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COLORED NEWS

Leon D. Daniels, U.S.C.G., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. William D. Dan
iels of Manteo, stationed at the
Seaman's Certificating Unit New
York City was advanced from
YN3 to YN2 on August 16. He
has been in the Coast Guard since
March 1867, and is on two weeks
leave visiting his family. He is
the grandson of Mrs. Lila Sim
mons and Mrs. Ernie Daniels Nc
Clease.
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WANcHEsE PERSONALS

! Mrs. Mamie Simpson has return
ed home after visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Eda Mann, in Norfolk.
Mrs. Lydia Bridges of Siler City
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Gas
kill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Gaskill's
week end visitors: Mr.. and Mrs. Ell
ton White of Norfolk, Mr.. and Mrs
John Gaskill and daughter Joan Of
Alexandria, Va. and Mr.. and Mrs.
/. H. Scarborough of Virginia
Beach.
Margaret Midget of Hampton is
visiting her aunt, Miss Rowena
Midget.
Lester Lee Greet, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Dennis Greet of Norfolk,
is visiting his grandmother, Mrs.
Lucy Midget.
| Mrs. James Outlaw visited Mrs.
Coolidge Basnight at Norfolk Cen
eral Hospital.
Woodrow Stetson was in Norfolk
Monday.
Sam Davis has returned to st
Petersburg, Fla. after visiting Mrs.
Evelyn Davis.
! Ann Daniels has returned from
Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Daniels Of
Columbia visited their son, j. T..
Daniels.
Mrs. Will Barnett and Ralph Til
lett, Sr. are patients in Albemarle
Hospital. Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Edward Davis and daugh-
! ter, Mrs. Phillip Beck and Dixie
have returned from st. Petersburg,
Fla. where Mrs. Davis saw her
grandson, Tim Geesford play on
the Little League ball team.
Glenda Gaskill has returned
from Siler City where she visited
her grandmother, Mrs. Lydia
Bridges.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Daniels of
Greensboro are visiting Mrs. Ter.
rah Midget.
Mrs. Woodrow Stetson and chill
dren and Mrs. Louisa Williams
were in Norfolk Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. N. Hinson and
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Oliver, of
Richmond, Va. visited Rev. and
Mrs. j. NJ. Carroll.
| Mrs. Robert Balance of Norfolk
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Alma
Cudworth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Daniels and
daughter Brenda, Mrs. Lucy Mid
gett and grandson Lester Lee Greet
have returned from trip to the
Blue Ridge Mountains; saw "Unto
These Hills" at Cherokee and
"Horn in the Vest at Boone.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Clark of New
Bern visited Mr.. and Mrs. Royden
Tillett last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Stetson, Jr.
have as their guest Rev. Thomas
Knight of Cleveland, Ohio.
Karen ond, Ray Tuthill have re-
turned to Washington, D. C. after
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. George Dan
iels.
Mrs. Cora Waterfeld of Hatteras
visited Rev. and Mrs. Carroll Dan
iels last week.
Mrs. George Daniels and daugh-
ter Laura visited Mrs. Rena Mid
gett in Norfolk Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Johnston
and children Of Miami, Fla. have
departed here after visiting rela-
tives.
Mrs. Clois Daniels of Pittsburgh,
Pa. visited her mother, Mrs. Deli
lah Gallop last week.
Dixie Walker Daniels who is en-
ployed by Capital Airlines, Wash
ington. D. c., spent the week end
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
L. C. Daniels.
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NINTH HOMECOMING BY
HYDE co. PRESBYTERlANS

