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VOLUME XX NO. 44 GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY SERVICE PLANNED BY MANTEO BAPTIST CONGREGATION ON MAY 15TH Many Old Pastors Plan to Attend Service Mark ing Establishment of Church in Manteo, Which Was Organized by Rev. T. G. Wood in 1905; History of Church Shows Slow But Steady Growth. Sunday, May 15th will be a red letter day for the congregation of the Manteo Baptist Church. It will mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the church which was organized April 16th 1905 by 25 members of the Roanoke Island Baptist Church four miles north of Manteo, who wished a house of worship nearer their homes. The service Sunday, Maylsth, with dinner on the grounds at 1.30 p. m., will be attended by several former pastors. These will include C. C. Perry, and the second pas tor of the church, D. A. Teddar, who served the church in 1909. We publish a sketch of the his tory of the church prepared by the pastor, Rev. Henry V. Napier, pas tor during the past six years. In this sketch he says: The 25 people who organized the church were George W. Wes cott, his wife Bethany and daugh ter Allie; John T. Daniels, and his wife Amanda; Ed. S. Daniels, and his wife, Mary W.; W. G. Forbes; O. J. Wescott, and his wife, Alethia; B. Frank Meekins, John W. Midgett and his wife Sallie; Miss Louise Lester, Mrs. Garnet Lennon; Wilson Ward and his wife Fannie; Mrs. Francis Bliven and her daughters, Mrs. Oscar Daniels and Mrs. Olive Willis; L. D. Tarkington, D. M. Stringfield, and Miss Annie Askew. The min ister who assisted in the organi zation was T. G. Wood, pastor of the Roanoke Island Baptist Church, Livingston Johnston, Sec retary of the North Carolina Bap tist Convention who presented the church its first pulpit, and L. M. Curtis and C. W. Duke. The first conference for busi ness of the church was held on April 23. 1905, at which D. M. Stringfield was elected first church clerk with the duty of faithfully recording all business actions of the church. It was de cided that the church would seek membership in the Camden-Curri tuck Union of Baptist Churches. The need for a building in which to worship was freely discussed and W. G. Forbes and D. *M. Stringfield were elected to work with the pastor, T. G. Wood, as a Building Committee and G. W. Wescott was elected as collector See CHURCH, Page Eight BEN DIXON MacNEILL NOW ON PARK COMMISSION Meeting Held in Nags Head This Week to Review Progress of Land Acqui sition Program, and Develop ment of Area The North Carolina Commission for cooperation in the Cape Hat teras National Seashore area, re ceived a new member Monday when the Commission met at Nags Head in the Carolinian Hotel. Ben Dixon Mac Neill, the news paper man who never allows Bux-' ton on Cape Hatteras to be for gotten, was recently appointed to this Board by Governor Hodges. The Board heard reports from officials of the National Park Service on the progress of land acquisition in the area. Some 162 tracts comprising 22,000 acres have been purchased or are under option; six tracts of 2,500 acres are under condemnation; negotia tions are in progress for 69 tracts of 2,270 acres; negotiations are not started on 35 tracts of 1,730 acres. In all a total of 272 tracts containing 28,500 acres are in volved, Charles Marshall, project manager reported. Funds for this project were pro vided by gifts of public spirited citizens and the State of North Carolina. At this meeting, Allyn Hanks, Superintendent, said the Park Service is now in process of expending >300,000 for improve ments to the area this year. Director Ben Douglass, Ex-offi cial Chairman attended the meet ing. Other members of the com mission present were: Aycock Brown, S. Bunn Frink of South port; P. Bruce Bateman of Plym k > outh, Henry Rankin, Jr. of Fay etteville. National Park Service personnel attending were Mr. Hanks, Mr. Marshall, Regional Di rector Elwood Cox of the Rich mond office, Tom Morse, N. C. State Park Supt; A. C. Stratton, soil conservationist; and Horace -Dough of Kill Devil Hills monu ment. exc. THE COASTLAND TIMES '/, 1 ./ * I - \ PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA MANTEO IS FINDING BOAT RACES OFFER NEW OPPORTUNITIES Sunday's Performance Shows Much Enjoyment As Well as Busi ness Stimulus Available Manteo folks learned Sunday that boat racing on a big scale is a possible attraction for the town which not only offers a lot of enjoyment, but business stimu lus as well. A sample of what may be done w - as shown when more than 60 boats performed in Man teo harbor, most of them being out of town craft. A well organized racing event might attract many times 60 boats, and last for several days. In fact these races might be