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MIDGET
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tor many years been engaged in
the light and power business and
is now President of the Pamlico
Light & Power Co. which served
Hyde County and the Dare main
land. He is former president of
the Southern Albermarle Associa-
ton, and is a leader in civic and
church work in the area.
He is an active Methodist ana
for more than 20 years he has
taught the Mems Bible class Of the
Engelhard church. He is an active
Rotarian and a past District gov
ernor. He is a Mason, director
of the East Carolina bank. di-
rector of the American Small Bust
ness organization with a headquart-
ers in Chicago, and a director Of
the N. c. Development corporation.
Mrs. Midget, is the former Miss
Virginia Britain Of Suffolk, Vir-
ginia. They have four children.
In the past legislative session
MIR. Midget was a member Of the
Senate Finance committee as well
as member Of several other COM
mittees.
In announcing his candidacy Mr..
Midget said "I'm vitality interested
in improving our economic life
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That's Telling Hint

Calvin Payne, recently retired post
master of Stumpy Point, and a
longtime member and chairman of
the Dare County Board of Educa-
ton; also Capt. Pennell A. Tillett,
from Kitty Hawk who served some
eight years as county tax super
visor, and was fired last year by
the county board to make room
for a more expensive set-up in this
department, whereby more people
are employed than before. The hir-
ing and firing power exercised by
the Board, while calculated per-
haps to make votes in some cir
cles is a two-edged sword which
can cut another way, when welded
by the hands of a citizenship that
is reused as much as it now ap-
pears to be against the unreason-
able tax levy. Much complaint is
made that no effort appears in the
making to have a just and equitable
quadrennial reassessment, in 1862
in Dare County, in order that all
taxpayers may have fairer deal,
although the county has been col
lecting special levy for four years
to pay for this job. 1t is anybody's
guess what has been done with
the money, for the Board deemed
it necessary this year to make a
sharp increase in taxes in order
to balance the greatly increased
appropriations.
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Mems dinner; Wives of Bearded
Mems dinner, Mrs. Margaret Davis;
Pirate Landing Clarence Butler;
Parade, Alvah Ward; Treasure
Hunt, Mrs. Phyllis Stick; Trophy
Committee, Dick Purser; Corona
ton Committee, Mrs. Alvah Ward;
Teen-age dance and activities, Mrs.
Lawrence Swain; jolly Roger Ball,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Jordan;
Grand Pirate Ball, w. H. Smith
and Orville Baum; and Program
Advertising, Mrs. Virgie Cox.
Some of the committee chairmen
named are still listed as tentative
as they were not present for the
meeting when appointed. There will
be another meeting Sunday after
noon. January Ia, at the Anchor
Club of The Carolinian here for
adoption of budget.
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POLITICS
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be dominated by one man. Com
plant is made that some areas OF
the county are not receiving proper
consideration, and the greatest
complaint is that the present board
has raised taxes about a third,
while making no effort to reduce
county expenses. On the other
hand, the trend seems to be toward
waste and extravaganza, and many
additional jobholders, without pre-
vious experience in county govern
ment have been put on the payroll.
In fact, it is obvious that operat-
ing the county now costs double
the cost of few years ago.
Several board members are be-
ing quoted as saying they will not
run again. One member says it il
no use to attend meetings, since
nobody pays any attention to him,
and he can't get a word in edge
wise about the needs of his own
locality.
4. Several persons are viewing the
Sheriff,s office with the idea that
here is a good job for a newcom
er. In addition to the ease that
comes from practically no law en-
forcement activity, the office ha
now been re ieved of the respons
bility of collecting taxes, the tra
ditionally important function of this.
office in Dare County, and a sep
arate tax division has been set up,
calculated to cost $4,000 or so a
year, while the Sheriff's Office is
allowed an unprecedented amount
of about $4,000 whereby he can
keep a lot Of deputies on the pay
ron.
