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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-07

WOODSON B. "WOODY" FEAR
ING of Manteo will be Dare Coun-
TVS chairman of the 1858 Heart
Fund drive, which is to be con-
Quoted during the month of Feb
ruary, it was announced this week
by the North Carolina Heart As
ISOLATION in Chapel Hill, an affili-
ate of the American Heart Associ-
alton.
The Heart Fund campaign is ma
tionwide and will reach it's high
point on Heart Sunday, February
%, with door-to-door collection
carried on by scores of local Heart
Sunday volunteers. A large portion
of the funds collected are retained
in the state to Support research
and local heart programs.
The objective of the annual
drive, Mr.. Fearing declared in ac-
cepting the appointment, is to OBJ
tain support for the associations
research, public and professional
education and community heart
See HEART, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-07
GREATER SNOW GEESE
STILL AT PEA ISLAND

Rodanthe.-There was a tradi-
ton hereabouts for a great many
years that the rare Greater Snow
Geese, for which Pea Island Ma
tional Wildlife Refuge was Great
ed in 1913 as winter home for
the unusual waterfowl, arrived on
or about Armistice Day (Novem-
Der ~ and departed on Old
Christmas january s. for their
Arctic breeding grounds. This year
the wildfowl, all white except for
their black wingtips, when in adult
stage, upset the old tradition. In
the February count of Refuge
Manager L. B. Turner he estimated
approximately 1000 Greater Shows
still on the flats of northern
Hatteras Island.
Peak count of Greater Shows in
December was more than 10000 at
Pea Island. Now, according to old
tradition all are supposed to be
moving northward via Upper Cur
rituck Sound and Back Bay, where
they stop for more feeding, to-
wards their far north summer resi-
dence.
In addition to the Greater Shows,
approximately 10000 Canada geese
and almost 5000 ducks of all varie-
ties are feeding at Pea Island, ac-
cording to the count which also
included three blue geese, % whist
ling swan, three blue winged teal
and one canvasback duck. The
great variety of waterfowl, shore
birds and general birdlife at Pea
Island makes it year around at
traction for ornitholigists and
bird-watchers.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-07
CASH PRIZES WILL BE
AWARDED FOR DARE
IDENTIFICATION WORK

At the Identification planning
meeting January 80 at the court
house in Manteo it was decided to
divide the prize money (now $1,000
into one group or club prize of
$50 and individual prizes of SIS
each for 10 or more individuals
in different areas. 1t is hoped that
more prize money can be raised.
Contracts are planned to obtain
films on Identification projects to
be shown to all school children
and to all adult clubs.
On February IL score sheets will
be made and mimeographed so
that each club or individual may
have one.
February 81 at 2 pm. in the
courthouse the committee chairmen
will meet and present their def
mite plan. After this plan is nre-
scented, the judges will be notified
and work viii begin.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-07
MANY ASKING ABOUT
VACATIONING IN DARE

Manteo.-The first week of Feb
ruary resulted in the largest num-
Der of vacation inquiries being re-
ceived by Dare County Tourist Bu-
reau than at any time since mid
autumn 1857. There was 80 per-
cent increase in inquiries during
the week at February's beginning
this year as compared to the same
period enc year ago.
"This we believe" said Alvah III.
Ward, chairman of Dare County
Tourist Bureaus board Of sIi.ec-
tors" is an indication that 1853
will be a good travel and vacation
year for the Outer Banks region. ?
The majority of inquiries we're
from the Pennsylvania, Ohio and
New Jersey rcGi ,n, and while about
half of the r.,s ms asking for in
formation were i existed in Get
tages, others asked about aosei-
motels.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-07

