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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-03-06
STATE PRESIDENT
MEETS WITH MUSIC
CLUB. MACS HEAD
Mrs. Van Martin Guest Soloist;
Out-of-+own Guests Join Local
Club Members For Meeting

Mrs. C. B. Jefferson of Chapel
Hill, president of the North Caro-
lima Federation of Music Clubs
was guest speaker Tuesday evening
when the Roanoke Island Music
Club met at the Carolinian Hotel,
Mays Head. Accompanying her
was Mrs. A. J. Fletcher, former
state president of the organization,
who was recognized by Mrs. Julian
Oneto, president of the local club.
Others recognized were Mrs. j.
B. Alderman of Elizabeth City,
first vice-president of the state
federation; Mrs. Rennie William
son of Manteo, former district di-
rector and former state chaplain;
Mrs. Margaret Foreman Love and
Rodney Trueblood of Elizabeth
City, Mrs. Victor Meekins of Man
teo, all former district directors;
Mrs. Louise Meekins of Manteo,
former district secretary; and Mrs.
V. T. Chears of Kill Devil Hills,
vice-president and program chair
man of the Roanoke Island club.
The musical program was pre-
scented by Mrs. Van Martin, guest
artist, of Elizabeth City, with Mrs.
w. C. Morse as accompanies. Mrs.
Martin, who is a soprano, sang
"With Verdure Clad" from Haydn's
"Creation;" "Floods of Spring" by
Rachmaninoff; and Sounds" by
Gustav Klemm.
A record attendance of club
members and associate club men,
bers gathered to greet the visitors;
and a large number of members of
the Elizabeth City Music Club and
the Musical Tempo Club of Eliza
beth City joined them for the oc-
casion.
Following the program a social
hour was held in the hotels Pine
Room. The refreshment table fea-
tured an arrangement of pink ca
mellias. Mrs. v. T. Chears poured
punch, which was served with par
ty snacks and individual cakes.
Mrs. jefferson and Mrs. Fletcher
spent several days this week at
Mays Head, making arrangements
for the 1869 meeting of the N. C.
Federation, which will convene in
May at the Carolinian. Mrs. JEFF
ferson has announced that the
speaker for the convention will be
the national federation's vice
president, Mrs. Arthur c. Bullock
of Canton, Pa. She has also an
nounced that two choral groups of
young people will appear on the
Friday luncheon program of the
convention. These will be the High
Chorale Group of the Washington,
N. C. school; and the Boys I'm
changed Voice choir of Kannapo-
lis. The performance of these two
groups should inspire local club
members to get busy and do some
thing about choral music in the
schools of Dare County.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-03-06
UNCLE DOCK FROM DUCK WRITES:
Give Everyone His Share. But Make
Everyone Garry His Part of The Load

few adults who get great kicks
out of it. Rarely do we give prop
er attention and enough credit to
the children who do the hard work
and bring honor to their team.
Well Mr.. Editor there's always
something to block the way to ben
efitting the children. Used to there
were people anxious to serve on
the school committee, but that was
back in the days when being on
the school committee could help a
fellow get the teachers to board.
Now there amt no more teachers
boarding out, and now you can
hardly get committee. It's got to
be difficult to find man willing to
serve on the Board of Education
See DOCK, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-03-06
WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION
SET UP IN DARE COUNTY
Dr.. w. w. Harvey. Jr. Named Presi-
dent: Ten Subscribe Membership :
and Pay Dues Sunday

A Dare County Waterways AS
sociation was set up Sunday at a
meeting held at Oregon Inlet, and
DIR. w. w. Harvey, Jr. of Manteo
was named President; First Vice
President is Donald Oden of Hat
teras, with possible other Vice
Presidents to be named at a later
meeting. Wallace Gray of Manteo
was named Secretary and Way
land Baum of Wanchese, treasur-
err. Ten persons contributed dues
of S. each for year.
The purpose of the organization
is to work for the improvement of
essential waterways in all areas
of Dare County. The meeting is a
continuation of a former organi-
cation which grew out of the Ore
gon Inlet Association, so long
spearheaded by the late Alvah H.
Ward.
A plan of campaign is to be set
up for consideration at an early
meeting. The following persons at
tended: DR.. Harvey, Wallace Gray,
Tom Basnight, Fred Basnight, X.
G. Ward, H. A. Greet, Jr., Charles
Midget, Victor Meekins, and A. H.
Ward, Jr., all of Manteo; Wayland
Baum, Warren Gallop, Gilbert Til
lett, Sam Tillett of Wanchese;
Woodrow Edwards of Waves; and
Charles Nunemaker of Colington.
The former organization had re-
Gently submitted about a dozen
names to the County Board OF
Commissioners for approval and
of these persons, only about four
showed up for the Sunday meet
ing. Conflicts of meetings by 9TH
er organizations at the same time
kept several away, and others
from Hatteras Island could not at
tend due to uncertainty Of ferry
schedules at Oregon Inlet.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-03-06
MAINS HARBOR WISHES
TO FILL VACANCY ON
BOARD OF EDUCATION

