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THE DARE COUNTY
S^Weekly Journal of the North Carolina Coastland-Devoted to the Interests of the Lost Colony Country, Embracing the Cape Hatteras National Seashore
V; NO. 23
WESTCOTT
leases hotel
PORT RALEIGH a
MANTEO, N. C., DECEMBER 8, 1939
MIDGETT OF WANCHESE
DOES THINGS IN HYDE
Mai
Man Will Operate
Duvall Property After
January First
Short Sketch of the Career
YounK Man of Much Inter
est to Dare Folks
WRIGHT MEMORIAL AT KILL DEVIL HILLS
Outstanding among the business
men of Hyde County is P. D. Mid-
p gett of Engelhard, who is also a
T". (Ras) Westcott Jr., Manteo civic leader. He is a native of
man will take over the Roanoke Island. Perhaps no bet-
at Fort Ra'.eigh Hotel . ter nor more fitting .summary of
J^riuary 1, it was stated jhis career could be found than that
Week, under a lease from C. C. recently carried by the official or-
_yall the owner, “which calls for ajg.an of the Greater Albemarle As-
-nv- L/wiici, fx I 'Oi LlJtr VjlCAtcl .TLlUClilcil ic T\.o-
of five years, with the option jsociation of which he was recently
uying the hotel for $42,()()0. i named president, which has this to
^ * L Westcott, brings to the hotel |say of him:
successful business record, and it | Mr. MiUgett is 89 years old. Go
th predicted he will operate Jng into the village of Bngelhan
j J^otel in the same manner. He in Hyde Couny in 1935 he estab
popular, .and he plans to j lished the Pamlico Ice & Light Co
h t 1 ^ number of changes in the ' with an ice making plant, cob
“tel layout.
, I storage chamber and a modi rn
■of ®^Perienced white chef, is one , electric light and power plant tha
to things he expects to add jig now serving most communities ii
in tb i^ntel. Changes will be made |Hyde County and the mainland Oj.
the dining ro.om, and an entire!Dare County. He has 110 miles of
h will be empolyed in the)lines stretching 43 miles north to
I Manns Harbor and 26 miles west to
the hotel, built about seven, Swan Quarter
is
hotel, built about
ngo is a brick structure and
one of the finest hotels to be
ound in any small town in the
ate. jjgg thirty rooms, well-
annished, and is comfortable and
conveniently situated.
t expect to cater to tourists and
Portsmen,” said Mr. Westcott this
with other lines
running into Lake Landing, Fair-
field and other Hyde Couhty com
munities. His 25 ton ice plant and
60,000 cubic feet of cold storage
space serve the fishermen of a wide
area.
Mr. Midgette v.:as born at Wan-
We t r—’ chese in Dare County at the begin-
c "and hope to make it mighty ning of the century. His father
Pifortable and interesting forjp. D. Midgett, Sr., was for 30
otn to make Manteo their head-'
quartergo
SERVICE CLOSES
hatteras work CAMP
^mp Near Frisco Disbanded and
-“^dded to Rodanthe; Buildings
Being Torn Down
Camp Hatteras, Ilark Service
..“■'k camp for WPA men is being
'scuntinued, according to lEe
years in the Coast Guard service,
stationed at Bodie Island where,
upon retirement, he was No. 1 man.
Young Mr. Midgett graduated
.at Trinity, now Duke University, in
1922, having specialized in busi
ness administration. The first year
lout of college he taught school at
Hatteras, going to Durham the fol
lowing year to take a position as
proof reader on the Durham Morn
ing Herald. He narrowly escaped
becoming a newspaper man, being
COMMISSIONERS
DEFER NAMING
TAX SUPERVISOR
Single Copy 5c
Board Selects Jury for Special
Term of Superior Court
January First
The meeting of the Dare Board
of County Commissioners ended in
a deadlock Tuesday .on the question
of appointing a tax supervisor. It
had been discussed a month ago,
and the supervisor was to have been
named at this week’s .meeting but
Commissioner John A. Meekins of
Rodanthe said he didn’t see the
need of it, and the meeting ended
with no action taken.
