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THE FLAG RAISING LAST SATURDAY The
flag raising on the grounds south Of the Presidents
House on Saturday afternoon went off with eclat.
For some time before the ceremony commenced,
considerable crowd Of ladies and gentlemen had
gathered in the grounds Over the music stand
beautiful canopy of blue and white had been erected,
through the apex whereof beautiful flagstaff pro-
truded some Is feet The 18th New York Regiment,
Col Butler actually Col Daniel Butterfield accom-
panied by Withers's Band and detachment Of U. S.
infantry with the Marine Band, arrived at o'clock
and formed q hollow square around the flagstaff,
the line extending either side to the Executive
Mansion section of Griffin's battery took posi-
ton on the Mall south of the grounds At the time for
opening the ceremonies, the President, Secretaries
Seward and Smith, Gems. Mansfield and Thomas,
and other distinguished personages, with their
ladies, emerged from the Presidents House, and
walking down the lines, took positions on the stand
Rev. Smith Pyne, of St. Johns EpiscOpaD Church,
dressed in the vestmens of his Office delivered an
earnest prayer; after which the President ran the
flag to the peak Of the staff amid nine tremendous
cheers for the Stars and Stripes The battery fired
a salute of "a guns, the bands played national airs,
and the enthusiasm reached q high pitch As the ma
tOnaI cOIOrs reached the top Of the staff. L. Gen.
Scott accompanied by members of his staff, all In
full uniform, appeared the south pOrticO Of the
mansion, and was greeted with a tornado Of cheers
which compliment the old hero gracefully acknowE
edged rs the band struck up Hail Columbia The Tag
raised is the one which waved over the gunboat
FreebOrn when the gallant Capt Ward was killed at
Matthias Point. The whole affair was under the
superintendence of the Commissioner of Public
Buildings w. S. Wood, and was most creditably man.
aged by him.
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wound in his leg while waving the stars and
stripes, which he carried in his hand the whole
time, behaving most gallantly under the hottest
kind of fire. The American ensign, which he
never ceased to wave. was pierced with 10 musket
balls. Only three men Of the boats we're wounded,
and the only life lost was that of the gallant Ward,
who. the moment the enemy was discovered blew
the signal for the crews to come aboard, and in
stantIy opened on the foe with his heavy guns.
The body of Capt. Ward was placed on board
the Reliance" and conveyed up to Aqua Creek
and transferred to the Pawnee. On the arrival Of
the latter at the Navy Yard, several companies of
the New York; Seventy-first Regiment were or
dered out to receive the remains and escorted
them to the yard engine house (Which was draped
with the habilimentS of mOurning), where they
were laid out in state, wrapped in the American
ensign The body was followed to the engine house
by the officers of the Pawnee. the officers Of the
Yard and the boats crew which had participated
in the engagement the band of the list playing
solemn dirge. The remains will be conveyed to
New York this evening.
NEXT SUNDAY: A Special
Message to Congress
Evening star., 1961-07-02
ShFinIGS MegnHOHTI1OidS
New Way
Without Surgery


For the first time science has found
q new healing substance with the
astonishing ability to shrink hemOr-
rhoids and to relieve pain - without
surgery.
In case after case, while gently
relieving pain, actual reduction
(shrinkage) took place.
Most amazing Of all - results were
50 thorough that sufferers made
astonishing statements like "Piles
have ceased to be . prObleml"
The secret is q new healing sub
stance (BiO-Dyne@) discovery Of q
world-famous research institute.
This substance is now available in
sMpp0sitOTv or ointment form under
the name Preparation H0. Ask for it
at all drug counters.
Evening star., 1961-07-02
Laughing II off
BY EVELYN WADE
Second Thought

0HE'S just as firm as any
- rock
When drinks are offered
to the cTOtDd.
No matter aOhdt the choice may
be,
Her Thank you, no" IS
sure and loud.
But here they come, the drinks
are SeTUed
In frosty glasses, short
and toll.
The host sits d0s0'I and then
she smiles,
81 think I'H haze one
after Gu."
Evening star., 1961-07-02

