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VOLUME XXII NO. 39 GOV. HODGES COUNTED ON FOR MAIN SPEAKER General Assembly Also Invited to Attend Dedication of Bridge April 25th Governor Luther H. Hodges of North Carolina is scheduled to top the list of speakers at the formal dedwation of the William B. Um stead Bridge spanning Croatan Sound, on Thursday, April 25, it was announced this week by South ern Albemarle Association Presi dent Melvin R. Daniels. While North Carolina’s chief executive had not definitely accept ed the invitation to deliver the main address, Daniels stated that he had been advised by Ed Rankin, private secretary, to place Gov ernor Hodges’ name on the pro gram. There had been some ques tion whether the Governor could be present as he has stated that he did not like to make out of town engagements in advance while the General Assembly was in session. Members of the General Assem bly are also being formally invited to the bridge dedication. Individual invitations to each have been for warded. R. Bruce Etheridge, Dare County representative, who is scheduled to deliver them this week, with a tentative program of the event. The programs also in clude events of the Dare Coast Pirates Jamboree scheduled for the week end of April 26-28. Formal invitations have also gone to State Highway Commission Chairman A. H. Graham and each of his commissioners, also to other State officials, and to members of Congress from North Carolina and other dignitaries. Big Parade The program as set up now for the dedication exercises begins at Drinkwater’s Folly at 11 o’clock with a colorful parade that will move across the bridge to Manns Harbor where the ceremonies in clude the speeches followed by the gigantic picnic dinner. A feature of the exercises will be music by colorful high school bands from Elizabeth City, Washington, Plym outh and Williamston. In the pa rade will be numerous floats, in cluding one sponsored by Manteo Rotary Club in cooperation with West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, the Manteo Lions Club, Wanchese Ruritan Club, Dare County Library and military units. Daniels stated the Coast Guard, Navy, Army and Marine Corps would each be asked to provide floats for the occasion. “We are very anxious to have as many floats as possible, and I would appreciate it if any large firms or corporations such as Vir ginia Power and Electric Company, Norfolk-Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company and others would contact me relative to this,” said Daniels. With the assistance of Dick Jordan, manager of The Lost Colony, the official program of the celebration was being prepared this week and will be ready for distribution within a few days. Adding color to the celebration will be costumed pirates, many aboard boats that will be flanking either side of the bridge. From a bevy of Southern Albe marle beauties, the name of one will be drawn an d selected as queen of the dedication to ride aboard the Rotary-sponsored float Other sponsors will be attendants to the queen. After the program at Manns Harbor and the picnic dinner, the scene of activity will move back to Manteo where the Dare Power Boat Association will present Jam boree Eve speedboat races. Begin nings at 3 o’clock there will be two hours of racing including a 55 minute relay race, followed by an elimination race. At 4:20 there will be a Ladies Race, with wives and or friends of DPBA-members competing. At 4:40 there will be a second elimination event followed at 5 o’clock by the final heat. On Thursday evening, as a finale of the events of the day, there will ning at 3 o’clock there will be cott’s Nags Head Casino. FUNERAL L. R. MANN HELD AT MANNS HARBOR FRIDAY Funeral services for Leonadas Rosser Mann who died Wednesday of last week were conducted Fri day at 3 p.m. in the Mt. Carmel Methodist Church by the Rev. A. L. G. Stephenson, pastor. Hymns sung were “Farther Along,” and “Last Mile of the Way” by the church choir, with Mrs. J. M. Crees accompanist. The pail was of red roses, white carnation and fern. Pallbearers were Huff Mann, Wal lace Taylor, Thelbert Tillett, Jac cie Burrus, Cleveland Gard and Larry Midgett. Burial was in the Caroon Cemetery. The funeral was directed by Twi ford’s of Manteo. THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA A NEW "AGONA" MUST BE SELECTED FOR THE LOST COLONY EM—MT: . . _. ____— > w \ mg ... JF Vi ■UM q These four Roanoke Islanders, Mrs. Charlotte Morrill, Mrs. Cora Mae Basnight, Mrs. Melva Kemp and Miss Dorothy Drinkwater, each hope they will b e selected to play the role of “Agona” the Indian squaw and lover of “Old Tom Harris” in Paul Green’s symphonic drama The Lost Colony when it opens for its 17th season June 29. They are shown during Lost Colony auditions at Waterside Theatre on Roanoke Island last week as they were given tryouts by the drama’s new director Burnet Hobgood of Catawba College, shown at right. Since