VOLUME XXII NO. 49
APPEAL CASE OF
D. A. ROGERS JR.;
BOND IS SIO,OOO
To Be Carried to Supreme Court
Seeking New Trial on Auault
ana Robbery Charge
With bond fixed at SIO,OOO, an
appeal to the Supreme Court has
been made in hope of getting ti new
trial far D. A. Rogers, Jr., who
was sentenced to not less than
three and not more than seven
years in prison, after he had been
found guilty of assault and rob
bery in Dare Superior Court last
week.
Attorneys have some hope of
getting a new trial, by pleading the
condition of a juror in the case, one
Bannie Williams of Avon, whe ap
peared in court drunk the fallow
ing day, and was sent to jail for
ten days by Judge Parker for con
tempt of court. He will cost the
county some S2O board bill in the
new jail, plus all other damage
that may result from new trials,
etc. When he was thrown off the
jury, court was delayed until new
persons could be summoned.
Rogers was found guilty on a
charge of beating Marvin Daniels
with a flashlight, and robbing him
of funds in excess of SI,OOO in
October 1956.
The jury for this case was chos
en from a special venire ordered
summoned by Judge Parker, after
he had summarily dismissed those
chosen for regular jurors. The
judge had his suspicions of a jury
which returned a not guilty verdict
i* a bootlegging case in which no
testimony or evidence contradicting
the state’s case had been offered.
The defendant spent the week
end in jail, and the appeal was not
perfected until Monday morning,
when Atty. J. H. Leßoy of Eliza
beth City was brought into the
case. He was represented at the
trial by McCown and McCown of
Manteo, and Forrest Dunstan of
See COURT, Page Ten
RADIO CENTER AT
MANTEO READY FOR
CIVIL DEFENSE USE
Equipment Is Set Up Capable of
Operating on Three Separate
Amateur Bands
Dare County’s Civil Defense ra
dio center is ready to go on the air
with trained personnel as soon as
final approval is given by the Fed
eral Communications Commission,
according to a statement this week
by Robert K. Gunn, county Civil
Defense director. The final author
' ization from FCC is expected with
in the next week.
The radio center has been set up
in an old Navy radio building at
the 4-H camp near the Manteo air
port under the supervision of Good
rich Williams, county Civil Defense
radio officer, and is equipped to
operate on the 10, 40, and 80 meter
amateur bands.
Mr. Gunn stated that, while al
most half of the available equip
ment is privately-owned, the con
struction of a complete communi
cations center has been enabled by
this equipment coupled with ether
equipment worth about $1,500 pur
chased through surplus channels
with S2OO granted for the program
by the county. An emergency gen
erator is now being repaired and
will provide electricity in the event
of a commercial power failure. The
use of privately-owned equipment
was made necessary by the urgen
cy of setting up the Civil Defense
net and in time the county will be
expeeted to replace this private
property either by purchase or re
placement with surplus equipment
as it becomes available.
As soon as the radio center is
in operation, full attention will be
given to the establishment of coun
ty network stations, with ICitty
Hawk and Wanchese having first
priority. Also to be included in a
controlled radio net- will be the
Manteo town hall and two fire
trucks, and it is hoped that even
tually the sheriff’s office can be
included.
A project to train operators was
begun several months ago, and
eight operators now have FCC li
censes. The training of Other op
erators is continuing. These oper
ators will be utilized during civil
defense alerts, intelligence moni
toring, natural disasters, or civil
defense military emergency condi
tions.
WIN MANTEO SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarships in the Manteo. High
School, as announced at the recent
graduation exercises, were won as
follows: the Manteo Woman’s
Club scholarship, Ann Dowdy, who
nlans to attend WCUNC, Greens
boro; the Fearing scholarship,
Martha Rae Rogers, who plans to
attend Louisburg College, Louis
burg. 1
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DONALD, DAN and Carlos in order named, —the remarkable Oden
father and sons team of Hatteras Island. Dan, in the center, is the
father of the two boys who have stood by him loyally" through the
years, and with him have shared in all the work in the ownership of
the various enterprises in which they are engaged at Hatteras. They
operate one of the island’s largest stores, an apartment building, a
motel; they are buyers of fish, and are v oil distributors. They are also
splendid, progressive citizens, willing workers, and anxious to promote
the community welfare. Aycock Brown photo.
