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license teachers. 1t also recon-
mended to the board that:
Elementary school principals
be required to have a minimum
Of two years teaching expert
ence IN the elementary schools.
An office be established with
responsibility for encourage
ment and development of
State wide educational tele-
vision.
A study be made of history,
geography, government, eco
nomics and related subjects to
determine the purposes, con-
tent, sequence. continuity and
standards for elementary and
secondary school curriculum
and qualification of teachers.
A comprehensive test be pro-
vided to give the localities a
yardstick of performance in
elemenLafy e0ucatlOn.
Priority be given courses in
teaching of reading for the
granting of summer school
scholarships and in-service
training grants.
A course in how to teach
reading be required for certifi-
cation of elementary school
teachers.
Minimum standards and time
be prescribed for specified sub
jectS in the elementary cur
riculum, including the basic
skills of reading, writing and
arithmetic.
A survey be made in con-
junction with the Council OF
Higher Education to determine
present and future teacher
needs and capacity of State
colleges to meet the needs.
Establishment of double
scholarships for exceptional
students agreeing to teach for
at least three years in a
critical need" school division.
Appraisal of Need
The Council OF Higher Edu-
cation was asked to appraise
the need for an accredited
UNDERGRADUATE school Of library
science and school specialize
ing in physical education.
The commission called oil
predominantly male schools
with teacher training programs
to enlarge their programs for
the recruitment and training
OF men teachers.
To local school divisions the
commission directed tn e c
recommendations:
Formation of committee
with administrator. teacher
and lay members to review
local teacher salary policy, to
stimulate local interest and
support for teachers salaries
and. primarily. to adopt a plan
for rewardin2 superior service.
Assumption by local school
boards 2f full responsibility for
summer school operations.
Review of the library pro-
gram. especially in elementary
schools. to determine need for
qualified librarians and super-
viSorS.
Review of the physical edu-
cation program to assure total
participation ana featuring of
calisthenics and vigorous eXer-
cises: provision of supervisory
personnel to render special as
sistance to elementary schools:
providing of adequate gym
equipment. and stressing of
physical fitness for all students.
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nent council. HenrlcO would be
divided into four boroughs and
the city would be a fifth bor-
oUgh. Each county borough
would elect one councilman and
the city would elect four. Three
others would be selected at
large. After the 5i2-year tran
sitlon. all councilmen would be
elected at large. with each
borough assured of at least one
member.
/ Henrico property taxes. now
considerably below those of the
city. would be raised over a
l4-year period. Tied in with
the merger referendum is a
per cent sales tax. Household
property taxes and certain
other livies would be elimi-
mated.
Would Unite Courts
The merger also would see
the consolidation of courts tex-
cept Richmond's specially en-
powered circuit COURT. the es-
tablishment of department of
rural affairs, the retention of
all county and city employees
at no loss in pay. and the ex-
tension of city services into the
county with reasonable
promptness."
The proposal has vigorous
support. and it has equally Wig
orous opposition. Richmond's
two daily newspapers are
strongly behind the merger;
the county's weekly is against
it. Meetings we're called, de-
bates we're held and numerous
broadsides we're issued. Over
radio. residents are continually
exhorted to vote Tor or against
merger.
Seven of Richmond's nine
city councilmen support the
merger: one is against it and
the other has not stated his
position. The county's four
man board of supervisors is
split evenly.
There is some concern that
Richmond's large Negro popu-
lation. aware of its growing
vote power that may soon place
one OF it's own candidates on
the city council or in the Legis-
lature, may block consolida-
ton.
Proponents of consolidation
reason that merger is less pain
full than annexation, which they
view as inevitable. They warn
the county would suffer imme-
diate tax raises with no guar
antees of representation or ex-
tension of services.
Opponents argue that the city
is only bluffing. They hold that
the historic county must pre-
serve its identity. and that in
any showdown in the courts
Richmond would see it's de-
mands whitfield down or
knocked out altogether.
In Virginia, special three
man courts are convened to de-
eide anpeXation. The count y
can appeal its case to the
State Supreme Court, which
has been none too favorable to
cities in recent decisions, There
is speculation too that the
General Assembly will tougher
annexation laws when it meets
in January.
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Low Department
Asks Record Budget

