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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, 1961-02-10

MERRILL EVANS of Ahoskie,
a native of Grandy in Currituck
County has been named chairman
of the State Highway Commission
by Governor Sanford, replacing
Mel Broughton Jr. who resigned
last week. Mr.. Evans served as a
Of the commission during
the term of Governor Cherry, and
he has served as a member of the
legislature both in the Senate and
the House, has been on the County
Board Of Hartford County, and for
many years a Sunday school, tea
cher.
This first appointment from the
east by Governor Sanford will
,rove a popular one. Mr.. Evans is
highly regarded and his previous
service on the highway Commits
sion is remembered with satisfac-
ton. In that period, he gave much
consideration to the improvement
of neighborhood roads. Early in the
Sanford campaign, he came out
strongly for the Fayetteville man,
and canvassed the entire district in
his behalf, contributing immeasure-
ably to winning majorities in most
counties of this area.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-02-10
BLOODMOBILE TO VISIT
SWAN QUARTER FEB. 81

The Red Cross Bloodmobile will
be at the Agricultural Building
in Swan Quarter Tuesday, Febru-
airy 81, from 10 AM. to 8 PM.
W. E. Bishop, Hyde County
Chairman of the Red Cross Pro-
gram, says Hyde County residents
desiring to see the program con-
tinued should make arrangements
to donate blood at this time. The
county fell short of it's quota last
year and should make every effort
to meet the quota this time in order
to assure the continuance of the
program.
Mr.. Bishop pointed out thai
many Hyde residents have benefit.
ted from the program by having
blood available when needed, thus
relieving family members from
seeking donors at the time of need
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-02-10
DARE UNIT OF NCEA TO
MEET IN MAflTEO FEB. Ia
Miss Hoyle TO Speak February ~;
Area Conference on Feb
ruary 18th

The Dare County Unit of North
Carolina Education Association will
hold its annual luncheon meeting
at the Manteo Elementary School
on February IL.
Miss Ruth A. Hoyle of Elizabeth
City will be guest speaker. Miss
Hoyle received her education at
Lenoir Rhyme College and the Uni
versity of North Carolina and has
been connected with the public
school system as a teacher and
supervisor. At present she is SUI
pervisor of the Elizabeth City
School system.
On February ID the North Caro-
lima Education Association will
hold its area conference at the
Manteo High School. The confer.
ence will include representatives
from Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, and
Washington counties.
Miss Phoebe Emmons, field rep
resentative of the N.C.E.A. will
conduct the conference. The follow
ing schedule will be followed: Cen
eral Session at 4 pm. in the audi
forum, 6 PIN. dinner in the cafe
terra and general session in the
auditorium at 2 pm.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-02-10
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OF CAPE HATTERAS
PTA ARE REVIEWED
Inspiring Meeting Held at Cape
Hafteras School; Many
Gains Made

The February meeting of the
Cape Hatteras P.T.A. was held in
the school auditorium on Tuesday
night. The meeting was opened
with Bible reading prayer by the
Reverend Henry Wright, minister
70 the Assembly of God Church
of Avon.
1t was announced that this
month is the anniversary of the
founding of the P.T.A., the organi-
cation having been started on Feb
ruary II, 1897. In commemoration
of this anniversary, a program
was presented by local members.
The program was based on the
television show "I've Got Secret"
and was moderated by Mrs. Delor-
es Burrus. Panel members were
Mrs. Joyce Gray, Mrs. Jean Gray,
Mrs. Irma LANCE, and Mrs. Benrus
Williams. The first contestants
were Mrs. Mary Stamey and Mrs.
Bonita Williams who represented
the co-founders of the P.T.A., Mrs.
Alice Mclellen Bierney and Mrs.
Phoebe Apperson Hurst. The Sec
ond contestant was Mrs. Blanche
Midget who was the first presi-
dent of the Cape Hatteras P.T.A.
Mrs. Midget told some of the
things that the P.TA. did in it's
first year at the school, which was
See PTA, Page Five
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PARK SERVICE EMPLOYEE
RECEIVES $465 AWARD

