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VOLUME XVIII NO. 37 BUXTON ANGLERS WIN NATIONWIDE FISHING NOTICE Dare County: Cape Hatteras Channel Bass Wins First Place in National Contest Channel bass landed in the surf at Cape Hatteras during the past autumn won nationwide recogni tioin in national fishing contests during 1952. Two Buxton anglers, E. P. White and B. R. Ballance, won first and third prizes in the Field and Stream contest which is the longest established of all fish ing competition in America. The 60-pound bass (or red drum as they are sometimes called) which White caught on Armistice Day about one half mile north of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was 23 pounds short of the current world’s record for this species and 15 % pounds less than a world record of long standing caught in the Cape Hatteras surf several years ago, but no where in America, along any coast was one caught during 1952 which would have top ped this prize winner. * When notified Monday that he had won first place Mr. White gave some facts and figures about his fish. He was using mullet for bait on a 7/0 hook, 36-pound test Golden Dot nylon line, a Penn Squidder reel and Surfmaster rod. His fish measured 53% inches from tip to tip and 30% inches around the girth. “Fishing conditioins were not considered favorable on Novem ber 11 due to rain and a heavy surf, said Mr. White. “A party fishing in the rain during the morning sent word to the village that the fish were biting and I decided to go down and try my luck. It was a lucky day for me, because first prize alone is SIOO and I am told that the tackle man ufacturers also give prizes for the first place fish.” Capt. Ballance stated that the fish he entered in the contest 'eighed 56% pounds. It was land- I) 1 from the surf at the Point of /ape Hatteras about two and a miles south of the location where White landed his frist prize fish. The Ballance entry was made on November 8. A 75% channel bass landed by Ballance at Cape Hatteras before World War II was a world record for more than 10 years when it was topped by an 83-pounder landed by a youth from Maryland. Al ready here at Cape Hatteras some anglers have fished the surf this year but the onoly channel bass caught so far were taken in nets. NORFOLK ACACIA CLUB WILL BE AT WANCHESE MARCH 19 The Acacia Club of Norview Lodge No. 113, Norview, Va., will give a Masonic play at the Wan chese Lodge Hall on the night of March 19, at 7:30. The name of the play will be “A Rose Upon the Altar.” All masons are invited to be present. This is the third play that the Club has given at Wanchese * Lodge and each of them has been worth while. This will be confined strictly to mem bers of the Masonic Order, since it will be based upon the work ing of the order. It is hoped that there will be a goodly number of Masons pre sent. The visiting Club will be serv ed a fish dinner at the Hall. MANTEO MAN AIDS IN NAVY TEST OPERATIONS Norfolk, Vft. (FHTNC) —Among the crew members aboard the new PSM Martin “Marlin” during test operations conducted off the Vir ginia Capes last month is William H. Midgett, aviation machinist’s mate third class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. St. Clair Midgett of Man teo, and husband of the former Miss Eunice M. Knight of Coin tm xk. y The plane was hoisted aboard a seaplane tender to make the first us > of the ship’s crane since it •• s modified to accommodate the flying boat. he “Marlin” is attached to Pa tioi Squadron 44, stationed at the U. S. Naval Air Station here. MANTEO REBEKAHS The Manteo Rebekah Lodge meets Monday, March 16, at 8 p. m. in the Town Hall. Final plans for the district meeting to be held in Elizabeth City, March 18, will be made and Mrs. Susan Ballowe, Noble Grand, urges all members to attend. THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA CORRECTING AN ERROR IN STORY ON K. D. HILLS Through the error of this news paper last week a story anent the incorporation of Kill Devil Hills which is now going through the legislature, it appeared to some that the new town would get a por tion of the tax money paid into Dare County by the people of Kill Devil Hills. This should have been made to read that it would get back its share of the taxes on intangibles and beer which are apportioned in Raleigh from the State of North Carolina each year to all counties and towns. That it would get Dare County tax money is incorrect in that there would be no legal right to give it funds from the county treasury. It apparently would have the same right to a part of the county’s in come from the liquor stores as the town of Manteo, which now re ceives a large slice of this money. We publish this explanatibn be cause Capt. W. H. Lewark of Kill Devil Hills says our misinterpre tation has caused him some embar rassment, inasmuch as he is a member of the Board of County Commissioners, and also because he has been one of the prime movers in the incorporation plan. The proposal to make an incor porated town of Kill Devil Hills seems to be meeting with general approval and it is believed by many citizens that it will aid the area to