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1 Mrs Mrs 4 will Xvelyn Leary Photo per cent passenger fare to be made "effective Mrs Lonnie Harrell formerly of Elizabeth City now residing in the Rocky Mount section of Chowan County who recently took over new duties as secre tary to County Agents Overman and Marsh and to Hame Agents Mrs Hattie By rum and Helen McDonald She succeeds Mrs Eugenia Smith 15775 11720 5734 5662 4827 3183 785 668 Is Authorized or' Storm kid ull fathoms 35 her Jiulk lies the hulk of the 50 year old dredger Success scuttled off East London South Africa as sirens blew in final tribute toiler useful life 'Club Sets Executive Board Meet SUOLK April The utivc board of the Suffolk Business and Professional Women's Club will riday at 8 pm at the home of Miss Louise Stone 620 Washington St according to Mrs Rollings president Pettigrew Library Circulates 48374Bodks Withih6 Month by 50 Explorer Scouts who are ex perts in Indian lore wall join the dance star in the scene Other scenes Jropi Lost production will include the return of Governor John White to England the baptism of Virginia Dare and the dramatic incident in court that sealed the fate of thei colonists Actress Anne Seymour star of the New York stage will close the event with a recitation of Paul dramatic verseentitled "Dream of' the Lost Colony" Top NBC news commentator Kenneth Banghart will narrate the pro logue Viewing thb scerie from the Metropolitan's fabled will be Vice President Richard Nixon Brig Gen David Sarnoff Editor William Randolph Hearst Jr Bishop lan nelly of New York and many other loiial state ahd national notables' 1 i fi James Wilson aces Charge Of Murder Stream Group Plansto Cleanse Chowan White Oak Rivers 1 11 11 1111 khics Stressed 'Elizabeth City ants lower orPromotion ELIZABETH CITY Apri 30 A great deal of interest isbeing shown on the subject of se lecting a flower for Elizabeth Cityto be planted in profusion as the promotional beautification plant The Horticultural Club has adopted the selection of a flower as a project and will promote its propogation after it is chosen Buxton White? local horticultur istf and enthusiastic club member said today that up to this point fan mail has been in favor of the Crape Myrtle Dogwoods Started While it is impossible to compete with larger towns in North Caro lina and Virginia which have chosen the azalea as their promo tional flower some local residents feel that such a good start has already been made with the dog wood that this plant should re adopted as the favorite and further strides made to envel ope the town in this white spring peauiy Both of these plants are hardy' the myrtle an East Indian shrub which will also grow into a tree' is the more' hardy of the two And each are accessible to both the extravagant and the con servative gardener Those who have a choice whether it be either or neither of these may notify Maurice Cridlin John Stuart? or Oscar Pritchard wha have been selected to serve on a committee by the club chair man William Chesson or White will be glad to receive the vote? It has been suggested that the mail votes will have deep consideration in the choice or the' flower jccts from the card of cats to book's on physics have been re quested and received by li braries Many books on The War Between the States have been or dered and will form part of the per manent collection Most of the books jon'Home Dern onstration Reading List? are avail able for club members both in the libraries and bookmobile Titles' i immediately available will be either purchased "or bor rowed in response to requests StuartHollaiid Invited to Play nessee Edenton Quarterback Bid to All American Game Memphis EDENTON April 30 Edenton has its first All Ameri can athlete Stuart Holland who quarter backed Edenton Aces to out standing records over the last two seasons has been notified that hohas been selected for the honor by an Oklahoma City Okla group titled "Wigwam Wisemen of Amer tThe organization selects high School All American players from all over the nation and sponsors an All American game each season in Memphis Tenn Holland has beep invited to play in the game which will be held this summer Splaying Honors Thus Holland has completed his