat with ball and bat) and since
we lined up and marched into the
building each time, we were good
little soldiers. We stood erect and
stepped gingerly cleft, right
left, right" to the beating of a
drum.
Nothing makes you prouder of
yourself than to stand up straight
and march. We were proud of our
selves and proud of our school.
Many of our teachers were not
college-bred, and some no doubt
We're hiding out from the law, but
they taught us the LOVE OF
LEARNING. They We're dedicated
to their job. The three RS were
important. They made good read
ers and good spoilers of us, be-
cause we were syllable-minded. We
were taught phonics.
Now on the opening day of
school, find myself wishing |
could be there too. What wonder
full new things these young stu
dents have offered to them! The
sky is the limit. The new courses
in science must thrill the learner
as a gold star used to delight me.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-29
EXECUTORS NOTICE

Having qualified as Executrix
OF the estate of Harry L. Austin,
of Dare County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said
Harry l.. Austin to present them
to the undersigned within one year
from the date of this notice or
same will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebt-
ed to said estate please make i'm
payment.
This the 18th day of August,
1858.
VIRGINIA DARE AUSTIN
Hatteras, N. c.
m O 90 r..
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-29
CARD OF THANKS

l wish to thank everyone who
remembered me with cards, flow
ers and messages while / was re-
Gently patient in the Marine Hos
pital, Norfolk. Your kindness help
ed to brighten the days.
MRS. ELLSWORTH MIDGETT
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works by day in the local office
of the Virginia Electric and Power
Company, nor Meekins, Clerk of
the Court, have ever donned CO.'S
tunes or put actors grease paint
on their faces.
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to march like amount provided by the United States to finance
ground wafer supply and survey The United States Geoooca Sur
which begins around The first Of September attorneys fees both
local and bond attorneys and office help rent Der diem
fees for members of the Board Of the cost Of The
election and supplies and nominal miscellaneous items The compete
budget showing the exact amounts Of all Of the on file in te
Sanitary District Board office Kill Devil Hills and is open for in
speciicn by the public
Since the organization Of the Board in e49 three eves have
been made namely 1851 1852 and 1883 has been collected
from these eves the total Of $s963 An audit was made Of
me fnanca transactions OF the District by O. Howard Certified
Public Accountant covering the period from November H. I94o 10
May IS 1855 which also file the District office and Gives IN
detail each expenditure and e OF the same and to whom
the same paid Since 1855 the check book Of the District win
disclose the amounts and TO whom an hereaier have been
paid.
$4,000 OF e Bond issue will into the construction 81
water system.
$4,000 Of the Bond Issue will 90 into the construction q
ing apparatus and equipment.
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The first students to be admitted
to the School of Nursing entered
the University of North Carolina
in Sept, 1851.
Diario las Américas., 1958-10-18

alrededor de 5000, 10 ovacio-
naron con entusiasmo.
Ell campeon mundial de Pen.
tathIon, Igor Novikov, de la
Union Soyietica, lego tercero
en- la carrera natatorIa, pero
cont;nua al frente de la clasifi-
caci6n general individual, con
I'm total de 3.942 puntos para
las cuatro pruebas. Segundo es-
ia su compatriota NikoIai Ia
tarInov, con 1857, y tercero,
Alexander Tarasov, asimismo so
vietico con 3542 puntos.
Novikos es considerable Ell
mas probable ganador del tor
neo Individual este ano, y Sc
,considera asimismo muy pro-
babe que ell equipo sovietico
Sc haga del primer puesto en-
la classification colectiva.
A continuation Sc da ell pun
tale por equipvs cumplidas cua-
tro pruebas: Union Sovietica
Hips puntos Hungria 10.058;
Estados Unidos 9.781; Finlan-
dia 9.210; Italia 1874; Suecia
1870; Gran Bretana 8.186; Ale
mania 8.053, Austria 1911, Sui
"a 1905 y Brasil 1859 puntos.
Diario las Américas., 1958-10-18
Empatados en- Primer Lugar de Ia Liga
Guiana Equipos Marianao Y A|mendares

Anotacion por entradas:
Almendares 100 020 000-3 8 0
Marianao 100 600 000-1 6 !
Cuellar a. y Brown; Arias,
Avon (5) Maroto (8) y Lau. P:
Arias (O-2).
GANO pastoral"
MARACAIBO, Oct. II. CUPID.
Resultado del juego de anoche
en- la Liga Occidental de Bets
boil:
Rapinos 600 100 O0O-1 5 4
Pastora 100 0O2 O0x--3 4 2
Castellanos, Cardenas (8) y
Carbon; Watkins, (2-0) y Mus
kus. Perdio Castellanos Old.
"VALENCIA" DERR0T0 A
"PAMPERO"
VALENCIA, Venezuela, Oct.
II. -(UPD.- Los valencianos