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The coastland times., 1959-04-03
CHERRY BLOSSOM
TRAIL IN D. G. LED
BY CAROLINA GIRL
Miss MYa Morrison. Princess. Is
One of Dare Beach's Sum-
mer Residents
By EDNA WILKINS sOPER

WASHINGTON, ID. C.-Apr. 2.
The glamorous Cherry Blossom
trail to the throne chair of the
Festival Queen will be followed
at a lively pace when Princesses
from 40 states and the soon-to-be
state, Hawaii, the District of Co.
lumbia, and Guam and Puerto Rico
gather in Washington, April TIP.
This annual event, sponsored by
the Greater National Capital Com
mittee, Washington Board of
Trade, will begin when the Prin-
cesses are paired with their mill
tary officer escorts at the Statler-
Hilton Hotel Tuesday morning.
Together they will tour the Wax
Museum, then proceed to the site
of the Japanese Stone Lantern on
the Tidal Basin for the Opening
Ceremonies, of the 1859 Cherry
Blossom Festival. The lantern will
be lighted by Miss Akiko Asaki,
daughter of the Ambassador cf
Japan. The Sea Chanters, a Choral
group from the U. S. Navy, will
sing, accompanied by the U. S.
Navy School of Music Band.
A reception and dance under the
auspices of the Conference of
State Societies will complete the
first day.
Miss Myra Neal Morrison, North
Cardinals Cherry Blossom Prin-
cess, is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred w. Morrison, of Spen-
Ger, Laurinburg, and Washington
and granddaughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Laurin Mcqueen of Laurin-
burg.
Miss Morrison is a graduate OF
the National Cathedral School for
Girls in Washington and is in her
first year at Woman's College of
the University of North Carolina,
Greensboro. She is one of the most
enthusiastic summer residents Of
See FESTIVAL, Page Five
The coastland times., 1959-04-03
MANTEO MASONS WILL
SPONSOR OYSTER ROAST

Commencing 500 pm. Satur-
day, April A, 1859, at the Manteo
Lodge lot across from the old Dare
Garage there will be an oyster
roast for the benefit of theil
building fund program. There will
be all the oysters, coffee, crackers
etc., that one can eat for the price
of only one dollar per person.
The Manteo Lodge at the pres
ent has approximately $4,000 in
their building fund and own a
building lot, all paid for, running
from street to street. They are an
ticipating starting on the building
in the fall, hoping it will be an as
set to this area.
This is one of the first events
of this year to be sponsored by
the lodge for the building fund,
which in the future will have
fish fries.
The coastland times., 1959-04-03

do harm to everybody.
One reason for the waste and
the high cost of Government, is
that we have allowed our business
to be handled by the kind of men
who won't pay their own taxes.
but sock it to others, and just love
to throw away money.
The time has come to step on all
such, and the public official who
will have the backbone to stick to
this policy will please a lot of us
poor devils who have been getting
it in the neck so long.
Mr.. Editor, I wish you would
take up this doctrine and keep on
preaching it and we would have a
better country. 1 wish you would
print in your paper a list of
See DOCK, Page Four
The coastland times., 1959-04-03
HEAVY DAMAGE BY
FIRE MONDAY TO
FURNITURE STORE
Man+eo Fire Departments Prompt
Service Praised BY Store
Manager

