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VOLUME XVII NO. 32 FISHERMEN SEEK TO END FISHING ) IF LONG NETTERS Hatteras Island Fishermen Ask County Board to Close Area; Dry Law Also Asked A petition was signed by many citizens of Hatteras Island, was presented to the Board of Com missioners this week, urging that the Board seek to get legislation to prohibit long net fishing in the area inside the reef between Kings Point and New Inlet, these waters being adjacent to Hatteras Island, and on which the residents stake net fishermen depend. The petition sets forth that the long nets are especially destruc-[ tive to small fish, that the fishing ' of such nets in this area is taking [ a livelihood from many people who [ have no other place in which to fish. The Board, without endorsing the petition, considered it out of their jurisdiction, but forwarded it to the Board of Conservation and Development. A petition, requesting a bill pro hibiting the sale of beer, or other intoxicants in the whole area was acted upon favorably, and on mo tion by Commissioner Lloyd Scar borough and seconded by James Scarborough, the Board voted to ask Representative Etheridge to pass a law calling for a referen dum on the matter. Considerable antagonism has de veloped among the two groups of fishermen, and some of the long net fishermen from Wanchese have reported getting their nets badly torn in the area by barbed wire and old automobile fenders. These fishermen believe that residents in the area of controversy, have car ried out the junk and dumped it overboard to discourage long net fishing. THREE DAY MEET OF ROTARIANS IN ELIZABETH CITY Annual Conference 278th Dis- I trict Begins Sunday; P. D. Midgett to Be in Gov ernor’s Race The election of a district gover nor will highlight the annual con ference of Rotary International District 278 which convenes at Elizabeth City on February 8, 9 and 10. George Colclough, present gov ernor, said nominations for the dis trict’s highest office will be called for at 9:45 a.m. February 9. Al though only two clubs have at the present time expressed intentions of nominating candidates, Col clough said other nominations are expected from the floor. The Engelhard Rotary Club has already indicated it will nominate P. D. Midgett, Jr., and Joe Holland will be supported by the Murfrees boro Club as its candidate for gov ernor. Governor Colclough said each club will be permitted one electoral vote for each 25 members or great er part thereof. The Raleigh club with seven electors has the largest membership and consequently the most significant vote. There are a total of 64 electors in District 278. Each elector must be present to cast a vote in the election. Four principal addresses have been scheduled for the three-day event which will be held in the Virginia Dare hotel and will be at tended by representatives of 38 clubs within District 278. Feature speakers will be George Means, of Chicago, 111., secretary of Rotary International; Sydney R. Monta gue, of Hollywood, Calif., a former member of the Canadian Mounted Police, Charles Phillips, of Greens boro, Public Relations director for Woman’s College, University of North Carolina, and Wade Marr, of Elizabeth City. WILLIAM ALBERT BEST DIES AT STUMPY POINT | William Albert Best, 73, lifelong .esident and well known retired fisherman of Stumpy Point pass ed away Tuesday night at his home after a long illness. He was the son of the late Joe Harvey and Adeliane Gray Best of Stum py Point, and the husband of Lucy Cutrell Best, his wife being a na tive of Hyde County. He is surviv ed by five sons: Alton, Guy, Har vey, Woodrow and W. A., Jr.; two daughters, Mrs. Clyde Payne and Mrs. Harold Wise, all of Stumpy Point, and several grandchildren. Funeral services weer scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday in the Stu.n py Point Methodist Church, Rev. A. L. G. Stephenson, officiating, and burial in the community cem etery. THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA N. C. PRESS ASSOCIATION PRAISED THIS PICTURE S' < i-r-, NS* IP v IM| > X* yl ’ 7~7.Wm,,,; TfTT. ■KiSsMjSFw ‘-AT. ’ . '&•»*’ 1 ' r .L: fcWV ' EKSmk ■< -iSa -aSS:-' * . - 'I Members of the North Carolina Press Association meeting recently chose this picture by Frank Jones, Winston-Salem Journal, as one of the best in competition. Jones shot the picture during the Lost Colony Photo Rehearsal last June to show the exciting drama of the Paul Green spectacle’s new “Indian Attack Scene,” of Act. 11. The scene won acclaim of critics and will be a feature of the symphonic dra ma’s second act again this year when The Lost Colony opens for its 13th season in Waterside Theatre at Manteo on June. 27. Actors in the picture are Carlyle Davis, Manteo, as Indian, and Charlotte Lehman, Raleigh, and