VOLUME XXII NO. 10
SCHOOL OFFICIALS
REFUSE TO UPSET
DARE'S RULING
Kitty Hawk's Effort to Block Con
solidation Unsuccessful in
Raleigh Again
The State Board of Education
refused to intervene in a school
consolidation controversy in Dare
County last week on grounds it
would violate the principal of the
1955 School Assignment Act.
The act gives to local boards
of education the power of pupil
assignment and was the 1955 Gen
eral Assembly’s answer to the
school segregation crisis.
The board took action after
hearing a delegation from Dare
protest the consolidation of Kitty
Hawk School with Manteo High
Schoo] on Roanoke Island.
To overrule the Dare Board of
Education would be to do “the
very thing that the General As
sembly has attempted to avoid in
its recent legislation,” board mem
ber O. L. Richardson of Monroe
said.
He made the motion to post
pone the matter indefinitely on
grounds the board was “without
jurisdiction.” The Kitty Hawk
school, which the delegation had
hoped could remain open until a
new plant is built at Manteo,
opens Tuesday.
Dare Attorney Wallace H. Mc-
Cown presented the Kitty Hawk
delegation’s arguments. The Dare
Education Board ordered the mer
ger of Kitty Hawk school’s 50-
odd students with those at Man
teo last spring.
McCown said his group’s plea
was made on grounds of inade
quate facilities at the Manteo
school. He said Kitty Hawk peo
ple feel the students would be bet
ter off in their own three-room,
three-teacher school at Kitty
Hawk than they would in five
rooms at Manteo with about 160
other high school students.
He said Kitty Hawk would not
object to consolidation when a
plant now in the planning stage
is completed on Roanoke Island.
McCown also said Kitty Hawk stu
dents will have to ride buses as
far as 34 miles to the Manteo
facilities. He said there was some
question among school bus drivers
about whether they could make
their schedules in the “shuttle
bus” operation planned as trans
portation for the students.
After hearing McCown, the
board told the delegation it would
take the matter into considera
tion. It put the finishing touches
on the 1956-1958 budget, then re
turned to the Dare matter and
decided against overriding the
Dare education board.
Members of the Kitty Hawk
delegation, in addition to McCown,
were Mrs. Tom Briggs, Kitty
Hawk’s represenative nominee on
the Board of Education; Robert
Young, mayor protem of Kitty
Hawk; and Jack Twiford, Bob
Best and Adolphus Hines, school
committee members.
REV. GEORGE W. GRIFFIN
, DIES IN WASHINGTON, D. C.
Rev. George W. Griffin, 86, a
native of Roanoke Island, died Sat
urday in Washington, D. C. where
he had lived for many years. He
was a native of Roanoke Island,
and the son of the late Elisha and
Mary Ashby Griffin who lived
about one mile north of Manteo.
He is survived by a brother, Wil
liam J. Griffin of Manteo, the last
remaining member of a large and
prominent family, and who is now
89.
For many years he traveled as
a Baptist evangelist, and spent a
great many years in the south, for
several years being head of a Bap
tist assembly in Florida. A few
years ago, he dreamed of establish
ing a Baptist assembly at his
birthplace, Roanoke, Islapd, but he
had grown too old. Many years
ago, when he came back to visit
his relatives, his powerful sermons
drew large audiences.
Mr. Griffin was buried Monday
in Atlanta, Ga. where his sister,
Mrs. Annie Griffin Gray, is buried.
He is survived by two sons and a
daughter.
CHARLES FEARING SUSTAINS
INJURIES IN CAR MISHAP
While riding his bicycle Friday
of last week during a thunder
storm, Charles Fearing, nine-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Fearing of Manteo, was struck by
a car driven by Lloyd Midgett of
Manteo, and sustained a serious
fracture of his right thigh. He is
being treated in Portsmouth Gen
eral Hospital, and full extent of
his injuries have not been deter
mined. Mrs. Fearing is with him in
Portsmouth.
