OLUME XX NO. 39
TOURIST BUREAU
HAS SPRING MEET
AT HATTERAS WED.
Jamboree Discussed; Bureau Also
Planning Revival -of "Dare:
Birthplace of America"
Dare County Tourist Bureau
will acquire a print of the film,
“Dare: Birthplace of America”
and will adapt same for television
programs throughout the nation,
it was announced Wednesday at
the Spring meeting of the Bu
reau’s board of directors held in
the Atlantic View Hotel lobby at
Hatteras, Wednesday,
“This will mean,” said Mrs.
Lucille S. Purser, chairman of the
board, “that the Dare coastal reg
ion will receive additional publi
city reaching a potential audience
of several million persons.”
“It is planned to show excerpts
from the film as a feature of the
Baltimore Sun’s ‘Going Places’
travel show on April 9,” said
Mrs. Purser. “This will be the
first of many proposed televised
programs during coming months
that will feature the film.
Already many millions of per
sons have seen the all-color sound
movie which Dare Coast residents
and business operators helped fi
nance in cooperation with the
Communications Division of the
University of North Carolina.
Kay Kyser, noted Tarheel-born
band leader and star of stage and
screen helped produce the film.
After it was complete however,
due to musical accompaniments
and narrations, it was learned
that television stations could not
use the film, because the music
had not been cleared by ASCAP.
Under the Tourist Bureau plan,
the present sound track and minor
scenes from the film would be cut
A new film with new narration
adaptable for short TV-programs
will be the result, it is hoped.
Twelve of the 16 directors at-'
tended the meeting. Report of
the current financial status of the
Bureau was given in detail by W.
H. McCown, secretary and treas
urer and the Bureau manager and
ews director also gave a report
‘ activties during the past quar
'■ ir beginning last December 16.
George Fuller of Buxton gave a
progress report on the splendid
cooperation that is being shown
by the citizens of Hatteras Island
for the Dare Coast Pirates Jam
boree April 29-May 1. First day
of this vacation-launching event
will be held on Hatteras Island
and includes plans not only for
the world’s largest free fish fry
but several other events. It is es
timated that the fish dinner alone
will cost approximately $1,500 and
Fuller gave a progress report on
the current raising of these nec
essary funds which have already
reached the half way mark.
The bureau manager gave a re
port on promotional work in con
nection with the Pirates Jamboree
and the Board approved the plan
he is following in distributing
programs of the events scheduled
to all interested operators who
may desire same to include with
their answers to letters of inquiry
about accommodations and rates.
COPPER COLORED GAME
FISH ATTRACTS ANGLERS
A copperish colored game fish,
the channel bass or red drum, is
the biggest attraction of early
Spring in Oregon and Hatteras In
lets and along the surf from Kitty
Hawk to Ocracoke Inlet. While
stragglers of this species have al
ready been caught in commercial
fishermen’s nets, with at least one
report of one being taken with rod
and reel from the surf, the big
run, which is the biggest mid-
Atlantic coast piscatorial news for
salt water fishermen usually hits
the inlets during early April.
Anglers from far and near head
for the Dare Coast when the ar
rival of big schools of channel
bass is flashed to sports and out
door editors through the east.
The size of channel bass in these
early mid-Spring runs seldom
drops lower than 25 pounds per
fish and the average would be 35.
Specimens weighing from 50 to
60 pounds are not unusual, the
‘ reason so many national prize
winners are landed or 'are Coast.
Q )ARE RECORDERS CbURT
Two cases were tried Tuesday in
Dare Recorder’s Court George
Albert Daniels was found guilty
of abandonment and non-support
and given a sentence of two years
in jail, suspended on payment of
$lO a week for his family’s sup
port
LaSalle Midgett of Kill Devil
Hills was found not guilty of
driving drunk. The complaint was
brought by John Howard Wil
liams, a Coast Guardsman, follow
ing a collision between the cars
of the two men last week.
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
DAN MORRILL BRINGS
STUDIO TO MANTEO
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DAN MORRILL, photographer,
who six months established
his Island studio at Rodanthe
where he photographed many
scenes on the Outer Banks, has
located in Manteo where he ex
pects to do more portrait work.
Mr. Morrill lives in the R. D.
Sawyer homeplace on the corner
of Main and Little Streets. Mrs.
