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The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1962-07-06
By LAWRENCE MADDRY

Mrs. Eleazor Tillett, the
spirited spec of a lady shown
holding her great-granddaughter
in the photo above, is 81 years
old, Wanchese's oldest and cer-
tainly one of its spriest citizens.
She is the pride and joy of
five children, 13 grandchildren,
35-great-grandchildren and two
great-great grandchildren, who
look to her for advice, stories of
''the cid days" and an OCCASION
al ballad or two when, as she
says, "the spirit moves her."
Aunt "Leaz" as her children
call her, is one of the more re-
markable products of forgotten
era, when the buggy, square
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1962-07-06
ELEAZOR TILLETT, 81. OF WANCHESE
RECALLS EARLIER DAYS ON R. ISLAND
Communiys Oldest Citizen Remembers Childhood and
Romantic cour+shp Of Youth in 1906

dances, skirts to the shoe-tops
and wages of twenty-five cents
a day were common but vital
products Of the Wanchese way
of life.
Aunt LEAFS hearing is begin
ming to fade a bit, and her hands
are not as steady as when she
was, say go; but her mind is
as keen as a knife blade and
there's sparkle in her eve when
she's questioned about the old
days. You ask her about the
past; perhaps she doesn't hear
you and the question is asked
again. Then she responds, smiles,
and rears back excitedly in her
rocker and starts in with a hint
See EARLY DAYS, Page Four
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NEW TENTATIVE
BUDGET DRAFTED
AT K. D. HILLS
No Tax Increase Contemplated;
Final Action Set for
July ~

A tentative budget of $50, $50
for the fiscal year 1962-63 was
approved by the Board of Com
missioners of Kill Devil Hills at
a special meeting Tuesday.
The towns tax rate is to re-
main unchanged at IS cents per
500 property valuation.
Final action on the budget is
scheduled at a meeting of the
board Tuesday, July "a.
Limit OH Swimmers
An ordinance prohib i t in 6
swimming or bathing more than
SO yards beyond the high tide
mark, and barring power boats
from the area inside the 50-yard
limit, was adopted at the meet
ing. This parallels an ordinance
adopted recently by Virginia
Beach.
Swimmers may go beyond the
50-yard limit only with the ex-
press permission of police or life
guards on duty in the beach
area.
Also, the board approved two
resolutions. One calls on the De-
partment of Water Resources to
take steps to end the nuisance OF
tar on the beach. The tar, pump
ed as bilge out of tankers off the
coast, is tracked by bathers into
motels and cottages.
Engineers Tarred
Maj. ]. L, Murphy, mayor of
Kill Devil Hills, in laying the
resolution before the board, said
that after complaints had been
made to Raleigh, U. S. Army
Engineers from Wilmington
had visited the beach and not
only observed the tar but also
tracked a considerable amount
Of it away with them.
See BUDGET, Page Four
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RAINS DAMPEN
OBSERVANCE OF
FOURTH OF JULY
Notables Vacationing at Naes
Head Gather at Informal
Luncheon

