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Evening star., 1960-05-14

0CAAoIOA OOlAl Il EALAlAACdJ
of Massachusetts claims he
has buried the religious
issue" in West Virginia's
presidential primary. He
claims he will be nominated
for President by the Demo-
cratic National Convention.
His final claim is that he
can defeat Vice President
Nixon. his expected opponent.
in the November general elec-
ton. More and more Demo-
Gratis are coming to believe
that his claims are justified.
OF the three Kennedy pre-
dictions, he appears to have
more supporting evidence for
the second than for the other
two. But even that is ques-
toned by his rivals for the
presidential nomination.
In support Of his claim
that he will win the presi-
Dental nomination, Senator
Kennedy can point to his
cordial reception by the
Democratic leaders in New
York. including Democratic
State Chairman Michael H.
Prendergast and Democratic
N rational Committeeman
Carmine De Sapio and the
Democratic leaders of the
Bronx and Brooklyn. Mr.. De
Sapio. leader of Tammany
and of Manhattan. went so
far as to tell Senator Kennedy
he would have a majority Of
the big New York delegation
at the Democratic National
Convention. Some of the
other leaders insisted he
would have the support of
more than a hundred of the
ia delegate votes at the
convention. This was good
news to the Senator. Take
a look at other States with
large delegations. He has
strong support in California
and Gov. Pat Brown has
congratulated him on his
showing In the primaries.
In Illinois it is no secret that
Mayor Richard j. Daley of
Chicago, acknowledged DEM
ocratic boss of the State
favors Senator Kennedy
Ohio, through its Governor
Mike Disable, a favorite son
Is pledged to vote for him
Senator Kennedy won the
Democratic presidential pri-
mary in Indiana and its
delegation is expected to vote
for him on the first ballot
In PENNSYLVANIA, the party
leaders are leaning more anc
more his way. He won the
Wisconsin and Nebraska pri.
maries. He has strong sup
port in New Jersey, and Con-
necticut is his. solidly. Thi,
is an impressive array Of
support.
Furthermore Senator Ken.
nedy has a winning person.
ality. He has a strong anC
well-flnanced personal or.
eanization. He is in position
to warn other Democrat.
they had better Jump aboarc
the Kennedy band wagor
soon If they hope for polit.
ical favors when and If hi
becomes President polit.
ically effective argument.
The Other Candidates
Take a look at the reverse
side of the picture. The three
major presidential possibili
ties remaining in the contes
for the Democratic presiden,
tial nomination are Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas
Senator Stuart Symington o
Missouri and Adlai Steven,
son, former Governor of Illi
nois. Mr.. Stevenson has saiC
all along he is not a candi
date. In a general way, tn,
Kennedy opposition insist
that his victories over Sena
tor Hubert Humphrey O
Minnesota in the West Vir,
ginia and Wisconsin presi.
dental primarie s-whilt
spectacular-have settlec
nothing. To defeat the Min.
nesotan, the Kennedy opposi,
tion maintains, does not max,
the Massachusetts Senator 4;
"Iack the Giant Killnr
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TWO THIRDS OF CANCER
GOAL MET IN DARE co.
Several Communities Not Reported. and
Others Incomplete Ass $500 Is
Lacking in the Quota

Slightly more than two thirds
of the goal of $500 in the can
Ger crusade in Dare County had
been met this week. with five com
munities not having reported, and
some other communities reporting
that they expected to send more.
Mrs. Raymond Wescott. Cancer
Crusade fund raising chairman.
makes the following report, and
is hopeful final returns will show
the full sum of 81 $40 raised
Reports to date bring the Can
GER Crusade Funds to $1007 IS.
While this is far from the an
nounced goal members of the local
units Executive Board are not dis
couraged. Five workers have not
yet reported, are urged to COM
plete the community coverage and
close the Crusade efforts as soon
as possible. The contributions
from the county are: Kitty Hawk,
SCOTS with Mesdames Byron Saw
yer, Norwood Rector, and Curtis
Toler collecting; Colington $2S.25
from Mesdames Nettie O'Neal and
Elizabeth Perry; Mays Herd $102.-
81; Fricso 81; Rodanthe' $12; Sal
vo Sc; Waves $1525; Avon $50
See GOAL, Page Six
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POSTMASTERSHIP IN
MANTEO IS SOUGHT
BY ELEVEN PERSONS

