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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, 1961-12-29
MRS. ARvILLA C. MIDGET
DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS

Mrs. Avilla Cudworth Midget,
70, died Wednesday morning in
Holmes Convaleseent Home, Vir-
GINA Beach, Va, after illness of
five years.
She was native of Dare Coun-
ty and lived in Wanchese all her
life. She was a daughter Of Llewel-
lyn and Mrs. Rebecca Greet Cud-
worth and widow Of George B. Mid
|gett.
She was member Of Bethany
Methodist Church, Wanchese.
Surviving is D daughter, Mrs.
Frank Wickenheiser of Bayside;
Ia sister, Mrs. Lora Greet Of Wan
CHEESE; brother, Vance Cudworth
|of Manteo; and one grandchild.
Funeral services will be conduct
led at 2:30 Friday afternoon IN the
Wanchese Methodist Church. Burial
Twill Be in the Cndworlh cemetery.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-12-29
ENGINEERS GIVE
NOD TO BRIDGE
AT OREGON INLET
Included in Projects Called in Jam
uary; VIII Take Two Years
To Build

The long-dreamed-of project Of
bridging Oregon Inlet moved one
step further this week, when it was
announced by Chairman Merrill
Evans of the State Highway Com
mission that approval had been
given by the Corps of Engineers.
With this stumbling block removed,
plans are to call for bids during
January. and indications are that
construction will be underway
shortly thereafter.
Present ferry operations, made
quate to accommodate traffic de-
mands during peak season, will be
removed upon completion of the
structure. The bridge is expected to
cost around 81 million and require
two years to build.
1t will be built in curve which
will buldge out toward the western
side of the inlet. The bridge will be
65 feet above the Oregon Inlet
channel to allow for boat traffic
underneath.
The exact length of the bridge
will be 1884 feet and nine inches,
the department said, just little
shorter than the Alligator River
Bridge, which is now nearing COM
pletion and expected to be opened
to traffic by January 10.
Under present arrangements, the
State will pay half of the cost Of
the Oregon Inlet structure and the
federal government will pay half.
However, if Congress passes a
bill introduced by First District
Congressman Herbert Bonner, the
States share would be fourth of
the cost. Bonner's bill specifies that
the Department of the Interior
would pay fourth of the cost Of
the bridge.
Evans said the Oregon Inlet
bridge will be included in a long
list of projects totalling about $13
million to be let to contract on Jan.
so. The Highway Commission viii
meet here Feb. l to review low bids.
The roadway on the bridge will
be % feet wide. A total Of 201
prestfessedN concrete girder spans
will be used to form the road sur
face. Three steel spans, 160, 100,
and 100 feet long will be used to
support the road over the ocean
going channel.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-12-29
BUXTON MAN DIES
IN VETERANS HOSPITAL

Norman Curry Miller, SO. died
Monday morning at 4:40 o'clock in
the Veterans Hospital in Kecough-
tan, Va, following an illness of
eight months.
He was a native of Buxton and
had been living in Norfolk for sew
eral years. He was the son of the
late Cantwell T. and Mary Gray
Miller, ST.. and was employed by
the Stone and Webster Co. as a
nipe filter. He was a veteran of
World War II, having served in the
us. Navy.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Evelyn Jones Miller; one step-son,
Danny Lee knight of Norfolk; one
sister, Mrs. Milene Whittle Of Ma
pies, Italy; four brothers, Cantwell,
Jr., and Charles L. Miller, of Hick-
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-12-29

DR.. LUTHER SIGSBEE MIL
LER, the pastor of the Pearl Street
Assembly of God church in Eliza
beth City. He is a native of Avon,
and the son of w. B, and the late
Mrs. Miller. He attended the Uni
vorsity of North Carolina and N. G.
State College to prepare for teach
ing. He taught in Dare County
schools for 10 years and, during
World War II, taught, for five years
at Griggs High School in Currituck
while continuing as pastor.
He said he will continue as gen.
eral secretary to the International
Pentecostal Assemblies with head
quarters in Atlanta and in several
other administrative positions, in
GLIDING trustee Of the Willi"m Car
ter Bible College in Goldsboro
which awarded him his honorary
doctor Of divinity degree.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-12-29
CANCELLATION FOR
375TH ANNIVERSARY
OF LOST COLONY
Letters Mailed at Manfeo Jan.
to Sept. | TO Recognize
Our History

