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OLUME XX NO. 40
SAYS CONSTRUCTION
HEAVY THIS YEAR
KITTY HAWK AREA
Southern Shores and Kitty Hawk
Witness Many Improvements
To Motels, Courts, Ho
tels and Stores
Kitty Hawk.—Kitty Hawk and
Southern Shores are making ready
* for another vacation season and
during the past winter much con
struction has been underway in
the area, according to H. C. Law -
rence, local engineer and real
estate dealer.
The Spring vacation season will
get underway here on Easter week
end with the Sea Ranch and Kitty
Hawk Fishing Pier’s opening. Al
ready open as a year around
hostelry is the Journey’s End Mo
tel which is currently expdaning
its facilities. A feature of ths
Journey's End motel this year will
be a new restaurant with facilities
for 200 guests, Lawrence stated.
Numerous rental cottages on the
ocean front, have geen completed
'during the past winter.
Lawrence stated that more than'
20 new homes have been added to
the Southern Shores area, one of
the most exclusive residential
areas along the mid-Atlantic
coast. More land in this area has
recently subdivided new lands for
building sites in the Duck Woods
region. Mr. Lawrence, who also
handles real estate transactions
stated this week that durfhg
March this year, he had sold more
property to potential home build
ers than through the entire vaca
tion season last year.
In the south end of this area,
Parker Bros, of Kitty Hawk ar%
building one of the most modern
motels located on the Oceanside of
Dare County.
By Easter week end, if present
plans carry Kitty Hawk Fishing
> Pier will have added footage to
its over the surf fishing facilities.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Travis Sykes,
owner-operators of The Sea Ranch
have plans for building a swim
ming pool as an added feature for
’r California-styled hostelry
year. T -st season they in
* ?d a ( .te beach club in
.it expans«vn program.
Another new business in th
area is the Gem Suppermart anN
tavern in the Kitty Hawk Beach
shopping center near the inter- ’
section of U. S. 158 and Southern
Shores Boulevard. This is one of
several super-market type of
shopping centers in the areas.
TWIN BROTHERS
70 YEARS OLD
ON OCRACOKE
Ocracoke, March 28.—Capt. Ike
O’Neal and Capt. Walter O’Neal,
twin brothers, celebrated their
seventieth birthday recently, and
were delightfully entertained by a
dinner party at the home of Mrs.
Maude Fulcher. Fourteen friends
enjoyed the occasion with the
honorees. Two tables were attrac
tively decorated; the family sit
ting at one, friends at the other;
and a chicken and ham dinner was
served. Guests included their sis
ters, Mrs. Tressie Howard and
Mrs. Elnora Ballance, and a
brother, John O’Neal, who has
come here recently from Philadel
phia; Mrs. Walter O’Neal, and
Mrs. Marvin Howard, Mr. and
Mrs. Murray Tolson, Mr. and Mrs.
Kelly O’Neal, Mrs. Etta Scar
borough, Miss Marie Hodges, and
Charles Ahmon. After dinner the
group enjoyed singing, story tell
ing, games, and some old-time
See BROTHERS, Page Four
LOST COLONY MEMBERSHIPS
INCREASED DURING MONTH
Manteo.— Memberships in Ro
anoke Island Historical Associa
tion which moved slowly in the
beginning have now passed the
500 mark, according to R. E. Jor
dan, general manager of The Lost
Colony. The memberships this
year at 12.50 each entitles the
members season ticket privileges.
In other words, for $2.50 a per
son, if they wish, may see each
of the 58 performances of The
Lost Colony during its 15th sea
son beginning July 1, it ( was
stated.
Most of the memberships sold to
Ota have come from outside Dare
inty, where a total of 873 have
an purchased. Within Dare
County, with Manteo in the lead,
a total of 149 memberships have
• been sold as follows: Manteo 96;
Wanchese 8; Kill Devil Hills, 9;
Kitty Hawk, 9; Nags Head, 19;
Manns Harbor 6 and Rodanthe 2.
