VOLUME XXIII NO. 9 MORE MURALS TO DEPICT SCENERY OF COASTLAND Artist Kughler Painting Knapp Donated Murals for Uni versity Building By AYCOCK BROWN Fifth and sixth in a senes of 13 murals depicting the progress his torically of North Carolina, are now being painted by William Francis V. Kughler, a distinguished New York artist, under a commis sion from Mrs. Joseph Palmer Knapp, according to Albert Q. Bell of Manteo here on Roanoke Island. Bell has just returned from a visit with Kughler and Mrs. Knapp at the latter’s Lew Beach estate near Livingston Manor, Ulster County, N. Y., in the heart of the Catskills near the site of Washing ton Irving’s “Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” The Roanoke Island gar dener and builder of outdoor drama theatres has been associated with Kughler in a historical research way on several of the murals painted or now being planned. When the series is completed they will be placed in the admin istrative section of the new Insti tute of Government Building at the University in Chapel Hill as a gift of Mrs. Knapp. The building, one of the newest and most beau tiful in Chapel Hill, was built for the University by the Joseph Pal mer Knapp Foundation. Studio In A Barn Mrs. Knapp who has recently been very ill but is now on the way to recovery was anxious to be close to the work that Kughler is now doing on the fifth and sixth murals of the series. To make that possi ble, Bell stated, she set up a studio in one of the barns on the estate for the artist to paint the huge eight by eleven foot panels, Bell stated. It was in a tool shed here at Bell’s Roanoke Gardens that Kugh ler had painted the “First English Colony,” first in the series of thir teen. That was in 1955 and models for the painting included Bell, his son Quentin along with several male and female actors of The Lost Colony. It was no small task to complete the first mural be cause it was necessary to be au- See MURALS, Page Six SIR ALLEN LANE, BRITISH KNIGHT, SEES LOST COLONY Sir Allen Lane of Stanwell Moor, England, was in the audi ence at the 869th performance of The Lost Colony at Manteo Wed nesday night. With a party of friends, he has been spending a “holiday," as the English call a vacation, in one of the W. A. Wil liams’ cottages of lower Nags Head. Sir Allen is principal owner of the publishing firm of Penguin Books in England and returns to Great Britain next Tuesday on the He de France with his daughter, who is also in the Nags Head va-' cation party. The Lost Colony was of parti ' cular interest to the British Knight, because he saw portrayed there the people who are his for bears and ancesters. He is a de scendant of Ralph Lane, the “gov ernour” of the 1585 colony which Sir Walter Raleigh and the first Queen Elizabeth sent to Roanoke Island to “build a fort and lay out roads.” A replica of the Ralph Lane fort is now one of the main attractions of Fort Raleigh National Historic Site here. The fort is built on the exact spot of the original,- accord ing to National Park Service arch aeological diggings. Sir Allen, in conversations with Mr. and Mrs. Williams .recalled that his mother had told him dur ing his youth that his ancestors “were the first to bring tobacco from the New World to England.” The incident about the tobacco that was taken back to England by the Sir Walter Raleigh ex plorers and early fort and road ouilders is portrayed in The Lost Colony drama. The 16th Century ;obacco was the “uppowoc” of the -ndians who were living here when he first explorers and settlers irrived. Sir Allen Lane was not the first Sritish nobleman to see perform mces of the Lost Colony. A few ears ago, Sir Evelyn Wrench, ounder of the English Speaking Jnion, not only attended a per ormance but played the role of a 6th Century nobleman in the rams. It was Sir Evelyn, with Irs. Charles Cannon and Mrs. nglis Fletcher, that conceived ae idea for the Garden Club of forth Carolina-sponsored Eliza ethan Garden here which is now i an advanced state of develop ment. Other Britishers who have seen ae play by Paul Green have in uded members of the Embassy of reat Britain in Washington, and gh ranking NATO naval officers. THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROUNA PREDICTS DEVELOPMENT OF CRAFTS IN COASTLAND JBH iron. HAROLD S. NASH, a summer resident of Roanoke Island for