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VOLUME XXI NO. 46 DARE DEMOCRATS ENDORSE HODGES, SENATOR ERVIN » Only Six of 16 Precinct* Repre seated at County Convention; Officers lie-elected: Dare County Democrats assem bled in County convention Satur day at 2 p.m. gave unanimous en dorsement to Governor Hodges and Senator Sam Ervin in their cam paign for election. Only six of the county’s 16 precincts were repre sented: Manteo, Wanchese, Stumpy Point, Mashoes, Nags Head and Kitty Hawk. There was not a representative from either of Hat teias Island’s five precincts. There were no delegates either, from Manns Harbor, East Lake, Kill Devil Hills, Colington or Duck. Only about 30 people attended, most of them from Roanoke Is land. Very few of the candidates at tended and only a few county offi cers. County officers present were Melvin R. Daniels, Frank M. Ca hoon, Pennell Tillett, R. Bruce Etheridge. Os a dozen or more candidates for office in Dare, the only ones attending were Rep. R. Bruce Etheridge, and James W. Davis of Wanchese, who seeks a place on the County Board of Education. Mr. Etheridge spoke briefly of in teresting recollections of political life in Dare County 50 years ago. Two Beaufort County men were unanimously endorsed as delegates to the National Democratic Con vention, and delegate to Raleigh to the state convention were so instructed. Dr. W. T. Ralph of Belhaven was endorsed as dele gate from the First District, and Congressman Herbert C. Bonner was endorsed as Delegate at Large. The Dare Convention passed resolutions of respect and good Will toward Lindsay C. Tarking ton, aged Manteo resident who was unable to attend for the first time in many years. He has pre viously served as Manteo precinct chttirman for many years, and is succeeded by C. R .Evans, former Postmaster, who made the motion endorsing Mr. Bonner. D. V. Meekins made the motion en dorsing Dr. Ralph, seconded by Melvin Daniels. M. L. Daniels of Manteo was * re-elected county chairman, Mrs. Herbert Perry of Kitty Hawk Vice-chairman and Robert H. Mid s gett of Manteo, Secretary. The convention agreed to appoint all Democrats in good standing to i the State convention in Raleigh, ' May 17th. i MRS. DEZZIE FULCHER, 75 CAPE HATTERAS NATIVE INTERRED AT BUXTON Mrs. Dezzie Miller Fulcher, 75, widow of Martin L. Fulcher and daughter of Christopher C. and Mrs. Emma Fulcher Miller, a na tive of Buxton, and a resident of Norfolk for the past nine years, died at the residence of her daugh ter, Mrs. Lance Montague, 6406 Avon Road, Greenhill Farms, Nor folk, early Monday morning. She was a member of the Ocracoke Methodist Church and resided on Ocracoke Island most of her life. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Lance Montague, Norfolk, and Mrs. Clarence Edmonds and Mrs. Harvard Hodges, both of Washington; one son, W. W. Ful cher of Norfolk; five sisterS, Mrs. John Jennette of New Bern, Mrs. Maude M. White, Mrs. Annie Hooper of Buxton, Mrs. Lucy Parker of Lasker, and Mrs. Mamie Jennette of Raleigh; four grand children and three greatgrand children. Funeral services were conducted at the Ewell and Williamson Fun > eral .Home Wednesday at 10 a.m. ' by the Rev. Roland P. Riddick, D. D. pastor of Park Place Meth odist Church, Norfolk, Va. Burial was in the Miller family ceremtery at Buxton, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev. Dan Meadows, pastor of the Bux ton Methodist Church, assisted by • the Rev. Ralph Buchanan. A solo, “After,’’ was sung by Mrs. Bu chan nan. MANTEO REBEKAH IS NEW STATE VICE-PRESIDENT _________ A Mrs. W W. Ballowe of Manteo will leave Saturday for Greens boro, to attend the four-day State Assembly of the Rebekahs. On * next Wednesday she will he in stalled as vice-president of the state organization. She now holds the office of warden. At the s4me time Mrs. S. G. Basnight of Man teo will be installed as district deputy president of the first dis trict. Others from Manteo plan ning to attend the meeting are THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBUSHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA SHOALLY OREGON INLET, ROADLESS BEACH AND THIS TRAWLER RESULTED IN TWO DEATHS v - V * ¥ * $ f: <v * ft 1 ‘A* ? f H 1 jSmmiJkißjsx* H (Trawler Cherokee on Beach Near Corolla During Foggy Weather April 2) Corolla, May 17.