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AUGUST 16. 1963 Single Copy 7 MANY NOTABLES TO PARTICIPATE IN WEEK END EVENTS AT LOST COLONY ^bonnerMguests TO^y^END-SAT^ NIGHT PROGRAM Narheplate'^from U.S.Sl^Virginia Dare Will Be Presented by ; 1st District Congressmen |“,t;Pne/'o£.ftlie''higM of tlie I ■'nation-wide Liberty Ship Me- I'lr.oria] Vrograin will lake place i on - the: stage of the Waterside |iiTlicntre,.'iuring the Saturday 'night (Aiigusl 17) perforinancc ,of "Tlio Lost Colony’’ outdoor |/jsyinplionic drama. Congressman Herbert C. Bon ner of the First North Carolina iMdisti'ict, will'present to the Roa- ■'nokc Island: Historical Associ- |,at:on, producer ,pL‘ “The Lost |;vCol oh y’!,' 'v,t.hV.r;iia hVo'pia te f rnm T the Liberty' Ship, the U. S, S. laVirginiu Dare, w’liich served gallantly in World'War 'll.''"//' / IMrs. Fred W. IMovri.son.- I, Chairman of the H. I.'H. A,, has' |;invited Mrs, Matilda Inge, ‘ daughter of R. Bnice Etheridge, to accept the nameplate for the ’Association. She commi.ssipned :'tho U. S. S. Virginia Dare. Mr. lii'Ethm'jdge is a former •Diroctof.. Iffbf 'the-N^'G. Department/Coife |■■£el■vation and Devdopingnt and lian 'honorary vice-chaiiTnah>,of j.!(*lie R. I. H. A. and repre.sented |Daro County in the legisl.-itiirc Icsevcral terms. . ..., ■ Mrs. Mon-ison' hnd, other'^of" ficer.s and leaders of the Roa- ncko Island Historical As-soci- atioii will .also be on stage at |‘'intermias!on of the/drania..They l-,will hold a board'm'eeiing;of;the. R. I. H. A. at the Jlanteo Motel at 1 p.ni. on Sattirday. - . Among tiiose who,,)'’in/nttend J“the n a-nt e:p La t w.preseniatiph'r I'c.o )• R m o.n y .with'Con^%EmaiV Bonner .are: Ralph’’ E. Casey, President, and C. Bradford I r»i» nT TviF/tv- J. hiation. of tliCr American Mcr-. I'chant Jlai-me- Instiiute -vvlneh i.s J^'j^ppngqrmg thc;Librety..Siiip, Me-; l!m6r.ial I ogiam Others !will'be: Mavsdoii. E: ]‘^Ward, correspondent., of the .American Institute of Marine it.'nderwTiter.s; Bart J. McCarrj' of the Jlaritime Administration of the U. S. Department of Commerce; Howard S. Kennedy oC the Moore-McConnnek Lines: ,nnd possibly al.so Capt. Hcwle.tt R. Bishop, of the Mantunc lAd- ministratidh.' .. "BIRTHDAY" EVENT AND 4-H CLUB SALUTE FRIDAY "-s. -UVv'Iyv^S^. ’'■hj •> '.'^Y -“v. "SSJ Die. GRAHAM L. K. IIARKILL ' A •■bn thdii.v’’.celebration,"'inarking the 1200th performance of “The Lost Goipny’’ will be held Friday night at the Waterside ’Inealie on Roanoke' lsland. It will also be “4-H Club Night” at thc'nalion’s oUlest-and longe.st-rimning outdoor show. ' / ‘Dr.-Fr.anlrPorter Graham, a United Nations official, former President of the. University of North Carolina, and a Board 'fneinbev' .off the| Upan(yc'ea;Ishind-Y.H>sWKi?a!-:'As.spciatipn will cut ’ the "‘‘huiiidap’’’'t/ihe.' Dr^ iias bderi' lii suiipbrted and annual -•visitor to ‘‘The Lost Colony’’^ since, it was first presented here in 1937. L. R. Harrill, State 4-H Club leader for the past 37 years, will be another .special Friday night guest. He Recently.,announced his retirement ns the rural yoiith leader of the Cooperative" Agri cultural E.