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VOLUME XVHI NO. 52 PARK SERVICE TO FURNISH FOREST FIRE PROTECTION Robert C. McCabe On Duty As Civil Engineer Suc ceeding Eubank The National Park Service is planning to furnish forest fire protection facilities to Hatteras and Bodie Island according to A. C. Stratton, the Project Manager of Cape Hatteras National Sea shore. Stratton stated that it is the policy of the National Park Service to attempt to protect not only Park lands but other lands from which fires might spread into the Park area. This will en title the Park facilities to be used on any grass or woods fires be tween Whalebone on Bodie Is land and Ocracoke Inlet. All fire fighting facilities and the fighting of .going fires Will be under the supervision of G. P. Hultman, the Chief Park Ranger who recently entered on duty at Buxton, North Carolina. Fires can be reported either to Mr. Hultman, who can be reached by telephone through the Cape Hat teras Coast Guard Station or to the National Park Service office in Manteo where the telephone number is 243. At night and on week ends Manteo calls can be routed to Charles S. Marshall at Manteo 29J. Fire tools of suffi cient quantity to fight the aver age size fire on these islands have been ordred and will be available early in July. The furnishing of this fire pro tection is only a single phase of the services which the National Park Service will render to the communities and to the visiting public. Other services and facili ties will be announced as rapidly as funds and personnel become available. Robert C. McCabe of Rich mond, Virginia has entered on duty as Civil Engineer with Cape Hatteras National Seashore, it has been announced by the Park Service. Mr. McCabe replaces William C. Eubank who recently resigned from the National Park Service to go into private busi ness in Newport News, Virginia. It will be Mr. McCabe’s respon sibility to make land surveys on Bodie Island, Hatteras Island and Ocracoke in connection with land acquisition for the National Seashore . Mr. McCabe is a native of In dianapolis, Indiana. He attended high school in Richmond, Virgin ia and then received his engin eering degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1948. His College education’ had been in terrupted by military service in the European Theatre during and after World War 11. Since grad uating from VPI he has worked with the Navy Department at Dahlgren, Virginia and; more re cently, with the Army Corps of Engineers in Richmond, Virginia. He is married to the former Mary Elizabeth Richart of Richmond, i Virginia. The McCabes will live at 218 East Main Street in Manteo. DARE BOOKMOBILE TO RESUME SERVICE JULY 7 The Dare County Bookmobile service will be resumed on July 7, according to announcement this week by Mrs. Van Ness Har wood, librarian. Mrs. Robert Bal lance of Manteo will be the new Bookmobile librarian. The sche dule will be as follows: July 7, Wanchese; July 14, Manns Har bor, Stumpy Point, etc; July 21, Kitty Hawk, etc.; July 28, Avon, Buxton, Hatteras, etc. The librarians have requested that all books which were not collected before the Bookmobile trips were discontinued be turn ed in when the next trip is made. It is necessary for all books to be returned in order for the lib rary authorities to make an ac counting to the State in the an nual report. The school children have a great many books out, and the librarians want to get them back for the records; also to clean and repair them. WILLIAM M. HARRIS IS HOSPITALIZED IN GEORGIA William M. Harris, son-in-law, of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Etheridge of Manteo, has been a patient in a hospital in Augusta, Ga., for sev eral weeks, following an accident in which he suffered hip, knee and facial injuries. Mr.' Harris, Who was employed in Salley, S. C., was injured when the car he was driving was run into by a truck. Mrs. Harris is at his bed side in Augusta. THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA THE “LOST COLONY” HAS MANY NEW AND INTERESTING FEATURES IncS "i™l '' * r X 1 America’s longest-lived outdoor production, Paul drama, The Lost Colony, opens in Waterside Theatre at Manteo on Roanoke Island, on Saturday night, June 27, for its 13th season, with performances nightly (except Mondays) throughout the summer and until September 6. Those seeing the show this year will find many new features in scenes from the drama which tells of English speaking America’s beginning in the New World during the late 16th century. Some of the scenes are shown in the above layout. In upper left Lillian Prince as Queen Elizabeth the First, inhales a whiff of “uppowoc” smoke, the Indian tobacco the first explorers found growing on Roanoke Island. An innkeeper is shown chasing Old Tom Harris, tragi-comic fool of the show, from his establishment in Plymouth, England. John Lehman, choreographer of the drama, who plays Uppowoc, the Indian dancer and medicine man, is shown in center of layout. North Carolina bom Barbara Edwards Griffith, the leading lady of the show, who plays