Capricious weather that has
plagued the Dare Beaches all
season reached something of a
crescendo on the Fourth, when
rains varying between a drizzle
and a downpour kept all but
the hardest vacationers indoors
Only the ducks could have
called it a glorious Fourth.
Hotels and motels reported a
spate of cancelled reservations
and shortened stays by guests
dismayed by the chilly, wet
spell. The most ardent of beach
boosters, while not yet ready
to admit that it was raining at
Nags Head, had to concede that
the dew was extra heavy.
In terms of dollars and cents,
the loss ran far into the thous-
ands, though with the Fourth
falling in the middle of the
week, those catering to visitors
had not expected the influx that
is normal when the holiday is
a week end affair.
NOtables At Luncheon
At luncheon together at the
Carolinian on the Fourth were
DR.. and Mrs. Fred Morrison OF
Washington; Sam Ragan, exec
utive editor of the News and
Observer and Raleigh Times,
and Mrs. Raglan; Paul Green,
author of "The Lost Colony
See RAINS, Page Seven
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The vapors were vanquished
last Sunday evening when Paul
Green's Lost Colony opened its
25th Anniversary Season, before
near capacity audience for the
,1O1st performance of the New
World drama. i7"le 'sy5
A warm afternoon sun chased
a vaporous and overcast atmos-
phere from Roanoke Island on
Sunday afternoon, Sir Walter
Raleigh asked Queen Elizabeth
to chase the vapors during the
play with a pipe, and Secretary
of Commerce Luther Hodges
followed suit during intermis-
sion ceremonies by quoting from
Thomas Hariot's report of the
vapor-ehasing advantages of
the golden leaf.
Secretary Hodges, who attack
ed the vapid critics of tobacco
smoking, asked those who say
tobacco is bad for you" to
ponder the words of the new
worlds first English chronicles,
who suggested that "They
(tobacco) purge gross humors
from the the body-and natives
keep IN excellent health-they
&have sucked it through clay
pipes into stomach and head"
The former governor paid
tribute to all involved in the
375th Anniversary Celebration
of the Birth of Virginia Dare.
He noted that the play "was
certain to prosper. with such
a marvellous chairman as Emma
]Neal Morrison" head OF the
| Roanoke Island Historical Soci-
lety. The Secretary recalled tell
ling Mrs. Morrison, recently, that
he had just returned from the
White House and visit with
the president. Her only COM
ment was: 'Did you mention
The Lost Colony" Hodges noted.
The Commerce Secretary re-
ferred to recent celebration at
williamsburg over the first
| shipment of tobacco from Vir-
ginia, and noted that he had told
the vice-president of the Phil
ippines that it would solve many
Of our problems if we quit re-
ferring to Virginia Tobacco"
and call it carolina Tobacco"
The Silver Anniversary Season
was opened with a brief welcom-
| ing ceremony featuring Presi-
dent William C. Friday of the
University of North Carolina,
Chairman of the Governors
Commission for the Celebration
of the 375th Anniversary of the
Birth of Virginia Dare, Mrs.
Fred w. Morrison, Chairman OF
the Roanoke Island Historical
Association, and Edgar Thomas,
General Manager of The Lost
lColony.
/ President Friday read a mes
sage, prepared for the premiere
performance by Governor Terry
Sanford, who was unable to at
See COLONY, Page Seven
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LEIGH HASSELL of Hasseil
and Creef Motor Co., Inc, in
Manteo, has been re-appointed
Area Chairman of the North
Carolina Automobile Dealers AS
sociation for Dare County.
Hassell will act as liaison of
ficer between new car and truck
dealers in Dare County and NC
ADA and the National Automo-
bile Dealers Association.
It will be HasselPs respons-
ibility to keep his area informed
of state and national affairs af
fecting the automotive industry
and, in turn, to advise the state
and national organizations OF
events on the local scene. He
will also head a countrywide
membership campaign for both
Associations in the fall.
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INLET BRIDGE
BILL TO PASS.
BONNER THINKS
Fund Measure Has Temporary
Setback; Before House
Again July Is

Despite a temporary setback,
prospects are that Congress will
approve an additional federal
contribution of $5O0,O0O for the
Oregon Inlet Bridge, according
to Herbert Bonner, member of
the House from this district.
After weekend stay at Nags
Head, Bonner hurried back to
Washington Monday to urge the
House to approve the bridge bill
by unanimous consent. One
Congressman, however, objected
Gross of Iowa, a Republican,
contended the bill would mean
a "windfall" for North Carolina.
Bonner argued that was not
the case. He pointed out that the
bridge is being built entirely
within the Cape Hatteras Ma
tional Seashore and thus is
eligible for the increased ap-
preparation. The National Park
Service, which has jurisdiction
over the seashore area, would
contribute the $500,000 asked
However, the unanimous consent
move failed.
Bonner said the bridge bill
will be brought up in the House
Monday, July 16, under suspen-
sion of the rules, and that he
was confident it would pass.
A similar measure is pending
in the Senate.
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COLONY AUTHOR
is PAID TRIBUTE
BY DR.. GRAHAM
Paul Green Honored During
Ceremonies Marking
Shows 25th Year

