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VOLUME XVIII NO. 44 CLAIM OF RICHES FROM ILMENITE IS NEW HUMBUGG’RY Treasure Alleged in Outer Banks Sands Would Not Be For Our Land ' Owners A big-headed story about pur ported fortunes in ilmenite, a material used in paint and other products, that is supposed to be in the sands of the North Caro lina coast was published in Sun day’s Virginian-Pilot. The story which had to do with surveys made by the National Lead Com pany last year, looks like some more of the planted propaganda • to discourage the creation of the National Seashore Park, by fill ing people with the thought that the sand is loaded with verit able “gold.” While some people who do little thinking might fall for this line of stuff, a little thought may easily prove it is all suck er-bait. Nothing further deserves the title of poppycock. In the first place, if there should be ilmenite in the sands, it is not the landowners who would pro fit by it. The profit would go to the company fortunate enough to hook the people into giving leases to dig it out of the ground. According to offers that have been made, the lease money promised is so negligible as to ~ be laughable. On top of this the value of the land would be completely destroyed because the operation would tear up all the grass, shrubbery, trees, and leave the soil to become the prey of the winds and tides and ultimately swept away. In a short time would be lost all the gains made in the upbuilding of our beach es that have taken place in the past 20 years. It is a little difficult to be lieve there are people so stupid as not to see the damage they can do to our coast by encourag ing the digging up and turning over of the sands, particularly since the financial gain is so trifling. ’ It is axiomatic that a thin dime immediately in front of the eye can obscure completely the vision of a ton of dollars some distance away. That is true in a case where anyone would con sider accepting a few cents for permission to dig up his land. , It is a blind man who can’t see that other things in our future offer a lot more in every respect for the welfare of all of us. This ilmenite proaganda is | sheer humbuggery so far as pro fits go for our people. As said before, it is difficult to believe any folks are dumb enough to fall for it. There are some, per haps, who will. NON-RESIDENT ANGLERS ALLEGE FERRY IS “TRAP” Oregon Inlet. North Caro lina’s toll-free ferrv at Oregon Inlet has been described as a “trap” by anglers in the Wash ington D. C. area who took their complaints to Kennedy Ludlam, outdoors editor, Washington Times Herald and a well known radio commentator of the Dis trict of Columbia territory. Ludlam in a letter to the Dare County Tourist Bureau stated that he had “called the situation to the attention of the AAA who have agreed to issue proper warning.” The “situation” as Ludlam put it, seems to hinge around the fact that anglers and tourists driving to Hatteras Is land are being marooned on the south side of the Inlet when and if an automobile is the ninth car on the last north bound trip which leaved (under present schedule) at 4:50 p.m., or if one fails to make this ferry on the return trip from communities south of the Inlet. “It seems that before the State took over the operation of Oregon Inlet ferry the private owner used to operate the boat until all waiting cars had been .ferried across north bound,” said Ludlam. “Now, according to sev eral who have been stranded on the south side, the last trip is at 4:50 P. M.” Actually during the sununer months the schedules continue a until early evening, but the sum- H mer schedules may not go into ■ until June 1 or June 15. a The 8-car ferry is soon to be J replaced by a former govern- H ment LSU now being converted B which will haul 22 cars. There a have been considerable local I complaints, especially from re- M sidents of Hatteras Island, that I See TRAP, Page Eight THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA KILL DEVIL HILLS OFFICERS SWORN IN I'lSSaa / -JTI i it' 72 w Reading from the big book is Clerk of the Court C. S. Meekins of Dare County, in the ceremony of swearing in the new officials of the recently incorporated town of Kill Devil Hills in Dare County. Mayor J. L. Murphy is shown immediately behind Mrs. Millie Miller Osmond, town clerk and treasurer. The three aidermen are shown behind, they are: Frank Dean, Herbert Morrison and Robert A. Young. TWO CARS CRASH NEAR GREGORY’S STORE ON BEACH Gasoline Pum',>s, Automobiles Dam aged in Monday Traffic Accident Kill