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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-04
DC. Budget Witnesses
Stress School Needs

The topic of public schools took up the major portion
testimony before House Appropriations subcommittee charge
of the District budget yesterday
The committee held public hearings the Districts pro-
posed budget for the fiscal beginning July Requests
totaing $2163 million include the amount of $4O2 million
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-04

THE PATHS OF THE IS
LAND have been cleared and
graveled by the Park Service.
There is even a little map of
the island and its paths, its
marshes and its creek on a
post which shows that it is
shaped like Stevenson'S
Treasure Island, but there is
no Telescope Hill.
Nature has done rather
well, left to herself on this
island. Some trees are shat
tered by wind or lightning,
some are choked with vines,
but most are thriving, elmS
and locusts, walnuts and
Sycamores.
It's a rewarding place for
bird watchers. The bell-like
notes of the wood thrush
rang through the woods and
high in the trees above tiny
warblers were giving full
throat to their great variety
of songs.
It is a beautiful wilderness
park, and it is intended to
keep it that way for the man
who loved the wild and
woolly.
George Mason of Guns
ton Hall, author of Virginia'S
Bill of Rights, had a son,
Gen. John Mason, who built
a house here about 1894"
Miss Downey said.
He had a large family.
His son, James hurry Mason,
Senator from Virginia before
the Civil War, was the Mason
of the MaSon-Slidell in
cident. A daughter married
Sydney Smith Lee, older
brother of Robert E. Lee.
The MasonS had a town
house in Georgetown. Later
they moved to a house in
Fairfax County and used
this as a summer home.
The house on the island
was beautifully designed but
malaria was a problem. The
MaSonS sold the property
about 1882.
The walls of the aban-
doned house were still stand
ing in woeful condition a
century later. In the early
l930S, when the island be-
came the property of the
Theodore Roosevelt Memo
rial Association, they were
torn down"
Sic transit. we couldn't
flna a trace of it.
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Report Due Soon
On D. c. Budget
Bigger Lunch Program Seen,
So Million Payment Raped
BY ALEX r. PRESTON
Star Stan Writer

House Appropriations subcommittee has completed hear
ings District budget requests toalng $2l63 million and
expected to report bill the latter part of next week
AS A witnesses testified in dayong session yesterday
mostly devoted to school requests these points developed
a. The subcommittee report lead to broader school
lunch program.
2. Subcommittee members thinking suggesting to
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imposed on food, many thou
sands Of others, either because
of the lack of time or trans
portation facilities, are unable
to do So"
The tax hits hardest the man
with the largest family, he
commended.
II honestly believe, in time,
that instead of providing a
source of revenue, we will find
that, indirectly, it will cause
a reduction in revenue through
the loss of taxable income. loss
of tax on improved real pro-
perty and loss of total sales on
foods in the District"
Mr.. Rabaut told him, This is
a legislative matter and should
not be brought before this
committee. But I agree there
should be no tax on food. / be-
lieve it is a foul strike against
the District since the two
neighboring States do not tax
food"
Lester H. Steinem chairman
of the Police and Fire Pro-
lection Committee, Federation
of Citizens Associations. pre-
sented four requests.
He asked for $39,S06 for a
fire department ambulance for
the area east of the Anacostia
River: funds to replace Truck
Company No. 2 at Twenty
third and M streets NV. and
Engine Company No. Is at
Sixth and E streets S.W.; funds
to bring the Police Department
up to its fully authorized COM
plement of $500 men and a
new Fourth Precinct Station in
the Southwest.
Car Use Hit
Representative hatcher, DEM
ocrat of Kentucky, took up the
issue of a fully-manned police
department.
1--WE pointed out to the chief
of police earlier" he said, "that
more men should be put on foot
in districts where the crimes are
committed. You have a fine
police department but I say to
you quite frankly you ought to
have more of them on foot
two or three of them riding
around in an automobile won't
do any good"
Mr.. hatcher criticized what he
regards as the light sentences
imposed here on criminals.
"And another thing" he said
to Mr.. Steinem, these 90-day
sentences for yokings and rob-
berries are the equivalent to
awarding them a medal"
Mr.. Rabaut's opposition to a
$32 million Federal payment
was expressed following testi-
mony from j. c. Turner, vice
president of the Greater WASH
ington Central Labor Council,
AFL-CIO.
1--WE are convinced" Mr..
Turner said, that the citizens
of the District of Columbia pay
their Just share toward the
cost of the D. c. government
and the D. c. government
should not be left in the posi-
tion of having to raise real
estate taxes or of having Con-
greSS raise other taxes in the
event the full appropriation
of $32 million is not made"
Mr.. Rabaut said such a pay
ment would be a so per cent
increase over the $40 million
payment for the current year.
He said that members of Con-
gress would have a hard time
explaining such a raise to their
constituents back home.
Il don't know where they
got that $32 million figure. "
Mr.. Rabaut said. Someone
just reached up and pulled
that plum off of a tree"
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District Heads Act
On Cafe Dilemma
Strip Health Agency Of Power
To Screen Renewal of Licenses
BY JAMES G. DEANE
Star Stan Writer

