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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, 1960-01-22
OUR COLUMBIA EDITOR
HAS HAD ROUGH GOING
My Dear Editor and Readers:

My Dear Editor and Readers:
tagged out on you last
week had rounded up the hap
penings and readied for tipping,
when like a bolt / became violent
ly i'll i. a call to the drug store
about medicinal results, landed
me in the Columbia Hospital the
balance of the week, and feeling
better now, / am so pleased.
Though, there / received no
special attention just normal pa
tient routine-I got plenty. There
was Mack with her hip shot;
Mamie or Pearl with the Their
nAometer; Eloise with her new
tray of Pills. and Eunice saying
Sorry, your diet doesn't call for
coffee;" Ada with the enema, and
Virginia with X-rays; Virgie with
ice water or maybe the mail, but
the climax came when DIR. How
erton furnished the courage by
his pep-talk you feel so good
by this time!
Am holding my breath hoping
the health boom will not burst
when l receive the bill!
Will try to get your news back
in line by next week.
Sorry for the interruption.
BLANCHE w. COHOON
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JANUARY THE MONTH FOR
HYDE POLIO CONTRIBUTIONS
ONeal Makes Strong Plea for Aid
During Next Two Weeks

January is the month for every
one to think of polio prevention
and cure and it is hoped that every
one will do just that.
During the next two weeks,
everyone will have an opportunity
to contribute to this worthy cause
according to G. w. O'Neal, Hyde
County chairman of the March of
Dimes.
Although we have vaccine for
the prevention of this disease, this
cr.ippler has not been wiped out
and many people today are still
in hospitals or in iron lungs as a
result of this disease.
Many of these people are being
helped by the March of Dimes and
it is hoped that everyone will do
their part by contributing to this
worthy cause.
In addition to helping wipe out
polio, the March of Dimes this
year will help in the study and
cure of arthritis and birth defects.
Arthritis which is crippler also,
needs to be wiped out so that gen.
erations won't have to suffer from
this ailment.
Birth defects, or cripplers at
birth, is still worse. This is no re-
spector of age since it cripples a
child at birth and gives him no
chance to lead a normal and happy
life.
So won't you do your part by
contributing to the MARCH OF
DTMES2
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HATTERAS GIRL IS BRIDE
OF, ROBERT e. MCKINNEY

Miss TIME Willis, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Tine Willis of Hat
teras, became the bride of Robert
E. Mckinney, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Elton Mckinney of Martinez, Cal,
at two o'clock Saturday afternoon,
January 16, in the Assembly of
God Church in Wanchee. The Rev.
Carroll Daniels officiated.
The bride, who was given In
marriage by her father, wore bal
lerina length dress of ice blue over
taffeta. Her veil of white illusion
fell from q white half-hat and she
carried an arm bouquet of white
carnations.
Mrs. Edward Austin, Jr., of Nor
folk, Va, aunt of the bride, was
matron of honor. She wore a white
wool suit with black accessories.
Edward Austin, Jr., was best man.
Music WAS rendered at the piano
by Mrs. Roscoe Gallop.
The ceremony was attended by
relatives and close friends of the
couple. After a Florida honeymoon
they will make their home in Bux-
ton, where Mr.. Mckinney is sta
toned with the Navy.
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CLYDE JONES LAID TO
REST SUNDAY AFTERNOON

COLUMBIA. - Clyde Jones a
former resident of Gum Neck died
at the home of his sister and
brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Jones in Portsmouth, Va,
Saturday morning.
He was a native of Tyrrell
County, and a member of the &C.
dar Grove Methodist Church of
Route 8, where funeral services
were held Sunday afternoon at
2:30 by the Rev. H. Worth Pearce.
Surviving are one daughter.
Mrs. Hilda Price of GAINESVILLE;
two half-brothers, Harold Hussey
of Denbeigh, Va, and Charles
Hussey of Newport News, Va;
three half-sisters, Mrs. Walter
Armstrong of Sunbury; Mrs. De-
ward Parrisher of Denbeigh, Va,
and Mrs. Arthur Jones of Ports
mouth. He was the uncle of Mrs.
Lem A. Cohoon of Columbia.
Music during the service was
"Abide With Me" and "Home
Over There" and pail bearers
were Gerald Selby, Flay Patrick,
Basil Cahoon, Carl Cahoon, Louis
Combs and Woodville Liverman.
Burial was in the church ceme-
terry.
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FIRST GRADERS INTERESTED
IN MANUAL ARTS PROGRAM

