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VOLUME XIX NO. 4 « STUMPY POINT CLUB WILL HAVE 0 RADIO PROGRAM Home Demonstration Group .to Broadcast Year’s Ac tivities on July 30 The Stumpy Point Home De monstration Club will be in charge of the Farm and Home Radio Broadcast over Station WGAI Thursday July 30 at 12:45 p.m. Mrs. Woodrow Best, Presi dent of the Stumpy Point Home Demonstration Club, Mrs. Leland Wise, Mrs. Jasper Hooper and Mrs. Guy Best went to Elizabeth City Monday July 13, to make a tape recording of the Broadcast with Miss Mary Kirby, Home Agent. During the broadcast the wo men will tell the radio audience about the work they have done during the past two years since they have been organized. Their first project was a “visiting tea pot”, which was a unique way of collecting their club dues. The teapot was started at one end of the community and visited each members home three times until all of their dues were paid for the year. This year a point system was adopted to arouse interest among the members. Points are given for participation in club work. The two teams are “Cups” and “Saucers”. Group captains are Mrs. Willie Monette and Mrs. Jasper Hooper. Several joint meetings have been held at night to include families of the members, usually a “covered dish supper” and planned recreation followed. At the Christmas party the “Dare County” Movie was shown. In October the club was hos tess to the County Fall Federa tion Meeting. John Harris, Ex tension Horticulture Specialist was the guest speaker. Mrs. Jasper Hooper attended the National Home Demonstra tion Meeting in Raleigh and sev eral members attended the Dis trict Training meeting at Eden ton in the spring. / Coupons were collected and i* rnie pots and dishes were added co the Methodist Church parson age supply. Five quilts were made for the parsonage also. These were made at “Silver Teas” at which the members came together for a quilting ses sion and made a small contribu tion towards needed materials. With the help of the Ruritan Club and WSCS three rooms in the parsonage have been painted and the living room refurnished, a new linoleum purchased and drapes made for three rooms. The cemetery was cleaned up and each week a group of women took turns mowing the grass and pruning shrubbery. Mrs. Florine See PROGRAM, Four REV. WORTH WICKER TO CONDUCT’SERVICES Rev. Worth Wicker, widely known Episcopal Rector of East ern North Carolina will conduct the Sunday worship in Water side Theatre at Fort Raleigh on July 26. It will be one in a ser ies of Sabbath worship periods held each Sunday morning in Waterside Theatre where Hie Lost Colony is now presented nightly (except Mondays) through September 6. The Rev. Mr. Wicker has been a non-parochial priest of the Dio cese of East Carolina since his retirement from the U.S. Army in 1946. Now living in Tarboro, the Rev. Mr. Wicker has served as guest rector, minister, and rector-ad-i nterim in many churches of Eastern Carolina. In addition to his sermon, a feature of the Sabbath worship period will be music by The Lost Colony Choir made up of West minister Choir College voices. Organist for the worship period will be Gordon Flemming. OREGON INLET FERRY A SLIPS NEAR COMPLETION The docks and approaches for the new ferry slips at Oregon 4 Inlet are nearing completion and highway officials indicated this week that they would be ready for the new ferry on or about August 1. The new. ferry for the Oregon Inlet run is a converted LSU ob tained by the State from the fed eral government through the of National 'Park Service officials and Congress man Herbert C. Bonner. It will have a capacity of 20 automobiles as compared to the 10-11 car capacity wooden ferry now in operation at the 4nlet. The new government built LSU is being converted for use as a ferry by a shipbuilding firm in the Norfolk Va., area. THE COASTLAND TIMES BLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTE REST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLANO OF NORTH CAROLINA SGT. ALBERT AUSTIN VISITED AT HATTERAS r Sgt. Albert L. Austin who had been at home visiting his mo ther, Mrs. Kate A. Burrus of Hat eras for a week, accompanied by Sgt. Harry Jones of Liberty, Miss, have left for a visit to Sgt. Jones’ parents in Liberty for a week. From there they will re turn to Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico where both are stationed. TIGHTER SECURITY ON WATERFRONTS BY COAST GUARD Norfolk, Va., July 22 Tight ening its nation-wide port secur ity program, the Coast Guard announced today that after Sep tember 1 all persons working aboard merchant vessels of 100 gross tons or over operating in certain water areas of the United States must possess specially validated