VOLUME XVI NO. 39
TENTATIVE LIST OF ISLAND
PEOPLE TO BE CAST IN DRAMA
RECEIVED HERE WEDNESDAY
Final Castings To Be Made at Meeting Here
June 8.
A tentative list of people who
“are being retained for first con
sideration in connection with sev
eral parts in The Lost Colony”
was received in Manteo on Wed
nesday by Aycock Brown, Lost
Colony publicity director.
Although more than 200 per
sons turned up for the tryouts in
the Manteo school auditorium last
Friday, some who wish consider
ation for casting were unable to
appear on that night; Director
Samuel Selden and General Man
ager William Hardy, therefore,
wish it clearly understood that
some names may be added to the
list later and others may be rear
ranged on the tentative list.
Final selection and assignment
of Island actors will be made af
ter a meeting of all candidates to
be held in the courthouse on June
8.
The list received by Mr. Brown
from Chapel Hill on Wednesday
is as follows (where more than
one name is listed for a single
part, it should be understood that
final selection has not been
made):
PRINCIPALS: Manteo’s wife,
Louise Wescott; Manteo’s son,
Johnny Booth; First Soldier, Rob
ert Midgett; John Cage and Car
penter, Leigh Hassell, Jr.; Spin
ner, Natalie Etheridge; Meal
Grinder, Ruth Flowers; Margaret
Lawrence, Marjalene Thomas;
Courtier, Wade Nixon; Messen
ger, Roy Gray, Jr.; George Howe,
Edwin Midgett; George Howe, Jr.,
Robert Tugwell and Billy Brown;
Thomas Archard, Woodrow Ful
cher and Robert Sanderlin;
Agona, Grace Davis; Artisan,
Wally McCown.
INDIAN MAIDENS: Annie'
Laurie Kee, Louise Wescott, Sally
Alford, Carolee O’Neal, Marie
Etheridge, Pat Baum, Barbara
Dowdy, Lois Sears and Grace
Quidley.
INDIAN YOUTHS: Danny
ManN, Carlyle Davis, J. D. Simp
son, Johnny Krider, D. A. Rogers,
Bob Williams, Lloyd Walker, Har
ry Johnson, Cliff Topping and Roy
Gray.
INDIAN MEN: Carroll Wes
cott, Cliff Topping, D. A. Rogers,
Bob Williams, Harry Johnson and
Lloyd Walker.
HERALDS (two to be select
ed) : Sarah Alford, Donna Mann,
Thelma Jean Williams, Janice
Gibbs and Betsy Midgett.
FLOWER GIRLS: Betty Ruth
Flowers, Sylvia Cox, Susie War
ren and Mary Sue Jones.
PAGES: Jean Basnight and
Helen Baum.
LADIES-IN-WAITING, Doris
Walker, Ruth Flowers, Carolee
O’Neal, Janie Etheridge, Betty
Sanderlin, Jane Midgett and Lois
Pearce.
MILKMAID DANCERS: Tracy
Midgett, Betty Jo Love, Betty
Skinner, Pat Baum, Marie Ether
idge, Lois Sears, Betsy Midgett,
Thelma Jean Williams, Barbara
Dowdy, Grace Quidley, Sarah Al
ford, Carolee O’Neal and Louise
Wescott.
COLONIST WOMEN: Ivadene
Wilson, Edna Dowdy, Betty Rae
Sanderlin, Jane Midgett, Grace
White, Louise Knight, Mary Mann
Evans, Bertha Hostvedt and Mag
gie Mitchell.
COLONIST MEN: J. D. Simp
son, Carlyle Davis, Ray Jones,
Danny Mann, Johnny Krider,
Wade Nixon, Lloyd Walker, D. A.
Rogers, Steve Basnight, George
Wescott, John Wescott, Bob Wil
liams, Harry Johnson and Wally
McCown.
COLONIST CHILDREN: Susie
Warren, Mary C. Jones, Gwen
Hill, Betty Ruth Flowers and Syl
via Cox.
