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VOLUME XVIII NO. 13 BRIDGE PROPONENTS FIND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR TOLL BRIDGES ONLY, IN RALEIGH Highway Commission To Provide Figures on Traffic and Costs of Bridges Before Janu ary to Assist Counties in Legislative Effort to Bridge Alligator River and Croatan Sound. Proponents of plans for the bridging of Alligator River and Croatan Sound from six counties, meeting with Governor Scott and Dr. Henry W. Jordan, Highway Commission Chairman, Tuesday, ' see encouragement in the recep tion given them, and the promise of Dr. Jordan to provide the com mittee with traffic figures and the estimated cost of the proposed bridges. Encouragement for toll bridges only, was all that was received. A strong exposition of the need for the bridges was made by Dr. W. T. Ralph of Belhaven, the group chairman. Wallace Tatem of Co lumbia lent much information from his vast store of knowledge of road and bridge affairs. Governor Scott agreed with a Southern Albemarle group Tues ’day that interest from invested highway funds should become a part of the State highway fund. “I’m going to recommend that the next General Assembly,” he said to the group, which had ap peared before him to ask his aid in the construction of bridges across Croatan Sound and Alliga tor River. “But,” added Scott. “I guess you know how much attention they pay to me around here.” At present, interest on fund bal ances, whether the investments are made with highway funds or with general funds, is paid into the State’s general fund. This year, the interest is coming in at better than $3,000,000 a year on all the investments. State Treasurer Brandon Hodges said his office had not attempted to separate the investments, but he estimated that under normal circumstances high way fund investments should re turn several hundred thousand dol lars annually to the State. C.» Wallace Tatem, former Tyr rell County legislator who long has contended that the fact that gasoline and oil inspection fees are paid into the general fund is actually a diversion from the highway fund, told the Governor See BRIDGE, Page Four NORFOLK ANGLERS LAND 53 ■ POUND SAILFISH IN DARE > A 53-pound sailfish, one of the heaviest landed off Oregon Inlet this season, was hooked and boat ed Sunday by Howard F. Barton, 1340 W. 41st Street, Norfolk, while trolling near the western edge of the Gulf Stream in the Wimble Shoals area. His sail, measuring more than ' seven feet from tip to tip was sthe first of the species to be taken in Dare coastal waters during the past month, but the 43rd sailfish landed with rod and reel by ang lers fishing out of Oregon and Hatteras Inlets so far this season. The first sail of the season was landed at Hatteras on May 30. Barton, one of a party of six anglers from Norfolk fishing with Capt. Omie Tillett lured the fish with a feather jig, instead of mul let Mnd squid bait that has result ed in most of the catches this year. In the party with Barton was Paul Simpson, Charles E. Johnson, Joe Holland, Pearl Mqrrisette and Ray Morrisett, each of Norfolk. JOE DANIELS, WANCHESE NATIVE, DIES SUDDENLY Joe Daniels, 48, former fish dealer and more recently a boat man of Norfolk, Va., for several years, died shortly Tuesday after noon following a heart attack at Engelhard. With his wife, the former Nellie Cuthrell of Fair field, he was enroute to Fairfield, after visiting relatives on Roa noke Island. He was well known in Belhaven, where he had been engaged in the fish business and he lived for several years at Stumpy Point. He was the son of Mrs. Evelina Mann Daniels and the late Charles B. Daniels of Wanchese. He was a member of Wanchese Masonic Lodge. Besides his mother and his wife, he is survived by two chil dren by a former marriage; by I four brothers; Cecil of California, Willie 0., Paul M. and Carl D. Daniels of Roanoke Island. Many nieces and nephews. The funeral was conducted at' Fairfield Thursday. - THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA HE GREW UP LOVING THE COAST GUARD ENSIGN CHARLES F. WARREN. USCG, now stationed in the legal department of sth District Head quarters in Norfolk, is the son of Hon. and Mrs. Lindsay C. Warren of Washington, N. C. and D. C. He grew up with a strong love for the men of the Coast Guard, be cause early impressions of his vis its to the stations with his father, gave him the wish to enter the service. Lindsay Warren, while a member of Congress, did much to advance the cause of the Coast Guard at a time