VOLUME XVIII NO. 12
MARINE COUNCIL
ORGANIZED WED.
IN BELHAVEN
Annual 18th Session To Be
Held in Town Where Or
ganized in 1935
Representatives from 21 coast
al communities meeting in Bel
haven Wednesday afternoon en
thusiastically endorsed a move
ment spearheaded by W. Axson
Smith and Dr. W. T. Ralph dur
ing recent weeks, and organized
the North Carolina Coastal Ma
rine Council.
In the audience of 60 or more
persons were representatives of
communities as far south as Caro
lina Beach, as far west as Raleigh
and northward to Washington, D.
’ C.
Topping the list of speakers
during the program were Con
gressman Herbert C. Bonner, Au
brey Cavanaugh of Warsaw,
chairman of the water resources
division of the Board of Conser
vation and Development, W. H.
Riley of Raleigh, head of the con
servation divisions water resour
ces commission and representa
tives of the U. S. Army Engineers
office in Wilmington.
Dr. Ralph delivered a short
welcoming speech as the meeting
was caled to order by Smith. He
outlined the plans for forming
an organization that can put up
a solid front in the development
and improvements of harbors.
Congressman Bonner reminded
the adience that the Government
had not neglected waterway pro-
See COUNCIL, Page Eight
MAKE PLANS FOR
SOU. ALBEMARLE
MEET, COLUMBIA
Movement for Improvement
of Waterways Launched
With Enthusiasm
Tyrrell County’s Vice-president
of the Southern Albemarle As
sociation, Paul Liverman, called
a meeting of the officers from
Tyrrell Thursday night in order
to formulate plans for the en
tertainment of the Southern Al
bemarle Association in October.
Those present: Mr. Paul Liver
man, Mrs. C. W. Tatem, Mrs. Ju
lian H. Swain, Mrs. Julius A.
Spencer, Mrs. Effie A. Brick
’ house, Mrs. C. Earl Cohoon, Mrs.
E. J. Brickhouse, Mr. W. J. White,
Mrs. Borden McClees. The date
of the meeting was set for Octo
ber 30th, in Columbia, 11:00 A.
M. Place of meeting: The Colum
bia Theatre.
It was announced that Dr. Wil
liam RRRaRIRpRh aPrC, laWe
liam Ralph, Pres, of the Alliga
tor-Croatan Bridge Association,
had secred a conference with
Governor Scott and the Chmn. of
the Highway Commission at noon
cn Tuesday Sept. 23rd, at the
Highway Office in Raleigh. The
Bridge Committee of two, which
. was appointed at the last execu
tive meeting, from each of the
’ four counties, were urged to at
tend. Motion was made that the
Chmn. of County Commissioners
of each of the four Counties com
prising the Southern Albemarle
be invited to attend this confer
ence in Raleigh. The following
Committee were appointed: Mr.
C. W. Tatum to secure speaker
for the occasion: Mr. C. W. Tatem
and Mrs. Earl Cohoon to make
plans as to whom should be in
vited as special guests. Mrs. Ef
fie A. Brickhouse, Mr. Paul Liv
erman, Mrs. E. J. Brickhouse and
Mrs. Julian H. Swain were placed
on the Dinner Committee; Mr.
George Fisher on the decorating
Committee.
USING IMPROPER LICENSE
ON CARS, BRINGS FINES
The use of improper license on
a car and on a trailer, caused
Lewis L. Midgett of Manns Har
bor to be fined $5 and costs on
each count in Recorder’s Court
in Manteo this week. A compan
ion, Richard Rowe, for operating
a motorcycle with improper
plates, was fined $5.
D. A. Seabury, Navy man, was
fined $lO and costs for reckless
driving. • •
Herbert R. Robertson, charged
1 with assualt with a knife, failed
to show up and his SSO appear
ance bond was forfeited to the
school fund.
