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VOLUME XVII NO. 19 NEARLY 37 MIL’ION k VISITORS TO OUR NATIONAL PARKS Blue Ridge Parkway Enjoys Two and a Half Million Visitors During Year Parks and other areas adminis tered by the National Park Ser vice in the United States had 36,- 679,316 visitors in the travel year ending September 30, Oscar Chap man, Secretary of the Interior, an nounced October 26. The only National Park in North ■ Carolina enjoyed the profits from nearly two million visitors—The Great Smoky Mountains. The Blue Ridge Parkway, which embraces parts of the N. C., Tennessee and Virginia areas had a total of 2,454,- 1 924 visitors, or 630,000 more than T the year before. Development of this vast tour ist business to National Parks is paying off immensely in new in come for the people who cater to their visitors’ needs. The Blue Ridge Parkway had nearly five times as many visitors t as the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. There is one National Historic Site in Dare County—Fort Ra leigh—which had 141,265 visitors, a gain of 6,868 over the year be fore. There is one National Memorial in Dare County—Kill Devil Hills— which had 112,600 visitors ,or a gain of 1,874 over the year before. GAME WARDEN IS UP AGAINST MANY ODDS The pre-season, in-seasoh and post-season headaches of game wardens and conservation officers are many and severe. In no at tempt to alibi for failure to stop all game law violations in his dis trict, Conservation Officer R. H. Marshall recently boiled down, into y percentage figures, his chances of apprehending a pre-season squirrel hunter and submitted the following to the West Virginia conservation commission: “Suppose a man is going to hunt in a certain- patch of woods some ( day in the week. It is seven to one the officer can’t guess which day. As he will 'hunt either in the morning or the afternoon, it is 14 to 1 the .officer can’t guess the right time of day. Since most hunt ing is done from 6 to 10 A.M. and 4 to 7 P.M., that makes the odds seven times 14 or 98 to 1 that he won’t hear a shot in that patch of woods. Suppose there are 1,000 woodlots in the county, that makes 98,000 to 1 the officer can’t guess the day, the hour or where in those 1,000 woodlots the hunter will be. Os course, if 25 men are huting at the same hour on the same day, that reduces the odds to 3,920 to 1 that we will catch the hunter if we hear the shot. Since we don’t catch more than 1 out of 10 hunters we hear shoot, that runs the odds back to 39 to 200 that we won’t catch any one. So, you can readily see that a poor conservation officer has about the same chance of catching a squirrel hunter as he does of winning the Irish sweepstakes." LOST COLONY DIRECTOR WEDS MISS CROW IN TEXAS Announcement has been made of the marriage on Thursday, Oc tober 25, of Sam Selden, director of The Lost Colony, and head of the Carolina Playmakers at Chapel Hill, to Miss Emily Polk Crow, daughter of Mrs. George Davis Crow of Baltimore, Md. The ceremony took place in All Saints Chapel, Austin, Texas. Mr. Selden has many friends in Dare County, where he is well known with The Lost Colony. Miss Crow is a member of the speech * department of Florida State Col lege, Talahassee, Fla. MACON CO. FAMILY VISITS RELATIVES ON ROANOKE ID. Mr. and Mrs. Tillery Henderson of Franklin, Macon County, with their sons John and-Harley, spent the week end with their brother, William M. Henderson, at the Man teo Airport. It was their first visit to Roanoke Island and they were loud in praise of this section. They left Tuesday for a visit to Wash ington, D. C. Franklin is one of the resort cities of the mountains and is on U. S. 64. GATESVILLE WOMAN, 92, CELEBRATES OCTOBER 20 In Manteo, Tuesday, October 30, there is living a splendid old lady, t Mrs. Claudia Riddick of Gatesville, who is being cared for at the Bea con Nursing Home of Mrs. Ellis Midgett, because she recently sus tained a broken hip. She was 92 years old Tuesday and celebrated her brithday appropriately with ice cream and cake to the enjoy , ment of herself andjother patients. THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA [MANTEO TURNS OUT TO | HALLOWE’EN CELEBRA’N i Men’s Fashion Show One of Even ing’s Highlights; Community Sing Featured Manteo citizens turned out