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VOLUME XVII NO. 9 RAPID GROWTH OF BEACHES IN DARE CREATES URGENT NEED FOR EXPANDED PHONE SERVICE Business Interests as*Well as Visitors Crying For Enlargement of Facilities Now Over crowded and Unable to Give More Than Token Service; Business Transactions Handicapped and Indifference of Phone Company Cited. There’s no doubt about it. It’s going to take some stepping around on the part of the telephone company serving the Dare Beaches, if they expect to continue to hold the good will and support of not only the business interests of the area, but the numerous visitors, who even while on vacation find it important to keep in touch with the affairs back home. The needs of the beach have grown so rapidly, that the facili ties now on the beach, apparently enlarged very little beyond the ca pacity of 15 years ago, are render ing only token service. Lines are overcrowded and delays in getting . calls through, particularly long ] distance calls are exasperating and . prohibitive. The successful placing of a call ■ takes a large part of the time that | the visitor wishes to devote to his ( vacation. The business men of the i beach are crying for enlarged fa cilities. They outspokenly claim the . telephone company is completely i indifferent to their responsibility in i the matter. Typical of the complaints about ‘ lack of phone service on the beach. is a letter from Warren Francis, the well-known Washington Cor-! respondent of the Los Angeles I Times, who for many years has, been a frequent visitor on the Dare Beaches, and usually stops at the popular Croatan Hotel at Kitty Hawk. He was a recent vis itor with Mrs. Francis, and despite his love for Dare County’s sea shore, he found his visit less en joyable for lack of adequate tele phone service. He says: “Over the many years we have • been visiting Kill Devil Hills, Mrs. See BEACHES, Page Four Francis and I have been suffering exasperating delays and inconven- $6,000 LOSS IS RESULT OF ACT NEAR SALVO Balliftger Contractors' Grad ing Machines Smashed by Criminals Who Still Evade Arrest Last Sunday morning between 2 and 3 a.m.' a criminal act of the most senseless kind 'was commit ted about one-half mile south of Salvo on Hatteras Island. An un determined number of vandals started the engines of three Diesel motor graders belonging to the Ballinger Paving Contractors, drove them together, and aban doned the scene after damage es timated to be between $5,000 and $6,000 had been done. Sheriff Frank Cahoon and W. W. Spence of Elizabeth City, State Bureau of Investigation agent, reported that the radia tors of all three machines were shattered and that they had been driven together with such force that the chassis of the graders had been ripped apart. Sheriff Cahoon said on Wednes day that no arrests had been made as a result of an all-day investi gation by the two law-enforcement officers on Tuesday. He did say that the investigation will continue until the perpetrators of the idiotic act are brought to justice. Until the criminals are caught, he said, no information about the clues the officers are following would be re leased to the public. The Ballinger Paving Con tractors have offered a reward of $250 for information which will lead to the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible for the crime. The contractors have been the victims of other criminal acts on the Lower Banks in recent weeks. A number of batteries wese lately stolen from contractors’ trucks and air compressors which have been located on Hatteras Island aerating the paved road the com pany built there year. The paving company has de served well of the people of the Lower Banks and has done its con tracted work quickly and efficient ly. One of the company’s generous acts has been the building of one half mile of paved surface from the highway to Fairhaven Church, between Waves and Rodanthe, at no cost to the citizens—a* a free ’ r i£V. roni l he officials and reputable citizens are at a loss to understand the motives of the criminals. ' lil ■ - 'Z'V THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA OFF TO SEA IVEY C. EVANS, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivy Evans of Manteo, has joined the Merchant Marine; he shipped out of Norfolk August 5 aboard the ship “LaSalle,” bound for Holland, Germany, France and England. Young Evans has two uncles, Gus and Lance Montague, of Norfolk, who have made follow ing the water their lifetime ca reers. DARE TOURIST BUREAU IS DISCUSSED TUESDAY At a meeting held in the court house Tuesday afternoon with about 25 people present, a pro posal was discussed for the organ ization of a Dare County Tourist Bureau, to publicize all sections of the county and assist tourists in enjoying its advantages. County Commissioner Lawrence Swain presided at the meeting and remarks were made by most of those present. The proposal was to organize a bureau to conduct a program of publicity, and that it be supported by the various Cham bers of