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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-03-20
Munson PIC Group
Nets $50 at Auction

Mrs Howard Richardson and
Mrs Lyle Glover.
Room attendance award was
won by the fourth grade, Mrs.
Reefs room.
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
The MunSon Chapter of the
Geauga Hospital Association
met on Thursday, March 13. 1t
has been voted to purchase
blinds for the present hospital
building office.
Munson, together with Hamb-
den and Chardon Chapters held
a bake sale at the FOE Hall on
Sunday, March 8. Assisting from
MunSon were Mrs. w. Herring
ton, Mrs. John Miller, Mrs. John
F'riel and Mrs. E. Jacobs.
MunSon will be hostess of the
May messing of the County
group when it meets in Burton.
The next meeting will be April
10 at the home of Mrs. John
Miller, Bean Road. A purse par
ty will be held following the
meeting, which will be open to
the pubic.
BLOODMOBILE
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will be in Bainbridge at the
Community Hall, March 26 from
to 7 pm. Appointments can
be made by calling Mrs. I. Weld
lein, AV 6-9381 here in MunSon.
Goal is 125 pintS.
MUNSON GRANGE
The next regular meeting OF
the MunSon Grange will be on
Wednesday, March 26 at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Adrian
LanStrum.
ESTHER CIRCLE
The Esther Circle of the Com
munity church met at Gray
Horse Farm on Thursday, Mar.
6. Mrs. James Osborne, hostess,
prepared Suki Yaki for the lun-
cheon. Plans and ideas for the
April stunt meeting were dis
cuSsed. The next meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs. Bar
ton Tubman, Rockhaven Road,
BAKE SALE
Anyone in the MunSon COM
munity who may wish to donate
baked goods for the MunSon Vol
Fire Departments sale which
is to be held on Saturday, Mar.
% and Sunday, Mar. % at the
firehouse, is asked to call AV
6+l238 for a pickup. 1t will be
greatly appreciated by all. Pro
ceedS to be used to purchase
fire h t S. Many Munsonites
have been called by phone, but
if you were missed we know
you will understand.
BRUNCH
Several members of the Es-
ther Circle attended the brunch
and book review at the Chester
land Community Church on
Thursday, March 13. They also
plan to attend the next two re-
views to be held on March &c
and March 81 at 10 pm. Every
one is welcome.
BIRTH ANNOUNCED
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin NahrStedt,
Beaver Creek, announce the
birth of a daughter, Pamela
Jean, born on March 2 and
weighing in at 7 lbs. 7 ounces
They have a son, Billy.
RETURNS FROM TRIP
Mrs. Walter HirSt, Mayfield
Road, has just returned from a
three week visit in New York,
Connecticut and Massachusetts,
While in New York she had the
pleasure of seeing my Fair
Lady," Mrs. w. H. Loft, an aunt
of Walter HirSt, of Plymouth
Mass. has returned here with
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-25
SEASONS SEVENTH TUNA
CAUGHT SUNDAY, HATTERAS

Trolling from Capt. Clam
Stoves cruiser Ursula in the Gulf
off Hateras on Sunday the seventh
bluefin tuna of the season was
landed by Washington, D. C, Ang-.
Ter Jack Aaronson. His fish
weighed approximately SIS pounds
and was the smallest Of the seven
taken off Hatteras.
Landing large bluefin tuna off
Hatteras has attracted wide atten-
ton, not only among anglers who
enjoy fishing for them and other
big game species of fish, but also
icthyologists at the Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institute in Massa-
chusetts, the U. s. Fisheries sta
ton in Beaufort and the Fisheries
Marine Labratory of The Univer-
sity Of Miami. Credit for landing
the BIG fish first goes 10 Cat. Ed
gar Styron who had raised then, q
bait off Hateras IN 1867.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-25
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:

/ see by the papers where
Congressman Carroll Kearns of
Pennsylvania has introduced a
bill to put the Star Spangled
Bonner in the key of A flat so
folks won't stumble over them
high notes, near the end.
Pm in favor of anything that'll
help the Star Spangled Banner
git back in good standing in
this country. We got kids in
school today that can sing all
five verses of Elvis Presley's
Hound Dog" that amt never
heard of the Star Spangled Ban
ner.
AS usual, they referred the
Kearns bill to congressional
committee. That means it's cost
the taxpayers about $4,000,
whether we git it settled in A
flat or F sharp. The committee
will ask a handful of guvern-
ment clerks to make a report on
the matter. The report win run
to about 200 pages and cost
about $4,000, which is about
par fer the congressional report
course.
Abe Lincoln asked his secre
tary onct to find out something
about a saddle horse advertised
fer sale in the papers. Six weeks
later he got a 150-page report on
the horse. After reading the
first two paragraphs, Abe throw
ed the report in the wastebasket
and called fer his secretary. He
told him that fer all he know
ed, the horse could be dead by
now, and furthermore he just
wanted to know the good and
bad points about the horse, not a
report on how many hairs in the
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-25
ROCKFISH RUNNING HEAVY
IN CROATAN SOUND