The Board attended to a number
of routine matters, made some ad
justments in taxes, and drew the
jury for the special term of Su
perior Court set for January 1,
1940 for the trial of civil cases,
which is as follows: R. H. Basnett,
Fricso; J. 1. Willis, Hatteras; Hil
ton Gray, Buxton; D. J. O’Neal,
Avon; E. F. Hooper, Salvo; Elroy
Midgett, Waves; David B. Midgett,
Rodanthe; M. G. Hollowell, Jr.,
Nags Head; Orlando S. Meekins,
Collington; S. A. Perry, Kitty
Hawk; C. H. Spruill, Duck; C. P.
Twiford, Mashoes; A. D. Gard,
Manns Harbor; C. C. Smith, East
Lake; Henry D. Cain, Buffalo City;
Dallas Tillett, Wanchese; .and C. B.
Parker, Manteo.
ALLIGATOR RIVER BRIDGE
TAKES FIRST PLACE ON
LIST OF TYRRELL’S NEEDS
Extension of Route 64 to Seashore Would Put
County on Main Street of North Carolina,
Increase Incomes of Citizens, and Result in
Development of Entire Area
NAMED BY GOVERNOR ON
NAUTICAL SCHOOL BD.
LUPTON - EVERETT
NAMED DIRECTORS
CENSUS OF 1940
Captains John T. Daniels and Adam Etheridge will lay the county’s
wreath at the base o,’’ the Wright Memorial Sunday, December 17, when
the thirty-sixth birthday of flight is celebrated. This year’s observance
will center around student aviators, who will fly past the memorial, as
^“atan Courier, the bulletin of {He offered a desk job in the city newsj*^fi® wreath is being placed, in salute to the Wright brothers. A duck
P’'oject. It was the tmru unit , roam about the time he was called dinner will be served at the Fort Raleigh museum on Saturday night
•'ected on the North Carolina proj-.by the Durham Public Service Co. as a part of the celebration.
Representative Lindsay Warren
stated today that he had recom
mended the appointment of D. W.
REPRESENTATIVE ROY L. DA
VIS of Manteo has recently been
honored by Governor Hoey with an
appointment as a member of the
Commission to study the advisa
bility and feasibility of establishing
a nautical school in North Caro-
Lupton of Pantego as director ofjlina. The establishment of such
(Prom the Tyrrell County Tribune)
The first great concern of Tyrrell
County is to achieve the bridging
of Alligator River along with the
completion of Route 94 connecting
with Hyde County. Only then will
the county be united with its neigh
bors in keeping with the spirit and
letter of the highway act.
Until this project is completed,
which by the way would cost $300,-
000 to $400,000, this immediate
region cannot enjoy its resources
to the utmost. The timber indus
try, the agricultural interests, the
sportsmen, fishermen, and tourists,
cannot make the most of this ex
ceptional region.
Dare County resorts would profit
mmensely from this great improve
ment, not only in the increased
number of tourists that would visit
its attractions, but in the number
of lots and cottages that would be
added, and in having a ready sup
ply of produce and foodstuffs made
easily available. The people of
Tyrrell would have an increased
market for vegetables, poultry and
meats.
The sentiment in Columbia and
surrounding country is now strong
for the construction of this bridge,
and an organized effort for it will
be made next spring. The people
here feel encouraged by the fact
the census in the First District and ' school would mean an opportunity strong endorsement was given
W. A. Everett of Edenton as assist- j far more North Carolina boys to Project last summer by
and has been in operation more 1 to take charge of their customer
, ^ three years. Nearly 200 men ; accounts.
aM quartered at the camp, j gg was with the Durham Public
they worked on the sand fixa-; Service for two years when offered
P’’“ject from Hatteras Inlet to the supervision of accounts, sales,
fg^the. The men were trairs-Td-hdits and collections by the Uni-
Ig/®“ to Camp Wright at Roanoke | ^ersity Consumers Service Plants j
‘and and to Rodanthe, last week, owned by the University of North}
gg of them will go to Duck Qg^j-olina. Prom Chape! Hill he |
J [went to the powerful Vepco where
cal labor will be used to carry ng saw greater possibili Jes for ad-
projects handled by fhe
the
ai^p men.