Morrill is the former Charlotte
Satchwell of Edenton. They have
two daughters, Ila Jean and
Diane, aged 11 years.
Mr. Morrill is a native of Min-
See MORRILL, Page Eight
PIRATES’ JAMBOREE
TENTATIVE PROGRAM’
As of March 15th
FRIDAY, April 29—Hatteras Island
SPORTSFISHING TOURAMENTS—6 a.m. to 12
noon: 3 areas—Waves, Rodanthe, Salvo;
Avon, Buxton, Cape Hatteras; Frisco to Hat
teras Inlet.
WORLD’S BIGGEST FISH DINNER—II a.m. to .
1 p.m. FREE—To be served out-of-doors,
near base of famous Cape Hatteras Light
house.
BUCCANEER BEAUTY CONTEST—I 2 noon—
On National Seashore Land near Lighthouse.
Winner to compete in Pirate Queen finals.
BANKER PONY RACES—I p.m.—World’s first
Banker Pony mounted Boy Scouts, of Ocra
coke Island, invited to participate in this
event.
BEACH BUGGY RACES—2 p.m.—Thrilling com
petition between island drivers. (All races to
be held in Lighthouse to Cape Point area.
EVENING OF MERRIMENT—9 p.m. til 1 a.m.—
Buccaneer Ball at TANDY’S, with sandhill
billy music by the LAZY RIVER BOYS.
(Adm. Charged)
SATURDAY, April 30—DARE BEACHES: (Nags
Head, Kill Devil Aills, Kitty Hawk)
PIRATE PARTY—This event will be held on
beach at Wilbur Wright Hotel, Kill Devil
Hills, during afternoon and evening of Fri
day, April 29. (More data later.)
MODEL PLANE CONTESTS—9 a.m. til 2 p.m.—
at Kill Devil Hills near Wright Brothers Mon
ument. 3 classes. Co-sponsored by Pirates
Jamboree, NC-VFW, Elizabeth City and
AMP society with cooperation Nat’l Park
Service.
LANTERN-LADEN NAG RACES—2 p.m.—
Jockeys Ridge at Nags Head. First time in
history that a legend has been brought to
life. All persons owning equine “nags” urged
to enter this race. Lanterns furnished.
JEEP AND JALOPY RACES—3 p.m. More thrills
and spills over the famous sands of Jockey
Ridge at Nags Head.
BIG TREASURE HUNTS—about 4 p.m. Tenta
tively planned to be held somewhere in Nags
Head area. Location of hunts for young and
old will be announced later.
GRAND PIRATES BALL—Beginning at 8:30
Saturday evening. Where it will be held to be
announced later (Probably at Shrine Club).
Admission charged for this event which will
provide live music by widely known band.
FEATURES OF BALL—Everyone dressed as
Sirates. Finale of current Beard Growing
bntest and the selection of Jamboree Pirate
Queen. Prizes and Trophy Awards.
SUNDAY, May I—ROANOKE ISLAND (Manteo
and Fort Raleigh)
RELIGIOUS SERVICES—II a.m. Tenative plans
for joint religious se/vices to be held in Wa
terside Amphitheatre at Fort Raleigh. Defi
nite announcement later about participating
churches.
SPEED & FISHING BOAT RACES—I:3O p.m. It
is planned to have these races in Roanoke
, Sound near Manteo waterfront. Visiting
speed boats and local fishing craft will be
classed for these races.
TROPHIES and/or PRIZES TO BE AWARDED IN ALL
COMPETITIVE EVENTS OF JAMBOREE
(•Subject to slight changes)
REBEKAHS ORGANIZE
OUTER BANKS LODGE
ON HATTERAS ISLE
With 13 members withdrawn
from the Manteo Lodge, the Outer
Banks Rebekah Lodge No. 165
was established last week at Ro
danthe. Leaving Manteo on Thurs
day .morning a special busload of
Rebekahs went to join the women
of Hatteras Island. They were ac
companied by various state offi
cers. The officers of Manteo
Lodge No. 52 opened the Lodge,
and the degree staff initiated the
new members. Staff officers who
instituted the Lodge and installed
the officers were Mrs. Laura
Johnson Raleigh; Mrs. Inez Ram
say, Vice-President, Greensboro;
Mrs. Treva Kunkle, Statesville;
Mrs. Alba Albright and Mrs.
