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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-15

Mrs. Lee l. Murphy of Unadilla,
New York, spent Thursday visiting
Mrs. R. S. Knight, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry McClees,
and Miss Mary McClees attended
the wedding of Mrs. ]. C.'s nephew,
Charles Thomas johnson at War
renton, Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ry McClees went from there to
Whiteville to visit Mrs. BERTHE
Thurston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Borden McClees
ard daughter, Carol are spending
this week at Mays Head.
Charlie Smell, Jr. of Washington
was here Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albin HAMILTON
who have for the past several years
been living at Washington, N. c.,
have moved back Thav are living
in the Old Spruill House next to
the Post Office.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Kitchener
and children, Jimmie, Mary Ann
and Ruth of Concord are visiting
her narents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam S
Woodley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm L. Holmes
have moved in the old Walker
home on Main Street. Mr.. Holmes
is employed with the West Virginia
Pulp and Paper Co.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-15
COLUMBIA PERSONALS

Chris and Karen VERIFY, children
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas K. VERIFY
Jr. entertained their cousin and
house guest Cynthia Simmons Of
Lynnhaven, Va. and Leroy and
Gerry Liverman, sons of Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul L. Liverman, who are
moving away soon at a weinel
roast at their home Friday evening
Jimmie Liverman, who has beer
employed on a newspaper at New
Bern, has arrived to take over the
management of the DAILY AID
vance" in this vicinity.
Mrs. Creston Simmons and chill
dren, Cynthia and Ores, spent last
week with her parents and sister
The Rev. and Mrs. Joseph A. Brick
house and Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
X. VERIFY, Jr..
Mr.. and Mrs. Alb A. Tatem oil
Newport News, Va, spent Tuesday
here visiting relatives, Mrs. R. S
Leary, Mrs. Alma Disosway, and
friends. Mr.. Tatem was reared in
Columbia, but has not been here
for many years. He is the son Of
the late Hubble" and Mrs. Jennie
Tatem.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Mitchell and
son Freddie have returned from
visiting in Norfolk.
Marriage license were issued to
Robert Louis Congleton of Norfolk,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Congle-
ton of Ahoskie, N. C. and Mrs.
Gussie Virginia White, of Norfolk,
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
H. West of Columbia on Saturday,
August 9Th, by Miss Sara L. Taft,
Register of Deeds Tyrrell County.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Winifred
Comstock at the Columbia Hospital
Sunday, a son.
Mrs. Nora NJ. Schmidt and Mrs.
D. NJ. Pledger Jr. spent Thursday
at Mays Head.
Miss Judy McDuffie left Friday
to take up duties at the Wilbur
Wright Hotel at Kitty Hawk.
Mrs. Sterling Brickhouse spent
Thursday at Kitty Hawk.
Mrs. w. A. VERIFY and Mrs. C.
Earl Cohoon spent Thursday and
Friday at the Miller Cottage, at
Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk.
An old-time "Y' All Come" Re-
vival will be held at the Columbia
Christian Disciples of Christi
Church beginning August Is
through the oath, each evening,
The hour is 500 pm, and the
Reverend Frank Wibiral, will hold
the services.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul L. Liverman
and children, Leroy, Gerry and
Mary Ruth left for Goldsboro Tues
day, where they will make their
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hoggard, Jr.,
of Mass. and Norfolk, Mr.. and
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-15

Thedia spent Sunday in Engelhard
Miss Verna Joyce Spencer of
Norfolk spent the week end here
with her mother, Mrs. Darthey
Brickhouse.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Combs and
daughter, Dotty made trip on the
skyline drive, the week end.
Joe Liverman and Carl Cohoon
attended a Masonic meeting in
Manteo Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard McKenny
of Elizabeth City were the week
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. R. B.
Patrick.
Claud Jones is attending school
in Georgia for a few weeks.
Mrs. Lucille Cooper and chill
dren are home after spending a
week at Mays Head.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-15
PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS
CONFERENCE AUGUST %

