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IMANTEO ROTARIANS
CELEBRATE THEIR
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
Edmund Harding Is Featured
Speaker As Neighboring Clubs
Extend Congratulations

Highlighting the 25th anniver-
sary of the founding of the Man
teo Rotary Club was a speech by
Edmund Harding, famous and pop
ular after-dinner speaker, Of Wash
ington, N. G. In the course of his
speech Mr.! Harding touched brief
ly on the community projects to
which the club had lent its coopera-
tion, but made extensive mention
of things which might be expected
from the club in the rs years to
come, and to which the members
might look back on the 50th ami
versary. His remarks were inter-
spersed with humorous anecdotes
which brought enthusiastic re-
sponse from his audience.
The celebration was in the form
of a banquet held Tuesday night,
January %, in the cafeteria of the
Manteo High School. Rotary colors
of blue and gold were carried out
in the speakers table arrangement
of yellow gladioli and blue Dutch
iris; and small bowls of blue and
yellow pansies on each table. Mrs.
Robert F. Gibbs was banquet chair
man, and was assisted by Mrs. E.
E. Meekins, Mrs. Archie Burrus
and Mrs. Linwood Cuthrell as a
decorating committee. Mrs. Julian
Oneto, Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Jordan
Martin Kellogg, Jr., and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Whitfield served as a
registration and reception commit
tee.
Presiding was James L. Rea, pres.
ident of the Rotary Club. Wallace
Met Gown, member Of the board OF
directors, served as master of cere-
monies. d. Victor Meekins, chair
man of the twenty-fifth anniyer.
sary committee, introduced Mr.
Harding. Dick Jordan accompanied
at the piano as Ralph Swain LED
group singing. DR.. w. w. Johnston
as first vice-president of the club,
extended the welcome. Among char
ter members. present were DIR
Johnston, D. Victor Meekins, j. E
Ferebee, G. s. Meekins, Martin Kel-
logg, Jr., and E. E. Meelxins. sAy-
cock Brown and Wallace McCbwr
served on the program committee
Attending were three former dis
trict governors, s. Wade Mari and
John Moore of Elizabeth City; P.
D. Midget, Jr., of Engelhard; and
the evenings speaker, Edmund
Harding Of Washington.
See ROTARY, Page Five
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So APPLICATIONS
FOR BOYS CLUB
MEMBER SHIP MON.
Further Registration Next Monday
Evening for High School
Students

Jack Wilson, chairman of tht
Boys Club committee for the Man.
teo Lions Club, has reported .
"good turnout" in registration 70,
elementary school boys which was
held at the Manteo High School
on Monday. Fifty-three youths ap.
peared during the evening to sign
cards witnessing their interest in
the club and listing activities and
hobbies in which they would like
to participate.
Sports of all kinds were mention
ed by the elementary age students
who appeared enthusiastic about
the program. Many of the youths
were accompanied by their parents
Wilson stated. The Lions are re.
portedly interested in suggestions
and participation from other civic
groups and individuals who are con.
cerned about the physical and
moral development Of the future
citizens here on Roanoke Island.
Registration for high school stu
dents will begin at Z pm. on Jan
20. in the Manteo High School
Gym. All boys in this age group are
encouraged to attend.
Wilson has reported that a per
manent record of each boys pro,
gress will. be kept by directors Of
the club to ensure that each young
ster is developing properly and tc
direct his interests in the activities
which are appropriate for his agt
group. Records of attendance vii
also show the time of arrival ant
departure from the meeting, he
said.
Lions Club members hope to ap-
ply for membership in Boys Club
of America as soon as registration
and organization are complete.
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By AYcoCK BROWN

