VOLUME XVII NO. 30
W. VA PULP AND
PAPER COMPANY
FILES PETITION
.sks Confirmation of Title to
150,000 Acres Timber
land
West Virginia Pulp and Paper
Company filed a petition here to
day asking the Dare County Su
perior Court to register and con
firm its title to land it now owns
and operates in Dare County, in
accordance with the North Caro
lina Torrens Law:-
The action involves around 150,-
000 acres of timberland acquired
by the company last year from
Dare Corporation, of which Fred
N. Maloof was once president and
chief stockholder, and others.
William Ernst, Jr., of Manteo,
manager of the paper company’s
North Carolina woodlands, said
that a detailed description of the
lands, along with maps, was filed
with the petition. This description
is based on an accurate survey of
the lan 1 carried out during the
summer and fall to establish boun
daries and locate corners.
Before the court can confirm the
company’s title to the land the
law requires that all persons or
parties owning or interested in
land adjoining that of the petition
er in such an action be given an
opportunity to appear before the
court to present exceptions to the
title.
As a result, approximately 500
notices from the court will be serv
ed on individuals or parties who
own adjoining land or have an in
terest in property adjacent to the
paper company’s lands.
In addition to private property
owners, the list to be served by
Sheriff F. M. Cahoon and his dep
uties includes the State of North
Carolina and several of its sub-di- <
visions, such as the State High
way and Public Works Commis
sion, the State Department of Con- '
servation and Development, and I
the State Board of Education; Dare .
County and some of its sub-divis
ions, including the Board of Edu
cation, and several institutions, in
cluding churches.
“The notices which will be han-
See PETITION, Page Eight
f /ANIELS TO RUN
PLYWOOD DIVISI’N
OF WELDON PLANT
Nags Head C of C Secretary
Will Retain Property In
terests on Beach
Nags Head.—Hal Daniels moved
to Weldon, in Halifax county, this
week to become manager of the
plywood division of the Weldon
Veneer Co, His family will go to ■
Weldon in the next few weeks.
Mr. Daniell has been at Danville, ■
Va., since Christmas, taking some
special training for his new posi
tion. The company, which makes
veneer and plywood, is largely ,
owned by his brother-in-law, who
persuaded him to enter the work.
“We are sorry to leave Dare
county,” Mr. Daniels said, “but we
cannot pass up this opportunity.”
A native of Dare county, Mr.
Daniels returned in 1943 to estab
lish interests on the beach. He J
owns cottages which he will re-
• tain, with B. M. Hedrick in charge (
of rentals.
Last season, Mr. Daniels was ,
employed at the Carolinian. After '
the season closed he established a
beach protective business, in which ,
he inspects beach property for ab- (
sent owners. Arrangements will be j
made to carry out his contract for ;
this winter. i,
“We made a nice start on that,” ;
Mr. Daniels said, “and I hope ■
someone else will carry it on next ,
winter.” I,
Mr. Daniels has also been sec- (
retary of the Nags Head Chamber (
of Commerce since its establish- (
ment three years ago. He will re
sign that post.
Mr. Daniels is married, his wife ,
being a former home demonstra
tion agent in the county. They ,
have two small children, Laura,
who prefers to call herself Mary,
and John Wesley.
> VANCHESE MAN TAKES
E. CITY BAN* JOB
Edward C. Green, native of Wan- ,
chese, and President of its Ruritan j
Club, has taken the post of Assist
ant Cashier of the Guaranty Bank
& Trust Co. of Elizabeth City. He •
has been with the Bank of Manteo |
for the past four years. He also i
worked with the N.C. Revenue De- I
partment for two years prior to
going with the Manteo bank. He is
a former President of the Manteo
Lion’s Club and adjutant of the
Fort Raleigh Post at Manteo. His ,
parents are Mr. and Mrs. E- C.
Green of Wanchese. He and Mrs.
• Green expect to establish a home
in Elizabeth City soon.
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
OIL PAINTINGS
TO BE SHOWN
IN FORT MUSEUM
By AYCOCK BROWN
Student groups coming to the
birthplace of English-speaking
America in ever increasing num
bers each spring and history-mind
ed tourists and vacationists visit
ing the Dare coast throughout the
year will soon see on display in
Fort Raleigh Museum on Roanoke
Island a complete collection of
paintings of the New World’s first
pictorial record from original wa
ter colors by John White almost
four centuries ago, it was an
nounced this week by Robert At
kinson, superintendent of Fort Ra
leigh National Historic Site.
