'ME XIX —NO. 28
. PERAS MEN
FILE SALE OF
COUNTY LAND
Suit Started To Pull Worth’s
Chestnuts Out of The
Fire
In a suit brought to restrain
the Dare County Commissioners
from selling a tract of beach land
donated to the county by the late
David Lindquist of New York, A.
S. Austin, the leading enemy of
the National Seashore Park is
joined by his nephew, Lee Peele,
Jr., and Lloyd Styron and Pres
ton Basnett who have been Mr.
Austin’s assistants throughout the
long battle.
Mr. Austin, as chief drum
beater for W. A. Worth of Eliza
beth City was first in the fight
with his former employer and
associate G. Albert Lyon, Hat
teras hunting property owner,
who sent down some $5,000 to
fight the park, and later came
around and agreed to sell his
lands to the park. Mr. Austin
continues to lead the campaign
up and down Hatteras Island for
Mr. Worth, and advocating dona
tions by his neighbors for the em
ployment of Mr. Worth and the
fighting of the case through the
courts.
The present suit, which is to
be heard in Elizabeth City on
February 7th seeks to hold up the
sale of the land, and contends
that the property being sold for
$50,000 is worth $125,000, and the
contemplated sale therefore is a
serious loss to Mr. Austin and
other taxpayers of Dare County,
despite the fact that the land
cost nothing, and was donated by
the late benefactor as a gift to
serve the public.
What is not so readily seen in
this quite sudden burst of patrio
tism and public concern from an
unexpected source is that it may
serve the purpose of delaying the
project, and a higher
value for lands in the area, than
present appraisals indicate.
Mr. Worth’s adjoining Bodie
Island tract of land is the key to
the whole thing, for he is asking
some several hundred thousand
dollars of the fund donated for
nark, and a much higher sum
is offered by the Park Ser-
SPECIAL TERM OF DARE
SUPERIOR COURT FEB. 1
A special term of Dare County
Superior Court has been ordered
for one week, beginning Febru
ary 1 for the trial of civil cases
.only. The commissioners this
week drew the following names
for jury duty at this term.
Annie Johnson, John D. O'Neal,
Manteo; Herman D. Payne, Don
ald Midgett, Stumpy Point; Mar
vin T. Parker, Julian Brothers Jr.,
J. D. Hayman, Jr., Wanchese;
Robert A. Young and John O.
Peterson, Kill Devil Hills; Trux
tun E. Midgett, Kitty Hawk; Ed
na Barnett, Warren A. Spencer,
Warren R. Rollinson, N. F. Jen
nette, Buxton; John M. Crees,
Mrs. Bertha Spencer, Manns Har
bor; Asa Gray, Jr., Waves; Leona
Meekins, William B. O’Neal,
Avon; Rebecca Burrus, Fred
Jones and W. W. Peele, Hatteras;
John W. Wasili, Frisco; Bettie
Farrow, Salvo.
SISTER OF MRS. GRAY
DIES IN RICHMOND, VA.
Mrs. Julia Culbreth Gray of
Manteo, Nags Head, and Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., was called last
week to Richmond, Va., by the
death of her sister, Mrs. Mary
Culbreth Butcher, who passed
away Thursday, December 31.
Mrs. Butcher was a daughter of
the late Dr. and Mrs. N. M. Cul
breth, a native of Whiteville, N.
C., and active in the wprk of
Centenary Methodist Church,
Richmond. Funeral services were
held Saturday afternoon in
Petersburg, Va., where Mrs.
Butcher had formerly lived.
Mrs. Gray, who had left Fort
Lauderdale for a short trip to
Washington and New York, was
in Washington when she received
notice of her sister’s death.
<Zfk ' is staying for a short while
tb the Carolinian Hotel, Nags
ad, before returning to Florida.