FALCON, N. C.-The 4Sth annu-
al session of the North Carolina
Conference of the Pentecostal Holt
ness Church convenes here on Fri
day, August %, at 900 am, with
the Rev. ]. A. Synan, D. D., pre-
siding bishop of the General Con-
ference of the Pentecostal Holiness
Church, conducting the 3-day bust
ness meeting. The annual confer
ence sessions will be concluded
Sunday night, Aug. "a, when Bis
hop Synan reads the reports OF
ministerial assignments for the
new conference year.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-15

and family returned to their home
in Washington, d. C. Saturday.
Eddie Leigh Hooper is visiting
Johnny Nixon in Washington. d. C.
Tracy Anderson of Norfolk is
visiting Horace Hooper, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Hardy form
er residents of this community and
daughter, Susie of Alexandria, Va.
visited here Sunday and also Wis
tied in Manteo with Mrs. Martin
johnson, and Mrs. Rosser Nixon,
spending week in Dare County.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-15

The begonia owes its name to
French amateur botanist, Michel
Begon, an administrator in the
West Indies at the time of Louis
XIV, the National Geographic
Magazine says. The plant reached
England in 1776; its culture in
Belgium began in the middle of the
10Th century. Today the begonia
is to Belgium what the tulip is to
the Netherlands. The bulk of Bel
GUMS huge crop of begonia
tubers is exported, mostly to the
United States.
Kodiak mirror., 1958-05-24
Large Crowd "Wednesday Witnesses Impressive Graduating Exercises

Ihity-three graduating Seniors received their diplomas at the; i'm pressiye Commencement exesff2cises held in the high school auditorium Wednesday. Several of the gradu- ates received scholarships. The ex- ercises were well attended.
 Those receiving scholarships in- clucled Rena Corgateui. who was the recipient of a $1OO award: A $1OO Emblem Club award went to Joyre Torgramson; The $4oo Henderson award given by the
Kodiak mirror., 1958-05-24

University of Alaska went to Gerald Clark; A room scholarship award from the Sheldon Jackson College went to Caroline Reft; two
 Rotary Club Scholarships were presented to Charles Johnson and Jim Beaty. Charles Johnson also received a room scholarship from Washington State College as did Gerald Clark from the University of Alaska. Superintendent of Schools, IvOr Schott made the presentations.
Kodiak mirror., 1958-05-24

Mike Greeley, in the address of the evening. spoke on the subject What Part Does Education Play m Lfe.' The young student asked ' the question, Why is education So vastly important to this nation of lours?' He cotnpared N education offered in the European nations and particularly in Russia. In the latter country, the youth are well educated, but are also steeped in the Communists brand of propa- ganda, he stated. He expressed the belief that education in America would prove the most worthwhile in the long run. We should not lose sight of the purpose of educa- tion,' he stated. Science has it's place, and those who desire, should be encouraged to pursue it, but we should not lose sight of the importance of the whole man and his development Therein, he thought, the American system would prove the best.
 Charles Johnson, class presi- dent, also spoke on the meaning of education in the lives of the graduating seniors. This is the last time we will be here as stu dents" he said, Even though many of us will be leaving Kodiak, it is not the last you will be hear ing from us. What we have learn ed here will be carried by us into our future as we take our place in the adult world
 Mrs. Virginia Lee Carr gave the valedictory address The Naval StaticIn Band, under the direction of Allen s. Bennett rendered several selections, including Ell
 
 gar's Pornp and Circumstance, as the class marched in to take their places, and closing with the reces- sional, as the class marched from the stage. Y
 During the ceremonies, the High School principal, James Gray, in- troduced the class and pr. A. Holmes Johnson, School Board President, presented the diplomas. Several selections were rendered by the mixed chorus under the direction of Robert Boko. Chap lain H.W. Buckingham opened with the invocation and the benedicticn, pronounced by Rev. Raymond Talbott, concluded the exercises.
Kodiak mirror., 1958-05-24
2 Sunday Flights
 Announced By PNA

Beginning Sunday, June l, Pacific. Airlmes will schedule two Kodiak-Anchorage, and return, flights on Sunday as we'll as on weekdays.
 The announcement of the addi- tional Sunday flight was made Wednesday by Ray Martin, District Traffic Manager. H......
Kodiak mirror., 1958-05-24
Mary Setzekorn Goes To Seattle