The fifteenth of this month a
I'ansfer of local WPA laborers in
aa Hatte ras-Avon-Salvo area To
IS Project will be executed so Cllat
“rtc on the lower Banks sector
^11 be
brought
J^bor
v.'.ncement. Vepco made him mer
chandise manager for its Ports
mouth branch, transferring him
at the end of his first year to
their Norfolk office, as assistant
sales manager. He was there two
years when he became interested
carried on. This was engineering end. He reckon-
about by the shortage ol
on
“VIRGINIA DARE” AND THE
SOBRASKIS VISIT ROANOKE
Travellers, Whose Boat Is Now Anchored at
Have Spent Over Two Years of Married
Their Schooner
By ELAINE JOHNSON
Manteo,
Life on
ant director. Both men are now at- learn navigation, steam and electri
tending a census school in Raleigh, gal engineering. The legislation
Mr. Lupton had charge of the busi- authorizing the commission was
ness and agricultural census in|pas.sed at the instance of Senator
:19.34 and 1935. Mr. Everett is a|s. B. Frink of Southport, who is
.prominent business man of Eden-;also a me.mber .of the commission.
. Other members are: Dean J. W.
All other positions in connection Harrelson, Chairman, of State Col-
with the census will be enumerat-^ lege, Raleigh; Dr. Clyde A. Erwin,
ors. No information has yet been ^ State Supt. of Schools; Rep. Fred
received as to how many enumer-.R. Seeley of Beaufort; Prof. H. A.
ators will be allotted bo each coun- ] Fisher of State College and Rang-
ty. The business census will be ta- -wold O. Johnson of Wilmington.
The Sobraskis—Hermia, now 28, to give it a name
and Benedict, some years older,— something,” and it is
met on a boat, spent their honey-; because the Sobr:iskis arel^^'^^g"
moon on a boat, and have lived the ' Maryland to . jyjj. Wa,.rgfj stated that
ken in January and the population i Representative Davis, who has
served four terms in the General
which meant i census in April and enu-
docked at | aerators will work for about thirty
ed that a salesman of electrical ap-
Qf - - this project and the lack should know all about
the local WPA units m amperes, voltages, | first
J 1 M®®’ induction, resistance and all i “Midsummer
to house and employ men re-}- -
two and a half years since on a boat ‘AqS’ia dS^ ought^to cmne^to appointed by Mr.
whieK „o, doe... .t I In'S , ~ tv ^ Srt '.t
haven t set any date for leaving. Up‘,
Senator Wilkins P. Horton of Chat
ham County, one of the most prom
inent candidates for Governor, who
made his formal announcement this
week.
RAPE CHARGE
PRESSED BY GIRL
FROM MANTEO
H. Bruce Lennon Defendant
in Action Brought by Mrs.
Bessie Grav Woodley
they met, was
all
He took a course in
—employ men re-
Hatteras camp the giectrical engineering under Vepco
’^nthe unit is being enlarged
“d reopened. There remains a
Sood deal of beach erosion work to
conducted in the Rodanthe sec-
Doshler and H. E. TantTy
*u both be employed on the Ro-
I*^the project. Mr. Doshier will
charge of the camp.
hollowell and
'^Rs. WILLIAMSON ON
MUSIC CLUB PROGRAM
Piano solo, “Air de Ballet” by
fiaininade, was played by Mrs.
Hollowell and rhythm in
_ usic was discussed by Mrs. Ren-
Yiiliiamson at the Tuesday
ight meeting of the Roanoke Is-
and Music Club. Mrs. Williamson
ayed “Largo” from Dvorak’s
New World Symphony” and
^del’s “Largo” to illustrate her
Hostesses for the meeting were:
*sses Helen and Bonnybel
.’ans and Mrs. E. L. Bell, at
hose home the club met. Angel-
od cake, topped with fruited
uippeci cream, and grape juice)
engineers. He was coming along.
