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METHODIST CHURCH
HAD BEGINNING IN FAIRFIELD

The first Methodist groups in
the Engelhard area held their
services in homes. 1t is told
that sometimes in the summer
they would have services under
large oak tree in the yard of
what is now Mr.. Charlie Swim
dell's old home place. For a
while they met in a vacant
building that stood where R.
L. Gibbs and Company now have
their business. Later they met
in school building that was
located behind the place where
the w. H. Cox Service Station
now stands. This school building
became a tenant house on the
i. B. Watson property and still
stands there, vacant now.
In 1877 the Engelhard Metho-
dists bought the Fairfield
Methodist Church building when
the Fairfield congregation built
a new church. This wooden
b uilding was moved to
Engelhard and located. on the
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EXPANSION PLANS
FOR THE BELHIAVEN
HOSPITAL SHAPING
Contract for Work Expected
to Be Let on Sepfem-
Der 10

Federal, State and local ar
chitects are working on plans
for a $125,0O addition to Pungo
District Hospital at Belhaven
Contracts for the work are ex-
pected to be let September 10,
according to w. P. O'Neal,
president .of the Hospital
Board.
Overall plans for the work
have been approved, and the
Duke Endowment has made a
grant to it.
New facilities will include
a modern emergency room, a
storeroom for. hospital equip
ment, a conference and doctors
room, labor room, delivery
room, sterilizing and supply
room and operating room. The
business office will be enlarged,
as will the laboratory and x
ray department, and a formula
and nursery work room will be
added.
The extra room will permit
four beds to be added to the "a
the hospital now has, and fu-
ture plans call for an addition
al 20 beds to meet community
needs.
Under the present program,
$500 square feet of floor space
will be added, and some of the
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MANIC PERSONALS

Mrs. Josie Bennett of Rocky
Mount and her sister, Mrs. Cole
train, were at the Elizabethar
Garden Tuesday, planting wild
flowers.
Manteo school officials last
week enormously omitted the
name of Margaret Leatherman
from the Manteo School honor
roll.
Miss Nancy Coles Basnight
spent last week end at Camp
Milestone near Ellerbe, and took
an instructors course. Miss Bas-
night will be counsellor at the
camp this summer and will
teach crafts.
Mrs. Rennie Williamson is in
New Bern attending the meet
ing of the N. C. Federation of
Music Clubs, of which she is
treasurer. She was accompanied
by Mrs. Julian Oneto of Mays
Head. Joining them Thursday
was Mrs. John Bell of Manteo,
who appeared as piano soloist
at the banquet Thursday night.
Mrs. Julia C. Gray is a patient
in the Albemarle Hospital,
Elizabeth City. Mrs. Gray had
as her recent quests her sister,
Mrs. Mildred M. Mott of Wash
ington, D. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. X. Fear
ing, Jr., had as guest last week
end Mrs. Fearing's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. v. Simpson Of
Burlington; and Miss Alette
Van Aardenne of Zaamdam,
Holland, exchange student at
Chowan College, Murfreesboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Weaver
and daughter, Becky Sue of
Rock Hill, S. c., last week end
visited Mr.. Viewers brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Weaver, who returned
to Rock Hill with, them, hav-
ing been called there by the
death of an uncle, Bill Bagley.
Mrs. Herbert Greet is in
Elizabeth City with the Henry
Parkers. Mrs. Parker, her
daughter is a patient in the AL
bemarle Hospital.
On Monday Mrs. Greet and
Mrs. H. A. Greet, Jr. visited
another daughter, Mrs. j. w.
Ewes in Norfolk.
Mrs. w. w. Harvey, Jr.
and children spent the week end
in Portsmouth with their par
ents and grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. H. Nelson.
Officials of Manteo Elemen-
tary school, by error, omitted
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| TYRRELL COURT
CONNECTS FIVE
IN THEFT CASES