staged two or three times a year, and prove a great attraction to pull business into Manteo for sev eral days at the time. The com mittee for the event just staged did a good job on short notice. Ralph Davis and Ralph Swain were co-chairmen of the event and committee members as follows: Lee Hassell, Joe Dowdy, Vernon Davis, Keith Fearing, Jr., and Jesse Etheridge. Top places to boats racing were awarded in order named as fol lows: Class A’ Utilities 7% h.p. R. Jones, Richmond, Va.; B. Mort, Hampton, Va., and R. Davenport, Richmond. Class B Utilities 10 h.p. Jeff Howie, Norfolk, Va. and R. Bag don Jr. of Erpporia, Va. Class DU Utilities, 25 h.p. Nolly Simpson, Norfolk; Bryan Simp son, Norfolk; Donnie Twyne, Man teo. Class A. Hydroplane, 7% h.p. F Otten, Emporia. Va. B. Mort, Hampton, Va.; Merle Prestalia, See RACES, Page Twelve AUXILIARY PRESIDENT TO VISIT DARE MAY 12 99BHH99Nk HrwHl MRS. W. S. CARA WAN of Col umbia, State President of Wo man’s American Legion Auxiliary, and other offices of the Auxiliary and the American Legion will join Fort aleigh Post 26 in a bamiuet in Parkerson’s Hotel, Nags Head, 7 p. m., Thursday, May 12th. All Legionairres are asked to attend with their wives. Further infor mation may be obtained from J. M. Vannote, Manteo, J. W. Davis, Wanchese, and Fennel A. Tillett, Kitty Hawk. JAMBOREE FRACAS BRINGS BROTHERS JAIL SENTENCE An unscheduled feature in the closing hours of Hatteras Island’s Jamboree was a fracas which about closed up Tandy’s dancer at Hateras Beach Friday night. Re ports have it that it was quite a melee. Two brothers, George and Jackie Barnett of Frisco were charged with starting the fight and were tried by Justice of the Peace James Turner of Buxton. Justice Turner sentenced them to 15 days in jail on the assumption, it is reported, that they would do their time on the roads, ’ but prisoners are not accepted in the highway camps if given less than 30 days. Rather than have the county feed the two boys for 15 days in jail at Manteo, Justice Turner changed his judgement after they had served five days in jail, and pardoned them. MISS ALFORD, BEAUTY WINNER WITH GRANDPA ■ B r*- ", ■ A r •' \ w I i ' ? HF 1 F / ■r (Aycock Brown photo) MISS SARA ALFORD of Manteo who was awarded the title of Pirate Queen, is shown here with her grandfather, Moncie Lee Daniels, well known citizen of Manteo. Mr. Daniels is somewhat of a prize winner too. He has served as mayor of his town, longtime Democrat county chairman, foAner chairman of county commissioners, and for 20 years ABC board chairman. He is also head of a big oil company, which bears his name, and operates one of Manteo’s largest stores. Miss Alford is one of several favorite grandchildren who are devoted to him. 4TH NAVY CRAFT GIVEN FOR OREGON INLET FERRY Kpp resentative Herbert Bonner was notified this week that the Navy Department has awarded a fourth landing craft vessel for use in the Oregon Inlet ferry service, following a conference with Mr. Bonner, Park Service officials and State Highway officials. It will probably be late summer before the boat can be remodeled to suit. The three craft previously given for. this purpose are the Governor Umstead, the Lindsay Warren, and the Conrad Wirth. NEW $20,000 LOAN MADE TO CAPE HATTERAS REA An additional loan of $25,000 was made this week to the Cape Hatteras Electric Membership Corporation at Buxton. Congress man Herbert C. Bonner was ad vised Wednesday. These funds will be used for the installation of additional appliances and equip ment. OSCAR SANDERLIN OF KITTY HAWK GETS THE PIRATE KING AWARD vJsMLfir £ 3 KeMIBILT 9 ’ F •< bJK IK' i IlSfi I H | jB OSCAR SANDERLIN of Kitty Hawk stands with a package in his hand, after having been voted the Pirate King, in the bearded men’s contest April 30 at Nags Head. His pleased expression indicates that pirates do smile. Aycock Brown, who made this picture, should have been in it, with his villainous bewhiskered chin. Shown in this picture are Wally McCown, Russell Perry, Orville Baum, Pat Bayne, J. E. Harris, Lawrence Swain, David Stick, Dorian Quidley, Rudolph Peele and others. (Aycock Brown photo) MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1955 MISS ALFORD GETS CROWN AT HANDS OF GOV. HODGES Executive Participates in Pirates' Jamboree; Honorary Tar Heel Program, and Religious Service Governor Luther Hodges crown ed Miss Sara Alford Queen of the Pirate Festival Saturday night at the. Grand Pirates ball at Nags Head Casino. He also attended a j meeting of Honorary Tar Heels i at a dinner at the Carolinian, and Sunday morning, he attended the religious service at Fort Raleigh. Mrs. Hodges accompanied the Governor. Mrs. J. M. Broughton, wife of a former Governor be loved by Dare County people also came