the past six years, said last week that; he is convinced that this area is going to see an increasing interest I in the crafts field in the next 1 few years. And Mr. Nash speaks with authority on this, since he is professor of ceramics at the State College of Ceramics in Alfred, New York. In comparison with most of the northern states, Mr. b{ash said that Dare and surrounding coun ties are a fertile field for crafts which has hardly even had its sur face scratched yet. He explained that, while there are a number of people locally who have become in terested in various types of crafts, most of these people have been making things only to satisfy their own desire and not to appeal to other folks as would be necessary in order to make the products salable. He noted also that there are increasing numbers of artists visiting this area each year and finding it an interesting place to do drawings and paintings; he predicted that this number of art ists will continue to increase in view of the fact that many other spots, particularly in the New England states, are now becoming overcrowded with the artists. On Mr. Nash’s first visit to Dare County over eight years ago, he crossed over from Engelhard to Hatteras on the boat then oper ated between these two points by Capt. Frazier Peele, and he enjoy ed the trip so much that he re turned the following summer. He and Mrs. Nash also tell 6f going to visit Ocracoke and Portsmouth Islands at that time, long before improved roads and ferries began to reduce their remoteness. It was on one of these trips that Mr. Nash missed a ferry and was obliged to stay overnight at the old Engelhard hotel. He noticed the spoil from the nearby canal that had recently been dredged contained quantities of clay, so he took some of the clay back with him. From this clay, he made a See NASH, Page Six SAILOR IS INJURED IN DIVE IN SHALLOW WATER Bob Wells, sailor stationed at Little Creek, Va., was injured Tuesday afternoon when he dived into shallow water at Avalon Beach at Kill Devil Hills. He suf fered a fractured neck and a pos sible broken back. He was taken to Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City by Twiford’s ambulance and the Navy • transferred him from there to the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Va. SUBMARINE SINKS OFF CAPE HATTERAS MONDAY The decommissioned submarine Tarpon sank Monday 30 miles off Cape Hatteras while being towed from New Orleans to Baltimore to be scrapped. No one was aboard the 22-year-old submarine when it began taking on water and went down while being towed by a tug. Since the sub went down in 150 feet of water, salvage operations would be costly, and the craft will probably remain at the bottom of the Atlantic; the Coast Guard said it is not a menace to navigation. EPISCOPAL BAKE SALE NAGS HEAD AUGUST SO The Woman’s Auxiliary of St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, the Episcopal church in Nags Head, will have a bake sale on Friday, August 30th. They will have for sale home-made cakes, pies, cookies candy and baked goods. The sale will be held at Sea View Inn, which is diag onally across from the Nags Header Hotel in Nags Head. The proceeds will go for much needed repairs to the church. MacNEILL HOME IN BUXTON Ben Dixon Mac Neill has return ed to his home in Buxton, and is recuperating from a major opera tion which he underwent several', weeks ago in the Veterans Hos'* pi tai, Kecoughtan, Va. WE WONDER FREE OCRACOKE FERRY TO BE OR NOT TO BE Governor Grants Respite After Threat State Would Return to Tolls. Announcement by highway em ployes that the new Highway Com mission after a week’s free ferry service between Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands was going to re turn to letting private interest charge toll, aroused a storm of protest Sunday. Hyde County officialdom as us ual was inaccessible to Ocracoke Island; but turning to Dare County as usual. Ocracokers found ready support from all the business men of Hatteras and Manteo. Tele grams of protest went to the Gov ernor from these businessmen, from Rep. R. Bruce Etheridge of Dare, Theo. Rondthaler and R. S. Wahab of Ocracoke with their : wires won hte governor’s decision Ito continue the free ferry on a .temporary basis. One wonders why the highway people can be so stupid as to build a road to