VOLUME XVII NO. 52
SIOO,OOO FUND
APPROVED FOR
FAR CREEK JOB
Waterway Improvement at
Engelhard Would Provide
12-Foot Channel
The Senate Appropriations com
nittee this week voted SIOO,OOO
? or the deepening of Far Creek
nto Engelhard to make it con
’orm with the inland waterway,
tom Pamlico Sound, and if the
louse and Senate concur in this
•ffort, there will be a 12-foot chan
lel made available to shipping in
erests of this Hyde County town.
The measure was approved
argely because it was represented
t is essential to the farming in
erests of Hyde and Tyrrell Coun
ies, and such improvement will no
loubt play a large part in the de
velopment of Engelhard as a grain
enter, where already large term
nal faciiitiese have been built.
At the time the SIOO,OOO was
oted intc the bill, the Senate Com
littee restored $840,000 to the
lerr Dam at Buggs Island where
he Government is developing elec
rical generating facilities under
he guise of flood control.
On behalf of the Engelhard
roject, Senator Willis Smith put
ito the record letters from the
f. C. Farm Bureau Federation and
a Hyde County unit. These and
ther letters pleaded that the
irmers of Hyde and Tyrrell
ounty depend solely on truck and
arge transportation since they
ave no railroad. It was set forth
lat a number of industries in the
rea would be helped by deepening
lar Creek by two or three feet.
I Industries at the present time
■elude several saw mills, grain
■rminals, plants for handling fish,
ftrsters, fertilizers, ets.
I The favorable action this week
I a considerable step in the pro
wess of this project. Os course it
lust pass both the House and
senate.
lax rate is cut
\n HYDE COUNTY;
iUDGET IS FIXED
■mourn for 1952-53 Set at
15232,772;I $232,772; New Rate $1.90;
I Former Rate $2.05
Bp —•
■ Some improvement is general-
I noted in the new budget set
■> this week by the Hyde county
B>ard of Commissioners and
Bod news to the taxpayer, is
■at 15 cents has been lopped off
le rate paid last year. A rate
I $1.90 has been set up as surffi
■nt supplement to funds from
■her sources to carry on the
Irk.
■Some small increases were
Hted in requirements of the
Bowing schools of the county,
Bt decreases in some depart
ftnts of the schools. Some in
ftases in welfare requirements,
Bt economical administration
|| Welfare as compared with
Bier counties is noted. Chief
Bving was due to lower require
ftnts of debt service funds,
ftde is gradually paying off its
Bnded indebtedness.
■The lower tax rate of $1.90 for
Is forthcoming fiscal year is
Ised on the 1951 valuation, al
ftugh the 1952 valuation now
Bing tabulated is expected to
ftw some increase. The 1951
lluation was $5,665,415.
■The total sum required to run
ft county, this time will be
■2,772.05. The money comes
Hm many sources, but less than
ftf is paid directly from ad va-
Heum taxes.
■The total amount of taxes to be
stied is $107,632.88. The remain
ft of a Quarter million dollars
Hd better comes from state and
■deral aid grants; receipts from
ftr taxes, intangible taxes, back
Kes, and several minor sources
| revenue.
■Briefly, the county require
ftnts set up are as follows:
Hneral Fund, $22,236.00: Poor
■nd $15,812.00; Health $2,834.-
H Forest fire prevention, $2,-
■.00; Agricultural Department,
■765; County Accountant fund,
■585.00; Old Age Assistance,
■,500; Aid to Dependent Chil
■n. $27,840.00; APTD fund, $7,-
■.00: Revaluation fund, $8,300.-
1 County Debt Service, $37,-
■.00: School current expenses,
B,920.00; School capital outlay,
■,450.00.
■'or the administration of the
ftlfare office in the county,
Bich shows careful manage
ftnt, as mentioned before, the
■owing amounts are set up.
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THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
BELOVED KITTY HAWK COUPLE MARRIED 50 YEARS
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MR. and MRS. A. D. TILLETT celebrated their Golden Wedding at
their home in Kitty Hawk on Friday, June 6, when their children
entertained for them. More than 100 guests called during the evening.
