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VOLUME XVII! NO. 8 LOST COLONY TO CLOSE SEASON ON AUGUST 31 Many Tarheel History Stu dents Seeipg Drama ‘ During 12th Season Paul Green’s symphonic drama, The Lost Colony; now being shown for its 12th season at Waterside Theatre on Roanoke Island, will present its final performance for the.year on Sunday night, August 31. Until that time there will be performances every night except Monday, August 25. The drama this year has at tracted patrons from every state and many foreign countries. The drama has also attracted several hundreds of North Carolina his tory students who were given com plimentary passes to the show. More than 1,500 4-H Club mem bers have attended the show this year. They came from counties throughout the state. Many of the persons seeing the show this season had witnessed performances during previous years. One new scene, an Indian attack on Fort Raleigh, has added much to the second act and won the acclaim of all who have seen it. During this exciting scene, through clever work of techni cians, the fort in which the col onists have taken refuge is set afire. This scene is also a turning point in the drama’s love interest, as Eleanor Dare’s husband, Cap tain Ananias Dare, is slain, by the Indians and from there on out his widow and John Borden lead the group of colonists until they march away into the wilderness at the drama’s finale. By the end of the current sea son more than 600,000 persons will have seen The Lost Colony. The drama’s premiere was on July 4, 1907. It v as not shown during four war years. It is now the world’s longest-lived outdoor drama and it tells the story in pantomine, song and the spoken word of Sir Walter Raleigh’s ill-fated attempts to es tablish a colony in the New World that became America, and of an unsolved history mystery. DARE SCHOOLS WILL OPEN SEPTEMBER 3 First Graders Must Present Birth Certificate; Teach ers Announced All schools in Dare County will open Wednesday, September 3. Parents are reminded that all children entering the first grade must be six years old by October 1. The attorney-general has ruled that if a child’s birthday'falls on October 2, the child is eligible to enter, but under no conditions, will children whose birthdays come aft er October 2, be allowed to enter until the following schoof year. A beginning first grader must pre sent a birth certificate before he can be enrolled. Due to- the acute shortage of teachers there is still one vacancy in the county. The superintendent hopes to have this filled before the opning of schools. Teachers for the 1952-53 school term are: Manteo A. O. Ayers, Principal, Mrs. Willis Pearce, Mrs. Bertie S. Ward, Mrs. Essie N. Wescott, Mrs. Jennie B. Davis, Wayland H. Fry, L. G. Finch, Mrs. Jean T. Ward, Mrs. Matilda Inge, Mrs. Mary D. Meekins, Miss Bonnybel Evans, Mrs. H. R. Ashmore. Avon T. G. Wilson, Mrs. Mildred S. ’arks. Kitty Hawk R. B. Cobb, Principal, Miss Alyce Sumrell, Mrs. Elizabeth At cins, Mrs. Irene B. Midgett, Mrs. j’annie Lee Kessinger. John Mil- er. Manns Harbor A. L. Mercer, Principal, Miss Jallie Jones, Mrs. Bettie Twiford. See SCHOOLS, Page Ten )ARE AUTUMN BUSINESS PROSPECTS LOOK GOOD September and October business dong the Dare Coast will be >est in the history of the resort f present reservations from per 10ns planning vacation trips heie it that time is any indication. Host of the beach hotels will re nain open throughout September .nd some will remain open until ate October or throughout the winter season. One of the big at ractions planned for the autumn eason is the Surf Casting Con ests sponsored by the newly or ganized Nags Head Surf Fishing Hub. The fishing contest, expected o attract many organized clubs ,ere will be held October 3, 4 and 1 .. ■ j THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA ISLANDERS IN PRIZE WINNING LOST COLONY PHOTO Mt Kk Ab I jraLTl%OLr W BMKMIf JI ■ J ik JKmC ra JF MaQg i W ’ wop- Hr JBfISSIF'A. v'’ 1 • ‘ I i&B HBOOh illil B ' z: Hil s' ISr* V •IT i iHMH KB. 