Devil Hills. Automo biles driven by J. B. McDaniel of Wanchese and Alonzo O’Neal Willis of Hatteras collided Mon day in front of W. S. Gregory’s store and service station. One of the cars plowed into a gasoline pump, damaging it. Except for a few minor scratches and bruises, no one was injured. Mr. McDaniel Was able to drive his car away, but the other car remained in the sand at the edge of the paving. McDaniel was headed south, but turned to drive into the Gregory place. The other auto mobile, also headed south, was about to pass the other one. There was some confusion about the hand signal given by Mc- Daniel. In the car with Mr. Willis was his sister, Mrs. Glen H. Carlin, to whom the automobile belong ed; her two small children, her mother and a dog. Mrs. Carlin is moving to Hatteras from Elizabeth City. \ HATTERAS-OCRACOKE CAR FERRY BEGINS SCHEDULES ON MAY 1 Hatteras, A new private ly owned tollr ferry will begin operations on regular 3-round trip daily schedules between Hatteras and Ocracoke Island on May 1, it was announced to day by Capt. Frazier Peele, the owner and operator of the new facility. The new ferry which will haul several automobiles at one time replaces a smaller 2- car ferry which Peele has been operating on appointment for the past two years. The new ferry, named the Hatteras Inlet, is now nearing completion here on Peele’s rail ways. Fare for each car using the ferry will be $5 one way. The schedules are as follows: Leave Hatteras - 6:15 A. M., 11:15 A. M., and 5:15 P. M. On the return trip the ferry will leave Ocracoke Island at 7:00 A. M., See FERRY, Page Eight SUSAN ONETO LEADS IN MANTEO PTA BABY CONTEST Susan Oneto of Nags Head has forged ahead again this week in the Manteo PTA-sponsored baby contest with a total of 3655 votes. * Archie Burrus, Jr., of Manteo is second with 2549 votes. Timmy Cochran of Manteo is third, with 2264 votes, and St. Clair Tillett is fourth with 2149 votes. Winners of the contest, which closes Thursday night, April 30, will be announced in next week’s paper, together with total votes of all contestant*. < til BIG CELEBRATION OCRACOKE ISLAND ON JULY FOURTH Marvin Howard Celebration hairman; Civic Club Elects, New O fficers ’ Ocracoke Plans for a gala celebration and parade on July 4th are underway in the cap able hands of Marvin Howard, member of the Ocracoke Civic Club. His suggestion that Ocra coke put on a Big Parade that day was enthusiatically received by members of the Club, and he was named chairman of a committee to make plans for the big event. Already rumors of pony riding, truck, car and bicycle floats are circulating around. Other important achievement of the Civic Club at its April meeting, was the annual elec tion of officers. Written law in the Club requires a change of officers each year, in fact any one who has served in an offi cial capacity cannot appear for re-election until three years I from their date of service. Eph , Esham retiring president has | I handed over the gavel to Wa- : hab Howard. Serving this com ing year as vice-president will be Thurmon Styron, and retiring secretary, C. F. Boyette, and treasurer, Marvin Howard, have turned over reports and cash on hand to the newly elected secretary, Albert Styron, Jr. and newly elected treasurer, Harvey Wahab. Among many matters of im portance, the Club voted to send members of the Ocracoke See OCRACOKE, Page Eight WANCHESE GIRL RECEIVES SUPERIOR-MERIT AWARD Greenville. ln the annual shorthand penmanship contest conducted by “Today’s Secre tary,” professional magazine for students of stenography, Bettye Lou Wood of Elizabeth City, freshman at East Carolina Col lege, received recognition for submitting the best paper en tered by a business education student at the college here. Eighteen other East Carolina students, from both beginning and advanced classes, were also awarded superior-merit certifi cates. Among those receiving sup erior-merit certificates was Mag gie Daniels of Wanchese. REBEKAHS WILL MEET Manteo Rebekah Lodge No. 52 will meet May 4, at 7:30 p.m. in stead of 8:00 p.m. Final plans for i the state assembly will be made , and initiation for new members i will be held. Mrs. Sue Ballowv| Noble Grand, urges all members fto be present x MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1953 MANTEO HARBOR SOON TO SHARE IN IMPROVEMENTS A dredging job in Manteo Bay is to be completed soon, a con tract having been let this week. Congressman Herbert Bonner has been keeping in touch with this project for some time, and is gratified to receive the good news from Col. R. C. Brown