VOLUME XVII NO. 46
CAPE WOODSERS
WALK OFF WITH
TRACK DAY GLORY
Great Victory Won In Con
tests at Hatteras Island’s
First Event Os the
Kind
Buxton on Cape Hatteras.—
Grammar-graders resident in Trent
and Buxton Woods, attending the
school here, outpointed grammar
graders from Hatteras and Avon
schools by 71 to 58 in the first
, inter-community track meet and
field day ever staged on Hatteras
Is'tnd, an occasion that brought
together one of the largest crowds
ever assembled on the Outer Banks
for a school event and which pro
vided a day of inter-community
i visiting.
It was a field for the Gray, since
members of this widely distributed
family scored a total of 22 points
as against 10 for the Willis family,
the next highest. Most of the Gray
were from Avon, and they account
ed for more than half the points
chalked up by that school. But
there were Grays on all the teams,
both Hatteras and Buxton, listed
among the winners.
Most of the long-established
family names on thd Island were
listed among the winners, except
the Meekins family which had few
entrants and no winners. Third
high among the families were the
Scarboroughs, with seven first
places and in order were the Rol
linsons, with five. Other winner
names included the Burruses, the
Williamses, and the Quidleys and
the Austins and the Millers.
But the real hero of the day was
Mrs. Nettie Peele who directs the
lunch Toom of the local school
which was host for the day. With
her assistants, most of them from
the school, she served nearly 400
meals during the two-hour lunch
period. She took them in relays,
since the dining room seats only
50 at a time. The meals were serv
ed to pupils and visitors alike at
cost, which is 20 cents per day.
Every one of the nine events
scheduled for the grammar-graders
was watched with keen interest
and friendly rivalry both among
pupils and parents. The basketball
game scheduled for the afternoon
for high school pupils was omitted
but its place was very much more
than filled when young matrons
of the Seven Villages of the Island
staged a three-inning softball
game. The three innings consum
ed about 90 minutes and the pro
ceedings were watched with hi
larious interest, with some of the
husbands among the spectators
wondering ruefully if the wife
would be able to cook supper, or
heave herself out of bed the next
day.
Following is a list of events, by
grades, with the winners indicated:
Potato Race—Girls: 1. Rollinson,
Buxton; 2. Gray, Avon; 3. Good,
Buxton; 4. Munford, Buxton; 5.
Stowe, Hatteras; 6. Veal, Buxton;
7. Austin, Buxton; 8. K. Willis,
Buxton. Boys: 1. Gray, Avon; 2.
Gray, Buxton; 3. Rollinson, Bux
ton; 4. Farrow, Avon; 5. Rollinson,
Buxton; 6. Good, Buxton; 7. Scar
borough, Buxton; 8. Finnegan,
Buxton.
Running Broad Jump Girls:
1. Tolson, Buxton; 2. Macßee, Bux
ton; 3. Good, Buxton; 4. Tolson,
Buxton; 5. Gray, Avon; 6. Veal,
Buxton; 7. Gray, Avon; 8. Willis,
Hatteras. Boys: 1. Fulcher, Bux
ton; 2. Basnett, Buxton; 3. Merrill,
Hatteras; 4. Farrow, Avon; 5. Wil
liams, Avon; 6. Willis, Buxton; 7.
Scarborough, Avon; 8. Williams,
Avon.
Bag Race: Girls: 1. Tolson, Bux
ton; 2. Gray,'Buxton; 3. Good,
Buxton; 4. Gray, Avon; 5. Stowe,
Hatteras; 6. Burrus, Hatteras; 7.
Gray, Ayon; 8. Gray, Avon. Boys:
1. McCarthy, Hatteras; 2. Jennette,
Buxton; 3. Beamon, Avon.
Running Broad Jump: Girls:
1. Tolson, Buxton; 2. Macßee, Bux
ton; 3. Good, Buxton; 4. Tolson,
Buxton; 5. Gray, Avon; 6. Veal,
Buxton; 7. Gray, Avon; 8. Willis,
Hatteras. Boys: 1. Fulcher, Bux
ton; 2. Basnett, Buxton; 3. Mer
rill, Hatteras; 4. Farrow, Avon;
5. Williams, Avon; 6. Willis, Bux
ton; 7. Scarborough, Avon; 8. Wil
liams, Avon.
