VOLUME XVI NO. 21
HAYMAN CLAN TO
HOLD REUNION AT
KITTY HAWK JULY
Old Coastland Family Plana
Big Festival Wednesday,
July 11th
According to announcement of
L. D. Hayman, president of the
Hayman Clan of North Carolina,
the annual meeting fo/1951 will
be held at Kitty Hawk on the
eleventh of July this year, 10 a.m.
Last year the Clan met for the
first time in more than one hun
dred years at Croatan, Manns
Harbor. Many older members of
the Clan of the direct descend
ants live over in that commun ; ty.
Captain Jeff Hayman, the oldest
living member of the Clan, resides
at Wanchese on Roanoke Island.
The Clan includes kin-folks of the
two brothers Henry and Tedric
Hayman. Last year a brief history
was issued covering all the early
informat on possible at that time.
Since the meeting last year, other
Items have been obtained, and an
nouncement concerning these ad
ditions will be made when the
Clan meets in July.
Somewhat the general plan of
last year will be followed. The
local kin of Kitty Hawk will make
the necessary preparations for the
meeting such as place and some
of the highlights of the day. Not
only will the direct kin meet on
this occasion, but the invitation is 1
to all who may care to take off '
the day and share the pleasures of |
the entire program. People from
. alt the nearby communities and
from Norfolk and other places
other than eastern North Carolina I
See HAYMAN. Page Five
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FOR ROTARY MEET
Thirty of 37 District Clubs Rep
resented at Conference Sun
day and Monday
One hundred and seventy people
representing thirty of the thirty- ■
seven Rotary clubs in the district
registered for the Rotary confer
ence held a Nags Head Sunday and
Monday. The chief event of the
convention program was the Fei-,
lowship Dinner held at the Caro-,
Linian Hotel, featured by a hu
morous speech by Edmund Hard
ing of Washington.
Mr. Harding was introduced by
John Park of Raleigh, former Dis-'
trict Governor; other Rotary not-,
ables presented were retiring dis-1
trict president H. B. Spruill, in
coming president Olin Broadway
of Henderson and past district i
president Sherwood Roberson of
Robersonville. The speech of wel
come in behalf of the Manteo Rot- j
ary club; host for the conference,,
was made by Wallace H. McCown.
At the morning session on Mon- >
day, Dr. C. Sylvester Green of,
Chapel Hill was the main speaker;
he addresed the group on the sub
ject “Tuned to Fundamentals." (
Other speakers were E. Norfleet
Gardner of Henderson. M. J. Bird
of Wilson and Budd Smith of Wake
Forest.
At the final session. Monday aft
ernoon, J. C. Cooper of Henderson
addressed the representatives on
“International Service.”
Final event before adjournment
was a brief talk by District Gov.-
Elect Olin H. Broadway.
SUMMER FERRY SCHEDULES i
ARE EFFECTIVE TODAY;
The State Highway Commission
has announced its summer operat- |
ing schedules for the Manns Har
bor-Roanoke Island, Alligator Riv
er and Oregon Inlet free ferries. •
The schedules become effective
June 15 and will continue through'
September 10. Stepped-up service
offered this summer is a result of
record-breaking tourist traffic last
year. 'Complete schedules for all
ferries are printed on an inside
page.
THREE YOUTHS REGISTER
WITH DARE BOARD IN MAY
Robert Max Gray of Avon, So-'
lon Peele Tolson, Jr., of Frisco
and Burtis Bernard Hooper of Sal
vo were eighteen-year-olds regis
tering for the first time with the
Dare Selective Service Board dur
ing May. Gray is employed, as a
machinist at the Naval Air Station
in Norfolk; he is the son of Robert
Watson Gray of Avon. Hooper is
employed as a fisherman by his
father, E. D. Hooper.
Notice of enlistments of Dare
Countians received by the local
board during the last week were:
Henry Oswald Simmons, 20, Ne
gro, Manteo, Air Force; Garfield
Curies, 18, Kitty Hawk, Coast
Guard; and two Coast Guard en
listees from Kitty Hawk, both be
low the registration age, Pernell
Jacklin Perry and Wayne Waverly
Perry. The latter three enlistees
were assigned to Cape May, N. J.
Coast Guard Station for boot
training.
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
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DAILY WILLIAMS, 21, Wanchese
born, Currituck reared son of Mrs.
H. B. Saunders of Poplar Branch
! and the late A. T. Williams of
■ Wanchese, is enjoying army life
iand looking fine at Camp Rucker,
1 Ala. His birthday was June 13, he
entered the army in February. He
. is a grandson of the late T. J.