merchant" mariners documents. Areas included in the new move are all bays, sounds, lakes, bayous, canals, harbors and other navigable waters of the U. S. The regulations are an addition to earlier laws requiring crew members of vessels of 100 gross tons or over sailing to foreign countries, U.S. possessions such as Alaska and Puerto Rico, and on the Great Lakes to hold vali dated documents, which evidence security clearance. Exempted from getting their mariners documents validated by the Coast Guard are crewmen aboard all craft of 100 gross tons and over engaged exclusively in trade on the navigable rivers of the U. S. However, marty workers aboard these craft are required to have Coast Guard port secu ity identification cards as a re sult of other regulations Which went into effect July 1. All mariners working aboard craft affected by the new regula tions should immediately make application to have their mar iners documents validated by the Coast Guard in order to meet the September 1 deadline. Applications for validation of the documents can be made at Merchant Marine Inspection offi ces in the Naval Landing build ing, foot of West York street, Norfolk, Va., in the Chamber of Commerce building, Baltimore, Md., and at the Captain of the Port office, Wilmington, N. C. COLUMBIA AND NAGS HEAD -MAN ELECTROCUTED TUES. Columbia. George E. Spen cer, of Columbia, owner and manager of cabins at Nags Head, was electrocuted on Tuesday, July 21 about 2 p.m. He wajs found by his brother Floyd Spencer under the house at his home on the corner of Main and Road Street, where he had gone to repair a water pipe. His not coming out as soon as he should, caused his brother to investigate. He is survived by his wife, Mary Shallington Spencer; one daughter, Nancy, and one son, Robert of the home: His parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Spencer of Columbia Route 1, and three brothers, J. Albert Spencer, Floyd Spencer, and Jessie Spen cer, all of Columbia. BLUES AND SEA MULLET BITING IN AVON SURF Mullet and bluefish by the hundreds were being caught in the surf at Avon during the past week end by anglers who were using cut bait, mostly pinfish for lures, acording to County Commissioner James Scarbor ough. The fish are not running large in size but in numbers of fish taken, some of the best catches of the year were being made. Charles Williams operator of Cape Hatteras Hotel stated that some of his guests had caught on an average of one a minute. GARDEN PROJECT AT FORT RALEIGH IS MOVING ALONG State Garden Clubs Are Sponsoring Project on Roanoke Island Foundations for the most un usual garden fountains ever er ected in the United States are now being constructed for the State Garden Clubs’ Elizabethan Garden at the site of The Lost Colony on Roanoke Island. The Statues are unusual because they typify the period of Elizabethan England, which the gardens will commemorate. Since the North Carolina Gar den Clubs made the Elizabethan Garden here one of their major projects, land has been acquired, landscaping has been started and the goal of SIO,OOO pledged by members of Garden clubs from the mountains to the sea in this state has been reached. The SIO,OOO will see the pro ject well underway, but there will be additional funds available from time to time to see the Gar den completed. This outstanding gift of sta uary is from the Jock Whitney South Carolina estate and was first headed for a New York museum of art, but instead it was presented to the sponsors of the local project, through the intervention of prominent Gar den club women in N. C. The statuary has been deliver ed to Roanoke Island. Under the direction of W. H. Canipe of Fay etteville, thf general construction of the garden which adjoins historical Fort Raleigh and is ad jacent to Roanoke Sound is now well underway. Foundations for the fountains are now practically completed. DIGGINGS UNDERWAY IN GARDENS NEAR MANTEO National Park Service Sponsoring Project Near Fort Raleigh Under the direction of Dr. J. C. Harrington, noted archeologist attached to the regional office of National Park Service, Rich mond, archeologist diggings were started this week on land adja cent to Fort Raleigh on the site where the Elizabethan Gardens are being created under the sponsorship of the N. C. Garden Clubs. One prize find as diggings be gan was an almost complete piece of Indian pottery. Damag ed slightly by the shovel of the digger who had made the dis covery enough fragments were recovered to make the pottery complete for diisplay in Fort Raleigh museum where similiar pieces of Indian earthenware are now on exhibit from previous re search made in the area by Dr. Harrington. It was Dr. Harrington who conducted the exploratory