Horatio Culpepper of Nags
Head, charged with assaulting
his wife, Dorothy, with his fists,
with intent to kill, paid a fine
of $lO and costs and was given
a 60 day road sentence, suspended
unless he is convicted of break-
I ing the peace in 12 months.
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
MANTEO MAN SEEING
SCENERY IN DENMARK
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JOHN BOOTH, husband of Mrs.
Marguerite Drinkwater Booth, who
was recently promoted to Chief
Warrant Machinist in the Navy,
landed last week in Denmark, hav
ing recently sailed for a six
months cruise of European waters
on the USS Transport Deuell. Mr.
Booth, who is a native of Ken
tucky, has been in the Navy 13
years. They have two sons, John
and Robert. Mrs. Booth is now
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. W. Drinkwater.
BIG CHANNEL BASS
LANDED FROM SURF
AT CAPE HATTERAS
Biggest channel bass to be tak
en with rod and reel by an angler
fishing in the Dare County surf
during the past week was a 44la
pounder landed near the point of
Cape Hatteras last Monday. Mrs.
Bernice Ballance, wife of the one
time holder of the world record
channel bass, was the angler who
made the catch.
It was one of 20 or more caught
in the immediate vicinity of Cape
Hatteras during the past week end
when the big run of Autumn chan
nel bass shewed up in the surf
along the Dare Coast from Kitty
Hawk to Hatteras Inlet.
Her husband’s big fish, a channel
bass that weighed 751a pounds,
was also caught in the surf at
Cape Hatteras. It was taken in
1939 and was a world record for
more than 10 years. Mr. and Mrs.
Ballance fishing together on Mon
day accounted for seven of the 20
channel bass taken during the past
week end.
Miss Amelia Ballance, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ballance, made an
all-tackle record for men and wo
men in the surf at Waves earlier
this year when she reeled in a 53%
pound channel bass on a 25 pound
test line. It was the largest fish
of the species ever landed on that
test line. She caught her fish while
casting nar the old LST wreck on
the beach across from the village
of Waves on Hatteras Island.
Suif casters have also been mak-
I ing excellent catches elsewhere in
| the surf of Hatteras Island. Scot
■ty Gibson, operator of Atlantic
View Hotel near the ocean’s surf
at Hatteras, stated that several
channel bass weighing up to 35
pounds had been landed. Mrs. W.
E. Ziegenhein of St. Louis, Mo.,
landed several while fishing with
her husband—the largest a 30
pounder. Mrs. G. E. Anderson of
Randolph, N. Y., caught a 25
pounder near the lighthouse at
Cape Hatteras and other anglers
have caught channel bass ranging
from 30 to 35 pounds in the Cape
Hatteras and Hatteras Inlet area,
according to George Fuller of Cape
Hatteras Cottage Court near Bux
ton.
Charles T. Williams, Jr., oper
ator of the Cape Hatteras Hotel
at Avon village, 10 miles north of
Buxton, stated that hundreds of
surf casters have been fishing the
beach for channel bass in the Avon
area during the past week. Blucher
Scarborough, a ertired Coast
Guardsman, stated that at one
time on the week end, about 50
automobiles were parked along the
new highway abreast of Avon,
while the occupants fished the
nearby surf.
LEARY’S BINGO OPEN
WEEK ENDS; NEW STOCKS
Leary's Bingo at Nags Head re
opened last week end after Sadie
Hawkins Day, when they gave
away all the prizes—and plan to
be open this fall for the pleasure
of week end vacationers to the
beaches. All new merchandise has
been bought and displayed, among
which are many items suitable for
Christmas gifts, stated W. K-
Leary this week.. This weekend
there will be plenty of ham and
bacon games in store for bingoers,
along with other awards.
OCRACOKE LANDS
NOW IN SEASHORE
PARK BOUNDARIES
At the request of the National
Park Service of the Department
of the Interior, the U. S. Attor
ney General has filed in Federal
court a petition for the condemn
ation of lands op Ocracoke Is
land to be included in the pro
posed Cape Hatteras National
Seashore Recreation Area. It was
announced that the lands listed
in this action would comprise the
total acquisition on Ocracoke Is
land. Not included in the condem
nation order is the village of
Ocracoke. The National Park Ser
vice announced that a substantial
area around the village was left
for expansion.