T. Reid Cabe, maintenance SUI
pervisor for the Cape Hatteras
National Seashore and the Fort
Raleigh National Historic Site, re-
ceives a $465.00 award for rede-
signing and modifying equipment
for grass planting. Using farm
type equipment, such as trans
planters for cabbage, tobacco and
sweet potato plants, Mr.. Cabe con-
verteJ two of these machines into
grass Planters.
Prior 20 the use of machines, all
grass planting was done by hand.
The machines made it possible to
plant five times as much grass
with the same number of men. Mr..
Cables suggestion has resulted in
savings to date Of approximately
$4,000 to the National Park Serv-
ice Dune Stabilization Program.
This is the highest cash award
for q naoney-saving suggestion in
Region One Of the National Park
Service.
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COVERING THE WATERFRONT
MUTINY OFF OCRACOKE ISLAND IN 1873
BROUGHT FIRST DEATH SENTENCE IN U. S.

mutiny and murder on the high
seas off Ocracoke. They were
aboard a ship out of Charleston
S. c., bound for Bordeaux. France.
Shortly after passing Tybee Bar
two Frenchmen, two Englishmen
an Irishman and an American, CON
spired to murder the master ant
mate and take the ship to some
northern European port. There
they planned to dispose of the YES
sci and its cargo, divide the pro
ceeds and escape.
From an account of one present
at the mutineers trial, presided
over by a Mr.. Justice Patterson Of
the Supreme Court of the UniteG
States, it appears that:
On the third day from port, and
when the ship was off Ocracoke In
let, the williams carried into execu.
ton a part of their horrid plan
The captains watch upon deck con-
sisted of one Frenchman, the Irish
man, the American and the Man
xman. When his watch was out he
retired to his cabin leaving the
Irishman and the American linger-
ing on deck.
AS the mate called his wach an
Englishman was set at the helm
the other standing near the cabin
door "A couple of iron bolts Were
lying on the quarterback near al
hand. The two Frenchmen stationed
themselves at the bow where an
axe lay against the windlass.
One of the Frenchmen looking
over the bow exclaimed: "Voye' qu'-
lei e'trange poisson" ("Look! What
a strange fish!")
This exclamation attracted the
attention of the mate; he ran for
ward and as he looked over the
bow, one Of the Frenchmen caught
up the axe and struck him in the
back. The blow, not being instantly
mortal the mate made a loud outcry
Frenchmen seized and threw hin,
overheard. ~. The cutlery Of the
mate reused the captain. Spring.
See MUTINY, Page Five
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-02-10
FORTY DAY SEARCH FRUITLESS
FOR KITTY HAWK MANS WIFE
MISSING SINCE NEW YEARS EVE
Bill! Anderson Returns Thursday Sick From Ex-
hausting Trail To Many Cities Between Fort
Lauderdale, Fla. and Montreal Canada. For
mer Home OF Mrs. Beatrice Joyce Gilbert An
derson. Probable Amnesia Victim.

Bill Anderson, popular merchant
and magistrate of Kitty Hawk
Beach, returned home, sick at
heart and battling with the flu
Thursday after a 40-day search
which took him to many cities on
a wide trail between Fort Lauder
dale, Florida and Montreal, Can
ada in a fruitless search for his
wife, Mrs. Beatrice Joyce Gilbert
Anderson, 30, who disappeared
December 81.
While Mr.. Anderson was on a
business trip to Florida between
the Christmas holidays, Mrs. An
derson left in the family car for a
business trip Of a few hours in
Elizabeth City. There she left the
car, bought a bus ticket to Wash
ingtou, D. C. She carried no mon
Iey, so far as Mr.. Anderson has
ascertained and did not take her
clothes, or luggage.
The couple were married in Flor
ida in December 1869, and she had
been apparently satisfied at the
Kitty Hawk store and the custo-
mers were favorably impressed.
She was an attractive, dark haired
woman, and had been a widow for
nine years. Because of some in
jury on her head, Mr.. Anderson
fears she is an amnesia victim, as
she had been suffering from head
aches.
When the young woman failed
to return to Kitty Hawk from
Elizabeth City, Mrs: Anderson,
Bills mother, was greatly alarm
ed, and alerted her son in Florida.
He began his exhaustive search
with a visit to her. mother who
lives in Florida, who had no lSnowl-
edge of her daughters disappear
ance. Through a telephone call to
her brother in Montreal, he learn
ed nothing of his wife's where
abouts. All he knows is that she
left the car in Elizabeth City,
bought bus ticket to Washing
ton, D. C. and from friends in
Washington he learned that she
had told them there was nothing
for her in life, she had no home,
no friends, and that her husband
had died of a heart attack.
Mr.. Anderson said they had no
difficulties, and that she was ap-
parently happy when he left her
to go to Florida to look after
some property. He said they had
returned home shortly before from
an enjoyable two-weeks vacation
in New York.
Sheriff Frank Cahoon has insti-
tuted widespread search for the
missing woman, with negative re-
ports from many police depart
ments. The FBI and other law en-
forcement agencies have been APP
prised of the situation.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-02-10

