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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-04
ocRAcOKE PERSONALS

On last Sunday night at the
evening service at the Methodist
Church the Ocracoke Boy Scouts
Troop 300 and the Cub Scout
Troop received charters for the
year 1889 and scouts and COM
mitteemen were given their indi-
vidual membership cards. Capt.
Marvin w. Howard, scoutmaster,
and Benjamin L. O'Neal, assist
ant, were recognized. Rev. w. w.
Clarke, pastor, conducted the
Court of Honor, with scouts and
cubs participating.
Cecil Bragg and party are oc-
cupying the Albert Styron cottage
this week. With Mr.. Bragg, who
is native of Ocracoke, is an old
friend, Rosario Bonaccorso of Ca
tania, Sicily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Farmer, Jr
of Richmond and family are visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
B. Gaskins. Mrs. Elmer Farmer,
ST.. is visiting Miss BERTHE Gaskins.
Charlie Ahman's son, Jack, spent
a week end here recently. 1t was
his first visit. Also here We're
Charles brother, John Amman and
Mrs. Amman and a nephew, of
Charlottesville, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Beasley
of Portsmouth is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Eleanor Burrus.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Burgess of
Raleigh are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Irving Forbes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Schweitzer
and son of Maplewood, N. J. are
occupying one of the Wahab cot
tagcs. George Leon and party and
Mr. and Mrs. Jasmir Tobias of
New York and Walter A. Strong
III of .Beloit, Wisconsin, are oc-
cupying other Wahab cottages.
Mrs. Nina Warren of Norfolk,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lance Montague and
Woodrow Fulcher are here for the
July 4th week end, occupying the
Alice Williams home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Parker of
Meriden, Connecticut, who are oc-
cupying their summer home this
month, expect their daughter, Mrs.
Sallie Rich, and granddaughter,
for visit this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McDemott
and family of six children are
back for another happy summer
vacation at Ocracoke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Runyon
and family of New Haven, Conn
arrived Monday to spend month
at their summer home here.
Miss Kathleen Bragg visited
Mrs. Pearl Midget in Buxton re-
Gently.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-04
GUM NECK PERSONALS

Mrs. Mae Norman is here with
her daughter, Mrs. Hiram White
after spending the winter in Cali
fornia with her son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Cohoon of
South Norfolk visited relatives
here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Worth Smell spent
Sunday in Washington visiting
relatives.
Hal Cohoon and Johnnie White
are at Camp Don Lee this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgbert Liverman
of Norfolk are visiting relatives
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carbon Everton
and family of Norfolk are visiting
friends and relatives here.
Mrs. Doris Cohoon spent We'd
nesday in Washington.
Mrs. Troy Elliott of Winfall
visited her parents here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Sawyer of
Virginia Beach are visiting rela-
tives here.
Raymond Combs is home with
his father.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Turner and
children spent Monday in Eliza
beth City.
Joe Williams visited in Swan
Quarter Sunday,
Mrs. Gertrude White attended
her Glass Reunion in Swan Quar-,
ter Sunday.
Ruben Berry of Norfolk was
here for the week end.
Little Shirlene Jenkins of Eliza.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-04
CONTEMPT HEARING
REVEALS CARELESS
HANDLING OF FUNDS
HYDE School Officials Scored For
Discussing $4,000 Against
Courts Orders

Testimony. brought out at a
hearing for contempt of court di-
rected against school officials of
Hyde County and the State of
N. C. illustrates effectively the
widespread disregard of response
bility that exists among people
who spend some public funds,
namely other peoples money.
School Superintendent Tommy
Gaylord of Hyde County was found
guilty of contempt of court, in OBJ
tanning from Raleigh state funds
in the sum of $4,000 and disburs
ing them in violation of restrain
ing order issued on April % by
Judge Clifton Moore.
The Judge was not pleased with
the disregard shown his order. 1t
was one phase of the long drawn
out school controversy in Hyde
County. Those who are contending
for a two high school system on
the Hyde mainland, content that
the "eager beaver attitude of Supt.
Gaylord is mainly responsible for
engineering and precipitating all
the Hyde mainland, contend that
the Board of Education has fol-
lowed him with two thirds of this
strength, and that the spending of
this money, with the checks hav-
ing been signed by Chairman
Gratz Creole, who claims he didn't
know what the checks We're for,
we'll illustrates their contention.
Chairman Credle's claim that he
signed away $4,000 of public
funds and didn't know what it was
for, caused the judge to comment
that he should be home looking
after his farming.
Judge Moore is quoted as saying
"Men in public office who sign
$4,000 in checks without knowing
what they are for, have little to
recommend them for public office"
Gaylord was most censured and
found guilty of contempt, but
judgement was deferred last Fri
day in the hearing at Washington.
Chairman Creole was censured,
along with two state school Off
cials, namely A. c. Davis, auditor
for the State Board of Education;
and Controller C. D. Douglas who
issued the money on the request of
Supt. Gaylord. The state officials
contended they We're unaware of
the court order, and Gaylord that
he was not a party to the suit,
although the facts indicated he
was we'll aware that the disburse-
ment of this money was forbidden
in the order.
The $4,000 was paid to
contractors engaged in building a
central high school near Lake
Comfort, but which it is alleged is
unlawfully being built, in that
Hyde County has not obtained
title to the amount of land essen
tial as prerequisite to building
a project of this kind. The suit
which resulted in the restraining
order was brought by Earl Top
ping, a citizen of Sladesville.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-04