Heavy damage resulted Monday
evening in the store of the Quinn
Furniture Company in Manteo
when fire gained headway in the
office at the rear of the building.
IT apparently caught during the
supper hour, and was accidentally
discovered at 7:15 pm. when Sam
uel Twiford of Elizabeth City
drove up to the adjacent funeral
home with the body of Capt. Mar
tin Johnson who died that day in
Elizabeth City.
Smelling smoke as he went into
the funeral home which connects
with the store, Mr.. Twiford dis
covered the fire ablaze in the of
fee, and called the Manteo Fire
Department which responded at
once, and their instant work saved
the building. Smoke and water re-
sulting in damage to all the stock
on both floors.
The fire is now believed to have
originated by the office telephone
becoming short circuited with an
electric wire. The store had not
long been closed for the day. The
damage has been estimated at up
wards of $4,000.
Mrs. Lyna Harbour, store man
ager, gives high praise and ex-
presses the thanks of the COM
pany to the Manteo firemen for
their exceptional work. She con-
siders it one of the finest jobs
ever done by firemen anywhere.
Fortunately, she saved the records
of the store, and is now engaged
in attempting to collect accounts,
that are due and in view of the
leniency that Mr.. Twiford has al
ways shown his customers, hopes
for a prompt response in aiding
the store to get back in business.
Unfortunately for the store, the
fire came at the worst imaginable
time for business interruption.
The heavy tourist, season is i'm
mediate when furniture sales are
at their best. The store will be
out of business for several weeks.
Another drawback is in the ina
bility to get repairs made, as all
available mechanics are engaged
elsewhere for long time ahead.
The coastland times., 1959-04-03

CAPT. MARTIN LOUIS JOHN
SON who on April 80 would have
been 81 years old, died Monday in
Albemarle Hospital after a long
illness. He was born on Roanoke
Island, the son of Joshua and Ell
len Johnson, and is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Katie M. Johnson
and by two grandsons, R. E. John
son, Jr. of Richmond and M. L.
johnson of Highland Springs, Va.
By one sister, Mrs. Lille Swindell
of Manteo, and several nieces and
nephews. He will long be remem-
bered for his service to the Roa-
noke Island community for more
than half a century in providing
our people with dependable boat
service to Elizabeth City. He was
always a generous and helpful
man. He operated the steamer
Trenton until about Is years ago
when he retired and has continued
to make his home in Manteo.
His body was taken to the
Methodist Church of which he was
a member, where it lay in state
one hour before the. funeral at 2
pm. Wednesday. Services were
conducted by the pastor, Rev. L.
A. Aitken, assisted by the Bap-
tist pastor, Rev. w. E. Cholerton.
Honorary pail bearers We're: M
L. Daniels, Sr., Melvin Daniels
w. B. Fearing and w. F. Baum
Active: Ray Jones, Keith Fearing
C. S. Meekins, Ralph Davis, Jack
Wilson and Ben Creef.
A solo by Johnny Long, Goods
Tomorrow and the choir sang
"Abide With Me-" Mrs. Rennie
Williamson, organist. Interment in
Manteo Cemetery,
The coastland times., 1959-04-03
HIGH BIDS DELAY WORK
AT HATTERAS FOR YEAR

A delay in letting of contract
for work at Hatteras during the
year, on removing sand from
shoaled areas between harbor jet
ties will mean no improvements
during this year, according to a
letter from the District Engineer
to the Dare County Board of Com
missioners. Col. H. C. Rowland,
Jr. indicates there was only $2,700
available for the work, and bids
exceeded $4,000. His letter fol-
lows:
ain view of your interest in
Robinson Channel, l desire to in
form you of the results of the bid
opening on 26 March 1859 for
maintenance dredging of 2150 GU
bic yards in the shoaled area be-
tween the jetties at Hatteras,
North Carolina.
"The low bid received was $4,-
1880, or $1.95 per cubic yard.
The Government estimate of cost
was $2,692.48, or $1.252 per cubic
yard. AS the low bid was more
than twenty-five percent above the
Government estimate, it was nec-
essary that it be rejected.
"The excessive bids received are
undoubtedly due to the high mobil-
ization and rehabilitation costs
for moving dredges to the remote
site Of work for the small amount
of material to be dredged.
"When other dredging is requir-
ed near Hatteras, consideration
will be given to including Rollin-
son Channel in the Invitation for
Bids, which should result in much
more favorable prices. However,
no other dredging is scheduled in
this vicinity during the current
fiscal year ending 80 June 1859.
I am, therefore, unable at this
time to estimate when it may be
feasible to again advertise this
work.
"Your interest is appreciated
and / will be pleased to furnish
any further information you may
desire on this matter"
The coastland times., 1959-04-03
SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB
AT ME. CHURCH APRIL 80