Hosts and hostesses were Mr. and Mrs. Avery Tillett and Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Tillett of Kitty Hawk; Mr. and Mrs. Clay Tillett of Vir
ginia Beach; and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hamilton of Sea Level.
Guests were greeted at the door by Jackie Tillett and Martha
Leary, granddaughter and great granddaughter of the couple.
The five-tiered wedding cake topped with miniature bride and
bridegroom was the centerpiece on the dining table which was laid
with a gold-colored linen cloth, and was cut by Mr. and Mrs. Tillett.
The hostesses served the cake with punch, mints and salted nuts.
A profusion of mixed summer flowers was used throughout the house.
The bride of fifty years was dressed in a navy blue with shoul
der corsage of gold-colored roses. Four of the six attendants at the
wedding which took place at Kitty Hawk in 1902 were present, these
being Will Tillett, Mrs. Ella O’Neal, Zenith Perry and Mrs. Polly
Harris. Rev. J. P. Tingle, pastor of the Kitty Hawk Primitive Baptist
Church, made a short address of welcome, and Rev. W. J. Freeman,
pastor of the Kitty Hawk Methodist Church, led in prayer.
Besides three sons and a daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Tillett have nine
grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
125 ATTEND RADIO
BROADCASTERS MEET
AT CAROLINIAN HOTEL
The annual meeting of the North
Carolina Association of Radio
Broadcasters is in session at Nags
Hea'd, with the Carolinian Hotel
as headquarters. This is the sec
ond successive year the convention
has been held at Nags Head. Get
ting off to a start Thursday, the
125 members in attendance and
their wives will be guests on Fri
day night at a special semi-dress
rehearsal of the Lost Colony at
Waterside Theatre on Roanoke Is-,
land. Saturday will be devoted to
election of officers and other busi
ness. Pat Patterson of Washing,
N. C., is president of the Associa
tion, and general convention chair
man.
MRS. MAGGIE MIDGETT
OF MANNS HARBOR DIES
One of Manns Harbor’s finest
women, widow of a prominent and
beloved man, the late Robert L.
Midgett, died at her home Tuesday
after a long illness. She was a
lifelong resident of Dare County
and the daughter of the late Dan
iel and Abbie Hayman.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock
at the home. Burial was in the
Midgett Cemetery. Mrs. Midgett
was born at Kitty Hawk and a
resident at Manns Harbor for the
last 70 years, and a member of
the Manns Harbor Methodist
Church. Surviving are two sons,
Clarence L. and Ray L. Midgett,
both of Manns Harbor; one daugh
ter, Mrs. Tressie Gard of Manns
Harbor; two sisters, Mrs. Sallie
Gard and Mrs. Mary D. Midgett
of Manns Harbor; one brother,
Jeff Hayman of Wanchese.
PARROT LIKE BIRD
SEEN IN DARE FOREST
Stumpy Point.—David Lawrence
timber cruising on the Dare main
land saw a bird in the swampy
woodland three miles from Stumpy
Point on Tuesday which he said
all the colors of a parrot.
This brought up the question
again, does the Carolina Paroquet,
supposedly extinct for many years,
continue to exist in tlje great wood
lands of this coastal county. Once
the Ivory Billed Woodpecker was
supposed to have been extinct un
til a small flock of them was dis
covered in the Louisiana swamps
a few years ago—Ken Ward, Dare
fish and game guide had reported
two years ago that he thought he
had seen a parrot in the big woods
of Dare County, blit It was never
* substantiated.
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THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF
AMBERJACK ARE REELED IN
Thousands of pounds of Am
-11 berjack, a Gulf Stream variety
> of game fish which attract many
| anglers to the Dare Coast from
Nags Head and Wanchese south
i ward to Hatteras Village each
. summer, have been caught dur
s ing the past few days.
I It has not been considered
• anything out of the ordinary for
; a half dozen anglers aboard a
- charter boat catching up to 50
• ’jack averaging 20 or more
1 pounds per fish.
