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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-04-24

Monday Tuesday week Raleigh visited by the Pub
Affairs Department of the Manteo Woman Club composed of Mrs
Everett President Mesdames Woody Fearing, r. w.
Owens Fearing w. Andrews Jack Tett and Way
land visited the Senate and House Monday night had tour
Tuesday morning where they
H. Hodges Miss Laura Reilly hostess
They entertained coffee at the North Carolina
Clubs Headquarters with the State President
presiding along with Mrs H. Latham hostess
Headquarters At o'clock they attended the Masterpieces
Art collection of Dr. Valenneat the N Museum
of Public Affairs Tours is planned in the
flu Bern and Tryon Palace.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-04-24
MRS. M. L. DANIELS, JR.
ON PINEHURST COMMITTEE

Mrs. M. L. Daniels, Jr. of Man
teo is a member of a ladies COM
mittee making arrangements for
entertainment of the ladies at
Pinehurst attending the spring
convention of the N. C. Oil Jobbers
Association at The Carolina May
1913, Executive Secretary Don M.
Ward announced this week. The
convention will be attended by
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-04-24

i present. The second and thirt
Epistle of John was studied. The
hostess served refreshments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stowe are
parents of baby girl, Alma Jean
born April 20.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-04-24
KILL DEVIL HILLS PERSONALS

Mrs. Lonnie Jones and daughter,
Claudia, have returned from visit
of several months in New Orleans,
La, and in Arkansas.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-04-24
Card or THANKS

wish to thank my many friends
for the letters, cards., messages
and flowers sent me while / was
a patient in the Marine Hospital.
Each was help to me in my ILL
ness.
ALVANIA ETHERIDGE
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
The +. C.. C.. And NesUs

The Federal Communications Commission, in
weird four-three ruling recently decided that
Chicago teleyisjon station required to allow
equal time to a candidate running for Mayor be-
cause the Mayor of Chicago who up for
election, had been pictured in programs
rying out his official duties
Just about all the responsible newspapers who
have spoken out this question have concluded the
F. C. G. ruling assnine. The F. c. G. ruling
amounts to news suppression, since if there
sixteen candidates for any job-televsion stations
cannot possibly give all of these candidates equal
time with Mayor, Senator, other officer
up for reelection, merely because they have sought
to cover the news involving these officials.
Frank Stanton, president of the Columbia
Broadcasting System has asked the F. C. C. to
reconsider its ruling. Although he risked the in
dignation of the f. C. c., which has great control
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17


Donald Coverdale, in Pohokee.
They also enjoyed fresh corn on
the cob.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Swain and
sons, and Miss Madolyn Bennett at
! tended the -Yingling we'd
ding held at Avenue Methodist
Church, Milford, on Sunday. Re-
ception was held at the Lewes
/ Yacht Club, Lewes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Short and
son, Harold, Mrs. Cornelia Victor,
Mr.. Ronald May and friend were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. o. Wells of
Baltimore, Md, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Tucker and
family were guests on Saturday
evening of Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas
Morgan.
Many from this community at
tended "Open House" at the home
of Rev. and Mrs. w. III. Revelle,
Sr., of Lewes on Tuesday evening,
April IA in observance of their
5Oth wedding anniversary.
Miss Darlene Bennett of Cam
bridge, Md, spent the weekend
with her brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Fitzgerald.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. David
son returned to their home on Mon
day after spending the past six
months at their residence in Phila-
delphia They were accompanied by
DR.. and Mrs. John Overdose.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Kibier and
family of Greensboro, Nd, and
Mr. and Mrs. William Warren and
daughter. Robin Lynn, of Milford.
spent Sunday afternoon with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry War
rem.
Mrs. John Hill of Laurel, spent
part of last week as guest of Mrs.
Boyce Short.
Mr.. Fred Roberts of Middletown,
is enjoying a visit with his brother
and family. Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Rob-
erts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Halsey Cade of
Blackwood, N. J., spent the week
end with her sister, Miss Blanche
FeLlyJOnn,
Delegates from Lincoln attend
ing the annual PTA Convention
held at Dover on Saturday were
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon MacLean,
Mrs. Hazel Swain, Mrs. Peggy
Spence, Mrs jeanette Worden,
Mrs. Lillian LeCompte, Mrs. Gladys
Berwick, Mrs. Doris Woodal and
Mrs. Rosalie Kline.
Don't forget the PTA this Thurs
day evening in the school audi
torium at p. m. Mr.. Jerry Pear
son. of Greenwood will be showing
film on a months tour in Europe
and three days at the Brussels
World Fair. This film will be In
color and will be educational to
both children. as well as grown
ups. Free refreshments.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
TN THE AIR FORCE
BY Elaine townsend Dickerson

