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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-04-10
TYRRELL CO. BOARD TO
SPEND $1,000 ON LIBRARY

COLUMBIA.-The Tyrren Coun-
ty Commissioners voted $1,000
from the ABC funds to be used for
immediate repairs to the building
for the Tyrrell County Public Lii
brary.
A delegation of % men and
women, representing all the civic
clubs in the county with the P.T.A.
and the Home Demonstration
Clubs representation in the ma
jority, met with the board urging
library repairs be accomplished be-
fore the end of the fiscal year.
The Pettigrew Region through the
State Library Commission in US
ing Federal funds for the further
ance of rural library service do
mated $4,000 to the library for
shelving and furniture.
C. Jackson Luper, C.P.A. of
Plymouth, was hired for the regu-
lar yearly audit of the county
books at a price eof $500.
They passed a resolution ap-
proving revaluation bills, Mr.. Nc
Mahon notifying him of this ex-
ception, and suggesting for Tyr
rell to read leave to Tyrrell
County Board of Commissioners to
determine method of and year of
levy to finance said future revaiu-
ations," every eight years.
The county agreed to donate to
the annual spring All and FLA.
Fat Stock Show. Present: Harry
P. Swain, chairman, B. Frank AL
exander, Gerald w. Selby and D.
Webb Brickhouse, and Mrs. Sara
L. Taft, clerk.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-04-10
COLUMBIA PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Spruill
and Mrs. E. L. Mosley left Fri
day to spend the week end at
Wilmington with Mr.. and Mrs. w.
A. (Billie) Reynolds, Jr. and to
attend the Azalea Festival.
Miss Sara L. Taft, Mrs. E E.
Chesson and Mrs. R. K. Jagars
spent Wednesday in Manteo.
William H. McClees, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry J .McClees, Mrs. J. c.
McClees, Mrs. Borden McClees,
Mrs. Effie A. Brickhouse, Mrs. T.
X. VERIFY, ST., Mrs. B. Ray Co.
hoon, Mrs. w. A. Williams, Mr..
and Mrs. T. w. Armstrong from
here attended the funeral Of w. B.
Brown at Goldsboro Wednesday.
Mrs. D. V. Spencer is spending
a few days with her daughter,
Miss Billie Ann Spencer and Miss
Barbara Foster at Norfolk. Billie
Ann was a recent guest of her
parents here and was accompanied
home by her mother.
Glenn Simmons of Washington,
D. c.; Arnold Simmons of U. S.
Coast Guard, Hatteras, Mrs. Mar
gle Weatherly of Newport News,
Va, Mrs. Iris Grace Ambrose of
Creswell, all were recent guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Linwood Simmons.
Odell Smith and sons Lawrence
and Allen of Portsmouth spent the
week end with his mother, Mrs.
Dora Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Adams of
Stuart, Va, Mr.. and Mrs. Eldon
Simmons and children of Norfolk
were recent guests of their mother,
Mrs. Sadie Simmons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray McClees and
children Dennis and Denise of
Ahoskie visited his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. McClees, recent
ly.
The father of one of Columbia's
leading women, Mrs. w. ]. White,
J. S. Collins, 80, died at his home
in Roper on Friday evening. Those
from Columbia attending the flu
neral Sunday included Mr.. and
Mrs. E. J. Brickhouse, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. L. Mitchell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Borden McClees, w. H. McClees,
Mrs. C. Earl Cohoon, Mrs. r. 5.
Leary, Miss Cavel Leary, Miss
Jessie Flythe, Mrs. J. E. Alex
ander, VIM. Chas. Cohoon.
The last quarterly conference
for 1883 of the Methodist
charge will meet April 10 at Wes-
ley's Chapel. The District Super
intendent will preach at II am.
and conduct the business of the
Conference. Following the Confer
ence session there will be Fellow
ship hour with picnic lunch. The
church will observe homecoming.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-04-10
TWO CAUGHT AT TYRRELL
COUNTY WHISKEY STILL

COLUMBIA. - Two men were
apprehended while operating a still
in Dillon's Ridge area by two
ATU officers and Julian L. Poston,
Tyrrell County ABC officer, Wed
nesday morning.
Benton Ball, IS, and Lawrence
A. Davenport, %, were given a
hearing in Williamson and put
under $500 bond each for appear
ance at the October term of Fed
eral court in Washington, N. C.
The arresting officers were in
hiding near the still site, when the
two men arrived about $50 am.
When the four barrels mash and
one steam barrel distillery was put
in operation some 80 minutes later
the law men closed in, making ar
rests and destroying the still, ac-
cording to Mr.. Poston.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-04-10
WANCHESE NATIVE DIES
SUDDENLY IN FLORIDA

