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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-27
THE FIREMAN WILL BECOME AN INCREASINGLY
RESPECTED AND VALUED MAN

1t seems to there have been enough people to
give due recognition and appreciation to those who give
their services to the local fire department. We have attempt
ed to analyze the motivation which makes many do
nate their time from gainful occupation and
physical and financial risk in addition in order to the
property of other people of whom they don't know
We therefore it is the impulse which drives all
of to the dedicated tasks which make life interest
ing for 1t would be tough old existence indeed
could not sometimes escape from the chains and slavery
Were imposed upon by civilization in struggle for
existence
We think the day of the fireman coming back there
Is demand for him. Never the fireman mpor-
tant than in this coasand today Unreasonable
rates driving people to establish fire protection districts
Otherwise financial aid for residential expansion would be
impossible.
It has become most important in rural areas to estab
sh protection zones It's going to have to be done the
outer Banks as well in communities inland if hope of
reasonable insurance rates maeraze and there
be appreclabe development commercially until the business
OF the area can afford the overhead COSTS which include
terest. insurance and other fixed charges.
Inc man who wiling to give his time to service the
local IRE department will get appreciation his
nelghbors He has deserved all along but never been
given the credit that is due him.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-27
SWAN QUARTER PERSONALS

DR.. and Mrs. Rhodes Lupton, of
Chapel Hill visited Mrs. Eula Har-
ris and Mr.. and Mrs. Rouse Lup-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Spencer and
Miss Mildred Spencer visited Rev.
and Mrs. Jesse Parks at Lucama.
Miss Rosetta Spencer and Miss
Ann Bowen of Washington visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Branch Spencer.
Mrs. Ray Cahoon and Renee
have returned after visiting in
Norfolk.
Miss Cecilia Jennette of Wash
ington, D. C. and Miss Sandra Jen-
nette of Greenville were home with
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Jennette.
Mrs. Mildred Williamson, Mrs.
Leon Harris, Mrs. T. C. Tunnel,
Mrs. Rouse Lupton, Mrs. Branch
Spencer, Mrs. Claude Sawyer,
Mrs. Bell Jordan, E. A. Williams,
Mrs. Evelyn Swindell, Mrs. Don
Harris, Mrs. D. E. Tunnel, Ray
Cahoon, Mrs. Ben Mason, Mrs. Gle
ron Caravan, Mrs. Addie Gibbs,
Mrs. Verda Mason, Mr.. and Mrs.
Tim Smith, Mrs. Leonard Smith,
Miss Gloria Jean Smith, and Joe
Henry Bishop were Washington
visitors.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-27

1 large pkg. PHILADELPHIA
cream cheese
1 C mayonnaise
" c diced celery
" c diced onion
IL lbs. cooked shrimp (cut if
shrimp are large)
pinch salt
Z Soak gelatin in cold water.
Bring soup to boil. Add cheese
to soup and beat until smooth.
Remove from fire and add soft
ened gelatin. Let cool. Add celery,
onion, shrimp and mayonnaise.
Pour in mold and chill until firm.
Serves 8.
Clam Dip
Mrs. M. X. Fearing contributes
this good one:
7-oz, can drained minced
CLAIMS
2 T clam juice
l large pkg. cream cheese
i T grated onion
/ small can mushrooms, chopped
Seasonings to taste garlic
salt, tobasco sauce, etc.
Mix until right. consistency to
spread on crackers or for dunk
ing potato chips. Thin with clam
juice.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-27
ENGELHARD PERSONALS

Mrs. Mildred Guthrie of Smith
field spent the week end here.
Wiley Hodges has returned to
Greensboro after visiting his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Max Hodges.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Neal of
Great Bridge visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. D. Spencer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Stowe of
Washington visited his sister, Mrs.
Patsy Marshall.
Mrs. Myra Patrick was Swan
Quarter visitor.
Charley Midyette of New Bern
spent Thursday here.
Miss Grace Berry of Columbia
sepnt Sunday with her mother,
Mrs. Martha Berry, and sister,
Miss Bettye Berry.
Rev. and Mrs. Lamar Wheeler
and son, Neal, of Fairfield and
Mrs. Mildred Guthrie of Smith
field were dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Cox.
Edward Sadler has returned to
Washington, D. c. after spending
the past week with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Sadler.
Wayne Wheeler of Fairfield
spent Sunday with Phyllis, Martha
and Barbara Berry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Litchfield
were in Washington for several
days where they took their young
son to the Beaufort County Memo
rial Hospital.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-27