the 1956 seas on Mrs. Grace Davis who played the role with dis tinction for several years had died. Usually an islander is chosen for this unusual role of the actor whose only spoken word during the show is “ugh!” (Aycock Browm Photo) ROTARIANS SPARK APRIL CAMPAIGN FOR CLEAN TOWN Entire Month Set Aside in Prepa ration For Face Lifting For Season In a program Monday night de signed to arouse interest in the importance of urging the citizens of Manteo to clean up the town for the tourist season, Dan btorrill, Manteo photographer, led with some pertinent remarks, followed by a movie shown by Bob Smith, illustrating the work that is being done in large cities for a better town. Mr. Morrill stressed the impor tance of each person protecting his investment in property in this com munity, by putting it in order. As we grow more dependent on tour ist business, he pointed out, it grows more important that we pre sent a good appearance, and make our town and community inviting and attractive. The Rotarians agreed that April should be a month devoted to this worthy cause. Mayor Martin Kel logg of Manteo is issuing a procla mation this week, appealing to all citizens to make April a clean-up month, and thereby set a good ex ample which it is hoped all our neighbors in surrounding country will emulate. Rev. Bob Turner, newly arrived Episcopal minister, and W. Verde Watson, National Park naturalist of Rodanthe, were guests at the meeting. MORE ENTRIES URGED IN BEAUTY CONTEST Pretty girls in Dare County be tween the ages of 16 and 21 have through Friday of this week to get their entry blanks in for the contest to select Dare County’s sponsor for the William B. Um stead Memorial Bridge Dedication exercises on April 25. The county winner will be selected in a beau ty contest as a part of a fashion show at the Manteo school audi torium on Friday night, April 5. Entries from twelve girls had been received through Wednesday, with others expected before the deadline. The committee again urged spon sors to get the entry blanks in for the girls they plan to sponsor. The Manteo Rotary Club com mittee conducting the contest is composed of Dan Morrill, chair man; Bill Ernest and Aycock Brown. RECKLESS DRIVING CHARGE As a result,of passing one car while meeting'another, Donald Eu gene Bruce, 18, while driving a 1951 Kaiser 4-door car, - going south, is charged with careless and reckless driving, for appearance in Recorder’s Court April 2, in Man-1 teo. The car belonged to Granvil Edsel Howard of the radar station; at Nags Head. He is charged with. driving at 50 to 60 miles per hour. SPECIAL SONG SERVICE A special song service is to be held at the Frisco Methodist Church on March 30 at 7:30 p.m. , with the Bethany Methodist Youth Choir leading in the service. The public is invited to attend. HATTERAS METHODISTS TO WORSHIP IN NEW CHURCH Former Pastors to Tale Part in Service in Most Up to Date Church Structure on Coast. Sunday, March 31st will mark the official opening of the new’ sanctuary of the Hatteras Meth odist Church. The Declaration of Opening will be given by the Rev. C. Freeman Heath, district super intendent of the Elizabeth City district of which Hatteras church is a part. The Rev. Dan E. Mead ows, a former pastor, will deliver the opening sermon at the morning worship service; the Rev. W. B. Gregory, a former pastor, w’ill also participate in the program. Fol lowing the worship services a pic nic lunch will be served. A Youth Choir from the Beth any Methodist Church on the Bath Charge will be special guests on this occassion and will render spec ial numbers during the w’orship service. The Hatteras church, having a membership of 360 with 214 en rolled in the Sunday School, on this occasion mark a milestone of grow’th and progress. The first church on the present site was built in 1877 on land given by John W. Rollinson and wife, Achsah. This church was replaced in 1909 with a new and larger frame build ing; it being remodeled with class rooms added in the year 1925. In April of 1953, under the lead ership of Rev. W. B. Gregory, plans for the present sanctuary were made with the naming of a Build ing Fund Committee composed of the following: Mrs. Violet Austin, chairman; Mrs. Vera Robinson, treasurer; Mrs. Doris O’Neal, Mrs. Maude Austin, Mrs. Deloras Bur rus, Mrs. Viola Peele, Mr. Wheeler Ballance, and Mr. Lee Robinson as members. Mrs. Margaret Quidley, Mrs. Lilly Peele, Mrs. Olivia Stowe, Mrs. Velma Sowe and Mrs. Josephine Oden are also members of the committee at the present time. By early 1955 sufficient funds were on hand to begin construction of the educa tion unit of the present structure and in October of the same year it was completed and ready for use. Dedication services for this unit were held May 27, 1956. ’ On April 10, 1956 work was be gun on the new sanctuary comple tion of which is being marked by the special services on March 31. The finishing of this unit provides the Hatteras congregation with a ’noteworthy brick structure, valued at approximately $75,000, consist ing of thirteen classrooms, bath rooms and the sanctuary with a seating capacity of 280 people. AH former members and friends of the church are invited to be guests of the church on this occas ion. MANNS HBR. HOMECOMING IS PLANNED FOR JUNE 9 The Methodist church at Manns Harbor voted recently to hold a home coming service on June 9. The Rev.. C. Freeman Heath, Methodist District Superintendent, of Elizabeth City is to speak at the morning worship service. A picnic lunch is to be held at the noon hour and a quarterly confer ence, presided over by Mr. Heath, is to be held in the afternoon. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1957 JILL TILLETT CHOSEN MISS MANTEO HIGH IN FRIDAY PROGRAM Betty Kellogg, D'Andrea Midgett and Mary Jolliff Take First Places in Talent Contest Jill Tillett was chosen “Miss Manteo High School” last Friday night in a beauty contest sponsor ed by the Manteo Beta Club, and put on in connection with a talent contest. Margie White won second place and Lindh Mann third in this contest. First talent contest prize in the group of children from the primary grades was won by Betty Kellogg, singing “Singing the Blues”. Marc Basnight came in second singing “Hound Dog” and hon’orable men tion went to a group singing “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling”, including Donna Mayo, Elizabeth Crees, Betty Kellogg, Susan Stall ings, Sharon Mann, Marsha Aitken and Amber Ross. In the elementary group first prize went to D’Andrea Midgett ■who sang “Love Me Tender”. Claudia Long won second place with “Hey, Jealous Lover”; and Lorna Fields and Shirley White re ceived honorable mention for sing ing “I’ll Be Home.” Mary Jolliff won first prize in the high school group. She sang “Will You Remember” and danced the hula, which she learned while living in Hawaii. Dorothy Taylor, singing “Blueberry Hill” won sec ond place; and honorable mention w’ent to Nancy Midgett, Nancy See SHOW, Page Eight BEAUTY CONTEST FEATURE OF SPRING FASHION SHOW A beauty contest with entrants from all parts of Dare County will be a feature of the Mt Olivet Methodist Church Spring Fashion Show at the Manteo High School Auditorium on Friday night April 5. Dan Morrill of Island Studio is chairman of the contest at which a beauty will be selected to be the Dare beauty sponsor during the William B. Umstead Bridge Dedi cation on April 25. k Morrill stated that while all areas had not been heard from, community leaders had reported the names of more than 20 girls who will be in the beauty contest. Bob Gunn will be the emcee at the contest and background music will be provided by Millie Brown or Dick Jordan. Entries to date fol low: From Manteo: Margaret Pearce, Janice Scarborough, Jill’ Tillett, Betty B. Inge, Faye Dykstra, Bebe Burrus, Marjorie White, Helen Baum, Janet Wescott and Joan Austin. These contestants were se cured through the assistance of Mrs. Coy Tillett. Hatteras community beauties taking part in the contest include: Ursula Austin, Sandra Ballance, Mary Burrus, Beth Newton, Eloise Stowe, Jo Ann Midgett, Gwennie Gray, Mitzi Oden, Sheila Gibson, Elaine Stowe, and Erline Tandy. Mrs. Violet Austin is chairman of the Hatteras beauty procurement group. Mrs. Ormond Fuller in charge of enlisting beauties at Buxton has indicated that Carol Fulcher Myr tie Browning, Sandra Veal, Betty Gay Rollinson and Mary Wetezak would participate. Maggie Midgdtt and Shirley See CONTEST, Page Eight JAMBOREE BEARDED MEN TO HIT TRAIL ACROSS CAROLINA Citizens Inland to Get a Glimpse of Participants in Pirate Fes tival Set for April 25-28 By AYCOCK BROWN Dare Coast Pirate Jamboree buc caneers are scheduled to hit the trail for Raleigh and points west on Friday, March 29, and they will be dressed in their colorful cos tumes and loaded with silver dol lars. It is the first of two Jam boree caravans planned prior to April 26-28 when the third annual vacation launching event is pre sented as an all-county celebration. Julian Oneto is charge of the Pirate Caravan stated today that at least three cars, appropriately decorated, with pirates and their ladies in costume would make the Friday trip via U.S. 264 with stops at all communities along the way such as Belhaven, Wilson, Green ville and return Saturday from Raleigh via Rocky Mount, Tarboro, Williamston and other towns. On Friday. April 5, a second caravan goes to Richmond via Suffolk, and Petersburg returning byway of Jamestown, Williamsburg, New port News and Norfolk. On Saturday night, April 6, a pre-Jamboree costume dance w’ill be presented on Hatteras Island. Live music, the name of orchestra to be announced, wiil make the music for the dance which will be held at the schoolhouse. On Friday April 12, a Teen-Age Prince and Princess Costume dance, especially for students of Dare schools, will be presented at Dare County Shrine Club. All per sons