The ''Ninth Homecoming" of the
Calvary Presbyterian Church near
Swan Quarter was held July 3.
The weather was ideal. 1t was the
largest home coming group on
record gathered for the service
which was led by the pastor, the
Rev. James Mackenzie. The, church
which is being improved was filled.
After the service the group gather
ed on the grounds for dinner.
Among out of town visitors were:
Rev. and Mrs. James Mackenzie of
Edenton, Dorothy Capps of Smith
field, Trina and Cathy Mangum of
Durham, Barbara Harris of Wash
ington, D. c., Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Brown, Jean and Bobby Brown of
Suffolk, Va, Mrs. J. H. Harris,
Massachusetts, Mr.. and Mrs. Otis
Caravan, Jr, Glenn Burnie, Nd,
Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas M. Bridgman,
Columbia, Mrs. w. E. Harris of
Newport News.
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as when Virginia Dare was born
there to become the first child of
English parentage to be born in
the New World.
Another thing about this boy
hood paradise" that sticks in my
memory in vivid detail is the abund-
ance of good things to eat on Roam
oke Island in the summertime,
which was the time when l usually
was there. In addition to the sea-
food, delicious sweet corn, water
melons and cantaloupes, there was
an abundance of luscious figs and
scuppernong grapes. Oh, what a
divine experience to climb into a
large fig tree at the Knight home
on the north end and pick ones
fill almost without shifting po-
sition! Or to visit the home of
Alpheus Drinkwater, the tele-
grapher who handled the messages
telling the outside world about the
airplane experiments of the Wright
Brothers at Kitty Hawk, and be
invited to help ones self at the fine
fig bushes in his yard. And what
wonderful scuppernong grape vines
there were on the island, including
the huge and famed Mother Vine
yard, later to become principal
source of supply for a winery!
Yes, Roanoke Island was great
place on which to live and visit
when l was growing up-and it still
is. You get to the place now by
airplane or automobile, instead of
a mail boat out of Elizabeth City.
The population has increased by
several hundreds, homes have been
spruced up, and there are numerous
brick buildings in Manteo now in
addition to the courthouse.
But, essentially, Roanoke Island
has not changed a great deal in
35 years, or in $50 years, at least
as far as opportunities for a happy
boyhood are concerned. Lucky is
the boy who can grow up in such
a place or, as was the case with
me, be privileged to spend vaca-
lions there.
Editors Note: Mr.. Saunders, son
of the late celebrated Elizabeth
City editor, w. o. Saunders, is
travel editor for Aviation Publica-
tons in Washinton, D. c., and like
his father is one of the best friends
of our Coastland.
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CIRCULATION SCARS IN
THE BELHAVEN LIBRARY

The Reading Club sponsored by
the B.H.M. Regional Library is
given much praise by Mrs. Eliza
beth G. Windley of the Fannie Me-
bane Ralph Memorial Library in
Belhaven. Children who had not
used the library since Mrs. Wind
ley became librarian in April of
1858, have become regular custo-
mers. The circulation scared to an
all time high for the month of
June with a total of 438 books, of
there 274 were juvenile. AZ chill
dren have signed up for the read
ing club; should all 48 read the re-
quired Is books in order to get the
dipolma offered by the B.H.M., the
circulation for the three summer
months will more than double previ-
Gus records.
The total circulation for the
fiscal year is 3O60 or an average of
255 books per month. The library
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NEW CHANGES OF INTEREST
IN METHODIST ASSIGNMENTS

Several charges in the Elizabeth
City Methodist District will get
new pastors right away as result
of assignments in the Methodist
conference last week in Rocky
Mount.
Rv. E. E. Clarke, Jr., returns to
Ocracoke; Rev. J. A. Williams will
go the Mattamuskeet charge, re-
placing Rev. Angus Cameron who
will go to jackson on the North
ampton circuit. Rev. E. Cash will
go to Hatteras, replacing Rev. Ray
Sparrow who will go to the Colds
boro District.
Rev. H. F. Leatheman will re-
turn to Manteo; Rev. J. NJ. Carroll
will return to Wanchese; Rev. Rob-
ert Bundy to Swan Quarter; Rev.
l.. A. Sheriff. will return to Kinne-
keet and Rev. S. S. Snead to Kitty
Hawk. Bath gets w. B. Gregory;
Belhaven Rev. L. C. Bissett; Rev.
Frank Fortescue, duly ordained into
full fellowship last week will re-
turn to Chowan; Rev. H. Worth
Pearce returns to Columbia; Rev.
d. T. Goodwin to Currituck and Rev.
C. R. Olsen to Dare mainland
churches.
Rev. L. D. Hayman will return to
Yaupon Village, which is in the
Wilmington District. South Camden
gets Rev. B. E. Bingham. Miss
Ethelynde Balance of Hyde Coun-
ty will go to Raeford as deacon
ess. Rev. E. r. Meekins of Stumpy
Point will continue on the Burling-
ton circuit.
Assignments of other preachers
who are we'll known in this area
follow: T. o. Fulcher of Durham;
r. L. Jerome as District Superin-
tendent of Elizabeth City; J. d. A.
Autry to Hamlt; Aaron Tyson to
Troy; M. r. Gardner to Clinton;
A. E. Brown to Hartman in Colds
boro District; w. o. Conner, Salem
burg; L. A. Aitkin, Ayden; ]. R.
Poe, Fuquay Springs; ]. H. Over
ton, Jr., Associate Editor the Up
per Room; and L. A. Phillips, Lum-
berton.
On the retired list are L. d. Hay
man, D e. Earnhart, r. N. Fits,
H. E. Myers, H. l. Glass, D. M.
Salughger, w. T. Phipps, C. 7.
Thrift, ]. B. Hurley and F. S. Love.
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BRITISH NATIVE SERVES
BElHAvEN EPlSCOPALlAllS
Rector Of Area Churches Has Served
in Canada. Texas. and
California