and surplus stores and Don SEEM
ed eager to assemble this signal
generator for Hayes. After days and
nights of work with this piece Of
equipment. Don and a friend came
over to our house Friday evening
to test it with Hayes rig" Cham
radio). They arrived about eight in
the evening and / gave them some
coffee and German chocolate cake
land please remind me IL forgot to
give you this recipe. II was intro
duced here in Topeka by an Air
Force wife and has become so pop
ular that even the local bakeries
keep this "goody" on their shelves)
and by ten it seemed they were too
enthralled to be near quitting
time" so / excused myself and went
to bed. / want you to know that at
five in the morning those two elec-
tronic geniuses were still here
Must admit Hayes looked like Gus
ter's last stand. but the wizards
were fresh as daisies and would
have lasted til breakfast if their
host hadn't looked so haggards
Hayes zeal for his amateur radio
extends only until midnight. I'm
afraid.
Lynne, our twelve year old Girl
Scout, spent Friday evening at
scout lodge, distance of about Is
miles from Topeka. This was
farewell party for one of the scouts
whose father was being transferred
to Louisiana. 1t was almost fare
well party for all the girls. ! guess
they nearly froze to death. There
is a modern lodge at the scout
camp, but unfortunately it is book
ed two years in advance This troop
which Lynne belongs to, was lodg-
ed in barracks type place that
possessed a ''holey roof and its
only source of heat was fireplace.
SaddeSt of all-the La-trine (as
Andy Griffith calls it was out in
the cold. Guess they spent the en-
tire evening in their sleeping bags,
including the dinner hour. At sew
en- Saturday morning Lynne was
back home, had already had her
breakfast and this daughter, most
| feminine of our three, was quickly
getting herself ready for the tub
to get that dirty feeling off her
fingers and to get rid of that smoky
smell that seemed to permeate all
her camping gear. (it smelled good
to me, but not to Miss Lynne).
Last night Hayes and / attended
an antique show in town. Saw lots
of lovely pieces / would like to
have brought home, but all the
dealers wanted money.
Today it's April the 18th and
guess what news have to report
to you to round out the end of our
full week. For the past six hours
of this spring day we have been
watching a snow storm. / made
Hayes sit up in bed this morning,
opened our bedroom curtains and
told him to "lOok." He Topped
back on his pillow again, shook his
| head and disbelieving said, Not
again!"
Until next week.
Always 9~e
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
WE HAVE TO co SOMEWHERE

Guest editorial reprinted from Wilmington Morning
News issue of Monday, April 13th)
So the would-be astronauts for earth
girdling rocket flight have all turned out to
be married men-and all but one, fathers
They are all in their 3Os-because 'it takes
ed" One might suppose it didn't take much
but good health, nerveless makeup, and
the ability to absorb few G'S of gravity.
But no. These seven Air Force, Navy, and
Marine officers look, talk, and act like persons
of intelligence and full appreciation of the
score from any and all standpoints-
sional marital, paternal, and even (perhaps)
religious"
One of them said at is certainly a chance
to pioneeron grand SCALE" Indeed so. "We
save to go somewhere" one said, land that's
spirit took the Wright brothers off the ground
in 1903 and Charles Lindbergh nonstop, solo
to Europe in 1927.
1t may be suggested that "astronaut' is
the term for these men only for lack of a
better term An orbit no more than 100
miles from earth is not exactly a flight to
the stars, and who can doubt that true as
tronauts will some day be thus embarked?
All seven chosen men-from whom one
may get to go in 1961-say their wives are
willing to face whatever the future may hold
We can be sure, anyhow, that the man who
finally does it will be one whose wife has at
least convinced him and the authorities that
she is willing to let him go pioneering this
way. Many fine woman has behaved tha.
way in the past. And yet
And yet we will quote very briefly from
a feature we like in the weekly Milford
Chronicle, "In the Air Force" it the title Of
a column-often touched with homesickness
by Elaine Townsend Dickerson, wife O!
Hayes Dickerson, Strategic Air Command
flying officer now stationed at Forbes All
Force Base at Topeka, Kan. She writes
"about the first man in space" And she
adds:
"The part that gave me the shivers was
that all seven who qualified are married
Can you imagine yourself standing here or
earth and watching your One and Only take
off possibly never to descend again?"
If it's a mans universe now and for a
while yet, it's still woman's world on earth,
Y
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
NN@NS
A GOOD MAN FOR A HARD JOB

