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DREDGING SOON OF
HATTERAS CHANNEL
AND ENGELHARD
D. D. Atkinson Awarded $4,000
Contract for Three Projects
in Eastern N. G.

WILMINGTON.-D. D. Atkin.
son, President of Atkinson Dredg-
ing Company of Norfolk, advises
that 81 hope to get started on the
dredging at Hatteras in December
but the nearness of Christmas may
delay us until January"
The Atkinson firm was low bid
der at $117,720 for maintenance
dredging at Hatteras, Engelhard
and Edenton at a bid opening here
on December 5. The bids were OPEN
ed by Col. R. P. Davidson, District
Engineer, Corps of Engineers.
Atkinson said he plans to as
sign the Dredge HAMPTON
ROADS to the job and to start at
Hatteras, then shift to Engelhard
and do the Edenton job last. The
HAMPTON ROADS has just fin
ished dredging in Wilmington Har-
Dor and is tied up here now.
It is understood that Mr.. Atkin-
son will consult with the crew first
so that he can get their views about
the coming holiday period.
81 know they want to be at home
Christmas" he said, $50 l don't
know right now if we will get
started before or after Christmas u
The task involves about 100000
cubic yards and, weather permit
ting, should be finished within
three to four months,
Other bidders for the work were.
]. A. LaPorte, Inc, Arlington, Va,
$12O,680, and Cottrell Contracting
Company of Norfolk, $138,480.
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FACING COSTLY JOB
OF REPAIRING ON
DARE COURTHOUSE

Dare County is facing what
may turn out to be a costly re-
pair job on the Dare County
courthouse roof as a result of neg
lect, all because $24 worth of
shingles were not replaced after
the hurricane of three years ago.
Rain running into the building
has rotted rafters, plates, roof
ers and joist ends, and the tear
ing away and replacement is ex-
pected to run into some thou
sands.
When the hurricane blew the
shingles off the roof, the Sheriff
was instructed to get repairs un-
derway. The matter was referred
TO a local building supply firm.
Not even an adjustment Of insur-
ance was made, and the matter
had been forgotten until recently.
The Board chairman applied
for the insurance check, and it
has been paid. Preliminary esti-
mates have been made which indi-
cate enormous loss to the taxpay-
ers. At the time the damage was
done, the Commissioners were
busy building a 100000 Jail
which the people had voted
against by three to one. With
plenty of workmen around, with
staging at hand, the front end of
the courthouse was forgotten and
left to rot, while the rear end was
being doctored up for a prisoners
hotel.
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GYROCOPTER AND
JETS ARE READY
FOR DECEMBER "
TuII Program Prepared for 56th
Anniversary Of First Flights
Thursday

Igor Bensen's gyrocopter the
"Spirit of Kitty Hawk" will be
demonstrated here at Kill Devil
Hills during the seth anniversary
celebration of the Wright Broth
ers' first flights ON December II,
next week, it was announced to-
day by David Stick, chairman,
Wright Memorial Society's muse
um committee.
The gyrocopter which will be
making it's first public demon
stration in North Carolina was in
vented by Bensen. The demon
stration will mark the conclusion
of ceremonies atop Kill Devil
Hills of which Stick will preside.
Prior to flight of the "Spirit
of Kitty Hawk" in the program
starting at Kill Devil Hill and the
Wright Memorial monument at
1920 o'clock, jet aircraft of the
us. Air Force along with engine
powered transports and bombers
will make two formation passes
over the monument, the first at
1887 o'clock and the second at
1856 o'clock. In the meantime on
the ground at the monument the
program will begin with an invo-
cation by the Rev. R. w. Turner
of st. Andrews Episcopal Church,
Nags Head and the National An
them by the Elizabeth City high
school band.
Mayor R. H. Cook, of Kill Devil
Hills will welcome the group and
Stick will present distinguished
guests including Ebert Cox, re-
gional director, National Park
Service, Mayor Levin Culpepper,
of Elizabeth City, President Gra-
dy Miller, Jr., of the N. c. Aero
Club and Herb Kalish, of the Air
Force Association.
President Grady Millere of Con-
cord has stated that the Carolina
Aero Club, some 35 strong will
fly to the exercises at Kill Devil
Hills on December 18th.
Representatives of II major
airlines are expected to attend
this celebration honoring the
Wright Brothers, Julian Oneto, of
the Carolinian said.
Wreaths from the City Of Day
ton, Ohio, one from this State,
one from the Aero Club and one
from Dare County will be placed
to honor the memory of the
Wrights. The Bensen gyrocopter
demonstration is scheduled for
Ills o'clock.
Rear Admiral Peter V. Colmar,
commandant 5th Coast Guard Dis
trict, Norfolk, will deliver the
principal address at the Memorial
Luncheon scheduled for 1890
o'clock at The Carolinian Hotel.
Wade Mari, president, Kill Devil
Hills Memorial Society will be
toastmaster. Melvin r. Daniels OF
Wanchese will give the welcome.
Congressman Herbert c. Bonner
of Washington, N. C. and Elbert
Cox, of the National Park Serv-
ice will speak.
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CAPT. LINWOOD CUTHRELL
CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR

Capt. G. Linwood Cuthrell, Man
teo building contractor was this
week UNANIMOUSLY rendered the
post Of Civil Defense Director Of
Dare County by the Board Of Com
missioners. He Is named as sue
cessor TO Bob Gibbs, who resigned
recently after serving . year.
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LIONS CLUB TO HOLD
DANCE NEXT WEEK

Manteo Lions are this week sell
ing tickets for their annual Christ
mas party and dance TO be held next
Saturday, the 10th. Several prizes
are 10 be awarded and good enter
tainment is promised for all. Danc-
ing win begin ct Q pm.
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JOHN B. BEASLEY, SA,
U.S.C.G., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry H. Beasley, of Colington,
address, Route 2, Kitty Hawk,
N. c., has completed thirteen
weeks of basic training at the
U. S. Coast Guard Receiving Cen
ter, Cape May, New Jersey. He
entered the Coast Guard last Aug
ust. He will now report to Petty
Officers School at the U. s. Coast
Guard Training Station, Groton,
Conn.,, as seaman apprentice.
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BUSINESS SERVICES
REPAIRS AND SERVICE

Al CLEANING, house, windows.
floors, walls, floor sanding, paint
ing. IL yrs. exper. Elk. 3-1452.
ALE TYPES OF REPAIRS-Brkl ce-
g msnt, r,I plasterlns' TCsa.1eTproonns;
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CLERK-TYPIST
CL,ERK-TYPIST

For real estate once. southeast
Salary open. Inquire N person.
THE WHEELER CORP, 1OlJ
Waller pl. SIC.
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FILE CLERK

To fle 1xs cards. B-day wk, age
sO-40: permanent Apply cAPI-
suite 400. Mr., FORD. "
CAS-. ms. elk. -TYPIsT, rate and
Press ISIS se ssp' embassy y $3.50 upi
ALLEN o bhIEN Personnel service
l4O4 N. Y. Ave, RE. 7-72S0
GENERAL OFFICE CLERK, age rs
10 40: some typing, Applicant
must like 10 work with figures:
salary open depending upon quali-
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weekdays z TO B pm, room 1880,
National Press Bids. No phone
calls.
GENERAL OFFICE WORKER, for
banking iirm' ABILITY 70 handle
public necessary; light dlctation
West Hyattsvilie area. Call MRS
WRIGHT, UN, 4-3374,
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GENERAL OFFICE WORKER fol
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housekeeping and be O companion.
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INSURANCE - FIRE CASUALTY
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holidays. Apply personnel PROVI-
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through Fri. 1850 varnum ne.
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CLERK.TYpIST

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ave. NV.
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roofing contractors, RAJ 3-744A
COLLEGE EDUCATION
White. seneral once work; S-day.
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EXECUTIVE SECY,

