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JIM BAsNIGHT DIES

James Allen Basnight, 66, long
a resident of the Back Bay Va
area, died at his home at 6 am
Tuesday morning on preparing to
arise for the day.
A native of Roanoke Island, he
had resided in the Back Bay area
for Al years.
In addition to his wife, Mrs
Maggie Odelle Smith Basnight, he
is survived by two daughters
Mrs. Clyde Marks and Mrs. Bur
Smith, three sons, James AlleT
Rasnight Jr., New York, Howard E
BBasnight, USA, and Edward Fo-.
ter Basnight, Back Bay, and /:
grandchildren.
He has a number of relatives il
Dare County. Mrs. George w. Nee
kins of Avon is a niece.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed Sunday at 3 pm. at Chart.
Methodist Church near his home
'he service being postponed await
ing arrival of his son. He is to b.
buried in Arlington National Gene
terry.
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A WORTHY CAUSE ON THE HOME FRONT.

Since America has committed itself to the policy of aid
ing the aged and destitute is countrys duty to live up
70 ITS pledge and that with credit There be doubt
can oe worthy cause to share bounty the unfor
innate people at home and should demand that so lone
we can pour it out lavishy hope of rgenerating alien tr
es across the must in self respect look well after
own nousehod Otherwise would be laughed at by the dis
tant peoples some of them enemies whom we support
with our money. ~ Ff
Since our social security system committed to making
dh In and to our own needy people here at home we
should not violate this negectng to increase
scn from time to time in keeping with the RISING cost
OF nng Many people whose grants were established quite
4 now fnd their living costs have doubled but not
e vue OF tnelr dollar would be honorable for
me a TO fnd means of helping rather than means
:" 1Ielpng Ip aliens and even savages less deserving
d we also concur with President Kennedys hope that our
ano neeoy can be given aid their hospital costs bere
meIt OF course in objection to socialized medicine r. e,ch
s5em would open the door the horde of shysers and
the who might seek to attach themselves to
fail to erou s Rso o.f This would be would
sno ne given to enable needy patients to be treated m the
soa aoctor and hospital of their choice Having had
I with the rising of hospitals and ne;
ua necs we that people unable to get ade
ior food clothing and shelter then he IS eaua % ol
grows with old age o " case tne PAIN that
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SMALL PORTS ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT.

We note with interest that Governor Sanford favors
bond issue of several millions for the big ports of North Car
ona We hope of coastal representatives will talk
to the Governor in the interest of small ports which
equally important the of state Almost every
community of coastand is dependent harbor and
port facilities small and ptfu though they be- Such habors
necessary to fishermen who the economic bull
wark of these neghborhood and at the time they
not sufficiently large enough to within the purvew of
the Federal Rivers and Harbors program Under the law
Dare County public money cannot be legally spent to i'm
aid community harborS unless the community itself
provides matching There have been fragrant except
ions of when public money has been spent
particularly favored community through the miracles po-
hca favoritsm but at the time there many
munies sorey in need of aid and machinery whereby
lief may be provided.
hope the State of North Carolina viii awaken to this
need. and remember that education every connun
ty regardless of size entitled to the consideration
as given to the larger cities which have the commanding posi-
ton OF being able to participate in world We
cede that the small neghboood should have good roads
order to have sound and progressive state that
buses should go to roads bring education or
to bring to education all the children of the State Our vel
fare extends to all cities regardless of the size of
the community in which they ve now time that our
small harbors within the purvew of the because
they are equally essential to the economy of the people,
We hope that coastland representatives will be NAM
ed on committees in the Legislature which have so
vital problem as that Of small harbors and that they
VIII remember their obligation and their responsibility as
true representatives of the people,
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ocRAcoKE PERSONALS
Not Much Left I!

