SECTION ONE
VOLUME XXI NO. 42
FEDERAL FUNDS MAY
BECOME AVAILABLE
FOR BEACH REPAIRS
All Seashore Highway Group to
Meet at Carolinian Hotel
Thursday, April 26th
Col. Harry Brown, who has been
appointed* by Governor Hodges to
work on the problems attendant
upon beach erosion will be present
at a meeting of the All-Seashore
Highway Association which is
scheduled for Thursday, April 26
at the Carolinian Hotel at Nags
Head. The meeting will start at
3 pan.
The Dare County Commissioners
have been invited to attend this
meeting. The parley is set to fol
low up the problems resulting
from recent ocean storms, which I
caused abnormal erosion on the
entire coast. In hope of obtaining
Federal aid to combat erosion as
well to fight mosquitos, a move
ment to declare the Dare Coast a
disaster area was initiated by the
Nags Head Chamber of Commerce
and has been endorsed by resolu
tion of the Dare County Commis
sioners.
Should the Dare Coastline be de
clared a disaster area, it will be
eligible to receive a considerable
allotment of Federal and state
funds sets up for rehabilitation
purposes.
Abnormally high tides and
winds last week, while not so high
as those prevailing in the Norfolk
area, and stronger than those south
of Oregon Inlet, pushed a large
amount of sea water over the bank
of the beach, resulting in flooding i
of the highway in the Kitty Hawk-
Kill Devil Hills area. The resulting
condition makes a demand for more
drainage and more control of the
mosquito problem which followed.
Water from the highway has
drained off finally, but great in
convenience and some damage to
property resulted in the mean
while.
HALLET PERRY ANNOUNCES
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Hallett Perry of Kitty Hawk,
who filled the office of County
Commissioner from Atlantic Town
ship for four years, 1949 to 1953,
has filed as a candidate for this
place. Already in the race were
J. L. Murphy of Kill Devil Hills,
M. M. Meekins and Orville Baum
of Kitty Hawk. This four-cornered
race is expected to create much
interest. Capt. W. H. Lewark, the*
incumbent, withdrew this year, due
to illness.
E. P. White of Buxton is un
opposed as CoYnmissioner from
Hatteras township. J. W. Scar
borough of Avon is opposed by
Newcomb Midgett of Waves for
Commissioner from Kennekeet
township.
Commissioner Lawrence Swain
of Manteo is unopposed for this
office from Nags Head Township,
and Chairman C. C. Duvall of East
Lake has no opposition to repre
sent the Mainland District on the
county Board.
ONE CONTEST EDUCATION
BOARD IN DARE COUNTY
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Only one seat on the Dare Coun
ty Board of Education will be con- 1
tested in the primary. James W.
Davis of Wanchese, well-known
community leader is opposing R.
O. Ballance of Manteo, who is the
incumbent member of the Board
from Nags Head township.
H. E. Best of Stumpy Point did
not file for renomination, and this
post is sought by Leland Wise of
Stumpy Point who will not have
opposition.
Elwood Parker of Kill Devil " f
Hills did not file for renomination I
as the Board of Education mem- |
ber from Atlantic township. Mrs. ]
Susie Briggs of Kitty Hawk has |
filed for this place, and will be |
nominated without opposition. ’ I
W. L. Scarborough of Hatteras I
Township, and Ellis Gray of Ken- |
nekeet township filed for renomi
nation, and they are unopposed.
FIVE IN RACE FOR DARE
BEACHES SANITARY BOARD
R. E.-Jordan, Pat Bayne of Nags i
Head, Oscar Sanderlin, W. H. 3
Smith of Kitty Hawk, and C. A. |
York of Kill Devil Hills have filed I
for the office of Commissioner of I
the Dare Beaches Sanitary Dis- I
trict. Mr. Jordan is now chairman |
of the Commissison and Mr. York |
one of its members.
C. J. Gilly, a carpenter employed 1
by the York Construction Co. has 1
filed for constable’s job in Atlan- a
tic Township. A constable serves j
papers, usually for a justice of the j
peace. The only justice of the peace
in the township now is Bill Ander
son, appointed by the late Gover
nor Umstead. '
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CARQUma
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A VALUABLE ADVERTISING FEATURE for the Pirate’s Jamboree, which begins Friday of next week
is the Barbershop Quartet, although it would be hard to imagine a barber letting them stay around for
very long. This group consists of John Long, of the Bank of Manteo, Julian Oneto of the Carolinian Hotel,
Ralph Swain, Grocer and Lawrence Swain, County Commissioner. During the past week they have made
many public appearances including radio and TV where they appeared on Greenville and Petersburg
stations. Photo by Aycock Brown.