Among men mentioned rs candi-
dates for county commits Toner are
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DRUG INDUSTRY SPEAKER
AT LIONS CLUB TUESDAY

i The lives of two million Ameri-
cans have been saved by the sulfa
and antibiotic drugs in the last 20
ears, a spokesman for the phar-
laceutical industry told the Man
60 Lions Club Tuesday night.
The speaker, Paul Greer, of
american Cyanamid Company's
ederle Laboratories, said new
drugs save both lives and dollars.
IS an example, he cited the present
lay treatment Of pneumonia.
with today's antibiotic, deaths
ON pneumonia are rare" he ex-
,lained, "and the average cost Of
eating the illness is less than one
undred dollars compared with
l1out a thousand dollars prior to
eibiotics."
He also pointed out that in many
es drugs even avert the need
i surgery. "Antibiotics have vir-
ually eliminated mastoiditis, the
painful ear infection which only q
few years ago almost invariably re
suited in surgery and sometimes in
loss Of hearing" Il
To develop new drugs, the speak
er said, the drug industry snends
millions Of dollars for research. In
1858 industry research expenditures
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CENSUS BUREAU WILL
COLLECT INFORMATION

The January Current Population
Survey will include special ques-
tions on plans to purchase automo-
biles, television sets, washing mach
ines, and refrigerators, the U. S.
Census Bureau has announced. This
is part of quarterly survey being
made at the request of the Federal
Reserve Board for use in a national
study of consumer buying trends.
At the request of the Defense
Department, home owners in the
Current Population Survey panel
will be asked if they nave fallout
shelter or if they intend to install
one within the next IL months.
Another special question will cover
television set ownership. This ques-
ton is being asked at the request
of the Advertising Research Foun-
dation.
The special questions on con-
sumner buying plans, television set
ownership, and fallout shelters are
in addition to the regular inquiries
on employment and unemployment
which are asked each month in the
Current Population Survey.
The Current Population will be
conducted here and in 1892 other
sample areas of the country during
the week of january Is. Infor-
nation will be collected locally by:
Mrs. Virginia L. Davis of Wan
cheese.
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PARK
Continued from Page One)

Foundations, set up by Alisa Bruce
Mellon and Paul Mellon, children
of Andrew Mellon. BY August, 1862
a land acquisition office had been
opened in Manteo. On January IL,
1858, enough land had been acquir-
ed so that Cape Hatteras National
Seashore Recreational Area could
be formally established.
The first ranger in the new part
of the national park system was
Gustaf P. Huffman, who came to
work in May, 1853. In March of the
following year, Allyn F. Hanks, the
first superintendent, arrived. By
the end of January, 1866, all Of the
key positions in the new organiza-
ton were filled.
Since then many things have
been done. National park officials
located surplus Navy craft which
were converted into ferries so that
the State could improve service
across the inlets. Architects in the
Park Service designed the Coquina
Beach shade structure, something
new under the sun, and it was built
to provide recreational facilities
on Bodie Island. Dune sterilization,
beach protection, sand fencing were
begun. A small Museum Of the Sea
was started in the former light
house keepers quarters near Cape
Hatteras, and a National History
museum begun near the Bodie Is
land light. The first program of
colored slides with a recorded talk
to show the attractions of this part
of the Outer Banks was presented
to park visitors.
During the administration Of
Superintendent Gibbs, who came in
November, 1857, utility areas were
built on Bodie and Hatteras Islands.
Storm damage from two hurricanes
was repaired, extensive dune re-
habilitation started, and further
progress made on all fronts. Camp
grounds and swimming areas were
set up on all the islands, dune
ramps and parking areas provided
for easier access to the beaches. A
self guiding nature trail was con-
structed in the Buxton Woods. A
regulated hunting of waterfowl was
put into effect.
Travel to Cape Hatteras Nation
al Seashore has increased and in
1861 reached a total of $4,000
visitors. Further increases can be
expected when the Alligator River
bridge and the bridge-tunnel across
the mouth of Chesapeake Bay are
completed. Indeed, the year is prob
ably not far distant when the l.
