VOLUME XVII NO. 13
BIG CELEBRATION PLANNED
IN MANTEO ON OPENING OF
NEW ROANOKE SOUND BRIDGE
One of the Biggest Celebrations In Many a
Day on Roanoke Island; Governor and
Many Other Officials Will Be Invited About
November 10; Speaking Will Be At Court
house.
Celebrations come and celebra
tions go, but they mostly come all
around Roanoke Island, or some
distance from it. Along about No
vember 10th, Roanoke Island looks
forward to a big celebration to note
the completion of the new con
crete bridge over Roanoke Sound,
which is now inthe last stages of
construction.
The Dare County Board of Com
missioners and the Dare County
Chamber of Commerce have both
endorsed plans for a celebration,
and Melvin Daniels is working out
some of the details already. The
program will call for music and
speeches at the courthouse, and a
general invitation will be extend
ed the people of the neighbor
counties.
Governor Scott and other promi
nent State officials will be invited
to this program.
The old and rickety bridge
which is being discarded W'as built
by Dare County 25 years ago .Al
though it has capacity yet for
taking tremendous punishment, the
noise made by its loose boards
frighten away a lot of tourists.
When built, it cost about $150,000,
exclusive of the approaches which
cost SIOO,OOO more. It began busi
ness as a toll bridge, was bought
by the state and made free in 1945
during the Ehringhaus adminis
tration along with the Currituck
Sound Bridge.
BAPTIST MISSIONARY AT
NAGS HEAD CHAPEL
Rev. Jas. F. Burks Assisting Pas
tor Frank Dinwiddie in Revival
Ending September 26th
Revival services which are jn
progress at the Nags Head Bap
tist mission will continue through
Wednesday, September 26, ac
cording to the pastor, the Rev.
Frank B. Dinwiddie. Meetings are
each weekday morning at 10 o’-
clock, and each evening at 7:30
o’clock, except Sunday. The only
Sunday service will be at 11 o’clock
in the morning.
Principal speaker for the series
is the Rev. James F. Burke, pastor
of Woodville Baptist Church at
Woodville, and Riverside Baptist
Church in Elizabeth City. Mr.
Burke received his ministerial
training at Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago, and has served in various
pastorates before coming to the
Albemarle section.
Special speakers on Monday
night, Sept. 24, will be the Rev.
and Mrs. Irwin Steele, Presbyter
ian missionaries to Chile, who will
illustrates their work with the
showing of color slides. Mr. Steele,
a master musician, will further en
rich the program with his musical
interpretations.
The public is cordially invited
to these services.
METHODISTS TO HEAR
DISTRICT SUPT. SUNDAY
Dr. F. S. Love, District Superin
tendent of the Elizabeth City Dis
trict, will preach this Sunday even
ing at Mount Olivet Methodist
Church, Manteo. Dr. Love is com
pleting his first year as District
Superintendent of this district. The
evening service will begin at 7:30
p.m. Following the church service
the members of the Quarterly Con
ference and other interested per
sons will stay for the fourth Quar
terly Conference Meeting.
“Jesus’ Description of Us’’ is the
title of a series of sermons to be
delivered by Rev. David S.'Willis,
Jr., at the Mt. Olivet Methodist
Church. The first of this series
“You Are Bl’essed” will be based
on The Beatitudes. It will be a part
of the September 23 Sunday Morn
ing Service.
MANNS HARBOR MEN VISIT
WASHINGTON BALL GAMES
Six men from Manns Harbor
made a motor trip last week end
to attend baseball games between
Washington and the Cleveland In
dians, and Detroit, Saturday and
Sunday. A find time was reported
by this jolly bunch, Cleveland
Gard, Melvin and Edward White,
Larry Midgett, Hugh Craddock and
Allen Burrus. The party returned
home Monday morning.