maintain its status as one of the finest residential areas on the en tire coast. FIELD SERETARY TO INSTRUCT PTA OFFICERS Musical Program To Be Given March 25 For Benefit School Piano The Manteo Parent Teacher Association held its March meet ing Tuesday afternoon in the school auditorium, Mrs. Raymond Wescott presiding. Mrs. Edward Wescott led the devotional. The theme for the month was“ Peace”. It was announced that the April meeting will be held at night, in order that the men will be able to attend. At this time a sketch of the Grass-Roots opera, which is to be given soon in Man teo, will be presented. Mrs. Roy Davis, Jr., read a let ter of appreciation from Miss Bonnybel Evans, thanking the PTA and the community for “Bonnybel Evans” night. Mrs. Ward’s Senior Class gave a sketch of the Senior play to be presented on March 27. On March 25, Miss Blanche Ha ley, stale field secretary of the PTA, will be in Manteo to in struct all officers. All PTA offi cers, both old and new, from throughout the county, are asked to be present at this time. The new Manteo officers are Mrs. John Ward, v-president; Mrs. So phia Fulcher, sec’y; and Mrs. J.O. Basnight, treasurer. These, to gether with the nominating com mittee, have been appointed to select a president, which office is as yet unfilled. Also on March 25, a musical program will be presented in the auditorium by grades one through five. A love offering will be taken k . proceeds to be applied on the balance due on the new school piano. ACRES OF CHANNEL BASS DESTROY NYLON SHAD NETS Frisco.—Channel bass, acres of them milling in the waters of Hatteras Bight this week, did con siderable damage to commercial fishing nets, especially those made of nylon which had been set along the beach for shad. Archie E. Scarborough and John Wasili of Frisco declared they had never seen so many channel bass but instead of becoming entangled in the meshes of their nylon nets, the big fish went right through them resulting in considerable damage. “We landed only six of the big fish,” said Scarborough, “and there must have been hundreds or may be thousands of them.” Channel bass were first report ed off Hatteras about three weeks ago. Since that time when several were caught in trawl nets in 20 to 30 fathoms of water off Diamond Shoals commercial fishermen with pound nets in Pamlico Sound have caught several. The fish are run ning large and they have shown up earlier than in any previous season. To date, no channel bass have been landed with rod and reel. Last year the first was taken with rod and reel at the Point of Cape Hat teras near Frisco on March 23 while the first taken at Oregon Inlet was landed April 5. AIDING OCRACOKE ' w&m ■HPHMp&m ’'W Hi & \ REP. RUSSELL E. SWINDELL of Hyde County who joined with Ocracoke Islanders Monday night in making plans for the proposed ferry route across Pamlico Sound to Cedar Island in Carteret Coun ty. (See story). COAST GUARD AIDS APPLICANTS FOR NEW PORT SECURITY CARDS NORFOLK, Va.—To cut down on time lost by Virginia and North Carolina commercial fishermen, longshoremen and other water front workers in applying for Coast Guard Port Security Iden tification Cards, the Coast Guard is planning to have mobile card application units visit seacoast areas in the two states, Rear Adm. Russell E. Wood, USCG, command er, Fifth Coast Guard District, an nounced today. The plan will eliminate the need for card applicants to make often times lengthy trips to regular card issuing offices. Coast Guard group commanders at Chincoteague and Virginia Beach, Va., and Cape Hatteras, Morehead City and Southport, N. C., will provide assistance in fill ing out applicatioons and arrange suitable dates for mobile teams to interview applicants at convenient locations within their areas. Since the Coast Guard process ing teams are expected to make only one visit to each coommunity, persons not processed by the mo bile units will have to apply in person at Captain of the Port of fices in Norfolk, Va.; Baltimore, Md., or Wilmington, N. C. For the past two years the Coast Guard has been issuing the cards to persons whose occupation re quires them to visit waterfront properties which might be placed under guard and restricted by the Captain of the Port in the interest of safety or national security. Rear Admiral Wood stated that the Coast Guard is currently ac cepting applications for port se curity cards from commercial fish ermen, who, in the course of'then work, go in and out of bays, sounds, inlets and rivers which might stand the chance of being restrict ed. The admiral cautioned that per sons who may be required to pos sess port security cards should ap ply before restricted areas are es tablished. A minimum of six weeks is required to complete investiga tion and issue a card. Information concerning all phas es of the port security identifica tion card program can be secured at any Coast Guard lifeboat sta tion on the Virginia and North Carolina coasts, group command ers’ offices ,or at Captain of the Port offices in Norfolk and New port News, Va.; Baltimore, Md., and Wilmington, N. C. CECIL KINSEY, COINJOCK NATIVE, DIES IN NORFOLK Benjamin