VOLUME XXII NO. 6
BID OF $56,718.96
APPROVED IN DARE
BY COUNTY BOARD
Tarboro Firm Contracting for
Sand Fencing and Beach
Erosion Work for
County
The Dare County Commissioners
Wednesday approved the low bid
of $56,718.96 submitted by R. W.
Lowe Co. of Tarboro for some five
projects in Dare County which are
the result of disaster relief grants.
They cover sand fencing and beach
erosion work.
The board this week passed a
resolution highly praising Miss
Shirley West for her work as coun
ty home agent, from which job she
has resigned effective August 15.
The Board agreed to provide
$l5O more for digging a boat har
bor at Duck, raising the cost of
this job to SBSO because the con
tractor said he couldn’t do it for
$650.
It also agreed to pay Mrs. Dor
is Walker and R. B. Lennon for
damages alleged due to flooding of
their property, the result of the
new jail which the county is build
ing.
The Board agreed to spend sl,-
000 to drill a well at the Buxton
school, a project originally plan
ned by private interests in the
search of ample water supply, but
now it is found a considerable sav
ing can be done if the county first
pays the cost of exploration since
the present school water is not
deemed good.
REGISTRATION FOR
SPECIAL ELECTION
BEGINS SATURDAY
The chairman of the county
board of elections has released in
structions received from the state
board of elections in regard to the
general election to be held on
Saturday, September 8, to vote on
the school amendment of the re
cent special session of the Gen
eral Assembly and the other con
stitutional amendments passed by
the regular 1955 session.
Registration books will be open
ed for registration in each of the
29 precincts of the county on the
fourth Saturday before the elec
tion, which will be August 11, and
will close at 6:00 p.m. on the sec
ond Saturday before the election,
August 25.
The following day Saturday,
September 1, will be challenge
day.
Those , who are already regis
tered on the books will not have
to register again.
This election, being held under
the general election law, will per
mit absentee voting by civilians
as well as service men.
The same registrars and judges
of election who served in the re
cent primary will also serve in
this election.
PRINCIPAL IS ELECTED
FOR THE MANTEO SCHOOL
W. H. Bunch of Chicod, near
Greenville, has been elected prin
cipal of the Manteo school, accord
ing to announcement by Mrs.
Mary L. Evans, Dare County su
perintendent of schools. Mr. Bunch
holds both a batchelor’s and a mas
ter’s degree from East Carolina
College, and has had five years
teaching experience, and has serv
ed as assistant principal of the
Grimesland school.
Also elected to teach in the
Kitty Hawk school were Mrs. W.
H. Montgomery, wife of the new
Methodist minister.
RICHMOND WOMAN, MANTEO
NATIVE BURIED SUNDAY
Mrs. Clara Midgett McCune 53,
a native of Manteo, and wife of
Mack McCune of Richmond, was
interred in Manteo Sunday after
noon at three o’clock, following
funeral services in the Manteo
Methodist Church. She died Fri
day in Richmond where she had
lived for 30 years, after an illness
of three days. She was the daugh
ter of Mrs. Sallie Midgett and the
late Capt. John Midgett of Man
teo, and is survived by her hus
band and two brothers, Lloyd Mid
gett of Manteo and Louis Midgett
of Norfolk.
MISS BERTIE DANIELS
Miss Bertie Daniels, 33, died
Thursday morning after a long ill
ness in a Raleigh hospital. The
body was brought to Twiford Fu
noral Home in Manteo, pending ar
rangements for funeral and burial
at Wanchese. She was the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Dan
iels, who survive her, and she is
also survived by a brother, Or
ville (Timer) Daniels, and two sis
ters, Mrs. L. W. Stetson, Jr., all of
Wanchese, and Mrs. Billy Cox of
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
HAD LEADING ROLES IN 800th PERFORMANCE PARTY
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Director Clifton Britton of The Lost Colony, Andy Griffith and
his wife Barbara Edwards Griffith had Stella roles in The Lost Colony’s
800th performance intermission party at Waterside Theatre on Wed
nesday night when the largest audience since 1953 was present. Brit
ton and Mrs. Griffith lighted the candles on a huge birthday cake
surrounded by the entire company of the show and famous Andy
Griffith was 4 master of ceremonies at the party. Above photo was made
four years ago when Britton was stage manager and assistant director,
when Andy played the role of Sir Walter Raleigh and when his wife
played the feminine lead of Eleanor Dare. (Aycock Brown Photo)
THE LOST COLONY
PASSES MARK OF
800 PERFORMANCES
Andy and Barbara Griffith Head
Ceremonies at Intermission
When Birthday Cake
Is Lighted
By AYCOCK BROWN
A deeply appreciative audience,
the largest group to see a single
performance of The Lost Colony
since 1953, were present at Water
side Theatre here Wednesday
night when Andy and Barbara
Griffith and the entire company
of the show celebrated its 800th
milestone.
