VOLUME XXIII NO. 14
BUTLER BUYS THE FOREMAN
TYRRELL TIMBER HOLDINGS
FOR $442,000; MILL PLANNED
Some 25 Million feet on I 1,700 Acres Transferred
This Week to Virginia Concern; Sawmill Con
templated at Travis, Near Columbia; Almost
Last Big Stand of Timber in the Area.
Columbia. A large timber
transaction was recorded in the
Tyrrell County courthouse Mon
day, this week, when all the land
and timber holdings belonging to
Annie Woodley Foreman, of Pas
quotank County, most of which is
in Alligator Township of Tyrrell
County (better known to the aver
age citizen as Foreman Blades
land) were transferred by deed to
Butler Land and Timber Co., Inc.,
a Virginia corporation. The esti
mated acerage of said sale and
purchase was 11,700 acres. The
revenue stamp purchased for deed
registration was $486.20.
For approximately the past year
surveyors and representatives of
the Butler Co. have been in the
county, surveying the holdings and
seeking purchase of mill site
property. According to statement
of one of the officials, they plan
to construct and operate a mill
near Travis—about three miles
east of Columbia, and have in
their employhient 35 to 40 persons.
The price paid, some $442,000, at
the prevailing stumpage values
indicate that estimates have re
vealed something like 25 million
feet of timber on the lands.
News of a probable new indus
try in the Columbia vicinity will
he welcomed by labor and by
businessmen. It is well known that
the Butler Company has been in
terested in this area for several
years. This timber was about the
last unused big stand remaining in
Tyrrell County. There is much de
mand for timber, particularly in
large tracts, which demand has
grown rapidly during th,e past sev
eral years as most of the forest
lands have been acquired by the
big pulpwood companies. The.
Foreman lands, part of the origi
nal Foreman-Blades holdings, are
owned by J. W. and his wife, An
nie Woodley Foreman of Elizabeth
City.
VISITING ARTISTS BRING
PROGRAM TO MUSIC CLUB
Mrs. J. B. Aiderman and Rodney True
blood, of Musical Templo Club,
Elizabeth City, Render Vocal
and Piano Numbers
Visiting artists from the Musi
cal Tempo Club of Elizabeth City
presented the program Tuesday
evening for the Roanoke Island
Music Club, meeting at the home
of Mrs. Rennie Williamson in
Manteo. Mrs. J. B. Aiderman, vo
calist, and Rodney Trueblood,
pianist, who also accompanied Mrs.
Aiderman, rendered the following
numbers: Recitative “See Now the
Bridegroom Cometh” and aria
“Prepare Thyself, Zion”, from the
Christmas Oratorio by Bach; “Art
Thou Troubled, Music Will Calm'
Thee” from by Han
del; sung by Mrs. Aiderman;
Eighteenth Variation from Rapso
die on a Theme of Paganini by
Rachmaninoff, and the Prelude in
C Sharp Minor by Rachmaninoff,
played by Mr. Trueblood; “An
Autumn Song” from “A Trilogy”
by Mrs. J. Kenneth Pfohl of Win
ston-Salem; and “Who’ll Buy My
Lavender?”, a Gertnan song, Mrs.
Alderman; Prelude , No. 1 by
George Gershwin and “Liebes
freud, Mr. Trueblood.
Mrs. Aiderman, who is first
vice-president of the N. C. Federa
tion so Music Clubs made a short
talk on “Why Federate?” Mr.
Trueblood, president of the Musi
cal Tempo Club, made a few brief
remarks. Other out-oftown visitors
wree Mrs. Trueblood and Miss
Bernice White. A number of
visitors were present.
During the social hour, Mrs.
Williamson served iced fruit drinks
and assorted hors d*buevres.
CANCER CLINIC TO BE IN
ELIZABETH CITY FRIDAY
The Northeastern Cancer Clinic
will be held on Friday October 4
beginning at 1:00. This clinic is
sponsored by the Elizabeth City
Junior Woman’s Club and staffed
by local doctors and personnel.
A free chest X-Ray will be giv
en to anyone wishing it along
with the examination of the five
areas of the body where cancer
is most easily found and cured.
Only 30 people can be seen at the
Center each month due to limited
facilities, so it is suggested that
anyone who wishes to be seen
should write in advance for an ap
pointment. The quota has already
been filled for the October Clinic.
