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VOLUME XIX NO. 47 FISHING EXPERTS PAYING VISIT TO DARE THIS WEEK Editors and Writers of Out door Magazines Arrived By Plarte Wednesday A group of the world’s lead ing rod and gun editors will try their skill on North Carolina’s coast this week when members of the staff of Sports Afield magazine hold their annual con ference at Nags Head. State Advertising Director Charles Parker announced that Editor Ted Kesting of Sports Afield advised him that the group was arriving b private plane at Manteo Airport on Wed nesday, May 19, with plans for three days of North Carolina fishing. Parker said Kesting advised him that the Manteo-Nags Head- Hatteras area was selected on recommendation of Staff Writer Bill Wolf, who fished at Nags Head and Oregon Inlet last year, and because it offers both salt and fresh water fishing. Wolf, whose outdoor stories appear in Saturday Evening Post and numerous other publications as well as Sports Afield, will be with the party, which will in clude Fred Lewis, head of all Hearst magazines; Editor-in- Chief Ted Kesting, Associate Editor Michael Huboda. Asso ciate Editor Chet Fish, Managing Editor Jack Seville, Art Editor Edwin Kuntz, Salt Water Fish ing Editor Robert D. Hall, Boat ing Editor Willard Crandall, Sporting Dogs Editor Henry P. Davis, Arms Editor Pete Brown, Angling Editor Jason Lucas, General Manager Willard K. Trout, Detroit Bureau Manager H. H. VAN Hom, Southern manager Hale Printup. and Chi cago Bureau Manager Don Sperry. The visiting fishermen will be guests of the Dare County Tour ist Bureau, Nags Head Chamber of Commerce and State Adver tising Division for fishing ex ditions and sightseeing trips to new Hatteras National Sea- ■ jre, Wright Memorial and Fort -valeigh and the Lost Colony Waterside Theatre. They will make headquarters at the Caro linian Hotel, Nags Head. NAGS HEAD FISHING TOURNEY OCT. 22-24 Sponsoring Club Elects New Offi cers During Wednesday Meeting Nags Head’s annual surf fishing tournament which several times has attracted anglers and fishing clubs from many sections of the Atlantic coast will be held Oct. 22- 24 this year, says Warren Jen nette, who has been made president this year of the sponsoring group, the Nags Head Surf Fishing Club. Jennette succeeds Dal Williams as president. Other officers elected include Pat Bayne, as vice-presi dent, succeeding Julian Oneto. Maj or J. L. Murphy of Kill Devil Hills will serve as secretary-treasurer for another year. Others attending the meeting were Dan Harris and James Scar borough of Nags Head,. Capt. An drew Weiler, Abie Williams and Aycock Brown. A visitor at the meeting was R. A. Murphy of New York who was visiting his brother, the mayor of Kill Devil Hills. H. W. Shaner of Margate City, N. J., who has given valuable pro motional assistance to the annual tournaments during the past two years, will be engaged to help stage the tournament this year. APPLICATION MADE FOR PIER AT KITTY HAWK Kitty Hawk Enterprises, Inc., of Kitty Hawk has made application for construction of a pier in the • Atlantic Ocean approximately 22 miles northeast of Manteo, it has been announced by R. L. Hill of the District Corps of Engineers of Wilmington. The plans submitted show a pier feet wide and 600 feet long, ex nding seaward 460 feet beyond * the mean low water line. Plans may be seen at the district office and also at the Kitty Hawk post of fice. Mr. Hill requests that persons wishing to raise objections from • the standpoint of navigation con tact him before May 23. CHURCH OF CHRIST TOPIC NEXT WEEK "Eating Soup With a Hatchet” will be the topic of the sermon May 23 at the Manteo Church of Christ, according to Burl Brinn pastor. The services will start at 3 p,m. in the court house. Public Is invited. THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA STRANDED SHIP ON BEACH AT PEA ISLAND NEAR SANDRIDGE I // I I -mL-J ® ■iwi ■■■iiiMß-j - ' ■ ->J| H - v r -gb ~ '■ . ... ' • ...vz- x ■ ; --- , - ~ w... ..... ' v ~ ""K ' '-~ • - ” —Photo by Victor Meekins. THE HONDURAN FREIGHTER OMAR BABUN, ashore one mile north of the site of Sand Ridge Lodge on Pea Island, which is three miles north of Mirlo Beach, Rodanthe, N. C. The ship is attracting many sightseers. It is not expected that the ship can be dragged from her position on the sands. | Fishing wtiunting A M AS REPORTED BY AYCOCK BROWN M FISHING GOOD, INSHORE, OFFSHORE, HATTERAS AREA ♦ Despite cold weather and un favorable winds at times, sports fishing in Hatteras waters, both inshore and offshore has been up to par for this season of the year, according to Willie Newsome. “Most of the blues taken dur ing the current week have been landed by surfcasters and trai lers at Hatteras Inlet,” he said. A few channel bass have been landed from the surf between Avon and Hatteras Inlet during the past week and light tackle casters have caught plenty of flounder and kingfish, according to Newsome. Gulf Stream fishing, on days when the weather was suitable for going offshore, has resulted in catches of dolphin