JOLUME XX NO. 7
AIRCRAFT CARRI’R
BEARS THE NAME
OF KITTY HAWK
Congressman Herbert Bon
ner’s Efforts Succeed and
His Remarks to Navy
Secretary
Reasons For Naming An
Aircraft Carrier "Kitty Hawk”
From the standpoint of histori
cal interest it is appropriate that
an aircraft carrier, symbolic of
the, far-reaching force of United
States aid power, be identified
with the historical site at* which
the “air age” was launched.
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,
bears distinction as the site of
the first successful flight of a
power-driven, heavier-than-air
machine by the Wright Brothers
on December 17, 1903. Since that
date the name “Kitty Hawk” has
been identified by the American
public with the air age and with
air power.
The word “Kitty Hawk” not
only has a sound historical basis
for being appropriate as the
name of an aircraft carrier but
the name has a euphonic and
auditory appeal.
It may be that under the pre
sent nomenclature policy of the
United States Navy the use of
the name “Kitty Hawk” for a
large aircraft carrier would not
be permissable since the name is\
not that of a famous former war
ship, or a battle, operation or
engagement. Smaller type car
riers are named after islands,
bays and sounds or battles in
World War 11. Moreover, it is
recognized that under present
Navy policy the names for his
torical places for avaition are
given to aircraft auxiliary ves
sels and that one such vessel has
been named the “Kitty Hawk.”
Notwithstanding the general
customs governing the naming of
aircraft carriers, the great histor
ical significance of Kitty Hawk
together with the public associa
tion of the name with air power
suggests that “Kitty Hawk”
would be a highly appropriate
name for an aircraft carrier.
Moreover, there have been de
partures from the general prac
tice in naming carriers. Exam
ples are “Shangri-la” and “For
’■estal.” Since the general prac
ce in naming aircraft carriers
not a rigid one, “Kitty Hawk,”
.or reasons already mentioned,
would be a very suitable name
for' such a vessel.
NAME NAVY CARRIER
THE USS KITTY HAWK
URGES GOV. UMSTEAD
Governor Umstead made a
quick trip to Washington Tues
day to urge Navy Secretary
Charles F. Thomas to have a new
aircraft carrier named the “USS
Kitty Hawk”.
Umstead told Secretary
Thomas that “the name “Kitty
Hawk’ would symbolize aviation
and air power more than any
other name”. The name, he
stated, would give greater recog
nition to the Wright Brothers,
who made man’s first powered
flight at Kitty Hawk.
Ed Rankin, personal secretary
to the Governor and Highway
Commission chairman, A. H.
Graham went with the governor.
Also attending the 40-minute
conference with Secretary
Thomas were both of North
Carolina’s senators and all Tar
Heel Congressmen or their aids.
Senator Burke (Democrat, Ohio)
and the administrative assistant
to Senator Bricker (Republican.
Ohio) were present.
Os the four Forrestal-type car
riers the Navy is now building,
one is unnamed. Umstead would j
like to see it named the Kitty
Hawk. The carriers are listed as
weighing 60,000 tons each, by far
the biggest craft of their kind
in the world.
FOUR MORE SERVICES
SCHEDULED AT FORT
The Rev. Thomas White, host
minister, will preach at the Lost
Colony worship services at Water-
H side Theatre next Sunday. Mr.
V? Vhite preached the first Water-
W side Theatre service this year on
June 27. He introduces guest min
isters each week at the services.
Three ministers have been sched
uled for the remaining Sunday
services of the season. Alpheus
Potts from Roanoke, Va. will be
guest minister August 22. The Rev.
Stuart Gast of the Church of St.
Stephans and the Incarnation of
Washington, D. C. has been sched
uled for August 29. The final serv
ice of the season will be conducted
by the Rt. Rev. Thomas Wright,
Bishop of the Diocese of Eastern,
North Carolina, on September 5.
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
VIANNS HARBOR SEAMAN
RETURNS FROM EUROPE
CLARENCE JOSEPH HAS
SELL, S. N. U. S. N., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence U. Hassell and
husband of the former Miss Shir
ley Tillett of Manns Harbor, re
turned home recently after two
months in European waters on
board the U. S. S. Missouri.