Cecil Kinsey, 46, hus band of Mary Carter Kensey and son of the late Benjamin Cull and Alice Garrenton Kinsey, died at a Norfolk hospital Sunday at 3:30 a.m. Besides his wife, he is sur vived by three sisters. Miss Mary E. Kinsey of "Coinjock, Miss Isa belle N. Kinsey of Baltimore, and Mrs. Earle W. Walker of Norfolk, and two brothers, Dr. R. E. Kin sey of Peekskill, N. Y., and Dr. B. H. Kinsey of Washington, N. C. Mr. Kinsey was a native of Coin jock, and had been a resident of Portlock for five years, residing at 1301 Earle Avenue. He was a mem ber of trie Coinjock Baptist Church. Funeral services were conducted ,at the Hollomon-Brown Funeral j Home Tusday at 3 p.m. Burial in I Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1953 OCRACOKE RESIDENTS WANT LONGER OYSTER SEASON FOR TONGERS On Ocracoke Island this week Representative Russell Swindell of Hyde met with local citizens to discuss the extension of the oys ter season for one month—espec ially for oystermen who gather the bivalves with tongs. Members of Ocracoke Civic Club went on record as wanting a long er season and their representative promised his immediate help by asking for the longer season. At present no commercial tonging is permitted after March 1. Under the new plan the tonging season would be extended until April 1. R. Stanley Wahab had appealed to the Department ors Conservation and Development earlier this month on behalf of the oystermen, for an extension of the season. OV’R HALF OF OCRACOKE VALUE OWNED BY JONES Testifying before a committee in Raleigh this week, Atty. George T. Davis of Swan Quarter, rep resenting Sam Jones of Norfolk who is fighting the establishment of the Seashore Park stated, ac cording to the News & Observer that Mr. Jones’ clubhouse on Ocra coke is worth up to $70,000. If that be true, then Hyde Coun ty, is losing a lot of taxes that Mr. Jones ought to pay, for the total property valuation on Ocracoke Is land last year, which including everybody’s property, amounted to only $124,371. It might be most interesting to see how Mr. Jones lists his valua tion on his Green Island Club house, which is the only building in the park area, compares with the statement of his lawyer. It is interesting always, to see what extremes men of character will go to, to oppose something which is for the public benefit, but may keep them out of a little per sonal profit. Mr. Jones’ new home now being built in the village outside the park boundaries will cost another $70,- 000. So his two properties are worth more than the whole of Ocracoke Island on the Hyde Coun ty tax books. OVER-FORTY TALENT SHOW BRINGS GOOD AUDIENCE The Over-Forty talent show put on Saturday evening in the Man teo school auditorium ,and spon sored by the Manteo PTA, brought a good audience, and a total of $74.50 was cleared, to be applied on the balance due on the school piano recently purchased as a ges ture of appreciation to Miss Bonny bel Evans, beloved retired Manteo primary teacher. Among those appearing on the evening’s program were Mr. and Mrs. Brownley Etheridge, Mrs. Etheridge playing the piano and Mr. Etheridge playing the harmon ica anl singing; Mrs. E. R. Wes cott, who sang “Love’s Old Sweet Song” and “Auld Lang Syne”; Mrs. Rennie Williamson, who did a piano monologue; Walter Gas kill, who danced an old-fashioned Clog dance, accompanied by Brownley Etheridge with his har monica; Mrs. Lucetta Willis, who read “Hagar”; Mrs. Cora Mae Bas night, who performed at the piano dressed as “Skinny of the Twen ties”; Mrs. Luther Mann, who de lighted the audience with her rag time at the piano; Mrs. Edna Bell, who gave a reading “Mammy- Higher Culture in Dixie”; Mrs. Mary Mann Evans and Edward Wescott, who did a skit as “Mag gie and Jiggs”. Robert Ballance acted as mas ter of ceremonies, and as a surprise introduced Miss Pinkie Perry of Catfish Corner, who sang several popular numbers, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Rennie William son. The grand finale found all participants on the stage singing “The Church in the Wildwood”. Assisting with this were John Dameron O’Neal and Roland Saw yer. ] BOOSTING THE BOOSTER Boost your city, boost your friend; Boost the church that you attend. Boost the street on which you’re dwelling’, Boost the goods that you are selling. Boost the people ’round about you, They can get along without y6u. But success will quicker find them If they know that you’re behind them. Boost for every forward movement; Boost for every new improvement; • Ekx>st the man for whom you labor; Boost the stranger and the neighbor. Cease to be a chronic knocker; Cease to be a progress blocker; If you’d make your city better Boost it to the final letter. —Anon BEALE PLANS FOR OPENING OF BEACH SHOP Men’s, Women’s Sportswear to Be Carried By New Business in Kill Devil Hills Area Kill Devil Hills—Following an extensive remodeling job on his building, E. L. Beale expects to open the Beach Mart for business March 21. He will handle men’s and wo men’s sportswear, gifts and cos metics and will have a florist shop in the building. For two years Mr. Beale used the building for a drive-in res taurant, known