'JuramMWi. wTXX jk sJf i MMJM. Bi z wk ' IHI .z y , z wl Un •MrA j Three Roanoke Islanders ancFlhe female lea 1 of the drama, posed for this prize winning Max Tharpe photograph which won first prize in the annual Press Photographers Rehearsal of The Lost Colony this year. Tharpe, a Statesville free-lancer, also won first prize in 1951 with a closeup of Barbara Grif fith who plays the role of Eleanor Dare. The islandersin this photo with Barbara Griffith are Sarah Alfor d, Ruth Flowers and Marie Etheridge. The picture was made during the India nattack on Fort Raleigh, a new scene added to the play this, year and the characters in the picture are expressing fear during the attack. The first prize was SIOO.OO (Lost Colony Photo by Max Tharpe) LIVELY WEEKEND IN OFFING FOR DARE This will be one of the livliest week ends of the summer season for Nags Head according to things to do, now planned. Nags Head’s Club Casino will present Charlie Spivak and his in ternationally famous musit mak ers. The Shrine Club of Dare will also have a special dance for mem bers and their invited guests fea turing a well-known orchestra and also a floor show by members of Lost Colony cast. Andrew Griffith, the serious Sir Walter of the sym phonic drama, will be head man of the floor show featuring talent from the drama. It will be the second floor show of the season to be presented at the Shrine Club by members of Lost Colony cast. On Roanoke Island, Saturday night and the current week end is expected to be one .of the big gest of the current season for Paul Green’s symphonic drama The Lost Colony. Already several large groups, some of them coming by the bus loads will be present for the Saturday nfght performance. Lost Colony Housing Secretary Helen Baum has stated that there will be adequate accommodations for persqns coming to stay 'over night. Accommodations for many scores of persons will be made available at the Roanoke Island 4-H Camp which by the week end will be closed fbr the season and the rooms and barracks they have been occupying being made avail able to overnight groups or in dividuals. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith of Manteo have charge of renting the rooms at the 4-H En campment. General Manager William Hardy has announced that while many See WEEKEND, Page Ten BLITHE SPIRIT TO BE PRESENTED MONDAY NIGHT Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” will be presAited Monday night, August 25, by members of the Lost Colony cast, starring Lillian Prince and Fred Young. The fan tastic comedy, which is being li rected by Victor Michalak, will be staged in the Dare County Shrine Club, and will begin at 8:15. The public is invited to at tend. A nominal admission charge will be made. NEW BRIDGE SHORTENS TRAVEL TIME BETWEEN NAGS HEAD MANTEO Vacationists coming to Roanoke Island and the Dare beaches this summer have found one great im provement which has shortened and made safer the drive from Nags Head and Manteo. This is the new all-concrete State High way bridge. Formerly it was a half hours trip to Nags Head from Manteo. With the new bridge, the distance and time required to make the trip has been reduced to a matter of minutes. Actually the' distance between! the island and the ocean resorts has not been reduced, but in re cent years, due to a dilapidated wooden bridge the time of travel was considerably more than at the preesent when the bridge with its concrete decking is actually the best driving along the route. The new bridge spans Roanoke Sound., As a result of the new bridge Manteo is getting a larger bulk of the beach resort business at many of the local firms, especially drug stores and food centers. NAVY MEN ESCAPE INJURY WHEN AUTO OVERTURNS! Two Navy ensigns, enroute to the beach for a holiday, met bad luck Saturday afternoon while southbound around the curve at Currituck courthouse. Miraculously they escaped serious injury. The car skidded, turned around and turned over the ditch across the road, and they were unable to get out of it until a wrecking truck had turned it over. Once on its feet motor was easily started, and the car was capable of opera tion. The car was a Chevrolet sedan, Maryland license No. 198-437. One of the occupants was R. B. Abernathy. The mishap oc curred during a rain at 2:30 p.m. BLUES PLENTIFUL ON COAST Bluefish, which attract more anglers to the North Carolina coast than any other species of fish, have been very plentiful in the waters of Oregon Inlet, Hat teras* Inlet and along the ocean surf during August. Scores of fish ing parties have caught hundreds of blues daily. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1952 MEETING IN COLUMBIA TO TALK BRIDGE TUES. President. C. Wallace Tatem of Columbia has called a meeting of ' the four-county road committee of I the Southern Albemarle Associa- I tion in Columbia at 11 a.m. on ! Tuesday, August 26. Likewise, a I meeting of other organizations and public officials is expected to be called jointly to seek a discus sion with the Governor at an early date toward building of bridges over Croatan Sound and Alligator River. BIGGEST FISH BEING LANDED BY WOMEN ■While women anglers are in the minority along the Dare coast this season they are still catching the most newsworthy and biggest fish. Mrs. Mary Black of Chillicothe, Ohio, started it all on June 4 when she hooked and brought to gaff a 97 pound cobia. It was the largest of its species ever taken by a wo man angler, bettering by more than 10 pounds, the previous all tackle record for women, for this species. She landed the cobia off Oregon Inlet. Latest news to be made by a woman angler was on Monday this week when Mrs. W ,T. Wilkins, Jr. of Piqua, Ohio, hooked and boated a 279-pound blue marlin in one hour and 15 minutes. She was fishing with Capt. Ernal Foster aboard his Gulf Stream cruiser Albatross 11, off Cape Hatteras. The big fish, measuring 10 feet, 7 inches from tip to tip and 47 inches around its girth, was taken on 39 thread line loaded on a 12/0 reel. She was using a glass rod with 14 ounce tip and the hook was baited with a whole mackerel. Skip bait on the Albatross’ out rigger was a side of dolphin. Previously the first blue marlin of the season to be taken along the North Carolina coast, also was taken by a woman. Mrs. Ross H. Walker of Richmond was the an gler and she too was fishing from Capt. Ernal Foster’s Albartoss 11, in the Gulf Stream off Hatteras. Her marlin weighed 367’*6 pounds, was 10 feet, 10 inches long with a 52 inch girth. It took Mrs. Wal ker four "hours and 20 minutes to land her marlin. Another woman’s world record in angling was made during June See ANGLERS, Page Ten STATE UPHOLDS CONTRACT FOR SEASHORE PARK Murphy Resignation Boomer angs Against Opposing Force- in Raleigh The N. C. Council of State vot ed this week to abide by its con tract with the National Park Serv ice for establishment of a seashore park on the Outer Banks, despite opposition led by W. A. Worth, owner of the Bodie Island land, and numbering some 40 people from Dare County who journeyed to Raleigh. The resignation of J. L. Murphy of Kill Devil Hills from the N. C. Seashore Commission, apparently motivated from a dislike of Frank and David Stick, of Kitty Hawk, reached Raleigh about this time, and instead of discounting the park project, seemed to strength en the Council of State toward it. Murphy, it seemed, was pistoff because Huntington Cairns had not let him into his confidence as to the identity of the donor of $618,000 for buying lands, a sum which the state has matched. Mr. Cairns, a lawyer himself, is not given to revealing confidential matters. Mr. Cairns of course, turns out to be an innnocent bystander. It appears he knew us the donor, but the Sticks had no connection with the donation. The object in keep ing the matter secret so long ap pears to have been to avoid an avalanche of requests from other sources, with which the donating foundation did not wish to be pes tered. Announcement is being made today by the Park Service as to the source of the gift. Major Murphy, who shortly be fore his appointment to the Com mission, had been more or less in different to the park, was highly appreciative of this political pre ferment, and entered into the proposition with a great deal of zeal and energy. He had pronounc ed opinions about the proposition, some of which he has aired at length in this week’s newspapers. For several years he was employ ed as an engineer working with the project during the days when See PARK, Page Ten BONNER WEIGHS ADVANTAGES OF SEASHORE PARK Congressman Explains Fea tures That Will Make For Future Benefit of All Ocracoke, August 20—Congress man Herbert C. Bonner spent sev eral vacation days at Ocracoke last week, resting and enjoying some successful sport fishing. On Thursday night he gave Ocracoke residents the opportunity to ask questions about the pro posed National Seashore Park, and expressed his own favorable view point of the project for Ocracoke. Speaking informally in the school recreation