For real imp0ct on the bOck-tO-schOOI mOket,
August 10th. the entire edition Of Sunday.
The Stur M0sozine. will be devoted to the
GnnuoI bOck-to-schOOI section. This SVOvure
mooOzine hos become bCek-tO-sehOOI tradition
with heOw Ond Oppreeiutve reOdershp OmOms
students, parents. educators. This is the ideal
medium for capturing the attention OF your
buck-to-schOOI market. Gr0vure reproduction
requires early reservations; 50 oct now.
Evening star., 1961-07-02

RESERVATION: e." e. 5000 ?sSSS' Cd. "' sss ' '''''
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RUTHERFORD BASNETT,
FRISCO CITIZEN DIES

NORFOLK - Rutherford H
Basnette Sr., "a, died in the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Mildred Bias
nette Poole, 722 2Sth St. Norfolk
Saturday at LAS pm. after a Ions
illness. He was one of the mos
highly esteemed citizens of Halter
as Island, and was famed as a gard
'ener. He had been widowed fol
many years. No man in his commu
nifty enjoyed a finer reputation fol-
honestly, neighborliness and gooe
citizenship.
He was lifelong resident OF
Frisco, N. c. and was visiting his
daughter.
He was son of Zach and Mrs
Elizabeth Basnette, and the wild.
over of the late Mrs. Maggie Vanr
Basnette. He was a member OF
Woodmen of the World and Little
Grove Methodist Church of Frisco
In addition to his daughter, sur.
vlving are one son, Rutherford H
basnette Jr. of Norfolk, six grand.
children.
The funeral service was con.
Quoted in Little Grove Methods
Church, Frisco, Tuesday at 2 pm
The body was taken from Twiforc
Funeral Home, in Hatteras, to the
church one hour before the service
Burial was in the family plot il
Frisco.
Rev. C. E. Cash, the pastor
conducted the funeral service. A
solo, "In The Garden" was sung
by Miss Deanna Gunter and the
church choir sang at Is Well With
My Soul" and Sweet By and By
Mrs. Adolphus Burrus, Jr., &C.
companied at the organ.
The casket was covered with a
pail of red and white carnations
and fern.
Pallbearers were Ulysses Rollin.
son, John Austin, Julian Austin,
George Austin, Harvey Young
and Bonnie Barnette.
Burial followed in the family
cmtery at Frisco.
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MRS. lola ALLEN. PROMINENT
PUNGO RESIDENT, DIES

BELHAVEN. - Mrs. lola Allen
age 70, lifetime resident of the
Pungo community of Pantego
Route /, died at the home of hel
daughter, Mrs. Daffie Manning
Monday night.
Mrs. Allen was born in the Pun
go community on July 18, 1881
daughter of the late Martha Smith
and Thomas Eden Allen. She was
married to John Burl Allen who
preceded her in death several yeras
ago. She was a member of the
Trinity Free Will Baptist Church
at Pungo.
Surviving is her daughter, Mrs
Daffie Manning; three grandchil-
dren; and three great-grandchil'
dren; one brother, Rumley w. AL
len of Pennsylvania; and five sis
tiers, Mrs. Murl Allen and Mrs
w. G. Craft, both of Pantego
Rt. /; Mrs. Estelle Dunbar OF
Rocky Mount, Mrs. Fannie ALI
good of Waverly, Va, and Mrs
Johnnie Craft of Grifton.
Funeral services were hello
Thursday afternoon at 2:3O O..
clock from the Trinity FWB church
in Pungo and burial was in the
Davis cemetery.
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MANTEO PERSONALS

