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THE DARE COUNTY TIMES The Weekly Journal of the North Carolina Coastland—Devoted to the Interests of More Than 30,000 People of the Four Southern Albemarle Counties VOL. IV; NO. 207 MANTEO, N. C., JUNE 16. 1939 Single Copy 5c LOST COLONY ATTRACTS MANY WOULD-BE ACTORS; A NEW CAST IS SELECTED i Director Selden Still Busy Making His Selec-1 tions; Many New Faces This Year as Show Launches Into Full Stride; Hundreds of Applications For Parts ! BOYS FIND DELIGHTS IN TRAVELING THROUGH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS Although a fairly large “tenta tive” is written across the face of any listing of_tiiis year’s Company of The Lost Colony, rehearsal is well under way and tomorrow night i is set for the first full company j meeting of the year when every- | body who is a member of the com- j pany, from the smallest Indian to | the principals, has been called to I | be at the school house at 8 o’clock Departing from earlier custom of hiring an actor for a specific part in the show, Paul Green and Sami Selden this year hired the best [ they could get in the way of act-1 i ors, brought them to Roanoke Is-| land, and all week they have been | | trying them out in varying parts j with some notion of discovering! just what each actor is capable of doing best. Th^’s the reason for the large “tentative.” , With very few exceptions this year’s cast of Islanders reads verj m.uch like last year’s. Every old member of the company who found it possible to be in the show has been welcomed back. Others who for one reason or another, fim. it JOHNSTON ATTENDS ROTARY CONVENTION BIBLE SCHOOL TO BOOK WORMS Jobes ats re DR. W. W. JOHNSTON, former! I president of the Manteo Rotary; ^ J . .T. f ' Club, leaves this week end, on a! impossible to dona e e i • Rotarv International! this year will be, or have beeip Cleveland, Ohio. tentatively of course, replaced. Ihe company will settle down to final shape Friday night. Among the natives who will be; TURNS TTTTORS missing and missed from the com-' -i-AJ o i U iWAVO pany this year are Orlando ScharlT who has been, Wingina for two' i years, Mrs. Grace Davis, v no has two-weeks vacation Bible | been a faithful Manteo’s wife. Tr> -; ,,,. outs for these places have been school being conductea at the Man-, going on all week, and as yet no teo Methodist church has turned’ final designation has been announ- study rules topsy-turvy. Now it is ^ ced by Mr. Selden. Miss Catherine teacher who goes home to study I Gale and Donald Somers art back i, , i, t u - I . . ,, I after school hours. In order lo' in their old parts. .... ; i This year’s company descended etfectively present their subject of j with a rush upon the Island ov^er | “God and the Outdoors,” Bible the past week end, and on their j teachers are pulling geog- heels Paul Green came Monday af- j-aphy and nature books down from temoon late, and after a satisfied shelves to brush up on their look around the Island df-Parted gf wheat and other for Chapel Hill and thence to New growing things. York 'w'here he will appear at the ^pg Jirsf week, 57 children ^rnial lunchwn to be tendered the between the ages of four and jS - , 4RE some views caught bv right Roger Meekins takes a lesson Governor of North Caro ina at the* ^gj.g enrolled, and a larger enroll-^ f I the bow and lower left Tom World’s Fair. He will have ^g^t week. The Times’ camera last week when '^h1i the bow.^and^ lowm minutes of time to speak and w ill, pg the final week of the Roger Meekins aged 8 and Francis party and big black stuffed likely mention The Lost Colony. school. The classes are from 9 un- Meekins aged 6 visited the moun-' Sittinsr at the bear’s feet MOUNTAINS PROVIDE BIG EXCITEMENT FOR CHILDREN AS WELL AS GROWN-UPS The Other End of Route 64 Is Well-Worth Seeing-; Great Hospitality and Friendliness of Mountain People Compares With That of the Coastland; Most Delightful ^Vhen Chil dren Share the View FAMOUS KING OF ALL CAROLINA BARBECUISTS! Indian souvenir sented also by the_ year’s Lost Col- Lbyg^gb Friday, and include wor- along with their Daddy and Capt. whPh to buv a real bow and ony Choir, which is the full West-1 ^ period, and handwork. H. C. Smith. First is the entrance w . y Jtiinster Choir. They will sin^ at ^ot already in the classes to Cherokee County, Statens far the North Carolina Day exercisesinvited to attend. v/est. Next, they look down upon and immediately afterward wiUj ,pbis is the second summer the Toxaway Falls. Left center they leave for Roanoke Island. Two of - their mother and father in other bounties