On Monday night several of the
fathers of children in the First
Grade of the Manteo Elementary
School met in Room lib, bringing
their saws and hammers, and
moved some cabinets on the wall,
so as to give space for group
mural paintings, as well as addi-
tional blackboard space. New
chalk boards were also framed
and installed. Those participating
in the work were Henry Arm
strong from Manns Harbor, Vance
Ross from Mays Head, Rev. Har-
old Leatherman, Carlton Ether
idge pinch hitting for his father
in-law, John Krider, who was al
so presently, Keith Moore, and
Ralph Swain of Manteo. Three
of the children also came to
watch, Donice Ross, and Don and
Margaret Leatherman. At the
close of the work, cake and cof-
fee were served by Mrs. Vance
Ross and the teacher, Mrs. Ruby
H.. Leopard.
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CRAFTSMAiN'S FAIR SET
FOR APR. 81 IN ELlZ. CITY

The second AlbemarIe Crafts
mems Fair will be held in Eliza
beth City April 9Th and April the
7th, it was unanimously agreed at
a recent meeting of the Home
Demonstration Agent of the area
and Chamber of Commerce repre-
sentatives. Plans call for the Fair
to be held in the DR.. Pepper Build
ing, the same place it was held
last year. General plans will be
similar to last year with the ex-
ception that la new feature will be
added in which a demonstration
of a whole room will be on ex-
hibit, using craft products only.
Miss Edna Bishop, who was re-
elected Chairman of the affair, an
that the first screening
committee meeting for the pur-
pose of screening the application
for the Creftsmen's Fair will be
held February the 18th in the Agri-
cultural Building in Elizabeth
City at $3.50. All persons wishing
to participate in this years Fair,
should Immediately contact their
Home Demonstration Agent or the
Chamber of Commerce in Elizabeth
City and arrange to bring samples
of their CRAFT to the agent or
Chamber of Commerce prior to the
February the 18th meeting. Miss
Bishop pointed out that it was
hoped that all of the exhibitors last
year would return and that there
would be quite a few additional
exhibits and demonstrators to
participate in this years event.
Other officers elected were Miss
Elizabeth Sanderlin, Vice-Chair-
man; Mrs. Mamie Sawyer as Sec
rotary; George AttiX as Treas
urer. These officers will serve with
Walton Jennette, Mrs. Nell Jen-
nette, and Mrs. Paul Bradshaw as
alternate on the Executive Com
mittee of the Albemarle Crafts
mems Fair.
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MRS. BRlCKHOUSE CITES
VALUE OF MOTHERS MARCH

Mothers of Columbia, Tyrrell
County are joining two million
women across the nation in a
march of facts and funds for the
New March of Dimes.
The Mothers March will take
place Thursday evening, January
%, according to Mrs. Effie Brick
house, Mothers March chairman.
Marching Mothers will ask for
information and a contribution.
Both are needed for The National
Foundations fight against birth
defects, arthritis and polio-three
cripplers that affect one of every
four American families. These
marches are being held in COM
munities throughout the United
States.
In addition to collecting New
March of Dimes contributions, Mrs.
Brickhouse explained, the mothers
will present each household with
a copy of "Door Count" a con-
else fact-finding folder in which
a family may indicate if any of
its members has birth defect,
arthritis or polio and how many
have had three or more Salk vac
cine shots. Each family record
will be confidential.
Although the house-to-house
pom is in no way planned as a
statistically valid survey, the sum
of information taken in the door
count will help provide working
estimate in our county of the
number of persons suffering from
arthritis; the number born with
birth defects and the number who
have been victims of paralytic
polio. This tabulation will prove
an invaluable guide to the Ma
tional Foundation chapter in plan
ming local programs to aid the
disabled.
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GUM NECK PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Rudy Davenport
and family of Portsmouth were
here for the week end. Mrs. Daven-
port and son Norman are spend
ing the week.
Mrs. Leona Norman is a patient
in Columbia hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Harrell
and family of Portsmouth visited
here last week end.
Mrs. Madeline Hewitt of Ports
mouth is visiting her sister, Mrs
L. A. Smithson.
Mrs. Lille Merrell and grand
daughters, Debbie and Pat Hales
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COLUMBIA PERSONALS

