VOLUME XIX NO. 12
SASHORE ROAD
PLAN WINNING
GREAT FAVOI
Truly An Ocean Highway
Contemplated in Outer
Banks Project
A real ocean highway is con
templated in the proposed route
for which strong sentiment is
rolling up from Manteo to Wil
mington. Joseph Dußois, Secre
tary of the Morehead City Cham
ber of Commerce has been the
motivating spirit of this move
ment, which has won support
throughout the whole coastal
area and has been endorsed by
petitions carrying thousands of
names.
Such highways would serve the
Cape Hatteras National Seashore,
and the great historical areas
Roanoke Island, Kill Devil Hills,
Hatteras Island and Ocracoke.
From a resolution recently
passed by the Wilmington Cham
ber of Commerce, we quote para
graphs that point up the impor
tance of this highway.
“The coastal area of North
Carolina, and particularly the
Outer Banks, being. one of the
most natural attractions in the
United States and there being no
actual seashore route or major
highway in North Carolina with
in immediate proximity of the
waters of the Atlantic Ocean, and
further
“The National Seashore Park,
proposed to be activated and
completed within our state,
would be served by such a high
way and would, in itself, as a
natural attraction, be one of the
greatest assets to the State of I
North Carolina, and
“Such Seashore Park would I
constitute an immeasurable asset
in bringing travelers to the state I
on a basis comparable to the
Great Smoky Mountains National
Park and other similar parks in
the western area of our state, and
further
“Certain north-south highways
across the state have been highly
. within the past few
0 .'ars, and such development
aving automatically drained
considerable travel and tourist
revenue from the extreme coast
al area of the state, principally
See ROAD, Page Four
SURF, SOUND AND
OFFSHORE FISHING
GOOD DURING WEEK
Surf, sound and offshore fish
ing was better than usual for this
season of the year during the
past week and some excellent
catches were reported. Here in
Manteo the striped bass season
was getting underway in nearby
sounds with a report from Car
son W. Davis and his sons Ver
non and Ralph that they landed
several beauties near Croatan
Light on Sunday. Gradually the
striped bass, or rockfishing sea
son, will get better and reach a
peak during late October.
From Boyd Gray and Edgar
Hooper at Buxton came reports
of excellent surf casting catches
at Cape Hatteras Point and,
Charles Williams of Cape Hat-'
teras Hotel in Avon stated that
an gleys were landing a variety of
fishes, including channel bass
along the beach close by Avon.
Gray reported that one party of
four anglers from Kannapolis
fishing at Cape Point for two
days landed 200 fish, including
trout, sea mullet, flounder, blues,
pompano and channel bass.
Hooper stated that channel bas«
takes were growing larger both
from quantity and the size of
fish taken. It was the first pom
pano catch reported this season.
In the meantime from Dyks
tra’s Fishing Center here near
Manteo came reports of good off
shore fishing by parties going to
blue water. On Wednesday this
week Frank J. Wolfe and Eleanor
Wolfe, his daughter, of Winston-
Salem and Mr. and Mrs. William
Francis of Hendersonville troll -
• from aboard Capt. Dan Le
k’s cruiser, Reta, brought in
“ dolphin, two tuna and one
uonita.
TWO HURT IN COLLISION
TUESDAY AT NAGS HEAD
Serious injuries were sustained
and the car badly damaged of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul, operators of
a sandwich shop at East Ocean'
View, Va., at 4:45 P. M. Tuesday
at Nags Head. Their 1950 ford
collided with a truck driven by
Mrs. Jethro (Celia) Midgett of
Nage Head as she was making a
left hand turn while northbound
on the road. Her injuries were
minor. The injured couple were
taken to DePaul Hospital by Twi
ford’s ambulance from Manteo.
THE COASTEAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
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SUNDAY WAS EAST LAKE’S BIG DAY. The crowd turned out of the church at noon, opened their cars
and took out big baskets of food. There were long tables loaded with enough food to feed the 500 visitors
three times and then some. Staff photos.
AN ESTIMATED 500
COME TO ENJOY
EAST LAKE EVENT
Church Homecoming At
tracts Old Residents From
far; Big Picnic Dinner
Like the Homecoming at
Manns Harbor the Sunday pre
ceding, East Lake’s Methodist I
Homecoming this Sunday past
was highly successful, and at
tended by an estimated 500 peo
ple. Many more were prevented ,
from attending because of the
limited ferry service now operat
ing across Croatan Sound, and ;
Sunday morning there were I
many people, who upon learning [
they couldn’t get to East Lake in
time, turned around at Roanoke
Island and returned home.