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
SCHOOL PROGRAM IN
DARE SUBJECT TO
MATERIALS SHORTAGE
Some delay has been caused in
the progress of school building
program in Dare County because
of obtaining materials which are
considered critical, according to
County Supt. Mary L. Evans. Sev
eral buildings are undergoing ex
pansion, while others are getting
much needed repairs. Among these
latter are Kitty Hawk, Wanchese
and Avon, Hatteras and Buxton.
Drinking fountains are being pro
vided for all schools.
A new Negro school building is
to be built near Manteo. A tract
of land has been bought, which
will make a valuable addition to
the present site.
SURFSIDE BINGO GIVING
SPECIALS FRIDAY, SAT.
Announcement is made by Al
Mater of Surfside Bingo that hams,
bacons, and turkeys will top the
list of prizes to be given this week
end. Friday night these big awards
will be given away on every other
game. At 10:30 a Westinghouse
radio will be given away.
Saturday night, hams, bacons
and turkeys will be given away
I on every game. In addition to these
awards a General Electric roaster,
which can be used for various
kinds of cooking, will be awarded
at 11:00 p.m.
Mater also announces that much
new stock has arrived recently, and
now is well stocked with nation
ally famous brands.
No ‘Damfool,’ Says Mrs. Grice
PROGRESS AT NAGS HEAD
SADDENS SANDLAND POET
By GLENN SCOTT
In the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
There’s a legend about how Nags
Head was named, and Mrs. Alice
Kramer Grice, part-time poetress
and old-time resident of the beach,
tells it this way:
“Along this chain of sand dunes,
According to folklore,
A land pirate rode his pony,
To lure the ships ashore.
“He hung a lighted lantern
Around the old nag’s head;
And that’s how Nags Head got its
name—
The old folks always said.”
Mrs. Grice, her soft dark hair
streaked with softer tones of gray
and white, has spent most of her
Summers here. She has watched it
change from a sparsely settled re
sort to a faster moving locale as
the cars and cottages moved down
the beach toward Manteo and Paul
Green’s “The Lost Colony.”
All this progress has not met
with her approval and she recorded
this spirit in another poem entitled
“Protest.”
“I think when it was fashioned:
This strip of wind-swept sand—
’Twas intended for a playground,
A gift from nature’s hand.
While it remained in isolation,
’Twas perfect, I would say,
’Til they spanned the sound with
bricks,
And built a new highway.
“Now it’s in the throes of progress,
And every day some sap,
Pops up with his own idea,
Os how to put it on the map.
“Perhaps I’m sentimental —old
fashioned—
Maybe silly;
But I’m not the kind of damfool,
That would try to gild a lily.”
Mrs. Grice’s feeling about Nags
Head is as genuine >s the red cedar
shingles that shield her cottage
from the elements. It’s her second
cottage since she began seeking
pleasure on the island.
First Built in l»08
“My husband and I first owned
a cottage on the sound side. That
was in 1908 and the hourfe was
built on a pier over the water. The
place washed away in 1918 and we
built this one here on the ocean.”
Mrs. Grice’s husband died in 1923.
After that she rented rooms to the
occasional visitors to the beach be
cause the cottage was large enough
Ito furnish comfort to others and
AIRPORT MEN FROM SEVEN STATES TO VISIT THIS SITE OCTOBER 4
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On October 4, the majestic granite memorial to the founding of aviation at Kill Devil Hills, N. C., will be
visited by airport managers of seven states who are coming for a three-day convention at Nags Head. An
interesting program is being planned for the entertainment of visitors.
provide her with a summertime in
come.
She recalls the ‘twenties with a
fond smile and remembers the
time that Charley Perry, a well
known Nags Head fisherman,
brought the late Brig. Gen. Billy
Mitchell to the house and she re
fused him admittance.
“It was in 1927,” she says re
gretfully. “I had been learning to
drive my first automobile up and
down the sand that day and had
run it into the ocean—which was
n’t unusual. In fact, the Coast
Guard used to call from station to
station and say, ‘Here comes Mrs.