OCRAC0KE, February 9. Mrs
Sarah Ellen Gaskill is in Beaufort
County Hospital, Washington, un.
dergoing an eye operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. ]. Williams have
returned home after several weeks
visit with their children in Rich.
mond and Norfolk.
David Esham was home for the
weekend from Hampton, Virginia
Mrs. Name Styron is hospitaliz.
ed at Morehead City. Her daughter
Mrs. Edward Carlson O'neal, who
accompanied her to the hospital
has returned home.
Mrs. Lillian Simpson is recover.
ing from a serious operation in
Leigh Memorial Hospital, Norfolk
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter O'Neal and
Mr.. Ike O'Neal visited in Washing.
ton, N. c. a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Boyette re-
turned after visiting their child.
rem in Washington, D. C. and
Woodbury., N. J.
The Reverend C. A. Kelly left re-
Gently for Columbia S. C. after con-
Quoting revival services three weeks
at The Assembly of God Church
here.
Mr.. Hodges Of The Hodges Dred-
ging Company of New Bern has
been a frequent visitor to Ocracoke
since his dredge sank in the entran-
ce to Silver Lake. The dredge was
successfully moved to the other
side of the lake on Sunday.
Mrs. Media Howell, Home Eco
nomics Agent for Hyde County,
visited Ocracoke briefly last week
to make arrangements for a Crafts
Workshop in late spring. With her
were Mrs. Merle Swicegood, Dis
trict Home Economics, Agent and
Mrs. Viola Piitchard, Crafts Spe-
cialist from Raleigh.
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VALENTINE PARTY FRIDAY
NIGHT AT BUXTON SCHOOL

The P.T.A. is sponsoring a val
entine party at the school tonight,
Friday, February 10, at Cape Hat
teras School.
The program will open with a
womanless wedding which is be-
ing put on by the high school boys
with the principal, Bryan ]. Sal
ter, as director. The wedding will
have such performers as Tommy
Veal, Charles Brown, Clarence Jen-
nette, Jr., George Basnett, Don
Edwards, George Midget, and
Jack Capps. If you like to cry at
weddings, don't come to this one
you'll end up laughing instead.
Following the wedding will be
the coronation of the King and
Queen of Hearts who will be se-
lected from high school contest
ants. Taking part in the coronation
ceremonies will be the contestants
from every grade in school. After
the coronation, refreshments will
be sold in the cafeteria and there
will be a dance in the auditorium
for the high school students. The
P.T,A. invites everyone on the is
land to attend.
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PAMLICO SOIL DISTRICT
RECEIVES GOODYEAR AWARD

The Pamlico Soil Conservation
District received the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Company award for the
outstanding district program of soil
and water conservation in North
Carolina during 1959-60. A plaque
denoting the award was presented
to D. M. Windley, Jr., Chairman of
the Pamlico Soil Conservation Dis
tlict, by w. L. Staples, representa-
tive of the Goodyear Co. at meet
ing of the supervisors of the Pam
lico Soil Conservation District in
Columbia, February 2.
District supervisors from four
counties. Beaufort, Hyde Washing
ton, and Tyrrell attended the meet
ing, each received a certificate of
merit from Goodyear in apprecia-
ton of their contribution to the
district program.
This is the second time this
award has been made to the Pam
lico District.
Each states award winning Dis
trict Chairman and outstanding
conservation farmer is the guest
of Good year Tire and Rubber
Company on trip to the Goodyear
Farm in Arizona. D. M. Windley,
Jr., District Chairman from Auro-
ra, Beaufort County, and Floyd
Hollis, outstanding conservation
farmer of the district, from Tyrrell
County, made the trip to Goodyear
Farms to represent North Carolin-
a.
Other business of the meeting
included the election of officers for
the next year. Reelected for ano-
ther year We're: d. M. Windley, Jr.
of Beaufort County, Chairman;
Grady Hopkins of Tyrrell County,
Vice Chairman; Leon Balance of
Hyde County, Secretary-Treasurer.
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CAPE HATTERAS BOYS
WIN OVER NAVY AGAIN

