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Sheriff Frank Cahoon presided
and A. w. Drinkwater was named
general chairman. Sheriff Cahoon
was named local chairman and
Treasurer of the celebration plans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Etheridge, the for
mer Elizabeth Webb of Chowan
County recently observed their
50th wedding anniversary. The
committee plans to present them
with an appropriate gift in appre-
citation of their many years of
service in the community, county
and state.
Invitations will be sent to a
number of distinguished officials
and citizens who have been long
time friends of Mr.. Etheridge.
Some of these are Hon. Lindsay
Warren, State Treasurer Edwin
Gill, Congressman Herbert C. Bon
ner, and other Congressman, for
mer representative E. R. johnson
of Currituck and many others
whose names will be announced
later.
While invitations will be mailed
directly to state officials and 9TH
ers who have been associated with
Mr.. Etheridge in public life, a
public invitation is open to all Dare
citizens and they are urged to at
tend. An old fashioned picnic din
ner is considered a friendly and
folksy manner in which the friends
of a lifetime may congregate and
enjoy wholesome friendship, GUS
tom that has been neglected great
ly in recent years.
The incomplete list Of the pre-
liminary committee now planning
the Etheridge celebration include
Sheriff Frank Cahoon, Clarence
Midget of Manns Harbor, Horace
Hooper Of Stumpy Point, j. Frank
Meekins of Rodanthe, w. A. Meek
ms of Waves, N. F. Jennette of
Buxton, E. G. Gray of Avon, Ar
mold Daniels of Wanchese, C. S.
Meekins, NJ. L. Daniels, Jr., Mrs.
Donis White, Mrs. Mary L. Evans,
D. V. Meekins, A. H. Ward, Jr,
Mrs. 0. ]. Jones, Mrs. Leo Mid
gett, Mrs. T. D. Etheridge, Mrs.
w. G. Etheridge, Mrs. C. S.
Meekins, Mrs. R. D. Sawyer, Mrs.
Rennie Williamson, z. F. Perry
and Mrs. Herbert Perry of Kitty
Hawk, J. H. Meekins and Lewis
Meekins of Colington, w. D. Perry
of Kill Devil Hills, Mrs. Ethel
Tillett and H. L. Davis of Wan
cheese, Charles R. Evans, J. F. Will
son, W. H. McCown, Vernon Gas
kill, Albert Bell, Andy Griffith, NJ.
r. Daniels, Horace Dough, Pat
Bayne, Mrs. Emily Smith, w. S.
White, Lloyd Scarborough, S.
Fronts, George Fuller, Mrs.
Maude White, Julian Austin, M.
L. Burrus, Mrs. NJ. l.. Gaskill, F.
l.. Peele, Mrs. w. H. Robinson,
R. B. Daley, Rev. Ed Hooper,
Keith Fearing, Jr., H. o. Bridges,
Monroe Midget, ]. c. B. Ehring-
haus Jr., J. NJ. Broughton Jr., Mrs.
7. S. Meekins, Jr., Mrs. Fred Bas-
night, J. E. Ferebee, L. D. Hassell,
Tom Dough, Martin Kellogg, Jr.,
Earl Green, Ralph Davis, Wallace
Gray, Tom r. Midget, C. E.
Payne, Dick Best, Robert F. Gibbs,
Supt. of the Cape Hatteras Ma
tional Seashore and many others.
Bruce Etheridge day" will come
in conjunction with the 900th per-
Torrance of the Lost Colony for
which Andy Griffith is a scheduled
guest. Mr.. Etheridge has been on
the Board of the Directors of the
Lost Colony and was one of its
early promoters and continual
active supporter.
Mr.. Etheridge, who has served
many terms in the Legislature
was nominated again in May with
out opposition. He has been Clerk
of the Court, Superintendent of
schools, State Senator, banker,
businessman, and for II years was
director of the Department of Con-
servation and Development in RAJ
leigh. He and Mrs. Etheridge, with
their daughter, Mrs. Matilda Inge,
and granddaughter Miss Betty
Bruce Inge live at the old family
home at Mother Vineyard on Roa-