The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-01-20

mot including the special sessions
He's probably the champ-in years
as well as results.
From the Cupboard
Meredith Vice Pres. Bob Deyton
out with a heart attack and
so is UNC Comptroller William
Carmichael and Banker Leroy
Martin recovering extremely slow
ly from brain surgery at Duke
Dec. 81.
j Instructor Eure To
| Have Large Class
| One of the busiest men in the
first few weeks of the coming leg
islative session will be Thad Eure,
North Cardinals veteran Secretary
of State.
Once again, in addition to his
regular duties, Eure will conduct
class in legislative procedure
for new members of the House
and Senate.
1t is all informal, but very in
formative, and usually well at
tended. This time, Teacher Eure
will have one of his largest classes
As in the House and 16 in the
Senate who will be serving first
terms.
Andrew Johnson,
Republican Home
Deep in the bosom; Of Andrew
Johnson will sleep most of the
ID Republican members of the
General Assembly during the 1861
session, if current indications hold
true to form.
Those deans of the loyal oppo-
sition-Sen. B. C. Brock of Mocks-
vile and Rep. T. E. Story of
Wilkesboro-have already reserved
their rooms again at the Andrew
johnson Hotel here. There, too,
you will find most of their cohorts.
This has been the main legisla-
tive nesting place for Republicans
for several sessions now.
Incidentally, Brock will be serv-
ing in his tenth regular session
five in the House and five in the
Senate, while Story will be in his
eighth regular term, all in the
House.
Seat No. Is for Rowan Scion
A lot Of friends of Rep. Clyde
H. Harriss of Salisbury wanted
him to run for Speaker of the
House last year. He considered it
carefully, but finally decided not to
oppose Joseph H. Hunt of Green's
boro.
Hunt will sit in the Speakers
chair. Harris in Seat Is. That's
the way he wanted it.
The good heart of DR.. Howard
P. Powell, pastor of vigorous Ed
enton Street Methodist Church,
Raleigh, gave an extra beat few
days before Christmas when its
owner received for the sixth con-
secutive Christmas a certain per-
sonal check in the amount of $500.
1t came quietly from good Meth
odist Luther H. Hodges as he
went into his sixth Christmas in
the many-gabled mansion on
Blount Street. No Sunday School
teacher he-as was his forerunner
good gray Clyde r. Hoey a gen.
Grafton earlier-but Hodges was a
Governor of the deepest Christian
faith, optimism, and ideals.
John J. Hodges of Rockingham
County, father of our former Gov
ernor, frequently attended the
Methodist Church in Spray 35
years ago while DIR. Powell was
serving his first passionate.
He has been at Edenton Street,
Raleigh-said to be the largest
church in the State from a mem
bership viewpoint-for upwards of
Is years now.
On Christmas Eve, Gov. Luther
Hodges and Luther, Jr., home
from Harvard for the holidays,
took time off from moving and
Mansion visitors and festivities to
go around to Edenton Street Meth
odist Church. There father and son
one soon to be on the newsfronts
of the world as Secretary of COM
merce and the other to return to
his graduate studies at Boston
had communion service with DIR.
Powell as father and grandfather
had done before them.
Professional Thumbing
| News & Observer Columnist
Charles Craven wrote the other
day: "a drifter, stewed, stood at
the New Bern Avenue intersection
and doggedly tried to thumb a
ride with every car in a funeral
procession"
Down to SIS
| Probably for the first time in
the history of North Carolina the
Governor is the youngest member
of the august and powerful Coun-
Gil of State.
| Gov. James. Terry Sanfrod, who
became 43 this past August, is six
years younger than Insurance
Commissioners Charles Gold OF