HORACE A. DOUGH
IS IN HOSPITAL
Horace A. Dough, superin
tendent of the Wright Brothers
Memorial at Kill Devil Hills, en
tered Leigh Memorial Hospital
in Norfolk, -Va., for treatment.
Mrs. Doqgh, accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Dough and
Mrs. Nancy Lewis, visited him
Wednesday in the hospital. A.
niece, Mrs. H. A. Glynn, visited
him Tuesday afternoon.
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THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
MANNS HARBOR MAN IS
NOW GOING ON NINETY
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LEONIDAS ROSSER MANN of
Manns Harbor, the eldest man on
the Dare County mainland, ob
served his 89th birthday Sunua r
January 3rd at a dinner attended
by most his children, several
grandchildren and other relatives.
He is now fairly active, and gets
about his premises, but has been
retired from the fishing industry
for some time. Among those pre
sent were Mr. and Mrs. Gaston
Mann of Nags Head, Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Mann, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
Beasley and Mrs. Ina Mann
Waterfield of Manns Harbor, Mrs.
Joe Ann Sawyer, Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Green and their daugh
ter, Carol Ann, of Elizabeth City;
Mr .and Mrs. Richard Mann of
Nags Head, and their two daugh
ters, Erances and Janice; Dalton
Lee Mann of Manns Harbor, and
an old friend and neighbor,
Charlie Scarborough of Newport
News, Va., a former Representa
tive of Dare County.
PROMINENT OCRACOKE
MAN DIES SUDDENLY
Pinta D. Williams Had Just Re
turned from Putting Out
Hunters
The death of Pinta D. Williams,
age 48, on Monday morning, Jan
uary 4th, was a great shock and
sorrow to his many friends here.
Mr. Williams suffered a severe
heart attack while at Green Is
land Club, where he had been
acting as a hunting guide. He had
just returned to the Clubhouse
from putting hunters in a blind
at 7:41 a.m. when he became ill
and died fifteen minutes later.
Mr. Williams was the son of
the late Alice and David Wil
liams. Surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Wilma Austin Williams of
Ocracoke, one daughter, Mrs.
Alice Belle Williams and one
grandchild, Anne Denise Wil
liams,, of Patuxent River, Mary
land; two sisters, Mrs. William
Warren of Norfolk and Mrs. Ad
die Williams of Ocracoke; two
brothers, Jasper Williams of
Baltimore, Md., and Dallas Wil
liams of Ocracoke.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 pm. Wednesday by the
Rev. Robert Vickery of the Ocra
coke Methodist Church.
Mr. Williams was a civic leader
in the Ocracoke community, a
member of the Civic Club, owner
and operator of the Ocracoke
1 Electric and Gas Appliance Co.,
a wellknown hunting guide, and
owner also of a shrimping and
fishing boat.
SAYS OLD CHRISTMAS
RITES MAY NEVER DIE
Rodanthe. Several of the
older residents here stated this
week that their traditional Old
Christmas celebration would
never die. This was in contrast to
a Sunday feature story from the
area by a writer who indicated
that the Old Christmas celebra
tion held here at Rodanthe on
January 5, this year, may be the
last observance.
The older people of the com
munity have played an import
ant role in keeping the custom of
observing the traditional Old
Christmas alive, according to
Capt. Levene Midgett, retired
coast guardsman here. “But in
late years the younger people of
the community and the island of
Hatteras have been showing more
interest in the celebrations,” he
said.
“I believe instead of dying that
Old Christmas at Rodanthe will
be celebrated in a bigger way
each year in the future,” said
Mrs. Nora Herbert. “That is be
cause so much publicity has been
given our celebration in recent
years.”
MANTEO REBEKAHS
INSTALL OFFICERS
Mrs. Ann Basnight Newly Elected
Noble Grand; Mrs. Susan Bal
lowe Outgoing Noble Grand
Manteo Rebekah Lodge No. 52
held the regular meeting, Jan
uary 4, 1954, with Mrs. Susan
Ballowe, Noble Grand, presiding.