The Senior Citizens Club of
Dare County will meet Thursday,
April 3Oth in the Educational
Building of the Manteo Methodist
Church, Jos. M. Cox of Nags
Head, member of the advisory
committee, said this week.
Mr.. Cox, with p. A. Tillett of
Kitty Hawk, Mrs. Jean Ward and
M. X. Fearing, Jr., Of Manteo,
constitute the committee. Mr.. Cox,
who is a skilled artist, has design
ed some interesting posters and
the drawings are being displayed
in the area.
Rev. Stanley S. Snead Of Kitty
Hawk is serving as chairman Of
the group and Mrs. Doris Bonner
is Secretary.
The coastland times., 1959-04-03
RELIEF OF INLET
SITUATION COMESt
SLOW AND COSTLY
Engineers Doing Their Best. Local
Interests Appealing for
Speed; Business Lost

The acute and costly situation
at Oregon Inlet which prevents the
state from operating it's full ferry
schedules is a source of much grief
to all concerned. The District En-
gineer at Wilmington recently let
contract for work of cleaning
out the channel. On the basis of
a new survey, another channel is
being attempted. So far few gains
appear, and the situation grows
worse.
DR.. w. w. Harvey, Jr., Presi-
dent of the Dare County Water
ways Association this week sent
a strong appeal to the engineers.
Yesterday, Victor Meekins on be-
half of the County Board of Com
missioners called the Engineer Of
flee by telephone to discuss the
situation. The U. S. Engineers are
greatly concerned and advise they
are doing everything within their
means to get the situation cleared
up.
There is some confusion result
ing as to figures recently given
out concerning number of ferry
trips missed through the period
since the inlet channel shoaled up.
We will not attempt to give cor
rect figures until they can be ver-
flied by state officials, but it is
general knowledge that only a
small fraction of the daily sched-
ules on many days may be main
tanned because of low tides. In DR..
Harvey's report to the Engineers
he quotes figures of the State
Highway Department showing
that the cost of repairs since the
shoal situation began had been
$1,000 more than necessary had
there been sufficient operating
depth for the boats.
DR.. Harvey also reports the es-
timated loss to the fishing indus
try of the area at upwards of a
million dollars of normal catch
and sales of fish from ocean wa
ters. These products are usually
handled in this area.
The coastland times., 1959-04-03
BIG SHIP ASHORE
SATURDAY MORN
NEAR KENNEKEET

Music in the cash registers of
the Outer Banks may result from
new tourist attraction. A big
ship, named for the great COM
poser Antonin Dvorak came ashore
Saturday morning near Avon, and
it looks like the vessel may stay
there. The high winds of the night
caused this ship to part company
with the tug which was towing it
from Wilmington to Baltimore,
and the ship stranded during the
forenoon about one mile southwark
Of the former Little Kinnekeet
Life Saving Station.
The vessel is 445 feet long; a
freighter tied up in the Cape Fear
River for many years, was bought
for scrap and was bound for the
yards of the Patapsco Metal Co. in
BALTIC. 1t had left Wilmington
Thursday morning. At last re-
ports, it was up on the beach
whereby it could be reached on
foot at low tide.
Park Services officials are inter-
ested in having the ship remain
there as tourist attraction.
Nothing appeals more to the imag-
lnation of travellers and and others
for that matter than a shipwreck.
The last wreck of consequence was
when the small freighter, Omar
Babun stranded 5 years ago, near
Rodanthe, but this ship was later
towed away. Some two years ago,
a small trawler out of Hampton
came ashore near Gull Shoal, and
was a complete wreck, with loss of
several lives.
The big steel freighter now
ashore carried neither crew nor
cargo.
The vessel, when built for the
Government, is of the type that
cost upwards of a million dollars
each in war time shipyards. Like
many others recently, it was sold
for some $4,000 to be cut up for
scrap, and was insured for this
sum. The insurance companies
will have to pay for the ship, or
they may exercise the option of
trying to get it floated, which
might cost as much as $4,000 in
the attempt, whether successful
OF unsuccessful. If successful, the
insurance people might stand to
gain $4,000. If failing, it would
be worse off by the sum spent,
and still have to pay for the ship.
If having to pay for the ship.
the insurance company could sell
it to the highest bidder on the
ground, whereby it could be cut
up and hauled away for whatever
it might bring. If some philanthro-
phist wanted to buy the vessel and
donate it to the Seashore park as
a tourist attraction, it would be
worth millions in tourist business
in few years. Only yesterday, at
one time 200 cars were reported
lined up, trying to get down to
the scene of the wreck, thereby
adding further to the troubles of
the unhappy people who have to
use the ferries which cannot run
regularly, due to the shoaled up
channel.
The coastland times., 1959-04-03
ANNIVERSARY
OF FORT RALEIGH
HISTORIC SITE