dig gings within the area of Fort Raleigh’s palisades during a three year period ending in 1951 which resulted in the discovery of the exact site of the first Eng lish-built fort in the New World that was to become America. This fort site is where Governor Ralph Lane and his Elizabethan explorers built roads and laid out a town in 1585. Since Harr ington’s discovery of the original outlines of the ancient fort, the National Park Service has re constructed the fort which is now a major attraction for students of history and historic sites. “The present archeological work is necessary in order to make sure that no important his torical objects are buried forever beneath the new Garden pro ject,” said Dr. Harrington.” It would be very impractical to conduct a series of diggings in See DIGGINGS, Page Five TELL HIM SO If you hear a kind word spoken Os some worthy soul you know, It may fill his heart with sunshine If you only tell him so. If a deed, however humble, Helps you on your way to go, Seek the one whose hand has helped you, Seek him out and tell him so! If your heart is touched and tender Toward a sinner, lost and low, It might help him to do better If you’d only tell him so! Oh, my sisters, oh, my brothers, As o’er life’s rough path you go. If God’s love has saved and kept you, Do not fail to tell men so! —Anon MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1953 PRAISED AS LOST COLONY DIRECTOR ' ' wF - aRHI A M I mW x ■' > ’ • M- MB •*-.< " > CLIFTON BRITTON, who rose from stage manager to director of Paul Green’s symphonic drama The Lost Colony, has been highly praised for the show he has put together this season with what many declare is the best trained cast in the history of the production. High est praise of all comes from Samuel Seldon, supervisory director of the drama, and from magazine and newspaper critics who have v.’it nessed performances this season. Britton is a man with much drama experience and background. In Goldsboro he is founder of The Gold masquers. The excellent show Britton has produced this year is pay ing off for the Lost Colony. A total of 12,398 persons had paid to see the show through the first 15 performances through Wednesday night, a total of 1,493 more persons than last year during the same period, or, an average of 826 persons nightly which is 99 more than the nightly average last season. (Lost Colony Photo) 808 MYERS PAYS VISIT TO DARE FISHERMEN Bob Myers, the genial sales manager of Etferer Inc., national ly known manufacturers of nett ing, who supply a large part of nets used by North Carolina fish ermen, returned to Philadelphia Monday after an extended trip through the Southern states, and a visit to Cape Hatteras. At Hat teras, Mrs. Myers liked it so well that she remained for three weeks while Mr. Myers complet ed his Southern trip. They were accompanied in Manteo Monday by Tom White, of Hertford, the Company’s Sales Representative. Among dealers visited were A. S. Austin of Hatteras, Hooper Bros, of Stumpy Point and O. J. Jones of Manteo. 45-POUND AMBERJACK OREGON INLET PRIZE _______ * A 45-pound amberjack, be lieved to be the largest landed with rod and reel off the North Carolina coast this season was landed by Jack Taylor of Virgin ia Beach on Monday. He was trolling with a party of friends aboard Capt. Balfour Baum’s cruiser Butch when the catch was made in the vicinity of a submerged wreck near Wimble Shoals, one of many wrecks of ships torpedoed and sunk by enemy submarines during World War 11. MANTEO POLICEMAN IS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL Manteo’s Policeman M. C. Mit chell was rushed to the Albe marle Hospital at six o’clock Monday morning, suffering from a ruptured appendix. Mr. Mit chell underwent an operation, and although he has been ex tremely ill, he is recuperating satisfactorily. Mrs. Mitchell and, other members of the family have visited him every day. MAGAZINE CRITIC HAS PRAISE FOR LOST COL’NY Manteo. What impressed John Gassner most about The Lost Colony which he came to see once but stayed over for a second performance was the sincerity of the play. This is what the noted critic, senior con tributing editor of Theatre Arts Magazine told more than 1200 persons in the Tuesday night au dience this week. “I like the play* very, very much,” he said. “What I admired most about The Lost Colony is the great efficiency with which all the various elements of scenery, cos tumes, music and people had been put together into an inte grated whole,” he said. “However, since efficiency is an American trait, I will not dwell on this,” said Gassner. “The scenic effects were direct' and genuine. Nothing is done to make a splash, and the lighting effects - they are simply wonder