VOLUME XVIII NO. 14
NAGS HEAD’S BIG
FISHING TOURN’Y
BEGINS TODAY
Anglers From 12 States to
Take Part in Annual
3-Day Event
By AYCOCK BROWN
A dozen or more States will
be represented here during the
first annual Invitation Inter-Club
Surf Fishing and Open Individual
Tournament beginning Friday,
October 3 and continuing through
Sunday October 5, it was stated
today by Dal H. Williams, presi
dent of the Nags Head Surf Fish
ing Club which is sponsoring the
event.
“Sixteen clubs, from New Jer
sey and Pennsylvania to North
Carolina and Virginia have enter
ed 5-man teams in the tourna
ment and close to 100 persons
have indicated they would take
part in the open individual tourn
ament,” said Maj. J. L. Murphy,
secretary-treasurer of the spon
soring club.
Clubs which have indicated
they would have teams in the
tourney include: Margate City
(N. J.) Casting Club, Dover Fish
ing Club of Philadelphia, Stone
Harbor (N. J.) Fishing Club,
Shrewsbury (N. J.) Surf Club,
Margate Surf Casting Club,
Ocean City (N. J.) Fishing Club;
Anglers Club of Absecon Island,
N. J., Women’s Surf Fishing Club
of N. J. Women’s Surf Club of
Mercer County, N. J. Pennsyl
vania State Fish and Game pro
tectors League, Philadelphia;
Tidewater Angler’s Club, Nor
folk; Roanoke Island Surf Fish
ing Club, Manteo, Ocean View,
(Va) Surf Club; Cape Hatteras
Surf Casting Club, Buxton and
the sponsoring Club of Nags Head
which will have at least three
teams, two from Elizabeth City
and one from Nags Head.
Headquarters for the tourna
ment will be at the Surf Fishing
Club rooms on the board walk
at Jennette’s Ocean Pier.
Added attractions for persons
participating during off hours be
tween fishing periods will be
See TOURNEY. Page Three
MANTEO REPRESENTED
AT DISTRICT MEETING
Woman’s Club Sends Several Del
egates to Gatesville
The Manteo Woman’s Club was
represented last Friday at the
district meeting in Gatseville by
Mrs. D. E. Evans, Miss Bessie
Draper, Mrs. Helen Duvall Dan
iels, Mrs. M. K. Fearing, Jr., Miss
Mollie Fearing and Mrs. Camille
Podolski. Mrs. T. E. Brown of
Murfreesboro was elected presi
dent, with Mrs. Cader Harris, Jr.,
of Elizabeth City as vice-presi
dent.. Mrs. D. E. Evans of Man
teo served as chairman of the
nominating committee.
Mrs. J. W. Bunn of Raleigh,
president of the North Carolina
Federation of Women’s Clubs,
was speaker for the occasion,
gringing a message on “Finding
One’s Place in the Federation.”
She was introduced by the dis
trict president,, Mrs. W. J. P.
Earnhardt. Special music was
furnished by the Gatesville Wo
man’s Club. The 1053 district
meeting will be held in Moyock.
MANNING GRAY RETIRES
AFTER 32 YEARS SERVICE
Boatswain Edward Manning
Gray of the United States Coast
Guard, yesterday retired after 32
years of active service. The Coast
Guardsman, whose.home is at Vir
ginia Beach, entered military serv
ice when he was inducted in the
Army in 1918. He is now 57 years
old.
He is married to Rosa Bell Gray.
They have four sons, two in the
Coast Guard service.
Gray first went overseas with
the 81st Army Division and return
ed in 1919. He later entered the
Coast Guard at Elizabeth City. He
was born in Avon. •
He was discharged in 1921, and
re-enlisted two years later. Since
that time he has spent considerable
time on duty in this area.
First he served at the Oak Island
Coast Guard Station, following
duty at Elizabeth City. He then
went to Spermaceti Cove Coast
Guard Station in New’Jersey and
then to Dam Neck Mills, where he
made boatswain mate second class.