\tension .Service at N. C. .State, but is remaining active until a succes.sor can bo found. Another feature of the August IGtli pel foi inan,.e will l,e /he. presentation of lifetime passes toflThe.Lost, Colony., to e^ely. 100th person who'comes through' the''gatc. ■ • Mrs. Fred W. Morrison, Chairman of the Roanoke Islmid Historical Association which produces The Lost Colony, wdl 'preaiilc.fat/thti/intchfnission,cereinpnics The entne comp n% ol ■’the/draina, including; back-stage ;i)ersonnel,’.will il>8 m ■ front;..of the' footlights' for the birthday cake-cutting. Mi.ss Nancy Basnight, a Dare County girl wdio is immediate past socretary-trea.surer of the 4-H State Council, will be a guest performer' in one scene of the play. Tlic ai)pro.\imately.>200 farm hoys and jtii'ls who arc ntlciuling the final week'of^'.tho Maiiteo, 4-H'.Grub camp also will attend - - •a SPECIAL SUNDAY PERFORMANCE TO HIGHLIGHT VIRGINIA DARE PROGRAM yFAMEDV^KNAPR MANSION- QN SHORE GOING I Joseph P. Knapp Estate Sur- . renders to WilJlifo Program; , CurriTucIc Beneficiary j The Mansion .House built on, /Mackey. Isi'iVnd on 'the,.shore of, ' Currituck v.'SoiVitd 'by"' the late ' Josepli P. knnpp \vhp gave away ■' millions "to' bchefii.: the "county’s schools and for otlter c.tuses in North Carolina, is to be tont down. The 22Troom house was a .splendid building. The property' once belonged to Thomas Di.von, ■ the author, who \va.5 a friend;;of Air. Knajjp. Upwards of 4b,ycai t ago, Air. Kn.app came to Watei- lily in Currituck County fof i duck liunting trip. .Although ,;it )iad been highly recommended to him, lie found the hunting not j ■ up to expectations. Going across |, Hampton -Roads, on»the, i'ennyal \ M;nia Ste.imor, to take tlie Oipo 1. f'li.nrlos iTi.un, ho. i-an Jnto/'AIi Di.xon, who refurning from i trip to Alackey Island. He ex pressed his disappointment in the hunting trip, and Alr.-Dixon |: invited liimidown to Mackey Js-. land, .as.suriiig him he could get plenly of game. After, accepting Air. Dixon's invitiition/ he^ was so pleased v. 'ith ihc hunting that he fell in love with the place. As Mr. Dixon .soon, after lost a great of money in a real estate vehuirc ' in the N. C. mountain.s, he of fered it to ‘Mr. Knapp, who bought 13,000 acres, and made iinany improvements. Ho cleared a farm, built a golf course and of course-, the mansion, which w. ns magnificently furnished. He did not like to hunt alone, so ho got the late Russell A. .Griggs p(!..Waterlily, known as one of the best shots in the state, to accompany liim. They always remained warm friends. Air. Knapp came to Currituck in 1/1916. and soon began giving money to "the county to build'up the schooks. He built modem brick buildings and teacher-ages and employed highly skilled jOjirsonncl, .so that in a short .time Currituck’s school system i’’ See KNAI’P, Page SeveN ;-, * t v'"''''" ■■ ' f,'- jV h) t v s-iVi-V SEN. ERVIN GEORGE LAKING OREGON INLET BRIDGE NAMING LEFT TO STATE Dare Commissioners Reverse Earlier StanJ and Now Urge Stale to Apply Dtle The D.arc. Cqunty, .Bo.ird of Commissioners at a meeting this week in Manteo unanimously adopted a motion made by W. S. White that the Nortli Carolina Highway Commission be’ “re quested and urged to name the new Oregon Inlet Bridge.” The Commissioners requested tliat the Higliway Commis.sion name the bridge at their earliest convenience and asked that the names of Herbert C. Bonner and J. B. (Toby) Tillctt be consider ed as po.ssibilitie.s. Also at this week’s • meeting the Commis-sioners endorsed a proposed Air-Sea Rrtcuc Unit project for Roanoke Isluiul and voted approval of another proj ect which seeks to establish a Cu.stoins Office iiv'AIahteo. ' Tile Commissioner.s',''acted"on- these matters after letters: from Manteo Mayor W. W. Harvey liad been read. Alayor Harvey is in contact with military offices and with Congressman Herbert C. Bonner in attempts to'get the two projects initiatiHl. ; The Board/of'/Comniissioners also unanimously passed a mo tion to urge the Governor of North Carolina to appoint the members of the Virginia Bcaeh- Nortli Carolina Turnpike Au thority as soon as iiossible and that one of tliese appointments be made from Dare County. Two letters, one from Nags Head and one-froni. Kill . l^vil Hills.