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VOLUME XIX NO. 43 IMPROVED FERRY SERVICE PROMISED BY JUNE 15 FOR WATERLINKS IN DARE 8,216 Vehicles Transported By Dare Ferries Last Month; Oregon Inlet Situation Still Unfavorable But Ramps Being Rebuilt; Highway Commission To Meet April 29. State Highway and Public Works officials have promised an improvement in Dare coast ferry service on or about June 15. On that date a new LCT ves sel now being converted for ferry service will be added to the Oregon .Inlet fleet and a sim iliar craft is scheduled to be ready for operation by July 15 when summer travel peaks are reached. During the Lost Colony season two ferries will be operating on the Croaton Sound link of U. S. Highways 64 and 264. Already plans are underway for the con struction of a bridge across Croatan Sound to replace that ferry run. Test pilings are now being driven in the sound over the route proposed for the new span. Contract for construction of the bridge, expected to cost approximately $3,000,000 is ex pected to be let during the early summer of 1954 and that would mean a completion date by the summer of 1956. Governor Wil liam B. Umstead’s administration has already allotted $750,000 to wards the total amount necess ary for construction of the bridge. Inlet Situation One of the principal ferry bot tlenecks along the coast of Dare since the completion of the new all-paved Nags Head-Hatteras highway has been the Oregon In let ferry service. Just as the spring sportsfishing got under way this year, it was necessary to revert to the antiquated wood jm ferries while new docking were being installed. ,gr-nese ramps will be ready for traffic and the larger ferry wilt be in service again within one, week. That will help some. Some i persons believe that even the addition of the new fer ries at Oregon Inlet by mid-sum mer will not completely take care of the ever increasing traf fic moving Hatterasward over the new road leading into Cape Hatteras National Seashore Re creational Area region. March Traffic Figures Traffic figures for the month of March indicated that a total of 8,216 vehicles used the ferries of Dare (Oregon Inlet, Croatan Sound and Alligator River). Os the total number of vehicles 6,346 bore North Carolina license tags and 1,870 were non resident vehicles. A total of 3,584 vehicles used the Croatan Sound ferry of which 635 were foreign or non resident cars. A close runnerup was noted at Oregon Inlet where a total of 3,464 vehicles were transported of which 1,061 were foreign or non resident autos or trucks. This in dicates the fact that Cape Hat teras National Seashore Recrea tional Area is largely responsible for attracting tourists from other states to the area. • See MEETING, Page Four MANTEO SENIOR PLAY AT SCHOOL APRIL 30 Just one more week and it will be time for everyone to see the delightful comedy, “Going On Sev enteen,” presented by the senior class of Manteo High School. The admission is 75«* and 50<* and the play will be presented at 8 o’clock, April 30. It is a quickly-paced comedy re plete with action, humor and gor geous characterizations. Its cen tral character, Buddy Carhart, is a three-dimensional study in all the serio-comic aspects of the age of adolescence. The plot revolves about the machinations of Buddy and his two young henchmen, Paul and Shrimpie. Together, the , r 4 three have launched a new maga zine, thanks to the generosity of Buddy’s father in donating a hand press. The three are, of course, con firmed woman-haters; confirmed, that is, until Buddy’s elder sister Florence is visited for the summer by her school-chum, Joan, and Joan’s younger sister, Lillums. This Lillums is a sixteen-year-old siren, and she quickly splits the ties that bind the three young musketeers. Skillfully she plays one against the other, and havoc results. Mean time, Buddy’s father, a trusted em ployee of the town’s bank, becomes involved in a serious shortage. Bud dy takes it upon his young should ers to track down the reprehensi ble culprit. exo. THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA TO CONDUCT SERVICES ROANOKE ID. BAPTIST W ' - < Jr ■L >1 ■ REV. HARVEY L. COPPEDGE, who will be guest preacher for the spring series of special evangelis tic services at the Roanoke Island Baptist Church. Mr. Coppage is pastor of Green’s Cross Baptist Church in Windsor. The spring series will begin Monday night, April 26, at 8 