Ocracoke, spend a lot of money on conversion of a ferry boat, start it operating on a free basis, then turnabout and be will ing to penalize the people and-al low a commercial operator to charge five dollars on every car that crosses. However, it would take a mighty wise mind to understand the work ings of some highway engineers’ minds. The one thing which they stick to with consistency is their ■ absolute surety that they know everything, and that natives who have spent their days on the coast , know nothing. Just let a native . offer one of these engineers a well i intended suggestion for his own I good, and the exactly opposite Bee FERRY, Page Six LIONS DISTRICT GOVERNOR TO BE IN MANTEO TUESDAY ROBERT M. LANGLEY of Bath, District Governor of Lions Inter national District 31-J of North Carolina, who will meet with the Manteo club next Tuesday night, September 3. Lion Langley is a past lion tamer, vice president, president, director, zone chairman, and depu ty district governor, all of the Bath club. He is instructor of in dustrial arts in Washington High School. His term of office began July Ist and will run through next June. During this period he will make at least one visit to the various clubs in his district. At present there are about 35 points for him to visit. Langley is a great admirer of the coast country, en joying mainly the good fishing. A good attendance is anticipat ed for this meeting. EXAMINER FOR OUTER BANKS AND ENGELHARD Drivers License examiner serv ice is being brought to the people of Tyrrell, and Hyde County and the Outer Banks. Mrs. Sibyl Etheridge of Manteo, who for sev eral years has served Dare County as a part time examiner, has re cently been appointed a full time examiner and will begin her new. schedule next Tuesday, and it will be continued as follows: Tuesdays at Engelhard; Wed nesday at Columbia; Thursdays and Fridays at Manteo and on Mondays at Avon for the conven ience of people of Ocracoke and Hatteras Island. FORMER LOST COLONY CAST MEMBER VISITS IN DARE Jean Jousse, former member of the Lost Colony cast, of Montreal, Canada, left Wednesday after spending a week at the Sea Oatel, Nags Head, and visiting the show, old friends and points of interest in the county. He was accompanied by his daughter, Gail, and his mother, Mrs. H. Jousse. Mr. Jousse, who was with the Lost Colony for three years, teaches English literature and dramatics in Verdun High School, Montreal. His last season with the show was | 1950, and he has missed visitin* 1 it only two summers since. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY. AUGUST 30, 1957 BISHOP TO CONDUCT LOST COLONY SERVICE SUNDAY THE RIGHT REVEREND THOM AS H. WRIGHT, of Wilmington, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina, ■will be guest theo logian and preacher at the final Sunday service of The Lost Colony season in Waterside Theatre at Manteo on Sunday morning, Sep tember 1, beginning at 11 o’clock. He is one of America’s outstand ing Episcopalian leaders and has served on state, national and in ternational boards and committees of the church. Locally he is no stranger, as he has often appeared as guest minister in The Lost Col ony and is a member of the Roa noke Island Historical Association, sponsor of the Paul Green play. He has also often made visitations here to St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, the Episcopal Church on Nags Head, which serves communicants of the Dare Coast and lower Curri tuck County and summer vaca tionists and residents of the area. As a member of the Roanoke Is land Historical Association, he is chairman of the Lost Colony’s reli gious services committee and has charge of making the arrange ments for the appearance of guest ministers of all denominations for the weekly services on Sunday morning during the drama’s sea son. A feature of the services Sun day will be choral music by the Lost Colony Chorus under the di rection of Dr. Elwood Keister. George Perry, of Lost Colony Chorus and assistant organist, will be at the console of the drama’s Hammond Organ. On Sunday morning at 8 o’clock, Bishop Wright will be the Cele- See WRIGHT, Page Seven MANTEO SCHOOL SET : OR OPENING NEXT TUESDAY The opening of the Manteo School is set for 9 a.m. next Tues day, September 3, according to Principal W. H. Bunch. At that time, all pupils in grades