To be placed in the Museum dur
ing eally February under the di
rection of Museum Administrator
Paul Hudson of the Richmond re
gional office of the National Park
Service will be 19 oil paintings by
Sidney King, an outstanding artist
of Tynor, Virginia. The King
paintings are exact duplicates (ex
cept in permanent oil) of White
drawings and water colors execut
ed between 1585 and 1587 during
the Sir Walter Raleigh directed
expeditions to Roanoke Island, it
was stated.
White as cartographer accom
panied the 1585 expedition under
the command of Governor Ralph
Lane in the role of artist and map
drawer. When the 1587 expedi
tion returned with colonists who
were to attempt a permanent set
tlement here, White had been
commissioned by the then ruling
Queen Elizabeth and Sir Walter
Raleigh as Governor over the
group. It was the events of the
latter - voyage which resulted in
America’s most baffling history
mystery, the disappearance of the
sectiers before relief ships return
ed and the story of these various
incidents are now re-enacted each
summer in Paul Green’s interna
tionally famous symphonic drama
The Lost Colony, which this year
begins its 13th season on June 27.
t isitors Welcome
There in no charge of admis
sion to ourists, vacationists and
school groups visiting Fort Ra
leigh Historic Site and the Mu
seum where the new paintings are
to soon be added to a large collec
tion of relics and historical docu
ments of the Elizabethan era, in
which the site originally featured,
which are. already on display.
“For many years most of the
tourists and students of history
came during the summer season,”
said Atkinson. “Now they come
during each month of the year and
from all parts of the world. Dur
ing the spring months many North
Carolina and Virginia school
groups come to the Dare Coast,
to visit not only Fort Raleigh but
a'so Wright Brothers National
Monument, birthplace of modern
aviation at nearby Kill Devil
Hills.”
A. G. JAMES DIES
IN ELIZABETH CITY
Had Many Friends in Dare County,
and Visited Often on Nags
Head Beach
Arthur Gilbert James of Eliza
beth City died at the Albemarle
Hospital Tuesday morning at 12:30
o’clock.
He was born in Matthew’s Coun
ty, Va., Oct. 6, 1876, but has been
living in Elizabeth City for the
♦ past 67 years. He was the son of
the late Thomas Arthur and Ella
Green James, and husband of Mrs.
Lula May Spence James.
He was the owner of the Bright
Jew'elry Company of Elizabeth
City. He was with the firm of
Louis Selig for 30 years and then
was made manager of the Bright
Jewelry Company in 1925, a posi
tion he held until becoming owner
15 years ago. He was a member
of the First Methodist Church of
Elizabeth City, a member of the
Eureka Lodge of Masons No. 317;
was Past High Priest of Cherokee
Chapter No 14; was past Com
mander of Griggs Commandery
No. 14; was a member of Tyrian
Counsel No. 19 and served as sec
retary and treasurer of all of
these organizations for 25 years.
He was a member of Sudan Tem
ple of Shrine since 1919 and was a
32nd degree Mason and a member
of the Scottish Rites.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Lula May Spence James; one son,
Arthur Edwin James; one daugh
ter, Miss Mary Louise James and
several nieces and nephews, all ofo
Elizabeth City .
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday morning at 11 o’clock at
the residence, 205 West Fearing
Street, by the Rev. R. L. Jerome, 1
pastor of the First Methodist
Church. Burial was in New Holly
wood Cemetery.
Mr. James was well known in
Dare County, where he visited oft
en on the Nags Head Beach.
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FORT RALEIGH AND WATERSIDE T HEATRE, SITE OF LOST COLONY
..to *
HISTORIC FORT RALEIGH,
where Paul Green’s symphonic'
drama, “The Lost Colony” is pre
sented each summer, and where
HERBERT SADLER
HOST TO ROAD
GROUP JAN. 30th
Hyde Chairman to Have j
Meeting at Swan Quar
ter on Widening of
U.S. 264
A meeting has been called by
Chairman E. O. Arnold of the
Roads Committee of the Southern
Albemarle Association which is
working for the improvement of
U.S. Highways 64 and 264 at Swan
Quarter at 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan
uary 30th, at which time they will
be dinner - guests of Herbert Sad
ler, Chairman of the Hyde County
Board of Commissioners at
O’Neal’s Hotel. Mr. Sadler is a
member of this committee which
has as its objective now a cam
paign for the improvement of the
narrow-shouldered 16-foot road U.
S. 264 between Swan Quarter and
Belhaven.