as Cruise Inn. This winter he added a wing on each side the actagonal building, built an apartment on the second floor and put windows in the front openings which formerly were merely screened. The central part of the build ing will be used for disulay of gift items, cosmetics and flowers. This will be finished with a color scheme of gray and yellow. The right wing will be devoted to women’s sportswear, the left wing to men’s sportswear, with a small workroom at the rear of the men’s section for the florist’s workroom. A shoe department and dressing rooms will occupy a space at the rear of ,the center room. The new wings are finished with cypress paneling, with bam boo trim. Built-in fixtures also have bamboo trim. Bamboo shades will be used at the win dows. Mrs. Vivian Ryder will operate the women’s sportswear depart ment. Mr. Beale will be in charge of the men’s wear and he is also the florist. The apartment on the second floor will be occupied by Mr. Beale, a former resident of Franklin, Va., who said he ex pected to be a year around' resi dent of Kill Devil Hills now. LAKES CREATED ON DARE BEACHES Kill Devil Hills The fresh ponds of Nags Head, some of which are said to be “bottom les” have long been considered one of the natural wonders of this area. The “ponds” or the deepest ones are in Nags Head, Kitty Hawk and Duck woods. One of the largest natural lakes is on the open beach and it is planned to use the water from it as a source of supply when cer tain utilities are established here by the recently created. Sanitary District of the area. In addition to the natural lakes and ponds, a chain of small pools have been created in recent years on the Southern Shores region. Frank Stick, managing director of Southern Shores, stated as the lakes were being dredged that they would serve several pur poses, mainly drainage and pest control, but also as swimming pools and fishing spots. Following the Southern Shores experiment other real estate de velopments of the area are creat ing lakes by dredging in low beach areas. One of the largest of these man-made lakes is now nearing completion at Kill Devil Hills. B. M. Hedrick is the man who is having the lake created. CHOWAN COLLEGE SINGERS IN MANTEO SATURDAY NIGHT The Chowan College Glee Club of Murfreesboro, N. C. will pre sent a concert in the Manteo school auditorium Saturday even ing, March 14, at eight o’clock. A small admission will be charged. The 22-voice group is directed by Mrs. Rose G. Pool, and the ac companist is Miss Virginia Mac- Queen. Miss Addie Mae Cooke, dean of women at the college, will accompany the group to Manteo. On Sunday morning the young people will sing at the Manteo Baptist Church. OCRACOKE ISLAND FERRY TO CARTERET COUNTY IS SUBJECT OF BIG RALLY Meeting Monday Nigh Establish A Real “Oc Put Auto Ferry In County and Across ] NAGS HEAD CLUB REPORTS RAISING SIOO FOR POLIO Nags Head—As the result of a house-to-house canvass of the beach the Nags Head Home Dem on stration Club raised SIOO in the recent polio drive, his report was made Monday when the club met with Mrs. J. E. Harris. The members who made the canvass were Mrs. E. Reber and Mrs. Mil licent Mann. * " For Monday’s program, Miss Mary Kirby, home demonstration agent, discussed “Color in The Home,” and showed slides to il lustrate her points. The program opened with “Old Smokey” sung by the group. After the program, the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Edward Reber, served refreshments. SPRING FEDERATION AT HATTERAS MARCH 25 Miss Rose Ellwood Bryan Will Be Guest Speaker Miss Rose Elwood Bryan, Exten sion Specialist in Conservation and Marketing, will be the guest speaker of the Dare County Spring Federation of Home Dem onstration Clubs. The meeting will be held at Hatteras on March 25 at 11:45 a. m., begin ning with lunch, served by the Hatteras Club; the business ses sion and speaker after lunch. Members living north of Oregon Inlet are asked to drive their cars to the inlet, leave their cars on the north side and catch the 10:00 a.m. ferry. A chartered bus will meet them on the south side. Miss Bryan will be remember ed as having served as agent at large and working in Dare County for about six months as home agent, prior to the term of Mrs. She began her Extension work in her home county as home agent of Durham County and organized the first curb market in North Carolina during the depression years. At present she is specialist in Food Conservation and Marketing with crafts as her hobby and sideline. Last year she was recognized as “woman of the year” by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, be cause of her outstanding work with Extension. MANTEO BAPTISTS TO HOLD REVIVAL WEEK OF MARCH 22 Revival services will begin at the Manteo Baptist Church March 22 and continue through March 29, with services at 7:30 each evening and on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning at 10, in the-re cently completed church auditor ium. The evangelist for these serv ices will be the Rev. Herman T. Dilday, pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church of South Mills, and the Moyock Baptist