The ship visited such ports as
Lisbon, Portugal, Cherbourg,
Huly, France, and others.
HIGHEST RECORD
OF 1954 SEASON
SET LAST WEEK
Last week for the first time
since the show opened June 26
Lost Colony attendance showed
an increase over the same week
in 1953. 1317 persons seeing the
show Saturday night formed the
largest audience this season.
A total of 5,139 persons attend
ing last week showed an increase
of 82 over last year. During the
previous week attendance failed
by 712 to reach the record for
the same week in 1953.
According to manager Dick
Jordan, attendance so far this
season is 25,707, considerably
less than was recorded by the
first week in August last year.
“We expect things to pick up
from now on,” Mr. Jordan said.
“We have been receiving more
reservations by mail and more
checks for tickets are being mail
ed in. When you can’t find a
parking place in down town
Manteo that can be considered a
definite good trend. Parking
places were not available several
days last week.
“Certainly we stand to have an
increase in attendance this week
over 1953”, he said on Tuesday.
“When the hurricane Barbara
struck on August 14, 1953, our
attendance went down to zero.
We managed to give the show
on the following night using our
emergency power generator but
attendance was still very light”
DECREASE IS SHOWN
IN VISITORS AT FORT
The only decrease in travel on
the Dare Coast this year was
noted at Fort Raleigh National
Historic Site on'Roanoke Island
where beginning July 1 an ad
mission charge of 25 cents was
made for day visitors. This
charge is in keeping with a new
policy adopted by the National
Park Service as result of Con
gressional action.
In 1954 a total of 33,742 persons
visited the historic site compared
to 53,475 in July of 1953. Os the
total number 15,248 paid day ad
mission. No admission is charged
during the evenings and on Sun-
I day during the Sunday worship
periods. According to figures re
. leased by Allyn Hanks, National
Park Service superintendent in
the area, a total of 20,754 visit
ors in 1953 were Lost Colony
visitors and in 1954, 18,499 were
visitors to the drama.
A 5 per cent increase was
noted at the Wright Brothers
at Kill Devil Hills during July
of 1954, when 48,652 visited the
site as compared to 40,646 dur
ing July of 1953.
GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA
FISHES FROM HATTERAS
Governor Thomas R. Stanley
of Virginia fished at Hatteras last
Friday with Captain Emal Fos
ter. With a party from Suffolk
down for the day, the governor
caught 186 bluefish, 67 Spanish
mackerel, six false albacore and
two dolphin.
Also in the party were Jesse
W. Dillon,, Virginia State Treas
urer, and Shirley T. Holland,
‘ State Senator. 1
BLACK BEAR IS PLAYFUL PET
Tourists and Children Like To Feed Susie Soft Drinks,
Cookies and Watermelon
“Susie loves everybody and
everybody loves Susie.” Who is
Susie and where does she live?
Why Susie Quidley, of course.
She lives down at George Hale
Quidley’s filling station two
miles south of Manteo. Isn’t that
an odd place for a nice young
lady to live? Susie doesn’t think
so. Well what kind of a girl is
this Susie anyway? Susie is a
honey of a black bear cub.
The six months old, 50 pound
cub that Mr. Quidley describes
as “loving everyone” came from
the woods somewhere in the vi
cinity of Edenton. She was
caught in a trap and brought to
Mr. Quidley by his son, Phillip
Hale Quidley, who is minister of
churches in Elizabeth City,
Edenton and Hertford.
Coming from the wilds five
weeks ago, Susie has quickly be
come a contented dweller in su
gar lump land. Scorning the
roasting ears that most bears are
stripping nightly from the fields,
her favorite foods are soft drinks,
cookies and watermelon. Her
special yen is for fig neutons.
Although her owner tries val
iently to keep her on a more
well balanced diet he fights a
losing battle. Susie, in conspiracy
with children and tourists who
like to see her drink soda pop,
manages to keep her sweet tooth
satisfied.