Miss 10 Anne Balance OF Man
teo, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. X.
o. Balance, is participating in the
art club of East Carolina College
this year, along with 104 students
who are majoring in art.
Miss Mildred Price has returned
home from Mcguire Hospital in
Richmond, Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Willkie Of
Greensboro spent last week end
with Mrs. WILKES parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J M. Williams.
Miss Janet Wescott was home
from East Carolina last week end
to visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Nevin Wescott.
Mrs. r. A. Holloman, Jr., Of
Ahoskie; Mrs. r. A. Holloman III
and children, Rob, Harry and Mel
issa, of Fort Benning, Ga, who are
visiting in Ahoskie, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Francis w. Nee
kins.
Mrs. o. ]. Jones, who has been
| in Talladega, Ala, for several
months, returned Tuesday night to
Manteo and is at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Edna Bell. Mrs. Jones
is recuperating from a recent ILL
ness, and is able to have visitors
in the late afternoon. She was ac-
companied from Alabama by her
step-daughter, Mrs. G. G. Bonner,
who went by train to drive Mrs.
Jones home.
Mrs. Gordon Kellogg and her
mother, Mrs. Edulia Clements, left
Thursday for Sarasota, Fla, to
Visit Mrs. Clements brother, Ferd
Price, who is ill at his home there.
Mrs. Josephine Etheridge was
given a party by her children and
grandchildren Saturday afternoon
in honor of her birthday, which
took place on February 14th. At
tending were Mrs. Elma Woods
Mrs. Sibyl Brickhouse and Mr.. and
Mrs. Waller Etheridge and theii
children, and neighbor, young
Larry Noble.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Danny Mann, ans
little daughter, Sybil Grace, visitet
lMr. Mann's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
! Allen Mann, ST., last weekend.
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IA DETERMINED STUDENT
MADE USE OF NIGHT SCHOOLS

COLUMBIA.-A Columbia High
School graduate of 1858, a local
girl, employed elsewhere, shows
determination and progress in
rounding out her complete educa-
ton, through the medium of night
schools.
Miss Cleata Ann Ainsley, daugh-
ter and only child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hold C. Ainsley of Frying Pan
Community, Route 8, born in 1910
in Tyrrell County, attended Column
bia School.
During her school years, piano
lessons, which she took from Mrs
Ida Spruill, were her main study
interest. Always dependable and
showing the earnest desire for &C
accomplishment, could be depended
on to play the piano on any oc-
casion in the school or of civic inn
portance.
Employed since her graduation
with the Arnold Pen Co. at Hope
well, Va, Miss Ainsley lives with
an aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. B. Simmons there. To raise her
standard of pay, and for more
business knowledge, she enrolled
at Richmond business college for
night classes, committing daily
from Hopewell to Richmond after
her days work was through, for a
full year, until she received GER
tifcate of graduation in tipping
and bookkeeping.
Enrolling in night classes at
Hopewell College, to improve her
English and it's contraction
realizing it to be a weakness in
her educational structure, she at
tended for a year. She stated,
however. she did not gain the de-
sired effect, due to having been
late for classes, and sometimes not
being able to attend due to a
heavier work schedule which re-
ouired some night work.
Not being dismayed, however,
when the work lightened, she en-
rolled in night classes being held
at the Petersburg, Va. high school
and on Jan. "a she received diplo-
ma of graduation in English, spell
ing, parts of speech, vocabulary
punctuation and sentence struc-
ture.
Her aim, she relates, is to even
Itually go into civil service work
probably in Washington, D. c.
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FRANCIS CAREY QUARLES
DIES IN MANTEO SATURDAY