Eleanor Dare, is shown in lower left cuddling her baby, Virginia, first child of English parentage born in the new world that was to become America, and at lower right the christening of Virginia Dare scene. Since The Lost Colony premiere in 1937 more than 600,000 persons have seen the show which is sponsored by Roanoke Island Historical Association, a State agency. FOUND S7OO AND LIVED HIGH ON OCRACOKE ISLE Was a Lot of Wealth 70 Years Ago When Man Discovered Cash in Sands An interesting story of the finding of S7OO in the sands of his happy island by an Ocracoke citizen some 70 years ago, and how the finder spent freely and entertained his friends on such fat as the land afforded in those times, is,contained in a letter to the Editor by Thos. W. Howard, one of Ocracoke's beloved citi zens, a retired postmaster. Here’s how Mr. Howard tells the story: To The Editor: I read an article— “Outer Banks Wealth Rumor Spiked” ■ by Aycock Brown of Manteo. I Some time ago some one posted 1 a clipping from “Virginia Pilot” | at a conspicuous place here at Ocracoke, which every sensible person, in my opinion, knew the reason why it was done. I am quite an old man and have made my home here on Outer Banks since birth; it seems strange to me that it has just come to light there is wealth in the sands on the beach. I do remember*, how ever, at one time—l think in the 80’s a native here while “beach combing” came across quite a sum of silver and gold money., It was stated the amount was around S7OO. It has been thought it was the money stolen from the Post Office at New Bern, N. C. As I remember, a young man got in the safe and got the money and fled during the night by a small sail boat. Some time early next morning while in Pamlico . Sound a heavy wind and sea floundered the boat and he was , drowned. It has been thought by old citizens of Ocracoke that the• money found here by the “Beach Comber” was the money, though' at the time, I suppose to have been kept a secret. During the 80’s very few people had money here at Ocra- ; coke and high living was un known, but it has been stated this “Beach Comber” lived sum- ' ptuously, he being a very gener ous fellow invited his friends to' dine with him, serving the best food obtainable. The story goes— 1 he served two kinds of butter, in color, the- pale and yellow; also two kinds of cheese, strong;, and mild. Os course, by sucn See WEALTH, Page Eight DARE COUNTY PEOPLE HURT IN AUTO MISHAP Mrs. John E. Herbert of Rodan the was a visitor in Manteo Wed- j nesday, ahd told friends of an I automobile accident which oc- j curred several days ago when her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Julian L. Gray, were returning from a visit at Rodanthe to their home in En- 1 gelwood, Colorado. The accident occurred in Illinois, and Mr. and | Mrs. Gray, their daughter, Miss ■ Norma Gray, and Mrs. Herbert’s daughter, Miss Jazania Herbert, were taken to the hospital at Scott Air Force Base. Mr. and Mrs. Gray, who sustained seri ous injuries, remained patients there. The girls, who received only minor bruises, are being cared for by the Red Cross near ly- | Mr. Gray, who is in the Coast , Guard, is being transferred from Colorado to an East Coast station, and he and Mrs. Gray and their daughter were returning home to pack their things after a visit in Rodanthe. Miss Herbert was ac companying them for a visit. WEST VIRGINIANS MAKE BIG FLOUNDER CATCH This is the season for flounder ' and some big catches of the big flatfish are being caught in local and nearby inlet waters. One of the better catches this week was made by a party of five West Virginians using shrimp for bait and bottom fishing near the In let. They caught 110, the largest weighing three and one half pounds. In the party were F. B. McLoy, Charles B. Nortman, Benjamin J. Rosenbloom and John E. Wise. They were from Wheeling, W. Va. 1 RICHARD L MIDGETTE TO ENTER ANNAPOLIS Richard I. Midgette, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Midgette, of : Hempstead, Long Island, New York, has recently passed en- I trance examinations to the Naval i Academy at Annapolis, and is to be sworn in as a midshipman June 29. Young Midgette entered the Navel Prep School at Bain ' bridge, Md., in September and has just completed the prepara tory courses there. He is the grandson of Mrs. Minnie Mid gette of Manteo, and has visited her often. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1953 RECEIVES AWARD FOR YEARS OF SAFE DRIVING J. O. Basnight of Manteo, bet- ' i ter known to his friends and bus passengers as “Mose”, recently ( I received his 19-year service a- ( i ward pin from the Markel ser vice, which is an insurance ser vice covering transportation ve hicles. While the pin was for 19 . years of driving without a charg- | j eable accident, Mr. Basnight has actually driven without accident . for the Virginia Dare Transpor- I I tation Co., for 24 years. Only the I 1 last 19 years have been serviced , by the Markel organizatiion, but , the previous years he drove for | the bus company were equally without accident. COLONY’S TARHEEL-BORN LEADING LADY V; <• fy- • y». r - | r* k Aa a a B Mb < ? : "" % BB ' ? * W mBM iB IgL ’ 'M T •tMMn tRHI tMSgKjSS' aisMaa z , ®g||| ■F *• ■ F 1 ’ Ji Hfl kBMI ■ - FWRw- * *' .