The colorful celebration came at
intermission time during the full
scale performance that was seen
by 1,704 paying customers and sev
proi onec’*-,! radio and newspaper
representatives.
Introduced by General Manager
Dick Jordan, the special attraction
opened with the entire company on
the stage singing “Auld Lang
Syne.”
“This milestone gives The
Lost Colony the distinction of be
ing the oldest, the longest-lived of
all outdoor dramas in the entire
world,” said Jordan. “We are most
grateful to you, our patrons, and
to some 800,000 others just like
you who made this 800th perform
ance possible.”
He congratulated members of
the entire company for the way
they have worked to make the
show a success. Then he introduc
ed Mrs. Barbara Edwards Griffith
for a brief interview. Mrs. Grif
fith had played the role of Eleanor
Dare for six years until her now
famous husband, Andy, became one
of the outstanding personalities of
America’s current entertainment
world.
Andy Griffith’s introduction
brought a roaring applause from
the audience and as master of cer
emonies he seemed to please the
people well, judging from their
roars of laughter and applause. As
an encore finale, Griffith said:
“I want to urge you folks who
have autos out on the park
ing lot to drive slow. Just remem
ber, if speed was all that counted,
rabbits would rule the world.”
SIR STANLEY SPURLING
TO SEE LOST COLONY
Sir Stanley Spurling, member of
Parliament from Bermuda is
scheduled to see a performance of
Paul Green’s symphonic drama
The Lost Colony some time during
the cunent month. He and his en
tourage will be guests of Governor
Luther H. Hodges of North Caro
lina. Exact date of Sir Stanley’s
visit to North Carolina has not
been announced.
While on Roanoke Island the
British visitor will also take part
in a tree planting program at the
new Elizabethan Garden here with
members of the N. C. Garden
Clubs, under the leadership of
Mrs. George ,R. Little, Lilesville,
N. C., taking part with Governor
Hodges.
REUNION OF CLASS OF 1916
MANTEO HIGH SCHOOL’S IST
The reunion of the graduating
class of 40 years ago in Manteo
High School will be held Friday
evening, (today) at the home of
Mrs. Lena Pearsall near Manteo.
Approximately one dozen are plan
ning to attend the dinner being
arranged by E. N. Meekins of Ra
leigh and Mrs. Edna Evans Bell
of Manteo. This class was the first
to graduate from Manteo when it
became a standard high school
upon removing to the new building
which is now the large wooden
apartment house on the main high
way, opposite the ice plant.
FLOOD INSURANCE
TO BE BACKED BY
GOVT GUARANTEE
Senator Scott Reports on The
New Law to Provide Water
Damage Coverage
Editor's Note: In reading the following
article, it must not be assumed that the
insurance referred to in the bill just passed
a few days ago, is immediately available.
Many months may elapse before the nec
essary changes are made for setting it up.
By BILL WHITLEY
INSURANCE. The govern
ment’s new flood insurance pro
gram, enacted into law on the final
day of the 84th Congress, provides
ways and means for you to insure
any personal or real property
against water damage from hurri
canes and other natural disasters.
The law provides for govern
ment insurance up to SIO,OOO per
dwelling unit, and a maximum of
$250,000 for any one person,
which would include business prop
erty and the like.
The insurance covers damage
from water of all types, but it will
not cover damage from wind. The
coverage was confined to water
damage because private insurance
companies now provide wind insur
ance.
