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VOLUME XVII NO. 34 OUTER BANKS TO GET BAY RUM IN | 'LACE OF BEER Jills Introduced to Dry Up Banks and Remove Bay Ruin Restrictions Instead Bills were introduced this week in the Legislature by Rep. Ether idge of Dare County which would enable the people of Hatteras Is land to stop sale of beer and wine, but will thoughtfully take care of the old topers, althought at more cost, by removing the state re- 1 st fictions on bay rum. Somebody must be anxious to sell bay rum in Dare County, while it is restricted elsewhere in North Carolina. Bay rum has been a pop ular commodity in the bone dry places of the state, where people get soused on it, at greater cost than by legal means, even though it makes them meaner and mes sier. The trouble about beer and wine seems that too large a percentage of those who sell it, think only of the profits. There doesn’t seem to be any way to keep them in line, and because they continue to sell it so long as a customer can sit up at the counter, and reach for his poc ketbook, it has become a sore sub ject with the public, and is invar iably voted out recently, where ever a vote has been held in N. C. The situation is somewhat grav er on Hatteras Island where there is law enforcement but mighty seldom, and almost no punishment of offenders picked up. Some weeks ago, a petition was forwarded by the citizens, to the Dare commis sioners, who passed it on to Rep. Etheridge requesting a law where by a vote can be held to vote out beer and wine. Not even the clas sy hotels now being built on the island may then serve either to the profitable customers they ex pect to get. But the old topers and the ir responsible who now make a nui sance of sore concern to the people of the island, will not be stopped a bit. For they can get their bay rum, and perhaps lemon extract _ nd Jamaica ginger, and of course W; ot legging will be all the great - . The, old topers and' rumheads will have to be taken care of, even though by methods that will be a greater nuisance than ever. But in the good old Dare Coun ty style, when folks want to make a fool of themselves, they must do it in a big way. BENJAMIN FULCHER, 70. DIES ON OCRACOKE Benjamin Fulcher, 70, passed away at his home at Ocracoke on Monday, February 16th, follow ing a second heart attack. He had been previously afflicted about two weeks ago while oystering out in Pamlico Sound. Mr. Ful cher was a life-long resident of Ocracoke, born there January 24, 1883. During his younger days he worked some on sailing vessels, but fpr the most part his whole life work has been that of an Ocracoke fisherman. His loss will be keenly felt by the older group here. He was a devoted member of the Methodist Church, serving as lay-leader from time to time, and always active in the work of the Church and Sunday School. He was a member of the Ocracoke Civic Club and inter ested in all phases of the Island’s welfare. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Annie Simpson Fulcher, his ; daughter, Mrs. Mabel Gaskill, | and his sisters Mrs. I. F. O’Neal and Mrs. Leonard Williams, all of Ocracoke. Funeral services were conducted at the home on Tuesday at two o’clock with Mr. Theodore R. Rondthaler officia ting, in the absence of the pas tor, Rev. W. Y. Steward. Burial was in the family graveyard. LARGEMOUTH BASS IN NAGS HEAD AREA I Nags Head.—First large mouth 'iass catch of the 1953 season was tade Friday by J. T. Cozart of yxford, R.F.D. Cozart, who had come to the coast for the annual fox hunt, decided to try his luck fishing during balmy weather and his catch was a surprise to every one who heard about it. Casting with silver minnow lures and porkrind, the Oxford angler landed seven bass, the largest weighing more than three pounds. He was casting in the Colington fresh ponds with Henry Beasley as guide. In addition to the catch made by Cozart, several repors of large mouth bass catches have been made in the lower Currituck Sound catches, according to reports, were made with live bait. THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA PETITION TO SEEK TO MAKE “DRY”ALL OF DARE COUNTY A petition is now being prepar ed to urge an election to give the people of Dare County a chance to vote against the operation of ABC stores in this county, this newspaper is advised. This peti- | lion will ask that the powers con- j I lined in a bill for