, VOLUME XVI NO. 41
DARE FAR EXCEEDS ’sl QUOTA
IN RED CROSS FUND DRIVE,
CHAIRMAN McCOWN REPORTS
With A Few Reports Outstanding, County’s
Contribution Has Reached $741.34, Approx
imately S2OO Over the Prescribed Quota.
.A tentative final report of the
1951 Red Cross drive in Dare
county made this week by County
Chairman Wallace McCown shows
that the county has exceeded its
1951 quota by approximately
$200.00. This fine record, as chair
man McCown says in a letter to
the citizens of the county made
public this week, is one in which
Dare may take great pride. It is
a fulfillment of the county’s ob
ligation to the organization which
has often come to its aid in times
of trouble.
Total collections reported on
Wednesday of this week were
$741.34. The few additional re
ports that are outstanding may
boost the final total to $750, Mr.
McCown said. The success of
the drive means that the local
chapter will have more funds
in its treasury with which to
See RED CROSS, Page Eight
SHERIFF TALKS
TO KITTY HAWK
CIVIC CLUB
Sheriff Frank Cohoon, speaking
before the Kity Hawk Civic Club
Monday night, gave his listeners
some interesting background on
the origin of the post of sheriff
here and abroad, and then outlined
in concise fhshion the exact func
tions of his office.
Cohoon said that he and his dep
uties are available at all times in
the event of emergencies, but ein-
See TALKS, Page Eight
TEACHERS PAY HIKE
TABLED BY HOUSE
Reps. Etheridge and Combs Sup
port Salary Schedule Increases'
The teachers’ salary scale pro
vision of the budget bill, which
would have set the schedule for
teachers at $2,400 to $3,600, com
pared with the present $2,200-
$3,100 scale, was knocked out of
the bill in the House last Friday
by the close margin of 54-52. Al
most all the satisfaction the teach
ers got from the action was a rec
ord vote—so that they know, at
least, who was for and who
against the pay increase.
How They Voted
Legislators from this area who
voted for tabling the provision (in
effect, a vote against the increase)
were Swindell of Hyde, Johnson
of Currituck and Burfoot of Pas
quotank.
Voting against tabling the pro
vision for teachers (that is, voting
for the teachers’ pay hike) were
Etheridge of Dare and Combs of i
Tyrrell.
LAST WEEK’S WEATHER
Figures provided by U. S. Govt.
Meteorologist A. W. Drinkwater
High Low Rain
March 29 74 58
March 30 68 50
March 31 67 65
April 1 70 48
April 2 74 52 .46
April 3 67 45 .52
April 4 60 45
UNSEASONAL DIP
Fred Etheridge and Alfred Gard
had an early and icy swim last
week, and the length of their dip
may well hold up for the season
for an endurance record. When
they were fishing in Croatan
Sound Tuesday afternoon, their
boat sprung a leak. They bailed
for awhile, and finally had to bail
out themselves to keep afloat. Be
fore they could work the craft
ashore, on the Roanoke Island side
of the sound near their homes on
the northend, they spent 3 hours
in the bone-chilling water, from
six to nine p. m.
HIGHWAY DEATH
TOLL, 1951
Killed March 30 through
April 2 8
Injured March 30 through
/April 2 107
Killed through April 2
this year...... 230
Killed through April
2, 1950 224
Injured through April 2
this year .2,932
Injured through April
2, 1950-2,720
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
THE CHANNEL BASS
SEASON IS ON!
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D. J. Carter of Roanoke, Va.
beat last year’s “earliest channel
bass” record by 16 days when
he reeled in a thirty-five pounder
at £>regon Inlet last Saturday. Ap
ril 16 was the date of last year’s
first rod-and-reel channel bass
catch.
Shortly afterwards a member of
the same Roanoke party hooked a
twenty-five pound striped bass,
which was said to be the first ever
caught with, channel bass lure, or
by any method in the fishing spot
the party had chosen. Later in the
afternoon the party landed two
more channel -bass, one a 45-poun
der,' to make the first catch of the
season a really big one.
The party was fishing from
Captain Sam Tillett’s “Jerry, Jr.,"
skippered by his son, Omie Tillett,
youngest guide licensed for the
36-boat Oregon Inlet fishing fleet.
A group of Washington, D. C.,
fishermen, with Capt. Charles
Perry, on his vessel “Maggie,”
See BASS, Page Eight
COLLISION IN MANTEO
CAUSES S3OO LOSS
John Tuttle Stetson of Coling
ton was driving west on Highway
Street in Manteo last Friday aft
ernoon when his auto crashed in
to that of W. R. Knight, who was
driving out of the Rogers Service
Station drive onto the street.
