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VOLUME XIX NO. 10 THREE INJURED IN CAR CRASH , IN KITTY HAWK Broken Arms Prevail; One Passenger May Have Broken Back Two men had broken arms and other injuries and a woman suf fered cuts and bruises in the Kit ty Hawk woods road Wednesday about noon when a 1952 Chevrolet sedan failed to make a curve in the sandy road. Alfred Armstrong, 24, a North Dakotan attached to the Naval Air Station at Weeksville, owner and driver of the car suffered head was taken to Portsmouth Naval injuries and a broken arm, and hospital. Wallace L. Chappell, 35 of Back Bay, Va. suffered a broken arm, and possibly a broken back. He was taken to Albemarle Hospital for treatment. Martha Ann Stetson of Coling ton, 30, was treated at Albemarle Hospital for a cut lip, facial abra sions and other injuries. First aid treatment was render ed by Dr. R. S. Smith of Washing ton, D. C. who is vacationing at Southern Shores. Highway Patrol man Holt promptly investigated the case and is continuing the in vestigation. Mr. Holt’s investigation is in complete. He was assisted by the Navy Shore patrol, and Officer D. F. fwyne of the Sheriff’s Office. beatingfatal TO BUXTON MAN IN NEW JERSEY Ross E. Midgett, 32, Killed Sunday Morning; 12 Suspects Held Ross E. Midgett, 32, formerly of Cape Hatteras, and the son of Warren Midgett of Buxton was fa tally beaten to death in a “Lovers Lane” near Morristown, N. J., Sun day morning. Twelve men, mostly -eal young, one of whom was car ing Midgett’s wallet, have been rested. County Prosecutor Oscar Laurie said Midgett, was beaten to death in a lover’s lane in Danville early Sunday morning. Midgett, 32, came from Buxton, N. C., to New Jersey three months ago to work in a Boon ton plastics factory. He also had lived at Portsmouth, Va. He was engaged to be married to a Mont clair girl. Laurie said that Midgett rode out to the lonely lane in his car with four other men. He said two other cars followed with 12 more men. He said Midgette was “verbally abused” and then dragged out of the car and beaten up. He said that when Midgett’s blood-spattered body was found his wallet was missing, but that the wallet, minus any money, was found on one of the suspects to day. Laurie said Midgett reputedly carried much money with him. Laurie said this indicated the motive for the killings might be “robbery or revenge.” He did not explain the “revenge” motive. Midgett had lived in New Jer sey 10 years ago before going to North Carolina. His sister-in-law, Mrs. aJmes B. Scarborough, of Portsmouth, said “nearly all of the men of the family were members of the Coast Guard.” Midgett’s body was found in a ditch yesterday alongside his parked car. He had been beaten around the head and an autopsy showed he died of a brain hem orrhage. Dare County Commissioner Lloyd Scarborough is an uncle of the dead ma- The Cou. o has an nounced tha?‘ George Compo, 22, and Richard Mitchell, 16, of Den ville, N. J., will be tried on mur ville, N. J., will be tried on mur der charges. These two are the al leged ringleaders of the group, to talling 13 in all. Midgett had been nown to carry large sums of mon y, but apparently had little at the time the boys lured him into the lane and beat him to death. Funeral services were conduct ed Thursday afternoon at three o’clock in the Pentecostal Holi ness church in Buxton. Burial followed in the Quidley Ceme tery. MRS. DEWEY HAYMAN IN ELIZABETH CITY HOSPITAL Mrs. Dewey .Hayman, who with her husband own and oper ate the Arlington Hotel in Nags Head, is a patient in the Albe marle Hospital, Elizabeth City. She was taken there this week when she suffered a breakdown. THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA LOST COLONY'S STARVATION SCENE IS PRIZE WINNING PICTURE I J** qPr-i • /i®o JK v ft w ? I KUK fMJSm i M wmk JH JI • ISF gBSSk £ •- W . Linwood Maddry’s montage of the “starvation and hysteria” scene in Paul Green’s symphonic drama THE LOST COLONY won first place in the annual press photographers’ contest held in June as the longest-lived outdoor production began its successful 13th season wlych is scheduled LOST COLONY SEASON ENDS SEPTEMBER 6 IjpWr > x lir S tsi -WWWvWSO.