STATE-WIDE DRAMA
TRYOUTS MARCH 31
With the Roanoke Island cast
ing completed for the 11th season
presentation of Paul Green’s sym
phonic drama, the next step in
building up the personnel of The
Lost Colony, America’s longest
running outdoor production, will
be the state-wide auditions.
While here on the weekend con
ducting tryouts for local actors,
the drama’s veteran director,
Samuel Selden, announced that
state-wide auditions would be held
in Chapel Hill on Saturday, March
31. The Chapel Hill tryouts will
be for both The Lost Colony and
Unto These Hills, the Kermit
Hunter drama of Indian history
under direction of Harry Davis.
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THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WALTER RALEIGH OOASTLAND Og NORTH CAROLINA
MANTEO BOY HONORED
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Charleston, S. C.—Cadet Alvah
Haff Ward, Jr., of Manteo, was
recently elected secretary-treas
urer of the Calliopean Literary
Society at the Citadel, the Mili
tary College of South Carolina.
The oldest organization on The
Citadel campus, and one of the
oldest college societies in Amer
ica, the Calliopean Literary So
ciety has had a long and distin
guished past. It was founded in
1845, just three years after The
Citadel itself, and has flourished
for over one hundred years. The
society has as its purpose the
preservation and extension of the
art of public speaking and debat
ing.
One of the largest groups at the
college, the Calliopean Literary
Society has an important part in
the cultural life of the students.
With a long, active, and distin
guished past ,the organization
continues to function for the ben
efit of interested students, and to
uphold the highest traditions of
The Citadel.
Cadet Ward, who is majoring in
business administration, is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvah H.
Ward. He holds the rank of cadet
first lieutenant on the third bat
talion staff.
Cadet Ward graduated from the
Riverside Military Academy,
Gainsville, Ga., in June 1947.
LIONS SET BROOM
SALE FOR APRIL
The Manteo Lions agreed at
their meeting in the Hotel Ft. Ra
leigh Monday evening to under
write the transportation cost for a
visit to and from Duke Hospital in
Durham for a county welfare pa
tient who must make the trip to
secure cancer treatments.
It was determined that the
three days, April 19, 20 and 21,
should be designated as the
time for the Broom Sale the
Club will sponsor for the benefit
of the Guilford Industries for*
the Blind. Aid to the blind is a
special project of Lions Clubs,
and it is felt that conducting a
Broom Sale, like that sponsored
last year, is one of the best
and most practical ways to as
sist the sightless.
President Ralph Davis brought
to the attention of the member
ship that next month is the tinw
for the nomination of club officers
to be elected at a meeting in May
The club’s next meeting, Anri'
2, was set as the date for ladies
night. •
Two new members were receiv
ed into the Manteo chapter at
Monday’s meeting, Gordon Rid
dick and Walter De Loatche. El
mer V. Midgett, Sr., who was the
guest of his son, and Irvin Nixon,
president of the Elizabeth City
Lions Club, were also present.
District Legion Auxiliaries Meet At
Mattamuskeet Lodge on Friday, March 30
Mrs. E. P. Rhyne, Sr., State President of American
Legion Auxiliary to ba Guest Speaker.
Hyde County Unit No. 211,
American Legion Auxiliary, will
be hostess to First and Second
District meeting of American Le
gion Auxiliaries at Mattamuskeet
Lodge, New Holland, March 30 at
10:30 a.m. The morning session
will be followed by a Dutch Lun
cheon in the lodge at 1:00 p.m.
Mrs. M. L. Windley, Second Dis
trict Committee Woman of Bel
haven, has planned an interesting
program for the day. Mrs. Paul
Holleman, First District commit-
INLET PAVING
AND FERRY SLIP
UP FOR BIDDING
Highway Commission to Re
ceive Bids Mardh 29, Re
view Low Bids April 3
Among projects to be bid upon
at the State Highway Commis
sion’s letting next Thursday,
March 29, are two Dare County
projects.
The first calls for the grading
of 0.36 mile for the construction
of a ferry basin slip on the north
side of Oregon Inlet. The second
involves the grading and paving
of the 8.41 miles of sand road be
tween the north shore of Oregon
Inlet and its intersection with
U.S. 158.
The Commission will review the
low bids received at the letting at
its next regular meeting on April
3.