A strong movement is headed
up in the Manns Harbor section of
the Dare County mainland to ask
the County Representative to fill
vacancy on the Board of EducaT
ton by a citizen of their locality.
They say that their community
should have the member because
it has most children from the main
land attending the Manteo. school
which serves the whole area.
They also ask this recognition of
their community on the basis that
a division of representation in the
county Government is important
to maintain confidence and good
will between communities. Inas-
much as the community of Stumpy
Point now has the County Commits
sioner, they think the other end of
the District, should be recognized
with the member of the school
board.
Leland Wise of Stumpy Point,
WIZ Has Dceu ulciuUCI VI LI6
Board for the past two years has
become no longer a member of the
Board due to the rule against dou-
BILE office-holding. He has been for
several months an agent of the De-
partment of Conservation and De-
velopment, assuming a place form
erly held by his father, U. G. Wise,
who has retired as an oyster in
spector. 1t may be he has not act
ually and legally been member of
the Board since assuming his new
duties.
General rumor is that Rep.
Etheridge has promised the place
to Floyd Hooper, a well-known
citizen of Stumpy Point. The rep
resentative makes the appointment
of the Board in Raleigh. In Kenne-
keet township, no one filed in the
primary, and this place is now va
can't. C. T. Williams, III, a promi-
nent young businessman of Avon,
is expected to be appointed to this
vacancy.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-03-06
DARE RACCOONS SHIPPED
AWAY TO THE HIGHLANDS

John Tom Ambrose and Willie
Grain recently transferred live
raccoons from cage in Manns
Harbor to a truck which transfer
red the animal and 80 others from
the Dare mainland to Cabarrus
County Saturday. Alive, the 'coons
bring S. each while their pelts, if
they had been skinned, would have
Melted trappers less than one dol
lar on an average. Purchaser of
the live raccoons was the Sports
mans Coon Club of Concord, Sale
of the animals was supervised by
John Oberheu, district Wildlife
Resources biologist of Kinston.
Each animal was marked with
metal tag in its ear. In Cabarrus
County the raccoons will be re-
leased to stock the woods of that
area and thus provide sport fol
coon hunters some 800 miles from
Dare County.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-03-06
N. C. SHELL CLUB TO
CONVENE AT MACS HEAD

Described as "a weekend of new
Smelling adventures on the glorious
Outer Banks" the N, C. Shell Club
under the leadership of Hatteras-
born Harry Davis, director of the
State Museum will convene this
week end at Mays Head. They will
make headquarters at The Carolini-
an.
Saturday will be devoted to shell
collecting on the beach north of
Caffeys Inlet. Herman We'll mem
Der of the club will display unusual
shells and Jess Newman's Shell
Museum will be on the itinerary of
the group. Davis stated up to 80
members Of the Club are expected.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-03-06
ONETO NEXT PRESIDENT
MANTEO ROTARY CLUB

Julian Oneto, go-getting hotel
man, manager of the Carolinian
at Mays Head, has been named
by the nominating committee as
the new president of the Manteo
Rotary Club. William Ernst, Jr.
for Vice-President; Dan Morrill,,
Secretary; and Bob Gibbs, Treas
urer. Wallace Gray and Gordon
Kellogg have been named to the
Board of Directors. The new Off
GERS will not take Office until June.
Aycock Brown is currently the
club president.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-03-06

MISS 10 ANN BALANCE of
Manteo was the recipient of a gold
key award Monday, March 2, when
winners in a contest sponsored by
WNCT-TV in Greenville were pre-
sented their prizes on television
program at five o'clock.
Miss Balance, who is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert o. Bal
lance, is a senior at Manteo High
School, and was the only entrant
from Dare County. This Scholastic
Art Award was received for
achievement in the category of
colored pencil drawing. There were
$50 entrants from SO counties, and
Miss Balance was one of 30.chosen
from this number for the excel
lence of her work.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-03-06
DISTRICT MEETING SAT.
OF THE REBEKAH LODGES