BALTIMORE. Dec. 9 CAP)
A record $l98, ,839 budget has
been submitted by the State
Law Department for fiscal
1868.
The request is $30,168 more
than the current operating
budget, and includes $4,000
for staff salaries. The budget
contains a $4,000 salary item
for Ernest N. Cory. jr., OF
Laurel, who recently was named
a special assistant attorney
general to assist the new State
Police crime unit.
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Richmond and Henrico
Vote uesdoyonMerqer

RICHMOND. Dec. 9 ,APD -
Land-hungry cities across the
Nation are watching Richmond
this week as it tries to solve
its expansion problems by
merging with Henrico County.
The city and county vote on
the merger proposal Tuesday
in separate elections. Citizens
of both localities must approve
the consolidation.
If both say yes" then the
city is we'll on its way to be-
coming the Nations fifth larg-
est city in area and 36th in
population. In one gulp Vir-
ginia's capital would swallow
the 235-square-mile county and
its $4,000 residents.
The merged city would have
a population of nearly $4,000,
and an area of 272 square
miles.
The measure must also pass
the General Assembly. which
is still under firm control of
rural lawmakers. If it passes.
the merger would become eff
fective January l, 1868.
Annexation Weighed
Should the answer be no"
then Richmond is prepared to
act. Annexation papers are al
ready drawn UP that would
leave Henrico with only a few
thousand people, most of them
living on outlying farms.
These annexation plans may
also include sizable bite out
Of Chesterfield County. which
lies to the south Of Richmond.
Other cities. feeling as
cramped as Richmond. are
watching the development. The
desertion of residents to sub
urbs has left the municipali-
ties with many problems.
Richmond has seen it's popu-
lstion drop from 100000 in the
1850 census to $4,000 in 1860.
The city last expanded in 1912
when it annexed 10 square
miles.
Urged by COnsultants
The merger stems from a
recommendation made three
years ago by a Midwest con-
sulting firm. Nothing came of
it until 1860. when the danger
of annexation became immi-
nent. The Henrico governing
board was then persuaded to
make overtures to the city for
a merger agreement.
The IL months of negotia-
tions that followed resulted in
an offer to the county that
city officials consider m o
generous.
The county would be assured
Of fair representation on an H.
man transitional city council,
then on a nine-man perma-
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NO SUNDAY SHOWS
AT LOST COLONY
DURING 81 SEASON

For the first time in the his
tory of The Lost Colony, THERE
WILL BE NO SUNDAY NIGHT
performances during the 1861
season which begins Saturday,
July 1, 1t was announced today
by Manager ]. Sib Dorton.
ave will have six shows week.
ly, Monday nights through Sat-
urday nights" he said, "and per-
forlnances will begin at S:15
o'clock, as in the past"
Paul Green will be featured at
the premiere on Saturday night.
Monday night, July 8, will be
dedicated to the former First La
dies of North Carolina, headed
by Mrs. o. Max Gardner, chair
man, Roanoke Island Historical
Association Board, Mrs. Luther
Hodges, Mrs. J. Melville Brough-
ton Mrs. j. c. B. Ehringhaus,
and Mrs. w. Kerr Scott. Due to
illness, Mrs. Gregg Cherry and
Mrs. William b. Umstead win be
unable to attend the perform
ance.
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HYDE CITIZENS CONTINUE
OPPOSITION 70 3. RANCE


State Senator P. D. Midget Jr.
who was in Manteo Wednesday
said there had been no let up in
opposition in his area to a propo-
sal that the Air Force locate a
bombing range on several thous-
and acres owned by the Pamlico
Development Co. At meeting this
week, called by Company officials
to which it was announced Air
Force interests would attend, but
who failed to show up, there we're
some so people present and some
95 per cent Of those attending Of
fered opposition to it.
The owners of the land live in
Mississippi, and have on their
hands what many belive to be a
white elephant which they are
hopeful of unloading.
Following the meeting a tele-
gram was sent to Congressman H,
C. Bonner stating the position of
the citizens. Mr.. Bonner has pre-
viously signified his opposition to
establishment of a bombing range
in this area.
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Salute to Paul Green" Is Opening
Feature at Lost Colony Saturday