Commerce, the County of Dare, Town of Manteo, and The Lost Colony. A Committee was appointed by the Chairman ’to draft a plan to submit to a later meeting for further discussion. Among those attending the meet ing were Wm. Hardy, Lost Colony Manager, Melvin Daniels, Z. V. Brinkley, C. J. Townley of Kitty Hawk. E. V. Melson of Kill Devil Hills, Dan Harris of Nags Head, Asa Gray of Waves, M. L. Burrus of Hatteras, M. L. Daniels, Jr., Sam Midgett, Gordon Kellogg, A. H. Ward, David Stick and Mrs. Isabel Murphy of Kill Devil Hills. MENS BIBLE CLASS AT WANCHESE METHODIST CHURCH PRACTICES REAL PRACTICAL RELIGION < > : • "■ v ■■ • " r ' ■ ■ .. . . . ■ ? .. .. hnh -1 / # -■ i7- ■■ » ■■ J MAT *'. '1? ■ - ' THE MEN’S BIBLE CLASS of Bethany Methodist Church, Wan chese, Roanoke Island appears to be worth more than ordinary no tice. We have been hearing about it for some time, but recently took occasion to look it over and mdke a picture of ft for proof. The pic ture shows an average attendance, in fact this picture was made on a STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS TO MEET HERE Regular Meeting of State Board to Be Held in Dare Courthouse September 1. The State Highway Commission will hold its regular September meeting in the Dare County Courtroom in Manteo at 10 a.m. Saturday, September 1. The full commission will be present for the dispatch of regular business. The meeting will be open to the public. After the public meeting in the courthouse, the commissioners and their wives will adjourn to the home of A. W. Drinkwater, where they will be entertained socially until time for lunch at the Roanoke Island Inn at 1 p.m. The date of the commissioners meeting here coincides with the birthday of Chairman of the Com mission Henry Jordan. DeFEBIO RE-HEARING AT 2 P. M. FRIDAY Another hearing in the Dare County Juvenile Court is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday to reconsider the fitness of Frank and Theo De- Febio to provide a proper home for their three minor children. As a result of an order signed by Chauncey S. Meekins, juvenile court judge, the children have been in a boarding home in Perquimans county since early in the summer. Mr. DeFebio is still living in Dare county at the former Paul Gamiel Coast Guard Station near Duck, which has been the family’s home since they came to Dare county in January 1950. Mrs. De- Febio is employed in Washington, D. C., as a taxi driver, though she makes frequent visits here. Mrs. DeFebio contends that the “suit able” home required by Judge Meekins for the children has been established in Washington, D. C., and she told a member of this newspaper’s staff last Sunday that all the court’s stated requirements for the release of the children— establishment of a suitable home, See DeFEBIO, Page Four SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND WIFE HURT IN WRECK Ahoskie Woman Dies; Stumpy Point Man and Wife, South Mills Teachers, in Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Philip Meekins of South Mills are in the Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City, the vic tims of an automobile . accident which took place at Morgan’s Cor ner, near Elizabeth City, shortly after six o’clock Wednesday even ing. Mr. and Mrs. Meekins are re ported to be suffering from head injuries, Mrs. Meekins in a critical condition, Mr. Meekins injured less seriously. Killed in the wreck was Mrs. Russell Lanier of Ahoskie. Mr. Lanier was injured. According to reports, the Lanier car skidded I and swerved on the road, hitting j the Meekins car head-on. Mr. Meekins, the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Meekins of Stumpy Point, is to be principal of the South Mills school this year, and he and Mrs. Meekins had just moved to South Mills. rainy day. What impressed us about this class is what we had heard about its good work in behalf of the needy, as well as its support of va rious church projects. It is the first Bible class we have heard of that ha« *ww treaswrer»>- i* addi tion to its regular treasurer, it has a treasurer for its “Jug Fuad." MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1952 RETIRED OFFICER'S CONDITION IS BETTER -Jr The many friends of Lt. Com mander Walter G. Etheridge, USCG retired of Manteo, will be glad to learn that his condition is reported greatly improved. Comdr. Etheridge has been crit ically ill in the Elizabeth City hos pital for three weeks, a victim of uremic poisoning. Tuesday he was removed to the Marine Hospital in Norfolk. The vast number of vis itors who came to his bedside in Elizabeth City was extremely heartening to the patient, and at tested the great affection in which he is held in the Coastland where he spent more than 30 years in the service. His last assignment was his war-time command of the great Coast Guard base at Gal veston, Texas. On his return after the war he was retired and has been living on Roanoke Island. CAR SMASHES IN GAS STATION’S WALLS SUNDAY Three Young People Fail to Negotiate Turn Returning from Beach