The Fourth of July fireworks
may have been quenched by the
rain, but it failed to extinguish
the warm enthusiasm and spirit
of DIR. Frank Graham, as the
U.N. mediator praised Paul
Green, author of the Lost Col
ony, for the "insight of an imag-
NATIVE, creative and gracious
spirit" during intermission GER
emonies on the 25th birthday of
the drama at Waterside Theater
on Wednesday, evening.
DR.. Graham; guest speaker for
the occasion, was introduced by
Rep. Keith Fearing who noted
that he was. zone of the most
beloved and distinguished Tar
Heels of all time, and my friend
since school days at Carolina.
Mrs. Fred w. Morrison, Chair
man of the Roanoke Island His
torical Association and Edgar
Thomas, Lost Colony manager,
were also on hand to add their
tribute to DIR. Graham's glow
ing salute to the Pulitzer Prize
winning author from Chapel
Hill.
The United Nations represen-
tative to Pakistan and India,
who spoke exactly 25 years aft
er the July 4th opening in 1887,
described the symphonic drama
as a pioneering art form in
the history of America"
"On this very spot, twenty
five years ago tonight, there
came into cooperative conjunc-
ture the Government of the
United States of America and
the State of North Carolina; the
University of North Carolina
and the Rockefeller Foundation;
the Federal Actors and the Car
olina Playmakers; the Westmin-
ster Choir and the Indian Folk
Dancers; the Roanoke Island
Historical Association and the
Manteo Chamber of Commerce
led by Bradford Fearing; the
dramatic direction Of Frederick
H. Koch and Samuel Selden; his
tory, mystery and the genius
of Paul Green" Graham declar-
ed.
Tracing Green's early life, he
described the young, future
playwright's struggle with dis
ease: Stricken as a boy with
osteomyelitis, by sheer will
power and rugged physical dis
cipline, he triumphed over its
hazards, became the star two
handed pitcher on the champion
Ellington baseball team and de-
veloped a robust, symmetrical,
physical strength reminiscent of
the Greek glory OF a graceful
body, the vigor of an inquiring
mind and the insights of an
imaginative, creative and gra-
ciuos spirit"
DIR. Graham noted that Green
was an author whose courage
and faith were above selfish in
terest: "a philosopher, who
raised troublous questions in the
dialectic manner of Socrates and
Horace Williams, his dramatic
realism is always touched with
a divine fire of inner faith and
triumphant hope," Graham said.
an the front lines Of the
First World War, which he hop
ed would end wars, he has ever
since, no less courageously, been
| in the front lines of the battles
of peace for freedom and justice
for ALL" he added.
DR.. Graham stated that sin
the cloud" of witnesses gathered
to honor the author, there were
faces seen and unseen. "Among
them are Bradford Fearing, w.
See TRIBUTE Page Six
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u N. MEDIATOR FRANK P GRAHAM eft) the featured
speaker temsson exercises in The Waersde Theaer
Wednesday night during ceremony honorng Paul Green ght
author of The Lost Colony the occasion of the 25 Anve
praised the Pulitzer playwright "A philosopher
who raised troubous questions whose dramatic realism al
ways touched with divine fire faith triumphant
hopeo
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1962-07-06

MRS ELEAZOR TILLETT shown above oreground) hold
ing granddaughter Charlene Rogers months
while three her five generation family stand
proudly background Mrs. Tett Wanchese Oldest lady,
has 35 great grandchildren Other members of the family shown
ear left to rgh Charles Scarborough Mrs. Magdalene
Scarborough Mrs. Andrea Scarborough Rogers mother OF
the baby) Photo by DAmours.
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SECRETARY HODGES LAUDS
CAST AND DIRECTORS
LOST COLONY '62 DEBUT

President Friday and Mrs. Morrison Join With
Commerce Secretary in Celebrations OF
375+h Anniversary of Virginia Dare's Birth
date As Hundreds Witness Paul Green's
Historic Drama At Roanoke Islands Re-
stored Wa+erside Thea+er.
Evening star., 1962-04-17

alone. He phones me every
night. and almost every day
he sends me one Of those
crazy cards Just to let me
know he "loves" me. The
worse I treat him, the better
he likes it. How do I shake
him once and for all? He
is beginning to give me the
creepS already.
OVER 81.
Tell him In plain language
that you do not want to
take up any more of his
time, and please to stop call
ing and sending cards. Don't
be afraid of hurting" him.
A man who thrives on abuse
ana Keeps coming back for
more is too insensitive to get
the message.
Stop worrying. Let ABBY
help you Nth that problem.
For a personal reply, Drite to
Abby in care of The EUening
Star. IncloSe a stamped,
self-GddreSsed enUelope.
For Abby'S booklet, "HotU to
Haze q LoUely Wedding" send
Soc to Abby, Boz 1865, Beverly
Hills, Calf.
distributed by McNaught
Syndicates, Ine)
Evening star., 1962-04-17
Old Codqer Casts q Line