100000 or more visitors year fore
seen by early hackers of the pro-
iect will become reality.
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here in this district. We need more
industry, we need to encourage
more tourist trade, and we need to
find ways and means of keeping our
young folks here at home by provid-
ing job opportunities. l shall con-
tinue to work hard to- improve our
lot in every possible way. If / am
nominated and elected, / shall
do my best to serve our people
faithfully"
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JAMBOREE
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the Dare County phase of the cele-
bration this year will be a national
go-cart race. The feasibility of hay-
ing the races on the main streets
of Manteo is under consideration.
Joe Dowdy is chairman of the Co
Cart races planned.
Chairmen Of other events plan
ned for the Dare Beaches area
inclutied: Julian Oneto, caravan
junkets; Dick Austin, Bearded
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SCHOOL AND YOUR CHILD
By JOHN CORTY, ASTC
Are You a Teachers Pet Peeve?

As a parent, you probably have
your pet peeves so far as school is
concerned. They send you to many
notes, or they don't keep you well
enough informed; they think Jun
ior has nothing to do but school
work, or they aren't challenging"
Junior.
Well, teachers have their pet
peeves among parents, too. Here
are some of them, and you may
want to check how you rate on the
peeve list:
/. Parents who forget the milk
or lunch money. Classes have been
known to clip teacher for her en-
tire Monday paycheck.
2. Parents who send Junior to
kindergarten or primary classes in
clothes they can't manage boots
too small for the shoes, snowpants
with clover-leaf zippers. coats with
one-inch buttons and half-inch but
tonholes.
8. Parents who let kid brother
"a -schooler) visit" school.
(Such kid brothers are usually
itchy, noisy, damp, dirty, and COM
tpletely impossible.)
A. Parents who never visit school
Tor go to PTA meetings but know all
about the teachers-and tell every
one. Usually the widest fabrica-
tions, of course.
5. Parents who send their children
to school when they are coming
down with the measles, flu, chicken
pox, or tummy ache-cr before they
recover. There's the parent who
sends the bottle reading, Juniors
cough syrup-one teaspoonful each
hour on the hour, please"
6. Parents who ignore the care
fully worded warnings on Juniors
report card for five straight grad
ing periods and at the end of the
year come believing into the
I schoolroom demanding to know
what teacher means by flunking
Junior in arithmetic.
z. Parents who demand to know
why Junior isn't in the fast reading
group, after listening to the half
hour exposition of the school policy
at PTA early in the year.
8. Parents who slyly pry for jun
ior's I. @. when they know that
| school policy is to issue only gener-
al information because !. Q. scores
are not exact measures anyway.
9. Parents who are PTA bigwigs
knocking and saying, 'sI'm SO sorry
| to interrupt, but we have to re-
cruit volunteers for the Super Cir
Gus. Would you mind tending the
water pistol booth?" cts not so
much that teacher minds tending
the booth, but she gets plenty OF
| interruptions anyway
10. Parents who swallow every
childish evasion of the truth that
Junior devised to explain any poor
mark he gets particularly the eva
sion that goes, sShe's always pick
ing on me-"
Teachers know that parents are
human, and they forgive lot. But
teachers are human beings too, and
] they appreciate all the help they
/ can get. Remember Juniors last
birthday party? Think Of having
to superintend that bunch every day
for 100 days.
Editors Note: Readers having ques-
tons concerning education are in
vited to send inquiries to School
and Your Child, Appalachian State
Teachers College, Boone, N. G.
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RANGE
Continued from Page One)
another.

another.
Programs instituted by these
companies, which would be ham,
pered by this establishment in Tyr
rell, could easily involve hundreds
of thousands of acres in nearby
counties, including Dare, Hyde and
Washington.