LOUIS (Satchmo) ARMSTRONG,
the world-famed trumpet player, is
making an appearance next week
at Mays Head. On tour he brings
with him his orchestra of six or
seven pieces plus vocalists.
The one-night appearance will
be at Ras Westcott's Mays Head
Casino, Saturday, July IL starting
at 8 pm. Westcott says this APP
pearance is in line with his policy
of bringing the top stars to the
area, at least occasionally. Big
bands in the past have been Jan
CARRIER, Dean Hudson, Bubbles
Becker and others.
Armstrong is quite versatile in
the entertainment business. Besides
being the trumpet player that he
is, he sings inimitably, emcees and
performs other duties. He has
made over a thousand recordings,
made TV and radio appearances,
acted in motion pictures. This per-
fermance will be with his All
Stars, and promises to be top
notch entertainment.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-04

monty used. These materials are
sold under different trade names.
The one used most in this section
is Soil Fume. Soil fume should be
applied in the soil fifteen days be-
fore planting.
Nematodes are tiny eel like
worms that live on juices in the
root system. Experts say that
nematodes cause millions of dol
lars in crop losses each year.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-04
DARE AGENT REPORTS
ON MOLES, NEMATODES

Vernon Gaskill, of Wanchese,
has new remedy for ground
moles. Gaskill has little wooden
windmills attached to a stake and
driven in the mole path. He says
the windmill's turning causes vi
bration. "Moles do not like vibra-
ton and stay clear of the area,
says Gaskill.
The Wanchese resident says his
idea is not original. He got the
idea from an old resident years
ago. The old fellow would lamp
on the ground with a big stick
to drive moles out of his yard.
Gaskill said everyone there
thought the old man foolish. Gas
kill said the windmill idea is
easier, since it gets the vibrating
effect easier.
Lonnie Gray, who lives near
Manteo, has nematodes trouble in
his garden. Gray said that his
garden had done poorly all year.
Gray pulled up several plants and
found that nematodes or root
knot" had severely infested his
garden. There are several mater
ials that do a good lob of control
ling nematodes. EDB, DID, and
Methyl Bromide are most COM
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-04

The rugged coastline of tiny
Nova Scotia is three times longer
than the entire Pacific frontage of
California, Oregon, and Washing
ton State.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-04
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CHS

1857 Chevrolet 21O, 2-dOor,
R&H
1855 Ford RanchwagOn
1855 Ford CustOmline 4-doOr,
o. ID.
1854 Chevrolet. 2-dOor, R&H
1853 Ford, 4-dOor
1858 Studebaker, 4-dOOr,
Champion
1858 Plymouth, 4-dOOr
1852 Ford Custom VS., 2-door
F-O-M
1852 Chevrolet, Convertible
Coupe
1852 Chevrolet, 2-door, R&H
1851 Chevrolet, 2-doOr
1851 Buick, 4-dOor
1850 Buick, 4-dOOr
1859 DesOto, 4-dOOr
1949 Plymouth, $500
194S OldsmObile, 4-dOOr
1910 Ford, 2-doOr vs.
TRUCKS
1856 Ford Ton Pickup vs.
1856 Chevrolet I, ton Pickup
1852 III ton, LWB, Dodge
Truck, good condition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-25