No membei ships have been sold
to date in East Lake, Maahoes,
Stumpy Point, Salvo, W aves,
Avon, Buxton, Frisco or Hatteras
. . The special offer for $2.50
season ticket memberships w'll
continue through April 30, Jordan
stated.
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THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
A Commonsense View of the Importance
Os Civil Defense and What It Needs To
Make It Effective And of Value To All
A Complicated Program of This Magnitude Demands That It Be
a Government Division, Operated Under the Same Set-Up
As the Army and Navy.
By LOUIS,GRAVES, In The Chapel Hill Weekly
Civil Defense—the preparation
for the protection of civilians in
case of hydrogen bomb attacks—
is either important or not impor
tant. If it is not important, then
there is no sense in all the going
on about it—the solemn confer
ences, the alarming speculation,
the to the people to
show more concern about what
may be about to happen to them.
If it is important, then all this
talk, and whatever state and lo
cal organization may result from
it, are utterly inadequate as prep
aration.
The persons who are in the best
position to know whether or not
it is important—atomic scientists,
the President and other high-level
officers of the Government, the
members of the committees of
Congress having to do with the
defense of she nation, military
leaders, writers who have given
serious study to the subject—de
clare that it is. And they declare
it with all possible emphasis.
We ought to trust them to know
what they are talking about. Not
to have respect for their opinion,
when it is virtually unanimous,
unaffected by attachments to any
party or any class, is to proclaim
our lack of faith in our whole sys
tem of democratic government.
For, the very basic idea of this
system is that K by majority vote,
we choose as our representatives
the persons whom we consider
most competent to study our prob
lems o f government—defense,
foreign relations, the tariff, taxa
tion, and all the rest—and make
decisions about them. Os course
when these representatives divide
and dispute it is proper, in fact
it is inherent in the system, "for
us to enter the dispute on which
ever side we like, and rage and
roar to our hearts’ content. But
•hen they do not dispute, when
they are all agreed on a question
| vital to the national safety, cer
tainly they deserve our. cons idence.
I am not saying that a man does
not have a perfect /right to be a
dissent »ven if he be the only
man in million or a hundred
million to hold his opinion, but we
are under no obligation to listen
to him if we do not want to; not
for more than a moment in pass
ing, anyhow. Here I am talking
not about the lone wolves but
about the ordinary run of people.
In connection with the danger
of hydrogen bomb attacks you
hear and read a great deal about
“dispersal” and “evacuation.” The
dispersal of population (that is,
the moving out from big cities,
for permanent stay) is a long
range policy. It has been under
way for several years, quite inde
pendently of the danger of enemy
attacks, and now more of it is be
ing urged as a means of diminish
ing the panic and the slaughter
in cities if the bombs begin to
drop. Evacuation is something
very different. It is an emergency
operation. It means getting people
out of New York or Boston or
Philadelphia or Chicago or Detroit
or any other big city with the
greatest possible speed after an
alarm about approaching bombers
has been sounded.
If you think you can imagine
what a task that would be, you
are wrong, for the difficulty of
it is inconceivable to even the
most daring imagination. And the
idea that it could be performed by
any sort of makeshift state or lo
sal agencies, with the aid of
civilian volunteers, is dangerous
nonsense. And a makeshift is
5 hat any controlling agency other
than a division of the United
States Government is bound to be.
The hurry-up evacuation of a
great city’s population calls for
the most thorough, the most seri
ous and the most devoted study,
the most intelligent planning. Em
bracing, as it does, fire-fighting,
the regulation of traffic, the dis
tribution of masks and the taking
of other measures against radia
tion, medical and surgical services,
and all manner of ministrations of
relief, it calls for exhaustive ad
vance training not only of techni
cal experts but of administrators
capable of directing this colossal
and fearful enterprise. Which is
not to say, at all, that civilians
should not be called upon to help.