Sen. W. Kerr Scott, a co-author
of the original version of the dis
aster insurance bill, said the new
law would cover “most of the dam
age” that is caused by hurricanes.
He said a large percentage of the
damage of last year’s hurricanes
was water damage.
PROVISIONS. Details of how
the program will work has been
left to the Housing and Home Fi
nance Agency, which will cooper
ate with private insurance firms
in setting the new program in mo
tion.
“This is an entirely new
pro ram—somethingg that hasn’t
been tried before,” Scott said,
“but there is no reason why
it won’t be of tremendous
benefit to North Carolina, es
pecially the coastal areas, if it
is administered properly.”
Congress directed the HHFA to
work out a system of premiums
that would come as near as possi
ble paying for program, but
at the same time would be reason
able enough for the average prop
erty owner to afford.
One reason private insurance
companies have shumjed disaster
insurance is because they feel that
in order to make it break even, pre
miums would be too high to en
courage the sale of policies.
ADVERTISE. Scott feels that
the success of the new program
will depend to a large extent on
how generally property owners
take part in it.
“Its the kind of thing that will
take a lot of advertising and pro
moting to make it work. Certainly,
the people in the hurricane areas
will want it if they know about it.
At the same time, people in all our
river basins would certainly be in
terested in it if they are advised of
its importance and potential,” he
said.
Until the program gets on its
feet, the government will pay the
entire difference between what is
collected in premiums and what is
paid out in losses.
After 1959, the various states
are scheduled to start paying their
share of the cost of the program.
INJURED IN WRECK
William McKendry of Toronto,
Ontario, driving a high-powered
sports car at Cape Hatteras, came
to grief Wednesday when he
wrecked the car and sustained ser
ious injuries for which he is being
treated in De Paul Hospital, Nor
folk. He was removed to the hos
pital by Twiford’s ambulance from-
Manteo.
MANtEO, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1956
LIGHT VOTE TO BE
CAST SATURDAY ON
SCHOOL BOND ISSUE
Election to Be Conducted in Seven
Precincts For Building High
School at Manteo
Out of about 1,568 voters who
might have been privileged to
vote this week in seven precincts
of Dare County, only 633 will be
able to vote. This is the total
number of people who registered
to vote in the special school bond
election to be held August 11, on
the question of issuing $250,000
in bonds to erect improved school
facilities for high school children
assigned to Manteo school .
Here is a list of, the voters reg
istering in the various precincts,
showing on the right the number
of those interested in voting, and
on the left the probable number
who would have been eligible to
i register.
Regis-
No. tered for
Precint Voters this election
Manteo 700 384
Wanchese 300 97
Nags Head 80 29
Stumpy Point 200 28
Manns Harbor 180 64
East Lake 90 18
Mashoes 18 13
During the primary, the Man
teo precinct alone recorded nearly
as many voters cast for candidates
for the board of education, as now
manifest an interest in the out
come of the school electibn.
ANNUAL MEETING OF
CAPE HATTERAS EMC
SET FOR SEPTEMBER I
Date Has Been Named For Elec
tion of Officers, After
Two Years
An interesting meeting has been
set for Saturday, September 1,
at the Cape Hatteras school build
ing. It is the meeting of the stock
holders of the Cape Hatteras Elec
tric Membership Corp, which sup
plies energy to the whole of Hat
teras Island.
Secretary George H. Meekins
has issued the call to the members.
A financial report of the co-op is
promised. Other matters for the
good- of the co-op will be brought
up, he states in the official notice
mailed this week.
The members are due to elect
nine directors to look after the
co-op business for the coming
year. A full attendance is urged.
Due to storms for the past two
years, which came at the time
annual meetings had been sched
uled, there has been no annual
meeting, and officers have been
held over. This meeting is looked
forward to with interest because
of the splendid growth of the co
op.
WESTERN FOLK DRAMA TO BE
SHOWN MONDAY EVENING
Roanoke Island Fine Arts School to
Present "Green Grow the Lilacs”
in School Auditorium
“Green Grow the Lilacs” is a
western folk drama to be presented
in Waterside Theatre Monday eve
ning, August 20, at 8:15 p.m. by
the Roanoke Island School of Fine
Arts. It is Lynn Rigg’s “Green
Grow the Lilacs.” The play is the
original story for the Broadway
success “Oklahoma,” and takes
place in the Indian territory of the
middle-west around 1900.