Mr.. aand Mrs. w. H. McClees,
Mrs. J. C. McClees, Mrs. ]. Abner
Harrell, Mrs. G.. L. Liverman,
Basil Cohoon and the Rev. and
Mrs. H. Worth Pearce attended
the District Conference of the
Methodist Church at Plymouth
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Williams of
Asheboro, former Tyrrell County
resident, and Mrs. ]. S. Collins Of
Roper spent Thursday visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. White.
Mrs. Rudy Davenport of Nor
folk was here Tuesday.
Mrs. Lula A. Cohoon 90 who
fell and broke her right shoulder
Tuesday of last week and has
been in Beaufort County Hospital
was removed to a nursing home
in Goldsboro Tuesday for recuper-
alton. The name of the home is
Forest Hill Rest Home.
Mrs. Elizabeth S. (Bett) Dav-
export 81, recently fell. She is
now staying with her grandson
and his wife, Mr.. aand Mrs. Willie
Davenport.
Mrs. Jessie (Peachy) Norman of
Gum Neck was carried to Duke
Hospital Sunday as a result OF
shotgun wounds in her side, re-
ported to have been accidently
self inflicted.
Mrs. Sara Gray Reynolds, Mrs
Blanche w. Cohoon, Mrs. Joe w.
Brickhouse, Calvin Reynolds, L.
w. Pritchitt, Mrs. D. Webb Has
sell and Mrs. Lennie Rhodes were
among the patients in Columbia
Hospital last week.
The father of the former Miss
Mary Blanche Strickland form
er Home Demonstration Agent of
Tyrrell County recently passed
away. She is now Mrs. Eldon
Barrett of Owassa, Michigan.
Winfield Alexander is reported
to be ill at his home on Bridge
Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Swain and
son, Stanley of Murfreesboro Wis
tied Mr.. SWANS parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Irwin R. Swain last week.
Charles Beaver was a patient in
the Columbia Hospital last week.
H. L. Reynolds spent Sunday in
Elizabeth City.
New Identification signs have
been placed over the office doors
in the Agriculture Building to de-
note which office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Davenport
and children, Steve, Liz, Joy and
Bern of Hartford were recent
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. F.
Simmons.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Halstead and
son of Norfolk were recent guests
of Mr.. aand Mrs. Jerry Davenport.
Mrs. Jimmy Primer and son, Hal
Jaffrey visited Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A.
Primer last week.
DR.. aand Mrs. Hal Chaplin and
daughter, Olivia Ann of Philadel-
phia; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Perry
and children, Gil, Ross, Chap,
Kay and Don of Sanford visited
Mrs. S. C. Chaplin last week.
Grady Hopkins and Clyde S.
Sawyer attended a supervisors
meeting in Raleigh last Tuesday
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of Norfolk visited here last week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Combs are
visiting in Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Parisher of
Hampton were here Sunday.
Mrs. Marie Meekins of Elizabeth
City spent Monday with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J. Everton.
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and Wednesday.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. c. L..
Reynolds of Manteo and Column
bia, daughter, Tara Michele at
the Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth
City, Thursday morning, Jan. 7th.
Mrs. Reynolds is the former Miss
Carrie Lee Jackson.
Evening star., 1960-12-23

largely one Of loss leader, which feeds
suburbanites to District buses and
streetcarS. y
These facts make 1t all but impos-
sible to reasonably evaluate Maryland
fare proposals passenger service,
too, for that matter. AS things stand, the
Maryland and District portions Of the
system are treated as If an ocean sepa-
rated them. Actually, the Scent Mary
land fare raise being considered in
Baltimore and the proposed bus-token
increase under consideration in Wash
irgton are parts Of single metropolitan
area problem, and it finally viii be
possible to treat them as such when the
new Maryland Washington Virginia in
terstate transit regulatory compact
agency begins to function early next
year.
The District Commissioners and the
Governors Of the two States signed the
compact yesterday. This means the
new commission will be established by
April /. The current Maryland fare
increase proposal is particularly timely
example Of the need for such a regional
agency, and one which should quiet
those who have been unable to under
stand what good 1t might be able to
accomplish.
Evening star., 1960-12-23
Call Up Walter, Jim!