Mrs. Marceline Smith Holmes,
%, wife of Joe Holmes, died sud-
denly Friday morning, April 3, at
her home in Clearmont, Fla. Flu
neral services We're conducted
Monday in Clearmont.
Mrs. Holmes, who was a native
of Wanchese, is survived by her
husband; two daughters, Helen
June and DeRbie; her mother, Mrs.
Sam SparaciRo of Washington,
D. c., her father, Marshall Smith
of Manteo; one sister, Mrs. Pattie
Splain of Washington, D. c.; and
her grandmother, Mrs. H. C. Smith
of Manteo.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-04-10
MILTON LEE PATRICK

CRESWELL.-Milton Lee Pat
rick, II, died Friday morning at
his home on Route two.
He was a retired farmer, ma
tive and life resident of Washing
ton County.
Surviving are one brother, Err
nest Patrick and one sister, Mrs.
Aavia Phelps, both of Route two,
Creswell.
Funeral services We're held at
the Scuppernong Church of Christ,
of which he, was a member, on
Sunday at 2 pm. by the Reverend
Mark Woolard, pastor, assisted by
the Reverend Arnold Perry.
Interment was in the church
cemetery.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-04-10
GOLDEN AGE PARTY
SCHEDULED IN MANTEO

The Golden Age Party given an
nually by the Manteo Woman's
Club, will be held Friday, April
18th, at 1880 pm. in the Educa-
tional Building of the Methodist
Church.
All persons in Dare County of
65 years and over are invited to
attend. Those requiring transpor-
tation to the party are requested
to get in touch with Mrs. Keith
Fearing, Jr. by the morning of the
18th.
A prize will be given to the old
est man and the oldest woman
who attend.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-04-10
POULTRY ENTERPRISES IN
TYRRELL COUNTY VISITED

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. poultry
specialist, Kenneth Bean, was in
Tyrren County last week and Wis
tied the following poultry enter
prises, both adult and All, name
ly Linda Patrick, N. P. McDuffie,
r. G. Mclaughlin farm, Mrs. w.
A. Hollis, Mrs. Pauline Hollis,
Mike Cohoon, Bobby Patrick,
Johnny White, Alice White, Larry
Cooper and Willard Cooper.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-04-10

Sunday at A pm. at the Malachi's
Chapel Freewill Baptist Church, of
which he was member, by the
Rev. Herbert ]. Bryan, pastor, as
sisted by the Rev. John Afford.
Burial was in the church ceme-
terry.
Evening star., 1959-12-20

No matter how many lovely
gifts you've bought, be sure to
remember your family, friends
and business associates with
flowers. By sending flowers
you can be in many places on
Christmas Day, telling your
dear ones and friends your
thoughts are with them. Make
up your Christmas flower list
and turn it over or phone it
in to one of the Allied Florists
of Greater Washington. This
will assure you of the finest,
freshest flowers and plants
and the best in good taste,
good service and good value.
Evening star., 1959-12-20

HARRISoNBURG, Va, Dec.
19 (AP).-Nineteen children in
q little mountain school. IS
miles northwest of this Shenan-
doah Valley city, are isolated
from much that goes on in the
goth century world.
But their teacher, Delmas
Sherman, has found ways to
bring the world to these chill
dren, and ways to take the
children to see the world.
Mountain Top School, super
viSed by Rockingham County,
is tucked away in the Allegheny
Mountains, almost within sight
of the West Virginia line. 1t is
marooned much Of the winter,
b cause the steep. one-lane
road often is covered with ice.
Even in warmer seasons the
school bee omes inaccessible
when heavy rains raise a near
by meandering stream.
Within the tiny one-teacher
school, l9 boys and girls from
six families learn with Delmas
Sherman much the same les
sons their city cousins learn.
Learn About Nature
They may miss a few mod
lern luxuries. But they get a
Evening star., 1959-12-20
Crash Hurts 7
Bethesda Girls

Two Bethesda young women
were injured, one critically
when their car went out of con-
troll last night. hit a fire plug
and a utility pole in the 500
block of Georgetown road,
Montgomery County police re-
ported.
Police identified them as Miss
Barbara Ann Rydlander, 10, of
9125 Fernwood road, Bethesda,
and Miss Judith v. Nelson, 10,
Of 59O1 Aberdeen road, Be-
thesda.
Police said Miss Rydlander
apparently was passing another
car when her auto went out of
control. There was no immedi-
ate explanation for the crash,
police said.
The young women, both iden-
titled as college students, were
taken to Suburban Hospital
with multiple injuries. Miss
Rydlander was reported in fair
condition. Miss Nelson's condi-
ton was described as critical.
Rescue squadSmen said the
young women were pinned in
the car briefly after the crash.
Evening star., 1959-12-20
County Studies Plans
To Bar Court BroWIs