ginning to hurt us at both ends.
The tail has been wagging the
dog in this Federal business so
long that we're running out of
tail to wag with.
Some Teller said the other day
that the United States was now
in the Jackass Age. / figger the
taxpayer is the king jackass of
'em all.
It's sight in this world, fer
instant, how much the taxpayers
must have to pay fer all this lit
erature the Government sends
out to farmers. / got a pamphlet
the other day explaining that a
person in middle age is a Teller
that has survived infancy, child
hood, and youth" / appreciate
their artistic use of that word
survive" In this day and time
if Teller can weather them
three stages of life he ought to
live to be a hundred. But / don't
appreciate them using my money
to print and mail such junk.
Well, Mister Editor, / better
knock off fer this time. see the
mail man coming, and he's shore
to have another communication
from Washington. / reckon it's
Citing about time to make an
other survey of my patches SOS
can rotate my crops. You
can't git no adjustment checks
unless you rotate" and the mail
man probably has something tell
ing me all about IL.
Your truly,
Uncle Willie
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-07
COMES BACK HOME
TO HATTERAS AND
BUYS RESTAURANT
Dol" Balance Forsakes Navy
After n Years. And Long
Service in Pacific

Thurman B. Balance, as, known
to his friends as Bob" came back
home the other day after Fl years
with the Navy, threw his Navy
career behind him and bought his
Uncle Horton Austin's place, and
with Mrs. Balance will run an eat
ing place to be called the Channel
Bass Restaurant. Mr.. Balance is
the son of the late E. B. and Lovey
Balance. His father was Coast
Guardsman too.
"Bob" Balance entered the
Coast Guard service in 1880 where
he served three years. He married
the former Marion Whitehead
Lucey, of Cleveland, o. and whose
parents moved from Beaufort to
Ohio many years ago. The couple
have four children, Mrs. Estelle
Mealison, Howard Wayne, Lovey
Alice and Kenneth. Mrs. Balance
has two children by an earlier mar
riage, Edward l.. Lucey, Scripp-
Howard newspaperman and Rich
ard Lucey, a travelling salesman.
Most of Mr.. Balances service
since 1880 was spent in the Pacific.
He was at Pearl Harbor when the
Japs bombed it. He served in
Guam, the PHILIPPINES and other
areas. He took much interest in
athletics, coached for baseball and
basket ball and is proud of his
championship teams, four members
of which qualified for the
Olympics.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-07
CO. COMMISSIONERS
APPROVE $500 FOR
.HARBOR
County Audit for 1855 Is De-
Iivered at tuesdays Board
Meeting

The Dare County Board of Com
missioners unanimously agreed
Tuesday to appropriate a sum not
to exceed 5000 for the purpose of
deepening a boat harbor at Wan
cheese Wharf, and to supervise
this expenditure a committee was
appointed, consisting of Melvin R.
Daniels, James w. Davis, and
Richard H. Gray. The board stipu-
lated that all necessary easements
and right-of-ways must be obtain
ed prior to the expenditure of any
of these funds.
In the matter of the installation
of 90 street lights at Wanchese
and the payment of the electric
bill, the board agreed to act on
behalf of the citizens of Wanchese
and, as their agent, to accept in
voices from Virginia Electric and
Power Co. with the understanding
that the people Of Wanchese will
pay such invoices. The board also
provided that there be no stipula-
ton that the people of Wanchese
must raise the estimated annual
cost Of this project in advance.
The county audit for the fiscal
year 1955-1956 was delivered to the
board at Tuesdays meeting, and
the board accepted same and or
dered that Auditor R. o. Howard
be paid for preparing it.
The commissioners approved the
use of $1O0 of home and farm
agents department funds towards
carrying on the Identification
project currently being promoted
in Dare County by the home and
farm agents.
Alvah H. Ward, Jr., chairman
of the Dare County Tourist Blu
reau, reported to the board on that
organizations activities and assur-
ed the board that all parts of the
See BOARD, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-07
SURVEY OF OUTER
BANKS is TO SEEK,
EROSION REMEDIES
Report Being Submitted to Chiei
Of Engineers. Virginia Line
to Ocracoke Inlet