In 1933 he transferred to False
Cape and in 1937 went on flood re
lief detail on the Ohio River. He
was credited with rescuing 89 per
sons with his Surfboat.
Transferred to Virginia Beach
in 1937, he made chief boatswain
mate in 1942, and appointed to of
ficer-in-charge and later group
commander. He accepted warrant
boatswain in 1949 and took com
mand of the Mohical.
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
DISABLED WANCHESE SOLDIER SHARES IN CAKE CUTTING IN WASHINGTON
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hospitalized service men at Walter
Reed were delightfully surprised
when they were presented a five
tier cake, which was baked by
Mrs. M. C. Campbell, Director of
Home Crafters, Winston-Salem, N.
C. The cake was originally a kift
to Mrs. Elizabeth S. Ives, who is
a North Carolinian, at a reception
Monday, September 22 in Wash
ington. Mrs. Ives is the sister of
Governor Adlai Stevenson of 111.
Mrs .Ives contacted the Disabled
American Veterans and requested
that the cake be given to service
men to the Tar Heel State, who
are now hospitalized at Walter
Reed, as a tribute from the citizens
How the U. S. Park Service
Will Develop Our Seashore
Opportunities for New Business, For New Jobs, and
Greater Employment and General Income.
By JIM RUSH
in the Winston-Salem Journal
What will the Cape Hatteras
National Seashore be like after
: the U. S. Park Service takes it
over and opens it to tourists?
The answer is that it will look
almost exactly like it does now,
because one of the main purposes
of turning the privately owned
area into a Federal park is to
prevent it from being changed too
much.
In the words of E. M. Lisle, as
sistant regional director of the
National Park Service, whose of
fice is at Richmond, Va.:
“No specific plans have yet been
prepared for the development of
this National Seashore, nor can
. they be to any great extent until
the necessary lands have been ac
quired. In general, the plan will
be to keep the area in as natural,
simple and dignified a condition
as possible. No Coney Island or
Jones Beach is contemplated, al
though public use areas will be
provided at suitable locations.”
Will Employ Many People
Who’s going to pay for the de
velopment of the park, once the
Park Service takes over? In Mr.
Lisle’s words:
“Provision of facilities within
the National Seashore recreation
area will be a Federal undertaking
and the State will not be required
to furnish any funds. The size of
the staff which will be needed for
the administration and protection
of the area will depend upon the
extent of the area and the use of
the area made by the public. Ad
ministration, protection and inter
pretation of the area will require
a staff which will include a super
intendent, park rangers, natural
ists, a clerical unit and a mainte
nance force. All will be Federal
employes and no cost will devolve
upon the State.”
How will the area be improved ?
Mr. Lisle replies:
“Camping likely will be restrict
ed to specifically designated camp
sites where the necessary sanitary
and use facilities will be furnished
for the protection and enjoyment
of the visitors. Picnic and bathing
areas will be provided, but we
foresee no special restrictions un
less conditions should develop
making them necessary. No en
trance fee is contemplated.
“While it is likely that there
will be need for extensive public
use facilities, the major portion
of the area will be preserved per
manently as a primitive wilder
ness and no development will be
undertaken therein which would
be incompatible with the preser-
of North Carolina. The presents- .
tion was made by Mrs. Virginia .
Turner, a native of Palmyra, N. C.,
who is Department Adjutant,
DAV Auxilliary in the District of
Columbia. The presentation was
witnessed by Earl B. Wright and
George H. Seal of the Washing
ton DAV Headquarters Staff.
Twenty-one-year-old Private Ist
Class Franklin C. Payne of Wan
chese, N. C. was selected to re
ceive the cake on behalf of the
North Carolina veterans hospital
ized at Walter Reed.
Pvt. Payne is the son of Mr.
and Mrs .Wesley Corbett Payne,
1 | who operate a grocery store in
I Wanchese. He entered service
vation of the unique flora and
fauna or the physiographic condi
tions now prevailing. These fea
tures will be fully protected.”! ;
What part will the present Outer
Bankers play in the devolpment
| of the park?