Bag Race: Girls: 1. Tolson, Bux
ton; 2. Gray, Buxton; 3. Good, Bux
ton; 4. Gray, Avon; 5. Stowe, Hat
teras; 6. Burrus, Hatteras; 7. Gray,
Avon; 8. Gray, Avon. Boys: 1. Mc-
Carthy, Hatteras; 2. Jennette, Bux
ton; 3. Beamon, Avon; 4. Farrow,
Avon; 5. Gray, Avon; 6. Gray,
Hatteras; 7. Scarborough, Avon;
8. Gray, Avon.
Baseball Throw: Girls: 1. Tol
son, Bnxton; 2. Macßee, Buxton;
3. Good, Buxton; 4. Peele, Hatter
as; 5. Jennette, Buxton; 6. Veal,
Buxton; 7. Finnegan, Buxton; 8.
Willis, Buxton. Boys: 1. Gray, A
von; 2. Jennette, Buxton; 3. Quid
ley, Buxton; 4.. Midgett, Hatteras;
See GLORY, Page Five
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEI6H COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
I STEAMSHIP CAPTAIN
OF DARE IS DEAD
HBafl
CAPT. DANIEL W. HAYMAN,
native of Dare County, for many
years a steamboat Captain on the
waters of this state, and more re
cently master of ocean going ships,
died in Norfolk at 11 o’clock
Thursday morning. He had made
his home in that city for the past
30 years. He was the husband of
Mrs. Laura Midgett Hayman, for
merly of Wanchese, and the father
of one child, Mrs. Don Elliot of
Norfolk, and leaves two grand- '
children. He has several sisters and
a brother, Rev. Louis D. Hayman
of Southport. An uncle, J. D. Hay
man of Wanchese, and three aunts,
Mrs. Maggie Midgett, Mrs. Mary
Midgett and Mrs. Sallie Gard at
Manns Harbor.
Funeral services will be at 12
o’clock Saturday in Norfolk.
Capt. Hayman was a man of lov
able personality. Back in the mid
twenties he was back in Dare
County out in the fore-front at the .
beginning of the boom in the Dare
County beachlands, buying and
selling. He always found his way
to top jobs in ships of the Engin
eer Corps, the merchant marine,
and he won high commendation for
his bravery and efficiency in the
Pacific during the recent war.
MANTEO SCOUT TROOP
ATTENDS CAMPOREE
Scout Troop No. 165, sponsored
by Mt. Olivet Methodist Church of
Manteo, attended the annual Cam
poree of the East Albemarle Dis
trict with 31 boys and 3 adult 1
scouters present at Camp Perry. 1
The local troop, though it is the
youngest in the District, having
been installed only a few weeks
ago, had the largest distance to 1
travel but was represented with i
the largest number of scouts. .
The program at the Camporee '
consisted of preparing a camp site,
pitching tents, preparing the ev- •
ening meal, eating and the clean- 1
ing up in the afternoon; and the ,
large campfire before taps Satur- ;
day night. On Sunday the program ,
consisted, in addition to the pre- '
paration of meals and cleaning up,
of various inspections, chapel ser- '
vice, health and accident demon- '
stration including the new method
of artificial respiration, and pres
entation of awards.
Awards are won on a merit sys- 1
tern where points are won or lost
in the various events at the camp. I
Two of the four Manteo Patrols ’
won red ribbons that may be dis- ’
played on their Patrol flags, which
represent awards as high as any 1
presented. The other two patrols 1
won yellow ribbons which may be 1
displayed on their Patrol flags, and ’
each participating scout and scout- 1
er won Camporee patches that may '
be worn on the uniform. '
The troop, at present, is collect
ing scrap paper which will be sold
and the money collected will go
for operating expenses. i
Among projects scheduled is a
four-day camp at Fort Raleigh,
where the local troop will play host (
to the various organisations of the ,
District. It will be designated as a
historical camp and will base the i
program around the various his- |
torical events of the area.
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E. V. MELSON NAMED TO !
BEACH SANITARY BOARD 1
I
E. V. Melson of Kill Devil Hills, I
operator of the Kitty Hawk Hotel 1
this week was appointed by the 1
Board of Commissioners of Dara I
County to fill out the unexpired I
term of the late John R. Duvall as i
a member of the Dare Beaches '
Sanitary District. Mr. Duvall at <
the time of his death was Chair
man of the Board, and a candidate 1
in the primary for re-election. It (
will now be necessary for the pre- j
cinct committee of Nags Head,
Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills ,
precincts to nominate a candidate i
for the coming primary.