- .were tread'.which/stated that both'towns oh "tliii' lib'ach had declined custody of the countv-owned ‘ beach patrol, jeep.' ■ine. malttr/wt^ tubleds andj-np lurther.action/vas(takert in/cohr iiection' witli'a'ibeach'^iiatior'* life-’ saving service. It was not decided what the Commissioners would direct that the county do with the jeep set aside for this purpose. The jeep Iias/b4eh' repaired.-';three' tinics niicl'hns-. been paiiiteil'Yrecently- but it''has never'^be'en put-.into operation. / • /. ■’ Recorder's Court Jlidge James At. Vannote and County Sheriff Frank Calioon appeared before the Board and reported that the present county jail facilities were inadequate to accommo date the five categories of pris oners set forth under state reg ulations, and to request that steps be taken to imj)rove.,the situation. No immediate action was taken by the Commissioner.s, however, and the " item-will ; .be considered later. BOOZE SALES UP; NEW BEACH STORE IS BEING PLANNED TifiUiiig- Ve^v Zcjiiand’s envoy to the United States, and U. .S.v,Scnator.-.Sain, J,, Ervin, Jr., of North Cnrolm.a- will be special guests at-Virginia Dare birthday cere- inonies;-Sunday. August: IS.-.-, , •_ , , The-Amba.ssaclor .wiH .'be introduced‘by; Son.'ilor:Ervih at intenmssion of ■ Ihu Lost Colony - outdoor'symphonic drama which tells the storv of the birth of Virginia Dure,'first child of EngU.sh-speaking-parents;born.jn;,thc,New World, and perpetuates the memory of the iu"sl Englisirscttlcment in America bn Roa- noKe Island., Virginia Dare wa.s born on Augu.st 18, 1587. I will be D c CoiiiU Htt.y "ii'l i>i'tl'e'‘Wntcrs;df' ■I'hcntre. An informal art sliow'will‘I« held I 11 0 lie lilt fi 10 a 1 1 tild p.m. In clnirgc pfrarniiigm^ W ibi I Dor=eu H to n of "the Lo'srColon>;," iind Xlb'ort Q. “.Skipper” Hell, the theatre'manager, designer and architect.- .Organ music will be provided in the theatrefroin 2,until 4 ,p.m. by ,Susan Horton and Hunter Tillman of tlie ‘‘Coldhy’’ music.T.j staff which Is headed by George Trautwein. Ceremonies at 3 p.m. at Fort Raleigh, adjoining the Water side Theatre, will include the planting of a tree by Ambassador Lakiiig and .Senator Ervin. The Ambassador will also participate in the raising of a now Cross of St. George flag over the Ralph Lane fort which has been re-constructed on the cx.act site of Sir Walter Raleigh's first attempts at New World colonization. Mrs. J. E. Winslow is Chairman of the “Dare County Day" program. Others who will participate include Airs. Fred W. Alorri- soh, Chaiimah of the Roanoke Island Historical Association; James B. Myers, superintendent of the Cape-Hatteriis National Seasliorc representing the National Park.