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VOLUME XXIII NO. 23 OUR WIDE WATERS OFFER UNLIMITED BOATING INDUSTRY Area Has So Many Opportunities .For Marine Development, , Visitor Says A discerning young woman who knows what she is talking about, thinks there is wonderful possibili ties on Roanoke Island, and other parte of this area to develop a pleasure boating business worth millions. Mrs. Molly Owens War ner, one of that great yacht build ing family of Baltimore, in Manteo on the week end thinks a great financial future lies ahead when facilities have been provided on our great and beautiful waters, to make this region more appealing to the hundreds of thousands of yachtsmen, owners of boats of many sizes in this country. It was the first visit here of Mrs. Warner, herself as trim and attractive as one of her yachts. With three of her brothers, she operates the Owens Yacht Co., of Baltimore, which in a few years has skyrocketed into international prominence as a producer of fine boats. She knows the business and knows what a natural Dare County is for a developing a vast industry for catering to it. Mrs. Warner is a vice-president of the company. She came as a guest of her cousin, Mrs. Orest A. Meykar, and Mr. Meykar of Greensburg, Pa., owners of prop erty on Roanoke Island. The Mey kars are a couple who sing the praises of Dare County and thought a person with the boat building knowledge of Mrs. Warner should see this area. Mrs. Warner stated Saturday that £he desires very much to re turn to Roanoke Island next sum mer when she can see a perform ance of The Lost Colony. Her itinerary Saturday included a visit to Fort Raleigh, the Elizabethan Garden, and Oregon Inlet and Bodie Island. The party stopped at Dare Haven Motel, Manteo. Naturally, since her family builds pleasure craft, she was in terested in the region’s boating facilities. The entire boating indus try, she stated, is promoting the establishment of boating marinas to provide launching, docking, and service facilities for the increasing number of pleasure boats. The Owens Yacht Co., Inc., started as a result of her father taking up boat building as a hobby following his retirement with Westinghouse. The business is now operated by Mrs. Warner, a widow, along with three of her brothers, Norman Owens, who is the president; Charles, also a vice president; and John, the secretary treasurer. The company has ex panded so that at present they employ more than 400 persons. They manufacture “Speedships” boats ranging in size from 14 to 35 feet in length, including making their own marine engines. A 14- foot fiberglass boat was a recent addition to their line, and they have developed a small “Flagship” V-8 marine engine suitable for small boats and presently the only such engine on the market. In the current issue of Motor Boating, Owens Yacht Co. an nounces in several pages of adver tising, its 1958 line of boats, which includes craft from 14 to 35 feet in length, ranging in price from $595 to $17,000. It is a most re markable circumstance, how this industry has grown, from its first start as a hobby in a tomato patch, and has flourished under the ten der guidance of a family dedicated to the development of something they find now a pleasant task. NATION’L SEASHORE TRAVEL WELL AHEAD OF LAST YEAR Duripg the first 11 months of 1957, a total of 318,554 persons visited Cape* Hatteras National Seashore, according to the Novem ber report of Robert F. Gibbs, superintendent of the recreational area. This is an 8.4 percent in crease over the same period in 1956. During November, a total of 11,- 123 persons entered the National Seashore area and according to es timates of those in charge of tab ulation of visitor counts, the fig ure represents non-residents on coastal vacations and not local travelers. While November showed a de crease of 32.2 percenj, from Octo ber, the past month was 73.1 per cent over November’s count one year ago. One of the big attractions with in the National Seashore area this year was the surf fishing for chan nel baks. Old timers who have ob served and participated in channel bass, or drum, fishing for many years along the coast have stated that October and November this year have been the best season for big fish in the history of the coast THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA JIM MORTON STEPS UP ON NEW YORK NEWSPAPER New York, Dec. 6.