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
DARE CO. SCHOOLS
OPEN TUESDAY;
ENROLLMENT 1.172
The seven schools in Dare Coun
ty opened Tuesday, and their en
rollment so far totals 1,172 stu
dents, the largest being Manteo,
with 481 of which 184 are in high
school. Cape Hatteras high school
is next with 307 pupils, which in
cludes 75 high school students.
Manteo High School has nine
elementary, and seven high school
teachers. Many parents and in
terested citizens attended the
opening exercises, over which
Robert Ballance, member of the
Board of Education presided. Rev.
L. A. Aitken, pastor of Manteo’s
Methodist Church held a short de
votional. W. H. Bunch, the new
principal of the school spoke brief
ly, greeting the students.
Some 50 students in high school
from Kitty Hawk were assigned
to Manteo school this year, and
these enrolled with exception of
about 13.
Enrollment for the various
schools of the county is as follows:
Manteo 484; Cape Hatteras 307,
Kitty Hawk 131; Wanchese 126,
Manteo Negro school 71; Manns
Harbor 33 and Stumpy Point 20.
Fourteen high school students at
tend the Negro school.
Manns Harbor has two teachers,
Kitty Hawk 5; Wanchese four;
Stumpy Point one, the Negro
school -three; Cape Hatteras 12;
Manteo 16.
Fourteen buses are required in
the transportation of the pupils of
Dare County. x
DARE RECORDERS COURT
HANDLES BIG LOAD OF
TRAFFIC CASES TUESDAY
Two paid SIOO fines each, and
court costs charged, with driving
while drunk in Dare Recorders
Court Tuesday. They were Ralph
Decosta Shaw of Washington, D.
C. and R. W. Webb of Norfolk.
Fines yielded over S7OO this
time., but due to decline in holiday
traffic, a big drop in income is ex
pected from now on.
The following, in addition to
court costs, paid fines of sls each
for speeding at 50 mph: Charles
E. Heath of Nags Head, Alphonso
J. Earley of Ahoskie; R. V. John
son, Miami, Fla; J. N. Owens of
Harbinger, Doris J. Brown of
Plymouth, George F. Newsom and
Robert J. McCullouch of Elizabeth
City; Curtis T. Edwards of Weeks
ville; T. G. Griggs, Jr., Point Har
bor.
Jas. Allen Jones of Norfolk for
public drunkenness paid $25 and
costs.
Elton Keene paid $25 for reck
less driving: Gilbert Lee Henley of
Nags Head for speeding at 80
mph, $50;; Francis D. Spivey of
Durants Neck for speeding at 60
mph, paid $25 and costs; for speed
ing at 51 mph, Neil E. Foy of Duck
paid sl6 and costs; W. H. Hof
fler, Jr. of Elizabeth City paid sl4
for speeding at 49 mph; other
speeders paid as follows: Robert
E. Ashby of Portsmouth paid $10;
Eppa Joseph Gray of Franklin,
Va. $10; Harry Dean Haywood of
Colington, sl2 and costs; Curtis P.
Tunner, Weldon, $10; Joyce J.
Gray, Buxton, $18; W. A. Perry,
Carrsville, Va., sl2; Richard L.
Kizer, Portsmouth, Va., S2O; Os
sie O. Wade, Lynnhaven, Va., $25;
George J. Coulbourn, Suffolk, Va.,
$10; Halsey W. Brown, Jr., Vir
ginia Beach, SSO; Willie Ivey, Pt.
Harbor, $5; H. B. Jennette, Nor
folk, S2O; Eula S. Sumner, Eliz
abeth City, S2O.
BLUEFISHING NEVER
BETTER IN DARE WATERS
Wanchese. Captain Jesse
Etheridge says bluefishing has
never been better than during the
first week of September this
year.
“The fish ain’t as large as they
were back in the 19J0s, but there
are more of them,” said Capt.
Etheridge.
Back in the middle 1930's is
when the big “Hatteras Blues” hit
North Carolina coastal waters. In
those days a five pounder was
considered a small bluefish, and
many scaled at 10 to 15 pounds.