HIGHWAY WORKER
KILLED SATURDAY
NIGHT AT BUXTON
James Colon Long, 20, Ballen
• ger Employe Struck As
He Stepped From Car
James Colon Long, 20, of Toma
hawk, Bladen County, N. C., an
employe of the Ballenger Paving
Co. engaged in the building of the
road on Hatteras Island, was
struck and killed as he stepped
from his automobile. The car which
struck him was driven by Charles
Fulcher, 20, of Buxton, a Coast
Guardsman.
The body was prepared for bur
ial at Twiford’s Funeral Home at
aHtteras and taken away Sunday
night by a Wilmington undertaker.
Fulcher, who was charged with
having no driver’s permit, was
driving a ’47 Buick automobile. He
told officers the other car had
parked with bright lights on, and
with the left hand door open, and
Long was in process of leaving the
car to turn the wheel over to his
companion. Long’s body was
thrown 70 feet.
Fulcher was east bound. Long
was about one mile west of Tan
dy’s place and three miles from
Hatteras village. Long’s car was a
'46 Chevrolet.
Fulcher appeared in Dare Re
corder’s Court Tuesday to answer
to the no permit charge. He is now
charged with man-slaughter and is
under SI,OOO bond.
ENGELHARD THREATENED BY
FIRE AS GRAIN WAREHOUSE
BURNS WITH $200,000 LOSS
Fire Departments Called from Belhaven,
Washington, Columbia and Manteo While
Citizens Put Up Valiant and Successful
Battle to Save Other Property. R. L. Gibbs
& Co. Lose Warehouse.
BLUEFISH ARRIVE
IN COASTAL WATERS
Bluefishing was very good at
Cape Hatteras during the past
week, fair at Oregon Inlet where a
few have been taken, but general
ly speaking the principal sports
fishing at this season, trolling or
casting for channel bass has been
below par, according to reports
from the fishing areas.
First dolphin of the season was
a 21-pounder landed off Diamond
Shoals last Friday by a Virginia
angler from aboard Nelson Stowe’s
“Ursula” and on Saturday, two
parties fishing with the Foster
boys, Ernal and Bill, landed a total
of 38 amberjack weighing up to
32 pounds each and also several
little tunny or false albacore
weighing up to 13 pounds. The par
ties fishing with the Fosters were
aboard the Albatross and Alba
tross 11.
Unsettled weather and frequent
shifts of the wind have been part
ly the blame for poor channel bass
fishing this year, and some of the
guides contend there are just as
many of these fighting bronze
backs as in any previous season.
"The only trouble is we just can’t
locate the big schools. During the
past week the largest channel bass
taken was a 56-pounder landed by
a Portsmouth, Va., angler trolling
from aboard Capt. Willie Ether
idge’s charter boat, the “Chee
Chee,” of Wanchese.
808 TILLETT DIES AT
MANNS HBR. WEDNESDAY
William Rollins Tillett, 44, died
at his home at Manns Harbor at
seven o’clock Wednesday morning.
He was the son of the late William
C. and Annie Tillett, and the hus
■ band of Mrs. Jennie Gibbs Tillett
of Manns Harbor of which com-
I munity he was a native and almost
'a lifelong resident, having for
short periods lived in Washington,
Manteo and Elizabeth City, and
had been engaged in mercantile
business in Manns Harbor and
Manteo. Besides his wife and one
son Rollins Davis Tillett of the U.
S. Navy, he is survived by one
brother, Odell Tillett, and three
sisters, Mrs. V. G. Midgett, Mrs.
Tom Sutton and Mrs. J. M. Crees,
all of Manns Harbor.
The body was prenared at Twi
ford Funeral Home in Manteo hut
arrangements were incomplete
pending contact with his son with
the Navy in Florida. He was a
member of the Methodist Church
and funeral and burial will be at
Manns Harbor.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1952
GIVING UP TITLE OF
BIGGEST LANDOWNER
FRED N. MALOOF is giving up a
unique title. He has been for ten
years the largest individual land
owner in North Carolina. His do
main comprised 168,000 acres, or
18,000 acres more than was owned
by the biggest land in Great Brit
ain who died a few weeks ago. The
story of Mr. Maloof’s land deal is
published elsewhere in this news
paper today.