Francis Carey Quarles, SO, who
came to Manteo two years ago, and
Established his home died SUDDENLY
Saturday night at his home at 7:15
pm. He was a native Of Edgefield,
Is. C. the son of the late Henry and
jeanne Wood Quarles, and husband
of Mrs. Lora Walker Quarles. He is
survived by four daughters, Mrs.
Roy Wescott of Manteo, Mrs. Leora
Able of Cayce, S. c., Mrs. Justine
Bischoffberger of Columbia, S. C.
and Mrs. Blanche Guess of Fayet-
teville, N. c.; a brother, Bates
Quarles of Batesburg, S. c.; two
sisters, Miss Hassie Quarles of
Augusta, Ca, and Mrs. Pearl
Swearingen of Edgefield, S. C. He
lived a long time after having been
disqualified by a bad heart from
serving in World War I.
He was retired farmer, a men,
Der of Woodmen of the World of
Edgefield, S. C. and of Mt. Olivet
Methodist Church. Funeral services
were conducted at pm. Monday at
the church, with Rev. Harold Leath-
erman, officiating. Burial was in
Manteo cemetery.
Before moving to Manteo July
26, 1859, he had been a member of
Antioch Baptist Church; he was a
member of the church choir, Supt,
of the Sunday School five years,
deacon of the church for 35 years,
and for several years had been
Secretary Treasurer, and was chair
man of the Board of Trustees OF
Antioch school for several years.
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CHARLIE HAWKINS DIES

COLUMBIA. - Geames Charlie
Hawkins, So, died Tuesday night
at his home on the corner OF
Bridge and Water Streets.
He was a native of Lincoln
County, but has made his home
here for the past Is years. He was
the son of Mrs. Minnie Hawkins
of Charlotte and the late Robert
Hawkins; a machinist by trade and
member of Charlotte Methodist
Church.
Besides his mother, he is sur
vived by his wife, Mrs. Helen SUIT
ton Hawkins of Columbia; one
brother, Robert Hawkins, and one
sister, Mrs. Amanda Furr, both of
Charlotte.
Funeral services were held at
the Wesley Memorial Methodist
Church here Thursday, Feb. 10th
at 2 pm. conducted by the Rev.
H. Worth Pearce, pastor. Burial
was in lakewood Cemetery.
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FOUL WEATHER FOULED
TRAVEL DURING JANUARY

MANTEO - Foul weather, as
elsewhere in the nation, fouled ira
vel on the Outer Banks during JAN
uary.
This is reflected in the monthly
reports of National Park Service
in Dare County.
Only $500 persons were counted
as visitors to Cape Hatteras Natio-
nal Seashore in the month while
in the peak of Summer, as many
persons will visit the area in one
day.
Of the S,501 persons counted at
the National Seashore, only 461
persons were counted southbound
on Oregon Inlet ferry. Naturally
a great number of persons rode the
ferries, but they were considered
as visitors, many being residents OF
Dare or persons normally going to
and from Hatteras Island. At Sill
yer Lake Marina Dock on Ocracoke
142 persons were counted and al
Bodie Island lat hunters used the
facilities before the wildfowl sea
son ended January z.
Rugged weather elsewhere in the
nation was blamed for the 31.3 pei
cent decrease in National Seashore
travel in 1861.
At the Wright Brothers Nation
al Memorial 1902 persons in 731
automobiles were counted as visit
ors in January.
Fort Raleigh, site of the Lost
Colony had only 1926 visitors dur.
ing the month.
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LAY SPEAKERS LISTED FOR
CHURCHES IN HYDE co.

Beginning Sunday February 10,
and continuing through Sunday
March &c, the churches of the Swan
Quarter-Fairfield Methodist Charge
will be participating in the "No
Silent Pulpit" program, conducted
by the layman of the Methodist
churches Of the area. The slate of
speakers for the first week of this
Lenten season are announced as
follows: Shelton Ludford of Column
bia will speak at Fairfield, J. w.
Everette of Columbia at Providence
in Swan Quarter, and Jack Guth-
inc of Belhaven at Soule All
of these services begin at HOO.
The public is invited to attend
these services, and to share in the
spirit of renewal and expectancy
which prevail in the pre-Easter
season,
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MARCH OF DIMES DRIVE
SUCCESS At MAINS HBR.
Workers Praised by LEADER Goes Over
Top With Dinner Held at
Poly's Kitchen