Some II persons are seeking the
postmasterhip at Manteo, which
pays $685. a year. Those who took
the examinations in September and
who are now being considered are
Mrs. Josie J. Fereba. the acting
postmaster: John Andrew Kr' der;
the assistant postmaster; William
White Harrington, Woodson Brad
ford Fearing, Ralph Lathrop
Swain, Robert v. Owens, BENJAMIN
Sheldon O'Neal, Everett Edgar
Liverman, Willie Hurley Hoffler,
Jr., Arthur Louis Midget, all of
Manteo.
The last postmaster with a perm
anent appointment was Ben F.
Shannon who died early this year.
On recommendation of L. " Gas
kill, the County Republican chair
man, Mrs. Ferebee was named
temporary postmaster pendin 6
examinations.
Much speculation concerns the
probable appointment of any of tho
applicants. If the appointments are
not before next spring, there may
be some consideration given those
who have rendered party service.
Over half of the list have had serv-
ice with the armed forces to en-
title them to military preference.
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NO HATTERAS CHANNEL
PROJECT UNTIL LOCAL
INTEREST IS ASSURED

The much needed deep water
channel from Hatteras Harbor
through Hatteras Inlet is being
held up for lack of cooperation
from local interests, in this in
stance it has been the failure Of
the Dare County Board of Commits
sioners to pass the usual formal
resolution that has been passed for
other protects in Dare County Col.
r. p. Davidson, District Engineer
advised this week that he cannot
pass a favorable report on to the
higher authorities without the res
olution to furnish disposal areas,
docking space, and to keep the Gov
eminent free from harm while the
work is done, all of which is now
required by law before Govern
ment money may be spent on these
projects. The, Corps of Engineers
will deal only with the county in
these matters as Hatteras is not
a municipality.
Failure of the Board TO pass the
required resolution resulted this
month from the same source that
attempted to block construction Of
the Wanchese Harbor early this
year. Hatteras citizens may ar-
pear before the Board at the meet
/ ing scheduled for Dec. 5 when tbs
Board win BE- reorganixed.
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RALEIGH TOPPING
DAY is PLANNED
AT SWAN QUARTER
Native Minister to Be Honored
Sunday In 5oth Year Of
His Ministry

A general invitation has been is
sued to attend Raleigh Topping
Day at the Swan Quarter Chris
tan Church, Sunday, November
9th at 2:30 pm. in honor of ma
tive son of the area who is in the
5Oth year of his ministry this year.
Garland Bland, minister of this
church hopes the many friends
nearby of this noted preacher will
attend. He will preach at this serv-
ice.
While his residence is now listed
as Roanoke Rapids, Mr.. Topping IS
serving as full time minister near
williamson. Mr.. Topping loves to
eat, loves to work with children
with whom he has had much sue
cess, is great song-leader. He re-
calls early in his ministry he walk
ed Fl miles one hot day to preach,
carrying suit case in his hand.
He has served many churches, help
ed to organize many also, and OF
the countless revivals he has held,
has had as many at 102 converts
at time. On one rainy night when
only eight people attended, all
were converted, he said.
At one time he served total OF
nine chuches in the area. He is a
prodigious worker. He helped to
organize the Roanoke Christian
Service Camp near WILLIAMSON. He
gave all his children a good edu-
cation, an dhis son, Tom, graduated
at Duke and made All-American
on the football team.
A son, Earl Topping Of Scran'
ton, is a member of the Hyde Co.
Board of Education.
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harassment of lifting up the wet
clothes. sometimes in high winds 70
pin them on the line. and then how
the props were hoisted in the air.
where the garments tapped in
high winds. sometimes to he torn
by pins, or stained with rust from
the wire clothes lines, and so"'e-
times a gale took the whole thing
down, to be followed by the hysteri
cal weeping of the frustrated
housewife who had her washing
and rinsing to do over again. Dire
warnings from their elders went
out to all women in the family way
1--WE now say expectant mothers)
that they must never lift heavy
burdens like a tub of wet wash
and nor should they ever raise the'r
arms skyward to hang it on the
line. Who knows the millions in
population that might have lived
and thrived in this world had the
launderette come along 100 years
ago? The infant mortality rate re-
sulting from the dangers Of wash
day is uncountable.
There are no more women with
See WASH DAY, Page Eight
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HOW TO OVERCOME
PROBLEM BROUGHT
TO SHOW BY DONNA
Lost Colony Directors TO Meet in
Raleigh tuesday Noon to De-
wise Ways and Means