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Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
Study Center
Improves Grades

A well-planned study center
in your home can mean less
hours of study and improved
grades for your youngster, says
Florence Y. Smith, county home
demonstration agent.
Make a private, convenient,
and comfortable study center
for your child. Place your study
center away from the TV set
and other activities going on
during study hours. Distractions
by the rest of the family in
terfere with his concentration
on schoolwork.
Make sure the study space
is large enough to hold paper,
books, and other supplies, and
leave room for future expansion,
Mrs. Smith suggested.
A study desk or table can be
adjusted with growth is ideal
for a child in elementary school.
And at any age a sturdy study
CONTINUED on Page 16)
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By RONALD STEVENS

Education in the Smyrna COM
munity mas undergone many
changes since its founding l30
years ago in two small frame
schoolhouses, one on North
Street, the other on South
Street. In 1854, because of the
growth of the school and the
increasing demand for larger
quarters, the South Street struc-
ture was supplanted by a two
story brick building.
Life in these early school
days was very similar to that of
today. Each teacher strictly at
tended to the charges under his
care without much interference
from the others. To govern the
enthusiasm of youth, a set of
rules was set up to control their
conduct. One of the penalties
inflicted for an lntractlOn OF the
rules was the copying of the en-
tire set a given number of times.
This method proved so success
! full that it has survived to the
present day.
Some of the twenty rules en-
ployed by teachers during the
l850's were:
Scholars will studiously avoid
making any noise with their
books, states, feet, chairs, tables
or anything else.
Scholars will be expected to
maintain a gentlemanly or lady,
like department both in school
and out. This will be strictly
required.
No eating, especially the
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Promotion Series
Mapped For WSCS
By Dover District

Dover District Woman's So
ciety of Christian Service will
hold a series of promotion COM
mittee sessions during Novem-
Der in each of its six zones.
These sessions will be under the
leadership of Mrs. l. c. King,
district secretary of promotion.
The purpose of committee
sessions is to prepare every
member for understanding, par
ticipation, and development of
Christian personality through
the channels of work of the
W.S.C.S.
Mrs. w. Edgar Timmons, dis
trict president, will present the
How-Why-What of committee
sessions. Mrs. Henry Graves
will explain the duties and how
a nominating committee func-
tions. Other district officers par
ticipating are: Mrs. Milton Man.
love, program committee; and
Mrs. Byron Gibson, spiritual
life committee. There will be
other committees included in
the evening programs. A refer
ence kit will be presented to
each attending member. Dates
CONTINUED on Page l6)
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
Reading ConcIave
Set For Parents

How Parents Help Children
in Reading" is the theme of the
Tenth Annual Reading Confer
ence for Parents at the Univer-
sity of Delaware which has been
scheduled for Saturday, Nov. z,
by the university's Reading
Study Center.
Meetings have been scheduled
at the elementary, junior high
and senior high school levels
and number of parents, teach
ers and university faculty men,
bers will participate. Program
arrangements are being made
under the supervision of DR..
Russell G. Stauffer, director of
the university's Reading-Study
Center.
Featured speaker at the gen
eral conference session in Wolf
Hall and at the annual luncheon
will be DR.. Nancy Larrick, auth
or of the well-known book, A
Parents Guide to Children's
Reading. DR.. Larrick will speak
on the topics, Lets Enlist the
Parents" and Growing Up with
Books"
Parents desiring to attend the
conference are invited to make
reservations for luncheon by
calling the Reading-Study Cen.
ter at the university.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
Warner Price iii
Brown Freshman

There were more than 622
freshmen on campus this fall as
Brown University opened its
196th academic year. The Brown
frosh represent 81 states, the
District of Columbia, and nine
foreign countries. Enrolled from
the local area in the Providence,
R. l., school is Warner w.
Price III, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Warner w. Price, Jr., 204 w.
Mt. Vernon Street, Smyrna, a
graduate of st. Andrews School
and candidate for the Bach
elor of Arts degree.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
Archaeologists To Begin Diggggings
Soon On SOO-Acre Site Near Lewes