high school football career with every honor that an Eastern Caro lina gridder can possibly attain During his senior season he was named to the All Albemarle Con ference team the All Eastern North Carolina team and the All North Carolina Class A team Memphis contest the only all star game in which Holland is scheduled to compete this sum mer He has already accepted an invitation to play in an East West North Carolina game jin Greens boro i Triple Threat Holland a 75 pound six footer was a triple threat for the Edenton Aces last faJL He paired with sev eral good Speedy receivers to form the deadliest passing attack in State Class A ball last fall He also scored several touchdowns himself on option play runs and aia punting tor the Aces Coach Billings called Holland "the best quarterback ever coached and commented that the honor pointed up the fact that he will be very difficult to replace next season when the Aces begin looking for a third straight Albe marle Conference title East and West Railroads Get are Increase WASHINGTON April 30 The Interstate Commerce Commission today authorized the Eastern and Western railroads to increase their interstate passenger rates by 5 per cent effective at midnight tonight At the same time the ICC or dered similar increases made ef fective on intrastate passenger travel in eight states Arkansas Iowa Michigan Minnesota Mon tana Nebraska North Dakota and Texas In each of these states intra state passenger fares are fixed by statute so that their state utility commissions are unable to author ize increases In the other states the railroad industry has separate proceedings pending before the state commis sions for the 5 per cent hike on intrastate business The fare increase authorized to day covers all passenger carrying railroads west the Mississippi River and those operating east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers plus West Virginia and the larger part of Virginia which constitute what is known as the Pocahontas region The Southern railroads also pro pose a a increase May 15 ment will win and hold the respect of the citizens it "It is 'also to help us prof es i sionaT law enforcement officers to avoid any semblance of improprie ty in pur action that these training courses are being Owens added Houses Gardens Tours Sponsored By Church Group ELIZABETH CITY April The tour of homes and gar dens being sponsored by the Wom en of the irst Methodist Church will begin tomorrow at 10 a and continue through 5 Lunch will be served at the church from 12 noon until 2 and a bake sale and flowed show will be conducted at the Methodist Center of Road Street throughout the day lhe flower show close at 9 President of Brown Is Graduation Speaker CHAPEL HILL April 30 Dr Barnaby Keeney presi dent of Brown University will be principal speaker at the 162nd an nual commencement of the Univer sity of North Carolina Dr Keeney who graduated from the university in 1936 will speak at twilight graduation exercises in Kenan Stadium on June 4 Approxi mately 1000 degrees will be pre sented to graduates Dr Joseph Sittier professor of Systematic Theology at Chicago Lutheran Theological Semin'ary will deliver the baccalaureate ser mon on June 3 EDENTON NC April 30 Mrs Eugenia Babylon director of the Pettigrew Regional Library reports that the total circulation of books for the six month period October 1955 through March 1956 was 48374 This number she says is actual circulation of books issued tp patrons At the schools many books are read by more than one child for they are issued to vari ous teachers and are circulated among the children In the primary grades espe cially they are often read by every child in the room so that each book may read 30 or 40 times Broken down by libraries and bookmobiles circulations follow: White bookmobile Colored bookmobile Brown Carver Library Tyrrell County Library Washington County Library Shepard Pruden Library Washington County Colored Tyrrell County Colored During the six months nearly 600 books have been bor rowed from the North Carolina Library Commission in Raleigh for use throughout the region our Itundred of these ere loaned by the commission for use on the colored bookmobile Books on a wide range of sub WASHINGTON