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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-01-23
LOST COLONY
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the meeting wound up after the
paper had been circulated and tbs
following pledges made at $3.50
each, the first five being paid on
the spot:
Miles Clark, Victor Meekins,
Mrs. Lucille Winslow. R. L. Hum
Der, Carolinian Hotel; 500 was
paid by Paul Gray; another 500
subscribed for the Manteo Bus line
by ]. o. Basnight. The following
is the balance. of subscriptions at
$3.50 each: Dick Jordan, Aycock
Brown, David Stick. Fearings, Inc,
William Ernst Jr., Daniels Oil Co.,
Owens Motor Court, Manteo Motel,
Wises's Food Market. Dare County
Ice and Storage, Beacon Motor
Lodge, Wallace R. GRAY, Martin
Kellogg, Jr., and Merle Meekins.
Another Meeting, Feb. 1.
The entire group of friends of
the Lost Colony who attended the
melting Sunday afternoon were con-
stituted the committee of "Dare
County Friends of the Lost Colony
in 1882" and David Stick. the new
est member of the Association was
named temporary chairman to or
ganize the drive to get the rest of
the $4,000. Mr.. Stick has called a
meeting in the Manteo Community
building for Sunday afternoon, at
9 pm. February l for these and
others to unite to assuring the
show will open, later an effort will
be made to inject into its operation
such energy and modernization as
will make the Lost Colony the
glorious enterprise its founders
dreamed it would be back in 1887.
The following persons attended
the meeting Sunday: Mr.. Humber,
Miles Clark, Paul Green, C. S.
Meekins, Martin Kellogg, Jr., Ike
Davis, Mrs. Lucille Winslow, Cliff
ton Britton, Dick Jordan, Aycock
Brown, David Stick, William Ernst,
Jr., Keith Fearing, Victor Meek
ms, w. B. Fearing, Wallace Nc
Gown, Paul Gray, Mr.. and Mrs.
Willis Wise, Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
Midget, Mr.. and Mrs. Burwell
Evans, Sanford Gregory, Thomas
Chears, Jr., C. A. York, Rudy Jen-
nette, Harry Thomas, Pat Bayne,
w. H. Smith, Robert Gibbs, Archie
Burrus, Roland Sawyer, Bobbie
Owens, and Alvah Ward. Jr.
In addition to Paul Green and
others who smoke, Clifton Britton
director, Ike Davis, Mrs. Winslow
Mayor Thos. Chears of Kill Devil
Hills, Martin Kellogg and Keith
Fearing were recognized.
The plan now is to first canvass
the field for donors of $3.50 each
or such other sum as may be OBJ
tanned, to raise the remaining
$4,000. Persons who live in the
/ VI WIZ Have U0olbCCS
or property interests in the commu-
nifty are considered first on the
Hist of those who should step for
ward with financial support for the
show. Forty thousand or more PEG.
pie in two months spend lot Of
money for rooms, for food at res
taurants. for gasoline, and othei
things. Many of these visitors en-
ploy fishing boats and guides. Sc
it is, that practically every person
in business, stores, hotels, cafes
ETC., in this area profit greatly
from it and would lose heavily
without it.
The meeting in Manteos at thu
Community building on February
l will make an effort to find thu
friends of the Lost Colony this
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side of the road. S. and costs.
Willard G. Klien of Mays Head,
no operators license $25 and costs;
Francis E. Jellico, no operators Ii
cense, and wrong side of the road,
$50 and costs; Garfield Curles of
Wanchese, speeding and wrong
side, SIS and costs.
K. R. Wilmington, Mays Head,
and Charles r. Mason, Ocracoke,
improper license plates, each S.
and costs. Nicholas L. Rochester,
Indian Trail, N. c., no chauffeurs
license, $25 and costs.
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1860. The cost share rate for lime
is $3.50 per ton. The cost share
rate for digging drainage bitches
and ponds is 10 cent per cubic yard
of dirt removed. All farmers in
Dare County are urged to visit the
County Agents Office on January
9th or the Pasquotank County
ASC Office after that date and dis
cuss the conservation needs for
their farm.
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BUREAU
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The County Board Of Commits
sioners will be requested to APP
point a member to serve on the
Board Of Directors, also one from
Mays Head Township made va
cant when Kellogg was made
chairman.
The Board will meet again on
Hatteras Island, March Is.
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pounds, 10 ounces, on January 90
in the Albemarle Hospital, Eliza
beth City. Mrs. Dudley is the
former Karolyn Whitfield.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-12
Internal Affairs To Highlight
Fall Board Sessions OF Jaycees