MURL P. TWIFORD DIES
AT WANCHESE SUDDENLY
Muri Preston Twiford 56, died
suddenly at Wanchese Sunday
morning at 2:30. His death occur
red while his wife was away in a
Norfolk hospital where she has
been seriously ill for several weeks.
He was a fisherman, had been liv
ing at Wanchese about six months,
and was a native of Stumpy Point,
son of Raynor R. and the late Mrs.
Annie Payne Twiford. He is sur
vived by his wife, Mrs. Lessie
Payne Twiford, a son, Lester;
three daughters, Mrs. Russell Jor
dan and Mrs. Essie Boyd of Nor
folk and Mrs. Elizabeth Midgett
of Stumpy Point, three half
brothers, LaVerne, Buren and Del
bert Twiford; two half sisters,
Mrs. Will Tillett of Manns Harbor
and Mrs. Shelby Brinn of Great
Bridge. He was a member of the
Stumpy Point Methodist Church.
The services were conducted at
2 p.m. Tuesday at the Stumpy
Point Metho’dist Church by Rev.
A. L. G. Stephenson, assisted by
Rev. Alvin Price. Burial was in
the community cemetery.
The church choir sang “Near to
the Heart of God,” “Jesus is Al
ways There,” with Mrs. Gertrude
Wise at the piano. Pall bearers
were Ira Payne, Randolph Payne,
Hildred Golden, Bob Midgett. The
casket was covered with a pall of
pink gladiolas, white carnation and
fern.
“Shall we gather at the River,”
was sung at the grave.
H. C. BONNER SPEAKER TO
NORFOLK MARITIME GROUP
Representative Herbert C. Bon
ner of North Carolina was speaker
for the 500 guests of the 36th
annual meeting of the Hampton
Roads Maritime Association in the
Monticello Hotel April 19th.
GOOD CATCHES PREVAIL ON DARE MAINLAND
.
EAST LAKE, Manns Harbor, Mashoes and vicinity on the Dare Main
land always yield good catches for fresh water sportsmen. One of the
most frequent anglers devoted to this section is a Guilford County
man, Hermon D. Rew who lives on Route One, Box 216, McCleansville,
N. C. The picture shows Mr. Rew with his brothers on the past week
end, with a catch of bass and pike made while stopping over at the
Croatan Motel. As may be noted, many of these fish are pretty big
ones and must have put up a big fight. Photo by Sian White.
ENEMY OF MOSQUITOES
SEEKS WEAPONS OF WAR
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ROBERT KENNETH GUNN, the
District Sanitarian for Dare and
Currituck Counties finds a large
part of his task calls lor the check
ing of those establishments which
handle food, particularly in the
summertime. But having been serv
ing Uncle Sam a long time he has
developed a warring instinct, and
in civilian life, it is directed to
ward mosquitos. He is a sworn
enemy of mosquitos, thinks they
are the greatest drawback to our
happy coastland and he hopes
that somebody will provide the
means of developing an all-out at
tack against them this summer.
Mr. Gunn, with his wife and young
daughter live at 409 Broad St.,
Manteo. He came on this job in
April last year. He is a native of
Napoleon, Ohio, where his parents,’
Mr. and Mrs. Ortes E. Gunn live
on Route 2. Military service inter
rupted his college career at Bowl
ing Green State University, but
he returned and graduated with a
See GUNN, Page Five
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1956
VICE-PRESIDENT TO SEE
LOST COLONY SCENES
Nixon Will Prosent Awards to Oratory
Final Winners in Now York on
Monday, May 7
By JIM MORTON
(Special to The Coastland Times)
Washington, Apr. 19. Vice-
President Richard Nixon accepted
an invitation today to present the
1956 Freedom of Speech awards
to top winners in the perennial
youth event sponsored by New
York Journal-American at the
Metropolitan Opera House in New
York City. A feature of the Ora
tory Finals this year will be acts
from the Lost Colony, the Roanoke
Island mystery of history, which
has the distinction of being the
longest-lived outdoor drama of its
kind in the world.
The patriotic spectacle culminat
ing in five months of competition
in oratory in which thousands of
high school and college students
took part will be held on Monday,
May 7.
Scholarships of SI,OOO each will
be awarded, with the famous silver
statuettes that were established by
the Hearst Newspapers 14 years
ago to cultivate in the minds a
clearer appreciation of the Free
Speech guaranty in the First
Amendment.
Headed by top industrialist
Brig.. Gen’l. David Sarnoff, a panel
of 12 college and university pres
idents will select the 1956 award
winners. Sarnoff for many years
headed the Radio Corporation of
America. In Ins’ early years, he
was in the wireless telegraph work
at Cape Hatteras.
