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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21
IL WINTER COMES CAN SPRING BE FAR BEHIND?

We've had touch of winter so what? Other folks have
had it too lot Temperatures in parts of
this coasand have dropped to eight this week Sounds
frozen across not to speak of all the creeks and of the
rivers Everything that would heat house has been pushed
to capacity and oil dealers have gotten workout Folks
have shivered in their sitting with stoves going full
blast Cooking hours have been off schedule Deliveries of
many things have been behind time
It's been the biggest freeze since the winter of
It's something many of todays youngsters be-
come And the older folks have become accustomed
todays luxurious living compared with what they knew
in earlier days have grumbed oudest at the hardship the
inconvenience the expense this freeze has brought upon
u.s. Youngsters will remember and recount for long time
the unusual circumstance of ice piled high along the shores
ferry boats solid in ice and unable to make their
trips of transportation and delivery teups and the grmb
ling of older folks at their inability to get in enough wood
oil or coal to keep their homes warm.
With all this bother people of the coastland are
fortunate than other people situated farther inland
and farther north many of whom will remain
imprisoned by cold and ice long after the winds
of the gulf stream have soothed red feelings and the
ice melted away and out in the southern
the delights of years visits to this blessed coastand
and others with them will be making definite plans to return
here weather permits and to enjoy long and
sunny vacation at the earliest opportunity
We have often heard that freezing spells good for
the farmer Freezes said to condition the land causing
decomposition of vegetable matter to ferze new crops
Freezes Also told, kill bugs and which
detrimental to seed and young sprouts this be true then
the farmer has had valuable ally this month.
Plumbers have been having field day, what with brok-
en- pipes and pumps and toilet fixtures The sad part
of all this from the plumbers point of view is that the rush
comes all once and demands his services when temper
atures least bearable for working 1t just
must pay price for everything of value
But to all of who must depend most on what spring
and is to bring quote the oft repeated
couplet: eff winter spring be far behnd For
we know upon sober reflection that won't be long
before sunny skies will favor that childhood again will
delight the feel of soft sands under bare feet and again
be time to take long rides through our neighborng
countryside to view the greenery of the woods the blossom
ing of dogwoods the fresh springng from the fields
all shone the blessings of nature and the goodness
of God to the coastland.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21
MANTEO TEAMS BUSY AS
TOURNAMENT APPROACHES

The Manteo basketball teams
were busy this past week as the
time for the tournament approach
es. Here are results of that action
during the period:
Last Friday night, Manteo girls
handled the Camden girls with a
little more ease than earlier in the
season when they edged them by
only one point. Sandra Dowdy led
her team with 10 points, as the
Redskins won 1928.
The Manteo boys, who had been
beaten by the Camden Rebels two
weeks previously, took a 27-1O
lead, and completely outclassed the
Rebels. Final Score was Manteo
So, Camden 35. Hughes Tillett was
high point man with 20 points.
The game with Central, sched-
uled for Tuesday night, was play
ed Wednesday due to the severe
weather Tuesday. The Manteo
girls, who were ahead 90 at the
end of the first quarter, opened
their lead to 26-15 at half-time'
Helen Baum piled up % points in
the Redskins victory. Final score
was Manteo So, Central az.
The Manteo boys, however, lost
their opportunity to tie for first
place in the conference standings
as they lost to the Central boys.
Manteo, unused to having man.
to-man defense used against them,
had difficulty in getting their Of
tense to working. The Redskins
had 1915 half-time lead, but
were behind at the end of the
third quarter. The loss of Gary
Meekins and Lawrence Swain by
fouls considerable weakened the
team. At the end of the regulation
game, the score was 35-35. Central
won the game in the 3-minute
overtime 1898. Jeffrey Midget
and Lawrence Swain were high
point leaders for Manteo with 10
points each.
The Redskins will play their last
conference game Friday night
as they travel to Sunbury. The
tournament is scheduled to begin
Friday, February % in Elizabeth
City.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21