The next clinic will be held on
Friday, November111. 1
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
CAR OWNERS HAVE
PROBLEM TO SHOW
RESPONSIBILITY
Difficulties on Jan. I for Those
Who Wish to Meet Financial
Responsibility Law
Raleigh, Oct I.—A detailed plan
for administering the Vehicle Fi
nancial Responsibility Law that
becomes effective in North Caro
lina on January 1, 1958, has been
developed, Motor Vehicle Commis
sioner Edward Scheidt announced
today.
Commissioner Scheidt, who has
the responsibility for administer
ing the new* law, said that the
subcommittee of public officials
and insurance industry executives
who worked with him over recent
weeks to perfect the procedures
under the new act “has done a re
markably good job.” He said that
the subcommittee has been 'a co
operative endeavor of representa
tives of all insurance companies
doing business in North Carolina
together with the Department of
Motor Vehicles and the Depart
ment of Insurance for the purpose
of providing a system undei' which
residents of North Carolina will
be able to show evidence of auto
mobile liability insurance at the
time of registering their motor
vehicles after January 1, 1958.
The new law' provides that on
and after Jahuary 1, 1958 no self
propelled motor vehicle shall be
registered in North Carolina un
less the owmer at the time of reg
istration shows proof of financial
responsibility and also provides
that such proof shall be maintain
ed continuously throughout the
period of registration, Commis
sioner Seheidt stated. Such proof
of financial responsibility, he said,
will usually be evidenced by in
surance and a certificate of in
surance, designated as Form FS-1,
will be made available to policy
holders by their insurance com
panies for presentation at the
time of registration.
Persons who desire to drive a
car, and who do not have suffi
cient property, money, or other
resources to make them financial
ly responsible for any mishaps
which might develop from their
driving or from the use of auto
motive equipment owned by them
should get in touch with their lo
cal insurance agent and get full
details.
RALPH W. POOLE. 64, OF
NAGS HEAD DIES TUESDAY
Ralph Wilton Poole, 64, of Nags
Head, died Tuesday afternoon at
the Albemtrle Hospital in Eliza
beth City after an illness of 10
weeks. He was a native of Tyrrell
County, and had lived in Elizabeth
City for 36 years before moving to
Nags Head five years ago, where
he owned and operated Poole’s
Paradise motel.
He was the son of the late Ste
ven Edward and Mrs. Lenora Ma
son Poole and husband of Mrs.
Eva Winslow Poole, and was a
member of the First Christian
Church. He was a veteran of
World War I, a member of Ameri
can Legion Post 84 and a member
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Besides his wife and mother, he
is survived by two sons, Alphonso
W. Poole of Elizabeth City, and
Ralph W. Poole Jr. of Portsmouth;
three sisters, Mrs. Bessie Rogers,
Mrs. Mollie Cordan and Mrs. V.
V. Diaz, all of Norfolk; one broth
er, Tom Poole of Ransomville, and
five grandchildren.
Funeral services were set for
Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Toxey
and Berry Funeral Home in Eliza
beth City conducted by the Rev.
Lynn Robbins, pastor of hte First
Christian Church and the Rev.
Maurice Grissom, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, with burial
in an Elizabeth City cemetery.
MRS. T. H. BRIGGS, SR. DIES
Mrs. Thomas H. Briggs, Sr., 81
year old native of Edgeville Coun
ty, S. C M died at the home of her
son, Phil Briggs, with whom she
had been living for the past three
years, in Roanoke, Va. on Thurs
day, September 26.
Surviving are three sons, Thom
as H. Briggs, Jr. of Kill Devil
Hills, Phil Briggs it Roanoke,
Va. and Ingram Briggs of N.
Augusta, S. C.
Burial will take place in Edge
field County, S. C.
ROGER BELL OF MANTEO AWARDED WINGS OF GOLD
or A-
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HL 1
Kingsville, Tex. (FHTNC) —Designated a Naval Aviator Aug. 23
at the Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Kingsville, Tex., Navy Ens. Roger
Q. Bell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Q. Bell of Manteo, has his “Wings
of Gold” pinned on by Navy Capt. William A. Sullivan, Commanding
Officer.
He received his wings while approximately half way through
advanced training at Kingsville. Upon completion of training, about
Nov. 1, he will be assigned to an operating squadron.
COUNTY ALLOCATIONS OF
SECONDARY ROAD FUNDS
ANNOUNCED BY STATE
Raleigh. The State Highway
Commission has announced the in
dividual county allocations from
the special $2 million secondary
road fund recommended by Gov
ernor Hodges and approved by the
General Assembly. The funds w'ill
be distributed to the 14 division
engineers for use in the counties of
each respective highway division.
