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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-06
FUNDS
Continued from Page One)

areas. Collections from other To-
calities in the county have been
very small. The beach property
owners yield about three foufths
of the county's tax income.
The Board this week also finish
ed paying of the $1,994 that was
likewise overdue to the Roanoke
Island Fire District, and gave one
half of all the ABC store receipts
up to date due the Tourist Bu-
reau. This is required by a special
law passed during the last legis-
lature.
In addition to the better tax
collections, the county has been
receiving some extra help from
surplus funds of the ABC stores,
which of course belong to the peo-
pie of the county, and are being
used to help the schools, as was
promised 81 years ago.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-06
CLUB NAMES TEAM TO
FISH PUERTO RICANS

HATTERAS-Dr. ]. C. Overbey,
president of the Cape Hatteras
Blllfish Club announced names OF
team to comyete with a six man
team of Puerto Rican billfishermen
headed by Senior Esteban A. Bird
of San Juan. The challenge match
is to see if Cape Hatteras waters
compare with Puerto Rican waters
when it comes to skipping bait for
blue marlin. The Puerto Rican club
made the challenge after a report
that 70 blue marlin had been caught
off the Dare Coast last season
.Overbey's team mates (tentative)
will be Milt Chaskie, John Wood
Al Pfleuger, Doug Bournique and
Al Ferguson, members of CHI Bill
fish Club.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-06
SLADESvILLE PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. David Evans. sons
and Mrs. Hugh Bell of Henderson
visited Mrs. Ethel Gibbs Saturday
morning. They left for a visit at
Fairfield and returned home via
Columbia.
Mrs. Gus Blake, Mr.. and Mrs
Leo Sawyer were called to Florida
this week due to an accident to one
of their grandchildren.
John Lupton of Swan Quarter
was here Thursday.
T. C. Tunnel of Swan. Quarter
was here Thursday.
Rev. Lamar held prayer service
at the Baptist Church Wednesday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Flowers
Travis Flowers, Mrs. Lemon Saw
yer and Mrs. Troy Sawyer were ir
Washington Saturday and in Bella
ven Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Blake of Nor.
folk are visiting B. C. Jennette.
Mrs. Lemon Sawyer, who has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Tro,
Sawyer in Belhaven, has returned
home.
Miss Annie Powell Of Ransom
vile is visiting the Greens ant
Grays.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-06
MANTEo PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Danny Mann OF
Raleigh spent last week end with
Mr.. Mann's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. l.. Mann.
Miss Mabel Jean Basnight has
returned to Meredith College, Ra-
leigh, after visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. o. Basnight.
Mrs. o. ]. Jones has returned
from a five-weeks trip to Green's
boro, Talladega, Ala; and New
Orleans, La.
Randie Houston left Sunday for
N. C. State College, Raleigh, after
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Marvin Houston.
Frank White, Jr., of Duke Uni
versity, Durham, is spending a
week with his parents.
Allen Dough of N. c. State
College spent last week in Manteo
with Mrs. Dough.
Miss Betty Bruce Inge has re-
turned to St. Mary's Junior Col
lege, Raleigh, after visiting her
mother, Mrs. Matilda Inge, and
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
R. Bruce Etheridge.
Miss Mary Blanche Meekins OF
Meredith College, Raleigh, spent
the week end with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. D. V. Meekins. She
had as her guests Miss Faye Wig
gins of Dudley and Miss Ann
Morrison Caldwell of Raleigh.
Paul Midget returned Sunday
to Norfolk, where he is stationed
with the Coast Guard, after visit
ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Demus Midget.
Edison Midget, who has been
away on a boat for about two
years, arrived home last week to
visit his wife and children.
Mrs. NJ. K. Fearing, accompanied
by her son, Woody Fearing, left
Thursday for Miami, Fla, to visit
another son, Brady Fearing, who
recently returned to Miami after
visit with his mother and sister
Mrs. w. j. Andrews.
Mrs. Frances Gray returned
home last Friday from the Ma
rine Hospital, Norfolk, where she
had been a patient for almost
three weeks.
Mrs. Claude Williams, Mrs
John H. Long and Mrs. Delton
Dowdy spent Tuesday and We'd
nesday visiting relatives in Nor
folk.
Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Earle
John Earle, Jr., and Miss Mary
Elizabeth Earle attended the Yves
Virginia University VS. William anc
Mary basketball game in Norfolk
Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Earle i.
an alumnus of West Virginia U.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-06
MRS. SUSAN MASON HOOPER,
DIES AT MAINS HARBOR|