The Delaware Archaeological
Board has announced that it
has engaged MIR. Bert Salwen
to make an archaeological sur
vey of Hercules Powder Com
pany properties near Lewes. The
800-acre Sussex County site was
bought by Hercules a year ago
for possible future expansion,
but since the company has no
immediate plans for the site,
permission was granted the Del
aware Archaeological Board to
conduct "diggings" on the site.
DR.. Allen G. Schiek, chairman
of the Delaware Archaeological
Board, stated that the survey
of the Hercules lands would be
undertaken Immediately follow
ing the harvesting of the crops
in which they are now planted.
Mr.. Salwen, who also holds
a degree in mechanical engi-
neering, is presently research
associate in archaeology in the
Department of Anthropology of
Columbia University, where he
is completing work for his doc
tors degree in archaeology.
During the past summer he was
the field assistant with the Uni
versity of Kansas Archaeology
cal Expedition in South Dakota.
Along with another archaeol-
opits. MIR. SalWen eXcaVated the
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
Times Have Changed Since lSOO's,
But Schools Remain Much The Same

chewing Of tobacco, will be per-
m.tted IN study hours.
Boisterous noise or any i'm
proper conduct around the
schoolhouse will not be per-
mitted.
Expressions of approval and
disapproval were frequently
made during school sessions,
with states, books, and feet pro-
viding most of the noise. Tobac-
CO chewing once had been a u.s.
ual occurance, but strictness by
teachers discouraged the prac-
tice and it soon disappeared.
Highlight of each school year
before the turn of the century
was the ride given teacher by
his appreciative pupils. How
ever, his seat on top of a fence
rail was not the most comfort
able in the world, nor was the
gait the most easy.
To maintain strict degree
of discipline, teachers had to be
quick with natures weapons,
which they supplemented with a
strap, hickory sapling, and by
the advice of the school trus-
tees, revolver. Luckily, they
were not compelled to use the
latter.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
Catholic Youth
Week Is Marked

In a proclamation, Governor
]. Caleb Boggs has urged Del
awareans to acknowledge the
outstanding contributions made
by the Catholic Youth Organi-
zation" and to assist in every
way possible in the promotion
of Catholic Youth Week which
is being observed this week.
After pointing out that "the
future of our country and all
of the world depends upon
YOUTH" the chief executive ad-
vised that young people ought
to develop strong moral char
acter, a spirit of patriotism and
a sense of responsibility in or
der to carry out this trust"
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29

8H Million Lives Saved
Through 1858, over 81s mil
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Methodist Youth
Conference Draws
Two From Asbury

Three hundred young people
of the Peninsula Methodist Con-
ference gathered at Zion Church,
Cambridge, over the weekend
for the annual three-day fall
youth conference. Representing
Asbury Church at the parley
were David Urian, TommyMills,
and Eddie Sterling.
The Rev. Alton S. Miller was
host pastor. Registration was
held Friday night. is 1t Love?"
was the theme of the confer
ence.
The Rev. Haskell M. Miller,
professor of social ethics at the
Wesley Theological Seminary,
Washington, addressed the con-
clave Saturday morning. He al
so was one of the adult leaders
of discussion groups during the
day when films on the confer
ence theme were previewed
Rev. Miller is author of the
book, Understanding and Pre-
venting Juvenile Delinquency"
A banquet was held Saturday
night with the Rev. George God
frey, Peninsula Conference di-
rector of camp and youth work
as POSTMASTER. A presentation
by the Bishops Company OF
California, "The Episode of the
Sparrows," concluded the even
ing.
A communion service lead by
the Rev. DR.. ]. Leas Green, sup
erintendent of the Easton Dis
trict, concluded the conference
Sunday at 2::30 pm. In the
morning the young delegates at
tended church with their hosts
and hostesses.
The three-day meeting was
sponsored under the direction
of the Rev. Edwin c. Thomas
pastor of the Queen Anne, Md
charge.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
Game Commission
Employees Adopt
Pension Program

