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VOLUME XVII NO. 20 OYSTER SUPPER MONDAY NIGHT AT WANCHESE Masons to Hear A DeLeon Gray, Supt. of Oxford Or phanage November 12 The members of Wanchese Ma sonic Lodge are planning a big oyster supper Monday night, No vember 12, and a call is sent forth to urge all members to come to Wanchese that night. A DeLeon Gray, Superintendent of the Masonic Orphanage at Ox ford will address the members, particularly in th interest of the orphanage, and the forthcoming Thanksgiving appeal. Mr. Gray is well known as an- able speaker, having visited the lodge before. The meeting begins at 7:30. Choice Hyde County oysters have been ordered for the occasion. ROAD ON COLINGTON ISLAND IS PAVED Colington. The sandy road which started near Kill Devil Hills and passed through the communi ties of the two Colington Islands have been paved. Now it is possi ble for persons not experienced in driving through sandy trails to make the interesting trip to Col ington via the fresh ponds and bays which attract many fresh yater fishermen during every ♦month of the year. Colington is the place where the legend has long existed, about the appearance of “Sir Walter’s Ship” in the skies to the eastward. Not seen in late years, the vision, ap parently a mirage, was often not ed during the days of sailing ves sels. It was here on Colington Is land that the annual Nags Head Valentine Season Fox Hunt is held each year, an event which attract ed more than one hundred persons in February along with twice that r. any hounds. WORKSHOP OBJECTIVE FOR YOUTH OF DARE Miss Virginia Gregory, Recrea tion Specialist with the North Car olina Recreation Commission will be in Dare County for three days this month ,to conduct a Recrea tion Workshop, for teachers, par ents, youth leaders and youth. In announcing the workshop, Mrs. David Stick, President of the Dare County Youth Council, urges every one ih the county who is interested in wholesome recreational activi ties for children and young people, to take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn how to plan and teach games and other activi ties at home, at school and in youth groups. • “During the past year,” Mrs. Stick reports, “recreation in Dare County has made great strides and at the present time five youth groups are organized and spon soring wholesome activities for the young people in their respective communities. This workshop will be a shot in the arm for all of us who are trying to promote the type of recreation and edu cation through play, that will help mould better citizens.” ' See WORKSHOP, Page Five OPEN HOUSE AT THE MANTEO LIBRARY By GEORGIA E. HARWOOD BOOK WEEK, Nov. 12 to 17, seems a good time to call atten tion to the Library and its con tents which will be on display from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. On Wednesday and Thursday we also ihvite your attendance from 10 a. m. to 6 p.m. but we will be open in the evening from 7 to 10 for the convenience of those who can not come in the daytime. It is impossible to show all the books on any one subject—there are often far too many but we have grouped them by subjects for spec ial attention. The Children’s books—new and old—are included in the displays. MONDAY—IO a.m. to 6 p.m.—. Parent and Child—The Home— Useful Hobbies. TUESDAY—IO a.m. to 6 p.m.— The Community—lts Services— Its Schools, Religious Life, Recre ation, Indoor and Outdoor Sports. Every-Day Arts and Skills. WEDNESDAY—IO a.m. to 6p. m., 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.—The Fine Arts: Painting, Fine Prints and Engravings, Sculpture, Drawing, Pottery, Interior Decoration, Pho tography and Music. THURSDAY—IO a.m. to 6 p. 'm., 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.—Literature. Classical and Modern; Poetry and Drama; Novels and Stores, adult and juvenile. FRIDAY—IO a.m, to 6 p.m.— Folk Dancing, Costume, the Thea tre, the Moving Picture, Radio and Television, Science. SATURDAY—IO a.m. to 6 p.m. —History, Biographies and Travel. THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA BEACH RESIDENTS QUESTION EXTRA SANITARY TAXES Additional 22 Cents To Fi nance Expense of Prelim inary Waterworks Survey Many requests have come to us to explain the additional tax of 22 cents per SIOO valuation that appears on the 1951 tax notices received by beach property own ers in the Nags Head-Kitty Hawk area of Dare County. The best answer we can give is that it is levied to obtain the money to pay some SIO,OOO of ex penses incurred in making a sur vey to determine the probable cost of establishing a water system in what is known as the sanitary dis trict between the bridges of Nags Head and Kitty Hawk. Melvin R. Daniels, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners says the property valuation in this area is approximately $4,600,000, and the 22 cents tax per SIOO should yield about $10,120 in one year, pro vided it is all collected. County' Attorney Martin Kel logg, Jr., says