Through the period Of January
to Sept. /, all letters mailed at the
Manteo post office win carry the
slogan on their cancellation, THE
LOST COLONY 375th ANNIVER-
SARY, July / to Sept. 1. The post
office department has approved a
request by the Manteo postmaster,
and special die has been made for
use ON the cancelling machine in
the post office.
Already stamp collectors and
other philatelic faddists have learn
ed of this special cancellation and
many requests from across the ma
ton have come in for first day
covers bearing this imprint. Let
tiers have been received from West
Coast States, Dayton, Ohio, the
midwest, New England, Maine,
Florida and many other southern
states.
All persons who wish these first
day covers, should mail their re-
quest wish stamped envelop
promptly.
In 1887 the post office depart
nrent issued a special postage stamp
advertising the S50th anniversary
Of the Lost Colony, and which prov
ed very popular and resulted in
enormous business at the Manteo
post office. 1t is the policy Of the
department to issue the special
commemorative stamps only on
half-century occasions, and one for
this particular year is not in order,
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-12-29
FIRST HOME LOAN
is PLACED. IN DARE
UNDER NEW SETUP
Farmers Home Administration Pro.
vides Funds At Low
Interest Rate

The Farmers Home Administra-
ton has approved the first Rural
Housing loan in Dare County, un-
der legislation enacted by the last
session of Congress.
Mr.. and Mrs.. Edwin R.. Midget
and family will soon be the occu-
pants of a new home as a result
of this new type of service avail
able through the Farmers Home
Administration since October Is,
1861. Midget is an insurance agent
for Western and Southern Life
Insurance Company.
George w. Sturgeon, FILA super
visor for Hyde and Dare counties,
maintains an office in the court
house across the hall from the Ex-
tension Service offices each Mon
day from $3.50 am. to $3.50 pm.
The office at Swan Quarter is open
Tuesday through Friday from 500
am. to 500 pm.
Seventeen applications have been
received and g many others have
made inquiries. If interest contin-
ues to increase, the office hours at
Manteo office viii be increased as
necessary. Application blanks may
be secured from the Extension Ser
vice office. House plans may be also
be secured from the Extension
Service. Plans cannot be approved
which provide over 1400 square feet
of heated living space, except for
applicants with a large family.
Porches and garages are permiss-
able above the 1400 square feet.
The interest rate on Rural Hous-
ing loans is four per cent and re-
payment is permissible up to thir-
ty-tree years. Repayment schedules
are set up in accordance with the
borrowers ability to pay and a
loan can be repaid in full at any
time without any penalty.
Mrs. Frances S. Gibbs is the
clerk-typist in the, unit office. She
has been with the Farmers Home
Administration for the last four
years.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-12-29

GEORGE w. STURGEON of
Whiteville was recently transferred
70 Swan Quarter as Farmers Home
Administration Supervisor for Hy-
de and Dare counties. He succeeds
Jerry Murray who worked in this
unit for about a month following
the resignation of Daniel B. Willis
who had worked in this unit office
for a number of years. Mr.. Stur-
geon will reside in Swan Quarter
and maintain offices there Tuesday
through Friday. The office in Man
teo will be open on Mondays from
$50 A. M. to $3.50 P. M. in the
Highway Patrol License Exami-
ner's Room on the second floor of
the courthouse.
Mr.. Sturgeon is a native of Ken
lucky, a graduate of Western Ken
tuck State College in 1927. He
taught vocational agriculture ten
years in Kentucky and was farm
manager at Kentucky Baptist Chill
dren's Home, Glendale, KY, for
seven years and two years with the
Soil Conservation Service. He has
taught vocational agriculture in
Wilson, Pitt and Martin Counties
before becoming Farmers Home
Administration county supervisor
in Duplin County in 1866.
Mr.. Sturgeon is deacon in the
Baptist Church and member OF
the Lions Club. He and Mrs. Stur-
See STURGEON, Page Four
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-12-29
DAVIS RETIRED;
MAY ENTER DARE
COUNTY POLITICS
Veteran Welfare Director Cones
Back to Manteo From Herr
ford County Position
BY CHARLES BOND