The City of New York, one OF
General Ambrose Burnside's vessels
in his expedition bound for Roanoke
Island and other coastal towns OF
northeast North Carolina, along
with five other ships was lost dur
ing late January storm off Hat
teras Inlet in 1862.
The remainder Of the armada
which had sailed from Hampton
Roads 100 years ago were bound fo,
Roanoke Island which was taker
with little difficulty by the Federal
amphibious forces on February 8
from the Confederate defenders od
the area.
Centennial Of the Roanoke Island
battle on February 7-8 this year
viii be observed locally in a cooper,
ative effort planned by the Dare
County Civil War Commission and
the States commission. Already
on Roanoke Island. through efforts
under leadership Of Ralph Swain
chairman Of the local commission
one large maker has been erected
at the site of Fort Russell on the
Manteo- Wanchese road, and another
is planned to be erected immediate
ly near the east approach of VIII.
liam B. Umstead Bridge within
view Of the land-water engage
ments century ago.
In addition TO the City Of New
York with its loss of 10000 in
supplies, the gunboat Zouave, the
steamer Pocahontas, including al
most 80 horses, the Grapeshot and
two unarned schooners were lost
during the gale. Three other ships
the Louisiana, Eastern Queen and
voltiguer, ran aground, but were
reported stisl intact in news cover
age Of the expeditions movement
towards Pamlico Sound and Roa-
nolxe Island.
on-partisan accounts of Civil
War events prepared by Atlanta
Constitution writer's and published
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ATTENDANCE OF $50
AT THE METHODIST
CONFERENCE TUES.
Mi. Olivef Church Host to Eliza.
beth City District Members:
W.S.C.S. Serves Lunch

Two hundred and fifty Metho-
dists invaded Manteo on Tuesday
to attend a conference of the Eliza
beth City District Of the Methodist
Church when Mt. Olivet Methodist
Church was host for its out-of-town
guests. One hundred and eighty
eight members of the conference
were feted at a lunch by the Wo-
mans Society Of Christian Service
during the conference which lasted
from $50 am. until 2 pm.
Rev. r. L. jerome, district SUI
perintendent, presided over the
conference which featured reports
on church activity from various
ministers and lay leaders through
out the district.
Rev. II. F. Leatherfan, host pas
tor, began the conference with a
devotional. Following the devotion
al, the organization of the confer
ence was conducted. Reports were
then given by leaders in the field
of education. DR.. C. p. Morris, Elk
ecutive Secretary of the Conference
Board Of Education and DIR. A. p,
Brantley, Director Of the Confer
ence Commission on Christian
Higher Education, were among
those who reported on this area Of
church development.
Rev. w. r, Garrard, who has re-
Gently returned from a mission
field in Puerto Rico, spoke Of mis-
sion needs in Latin America, in one
of the principal addresses. Another
important address was delivered by
DR.. o. L. Hathaway who spoke on
Missions and Church Extension =
Methodist evangelism was discus
sed by Rev. G. +. Heath, Conference
Secretary Of Evangelism, while the
Methodist Retirement Home was
the subject Of q talk by the super
intendent, Rev. ]. F. Coble.
One Of the most interesting talks
at the conference was delivered BY
Rev. w. II. Brown, who attended
a district conference here so years
ago and later returned to serve the
Mt. Olivet Church when he was
then assigned 10 the Roanoke Cir
cult which once included both Man
teo and Wanchese. After Rev.
=. a. ~. A.. w .1..s "a So. &z4{ ~
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PRETTY LORETTA BOWEN of Washington, boss
Rep Herbert Bonner North Cardinals Congressional District
in the 1862 March Of Dimes campaign Rep Bonner Bowen
one OF his secretaries calling attention
Dimes Teerama to be held station WNv Saturday
Sunday january 81 and g. All proceeds of Teleram last
year raised 2500 will support March of Dimes fight
against cripping birth defects, arthrtis and polio
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100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
BURNSIDE EXPEDITION LOST SIX
SHIPS IN FiATTERAS INLET AREA

