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The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-01-15
BEACH MEN PLEASED
.OL D 1873 is TO
RETAIN IDENTITY
Highway Commission Announces
Decision to Number Roads
As Citizens Wish

Expressions of gratitude have
gone to Director w. F. Babcock of
North Carolina Highways this week
for decision to retain the identity
of us. 1853 which has served Mays
Head, Kill Devil Hills and Kitty
Hawk Beaches for 80 years. Mr..
Babcock, in a letter to Victor
Meelins, advised that the brief
submitted in favor of this plan had
been approved.
Old 1853 will be numbered us.
1873 Business and the new road re-
Gently completed to the west will
be numbered us. 1853 Bypass.
Citizens and business people on
us. 1853 i'm December appealed to
the commission against the plan to
number this road with a mere tag
carrying the symbols "120O." They
feared that the loss of identity OF
this long established road would
reduce its importance to tourists,
as a result of its loss of identity
on future road maps. This could
mean a tremendous loss in bust
ness from visitors who would find
themselves unknowingly rout d
past the business on these beaches
they might wish to patronize.
1t was shown to the Highway
Commission that on this older road
is nearly half the total property
valuation of the area which yields
taxes to support Dare County
Further, an estimated half of the
summer tourist business comes
from this road, with its many
stores, service stations, hotels,
motels, several fishing piers and
amusement centers. The previous
plans of highway engineers con-
corning the numbering ad mark
ing of the two roads was there
fore universally considered a grave
economic threat.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-01-15
IMPORTANT UNIT OF
COAST GUARD AT
HATTERAS PLANNED
Finest Lifeboat Station On Our
Coast TO Be Built This Year;
Plans Near Complete


Construction work on new
lifeboat station at Hatteras Inlet,
on the north side near the town
of Hatteras will begin this month
Coast Guard officials in Norfolk
said this week.
The new station will replace
the one formerly located on the
northern tip of Ocracoke Island
which was washed away some
years ago.
The new Hatteras Inlet Life
boat Station will be located at the
site of the Gooseville Gun Club,
where the Coast Guard has main
tanned a temporary station since
1854, in the building formerly
housing the shooting club.
Though the building design is
still on the drawing boards, plans
however, point toward two-story
masonry structure with detached
lookout tower and combined ga
rage-equipment building. The
buildings will be faced in brick
veneer. 1t will be the first brick
lifeboat station erected in either
Dare or Hyde Counties.
The initial contract, for con-
struction of a boat basin bulk
head, dredging, piers, boat. hoist
and fuel storage facilities on
Austin Creek at the Gun Club
site have been awarded. ]. T.
Hardison & Son, Inc, of Wash
ington, N. C. won this contract.
Coast Guard officials at Nor
folk headquarters indicated that
contracts on the buildings will be
offered in the near future, with
long-range planning for commits
sioning of the new installation
early in 1861.
Meanwhile Coast Guard person
mel will continue it's search and
rescue activities out of the tenn
porary quarters. Archie Wahab of
Ocracoke is at present officer in
charge. Previously in charge was
Nevin Wescott of Manteo who is
now stationed at Oregon Inlet,
but who will retire from service
on January 81.
The Hatteras Inlet Lifeboat
Station will be the second new
station to be constructed in the
Fifth Coast Guard District in re-
cent years. The station at Little
Machipongo on the Eastern Shore
of Virginia was completed last
April.
Key locations for Coast Guard
lifeboat stations up and down the
coast of the United States, like
the site at Hatteras Inlet, greatly
assist the Coast Guards tasks of
providing search and rescue sev-
ice to the maritime industry and
to the boating public.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-01-15
MISSING WORLD WAR II PLANE
SNAGGED AFTER II YEARS BY
FISH NET in CROATAN SOUND
Man+eo Citizen Loses SIPS Net Where Many
Other Fishermen Have Lost Nets Off Roa-
noke Marshes Lighthouse; Receivers Huge
Propeller Lost When Plane Disappeared De-
cember 10, 1913 Enrou+e to Cherry Pt.
By AYCOCK BROWN