Both developments have long
been considered vital by Dare
county residents. Their completion
would be welcomed almost as
heartily by tourists as local peo
ple, however; for many and many
tourist parties have gone as far
in the direction of the Lower
Banks as the discouraging high
way sign which warns them to
deflate their tires (and implies
that a pause for prayer would be
appropriate) before tackling the
sand road. In this non-pioneering
age, when our visitors frequently
arrive in shiny, chromium-trim
med, expensive vehicles, the usual
practice has been to read the sign,
turn the auto around and abandon
plans for visiting the Banks—to
the great loss of the tourists and
of the Banks people, too.
EASTER DANCE
SAT. NIGHT AT
N. H. CASINO
Dare County dance fans have a
treat in store for them tomorrow
night at the Nags Head Casino
when Bill Gravely and his 11-
piece ensemble will appear for the
first big dance of the season. This
announcement comes from the Ca
sino’s genial proprietor, G. T.
Westcott.
Gravely had been booked for the
opening night planned for March
10, but the weather turned un
expectedly cold and opening was
postponed for a week. About 50
persons were in attendance for last
Saturday night’s juke-box opening.
From all indications a large turn
out is expected for the Easter-eve
affair, Westcott states.
The Casino Bingo is also shap
ing things up for the season. Many
more of those hams and bacons
which have proved so popular as
bingo prizes have been stocked,
in addition to new electrical ap
pliances, aluminum, and other new
items.
DARE BILL PASSED
Rep. R. Bruce Etheridge’s bill
to revise the present system for
nominating members of the Dare
County Boards of Commissioners
and Education passed House last
week. No opposition was offered
to the bill in the lower chamber.
If it is acted upon favorably by
the Senate, the bill will become
law. It had not been introduced in
the Senate through Wednesday of
this week.
This would mean that no Dare
county citizen in the future would
have opportunity to vote for more
than one member of the county
boards, a district election system
being substituted for the present
county-wide voting.
LAST WEEK’S WEATHER
Figures provided by U. S. Govt.
Meteorologist A. W. Drinkwater
High Low Rain
March 15 55 34 '
March 16 55 38
March 17 56 37
March 18 49 38
March 19 60 48 1.28
March 20 63 40 .38
March 21 49 40 .18
tee woman of Edenton, will pre
side at the meeting. Mrs. E. P.
Rhyne, Sr., North Carolina De
partment President of the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary of Hickory
will be guest speaker. She will be
introduced by Mrs. E. Pugh, Area
Chairman from Windsor. Miss
Arelia Adams, N. C. Department
Secretary of Raleigh will bring
greetings from State Department
of American Legion Auxiliary.
Nine units in the eastern section
of the state will be represented at
the meeting.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1951
RICHARD C. BELL
WINS AWARD TO
ROME ACADEMY
Raleigh, March 21.—Richard C.
Bell of Manteo, a 1950 graduate
of the School of Design at North
Carolina State College, has been
awarded the Prix de Rome Fel
lowship in Landscape Architec
ture for 1951-52 by the American
Academy in Rome.
Notification of this award to
Bell has been received by Dean
Henry L. Kamphoefner of the
School of Design at State College
and Prof. Morley J. Williams,
head of the College’s Department
of Landscape Architecture.
The fellowship, valued in ex
cess of $3,000, will provide one
year of study beginning on Octo
ber 1, 1951. It is regarded as the
top-ranking award open to stu
dents in landscape architecture.
It entitles Bell to a studio and
living quarters at the American
Academy in Rome in association
with academy fellows in architec
ture, painting, sculpture, music,
drama, and Roman classical stu
dies. In addition there is travel
allowance and stipend for study
in other European countries.
Officials of the academy said
the fellowship is renewable for a
second year if the scholar’s pro
gram of independent study is ac
ceptable to the institution.
Bell, a native of Elizabeth City,
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Q. Bell of Manteo. His father, in
collaboration with Playwright
Paul Green, designed The Lost
Colony Theatre at Manteo.
The 22-year-old Bell is current
ly employed by John and Philip
Simonds, landscape architects of
Pittsburgh, Pa.
