North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME XVII NO. 20 BOUND OVER TO MAY COURTFOR STORE BREAKING Three Heard in Hyde Monday for Robbery of Spencer’s Engelhard Store Three young men were bound over Monday to the May term of Superior Court in Hyde County after being heard by Recorder’s Judge Joe Simmons on a charge of breaking into the store of R. S- Spencer of Engelhard on Monday' night, October 27th. Their bonds were set at SSOO each for appear ance next May. One of the de fendants, Lawrence Gray, had fur nished bond prior to the hearing. The value of the goods stolen was estimated at SSOO. The other two men were Carrol Gibbs, form erly of Engelhard and Edward Beach of Norfolk. They had no bond at the time of the trial. The three men, who later admit ted the deed, went into Mr. Spen cer’s store in the early morning hours of Tuesday, and got the merchandise which they had plan ned to sell. By 5 a.m. they had gotten as far as Edenton, but there a burned-out tail-light resulted in their being stopped, and a suspi cious officer, after seeing the clothes in the back of their car, got an admission of their origin. He promptly notified the Sheriff of Hyde County who came for the three men, returned the clothing to the owner, and got the admis sion of the boys that they went in the store, but had been drinking at the time of the theft. DONKEY BASEBALL NEXT MONDAY NIGHT Manteo Lions Will Sponsor Event for Benefit of Gym Heating System The Manteo Lions Club have announced that they have sched uled a Donkey Basketball game for the local court on Monday, November 17, at 8 p. m. This game played On the backs of real live donkeys has for years been the laugh hit of the cen tury. It’s been said if you haven’t seen a donkey game you haven't lived. The local Lions club has gone to considerable expense in bringing this game to Manteo. They have secured the services of the nationally known Buckeye Donkey Ball Company to bring their Donkeys here for the ex hibition. Local players will ride the Donkeys and many are in serious training for the big event. The Lions will be opposed by a team from the Shriners. The event is being sponsored for the benefit of the Manteo school gymnasium heating sus tem, and all proceeds will go for that purpose. The donkeys are rubber shod, and are guaranteed not to dam age the gymnasium floor. BIGGEST CHANNEL BASS IS LANDED AT CAPE HATTERAS Cape Hatteras.—A 56% pound channel bass was landed in the surf of Cape Point on Saturday morning and it is believed to be the biggest fish of the species taken with rod and reel along the North Carolina coast this year. The big fish was reeled on to the beach by Capt. Bernice Ballance, who for many years held the world’s record for this species, a 75% pound channel bass landed in the surf here. Bal lance stated that the big fish See BASS, Page Eight CITRUS FRUIT RIPENING IN CAPE HATTERAS Buxton.—Oranges, grapefruit, lemons and tangerines are ripen ing on Hatteras Island, in com munities now becoming famous for citrus fruit, grown in the yards of residences here. A count of grapefruit on one of the is land’s oldest citrus trees in the front yard of Mrs. Maude White here revealed 115. Oranges are also ripening. A small bush in the yard of the M. L. Burrus family at Hatteras has a score or more oranges. One of the newest bushes, a Tangerine plant set out by Mrs. John Hooper here last year, is also bearing fruit this year and a cultivated lemon tree at the home of Capt. Bernice Ballance is laden with dozens of fruit, much larger than the average commercial lemon one buys in food stores. . * The semi-tropical climate of this practically frost-free Cape Hatteras area makes it possible to grow citrus fruit, though none is grown on a commercial basis. THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA ENGELHARD ROTARIANS BOOSTING P. D. MIDGETT - w ■ ; 1■ k ■ P. D. MIDGETT, JR., business man arid community leader of En gelhard, is being advocate! earn estly anr vigorously by the Engel hard Rotary Club for District Gov ernor of the 278th District, in the coming year 1953-54. Mr. Midgett is well-known in Eastern North Carolina and Virginia for his wholehearted civic work and gen eral public spiritedness. He is the son of the late P. D. and Mattie Midgett of Wanchese, where three sisters now reside. He has been a Rotarian for more than 20 years, and was the prime organizer of the club at Engelhard where he estab lished himself in business 18 years ago, pioneering in the development of an ice and electric light busi ness, which now serves the greater part of the Hyde mainland, and part of Dare County, and of which he is president and manager. He graduated from Duke in 1922, taught school at Hatteras, worked for the University of North Caro lina, the Durham Morning Herald, the Duke Power Company and the VEPCo at Suffolk, where he was assistant sales manager, prior to coming to Hyde County. As a Ro tarian, he has been president three times of his home club; he has served both as President and Vice- President of the Southern Albe marle Association; trustee and steward of the local Methodist Church, Bible class teacher, and is now District Steward in the N. C.