Grice. Get ready to haul her out!”
“In those days a lot of young
people would come out to the
house with Charley and there were
a lot of parties. But I was tired,
and when he told me that Gen. Bil
ly Mitchell was outside, I said I
didn’t care if it was general mer
chandise—l was worn out. Be
sides, back then I didn’t know who
Billy Mitchell was.
Met the General
“I though about how it sounded
when I saw the hurt expression on
Charley Perry’s face. So, figuring
how rude I was, I walked out and
met General Mitchell and said it
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MANTEO WOMAN’S CLUB
MEET IN MANTEO OCT. 10
Manteo and Manns Harbor Clubs
to be Joint Hosts; Manteo
Club Met Sept. 11
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The Manteo Woman’s Club held
its regular meeting at the Com
munity Building Tuesday evening,
Sept. 11. After a cover dish supper,
the meeting was called to order
by the President, Mrs. M. Keith
Fearing, Jr. She introduced and
welcomed visitor Mrs. David Wil
lis and a new member, Mrs. Roy
Etheridge. She appointed commit
tees for the year and outlined some
of the work to be done by the club.
The district meeting to be held at
Manteo on Wednesday, October 10,
to which the Manteo and Manns
Harbor Women’s Club are to be
joint hostesses was discussed.
Members present for the meeting
were Mrs. M. Keith Fearing, Jr.,
Mrs. M. Keith Fearing, Sr., Mrs.
McDonald Clark, Mrs. Elmer V.
Midgett, Mrs. Isabell Warren, Mrs.
Rennie Williamson, Mrs. Lucetta
Willis, Mrs. R. S. Smith, Miss Bon
nybel Evans, Miss Mary Kirby,
Miss Norma Basnight, Mr*. Rom
Drinkwater and Mrs. Roy Ether
idge.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1951
CRUSADE FOR FREEDOM
TOUR COMING TO DARE
Delegation Due in Manteo at One
O’clock Saturday; Major Mur
phy Speaks tq Rotary
Major J. L. Murphy of Kill
Devil Hills, Chairman for Dare
County for the Crusade for Free
dom, spoke to the Manteo Rotary
Club Monday night about the
movement, and announced that the
freedom caravan on tour from
Murphy across the state would
arrive in Manteo at one o’clock
Saturday, and conduct a program
at the courthouse.
Major Murphy will join the tour
on its arrival in Dare County and
Melvin R. Daniels was chosen to
deliver the address of welcome. A
committee, consisting of C. S.
Meekins, A. W. Drinkwater, Wally
McCown, Archie Burrus, Lawrence
Swain, Ernest Meekins, and sever
al others was named to meet the
group.
A liberal contribution was giv
en by the club for the movement.
The club discussed a forthcom
ing trip to Engelhard and decided
to visit that club at a later date
when a large representation from
Manteo might make arrangements
to attend.
MEETING ANNOUNCED
FAIRFIELD.—A Methodist Wo
man’s Society of Christian Ser
vice zone meeting will be held at
the church here Sept. 26.
ENGELHARD MAN AND HIS FAMILY ASSEMBLY
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JOE HARRIS, well known citizen of Engelhard and Middletown in
Hyde County is looking fine and happy at a recent gathering of his
family. From left to right may be seen Mr. and Mrs. Harris, Mr. and
Mrs. Clay Deal of Norfolk, and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Deal and daughter
of Alberquerque, N. M.
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THE HISTORY AND FUNCTIONS OF
THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
An Address by HON. LINDSAY C. WARREN, Comp
troller-General, at the Dedication of the $25,000,000
Building Housing the Nation's Accounting Division.
Mr. President, Ladies, and Gentle
men:
The General Accounting Office
and its employees are deeply grate
ful for this splendid new building.
It is the product of a great engi
neer, Mr. W. E. Reynolds, and his
able staff; and a master builder,
Mr. John McShain, and his work
men. Its dignified exterior and
public reaches leave an impression
of strength and soundness. Its
functional work areas incorporate
the advances of modern science.