In 1929 Vepco sent him to Suffolk
as its representative for the Suffolk
district. They recalled him from
this job to place him in charge of
their Smithfield, Va., territory. He
resigned in January, 1936 convinc
ed that his knowledge and ability
could be pnofltably employed in a
venture of his own. With the aid
of outside capital, which he readily
commanded, he established the
Pamlico Ice & Light Co. at Engel
hard, the success of which is an in
spiration.
Mr. Midgett is a family man, a
Methodist and a M,ason, ^nd is past
president of the Engelhard Rotary
Club.
Hermia, when
Hermia de Conyers Jones, with a
name from Shakespeare’s
Night’s Dream,” a
middle name from her ancestors!
and a plain last name to balance
the other two fancy ones. The
balance was upset when she mar
ried Ben Sobraski, a Pole. She,
herself, is Welsh, French, English
and Spanish.
When the Times reporter asked
where she was from, she said,
“Well, I’m from St. Augustine, my
husband is from Miami and the
boat is from Annapolis. What do
you think?”
The 40-foot schooner is a
important member of the Sobraski
family. It is named “Virginia
Dare” because Mr. Sobraski wanted
A charge o'’ rape brought against
Harold Bruce Lennon of Manteo
will be heard next Tuesday before
Judge W. F. Baum in Recorders
Court. The warrant
was sworn
Census. ___
Mr. Sobraski is helping build the:had turned over to Mr. Lupton all
Manteo post office and his wife letters written to him on the sub-
jis kept busy with crocheting, i ject and has advised parties to
knitting, cooking and housework— j municate about the matter
•or perhaps we should call it boat-; Mr. Lupton.
work. She had been doing
the I
laundry the day the reporter was
there, and the schooner’s spars
were decorated with blankets,
sweaters and underwear.
Asked if they would stop at Hat-
teras, Mrs. Sobraski said NO. Her
great-uncle, her grand ather and
her mother all had unfortunate ex
periences on shoals and in hurri-
vervi®^”®^ off Hatteras. She comes
-asVi ^ long line of sea-farers, and
isn’t afraid of storms, but Hatteras
(Please turn to page eight)
Assembly is well qualified for the
position, having served 20 years in
the Navy, during which time he
rose to rank of Captain be ore his
retirement. He is in close touchy
with public affairs in North Caro-1 out by Mrs. Bessie Cray^WTOdlev
He further ^stated that hejlina, and is expected to be a mem- of Manteo, wHo alleges the crime
I, Assembly, took place some two miles from
at which time the recommendations' Manteo, after a ride with the young
of the Commission with respect to)man Saturday night. The defend-
the proposed school will be pre- i.ant is a married man.
sented. The .appointment carries | Mrs. Woodley, w'ho is pretty, and
no salary, but does offer an oppor-jwbo recently returned home from
tunity for an exceptional piece of) Cresw’ell, and who is separated
constructive work for the state. |from her husband, Tuesday swore
out the w'arrant under which the de
fendant was arrested. She alleges
coin-
with
TWO BAND CONCERTS
SOON AT COLUMBIA
The band boosters club met at the
agricultural building in Columbia
Tuesday night and decided to give
a benefit concert by the Columbia
high school band at the court’nouse
Saturday arternoon and also to give
a nickel concert at the Columbia
high school next Wednesday after
noon. The proceeds will go on the
GETS 20 YEARS FOR
ATTACK ON CHILD
Midgette Waives Jury Trial,
Jiies All Knowledge of
the Crime
De-
BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES
'’ere
. served on Christmas-trim- i
plates. Holly leaves and ber- |
and a small
Manteo: Sunday, Sunday school
at 10 a. ,m. B. T. U. at 6:30 p. m.
followed w’ith wmrship service at
7:30 p. m. Choir practice Tuesday
evening at 7 o’clock. Our Christ
mas program is being prepared and
arranged. It promises to be one
of the best that has been presented
in our church for some time, and
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WCNC RADIO STATION
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.