and Car Plows 1 into Midway Station A 1949 Chevrolet convertible failed to negotiate the turn at the junction of the beach highway and the road to Wanchese Sunday morning about 3 a.m. and plowed into the southeast corner of the Midway Service Station, operated by George Hale Quidley. Although a large display window was shattered and a gaping hole driven in the side of the concrete and brick building, the three persons in the machine were not critically injured. They were Richard Depriz, the driver, Roy Beacham, Jr., of Kitty Hawk; and Faith Hazen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hazen of Wanchese. The Twiford Ambulance Service rushed the two young men, both members of the Coast Guard, to the Albemarle General Hospital in Elizabeth City soon after the ac cident occurred. Miss Hazen ac companied the ambulance to Eliz abeth City, but her injuries were not considered serious enough to require admission to the hospital. She returned at once to her home. The young men, badly bruised and suffering minor cuts and abrasions, were transferred next day to the ■ Marine Hospital, Norfolk. Neither’s See CAR, Page Four I Along with its collection plate each Sunday goes a “jug” into which a second contribution is dropped. This fund is kept separate in case I some serious case of distress arises in the community which needs Sometimes the claw raises an ready money. .. ~ ' I additional fund, and thinks nothing sf sending SSO or S6O to aid some CAA OFFICIALS MEET WITH DARE COMMISSIONERS Rules Set Up to Get County Airport at Manteo on Sound Operating Basis CAA officials meeting in Man teo Wednesday with the Dare County Board of Commissioners discussed the Manteo airport, and the county's contract with the government .to maintain it. An agreement was reached on many points, in which the law govern ing airports and the property must be carried out. All airport funds must be kept in a separate fund and cannot be used for other purposes. Fences have been torn down and must be replaced and blocked to stop traf fic off the airport property. New growth of trees must be cut down. Repairs are to be made to build ings needed for airport purposes. The Board agreed to carry out these provisions, and appointed D. V. Meekins as manager of the airport property. Following rec ommendations of the airport con sultants, the Board ordered that leases must be made up by all persons using airport property, and that adequate rent must be paid for same, into the airport fund. ‘ Last week President Truman sent to Congress a request tor $29,453 to be used for resurfacing two of the runways on the air port. Officials attending the meeting were Charles Hanst, airport con sultant from Atlanta Regional of fice, and B. A. Waldenmaier of the Wilmington office. Authority has been given to of fer for sale some 30 buildings not needed for airport purposes, and bids for these will be available in a few days from the office of Airport Manager, P. O. Box 428, Manteo, N. C. LOST COLONY’S ELEVENTH SEASON ENDS SEPTEMBER 2 Paul Green’s symphonic drama, The Lost Colony, will present its last performance of the current 11th season on Sunday night, Sep tember 2. Attendance this year will be a near record for the drama which was originally planned as a “one season pageant” in 1937 to commemorate the 350th annivers ary of the birth of Virginia Dare, first child of English parentage borr. in the New World that was to become America, and the tragic attempts of colonists sent out from England by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1587 to establish a new nation on Roanoke Island. Attendance for the current sea son is expected to pass the 50.000 mark for paid admissions before the 1951 finale on September 2. Since the premiere of The Lost Colony in 1937, more than 550,000 persons have witnessed the drama. NORFOLK MINISTER AT LOST COLONY SUNDAY Dr. Edgar A. Potts of Norfolk, superintendent of the Norfolk dis trict Methodist churches, will be guest minister at Waterside Thea tre religious. services Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. community member with a hospital, bill. It regularly sends $lO a month to one man who is a chronic hos pital case. It bought a church car-' pet costing S6O and cleaned the church grounds at a coat of $25. It underwrote the painting of the church auditorium which cost sev eral hundred dollars. It has members of all ages from PROOF A-PLENTY THAT FERRY BOATS ARE INADEQUATE TO NEEDS OF TRAVELING PUBLIC Many Complaints About Type of Service Being Rendered Over Alligator River and Croatan Sound; Nothing Will Do The Job But Bridges and Failure To Build Them Not Justified by Highway Commission. JUST MAKING A GOOD START AT NAGS HEAD ♦ Hr ~4HH? H L ft . ; S| Jr? G. T. (Ras) Westcott, Casino Op erator at Nags Head, who calls his dance hall “the most beautiful ballroom in the south,” thinks the recent rapid growth of the Dare Beaches is only beginning. “That’s why I have been trying to get the best name bands to the beach all summer.” Big name bands have