The District Commissioners have taken formal action to
strip the Health Department of its to screen applications
for the renewal restaurant and decatessen licenses
Regulations changed to make the resistance OF most
such licenses automatic The changes which were made public
TODAY will enable licensing ocials within the next few
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Study Of Unifying
Zoo Control Proposed

Chairman Rabaut of the House District Appropriations
Subcommittee believes Congress should study the possibility of
unfyng another the National Geological Parks
split administration setup.
The Michigan Democrat did explain hearings yes
terday the District budget whether thought control
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tnoi9ehts. To9e An
ended last week, subcommittee
members suggested to Polic'
Chief Robert v. Murray tina
more foot patrolmen be as
signed to precincts with the
highest crime rates.
Higher Payment Hit
In addition. Chairman Ra.
baut Of the Appropriation.
subcommittee in charge of the
District budget. let it be known
in no uncertain terms that hi
would not even consider a So:
million Federal payment to the
District-an amount author
lied but not made available in
a public works bill sent to the
White House last week.
In the budget bill now before
Mr.. Rabaut'S subcommittee
however, the District Commits
sioners are asking for a Fed
eral payment of $25 million
This amount would be an in
crease of IS million over the
Federal payment for the cur
rent fiscal year. Mr.. Rabout
did not indicate what his feel
ings are on the $25 million re-
quest.
Speaking for an expanded
school lunch program, Mrs
Frances D. Lesser of SO East
Quincy street, Chevy Chase
Nd, declared, ut is both shock
ing and scandalous that here
in the Nations Capital, 81
many children should know
hunger as a constant compan-
ion."
Mr.. Rabaut. who launched
an investigation of the Health
Department last year, ex-
pressed sympathy with Mrs
Lesser's statement.
Study Indicated
I'VE will do something about
this school lunch program in
the form of a study" he as
sured her. "It's a short-sighted
policy that doesn't take care of
the youth of the community"
Recalling hearings before the
Morse subcommittee of the
Senate District Committee last
year, Mrs. Lesser said facts
disclosed that more than 1000
school children were notice
ably undernouriShed."
Some improvements were
made as a result of these hear
ingS, she said.
THE reforms did not go far
enough" she added, land we
continue to have many chill
dren in the District. who, be-
cause of economic conditions,
do not get enough to eat, par
ticularly during the winter
months when unskilled labor
can find little work .
II have recently noticed the
extensive work which is being
done on the public parks all
around Washington, and while
I greatly admire the blooming
flowers, 1 would much prefer to
see blooming children"
Francis J. Kane, a former
president of the Washington
Board of Trade, appeared as ar
employer in a transfer business
to oppose the sales tax on food
Some Escape Tax
while it is true that many
of our residents are able tt
travel across the District line
into nearby Maryland or Vir.
ginia, where no sales tax il
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CIe HOUSE DlSCrlcJ COLIlInlJGee-
the legislative body-that the
retail sales tax on food be
eliminated.
8. During closed hearings with
city government heads which
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Congress Gets HospitoI Plea on
lndisents. Poee A-4C
The coastland times., 1958-10-03
ERWIN MIDGETT DIES AND
is BURIED IN FLORIDA

Erwin E. Midget 60, who passed
away in a st. Petersburg, Fla.
hospital Sept. 2Sth was the son of
the late Jesse E. and Elvari Mid
gett of Manteo, and had been a
Dare County resident most of his
life, moving to Florida about nine
years ago, following his retirement
after 20 years service in the Coast
Guard. He had been a lifelong
Methodist. Death was result Of a
lingering illness from cancer.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Estelle B. Midget, a son, Eddie;
brother, Willie Midget of Man
go; two sisters, Mrs. Eulalia Mid
gett of Manteo and Mrs. Ida An
drews of Raleigh. He had been a
member of the Oddfellows lodge
40 years. He was buried in Wood
lawn Memorial Cemetery in st.
Petersburg.
The coastland times., 1958-10-03
WILLIE O. TWlFORD
DIES AT K. D. HILLS