Mrs. Susan Mason Hooper "a, a
native of Stumpy Point died at
$3.50 Wednesday morning at the
home Of a granddaughter, Mrs.
Nina Midget at Manns Harbor,
after several years of failing
health. She was the widow of the
late Adolphus w. Hooper and the
daughter of the late Mary Midget
and Samuel w. Mason of Stumpy
Point, and she had spent most of
her life at Stumpy Point. She was
a member of the Shiloh Methodist
Church at Stumpy Point. Her sur
viving relatives are son, Lewis
w. Hooper of Manns Harbor; a
daughter, Mrs. Lucy Gard of Eliz-
abeth City, sister, Mrs. Frances
Hooper of Sturhpy Point, and a
brother, Will M. Mason of Manteo;
also IL grandchildren, II great
grandchildren, and three great
great grandchildren. She was con-
sidered among the finest and best
women of her community, beloved
for her faithfulness and goodness
to her family, esteemed by her
neighbors for her love of her
church and her unselfish spirit for
the community.
Services were conducted at 2:30
pm. Thursday by Rev. E. R. Meek
ms assisted by Rev. G.. M. Kelley,
pastor of Shiloh M e t h odist
Church. The choir sang "This
World is Not My Home" "Last
Mile of the Way" and Farther
Along at the Church." accompan-
led by Mrs. G. M. Kelley at the
organ. At the graveside, "God Be
With You Til We Meet Again."
with burial in the church ceme-
terry.
Pallbearers were Garland and
Carson Meekins, Calvin and Bea-
mon Hooper, Calvin and Riley
Payne.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-06
BILLY cox FAMILY BACK
FROM HONOLULU TUESDAY
Msnteo Man Returns From Two Years
With Coast Guard In Pacific
Islands

Many friends welcome home the
Billy Cox family, which got into
Manteo Tuesday morning after
Mr.. Cox had spent two years with
the Coast Guard communications
system in the Pacific, stationed at
Honolulu where his wife and two
children maintained their home. He
spent long periods in isolated duty
in some of the savage islands, and
had assignments in Tokyo as well
as Wake and other islands.
During November, his mother
Dorothy Drinkwater went out to
Honolulu for five-weeks visit
with her two grandchildren, one
age five years, and one of 10
months. She saw her son Billy only
four of the days of her stay at the
Cox household in Hawaii. But she
had the trip of her life, although
she had been in many other parts
of the world. Her visits to North
Africa and Italy as an Army nurse
in combat areas had not been so
pleasant.
When Miss Drinkwater returned
to Manteo; to rescue her father,
Alpheus from the several widows
into whose hands he had fallen,
she applied herself with force and
vigor, and succeeded by extreme
effort after several days. She was
so busy that we failed to get a re-
port of her grand trip to the en-
chanted isles. She had brought
back many intriguing souvenirs of
this visit and she has shared them
literally with her household, her
father, sister, nephews and friends,
and she will forever have interest
ing memories of an unforgettable
flight across the world.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-06
USELESS REPORT OF YANKEE FIRM