In selecting Senator ThruSton B. Morton
to succeed Meade Alcorn as its chairman, the
Republican National Committee has chosen
a good man for a hard job The Presidential
campaign of 1860 is already casting its long
shadow on the political scene and the Repub-
licans will have to fight hard and unitedly to
overcome the Congressional losses of last
year. Both as, fighter (Kentucky Republi-
cans have to be) and as conciliator, Sena-
tor Morton has made his mark
The unanimity that marked Mr.. Nor
tons selection by the committee was matched
by the speed and lack of controversy over the
Republican National Convention site Chi
cago has obvious merits-ample accommoda-
tions and long experience with the quad
rennial mass gatherings that nominate our
Presidents. Also, unlike Los Angeles, the
Democratic choice for 1860, Chicago is
roughly central, and the time problem, which
looms so large for newspapers and for tele-
vision audiences on the East Coast when con-
VentiOns move to the Pacific, is mlnlmlZed
The Republican National Committee has thus
done good days work in respect to both
places and persons.
After Navy service in the war, Mr. Nor
ton won election to the House in 1916, and
served three terms there He was a strong
Eisenhower supporter from the beginning,
and acted as Assistant Secretary of State for
Congressional Relations-a very responsible
post WHICH Drought Will IL lnVdludUl0 0Ap0I-
ience-in President EiSenhower's first term.
In 1856, Mr. Morton beat the then incum-
bent, Earle C. Clements, for one of Ken
tucky's two Senate seats. Not only did this
represent Mr.. Clements only election defeat
in thirty-six years, but, with John Sherman
Cooper. taking the other seat, the Morton
victory gave Kentucky two Republican Sem
ators for the second time in history.
Senator Morton has proved himself one
of President Eisenhower's staunchest sup
pOrters in the upper house. But while a
leader in the liberal wing of the party, he
shares the Presidents distaste for intra-party
squabbling. When leadership fight was
building up in the Senate at the beginning of
this session, Senator Morton intervened de-
cisively, and in line with the Presidents
wishes, in behalf of compromise.
With this record, Senator Morton prom
ises to be a first-rate national chairman in
the busy months ahead. The task will be
taxing one, but the gentleman from Ken |
lucky has the requisite qualities to serve the
party and the nation well.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
School Custodians To
Meet At Dover Apr. 18
Annual Banquet VIII Be Held AT
The Grange Hall

The Delaware. School Custodians'
annual banquet will be held on
Saturday, April Is, 1859, in the
Grange Hall. Dover, Delaware.
Association President, William
z. Caldwell, of Alexis l. DUPONT
School. said, "One of our co-mem-
bers will be honored at this ban
quet. This honor will be given to
the Oldest active service custodian,
and it will be an award of a plaque
of appreciation, plus a $25.00 Uni
ted States Savings Bond"
The speaker of the evening will
be the Reverend Mr.. John Wootten
of Bridgeyille, and musical enter
tainment will be furnished by Miss
Carle Wilkins of Seaford. Any
member may make banquet reser-
vations as late as noon Saturday
by calling Dawson Boyce in Lau-
rel, Delaware.
The Delaware School Custodians'
Association works through the
Delaware school system in looking
for methods and materials and
equipment that will serve to inn
prove the safety and sanitation of
the physical plants of Delaware's
schools. 1t has membership of
approximately four hundred custo-
dians, who annually attend State
arranged custodial clinics looking
toward a constant betterment of
the basic maintenance of the educa-
tiOnal plant
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Lincoln PTA
Receives Award

