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VOLUME XXIII NO. 3 KILL DEVIL HILLS BOARD CLEARS WAY FOR ROAD PROJECT Right-Of-Way Agreement with State Highway for New Road Approved Monday Night The Kill Devil Hills town board Monday night cleared the way for the construction of a new high way the length of the Kitty Hawk- Kill Devil Hills-Nags Head beach by voting unanimously to enter in to a right-of-way agreement with the State Highway Commission. The state had refused to accept an earlier agreement in which the town would have inquired the state to have built at least six lateral roads within the Kill Devil Hills limits to connect the proposed road with the present Highway U. S. 158. The relocation of U. S. 158 is intended to relieve traffic and con gestion on the present beach high way, located on the ocean side of the proposed route. The U. S. Bu reau of Public Roads is expected to give the state the go-ahead on the project this week; bids on the high way have already been opened. Monday night’s meeting was held after the town had been told by the state that the first agreement offer ed by the town could not be ac cepted because the new road is to be a Federal aid project and Fed eral funds could not be spent for the lateral roads, which are classed as secondary roads. The meeting was attended by about 35 Kill Dev il Hills residents. When asked to vote on the matter, 27 favored signing the new right-of-way agreement, with the remainder re fraining from voting. Under the agreement, the state will allow the town credit for all right-of-way within its limits that is donated. This will cut the town’s twenty percent share of right-of way costs from $38,000 to less than SIB,OOO. as about $20,000 worth of right-of-way has already been do nated. The state has also agreed to l»t the town pay the rate of $2,000 per year, without interest, from Powell Bill funds. SEVERE ELECTRIC STORM BURNS OUT TRANSFORMERS Heavy Rain Fallt on Roanolte Island Monday Afternoon; Electrical Service Interrupted. Interruption in some consumers’ electric service for several hours on Roanoke Island followed the se vere electrical storm Monday aft ernoon. when several transformers were burned out. Damage was caused by heavy charges of elec tricity on the power lines. A burn out at the Roanoke Sound bridge prevented its operation un til repair crews got on the job and restored service. A fire threatened the home of Roland Meekins when excess current traveled into the home through the electric range; the Manteo fire department was called out. A heavy rain fell for some two hours, but due to the long, dry spell, with grass parched and brown, it made little impression and was soon absorbed by the dry soil. Gardens on Roanoke Island have suffered severe damage dur ing the past several weeks, and much damage has been done to the limited fruit crop of this area. N. C. PEST CONTROL ASSOCIATION MEETING AT KILL DEVIL HILLS The annual convention of the North Carolina Pest Control Asso ciation opened for a three-day ses sion at Mrs. Diane Johnson’s Wil bur Wright Hotel at Kill Devil Hills on Thursday. A program of business sessions, with outstanding speakers on pest control, will be featured at the an nual meeting, according to Delia Copley, association secretary. < There are several recreational periods planned for the group, in cluding a visit to The Lost Colony and a tour of historic sites of the area. T. M. Gunn, Charlotte, is pres ident of the association, and Roy Goforth of Fayetteville is the vice president. During their current meeting officers for the coming year will be elected by the group. Annual banquet of the conven tion 'will be held in the beautiful dining room of the Wilbur Wright on Friday evening. TO ATTEND 4-H WEEK Three Dare County 4-H dele gates, Andrea Scarborough, Elsie Davis and Janice Midgett, all of Wanchese, along with Miss Fran Alexander, county home agent, will attend the annual 4-H Club Week at N. C. State College in Raleigh next week. THE COASTLAN D TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA WAKE FOREST GRADUATE WILL TEACH AT GRIGGS MISS LOIS PEARCE of Manteo, will teach eighth grade in Griggs High School in Poplar Branch next school year. She graduated in June from Wake Forest Col lege in Winston-Salem, being the youngest member of the first class to graduate on the new campus. There were 453 graduates. Miss Pearce received the degree of Bacheloi- of Arts. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Pearce of Manteo, and is counsel lor at a summer camp near Ashe ville this summer. MANNS HARBOR RURITANS OBSERVE TENTH BIRTHDAY Ladies Night Put On in Style With Sheriff Cahoon Chief Speaker Wednesday The Manns Harbor Ruritan Club observed its tenth anniversary Wednesday evening at 7:30 in the community building with 50 or more in attendance. The ladies were also entertained. Sheriff Frank Cahoon was chief speaker, and W. S. White, the first club president was Toastmaster. Ack nowledgement was paid numerous persons who aided the club in its organization. A roast beef dinner, prepared by Jinks Twiford under the direction of the ladies of Manns Harbor woman’s club was served. The club room was decorated. Numer ous guests with their ladies from the Wanchese club attended. Sev eral other out of town guests were present. J. W. Davis, president, and Melvin Daniels, former presi dent of the Wanchese Club were called on for remarks and respond ed. A humorous “hat sale” stunt was presented for the amusement of the visitors. BLIND-MADE ARTICLES WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE NEXT WEEK END The Manteo Lions Club will sponsor its third annual sale of Blind-made articles on July 26 and 27 in downtown Manteo. Weather permitting, the sale will be on the lot next to Walker’s Diner, other wise, in Fort Raleigh Hotel build ing. All articles for 'sale are made by the visually handicapped under the supervision of Miss Sudie D. Cox, Home Industries Counselor for the N. C. Commission for the Blind. Wives of Lions will be on* hand to help with selections. A large assortment of basketry, rugs, aprons, household items, leather craft, woodcraft and many other items from which to select will be available. There will be items for the men as well as the ladies. JOHN W. CURLINGS* 77, OF COLUMBIA DIES John Wesley Curlings, 77, died Tuesday at the home of his son, Nathan Curlings, of Columbia. He ■was a native and resident of Tyrrell County and son of Jim and Sarah Curlings. He was a member of Woodley’s Chapel Methodist Church. Surviving are five sons, Nathan, Theodore of Rocky Mount, Tom of Elizabeth City, Jake of Fen tress, Va., and Chester of Alex andria, Va.; one daughter, Mrs. Delma Spier of Elizabeth City; 39 grandchildren and 17 great-grand children. Funeral services were conduct ed Thursday at 2 p.m. at Wood ley Chapel by the Rev. Rufus Smithson, pastor. Burial was in the family cemetery. FIRE DESTROYS TRAILER A house frailer belonging to Shelton Midgett of Manteo and all its contests were a total loss early Sunday morning in a fire of un-determined origin. Mr. Mid gett was not at home when the fire started, and Mrs. Midgett and two children were spending the night with her father, Alfred Guard, at his home next to the trailer. MRS. MATTIE TOMS BUCHANAN'S DEATH MOURNED IN DARE Mrs. Buchanan Was Beloved Sum mer Resident of Nags Head Since 1936 Few of the many people who have summer cottages aiong the beach at Nags Head were held in higher esteem than was Mrs. Mat tie Toms Buchanan, whose death in a Durham hospital after a long illness, Tuesday of last week brought real sadness io many of those in Dare County who knew her well. The Buchanan cottage, which was built in 1936 on the old Charles Whedbee lot, was at that time one of the largest and most modern on the beach. It was said to have cost in the neighborhood of $30,000. Lo cated in the heart of old Nags Head, such a pretentious structure was a little unusual, to say the least, in the line of summer cot tages there, most of which were weatherbeaten and old and whose occupants took more pride in the antiquity of their Nags Head cot-v tages than they did in the way they looked. It will be recalled that the Buch anan cottage was relatively new when President Franklin D. Roose velt paid a visit to Roanoke Island on August 18, 1937, and that aftCT his address at Fort Raleigh he and his party went to the beach for a few hours of rest and relaxation before returning to Manteo for the purpose of seeing “The Lost Col ony” that night. They were enter tained at the Buchanan