—The appoint men of Jim Morton, promotion manager of the New York Journal- American and part-time Nags Head resident, to the executive staff of The American Weekly was announced today by John K. Her bert publisher of the national Sunday magazine. The New York newspaperman, who owns a beach cottage on the Oregon Inlet Road and frequently flies down to Dare in his personal plane on week ends, will join The American Weekly on January 6, 1958. He will work directly under Thor M. Smith, vice president in charge of publisher services. Mr. Morton has been with the Journal-Ameri can for 18 years. A 1938 graduate of The Citadel, state military college of South Carolina, he spent one year in the advertising department of the New York Sun before going to the Journal-American. A wartime parachute officer, he was twice wounded and three times decorated while serving with the 101st Airborne Division in France, .Holland, and Belgium. He rejoined the staff of the Journal-American as a reporter in 1946 and three years later became editorial promotion manager. He was named production manager in 1956. His promotions twice won Free doms Foundations Awards for the Journal-American in 1955 and 1956. Mr. Morton also was given the Gold Medal of the Sons of the American Revolution, highest award of the national society. Governor Luther H. Hodges of North Carolina made him an Hon orary Tar Heel in 1955 for his contributions to the state’s conser vation and development program. Mr. Morton is president of the New York alumni of The Citadel and' active in the affairs of the college. He is also active in The Protestant Council and in finance work for the Boy Scouts of Ameri ca. CAR DEMOLISHED AND SAILOR HURT FRIDAY Joseph Edward Gibb, 21-year old Pennsylvania man stationed at the Stumpy 'Point Navy facility, received neck and back injuries and was transferred to the Ports mouth Naval Hospital as a result of an accident about three miles north of Manteo on U. S. Highway 64 and 264 at 11:50 p.m .last Fri day. According to Patrolman Arthur F. Fields, Gibb and a companion were returning to their base at Stumpy Point after having been to a tavern near Manteo. As they neared the Roanoke Island end of the William B. Umstead Memorial Bridge, Gibb's car ran off the pavement, went out of control and rolled over several times. The car, a 1951 Chevrolet 4-door, was -com pletely demolished. Gibb’s com panion escaped with minor injuries. Patrolman Fields reported that the two men had apparently been drinking, but he said Monday that no charges had been filed pending completion of his investigation. PEA ISLAND WILDFOWL COUNT IS NEARING PEAK While the Canada and greater snow goose count for the last week in November was up to par for Pea Island National Wildlife Ref uge, there was still a shortage of ducks as compared to previous sea sons. Refuge Manager L. B. Turner’s count for week ending November 30, indicated there were 8,500 Can adas andd 7,250 greater snows on the refuge to total 15,750 geese. Twelve blue geese have been counted and 85 swan are at the refuge. Total number of ducks of all species, with baldpates and pin tails in the lead, was 9,582 at last count, and there were approximate ly 680 coots or bluepeters, 1 ■ - m 4 FIRST FLIGHT BY WRIGHTS BROUGHT ABOUT AN AIR AGE At Time of First Successful Rights, Wrights Believed Airplane Would Bring End to Wars By EARL DEAN “SUCCESS FOUR FLIGHTS THURSDAY MORNING ALL AGAINST TWENTY-ONE MILE WIND STARTED FROM LEVEL WITH ENGINE POWER ALONE AVERAGE SPEED THROUGH MR THIRTY-ONE MILES LONG EST FIFTY-SEVEN SECONDS INFORM PRESS HOME FOR CHRISTMAS . . . ORVILLE WRIGHT.” It was late in the afternoon on December 17, 1903, when a young, ibscure Dayton, Ohio, bicycle me chanic trudged through angle-deep land to the life-saving station at Kill Devil Hills with the news of man’s conquest of the air. Orville Wright’s brief message to his fa ther, Bishop Milton Wright, of the United Brethren Church out in Ohio, is now probably one of the most famous four-line telegrams ever sent. For it ushered in the Age of Air, and, as a result of these early experiments on the North Carolina Coast, men now are able to fly through the air faster than the speed of sound. Appropriate commemorative ex ercises will be held Tuesday, De cember 17, at the base of the huge Wright Memorial, near where the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, flew successfully in the first airplane. Glistening in the sun or flood-lit at night, the great granite monu ment to the Wright brothers and their achievements* is one of the most impressive memorials of its kind anywhere in the world. Tow ering 61 feet above the summit of the highest sand dune on the North Carolina coast, it has at tracted millions of people to the birthplace of aviation since it was dedicated 25 years ago. Orville Wright, who lived to see the huge monument of Mt. Airy granite dedicated on the 25th an niversary of the first flights, died on January 30, 1948, his last days saddened, it has been said, by the destructiveness to which his in vention had been put during time of war. His brother, Wilbur Wright, died of typhoid fever in 1912 after a spectacular flying career both at home and abroad. In a letter to a friend written on the eve of the first World War, Orville said: “When my brother and I built and flew the first man carrying flying machine, we thought that we were introducing into the world an