Oldest visitor there was Mar
shall Twiford, 74, of Norfolk, a
former resident, who was accom
panied by his wife, several
daughters and grandchildren.
And there were Evertons, and ,
Creefs, Sawyers and Smiths, j
Joneses and Brattens, Basnights
and Manns, Harrells and Pinners, I
and many other families repre
sented by those who had come
back from Norfolk, Elizabeth
City and many other places.
It was a sunny day, and cool
enough, and tables were loaded ,
with enough food for twice the ;
number present. Fond recollec- I
tions of days long past came up
and were exchanged by people I
who had not seen each other in
a long time. A good attendance,
just about all of the people of the
East Lake community with
friends from Marins Harbor,
Stumpy Point, Manteo, and else
where in Dare and Tyrrell at
tended.
Dr. F. S. Love, District Super
intendent preached at 11 am.,
and the East Lake church was
filled.
Marshall Twiford, recalled,
how as a small boy,, he saw them
building the rihurch. The sills
were hand-hewn from logs drawn
from the woods by mules.
SPECIAL MATINEE
A special matinee will be
shown Friday Sept. 18 at the
Pioneer Theatre, at 3:30 P. M.
The movie to be shown is Walt
Disney’s “Peter Pan”.
TOURIST BUREAU
HELPING PROMOTE
FISHING TOURNEY
Dare County Tourist Bureau
will have an important role in
the promotion of the second an
nual Nags Head Surf Fishing
Tournament scheduled for Octo
ber 16-18, it was announced Wed
nesday by Dal H. Williams, pre
sident of the sponsoring organiza
tion.
In addition to press publicity,
which the bureau’s manager was
handling for the coming event
already. Aycock Brown will serve
as local contact agency for Nags
Head Surf Fishing Club insofar
as handling team entries and ser
ving as an informational source.
Actually the work Brown will do
See BUREAU, Page Four
Four Days Celebration In Dare
Commemorating 50th Anniversary
Os First Airplane Flight
The four day celebration concluding Decem
ber 17th, the 50th anniversary of Man’s First Air
plane Flight in Dare County by Wilbur and Or l
ville Wright will project Dare County and the N. C.
Coastland into greater prominence than ever be
fore.
It is to be a stupendous celebration and with
good weather may well be expected to bring the
largest assemblage ever in Dare County to wit
ness an exceptional program and a mighty air
show. This four-day celebration will be interna
tionally noted, and of world wide importance.
It offers many opportunities for the people of
Dare County to put their best foot forward so to
speak; to make friends for the county, and the
glory of the state. In connection with the celebra
tion, THE COASTLAND TIMES will issue a large
souvenir edition, profusely illustrated with photo
graphs of Dare County, its past and its present.
This souvenir issue of the paper will give all
the business men of the area an opportunity such
as never before to get the story of their business
and thajr service before the world. It will be a
newspaper that will be kept for many years by
those who will treasure their visit to this area.
Within a few weeks the material will be as
sembled and in the meantime, it will be well to
plan the message so it may be well displayed when
printed in this paper. Convey your wishes to The
Editor, the Coastland Times.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1953
RAISING FUNDS
TO BUY LIGHTS
FOR BALL PARK
Manteo Group Seeking $2,600
To Establish New At
traction at Waterworks
Casual conversation sometimes
work around to worthy projects,
at witness the campaign by a
group of Manteo’s young men to
; raise contributions totalling $2,-
600 to establish a lighted bail
park near the Manteo water
plant. Within a few days; contri
butions of S3OO had been corner
ed, several of the at $25 a clip,
i The committee is now busy,
and includes the following go-
See FUND, Page Four
FOUND GUILTY
OF BLOCKING
ROAD TO OCEAN
W. H. Jennette Appeals Case
Tuesday in Dare Court
The obsruction of the exten
sion of U. S. 64 to the ocean im
mediately south of Jennette’s
fishing pier has finally come into
court. W. H. Jennette, Jr., was
charged with obstructing access
to the ocean through this area
which he claims is his land.
Others contend it is a public
road. Judge Baum held he was
guilty but he appealed to Dare
Superior Court.
Warren Jerome Midgett, whose
wife and six children are being
taken care of by the Welfare,
was sent on to 4he roads for 12
months, to comply with a judg
ment six months ago. He told
the court his earnings had been
only $l5O a month, not enough
for himself, but privately said he
preferred the roads to support
ing his children as it was a lot
easier for him.