Os course they should be, for the
sake of the national morale, just
as the Red Cross and other aux
iliary services have been called
upon to help in all our wars, just
as civilian spotters were called
upon by the Navy and served
with such remarkable success
against Hitler’s submarines along
our coast, just as civilians are
now being called upon to help
spot enemy planes.
As it is now, we have an agency
called the Federal Civil Defense
Administration, established in the
executive branch of the Govern
ment four years ago ‘to provide
a plan of civil defense for the pro-'
tection of life and property.” The
principal responsibility is vested
in the states, with the Government
providing co-ordination and guid
ance. There is the great mistake.
For the Government to stop with
co-ordination and guidance is
folly. Over-all direction and the
major share of the actual per
formance of the various services
embraced in an evacuation —these
should be the functions of a per
sonnel employed by the United
States Government.
Civil Defense should be made a
part of the Department of De
fense. There should be a Civil De
fense uniformed force, with offi
cers and enlisted men as there are
in the Army and the Navy and
the Marine Corps and the Air
Force. There should be training
schools for this new force just as
there are for our other forces. Os
course, precedent to all this, and
essential to it, is an adequate ap
propriation of money.
I returned to the question: Is
Civil Defense important or is not
important? If it is not important,
stop talking and fussing and
fuming about it. If it is important,
then I, as one citizen, make this
plea to the President, to the mem
bers of Congress, and to our other
leaders in Washington: Do not
keep on trifling with Civil De
fense. Give it the serious attention
it deserves. That means: make it
a direct responsibility, a definite
operation, of the Government.
—L. G.
TREASURE HUNTS TO BE
FEATURE OF JAMBOREE
Two big treasure hunts, one for
adults and the other for children
under 12 years of age will be fea
tures of the first annual Dare
Coast Pirate Jamboree, scheduled
as a three day vacation season
launched for this region on April
29, 30 and May 1. The treasure
tropes will be in the vicinity of
Jockeys Ridge, the tallest sand
dune in Eastern America.
Mr. and Mrs. Abie Williams are
co-chairmen of a committee which
includes Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Zevely, Mrs. Kitty Jackson and
Mrs. Jean Perry Beacham, and
they have the job of planting the
treasures, drawing up necessary
charts and arranging clues as to
the location of same.
Mrs. Beacham will be in c’ 'e
of the hunt for children at. it
will be arranged for youngsters
in such a manner that finding the
treasure trove will not be too dif
ficult. With the adults, however, it
will be a different story. The
clues will be hard to find, and so
will the treasures, but the treas
ures will be worth looking for.
That has been assured by local
merchants and citizens who have
promised to donate same.
The children on their hunt are
likely to find most kind of
toy or beach accessoi. >r candy.
Adults will likely find anything
from gold ear rings and other
jewels to pieces of eight and rum.
The several clues will be at many
different places.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams, after
meeting with their committee in
charge of arranging the treasure
hunt stated that it would be the
biggest event of its kind ever at
tempted since the early 18th Cen
tury when pirates actually buried
treasure on this coast, which
Outer Banks natives of that per
iod promtply set about looking for
as soon as the pirates had head
offshore for more looot.
STUMPY POINT RAISES $52.36
FOR 1955 MARCH OF DIMES
A total of $52.36 was raised by
the citizens of Stumpy Point for
the 1955 March of Dimes, accord
ing to a report from the chairmen,
Mrs. Jasper Hooper and Mrs.
Woodrow Best. Os this amount
SB.BO came from the Skeet Theatre
in Engelhard, as the Stumpy
Point school children, who number
23, attended this movie. They also
contributed by means of coin cards
in the school. The remainder was
raised by adult contributions.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1955
SPEAKER SUNRISE SERVICE
AT CAPE HATTERAS EASTER
REV. C. FREEMAN HEATH
The Sunrise Service Easter
Morning at Cape Hatteras Light
house is expected to attract 1,000
people according to Rev. Dan E.