- Service which admin isters the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site; A1;.L. Daniels, Jr., Dare County representative in the N. G. General Assembly; Lawrence Swain, Chairman of the Dare County Boaitl of Com missioners; and M.iyors W. A. Williams, Jr., of Nags Head; Thomas II. Briggs otKill Devil Hills; and Dr. W/W. Hart 'of Al.nnteo. - ’ '' ■- v ,. The 3 p.m. ceremonies will also include pre.scntation of “Life Alemherships” in the Roanoke Island Hi.storical As.soci.ation to Mrs. Virginia Dare .York Smith and her daughter,.. Aliss . Virginia Dare Smith, and to;any'othdrs .who bear the liameZ/yirginin/pa^^^ and have'not previously received this honor. , The afternoon ceremonies, at 3 p.m,, will take place at the I flagpole alongside the reconstructed Ralph Lane fort on the grounds of the National Historic Site. In the past, life memberships in the R.I.H.A. have been issued ■ . See SHOW, Page Six ,-j Sfor*. Will Be Ralocatad On By- paii Near Kill Davil Hills- ' Na'ip'''-Haad/Line'/'*... At least- one business oper ation, in Diire County is having n 'boom -year-ahd its sales';arc all cash. The Dare County A. B. C. system which operates two stores-^ne in Manteo iind/the other at Nags Head, reports .sales during June and July of 8132,087.25. June’s total sales amounted to $50,706.45, with a steep in- ciease noted in July, $81,380.45. ,Frpm.;thcsc,sales, an amount of $11,887.86 was deemed profit, and/ turned' into the county general " fund;;’' fiOC/ 'of which •later is piiidTo.The Dare County Tourist Bureau. The--remaining amount - i.S '-paid- to'’-the school sy.«tcm.' •; The 1963 summer business is up some 157o over last year’s business, which totaled $114,-^ 489.30 for the two months. A further breakdown sliows sales in .June of J962 at $49,060.65 and July at $65,422.65. ' The Nags Head store, wliicli accounts for some 757{> of the sales for-Tlie system during the summer months, and which is loc.atcd in a heavily-populated area/'is"*'to be relocated, accord ing ,tb/information released by the AiB.C. Board, in stating that negotiations are undenvay to purchase three lots on the west side 'of’ By-Pass 158, near the Kijl Devil'Hills'Jine; This prop erty is in “Fresh Pond Beach,” abutting 8th Street, and would provide 150 foot highway front age,/and an equal depth. j-v-'S^veral ivasons have been cited for relocation of the beach store, including the need for greater parking, additional warehouse space and the im proved accessibility which the .... See BOOZE, . Page. Seven ,. MANTEO SCOUT IN GREECE FOR WORLD JAMBOREE r & I //5b- 1’ I i>'- I V. Pf«a Wl ■a'\ *1 M .'Ki , -V>' / • ■! EAGLE SCOUT W. TIMOTHY GAYLORD, of Troop 165, is shown here with Nikos Pandazis, a Greek folk dancer, at the American Encampment of the Plain of Marathon in Greece, site- of,, the .Eleventh World '•Scouimg Jamboree. Timothy is.-the son .'of-Airs. Beiiral/G'ayrord'pCAlante'b,;Dare" County.Hoitie; Agent'; The Jamboree concluded -Sunday, .at which time the World .Scout-Coniniiitec announced that the next World Jamboree; would bo Jield.in tlieiiUnitcd,!Statc.s in l9(i7. possibly, at Valley-Forge, Pa. • 'Timotliy-vis -iiexnectcd'' to,:--return-'to'--;Roanoke - Island-jearlv ncNt ueck — 4- BRING PICNIC BASKETS FEDERAL COURT BEGINNING MONDAY IN DAREiQCPEC A TO LAST FOR Tii WEEKS Disposition of Property Claims In Cape Hat- teras National Seashore to Cbhsume"Most- of Hearings; Some Currituck Property Expected to Be S.ettled;, Andt^’^f’/Sessipn/i Will Begin September 9/ r / ■ . .s BUXTON MAN GETS BOOST IN SCS WORK ’g5r.K» ""Vi W' DANIELS reunion MONDAY; / JONATHAN DANIELS SPEAKER RICHARD AI. DAILEY, a na tive of Buxton, was appointed a.ssistant deputy administrator of the Soil Conservation Service for watersheds in the Agricul ture Department in Washington Alonday;^ .j7’The.':/Hatteras y/Isiandman whose office is in Raleigh, has been, chief .of the Soil, Conserva tion Service activities in the siate since'iliSO./lnmccepting his rie\\^,;pbst';hV‘;wiii be succeeding tire’ late" Carr’B.'’ Brown. Dailey will take over his post in the nation’s capitol in early Septem ber. .. Dailey joined tiie Soil Erosion jTlio aiinualtlDanicls family re union will bV'held'.in „Wanchese Alonday at the Alethbdist Church with the speaker for the event. According to Atelvin Daniels, Dare County Register of Deeds who is helping with plans .for the reunion, the. -publici^is.-inV vitedto. attend the affair-, Liit those, who'‘'''ebjiaa.a4U'c asked to,, bring" a picnic lunch. Tlie 4 p.m. program/'will -be T and’.Oanada.jatte'ncled the rcun': ion?At last yea'ris'reunio'ii, when author Lucy Inman spoke, over Jonathan Daniels, editor of 400 people aitended the Roanoke Nows and Oh.scrvcr, as island event. The Daniels family migrated to America and .settled in Alass- achu.setts in 1630. Later, in 1740, they moved to Roanoke Island and'many remain-here today. One of the most distinguished members of the family, Jose phus Daniels, was Secretary''of the Navy during the'‘ Woodrow- followed by a picnic dinner,,on Wilson administration': and: was the churcli grounds'-^ w-lierc/ice' inter Ambassador to Mexico un- f _ *. _1 -.j.llf . . ^ «. ■ , , A:;-Jterm v,ofu Feilcral^-iCquvt,, , sche'duled fd. • get'.v undenvriy>i,in' the'." Dai-e .'7 County . '-.Courthouse Monday,: 'August.: 13,''is '.expectett." to continue 'solidly for- two' woek.s, and speculation is- ll'iat ' many of the cases now calen-; ■ dared will ,Jio,t be heard during the term. • - • - District Judge John D. Lar-’ kins of Trenton'will pieside-ov.cri'.i: the court, which has ns its jirin'*' ' cipal objective the disposition, of.. I cases involving prope.rtie.s with- in the Cape Hatteras Natioiuil re Seashore. Court will ' convene at 2:30/ -p.m. at, which time Judge Lar- ' wins will instruct a threo-man , commission that will “determine jail the cases involving value.';"' The commissioners are; Buxton , J^idyette, rJackson... -.. attorney "chairman; J. S. Livermori'' of’ i Scotland Neck, also an attorney;., ,r: ' anil Ike F. Rochelle of Roanoke; '''' Rapids, a realtor. ,, Judge l/arkiiis .said all prop-/ erly owners who have not been/, settled with w-ill be notified w-h’eh/' the cases are to be heard. All the pending civil aclioii.s involv ing the condemnation of 'and, on, Hatteras Island m the/Sea-p;/;// shore'" Park have -heen' caldndaf-/, , cd for the. special session, Judg&,- Larkins-said.' - In addition to the Hatte.ras'||./>4;/ land'.iproperties. 'also rcalendarq^;-,; are cases involving -a -.poiliofijbf/;/^ Alonkev Island in CurHtucl^ County: and properties near the Wright Alcmorial Alonument at Kill Devil-Hills, upon w'hi(;h the ^ new visitor center has .been -m -built,,, and. the'“airstrip;' ;now in 1934 ' a'hd''has''’'w’brkedriirtj’-the slate since then;*^A/lOSO'JgraduT ate of the IJniversity of North Carolina, he .has'a- degree in civil engineering.,, -/ Joe Kuykendall, presently .State Conservationist in West Virginia, will take Dailey’s'place in the Raleigh post. ■' ' ’ Dailey is tlie son of Mr. and Mr.s. Richard B. Dailey-ot-.Bux- ton. i • ■ der Franklin D. Roosevelt. cream, ice water and tables tvill be provided. The annual reunion of the Daniels family, instituted