-Si *■ ■ ip BARBARA EDWARDS GRIFFITH, native of Troy, N. C., saw THE I LOST COLONY when she was 10 years old. From that night back in the thirties she planned someday to be in the show herself. After finish ing college she applied for a role and for the past five seasons she has been cast in the role of Eleanor Dare, female lead of the drama which has lived longer than any other outdoor production in America. 1 (Photo by Aycock Brown) 1 &OARD SEEKS SCHOOL SITE COMPROMISE Chairman Walter Perry Au thorized to Consult With State Education Group • - When the county board of ed ucation holds its next meeting, at 1 o’clock the afternoon of July 7, the chairman, Walter Perry, probably will be able to report on the possibility of acceptance of a compromise site for the proposed $200,000 school for Hat teras Island. When it met last week, follow ing a ruling by Judge John J. Burney in Wake superior court that the state board of education was justified in refusing approv al of the use of state money to build the school at Avon, the county board authorized Perry to confer with the state board about a compromise site. Buxton was first chosen 1 as the site of the consolidated school ■ and the choice was approved by | the state board. This action was | protested by Avon residents and the county board swung over to a site at Avon. The state board, however, called this seaside lo cation unsafe and refused to ap prove use of state funds to build there. x The proposed school, when ac-I tually built, will take care of all pupils on Hatteras Island from the first through' the twelf th grades. The board also approved ap pointment of three teachers,. Stanley Matthews for Manns Harbor, Mrs. Elizabeth Peterson for Manteo and W. E. Hall for Roanoke school. Chairman Perry also announ ced that the county commission ers had approved a $38,000 school budget. LOST COLONY WORSHIPS BEGIN AT MANTEO SUNDAY Manteo. With the Rev. Car los Gardner, Methodist minister formerly of Richmond and Nor folk as guest speaker, the first ■ in a series of Sabbath Worship periods to be held in Waterside ' Theatre during the Lost Colony season will be held on Sunday i morning, June 28, at 11 o’clock, it was announced today by R. ] E. Jordan, general manager of the drama which celebrates its 13th season premiere here on Saturday evening. The Rev. Mr. Gardner will be introduced by Thomas L. White, host minister for Lost Colony services during the current sea iod, which changes Waterside son. A feature of the worship per- Theatre into a “cathedi al-by the-sea” on each Sunday morn ing will be music by The Lost Colony Chorus, under the direc- See SERVICES, Page Eight “LOST COLONY” OPENING FOR ITS 13TH SEASON TOMMOROW NIGHT AT OLD FORT RALEIGH Longest Running Outdoor Drama in Ameri ca, Written by Author Paul Green, Expect ed to Maintain Its Best Season Through July and August, Manager Dick Jordan Believes. By AYCOCK BROWN Following many days" and nights of rigid rehearsal periods The Lost Colony, now America’s longest-lived outdoor production is all set for a gala premiere in Waterside Theatre here on Sat urday night at 8:15 o’clock. The performance on Saturday night will be the 593rd since the drama started on its long run, July 4, I 1937. North Carolina’s secretary of state, Thad Eure, will make a brief curtain speech as the 1953 season begins. He will be repre senting Governor William B. Umstead who had to cancel plans he had made to be at the open- I ing due to his recent illness. The production schedule this year calls for performances each : night, except Mondays, through September 6. It will be one of the longest summer seasons in the history of the drama. Under the management of R. E. Jordan several new policies have been adopted for the drama this year, the principal one be ing that ticket prices are now within an easy to pay range of everyone. The show this year has been | directed by Clifton Britton in cooperation with Samuel Selden, supervisory director. There are approximately 200 persons in The Lost Colony Company in cluding a large group of techni cians and the famous Lost Col ony Chorus made up of Westmin ster Choir College voices under the direction of Ralph Burrier. Most of the principal actors I are veterans of the cast. Eleanor Dare is played by Barbara E. j Griffith; John Borden by Robert Armstrong; Sir Walter Raleigh! I will again be Andrew Griffith and the dazzling Queen Eliza beth is again Lillian Prince. Fred Young, popular Old Tom Harris, of the cast will be seen in that role again this year. More than 600,000 persons have paid admission to see The Lost Colony since its original prem iere in 1937. Since Paul Green wrote THE LOST COLONY during the mid- Thirties to be presented in its premiere at Waterside Theatre in 1937, he has been very pleased with every phase of the drama, except the finale. The finale which Green planned was one tfhich would produce