VOLUME XXI NO. 45
LOST COLONY IN
NEW YORK FINDS
BIGGEST AUDIENCE
Some 4,000 Persons Witness Paul
Green's Drama in Metropoli
tan Opera House.
By AYCOCK BROWN
In New York City on Monday
night before an audience of 4,800
persons filling every available seat
in the orchestra section and the
glittering “Diamond Horseshoe” of
famous Metropolitan Opera House
The Lost Colony which in 1937
gave a “new look” to the Amer
ican Theatre, presented four color
ful scenes from the play which
never in its long history had been
presented anywhere except in
Waterside Theatre at Fort Raleigh
at the site of the original 16th
Century happenings on Roanoke
Island of the story it tells.
There for the famous play’s “de
but at the Met” were its author,
Paul Green, and Mrs. Green, Dick
Jordan, its manager, and Grace
his wife, who played a role in the
show, Clifton Britton of Goldsboro,
its director, Mrs. Lucille Purser
of Nags Head who honored the
group of actors and many impor
tant New York friends of North
Carolina at a youpon tea party
before the performance began, and
many others.
Perhaps the most important per
son there to many, people was
Richard Nixon, who studied law
at Duke University and is now
Vice-President of the United
States. The nation’s Veep was
there for a purpose, to present
awards to winners of the N. Y.
Journal-American’s 14th Annual
Oratory Finals, an event along
with many added attractions, of
which The Lost Colony was one.
Jim Morton, an editorial executive
of the world’s largest circulated
afternoon newspaper which spon
sored the events, was the man re
sponsible for the great success of
the presentation which began at 8
o’clock and continued until after
midnight.
Morton, a summer resident of
Nags Head, not' only supervised
the direction of the various sea-
See COLONY, Page Fonr
CROATAN SOUND
BRIDGE COMPLETE
FOR INAUGURATION
Prospect of Being Opened Early
m 1957, Contractor Says;
Weather Made Delay
It looks as if the best we may
expect for the opening of the
Croatan Sound bridge will be in
time to enable friends of Governor
Hodges to drive over it en route to
Raleigh about the first week in
January 1957 to witness his in
auguration.
John Loving, of the contracting
firm building this bridge, told this
newspaper this week that he
doesn’t hold out hopes of complet
ing the bridge before the end of
1956. This week’s statement is in
line with previous statements he
has made that he didn’t see how
the brigde could be completed be
fore about Christmas. In fact he
has said all along it would be late
in 1956 at the best, before it could
be finished.
Mr. Loving said on top of all
the weather set-backs that have
prevailed during the past year, the
unusually bad weather of this
spring has further delayed con
struction. He says he sees no pros
pect whatever of getting the job
finished before Christmas.
The contractors have a given
number of working days in which
to build the bridge, and the actual
time of completition depends on
the weather. Leeway is given also
for other mishaps which might
occur.
At the end of the week, less
than 50 pilings remained to be
driven. The work of the floating
pile driver is about complete.
Deck and rail of the bridge is
complete for about 60 per cent of
the length of the bridge from the
east end at Roanoke Island. Ma
terials are mixed at the Manteo
airport and transported by truck
to the job.
DEMOCRATIC convention
IN MANTEO 2 P.M. SATURDAY
The Democratic County conven
tion will convene at 2 p.m. Satur
day in the Dare County courthouse
in Manteo, according to M. L. Dan
iels, Chairman of the County Dem
ocratic Executive Committee. At
this time delegates to the State
Convention on May 17th in Ra
leigh will be elected, and other
business attended to.
Saturday of this week is the
final date for registering to vote
in the forthcoming primary of
May 26. The following Saturday,
May 19th, will be challenge day.
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
BOAT RACES NEXT
WEEK IN MANTEO
FOR TWO DAYS
The Dare Power Boat Associa
tion has added three more in
board classes for its May 19 and
20 races, bringing the number of
inboard groups to seven.
The Dare races, which were
scheduled for April 29 at Man
teo, were postponed until the
third week end in May because of
choppy water. DPBA officials de
cided to turn the race into a two
day affair, instead of the original
ly scheduled one day of racing, and
add more inboard classes.
Outboard racing will be held
Saturday to allow the outboard
skippers to attend the Hopewell
race Sunday.
Inboard racing will be Sunday.
Besides the 235, 136, 225 and 266
hydro classes, already included in
the race, the DPBA will add the
48 hydroplane class, the Pacific
One design hydros, and the D&E
runabouts.
