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VOLUME XVIII NO. 17 BIG ASSEMBLY OF GOD MEET AT OCRACOKE Many Ministers Coming For Two Days of Service Next Week Special services are being plan ned for Wednesday, October 29th and 30th at the Assembly of Gcd Church at Ocracoke. Rev. Andrew Stirling, District Superintendent, from Dunn, N. C., and seven ci dained ministers, Presbyters of the North Carolina District, will be present. Services will be held both nights at 7:30 p.m. Rev. Fred Sor rels from the Cullasaja Assembly will preach Wednesday night. Rev. R. O. Brown from the Mor ganton Assembly will preach Thursday night. The services are open to the public and interested friends are welcome. The Assembly of God Church had special visitors last Sundt.y from Winston-Salem, when Mr. and Mrs. Noah and thrde children and a Miss Bowman spent the week end at Ocracoke. The visitors took particular part in the musical selections of the service on Sunday morning and Sunday night. ROAD PROGRESS REPORTED ON IN FIRST DISTRICT Work Reviewed Under Ad ministration of Shelton in Northeast Counties Raleigh, Oct. 23.—Highway sys tems in the 14 counties compris ing the First Division have been vastly improved by the current ad ministration’s record-b reak in g road-building program, according to a report issued by Commission er Henry G. Shelton of Speed. Shelton’s progress report re viewed highway activities in the First from Jan. 1, 1949, to Sept. 30, 1952. ft showed a total of $26,- 142,566 had been spent on con struction of roads and bridges in the Division during that period. Additional millions were spent on fhaintenance. Counties in ‘the First are Cam den, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Bertie, Hertford Martin, North ampton .Edgecombe, Halifax and Warren. A total of 914.4 miles of secon dary roads were paved in the Di vision in the period covered by the report. This mileage was fi nanced by the se<?ondary-road bond issue voted by the people of North Carolina in 1949. An additional 273.7 miles of county roads were paved with funds other than bond money. Shelton reported that a total of -515,269,246 of bond money had been spent for all purposes; His highway forces have stabilized 967 miles of country roads for all weather use. A total of 515 new bridges have been constructed and 1 564 culverts of 36-inch diameter I or larger have been installed. ! Hundreds of smaller culverts have been installed. The report showed considerable work also had been done on pri- 1 ' mary highways in the First dur ing the current administration. Money spent on primary highway construction and improvements to taled $7,689,100. A total of 71.1 miles of new primary highways have been paved, and an addition al 197.3 miles have been improved by widening or resurfacing or both. Shelton said 106.6 miles of sec ondary-road paving had been pro grammed to be done in the Divis ion between last Sept. 30 and next Jan. 1. A county-by-county summary of road wprk done in the First Di-1 vision since Jan. 1, 1949, follows: Miles of secondary bond roads I paved: Bertie, 101.5; Cqmden, 35.3;! Chowan, 44.7; Currituck, 30.1; 1 Dare, 35.8; Edgecombe, 110.8; Gates, 46.9; -Halifax, 127; Hert ford, 60.7; Martin, 91; Northamp ton, 83.5; Pasquotank, 49.6; Per quimans, 33.1; and Warren, 64.4. New bridges: Bertie, 60; Cam den, 10; Chowan, 19; Currituck, 15; Dare, 14; Edgecombe, 13; Gates, 63; Halifax, 63; Hertford, 49; Martin, 96; Northampton, 38; Pasquotank, 20; Perquimans, 12; and Warren, 43. New culverts: Bertie, 34; Cam den, 48; Chowan, 16; Currituck, 31; Dare, 6; Edgecombe, 43; Gates, 52; Halifax, 60; Hertford, 37; Martin, 107; Northampton, 27; Pasquo tank, 56; Perquimans, 23; and Warren, 24. Miles paved on county roads other than bond roads: Bertie, 25.4; Camden, 5.7; Chowan, 14.7; Currituck, 8.1; Dare, 18.2; Edge combe, 34.3; Gates, 19.2; Halifax, 16.6; Hertford, 32; Martin, 13.1; Northampton, 45.4; Pasquotank, 10.9; Perquimans. 8.5; and War- See PROGRESS, Page Eight THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA DUCKS, GEESE ARRIVING PRIOR TO SEASON By AYCOCK BROWN Ducks, geese and swan by the thousands were arriving at their winter feeding areas in the sounds and marshes of Dare and other northeast coastal counties this week. Largest flights came early this woek when the temperature dropped to freezing in northern states and brought chilly north west winds, which reached half gale force at times, to the coast of North Carolina. Dare County with its five sounds, fresh water lower Currituck and eastern Albemarle, brackish water Croatan and Roanoke and salty Pamlico, with numerous bays and creeks' bordering thousands of • acres of marshlands, provides one of the favorite feeding grounds along the Atlantic Flyway of mi gratory wildfowl. By the time the season opens for shooting next month, migra tory wildfowl will be plentiful in Dare from the village of Duck /rear Caffeys Inlet on lower Curri tuck Sound, southward to the shoals of Hatteras Inlet, and from Roanoke Sound at Nags Head to the Alligator River mouth of Al bemarle Sound. It is that way every year. Already from Duck and Kitty Hawk Bays have come reports of large concentrations of -geese which may be killed during open season with an increase in bag limits this year to great flocks of swan which will again enjoy com plete protection from hunters. Woodson Midgett in Duck village stated this week that he had never seen so many wildfowl in lower Currituck, so early in the season. Charles Williams, owner-manag er of Cape Hatteras Hotel in Avon on the Outer Banks reported plenty of duck along the shores of Pgmlico Sound south of Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. Ar rangements for hunting in the Pamlico Sound region near Avon can be made through Williams, and_ many other persons in the villages of Hatteras Island including Scot ty Gibson of Hatteras, Georgfe Ful ler of Buxton, and others. Most of the operators of year-around ho* tels and inns of Nags Head, Kitty Hawk and Manteo will also make arrangements for hunting guides as the waterfowl season opens late in November. Pea Island Refuge One place in Dare where migra tory wildfowl have absolute pro tection from hunters is in the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge which extends along the Outer Banks from Oregon Inlet south ward to Rodanthe. Already there is a great concentration of wild fowl at this refuge, according to L. B. Turner, its manager. ' “We estimated that 15,000 ducks, mostly pintails and widgeons, had arrived at the refuge prior to the current cool and windy weather, which is bringing in additional I fowl of different varieties daily,” . said Turner. The first swan, a total of seven, reached the refuge on the week end, but by Tuesday morning larg | er flocks of the largest of migra tory wildfowl were arriving in the J refuge area, according to Turner. “Our week end count showed a total of 800 Canadian geese,” he added. “Actually the goose popu lation was not as great last year as during some previous seasons. A more popular feeding area for Canada geese is the Mattamuskeet Lake refuge on the Hyde main land,” Turner stated. Os the 15,000 ducks counted at Pea Islsand they were mostly pin tails and widgeons. Previously there had been sizeable flocks of blue and green winged teal at Pea Island but most of those birds have gone farther south which is their j custom. The mid-winter duck pop ulation of Pea Island Refuge was I about 32,000 last year and in addi- I tion to Pintails and Widgeons, consisted of black duck, shovellers, ruddy ducks, some teal and a few mallards. The total Canada goose count last year was 10,000. In recent years, not all ducks See DUCK, Page Eight - CONVENTION OF AIRPORT MANAGERS IN SAVANNAH / The Southeastern Airport Man agers Assn, is holding its Fall meeting at the General Oglethorpe Hotel in Savannah, Georgia Octo ber 24th and 25th. The Associa tion is made up of Airport Man agers from the cities in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Virgin ia, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Mr. W. M. Shand, Manager, Co lumbia Airport, S. C. will preside as president. Mr. Frank LeHardy, Manager of Savannah Airport will be host at the meeting which will include many important aviation personalities. The convention - met at Nags Head in October of 1951. ANCIENT RELICS ARE EXAMINED BY AUTHORITIES Smithsonian Reports on Fragments Found by Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Wise By AYCOCK BROWN Manteo.—A variety of earthen ware fragments, metal shoe buck les and other objects found in the dunes of a barren area of the beach near the village of Duck in upper Dare County have been examined by the Ethnology Di vision o's Smithsonian Institution and their report indicates that a long-forgotten community may have existed in t the area. Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Wise of Manteo and their children made the discovery of the various objects about one year ago following a coastal storm which washed away the sand on top of the dunes. They found dozens of fragments of plates, saucers and vases, metal belt buckles, fragments of clay pipes, wine bottles, irregular pieces of sheet brass, brass pins and one bayonet. Most of the objects, according to the findings of the Smithsonian of ficials, date back to the 18th and 19th century. In a comprehensive report is sued by C. W. Watkins, associate curator of the Institutions’ divis ion of ethnology the following was reported: • Glazed white earthenware with hand painted springs resemoled the “pearl ware” introduced about 1780 in England by Wedgwood who had succeeded in bleaching the yel lowish tones of his .'reamware. This may have been made at Bris tol, according to the report. Other fragments decorated with orange and green sprigs was typical of the earthenware made at Bristol and other English factories around 1800. Fragments of molded salt-glaz ed stoneware with basket-work de sign in relief was made in the Staf fordshire potteries as one of the mid-18th century efforts to make white earthenware. The molded va riety, of which the fragments were an example of, was introduced about 1755 and continued to be made until about 1786. Other frag ments were described as belonging to the period between 1815 to about 1835. Fragments of shoe buckles of copper-zinc alloy such as was used during the 18th Century was also in the find by the Wise family. There was much to suggest the syle of Sheraton and Hepplewhite furniture in the designs of these buckle fragments, according to the report. A book hasp with stamped de sign probably came from a family Bible and according to the Smith- See RELICS, Page Four News of Columbia & Tyrrell Co. For Subscriptions, see Mrs. Blanche W. Cohoon, or Call Her, Phone 317-1, Columbia, N. C. She will welcome news of Columbia and Tyrrell County GUM NECK HOMECOMING OF FREEWILL BAPTISTS GUM NECK.—A Homecoming was held at the Gum Neck Free Will Baptist Church on Sunday, Oct. 19. The services began at eleven o’clock, with the Rev. J. W. Alford preaching his farewell ser mon to this pastorate. The high lights of the day were the compil ation of and the reading of the History of the Church, by Miss Hettie Jones; dedication of a large picture of the church building, which was made from an old pho tograph of the former structure, before it was renovated. This pic ture shows the growth of the church in the last several score of years for comparison by pos terity. It was donated by the Messrs. Sam O. Jones and Larry I. Jones; special music was a quar tet by the Messrs. J. Albert Spen cer, W. G. Toomey, Harry Swain, and the Rev. R. Norman Knight; invited guests were all persons who had at some time lived with in the boundaries of Gum Neck and their families. The church was filled to overflowing. A memorial prayer was dedicated to those members whose chaifs are now vacant, but who made possible this chance for such a lovely oc casion. A picnic dinner of luscious fried chicken, roast beef, country ham, cakes of all makes, chicken, potato and fruit salads, several varieties of sandwiches, spiced peaches, cold slaw, pickles, etc., all garnished to a queen’s touch, was served On tables on the church ground, where old friends met, conversed and with an occasional embrace. The spirit of love, friend liness, hospitality, and liberty pre vailed. The sign of bounteousness apparent which can be found only in our own beloved country— America. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1952 GRAMPS PHOTOGRAPHS HIS GRANDDAUGHTER lUp . :■ MARY CLAIRE CONYERS, four years old on July 29th, is the daughte rof Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Conyers of Wilson, and the grand daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Matthews of Engelhard. The moth er is the former Mary Matthews. The picture was made by Mr. Mat thews himself, who is one of the foremost amateur photographers in North Carolina. STUMPY POINT IS HOST TO 85 CLUB WOMEN WENSDY Fall Federation Meeting of Home Clubs in Dare Much Enjoyed Eighty five people attended the Fall Federation meeting of Home Demonstration Clubs of Dare County at Stumpy Point Wednes day, ate lunch, and came away pleased with the entertainment and the good time. A special bus earned visitors from Hatteras Island, many of them visiting the host community for the first time. Attendance from various clubs of Dare was as fol lows: Buxton 4, Hatteras 1, Frisco 2, Rodanthe 26 of its 27 members, Avon 2; Manns Harbor 4, Wan chese 4, Colington 4, Manteo 9, Kitty Hawk 8, Stumpy Point 16 and Nags Head 5. Mrs. Leo Midgett of Manteo, the county council president, presided. Mrs. Gertrude Wise was pianist; devotional by Mrs. Robert Midget; Mrs. Mary Dowdy of Kitty Hawk served as Secretary and Mrs. Mc- Coy Hooper of Stumpy Point, Treasurer. A report on Farm and Home Week was made by Mrs. L. D. Mid gett of Buxton. Mrs. Woodrow Best introduced the speaker, who was John Harris, Extension Hor ticulture Specialist of State Col- See HOST, Page Eight FRANK BRICKHOUSE, 77, DIES IN TYRRELL CO. Columbia, Oct. 28.