Mr. Lisle says, “It is our hope
that overnight accommodations,
meals, boating, fishing, hunting
and other - facilities, services and
supplies will be adequately pro
vided by these villages on Hatter
as and Ocracoke Islands, which
should result not only in the pro
vision of facilities and services for
visitors in the pleasant and hos
pitable atmosphere of these towns,
but should furnish desirable job
opportunities and commercial ben
efits to the towns-people.”
“Unauthorized soliciation of bus
iness or erection of buildings on
Federally owned land,” according
to Mr. Lisle, “is prohibited, and
there is no possibility of indis
criminate commercial enterprise
on the area.”
Economically, the National Park
Service sees great benefits to the
State through increased tourist
business:
“We believe,” he said, “that
just as the Great Smoky Moun
tain National Park and the Blue
Ridge Parkway in Western North
Carolina have already proven to
be of considerable economic and
social benefit to the State, the
seashore project, in a few years,
will bring similar economic and
social benefits to the eastern por
tion of the State.”
“The project will not uproot any
of the villagers or force a change
in their homes or habits, but it
would seem that the expanded op
portunities which will be made
available, may result in some
changes in the present mode of
living of the local inhabitants,”
Mr. Lisle says.
Although he is not more specific
on this last point, it is not har<|
to predict what those changes will
be.
The main income of the Outer
Bankers today is from commercial
fishing. Their second source of
revenue (there are no figures to
show how much) is the tourist
trade. At the present time, the
tourists are mostly hunters and
fishermen. These hunters and fish
ermen are different from the ordi
nary tourist in that they demand
very little other than a roof over
their heads, adequate food—and
plenty of hunting and fishing.
Paying Guests
There are now two hotels and
some tourist courts on Hatteras
See PARK, Page Three
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1952
June, 1951, and was sent overseas
January, 1952. He served as an
automatic rifleman in the 15th
Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division.
He was severely wounded by a
hand grenade in an assault on
Hill, 355 near Wonju, Korea on
February 15, 1952. He was evacu
ated from Korea to Tokyo, and
was subsequently transferred to
Walter Reed May 13, 1952. Since
arriving at Walter Reed he has
undergone seven operations.
His plans for the future was
undecided, however, he plans to
take advantage of the vocational
training through the Veterans Ad
ministration upon his discharge
from service.
DARE HOME CLUBS TO
MEET STUMPY POINT
Fall Federation Meeting October
22; Special Bus From
Outer Banks
The Dare County Home Dem
onstration Clubs plan to hold
their Fall Federation Meeting at
Stumpy Point on Wednesday,
[October 22 at 11:30 a. m., is an
nounced by Mary Kirby, Home
Demonstration Agent. John Har
ris, Extension Horticulture Spec
ialist, Raleigh, will be the guest
speaker. Home Demonstration
members are urged to attend and
members of the Garden Club and
other interested persons are cor
dially invited to attend.
Lunch will be served by the
[hostess club at 75e per plate,
i A bus will be chartered from
1 Hatteras to bring the women
from the Outer Banks to the
meeting. They will catch the 9:15
a. m. Oregon Inlet Ferry. Bus
fare will be $2.00 per person. It
Jis suggested that all women at
tending catch the 10:15 a. m. Air
port ferry. The meeting will ad
journ before 2:30 *p. m. in order
to return o the 3:00 p. m. Croatan
ferry and 4:30 Oregon Inlet fer
ry.
County-wide business of the
' clubs will be discussed at the
meeting, plans made for attend
ing the National Home Demon
stration Club Meeting in Raleigh,
[October 25-31, and installation of
[new officers in a candlelighting
[ service.
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'PEGASUS FLYING CLUB
VISITS MANTEO AIRPORT
Some 20 planes from the Pegas
us Flying Club Baltimore visi
ted the Manteo Airport during
I the weekend, and the 30 to 40
[visitors who came in them, spent
two days relaxation at Nags Head
most of the mstopping at the
Carolinian. The club visited the
[airport once before in the past
iyear, and being pleased with
their visit, came in greater num
bers.