The 82nd Session of Rebekah
Lodges of the First District will be
held Saturday, March 7th at the
Carolinian Hotel, Mays Head, with
Manteo Lodge hostess, Mrs. Kath-
crime Kennedy, President. 1t will
be also the occasion for electing
new officers for the Manteo Lodge,
Registration will begin at $3.50;
coffee hour 9:45; meeting al
1890, followed by luncheon, etc
Lodges of Swan Quarter, Elizabeth
City, Rodanthe and Manteo make
up the district. State officials from
Goldsboro, Wilmington, Winston
Salem and Raleigh are expected K
attend.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-03-06

Dear Mr.. Editor:
This may be a rambling kind of
letter but lately l have been con-
sidering a lot of things l hear
people talking about. You know
last year how people were so hot
about wanting somebody who
would stand up and stop wasting
taxpayers money. Some of these
folks now are trying to see how
much money they can cause to be
spent. I also notice that some
folks who grippe most about their
taxes being high are the ones
who pay least.
There are some laws I wish
could be passed. One of them is
to make it a crime to pay out tax
payers money to people who
won't pay their own taxes. Anoth-
er is to make it against the law
for any man to serve on any
board, town or county, who owes
taxes, but who is in position to
tax other people, and to value
their property.
Just about the biggest trouble
in our country is the burdens
thrown on the people by such of
flee holders who are crazy about
spending other folks money.
Mr.. Editor, as you remember,
have sometimes mentioned be-
fore that it looks like we are run
ming the schools for the benefit of
the old folks rather than the chill
dren. 1 think it should be a rule
that people who have no children
in school should give way to those
who have. They should not be put
on our school committees and
Boards of Education. l know some
of our best folks don't longer have
children in school, and might do a
good job, but I think we should
put the heaviest load on those who
get the most benefits from it.
say give everyone his share OF
what is due him from our Govern
ment, but be sure that everyone
carries his part of the load. If we
would live by this motto, we would
find less people chiseling off the
other fellow. You would find more
people glad to do better by Their
neighbors.
1 think we are getting lopsided
on the subject of sports. There are
some people who act as if they
believe sports in schools and col
leges should come ahead of book
learning. When you come to exam.
inc these people closely you will
find too many of them who are
looking for a cheap form OF en-
tertainment, made possible by the
taxpayers and often at the ex-
pense of the children who lose
time from their studies.
We got a few in our schools and
colleges who excel in sports, but
when you take them out, this
leaves the majority with nothing
of which they can be personally
proud. Those who can't qualify
for sports, and having so little to
do, no wonder some of them run
around loose and become CLASH
fed as delinquents, while classes
are suspended or school is turned
out for practicing games.
Mr.. Editor, our children have
got to make their way in life by
what they know, and they can't
qualify for a living if all their
interest in school is in sports. it,
got SO nowadays it looks like part
Of this great interest in sports is
an excuse for the teachers to
close school for a half day and
take off, and to let the kids loose
to run around.
still say sports would not get
much Roadway If they were not
promoted for the benefit Of the
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-03-06
Offers HARASS
CROATAN SOUND
SHAD FISHERMEN

MAINS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
and heron have been finding shad
fishing good in the nets of Croa-
tan Sound commercial fishermen.
Then offers learned of this new
source for food, according to re-
ports here and at other shad fish
ing communities of the Dare Coast.
Jaccie Burrus who has pound
net set for shad just south of the
William B. Umstead Bridge span
ming Croatan Sound reported see
ing an otter in the bunt of his net
having feast of shad last week.
He reported the incident when he
returned to port and w. S. White
local game protector told news
reporter.
"In addition to the otter report
ed by Burrus, another fisherman,
Wallace Taylor who has pound nets
in the Roanoke marshes area said
that his fish had been taken by OF
ter. One morning he found the
heads of five shad and was conf
dent that the bodies of the fish had
been eaten by OTTER" said White.
cit is illegal to kill the otter at
this season. The animals may be
killed or taken in traps not later
than February 49," he said.
Many otter are caught by trap
pers in Dare. The pelts of the ami
mails bring up to 500 and some
times more when they are legally
taken during open season, it was
stated.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-03-06
DARE JOINS WITH TYRRELL
ASKING NIGHT FERRY TRIPS
ACROSS RIVER AND INLET
Commissioners Change Custom Of 80 Years and
Will Hold Regular Meetings On Mondays.
Endorsement of Ha++eras and Stumpy Point
tiarbor Projects Ordered; Community Roads
Approved; Mosquito Control Approved.