The production under the direc
tion of James Byrd will feature
original music by Elizabeth Welch
of Salem College, and Roanoke Is
land. The choreography is by Lois
Garren and Charles McCraw.
The hero, Curley, of this mildly
western folk drama is played by
Martin Gerrish, with the lovely
heroine being played by Lois Gar
ren. The villain Jedder, is portray
ed by David Julian. Ada Annie,
the dumb country girl, is played
by June Craft. The peddler who
can destroy all sales resistance in'
the country ladies is played by
Harley Streiff. Margaret Joslin
will play the part of Aunt Eller.
The festivities and square dance
calling are left to Old Man Peck,
played by John Sneden.
Tickets for the production may
be purchased at The Lost Colony
office, Fearings, and the Oasis
Gift Shop on the beach.
QUARTER MILLION FEDERAL
FUNDS FOR SEASHORE PARK
The bill which would provide a
quarter million dollars of Federal
funds to pay for lands bought for
the Cape Hatteras National Sea
shore was signed this week by the
President. It authorizes the Secre
tary of the Interior to spend up
to >250,000, if matched with donat
ed money, to buy about 3500 acres.
OFFICIALS BACKING
AWAY FROM JOINING
PRIVATE ROAD PLAN
Turnabout in Reports For Road to
Corolla Dashes Hopes of Peo
ple Needing Highway
High hopes were raised Satur
day within those people who would
like to see the Duck highway ex
tended to Corolla, when announce
ment came out in the Raleigh News
and Observer that Governor Hodg
es had given his nod to the High
way Commission to build such a
road, and such a road is enthusias
tically favored by District Com
missioner J. Emmett Winslow of
Hertford.
But 24 hours later, the same
paper came out with a long article
in its “Under the Dome” column,
indicating that both Governor
Hodges and Highway Chairman
wanted to make it plain they were
not getting out on a limb just yet,
on this proposition which has back
ing from private interests, and
might be construed by some as a
means of enlisting state funds in
the development of private prop
erty.
We quote from the News and
Observer as follows:
“If Governor Hodges has his
way, the State will not build a road
to serve the much advertised Cor
olla resort—or any other private
development until it has apprais
ed all the facts.
His secretary, Ed Rankin, told
Under the Dome emphatically that
reports and rumors to the effect
that the Governor suggested to
highway officials that Corolla
should get a road are completely
false.
The reports and rumors were
pietted up around the State High
way Commission’s meeting room
Thursday, and Under the Dome
wrote: “Because the Governor is
interested, the Highway Commis
sion yesterday instructed Chair
man A. H. Graham to negotiate
with Corolla’s promoter, Ray T.
Adams, on the possibilities of
building a road along the ocean
to Corolla from the end of the
present highway at Duck.”
The Governor instructed Rankin
he wanted it made clear that he
was in no way interested in Corolla
and that he had, in fact, questioned
the wisdom of the Highway Com
mission becoming involved.
“Rankin said the Governor, far
from encouraging State participa
tion, had told Highway Commis
sion representatives:
‘ “This is a matter that will have
to ,be handled by the Highway
Commission. You will have to as
sume the responsibility. But I do
raise questions that you ought to
go slowly and examine it care
fully.” ’
“The Governor’s reaction could
prove extremely embarrassing for
persons who have made statements
in conflict with the statement
Rankin quoted.
“The impression was being
spread that the Governor looked
favorably on Adams’ venture, and,
as one who recently visited Cor
olla, felt it was both proper and
logical that the State would help
Adams along. That impression,
the ■ Governor directed Rankin to
say, is wholly false.
“As for the Governor’s visit to
Corolla, Rankin said the trip was
See ROAD, Page Six
BOY SCOUTS TO MAKE
MONTHLY PAPER PICK-UP
It has been announced that the
Manteo Boy Scouts will make their
monthly collection of old paper on
Saturday, August 11. The public
is asked to leave old newspapers,
magazines or cardboard on front
porches or steps where it can be
seen.
All Scouts are asked to meet at
the Scout hut next to the Ben
Franklin Store at 9:00 Saturday
morning.