Ample provision has ben made
for the convenience and physical
comfort of our people. While its
construction entailed considerable
eost, it is reassuring to know that
the collections of the General Ac
counting Office during any five
months would pay that cost. We
are all expecting great dividends
in terms of better management
and morale from this first gather
ing under one roof of all of our
Washington activities.
It was thirty years ago this
summer that the Budget and Ac
counting Act of 1921 was passed.
The title ‘General Accounting Of-,
fice” was assigned to the office
then created, but the genealogy
of the Office is clearly traceable
back to the very beginning of our
Government. The story of its de
. velopment is an interesting and im-
SO’EASTERN AIRPORT MGRS.
COMING TO DARE COAST FOR
3-DAY CONVENTION OCT. 4
Pilgrimage to Shrine of Aviation by Repre
sentatives of Seven Southern States, Be
gins for First Time, Thursday, October 4,
and Continues Through Saturday. Many
Notables Will Attend.
MRS. HURDLE, 90,
OLDEST WOMAN
ON KITTY HAWK
Birthday Celebrated Sunday
at Sea View Inn, Nags
Head; Oldest Man
Present
The weather was gloomy Sunday,
but not Mrs. Nancy Taylor Hurdle
of Kitty Hawk, whose 90th birth
day was celebrated by a number of
relatives and friends who gathered
at Perry’s Sea View Inn, Nags
Head. Mrs. Hurdle is the oldest
resident of Kitty Hawk, and is still
a handsome woman, and very ac
tive. Kittys Hawk’s oldest man, W.
A. Perry, who will be 90 October
25 was one of the guests, Mr. Per
ry had been Out alone, fishing nets
from a boat the night before.
Mrs. Hurdle came to Dare Coun
ty in 1903, from Harrellsville in
Hertford County. Noah Hurdle,
her husband, taught for many
years in the schools of Dare Coun
ty. He died in 1917. She is an aunt
of Lieut.-Governor Pat Taylor of
North Carolina. ;*<
Two of her daughters, Mrs. Z. F.
Perry and Mrs. Eva White attend
ed the dinner. Nine attended the
table, which was heaped with a
great variety of good food. A bot
tle of champagne was opened in
her honor.
Among the guests were Mrs.
Doll Beacham, Mrs. Lizzie Hines,
and Sam Perry of Kitty Hawk. Mr.
and Mrs. A. A. Bolton of Rich
Square. Many of Mrs. Hurdle’s
| grandchildren attended.
portant part of Federal financial
history.
From the days of our early col
onists up to the year 1921, the
function of auditing Government
expenditures took many forms and
was administered in many different
ways. But with the pnaotment of
the Budget and'Recounting Act
there was brought into existence
an audit and investigative agency
in the of the
Government with real enforcement
powers. Legislative control over
financial was greatly
strengthened. For the first time
Congress had the means to secure
necessary information concerning
the 'financial transactions of our
Government from a completely
nonpolitical agent, independently
of the executive branch.
As could be expected, that inde
pendence has not gone unchalleng
ed. In the thirty years since 1921,
there have been several abortive f
forts to destroy the office. They
have come not only from within
the Government, but from' the out
side. Even some of your prede
cessors, Mr. President, have made
the attempt. Their plans were re
jected by the Congress. As late as
last year, an ill-conceived attack
was launched from outside the
Government. The action of the
Congress in repelling this last as
sault Speaks for itself, for not a
single vote, nor a single voice,
was mustered in support of the
proposal in either the Senate or
the House of Representatives.