five through twelve are requested to assemble in the auditorium of the school, while pupils in grades one through four are to report directly to the teachers in their respective classrooms in the primary build ing. Parents and other friends will be welcome on the opening day, Mr. Bunch stated. Each day for the first week, September 3 to September 6, a short schedule will be followed, and school will dismiss each of these days at noon. The school lunchroom will not open before Monday, September 9. The following high school teach er assignments were also an nounced by Mr. Bunch: Mrs. Ma tilda E. Inge, English and social studies; A. O. Ayers, physical education and social studies; R. E. Mims, English; P. D. Mavrom matis, math; Mrs. Goldie H. Meekins, science; and Mrs. Mag gie D. Cannady, commercial. Teaching the elementary grades will/be: W. H. Fry and C. H. But ler, eighth grade; Mrs. Grace W. Hooper, seventh grade; Mrs. Mary D. Meekins and W. W. Tarking ton, sixth grade; Mrs. Bertie S. Ward, fifth grade; Mrs. Essie N. Westcott, fourth grade; Mrs. Fan nie L. Kessinger, third grade; Mrs. Frances A. Leggett, second grade; and Mrs. Etta B. Midgett, first grade. Mr. Mims, Mr. Tarkington, and Mrs. Goldie Meekins are new members of the faculty this year. MANTEO SCOUT LEADERS PLAN WORK FOR YEAR Adult Cub Scout leaders met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Davis on the evening of August 21 to plan work for the coming Scout year. They decided to adopt the themes for each month sug gested by headquarters. After the business meeting, Mrs. Davis serv ed a delicious light lunch. Attending were Fred Roush, chairman of the Pack committee; Gus Hultman, cubmaster, Mrs. Hultman, Secretary; Mr. and Mrs. Dnvfs, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Garri son. OFF FREE AFTER KILLING BOY WITH SHOTGUN IN HYDE Herbert Merrick, a 14-year-old negro boy of New Holland, Hyde County, has been released from jail by Sheriff Charlie Cahoon, who deemed it unnecessary to hold him for the careless killing of a play mate. Merrick blew off the head of 14-year-old Bobby Selby Mon day morning. The 12-gauge shotgun blast struck the right side of the dead boy’s head. Tommy Sadler, anoth er 14-year-old negro boy, said the boys were just playing with each other. Selby, the dead boy, was the son of the first wife of Maxwell Selby and his mother lives in another state. The Merrick boy is living with his grandmother, Mrs. At more Whitaker in New Holland, but his parents, Robert and Hazel Merrick, live in New York City. BLUES AND CHANNEL BASS HITTING IN HATTERAS SURF Bluefish, some going to three pounds each, have been landed in the surf near Hatteras Inlet this week, and at the same time chan nel bass have also been taken with rod and reel. Willie Newsome of the Sports man’s Headquarter reported on Thursday that channel bass taken from the surf so far during Au gust have been “yearlings,” or fish that usually weigh between 12 and 18 pounds. Fishing was spotty for several days last week during rainy and northeast weather, but by early this week the winds had shifted the sun was shining and almost immediately fishing in the surf improved. Surf catches from other sections of Hatteras Island have indicated a good run of blues and a few puppy drum and yearling channel bass. >■ 1 After Interesting European Honeymoon Mandells Visit Relatives at Nags Head Following Term of Teaching in Finland, They Spend Ten Weeks Motoring Through Europe, England and Ireland - Dr. and Mrs. Maurice I. Mandell returned to Nags Head last week to visit relatives after an interest ing year abroad. Mrs. Mandell is the former Natalie Gould, and the couple, who were married last July, have been visiting her mother, Mrs. N. E. Gould and her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Hayman at the Ar lington Hotel. Their next stop will be Bowling Green, Ohio where Dr. Mandell will teach at the State Teachers College. Mrs. Mandell was employ ed there several years prior to her marriage as assistant to the presi dent, Dr. Ralph MacDonald. The Mandells went to Turko, Finland, last year on a Swedish ship which took eight days in the crossing. There Dr. Mandell taught classes in two colleges. On holidays they made tours of near by interesting countries. Following the closing of the school term in May, they set off to travel