This is the last of three such
actions that have been filed in
connection with the project to
clear titles to some of the land
and should speed up the process
of acquisition and prevent land
speculation within the area to be
acquired. The other actions cov
er lands on Bodie and Hatteras
Island.
Despite the filing of the con
demnation suit, direct purchase
of the lands in ( the condemnation
area wiH be by negotiations with
the owner where a clear title can
be conveyed and a mutually ac
ceptable sales price can be agreed
upon. The National Park Service,
through its land acquisition office
in Manteo, North Carolina, hopes
to acquire the land by friendly
negotiations rather than by use
of court procedures, except where
there is some cloud upon the land
title which the court must clear.
OCRACOKE P. T. A. HOLDS
YEAR’S FIRST MEETING
Ocracoke, September 16—Ocra
coke P. T. A. held its first meeting
on Monday night in the school li
brary. New officers presiding
were president, Mrs. Janice Tay
lor; vice-president, Thurston Gas
kill; secretary, Mrs. Virginia Aus
tin; treasurer, Mrs. Doris Bal
lance. Membership approximates
eighty. Treasurer’s report indica
ted that funds are low, but re
plenishment is planned in a bingo
party and a Hallowe’en Carnival.
Approximately $55 was spent this
past summer on screening the re
creation hall. Group approved the
decision of the P. T. A. kitchen
committee to build more cupboard
space in- the kitchen.
Mr. Rondthaler, principal, re-
See MEETING, Page Eight
MANTEO WOMAN’S MOTHER 101 YEARS OLD
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A NANSEMOND COUNTY, Va. woman who until two years ago
spent a great deal of hei- time in Manteo with her daughter, Mrs.
Effie Crawford, celebrated her 101st birthday Sunday, September 7th.
Two years ago, when she lived in Manteo, Mrs. Emma Jemigan was
very active, but a severe fall a year ago, had left her unable to
walk and greatly impaired her facultiess. Mrs. Jernigan is the grand
mother of Mrs. Tom Russell of Manteo. She makes her homes with
relatives in Nansemond County where she was born Sept. 7th., 1851,
daughter of John and Patsy Jones. Her husband Miles Jernigan died
just 20 years ago.
The aged woman lives with her granddaughter, Mrs. Beverly Hol
land and Mr. Holland four and a half miles east of Suffolk on the
Holland Highway. Onlv three of her children are still living, although
there are 12 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren. Also two great
great-grandchildren who live in Manteo with their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Russell. Their names are Linda Bibb, age 5, and Rachel Mor
gan, age 9.
There are five living generations of Mrs. Jernigan and her de
scendants.
Mrs. Crawford, her daughter who lives in Manteo is the widow
of the late Johnson P. Crawford, for many years a highly regarded
citizen and town barber.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1952
WINS MANTEO WOMAN’S
CLUB SCHOLARSHIP
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The Manteo Woman’s Club has
-awarded its Educational Scholar
ship to Miss Doreen Midgett of
I Manteo. Miss Midgett left on
September 10 for Greensboro,
where she entered the Woman’s
College of the University of
North Carolina.
This Scholarship for SIOO was
established by the Woman’s Club
this year and Miss Midgett is the
first to receive it. It is open to
any graduate of the Manteo High
School, who makes a “B” average
or better during his or her four
years of high school, and whose
i financial need of such scholarship
.is confirmed, and who possesses
character traits desirable for the
development of worthwhile citi
zens, upon written application
stating why he or she would like
to receive such scholarship.
MANNS HARBOR BOY
WITH CAVALRY IN JAPAN
WITH THE Ist CAVALRY DIV.