Bill Henderson, operator of the
Manteo Flying service is back
home after several days treat
ment in De Paul hospital.
MANTEO REBEKAHS TO HOLD
PAST NOBLES GRAND NIGHT
Past Nobles Grand night will
be observed by the Manteo Re
bekahs Monday night, October 6,
at the regular meeting of the
Manteo Rebekah Lodge in the
Town Hall. AU offices will be filled
by Past Noble Grands and they
will have complete charge of the
meeting.
A special program is being plan
ned, and a social hour will be held
after the meeting. Mrs. Margaret
White, Noble Grand, aurges all
members to attend.
NYLON NETTING
WINNING FAVOR
WITH FISHERMEN
Catches Fish More Efficient
ly But Has Some Disad
vantages; More Costly
The new nylon wonder netting
is taking many fishermen in our
nearby waters by storm, because
of its superior qualities for gilling
or hanging fish, but it still has
some snags of its own which is
being worked on by new manufac
turers.
Ederer Net Company of Phila
delphia, which markets a lot of
this net says it costs from two to
three times as much as old-fash
ioned cotton netting, and nearly
twice as much as linen netting
which was formerly at the top for
efficiency. Manufacturers are over
coming the tendency of the knots
in this slick twine to slip; there
is a disadvantage in sandy sur
faces nylon netting is more aller
gic to abrasion which damages and
weakens the thread.
On the other hand, nylon net
ting is not subject to rot, as other
netting, if kept housed out of the
sun. It is said nylon may be put
away while wet without damage.
In this respect, it is practically in
destructible. It must not be left
out in the sun for long periods.
The netting has a tendency to
stretch, which fishermen consider
an advantage in that it is not so
subject to breakage when struck
by powerful fish. Briefly, it can
withstand less abrasion and acid
action; its long-lasting qualities
far outweigh the extra cost; it
has better qualities for holding
fish.
One fisherman at Manns Harbor
said a few nylon nets brought
him bigger catches and a much
larger quantity of fish than linen
netting during the past season.
A reason for the higher cost of
nylon netting is the limited al
lotment of nylon thread available
to manufacturers of netting.
MILLION AND QUARTER
VISIT WESTERN PARK
If anyone doubts the power of
National Parks to attract busi
ness, he only needs to read the
figures showing what it has done
for the National Park in the N. C.
Mountains. More than a million
and a quarter people visited the
park during the year.
All records fell in August, for
visitations to the Blue Ridge
Parkway and Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, which
converge in North Carolina.
Parkway travel soared to 634,133
persons as compared with 432,-
844 in August of last year. The
Great Smokies Park counted
582,726 persons as compared with
436,277 in August last year.
In Dare County alone, where
there is yet no park, but two Na
tional monuments, tourist at
tendance jumped higher even
than the attendance at the Lost
Colony.
Travel to Nags Head and Roa
noke Island is used as the coas
tal tourist barometer because ac
curate records are kept at two
National Park service projects
there. For August, visitors to the
Wright Memorial totalled 43,022
as compared with 39,516 in Aug
ust of last year. At Roanoke Is
land (Fort Raleigh National His
toric Site) August visitations
were 55,591 as compared with 48,-
548 in August, 1951.
KITTY HAWK BOY
TRAINS AT CAPE MAY
CAPE MAY, N. J., Sept. 23.
Leslie R. Henley, seaman recruit,
U.S.C.G., and son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. J. Henley of Kitty Hawk, is
now undergoing th? 12 week
course of recruit training at the
U. S. Coast Guard Receiving Cen
ter in Cape May, N. J., where he
is learning the basic duties as a
member of the nation’s oldest sea
going force.
Recruit Henley attended Kitty
Hawk High School. Previous to his
enlistment he worked as a painter.
In July, at 17, he enlisted. Henley’s
brother, Gilbert, also serves his
country, as a member of the Army
stationed in Germany.