The Rev. Angus Miller, Rector of
st. James Episcopal Church, Bel
haven originally came from Eng
land and Scotland. He was educated
in London, England, and became a
Priest, of the Angelica Church in
Saskatchewan, Canada, where he
lived for eleven years then moving
to British Columbia, Canada for
the next seven years. Being advised
to come to the States he novel to
a parish in California and from
there he went to Texas, in all he
has lived in the States 16 years and
has become citizen of this coun-
try.
Mr.. Miller married in 1929 and
has been away from the Old Coun-
try 81 years. Along with the Church
in Belhaven he also serves the
Episcopal Church at Yeatesville,
which is mission of the parish.
Taken from the Episcopal "Mis-
sion Herald" of the Diocese of East
Carolina.
"From the Diocese OF northwest
Texas comes another priests son,
the Rev. Angus Miller, who is now
priest-in-charge of St. James, Bel
haven and st. Matthew's, Yeates-
vile.
Mr.. Miller, born in Yorkshire,
England, of Scottish parents, has
been Vicar of St. Stephens Church
in Sweetwater, Texas, since 1866.
He was educated in England at
Palmer's College Gray's Essex and
st. Paul's Theological College in
London. He married Mable Landin
at Kinsbotton, Huntingdonshire,
England in 1929.
He left England in 1929 for aCna-
da and was appointed rector of st.
Margaret's Lemerick in Saskatche-
waw. From 1889 to 1916 he was
rector of st. Margaret's, Vancouver,
British Columbia and came to the
United States in 1916. He served
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BOYHOOD PARADISE
ROANOKE ISLAND
By WILLIAM KEITH SAUNDERS, Washington, D. C.