—Funeral services for Frank Brickhouse, age 77, who* lied Thursday were held in the Sound Side Free Will Bap tist Church on Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Services were held by the Rev. J. W. Alford, pastor, as sisted by the Rev. W. E. Pope, pastor of the Missionary Church. Special music “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere” was sung by Mrs. W. A. Howett. The choir sang “How Beautiful Heaven Must Be” and “Home Over There”. Interment was at the Sound Side Missionary Baptist Cemetery. Flower girls consisted of the S. N. Woodward Bible Class. Mr. Brickhouse is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Daniel B. Brickhouse, of the home, Mrs. Frances Smith of Norfolk; one son, Richard Brickhouse of Colum bia, and eight grandchildren. The funeral was directed by Messrs. C. E. Walker and Wiley P. Armstrong. Moving flowers were in charge of Mrs. George Fisher, Mrs. Mamie Brickhouse and Mrs. Blanche W. Cohoon. MRS. C. P. MITCHELL, JR., * ASSUMES LIBRARY WORK Columbia.—lt has been announc ed by Mrs .L. L. Gibbs, librarian, that due to circumstances beyond his control, E. E. Chesson, Jr., will be unable to act as leader for Tyrrell County, on the “American Heritage and its Cbntemporary Application” project which is be ing sponsored by the North Caro lina Library Commission under the auspices of the American Library Association, and in which the Tyr rell County Public Library is par ticipating. However, the services See COLUMBIA, Page Eight HUNTING TRIP ENDS LIFE OF 13 YR. OLD BOY Glenn Sadler of Swan Quar ter Dies Friday About an Hour After Being Shot Wherever there’s a game, and older men participate with great zeal in the sport of hunting, the coming generation will always grow up. with the wish to emulate their elders, and to take part in the sport. Tragedy, from time to time for young and old will be the result. It happened Friday in Swan Quarter, when Glenn Sadler, 13, was accidentally wounded, and died about an hour later in Belhaven hospital. His gun had gone off while he was dragging the butt end along on the ground. With Caesar Harris, also 13, a colored neighbor, he had gone hunting about a mile north of Swan Quarter. While dragging the gun on the ground, the hammer caught on a bush; the full load went into the boy’s head. The Har ris boy became frightened and ran out to the road, and State High way employes nearby went to the scene and found the wounded boy. He was alive, Gilbert Tunnell and Joe Williams, Jr., took him to the hospital. Glenn was a seventh grade student in Swan Quarter high school. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Sadler; two brothers, Larry and Gary Sadler; two sisters, Diana and Patsy Jo, all of the home; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Allene Sadler; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson, all of Swan Quarter. Funeral services were held at Providence Methodist Church Sun day at 2 p.m. Burial was in Soule Cemetery. TOURIST BUREAU IS COMPILING LIST OF HOTELS AND COURTS In order to answer the in quiries now reaching Dare Coun ty Tourist Bureau promptly and accurately, a list of all hotels, ini s, motor courts and boarding houses that will remain open during the current winter is being compiled. The Bureau manager has request ed all persons owning or operating facilities for the accommodation of tourists, hunters and fishermen to forward complete information at once to Aycock Brown, manager and news director of the organi zation in Manteo. Most of the larger hotels on the Dare Beaches have already closed j for the season. Those remaining open at present include the Ar lington, the Sea Rranch, the Kitty Hawk, the Edgewater and the Carolinian. The Haymans announc ed this week they planned to close on or about November 1. The Sea Ranch will close on or about No vember 1. The management of the Carolinian has also announced that they would close on November 1, for an expansion program. Sever al motor courts on the beaches are remaining open throughout the winter, but restaurant facilities will be limited. A number of mod ern heated cottages will also be available on the beach during the winter. In Manteo the Fort Raleigh and Fearings Restaurant will be open throughout the winter. Charles Williams of Avon has announced that his American plan Cape Hat teras Hotel will be open through out the winter catering to hunters, fishermen and tourists. Scotty Gibson of Alantic View Hotel has also announced that his hotel would be open throughout the winter. The Atlantic View and Cape Hatteras Hotels