The curriculum of a CoAst Guard
recruit is varied and extensive, in
both a military and personal sense,
in order to meet the service’s man
ifold needs. Military drill, seaman
ship, signalling, gunnery, and fire
fighting are stressed in the class
room, as well as in the field. The
men receive indoctrination on the
ways of service life and its disci
pline and are instructed in practi
cal first aid methods and person
al hygiene. Their responsibilities
as citizens are also streessed in
weekly lectures. Daily physical ed
ucation periods help build sound
minds and bodies and encourage a
competitive spirt among the men.
COLINGTON BOY IN AIR
FORCE BASE IN TEXAS
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BASE, TEXAS.—A-3c Clarence L.
Beasley, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry H. Beasley of Colington,
Rt. 2, Kitty Hawk, N. C., has en
tered the Aircraft Mechanics
School at Sheppard Air Force
Bass, home of the world’s largest
technical school of this type.
During his 22 week course as a
student at Sheppard he will learn
basic skills required to service, in
spect every type of USAF aircraft
currently in use.
Upon graduation he will enter
a course for advanced training, or
will be assigned to one of the ma
jor commands as an air mechanic.
He was graduated from Kitty
Hawk High School in 1952 and
enlisted in the Air Force June 20,
1952. He was valedictorian of his
graduation class and was recipient
of the Civic Award as the school’s
“Best Citizen.”
PARK SERVICE DIRECTOR
TO VISIT OUTER BANKS
Next 'Week, Group Will Discuss
Seashore Recreation Area
Project with Residents
The suggestion of this news
paper last week that the Park
Service director-himself visit'the
people of the Outer Banks, seems
to have borne fruit. It hit a pop
ular chord throughout North Car
olina and we received many fav
orable comments.
Conrad L. Wirth, Director of
the National Park Service, has
advised the North Carolina Cape
Hatteras Seashore Commission
that he is going to spend several
days next week in face to face
(discussions with residents of the
Outer Banks. In his tour of the
(Banks, Mr. Wirth will be accom
panied by Herbert C. Bonner,
Representative in Congress from
the First District of North Caro
lina, and Buxton White of Eliza
beth City who will represent the
Cape Hatteras Seashore Com-
Mr. Wirth has announced that
his party will arrive in Ocracoke
on the afternoon of October 6,
remaining there overnight. On
October 7 they will be in the Hat
teras area to talk with citizens
of Hatteras, Frisco and Buxton.
That evening they will be at the
Hatteras school, proceeding the
following morning to the Avon
community. On October 8, they
will meet with interested land
owners from Avon, Salvo, Waves
and Rodanthe, remaining in Avon
for conferences at the school
See DIRECTOR, Page Two
BIG PTA MEETING AT
HATTERAS NEXT WED.
State Officials and Nearly 100 Ex
pected to Dinner; Ocracoke
Women to Be Special
Guests
A county wide P. T. A. gather
ing is planned for Hatteras Wed
nesday, October. Bth, Mrs. Law
rence Swain or Manteo, District
Director, stated this week. Be
tween 80 and 100 are expected
to attend the business meeting
and diner at the Hatteras school.
The meeting begins at 10:15 and
the Ocracoke Chapter has been
invited as special guests.
Prominent officials in the
State Organization, which has
over a quarter million members,
who will attend this meeting, are
as follows: Mrs. J. W. Burke,
Gibsonville, Treasurer; Mrs.
Blanche Haley, State Field, Sec
retary; and Mrs. A. F. Glenn of
Greensboro, Chairman of Service
Council.
Delegations from Wanchese
and Manns Harbor along ’with
groups from all communities on
Hatteras Island will attend.
Mrs. Blanche Midgett is presi
dent of the Buxton P. T. A.; Mrs.
Louis Cudworth of Wanchese;
Mrs. W. S. White of Manns Har
bor; Mrs. Nellie Farrow of
Waves; Mrs. Hazel Foster of Hat
teras the Host Club.
There are twelve counties in
Mrs. Swain’s District.