He is the second State College
graduate to win the coveted honor
within the past few years. George
E. Patton of Franklin, a 1948
graduate of N. C. State, won the
fellowship for 1949-50 and has
been awarded the fellowship for a
second year of study abroad.
County Council of Home Demonstration
Chibs To Be Formed Here Next Friday
M. E. Church to Be Scene of Meeting. State and Dis
trict Horn# Agents to be Featured Speakers of Pro
gram.
A meeting of all home demon
stration clubs in Dare county is to
be held next Friday, March 30, at
Mt. Olivet Methodist Church in
Manteo between the hours of
11:15 a.m. and 2:3C p.m. for the
purpose of organizing a Dare
County Council of Federated
Home Demonstration Clubs.
Present for the organization
meeting will be Miss Ruth Cur
rant of Raleigh, state home
agent, and Mrs. Verona Lee
Langford of Greenville, district
home agent. Miss Currant will
address the group at the morn
ing session on the aims and pur
poses of county council organi
zation. Mrs. Langford will be
the principal speaker at the aft-
SUMMER RECREATION
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
On Tuesday evening, March 27
at 8:00 p.m. at the community
building, a meeting will be held
to discuss the advisibility of set
ting up a summer recreational
program for the benefit of the
youth of our community.
This meeting is under the aus
pices of the Dare County Council
for the Betterment of Youth.
Representatives of all the civic
clubs and organizations have been
invited to attend and discuss this
problem. The public is cordially
invited to join in this discussion of
improvement of facilities for our
young people.
HUSBAND GETS 120 DAYS
FOR BEATING HIS WIFE
James Bryant, Manteo Negro, i
was sentenced to 60 days on the
roads on each of two charges of
assaulting his wife, Nora Bryant,
and threatening to kill her if she
turned him over to the authorities
in court here Tuesday. Judge W.
F. Baum ruled that the sentences
should run consecutively.
Bryant pleaded not guilty to
beating his wife of less than a
year on March 10 and again on
March 17 and pleaded not guilty,
also, to the charge of threatening
her life.
Mrs. Bryant was the only wit
ness in the case; she testified that
he had struck her several times
on' the first occasion and had
knocked her down; upon the sec
ond occasion he had struck her on
the street in Manteo and she had
run away to escape further beat
ing. Bryant offered no counter tes
timony and did not take the stand I
in his own defense. |
EASTER SEALS
SOLD FALL FAR
BELOW 1950
Mrs. Theodore S. Meekins, Jr.,
Dare county chairman of the Eas
ter Seal campaign for the benefit
of North Carolina’s handicapped
children, said on Thursday that
unless patrons rally to the cause
in the very short time that is left
before Easter, the Dare campaign
will net far less than the cam
paign conducted here last year.
She urged all who have not yet
made contributions to the cause
to do so at once, in order to save
the campaign from failure here.
Mrs. M. A. Daniels, treasurer
of the Easter Seal Society, re
ports that, thus far, only $139.49
has been turned in to the treasury.
This amount is little more than
half the sum that was raised in
Dare for crippled children last
year, $251.45.
Fifty-five per cent of the funds
raised stay in the county, forty
five per cent is sent to the state
Easter Seal organization for the
maintenance of the services to
crippled children in hospitals and
other facilities for statewide ser
vice.
Mrs. Meekins said some of the
uses of the local funds last year
were: the purchase of an artific
ial leg for one child; money has
been set aside for the purchase of
a n artificial for another; an
artificial eye has been purchased
for still another Dare county child.
Numerous other services have
been rendered for the aid of the
handicapped in this county by the
use of the Easter Seal funds, Mrs.
Meekins said.
Unreported as yet is the amount
of money raised by the drive in
the Manteo school and the Roa
noke Island school. When these
drives are completed, a report will
be made of the results and the
funds raised turned over to the
county treasurer.
ernoon session, at which time
she will assist the Dare home
makers with the actual forma
tion of the county council.
Officers for the new all-county
council will be elected at the March
30 meeting.
Miss Mary E. Kirby, Dare home
agent, has asked that as many
club members as possible attend
the meeting, and she urges that
officers of the county’s clubs
should make special efforts to at
tend. A gavel will be presented to
the presiding officer of the dem
onstration club which has the
most members in attendance at
the county meeting.