According to Ty Bain, president
of the Tidewater Power Boat Rac
ing Association, the Manteo races
will be the first big affair for in
board pilots in this area.
He also predicted that the ad
dition of the new classes will bring
many more boats to the race.
Bain, who owns a 48 Hydro, said
he would take his boat to Man
teo if he could get it in top-notch
condition by that time.
Other 48 Hydro owners from the
Tidewater area that will probably
attend the Dare affair are Rudy
Browning, George Loeb and
See RACES, Page Four
TWO DAY MEETING
OF 200 FARM AND
HOME AGENTS ENDS
Nags Head Hotel Host to Un
usual Gathering in Dare
County This Week
One of the largest conventions
of the season for Nags Head has
been conducting a two day group
meeting at The Arlington Hotel,
concluding on Thursday. Approxi
mately 200 farm and home agents
of the eastern and northwestern
districts met along with admin
istrators and specialists of the N.
C. State College Extension Service.
Sessions were held in Dare
County Shrine Club where Exten
sion Director D. S. Weaver of Ra
leigh nfade keynote speech Wed
nesday morning and at The Arling
ton where a banquet was held
Thursday night honoring three vet
eran extension workers for then
long service.
Those honored included J. I.
Wagonor of Guilford County since
1924; Mrs. Grace Pope Brown,
home agent in Surry County for
18 years and Jere W. Bason, coun
ty agent in Alamance County since
1937.
Weaver said one of the big prob
lems facing the Extension Serv
ices and Nation’s agriculture is
how to provide the two million
low-income families in the country
with a good living.
“Up to now/’ he said, “no one
seems to know how.”
Using as topic “The Over-all
Extension Program and Signifi
cant Changes and Trends in Agri
culture,” Weaver said, “The world
today nees more of the philosophy
underlying the Extension Service,
—trying to help people help them
selves.” He described the work of
the agricultural agency as putting
science to work for the benefit
of all.
The original aim of Extension
was to help farmers increase pro
duction and thereby enable them to
increase their income and release
workers to industry,” he said,
adding, “but in our changing sit
uation our work has become more
complex and involves many more
problems of the farm people.”
Citing progress made by North
Carolina farm people in past 30
years Director Weaver pointed out
that “flue-cured tobacco produc
tion per acre has more than
doubled; cotton and peanut yields
have increased by one fourth;
Broiler production has gone from
less than million in 1924 to almost
70 million in 1955; and diets have
been improved as the level of liv
ing generally has been raised.
Looking into future Weaver sees
great potential in increasing egg
production, milk production for
manufacturing purposes and in
creasing horiticultural crops in
many sections of State. “North
Carolina has a big stake in farm
legislation since 66 percent of
State’s farm income is derived
from the six so-called basic crops—
a higher percentage than any other
state of the nation,” he said. Fol
lowing banquet at Arlington to
night a dance in honor of Mrs.
i Brown, Wagoner and Bason in
Dare County Shrine Club.
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These two Avon boys have completed their 12-weeks training
course at the Coast Guard Receiving Center at Cape May, N. J. Price,
19 is the son of Mrs. Alvin Price of Avon. He attended Hatteras High
School until June 1954. He entered the Coast Guard in January and
was assigned to Recruit Co. Lima-27 at Cape May. Scarborough is a
graduate of Cape Hatteras High, both boys joined up m January.
Price will continue at Cape May for awhile. Scarborough will report
for first duty at the Fifth District, Norfolk. They are now on 10 days
leave.
BOARD APPROVES CHANGES
IN DARE SCHOOL BUDGET
Agrees on Now Line For Health Cen
ter Property at Buxton; Leases
Property at Wanchese;
Draws Jury
The Dare County Commissioners
Tuesday agreed to an increase in
the budget for the school year just
closing, whereby the Board of Edu
cation may spend $80,804.55 for
the current year instead of the
original appropriation of $73,450.-
’BR. The School board has recently
received the additional $7,354 de
sired to be spent, from the sale
of school property at Avon and
Buxton.
The Board agreed to lease to
Bernie Davis of Wanchese a 100
foot strip of County Owned prop
erty for SSOO a year, the lease to
be renewed from year to year. The
resolution didn’t say how long the
lease might continue.
The Board agreed to accept a
new line recently run, as the boun
dary of property used as the Bux
ton Health Center.
June sth was set for the date
of opening bids for the removal
of garbage on the Dare beaches.
PRECINCT MEETING HELD
IN MANTEO SATURDAY
Charles R. Evans of Manteo was
elected precinct Democratic Com
mittee chairman at the meeting
held in Manteo Saturday. Mrs.