amber jack, false albacore and small tuna, said Newsome. “Gulf Stream anglers have also had indications of big game fish. One angler, whose name I do not remember, had a blue mar lin up on the week end near the Lightship, but he failed to land the big fish,” said Newsome. Big game fishing, especially for blue Marlin should be very good for the next several weeks, in the opinion of Newsome. The first big blue marlin taken last year, (a fish that won third prize for weight in a national contest) was caught on May 29. WHERE THE TRAFFIC WILL SOMEDAY ROAR . / J CROATAN SOUND’S WATERS roll tranquilly up to Roanoke Island’s shores, where, here, in perhaps three years, traffic will stream from the mainland to the island on highways 64 and 264. In this photo the last westward test piling for the bridge across Croatan Sound is being driv en by a Tidewater Construction Company rig. It will take perhaps three yeirs for completion of the bridge, $750,000 having been appropri ated by Governor Umsteud for a beginning. In this picture the silhou ette of he test rig against the shady limbs of the sprawling oak limbs on Roan-'ke’s west side bring to reality a long dream of conquering the commun’'ation problem across Croatan’s waters. (Photo by Roger Meekins.) ONE MAN LANDS 15 STRIPED BASS Ivey Evans, has made the best catch of striped bass reported so far this spring in the Roanoke Sound area. Fishing alone from an outboard-powered boat for the week end near the Nags Head-Roanoke Island bridge. Evans, using a"bucktail for lure, landed 15 striped bass ranging up to two pounds each. Other anglers fishing the same waters have been catching stri pers and a few trout and blue fish and several flounders have been landed in the same waters, but so far, the 15 fish taken while trolling by Evans is the top catch for this species since they ap peared in local waters, according George Dykstra who operates a fishing center at the bridge. FIRST DOLPHIN LANDED OFF OREGON INLET First dolphin of the 1954 sea son to be taken by an angler fishing the Gulf Stream off Ore gon Inlet were brought into port on the week end by Dr. Vincent Archer and party of Charlottsville, Va. The dolphin weighed up to 20 piunds each, according to Capt. Dan Lewark skipper of the boat “Reta” from which the Char lottesville dentist was trolling. Several false albacore and school tuna were also included in the See FISHING, Page Four MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1954 PULP AND PAPER OFFICIALS MEET DARE THIS WEEK Approximately 100 pulp and paper offcials„ and state and fed eral forestry and conservation experts arrived here Tuesday for a meeting of the Southern Pulp wood Conservation Association. The group is headed by the as sociation’s manager, J. G. Mals berger of Atlanta. An important role in arrange ments for the convention which has brought representatives from several southeastern states is Area Forester J. D. Nicholson of Greensboro. Panel discussions and sym posiums pertaining to the pulp wood industry were scheduled during the meeting. On Thursday the entire group was scheduled to make a field trip to West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company’s vast holdings. William Ernst, general manager of the West Virginia Company, arranged the field trip which will take the group to areas when many hundreds of thousands of pine seedlings have been trans planted in recent months and where other conservation meas ures are now being carried out. The convention headquarters is at the Carolinian Hotel on Nags Head. In addition to busi ness meetings and field trips, several social functions have been planned by the group which will remain here most of the current week. NON-SUPPORT CHARGE EXPLAINED IN COURT Joseph Daniels, Manteo Negro, was found not guilty of the charge of abandonment in Dare County Recorder’s Court Tues day, but was charged with the responsibility for support for his 12-year-old child. Daniels re turned from the roads April 2 from a sentence for abandonment and non-support, and could not be tried on that account again because of the double-jeopardy clause. Daniels was to have been al lowed a specified time for re adjustment since his- release. Judge Baum pronounced sen tence of 12 months on the roads suspended on payment of sl2 per week beginning June 1 and continuing until the child is 18 years of age. He was also placed under S2OO bond, to appear be fore the court once a year to sat isfy the court that the judg ment has been complied with. Robert Patrick was found not guilty of a charge of drunken driving but was found guilty of careless and reckless driving. He was arrested by officer Hassell of See COURT, Page Four JUST A QUESTION OF DRUNK IN RIGHT ROOM Manteo police chief M. C. Mitchell Tuesday night was lead ing a drunk toward the jail, when another habitual, drunk happened to see the procession. “Chief, are you going to put him in jail,” the second drunk said. “Yes, I sure am,” the chief replied. Well, that’s all right,” said the second drunk, “but don’t put him in my room.” NEW BANK