I Williams of Wanchese and has sev
; eral relatives there. He is a grad
uate of the Poplar Branch High
School.
WILDLIFE COMMISSION
STOCKS DARE STREAM
5,000 Fingerling Bass Placed in
Martin’s Pt .Creek Near
, East Lake
In accordance with previously
approved plans,t he Wildlife Re
sources Commission has complet
ed stocking of 6000 bass averaging
2 inches in length, in the waters
of Martins Pt. Creek, East Lake.
These fish were produced at the
State Fish Hatchery located near
I Fayetteville. District Game & Fish
Protector J. B. Ballance directed
■ the release of the fish and solicit
i ed assistance from members of the
; local wildlife club and other inter
ested sportsmen. Those participat
ing in the stocking were: Dan Hil-
i debrand, Portsmouth, Va., B. J.
Cohoon, Elizabeth City, W. M.
Brown, Kill Devil Hills, Mr. Wil
! liams of Durham and J. B. Bal
i lance.
I The Wildlife Resources Commis-
■ sion points out that the cooperative
effort of all those interested in the
State’s fish and game resources
will be required to bring about bet-
i ter fishing, the favorite outdoor
recreation of so many Americans.
CAR DRIVEN INTO CAN AL
The 1949 Oldmobile driven by Cy
Scarbomugh of Wanchese went off
the rend into the canal about half
way between the Roanoke Sound
bridge and the Midway Service
Station shortly after midnight last
•Sunday. The car turned over and
i went down into about 6 feet of
I water in the canal, settling or. the
i top. Scarborough and a companion,
I Billy White Wescott of Wanchese,
I rolled down the windows and es
'■.pcd from the submerged vei rile.
t Neither was hurt. When the car
1 was removed from the water on
| Monday, little more than water
i duniage was discovered.
Bessie Draper, Public Health Nurse,
Is Dare’s Most Widely Known Woman
A Native of Rocky Mount, Miss Draper Has Worked
In Dare Since July, 1940.
Miss Bessie Catherine Draper
has been Public Health Nurse for
' Dare County longer than that po
sition has been held by any other
person. She came here from Wil
liamston in Martin County to be
gin her work on July 1, 1940.
In the eleven years that she has
served this county, Miss Draper
has become known to as many
Dare citizens as any lifelong resi
dent could hope to do. It would be
no exaggeration to say that “she
knows practically everybody,” and
it would be close to the literal
truth to say “Everybody in Dare
knows Miss Draper.” She has to
know almost everyone; that’s the
kind of job a public health nursa
has. calling on people all over the
county and meeting many others
at the Health Office. Certainly no
other woman ni Dare knows as
many people as Bessie Draper.
IMP Miles Per Month
Miss Draper makes at least one
trip to the communities on the
mainland, Nags Head, Colington
KITTY HAWK CLUB
TO ERECT BULLETIN
BOARD IN COMMUNITY
Members of the Kitty Hawk Civ
ic Club, at the regular Junj meet
ing of the organization, voted to
work on two projects of interest
Lo’h tv the people of Kitty Hawk
and summer residents on the near
by I eaches.
First, the club appropriated
sufficient funds to purchase ma
terial for the erection of a com
munity bulletin board, whica will
be constructed by a committee
headed by Claude Midgett and
Carlos Dowdy and placed in a
conspicuous spot near the en
trance to Kitty Hawk. The spe
cific ’cason for the bulletin
hoard is to provide a place whete
posters and other announce
ments—for dances, bingo, politi
cal candidates, programs, etc.—
cun be exhibited.
This. step was taken since there
had beer considerable compbii.it
abcut such posters being placed < n
telephone poles and trees along tie
roac'ride leading through the vil
lage, bu t club members did not feel
tl ey would be justified in asking
business establishments and others
tn icfrain from putting their pos
;e;s there unless a substitute
place was provided for them.
The Trash Problent
In addition, the club members
instituted a drive to locate and ac
quire, through gift or purchase, a
cenvraliy located tract of land
which can be used as a general
trash dump for Kitty Hawk and the
beach. This move, like ths ether,
was ralr n because the roadside has
been cluttered with trash in recent
weeks.
Following the custom inaugurat
ed last year, the club adjourned
for the summer, with the next reg
ular meeting scheduled for the sc c
ond Monday in September.
NAGS HEAD FAILS TO LAND
1952 VFW CONVENTION
Curtis Lewis, immediate past
commander of Dare County Post
No.' 9959, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, returned this week from
the State VFW Convention held
last Friday, Saturday and Sunday
at Southern Pines.