Mrs. o. Max Gardner of Shelby
will preside at the annual luncheon
meeting of Roanoke Island Histori-
cal Association in the Manteo Room
of Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh on
Tuesday, November 20 at IL noon.
at will be the most important
meeting in the long history of the
association which sponsors The
Lost Colony here on Roanoke Is
land each summer" said ]. s Dor
ton Jr., general manager of the
drama.
Dorton's annual report will be
a high spot of the meeting because
it will cover The Lost Colony's
best season since 1916 - the only
season that the show ended "in the
black" Two people stand out
especially in making the show a
success, Mrs. Gardner and Mrs.
Fred Morrison, her assistant.
The reports of Mrs. Gardner and
Manager Dorton will also explain
in detail of the catastrophe dam
age wrought by Hurricane Donna
to Waterside Theatre.
Regardless of the great dam
age. I do not believe our shock,
sorrow and genuine concern for
the future of the show should be
permitted to obscure the facts-fi-
npncia' md otherwise-of a truly
successful season of operation"
Dorton will say in his report.
"The Nations Number One Out
door Drama has proved beyond any
question that it has the unapolo-
getic will to live" Dorton added.
See PROBLEM, Page Six
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CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
IN BELHAVEN WILL
BE LIGHTED DEC. 2
More Street Decorations and Plans
for Another Display Of
Living Pictures"

The Christmas lights are being
assembled in Belhaven this week,
and are to be turned on Decem
her 2. The Living Pictures"
pageant as usual is a program look
ed forward to, and will be pre-
scented on either Dec. Is or 16, Mrs.
w. E. Bateman, Chairman of the
Christmas arrangements commit
tee said this week.
Mrs. Bateman is being assisted
by the talented Mrs. Rad Jones.
who has served as co-chairman for
several of these events. This year
there will be more street decora-
tions than usual. There will also
be more store decorations, for there
are more stores occupied than in
a long time. With one or two ex
ceptions, all of Pamlico Street busi-
ness area is now occupied for BUSH
ness purposes, and so it all of the
Main Street business district.
Mrs. Catherine Wilkinson is ex-
pected to again set up the at
tractive Christmas arrangements
which has won much recognition.
Belhaven stores are literally
stocked with holiday merchandise,
and from all appearances, it seems
the town is more alert commercial
ly than in many years. Reports
are favorable concerning business,
and several merchants say they
have had the best trade in several
wears.
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STRIPED BASS TO
BE SOUGHT DURING
DECEMBER IN DARE
Northern Sportsman Heads Effort
TO Land The Big Fellows With
Rod and Reel

A concentrated angling effort to
catch monster striped bass, which
appear every winter alone the Ou'
er Banks of North Carolina. will
be launched December nv grou~
of striper fishing specialists led by
Hal Lyman and Frank Woolner.
publisher editor respectively of
Salt Water SPORTSMAN Magazine.
The huge fish are caught everv
season by haul-seiners, but to date
only a scattered few have been
taken on rod and reel The striped
task force, composed of ton bass
anglers, hopes to find the answer
as to what methods will tempt the
finicky fish and thus open up a
whole new area for winter sport
fishing.
"These stripers are not dormant"
Lynn. who has made several win
ter trips to the Hatteras area,
stated. "Thev are feeding and
am convinced they can be caught.
l have seen many seined specimens
weighing we'll over 60 pounds and
there is no question that there are
some which will top the 70 pound
world record. Weather will be our
main problem, but we should get
break in a weeks time"
Besides Lyman and Woolner, the
party will include the following:
Three husband and wife fishing
teams-Dave and Rosa Webb, Jack
and Kav Townsend and Bob and
Mary Williams, all of Massachus-
etts. Rosa Webb is present holder
of the women's record striped bass
catch-a 64h FOUNDER. Kay Towns
end, secretary of the Massachusett-
Beach Buggy Association, held the
same record for about two hours
with bass two pounds lighter and
then lost the honor to Rosa. Charlie
Whitney, also of Massachusetts, an
old-timer in the bass fishing game
who has taken literally tons of
stripers on rod and reel and has
fished all over the country. George
Albrecht of Rhode Island, tackle
See BASS, Page Six
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BY KLAXON KING