A she'll encrusted airplane pro-
pellor which William l.. "Snooks"
Tillett brought to the surface
from the bottom of Croatan
Sound near Roanoke Marshes
Light station recently may solve
the mystery of a military plane
which disappeared without leav-
ing a trace enroute from Norfolk
to Cherry Point Marine Air Sta
ton during World War II.
Tillett was dragging for crabs
when his net became fouled in the
propeller. Retrieving the propel-
Ter he brought it into port at
Wanchese when he unloaded his
crab catch at the Chief Wan
CHEESE plant, and finally put in the
yard of his home near Roanoke
Negro School,
Victor Meekins learned about
the propeller this week from L.
V. Gaskill, retired Coast Guard
officer in Wanchese. He was told
about the military plane which
had disappeared on its flight
from Norfolk to Cherry Point in
1912 or 43. Course of such
flight could have been over the
area where the three blade pro-
pelor was found. One of the
blades was missing. The remain
der of the plane is believed to be
submerged on the spot as com
mercial fishermen frequently re-
port that their nets snag on
something in that section.
Meekins telephoned Coast Guard
headquarters in Norfolk, but was
unable to get information on a
plane lost so long ago.
The propeller had obviously
been in the water for several
years, as indicated by the amount
of barnacle, oyster spat. mussels
and other crustaceans clinging to
the metal.
Ben Dixon MacNeill, the dis
tinguished author of The Hat
See PLANE, Page Four
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-01-15
1850 CENSUS WORK
UNDER SUPERVISION
OF JOHN R. BRlNSON
All Counties OF First Congress
sionaI District Served From
Office in Washington

Establishment of a district of
flee for the 1860 Census of Popu-
lation and Housing at the Post
Office Bldg, Washington, was ar
nounced today by Director Joseph
r. Norwood of the Census Bureaus
regional office at Charlotte.
John r. Crimson of Belhaven will
be supervisor of the district Of
flee. He will direct a force of Is
crew leaders and 242 census takers
in the following counties: Beaufort,
Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare,
Gates, Hartford, Hyde, Martin.
Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyr
rell and Washington.
Taking the 1860 Census national
ly will require the services of 160,-
600 enumerators, 10000 crew lead
ers, and 400 district supervisors, all
temporary workers. The district
supervisors, working under the
general direction of the permanent
ItSuOtld1 1IS1u UlESCtOIS, art I6
sponsible for phases of the Gems
us in their districts. Duties of the
district supervisor include the re-
cruiting of the crew leaders, OBJ
tanning space for crew leader train
ing, recruiting and training a small
office staff, reviewing the COM
pleted questionnaires, and direct
supervision of the field canvass
which begins on April 1.
Prior TO the start of the census,
all households will receive in the
mail an Advance Census Report
Form, a new demonstrating device
which is designed to speed up the
field canvass and provide more &C
curate statistics. Distribution OF
this form, which contains the basic
population and housing questions
gives the family chance to as
seanble information about eacf
member in advance Of the census
takers visit.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-01-15
CHURCH AT SCRANTON
HAS NATIVE SON PASTOR

A native North Carolinian is
now serving the Scranton, Swan
Quarter and Fairfield Churches
of Christ, Garland Bland, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bland of
Robersonville. Mrs. Bland was
formerly Miss Sallie Drewry Of
Norfolk. They have one daughter,
Mary Teresa, age IL. The family
is now residing in the Scranton
Church parsonage. Mr.. Bland viii
preach at Scranton the first and
third Sunday in each month, at
Swan Quarter on second Sundays
AMI at Fairfield on fourth Sun
days.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-01-15
MASONS HAVE A
PLAN FOR VISITING
SICK MEMBER

Wanchese Masonic Lodge in Dare
County has nome up with a help
full plan to remember members
when sick in hospitals away from
home.
Instead of sending cards, and
~ometimes flowers to the occasional
members mentioned at the semi
monthly meetings of the lodge, the
lodge will form a committee of its
members in other towns who will
be notified and who in turn will
visit the sick and convey the af-
lection and thoughtfulness Of the
lodge members back home.
For instance, in Norfolk there
are several who are on a committee
recently named, and these include
Gus Montague, Amos Daniels, w.
L. Montague, George Daniels, Will
bur Daniels, Harry Hayman AMI
many others, all former residents
of Wanchese.
In other cities where so many
coastland people congregate, other
lodge members will be asked to
serve.
This lodge is unusual in that of
its 200 members, many of them by
occupation are seamen or connected
with seafaring, or the Coast Guard
service, hence they are away from
home much of the time. Singularly
too, they are usually hospitalized
in institutions which serve these
occupations and they are easy to
find, and often several will be
found in the same place at the
same time.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-01-15
SAA MEETING PLEDGES AID
TO THE LOST COLONY AND
HISTORIC BATHRESTORATION
Permanent Ferry Terminal at Ocracoke Island
Advocated in Meeting at Pantego; Commit
tee Appointments Made for Years Work in
Meeting at Home Of the President. Mrs.
Scott Topping in Pan+ego Wednesday.

