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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-03-20
BIRD CLUB TAKES
FIELD TRIP TO
MATTAMUSKEET
BY Mary Frances Morrissette
In The Virginian Pilot

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A group of enthusiastic bird
watchers from the Cape Henry
Bird Club set out for Lake Mat
tamuskeet in North Carolina early
Saturday, Jan. oath. Riding along
Route II by the Dismal Swamp
Canal, the cypress water, dark
and smooth, perfectly mirrored
the bank, underground and lovely
trees.
Red-winged blackbirds, crack
les, and starlings were numerous
in fields beyond the roadway.
Many crows were actively en-
gagged in clearing away evidence
of night traffic fatalities. Every
few miles a kestrel or sparrow
hawk was scanning the area for
field mice, shrews, or grasshop-
pers. Robins, mockingbirds, and
cardinals were frequently seen.
Mattamuskeet is one of three
National Wildlife Refugees in
North Carolina. The other two are
Swan Quarter, a few miles south
west of Mattamuskeet on Pamlico
Sound, and Pea Island on the
northern tip of Hatteras.
Indian Name
Mattamuskeet is the rhythmic
Indian name of tribe of the AL
gonquins who once roamed the
flat coastal plains and stalked
game in deep forests of cypress
and pine. Two areas of this ref
uge have been set aside for man.
aged hunting and white men con-
cealed in blinds do their shooting
the goth century manner during
the hunting season. The season
closed on January 18th, but many
ducks and geese are still leery of
humans and keep a safe distance.
The refuge manager, Willie G.
Cahoon and his able assistant,
John Fields, extended a hearty
welcome to our club and conduct
ed us on a delightful tour of the
refuge. There are hundreds of
acres of marsh land upon which
geese and ducks feed. Countless
waterfowl swan, dipped and dived
in the shallow lake. No depth in
Lake Mattamuskeeet is more than
feet.
That evening, after a delicious
dinner, Cahoon showed interesting
slides in telling of the gigantic
task of eliminating the unpro-
ductive growth of cattails to re-
claim the marshes for desirable
waterfowl plants. Burning a
marshy area makes a more lus-
cious growth return. Modern
marsh management techniques in
clude a tractor drawn disc tille1
with 36-inch blades that cut deep
into the mud and kick the cattail
roots to the surface where they
dry and die.
With the brush cleaned off, de-
sirable waterfowl plants came
back-duck millet, chufas, dwarf
spike rush, smart weed, and others
and a record number of ducks
and geese returned to feed.
Carp Eliminated
When carp were eliminated
from the lake and canals, the sub
merged plants returned in desir-
able quantities.
Our wildlife count included
squirrels and deer. Nineteen wa
terfowl and Unidentified, two vul-
lures, six species of hawks, and
80 land birds. The most exciting
"find' was a male western tan
ager. Cahoon said this bird has
visited the area couple of sea-
sons but had not yet been report
ed this year.
A tardy breakfast and receding
tide combined to deprive US of g
boat trip from Swan Quarter out
on Pamlico Sound. That is on the
itinerary for our next visit.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-08
The reunited States Of America

THE re- United States Of America =
The Southern Company's James
F.. Crist~w0uld have been expelled
for arrant anti dialectical materia-
ism if he had sounded in Russia
the high note Of his closing phrase
before a recent Southwide sales
group in New Orleans.
Citing index after index in a
thrilling tale Of Southern Industrial
progress, relative and absolute. Mr.
Crlst spoke OF 'our spiritual heIi-
tage and our standards Of mo
rality" as not to be neglected amid
the advancing induces.
Boy, page Harry Ashnole. Ralph
McGill and others who are hell-bent
TO have that Southern tradition" is
surrendered to Southern industry!
Page Virginia's gentle Marshall
FishWick and Mississippi's late be-
loved viii Percy, who. in beautiful
lament. have found the two incom-
patible!
Unrealized or overlooked now is
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-08