—Efforts were still being made along the beach near the Virginia state line a few miles north of this Currituck Out er Banks community to refloat the wrecked trawler Cherokee, which has been high and dry on the beach there since a stormy northeaster on April 11. The incidents sur rounding the beaching of the ves sel have already cost the lives of two men and a few days ago at the scene of the wreck the owner, Capt. B. F. Forrest of Hampton, Va., stated that shoally Oregon Inlet and the lack of a highway along the beach was responsible for the deaths. He explained it this way: The Cherokee and several other veseels of the Virginia trawling fleet were operating off the North Carolina coast on April 11 when the weather became foul, and the ti-awlers headed for a harbor of refuge. The fleet tried to enter Oregon Inlet but sea conditions were very unfavorable on the bar. If Oregon Inlet had been properly channeled by the government agencies which have to do with this, all of the fishing fleet could have entered a harbor of safety, either at Oregon Inlet fishing center or in Manteo harbor. In the meantime as weather con ditions became worse the boats of the fleet had to make a run for Cape Henry and Hampton Roads, their home port and the nearest safe harbor. All boats of the fleet reached safety except the 110-foot former World War I subchaser Cherokee. In the vicinity of False Cape , near the Virginia line the Chero kee was -driven ashore by the storm. Her crew reached safety of , a sort, that is, the five men got ashore and headed for the hills where they spent the night but on the following morning one of the crew, Jack Bradshaw, died of ex posure before they were rescued ( the next day by the Coast Guard. Then on Wednesday, May 2, as salvage operations were underway, ■ a bulldozer on which Oscar Hill , of Hampton was enroute to the scene of the beached trawler to 1 help in salvage operations. Heavy fog resulted in the driver of the ’dozer hitting one of the many old stumps along the surf in that area and Hill was thrown from the ma chinery and crushed to death by the heavy bulldozer. Capt. Forrest who was at the scene of the wreck when the second i man lost his life, told newsmen and members of a hurricane beach 1 rehabilitation group that in his ; opinion neither man would have ; lost his life, had, first, Oregon j Inlet been dredged to a depth that ; would allow trawlers to enter, and , if there had been a highway along the beach on which the survivors of the wreck could have gone to safety, or over which the bulldoaer could have been transported. Thus, Sln«l k at° Sit *7O two live*. 58 IN PARTY OF FLIERS IN TWO CLUBS ENJOY A WEEK END fN DARE AREA / Fifty eight persons in 40 planes, members of the Pegasus Flying Club of Friendship Airport, Balti more and the Washington, D. C. Aero Club took off from the Man teo Airport to their homes today, Sunday, following their annual flight to Nags Head area which began Saturday morning. Many of them are old friends of Bill Hen derson, operator of the Manteo Airport. For Pegasus Club it was the eighth annual flight to this area and the first of Washington Aero Club. A. D. Jones, Baltimore, chair man of flight plans stated that the purpose of annual trip is to swim, relax and visit scenic spots of area. Planes in the flight were of mostly four passenger capacity. They landed at Manteo Airport or used a landing strip in Kill Devil Hills. Members of the clubs are mostly business and profes sional men of Washington-Balti more area and were accompanied by their wives to this sector. Two other group meetings were planned for Nags Head area this week. On Monday 125 Salvation Army leaders will begin a four day officers’ retreat conference at Wil bur Wright Hotel in Kill Devil Hills. Capt. Roy Tolcher of Eliza beth City in charge of conference planning stated that delegates would be mostly from North and South Carolina posts • and that special guests will be Commission er and Mrs. Hugh Sladen and Brig adier John Ward, all retired, from Florida. Principal speaker at Mon day night’s session will be Lt. Col. Robert Rose of Charlotte, Caro linas Division Commissioner, who will speak on “Our Responsibility to the Kingdom.” Beginning on Friday for two day session at the Carolinian Hotel here on Nags Head will be the Spring meeting of North Carolina Historical and Literary Society with Dr. C. C. Crittenden, director of State Archives and History Division in charge of all arrange ments. RED SKINS FINISH SPORTS FOR 1956 SCHOOL YEAR The Manteo Red Skins baseball team closed out the 1956 school year’s schedule of sport events Tuesday afternoon, losing their first tournament game to Moyock High School. Final score was 7-4, in favor of the Moyock boys. J. D. Simpson and Murl Meekins were on the mound for Manteo. , Previously on Friday, th’e Red Skins lost their final scheduled game to the Camden Rebel* at the Camden fffeld. Score was 3-1. Murl Meekins was on the mound for Ole Red Skins. TTnat hatting averages will be puMlahed next weft. n