in large numbers to fill the auditori um of the high school to capacity on Wednesday evening, when the annual Halloween carnival was staged.by the Parent-Teacher As sociation. The entertainment in the auditorium began with a communi ty sing led by Julian Oneto, with Dick Jordan at the piano. Prizes for the best costumes went to Mark Basnight, pre-school age; Frankie White, elementary school; Lois Sears, high school; and Mrs. Allen Mann, adult. One of the highlights of the program was a woman’s fashion show put on by R. D. Sawyer, J. G. Kellogg, Edward Wescott, G. G. Bonner, Robert Ballance, Jackie. Cox, Raymond Wescott and W. H. McCown, the prize going to Jackie Cox. Participating in a jitterbug con test were Steve Basnight., Betty Alice Skinner, Pat Baum, Marie Etheridge, Wanda Burrus and Lloyd Walker. The prize went to Steve Basnight, Jr., ajid Betty Alice Skinner. Bob Smith was master of cere monies for this part of the enter tainment. Mrs. Mabel Clark, as room rep resentative chairman for the P.- T. A., was in charge of the fea tures in the gymnasium, which fol lowed the program- in the audi torium. She was assisted by the P. T. A. president, Mrs. Raymond Wescott, and the publicity chair man, Mrs. D. A. Rogers, and many other members of the organiza tion. A large sum was raised for the benefit of P. T. A. projects WANCHESE WOMAN LAID TO REST WEDNESDAY Mrs. Susan Gilbert Daniels, 76, died at her home in Wanchese Tuesday morning, following an ill ness of 16 years. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday after noon at . 2:30, at the grave side in Cudworth Cemetery, Wanchese. Mrs. Daniels was the widow of the late Frank T. Daniels of Wan chese, and the daughter of the late Mary Jennings Gilbert and Frank Gilbert of Pasquotank County. A native of Pasquotank County, Mrs. Daniels had made her home in Wanchese for 50 years. She had been an invalid for 16 years. She is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs. Corbett Payne of Wan chese, and by several grandchil dren. Rev. D. B. Lawrence officiated. Pallbearers were: Reggie Tillett, Jess Hayman, Basil Daniels, Jr., Ronald Tillett, Seldon Barnett and Richard Tillett. BANQUET TO FEATURE FIRST FLIGHT CELEBRATION Kill Devil Hills.—One of the most unusual banquets ever pre sented in America will be a feature of the annual Wright Brothers me morial celebration here on Decem ber 17. The banquet will feature as its main dish, salmon steaks from Alaska, with other foods served coming from many parts of the world, and by air express. Arrangements for the banquet which will follow the memorial rites at the national monument of Kill Devil Hills, erected to com memorate the conquest of the air !by Wilbur and Orville Wright 48 years ago, ’ were announced this week by Ralph V. Whitener, or ganizational director of the Air Force Association, Washington, D. C., which is cooperating with the Kill Devil Hills Memorial As sociation in the staging of the cel ebration this year. Major Alexander P. de Seversky, noted Russia-born authority on a viation has been invited to deliver the main address at the banquet. Also to be recognized officially at the banquet will be high ranking pricers of the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Coast Guard and other military, along with John Moore, only surviving witness of the first flight of 1903, and other coastal Carolinians who had to do with the early experiments in avi ation on the Dare coast. Major Seversky will fly to Roa noke Island nd thenece.to Kill Dev il Hill from Wshington, D. C., in a plane that is scheduled to bring several top newspaper correspond ents. After taking part in the rites at the monument and banquet he will return to Washington in time to take part in the annual Decem ber 17 Collier Trophy banquet. The rites at the monument pre ceding the banquet will feature brief tributes to the Wright Broth ers, the laying of wreaths at the monument base, and a display of this government’s air power in flight over the monument. Music for the occasion will be presented by Elizabeth City’s famous and colorful High School Band. METHODISM FLOURISHES AT WANCHESE 150 YEARS r. v 5"” "■ —~ —— —~ —■ — cm SOME history of Methodism at Wanchese is furnished by Melvin R. Daniels, local historian and Register of Deeds. He says: CLARENCE PARKER TO ADDRESS MANTEO MASONS Clarence Parker of Belcross, a 33rd degree Mason is to address Masons at the home of the Manteo Shrine Club Monday night, Novem ber sth at 8 p. m. according to announcement by Bob Smith, Shrine Club Secretary. All Masons are invited. The Shriners are running a bene fit bingo game by courtesy of Al Mater, with turkeys, bacons, hams and groceries as prizes at Nags Head Surfside Bingo, Saturday night of this week, the proceeds to be used for the new Shrine home. MANTEO PTA LEADER IS NEW DISTRICT DIRECTOR Mrs. Lawrence Swain of Man teo was elected district director of the Parent-Teacher organization at the annual district meeting held in Robersonville on Thursday, Oc tober 25. Mrs. Swain is a past president of the Manteo P.-T. A., and has long been active in this work. Her term will be for the next two years. On Thursday of this -week she went to Hertford for a conference with the retiring dis trict director. Other Manteo P.-T. A. members attending the district meeting last week were Mrs. H. K. Tugwell, Mrs. Mabel Clarke, and Mrs. A. Q. Bell. MIDGETT’S BABY GIRL A baby girl weighing 6 lbs., 2% ozs., was born Oct. 15, to Mrs. Catherine F. Midgette, Wife of Joseph B. Midgette, aviation chief machinist’s mate, USN, at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va. Midgette, who is stationed a board the escort aircraft carrier USS Siboney, with the Atlantic Fleet, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon B. Midgette of Manteo, N. C. Mrs. Midgette is formerly of 1709 Cedar St., Norfolk. The baby, named Margaret Ruth is the third child for the Midgette’s who are residing at 1709 Cedar St., KEEPING AMUSEMENT GOING ON BEACH _____ * G. T. (RAS) WESTCOTT, opera tor of the Casino Bingo at Nags Head, plans to keep his bingo open all winter long. “The original win ter bingo,” says Westcott, “will stay open Wednesday, Friday, Sat urday and Sunday, beginning next week.” It is the only bingo remain ing open for the winter, the other two closing recently. Friday night .will feature 30 meat games, starting at 10 p.m. Every game Saturday night will be a meat game. Such meats as hams, bacons, turkeys, ducks, will be giv en away. Friday night a surprise gift will be awarded and the Sat urday night special will offer choice of a Crosley radio or ham and turkey. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1951 METHODISM IN WANCHESE According to official records at Currituck Court House there were only nine families on Roanoke Is land in the year 1776. This being true it is only reasonable to be lieve that there was no church building at Wanchese or on Roa noke Island at that time. What ever services, if any, were held in private homes. The first Methodist church building at Wanchese was built in 1799. This building was of pine and cypress and was about twenty-five feet long and twenty feet wide. It stood on the east side of the old Main Road, in what is now known as Midgett Field. This building was kept in repair and was used for about thirty years. Then a new and larger building was erected, across the road from the first one. It was built of rough luAber and the shingles were made by hand. The timbers were sawed from native pine and cypress. This building lasted for about forty years when the third one came into being, some five or six years after the War between the States. The Methodists were growing in num bers all the time and after awhile this latest structure did not meet their needs. So in 1903 another church was, built which has since then served the people of Wan chese as a place of divine worship. Until 1928 the same preacher served both Wanchese and Man teo. The parsonage was located at the latter place. In that year the people of Wanchese decided that they wanted a full-time preacher, who would live among them. Therefore they sold to Manteo their interest in the parsonage and pro ceeded to build the present par sonage at Wanchese. The people of Wanchese are justly proud of their church. Precious to them are the memories of the days gone by when men and women and boys and girls pro fessed their faith in Jesus Christ and became his humble followers. Most of those who participated in the construction of the present building have already gone to their heavenly reward but their