VOLUME XX NO. 2
A WELL KNOWN
FORMER SCHOOL
OFFICIAL DIES
Edward N. Baum of Kitty
Hawk Long-Time Chair
man Education Board
Edward N. Baum, a prominent
and highly regarded citizen of
Kitty Hawk was interred Thurs
day afternoon with graveside
services in the Austin Cemetery
at Kitty Hawk. The funeral was
conducted by the Methodist pas
tor, Rev. W. B. Gregory. Mr.
Baum, in the 72nd year of his
age, died Tuesday at 1:15 p.m. at
his home in Kitty Hawk after a
lengthy illness.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Rosa
Baum, he is survived by four
daughters. Mrs. C. A. Caldwell of
Taylorsville, Mrs. Millard Bal
lance of Hatteras; Mrs. Edw. L.
Midgett and Mrs. Alton M. Mid
gett of Kitty Hawk. Two sisters
also survive. They are Mrs. F. H.
Midgett and Mrs. W. R. Perry of
Kitty Hawk. There are six
grandchildren. Mr. Baum is the
son of the late Edward and Erne
line Gard Baum. He was a life
long resident of Kitty Hawk, and
a member of the Methodist
Church.
The active pall-bearers were
old neighbors: Earl Keller, Car
los Dowdy, Colon Perry, Aubrey
Harris, Oscar Sanderlin, and A.
L. Hines. Honorary pall-bearers
were: R. Bruce Etheridge, Mel
vin Daniels, C. S. Meekins, H. A.
Dough, P. A. Tillett, E. E.
Beacham, W. H. Lewark and
Avery Tillett.
Mr. Baum, long a leader in
politics in his community, had
served as County Commissioner
when Kitty Hawk first was ad
mitted to Dare County in 1922,
but has served longer as arr
ber of and as chairman of-•
County Board of Education. He
was recognized as a tireless
worker, and a rsourceful man,
and these characteristics brought
forth many school benefits, and
special favors as a result of his
studies of school law, and fre
quent trips to Raleigh to see the
officials. He was a man of strong
-ictions, and never gave up
ijective, schools being his
V,.. r consideration. As a loyal
.nunity worker, he was with
out peer, and many who differed
with him respected him for his
integrity, his energy and courage
in behalf of the community .
MANY 4-H MEMBERS SEE
LOST COLONY EACH WEEK
More than 100 4-H Club mem
bers from Franklin and Halifax
county saw a performance of
Paul Green’s drama The Lost
Colony Tuesday night. It is the
second such group to see the
show here this year. Last week
club members from Washington,
Tyrrell, Chowan, Wake and
Gates County, more than 125
person’s saw the season’s third
performance.
Before the summer has passed
approximately 1,500 club mem
bers from all parts of North
Carolina will attend Tuesday
night performances of The Lost
Colony. They are club members
who come to Roanoke Island on
weekly encampment trips each
year.
“Seeing The Lost Colony is
only one of the many interesting
things the 4-H Club members do
while they are at the Roanoke
Island 4-H Camp,” said L. B.
Dixon, assistant state leader in
charge of the group. “They visit
Fort Raleigh, the Wright Nation
al Monument at Kill Devil Hills,
they climb to the top of Jockey’s
Ridge, highest coastal sand dune
is eastern America, at Nags
Head, and they also take a boat
trip” (by ferry to Manns Harbor,
across Croatan Sound from their
encampment, located at the
Manteo Airport).
Since the encampment was
established here eight years ago
more than 15,000 4-H Club mem
bers have attended—and each of
them have witnessed perform
ances of he Lost Colony. “It is
interesting to note that many of
older members who attended
Wracampment several years
.row are married and return
.i year with members of their
family,” it was stated.
LITTLE GIRL BREAKS ARM
Carlene Holt, four-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Holt of Manteo, broke her left
arm in two places Sunday morn
ing while playing with her
younger brother at their home.
Carlene was treated in Eliza
beth City Sunday afternoon and
returned to her home.
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
SCHOOL BUDGET
IN DARE COUNTY
EXCEEDS $40,000
A school budget of $44,283.14,
approved by the County Com
missioners, was reported to the
Dare County Board of Education
at a meeting July 6. This was
$466.86 less than the amount re
quested by the school board.
The board also approved a
school calendar for the 1954-55
term calling for school opening
on September 17 and closing on
June 3.