Willie Otis Twiford, 81, son of a
well known native coastland fam
lily died September 3Oth at pm.
after short illness following sew
eral years of declining health. He
was a retired fisherman, the son
of the late William Otis and Nellie
Russell Twiford. He was born at
Nags Head, Nov. 16, 1900, and had
resided about % years at his
present homeplace, Kill Devil
Hills. He was the husband of Mrs.
Pearl Hooper Twiford, and is sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs.
Caldwell Perry and Mrs. Hezekiah
Payne of Kill Devil Hills. Also by
three sisters, Mrs. M. G. Hollo-
well and Mrs. J. H. Midget of
Nags Head and Mrs. Uriah Full
cher of Norfolk.
The funeral was conducted at
Twiford Funeral Home in Manteo
Thursday at 2 pm. by Rev. Frank
Dinwiddie, Nags Head Baptist
pastor, and by Rev. d. S. Meyer
of Spurgeon Memorial Baptist
Church, Norfolk. Burial was in the
family plot in Nags Head. Pail
bearers were Walter Perry, Wal
ter Gray, Eddie Reber, Avery Til
lett, Charles NJ. Johnson and Hor-
ace Barnett.
The coastland times., 1958-10-03
PAST NOBLE GRANDs MEET

The Past Noble Grand's Club of
Manteo Rebekah Lodge No. 81 held
its first fall meeting Friday, Sept.
%, at the home of Mrs. Tracy
Ward, president.
Plans We're made for the call
meeting of all Rebekahs to be held
Thursday Oct. 2 at pm. in honor
of the State President, Mrs. Fay
Gaskill, and several other State
officers. Also, a discussion was
held concerning the district meet
ing to be held at Outer Banks
Lodge Saturday, October A.
Mrs. Ann Basnight has invited
an Past Noble Grands to her home
at Salvo Friday October "a tr
spend the day and hold the regular
meeting.
The coastland times., 1958-10-03
40 TARBORO BAPTISTS
TO FISH THE WEEK END
IN MANNS HARBOR AREA

Manns Harbor.-Approximately
40 members of the adult Bible
Class of the Baptist Church in Tar
boro will pit their skill against the
trout and croaker of Croatan
Sound on Saturday, it was an
nounced today by Mr.. and Mrs. w.
S. White of the Croatan Motel
here, where the group will make
their headquarters.
"The party will arrive Friday,
spend the night at the Croatan
motel and fish on Saturday from
sir or more boats" w. S. White
reports. Hugh (Chick) Craddock,
skipper of the party boat Lollipop,
says the party should have good
luck, if they have favorable wealth
er. Craddock has reported some
excellent catches of fish, mostly
trout, by parties he has taken to
Croatan Lighthouse waters recent
ly.
1t will be the second time that
the Tarboro Baptists have fished
in local waters. A group of about
20 were here last Fall. Another
Tarboro group, members of the
National guard there, fished in
Manns Harbor waters recently
with good results, according to the
Whites.
The coastland times., 1958-10-03
CARL ID. MANN BUILDING
MAINS HARBOR MARINA

Carl Mann of Manns Harbor is
building a marina on the south
side of the west approach to Will
liam B. Umstead Bridge over
Croatan Sound.
A marine railway, modern
boat launching ramp, and facilities
for fishermen, both sports and
commercial, are to be, completed
by the summer of 1869. For sports
fishermen he plans to have at
least % boats ranging from row
skiffs to cabin cruisers for rent to
anglers and also provide bait, sell
tackle and feature everything one
would expect at modern marina
fishing center.
The coastland times., 1958-10-03
ERNST FAMILY LANDS
WASH TUB FULL OF FISH

William Ernst, with wife and
three children really got in some
good fishing in Croatan Sound
Friday of last week. They caught
181 trout which filled a wash tub.
Mr.. Ernst says it's the first time
he has gotten such good fishing
fun since he came here five years
ago.
Other reports from the sound
are good. Chick Craddock of
Manns Harbor reports that fish
ing party on Thursday in the same
area landed 157 gray trout and 20
croakers. This group, fishing from
Capt. Craddock's Lollipop, includ-
ed Oliver, Robie, Tom and Don
Page and Willard Wilson of Will
son, N. G..
The coastland times., 1958-10-03
SPECKLED TROUT AND
PUPPY DRUM IN SURF