The reduction in fire assurances
rate in some cases more than pay
the town taxes levied on the prop
erty.
Supporters of the town of Kill
Devil Hills point out that of the
total town income of $18,596.29 per
year, the permanent residents pay
only $1,709.65 which is actually
less than ten per cent of the in
come collected, and spent in the
community.
Supporters also say that abolish
ment of the town, would still cost
these citizens more than they now
pay in taxes because insurance
rates would go up, and certain fix
ed taxes would be added to their
county taxes to pay off certain OBJ
legations, while on the other hand
the community would get nothing
in return.
Fear Laughing Stock"
And this is why some citizens
who had been misled in the begin
ming are taking second thought.
Their sound commonsense isn't
convinced it is good business to
throw away the nine dollars and
more they are getting for less
than the one dollar they pay in
taxes.
They can't see the wisdom of
going out and appealing to people
to come from other states, to in
vest their money in beach homes,
spend part of their year in the
community, and then have that
community looked on as a laugh
ing stock.
Nobody wants his community,
not even an adopted community,
to be laughed at when he tells peo-
pie where he lives, or where he
spends his summers.
So, as one man says, "Any plan
will have some faults; we've got
to work them out. The money we
get is spent here. No place ever
got so much for so little. We're
not going to find any better way
to get as much as we now get,
surely not if we tear up the char
ter. 1 think lot of thinking is go
ing to be done before our people do
anything SO reckless as to vote out
the town"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21

D. LEON WILLIAMS, 81 of Sa-
vannah, director of the Georgia
State port program, has been
named executive director of the
N. c. State Ports Authority, says
John M. Reeves of Pinehurst,
Chairman of the Authority, and
becomes effective March Is.
Governor Hodges has considered
the recommendation of the Author
ity, as required by law, and has
approved the selection of Mr.. VIII
liams. 81 am impressed with Mr..
Williams record and believe the
North Carolina Ports Authority
has employed a man with great
experience in ports work." he said.
ave are looking to him to provide
the active supervision and direc-
ton which is needed to accelerate
our State Ports program in the
economic development of our
State"
Mr.. Williams has agreed to a
two-year contract at an annual sal
airy of $4,000; with the State
appropriations pay for $4,000 of
this total and the remainder COM
ing from operating funds of the
Ports Authority.
A native of Bessemer, Alabama,
Mr.. Williams joined the Georgia
Ports Authority in 1947 as assist
ant director. Mr.. Williams has
served as president of the South
Atlantic Ports Conference for
three years and for four years has
served as a member of the board
of directors of the American Asso-
citation of Ports Authorities. Last
October he was elected a vice
president of the Association.
He attended Howard and Van
derbilt Universities. Mr.. and Mrs.
Williams are Baptists and have
been residents of Georgia for over
80 years.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21
TOLD LIE ABOUT LOSING
CASH IN POKER GAME
John Sykes. Fish Market Man Fined 500
in Norfolk Court For Fake Story

South Norfolk.-A 22-year-old
fish market employee was fined 500
and sentenced to 60 days in jail
for falsely alleging that a police
officer took $50 from him.
According to 1t. A. R. Bryant,
John R. Sykes, of the 1900 block
of Windsor avenue, Norfolk, came
to Police Headquarters Friday
night and made a statement that
police officer had stopped him
for speeding on Chesapeake drive.
Sykes said the officer told him
he probably would lose his license,
but that no charges would be made
if Sykes turned over all his money
to the officer.
Lieutenant Bryant said after
taking Sykes statement he had all
his officers on duty at the time
line up and told Sykes to identify
the officer. Bryant said Sykes was
unable to do so.
After questioning by detectives,
Bryant said, Sykes made another
statement, admitting that he had
made up the story to cover for the
loss of $50 in poker game on
Brambleton Avenue in Norfolk
shortly before he made his first
statement.
Sykes said the other poker play
ers had threatened him if he re-
vealed how he had lost the money,
some of which belonged to Sykes
employer.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21
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* Editor
A PASTOR WHO SEES MISSION
MONEY USED ECONOMICALLY