Expected at this meeting will
be Mrs. Scott Topping and Allen
D. Swindell of Pantego, Dr. W. T.
Ralph of Belhaven, Victor Meekins
of Manteo, Mr. Arnold of Roper,
E. A. Williams and H. L. Sadler
of Hyde. Othermembers from Tyr
rell, Washington and Martin are
being invited.
The condition of this narrow
road was brought to the attention
of the Southern Albemarle meet
ing Wednesday at Engelhard by
Victor Meekins and brought forth
much comment from various per
sons present as to the need for a
wider road, particularly in Hyde
County, where the shoulders are
too narrow for parking, and the
road is bordered by a canal on
each side. It was reported that
there is heavy hauling in the Hyde
County area on large trucks laden
with logs, lurftber, grain, fish and
oysters, beside passenger buses,
school buses, and many wholesal
ers’ trucks.
WANCHESE RURITANS HAVE
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
Highway Commissioner Henry
F. Shelton; District Engineer W.
N. Spruill, Division Engineer
George Mack; and Wilbur Daniels
•vere visitors at the aJnuary meet
ing of the Wanchese Ruritan Club
last Friday night. Mr. Shelton, Mr.
Spruill and Mr. Mack received
thanks for their efforts toward
road improvement in Wanchese
and other parts of Dare County.
They were introduced by Melvin
R. Daniels, past president of the
club, and each expressed himself
as glad to do as much as possible ,
in connection with improving the'
reads of the county.
After the meeting the road of
ficials met with a group from Hat
teras, who discussed the possibil
ity of getting some help with
neighborhood roads. The Hatteras
group was led by M. L. Burrus,
who was accompanied by eight oth
er men from the Hatteras area.
S. B. Tillett, chairman of the
Ruritan flagpole committee, in
formed the club that the pole was
ready to be erected. Accordingly,
the club met Saturday on the
school grounds and put up the pole,
the first to be erected at the Wan- j
chese school for the past 35 years. l
I - A musical program was pre
sented by Mrs. Dallas Tillett, pia- :
nist, and Miss Delores Turner, vo
calist.
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MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1953
famous paintings are soon to be (
' exhibited in the museum. Large |
numbers of tourists are now vis-I
iting this location during the win-!
COMPLETES COURSE
Cape May, N. J.—lvey M. Ev
ans, Seaman Recruit, USCG, and
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivey H.
Evans and the husband of Mrs. I.
M. Evans of Manteo, is scheduled
to complete the 12-week course of
recruit training at the U. S. Coast
Guard Receiving Center in Cape
May, N. J., early this week. The
course schedules the basic duties
encountered as a member of the
nation’s oldest sea-going force.
Evans attended Manteo High
School and prior to his enlistment
in the Coast Guard, he was a fish
erman’s guide and in the Merchant
Marine.
KELLOGG SUPPLY
BUYS OUT JORDAN
BLOCK BUSINESS
C. W. Berry to Continue With
Firm in Operation at
Nags Head Loca
tion
Nags Head—The Kellogg Sup
ply Co., with businesses in Man
teo and Kill Devil Hills, has
bought the Jordan Concrete Pro
ducts business here from R. E.
(Dick) Jordan, now manager of
“The Lost Colony.”
C. W. Perry; who was employ
ed by Mr. Jordan, will continue
to operate the concrete block bus
iness, which is located rfext to the
Newman Shell & Gift Co. He said
the business would be expanded so
that an adequate amount of blocks
would be on hand at all times to
take care of the customers’ needs.
The company, which now makes
eight and four-inch blocks, corners
and halves, will add six-inch
blocks .which are becoming popu
i lar with builders.
Employed at the block plant,
See KELLOGG, JPage Eight
HOME CLUB TO HOLD
PROGRAM IN MANTEO
Color Movie to Be Presented Tues
day, 27th at 2:30 P. M. in
Community Bldg.
“Better Than Kings,” a 28-min
ute color movie on Electrical Liv
ing will be presented Tuesday at
2:30 to the Manteo Home Club at
the Community Building, accord
ing to Miss Mary Kirby, home
agent. This movie will be present
-1 ed by James F. Wellons, Jr., Ru
ral Representative of the VEPCO.
A demonstration will be made
on conversion of oil lamps to elec
trical lamps. The public is invited.
I ter months, instead of just during
I the summer, as in former years,
| and the paintings described else
| where in this paper will add an-
MANY HYDE-DARE
MEN DIRECTORS
COASTAL GROUP
Three From Each County j
Elected Directors in New
Bern Meeting Tues
day—
By WADE LUCAS
i NEW BERN, Jan. 20—The Gen
eral Assembly was asked here to
day to appropriate $47,000 for an
economic and engineering survey
of Eastern North Carolina’s inland
ports and waterway facilities and
for a “master plan” for their ful
ler development and greater utili
zation.