On Sunday alone an estimated
• 5,000 pounds of these sports fish
were caught. In the old days
anglers, or many of them, did
not bother to take amberjack
home. That was before they dis
covered that an amberjack steak
costs them considerably less than
i prime western beef, and if you
like seafood you’ll enjoy the flesh
: of amberjack.
I R. E. Rollason, W. S. Perry, G.
. W. Privott, R. M. Young and Bill
r Phelps of Norfolk fishing with
i Capt. Willie Etheridge, Jr., of
' Wanchese on Sunday brought in
■ 51 ’jack. On the same day an
other Norfolk party out in the
I blue water aboard Capt. Omie
: Tillett’s Jerry Jr., landed 42 fish.
. This was Charles T. Fleear and
: party of six from Norfolk,
i On Monday Roy N. Bentley,
> Thomas J. Johnston, Cooper
! Johnston and Robert C. Folden
; of Due West, Va., and H. C. Kyn
, och of Roxboro, fishing the Gulf
, Stream near Diamond Shoals
• with Captain Tillett from aboard
; the Jerry Jr., landed 38 amber
i jack, and several weighed more
: than 25 pounds each.
, Amberjack are usually taken
in the vicinity of sunken ships
or near buoys. They are surface
feeders and will take a trolled
lure, but usually the lure is tow
' ed beneath the surface. Once the
’jack strikes, he will start sound
> ing for the botom and to bring
. one to gaff is no easy job.
' Feathers and spoons are used
r to lure the fish.
I
TAKES ROTC COURSE
|- I -
, Cadet Rey B. Guthrie, son of
, Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Guthrie of
• Manteo, a senior ROTC student
> at Wofford College, Spartanburg,
i S. C., is attending a six-weeks
ROTC Summer Camp at Fort Ben
- ning, Georgia, beginning June 18,
i 1852.
! Cadet Guthrie will participate in
I a variety of field exercises at the
» Ft. JBenning ROTC Camp, designed
i to develop further leadership abili
r ty and increase his technical
knowledge.
MANTEO, N. C„ FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1952
OREGON INLET FERRY
SERVICE INADEQUATE
FOR TOURIST TRAFFIC
Rodanthe.—North Carolina has
built America’s “first real ocean
highway,, between Nags Head and
Hatteras and .the pavement is such
that traffic can pass over the
route without experiencing diffi
culty.
“But so far the State has not
improved the ferry service, even
though additional schedules have
been added and effors are being
made by the ferry operators to
move all autos carrying tourists
and Hatteras Island residents over
the water link of the highway.”
said Capt. Levine Midgett who
was one of the original proponents
for paving the trackless-roadless
trails on this island.
“On Sunday,” said Captain Mid
gett, “there was so much traffic
and so many automobiles in line
waiting for ferries that many per
sons were delayed several hours
in returning to the mainland, or
the upper banks of Nags Head.”
“We had more off island auto
mobiles on Hatteras last Sunday
than ever before, and the summer
season is just beginning. As time
goes along there will be an in
crease in the number of persons
trying to make the trip down
here.” he stated. “Our greatest
number of summer visitors will
be here during late July and
through Augues.”
Captain Midgett is of the opin
ion that as the State built the
present highway that has opened
the once isolated island and its
seven communities to tourists, the
officials should have anticipated
the travel to this area and created
an Oregon Inlet ferry system that
will serve the public.
“North Carolina’s advertising di
vision has done a good job in tel
ling the world about Hatteras Is
land, and it seems that just about
every tourist in the country wants
to come down here. Now that we
have a paved road, the problem
of ferrage across the Inlet has
become what some term as a criti
cal situation.” he concluded.
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SECOND SAILFISH OF
SEASON LANDED OFF
HATTERAS TUESDAY
Hatteras.—John Laskey of
Washington, D. C., who came to
Hatteras to fish exclusively for
blue marlin, raised four on Mon
day, but failed to get either of
the giants to take the whole mack
erel bait that was being trolled in
the wake of Capt. Ernal Foster’s
Gulf Stream cruiser, Albatross.
On Tuesday he landed a sailfish,
a speclman weighing 47 pounds
and measuring 6 foot eleven inch
es from tip to tip. The sail, second
to be landed in Hatteras waters
this year from aboard the Alba
tross, was taken with the marlin
bait.