til all the rescue was completed.
/ No lives were lost by drowning,
but the second mate, Charles Olaf
ford, who, as before stated, was
unconscious when he reached the
shore, and it afterwards appeared
from his own statements and those
of his shipmates, was injured be-
fore leaving the vessel and later
by being dragged across the head
stays, suddenly failed early in the
forenoon, and at about $50 gave
up his life. From the instant he
was landed to the moment of his
death every possible means was
adopted for his recovery, but with
out avail.
Just before he expired he threw
up profuse quantities of blood and
it was the opinion of his comrades,
as would seem to be the fact, that
his death was dut to necessarily ia
tai internal injuries. His body was
carefully dressed in clothing taken
from the supply provided by the
generous benevolence of the Wom-
ans National Relief Association,
and then reverently inferred by
the life-saving men in the presence
of the surviving members of the
shipwrecked crew.
While the circumstances of this
rescue were not extraordinary so
far as the weather was concerned,
they afford a fair illustration of
the methods of life-saving-the
breeches buoy, boat and life car
having been successfully brought
into use-and they also emphasize
the value of telephone communi-
cation between the stations, by
which three crews were easily and
promptly assembled under circum-
stances calling for very consider
able number of men.
The shipwrecked people were
furnished with dry clothing and re-
manned at the station until the day
after the wreck, when they took
their departure on. a wrecking
steamer for Norfolk, Virginia,
leaving with the keeper the fol-
lowing statement expressive of
their appreciation of the services
of the life-saving crews:
"The Schooner Nathan Ester
brook, Jr., of New Haven, Conn.,,
stranded at 1910 o'clock on the
morning of February 20, 1898,
about two and one-half miles north
of the Little Kinnakeet Life
Saving Station. The Captain and
crew of the station were promptly
on hand. There was no lack of duty
in saving our lives. Furthermore,
/ wish to state that the man who
died at the station was saved alive.
l believe that he got hurt in get
ting clear of the vessel, causing
his death. Everything was done to
save his life that could be done. I
am very thankful for myself and
the crew for the fine treatment
that we received from the captain
and crew of the life-saving sta
ton; Geo. Kesley, Captain, A. L.
Dunton, Mate, John Mansion,
w. Kruger, Seaman, T.
Seaman. F. Kuhla, Sea-
man, ]. Anderson, Seaman and T.
Seaman"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-27
THE CHOICE is WITH THE PEOPLE.

We must choose between the destruction caueed nv
government paternasm and the security insured by ndd
@ eedom with individual responsibility expressed in the
Bill OF Rights. There is other choice
AS it must the choice rests with each of as ndvid
ual americans No tell what to think No
one should To do would be violation of both the spirit
and the words of the Bill of Rights AS responsible
each OF us has the privilege and the obligation to pursue
what each considers to be the right of action But
above a-before act let understand the meaning of
our actions the direction in which are going.
Dean Russell
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-27
. ~, 1893


line and a heavier charge of pow
der, but fell short. Upon the third
trial the same weight cartridge
was used, but a lighter line (of
the same size as the first one)
and this shot landed the line in ex-
cellent position across the fore
gait, between the fore and main
maStS.
The shipwrecked crew at once
began hauling out the whip, and in
the space of a few minutes the
hawser was sent out and made
fast, but unfortunately, as it later
appeared, too low down. The move
ments of the life-saving men were
guided solely by the signals of a
lantern on board the schooner and
they had no knowledge of what
was going on except from that
source, therefore, when signal
was made that the hawser was
fast they set it up, clapped on the
breaches buoy, and it was about
to start on it's first shoreward
when change of conditions oc-
cured which ultimately resulted in
the only instance of loss of life
which attended the wreck.
Just as all was ready the wind
suddenly veered from the west to
southwest and began to blow gale
from the north swinging the wreck
around and thus bringing the
beach apparatus hawser, across the
headstays. A signal to haul away,
was, however, shown and the buoy
was accordingly promptly pulled
ashore.
When it reached the beach its
occupant was found to be uncon-
scious and was supposed to be
drowned, the hawser having been
made fast so low on the schooner
that the buoy was necessarily
dragged through the water large
portion of the way. Efforts were
made instantly to resuscitate the
apparently drowned man, and he
soon recovered consciousness, when
he was transported in one of the
carts to the Little Kinnakeet Sta
ton, attended by surfmen selected
for that purpose, while the rest of
the three crews assembled at the
scene remained to complete the
rescue of the eight men still on
board the Esterbrook.
The gear being fouled the keep
er now determined to give over any
further effort with that method
and make an attempt to reach the
vessel with the surfboat. A launch
was finally accomplished in face
of the high wind and furious surf,
but these obstacles, supplemented
by rapid longshore current, were
too much for the crew, and ulti-
mately compelled them to abandon
the effort and return to the beach.
1t was now daylight, and Keeper
Hooper signaled to the men on the
wreck to change the hawser whip
line to the lee bow, and while this
was being done and the short end
of the gear set up over again as
was necessary, he sent a team to
his station for the life car, which
he proposed to use in the further
operations, as perhaps under the
circumstances a speedier and pre-
ferable means of getting the re-
naming men ashore. When it ar
rived the car was slung upon the
hawser in place of the breeches
buoy, and four trips were made
with it, two men being landed at
each trip. So many perplexities
were encountered that it was we'll
into the day when the last man
was safe on shore, and it may we'll
be accounted fortunate circum-
stance that the vessel was suffi-
GENTLY strong to hold together I'M
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-27