To The Editor:
Under the caption "Uncle Willie
From Wanchese Writes:" (Feb. 6,
1859, the author of the letter in
his opening paragraph unintention-
ally helps to perpetuate a false
hood long discredited by those
who have taken the trouble to in
vestigate the financing of modern
missionary activities.
/ would not be so presumptuous
as to speak for Communions other
than the one in which / am a men,
Der, but what is true of my Com
munion is true also of the other
major Protestant Communions in
the United States and in other
lands. Of only very small minor
ity-those refusing to work CO.
operatively or through a central
agency in the planning, financing,
and administration of the mission
program--can it be said it takes a
dollar to get a "dime to the
heathen."
The audited report of receipts
and disbursements of the Mission
airy Arm of my Communion reveals
that for each dollar contributed by
members of our congregations in
the United States the Missionary
Society was able to use $1.40! This
stretching of the dollar was made
possible through the giving of
those churches established by the
missionaries of past generations
churches now reaching maturity
and accepting their share of the
total program of the Church.
In this day when all of us feel
the effects of a devaluated dollar
it is interesting to note that the
savings affected through central
planning and mass purchasing has
increased the value of the dollar
contributed to Mission causes far
beyond the purchasing value of the
dollar in government or private in
dustry.
To keep alive, then, the false
hood that it takes One Dollar to
get the dime to the Mission field
is to give aid and comfort to the
forces of evil and reflects adverse
ly the character of those who are
making sacrificial efforts in the
attempt to bring Christ to all peo-
pie.
trust you will give this expla-
nation of the unintentional error
in Uncle Willie's letter the same
publicity his letter received.
FRANK w. WIBIRAL, Th.D.
Pastor Disciples of Christ
Engelhard, N. C.
Feb. 8, 1858
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FREEZE
Continued from Page One)

thing. In today's freezes great
hardships result when one can't
get to the store each day, so have
all become creatures of new habits.
Forty years ago many people
seemed to be comfortable in houses
where the northwesters filtered
freely through the walls and one
might see daylight through the
cracks of the floor. People wore
several thicknesses of clothing,
slept in beds piled high with heavy
quilts, and thought they were do
ing well. Nowadays modern houses
of necessity must be built tight
and warm, and they are easily
heated. People do not have to run
out across the yard in sub-freezing
weather to find toilet accommoda-
tions. People do not need to take
long walks in the cold to reach
the store, if they didn't have a
horse to ride. Now they travel with
ease in heated automobiles.
Thus it becomes easy to see why
this weeks freeze serves people
worse than the freeze of 40 years
ago, when people had become ac-
customed to rough weather, a
tougher life and hard living.
But today's living is more costly
by far Every home has water
system Of some type. Not prepared
for a freeze, there have been many
busted pipes, numerous damaged
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21
ELECTION
Continued from Page One)

The remaining 20 per cent of
the taxes are paid by citizens, and
they are the principal beneficiaries
Those of them carrying insurance
on their houses, get saving in
insurance which sometimes is
greater than the amount of the
taxes. Hence it costs them nothing
to have a municipality.
Yet oddly enough, few of these
people who save money by having
a town, cry loudest to do away
with it, in hope they can make i'm
mediate profit on their land, and
in some instances they are able
to lead well-meaning neighbors
astray and against their own in
terests.
One of the strange things that
recently happened was a scheme
whereby the towns money would
have been spent to build road
which would be of immense bene-
fit to property owned by men who
have been most vigorous in their
fight against the town, one of
them being town official. This
scheme is reported as having been
blown up when some of the citi-
zens caught on and raised cain.
During the past five years of
the operation of the town, many
thousands of dollars have come to
it from state sources and without
cost to the citizens, which have
been spent for streets, drainage,
mosquito control projects, etc.
AS it stands today, less than half
Of the income the town gets comes
from property taxes, so of the
benefits the community gets from
public funds, those who live there
and enjoy the advantages that
come to the town are paying not
20 per cent, but a better figure
would be about ten per cent. That
appears to be pretty good going
WHEEL Ouc may pun III ICh Venus
and get a dollar back into the
community, plus the prestige Of a
community whose homes and citi-
zens are protected by coming, fire
service and police service.
Because it is town, Kill Devil
Hills gets $4,000 year for inn
provement of it's streets, from
Powell funds.
Because it is a town, it gets
some 81, 400 year in grants from
state funds, beer, intangible and
other taxes.
Because it is town with a fire
department, it's property owners
get q reduction in fire insurance
premium rates ranging from 8
cents TO 20 cents per 500, depend
ing on the class Of risk; far less
than insurance rates on similar
property outside the town limits.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21
OTHER EDITORS
A PERTINENT QUESTION
ASHLEY Futrell in
Washington Daily News)