p.m., according to an announcement by the pastor, the Rev. Frank B. Din widdie. Mr. Coppedge plans to preach each night until the final meeting on Wednesday, May 5. In prepara tion for his coming cottage prayer meetings are gathering in various homes of the community each ’night this week. j He received his training for the ministry from Campbell College, Buies’ Creek, N. C., and Temple Hall University, Chicago, 111. Dur ing the past nine years he has served as pastor of the following Baptist churches: Ephesus in the Tar River Association, Macedonia and Corinth in the Roanoke Asso ciation, Woodville and Riverside in the Chowan Association, preceding his present pastorate in the West Chowan Association. The public is cordially invited to participate in these services. VFW LADIES AUXILIARY TO HAVE TURKEY SUPPER The Ladies Auxiliary to Dare County Post No. 9959 VFW are sponsoring a turkey supper at the post home Friday night, April 23, honoring the sth birthday of the VFW Post. A good time is expected by everyone. We would like to have all the friends of the Post with us for the celebration so any one wishing to come, contact a member. They will be more than glad to extend an invitation, it has been stated by Marian Cochran, president. ROANOKE ISLAND DOGWOOD IN BLOOM JLmir <’ SHHBp £2T j k iBHE? ' w»a>* Iwi^'' % la Jk£* JBwJ^Wi' '■ *j > wlC<c/v^W^^^ A '' ii - ■ ? 2aBL'■ a. v * *vF yi- iL'-OK* «m ■*' * w** K&i lwoMr' K? WWL 'V ft4 < t > ? 1 ■F ; ■■%« AZ3L£‘ S *- rg ■' 1» p ;v « ' 4 * I <j Nl \ f Z> 4W A ' V L 4fc' ROANOKE ISLAND LASSIES pose here to compare well with the spring blossoming of the dogwood trees on the Island. They are Mary Blanche Meekins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Meekins, and Virgin ia Hughes, who makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Jones on Roa noke Island. Both are students in Manteo High School. The state flow er is now in full bloom all over the county, and makes a panorama for visitors and natives alike. (Photo by Roger Meekins.) LIGHT INTEREST IN POLITICS SHOWN IN DARE COUNTY i Fast Move At Last Minute i Precludes Contest In Hat teras Township i Final candidate to file in the [ primary in Dare County Satur day was Estus P. White of Bux toji, who made a quick trip a cross Oregon Inlet to see Hugh Basnight, Chairman of the Board of elections, accompanied by County Commissioner, Lloyd Scarborough. Mr. White filed for County Commissioner, and Mr. Scarborough withdrew as a candidate for commissioner, and filed for the Board of Education on which Mr. White served for several years, and at the time of leaving it in 1951 was chairman. Earlier in the day, Mr. Scar borough brought Raymond Bas night, Buxton Deputy Sheriff, to Manteo to file for the Board of Education, but upon finding he could not continue to hold his $l5O a month job as county offi cer if elected, he declined to file for the school board. Whereupon Mr, Scarborough went home and by arrangement with Mr. White switched from the place which all his neighbors thought he would seek. By this fast work he wins for Mr. White an uncontest ed seat on the County Board. Neither of these men will now have opposition among the Dem ocrats in Hatteras Township, which means their election is assured. Isaac Jennette of Buxton, however, has filed in the Repub lican primary as a candidate for commissioner. Contests in some other sections of the county shape up. James W. Scarborough, Commissioner, living at Avon, is opposed by Newcomb Midgett of Waves. El lis Gray of this (Kinnekeet) township has no opposition for re-election, for Board of Educa tion. In Atlantic township, Walter Perry did not run to succeed him self on the Board of Education, but this post is being- sought by Elwood Parker, former Board member, without opposition. The Commissioner of this township, Capt. W. H. Lewark is opposed for re-election by Dan S. Harris and Sam Liverman. In Nags Head township, Law rence Swain is unopposed for re-election as county com missioner, and R. O. Ballance unopposed for Board of Edu cation. On the mainland of Dare County, Chairman C. C. Duvall of the Board of Commissioners is opposed by Ira Spencer, and Dick Best of Stumpy Point is being opposed to succeed him self on the Board of Education by Forrest Sawyer of Manns Har bor. Jesse C. Groce of Manteo is a candidate opposing W. F. Baum for Recorders Judge of Dare County. Mr. Groce was formerly Recorders Judge of Hyde County, and came to Manteo about 12 years ago, engaging in mechan ical work at the Manteo Boat building Co. He has since served as Manteo town policeman. Rep. R. Bruce Etheridge, Reg ister of Deeds Melvin Daniels, Sheriff Frank Cahoon, Clerk of See POLITICS, Page Four MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1954 THE BIG CATCH AT MILL LANDING t It jl wßPSffifcv-O'-- -ill ■ iSHAS® ABi t - * -4 ~ « „ waurtr m.awr.