Audrey Jordan, Raleigh.
The elected and newly installed
officers of the lodge are: Mrs.
Mattie Midgett, Noble Grand
(Mrs. Midgett is the Postmaster
at Waves); Mrs. Beulah Midgett,
Vice-Grand; Mrs. Odessa Midgett,
Secretary; Mrs. Sarah Midgett,
Financial Secretary; Mrs. Lucre
tia Midgett, Treasurer; Mrs. Viola
Peele, Hatteras, Warder; Mrs.
Hazel Foster, Hatteras, Conduc
tor; Mrs. Ella Midgett, Chaplain;
Mrs. Gladys Dickerson, Buxton,
Inside Guardian; Mrs. Sudie
Payne, Outer Guardian; Mrs.
Beuna Ballance, Buxton, RSNG;
See REBEKAHS, Page Eight
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1955
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THE MEN S BIBLE CLASS of Wanchese Methodist Church is one of the outstanding Sunday school
classes in this part of the country. It has a large membership and loyal attendance. For a long time, Hon.
Melvin R. Daniels has been class president and V. G. Williams the teacher. On Friday, March 11th, the
class held its annual banquet at the Masonic Hall, and was lavishly fed by the ladies of the PTA. Dis
trict Solicitor Walter Cohoon came down to make the principal address. The picture by Aycock Brown
takes in only a small part of the party, being made at the speaker’s table, but readily seen will be Presi
dent Daniels, and Mrs. Daniels, Rev. C. W. and Mrs. Guthrie, Speaker Cohoon, and Sheriff Frank Ca
hoon, S. B. Tillett the treasurer of the “jug fund,” James W. Davis and Mrs. Davis. The “jug fund” is
not what you think, but it is a collection kept in a little jug, added to each Sunday, which is an auxiliary
fund dispersed in case of sudden distress in the community. Many citizens in hard luck have been blessed
by relief in time of need by contributions from this fund. We have carried publicity many times about
the good work of this exceptional Sunday School class.
SOON FINISHED;
NEW MOTELS FOR
NAGS HEAD AREA
Nags Head —At least two new
motels, the Ocean House and
Beacon Motor Lodge will be com
pleted and ready for tfee reception
of guests during the current
Spring, on the Nags Head beach.
The Ocean House builders plan to
open on April 25 in time to help
take care of mid-Spring vacation-’
ists coming primarily for the
sportsfishing or to attend the first
annual Dare Coast Pirates Jam
boree. This new oceanside hostel
ry, owned by the Miramar motel
interests, Sheriff Frank Cahoon,
W. W. Tarkington and Frank
White, will have 21 units. Beacon
Motor Lodge expects to have at
least 32 units of approximately
100 units planned, ready for oc
cupancy well in advance of the
vacation season peak. George S.
Crocker and associates of Nor
folk, builders of Beacon Motor
Lodge will feature a swimming
pool as one of its attractions—
the first hostelry on this coast to
build a pool.
Many ,of the established motels
and hotels between Kitty Hawk
and Hatteras are undergoing ex
pansion programs. On Hatteras
Island most of the new facilities
being added are new units for
motels and cottage courts in the
Cape Hatteras region. Additional
facilities for convention groups
are under construction at The
Carolinian whe r e construction
work is also underway on the hos
telry’s development of a Drift
wood Garden.
While many of the hotels and
motels are now operating the
year around and are already
realizing early Spring patronage,
the Nags Head Chamber of Com
merce has announced that approx
imately 95 percent of the accom
modations available will be open
by late April and during the vaca
tion season launching first annual
Dare Coast Pirates Jamboree on
April 29-May 1.
WANCHESE RURITANS HEAR
PATROLMAN AT WANCHESE
Following a chicken dinner Fri
day night at Wanchese, the Ruri
tan Club heard a short talk by the
new Highway Patrolman Fields,
who has recently come into the
community. The patrolman made
a good impression, during his talk,
and he pledged his full coopera
tion to help in anyway possible,
and invited the public cooperation
in return to help make the high
ways safe. He explained the diffi
culty of covering the entire terri
tory thoroughly, due to the fact
that one patrolman must work in
several counties. He was intro
duced by Sheriff Frank Cahoon.