In his acceptance the Vice-Pres-
See NIXON, Page Five
ARGENTINA STUDENT
SPEAKS TO ROTARY
Ernesto Esquer of Argentina, a
Rotary exchange student, was
guest speaker at the local club’s
meeting on Monday night. Special
guests of the club were Rotary
Anns, wives of the local Rotar
ians.
Introduced by President Wallace
McCown, Esquer of- Argentina
gave some insights on life in his
South American country and com
parisons as he saw conditions in
America.
“My country has friendly rela
tions with both the United States
and Russia,” he said, and added,
“that’s like loving God and the
devil at the same time.”
When he came to this country
he told fellow American students
how Argentina was no longer a
revolutionary country and said,
“What happened? Nine days later
there was a revolution and the
Peron government was over
thrown.”
He spoke of the steaks in Argen
tine, which cost 30 cents as com
pared to $3 for those of equal
quality in America. He failed to
mention that with Peron exiled
steaks in Argentina are now con
siderably more than 30 cents.
Esquez was accompanied to
Manteo by Chris Colley, a Wake
Forest student
During the meeting Dick Jordan
read' a message from Jim Morton
relative to Vice President Nixon’s
role in the oratory contests at the
Metropolitan Opera House in New
York on May 7, an eVent which
will feature scenes from The Lost
Colony.
DARE MEN AWARDED
$15,000 CONTRACTS
TO REPAIR DAMAGE
Dare County men were success
ful bidders last week on $15,000
worth of work, when Contracts
were let by the county commission
ers for drainage and diking work to
be paid for from funds appropriat
ed as a result of last summer’s
hurricanes.
To Sam Liverman of Colington
went the contract for improve
ments in Kitty Hawk at a price
of $3,223.13. Mr. Liverman recently
did the drainage project at Kill
Devil Hills, paid for with Civil
Defense money.
The Manns Harbor and K Lake
Worth projects will be submitted I
a second time for bids, those be
ing received were unsatisfactory.
Ray Lewis of- Manteo got a con
tract at $6,149.90 for work at
Stumpy Point. The work on the
west side of Roanoke Island west
of the Negro settlement will be,
done also by Mr. Lewis, for $3,887. ,
For rebuilding the dike which I
protects the village of Avon from
sea damage, and which was tom
down by storm last year, Stetson
di Daniels of Wanchese got the,
contract at $1,943.
SOUTHERN ALBEMARLE
MEET NEXT WEDNESDAY
AT CRESWELL II A. M.
A meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the Southern Albemarle
Association has been called by the
President, Melvin R. Daniels of
Wanchese, to be held at 11 a.m.
Wednesday, April 25th, to discuss
the proposed Alligator Bridge and
other matters in Creswell.
The group will be guests of the
Commissioners of Washington
County at a luncheon in the school
lunchroom at 1 p.m. Specially in
vited are the Senators from the
Second District and County Rep
resentatives.
In his letter of notice of the
meeting, Mr. Daniels says: “We
feel reasonable sure that the Alli
gator River Bridge will be built
in the near future but let’s not
take anything for granted and
keep working.”
UPWARDS OF 200 ATTEND
MASONIC DINNER SATURDAY
Upwards of 200 members of the
Masonic Lodge of Manteo and
Wanchese, with wives and guests,
met for a turkey dinner Saturday
night at the Shrine Club rooms on
Whalebone Beach.
District Solicitor Walter Cohoon
of Elizabeth City, who has several
times spoken at these meetings,
was the principal speaker. He was
introduced by Melvin Daniels,
Treasurer of Wanchese Lodge.
Members who attended said the
affair was enjoyable, and the ad-1
dress by Mr. Cohoon informative. I
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BEHIND THIS dandyish, carefully cultivated beard, grown especially
to order for the Pirate Jamboree next week, is the pleasant face of
John Donahoe, the brisk assistant manager of the Beacon, Nags Head's
new. de luxe motor court, which was built the past season by George
Crocker of Norfolk. The picture is by Dan Morrill of the Island Studio,
Manteo.
FRIDAY APRIL 27 TO OPEN
PIRATE JAMBOREE WITH BIG
FISH FRY, HATTERAS VILLAGE
Invitations Out for One and All To Come to Sec
ond Annual Pirate's Festival On the Dare
County Coast, Lasting Three Days with Events
at Hatteras, Nags Head and Roanoke Island.
HERE'S THE MAN OF
MANY FACES
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DAN MORRILL is a man who
makes many faces, on photo
graphic paper. Our readers have
been noticing many of his excel
lent photographic portraits in these
columns this year. Mr. Morrill is
the operator of the Island Studio,
located opposite the Fort Raleigh
Hotel in Manteo. A visit to his
studio is interesting, always, if
only to view the many beautiful
pictures displayed in his lobby.
SELECTION OF PIRATE
KING AND QUEEN SAT.