Without waiting for the full
three months to roll by since the
annual meeting Member z in Co
lunbia, Mrs. Scott Topping of Bel
haven, held her first quarterly
meeting of the Southern Albemarle
Association of which she is presi-
dent, at her home in Beaufort
County Wednesday, and completed
tho list of nearly all committees
and set UP plans for the 25th year
of the Association.
Beginning at 10 am. with time
out for lunch, the officers of the
association completed the business
which ended at 2 pm. with a bene-
diction by Rev. Alexander Corey
of JaIneville. former President
of the Association.
The executive committee was
completed in full, and most all the
standing committees were listed. A
few vacancies are awaiting recon-
mendations from county Vice
presidents.
By unanimous approval, the exc
cutive committee on Wednesday did
the following:
1. Set up committees to carry
on the work of the Association
during the coming year which will
conclude with the annual conven-
ton Beaufort County on Wednes-
day, Nov. 9, 1860, closing 25 years
of continuous activity.
2. Pledged it's favor and great
interest in the work of the Com
nliBtee for the restoration of his
torical Bath. and appointed DR.. w.
T. Ralph Chairman to name COM
mittee to work with the Historical
Bath Commission appointed by the
Governor.
8. Asked for construction of a
permanent ferry landing on the
north end of Ocracoke Island, to
remove the handicap now occasion
ed tourist traffic i'm this area.
A. Pledged the Association to
work for renewed dedication of
spirit and effort through the
Southern Albemarle Region in be-
half of the Lost Colony, and to
support the new Chairman, Mrs,
o. Max Gardner and those who are
working under her banner in be-
half Of the drama this year.
That Association will endeavor
to stimulate a program for home
and highway Identification TO make
the region more attractive to its
visitors; to encourage courtesy
among business interests and seek
the adoption of business-like opera
ton of state owned ferries.
The county executive committees
usually includes four women and
four men in addition to the Coun-
ty Vice president who is ex-officio
chairman. In Wednesdays appoint
mernt. some deviations from this
rule were noted, and a few of the
county lists are incomplete, but
appointments announced are as
follows:
BEAUFORT: Sam T. Moore,
Chairman; Mrs. Muriel Windley OF
Aurora; Mrs. C. E. ,Venters, Bath;
Dr.. w. T. Ralph, Belhaven; Ashley
See S.A.A, Page Four
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-01-15
SEA FOOD SUPPER

The Engelhard H. d. Club will
hold q supper Saturday night Jan.
l6 at the club room of the Com
immunity Building. Shrimp plates
and oyster stews viii be served also
sandwiches, cake, pie and coffee
win be for sale beginning at s
D,o1oci. PrSces reasonable for .
worthy cause.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-01-15
MANTEO P.T.A. MEETING IS
MOVED UP FOR A DAY

Regular meeting of the Manteo
P.T-A. is to be held on January
25th instead of the 26th, due to
a hometown basketball game. At
an executive committee meeting
held Monday this week, plans
were set up by Chairman John
Long for q variety show to be
staged soon. On this committee
are Mrs. Arthur Fields, Mrs. Bet
ty Gibbs and Mrs. Mccoy Tillett.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-01-15