Buxton.-Surf fishing was back
to normal along the coast this
week following the passing of
Hurricane Helene which passed
seaward some 40 miles south of
Cape Hatteras.
Whiting, speckled trout and a
few puppy drum (baby channel
bass) have been landed by anglers
fishing here at the Cape, in the
Avon and Hatteras Inlet area re-
Gently.
There were reports of sizeable
channel bass, at least three, being
caught in the. surf near Waves
and Salvo, but names of the ang-
lers who made the catch We're not
Immediately available.
On Nags Head Julian Oneto re-
ported exceptionally good catches
from the three ocean piers Of the
Dare Beaches and they have been
"doing right good" in the surf, he
stated.
The coastland times., 1958-10-03
CANCER UNIT FOR
DARE COUNTY SET
UP LAST WEEK
Executive Committee N a m d
With Mrs. Bridges Re-
elected President

The Executive Committee of the
Dare County unit of the American
Cancer Society held its first meet
ing Wednesday September "a foI
the purpose of organizing an ac-
tiveu nit in Dare County. The
Executive Committee is composed
Of the following Officers:
President-Mrs. H. o. Bridges,
Wanchese, First Vice-President-
DR.. w. w. Harvey, Jr. Second
Vice-President-Mrs. Alvah Ward,
Manteo, Campaign Chairman -
Mrs. Jack Twiford, Kitty Hawk,
Secretary = Mrs. Nevin Wescott,
Manteo, and Treasurer-Mr. David
Dickey, Manteo.
In addition to the above officers,
also present at the meeting was
Mrs. Bert Tyson of Greenville,
N. c., Field Consultant, whose
suggestions and advice were very
helpful in getting a local unit or
ganized.
There will be Board of Direc-
tors, composed of one or more rep
resentatives in each community
from civic clubs, government
(Park Service, military services.
etc., industry, business, profess
sional people, church groups, etc.
This Board will have two meetings
per year, fall and spring. The fall
meeting will be held at Buxton
School on November S at 700
o'clock.
Mrs. Tyson, in explaining the
functions of a cancer unit, told
the Committee. "There are three
phases of work with which a unit
of this kind is concerned: educa-
ton, service and research" She
further stated that if the county
has a local unit we will be per-
mitted to retain 409o Of the funds
collected during the crusade for
use in the county. This year the
quota set is $274.13. She also told
of the many services county unit
can render to individuals, such as
visiting nurse service, counseliDg
service, transportation service,
dressings, access to detection CEN
ters and other special assistance.
Announcement was made of an
oral cancer clinic to be held at
Duke Hospital, Durham, and Me-
mortal Hospital, Chapel Hill on Oc-
tober 10. Any one who is inter-
ested may avail themselves of the
services of this clinic.
The coastland times., 1958-10-03
NEWS OF RECORDERS
COURT IN DARE co.

Cases in Dare Recorders Court
Tuesday of this week were as fol-
lows:
Ernest r. Balance of Hatteras,
and Horatio P. Beck of Rodanthe,
for careless and reckless driving,
each fined $25 and costs. Robert
Edwards of Marshville, improper
passing, $5 and costs.
Fines of $40 each and costs were
taxed against William Earl Coop
er, Manteo, improper equipment.
Charles E. Sanders, Kitty Hawk,
wrong side driving and improper
equipment. John Israel Watson of
Engelhard, improper equipment
and driving on wrong side of road.
The coastland times., 1958-10-03
TIMBER COMPANY
TO AGAIN ALLOW
HUNTING IN AREA
Abundance of Deer. Bear. Quail
Reported from Sections Of
Four-County Area