Establishment of a bombing
range in this highly inflammable
area undoubtedly would result in
huge forest fires which could de-
stroy much of the timber. The or
ganic soil existing in the area
burns to a depth of several feet in
dry weather. These peat fires have
been known to burn for weeks and
are impossible to extinguish, ex-
cept by inundation. Fire barriers,
which are used to contain most
forest confagrations, are useless in
this area since sparks carry for
several miles under certain wealth
er conditions.
The paper company's West Vir-
ginia) evaluation of the fire stu
alton is based partially on exper-
fence gained a few years back
when a similar bombing range was
established on lands in South Car
DINA. Fire from bombing and flares
used in nighttime operations caus-
ed numerous fires, not only on the
target site, but also on lands miles
away from the target area-and
this on land not nearly as infam-
mable as those in North Carolina.
In the opinion of forest experts,
fire hazards of these proportions
would make it impossible to oper-
ate the land as a tree farm and
PROBABLY would eliminate the pres
ent forest development program, al
lowing the land to revert to sub
marginal quality. This, in turn,
would cause a loss in tax revenue
and a loss in much-needed jobs
The company is spending nearly q
quarter of a million dollars annual
ly to manage and improve the
Tyrrell County properties.
Logging activity on the Tyrrell
County lands now is at a high
level and is expected to increase,
provided the land can be managed
for timber production and protected
from fire. Proposals to build bomb
ing ranges in the territory indi-
cate lack of knowledge of ground
conditions and a disregard for the
possibility of devastating timber
lands of an entire county.
A group from Tyrrell County
representing the Columbia Rotary
Club conferred with Congressman
Herbert C. Bonner in Washington,
N. c. last week in connection with
the suggested site. They were: Rep.
w. J. White, ST., Borden McClees,
Harry P. Swain, H. T. Davenport
and d. M. Darden.
While few people dispute the
need for defense training installa-
tons, major question is whether
the important forest resources of
the region should be jeopardized
when there are many sizeable
tracts of little value to anyone
which could be used for this pur-
pose.
The proposal to locate the range
In the area of Lake Mattamuskeet,
announced several weeks ago by
Defense Department officials, has
drawn sharp criticism, and thou
sands of letters of protest have
been filed with Senators and Con-
gressmen representing the area. A
hearing is scheduled for this month
IN Washington before the Armed
Services Committee of the House
in reference to the Hyde County
matter.
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SHARPE
Continued from Page One)

mark the first time any state has
been described county by county
with so much detail and background
included.
Volume III has chapters on. An
son, Bladen, Catawba, Chowan,
Cleveland, Craven, Cumberland,
Currituck, Edgecombe, Graham,
Harnett, Jackson, Lenoir, Lincoln,
Macon, Madison, Montgomery,
Northampton, Pamlico, Fender,
Polk, Sampson, Surry, Stanly,
Washington, Yancey.
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amounted to s17O,0Oo,OOO, and this
year research spending will total
$4,000, 900.
Al large attendance present at
this meeting, and members Of the
Lions club may. review the past
year with pride, taking note Of
many worthwhile accomplishments
in 1861.
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sy EULA N. GREENWOOD

NO DOUBT 3. Here we are, less
than 80 months away from the
Democratic Primary to nominate
the next candidate for Governor,
and nobody butlnobody has any idea
who it will be.
Even you dear reader, have as
good chance as anybody else. Why
not try it? The field has never been
more wide-open.
About this time two years ago
Cloyd Philpott of Lexington, then
running for Speaker of the House,
began to see that Joe Hunt of
Greensboro had it in the bag. Since
he had spent right, much time MAX
ing contacts for the position, Phil
pott decided to try for similar posi-
ton in the State Senate-Lieuten-
ant Governor.
He did successfully, but died
in office less than ten months after
taking the oath. Most Democrats
agree that, were Cloyd Philpott
living today, there would be no
doubt as to who our next Governor
would be.
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Little minds are tanned and sub
dued by misfortune, but great
minds rise above it.
Washington Irving
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We CLEAN spiritual harvests from
our own material losses.