Meadows, Methodist minister of
Hatteras. Rev. C. Freeman Heath,
District Superintendent of Meth
odists will be the principal
speaker.
All the churches and their pas
tors, of Hatteras Island will take
part, with their choirs joining in
inspirational singing of the Eas
ter songs. A large white cross will
be erected at the rear of the choir.
Parking service is available in
the National Park area, and if
weather is bad, the museum porch
will be used for the service.
The first service of this kind
was held last year and it was at
tended by about 350 people, four
states being represented.
WORLD RECORD FISH
LANDED DURING 1954
IN DARE WATERS
By AYCOCK BROWN
Hatteras. —Channel Bass and
Blue Marlin landed by anglers
fishing in Dare coastal waters
during 1954 were among the world
records for the year, according to
announcements released this week
by Field and Stream Magazine,
for many years conductor of in
ternational fishing contests.
Linwood Quidley’s 62% pound
channel bass landed in the surf
at Hatteras Inlet last July 10, was
the largest fish of this species
taken anywhere with rod and reel
during 1954. It was the first chan
nel bass that the Buxtoy, N. C.,
coastguardsman had ever landed
with rod and reel and his first
prize for catching it was a hun
dred dollar government bond.
Close runnerup to Quidley’s first
prize winner was Arthur Clark’s
60% pounder landed in the surf
at Kill Devil Hills on October 24
during the final day of Nags Head
Surf Fishing Tournament last
year. Clark, a resident of Fox
Chase Manor, Penna., landed his
big fish of which a photograph
has appeared in newspapers and
magazines throughout the world
on 12 pound test monofilament
line loaded on spinning tackle, a
feat which established a new
world’s record with the Interna
tional Game Fish Association.
Richard Waller who entered a
54 pound and four ounce channel
bass in the Field and Stream
contest won fifth prize and a 52
pound, one ounce speciman of the
same species landed by Beatrice
J. Manson, was awarded first hon
orable mention. Each of these fish
were also taken at Hatteras Inlet.
Dr. J. C. Overbey, the famous
blue marlin fisherman of Norfolk
won third prize in the Field and
Stream contest for his 442 pound
er of this species taken off Hat
teras on last June 12. This Nor
folk dentist had won first place
in the contest in 1953 with a
570% pounder landed in the same
waters. Another Virginia dentist,
Dr. E. W. Strickland of Zuni, Va.,
won fourth prize in the Blue Mar
lin class with a 425-pounder he
had landed near Wimble Shoals
while fishing from an Oregon In
let Fishing Center-based cruiser
on July 19. An honorable mention
award went to Miss Lucy Stowe
df Hatteras who caught a 320
pound Blue Marlin off Hatteras
on September 6.
Another fish, the 170% pound
yellowfin or Allison Tuna, landed
See RECORD, Page Four
CORRECTING REPORT OF
DARE RECORDER’S COURT
Tried last week in Dare Re
corders Court. George Albert Mc-
Clease, and not 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 support. McClease is a
Negro living near Manteo.
OFFICERS INSTALLED
HATTERAS ISLAND
BY EASTERN STAR
Mrs. Ormond Fuller, Worthy Ma
tron, and Other Officers Take
Over at Rodanthe Friday
Rodanthe. Hatteras Island
Chapter No. 303 O.E.S. held a
public installation of officers in
the chapter room here Friday eve
ning at 8 o’clock. The meeting was
called to order by the Worthy
Patron, Anderson Midgett, and
other officers marched in and as
sumed their station without cere
mony. Visitors were welcomed by
the Worthy Matron, Mrs. Cedric
Midgett. Mrs. Annie Laurie Mul
lins, P.M. of South Mills Chapter,
installing officer, was presented
and given a hearty welcome. She
in turn presented the following,
Installing Marshall, Mrs. Doris
Bonner, DDGM. Roanoke Island
Chapter, Installing Chaplain, Mrs.