The Board of Engineers for Riv-
ers and Harbors at it's meeting on
% January, 1858, held in Washing
ton, D. c., considered the report of
the District Engineer, U. S. Army
Engineer District, Wilmington, N.
c., and the Division Engineer, U.
S. Army Engineer Division, South
Atlantic, Atlanta, Georgia, and rec
commended a survey of the Outer
Banks between the Virginia State
line and Hatteras Inlet. N. c., to
determine the specific locations for
remedial works, if any, and the
most practicable plans, in conjunc-
ton with other shore-protection
works, for providing protection
from hurricanes, the cost and eco
nomic justification thereof, and the
amount and type of local coopera-
ton required.
NeuSe NiVer Report
The Board of Engineers for Riv-
ers and Harbors at it's meeting on
% January, 1858, held in Washing
ton, d. c., considered the report of
the District Engineer, U. S. Army
Engineer District, Wilmington, N.
c., and the Division Engineer, U.
S. Army Engineer Division, South
Atlantic, Atlanta, Georgia, and rec
commended that survey of Neuse
River, N. c., be made for flood
control and other purposes, to de-
termine the most suitable plan of
improvement, it's economic justifi-
cation, and the local cooperation to
be required.
The Boards reports are being
processed for submission to the
Chief of Engineers.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-07
NOW ANOTHER BIG RAW DEAL
DISHED OUT TO THE PEOPLE
OF DARE BY THEIR OFFICIALS
Would Spend $4,000 to Surface Better Road
TO Chairman DuvaII's Store. ignoring Impor-
tan+ Road Needs of People in Other Parts Of
County; Heavy Allotment to Compa+rio+
Perry in Kitty Hawk; and Mere Sop to SaIve
Nuke Midget in Kennekee+.

To show how badly some parts
of Dare County may expect to fare
so far as road improvements are
concerned, may be learned by
road map and figures displayed in
the back end of the vault of the
office of Register of Deeds of Dare
County. In keeping with things of
this sort, which are better for
some to be kept in the dark, it is
not displayed on the bulletin board
space as is usual, in the front hall
of the courthouse.
Of nearly a quarter million doll
lars planned to be spent by the
highway commission, nearly
third of it is ear-marked to black
top road to Chairman Claude
DuvalPs store at Buffalo City, an
all but abandoned lumber camp,
where only one home is listed for
taxes. And Chairman Duvall's
store, not even in his own name,
is listed for tax purposes at 5000
and his merchandise not listed at
all. The total tax revenue paid by
citizens of the village if collected,
doesn't amount to $40 a year, in
GLIDING Mr.. Duvall's taxes of
$22.39 which includes his two auto
mobiles. The village doesn't pay
500 year in tag taxes, nor does
it have traffic of so cars day,
as the map purports to show.
Yet the State would spend
$4,000 to build miles of road to
Mr.. Duvall's store, which has an
exceptionally good dirt road, pass
able at all times, in top condition
now, despite our recent bad
weather.
There are now only two homes
having a worthy appearance in the
village, the remainder being
tumble down dwellings built for
loggers over so years ago, and
long abandoned, recently donated,
we are told,9 to those people who
had moved into them,-the build
ings considered worthless by the
West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.
which still owns the land under the
houses, and all the area about
them.
In this small village, in which
several people live on a residence
of short expectancy, considering
whatever employment turns up,
there are only 20 people counting
Mr.. Duvall, who spends part of
his time elsewhere. Having per-
haps the best dirt road in Dare
County, it is now proposed to send
a per capita sum of more than
$4,000 to aid these citizens get out
on the highway on black top.
In order to get this project set
up. along with other projects in
See RAW DEAL, Page -Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-07
TWO NEW WORLD RECORDS
MADE AT CAPE HATTERAs

Buxton.-Amelia Balance and
Alfred Gray of Buxton on Cape
Hatteras, both former members of
the U. S. Coast Guard Service and
now retired to their homes here
are the channel bass champions of
1857, according to Dale Shaw, sec
rotary, International Game Fish
Association, the organization which
make the official decision when it
comes to chasing matches pisca-
torially.
Miss Balance, a former C. G.
Spar retained her all-tackle wom-
ans record. (she had held briefly
in 1851 by bringing in So pound
channel bass on October 81. She
was using 81 pound test line and
her big fish replaced an all-tackle
(for women) tie of 1854 made by
Mrs. R. o. Brownell of Washing
ton, d. c., and Mrs. H. A. Bradley
of Cape Charles with Sd I/2-
Founders.
Shaw recently congratulated
Gray for his 81 pound channel bass
caught in surf here early in No
vember 1857. His fish has become
the new men-women all-tackle
record for 20 pound test line, re-
placing Victor Lichtenstein's ST.
FOUNDER caught in Delaware in
September 194S.
A third unbeaten 12-pound test
line world record channel bass was
caught by Art Clark, of Fox Chase
Manor, Pa, at Mays Head in 1854.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-07