In addition to some 40 spec
tators, several attorneys, two
or three deputy sheriffs and
two detectives who helped COL
lar the prisoner, were present
in the court room Thursday.
The two judges have not yet
set a date for sentencing
Contee.
Another incident connected
with the trial was confirmed by
police yesterday. They said
the 25-year-old former mental
patient whom Contee was
charged with raping at knife
point last June 20 was struck
by someone in the street 80
minutes after the court room
otuburst. No charges were
placed against her assailant,
believed to be a woman. The
25-year-old girl, police said,
has returned to her home in
Michigan.
Evening star., 1959-12-20
D. &. Aides
Told to Stick
To Channels

Some District government
department heads have been
taking their budget stories to
Congress and their boss has
told them to stop it.
The Commissioners chief
aide. Schuyler Lowe, told the
officials that in many cases
these problems could be settled
in the city's budget Office with
out bothering Congressional
committees.
Mr.. Lowe, head Of the De-
,partment of General Admins
tration, sent out notes to
department chiefs last week
urging them not to get in touch
with the committees without
first consulting with the budget
Office.
The staff of the House Ap-
preparations Committee had
notified him that several de-
partment heads had been using
this direct approach, Mr.. Lowe
said in his notices. Mr.. Lowe
then noted that it is customary
to transmit budget data to the
Senate and House Appropria-
tions Committees through a
budget officer.
According to officials who re-
ceived the memorandum, the
offenders we're not named.
The budget Office, which Mr..
Lowe heads. chopped a total of
$24.5 million from the spend
ing requests Of the depart
ments for the next fiscal year.
Evening star., 1959-12-20
Virginia Studies
Curb on Funerals
On Highways

RICHMOND, Dec. 10 (AP)
Funeral professions on Vir-
ginia's open highways might
well be abandoned for safety's
sake, says the Governors high
way safety committee.
In its December bulletin the
committee took note of a recent
Richmond court decision in
validating a city ordinance
which permitted funeral direc-
tors to place mo parking
signs on streets where process
sions would form.
Said the committee:
This appears logical in the
light of modern traffic condi-
tions and it seems professions,
particularly on the open high
way. might be abandoned with
no disreSpect to the dead.
1T would be safer and more
expedient for mournenS to pro-
coed independently"
Evening star., 1959-12-20
BY G. o. HERNDON
star Stan Writer

Top Montgomery County
law enforcement officials, still
shaken by the sudden disorder
that flared in the County Court
House Thursday, will take steps
to prevent a recurrence of such
incidents.
Thursdays incident, said to
be the first of its kind in the
history of the County Circuit
Court, occurred minutes after
a jury returned a guilty verdict
at the conclusion of a rape
trial.
The defendant, Gordon Leon
Contee, %, of Ounce Orchard,
Md, suddenly went berSerk,
screamed kill me now" and
made a wild dash in the direc-
ton of the court room window
AS the prisoner was being sub
dued by court aides. his wife
who was seated in the court
room, began sobbing hysteri-
cally, and his half-brother
leaped forward and began
punching a detective holding
Contee.
The disorder subsided as
quickly as it began. Contee
and his half-brother. Melvin
William Smith, 20, of Gettys-
burg, were hastily placed in the
county jail on the top floor of
the court house.
Meantime. in response to a
riot call, some 80 county po-
licemen and State troopers
swarmed into the court house
in Rockville. Another of Con-
tees brothers was put in jail to
"cool off" for a few hours.
Circuit Judge James H. Pugh,
who with Judge Kathryn j.
Lawlor, presided at the trial,
yesterday said the county's four
Corcuit Court judges will hold
a conference "in the near fu-
ture" with County Manager
M. L. Reese. Police Supt. James
S. McAuliffe and States At
torney Leonard T. Hardy. They
will confer on details of a plan
to provide police protection in
court rooms during all criminal
proceedings.
Evening star., 1959-12-20

hire lawyers and investigators
who would help the bar COM
mittees enforce rules against
unprofeSSional conduct and
unauthorized practice of law.
Such use of the bars money,
the report said, would be far
better" than the bars expendi-
ture this year of more than
$4,000 for a jamestown cele-
bration of the advent of COM
mon law and $6,250 for a pro-
gram of continuing legal edu-
cation.
Key Recommendations
Among recommendations for
action by the 1860 General As
sembly, the committee pro-
posed:
/. Enactment of legislation
requiring all collection agen-
cieS to obtain advance ap-
proval by the State bar of all
notices and forms they use in
collecting debts.
This proposal was prompted
by committee findings that
some collection agencies have
been using forms clearly vio-
lating the legal prohibition
against simulated court docu-
ments.
2. Amendments to existing
law tightening restraints on
legal aid societies.
Evening star., 1959-12-20