North Carolina in 1916 after hav-
ing graduated from Buies Greek
Academy (now Campbell College
in 1914. During the two year period
inbetween he had served as princi-
pal of a two-teacher- himself and
one other-school in Harnett Coun-
ty where he had saved what he con-
sidered enough money to pay his
way at the University.
During that freshman year he
won a prize for a one-act play pro-
duced in the outdoor Forest Theatre
and his poems appeared frequently
in The Carolina Magazine.
After one year at the University
he enlisted in the Army and before
going to France he had published
Trifles of Thought by PEG, a
small collection of his poems. After
two years he returned in 1919 to
the University and began writing
plays for Prof. Frederick H. Koch
and the newly established Caro-
lima Playmakers.
1t was during these years that
he first visited Roanoke Island and
conceived the idea of a play about
"the lost colony" In 1921, after a
three-hundred mile trip by bus
train, mailboat and motorboat, he
arrived at Manteo. The next morn
ing he investigated the island
visiting the site of Fort Raleigh
and wandering through the nearby
woods. Inspired by what he had
seen, Green went back to Chapel
Hill where he wrote play abou,
Virginia Dare and her legendary
love affair with the son Of Chief
Manteo. The play was not well re.
ceived by Prof. Koch and the other
members Of the playwriting class
SO he tossed it out and momentarily
forgot the idea.
In the fall Of that year he re-
ceived a Kenan Fellowship and be.
gan graduate study at the Univer.
sity in the Department Of Philoso-
ply. After spending q year at Cor
nell where he continued his study
Of philosophy. he returned to Chap.
See GREEN, Page Four
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NEW TECHNIQUES
LEARNED IN FIRE
CONTROL PROBLEM
Manfeo Firemen Interested in
Burning House for Training
Purposes Soon

Elwood Inscoe, instructor from
the North Carolina Firemen's
Training agency, spent last week
in Manteo, at the request of the
Roanoke Island Fire department.
The Training Agency is division
of the State Department of Insur-
ance. Thirteen of the thirty volun-
teer members attended three-heur
sessions nightly Monday thru
Thursday. Troy Sheppard Of the
Mays Head department also attend
ed all sessions.
through slides and films Inscce IL
Illustrated his lectures and using
the locally-owned trucks and equip
ment, new techniques in fire con.
troll We're learned by those attend
ing. Several hundred gallons of
used cyclinder oil from local serv-
ice stations were used at the gravel
pit Thursday night to give the
firemen practice with real fire. Mr..
Inscoe highly complimented Nit
chell (Mike) Gallop on the main
tenance Of the equipment. Those
attending all sessions were treated
to a steak dinner by Chief Ray
mond Wescott preceding the Thurs
day session. Mr.. Inscoe offered to
return for further instruction if a
house could be set fire for the MEM
bers to learn the techniques of
entering smoke and flame filled
rooms. Anyone knowing of an
available house for this purpose is
requested to contact Raymond
Wescott, Chief of the department
or Jack Wilson, president of the
organization.
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REAR ADMIRAL HENRY j.
WUENSCH yesterday June 29)
relieved Rear Admiral Peter v.
Colmar as commander of the 9Th
Coast Guard District.
Colmar will become commander
of the 18th Coast Guard District
with headquarters at Seattle.
Wash. He came to the 9Th district
in 1868 as chief of staff and be-
came district commander in 1859.
An informal change of command
ceremony. was held in the Federal
Building Thursday at 10 am.
Wuensch graduated from the
Coast Guard Academy in 1929. He
came to this district from Coast
Guard Headquarters, Washington,
DC, where he was chief of Coast
Guard office personnel.
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BY GLENN L. VERNON