of the Corp of Engineers of Wil mington. Writing to Mr. Bonner under date of April 24, Col. Brown says: After justification by local in terests at Manteo and the Wil mington District, the mainten ance dredging of Manteo (Shal lowbag) Bay was approved by the Chief of Engineers on 23 April as an essential civilian re quirement. “Invitations to bid on this work were issued by this office on 8 April. The opening date of bids is 28 April next Tuesday. The successful contractor is re quired to commence work with in 15 Days after notice to pro ceed, or about 13 May. There are an estimated 80,000 cubic yards of material to be dredged, at the rate of 50,000 yards per month. The project should be completed by 30 June. “The order of work specifies that the shoals in Walter Slough be dredged first. The controlling depth of 2.5 feet will be elimin ated and project depth restored in Walter Slough by 31 May. “Your interest in the work of the Wilmington District is ap preciated.” -ITTLE HOPE THIS YEAR FOR SCHOOL ON OUTER BANKS Discussion of the school site for the proposed Outer Banks school near Cape Hatteras has been tabled to the July meeting of the Dare County Board of Education, following notice from the Attorneys representing the county that the court hearing would not be held until April 27th. A letter from Mrs. Raymond Wescott, President of the Manteo P.T.A., requested that the new addition to the Manteo School be named in honor of Miss Bonnybel Evans. Mr. Ballance moved that the Board approve the request. This was seconded by Mr. Best and unanimously carried. It was decided that the P.T.A. should select the name. The Board authorized the superintendent to pay a bill of $32.30 for work done on Hatteras School, and authorized the superintendent to place an order with the Division of Purchase and Contract for a truck to re place the maintenance truck now being operated. The Board voted to renew the lease on the County School Bus Garage lo cated at the Airport. The Board adjourned to meet again on call. The Board this week awarded bids for hauling coal to the schools. O. Burrus of Manteo was successful bidder, getting the contract for $1,324. Rudolph Peel, the other bidder, asked $1,494. OPEN HOUSE AT SEA OATEL AT NAGS HEAD WEDNESDAY Mr. and Mrs. Archie Burrus held open house Wednesday evening at their new and completely modern tourist court, the Sea Oatel, at Nags Head. The buildings, of brick construction, house 24 units, com fortably and attractively furnish ed, and offer the best in comfort and convenience to the traveler. Mr. and Mrs. Burrus had used the sea oats motif in decorating, and the guests were served cook ies and soft drinks by Mrs. Lina Harbour and Mrs. M. L. Daniels, Jr. Others assisting with the en tertaining were Mrs. R. D. Saw yer, Mrs. dorian Quidley, Mrs. J. O. Basnight and Mrs. Eloise Cart wright. Approximately 400 guests called during the evening. NELSON MIDGETT HURT; IS FLOWN TO HOSpIf AL A Coast Guard helicopter Mon day flew Nelson Midgett of Waves from Elizabeth City to Norfolk where he was placed in the Nor folk Public Health Service Hos pital. The Coast Guard said that Mr. Midgett, a well-known retired Coast Guard chief engineer, suffer ed a broken hip and possible back injuries in a fall from a ladder at his home. The helicopter landed at the Mu nicipal Airport, Norfolk, Monday, at about 1:45 p.m. The Coast Guard said the accident apparently occur 'ted Monday morning or late Sun day. RE-ELECTED CHAIRMAN DARE SCHOOL BOARD i ''J Mr * I * th WALTER D. PERRY of Kill Dev il Hills was unanimously re-elected Chairman of the Dare County Board of Education at its meeting on April 24. Mrs. Mary L. Evans was unanimously re-elected Su perintendent of Schools for anoth er term. The Board of Education consists of Mr. Perry, E. A. Gray of Avon, Roy Gray of Hattpras, H. E. Best of Stumpy Point and R. O. Ballance of Manteo. The following school committees were appointed to serve for a per iod of two years: Manteo—District I—Mrs. McCoy Tillett, Mrs. Leigh Hassell, John H. Long. Manns Harbor —District 2—Wal lace Taylor, Jaccie Burrus, Thel bert Tillett. Wanchese District 7—Arnold Daniels, Malcolm Daniels, Richard Gray. Stumpy Point—District B—Car ville Wise, Woodrow Best. Avon—District 10—C. T. Wil liams, 111, Eugene Gray, Percy Williams. Buxton—District 11—Raymond Basnett, Mrs. Edna Barnett, Hayes Fulcher, Horton Austin, Mrs. Asa Gray, rj. Hatteras—District 12—Wheeler Ballance, Byron Byrd, Leonard Gil likin. Kitty Hawk—District s—Adol phus Hines, Oscar Sanderlin, Rob ert Young, Charlie Spruill, John