been the rule at Nags Head this year, and a glimpse at Westcott’s advertising will show : who's on the top bill at the beach ; every week throughout the season. DANIELS REUNION I HAPPY OCCASION AT WANCHESE —— The annual re-union of the Dan , iels Clan at Wanchese, August 19, I proved a happy occasion, and the , renewal of old acquaintanceships I and felicitations. Visitors from several states were present. Jose phus Daniels, Jr., guest of honor made several remarks In behalf of his family, and acknowledged the • glowing tribute to his late father, paid by Judge W. I. Halstead who I made the principal address in the , Methodist Church auditorium. Melvin R. Daniels was master of i ceremonies, an elaborate picnic dinner rounded out the occasion. LAST WEEK’S WEATHER Figures Provided by U. S. Govt. Meteorologist A. W. Drinkwater High Low Rain August 16 87 69 August 17 91 73 August 18 90 70 August 19 91 68 August 20 87 73 August 21 88 73 .2$ August 22 86 72 .16 20 to 75. The class has about 60 members, and its usual attendance !is about 45. It has an exceptionally ! able teacher, V. G. Williams, a fur niture salesman. The assistant teacher is Dallas Tillett. Melvin Daniels is Class President, aud Peter Tillett Treasurer. The Tnms urer of the: Jug Fund ia Steve Tt Single Copy 70 A ferry boat is not a bridge— not by a long shot. North Caro linians in rapidly growing num bers are bearing witness to that fact, altho the State Highway Commission has tried to argue down the need for bridges year after year. A vast area of the state is being neglected and thousands of its peo ple, and would-be visitors of the Southern Albemarle region are subjected to needless hardship be cause of this failure on the part of the Highway Commission to do its duty. Travel over the ferries is very heavy this summer. The insuffi cient service has caused numerous people to be subject to inconven ience and loss. It has caused many vacation trips to be spoiled. We see many letters each week from ferry travelers who complain about the schedules as well as the manner in which they are treated on the boats. Here is a letter from a New York newspaperman who came to this section to write it up—to ad vertise and do us good; he asks that he be reimbursed for need less damage to his car. That is costly advertising for us: Gentlemen: I am dropping you this line en route, to apprise you of the fol lowing. On Monday last, August 13th, I took your ferry from Manteo. Your ferryman, while I was on the boat and they were loading, ordered me to edge over, to get a car in be tween my car and another. I com plained that there seemed no room for such and that there might re sult paint scraping, telling him my car had just been painted. He in sisted, and wedged a car VERY I close to mine. Then, he and another man of the crew lifted the rear end of my car i bodily, right bang against the side I of the ferry, without my permis . sion. , After leaving the ferry I found ’ that quite severe scraping of the ' paint had resulted, on two of the ■ rear fenders. There was no possi bility of examining the car until well off the ferry, we were packed lon the boat like sardines. They packed us in MUCH too closely. On reaching New York next week I shall have to have the fend ers re-painted and will then send you the bill. This was a regrettable occurrence. I came to Manteo to do a story on the Pageant, I en joyed mv visit there very much and See PROOF. Page Four DAMAGE TO THREE AUTOS IN TWO-CAR COLLISION HERE Three late-model automobiles were damaged as a result of a two car collision at the intersection of Road and County streets in Man teo about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. The cars driven by Mrs. Maude Qastlebury Layton of Littleton and Walter J. Purdy of Ravenswood, W. Va., collided at the street cros sing, after which Mrs. Layton’s car continued through the inter section and struck the 1951 Plym outh owned by J. Gordon Conrad of Winston-Salem, which was parked in the driveway at the Frank Ausband home. Mrs. Layton was driving south on Road street; Mr. Purdy’s car was going west on County street before the accident occurred. Purdy’s car was about three feet on the left side of the center of the road after the accident, the in vestigating officer reported. Purdy said that he was driving about 15 miles per hour. Mrs. Layton said that she was driving about 25 miles per hour, but Purdy said that she accelerated the engine as she approached the intersection and was going, in his opinion, about 40 milts per hour. Policeman M. C. Mitchell, who investigated the accident, estimated that the damage to Mrs. Layton’s car, a 1951 Pontiac, was about $350; $75 to SIOO damage was done to Purdy’s 1950 Buick; and s2oo^ l^s' ar “ ” qU,r * * bOUt I All parties involved in the ac cident were covered by insurance. Then were no arrests, and, by agreement among the principals, ; no charges will be brought I According to Mrs. Layton’s driv- ■ celebrater’her 6 74th one
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