Church. The music for the services will be un der the direction of Larry E. Skin ner, former choir director of the Blackwell Memorial Baptist Church of Elizabeth City, and at present director of music of the Manteo Baptist Church. The pastor of the church, the Rev. Henry V. Napier, states that the public is invited to attend all services of this* revival, including the fellowship supper to be held in the church dining room on March 28 in place of an evening service for that day. At this supper Mr. Dilday will bring a brief message and the rest of the time will be devoted to fellowship and testi mony. MANTEO SENIOR PLAY SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 27 The Senior Class of Manteo High School recently began re hearsing John Van Druten’s two act play, “I Remember Mama,”, which they will present in the school auditorium on March 27, 1963. This dramatic production w r as adapted from Kathryn Forbes’ Book, “Mama’s Bank Account,” and contains 23 speaking parts, 5 of which are leads. The play offers many opportunities for the talent ed Seniors, who are tackling it with a fervent spirit and a deter mination to raise it to its highest peak of perfection. Single Copy 7# tit Setting Up Plans to cean Highway;” Would i Service to Carteret Hatteras Inlet. By AYCOCK BROWN Ocracoke. Ocracoke Islanders are deeply interested in the pro posed road and ferry projects which would result in connecting highways now terminating in Dare at Hatteras and in Carteret at At lantic or Cedar Island by state built and maintained land and wa ter routes. Representative Russell Swindell of Hyde County meeting with is landers and visiting chamber of commerce and tourist bureau offi cials here on Monday night prom ised his full support to the project declaring that he would introduce a bill in the General Assembly, if this would help bring the road and ferry into realization or that he would accompany any committees from Ocracoke and the coast on visits to see the Governor or rep resentatives of the highway com mission about the proposals. Morehead City’s Chamber of Commerce Manager Joseph Du- Bois who has been leading the movement for a highway on Ocra coke with connecting ferries across Hatteras Inlet and from the island to the Carteret mainland present ed the proopsal to half a hundred or more residents of the village. He described the route from Hat teras to Carteret as a “missing link” in what is destined to be come America’s first real ocean highway, a coastal route which would make it possible for tourists to see North Carolina’s share of the Atlantic Ocean for almost all of the 300 miles between Virginia and South Carolina. Dan Walker of Beaufort cham ber of commerce outlined the ad vantages of a highway which would bring more tourists to the coast, “Because,” he declared,” those tourists will leave dollars here at Ocracoke and in every coastal community through which they visit or pass.” Dußois was introduced by Eph raim Esham, president of the Ocra coke Civic Club. In his introduc tion Esham explained that propos als for building a highway on the island with connecting ferries had been discussed previously by the group of Civic Club members and that Ocracoke favored the project 100 percent. He expressed appreci ation on behalf of the club for the interest that was being created in other areas of the coast for the project and by state and federal officials. A large map of coastal Carolina showing the so called “Ocean Highway” leading southward from Norfolk via Elizabeth City, Eden ton, New Bern and Wilmington, and the coastal highways now in existence from Kitty Hawk south ware' to Hatteras and from Cedar Island southward along the Carter et peninsula was displayed by Du- Bcis. Dotted lines where the pro posed roads and ferries would be established extended between Hat teras and the Carteret mainland on the map in contrast to the in land route. “We all have one aim in view,” said Dußois,” and that is to elim inate the missing link between Hatteras and the Carteret main land.” In his modification of “we” Dußois explained that coastal in terests from Wilmington to Man teo were definitely in favor of the route. The feasibility of visiting the Governor at an early date to discuss the road was approved and at that time it is expected that each of the coastal representatives of the General Assembly will be present. Other off-islanders attending the meeting at Ocracoke included Sher iff Charles Cahoon and Dick O’Neal of the Hyde County mainland, Ay cock Brown of Dare County Tour ist Bureau and Jerry, Shumaker, noted photographer of Morehead City. The gathering was one of the regular meetings of the Ocra coke Civic Club. Held in the local schoolhouse, a tasty oyster stew was served the guests present. BAKE SALE SATURDAY A bake sale, featuring pies, cakes, cookies and other tempting home-made food items, will be held each Saturday morning by the Manteo Woman’s Club, proceeds to go into the club’s soholarship fund. The sales are being held at Fear ing’s, Inc., where members of the ' club will be present to take care of all customers. \
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