Following the business session,
Mrs. Katherine Kennedy, Past
District Deputy President, and
her staff composed of Deputy
Marshall, Mrs. Ella Cox; Deputy
Warden, Mrs. Lessie Davis; De
puty Secretary, Mrs. Mamie
Crees; Deputy Treasurer, Mrs.
Hilda Beavers and Deputy Chap
lain, Mrs. Lois Midgett installed
the officers for the incoming
year.
Noble Grand, Mrs. Ann Bas
night; Vice Grand, Mrs. Lucretia
Stetson; Secretary, Mrs. Anita
Jessen; Fin. Sec’y, Mrs. Marion
Cochran; Treasurer, Mrs. Mildred
Holton; Warden, Mrs. Vivian
Baum; Conductor, Mrs. Inger
Lewis. Chaplain, Mrs. Irene Twi
ford; Musician, Mrs. Charlotte
Cahoon; R.S.N.G., Mrs. Lessie
Davis; L.S.N.G., Mrs. Bcrn’co
Cannady: R.S.V.G.. Mrs. Fannie
Pazne: L.S.V.G., Mrs. rah
Daniels: Inside Guardian, Mrs.
Grace White: Cutside Guardian,
Miss Mary Hayman; Rt. Color
Bearer, Mrs. Alda Francis; Lt.
Color Bearer, Mrs. Hilda Beavers.
Mrs. Lois Midgette was elected
Lodge Deputy.
A very inspiring talk was
given by each of the out-going
and incoming Noble Grands.
Following the meeting deli
cious resfreshments were served
and a social hour enjoyed by the
35 members present.
THREE CASES TRIED
BY DARE RECORDER
Judge Baum in Dare Recorders
Court Tuesday fined Leon Jen
nette of Buxton $25 and costs of
court for driving past a school
bus and reckless driving, at Nags
Head.
T. A. Harrell, on a warrent
sworn out by his wife, was -fined
on two counts $lO each, and costs,
$8.20 and given a 30-day sus
pended sentence. He was charged
with assaulting his wife, and be
ing drunk and disorderly in his
home and frightening his chil
dren.
Joseph Daniels, colored minis
terial aspirant was fined sls and
costs, and ordered to pay sls for
damage to his wife’s clothes
which she alleged he tore off and
assaulted her. He was in default
from a former judgement to pay
sl2 a week for the support of his
child and the court ordered him
to pay sl3 until he catches up
with back payments due.
TWO MEN CHARGED
WITH THEFT OF CAR
Ray Enoch Banks and Stewart
Leon Ballance of Currituck
County are to be tried in Dare
Recorders Court Tuesday of next
week for the theft of a 1951 Chev
rolet valued at $1,200, from M.
U. Gard of Kitty Hawk on Jan
uary 1. The car and the men were
picked up in Norfolk. Gard has
previously loaned the men $2.
Noah Price, Jr., of Avon is
charged with driving while under
the influence of intoxicants on
Dec. 25th and is to be tried on the
same day. The charges were
brought bx County Officer D. R.
Basnight as the result of a col
lisoion with another car.
PATRICIA AUSTIN WEDS
GILBERT STEVE BURRUS
The wedding of Patricia Jean
Austin to Gilbert Steve Burrus
took place at Hatteras December
31, the ceremony being perform
ed by Rev. Dan E. Meadows,
the Methodist pastor. The bride
is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Horton Austin; the bridegroom
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice
Burrus, and a member of the
U. S. Air Force. Following the
wedding the couple took a honey
moon trip, and returned home
Tuesday.
L. E. SKINNER WEDS
MISS GRACE HETTRICK
Miss Grace Hettrick of Wins
ton-Salem was married on Christ
mas day to Larry Ennis Skinner
of Nags Head, the ceremony tak
ing place in High Point with Dr.