the Board is em powered under the general law to levy a tax for such preliminary survey and that all legal steps leading up to the levy were in or der. Upon petition signed by a pre scribed number of residents of the area in 1949, a Commission was set jip, and the members given a temporary appointment by the Board of Commissioners. In the 1950 election that were confirmed for a two-year term by the voters of the district. The members are John R. Duvall, Chairman, of Kit ty Hawk, Mrs. Daisy H. Midgett I and J. E. Harris of Nags Head. If the Commission finds it feasi ble to follow through with plans for the installation of the water system, a vote may be held in 1952 to determine if bonds shall be issued and sufficient tax levied to finance the system which would be supported also by water rents paid . by consumers. Early preliminary surveys indi ; cated a system to serve the area would cost about SBOO,OOO. This was based on costs of two years ago. THIS WAS A LUCKY BUCK For EAST LAKE HUNTERS East Lake.—The luckiest buck of the Mill Tail Creek section of Dare County’s vast mainland for est is still roaming the woods. This buck was lucky because he has not antlers. Capt. Ken Ward, one of the best known big game hunters and guides in Dare, tells the story about the buck. “We were anchored in Mill Tail Creek when the big buck apeared on the creek bank. Almost immedi ately, because there were dogs’on the chase coming close in, the deer plunged into the creek and started swimming across. He came near my boat, and also the boat of Game Protector Stanford White of Manns Harbor and we had a chance to have a close inspection of the animal,” said Capt. Ward. “The animal had aparently lost his antlers because the place where they were supposed to be showed bony bases for same. But the law says you can only shoot bucks with antlers. So naturally we did not try to kill him. This met with the approval of the game protector on the scene/’ be contin ued. After giving* the animal a pat or two on the head, he swam on across the creek and casually dis appeared in the woods—the lucky buck. MRS. MAUDE SMITH STEVENS, A MANTEO NATIVE, DIES Mrs. Maude Smith Stevens, 58, wife of Wallace B. Stevens, died at a Norfolk hospital Friday after an illness of eight weeks. A native of Manteo, she had lived in Norfolk since 1907, last residing at 106 Wayne Circle, Nor view. She was a daughter of the late Robert Wallace and Mrs. Eliz abeth Midgette Smith. In addition to her husband, she [ is survived by two sons, Robert Walace Stevens and Keith Mal colm Stevens, of Norfolk; a sister, Miss Lucy B. Smith, Norfolk; a niece, Mrs. Edith Quidley, Manteo, and two nephews, Luther Dixon ( Midgette, Manteo, and John S. Cal . houn, Norfolk. Funeral services were conduct . ed at the Cox Funeral Home Sun day at 3:30 p.m. by the Rev. i George Wesley Jones, pastor of the Norview Methodist Chiirch. . Burial was in Forest Lawn Cem , etery. SEVERSKY ACCEPTS FLIGHT INVITATION Major Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian-born authority and author of aviation subjects, has accepted an invitation to be the principal speaker at the annual December 17 First Flight Celebration at Kill Devil Hill this year, it is an nounced by Ralph V. Whitener, organizational director of the Air Force Association, Washington, D. C. Whitener had extended the invi tation on behalf of his organiza tion which with the Kill Devil Hills Memorial Association co sponsors the celebration honoring the Wright brothers and the 4Sth anniversary of their first flight at the base of Kill Devil Hill on De cember 17, 1903. Major de Seversky w<ll fly to Roanoke Island and travel over land from the airport there to the site of the first flight at Kill Devil Hill where be will take part in the morning exercises at the monu ment before delivering the main address at the banquet to be held 1 at a Nags Head hotel which will I feature foods flown in for the oc casion from all parts of the world. Major de Seversky will be one of several outstanding leaders at tending the exercises this year in cluding high ranking officers of the Marines, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard. Also local persons See FLIGHT, Page Five HAND IS MISTAKEN FOR DEER ANTLERS Wilson Hunter Treated for Bird shot in Season’s First Accident SCRANTON.