-j. -T-—-'XX. CHANNEL BASS, over 1,100 of them, were brought into Wanchese Monday night by the crews of Willie Etheridge, Ralph Meekins and Dewey Tillett. The boats were full and running over the sides, and the drum were stowed in the cabin. “We let more fish get away than we caught,’’ Ralph Meekins said. The nets were badly torn, but the fisher men will be back at work before the week is over. In the above photo the men are taking the copper colored beauties out of the nets which were hauled into the boats on the last set of the day. Quite a crowd gathered Monday night to see the sight. It is the first time in several years a each that big has been made. (Photo by Roger Meekins.) | Fishing wtiunting A m AS REPORTED BY AYCOCK BROWN M XMfoa ‘ k J?- ALBACORE TAKEN FROM SURF AT CAPE HATTERAS Edgar Hooper of Buxton reports that anglers using Hopkins lures in the surf at Cape Hatteras land ed three false albacore on Friday. The first was landed by Hayes Fulcher. The albacore weighed about 11 pounds each. These fish, normally caught offshore near the western edge of the Gulf Stream seldom come close inshore, 2nd it was rare for them to be taken with rod and reel from the surf. STRIPED BASS TAKING LURES IN CROATAN SOUND Striped bass were taking trolled lures in Croatan Sound during the past week and some fairly nice fish were taken by anglers operat ing close to the western shores of Roanoke Island. Fishing was also picking up for anglers in the vi cinity of the little bridge between Manteo and Nags Head and also at the fishing piers. A few trout have been taken at the bridges. Artificial lures were used by ang lers making the catches. FIRST BLUEFISH LANDED IN HATTERAS INLET First bluefish of the season to be taken with rod and reel this year was landed by an unidentified ang ler trolling in Hatteras Inlet this week. The fish weighed about one and half pound. Local commercial fishermen have been taking good hauls of blues, which indicates, according to M. L. Burrus, that the spring run is now getting un derway and should be interesting to anglers within a few days. TROUT AND BLUE FISHING IMPROVING ALONG COAST Although only a few have been taken with rod and reel by ang lers fishing from boats, sea trout (weakfish), striped bass (rock fish) and bluefishing prospects are improving.. A few stripers have been taken by anglers trol ling from boats in Roanoke Sound near the Nags Head-Man teo bridge, and also on the west side of Roanoke Island in Croat an Sound. Capt. Jesse Etheridge, skipper of the cruiser “Caredwyn” of Wanchese believes tlyat trout and rock and probably blues will be taking trolled lures near Oregon Inlet and the nearby sounds by another week. He bases his opin ion on the fact that these species are now being caught by com mercial fishermen operating from Wanchese and elsewhere along the coast. “Bucktails and special minnowlike lures usually at tract these fish,” he stated. Anglers fishing near the little bridge between Roanoke Island and Nags Head have landed a few stripers and sea trout and on occasions from this brackish wa ter a few large mouth bass have been taken. VARIETY OF FISH TAKEN FROM HATTERAS SURF A variety of fish are being caught in the surf of Cape Hat teras and along the beach be tween the Cape and Hatteras In let. Northward of the Cape and in the surf along the entire stretch of Hatteras Island, king fish (or sea mullet) have been landed in quantities by anglers using light tackle and shrimp bait. Willie Newsome, operator of a bait and tackle shop at Hat teras stated that one party of two anglers from Western Carolina caught more than 350 pounds of sea mullet during one after noon and evening of fishing this week. Other large catches of this species have been reported from Avon to Hatteras by surf anglers. A few false albacore have been taken during the past week by surf fishermen and also a species known as “sunfish.” Raymond Basnett of Buxton landed two channel bass scaling at 40 pounds Wednesday night and