OPEN FOR BUSINESS ON DARE BEACHES Branch of Manteo Bank Held Open House Thursday Afternoon By Aycock Brown Nags Head. First banking house in operation along North Carolina’s Outer Banks held open house on Thursday afternoon and opened for business Friday (to day). It is the Nags Head rhive-in branch of The Bank of Manteo. Mrs. May L. Brinkley, chair man of the board of directors and personnel officer of the Manteo bank, gave the public a cordial invitation to the open house on Thursday. Mrs. John F. Long, Mrs. W. R. Pearce and Mrs. Frank Tur ner were hostesses and refresh ments were served the guests. John F. Long who has been as sistant to W. R. Pearce, cashier of the Bank of Manteo for the past several years is manager of the new drive-in- branch. Mrs. Brink ley, whose late husband, Z. V. Brinkley, was controlling owner of the bank for many years, will as sist him in the operation. The bank is on the east side of U. S. Highway 158 in the imme diate vicinity of the Carolinian at Nags Head. It is centrally located for the Nags Head, Kill Devil Hills and Kitty Hawk region.. Officers of the Bank of Manteo include: H. A. Crees, president; Frank Turner, Raleigh, vice-presi dent; W. R. Pearce, cashier and Martin Kellogg, trustee. Members of the board of directors, headed by Mrs. Brinkley, the majority owner, as chairman, include: H. A. Crees, W. R. Pearce, L. D. Tark ington and John F. Long of Man teo; Frank Turner, Raleigh and Arnold Schiffman, Greensboro. Bookkeepers are Miss Jane Clai borne and Mrs. Teena Gaskill Saw yer of Roanoke Island. RETURNS TO COAST AFTER 30 YEARS MRS. LAURA PARKS of Kitty Hawk has returned to the place of her birth to make her home after more than 30 years spent elsewhere. Having recently been employed in the communications staff of a large Philadelphia firm, she is now living with her sister, Mrs. Lewis Scarborough in Kitty Hawk, and she says one of the most enjoyable things to her is the -fact that she can look out the windows and constantly see green things, which is a pleasure after living many years in a city. Mrs. Parks is the former Laura Sanderlin of Kitty Hawk. Her husband was the late Wil liam Parks of Atlanta, Ga. In 1945 she returned to the United States from a 22 months tour of duty with the WAC’S in the European Theatre during World War 11. The above photo was made while she was still in uniform. DISCOVERS NEW METHOD OF TREATING CYPRESS Dick Best of Stumpy Point thinks he may go into a business this summer which he stumbled upon accidentally. Mr. Best cut some cypress knees from Lake Mattamuskeet in Hyde County and had plan ned to skin the bark off, shellac them and offer them for sale. All of the knees were the same light, cypress color. However, while drying them, after boiling to get the bark off easier, he discovered that they began to change their colors — some light, some dark, somt very dark. He experimented some mere and discovered further that he could control the color of the cypress Cypress prepared in this man ner is much more attractive than driftwood, and Mr. Best be lieves that a good market should be open on the beaches this sum mer. They are used in the same way as driftwood—for lamns, decorations, and ornamentation. SURFMEN OUT FRONT AGAIN WITH RESCUE OF 14 SEAMEN FROM STRANDED SHIP FRIDAY Ship Loaded With Heavy Machinery Beached Two Miles North of Rodanthe Due to Shift ing of Cargo in Storm, After 12 Hours Out of Philadelphia Bound for Havana. All Sav ed Promptly by Surfmen. WASHINGTON COUNTY’S ASPIRANT FOR SENATE ~ -gjjjs EDWARD L. OWENS of Plym outh, who has canvassed Hyde, Dare and the Belhaven area of Beaufort County during the past several days, is one of three can didates for the State Senate from the Second District. The other two are L. H. Ross of Wash ington, and Martin Kellogg Jr. of Manteo who has been men tioned before in these columns. Mr. Owens is a Carolina man, lawyer, farmer and former of ficial.has a friendly personality and is a good speaker. According to real life experi ences and influences, Ed Owens is probably the most versatile person in Washington County and at the same time, one of its most valued citizens. He says that sometimes he thinks that he must have been “educated and trained for a wheel horse”. Any way here is the story: Ed was bom in Plymouth, July 1, 1904, his parents were the late A. L. Owens and Lucille Willey Owens. His father was one of the leading businessmen of Washington County, having interests in farming, real estate, banking. Upon his death in May, • 1939, these interests fell upon the shoulders of Ed and his younger brother, A. Lloyd Owens, who are now trading in the name of Owens Brothers of Plymouth. Ed, who has been active in civic matters regarding road and bridge problems and assisting in locating new business men in and around his community, con tinues to buy and sell land in his county. In this regard, he says, “I sometimes think that I must believe in my town and county more than any other individual when considering local invest ments”. Ed was educated at the Uni versity