Mary M. Basnight was named 1
Vice-Chairman. She was not pres
ent. Martin Kellogg Jr. served as
Secretary of the meeting. Mrs.
Basnight, W. M. Jolliff, Sheriff
Frank Cahoon and C. S. Meekins
were named to attend the county
convention in Manteo Saturday of
this week.
Also attending the meeting was
M. L. Daniels, County Chairman.
THREE DARE COUNTY MEN COMPLETING AIR FORCE TRAINING IN TEXAS
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CONRAD D. BURRUS STANLEY WAYNE MOORE VERNON ARTHUR PERRY
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.—Three Dare County boys: Conrad D. Burrus 20, husband of Mrs.
Gwennie Burrus, Buxton, Stanley Wayne Moore, son of Mrs. Cloey Moore, Vernon Arthur Perry, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Perry, Rt 2, Kitty Hawk, (Colington), are completing Air Force basic military train
ing at Lackland Air Force Base, the “Gateway to tha Air Force.” This training prepares them for en*
trance into Air Force technical trairiing or for an Air Force’ duty assignment. The course includes a
scientific evaluation of their aptitude and inclination for following a particular career field.
Lackland, situated near San Antonio, is the site of Air Force basic military training for men and
women and home of the USAF Officer Military School, of which the USAF Officer Candidate School,
the USAF Pre-Flight School and Officers Pre-Flight Group are operating units.
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MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 11,1956
KERMIT J. PRICE
SIB,OOO PROVIDED TO
DEEPEN HATTERAS
CHANNEL TO INLET
Chief of Engineers Allots Money
From Special Fund To Open
Natural Channel
Continued effort in behalf of the
channel and harbor at Hatteras
meets with success. Congressman
Herbert Bonner this week was not
ified that the Chief of Engineers
in Washington had allotted SIB,OOO
from his special fund to open the
natural channel from Hatteras
Harbor to Hatteras Inlet This is
in addition to the construction of
a breakwater at Hatteras which
contract is now underway, and the
deepening of and improvement of
Rollinson chanel which enters
Hatteras Harbor from Pamlico
Sound.
Through several years there has
been steady effort on the part of
the Congressman, which good sup
porting aid from several citizens
of Hatteras to get improvement
for this important harbor. The
harbor serves all the island of Hat
teras, and is more important now
than ever, since it is the only deep
water harbor on the island, and is
the distributing center for fuel oil.
There have been times when the
light plant came close to shutting
down because prevailing low tides
over a long period prevented the
oil tankers from bringing cargoes
into the port.
There are four important fea
tures to be considered in the im
provement of this harbor, and trib
utary channels. 1. The necessity
for a breakwater to diminish the
force of the seas from Pamlico
Sound. 2. The maintenance of Rol
linson channel to a suitable depth.
3. The maintenance of the channel
between the harbor and the inlet.
4. The necessity now, because of
tremendous increase in boating, to
See CHANNEL, Page Four
RODANTHE EVENT
TO INCLUDE BOAT
RACES AND DANCE
Planning Committee Now Work
ing on Three Day Affair to
Honor Surfmen
Several committees named re
cently at Rodanthe are working
on a program for a three day af
fair, June 15-17 honoring men of
the Coast Guard, and constituting
a- general homecoming of former
residents of the villages on the
outer banks.
The program will begin with a
dance on Friday night. Principal
events will take place on Saturday,
with speeches, Coast Guard drills,
fishing contest and boat races for
several local groups. The Eliza
beth City High School band will
attend. Boxing matches will be held
on Saturday night.
One of the most interesting fea
tures will be a religious service on
Sunday, June 17th at Fairhaven
Methodist Church. Capt. Roy E.
Bishop, USN Chaplain of the At
lantic Fleet will deliver a sermon
during a service which will pay
tribute to the memory of the dead
of the Coast Guard.
At the meeting held Tuesday
night of this week at Chicama
comico Restaurant at Rodanthe,
the following attended: A. H.
Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Asa Gray Jr.,
H. G. Midgett, Mr. and Mrs.
Dewey Midgett, Mr. and Mrs. Le
vene Midgett, Mr. and Mrs. John
Herbert, Nelson Midgett, Newcomb
Midgett, Mr. and Mrs. Julian
Gray, R. D. Owens, Chairman, and
D. C .Todd, Secretary, treasurer.
ONLY TWO WEEKS BEFORE
MAY 26 PRIMARY; LIGHT
VOTE EXPECTED IN DARE
Due to the limited number of
candidates seeking nominations in
the forthcoming primary, a light
vote is expected on May 26 in
Dare County. Contests appear in
only three instances. A heavy vote
is expected in Atlantic Township
where four candidates seek the
nomination for commissioner. Jas.