FISH CONSERVATION MAY
SAVE BOATERS IN FRESH PD.
In accordance with the establish
ed program of the fish division of
the North Carolina Wildlife Re
sources Commission, a survey of
the fish population in the fresh
water pond at Kill Devil Hills is
being conducted. The major ob
jects of this study are to ascer
tain the biological relationships of
the various species of fish present
in the pond, and to determine what
fisheries management practices
may be applied to the body of
water to improve sport fishing.
An ordinance of the town of
Kill Devil Hills prohibits the use
of motor boats in this pond from
5 p.m. to 9 a.m. daily.
1 In carrying out this study it will
be necessary to sample the fish
population with various types of
commercial fishing nets. The nets
will be set between the hours of
5 p.m. and 9 ajn. daily.
LOUISBURG COLLEGE PRES.
COLONY GUEST MINISTER
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DR. CECIL WAYNE ROBBINS,
president of Louisburg College,
and former editor of the N. C.
Christian Advocate, will be guest
minister at Waterside Theatre
Sunday, August 12.
Dr. Robbins received his A.B. de
gree from Birmingham-Southern
College, his B.D. from Duke Uni
versity Divinity School and his
Litt.D. Degree from High Point
College. His D.D. degree he receiv
ed from Birbingham-Southern.
He is a Mississippian.
He is a member of the N. C.
Conference and has served pastor
ates at Mamers, Jenkins Memorial,
Raleigh, Fremont, Mount Olive
and Warrenton.
CAPE HATTERAS NATIONAL
SEASHORE HAS 174,365
VISITORS IN SEVEN MONTHS
With 77,081 persons visiting
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Recreational Area during July this
year the total visitor count for
1956 to August 1 has increased
to 174,365 persons, it was reflect
ed in Superintendent Allyn F.
Hank’s current monthly visitor’s
report.
This is an increase of 71.1 per
cent in July over June 1956 and
a 2.4 increase over July 1955.
The report shows that 23,137
motor vehicles entered or re-enter
ed the area during July with the
total of motor vehicles in 1956
increasing to 52,957.
Other persons visiting the area
via bus totaled 148, by airplane
534 and by boat 730.
Most of the persons entering
the area of the National Seashore
which extends for 70 miles along
the Outer Banks from lower Nags
Head to Ocracoke Inlet entered the
area via U. S. Highways 158, 64
and 264 which lead from the north
and west to Nags Head.
If there is so slowing up in va
cation travel this year, it is likely
that more than 350,000 persons
will have visited the new National
Seashore this year.
National Seashore travel counts
are made by an apparatus across
the highways which count each
automobile as it passes a given
point. An estimated number of
local automobiles traveling to and
from the villages of Hatteras and
Ocracoke are not included ip the
count.
Observations made by National
Seashore park rangers indicate
that automobiles loaded with va
cationists have not only come from
each of the states of the nation
but also from several U. S. foreign
territories and foreign countries.
GRADING BEACH ROAD
TO COST $750,000
Construction on Primary System During
Year Includes $335,000 at
Columbia
The only project listed on the
State Highway System’s primary
program for 1956-57 is the grad
ing of a proposed relocation of U.
S. 158 on the Dare Beaches be
tween Whalebone and Wright Me
morial Bridge. This grading and
culverts for 15.3 miles of limited
access highway will cost an esti
mated $750,000.
In Tyrrell County, the only pri
mary road job announced is the
proposed by-pass at Columbia,
grading and structures for which
will cost an estimated $335,000;
and will extend over Scuppernong
River on the South side of town a
distance of 2.6 miles.
These items are included in a
total of 83 projects in North Caro
lina for which the State Highway
Commission plans to spend $41,-
644,000 during the present and
next fiscal years.
In the list of projects for the
next fiscal year or 1957-58, the
following items are included:
Additional work on the Dare
beach road above noted is $550,-
000. Additional work on paving
Columbia by-pass, $150,000.
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COURT TURNS INTO
SCHOOL FUND SI,OOO
IN FINES THIS WEEK
New High Reached Tuesday from
Cases Brought in By Highway
Patrolman on Week End.
