® OLUME XXI NO. 12
CURRITUCK SOUND BRIDGE
USHERED IN NEW ERA OF
PROGRESS 25 YEARS AGO
Great Advances Were Predicted and Have
Come to Pass in Many Directions Since Wright
Memorial Bridge Was Opened to Traffic; His
tory May Show Us What the Future Will Bring.
Twenty-five years ago this
week the Wright Memorial Bridge
across Currituck Sound was open
ed to traffic for the first time
forming the first link between the
mainland of North Carolina and
the Dare County coastal wonder
land.
From Kitty Hawk to Hatteras
and Ocracoke a new era began and
this centuries-old land of history
and legend began to experience a
boom the like of which has seldom
been seen anywhere along the
Atlantic coast.
Here is a story written by Earl
Dean, a reporter for the Elizabeth
City Daily Advance, gleaned from
now slightly yellowed pages of
that newspaper as the news ap
peared a quarter of a century ago:
By EARL DEAN
Headlines in the Elizabeth City
Daily Advance heralded the quick
est overland trip from Manteo to
Elizabeth City which was made on
Friday morning, September 27,
1930, by a party composed of Dare
County Sheriff Victor Meekins, E.
H. Peele, Jr., and Tom Basnight,
of Manteo, who were accompanied
by Steve Basnight, of Nags Head
Coast Guard Station.
They .arrived in Elizabeth City >
after the quickest overland trip
ever made, the journey being made
in two hours byway of the new
Currituck-Dare Bridge. Although
the bridge was not opened to traf
fic until noon the following day,
Victor Meekins and his party, who
wished to take some pictures of
it, were permitted to cross.
The opening of the bridge was
'oing to revolutionize Dare Coun
ty, Meekins said, who stated he
wanted next to see the State take
over a right of way and build a
road from Manns Harbor to
Stumpy Point. With a ferry al
ready in operation from Roanoke
Island to Manns Harbor, he said,
all of Dare County would then
have an outlet and many people
could come to Elizabeth City con
veniently.
It was reported in the Elizabeth
City paper that Friday afternoon
25 years ago that Capt. T. A.
Baum, who operated the Point
Harbor-Kitty Hawk ferry intend
ed to discontinue it upon the open
ing of the new bridge but would
continue to operate a ferry be
tween Kitty Hawk and Roanoke
Island until the hard-surfaced road
from there to the Roanoke Sound
bridge was completed.
Meekins even then had hopes of
eventually seeing a hard-surfaced
road down the beach south of
Oregon Inlet to Hatteras where,
he said, driving was then most
difficult.
No formal ceremonies marked
the opening of the new three-mile
long bridge across Currituck Sound
on Saturday morning, September
27, 1930. But Floyd Gibbons, the
“Headline Hunter of the World”
a quarter of a century ago, at the
request of the late Capt. W. J.
Tate, of Coinjock, broadcast the
glad tidings over Radio Station
WJZ, New York, at 5:45 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time, September
27, that year.
In a letter to the editor of the
Elizabeth City Daily Advance
under the date September 27, 1930,
Dare County’s Register of Deeds,
Melvin R. Daniels, had this to say:
“As a matter of news from Dare
County I wish to impart the fol
lowing good news:
“On the above date the Town of
Manteo was honored by a visit of
five of Pasquotank’s most distin
guished citizens, who were the
first to makfe the entire trip from
Elizabeth City to Manteo byway
of the new bridge across Currituck
Sound. They were: Mayor J. B.
Flora, Howard A. Flora, George
T. Koch, D. Guy Brockett and Bill
Dawson.
“We were glad to welcome these
gentlemen to the county seat of
Dare Connty and take the same
as a fore-runner of what is to
come to Dare County by reason
of the bridge. We, the citizens of
Dare County, feel that this is go
ing to be the means of cementing
the friendly relations that have
always existed between Dare and
Pasquotank, more solid, and hope
to see more of your citizens in the
future than we have in the past;
Welcome to Dare County ye citi
zens of Pasquotank; and this in
vitation is extended to all the
See BRIDGE Page Eight
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
HIGHEST TIDES IN
40 YEARS IN HYDE
AND BELHAVEN
Deep Waters Virtually Wipe Out
Hyde's Harvest; Belhaven
Flooded Too.