Last week he left a IS tip
under his plate. His break
fast was SIPS. I tried to give
it back to him the next
morning, but he wouldn't take
it. He did the same thing again
this morning. I feel foolish
accepting a SIS tip for nothing.
Ny boss says to keep it. 1
feel so guilty. What should
I do?
TIPPED TOO HIGH.
The old cOdger Is trying
to butter you up. Tell him
that you have no intention
Of dating him (if you really
haven't) and excessive tip
ping won't help. II that
doesn't slow him down, pocket
the money and forget 1t.
-
DEAR ABBY: I have three
Evening star., 1962-04-17
MASON ON EDUCATION
Progressive Plan
Memory Lingers

given short trials in expert
mental schools with superior
students and excellent teach
ers.
OF course, there were some
who said the teachers cheated
by teaching old fashioned
phonics and arithmetic on
the side and parents hedged
their bets with a little extra
curricular tutoring. too.
But the cry was: "Out with
the old! On with the newt"
Courses in schools of edu-
cation were revised to en-
phaSiZe teaching objectives
rather than the precise
methods of instruction in
specific subjects like history
and arithmetic.
Attention was turned to
the growth and development
Of the child and his social
adjustment.
Complex fractions and diff
ficult geometry exercises were
removed from textbooks as
impractical. They were re-
placed by pictures of bridges,
airplanes, buildings and other
practical things.
Some good things did come
out of progressive education.
We now have a more
healthy concern about the
individual. We have become
increasingly aware of the diff
ferenceS in the way students
learn. We also have more
realistic ideas about the Sc
quence Of learning.
Phonics is back with us but
we have learned that it is
only one tool in a chestful of
educational implements.
Damage caused by progress
sive education also fingers.
Arithmetic and algebra
textbooks have not yet come
up with problems complex
enough to require step-by-
step solutions written down
on paper.
Bright students, with a
solid background of AS, often
arrive in college to find that
they lack some Of the skills
necessary for success. They
weren't taught in elementary
or high school.
Schools Of education, too.
still suffer from the progress
sive education hangover.
They need to relate meth
odS courses for teachers to
the teaching process again
rather than to the goals of
teaching.
All in all, the trend away
from progressive education is
a good thing-even though
there may still be a few loose
ends to tie up.
Thursday: Plan needed.
Evening star., 1962-04-17
600, 900 on British
Medical PuyroII

LONDON.-Britain's National
Health Service, which oversees
the country's socialized medi-
cine, has 100000 employees.
They include 250,0OO nurses.
$4,000 consultants, surgeons
and doctors; 10000 local-level
and hospital administrators and
clerks. and 1000 civil servants.
The rest are housekeeping per-
SOnnel.
Evening star., 1962-04-17
By LESLIE J. MASON

Professor OF EDUCATION.
University Of Southern California
Remember progressive edu-
cation?
1t has pretty well gone the
way Of McGuffy's Reader
these days-but it has left
many traces behind.
The progressive ideas
sounded good when they were
first put forward.
The child was led through
experiences that were mean
ingful to him. He was allowed
to discover his problems and
then you helped him to find
his own solutions.
Teaching wasn't Just a
matter Of pouring in infor-
nation.
The new approach was
Evening star., 1962-04-17
DEAR ABBY
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

married children, but 1 hate
the term "N-LAW" and I
never call them my sons
in-law" or my "daughter-in-
law" Yet I cannot call them
my "son" or daughter" be-
cause it gets too confusing.
How can I avoid the "in-law"
part when I introduce them
to people?
MOTHER.
You can say, This Is
SuSie-she is married to my
son, Jim"
=
DEAR ABBY: I am at the
end Of my rope trying to get
rid Of q certain man. I
never really encouraged him.
I only dated him a few times
because he was so persistent,
and now he won't leave me
Evening star., 1962-04-17

DEAR ABBY: I am q wait
reSs, %, and unmarried. A
fat. bald man who must be
so eats breakfast here every
morning. I wait on him in
the same pleasant way I wait
on others. He has asked me
for dates several times, but
I have turned him down.
AOVERTISFNEFNT
Evening star., 1962-04-17
"OIdat4O,5O, CO.,"
Man, You're Crazy

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"peppng 70" with 0strex. Contains toaie for weak,
rundown feeling due solely to bodys lack Of iroa
which many men and women call vol" !" TO 0stFex
Tonic Tablets for pep, younger feeling, this very
day. e-day "set-aeeuaisSSd" size eosts little. Or
save Money-set "Eeonomr size CneaFIy 4 times
as many tabletsl, saves you $1.47. Al druggists.
Evening star., 1962-04-17

ADVERTISEMENT.
Evening star., 1962-04-17

Thursday: Plan needed.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-16
Mrs. Ella Ball,
Social Worker
For Red Cross