In Eastern Hyde County which
area is famed for the number of
citizens who live long past 80 years
here isn't more popular citizen
than John Edward Rose, who at "a
is &C i've, and still master of his
own household. He lives alone on
the old road North of Engelhard,
and remembers when the Waupop-
pin neighborhood, just a little be-
yond was the largest community
roundabout. Mr.. Rose does his own
cooking, washing and houseclean-
ing, keeps up his firewood, reads
his bible, and looks at the news
casts on his TV set. He is a faith
full adherent of the Christian
church, and the Democratic party.
He has four children living, with
whom he visits on occasion. His
wife has been dead 20 years. He is
a citizen well-worth visiting, for
while being respected beyond the
average man, he is noted for his
politeness and courtesy to all peo-
pie, and he has a remarkable mem
DRY.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-02-10
MRS. ELIZA THYME, OLDEST
ROANOKE rs. CITIZEN DIES

Mrs. Eliza Ann Forbes Thyme,
90, died Friday at Gas am. in Al
bemarie Hospital after q long ILL
ness. She was said to be the Oldest
native citiztn Of Ranoke Island.
She was a lifelong resident OF
Manteo, a daughter of Samuel T.
and Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Austin
Forbes, and the widow of James
B. Thyme. She was a member Of
Manteo Baptist Church.
She is survived by one son,
Elisha Twyne of Baltimore.
The bdy was taken to Twiford
Funeral Home, Manteo.
The funeral was conducted at
Twiford Funeral Chapel in Manteo
at 2 pm. Sunday, by Rev. NJ. J.
Davis, pastor of Manteo BAPTIST
church and Rev. C. w. Goodwin Of
the Roanoke Island Baptist Church.
north Of Manteo. Burial was in the
family plot at the old home place.
Pail bearers were Lee Dough, Steve
Basnight, Roy Etheridge, Victor
Meelins, Tom Russell, and Dan
Canady. With Frank White Jr. at
the organ, a choir consisting Of
Mrs. Leo Midget, Geo. Powell.
Mrs. Lolita Midget, Mrs. Camille
Podolsky, Mrs. M. J. Davis. and
Mrs. M. J. Davis f,fMFM
Mrs. Mary Ellen Braswell sang the
Following hymns: "What a Friend
We Have in Jesus" Crock Of Ares
and 1T is Well With NV Soul. y
There were numerous floral offer
ings.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-02-10
CAR STOLEN FROM BRIDGE
TENDER; ANOTHER FOUND

The Sherif's office Thursday re-
covered a stolen car which had
been abandoned at the Kitty Hawk
bridge, and is searching for an
other which was apparently stol-
en- in place Of 1t by persons UNI
known. The 1861 Plymouth belong
ed to Howard Bray, bridge-tender,
and the car recovered by officer
Donnie Thyme, belonged to Marvin
Gilbert Wick % Kinston. II Is 4
1861 two-tone, blue Oldsmobile.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-02-10
INJURED BY TABLE SAW