This newspaper not alone in it's derogatory opinion of
the worth of the survey made concerning toll bridges for
several other papers the state have voiced like Last
week told how the state, after having appropriated
$4,000 to drive test ping in Alligator River after having
of years had finally set up $4,000 to New York eng
neeng firm to determine the traffic over the ferries would
pay for such bridge.
seemed stupid u.s. that the state officials should
money to get New Workers to down
to the state and rhash the old reports which the state had
already paid for all of which apparently done in eff
fort to avoid building bridge which they should have built
long ago.
News portion of an editorial by Roy Parker Jr last
week, headed: Useless Report of Yankee Firm
"By jngo, it is enough to make fasteners blood
boil After seeing all the cash the state has put out for
every foxtot with the ribbons of concrete in the Piedmont
it is then to read report that the Highway Commission has
ct al to come up with $4,000 report saying that toll
bridges the Alligator and Cape Fear rivers wouldn't pay
for themselves.
As the News and Observer has already succnty put
it any saltwater odster could have told EN- the thing
without spending the money with B, H and the rest
Everybody has known all along that toll bridges won't
pay for themselves all politics The boys the High
way Commission along with Governor Hodges have decided
that the state isn't going build bridges Alligator
or Cape Fear To provide themselves with ammunition
combat those who want said bridges the firm of Parsons
Bnkerhoff and so forth is called in to fix up real profess
looking report Now when delegation appears seek
support for such undertakings the ceancut lads of the
Highway Commission can solemny pull out tins gorgeous
crammed with pretty charts and with much tongue-cuck
ing sadly say that 1--WE have gone into this exhaustvey
called in the best brains. You what they say.
Rats Parsons and Brinkerhoff knew what the report
going say before single expert left his New York
office and South to recopy figures that al
ready available division of the Highway Commission
and to get photosats of engineering surveys that
also in these Raleigh files So did the Highway Com
cission, did Governor Hodges.
Perhaps those interested in getting eastern due
this matter should do up report 1t would have red
white and blue When opened would play Carolina
Moon in dreamy eastern tempo and would include full
sized photos of Brgette Bardo reclining Outer Bank
dune grass and of General Charles De Gaule the hero of
France It would have long tables of statistics taken from
Bowdtch describing the annual decination of the
planet Venus would have the original words to that ia
nous dtty well hang the Highway Commission to
coupon tree"
GAS such, it would be about valuable the report
recently issued by the firm of Parsons Bnkerho Hall and
ALL outfit that is fast making its mark expert get
rch-qucker, proWder of useless poticaltype ammunition
with which North Carolina politicians try to cloud the
minds of the common herd"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-06
LIKE MANY OTHER READERS
HE LIKES OUR EDITORIALS

To the Editor:
"May l be permitted to say that
both may wife and l thoroughly en-
jov your paper in its entirety. The
editorials, "Then and Now" and the
many other features.
1--WE also feel that we can be
closer to our many, many fine
Banker friends whom we have
come to respect and love over the
past eight or nine years of our
stays on the Banks, when we can
keep up with the current news of
the area.
81 wish to tell you that many of
your courageous editorials on
civic subjects have been shown by
me to my newspaper friends here
and all agree that they are remark
able for clarity, sincerity and
downright, outspoken, straight
from-the-shoulder sense that they
make, and my only wish is that
some of our editors up here would
begin to call a spade a spade and
let the devil take the hindmost too.
This kid glove treatment they giveI
some people hereabouts gives me
a pain, and you know where.
"But / must hurry long, and in
closing, may we say, many thanks,
a prosperous New Year and The
Best of Health, to you all, and we
hope to stop in and visit you this
Summer.
ERNEST V. MADDEN
Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Jan. "a, 1869.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-06
CARD OF THANKS

wish to take this great oppor-
tunity Of thanking each and every
one Of my friends and loved ones
for the most beautiful cards and
letters which received while in
the hospital and also / thank each
member Of my lodge for the beau
tiful flowers which were sent to
me. All Of the thoughts viii be
remembered by me. Thanks to one
and all.
MRS. FRANCES GRAY
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-06
JAMBOREE MEET AT BEACON
ON SUNDAY PM. FEB. STH

L. L.. Swain, chairman of the
Dare Coast Pirates Jamboree for
April 24-26 announces meeting
Sunday afternoon February 8, at
2 O'Clock to discuss more planning
at Beacon Motor Lodge, Mays
Head. Hatteras Island people in
terested in the event are urged
also to attend the meeting. Scotty
Gibson is Hatteras Island chairman
for the coming Jamboree.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-06
MACS HEAD PERSONALS

Mrs. w. H. McCown is attend
ing a Federal Tax Seminar at
Duke University, Durham, and
she and her daughters, Cameron
and Linda, are visiting her moth
err, Mrs. G. w. Wick. Mr.. McCown
who accompanied his family, has
returned home. Mrs. McCown, who
is an attorney, had a case in the
Supreme Court in Raleigh Tues.
day.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-06
MANTEO cOLORED NEWS
NINTH BIRTHDAY PARTY

Richard Thurman Saunders cell
ebrated his 9th birthday party at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Cleon
C. Tillett. Those attending the
party were: Christine Wilson,
Mary Esther Daniels, Bernice
Berry, jimmie Berry, Charlie Col
den, Thomas Golden, Dwight
Meekins, Anthony Boone, Allen
Moore, John w. Moore, Dora Dell
McClease, Leroy McClease, James
McClease, Henry Golden, Darro
Collins. He served ice cream,
cookies, drinks and candy.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-06
SCHOOLS
CONTINUED from Page One)