The fish are ranging from one
to two pounds each.
Best catches of the 1956 blue
fishing season fiave been made in
Oregon and Hatteras Inlets but on
Labor Day week end with sunny
skies and smooth seas, the blue
fishermen went into’ the ocean
after blues.
“We made our best catches
down near a wreck off Pea Is
land,” he said. (Pea Island is six
or seven miles south of Oregon
Inlet.)
Capt. Etheridge’s party of four,
headed by W. P. Morris of Jack
son, N. C., stopped fishing when
they had landed' an even 250 blues.
In addition they had caught a
half dozen or so Spanish mackerel
and three false albacore.
SEPTEMBER AND
OCTOBER RANK
HIGH FOR SPORT
Biggest Autumn Tourist Business
During Next Ten Weeks
on Our Coast
Now that tourists do not have
to worry about dirt roads made
bad by rainy weather; when every
part of the N. C. Coastland may
be reached readily on any day by
automobile.—the resorts of Hyde,
Dare and Currituck are looking for
the biggest autumn business dur
ing the next ten weeks, that they
have known.
Each year, there is a rapidly in
creasing volume of people who pre
fer vacations in autumn, and there
are many good reasons for this
choice, outside of accessibility and
good roads heretofore mentioned.
The fine autumn weather is us
ually invigorating, and cool enough
for comfortable and refreshing
sleep every night. Travel is at
tended with less discomfort. Places
of business are not so densely
crowded, and personnel not over
worked. Visitors may dine and be
served in more leisurely comfort.
During the ten weeks from Sep
tember 1, fishing is at its best, and
both channel bass and striped bass
offer fine sport.
One may generally expect good
weather the rule, in autumn in the
North Carolina coastland.
The fine crops and the autumn
coloring in the woods to be viewed
from our highways in autumn,
give an interesting change of
scene. This year the region is
blessed with finest crops, in many
places, that have been produced in
several years.
Tourist facilities are reporting
that reservations being made for
accommodations this fall are the
greatest yet.
FIFTH ANNUAL NAGS HEAD
SURF FISHING TOURNEY
TO OPEN OCTOBER 19
By AYCOCK BROWN
Nags Head. —More than SI,OOO
worth of prizes including trophy
cups and plaques, silver, gold and
bronze medals, fishing tackle,
marine clocks, barometers and
other prizes will be awarded win
ning individuals and teams during
the Fifth Annual Nags Head Surf
Fishing Tournament here on Fri
day through Sunday, October 19-
21, it was stated today by W. A.
Williams, president of the sponsor
ing club.
The sponsoring organization is
the Nags Head Surf Fishing Club
and the event this year will be
presented again under the auspices
of the Association of Surf Anglers
Clubs, an international organiza
tion. H. W. Shaner of Margate
City, &. J. will return to Nags
Head to direct the tournament. He
is a member of his howe town’s
casting club and also secretary
treasurer of the Association of
Surf Anglers Clubs.
Sponsors of the tournament
stated this week that competition
this year would be limited to 25
participating clubs of five persons
and one alternate.
In the past, the Nags Head
Tournament has gained national
attention, although most of the
participating teams hve come from
fishing clubs in New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and New York. Last
Year four of the teams taking part
in the tournament were from
North Carolina clubs.
Only teams affiliated with the
Association of Surf Anglers Clubs
are eligible to enter the tourna
ment. Maj. J. L. Murphy, secre
tary-treasurer of the Tournament
should be contacted by teams
planning to enter the contest. His
address is care: Nags Head Surf
Fishing Tourney, Kill Devil Hills,
North Carolina, it was stated.
FIRE BURNS OVER LARGE
AREA NEAR RODANTHE
An area of some 40 acres in
size butned over near the Fair
haven Methodist Church, Rodan
the, during the week end. Origin
of the fire is not known. At one
time it was feared the church
might be damaged. A strong wind
blew flames toward the Chicama
comico motel. However on reach
ing the road across the beach, it
soon burned out. Nearly all the
population of the three villages
was attracted to the fire.