J. F. Jones, Baptist minister, of
ficiating. Mr. Skinner is well
known in Manteo and on the
Nags Head beach, where he op
erates the Jackson Homes, a
tourist court owned by his daugh
ter, Mrs. William Jackson. Mr.
and Mrs. Skinner plan to make
their home in Dare County.
MANTEO, N. C-, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1954
SEVEN AIRPORT
BUILDINGS SOLD
TUES. FOR $1,768
Vacant Buildings Sold By
Commissioners To Three
Purchasers
Seven vacant and unused
buildings of the former Naval
Auxilliary Air station at the
Manteo Airport were sold to the
highest bidders Tuesday by the
Dare County Board of Com
missioners, "by permission of the
CAA, and the proceeds will be
used for the upkeep of other
buildings at the Airport, of
the buildings were fairly good,
but two were small and dilapi
dated. The seven buildings
brought a total of $1,768.80. Rev.
Earl R. Meekins of Columbia
bought three of the larger build
' ings; E. B. Macon bought one, and
the three smaller buildings were
bought by D. L. Hayman.
Three others were unsuccessful
bidders: J. G. Kellogg, C. C.
Dowdy and J. E. Ferebee. The
buyers have 90 days in which to
, remove the buildings.
The Board extended the agree
ment with D. V. Meekins far 93
days to lock after the airport
property fcr the county and the
: CAA.
DRINKWATER’S PARTY
WELCOMES NEW YEAR
Large Number of Guests Celebrate
Season at Watch Party at
Home of A. W. Drinkwater
in Manteo
Alpheus W. Drinkwater of
Manteo and his daughter. Miss
Dorothy Drinkwater, entertained
a large number of friends at their
annual New Year’s Eve watch
party, at their home in Manteo.
The house was festive with sea
-1 sonal decorations. Mrs. R. H. At
; kinson served punch from a sil
ver punch bowl at one end of the
1 dining table, and assorted hors
1 d’ouvres were also served.
Among the guests were Mr. and
• Mrs. C. R. Evans, Mr. and Mrs.
1 D. E. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
’ Kellogg, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
McCown, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Swain, Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Fear
ing, Jr., Bradford Fearing, Miss
; Mollie Fearing, Mr. and Mrs. T.
A. Basnight, Mrs. T. D. Etheridge,
Misses Natalie and Annie Ether
idge, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Long,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Midgett,
Mrs. Matilda Inge, Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. Glynn, Mrs. Nancy Lewis,
Clarence Beals, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Marshall, and Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Swain, Mr. and Mrs.
R. S. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. D. V.
Meekins, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Ire
land, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bal
lowe, Mrs. Carolyn Tillett, Miss
Jane Claiborne, Mrs. Juanita
Parker, Martin Kellogg, Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. S. E. Midgett, all of
Manteo; Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Jor
dan of Nags Head; Ernest Beale
of Kill Devil Hills; Mr. and Mrs.
John Booth of Norfolk, Va.; Mr.
and Mrs. George Mazzerelli of
Virginia Beach; Mr. and Mrs. R.
H. Atkinson of Baltimore, Md.;
Mrs. Mallory Zahn of Alexandria,
Va., Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thomas
of Burlington; Mr. and Mrs. Boyd
Midgett of Tuckerton, N. J.
COMMANDANT COMMENDS
HATTERAS COAST GUARD
Washington, N. C. Royce W.
Fulcher, Boatswain Mate second
class U. S. Coast Guard, received
a commendation last week from
Vice Admiral Merlin O Neal, who
is commandant of the Coast
He is a native of Hatteras.
Last February 17th Fulcher
was Officer in Charge of a Port
Security boat in Baltimore har
bor when a water front fire
started in that area causing an
enormous amount of damage. He
and his crew were the first ones
to fight the fire which lasted for
nine hours and also rescued a
civilian fireman from a' burning
pier. Fulcher is now stationed in
Washington, N. C. on the Coast
Guard boat Verbena.