WINTON, December Pike
Davis to retire! You might as well
say all strife in the world will end
at next midnight.
Ike Il. P.) and Suzie are going
back to Manteo to enjoy their re-
turn to the scenes of their child
hood and young married life and
~ejoice in the relayed news about
their four children and seven
grandchildren.
For the past II years Davis has
been director of the Hartford Coun-
ty Welfare Department and has
administered the expenditure of
over So million to needy families
of the area. Before that he was d.
rector of the Dare County Welfare
Department for Is years. His ten
ure here ends Dec. 81.
Before that he had run real estate
and insurance agencies in Whining
ton, Warsaw, Goldsboro and Man
teo and had done newspaper work
in Wilmington and Manteo, served
as justice of the peace and help
ed many a World War veteran get
the benefits to which he was en-
titled.
The last chore-with Davis it was
more of a hobby-has extended to
the veterans of World War II, the
Korean conflict and to the peace
time servicemen.
they'll probably repeal the law
as soon as I'm gone" Davis says
See DAVIS. Page Four
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-12-29
STUDENTS TO CONDUCT
METHODIST SERVICES
AT MT. OLIvET SUNDAY

Sunday, December 81 viii be OBJ
served as Student Day at Mt. Olivet
Methodist Church, Manteo. High
school and college students will
have complete charge of the II AM
service with Davis Balance presid-
ing and delivering the sermon. Inn
mediately following the service a
dutch dinner will be spread and all
student members with their fam
lilies and other families are invited
to participate in the fellowship.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-12-29
DARE SHRINE CLUB TO
HOLD NEW YEAR DANCE

A semi-formal New Year Party
and Dance will be held by the Dare
County Shrine Club, beginning at
$50 on Saturday night, December
Both at the hall at Mays Head.
There will be an orchestra at this
dance.
Secretary Bob Smith advises that
the usual business meeting win be
held at 8 pm. on Tuesday January
2, 1862.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-12-29
NEW YEAR BRINGS PHONE
RATE INCREASE TO COAST
Utilities Commission Grants Norfolk 3
Carolina $4,000 Christmas Gift;
Dial Exchanges Next

: The N. c. Utilities Commission
has granted, Just before Christmas,
a rate increase which will bring
into, Norfolk & Carolina Telephone
COMPANY more than $4,000 year.
This should be of much help to
stockholders in addition to the big
saving that will come from elimi-
mating employees as result of in
stallation of dial systems in the
area.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-12-29
USUAL OLD CHRISTMAS
PLANNED FOR JAN. 9Th
Rodsnfhe's Annual Festival to Take
Place On Schedule On
Outer Banks

Rodanthe's traditional Old
Christmas of January 5, will be
celebrated the following day on
January 6, it was announced this
wesk by Mrs. Nora Herbert.
hrs. Herbert, her husband John
and their neighbors in the Hatteras
Island community are making big
plans for the annual event which
has been observed in Rodanthe for
centuries.
1--WE are having the actual cele-
bration on Saturday night, Janu-
airy 6, because that is when many Of
our former residents living in Nor
folk and other mainland cities can
most conveniently come home to
join in the fun and festivities, y
said Mrs. Herbert.
The celebration on January 6 will
be similar to the annual observan-
ces of former years. It is planned
to have an oyster roast, minstrel
show, dancing, music, drum beat
ing and of course the appearance Of
"Old Buck" the "wild bull of Trent
Woods" which has been included in
the folklore of Old Christmas at
RodaAthe for many generations.
A complete story of Old Christ
mas is reprinted herewith:
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-12-29

DRY, Va, and Raymond E. and
Vance Miller of Buxton.
The body was carried to the Bux-
ton Methodist Church where SER
vices were conducted at 2 o'clock
Thursday. Burial was in the family
cemetery at Buxton.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-12-29
Excerpt from Harnett T. Kane's
Southern Christmas Book'0