MUSIC CLUB MEETS
The Roanoke Island Music Club
had its first fall meeting Tuesday
night at the home of Mrs. Rennie
Williamson in Manteo. Plans were
made for the year’s programs, and
also pjans for the district meeting
to be held in Elizabeth City Sep
tember 22.
During the social hour Mrs. Wil
liamson served punch and salted
nuts.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1956
BIG BOATING EVENT
SCHEDULED 3 DAYS
IN ELIZABETH CITY
Numerous Attractions September
29-30 Include Racing, Danc
ing, Drills and Music
Elizabeth City, Sept. 6.—With a
full two days of boat racing and
a three-day schedule of land acti
vities, there will be something for
everyone at the International Cup
Regatta here September 29-30.
Eight classes of outboards are
scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 29,
along with two limited inboard
classes and the first two heats of
the powerful unlimiteds. Sunday
will feature six more limited in
board classes and the three final
15-mile unlimited heats.
In addition, there will be a bath
ing beauty pageant Friday night,
proceeding the regatta week end,
with a dozen of Eastern North
Carolina’s loveliest girls vieing for
Regatta Queen; a parade of high
school bands, queen’s floats, offi
cials, drill teams and novelties
Saturday morning; the Interna
tional Cup Ball Saturday night,
featuring Ted Weems and his
orchestra; a two-day Art Show of
water colors, oil paintings, photog
raphy and ceramics by the area’s
artists; a demonstration of the un
believable Benson helicopter-boat
on and over the river, and the In
ternational Cup and Roger’s
Memorial Trophy presentation din
ner Sunday evening.
Outboard racing classes sched
uled are A, B, C and D Utility;
and A, B, C and D Stock Hydros.
Inboard competition will be for the
unlimiteds, 7-litres, 266, 225, 136,
135 and 48 cubic inch hydroplanes,
E Service Runabouts and the
Pacific One Design class.
A personal survey of unlimited
owners, made at the recent Gold
Cup Race in Detroit, Mich, by a
representative of the Pasquotank
River Yacht Club, indicates that
nine of the huge racing boats are
planning to be here for the third
annual running for the $7,000
sterling silver trophy, and for the
points the APBA-sanctioned event
See RACES, Page Eight
MARLIN, SAILFISH TAKEN
OFF DARE COAST AREAS
Manteo, Sept. s.—Four blue
marlin, two from the same boat,
were landed by arglers aboard
Oregon Inlet and Hatteras based
boats during the past week end.
Four sailfish were also landed in
one of the better billfishing days
of the 1956 season for these two
species.
Louis and Leonard Williams of
Monongahela, Penn., skipping bait
from the cruiser Chee Chee, skip
pered by Capt. Willie Etheridge
Jr., each landed big blues on Sat
urday. Leonard’s fish, nine foot
and eight inches from tip to tip
weighed 274 pounds.
Louis’ fish measured 11 foot
and five inches, but the fish, dur
ing the five hour battle it took
to bring it aboard, was attacked
by shark which badly mutilated
its right side. Os the flesh still
intact on other side of the giant
carcass, the total weight was 315
pounds. Marlin experts estimated
the big fish would have weighed
over 450 and probably 500 pounds
had it not been attacked by the
sharks. The William’s catches
were made about 30 miles south
easterly of Oregon Inlet.
The third blue marlin taken off
Oregon Inlet on the week end was
landed by F. T. Spruce Jr. of
Lynchburg. His fish was not
measured or weighed before it
was taken from Oregon Inlet Fish
ing Center but observers who
know marlin said it topped 200
pounds.
Youngest Guide
Dr. J. C. Overbey, undefeated
champion blue marlin fisherman
of Cape Hatteras and Hatteras
waters, landed a 348 pounder that
scaled at 10 foot and 11 inches.
It was 54 inches around the girth.