Mary Setzekorn, who has spent almost 19 years at the Baptist Children's Home, left May 13 for the States.
 Miss Setzekorn spent most of that time at Ouzinkie. She will assume new responsibilities in the States in Mission work.
 NOTICE
 The Montmartre Inn will De open Sunday afternoons. Special Family dinners will De served.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-03-14
UNCLE TOM FROM TRENT WRITES:

accepted, farmer has got to
guess the annual rainfall, just
when it'll come and when it
won't. He's got to figger about
what date the first frost will hit
which way the boil weevils will
be migrating in June, and how
much time he'll lose listening to
politicians roaming the country
side trying to git reelected. If
he wants to, he can make a guess
at what he'll git fer his crops.
This amt essential on account Of
he always gifts the rock bottom
price.
All of this distracts a farmers
mind from farming. / wouldn't
be surprised if some of them
that got killed last year forgot,
and stuck their head in the now
ing machine while they was try
ing to rotate and estimate.
Yours truly,
Uncle Tom from Trent
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-03-14

81 don't know what we are GO
ing to do if this road down the
Banks gets much worse" said the
Drummer to the Old Sea Captain
It's pretty dangerous now, being
full of holes and tracks enough to
make good driver lose control of
his car. How come it got bad so
quick"
The Old Sea Captain who had
strolled down the sandy side of the
blacktop road to the store, swing
ing his head back and forth to ner-
ously watch for his safety from
the rear, came to halt. He took
a deep pull from his pipe, wiped
the stem on his sleeve, cleared his
throat and said:
"Maybe it's them so Thousand ton
trucks we read about running on
it," he said. "But l can tell you
it had been going bad long time
afore. The road engineers never
wanted to build it anyway, and
when their superiors made 'em
build it they threw down the cheap
est thing in their book. Road money
has to be spent where the politi-
clans say, and not always where
people need it most. This road can't
stand up with the little up-keep it
gets. 1t has heavy traffic and the
most traffic of any road in this
part of the state"
"What do you, mean about 50,-
000-ton trucks" asked the Drum
mer of his old friend.
"Oh, thought you knew about
the bunch of boys they picked up at
Kinnekeet about a month ago,
charged with driving 50,0O0-ton
trucks without a chauffeurs' Ii
cense; paid some sort of fine, but
the trucks kept on going. They
were merly working for contrac-
tor"
q II don't know anything that can
be worse for you people than to
have your road pounded to pieces
by heavy trucks" the Drummer
said. IF your road is bad and
keeps people away, you viii lose
many a dollar, for people will be
afraid to drive down here"
eve already got something
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-03-14

CECIL S. BRAGG is deeply i'm
bued with that love of home which
characterizes Carolina coastland
readers, and now he can come back
home any time he wishes. He re-
tired on February 28th after hav-
ing been away from home for more
than 40 years. In 1915 he left
Ocracoke to take a job on one of
the American Dredging Co. tug
boats on the Delaware River and
much of his life has been spent
n the Philadelphia area. in which
he now lives at 1914 West Alleg-
heny Ave.
On Feb. 28th at the age of 81
he ended 35 years of service with
the U. s. Corp of Engineers, but
ne has done many other stints
during his career in which he ad-
vanced from deck-hand to Quarter
master to officer of seagoing tugs,
He worked on the channel-digging
ships; on the Red Star line tugs;
the Wilson line steamers. In 1922
he left the water and worked for
the Electric Storage Battery Co. of
Philadelphia. He learned leadburn-
ing, and was an inspector of ma
terial at the time of retirement
He served two terms as Vice
President of the Union in the plant;
he started a Union newspaper and
was its editor for several years,
and has spent two years studying
short story writing, for which he
got diploma. He served as Vice
President of the Philadelphia In
dustrial Council for ten years and
was elected president and execu-
tive secretary of it in 1948, getting
years leave of absence from his
firm in order to serve.
See BRAGG, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-03-14
ROTARlANS GET GLIMPSE
OF DARE FORESTRY WORK

An interesting program was
presented to the Manteo Rotary
Club Monday night by William
Ernst, manager for West Virginia
Pulp & Paper Co. Mr.. Ernst show
ed a series of colored slides made
over a period of years, illustrating
the work, the handicaps and
achievements of his company in its
attempt to rehabilitate the quar-
ter million acres of land owned by
the company in Dare and Tyrrell
Counties. A running narrative ex-
planned the nature of several types
of trees, the use of fire lanes and
bitches. The vast damage done by
last years fire was also pictured.
The meeting broke up when
Lawrence Swain presented an APP
peal to the club for a donation to
aid the science department of the
Manteo school which was repre-
scented as having $1,000 worth of
supplies for the class for which
no funds We're on hand to make
payment. Mr.. Swain said he real
lied the Commissioners didn't give
the schools as much money as they
needed or ought to have. No ans
wer was Forthcoming as to why
the Commissioners didn't give the
schools the $4,000 now being paid
to some "New Jersey carpetbag-
gers to re-value the property in
Dare County"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-03-14
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:

/ see by the papers where the
American Public Health Associa-
ton announced yesterday that
more farmers was killed on the
job last year than "in any other
occupational group" Farming
they allow, ais the third most
dangerous occupation"
They don't know the half of
it, Mister Editor. Them that sur
wives just barely makes it. Last
summer fer instant, / tried to
work the farm by sun time, go
to church by standard time,
watch television by daylight saw
ing time, and git to bed by Gods
time. In manner Of speaking, !
was having a helluva time. After
I wore out three clocks ! just
went back to sun time and stay
ed there. n
Them that survives spends
about all their time between
rotating" and estimating"
Sometimes I think the surviving
amt worth it. Fer instant, after
a farmer surveys his patches SOS
he can rotate according to law,
it's time to estimate how much
he's going to make fer income
purposes. That estimating" calls
fer supernatural powers.
To git a estimate" that'll be
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-03-14
STRIPED BASS HOOKED
AT KILL DEVIL HILLS

George Cook of Norfolk landed
two striped bass from the surf in
front of Cavalier Motor Court, Kill
Devil Hills Saturday night, weigh
ing about five pounds each.
Donovan. Irvine reported Cooks
catch.
Landing stripers from the surf
is unusual. While this species are
taken in quantities by fishermen
using surface lures trolled in the
wake of charter boats from Roa-
noke, Albemarle and Croatan
Sounds, they seldom are caught by
surf fishermen. Commercial fisher
men, on the other hand, hauling
nets in the surf during winter
months make large catches Of
large striped bass. Those taken
commercially are usually heavy
with roe that would otherwise, if
the fish were not caught, would
soon be spawned.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-03-14
THREE GAME FISH
EVENTS SCHEDULED
JAMBOREE WEEK
Contests Open to All Anglers
Scheduled on Hafferas Is
land April rs
BY AYCOCK BROWN

Three game fish classics, each
featuring channel bass but with
other species counting points, also,
will be held on the coast of Dare
here in the Outer Banks region of
North Carolina this year. Each will
be held on the ocean surf.
First on schedule will come in
April during the fourth annual
Dare Coast Pirates Jamboree. This
event begins April % at 6 o'clock
in the morning and ends at noon
on Friday, two and a half days
later. The Jamboree Fishing Con-
test will be open to all anglers and
it will be held on Hatteras Island
as a feature of the Hatteras Island
phase of the Jamboree. The Pirates
Jamboree is an all-county vacation
season launcher of the Dare Coast
that this year officially begins
with the formal dedication of Cape
Hatteras National Seashore at Co.
quina Beach on Thursday, April "a
The Pirate Jamhoree surf fish
ing contest will be only one Of
many events scheduled during the
Hatteras Island phase on Friday
April Is. Prizes to winning fisher.
men will be made Immediately aft.
er the worlds biggest salt water
fish fry" an annual attraction OF
Hatteras which this year will b.
presented at the new day use are;
of Cape Hatteras National Sea
shore at the very Point of Cape
Hatteras.
Under the sanction of the Asso
citation of Surf Angling Clubs, thu
seventh annual Mays Head Inter
Club and Open Individual Sur
Fishing Tournament sponsored b!
the Mays Head Surf Fishing Clul
will be held on Friday, Saturday
and. Sunday, October 1919. Com
plete details of the Mays Heat
tournament may be obtained from
Julian Oneto at The Carolinian
Mays Head.
Third surf classic of 1858 for tn
Dare Coast-Outer Banks region
will be sanctioned by the Surf Ang
ling Association and sponsored b.
Cape Hatteras Anglers Club O
which Mrs. Orman Fuller, Buxton
is the secretary and information
source. This will be the first tour
ney sponsored by the fast grow
ing Cape Hatteras Anglers, and i
will be held on Thursday, Frida!
and Saturday, October 1925, tn
week following the Mays Heat
tourney.
Address of the Cape Hattera
Anglers Club secretary is Buxton
N. C.
Complete details, rules of con
test and prize awards for the Pi
rates Jamboree Fishing Contest OIL
Hatteras Island may be obtained
from Bill Dillon Chairman, Quite
Banks Motel, Buxton, N. c.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-03-14
ANGLERS CLUB PLAN
IOCTOBER HATTERAS
FISHING. CONTEST.
Anglers Club in Meeting This
Week Make Plans For Great
est Tournament.