ful.” “Perhaps, most of all, “declar ed the critic,” is the fact that the 1 acting has integrity.” Interviewed from the great stage of Waterside Theatre, Gas sner, answering questions from General Manager, R. E. Jordan, explained the difference between a “pageant” and an “outdoor drama” and especially the “sym phonic” type of drama which Paul Green created first with the launching of The Lost Colony in 1937. Accompanied by his wife, Mr. Gassner had previously seen “The Common Glory” in Wil liamsburg. He left Wednesday morning with Samuel Selden to see “Horn in the West” and other mountain dramas. Here the Gas sners were guests of The Caro linian on Nags Head. Asked how said: • It is a most impressive place. “I have seen the sea, sky and sand in beautiful places before, but never so milch of it all to- See CRITIC, Page Five SUFFOLK ANGLER LANDS 48-LB. WAHOO HATTERAS Hatteras. Ben Parker of Suffolk, Va., trolling for dolphin and amberjack in the Gulf Stream off Hatteras on Monday hooked and boated a 48-pound wahoo, on® of the largest of this species of warm water fish ever taken with rod and reel off the coast here. He was fishing with Mrs. Parker and friends aboard the cruiser Albatross II with Capt. Bill Foster as skipper. The wahoo, by no means a world record, was 62 inches from tip to tip. Its girth mea surements were 24 inches. Parker was so proud of his catch that he had a special box built for it to be shipped to Miami Florida where Al Pfleuger the famous icthyology taxidermist will mount the catch. MANTEO ROTARY CLUB ENJOYS A DOUBLE TREAT P. D. Midgett of Engelhard and a native of Roanoke Island visited the Manteo Club this week on the occasion of his ini tial official club visit as Gover nor of the 189th Rotary District, which post he assumed this month. An inspiring message, cover ing briefly the history of Ro:ary and the challenge to do good offered its membership, deliver ed by him brought much praise from the club members. More than a dozen out of town visitors attended the meeting, and they were favored by musi cal selections sung by Mrs. Hel yne McLain of the Lost Colony choir, who was accompanied by Gordon Fleming another mem ber of the choir. Mrs. Helyne McLain who was also a member of this choir last year, was introduced by Club President Dick Jordan as a gifted singer who has recently returned from a successful national tour. N. C. SHERIFFS TO MEET IN AUGUST: KILL DEVIL HILLS By AYCOCK BROWN Kill Devil Hills. More than 200 persons will attend the an nual meeting of North Carolina Sheriffs Association to be held at the Wilbur Wright Hotel here' for three days beginning Tues day, August 11, it was stated to day by Frank Cahoon of Manteo. Cahoon, sheriff of Dare County is chairman of the committee on arrangements for the annual Con vention of the law enforcers of this State which will include re presentatives from each of North Carolina's 100 counties. In addition to the sheriffs and deputies attending the meeting there will be a number of State officials present ranging from Attorney General Harry Mc- Mullan’s office to other depart ments of North Carolina’s gov ernment which has to do with law enforcement. During this meeting new offi cers for the association will be elected for one year terms. Offi cials at present are as follows: Sheriff John Morris, Wilmington, New Hanover County, secretary; Sheriff J. . Walters, Greensboro, Guilford County, president; and Tom Barden, Tarboro, Edge combe County, vice president. Sheriff Cahoon stated that the tentative schedule of events called for registration on Tues day at the Wilbur Wright head quarters of the convention with attendance at The Lost Colony on Roanoke Island scheduled for Tuesday evening, August 11. On Wednesday there will be busi ness meetings at the Dare Shrine Club with a fish-fry luncheon. Another business session during the afternoon of Wednesday will be followed by the annual ban quet at the Shrine Club during the evening. Sam Bundy, nation ally known speaker of Green ville will make the banquet address. Sight seeing tours to places of historical interest and to Hatteras Island with sports fishing for those wanting to fish will be on Thursdays agenda. CHARLOTTE ANGLER LANDS BIG SHEEPSHEAD Yates Wall of 1927 S. Tryon Street Charlotte probably caught the largest sheepshead that will be taken in coastal waters this year when he reeled in a 13- pounder near here during the re cent northeaster which slowed up all kinds of fishing except that in leeward bays and on the sound side. His big fish was weighed and measured here by Boyd Gray at Cape Point Res taurant who stated that it was the most unusual sheepshead catch he had ever known. The huge striped fish was taken while surf casting in open