- Conference. He has served in nu merous public service capacities in addition to the above, including the County Ration Board, the Na tional War Fund Chairmanship, the Polio Foundation Chairman ship; Member USO Committee, etc., and is now a director of the National Conference of Small Bus inesses. His wife is the former Virginia Brittain of Suffolk. Chil dren are Martha and Bernard in the Engelhard School, P. D. 111, who is a Duke graduate and now associated with his father in busi ness, and George, another Duke graduate who is with Duke Power Co. in Durham. He has served on numerous regional Rotary commit tees, and on the programs of dis trict assemblies, as chairman and worker on many occasions. He has also served as chairman of the Legislative Advisory Commission of the Institute of Fisheries Re search of the University of N.C. The Manteo Club near Mr. Mid gett’s old home community on Roa noke Island has endorsed him for this honor. He is being liberally supported by clubs throughout the area. George Colclough of Burlington is the present District Governor. His term will expire June 30th. STATE PRESIDENT OF , REBEKAHS A VISITOR H 1 Z w tRH mH M Manteo Rebekah Lodge will be host Monday night at 8 .pan. in the town hall to Mfs. Olive Cahoon of Swan Quarter, State President of the Rebekahs. It will be her first official visit to Manteo, according to Noble Grand, Mrs. Margaret White. A covered dish supper will be served at 6:80’ p.m. All members are urged to attend. > SCOUTS THRILLED BY VISIT TO THE “OUTER BANKS” I By BEN DIXON MacNEILL ! BUGTON ON CAPE HATTER | AS, Nov. 11.—Since there is a ; paved road there is never any pre j dieting what will come rolling i down it and this week end Hatter ’ as Island grot its first glimpse of a II species called Boy Scouts of Amer < ica when about 100 of them from I the Tidewater Council which cen ( ters in Norfolk and covers the Al s bemarle area of North Carolina, : came down for a go at explore I tion. 'Native youths came out from their villages and looked at them, from a distance at first and then | at closer range, and yet closer when they caught sight of a foot ’ ball being fondled in the company street. That did it. The native youths entered the camp and pres ently they were mixed up in their very first football game—and this is probably the most fanatical football country in America. Things went on from there. Be fore nightfall the visiting Scouts were over in Btfxton village, gath ered at the school house where the PTA, mothers mostly of the local youths, were dishing out ice cream and cake and everybody was talk ing about organizing a troop or two of Scouts for Hatteras Island. And by bed time nobody could have told resident boy from visit ing boy except the natives were 1 trying to trade them out of the football. Between times the visiting Scouts explored the Island as well as they could. They climbed ths tallest lighthouse in the &orld and marvelled at what they saw. They dipped themselves in the Atlantic Ocean—on the warm side of the Point and they explored the grave of the six members of the crew of the USS Monitor who washed ashore and were buried here. Also they were shown orang? trees and grapefruit trees with fruit and blooms .on them. They saw a pair of 35-pound drum hauled out of the ocean on the Point and they discovered the bur ial place of a large whale and ex- ■ • cavated a joint or tow of its back bone to- carry back to their several troop headquarters byway of dec oration and trophy. Altogether they got in about as busy a week end as any expedition has been through with. Camp was established in the level area between Byram Hill and the U. S. Coast Guard station and they found firewood handy in the hundreds of pine trees that were killed by the fire that swept the Cape Hatteras park area in 1950., Stunt-night was staged around a massive bonfire Saturday night and on Sunday morning religious services were held with the Rev. Mr. Rayle, pastor of the Assembly Church in Buxton as leader. Rayle is the choice of the youngsters of the community for scout-master for the proposed troop on the Out er Banks. Advance arrangements for the encampment were made by Field Executive Raymond F. Hees, Jr., of Elizabeth City and the partici pating troops were brought