April' 30 L5 Eisen hower today authorized an additional $600000 to re pair damage suffered by areas of North Carolina in last hurricanes This brings the total allo cated to North Carolina to $3100000 Eisenhower notified North Carolina Gov Luther Hodges of his decision by telegram 1 The fuhds will bte admin istered by the ederal Civil Administration The announcement they would be used to restoration proj approved by Civil De fense authorities A 'v Lost Colonists Part of Study Byoundation Guggenheim Cash Backs Research in Carolina History Culture 1 NEW YORK April 30 Studies of the lost colonists the Civil War in the western North Carolina mountains and the Negro will be undertaken by North Carolina win ners of the Guggenheim ellow ships ive North Carolinians are among the 275 scholars and artists announced yesterday as winners of the fellowships for 1956 The fellowships are granted by the John Simon Guggenheim Me morial oundation to men and women' who have demonstrated highest capacity for original scholarly research and artistic Worth $1100000 Both the number of the fellow shipsand their value more than $1100000 are records for the foun dation The amount of individual awards is not disclosed The North Carolina winners: Dr Richard Bardolph associate professor of history CoL lege studies of the history of the Negro in the United States William Stevens Powell librar ian North Carolina Collection Uni versity of North Carolina Library Chapel studies of the ex plorers and colonists who came from England to what is now North Carolina in the 16th Century Civil War Study Mrs Wilma Dykeman Stokely Asheville studied of the Civil War in the mountains of west ern North Carolina and eastern Tennessee Dr Joseph Ward Straley associ ate professor of physics Univer sity of North Carolina studies of the measurement and interpreta tion of the intensities of infrared absorption bands Dr Thomas Anton Schafer as sistant professor of historical theol ogy Duke University Divinity School Durham studies of Jona than as sources for the structure of his political thought Trophy for a Aycock Brown tioto Corn GodTo Make New York Debut In all New tons of 'theatrical trappings nothing could be found to stand in for com god of "The Lost Roanoke symphonic drama Scenes from the drama are to bp shown in the Metropolitan Opera House May 7 at the Journal American Oratory inals Marvin Gordon is shown performing as Chief Uppowoc before the 15 foot monstrosity which is to be trucked to New Stallingsj Muriel Bright Lorraine White Alma Spinks Miss Pricilla Stallings Miss Claire Mount Miss Henrietta Equille Miss Margaret Spruill Miss Nina Mattos Nealson Douglas Swanston Lt Ortiz and Glasco Public Speaking Those icompleting the public speaking) course taught by IL Wagoner were Mrs Gladys Crop sy Mrs Rena olsom Mrs Mar tha a skins Edward Green Charles Mrs Pauline Miller Mrs Violet Phillips and Joe Poole The fo lowing men and women completed the ILweek irst Aid course conducted by Dr Meegs who was! assisted by Rich ardson: James Anderson Mrs Virginia Anderson Mrs Joan Au stin Balfjour Baum Kenneth Billups James Bottoms Ray Davis Mj Antionsptte Hall Henry Hare Mrs Ruth Miller Mrs Eleanor Nixon Owens Leonard Overman Carlton Perry George Paulos Mrs Hilda Robinson Mrs Carolyn Sanders Mrs Jessie Shepherd Raymond Twiddy Jr Mrs Vir ginia Wilson and Jesse Orville Wood He Blames Jealdusy or atal Stabbing Of Girl riend ELIZABETH CITY NC? April James Wilson 29 year old Ne gro is in jail today charged with the murder of Elizabeth Banks 21 Negro of 523 Green St who was stabbed to death early Satur day night Wilsdn known as told Chief of Police Clarence Owens that when he arrived at the wom house "things just as i they should Therewai an other man there Ke said and add ed "If I have er no body else Wilson returned to his i home in Camden County' accord ing to the police report where he said' he picked up a butcher knife Returning to the Green St house he purportedly stabbed the girl in the left breast She died before reaching the hospital Police reported today that a hearing would be held riday a Slale Body Lists Alleged Polluters of Water To Require Them to List Plans for Abatement i RALEIGH April 30 The State Stream Sanitation Committee