Capt. John Wilson, Supt. Of the
Dare County ferries suffered a
painful injury while operating q
table saw last week as his glove
caught in the saw. He lost the end
of his right forefinger and parts Of
other fingers on the same hand.
He was treated by Or. w. w. Har-
vey Jr.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-02-10
HOW WOMEN AND
MEN ORGANIZED
A FIRE DEPT
Loss Of Ross Burrus' Home at
Ha+teras Stirred Community
Into Prompt Action
BY MRS. JUANITA PEELE

ny MItO. JOANlIA FEELE
At 1880 Pm. September %
1859, Hatteras villagers had just
about finished washing supper
dishes and were just thinking
whats on TV tonight" when a
sudden burst of excitement ran
through the village-"Ross Bur-
russ house is on fire"-a call that
made all residents shiver. For on
that fateful evening, strong wind
was blowing, there had been no
appreciable rainfall for consider
able time, and with only buckets
and hand extinguishers to fight the
fire, saving the house was impos-
sible, and chances for saving the
motel We're indeed slim. Downwind
from the motel were more houses
business buildings and fuel storage
tanks. There easily could have
been a horrible holocast in Hat
teras that night!
On this evening was conceived
the Hatteras Village Fire Depart
ment and on October 1, the COM
munity met as a resolute body
and started the ball rolling to
make possible the Hatteras Volun-
teer Fire Department.
Many difficulties were facing
this small community.
But at that first meeting, u
residents turned out and enrolled
as charter members. Officers were
elected, a future meeting date sci
and arrangements made for Dep
uty Fire Chief of North Carolins
Sherman Pickard and Fire CHIEF
Warren of Plymouth Fire Depart
ment to speak in October.
Enthusiasm mounted high anC
the dream rapidly became a real.
ity. Within period of Is days {
sum of over $4,000 was raised by
voluntary contribution. On Novem'
Der 2, the Hatteras Fire Associa'
ton voted to adopt a charter, by
laws, and elect a board of direc'
tors. Norfolk Airport donated
fire siren.
On December 81, 1859, the exec
utive board accepted the bid Of
the Howe Fire Apparatus Com
pany, and contributed to purchase
the engine and accessories fol
$4,000 payable in z years at 61s
interest, with delivery in about
six months. A site was selected
for the future fire house, automo.
bile tags were purchased for thu
Volunteer Firemen, and the weel
of April II was declared Cleanup
Week. Canvassers were out fol
contributions and many other way:
of raising the necessary fund!
were discussed and followed. Ii
May the treasurer announced tina
over $4,000 had been collected. The
down payment was made to the
/ Howe Company with deliver!
promised in August.
August IL was a big day IL
See DEPT, Page Five
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By AYCoCK BROWN

-Four sailors were hanged for
mutiny at Ocracoke Island, N. C.
in 1893, when the first sentence Of
death imposed by a federal court
Bern New Bern) N. c."
in the United States was passed at
The foregoing was a newspaper
filler a friend of mine had clipped
from a Wilmington, Del, newspa-
per in 1871. He had sent it to me
for publication in the short-lived
Ocracoke Island Beacon was pub
fishing at the time.
/ began a search for additional
data about the incident in the old
State and Colonial records on file
in the courthouse at Beaufort, but
failed to find anything.
In the next edition of the Beacon,
referring to the clipping and my
fruitless search for additional data,
I wrote: Perhaps some reader of
this island newspaper could help
me get facts about this first death
sentence resulting from the mutt
ny off Ocracoke Island"
My appeal for additional data
did not go un-noticed and a few
days later Romulus A. Mum, wide
~ known jurist and historian of
New Bern sent me plenty of facts
about the incident. His story in de-
tail was published in the Decem-
her 10, 1941, edition Of the Beacon.
/ had planned at the time, due to
its human interest, to send the
~ ont to various Editors, but
a War had started, and it was only
a. few weeks until ] was in it up
to my neck, and out of the writing
business for four years or more.
The story as Judge Mum gave it
to me from records he had in his
possession follows:
Mutiny OFF Ocracoke
First death sentence under au-
thority Of the United States was
given in 1898 by the Federal Court
at New Bern. It was the case Of the
United States against Maunier and
five other mariners charged with
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LESS WORK REQUIRED
TO BENEFIT FROM
SOCIAL SECURITY
Some Changes in Laws; Other
Facts About Program Ouflin-
ed by Office Manager