Beacham. Roanoke—District 1-C—Maloyd Scarborough, Marshall Collins, Seward Simmons. FISHING FACILITIES INCREASE AT HATTERAS Hatteras. Construction of the new all-paved highway from this outer banks com munity to connecting highways at Nags Head north of Oregon Inlet has been responsible for a great increase in sportsfishing facilities here. Since the 1952 season, at least two new Gulf Stream cruisers have been added to the local fleet and t\\,o new quays or berthing places have been completed for accommo dating local and non-resident boats which will come here to operate in the Gulf Stream waters which have become na tionally famous for big game species of fish. Capt. Ernal Foster owner of the Albatross fleet of Gulf Stream cruisers here has added another craft, the Albatross 111. Recently launched in a Core Sound port, the vessel is now undergoing finishing touch es locally prior to its maiden trip off Cape Hatteras. It will be the largest and fastest of the already famous Albatross fleet which in recent years has been responsible for landing most of the big blue marlin taken with rod and reel in waters off Cape Hatteras. Another modern and fast Gulf Stream craft is soon to be deli vered to Capt Edgar Styron who will place it in Gulf Stream service. His cruiser is also being built by a Core Sound builder. This season will see additional harbor space at Hatteras. Capt. Styron’s boat will be berthed in his new harbor dredged re cently and with new piers and mooring facilities for several craft. This harbor is located near the old U. S. Weather station. Farther south along the shore See FACILITIES, Page Eight MANTEO GIRL IS MAY QUEEN ATTENDANT Miss Maxine Scarborough of Manteo, who is a student at Greensboro College, will be one of the attendants to the May Queen at the May Day exercises Satur day, May 2. Her father and moth er, Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Scar borough, and her sister, Janice Scarborough, are in Greensboro at tending the ceremonies. Miss Scar borough, who is a sophomore, has just been elected vice-president of the rising junior class. DARE MAINLAND FOREST FIRES BURN THOUSANDS OF ACRES DURING WEEK Pulp Company Lands Suffer Loss of Many Years Growth of Timber in Area Between Manns Harbor and Stumpy Point, as Both Villages Are Threatened with Destruction. MANY FINE WORDS FOR DARE REPRESENTATIVE r ■ I .. For Robert Bruce Etheridge, the House had Golden Anniver sary greetings and a little pres ent Wednesday. House members paid tribute to colleague Etheridge, the Re presentative from Dare who served his first House term in 1903, with a resolution of tri- I bute, then a flowery speech by its sergeant-at-arms, Wayland Spruill of Windsor. Then, it top ped off the ceremony with a little gift, a watch fob. In return, “Uncfe Bruce” Eth eridge said he would “carry it ' always in my heart... I am deep ly grateful.” The longtime State conserva tion director was lolling in his seat reading the morning paper as they began the ceremony of ' tribute to him. The resolution came from Rep. Joseph Hunt of ! Guilford. In the speech that fol- ' owed, Spruill reminisced about 1 former sessions in which he had served with Etheridge. 1 The silver-haired Etheridge, a Manteo resident, was bom On ' July 31, 1878. He attended Man teo’s public schools, then Trinity ' College at Durham, now Duke 1 University. From 1907 until 1933 1 he was cashier for the Bank of : Manteo. He also had served as 1 the postmaster of the little coast- 1 al town, as superintendent of the ’ Dare schools, as State Senator in 1907, as a member of the ’ Democratic State Executive 1 Committee and State Conserva- 1 tion Director from 1933 until 1 Kerr Scott took office in 1949. And once he was Clerk of the i Court. < His first session as Dare Repre sentative came in 1903, 50 years < ago. He came back in 1905, 1929, I 1931, 1933, 1951 and 1953. ] “In his long, varied and honor- 1 able carreer he has served truly, ' faithfully, with native dignity and good humor ... until he him- < See ETHERIDGg, Page Eight CHILD DIES AFTER RUNNING UNDER GRANDMOTHER’S CAR Little Danny Gene Gray, three , year old son of Sgt. and Mrs. Charlie Norman Gray of Manteo, . died Sunday afternoon at 1:15 o’clock as the result of injuries sustained earlier when he was run over by an automobile. Reports said the little boy was visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Jack Shannon. Mr. Shannon went into the garage and backed her car cut. The child is said to have walked or run in the path of the backing car and was run ovep. He was rushed