James B. Carey, president Of the
International Union of Electrical
Workers, may be accurately described
as: one Of the more articulate and.
fortnight spokesmen Of the labor
movement. This does not mean, Of
course, that what Mr.. Carey says on
each and every occasion of his being
quoted is necessarily sound and states
n1anlike, or even very sensible. The
other day, for example, he teed OF on
a. couple Of President-elect Kennedy's
cabinet selections - Governor Luther
Hodges Of North Carolina as Secretary
Of Commerce and Robert s. Mcnamara,
outgoing president Of the Ford Motor
Company, as Secretary Of Defense.
Mr.. Carey feels that Mr.. Hodges
has yielded TO- business interests"
which apparently is some sort of a
disqualification Tin Mr.. Carey's mind)
foran incoming Secretary Of Commerce.
AS for Mr.. Mcnamara, however, Mr..
Carey has a rather novel basis for
opposition, namely, that 1--WE just don't
know him." There are several ways,
presumably, that Mr.. Carey could find
oJt about Mr.. Mcnamara. Perhaps one
Of the easiest, to keep it all in the
labor family, would be for Mr.. Carey to
cali up Mr.. Walter Reuther, president Of
the United Auto Workers. What's good,
Or bad, for Walter ought to do for Jim.
Evening star., 1960-12-23
Suburban Bus Fares

~. On the face Of 1t, the D. G. Transit
system has powerfully persuasive argu-
ments to bolster It's new request for a
3-eent "first-zone" bus fare increase on
its, nearby Maryland lines. Despite
steady increases in operating costs,
there has been no adjustment in Mary
land intrastate fares since 1855. And
considered as an entity, D. G.. Transit's
Maryland operation is deficit PROPOSE
tion-one which, even with the new fare
false, allegedly will show an annual
book loss of $484, 1894.
Z. But the fact, Of course, is that the
Maryland operation is not a separate
entity. The losses in Maryland are
absorbed by the profits Of the system as
q whole, the bulk of which is in the Dis
trict of Columbia Thus while the
Maryland lines provide highly val
liable and important service within
the State, their value to the company is
Evening star., 1960-12-23
Billboard Blight Spreads to New Roads

year, we can't help wonder
ing how much their useless
and neglected presence con-
tributes to the unfair and un-
flattering "image" some Of
our South-deplorers love to
project Of anything South
ern." We sometimes wonder
If they even think some cruel
overseer still has old "Uncle
Tom" still hidden away in
one Of them.
Lila d. SOnuemann.
q p h = -
The yearly advertising VOL
ume In the United States is a
"a billion item. The art OF
advertising is the art Of
knowing what to say. to
whom, in what. form, and
when to say it. once thought
of as an instrument for SELL
ing goods, advertising has ex-
panded to include the propa-
CATION of ideas as well. Ad-
vertising is a useful servant
to our present-day society.
The complexitY Of our mod
ern society, with its fast
moving interplay of political.
economic, and social forces,
has created an increased de-
mand for desirable informa-
tion-and the Nations bill
boards help meet this de-
mand. Billboards have over
the many years won for
themselves a place In oul
complex society. Billboards
along with newspapers, tele-
vision, radio and magazines
are a capitalized, privately
owned media Of communica-
ton instituted to serve the
Evening star., 1960-12-23
Success in SPACE

Despite its past ups ana downs,
Project Mercury is making progress
heartening enough to nouriSh the hope
that an American will successfully orbit
the earth before the end Of the coming
year.
This hope has become considerably
brighter as result Of the recent
recovery-in apparently very good
conditioned an unnamed space
capsule rocketed from Cape Canaveral
to height Of 135 miles on a sub
orbital fight that ended in the Atlantic
235 miles from the launching site.
There will be at least one more such
fight, probably with, chimpanzee
aboard, before one Of our seven "Mer-
curry AstronautS" blasts OF on similar
trip-posSibly next April or May-in
preparation for the fabulous voyage
that will literally put him into orbit.
II all goes well, this voyage should
take place late in 1861. Assuming that
it succeeds, and assuming also that
some Russian does not beat him to
it, the American involved will be cele-
brated in history as the Columbus Of
space. For he will have been the first
human being to have gone on such q
journey, and to have come back from
1t alive and physically fit-a journey
planned to enable him to orbit our
globe three times, at speed approx
mating $4,000 miles an hour, before he
returns to terra firma and is recovered"
Just as was the unnamed capsule the
other day.
No matter who is the first to do
this, it is going to be done. We must
hope, of course, that one Of our astro-
nauts will be the pioneering Columbus.
But whether he is or not the fact
remains that man, regardless of nation
ality, already has his feet planted
firmly on the stairway to the stars.
The latest success of Project Mercury
makes that much very clear.
Evening star., 1960-12-23
An Appeal