&EKceTpL from daTneCt i. name
Southern Christmas Book'O
Rodanthe is a ittle-known village
on the Outer Banks of North Caro-
lima, an island jutting mile and
a half into the Atlantic. The peo-
pie of its sandy, wind-driven shore
have always led an isolated life. But
even though the children of Ro-
danthe -like its adults-haye been
cut off from the mainland and its
benefits, they enjoy one advantage
over the youngsters of Raleigh and
Charlotte, Greensboro and Ashe-
vile. ~
In Rodanthe Christmas comes not
once but twice a year. The island
observes the Yule holidays in two
sets Of spirited ceremonies, one on
the ssNew Christmas" of December
rs, and the other on the "OldN Christ
mas of January 5. And the resi-
dents of Rodanthe have something
else, good-natured January 5
mummers' festival whose star is
'tOid Buck, four-footed creature
who has ridden down a long path
out of ancient English mumming.
Old Buck, folklore authorities say,
is q unique survival of custom
that most modern Anglo-Saxon
Americans have given up or for
gotten.
For a long time, as we have seen,
Christ's birth was observed on jan
uary 5, but when the British chang
ed. their calendar, most Of the colo
nists followed suit and accepted
December % as Christmas Day. Yet
here and there beyond the we'll
settled areas, in isolated spots or
among people who are perhaps sim
ply "too independent, the January
date still holds sway. In conversa-
ton with the natives Of more re-
mote areas, ] have several times
been informed firmly, almost an
grily. december Is just amt
Christmas. My grandpa said it, and
/ cay it too; and my folksll go
right ON having It on the real day."
In smaller number Of outlying
sections. the January 5 celebration
IS still the only one. For years It
see RoDANTHE Page Five
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-12-29

EDGAR O. HOOPER of Buxton proved be DONE
as witness this photograph by Ayock Brown showing 1884
striped bass taken Tuesday Lighthouse oo
e catch is the first years lure although the big
sh are commonly caught in nets Striped bass
waters on New Jersey and often caught by fishermen
who eventually of their success with their
North Carolina counterparts
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-21
Woman, 80, Charged
In Murder OF Man
Here Saturday

William H. johnson, So, was
stabbed to death in Farnville
Saturday afternoon. He was a
Negro.
Arrested on charges of murder
is Miss Irene Jordan. age 80, Of
800 Hill street where the stab
bling took place. The Negro
woman is in the county jail
awaiting preliminary hearing
in county court.
Police Chief Otto S. Overton
reported the stabbing occurred
about sis pm. johnson was
stabbed in the leg in the heat of
an argument. An artery was cut.
He died within five minutes
after being taken to Southside
Community Hospital.
Johnson's home was in the
Sandy River area of the county.
He had been staying at the Hill
street home for about the past
three weeks. Chief OVcrton re-
ported.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-21
Movement Underway To Organize
Soap Box Derby In FarmviIIe Area

Efforts to get Soap Box
Derby" organized in FaImvilIe is
now underway. according to Don
Sequin, one of the people involv-
ed in the rev project Others
working on the project are B. C.
Balm, D. A. Gates, Jr., and Jack
Lewis. Boys between the ages of
II and IS, who are interested in
the Soap Box Derby may con-
tact any of the above men for
details.
A sketch of a racer recon-
mended for the Soap Box Derby
may be seen in the window of
Farmville Furniture Company.
The men behind the movement
arc planning to make trip to
Petersburg soon to make conncC-
ton with the national organlza-
ton.
There are two classes Of com
petition Ill the races, Class A for
boys 1915 years of age, and Class
3 for the II and L year olds.
"One of the things that We
think is important in this pro-
gram" Sequin said. sis that the
boy must build his racer him
self" One of the rules states
specifically that al work III
building q Soap Box Derby car
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-21

The expansion. which will
bring service to more than 200
people for the first time, will IN
crease the Virginia Telephone
and Telegraph Company's plant
investment in the county to
S1,1l0,00O, the division manager
said.
Describing the conn any's
growth and investment in the Is
years since the end of World War
II, Garrett said that in 1915 the
plant investment was $1O5 900
and the number of subscribers
1,236. At the end of 1850, the in
vestment was 1926, 900 and 3,241
phones were in service.
Areas Pinpointed
Pinpointing the new areas to
be served, the Lions luncheon
meeting speaker said service will
be extended from Hampden-Syd-
ney to Abilene; south of Hamp-
den-Sydney along Route IS, and
in an open territory southwest of
Hampden-Sydney. The Farmville
Exchange will carry new lines
north Of Prospect to the Aliens
Mill area.
Part of the investment will be
in improving service in existing
facilities, including installation of
six more trunk lines between
Farmville and Hampden-Sydney.
Among equipment to be installed
will be a cable pressure system
safeguarding cables from rain
water which can cause service
outages when it gets inside the
cable sheaths.
Despite the progress of the last
Is years, developments in the
near future will put the 1860
period in the horse and buggy"
classification, Garrett predicted.
These will be the results of de-
velopments in the fields of space
exploration and electronics
Garrett. a Prince Edward ma
tive, said the near future holds
widening of the range of calls
provided without additional toll
Continued on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-21
Dairymen Invited
TO Specia! Program
Here On Friday