Mrs. Ella Virginia Ball, "a
a former Red Cross social
worker here, died yesterday
near Waynesboro, Va, after q
long illness.
She lived at 800 South Wash
ington street, Alexandria.
Mrs. Ball, who served sew
eral years as a social worker
with the Virginia Bureau of
Public Welfare, went to work
for Red Cross headquarters
here during World War I. She
served as a claims and pension
examiner until the end of
World War II.
Mrs. Balls family was one
of the early settlers in what
is now Fairfax County. Land
records show her ancestors
purchased county land from
Lord Fairfax in 1889.
Mrs. Ball is survived by two
sisters. Mrs. Mary B. johnson
of the home address, and Mrs.
Frances E. Jones of Waynes-
boro, and a niece, Mrs. George
Barton of Memphis. Tenn.
Services will be held at 10
am. Monday at Birch's Fu-
neral Home, 1904 M street
NV, with burial at Harmony
Cemetery near Glenwood, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-16
Methodists Vote
Indignation Plan

CARLISLE, Pa, June 16
(AP).-A move to integrate the
Methodist church Negro and
white jurisdictions has won the
unanimous Endorsement of the
Central Pennsylvania Confer
ence Of Methodists.
At its oath annual meeting
here the conference voted,
243-0. Friday to merge the all
Negro Baltimore jurisdiction
with the Central Pennsylvania
groups parent Northeastern
Jurisdiction, which includes
some 20 conferences.
The Northeastern Jurisdic-
ton of the Methodist Church
includes a region running from
Washington. D. c., to Maine
and West from the Atlantic
Coast to Ohio.
A conference spokesman
said the Central Pennsylvania
groups action follows a church.
wide effort to do away with
separate Negro Jurisdictions.
The Baltimore jurisdiction is
headed by Bishop Edgar A. Love
of Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-16
Dwight B. Gait, Former
Zoning Board Chairman

Dwight B. Gait, rs, a prac-
ticing patent lawyer in Wash
ington for 48 years, died yes
terday at Prince Georges Gen.
eral Hospital after a two
month illness. He lived at 4103
Clagget road, College Heights
Estates, Md.
An active civic leader in
Prince Georges County, he
served as chairman of the
Prince Georges County Board
Of coming Appeals and on the
Maryland National Capital
Planning Commission in the
1905.
Obtaining his law degree
from the former National Uni
versity Law School here, he re-
manned in active private prac-
tice as a patent attorney until
his illness several months ago.
He was a member Of the Col
lege Park Rotary Club and the
American Patent Law Associa-
ton.
He leaves his wife, Elizabeth
G.. Of the home address; a
daughter. Mrs. william N.
Blanding. Of Annapolis: a son,
Dwight B. Calf. jr., Of Edge
water, Md; a sister, Mrs.
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Mental Tests
Ordered for Man
Held in Staying

A mental examination was
approved today for Gerald D.
Kiley, a Western-style fast
draw artist who is charged with
second-degree murder in the
fatal shooting of his wife.
District Court Judge Charles
F. Mclaughlin sent Kiley to
st. Elizabeths Hospital for a
90-day sanity test after Kiley's
lawyer said Kiley had IAN OBJ
session" about his pistol.
He has a queer fondness for
the weapon involved, namely a
.22-caliber pistol" said H. K.
Schroeder, Kiley'S attorney.
Kiley. he said, liked to practice
fast draws and Western-style
gun tricks.
Its an unusual activity for
an adult male" the lawyer said.
Kiley, a 23-year-old roofer who
lives in the 900 block of Ala.
bama avenue Sc, has said he
does not remember shooting his
wife. who died after she was
hit with three bullets in the
presence of his 3-year-old son.
The shooting occurred April rs.
Assistant United States At
torney william H. Collins, jr.,
said the Government had no
objection to the sanity test.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-16
Body of Boy T.
Drowning Victim.
Is Recovered

The body of a small boy who
began his summer vacation by
playing along the shore Of the
Anacostia River was recovered
yesterday.
Tony Wayne Berger, Z, a first
grade student. went to the river
bank with a friend after school
was dismissed for the summer
vacation Thursday.
The other boy, Ronnie Sad
dlewhite, about 7, of 2531
SayleS place Sc, told police
that Tony reached for a fish
and tumbled from the bank
into the rivers waters.
Ronnie said he thought Tony
was swimming underwater
when he didn't come up. The
accident was not reported until
yesterday morning. The body
was found near the Anacostis
Field House.
Tony. whose body was identi-
lied by his mother, Mrs. Louise
Berger. was listed at 1896
Sales street.