when it had few friends. New conditions had di minished the former needs that made it most valuable, and it was constantly being curtailed. The el der Warren went to bat for the service and delayed its disintegra tion. Young Charles was practi cally reared on the coast of Ocra coke and Dare County. He is now 26. Prior to attendance of the University of N. C. he was an hon or student at Woodrow Wilson High School; was President of the Student Body and starred in foot ball, track and basketball. MUCH ACCOMPLISHED BY DARE CHAMBER Wiping Out Deficit Chalks Up a Great Record for the Organization The Dare County Chamber of Commerce met on Monday even ing of this week for a survey of the year’s work. In attendance were the officers, members of the board of directors and interested members and citizens of the County. A discussion was held cn the responsibilites and activi ties of the Chamber of Commerce. President McCown reported that in acord with the policies set for the year 1951-52 the main ef fort had been in putting the or ganization on a sound financial basis; and assisting in the organi zation and operation of the Dare County Tourist Bureau. Facing a deficit of $1,760 at the beginning of the current year, the Chamber of Commerce would, with a few remaining memberships yet to be paid, finish the year with a bal anced budget. It was generally agreed that the -organization should continue in its effort to . promote county-wide benefit and operate on a balanced budget without incurring obligations be yond its means. The meeting revealed plans for an effort to develop and promote some docking facilities for the county so that the widespread demands of sportsmen and fish ermen for some suitable docking facilities could be met, and there by adding to the attractions of Dare County’s Vacationland. Committee appointments and full plans for this project are to be announced at an early date. Lawrence Swain and David Stick, representing the Tourist Bureau gave a full report to the See CHAMBER, Page Four MANTEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NOW ACCREDITED The Manteo elementary school has recently been placed on the ac credited list of elementary schools, I according *o ••nnouncement this week by Mrs. Mary Langston Ew ans, county superintendent. This is the first time in the history of I the school that it has fulfilled all ' the requirements for being an ac credited school. TOURIST BUREAU LAUNCHES YEAR’S PROGRAM IN DARE Swain Continues Chairman; McCown Succeeds Stick As Secretary Lawrence Swain was re-elected chairman of the board of directors of Dare County Tourist Bureau cn Wednesday when the group met to hold its jifinal meeting of the fiscal year ending on September 30 and to launch its program with an increased budget for 1952-53. David Stick of Kill Devil Hills, who with Swain has spearneaded the activities of the organization since its beginning last October, asked to be relieved df his duties as secretary-treasurer, in order that he may devote as much time as possible to the Kill Devil Hills Memorial Society’s museum com mittee of which he is chairman. Wallace McCown who with Swain and Stick had served as members of a 3-man executive committee during the year was elected, upon motion of Judge B. M. Hedrick of Kitty Hawk to the post of secretary-treasurer. Directors and the aeras of Dare in which they represent includes: J. Gordon Kellogg, Nags Head Township; Edgar Perry, Atlantic Township; Asa Gray, Kinnakeet Township; Dan Q. Oden, Hatteras Township; W. Stanford White, Croatan Township; Martin Kel- See BUREAU, Page Four PLAN BIG RALLY DEMOCRATS AT ROBERSONVILLE First Congressional District Get-To-Gether Set for Thursday October 23 First District Representative Herbert C. Bonner, of Washington, said the usual pre-election Demo cratic rally will be held in the high school gymnasium at Rob ersonville Thursday, October 23 at 5 p. m. The rally, which will be started With “hard-hitting” talks by party leaders and end with a big bar becue supper, will be attended by many Democratic candidates for top state offices and delegations from each of the district’s 14 counties. Congressman Bonner, who is working with State Democratic Executive Committee Chairman Everett Jordan and Democratic chairmen in the 14 counties, said he is hoping “two or three thous and” people will turn out for the rally. Congressman Bonner and Democratic nominee for Governor William B. Umstead are expected to head the speakers list. Other top Democratic leaders are also expected to speak, but