This is an appropriate time to
recall some of the history of Roa-
noke Islands National, Park area.
The story of the explorations and
attempted settlements here from
1884 to 1890 is well known.
Not so we'll known is what has
happened at Fort Raleigh in the
369 years since John White last
saw it. The next white men known
to have seen the site were trader
from Virginia and his companions
in 1868. John Lawson saw the ru-
ms of the fort in 1908 and re-
ported that old English coins,
cannon and a powder horn had
been found there. The earliest map
known to have shown Fort Raleigh
is the Collet map of ITO, on
which it is merely marked "Fort. "
The Historian Losing wrote in
1850 that traces of it were still
visible. Apparently, the spot has
long been regarded with rever-
ence, for there is a tradition that
this was the only place on Roa-
noke Island where the trees were
not cut during the Civil War.
The Roanoke Colony Memorial
Association bought the fort and
ten acres of land around it in
1894. Partial archaeological excava-
ton of it was done the next year.
In 1896 the memorial area was eX-
tended to 161s acres and the Vir-
gina Dare monument erected. The
State took over the area in 1885
and two years later "The Lost
Colony" opened.
Also, in 1885, Linsday Warren,
then a Congressman, said that
North Carolina was ready to give
Fort Raleigh to the people of the
United States. The National Park
Service replied they could gradu-
ally increase the National Historic
Sites, and their advisory board
recommended Fort Raleigh tn e
following year. President Franklin
D. Roosevelt and Harold Ickes,
Secretary of the Interior, became
interested but more years were
required to get proper deeds to the
land and straighten out all the le-
gal complications, so that it was
not until April 5, 1941 that the
formal order establishing Fort
Raleigh National Historic Site was
signed.
Under the National Park Serv-
ice the program of preserving and
presenting this historic treasure
to the public has gone forward.
The fort itself was excavated in
1947 and 1948. Based on this work,
lit was reconstructed in 1850, as it
had originally been built by Ralph
Lane and his men in 1885.
Of the expedition on which Fort
Raleigh was first constructed, the
modern English historian, A. l..
Rowse says: Impossible to exag-
gerate the Importance of this
first colony, though it remained
there only a year: from it every
thing else sprang, attempt after
attempt, until at length the Eng
lish took permanent root"
The coastland times., 1959-04-03
SOCK-HOP DANCE SATURDAY
NIGHT, KITTY HAWK SCHOOL

There will be sock-hop dance
in the Kitty Hawk School Saturday
night, April A from 8 to IL pm.
Admission 25 cents. Refreshments
will be sold during intermission.
Mrs. Durwood Miller is chairman.
Chaperones are Mrs. Theron Cor
bell, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Perry,
Mr.. and Mrs. Troy Sheppard, Mr..
and Mrs. Thos. Briggs. A, grand
time is, promised. Mrs. John
Forbes, Jr. is publicity chairman.
The coastland times., 1959-04-03
CAVALIER QUARTET TO SING
IN MANTEO SATURDAY NIGHT