Lunch will be served in the
Educational Building by the la
dies of the Manteo club.
MARCH OF DIMES NETS
$855 IN DARE DRIVE
Mrs. Balfour Baum, County
Chairman of the March of Dimes,
said this week that total contri
butions to the anti-polio campaign
in Dare were $865.41. When the
federal tax on dance tickets sold
is deducted, the chairman said, the
net amount will be about $855.
Mrs. Baum reported for the first
time that the amount raised for
the fund in Manteo was $480.33.
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Rep. Etheridge of Dare County
introduced a bill in the House last
week to change the title of the
state foresters from “forest war
dens” to “forest rangers.” Asked
for his reason for wishing to
change the foresters’ titles, Rep.
Etheridge said, “It’s a Depart
ment of Conservation bill. They
want to call ’em that. There isn’t
any particular reason.”
Rep. Russell Swindell of Hyde
remarked that he supposed the
department considered that “ran
ger” sounded “a little more aris
tocratic.”
First District Masonic Lodges To Meet
At Wanchese Lodge Next Friday at 7 P.M.
State Grand Master William Caldwell of Chapel Hill
Will Be Featured Speaker. Host Lodge Will Serve
Shad Dinner.
A meeting of First District Ma
sonic Lodges will convene at Wan
chese Lodge. No 521 next Friday
evening, March 30, at 7 p.m., at
which time a shad dinner will be
served to those attending from the
nine member lodges in the dis
trict. Secy. H. L. Bridges is in
charge of dinner plans, and the
dinner will be prepared by Mr. and
PROBABLE CAUSE NOT FOUND
IN MANSLAUGHTER HEARING
HERE TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Judge Dismisses Charge Against Jack Gil
bert Tillett and State Takes Nol Pros On
Two Other Counts.
ENGELHARD MAN GETS
2nd LIEUT. RATING
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SGT. WILLIAM A. BERRY of
I Engelhard who has recently been
sworn in as a reserve second Lieu
, tenant. He is now serving with the
1 96th Engineer Depot Company on
I Guam and has been in the army
' about five years. His wife is now
I on Guam with him. He is the son
I of Mrs. Elizabeth Berry of Engel
hard.
i ENGLISH FOUGHT
' SPANIARDS OFF
HATTERAS, 1557
Pupils Consider Building
: Model of Historic Encoun
! ter Four Centuries Ago
j
i By BEN DIXON MacNEILL
Pupils of Hatteras Island gram
! mar and high schools have reached
back four centuries into their own
local history for material upon
which to base their sketch to be
contributed to the County School
Fair slated to be held in Manteo
early in May and they will tell
briefly the story of the first bat
tle staged in the western hemi
sphere.
It happened within plain view
jof Cape Hatteras, this battle be
■ tween an English war ship and
! a Spanish galleon and the scene
i designed for the local school will
I present the native Hattorask In
, dians gathered on the highest hill
I above the Cape watching the pro
-1 ceedings, which end with the burn
ing of the English ship.
I Mention of the encounter was
re-discovered recently in a frag
ment of the Spanish Archives,
photostat copies of which were
bought more than a quarter of a
century ago when University
Chancellor R. B. House was se
cretary to the then North Caro
lina Historical Commission. The
material has never been more than
fragmentarily translated but e
nough of it was presented to the
Board at that time in English to
indicate its value in North Caro
lina history.
Spanish chronicles of the time,
back in 1557, in addition to des
cribing the victory over the hated
Englishmen found with his sails
down while h® took on fresh wa
ter here, mentioned also that dur
ing the battle native Indians were
observed watching the fight from
the hills back of the Cape. Their
charts, as well as English charts
of the period, called the hills the
Kindricker Mountains.
Because of the limited time al
lotted to the local school by the
county authorities, the sketch has
been kept simple, with only three
speaking parts. Jackie Rollinson
will speak the lines of the Indian
chief, Gates Austin those of one
of his men and a small Indian
boy’s excited wonder will likely
be spoken by lan Hornstein, son
See HATTERAS, Page Eight
Mrs. Marshall Collins, well-known
kitchen experts of this commun
ity.