down in four massive trucks put at their disposal by the National Guard Service Company in Elizabeth City. These were the first of the Army’s big trucks seen on the Is land and they negotiated the sandy road between the highway and the camp site without difficulty. HELPLESS AT HOME YET HE FINDS CAUSE FOR THANKS Paralyzed and helpless, but with ever a cheeful mien, John Toler, who recently sold his old home place at Skyco, and moved down the road to Wanchese where he built a new home, would do any one good to visit him. John, who like his father, a seafaring man who “rounded the horn” in a sail ing vessel in 1849, gave up the sea but only because of illness. Few men are more beloved than John Toler. He remembers on Armis tice Day 1918 he was four days bound out of France for the USA. He has a great memory, has John. For instance on most any given anniversary he can tell you what he did many years ago. He recalls that for Thanksgiving 1916 he had at lunch, hog chitterlings and sweet potatoes. It was the day he first left home, to become a crew member of the Diamond Shoals lightship. He is a faithful reader of the Coastland Times, and like many another reader, tells us he especially enjoyed last week’s edi ‘-orials. All of us ought to go to see John more often. Despite his misfortunes, he would cheer us in stead of drawing on us for en couragement. John is 56 years old. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1952 REMEMBER YOUR , OVERSEAS GIFT TO SOLDIERS MUST BE MAILED NOT LATER THAN NOVEMBER 15th OCRACOKE GIRL TELLS OF VISITS AMONG BRITISH Fannie Pearl Fulcher Saw Relatives of War Victims Buried on Ocracoke The trip of Miss Fannie Pearl Fulcher of Raleigh, formerly of Ocracoke, to England where she visited relatives of victims of the war who met death in a torpedoed ship off Ocracoke and who are bur ied on that island, is featured in last week’s issue of the Ocracoke School news, a highly entertaining and informative bulletin. Miss Fulcher, who is now back home in Raleigh wrote eat the re quest of the pupils, who have pub lished a footnote at the bottom of the story. Miss Fulcher’s ac count is as follows: I am glad to send you a brief account of my European trip for your school paper. As you sug gested, I am sure the readers will be most interested in my visit with the Cunninghams. The people of Ocracoke should know too that the hospitality extended me by the whole family was their way of showing appreciation for all that was done for Lt. Cunningham. Mq Voyage across the Atlantic on the “Queen Elizabeth” was pleasant and interesting. Most of the days were clear and calm, so See VISITS, Page Eight STRIPED BASS CATCHES AMAZE OLDEST NATIVES OF DARE COUNTY COAST Wanchese, N. C. —Striped bass or rockfish catches made by ang lers trolling in the waters of lower Croatan Sound during the past 10 days, still amaze the old est natives of this Roanoke Is land community. They say there have never been so many fish of this species taken with rod and reel along the Dare coast during their lifetime. Catches during the past week end were slightly smaller than on November 2nd and 3rd, when the average per boat was well over 100 fish. On Sunday, for instance, anglers aboard party boats or in skiffs pushed by out board motors, averaged only 50 to 100 fish per boat. The stripers average from two to eight pounds and some scaling at 10 pounds have been taken. Bucktail lures are used more than any other kind, although some anglers swear by spoons and especially Huntington drones and they catch plenty of fish. K. C. Bowers, E. J. Pearia, E. B. Mellon, John Childris and J. P. Hampshire of Norfolk made one of the best catches Sunday. Trolling with Capt. Gilbert Til lett from aboard his charter boat Bumbaloo, 85 stripers were ta ken in about six hours. ALLEGED ASSAULT WITH RIFLE BY MRS. TWIFORD Mrs. Ethel Twiford of East Lake appealed from a fine of $lO and costs imposed in Dare Recorder’s Court Tuesday by Judge W. F. Baum. The charge was brought by Hubert Ambrose, a neighbor, who alleged that Mrs. Twiford had fired a rifle at him while he was in the woods. His cousin, Irvin Ambrose, was the principal wit ness . Mrs. Twiford pleaded not guilty and insisted that she. had only been shooting at some hawks which had bothered h <F chickens. The alleged offense occured Octo ber 17th. She was represented by Forrest Dunstan of Elizabeth City. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS Effective at once, copy sent to this newspaper for publication written in pencil will be thrown in the waste basket. There are many good reasons for this, but two of them suffice: It is too difficult to set without the type setter being unable to decipher and it is too difficult to edit. Further, it embarrasses us to print names incorrectly in the paper as a result of these diffi culties. Copy unless typewritten, must be written in ink. We wish to print all the news possible, but we cannot do the impossible. THEY BROUGHT THE RIVER TO THEIR DOOR fl- : ' C. W. PRITCHETT and son Morris B. Pritchett of Alligator, Tyrrell County, are setting a new pace in Tyrrell by developing accommoda tions for tourists, fishermen and hunters on U. S. 64 half way between Columbia and Sandy Point. The East and West bound traffic on this highway which connects the Dare County Seashore with the longest transcontinental Federal highway in the county has been growing all the time. So father and son Pritchett have seen a growing busi ness, and are preparing to handle it. They have brought the deep waters of Alligator Creek up to their door. A channel 600 yards long has recently been completed, whereby yachts may come up to the highway. Facilities for hauling boats out of the water for repairs have been provided. More and more things are being planned by these men, who have been identified with business in this section for many years. BUNDY PAYS TRIBUTE TO DARE SHRINE CLUB Past Grand Master Addresse Ma sonic Group of 250 on George Washington, Near Manteo Saturday Night Speaking for a half an hour on George Washington, the man and the mason, W. J. Bundy of Green ville helped a group of about 250 celebrate the 200th anniversary of George Washington’s admission to Masonry, in the Shrine home near Manteo Saturday night. Bundy, who was guest speaker for members of Manteo and Wan chese Lodges and their wives, is past potentate of Sudan Shrine Temple, and Past Grand Master of North Carolina Masons. He paid high tribute to the Shrine Club which he said was the finest achievement of its kind in Eastern North Carolina. Melvin R. Daniels was Master of Ceremonies, Robert Midgett with Dick Jordan at the Piano led the group singing. Invocation and benediction was by Glenn Bonner, Master of Manteo Lodge. The din ner was served by the Manteo Shrinettes. BUXTON WOODS BUCK WEIGHED 76 POUNDS Hatteras.—Oliver O’Neal, local resident, displayed for news photographers here on Saturday, a 76-pound deer he had killed the previous day .in the Cape Hatteras Woods near Buxton. It was one of several bagged by hunters since the season opened November 1. O’Neal was hunting with Clar ence Jennette, Buxton, Delmar Willis, Frisco and Lee Peele and Lloyd Styron of Hatteras. They were using beagles to chase the deer and one other buck was kil led during the day’s hunt. The little buck which O’Neal killed was about the same size as a shepard dog. It was one of the species which some local residents compare to the “toy deer” of the Florida Keys. Styron stated that deer were plentiful in Cape Woods this year and that he estimated there were 400 of the animals, dwarfed by inter breeding through, in the Cape Woods of Buxton this season. Others had placed the deer pop ulation of the coastal forest at about 50 to 100 and the State Wildlife Resources Commission last year estimated there were probably 200 of the animals in this wooded area of lower Hat teras Island. DARE POLIO CAMPAIGN IS TO BEGIN SOON Mrs. Helen Duvall Daniels of Manns Harbor Heads Drive; Chairmen Named 1 Mrs. Helen Duvall Daniels of Manns Harbor announces her ap pointment as County Campaign Director of the National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis. On the hesignation of Mrs. Balfour Baum of Manteo. Mrs. Daniels was appointed in August by the 1 National President, Basil O’con- ' nor of New York. Announcement was held back until she attended the Area District Meeting in Ed enton November 10th. Mrs. Daniels states that cold facts and figures prove that this ' has been the severest year in our history with 42,000 new cases to date, reported in the U. S.; that Polio has gained more vic-) tims in the past 5 years than pre viously reported in 25 years. Due of treatment there is a greater need of funds and volunteer to this and the inflationary cost workers than ever before. With a quota of SIBOO.OO for Dare County, a little more than 300 per capita, with 50% of the net proceeds remaining in the County for the immediate use of gardless of race, color or creed, he hopes to put on a campaign any man, woman or child r - See POLIO, Page Eight *■' I PROMINENT NATIVE OF “OUTER BANKS” PASSES ELIZABETH CITY. Funeral rites for Mrs. N. W. Daily, who died Tuesday at her home follow ing a long illness were conducted Thursday afternoon at 3:30 at the home by the Rev. R. L. Jerome, pastor of the First Methodist Church. Burial was in Hollywood Cemetery. Mrs. Daily was a native of Salvo, Dare County, member of one of the most prominent families of