The request was made at the
meeting of the recently-formed;
North Carolina Coastal Marine I
Council and will be laid before the |
State Board of Conservation and
Development for action and trans- |
I mission to the legislators at the
board’s mid-winter meeting in Ra
leigh next Monday. The board and
; the department were praised for
their efforts to help develop the
coastal resources.
In addition to asking for the
■ survey, the council—which was
; formed last September at Belhaven
: by people representing 21 separ
ate Eastern North Carolina com
munities-—also requested that the
engineering firm submit a “mas
ter plan” for development of in
dustrial commercial fishing and
recreational facilities. The council
recommended in its unanimously
adopted resolution that the firm
of Parsons, Brinckerhof, Hall and
McDonald of New York City be
employed to make the survey.
1 A dozen speakers gave “hearty
endorsement” to the proposal for
a survey and the submission of a
master plan for - development of
the coast’s marine resources. Also
endorsing the survey proposal and
promising their full support to the
plan to develop the coastal re
sources “to their fullest extent”
were George R. Ross of Raleigh,
director of the State Department
of Conservation and Development,
and Aubrey L. Cavenaugh of War
saw, chairman of the water re
sources committee of C & D.
Ross pointed out that history
was reversing itself here today in
that around one hundred years ago
Eastern North Carolina “pretty
well controlled the political and
economic life of the State” by
reason of its water commerce and
other factors.
“You helped build the railroads
that helped develop our great
Piedmont and other section,” Ross
said “and now in the words of
former Rep. Marion Parrott, Le
noir County, you are asking for
some of the help that you gave
the other sections a century or
more ago.”
Ross suggested that the council
1 look into the plan of asking the
General Assembly for the esti
mated $225,000 that is collected an
nually by the State in gasoline
taxes on marine craft. Under pres
ent laws this tax is rebated if re
quested but Ross pointed out that
only about $75,000 of the sum is
rebated annually. “You can well
afford to make this sacrifice of
$75,000 to get working capital for
development of your marine facil
ities,” he added. William F. Pat
terson, secretary of the Washing
ton, N. C., Chamber of Commerce,
took what was considered a hu
morous jab at the General Assem-
See GROUP, Page Five
other interesting note to the al
ready fascinating historic lore on
exhibit.
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ENTHUSIASM HIGH
AMONG SAA WED.
AT ENGELHARD
i
Executive Committee Discus
ses Problems'and Lunches
at Engelhard Hotel
Despite the discouragements put
in the way of bridges over Alli
gator River and Croatan Sound by
some of those whose duty it is to
represent the people and come to
their aid, but who apparently are
more concerned with personal con
siderations, there still was high
enthusiasm among the more than
3b members of the Southern .Albe
marle Executive Committee which
met at Engelhard Wednesday, and
dined between sessions at the En-
I gelhard Hotel.
The meeting was the first quar
| terly meeting for 1953 and was
j arranged by Leon Ballance, Vice-
President for Hyde County, and
presided over in morning and af
ternoon sessions by President Law
rence Swain of Manteo. Highlight
of the meeting was a discussion of
the problems confronting the
movement for the bridges needed
in this area, and the special com
mittee of which Dr. W. T. Ralph
of Belhaven is chairman, received
the thanks of the group and was
urged “to continue with its efforts.
A report on the progress of Pet
tigrew Park was made by E. O.
Arnold of Roper. Names of stand
ing committees were announced by
Mr. Swain. Telephone service in
Hyde and Tyrrell rural areas
came up for discussion and com
mittee reports.
Speakers at the meeting includ
ed Dr. W. T. Ralph of Belhaven,
C. W. Tatem, Mrs. Earl Cohoon,
Mrs. Julian Swain, Mrs. Effie
Brickhouse,, W. J. White, all of
Columbia; Melvin Daniels of Man
teo; Warren Watson of Lake Land
ing, P. D. Midgett of Engelhard;
Herbert Sadler of Swan Quarter;
adn others.
Aycock Brown of Manteo told
See SAA, Page Five
SEA GANNETS APPEARING
ON DARE COUNTY COAST
By AYCOCK BROWN
Kitty Hawk—Sea Gannets, one
of the largest sea birds making
annual visits to the Dare coast
were seen flying near the surf
here this week and Bill Henderson
of Manteo Airport found one of
the great birds in the surf between
here and Corolla recently.