hall to about a hundred people, he stated that the estab lishment of the Park would pre vent private ownership of the land from . curtailing the use of the ocean beach and the hunting and fishing privileges which the Is landers and the general public now enjoy, and at the same time bring in the “tourist dollar” to provide greater income in various occupa tions. He pointed out particularly that the original Act of Congress, passed in 1938, specifically guar anteed protection of fishing and hunting rights to the residents and the public. He stated that certain ly some sacrifices would be in volved on the part of individuals giving up land for Park use, and for those now grazing cattle on the Banks, but expressed the view point that the benefits would far outweigh these sacrifices. He men tioned the probable protection and benefits of the Park Service in the matter of erosion control, and in the upkeep of the large Navy docks in Silver Lake -harbor. He pointed out that the right to es tablish “village limits” within which the Park doees not officiate, was left to the residents and that such limits would naturally include expansion areas. . After a brief talk, Congressman Bonner answered questions pro pounded by the residents, and when unable to give specific in formation asked for later written inquiries. Mr. iHbnner left his home in Washington, N. C., Monday of this week for'the west coast, where he will preside over sub-committee hearings. He is chairman of the sub-committee dealing with waste ful practices of our armed forces. Efforts are directed toward estab lishing a unified purchase and supply system. THIS ANSWERS THE QUESTION— WHO GAVE MONEY FOR THE PARK? Secretary’ of the Interior Chapman announc ed Thursday in Washington that the Old Domin ion Foundation and the Avalon Foundation do nated $618,000 for the purchase of land for Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area. Both foundations were created by children of the late Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury under President Hoover. The Old Dominion Foun dation, a Virginia charitable and educational foundation was created by Paul Mellon. The Ava lon Foundation, a Delaware charitable trust was established by Mrs. Aisla Mellon Bruce Recently Chapman announced that $1.236,000 was avail able for the purchase of lands for the Seashore Recreational Area as an addition to the National Park System. He said then that the names of the donors of the private funds would not be disclosed and that the state had matched their gift. Today he said the donated funds have been accepted and deposited in the United States Treasury’. He add ed that under an agreement dated July 15 with the State, a land acquisition office has been establish ed by the Tsational Park Service at Manteo and acquisition of lands is under way. GUM NECK GROWS AS MODERN ROADS AND POWER COME Tyrrell County's Largest Community Shows Value of Go Forward Pro gram The large and prosperous com munity of Guni Neck, largest ru ral community in Tyrrell County, having some six to eight hundred inhabitants, is showing many signs of new progress and more enjoyable living that has come since the “Go Forward” movement reached it. See GL'M NECK, Page Four »_ DANIELS REUNION HELD IN WANCHESE Approximately 250 members of the clan attended the annual re union of the Daniels family in Wanchese Tuesday afternoon. Melvin R. Daniels of Wanchese and Manteo, head of the clan, pre sided at a meeting of the group which filled the Wanchese Metho dist Church to capacity. Archie Daniels of Draper made the address at the meeting, his subject being “The Value of Friendship.” He stated that fam ily reunions such as the Daniels reunion held each year here was an example of friendship. Present from Raleigh were Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Daniels and their daughters, Adelaide and Mary Cleves of Raleigh and Mr. and Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Jr. The late Josephus Daniels attend ed the reunion here until the time of his death. He had said his fore bears came from Wanchese. Recognition \v;as paid to the old est and youngest members of the clan present. Mrs. Lucetta Dan iels Montague, 85, was the oldest person present. Her great-grand child, Lillie Daniels, four-months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vic tor Daniels