Again the Cape Hatteras boys
came out the winners over the Ma
wy in game played at Buxton on
Feb. 2. The game was close and
tied several times but perseverance
maid off for the Blue Devils and
they won 57-46. At the end Of the
first quarter the score was II to
13 in favor of the Blue Devils. By
the half. they had retained the
lead, 81 to 81. The third quarter
was a complete rout, the Blue De
wills outscoring the Navy IA points
to 6. Most of the fourth quarter
was played. by Blue Devil substi-
tutes and the Navy managed to col
lect IS points to the Blue Devils
IL, but the Blue Devils lead was
too great. Three players-Tommy
Veal, Johnny Dudley, and Clarence
Jennette-led the Blue Devils with
IL points each, followed by Dalton
Fulcher with 8. Jack Capps with
2, George Basnight with 4, and
Wayland Jennette with 2. Dewey
Edwards played an outstanding de-
fensive game though he was unable
to break into scoring column. For
the Navy, Gathman led with IL. fol-
lowed by Rasmussen with 8, Bard
sley and Redman with 6 each, Lea
ch and Cornish with s each, and
Ashcraft and Deardeli with 2 each
In the girls game pratice paid
off for the community women as
they defeated the Blue Devil girls
by a score of Al to 20 in a game
that saw a great deal of fouling
For the Blue Devils, Ruby Gaskins
led the scoring with 10, followed
by Nan Padgett with 2 and Pat
Padgett and Cecilia Austin with
a each. Wanda Foster had 10 points
for the community team followed
by Cecilia Newcombe and Kaye
Whitfield with IL each.
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BY EULA N. GREENWOOD

The elder Carmichael was not
far from 80 and Clyde r. Hoey
was n when he died quietly and
suddenly in his big chair while at
work in Washington, DC, in June
of 1854.
Notes
There are now 913,176 Baptists
in N. C. (. huge gain over
last year, according to L. L. Nor
gan, State Baptist Convention sta
tistical secretary. :. The number
of farms in Tarheelia has been
dwindling at the rate of $1,000 per
year since 1854. ). The one very
brightest hope of improving ire
mendously the operation of the N.
C. General Assembly is the idea of
moving Finance and Appropria-
tions Committee meetings from
afternoons to mornings. :. Bank
er Leroy Martin is in his seventh
week at deaths door from brain
surgery at Duke Hospital. Two
of Gov. Sanford's best appoint
ments came last week when he
named Merrill Evans of Ahoskie
and Ben Roney of Rocky Mount to
run the State Highway Commits
sion,
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EQUIPMENT FOR DIESEL
CLASS IN SWAN QUARTER

Major Henry J. McGee, Jr., Co
orinator Of Commercial Fisheries
Education Of North Carolina, has
diesel equipment located in Swan
Quarter for adult evening instruc-
tions. Commercial fisherman, full
or part ime, age 16 or over, are
qualified to attend.
The Fisheries Occupation Pro
gram is made available through the
George-Barden Act, Public Law
1927 Saith Congress and matching
N. G. State funds to promote the
fishing industry in North Carolina.
Classes are provided by the County
Board of Education through the
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tions. Other courses offered are net
mending, navigation, ship-to-shore
radio, rigging, boat building, gaso-
line engines and crab pot construc-
tion. Additional courses are avail
able upon approval.
Interested persons may contact
Tolar Simmons, Chairman Of Ad.
visority COMMITTEES or. Supefinten.
dent Gaylord for the Swan Quarter
classes. These classes are also Of
fered to qualified costal communi-
ties. Information can be obtained
by writing Major Henry J. .McGee,
Jr., Swan tQuarter, N. G.
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TWO GIRLS OF AREA WIN
HOMEMAKING DISTINCTION