West Virginia Pulp and Paper
Company will again this year issue
permits allowing the public to
hunt on lands owned by the COM
pany in Dare, Tyrrell, Hyde. and
Washington Counties.
Permits for the hunting season
which opens in North Carolina on
October l5, 1858 will be available
on and after October 6, 1868 at the
field headquarters at Manns Har-
Dor and Gum Neck as well as at
designated stores througout Dare
and Tyrrell Counties.
The fees for permits will be one
dollar for the residents of Dare,
Tyrrell, Hyde, and Washington
Counties, North Carolina and five
dollars for non-residents.l To be
eligible for a permit, a person
must hold a hunting license issued
by the State of North Carolina.
Company built roads will be open
to vehicles only on Saturdays Sc
lected by the company and will be
closed not later than one hour af-
ter sundown. For reasons of safe
ty, hunting will not be allowed in
certain posted areas where COM
pany operations are underway.
There is reason to believe that
game will be quite plentiful this
year. Company employees have re-
ported seeing many deer in the
Beechlands section of Dare County
and in the vicinity of Southwest
Fork in Tyrrell County. Quail ap-
pear to be very numerous on the
cut-over land in the Kilkenny Sec
ton. There are reports of bear
from all sections of the four-county
area.
Hunters and guides, too, can help
in the conservation of game by
seeing that bag limits are not ex-
ceeded, that hunting areas are ro-
tated and that good sportsmanship
is observed in the field. All hunters
are to carry their permits with
them while hunting on company
lands. Most of the company lands
may be identified by signs bearing
the company name and reading
Hunting Allowed by Permission
Only" which have been posted in
cooperation with the North Caro-
lima Wildlife Resources Commits
sion.
The company would like to bring
to the attention of hunters the
changes of fire in the woods. Fires
caused by carelessness can undo in
a few minutes much of the forest
rebuilding job that has been ac-
complished in the last several
years.
The coastland times., 1958-10-03

The complete story of the Outer
Banks-one of the most fabulous
and unique regions in America
is told by David Stick in The Outer
Banks of North Carolina, to be
published on November Is by The
University of North Carolina
Press. This book covers for the
first time the geography, the his
tory, the people, and the legends
of the entire area which stretches
from the Virginia line to Beaufort.
Present day descriptions of each of
the Banks communities and their
points of interest are included as
a helpful guide for visitors.
David Stick began working on
The Outer Banks of North Caro-
lima more than ten years ago,
studying old records and gathering
material, collecting stories from
coastal old-timers and reading old
newspapers. He found so much
material on shipwrecks that he
distressed to write the best-seller
Graveyard of the Atlantic, pub
lished by The University of North
CAROLINA Press in 1852 and now in
it's fourth large printing.
David Stick has lived on the
Outer Banks since he was nine
years old. He attended Elizabeth
See STICK, Page Four
The coastland times., 1958-10-03
| ARG EST SURF
FISHING EVENTS
ON DARE COAST
By AYCOCK BROWN

Nags Head.-Sanctioned by the
international Association of Surf
Angling Clubs, Americas largest
surf fishing tournament and also
the nations newest tourney will
be presented here on the Dare
Coast during late October.
The first event, the seventh an
nual Nags Head Surf Fishing
Tournament, sponsored by the
Nags Head Surf Fishing Club, will
be presented during the week end
of October 17-19; the second tour
ney, on the following week end
will be held on Hatteras Island
under the sponsorship of the Cape
Hatteras Anglers Club with head
quarters at Buxton.
George Sides, secretary-treas-
urer of the Nags Head Surf Fish
ing Club stated this week that the
Nags Head tourney, which has be-
come the nations largest surf
fishing event, had already entered
five-person teams from 36 clubs
with others expected to enter be-
tween now and the opening date,
making it the largest in the seven
year history of the sponsoring
club.
James Scarborough of Nags
Head and H. w. Shaner of Mar
gate City, N. j., will be co-direc-
tors of the tournament here which
will as in the past, feature inter-
club competition on Friday and
Saturday and open individual COM
petition on Sunday. Headquarters
for the tournament will again be
The Carolinian Hotel, where Julian
Oneto, the resident manager an
nounced that social events with
appeal to surf fishermen would be
presented in the hotels Anchor
Club each evening.
Prizes will be awarded those in
team competition at a banquet on
Saturday evening. Harry Stel-
wagon, president of the Associa-
ton of Surf Angling Clubs will
be here from his home in Philadel-
phia to direct the awarding of tro-
phies. This year as in the past, tro-
phies to be awarded will be valued
at approximately $1,000. Prizes to
persons winning in the individual
competition will be awarded Sun
day evening in the hotels Anchor
Club.
Hatteras Tournament
Twelve teams already have en-
tered the Cape Hatteras clubs
tournament with at least twice
that many expected before opening
day of October %, it was reported
by the Clubs president Edgar
Hooper this week. The three day
event of this newest tournament
on the Atlantic coast, in an area
far-famed for surf fishing, will
end on Saturday evening, with .
big banquet and the awarding o.
prizes and trophies.
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