cottage. Mrs. Buchanan, who was born Mattie McMullan Toms, in Hert ford, was a daughter of the late Clinton W. Toms, onetime presi dent of the vast Liggett & Meyers Tobacco Company and who, in his day, was, according to our stand ards, a millionaire. Her husband, John A. Buchanan, was and still is a successful real estate and insur ance executive in Durham. While the expensive Buchanan cottage was going up over on the beach, any misgivings people might have had s>i to the friendli ness of the newcomers was soon dispelled by the arrival of “Miss Mattie” and her five pretty daugh ters. For in spite of all of her wealth and social prestige, Mrs. Buchanan soon proved to .be as neighborly and as folksy “as an old shoe.” ac cording to the Jethroe Midgetts, who soon became their close friends. In speaking of Mrs. Buchanan, who lay at the point of death for many weeks in a Durham hospital, the Jethro Midgetts said they would gladly give a thousand dol lars to see her alive and well and on the beach again. To be sure, she was one of their best customers but their friend and neighbor as well. They were all genuinely fond of Mrs. Buchanan, and she in turn had high regard for them. Mrs. Buchanan’s kind and gen erous way of life will be kept alive in her beach home at Nags Head, which was, incidentally, deeded to her five daughters on Christmas Eye, 1945. They and her 13 grand children all feel pretty much at home at Nags Head.—Earl Dean. IRA S. STOWE, 65, OF HATTERAS DIES TUESDAY Ira Samuel Stowe, 65, died Tuesday at 5 p.m. at his home at Hatteras following a short illness. He was a native and lifelong resi dent of Hatteras. He was the son of Ben Frank and Ada Willis Stowe and widower of Mrs. Minnie Laura Stowe. He was a member of the Hatteras Methodist Church. * Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Leonard Gillikin and Mrs. Florence Layne, both of Hatteras; one sister, Mrs. Florence Lassiter, one brother, W. R. Stowe, both of Elizabeth City; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct-, ed Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Hat teras Methodist Church by the Rev. Ray Sparrow, pastor, assist ed by the Rev. Gordon L. Church ill, pastor of the Assembly of God Church. Burial was in Aus tin Cemetery at Hatteras. CAR IS DAMAGED S4OO Damages of approximately S4OO were reported to a car wrecked Sunday afternoon about 5:30 p.m. near Jackson Homes at Nags Head, according to Patrolman A. F. Fields, who investigated. There were no personal injuries. Charles Johnson Jr. of Manteo, driving north on U. S. 158 in a 1954 Mercury, passed another ve hicle and then lost control of his car when he returned to the right hand side of the road, and the car struck the shoulder. Patrolman Fields said the road was wet and slippery and, the tires on the car were also slick. No charges were preferred. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1957 SPEEDING CASES PREDOMINATE IN RECORDER'S COURT Charged with assault with a deadly weapon, Rudolph Pendleton was found guilty Tuesday after noon by Judge W. F. Baum in Dare County Recorder’s Court and was sentenced to 60 days in jail, suspended on payment of $25 fine and costs and on condition he not appear in the court on a crim inal offense within one year. Af fray charges against Pendleton and Dorn Mitchell Washington were dismissed. Gethsemane Gallop of Manteo, found guilty of public drunken ness, was ordered to serve 30 days in jail when he was unable to pay a $25 fine and costs. Willard Henry Andrews Jr. of Suffolk, charged with speeding 55 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h. zone and passing on a curve, failed to ap pear and his SSO cash bond was I ordered forfeited. Hoke Smith Baggs Jr. of South Norfolk, charged with drunken driving, requested a jury trial, and his case was sent to Superior Court, with bond set at S2OO. The remaining cases which came before the court were sub missions, the defendants having pleaded guilty and paid their fines. A majority of the cases were violations of the 35 m.p.h. speed zone on the beach highway; an unmarked patrol car is in use in the county now assisting in the apprehension of violators. Submitting-to speeding 56 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h. zone, Paul Leonard Wilson of