Mrs M. Flay Kemp, Chairman
If the 1861 March of Dimes Cam
paign Committee at Manns Harbor
announces that this Community
went "Over the Top" for a total OF
j$164.22.
With pride and humility she says,
she thanks every person in the en-
tire community for their generosi-
ty and assistance in this great and
worthy cause. And gives special
recognition to Mesdames Guy
Mann, Jaccie Burrus, Oliver Little
John, S. NJ. Jones, Richard Rowe,
Iris Ralph and Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Ward for their Fund Raising Part
les. To Messers Bobbie Burrus,
Flay Kemp, Iris Ralph, Shelbert
Twiford, Jaccie Burrus, Harry
Mann, Ray White and Jimmie
Mann who braved the elements for
highway collection.
A unique Party in the form of a
"crab feast" was held at "Polly's
Kitchen" Thursday Evening to raise
Funds for the March of Dimes. Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Ward, assisted by
Mrs. Flay Kemp, served approx
mately 300 lbs. of the succulent
local seafood to Messrs. and Mes
danes: J. NJ. Vannote, A. @. Bell
and son, Roger of Hartford, Melvin
R. Daniels, Claude C. Duvall. Roy
Westcott, Jack Wilson, Edward
Wescott, John Wilson, Jim Hen
ming, Burwell Evans, Ralph Swain,
Balfour Baum, Lois Midget, Jaccie
BurTus, and houseguest, Mrs. En-
nest Whitehead of Norfolk, Harry
C. Mann, H. A. Greet Jr., L. L.
Overcast, James Wade, w. w. Har-
Ivey Jr., Frank Cahoon and Glen
lTwiford, Mesdames Dennis Evans,
dorothy Drinkwater, Ben Shannon,
Sybil Gregory, Guy Mann and
granddaughter, Beverly, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jimmie Groce, Misses Bessie
Draper Helen Farrow, Doreen Mid
gett, Kay and Fay Kemp, Mrs. Kay
Daniels. Messers Carol Berry
Judge W. F. Baum, Patrolmar
Skiles, John Wheeler and Jake JAM
es of Elizabeth City.
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EARLY HYDE MINISTER
SUBJECT OF REV. NOE

The Rev. A. C. D. Noe of Bath
will give a summary of his "Biog-
raphy of the Rev. Samuel S. Bar
Der" at St. Georges Episcopal
Church, Lake Landing, Sunday
February 10th, at II am. The pub
lie is cordially invited to hear the
story of the first Episcopal min
lister in Hyde County. The author
of a recent book of poems "Above
the Rim" is we'll qualified to be the
biographer of the Rev. Samuel S.
Barber, having married the grand
daughter of Hyde's pioneer minis
ter.
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KITTY HAWK HONOR ROLL

The following students Of Kitty
Hawk Elementary School received
grades of 80 or above to qualify
for the Honor Roll for the past si1
weeks period.
Grade 2: Freddie Nettles, Wayne
Beasley, Diane Ward, Eunice Per
ry.
Grade 8: Deborah Lynn Perry
Rosalyn Elizabeth Rhoads.
Grade a: Mike A. Beacham
Grayden Ralph Cayton, Marie Ross
Perry, Deborah Louise Twiford
Grade s.: Betty Jean j Mee&ins.
Grade 6: Mary Earle Nettles
Rodney Minton, Grade 8: Robby
Beasley.
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IMANTEO ELEMENTARY PTA
DISCUSSES lNTERCOM SYSTEM
Film on Mental Ability Tests Shown
BY Principal Clarence Butler;
Library Aid Asked