HAVING served his district as its
representative in Congress since
1910 Herbert C. Bonner of Wash
ington, N. C. has again filed for
denomination in the Democratic
primary. Mr.. Bonner has served
with marked ability, great distinc-
ton and success. His success has
been marked by many benefits to
the area he serves, including large
Improvements on Ocracoke Island,
Hatteras harbor and island, the
Wanchese and Oregon Inlet prof.
ect, the Mattamuskeet and Engel-
hard projects in Hyde, drainage
projects in Beaufort; and dozens
of others. He holds national prom
inence in Congress and among his
several duties in Washington he
is chairman of the committee on
Merchant Marine and fisheries.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-07
PREDICTS BIG CHANNEL
BASS SEASON. ON COAST

Channel bass will be caught well
to the north of their annual range
this coming season and the spring
and early summer runs of the spe-
cies in Virginia, the Carolinas and
Georgia will be exceptionally good,
according to the predictions of Hal
Lyman, publisher of SALT WA
TER SPORTSMAN Magazine.
although the run of channel
bass will not compare to that of
the old days in the NORTH" Lyman
said, 81 am willing to bet my ia
vorite jig that enough of the spe-
cies will be taken from southern
New Jersey waters during the COM
ing season to excite comment
among coastal anglers"
.There are several sound rea-
sons for the image that appears in
my crystal gluepot," he continued.
"First, the matches of three and
four years ago apparently We're
excellent and the puppy drum
from those matches will be on the
prowl for more feeding grounds.
Second, the water temperatures
along the coast have been warmer
during the past few years and this
will favor northward move.
Third, the fall run in 1867 along
the Carolina Outer Banks and in
Virginia was one Of the best in
many years. Finally, the legal
action taken by North Carolina to
prevent excessive exploitation Of
the species is beginning to be felt"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-07
ROBBERIES AGAIN
AROUSE ATTENTION
IN DARE COUNTY
Manns Harbor Post Office Rob-
bed; Wise Market Again Vic
timized by Thieves

Roscoe Turner, Negro cook was
in Dare County Jail Monday
charged with the robbery of Wise's
Market in Manteo on Saturday
night. Sheriff Frank Cohoon said
Tuesday that Turner had admitted
committing the robbery alone. A
search at the home of Louvada
Latham who lives near the Man.
teo town limits, and with whom
Turner lived, revealed some meats
which the market owners identified
as having come from their store.
They said some $125 worth of mer-
chandise was removed. Turner
didn't admit taking cigarettes and
other items which were missing
FROM the store, but said he got
some meat and other eats.
The Manns Harbor postoffice
Saturday night was entered
through rear window, and some
$50 and odd cents were missing
from q cash drawer. The incident
was reported to the FBI and
Sheriff Cahoon made an investiga-
ton bat found no clues. Miss 1nez
Gibbs is the postmaster.
Wise's Market has been. the VIC
tim of several robberies during the
past several years, and with heavy
losses resulting. 1t is situated
across the highway from the Man
teo town limits, and is known to
be without police observation. On
one occasion group of negroes
carried away the store safe along
with much other merchandise. For
this crime some of them did terms
in prison. Several other robberies
at this store resulted in no con-
victions.
Turner was charged with stea.-
ing three lbs. homeless ham; four
pounds pork chops, one fresh
shoulder, one beef bone, $1.50 in
pennies and So in nickels.
Other Court News
Beside binding Turner over to
Superior Court, bond being set at
S1,500, Judge Washington Baum
tried several other cases this week.
Turner will remain the guest of
Dare County until the May term of
court and is now comfortable and
well fed in the luxurious new Dare
County Jail recently partially COM
pleted at cost of upwards of
100000.
Fines of SIS each and court costs
were assessed against defendants
as follows: Nellie T. Perry, Kill
Devil Hills, using improper license
plates; E. r. Midget, Manteo,
driving on the wrong side while
passing another car; Tony D. Til
lett, Mays Head for failing to OBJ
serve stop sign; Lille B. Parker
of Manteo, improper lights.
For careless and reckless driv-
ing, L. A. Dudley of Manteo, and
Nancy Ann Mercer of harrisburg
each paid $25 and costs,
Ralph C. Midget of Manteo paid
the costs, $3.50, hauling load
which extended too far beyond the
side Of his vehicle.
A. r. Chambers of Elizabeth
City paid $40 and costs for speed
ing at IS miles per hour.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-07
MAJOR ETHERIDGE SENT
TO ICELAND FOR A YEAR