MARINE CORPS ACCEPTS
TWO-YEAR ENLISTMENTS
Qualified young men are now
being accepted by the Marine
Corp for two-year enlistments,
according to Sgt. Clifford A.
Jackson, recruiting sergeant for
this region, who was in Belhaven
Monday. He visits Belhaven on
the first Monday in each month,
and may be seen at the post
office, or contacted by mail at
other times or in person, at his
office in the Washington, N. C.
postoffice building.
He says only those with out
standing physical and mental
qualities will be accepted for two
year enlistments. A score of 31 or
higher must be made to qualify.
LEVENE MIDGETT LAST
OF THE OLD TIMERS
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LEV ENE W. MIDGETT
One of the most famous Mid
getts of North Carolina’s Outer
Banks retired from the U. S.
Coast Guard in December at the
age of 62 with nearly 37 years
of active service behind him,
Chief Bealswaln’s Mate Levene
W. Midgett, for the past 15 years
officer-in-charge cf the Coast
Guard’s Chicamacomico Lifeboat
Station at Rodanthe, his home
town.
Chief Midgett goes into re
tirement with a long list of mem
orable rescues to his credit, and
carries with him, among other
rescue medals and commenda
tions, the nation’s second highest
life saving award, the Treasury
Department’s Silver Lifesaving
Medal.
He was bom in Rodanthe No
vember 29, 1891, and even before
he was old enough to join the
Coast Guard, Midgett used to
“take charge” of the Chicama
comico station for his uncle, L.
Bannister Midgett, when “Cap
tain Ban” was absent from the
station.
Levene Midgett signed up in
the Coast Guard at the old Gull
Shoal surf station, three miles
south of Salvo, N. C., in 1917 as
a surfman, and stayed at Gull
Shoal until 1924 when he was
transferred up the beach to
Chicamacomico, where he re
mained for four years.
Then he was moved back down
the beach to the old Bogue Inlet
station for a couple of months
then to Cape Fear surf station
where, in 1928, he was made chief
boatswain’s mate.
Soon afterward he went to the
Oak Island station, and in about
a year and a half to the Hatteras
Inlet lifeboat station as officer
in-charge.
It was while at Hatteras Inlet
that Midgett and several of his
crewmen were awarded Silver I
Lifesaving medals for the rescue
of five men from the fishing
trawler Annie May, which ran
aground on treacherous Diamond
Shoals during the height of a
storm. »
In 1932 he was transferred up
the beach a short distance to the
old Creeds Hill station as officer
in-charge, and remained their
six months before his assignment
to the Boston, Mass., Harbor
floating lifeboat station.
Only a month later he was sent
to Woods Hole lifeboat station at
Portsmouth, N. H., and six
months later back to Hatteras
Inlet as officer-in-charge. Then
just nine days later he was made
officer-in-charge of the Cape Hat
teras station.
Chief Midgett has long been a
champion of DUKW amphibious
vehicles and cites an occurence
of several years back as a reason
why the Coast Guard should
place more reliance on them.
According to Midgett, a 37-foot
yacht with two men and two
women aboard ran aground in a
violent wind and rainstorm in
Oregon Inlet 15 miles north of
Chicamacomico and was in dan
ger of breaking up in the surf.
The Coast Guard rushed a motor
surf boat and a life boat to the
scene, but neither could get
near enough to the grounded
vessel to be of assistance because
of shallow water, when on the
scene rolled Chief Midgett and
one crew member of the Chica
macomico station in the station’s
DUKW, who drove into the surf
and saved the yacht and its oc
cupants.
The chief is married to the for
mer Lucretia W. Midgett, of Ro
danthe. They have two daughters,
both of whom are married to
Coast Guard boatswain's mates
- - -naturally.
ROAD PROJECTS
APPROVED TUES.