A FTER few years study of piano, this
N 4-year-old Scuttled his early ambition
to become a musician. He learned he had
more music appreciation than talent.
Another early ambition, to become an
attorney, was realized. He Is a member of
the bars of the District of Columbia, the
Supreme Court of the United States, and
the Federal bar. He has been honored by
election to fellowship in the American
College of Trial Lawyers He once was a
professor of torts at the old Columbus
University Law School.
Born in Pittsburgh on September II,
1898, he Is the younger of two children of
a railroad freight rate clerk. His brother,
also an attorney, Is a hearing examiner at
the Maritime Commission In Washington.
Both boys saw military duty during World
War 1.-The elder in the Army, and the one
in the picture in the Navy.
He attended elementary schools in
Pittsburgh He worked for the Carnegie
Steel Co. as an office boy, and after learn
ing shorthand and tipping at high school,
as a stenographer for the Kellogg Co
Having passed Civil Service examina-
tons, he came to Washington, where he
enrolled in Emerson Institute to complete
high school credits necessary for entrance
into law school. His studies at Emerson
were interrupted by World War l. AS a
chief yeoman, he was assigned to the office
of the Assistant Secretary Of the Navy,
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Upon his release
from service, he was given a civilian Job
as clerk to Mr.. Roosevelt. The man who
was destined to become President Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-25
Who Is This?
By HELEN GIBLO
Special Writer for The star

United States gave this young man his
first carton of cigarettes-thus beginning
a habit which has chung to him.
He returned to complete his high school
education at Emerson Institute and then
entered National Law School, from which
he was graduated in 1925 with an LIB.
In the meantime, he switched jobs few
times, working as secretary at the ONCE
of the Controller of Currency and at the
Department Of Justice, where he met the
girl he married year after their first date.
They have one daughter and two grand
children.
After passing the District bar examina-
ton, he worked for two law firms-Simon,
Koenigsberger, Young g. Brez, and for
Cromelin g. Laws. One Of the partners In
the latter firm, Bolitha Laws, who later
became Chief Judge of the U. s.
District Court for the District of Columbia,
wrote letter recommending him for the
job of Assistant Corporation Counsel OF
the District He got and kept that JOB
from 1928 until 1856, when he was named
to his present post.
Among the momentouS cases to which
this man has been assigned were those OF
Little vs. the District of Columbia, which
involved the right OF health officer with
out a search warrant to enter a private
home for the purpose of abating nuisance,
and the Thompson case, which outlaweo
segregation in public restaurants.
He is a member Of Metropolitan
Methodist Church and Lafayette Lodge,
No. 10, FAAM
Who Is this? Turn to Page IS.
, 1958-01-08

often, these days, we have to fall back on their support.
Nevertheless, we are experiencing years Of progress, and,
God helping us, we can look ahead with confidence.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-17
Robert n. Graham, II,
Dies In Pennsylvania,
Retired Teacher

Funeral services for Robert
Nicely Graham n. who died Sun
day. Oct ~ Of heart attack at
his home iii West Chester. Pa
wore held October Is al W /
@hSie'. WITH in'crment n Brandy
wine Manor Cemetery there
He vas the husband Of Mrs F'ra
Crop Graham The son Of the late
Isaac emo Esther Graham, be was
born III Chester county. Pa He was
a graduate of West Chester State
Teachers College. and taught for
- years at Trenton High School
Trenton. r. j retiring III 1919. He
was a member Of the Brandywinc
Manor Presbyterian Church and u
Howell Lodge 405. Ar and AM
Surviving are his wife. formerly
u the Farmllle area. daughter
and six sons. Mrs Louise Arnold
lot Chadds. Ford, Pa Robert n
Graham, d.. Of Millsboro Del
warren II Graham Of Edgemont
Pa. Malcolm Graham 81 LIZA Il
Vegas Ney Leonard ana John
Graham. of West Chester and VIZ
Liam n Graham. Of Denver. Colo.
Eleven grandchildren also survive.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-17

farms from a high Of Sl7.50 to
lo~ payment per acre Of Sl1 60
The county ASC committee deter
mined the rates on the basis Of
both productivity and the value OF
similar land in the locality
Sixteen Of the 50 Prince Edward
farmers requesting the establish
ment Of tie payment rates have
already signed the contract for par
ticlpation in the program
The conservation reserve is the
surviving phase Of the federal soil
bark program that began opera
ton in 1856 The other phase was
the acreage reserve plan. a year
to-year program Of voluntary crop
reduction that Congress did not ex-
tend to next year.
Both plans had as their objective
the reduction Of crop SURPRISES by
curtailing acreage, although tn G
conservation plan idles the land for
a minimum Of three years. The
land set aside under the conserva-
ton reserve must be protected by
trees. grasses or wilklife cover.
trees, grasses or wildlife cover.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-17
Fifty-Nine Prince Edward Landowners
Seek Conservation Reserve Estimates