Hyde County this week suffered
its third and worst hurricane
within six weeks, as lone moved
up the coast with its center pass
ing along western fringe of the
county, between Swan Quarter
and Belhaven. Farmers again suf
fered the greatest losses, as all
crops in the Helds are considered
a total loss. Flooding of homes,
especially in the western portion
of the county, was serious and
many merchants suffered losses of
merchandise.
Farm Agent Earl Topping plac
es county-wide crop losses this
year due to hurricanes at more
than 90%, on top of last year’s
losses caused by Hazel in some
areas. lone destroyed virtually all
crops remaining in the fields, and
’only a few farmers had harvested
any crops because of wet fields
caused by Connie and Dianne,
which caused a two-thirds crop
loss, and by the heavy rains which
followed Connie and Dianne. Dur
ing the past month alone, 30 inches
of rain have been measured unof
ficially in the county, as com
pared to an annual average of six
inches.
There were some scattered re
ports of livestock losses, but farm
ers generally managed to save
their livestock.
The ravaging waters of Lake
Mattamuskeet cut away the east
ern side of the NC 94 causeway
across the lake, necessitating clos
ing the road. The pavement itself
was washed away on one side in
about twelve different places. The
worst place was approximately
three-fourths of a mile -long
where the pavement was gone up
to within about 2% feet of the
center line.
As much as 30 inches of water
was measured in homes in Swan
Quarter; numerous roofs were
damaged by the winds, which were
much stronger than in the three
previous hurricanes. Approximate
ly 14 inches of water entered the
courthouse, as the tide rose about
1% feet higher than during any
of the other storms. A group of
35 to 40 people from low areas
took refuge on the courthouse’s
second floor.
The Sladesville area received
more tide than any of the three
earlier storms had brought in.
Stores there had considerable
losses.
The town of Engelhard had
about the same tide as it did dur
ing Connie and Dianne; ,the tide
reportedly stayed up there longer
than it did in Swan Quarter, how
ever. Areas to the west of Engel
hard reported slightly higher wat
er this time than previously.
Some low-lying areas near Fair
field were flooded, and Wednes
day morning roads leading to the
Carmur setlement were still im-
See TIDES, Page Eight
TWO DISTRICT PTA
CONFERENCES THIS FALL
PTA District No. 9 will have
two district conferences this fall,
according to announcement by Mrs.
Lawrence Swain of Manteo, dis
trict director. The conference will
be held at Buxton on October 4
and at Perquimans Central in
Winfall on October 5. The same
credit will be given those attend
ing either conference.
Mrs. Hazel Crawford, president
of the N. C. Congress of Parents
and Teachers, will be present and
will speak on “Building Today for
the World Tomorrow”. Two other
state officers, Mrs. J. W. Burke,
treasurer, and Miss Blanche Haley,
field secretary, will also have part
on the program.
Both Buxton and Perquimans
Central have won great interest
in making outstanding affairs of
these meetings, according to Mrs.
Swain. Registration will be at 9:30
and the meeting will begin at 10
a.m.
MARTIN COUNTY TO
BE HOST OCT. 28
TO SOU. ALBEMARLE
Governor Luther Hodges To Be
Principal Speaker; Alligator
Bridge Subject of
Interest
Delegates from the six member
counties of the Southern Albe
marle Association will be guests
of Martin County Friday, October
28th, in Williamston, according to
the president, Alexander Corey of
Jamesville. Governor Luther Hod
ges is reported to have accepted
the invitation to address the
group in the forenoon, which
speech will be followed by a din
ner for soma 300 delegates.
The business meeting will follow
the dinner, and this usually lasts
about two hours. The counties
forming the Association are Beau
fort, Dare, Hyde, Martin Tyrrell
and Washington. The Association
was formed in 1935 at Columbia
and has remained active ever since,
its annual meeting, and its presi
dent, rotating from county to
county. It will be the turn of
Washington County this year to
name the president.
A most important topic of this
year’s meeting will be the proposal
for a bridge over Alligator River,
See MARTIN, Page Eight
TOWN GROUP WINS
FIRST ROUND AT
KILL DTEVIL HILLS
Some three weeks ago Judge
Chester Morris at Currituck Court
house heard an action in which op
ponents of the incorporation of Kill
Devil Hills sought to uphold an
election dissolving its charter. The
election had been declared invalid.