supposedly molten metals of vari-
Gus kinds. All we really know is
that the core of the earth is cover
ed with shell of granite or other
material. The oil that we use to
heat our homes and the gasoline
with which we operate our cars
have been collecting on the out
side of this crust. No one has known
what was under the crust until the
Russians recently cracked it 1000
feet deep in the Ukraine.
Hearing of this work. the st. 10
seph Lead Company and the Beth
lehem Steel Company made a study
OF what was under the crust in this
country. So far they have found
that the crust is the thinnest about
26 miles from Salem. Missouri.
where they broke through the shell
which was about $1,000 feet thick.
In accordance with borings pre-
viously made. they found a great
bed Of iron ore with copper,
uranium. ana even traces OF silver
and gold. Here l come to the ex-
citing piece Of news that l spoke OF
above
What About The Crust?
The crust of the earth consists
mostly of granite of various thick
nesses, varying in depth below the
surface of the ground. In N ew
England the crusts comes to the
surface, while in Florida one must
drill through an overlap of sand,
etc, more than 10000 feet before
coming to the crust. There still may
be valuable ore under the crust in
Florida; but the process of getting
it out would be very expensive
under present known methods of
The Russians are said
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-08
Double Check

Back when you could count all
the brands of cigaretts on the fin
gers and crime was not so fire.
quent things just seemed to simmer
along and everybody was in a good
mood to work 7. never heard Of
retmment. Young fellers grew mus
taches and old fellers grew boards.
like to think back to them days
it was cheaper. We had head
taxes, land taxes and property
taxes but it wern't nothin' com
pared to what We got taxed to date
and they say its coming more
Of them taxes next time the legis-
-lators get in huddle.
Now we got people wanting 70 be
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
away ahead Of schedule Boy. they
aspire real early these days :.
Santa may bring us a candidate.
Everything is New" in advertis-
ing. You didn't like the product,
sales slowed down, SO they put the
word NEW on the package and
let you try it again wonderful
plan.
President Eisenhower loaded up
and took off This is the newest
kind Of noble experiments. He S
scattering all records and getting
to know people f.. can't tell yet
in it's one of these come and get
its or Wen send it over all l
know is it's NEW" Wherever he
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-08
Early Bowl Games

members to be home for Christmas and the
holidays and makes it easier on fans, be-
cause the holiday season is not yet on. Thus.
the Bluebonnet Bowl Clemson and TCU)
and The Liberty Bowl penn State and foe)
uill be plaved December 10th.
The Rose Bowl Sugar Bowl. Gator Bowl.
Cotton Bowl. Orange Bowl and others will
90 ahead with traditional January lst
Games Weather isn't = concern with anv of
these. Wisconsin meets Washington in the
Rose Bowl
LSU PLAYS Mississippi in the Sugar.
Georgia Tech PLAYS Arkansas in the Gator.
Texas plays Syracuse in the Cotton. and
Georgia plays Missouri in the Orange.
hemisphere
The countries was Argentina. country
which HILL i, recent vaars sometimes been
~ friandlilv disnosaa toward the United
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-08
Remember Pearl Harbor

Our cities are vulnerable. We lag in the
missiles and rockets race. Our conventional
military strength is dangerously low. Yet
our defense expenditures are high and in
flation threatens the stability of the dollar
1t all gives rise to disturbing thought.
December 7th is time to survey and as
sess our controversial military posture The
budget writers, the Administration leaders
affected, as well as all Americans, should
stop and think 1t seems incredible that we
are forgetting Pearl Harbor (Which SO
many patriotic young boys remembered
going into battle in World War I'D but
many Of US are forgetting
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-08
John Temple Graves
Southern Heritage Meets Industry

the fact that industry Is going
agrarlan In the sense OF spreading
into the country. Individualism, de-
centralisn and. yes. virtue. are
coming to be priced again.
No times are ever like other
times, but the ones toward which
America Is moving retain much Of
the Southern tradition even if sea
changed
What do the authors OF TN Take
My Stand think. | wonder? Theirs
was bible Of the Southern agrarian
tradition when 1t appeared In 1890
PRICED TN MY LIBRARY is a
copy Of the book tHarper'sl auto
graphed with gratitude and es-
teem' BY five Of the authors
Donald Davidson, Andrew Nelson
Lyle. Robert Penn Warren, Frank
OWsley and Lyle H. Lanier. Some
sentiments of Robert E. Lee,
handWritten above the inscription
are offered with gratitude. They
were spoken In 1865. but their call
for virtue in our people" is even
goes Conrad Hilton will be there t(
check his baggage and l don I
know who's being educated him OF
us.
Thanks for reading
Yours.
j. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-08

Sports Afield
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-08

Unrealized or overlooked now is
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-08