attending are expected to wear pirate costumes and judges will select a prince and princess, who with other costumed teen agers will be expected to take part in all day-time activities of the Jamboree and also the Bridge cele bration on Jamboree eve. Mrs. Bal four Baum,’ Manteo chairman of the dance stated that the young people of the community are show ing much enthusiasm in the com ing event. A high spot of the pre-Jamboree events will be the Jolly Roger Ball at Nags Head Casino on Saturday night, April 13, an event at which the 1957 pirate king and queen to succeed Sue McCown and John Donoho of 1956, will be selected. This colorful ball, with all persons in costume and with bearded pi rates and their costumed pirate ladies, will dance to the tunes of live music by a good orchestra. Previously on a program of pre- Jamboree activities this event had See JAMBOREE, Page Four FASHIONS! FUN! FANFARE! One of the outstanding events scheduled for Manteo in the next few weeks is the Pre-Easter Fashion Show to be held in the Manteo school auditorium on April 5. Plans are to show what the well dressed people will be wearing in the way of fashions, at the beach, on the street, church, and for more formal occasions. On show will be the spring and summer fashions for 1957. Some of the models of these clothes w’ill be: Patsy and Rusty Midgett, Bebe and Di Bur rus, Janice Scarborough, Mrs. Roy Wescott, Mrs. Willis Wise and Lane, Diana Tillett, Danny Moul son, Raymond and Stuart Wescott. Clothes to be modeled will come from C. W. Davis’, Swindell’s and Fearing’s Inc. Millie Brown will entertain in termittently with her versatile ability at the piano. Beautiful girls from all commu nities of Dare County will compete for the “Queen for a Day” title and reign during the Bridge Dedi cation ceremonies and parade. Sponsors from Hyde, Tvrrell. Martin, Washington and Beaufort Counties are also expected for the bridge celebration. One of the features of the show will be the modeling of Easter bonnets by the most select group of models in this area. They are: Miss Ramona Wescott, Miss Alice Ayers, Miss Sally Shaw, Miss WUlimina Hofler of Hertford, and Miss Petricia Overton. Another highlight of the evening will be the debut of the “Barnacle Billies.” A recently organized group of local people who refuse to give their names. However, it is guaranteed that you will rock ’n roll, swing and sway, and pat your feet, once this string-band gets into action. Curtains will open promptly at 8 o’clock on Friday night, April 5. Admission will be 25<‘ and 50<*. This event is sponsored bv the Adult Fellowship Class of Mt. Olivet Methodist Church. Proceeds from the show will be used toward the purchase of chimes to be in stalled on the organ and amplified from the church tower. You’all come. VOTERS TO DECIDE MAY 7TH IF MANTEO SHALL GO INTO ELECTRICPOWERBUSINESS Tentative Cost Suggested as $40,000 Necessary If New System is Erected; Two Aidermen Pur sue Search For Information *About Possible Profits; Roanoke Utilities Asked to Give Infor mation. A GREAT THRONG TURNED OUT TO HONOR HIS MEMORY *"• ' • ft l> a —Morrill photo ROBERT H. O’NEAL, 71, one of Manteo’s most beloved men, died at 5:15 a.m. Friday morning, after a short illness. Most of his life had been spent in Hyde County, but he removed to Manteo from his home in Fairfield about 25 years ago, and with his faithful team-mate, Mary, established their home and have led a successful and happy life. It is doubtful that any citizens have been held in higher esteem in this community. On Sunday, when the last rites were held at the Manteo Methodist Church by Rev. Louis Aitkin, the building was packed, and numer ous friends came from the bld home to pay honor to his memory. Many attended from Norfolk, Ocracoke Island, and other distant places. Mr. O’Neal’s wife is his only sur viving close relative. She is the former Mary Burrus, and a prod duct of Dare County. The couple have long been affectionately known as “Uncle Bob” and “Aunt Mary.” His parents were the late Stanley and Mattie Jones O’Neal. There are many fine things that can be said about Bob O’Neal and his good wife Mary. When the de pression struck the agriculture of Hyde County where they had long enjoyed a thriving business, and their losses were heavy, they never whimpered or asked for aid. They came to Manteo and buckled down to the hard work of running a dairy farm for someone else. Mrs. O’Neal with others got established in the operation of a tea room down town, and as the first tour ists began to move in, her venture met with fine success. The busi ness grew until the pi-ess of so much hard work forced her to give it up. Later, with his brother-in law, the late Roscoe Burrus, Mr. O’Neal established the town’s first super-market which is the remark ably successful grocery business now »perated by Archie Burrus. Mr. and Mrs. O’Neal have con tinued to operate their tpurist home in Manteo, “the Wigwam,” through