—A waving hand mistaken for a deer’s antlers got a load of bird shot in the first hunting accident of the season, Saturday. Theodore Smith of Wilson Route 3, hunting near Scranton, was walking along, parting some high reeds with his hands. His guide, William Equils, saw the reeds part and what looked to him exactly like a glimpse of a deer’s antlers. He fired and since he is a good shot, a considerable amount of the 1 bird shot found its target. Smith was hurried to Belhaven with a highway patrol escort. Aft er receiving treatment from a doc tor there, the hunter, his ardor I for the great outdoors somewhat cooled, was able to go to his home I near Wilson. His injuries were re ported as minor. MANTEO CHILD BREAKS COLLAR BONE WEDNESDAY Mary Ann Midgette, small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer R. Midgette of Manteo, suffered a broken collar bone in a mishap while at play early Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Midgette took her to a Norfolk hospital, where the injury was treated. No hospitalization was required, and Mary Ann is recuperating at her home. WANCHESE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS PROVE FAITH BY THEIR WORKS WITH COMMODIOUS BUILDINGS MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD ehutch at Wanchese, of which Rev. D. B. Lawrence is pastor, have made remarkable gains in a few years. Their large church building is shown above. Below is a picture of the attractive modern home adjoining lot owned by the church and is the residence of the pastor. g’','*’ ‘ •' ' * ...♦..}!*♦ , . W , P if MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1951 MANTEO ROTARY LADIES NIGHT, NEXT MONDAY Club Plans Interesting Din ner November 12 in Com munity Building The annual ladies night of the Manteo Rotary Club will be held Monday night, November 12, in the community building in Manteo. E. E. Meekins will have charge of the program, and is planning to have a former well-known resi dent of Manteo to make an in structive talk at the meeting. The dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. The Rotary Club is now en gaged in an effort to get a dentist to locate in Manteo. The County Health Department now has in its care complete equipment for a dental office, loaned to the county from a surplus hospital during the war, and which has been used from time to time by visiting den tists. • Mrs. Hilda Ballace. who serves | meals for the Rotarians, is plan ning a special menu for Monday niyht. Last week she served an ex ceptionally fine seafood dinner. This week barbecue was served. DARE COUNCIL MEETS AT RODANTHE Ninety Women Attend First Meet Os Its Kind On Island of Hatteras December first, Saturday at 10:- 30 a. m. is the date and time set for the general fall meeting of the Dare County Council for Youth, announces Council Presi dent Mrs. David Stick. At this time each community will report their progress throughout this past year in promoting programs for chil dren and young .people. The meet ing, to be held in the Community Building, is open to all interested in the welfare of the young people of Dare. “The Council,” Mrs. Stick re minds us, “was organized to do the follow-up work of the Mid century White House Conference on Children and Youth. It is not quite a year old, and yet many communities have taken forward steps in doing something for their 1 young folks. Already there are I youth clubs in Avon, Manns Har bor, Manteo, Kitty Hawk and the Negro community.” These programs are the kind that attract the most attention, but when the reports come in De cember first, we shall hear of the progress made in the County along other lines, which though it may not be as conspicuous as a rec reational program, is nonetheless contributing to the welfare of the children and youth. Plans for the year’s activities of the Council were discussed at the last Board meeting of the Council and included the promo tions of the Recreation Workshop to be held Nov. 26-7-8 were also See COUNCIL. Page Five SCOTT EXPECTED IN COLUMBIA NOV. 28 Hr il BUS gill J jk ■ JI Announcement has been made by Mrs. W. S. Carawan of Colum bia that Governor W. Kerr Scott will be the speaker at Columbia November 28th at the Annual meeting of the Alligator Croatan Bridge Association. Mrs. Carawan says Chairman Henry Jordan of the Highway Commission will' also probably attend. W. S. White of Manns Harbor is President of the Association. The meeting will be gin at ten o’clock at the Columbia Theatre, and dinner will be served at $1 per plate. The public is in vited to attend but those who ex pect to eat should notify Mrs. Car awan secretary of the Association, four days ahead of time. WOMANLESS WEDDING PLANNED FOR FRIDAY Evening of Hilarious Entertain ment Being Sponsored by Woman’s Club A womanless wedding, sponsor ed by the Manteo Woman’s Club, promises to bring an evening of hilarious entertainment to the public on Friday evening, Novem ber 9, when the affair will take place in the school auditorium. The hour is eight o’clock, and it is hoped the public will attend in large numbers. Proceeds will go toward club projects now under way. GUEST CHOIR PRESENTS EXCELLENT CONCERT Elizabeth City Group Brings Ap preciative Audience to Hear Them Tuesday The choir of Cann Memorial Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth City brought an excellent program of sacred music to a small but appreciative audience in the Man teo Methodist Church Tuesday night. Rodney Trueblood, organist and choir director, played several organ solos, and Mrs. Kenneth Wilson of Currituck was violin soloist. Vocal Soloists were Allen Voss, baritone; Mrs. William Lee Branham, mezzo