L. Murphy of Kill Devil Hills, O.
L. Baum, M. M. Meekins and . Hal
lett Perry of Kitty Hawk are out
for this place. Mr. Perry is a for
mer commissioner who served four
years, from 1948 to 1952.
In Nags Head township, James
W. Davis of Wanchese seeks the
nomination for board of education
against R. O. Ballance of Manteo.
This may be a close race. There
are no other candidates for the
board of education with opposi
tion. Mrs. Susie Briggs of Kill
Devil Hills is without opposition
for board of education in Atlantic
Township, Leland Wise of Stum
py Point is without opposition in
the Mainland district, Ellis Gray
of Kinnekeet and W. L. Scarbor
ough of Hatteras are without op
position for re-election.
The following commissioners
have no opposition for the Dem
ocratic nomination: L. L. Swain
of Manteo, C. C. Duvall of East
Lake, E. P. White of Buxton.
James W. Scarborough of, Avon
is opposed for Commissioner by
Newcomb Midgett of Waves. This
may be another close race. Mid
gett, two years ago, came within
six votes of Scarborough in a sim
ilar contest.
Two Republican candidates are
in the field, seking nominations.
Victor Daniels of Wanchese wish
es th® nomination for county com
missioner and an opportunity to
See VOTE, Page Four
ABOVE FOUR MILLION DOLLARS
ESTIMATED IN 10-YR. PROGRAM
HATTERAS SEASHORE PROJECT
Visitors Expected to Increase to Two Million in
Ten Years; Heavy Traffic Now Predicts Early
Bridging of Oregon Inlet; Four Fishing Piers
May Be Permitted in 70-Mile Area As Demand-
ed By Public.
Two million visitors a year are
expected to visit the Cape Hat
teras National Seashore by 1966,
ten years from now, Director Con
rad Wirth of the National Park
Service said in Washington this
week. This will be nearly a ten
fold increase over present traffic.
Last year 264,545 visitors came to
the area.
This area stretches about 70
miles, between Bodie Island Beach
and Ocracoke Inlet. The heaviest
traffic is now at Oregon Inlet,
which sometimes requires four
ferry boats to keep moving. A ten
fold increase would require forty
ferry boats. It is obvious now that
a bridge will be built in this area
within the next five years, judging
from the increase in traffic dur
ing the past three years. This in
crease bears out the Director’s
estimate of two million visitors a
year in ten years.
The National Park service is
proceeding with its development of
the region on the assumption of
a heavy increase in traffic. Direc
tor Wirth said the Government
plans to spend $4,375,000 on de
velopment of the area in the next
ten years. He said the program is
designed to preserve the wilder
ness qualities of the area and at
the same time provide facilities to
handle upwards of two million
visitors annually by 1966.
Last year the area had 264,545
visitors. Wirth said he expected
there may be a ten-fold increase
in 10 years.
In the program submitted to
acting Secretary of the Interior
Clarence A. Davis, Wirth said more
funds also will be necessary for
the area to meet increased staffing
and operational costs as the de
velopment progresses.
The Cape Hatteras development
is planned as part of the nation
wide “mission 66’ program design
ed to develop the 181 areas of the
National’ Park System by 1966 so
that they can handle 80 million
visitors a year. The units had 50
million visitors in 1955.
Congress must providq the mon
ey year by year if the program is
to be carried through as planned.
Beach Erosion Included
Wirth said the largest single
item in the Cape Hatteras proposal
would be about $1,400,000 for
beach erosion and sand fixation
work on the 70 miles of Atlantic
Coast line within the area.
He said the law establishing the
seashore recreational area directs
the service to develop certain por
tions for swimming, boating, sail
ing, fishing and other recreational
uses and to preserve the remainder
permanently as a primitive wilder
ness.
He said that almost 90 per cent
of the area will be retained in its
natural state after all development
contemplated under the mission 66
program has been completed.
Among the projects planned are:
1. A combined visitor center and
headquarters administrative build
ing on lower Bodie Island. Parking
space would be provided for 300
automobiles at the visitor center
and facilities for additional cars
would be provided at the nearby
Coquina Beach public swimming
area, where construction of a mod
ern beach structure was recently
authorized.