in the Warren, Prince Edward
and Floyd county lawsuits are
guilty of unprofessional con-
duct.
The report did not identify
lawyers by name. 1t said, how
ever, that testimony by the
great majority" of Negro par
ents listed as plaintiffs showed
the litigation was fully con-
trolled by the National Associ-
alton for the Advancement of
Colored People"
Pattern Indicated
This pattern of NAACP ac-
tivity, the committee said, was
found in all three cases: law
yers' fees were paid by the
and not by the ap-
parent plaintiffs. Some of these
plaintiffs "have no desire to
be parties to litigation and
never intended to retain
counsel of record as their law
yer" Some did not know they
were being included as plain
tiffs and we're not consulted be-
fore or after the suits were
brought.
The committee - its formal
name is the committee on Of
fenses against the administra-
ton of justice-devoted much
of its report to the NAACP, the
school desegregation litigation,
and the committees legal bat
ties for access to NAACP finan-
cial records.
Several Cases Pending
Several cases involving the
committee and the NAACP are
still pending in the courts.
Apart from the NAACP mat
ters, the committee recon-
mended that the State bar
should use available funds to
Evening star., 1959-12-20
TeocherWith 7 act and Skill Brings
Outside World to Mountain School

the children had only dry bread
for lunch" He undertook to do
something about it.
The school is not eligible to
receive Government food sur
pluses, because it lacks a certi-
fed lunch program. The par
ents cannot spare enough
money from their pockets.
THE parents and give the
children a hot lunch every day
now," Mr.. Sherman says. The
parents contribute what they
are able. from the food they
raise"
Buys Staples Himself
Mr.. Sherman buys whatever
staple groceries are needed.
Once he chartered a bus and
took the children, along with
several parents, to Washing
ton.
In addition to his teaching
duties, Mr.. Sherman serves as
pastor of the Wardensville
charge, Virginia conference
Of the Evangelical United
Bretheren Church. There are
three small churches, with a
combined membership of 81.
But the Sunday school enroll
ment is 1872, a clue. perhaps, to
Mr.. Sherman's attraction for
children.
Mr.. Sherman is a native Of
West Virginia.
He completed his high school
education and early college
work at a small private college
in Virginia. In recent years
he has taken summer courses
to help him with his duties as
teacher.
Recently he had to slow his
pace a little. Last June he suf-
fered a paralytic stroke. No
longer can he play with the
children at recess. He can only
watch.
Evening star., 1959-12-20
BIust DESTROYS
Gasoline Pump

A service station gasoline
pump exploded and burned
here at Scaggsville, Md, yes
terday when its hose was
hooked around the bumper Of
a car as it drove away.
The resulting blaze destroyed
the pump, causing about $l00
damage at Hines Service Sta
ton, on Route 216 five miles
west of Laurel, Maryland State
police said. There were no in
juries.
The pump was uprooted
when Leonard C. Curtis, of
Laurel. unknowingly drove
away with the hose around his
bumper, police said.
Evening star., 1959-12-20
Delegates Set
Meeting to Hear
ArIingtoniuns

The Arlington delegation to
the Virginia General Assembly
will hold a public meeting at
8 pm. tomorrow to hear legis-
lative proposals from county
residents.
Delegate Harrison Mann, an
nouncing the meeting yester-
day, said number of proposals
from various county organiza-
tions and individuals already
have been submitted.
Mr.. Mann said proposals also
may be submitted in writing.
The meeting is scheduled at the
Arlington County Court House.
Evening star., 1959-12-20

first hand knowledge Of nature.
They learn how to find food
and shelter among creatures of
the wilderness. They learn to
protect themselves from HARM
full snakes and poisonous
plants.
The children live, work and
study, day by day, under the
leadership of this missionary
minded teacher.
On a typical school morning,
after transporting most Of the
children up the mountainside
in his pickup truck. Mr.. Sher-
man calls them to order with:
ok, kids. Books"
The children scamper to
their seats and wait quietly for
instructions.
Wen go ahead with arith-
metic," announces Mr.. Sher-
man.
AS lessons proceed through
out the morning, dinner has to
be prepared, fire in the stove
must be kept up, and there has
to be drinking water.
Quietly, to one of the girls,
Mr.. Sherman says: Pearl. yon
better get the rice and put it
on" To a boy, ALTON. you and
Carl may go to get water" "
To another youngster,
Charles, will you get some
coal in?"
Patience, Skill Required
It takes hard work. infinite
patience and much skill to su-
pervise the daily study of 1s
boys and girls. grades / through
7. and keep things in order.
Things have happened in the
lives of Mountain Top childreN
since Delmas Sherman Joined
them nine years ago.
Mr.. Sherman found "some of
Evening star., 1959-12-20
Talk on Greek Art