Mr. Lewis said that, in coopera
tion with the Elizabeth City VFW
, unit, a strong bid was made to se
-1 cure the 1952 convention for Nags
I Head. According to Mr. Lewis,
I “The majority of VFW members
1 at the convention wanted to come
to Nags Head next year,” but the
attempt to secure the meeting for
the Dare beach resort area failed
I because there were no business
representatives from Dare County
at the convention to back up the
bid. Charlotte, well represented by
business and chamber of commerce
: representatives, was named for the
1952 convention site.
As an indication of what Dare
lost by failure to land the next
year’s conclave, Mr. Lewis cited
the calculated expenditure of SIOO,-
000 by convention delegates in
three days at Southern Pines. He
said that the local post will try
again next year to bring the con
vention for 1953 to Nags Head.
Forrest Dunstan of Elizabeth
City was named Junior Vice Com
mander of the State Department
al the annual convention elections.
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DDT SPRAYING BEGUN
BY NAGS HEAD C OF C
Spraying with DDT of all build
ings on the 17 miles of beaches
comprised of Kitty Hawk, Kill Dev
il Hills and Nags Head got under
way late this week. The work will
probably continue for 3 more weeks
or until the job is completed. The
spray will kill many mosquitoes
and other insect pests, it is hoped.
and the Lower Banks per month.
That’s in the most routine kind of
month; very often, she makes two
or three trips around the whole
county circuit. She averages 900 to
1 000 miles driving each month.
|The figure of Miss Draper steer
ing her jeep over all kinds of
roads in all kinds of weather is as
familiar in Dare as the rural mail
carriers are along their routes.
Training
1 Miss Draper is a native of Rocky
Mount. She received her nurse’s
training at Parkview Hospital in
> Rocky Mount. After graduation
■ she was night supervisor at Park
i view for four years. Training ?n
i public health work she received at
■ William and Mary College, Exten
i sion Division, in Richmond; and
i had field-training in Forsyth Coun
i ty. She served at Williamston as
; a public health nurse before com
ing to Dare.
11 Asked how it happens she has
» stayed in Dare County so much
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MANTEO, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1951
FORCE USED TO
TAKE CHILDREN
FROM MOTHER
Apparently the six months of
indecision on the part of the
county officials and bouncing in
and out of recorder’s, juvenile
and superior courts and the Dare
and Perquimans jails finally be
came more than the Frank De-
Febios could stand: on Thurs
day afternoon Mrs. DeFebio
went to Wanchese where the
welfare department had placed
her three children and brought
them back to Manteo to take up
their post beside her at the
window of their father’s cell.
She told welfare department
workers and the sheriff and
town policeman that they would
have to kill her before she
would let the children go back.
Before a large crowd of
spectators who gathered around
the jail, Sheriff Cahoon, from
inside DeFebio’s cell, wrested the
two older boys from his grasp
while Policeman Mitchell pulled
them away and put them in the
custody of the welfare depart
ment people. Then Cahoon and
Mitchell followed Mrs. DeFebio
across the street, then back to
the jail, and finally succeeded in
taking the younger child away
from her by force.
Negotiations had been under
way this week to release the
DeFebios and restore their
children to them, providing they
would leave the county. They
had been led to believe that this
was to take place on Tuesday—
and again on Wednesday. But
nothing happened—until Thurs
day afternoon when Mrs. De-
Febio forced officials’ hands.
MANNS HARBOR CLUB
RAISES FUND OF $225
Saturday night’s prize party to
which tickets were sold at $1 net
ted the sum of $225 toward im
provements to the building of the
Manns Harbor Ruritan Club. Priz
es smd to have a retail value of
S3OO, donated by Merchants of
Manteo, Elizabeth City, Columbia
and Manns Harbor were awarded.
The finest one, an electric Mixmas
ter, was won by W. F. Tillett of
Nags Head. Hugh Craddock got an
electric iron. There were 56 prizes
in all. W. S. White was master of
ceremonies.
A portable drink cooler was
awarded to Bill Spruill, Highway
Engineer.
NOTED ACTOR IN LOST
COLONY CAST OF 1951
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i tor and authority on Gilbert and
Sullivan operas, has returned to
| Roanoke Island, where he will
again be featured as “Old Tom
Harris” in the cast of Paul Green’s
symphonic drama, THE LOST
COLONY, which has gone in re
hearsals for its 11th season sched
uled to begin on Saturday night,
I June 30 in Waterside Theatre at
Manteo.
| It will be Terry’s second season
in the role of the tragi-comic char
{•acter who adds light and philo
sophical tourches to the drama.