-W " n j.wrffl Ki IHg HL j J' «an I Paul ureen s symphonic drama THE LOST COLONY, will have its 13th season finale in Waterside Theatre at Manteo on Roanoke Island Sunday, September 6. Already ahead of 1952 season in attendance, The 1 Lost Colony this year is expected to make a new record as the total attendance for all the 13 seasons since the drama’s original premiere in 1937 passes the 700,000 mark. The drama, despied here in a prize winning montage by Carol Martin, Greensboro photographer, is Amer ica’s longest lived outdoor production. During the current season now drawing to a close, persons from each of the 48 States, the District of Columbia and 17 foreign countries have seen the show, a total or more than 50,000 persons by the time the final performance of 1953 is shown on next Sunday night. General Manager R. E. Jordan has stated that tentative date for opening of the 1954 season will be on Saturday, June 26, next year. (Photo by Carol Martin) FORT RALEIGH HISTORIC SITE REPORTS INCREASE In spite of the hurricane of mid- August, the number of visitors re corded at Forrt Raleigh National Historic Site during the month showed a slight increase over the same month last year, according to Robert L. Atkinson, superintend ent of the site; Visitors from all the states and 13 foreign countries signed the registration book to bring the Au gust total count to 56,058 as com pared to 155,551 in Auugust, 1952. J One of the foreign registrants was I from Russia. Another came from I Korea. Effects of' the hurricane and; probably the mosquito glut fol-j lowing the stormy weather cut in' to close on September 6. Maddry, chief photographer of the Ledger Dispatch in Norfolk, Va., was one of more than 30 photograph ers entering several hundred pic tures in the contest. His prize was SIOO in cash. Judges of the con test were: R. E. Jordan, general manager of Lost Colony, Allen | the attendance at Kill Devil Hill National Monument. There the at tendance of visitors totaled 41,552 as compared to 43,022 in August of 1952. This was a decrease of 3.6 percent, according to the report of i Horace Dough, superintendent of | the monument. The monument vis itors came from all the states and several foreign countries. A new midget motor slightly 1 bigger than a rolled-up news paper is expected to help sub ' marine crews blast their targets I from the seas. The 25-horsepower I motor will be used in new elec- Itric torpedos. It will start the : torpedo’s heavy gyroscope, the : device that guides the torpedo to i ' its target. MANTEO, N. C.,\ RIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1953 Matthews, manager of the Com mon Glory, Williamsburg, Va., I Samuel Selden, supervisory dir ector and Clifton Britton direc , tor, of the Lost Colony staff; and I J. R. Pully of the Durham, N.C., Engraving Company. Maddry’s I prize winning picture shows ' Father Martin, played by Fred CAR GOES INTO RIVER AT LONG SHOAL BRIDGE Two visiting ladies in Dare i County had an enjoyable visit | during the week end, but before , they got out of Dare County had j a close call at Long Shoal River Bridge Saturday about noon I when a bee stung the driver | causing her to Jose control of the ' car. Mrs. Elizabeth Brooks of Char lotte, a buyer for many years for a large department store accom panied by Mrs. C. T. Bowers, of Warrenton, wife of the Adjutant General of North Carolina, had been visiting Mrs. Bowers’ sister in Manteo, Mrs. R. S. Smith, wife of the Dare Farm Agent. They had visited Hatteras and the Lost Colony, and were returning via Belhaven to visit friends. When Mrs. Brooks lost control of the Chevrolet car, it was a third of the way across the bridge, and crashed through the rail to her right, and fell on its side, completely submerged in the river. Miraculously, both wo men crawled through the open window of the car, and swam to safety. Mrs. Brooks had been driving at low speed, or the dam age might have been greater. , Passers by were quick on the scene and pulled them to safety. Jesse Taylor of Belhaven, drove 65 miles to the scene and pulled the car from the river with his wrecker, and towed it to Belhaven. It was considered a complete loss. Relatives came and carried Mrs. Brooks and Mrs. Bowers to Warrenton Saturday evening. SIX CASES TRIED IN DARE COURT TUESDAY Dare Recorders Court disposed' of six cases Tuesday. Judge W. F. Baum, Recorder, passed judgment as follows: oJhn Clifton Duke, Suffolk, Va., careless and reckless driving, fail ing to stop and render assistance, pleaded guilty to all charges. Was given two fines, $25 and $lO, 'charged with court costs and di- I rected