Most colorful pre-Jamboree
event held on the Dare Coast to
date will take place Saturday night
April 21', at Dare County Shrine
Club when hundreds in costumes
will compete for the regal titles of
king and queen of the Pirate Jam
boree. These regal honors last year
went to lovely Sara Alford of Man
teo and Oscar Sanderlin of Kitty
Hawk. Dancing will be a feature of
the evening of entertainment and
proceeds from admission charges
will go towards defraying the
mounting Jamboree costs.
Immediately following the dance
a bus load of pirates will leave
for Petersburg with scheduled
stops enroute to advertise the va
cation season launching event. In
Petersburg between 12:30 and
12:45 o’clock on Sunday a special
show, similar to the one presented
in Washington via television last
j Sunday, will be featured on Sta
tion WXEX-TV.
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By AYCOCK BROWN
Nags Head.—Carolina’s north
eastern coast vacation season will
be launched during the second an
i nual Dare Coast Pirates Jamboree
! during three days of celebration
i beginning Friday April 27 and end
: ing Sunday April 29. Presented
! last year as a more or less experi
: mental festival the event gained
! widespread popularity which re
sulted in sponsors planning another
Jamboree along the same pattern
and covering all of the territory
: included in the region known as
■ the Dare Coast, a fabulous sector
i of North Carolina’s legendary
I Outer Banks.
The schedules of events will be
gin at Hatteras on Friday where
the program including fishing con
tests, Coast Guard life saving
drills, crowning of beauty and buc
caneer royalty, the world’s biggest
I salt water fish fry, bea»’i buggy
races and Ocracoke Boy Scouts ex
hibiting their banker ponies, will
• be held for the most part on the
> exact spot of beachland where the
. late General Billy Mitchell based
bombers while-proving that sur
face craft were vulnerable to
1 bombing attacks from airplanes
, back in September 1930, when he
1 sank the battleships New Jersey
( and Virginia. The Ocracoke Scouts,
, only banker pony mounted troop
in the world, will come to Hat
-1 teras Island from their island vil
lage nearby where Edward Teach,
the notorious pirate Blackbeard,
was run down and killed in 1718.
, The Jamboree festivities at Hat
teras will conclude with a colorful
> waterfront carnival and dance.
' On Saturday, the following day
t the program moves up the Outer
’ Banks to the Nags Head, Kill Devil
i Hills and Kitty Hawk area. A full
: day of activity beginning with a
■ nationally sponsored model plane
■ contest at Kill Devil Hills Nation
al Monument, marking the spot
’ where the Wright Brothers flew
the first airplane in 1903 will be-
I gin at 9 o’clock and continue
1 through 2 p.m. Other morning
1 events include a treasure hunt for
children, and the unveiling of a
> 464 pound blue marlin, second
« largest caught in the United States
I last year and music by Elizabeth
City High School Band with its
i colorful pirate costumed majorettes
| at Kitty Hawk. This will be fol
[ lowed with a Pirate Landing Party
I from Kitty Hawk Bay, led by the
; king and queen of piracy who will
be chosen at a pre-Jamboree Pirate
Ball at Nags Head on April 21.
The afternoon schedule -of events
includes a jeep obstacle race across
the slopes of Jockeys Ridge at
’ Nags Head, a great mountain of
i sand which has the distinction of
j being the highest coastal dune
along the Atlantic or Gulf Coast".
Soon after the obstacle races
thrilling jalopy races along the
Nags Head surf are planned. On
Saturday night the most colorful
social event of the 3-day Jamboree
will be the Grand Pirate Ball in
Nags Head Casino at which the
buccaneer royalty will be crowned.
On Sunday morning, concluding
day of the Spring vacation season
launcher religion will have its role
when Dr. Sylvester Green, vice
president of Wake Forest College,
Winston Salem, will preach in the
Lost Colony’s Waterside Theatre
at Fort Raleigh on Roanoke Is
land, site of English-speaking
America’s spiritual beginning in
1584 during the Elizabethan Era
of Sir Walter Raleigh. And fol
lowing the religious services,
promptly at 12:15 o’clock the first
of 20 speedboat races will begin
in Manteo’s Shallowbag Bay har
bor on Roanoke Island. The speed
boat classic is sponsored by the
local boat club and is nationally
sanctioned.
Pre-Jamboree events began on
Friday, April 13, with a Pirate
Street Dance in Elizabeth City,
Ainder the sanction of that
city’s municipal council and
mayor. On Saturday evening,
April 14 , in the Carolinian
Hotel hefe on Nags Head
Manteo Rotary Club’s bearded
pirate quartet, challenged six other
quartets in a Barber Shop Song
Shop. On Sunday, April 15, first
in a series of pirate motorcades
and television shows began, the
first to Washington, N. C., with
others scheduled for Norfolk and
Petersburg, Va.