Anyone who has been told in the
past that he did not have enough
work under social security to quail
fly for payments should get in
touch with his social security office
now to see if he is eligible under
the change in the law. This sugges-
ton is from Earl w. Trinkle, Field
Representative of the Social Secu-
rity District Office in Norfolk, Vir-
ginia.
The amount of work required to
get social security benefits has
been reduced. Just how long must
you work depends upon your date
of birth Tor if you die or become
disabled, upon the date of your
disability. Because of this re-
cent change the survivors of work
ers who died after June 1854 and
who were not eligible for benefits
under the old law may now be eligi-
BILE. In many cases the amount Of
work required under the old law
has been reduced about third. For
example, man becoming IS or a
woman becoming 62 in the first six
months of 1860 needed 41s years of
work or IS quarters of ccverage
under the old law to be eligible for
"a monthly benefit. Under the new
law 8 years or II quarters Of cow
.erage are required.
No social security payment can
be made if there is less than year
and a half Of work under social sec
urity. This provision in the Social
Security Law was not changed by
the 1860 Amendments. Another
provision that was not changed is
that no one ever needs to have more
than ten years Of work under So
cial security in order to qualify for
a benefit. A disability insurance
benefit still cannot be paid to any
one with less tran five years of
covered work.
1t is recommended that you con-
tact your nearest social security
office if you think this change in
the law may be of benefit to you.
Under the old law, which stays
in effect until 1861, a beneficiary
under age ~ who goes to work and
earns more than $1,000 loses one
months benefit check for every
$50 Tor fraction of 500 by which
his earnings go over $1,000. Earn
ings Of even 81 over the $1,000 limit
mean the Withholding of the bene-
ficiary's entire monthly check. If
his wife is also entitled to benefits
based on his social security account,
her benefits are also withheld.
Beginning with 1861, a benefici-
airy who earns $1,000 or less win get
his benefit payments for all 12
months Of the year. A beneficiary
who earns more than $1,000 in q
year win have 81 Of his beneffts
See BEMEFErS Page Four
Holmes County herald., 1961-09-28
Let's 60
T | { { S"
BEAT N. CARROLLTON
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merchants, who believe that the high school
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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-10-27
History Repeats Itself Over And Over

Deputy State Carl Rowans admonon to
onvocaton last week that Americans who
newly independent governments
history learn about the trials and rbua
nation in its infancy well taken
that the founding fathers of this
mistakes there quarres upheaVa
British colonies tried to form more perfect union
offered in the schools has been
made paaable The nvanshed history which is
which the lot of the pioneers who founded
problems developed the ambitious
and individuals of early United
which make the African
attention sometimes derison
We forget when
country turning brother against brother in
thousands Of lives and established the principle that
no state secede, abolished human slavery.
Congo unhappy people, almost totally
self the rumbngs in
all African continent all have their counter
nation the characters have changed
The causes mistakes similar So
happening such places Africa
the growing
which there
solution.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-10-27
Justice For IS Year Boy Georgia Style

frghtfl ectrocue
70yearold white
beginning the National Assoca
Coored into Not satisfied
fighting life merits of the evidence
providing his defense the
had hard finding white attorney of suf
iciently caber aid it its bloody and unseemly plot
courtappoted defense batany ad
mtted that he did recommendation
defendants would merely routine
the Georgia barto
nothing the resoed counsel such
failed the constitutional
Negroes although
40 Add to this the fact that
dismissed the with the remarks
judgement this fine representing
County filing trial. Now
that the state of Georgia deals
citizens 1t only denies them jury service but
fair trial appointing counsel for
cooperate with the
15year-od
revolving young has
bloody the life of
sovereign proof double standard
Negro white citizens in Georgia
trial and is found guilty the
youth whose chance for development
the best On the
trial. the people of the nation will
spectacle the dirty bloody tactics
by efforts take the life of
years aghas while Georgia about
frightful tast-CarOlna Durham, MO- TINES