The Spring run of striped bass
in Croatan and Roanoke Sounds
for anglers began on the weekend.
Marty Bowles of Montgomery,
w. Va. fishing with a bucktail lure
at the little bridge between Mays
Head and Roanoke Island caught
two on Friday, and in the same
waters, landed three large-mouth
bass that had gone south from
their normal waters of the north.
On Saturday, Wallace Shannon.
a perennial striper fisherman of
Manteo, began trolling with a red
head bucktail in the vicinity of
Croatan Sound and the new Will
liam B. Umstead bridge. After
getting strikes and several fish
with his rrod and reel he changed
over to a set of handlines each
loaded with the same lure. In ex-
actly two hours, according to his
report, he had landed 100 fish, or
one striper per minute. This would
have been an impossible feat with
rod, reel and lure for one man, but
with several handlines it is not out
of the ordinary to catch an aver
age of fish a minute for 120 min
utes.
The rockfish taken during the
weekend ranged from one to four
pounds each.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-25

CONGRESSMAN HERBERT C.
BONNER has been an important
figure in the development of the
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Some two or three times he re-
vived the bill in Congress which
gave it new life during the dull
days which followed World War
II. He was constantly on job to
give aid to the cause, and travelled
with Park Service officials when
hearings were held in the face of
strongly organized opposition
from real estate interests. AS usu-
al, this week he was on hand, and
as usual was accompanied by i'm
portant colleagues in Congress.
Accompanying Congre snlar
Bonner to Dare County Wednesday
afternoon were three other out
standing Congressman. The party
stopped at the Carolinian Hotel
and included Congressman Mike
Kerwin of Ohio, Chairman of the
Subcommittee on Interior Dept
appropriations, and other members
of this committee: the ranking Re-
publican member, Ben Jensen OF
Iowa; Rep. Ed. P. Boland of Mass;
and, Rep. Thos. P. O'Neill of Mass.
The party flew back to Wash
ington, Thursday Afternoon.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-25
UNCLE SAM FROM SYCAMORE WRITES:

horses tail.
We got thousands of Federal
employees spending millions ever
year counting the hairs in the
horses tail. A thing like this
Star Spangled Banner report
could easily git out of hand.
And / see where they're still
agitating. that business about
higher pay fer teachers. / con-
slider myself living example of
the product of low paid teachers.
Pm in favor of raising a teach
er's pay high enough that they
won't be no more ignorant folks
like me in the next generation.
But / think it's about time
them politicians git back on the
farmer platform again. When I
was a young man no candidate
could git in office unless he run
on platform of relief fer the
farmer. 1t never helped the
Trainer none, but it made him
feel important. been feeling
mighty neglected here of late
since the politicians is all run
ming after tn: school vote. The
next candidate that gifts my vote
has got to have a plank in his
platform calling fer bigger and
better relief fer the farmer.
One other item in the papers
caught my fancy this week.
Some automobile manufacturer
from Detroit says the automobile
has been a "great moral force"
in this country. ] can't figger
that one out. Maybe it stopped
horse stealing, but aside from
that can't see nothing it's done
fer morals.
Yours truly.
Uncle SaM
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-25
IT WAS ALONG, LONG TRAIL
A-WINDING TOATRAGIC END
IN CANAL NEAR FAIRFIELD
Investigators Picking Up Threads Leading To-
ward Death of Virginia Man Reported To
= Garry Quarter Million Life Insurance; Was
Fugitive From Federal Warrants For Comp-
city In Operation Of 100000 Gallon Whiskey