WHEN Jan. 18th rolls up, DR..
William T. Ralph will have COM
pleted As years as a practicing
dentist in the town of Belhaven,
and ne holds a record for public
service not exceeded by any other
person of his area. Although he
was only Ga years old, the past
October, he has given a total of
SIS years service to his community
and county, i'm public capacity. Of
course the terms Of. some Of these
offices ran concurently, making it
possible to do several jobs at once
but none of them paid salaries.
DR.. Ralph served IA years in all
as Mayor, retiring last year with
out offering for reelection. He had
served an additional eight years as
Alderman. He served on the Beau
fort County Board of Education for
Is years; and on the County Draft
Board for IL years, during the lat
ter years being its chairman. He
served six years as a member of
the Belhaven Light and Water
Commission.
Aside from these responsibilities
which took much of his time, and
much Of his money, he has served
in numerous other capacities. He
has served as President of the
Regional Dental Association Of N.
c.; has served as Vice-president
and was the First President from
Beaufort County on its admission
10 the six-county Southern Abe
marie Association. He has been
active on committees and groups
interested in Improvement, of the
sections fisheries and agriculture,
waterways betterments and num-
erous civic responsibilities.
1t was his contribution that gave
to Belhaven the Fannie Mebane
Ralph Memorial Library some ten
years ago; he was a large contribu-
tor to the Pungo District Hospital,
and he has given generous assist
ance in hundreds of needy cases
which never came to the public eye.
Like all men who have followed
long career in political office and
civic affairs he has met with OPP
ponents. But he has a long record
of winning the things on which he
set his heart, in his home COM
munity.
In other political affairs, he has
served many years as Precinct
Chairman on the Beaufort County
Democratic Executive Committee;
has represented Beaufort County
once as Delegate and once as AL
ternate at the National Democratic
conventions Of 1862 and 1866, and
for many years as q regular dele
gate TO state conventions and men,
bers of District committees.
DR.. Ralph was born in Chowan
County, and he came to Belhaven
to establish his office January Is,
1915 shortly after his graduation
from dental college in Atlanta. His
mother was from Tyrrell County
and he spent much Of his boyhood
with relatives in Columbia.
In business life he has been
successful. A friendly, helpful man,
he lives nodestly, but some of his
neighbors believe he In q million
aire. He owns much Belhaven real
estate, cumberland which he har-
vests; and farmland which he
leases. Next October he win be IS.
He wants TO slow up, and he Is
hooking for = young fellow who
will come to Belhawen to relieve
him, and who can be expected 70
- q
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-01-15
VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER
AT BUXTON JANUARY 20

James M. vannote, Veterans
Service Officer for Dare County,
will be at !. c. Jennette's Store
in Buxton on Wednesday, Janu-
airy 20, about 1880 am, and win
consult with veterans on any type
OF veterans service.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-01-15
M.Y.F. WILL WASH CARS

The Manteo M.Y.F. will sponsor
d car wash at Midway Station No.
2 in Manteo Saturday, Jan. IS
and % from $50 am. to 4:30
pm. Price Is $3.50 per car washed.
Kodiak mirror., 1960-03-19
Things Were Much Different For Eve

Eve had no need of powder puff or a pot of rouge to catch Adam. but then. she had no competition, either. ,s.
 It's a far different story for her daughters, who spend more than $1.5s billion a year. according to World Book Encyclopedia, in their search for beauty, youth. and men.
 This leap year they can even arm themselves with false eye brows to match the deceptive eye 1aSheS they've been 1uttering.
 It's just a slight improvement over Cleopatra, who probably would have gone down in history without any help from Antony be cause of her proficiency with paint.
 The Egyptians were so concern ed with their good looks that they wrote into the marriage contract the amount of beauty oils to be given a wife.
 Maybe you do and maybe you don't bleach your hair. But the ladies thought nothing of if back in Juvenal's time, when Roman gentlemen preferred blondes.
 The Greeks were among the first people to dye their hair. And they gave us the name for the art
Kodiak mirror., 1960-03-19
Mrs. Schumacher Will Head
 V.Fe w. Auxiliary

Carmel Schumacher was elected to the office of president of the Ladies Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars Katmai Post 7056, Monday evening at a meeting of the organization.
 Other officers elected were Mil dred Markham, Senior vice president; Ellen Mae Pagano, Junior vice president; Rebie Klockenbrink, chaplain; Margaret Norem, treasurer; Blythe Smith, conductress; Mary Pringle, guard; Chlora Clymer, 3rd year trustee; Catherine Chichenoff, 2nd year trustee and Katherine Fannin, 1st year trustee.
 The date of installation of the newly elected officers, to be held in a joint ceremony with Katmai Post 7056 has as yet not been set.
Kodiak mirror., 1960-03-19
Girl Scouts Hold Court Of Awards