during the final marchoff from the great Waterside Theatre stage the ef fect of angelic voices coming from the Heavens in pity and solitude. Until this year, des pite Green’s planning with elec tronics engineers failed to pro duce the dream of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play writer. Now, the effect that Green had planned for the world’s original symphonic drama has been worked out to perfection, and no electronics are involved. Credit for the sensational and dramatic finale goes to Ralph Burrier, dir ector of Lost Colony Chorus, made up of voices from West minster Choir College, Princeton, N. J. and Clifton Britton, dir ector of The Lost Colony. Samuel Selden, the supervising director of THE LOST COLONY heard this singing finale on Sun day night upon his arrival from ; the mountains where he is also director of Kermit Hunter’s i “Horn in the West’’ at Boone.” The finale, when first present ed during a rehearsal on the week end brought tears to the eyes of Lillian Prince, who in The Lost Colony for many years has played the role of hard boiled Queen Elizabeth the first. Samuel Selden, supervisory director of. the drama, when he heard the finale for the first time on Sunday night was spell bound. Paul Green, the drama’s author, now enroute to Ddnvter for an engagement on iFriday night heard of the finale that Burrier and Britton have worked , ont and his reaction was this, ;i“lf there is a place in Efenver that will get me to Norfolk in time for someone to meet me on Saturday night in Norfolk, I will be there for the premiere of The ' i Lost Colony to hear the extra ordinary finale our technicians, ,| See LOST COLONY, Page Hight * i —. Single Copy MAIL AND OTHER GOODS BURN WITH BUS WEDNESDAY Many Dare County residents are wondering whether or not they lost mail or other items in the fire which burned a Virgin ia Dare Transportation Co. bus Wednesday afternoon shortly be fore two o’clock on highway 158, 10 miles east of Elizabeth City. A considerable amount of mail assorted merchandise, silver coins, and even baby chicks, were burned when the bus, en route to Manteo, caught fire and was destroyed. The bus driver, Lloyd Banks, of Mamie, and his sole passenger, an unidentified woman coming to Manteo, escaped injury. Total loss of mail and consigned mer chandise is as yet undetermined. Banks said he smelled smoke and pulled onto the shoulder of the road to discover that the en tire baggage compartment was jn flames. A passing motorist helped him fight the fire with an ex tinguisher and called the Eliza beth City Fire Department, which responded at 1:59 p. m. and battled the blaze until about 4:15 P. M. The big vehicle was a total loss, all that remained be ing wheels, headlights, and motor block. . Although origin of the fire was not definitely placed, it was be lieved caused by wiring in the rear-mounted engine of the bus. Scattered on the highway amid a mass of ashes was SSOO in silver for the Manteo Bank, beachwear, cosmetics, groceries, chicks, etc., consigned for Manteo stores, and an undetermined amount of mail, including registered shipments, for the Dare Post Office. ft. L. Garrett, Elizabeth City Postmaster, and Postal Inspector J. T. Johnson, said it was the first such loss experienced by that office. They dispatched a pick-up truck to recover the mail and went to the scene them selves, as did Chester Hawkins, manager of the bus company,, and W. B. Riddick', of the State Highway Department. POPULAR THAD EURE OPENS LOST COLONY FOR ITS 13TH YEAR Governor William B. Umstead has designated his popular Thad Sure, secretary of state, to offic ially open Paul Green’s sym phonic drama THE LOST COL ONY for its 13th season in Waterside Theatre here on Sat urday night, June 27. The Gov ernor, recovering from a recent illness expressed regrets that he could not be present for the opening performance, due to that illness, “But I’m sending you our Secretary of State to act in my behalf,” he said. THE LOST COLONY, sponsor ed by Roanoke Island Historical Association, a state agency, is now America’s longest-lived Out door production. Since its pre miere in 1937 (the drama was not presented during four World War II years) every North Caro lina governor has made personal appearances at curtain talks dur ing seasonal openings. Several months ago Governor Umstead had agreed to be here this year as the 13th season was launched, but due to a serious illness, from which he is now convalescing, he was unable to fill the date. “Thad Eure will represent me and I am sure he will do a good job in launching your 13th season, which I have hopes will be the best in the history of Green’s magnificent symphonic drama,” said Governor Umstead in Raleigh on Monday. He was talking to Miles L. Clark, Eliza , beth City, N. C., long time mem ber of the sponsoring organiza tion at the time he made his statement. “My talk will be brief and to the point. I will give your au dience a greetings from our great Governor and from official North Carolina,” said the Secre sure
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