BY DARE BOARD
The Board of Commissioners of
Dare County Tuesday approved
several requests for roads, and
had as guests Commissioner Ems
mett Winslow and Engineers
Spruill and Mack. Mr. Winslow
discussed the proposed Croatan
Bridge for which two locations
are being surveyed, and' possibili
ties of a bridge over Oregon Inlet.
He also said more ferry service
at the Inlet will be provided this’
year.
The County Board approved a
request for 700 feet of hard
surface road west of Manteo in
the Roanoke Park area byway
of the John Long home. Culverts
were requested for the roads at
Buxton. The survey of a road at
Duck was approved. A connect-’
ing road was requested from
Scarborough town to the Lloypl
Meekins home on Roanoke Is
land.
The Board approved the pur'-'
chase of 40 pieces of 2 x 8 creo
soted lumber for improvements
a canal at Stumpy Point which
.is used by fishermen. Donated
S2OO toward the fund for lighting
the proposed Manteo Ball
It heard a report on the status
the airport, and also a report/fry
Mrs. Mabel Jones, Secretary bf’
the Community center at Mantbb,'
and she was highly commended
for her good work: 15 - v.»V'y.”'
Contracts were let for several
thousand dollars worth of office <
and clinical equipment tha
new Dare County Health Center
at Manteo. . . -j/’
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WANCHESE CHURCH
HONORS PASTOR
New Year’s Eve Watch Service
Brings Large Crowd; Gifts to
Rev and Mrs. Guthrie
A social hour and Watch-night
■ service was held at Wanchese
• Methodist Church on New Years ’
! Eve at 10:45.
A brief devotional was led by
[ Rev. C. W. Guthrie; then Melvin
R. Daniels, president of the Men’s
Bible Class presented a gift from
! the class to our pastor for . his
faithful services.
The Methodist Youth Fellow
ship and Woman’s Society of
Christian Service also presented
Mrs. Guthrie a «ilver compote.
Under the unction of Mrs.
Dallas Tillett, „osisted by Mrs.
Reggie Tillett, Mrs. La Salle Til
lett, Sr., Mrs. Lennie Tillett and
La Salle Tillett, Jr., a social hour
was enjoyed after which the
Methodist Youth Fellowship, as
sisted by Mrs. Arnold Daniels,
presented a worship service. A
musical reading, “Another Year
is Dawning” was given by Ruby
Gallop. Bebe Daniels gave the
scripture lesson, Pete Pool Dan
iels, a former MYF president,
gave a medetation on “Building”.
I The youth choir sang “We Would
Be Building”. Jewel Tillett spoke
'on the “Old and New Year”,
which was followed by a duet,
“Ring Out the Old” Ring in the
New” by Lottie Gallop and Joan
i Daniels. Mrs. Arnold Daniels
spoke briefly on the MYF, the
hope of the church which lies
in the youth. Ann Daniels led the
Litany of Dedication and the
congregation sang the hymn of
Concecration, “Take My Life and
Let it Be.” The benediction was
given by the pastor as the old
year ended. There were about 90
present for this service.
BANK OF MANTEO TO
OPEN BEACH BRANCH
Nags Head. The Bank of
Manteo will have a branch
“tellers’ window” unit adjacent to
U. S. Highway 158 here at Nags
Head by late spring. Already
work has started on the construc
tion of the building, of brick,
which will house the resort’s
branch of the long-established
bank at the county seat of Dare
on Roanoke Island.
W. R. Pearce is cashier of the
Manteo Bank and Johnny Long
is assistant cashier. Mrs. Z. V.
Bringley of Manteo is principal ,
owner of the bank which is one
of the strongest small town bank
ing institutions of coastal North
Carolina.
HOLD WATCH PARTY
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Basnight
entertained informally at a watch
p/irty on New Year’s eve at their
home near Manteo. Guests in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Roy Eth
eridge, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
i Yeates and Mrs. O. J. Jones. Re
freshments were served during
the evening.