Virginia Young, Chapel Hill, as colonist women. MANTEO SCOUTS TO BE PRESENTED AWARDS SUNDAY Parents of 21 Boys Especially Asked to Attend Cere mony at Methodist Church The Boy Scout board of review will conduct a court of honor for Manteo Troop 165, at 9:45 Sunday morning at Mt. Olivet Methodist church. Awards will be presented to those boys who have advanced in rank to tenderfoot to second class scout. Parents have been asked to at tend the court of honor, which will be held 15 minutes before the reg ular Sunday school hour. Boys toi| receive recognition are Woody Cox, Douglas Robinson, Billy Brown, Dannie Moulson, By ron Sawyer, Walter A. Dough, St. Clair Basnight, Jr., Lloyd M. Wes cott, Donald R. Clark, Raymond Wescott, Jr., Fleetwood Titchell, David Simpson, Mike Jones, Law rence Swain, Caleb Brickhouse, James H. Stillman, Roy Gray, Jr., Tommie L. O’Neal, Mearl Meek ins, Jr., Davis Ballance, Coy Til lett, Jr. These boys were examined and advanced in rank Jan. 15, when a special board of review was held at the Methodist education building. The board of review consisted of James M. Williams, chairman; Raymond Wescott, Sr., and W. Mearl Meekins.’ MARCH OF DIMES NEWS IN DARE CO. Communities Reporting Exceed Quotas; Buxton More Than Doubles Quota Hatteras community, Mrs. Har old Midgett Chairman, reported collections of $154.54, or more than its $l5O quota for the March of Dimes campaign, according to Mrs. Helen D. Ward of Manns Harbor, the Dare County chair man. Rodanthe exceeded its quota of $25, Mrs. Ward says, raising a total of $26.38. Mrs. Beulah O’Neal, chairman for this community. Buxton more than doubled its quota which was $35. The total amount turned into the fund was $86.20. The largest contribution was made by the school children. The local home demonstration club also gave a donation. Donations by the local people and candy sales at the school brought the total amount up to $86.20. Mrs. Tracv Hooper, Buxton See DRIVE, Page Five REPUBLICAN HONOR WANCHESE CITIZEN V. G. Williams of Wanchese, furniture salesman, Sunday school teacher, former U. S. Commission er and Dare County Magistrate, was unanimously elected a mem ber of the First District Republi can Executive Committee on Jan uary 28th, at a meeting then held in Beaufort County. Other members of the commit tee are C. T. Allen of Aurora, Lis ter Markham of Elizabeth City, and Wheeler Martin of William ston. DARE BOARD ASKS FOR QUARTERLY STATEM’NTS Vote To Set Up $5,923.80 in 195 J Budget for Health Center; Decline to Pay Bills of Tubercular Wife On motion of County Commis sioner W. H. Lewark of Kill Devil Hills Tuesday the Dare County Board passed a rule that quarterly financial statements of all depart ments of the county government since October 1952, be prepared for the Board by the county ac countant. The Board tabled a request that the county pay for the care of the wife of a tubercular patient at the tubercular hospital. A Dare Coun ty supported patient at the hos pital, Carther Liverman, Jr., ran away with a girl patient and went to South Carolina where they were married. Returning to the hospital, request was made that Dare Coun ty assume his wife’s hospitaliza tion. The Board voted to set up a fund of $5,923.80 in the 1953 bud get as Dare County’s part of the fund to build a health center in Manteo. The Board also voted to ask Rep. Etheridge to pass a law transfer ring the Community Center in Manteo from the management of a board of trustess, to the board of commissioners. The Board made a request that the $25 a month heretofore paid by the County ABC Board to Edward White of Manns Harbor, be paid to Clarence Hassell, the Deputy Sher iff, to pay him for enforcing the prohibition law on the Dare main land. PUBLIC INVITED TO ANNUAL FOX HUNT AT NAGS HEAD John Ray Watkins of Oxford, master of the annual Valentine Season Fox Hunt beginning at Nags Head on February 12 and continuing for days, stated that the public was invited to watch the hounds as they were giv en workouts each day in the marshes and woodlands of this area. “This is an informal hunt, and we who put our Walker hounds into the chase certainly have no objections to anyone attending the daily hunts,” he said . Last year about 150 persons from this and many states attend ed the hunt. There were about 100 hounds in the chases which took place in the Bodie Island beach area. Dozens of foxes were jumped and chased and several wei-e bag ged during the three day hunt. Instead of riding horses and dressing up in fancy clothes for the Nags Head Valentine Hunt, persons taking part ride aboard jeeps, trucks or stock cars, and no formal attire is worn. These fea tures of the hunt have been re sponsible for the annual events here for the past several years in receiving national publicity. Last year in addition to newspaper and magazine coverage, the hunt was also filmed for television. Headquarters for the hunt this year will be the Pine Room of the Carolinian Hotel. It was Mrs. Lu cille Purser of the Carolinian who first conceived the idea for the an nual hunts. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1953 YOUTH BITTEN BY POISONOUS SNAKE NEAR WANCHESE Harry Nizer Plays Heroic Part; I reats Victim and Kills Snake James Edward Midgett, 12, who lievs near Wanchese, was the vic tim of a bite by a poisonous cot ton mouth, moccasin Sunday, Feb ruary 4, while playing with Harry Nizer, a neighbor boy, on a trash pile near their home. Harry Nizer, who is 13, and rat ed among the brightest in his calss at school, remembered his training in 4-H work. He quickly killed the snake, and bound the Midgett boy’s arm with a tourni quet, and is believed to have saved his life by this display of presence See YOUTH, Page Five EXAMINATIONS SOON FOR PARK RANGERS Openings Anticipated in Connec tion with Cape Hatteras Sea shore Project The National Park Service has announced that preparations are being made for a Civil Service ex amination for Park Rangers. De tails will be available in the near future covering the type of ques tions to be asked on the examina tion and the educatinal require ments for persons wishing to take the examination. This examination will be of in terest to many people in Dare County because of the Park Serv ice’s plans to employ a number of Rangers at Cape Hatteras Na tional Seashore as soon as the necessary land is purchased. Ran gers at the Seashore will be chos en from among those persons throughout the country who pass this coming examination. See RANGER, Page Five rRAWLERS CATCH CHANNEL BASS OFF CAPE HATTERAS Hatteras.—Proof that red drum, the famous channel bass of sports fishermen migrate to and from deep water off shore here instead of traveling north and south along the coast, may result from recent catches in trawl nets in deep water several miles from the surf. At least two trawlers operating in 15 or more fathoms of water some 10 or more miles off the coast during the past week have caught channel bass. One boat brought in about 600 pounds of the fish which individually weighed from three to 10 pounds each. Another trawler brought in five channel bass that averaged from 20 to 30 pounds each. “General opinion has been that these game fish migrated north and south along the coast, and close to the surf,” said M. L. Bur rus, local fish and oil dealer. ‘ Catching the species in trawl nets operating in water up to 20 fath oms deep, several miles off the coast, may be proof that when the angler cannot get channel bass to take bait or lures in the surf and inlet, the fish have gone to deep water off shore, and not to a south erly area.” TWO ACCIDENTS OCCUR IN TRAFFIC OVER WEEK END Careless and Reckless Driv ing Charges Brought Against Colored Car Operator Two automobile accidents over the week end were investigated by Highway Patrolman R. C. Holt. In one case, charges of careless and i eckless driving were brought against one of the drivers. No one was injured. The first and more serious ac cident occurred at 6 o’clock Satur day night when a 1940 Mercury owned and operated by George Washington King, Negro, of Man teo, collided with the rear end of a 1942 Chevrolet truck owned by St. Clair Basnight and operated by I Cleston Parker, colored. Both ve nicles were headed south on High way 345. Parker said he was going about 30 miles an hour and King claimed to be going 40 or 45 miles an hour. The car was damaged to the ex tent of about S3OO. The truck was only slightly damaged. Charges were preferred against King. The second accident happened at 4:45 Sunday afternoon, about 250 feet south of the monument road, on Highway 158. Mrs. Deli M .Saunders of Wanchese told the patrolman that she had pulled out in front of Perry’s store and was driving only about 20 miles an hour. Martin Campusano, Jr., of the Coast Guard cutter Narcissus at Portsmouth, Va., said he was driving about 40 miles an hour. Although he saw the car ahead, he did not realize how slowly it was moving. When he started to pass it, oncoming traffic forced him back into his own lane and the front of his car struck the rear bumper of Mrs. Saunders’ automo bile. Damage to the Coast Guards man’s car was estimated at $l5O and that to Mrs. Saunders’ car at about S3O. A MARINE PILOT HAD CLOSE CALL IN HYDE WATERS Cherry Point Flier’s Exper ience Harrowing Eight Miles Off Engel hard CHERRY POINT—A three-mile glide in a warplane with a dead engine, a “ditch” landing in water several miles from the mainland, and more than an hour afloat on a life raft in the chilly waters of Pamlico Sound —all this and more happened to a Second Marine