Norfolk paid a fine of s2l and costs. For speeding 55 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h. zone, Bobby Burfoot Fletcher of Elizabeth City, James Kelly Johnson of Kill Devil Hills, Robert L. Soles Jr. of Pittsburgh, Pa., each paid fines of S2O and costs. For speeding 54 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h. zone, Dr. Bernard W. Goodwin, Jr. of Suf folk, Va., paid a sl9 fine and costs. For speeding 53 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h. zone. Major Edward Curies of Kitty Hawk, and Charlie Vernon Scarbroough of Norfolk em;h paid $lB fines "nd costs. For speeding 52 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h. zone, Hugh Barrett Lux of Rapi dan, Va., and John Henry Snow den Jr. of Maple each paid fines of sl7 and costs. For speeding 50 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h. zone, Oliver Terrence Gilbert of Elizabeth City, Albert Freeman of Nags Head, Frederick H. Sumpton of Norfolk, Richard Henry Gregory of Kill Devil Hills, Charles De- Witt Eskridge 111 of Manteo, Mil ton Lee Perry of Kitty Hawk, ahd James Bethea of Manteo, each paid a fine of sls and costs. For speeding 48 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h. zone, William Beamon Blackmond of Manteo paid a sl3 fine and costs. For speeding 47 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h. zone, Mary Louise Cooper Parham of Henderson and William Wilson Bray of Elizabeth City were each fined sl2 and costs. For speeding 45 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h. zone, Jimmy Daughtry Brickhouse of South Mills, Carl Leßoy Crank of Wanchese, John Kenneth Fentress of Princess Anne, Va., Lyle Keith Yocum of Edenton, and Clyde William Hawkins of Disputants, Va.., each paid fines of $lO and costs. For speeding 40 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h. zone, Forrest Ray Pugh of Shilo paid a fine of $5 and costs. Paul Bert Dunlo Jr. of South Norfolk, and Edward Allen Gray of Elizabeth City each submitted to speeding 45 m.p.h. in a 35 m. p.h. zone and driving a car with improper muffler and paid fines of sls and costs. William Benjamin Farrow of Engelhard paid a fine of S2O for speeding 50 m.p.h. in a 30 m.p.h. zone. Roy Linval Gray of Hat teras submitted to speeding 64 m.p.h. and paid a $9 fine and costs. Randolph Mason of Atlantic, for drunken driving and driving with out an operator’s license, paid fines of $125 and costs'. Frank L. Healy of Norfolk paid a fine of SIOO and costs for drunk en driving. For driving without an opera tor’s license, Johnnie James of Kill Devil Hills, Eastman Zora Forbes of Wanchese, and John Thomas Payne of Wanchese each paid a fine of $25 and costs. Jethro Mullin Payne of Wan chese paid a $25 fine and costs for allowing an unlicensed driver to drive. For careless and reckless driv ing, Richard Lewis Rowe of Manns Harbor paid a $25 fine and costs. For public drunkenness, Gene E. Gerard of Norfolk and Eugene Willis of Atlantic each paid a fine of $25 and costs. For failing to stop at a stop sign, James Manhing Williams of Manteo, and Gladys Berry Wilson of Manteo each paid a $5 fine and costs. Lola Spencer of Manteo, for See COURT, Page Twelve ANDY GRIFFITH MOVIE COMING TO MANTEO ' OK -y. fIEOH ISI -■ , ANDY GRIFFITH’S FIRST MOVIE, “A Face in the Crowd,” has been booked for a special premiere showing next week at the Pioneer Thea tre in Manteo and will be shown on Thursday and Friday, July 27th and 28th, at 3 p.m., 7:30 p.m., and 9:30 p.m. Pictured here as notices of the showing were being put up are the operators of the theatre and the stage, screen, radio and television star; left to right: H. A. Crees, Andy Griffith, George Crees, and Ben Crees. Griffith and his wife, the former Barbara Edwards, both were at one time members of the cast of “The Lost Colony,” and they now have a summer home on. Roanoke Island. He- has been starred in a number of Broadway productions, and recently played the lead in the filming of “No Time for Sergeants,” which has not yet been released. (Photo by Aycock Brown) TO DELIVER SERMON AT LOST COLONY SUNDAY DR. C. SYLVESTER GREEN, vice-president of Wake Forest College, Winston-Salem, will de liver the fourth sermon in a series of Sunday morning services at Waterside Theatre near Manteo