MANTEO, N. Cm FRIDAY, MAY 18,1956 BROOM SALE STARTS SALVATION ARMY NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT RETREAT HELD AT BY MANTEO LIONS KILL DEVIL HILLS Roanoke Island To Be Canvassed By Crews Starting at 7 P.M.; Beach Area to Follow The annual broom sale sponsored by the Manteo Lions Club is sched uled to begin Tuesday night, May 22, around 7 p.m. Lions will as semble at the Dare County Ice and Storage Co. into groups of three, each group having a specific area of the island to canvass. Club members are also to call upon beach citizens during the fol lowing days, but no definite sched ule has been arranged. Funds raised in this manner are used for various projects of the Lions Club; further, it is stressed that brooms bought from your lo cal Lions help to support the blind workers in this state. This year, as usual, the brooms are supplied by the Guilford Industries for the Blind, Greensboro. This is one of many fund-raising projects sponsored by the Manteo Lions Club, an organization active in a number of community im provements. The boat-launching ramp recently built at the foot of Lodge Street in Manteo is chiefly a Lions project. The public is urged to buy a broom from the Lion when he knocks on the door. The cause is worthy, and the product is fairly priced. COLORFUL EVENTS FOR SHRINERS IN ELIZABETH CITY Many From Dare Will Attend Sudan Shrine Ceremonial May 23-24 Many Dare County Shriners are expected to attend the annual spring ceremonial of Sudan Tem nle Shrine in- Elizabeth City on May 23, 24. And at this ceremon ial, which will give Elizabeth City one of the largest group gather ings in its history, will be not only the Shrine Nobles, but also their ladies. Under the leadership of Illus trious Potentate Clarence H. Par ker, Elizabeth-City-born but now a resident of Belcross in nearby Camden, an active schedule of events, to many of which the public is invited, has been arranged un der the close cooperation of Eliz abeth City’s Shrine Club and offi cials of Sudan Temple. Throughout Wednesday after noon, beginning at 1 o’clock, visit ing Shriners will register and at 7:30, events open to the public will begin in the vicinity of the Pas quotank Courthouse green and Main Street. Colorful attractions at that time will include uniform ed units of Sudan Temple and band concerts, chanters concerts and precision drills by the Temple Patrol. Later in the evening at the U.S.C.G. Hangar, a pre-Cere monial dance for Shriners and all Master Masons will be held. Thursday events begin for Shriners with special events for their ladies at 8 o’clock Thursday morning. The high spot of the Cer emonial concluding the two days of activities will be the Potentates Ball at the Coast Guard Hangar on Thursday evening. To make this an outsstanding ceremonial, S. B. Smith, president of the Elizabeth City Shrine Club, and his associates have worked hal'd and they have had excellent See SHRINE, Page Four DARE DEMOCRATS ATTEND CONVENTION IN RALEIGH Many Democrats fropn Dare County made plans to- attend the State Convention in Raleigh Thurs day. Early arrivals at the capital were R. Bruce Etheridge, Charles R. Evans, Mrs. Lena Pearsall and Victor Meekins of Manteo who left Wednesday morning to spend the night in Raleigh. Leaving Thurs day morning from Manteo to make the round trip in a day were M. L. Daniels, Melvin Daniels, and Frank Cahoon. Capt. Pennell Tillett, Hallett Perry of Kitty Hawk, and Capt. Will Lewark of Kill Devil Hills, left Thursday morning also. TABBY LOSES KITTENS AND ADOPTS BABY PIGS One of the most unusual inci dents occurring on Roanoke Island in many a day happened last week end. Mrs. Isabel Warren’s tabby cat lost her kittens one day and on the next with all her feline motherly instinct she had'adopted several of a litter of baby pigs at the Lennon homeplace on the shores of Croatan Sound. So un usual. w*s this story Vie Associated Zzizrj saSrj2* *”• * ■ ■ : . .11 Commissioner Hugh Sladen of London, England, who has retired after 58 years service with the SaWatiop Army, was a distinguish ed guest of the Army’s 'Carolinas Division’s four-day officers retreat at Wilbur Wright Hotel at Kill Devil Hills this week. The confer ence was attended by approximate ly 125 workers of this organiza tion that operates throughout the world and is always praised for its spiritual and relief activities. The conference at Kill Devil Hills was headed by Lt. Col. Rob ert Rose of Charlotte, head of the Carolinas division of Salvation Ar my, and arrangements for the meeting were made by Capt. Roy Tolcher who is stationed in Eliza beth City and whose workers are often seen on the Dare Coast. Commissioner and