This newspaper is advised that
Judge Morris has ruled in favor
of the town officials who filed a
demurrer to the action. According
to this ruling, unless the litigants
perfect an appeal to higher courts,
the town officials will stay in
office, and the town continue to
function.
The officials were represented
by the law film of Edwards, San
ders and Everett of Durham. The
opposition by Forrest Dunstan and
John Hall of Elizabeth City.
The town officials are Mrs.
Emily K. Mustian, Mayor, Elton
Twiford, Herbert Morrison and
Robert Young.
CIVIL AIR PATROL LENDS
AID DURING HURRICANE
Prompt on the job in Manteo,
as well as other towns of Coastal
Carolina in the path of the storm
was the Civil Air Patrol. Lieuten
ant Tom Stewart of Henderson
with a party of six arrived in Man
teo at 1 a.m. Monday morning and
set up their short wave outfit.
Coast guard as well as commercial
phone lines soon went out of serv
ice, but the CAP was’in communi
cation by its short wave radio
phone, with various other towns in
the hurricane area whose communi
cations system had gone out of
commission.
« The party made headquarters
with Alpheus Drinkwater. The
CAP forces rendered similar serv
ice throughout the coastland.
MANTEO REDSKINS WALK
OVER SUFFOLK 43 TO 0
The Manteo Redskins opened
their 1955 football season with a
bang Saturday night by defeating
Suffolk Junior Varsity 43 to 0.
The Suffolk team gave the local
team a god battle for the first
quarter, but the Redskins broke the
game wide open in the second
quarter and went on to an easy
victory which say Coach Ayers
use every man on the squad.
The entire first team played well
with Woody Woodward and Davis
Ballance leading the way with two
touchdowns each. Woodward had
one extra point. David Simpson,
James Stillman and Allen Dough
had one touchdown each. Coy Til
lett and Allen Dough were stand
outs on defense. The Redskins
made five first downs to one for
Suffolk.
MANTEO REDSKINS INVADE
PLYMOUTH FRIDAY NIGHT
The Manteo Redskins will meet
the strong Plymouth team this
Friday night at Plymouth.
The locals have had little prac
tice this week due to lone, and as
a result will probably not be in
tip-top condition. Coach Ayers is
expected to take his entire squad
along with Manager Butch Kelford
to Plymouth, and start the follow
ing line-up:
LE Meekins, LT Dough, LG
Biggs, C Hayes, RG O’Neal, RT
Midgett, RE Tillett, QB Wood
ward, RH Stillman, LH Ballance,
FB Simpson.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1955
AWARD TO H. C. BONNER
BY AMERICAN LEGION
f 1
Congressman Herbert C. Bon
ner, Representative from the First
District of North Carolina, and
Chairman of the Merchant Marine
& Fisheries Committee of the
House of Representatives, will be
awarded the American Legion’s
Distinguished Service Medal, it
was announced today in New
York by Millard G. Gamble, Presi
dent of the Esso Shipping Com
pany.
The North Carolina Democrat,
who will be the guest of honor at
the post’s dinner scheduled for
November sth at the Waldorf-
Astoria Hotel in New York, will
be cited for his outstanding role
in keeping this country’s merchant
marine strong.
COSTS AND BENEFITS
OF ADVERTISING
By DAVID STICK
Next time you’re in New York
pick up one of the numerous daily
newspapers, and you’re almost
sure to find a full page advertise
ment for Gimbel’s Department
Store and another for Macy’s.
These are two of the largest and
best known stores in the country,
and they got that way by adver
tising.
Funny thing about it, though
is that they devote a large part
of their advertisements to the
same items. One will come out
with an advertisement for a cer
tain type of electric toaster, and
the other will follow right up ad
vertising a toaster they claim is
better, or with a lower price on
the same toaster the other is sell
ing.
You’ll find the same thing in
magazines. Automobile advertise
ments are backed up against each
other. One cigarette advertises on
the inside back cover, another on
the outside.
Same thing with resort areas
too. Here’s a Florida advertise
ment on one page, California on
the next; and then maybe Hawaii,
Cuba, France, or even Sun Valley,
or Miami, or Virginia Beach or
Asheville. They’re all fighting for
business; all selling the same
thing, only claiming it’s a little
better or offering it at a lower
price. Dare County should be right
in there with them, except that a
single page advertisement in one
of the leading magazines costs
considerably more than the entire
budget of the Dare County Tourist
Bureau for an entire year. The
only way we can get Dare County
into those newspapers and maga
zines . . . and on radio and Tele
vision ... is through articles and
pictures. And that’s what the Dare
County Tourist Bureau is for.