By CORA BARKSDALE, Radio Reporter
i
Dave Midgette, 47-year-old white
man, a native of Manteo, N. C.,
yesterday was sentenced to 20
j years in the State penitentiary af-
jter w'as convicted by Judge Rich
ard B. Spindle, of the Corporation
j Court, of Norfolk, of an attempted
he took her up on a pretext of tak
ing her home, when he carried her
some distance from town, and
forcibly committed the act.
The case w’as continued by Judge
Baum in Court Tuesday to give the
defendant time to employ a lawyer.
Judge Baum fixed his bond at
$1,500 and he gave bail.
GARDENERS BUSY MAKING
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
Members of the Mlanteo Garden
Club are busy making Christmas
criminal assaul on a seven-year-old decorations to be put on sale next
white girl last September 28. i Friday morning at G. T. Westcott
The crime was alleged to have Jr.’s place of business.
occurred in the rear of property in|W'ill continue through
Botetourt street and the little vic
tim of the attack and two other
girls, each nine years of age, iden-
— . period at 6:45, Melodies from the
be given Sunday evening 24th j igjands at 8:30, Program resume at
^at 7:30. The W. M. S. will meet g-po, The Woman’s World at 10:30
anriio • lighted red ■ Wednesday afternoon the 13th at tend Lo^al News at 11:45 are regu-
me m a berry holder decorated 2:30 at the church. Prayer meet-,|ar TYiOrniTif>^ nmoT'nma the
ach “7—7 ,z;:oo at uie ciiuicn. Prayer meet-dar morning programs over
I ing Wednesday evening at 7:30. i Elizabeth City station, WCNC.
kmv; , Mrs. Alpheus Roanooke Island: Sunday school The Kiddie Klub of the air will
r,';nKV,ater sang Christmas carols Sunday morning at 10 o’clock fol-'go „„ Saturday morning at 11:00
refreshments were served. I lowed with worship service at 11, o’clock, and afternoon studio
'hile
Mrs.
St. Clair Basnight
J*'®- Roy Davis
irs. ;
ffisic Club meeting, January 2.
watermelon season
IS STILL WITH US
and:o’clock. B. T. U. at 6:30 p. m. Theig^nms on Saturday include:
jj. A will entertain at w. M. S. will meet Thursday nfter- Auj^dtuck Ramblers, 3'30
r,. . ■'^asnight’s home at the next noon the 14th at 2:30 at Mrs. Ray Walker Family B,and, 4:30,
Creef’s. Camden String Band, 7:16
Both churches invite you to at- I preacher
tend these services.
C. C. PERRY, Pastor.
and Mrs. R. H. O’Neal and
® Esta Peele were guests at a
®rnielon party Wednesday nighi
' • A. Walker’s. The melon had
nf £''’ll®d from the vine December
iH Ridge club, Rodanthe,
"'as in perfect condition, hav-
as good flavor as earlier melons.
elop;
late
s are grown in this section
as Christmas.
SEALS ON SALE
Tuberculosis seals, which went on
last Friday, are being sold by Mrs.
William Bridgeterth, Mrs. Ernest
Meekins, Mrs. C. S. Meekins, Misses
Lottie McCarter, Helen Evans,
Sarah Smith, Leotta Coulter, and
Adrian Ayers and Houston Pender
grass.
pro-
The
The
The
and
Renfrew and His Caro
lina Bearcats, 8:00.
Parts of Sunday’s program fol
low:
8.30 Momi'hg devotions.
9:30 Spirituals with the Jolly Four
Quartet.
10:00 United Press News.
11:00 Church Services from the
Pearl Street Assembly (Rev.
L. Sigsbee Miller).
2:00 United Press News.
2:05 Eddie Roberts Marimba Band.
2:15 The Chariot Four Quartet.
Breezes from the Seashore
3:16 The Pour Harmonizers.
4:00 The Midnight Serenaders
4:30 The Golden I.eaf Quartet.
6:46 Vo(;als with Sanford Aydlett.
9:15 The First Christian
Choir.
9:30 Just a Memory.