The State Grand Master Wil
liam Caldwell es Chapel Hill
will be the featured speaker of
the evening’s program.
Worshipful Master Frank Ca
hoon of the Wanchese Lodge urg
es all local Masons to attend the
district meeting and dinner.
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A two-hour court session was
concluded in a few moments Tues
day after Judge Baum said, “On
the evidence presented, I fail to
find probable cause and dismiss
the case.”
The judge thereby quashed the
possibility of Jack Gilbert Tillett’s
being indicted for manslaughter
as a result of the accident near
Kitty Hawk on February 28 in
which Leslie Roscoe Tillett suffer
ed fatal injuries.
Nol Pros Two Charges
Solicitor Martin Kellogg said
that all the evidence the state had
to present against Tillett, who
was arraigned on three counts,
manslaughter, drunken driving
and driving without a driver’s li
cense, had been presented; there
fore, he said, “I am convinced and
so are Officers Riddick and San
derson (prosecuting witnesses in
the case) that you cannot consis
tently find probable cause on the
other counts, and we, therefore,
take a nol pros.” I
This meant that Jack Gilbert
Tillett will not, unless new evi
dence should come to light, be
tried upon any of the three counts.
The state charged young Tillett
with manslaughter, contending
that he was driving the vehicle in
which his cousin, Leslie Roscoe
Tillett, suffered fatal injuries, in a
reckless manner, at excessive
speed and under the influence of
alcohol. The state sought to show
that there was probable cause for
bringing separate bills of indict
ment against Tillett for man
slaughter, drunken driving and
driving a vehicle without a driv
er’s license.
After testimony had been offer
ed by state witnesses, Dr. John F.
Weeks of Elizabeth City, O. C.
Sanderlin of Kitty Hawk,. and;
Highway Patrolmen John S. San
derson and W. B. Riddick. Wal
lace H. McCown, counsel for the
defense, asked for dismissal of
the case on the grounds that the
See CAUSE, Page Eight
TWO BITS FOR A
BED 40 YRS. AGO
ON ROANOKE ID.
One Could Get a Hotel Room
For as Little as $1.50
A Week
By AYCOCK BROWN
Back in 1907 the European Plan
rates of the Roanoke Hotel here
ranged from 25 cents to SI.OO per
day per person. By the week it
cost a person either $1.50-$3.00-
$6.00 for stopping at the “Magni
ficent” and then comparatively
new hostelry.
The Roanoke Hotel went out of
business as such many years ago, •*
but the structure which housed it
still stands and today it is divid
ed into apartments—except for
a downstairs area which houses
Manteo Supply Company, operat
ed by the son of R. C. Evans, the
owner-proprietor who back in
1907 had printed up several thou
sand advertising folders for dis
tribution at the Jamestown Ex-
See BITS, Page Eight
FIVE COMMUNITIES
IN DARE COMPLETE
RED CROSS DRIVE
On March 21 five communities
of the county sent the county
chairman final reports on their
Red Cross drive. Mrs. Nellie Far
row of Waves reported S2O or 70%
of her quota. Mrs. M. L. Burrus of
Hatteras reported $43.55 or 87%
of her quota. Mrs. Hattie Mann
of Mashoes raised $8 or 80% of
her quota. Mrs. Lewis Meekins of
Colington reported $10.75, 72% of
the quota . Mrs. Charles Gregory
of Rodanthe stated $22, 73% of
her quota, had been raised. On the
basis of these reports the county
should achieve its goal if the re
maining communities are able to
raise their entire quotas.
Wallace H. McCown, county
chairman, urges that the chair
men in Kitty Hawk, Wanchese,
Stumpy Point, Frisco-Buxton,
East Lake, Avon, Manns Harbor,
Duck, Salvo, Manteo Colored, and
Manteo residential, and the beach
area, completed their work as soon
as possible and report to the Fund
Chairman. Dare County can reach
its goal if these ar»as not report
ed as yet, will make every effort
to raise the amount asked of them.
Governor's Appeal
See RED CROSS, Page Eight
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