Major Harold Etheridge, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Etheridge of
Woodleaf, and grandson Of Mrs.
A. d. Swindell and the late Adam
d. Etheridge of Manteo, has been
sent to Iceland for years tour
of duty. Major Etheridge has
many friends on Roanoke Island,
where he has visited frequently.
His wife and three children will
remain in Waco, Texas, where they
are living, until the end of the
school year. Major Etheridge was
formerly stationed at James Con-
nelly Air Force Base in Waco. He
entered the service in 1912, and
served overseas in Europe and the
Pacific.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-07
CIVIL DEFENSE MOVIES TO
BE SHOWN FRIDAY NIGHT

Motion pictures concerning Civil
Defense and fire fighting and pre-
vention win be shown Friday night
at 8 pm. at the Kill Devil Hills
Town Hall, according to announce
ment BY G. B. Butler, director 81
Civil Defense for the town Of Kill
Devil Hills. The public is invited
and urged 70 attend.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-07
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:

heard about a. Teller onct who
always put a dollar and a dime
in the church envelope fer
foreign missions, with this note:
"The dime is fer them heathens,
and the dollar is fer the mis-
sionaries to git it to 'em."
/ want to pitch part of my ser
mon today around that thought.
The reason we got such high
federal taxes is because all the
states in the Union is always
running to Washington to git
something. They demand Estates
Rights" but spend half their time
in Washington begging. And like
the teller on foreign missions,
we send a dollar up there to
fetch back a dime.
And what disturbs me is that
we seem so grateful fer the dime.
1t reminds me of the story
about the Indian and his dog.
The Indian gives his dog as a re-
ward fer faithful service a piece
of the dogs own tail. The Indian
started feeding the front end of
his dog by cutting off a piece of
the tail end. He kept this up till
the dog had eat hisself up. The
story goes that ever time the
Indian give the dog a bite the
dog licked his chops fer more.
That's US, Mister Editor, on
this federal aid business. Ever
time we git that dime back we
lick our chops fer more. We've
been feeding the front end from
the back end so long that it's be-
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Of the Federal Communications
Commission and the Legislative
Oversight Subcommittee stuck
to an understanding that to-
days hearing would lay of
the charges. and concentrated
on generalsareas OF inquiry.
The subcommittee meets
this afternoon TO set up hear
ings on misconduct charges
for next week.
At today's session. Represen-
tative Mack. Democrat Of Illi-
nois. implied that members of
Congress had influenced the
FEC TO "deviate from the basic
law" In q 1855 television de-
cision.
IL Senators Cited
Mr.. Mack told reporters later
he had In mind a group OF some
IL Senators--he believed they
were members Of the Com
merce Committee - who re-
portedly pressed their views on
the FEC.
In the decision under discus
sion. the FEC ruled in favor OF
de intermixture" OF T'V cham
nels. giving some communities
ultra high frequency service
and others very high frequency
but not mixing the two types.
Mr.. Mack said experts agree
that UHF is not as good as
WHIP. and that therefore the
commission ''fiagrantly" vio-
lated q legal requirement for
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the building. And the schools
recreation director was as
saulted by q youth in the base
ment of the school.
John Marshall Junior High Is
one of nearly 300 city schools
which handle q total Of about
q million pupils a day.
The John Marshall student
body Is IS per cent Negro and
10 per cent Puerto Rican.
The school takes pride In its
integrated enrolment. This
term the president Of the stu
dent government is a Chinese
American. the vice president is
of Polish extraction. the Sec
Rotary Is Jewish and the treas
urer is Negro.