the years. It has had great success, and is popular with all tourist, year after year, old guests return. It was a great tribute to a good man w’hen so many of his old neighbors came to pay the last re spects Sunday. It was a great trib ute that the church was packed in the community which became his adopted home. Bob O’Neal was a good man, a fine citizen, a splendid neighbor. He was all these and the better able to be these because with the aid of a good wife who com plemented his life, he was happy and loved his fellowman. They were the perfect working pair. They spared no time nor energy in discharging their obligations and in carrying their full respon sibilities together in this life. They made better by their presence and their efforts, each community in See UNCLE 808, Page Four SOCK DANCE SATURDAY A Sock dance will be held Sat urday night, March 30, in the Man teo gymnasium, beginning at 8:00 o’clock. Proceeds will go to the high school athletic association. Single Copy 7$ The citizens of Manteo will have the opportunity on May 7th at the town'election, which also pass es on candidates for Mayor and Aidermen, to decide if the town shall put up the money to go into the electric power and light busi ness to serve the 225 customers now served by the Roanoke Util ities. On Tuesday of this week, infor mation of action taken at a called meeting of the Manteo town board was given out that the Board would pass this decision on to the people. Meanwhile, a survey is be ing completed by O. J. McColl, an engineer with the contracting firm of Mechanical Engineering Co. of Norfolk to determine the cost of installing the system, and the pos sible profits it might yield the town. On the basis of the incomplete survey, it is tentatively stated that a new system of poles and wires could be installed for about $40,- 000. The town board this week sent a letter to the Roanoke Utilities Company, requesting the board be furnished among other informa tion, a breakdown of revenue this company receives each month from each of its customers in Manteo. This request is being first referred to its attorney and auditor by the company before a reply is given. Two aidermen, M. L. Daniels, Jr. and S. E. Midgett took the ini tiative some weeks ago, and defer ring action on a request from the Virginia Electric & Power Co. which is willing to take over and buy the Roanoke Utilities holdings on Roanoke Island, provided they can get a usual 30-year franchise, and get the approval of the Federal Power Commission, and the State Utilities Commissions of North Carolina, Virginia and West Vir ginia, in which states this com pany operates. The North Carolina Commission, having been requested for a rul ing on this proposition has given notice that it expects to hold a hearing in the courthouse in Man teo, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 12th whereby the consumers of electricity on Roanoke Island may have an opportunity ■to express their wishes in regard to the pro posed transfer of property. On the entire island, some 875 customers are served by Roanoke Utilities, and of these, 225 or about one fourth, are situated in the corpor ate limits of the town. It is the one fourth of the Roa noke Utilities customers, which Mr. Daniels and Mr. Midgett believe pay for from 30 to 40 per cent of the current sold on the entire sys tem. On the assumption that the consumers in Manteo pay 30 per cent of the money received by the local utility, the annual gross sales would be about $25,000 a year. To stack up against the $40,- 000 investment required to serve these customers, would be the cost of operation, depreciation, repairs cost of electricity if purchased of VEPCO at wholesale rates now prevailing, retirement of bonds and interest. One citizen calls attention of this newspaper to the probability that the consumers would not be will ing for even the town to charge rates which are now in effect, but would clamor for the lower rate which is being expected soon. It is estimated that the proposed cut in rates, would reduce the above esti mated $25,000 to only $20,000 an nual return. Figures furnished this newspap er indicate that the town of Man teo under normal conditions and at present costs, would have to derive its profit after deducting fixed an nual estimated expenses as fol lows: Cost of electricity _ SIO,OOO Interest on bonds at 5% .... 2,000 Retirement of bonds 2,000 ’ Depreciation 2,000 Tota > $16,000 If this were all the expense, then there would be a profit of $9,000 if current is sold at present high rates, and $4,000 if sold at the rates now promised under other opera tion. , We began to check on these esti mates, and we find one glaring omission. Nothing has been put in for the labor involved in servicing this operation. If one man is used, as has been suggested, he would cost not less than $4,000 a year. See ELECTRICITY, Page Four
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