at 11 a.m. Sunday, with “If We Only Believe” as his topic. The Sabbath worship periods, with guest min isters of all faiths participating, have become regular features of The Lost Colony seasons in re cent years. In addition to Dr. Green’s ser mon, there will be music by the Lost Colony Chorus under the di rection of Dr. Elwood Keister, with George Perry, assistant Lost Colony organist at the console of the organ. Dr. Green is a member of the board of directors of Roanoke Is land Historical Association, spon sor of The Lost Colony, Paul Green’s symphonic drama now in its 17th season at Fort Raleigh on Roanoke Island. For the past several years, he has been a regu lar minister at the summer Water side services. Prior to becoming vice-president of Wake Forest College, Dr. Green had been pastor of several Bap tist churches and editor of the Durham Morning Herald. He was also executive vice-president of the Medical Foundation of North Carolina. He is an author, a newspaper columnist, a former corresponding secretary of the N. C. State Con vention, and is at present a mem ber of the Education Commission of the Southern Baptist conven tion for this state. In addition, Dr. Green is a member of numerous state, civic and religious organi zations and serves on the boards of a number of them. RETIRES FROM COAST GUARD Ellis Midgett, Jr., after 20 and a half years with the U. S. Coast Guard, has retired and with his wife and children, Kenneth and Sharyn, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Caleb Brickhouse, and other rela tives in Manteo. Next week the family will leave for Los Altos, California, where they plan to make their home. They formerly lived in Tampa, Fla. Also visiting Mrs. Brickhouse is her sister, Mrs. Jack Thomas, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and her son, Jackie.'. WHITE MARLIN LANDED BY 13-YEAR-OLD-BOY Sets Record Wednesday for Youngest Person To Land One of the Billfish This Season Thirteen-year-old David Tracy of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, set a season’s white marlin record Wed nesday. He is the youngest person to land one of the billfish that are now very plentiful in waters off Oregon Inlet. He was fishing '■Aboard Harry Baum’s cruiser Jo- Boy. Young Tracy’s father, Dr. Rob ert L. Tracy, also boated a white marlin, and his mother and other members of the family accounted for several dolphin. David’s marlin measured 77% inches and weighed 53% pounds. His dad’s was an 82-incher weighj ing approximately 60 pounds. When asked by Brantley Brown, who photo-covers the waterfront at Oregon Inlet Fishing Center this year, if it was the first marlin he had ever landed, young David re plied, “It’s not only the first one I ever landed, it’s the first one I have ever seen, and today’s fishing trip offshore was the first time I have ever fished in the ocean.” Six Landed Wednesday In addition to the Tracy catch, four other white marlin were boat ed off Oregon Inlet Wednesday. Ralph Parlor of West Elizabeth, Penn., caught one while fishing with Capt. Willie Etheridge aboard The Boys. R. T. Copeland of Hertford ac counted for one of the billfish while skipping bait from Capt. Carson Stallings’ Carrov. Jim Etheridge of Plymouth, fish ing with Capt. Billy Baum, brought one aboard Capt. Baum’s cruiser Kay, and an unidentified angler fishing with Capt Omie Tillett on the Jerry, Jr., also boated one of the billfish. MRS. GERTRUDE MEEKINS, 76, OF MANTEO PASSES Mrs. Gertrude B. Meekins, 76, a lifelong resident of Manteo, died Wednesday at 11:30 a.n». at her residence after a short illness. She was daughter of Morris and Mrs. Mary Baum Midgett and widow of Isaac Chauncey Meekins. She was a member of Manteo Baptist Church. She is survived by several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at the Twiford Funeral Home Chapel in Manteo Friday afternoon at, 2:00 p.m., conducted by her pas tor, Rev. W. E. Cholerton. Burial will follow in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. COMPLETE BOOT TRAINING Three Dare County boys, two from Manteo and one from Nags Head, completed boot training with the U. S. Coast Guard at Cape May, New Jersey, on July 10. They were Preston Sears and Isaac Midgett of Manteo; and Charles Johnson, Jr., of Nags Head. All three