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I BEACH INTERESTS
OPPOSE CHANGE
IN POWER RATES
Nags Head Chamber Consid
ers Roads and Ad
vertising
Nags Head. A protest against
a proposed 10 per cent hike in
Virginia Electric & Power <so.
rates will be filed by Nags Head
Chamber of Commerce with the
State Utilities Commission.
A public hearing is to be held
Feb. 24, when Vepco’s applica
tion will be considered. The
Chamber of Commerce has taken
the position that even without
frequent and costly interruptions
of service on the beach in sum
mer, the rate already is higher
than that charged by other dis
■ tributors, such as Duke or Caro
lina Power and Light. Virginia
recently granted Vepco’s applica
tion in that state.
Although a petition for having
the Nags Head area of the beach,
zoned has been signed, presenta
tion to the county coenmiss.oners
has been held up until Fetruary
so that a similar petition from
the Kitty Hawk and Southern
Shores area can be submitted at
the same time. Leo Midgett and
Maj. J. L. Murphy are the only
present members of the county
1 zoning board and the latter has
announced his intention to re
sign since he lives in Kill Devil
Hills, which has its own zoning
( board. Due to this situation, the
Nags Head Chamber of Com
merce plans to suggest to the
county commissioners names of
several persons whose appoint
ment to the county zoning board
would be acceptable to the beach.
An appeal to the state highway
commission for paving of roads
from Highway 158 to the ocean
got no further than a similar re
quest submitted early last year
by the Dare county commission
ers. The Chamber has been in
formed that since such requested
streets do not serve any houses,
the commission’s policy is against
paving them. The Chamber took
the position that such streets
would serve the general public,
which now has no access to the
ocean without trespassing on pri
vate property or stalling their
cars in deep sand.
To raise funds for road signs
and other Chamber of Commerce
activities, a dance is to be held
in January or early February,
probably at the Shrine club. A
local talent floor show and a
smorgasbord will be featured.
George Fearing will head a
committee to plan the dance.
Appointed to serve with him
were Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wil
liams, Mrs. Kitty Jackson, Mrs.
George Fearing, Mr. and Mrs.
John Evans, Mr .and Mrs. W. H.
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Bayne,
Miss Margie Suthard, Mr. and
Mrs. Dick Jordan, Mrs. Diane
Johnson, Mrs. Polly Evans, Mr.
and Mrs. Wallie McCown, Mrs.
Julian Oneto and Mr. and Mrs.
Orville Baum.
Although a membership can
vass has been delayed until early
spring, all present members are
to be notified at once that dues
are payable and non-resident
property owners will be invited
to become members. As in the
past year, only the property of
members will be included in the
listing of beach accommodations
sent to all who inquire about re
servations.
Mrs. Lucille Purser and Aycock
Brown, who constitute an adver
tising committee, have started
work on a new folder to be issued
next spring in an effort to draw
more visitors to the beach.
In order to enliven Chamber
See CHAMBER, Page Four
HIGH TIDES ON
THE FISHING GROUNDS
OREGON INLET FOR JAN.
A.M. P.M.
Friday 8 9:28 9:51
Saturday 9 10:15 10:43
Sunday 10 11:06 11:39
Monday 11 12:01
Tuesday 12 0:41 1:01
Wednesday 13 1:47 2:06
i Thursday 14 2:54 3:15
Friday 15 4:00 4:20
Saturday 16 5:00 5:23
Sunday 17 5:54 6:12
Monday 18 6:43 7:00
Tuesday 19 7:27 7:45
Wednesday 20 8:08 8:28
Thursday 21 8:46 9:08
Friday 22 9:23 9:50
Saturday 23 9:59 10:28
Sunday 24 10:36 11:10
Monday 25 11:15 11:55
Tuesday 26 11:59
Wednesday 27 0:44 12:50
Thursday 28 1:39 1:49
Friday 29 2:37 2:50
Saturday 30 3:34 3:51
Sunday 31 4:29 4:45