His sail was 11 inches longer
than the first caught this year
along the North Carolina coast.
The first sail of the season was
a 6-footer landed by James E.
Beatley of Richmond, Ya.
PRE-INDUCTEES MAY
ENLIST THROUGH JUNE
Men who have received their
pre-induction physicals and have
not received notice to go for final
indußtion may enlist in the branch
of service of their choice until
June 30, according to T-Sgt. Elmo
Leßlanc, Army-Air Force Recruit
ing sergeant stationed in Wash
ington, N. C.
The local Army-Air Force Re
cruiting station is open from 8 to
5 o’clock Monday through Friday.
Sgt. Leßlanc stated that as soon
a scircumstances permitted, he
would again make periodic visits
to outlying towns in both Beaufort
and Hyde counties.
FOUND FISHING GOOD
IN DARE COAST WATERS
During their two weeks vaca
tion here at Kill Devil Hills, the
Lawrence Owen and Ernest Stil
ler families of Salisbury, N. C.,
were amazed at the variety and
number of fishes that swin in
local waters.
Their total take of large mouth
bass during their vacation was
92 and their fresh water score
made in Kitty Hawk Bay also
included 25 white perch and 16
blue gill bream. Trolling from
the bridge on the Manteo high
way these two Salisgury fami
lies caught a mixed bag of 12
striped bass and . trout, and dur
ing two days of fishing from
an ocean pier they reeled in 104
blues. They caught so many fish
of so many varieties, that they
did not keep a record of the
croakers, pigfish, sea mullet and
flounders, it was stated.
RECORD CHANNEL BASS
IS LANDED AT WAVES
Waves.—A 53V4 pound channel
■bass landed in the surf at Waves
on May 21 by Amelia Ballance of
Buxton, is scheduled to become the
world record fish for its species
to ever be landed by a woman
angler on 25 pound test line, it
is reported here.
A 75 M> pound channel bass land
ed by Lieutenant B. R. Ballance
her father, in 1939 was an all
tackle world record for more than
10 years. He landed his fish at the
Point of Cape Hatteras.
The International Game Fish As
sociation is the authority for the
new record. When officials of the
association learned that Miss Bal
lance, currently a nurse in De-
Paul’s Hospital at Norfolk but a
former Coast Guard Spar had land
ed the big fish on 25-pound test
line they contacted her for all de
tails in order that the record bay
be authenticated.
Miss Ballance was surfcasting in
a slough close by the rustied hulk
of a World War II LST that had
wrecked in the breakers here sev
eral years ago when she larded
her big fish. It measured 5314
Inches from tip to tip and its girth
was 3014 inches around, according
to' Lieutenant Ballance. She was
using a glass casting rod and her
hook was baited with mullet when
she made the catch.
This is the second world record
fish to be landed by a woman in
Dare waters this season. Two
weeks ago, Mrs. Mary Black of
Chillicothe, Ohio, landed a 97
pound cobia while trolling at the
western edge of the Gulf Stream
southeast of Oregon Inlet. This
was an all-tackle record for wo
men, the previous record being an
8014 pounder.
Both of the record fishes of Dare
foi this season are now being au
thenticated by Miss Francesca La-
Monte, secretary of the Interna
tional Game Fish Association.
BARKING DOGS IN MANTEO
KEEP FOLKS AWAKE NIGHTS
There has been much complaint
for some time about dogs running
loose on the streets of Manteo.
Chief of Police M. C. Mitchell
calls attention to the town ordin
ance on dogs. The ordinance reads
as follows:
“All dogs shall be kept off the
streets unless accompanied by the
owner. If dogs are on the street
at large they shall be picked up
and placed in a pound until the
owner calls for them and pays a
fee for the care of the dog while
in the pound, this fee to be SI.OO
for the first three days, or any
part thereof and 50<* a day there
after.”