Activities of the State Highway
Patrol continue to prove profitable
for the Dare County school fund
which received about $2,500 dur
ing July, and this week, in Tues
day’s session of Recorder’s Court,
the fines received totaled SI,OOO,
the biggest amount received in any
one day this summer. Many cases
again came before Judge W. F.
Baum. He disposed of nearly forty
cases. Three paid the penalty for
drunken driving. It was the first
day of the new schedule of fines
for public drunkenness which the
Judge increased in August from
$lO to $25. The first to pay this
penalty was Ernest R. Ballance of
Hatteras.
The case in which Guy H. Steph
enson of Norfolk was tried for as
saulting with a deadly weapon, in
volved the woman with him, Mrs.
Ida Balossi, whom he wounded
with a pistol. This was two weeks
ago on the beach at Kill Devil
Hills, and he claimed he was teach
ing her the proper use of the pistol
when she was accidentally shot.
He was found not guilty of an as
sault with a deadly weapon, and
with carrying a concealed weapon,
because he claimed it was her pis
tol. The Judge fined the woman
$25, and fined the man $25 for
being drunk on the highway. Who
was driving the car didn’t come
out.
The following were fined $5 and
costs each for-traffic violations:
Burfoot Leon White of Hertford;
John L. Scales of Edenton; Percy
Lee Daniels of Manteo for driving
with improper equipment.
For speeding at 55 m.p.h. in a
35-mile zone, the following paid
S2O and costs: Sam D. McNair,
Portsmouth, Va.; Melvin C. Hoop
er, Elizabeth City.
For speeding at 50 m.p.h. in a
35 mile zone, the following paid
sls and costs: Wilson W. Wood
house of Currituck; Raymond Lee
Barrett, Roanoke Rapids; Farris
P. Hotchkiss, Richmond; Robert
R. Womack, Norfolk; Harry R.
Glenn, New York City; Elisha B.
White, Tyner; Ralph DiCosta
Shaw of Oxson Hill, Md. forfeited
a sls bond put up for speeding.
Merle Meekins, Jr. for 45 in 25
mile zone, paid sls.
For speeding at 45 miles per
hour in a 35-mile zone: $lO and
costs each: Carroll D. Proffit,
Fructoso Pigott Balmotti; Otis E.
Jennings, Elizabeth City; Gary R.
Dail, Edenton; Douglas H. War
ner, Balti.; Charlie D. Williford,
So. Norfolk; Wm. H. Bunch, Ed
enton.
Richard L. Knowles of Buxton
was charged with speeding 75 mph,
and fined SSO and costs. Lance E.
Smith, also of Buxton, tried on
the same charge, took the stand
on his own behalf, and got off
with a sls fine, the court holding
he did not drive in excess of 70.
Willis Wilson of Manteo, who
was supplementing his income as
a taxi-driver by doing a little boot
legging, was found guilty of the
unlawful transportation of whis
key, and of selling it He was fined
SIOO and costs, but appealed to
superior court. •
A charge of careless and reck
less driving against Willie L. Hill
of Wilson was nol pressed. Dan
forth T. Allen of Parkside, Md.
See COURT, Page Six
TRASH PICK-UP SERVICE
AT BUXTON $1 MONTHLY
The proposed pick-up service
for trash at Avon and Hatteras
township to be operated by David
Barnett is to cost $1 per month
for householders, and not $1 per
week, as was listed in our columns
last week.
Persons interested in this serv
ice will advise Mr. Barnett who
lives in Buxton.
DARE SUPERINTENDENT
TO ATTEND CONFERENCE
Mrs. Dennis Evans, superinten
dent of Dare County schools, will
leave early Monday morning for
Mars Hill, to attend the annual
conference of school superinten
dents, held at Mars Hill College.
Mr. Evans will accompany her.
GUEST SPEAKER SUNDAY
Sidney Shaw of Manteo will
present the message at the morn
ing service at Mount Olivet Meth
odist Church in Manteo Sunday,
August 12, during the vacation of
the pastor, Rev. L. A. Aitken. On
Sunday evening, the speaker will
be W. H. Hofler of Manteo. Last
Sunday, the morning service waa
conducted by George Crees and the
evening service by Willis Wise.