The Dare County Board of Com
missioners this week approved a
change of meeting date which up
sets the schedule of history in
Dare County for 80 years. Hence.
forth the regular meetings of the
Board will be held on the first
Monday in each month, instead of
the first Tuesday after the first
Monday.
Holding the meetings on Tues
day began in sailboat days which
made it necessary for a man to be
away from home on a Sunday in
order to get to meetings on time.
Courts formerly began on the
same schedule. The Board of Edu-
cation still holds to the old GUS
tom.
The Board joined with TyrrelI
County in an appeal to the State
Highway Commission for addition
al ferry service across Alligator
River and Oregon Inlet. Chairman
Harry Swain of the Tyrrell Board
visited the Board and requested
cooperation in the fight against
salt water in Alligator River. The
Dare Board pledged aid by in
structing Co. Attorney McCown to
give aid in implementing the ar
gument with briefs from Dare
County. On the Dare committee
are V. G. Midget and w. S. White
of MAINS Harbor and VIM. Ernst,
Jr. of Manteo.
DR.. w. w. Johnston, district
health officer, and Sidney Ussry,
engineer with the State Board of
Health, appeared and offered a
plan for mosquito control work this
year, and which the Board took
under consideration. The Board
agreed in principle to adopt some
mosquito control work this year.
1t is planned to appoint an advis-
DRY committee of five to assist in
this work when it begins next
month.
Petitions from citizens repre-
senting some 81 families in Hat
teras community were brought to
the Board by George Fuller, to
See BOARD, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-03-06

Petitions from citizens repre-
senting some 81 families in Hat
teras community were brought to
the Board by George Fuller, to
See BOARD, Page Eight
Evening star., 1959-12-11

OPEN SUNDAY, 10 to 2
MON. AND THURS. 9 ANS PM
MARYLAND CYCLE CO.
5OO3 Greenbelt Rd.. COLLEGE Park
TO. s-6955 or TO. 9-o522
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FURNITURE, oeorEetown home,
antidues-Pine dry sink, dinette
set, 4 early reproduction Chippen-
dale chairs, chests Of drawers,
desks, chairs, single bed. sofas.
on paintings, old prints. gold-leaf
frames, tables, lamps, mirrors.
dishes, silver, Oriental rugs: dec
orators item, excellent for Xmas
gift Estey spinet piano and bench
NO. 7-0595.
FURNITURE, UNcLAAEED-9xI2
rugs, SIS. end table. S4: desk,
$40; HOLLYWOOD bed. see: sofa bed
S25; china closet, SIS: sofa and
chair, $50: studio couch. $50;
coil springs, SO; lawson sofa,
S25; innerSpring mattr.. SO: kit.
table, -; occas chairs, 50; dress
er.. SIS: French Provincial sofa.
$50; 2-piece sectional sofa, $40;
blond bedrm. set. S110: marble
TOP dresser, S25: card table. SO;
buffet. SO: bars. SIS: Duncan
Phyfe love seat. S35: Early Ameri-
can sofa; din. I'm. table, 4 chairs.
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HELP WOMEN
(coNTIRUEDl

Girl Friday-S90 Wk.
stsno-isW "a = officea $50 to @ siSo iyY NJ
25 new openings daily for typist
stenographerS, bkprs. Free reEistry
INQUIRE today. Miss Grant, ST. 3
$685.
Boyd's, Corner IL and G
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PERSONNEL AND
MERCHANDISE
CO-ORDINATOR

Good Starting Salary. Apply
F. W. WOOLWORTH co.
1207 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda
PHYSICAL THERAPIsT, registered
for Wheaton area. Reply Bo,
s4-R, star.
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HELP MEN

YOUNG MAN, white. carpet layers
helper. must be willinR worker
neat appearance. II you do mol
want TO learn a trade. please dC
not apply, WIRTH5 CARPETS
5559 South Dakota ave. ne.
LA. 9-ll93.
YOUNG MAN, h.s. trad. to iearr
construction work. Some book
keeping. 10. 9-9679 bet. l and .
AAA-I TEXAS OIL COMPANY need.
man over As as travelling repre-,
sentative. Write @. p. swallow
pres, SOUTHWESTERN PETROL,
EUM CO. Box 7S9, Forth Worth
Texas.
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D-S THE EVENING STAR
Washington. D. c.
fhidoY, December ~, 1859
HELP MEN
tcoNTINUEDl
ENGINEER

Experienced. for air conditioned
building: good salary and apart.
ment. Call MRS. CARPENTER,
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INSURANCE

Experienced IRE insurance polio
writer.
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tcokIINUEpl
BICYcLEs-New and Used

All sizes and makes. VIII take
'rade-inS. Lay away nov for
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FURNITURE