invention which would make further wars impos sible.” That they were not alone in this thought is evidenced by the fact that France was one of the first nations to recognize the Wright brothers as pioneers in aviation, and the French Peace Society pre sented them with medals in token of the importance of their inven tion. “We thought governments would realize the impossibility of winning a war by surprise attacks, and that no country would ever enter into war with another of equal size when it knew it would have to win by simply wearing out its enemy,” he continued. “Nevertheless, the world finds itself in the greatest war in his tory. Neither side has been able to win on account of the nart the airplane has played. Both sides know exactly what the other side See WRIGHTS, Page Four HIGH SCHOOL QUIZ TEAMS INTERVIEWED AT MANTEO 1 I jfWHH " w*' *♦.•■ Ail YWCL. w I i lmJ IwSff i aftt Ifßiari J I * /wJ jjten |I > FF■ RwWaMr 1 Joel Carlson of WTAR-TV Norfolk, was interviewing Joyce Fields, daughter of State Highway Patrolman Arthur Fields and Mrs. Fields when thia picture was shot at Manteo High School last week. Joyce, with Sandra Keller of Kitty Hawk and Marjorie White of Manteo were members of the local team competing with a team from Perquimans High School at Hertford which included Dan Wilson, Beverly Tucker, Letitia McGoogan and Bettie Skinner. The Perquimans team won with a score of 600 as compared to 575 for Manteo. The questions asked pertained to news stories that had appeared in Virginian Pilot of Norfolk which sponsors the “Quiz ’Em on the Air” program of WTAHi (Aycock Brown Photo.) MANTEO, N. C„ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1957 NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF CAPE HATTERAS SEASHORE ■■■■■Bl BWBBi ROBERT F. GIBBS, the new superintendent <Jf the Cape Hat teras National Seashore recrea tional project in Dare and Hyde Counties who has recently estab lished his home at Bodie Island. Prior to coming here he was As sistant Supervisor of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He is a native of Madison, Va., and joined the Park Service in 1934 in the Shenandoah National Park, Va. He served in the Army in 1940-45 and was awarded the bronze star medal for meritorious service by the United States Army and the Croix de Guerre by the French Army—he became chief park ranger at Shenandoah; then, assistant superintendent at Big Bend National Park, Texas, and superintendent of Isle Royal Na tional Park, Michigan. He has been assistant superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains National Park since August 1956. Mr. Gibbs succeeds Allyn F. Hanks, a highly popular career man with the Park Service, who has gone to an advanced post in Washington, D. C. headquarters. ■ DARE RECORDER'S COURT SESSION HELD TUESDAY Dorian Mitchell Washington of Manteo pleaded guilty to being drunk and dis<_iderly jnd creating a disturbance in the home of Lizzie Williams, and to being drunk on a state highway, and Judge W. F. Baum ordered Tuesday that he serve 60 days on the roads in addi tion to a six months sentence im posed September 10th. Dewey Williams pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly on the streets of Manteo, and was given a 30-day sentence suspend ed upon payment of a $25 fine and costs. A case charging Shelton Der ward Midgett of Manteo with care less and reckless driving was nol pressed. The defendants in the remaining cases submitted to the charges as indicated: James Robert Hairfield, Nags Head, failing to report an acci dent, $5 fine and costs. Robert Erskine Williams, Nags Head, failing to stop at stop sign, $5 fine and costs. Arnold Larry Midgett, Ports mouth, Va., speeding 70 m.p.h., sls fine and costs. COUNTY N.C.E.A. MEETING School teachers and principals of Dare County are to hold their second N.C.E.A. meeting of the school year this Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Kitty Hawk School. The Kitty Hawk school faculty is in charge of the program, accord ing to an announcement by N.C. E.A. President W. H. Bunch of Manteo. NEW RATINGS FOR AUTO LIABILITY INSURANCE JAN. I North Carolina Insurance Depart ment Approves Preferred Risk Plan A preferred risk plan affecting automobile liability insurance rates to become effective Jan. 1, 1958 has been announced by N. C. In surance Commissioner, Charles Gold. This is of interest to all auto drivers, now that every car owner, before he can get his tags, must show that he caiTies insurance for the protection of others. The plan was approved to com ply with a legislative mandate in the Financial Responsibility Act of 1957 which directed the Commis sioner of Insurance to establish automobile liability insurance rates “which adequately and factually distinguish between classes of drivers having safe-driving records and those having a record of acci dents”. The Plan, as approved by Commissioner Gold, states