Ailegray Wilder has been named
the 1861 Betty Crocker Homemak-
er of Tomorrow at Belhaven high
school, and Barbara Whitaker has
been named the 1861 Homemaker
OF Tomorrow at Hyde County
Training School. Swan Quarter.
Having received the highest
score in a written examination on
homemaking knowledge and atti-
tudes taken by graduating seniors
In her school, they became candi-
dates for the state Homemaker of
Tomorrow award which will be an.
nounced in March.
Each school Homemaker Of To-
morrow will receive an award pin,
manufactured by Jostens and rep
resenting the slogan, "Home is
Where the Heart Is" The exami-
nation papers of school Homemak-
er of Tomorrow.
The $4,000 homemaking edu-
cation program sponsored by Gen.
eral Mills offers a $500 scholar
ship to the first ranking girl in
each state and $500 scholarship to
the states second ranking partici-
pant.
State Homemakers of Tomorrow
and their faculty advisors receive
an expense-paid educational tour
to New York City, Colonial Will
liamsburg, Va, and Washington, D.
c., April $40, the trip eliminating
in the announcement of the All
American Homemaker of Tomor-
row whose scholarship is increased
to 5000. Second, third and urth
ranking Homemakers Of Tomorrow
in the nation will have their schol.
arships raised TO $4,000, $1,000 and
5000, respectively.
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MANTEo MAN DRAWS MAPS

A map Of the campus Of East
Carolina College, Greenville, was
featured in the campus publica-
ton EAST Carolinian." It was
drawn by Wesley Mearl Meekins
of Manteo, who is a senior geog-
raphy major Of the college. He is
the SON Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. M.
Meekins, and on graduation this
summer he will enter employment
as q photographer at Army Map
Service, Washington, ID. C. The
drawings made by this student
evinces much skill in his art.
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BENEFITS
(Continued from Page One)


withheld for each So that he earns
from $1,000 up to $500. For every
81 that his earnings go above
$500, 81 of benefits will be with
held.
Under the old law, many benefic-
iaries received more in total in
come earnings plus benefits) II
they limited their earnings to $1,000
a year. Under the new law, this will
no longer be true. A beneficiary
who earns over $1,000 in year
will always receive more in COM
bined earnings and benefits than
if he had earned $1,000 or less.
Also many eligible people who
have not applied for their benefits
because their earnings amount to
over $20s0 (and ordinarily could
not draw any checks) many now
find it to their advantage to apply.
For example, under the new law, a
couple entitled to a monthly family
check Of $3.50, the maximum now
payable to retired worker and
dependent wife, would now get
some benefits if the husband earns
less than $3.50 in a year.
There is no change in the provi-
sion which states that regardless Of
how much a beneficiary earns In a
year. he'will,get a benefit check for
any month in which he neither
earns more than 500 In wages nor
renders substantial services in self
employment.
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HATTERAs PERSONALS

Mrs. Camille Midget of Waves
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Austin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Job visit
ed Frazier Peele, a patient in the
hospital at Norfolk.
Miss Fern Balance Of Elizabeth
City visited her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Balance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnny O'Neal
visited their children in Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beverly O'Neal and
family came with them for the
week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Burrus of
Norfolk visited Mr.. and Mrs. Lu-
ther Burrus.
Gus Austin visited his wife in
a hospital at Norfolk Sunday.
Carlos Oden went to Elizabeth
City Tuesday.
Mrs. Eliva Balance left Sunday
to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Gray in
Woodbridge, Va.
The Women's Bible Class met
Friday night, February 8 at the
home of Mrs. Irma Austin with 16
members present, and one Wis
itor, Mrs. Camille Midget. The
lesson was on the last of the 18th
chapter of St. Matthew. The hos
tess served refreshments to Mes
DANES Maude Ellen, Irma, Peggy,
Virginia and Susie Austin, Delor-
es and Lois Burrus, Hazel Foster,
Gail Hollis, Alice, Winona, Rose
and Aleta Gray, Pauline Oden,
Camille Midget and Juanita Peele.
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WANcHEsE PERSONALS

Mrs. Bernice Midget and Mrs.
Ivey Evans of Manteo visited Mrs,
Midgett's daughter, Mrs. Curtis
Case in Greensboro, Rev. Philip
dudley in Madison, and other
friends in Lexington, High Point
and Asheboro.
Mrs. Edward Davis and daugh-
ter Dixie spent Sunday in Norfolk
with Mr.. and Mrs. Horatio Beck.
Mrs. Sallie Tillett; Miss Ola Til
lett and Mrs. Ophelia Daniels Wis
tied Mrs. Sol Whitson Sunday in
Duck.
Mrs. Lottie Midget and baby
have returned to Norfolk after
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Pam Gallop.
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NEWS OF THE SICK OF
ROANOKE ISLAND VICINITY