GRADUATES FROM MEREDITH
MISS ANNIE LAURIE KEE of
: Manteo received Her Bachelor of
Arts degree Monday, June 3, from
Meredith College in Raleigh, hav
ing completed the four years work
in three years by attending sum
mer school sessions. Class Day
. exercises were held Saturday
, afternoon and the baccalaureate
service Sunday morning.
Among those attending her
graduation were her mother, Mrs.
Willie Jolliff; her grandmother,
Mrs. W. G. Etheridge; her aunt,
Mrs. Ralph Davis, all of Manteo;
and her father and step-mother,
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kee of Nash
ville, Tenn.
Miss Kee will teach business in
a Camden County school
year.
FERRY SERVICE TO BE
CONTINUED AT OCRACOKE
WITH OLD NAVY CRAFT
The Navy has again come to the
State’s assistance in providing im
proved ferry service across Hat
teras Inlet to connect Ocracoke
Island with the mainland via Hat
teras Island. It has agreed to fur
nish a landing craft and LCM, to
replace a .State-owned ferry boat
which was damaged recently in a
storm.
The LCM will be able to ferry
automobiles across the inlet and
land them without dock facilities,
Governor Hodges said in Raleigh.
Emmett Winslow said the com
mission recently turned over to a
private operator one of its oldest
and smallest ferry boats for us
at Hatteras Inlet. The boat Bar
celona, was loaned to Frazier.
Peele of Hatteras, who had the
misfortune of running into rough
weather while taking it to Hat
teras, and the boat was damaged
so badly it had to be taken back
to the state docks as unfit for
use. It never got on 'the job.
Work is under way on two other
projects aimed at providing high
way service into Ocracoke by this
summer. Metal mats loaned by the
Navy and to be used in stabilizing
a road on the North end of Ocra
coke has arrived there for high
way workers to start laying it.
With the mats, a road will be
provided for the ferry landing to
the end of a newly-paved road
that runs most of the distance to
Ocracoke village—except for a
last three-mile stretch.
This last stretch, frequently un
water at high tide, is under way.
The road will be built up about a
foot but water will still go over ,
it at times.
No assurance has been given
that the Hatteras Inlet ferry serv- <
ice will be free. So far as is now i
provided, the Navy craft will be
turned over to private operation '
to be run for a profit.
BIDS TO BE SOUGHT
FOR THE NEW HIGH
SCHOOL AT MANTEO
Dare County Board of Education
Asks County for $46,912.40
for 1957-58 School
Term
The Dare County Board of Edu
cation made tentative plans at its
meeting this week to hold a spe
cial meeting on July 2 at 2 p.m.
to receive bids for the new Man
teo High School for which a bond
issue was voted last August. Ad
vertising for bids is expected to
begin in about a week as soon as
the architects complete a few de
tails in drawing up the blueprints,
according to Mrs. Mary L. Evans,
superintendent.
The meeting this week was de
voted mostly to preparing a pro
’ posed budget to be submitted to
: the county commissioners Toes
, day. The county is being asked
for $46,912.40 this year, or more
than SI,OOO less than was request
: ed last year.
The county school calendar for
■ the 1957-58 term was adopted and
, calls for schools .to open on Sep
tember 3 and to close on May 28,
! 1958. Christmas holidays will be
gin at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, De
-1 cember 20, ending Thursday morn
ing,-January 2. Thanksgiving holi
days will be November 21 and 22.
There will be no Easter holidays,
but a two-day spring holiday is
planned at the time of the Pirates
Jamboree.
Only other business was the
awarding of a contract to Orlando
Burrus for the delivering of coal
schools in the county for the
amount of $475.
HATTERAS HEALTH CENTER
TRUSTEES ARE APPOINTED
Appointment of trustees for the
Cape Hatteras Health Cents*? and
awarding of a contract for garbage
removal on the Nags Head and
Kitty Hawk beaches were among
the items of business transacted
during Tuesday’s meeting of the
Dare County commissioners. Adop
tion of a tentative budget was left
for a later meeting.
Trustees of the Cape Hattera3
Health Center named were: Hat
teras, Donald Oden, Richard A.
Job, and William (Scotty) Gibson;
Buxton, James Rollinson, T. Boyd
Gray, and George R. Fuller, Jr.;
Frisco, John L. Austin; Rodanthe,
Julian L. Gray; Waves, Asa H.
Gray, Sr.; Salvo, Perry Farrow;
Avon, George H. Meekins, Nickie ,
Gray, and Charles T. Williams, Jr.
The commissioners also voted to
donate SIOO for laying a walkway
to the Cape Hatteras Health Cen
ter.