During the three day press
meeting recently at Chapel Hill, a
group of newspaper folks gathered
in one of the rooms for one Of
those we'll known "bull" sessions.
1t was late, at night, and as
usual the talk veered to politics.
"Who is going to be the next gov
ernor of North Carolina? ?" one of
the fellows asked.
The names of several candidates
were mentioned. Among them were
Tom Pearsall Terry Sanford,
Luther Barnhardt, Stag Ballen-
tine, Beverly Lake, John Larkins,
and Edwin Gill. Perhaps there
were others too, but this writer
cannot recall any other names for
the moment.
Each ones possibilities were
discussed, and some thought one
candidate had the best chance
while others disagreed.
One of North Cardinals most
astute political observers and pre-
dictors sat over in the corner, and
he had not given his opinion on
the subject. Finally someone turn
ed to Lynn Nisbet and asked him
about the next governor. "You
haven't called his name yet" he
said. Everyone became real quiet,
and it was evident that a pensive
mood was prevalent.
After a moment, Mr.. Nisbet
broke the silence to say Lindsay
Warren will be next governor of
North Carolina if he wants it"
Then he added these rather signi-
ficant words: "Why in the heck do
you think he is running for the
senate ?"
Mr.. Nisbet then went on to ex-
plain that Mr.. Warren will be
only 70 years of age when the next
governor assumes office. He spec
ulated that Mr.. Warren is getting
back into the public eye this year
as candidate for the State SEN
ate. He explained that two years
from now he will be a prime pros
pect for the number one state
office.
A hush fell over the crowd. In a
few moments it was evident that
Mr.. Nisbet's words were taking
the shape of a trial balloon. And
it was evident also that the editors
were very kindly toward the
thought. of Mr.. Warren's candi-
dacy. In fact, it was agreed by
several of those in the room that
if he wants the job, he can have it.
We don't know how Mr.. Warren
feels about this matter. We have
not discussed with him at any
time his feeling about running for
governor. We will say this. If he
decides two years from now to
run. he will be elected, we believe.
And he would make an excellent
governor.
One particular point intrigues
US. Having lived here in Beaufort
County for eight and a half years
and having been rather close to
our people in all walks of life, We
have never heard Mr.. Warren's
name mentioned for governor in
1860. But it goes to show that peo-
pie in other parts of the state are
right now reading such signifi-
canoe into his announcement that
he will be a candidate for the State
senate this time.
Time will tell.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21
HUSBANDS ENTERTAINED
BY WANCHESE HID WOMEN

The Wanchese Home Demonstra-
ton Club put on a dinner last
Thursday evening, having hus-
bands as special guests. A stewed
chicken dinner was served, and Mr..
and Mrs. Elmo Daniels sang dur
ing the evening. Mrs. Larry Ba-
lance welcomed the guests and
Mrs. Harry Baum, president, gave
report on the recent meeting of
the County Council. Mrs. Chesley
Midget, Jr., reported on the home
Identification project, and an
nounced that the club would I'M
dertake to beautify the Wanchese
school ground. Mrs. Midget is
chairman of the committee, and
serving with her are Mrs. Gage
Williams and Mrs. ]. NJ. Cudworth,
Jr. The March meeting will be held
with Mrs. Larry Balance.
Attending the dinner were Mr..
and Mrs. J. T. Daniels, Mr.. and
Mrs. Larry Balance, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. NJ. Cudworth, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs.
E. H. Walker, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmo
Daniels, Mr.. and Mrs. Chesley Mid
gett, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Baum, Mr.. and Mrs. Willett Tillett,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sammy Newman,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. johnson, Mrs.
Willis Daniels, Mrs. Evelyn Davis,
Mrs. Jimmy Williams, Jr., Mrs.
Early Gallop, Mrs. Gage Williams,
Miss Fran Alexander, home agent,
and her guest, Miss Ann Glory.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21
BIRTHS

Born to DR.. and Mrs. Maurice l.
Mandell of Bowling Green, Ohio, a
son, David Gould MandeIl, on Feb
ruary II in the Wood County Hos
pital, Bowling Green; weight six
pounds, one ounce. Mrs. Mandell is
the former Miss Natalie Gould of
Manteo and Mays Head.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21
WANcHEsE PERSONALS