tilling the, soil. We on the Coast haven’t been used to seeing these things. A trip through the State soon convinces one that we do not have to work so .hard as people in many other counties. j unhappy lot. Another sight of great interest He managed was a huge wheel that sto.od idle By VICTOR MEEKINS In three hours Dave Driskill could have taken me to Bermuda, in his airplane. But then Beaufort is as far as I chose to travel at one stretch in a plane. So I go by car to M^estern North Carolina. In the same length of_time I could have driven to the shores of Lake Erie, or Newport, Rhode Island, Colum bus, Ohio, Knoxville, Tennessee, Atlanta, Georgia, or Jacksonville, Florida. If and But. I was going to see my wife who with the two boys is visiting her parents in Iredell County, so last Tuesday I set forth, taking with me Capt. Herman Smith, seafaring man, but who re fused to drive a foot in the moun tains. And that is how I happened to be in the mountains and out to Murphy, where I had been before. And I would say to anyone who wishes to travel, he should travel in North Carolina a while before going to many other places. North Carolina is a great state. It is obout 700 mites across it. Its in terests are diversified. Its western end more remote from Raleigh, than it is from the capitals of Geor gia, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia; its industry and commerce as com pletely distinct from that of east ern Carolina as is that of New And the people A man may be down, but he’s never out. In Rocky Mount, Bob Melton, the barbecue king, began his business during the depression. In recent years he has sold as high as $65,000* worth of barbecue din ners. His average destruction of i York or Arkansas, shoats per year is about 2,500, of its distant west are of different weighing from 60 to 70 pounds, stock and outlook, although hospit- His barbecue place, a mile out of able and progressive. Rocky Mount on Highway 40 has, j thought, so long as I may not .helped to make his city famous, and jjg send my boys to college Mr. Melton has been pressed into, little travel through this service to put on barbecue dinneis might be helpful. And won- in New York City and many other jgj.jj^g what was on the other places for the Four Hundred. I gg(j gf j-gu^e 64, the route that runs Formerly, Mr. Melton was in the right on west from Raleigh, and horse and mule business; he was clear out through the end of the born and spent all his years in the j state, but which coming east, winds country—a son of the soil. A book- j up in the Alligator River where a keeper handled his office while he; neglectful administration has fail- tended the outside jobs with his-ed to build a bridge, and where horses and his mules. Then came niggardly representation on the the slump; farmers everywhere lost nrrow from the store nearby. summer the Toxaway Falls. Lett center tney Among other interesting things,. be.=ide a water mill. The milRr , . .,! Methodist church has held a vaca- find oxen plowing in the fields, the boys saw two lads of their own, very obhgmgly started up his mill, their numbers at the exercises will i school, and Rev. R. R. Right center Tom Owl, Cherokee ] age in Clay County busy with their although it was not his grinding money and Mr. Melton’s business was caught and washed away in the flood of depression. How easily he could have folded his hands, sat back and figuratively cried over his But not Bob Melton, to pay off his debts and had only his home left to him. He was able to get a few acres of land that nobody wanted and start- State Highway Commission from our district, repeatedly and offen sively refuses to hitch us on to North Carolina. But Route 64 is an interesting road, and I commend it to our peo ple in travelling west, if they want to see interesting scenery. For many people, a trip to Asheville iaf the acme of mountain travel-. Bhl 4 have been over all of the moun- be taken from the musical scc^e of | Grant is well pleased with the turn- Indian shows the boys how he can hoes in the fields. They saw young day, and the boys saw how corn T.he Lost Colony. Bradford To^^lout. “There is more interest being shoot with bow and arrow. Lower Kvomen in their late teens helping was converted into meal. ing is sending a bus to New York, „ ..