as its pronounced purpose that it is “based on the premise that a safe driver operating an automobile in a manner which safeguards the lives and property of others de serves recognition in terms of au tomobile liability insurance cost. Thus the non-occurence of serious or repeated accidents as defined herein has been introduced as a basis of classification to recognize the careful driver. This method of rating will serve as an incentive for drivers to improve their driving habits.” Commissioner Gold expressed the hope that the new Preferred Risk Rating Plan would eventually provide for a reduced rate for au tomobile liability insurance for the large group of careful drivers. The Plan provides for higher rates to be applied to “automobiles oper ated by drivers who have demon strated that they do not belong in the preferred group”. Under the Plan, the Commission er- explained that a system of lia bility insurance surcharges would be applied to an automobile which had been' involved in an accident resulting in bodily injury when an amount had to be paid as a loss or a judgment was rendered against the insured during the ex perience period. The experience period to be used will cover the eighteen months beginning two years prior to the effective date of the policy. It was emphasized by the Com missioner that automobile liability insurance rates are not affected by the Plan when a vehicle has not been involved in an accident or in only one accident causing a prop erty damage loss. It was deter mined that a great many careful drivers are involved in minor prop erty damage accidents which are not indicative of unsafe driving habits. The Class A or Preferred Risk insureds will pay the present man ual rate for insurance, while in sureds with one bodily injury acci- See INSURANCE, Page Four CHRISTMAS PARTY, DEC. 12 OES MEMBERS AND FAMILIES The annual Christmas party held by the Roanoke Island Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star will be held Thursday night, December 12, in the lodge hall in Wanchese. A business meeting will be held at eight o’clock, and the party will begin at 8:30. All members and their families are invited and urged to attend. Santa Claus will be there. COMMISSIONERS SAY THERE WILL BE A COUNTY AUDIT SOON, SO LET’S HOPE SO Public Criticism Got Some Sort of Action Tues day; List Takers Appointed, a Jury Venire Drawn; Kerosene Bids Accepted. The Dare County Board of Com missioners unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday providing that Martin Kellogg Jr., county attor ney, be charged with preparing a contract for a county audit for the period July 1, 1956, to June 30, 1957, with a deadline of February 1, 1958 for the presentation of the audit to the responsible agencies. The commissioners provided also that a clause be inserted in the contract requiring a penalty for non-compliance with such deadline in the amount of $250 per month, and another cause be inserted re quiring the auditor to include a suitable statement of balance and of operations to be used for pub lication according to law, such statement to be in condensed form of no more pages than required by law. Notification of the prepa ration of such contract is to be made to R. O. Howard, the present auditor, to ascertain whether- he will be able to comply. The commissioners further charged Mr. Kellogg with the preparation of such a contract an nually with the deadline for that portion affecting the board of edu cation as of September Ist each year, and all other portions with a deadline as of October Ist each year, with the penalty as previous ly outlined. List Takers Named List takers for the January tax listing were named as follows: for the county at large, Mrs. Ruth Scoggins of Manteo and Mrs. Jean Beacham of Kill Devil Hills; Nags Head Township, Mrs. Lucy Mid gett of Wanchese; Atlantic Town ship, Mrs. Russell Perry of .Kitty Hawk; Croatan Township, Mrs. Florence Jones of Manns Harbor; East Lake Township, Mrs. Nina Basnight of East Lake; Hatteras Township, Mrs. Edna Gray of Bux ton; and Kennekeet Township, Mrs. Mellie Edwards of Waves. Thomas Chears was appointed to the Library Board for a term end ing June 30, 1958, to replace Mrs. Hazel Twyne, who had resigned. The board accepted the bid of Daniels Oil Co. to furnish fuel oil and kerosene to the county for a one-year period, Daniel’s bid having been the lowest of three received. The board instructed Pennell Tillett, tax supervisor, to investi gate a complaint by Robert Austin of Wanchese about the valuation of his home and to make a report to the next meeting of the com missioners. The clerk to the board was instructed to notify Mrs. Goldie and Norwood O’Neal of Manteo that an investigation of a complaint of the valuation of their home had shown it to be valued for the same as the other houses of like construction in the same vicinity. A resolution was passed to ask the State Highway Commission to add a 600-foot piece of road lead ing from the State Highway by the home of William Ernst and Lyna Harbour to the state system. The property of Hilton Gray sold for taxes by Dare County was or dered deeded back to him upon payment of $49.68. This property was sold to the state and by the state to* the U. S. government. We did not learn if they also passed an order to observe the law about posting their monthly doings at the courthouse door; which min utes should include an itemized copy of the budget as adopted each year. BIG CHANNEL BASS TO BE RUNNING UNTIL CHRISTMAS Hatteras.