companies. If his death was an
accident or murder, then perhaps
some of these policies would pay
off double. If it was suicide, then
there is a question of paying at
all, particularly if the policies
hadn't been long in force. This
weeks Investigators are from
Norfolk and New York.
Let's look at the story of
Charles Hurst Martin, Al, who
owned a big dairy and cattle farm
up in Franklin County, Va. He
was a contractor and builder of
houses, a developer of real estate,
a Spectator in timber, and en-
gagged in other enterprises.
He was married to a charming
little wife, and he had son, and
a grandchild. He was one of nine
living children, had been brought
up to work, and knew his way
around. He gambled heavily in
business deals.
Two years ago, he was down at
Fairfield in the timber business.
He handled several big tracts of
timber. He lived at Lindsay Sad
ler's nice new motel, and the Sad
ler's speak highly of him. He was
always agreeable, paid his bills
promptly, and was no trouble at
all. His wife was a teacher, and
when school turned out in Vir-
ginia, she came down and stayed
with him, and they seemed to be
a most agreeable couple.
Left Own Car Behind
Along about the fourth OF April
he drove his 1854 Cadillac auto
mobile into the Cadillac place in
Martinsville, Va, and said he wish
ed to leave the car for repair Of
a door glass. He said he had q
See TRAIL, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-25
HOW MUCH KICKING
AROUND WILL DARE
PEOPLE STAND FOR?
Editorial Comment

The present tax situation in
Dare County should cause many
people to wonder just how much
kicking around the citizens of
Dare County will continue to take
from their Board of Commission
ers and some other officials.
In the face of an all time high
cost of living the Commissioners
are taking the county's badly
needed money and paying some
total strangers $4,000 to come into
the county, and jump the valua-
ton Of property to more than 35
million dollars, whereby many
peoples taxes will be more than
doubled.
The commissioners deliberately
staged this revaluation so its re-
suits could not be known to the
people prior to the time to file
for office in the primary. Now
that the date has passed, a few
taxpayers are being notified to ap-
pear on the 2Sth of April to offer
objections. This is an insult to
their intelligence, for no reasonable
notice is given and many people
will not be able to appear.
The commissioners have already
had a meeting, and accepted the
valuations that these outsiders
have put on the property, and
Judging by some of the figures we
have seen, we think they could only
have been done by people insult
ficiently informed locally to pass
on these values. We have heard
numerous people discuss these
agents, and they have without ex-
ception expressed the same opin-
ion.
Since the board bought this job
in the first place, and have accept
ed the work, at such great cost to
the people, it is not likely they
will change any of it and give
relief. X
The Board is in tight spot.
They have run the county in the
hole by spending heavily for prof.
ects not authorized by law, and by
corresponding appropriations. They
allow $4,000 in taxes to go I'M
collected on the books.
They want to get elected again,
and they will undertake something
desperate, perhaps not levying
enough money to pay out this year,
but making the burden doubly
heavy next year. They are attempt
ing to soak property owners who
can't vote, while reducing the OBJ
legations of those they hope will
vote for them.
With valuations as they have
now been doubled, many people
will be unable to pay their taxes.
Some of them will lose their prop
erty. People with money will hesi-
tate to invest. Some who might
build rental homes to provide for
See SITUATION, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-25
NAVY DWELLINGS
AT BUXTON TO
COST $4,000
Dwellings for n Families to Be
Erected Adjacent to Navy
Installation

Twenty seven families of Navy
personnel attached to the big in
stallation constructed at Cape Hat
teras during the past three years,
are to have splendid quarters
These units, each separate house
with concrete floors, car-port, heat
ing plant and some with a bath
and a half are to be located north
of the establishment.
Low bidder at $463,000 was
Hugh G. Strickland, Inc. of Win
ston-Salem, when bids were open
ed at 2 pm. in Norfolk Friday.
The buildings will be of frame
con:truction, with concrete floors,
asbestos siding. The location is on
the north side of the Navy build
mgs, and the west of the road
leading thereto. The site will have
to be filled with a large quantity
of sand.
ACC, the construction industry's
trade association in the Carolinas,
listed the following general con-
tractors bidding on the project:
Hugh G. Strickland, Inc. (AGC),
Winston-Salem; J. T. Hardison
and Sons, Inc. (AGC), Washing
ton; DuBose Construction Co.
(AGC), Kinston; Kellogg-Cuth
Inc. (AGC), Manteo; and D. R.
Allen and sons, Inc. (AGC), Fay.
etteville.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-25
Still in Baltimore.
By VICTOR MEEKINs

