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v y JME XIX —NO. 46 SEARCH FOR USS MONITOR WRECK NEAR CAPE HATTERAS CONDUCTEDBY MICH. MAILMAN Searchers Still Trying To Locate It And Esti mate Cost of Raising; Mac Neill Pointed Out Remains, Dissolved Himself Os Ownership in Favor of Park Service. BY ROGER MEEKINS A dreamer came to Hatteras Tuesday with the idea of enter ing Davey Jones’ locker and re-’ leasing from captivity the 92- year-old wreck of the “Monitor,” the great ironclad warship which began a new era in the history of naval construction. R. T. McMullen, of Dundee, Mich., who retired from the RFD mail service recently, came here to try to locate the Monitor and get an estimate of the cost of raising the monster. He brought along Henry Suydam and Pete Stackpole, writer and photogra pher for Life Magazine. Also coming along were Emil Ahl strom and Lt. Col. (Army, Re tired) L. F. Hagglurd, divers as sociated with him in the venture. The Life men also brought their own divers. They intend to take underwater shots of the vessel. Mr. McMullen says he has never done this type of reclama tion .work before. “I have been interested in the Monitor for a long time,” Mr. McMullen said, ■“and since I retired from the mail service I have been doing a lot of research on the vessel, with the hope that someday it may be raised and restored. If we are successful in locating the vessel we may form what will be known as the ‘Monitor Reclama tion Society,’ which would raise funds for restoring the vessel. Bill Henderson, Manteo pilot, flew to the Cape and with the help of Ben Dixon Mac Neill lo cated the wreck shortly before noon. Some men on shore took bearings on the location and later attempted to djve and get closer glimpses tof the wreck. Another mpt to get a bearing on the r- k shortly after noon failed ' e« MONITOR, Page Four PAUL HUDSON OF NPS COLLECTING MUSEUM OBJECTS Outer Banks Story To Be Ex hibited In Seashore Mu- seum BY AYCOCK BROWN Buxton, —Paul Hudson, mu seum specialist of the National Park Service is now preparing a maritime exhibit which will be displayed in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area’s museum here immedi ately. During the past week end Alfred Knopf, the publisher, and chairman of the NPS Advisory Committee along with other re gional, state and national park service officials visited the mu seum building here which has been converted from one of the former residences of the keepers of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Hudson is seeking the coopera tion of residents along the Outer Banks in the acquisition or loan of material for the museum. He is especially anxious to obtain pictures (which could be copied without material damage to- the original) of famous Coast Guard heroes such as Rasmus Midgett, who was awarded the Gold Life saving Medal for rescuing 10 per sons single-handed from the wreck of the Priscilla, members of the crew which played roles in the now famous Mirlo rescue and others. Efforts also will be made to obtain pictures of such ships as the Huron, Monitor, (which has been given national publicity re cently) the Ephraim Williams, Priscilla, Mirlo, Carroll A. Deer ing and others. The National Park Service would like also the loan of one of the Gold Lifesaving medals, which many Outer Bankers re —(Ved during the days of sail •. ’ ships for the roles they play n heroic rescues. unong the pictures to be dis played will be World War II maritime disasters off the coast of the Outer Banks, such as some now in Manteo Homes and the Fort Raleigh Hotel. The latter pictures were made by the Coast Guard and are similar to hun dreds also photogpaphed by avia tion and intelligence branches of the U. S. Navy during World War n. Anyone having suggestions for the museum should contact Allyn Hanks, superintendent Cape Hat teras National Seashore Recrea tional Area, Manteo, N. C. THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA ‘TWO BROTHERS,’ OIL TANKER, OFF TO FLORIDA WORK Boat Adorned Waterfront For Three Years; Cubans Bought, But Left The “Two Brothers,” an obso lete oil tanker belonging to M. L. Daniels, Jr., of Manteo, which