in the Sunday edition of Miami
Daily News as a full-page feature
reprinted the cenury-old Hatteras
Inlet datelined story which follows:
BURNSIDE LOSES s SHIPS
Hatteras Inlet, N. C.-Storms
and shallow water exacted a fear
full toll as the IS ships of Union
Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's arma-
da reached here this week.
Bad weather and unreliable
charts of the water delayed the
generals plan of operating against
the North Carolina coast.
Six vessels were lost to rough
seas and sandbars as the armada
sought to navigate the tricky Hat
teras Inlet, leading to Pamlicc
Sound, between Cape Hatteras and
the mainland. Three other ships
were beached.
Gen. Burnside had combed the
seaboard for vessels of light
draught, under the impression that
no vessel drawing more than eight
and one-half feet of water could
pass into the sound. It was found
on arrival, that none drawing more
than seven feet could enter.
The major loss is of the steamer
New York, loaded with 100000
worth of powder, rifles and bombs.
She struck a sandbar and was
wrecked Monday. The captain and
crew remained aboard for 40 hours
before being rescued.
The gunboat Zouave received a
hole in the bottom and sank, but
her crew and guns were saved. The
steamer Pocahontas went ashore
and was torn asunder by the rough
seas. Most of the 80 horses she bore
were drowned. The Grapeshot also
sank ond two unidentified schoon-
ers loaded with oats were lost on
the beach. Six members of their
crews pef1Sned.
Bad weather at sea so scattered
the fleet that, while some vessels
had arrived by Monday, Others did
not reach Hatteras until Friday.
The storms around Hatteras have
made It impossible for the ships
to communicate with one another.
No opposition from the Confeder-
ates has been encountered. Two
forts here fell to Union force
which struck last August, and the
Confederates have taken no coun-
ter-measures.
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Rep. Bonner (D-NC) this week
urged Eastern North CaOlinians
to give their all-out support to the
March of Dimes Telerama to be
held on station WITN-TV in Wash
ington, N. c. on Saturday and Sun
day, January 81 and %.
"Your dimes and dollars which
helped conquer polio, can do il
again in the fight against crippling
birth defects anl arthritis," declar-
ed the veteran congressman who
has represented the First North
Carolina District since 1910.
He pointed out that the WITH
Telerama, now in its sixth year
raised a record $25,413 for the
March of Dimes last year. He
praised the 43 man station staff
headed by Operations Director, Hal
Wilson and the $50 March of Dimes
workers who volunteered more than
1000 hours to make the event
such a financial success.
This years Telerama, said Rep
Bonner, will have talent from all
over Eastern North Carolina and
should be one of the most enter
tanning programs Of the year. More
than one hundred acts are schedul-
led, all of them volunteering their
services for the March of Dimes.
The Telerama will begin at ap-
proximately II pm. on Saturday
night, January 27 and will con-
tinue through Sunday, January 2s
as long as contributions are com
ing in.
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WORK BeGlNs ON KILL
DEVIL HILLS PoSTO OFFIcE
Enls;semsns WIN poubls Space Nov
Being Used. Thus Facilitating
Handing Of Mail

Mrs. Irene Twiford, postmaster
at Kill Devil Hills, has announced
that enlargement construction will
hagin 6his week on the post office
there. Mrs. Twiford states that the
enlargement will double the space
in the existing structure which is
now 2O' K SO. The addition will
provide for an addition of 55 more
boxes If recommendations are ac-
cepted by the government. New
light fixtures will be added and the
remodeling will maintain the same
design that prevails in the office
at present. -
The construction is being under
taken at the request of the govern
uyerst and will enable the post
office personnel to handle the large
volumes Of package mail which
accumulates over the summer. The
post office at Kill Devil Hills was
first opened on Jan. IL, 1888 and
Mrs. Twiford was its first post
master. She has been with the
post office since that date. Accord
ing TO Mrs. Twiford, this is the
sixtIh time that the building facili-
ties have been changed. The crigi-
nal structure was g. 8 room with
only handful Of boxes and was,
Ehe SAYS. "uuite O contrast to the
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ADDITIONAL $500
APPRO OPRlATED FOR
WANCHESE DOCK
Lighting TO Be Included in Addition
to Project As Announc-
ed Monday

The Dare County Commissioners
voted to appropriate $500 for the
construction of a wing at the south
east end of the Wanchese wharf in
a special session Monday.
The expenditure was approved
after a report by Commissioners
Swain and Hooper who stated that
the Wanchese Dock Project was
nearing completion and that the
construction of bulkhead at the
Southeast corner of the dock was
necessary to prevent washout. The
$500 expenditure will also include
the construction of seven fender
pilings and the installation of a
light at the southeast end of the
dock. Application will be made
to Virginia Electric & Power Co. to
install the light, which will burn
automatically during the hours Of
darkness.
Commissioner Swain also report
o0 that hn had mat az the tcsf<. xs,; ~,
renresentat;va. of +he ,St.ta u;,. 49,
wav Comr,;ss;on u-;+h ,as,a,.a ,,e !,
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MANTEo MOTHERS MARCH