soprano; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Reves, tenor and so prano; and Mrs. Walker Rayburn. Other choir members participating were Mrs. J. B. Aiderman, Mrs. Lloyd Cook; Misses Billie Gay Mc- Dowell, Dorothy Swindell, Mary Charles Blades, Ethel V. Jones; and Joseph Sanders. Following the program, the vis itors were entertained at a social hour by the Manteo Methodist choir and the Roanoke Island Mus ic Club, in the educational build ing of the church. Coffee was poured from a silver service on a table laid with a handmade cut work cloth, ar.d centered with an arrangement of chrysanthemums and candles in crystal candelabra; and cake was served by Manteo choir members. SWAN, GEESE AND DUCK ARRIVE ON DARE COAST Kitty Hawk.—Frigid weather in the north has resulted in the arri val of many species of duck, Can ada geese and Swan on the Win ter feeding grounds of Dare Coun ty. The first swan were sighted this week in Kitty Hawk Bay, lower Currituck Sound and in the vicinity of Bodie Island Lighthouse near Oregon Inlet. Great flocks of ducks of all species which use the Atlantic Flyway have been sighted here and it is the same story with Canada geese. ’ All wildfowl have protection from gunners until November 22 when the migratory season opens. Then for several weeks it will be legal to kill geese and ducks. A five-day open season on brant will begin November 22, the first in several years. Swan, however, and the snow geese which are schedul ed to arrive at an early date for winter feeding at Pea Island Na tional Wildlife Refuge, enjoy ab solute protection. First arrival of the swan flocks include many near grown cignets which are greyish in color instead of absolutely white like the adult fbwl. ROAD SURVEY ON I PEA ISLAND IS ABOUT FINISHED Engineers of the state highway and public works commission have completed the survey of the final link 'of the Nags Head-Hatteras highway. The current survey, i underway for the past several i weeks is over the route of beach lands connecting this famous , Coast Guard and Old Christmas village with Oregon Inlet and the free state ferry. Passing through Pea Island National Wildlife Ref uge, winter feeding grounds for the rare snow geese and other species of wildfowl, the route un der survey at present is approxi mately 13 miles in length. Construction of the pavement and grading over the route is scheduled to begin early in 1952. When completed by the summer of next year it will mean an all weather paved highway from the intersection at U. S. Highways 158, 64 and 264 at Nags Head and the far famed Cape Hatteras re gion. Even before final approval was given for its construction, traffic over the sandy trail, never re commended to inexperienced beach drivers, had shown a big increase. More than 100 automobiles daily have crossed Oregon Inlet on some days during the current autumn. The going is rugged, however, between Oregon Inlet and Rodan the at the present time. Mid- Oct ober storms did not help the situ ation. The present road or trail is mostly a series of water filled • holes. A washout at New Inlet * along the sandy trail has been i i the point of grief for many motor-1 ists whose auto motors were ! drowned out during high tides. “Back of the beach” as the island residents call the highwater mark and surf side, is unusually treach erous at this season of the year | due to quichsand and shelly areas. J The Nags Head-Hatteras road, ! one of the most genuine “ocean highways” in America is now I paved from Rodanthe to Hatteras. 1 ;It passes through the communi-I ties of Waves, most easterly com-' munity on the South Atlantic coast, Salvo, Avon at Kinnakeet. I Buxton on Cape Hatteras, Friscj : in the Cape Woods and thence to the town of Hatteras famous for its commercial and sports fishing. ■ Likewise on the north side of Ore gon Inlet, the road is paved to 1 Nags Head and passes picturesque | Bodie Island Lighthouse and the I former Coast Guard and Loran I [ Station. Eventually the Nags Head -Hatteras road is destined to be- | come the final eastern link of ' transcontinental U. S. Highway 64.: I State officials have determined l that it will not be necessary to i fence the road in as it is built through Pea Island National Wild- ! i life Refuge, although some pub- I ' licity to this effect was given re j cently. SPORTSMEN FIND FISHING GOOD IN WAVES AREA * ■ _—? | i Waves.—-TJntil the autumn of 1 1951 the community of Waves on Hatteras IsJggd was seldom visit !ed and its fame hinged around 1 the fact that it is the most easter- Ily postoffice along the North Ca l rolina coast. In recent weeks,how- I ever, with a paved road concet ’ ing the vilage and Hatteras where ! many sportsfishermen visit each ! ! year, the surf adjacent to Waves ' has been discovered by anglers ! 