The funds will be used on county
road improvement on the basis of
need during the current fiscal year.
The Secondary Roads Department
used a formula based on the un*
paved rural roads in an individual
county divided by the total miles
of unpaved rural roads in the
State.
Highway Director W. F. Bab
cock explained that the funds may
be used in the various counties to
pave, bring up substandard roads
t to “minimum levels of service” or
general betterment, e.g., widening
roads, resurfacing them, relocat
ing them, or doing bridge work.
How the funds may be used will
be left to the discretion of the di
vision engineers and the individual
county boards of commissioners,
subject to the review' of the second
ary roads department and the Di
rector of Highways.
The special allotment may be
used for paving rural roads on a
point priority basis or if the county
See FUNDS, Page Eight
HISTORY OF ENGELHARD
PART ll—Period Since 1900
By Mary Ann Marshall
. Editor's Note: This is one of a number of
historical articles written during the 1956-57
school vear by civics students of East Hyde
High School at Engelhard taught by Mrs.
Ellen C. Watson.
Since 1900 Engelhard has grown
rapidly even though the popula
tion of Hyde County has decreas
ed. Since 1900, Engelhard has had
the proud honor of having four of
its citizens represent Hyde County
in the State Legislature. They
were Mr. Lucus, J. B. Watson,
Sr., C. W. Davis, and George
Davis.
The first auto was seen in En
gelhard about 1912. It was a Ford.
There was an old woman who
lived in Engelhard around 1900
whom the people believed to be a
witch. All the Negroes and many
of the Whites were afraid of her.
She told fortunes and was sup
posed to have healing powers. A
Mr. Patrick had some money
stolen from him, and he wished
very much to recover it as he
needed the money for doctor’s
bills. He told Mrs. Neal, the for
tune teller, and they spread the
word that Mrs. Neal was going to
spread a hex and that the person
who had ■ stolen the money would
bat his brains out on a tree. That
very night the money was left on
Mr. Patrick’s porch. Mrs. Neal
died about . 1905.
Engelhard sent many of its citi
zens to aid the American cause in
the First World War. After the
war, these soldiers returned to
their homes to farm and fish.
Engelhard has been incorporated
three times, but at present it is
not incorporated. It once had a fire
department, mayor, town officials,
and at one time there was talk of
putting in a town water and sew
age system. Mr. Long was one
time mayor of Engelhard. Engel
hard is not incorporated now be
cause many of the citizens refused
to pay town taxes.
Engelhard’s bank was the only
one in North Carolina that failed
to close when ordered to do so dur
ing the depression. The bank did
not close because, with the bad
roads and mail system, the mes
sage reached Engelhard a day or
two late.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1957
EARL W. WILLIS, FORMER
COAST GUARD OFFICER. DIES
Earl W. Willis, w'ho retired a
few years' ago from the Coast
Guard service as Chief Boatswains
Mate in charge of a station on
Long Island for several years, died
Sunday night in his sleep at his
home in Wanchese. He was born
at Cape Hatteras 52 years ago, the
son of the late Joseph and Fannie
O’Neal Willis. He married Miss
Lucy* Tillett of Wanchese who sur
j vives him. Some four years ago,
they came to Wanchese to make
their home, after he had sold his
home at Hatteras. He was a mem
ber of the Methodist church and
the Ruritan Club of Wanchese. He
was a highly regarded and sub
stantia] citizen of the community.
Two smalls sons, Earl Jr. and
Joseph, survive him also.
The funeral servicese were con
ducted at the Methodist church
Tuesday at 3 p.m. by Rev. L. C.
Warren, the pastor, assisted by
the Rev. C. W. Guthrie. “Does
Jesus Care?” and “Sunrise” were
sung by Mrs. Elmo Daniels, with
Mrs. Dallas Tillett at the organ.
The pall was made of red and
white carnations with fern. Pall
bearers were Arnold Daniels,
George Daniels, Willie Daniels, J.
T. Daniels, Earl Tillett, and Dal
las Tillett. Burial follow’ed in the
Cudworth Cemetery.
Engelhard is the largest town in
Hyde County. It is located in the
eastern end of the county between
Washington and Manteo on High
way 264. It has a large tourist-at
traction because it is a large hunt
ing and fishing paradise. The pop
ulation is around six hundred peo
ple. It possesses a fine new hotel
and a motel. It has a soda shop,
modern case, Pamlico Power and
Light Company, doctor’s offices,
dry cleaners, and bank with
branches in Swan Quarter and Co
lumbia. There are many fine
homes, churches, filling stations,
and general stores in the town and
it also has a large sea food and
fish meal plant. The R. L. Gibbs
and Company grain elevator is one
of the largest private-owned com
panies in the State. The Engel
hard-Washington Bus Line is one
of the few private-owned bus
lines in the state.