For the third successive year the
Lincoln Unit of P.T.A. was award
ed the Unit Achievement Award
This award was made at the 48tb
Annual Convention of the Della
ware Congress of Parents an6
Teachers held in Dover last Fri
day and Saturday. Only twelve
school units in the state were Sc
lected for this award and Lincoln
was one of two in Sussex County
who qualified, the other being the
Seaford unit.
The Lincoln unit will hold its
regular monthly meeting tonight al
which time the recently elected
officers will be installed. The new
officers are Robert Worden, presi-
dent; Logan LeCompte, vice presi
dent; Doris Woodall, secretary, an(
Irene Fitzgerald, treasurer.
At a recent meeting. of the Sus
sex County Council of P.TA., tho
Outgoing President of the Lincolr
Unit was elected Vice-President OF
the Council for the 1959-60 term.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17

The American newspaper has come a
long way since those times. From the days
of Peter Zenger, whose acquittal in libel
case was milestone in the history of AM
erican journalism, the free press has become
part of the conscience of our free society.
Accepted now as an integral part of Ameri-
can democracy, newspapers have provided
a public forum where the ideas by which we
live have through the years been nodded and
fashioned.
But as any observer Of the fortunes of
the worlds press knows, there can be no
relaxation in the vigilance necessary to keep
free press free. Even in the United States
there are those who do not understand the
proper function of a newspaper. After 255
years, the American newspapers biggest job
may lie just ahead. If the United States is to
continue to provide leadership for the free
world, its press must furnish the people with
the information necessary to an intelligent
leadership.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
2S06 McAlister
Topeka, Kansas
April IL, 1859


April IL, 1859
Dear Friends:
What a full week this has been
for us. Full of surprises and busy
days. Let me tell you about them.
Monday is my bridge day and
this week we met at the 90th Wing
Commanders home. The wife of
| the Wing Colonel is a member of
our two table bridge club. She is
a lovely person and her husband's S
rank never seems to phase her in
the least. It was one of those rare
/ days when l won high and it's al
, ways fun to spend an afternoon at
bridge when you have such good
cards.
Tuesday was the day "our" crew
was notified they would intensity
their flying schedule and begin
practicing for the SAC Competition
in the fall Three crews have been
selected from our wing (55th), two
of which will be chosen to go to
represent the wing. The practicing
scores in the following months will
be the determining factor. Hayes
was chosen another year and the
worry and tension that hangs heav-
lily over the boys shoulders during
this competition makes it a gruel-
ing test. Nice to be chosen, but
emotionally upsetting too.
Wednesday, April the 8th, we
awakened to a white, snowy Kan
sas world. Just the week before
someone told us not to uncover our
roses yet and not to plant those to-
mato plants for leeeetle while
longer. Sheeeeee! You never know
in Kansas and to think it's Leslie's s
birth statei That snowy afternoon
l played bridge at neighborhood
party and won low prize! l go for
broke one way or the other.
Thursday morning our eight year
old daughter, Dawn, came into our
bedroom saying her jaws ached.
told her she had better. spend the
day in bed and by mid-afternoon
our suspicious were confirmed by
her fat. little swollen neck. Dawn
had the mumps. In 1852 / had a
good case of mumps and / thought
then that since Lynne and Dawn
didn't catch them they must be
immune. / was sadly mistaken.
They say Leslie is immune from any
disease | might have had, six
months after birth. Certainly hope
that bit of statistic is correct
Hayes is the only one we're watch
ing. He will be my news topic in
three weeks perhaps.
Friday morning after Hayes had
been to the blood bank to give some
of his type O to an Air Force wife
recuperating from heart opera
ton, had big news for him from
the home front. While he was away
| found Leslie's second tooth (for a
month old little gal, that's pretty
speedy.
A Tech Rep technical represen-
tative) from the base whose job is
with Motorola (ciyilian contract
with the Air Force) asked Hayes
if he might work on a piece of
equipment that Hayes needed. The
parts were gathered from friends
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Looking at
WASHINGTON
The CiUiI Rights Commission