The Cavalier Quartet, of Nor
folk, Va, will appear in a program
Saturday night, April A, in the
Manteo High School auditorium,
beginning at eight o'clock. The
Beta Club Of Manteo High School
is sponsoring the event, and adj
vance tickets are being sold. They
may be obtained from any Beta
Club member. Admission will be
$1.0O for adults, SOC for students.
The Cavalier Quartet appears on
television Channel 8 from Norfolk
on Thursday night in the Home
town Hoedown program.
The coastland times., 1959-04-03
LADIES NIGHT NEXT
TUESDAY FOR LIONS

Manteo Lions will be hosts to
their wives at a supper next Tues
day night at the Carolinian, Nags
Head. Deputy District Governor
Ralph White, who will be accom-
panied by Mrs. White, will present
a brief program. The supper will
begin at 1880, preceded by social
activities at 6:45, in the hotels
Anchor Club.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-09
seen at lief,

The first amendment Is tie United States Constr
tuition begins os fews Congress shall make NJ low
respecting On ESTABLISHMENT IF religion x prohibiting
Since the adoptioa(of the Constitution religion has
continued p be an an important factor n the develop
~ tins Grea
The religious Interests 81 3eaI people y irlmed
dtek seen by their ready attendance al the church of
then choice. ond the Christian ATMOSPHERE hat PeNades
tive conotnunity
from an economic standpoint. tire churches otso
pi2Y important port W the oon7muniys life The
annuo budgets Of the seven white Prctestant churches
N Farnvie Combine "a an Impressive SLID 220
IN addition to the operating budqets therecfe avs
church building programs that further reflect In the
economic picture 81 the area ln The past fey yeors ~af
cyer 100000 hove been scent Is improve end qdd to
the church fcclli5ies IN Farmvle
6-fcna 2roara~s Under oons.derotioo d t7e
ctItches na~ lrdcate thct more tlaan S4oO 000 viii
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-09
Churches Add To Community Life

be spent II the foreseeabFe future
Pert IF the budgets Of the churches go to mis-
sonqry worE, church Work that is done outside this
immediate oreo for such Is fhe spirit " Christianity
However thu greater p91t9n of THE budgets are used
ngnt a home t1r lch essant als as salaries for the
pcstofs organiss cAoir directors s=&tons end fo the
eyery day services IN water eI=ctncy Telephone. in
suflnce heat. supplies. equipment etc
The d1iors that oneroc our churches ofe fhe SINE
d7ars that aone through of i31a businesses FormviIIe
businessmen ere dependent ~ the dollars spent OF
home a7d he dollars spent ct home are ta ony ones
aat WHY stay here ~ Work toward TIE Improvement Of
our community
II your d9tars WY saattesed " y n4argy wy oify
chaaces are those dollars Will 60 70 rmproYe Aot city
koT FarnWile O4r churches sc7oe fine department.
ctuBs a1d n fact our entire c3nrnua NJ one dependent
on tne doliars YCU spand All h9me
u #-l, makes noe san5a W SHOP FARNYLlf
Evening star., 1959-06-28
coating of cleor plastic.