boys have assigned to the Fifth district. Attending the graduation cere monies were Mr. Sears’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Sears; his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Sears, all of Manteo; and Mr. Johnson’s wife, of Nags Head. Single Copy 7< ROANOKE ISLANDERS PESTERED BY ODOR AND GARBAGE RATS Puzzled Why Commissioners Should Haul Garbage 25 Miles to Create Nuisance Citizens of Roanoke Island are « having to put up with another needless nuisance, which ought to be brought to the attention of the State Board of Health. It is creat ed by the Dare County Commis sioners, who are spending some SIO,OOO a year to haul all the gar bage and trash from the Dare Beaches, some of it a distance of -5 miles, each Bay, in order to dump it out in a marsh west of Manteo. Tons and tons of it piled here each week, create an overpower ing stench which is a nuisance to several hundred citizens living nearby, and even as far away as the town of Manteo. The town also dumps its garbage in this same spot, but its dumping is limited, compared with that which comes from some ten thousand summer residents of the Dare beaches. The terrific offensive odor which annoys the citizens to the east of this garbage dump comes across Roanoke Island on the prevailing southwesterly winds of summer. While the odor is bad enough, the menace is perhaps not so great as that of thousands of rats that have been bred in thiS dump, and which, when summer is over and pickings grow lean, will swarm out across the island to prey upon the citizens. Several people have thought about appealing to the commis sioners to give relief from this nuisance, but have not gone, per haps not expecting relief from a body which usually looks for the See GARBAGE, Page Twelve BLUEFISH AT HATTERAS INLET NOW PLENTIFUL Willie Newsome, Hatteras bait, tackle and fish dealer, reported on Thursday morning that the Inlet was alive with bluefish. “All anglers trolling for them in Hatteras Inlet are making phe nomenal catches, and they are also getting some nice Spanish mack erel,” he said. Surf fishing during the past week has been spotty, he reports, with the principal catches being sea mullet. A few flounder and blues are also -being caught from the Hatteras surf. Offshore the billfishing recently has not been too good, but Gulf Stream parties are catching plenty of dolphin and some large ones. “Several taken during the past week scaled between 25 and 42 pounds,” he said. Week before last the largest dol phin reported from Dare Coast waters this year was taken off Hat teras by F. W. T. Reynolds of sub urban Detroit. His fish weighed 53% pounds, and was taken while trolling from Capt. Nelson Stowe’s “Ursula.” According to Newsome, a few cobia have -been taken recently. They have been landed by anglers who chummed for them in Hatteras Inlet. In his analysis of the fishing sit uation here he said, “Fishing for just about all species is about up to par for this season of the year. We are having a record breaking number of anglers during the sum mer of 1957—we1l ahead of last season,” he added. PRISONERS IN DARE JAIL GET. BEER AND WHISKEY Occupants of the Dare County jail in Manteo celebrated last week while Sheriff Frank Cahoon was away attending the sheriffs convention at Carolina Beach. They managed to obtain both beer and whiskey and are reported to have had quite a time for them selves. One of the prisoners, while out for court on Tuesday afternoon, managed to get some whiskey be ing held in the sheriffs office for evidence, and he smuggled it up stairs to the jail. A check later also revealed beer cans in the jail, and the prisoners said the beer had been thrown in by friends through an outside window which was unlocked and which they had opened with the aid of a broom handle. The SBI was called in the week before when the -prisoners at empted unsuccessfully to saw out •f jail, but no action has been taken against the party or parties who furnished them with a hack saw and blades. The prisoners found that the steel in the center of the bars was too hard for them to cut. At that time, the solid steel outer door of the jail was being left open for ventelatton, and vis itors could easily pass things
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