These large birds which some
times have a wingspread of six
feet from tip to tip usually spend
about a month in local waters dur
ing the late winter as they make
their migratory flights to the St.
Lawrence River islands where they
have breeding rookeries. Last
year large numbers of these birds
which had gotten in surface oils
offshore floated into the surf to
die on the beach.
Sea gannets are solid white ex
cept for black wingtips and a dash
of yellow on their breasts. Some
times in this locality they are mis
taken for snow geese while in
fgiht, but they usually do not fly
in formation as the geese do.
In ancient times sea gannets
were called solan geese and some
ancient writers reported that they
were hatched from barnacles. The
legend no longer exists as their
breeding grounds in the St. Law
rence Riv,er Valley are visited an
nually by many ornithologists.
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BEACH THIEVING
TRACED TO FOUR
IN ELIZ. CITY
Accidentally Discovered
When Stolen Truck Was
Recovered in South
Carolina
Discovery of a stolen truck in
South Carolina this week resulted
in the apprehension of four per
sons charged with breaking in
and stealing property from beach
cottages at Nags Head. Three
pleaded guilty in Dare Recorder’s
Court Tuesday, and a fourth
pleaded guilty, and said he was
too drunk at the time to recall
what happened.
In jail in Manteo now in de
fault of bond are T. J. Cooper
and William Overton, while out on
SI,OOO bail are Beulah Mae Bur
ton, an d Warren Tarkington.
Overton is the one who pleaded
not guilty. All are bound over to
Dare Superior Court in May.
Two of the cottages mentioned
among many broken intp during
the past year are those of Char
lie Nash and the Twiford Funeral
Home of Elizabeth City.
The case was broken when in
response to a call put out by the
highway patrol on January 11th,
a truck was stolen from the Gary
Steel Co. of Norfolk was picked
up with Overton, Cooper and Har
old Bell of Elizabeth City in
Greenville, S. C. This truck was
probably used in hauling loot from
the' cottages. The goods were
traced after unraveling of evi
dence by the FBI and the SBI led
the trail to the woman in Eliza
beth City.
For some time, Sheriff Frank
Cahoon and SBI Agent Waltet
Spence of Elizabeth City have been
working on the vexing problem of
the looting of beach cottages left
alone and unprotected during the
winter months. Breaking of this
case may slow up the depreda
tions for a while.
One other case was heard in
Dare Court Tuesday. Harold B.
Lennon was prosecuting witness
against a Negro, .Cleston Parker,
a long time offender, charging
Parker had assaulted him. Parker
brought counter-charges alleging
Lennon had first attempted to as
sault* Parker. Judge Baum fined
each $lO and costs, gave them a
12 months road sentence, suspend
ed on condition they not appear in
court in 12 months.
POLIO ‘LUNG’
CASES NEED
LONG CARE
A great many people in the
United States are condemned to
imprisonment each year although
they have committed no crime.
They are the iron lung victims
of polio.
Although at one time a patient
in an iron lung faced almost cer
tain permanent confinement, the
prospect for persons stricken dur
ing the past two years is consider
ably brighter, thqnks to the March
of Dimes.
Much progress in improving a
patient’s chances of liberation from
breathing dependency is being
made, according to a report by
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis.
Survey of (Patients
A spot survey of America’s res
pirator residents revealed that of
260 long-term patients being treat
ed at five respirator centers sup
ported by the March of Dimes, 81
have been freed during the nas*
two years from tank type iron
lungs to other less-confining
breathing devices. An additional 52
have been released from all types
of artificial respiration, while all
but 14 others enjoy prospects of at
least partial liberation.
The survey also disclosed that
the majority of respirator pa
tients under 20 years of age
were boys, while most of those
between 20 and 39 were women.
Medical authorities will hazard
no explanation for this baffling
statistic, the March of Dimes or
ganization said.
Os every hundred polio patients
living in respirators 15 have been
confined for three years or longer,
13 for two to three years, while
16 have been respirator patients
for one to two years, the report
revealed.
16 Hours a Day in ‘Lung’'
The average iron lung patient
spends 16 hours each day in his
iron home. One out of four can
rely partially upon a chest res
pirator or a rocking bed for a por
tion of the breathing assistance
he needs.
While some of these cases, es
pecially those who require 24
hour nursing service cost the
March of Dimes as much as SSO
per day, the average is 318 every
24 hours. A respirator weighs
600 pounds and, without extras
See POLIO, Page Eight