IN JAPAN.— Cpl. Roger C. Gard
lof Manns Harbor, N. C., is now
'on security duty with the Ist
'Cavalry Division in Japan.
i His unit, one of the first to fight
in Korea, currently is undergoing
extensive aerial movement and
amphibious training on the
northernmost Japanese Island of
Hokkaido. It was transferred to
■ Japan last December after 17
. months of combat.
I Corporal Gard entered the
i Army in February 1951 and was
stationed with the 31st Infantry
Division at Camp Atterbury, Ind.,
before joining the Ist Cavalry.
A FREAK STORM
WRECKS COTTAGE
AT NAGS HEAD
Twister Sweeps Across
Beach Wednesday After
noon, Damaging Sev
eral Houses
A frame cottage until recently
owned by Mrs. Odelle Wilkinson
of Pantego was totally demolished
o nlower Nags Head shortly after
noon Wednesday by a freak twist
er that swept across a narrow
area southeast of the Dare County
Shine Club on lower Nags Head
Beach.
The cottage which had been re
cently sold to Lonnie Parker of
Suffolk, Va., was a total loss. Even
the water pump was torn loose
and carried 100 yards by the wind.
One dnd was blown off a cottage
owned by W. B. Fearing of Man
teo, and considerable damage was
done Edward Greeru’s cottage. Mr.
and Mrs. Keith Fearing, Jr., and
their child were in a nearby cot
tage but were unhurt.
Several other cottages suffered
minor damage.
Commander H. A. I. Sugg, USN,
who with his wife was visiting in
the area, observed the entire oc
currence, and made photographs
on the scene. He saw the tornado
weaving funnel-like a half mile
away. He noted the storm snapped
off power line poles, before it
headed out to sea. It was followed
by a heavy downpour of rain.
Commander Sugg made pictures
of the damage, and these were
published Thursday in the Norfolk
Newspapers.
This year a freak twister of this
kind tore down the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Bridgman near Rose
Bay in Hyde County. In 1951, a
similar twister went through sev
eral sections of Beaufort County,
tearing down several homes and
barns.
WANCHESE BOY SPENDS
SUMMER IN ALASKA
Rich Experience Gained by Pete
Poole Daniels and Classmate
Joe Gunner of Durham
After spending the summer
months in Alaska, Pete Poole Dan
iels of Wanchese will return to
State College next week with a
lot of good experiences in the
north.
He left Raleigh-Durham Airport
early in June with classmate Joe
Gunner of Durham for Fairbanks,
Alaska. After a flight of two days,
they arrived in Fairbanks and im
mediately went to the union hall,
and applied for work. This they
succeeded in after two days, and
soon afterward started work at
Big Delta, 100 miles southeast of
Fairbanks, on a U. S. Army base.
Their job was helping with con
struction, 10 hours a day, 6 days
a week. After eight weeks, they
were laid off due to shortage of
materials.
While they were laid off, they
moved to Fairbanks, where they
helped a friend build a cabin. They
also visited the University of
Alaska at Fairbanks. They were
called back to work 4 weeks after
being laid off, and finished the
job Sept. 10.
Alaskans- they found to be very
friendly. The native Eskimos and
Indians are very much civilized.
They found that Eskimos live in
houses very much the same as
everyone; they never live in igloos
except when on a hunting trip.
There are now about 8,000 native
Alaskans, in a total resident pop
ulation of 120,000. This population
is doubled in the summer, due to
tourists and construction workers.
Salmon fishing is the biggest
industry in Alaska, but some log
ging is carried on in the southern
part. Outside work can only be
done from spring until the fall,
due to the severe winter. The
temperature varies from 70 below
in January to 90 above in July.
Average winter temperature is
50 below; summer 65 above.
Plenty of wild animals are to
be found—moose, buffalo, caribou,
goats, bears, but no snakes. Once
after returning from a fishing trip
Pete set his boots out to dry, and
soon afterward along came a por
cupine and gnawed the tops off
them. This he found, was because
the porcupine likes salt, which
came from the sweat of his legs.