dozens were taken last week. CATCHES MADE IN CHOPPY WATERS OFF HATTERAS Sea Bass, false albacore, dol phin, tuna and boneta have been landed by offshore boats going to Gulf Stream from Hatteras this week, but due to easterly winds sea conditions were not always favorable for the fishing boats. Frank Pratt and Leroy Brooks of Lynchburg, Va., fishing from aboard the Twins, skippered by Capt. Edgar Styron, landed 90 sea bass, one boneta, one false albacore and a trigger fish while See FISHING, Page Four 77-YEAR-OLD MAN BOUND TO SUPERIOR COURT ON RAPE CHG. The case against Will M. Ma son, 77-years-old Manteo resi dent,, charged with felonious as sault on a female with intent to commit rape, was bound over to Superior Court by Judge W. F. Baum in Dare County Record er’s Court Tuesday afternoon. The female involved was an 11-year-old girl living in the same neighborhood. Mason stated that he was not even in the building in which the assault al legedly took place, but admitted that he did talk to the little girl on the day in question. He was represented in the case by For rest Dunstan of Elizabeth City. Judge Baum found probable cause and bound the case over. Judge Baum requested that the spectators grant the courtesy to the little girl of leaving the court room while she testified, but were allowed to return after her testimony. Harold Bruce Lennon was not in court again Tuesday, although he was under SIOO bond. Judge Baum issued a capias for his ap pearance next Tuesday. CHANNEL BASS BEGIN TO RUN; 1,152 BROUGHT IN WANCHESE; GUIDES WITH MEDIOCRE LUCK First Big Catch At Oregon Inlet Last Thurs day; Commercial Fishermen Have Record Catch Monday Night, But Luck Fallen Off Some Since Two Truckloads Hauled Away. By Roger Meekins Monday night when the commer cial boats began to come into Mill Landing at Wanchese the people gathered to see what the commo tion was all about. The first boat that came in was spilling over the sides with drum. So was the sec ond. And the third boat had the cop per fish stowed in the cabin even. The dory it towed behind to store the net was full too. This brought to a climax the run of drum which started last Thurslay afternoon. On this particular Monday Ralph Meekins, Dewey Tillett and Willie Etheridge went to fish their long nets at Baum’s Slew about five miles southwest of Oregon Inlet. The nets were full of drum, and thousands more were inside. They , took their drum nets and set around them, ana began to pull them in. The nets were full. The fish fell ( out, worked their way out, flapped out of the boat, and when the boat got full they fell back over the sides again. They transferred them to other boats and began again. They filled the boat up again, and ' the drum sloshed over the sides 1 again. 1 The boats were about to sink so they came home, bringing the nets • and what drum they got. The nets were torn badly. ' “This will ruin us for a few days,” Ralph Meekins said. “It’ll take at least a couple of days to get the nets mended again,” , Dewey Tillett said. The catch totaled 1,152, plus whatever the men took home with them. Willie Etheridge hauled away two truckloads and kept an other equal amount in .the. fish house for local consumption. They sell for $2. The drum weighed any where from 35 to 55 pounds. The fishermen got about SI,BOO for the catch. Started Week Before On Wednesday of the previous week Ralph Meekins took about . 200 of the copper colored fish into ' Avon. That was about the first catch for anybody north of Oregon Inlet. Thursday afternoon Capt. Willie Etheridge, Jr., went out Oregon In let in the “Chee Chee” just to see if any fish were milling around the inlet. Caps. Omie and Gilbert Tillett went along with him. The fish were milling around the Inlet. Capt. Fred Basnight also was out and he got the first strike just south of the inlet. Ray Lewis and Ernest Yeates of Manteo were fish ing with him, and they got 23 be fore the day was over. But to get back aboard the Chee Chee, the three boys aboard start ed reeling them in and somehow just couldn’t stop. One of the fish pulled a rod and reel overboard but they kept at it. See BASS, Page Four RED CROSS SEEKING SWIM INSTRUCTORS Red Cross Paying Expenses For Two Dare County People To Attend Ten-Day School The Dare County Chapter, American Red Cross is seeking qualified applicants to attend a ten day aquatic school in June, according to Charles S. Marshall, the chapter