to Dare for the festival. The beautiful pirate queen is i the daughter of Mrs. Cora Mae I Basnight of Manteo. She is a I granddaughter and a favorite of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Daniels. Two Elizabeth City girls, Bar i bara North and Barbara Jo Chap- See MISS ALFORD, Page Eight FRIDAY WAS A FAIR AND GLORIOUS DAY AT CAPE HATTERAS Weather Favors a Job Well Done by Citizens as Jamboree Be gins Auspiciously Friday was a beautiful day at Cape Hatteras as the Dare Coast Pirate Jamboree began its three day celebration. Friday bore wit ness to a job well done by the com mitee in charge and the occasion was completely enjoyed by the estimated more than 2,000 people rttending the big fish fry at Cape Hatteras lighthouse. Attorney Wallace R. Gray, a native son, was master of cere monies and made the address of welcome and the announcements. Promptly on time, the hundreds of pounds of blue fish well done, began to come out of the great deep-frying vats, and were served to six lines of people, along with slaw, cornbread, potato chips, tea, etc. Promptly on time, the race be gan between members of the mounted Boy Scout troop of Ocra coke Island, Capt. Marvin Howard, Scoutmaster. This race was along See FRIDAY, Page Twelve 400TH ANNIVERSARY WORLD'S FAIR PLAN URGED BY WARREN Former Comptroller General Con tinues With Bright Plans For Region's Advancement In a transcribed message to the Pasquotank Historical Society Wednesday, former Comptroller General Lindsay C. Warren of Washington, N. C. urged the peo ple of the Albemarle area to begin planning now for a great world’s fair 30 years hence, to commem morate in 1985 the 400th anniver sary of the beginning of English civilization in the New World. Wr. Warren, ill at his home, had been scheduled to appear in person to deliver an address, which more than 200 people had gathered to hear in the Virginia Dare Hotel. Many friends from several coun ties had come a long way to hear Mr. Warren’s message. General John A. Wood, USA re tired, President of the Society was felicitated in the message from Mr. Warren. The speaker mentioned the years by which the Roanoke Island setlements ante dated 'both Jamestown and Plym outh Rock. A favorable response came to the message. Thirty years is not too long a time in which to plan a world’s fail - of this size. The idea continues Mr. Warren’s consistent record of planning things for the advance ment and betterment of the Albe marle area. ENTERTAINMENT WANCHESE SCHOOL, TUES. MAY 10 About all the local talent in the neighborhood is being assembled for a great big jamboree of fun and frolic at the Wanchese School Tuesday night, May 10th at 8 p. m.; the admission will be 20 and 35 cents. This show will last two hours and is being sponsored by the Ruritan Club of Wanchese. WOMAN WINS MAYOR’S RACE AT KILL DEVIL HILLS BUT FINDS TOWN VOTED AWAY It Was A Mighty Hot Campaign Tuesday But People Show What They Can Do When They Get Riled Up; Mayor Is Elected and Town Abol ished by Small Margins TO CONDUCT REVIVAL AT R. I. BAPTIST CHURCH IH 7 ' • REV. JAMES F. BURKS, pastor of the Bayview Baptist Church, Norfolk who will conduct a week’s revival beginning Sunday, May Bth at 8 p. m. at the Roanoke Is land Baptist Church, according to the pastor, Rev. Frank Dinwiddie. Services will be held each evening at eight o’clock through the week. OCEAN HOUSE OPEN AMONG NEWEST OF THE BEACH MOTELS Miramar Owners Make Bow With Latest Type Court in North ern Nags Head Area The owners of the highly suc cessful Miramar Motor Court at Nags Head have come to the front again with a late type brick motel at the upper end of the Nags Head area. Messrs. William Tarkington, Frank White and Sheriff Frank Cahoon have just opened the Ocean House, a motel which for appointment and comfort is un excelled on the beach. This motel is on a site with 200 foot front age extending from Highway to ocean. The new motel contains 20 rooms now in service, with more contemplated. It is a project run ning in the class of motels costing upwards of §IOO,OOO. Built for year round use it is provided with See OCEAN HOUSE, Page Eight DARE REPRESENTATIVE ACCLAIMED IN NEWS R. Bruce Etheridge and 52-Year Political Career Subject of Article in Newt & Observer Sunday Few men in the Legislature ever reach the point where they can look back upon having been a member of that same body 52 years ago. Such a distinction has come to the Hon. R. Bruce Ether idge of Dare County, who was the subject of a front page feature in Sunday’s News & Obserer. Mr. Etheridge is in Raleigh again this year as a representative of Dare County. He first went there in 1903. In that year, Lee S. Over man was named a U. S. Senator, which post he filled until his death in 1930. At the