People make big money, but
'spend a lot. Room and board will
cost S4O per week, $12.50 alone for
a bunk. A good meal will cost
$2.50. Gold mining can be profit
able to an experienced person. One
can pan out from S3O to SSO a
day, however, What mining is car
ried on today is done mostly by
large companies.
During the month of June it is
See SUMMER, Page Eight
TECHNICIAN PLANS
PRACTICE IN MANTEO
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PHILLIP R. SMITH, is a new
comer to Manteo. He with his wife
and children will reside on Road
Street, and he will be associated
in practice as a laboratory and
X-ray technician with Dr. R. C.
Brown. Mr. Smith was born in
Rockingham, Richmond County,
N. C., May 29, 1924. He received
his education in the Rockingham
Public Schools and graduated from
Rockingham High School. He en
tered the Navy January of 1942
and was sent to Darmouth Col
lege, Hanover, New Hampshire for
training as a Pharmacist Mate
for one year. In 1943 he was sent
to Hospital Corp School in Ports
mouth for one year to finish his
training and to graduate and
was sent overseas in 1944—Janu
ary. He served aboard a Sub
marine Chaser as Pharmacist Mate
in the Pacific until December
1945. After leaving the service he
held a position at Woodard Her
ring Hospital in Wilson, N. C. as
Laboratory and X-ray Technician
for two years and for the past
four years at the State Hospital
at Goldsboro, Goldsboro, N. C.
Mr. Smith married the former
Beatrice Baker of Florence, S. C.,
and they have three girls, Gail,
age 10, Jackie, age 7, Phillis, age
3 and they are members of the
Methodist Church.
KITTY HAWK LOSES
IT’S GRAND OLD LADY
The oldest woman on Kitty
Hawk, Mrs. Nancy Emily Tay
lor Hurdle, 91, died Saturday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Z. F. Perry. She was a beloved
figure in the community. Each
year her birtjiday was celebrated
by the family and friends with
a dinner.
Mrs. Hurdle was a native of
Hertford County but had been
living in Kitty Hawk for the past
48 years. She was the daughter
of Hilary and Nancy E. Nowell
Taylor, wife of N. T. Hurdle and
a member of the Missionary Bap
tist Church of Harrellsville. Sur
viving are three daughters, Mrs.
Eva White and Mrs. Beulah Per
ry, both of Kitty Hawk, and Mrs.
John Deedrick .of Washington;
one half-sister, Mrs. Lena Butter
ton of Portsmouth, Va.; two half
brothers, Hunter Taylor of Har
rellsville and Raleigh Taylor of
Atlanta, Ga.
Funeral rites for Mrs. Nancy
Emily Taylor Hurdle, 91, who
died Saturday at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Beulah Perry
at Kitty Hawk were conducted
Monday at 2 o’clock at the grave
side in the Austin Cemetery by
the Rev. W. J. Freeman, pastor
of Kitty Hawk Methodist Church,
assisted by the Rev. Frank Din
widdie pastor ,of the Nags Head
Baptist Mission.
“Rock of Ages,” “Abide With
Me” and “Asleep in Jesus” were
sung by Mrs. Mary Dowdy, Mrs.
Lee Perry, Mrs. Milton Perry,
Mrs. Charlie Perry, Mrs. W. H.
Lewark and W. J. Freeman.
The casket was covered with a
pall of red roses and white mums.
Hallett Perry, Russell Perry,
Ernest Culberson, Jennings Beas
ley, Melvin White and Dwight
Primrose acted as active pall
bearers.
LOSES EYESIGHT FROM
ACCIDENT WITH A GUN
Emma Frances Stephenson,
year old Stumpy Point girl, has
returned from Duke Hospital
where she was examined for an
eye injury. The doctor stated that
she would not be able to see any
more from the injured eye which
was shot by a neighbor boy who
was playing with a gun. Dr. C.