The Mothers March for the 1862
March of Dimes win take place in
the Manteo area on the evening OF
January 90; between the hours Of
seven and eight o'clock. County
chairman is Mrs. B. F. Baum. Mrs,
Earl Dudley is chairman Of the
Mothers March for the Mantec
area, which includes the areas just
south Of town and the entire north
end of the island.
Also scheduled is a dance at the
Dare County Shrine Club on Feb
ruary 8, proceeds to go to the
March of Dimes.
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PALMER MIDGET
AWARDED So. 398.62
BY DARE COURT
Sought Nearly $4,000: Appealing
to Higher Court; Many OH
or Cases Delayed

Palmer S. Midget waited several
hours before receiving a Dare
County Superior Court verdict
which awarded him more than S4.-
600 here on Friday. The suit
against Marion Kellogg, Jr. and
Fentress Horner, both of Elizabeth
City, executors of the estate of the
late Capt. Cornelius p. Midget,
was for salary, medicines, bever-
ages and other expenses which COW
cred a period between 1867 and
1859. The final recovery .totalled
$4,S9S.62.
Midget, the plaintiff, had asked
for $4,000 in restitution of his
claim. Leroy, Goodwin and Wells,
his Elizabeth City attorneys, have
indicated that they will appeal to
the Supreme Court. Mrs. Palmer
Midget, wife of the plaintiff, has
also filed suit against the execu-
tors; she is repeatedly seeking $3,-
$50 which she claims is due her for
services rendered as assistant man
ager of the First Colony Inn. Her
suit may be decided at the next
term Of Superior Court.
At the Palmer Midget trial,
Judge Chester Morris asked the
jury to decide upon three primary
issues, as follows.
L In what amount, If any, are
the defendants, executors, indebted
to the plaintiff. Answer: Full
amount of $59s.62. (This award
was the result of a claim by Mid
gett during the trial that he held
a note signed by the late C. p.
Midgett certifying that he owed
plaintiff $59s.62 in payment Of
money spent in operation of the
First Colony Inn for the summer
of 1861
2. In what amount, If any, are
the defendant, indebted to plaintiff
by reason of the second cause of
action alleged in the complaint.
Answer: $500, including interest.
(The plaintiff had asked for ST.
O16.15 for medical, grocery and
other expenses which he claimed
were purchased for his wife's uncle,
C. p. Midgett.)
8. What amount, if any, is plain
tiff entitled to recover of the de-
fendants, executors, upon a guam
tsm meruit basis for services rem
dered by plintiff to C. p. Midget
during the years 1857, 1868 and
1869. Answer: $4,000. (This award
was for work which the plaintiff
had claimed was done by him dur
ing the years mentioned above. He
had asked for $4,000. Plaintiff
claimed at the trial that he had
worked seven days week and
sometimes 20 hours a day for the
First Colony Inn)
The Midget case, which has at
tracted more attention than any
other during this term of Superior
Court, began on Jan. 16. Large
crowds were on hand to hear testi-
mony from witnesses on Hatteras
and residents of the Dare area.
Kellogg and Horner, the defen-
dants, had contended that the Plain
tiff had received lodging and board
at no charges to his family, certain
monies and portion Of the G. P.
Midget estate, as outlined in the
viii of the late Capt. Midget and
was therefore, not entitled to the
restitution which he claimed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-23