Plans to remove the board
fence around the Manteo Ball
field to make way for a new cy
clone fence and to use the Avon
wooden water tank for school
kindling wood were unanimous
ly approved.
Roy Basnight of East Lake was
chosen to replace Wallace Tay
lor on the Manns Harbor School
committee.
LARGEST JULY 4TH
CROWDS RECORD’D
IN DARE COUNTY
In terms of crowds last week
end was the biggest Fourth of
July that the Dare County area
has ever had. According to fig
ures of the Dare County Tourist
Bureau, over 9,000 people spent
approximately one fourth of a
million dollars in the area dur
ing the week end.
Many new motels and other
accommodations have increased
the Dare Tourist capacity since
last year according to the Tour
ist Bureau. Judging by the num
ber of rooms available it is esti
mated that the tourist capacity is
at present 8,934. Every room was
taken this week end and many
people, unable to find rooms,
slept in their cars or on the
beach. The Tourist Bureau esti
mated, therefore, that more peo-
Dle than ever visited the area
this year.
Nags Head motel and hotel
operators reported every room
taken by Friday night and capa
city crowds continuing through
Monday. Many private homes
were opened to accommodate
part of the overflow.
Men in the tourist business,
who have complained of poor
business this year because of ab
normally cool weather have ex
pressed hope for improved con
ditions following a larger than
usual Fourth of July crowd.
HAL WARD’S WORKSHOP
IS TOTAL LOSS TUESDAY
Manteo Fire Department Had A
Full Schedule on Week End
Fire gutted the electrical
workshop of Hal S. Ward south
of Manteo Tuesday night result
ing in a total loss of equipment.
A half dozen firemen fought
the fire for an hour around 11.00
p.m. The blaze was apparently
started by an explosion in the
motor of a refrigerator that was
being repaired.
Refrigerators, motors and tools
were a total loss. Damages which
have not been determined were
not covered by insurance.
Ivy Evans, Manteo ' fire chief,
reported two fires and a false
alarm on Saturday.
A woods fire, started from
burning trash at the home of
Raymond Rogers on the north
end of Roanoke Island, was
fought for an hour before being
brough under control. Had the
fire not been controlled, Evans
said, it would have threatened
Fort Raleigh and prevented
showing the play Saturday
■ night. A guard was stationed to
watch all day for outbreaks.
Manteo firemen also fought a
woods fire in Currituck that was
threatening homes near Harbin
ger Saturday. The woods fire
was not controlled, Evans re
ported, t>ut after three hours of
fighting the houses were saved.
Manteo fire trucks were called
to a restaurant fire in Nags Head
on Saturday but the blaze was
extinguished before the trucks
arrived.
LEWIS AUSTIN. HATTERAS.
WITH INFANTRY IN KOREA
25th., Korea—Sgt. Lewis Aus
tin, 22, son of Mrs. Maggie Stowe,
Hatteras, N. C., is now serving
with the 25th Infantry Division
in Korea.
A driver in the Medium Tank
Company of the 25th’s 27th Regi
ment, he had served with the
40th Infantry Division until its
recent transfer to the U. S.
Sergeant Austin entered the
Array in 1949 and has served in
Korea since last September. 1
SCARBOROUGH &
PEELE GET NEW
C.G. ASSIGNMENTS
Henry Peele Goes To Little
Creek; Dewey Scarbor
ough to Ocracoke
Chief Boatswain Dewey H.
Scarborough, USCG, has re
lieved Chief Boatswain Henry T.
Peele, USCG, as commander of
the Coast Guard’s Ocracoke
Group and commu.iduig officer
of the Ocracoke Lifeboat Station.
The Group includes the Hatteras
Inlet Lifeboat Station and the
Ocracoke Light Station.
Peele, who has been at Ocra
coke since Otcober 1949, and is a
native of Hatteras, has been
named commanding officer of
the Little Creek, Va., Lifeboat
Station.
Before his assignment to Ocra
coke, Scarborough was serving
as commanding officer of the
Coast Guard’s Chesapeake light
ship. He earlier commanded the
Ocracoke-based 83foot patrol
boat, CG-83493. He was bom in
Avon, in 1919, and 20 years later
enlisted in the Coast Guard as a
seaman, serving first aboard the
old cutter Modoc.