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GAME RULES FOR
HUNTING DURING
1952-1953 SEASON
Rules Worth Clipping and
Saving For Future Ref
erence; More Fowl
Allotted
FEDERAL GAME LAWS for
this season permit shooting of
geese, ducks, coot, but now Snow
Geese, No ember 1 7through Jan
uary 10. Bag limit two geese daily.
Shooting of brant, Nov. 17 through
Dec. 1.
WOODCOCK, Dec. 12 to Jan.
11; SORA Sept. 1 to Oct. 30.
MOURNING DOVE, Oct. 1 to
15, and Dec. 27 to Jan. 10.
The game laws which apply
to our section of the state are
presented here for general in
formation. They come from the
bulletin of the N. C. Wildlife Re
ources Commission. Laws print
ed here apply to the following
counties: Beaufort, Dare, Hyde,
Tyrrell and Washington with
open seasons as follows:
Squirrel, October 15 to Janu
ary ,15. Raccoon and opossum
October 15, February 14.
Exception on Squirrel, Decem
ber 1 to January 15 in Atlantic
Township, Dare County, and in
that part of Nags Head Town
ship east of Roanoke Sound.
Bear and Deer, open season .
October 15 to January 15. Bear
bag limits daily 2, possession 2;
season none. Only male deer with
visible antlers may be taken. In
Hatteras Township, Dare County,
deer hunting is permitted only
hrough the month of November,
and also the same in Atlantic
Township and Roanoke Island,
where there are no deer. In that
Portion of Beaufort and Craven
Counties between Vanceboro and
Washington lying west of High
way U S. 17 andnorth of high
way No. 118 are closed to deer
hunting.
Rabbits, Nov. 27 to Jan. 31.
(Bag limits, daily 5, possession 10;
(season 75. Quail, same season,
bag limits daily 8, possession 16;
season 100.
Foxes, season open at all times
other seasons are open.No closed
season, no restriction on bag lim
its. .
Furbearing animals: Mink,
Muskrat, Opossum, Otter, Rac
coon: December 1, February 15.
Exceptions: Atlantic, Nags Head,
Kinnekeet and Hatteras Town
ships, Dare County, and Curri
tuck County where the season is
'January 1 to January 31.
Additional Rules affecting
game hunting or trapping are as
follows.
Responsibility of Guides: It
shall be unlawful for any hunting
See RULES, Page Two
LEWARK LANDS 21
FISH ALL AT ONCE
By AYCOCK BROWN
Kill Devil Hills.—Capt Will Le
wark, retired Coast Guard officer
who took up fishing for fun as a
hobby upon his retirement from
the service made an unusual rec
ord while fishing in Albemarle
Sound, two miles southeast of
Wade’s Point Lighthouse on Mon
day. As a result he is undisputa
bly the champion striped bass or
rock fisherman on the Dare coast
today.
Fishing alone from his 25-foot
boat with 21 artificial lures trolled
from the stern he hit a school of
stripers and caught 21, all at the
same time. He was using yellow
head bucktails which he had made
himself.
In all he landed 78 fish, weigh
ing a total of 83 pounds. The larg
est fish however, scaled at an
ounce over six pounds.
His multiple rigs consisted of
seven three way riggers, and two
rods and reels.
Previously it had been reported
that the stripers or rockfish as
they are better known locally were
schooling in the waters of Albe
marle Sound. Capt. Tom Basnight,
skipper of the State Fisheries Pa
trol craft Croatan reporter run
ning through three schools be
tween Wade’s Point and Roanoke
Sound last week. A- few good
catches of the stripers had been
reported by anglers hereabouts,
but none could touch the catch
and the record Capt. Lewark made
on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Beatty of
Cleveland, Ohio, spending a fishing
vacation at Nags Head, were run
nerups to Capt. Lewark on Mon
day. Trolling in upper Croatan
Sounds they landed 12 striped
bass.
The real challenge for striped
bass fishermen along the Dare
coast is to catch one from the surf.
So far this season none have been
landed with rod and reel by beach
fishermen, but they’ve been report
ed in the breakers.
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