Sam Moore, colored, was
charged with assaulting his wife,
and he got a 30-day suspended'
sentence, provided he stay out of
this court for six months and pay
sls and court costs.
In last week's session of court,
six cases were tried. Bryan E.
Smithson pleaded guilty of al
lowing an unlicensed person to
drive his car, and paid $25 and
the costs of court. William Russell
Seymour also was fined' for the
same kind of offense, and for
speeding 50 miles in a 35-mile
zone, for all of which he paid
$48.20.
For speeding 65 miles an hour
in a 35-mile zone, and having no
1 operators license, James Andrew
j Bray paid $25 and court costs.
Qreecy Daniels paid court costs
' for driving with improper brakes.
For having no operator’s li
cense and for refusing to yield
the right of way, James Clay Br
yant paid $35.70.
George Albert McCleese was
up for abandonment and non
support of his wife and two child
ren. He got a 60-day suspended
sentence on condition he pay sls
a week for their support.
SPEEDING HAS BECOME
PROBLEM AT HATTERAS
Ruritan Club Will Make Effort to
Obtain Some Law En
forcement
Hatteras.—Completion of the
highway on Hatteras Island has
made more acute the problem of
speeding motorists. A particular
problem is presented by teenagers
who not only speed through the
village, but disrupt the peace and
endanger lives by ending their
bursts of speed with squealing
tires.
In the absence of an officer of
the law, members of the Ruritan
Club will endeavor to control the
problem. Meetitng Thursday, Sep
tember 10, members unanimously
agreed that upon any three mem
bers observing afiyone speeding or
driving in a reckless manner, those
three shall go to the offender and
issue a warning. Should the of
fender commit a second offense, he
(or she) shall then be reported to
the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Ra
leigh, with recommendation that
his (or her) driver’s license be re
voked.
In addition, it was agreed to
erect a sign at the entrance to the
village warning motorists against
speeding or other traffic viola
tions. Should the sign be defaced
or destroyed, as so often happens
in the community, every effort
shall be made to discover and pro
secute the offender.
Other business agreed upon was
to complete the community club
room, which underwent a major
renovation operation last spring;
and in the future, to be responsible
for the maintenance of the room.
The meeting was held -in the
club room at the Hatteras School
with 23 members enjoying a fish
dinner.
WM. W. DAVIS OPENS
ROOFING BUSINESS
A bonded roofing firm, a
branch of the Cradock Sheet
Metal and Roofing Co., is now
open in Kitty Hawk to give quick
service to builders on the Dare
Beaches and vicinity. Announce
ment of this firm was carried re
cently in this paper. The owner
of the business is Wm. W. (Bill)
Davis, who is wejl known in this
area, having spent his summers
on the beach for several years.
By error it was made to read
“Phil” Davis in the advertise
ment.
GREAT 4-DAY CELEBRATION
TO MARK ANNIVERSARY OF
FIRST AIRPLANE FLIGHT
December Event Will Be International in Im
portance; Great Air Show and Other At
tractions Scheduled, and Estimates Predict
Greatest Crowds Ever to Visit Our Coast.
COMMERCE TEACHER
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MISS MAGGIE CAROLINE DAN
IELS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Daniels of Wanchese, has
started her teaching career in
Elizabeth City, where she is a
member of the commercial class
faculty. She graduated with honors
from East Carolina College earlier
this year, being awarded a B. S.
degree in business education. In
Manteo during recent summer
months she has done secretarial
work for Dare County Tourist Bu
reau and The Lost Colony.
1163 STUDENTS
ENROLLED IN
DARE SCHOOLS
Increase of 48 Over Last
Year; Kitty Hawk Gets
New Teacher
The total enrollment for the
Dare County Schools for the
1953-1954 school term is 1,163,
compared with 1,115 enrolled
during the same period last year.
The Kitty Hawk School shows
the greatest increase in enroll
ment with 27 more elementary
children and 11 more high school
students.
Enrollment figures for the nine
schools of the county are as
follows:
Elementary Manteo, 238;
Wanchese, iO4: Manns Harbor,
78; Stumpy Point, 15; Kitty
Hawk, 160: Avon, 50; Buxton, 89:
Hatteras, 85; Roanoke, 50. Total
869.
High School Manteo, 141;
Kitty Hawk, 52; Buxton, 81; Roa
noke, 20. Total 294.
An additional teacher has been
granted to Kitty Hawk School by
the State Board of Education.
Mrs. Sophia Fulcher of Manteo
has been employed as the extra
teacher for the Kitty Hawk ele
mentary grades.