has been sitting on the east side of the docks on the Manteo wa terfront for about three years, is gone for good. And the boat takes along with it a story few know about. The boat was sold some time ago to H. G. Milton of Norfolk for $2,250, and he had made ar rangements to sell it to two Cu bans. The two Spanish-speaking men came to Manteo and for a good while worked on the boat, putting it into good, shape. They claimed intentions of taking it back to Cuba to use as a supply ship, hauling water and molasses between Havana and the many small outlying islands dotting the Caribbean. Only oife of the men could speak English it is re ported. A few weeks ago the Cubans left suddenly, saying that they were out of money and had to get more. They never returned. It was a coincidence that they •left Manteo on the day after the reports hits the newspapers that a big supply of arms belonging to Puerto Ricans had been dis covered and captured in New York. The boat was bought and re moved recently by Albert Jones of West Palm Beach, Fla., who is in the process of recovering 5,700 tons of lead from a ship sunken off the Florida coast dur ing World Wai>ll. Mr. Jones was carrying on the operations with an old converted schooner, but it was wrecked in a storm and op erations were suspended, the conversion of the tanker will cost approximately $5,000. CEDAR MILL AT BUFFALO CITY FINISHING WORK The Buffalo Cedar Mill, which has been operating from Buffalo City since 1949, has about two weeks of work left before their operations will be completed. At that time, it is reported by C. C. Duvall, the compafly will move their operations to Lake Drummond in the Dismal Swamp. The company is opera ted by Oliver Gilbert and em ploys about 40 men, only three of which are local persons. The company in its beginning had a mill at Buffalo City, but removed it some time ago and has been carrying on merely a logging‘operation. This takes a way from Buffalo City the last of the big milling businesses. West Virginia Pulp Company is still there, but its operations are a long-range development plan. MANTEO BOY CAPTAINS DRILL TEAM AT STATE M. L. Daniels, 111, is the cap tain of the Air Force ROTC Drill Team at N. C. State College in Raleigh, and local people will have an opportunity to see him command the team when it comes to the Albemarle Potato Festival in Elizabeth City Friday and Saturday. “Punk,” as he. is known to most everybody, is the only third-year ROTC cadet at State College to hold the rank of cadet captain, cadet first lieutenant being the highest rank usually attained by third-year students He attained this rank by virtue of his ability to lead the drill team. Punk attended McDonnough Military Institute in Maryland, and Edwards Military Institute in Salemburg, N. C. His military ability has enabled him to make friends easily with his superiors. A year or so ago he persuaded Col. J. W. Jowdy, professor of air science and tactics at State, and part of the teaching staff to come to Dare County for a hunt ing trip. He will attend ROTC summer See DANIELS, Page Four BANKER BONNETS FOR BANKER LASSIES w. ■ ® lab MISSES ANNIE LAURIE KEE AND ANN ETHERIDGE, whose fore fathers came from the banks, display here the “banker bonnets,” which have been out-of-style for some time but are now coming back in. This headgear has served many a year as protection from the wind and the sun when the women of the banks attended to their outdoor tasks, such as mending nets, feeding stock, tending the garden or whatever other task might fall to their doing. The bonnets are being manufactured at home in Wanchese and are being sold locally. Miss Etheridge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Etheridge of Roanoke Island, will graduate from Manteo High School this year. Miss Kee, Miss Dare County of 1954, will appear in the Potato Festival in Elizabeth City this week end. This photo was posed by National Geographic Magazine’s photograph er Joe Roberts, who has been shooting a picture story here for the past several weeks. (Photo by Aycock Brown.) NEW BASIN AT STUMPY POINT TO ACCOMODATE 45 BOATS WITH SEVEN FOOT DRAFTS Big Development