COLUMBIA. - In Tyrrell
County Superior Court last
week, with Judge Rudolph /
Mintz of Wilmington presiding
Richard Irwin Morris and Cor
nelius Mitchell, Negroes, charg-
ed with grand larceny and con
spiracy to commit a felony
pleaded guilty to both counts
and were sentenced to. five tc
seven years on the first count
and seven to nine years on the
second, to run concurrently. The
charge resulted from the theft
of about $3.50 from the Tyrrell
Hardware Store and attempted
larceny in w. j. Whites 81 to
81 store.
Three. women, Barbara Jean
Holden, Inez r. Williams and
Hannah Riddick, negroes, were
convicted of implication in both
cases. Witnesses testified that
the Holden and Williams woman
We're in the w. j. White store
when the theft took place there,
and that the Holden and Riddick
women were in the Hardware
store when the robbery attempt
occurred there.
Hannah Riddick was given
from three to five years on the
first count and four to six years
on the second, to run concur
rently.. Barbara Jean Holden
was given three to four years on
the first count and four to six
years in the second, to run con-
currently. Inez r. Williams was
given Is months, suspended upon
the payment of one-fifth of the
court costs, and given five years
on probation.
Inez Spencer was convicted of
interfering with an officer in
line of duty and sentenced to
four months in prison, suspend
ed on payment of 500 and costs
and to remain on good behavior
for two years.
Rose Sykes, charged with
game and hunting violations,
was found not guilty.
Rupert Cooper, charged with
abandonment and non-support,
was found guilty and sentenced
to eight months on each count,
to run concurrently. Sentence
was suspended on payment of
SIS per week and $3.50 to
wife.
James Odds, who was placed
on probation for three years in
April, 1859, was released from
the probation Judgment at the
April term of Superior Court.
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JOHN E. BONNER, 81
OF SWAN QUARTER DIES

John E. Bonner, 81, of Swan
Quarter died Wednesday morn
ing. He was retired farmer, a
member of Soule Methodist
Church and was one Of its Oldest
members. Surviving are his
wife, Mrs. Matte Swindell Bon
ner; one son, Frank Bonner of
Seattle, Wash; one granddaugh-
ter. Funeral services were con-
Quoted at 8 pm. Thursday at
Soule Methodist Church by the
Rev. j. A. Williams. Burial was
in Soule Cemetery.
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DEM NSTRATION CLUB
MEETS IN COLUMBIA

COLUMBIA-The Town and
Country Home Demonstration
Club, meeting Thursday night
in the home of Mrs. D. F. Co
hoon, was given a demonstra-
ton on painting Your Interior
Walls" iby the Tyrrell County
Assistant Home Agent, Miss
Chase Collins.
In the absence of Home Man
agement Leader Mrs. Cecil Lii
ley, Mrs. J. w. Withers gave the
leader report on "Are Wakes
Running Our Kitchen Floors"
The president, Mrs. Lonnie
Liverman, announced the illness
of the home agent, Mrs. Ann E.
Davenport, and that it was Mrs.
Davenport's birthday. The club
voted to have a potted plant de-
livered to her home. The presi-
dent commended members for
their participation in the dis
trict meeting held in Columbia,
and announced that ihostesses
for May would be Mrs. Ernest
Roughton and Mrs. Gene Sim
mons.
Miss Collins made the home
demonstration announcements:
Craft Camp at East Carolina
College June 1914; Farm and
Home Week at State College
June 1922, and the first curb
market to be May rs. Mrs.
Louise A. Hales was made publ
city chairman. Devotionals were
given by Mrs. d. F. Cohoon.
The hostesses, Mrs. D. F. Co
hoon and Mrs. Clyde S. Sawyer,
served refreshments. Others at
tending were Mrs. Lonnie Liver
man, Miss Chase Collins, Mrs.
Ronald Reynolds, Mrs. Ernest
Roughton, Mrs. Billy Cox, Mrs.
Roland Riddick, Mrs. Abner
Harrell, Mrs. j, w. Withers and
Mrs. Louise A. Hales.
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MATCHA PUNGC
CLUB IN BELHAyEN
BEGUN IN I94q