Non-matching tall and
thin or low and long this
Is the new look of furniture
as revealed at the giant In
ternational Home Furnishings
Market which closed Friday
in the Northumberland in
Chicago.
The new vertical look was
seen in elegant, varied new
designs. both modern and
traditional. This look is for
q purpose besides style. It's
to conserve floor and lower
wall space and yet provide
maximum storage capacity IN
today's smaller rooms. Long,
low pieces counterbalance
visually the tall furniture,
and are designed to fit under
large windows or. standing
free, to permit unobstructed
view and an atmosphere Of
spaciousness.
A continuing program Of
co-ordinated home furnish
ings for a six-room house
was launched at this mar
ket. Designers. manufac-
turers and basic materials
used were all different; all
were co-ordinated by a noted
designer-stylist.
Individuality Of separate
pieces in a collection Is
achieved by form, decoration
or color. In many pace-set-
ting collections. decoration,
or the lack of it. varies from
piece to piece. In one large
contemporary group. for ex-
ample. one headboard, a
china and a console chest
were trimmed with split. light
maple turnings applied ver-
ttcally to the warm brown
walnut. Another bed had
black leather panels. A few
case pieces had cane doors,
q few tables and cabinets were
decorated with geometrically
shaped insets Of darker wood.
Design
Furniture design was for
NAL, richly adorned in tradi-
tional styles, with sculptured
detail and restrained decora-
tion in contemporary. Oriental
and all-American designs
were favorites. One beautifully
executed formal collection
was true French Provincial,
styled by a native of France.
Evening star., 1959-06-28

20 high favor. but walnut
continued popular: cherry,
butternut, maple, oak and
other woods were used. One
elegant collection combined
rosewood and Minzu wood.
Finishes ran from bleached
to warm-medium and dark:
usually q choice was offered.
Painted finishes were i'm
portant, whether rubbed-in
to show the wood grain, or
lacquer.
Pulls were varied and high
ly decorative, made Of wood.
brass, pewter. aluminium, por-
celain. leather. Examples
we're round wood pulls with
cut-out grabs backed In
black leather: jewel-like pulls
made Of teal blue glass fused
onto bronze; oval-shaped cut
out grabs faced with black.
white or beige vinyl.
Many upholstered pieces
had exposed wood frames.
Tall chairs and highback love
seats contrasted with super
long, low sofas. Spaced. con-
toured back-cushions were
popular they snap onto
the back Of one super-size
sofa bed SO they'll stay neat
ly in place. Urethane foam.
sometimes combined with
dacron was widely used for
cushioning. Pure silks, linen.
cotton. and fabrics Of man
made flbers, now including
Acrilan were popular covers.
Favorite colors were the new
lavenders. citrus, combined
blues and greens, and reds.
Invisible Chairs"
A designer manufacturer
team developed the "invisi-
bic chairs" translu-
cent plastic shells designed
to create an open, uncrowded
look In a room persons
sitting In them will look as
II suspended in space.
Whimsy was introduced into
comfortable plastic shell
seating by q group Of "por-
trait chairs Figures freely
drawn In color and fused
into the plastic appear to be
sitting" in the chairs. When
dignity and elegance rather
than amusement are wanted.
snug fitting, foam padded
covers are slipped on over
the shell rim.
Lamps were decorated and
colorful. with Oriental and
Early American the leading
styles. followed by contem-
porary. classic. 18th century
and Scandinavian. Decora-
tive accessories followed q
like trend.
Shades Of lavender and
violet were new high fashion
colors in curtain and drapery
fabrics; green and blue COM
binations. orange, citrus yell
low and magenta were popu.
lar. A sheer print and COM
panion paper featured laven-
der combined with blue and
avocado green; q drapery was
royal blue. turquoise and yell
low green; grays, browns and
avocado blended in a geomet-
ric patterned sheer. There
was new process Of printing
on vinyl for walls and uphol-
stery; new slipcovers that
are permanently self-iron-
ing: new wash and hang
fabrics OF Avisco; the first
3l4-yard repeat "a horizontal
stripe on white) in the silk
like Ondule and Fortisan.
New fabrics designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright and
completed just before his
death were introduced. Orr.
entail patterns included au-
thentic reproductions OF old
Japanese wood block prints
and a pattern composed OF
signatures Of the wood print
masters.
Evening star., 1959-06-28
New Vertical Look Marks
Varied Furniture Styles

ian Provincial and Louis XIV.
Shaker and Scandinavian In.
fluences continued.
Mahogany wood returned
Evening star., 1959-06-28

The blending of traditional
designs is increasing one
group combined elements Of
Adam, English Regency, Ital-