For Little Community Es timated To Run In Excess of $15,000; New Facilities Protected From Elements Elimi nates Boat-to-Truck Handling. BY ROGER MEEKINS nrAttv-tivo ctr-ir, the A new harbor at Stumpy Point which will accommodate about 45 fishing boats is scheduled for completion some time within the next few weeks. Being built by Alton Best, the total facilities planned for may run in excess of $15,000.1t has been under con struction since the 3rd of March. The basin, which is located at the south end of the village, has already been dredged to depth of 13 feet. It is protected from wind and tides from all sides. A canal and channel 8% feet deep and 25 feet wide has already been completed all the way out to the deep water in Stumpy Point Bay. Fifty boxes of dynamite were used to blow a channel out to the bay from the mouth of the canal, 450 yards long. The dredging job is estimated to have cost around $1,200. The mouth of the canal and the MEMBERS OF THE SEASHORE PARK COMMISSION feg dL' WMMMym . B 0 mF 1 i 1 / ' II d MEMBERS OF THE N. C. SEASHORE PARK COMMISSION meeting with representative of the Nation al Park Service in Dare County last week pose here for a group picture. They are, left to right: Aycock Brown, Manteo; Col. Amos Kerns, High Point; Allyn Hanks, Manteo; Tom Allen, Washington; Miles Clark, Elizabeth City; Clark Stratton, Richmond; Ben Douglas, Raleigh; Miss Evelyn Yelverton, Ra leigh; Charles Marshall, Manteo; Elbert Cox, Richmond; Henry Rankin, Fayetteville; Cecil Morris, At- Inntjc; S. Bunn F r i”k. Southnort; Tom Morse, Rale igji. The group met on May 6 and 7, touring all the park service land between Nags Head and Ocracok • (D-nje County Tourist Bureau photo.) MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1954 protective land strip between the bay and the basin has been dy ked with creosote pilings for a bout 100 yards or more. This week work will begin on the new fish house, of block con struction, which will be 30 by 65 feet. Ice storage room will be 15 by 18, with an ice manufac turing machine. The new basin is being created by a strong demand for better facilities for accommodating the larger boats coming into Stumpy Point. It is particularly cramped during shrimping and oystering i season. Heretofore the bigger boats have been unloaded right into trucks from the boats, dock-1 ed alongside the highway, with out facilities or protection from' the elements. | The old canal into Mr. Best’s' fish house could accommodate ‘ See BASIN, Page Four CRABS, SHRIMP, FLOUNDERS AT MANNS HARBOR Salt Water Thought To Be Aiding Up-Sound Seafood Catches This Year “It looks like the first full moon of May may bring a mighty good soft crabbing season this year,” said Ronald Craddock of Manns Harbor this week. His prediction was based on a tre mendous number of “peeler” crabs caught in his nets one day last week. “I’ve never seen as many crabs before at one time,” he said. It is usual that the soft crabs begin to shed for the season a round the first full moon of May every year, and so residents of Manns Harbor are looking for an excellent season soon. Mr. Craddock also caught a lot of shrimp in his long nets recently. “When you catch a bushel of shrimp in a long net,” he said, “that’s a pretty good sign the shrimp are really thick.” Shad fishing is falling off now buck shad bringing 3 cents per pound and roe shad bringing around 12 cents. Most of the shad have already been upstream, spawned, and are coming back. As a result, they are slimmer and smaller fish and do not bring a good price. Flounders, which are not usu ally caught in any great quanti ties in the upper parts of Croatan Sound, have been taken by Manns Harbor fishermen re cently. The catch is reported to have been around 600 pounds. It is believed that the Buggs Is land Dam project, which has See FISHING, Page Four LT. CDR. W. W. BALLOWE DIES IN NORFOLK Succumbs In Hospital Following Short Illness Lt. Comdr. Winfield William Ballowe, USCG, 52, a resident of Manteo since his retirement from the Coast Guard in 1951,, died Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the Marine hospital in Norfolk, Va., after a short