Hatteras Island ’ anent the sale of beer, be amend- | jed to include everything alcoholic i and covering the whole county. Ihe petition, it is said, will set forth that the county is not get i ting a return commensurate with I the loss to the county in morale ! and morals, and in finances as , well. It will be forwarded direct to the Representative and will ask for his immediate presentation to j the legislation. If action fails, the j county board is alternately asked j to call the election. TRYOUTS FOR ISLANDERS TO BE MARCH 13 Roanoke Islanders seeking parts in the cast of Paul Green’s sym phonic drama The Lost Colony during the 1953 season will have an opportunity to try out for var ious roles on Friday evening, March 13, it was announced today by Dick Jordan, general manager of the drama. Statewide auditions for most of the major roles in the drama will be held on March 28 in Chapel Hill for The Lost Colony, Horn in the West and Unto These ' Hills. More than 100 persons are in the cast of The Lost Colony, and many of the actors double or treble in parts. Os the total cast more than half are local actors. A few islanders are cast in principal roles, or are understudies for same. Coming here to select island cast members will be Supervisory Di rector Samuel Selden of Chapel Hill and the drama’s Director Clif ton R. Britton of the Goldmas quers at Goldsboro High School. Arrangements havg been made with local school authorities to : have the tryouts in the local school gym. The statewide auditions in Chapel Hill will be held in Me morial Auditorium or the Play makers Theatre if weather condi tions are favorable. Local persons expected to be in the cast again this year include Marjalene Midgette Thomas, only islander to ever become a member of The Lost Colony Chorus which is made up mostly of Westminster Choir members. She also doubles as a colonist woman in several scenes. Carlyle Davis, Manteo high school senior, will again be cast as an Indian dancer and under study for the sensational dancing medicine man UppovC'oc. Mrs. Mary Mann Evans who has been a mem ber of the cast of Lost Colony since its premiere in 1937, will again try out and get the role of a colonist woman. Mrs. Grace Davis, ■ operator of a local guest house, will try out for the role of Agona, the Indian squaw lover of Old Tom Harris. Several children in the cast who have outgrown certain parts will be replaced by younger persons this year. “Local try outs here for islanders only,” it was stated. MISS HOOPER FEATURED IN GREENVILLE CONCERT Greenville.—For their annual winter concert, the East Caro ilina Orchestra and the Varsity | Glee Club of the college will pre sent a varied program, including selections by three student so loists. The event will take place Sunday, February 22, at 4 p.m. in the Wright auditorium and is expected to attract a large au dience from the campus, Green ville, nearby towns. Marietta Hooper of Elizabeth City, and Dolores Mattews of Henderson, will appear as piano soloists with the orchestra. Both are pupils of Robert Carter of jthe college faculty. Miss Hopp er will play the Allegro Maes toso movement from Mozart’s Concerto in C Minor, K 467; and Miss Matthews, the Allegro Con Brio movement from Beethoven’s Concerto No. 3. The East Carolina Orchestra, which draws its'talent from stu dents and faculty members at the college and from musicians in Pitt County, will open the pro gram with the grand march from Aida and will present other se lections during the afternoon. Miss Hooper, whose father was the late Sheriff Hooper of Stum py Point and Elizabeth City, is a niece of Mrs. Claude Wise of Manteo, and has many relatives at Stumpy Point, her mother being the former Edith Meekins and a former teacher in Dare County schools. KOREAN VETERAN IN INFANTRY IN JAPAN £22 v > f J iZSKaEWSi St ; »iSL. mHta i 'wy.JM' l w WITH THE IST CAVALRY DIV. IN JAPAN.