A new wrinkle has spread from
the big cities into distant corners
of our Coastland. At Cape Hat
teras, Manteo, Mays Head. the
Launderette has come into being.
abolishing the blues and hazards of
wash day. The latest and most
cleaning one is now running in
Belhaven, established this month by
Reginald Bishop Jr.. who also help
to run his fathers modern marina
next door.
The new Belhaven Launderette
has already won the approval and
praise of the community. Those
who come with the family wash,
find easy chairs to sit in and books
to read while they wait. They have
only to throw their wash into the
cleaning machines, drop some
coins in a slot and sit down to
read, or chat with their neighbors
while the washing, under the in
fluence of modern detergents, and
the help of water softened by a
modern softening plant, is finished
in a matter of minutes.
Next it is fed into a dryer and a
coin or two more insures the wash
will be completely dry in few
more minutes. The ladies may con-
tinue to sit and chat, and what the
party line used to be to their grand
mothers promises to be completely
superseded by the visits to the
launderette.
"A fine thing. about this Belhaven
launderette, is that women whose
husbands have been out fishing in
one of the boats from the marina,
can come down a few minutes early
to meet the men, and get the fami-
ly wash done in the meantime.
Talk about boon to womankind.
there is nothing to compare with
the launderette. We can remem-
bed the old days when women out
in the country, and some who lived
in town, got up before day on Mon
day morning, come weather or no,
and started a fire under an old
black wash pot in the back yard.
Sometimes they had green wood.
and some women had to cut it
themselves. They boiled and boiled
the clothes with old fashioned SOAP,
which was also made outdoors in
a black iron pot, and the soap max
ing season usually following hog
killing time in order to make use
of the grease. Think about the
strong muscular arms that were
developed in those days from week
after week Of wringing their
clothes through the armstrong
process; think Of the hazard and
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HYDE COUNTY IS FAMED
FOR PRODUCING DOCTORS
Some rs Physicians and Several Dentists
Turned Out in Three Generations
Of Native Products

Perhaps there isn't county in
North Carolina that has turned our
SO many college graduates per CAPT
ia, and particularly physicians and
dentists, than Hyde County. Resid-
dents of Hyde readily recall off
hand Is or more, and a half dozen
dentists. There have been many
preachers produced in Hyde who
have won renown. We would well
come a list of these great ser
wants.
This week, off hand, we got a
list, recollected by Bland Fulford
of Engelhard and Mr.. and Mrs. M.
H. Swindell of the Swan Quarter
postoffice, of medical doctors, pro-
duced in Hyde County during, the
mast three generations, most all OF
whom practiced in Hyde for many
years. These doctors follow: DR.. M.
M. Murray, DR.. Buck Watson, DR..
Frank Clark, DR.. Francis Clark,
DR.. Oscar Gibbs, DR.. r. N. Cart
wright, DR.. Simmons, DR.. Station
Creole, DR.. Ruffin Mann who
died Immediately following gradu-
alton, DR.. Fred Spencer, DR.. Louis
Swindell, DR.. Baxter Bell, DR.. Car
roll Creole, DR.. Eugene Windley,
DR.. Walter Swindell, DR.. Aubrey G.
Harris, DR.. Joe Mann and two sons,
Tom and Jim, all doctors; DIR. Nor
feet Gibbs, DR.. w. N. Fortescue,
Dr.. Ed Jones, DIR. Charlie Stotes-
See DOCTORS Pase Six
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REGINALD H. BISHOP, Jr., of
Belhaven, after his army service
and his college training chose to
return home and cast his lot with
his parents. At the age of % he
is manager of recently built
launderette, and of the Belhaven
marina, and assists in looking aft
err the family farms. He attend
ed school at state college, one year
each before and after his three
years Army service in Germany.
In college he studied Wildlife Con
servation. He is a grandson of the
late Jay Bishop, prominent Bel
haven business man. His father is
a former member of the Board of
Aldermen Of Belhaven, and long
active in the civic life of the COM
munity. r. H. Jr., is the only son
in five children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bishop.
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MEMORIES OF DARE
COAST AND WRECK
STIRRED IN CANADA
Man Cast Ashore at Pea Island in
1904; Worked at Wanchese
With E. R. Daniels