chairman. All ex penses for the course will be paid by the Red Cross if suitable ap plicants can be located. The purpose of the school, which will be held at Camp Car olina, Brevard, N. C., June 7-17, is for the training of swimming instructors who might return home and teach water safety classes in their communities. It is the hope of the Red Cross to find at least two qualified ap plicants, one living north of Oregon Inlet and the other on Hatteras Island who would agree to take the course at Red Cross expense and then teach classes later in the summer. In addition to being at least 18 years of age these applicants,, either men or women, would be expected to be reasonably good swimmers and would be expected to agree to to teach swimming classes in in their home neighborhood- persons interested in this pro gram have been asked to con tact Marshall either in person or by telephone. His home telephone is Manteo 29-J and his office phone is 243. Single Copy 7# OPEN BUSINESSES SURE SIGN THAT SUMMER’S NEAR 7,500 Available Rooms In Dare This Year; Most Places Now Open Mid-Spring vacation travel on the Dare Coast is attracting vis itors from many states and some foreign countries. Some come to pit their skill against channel bass or Gulf Stream fishes which are now coming close inshore to the inlets or sounds or appearing at the edge of blue water off shore. Many of the Springtime visitors come to relax in the sun, or to see the mid-April flowers, which reached a blossom peak during Easter weekend, or to visit the sites of historical inte est. One of the biggest attractions this year is the new Cape Hat teras National Seashore Recrea tional Area. Traffic figures from Oregon Inlet ferry indicate that most of the non-resident vehicles hauled by ferries during March were vacationists bound for the area. Most of the hotels, motels and other places of accomodation between Southern Shores and Kitty Hawk southward to Hat teras on the Outer Banks have opened for the 1954 season. During the past week end many of the places now opened were filled to capacity or near capacity. In addition to hotels and mo tels, most of the beach and Outer Banks restaurants have opened for the season. This is also true of the beach shops featuring wearing apparel, souvenirs and other objects which appeal to tourists and vacationists. Fishing centers on Hatteras Island, at Oregon Inlet and in Nags Head, Manteo and Wan chese are open, booking sports fishermen coming for channel bass or trips off shore. Nags Head Chamber of Com merce, Dare Beaches Chamber of Commerce and the county-wide Dare County Tourist Bureau are taking care of inquiries from vacationists coming here for the first time or are otherwise assist ing tourists in finding accomo dations. There are more accomodations on the. Dare Coast this year than ever before. Approximately 7,500 rooms in the region are ready for reception of guests. EXTENSION SPECIALISTS TO MEET IN DARE CO. Mrs. Jewel Fessenden, exten sion specialist in foods and nutri tion, will hold two sets of meetings in Dare County on April 29 and 30, to train foods and nutrition lead ers to give the demonstration in the home demonstration clubs in May, and to train 4-H leaders. These meetings will be held as fol lows: Hatteras school lunch room, April 29, 10:30 a.m. for foods and nutrition leaders and 2:00 p. in. for 4-H leaders; Manteo commu nity building, April 30, 10:30 a.m. for foods and nutrition leaders and 2:00 p.m. for 4-H leaders. All foods and nutrition leaders and at least one other member from each club have been asked to attend the morning session. Teachers, parents, older 4-H Club members and any other interested persons are invited to attend the afternoon sessiop. NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS TO SHOOT 'LOST COLONY' News Photographers of North Carolina, Virginia and other states will be guests of the Lost Colony management for a per formance of the drama on Sun day night, June 27. Then on the following night, Monday June 28, special scenes will be set up i for the lensmen to shoot in color or black and white for compet ition in the annual contest among i working photographers. General Manager Dick Jordan announced this week that prizes • totaling $175 would be offered • for the best published photo > graphs taken by the news photo i graphers at the special showing in their honor.
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