arrange ments have not been completed as wet. Jordan said the First District rally is one of 12 district meetings that will be held throughout the state between now and the gen eral election November 4. “We’re taking the Democratic campaign into every county and district in the State,” Jordan’ said, “and we’re driving hard for the big gest Democratic majority in the State’s history, especially in the eastern counties.” Among the 14 county chairmen who will help Bonner and Jordan round plans for the First Dis trict rally are: Malcolm C. Paul, of Washing ton, Beaufort County; S. A. Walk er, of Snowden, Currituck County; M. L. Daniels, of Manteo, Dare County; Martin Kellogg, Sr., of Sunbury, Gates County; W. J. Lupton, of Swan Quarter, Hyde County; D. M. Pledger, Jr., of Columbia, Tyrrell County; and C. L. Bailey, of Plymouth, Washing ton County. MANY MANTEO PEOPLE SOJOURN IN HOSPITALS The jinx has hit many Manteo people this week. At least six are in hospitals for treatment. Bill Henderson, operator of the Manteo Flying Service at the Manteo Airport is being treated for a leg injury at DePaul Hos pital, Norfolk. His partner, Al Byers who came down from Washington to help him out, had an attack of appendicitis and had to return home. Dr. C. F. Harris, is in Norfolk General Hospital for an operation leaving Roanoke Island without a doctor. Tom Etheridge suffered a heart attack and is in Marine Hospital, Norfolk. In the same hospital is Mrs. Delton Dowdy, for an operation. Claude Wise, grocer, is in Nor folk General for an operation. J. B. Anderson, Kitty Hawk merchant went to Albemarle hos oital for treatment following a heart attack riday. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1952 BEAUTY QUEEN AT RODANTHE RECEIVES PLATTER I w|| r B ■ J ® B'll Wl ■ ih ft m\ ... IB? IV I J B *1 J® a —Photo Credit of Kit Larsen, Norfolk Newspapers MISS WINONA PEEL of Hatteras, who was adjudged the most at tractive of the contestants for the title of Miss Outer Banks at the celebration Saturday at Rodanhe, is shown being presened with a sil ver platter by Congressman Herbert C. Bonner, who was one of the speakers. Miss Peel is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fulford Peel of Hatteras. MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SEASHORE PARK Its Origin and History, and What It Can Mean To ward Producing a Better Livelihood for Residents of the Area. By JIM RUSH (In The Winston-Salem Journal) It has been a long, rocky (some would say sandy) road, but it now looks as though the Cape Hatteras National Seashore is about to be come a reality. For some 20 years, through periods of enthusiasm ,inertia, war and oil exploration, the idea of turning part of North Carolina’s Outer Banks into the only nation al seashore in the United States has intrigued .the minds of many people. The first moves were made back in the early thirties, sparked by Lindsay Warren, then First Dis trict Congressman and now Comp troller General of the United States. A successful reforestation program was conducted on the Outer Banks in which millions of dollars of federal money were spent. Among other things, Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was saved from the encroaching seas, and after being abandoned was even tually put back into operation. (Citizens of the Outer Banks en joyed much commercial profit and many good jobs at a time when business was generally poor.) Then in 1937, Mr. Warren, with the enthusiastic approval of the Outer Banks residents, succeeded j in getting Congress to pass legis lation providing for the establish- ‘ ment of “The Cape Hatteras Na tional Seashore.” That legislation provided for several things. Following Federal policy, it provided that all lands included in the project would hav j to be donated to the U. S. It pro-, vided that villages and other areas already under development within the area should be excluded from the park area. And it set the lim its of the park. THE FIRST PLAN Originally, the park was to ex tend from the Virginia state line on Bodie Island (Nags Head) down through Hatteras and Ocracoke islands. Because of the rapid private development of the Nags Head area, the northern limit of the park was later moved to Whalebone, at the southern end of Bodie, where there has been little or no private or commercial de- Jvelopment. Colington Island near Kill Devil Hill was also removed ffom the proposed area. Most important to the Outer Bankers is the provision of the 1937 legislation which expressly provides that the legal