The Cape Hatteras Anglers Club
held it's monthly meeting March
7th, at the club house at Buxton,
with the president Edgar Hooper
officiating.
The highlight of the meeting
was the report that the club would
definitely hold a surf fishing
tournament in October. The dates
of October %, "a and 25th were
selected by the club and these
dates were recently granted and
confirmed by the Association of
Surf Angling Clubs which held its
annual meeting in Camden, New
Jersey. Wheeler Balance of Hat
teras, and Bob Gardner of Norfolk,
Va. represented the Cape Hatteras
Anglers Club at the Camden, N.
]. meeting.
The three day tournament will
consist of two days of team COM
petition on October 23rd and oath
and one day open to individual
competition on October 25th. A
trophy will be awarded the win
ming team; prizes presented to the
teams winning first, second and
third places; and also prizes to
winners of the individual competi-
ton.
Ways and means of entertaining
visiting teams and guests are al
ready underway and a committee
for raising funds for the tourna-
ment has been put to work. The
fund committee has begun a cur
rent project of selling chances on
two huge, white Easter Dummies.
The two lucky numbers will be
drawn about April End, in order
that the Dummies may be mailed
and received by Easter in the
event winners are not local.
Approximately forty persons at
tended the Friday night meeting.
Off the island members present
We're Larry Wales and Harry
Green of Norfolk, Va. and Claude
Rogers and M. L. Sawyer of Vir-
GINA Beach, Va. Several out of
town guests were present. The
door prize was won by Mrs. Cath
leen Styron of Hatteras. At the
close of the meeting, refreshments
were served by the refreshment
committee, Mrs. Kitty Lourie, Mrs.
Buena Balance and Mrs. Pearl
Midgette. Nine new members were
accepted in the club.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-03-14
KILL DEVIL HILLS
VOTERS TO DECIDE
A CRITICAL ISSUE
Election Saturday. March 18TH
VIII Determine IL Town
a viii Live

Some 125 registrants are expect
pected to go to the polls in the
town of Kill Devil Hills, Saturday
of this week, March Is, to decide
the issue of whether the town shall
live as municipality or the char
ter is to be abolished.
The issue has been a hot one,
and previous election by small
margin favored disbanding the
town, but legal rulings subsequent
ly dissolved the election as not
having been a legal one.
Late reports indicate that it will
be a close issue this time, but sew
eral people who favor keeping the
charter now say they have hopes
the election will go favorably, by
a small margin. They say they be-
lieve commonsense will prevail
and second thought will convince
some people it will be poor busi-
ness to lose whole dollar to keep
from paying 20 cents in taxes. The
difference of 80 cents is what is
paid by non-residents whose money
has built up the beaches, and who
are happy to pay taxes for the
advantages and protection a town
gives, but who are not allowed to
vote on the issue.
Those who favor abolishing the
town have been invited to come
forward with a statement OF their
views founded on reasons for the
action, and have been offered space
to do SO, but none have come for
ward and offered reasons. Several
of them, being questioned, have
offered no reasons, and in default
the only explanation is offered by
the friends of the charter.
While some of the opponents OF
the town they say, are contrary
merely in the hope of paying taxes,
there are a number of other causes
for the controversy. The trouble
started when real setate men didn't
like coming regulations which pre-
vented sales of some property
which might have been put to uses
Objectionable to adjoining landown-
ers. This group found supporters
among those who objected to the
town law against the firing Of
guns in remote areas of the NUM-
cipality.
When these people united and
brought about an election, which
resulted in a fiasco. they were al
the more bitter it is alleged, and
they were so sore they would dc
anything to carry their point. In
fact, several of them are accused
of moving into the town merely
to stay until this election is over
in order to be able to vote.
See KILL DEVIL HILLS. Page s