A fire of undetermined origin
which broke out Monday after
noon about four-thirty in the
grain warehouse of R. L. Gibbs
and Co. at Engelhard Monday re
duced the building with con
tents to ashes in a short time,
while 100 citizens formed a buck
et brigade and put up a valient
fight to save the town. Mean
while the fire departments of
Belhaven rushed to the scene,
despite waiting on the draw
bridge over the inland waterway
at Wilkerson, made the 51 mile
trip in less than an hour.
The estimated loss may run to
$200,000 with insufficient cov
erage. Destroyed was a large
stock of seeds and grains, includ
ing some 20,000 bushels of seed
soybeans. The offices of the com
pany were destroyed, together
with much valuable machinery
and other equipment.
Before equipment from Bel
haven reached the scene, more
equipment was on the way from
Washington, Columbia and Man
teo, and departments of all three
towns found the Belhaven de
partment set up, and playing five
streams of water at strategic
points to stop further spreading
of the fire.
A southerly wind made quick
work of the warehouse, while
citizens of the community were
organizing a brave and effective
fight with water pumps at the
Pamlico Power and Light Com
pany plant. The wind veered to
the Southwest, which aided the
fighters. Scores of fires touched
off other buildings, but these
were quenched by the citizens.
The engine’s arrival from Bel
haven got the fire under safe
control, and equipment of other
towns made the victory doubly
sure. The vast quantity of beans
continued to burn for the past
three days.
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DARE BOARD INVITES
STATE VFW CONVENTION
The Dare County Board of Com
missioners this week voted tq join
in the invitation being extended
by the Dare County Post VFW to
the state convention of the organ
ization, which will be urged to hold
its next meeting in Dare County.
NOT OPENING
On nage two of this week’s paper
’he Cruise-Inn at Kill Devil Hills
advertises to be open this week end.
The Times was notified after that
part of the paper was printed, that
the opening would not be this
week end, but at a later date.
SHRINE CLUB TO
OPEN NEW HOME
SAT., APRIL 17
Big Dance Planned for Offi
cial Opening of Hall Near
Nags Head
The formal opening of the Dare
County Shrine Club’s new home on
Nags Head Beach will be observed
with a dance, Saturday night, May
17th, R. O. Ballance, President of
the club, announced yesterday.
“We are planning to make this the
biggest event of the season, and
we have booked a top-notch or
chestra out of Richmond,” he said.
Admission will be three dollars
per couple, but only by invitation,
the dance being restricted to Shrin
ers and their guests.
The new building is well equip
ped, having a modern heating
plant, rest rooms downstairs for
both men and women, a kitchen
with up to date equipment, 16x50
reception room. The upstairs has a
men’s rest room, a refreshment
stand, and a reception room 16x50.
Bob Smith, Dare County farm
agent is Secretary of the club,
which has about 60 members.
Shriners of neighboring counties
are invited to attend the dance. A
large caravan, led by a motorcycle
escort is expected from the Eliza
beth City vicinity, Ballance said.
In less than three years in a
regular meeting place, the Dare
County Shrine Club has embarked
upon an ambitious program that
is apparently unequaled in the
history of shrine clubs in North
Carolina. Although only four years
old, it is ready to meet in its new
home which when complete will
approximate an investment of
about $25,000.
The Shrine home at Whalebone
Junction, on U.S. 158 between
Nags Head and Manteo is 50, x 100
feet and located on a lot with 150
feet frontage on the highway,
commanding the attention of mot
orists from three directions. Its
chief builder is R. O. Ballance, who
at the present time is president of
See CLUB, Page Five
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KNOW YOUR
SCHOOLS
By MABEL EVANS JONES
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The Manns Harbor School, along
with others in the county, shows
results in efforts of the local com
munity and the County Board of
Education for the improvement. It
too, has a new central heating
plant with a concrete block build
ing for the plant. The classrooms,
painted a soft green prior to the
opening of the 1951-52 school
term, are cheerful and clean, the
children of the classrooms appar
ently busy and happy. Classroom
work in evidence is of a superior
quality. Especially is the penman
ship and the exactness of English
work in the intermediate grades
marked.