Prince Edward county dairy
men are invited by County Agent
Dudley L. Peery to attend a
special meeting from 10 am. TO
2;3O pm. in the Circuit court
room. Friday. February "a.
DR.. V. l.. Baldwin. dairy feed
specialist from vP1. will discuss
the following: feeding the COW
what she needs. problems in
feeding Silage and hay. and how
much hay, silsge and grain to
feed dairy COW.
John S. Shoulders. extension
agronomnSt. will discuss the va
rlety of crops for sllage. hav.
and pasture: the lowest cost
source of nutrients; and how
quality forage is produced.
John Duarte, local artificial
breeding technician. will talk
about artificial breeding tech
uques.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-21

Danny is the collie dog of the
Ed Harveys, who live five miles
north Of Prospect in Prince Ed
ward county. Danny dispatched
the 40-pound beaver in mortal
two hour, middle ofthe- night
battle Sunday.
1t was 1870 am. when the
fierce groWls. the snashlng OF
barred teeth. the heavy thuds of
crashing bodies awoke the Har-
veys. Ed placed the fierce scuffle
deep in the back yard of the
farm.
Sees In Beam
It was $3.50 I'M, when Danny
flung the invader to the ground
for the last time. Castor cana
denSiS. to give this worthy fight
er his proper biological name,
was dead.
In the interim. Ed watched
from a safe distance. The NOR
tai struggle plunged in and out
OF the beam of the flashlight he
carried to his observation point
in the yard. Several times Ed
saw the beaver rise on his hind
legs giving grotesque, unrec-
ognlzable outline to this strange
creature battling with Danny.
Danny won with quick leaps
away from the beavers teeth,
but always to return with his
own teeth sinking deeper and
deeper into the same wound on
the beavers head.
The beavers body measured
exactly 26 inches, his flat, broad
tail adding another foot. The tail
was covered with thorny scales.
The five-fingered web of his back
feet had a siX-inch spread.
The victims outside fur COW
ering was brown with blackish
streaks. 1t was rather coarse
The beavers inner covering be-
ing the soft, dark fur that gave
the beaver hat its name.
Out of Habitat
1t remains a mystery to Ed
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-21
NATIONALLY Summary
By H. v. LANCASTER, JR.
L. S. NOTES RECENT SPACE SUCCESSES
q CHAOS IN THE CONGO

CHAOS among leftist forces in
the outlying provinces of the Con-
60 was reported Saturday by the
government of President Joseph
Kasavubu in Leopoldville. Mill
tary sources said the rebels are
behind in payment to their
troops, and many of the soldier
are reported ready to defect. Sc
curity Council debate on the Con-
go was scheduled to resume Mon
day. The council has before it a
resolution by Celon, Liberia. and
the UAR calling for an innledi-
ate investigation into Lunumba S
death and strong action by UN
troops in the Congo TO preserve
peace. Most observers feel that
Russia overplayed its hand by
demanding UN withdrawal from
the Congo, for even neutral lead
ers have said this would plunge
the Congo and probably a lAltr,ca
into a general war.
A STRIKE by flight engineers
on some of the nations airhnes
spread across the country Satur-
day threatening to seriously ham,
per air service. The walkout be-
gan At ?:0 Friday night, Just tys
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-21
} AIRLINE ENGINEERS STRIKE

lay strike action by creating a
three-nlan board to mediate the
dispute. The personal interven.
ton of Labor Secretary Goldbere
is hoped TO quickly end the
strike.
A TORNADO tore through cen
trail Oklahoma Friday night dc
stroying most of the business dis
trict of one town and batterine
four others. Konawa, about &C
miles southeast of Oklahoma City
with a population Of 1900. was
the hardest hit. No deaths were
reported, but at least IL persons
were slightly injured. Weather
alertS were credited with keep
ing the casualty rate down.
TWO SPACE SUCCESSES 70,
the y. S. were reported last week
a l2-foot polka dot ballon Wa
launched Thursday from Wallops
Island. Va. Something went
wrong with its radio and the bal
loon. now called Explorer TX
was lost for about "a hours. But
it was later sighted by telescope
IN orbit where it was supposed
Continued or 1ace s.