The Manteo Elementary P.T.A
met Monday night, February 13
in the school auditorium. Principal
Clarence Butler showed a film,
"Your Child's Intelligence" to ia
miliarize parents with the mental
ability tests currently being given
in grades three, six and eight.
Mental ability tests are not the
same as achievement tests, which
measure what child has learned
They do not give complete pic
ture, but they do give a general
picture of an individuals abilities
in the six primary abilities:
/. Space-ability to judge dis
lance.
2. Number ability to use arith-
metic in everyday living.
8. Verbal comprehension ability
to understand words.
4. Word fluency-ability to use
words.
5. Memory-ability to memorize
different subjects.
6. Deductions-ability to reason
and understand the underlying
cause of problems.
According to the film, surveys
show that children who regard ex-
aminations as challenge rather
than with fear and who show
growing self-reliance at home, at
school and at play score higher.
Parents can contribute much to
their child's ability to work to his
or her full mental capacity through
developing the child's self-contl-
dence and independence.
The P.T.A. voted to give 500 to
the school library. This money
will be used to hire adept persons
for two phases of processing books
on hand.
Mrs. Robert Gibbs, project
chairman, stated that 1876 hours
have been donated by parents and
that 200 more hours are needed
before the children may have ac-
cess to all the books. Anyone able
to give thirty minutes or more to
this cause may contact Mrs. Gibbs
Mrs. Robert Balance or Mrs. Lou
Use Tillett. =.
Action was also taken regard
ing an intercom system for the
school. The purpose of an inter
com in the school is to allow the
principal, who is also a teacher
more time for classroom instruc-
ton. The procurement of this sys-
tenn is the major project of the
organization for the year.
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APPLICATIONS will be receiv-
ed until March LIST by the Dare
County Board of Commissioners
for the position of Delinquent
Tax Collector" whose minimum
qualifications shall include:
1. General knowledge of book
keeping practices.
2. General knowledge of the use
of bookkeeping devices, in
GLIDING Typewriter and add
ing machine, and to be able
to familiarize himself with
computers.
3. No reservations as to fairly
fulfilling tax collection obli-
cations. Applications should
be in writing, addressed to:
Dare County Accountant
Box IS
Manteo, N. c.
Marked Application"
Copies of STANDARD Tax Pro-
cedures for Dare County Tax
Dept" are available to all in
terested applicants in the office
of the County Accountant, Dare
County Courthouse.
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MRS. MARY M. BEST DIES
FOLLOWING A LONG ILLNESS

Mrs. Mary Meekins Best "a, died
in the USPH hospital Norfolk early
Sunday morning after a long i'll
Dess. She was born at Colington,
the daughter of the late Mary Per-
nv and John w. Meekins, and was
the widow of the late James Riley
Best of Kitty Hawk, where she
had lived most of her life.For the
larger part of a year, she had been
a hospital patient, as the results OF
a broken hips True to her lifelong
spirit of service in her community,
and her loyalty to her church and
her neighborS she bore her suffer-
ings with marvellous fortitude sell
dom equaled, and was indeed gal
liant and accomplishing soul.
She was a member of Kitty
Hawk Methodist Church and of the
Eastern Star of Roanoke Island
and the Manteo Rebekah Lodge.
She is survived by two sons:
James r. Best Jr. of Princess Anne,
Va, and Robert NJ. Best of Kitty
Hawk; by two sisters, Mrs. Betty
Pugh of Manteo, and Mrs. Matte
Miller of Poplar Branch, and by a
brother Morris NJ. Meekins Of Kitty
Hawk.
The body was taken to the Meth
odist Church to lie in state one
hour prior to the services at three
pm. Tuesday, by the Rev. Horace
Lee McLaurin, pastor. Burial was
in the Austin Cemetery.
Mr.. McLaurin was assisted by
Rev. Arthur w. Ayers, a Methodist
minister of Princess Ann, Va. A
service was conducted at the grave
by the Eastern Star members. The
Rebekahas attended and took part
in the funeral. The church was we'll
filled, and there was a profusion OF
floral offerings.
The casket was covered with a
pail of glads and pink carnations
Ivory Palaces" and "Abide With
Me" were sung by Mrs. McLaurir
and Mrs. Clyde Twiford, with Mrs
Jesse Baum at the organ. "Neare,
My God to Thee" was sung by
the members of the Eastern Star
at the grave. The pallbearers were
Tom Beacham, Irwin Hines, Color
Perry, Jack Finn, Edgar Perry
and Alonzo Harris.