The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-04-24
All CONTESTS IN
DARE COUNTY AT
KITTY HAWK SAT.
Students Held Successful Health.
Public Speaking and
Dress Revue

The Health, Public Speaking and
Dress Revue All County Contest
were held Saturday morning,
April IS, in the Kitty Hawk
school. The winners in the Health
Contest were Charles Evans and
Nancy Coles Basnight both of
Manteo. Junior winners were Di-
ana Gates of Manteo and Jimmy
Gray of Avon. Dress Revue win
ners were Nancy Coles Basnight,
Charlotte Perry of Kitty Hawk,
yJaunita Midget of Manteo. Win
ners in the girls Public Speaking
Contest were Linda King of Manteo
and Karan Gray of Buxton. Ju-
nior winning boy was Marvin
Sparrow of Hatteras. Since there
were no entries in the Senior
class, Marvin Sparrow will repre-
sent the county in this contest to
be held in Washington in June.
The Senior winners of the
Health Contest will be given a free
trip to All Club Week by the Man.
teo Rotary Club. Other winning
contestants We're given prizes
sponsored by the All County
Council.
The following were judges: Mrs.
Joyce Gray, Mrs. Milton Perry,
Mrs. Joyce Baum, Mrs. Charlie
Perry and Mrs. Robert Young.
Nancy Pearl Midget and Armi-
stead O'Neal gave an interesting
skit on Health with the use of
puppets. Others to appear on the
program were the Mays Head Pr
rates Kitchen Band and Cheryl
Dobbs from Buxton, who twirled
the baton. The latter two were
winners in the County Talent Con-
test held last month at the Cape
Hatteras School.
Tourism is a big business I'M
Dare Couny. We should all be civic
minded and at every opportunity
promote Dare County.
What happens in adjoining coun-
ties and other states affects the
number of visitors in our county.
Business people say that "the
product alone does not make al
SALE" Promotion and advertising
are strong factors in the success
of any product-Let's all be
friendly and courteous in helping
to encourage tourists to enjoy
their stay in our Fabulous Dare"
For the past five years, I've been
hesitant to advise high school
graduates to enroll in Agricultural
for their college training. The tide
is turning. Now Agriculture and
its related fields offer outstand-
ing futures. Agriculture h a s
changed overnight We no longer
link the mule and the pillow when
thinking of Agriculture. Great
changes have taken place-imag-
inc! 2 million farms now supply
most of our food and fiber-only
a few men make up the crew of
a jet bomber, but it takes dozens
of trained specialists and mechan-
les and hundreds of factory work
ers to keep each plane going.
The same is true of modern
farming. The Agricultural Indus
try is the biggest buyer, seller,
and borrower in the U. Sand it
has the biggest investment. 1t
takes more steel, more rubber,
more petroleum, more trucks and
more electricity than any other
industry.
Yes, today-and even more so
tomorrow the Chemists, the
Economists, the Engineers, the
Physicists and dozens of more
highly trained specialists are now
working in Agriculture. 500 million
people living in the U. s., in less
than another century, all will have
a higher standard of living than
today. In my opinion, the capable
high school graduate can find the
field of Agriculture challenging
and rewarding.