Mrs. Lizzie Dough continues
sick at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Ray Creef near Manteo. Mrs.
Emma Mann is still in Norfolk
General Hospital. Patients dis
charged from this hospital are
Mrs. Brown Etheridge of Manteo,
Ed Midget and Horace Hooper,
Jr. of Stumpy Point. Bobby Ow-
ems of Manteo has been ill with hu
this week. !.
Mrs. Troy Beasley of Kill Devil
Hills is patient in the Albemarie
Hospital, Elizabeth City, where
she underwent surgery.
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HELICOPTER RESCUES SEVEN
WANCHESE MEN THURSDAY

Seven Wanchese people who had
gone adrift southwest of Duck
Island Thursday of last week were
rescued by Mack Etheridge, who
called for help from the Coast
Guard. A helicopter came to the
scene and picked up Bernice Payne,
Jesse Etheridge and Denny Dam
iels and then picked up Alta Mon
tague, Landry and Daniel Gaskins
and Tommy O'Neal.
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Many and beautiful are the gifts
|of spring, not the least Of which Is
the silent suggestion Of the on,ni-
potence of lite. - Sam Campbell
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1864? Believe it or not, the vote
on the Rules Committee change a
few days ago could have much
bearing on whether the Tenth Dis
trict Congressman decides to try
for higher office.
First indication that Josas may
be interested in running for Gov
ernor comes via grapevine from
deep in the heart of the House
Office Building in Washington, d.
c. They say his calendar is "load-
ed" with speaking engagements for
Eastern North Carolina during the
next seven months.
If that be so-then Charles
Jonas is running for something be-
sides his old seat in the House.
80 Out of 100
As you probably know by now,
80 of our 100 counties in this State
actually lost population in those
Fabulous Fifties.
We evidently got plants and lost
people. Figure that one.
Be that as it may, we are losing
one Congressional District-for the
first time in this century. The Leg
islature is supposed TO have the
final say-so as to the one to be
destroyed.
Jonas The Nod?
1t may be that Lone Republican
Charles Jonas figures he will get
the nod from the heavily Democra-
tic General Assembly-and is set
ting his stakes accordingly.
He will find Republican strength
down east a mere shadow. of what
ne has grown used to in Charlotte
environs. Used to be that-out-
side Sampson County-you could
ride horseback 30 miles in any Civ
en- direction without seeing one.
They have improved-numtricaIly
but then so have the Democrats.
Counties That Lost
These are the counties that lost
population in the Fabulous Fifties:
Allegheny, Anson Ashe, Avery.
Beaufort, BERTHE, Bladen, Caswell,
Cherokee, Chowan, Clay, Columbus
Duplin, Franklin, Gates, Graham,
Greene, Hyde, Jackson, Johnston,
Macon, Madison, Martin, Mitchell,
Northampton, Pamlico, Perquim.
ans, Polk, Richmond, Rutherford,
Sampson, Scotland, Swain, Tyrrell,
Vance, Warren, Watauga, wilkes,
and Yancey.
The others gained.
The First Is Last
In this connection, it is very, very
interesting at this particular time
to note that Congressman Herbert
Bonner's 14-county First District
with a population of only 247, 1874
s 1900 census-was at the bottom
OF the heap in population.
The next lowest was the noun
famous Twelfth with 2S3, ,691-or|
S6, 797 higher than the First.
Most of the other districts out
the First Distr;c+ h,, I'M
600 people and better Ren Jonas,
district. for examnle b.d nnn,,
lation Of 360,S18 eleven years ago.
Now Get The Picture!
Of the 80 counties losing popu-
iation in the Fabulous sos, seven
Martin pero,,;,eona 10 , ~ nyue'
are in He,hsrt pnnna,.,s .r ny. g,- m:
tr;ct The t;ad - az n D
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