Dr. Overbey made his catch
from his private cruiser the
•Snapper II” and on Saturday,
when the big fish was boated his
skipper was 14-year old Bernard
Foster, son of Capt. Hallas Foster
and a member of the famous bill
fishing Foster families of Hat
teras.
It was the first time that a
cruiser skippered by such a young
guide had ever connected with and
successfully brought aboard such
a large marlin.
Four Sailfish
Three sailfish were boated by
anglers aboard Omie Tillett’s
criiiser Jerry Jr., on Saturday
when the big blue marlin were be
ing caught by anglers aboard
other boats. William Eldridge
caught two and Bobby Estes one.
Both anglers were from Falls
Church, Va. A fourth sail was
taken by an unidentified angler
off Oregon Inlet.
PROFIT SHOWN BY
LOST COLONY ON
ITS 1956 SEASON
In Position to Open in 1957 After
Having 8,310 Gain in
Paid Attendance
The Lost Colony will show a
profit from its 16th season opera
tion, as compared to an operating
loss of approximately $21,000 dur
ing 1955 when eight performances
were cancelled as a result of rains
or storm reports during August,
it was stated here today by Dick
Jordan, the show’s general man
ager.
A total of 42,201 persons paid
admission to see the 55 perform
ances presented this season. This
compared with 33.991 persons pay
ing to see the show last year dur
ing 50 performances. Only one per
formance was cancelled due to
rains this year and tnere was no
repetition of the storm reports
which occurred during 1955.
A breakdown of the total paid
attendance this year (which does
not include complimentary tickets
issued to the press, radio and tele
vision outlets, or the membership
passes) reflected that an average
of 767 persons attended the show
each night. Last year during 50
performances, the average night
ly paid attendance was only 680
persons.
The Lost Colony during the 1956
season, as in previous years, was
an important factor in the econo
my of Manteo, Roanoke Island and
the Dare Coast generally. In addi
tion to the thousands of dollars
paid performers, which was spent
for the most part here at home,
the people who attended the show
spent money with guest houses, ho
tel and motel operators, the res
taurants, gift shops, gas stations,
and just about every other busi
ness enterprise in the area.
There had been rumors during
the summer that The Lost Colony
may be showing for its last season
this year, but the rumors were un
founded. The drama, which has liv
ed longer than all other outdoor
productions in the world, will open
for its 17th season in Waterside
Theatre here on June 29, 1957 with
a production schedule calling for
55 performances. The 1957 season
will end on September 1.
(The foregoing rumor probably
originated when word got out that
The Common Glory in Williams
burg may give way to another Paul
Green play next summer in con
nection with the Jamestown cele
bration. It has since been announc
ed that The Common Glory will be
.presented during 1957 and that a
second drama, now being prepared
by Green, will also be presented in
Williamsburg near restored James
town.)
If The Lost Colony has weather i
breaks during its 1957 season
comparable with 1956, it is likely
that next year will be one of the
best seasons of its long history.
This is based on the fact that by
the summer of 1957 the Croatan
Sound bridge will be open and
traffic from the west and south
can be funneled into Manteo by
way of the new bridge which will
replace the existing ferries.
R. E. Jordan, general manager
of The Lost Colony, has been wide
ly complimented on his energetic
and economical management of
the show which by reason there
fore has been getting back on its
feet, despite the costly set-backs
of 1955 when hurricane scares ran
business away from the entire
area. /
SKIN DIVERS FIND SPORT
WHILE GUESTS OF WAHABS
ON OCRACOKE ISLAND
On August 30th Mr. and Mrs.
R. S. Wahab has as their guests,
Dr. W. L. Bell of Spruce Pine, N.
C., Messrs. Bubba Standing and
Frank de Foras of Virginia Beach,
Va., Ron Beavers and Dave Bur
chard of Arlington, Va. Dr. Bell
is a member of the Blue Ridge
Skin Divers Club in Asheville/ N.
C., Messrs. Standing, de Foras,
Beavers and Burchard are from the
Virginia Beach Skin Divers Club.