During the past winter Terry has
been on tour bringing to life the
immortal characters and singing
world-famous melodies from Gil
bert and Sullivan operas.
A THRILL FOR TWO STUMPY POINT FAMILIES;
GRANDSON HOME FROM CUBA FOR FIRST TIME
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THERE ARE TWO COUPLES ON STUMPY POINT particularly
happy this week because they have with them for the first time in
their lives, their new grandson, “Cookie,” who was born in Cuba five
months ago. The mother is Mrs. Jones Meekins, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Best, and the father is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Garland
Meekins, and is stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a Navy aviation
Ordnanceman. Mother and son arrived ip New York last week on the
Navy transport George W. Goethals, and will visit until the middle of
July.
Manteo Teen-Age Center Closes Doors
For Summer After Seven Months* Success
Membership Grows from 40 to 105 Since November 4.
Many Responsible for Making Recreation Center
Scheme Work.
I A party attended by 58 members
of the Manteo Teen-Age Center
was staged in the Community
! Building last Saturday night as
{ the last event of the organization,
which will now be closed for the
summer.
The Teen-Age Center tips been
providing a meeting place and
wholesome recreation for the is
land young people since Novem
ber 4, 1950, when it was opened
with 40 members. The popular
ity of the recreation center is
demonstrated by a comparison of
the total membership last No
vember with the 105 teen-agers
who held membership cards
when the center closed on June
9.
The center has been a coopera
tive project all the way. The Man
teo PTA was the sponsoring or
ganization, and the rent for the
room in the Community Building
was paid by the County Commis
sioners. Interest has been preserv
ed by the cooperation of parents
who have given their time to serve
as chaperones on Friday and Sat
urday nights, when the club met.
Perhaps more responsible for the
center’s success than any other
persons have been three ladies of
the PTA: Mrs. Balfour Baum,;
chairman of the Teen-Age Center I
Committee; Mrs. John Allen, hos- j
tess at the center; and Mrs. Law- ]
rence Swain, treasurer.
These ladies put into the plan
ning and all the plain hard Work'
necessary to operate the center
properly a degree of enthusiasm
that rivalled the spirit of the teen
agers themselves. Parents of teen
age children should be grateful to •
Mrs. Baum, Mrs. Allen and Mrs.
Swain for making certain that the
recreation center project worked
out successfully. The project had
been tried before, and it failed.
: Because of the efforts of all con
cerned, the present center has op
■ erated, if not without a hitch (for,
no doubt, those responsible got
many a headache for their efforts),
at least without a single incident
that could cause anyone to be crit
ical of what the center achieved
for young people.
Some other individuals should be
mentioned for their special efforts
in behalf of the teen-age center.
Mrs. Raymond Wescott taught
classes in stenciling; Mrs. Elmer
V. Midgett taught sewing; Bob
Smith, square dancing; Norma
Basnight and Nevin Wescott, balk
room dancing.
Refreshments were prepared by
the members for the Friday and
Saturday meetings sandwiches,
popcorn, candy, etc. For one of
their last parties they held a King
and Queen contest, paying one cent
a vote to raise money for the cost
of the party. D. A. Rogers and
Ruby Gallop were chosen to reign
as King and Queen at the party.
What About Next Fall (?)
That the center was “just what
the doctor ordered” for island
teen-agers can’t be doubted by
anyone who takes the trouble to
ask one of the club members about
it. For most of them it is a mat
ter of great regret that the center
will close for the summer. They
are much concerned to make sure
that it is reopened in the fall. In
fact, a number of enthusiasts
worked hard on their own hook to
try to keep the meeting place open
for the summer. Robert Williams,
for instance, lined up a group of
parents who agreed to act as chap
erones on Monday nights, when it
was thought it might be possible
to have the club meetings; but the
difficulties—another organization
meets in the community building
on Monday evenings, for instance
—were not possible to overcome.
Activities
The young people found the cen
ter open on Friday and Saturday
nights during the school year from
7:30 to 10:30. Membership cards
I cost just fifty cents, and each even
! ing the members paid five cents
i to cover the cost of the refresh
ments and providing juke box mu
sic for dancing. Many kinds of rec
reation were available at the cen
ter—cards, games, ping pong and
dancing. And, in addition, it was,
as Robert Williams says, “The on
ly place we’ve ever had where we
could go and be with our friends
and enjoy ourselves.” Miss Jackie
Forehand told us substantially the
same thing. There wasn’t a fixed
See TEEN AGE, Page Five
THE LOST COLONY
BEGINS REHEARSAL
Rehearsals for the 11th season
showing of Paul’s Green’s sym
phonic drama THE LOST COLONY
got underway here this week under
the direction of Samuel Selden and
his assistant Clifton Britton. The
cast members will be practicing
day and night between now and
June 30.