No one was hurt in the accident,
but there was an estimated dam
age of S3OO done to the two auto
mobiles involved. Some slight
damage was done to the Hatteras
bus, parked at the curb, when the
Knight vehicle ricocheted into it
after colliding with Stetson’s car.
The right front fender of Stet
son’s car was crumpled in the
crash, and Knight’s car suffered
a broken radiator, steering gear
and smashed up fenders.
Stetson’s car was insured;
Knight’s was not.
SERVICES HELD AT AVON
FOR MRS. MARY M. GRAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
M. Gray, who died at the residence
in Avon Saturday morning, were
conducted Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock in the St. Johns Methodist ]
Church at Avon with the Rev. P. [
M. Porter, pastor, officiating, as- i
sisted by the Rev. Alvin W. Price, '
pastor of the Assembly of God
Church at Avon. I
A solo, “No Night There”, was
sung by Mrs. Winfred Whitlock.
1 Members of the church choir sang
i “Abide With Me,” “Rock of Ages”
I and “Sweet Bye and Bye" accom
panied by Mrs. Mabel Meekins at
the piano.
The casket pall was made of red
carnations and fern.
Pallbearers were Bradford
O’Neal, Percy Williams, George
Meekins, Luther Hooper, Seymore
Gray and Moody Meekins.
. Burial was in the family ceme- ‘
tery.
SURFMEN RESCUE SINKING
TRAWLER LAST FRIDAY
Surfmen from Oregon Inlet and
Kill Devil Hills stations on last
Friday saved the trawler Sweet
pea and her crew when she was
leaking and in danger of sinking
off Bodie Island near Oregon In
let.
A seagoing “Duck” from Kill
Devil Hills station, a 30-ft. open
motor boat and a second open
launch from Oregon Inlet station
used pumps on the trawler and
towed her to safe waters inside
the Inlet. The rescue mission was
carried on in rough seas.
The efficient work of the crews
made the aid of larger vessels sent
. out from Norfolk and Ocracoke
unnecessary, and both of them
I were recalled to their bases when
; word was flashed that the rescue
' work was finished after they had
started for the scene.
BENN CLUBHOUSE BURNS
AT MANNS HARBOR SAT.
The hunting and fishing lodge
at Manns Harbor built by W. S.
Benn and associates of Greensboro
on Croatan Sound two years ago,
burned to the ground Saturday af
ternoon from fire of undetermined
origin. The comfortable building,
well equipped, was worth about
SIO,OOO.
SEEK TO REVIVE
DARE CO. LODGE
OF ODDFELLOWS
First District Group Coming:
To Manteo April 14 To
Discuss Matters
Gatesville.—Odd Fellows of the
first district along with several
members of the Grand Lodge of
North Carolina, will hold a called
meeting with Virginia Dare Lodge
of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, in Manteo, Saturday, Ap
ril 14.
Several members from Holly-
Grove number 12 of Gates County
and Achoree 14 of Elizabeth City
are planning to attend this event
which was planned by Grand Sec
retary L. B. Mcßrayer at the first
district convention held in Eliza
beth City, January 19, as no mem
bers from the Manteo lodge were
present at this convention.
Mcßrayer and Bradley Wyrick,
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge
of North Carolina, as well as a
large number of Rebekas of Eliz
abeth City are planning to attend
the Manteo meeting.
Grand Secretary Mcßrayer ex
pressed surprise and disappoint
ment at the absence of Manteo
members at the January conven
tion and drew up plans to meet
with that lodge on April 14 in
Manteo.
A large number of Odd Fellows
and Rebekas will converge on
Manteo during the afternoon of
April 14 and the business session
is expected to start at 8 p.m.
The Manteo Virginia Dare lodge
of Odd Fellows has been almost
completely inactive for some
years. A number of the members
wish to revive it.
SERVICES HELD SUNDAY
FOR MRS. SARA E. MANN
Funeral services were held at
Mt. Carmel Methodist Church at
1 p. m. on Sunday for Mrs. Sara
Eliza Mann, 75, of Manns Harbor,
who died the night of March 28.
The Rev. Tracy Varnum conducted
the rites. Interment was in the
Mann Cemetery.
Music was supplied during the
service by the church choir and
by Mrs. Forrest Sawyer and Miss
! Lina Gard, who sang a duet. They
were accompanied by Mrs. Martha
Crees.
Pallbearers were Ira Spencer,
Jaccie Burrus? Huff Mann, Cleve
land Gard, Wilbur Pinner and
Larry Midgett.