A trip was made to the old
dredge “Lehigh” where the divers
demonstrated their skill and abil
ity with spear guns and fins. The
first man over was right back with
a nine pound sheepshead. In a
matter of minutes the catch was
increased to ten of the finny beau
ties, a total weight Os fifty-eight
pounds.
As a sport, skin diving is be
coming increasingly popular. No
heavy equipment to carry or be
burdened with, the easy explora
tion of old wrecks and the never
ending wonders of marine life to
view.
A sheepshead dinner was enjoy
ed that night by all of the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Wahab. This in
cluded their grandson, Billy Wa
hab of Virginia Beach, Va., Perry
Wahab, Ocracoke, and the skindiv
ing quintette.
SCRUTINY OF FACTS REVEALS
CLUMSY EFFORT TO DISCREDIT
NATIONALPARKSERVICEWORK
A Few Persons Attempting to Undermine Nation
al Park Service Program Falsely Represent Im
portance of Study Made By Group of College
Students During Recent Short Visit to Hatteras
Island.
A clumsy effort through various
means of misrepresentation to dis
credit the program of the Nation
al Park Service and to arouse pre
judice and opposition among citi
zens of Hatteras Island has been
underway for some weeks. The am
ateurish attempt, engineered by
some of the same selfish group
who fought the park proposals
from the beginning, because of
their desire to mop up on real es
tate, has made some headway and
aroused a number of well-meaning
people who had some natural fears
against possible encroachment on
the way of life which they have
always known and would preserve.
( The agitation got so heavy that
on Tuesday, the County Board of
Commissioners, which up to now
have merited few high marks for
brilliance or foresight and public
spirit, summoned Allyn Hanks, Su
perintendent of the Cape Hatter
as Seashore project, before them.
They demanded to know what the
policies of the National Park Serv
ice are going to be in future.
Probably no man on the Board
has read the law which defines
how the NPS will establish and ad
minister the Cape Hatteras Sea
shore park, but Mr. Hanks told
them there could be no changes
from the law so far as the Park
Service intended.
The falsehoods got headway, and
tales began to be peddled up and
down the coast that among other
things the National Park Service
would begin charging three dol
lars per car from travellers on the
Oregon Inlet ferries, which are
state operated and owned and un
der state law must operate free
of toll. Many and numerous re
strictions were to be put into effect
at once in all villages in the area.
All this was reported as having
been sent out in a letter over the
signature of the Director of Na
tional Parks. Inquiries were made
of many, and while some said they
had seen such a letter, no one
Could produce one, or say where
one could be located.
One would think that established
and prosperous business men, some
of whom are college graduates,
would have more incisiveness and
I perception than to give even minor
consideration to such reports. But
such is not true. It is really amaz
ing what some people will believe,
or nretend to believe, if they wish
to believe.
• But listen: It was told also that
a letter had been seen, signed by
Governor Hodges, in which the
Governor had turned his back on
any thought of a bridge ovef Ore
gon Inlet, and had given the order,
not only for abandonment of free
ferry service, but for the final
abandonment of any road building
on Ocracoke Island. As before,
some said they had seen such a
letter, but no one could produce
such letter.
The Great Mystery Blows Up
Now what did happen, happened
some weeks ago, when a group of
students from the Graduate School
of Landscape Architecture of the
University of Pennsylvania, visit
ed the Hatteras Island area, in
pursuit of their further studies.
Maybe they thought that by writ
ing a thesis on the characteristics
of new territory viewed during a
hasty visit, they would be awarded
an additional degree or two. De
grees are often beneficial to “ex
perts” in numerous fields of en
deavor, when they hang out a shin
gle, and seek to attract customers,
clients, patients, etc.
When the boys got back to Penn
sylvania, they prepared quite a
long brief covering their observa
tions. After taking as many pages
to say so, as a lawyer would use
in writing up a new lawsuit to
break an old will, they finally sum*
med up with some 12 or 15 recom
mendations for the improvement
and benefit of Hatteras National
Seashore, which in their opinion
should be undertaken, by citizens,
and local, Federal and State gov
ernments.