Air Wing pilot in one hectic afternoon Tuesday of last week. Fishermen , who saw the plane go down from afar, reported all was lost. Unhurt and apparently unshak en after his harrowing brush with death, Major Leo P. Frohe II calm ly chatted with his flying mates of Marine Attack Squadron-211 and told how a combination of his previous training, “perfect” sur vival equipment and smooth res cue work saved his life. Modestly omitting any mention of his own cool actions in the “ditching” operation, he major re lated his grueling experience from the time his AD-2 Skyraider first coughed and sputtered, until he had been safely deposited at the Elizabeth City Coast Guard sta tion. Major Frohe was flying an in strument training hop over Pam lico Sound, about eight miles east northeast of Engelhard, when the crisis began. “I had been on in struments for about 10 or 15 min utes,” the major recalled, “when suddenly the engine coughed, sput tered—and then stopped.” Diagnosing the trouble as “fuel starvation,” Major Frohe began operating the electric booster in an attempt to restore full power to the giant AD engine, but with lit tle success. When the engine fail ed to respond, he notified his wing man, Second Lieutenant Alex Mor rison, and began surveying the area for the best location to ditch his plane. “I picked out a little island that I thought I could reach,” the major said, “and began my glide. Lieu tenant Morrison meanwhile radio ed the ‘Mayday’ call for me and was going to hang around until I was picked up.” Major Frohe estimated that his glide covered at least three miles before he finally pancaked his plane on the water. “When I saw that I couldn’t make the island, I made an easy turn into the wind and kept hauling back on the stick to get my speed down to 90 knots (about 99 mph). I set her down about 1000 yards from the island.” The major described his landing See PILOT, Page Five NO CROATAN SOUND BRIDGE UNDER PRIVATE OWNERSHIP APPEARSJ-EASIBLE SOON Supreme Court Throws “Municipal Corpora tion’’ of Land Promoters “Out the Window” in Ruling Last Week; Proposed Toll-Road to V irginia Beach Also Affected by Court’s Adverse Decision. 1“ If Croatan Sound and Alligator [ River gets bridged, it looks like | the State will have to do the job. ' The N. C. Supreme Court last week j handed down a decision that the [ legislation creating the Carolina ! Virginia Coastal Highway Corpor-[ ation is unconstitutional. This j company had sought to build a highway from Kitty Hawk to Vir ginia Beach, and to bridge Croatan Sound. They had gotten laws pass ed that would have enabled them [ to operate tax free, and which gave them the right of eminent domain. The supreme court said this legis lation violated the State’s consti tution in three ways: 1. Because it delegates legisla tive authority to the Municipal Board of Control. 2. Because it makes special pro vision for highways and bridges in I five counties Currituck, Dare.j Tyrrell, Hyde and Carteret —in vio lation of the Constitutional provi sion that the General Assembly may not pass local, private or spec ial laws affecting highways, bridg es or ferries. 3. Because it permits a corpora tion, which is not legally a munici pal corporation, to enjoy a tax exempt status which is limited by law to the property of municipal; corporations and governmentall units. If the toll road is built, it will have to be done in some other way. ■ Further legislation may be in the ■ making. No effort has been made by our legislators to encourage the state to build a bridge across Cro atan Sound. It might be that our trusted servants are waiting to see if they can still find away to help the promoters get a corporation owned toll bridge. This history of the proposed toll road goes back some five years. In 1948, there developed a project for the promotion of several thou sand acres of land on Currituck beach. There was no way to devel op it unless a road were built. Ef fort was made to get the State Highway Commission to build this road to the Virginia line. It was represented that this was the greatest road need existing in Dare County. Some encouragement came front highway officials, but when they were reminded of other great road needs on Hatteras Island and elsewhere, they backed off. The ••land speculators then at tempted to build the road by sell ing bondk But there were no bid ders for the bonds. The project looked too risky. Failing in this, they attempted to borrow the mon ey from the Government lending agency ,the RFC. The RFC turned down their application for two and three quarter million dollars. The promoters really made an effort and put in a lot of hard work and time and spent some money. The beach road looked too risky for investors, but the promoters got hold of a smart idea. If they could