F'lfty-nine Prince Edward county
farmers have requested the county
office Of the Agricultural Stabili-
cation and Conservation 10 estab-
Ish payment rates for their farms
for participation in the 1859 CON
servation reserve program An es-
timated acreage 70 be diverted from
crops to conservation uses on
these farms is 1900 acres. How
ever. the agreement will not be
final until a contract is singned, for
which a deadline Of October "a has
been set.
Farmers were given the oppor-
tunity to request the establishment
of rates for their farms through
October 10. and unless such re-
quest was made they are ineligible
to participate in the conservation
reserve program for 1859, the only
part OF the federal soil bank plan
open to landowners for the com
ing year
Government annual payments
for the diverted crop acreage will
average Sl45O per acre in h e
county. These rates vary between
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-17
District Conference
or Social Workers
Held At Longwood

The conference for District Seven
Social Workers opened at 10 am.
October Id Lonewnod's Student
Union building with a welcoming adj
dress BY Mrs. Francis G. Moon
of Farmville.
Guest speaker for the occasion
was Dr. D. G. MacFallaad. execu-
tive secretary. VIRGINIA Division
for the usually Handicapped SPEAK
ing On the subject. .sieht savine
and Rehabilitation and HON e
Teachine for the Blind he said
that Blindness is never an as
se, but it does not have TO be
a liability
re discussed the purpose Of the
division which IS chiefly the pro
vision Of employment for the blind.
and cited several WAYS IL which
the program could b. further de-
geloped
The home feachins program is a.
signed to enable ihe blind 10 adjust
themselves " iha community aad
home He pointed oat the various
techniqnes employed u tAe pro
gram including TN special sieht
saving classes conducted HI TIL
state.
A district sasan project. which Ii
The establishment 0l q home for
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-17
Moose Start Social
Season Saturday

The Farmville Moose lodge Will
beein its fall social season with a
dance tomorrow night Saturday
beginning at pm.
The ROYAL VIrenians viii plav
for dancing at the fraternal hall.
Insects in the united States
nullify the work Of at least a million
men each year
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-17

In families headed by college
graduates the average annual
family income is $500. compared
With $500 for those headed by high
school graduates. and 81 200 for
those headed by grade school gradu-
ates.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-17
Prospect

Mrs. Ira Brsenfine and Mrs G.
P Doss visited relatives IN Bon
sack and Vinton Thursday
J. Y Lewis and daughter. Mrs
Buddy Guilds have returned from
a trip to Miami Fla
Mr. and Mrs. W D. Gallilce
Of Richmond. visited Mr. and Mrs
H. T Ferguson Sunday and at
tended Homecoming at Hampden-
sydney
Mr.. and Mrs Curtis Mckay. Of
Petersburg. were guests Of Mr. and
Mrs Robert Scott Booker Sunday
John Carson. Of smithdeal-Mas
sey School Richmond. spent the
week end III his home here Miss
Pat Foster was also a visitor III
the Carson home.
Mrs Belle Marshall left FRIDAY
for a two weeks stay in Peters
burg
Mr. and Mrs. E. w. Carson and
Mr. and Mrs Dan Carson. Of Ap-
ponaattox, Gene Carson, Of VPI
and Miss Frances Carson, Of Rad
ford College, were Sunday visitors
OF Mrs. Eta Glenn
Miss Abbie Meredith is a patient
at NOV Hospital in Richmond and
would appreciate hearing from her
friends.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-07-17

This program emphasizes that modern
farm machinery is designed for safe and eff
ficient operation, and that if the operators
follow the rules they will be safe. A new
leaflet, "Tips for Safe Tractor Operation,
will be given free to all who want it by local
farm equipment dealers. Special safety pro
motional material will be released to thou
sands of newspapers and magazines. TV spot
announcements will be distributed on film
to 500 stations.
Here is real opportunity for Noble
County farmers. The equipment industry
is going all out in this comprehensive safety
drive. Now it is up to the users to devote a
little time and attention to program that is
designed to save life and limb
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-07-17
FOLK LORE TALES OF OLIVE
TAR AND FEATHERS
Notes by A. Wade Wells