waters. Usually they are caught in the vicinity of pilings or submerged wrecks where they find barna cles one of their favorite foods. RETURNS TO COAST FOR MARLIN FISHING Hatteras. Mrs. Ross H. Wal ker of Hidden Hills, Richmond, Va., who landed a 367-pound blue marlin last year was back on the coast here this week hop ing to land a sailfish. “We mounted the head and tail of the big marlin I caught,” and then discovered that it was almost necessary to build an extra room on the house to hang the mount,” she stated. The Walkers are fish ing with Capt Ernal Foster aboard the Albatross I. Single. Copy 7£ HAYMAN CLAN’S REUNION, HAPPY ONE; WANCHESE Adopt A Number of Mem bers; President Re- Elected By THE CLAN SCRIBE The Hayman Clan of North Carolina got under way at ten am. Wednesday morning July 17, 1953. Rev. L. D. Hayman, the president of the Clan called the Clan to order, and conducted the devotional. Mrs. Rena Tillett, organist of the Wanchese Meth odist Church presided at the or gan console during the day. Spe cial features of the devotional hour were a solo by Phillip Quidley, and a duet by Misses Hattie Hayman and Lottie Gal lop. During the morning program Mr. Quidley entertained the Clan with a series of short catchy skits and songs. Also, Peggy Taylor rendered a piano solo, and Sandra Midgett, sang a solo. Peggy is from Manns Harbor and Sandra is from Norfolk, Va. Uncle Bill Barnett represented the Manns Harbor community in extending a word of welcome. He took the place of Melvin Dan iels who was unable to be pres ent to speak to the Clan. The business dispatch moved on rapidly during the morning under the guiding hand of the President, Rev. L. D. Hayman. The routine of business and re ports included registrations of more than two hundred members of the Clan and friends of the group. Matters of Clan history were discussed, and a commission appointed to study the matter this year with view of publish ing a revised edition of the pres ent volume with many additions which have come to light the three years of the Clan's history. Also, the chart of Haymans pre pared by Southgate Lohman of Norfolk was on display for ex amination and any minor errors detected. The Family Tree will be ready for distribution at the 1954 session which meets at Kitty Hawk, N. C., the third Friday in July. The Committee on nominations repeated and named for confir mation the following to serve as officers for the ensuing year. Rev. L. D. Hayman of Caroling Beach, President; Edward Hay man of Norfolk, Va., Vice Presi dent; and Miss Oma Pearl Mid gett of Manns Harbor, Secretary- Treasurer. Five new Directors were named to fill vacancies caused by the term of this num ber expiring this year. They are Mrs. Stella Goodman of Siler City: L. L. Hayman of Coinjock; T. D. Hayman of Wanchese-Nor folk; Charles Aguirre of Raleigh; and Elsie Brickhouse of Eliza beth City. The Clan has fifteen directors as the governing board of its affairs. At each yearly meeting, it has been a policy of the Clan to hon or one or more persons who are strong supporters of the Clan or who have rendered valuable help in programs and otherwise. The policy is not to go beyond the number of three such honors in any one meeting in a year. Thud I year the Board of Directors elect ed for recommendation three outstanding persons of Roanoke Island as “Adopted members” for life membership in the Clan, and with powers to vote and share in all matters of the Clan's activities. These persons are Mrs. Rena Baum Tillett, organist of Wanchese church, civic and rel igious leader of her community and county. Melvin Daniels, Reg ister of Deeds of Dare County, an outstanding leader in all af fairs of good causes in his county and church. Victor Meekins Edi- I tor of the Coastland Times, a fearless leader and editorial writer and whose influence is felt widely in the weekly paper he publishes at Manteo. The Clan feels honored to number these among those “adopted children” on the rolls of the Clan which number is six to date the others being Lynton R. Daniels and Gus Montague of Norfolk, Va., and Capt. Spencer D. Murphy of Wanchese. Capt. Spencer is a devoted friend of the Haymans, especially the President of the Clan. The dinner hour was a great one. The 100- foot table laden with the best of food, and another stand with free lemonade and ice cream added to the pleasure of the day. The Clan had nothing but high praise for the entire community of Wanchese for making this a ! great one in our midst, chief among these being Jimmy Davis, 1 Melvin Daniels, Mrs. Pete Dan iels, Mrs. Rena Tillett, Mrs. Les sie Tillett, Mrs. Louisa Williams, Mrs. Nina Brothers, Capt Buck See REUNION, Page Eight
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