The board voted to award the :
contract for the removal of the \
garbage from the beaches to Or
lando Burrus of Manteo, who sub
mitted a bid of SB,OOO.
County attorney Martin Kellogg,
Jr. was instructed by the board to
start foreclosure proceeding on de
linquent taxes up to and including
1955.
The board approved the payment
of SSO from county funds toward
expenses of the bridge celebration
held in April.
Schedule “B” taxes same as for
1955 were adopted.
By a vote of 4-1, the board ap
proved a motion made by Law
rence Swain and seconded by New- <
comb Midgett that a small tract
of land formerly owned by Rufus 1
Wescott now owned by the county i
be sold to H. B. Carter for $169; i
commissioner H. F. Perry voted in
opposition to this.
Three Stumpy Point women, !
Mrs. Edith Best, Mrs. Clyde Payne, ’
See BOARD, Page Ten 1
MANTEO. N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1957
VEPCO PREPARES
TAKE UP SERVICE
ON JULY FIRST
Final Reading of Franchise Mon
day When Manteo Town
Board is Sworn In
Virginia Electric and Power
Company is losing no time in pre
paring to take over the operation
of the electric light system on Ro
anoke Island on July 1, and al
ready its men have been working
in the area for several days. A
survey of the street lighting sys
tem in Manteo has been made on
request of the Manteo town board
and a modern system is expected
to be installed soon after July.
The formality of the final read
ing on the franchise permitting
the company to operate in Manteo
is expected to take place Monday,
June 10th, which is the date for
the swearing in of the town Board.
One new member will appear on
the Board this year; S. L. Barnett,
elected in the May election. Other
members of the Board are G. T.
Westcott and S. E. Midgett. Mar
tin Kellogg Jr. is Mayor.
Vepco has arranged to open its
business office for the time being
in the Theo. Meekins building op
posite the courthouse. With this
office will go Mrs. Mabel Basnight,
now employed by Roanoke Utili
ties. Two other employees of Ro
anoke: Raymond Wescott and Earl
Green will also go with Vepeo
when the system is taken ove’-
July 1, at which time Vepco rates
will go into effect.
ALLIGATOR RIVER
FERRY TRIPS NOW
GREATLY INCREASED
Boats Leave Each Side of River
at 45 Minute Intervals From
5 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Raleigh.—The summer operating
schedules for the toll-free ferries
' across Alligator River and Ore
' fcßfi Inlet are arnnotfneetr by the
1 State Highway Commission. Great
' aid will be provided local people,
and a tremendous boost offered
tourist travel this season.
I The stepped-up summer ferry
. service went into effect June 1,
and will continue through Septem
. ber 30. Already, a marked increase
. in travel has been noticed.
The Alligator River ferry serv
ice on US 64 between East Lake
and Sandy Point has been more
than doubled this summer. Instead
; of only nine daily round trips, there
are 20 round trips scheduled from
5 a.m. from the East Lake side to
7:30 p.m. from the Sandy Point
' side. The trips are arranged to
leave from each side every 30-45
minutes.
Recent completion of the new
.William B. Umstead Memorial;
Bridge across Croatan Sound on
US 64 and 264 plus the increased
Alligator River ferry service will
mean better transportation for in-1
land Tar Heels driving to the Out-1
er Banks this summer.
The Oregon Inlet ferry service'
has also been improved by increas
ing the number of round trips to
28. Ferrtes are scheduled to leave
every 30 minutes from each side
during the day beginning at 5 a.m.
from the north shore through 7
p.m. from the south shore.
Recently four of the State’s big
ferries were overhauled in a Nor
folk shipyard. They were renovated
to meet the safety requirements
and inspection of the Coast Guard.
Life boats have been installed
which reduced the carrying capac
ity from 18 to 16 cars. The four
overhauled ferries are converted
Navy landing craft and have a
speed of seven miles per hour.
The completion of the Umstead
Bridge betwen Manns Harbor and i
Roanoke Island eliminated the
long-time ferry service across the
Croatan Sound and freed the boats
for use at Oregon Inlet and Alli
gator River. j
Work is well along on construe
tion of three new ferry boats at
the Barbour Boat Works in New
Bern. Two of the specially-design- ]
ed boats should be completed and i
delivered for ferry service no later ]
than June 30. The third new ferry
is scheduled for completion no lat- ,
er than August 15. The new boats <
will be christened the "Sandy Gra- 1
ham,” the “Emmet Winslow” and
the “Governor Cherry.” i
They will carry around 24 ears
each, have a speed of 12 miles per
hour and will be able to go as fast
backwards as forwards. This will ’
accelerate the landing and loading
of cars. <
The three oldest ferries the 1
“Governor Cherry,” the “Governor i
Scott” and the “Sandy Graham”— i
will be junked when the three new <
boats are in operation. o
GRADUATES FROM DUKE
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TANYA DAWN TILLETT, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Tillett
of Kitty Hawk, received the diplo
ma in nursing degree at Duke Uni
versity’s 105th Commencement on
Monday morning, June 3.