During the war years, he serv
ed as executive officer and offi
cer-in-charge of several 83-fott
patrol boats and two Coast
Guard fireboats.
He lives in Avon with his wife
and two children.
Peele was bom ill 1907 and
joined the Coast Guard as a
surfman at the old Fire Island
Lifeboat Station in 1928. He
served at the Coast Guard Air
Station, Elizabeth City, N. C.,
prior to his Ocracoke assignment
in 1949.
HOLIDAY SPEEDERS AND
DRUNKS IN COURT
The docket of the Dare County
Recorder’s Court was heavily
weighted with holiday speed
cases from the Nags Head area
this week.
His lawyer asked a continu
ance until next week for Dr.
Grayson S. Waldrop of Raleigh,
charged with speeding 80 miles
an hour in a 35 mile speed zone.
The case is scheduled to be tried
next week .
Three other Nags Head speed
cases were tried. David C. Wat
kins of Greensboro submitted to
a charge of driving 50 miles an
hour in a 35 mile zone and paid
a fine of $15.00 and costs of
court. Convicted of a similar
charge, Lloyd Monroe Corley of
Weeksville paid the same fine.
55 miles an hour in a 35 mile
zone cost Charles Raymond
Evans Jr. of Elizabeth City
$20.00 and costs.
Fighting charged against Ger
ald Bunch of Poplar Branch and
David O'Neal of Wanchese
brought them identical sentences
of 30 days in jail, suspended on
payment of a S2O fine and con
dition of remaining away for 12
months from the Recreation
Center at Nags Head where the
fight took place.
Luther H. Midgett, of Wan
chese, charged with disturbing
the peace at the Bridge Turn
Case south of Manteo, while
drinking, received a sentence of
30 days in jail, suspended on
payment of court costs and con
dition of remaining off premises
of the Bridge Turn Case as long
as it continues under present
management.
William Blackmond, colored of
Manteo, charged with assault
with a deadly weapon on Jerry
McClease also of Manteo pleaded
not guilty. He was found guilty
by the court and given a sen
tence of 60 days in jail suspend
ed on payment of a $25 fine and
on condition that he not be con
victed of any criminal offense
within 12 months.
Margaret Scarborough Evans
requested a jury trial of a
drunken driving case suspended
from last week. The case will be
tried at Superior court in Octo
ber.
WELL-KNOWN BAND
APPEARING TONIGHT
Ted Weems, one of the nation’s
outstanding band leaders, is
making an appearance at The
Nags Head Casino July 9 (to
night). Weems, who is bringing
along his entire troupe for the
evening, may be remembered by
many music and dance fans for
his recordings of popular tunes.
“Ras” Westcott, Casino owner,
is expecting the largest crowd of
the season for this first big
name band of the year.
The Concord College Sextet,
an experienced group from
Athens, Ohio, are playing night
*ly throughout the season.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1954
THIS MAN HAS CHARGE
OF 24 MILLION ACRES
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CONRAD L. WIRTH, director of
the National Park Service is a
man of no small ability, as many
can now testify. Besides being in
charge of the 24 million acres
that constitute the National Park
System, extending across the
United States, to Alaska, Hawaii,
Porto Rico, and other places, he
has found time to interest
wealthy people in contributing to
worthy causes whereby many of
this nation’ s natural beauties
may be preserved and protected
for all time. Among gifts to his
cause which has a special in
terest in this area, was $168,000
for Cape Hatteras Seashore, and
SIOO,OOO for Kill Devil Hills, by
private donation.
The value of the property
under Mr. Wirth is some four
billion dollars. He has 3,600 em
ployees in his department. Our
National Parks and monuments
exist in 39 states. He is a man of
rare ability and personality. He
is devoted to the cause of pre
serving public domain, and con
siders the Outer Banks of North
Carolina a new . and excellent
type of recreation land. He has
been working on it 20 years. He
calls it the ’’finest beach preser
vation in the world.” Already the
people of Hatteras Island are
reaping fine profits from the pa
tronage brought by the develop
ment and are investing their
money to provides facilities to
take care of their guests.
Mr. Wirth is a native of
Massachusetts. He has a brother
who is a Rear-Admiral in the
Navy. His father, Theo Wirth
was born in Switzerland, and
was distinguished in his own
right as a park man and conser
vationist.