An interesting letter came to us
this week from a former mariner
living in Alberta, Canada who read
about our coastland in the article
in the Saturday Evening Post. C.
A. Warner. Is, this month, whose
address is P. o. Box 104, Mayors
thorpe Alberta, Canada, tells us
about the time he was shipwreck-
ed on Pea Island, his subsequent
employment with the late E. r.
Daniels, and his substituting as
lighthouse keeper after stopping at
Mrs. Polly Midgett's boarding
house in Manteo.
We print Mr.. Warmers letter, as
follow:
81 was reading an article in the
Saturday Evening Post. North
Cardinals Outer Banks.) and it
brought back many sad also
pleasantly memorable thoughts of
long ago, as was shipwrecked
on Pea Island in December 1904.
"After clearing the decks of
about Is inches Of snow in Brook
lyn, N. Y, l think it was the 7th
or 9th of December 1904 we set
sail for Charleston, S. c.. in the
three masted Schooner Montana,
captain C. w. Booye of Somers
Point, N. J. We ran into a bad
storm the first day out, and on
the night of Saturday I think it
was the 18th we struck the outer
sand bar on Pea Island. It was
dark with a northwest heavy wind
blowing, and some snow. We could
not see the shore line. therefore
did not know if we had struck
reef or what. But after some time
there were rockets going up, and
later a fire was burning on the
See MEMORIES, Page Six
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lE oou fhERN ALBEMARLE ASSOCIATION honored by
the presence OF Terry Sanford Governor elect of North Carolina
its principal speaker the close of Pantego High
School, Beaufort County, Wednesday, November
AT this time address Welcome will delivered by Pantego May
Or John Racff will be made by presidents
six counties the association follows Sam Moore
County; Woodrow w. Edwards of Dare Countp;
Hyde County, Robert Cowen of Martin County,
of Tyrre County and James Ward of Washington County
The invocation will be by Rev. Angus Miller of ST.
copal Church. Bhaven Mr. Sanford will
field Chairman of the County Executive Com
mttee Mrs Scott Topping of Panego the president reports
Beaufort County will feed the 800 delegates in the Paneg High
School auditorium at and business meeting and
ficers will follow at pm.
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w. ALBERT BEST. JR.. of Stumpy
Point, history teacher at Kiser
Junior High School, Greensboro.
this month was given the McNutt
Award for outstanding work in
teaching students about the Ameri
can way of life. The award. named
for DR.. Franklin McNutt, a noted
educator, has been presented six
times, and oddly enough, one of
these times was to Mrs. Nell Wise
Wechter, a teacher in Greensboro
a cousin of Mr.. Best and a native
of Stumpy Point who won it four
years ago.
Some 900 people attended the an
nual Industry Education dinner on
See AWARD, Page Six
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JOSEPH B. GARRISH of ocra-
coke, seaman apprentice who has
recently been assigned to the 9th
Coast Guard District, Norfolk, Va.
He recently graduated from the 12-
weeks training course at the CG
receiving center at Cape May, N.
j., where he was instructed in the
fundamentals of the service e:
Workmanship, military customs,
courtesies and seamanship as well
as navigation and Coast Guard
history. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Montford R. Garrish, and is
a graduate of Ocracoke High
School.
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RECORDERS COURT CASES
HEARD IN DARE TUESDAY

A light docket in Dare Recorder
court Tuesday disposed of the fol-
lowing cases: Fines of $25 each
against C. ]. Williford and R l.
Kirk of Portsmouth. Va, public
drunkenness; J. B. O'Neal. Jr., OF
Wanchese, speeding at IS mph
500; w. E. Robertson, Elizabeth
City and Leo Tillett. Jr., of Man
teo, speeding, $40 each. L.. B. Scar
borough, Kitty Hawk. failing to
wear glasses as provided in drivers
permit and A. C. Peterson OF
Philadelphia, reckless and careless
driving $25 each.
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OCRACOKE DREDGING JOB
AWARDED FOR $45, 2oe

A contract for maintenance
dredging in Wallace Channel and
Silver Lake Harbor at Ocracoke,
was awarded on Oct. 10 to Hodges
Dredging Co. of New Bern, ac-
cording to advice received from
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner.
The amount of the bid was $45,-
208. This is not a new project but
merely maintenance of existing
projects.
Address of Hodges Dredging Co.,
is P. o. Box TIA, New Bern, N. C.
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THREE MANTEO COUPLES
RETURN FROM SEA VOYAGE

Returning Wednesday night from
a weeks cruise in Southern wa
tiers were Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Wes-
colt, Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Kellogg
and Mr.. and Mrs. Linwood Cuthrell.
The Wescotts represented the Man,
teo Furniture Company, which was
See VOYAGE, Page Six