—Army Pvt. Man ning R. Gray, son of Mrs. Kitty E. Gray, Salvo, Dare County, recently joined the Ist Cavalry Division in Japan. His father was the late Richard Gray of Salvo. The Ist Cavalry is giving intensive field training to replacements on the Japanese Islands. The Ist spent 17 months in the combat zone before being rotated out of the line in December 1951. World War II veterans will remember this same division landed in Lingayen Gulf on Luzon, Philippine Islands in early 1945 and raced south to help liberate Manila. American prisoners of war held at San to Tomas University were freed by an advance column of the Ist Cavalry. Private Gray, who entered the Army in November 1948, was sta tioned at Camp Breckenridge, Ky., before transferring to the Far East, for his second tour of duty. A veteran of 10 months in Korea with the 25th Infantry Division, he has been awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Korean and the United Nations Service Ribbons and the Army of Occupation Medal for service in Japan. DARE EXPECTED TO BUY SBO,OOO DEFENSE BONDS Dare County has been assigned a U. S. Defense Bonds quota of $80,640 for the year 1953, W. R. Pearce, county Defense Bonds chairman, announces. The overall county quota consists of $53,520 in Series E. bonds; $14,280 in Se ries 11. bonds; and $12,840 in Se ries J and K bonds combined. The overall county quota is a proportionate part of North Caro lina’s quota of $67,200,000.00, and a national quota of $5,650,000,- 000.00. The quotas which the U. S. Treasury has assigned the Defense Bonds division for 1953 represent a 40% increase over 1952 sales for the nation, and a 57% increase over 1952 sales for North Carolina. PrincipalCllsnO Chairman Pearce pointed out that, in effect, tlje sale nationally of $5,650,000,000 in Defense Bonds during 1953 will not take a single dollar from bank deposits or the spending stream; it will only mutch the volume of redemp tions of matured and unmatured Defense Bonds. AIR FORCE TO INSTALL UNIT NEAR ENGELH’RD Thirty Houses to Be Erected Near Tom Marshall Home By U. S. Air Force Announcement has been made from the U. S. District Engineer office in Wilmington that the Ar my Air Force will soon erect an installation in Hyde County. This installation will consist of about 30 prefabricated houses, and will be equipped with electrical and utility units, and is of a highly specialized nature with advance equipment in the air force work. It will not be an airfield, nor will it have runways for the land ing of planes. Within the next few months, requests for bids will be made, and approximately 90 days will be required to complete the construction. Only a small crew will be re quired to operate a unit of this type. Only a small area of land is occupied. Agreements were made by the Air Force some months ago with T. B. Marshall, R. S. Spencer and other landowners in the Engelhard area for permission to take soil | and water tests on farm lands owned by them. These agreements contain optional lease clauses ex piring the 28th of this month. An nouncement by the Government of plans to erect the installation indi cate further contracts will be made. Plans and specifiications are now being prepared by the Wilmington office, and further announcement will be made soon. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1953 HAYMAN CLAN TO HOLD IT’S ANNUAL 5 REUNION JULY 13 1 Wanchese Church to Be 1 Scene of Annual Gather ing of Noted N. C. I Family ’ The Hayman Clan of North Car . olina, through its president, Rev. L. D. Hayman of Carolina Beach, 1 has announced plans and place for - the 1953 annual gathering. The ' relatives and the friends of Wan chese have extended invitation to . meet jn that community for this 3 year. The pastor of the Methodist t Church, Rev. C. W. Guthrie, has s notified the Rev. Mr. Hayman that s his governing board and himself, . most cordially tender the Metho dist Church and the grounds for t the occasion. The indoor meeting ’ to be held in the church with ap : propriate devotional and other : features. And the picnic dinner > to be spread on tables near the I church —as will be provided. Mr. ■ Hayman has expressed the appre- I ciation of his Clan to the pastor and the official board for the use of the church. Also, the president of the Clan has been invited to preach during the week end Sunday at one of the services in the Wan chese Methodist Church. This is . the home church of the president ’ of the Clan, known to everyone as just Louis Hayman in that commu- I nity from boyhood. Previous reunions have been held at Manns Harbor and Kitty Hawk. The date set is on Friday, July 17, ■ 1953, beginning at ten a.m. with ■ devotional, introductions, feature programs, and whatever business is necessary to be attended to. The , dinner hour will invite everyone of ,) the Haymans from all other sec- ' tions, together with the friends . ' from these sections, and especially , those