10 be pumping this metal to the
surface The crust is supposed to
be the thinnest in Central America
on lands owned or leased by the
United Fruit Company. Let me.
however, emphasize that wherever
you live your land or farm may be
underlain by most valuable metals.
The major metal which under
lies your land is probably iron ore.
but ii may be uranium or even
gold. If your state or county has
not already made proper geophysi-
cal surveys. you should insist that
it do SO at once. In short, my tex
citing news is that you may be
living on a most valuable body of
ore. Hence YOU should not sell your
land without an aeromagnetic sur
vey which will tell you tlD the dis
lance from your doorstep to the
top Of the crust. ~ the thickness
Of the crust. and 49, what is under
it.
What This All Means To You
l have often advised my readers
to be slow in selling raw land
especially near the seacoast, navi-
gable rivers, or other chief outlets
to markets. Since my trip to Rus
STA ! feel more strongly about this
than ever. Houses can be improv-
ed or rebuilt, but only God can
make more land and put great
wealth under it. Let me repeat that
such wealth is already under the
land where you live. It's value de-
ponds upon the distance down to
the crust and the thickness of the
crust at your place of residence,
together with the outlets to the
nearest market.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-08

much about it evel Il lIucll - Ssln
in the lap Of the spreme Court.
Georgia viii ned to remember
Virginia : where !. placement iaW
was ruined by pilineso nans osne'
laws on it.
This tillng needs fiissse.
GOODNIGHT. MRS. tALAbash
wherever you are!'
Jimmy Durante. 81 nest .epiu
airy, is marrying 3S-yea1 oiu iaus
and the name isn't Calabsssh ou'
Mafgie Little.
Believe me. John. it's persouM.
he wrote me last year when askeu
him who Mrs. Calabash IS or 10
He was married "a years to Jean
Olsen. Death. not divorce. ended !.
in 1913. Since then he has remainee
unmarried.
Here's hoping Mrs. calabash.
wherever and whoever she is. APP
proved of Marg.e = and Marg1e $
age.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-08

DECEMBER 7th should never come and
y 90 without bringing back memories to
every American. How many times have peo-
Pile asked you. where were you that Sun
day morning in l94l = December 7th?'
1t was one of the great tragic and testing
moments for the American people. Forum
ately, in that surprise attack there were no
nuclear weapons and we were given
chance to recover from our surprise and de-
feat and come back to win.
Today we face an enemy and a weapon
from which there may be no such opportu-
nifty w in a crisis. It is a SOLDERING thought,
much talked about, but nonetheless we re-
main badly unprepared.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-08
Beta Federation
Meets In Buckingham

James M. Anderson, a former
graduate and Beta Club member Of
Buckingham Central, was the guest
speaker Of the Heart Of Virginia
Beta Federation at Buckingham
Central Oh November 10.
He gave talk Oh the detectives
Of the Beta Club. Anderson urged
the group to help other students
strive for club standards, and Ia
familiarize others with the club
Charles ellis. Of Appomattox
president Of the Federation. con
Quoted the business which included
a report on projects. amendments
to the constitution. and a gift Of $25
contributed to the Education Fund
Of the National Beta Club A social
period concluded the meeting.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-08

Babson Park, Mass. Dec. 8. This
week I want to write on the most
exciting piece of news which l
learned while visiting Moscow, Rus
STA It should interest every reader
in every state wherever he may
live.
What Russian Scientists Are Doing
While Mr.. K has been feeding
us with news about flying to the
MOON" his scientists have been at
work breaking open the crust of
the earth and finding out what is
under it. In fact. whenever Mr.. X
tells us what he is doing. it is not
important. The things which are
important Mr.. K does not tell us
about.
have already told you about the
one million scholars who are in
MoscoW's schools today. All are
given equal opportunities, but the
number is sifted and boiled down
to about 5000 who are trained to
be scientists. These are given in
tenSive training in mathematics,
physics. and chemistry About two
thirds of them are concentrating
on rocketry and submarine missil-
ry. They are told not to be con
tent with hitting any one city. but
to pinpoint definite building in
that city. The other third of these
students study the crust of the earth
and what is under it.
A Lesson in Geology
Originally the earth was form
of gas which, through millions of
years, gradually turned into a solid
mass. What is inside this mass is
now one of the problems of the
Gravity Research Foundation of
New Boston. New Hampshire. 1t is
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-08