^nd the to bring down the choir, and may] jg paving very ^imself thumb a ride on it up there ^ guccessful.” in response to urgent invitations | Mrs. Lucetta Willis is director of ^om Governor Hoey and Grover^g ^g ^ teacher of, •yhalen. | the juniors. Miss Doris Jones is a With the season a week undf |beginners depart-, way, the Island has reached itsl n,ent, and Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. Ray' stride of seasonal activity, and, - --- . WARRANT SERVED ON HUGHES FOR SEYMOUR DEATH (Please turn to page five) Fishing and all Out Doors —By— Aycock Brown Authority on Fishing News Earl Seymour died in the Albe- teachers in this section. Primary marie Hospital in Elizabeth City! j teachers are Mrs. Jerry Parker Tuesday from the effects of a gap- ' and Mrs. Edward Mann. HEALTH DEPT. GIVES GRATIS ‘ ing "Wound in his neck and cheek in- flicted when the lightless car in I which he was riding down the Nags, ;Head Beach road Sunday night; collided head on with a car driven by Maurice Berry of Weeksville, ed scratching around in his mind tains, and take it from me, one has \ for ideas. He hit upon one, and one just begun to reach The Mountains that was to make many mouths when he reaches Asheville, water in mere anticipation. He; Of course from Beaufort,, to cooked a few pigs, went from , start across the State, one would place to place in town selling them' travel Route 70, which would final- and thus started his amazing vie-, ly take him to Knoxville, Tenn. Ox tory over .hard fortune. He worked from Wilmington, maybe No. 2ll. hard, put all his time and efforts, But our route, from Fort Landing i in that seemingly unimportant job,' on the Alligator River, to Murphj? . . , , I and today the fame of his delicious in Cherokee County, passing Earl Galloway lost his right foot Melton barbecues stands as a mon- ^ through 20 county seats has more :and right han^when he was thrown his grit and hard work, j of interest by and large, than an? All over the country he receives other route through the State. It and sends orders. At his bare takes you from the Lost Colony FOOT AND HAND SAWED OFF IN MILL ACCIDENT ), N. C. Officials in charge of the first an nual State Surf Casting tournament Sponsored by the Governor’s Hospi- tality Committee of the Depart- of Conservation and Develop- Jl'fint very wisely extended the time iiftiit on the contest which will run through September 30 instead of ending on July 1, as originally Planned. The fish which can be entered in this contest are Channel “ass (Drum) and Bluefish. Any nPgler who has fished the surf for either of these species will tell you that July 1 was too early in the Reason to end the touimament. It bright have been a good idea, as a fatter of fact to have continued the contest through October or un- d November 15. Some of the finest catches of ^annel bass ever taken along the ^arth Carolina coast have been Reeled in during the mid-Autumn (Please turn to page two) Diphtheria toxoid vaccine will be given cants every Saturday morning in the Community building health de partment throughout the summer months. Miss Lottie McCarter, public health nurse, will be in the office to give the vaccinations be tween the hours of 8:30 and noon. A recent North Carolina law compels the vaccination of pre- chool children for diphtheria, be cause 90 per cent of the fatalities from this disease are to children under six. Miss McCarter recom mends the vaccination of all chil dren between the ages of six months and six years. Immunity against typhoid fever. Miss McCarter says, can be pre served only by vaccination every three years with three full doses, and by followirg vac cination with extreme care in eat ing, Jiinking and swimming. Open wells, unprotected springs and pol luted water are to be avoided, es pecially during Ihe warmer months when the disease is more prevalent. She advises the vaccination of everyone above the age of two years. Now is as good a time as any tojjjQgpjj^l attaches provided that VAGGTNATIONS N C. " ' Igive attention to several matters’ complications do_not set in. He I On Wednesday a warrant for of vital interest to the people of | lost much blood before the arrivM and typhoid murder was served on Carl Hughes Ogj-g, Hyde and Tyrrell counties. Tree to appli- 'of Kitty Hawk for having driven jj. j^gg figen noted by the the death rar. He was found by people of this section, whatever Sheriff Meekins in sick bed and permanent profits they may obtain, posted $500 bond. , | gj-e suited to their own needs State Patrolman Clyde Gibson, j^iust be obtained principally by ascertained from witnesses thatUj^gjj. efforts and not by rely- Hughes’vehicle was traveling down; jjjg gpgn outsiders. It is no more the narrow highway at about sixty j j(.g depend upon outside inter miles an hour without lights. I gg(.g bringing into you the things Tracks showed the Berry car to j need any more than it is fair