Sometime after the Civil War,
a group of men, mostly ex-sold-
iers, gathered on a cold winter
night at the local blacksmith's
shop in Olive. Other men came
on horseback from the adjoin-
ing hills and Salt Run and Duck
Creek valleys to form a posse
Of more than a hundred in num-
Der. They were all armed and
had that stern look of men who
had job to do and were deter
mined not to let anything or
anybody interfere with them.
They all proceeded to nearby
Soakum and to a house adjoin-
ing the saloon which was the
home of widow and her twelve
year old daughter. This child
had given birth to baby
fathered by Bob (Doe) who
occupied an adjoining room.
Some of the men entered the
house and dragged Bob out of
bed, took him to the yard where
he was stripped of all his clothes,
lashed with hickory withes and
covered with a liberal coat of
tar and then practically smoth-
cred in feathers, all Of which
had been brought along for
that purpose.
He was then set astride fence
rail and ridden to nearby Duck
Creek and thrown from the bank.
The ice was not heavy enough
to hold his weight and he sank
to his armpits in the ice waters.
A rope had been tied around
his neck, the other end left
dangling. While struggling in the
frigid stream he was given the
choice of being hanged on a
nearby sycamore tree right then
or leaving the county forever.
He chose the latter.
Bob was left unclothed in that
horrible condition, in frlgld
weather, in the darkness of
night, creeping through the
woods like hunted animal.
How he survived, no one will
ever know but it was later re-
ported that he somehow made
his way to the Ohio River, swan
across and made his escape into
the mountains of West Virginia
and was never again seen or
heard from.
They were surely rugged,
determined men in those days.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-07-17
The Old Philosopher

know man who of the most brilliant minds of
have ever meeting he Is now 20
m He very large overly large head and 1t houses
mind that even present bright as new silver dollar
In this he is American Republic which is large and
strong and has held brilliant mind The Republic is not very old
nations
NV old philosopher get his pants right end
front he can't even shirt He starts with the bottom but
ton hole on the other day he tied his shoe strings He
of the other Got
to long half dozen pieces OF furniture In
the room talking about recent discovery that
the historical correctness Bible United his shoe strings while
continued discoveries IN the world OF his
torca started to walk
used his upside down. He wanted
possibilities of creating system to
pull OF gravity thus making space ships possible
Again thought Republic. We becoming stupid
talking and talking about ships
shoe strings We can't
button our talk about settling things
up with Russia scold and rebuke Russia and
will her much needed spanking Like
bad boy Russia keeps humbng her fingers at US and throw
ing stones through windows.
building roads and at the time
mud hole filled
highway talk and talking dreams
and ideas people don't talk about
what Social security and the old
will take of them. Again thought of old friend only
him
Stile
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-07-17
june. JUNE. june

Our woman's editor picked up the bottle
of aspirin this morning, staggered from her
desk and walked gropingly toward the rest
room, muttering over and over to herself,
June, June June, June ;"
The poor girl has obviously had it. We
glanced at the manuscript on her desk, and
found the following, headed: "The wedding
report l would like to write"
"Suzie Slatz, head hash-slinger at the
Bon Ton Cafe & Grill, was united in mar
riage this morning with Fred Fink son of
Mrs. Arthur Fink of Upper Oquawka and
of Mr.. Fink, who went west to hunt uran-
ium in 1851 and hasn't been heard from
since. The ceremony was performed in the
rear of Bills Bike Shop by Justice of the
Peace Sam Yokel, who was sobered up in
time for the occasion.
"The bride was attended by her sister,
Mamie Slatz, who was paroled by Judge
Dunkel for the wedding, and by her par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Slatz, operators
of catfish bait concession at Hannibal
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-07-17

The brides mother was attired in resort
costume of blue denim shirt and jeans, and
her father was wearing overalls by H. D..
Lee and 12-gauge shotgun by Winchester.
Both bride and groom were dressed in
travelling costumes with black pants, black
leather Jackets and wide belts decorated
with rhinestones. They left on motorcycle
trip to Lower Viewer after the ceremony
"The bride is well known in this COM
munity having won the title of Miss Gravy
Stain of 1854, the year she discovered that
Henry Ham, trucker for Pan-An, has wife
in Seattle. The groom has been employed
most of the past year, digging clans on the
Muscatine Mudflats
"a reception was held after the cere-
mony at the Bon Ton. Goldie Finch, cashier,
handled the guest book and Perry Winkle
genial host of the Bon Ton, presided at the
beer tap. The bride was kissed by 81 male
guests including Henry Ham, who was af-
forwards slugged by the groom"
Burlington Qa) Hawk-Eye Gazette