Mrs. Sladen, who are now in this country visit ing Salvation Army conferences and units, will soon make a simi- See CONVENTION, Page Four NAGS HEAD HOST TO HISTORIANS OF THE STATE Under the leadership of Dr. C. C. Crittenden, head of the State De partment of Archives and History, members of the State Literary and Historical Association are meeting at The Carolinian on Nags Head this week end in cooperation with the Roanoke Island Historical As sociation. The meeting starting Friday at noon includes, in addi tion to sessions at Nags Head and visits to points of historical inter est on the Dare Beaches and Roa noke Island, a full day trip to. Hatteras Island on Saturday. Association President Gilbert T. Stephenson will preside at the Fri day afternoon session when Law rence Swain of the Dare County Board of Commissioners will give a welcoming address followed by a description of tours in area ar ranged and planned by R. E. Jor dan of The Lost Colony’s business office. The Roanoke Island tour will include Elizabethan Gardens, Fort Raeligh and Lost Colony’s See HISTORIANS, Page Four | fishing wHunting j W\ AS REPORTED BY AYCOCK BROWN fj CAPT. CLAM STOWE’S PARTY MADE BIG DOLPHIN CATCH Hatteras.—A party of four head ed by John Hunter of Natural Bridge, Va., trolling from Capt. Clam Stowe’s cruiser “Ursula” in the Gulf Stream off Hatteras, brought in the largest catch of dolphin made in the waters so far this year. The catch Saturday to taled 73 of the colorful fishes which are sometimes called the “fastest fish that swims.” To lure the fish Capt. Stowe’s party used feather jigs. The dolphin were not large in size but to offset their smallness, the Hunter party boated two tuna which weighed 28 pounds. WATERS PRODUCE 157 BLUES FOR TWO ANGLERS Wanchese. Louis Freisheim and Byron A. Winebrener of Lin coln Heights and Frederick, Mary land, fishing with Capt. Jesse Etheridge aboard his cruiser Care dwyn on Monday landed 167 blues ranging from one half to one and half pounds. They were trolling in Oregon Inlet using nylon lures. This was the biggest catch of blues reported on the Dare Coast through Monday, and since the bluefish blitz started last week. FLYING FISHERMEN VISIT DARE COAST, HIT BLUES W. G. Wenzel and a party of five other anglers caught several channel bass during the week end, but they had their best luck with bluefish which hit at Oregon Inlet by the thousands on Sunday. A total of 53 blues were caught by the party. This group of anglers were one of several flying to the Dare Coast from distant points to enjoy the sportsfishing during the past week end. They were flying aboard an Aero Commander, two motored plane which landed on the former U. S. Naval facility which today is Manteo Airport under the man agement of Bill Henderson. More than 40 planes were using the air port facilities during the past week CAPE HATTERAS NATIVE SEEKING STATE OFFICE KERMIT URIAS GRAY of Win ston-Salem who was born at Cape Hatteras in 1917, son of W. W. and Carrie O’Neal Gray, was in Dare County week calling on old friends and relatives in the interest of his candidacy for North Carolina Commissioner of Agricul ture. Mr. Gray, who previously served in the Coast Guard as chief petty officer, retired in 1948 and now lives in Winston-Salem with a wife and four children. His wife a former nurse is from Texas. Mr. Gray is a grandson of the late Urias O’Neal who was Register of Deeds in Dare County some 50 years ago. His father, W. W. (Billy) Gray, a native of Avon, re tired from the Coast Guard and removed to Black Mountain whore he died in 1947. Mrs. Gray is liv ing in Black Mountain near her sisters, Misses Maude and Minerva O’Neal. Mr. Gray left Buxton as a child, and moved to Black Mountain where his father went for his health. He attended the public schools in Buncombe County and Blackstone School of Law in Chi cago. He is now 39 years old and is serving as a ' Justice of the Peace in Winston-Salem. He is a member of the Methodist church and is a 32nd degree Mason. Os the W. W. Gray children there are four sons and a sister. A fifth son, Walter, was killed in Korea in 1950, while serving in the Army. BASS ON MAINLAND Manns Harbor, May 15.