gates against reinforcement or es-
cape. Georgia will meet the NAACP
and Federal challenge whether At
lanta does or not And Atlanta, after
all, has 8 majority as resolute as
any other Southern metropolis In
spite Of brainwash by publicists.
preachers, professors. politicians
and profiteers.
LET US BELIEVE no Little Rock
is in sight. no state force, no Fed
eral. no private, but the most mas
sive legal and psychological maneu-
vers yet. and the most impressive
upsurges Of opinion.
Let us hope and believe that the
planned dependence there on q
placement law Like Alabama will
have Alabama's carefully prepared
surroundings and a public ready
to follow through without letting
emotion hinder sense. A successful
placement law requires a diScip-
lined public. We have learned that
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-08
more timely today :

lilD1 2 tiAiLly tpAOS
I'VE have certainly not found our
form Of government all that was
articip pate BY lis original
founders. X said General Lee from
Lexington. but that may partly be
our fault il expecting too much and
partly In the absence of virute in
ou. people. As long as virtue was
dominant in the Republic, SO long
was the happiness of the people
secure.
Il cannot, however. despair Of 1t
yet I look forward to better days
and trust that time and experience.
the great teachers Of men under the
guidance Of an ever-merciful God.
may save us from destruction and
restore to Us tile right hopes and
prospects Of the past. The thought
Of abandoning the country is
abhcrrent to my feelings. and pre-
fer to struggle for its restoration
and share its fate. rather than to
give ID all As lost"
General Lee was speaking Of a
reunited States Of America
III have forgot much, Cynara.
Gone with the wind flung
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-08

NOW that the football season (colleglate)
is about over, the Bowl Games are all
college fans have to look forward to.
This year, however, the bowl games con-
tain something new Two Of them - new
bowls are offering their wares on De-
cember 18th. The Liberty Bowl, in Phlla-
delphia, came up with the idea because OF
its geographical location.
The weather in Phily is worse in Jam
uary than on December 10th, which is =
by the way = still Fall. In Houston, Texas,
the idea was adopted also, even though
Houston's weather is usually good enough
on January 1st
The December 18th date allows the team
Free Western
lust about this time of year, one hundred
and thirty-six years ago, President
James Monroe. in an annual message TO
Congress, set forth the Monroe Doctrine.
The message to Congress did not come in
January, as they do today. but about a
month before the end of the year - due to
the fact that Congress met earlier in those
days
1t is fitting that we remember the great
benefit to this hemisphere resulting from
the PRONUNCIATION of the Monroe Doctrine.
In these days, when Communism is the
great fear of the world, it is sometimes easy
to forget that the Colonial powers, in 1923,
threatened to make the Western Hemis-
phere another colonial backyard
President Monroe, on December 2, 1923,
announced to the world that the United
States would oppose the extension of con-
troll by European powers over any territory
on the American continents He referred to
boundary disputes between the United
States and Russia and Great Britain, and
warned against proposed action by the
Holy Alliance, which would have assisted
Spain in regaining control over several
South American countries
These countries had rebelled successfully
against Spain, and the United States in
PREVENTION saved their independence. Among
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-08

The watch and wait" technique
in squirrel hunting will only pay
off if the hunter remains absolutely
motionless. Wild squirrels are easily
spooked and VIII stay hidden for
long time.
-Cno1-tS Afie1d
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-08
IS THE SPIRIT or ATLANTA

- IfiE SP1hll Or ALBANIA
all it used to be?
Perhaps so, and more. but it isn't
the same There has been surgery
Now the Rev Martin Luther King,
Jr, is moving there
A ceal to NeWcastlel
The meaning is that III the city
where all things have so often been
said to be possible. the impossible
is now to be attempted" a full
scale approach, as he puts 1t. The
psychological moment has comet
BIT Georgia. Georgia commands all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07

to IL kids. We learned after
a while we couldn't handle
that many. In my opinion
don't you think, Jill?-eight
is an ideal number"
Secondly, he said, I'VE used
to let them have everything
they wanted. We asked them
what they wanted to do. But
you can't do that. You've got
to TELL them"
Casual Authority
Now Greg, who's chief dis
ciplinarian, handles the group
with a casual authority.
Sometimes" he said. "one of
them starts a fight and then
it spreads. Certain ones are
arch enemies so the kids
begin taking sides, and it
turns into a real range war
with the good guys and the
bad guys, you know. It's
pretty amusing"
When this happens, Greg
said, Il get up and call for
order. They mind me. They
know I'll send them home or
deprive them of their re-
freshments."
Lets see," he figured,
"they average two or three
tantrums a day, which is
about Is a week. Eleven of
those take care of themselves
and we have to take four
home-that's about right,
isn't it, Jill?"
Greg left for a month of
camping yesterday so Jill
asked one of her class
mates from Somerset Ele-
mentary School - Pamela
Klinedinst, Ito fill in as
a replacement.
you better say" Greg ad-
vised, she's just a fill-in.
Say that she cannot equal
me-" "Oh, you'll" was Jill'S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07
BY AMELIA YOUNG
star stan Writer