of North Carolina and was graduated in 1926 with a LI. B. degree. He passed the N. C. State Bar in January, 1925, and actively practised law in or about the time of his father’s death in 1939. As to his public record, it may be noted that he was elected and served as an aiderman for the town of Plymouth for the years 1927 and 1928. In 1928 and 1929, he was ap pointed and served as county attorney for Washington County. In 1930, he ran for the office of Judge of the Recorder’s Court, at which time he was elected and served the term of his office. La ter, during the war years of 1944 and 1945 and 1946, he was appointed to serve as Recorder while the former Recorder was drafted to service. He served in this office again for two years when this office was vacated and served as Recorder during the years 1951 and 1952. His friends call his record one of the best, and clean, honest, and fair. He is a member of the Ply mouth Methodist Church and has served on its Board of Stewards: Ed is a Post Master of his Ma sonic Lodge; a member of Royal Arch Chapter, and of Calvary Commandary 25 at Washington, and of the Sudan Temple in New Bern. While at the University, he was one of the organizers and chap ter members of Battle Chapter of the Delta Theta Phi, National Law fraternity which was organ ized at the U. N. C. Law School See OWENS, Page Four Single Copy 7# Some 250 feet from shore, three miles North of Rodanthe, the Honduran ship Omar Babun rests on the sands of Chicamico mico banks. The ship came a shore Friday morning early, last week, and has been abandoned by the owners, awaiting disposi tion by the insurance companies holding the risk of ship, cargo, and freight. The 14 men of the crew were saved by good work of the Coast Guards, and have long since departed the county. And there stands out the grim fact that it is important still to keep manned and equipped Coast Guard stations along these shores. There is nothing to take their place in time of dis asters of this kind at sea. For years, higher ups in the Coast Guard have been decommission ing and putting out of service the long established stations which have served seamen in dis tress since 1870. The station at Chicamicomico is one of the latest slated to go. Congressman Herbert Bonner, is now hammering home to the officials of the Coast Guard this recent example of the good work of the men of the service in hope of getting a respite for this old station which has a long and splendid record of service on the books to its credit, a history that has been made during the past 80 years or more. The crew of the Omar Babun left Saturday with praise for the kind treatment given them while cast away on the Dare County coast. The 14 men brought ashore from the wrecked vessel and their places of residence given, are as follows: Jose Villie, master, 39; Fran cisco Leira, 2nd Engineer; An tonio San Domingo, Cook; Pablo Gray, boatswain; Prudencio Vi dal Mirabel, all of Havana, Cuba. Marcel Cemitiere, Ist engineer; Jorge Fonseca, wireless opera tor; Ramon Rodriguez, 3rd engi neer; all of Santiago, Cuba. Robert Webster, assistant cook, and George Green, ordinary sea man, both of Roitan, Honduras; Rudolph Stamp AB seaman; An tonio Morene, and Joseph Be lizle, ordinary seamen, all of Porto Cortez, Honduras. Nathaniel Gooding, AB sea man of La Ceiba, Honduras. Gooding was the first man to come ashore. Rudolph Stamp was second, and Rodriguez third. The men were cared for at the stations, ten at Chicamicomico, and four being quartered Friday night at Little Kinnekeet. The ship had sailed at 5 a.m. Thursday morning from Phila delphia, bound for Havana, Cuba, with a cargo insured for $128,000. The ship was insured for $120,000. The freight on the cargo was in sured for SIO,OOO. The cargo con sisted largely, according to Capt. Villie, of structural steel, motors and steel working machinery. There was no cement on the ship, he said. Due to the extremely rough seas, the heavy cargo broke loose from its fastenings, and with the roll of the ship was shifting, first from starboard and then to port side, threatening to break down the stanchions which supported the decks. Capt. Villie said he deemed it necessary for the safety of his crew to beach the ship. At 1:05 a.m. Friday he sent out an SOS which was received at the Coast Guard District Head quarters in Norfolk, and at 1:15 the ship struck the bar, a few hundreds yards north of the old Sand Ridge Lodge site, which was for many years the home of Mr and Mrs. C. P. Midgett. This spot is about a mile and t a half north of Mirlo Beach, which is now in process of de velopment as a cottage colony, near Rodanthe. At 4:15 Friday morning, the Coast Guard stations in the Hat teras area received a message from, Norfolk, telling of the plight of the ship, and immedi ately men were set on patrol to look for the ship. The ship was discovered by Ellery Clark Mid gett H. a young Rodanthe Coast Guards an, who is a grandson of the late Capt John Al’on Mid- S, <■ W ECK, Page Four
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