—A seven pound large-mouth bass, largest of this species reported landed with rod and reel from the fresh waters of the Dare Coast this year was taken from East Lake by Dr. C. L. Caldwell of Greensboro on Saturday. Game protector W. S. White of Manns Harbor who reported the' catch stated that this big bass, one of the limit Dr. Caldwell caught was lured with a popping bug on a fly rod. “Fishing in East Lake is at tracting many anglers now, as a result of the new Wildlife Re sources Commission’s Access Area completed for this season on properties granted by West Vir ginian Pulp and Paper Company along the lake’s east shore near Manns Harbor,” said White. “An average of 100 or more persons are using the Access Area daily on Fridays through Sundays,” he added. DOLPHIN CATCH MADE BY CANADIANS OFF HATTERAS Hatteras. Three Canadians, Don Bere, David Shuman and Tim Daynen, fished ocean waters for their first time off Hatteras on Sunday and they caught 33 dol phin. ’ Their fish weighed more on an average than any of this spe cies of Gulf Stream fish to be boated so far this year, according to Capt. Ernal Foster of Foster’s Quay. The three anglers were trolling in the Gulf Stream near Diamond Lightship when the big dolphin started hitting their feather lures. They were fishing with Capt. Wil liam Foster aboard the cruiser, Al batross 11, one of the boats in the Ernal Foster fleet of Gulf Stream craft Single Copy 7* STOCK OUTBOARDS. INBOARDS COMPETE IN WEEK END RACES Delayed Pirates Jamboree Feature Bcpected to Draw Throngs to Waterfront Speedboat races in 12 classes will be featured in Manteo’s Shal lowbag Bay on Saturday and Sun day, May 19 and 20, to complete a Dare Coast Pirates Jamboree event which - had to be cancelled on the afternoon of April 29 due to a 30 mile an hour gale. On Saturday stock outboards will be in the competition and on Sunday, May 20, the fast inboards will be featured. Each race will feature two heats except one local non-sanctioned class which will compete in a 10-mile heat at 4:29 on Saturday. Sponsored by the Dare Power Boat Association, the event is sanctioned by the American Power Boat Association. “All drivers must present 1956 APBA member ship and club affiliation cards be fore entering the sanctioned races,” said Ralph Davis, commo dore of the local sponsoring asso ciation. • The course on Shallowbag Bay will be one and V* miles and there will be 4 laps: per heat. Registra tion will be at the pits and closing time will be 11 o’clock on day of races. Roy Wescott will be in charge of registrations. There will be drivers’ meeting on both days at the pits at noon and the races start at 1:20 on Saturday, and 1 p,m. on Sunday. There will be take home prizes for winners of all events. The schedule of races and classes follows: May 19 Stock Outboards Ist Heat 2nd Heat AU Run. 1:20 1:35 BU Run. 1:50 3:35 DU Run. 2:05 2:20 A Stock Hydro 2:35 2:50 B Stock Hydro 3:05 3:20 D Stock Hydro 3:50 4:05 Local Class (Non-sanctioned 1 Heat lO Miles 4:20 P.M. May 20 lnboards Ist Heat 2nd Heat E Ser. Run. 1:00 1:40 136 Hydro 1:20 2:20 48 Hydro 2:00 2:40 135 Hydro 3:00 4:00 225 Hvdro 3:20 4:20 266 Hydro 3:40 4:40 MYSTERY FIRE ON NEW CROATAN SOUND BRIDGE Considerable Loss Prevented by Quick Work on Part of Manteo Firemen Manteo Fire Chief Raymond Wescott and volunteers of the lo cal department received one of their most unusual calls for assis tance early Tuesday morning. A fire of unknown origin, and how it started is still a mystery, threat ened the destruction of an 80-foot wooden form on the main channel span of the new and soon to be completed Croatan Sound bridge. By the time Manteo’s new snow white fire truck arrived at the scenes the flames had destroyed waterhose of the T. A. Loving Company which would normally be used in such emergencies. Tile local firemen quickly extin guished the blaze which would have caused considerable monetary loss, as they were ready for pour ing with steel parts already install ed. The local department was call ed at 7:05 o’clock and the fire truck and volunteers were there within a matter of minutes. » State engineers who have in spected the forms since the fire and officials of the T. A. Loving Company bridge builders have stated that loss was not as great as first estimated. The company’s local superintendent, Mr. Trimble, stated that it was a mystery how the fire started although it was indicated that it could have been started in sawdust from the elec trical saw used at the location or it may have been deliberately set. SERVICE AT ST. ANDREWS DEDICATED TO MASONS A special Sunday evening serv ice at St. Andrews by the Sea, Protestant Episcopal Church at Nags Head, will be dedicated to members of the Masonic Order on Sunday evening, May 20, it is an nounced by the Rev. A. C. D. Noe, rector. The Masons will attend the services in a body, but the serv ices with special music by organ ist R. E. Jordan will be open to the public. This service begins at 8 o’clock. In the Church Calendar Sunday will be Whit-Sunday and a special 8 a.m. Communion Service will be held. Communicants of St Andrews ESSIES Sunday School will bo held at 10 O’clock with morning worship