Il The Matcha Pungo Garden
Club Of Belhaven was organized
January 81, 1949, at the home
OF Mrs. E. G. Winstead with Is
membsrss The first Officers
elected were Mrs. James Younce
president; Mrs. William w. Bull
lock- VIDE president; Mrs. Cora
RundR. secretary; Mrs. Jesse
TaylQfs treasurer and Mrs. M.
y. iRdley, historian.
The club chose as their flow
srs the rose and green and white
as their colors. The first project
sof the club was Identification
Of the Comm unity house
grounds; since then shrubbery
has been planted at the center
an dishes, Grapes and chairs
have also been purchased by the
club.
Shrubbery has been planted at
the Fannie Mebane Ralph Me-
mortal Library, Health Center
and the Pungo District Hospital.
The club has sponsored various
tree plantings as well as spear
headed cleanup drives working
toward city Identification.
Two Garden club members are
serving on the Belhayen Com
Munity Cemetery Commission;
plans for the cemetery were
were drawn by Richard Bell,
landscape architect of Raleigh.
IS. y The club has sponsored six
foyer shows in the Community
Center, five of which were
standard shows. Following the
Tower show in November the
club applied for the Purple Rib
bon award. This is a National
Award, awarded to only two
clubs in the state per year and
il awarded on the basis of the
quality and originality of the
staging and arrangements on
display.
Il Presidents who have served
the club in addition to Mrs.
yonnce are, Mrs. Jesse Taylor,
Mrs. George Clark, Mrs. H. L.
pildag, Mrs. Vann Latham and
Mrs. Sarah Latham.
y The club will continue spon-
sorine shiubbery sales and the
supervision of shrnbbery plant
ings at the Community Center,
Hospital, Library and Health
Center as well as a continuous
Iitterhug campaign" A cleaner
town and q more beautiful one is
IT, goal, f.
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existing hospital departments
will be remodeled.
The hospital opened its doors
July A, 1919. 1t was the first
hospital built in North Carolina
under the Halliburton program,
and was financed with State
and Federal funds as well as
local donations. 1t is operated
son a non-profit basis.
Among the most active spon-
sors of the hospital was the
late Fred P. Latham, and a
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stands. The building that was
moved from Fairfield was used
as the Methodist Church until
the present Church building was
| started in 1922. When no longer
needed it was sold to Mr.. Donald
Watson who rebuilt it into an
attractive dwelling for his fam
lily. 1t is still being used by the
Watson family. {.
One of the chief motives that
prompted the buying and NOV
ing to Engelhard of the Fair
field Church was to cause the
closing of the numerous saloons
at Engelhard. There was a law
at that time that no saloon could
operate within two miles of a
Church.
The first Official Board of the
Church was composed Of: Sam
uei n. Spencer, Thomas Marion
Davis, Capt. Samuel Hawkes.
Spencer; Israel Burrus Watson,
Arson Spencer Gibbs, John Mon
roe Clayton, Joseph Simmons.
Each of these men subscribed
$50 to have the Fairfield build
ing, which was located on the
present Roland Jones farm,
moved to Engelhard. This was
before Fairfield village was
built up.
The Engelhard congregation
was served by the Methodist
minister of Amity Church. He
held services on second and
fourth Sunday afternoons at
Engelhard. The congregation
held Sunday School services
every Sunday afternoon.
The Methodist Sunday School
twas organized in 1871 by a Pres
byterian who was teaching at
the Academy located beside
Amity Church in the building
now used by the Masonic
LODGE; an Episcopalian named
Picard; and a Methodist, l. b.
Watson.
AS early as, 1908 the congre-
cation was making plans to
build a new Church and began to
raise money for the building
!, project. The coming of the First
| World War delayed the build
| ing for a number of years. The
present brick church was started
in 1922. 1t was dedicated June
%, 1882.
In 1888 the new church build
| ing was severely damaged by a
hurricane. 1t had to be abandon
ed in 1941 and Sunday School
and church services were held in
the Engelhard school building
during the time the repairs were
being made. A new roof was
put on the church building and
the Sunday School section was
again disable. No more work on
| the building was done at that
thine because of the difficulties
of getting materials during the
| World War II period.
In 1949 further renovations
were begun, the work being done
at intervals until 1851. During
this period the Sunday School
portion Of the building was ar
ranged, the walls plastered, the
woodwork painted, the floors re-
paired, and a furnace capable
Of heating the whole building
when needed was installed. This
Sunday School section was used
FLOR both Sunday School and
Church services.
In 195s-1959 the exterior Of
the church building was water
PROCEED and the sactuary was
rebuilt, at a cost Of $4,000. The
sanctuary now has a worshipful
atmosphere with a handsome
new altar and matching altar
rail, slender wooden cross high
on the wall, also brass candle
sticks and cross on the altar.
Additional improvements in
nfhar rarfc of tha huildino are
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revolving fund set up by the
Latham estate has made sub
stantial contributions to it.
Others in the community have
assisted the hospital with var
ious gifts over the years.
DR.. ]. T. Wright is chief of
the hospital staff. Serving with
him are DR.. Ellis G. Winstead,
DR.. William Reid, DR.. Joe Liver
man and DIR. Robert Sandy,
radiologist. Lonnie Moore is
business manager.
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MACS HEAD PERSONALS