A special Salute to Paul
Green" is planned for the opening
OF the nations number one out
door drama, "The Lost Colony
here July 1st in the Waterside
Theatre.
The show, written by Pulitzer
Prize Winner, Paul Green, will be-
gin its twenty-first season and its
twenty-fifth year. Representatives
from Green's ether two outdoor
dramas now in production, "The
Common Glory" and "The Stephen
Foster Story" will be present
to take part in the intermission
activities.
Other North Carolina writer's, in
Guiding Kermit Hunter and Thomas
Patterson, both authors of current
ly running outdoor shows, have
also been invited to participate.
Green, a native of North Caro-
lima and its most prominent play
wright, has pioneered in the region
al and outdoor drama movement
in America.
He was born in March of 1894
in Harnett County, North Carolina.
In May of that same year in Balti-
more, Nd, the initial meeting Of
The Roanoke Colony Memorial As
sociation was held, and on October
%, 1894, at Raleigh, the organi-
zation was incorporated.
Thus began in 1894 the life of a
movement and a man whose path,
43 years later, were destined to
meet in the telling of the story Of
the mysterious "Lost Colony"
Paul Green grew up on his
fathers farm near Ellington, N. c.,
where a combination Of hard work
and peaceful, carefree hours mold
ed and shaped the artistic and
sensitive creativity which is found
in his works. Here his imagination
fed on the beauty and loneliness
Of the wide wields and sky, the
whites and negroes with whom he
worked and who were later to fig
ure SO prominently in his plays and
fiction.
Green entered the University Of
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NEW RESTAURANT is
OPENING SATURDAY
FOR ROANOKE Id.
To Cater to Groups In Addition
to Affordine Aeeommoda-
lions for Tourists. Residents

Roanoke Islands new food es-
tablishment, the Manteo Motel
Restaurant, is getting finishing
touches this week, and on Satur-
day, July / will open, providing
service thereafter from S a. m. to
midnight. 1t is located in a new
two-story brick building adjacent
to the motel, and features a coffee
shop downstairs and "The Roanoke
Room" upstairs, which is also
available for private parties and
banquets.
Paul Green, author of the Lost
Colony, on the coast this week end
for opening of the show, has
agreed to officiate at brief opening
ceremonies for the restaurant at
$50 p. m. Mr.. Green and other
Roanoke Island Historical Associa-
ton officials and Lost Colony per-
sonnet will be guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Burwell Evans at dinner at
this time.
Seating accommodations are pro-
vided for around 80 guests down.
stairs, and approximately 40 up
stairs, which may be arranged for
up to SO persons in banquet-style.
Special attention will be given in
the future to group luncheons or
dinners, a service which has not
heretofore been available on Roam
oke Island in private commercial
quarters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evans have operat-
ed the motel for seven years; in
addition to the business which at
tracted them to Manteo some ten
or more years ago. Mrs. Evans is
the former Ina Meekins, daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. Earl Meekins of
Burlington. Mr.. Evans is a native
of Georgia. 3D..
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FERRY DIRECTOR
TO BE STATIONED
IN MANTEO JULY !
Dennis Patrick. Hereford Native To
fiji Newly Created Job

State Highway Director w. F.
babcock announced Wednesday the
ppointment of Dennis w. Patrick,
10, to direct the States coastal
erry operations.
Patrick will hold the title of
Ferry Operations Manager" and
ill set up headquarters at Manteo
bout July /, Babcock said.
The job is a new one and indi-
ates the emphasis being placed on
he operation of State-owned fer
les by the Highway Department.
In the past, each coastal ferry
as been under the command of
he Highway Department engineer
the division in which the ferry
perates.
Hartford Native
Patrick, a native of Hartford, will
e IN charge of all ferries and will
eport directly to Chief Engineer
cameron Lee, Babcock said.
The State now runs four sep
rate ferry services for tourists
nd Tar Heel motorists, including
be recently State-purchased toll
erry between the mainland town
( Atlantic and Carteret County
nd the Outer Banks island of Oc-
hcoke.
The toll-free ferry services that
|atrick will direct operate: /.
cross Alligator River between
|andy Point in Tyrrell County and
last Lake in Dare County; 2.
Gross Oregon Inlet between Mays
lead and Hatteras Island in Dare
county; and 8. across Hatteras In
t between Hatteras Village in
are County and Ocracoke Island
Hyde County.
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BIG CELEBRATION
IN BELHAVEN FOR
FOURTH OF JULY
Attractions Include Sudan Drill
Team, Fireworks. Parade. Fish
Fry and Other Events