residents of the villages will be permitted Ito earn a livelihood by fishing (their main source of income) within the boundaries of the Na , tional Seashore. The original act was amended on June 29, 1940, to provide that hunting would be permitted under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior in conforming with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, not to include the Pea Island Bird Refuge, where hunting is already prohibited. To facilitate the acquisition of land for the park, the North Caro lina Legislature passed a bill set ting up the Cape Hatteras Nation al Seashore Commission. The Com mission was to act as a clearing house to receive donations and make purchases of land. The first donations came from three northerners, J. S. and J. H. Phipps and Winston Guest, who i owned 1,175 acres of property at ! Cape Hatteras which they used as a hunting preserve. They stipu lated that the land should be in corporated into a state park until such time as the Federal Park came into being. Smaller donations followed, and the establishment of the Pea Island Game Refuge just south of Oregon Inlet insured that some 5,000 more acres would be available to the new park. At this point, World War II in tervened, and plans for the park were virtually shelved. The Com mission was inactive from 1941 to 1945, and the terms of the origi nal commissioners appointed by Governor Clyde Hoey expired. As the war came to an end in 1945. a further wrench was thrown, into the park plan machinery. Oil companies became interested in the Outer Banks as a part of their search for reserve oil fields. The companies leased most of Dare Sae PARK. Pag. Five RODANTHE ROAD MEETING JAMS FERRIES AS MANY MAKE FIRST BANKS TRIP From Oregon to Ocracoke Inlet, Citizens Gather to Meet Visitors and Hear Music and Speeches. Visitors Depart With Praises of Beauty of Outer Banks and Hospitality of Its People. Saturday the habitants of Hat teras Island were likened to the chillren of Israel at ceremonies marking the opening of their first paved road. “When I think of this remote area, I thinkof the children of Is rael wandering in the wilderness,” said Melvin R. Daniels, register of deeds and clerk to the Dare Coun ty Board of Commissioners. “To day you come out of the wilderness and this road will revolutionize your community. It will change the pattern of law and order.” Representative Herbert Bonner, of the First Congressional Dis trict, in a brief address touched on sore subject with many Hatteras Islanders—the planned Federal park for the area. Although not mentioning the park by name, Bonner said: “There was no mistake made in setting up Fort Raleigh or the Kill Devil Hill memorial. There will be no mistake in the future. You will be visited by the greatest spenders in the United States—the tourists. When your children have grandchildren, the tourists will still be coming. “I am sold on the proposed de velopment in this area. If it was not good for you I would condemn it. Don’t think too much about all the misinformation you have heard.” Plans were revealed recently to take over the island and an ad joining strip north of Oregon In let for a Federal park. Many Hat teras residents have bitterly op posed it. Actually, the 40-mile-long road between the village of Hatteras and the tiny Oregon Inlet ferry at the norh thas been in use through out teh summer, but the ceremon ies marked its official opening. Helicopter Brings Admiral The festivities got under way shortly after 11 a. m. when a bright yellow Sikorsky HO4S hel icopter landed on the sand in front of the Coast Guard station. Rear Adm. R. E. Wood, of Norfolk, commandant of the Fifth Coast I Guard District, his wife, and Capt. H. B. Hoyle, USCG, alighted. They were picked up at Nags Head by the pilot, Lt. F. H. Raurner, USCG, See MEETING, Page Four AUTUMN COLOR IN FULL BLAZE ON DARE COAST By AYCOCK BROWN Nags Head.