to pay $l5O for the benefit of B. C. Vick of Kelford, whose car was damaged. John Clifton Duke, Suffolk, Va., guilty to being drunk and dis derly. Adjudged guilty; given a 60- day suspended sentence for 12, months and fined $25 and costs. Cleston Jacob McCleese, charg ed with assaulting Marshall Gibbs, a 14-year-old boy in the mouth,s breaking out a tooth, pleaded guil- I ty, 60-day sentence suspended for 12 months, fined $25 and costs. I George Edward Carver, charged Johnson and Eleanor Dare, play ed by Barbara Griffith on the foreground with starving and hysterical colonists in the back ground with a touch of religion exemplfied by the cross above the wailing group. (Photo by Linwood Maddry) 37-POUND DOLPHIN TAKEN OFF DARE Nags Head, N. C. Harold Davis of Pickens, S. C., caught the largest dolphin from Dare i Coast waters. His fish, a 37-poun der was taken while he trolled 1 near the western edge of the i Gulf Stream off Oregon Inlet on Tuesday aboard Capt. Willie Eth i eridge’s cruiser “Capt. Angelo.” I Previously this season a 53- ' pound dolphin was caught. MANTEO’S OLDEST BUSINESSMAN GOING STRONG JU IHMF . • « < • 3s MB W< A T fill . J ‘ « 4 AxA w’ w >-< 'W;.... «. . • ■xixS&'CW: A ■ -A b ; ' // HHHHH' *' l ' THEO. S. MEEKINS of Manteo, and his good wife, Mrs. Rosa P. Meekins relax in August on the porch of their beautiful home. On our travels about the state we are often asked if Theo. Meekins is still in business. We’ll say he is. He was 83 years old May 21st, and he’s still going strong. He is Manteo’s first real estate man, and goes to his office every day, with interest as keen as ever in the buying and sell ing of land. His stamina is a marvel to his neighbors, and he explains it by the fact that he was born some five years after the Civil war when one must be tough to survive. While Mrs. Meekins has been an invalid for sometime, she retains her interest *in her home, her yard and her flowers for which she has been famed during her 57 y»ars of married life. A recent addition to the Meekins home, which is Manteo’s largest residence is a high white picket fence. No invalid ever had I greater care and attention lavished on her by husband and family than this woman whose life has been one of constant devotion to her home and her children. Many friends will remember Mr. Meekins for his long career in business and politics. He has held numerous «tate and county offices. This devoted couple has three sons and a daugh ter: E. E. Meekins and T. S. Jr., of Manteo; Percy W. Meekins of Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Alma Reich of Washington and Manteo. with being the father of a child by Purnell Mann, the young daughter of Mrs. Gladys Mann, was charged with neglecting, failing and refus ing to support the child Della Estelle Mann. He got a 60-day sus pended sentence, was ordered to pay $4 a week for the child’s sup port and $lO a week for the hos j pital bill until paid in full. George Norman, charged with reckless driving and disorderly conduct, got a 60-day sentence sus pended on payment of fines of $25 and $lO and the costs of court. Buren Twiford of Stumpy Point, charged with unlawful killing of a deer by firelighting, asked for a LOST COLONY IN FINAL WEEK OF 13TH AND ONE OF BEST POST-WARJ)RAMA’S YEARS Finale Scheduled For Sunday Night; More Than 50,000 Pay To See Show This Year. BISHOP WRIGHT TO BE AT FORT RALEIGH SUN. ♦* THE RIGHT REVEREND THOM AS H. WRIGHT, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Caro lina will preach the sermon in Waterside Theatre Sunday morn ing. It will mark the final Lost Colony Sunday worship of the 1953 season. During the current and 13th season of the symphon ic drama, which will present its 1953 finale on Sunday evening, ministers and theologians of many religious faiths have been guest preachers at the site of The Lost Colony. Bishop Wright is a resident of Wilmington, N. C. A member of Roanoke Island Historical Asso ciation, sponsors of- The Lost Colony, the noted Episcopal theologian has played an impor . tant role in carrying on the Sun- day services here each summer. He is chairman of the Religious Services Committee of The Lost Colony. In addition to the sermon on Sunday morning the final reli- I gious services this year will fea ture The Lost Colony Choir made up of Westminister Choir College voices with Gordon Fleming at the organ. One of the anthems will be