Mrs. Mann is survived by five
children! Gaston Mann of Nags
Head, Guy Mann and Mrs. Calvin
Beasley of Manns Harbor, Harry
Mann of Oklahoma City, Okla.,
and Mrs. Ina M. Waterfield of
' Washington, D. C. One brother,
’ Charles T. Tillett of Norfolk, and
[a sister, Mrs. Guy F. Hudgins of
Elizabeth City, survive. There are
' seven grandchildren and four
great grandchildren.
SHRINERS TO JOURNEY
TO HATTERAS SATURDAY
Shriners of Sudan Temple, led
by the Dare County Shrine Club,
plan a pilgrimage to Hatteras
Saturday to lay a wreath upon
■ the grave of Charlie H. Ballance,
late member of Sudan Temple,
, who died three weeks ago.
The Shriners will make head
quarters at Atlantic View Hotel,
and hold a dinner there at night.
A. H. Ward of Manteo is president
of the Dare County Shrine Club.
BIGGEST ASSEMBLIES CHURCH IN COASTLAND BUILT AT BUXTON
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FRIDAY NIGHT, APRIL 13 will be a big day for members of the Assemblies of God Churches who will
take part in the dedication of the new church building of their faith at Cape Hatteras, with high church
officials present The new church is said to be the biggest and most elaborate structure of this faith in
Coastal North Carolina, and represents several years of labor and sacrifice on the part of the members.
On Saturday, a new chureh at Hatteras and on Sunday a new church at Manteo will be dedicated. Photo
by Ben Dixon Mac Neill.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1951
NEWSMAN FILES FOR
MAYOR IN COLUMBIA
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PAUL LIVERMAN last week filed
his candidacy for the office of
Mayor in Columbia with Mrs. Sal
lie Alexander, town clerk. Liver
man is the first candidate to file
for the election at which a mayor
and five aidermen will be chosen
on May 8.
Liverman is a Tyrrell native.
He has been in newspaper work
since 1933; he is the Tyrrell coun
ty representative of the Elizabeth
City Daily Advance. Secretary of
the Columbia Rotary Club, Liver
man is also vice-president of the
Columbia Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
WANCHESE HOST
TO MASONS OF
FIRST DISTRICT
Raymond Wescott of Man
teo Elected District Pres
ident at Shad Supper
One of the most interesting dis
trict Masonic meetings was held
Friday night with some 150 rep
resentatives present at Wanchese,
which lodge was host to the group
with a shad dinner.
Lodges of Perquimans, Camden,
Pasquotank and Currituck were
present. Cecil Winslow, District
Deputy Grand Master, presided.
Melvin R. Daniels gave the ad
dress of welcome. Group singing
with Dick Jordan at the piano was
featured.
Raymond Wescott of Manteo, R.
C. Murray of Hertford and Win
borne Smith of Elizabeth City
were elected District President,
Vice-President and Secretary, re
spectively.
A collection of $75 was taken up
for the Masonic Orphans and Ma
sonic and Eastern Star Home.
BAPTIST REVIVAL
HERE NEXT WEEK
Henry V. Napier, pastor of the
Manteo Baptist Church, announc
es that revival services will begin
at the church with the Rev. John
A. Rienert, Pastor of the Draper
Baptist Church, Draper, N. C.,
bringing the messages. There are
to be two morning services on
Tuesday and Wednesday mornings
at 10:00. The evening services will
begin promptly at 8:00 and the
music will be directed by the pas
tor. The Rev. Mr. Rienert is well
known throughout the state as a
teacher, preacher and radio evan
gelist and has been a visitor be
fore to the Dare coast. He is look
ing forward to these services with
us. The public is urged to attend
as many of these services as pos
sible. The revival will close on
Friday, April 13.
THREE CHURCHES
DEDICATED SOON
IN DARE COUNTY
Prominent Assemblies of God
Church Officials To Take
Part April 13-15
The Rev. W. A. Brown of
Springfield, Missouri, nationally
known minister and General
Treasurer of the Assemblies of
God, will visit Dare County April
13, 14 and 15 to Dedicate three
new Assembly of God churches.
The church at Buxton will be ded
icated Friday night, April 13, the
church at Hatteras will be ded
icated Saturday night, April 14,
and the church at Manteo will be
dedicated Sunday afternoon, Ap
ril 15 at 2 p.m. The public is in-7
vited to hear the Rev. Mr. Brown
during these services. He will be
accompanied to Dare by the As
semblies State Superintendent,
The Rev. Andrew Stirling of
Dunn.
BIDS TOTALING $115,000
RECEIVED FOR DARE JOBS
The Highway Commission made
public last Thursday the low bids
on the two road improvement pro
jects for Dare county.