L. Vernon Gaskill of Wanchese
was given a unanimous invitation
to join the club. Reports were
given on various matters concern
ing harbors, roads and dumping
ground for trash.
MANTEO GIRL SPONSOR OF DANCE AT STATE
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Manteo, a gifted and popular girl,
WjaMiagll' one of the nine sponsors of the
W Junior Senior Dance at N. C. State
■MMSSCollege Saturday night this week. The
' dance will be given by the Juniors
■r in honor of the Seniors. Her escort
b e J° e Hall of Greensboro,
L ’ ' re’" ' where Miss Kee attends Womans’
1 ' ' College. To be a sponsor of this
' dance is quite an honor to befall any
I' ; young lady.
HATTERAS ISLANDERS
SQUARE AWAY FOR BIG
JOB, THURSDAY NIGHT
In enthusiastic session Thurs
day night at Buxton, a group of
Hatteras Islanders met to contin
ue their planning for the big Pi
rate Jamboree which will take
place April 29th. Attending the
meeting were A. H. Gray and W.
W. Edwards of Waves, W. Gibson,
Steven Burrus and Willie New
some of Hatteras, J. W. Gandee,
Boyd Gray, Mrs. Clemmons, G. W.
Vaughan, Edgar Hooper, Mrs.
Jarvis Barnett, - Mrs. Joyce Gray,
Mrs. Eileen Barnett, Chesley Mid
gett, Mrs. Blanche Midgett, Hayes
Fulcher, Charles Lamb, and
others.
A number of tentative plans
were made, and which will be
continued at the next meeting
April 1 at 8 p.m. in the Cape
Point Restaurant.
Capt. Marvin Howard of Ocra
coke, head of the mounted Boy
Scout troop of his community at
tended the meeting, and an
nounced that the entire troop
would attend, coming over the day
before, and they will camp out in
See BIG JOB, Page Eight
CAMPBELL COLLEGE GLEE
CLUB IN MANTEO MONDAY
A concert by the Glee Club of
Campbell College will be present
ed Monday evening, March 28, in
the Manteo school auditorium at
eight o’clock, under the sponsor
ship of the Roanoke Island Music
Club. The public is invited to at
tend and hear this group of 48
young and lovely voices in an in
teresting program.
There will be no admission
charge, although a silver offering
will be asked to help defray the
traveling expenses of the choir.
The group will be entertained
overnight by members of the
•music club and other interested
persons, and a supper will be
served them in the educational
building of the Manteo Methodist
Church. The music club is spon
soring this program solely to give
the public a chance to hear the
group, whose director is David
(Sam) Smith, formerly of the
Lost Colony choir. The club will
not receive any of the proceeds,
as the money will go entirely for
expenses.
CONGRESSMEN AND
ENGINEERS CORPS
AID STRIPED BASS
Plans for Storage Pool In Roanoke
River Expecefed to Preserve
Striped Bass During
Dry Seasons
Washington, D. C.—Congress
man Herbert C. Bonner announced
today that the Corps of Engineers
has made temporarily available
100,000 acre-feet of storage capa
city in the flood control pool at
the John H. Kerr project as an
emergency measure to provide
flows during this spring for pre
serving the striped bass in the
Roanoke River.
By utilizing this storage, it will
be possible, on the basis of dry
year periods comparable to those
previously experienced, to main
tain a minimum river stage at
Weldon of 12 feet until the
spawning of the striped bass be
gins. This occurs generally when
river water has attained a tem
perature of 60°. For a two-week
period from the start of spawn
ing a minimum stage of 15 feet
will be maintained by releases
during the week and a 14-foot
stage by releases over the week
end. Thereafter a minimum stage
of 12 feet will be maintained until
May 16, 1955. In the event of bet
ter-than-dry year flows, which are
expected on the basis of recent
conditions, it should be possible
to maintain a minimum river
stage of 14 feet during the entire
two-week spawning period and 13
feet thereafter until May 16.
Congressmen Bonner, Barden
and Fountain, who are greatly in
terested, and whose Districts are
tremendously affected, feel that
above would take care of the sit
uation for the spawning season of
1955. Congressman Bonner stated
that he had made an engagement
with the Under Secretary of the
Interior, Mr. Clarence A. Davis,
General Itschner, a representative
of the North Carolina Fish and
Wildlife Service, the U. S. Fish
and Wildlife Service and the
North Carolina Department of
Conservation to work out a per
manent plan for future years for
this problem.