the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah. Worship will begin at 11:00 o’clock. jury trial and his case was sent up to Superior Court. MANTEO SCHOOL WILL OPEN AT 9:15 TUESDAY The Manteo school will open at 9:15 Tuesday morning, September 8, according to announcement this week by principal A. O. Ayers. Mr. Ayers asks that all students as semble in the school auditorium, from which place they will be as signed to their classrooms. Busses will follow the same schedules as last year, running from Wanchese, Nags H ead, Manns Harbor and the North End of Roanoke Island. Single Copy 70 By AYCOCK BROWN Manteo—lf favorable weather continues throughout the current week, more than 50,000 persons will have paid to see Paul Green’s symphonic drama The Lost Colony during its 13th season which closes here on Sunday night, Sep tember 6. This will be one of the best post-war seasons for the drama which started at Waterside Theatre here on July 4, 1937, de signed as a one-season attraction. ■ By popular acclaim the drama was presented again in 1938 and every summer since its original premiere, excepting four war years when it was necessary to suspend opera tions as a coastal security meas ure. As of Tuesday this week the drama was more than 2.000 ahead of the total for the entire 1952 season when approximately 46,500 persons paid to see the show. In addition to more than 50,000 persons paying admission to see the famous historical drama this year, several North Carolina and Virginia school children witnessed performances as guests of Roa noke Island Historical Association, the sponsoring organization. “We may, or may not continue issuing free passes to students of history during the coming years,” said General Manager R. E. Jordan. “This will depend upon the action taken by Roanoke Island historical I association at its annual meeting which is usually held in December.” Attendants at the show this sea son have included persons from each of the 48 states, several ter ritories and foreign countries. A check of the parking lot and Fort Raleigh Registration book enables officials of the show to determine from what sections of the nation and world patrons of The Lost Colony come. HISTORICAL MARKER TO BILLY MITCHELL ERECTED ON HATTERAS Hatteras.—North Carolina paid homage to the late Brigadier Gen eral Billy Mitchell on Hatteras Is land this week by erecting a his torical marker alongside the high way at the site of his landing field in 1923 when he proved that sur face craft were vulnerable to bombing attacks by airplanes. Saturday, September 5, is the 30th anniversary of the date when bomb-laden Martin bombers took off from the local flying field and sank two battleships, the USS Vir ginia and the USS New Jersey, which had been anchored off Dia mond Shoals. The two battleships had been included in the World War I disarmament program. The marker bears the following inscription: “BILLY MITCHELL— Brigadier General of the Army Air Service, demonstrated air power by bombing battleships off Hatter as, Sept. 5, 1923. Landing Field was here.” This will be the 7th historical marker erected under the sponsor ship of the State department of history and archives, the depart ment of conservation and develop ment and the N. C. Highway and Public Works Commission along the historic highways of Dare County. No Celebration Tentative plans to have an un veiling celebration at the site of the marker was cancelled this week. Residents of Hatteras were of the opinion that since the 30th anniversary date falls on a Sat urday that it would be impossible to adequately take care of the great number of people who would be at the ceremonies due to lack of Oregon Inlet ferry service. CHURCH OF CHRIST GROUP PLANS CHURCH IN MANTEO Members of the protestant faith known as the Church of Christ, sometimes called Disciples, are planning to build a church near Manteo. There are about 35 mem bers living in the immediate area, several of them having moved to Manteo from Hyde County during the post war years. During the month of August, Burl Brinn, a minister of this church from Swan Quarter has been coming to Roa noke Island to hold meetings, the first meetings being held under a big oak in the yard of Jehu Arm strong. Some 65 years ago an effort was made to organize a church of this faith at Manteo, and meetings were held in the old courthouse.
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