No school in the county has a
playground as adequate for the
children and the community-school
activities as the Manns Harbor
School. Built on land that was
once an old field it has ample
space, much used, for a baseball
diamond, for basketball and for
tennis courts in the rear of the
school property, and a playground
for the small children in front of
the building. Through community
efforts in the P. T. A. the school
has bought metal swings and mer
ry-go-round for the primary chil
dren and various ball game equip
ment for the older children, total
ing a cost of about $350.
In the lunchroom, not quite as
large as it should be, an average
of fifty children are served lunch
each day. For this there has recent
ly been installed a new gas cooking
range, hotwater tank, and modern
sink for dishwashing. The tables
have been modernized with new
tops of polished wood. New cur
tains and gleaming white paint
give a mark of cheer and cleanli
ness.
Consolidated with this school
during the past two years is the
East Lake elementary school,
while the high school children of
both sections come to Manteo by
bus over the Crcatan Sound ferry.
The Stumpy Point School with
decreasing school enrollment has
a good building, but not enough
children to carry on an elementary
and high school efficiently. The
community was given a choice of
convenient high schools to which
their children could be transported.
They chose the Engelhard High
School as best for a direct bus trip.
Later the upper elementary grades
ioined this group, going in the
same bus to Engelhard. The first
four grades of the school .•■r>
taught by one teacher in the
Stumpy Point School building,
while that part of the building not
in use for classroom purposes is
now being used by community or-
See SCHOOLS, Page Five
MILLION DOLLAR LAND DEAL
IN DARE COUNTY COMPLETED;
168,000 ACRES ARE INVOLVED
Fred N. Maloof, Largest Individual Landown
er in North Carolina, Sells Most of Mainland
of Dare County This Week to West Virgin
ia Pulp and Paper Company; Big Corpora
tion May Make Much Improvement to
Property.
LITTLE IMPROVEMENT
IN FERRIES PROMISED
Slight Increases in Trips Result of
Pleading to Highway Commis
sion This Week
Ten round trips daily will be run
by the Oregon Inlet Ferry, all dur
ing daylight hours, an increase of
of four, after the final link of pave
ment is laid between Oregon Inlet
ind Rodanthe, it was announced
this week in Tarboro by District
Highway Commissioner Henry
Gray Shelton. An increase of one
in the number of daily schedules
over Croatan Sound between Roa
noke Island and Manns Harbor and
two across Alligator River between
East Lake and Sandy Point was
also promised for the summer sea
son.
During the summer of 1951 Ore
gon Inlet Ferry, often taxed to
capacity, operated six schedules
daily. At the present time there
are five official round trpis, al
though additional schedules have
been operated at times for bene
fit of the contractors building the
final link of road, which is schedul
ed to be paved on or about July 1,
according to announcements from
Raleigh. >
Delegations of three coastland
counties, Dare, Tyrrell and Wash
ington attended the meeting with
highway officials in Tarboro. From
Dare, R. Bruce Etheridge was ac
companied by Melvin R. Daniels,
Sheriff Frank Cahoon and Harry
Lawrence.
Daniels stated that one addition
al schedule would be added across
Croatan Sound comparing to 14
last summer and that nine roud
trips daily, comparing with seven
last summer, would be in opera
tion across the Alligator on U. S.
Highway 64. The latter schedules
will become effective on or about
June 15.
BAPTIST REVIVAL
STARTS NEXT WEEK
Revival services, beginning Mon
day, May 12, and continuing thru
May 21, will be conducted at the
Roanoke Island Baptist church, it
was announced today by Reverend
Frank B. Dinwiddie, pastor.
Speaker for the special series of
meetings will be Rev. John H. Rat
ledge, pastor of Salem Baptist
church at Weeksville. Mr. Ratledge
was graduated from the Moody
Bible Institute, Chicago, where he
received his training for the min
istry, and is now serving in his
first pastoral charge. His wife, al
so a Moody Bible Institute gradu
ate, frequently assists him in serv
ices with her skilful piano accom
paniments, and is expected to be
with him for a portion of this ser
ies of meetings.
Mr. Ratledge will preach each
evening at the eight o’clock meet
ing, and will also preach at a spec
ial worship service at 11 a. m.
Sunday, May 18. It is not planned
at present to hold a weekday morn
ng service.
The public is cordially invited to
attend these services.