today adopted comprehensive pollution abatement plans covering the waters of the Chowan and White Oak river basins The plans are similar to the one covering the Yadkin River basin first such plan adopted by the committee in a program aimed at halting' pollution of North Caro rivers and streams The Chowan and White Oa river plans list the polluters anc the steps each should take to elim inate pollution I i Growth Seen The committee said is rec ognized that the improvement in waste treatment now obtained must be sufficient to not only eliminate pollution which violates established standards but must raise sufficiently the quality of the receiving waters to permit future population and industrial Under the plans the committee will issue temporary permits ering the continued or increased discharges of sewage industrial wastes or other upon written assurance that those re sponsible intend to proceed "with the installation of the necessary pollution abatement works under a voluntary Must State Plans According to the plans the poi nters must acknowledge receipt of the abatement plan and state what action "has or is being taken toward eliminating the pollution in They also must advise the com mittee within 60 days after receiv ng the 'abatement plan whether voluntary action is contemplated and request official forms for use in filing application for a tempo rary permit covering the continu ed discharge bf The polluters also malce reports 4 at fegular intervals onthe progress being made to correct the pollution conditions 7 ailure to comply with the con djtions and limitations of a tempo i 11 iriv com mil tee stated "will constitute ample reason for revocation and will subject 'the holder to action The committed Officially' classi uea uio waters ot the two nver basins at "meetings earlier I this year' Polluters Listed 1 The'1 pointy of significant pollu tion in the Chowan River basin were listed towrf of Seaboard: Kirby Chemical Co Severn Riv erside Manufacturing Co'' Mur fieesboro 'town of Murfreesboro: Brown Son Woodland Milwaukee Basket Co kee town of Talon Inc Woodland town 'of Winton town of Aulander town of Ahos kie Almar Pickle Co Ahoskie Ahoskie Package Co Ahoskie Gates Cquqty prison camp Can nons erry ish Co Chowan County Chowan High School Small Crossroad Chowan County Chowan ish CojRD Edenton Tynch Co RD Eden town of Colerain: Perrv Wynn ish Co Colerain Belch ish Colerain Waff Sons Edenton town of Edenton We stover Heights Edenton Holland Spivey Maims Harbor Manteo acility May Be Agenda MANTEO April 30 Teachers 4 for Manteo and Manns Harbor schools will probably ba considered when the Dare County Board of Education meets May 8 Teachers for Kitty Hawk Wan chese Cape 'Hatteras Stumpy Point and Roanoke schools rec ommended by district school com mittees already have been ap proved but the other two commit tees have not yet made their rec ommendations Teachers bus drivers and jani y' tors approved are: i 1 Kity Hawk Principal Ward teachers Mrs Eliza beth Atkins Mrs Hazel McLean Mrs Irene Midgett MrsM Leona Rogers Mrs Ward and 4 Wilkerson bus drivers Mrjj Nellie Perry Mrs' Esther' Rogers and Major Curies Cape Hatteras School Principal Lingle teachers Gray Mrs Inez Austin Mrs Violet Aus tion Mrs WT Lingle and Miss Evelyn" ields bus driver Mrs Jean Gray 4 Wanchese 'School Teachers Wagstaff Mrs Louise Tillett Mrs" Cleopatra Daniels and Mrs Milah Meekins "janitors Hickman and MrsAlethia Stumpy Point Mrs Ruby Gray isieacher Ijus driver and janitor for1 the four gride one room school Roanoke School Principal Hall teachfcri Mrs" Lillian Boone Mrs Bethea bus driver Mrs Scarborough janitor Quinton Dozier State Museum of Art 1 Becoming Popular Spot RALEIGH April 30 Tha North Carolina Museum of Art 1 which ooened Anri! 6 has nuicklv become one of most poDular' sports for visitors Since opening 11771 indi viduals have visited its galleries "he total includes '98 white and Negro school classes for 3893 North Carolina public school stu dents Approximately three fourths of the visitors have been from out cf Raleigh I Aycock Brown Photo I Beaut Lovely Mary Burrus daughter of Mr Ahd Mrs Burrus of Hatteras receiving a trophy for winning tile title Hatteras of Gov Luther Hodges made the presentation