Mary Baker Eddy
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MERRY CHRISTMASI :. This
sweet little lady received one day
in her Christmas cards "a real
pretty one" from one Hugh Alex
ander.
She was having hard time plac-
ing who this old acquaintance
might be. But then someone remind
ed her that Mr.. Alexander is her
new Congressman-thanks to the
redistricting done by the Legisla-
ture last year-and this fall she will
have her first opportunity to vote
for him.
1t comes to US pretty straight
that N. C. Congressman involved
in the shake-up have had a merry
old time of it these past six months
exchanging mailing lists and what
have-you.
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CLIMAX? As you watched
him, debonair, blue eyes flashing,
dressed impeccably, Barrymorish
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swagger to his walk, It was hard to
realize as he swung about old
haunts In Raleigh last week that
the man would be q solid SIS come
this July 26.
That same month he will be OBJ
serving the 28th anniversary Of his
election TO Congress. We refer to
one Harold Dunbar Cooley, dean of
North Carolina Congressman, chair
man of the powerful House Agri-
culture Committee, and one Of the
few balanced" Democrats left.
By balanced, we mean that the
conservatives think he is too liberal
and the liberals think he is too
conservative. You can't hardly find
that kind no more. Is he too old to
be Governor? We think not. If Har-
old D. Cooley could be persuaded to
climax a sparkling political ca
reer with a try for Governor, the
Democrats would have little to fear
from Charles Jonas.
REPEAT BUSINESS, If
State Senator Max Thomas finds
via the courts that North Carolina
is in fact entitled to an election
for Lieutenant Governor this year
then two of the three who ran neck
and-neck for the post in 1860 are
expected to be candidates again.
We refer to David M. Nee onneli,
Charlotte attorney, and former
State Senator C. v. Henkel of
Statesville. And, of course, Thomas
himself has served three
terms in the State Senate and is
one Of Henkel's close friends, will
run for the office. Thomas lives
in Union Co.
Attorneys around Raleigh ex-
press the opinion privately that
there is better than $3.50 chance
that the 1t. Gov. vacancy will be-
filled this year.
Those attempting to call the
shots for 1864 will be awaiting the
courts decision with nail-biting i'm
patience.
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BETTER INTEREST? -. Don't
be surprised if some North Carolina
savings and loan firms soon raise
their interest rates to four-and-one-
half per cent.
The big national magazines are
filled with neat advertisements
from the West Coast pleading for
funds at Az per cent for the saw
ings and loan companies of that
area. Pressure is also being applied
right here in North Carolina. Led
by First Citizens and Waccamaw
Bank & Trust Co., score of snal-
Ter banking institutions,in the State
have within the past month raised
interest on savings to four per
cent.
One Of the balance wheels OF
North Carolina is its strong fl
nancial institutions. Solid and de-
pendable.
NOTES T. H. Woodland, viii
son County House member, cele-
brated his Goth birthday on Deem
Der 3 candidate for Speaker
of the House, Rep. Woodland has
now renewed his campaign after
being laid out a few days with an.
attack of pneumonia ~. Goldsboro
Lawyer Lindsay Warren, Jr., SON
of former Comntroller Cen lind
cay Warren, Washington, N. G.,
State Senator, is expected to am
nounce soon for the Senate !.
against tough opposition.
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TIRED -. Incidentally, did YOU
hear about the couple who always
got tired PARKWAY through their
Christmas list ;. and suddenly dis
covered to their dismay that their
friends names start with the let
ters A through K? /?
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CONGRESSIONAL DINNER (. !.
On Wednesday evening, january "a,
North Cardinals two Senator's, the
Congressmen-and any wives who
are in Washington and wish to at
tend-will be guests of the Carolina
Society of Association Executives
at dinner to be held in the Sher-
aton-Park Hotel in the Nationals
capital.
Officials of CSAE say there will
be no speech-making y. just an
informal dinner to follow the U. S.
Chamber of Commerce reception in
connection with its first National
Affairs Conference on January "a
|25.
CSAE is Raleigh organization
in North Carolina.