MRS. DELLA M. ROLLINSON
Mrs. Della Meekins Rollinson,
79, of Hatteras, died last Wednes
day in the Beacon Nursing Home
in Manteo following a long ill
ness. She was a native of Dare
County, the daughter of Moses
and Louisa Meekins. Surviving are
two daughters, Mrs. Fred Stowe
and Mrs. Lettie Gautier, both of
Hatteras; two sons, Homer Rol
linson of Norfolk and Neye Rol
linson of Hatteras; two sisters,
Mrs. Sallie Austin and Mrs. Mag
gie*Austin, both of Hatteras.
Funeral services for Mrs. Rollin
son were conducted Friday after
noon at 2 o’clock in the Hatteras
Methodist Church with the Rev.
W. B. Gregory, pastor, officiating,
assisted by the Rev. G. R. Thomas,
pastor of the Assembly of God
Ghurch of Hatteras.
God Will Take Care of You and
Old Rugged Cross were sung by
the church choir with Mrs. Da
mond Gray accompanying at the
piano.
The casket was covered with a
pall of pink and white carnations,
and fern.
, Pallbearers were Charlie Bal
lance, Roy McCarter, Lewis Gau
ier, Damond Gray, Jr., Hal Gray,
and Dexter stowe.
Burial followed in the Rollinson
Cemetery at Frisco.
DARE TOURIST BUREAU
URGES STATE IMPROVE
OREGON INLET SERVICE
Directors Hold Meetin
Adopted Shows Incrc
Year.
WILKINSON ADDRESSES
DARE CO. REPUBLICANS
Washington Attorney Extolls Par
ty Virtues and Belabors New
Deal and Fair Deal
The evils of today in our na
tional life were laid in vigorous
words at the doors of the New
Deal and Fair Deal administra
tions of Roosevelt and Truman,
by John A. Wilkinson, prominent
Washington, N. C. attorney and
party leader in a Republican rally
in the courthouse in Manteo Wed
nesday night.
The meeting, arranged by Coun
ty Chairman V. G. Williams
brought only 25 people to hear
him. Represented at the meeting
were East Lake with one or two,
Avon with several and Wanchese
with several people present. East
Lake and Avon were former
strongholds of the party.
Wilkinson scored the Republi
cans who had deserted their party
to take jobs under the New Deal,
all the way down from U. S. Mar
shall to foreman of WPA gangs.
He said the only way to sanity in
Government now is to turn down
Truman and his party.
The amazing thing about the
rally was not the few people who
were present, for the Republican
party died in Dare County during
the New Deal and "WPA days. It
was the remarkable versatility and
energy of the speaker, Wilkinson.
Never in many a day has an aud
ience in Dare County heard a po
litical speech so vigorous, so con
vincingly prepared and so ably
presented. The group marvelled at
the ability of the man to talk for
an hour without loss for words,
without groping for a fact, with
out incorrectly stating a name. As
the speaker said: “My friends tell
me I have thrown away my career
by not being a democrat; but I
am fighting for a principle.
A visitor at the meeting was
Sheriff B. Ray Cahoon of Colum
bia, one of the Republican stal
warts of the district.
BRIDGES TO ORGANIZE
RADIO OPERATORS
Wanchese Man, Former Navy Ra
dioman Appointed Emergency
Coordinator by Radio
Relay League
Holmes O. Bridges, W4QZT,
P. O. Box 146, Wanchese, North
Carolina has been selected to set
up an organization of local ama
teur radio operators prepared to
furnished organized emergency
communication in time of disaster,
it was announced today by Com
munications Manager F. E. Handy
of the American Radio Relay
League, national association of
radio amateurs.
Bridges’ assignment, which car
ries the title of Emergency Co
ordinator, is to band together mem
bers of the amateur radio service
in his community to perfect ar
rangements for emergency radio
communication by hams in the e
vent of natural disasters or other
emergencies. In addition to use of
normal station equipment working
from commercial power, amateur
stations using sJlf-powered radio
transmitting and receiving equip
ment are needed. Mr. Bridges, as
ARRL Emergency Coordinator,
will call local meetings of ama
teurs, establish common operating
procedures, and arrange regular
drill periods when the hams’ per
sonal stations may be mobilized
under simulateed emergency con
ditions.