The General Accounting Office
has emerged from this experience
with new stature and increased im
portance as an agent of the Con
gress. Yet, neither the Congress
nor the Office can afford to relax
its vigilance. The controls placed
by Congress on the expenditure of
funds in the exercise of its consti
tutional power over the purse and
the enforcement of those controls
by the General Accounting Office
are integral parts of our system
of checks and balances. It would
be naive to think that there will
never be another attempt, motivat
ed by dislike of restraint or adher
ence to discarded theories, to wat
er down legislative control of pub
lic funds or weaken the General
Accounting Office. Both the Con
gress and the Office must keep
ever alert to guard against any
such eventualities with all the
strength at our command.
I would not paint the picture
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For the first time, the South
eastern Airport Managers Associa
tion will bring its annual conven
tion to Dare County, where avia
tioni had its birth in 1903. The
convention will open at Nags Head,
Thursday afternoon, October 4, and
will continue through Saturday.
Most of the visitors will arrive by
plane at the Manteo Airport.
Among guests noted in the world
of aviation, will be Wayne Par
rish, Magazine Editor of Wash
ington, Bill Raymond, Public Re
lations Director for Eastern Air
Lines, and many others. Honor
guests will be Miles Clark of Eliz
abeth City, President of the Kill
Devil Hills Memorial Association;
Alpheus W. Drinkwater of Man
teo, and Capt. W. J. Tate of Coin
jock.
Headquarters for the Convention
will be the Carolinian at Nags
Head. Activities will begin with
the cocktail hour at five o’clock.
Dancing at the Casino. On Friday,
business meetings will be held,
with the afternoon devoted to fish
ing, a banquet at night, and a
dance in honor of the visitors.
Saturday morning will be devot
ed to fishing and sightseeing.
Members of the Association are
from the two Carolinas, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and
Tennessee. Managers of nearby
airports in Virginia have been in
vited as special guests. The meet
ing is open to all airport managers,
whether members of the Associa
tion or not; all are welcomed to the
convention.
In addition, there will be many
officials of the CAA present to
take part in the discussions and
assist in solving airport problems.
The convention is coming to
Dare County as the result of .an in
vitation extended by Victor Meek
ins when he and A. H. Ward,
President of the Manteo Chamber
of Commerce attended a meeting
of the Association in Goldsboro in
May.
The Committee in charge of the
celebration is Truman Miller of
Raleigh, Earl Jourdain of Golds
boro, E. A. Anthony of Mlrtle
Beach and Victor Meekins of Man-
DARE COUNTY
CHAMBER MEET
SEPTEMBER 26
A meeting of the Dare County
Chamber of Commerce has been
called by President A. H. Ward, to
be held in the community building,
Wednesday night, September 26, at
8 o’clock. This is the annual meet
ing for the election of officers, and
much other business will come up,
including a discussion of the par
ticipation of the chamber in the
newly organized Dace County
Tourist Bureau.
The Dare County Chamber of
Commerce under its present set-up
stems from a meeting held on May
3, this year, when Ward was elect
ed president, with H. Travis Sykes,
vice-president. Archie Burrus was
vice-!president. Archie Burrus was
elected treasurer of the organiza
tion at the time with the following
persons serving as members of the
board of directors: David Stick,
and J. L. Murphy, Kill Devil Hills;
E. E. Meekins, Gordon Kellogg,
Z. V. Brinkley and Guy H. Len
non, Manteo.
At the-May 3 meeting, a summer
program of operation, including
the answering of inquiries, public
ity and promotion, was launched.
Financial aid for this work in the
amount of $915 was subscribed at
the meeting. Additional financial
aid was given by firms and individ
uals in various parts of the county.
It was estimated that the summer
program which would end on Sep
tember 15 would cost approximat
ely $1,400. Aycock Brown was em
ployed as manager of the organi
zation, his duties consisting of an
swering mail, running the infor
mation facilities for summer vaca
tionists, publicizing the area and
doing general promotional work on
a part-time basis in connection
with his duties as news director
of The Lost Colony.
The meeting on next Wednesday
night will be of much importance
and everyone, whether they have
aided the Chamber o* Commerce
financially or otherwise are urged
to be present, according to Presi
dent Ward.