It is at the telephone exchange
here in Engelhard that Ocracoke
can make contact with the outside
world by radio telephone. We also
have an automatic unmanned ra
dar station.
W. H. Cox has the first feed mill
in the county where farmers can
have their feed ground and mixed
like they want it. He also is the
only tractor dealer in the county.
BRIEF SESSION OF COURT
HELD MONDAY IN MANTEO
Walter Glenn Andrews of Ra
leigh, originally charged with
speeding 60 m.p.h. in a 36 m.p.h.
zone, was found guilty of speed
ing 65 m.p.h. in a 36 m.p.h. zone
and was fined S2O and costs by
Judge W. F. Baum Tuesday in
Dare County Recorder’s Court.
Three other cases on the docket
Tuesday were all submissions as
follows:
Sidney Thomas Blanchard, Nor
folk, operating a motor vehicle on
wrong side of highway, $6 fine
and costs.
Raymond G. Swanson, Williams
burg, Va., drunk on state highway,
$26 fine and costs.
James Joseph Lisankis, Borden
town, N. J., fishing from state
highway bridge, $1 fine and coats.
YOUNG DEMOCRATIC
CLUB ORGANIZED IN
DARE CO. FRIDAY
Jack Tillett Temporary Chairman;
Mrs. Dotty Fry Attending
Convention This Week
End
At a meeting of some 25 per
sons, a Young Democratic Club
was organized in Dare County
Friday evening of last week, and
Jack Tillett, young Manteo busi
nessman was named temporary
president of the club. Mrs. Dotty
Frye of Whalebone Beach was
named Secretary.
About five precincts in Dare
were represented, and eommittees
were named to begin organizing
precinct meetings in preparation
for another meeting to be held in
Manteo on October 11th at 7:30
p.m.
The meeting was opened last
week by Dr. W. W. Harvey Jr„
who outlined the purposes of the
young Democratic organization in
the state, the work it might do,
and the need expected for it in
coming years.
Plans were discussed for hold
ing a Democratic rally in Dare
I County sometime in November,
probably toward the last of the
month. Horace Hooper and Leland
Wise gave an invitation to hold
it at Stumpy Point, offering to
furnish oysters for the event.
Sonje opinions held that the
first rally might be more largely
attended if held at the county
seat, it being more centrally lo
cated. This issue was left open
for discussion and decision at the
meeting to be held on October
11th. »
Plans are to bring some of the
state officers to Dare County for
the November rally. Mrs. Fry, her
husband, Wayland, and A. H.
Ward, Jr. are attending the State
Convention being held this week
in Southern Pines.
BIG CHANNEL BASS HIT
DESPITE FOUL WEATHER
From Southern Shores to Ocra
coke came reports of thq best surf
fishing of the season as Septem
ber ended and October began.
With Northeasterly winds and rain
during the past week end, the
weather was just about as foul as
it can get, but the fishing in the
surf and from ocean piers was
unusually good.
Harry Tillett of Elizabeth City
caught a 32%-pound channel bass
in the Southern Shores sector Sat
urday, one of several caught in
that Kitty Hawk beach region dur
ing the past week end. Operators
of the Kitty Hawk Pier reported
thht through Tuesday no large
channel bass had been taken by
anglers fishing from the piers but
that plenty of "puppy drum/’ the
young of channel bass that weigh
from one to five pounds, were
brought aboard.
Down in the Nags Head sector
at Jennette’s Pier it was a differ
ent story. In addition to plenty of
puppy drum, starting on Septem
ber 27 through Sunday, the 29th,
a total of eight large channel bass
were landed on the pier. Included
in the eight was the largest re
ported during the past week end
taken from anywhere along the
Dare Coast.
The big channel bass, a 44-
ppunder, was landed on Saturday
by Mrs. A. H. Bunting of South
Norfolk. She was using cut bait.
On the same day W. Randleman
Jr. of Winston-Salem brought in a
37-pounder while fishing from the
pier. On the previous day, Septem- 1
ber 27, B. B. Barbour, Arlington,
Va., and Dr. E. J. Wenaas of
Youngstown, Pa., had caught one
each, weighing 27 and 19 pounds.