Facilities similar to those at
Coquina Beach are proposed for
the bathing areas adjacent to the
settlements on Hatteras and Ocra
coke Islands as needed, including
visitor centers and parking facili
ties.
2. A new public service building
at the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center
and parking for 400 cars at the
improved marina.
3. Improved camping facilities at
Oregon Inlet and at Cape Point on
Hatteras Island, with parking fa
cilities at the latter site. s
Wirth said in addition a number
of roadside parking areas with
walkways and trails to points of
interest will be provided; the throe
museums in the area will be im
proved, and additional comfort
stations and drinking fountains
will be installed.
“If justified by publie demand,
construction of not more than four
ocean fishing piers near existing
communities will be authorised,”
Wirth said. “Such facilities would
be financed and maintained by pri
vate capital under park service
See PARK, Page Four
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TWO CHARGED WITH
MALICIOUS BURNING
OF LANDS IN DARE
Thurston Grey and Van Buren
Twiford Held For Grand
Jury, Result ©f Fire on
Mainland.
Two Stumpy Point men were
held for the Grand Jury this week
on a warrant charging them with
the malicious and felonious setting
afire of the grass lands of the
West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.
Thurston Gray, and Van Buren
Twiford were arrested on a war
rant sworn out by Sheriff Frank
Cahoon, charging them with the
crime on April 29th.
Judge Baum ordered them held
for the granu jury on May 29, un
der bonds of S3OO each. Gray’s
bond was signe by his brother,
Bruce Gray. Twiford went to jail.
He has a considerable prison rec
ord, and has served time for other
felonies.
This is the first action brought
in Dare County against anyone for
setting fires, and one of the few
warrants signed by the Sheriff on
information and belief. Woods fires
in Dare County have come to be a
continuing and costly problem.
Some of them have no doubt been
set maliciously by persons piqued
about efforts to restrict trespass
ing of one sort or another. It is
common belief also that other fires
have been set by persons accused
of trying to blackmail the owners
into employment. The subsequent
' employment of some persons sus-
■ pected of such crimes has given
' rise to the belief.
In Recorders Court this week
Judge Baum heard a number of
other cases. James Clay Bryant
: was fined SIOO and costs for driv
ing while drunk. Tully W. Jones of
Aydlett also got the same fine
, for the same offense. Jethro M.
> Payne Jr. of Wanchese was fined
i $lO and costs for speeding. Merlin
I C. Tillett vras taxed with costs,
See COURT, Page Four
’ HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
• MEETS IN DARE NEXT WEEK
■ Annual Spring meeting of the
1 N. C. Historical and Literary As
sociation headed by Dr. Christo-
1 pher Crittenden of Raleigh is
■ scheduled for the Carolinian Ho£el
on Nags Head next Friday and
■ Saturday, May 17 and 18. Local
i arrangements are being made for
■ the meeting by Dick Jordan of the
• Roanoke Island Historical Associa-
I tion and Julian Oneto of the Caro
' linian staff. David Stick, Kill
Devil Hills, author of “Graveyard
of the Atlantic”, and “Fabulous
; Dare", who is now engaged in
writing another book based on the
authentic history of the North
; Carolina Outer Banks will be the
banquet speaker at the meeting.
On Saturday the group will make
a tour to Hatteras and a large
delegation is expected.
TRAVEL COUNCIL
MEETS WEDNESDAY
The Pamlico-Albemarle Travel
Council will have a luncheon
meeting at the Roanoke Country
Club in Williamston on Wednesday,
May 16, it has been announced by
Grayson Harding, president of the
group. The Travel Council, de
signed to promote travel and vaca
tion business in the northern and
southern Albemarle region, is
working in close cooperation With
the N. C. Travel Council. The
group will also advertise this area
of North Carolina as a vacation
and historical sector.
NOAH TOLER TO SPEAK
AT KITTY HAWK MAY 3®
Noah Toler, school supervisor of
Currituck and Camden counties,
• and a native of this section will
speak at the Bth grade commence
ment exercises in Kitty Hawk ,
school May 30.
The class has 15 members, with
1 Mrs. B. P. Ward as teacher. Those
to receive certificates are Donna
> Midgett, Kathy Washburn, Virginia
’ Perry, Elouise Mann, Karen Peter
’ son, Gary Perry, Fred Murdock,
Foster Spruill, Grady Rogers, Le
l Roy Williams, Dallas Beacham,
Bobby Sullivan, Bobby Scarbor
: ough, Sam Liverman and
James Milter