1t is not the critic who counts; the who points
out how the strong stumbled where the deeds
could have done them better The credit belongs
VINO is actually in the whose face is by
ana sweat and blood who strives valanty; who
comes short again and again. because there effort with
out error and Shortcomings who does actually try to do the
deed who knows the great enthusass the great devoons
who spends himself in worthy cause; who at the best
knows the end the triumph of high achievement who
at the worst he fails at least fails while daring greatly
SO that his place shall be with those cold and tid
souls who know neither victory defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-27
All Development Fund


Progress
At the executive board meeting
of the All Development Fund the
treasurer, Mrs. Carl Nunemaker of
Mays Head, reported that we now
have $3.50.
The Home Demonstration Clubs
on the Outer Banks plan to help
us reach our goal of $500. Buxton
Club plans to conduct a drive
headed by volunteer leaders: Mrs.
Chris Kinsey, Chairman; Mrs.
Carolyn Fowler, Mrs. Evelyn Mid
gett, Mrs. Mary Stamey, Mrs.
Retta Dudley and Mrs. Mary
Reynolds. Hatteras Club women
will help by holding a bake sale
under the guidance of Mrs. Gail
Hollis, President. From the Frisco
club Mrs. Julian Austin and Mrs.
Ella Ransom head a committee to
conduct a drive. Rodanthe-Waves-
Salvo club did not meet this month
because of a funeral.
The All County Council made
tentative plans for a talent contest
to raise funds with Miss Della
Basnight and Miss Carol Harris as
Co.. hairmen to help reach our set
goal.
Home Demonstration Club
Schedule for March
March 2 - Manteo Club - with
Mrs. Tom Etheridge; March A.
Manns Harbor Club-with Mrs. Oh
lie Littlejohn; March 5-Stumpy
Point Club-with Mrs. Edith Best;
March 6-Kitty Hawk Club-with
Mrs. Frances Marks; March s.
Rodanthe- Waves-Salvo club - at
the community building; March 9
Buxton Club-with Mrs. Joyce
Gray; March 10-Hatteras Club
with Mrs. Pauline Oden; March 10
Frisco Club-no hostess yet;
March 11-Wanchese Club - with
Mrs. Betty Daniels; March 18-
Mays Head Club-with Mrs. Mary
Newman.
A special interest meeting will
be conducted by Mrs. Sylvia Mat
thews, VEPCO home economist, on
Freezing Cooked Products" such
as meats, cookies, cakes, etc. The
meeting will be held March "a at
pm. in the appliance department
of Fearing's Drug Store. Door
prizes of the foods used in the
demonstration will be given. This
demonstration will be too good to
miss.
Also on March "a Music
School will be held at the Corinth
Baptist Church in Elizabeth City
beginning at 10 am. for each
music leader in the H. D. Clubs.
These leaders will be taught all
the songs in our yearbooks, plus
others and enjoy fellowship with
many other counties.
The demonstration in each of
the H. D. clubs this month will be
Glow Calorie Desserts" The fol-
lowing factors will be discussed:
1. The reason for maintaining nor
NAL weight; 2. The essential foods
that every diet should include; B..
The facts about fad diets; A. How
desserts can fit into a reducing
diet; 5. The psychology of weight
reduction; 6. Preventive weight
control programs; 7. Ways to cut
calories in dessert recipes.
The All demonstration this
month for the girls will continue
in the foods field taking into con-
sideration "How to Measure Cor
rectly." Proper measuring equip
ment will be displayed and a dem
onstration given on how to meas
ure various liquids, solids, fats.
flours, etc.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-27

