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Subscription Price; Cn Jslnnd 50j:; off-Island $1„00 (these prices-Include postage) Published monthly durjng the School Yeer^ This is -Vol» 10, .Wo.> 6, ?ebru.ary 20,1959 Editor-In-Chief: Lindsey Hov.ard • ■BuSjMgi's: Ellen Marie Fulcher Alda Vann O'Neal , Reporters: V/arwick VcBoos (ll) • : -Joe Ben Garrish (11) • -ady.Mgr; David Esham; ' Ann Esham (10) Stan Gaskins (9) Mable Mutro (B) Lorraine Howard (6) David Ballance V (1-2-3J New »0CRACGKE» FERRY Comes Here Latest,.■OCR.'.CbkE EO.-L News One of the two new ferries assigned for Repair work ori.'theJ.Qcracoke road,damaged use at Hatteras Inlet is nov/ making daily by Hurricane Heiene, began about a month runs to Ocracoke,replacing the WcB.Urastead ago,and from reports progress is being This is the ”0CRAC0KE>'o Its sister ship^ made, R.C,Speight is supervisor in the "HATTERAS" is 78^ reconditioned at charge; AoG^Grizzard,superintendent. The Norfolk and is expected to be put in use sixteen men brought to run the machine early this summer. The new ferry, similar and do the repair work are living in in design but slightly larger than the trailers on the National Park arqa,except Umstead,is equipped ^vith a rrmp especially for two who have brought their families designed for easy and safe access from and are living in one of the Spencer the beach. The ramp well is cut much far- apartraentsj Matting is being replaced at then back into the main deck of the boat, the northern end of the Island,and the and the ramp itself is considerably long- stretch of road just north of the V^lage er. Both of these features together make is to be rcplacedo Last week Highway . for a much more gradu:.! slope with less- Commission Chairma.n,James Melville . . danger or damage to the under’works of Broughton, Jr, and secondary roads Dircbtor automobiles. The longer and heavier ramp Harold Makepeace, mhde, a flying trip down is equipped with a mechanical wench,re— frcm Raleigh to inspect repairs. While placing the old chain hoists on the pre- here they met with the members of the vious vessel. Comfort of passengers has Civic Club Road Commit tee, Mont ford Garrish, been greatly improved on the OCPuACOKE by chairman, Mr, W, M, Spruill,who was also the introduction of steam heat into the here,outlined problems of locating a pe]>- ma.nent landing site for the ferry. Repeated storms and shifting channels ha.ve caused the Highv/ay Commission worry over the old site and they are consider ing the development of a better landing passenger quarters and the rest rooms# Seating capacity has been doubled. The ferry will carry 17 cars. Auxiliary op-, erations on the boat arc completely electrified, including the bilgo pump# The arrival of the ferry on the afternoon place. However,until permanent facili- of Feb,12th caught Islanders by surprisej ties can be provided,the temporary land— but someone got the word around and soon ing site at the north end of the Island people wore down at the Park docks to will bo usbd again. Since storms have have a good look at it. One big improve— filled in the landing area there and have ment over the old one is that the OCRACOKE built more and bigger shoals, dredging doGsn^t leak, and Islanders donH have to will be required in the Inlet, The Higb- listen to the on and off racket of the way Commission has allotted $50>000 for pumps as was the case with the Umstead# replacing mats and repairing the road. With two new ferries on the Inlet run The Civic Club Road Committee urged that this summer, we hope all will go WGll,cand the permanent landing be as near Hatteras that many tourists will come to Ocracoke# Jnl-et as possible,to avoid a long ferry NCC KcU
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