The fall board meeting of the
Delaware State Junior Chamber
of Commerce will be held in Do
yer Nov. l4-l5 with the Dover
Jaycees as host, according to
announcement by Martin Gold
en-, Smyrna, state president. Re-
presentatives of thirteen chap
ters in the state will attend.
There will be a session of for
ums on Jaycee projects. One of
the highlights of the program
will be a talk by Howard Thom-
as, Silver Spring, Md, national
vice president, who will speak
at the evening banquet on Sat-
urday at Dinner Bell Inn, Dover.
He will also conduct a forum
Sunday morning on the internal
affairs program of the Jaycees.
Col. c. B. Shaffer, Delaware
State Development Department,
will tell of the duties of his de-
partment and how they can aid
Smyrna times., 1959-11-12
I'D Cards
Mailed In Kent

Voters identification cards of
registered voters for Kent Coun-
ty have been completed and
mailed from the Department of
Elections office in Dover. l..
Winfield Hughes, president of
the Kent County Board, stated
if there is a registered voter
who has not received his or her
card to- contact the office at lat
S. State Street, Dover, or call
Redfield 44457. Mr.. Hughes al
so stated that quite a number of
cards have been returned to his
office because of unknown ad-
dresses and of persons who have
moved and failed to notify the
office of their change of address
or transfer to other counties.
The wallet-size cards bear the
voters name and address, repre-
sentative district and voting dis
trict. Mr.. Hughes said these
cards are for identification of a
voters registration and are to be
used for a transfer from one dis
trict to another, one county to
another or change of name by
marriage.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-12
Child Population
Increases By 50 20

If Delaware continues to grow
in population in the next de-
cade as it has since 1850, the
state will have between 10000
and 2l2,000 children under 18
by 1870, pointing up the need
for continuous expansion of
school facilities and continuous
increase in the number of teach
ers, advises the Delaware State
Development Department. The
state information agency also
points out that in 1850 the state
had $4,000 children under the
age of l8 years, and, on the
basis of estimates mace by the
U. S. Census Bureau and other
usually reliable sources, the to-
tai for 1860 will likely be be-
tween l48,000 and $1,000 for
an increase of between SO and
60 per cent in a single decade.
Looking still further into the
future, the Development Depart
ment predicts that Delaware's
child population will be be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 by
1865, and may 60 to as high
as 2l2,000-or double the 1850
child population-by 1870.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-12
Scholarship Aid
Prospects Flood
Guidance Office

Smyrna High School students
have been advised earlier in the
year about college entrance
board arrangements. 1t is the
responsibility of the student to-
learn from the college of his
choice whether these are re-
quired. The student, with his
parents, makes the necessary
arrangements. The guidance
counselor is ready to help with
information, bulletins, etc. Mo-
tices of scholarship opportunit--
les are flooding into the guild
ance office. Again, it is the re-
sponsibility of the student and
his parents to take the initiative
and the responsibility in apply
ing for these. The guidance Of
flee provides information, helps
with recommendations, sugges-
tions, etc. 1t is wise for the
student to apply for a many
scholarships as possible for which
he may be eligible because
Continued on Page Six)
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Man New
Pomona Master