From Jennette’s Pier on Sunday,
Mrs. Bradley Raper, Elizabeth
City, caught a 33-pounder and
Eddie A. Beter of Norfolk a 32Im
pounder. Also on Sunday, Baxter
Gray of Elizabeth City caught two
from Jennette’s Pier that weighed
33% and 39 pounds.
On Hatteras Island
Big channel bass began hitting
in the surf at Hatteras Inlet early
last week, and on Monday night
they hit the surf at Cape Hatteras.
Willie Newsome of Hatteras re
ported the best catch he had heard
of early this week was 38- and 29-
pounders landed by Jim Barnes
and party of Charlotte. Unidenti
fied anglers landed five big ones
near Creed Hill from the surf on
Monday night and three from Hat
teras Inlet. Randy Jennette of
Buxton reported at least five
channel bass ranging from 30 to
See FISHING, Page Eight
REBEKAH DISTRICT MEETING
The Rebekah District meeting
will be held at Swan Quarter on
October sth. Those wishing to
attend from Manteo should be at
the Lodge Hall, Manteo prior to
7 a.m. at which time the bus is
scheduled to leave, according to
Noble Grand, Mrs. Inger Lewis.
70 DAYS AGAIN FOR WILDFOWL
HUNTING PERMITTED; SEASON
OPENS NOV. 7; FEW CHANGES
Season Closing January 15 With Same Bag Limits
as Last Year; Early Fall Offers Some Hope For
Better Shooting; Reservations Heaviest Ever
Noted For Accommodations in This Area.
LIONS CLUB BEGINNING
SEVERAL PROJECTS ON
ISLAND THIS MONTH
Members of the Manteo Lions
Club have several projects under
way, with door--to-door solicita
tions planned for the area.
Number one project for the
moment is the annual “Com
munity Birthday Calendar.” Mem
bers are calling on . families
and individuals to subscribe
to the calendar which iden
tifies patrons birthdays and wed
ding anniversaries for the year
1958. Calendars are seventy-five
cents each, with listings costing
25 cents each. This drive will end
about the latter part of the month.:
Another drive is scheduled
shortly—the annual broom sale— •
being delayed temporarily because
of delay in delivery of brooms.
This sale will offer several types
of brooms, and the entire Roanoke
Island area will be convassed.
White Cane Drive
The local organization with Co
operation from members of Man
teo High School classes will con
duct a White Cane Drive begin
ning October 7 lasting through the
14th. A canvass will be made of
all homes in the area, and dona
tions are requested in any amount.
One-third of the monies collected
remain in the community for aid
of blind, the remainder going to
the State Association for its work.
The State Association uses its
funds for many purposes: eye
care, providing glasses for needy,
braille literature, etc. It is point
ed out that there are 11,600 blind
in North Carolina and that half of
all blindness can be prevented if
corrective measures are taken
early enough.
The local organization has no
set goal for monies, but it is
hoped that a sizeable sum may be
realized. The Manteo Lions Club
recently purchased 10 pairs of
glasses for local residents, amount
ing to some $150.00.
WILLARD BURRUS' BODY
RECOVERED NEAR HATTERAS 1
The body of Willard Burrus, 49,
Dare County waterman employed
on the Hatteras Inlet Ferry, who
had been missing since early Sat
urday morning, was found Tues
day near Hatteras dock.
After he and others had been
shrimping in Core Sound, Burras
left his companions at the Austin
Dock, at Hatteras Village, and was
not seen afterward. A search, be
gun Saturday by Dare County
authorities and the Coast Guard,
ended with the finding of the body
Tuesday.
Burras was a native of Hat
teras, and except for occasional
employment on the pilot boat at
Norfolk, Va., was a lifelong resi
dent of Dare County. He was a
former Coast Guardsman and was
a son of Mrs. Annie Isadora Gas
kins Burrus and the late' Roscoe
Burras, Sr., merchant, of Hatteras
hnd Manteo.
Surviving, besides his mother,
are his wife, Mrs. Brittle Stowe
Burrus; a daughter, Dora Anne;
two grandchildren; three brothers,
Archie and Carlson Burras -of
Manteo and Roscoe Burras Jr. of
Hatteras; and eight sisters, Mrs.
O. P. Anderson, Mrs. Norma Sand
ifer, Mrs. Dorothy Gibbs, Mrs.
Ellen Midgett and Mrs. Ira Berry,
all of Norfolk, Mrs. lanthia Son
oty of Chicago, 111., and Misses
Catherine and Matilda Burrus of
Manteo.