get a bridge over Croatan Sound tied in with the proposition, this looked pretty sound, and with the State High wa y Commission’s blessing, which would in effect mean the Highway Commission didn’t plan to span these waters with a bridge, the whole thing might work. In the last legislature nobody was trying to help us get bridges or a bridge built by the State, but our representatives were sanction ing the corporation project, en deavoring to tax free privileges. But even at that, investors doubted the soundness of this leg islation. They just didn’t believe it would hold water, and the pro moters were forced to get a court opinion. They had to bring a test case themselves in the courts to satisfy prospective investors. They were hopeful the courts would rule with them. But such is not the case. The courts said the scheme isn’t lawful. If the toll road is built it will have to come through other meth ods. Sidney Banks of Virginia Beach, one of the promoters on the Virginia end of the project, is quoted in the Norfolk newspapers as saying further efforts will be made to build the road. In the interim, during the past year, the people of the section which so badly needs bridges to serve the traffic on U. S. Highways 64 and 264, had become desperate at the apparent desertion off the See BRIDGE, Page Eight Single Copy If 5000 EXPECTED TO VFW CONVENTION IN DARE IN JUNE By AYCOCK BROWN The annual state encampment of the Veterans of Fore'gn Wars will be held at Nags Head, June 4-7. Forrest V. Dunstan, senior vice commander of the VFW State De partment stated today that approx imately 5,000 delegates wo il l be in attendance, largest V.F.W. gathering in the history in the state. Should there be 5,000 delegates present, it will also be the largest convention ever held on the Dare coast or in any coastal resort of North Carolina, it was pointed out. Sponsoring the encampment this year will be the Manteo Post of the VFW and the Elizabeth City Post. Already these two local organizations have started laying plans for the convention and will soon set up a housing bureau here to handle accommodations for the group. “Convention headquarters will be at the Nags Header Hotel,” said Dunstan. “The committee on housing will operate from the ho tel, but meetings will be held in the auditorium of Club Casino and at the Dare County Shrine Club. I The Shrine Club will be meeting I place for the Ladies Auxiliary of ■ the VFW.” SAA GROUP WILL CAMPAIGN FOR A WIDER U. S. 264 Meeting in Swan Quarter Fri day Discusses Narrow Road Leading to Washington A special roads committee, headed by E._ O. Arnold of Ro per met in Swan Quarter Fri | day in the Agricultural Build ing and discussed the importance of campaigning for a wider U.S. 264, the narrow 16-foot road between Swan Quarter, Belha i ven and Washington. About half of this narrow road [ is in Hyde County, which for the i most part has shoulders insuf ficient on which to park a car, [ and is bordered by canals on [ each side of the road. A tremen dous amount of hauling has de veloped on this road. Beside Mr. I Arnold, those attending the meeting were Allen D. Swindell, j Chairman of the Beaufort Coun ty Board of Commissioners; Dr. W. T Ralph, Mayor of Belhaven; ! Leon Ballance, SAA Vice-pres ident for Hyde County; C. W. Tatem former SAA President, of Columbia; Pat Simmons, Hyde County Commissioner, of Fairfield; E. A. Williams, Swan Quarter member of the Com- ■ mittee; Earl Topping, Hyde i County Agent and Victor Meek ins of Manteo, Association Sec [ retary. I Chairman Herbert Sadler of [the Hyde County Board was ill in bed with infuenza and unable :to attend. The meeting was ad journed at noon, while the entire party enjoyed a splendid turkey I dinner at O Neal’s Hotel, served Iby Miss Pearle Sadler. Following I the dinner, the group returned [ to the meeting to discuss the pro gressive program of the Hyde County Farm Bureau chapter. O. L. Williams, Swan Quarter [Attorney, and the County Agent [Earl Topping, who are delegates Ito the Farm Bureau meeting in | Charlotte this week both attend ed, this meeting, and got the en i dorsement of the group for the ; waterway projects essential to [ Hyde County’s progress. Later on in the spring, the SAA group will ask for a hear ing before the State Highway and Public Works Commission [on the 264 widening project. There has been no improvement [ to the section of the road under [consideration since it was built nearly 30 years ago. Yet the enormous increase in traffic of all kinds has taken place, and heavy hauling on wide trucks is enormous. Lumber, logs, farm produce, fish and oysters, in bound freight trucks and pass engers buses have reached tre mendous proportions - not antici See GROUP, Page Five
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