to the Albemarle Hos pital in Elizabeth City but was pronounced dead upon arrival. The child is survived by his par ents, Sgt. Charlie Norman Gray and Mrs. Pauline Shannon Gray of Manteo, one brother, Norman Gray, Jr., paternal grandparents, Mr. and TSlrs. Brinkley Gray of Wanchese; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shannon of Manteo, maternal great grand mother, Mrs. Mary L. Perry of Kitty Hawk; several aunts and uncles. Sgt. Gray, the little boy’s fath er, who was stationed overseas, ar rived in the United States Wed nesday night Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2:80 at the Wanchese Methodist i Church, by Rev* C. W. Guthrie. , Burial will be in the Cudworth cemetery. Single Copy 7< Weary forest crews today had won a four-day battle to lick a destructive forest fire which char red more than 17,000 acres of growing pine stock owned by West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company. Company men and state forest ers, who joined to battle on the of ers, who joined to battle one of the largest forest fire in this area in recent years, said the blaze was virtually Under control. Still smol lering is a small area south of Manns Harbor, but unless high winds arise the fire fiighters hope to 'stamp out all remains of the fire within a day or so. The fire, which was discovered about 8:15 a.m. Sunday by Wilson Ambrose, a Dare County smoke cnaser, began at a point where the Point Peter Canal intersects High way -264 and swept almost the en tire area between the highway and Croatan Sound, from just north oi Stumpy Point to a short distance below Manns Harbor, before it was brought under control. Immediately .upon discovery, company crews and state foresters were alerted by the company’s new two-way radio system and fire fighting details and equipment were rushed to the scene. The fire was fanned by strong gusts of 35- to 40-mile velocity, however, and in a matter of hours had swept in a northeasterly direction to the sound, leaving in its wake a mile and a half strip of charred trees. ' Shifts in wind direction on Mon day sent the fire heading in other directions ■ and at one point, on Tuesday, fire crews were unable to contain the. blaze in the area be tween the highway and th sound. Th flames leaped the highway and canal about halfway between Manns Harbor and Stumpy Point and burned out some 60(1 acres of company land on the east side of the hignway before it was quelled. When fires in the north area were whipped by northwesterly winds which threatened to again carry the blaze into company lands to tne east and posed a threat to dwellings in the Manns Harbor area ,the crews, who had worked almost continuously without rest since the outbreak, burned a con trolled lane around the entire northerly tip of the fire area, which finally contained the blaze. William Ernst, Jr., manager of the paper company’s lands here, said the loss suffered by the com pany and the community could not be estimated. “We lost 18,000 acres of grow ing timber and seedlings which cannot, of course, be replaced for years to come,” Ernst said. “In dollars the loss was tremendous, but in terms of progress to our program to rebuild the forests of this area, the loss was even great er.” Ernst had high praise for the crews who battled the fire without rest and gave much of the credit for suppressing the fire to District Forester O. T. Wynne and his or ganization, who fought the fire with company crews and volun teers, including logging crews of O. F. Gilbert’s operation. Thousands of acres of Dare mainland forests and pocosins were destroyed by fire during the past weekend and the vil lage of Stumpy Point seemed threatened Monday morning. Fire fighting equipment from Manteo had been called to the area. The Roanoke Island-Nags Head area was blanketed with great billows of smoke through out Sunday and until the wind shifted Sunday night from southwest to northeast. In addition to the property losses running into thousands of acres and dollars, the loss to wildlife and in some areas val uable timber losses has been terrific, it was stated. Fires earlier this month had already (destroyed hundreds of acres in the area, but nothing compared to the weekend blaze which was still unchecked on Monday. The West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company acquired more than 168,000 acres of Dare mainland lands last year from J'red M. Maloof who was once described as the owner of more acreage than anyone east of the King Ranch in Texas.
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