In view of her taste for sweets,
Susie would make a nutritionist
tear his hair. She is round and
roily with thick brown-black fur
I Fishing wHimting A
U AS REPORT'S) BY AYCOCK BROWN M
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SAILFISH ARE TAKEN
DURING EARLY FALL
Billfish from Six Inches to 65
Pounds Landed This Season in
Outer Banks Area
Manteo—A guy named Tom
Apple, hailing from Winston
Salem, landed a sailfish off
Morehead City while trolling
from Bill Ballou’s famous Gulf
Stream charter boat the “Vic
tory” a few years ago, and before
the season had passed more than
70 of the billfishes had .been
landed off Cape Lookout with
rod and reel and probably twice
that number had been taken in
the purse seines of menhaden
fishermen who did not bother to
keep count.
Capt. Ballou, now the biggest
big-time restaurant operator on
the Dare Coast recalled the sea
son that the sails hit in off Cape
Lookout in such great numbers
this week. The year was 1947.
One day the Victory with a party
of High Point anglers returned
to port with two sails, the best
catch by any party boat during
the fabulous run of 1947, which
had not been equaled until re
cently off Wrightsville Beach, M.
C.
“The only reason why more
sailfish have not been landed off
Morehead City each summer is
because the anglers who go after
them seem to be satisfied with
dolphin and amberjack, which
can always be taken with rod
and reel by surface trollers, or
sea bass, grouper and red snap
pers by the anglers who want to
catch fish, and do when they fish
over the numerous reefs or
wrecks off Morehead City.
Last year more than 40
sailfish had been taken by ang
lers off Cape Hatteras and Ore
gon Inlet here on the Dare Coast,
before charter boat skippers quit
keeping count of the bill fishes
in the sail class. They were more
interested in even bigger game
fish from blue water, white mar
lin and blue marlin.
Last year in the billfish class,
in addition to the white marlin
of which more than 20 were
taken off Oregon and Hat
teras Inlets, three blue marlin,
the largest a 570%-pounder land
ed by Dr. C. J. Overbey, Norfolk
dentist, was boated. The doctor’s
blue was the International rec
ord for blue marlin taken with
rod and reel last year according
to the Field and Stream contest
entries.
A few sails are taken each
year in the Oregon Hatteras In
let area during June and July
See SAILFISH, Page Four
MANTEO, N. C„ FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1954
and tumbles and plays with all
the verve of a human child?
Susie’s favorite toy is a stool
on rollers that she rides when
anyone is available to push.
When no one will ride her, Susie
places her front feet on the stool
and pushes herself. She also ex,-
ercises her talent for gymnastics
on a nearby cinder block wall.
She is described as climbing like
a cat and likes to sit astriae the
wall and play with the top of a
small cedar tree. Susie “beats the
heat” under her private shower
bath. Rigged by her owner, it
consists of a constantly dripping
hose and an automoble hub cap.
Susie is one of a series of wild
pets that Mr. Quidle has had,
oppossums, racoons, a bob cat
and another bear. The first bear,
that used to catch fish along the
shores of Roanoke Sound, es
caped to the woods. The wild cat,
which never tamed, died in cap
tivity. But as her owner says
“Susie is the best one of all”.
Susie may soon have to leave
her idyllic existence with its
never ending supply of soft
drinks and fig neutons and re
turn to the native. North Caro
lina State law requires that a
bear in captivity have, in addi
tion to a house, sufficient food
and shade, an 18 foot concrete
run and a pool with constantly
running water. Mr. Quidley feels
that these luxuries for Susie may
be beyond the reach of his pock
et book and Susie may soon have
: to go back to the woods and
start fending for herself.
KIDS MAKE BIG CATCH
ON NAGS HEAD OCEAN PIER
Nags Head—Jan Oneto, age 9
and Billy Chase, 12, spent one
morning on the Nags Head Fish
ing pier this week and caught
more than 100 spots each. They
also landed a few other varieties.
This was the largest catch of
the season to be made by chil
dren fishing from the ocean piers
in the Nags Head-Kitty Hawk
region.