have been well on its side of thej^g sponge upon relatives and de- ■ on a log carriage and carried into ’ a turning circular saw by a sill ‘ which kicked back at the Caahie Lumber Company mill n Monday. Galloway was given a j‘elves that barbecue at Meltons is the State capital, where routes chance,forjecovery by Albemarle the; from Beaufort, Wilmington .md , parts of the'state tie to it, (Please turn to page five) ^ I tables in the plain wooden building ! country, through Columbia, Ply- have sat many wealthy and famous I mouth, Williamston, Tarboro, J' people, who came to learn for them-' Rocky Mount and Raleigh. From “ : al" IVTolInns is Toad when the impact occurred. Both cars were spun around. The hood of Hughes’ car was pushed back into the cab. The wreck oc curred just south of Dowdy’s filling station at the north end of the beach. Emergency treatment was given by Mrs. David Fearing, superinten dent of the Albemarle Hospital. Having passed by chance, Mrs. Fearing and her husband took Sey mour, the most seriously injured person in the wreck on to Elizabeth City for hospitalization. Miss Doris Evans and Miss Mary Midgett were, also involved in the wreck as passengers in the Berry car. They were bruised and cut without iserious injury. pend upon them feeding you. Any outside interests rave enough prob lems of their own to claim most of their time, and were this not so, they, in many' cases, might not be sufficiently informed to intelligent ly give the necessary aid. For a long time we have looked to our friends in other towns to assist us in the building of roads, or obtaining other needed improve- of an ambulance with police escort. Galloway is a former resident of Dare, having lived and worked in Stumpy Point until he moved to Elizabeth City three years ago. AHOSKIE Pl^BLLSHER ON ISLAND FOR THE WEEK J. Roy Parker, famed as the Hearst of Hertford County, who with Parker Bros., publishes four outstanding weekly newspapers, is on Roanoke Island for the entire week, stopping at Sunnyside while he does some writing. He is ac companied by his wife and son, Roy, Jr. ABC BOARD TO PAY OFFICER $50 MONTH SALARY Profits From Liquor Stores Has Paid County About $2,400, Daniels States SHIP PROOF SOON Ben Dixon MacNeill was advised Thursday morning that the prelim inary report of experts invited to s™, ■"ht;: ■iran'.ed «.e .Y ill and when one time Elizabeth City and other towns proved adequate to the ne^ of this section, we now find that often there are interests nearer home who can serve us well and the entire picture takes on a (Please turn to page eight) cient ship whose hull was recently exhumed from th Outer Banks three miles south of The Whalebone has been completed and will reach him by the end of the week. No intimation was given in the mes sage as to the nature of the find ings. ’ you may travel through Pittsboro in i Chatham County, Asheboro in Ran dolph County,_ Lexington in David son, Mocksville in Davie, States ville in Iredell, Hickory in Cataw ba, and Morganton in Burke. At i Old Fort, a short link of this road ' is nol of first grade, but it turns southward to the beautiful Hender sonville section, passing through Bat Cape near Chimney Rock and th(-n to Hendersonville, Brevard, Franklin, Hayesville and finally Murphy, the beautiful town in the mountains, westernmost county seat of the State. It is about 670 miles of driving from Manteo to Murphy. If Alli gator and Cro-itan were bridged, the distance would be reduced by 60 miles. Since both east and west thrive to great extent upon tourist busi ness, it seems to me both could The Dare County ABC Board has tentatively agreed to pay $50 a month to an enforcement officer, and which if agreeable to the town of Manteo, will be paid to one of the policemen approved by the two boards, according to M. L. Daniels, Chairman of the Dare County ABC Board. Mr. Daniels is well pleased with j the progress made so far by the two liquor st'ores in the county, and says that with the payment made ^ pj-g^^ jjy .cooperation. Hence I will ’ast week to the county, the stores. rolling. Personally have given Dare County approxiHj tj^e coast better, but the mately $2,400 from the profits or. grandeur of the mountain:* the stores since they opened. ^ j music of its chattering water Mr. Daniels believes that m a i £^|g .ginging streams, and the short time, the Business of thesel majesty of its two stores will yield profits enough | gQj.ggg gj.e good for a trip once a to be of great help toward retinugi® the county’s obligations. (Please turn to page five)
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