are the only American plan hotels on Hatteras Island. It is understood that sever al boarding houses and motor courts will be open during the win ter in the communities of Hatter as, Buxton, and at Avon, but no definite information to this effect had been received by the Tourist Bureau. There will be several motbr courts and tourist homes onpn on the Dare Beaches, according to un official reports, but in order to have exact information the Tourist Bureau management has asked See BUREAU, page Four LIGHTSHIP COMMANDER REMOVED TO HOSPITAL Bos’n L. T. Twiford, USCG, offi cer in charge of the Diamond Shoals Lightship, was removed from the vessel Saturday at noon because of illness. A Coast Guard cutter left Hat teras Inlet and "took Twiford to the hospital at Buxton, on Hat teras Island, porbably to be trans ferred to the Norfolk Marine Hos pital, the Coast Guard said. Twi ford lives at 902 North Road Street, Elizabeth City. 94 MEMBERS OF 4-H FROM DARE VISIT THE FAIR Ninety 4-H Club members left Manteo Friday morning, October 17 to visit the State Fair in Ra leigh. After a short sightseeing trip in Raleigh to see the state buildings they arrived at the fair grounds about 3 p.m. Leaving the fair that night after seeing the fireworks they arrived home early Saturday morning. Following are the names of those attending: Jit terbug Daniels, Allen Dough, Wil liam Dough, Rodney Mann, Frank ie White, Hattie Hayman, Donna Forbes, Kenny Lou Daniels, Cary Worth* Stetson, Melee Tillett, Bil ly Midgett, Janice Pugh, Jackie Tillett, Grady Austin, Worth Mid gett, Kirby Tillett, Marshall Til lett, Mike Jones, Johnny Ether idge, Doris Ann Modlin, Vivian Midgett, Jackie Twiford, Edward Reber .Charles Reber, Jeffery Mid gett, Diane Tillett, Tommy Bal lance, Helen Baum, Janice Scar borough, Janet Wescott, Joan Daniels, Milah Daniels, Tommy Parker, Margarene Midgett, Wil liam Midgett, Tony Tillett, Bar bara Dowdy, Carroll Midgett, Lois Sears, Pug Owens, Betty Tillett, Juanita XiHett, Ray Flowers, Bar bara Jones, Ralph Jones, Jr., Char lotte Davis Robert Odell Quidley, Jean Sears, Carmen Pridgen, Olive Hayman, Guy Ward Daniels, By ron Sawyer, Harliet Tillett, Ann Krider, Larry Holmes, Lloyd Wes cott, Barbara Haywood, Desmond Foster, Patricia Culpepper, Grace Quidley, Faye Dykstra, Tessie Til lett, Roy Gray, Jr., Genis Faye Partridge, Jack Wood, Joyce Stet son, Alice Midgett, Barbara Hazen, Stanley Newman Lance Midgett, Avner Midgett, Bembra Miller, Dennis Midgett, Estelle Ballance, Robert Bruce Best, Bobby Sullivan, David Midgett, Jr., Laura Daniels, Anna Brickhouse, Tessie Forbes. Mary B. Meekins, Freida Midgette, Yvonne Hooper, Salvo, Jimmie O’Neal, Leia Quidley, Winona Peele, Feme Ballance, Jakie Mid gett, Jill Tillett. HALLOWE’EN PARTY IN MANTEO OCT. 31 Proceeds Will Go Toward School Typewriter Fund The Manteo P.T.A. will sponsor a Hallowe’en carnival on Friday night, October 31, at 7:30 in the Manteo School gymnasium, a play and bathing beauty contest will be held in the school auditorium be fore the merry-making starts in the gym. Five costume prizes are to be awarded as follows: pre- I school age; grades 1-4; grades 5-8; grades 8-12; and adults. Tickets will be sold at a nominal price. The president urges all people to hold their ticket stubs in order to enter the gym, without having to purchase another. In the gym there will be many forms of entertain ment for young and old. Each grade will sponsor a booth, such as fish pond, hot-dog stands, grab bags, fortune tellers, bobbing ap ples, ice cream, candy, wagon rides, drinks and many other things for fun-making. The public is invited to come out and help celebrate. The proceeds will be used toward paying for the school typewriters so patrons are urged to come out and give the P.T.A. a helping hand. ONLY 38 AUTOS STRANDED AT OREGON INLET SUNDAY Conditions have improved at Oregon Inlet ferry where week end traffic still encounters a bot tleneck. Only 38 automobiles were stranded on Hatteras Island Sun day night, according to reports reaching here via the Manteo-Hat teras Bus Line which enjoys a pri ority privilege on the ferry be cause it hauls passengers. In the meantime, Dare Commissioners have appealed to the State High way and Public Works Commis sion to maintain schedules on a summertime basis during the week ends when so many tourists visit Hatteras Island. Conditions on Sunday were not as bad as some Sundays when up to 75 autos have been stranded due to lack of adequate ferry service to bring them back to north side. FISHING PIER ENLARGED Nags Head.