Young Oneto is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Julian Oneto of The
Carolinian Hotel. Billy Chase is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Chase of Chevy Chase, Md. To
make their catches the young
sters used shrimp for bait.
All fishing piers in the area,
that is the new Kitty Hawk pier,
Jennette's and the Nags Head
pier where the two youngsters
made their big catch of spots,
have been producing thousands
of fish daily since August 1.
Many of the anglers coming to
the piers bring their own port
able refrigerating gear so the
fish, as they catch them, can be
cleaned and placed on ice for
future consumption.
Pier fishing which has been
unusually good since August be
gan is scheduled to be even bet
ter before the month passes.
Then with many varieties still
taking lures of anglers, larger
varieties, mostly channel bass
are scheduled to make their ap
pearance in the pier areas.
Jennette’s Pier in lo\ver Nags
Head in recent years has record
ed more than 700 channel bass,
many weighing up to 45 pounds,
being landed during the months
of September and October.
CHANNEL BASS STILL
HITTING ON DARE COAST
Buxton—Channel bass are still
hitting cut bait and Hopkins
lures in the surf of Ha c eras Is
land during L.e past week end
tjut far more blues and Spanish
mackerel were taken by anglers
than the copper fighters which
had shown up in such great num
bers in the surf and inlet during
the last week end of July.
Largest of the week was a
47%-pounder landed near Hat
teras village. The angler’s name
was not reported. The biggest of
the week was several pounds less
than the weight of the season’s
largest channel bass so far this
year.
The largest of the species
taken so far this year was a 67 %-
pounder landed during early
July by Linwood Quidley from
See FISHING, Page Four
PARTY HONORS HIM
ON 80TH BIRTHDAY
EL. iB
L. D. TARKINGTON of Manteo
last Friday celebrated hi s
80th birthday. Mr. Tarking
ton was guest of honor at Open
House held in his home last Fri
day evening and many of his
friends called to wish him well
and congratulate him on the
happy occasion.
Guests were greeted at the
door by Mrs. Frank White and
received in the living room by
Mr. and Mrs. Tarkington and
their son, W. W. Tarkington. Mrs.
Elmer R. Midgette directed to
+ he dining room, where Mrs. Ed
ward Wescott presided at the
punch bowl and Mrs. Clyde
Biggs served cake. Assorted nuts
and mints were also served.
Others assisting in the dining
room were Frank White, Jr., Mrs.
Camille Podolski and Mrs. John
Ward. The dining table was cen
tered with a large white cake
with decorations of red roses,
and bearing the “Happy Birth
day” legend. Arrangements of
fern, roses and white candles in
silver holders completed the
table arrangements. The buffet
held a large arrangement of sum
mer flowers in pastel shades.
Mr. Tarkington was remem—
I bered with cards by numerous
friends who were unable to at
tend the Qpen House.
HODGES SPEAKS
AT DANIELS DAY
HELD NEXT WEEK
Luther Hodges, North Caro
lina Lieutenant Governor, will
be at Daniels Day in Wanchese
on Wednesday, Melvin R. Dan
iels, chairman of the event, an
nounced yesterday.
Mr. Daniels received confirma
tion from Mr. Hodges last week
that he would be present and
would speak on “Josephus Dan
iels—What He has Meant to the
State and Nation”. Mr. Hodges
will discuss the onetime Secre
tary of the Navy and ambassador
to Mexico as the outstanding,
number one citizen of North
Carolina and the loss suffered by
the nation on his death, Mr. Dan
iels reports.
Following his attendance of
the Daniels Day reunion the
Lieutenant Governor will appear
as pre-curtain speaker at the
Virginia Dare Day observance at
the Lost Colony.
Accompanying Mr. Hodges and
staying with him at the Carolin
ean Hotel will be State Senator
Clarence Stone. Congressman
Herbert C. Bonner is expected to
attend the reunion.
Chairman Daniels has also re
ceived confirmation that 20
members of the Elizabeth City
band will play at the celebration.