children and their grandchildren are carry ing on the good work. The Meth odists of Wanchese have a record of which they may well be proud. KITTY’S HAWK’S OLDEST MAN 90 YRS. OLD OCT. 24 William A. Perry of Kitty Hawk was 90 years old October 25. He and his wife, Mrs. June Perry, gave a dinner Sunday, in honor of his birthday. Among the guests present were his children; Mr. T. W. Perry and wife, Mrs. Elsie Thomas, Mrs. Pol lie Harris, Mrs. Otila Williams and husband, Mr. Dennis A. Perry and wife. His grandchildren; Mr. Carl Perry and wife, T/sgt. Oswald Harris and wife, Mrs. Shirley Moore and husband, Mrs. Wm. R. Harris and husband, Mrs. W. A. Robbins, Patricia, Dennis, Jr., and Timothy Dwight Perry. His great grandchildren; Billy Harris, Carol, Betty Ann, and Diane Perry, Dale Moore, Andrew, Larry and Perry Robbins. His friends; Mrs. Hurdle, Mr. and Mrs. Z. F. Perry, Mr. P. A. Tillett and Tom Baum. The oldest and the youngest of this Perry genreation were pres ent, William A. Perry, 90 years old, and Timothy Dwight Perry, 10 months old. WILLIAMS NAMED TO PMA POSITION J. C. Williams, Jr., of Swan Quarter has been named full time secretary of the PMA organization in Hyde County. He formerly was with the PMA as part-time secre tary, but resigned to work with the Soil Conservation personnel. After Mrs. Millicent Lupton re signed to become cashier of the East Carolina bank in Swan Quar ter, Mr. Williams was elected to succeed her in PMA. 1 THREE PIECES OF GOOD ADVICE FOR DEER HUNTERS Timely Tips for Those Who Wish to Return After Good Sport in the Woods “BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET. DON’T LOSE THAT CRIPPLE. SAVE THAT MEAT.’’ Here are three pieces of advice which every deer hunter this season should memorize and then keep on saying over and over and over to himself, according to Henry P. Davis, public relations manager, Remington Arms Company, Inc. “First and foremost of all tips on deer hunting,” says Davis, “is ‘Be Sure of Your Target!’ Most deer hunters are prone to make snap-shots. Sometimes this is nec essary if one is to get in a shot at all, but it only takes a fraction of a second to make sure that your target is really a deer and not a cow or calf or even a man. And if all deer hunters will only hesitate for that fraction of a second to be absolutely certain, the hunting ac cident rate will fall like a barom eter before a hurricane. “In still hunting, go slowly. Be sure of your footing before each step. A cracking twig, a dislodged stone . . . and there may go your trophy before- you can catch a glimpse of him. If you are hunting See ADVICE, Page Four n Fishing <wHunting j M AS REPORTED BY AYCOCK BROWN M W! ' ■!! I ' TWO VIRGINIANS LAND 26 DRUM IN ONE DAY Wanchese.—Two Virginians, M. M. Price and Elwood Groseclose of Ivanhoe, made one of the best ' catches of channel bass reported along the Dare County eoast last week end. Fishing at Oregon In let with Capt. Charles Scarborough aboard the charter boat Andrea, anglers Price and Groseclose land ed a total of 26 fish in less than three hours. - Instead of trolling with artificial lures, the favorite metod of anglers who fish Oregon Inlet during the Spring run of channel bass, the party still-fished and used cut bait (mullet) to attract the fish. Most of the catch averaged from eight to fifteen pounds, but three large ones were taken, the largest, a 39’2 pounder, landed by Grose close. EAST LAKE DEER HUNTERS HAVE LUCK East Lake.—Big game hunters coming to East Lake area since the hunting season have been hav ing good luck with the deer and many kills have been reported. Game Protector Stanford White estimates that an average of two deer daily have been bagged by hunters in the big woods of Dare County’s mainland since October 15. Best kill of the season to date was reported by Capt. Ken Ward, operator of a hunting lodge here. With a party of three on October 20, each man killed a buck and each buck averaged weighing 125 pounds. A party from Norfolk guided by Ward last Friday killed two deer. The party included Ross Frazier, Bert Hudson, Fenner Cooper, John ny Cooper and G. M. Moore. Sever al deer have also been bagged by hunters operating in Stumpy Point and Manns Harbor area, according to Game Protector White. BASS ARE REALLY BITING IN NAGS HEAD TERRITORY Nags Head.