The Pa. College boys were so
pleased with their handiwork in
behalf of a country completely new
to them and its people, that they
sent their masterpiece to Conrad
Wirth, Director of National Parks.
, Mr. Wirth wrote them the usual
letter of courtesy thanking them
for their interest, and told them
their brief would receive “due”
consideration. Due consideration
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means only such consideration as
is merited.
The brief did have some mighty
good suggestions in it, we might
say in the majority they were con
structive, but it did contain about
four recommendations calculated to
bring blood to eyes of most of us
coastlanders. However, those of us
who are older and more thoughtful
and seasoned, don’t pay much at
tention to a stranger who comes
up and tells us how to build the
boat we are working on. We may
just laugh him off, or pay him no
mind at all, but usually we do take
notice if he tells us he or some
other guy is anxious to buy our
boat at twice what it is worth.
Because the brief made many
references to state and local activ
ities, Mr. Wirth forwarded same
with a courteous note to Governor
Hodges, as was due and proper.
Mr. Wirth in no wise endorsed or
approved the project, but sent it to
the Governor for his observation.
A Tempest in a “Tinkle PoL”,
Now Governor Hodges had just
got back from a mighty strenuous
week at the Chicago convention.
He was worked to death writing
speeches for clubs, farm groups,
family re-unions, and defense of
the Pearsall plan which comes up
for a vote this week. He was stay
ing awane nights over budget bu
reau requests to spend five dol
lars for each one received. Doubt
less the Governor wore his usual
beautific smile, and perhaps fumed
inwardly at being distracted dur
ing hot weather by something that,
had he taken time to read it, he
might have filed carefully in his
waste basket.
But the Governor is too polite
for that, and no doubt he wrote a
polite letter, thanking the donor,
the sender and several other peo
ple, and then he passes the buck
See PARK, Page Five
COAST GUARD TELEPHONES
GREAT HELP ON OCRACOKE
The U. S. Coast Guard, Fifth
District, has done a very com
mendable act in establishing four
telephones on their Ocracoke Is
land line, so that motor travelers
in distress can contact the local
Ocracoke unit for assistance. These
four ’phones, according to a recent
announcement by Benjamin L.
O’Neal, commanding officer of the
Ocracoke Station, are located at
the first bridge north of Ocracoke
Village, at the corral familiarly
known as the “cowpen”, at Sty
ron’s Hill, and at the end of the
Island near where the Hatteras
Inlet ferry lands. Until the new
paved road is completed down
Ocracoke Island there is always
the possibility of cars getting
stuck in the deep sand, especially
at incoming tide, but with these
telephones available to the public,
the Coast Guard can be quickly
called to help. The ’phone at the
“cowpen” had been only installed
two days when two Ocracoke resi
dents of the fair sex found it ex
tremely useful when their jeep
stuck in deep sand on the beach
ridge. Walking from the beach
about three-fourths of a mile to
■the little red ’phone box on the
telephone pole, they quickly got
through a distress message and
were pulled out by the Coast
Guard truck in time to continue
their trip northward to Hatteras
Inlet before time for the noon
ferry to arrive. Ocracoke Civic
Club will include in its tourist pub
licity this information about the
service rendered by the Coast
Guard in this respect.
COUNTY TO AID IN POWER
LINE TO MASHOES CREEK
The Dare County Commissioners
voted Tuesday to donate -$250 to
the cause of clearing out the right
of way for an electric light line
from Manns Harbor, five miles
long, serve the six families lo
cated at Mashoes Creek. John W.
Midgett of Mashoes, who has been
leading the fight for a power line
to Mashoes, appeared before the
county board.
Beside its routine business, the
"board gave consideration to a re
quest for continued maintenance of
the old dirt road to Duck on the
North Banks, as some citizens
feared it might be abandoned in
favor of the newer hard-surface
road.