He states that the event is not
confined to Daniels. “Everyone
is invited at four o’clock on Au
gust 18 in the Wanchese Metho
dist Church,” he says. “We will
provide ice cream, ice water and
tables. Everyone is requested to
bring a picnic lunch.
VIRGINIA DARE DAY
OBSERVED AUGUST 18
The Lost Colony will observe
Virginia Dare Day August 18 on
the historically established birth
day of Virginia Dare. This ob
servance was begun in 1886 by
the Roanoke Colony Memorial
Association, the first group to
celebrate the original founders
of Fort Raleigh.
Pre-curtain guest speaker will
be Luther Hodges, North Caro
lina lieutenant governor. The
' Elizabeth City high school band
i will perform from 7:00 until 7:45.
i Virginia Dare was born Au
i gust 13, 1587, the first child of
i English parentage in the new
; ' world and was christened Au
■ gust 20. The Roanoke Colony
r Memorial Association erected a
i monument to her at Fort Raleigh
See OBSERVANCE, Page Four
COASTAL STUDIES INSTITUTE
TO STUDY CAPE HATTERAS
SEASHORE AREA AT THIS TIME
Exhaustive Survey of Its Many Interesting
Features To Be Begun This Summer and
Continued Through Next Year; Will Devel
op Useful Geological and Botanical Data.
Studies of various aspects of
the natural and cultural history
of the famed Outer Bangs region
in and near Cape Hatteras Na
tional Seashore Recreational
Area, North Carolina, will be
started this month, Acting Sec
retary of the Interior Ralph A.
Tudor announced today.
Cape Hatteras National Sea
shore Recreational Area contains
one of the few remaining exten
sive stretches of undeveloped
seashore on the Atlantic Coast.
Including approximately 28,600
acres, it extends from Whalebone
Junction at the southern boun
dary of Nags Head on Bodie Is
land, down Hatteras Island, and
then southwestwardly to the
southern tip of Ocracoke Island.
Members of the Coastal Stud
ies Institute of Louisiana State
University, working under the
direction of Dr. Richard J. Rus
sell, will conduct these scientific
studies. Dr. William G. Haag
plans to be in the national sea
shore recreation area until the
end of August carrying on arch
eological investigations and is
scheduled to return there again
next summer for additional
work. Should particularly inter
esting problems develop, such as
the finding of Indian sites re
quiring detailed excavation,
these archeological investiga
tions may be continued into the
summer Os 1956.
Investigation of the national
seashore area from a natuarl his
tory standpoint are scheduled to
start next summer and continue
for a two-year period. They will
have as their main objective the
reconstruction of the area’s re
cent geological history. The Hat
teras area is probably the most
interesting part of the Atlantic
Coast between New Jersey and
Florida in that Cape Hatteras
See INSTITUTE, Page Five
TWICE AS MANY CARS
CROSS INLET IN JULY
AS DURING JULY 1953
Almost twice as many auto
moblies used Oregon Inlet fer
ries last month as in the same
month in 1953, according to fig
res released by Emmett Winslow,
First District Highway Commis
sioner in Hertford. Approximate
ly 13,500 cars were hauled by the
ferries, which means that about
50,000 persons crossed the inlet
to and from Nags Head and Hat
teras Island,” he said.
Reasons for the increase in
traffic are the completions of
the road leading to Hatteras Is
land and the new Cape Hatteras
National Seashore Park and the
operation of three new and mod
em LSU-converted ferry craft.
William B. Umstead,” the “Lind
say C. Warren” and the brand
new “Conrad Wirth.”
The newest ferry in Oregon In
let operation came early this
week. It is named for the direc
tor of the National Park Service,
who has been instrumental in
the creation of the Cape Hatteras
National Seashore Recreational
Area attracting record breaking
crowds to the Outer Banks this
summer. Each of the present fer
ries have a 22 car capacity.
Ferry traffic figures during
July, other than those operating
in the Cape Hatteras National
Seashore Park at Oregon Inlet
showed approximately 9.5 0 0
autos using the Croatan Sound
ferry and about 5,250 crossing on
the Alligator ferry.