—Piles are being driven at the offshore end of Jen nette’s Fishing Pier here at the present time and before another summer this ocean pier will be one of the largest and most adequate ly equipped in coastal Carolina, ac cording to its owner, Warran Jen nette. “Channel bass usually show up near the end of the pier following sudden shifts of the wind to northeast and when the ocean is rough," said Jennette. “The larg-1 est taken this year was a 49- pounder by an angler from Win ston-Salem, N. C.” Single Copy 70 MANY HUNTING TALES FOLLOW t DEER SEASON t Preachers Are Experts and f Boys of Ten Succeed Where Veterans Fail ' There are many true stories of ’ this season’s deer hunts in Hyde, ' Dare and Beaufort Counties, where ■ more sportsmen have come to hunt than ever before. Some of the tales : are fantastic, but none-the-less true. In Beaufort County, a ten year L old boy shot and killed a big buck, , where his father failed to shoot because of the distance. And in , the same vicinity, two Disciples ' preachers, one for the first time at least, got a buck apiece. And there is the tale of the ! hunting party from Winsteadville I who started out on the opening day, fully prepared, even haul ing a tractor by barge along the inland waterway, where they expected to unload it and use it ; It went to the bottom of the canal, to travel over the wild morasses, carrying guns, shells, tractor and all. Dixon (Jerry) Cox, Jr., of Beechridge road near Leechville, ten years old, shot the 125-lb. buck with a 410 gauge gun. George Downey, Belhaven minister of the First Christian Church, killed his 90-lb. buck in the same vicinity. J. E. Alligood, minister at Ponzer, also killed a larger deer. Harold White, because of the rain had left the scene ten minutes before; but the preacher, undaunted by the weather, remained and succeeded. Carl Kinion of Winsteadville, who with a party of friends, load ed guns, food, ammunition, tent and a tractor on a barge and went up the inland waterway, prepared for any situation they thought and equipped to go where hunters had not been before, didn’t get a chance to hunt at all. Their barge upset, and severything went to the bottom of the canal. Full recovery of everything had not been made by Wednesday. In Dare County, full 25 hunters were posed, waiting for deer Wed nesday morning this week on the stretch of .road between Stumpy Point and Callahan’s Swamp, with like number in the East Lake vi cinity. Further reports on deer hunting came from Aycock Brown, Dare publicity man, as follows: With no kills reported during the first two days of the big-game hunting season on the main land of Dare, sportsmen were having better luck during the past week end and at least 11 bear and 15 deer were bagged .according to W. S. White, state wildlife pro tector who keeps a check on hunt ers and hunting in this area. Most of the hunting has been on the 150,000 or more acres of woodlands and possessions acquir ed this year by the West Virginia 1 Pulp and Paper Company. Hunt ing on the property is by permis sion only, and to date William Ernst, Jr., the company’s manager with headquarters in Manteo has issued more than 500 permits. ‘Only requirement for a permit to hunt on the property is for the applicant to have in his possession the proper license required by the State Wildlife and Resources Com mission and the promise that every effort will be made to .not start any forest fires. The com pany permits cost sl.*They may be obtained at East Lake, in Manns Harbor or Stumpy Point from West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company employes or from the manager’s office in Manteo, on Roanoke Island. Capt. Ken Ward, veteran sports man guide of Manteo who has a See HUNTING, Page Eight HYDE COUNTY NATIVE DIES IN CURRITUCK Jeptha Mason, 71, a native of Hyde County, died in Moyock, Currituck County, Wednesday night at 11:15 after a long illness. He was the son of Dorset and Mary Equils Mason of Hyde Coun ty where he lived most of his life, but had been a resident of Curri tuck County for several years. He was the husband of the late Lillie Clements Mason ,and is survived by one son, H. T. Mason of Mo yock; one step-daughter, Mrs. L. \D. Paul of Alliance; two step sons, R. A. Fletcher of South Nor folk and B. L. Fletcher of Wash ington, D. C., one brother, Zion Mason of Scranton, N. C., and a half brother, Joe Davis of Colum bia, and by nine grand-children. He was a member of Burrows Me morial Baptist Church of Norfolk. Funeral services will be conducted in Elizabeth City Friday at the Toxey, Berry and Lynch Funeral i Home at 2 p.m. by Rev. C. A. Wil- I liams, pastor of Providence Bap tist Church of Shawboro. Burial will be in the Moyock Memorial * Cemetery.
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