The Steen Contracting Co. of
Norfolk, with a bid of $20,850.00,
was low bidder for grading 0.36
mile for construction of a ferry
basin slip on the north side of
Oregon Inlet.
For the construction of 8.41
miles of paving from the norfh
en<> of Oregon Inlet northwest to
intersection with Highway 158,
the Ballenger Paving Co., of
Greenville, S. C., was low bidder.
The bid was $94,218.33.
Kitty Hawk Youth Club Held Opening
Meeting March 29 at the High School
Kenneth Tillett Is President of the New Organization.
Recreation Center To Be Open Each Friday Night.
The opening of the Kitty Hawk
Youth Club was held Friday night,
March 29, at the Kitty Hawk
School.
Kenneth Tillett, president of
the new organization, acquainted
the members with the plans for
the recreation center, which is to
be open each Friday from 7:30 to
10:30.
After the short business meet
ing everyone enjoyed games, dan
ces, and refreshments.
County Council of Home Demonstration
Clubs Organized Here Friday, March 23
Mrs. Leo Midgett Elected President of Group. Kitty
Hawk Club Wins Attendance Prize.
Mrs. Leo Midgett of Manteo |
was elected president of the
County Council of Home Demon
stration Clubs at the organization
meeting held last Friday in the
Mt. Olivet Methodist Church in
Manteo. Other Council officers
elected were: Mrs. Edgar Hooper.
Buxton, vice-president; Mrs. Lee
Perry, Kity Hawk, secretary; Mrs.
Lois Rollinson, Frisco, treasurer.
Despite the discouraging
rainy weather Friday, there
were 56 club members and
guests present; seven Dare
Demonstration Clubs were rep
resented at the meeting. Two
members were present from the
Buxton Club; five from Coling
ton; six from Duck; nine from
INCOMING EDUCATION BOARD
TO SELECT NEW COUNTY SUPT.
AT NEXT MEETING, APRIL 30
R. L Leake, Supt. Since 1940, To Continue In
Office Until June 30. Submits Resignation
After Adverse Vote of Board.
DARE BILL
Rep Bruce Etheridge introduced
a new bill in the House on Mon
day “to fix the pay of the Dare
County Board of Commissioners.”
It was referred to the Salaries
and Fees Committee.
THREE 18-YEAR-OLDS
REGISTER FOR DRAFT
Three Dare eighteen-year-olds
registered with the Selective Ser
vice Board during March. They
were: Jack Milbourn Willis, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Willis of
Hatteras; Charles Elmer Meekins
of Stumpy Point, son of C. E.
Meekins of Norfolk; Shelby Larry
Hines, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Hines of Kitty Hawk. Willis is a
fisherman, employed by his fath
| er; Meekins and Hines are high
school students at Engelhard and
Kitty Hawk respectively.
Chairman Ballance reports that
I two enlistees registered with the
Dare Board, who have recently be
' come 19 and eligible for classifi
cation, have been credited to the
i Dare Board recently. They are
! Gilbert Stevens Burrus of Hat-
I teras, who enlisted in the Air
I Force in November; and Jackie
I Clifton Willis of Hatteras, who
1 entered the Coast Guard in Janu
ary.
The other officers of the club
are as follows: Shelby Hines,
Vice-President; Norma Spruill,
■Secretary; a&d David Philips,
Treasurer. Also representing the
youth council are: Martha Leary,
Susan Sanderlin and Melba Hay
wood.
A committee headed by Mrs.
David Stick, including representa
tives from students, parents and
teachers, made the plans for or
ganizing the club.
| Kitty Hawk; twenty-three from
Manteo; one from Rodanthe-
Waves Club; and five from
Wanchese.
Mrs. P. P. Gregory of Shaw
boro, president of the N. C. Fed
eration of Home Demonstration !
Clubs, spoke on the value and pur- !
pose of organizing a county coun- '
cil at the morning session. Speak- |
er at the afternoon session was
Mrs. Verona Langford of Green- ■
ville, district home agent; Mrs.
Langford explained the purposes
of the council and the ,
duties of its officers. Both speak
ers were presented gifts in behalf j
of the county clubs.
Mrs. Earl E. White, 25th Dis
trict Chairman, presided at both
sessions of the meeting. She in
vited all members of the group to
attend the District meeting at
Poplar Branch on April 11.
Morning Session
After the meeting was opened
in the forenoon by the singing of
a hymn by all present, Mrs. J. H.