—Willie Newsome is predicting that the current run of big channel bass will be running in Hatteras waters until Christ mas, and if that happens it will be about two weeks later than normal for them, “During the past week end 1 have weighed 83 channel bass and not one of them was less than 35 pounds,” said ewsome. “Most, as a pounds,” said Newsome. “Most, as a matter of fact, have ranged be- Newsome’s reports covered the Hatteras Inlet sector. On the week end Preston Quidley of Bux ton landed his limit one day and his largest fish*was a 56 ft pound er. This was the largest of the species reported during the week end. Nevin Wescott, chief in charge of Hatteras Inlet Lifeboat Station, reported catching one that weighed 52ft pounds. More large fish have been taken than in many recent Single Copy 7# * MASONIC LODGES PLAN LADIES NIGHT DEC. I4H, AT THE SHRINE CLUB The Masonic Lodges of Manteo and Wanchese are planning a joint celebration on December 14th, next Saturday night week which will be the annual ladies night meeting. A turkey dinner will be served. All Masons are expected to bring their wives. A detailed program will be work ed out, but as yet the speaker had not been obtained, according to Charlie E. O’Neal, Manteo Lodge Secretary. The Master of Wanchese Lodge is H. O. Bridges, and of the Man teo Lodge, Selden R. Midgett. Last year’s ladies night was at tended by 210 persons. A larger attendance is expected this time. UNUSUAL PROGRAM TO BE IN MANTEO MONDAY Jeannie Aibel To Be Featured by Frank Sorrell's Group In Novelty Per formance in Auditorium Morty Nevins of the Three Suns will present next Monday, Decem ber 9, in the Manteo school audi torium, the Magical Sounds of the Frank Sorrell’s group of Norfolk, featuring Jeannie Asbel. There will be three performers in the group, and the instruments will include, besides piano, a xylophone, drums, organ, electric zither and accor dion. Mr. Denton of the Milton Music Company will accompany the group to Manteo. Dick . a of Nags Head, and manager vu •’ The Lost Colony, will also appear on the program. The public is invited to attend this novelty program which will begin at 8:15 and for which a nominal charge will be made. This will be different from any program previously presented in Manteo. Mr. Nevins, who is one of the Three Suns, a musical group hav ing achieved national acclaim and having made many records, recent ly moved to Norfolk, where he became owner of the above-men tioned music store. His wife is a former Norfolk girl. JURY DRAWN FOR DARE SUPERIOR COURT TERM The list of jurors drawn for the January term of Dare County Superior Court by the board of commissioners at their meeting Tuesday is as follows: Jacie F. Burrus, Carl D. Mann, Mrs. Lea Pinner, Manns Harbor; Mattie Richlie, Curtis Gray, Curtis Toler, Virginia Dowdy, Colon A. Perry, Carlos Dowdy, Kitty Hawk; Reverne Sawyer, Cleve C. Smith, East Lake; William A. Davis, Charles M. Meekins, Leroy S. Midgett, Arnold Daniels, Wan chese; Irving G. Hines, Mabel H. Bas night, Cecil Berry, Leigh D. Has sell, Ralph Swain, Hal S. Ward, Manteo; Horatio B. Culpepper, Mil ton Henley, Nags Head; Mrs. Alma Barnett, Calvin D. Burrus, Jr., William H. Hehl, Richard B. Dailey, Dewy J. Parr, Buxton; Mrs. Dudley Burrus, Mrs. Velma Stowe, Ivey Batten, Lawrence Aus tin, Roger Willis, Hatteras; E. V. Melson, Thomas H. Briggs, Miss Jennette Gray, Kill Devil Hills; O. G. Gray, Sr., George W. Meekins, Edward Branch Meekins, Ulysses W. Gray, Avon; Joseph D. Scarborough, R. D. Evans, Levi Scarborough, Duck; Raymond R. Midgett, Salvo; Archie Scarbor ough, Frisco; Christopher A. Mid gett, Waves; Mrs. Goldie Best, Leslie H. Wise, Stumpy Point. TO PLAN FOR NEXT PIRATE JAMBOREE ON DARE COAST There will be a meeting on Sun day, December 8, to establish the dates of the forthcoming Pirates Jamboree of 1958, and to discuss the types and places of activity to be held, according to Alvah H. Ward Jr., who says to the Tourist Bureau membership: “This is perhaps our most im portant meeting of the year and you are urged to attend, bringing with you any persons in your com munity or locality, who are inter ested in this Spring Vacation sea son launching event.” The meeting will be held in the HoteT 8 OT I hS« °HeS e atT’p.m"
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