age of 24, Mr. Etheridge was first nominated for the house in a convention in Manteo. In 1905 he went to the State sen ate for a term. From then on, he , did not run for office, but served as Cashier of the Bank of Manteo until his appointment as director of the Department of Conserva tion and Development by Gover nor Ehringhaus, his lifelong friend. He held this place for 16 years. Prior to going to the legislature, Mr. Etheridge had served briefly as Superintendent of Schools and Clerk of Court in Dare. He has since served as a member of the See ETHERIDGE, Page Eight ALVAH WARD JR DELEGATE TO R. AND H. CONGRESS Alvah Ward Jr. of Manteo has been appointed by Governor Hodges, as a delegate to the National Rivers and Harbors Con gress which convenes in Washing ton, D. C., May 31. Ususally two or three persons represent each state at these meetings, which are devoted to discussions and pro- I grams looking to the improvement lof navigable waterways in the United States. Single Copy 70 Mrs. Emily F. Mustian won her race for Mayor of Kill Devil Hills by a close margin over incumbent, Major J. L. Murphy Tuesday dur ing a mighty hot election, but when the ballots were counted, she found the some voters had voted the town out of business. It was an empty victory. By a vote of 68 to 66, Mrs. Mus tian won, but by a vote of 76 to 70 the election did away with the town charter which was granted March 6, 1953. Os the 153 registered voters on the books 146 voted. In the midst of hot and heavy objections from both sides, the registration books were combed for several days to challenge voters who had moved into the community patently to vote on the issue. This was ob viously done by supporters of both sides. It was the first election the town had held. The officers had been elected by the county commis sioners, nearly two years ago. There seemed to be no one who was willing to be Mayor. Finally Capt. W. H. Lewark submitted the name of J. L. Murphy to the Coun ty Board, along with a slate of Aidermen, and they were appoint ed. During its brief career as a mun icipality, some gains were made. The town got aid for streets from the state in the amount of $11,859. 66. It also received a total of $1,409.29 from Raleigh as its share as beer, wine, intangible and other taxes prorated to towns and coun ties. Property owners had paid in upwards of $7,000 in ad valoreum taxes. Jumping the town tax rate from 10 cents the first year to 30 cents the next had caused dissatisfac tion. Further opposition to the town arose over its zoning laws. Real estate men and others who liked to build when and where they chose, and some other - things cairsed opposition,, all of which summed up, brought about Tues day’s results by a narrow margin. About the worst thing done by the Town of Kill Devil Hills dur ing its short life was the opposi tion waged, and which led to the defeat of the water works project for the entire beach area. Under See CAMPAIGN, Page Twelve NICE BLUEFISH CATCH OREGON INLET BEACH Nine massive bluefish, ranging in size from two pounds to just above three pounds, struck at mid night Wednesday about a mile be low Oregon Inlet and just abreast Oregon Inlet Coast Guard Station and BMC Woodrow Wilson Ed wards and ENlc Selby Gaskins were waiting for them there with some hooks baited with freshly cut mullet. The moon had just passed its fullness, if maybe that had something to do with it. Chief Edwards brought his fish to Manteo early Thursday to have their photographs made and then set out for home with his catch still intact, being assured by the members of the crew of his sta tion that if he let so much as one scale of them stray off he had as well not come back across the inlet. The idea was that maybe they would cut him up and use him for bait or something. Bluefish of this size have be come a sort of rarity on the At lantic Coast, anyhow from the surf-caster’s viewpoint. Chief Ed wards and Engineman Gaskins tried out their store-bought hires at first and when the blues ignor ed these, they got them a mullet and cut it up. Then the blues started biting—and the fishermen hope that they are but the first of millions—and that they will get even bigger. But a three-pounder gives a man a considerable set-to. COMMISSIONERS ASK STATE TO AID HAT. INLET FERRY The Dare County Commission ers Tuesday voted to ask the state of North Carolina to assign the small wodden ferry boat “Barce lona” to operate across Hatteras Inlet to assisting in relieving the traffic situation this summer. The boat was formerly used at Oregon Inlet. The Board also wired the repre sentatives in the Legislature, urg | ing that they oppose a proposed additional state tax on automobiles.
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