Overton, Jr., gave a devotional talk
“God in the Home.” Miss Mary
Kirby, Dare Home Agent, gave
the treasurer’s report and intro
duced the guest speakers. A nom
inating committee was selected to
present a slate of candidates to'
be voted upon for County CounciJ 1
officers. Committee members
were Mrs. Mary Dowdy, Kitty'
Hawk; Mrs. Cedric Midgett, 1
Waves; and Mrs. Keith Fearing, 1
Jr., of Manteo. |
Kitty Hawk Wins Prize
After lunch, served by the Man- 1
teo Club, and a recreation period,
Mrs. Langford addressed the af
ternoon session. With the election
of officers and the presentation to
Mrs. Mary Dowdy, president of
the Kitty Hawk club, of a gavel
as attendance prize, the meeting
was brought to a close by the
singing of a hymn and the repeti
tion of the Club Collect.
The next meeting of the County
Council will be held in October.
The hostess club was not sot defi
nitely, but discussion of the mat
ter last Friday indicated that the
October meeting will be held eith
er at Kitty Hawk or Rodanthe.
Single Copy T
R. I. Leake, Superintendent of
the Dare County Schools since
July 1, 1940, will complete his
tenure in that position on June 30
of this year; this is the result of
action taken at the meeting of the
Dare Board of Education in Man
teo on Tuesday morning.
A motion was proposed and a
dopted by the Board for the dis
continuance of Mr. Leake in his
position. A letter of resignation
addressed to the Board Chairman
was thereafter presented by Supt.
Leake. The letter was dated
March 12.
A motion for the removal of
Mr. Leake as superintendent was
offered by Ellis A. Gray of Avon,
seconded by Elwood B. Parker of
Kitty Hawk, in the following
words: “In accordance with Sec
tion 115-353 and with Chapter
1172, Sec. 2 of the Code of Pub
lic School Laws, and with the ex
pressed approval of the nominees
for the incoming Dare County
Board of Education, I do move
that the services of the present
incumbent of the office of Dare
County Superintendent of Schools
be discontinued at the close of his
present term of office and that
public notice be given, according
to law, for election of said County
Superintendent of Schools for
Monday, April 30, or as near
thereabout as is possible.”
See EDUCATION, Page Eight
COUNTY BOARD GIVES
$250 FOR INLET AID
Orlando Burrus, Low Bidder, Gets
Contract for Removing Gar
bage Along Beach
The County Commissioners met
Tuesday with one Commissioner
absent. James W. Scarborough of
Avon was unable to attend be
cause of illness. He has been tak
en to the Marine Hospital in Nor
folk for treatment.
Bids for garbage removal for
the beach area were opened at the
Tuesday meeting. Two bids were
received: H. B. Culpepper, Nags
Head, bid $3,600; Orlando Burrus
of Manteo bid $3,250. The Board
voted to accept the bid of Mr.
Burrus. Mr. Burrus had the con
tract last year.
Inlet Project
Upon motion by Commissioner
Lawrence Swain, seconded by H.
F. Perry, the board voted to ap
propriate an additional $250 to
ward the effort to secure and com
plete the Oregon Inlet deepening
project.
Mrs. Goldie H. Meekins, super
intendent of the Welfare Dept, re-
I ported on the work of the depart
, ment. The Commissioners invited
the members of the County Wel
i fare Board to meet with them at
• their next regular session, May 8.
i Mrs. Mabel Jones, reporting for
the trustees of the Dare Commun-
See BOARD, Page Eight
LIONS ENTERTAIN
AT LADIES NIGHT
Club Broom Sale To Be Held On
April 19, 20, 21.
The Manteo Lions were hosts to
the ladies Monday night at their
dinner meeting in the Hotel Fore
Raleigh.
The Lions and their guests
were entertained by a group of
young people from the high
school, who delighted the group
with a clever, romantic game and
sang several numfiers which were
much appreciated. The entertain
ers were Jerry Cahoon, Barbara
I Dowdy, Betty Alice Skinner, Mil
l lie Ward, Marie Etheridge and
Steve Basnight, Jr.
; Each lady present was given a
! handkerchief by the club.
Broom Sale
The broom sale for the benefit
! of the blind, which is to be spon
sored by the Lions Club on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, April
19, 20 and 21, was discussed by
the group. The committee in
charge of preparations for this
i event, which was staged so suc
cessfully here by the Lions last
year, is headed by Ellsworth Mid
gett, chairman; other committee
men are Belton Burrus and Wil
lett Tillett.
President Ralph Davis announc
ed that the next meeting, April
16, would be the time for nominat
ing new officers for the coming
club year. A nominating commit
tee was appointed. Edward Greene
is chairman .assisted by D. A.
Rogers and Ellsworth Midgett.