—Bass, striped, large mouth and channel, are really bit ing in Nags Head waters now that the weather has become settled again following mid-October gales. These three members of the bass family have attracted many ang lers to the Dare County coast dur ing the past several days. Typical catches reported during the past week included 26 stripers in one day landed by Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Welton, Jr., of Portsmouth, Va., and Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Wood house of Norfolk, fishing with Capt. Omie Tillett. These anglers made their best catches in Croa tan Sound, trolling near the hulks of Civil War vessels that were sunk 90 years ago during the bat tle of Roanoke Island. Pete Moore, mayor of Madison, N. C., and L. S. Ragan, Kingsport, Tenth, fished for three days in the fresh waters of Kitty Hawk Bay and returned with their limit of eight on each day. The largest landed by these limit-getters was MUSICAL PROGRAM BY VISITING ARTISTS Elizabeth City Musicians to Ap pear in Manteo Tuesday A musical program will be pre sented Tuesday evening, November 6, by the choir of Cann Memorial Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth City, in the auditorium of Mount Olivet Methodist Church in Man teo. Featured will be Rodney True blood, organist, who delighted an audience in Manteo last year with his organ interpretations; Mrs. Kenneth Wilson, violinist of Curri tuck, who will play a violin solo with organ accompaniment, and al so a violin obligato for one of the anthems. Vocal soloist will also take part on the program. The visiting choir is being brought to Manteo by the Metho dist choir and the Roanoke Island Music Club, and the public is cor dially invited to attend. There will be no admission charge. The pro gram will begin at 8:15. FERRY BUSINESS DEVELOPS FROM HATTERAS - OCRACOKE A total of 216 automobiles have been carried across Hatteras Inlet to Ocracoke Island since April 1, Capt. Frazier Peele stated this week. Capt. Peele’s small ferry will carry up to four cars, if small ones, and is available on call. He runs no regular schedule. The fer ry was established April 1. a four and half pounder landed by' Ragan . . . M. L. Martus and his son, T. C. Martus, Naugatuck, Con necticut, fishing in the surf be tween Nags Head and Oregon In let landed channel bass on each of three days they fished. They used cut bait as their lure for the copper fighters. Smaller fish taken was a six pounder. The. largest weighed in at 24 pounds. THIS PARTY CAUGHT FISH AND ALSO KILLED A DEER Kill Devil Hills.—After a week here on Dare coast B. S. Crockett and L. H- Cable, were convinced that October is the month for good sport. They landed their lim it of large mouth bass each day they fished at Kitty Hawk Bay and then on a hunting trip to the mainland they bagged a 3-point buck weighing over 100 pounds. Crockett and Cable were from Welsh, W. Va. R. A. Peake, Washington, D. C. and Don Twyne of Kill Devil Hill landed their limit of large mouth bass casting with silver minnow and pork rind at the Colington Is land fresh ponds on Friday. Capt. Will Lewark and Bill Twi ford of Kill Devil Hills landed 18 striped bass weighing a total of 46 pounds on Sunday in the upper reaches of Croatan Sound. Best surf casting of the week by a Kill Devil Hill vacationist was six channel bass weighing from 20 to 38 pounds, landed by Sheriff Peter J. Diller of New Haven, Connecticut. MANY GOOD CATCHES MADE AT HATTERAS THIS MONTH Surf casting has been good most of the time at Hatteras whenever weather permitted during the month of October. Right off the beach at Atlantic View Hotel, guests have been doing well surf casting, and getting as many as 14 channel bass in a day. These caught early this week were small in size, compared with those caught still fishing in Hatteras In let, where the weight runs upt to 40 pounds, and as many as four large ones have been caught on two separate occasions during the past week. At the hotel will be found many guests who have been spending two weeks or more to enjoy the fishing, and these include people who have been coming to Hatter as for years—old . friends from Richmond, Philadelphia, and New Jersey points. Among those recently enjoying the fishing and stopping at the Atlantic