New officers were elected by
Kent County Pomona Grange at
a meeting held Thursday at
Fruitland Grange, Camden. They
are: Francis Thomas, Bethesda
Grange, master; Wallace Caulk,
Sr., Fruitland Grange, overseer;
Charles Maske, Bethesda, lectur-
er; Mrs. Gladys Hates, Trophy
Grange, steward; William HUFF
nal, Capital, assistant steward;
Mrs. Arthur CHM, Smyrna,
chaplain; Mrs. Alfredo Connard,
Capital, treasurer; Mrs. Charles
Dukes, Smyrna, secretary; Paul
Caulk, Fruitland, gate keeper;
Mrs. Francis Thomas, Bethesda,
Pomona; Mrs. Catherine Dono-
van, Harrington, Ceres; Mrs.
Annie Moore, Trophy, Flora;
Mrs. William Hufnal, Capital,
lady assistant steward. Charles
Maske, in charge of the program,
presented Mrs. Marion Tracy,
who had lived in India. She told
of the customs, life, and religion
Continued on PAGE Twelve
Smyrna times., 1959-11-12
Bazaar To Open
Two-Day Stand
At Century Club

A final survey of all commit
tees for the Asbury Methodist
Church Holiday Gift Bazaar re-
veals a scintillating array of
unique gifts and goodies from
the "Olde Country Store" coun-
ters. When the bazaar opens
at the Smyrna Century Club, IL
am. on Thursday, November
10Th, the crowds attending will
find homemade fruit cakes, pre-
serves, soup, pickles, pies and
all kinds of tempting goodies
from the kitchens of Asbury's
womenfolk in "Grandmas Kitch-
en-" A Cracker Barrel" will be
filled with surprise packages to
please all ages, while the Can
dy Counter" will feature wide
variety of homemade candies
and authentic candy jars filled
with old fashioned licorice, pep
permint sticks, popcorn balls
and other sweets of a bygone
era. The "Trimmin's Counter
will be filled with artistic handi-
work, such as: wreaths, hand
made candles, colorful candle
C e n t e pieces and exquisitely
beautiful and orig in al star
wreaths. The "What-Not Coun-
ter" will offer antiques and un-
usual items from closets, attics
and private collection A
"Handcrafts Counter" will be
stocked with handmade baskets
and trays, while Aunt Dinahs
Corner" will offer aprons, guest
towels, embroidered pillow cas-
es, dolls, toys, and fine needle
work from the nimble fingers
of the ladies who have earned
such fine reputation in this
field. "Miladys Jewelry Count
er" will contain a sparkling dis
play of delicate and colorful
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Annual Statewide College Night
Carded Nov. 23rd At Dover School

The annual All-State College
Night Program for 18th and 18th
grade students, their parents
and interested teachers will be
held on Monday night, Novem-
Der %, beginning with a Gen.
eral Assembly at ZOO pm. in
Dover High School Field House.
There will be opportunity for
students to consult representa-
tives from at least three differ
ent colleges. All college caliber
students are urged to attend.
The University of Delaware has
announced a series of Saturday
Open House Programs for high
school students in various COL
lege areas of study. The soph-
omore class at the University
has arranged a High School Sen
Smyrna times., 1959-11-12

the Jaycees in their community
development program. The
speaker at the luncheon on Sun
day will be Major George F.
Schmalhofer, Field Force Com
mander, Delaware State Police,
who will talk on the problems
of law enforcement and safety
in the state. Mr.. Golden will
preside at the business session
Sunday afternoon. Mars h |
Bruce, state chaplain, will con-
duct services on Sunday. The
forums and business sessions
will be held at the South State
Street School, Dover. There will
be dance held at the Del-Vets
Club on Saturday, starting at
g pm. The Delaware Janecees
will meet on Saturday at the
South State Street School and
will be addressed by MIR. Thorn
as and Mr.. Golden.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-12
Thirteenth Chair
Tickets On Sale