of the Wanchese community. ; ' The usual spread from baskets ' brought by those of the communi jty and nearby neighborhoods will i feature the noon-day hour. The af ' ternoon will be for fellowship on ■ the grounds, and an opportunity i for kinsfolk and friend to renew ' acquaintances and talk over “old times” at will. Later in the spring, other an nouncements will be made through I the press and by other means of | communication, giving due notice and invitation to all kin as far as possible to reach them, and also to the friends in general. Those from I a distance are already looking for | ward to the occasion as a time to return to the old home surround ings and enjoy the day with rela tives and friends. The oldest living member of the | Clan in North Carolina is Capt. ' Jeff Hayman of Wanchese, who will be 90 on June 1. He is a for mer sheriff of Dare County and for many years was custodian of Fort Raleigh, and has a wide cir cle of friends. Rev. Louis D. Hay man is a nephew of Capt. Jeff. NEED STRESSED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL PORTS Marine Council Told Plan Will Put State In Position to Compete With Florida A meeting Wednesday of the North Carolina Coastal Marine Council, recently organized, was devoted to a hearing on -the need for development of small ports and vaterways. The water resources committee of the State Board of Conservation and Development met with the council, in Raleigh. The council already had recom mended an economic and engineer ing survey of inland ports and waterways, to work out a master plan for their development from the point of view of industrial, commercial fishing and recreation al interests. The proposed survey would cost about $47,000 and has received the approval of the State Board of Conservation and Devel opment. W. Axson Smith of Belhaven, chairman of the council, reported that Governor Umstead was en thusiastic over plans. Rep. R. Bruec Etheridge of Dare county said, “I know of no program that would be of greater benefit to the people of eastern North Carolina than the one you are proposing.” C. H. Jenkins of Ahoskie predict ed the program would put the state in a position to compete with Flor ida for tourist trade. Among others stressing need for development of small ports and waterways were Rep. Russell Swindell of Hyde county, P. D. Midgett of Engelhard, O. L. Wil liams of Swan Quarter, D. W. Windley of Aurora, David Holton of Edenton, N. C. Magnuson of Wilmington, Sen. Paul E. Jones of Pitt county, George P. Arrington of New Bern, W. Aubrey Cave naugh of Warsaw, Roger W. Wol cott of Raleigh, Mrs. Alice Strick land of Carolina Beach, W. A. Gar ner of Shallotte, Sen. J. V. Whit field of Pender, Forrest E. Jones of Elizabeth City, Oscar Breece of Fayetteville and W. T. Casper- of Swansboro. BUSINESS SURVEY UNDERWAY FOR DARE AND HYDE The U. S. Census Bureau will begin a month-by-month survey of Dare and Hyde Counties retail business early in February, ac cording to supervisor Ralph E. Pearcy of the Bureau’s district of fice at Norfolk. Questionnaires will go to repre sentative cross-section of stores whose operators will be asked to furnish sales data each month on a continuing basis. In addition, each month Census enumerators will visit an ever-changing group of local businesses in different sec tions of the area to obtain supple mentary figures. Sales data collected each month will be included with figures from 229 other areas of the country to provide national information on re tail and service businesses. The local survey will enable the Census Bureau to check the cover age of the forthcoming 1953 Cen sus of Business and to include data in the 1953 Census for retail and service establishments which w’ere started or went out of business during that year. It is also expect ed to provide more comprehensive current national retail sales fig ures, thereby improving the Bu reaus’ program of monthly retail trade statistics which dates back to 1939. Supervisor Pearcy emphasized that, as is the case in all census operations, information furnished See SURVEY, Page Four NEW DUCK ROAD GRADING COMPLETE Duck.