1 to be an excellent place to cast | for channel bass. During the past few weeks, doz- ; I ens of anglers have been fishing ! in the sloughs near the old rusted | hulk of gn LST that was wrecked on the beach at Waves during a December gale several years ago. 1 And hundreds of channel bass have been landed. Asa Gray, local merchant, com- : menting on the sportsfishing here, stated that he believed this sec tion of Hatteras Island would in ( time attract thousands of surf 1 casters each year. He stated that, ' overnight facilities were limited,' but that it was possible to find I places to stay if anglers wanted I to stop over in the village. “Other- ( wise, they can stop at the hotels ■ !in Hatteras or Buxton and drive from there to Waves in safety and in a short time,” he said. I . I I MANTEO GARDEN CLUB GETS MILEAGE PRIZE The Manteo Garden Club cap tured the mileage prize Tuesday* when it was represented at the district meeting in Washington, N. C., by Mrs. A. W. Drinkwater, Mrs. A. Q. Bell, Mrs. Fred Bas night, Mrs. T. D. Etheridge and 'Mrs. Leo Midgett. Mrs. Drink ' water is president of the Manteo club. Single Copy 7t COMMISSIONERS HEAR PLEA FOR ROAD TO DUCK Aid Pledged to Lions to In stall Heating in Gymnas ium at Mantep The Dare Commissioners Tues day heard a plea from citizens of Duek for aid in getting a road. About an hour was spent in dis cussion of the situation. The Board has for sometime urged the build ing of this road. About 25 families live in the area, and the wear and tear on the present dirt road is in creased considerably by heavy mil itary trucks. Leading the discussion was Dav id Stick, and others in the delega tion were Pennell Tillett, A. D. Tillett, Walter Beacham, W. D. Rogers, Milton Perry, Miss Vir gie Perry, A. D. Tillett of Kitty Hawk; Charlie Spruill and Wood son Midgett of Duck. Mr. Midgett expressed the desire of the people of Duck for some harbor improve ment. Unless the people of Duck can get road improvements, it will be difficult to make a living there, and the school transportation sys tem will suffer, Mr. Midgett stat ed. A delegation representing the Manteo Parent-Teacher Associa tion, and the Lions Club appeared before the board with a very gen erous offer with respect to install ing badly needed heating equip ment. in the Manteo school gym ] nasium which estimates show I would cost about $2,500, the Lions offering to donate the labor for I installation. The Board voted to I aid the project to the extent of $2,000. The Board also voted funds to lease and the rehabilitate the county school bus garage at the airport in the amount of S6OO. Seevral tax matters were dispos- I ed of, including adjustment of er ' rors. REAL FISH STORY I REPORTED FROM ,PURSE NETTERS i Monday Afternoon Catch of 7,500 Pounds Worth sl,- 800; Another Freak Catch Reported 1 i Fishermen often go a long time ; without any breaks, but Ira Spen- Icer and his crew struck luck Mon- I day afternoon, when with one haul i with their purse net, they landed •75 boxes of rock in Albemarle i Sound, which sold for SI,BOO. We get the story from a re l liable man, and it sounds like the | best fish yarn of the year. Capt. I Spencer’s crew, along with all oth l er fishermen, had been loafing out blue Monday around the town of Columbia. But in the afternoon the weather improved and this par ticular crew decided to goVut and look things over, the others re maining ashore. Capt. Ira’s Crew saw a* school lof rockfish, and they put the net 1 around it. They loaded the boat so (heavy they had to leave the'net, and it partly full of fish still. The 175 boxes weighed 100 pounds each. We have not heard if he found ttie net on his return. A net of this kind is worth SBOO. Another good story concerns Ira Spencer. It seems that Jennis Spencer, a Columbia fisherman ! had put his net around a school | of rock as he thought, but had only ’ succeeded in surrounding about I half the school. Capt. Ira was near !by and got his net around the ( remaining half. The first fisher man’s sales were for SSOO, the second for $495. BIGGEST CHANNEL BASS iTAKEN BY MARYLANDER i z ______ A 54% -pound channel bass, ' the largest to be taken with rod | and reel along the Dare coast during the current autumn run of ! the copper colored fighters, was landed by Roy Smith of Benedict, Md., on Friday. I With a party of three Washing ton, D. C. anglers, Benedict was ‘ still fishing from an anchored boat , owned by a Wanchese guide. For (bait he was using cut mullet, most popular lure for autumn channel bass fishing. His big channel bass measured , 52 inches from tip to tip and its ! girth was 30 inches around. Smith (plans to enter the fish in a na-, 1 tional contest as a prize winning contender for the species during 1951. Three other channel bass were »landed by the party on Friday. One weighed 42 pounds and the other two weighed 37 pounds each. Other members of the party in cluded Washington anglers Glenn ,J. Warbis, 1552 41st Street S. E., A. C. Hanson, 926 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W., and Milton Ster ling, 2325 15th Street N. W, r ‘ ‘ LiA I' .J - 'v't.--.-- .'..J
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