A grim tale of life and death
of alleged evasion of law, of big
time operations in contracting
numbering farming, and liquor
making is unfolding this week fol
the entertainment of the people Of
Hyde County, as investigation is
resumed in the death of Charles
Hurst Martin, At, late of Sydnors-
vile, Va.
Did Mr.. Martin deliberately
drive his car off the road and to
the bottom of the Canal on Sum
day morning, April 9Th, and from
where his car with the body inside
was recovered on Saturday morn,
ing, April 18th?
Or did Mr.. Martin have enemies
who wanted to get him out of the
the way on that fateful Sunday
morning, because of his knowledge
of whiskey operations in Balti-
more, which embraced the opera
ton of a 100000 gallon whiskey
still?
Or did Mr.. Martin, after short
life of big time operating, and
plunging in business ventures,
reluctantly conclude he had reach
ed the end of bis rope, and figure
the only way out was to end it all,
and allow his estate to collect the
quarter million dollars in life in
surance he is reported to have car
ried?
Investigators Come In
Whatever the answers, two keen
looking insurance investigators
have picked up this week where
local officers had left off, and
are seeking to unravel the case,
and to find them. Mr.. Martin was
heavily insured in at least three
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-25
CHESLEY MIDGET BUYS
INTEREST I'M GROCERY

Chesley Midget Jr. of Wanchese
has bought an interest in the
Archie Burrus grocery in Manteo
where he has been employed for
more than two years. The business
will henceforth be known as Bur-
rus Self Service Food Center. The
business has been operated by
Archie Burrus, sole owner for the
past IS years, and was founded
in 1943 by his father, the late
Roscoe Burrus and the late Bob
.O'Neal Of Manteo.
It is the largest grocery in MAN.
teo. Mr.. Burrus win continue ac-
tive in assisting Mr.. Midget II
the operation Of the business. \,
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-25
WARREN CONDEMNS
TOLL BRIDGES AS
JAMBOREE BEGINS
As Park Is Dedicated, It's Parent
Declares Against Second
Class Travellers

There should be no second class
travellers anywhere in North Caro-
lima; there should not be a class
in the west who are privileged to
ride free, while people in the east
are shacked with tolls.
This was a thunderbolt delivered
at the close of his speech by Hon.
Lindsay Warren Thursday after
noon at the second event in the
dedication of the Cape Hatteras
National Seashore.
Speaking at Coquina Beach,
Bodie Island, Mr.. Warren blasted
those who now propose that our
own state place tolls on bridge
at the western entrance to this
great seashore region, referring
to Alligator RIVER. Notice was
served that all should fight against
any such move to discriminate
against the people of the Coast
land and those who wish to come
to the Seashore Park.
Mr.. Warren said in his. speech,
that it was a happy day in his
life, and one he had looked for
ward to with great pleasure. He
recalled that when Franklin D.
Roosevelt visited Roanoke Island
in 1887, the President announced
that he had just signed the bill
to make. the park possible.
Governor Luther H. Hodges of
North Carolina, Paul Mellon of the
Avalon Foundation from which
funds, matched by North Carolina
resulted in land acquisition for the
National Seashore and former U
S. Comptroller General Lindsay C
Warren of Washington, N. c., who
as First District Congressman Of
N. c., introduced the bill creating
this first oceanside recreationa
area of the Interior Department
all delivered greetings. Conrad
Wirth, director of the Nationa
Park Service presided while
music for the occasion was pro
vided by Elizabeth City Higl
Schools pirate band.
In addition to speaking at thi!
spot, south of Mays Head, Their
| were two unique events. Mixing
of waters from Old Faithful Gey
ser at Yellowstone, the first Ma
tional Park, with the waters o.
Cape Hatteras, the first Nationa
Seashore will be a special cere
mony in which Governor HODGES
Mr.. Ernst and Rear Admiral H
C. Moore of the U. S. Coast GuarC
and the recreational areas Super
intendent Robert F. Glib!
participated. And then, from thu
special dedication stage Governor
Hodges officially crowned the
See JAMBOREE, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-25
~ CANDIDATES FILE
FOR PUBLIC OFFICE
IN DARE COUNTY
Few People Willing TO Serve
County in Time Of Need;
Six Empty Places

Six offices will go by default in
the May 81 Democratic primary
for lack of candidates. Unexpect-
edly, and without any notice hav-
ing been given, the registration
period closed at Noon Saturday,
when most people expected it to
be open until six pm. This may
have kept some out of the field. :,
No candidate filed from Kenne-
keet Township for the Board of
Education. There are no contests
on this Board from the Mainland
District-from Atlantic Township,
nor Hatteras township. In Mays
Head Township, r. o. Balance is
opposed by Willis R. Pearce, and
Jack Tillett.
County Judge w. F. Baum,
Sheriff Frank Cahoon, Clerk of
the Court C. S. Meekins, are with
out opposition. Melvin R. Daniels
of Wanchese is opposed for Reg
lister of Deeds by Robert Lee Mid
gett of Manteo. Mr.. Daniels was
successful in getting three other
likely opponents to give up the
idea of running. By fearful ap-
peals that he only wanted a little
more time, that he didn't know
what he would do if he got kicked
out, and that he hoped to build up
his prospects for pension, three
"good-hearted" boys all yielded to
his plea, namely, John H. Long,
George A. Daniels, and H. o.
Bridges. And so the man who
thinks himself so high and mighty,
See POLITICS, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-25
HYDE SUIT Restraints
CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL

. A, restraining order by Judge
Clifton Moore in Columbia We'd
nesday afternoon, has stopped the
appropriation of any state funds
for the further construction of a
consolidated school at Lake Com
fort until the county has obtained
the land in fee simple.
The suit was brought against
the State Board Of Education by
Earl Topping of Sladesville. Con-
struction of the school has been
underway for several days.
Date for hearing of the case will
be announced shortly.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-25

MISS SARAH BURRUS of Hat
teras, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
M. L. Burrus, first year student
at Chowan College has been chosen
May Queen this year. Among other
honors, Miss Burrus was chosen to
represent Chowan College recently
at the N. C. Tournament of Col
lege Students held at Campbell
College.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-25

HON. LINDSAY C. WARREN is
a powerful advocate to see that
the people of Eastern North Caro-
lima shall not be Disseminated
against and shackled with tolls.
Some of our own people now pro-
pose that we be put under toll
bridges. Mr.. Warren has just been
nominated without opposition to
the N. C. Senate. His long expert
ence and ability should go long
way to achieve the completion of
the bridges that are needed.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-25
NEW APPRAISALS EXPECTED TO
LIFT ADDITIONAL 100000 OUT
OF RESORT PROPERTY OWNERS

Heavy Burden To Be Shifted to Owners Of Beach
Cottages. Motes. and New Homes on Coast,
As New Jersey Firm Winds Up Appraisals;
Big Decline Expected in Value Of Resort Prop
erty. Total Shake-Down of Taxes Expected to
Be Over Quarter Million Dollars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-05
Brokers',
SuIesnen
Licensed

Recent license approvals an
nounced by the District Real
Estate Commission include:
Real Estate Brokers
Arthur Z. Allen. an individual
Marion H. Argyll. an Individual
broker.
Peter W. connell. an individual
broker.
AEisilaos q. Lampros. an individual
broker.
oeorse H. Phifer, an individual
Albert H. Sheldon. t/a Sheldon
Council g. Lampros Realty. a part
nership.
Abraham Lincoln Acker Kulia. TIA
Ward II. Barnett, an individual
Evelyn O. Kaplan. an individual
John e. oxley. ST.. an individual
broker.
Real Estate Statesmen
Jeanette NJ. Athey, with J. Leo
AV Ethsl Sii i" r. Hill, with Park Road
oiiiie J. Jones, r., with Rudolph A.
William A. Nero, with Coy 8. Jones.
Catherine W. Draper, with Arthur
l. Mary II. cOnnen. with H. A. Gill
joseph W Desranenreidt. ir,. with
Ralph d. Kaiser a. Co.
Warren M Gordon. with Thomas
M iuns fu. with Frederick A.
Blumer Co.
Meiva q. story. with Frederick ".
Berens Sales. Inc. -
ud Nancy L; II Har me with Mar''eiisr'
Dorothy r koehier. with Bonnie 3.
Foster.
John R. Mccoy with Murray Levine.
Marvin T: Neal. ". with Florida
Nathan B. Scott II, with Randall H.
ideli dersory Boddie, with Psttipher
inez <. Jones. with Lyman C. Dele
Mary Scott Kaiser. with J. Leo KOlb
Bennett Parker. with sOuthall Real
Rhets L. smallwood, with Billings
ley Realty Co, Inc,
Herbert B. BarkSdale. with Max
Martha Jane Cherry, With Lyman c.
| Dele a Co, Inc.
James p. Baxter. with John ,. Dono-
Msndred Gray, IT.. with Parks q
QUAINT Realty
clifford J. nelson, with H. A. Gill
q Son
Daniel w. Rengers. with Investor
Service.
Frances Mckee Stone, with Barbara
Held
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-05

Recent license approvals an
nounced by the District Real
Estate Commission include:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-05
Spanish Builders
Study Work Here

Nine engineers and building
contractors from Spain have
arrived here to begin a six
week study Of the organization
of American building firms,
construction and technical
methods. building codes and
coming laws.
Their visit is sponsored by
the International Cooperation
Administration under a pro-
gram planned by the Housing
and Home Finance Agency's
International Housing Service
While in Washington the