Employees of the Board of
Game and Fish Commissioners
announced recently the forma-
ton of a Pension Trust" by
which individuals in the Com
mission 55 years of age or un-
der have elected to contribute
up to 10 per cent of their an
nual salaries toward a fund pay
able to them upon separation
or retirement from the Commits
sion employ. Part of the trust
is invested in life in surance
and a part in securities.
The trust is administered by
the Farmers Bank of the State
of Delaware. John j. Pearce of
Wilmington, consultant on in
surance and employee benefit
plans, and James Singly and AS
sociates of Lansdowne, Pa, con-
sultants in deferred compensa-
tion plans, assisted in the for
nation of the plan, one of the
first of its kind to be instigated
by employees of an agency.
The trust is completely apart
from the pension program of
the State and is administered
by trust officer Leonard S. Hole
of the Farmers Bank with the
Director of the Game and Fish
Commission, Norman G. Wilder,
as advisor.
Speaking for the "a members
of the trust, Mr.. Wilder stated
that this plan should go a long
way to establish economic Sc
curity for its members and make
it possible for the Commission
to secure and retain high quail
| ity personnel.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29

Greenwich Rock Shelter Site in
Connecticut for the Columbia
University Archaeological Sur
vey two years ago. He also par
ticipated in the excavation of
the Washington Crossing site
along the Delaware River in
Pennsylvania, and the RCA site
in New Jersey. He is member
of the American Anthropologi-
cal Association, the Society for
American Archaeology, and the
archaeological societies of New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Mass
achusetts.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
Yardstick For Home Buyers

"This Old House" is a song
many a homeowner would like
to do without-at least as a
theme for the family home. But
many, who would like to buy
a new model, wonder how much
house they can afford. If you
have your eye on new home,
here's a tip from the nations
bankers: You can spend roughly
up to 21a times your yearly
income.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
Biscuits in a Hurry

When time is short and bus
cults are needed, just pan out
the dough till it's half an inch
thick and cut squares with a
knife. That's lots quicker than
using a biscuit cutter.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29

lion lives have been saved by
the decline in the TB death rate
from it's 1900 livel. Buy Christ
mas Seals.
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Grand Prize Winners

TOMORROW may be the big day
Il for the photographers of the
pictures on this page. They land
the photographer of the picture
on the cover of this iSSue) are the
grand prize winners in The Stars
Amateur Snapshot Contest. Each
is awarded a 500 United States
Savings Bond, and his picture will
be entered in tomorrow's 21st an
nual Newspaper National Snapshot
Awards at the National Geographic
Society Building Their pictures
will compete with grand prize win
ners from other newspapers partici-
pating in the contest for total of
$19,750 in prizes. There will be five
grand prizes of $1,000, five second
prizes of $500, five third prizes of
$3.50, 80 Special Merit Awards of $50
and $50 Honor Awards of SIS.
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Gerald Chidester
Services Monday

Funeral services were held
Monday in the Siferd South Chap
el, Lima, for Gerald B. Chidest-
er, AZ, Lima, a farmer and for
mer electrician at the Ohio Steel
Foundry Co., who died Saturday
in Lima Memorial hospital fol-
lowing an illness of six months.
A native of Lima, he was born
September 1, 1912. He was a
member of Olive Chapel Metho-
dist church.
Surviving are his widow, La
Donna; three daughters, Darlene,
at home; Mrs. Carolyn Dawson
and Mrs. Jean Stoodt, both of
Lima; five grandchildren; his
father, John Chidester of Bluff
ton and a brother, Kenneth, Bluff
ton.
The Rev. Ned Mckinney of
ficiated at the services assisted
by the Rev. Robert Dye Sr.
Burial was in West Point ceme-
terry.