10:00 Sign Off.
iPinestate Playboys, 4:30 p. m.,
I’Vocals with the James Boys, 6:45,
I The Happy Four Quarter, 7:00 p.
jm., Julian Hill and His Little Hill-
! billies, 7:45 p. m., and the Per-
Iquimans County Ramblers, 8:30
Church p. m.
I Wednesday night programs in-■ ”7 ."
Iclude: The Holy Trinity Choir, 6:30
The Yacht Club Boys, 7:30, Christ-
The sale
Saturday
night
Decorations will include table
Christmas trees, small gumdrop
tified Midgette as the man who had | trimmings, crystallized grass
mistreated ihe child. i Christmas bowls and trays. Besides
Midgette, who waived a jury trial the decorations, the club will sell
and submittedhisea.se to Judgelsm.all dressed dolls, home made
Spindle, denied all knowledge of i candy and aprons,
the crime. Judge Spindle convicted! Proceeds will go toward cemeterv
him, however, and fixed the man’s‘upkeep. '
punishment at 20 years in prison. —
Much o" the testimony was un-1 COLLEGE CHOIR SINGS
I TUESDAY OTj RADIO
Interesting Monday programs in-1 mas Carols, 7:45 Preacher Ren-' \a/OM AN’*S
elude: The Elizabeth City Boy’s frow and His Caralina Bearcats,' ^
Club program, 11:00 a. m., a Radio ,8:00, Vocals with Marjorie Jackson,
Interview with Ernest L. Foss, 18:15, and Norman Bryant Swing
11:30 a. m.. Doc Sellers True Story'Kings, 8:30.
2:30 T). m., World Dances, 4:15 p. m. Among Thursday night pro-
The Three “P's”, 7:00 p. m., and the ; grams are: Vocals wjth Jerry V/il
Mount Lebanon Senior Choir, 7:15
p. m.
Among Tuesday’s programs are:
The Esquire Quartet, 10:15 ,a. m..
Vocals with Wilford “Bubber” l,en-
nox, 10:45 a. m.. National Youth
Administration Program, 11:00 a.,
m.. Vocals with Miss Mary Simpson
12:30 p. m., Torid Tunes 'rom Lat
in America, 2:06 p. m.. The Weep
ing Willow Quarter, 4:00 p. m.. The
cox Forbes at 6:30, The Possum
Branch String Rand at 7:46. and
Nola Waters at the Studio Grand.
Friday’s first program is the Rise
and Shine club at 6:00 a. m. Holly
wood on Parade goes on at 9:30
a. m. Other morning programs in
clude Don Steele and His Orchestra
10:15 a. m., .The' Parents’ Forum,
11:00 a. m., and Concert Hall of the
Air, ll:l5 a. m.
SOCIETY IS hostess
TO CHURCH CIRCLES
The Irene Shearin , and
The Louisb'.irg Col’ege A Cap-
pella Choir will broadcast over
WPTF (Raleigh) on December 12
from nine to nine-th’rtv in the
I evening. This choir qf ortv voices
Hannah will sing the following numbers un-
Brown Missionarv circles met w’th der the direction of Profes.sov
tee Woman’s Missionarv Society at James E. Byerly: “Adoramus Te,”
Palestrina; “O Sing Unto the
their harvest meeting at the Mt
Dlivet Methodist church, Wednes
day afternoon. The two circles
presented the program, and
adnlt missionarv grtonp
puffed xice c^ndv. walnut and pecan
'ud"-e and 'apples.
The January meeting of the
Woman’s Miss>’opirv Society will be
at the home of Mrs. R. H. O’Neal
on Highway street.
Lord,” Hassler; “As Torrents in
Summer,” Elgar; “Our Master
the I Hath a Garden,” Polk song; “Music,
served When Soft Voices Die,” Herts;
“My Lovely Celia,” Munro; “Roll
Chariot Roll,” Spiritual; “O Little
Town of Bethlehem” and “It Came
Upon the Midnight C’ear.” Christ
mas Carols; “Nightfall in Skye,”
Robertson.