Two fledgling entrepre-
nuers have developed a phi
losophy on child-care which
was born of experience:
LET kids have their own
way UP to a point. If they
start to fuss, stuff a cookie
in their mouths, and if that
doesn't work, ignore EN-"
The Joint authors of that
declaration are Gregory No.
vik, age Is, and his sister
Jill, 10l2, who run a morning
playschool for toddlers.
They live with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. David
Novik, in the newest de-
velopment of Somerset Town.
ship, a Maryland community
dotted with young trees and
young children.
About 8
At 10 o'clock six mornings
a week about 8 youngsters,
ranging in age from IL to
612, show I'D at the NoVlks'
modern rambler.
They are quickly shepherd
ed into the basement recrea-
ton room, or to the back
yard, and the play-school
session begins.
The first hour usually is
devoted to "artS and crafts"
directed by Jill, and the Sec
ond hour to sports and
games" with Greg taking
over as supervisor.
During a short break be-
tween the two periods the
children are given refresh
ments, most often cookies
and cool-ade, sometimes milk
shakes or watermelon slices
This, of course, is the high
point Of the morning.
For their services, Greg and
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BY RELMAN MORN
Associated Press stan Writer

CHICAGO, July Tt has
been an unforgettable day."
Openly thrilled, with a
smile like a sunburst, Queen
Elizabeth said good-by to
Chicago last night after Is
exciting hours amid the roar
of cheering millions and one
of the triumphS of her life.
She is resuming her tour Of
Canada with Prince Philip
today, heading north aboard
the royal yacht, Britannia,
for Saute st. Marie, Ontario.
They will be on the yacht
until noon tomorrow.
But the echoes of Chicago
will not soon die away.
Typical Greeting
The city gave her a warm,
generous. typically American
reception.
And it was a case Of mu-
tual admiration. Elizabeth
quickly caught the spirit Of
the crowds. She smiled. She
began to wave with genuine
feeling. She kept turning to
Philip, chatting and laugh
ing. as the thunder of the
applause pursued them
through the streets.
1--WE shall carry with us on
the next stage of our journey,
and for many years to come,
a memory of the generous
hospitality of Chicago which
will long warm our hearts,"
she said.
IneSe were her words as
she rose to speak to 1,400
guests at Mayor Richard
Daley's banquet in her hon.
or, the last event on her
long program. She was a
glittering figure in white
with a diamond and emerald
tiara in her chestnut hair.
100000 See Her
my husband and I thank
you most sincerely for the
touching welcome you have
given U.S." she said.
Her voice, usually high
pitched and girlish, glowed
with feeling.
Commissioner Of Police
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PldYschool Is Run
By Young Experts

Jill charge IS cents per "stu-
dent" per day except satur-
day, which is thrown in free.
After taking care of ex-
penses (for refreshments and
the play tools, they split
the profits.
Jill puts most of hers into
a college fund and Greg "a
more frivolous type" says his
mother) saves whatever is
left after visits to Glen Echo,
ETC., to use as spending mont
ey at camp.
Second Summer
"Noviks' Playschool" is now
in its second summer. 1t be-
gan last August, when Greg
and Jill. both returned from
their separate camps, found
they had time to kill.
They asked their mother,
a lively red-head. for some
suggestions on how to keep
busy, and she remembered a
girl who had started a SINH
lar enterprise back in Shaker
Heights, Ohio.
Fired with enthusiasm,
Greg and Jill Immediately
printed notices introducing
their plan, then rushed out
to distribute these in the
neighborhood. Three days
later their school opened.
The Novik children we're
already experienced baby-cit-
tiers. well-known to parents of
their community.
Jill had the added creden-
tial of a Child-care Badge
from the Girl Scouts and
both, with the help of their
mother, did research at the
library on appropriate activ-
tiles for pre-school young
Sters.
Still, they made a few
mistakes at first, Greg said.
For one thing, we took up