This years production of the
Junior Class play is filled with
suspense, screams, ghosts, and
magic voices from beyond. Two
nights of activity will provide
Junior Class play-goers with a
top-notch mystery, designed to
entertain and keep all armchair
Perry Masons guessing as to
"Whodonit?" Who killed Ed
ward Wales, the man who sat
in the thirteenth chair? Why
was he killed when he was
among friends? These and 9th
er questions will be answered
when the curtain of the John
Bassett Moore High School
opens for two-night run of
the classic m murd e r mystery,
"The Thirteenth Chair" Tickets
for this production may be
purchased beginning Monday,
November 10th from any mem
ber of the Junior Class.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-12
Move Underway
To Erect Shelter
Over MD Marker

Miss M. Catherine Downing,
Milford, Regent of the Delaware
State Society Daughters of the
American Revolution, presided
at the annual meeting of the
convention of Patriotic Societies
of Delaware held Nov. 5, at the
University Club, Newark. David
S. Hugg, of the Delaware State
Development Department, was
the guest speaker. He gave a
talk on 'Delaware's Historic
Past and Attractions" The year
1860 has been designated as
Visit U.S.A. Year." and Mr..
Hugg suggested that Delaware
might tie in with this national
program by adopting the slogan
"See the First State First in
1860" He predicted that 1860
would be Delaware's largest
tourist year. During the busi-
ness meeting, projects were pro-
posed to erect a shelter over
the Mason and Dixon Corner
Stone located on the state line
between Delaware and Mardella,
Maryland. The shelter would be
similar to that used at Plymouth
Rock; to discuss the possibility
of securing bronze busts of Cae-
sar Rodney and John M. Clay
ton to be placed in Legislative
Hall in Dover; and to have the
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Smyrna times., 1959-11-12
Dogwood Planting
Work Progresses;
PHILIPPINES Aid
By CARE Begun

Plans were made at the meet
ing of the executive committee
of the Twentieth Century Club
on Thursday for the regular
meeting of the club on Thurs
day, Nov. IL at 2 pm. The sub
ject will be international rela-
tions and the speaker will be
Mrs. Marjorie w. Speakman,
who will tell of her trip last
summer to the Far East, Russia,
and Europe. Mrs. Speakman is
particularly fitted to present the
subject as she has long been in
terested in the broad field of re-
lations with other nations. The
club will participate that day in
the suggested program for the
benefit of CARE, Count Your
Blessings" that of having fit
ting ceremony and voluntary
contributions to relief in the
PHILIPPINES. In addition the club
will donate $40 to CARE. Any
interested persons, not members
of the club, who wish to be a
part of the Count Your Bless
ings' offering may send their
contribution to Mrs. Harold E.
Wickham, chairman CARE pro-
ject. Mrs. Richard Bobzin pre-
sided at the committee meeting,
and Mrs. Lawrence c. Ellery
submitted the treasurer's report.
1t was announced that there are
nine new members, with Mrs.
Jay Tomlin's name added to the
previous list, and Miss Eva c.
Stehley, a re-instated member,
who was accepted by the board.
Progress on the dogwood tree
planting project was reported
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Smyrna times., 1959-11-12
Clayton Rejects
Memorial Bridge
Offer For Lights;
Policeman Hired

An application for surplus
lights from the Delaware Mem
orial Bridge has been rescinded
by Clayton Town Council. Ac-
ton on the matter was taken at
a recent meeting when it was
determined TIL at installation
costs for such a project would
be too high. Council members
expressed a preference for ear
marking the proposed installa-
ton funds toward purchase of
mercury lamp lights, the ulti-
mate goal of the council. The
town was to receive approx
mately 20 of the bridge lights
sometime next spring. Carl Con-
ley has been employed as the
new town policeman. Council
requests that persons attempt
ing to contact the officer call
state police at the Dover bar
racks, who will relay the mes
sage by radio. Progress reports
involving work by town crews
revealed that surfacing work on
Smyrna Avenue in front of the
VIEW. Hall has been complet-
ed. Similar work on Cherry
Alley behind Ewell's-St. Paul
Church also is nearing compile
ton. Three new transformers
have been installed behind the
fire house to ease the heavy load
previously carried by the old
system. The Thomas Line Con-
struction Company, Wilmington,
has finished rebuilding the elec-
trio line which services Duck
Creek Road and Peach Alley.
John ]. Roth, president of the
council, conducted the business
session.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-12
Food Sale Benefit
Aids Lunch Fund