the Outer Banks, of her time. She had lived in Elizabeth City for 48 years. She was the daugh ter Edward and Mary M. Hooper, widow of Nasa Wil liam Daily and a member of the First Methodist Church. Surviv ing are two sons, Dallas T. Daily of Raleigh and William A. Daily of Houston, Tex. MANTEO PTA WILL SERVE TURKEY DINNER THURSDAY A turkey dinner with all the trimmings will be served on Thurs : day evening, November 20, in the s Manteo school cafeteria, at six 1 o’clock. The event is being spon f sored by the Marteo P.T.A., and i the public is invited to attend. Pro ■ ceeds will go toward paying for the school typewriters. Single Copy 70 FERRY SERVICE ADVOCATED FOR OCRACOKE ISLE Swan Quarter and Carteret County Interests Look Longingly Towards It A lot of talk has come up about establishing an automobile ferry to Ocracoke Island. Folks on the mainland of Hyde County, to which ’ Ocracoke Island belongs politically, say that a ferry should be estab lished between Ocracoke and Swan Quarter. Carteret County interests throw cold water on the proposal, and salty cold water at that. They say it just wouldn’t do, that the ferry for Ocracokers properly should terminate at Atlanta? or Cedar Island in their county. There is a whole lot to be said both ways, but when it is summed up, it may be that neither group is seeking the mosjt expedient and useful out let. We shall see, but first we will quote what the Carteret County News-Times has to say about it: Swan Quarter Route Would De feat (Purposes of Ferry “Human nature being what it is, it is understandable that residents of Hyde County want the proposed car ferry from Ocracoke to go to the mainland of their county rather than to Cedar Island or Atlantic. Some serious thought, however, should convince them that such a route would defeat the purpose of the ferry. “The Hyde countians base their claim for the ferry on the fact that Ocracoke is in Hyde County. They, naturally, feel that any busi ness brought by the ferry should go to Hyde county. “The purpose of the ferry, how ever, is to benefit the entire coas tal area, not just one county. The ferry from Ocracoke to Cedar Is land or Atlantic would connect with U. S. 70 and provide a coastal highway from Virginia to South Carolina. “Such a highway would bring in creased tourist traffic to the en tire coastal area. Ocracoke would benefit as well as the other com munities along the proposed route. “Routing these tourists through Hyde County would decrease the traffic along the highway. The inconvenience would be great enough to discourage motorists from using the road. While all of Hyde county would then benefit from the tourist traffic, there would be much less of it. “Hyde county, or at least a part of it, will*benefit from the pro posed coastal highway. This, in the long run, will be better for the county than a short period of in creased prosperity. A little thought should convince the residents of this.” Northern Route Advocated Now there is a large group of people, including many from Ocra coke and Hatteras Islands who think a proposed ferry across the long expanse of briny, and often rough water would never develop into a worthwhile project. They say the logical outlet now is for Ocracokers to come across Hatter as Inlet by ferry, and continue without interruption to wherever they want to go. Here are some See FERRY, Page Eight HEARING IN MANTEO ON SANITATION PROBLEMS On November 20th, next Thurs day at the Community Building in Manteo at 7:30 p.m. there will be a mass meeting held by your lo cal health department for all those who are concerned with the sani tation problems confronting both Dare and Currituck Counties. As a result of finding many polluted water supplies which range from Hatteras to Moyock, the Currituck- Dare District Health Department deems it vitally necessary to dis cuss ways and means of combating a potential enemy that could easily spell disaster for our resort areas, according to Dean Futrell, district sanitarian, who says: “During the course of this meet ing, the septic tank ordinance which was adopted by the Curri tuck-Dare District Health Depart ment for the express purpose of supervising the installation of all septic tanks will be discussed. Wal ter C. Lackey, who is with the N. C. State Board of Health, will be present and will assist in the dis cussions. “It is urged that all those who are engaged in the plumbing in dustry be present, for we firmly believe that an alignment: of plumbers gnd health department personnel is of the utmost impor tance. “We are well aware of the fact that a water plant is needed on the beach, but until we can acquire one, we must all he 'comradeb-in arms, and work together for the betterment of our-communities.”