MANTEO BANK TO CLOSE
CONFED. MEMORIAL DAY
Saturday, May 10th is a southern
holiday observed in most southern
states, but for the first time, the
Bank of Manteo is going to ob
serve it, and will be closed Satur
day as on other legal holidays.
Some of the bank’s loyal em
ployes think the public ought to
know about it to save inconven
ience for those who might make
needless trips to town on banking
business.
MANTEO ROY SCOUTS WILL
HAVE WASTE PAPER DRIVE
The Manteo Boy Scout troop will
stage a waste-paper drive on Tues
day night, May 13. All housewives
are asked to save their wase-paper
and place it on the front porch on
that n’gh+. The Scouts request
those having paper for them to
collect to leave the porch light on,
to indicate where they may find it.
The paper will be sold and the
money used for operating expenses
of the troop.
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Until this week, Fred N. Ma-
• loof of Washington and Manteo
was the largest landowner in
North Carolina. This week he bar
gained to sell the stock in the cor-'
poration he owns, whioh holds title
i to 168.000 acres on the mainland of
• Dare County, to the West Virginia
■ Pulp and Paper Co. Rumor has
■ it the consideration was in excess
: of one and a half million dollars.
I This would make the second time
; in 35 years that the million dollar
’ consideration has been invoked in
i the transfer of this property. No
• official announcement as to price
has been made, but well informed
persons say he has declined more
than one offer of a million and a
half. Actual sale price is expected
to be closer to two million dollars.
Unofficial reports are that the
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co.
1 has a replacement worth of more
i than 160 million dollars, that its
- gross income last year was 100
million dollars, and its taxes more
i than 15 million dollars.
This vast territory, 30 miles long
originally known as the John Gray
Blount patent has had a colorful
history before it was acquired by
Fred Maloof back in 1942. Since
Mr. Maloof acquired the property
several logging operations have
been carried on. Prior to World
War 11, it was a huge business
when operated by what was known
as the Dare Lumber Company.
Many companies have operated
the prope^ty. The old Buffalo Lum
ber Co. comprised of interests from
Buffalo, N. Y., founded what was
called Bufalo City a huge logging
settlement, with store and hotel,
and homes for 100 families. Saw
mills were operated at intervals,
and many of the people of the
East Lake Community comprising
about 400 were employed by the
I lumber company.
The most recent company own
ing the property was the Dgre
Lumber Company, which built a
huge mill in Elizabeth City, where
logs were taken on barges. In the
early 20’s through a deal consum
mated by officials of the Pittsburg
Life and Trust Co., and the Dare
Lumber Company, the property
was sold to the Pittsburg CompanjT
for a million dolars. The action
broke the Trust Company and to
protect its policy holders and the
well-being of the insurance world,
the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company took over the 168,000
acres, its equipment, its Elizabeth
City mill, and the town of Buffalo
City.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company began some small devel
opment on the property, experi
mented with blueberries, built a
1 little hotel at Stumpy Point, sold
timber to the Duvall Bros. Mill at
Buffalo City, and paid taxes to
Dare County of about $17,000 a
year. Its officials played a large
part in promoting the building cf
the highway between Stumpy
Point and Engelhard, which was
completed in 1928, and paid for by
the counties of Hyde and Dare.
During the late 30’s a group of
Wall street promoters conceived
the idea of buying the property
of the Metropolitan and were
able to get the former widow of a
wealthy Arkansas Timber man to
back the venture. Mrs. Anna F.
Gilchrist Wells of New York put
up $40,000 to form the Dare Cor
poration, the property was bought
for $300,000, the Metropolitan re
tained a $260,000 first mortgage
on it. Nothing came of the Wall
Street promoter’s scheme, and Mrs.
Wells did nothing with the pro
perty except pay taxes.
Early in World War 11, Mrs.
Wells, passed on in Florida. She
disposed of her money and
jewels, newspapers said, before her
death, and her estate seemed to
have a lot of property and no cash.
! There were many claims against
her estate.
I Through a court action in which
• he was one of the plaintiff-credi
i tors' against the estate of Mrs.
• Wells, Fred Maloof was awarded
i the stock and assets of the Dare
; Corporations in settlement of his
• claim for services rendered Mrs.
, Wells over a long period in con
. nection with her property in the
> west. Mr. Maloof also acquired the
s deed of trust for more than *
I See LAND, Page Four
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