of Wanchese was the youngest. The Daniels who came the long est distance to attend the reunion was Dr. William L. Daniels from the State of Maine. Following the meeting in the church, an old-fashioned picnic dinner was held under the pines on the church ground. Mrs. Dallas Daniels Tillett, director of music, presented a musical program, and another member of the clan, Frank Harris of Elizabeth City gave the invocation during the formal pro gram. DESCENDANT OF FIRST GOVERNOR SEES DRAMA Raleigh-born Dr. William L. White, member of the surgical staff at the University of Pitts burgh and his three children, Jeffrey, Bill and Deborah, attended a performance of Paul Green’s symphonic drama, The Lost Col ony, recently. It was the first time the physician had seen the show and it was of special significance to him because the geneological records of his family show that he is a direct descendant of Governor John White, the artist and car tographer, who was with the group of colonists making expeditions to Roanoke Island in the New World during 1584 and later in 1587. Governor White of The Lost Col ony this year is played by Ainslee Pryor of Raleigh’s Little Theatre group. Dr. White left Dare Friday morning. During his stay at Nags Head, he visited the home of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Barach, also of the .University Medical staff, who own the handsome estate, “Mountain Hill Farm,” on Roanoke Island. Single Copy 7t iW’NCHESE SHRIMP PLANT STANDS AT BID OF THE R. F. C. Government Agency Bids $7,000 for Property Cost ing $60,000; No Up setters Appear The four-year-old shrimp plant erected near Davis landing at Wan ichese has become the property of | the Reconstruction Finance Cor poration which lent upwards of $30,000 to enable it to be builty Henry Albert of New York erected , the plant, and obtained part of his capital from the government ’ lending agency. The loan was i based largely on the proposed ad i vantage the plant would be to the fishing industry in eastern North Carolina, and to local labor which was avid for employment. It is said that more than $60,000 was invested in the property. For a time it was in operation, em ploying many people, and provid ing a market for shrimp. It wap the plan of the operator to bring shrimp from as far as the Gulf of Mexico for processing. This project was looked upon with some doubt by old hands at the game. Several large buildings are on the property, including a freezer locker and storage room costing an estimated $30,000. At the sale of the property in | late July, it brought no bidders. It was knocked down for $7,000, a fraction of the amount of the mortgage held by the RFC. No one appeared within ten days to upset the bid, so it becomes the I property of the RFC. MANY WIN DEGREES AT EAST CAROLINA Many Coastal Carolinians won degrees at Commencement Exer cises Friday at East Carolina Col lege, Greenville. There were 168 in all. From Roanoke Island were Grady Gaskill of Wanchese, and Mrs. Milah P. Meekins, wife of C. S. Meekins, who won the degree ?f Bachelor of Science. She teaches in Wanchese school. Others win ning this degree were: Mark H. Moore, Jr., Bath; Edward leynolds, Creswell; Isabella O’Neal, Ocra coke; Anne House .Plymouth; Elizabeth Walston Forbes .Shiloh Master of Arts Degrees were won by Mrs. Nell Wise Wechter of Stumpy Point, who is a teacher of several years service; S. D. O’Neal of Middlesex, teacher in Engelhard school; Phillip Meekins of Stumpy Point, teacher at South Mills, son of Mr. and Mrs. Garland E. Meekins. FORMER WANCHESE BOY IS KILLED IN BOSTON WRECK William Dempsey Payne, 30, formerly of Wanchese, was the victim of an automobile wreck in Boston, Mass., at five o’clock last Friday afternoon. Funeral services were held in Boston at two o’clock Monday afternoon. Mr. Payne, who was a retired Coast Guardsman, is survived by his father, Corbett Payne of Wan chese; his wife, Dorothy and one son, W. D., Jr., both of Boston; five brothers, Clarence Payne, Cor bett Payne, Jr., Jarvis, Ronny and Don Payne, all of Wanchese; and one sister, Mrs. Norman Paquette, of Oxford, Mass. Mr. Payne was the son of Cor bett Payne and the late Volantille Etheridge Payne of Wanchese. He had lived for a number of years in Dorchester, Mass. He was only recently remarried.
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