—The 3*/2 mile road be tween Southern Shores at Kitty Hawk and Duck has been graded and paving operations are sched uled to begin as soon as weather conoditions are favorable. The Bal lenger Paving Company, builders of the Hatteras Island highway, will do the paving. When com pleted, there will be a paved road (with one inlet crossing) from this north Dare community to Hatter as almost 100 miles southward along the Outer Banks. ANOTHER GUEST HOUSE RE-OPENS ON HATTERAS Hatteras. Another place con verted into a guest home for tour ists has been re-opened here in Hatteras village. It is the “Silent Night” tourist home and is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Bur rus. He is a veteran merchant of this village. The new tourist home includes breakfasts with its over night lodging facilities. GRAY HAIRED WOMAN HIKES FROM FLORIDA WITH THREE DOGS IN SEARCH FOR SON Nags Head.—A search for one of her children, left with a rela tive when he was two years old, brought a gray haired little woman to the beach Wednesday night. With her were three shaggy dogs and a two-week old puppy she carried in a small imitation leather bag. Stopping at Mrs. Mattie Mid gette’s store, she was given shel ter and food for herself and the dogs. The next morning she re sumed her search. The woman, who said her name was Mrs. John Davis, said that her husband, dead seven years, was re lated to people in North Carolina. She had thought they lived in Dare County, but she was also sure that the house was on the edge of a town in farming country. Al though she lived there for a time she could not remember the name of the town, but was sure she would recognize the house if she saw it. The weary traveler, who has walked and hitchhiked from Mi ami, Fla., in four weeks, said she and the dogs would have slept on the beach rather than ask for help, but Wednesday night’s weather was too cold for that. In spite of the two coats she wore, Mrs. Davis was none too warmly clad and edged gratefully to a stove in the Midgette store to warm. The dogs dropped to the floor and were asleep almost in stantly. “They’re tired,” she explained. “You know, they must travel 10 miles for every one I walk.” Mrs. Davis’ story was a little disconnected because, she said, she couldn’t remember so many things. According to her account, she was born in Ohio, but she married Davis, who traveled with a circus, and she went along. For awhile they were with Ringling Brothers, and then with another circus, the name of which she couldn’t remember. Her husband “had a band,” she said, and she “did everything around a circus.” They had six children, but ap parently traveling with little tots was too difficult and as each one became two or three years old she farmed them out to relatives or friends. The son she is seeking was two when she left him with an uncle. She has not heard from 'the child since he was a little fel low. He would be in his late 20’s now. She can’t remember the un cle’s first name, though he was her husband’s brother. Mrs. Davis said she had another son who would be just about old enough to go into service. She does not plan to hunt for him, be cause she believes he either is in the armed service or soon will be. She told of finding a daughter in New Orleans, after leaving her many years with a friend. The friend had married and had chil dren of her own, but had kept the Davis girl, who had been taught that her mother was dead. What became of the other three children is a bit hazy in Mrs. Davis’ mind. All these years she has thought that her husband’s brother lived in Dare county, but none of it that she passed through, over High ways 264 and 158, seemed at all as she remembered the area. “It was farming country. I’ll recognize the house,” she insisted. Mrs. Davis, who says she is 52 but who looks considerably older, though she moves briskly, said she had come byway of Greenville and Washington, N. C. Althought the police in almost every com munity have let her and the dogs spend a night “in the jailhouse,” she said she had been unable to secure help from welfare depart ments, because she was a trans ient. In Manteo, Wednesday, someone in the court house did look up real estate records for her. Property belonging to a J. J. Davis was found on Hatteras, but it was pur chased after Mrs. Davis and her husband were married, whereas the house she seeks was in the family long before their marriage. For that reason she did not even consider going to Hatteras to check. The little woman, who laughts and jokes in spite of her plight, said she spent Tuesday night in Manns Harbor, sleeping in a fish ing boat. The next morning she crossed on the ferry and was all day getting from