JOHN TYLER ETHERIDGE
90, DIES IN NORFOLK
John Tyler Etheridge, a native
of Roanoke Island, retired ship
builder, 90 years old, died Wed
nesday night in his sleep at his
home in Norfolk. He had been
fairly well up until his death, and
sat up late enjoying the prize fight
in New York. He left a brother,
Charles P. Etheridge of Norfolk.
Two weeks ago he visited his
cousin R. Bruce Etheridge of Man
teo.- He had many relatives on
Roanoke Island, his father being
the late Daniel Etheridge who
was in charge of Life Saving
Stations on the Currituck Coast.
On his last visit here, he said it
might be his last trip, but if he
lived, he expected to be back
Christmas, as he often visited
Roanoke Island. He made his home
with a step-grand-daughter in
Norfolk, where the funeral will be
conducted Saturday.
AYCOCK BROWN IS IN
THE ALBEMARLE HOSPITAL
Aycock Brown of Manteo, pub
licity director for the Dare County
Tourist Bureau, entered the Albe
marle Hospital in Elizabeth City
Wednesday. Mr. Brown is sched
uled to undergo an operation some
time this week.
GOVERNOR HODGES
AND PARTY SURVEY
STORM DAMAGE
Plane Load of Officials Stop at
Manteo Thursday Afternoon
on Tour of Coast.
Governor Luther Hodges has
been on the ball throughout the
hurricane season in the interest
of his people of North Carolina,
and regardless of where he might
have been, he has cancelled his
schedules and come straight home
to make a personal survey on the
scene, of damage done, and he has
immediately followed up by bring
ing all interested Governmental
agencies on the spot to see for
themselves.
Thursday afternoon on a flying
tour of hurricane-hurt communi
ties in this state, the Governor
flew into the Manteo Airport while
on his way to Elizabeth City and
was received by a committee z of
citizens and officials who gave him
some estimates of damage in the
Dare County area. Officials of the
county, of the towns of Manteo
and Kill Devil Hills were present.
Martin Kellogg, Jr., Mayor of
Manteo told of the minor damage
done the town utilities. Mrs. Emily
Mustian, Mayor of Kill Devil Hills
said an estimated $25,000 would
be needed for drainage and sanita
tion in her town. Commissioner
Lawrence Swain, speaking for
Dare County, said the need was
acute at Stumpy Point and Manns
Harbor for relief. He cited the
need as being acute at Avon, for
drainage and repairs to the dike
around the village. Melvin R.
Daniels spoke of the need for re
lief at Wanchese.
Among the officials who spoke
and outlined the possible sources
of aid were Judge Thomas H.
Goodman, Regional Director of
Civil Defense; K. C. Lattimer,
Regional Red Cross Representa
tive; A. E. Razar, Chief of Pro
duction Loan Operations of FHA.
The Governor, flying in a military
plane, was also accompanied by
several newspapermen, including
Woodrow Price and Lynn Nisbit of
Raleigh, and th? whole party num
bered about a dozen. Some 25 peo
ple met the Governor at the Man
teo Airport, including Commission
ers Duvall and Swain, Mayor Kel
logg, Mrs. Mustian, and the entire
town Board of Kill Devil Hills, A.
W. Drinkwater and Miss Dorothy
Drinkwater representing the local
Red Cross, Sheriff Frank Cahoon,
Thos. Chears, Wally McCown,
Victor Meekins, Ben Dixon Mac-
Neill of Buxton, Brantley Brown,
Turner Twiford of East Lake,
Mrs. Alice Grice, Mrs. Carrie
Rhodes and Dewey Haymon of
Nags Head; County Agent and
Mrs. Bob Smith, Miss Sarah Hal
liburton of Kill Devil Hills.
MANTEO CHILD INJURED
COLLIDING WITH CAR
Jimmie Groce, six-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. James Groce of
Manteo, was injured late Wednes
day afternoon on the highway in
front of his home, when he ran
across the road and collided with
a car being driven by J. B. Price
of Akron, Ohio, who is visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Roy Etheridge, Jr.