Did you know that there are
children in the Smyrna Schools
who are in need of food at
lunchtime, and do not have the
money to pay for it? The PTA'
is aware of this situation and
has taken steps to remedy it by
holding a food sale on Friday
and Saturday, November l3 and
IA at the Messick Building next
to Vance Coles Barber Shop,
Main Street. Mrs. Marilyn Will
son and Mrs. Eleanor Wright
are co-chairmen for the benefit
sale, and they expect to have
varied foods, including soups,
pickles, jellies, as well as the
cakes and pies expected at a
bake and food sale. The hours
on Friday will be from 10 am.
to 9. p.m., and on Saturday
from 10 am, to | pm. The sup
port of the public in this wor-
thy project is urged.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-12
Davis New Chief
OF BIackbird 4-H

Grace Davis, Smyrna Hig h
School student, has been elect
ed president of the Blackbird f.
H Club for the ensuing year.
Miss Davis moved up through
the ranks to the presidency af-
ter serving last year as publicity
chairman. Other officers named
for one-year terms are Carolyn
Davis, vice president; S a n d y
Gonce, secretary; Abby Manner
ing, treasurer; Candy Femme
more, publicity chairman; Mar
garet Carlisle, permanent repre-
sentative to the county Junior
Council. Plans for a council
sponsored trip to Washington,
D. C. were discussed. The meet
ing was conducted in the Black
bird Community Center.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-12
Smorgasbord Set
Saturday Evening

Plans have been completed
and the stage is being set for
the Smorgasbord Supper to be
held at Ewell's-St. Paul Church,
Clayton, on Saturday, Novem-
ber IA. The Contact Club of the
church will have the assistance
of members of all church or
ganizations. Tickets are avail
able from Contact Club men,
bers, or may be bought at the
supper. There will be a large
variety of foods to choose from,
including ham, chicken salad,
meat loaf, salads, vegetables,
rolls, and relishes, which will be
served cafeteria style. Coffee
and desserts will be served in
dividually. Mrs. Edith Ross and
Harry Moor are co-chairmen of
the affair. Mrs. Harriet Femme
more and Daniel Boone are in
charge of publicity; Mrs. Marian
Coppage, tickets. Serving as
chairmen for various foods for
the supper are Mrs. Ella Davis,
Mrs. Helen Goldsborough, Mrs.
Rachel Conner, Mrs. Lena Hutch
iSon, Mrs. Thelma Knight, Mrs.
Edith Carey, Mrs. Nora Smith,
Mrs. Ruth Wright, Mrs. Ortha
Bickling, Mrs. Nellie Ennis, also
Mrs. Dickie Montague, Mrs.
Elizabeth Morris, Mrs. Daisy
Davis, Mrs. Bertha Burris, Mrs.
Virginia Morris, Mrs. Miriam
Crossley, Mrs. May Pratt, and
Mrs. Betty Starkey, who is in
charge of the dining room.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-12
ROtarians Hear
English History

The Smyrna Rotary Club had
as their guest at the dinner
meeting Thursday night Alden
Keene, of Middletown, who
showed pictures he had taken
in England and told of their his
torical significance and back
ground. DR.. George V. Kirk,
Smyrna, and DR.. Howard E.
Row, a visitor from the Dover
Rotary Club, who had just re-
turned from a months tour of
the schools in Soviet Russia,
were welcomed by their fellow
Rotarians. The Rev. j. Howard
Link gave the invocation, and
Clarence S. Collins, Jr. presided.
Nelson S. Everhart led group
singing, with DR.. Kirk at the
piano. Arthur Walker was a Wis
iting Camden-Wyoming Rotarian
Smyrna times., 1959-11-12
Briggs Pays Visit
To Smyrna Lions,
Acclaims Service