during the Water front i Carnival and Dance in the Hatteras phase of the Pirate Jamboree I or New York Debut Lost Corn God Is En Route to Metropolitan 15 oot Monstrosity Worshipped by Uppowoc and His Tribe To Be Big Medicine for Big Shots MANTEO NC April god a scary 15 foot mon strosity that could easily hold down the lead role in a Hollywood horror picture is being readied for New York debut the Metropolitan Opera House I The primitive statue similiar to azaa nnn ir that worshipped by the Roanoke 111OIC inaians in tneir ritual dance to the Corn God in the long ago is usee in the summer outdoor production of Paul Lost here at the site of the first Eng lish settlement in the New World It was in 1937 the year the North Carolina playwright and Pulitzer Prize winner Green produced his symphonic drama of the colony that Vanished into the unknown that eod came into an essential property for enactment of the wild harvest ceremonial 4 New York Had No Stand In When the Roanoke Island His torical Association recently agreed to present a condensed version of Lost at the NY Journal Oratory inals bewilderment arose as to where a substitute for the cumbersome idol might be located in New York City It soon became apparent the Big Town had no stand in for Uppo god Resignedly Richard Jordan general manager of the historical drama that has lived longer than any other American outdoor pro duction and begins its 16th season in Waterside Theater here on June 30 has started to dismantle the grotesque figure that for so many years has kept a lonely vigil at ort Raleigh Shortly along with other unusual stage properties and authentic cos tumes of the annual drama here it will be en route by motor truck to New York 4400 To See It On May 7 some 4400 or more New Yorkers gathered for the grand climax of the five oratorical competition will witness one of the strangest debuts ever made at the Met The Corn God will rule a scene wildly unreal as the medicine man Uppowoc enacted by Dancer Marvin Gordon leaps and waves in the harvest ritual" A score of Indians from Lost cast supplemented Police School Stated In Elizabeth City by BLMan Highway Patrtfl Offices of Several CounQes to Cooperate Civil Rights Included 1 ELIZABETH CITY NiC April A course 'of training stressing proper ethics in law enforcement including protection of the civil rights of individuals has been arranged for the Elizabeth City Police Depart ment by the Charlotte Office ederal Bureau of Investigation th request ofW police chief 'at Elizabeth City The classes will be held al' the Agriculture Building auditorium beginning riday at 9 pmState laws pertaining to the right's and duties of law enforcement officers will be by Martin" Simpson Jp solicitor of Recorders Court for Pasquotank County Owens said Others Cooperating i (Other enforcement agencies co operating in the project and receiv ing the training are de partments of Pasquotank Camden Dare Currituck Chowan Perqui mans Washington Tyrrell Bertie and Gates counties as well as members of the North Carolina Highway Patrol in the area' Naval Air acility Coast Guard and Marine Air Base at Edenton Ray Abbaticchio Jr special agent in charge of the Char lotte division who arranged the course for Chief Owens quoted BI Director John Edgar Hoover as saying: and situations brought on by conditions 'of our times necessitate a greater con sciousness of the need for protect ing the civil rights of all people Not only must our actions iq fact be proper we must be able to establish in court if need be that they were proper BI Statement "Everytime the charge of duress unethical conduct or third degree tatties is substantiated all law en forcement gets a When mistakes are made we ourselves should be the first to take correc tive action The sooner every prac tice smacking of oppression is abolished the quicker law enforce Policy Adopted The Virgiiiian Pilot Tuesday May 'I 1956 7 NrfoIk PBrtiBontn Va To Be Programs 4 or Home Chibs MANTEO April 30 at Any will be the theme of demonstrations before Dare Coun ty Home Demonstration Clubs in May Miss Shirley West home agent "will present the topic which is a companion to one in March a Look at Your The May schedule of club meet ings is: May Harbor Club with