M. Hawes, eye specialist of Wash
ington, was more hopeful expres-
I sing the opinion that nature can
| do what man cannot
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SATURDAY TO
BE GREAT DAY
AT RODANTHE
Big Program Planned for
Observance of Road
Opening on Hatteras
Isle
By AYCOCK BROWN •
Rodanthe.—A realistic beach ap
paratus rescue drill in the surf at
Rodanthe on Saturday will mark
the finale of an all day celebration
commemorating the completion of
the newly paved Hatteras High
way which makes it possible for a
person to drive from Oregon Inlet
southward to Hatteras village
without driving over a sandy trail.
The rescue drill and the Outer
Banks Beauty Contest in which
the loveliest girls of this island
and neighboring Ocracoke will
compete for pulchritude honors
while dressed in bathing suits will
be two of the big attractions of the
afternoon program.
The morning program will be
gin about 10:30 o’clock with a con
cert by Scott Callaway and his
Elizabeth City High School Band
and Majorettes. William Hahlbaum
is captain of the band and chief
majorette of the group of talented
twirlers who will demonstrate
their baton techniques in Toni
Gill. It was through the coopera
tion of Miles Clark, sponsor of
the musical group, that the band
will come to Rodanthe, and thus
make its first appearance on far
ramed Hatteras Island Saturday.
Following the concert on Satur
day morning, Levene Midgett, the
presiding official of the celebra
tion, will introduce his master of
ceremonies, Asa Gray, of Waves
community. Rev. P. M. Porter, of
the upper Hatteras Island Metho
dist Churches, will deliver the in
vocation after which Charles Gray
of Buxton will deliver a brief
speech of welcome to those attend
ing the celebration. Then Asa
Gray will introduce the special
guests and the speakers on tho
morning program which will in
clude remarks by Henry W. Shel
ton, district highway commission
er, Henry W. Jordan, chairman,
State Highway and Public Works
Commission and other speakers of
the day.
Herbert C. Bonner, representing
the North Carolina First Congres
sional District, will deliver a brief
address followed by remarks from
Hon. Melvin R. Daniels, represent
ing the Dare County Board of
Commissioners at Manteo. The fin
al address of the morning pro
gram, coming immediately prior
to the Bathing Beauty Contest,
will be delivered by Admiral R. E.
Wood, commandant of the Fifth
Coast Guard District.
Levene Midgett will then take
over, during the Bathing Beauty
Contest when representatives from
each of the island’s communities
and from Ocracoke will take part
in the bathing beauty contest.
After the bathing beauty con
test there will be a special picnic
luncheon for the special guests
and those who bring the lunch,
and at which time several church
and civic groups will offer sand
wiches and refreshments for sale
at their special stands.
During the afternoon before the
grand finale on the beach, will be
a Coast Guard capsize drill dem
onstrated by the crew of Chica
macomico Station and a competi
tive rowing race between six
teams of Coast Guardsmen locat
ed on Hatteras Island.
Capt. Midgett, officer in charge
of Chicamacomico Coast Guard
Station and chairman of the cele
bration committee, stated that per
sons have been advised to park
their autos on the north side of the
inlet, crossing same aboard the
ferries that will be operating con
tinuously and then travel aboard
See CELEBRATION. Page Eight
SORRY WE HAVE TO
LEAVE OUT NEWS
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Last week we counted 15 letters
containing news that we had to
leave out because the people who
sent them never gave a thought
to the fact that after it is re
ceived into the office it must be
set into type, and then put in the
forms, and put on the press. They
do not remember that how much
of material we may put in our
forms must be figured out some
time in advance, nor that type can
not be stretched out nor squeezed
up.
We hate to see things go to
waste. The safe rule to follow in
getting news printed is to be sure
to send it off immediately. There
is no excuse for sending in items
about a club meeting four days
after it happens. We do not want
this type of material. It is not
news any more and the cost of
setting up is not justified, be
cause of the very few people still
interested in the subject