Sewing machine: desk; bureaus:
washing machine: lawn mower:
lawn sweeper TV fcebinet styleli
Wurlitzer spinet piano. HE. O..
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HELP MEN
P0RTER-DRIVER, eolored; over eiI
for nearby Nd. drusstoTe. wa

PROPERTY MANAGER, must Be
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project. Salary commensurate With
eSSHr Expanding frm. Write
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FITRNITITRE

For the best buys in furniture, try
WaShtnSton's largest. NEW AND
USED furniture discount stores,
Always good buys in railroads
damaged goods, factory elose-outs,
and good used furniture.
- T-Vw@Mwvrrr
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THEY NEVER CHANCE
REPAIRS AND SERVICE

BRICK, BLOCK AND STONE WORN
haEstone walks, patioS, fiTeplaces
bricklaying, crew available WE
5-0647 OF WA. 7-6465.
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PLUMBERS

Mechanics. only thoroughly exper
need apply; tools and transp. nee
Call WA. 7-S53S.
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SITUATIoRS-MEN

ACCOUNTANT-OFFICE MANAGER
with extensive local experience.
Top-notch individual with ability
and BACKGROUND to be real asset.
KE. 7-lSs7.
ACCT. CREDIT MGR. 10 years
exper.; wholesale and retail
Avail. Jan. /. Box 452-V, Star
IT,
BOOKKEEPING AND TAX SERV-
ICE p years experience: refer
enees. Phone JA. 7-5S0O.
MAN WANTS WORK; good painter.
truck driver or carpenters helper.
Phone NO. 7-S669.
MEN AVAILABLE for yard work.
housework painting. etc Phone
NE s-4532
PAINTER desires full-time empl or
as maintenance man; Is years
exp; reliable, sober. LA. 6-I37O.
IL
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do if you found yourself in a similar Predicament?
Well, there's a simple device that often works
wonders: send the dealer registered letter. State
your complaints and notify him that you are mailing
copies Of the letter to the local Better Business
Bureau and the manufacturer Of the refrigerator.
When dealer receives a registered letter, it has
very salutary effect. He knows he cannot deny
ceiving the complaint registered letter might be
considered PrmG facie evidence that he received it.
He does not wish to get into bad repue with the Bet
ter Business Bureau and more than that he does not
wish the manufacturer to give him trouble for breach
of warranty. The chances very good that ne III
tend to the refrigerator without delay. Recently
friend of mine reported that two days after he'd
posted such letter, rePairman knocked at am,
before he was even out of bed
As to the $50 food spOilage, the dealer may need
slight nudge from your lawyer. But such claim
generally brings at least compromise settlement.
4. Bvrdensoms contracts: The average man stands
in great awe of a contract, well he should. But
many of us feel that any document we have signed
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actions that are usurious that are based on misrep
resentation or mistaken intention = all these may
be voidable.
And then there is the very broad matter Of pub
lie policy" Contracts may be vOded on the grounds
Of public policy, and though the term has never been
legally defined. ii might be safe to say that public
policy means concern for the welfare Of human
society" Thus, contract would certainly be void
able if il required man to act illegally (such stor
ing stolen property; or If il prevented from
exercising his legal - Continued on Hexf page
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is binding and that the law win grant no mercy even
though the provisions are outrageous. This Is not
so. OF course the law can't help you If you sign
unTise contract. For instance, Mr.. J. feels cheated
because he contracted TO buy secondhand boat for
50 900 and has since discovered that boats Of this
kind ordinarily sell for s., 900. He win be held TO
his own folly.
But there are contracts signed every day that the
courts viii not enforce Contracts that require Illegal
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You can be careful and stin get stuck.

CHICAGO
THE late W. C. Fields used to say, "You can't
Il cheat an honest man" and in the sense that he
meant it, he was right. An honest man could not be
tempted to buy the Brooklyn Bridge for $50.
But honest men can be tempted to buy good mer-
chandse from irresponsible dealers, or sign con-
tracts with sharp operators. In fact there are few
of us who are so wise as to get through life without
being stuck" now and then.
There are FIVE situations that seem to cause the
average citizen the most trouble:
]. Breach Of worunsy: Mrs. NJ, a new bride, buys
a refrigerator with warranty (popuary called guar
antee). She stocks it with $50 worth Of meat and
dairy products. The refrigerator breaks down shortly
after it is installed Mrs. M. is alarmed = this is a
small tragedy in her happy new life. She calls the
dealer; he promises to come Immediately. But he
doesn't, because he's too rushed too inefficient.
The food is about to spoil. She calls again and gets
the same promise, but the dealer doesn't come.
Mrs. M. is crushed; the food is now ruined and
she fears the extra expense of having to consult
a lawyer. What should she do? What would you