When most men reflect upon
their boyhood days, their minds
dwell upon most nostal g C
thoughts, and they decide that their
old home town was indeed the boy
hood paradise - the Tom Sawyer
town. Others associate their happi-
est boyhood experiences Wi h
another town, probably one near
by their own community, where
they spent memorable holiday week
ends and summer vacations at Aunt
Carries house, at Grandpa's, or
just with old friends of the family.
1 suppose l belong to the latter
group, although my own home
town of Elizabeth City, located on
a bend in the beautiful Pasquotank
River, is one in which l had an en-
iuyabIe boyhood and one which
countless men would like to have
had as their boyhood playground.
But the town that brings pleasant
thoughts from the recesses of my
memory in the greatest abundance
is Manteo, located on historic
Roanoke Island.
1t was this island, situated just
a few miles across Roanoke Sound
from the coastal barrier or Blanks"
and separated from the mainland
by Cmatan Sound, on which Sir
Walter Raleigh's Inflated "Lost
ColonistS" first set foot in the New
World in 1884. And this was the
place which one of the colony's
leaders, Capt. Philip Amadas, in
report to Sir Walter, wrote that
lis soil was ''the most plentiful,
sweete, fruitful and wholesome Of
all the world" containing the
highest and reddest Cedars of the
world" and inhabited by "the
most gentle, very handsome and
goodly people loving and faith
full, voide of all guile and treason,
and such as live after the manner
Of the golden age"
When first visited Roanoke Is
land as a boy of about II, the
early settlers long cabins and
stockades had long since been sue
ceeded by substantial frame houses
(are Dare County Courthouse in
Manteo, the county seat, was the
only brick building on the island).
Otherwise, things were not so much
different than when the Indians
had hunted and fished and cult
waited maize and tobacco and pota-
toes there.
Fishing was and still is one of
the principal diversions - to say
nothing of means of liyelihood-on
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MISS DOROTHY ELIZABETH
CAPPS is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Washington Capps of
Route 8, Smithfield, who announce
her engagement to Roger Allen
Spencer, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ton Gratz Spencer of Swan Quar-
ter. The wedding is planned to take
place in Sanders Chapel Method
list Church in Smithfield on August
81. Miss Capp received CONNER
cial certificate from Woman's Col
lege of the University of North
Carolina this year. Mr.. Spencer is
a graduate of State College and is
now at home in Swan Quarter.
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Roanoke Island. Nearly every boy
of any size at all had access to at
least a skiff, and the older ones
usually could borrow a shad boat
powered by a gasoline engine)
from their father, a relative or a
neighbor. Fancy rods and reels
were unheard of and would have
been scoffed at by boys on Roanoke
Island had they been brought upon
the scene. A sapling or bamboo
pole equipped with cotton line, a
light lead sinker, cork and a
barbed hook were standard gear
for our fishing when it was not
more expedient simply to use a
hand line. Bait usually consisted of
a chunk of crab meat or fish, both
of which were in abundance
around the island.
Surrounded by broad sounds,
Roanoke Island offered many fish
ing grounds, and the selection was
determined usually on the basis of
accessibility from the mooring spot
of the boat used. We sometimes had
to go only a few hundred feet,
seldom more than half a mile,
to find a place where the fish were
likely to be abundant. Charlie
Knight and Bill Meekins and l
often went out in Roanoke Sound
and hauled in spots, croakers and
catfish as fast as we would bait
our hooks and throw them into
the water. We would often fill a
lard tin and a 10-quart water
bucket in little over an hour.
Grabbing was another delightful
pastime on Roanoke Island when l
was young. We boys didn't go in
much for catching hard crabs, be-
cause their nippers could be quite
painful, as we occasionally discov-
cred when wading in the warm
shallow waters along the shore in
search of softshell crabs. Most of
us used dipping net, but some of
the island boys looked upon this as
a manifestation of sissiness and
they would catch crabs with their
bare hands, trusting to their keen
eyesight and knowledge of crabs
to assure that they would not pick
up the wrong kind or, if they ac-
cidentally did so, would not run
much risk of being nipped.
And when looking for crabs
along the north shore of the is
land in the vicinity of old Fort
Raleigh, site of the Inflated Eng
lish colony, zest was added to the
already enjoyable pastime by re-
calling that one of the colonists,
George Howe, had been scalped by
Indians while Grabbing near the
stockade.
In fact, Fort Raleigh was great
playground for energetic and mag
NATIVE boys. In those days the old
fort had not been restored, but the
approximate location of the stock
ade and other buildings was known
and we could have great fun in
lodging among the pines and
yaupon shrubs and sand dunes, pre-
tending that we were brave colon
lists repelhng an attack from hostile
Indians, or that we were bold In
dams seeking to drive the white
man from our happy fishing
grounds.
Today, of course, Fort Raleigh is
a National Park Service reserva-
ton. The stockade and chapel have
been restored and there is a large
amphi- in which the stirring
symphonic drama "The Lost Colo
ny" is presented each summer.
Otherwise, the locale is about the
same as when 1 was a boy and,
in all probability, much the same
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is only open hours per day three
days per week. The Libarary As
sociation is most pleased with the
circulation jump according to Mrs.
John Boyer, Association President.
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with pricing of drugs thronghd
the nation conducted by the mag
zine Drug Topics, Miller's Pharn|
cy at Mays Head was included. Id
interesting to note that in a grd
of 81 firms, Miller,s ranked thI
lowest in price of Iberol table
their price being $500. Pnl
ranged from $3.45 in Brooklyn
$500 in Maine and Missouri.
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in the Diocese of Sacramento,
California until 1866, moving at
that time to Texas.
During the first World War, Mr..
Miller was a marine draughtsman
in Glasgow, Scotland. He is the
author of Conformation Notes and
Lectures.
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MACS HEAD DRUG FIRM
IN NATIONAL SURVEY

In recent survey in connection
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-29
"Why did L run?'