—Maritime colors which would rival mountains and seas anywhere in the world are now going into full blaze along the historic coast of Dare County. This painting of the scenery by nature is noted not only in the woodlands of Duck, Kitty Hawk, Nags Head and Cape Hatteras but also on Roanoke Island, and along the dunes and marshes of the is landchain which forms the Outer Banks. Most colorful of all during late September and throughout October are the mornings and late after noon when the sun bursts from the ocean creating a painted sea or in the evening as the sun sinks beyond the horizon creating a mass of rainbow hues in the sky. The Dare coast communities of the Outer Banks are the only places of habitation along the North Carolina coast (excepting Portsmouth) where the sun rises from the ocean each morning and sets in the sound during the after noon. Thus the illusion of being far away on an oceanic island is created. Actually the mainland is never more than 25 miles away. In the coastland woods the leaves of hardwood trees are just .beginning to change colors. The coloring, blended with the ever green of pines, youpon and the red myrtle creates scenery which becomes the topic of conversation for all who visit the area. It is not a lifeless coloring that autumn brings to the Dare coast, because as the season changes, so doees the life of the area, especial ly the wildlife. This is the season when summer birds and sea fowl begin migrations southward. It is also the season that the green' wing teal, first of the waterfowl, returns to the marshes and bays to be followed by the ducks of many species, geese and swan, a ferw weeks later. Single Copy 7c AWARDS FOR SURF FISHING TOURNEY AT NAGS HEAD Inter-Club and Open Events with Over SI,OOO Worth of Prizes By AYCOCK BROWN With the issuance of official pro- I grams at Nags Head heralding the first annual invitation, inter club and open surf tournament on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oc tober 3-5, announcement of awards having a total value of more than SI,OOO was made by officials of the Nags Head Surf Fishing Club sponsoring the surf-side classic under the auspices of the Associa tion of Anglers Club of America. Dal H. Williams, president of the sponsoring clubs, stated that there would be no entrance fees for persons participating in the tournament, which will be strictly for surf fishermen. “There will be no awards made to persons catching record fishes during the period, if the fishes are caught from ocean piers or jetties,” he said. “More than 15 clubs have indi cated they will have 5-man teams here to take part in the inter-club See TOURNEY, Page Four e ______ STRIPED BASS TAKING BUCKTAILS AND DRONES By AYCOCK BROWN Striped bass, commonly called rockfish in this area, have begun to school in waters of upper Croa tan Sound, at the mouth of the Alligator River and in the North River and Kitty Hawk Bay region, it was reported this week. Capt. Tom Basnight, skipper ci the Fisheries Patrol Craft “Croa tan” returning from Albemarle Sound waters a few days ago stat ed that he had sighted three schools of fish which during au tumn and winter months provide excellent sport for anglers anl ex cellent hauls for commercial fish ermen. Carson Davis, Manteo merchant and his sons Vernon and Ralph Davis have made the best catch of stripers so far this season. Fish ing near the screwpile lighthouse where Croatan and Albemarle Sounds merge, they boated 42 of the fish weighing from two and half to four and half pounds each. The Davises were trolling from aboard the cruiser Ella Crees. “We tried bucktails but had lit tle luck,” said the senior Davis. “Then we changed to Huntington drones, and the fish began really biting. Capt. Joe Berry, fishing frcm Dkye’s Fishing Center here, stated that two anglers fishing from aboard his cruiser the Phyllis Mae a few days ago boated 40 rockfish which were taking bucktails. He and his party were fishing in Cro atan Sound. Capt. Charlie Perry, and his brothers Capt. Milton Perry and Capt. Herbert Perry who operated from Oregon Inlet Fishing Center during the summer months have returned to their home port at Kitty Hawk for the striped bass season. Their first nartias were scheduled to go fishing in the Kit ty Hawk Bay to North River area cf Albemarle Sound this week end. TEEN-AGE CENTER TO OPEN SATURDAY NIGHT The teen-age center will open in the community building in Manteo, Saturday, September 27, at 7:30 P. M. and will remain open until 10 o’clock. Mrs. Roy Wescott is the newly appointed director for the year. The center is sponsored by the Manteo Par ent Teacher Association. Square dancing will be led by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marshall, newcom ers to Manteo, who have had much experience in directing | teen-age groups elsewhere. The membership for the year is 50 cents per person, with a nightly admisson price of five cents. The center will be open each Friday and Saturday night, with hostesses and chaperones to be supplied by the PTA. Open house will be held for parents and other interested citizens on opening night.
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