rived here from the rebel-held
Plaine des Jarres. Accompany
ing him were seven other
Pathet Lao and neutraliSt CO.
alition ministers.
Prince Souvanna Phoum an
nounced that political leaders
had reached the agreement on
Inauguration procedure after
the hasSle had threatened to
torpedo arrangements.
The dispute revo1ved around
leftist objections to any Of
ficial role by the rightist dom
mated National Assembly in the
induction Of the new govern
ment. Prince Souvanna made
a mystery of how the latest
settlement was reached, but
said details would be- disclosed.
The cabinet is due to hold, its
first session tonight or Sunday.
Its first task will be selection
of a unified delegation to go
to the 14-nation conference in
Geneva to sign an East West
agreement guaranteeing the
country's removal from the cold
war arena.
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government, which the United
States hopes will take Laos out
of the cold war.
Prince Boun Gum stepped out
after an 18-month term in Of
flee marked by civil war and
the growing power of the pro-
Communist Pathet Lao. The
United States Joined the Soviet
Union and other big nations in
pressing the right-wing Wen
tiane government to step aside
for the coalition of conServa-
tives, neutraliStS and pro-Com-
muniSts.
Prince Boun Gum, Prince
Souvanna and Prince Souphan-
ouvong of the Pathet Lao
agreed June 10 on the forma-
ton of the new cabinet. But
pickering up uptil the last min
ute threatened to Shatter the
agreement even before the CO.
alition took offic.
Final agreement on the dis
puted wording of the installa-
ton decree was hammered out
yesterday and the stage was
set for today's ceremonies.
Prince Souvanna Phouma an
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Rusk Confers in Rome
With Segni on Market

the North Atlantic Treaty AL
lance itself lis firm, solid and
strong-there is no problem
about that basic commitment.
Mr.. Fanfani's government
has edged toward the left il
a parliamentary move to worl
with support of the leftwing
Socialists, once partners of the
Communists.
Secretary Rusk headed fol
Italy after apparently reaching
agreement with Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer to leave the
next move on the Berlin issue
up to the Russians.
The Secreatry told West
German Foreign Minister Ger
hard Schroeder. who saw him
off, that I'VE go away greatly
encouraged. l am looking for
ward to our next meeting
which 1 am sure will take
place in the next few months.
Schroeder Reports Unity
Mr.. Schroeder said the talks
had produced extraordinary
unity on all decisive questions. /"
No real problems loom in
Italian American relations such
as differences over Berlin
which appear to have been
ironed out in yesterdays five
hour Rusk- Adenauer meeting.
In a statement at Rome's
sun-baked Ciampino Airport
Secretary Rusk called the NATO
alliance firm, solid and
See RUSK. Page AS
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BY DAVID S. BRODER
Star Staff Writer

Former President EiSen-
hover. sounding like the cam
paigner of 1852. has attacked
the mess in Washington"
under the Kennedy admins
tration and urged his fellow
Republicans to work as never
before" to regain control of
the House in November.
The general told more than
5000 cheering partisans at a
Embarrassing dinner here last
night that his successor in the
White House lis Laundering"
in his efforts to manage the
economy.
"A Sure-footed and dedi-
Gated Republican Congress" is
needed, he said, Ito help pre-
serve the necessary balance
and perspective in Govern
ment."
AS he had before. the former
President pledged his party TO
maintain the bipartisan APP
proach to foreign policy and
national security matters.
Lower Defense Budget
He complained, however, that
the space budget includes huge
sums for low priority projects"
and stated a personal belief"
which he said few in either
party would share-"that the
defense budget should be sub
Stantially reduced"
The general said current
levels Of defense spending re
fleet unjustified fears, plus a
reluctance in some quarters to
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Engineers Strike Pan Am. EAL
Eisenhower AssoiIs Mess
Asks Defense Fund Cuts

farm bill-a measure the former
President described as a "legis-
lative monStroSity based on
a ruthless concept of ruling or
running American agriculture" -
National Chairman William
E. Miller told the contributors
that if Mr.. Halleck only had
nine more Republicans, he could
have turned back the bill to in
crease the national debt limit
and the tax reform measure
with its "hideouS" dividend and
interest withholding provision.
Gen. Eisenhower charged in
his speech that ugly Splotches"
have begun to appear on the
picture of the economy painted
by confident New Frontiers
men" in the 1860 campaign.
Our national economy" he
said. has become uncertain,
fearful, i'll at ease. Stock prices
have plummeted Persistent
unemployment remains
a cancerous problem The
Nations rate of economic
growth falls behind the
rate of prior years"
All this he blamed on poll
teal mal-administration, mall
functioning and mal-adjuSt-
ment in Washington"
Ridicules Overtures
He drew loud cheers when he
accused the Kennedy admins
tration of antagonizing-de-
liberately or unwittingly-major
elements of the business COM
munity.
He ridiculed the peace over
See EISENHOWER, Page A-3