The Town-Base Girl Scouts 1860 Court of Awards was held at 2 pm, March 13, at the Naval Station school Multi-P Purpose room, with Mrs. Winnie Herman acting as Mistress of Ceremonies.
 Following the invocation offered by Fr. Gallagher, Appreciation Awards were presented by Capt. Nathan Lincoln to Admiral and Mrs. A. W. McKechnie and Mrs. Anna Mae Wilson for their in- tereat shown, and work done for the Girl Scout program.
 The Base Troops sang two songs, followed by folk dances presented by Town Troop 10.
 During the Fly-Up ceremony presented by Troop ', the girls were pinned with their World Association Pins by assistant lea der Naida Fenner. Isabelle Oesterle. leader, then pinned tfaem with their Girl Scout pins and presented them with their by Mrs. Curry to Christine Ellis, Wings. .....el=. s#.
 Presentation of Badges was made by Troop leaders Mrs. Bonnie Howard, Mrs. Loyd Cannon and Mrs. Charles Coker, Troop 21; Mrs. Mary Escue, Troop l; Mrs. Charles Weir, Troop 16; Mrs. Shirley Hansen, Troop3; Mrs. Mary Culver, Troop 10; Mrs. Jo Hooker and Mrs. Winnie Herman, Troop 5; Mrs. Helen Curry, Troop g, and Mrs. Peggy Ulrich, Troop 2.
 Second Glass Awards were made Mary Lou Gotch, Kathleen Gr'ish- am, Barbara Harden, Terry Harrison, Patricia Hooker, Sharon LaRue, Freda Orr, Gail Rose, Kar- en Shannon, Kathleen Sheridan, Linda Simmons, Patrick Talia- ferro, Carolyn Weisser, Car1a Wheeler, Colleen Wilder, Becky Wright, Lois Howard, Judy Ache son, Cindy Thompson, Marlene Ray, Terri Coker, Carol Cannon, Sue Ann Ramagiia, Barbara Sut- Tiff and Robin Nicolet.
 Those receiving First Glass A.
Kodiak mirror., 1960-03-19

Three other Alaska senior girls received honorable mention in the Homemaking test. They are Mar. lene Palmer, Juneau high school, Juneau; Paulette Mcconnell, Pal. mer high school, Palmer. and San. dra Mae JeSssr, Kodiak high school, Kodiak.
 The test in this sixth annual national homemaking program was designed and judged by Sci ence Research Associates of Chi cago. Tte school of each state Homernaker of Tomorrow will re- ceive a set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. The National runer. up wdli receive a $4.000 scholar. ship. third place winner $3,oO0 award and fourth place winner a 5000 grant.
Kodiak mirror., 1960-03-19
Seward H. &. Girl Wins State Award

The first girl ever to win the State Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow award for Alaska Is Linda Marie Delaney of Sitka high school, Sitka.
 Miss Delaney, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Roy Delaney, received the highest award rating in a written examination on homemak- ing knowledge and attitudes ad- ministered to 320 girls in 19 schools throughout Alaska. She will receive a $500 scholarship from General Mills and becomes a candidate with 49 other state winners and the representative from the District of Columbia for the title of All-American Home maker of Tomorrow.
 Sharon Mae Lower of Anchor age high school, Anchorage, rated second in Alaska and will receive a $500 scholarship.
Kodiak mirror., 1960-03-19
Banker To Speak To Club Members

Guest speaker at the dinner meeting of the Business and Pro fessional Women'S Club will be Al Hochberger, vice president of the Bank of Kodiak, Dorothy Clark, chairman of Public Affairs Com mittee, announced this week. The meeting is slated for 7:30 pm, March q, at the Island Fountain. Mrs. Clark has promised on inter esting program.
 The BPW Cub met at the home of Maxine Brooks on March 2 with Marcia Craig and Eudora Preston as co-hosteSSeS Plans for the next and last of the '59-'60 series, Alas ka Music Trail concert were made. Discussion was also held on the Augsburg Band appearance sched- .uled for late June, which is being sponSord by the BPW. ..
 
 tephen Kemalyaff, weal-known California born baritone, will ap- pear at the final concert of the current series. He will be ac- conrpanied by Howard Martinez, who will be making his thidd ap; pearance in Kodiak. The concert will be held at the high school auditorium on Monday, March 2s.
Kodiak mirror., 1960-03-19
Mx MI

od improving on nature. .. .cosmt- tics, from the word 'kosmetikos," ," meaning skilled In decorating
 The English tried some inter ior decorating" during ttse reign of Queen Elizabeth I. They tried to duplicate the queens pale, bleak color by swallowing gravel hallow and ashes.
 The French. with their more dis criminating palates, bled them selves to achieve the same effect during the period of the Revoiu- tion.
 Fortunately the Food and Drug Administration and the medical profession have helped to stamp out some of the more ghonaish re- cipes for beauty. @..
 But the best beauty treatment is still soap and that unrpmantie liquid used by a French courteSan, to the horror of other women, in the 1500's-water.