there to Nags Head. Three girls in a car, she said, gave her a ride part of the way. When asked if she had eaten, she spoke vaguely of a sandwich “before dark.” When hot vegeta ble soup, sandwiches and milk were put before her, she ate with a rel ish that suggested the sandwich might have been her diet for the day. Unable to eat all the food giv en her, Mrs. Davis said the rest Single Copy 70 would make “a mighty good break fast” and eagerly accepted the package wrapped in oil paper. Three cans of dog food were pro vided for her companions. As she opened each can, she announced which dog was to get it. The others waited their turn. At her com mand, the half-staved dogs polite ly gulped their rations without let ting a crumb fall off the paper to the floor. The only food they’d had that day was some “bare bones” in the morning. One of the dogs is 10 years old and she has had him since he aws a puppy. “He’s been taking care of me all that time,” Mrs. Davis declared. When someone mentioned that she must have a lot of faith to start out on such a journey, with such an uncertain destiny, the woman said, “Yes, I know that God will take care of me. He’s giv en me this dog to look after me.’? A visitor at the beach from Nor folk, Va., who happened to be in the store when she told her story, slipped back later with a $5 bill for her. As soon as she was given the money she wanted to use it to pay for her meal and bed for the night, but she was told to keep the cash for emergencies. According to Mrs. Davis, she has kept house and done other work in Miami. Although she has no written recommendations with her, she is prepared to give names of former employers who could vouch for her. No one, however, along the entire weary way has been willing to check with her for mer employers or to take a chance on giving her work. On the other hand, she has met many kind peo ple. At one house near Little Wash ington, she was invited into the house for Sunday dinner with the family and her dogs also were fed. With the coming of morning, Mrs. Davis and the dogs headed north, still looking for that house she’s sure she’ll recognize and the son she’s pretty sure she won’t know when she finds him. WOMAN HITCHES THROUGH HYDE CO. THIS WEEK Travels With Three Dogs; Sleeps Out of Doors Part of Time The sight of a strange woman with three dogs traveling along U. S. 264 through Belhaven, Hyde and Dare Counties this week met the eyes of many people. Mrs. Margaret Davis, 52 years old, has set out on a hitch-hiking tour from Florida to Washington, accompan ied by her three dogs. Monday she was in Belhaven, and walked on toward Hyde County. At Swan Quarter she was given a place to stay by Miss Pearl Sadler of O’Neal’s Hotel. She has no money and depends on charity, and stays nowhere unless hei' dogs can stay too. She therefore spent Tuesday out in the open in Calvin Beas ley’s boat at Manns Harbor. She wouldn’t travel on the ferry at night, and she came to Manteo Wednesday morning. Thursday she was sitting along Nags Head beach with her dogs. Axson Smith of Belhaven gave her a ride to Engelhard Tuesday, I and Mrs. Helen Ward brought her I to Manns Harbor. She had set out to walk the 27 miles of lonely road to Stumpy Point. She claims she is looking for a son she deserted 25 years ago to I follow circus life. She left him and five other chil | dren—two boys and three girls— , with families throughout the coun try during the years when she worked with circuses and carni vals. “I liked show life better than family life in those days,” said the graying woman. She doesn’t know where five of her children are, but knows the place where she left one son in Washington, D. C. when he was three years old. “I remember the place and will know it if I see it,” she told an of ficer who questioned her along the roadside on the Greenville-Wash ington highway a few days ago. If she finds her son, she will live in Washington. If she doesn’t, she will keep traveling. She is trying to get in touch with John Davis of Washington because he was living there when he last wrote to her . Origin of the story goes back to the very deep South; in fact from that famous resort, Miami, Fla. In Greenville, N. C., last week according to the News & Observer’ a deputy sheriff saw a strange sight. He found a gray-haired wo man seated on the cold ground See WOMAN, Page Four
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