There iS q spiritual salts
faction in giving to children
because It Is . Joy given with
out expectation Of material
return. It Is heartwarming
to note then that this month
Of December enbodies holi-
days for giving to children
both In the Jewish and
Christian tradition through
Chanukah and Christmas.
In this spirit, The Jewish
Foundation for Retarded
Children, Inc. with q present
membership of over 500, is
making Its f1rst annual Cha
nukah appeal for community
support In It's vital work to
establish q non-sectarian
home for mentally retarded
children. This home Is a
desperately needed addition
to the very limited facilities
Of the Washington area, for
each child helped helps q
family and in q very real
sense strengthens the mental
health Of the whole COM
munity.
Membership in the Founda-
ton Is S. annually and in
quiries and contributions
should be directed to the
Jewish Foundation for Re-
tarded Children. Inc. 2026 I
street NV.
Sue g. Lerner.
Evening star., 1960-12-23
Man in the Middle?

: An unusual element Of suspense ap-
pears to be building up about the future
Stewardship Of Republican Douglas
Dillon as Secretary Of Treasury in q
Democratic administration. Even the
appointment itself is the subject Of
persistent reports, attributed to sources
hot precisely identified, that Mr.. Dill
lon was advised by higher Republicans
not to accept unless he received uncon-
4tttonal assurances from President
Kennedy that he would have a free
aud independent hand in fiscal and
Monetary policies. :
For the record, at the time Of the
anpointment Mr.. Dillon said that he
had been advised by both President
Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon
that they had no objection to his serv-
ieesif he felt 1t was Gin the national
interest and If we (the new admins
tfafion) were to work toward a sound
fiscal policy, which is the case" At the
same time, Mr.. Kennedy emphasized,
as he did during the campaign, that
the fiscal responsibility of this Govern
nlent will be guarded zealously during
his administrati ton, and that he had
chosen Mr.. Dillon for this very reason.
The bug in the butter, so to speak,
seems to be the Democratic platform
with it's pledge to end the so-c4lled high
interest, tight money policy Of the
Eisenhower administration, its charge
OF mismanagement in recent years of
the public debt and its promises Of
more lavish spending. Not all Of these
are wholly within the Jurisdiction of
the Treasury Department, Of course,
and there Is even some ground to specu-
late on whether Mr.. Kennedy himself is
in full accord with the platform words.
Platforms have been bypassed before
without serious political repercussion.
As Republicans 60, Mr.. Dillon may
be described as moderately liberal.
Among Democrats, Mr.. Kennedy may
well prove to be moderately conserva-
tive. In this case, they could be pretty
close together, and the national inter-,
est and all the complicated matters Of
finance might be well served after all.
Meanwhile, no doubt there will be
minute examination and discussion Of
everything done and said in this area
of Government operation. The build
up assures attention.
Evening star., 1960-12-23


walks" for the simple reason
that the D. c. Government il
the sole owner Of said side
walks.
In closing, I can state that
we old Washingtonians have
always done the job in lieu
Of the Sanitation Department
Of D. C.
Thomas r. J. Cavanaugh.
. . y
! was surprised at your
note In reply to Edward 8.
Miller's letter, printed De-
cember 10. regarding the
sidewalks In Washington re-
naming uncleared Of the
snow. I thought the "stipula-
ton" you mention had been
removed from the District
Code some 80 years ago. Ger
tainly no attempt has been
made to follow it up for
about that length Of time. In
the '20s, II the walks were
not cleared. the policeman
on the beat inquired why not.
Now, not even business houses
and movie houses bother to
do much more than clean
the front steps. 1t Is inter-
esting. isn't 1t - so much
effort being made for the
motoriSt. but q bsolutely
nothing to help the pedes-
trtan. M. A. N.