Rehearsals are conducted under
the expert direction of Samuel Sel
den, head of the department of
dramatic art at the University of
North Carolina. His assistant, Clif
ton Britton, has been stage man
ager of the drama for the past
j; four years. In Goldsboro, his home
i town, Britton heads the largest
[ high school dramatic department in
' the South.
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BRIDGES HOTTEST
SUBJECT WEST
OF ALLIGATOR
Tyrrell and Washington
County People Displeased
At Needless Economic
Loss
More than any place in the state,
distress is manifest in Tyrrell and
Washington counties at the failure
of the state to bridge Alligator
River and Croatan Sound, and
which situation is believed to be
keeping the people out of huge
economic gains and development.
Travel along U.S. 64, the “Ocean
to Ocean Highway,” in these coun
ties today, and you’ll find more
people red hot over this neglect on
the part of the state, than on any
other subject. More than one per
son says the next group of candi
dates coming through these coun
ties will get pinned to the board
and be made to answer some
mighty pointed questions.
The trickle of business that has
been coming through on the inad
equate ferry schedules forced upon
the people of the region, despite
all their pleas, has convinced them
thoroughly that there is a serious
need for bridges, and that there
See BRIDGES. Page Eight
BEACH FIRMS
ON THEIR TOES
FOR BUSINESS
Business Really Up to Date
Including a Nursery for
the Little Folks
Newsworthy is the latest adjunct
to business on the beach. It is Mrs.
Hal Daniels’ Kiddie Nursery where
folks who come to the beach to
rest and get out-romped by their
kiddies can have them properly
cared for at reasonable rates. This
new venture is located about three
miles south of the Wright Memor
ial. Mrs. Daniels, a former Dare
County Home Agent, has installed
complete facilities to take care of
children by the hour, day or week.
This goes to show just how far
the beach business people are go
ing to provide the Nags rfead-a.it
ty Hawk area with the most up
to date advantages. This week,
some 13 firms on the beach are
advertising in these columns.
These include a number of the
best of hotels, the Arlington, the
Croatan, the Edgewater and the
Sportsman; good tourist courts like
the Miramar, the newly opened
Nags Head Motor Court, and
Leary’s Motor Court, all providing
the best of accommodations.
There are mighty good stores on
the beach, and these include the
See BEACH, Page Eight
VIRGINIA POWER
GROUP COMING
TO NAGS HEAD
A group of employees of the
Appalachain Electric Power Com
pany of the Roanoke, Va., district
have chosen Nags Head for their
summer outing, and have booked
accommodations at the Arlington
Hotel August sth to Bth. They
comprise representatives from
Western Virginia and West Vir
ginia, and will be headed by Lawr
ence L. Koontz, System Rural Sup
ervisor, of Roanoke.
Another interesting group, spon
sored by the Rocky Mount Chamber
of Commerce, is the Rocky Mount
Choral Society which will sing at
The Lost Colony July 2, and will
spend the period of the end to the
4th at the Arlington. Carl Slough
is director of the group.
CROATAN SHORE COTTAGE
OWNED BY MRS. MACON
Mrs. Lucy H. Macon, wife of Ma
jor General Robert C. Macon of
Fort Monroe, Va. has recently
bought the cottage on Croatan
Sound, Roanoke Island, owned by
the late Carl Meekins, and it is be
ing occupied this summer by the
■ family of Dr. E. P. Douglass of
Elon College. The Macons plan to
spend some time in it September.
General Macon’s father was born
on Roanoke Island, the house
stands on land that was originally
a part of his great-great grand
father’s estate.
| Mrs. Macon is a native of Missi
ssippi, and as a good Army wife
has ‘ moved about in many parts
of the world. Since the war she
i lived for some time in Russia
where General Macon was military
{attache. He commanded forces in
, North Africa and received the
German surrender at the battle of
the Bulge.
■ Last week, Mrs. Macon visited
j Roanoke Island for the fourth time
I this year, and was accompanied
by the General, and also Major
, General and Mrs. Max Beasley of
■ Fort Monroe. They spent time vis
iting at Nags Head and Southern
Shores.
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