MANTEO LIONS MEET
TO INSTALL LEADERS
Installation of new officers
highlighted ladies night at the
regular meeting of -the Manteo
Lions Club Tuesday night. Lion
Little, Secretary of the Elizabeth
City Club performed the cere
mony.
Officers chosen were Presi
dent, Earl M. Green; Secretary,
Alvah H. Ward Jr.; Treasurer,
Willett Tillett; First Vice-Presi
den, Fred Wescott; Second Vice
president, Desmond A. Rogers;
Third Vice-President, Wayland
H. Fry; Lion Tamer, Theodore
H. Noe; and Tail Twister, Clyde
Biggs.
The respective duties of the
Lion Tamer and the Tail Twister
are to handle complaints and to
keep the meetings going.
Directors are John F. Wilson
Jr., Elworth Midgett Jr., R. D.
Sawyer Jr. and Henry B. Parker.
Lion Little presented Ralph
Umphlett a certificate from the
Lions International for being a
“100% Secretary”.
TARPON HITTING LURES
IN SURF AT HATTERAS
Buxton Tarpon have been
hitting artificial lures in the surf
at the Point of Cape Hatteras re
cently and although only one has
been actually landed, at least
three of the silverkings have
been hooked, played and then
lost during the past week. The
only catch reported for tarpon
this season was a 65-pounder
landed by Charles Williams of
Avon.
Mrs. George Fuller casting
here last week hooked a tarpon
which observers declared would
have scaled at 150 pounds. She
played the fish for 45 minutes
before it finally made a final
leap to freedom by breaking the
leader.
All of the tarpon landed or
hooked so far this year in the
surf have been lured with Hop
kins No. 4, a chronipm squid
like lure with a gang of three
hooks.
JULY 4 EVENTS
INCLUDE PARADE
FLAG CEREMONY
Ocracoke Island Is Scene of
Pony Penning And
Branding
By Larry Williams
Ocracoke, July 6—Fourth of
July events drew large crowds
to Ocracoke Island over the holi
day week end. The celebration
began with the rounding up of
the island ponies. About fifty
ponies were corraled and brand
ed. Crowds watched eagerly as
Mr. Marvin Howard, chairman of
the annual event, unveiled the
queen of the pony penning. Jane
Bryant of Ocracoke’s only color
ed family, stepped from her
queen’s throne as gracefully as
the queen of England.
The event that followed was a
patriotic service at the school.
The newly organized boy scouts,
sponsored by the Methodist
Church, paraded before the
many spectators. Standing at
attention, the scouts were pre
sented the flag by Mr. Calvin
O'Neal. Patrol Leader, Edward
Carlson O'Neal was in charge of
the flag raising. Rev. R. L. Vick
ery read a few verses of script
ure and led the group in prayer.
The ceremony was ended with
patriotic singing.
Shortly after noon people be
gan to crowd the island’s nar
row paved roads to watch the
oncoming parade, the biggest
event of the day. About 20
gayly decorated floats gather
ed at the southern end of the is
land and began their procession
along the winding roads towards
the. school building where judges
awarded prizes for the best
characters, best floats and orig
inality. Mr. Wilbur Gaskill walk
ed away with first prize for his
original float “November Morn”.
Roars of applause showed the
spectators appreciation of the
float representing old and mod
ern bathing beauties. According
to tourists and islanders, the
floats liked best were the ones
pertaining to the islands early
history and customs, presented
by the participants in authenic
and homemade costumes.
COUNTY BOARD NAMES
LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Roads At Colington and Avon Re
quested; Tax Rate Put Off
The Dare County Board ot
Commissioners in its monthly
meeting Tuesday named mem
bers of the Library Committe for
the number of years following
their names. Wallace Gray, six
years, Mrs. Donovan Twyne, two
years, Doris White, four years,
Rennie G. Williamson, six years,
Louise Meekins two years, and
Duvall Tillett, four years.
It was decided to request the
Highway Commission to place a
three fourths of a mile stretch of
road at Avon and a one fourth
mile stretch leading to the Col
ington Community Building on
the State system.
An investigation was ordered
of a complaint by Clarence Cul
pepper about garbage removal
at Nags Head. It was decided
that a petition for police protect
ion at Nags Head could not be
granted because of a lack of
funds.
The tax rate for the current
year is to be determined at a
special meeting July 28.