She is one of approximately
1,000 members of the Class of
1957 who received one or more of
the 21 degrees offered by the Uni
versity.
$280,000 APPROVED FOR
IMPROVING HAT. CO-OP
A request for a loan of more
than a quarter million dollars ad
ditional funds for the Cape Hat
teras Electric Membership Corpo
ration has been received by the
State Rural Electrification Au
thority, and it has been approved
by that body according to Chair
man Gwynn Price of Raleigh.
A loan of $280,000 was request -
ed, and when final approval is
made to use Government funds for
this purpose, it will be used for
membership extensions and sys
tem improvements.
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MANTEO’S BASEBALL PROGRAM can easily be described as one of
the first interests of the family of Coy Tillett, who has organized and
is managing the town’s adult team this year. Pictured here with Mr.
Tillett, who is at the left, are his two ball-playing sons, 14-year-old
Phillip (center) and 18-year-old Coy Jr. (right). Phillip is a- catcher
on Manteo’s Pony League team, while Coy Jr. is second baseman for
the adult team. A third son, St Clair, 7, is also an avid baseball fan
and is expected to be out for the team as soon as he is old enough.
Naturally, with all these baseballers around the house, Mrs. Tillett has
also become interested in the game and is giving much support to
her husband and sons. (Photo by Pratt Williamson, Jr.)
FATHER OF MRS. ROY
KESSINGER SUCCUMBS
W. E. Patrick, father of Mrs.
Roy Kessinger of Nags Head, died
at his home in Washington, N. C.,
Monday, and the funeral was held
Wednesday in Washington, with in
terment in Oakdale Cemetery. Mr.
Patrick, who was 82, was a native
of Pitt County and was a retired
horse dealer. Surviving in addition
to Mrs. Kessinger are his wife.
Mrs. Annie Ross Patrick, three
other daughters, one son, one sis
ter, and nine grandchildren.
CHURCH OF CHRIST AT
MANTEO PLANS REVIVAL
The Manteo Church of Christ
will hold a revival meeting next
week, beginning Monday night,
June 10, and continuing each night
through Saturday night, June 16,
dith services each evening at 8 p.
m. Walker B. Perry of Elizabeth
City will be the evangelist. Every
one will be welcome to attend.
KILL DEVIL HILLS WITHOUT
A MAYOR IN SURPRISE MOVE
WITH OTHER RESIGNATIONS
R. H. Cook Named Mayor Pro Tern to Succeed
Mrs. Emily Mustian; Mrs. Henrietta Tillett
New Tax Collector; George Frank Re-Employ
ed as Police Chief; Vacancy on Board of Ald
ermen Probable.
SEVERAL GOVERNORS
TO VISIT AND FISH
IN DARE JUNE 27
Program Arranged for Fishing,
Lost Colony, and Entertain
ment on the Beach
Governors of several states are
expected to .accompany Gov.
Luther Hodges of North Carolina
, on a visit to Dare County June 27
, and 28th, following the Governors’
; conference to be held at Williams
burg, Va. Committments appear in
hand from at least a dozen Gov
ernors, who with their wives will
atop at the Carolinian, dine at the
Sea Ranch, visit the Lost Colony
1 and fish out of Oregon Inlet.
The number of acceptance is ex
s pected to increase to 20, according
• to Aycock Brown tourist Bureau
manager,., who has the aid of
• Charlie Parker, State Bureau di
: rector in arranging the itinerary.
• Lawrence Swain, of Manteo, Coun-
I ty Commissioner, and Mrs. Lu
• cille Winslow, director of the
Carolinian will be local hosts.
The govenors will fly in from
! Williamsburg to the Manteo Air
• port at noon, Thursday, June 27th.