in 1941 by Josephus Daniels, draws iki I—iCAn \A/AY*cn the family and its friends to-'NAQy5 MtAD WAItR gether each year. Often people from as fiir away as California BLOODMOBILE NEEDS 75 PINTS FROM ENGELHARD KILL DEVIL HILLS. NOTES TO BE SOLD Total of $750,000 "Interim Fi- nancing" Notes^ To ' Be Acted.Upon August 20 FURTHER DUNE WORK SLATED AT CAPE HAHERAS , -W./E.. Easterling, Secretary, of tile "Loc.al'Government Com mission, has announced the forthcoming sale of Nags Head With a quota of 75 pints, the w cr»,. «ii vi.H r„',;"s,"'iSviT'iii,r,‘ wbX; 'i:.^ Engelliani next Ta^day August 20, and a call is being made for all persons w-ho can possibly do so to visit the center and donate Scaled bids for the notes will ecoived until 11 a.m. August , 20 by the Commission at it.s Ra easily reached if 'eiibiigh jicopl rtspond. Sdnieon.OT4your'fmm|^^.,,;^j, interest) will hber:payablc. ily may be the next to need this ' ^ no .auction; , kiml of assist.mcc. j Accoixling to an atinouhce- Hoims willbe “'"‘i'meiit from Easterling’s office, until 4:30 p m., m the Engelhard 1 ^ - Additional barrier dune con struction is slated for the Bu.x- ton area of Hatteras Island, ac cording to information released tlii.s week by Park .Superin tendent Janies Myers. Invi tations have been .sent to pro- Sliective bidders, and -following is a summary of pi-oposcd work: UNIT I-Conslruct new dune on ocean side of road beginning approximately one mile south of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse and continuing south approximately 2700 feet to He in with listing dime. Unit Il-Construct new dune on land side of existing barrier dune bcginniiig approxihiatcly 1500 feet north of the Cajie Hat- tcra.s Lighthouse (Naval Facil ity Boundary) and continuing' north approximately 3700 feel to tic in witli existing dune. - . "Thfe bid opening is ^heduledl for. 2 p.m., August .19, at the. Office of the Sui)«!rintcndeiit..,6 miles south of Nags Head. .school lunch room. Mrs.- Agne; Ftheridge of Engelhard is chair- man. FREE FORT ADMISSION, $1 LOST COLONY RATE FOR DARE CITIZENS SUN. Free admiHsion lo Fort Ra leigh National Historic Site, and a special $1 price for tickets lo “The Lost Colony", will be granted residents of I Dare Coanty and their fam- • iles on Sunday, August 18-the 376lh anniversary of the birth of Virginia Dare. James B. Myers, Park Ser vice superintendent, and John AV. Fox, General Manger «>f “The lost Colony", said that Dare Conntains • only • may show a driver's license, or oth er snch identification to' take/ advantage of the special of-' fers t-a encourage the annual pilgrimage to the birthplace of the first child born of Eng lish parents in the New. ..World. . - , , less than par and accrued inter est to the bidder offering to pur chase the notes .at the lowe.st in- ,tere.st cost to the town. ' Each bid .should be submitted on .1 form furnished by the Commission, must lie enclosed in a scaled enveloped'marked “Bid for Notes”, and must be ac companied ' by;' a- certifiwj check payable uncbnditio'nall.v 'to"the‘ State Treasurer of North Carb- lina. ‘ '. .. The check of the successful bidder will be held uncashed as I .security and, sliould he fail to comply with the terms of his bid, the check may then be cashed for liquidation-damages. The checks of unsuccessful bid- I ders will be returned immcdiatc- 'ly- Nags Head’s; notes,;will total $450,000; land: Kill /Devil .