Mrs Mabel Twiford May 3 Stumpy Point jWith Miss Margaret Midgett May Kitty Hawk with Mrs Louise Gilley May Manteo with Mrs Ray mond Wescott May 14 Rodanthe Salvo Waves with Mrs Susie Payne and Mrs Beulah at the Community Building at 2 pm May Buxton with Mrs Diane Dailey at 7:30 May 16 Wanchese with Mrs Ruth Newman May Hatteras with Mrs Rosa oster at 2 May risco with Mrs Mag gie Austin at 7 May Nags Head with Midgett May 30 Colington with Robanna Toler Jeanne Jennings Paul Hassell To Be Married EDENTON NC April 30 An nouncement is made of the en gagement of Jeanne Marie Jen nings to Paul Gilbert Hassell Miss Jennings is formerly of Roanoke Va and Mr Hassell of Edenton Mr Hassell is a sergeant first class in the United States Army and is stationed at ort Story Va The wedding will take place in early! June 7 0 Adult Students Complete Night Classes at High School ELIZABETH CITY NC April 30 Approximately 70 adults have completed courses taught at the Elizabeth City High School each Mon dan night during the past three months The school under the sponsorship of the high school and theCham oer 01 commerce was raugnt oy teachers of the high school faculty except for the irst Aid Class which under the auspices of the Red Cross was taught by Dr David Meggs Graduating from a class in cloth ing construction under Miss Mary Sue Copk were MrsMack letch er Mrs Mary 0 Mrs rances Newbern Other classes included Business English under Mrs Eunice Over man with Mrs Mary Elizabeth Etheridge Alphonso Etheridge and rances Spivey completing the course Industrial Atts (shop) under Norman Hodul Arthur Dickspn MiSs Joanna Shown Miss Helen5 Chappell Paul Taylor Joseph Kramer Rodney ore man Philip Hayman I Typing Most PopularThe largest of the four classes taught by the regular school teach ers was the typing class underMiss Nicholson Those receiving certificates here were $drs Louise Haskett Miss Cecilia Hodges Mrs Louise Car ter Miss Edna Payne Mrs James Armstrong Mrs Goldie Midgett Mrs Dussie Burrus Mrs Hymers Miss i Chriscell Mrs Alma Lee Burgess Johnnie veneer mill Edenton and fedenton Bay ish Co Edenton Pollution points identified in the White Oak plan ware: town of sf Beaufort Beaufort isheries Inc Beaufort Quinn Menhaden ish eries Inc Beaufort Sealevel Community Sealevel' town of Morehead Trr Wallace isheries Tiic More lead City Lloyd A ry Roofing Morehbad City town of Swans ro town of Richlands town of acksonville Tarawa Terrace ousing Development Tarawa Ter race and Camp Lejeune Base i In Halifax County Negro Seeks Registrar iring or ailing to Qualify Him Claims He Vote for Wrong Answer On Relative Rowers of Militia Assembly WELDON NC April 30 (JL A Negro lawyer said today he has written the chairman of the Halifax County Board of Elections asking that it oust the elections registrar at Enfield for failure to register wouiu oe negro voters James Walker Jr of Weldon said he represented Louis ran cis of Enfield Township who re tained him Saturday after he sought unsuccessfully to register Walker said when he went to the registration place i at the Enfield police station other Negros told him they had also sought unsuc cessfully to register Thinks Not Qualified James Curran chairman of the Halifax elections board said he had not yet received letter The registrar red Hoyle said le did not register 'rancis be cause in his opinion he was not qualified Walker said letter that rancis told him! the registrar asked him to read a section of the State Constitution asked him to write down and read back a sec tion of the Constitution as the reg istrar dictated and then asked him to answer a' series of questions including 1 has the most force the militia or the General In his letter Walker said the registrar told him rancis had massed the examination except the question about the militia and the Legislature Walter said he told the registrar the question was improper but that ie still refused to register ran cis I When he asked I about the oth er Negroes who were turned down Walker said the registrar left the polling place The Constitution1 says persons seeking to register must be able to read and write the State Constitu tion Gordon Eva Meekins nd Joe Poole lowing men and women II CAB I A ii'f BISK' JBa WBNbbBH.