• Lunch will be at the Sykes’ Sea
- Ranch Hotel by courtesy of Frank
See GOVERNORS, Page Ten
MANTEO FIRM SUBMITS
LOW BID FOR ADDITION
TO SCHOOL IN HYDE CO. j
Kellogg and Cuthrell, contrac- .
tors with headquarters in Manteo, ;
were the low bidders last week 1
on the general contract for the <
construction of a four-classroom 1
addition to the Hyde County 1
Training School at Swan Quarter, I
with a bid of $34,400. The bids
were opened on May 28 in the <
office of the Hyde County Board 1
of Education; work on the project '
is expected to begin within about i
two weeks.
Kellogg and Cuthrell, which is i
a partnership of Gordon Kellogg i
of Manteo and Linwood Cuthrell i
of Engelhard, is now engaged in i
building a $142,000 addition to the 1
Columbia High School. The proj
ect, which includes a gymnasium
and ene classroom, is reported
about 16 per cent complete. I
The firm has just completed a <
$133,000 classroom building at the|<
colored school in Belhaven.
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In a surprise move Tuesday
night at the first monthly meet
ing of the newly elected town
board of Kill Devil Hills, Mayor
Emily Mustian tendered her resig
nation for the term which had just
begun, and to which she had been
re-elected in May. She also read
resignations of Mrs. George
Frank, Tax Collector, and of Mr.
Frank, Police Chief. Miss Jean
nette Gray, who had been elected
Treasurer, had resigned last week.
Meeting again at Wednesday
noon, R. H. Cook, motel operator
was nominated as mayor pro tern
by Commissioner E. V. Melson,
which motion was seconded by R.
E. Parker Jr. It was announced at
this meeting that the question of
naming a mayor to fill Mrs. Mus
tian’s unexpired term would be
taken up if, as and when someone
willing to serve might be found.
The Board at this time reap
pointed Mr. Frank as Police Chief
on the previous terms and salary.
Mrs. Henrietta Tillett of Kill Devil
Hills was named tax collector.
There is yet no treasurer. Mrs.
Nellie Perry of Kitty Hawk is
serving as executive clerk for the
Board.
Some sharp points were raised
at Wednesday’s meeting when
Ralph Deaton, local real estate
operator sought to get the Board
to make a declaration of its policy
with regard to the dissolution of
the municipality. Questioned at
length about his position as a pub
lic -official on this policy, R. E.
Parker Jr. told Mr. Deaton it was
' nobody’s business what he desired
i to do about the subject. R. H.
Cook, questioned about hia posi
tion now and before election, and
| about a trip Mr. Cook made to
j Raleigh last week, said that was
also nobody’s business, but that
among other things he went to
inquire into legal questions con-
the town’s status. An
anonymous voice in the back said
the Mayor pro tem went to con
sult a psychiatrist During the
words exchanged between Mr.
Deaton and Mr. Parker, Mr. Park
er finally closed the subject, say
ing it might be necessary to throw
Mr. Deaton out of the meeting.
Deaton’s rejoinder was that he
wasn’t going out, and he was able
to take care of himself.
The occasion of Mr. Cook’s visit
to Raleigh to consult the league
of municipalties, and te Attorney
General, was construed as seek
ing aid toward dissolving the
i town, and is believed to have
I influenced the resignation of
i Mrs. Mustian. Mr. Cook did say
; in the meeting that it was his de
sire to do what the voters of Kill
Devil Hills wanted to do.
I The law is reported as requiring
the new Mayor to be named from
one of the Board members. As
Mayor pro tem, Mr. Cook it ap
. pears, has vacated as town Aider
man. When another person re
places him, a Mayor may be chos
en: Mr. Cook then may be put
back on the board if he wishes, or
another person named. According
to statements made this week, it
may be a month or more before a
Mayor is named.
History of Past
Administrations Reviewed
Mayor Mustian opened the
meeting Tuesday night with a
brief talk in which she reviewed
accomplishments of the past ad
ministration, including acquiring
two additional fire trucks, a new
police car, and getting $16,000 in
Powell bill street funds, several
thousands in other funds, as well
as $62,000 from Civil Defense for
storm repairs and drainage. She
expressed her pride in the accom
plishments of the municipality,
and said it had been a pleasure
for her to serve as mayor. She
concluded by presenting her letter
of resignation and asking that it
be acted upon immediately. The
letter stated that unforseeable de
velopments led her to resign; she
did not explain these developments
except to say that she did not
wish to be a party to actions be
ing planned by the commissioners.
After Mrs. Mustian was asked
if she had definitely made up her
mind to resign, a motion was made
by commissioher E. V. Melson and
seconded by commissioner R. E.
Parker Jr. to accept her resigna
tion.
Three other letters of resigna
tion