COMMISSIONERS VOTE
ROAD STREET SURVEY
The Manteo Town Board of
Commissioners disposed of rou
tine business of paying utilities
and maintenance bills at their
regular meeting on Monday.
A group of ladies appeared be
fore the board to urge the
straightening of Road Street. The
board voted to have the street
surveyed to determine the cen
ter so that the same amount
. could be taken from either side.
| Reorganization of the Manteo
Volunteer fire department was
' also discussed. The town has
been carrying liability insurance
on firemen who are no longer
active. The board voted to re
quest the fire chie| to reorganize
the department so that an active
list of firemen can be made.
Single Copy 7f
BANKS HISTORY
TO BE WRITTEN
BY DAVID STICK
“Graveyard of Atlantic” Au
thor to Write Outer
Banks History
David Stick, author of “Fabu
lous Dare” and “The Graveyard
of the Atlantic” will write a his
tory of “The Outer Banks of
North Carolina” it was an
nounced recently. '
Stick, of Kitty Hawk, signed a
contract to write the history with
the University of North Carolina
Press, publisher of his “Grave
yard of the Atlantic”, at the re
cent annual North Carolina
Writers Conference at Hatteras.
The book will contain the geo
graphy, the history, the customs
of the people and the stories of
the Outer Banks area. The trag
edy of the Lost Colony, the ro
mantic and isolated fishing vil
liages of Avon and Buxton, the
lighthouses of Hatteras and
Ocracoke, the legends of Black
beard and Theodosia Burr, the
Old Christmas tradition at Ro
danthe and the corralling of wild
ponies will be part of the history.
Stick was born in Interlaken,
N. J. and moved to Dare at the
age of ten. He attended Elizabeth
City High School and the Uni
versity of North Carolina. The
University of North Carolina will
shortly bring out a third print
ing of his “Graveyard of the At
lantic”, published in 1952.
. Seven years of research have
already been done on the history.
This fall Stick will continue re
search in the University of North
Carolina library and the Library
of Congress.
“The Outer Banks of North
Carolina” will include the history
of the area from the Virginia to
Beaufort with emphasis on Hat
teras, Portsmouth, Ocracoke, and
Roanoke Island, Kitty Hawk and
Nags Head.
HONORARY TAR HEELS
VISIT OUTER BANKS
ON RECENT HOLIDAY
Five Honorary Tar Heels and
four of their wives left Wednes
day after a vacation of several
days at the Nags Head Carolin
ian Hotel as guests of Bill Sharp,
editor of the “North Carolina
State Magazine”, and Mrs. Lu
cille Purser, hotel manager.
Honorary Tar Heel status is
conferred upon out of state au
thors and editors who help to
publicize North Carolina. Bill
Sharp, then state public relations
agent, originated the honor dur
ing Governor Cherry’s admin
istration.
The five Honorary Tar Heels
who visited the Outer Banks this
week were Joe Lowes, public
relations counselor, from Stan
ford, Connecticut, Paul Harmon
and Gilbert La Goree of the
“National Geographic Maga
zine”, and Don Tracy, magazine
editor from Sherwood Forest,
Md. All five are original mem
bers of the Honorary Tar Heel
group.
Don Tracy is author of the no
vel, “Chesapeake Cavalier”, and
several Outer Banks articles
appearing in the “Saturday Eve-
See TAR HEELS, Page Four
DR. H. E. MYERS
TO PREACH IN MANTEO
Dr. H, E. Myers of Duke Uni
versity Divinity School will
preach in Mount Olivet Metho
dist Church in Manteo August
15th. and 22nd., at both morning
and evening services. Dr. and
Mrs. Myers will occupy the par
sonage for two weeks while the
pastor of the church and his wife
are away on vacation. Dr. Myers
was pastor of Duke Memorial
Methodist Church in Durham
when he was appointed by the
North Carolina Conference ot
the Methodist Church as profes
sor in the School of Religion at
Duke. Mrs. Myers is an accom
plished musician and will sing at
the services. The Methodist of
Manteo are happy to have this
1 outstanding preacher and his
wife. A cordial invitation is ex
tended to the people jf the com
munity to attend these services.