Susan Woodall, Miss North
3 Caroline, arrived at Mays Head
On Sunday to spend a few days
! with her uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. Daughtry,
perpetrators of the Sir Walter
st Mays Head. Miss Woodall
NMas accompanied by her mother,
Mrs. Sue Woodall and her aunt,
Mrs. Jannes Thompson.
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P. T.. A. OFFICERS ELECTED

The Kitty Hawk p. 7. A. has
installed the following members
for 1962-1963. Mrs. Troy Beas-
ley, President Serving End
term); Mrs. John Forbes, Vice
President (serving second
term); Mrs. George Frank, Sec
rotary, and Mrs. Carl Gard,
Treasurer Serving End term)
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KITTY HAWK RsoNALs

Visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Edger
Perry last week end were Mrs.
Perry's brother and sister-in
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Stet-
son, of Norfolk.
the following names from the
honor roll last week. John Will.
son Nv and Dean Fearing.
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WANcHEsE PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Dorr OF
Richmond Va. visited her moth
er, Mrs. C. F. Harris, over the
week end.
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Breakdown by Agency
Symposium Set
At Jewish Center

A symposium on National
Jewish Book Month and 'the
centennial Of the military chap
laincy viii be held at 8 pm.
today in the Jewish Com
munity Center Building, 1929
Sixteenth street NV.
Participants will be Army
Chaplains Albert Dimont, Erwin
Preis, Leo Wolkow; Auxiliary
Chaplain Harry kaufman to the
Naval Hospital at Bethesda,
Md, and Jack Frankel, WASH
ington Area director Of the
Jewish Welfare Board.
Chaplain Morris A. Sandhaus,
chief Of the Veterans Admin
istration Chaplaincy Service,
will act as moderator.
The symposium is being spon-
sored by the Washington Armed
Services Committee Of the
Jewish Welfare Board.
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Middle us. Pay Grades
Show Coins of Negroes

department employment in the
middle grades was down SIS
per cent. from e,S97 to 4.158
There were 11,011 less people
working for State in June, 1862,
than there were in the same
month in 1861.
Treasury-Up 1913 per cen;
from SO per cent to 4.9 per
cent Of total employment which
was up 81 per cent.
Defense-Up 9.7 per cent
from 81 to So per cent Of the
total which declined IS pei
cent.
Justice-Up 32.9 per cent
from 1.9 to 2.3 per cent Of the
total, which was up 12.2 pei
cent.
Interior-Up SO per cent
from Is to rs of total employ
ment which was up 4 per cent
Agriculture-Up 1875 per cent
from 1.8 to 2 per cent Of total
employment which increased
7.6 per cent.
Commerce - Increased 21.6
per cent from 6 to IA per cent
which was down IA per cent.
Labor Department
Labor-Jumped 45.2 per cent
from 11.3 to 1875 Of total en-
ployment which was up 20.e
per cent.
Health, Education and We'll
fare-Up 24.S per cent from 8
to 1917 per cent Of total en-
ployment which was UP as per
cent.
Federal Aviation Agency -
Down 1.3 per cent where total
employment dropped lib per
cent. Despite drop in total en-
ployment. Negro per centage in
middle grades rose from 2 to
2.3 per cent Of total.
General Services Administra-
tion-Up 30.7 per cent from Sc
to rs Of total which increased
1874 per cent
National Aeronautics and
Space enthusiastically 74.4
per cent from 2.6 to 81 per
cent Of total which was up 45.6
per cent.
Housing and Home Finance
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BY JOSEPH YOUNG
star Staff Writer