lawyer got me out of Jail a bunch of
hysterical women were waiting out
side. A morning television program
had called me "a monster behind
the wheel" One woman grabbed
the lapel of my jacket and screamed,
"You should hang for this!"
At home my wife threw her arms
around me. She said, Ell tell them
did it. They'll be easier on a
woman" / began to cry.
The boy pulled through. But
they told me he would walk with
limp for the rest of his life. The
charge ! had to face was reduced
to assault by auto and leaving the
scene. ] pleaded guilty. | said ! was
unable to account for my behavior.
81 lived in O fog"
The state live in is tough on
hit-and.run drivers. / was SEN
fenced to year in prison. Most Of
that time | was bewildered man.
used to wake up wondering where
was and what ! was doing.
The parents of the boy sued me.
The court awarded them far more
than the liability insurance car
ried. Edith sold my interest in the
lumber mill. Together with the
house, which was pretty heavily
mortgaged, and some securities |
had, she scraped the money to-
gether. Edith moved into a small
apartment with Danny. She went
to work as hostess in a restaurant.
Edith did her best to stand by
me while was in prison. She came
regularly to visit me but she spent
the whole time crying. Finally |
told her not to come any more.
Danny came only once. He said he
had flunked most of his subjects
at school and he had joined the
Navy. His mother had given her
okay. She never even consulted
me. But why should she? The
prison had a consulting psycholO-
gist who came in twice a month,
but he only looked at the prison.
ers who were suspected of being
mental cases. | did have a couple of
long talks with the prison chaplain.
1--WE got to understand this
thing | did," I told him earnestly.
"What happened to me?''
The post held O clue
The chaplain told me that if l
felt truly repentant didn't have
to worry about my soul. | said hon.
estly that what really worried me
most was what l was going to do
with the rest of my life. Would I
ever be able to face a crisis again?
He said he didn't know.
! had a lot of queer dreams.
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when | was in the seventh grade.
| wasn't bad kid in those days,
but ! enjoyed a good prank. Once
two of my friends and / brought
some frecrackers to school on
April Fools day. We shot them off
in class. Mr.. Polk was out of the
room but he walked back in just
as the frecrackers exploded. The
charge was bigger than we thought.
1t broke a window pane.
He was furious. He said if the
Gull rits didn't stand up immedi-
ately he would make the entire
class stay after school for a month.
My two friends stood up and said
they did it. | tried to stand up, too,
but just couldn't. They never
told on me.
Another time / borrowed my
fathers watch without telling him.
dropped it and broke it. ! picked
up all the pieces, rushed home,
sneaked the watch back in his
bureau drawer and scattered the
shreds of broken glass in among
his handkerchiefs. He found it that
night. For weeks he went around
saying, How could it break, right
in my drawer?"
So many regrets
Yet my teacher and my father
we're reasonable men. They would
MT have punished me unfairly.
When ] got out of prison Edith
made room for me in the little
apartment where she was living.
There isn't much left of our mar
riage, and nothing at all of my
business career. I've thought of
moving to some other city but ]
guess the story would get around.
still report to probation officer.
They took my drivers license
away. No one will give me a re-
sponsible job.
| think about my son, Danny.
He was going to be an architect or
an engineer. l don't know what he
will make of his life now, and |
can't help him.
Think about the little boy ran
over, too. l ought to 60 to see him,
but l can't face that right now. A
couple of weeks ago happened to
see the desk sergeant who was on
duty the day they arrested me. He
recognized me. He shook my hand
and asked how / was getting along.
asked him a question that had
been on my mind for long time.
what do you suppose they'd
have done to me if ] hadn't run?"
| asked. Lets say I'd given the
boy first aid and called the police
what them"
"Why nothing" he said. 'It was
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NEWS from Sast Hill

Mr.. and Mrs. J. Baxter of
Rogers Rd., flew to Oregon
to attend the graduation ex-
ercises of their grandson
Richard Beaver at Alsea
Ore.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Ross and
family attended the gradua-
ton exercises at st. Marg-
aretS, where their daughter,
Carol, was one Of the gradu-
ateS. Carol will go into high
school at West Geauga in
September.
Mr.. r. Ross of Brook Lane
was god father for the Co.
mella baby who was christen-
ed at st. Clare'S church on
Sunday.