illness. A native of Arkansas, he was a son of Mrs. Emma Ballowe Brookshire, of Hot Springs, Ark., and the late James F. Ballowe. He was the husband of Mrs. Su san Midgette Ballowe. He was a member of Olivet Methodist church, Manteo, and of Corcordia Lodge, A. F. and A. M., Philadelphia. Besides his wife and mother surviving are one daughter, .Mrs. Donald P. Gray, of Wanchese, one sister, Mrs. Elbert Rogers, of Little Rock, Ark.; four bro thers, Joseph Ballowe and James F. Ballowe, both of Hot Springs, Ark.; Bascum Ballowe, of Ama rillo, ex., and Biscoe Ballowe, of Houston, Tex.; two step-sisters and one step-brother, of Hot Springs, and two grandsons, Win field Ballowe Gray and Chris topher Gray, both of Wanchese. Funeral services will be con ducted at the Twiford Funeral Home in Manteo Saturday at 3 p.m. Burial will be with military honors and masonic rites in the Manteo Cemetery. . N. C. SEASHORE COMMISSION WITH NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MEETS JOINTLY IN DARE Reports Indicate ThatJMost of Land For Park Has Been Acquired, With Sufficient Funds To Cover Rest; Condemnation Proceedings To Be Carried Out. The North Carolina Cape Hat teras Seashore Commission, to- ! gether with officials from the • National Park Service, met at 1 Nags Head on May 6 and 7, un der the chairmanship of Ben Douglas, Director, Department of Conservation and Development. In the business meeting on May 7, National Park Service of ficials reported to the Com mission on land acquisition work to date, and Regional Director , Elbert Cox stated that in his , opinion there are suffient funds , remaining to complete the land acquisition program. It was re ported to the Commission that ■ several Declarations of Taking , had recently been filed in Federal Court and that the nec- ( essary papers would soon be fi- < led in the Superior Court for 1 Dare County, covering State con- , demnation. Project manager < Charles Marshall pointed out that i some of the Federal condemna- 1 tions were “friendly actions” to i clear defects in title, while others < were necessary because he had ] been unable to reach agreements . with the respective owners re garding price. He also stated that . there were a number of addi- I tional tracts for .which negotia tions have been drawn out over • a long period of time and for which he would soon seek Fed eral condemnation. The Commission voted to re quest the Governor to sign a deed returning certain lands on Ocracoke to R. Stanley Wahab which will not be needed for Na tional Seashore purposes. An other deed was recommended to the Governor which would con vey to the National Park Service certain interests the State had in three tracts of land on Hatteras ' Island. Director Ben Douglass depart ment of Conservation and Devel opment and chairman of the North Carolina Seashore Com mission stated he was vitally in terested in promoting more intra state travel between the residen ces of the mountain resorts and the coastal section. “When our people learn what our State has to offer in the mountains and here on the coast, we will become greater braggarts than the Texans,” he said. The two-day session started Thursday morning with a trip by National Park Service jeeps to Bodie, Hatteras and Ocracoke Is lands within the national sea shore area. Some of the new com mission members were visiting the area for the first time, and as a result every acre of the coastal section embraced by the national seashore was visited. Officials of the National Park Service and lo cal officials of the National Sea shore explained in details the various problems which had come up since land acquisitions had started two years ago. Clark Stratton, Chief of O perations of the Southeastern Division of the National Park Service gave financial statistics on properties purchased to date or in the process of being nego tiated for and the amount of monies still available which he said he believed is sufficient to complete the acquisition of the land proposed for the project. NEW BEACH BANK OPENING MAY 21 Open House to Precede Formal Opening; Everyone Invited to Attend The Bank of Manteo plans to out into service