Europe, and visited all of its countries, save Portugal, Turkey and Greece. They even went over into .Russia for five days. They found Germany making greatest progress, with people working and producing. Here was a general air of cleanliness, some thing which is absent in most countries. They found Yugoslavia forging ahead somewhat under its intense nationalism, and Spain most interesting because of the fun loving, fiesta-minded tempera ment of its people. NEW TRASH CANS ON MANTEO’S SIDEWALKS The Town of Manteo this week placed four bright new trash cans on the sidewalks in the business district in a move to help reduce litter on the street and sidewalks. The cans are marked “Please de posit trash here,” and are located in front of Fearing’s Drug Store, between Fearing’s Case and the Bank of Manteo, in front of Allen’s Confectionary, and in front of the post office. Use of the con veniently-placed cans is strongly urged. HAVE MOVED TO MANTEO Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wiggins and 11-year-old son Stephen have mov ed from Williamston to Manteo and plan to make their home here permanently. Mrs. Wiggins is the former Mary Lee Barnett of Eliz abeth City. She has two sisters living in Manns Harbor, Mrs. Ray mond , Davis and Mrs. Robert Beasley. Mr. and Mrs. Wiggins, who have operated Frank’s Bar becue at Nags Head this summer, plan to keep the restaurant openj during the winter months. MANTEO'S FAITHFUL AND UNPAID PUBLIC SERVANT * - ' Z “ fv, 1 | ...a-., • * VCS 7 J'- w LIEUT. DOROTHY DRINK WATER, late of the Army Nurses Corp is a valuable public servant about whom little is written, but there is difficulty in finding words to do credit to her good deeds. She has proved a lifesaver indeed, to the people of Roanoke Island dur ing the 11 years since her retire ment from the Army in 1946. Without pay, and often furnishing her own medicines, she has served the public, in time of great need, white and black at all hours, in a capacity as nurse, friendly advisor, and counselor. Often there has been no other source to which the needy might turn. Above this big heart is a sharp tongue which speaks out at times against the community’s failure to provide adequate medical facilities in See DRINKWATER, Page Seven Mrs. Mandell, who served with the American forces overseas dur ing World War 11, got an oppor tunity to visit many old scenes and to find old friends, in France and Italy. She was awarded a citation after the war for her outstanding work with the American Red Cross. Dr. Mandell had travelled most of these countries before this summer. Having heard so much of the Lakes of Killarney, the lively i Irish lasses, and picturesque man- ■ ner of country and people, they • had looked forward to a visit to ■ Ireland. They put their car on a boat in England, crossed the Irish , sea in a four hour night trip. But i they were deeply disappointed in > Ireland with its general neglect of I cleanliness, its poor accommoda i tions and the abject poverty of the . people. They spent five days on ; the tour of Ireland, during which i time they drove all around it. , They have many interesting and , favorable reminiscenses of the' . kindness and progress of the pro i gressive and interesting people of Finland, during th‘eir eight months - stay. It is a country which is > rapidly forging ahead. It is the s country which stands out among • all others as the one country which ; repaid America its war debts. i The Mandells travelled over s Europe in an English Ford car 1 called the Squire. It was delivered :. to them in Oslo, and gets 35 miles • to the gallon. They returned with [many souvenirs of their travels. BEACHES SERVED BY BOTH A DOCTOR AND DENTIST Dr. C. F. Harris Has Office on Lower Nags Hoad; Dr. Mustian at Kill Devil Hills One of the newer advantages on the Dare Beaches is medical serv ices provided thruogh the efforts of the Nags Head Chamber of Commerce. Dr. C. F. Harris of Wanchese, a doctor of wide medi cal practice and ability is now keeping office hours from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The office is located at Milepost 16, which is north of Whalebone junction. Dr. Wallace F. Mustian still operates his dental offices near Kill Devil Hills, three days each week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays. This is a valued serv ice on