The Civil Service Commits
sion's forthcoming proposal to
the new Congress to abolish the
present Government employe
adjective rating system may run
into strong opposition.
The opposition is due to come
from some of the Government
ernploye unions and their sup
porters In Congress.
The reason is that employe
leaders feel that adjustment Of
the present satisfactory, "un-
satisfactory" and outstanding"
rating system under which
more than 80 per cent of the
employees receive a "satisfac-
tory" rating-would destroy the
last hope Of keeping the in
grade salary raises on a more
or. less automatic basis.
Under the new pay reform
law, the csc has announced
that within-step salary raises
no longer will be automatic as
they were in the past. En-
ployes can only get within
grade pay raises If their work
IS sufficiently good to get the
written authorization of such
an increase from their super
visor.
The csc has said that q
satisfactory" performance rat
ing no longer will be a guar.
antee that an employe will gel
an within-step raise. as it was
in the past.
Consequently, employee lead.
ers suspect that the Commits
sion action to abolish the ad.
fective rating system is designed
to destroy any remaining link
between a satisfactory" rating
and within-step pay raises.
Employe leaders are deter
mined to make an issue be-
fore Congress Of the CSC's in
depreciation Of the new pa.
reform law. They feel that tn
Commissions Interpretation
too harsh and goes against tn
intent of Congress.
= Consequently, they want +
zee the satisfactory" and tn
rest Of the adjective rating
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IAgency-Up 32.4 per cent from
So to 81 per cent Of total en-
ployment which was up 2l3
per cent.
Atomic EngeryC Commission
Down So per cent Of total en-
ployment which was down %
per cent. even though the per
centage of total went from 2
to 81 per cent.
Government Printing Office
up 54.5 per cent from 6.3 to
8.5 Of total which was 1871 per
cent. -,-
Selective Service-Down IL
per cent while the total in
creased OF per cent.
Civil Service Commission
Increased 21.7 per cent from
IL to rs per cent Of total which
was up 1876 per cent.
United States Information
Agency-Down 40 per cent of
total which decreased by 23.4
per cent, even though percent
age of total went from 1872 to
1874 per cent.
Small Business Administra-
tion-Up 1929 per cent from
1.6 to 81 per cent Of total which
was up 23.8 per cent.
Interstate Commerce Com
mission-Up 21.9 per cent from
3.3 to 4 per cent Of total which
declined OIL per cent.
Railroad Retirement Board
Down 30 per cent Of total
which increased by IL per cent.
Labor Relations
National Labor Relations
Board-Up 22.7 per cent from
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12.5 to 1872 per cent Of total
which went up 1862 per cent.
Smithsonian Institution-Up
55.8 per cent from e.7 to 1913
per cent Of total which was up
IS per cent.
Federal Communications
Commission-Increased 12.5 per
cent from 4.S to So per cent of
total which was up 4.S per cent.
Securities and Exchange
Commission-Up 3o.4 per cent
from "A to 4.S per cent of total
which rose 1s.5 per cent.
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation-half Of the six
new employees are Negroes.
Federal Home Loan Bank
None Of the Is new employees
are Negroes.
Federal Trade Commission
Up 100 per cent from 3 to 3.e
per cent of total which in
creased 52.2 per cent.
Federal Power Commission
Up 1913 per cent from 2 to 81
per cent Of total which declined
1.8 per cent.
Soldiers Home-One Negro
was employed to bring the total
to three in the middle grades,
but total employment dropped
from 80 to rs persons for a rs
per cent decline.
In the comparable middle
seven grades Of the Postal Field
Service, Negro employment rose
IT. per cent from Sc to Sc Of
the total employment where
there was not much change.
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Rightist Party Wins
Buhomiun Elections

NASSAU. Bahamas. Nov. 81
(AP)-The United Bahamian
Party retained control Of the
House Of Assembly in yester-
days general elections, in
which women voted for the
first time in the history of
this British colony.
Unofficial and incomplete re-
turns showed the right-wing
United Bahamians won IL
seats, the Progressive and Lib
eral Party 0, independents 2.
and labor /. Returns for four
out island seats were in
complete.