Greetings were extended to
several cabinet officers at the
dinner meeting of the Smyrna
Lions Club Monday night at The
Wayside Inn, including District
Governor Constant ]. Briggs;
Nicholas ]. Fidance, cabinet
secretary-treasurer; Ere dric k
Hughes, deputy district COVER
nor; and Roger Davis, Hartly,
zone chairman. Robert Mills,
first vice president, presided in
the absence of Norman G. Wild
er, president. Two new men,
bers were inducted into the
club by MIR. Briggs. They are
David Fauser and Theodore B..
Scudder, Jr. Henry T. Price out
lined a proposed project for the
club, to improve the appearance
of Duck Creek, at the northern
entrance to Smyrna. He said
that preliminary steps had been
taken toward a study of the
long-range project at a commit
tee meeting held at the home
of Joe Robinson, member of
the club. MIR. Briggs empha-
sized the main detectives of
the Lions, service to the COM
munity, and referred to the two
faced Lion of the emblem of
Lions International, interpret
ing it as lone face turned to-
ward the past, which has been
accomplished, and the other to-
ward the future, faced with con-
fidence." The response was
made by Robert Dunning, who
also led group singing. Announ-
cement was made that ladies
night celebration would be held
on Monday, November % at the
Wayside Inn, when Mrs. Mar
jorie w. Speakman will be a
special guest and will tell of
her long tour last summer of
glamorous spots in the Far East,
and also her visit to Russia
and Scandinavian countries, as
well as in Spain.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-12
Russian Schools
Extremely Rigid,
Kirk Discovers
On Soviet Tour

DR.. George V. Kirk, Superin-
tendent of S fhyrna Special
School District, returned from
a months trip to the Soviet
Union last week. The trip, TAX
en- under the joint sponsorship
of the AASA (American Asso-
citation of School Administra-
tors) and the NEA (National
Education Association, had as
its purpose the viewing and
study of the ten-year school in
the Soviet Union. The educa-
tors visited Moscow, Leningrad,
Kiev, and Tibilisi as we'll as
stopping briefly at Warsaw, Po-
land; West and East Berlin in
Germany; Helsinki in Finland;
and Copenhagen. in Denmark.
In Russia the educators visited
Pedagogical Institutes, talked
with the professors at these in
stitutes, visited several univer-
stiles, vocational schools, state
farms, kindergartens, and a
number of ten-year schools
where they spoke to the head
masters, teachers, and visited
classrooms where they observ-
ed students at work. The edu-
Gators generally visited the
classrooms with the aid of an
interpreter in groups of five or
six persons. Two members of
the party spoke Russian, which
assisted considerably the total
study. DR.. Kirk, in comment
ing on the trip, stated "The edu-
cational pattern in Russia is GER
tainly an interesting one. The
people of the Soviet Union and
the government have placed
education in position of i'm
portance within their nation. AS
a result, educational institu-
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Smyrna times., 1959-11-12
All Salutes Parents Tonight

Parents Night will be observ-
ed by Blackbird All Club men,
bers tonight. The annual activi-
ty, paying tribubte to the par
ents of All boys and girls, will
get underway at 7:30. A COM
mittee comprising Carolyn Dav-
is, Kathy Morris, Candy Femme
more, John Ellingsworth, Her
bert Apgar, and James Davis,
have arranged the program. Mrs.
Jack Ellingsworth is club leader.
Smyrna times., 1959-11-12
CLAYTON Home Club Meets

Furniture arrangement will be
discussed at a meeting of Clay
ton Home Demonstration Club
tomorrow, Nov. l3, in Fellow
ship Hall of Ewell's-St. Paul
Church. Program leaders will be
Mrs. Ada Smith and Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Hurd. Mrs. Pearl Schett-
Ter, president, will conduct the
business meeting. Mrs. Hurd
will be hostess to the group.