Carrie Midgett, Secretary, Roan
oke Island Chapter, Installing
Conductress; Mrs. Lula Jones P.
M., South Mills Chapter, Install
ing Organist; Mrs. Hilda Ballance
W.M. of Roanoke Island Chapter,
Installing Secretary; Mrs. Mary
Midgett, P. M. Roanoke Island
Chapter, and Installing Warder,
Robert Ballance, W. P. Roanoke
Chapter.
A beautiful and impressive in
stallation was conducted with the
following officers installed:
Worthy Matron, Mrs. Ormond
Fuller; Worthy Patron, Richard
Job; Associate Worthy Matron,
Mrs. Delores Burrus; Associate
Worthy Patron, Woodrow Ed
wards; Treasurer, Mrs. Elizabeth
Gray; Secretary, Mrs. Laura
Hooper; Conductress, Mrs. Alethia
Meekins; Associate conductress,
Mrs. Mellie Edwards; Chaplain,
Mrs. Charlotte Ballance; Marshall,
Mrs. Anscher Oden; Adah, Mrs.
Thelma Gray; Ruth, Mrs. Edna
Barnett; Esther, Mrs. Maude Job;
Martha, Mrs. Pauline Oden;
Electa, Mrs. Cedric Midgett;
Warder, Mrs. Irene Midgett, and
Sentinel, Mrs. Esta Gray.
Lovely corsages, were presented
all installing officers and new
officers. Beautiful arrangements
of camellias were used in the
Chapter room. Refreshments of
punch, cake, sandwiches, nuts, and
mints were served to many mem
bers and guests present.
STUMPY POINT LOSES
2 COMMUNITY LEADERS
This week marked the final
departure of Mr. and Mrs. D. L.
Meekins from Stumpy Point,
when they came for the last of
their furniture, ureparatory to lo
cating in their new home in
Middleburg, N. C. Mr. Meekins
sold his store business more than
a year ago, and went to Vance
County to live near the Biggs Is
land dam where he engaged in
farming and operation of fishing
boats on the Kerr Reservoir.
This week end was spent with
his brother, Garland Meekins.
While at Stumpy Point they
were active in church and com
munity work. Mr. Meekins served,
as Church School Superintendent,
Chairman of the official Board of
the Methodist Church, Steward
and in several other places. Mrs.
Meekins has served as president
of the W.S.C.S., teacher in Church
School, counselor for M.Y.F. and
various civic projects. David, their
son, is a senior in High Point Col
lege, after serving two years in
the Army in the U. S. and Korea.
He is married to the former Janie
Crews of Winston-Salem who is
now teaching in High Point City
School. The daughter, Joyce, is
married to Malcolm Bobbitt of
Littleton. They have three daugh
ters, Nancy Bea, Mollie Jane and
Joyce Ann. Mr. and Mrs. Bobbitt
now own and operate a tobacco
farm in Middleburg.
RECREATION PROGRAM SOON
TO GET UNDERWAY IN DARE
The civic club of Rodanthe and
the recreation leaders Hatteras
are expected to get a real recrea
tion project underway soon, as the
result of meetings held this week
by L°nnie Powell, staff member of
the N. C. recreation department,
assisted by county agent Bob
Smith and home agent Mrs. Ray
mond Wescott. The meeting Mon
day afternoon at Rodanthe was at
tended by 15 people. The meeting
at Hatteras on Monday night drew
30 leaders, and on Tuesday night
45. Groups represented were both
Boy and Girl Scouts, Ruritans,
MYF counsellors, Home Demon
stration leaders and Sunday School
teachers, of Hatteras and Buxton.
On Wednesday night six home
demonstration and Sunday School
leaders held a similar meeting at
Stumpy Point and outlined plans
for future use.