DARE RED CROSS MEETS
The annual meeting of all citi
zens of Dare County who are inter
ested in Red Cross will be held at
the Community Building in Man
teo on Monday, July 12 at 7:45
p.m., according to Charles S. Mar
shall, the Chapter Chairman. In
setting this date Marshall said
that if they found it convenient to
attend residents of Hatteras Island
would be most welcome hut that
because of evening transportation
difficulties across Oregon Inlet a
special meeting on Hatteras will
be held later in the month.
At this meeting the officers who
have completed their terms of serv
ice will report on t|ie accomplish
ments of Red Cross in Dare Coun
ty in the past year, questions re
garding the program will be dis
cussed and an election of seven
members of the Chapter’s Board
of Directors will be held. The Hat
teras meeting will elect two mem
bers to the Board of Directors and
the nine members so elected will
choose Chapter officers for the
coming year.
Marshall urges all who possibly
can to attend this meeting which is
being held through the cooperation
and courtesy of the Manteo Rotary
Club immediately after their din
tier meeting is terminated.
RAINS CAME AS
SHOW’S BUSIEST
NIGHT SHAPED UP
Rain which had not fallen on
Roanoke Island since early May
finally came last Sunday night
to cut by half What might have
been the largest crowd of the
season to see the Lost Colony.
Many Roanoke Islanders and
tourists who had been praying
for rain for weeks made a sud
den shift in their petitions as the
thunder clouds began to mass in
the late afternoon.
Despite the rains which held
up starting time for about 20
minutes and forced three stops,
the cast managed to present the
entire show except for the last
scene. Torrential rains finally
brought the play to an end be
fore the famous final march
scene.
Only slightly more than 700 of
the large tourist crowd in Dare
County for the Fourth of July
week end attended the Lost
Colony according to Dick Jor
dan, Lost Colony manager. 1600
people would have attended the
show had weather conditions
permitted, Jordan said. The total
of 1600 for Saturday and Sunday
nights was below that for the
same two nights last year. He
continued that he expects a lar
ger crowd Tuesday night to
make up part of the difference.
ONLY ONE ACCIDENT
DURING LONG HOLIDAY
Highway Patrol Official Commends
July 4 Drivers on Good
Safety Record
The Dare County area had the
safest Fourth of July on the
highway in many years, highway
patrolman, R. C. Holt, reports.
In contrast to former years
when as m any as four accidents
have been investigated on one
Fourth of July before noon,
highway officials report only one
minor accident investigated dur
ing the entire holiday week end
beginning Friday at 6:30 and
ending Monday at midnight.
No one was hurt when the
cars of Leo Tillett, driven by his
wife, and J. R. Holmes both of
Manteo collided one mile south
of Manteo. The accident occured
when Mrs. Tillett turned into the
yard of Kelly Midgett after giv
ing proper turn signals. Holmes
was attempting to pass. Damage
to each car was between SIOO
and $l5O dollars.
In addition to three regular
patrolmen on duty, 2 extra
patrols were brought down from
Elizabeth City to take care of
the extra holiday traffic.
Patrolmen attributed the good
holiday safety record to careful
driving by motorists. “We can
stop only a few drivers and try
to catch the most dangerous
ones”, Patrolman Holt said.
“Safety depends on the care
exercised by many motorists.
The Highway Patrol Would like
to thank the motoring public for
its cooperation in making this an
unusually safe Fourth.”
FIRST DIVISION ROAD
WORK IS ANNOUNCED
Raleigh—The State Highway
Commission completed 32.8 .
miles of road improvements in J
the First Highway Division dur- I
ing June, according to Emmett |
Winslow, Commissioner of the |
First.
Two Currituck roads, both 18 I
feet wide, on the secondary
highway system were surfaced |
with a sand asphalt course. The
two roads, and their lengths, are:
from Shawboro south to the
Camden County line at the In
diantown Creek Bridge, 4.4
miles; and from US 158, 5.7 miles
west of Barco to the intersection
of a paved county road, 0.8 miles
north of the Indiantown Creek
Bridge, two miles.
In Tyrrell, contract forces com
pleted 0.3 miles of hydraulic fill
at the Northwest Fork Bridge
which is on the relocation of NS
94 south of Columbia. The work
was done for a proposed 18 foot
wide pavement over the fill.