- Hills’ will total. $300,()0. In'Ybc ense 'of Nag.s'Hoad, a certified check in the .amount of $2,250 must ac company ..the bid, and for Kill Devil Hills $1500. See .NOTES, Pag*-_fc*a«^ late stages" of planning: 7'Another ses’Sidii; intendedto . settle issues inyoWing . P.avk, propei'tie.s in the.JJodie. Island .secto’r is slated for September 9; and is expected to last two weeks. lieginni'ng on the 19th, it has been conjecturoil that for the duration of the session, Alanteo will not soon again have .such an array of attorneys and intei- esled spectators; cn'hand. Among- - those sclicduled-•■for appearance-- are U. S. Attorney Harold ,W^ Gavin; B./J.'Hasson, lands; di- ' vision', Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.; plus numer-'- ous attorneys from Elizabeth . City, Manteo, and other points;, • near and far, in North Giiiolina. and other states. Charles Mar--; shall, who for many years residj cd in Manteo during the land ,ac/ quisition period, and who later , siNJiit several years in Mississip,- pi after departing the Outer, Banks, will be on hand .for, all;, the proceedings. Marshall, was.,, chief land acquislon officer dui;-; ing the early years of the Park- operation. . .‘"j: 'll 'A RECKLESSNESS/^^ C- DANGER CITED;" / JOCKEY RIDGE N«gt Head Citizen Voices-Con/, eern .'Over Hot-Rodding Drivers Maiming ^ Sightseers' "" FolloVvih'g' a'’citizen’s'plea-^foi*': , .action,, ..a discussion by the^ P ans :md .specifications . are-, county Boaril of Coniniissionei's' rallable from the office of tne^jj letter,Jo the Town of Nagk Supci'lntemlcnt, or may be sc'enj ^y the Town at the Allowing offices." F. ^ hcoJ^ and a Ict-^ f:ornnr...t.on. 424 We.st 1 county Commis: Dodge Corporation, 424 West 2Ist Street, Norfolk; Associated General Contractors Office, Hotel Sir Walter Raleigh, Ra leigh; The Chamber of Com merce, Elizabeth City; and George L, Wadsworth, Building and Contractors Exchange, 210 East 21st Street, Norfolk. FEROCIOUS SHARK MANGLES MEEKINS ' Ralph Mcekins of" Wanchese found more fish in his boat than he could handle while fishing in Pamlico Sound Monday;'^ —Meckins, who was''fishing in the sound between Gull Shoal and Rodanthc, caught n 10 foot: shark in his seine. When the large fish was pulled,aboard it bit./through the bcbt/XIwkins: was wearing and would not let go until it was killed with an- axe. Meekins wag treated,,by Dr. Harvey of Manteo'for a badly mangled ankle and toes. \/i '■ '!' :?r' sioners, resulted this week only in” a/great .deal of passing, the , buck-fof-itoihiiig ■was ever done about the original plea th.al steps be taken to control reck- lcs.sness on Jockey Ridge. . Tlie plea, voiced by Nellie My I'tle Pridgen acting as splok- ■ esman for a group of Nags Head people, stated that beach bug- gic.s and automobiles on Jockey Ridge were becoming dangerous to’bikers on the giant sand, duns and further asked that steps T»e taken to prohibit reckless driv ing on the lidgc. j - She-said, “We have a11;,M«n~" ■what'goes on when Jockey Ridge, has a lot of visitors. Family groups, teen agers, old men, and . cVildren walk up the ridge^to en- - ijdytbe view of one of -., Na§i|?1 Head’s most beautiful laiidi marks. At the same time' hot roflders and thrill seekers speed up and down the ridge on their ‘ cars. 1 have seen children nar- 8cc RIDGK Page Sevea . f m
The Coastland Times (Manteo, N.C.)
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Aug. 16, 1963, edition 1
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