The little boy, who was knocked
unconscious, was taken by ambu
lance to the Marine Hospital, Nor
folk, Va. He regained conscious--
ness rapidly and word from hiss
parents, who accompanied him;
was to the effect that hospital
authorities found he had a concus
sion. No other injuries were im
mediately found, The maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Dough of Manteo, left Thursday
morning to be with him.
BOOSTERS CLUB ORGANIZED
FOR MANTEO ATHELETICS
A group of interested parents
and friends of Manteo High School
met in the school auditorium last
Thursday night for the purpose of
organizing a Boosters Club. The
group present elected the follow
ing officers:
President: Coy Tillett, Vice
President: Robert Ballance, Treas
urer: Mrs. L. D. Hassell, Secre
tary: R. H. Stone.
The purpose of the club is to
serve as a booster primarily for
high School athletics, and will hold
another meeting Thursday night of
this week at 8:00 in the school
auditorium. The public is cordially
invited as the Club will begin its
membership drive.
MANTEO PTA TO MEET
The Manteo Parent Teacher
Association will hold its first meet
ing of the school year Tuesday
night, September 27, at eight
o’clock in the school auditorium.
All school patrons are urged to
attend.
HURRICANE IONE, SHE CAME
AND SHE WENT, BUT KINDLY
LEFT DARE LITTLE DAMAGED
The Walter Raleigh Coastland Again Is Fortu
nately Favored by the Fury of The Storm; With
Few Exceptions, No Great Seashore Damage
Results, Save for the Annoyance of Cleaning
up After High Tides.
lone came and went and Dare
Coastland people after long hours
of hearing many warnings were
prepared for the worst. They
would have been grateful to be
spared their lives after days of
being warned of what was ahead.
Imagine the relief of the seashore
interests and its inhabitants to
shake themselves awake after
lone had passed to find they were
almost intact. There were a few
notable exceptions of people sus
taining great loss, but mostly the
damage was confined to yards lit
tered by tides, and some homes
hurt by rains.
As lone lingered along far west
of us on the North Carolina main
land, the people on the coast had
been listening for hours to re
ports of damage done at More
head City, New Bern, Washington
and Belhaven. They were expect
ing high tides and strong winds.
Those living in exposed places, and
who could do so, had gotten their
furniture raised from their floors.
In most instances damage was con
fined to yards littered with trash
borne about by the tide. High wa
ters rose some four to six feet
above normal. Rain as well as
tidewater flooded roads.
Among chief sufferers were the
people of Stumpy 1-oint on tne
mainland and some parts of Manns
Harbor. In the former community,
tides entered homes, littered yards,
removed lumber piles, damaged
fences an made the drinking water
salt. Fresh water had to be
orought in by relief forces. Some
net houses went down, some nets
were damaged. High tides again
flooded the East Lake area. Ferry
service was suspended and the
boats moored in safe harbors for
the day. Delay in resuming service
at Manns harbor was occasioned
by damage done the ferry dock.
High water at the Roanoke
Sound little bridge interrupted
travel for several hours until the
wind subsided on Tuesday and
permitted the water to go down.
At this point the small place of
business owned by Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Williams, known as the
Anchor, and which had been under
mined in the last storm, went
down, and broke up. High water
entered the Oasis case nearby,
damaging motors on deep-freezes
etc.
One small house at Kitty Hawk
belonging to Mrs. Sam Beasley,
and which was situated rather
close to the ocean was undermined
and tipped- over on its side. Some
other buildings in the area were
aiso damaged when undermined
by high seas. Heavy rains flooded
long stretches of the highway and
adjacent lots in the Kitty Hawk-
Kill Devil Hills area.
South of Oregon: Inlet, rain and
tide waters flooded long stretches
cf the highway, not enough to
block traffic, which was resumed
n&ct day when the ferries went
back in operation. Near Rodanthe,
twe homes and one business place
suffered from tidal waters on the
floors, but these places were built
in low places and not high off the
ground. A small section of the
road was washed out near Salvo,
and in some other areas small
edges broken from the side of the
road. Delay in traffic was occa
sioned by heavy sand drifts on the
roads, which had to be cleaned
with a scraper. The highway de
partment was prompt on the job
in all sections of Dare County, and
restored traffic in shortest possible
order.