Other surfacing in the First
Division included the following:
in Camden County, 5.3 miles; in
Gates County, 10.9 miles; and in
Perquimans County, 9.9 miles.
Camden, Currituck, Gates,
Perquimans, and Tyrrell are in
the First Highway Division along
with Bertie, Chowan, Dare, Hert
ford, Hyde, Martin, Northamp
ton, Pasquotank, and Washington
counties. Division headquarters
are in Ahoskie. W. W. Spruill is
division engineer.
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MAN STEALS BOAT;
RUNS IT AGROUND
AT OREGON INLET
$12,000 Yacht Is Damaged
While Being Beached By
Larry Bouten
Larry Bouten, who gave his
address as Norfolk, ran a stolen
$12,000 yacht aground early Sun
day morning between Nags Head
and Oregon Inlet early Sunday
morning after attempting to en
ter Oregon Inlet and was arrest
ed by Dare County Officers Sun
day afternoon.
Bouten stole the 40 foot yacht,
called the Waneta, from a Nor
folk yacht basin about 4:30 Sat
urday afternoon according to her
owner, Lloyd R. Armory Jr., a
Norfolk yacht dealer. Bouten had
been down, Armory said, Friday
afternoon claiming he wanted to
buy a boat. Armory and his part
ner showed him the Waneta and
explained her operation to him.
Described as a dark, good look
ing man of about 25. Bouten
claimed he was on his way to
New Bern when he decided to
come ashore at Nags Head to
get a room Sunday morning. Un
able to enter Oregon Inlet be
cause of rough water, Bouten
said he decided to run the boat
ashore and later back her off.
He was unfamiliar with the
ocean, he claimed, being used to
operating boats in rivers.
Coast Guard officials say that
in order to reach New Bern
Bouten would have had to take
an inland route. According to
authorities Bouten chose the At
lantic to avoid locks on the in
land waterway where he would
have been apprehended.
The Oregon Inlet Lifeboat
Station sighted the boat at 5:30
am. Sunday morning. She had
washed high and dry on the
beach with a hole in her bottom.
At that time Bouten was down
at Nags Head trying to find a
room which he was unable to
get because of Fourth of July
crowds.
A message from the Norfolk
Coast Guard Dispatch Station
warning Nags Head Coast
Guardsmen of the stolen yacht
brought about Boutens arrest at
2:45 p.m. The arrest was made
by Dare County Deputy Sheriff
D. L. Cannady.
Bouten was taken from Man
teo to Norfolk Sunday afternoon
by Lt. Lewis of the Hampton
Police Force.
The owner has contracted
John Ferebee of Manteo to haul
the Waneta up and patch the
hole in her bottom. She will then
be launched and towed back to
Norfolk.
RECORD TUNA FOR COAST
LANDED BY VA. ANGLER
Nags Head—E. M. Payne of
Esmont, Va., trolling from
aboard Capt. Willie Etheridge’s
cruiser Chee Chee of Wanchese
on Monday hooked and boated a
yellowfin tuna which scaled at
170% pounds. It is the largest
tuna ever landed with rod and
reel off the coast of North Caro
lina—the first tuna of any size
ever taken in these mid-Atlantic
waters.
The big fish measured five
feet and four inches from tip to
tip and 43% inches around its
! girth.
i School tuna and smaller yel
i lowfins have often been landed
j off the North Carolina coast in
] recent years, especially by ang
j lers fishing the western edge of
| the gulf stream off Hatteras. The
big speciman taken on Sunday
| was taken in approximately the
I same waters about 35 miles
southeast of Oregon Inlet.
Payne was using ’a 9/0 reel
loaded with 300 yards of 100 test
line when the tuna hit the strip
of dolphin bait being skipped
from the outriggers. It took
about 45 minutes to land the
heavy fish. •
Catching the 107%-pounder
made piscatorial history again
for the North Carolina coastal
waters off Dare County. Previ
ously sailfish, white and blue
marlin had been taken, but only
small tuna, seldom weighing
more than 35 pounds and aver
aging less than that.
PILOT LANDS 35 POUNDER
Cape Hateras—Bill Cochrane,
local taxi plane pilot hooked and
landed a 35 pound channel bass
in the surf last week end.
Since May smaller channel
bass have been taken from time
to time by surf fishermen casting
along the beach of Hatteras Is
land, but they have been in the
yearling or puppy drum class.
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