"Bigger and better than ever" is
the aim of the Belhaven American
Legion, sponsoring group for the
independence Day Celebration.
Everyone is invited to come and
enjoy the variety program for the
day.
The celebration will start off
with a bang; The Sudan Temple
Patrol Drill Team will lead off at
1880 with a drill performance and
the big parade will get going at
11:15; others participating will be
the Washington Grays and the
Washington High School Band.
Candidates for the Title of "Miss
independence" will be featured in
the parade, and will be judged at
that time and will be crowned at
the teen-age dance that night.
A new feature of the celebration
is the boat parade on the Pungo
River at 800 P. M. replacing the
usual fireworks display. Spotlights
and rockets will light decorated
boats as they float down the river.
At noon there will be the usual
free fish fry at the Community
center followed by a concert by the
Washington High School Band.
Other features of the day are a
water ski show at 500 A. II. A
bicycle race at 1000, greasy pole
climbing contest at 1870, pie eating
contest at 200, greasy pig contest
at 500 and a baseball game with
the Beaufort County All Stars at
800.
There will be two dances, the
teen-age dance at the Community
Center beginning at 800 and an
adult dance at the Legion Hut also
beginning at 900.
The Sudan Temple Drill Team is
composed of IS members from New
Bern, Kinston, Havelock, Dover,
Bayboro, Jacksonville, Vanceboro,
Washington and Pantego. There
are ITO movements in their drill
which is executed with no COM
mands except by whistle. The pa
troll has won high honors in preci-
sion drill in Los Angeles, Chicago,
Miami, New York and Washington,
D. C. and other cities where the
Imperial Council meeting has been
held. Officers of the unit are jim
mie Silverthorne, Captain; Sam
Cook, LIST. It., Jimmie Ipock, End.
1t. The patrol colors are red, white
green and yellow.
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WATERWAYS MEETING
SET FOR NEXT. THURS

There will be a meeting of the
Dare County Waterways Improve
ment Committee Thursday evening,
July s, at the Dare County Court
house at 1880 pm. for discussion
and planning of a program to pro-
mote an increase in the Dare Coun-
ty waters. In addition to discuss
ing fishing program for 1861 so,
small waterways dredging prob
lens will be discussed and plans
outlined how these may be taken
care of.
All interested parties from Hyde,
Tyrrell, Currituck and Camden
counties and anyone Interested In
the waterways problems Of the up
per Pamlico and Currituck Sound
are cordially invited to attend this
meeting.
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OCRACOKE PLANS
USUAL FOURTH OF
JULY CELEBRATION
Plans 60 Ahead Despite BIaekoui
Caused by lightning; Marines
and Red Cross Aid in Re.
storing Electricity

Ocracoke is recovering from a
"blackout" suffered when sharp
thunderstorm Sunday afternoon
blew out the largest of the three
generators used by the REA plant.
This caused an overload on the
two diesels, and one of these blew
piston at six o'clock Tuesday
morning. This left one 60KW out
fit to furnish power for the island,
and the power kept going off and
on.
Telephone service to the main
land was out of order, as the tele-
phones depend on the power plant
for message transmission. lmmedi-
ately, however, the Carolina Tele-
phone Co. sent someone. The old
Coast Guard line was used to con-
tact Mrs. Gordon Kellogg, Red
Cross Home Service chairman in
Manteo, and according to grateful
Ocracoke residents, Mrs. Kellogg
took over and handled the situation
wonderfully. She contacted Civil
Defense in Raleigh to try to locate
la portable unit. There was none
nearer than one in Raleigh and 1t
was too small. Finally two rs XIV
units were located at Cherry Point
and sent Wednesday on the Atlantic
ferry. The REA engineers INSTALL
ed them but the motors still need
led synchronizing. Power has been
Furnished to hotels, motels and cot
See OCRACOKE. Page -Four
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p will its
premiere the e "A
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Of the o
Sian a rights S
child English New
fom Roanoke he
Theatre
oweedlat Paul will
dlecNing efornces
fom Aoughs
(AycokB Phohs)
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COL. AND MRS. JAYNES SELL
BUXTON HOME: MOVE, TRYON

After three and a half years at
Buxton, where he built a large
home Col. Alfred B. Jaynes, and
Mrs. Jaynes are moving to Tyron,
having sold their home to Ed and
Helen Lightner of Washington, Pa.
Mrs. Jaynes is the former DR..
Grace Harris who thought she had
retired, but there is no retirement
for q doctor on the Outer Banks.
She has been rendering yeon1an
service 10 her new neighbors, DUR
ing her stay at Cape Hatteras, but
doesn't expect 10 continue her med
ical practice IN TyTon. They expect
y build . home right away n <hs
Polk County hills.