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QUICK DEATH BY
RIFLE COMES TO
NEGRO MONDAY
John Davis Scarborough Held in
Dare Jail For Killing
Ephraim Daniels, Jr.
A single 22-calibre bullet sud
denly ended the career of gay
Ephraim Daniels Jr., near Man
teo Monday afternoon near the
beer joint operated by Otto Dan
iels. The shot was admittedly
fired by John Davis Scarborough,
a young 42-year-old Negro. A
coroner jury found that Daniels
died at the hand of Scarborough.
The hearing in Recorder’s Court
will be held next Tuesday.
The pair, long time friends had
been on a drinking spree for the
week end, off and on, and on Mon
day had been together most of the
day. Daniels is said to have got
ten some money from Scar
borough, and their regard for
each other had reached a low ebb.
Scarborough then went to his
home about 500 yards away, and
on returning to a group of
negroes, fired directly toward
Daniels at a distance of about 20
yards. The shot struck him over
the left eye, killing him instantly.
“He was coming toward me,”
said Scarborough, “and I let him
have it.” Scarborough said they
were both drunk, and eye-witness
es confirm the claim.
Daniels, who was somewhat
younger than Scarborough, at the
time of his death was living with
his wife and six children. There
had been eight children at home
by his wife, and he is said to have
fathered another by another
woman who is expecting a second
one. He -has been accused of
fathering several others. Last
year he did time on the roads for
failure to support his family, and
had recently taken the easiest
way out of further court trouble
by living with his wife.
He had been in court several
times for disturbing the peace and
some premises had been put out of
bounds for him. Neighbors say
that his wife said she was glad he
was dead, while regretting he had
to go as he did.
The two negroes had been good
friends, that is drinking friends.
Scarborough’s folks say Daniels
had been eating off of Scarbor
ough for a long time, and getting
his money and never paying it
back. Scarborough generally
works, and he and his wife, who
is a hard worker, own a fairly
nice home not far from the scene
of the shooting.
BOARDS OF EDUCATION
NAMED BY LEGISLATURE
The various county hoards of
education were named for North
Carolina this week in the Legisla
ture. These include:
Beaufort: Ralph H. Hodges, W.
B. Voliva, Ernest L. Slack, each
for four years.
Currituck: Rufus R. Garrett,
Wallace E. Davis, James H. "Fere
bee, Sidney White, L. L. Dozier,
C. N. Wright, each for two years.
Dare: R. O. Ballance, Elwood
Parker, Ellis Gray, W. L. Scar
borough and H. E. Best, each for
two years.
Hyde: Jabin Berry, Charlie A.
Carawan, Gene T. Ballance, each
for two years.
Tyrrell: Harvey W. Davis. W.
Charles Cohoon, Otis Cahoon, each
for two years.
MRS. W. J. SWINDELL, HYDE
NATIVE DIES IN MANTEO
Mrs. Fannie Elizabeth Swindell,
a native of Engelhard, and wife
of W. J. Swindell of Manteo, died
after a long illness, Tuesday
morning at her home at 12:20 a.
m. She had resided at Manteo for
the past 13 years. She was the
daughter of the late Thos. A. and
Nancy Berry Swindell of Hyde
County. She was a member of the
Engelhard Christian church. Be
side her husband a son, W. C.
Swindell of Manteo, and daughter,
Mrs. Olive Bateman of Great
Bridge, Va. and five grandchildren
survive her. Also two brothers,
William Swindell of Washington,
N. C. and Alvin Swindell of Engel
hard.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m.
in the Twiford Funeral Home in
Manteo by Rev. Henry V. Napier,
pastor of the Manteo Baptist
church and burial was in the Man
teo cemetery.
A quartet consisting of Mrs.
Napier, Mrs. Naomi Wescott,
Sheriff Cahoon and Mrs. Leo
Midgett sang “My Faith Looks
up to Thee” and “Face to Face.”
Mrs. W. R. Pearce at the organ.
Pall Bearers were Frank Cahoon,
Andrew Tillett, Bob Smith, Ro
land Sawyer, Ray Jones and
Henry Parker.
The service was concluded at
the grave.