HELD ON MURDER
CHARGE WITHOUT
I BOND TO MAY 30
John Davis Scarborough, held
on a first degree murder charge
for the killing of Ephraim Daniels
Jr. Monday of last week, was
I bound over Tuesday by Recorder
j W. F. Baum, without bond, to May
, 30th term of Dare Superior Court.
. He will get better than two
. months board as guest of Dare
r County.
I Scarborough, who previously
admitted guilt of murder to the
. warrant as written by Sheriff
r Cahoon, pleaded not guilty Tues
, day, after Prosecutor Martin Kel
. logg, Jr. had gotten the warrant
amended to “wilfpl and premedi
j tated murder,”—a first degree
, charge.
Sheriff Frank Cahoon testified
, to the defendant’s admissions, and
I two negroes, Leon Morgan and
Mariah Barker, testified as to the
’ circumstances. Daniels was shot
. dead in the road at a distance of
' several yards with a single rifle
shot, following a drinking spell
, in which both parties participated.
Scarborough was represented
' by Attorney W. H. McCown of
I Manteo.
Strange Cries at Night
’ A report is in circulation that
strange words have been heard at
late hours of the night in the vi
cinity of the place the negro died.
One report' is that a midnight
passerby at this spot heard groans
from the woods and a request:
“please bring me a drink of wa
ter.” However early this week,
none of the colored people who
live in that area wished to ans
wer questions about it, although
one man told John Woodley he
heard the cries.
WAHAB ENLARGING
SILVER LAKE INN
AT OCRACOKE ISLE
A considerable addition is to be
made to Silver Lake Inn at Ocra
coke Island, and combined with
■ this inn will be headquarters for
the Beachcomber’s Club, now lo
cated midway the island, but
which has recently been acquired
by the National Park Service. The
Silver Lake Inn overlooks the har
•bor in the center of the village,
and is operated by lease, as a res
taurant and rooming house in
season.
R. S. Wahab is also owner of the
Wahab Village Hotel which is
operated by C. F. Boyette. Other
property owners are likewise im
proving tourist facilities ort- Ocra
coke Island, and several large in
vestments may be expected to be
made soon, now that the State has
given assurance it will build a
road on the island, connecting
with the highway at Hatteras.
BILLY GRAHAM FILM TO
BE SHOWN IN MANTEO
"Oiltown U. S. A." Sponsored by Manteo
Baptist Church In High School
Auditorium April 11 th
• at 8 P. M.
The Billy Graham Evangelistic
films “Oiltown U.5.A.,” will be
shown in the Manteo High School
auditorium Easter Monday, April
11, at 8:00. There will be no ad
mission charge and the seats will
not be reserved.
“Oiltown, U.S.A.” was filmed
during the Billy Graham crusade
in Houston, Texas and stars Col
leen Townsend Evans, Paul
Power, Robert Clarke, Georgia
Lee, Ralph Hoopes, and the stars
of'“Mr. Texas”, Redd Harper and
Cindy Walker. It is a full 94 min
ute film and features some of the
work of the Graham crusade in
Houston where more than 60,000
people went nightly to hear
Graham.
The doors of the Manteo High
School auditorium will be opened
at 7:30 with the picture beginning
at 8:00. All seats will be on first
come first served basis and there
will be no admission charge. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend this showing, says Rev.
Henry V. Napier, pastor of the
Manteo Baptist Church, which
sponsors the film locally.
OSPREYS ARE BACK
Ospreys or “sea eagles" as they
are sometimes called have return-;
ed to the Dare Coastal region for
another of their breeding seasons.
These great and graceful, fish,
eel and snake eaters haev many
eyries on Roanoke Island and
elsewhere along the coast of Dare.
One of the most convenient nest
ing places of these birds, for
those who enjoy watching them is
between Manteo and Wanchese,
near the highway. They build
nests in dead trees.