WRECK INJURES THREE
A car belonging to Melvin Mid
gett of Manteo, and driven by
George McKinney of Hyde County
was wrecked in Currituck County
Monday afternoon causing minor
injuries to the two men and to
Henry Midgett, also of Manteo.
Mr. McKinney was hospitalized
overnight for treatment and re
leased while the other two were
released after being treated at the
hospital in Elizabeth City.
COUNTY ASC COMMITTEE
TO BE ELECTED TUESDAY
An ASC election will be held
next Tuesday, October Sth, for the
purpose of electing committeemen
from Dare County. Voting will
take place in the County Agent’s
office in the courthouse in Manteo,
and polls will be open from 8 a.m.
to 6 p.m. All farmers are invited
to vote.
Single Copy 7p
Wildfowl hunters will again be
permitted 70 days of shooting in
the period set aside this year,
which is substantially the same as
last year, both as to length of
time and bag limits. The season
will officially open on November
7th, and closes on January lsth.
The early opening date usually
works in favor of these birds,
bringing, as it does, the larger
part of the season during the pre
vailing mild weather of fall. How
ever, requests for reservations are
reported from many quarters as
the largest ever known, and some
forecasters predict an Autunyi
more cool and blustery than usual.
Blustery weather is often desired
by goose and duck hunters, as
birds fly mole in windy weather.
On smooth, calm days they stay
on the ground and feed.
Bag limits on geese will be two,
and possession limit four; bag
limit on brant mill be six a day,
and posseession limit six.
Ducks, are beginning to show
up in quantity in some sections
according to U. S. Game Manage
ment Agent H. B. Hines of Kill
Devil Hills, who reports that Wid
geon, Blue .Winged Teal and
Black ducks have come into the
Bodie Island area.
Hines Transferred
• It will come as a disappointment
to many that Mr. Hines, who has
worked in the nearby territory for
over five years, is to be transfer
red on November 1, to the East
ern Shore area, with headquarters
in Maryland. Mr. Hines is highly
regarded as an officer and citizen,
Arrangements have not been made
for replacing him, but at present
the territory will probably be
worked out of Washington. Mr.
Hines is from Wilmington, N. C.
Robert Halstead at Washington,
N. C. is the U. S. Game Manage
ment Agent in charge of the state,
and he is assisted by George Ross
of Morehead City.
In his new post, Mr. Hines will
work the Eastern shore of Vir
ginia and part of Maryland .
NORFOLK EDITOR PRAISES
HATTERAS INLET FISHING
E. E. Edgar, writing in the Nor
folk Ledger Dispatch last Thurs
day paid tribute to the blue fish
ing at Hatteras Inlet as follows:
“You can walk across Hatteras
Inlet on bluefish.” That was the
way no less an authority than
Charley Foy, president of the
Tidewater Anglers Club described
fishing conditions on his return
from Hatteras early this week.
Foy, with his father, Henry Foy,
Joe Heller and Charlie Bentley,
fished Hatteras from the beach at
the Inlet on the week end. They
caught more than 50 big choppers,
from two to five pounds each, in
a few hours of torrid surf casting.
Anglers in boats in the Inlet
were catching the fish by the
hundreds. Foy maintains that
water-skiiers were skimming along
on the backs of the blues instead
of on the water at times.
Further up the Outer Banks, at
Croatan Sound, anglers are now
enjoying some of the best trout
fishing ever. The weakfish, too,
are being caught by the score, if
not the hundreds. J. W. Powell and
companions from Norfolk account
ed for nearly 50 trout. They fish
■ed from an outboard.
NEW BEACH ROAD WIPES
OUT ANOTHER OLD FIRM
The famous Jockey Ridge res
taurant is no more, or that is it
won’t be next year, for the new
beach highway to be built will
wipe it out, demolish it. Mr. and
Mrs. Pat Bayne and Mrs. Margie
Suthard have operated it with
great success for several years,
but they held their last dinner
there Sunday night for the benefit
of St. Andrews Episcopal Church
of which Mr. Bayne is a vestry
man. He is also a past president
of the Nags Head Chamber of
Commerce and is chairman of the
Dare Beaches Sanitary District
Board at the present time. He has
made no announcement of his
plans for the future.
BENEFIT CARD PARTY SET
AT NAGS HEAD OCT. 15
A benefit card party will be
sponsored by the Nags Head
Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday
evening, October 15, at 8 p.m. at
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