There are two kinds of who amount to much
those who do what they are told and those who
can do nothing else. Cyrus H. K. Curtis
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20
Mass Showing OF
Cancer Educational
Film Set Saturday

The public education committee
Of the Prince Edward chapter OF
the American Cancer Society an
nounced plans today for mass
shoWlngs of an educational film TO
women only. Saturday morning
Dr.. Francis Ghigo, head of the
committee. said two S showing
would be held--one for white adult
women IN the State Theatre at
1920 am. and another for Negro
adult women in the Trial Justice
room In the courthouse at IL 30
q m.
Dr.. Louis A. Leone, chairman Of
the professional services commit
tee of the Virginia division of the
society and director of the tunlor
clinic at MCV, will be present at
the l0.30 meeting to answer ques-
tons at the conclusion of the film.
DR.. r. j. Clements will direct the
question and answer period SEIZED
rled to follow the 1880 showing
Approved by the Prince Edward
Medical Society last fall for a mass
showing in this area. the film is
entitled Thine and Two Women. =
The film Stresse S the use Of
cytolosy-a technique that makes
possible the detection Of uterine
cancer In its earliest stages This is
the one type Of cancer that can be
virtually erad.catet as cauee q
death i checked u the p.p1dg ticee.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20
Union Holy Week
Services To Open
Monday Night

-Four OF the Farmville churches
viii unite in their observance OF
Holy Week, Union services during
that week. March 23-27, viii be held
each night at O'Clock in Johns
Memorial Episcopal Church. II Z
Rev. ] A. Vache, minister.
The participating churches are
FarmVille PRESBYTERIAN Churc h,
FafnVille Baptist Church. Farm
ville Methodist Church. and Johns
Memorial Episcopal Church
1t Is traditional custom for the
Holy Week services to rotate from
year 10 year in the cooperating
churches
Besides fla Rev Mr Vache and
the ReV r. Gail Maxwell. re-
tired Methodist minister residing III
tarlnville. the other ministers who
VIII speak Oh the five nights, Mon
day through Friday, are DR. ",
Otis McClung, Dr. c. Lloyd Arehart
ana Dr- Herbert e. Hudgins.
Messages will center around the
theme Faces About the Cross. .
each minister speaking upon one or
more Of the persons Who pattici-
pated ii the events Of tho ciucifix-
inn
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20
Cumberland Family
Loses Home In Fire
On Friday The 18th

Friday the 18th was not lucky
day fol the William CLAYTON family
who made their home III the Sunny
Side area OF Cumberland county be
fore an early morning fire leveled
their house
The blaze was discovered around
am. when Mrs. Clayton aWoke
and smelled smoke She aroused
her husband and six children and
they immediately fled from III c
house. No one was injured, but the
fire department was unable to do
anything except save the outbuild-
ingS
The house was 50 filled with
smoke the Claytons had to tcle-
phone the department from a
neighbours house When the depart
ment arrived tho house was III full
blaze,
All household furnishings and all
clothing were lost except for a few
items on the clothes line and the
robes over their palamas
The cause Of the fire has Il b
been determined
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20

John B. BoatWright. veteran dele
gate from Buckingham County, an
nOunced today that he will not seek
reelection to the Virginia House Of
Delegates.
simultaneously with BoatWright' s
announcement n Tot to run, Dr..
William A. Pennington. Bucking-
ham physician, announced that he
will seek the seat vacated by Boat
wright
The retiring 77-year-old BuckingA
ham legislator has a record Of Gen
eral Assembly service that dates
back farther than any other mem
Der Of tho Assembly He served a
House term in 1929, returned in
1886 and has been a permanent
fixture ever since.
BoatWright declined 10 run in
1887 but agreed to serve another
term, after considerable pressure"
was exerted from the citizens Of
Buckingham. Cumberland and APP
pomattox Counties. Another factor
in his decision to run again in 1857,
was the fact that he headed the
Committee Oh Offenses Against the
Administration Of Justice HIS com
nlttee was in a public struggle
with the NAACP at that time, and
he did not want to give any i'm
pressions that he was stepping
down from a fight. His constituents
knew he would not turn his back on
a good fight, so they capitalized on
this TO get him TO seek reelection.
He received no opposition
iS-Year-Old Doctor
Dr. Pennington enters the race
with the unanimous endorsement Of
the Buckingham Democrat Commit
tee and the AppomattoE Democrat
II Buckingham County since 1896.
when he settled in Slate River Dis
frlct, following his discharge from
the u S. Army. He served ii
Europe during World War II, ana
left the Army With a rank Of Major
d. Pennington was born in New
pot News. Januarr lib, 1911. His
father. William O. Pennington. was
a native of Lunenburg County and
his m o her was from Orange
County. He graduated from Morli-
son High School at Warwick, re-
ceived his degree from William and
Mary, and graduated from the
Medical College Of Virginia in 1887
He served as a railway surgeon
for four years before entering mill
tary service.
Or. Pennington and his wife. Dr.
Margaret Allen Pennington. gradu-
ated together from the Medical
College and practice together with
their office at Buckingham C H
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20