Mrs. Abe Sobel is patient in
the U. s. Public Health Hospital,
Norfolk, Va.
7 Ryan Midget, who was seriously
i'll for several weeks in the Public
Health Hospital, Norfolk, recently
returned home and is able to be up.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21

washing machines, dish-washers,
refrigerators, etc. There are crack
ed toilet bowls and supply tanks.
Costly chrome fixtures have been
spoiled. The cost of this freeze to
the people of the coastland will be
greatest of any yet, although it is
not the heaviest freeze many of us
have known.
Twenty four crewmen of an
Italian freighter Bonitas, which
was disabled off the N. C. coast
are reported lost. When the vessel
began sinking, the men put over
in a boat, 81 in all, but three were
rescued, as the boat capsized. A
number of ships stood by hoping
to be of help to the vessel. The
men were lost when the lifeboat
capsized.
Great losses of ducks and geese
from starvation are expected to
follow as result of scarcity of
feed and water in their ! usual
habitats.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21
MACS HEAD PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. G. p Midget are
vacationing in Florida, visiting
their nephew, Palmer Midget, and
Mrs. Midget in Jacksonville
Beach; also visiting in Fort Laud-
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21
KITTY HAWK PERSONALS

Mr.. and MRS. Samuel Dick and
family visited Winston-Salem over
the week end.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21

DROPS DEAD-After being con-
victed of selling untaxed liquor,
Lawrence Cole, So, World War
II bomber pilot, told the judge,
Because of the state of my health,
a Jail sentence would mean my
DEATH" The defendant then drop
ped dead of a heart seizure when
the judge imposed a suspended
two-year Jail sentence and $500
fine.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21

NO HOSPITALITY some three to
one majority, voters of New Han
over County voted down a $4,500,-
900 hospital proposal Saturday.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21

DIES BEFORE RESCUE-Despite
desperate efforts to reach him, IA
year-old Donald Burns of Cotton,
Calf, died on an icy mountain
ledge near San Bernardino last
Thursday; young Burns slipped
while hiking and fell from a foot
path onto a ledge 300 to 400 feet,
down the mountain.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21

DRIVES ITSELF - The General
Motors Corp. last week demon
strated the first full-size car which
will guide itself down highway;
GIN researchers emphasized, how
ever, that the automatic guidance
system is just "the first building
block" toward completely autOma-
tic driving.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21

READY FOR WAR - President
Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia has
declared, ave are ready to make
war for Bizerte." Although he is
determined $4,000 French troops
stationed in Tunisia must go, he
suggested the big French naval
base at Bizerte might still be used
by the North Atlantic Treaty
powers.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21

SISTER GERTRUDE-In Wash
ington, d. c., a 62-yr.-old widowed
mother of ten children has become
a Catholic nun.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21

CARS AND SMOG-The Advisory
Council to the U. S. Surgeon Cen
eral on Air Pollution Problems,
thirteen scientists, medical men
and air pollution specialists, are
convinced that smog has become a
nationwide menace to health and
happiness and have appealed to
the auto industry to go all out in
developing device to reduce or
eliminate the automobiles contri-
button to air pollution.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21

"NO PUBLIC NUISANCE" = A
Johnston County Superior Court
jury last Friday decided that Percy
Flowers country store near Clay
ton, which the prosecution had
maintained was used for the un-
lawful sale of whiskey, is not a
public nuisance and so must not
remain padlocked; the store was
padlocked in raid last July 6.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21

GIRLS RESCUED-Three teen
age girls, Shirley Parnell, IA, jan
ice Caine, 16, and Sandra Prevatte,
IA, underwent narrowing expert
ence in swamps near Lumberton
last Wednesday night that almost
cost them their lives; they became
lost while out hunting and when
found standing in water three feet
deep, were cold and frightened.
TWO CHILDREN BURNED-Two
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Willie
johnson of Kenbridge, Va, Tommy
Lee, two years old, and Charles
one year old, died last Thursday
when fire destroyed the Johnson's
stenant farm home; another four
year-old child escaped injury.