Tidal waters entered several
homes in Avon. The roof of a fill
ing station at Buxton was reported
blown off. The wooden approach
to the old bridge over New inlet
floated away with the tide a dis
tance of several hundred yaids.
Coast guardsmen were on the job,
rendering assistance, and taking
people from their homes, just in
case, to larger building!, among
these being the Chicamacomico
Coast Guard station.
No damage was reported from
Ocracoke Island, other than the
undermining of the old Hatteras
Inlet Coast Guard station which
for some years had been threat
ened by the sea, and sometime ago
was given up for lost. The iast re
port was that with the sand be
i eath being swept away ;iis build
ing had fallen overboard.
Fear of the hurricane had driven
See STORM, Page Eight
Single Copy 70
250% INCREASE IN
FUNDS ALLOTTED
FOR WATERWAYS
Hatteras, Fairfield, Ocracoke and
Pasquotank County Share in
Increased Appropriations
This Tear.
Wilmington. Funds appro
priated by Congress for drainage,
navigation and flood control proj
ects in Coastal North Carolina for
the current fiscal year total two
and a half times the sum allotted
for last year, reports Colonel R.
L. Hill, District Engineer of the
Wilmington District, Corps of
Engineers.
The Congress has allotted some
$2,514,500 for new work and
maintenance for the year ending
next June 30. Last year the Dis-,
trict was given $1,130,250. This
latter sum included only one new
work project—sl9s,ooo to aid in
developing a drainage district of
12,500 areas of land at Fairfield
in Hyde County. This money, how
ever, was carried over to the cur
rent year because local interests
at Fairfield could not get together
on certain conditions relating to
operation and maintenance of the
project. Land owners have been
asked to agree to an assessment
of so much an acre to carry on
the project. Some are willing and
dthers are not.
The total for this year includes
$1,036,000 for maintaining naviga
ble waters and the operating of
five (5) bridges and three (3)
locks. The.Temainedr, $1,478,500 in
cluudes $500,000 for the beginning
of deepening of Wilmington Har
bor from 32 feet to 34 feet, and
$21,400 for surveying the upper
reaches of the Cape Fear River.
It also includes $120,000 for
flood control work on the Pasquo
tank River, $83,000 for increasing
the depth of Taylors Creek at
Beaufort from seven to 12 feet
and widening the channel from 75
to 100 feet, $102,000 for a break
water and dredging at Oriental
and $105,000 for deepening and
widening Bardens Inlet from five
to 12 feet and 75 feet to 100 feet
respectively. In addition to these,
$175,000 has been earmarked to
improve Rollinson Channel at Hat
teras, $107,000 for Wallace Chan
nel at Ocracoke Inlet and $55,000
(maintenance)* to restore the In
tracoastal Waterway at Core
Creek to 12 feet. The latter area
is subject to severe shoaling.
Final plans are being rushed to
get all of these projects underway
during the current fiscal year.
Fishing interests and other users
of the Intracoastal Waterway are
advised that Hurricanes Connie
and Diane imposed little if any
damage on the route between
Little River, S. C., and the Neuse
River, the area in the path of the
storms, the Corps of Engineers re
ports.
A survey party with sounding
gear examined this stretch of the
waterway immediately after the
storms passed and reported no ob
structions were found, a few aids
(markers) to navigation were
blown away and shoaling at only
three points. Shoals leaving a
scant 10 feet of depth were located
near New River, the Carolina
Beach Inlet and at a point where
the channel emerges from Snows
Cut to join the Cape Fear River.
Survey people say it is normal for
shoals to recur at these places and
they doubt that Connie and Diane
are to blame.
Three key members of the Dis
trict staff have been assigned to
the New England Division at Bos
ton, Massachusetts for “Operation
Noah” emergency work in connec
tion with the flood stricken area.
Lt. Col. John H. Jackson, Assistant
District Engineer, George E. Mc-
White, Mechanical Engineer, and
Clarence W. Madison, Auditor, left
last week by air for 30 to 60 days
special restoration work.
MANTEO WOMAN MAKES
FIRST FLIGHT AT 78
Mrs. Colenda Barnett of Manteo,
who is 78 years of age, had her
first airplane ride at 6:10 last
Saturday morning,- and said “It
was the delight of my life”. Mrs.
Barnett flew with her son-in-law,
Shirley Stewart of Norfolk, Va.,
who is a pilot and whom she was
visiting at the time.