EITH1TtT1IS Tl .rIe DlI1- c51f--0
that the previous decision by judge
Hutcheson postponing dcsegrega-
ton until 1868 is without leg aI
foundation =
The federal circuit court con
Venes il Richmond April Ii and it
i expected to hear arguments an
the case On or after That date.
Evidence Cited
The NAAcP attorneys eontended
in the appeal brief that tle casc
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20

IS not under way preparing the site
for the new student quarters. Con-
Struction of the building at an APP
proXlmate cost of $4,000 will close
Chambers street 81. the west end
and vii begin tho west side en-
closure providing the college with
an interior campus.
Eight structures nave been or
soon viii be removed on Ely street
between High and Madison 10 make
room Tor The dormltorles which Will
become the western periphery Of
the college campus. Wheeler Hall
Will be erected on a site which
straddles Chambers street west
and south Of Jarnlan Hall. the col
iege auditorium.
Wheeler Hall is designed BY the
architects, Thompson and Payne.
of Roanoke, in keeping with the
other columned buildings on the
campus The center Of three en-
frances on the campus side Of the
building viii feature columns.
Rectangular in shape, the new
building Will incorporate many Of
the features placed in South Gun
ninghan Hall the dormitory wing
dedicated during last Saturday i
18th Founders Day
Dramatic Coach
Miss Wheeler, the long time
teacher whose memory Will be
honored IN the construction, re-
tired ii 1880 She died at Farmvlllc
Oh JANUARY 81, 1884. after a linger-
ing illness.
As dramatic coach and counselor,
Miss Wheeler lifted student drama
both III The performance and the
appreciation, TO high level She
wa widely known for many kind
nesees and for outstanding service
TO the institution in many fields.
She received the BA degree at
Smith College and an MA at Co.
lumbia University She travelled
abroad widely
To Meet Needs
In her address during the South
Cunningham Hall dedication, Sat-
urday, Mrs Gladys V. Morton, a
member Of the state Board of Edu-
cation, said III il the feeling Of the
administration Of the college and
Of the State Board that Longwood
should assume its share Of the re-
sponsibility for providing college
education for the increased mum
bers Of students, I"
The dormitorv construction,
which viii progress with the III
cicasing student body. Is key fac
tor in the colleges ensuing that
LongWood will continue its 75-year
history of preparing teachers, and
at a pace to meet increasing class
room demands.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-20
All-Lit-Up Neon
Repair Truck
DousedByFiremen

Willie Holloway. driver repair
man for Tally Neon Company of
Richmond, had a rought time Mon
DAY aftelrD0n until the r'armvllle
Fine Department helped him snuff
out the fire in the bed Of his Ford
pickup on Rt. 46O near Prospect.
Heading back to Richmond after
q service call at Pamplin about
pm. Holloway was unaware of a
smoldering blaze in the equipment
in the back Of the truck until the
heat popped the glass between the
cab and the truck bed. CHANGING
back he saw trail of smoke.
Jumping out he empued an cmer-
gency extingusher on the contents
Of paints, solvents, power units,
neon tubing batteries. tools and
odds and ends but that wasn't suf-
ficlcnt. Meanwhile, the liquid ma
torlals dripped flames to the ground
lgnlting grass and brush along the
highway underneath the truck.
Holloway would leave his rush lob
OF dumping out the flaming contents
to move the truck a few yards out
Of The underneath bed Of fine, then
rush back to crnprylnG HIS truck
bed. This action was repeated over
4 stretch of about 100 yards, g,m-
Ill the FarmY4il2 lemen answering
the 40 pan, alarm came to res
cue
Holloway SAID hc had 40 idea how
the fire started Tho truck contents
were total loss, bit damage TO
tic truck apparently was confined
10 bllStcrcd paint and charred
metal