Some of these citizens know it is
history in Dare County that where
schoolhouses have been given to
the community, they have not only
not been maintained, or improved
as promised, but they have been
actually allowed to rot down.
Cases in point are at East Lake
where the building is abandoned,
and at Rodanthe where the build
ing is fast going to pieces.
The trouble with this giving of
valuable property, is that it is us
TALLY the hope of some public
spirited" citizens, who in the first
place are looking for something
free. This, in itself ought to indi-
cate that the people may not be ex-
pected to cough up the terrific ex-
pense of maintaining the property,
and they never do so.
The people who work up these
projects go around the community
stirring up support with the argu-
ment that they themselves have
paid for the building and ought to
have it. This argument is fallacious
on two counts. In the first place,
we assume the people paid their
money, not for themselves, but for
the benefit of their children and
other generations in need of edu-
cation. Therefore, when the prop
erty is sold, it should bring the
high dollar, not only to give the
children continued benefit from
the property, but to protect the
taxpayer who will be called on to
make up the difference.
On the second count, there isn't
community in Dare County that
has actually paid much toward its
schools. In cases of special taxes,
and there have been very few of
them, a mighty small amount came
from the people. The bulk of the
taxes for Dare County's share
came from nonresident property
owners, and the bulk of the entire
cost came from State aid for a
pauper county. On the Dare County
mainland the owners of cumberland
paid the most of the districts
share. On the Dare beaches now
three fourths of the special tax is
being paid by owners of beach lots
and cottages. The citizens don't
have to pay enough to brag about
In fact they might well be ashamed
of how little they are paying. In
other parts of the county schools
have been built entirely of either
state or county funds, without the
district taxpayers having to cough
up cent.
1t is the duty of the Board Of
Education, if they consider theil
oath of office, to see that wheI
any school property is transferred
after having outlived its useful
ness for school purposes, it bring
the high dollar for the benefit Of
the children who need it. In ;
flew weeks the old Kitty Hawl
school will be offered for sale
Within the year, the old school
house at Wanohese is to be Offered
for sale. Will the County Boart
TRY to sell them and help all thu
children, or will they merely tr!
Ito throw them away to please ;
few people whose appetites ar
good for handouts, but who cam
liz e t their purse-strings unite,
when the call comes for repairs
and maintenance?
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-06
ON TEACHING THE YOUNG TO BE BRAVE.

We need to teach boys and girls to help them
develop spirits and minds that they simply cannot be
ntimidated bought seduced We need to teach each
student individual and merely unit in the herd
are to do this fight the mind and its de-
mands for blind loyalty with question of good bad To
do this must believe in the individual and the reazabe
Of personal integrity inherent in him as son OF God
Eugene Youngert.
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DOCK
CONTINUED LON Page Onel

cOSC Cnelr solemn ODHSatloH as
parents, and have proved their
worthiness as citizens by the sac
rifices they have made.
Such people leave their children
a memory that is a more precious
heritage than all the silver and
gold to be piled up for them to
fight over after the funeral. 1t is
memory from which no one can
take anything away, but which
will grow more precious through
the years.
Men or women who had par
ents capable of such sacrifice may
indeed be proud of their ancestry,
and they may be excused for tell
ing their children and grandchil-
dren that they are sprung from
the greatest aristocracy on Gods
earth.
Now Mr.. Editor, there is an
other thought that has occurred
to me, and it has no relation to
what has been written before in
this letter. For l believe that
children of the kind of people that
have been my subject, will grow
up with respect and appreciation
for their parents, and will never
forget their duty toward them.
The thing that gives me so much
concern in this day and time is
the growing tendency of so many
people to shed any sense of re-
sponsibility toward their infirm
and aged parents, and appear
quite content to let them be turn
ed over to the nearest home which
makes business of taking in the
old and infrm for pay, where
they are left alone among strang-
ers, bewildered and forlorn.
l ask you seriously how you
would feel, if you have children,
and when you are old, not one of
them would be willing to take you
in his home for the rest of your
days, or to help you through the
little time that is left, amid IA
miliar and beloved surroundings.
Nowhere else can an old person
expect happiness other than in the
place which has become a part Of
his life and which fits him like an
old shoe.
It does seem, doesn't it, that
all the relatives would chip in and
help the old folks stay at home.
and barring that, at least one of
them would have sufficient sense
of pride and duty, if not of actual
love and desire to assume respon-
sibility, to be willing to assure his
parent the utmost possible in COM
fort and contentment for the re-
mainder of his days?
l know this sounds like lot of
complaining, and who am / to
complain when / live in comfort,
and my friends grow more prec-
ious and helpful each year. 1t is
only that l am confused and per-
picked to find so much unhappi-
ness, cruelty and neglect prevail
ing during the greatest period of
plenty that we have ever known.
1t just seems to me that happi-
ness has no relation to prosper
ity, and that all of us got more
out of life in the days when just
/ about everything we can think Of
was harder to get.
Yours for more sunshine and
good fishing,
UNCLE DOCK FROM DUCK
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FARMING
Continued from Page One)

