H. C. Hepler Lands Martin
II. C. Ilepler, Morehead City, left, caught (hit 334-pound blur mar
tin Friday. Mr- llepler caught the mariin aboard Arthur Lrwii'
Bauy Too, running Captain Lewis' total to six mariin (or the season.
The fish was 10 feet H-incb long. Standing to the right ii Captain
Lewis.
So the Water's Safe?
Coast Guard District
Has 51 Distress Cases
It is ironic to note that during
June 27 to 29, the fir-st weekend
of President Eisenhower's National
Safe Boating Week, 51 distress
esses were handled by the Fifth
Coast Guard District Rescue Co
ordination Center. This total was
the second highest in District his
tory and only two below the record
set last year!
If this sad figure is any- indica
tion, then it would appear that the
summer of 1858 will be breaking
alt previous records not to men
tion injuring and killing an in
creasing number of persons and
damaging far mors boats.
While perhaps a few of the
weekend's search and rescue inci
dents were unavoidable, the ma
jority would seem to have been
uaneceassry.
One wonders if the three boat
men who went aground in Poco
moke Sound, along the Miles Riv
et, and at Morehead City had
c|arts. If they had them, did they
k?ow how to read them?
Could some of the motor casual
ties which disabled 20 boats in
midstream have been detected by
careful inspection and repaired
before departing the dock?
Were the operators of the two
ttvotorboats which cullided off the
Ocean View area of Norfolk fa
miliar with the Rules of the Road?
Did the two automobile drivers
who had to be towed from the
beach at Virginia Beach and Cat
leys Inlet use sense in taking con
ventional cars on the land?
Could the owners who ran low
on fuel near Ocean City and Wa
chapreague have anticipated their
needs more accurately? In the
Oceaq City case, the distress was
deemed as so serious that over a
two-day peried the following Coast
Guard surface and air craft
searched for the vessel in question :
five patrol boats ranging in length
from 26 to 83 feet, the cutter Ma
rion and two amphibious planes.
In addition, a beach patrol search
was also launched.
Thus the miscalculation of one
mariner led to the utilisation of
six vessels, two aircraft, and
countless personnel at untold cost
to the taxpayer.
Although there were no lives lost
in this case, there were two drown
ings in the course of the weekend
?one in Atlantic Beach and ano
ther off the Ocean View are* of
Norfolk.
In the latter case, two boys an
chored a rented boat one-half mile
off ahore and then got out to inrim.
The turrent presumably was so
swift that they could not gat back
to the boat. One of the boya, who
had a Coast Guard approved life
cushion, lyas found and rescued
by a cabin cruiser In the vicinjty.
Morehead Man Lands Marlin
. . ... _ , a.
Photos by Bob Simpson
John Tunnell, Morehrad City, landed this nine-foot, 5-inch blue
mariln Wednesday from the Rebel, a private boat owned by George
Nissen. The mariln weighed in at 259 pounds. Captain of the Rebel
is Shy Fodrie.
The other boy, age 11, was never
found, and his life cushion was
later discovered by the Coast
Guard in a place where it would
do no good? in the abandoned boat.
And perhaps the most question
able case of all took place on the
Potomac River Sunday afternoon,
when a boat with five persons left
a small creek enroute supposedly
for a beach ten miles south along
the river.
Early Monday morning, they had
See COAST GUARD, Page 6, Sec. 2
Basement Variety Store
Sticks to Tradition
Norfolk, Va. (AP) ? Bert Bond's
store in the basement of an 18th
century house here is short on
white enamel and chrome fixtures,
but it doesn't lack variety.
If you want a false nose or some
kindling wood he has it. Water
melon and Christmas tree*, too, in
season. In case you want an oil
lamp or chimney he has that too.
"Just ask for it and I'm darned
likely to have it," says Bert.
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July 7? Mr Ous Meden arrived
Thursday to spend ? week with
his wife and family and mother
in-law, Mrs. Julia Pake.
Frank Mcintosh, USCG Reserve,
left Sunday morning for CurtU
Bay Training Center for a couple
of weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Goodwin
and daughter, Faye, of Cedar Is
land, Mrs. Hedrick Salter and two
children of SUcy visited Mrs.
Julia Pake Sttoday evening.
Mr. and Mrs Harold Daniels
and daughter, Diana, and baby
from Atlantic visited Mrs. Julia
Hake Sunday evening.
Mr Monnie Daniels of Center
Moriches. N V were visiting u>
our community this past weak
Mrs. Oladys Lupton, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Goodwin and two
children and niece, Helen Good
win, visited Mrs. Julia Pake Sun
day.
The Misses Regina Pake and
Letitia Meden arc visiting Mrs
Charles Pake Jr. of Atlantic.
Mr. and Mrs Jim Willis attend
ed church servicej it Otway Sun
day.
Mr. and Mr?. Biker Lupton and
children, Martha, and Baker Jr.
and friend, George Coburu of Suf
folk, Vi., spent the weekend with
hit mother, Mra. Sophia Lupton.
Mra. Charles Pike Jr. ipent Sat
urday with her mother in-law. Mrs
Charles Fake Sr.
Mr. Ralph Dudley of Pascagoula
arrived Sunday to spend a few
days with his father, Capt Jean
Dudley.
Mrs. Frank Mcintosh visited
Mra. . Mattie Simpson and Jackie
Quisenbury Suiuluy evening.
A stork shower was given Thurs
day night for Mrs Steve Zucha
by her mother, Mrs. Mary DavU
Everyone hid a very nice time.
Mri. Leslie Ball and children a
Jacksonville visited lira. SophU
Lupton Friday night. . 1
Mra. Emily Parkin and daugfc
ter, Mra. Newman Lewis, visited
Mrs Julia Pake last Tuesday
Mrs. Kenneth Willis and chil
dren spent Sunday afternoon with
the Pake family.
Mr Ray Lawrence of Otway vis
ited James Lawrence Jr. Satur
day morning.
Mrs. William Willia visited the
Pake family Sunday.
Mr and Mrs. Lrn Simpson vis
ited Mra. Monroe Simpson Friday
afternoon
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