Professor Francis r. Walton
of the department of classics
of Florida State University, will
give an illustrated lecture on
Greek religion and art, at 4
o'clock today in the auditorium
of the National Gallery of ART.
Evening star., 1959-12-20

= They may miss a few mod
iern luxurieS. But they get a
Evening star., 1959-12-20
Probe Negro Lawyers,
Virqinio Bar Is Asked

RICHMOND, Va, Dec 10 CAP).-The Virginia General
ASsmby Boatwrght committee asked the Virginia State
Bar to look into the activity of lawyers representing Negro
plaintiffs in three school desegregation cases.
A report filed by the committee with Gov Almond said
the bar should determine whether plaintiffs record
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13
Tug and Burges
Battered Against
Boy Bridge Girder

ANNAPOLIS, Nd. Sept. IL
(AP) .-Seven men aboard q tug
and two barges escaped injury
Friday night when q tow line
joining the vessels got snarled
on a girder Of the Chesapeake
Bay Bridge.
Strong winds and high seas
battered the boats against the
bridge support until q Coast
Guard cutter pulled them on.
The accident happened when
the tow line wrapped around
the tugs propeller and knocked
out its steering. The current
carried the boats against the
girder.
A Coast Guard cutter took
two men Of the barges before
getting a line on the 01-foot
tug. which had i've aboard.
The cutter brought the dis
abled vessel up the bay where
1t was met by another tug
owned by the same captain. He
was identified as John Rowe Of
Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13
Skindiver Ends
7o-Hour Stoy at
Bottom of Pool

MANOR HAVEN. N. Y. Sept.
IL (AP) .-Skindiver Robert
Ingolia surfaced tonight from
the bottom Of a swimming pool
where he spent 10 hours and
grinned:
ats so good TO be a human
being"
The 25-year-old ex-N avy
frogman. now q nursing student
at Queens College, entered the
pool last Wednesday to study
the effects Of lengthy submer-
sion on the human body.
Observers from the Naval de-
vices center near this Long
Island community said he may
have set q record.
Underwater Mr.. Ingolia lolled
about on q weighted bed and
chair. played checkers on a
heavy board and took liquid
nourishment.
He admitted to a growing
sense Of boredom, but came UP
only after his hands and feet
grew painfully wrinkled.
Despite that, he said, Il feel
great. I hope we can learn
something from this"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13

It didn't take the FBI, State
police and Sheriff Francis Gar
ner Of Charles County long to
piece events together after that.
License Number Noted
A check Of the license num-
Der noted by Mrs. Olson dis
closed. police said. the Chevro-
let was registered in the name
Of Mrs. Esther Couch Of Mar
bury, Nd, mother Of Robert
Couch. She told authorities
her son had the car and worked
in a supermarket in Alexandria.
After making sure they could
take Couch whenever they
wished, FBI agents went to La
Plata High School and went
over the records. They took a
photograph Of Couch and some
samples Of his handwriting.
Last Saturday morning they
arrested him at his job and
charged him with bank robbery.
Police believe Lawrenson saw
Sunday mornings papers and
decided to leave Washington.
He and a woman companion
few to Miami Beach, Fla. but
were swiftly traced and arrested
by FBI agents. All but 5000 Of
the loot was found in Lawren-
lson's luggage. the FBI said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13
Scheduled Fight
Between Gangs
Probed by Police

Prince Georges County police
are investigating a gang fight
that had been scheduled in
NARROW Heights. Nd. but never
took place.
Police were able to end the
light plans Thursday night
after a resident phoned that
youths were assembling for a
fight behind the Benjamin
Stoddart Junior High School.
They were armed with clubs,
pieces Of hose and knives.
police said.
The fight had been arranged
by q gang from Hillcrest
Heights and one from clinton.
They were to settle" an argu-
ment between two Of the
youths. one from each gang.
police said.
Police rounded UP IL youths
from Hillcrest Heights, aged II
to II years. The Clinton boys
had arrived earlier IN three
cars and had driven through
the neighborhood waving clubs.
detectives said.
The Clinton gang had left
by the time their adversaries
arrived. No charges have been
filed pending further investiga-
ton. police said.