DAILEY RETIRES AT
HATTERAS STATION
C. A. Wardman Takes Place of
Veteran Weather Man
Hatteras. C. A. Wardman
has succeeded Richard Dailey as
meterologist-in-charge of the U.S.
Weather station at Hatteras
where one of America’s oldest
weather station is located.
Mr. Dailey was retired from
service recently after being in
charge of the local station for the
past 35 years.
Mr. Wardman was transferred
here from the U. S. Weather
Station in Caribou, Maine, to Hat
teras and he began his duties
locally on September 1. The
weather station at present occu
pies a building originally con
structed by a group of northern
sportsmen as a Girl’s Club.
The original weather station
building here, established many
years ago is soon to become a
Coast Guard Station. It has been
reported that the crew of Hatter
as Inlet Station and the equip
ment will be moved here. It has
become necessary to soon aban
don the Hatteras Inlet station due
to the danger of it collapsing in
stormy weather and as result of
beach erosion which has brought
the ocean’s surf almost to the
foundations of the building.
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A four-day celebration will
mark the 50th anniversary of the
Wright Brothers’ flight at Kill
Devil Hills, near Kitty Hawk,
December 17, 1903, it was an
nounced in Manteo this week by
Miles L. Clark, chairman of the
celebration committee. The meet
ing in Manteo was attended by
Carl Goerch, chairman of the
N.C. 50th Anniversary Celebra
tion Commission, W. R. Elder,
Civil Aeronautics supervisor for
Eastern North Carolina, Wade
Marr, Elizabeth City, David Stick
Kill Devil Hills, C. S. Meekins,
M. R. Daniels, A. W. Drinkwater
and Aycock Brown, members
Kill Devil Hills Memorial Society
of which Clark is chairman of
board, Horace Dough, of National
Park Service and Ralph Whiten
er, Washington, D. C., promo
tional director of Air Force Asso
ciation.
The celebration will begin on
December 14 and continue
through December 17th with each
day’s activities featuring a seg
ment of the aviation world.
Monday, December 14 will be
defense day, with special empha
sis on military services’ contribu
tion to national security through
use of airplane. Tuesday will be
Industry Day and will include
participation by aircraft manu
facturers, airlines, and govern
ment agencies whose activities
relate to aviation.
Wednesday will be Pioneers
and Private Flyers Day. Many
“old timers” will be on hand to
pay tribute to the Wright Bro
thers and to “relive” their early
flying exploits. The program will
feature demonstrations of the use
of small planes and the impor
tance of the private flyer to the
nation’s airpower resources.
Thursday will be the big day.
All phases of aviation will parti
cipate in the day’s activities to
make it an inspiring and specta
cular tribute to the two world
famous Brothers who discover
ed powered flight on the same
desolate sand-dune 50 years
earlier.
The Kill Devil Hills celebra
tion is being jointly sponsored by
the Kill Devil Hills Memorial
Society, the Air Force Associa
tion, the National Park Service
and North Carolina’s 50th Anni
versary Celebration Commission.
The committee is made up of a
member from each of the spon
soring organizations.
Highlights of the four-day cele
bration will be the unveiling for
public view, the reconditioned
site of the first flight, with a
reinactment of original flight.
The committee is presently soli
citing subscriptions throughout
nation to finance cost of two
crude wooden sheds which
Wrights used for a hanger, living
quarters and workshop. They will
be rebuilt on their original loca
tion and equiped as they were
in 1903. The 60 foot monorail
which the Brothers used to
, launch their plane on its history
| making flights 50 years ago will
! be located in its original position.
Permanent markers will locate
the take-off and landing points
of the four December 17, 1903.
flights.
At 10:35 on December 17, the
oldest flyable plane will reinact
the original flight over the same
course and at the same altitude.
Orville Wright who made the
first flight, flew 120 feet in 12
seconds at an altitude of 10 feet.
The December 17th program
will include a special memorial
ceremony at the monument atop
See CELEBRATION, Page Four
FEEDING FIRST FLIGHT
VISITORS TO BE BIG JOB
In order that arrangements may
be completed as quickly as possi
ble, Miles L. Clark of Elizabeth
City has requested that if any lo
cal caterer is interested in estab
lishing facilities for feeding the
several thousands of persons ex
pected, that they advise Aycock
Brown of Dare County Tourist Bu
reau in Manteo immediately.
Brown is serving as local contact
for the Committee. These arrange
ments must be made immediately
and if no local caterer or organiza
tion can take care Os the situation,
arrangements will be made with a
non-resident and professional cat
erer, who will establish necessary
eating facilities, Clark stated