The announcement that four members of the
Civil Rights Commission, and possibly fifth, would
resign their posts when their expire this fall
is of great interest 1t that probably five of
the six members will toss in the towel at the end
of their two-year terms.
The most enlightening thing about recent de-
velopments is the fact that the chairman of the
Commission, the president of prominent Michigan
college, has declared that there are no right ans
wers to many of the questions involved.
This is certainly unbiased judgment, and it
shows that majority of the members the Com
mission feel that the of force in settling civil
rights disputes is unwse What many readers do
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Truck Fleets Set
Fine Safety Record
First Results For 1863 Announced
BY Dorsey Il. KinnamOn

Thirty-two car and truck fleets
out of the 80 taking part in the new
1859 Inter Fleet Safety Contest
sponsored by the Delaware Safety
Council got through the first
month without an accident, but
seven fleets had total of II acci-
dents.
The first results of the 1859 con-
test were announced yesterday by
Dorsey B. Kinnamon, vice presi-
lent for public safety, who ex-
planned the contest is one of many
activities through which the coun-
ell promotes safety on the high
ways, on the farms, in the homes,
in industry, and in the schools. In
the 1858 Inter Fleet Contest, eight
fleets finished without an accident
in the year.
Altogether the Lip vehicles in
the new contest operated an aver
age of 71,710 miles per accident
during the month. The vehicles
travelled an average of 1895 miles
EACH
In travelling a total of 1,219,070
miles, the LIP cars and trucks had
I total of IL accidents. All of these
involved property damage alone;
none involved personal injury. The
accident rate came to .013 per l.
900 miles for the month. This was
below the rate for all of last year,
when the figure was OF accidents
Der 1000 miles.
Most of the companies and gov
.rnment agencies taking part in
he contest have their plants or
offices in the Wilmington area. but
many of them operate their vehicles
throughout the state.
The contestants with accident
rec records for January are: HUI
Der Baking Co., Borden's Ice
;ream Co., West End Dairy, Fore
most Diaries. Inc, Kwik Kafe of
Delaware, Inc, Sunshine Biscuits,
nc, National Biscuit Co., Della
ware Importers. Atlantic Refining
Co.. Esso Standard Oil Company
Walker Snyder Comfy Co., The
News-Journal Co., Board of Water
Commissioners, Cooper Moving &
Storage Co., Selbyville Poultry Co,
Inc, Slaughter Beverage Trans
port, c. F. Schwartz, Moody Live
stock Transporter, Galloway Bros.
Transportation Co.. Pyramid Motor
Freight Corp, Warner Company
Delaware Hardware Co.,. Brosius &
Smedley- Co.. Shields Lumber &
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17

over the radio and televison industries Stanton felt
that principle involved which needed to be
defended. One thing he mentioned the fact that
CHS devoted about twenty per of its televison
newscast time to the presidential and vice-presi-
Dental election
II it had been required to give equal time to the
other presidential and presidential candidates.
of the twelve different parties which participated
in that election this would have necessitated black
out of election news. This is, of course absurd
Unless the f. G. c. reverses its ruling con-
gressional action is mandatory. Unless this trend is
checked, could eventually find ourselves in a
situation whereby even newspapers, trying to report
the news, were required to give equal space to
crackpOts and minor factions and odd party can
didates, during election campaign, which is OBJ
viously impossible, and will obviously destroy the
presentation of the news
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17

not know is the fact that some time ago, certain
members of Congress were confidentiaIly informed
that. the Civil Rights Commission would suggest
that the life of that body not be continued by Con-
gress
All those politicians who "crusading" on
the issue, perhaps for the sake of votes, will not
accept this verdict though it comes from MEM
bers of the Civil Rights Commission itself.
We expect the leftwngers in Congress to con-
tinue to insist that the Civil Rights Commission be
continued, even though five of the members think
that is not the answer 1t is gratifying to know
however, that the action of the members of the
Civil Rights Commission has had profound effect
the White House.