Single Copy 70
CLARK COMES OUT
SEEKING AID FOR
) ' HATTERAS HARBOR
1 Elizabeth City Business Man Urges
? Congressman Take Action For
Relief of Bad Situation
s
1 Taking note of the editorial in
•’ this newspaper calling attention
• to the serious situation at Hat
’ teras Harbor, Miles Clark. Eliza
beth City business man and Coast
land booster has written Con
gressman Herbert Bonner urging
action in behalf of this important
‘ harbor.
In passing it may be said that
consumers of gasoline and fuel
oils, must pay premium prices for
' oils on Hatteras Island because of
the added difficulty and expense
of transportation. In this wise, the
citizens and their guests are
penalized daily by the situation.
In commenting on the situation
’ to Mr. Bonner, Mr. Clark says:
; “The entrance to Hatteras har
bor has filled considerably since
the last dredging was performed.
It is impossible to come straight
' into the harbor beacon-to-beacon.
, You have to run a circuitous
course to avoid all the shoals and
not even the most experienced
seamen can negotiate the narrow
channels without grounding.
Something should be done about
it—and fast.
“We have—or will have—a na
tionally recognized Cape Hatteras
National Seashore Recreational
Area in a year or two. Much pub
licity has already been introduced
in this connection and there is
bound to be unprecedented crowds
visiting the area in succeeding
years. There is nothing more im
portant to the future well-being
of the island than a good harbor
at Hatteras. Much money has al
ready been expended for good
docking facilities at this point and
more is contemplated. Mr. Walter
Wilkins has erected one of the
finest marinas on the east coast
(it must have cost at least one
hundred thousand dollars) and it’s
importance and utility is com
pletely nullified by the shoal wa
ters outside
“I certainly feel that Hatteras
is of such importance that the
federal government would take
steps to stabilize a channel lead
ing into this port. This might be
accomplished by jetties of ballast
rock or concrete. The Coast Guard
is moving it’s operation to the
north shore and it is always high
ly essential that they have immed
iate ingress and egress. By stab
ilizing the channel leading into
Hatteras, boat' owners would be
more encouraged to use the port
and marine commerce would
boom. This would also serve as an
other medium for tourists to visit
the Outer Banks, avoiding the
crowded ferries at Oregon Inlet. It
would also relieve the ferries to
some extent.
“There is only one means of
getting petroleum supplies to the
Outer Banks. The ferries are not
permitted to carry inflammable
cargoes and we have to rely on
barges altogether. These cargoes
are having to be diminished be
cause of gradual closing of ■ the
channel and shoal waters. It in
creases the burden and expenses
of all concerned immensely and
the situation should be given very
serious consideration. Every one
recognizes the importance of ade
quate depth of water at Hatteras,
especially during wartime. It
should be tied in with our defense
program to some extent. However,
it’s immediate importance is rela
tionship to the crowds anticipated
for the Cape Hatteras National
Seashore Recreational Area and
the large boost to s' '9 fishing
among the many wre<. surround
ing famed Diamond Shoals.
"Anything that you can do to
expedite greater depth of water
in and out of Hatteras Harbor will
be highly appreciated. I feel that
the time has come when the en
trance should be properly jettied
and Rollinson Channel dredged to
adequate depths and width."
TWO NEW TEACHERS
NOW ON STAFF OF
ENGELHARD SCHOOL
Two new teachers have joined
the staff of Engelhard High
School, it was announced this
week by school authorities.
Miss Annyce Moose of States
ville has replaced Mrs. Magdaline
•; Ballance as social studies teacher,
■ and Miss Annie Ray Martin has
replaced Mrs. Susie Jarvis as
, home economics teacher. Mrs. Bal
lance and Mrs. Jarvis resigned
I March I.
Both Miss Moose and Miss Mar
tin are recent graduates of Appa-
■ lachian State Teachers College,
i School officials hope that they will
, enjoy their work along the coast
I after four years in the mountains
of North Carolina.