interested in some oil wells which
are expected to be in production
soon. MI. Powe recently came
back from Cuba, where he has
large interests. He owns a home
in Charlottesville, Va, a $260,0O0
estate which may soon change
hands.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-23

MI. and Mrs. William A. Morti-
mel. Preston and Miss Nancy Nor
timer. Miss Beth Perdue. Mrs. T
p. Calbreath. Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
son Courier and family. T. u. Cary.
and Mr.. and Mrs George o. Hardy,
III, and family. were in Lunenburg
Sunday afternoon for the horse
show. Several OF the group rode in
the show They brought home
around ten ribbons of different
co.ors.
Miss Selma Hindle ard Mrs. E. H.
Burke were in Farmville Thursday,
October i. to attend the Allie e
Kyle District meeting of the Vir-
GINA Federation of Women S
Clubs. Mrs Burke is district vice
president and Miss Hindle was
delegate from the Amelia County
Woman's Club.
MI and Mrs. Robert Shoemaker
Of Detroit Mich. were overnight
guests of Mr. and Mrs. w. C.
Post~'n. last Tuesday They left
Wednesday for New Orleans.
Mrs. T. E. Q Neal. il, and her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. U. H. Bar
nard. returned last week from trip
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-23
Amelia c. H. News, Social Events
Lunenburg Horse SholU Dralbs Some
Participants From Amelia County

In Nathalie for the week end with
their paents. the j. Bunyon Smiths
and the R. G. AndersonS. were Mr..
and Mrs. John L. Smith and daugh-
tiers.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. R. Nolan, OF
Lynchburg. are spending some time
with Mrs. Nolan's daughter. Mrs.
Alton Perdue.
Getting along nicely is Mrs. G. R.
Nolan. of Jetersville. who under
went surgery at Southside Com
munity Hospital, Farmville. last
week.
David Ingram and Billy Davis at
tended the dance Saturday night at
Lynchburg College. They returned
home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Southall
Wood. Of Richmond. were in Amelia
last Wednesday to spend the day
with his mother. Mrs. Philip S.
Wood. and aunt. Miss Lucille Wiki
inson.
Mrs S. " Wheeler left Saturday
to spend some time with her sister
in-law, Mrs. D. c. Mayes, and DR..
Mayes at their home at Churc
Road
Mrs. Graham Butler retuned
Sunday evening after spending the
week end with her daughter and
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-23
Open Meeting October rs
Amelia Woman's Club To Hear Mary
Washington Philosophy Professor

Dr.. Kurt = Liedecker. associate
professor Of Philosophy at Mary
Washington College OF the Uni
verslty of Virginia. will be the
srea'ser at an open meeting Of the
Amelia County Woman's Club on
Monday. October Is, in the War
Memorial Building at 9 pm.
He Will give a general survey of
South Asian affairs, particularly of
Thalland where ne returned from
only recently. His lecture will in
cfude color slides of that country.
where the educational program was
set Zip by him at the request of,
the government.
Dr.. Lledecker came to the United
States in 1921 from Germany. He
studied at Oberlin College where
he received his B A. and M. A.
degrees in Philosophy and at the
University Of Chicago which award
ed him the Phi D in Philosophy
in la27.
He taught philosophy. particularly
his specially. oriental philosophy at
several colleges and universities, in
Guiding the University Of Cali
fornia During World War,II he was
with Air Technical Intelligence.
He has lectured under a Specialist
Program Of the Department OF
State in Germany. vas in India on
a Fulbright Research Grant, and
did a tour Of duty as Cultural At
fairs Consular; with the United
States Information Service in Bang
kok. Thailand.
Dr.. Liedecker has Travelled in
every state Of the union and Al
aska and has visited practically
every country in the Orient. in
GLIDING Tibet. He has brought back
many interesting mementoes and
colored slides dealing particularly