the beach, and has been going for several years. A few years ago the Mustians retired from Durham and moved to Kill Devil Hills to make their homes, and in response to the demand for his services, Dr. Mustian built an I office and equipped it with every thing modem. Single Copy 70 FISHING TOURNEY OFFERING SI,OOO WORTH OF PRIZES Sixth Annual Nags Head Surf Fishing Event To Be Held October 18-20 By AYCOCK BROWN Trophies and prizes valued at more than SI,OOO will again be of fered in the annual Nags Head Fishing Club-sponsored Surf Fish ing Tourney at Nags Head on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 18-20, it was stated today by Julian Oneto, president of the club. This will be the sixth year the invitation Inter-Club and Open In dividual Tourney has been held on the Dare Beaches. The event is presented under the auspices of the Association of Surf Angling Clubs. H. W. Shaner of Margate City, N. J., will again be director of the tourney in collaboration with the captains of competing teams. Mr. Shaner has been instrumental in giving much publicity to the Nags Head event which has been largely responsible for so many New Jer sey, Pennsylvania, and other non resident teams participating each year. George Crocker, secretary-treas urer of the tournament, has indi cated that upwards of 40 teams will participate this year. Each team is composed of five persons and an alternate. Several women teams take part in the competition. The Nags Head Surf Fishing Trophy, most coveted of all awards offered, was won last year by the Merchantville (N. J.) Fish ing Club. This trophy, to become the permanent possession of a club, must be won two years in succession. The only team winning the trophy during the past five years for permanent possession was the Elizabeth City Club. The present trophy was given by Henry W. Stelwagon, president of the Association of Surf Angling Clubs. Due to the great increase in the number of persons attending the tourney each year, the annual ban quet, one of several social events presented in connection with the event, will be held this year at Ras Westcott’s Casino. “This will give us an opportunity to enter tain not only team members but also their wives and families,” said Mr. Crocker. Judging catches is on a point basis, and the usual fish taken ranges from whiting, weakfish (trout), croakers and flounder to bluefish, striped bass and channel bass. During the past six years, sev eral record fish have been taken during the Nags Head tourna ments. The most outstanding was the world record 60% -pound chan nel bass landed from surf by Art Clark during the open individual on a 12-pound test line. POWELL BILL FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED BY THE STATE Manteo, Kill Devil Hills, Belhaven, Other Towns in Area Share in Money for Local Non- System Streets The State Highway Department this week announced the alloca tion of Powell Bill Funds totaling $6,477,032.18 to 405 qualifying municipalities for use in main taining and improving their non highway system streets. Allocations to municipalities in this area included the following: Bath, $1,493.79; Belhaven, sll,- 685.33; Columbia, $4,170.15; Cres well, $1,912.47; Elizabeth City, $43,310.55; Kill Devil Hills, SB,- 973.15; Manteo, $2,819.71; Pan tego, $923.99; Washington, $36,- 964.85; and Washington Park, $2,675.72. Half of the total allocations is to be divided among the qualified municipalities on the basis of pop ulation at a per capita rate of $2.12, while the other half is di vided on the basis of relative mile age of non-highway system or local streets of the municipalities at a permile rate of $485.38. For example, figures released by the highway commission’s Division of Statistics and Planning show Man teo with a 1950 population of 635 receiving $1,349.02 in the first phase and with a non-system mile age of 3.03 miles receiving sl,- 470.69 in the second phase, for a total -of $2,819.71. The figures given for Kill Devil Hills are: population 735, $1,561.46; mileage 15.27, $7,411.69; total $8,973.15. KITTY HAWK BAKE SALE The final bake sale in a series put on this summer by the Kitty Hawk WSCS will be held Satur day morning, August 31, at Perry’s Drive-In. All sorts of pies, cakes, cookies, home-made jellies Md Other delicacies will be sold. kSTfii Wlll ffo toward the bulld *