its new branch bank Friday, May 21. The new branch, locatd next to Carolin ian Hotel, Nags Head, will offer drive-in teller window, enabling customers to drive to the window and conduct business without getting out of their car. This sy stem, the first in this section, will enable quicker and more effici ent service. Banking hours have been tentatively set for 9 until 1. Open house will be held on Thursday, May 20, and the bank extends an invitation to all to familiarize themselves with banking systems. Hours for open house will be from 3 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Single Copy 70 DARE DEMOCRATS MEET TO ELECT CO. DELEGATES The Dare County Democratic precinct meetings were held last Saturday, and committees were se lected to attend the county conven tion to be held this Saturday, May 15, in Manteo. On the 20th the state convention will be held in Ra leigh, for which delegates to at tend will be elected at the county meeting Saturday. Those delegates elected will attend at their own expense, and any others who desire to attend may do so also. However, Dare County is allotted only 7 votes, and the delegates may vote their proportional part. Also at the county meeting the county executive committee and the chairman and vice chairman for the county will be elected. Those elected last week to attend the county convention from the pre cincts follows: In each case the first named is the chairman, the second vice-chairman, and the rest delegates. The reports from East Lake, Manns Harbor, Frisco and Avon were not in at press time. Wanchese: W. L. Daniels, Mrs. Arnold Daniels, Melvin R. Daniels, Ethel Tillett, Crowder Davis. Buxton: E. P. White, Muriel Fulcher, W. L. Scarborough, J. S. Turner, Edna Gray. Kitty Hawk: Pennel A. Tillett, Mary F. Perry, Alma Finn, Hal lett F. Perry, Carlos C. Dowdy. Kill Devil Hills: Efwpod B. Par ker, Mrs. Goldie Melson, Edgar Perry, Mrs. Clayton Tillett, George Frank. Manteo: L. D. Tarkington, Mary Basnight, Frank Cahoon, C. JS. Meekins, M. K. Fearing, Sr. Rodanthe: Alexander Meekins, Mrs. Mellie Edwards, Mrs. Laura Scarborough, Charlie W. Midgett, Horatio G. Midgett. Mashoes: John W. Midgett, Mrs. Barado Basnight, Mrs. Hattie Mann, W. H. Mann, T. R. Midgett. Hatteras: F. L. Peele, Cecil Aus tin, W. R. Newcomb, Mrs. Viola Peele, Mrs. W. H. Robinson. Stumpy Point: Josephine Wise, Bob Midgett, Dewey Wise, Myrtle Burgess, McCoy Hooper. Colington: J. O. Meekins. Duck: M. J. Evans, Mrs. Fannie Evans, S. B. Whitson, Woodson Midgett, Carrie Beals. Nags Head: C. E. Parker, Mrs. Carrie Baum, Hal Culpepper, John Wise, Mrs. C. E. Parker, Mrs. John Wise. GILBERT MISTER TO PREACH FOUNDERS DAY AT MANTEO BAPTIST News from the pastor’s study of the Manteo Baptist Church, states that the church will ob serve its annual Founder’s Day Program on Sunday, May 16, with the start of their Spring Revival. The revival will be con ducted by the Rev. Gilbert Mis ter of Louisburg and Wake For est. The Rev. Mister is a local man and has conducted revival services before. He is a student at Southeastern Baptist Seminary at Wake Forest and will complete his work there in another year or two. He is well known and loved by local people and it is hoped that his many friends and relatives will take advantage of this opportunity to hear him. It is felt that his work here will be an asset to the community. According to a report from the Rev. Mister, he will preach oh the following subjets on the days stated: Sunday: “The Pre sence Os The Master” and “A Kingdom Os Priests”. Monday: “The Most Dangerous Thing In The World” and “God Wants Your Mind”. Tuesday: “Liars” See MISTER, Page Four ONLY ONE CASE TUESDAY IN DARE RECORDER'S Norman E. Brantley, who was served with extradition papers from the State of Ohio, appeared before Judge W. F. Baum to have a date set for hearing. Brantley was represented by Forrest Dunstan, who asked for i a writ of habeas corpus until the : hearing, which Judge Baum set > before a court of authority in i two weeks. At that time i'a i lidity of the arrest and the le- I ealitv cf the papers will be de termined.
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