In announcing the appointment,
Handy pointed out that radio ama
teurs have traditionally had the
responsibility of being in constant
readiness to offer assistance in
time of need with ham-acquired
skill, emergency-powered transmit
ters and a wealth of community
spirit. “When sleet storms disrupt
telephone and telegraph service,
or floods isolate whole communit
ies,” the League’s Communica
tions Manager said, “it is amateur
radio that comes to the rescue
with operators and self-powered
equipment, often as the sole agency
able to transmit messages calling
on the outside world for aid for the
stricken community.
“To be prepared for this func-
See BRIDGES. Pare Eight
Single Copy It
ig at Hatteras; Budget
ease of $4,000 Over Last
By AYCOCK BROWN
■ Dare County Tourist Bureau di
rectors meeting in the At
lantic View Hotel at Hatteras this
week were given a complete res
ume of the organization’s activi
ties for the period since it began
functioning last October 15. The
Bureau’s budget for the coming
year (beginning October 1) was
increased $4,000 over the current
year and the directors present dis
cussed the present Oregon Inlet
ferry situation, adopted a resolu
tion requesting that the State
Highway and Public Works Com
mission provide better service, and
sent a copy of the resolution to
the Board of Dare County Com
missioners which had already this
month requested improved service.
A report on the financial condi
tions of the organization at the
present time was given by Secre
tary Treasurer David Stick who
reported that the first year’s bud
get of SIO,OOO had been pledged in
full and was collectable on or about
July 1. A list of all individuals
and firms which have invested in
the Tourist Bureau program’s to
, handle tourist matters and publi
city for the area on an impartial
basis, was presented at the meet
ing. Many of the investors have
firms which do considerable busi
been non-residents of Dare, but
ness in the area. A cooperative
plan for an exchange of informa
tion between the bureau and the
various chambers of commerce in
the county was adopted, in order
that there will be no overlapping
in the future canvasses for opera
tion funds from investors and po
tential investors.
Meeting with the directors were
members of the County Board of
Commissioners and several invest
ors in the program from Hatteras
Island. Commissioner James Scar
borough reported to the directors
that the ferry service over Ore
gon Inlet was completely inade
quate and that the Bureau supple
ment a previous resolution from
the Dare commissioners asking
that better service be provided.
Such a resolution adopted and will
be presented in person by members
cf the Tourist Bureau asking that
immediate steps be taken to trans
fer the standby ferry from Croatan
Sound to the Oregon Inlet run
and to increase the present sche
dules and service across the inlet
beginning at 6 a. m. in the morn
ing, running continuous trips un
til 8 p.m. in the evening with an
additional single round trip at
night.
A report on the routine activi
ties of the manager and news di
rector of the Tourist Bureau was
presented during the meeting.
The meeting was presided over
by Lawrence Swain, president and
present were the following officers,
directors and others: M. L. Burrus,
vice president, David Stick, secre
tary-treasurer, B. M. Hedrick, Ed
gar Perry, Dan Harris, Gordon
Kellogg, A. H. Gray, D. Q. Oden
and W. H. McCown, directors; Ay
cock Brown, manager, Hallett Per
ry, James Scarborough and Al
bert Austin, County Commissione
rs, and the following: George Ful
ler, B. R. Ballance, J. E. Derrick,
Lloyd Scarborough, D. E. Mason
and Charles Gray.
MANTEO BOY TO GO
OVERSEAS WITH ARMY
Camp Rucker, Ala.—Private
First Class Carlton A. Etheridge,
Manteo, North Carolina, has been
ordered to a port of embarkation
for overseas duty.
He has been serving here with
the 47th “Viking” Infantry Divi
sion.
GOVERNOR-ELECT UMSTEAD
TO BE AT DRAMA OPENING
The twelfth season of Paul
Green’s symphonic drama, “The
Lost Colony," will be officially
opened on Saturday night, June 28,
at 8:15 o’clock by Governor-elect
William B. Umstead, who will be
present for the opening ceremon
ies.
LEAVES FOR FLORIDA 1
Roger Meekins left Friday for
1 Mac Dill Air Force Base. Tamna
Fla., where he will undergo a
four-week R. O. T. C. training
Deriod