View Hotel, Hatteras, are Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Cunningham and Tom "Boerner of Haddonfield, N. J. Miss Elizabeth Anne Fore man of Philadelphia; C. A. Manson of Point Pleasant, N. J., Miss Dor othy King of Toms River, N. J., and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Young, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Hugatt of Mansfield, Ohio, and Commander and Mrs. C. A. Bolan, U.S.N. of Philadelphia. Single Copy 7# RURITANCLUB PLAY TONIGHT AT WANCHESE An Hour of Jokes and Songs To Raise Funds for Lunch Room Refrigerator An hour of jokes and songs is expected to draw a large crowd at the Wanchese school tonight, Friday, the 2nd at 7:30. Announce ment calls it an hour of good sing ing, music and jokes, to be spon sored by the Ruritan Club, and the proceeds to apply on the pur chase of an electric refrigerator. Admission 50 cents and 25 cents. Attractions from Manns Harbor include Hugh Craddock with his trio of singers, and others of great talent. Further announcement is as follows: “Some ladies from Elizabeth City will present several duets. John H. Long, better known as Eddie Arnold of Dare County, will render solo selections, accom panied at the piano by Dick Jor dan, who is also known as Eddie Duchin the Ivory Tickler. As an added attraction we will have four rounds of breath taking wrestling with Jersey Walcott (Tom Sutton) and Joe Louis (George Hale Quidley). This fight will determine the championship of Dare County.” , The committee is as follows: Gage Williams, Chairman, Darrell Daniels, Thomas Glenn Gaskill. DARE FARM AGENT URGES VOTE ON SATURDAY NOV. 3 R. S. Smith, Dare County Agent is urging a vote in Dare County Saturday on the Nickles for Know How proposal. Polls open from 6:30 to 6:30. Mr. Smith continues: Vote November 3, 1951 in the referendum on this proposal, “every person engaged in the pro duction of farm commodities using feed or fertilizer” is eligible. The ballot will read: “For expanding agricultural research and making research information more avail able'’to the farmers by adding 5 cents per ton to the purchase price of feed, fertilizer and/or their ingrediants. I “LOOK at the contributions re search and education havg made to our agriculture,—hybrid corn, green pastures, artificial breeding, Dixie Bright tobacco and a thriv ing poultry industry,” Mr. Smith says, “consider what each has meant in terms of higher farm income—an added 20 million dol lars annually from tobacco alone, a four million-dollar broiler in dustry where almost none existed in 1940. LOOK at the opportuni ties for even greater improvements through research-labor-saving ma chines, better marketing, better livestock and improved control of insects and diseases.” ENGELHARD CLUB RUNS NEAR TOP Competes With Columbia, Plym outh Groups in Three-Month Attendance Contest ENGELHARD. The Rotary club has just learned that for the first month of an attendance con test with Columbia and Plymouth clubs, the Engelhard group stood second, only six-tenths of a point behind Columbia. These figures, issued in the dis trict governor’s bulletin, are for September, wlien the contest start ed. It will close in December. The winner of the three-way competi tion will be the guest of the other two clubs at an annual inter-city gathering. For September, Columbia’s at tendance record was $92.95; En gelhard club’s record stood at 92.65 and Plymouth brought up the rear with 76.67 points. TWO ARE NOMINATED FOR DISTRICT POST Two candidates have been nomi nated for the position of district soil conservation supervisor in Hyde County. One will be elected Dec. 6 for a three-year term. Leland Dudley’s term expires this year, he being one of three district supervisors in the county. The two nominated are Leon Ballance and W. W. Payne. Peti tions, signed by 25 farmers, have been secured and will be sent in to to the state office, where they will be put on the ballot to be voted on early in December. JOE DEMPSEY DEAD Joe Dempsey, for many years the bell boy at the hotel Fort Ra leigh in Manteo, died at his home in Elizabeth City, where he had lived for several years. He was widely known throughout .North Carolina, and had many friends. He had been in poor health fdr a long time.
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