VOLUME XXIII NO. 38
COSTING NEARLY QUARTER
MILLION TO RUN SCHOOLS
IN DARE COUNTY THIS YEAR
County Now Contributing Less Than One Fourth
This Sum; Per Capita Pupil Cost is $lB5 For
School Term; County Taxes Pay $37,000 and
Court Fines Yield $13,000 or More; Teachers
Get $139,000.
The anticipated expense of oper
ating Dare County’s school system
for the 1957-1958 fiscal year totals
$234,427.93, or $185.91 per pupil,
according to figures made avail
able last week by Mrs. Mary L.
Evans, county superintendent.
Based on this estimate, the cost
to the state of the operation of
Dare’s schools will be $177,420.33,
leaving the county responsible for
$57,007.60, slightly less than one
fourth the total cost. The above
figures do not include any part of
the current building programs un
derway at Manteo and Kitty Hawk,
costs of these projects having been
fully publicised previously.
According to the present budget,
the county’s expected revenue for
school purposes has been placed at
$58,312,33, or $1,304.73 in excess
of the county’s $57,007.60 share of
the expense.
The breakdown of expected rev
enue reveals that of the county’s
$58,812.33, only $33,000 ($26.17 per
pupil) is to be derived directly
from ad valorem taxes, the bal
ance to come from other sources,
including court fines, federal aid
funds and unencumbered funds
from the previous fiscal year. To
the $33,000 in tax funds will be
added an estimated $13,000 in
court fines making a total of
$46,000, all earmarked for current
expense except $6,559.60 for capi
tal outlay. The school board
brought forward from the 1956-
1957 fiscal year a total of $8,520.-
37 in unencumbered current ex
pense funds, of which $4,820 are
federal aid funds. The budget also
includes from the year before a
balance of $12,800 out of a lotal
See SCHOOLS, Page Five
WHALESHEAD CLUB
AT COROLLA NOW
OFFERED FOR SALE
Nothing Less Than $600,000 Asked
For Property of Late Ray
T. Adams
Washington, D. C.—Collectors
for the estate of the late Ray T.
Adams, prominent Washington
businessman, have invited sealed
bids for sale of the Adams control
in the fabulous Whalehead Hunt
ing and Fishing Club of Corolla,
N. C-, it was learned Monday.
Acting as collectors and nomi
nated executors of the estate, trust
department officials of the Na
tional Bank of Washington have
sent out letters asking bids on
9,944 shares of common and 5,056
shares of preferred of Whales
head Club, Inc., which owns the
2,000 acres and improvements
about 30 miles south of Virginia
Beaeh, Va., and 30 miles north of
Nags Head.
Bids will be accepted up to noon
on April 11 and at that time all
bid* will be opened.
Any bids submitted should be in
excess of $600,000 in view of the
value of the property and extensive
improvements, the letter said.
These include a three-story club
house and hunting lodge of 22
rooms, apartments, cottages, boat
house and garage. Around 525,000
trees of many varieties have been
planted on the tract since Mr.
Adams acquired it in 1939.
Mr. Adams turned the property
on the remote outer banks of
North Carolina into a hunters’ and
fishermen’s center. Written up in
national magazines, the club is
been patronized by such personali
ties as Jack Dempsey and Gov.
Hodges of North Carolina. An air
strip was added recently and plans
have been drafted for a new road
to it.
Mr. Adams was president of R.
T. Adams, Inc., which specializes
in meats for hotels. He was a mem
ber of the advisory board of NBW
and the Washington Board of
Trade and was active in many
other organizations.
MANTEO ARTISTS EXHIBIT
PAINTINGS AT FESTIVAL
Among area artists exhibiting
their works last week at the Fine
Arts Festival in Elizabeth City
were Don Leary (who exhibits as
M. Charles), Mrs. James C. Bardin
and Mrs. O. J. Jones of Manteo;
and Mrs. W. A. Williams, Jr., of
Nags Head. Mrs. Bardin and Mrs.
Jones each brought home two rib
bons, each having won a red rib-
I bon and a white one.
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBUSHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
BLUEFIN TUNAFISH
CAUGHT WITH ROD
AND REEL MONDAY
Maryland Sportsmen Fishing With
Edgar Styron Malte Big
Catch off Hatteras
By AYCOCK BROWN
Trolling with feather lures off
Hatteras on Monday, Jack Snyder
of Baltimore and Jim O’Donnell of
Chevy Chase, Md., hooked and
boated three big bluefin tuna and
one small mako shark, the first big
game fish to be taken off the
North Carolina coast in 1958, or,
as matter of fact the first reported
caught north of Florida this year.
They were the fishing guests of
Capt. Edgar Styron of the Blue
Marlin Docks here, aboard his
cruiser Twins 11. Since last year in
March when Capt. Styron returned
from the Gulf -Stream on March 24
with several school tuna weighing
from eight to 15 pounds, and re
ports of raising to bait and sight
ing some giant bluefin tuna, the
Hatteras fishing guide and skipper
had been planning to prove his re
ports were accurate.
“When the story went out about
our party seeing the big bluefins
off there at the edge of the Gulf
Stream there were many who
seemed to believe it was just a
story we had made up,” said Capt.
Styron, “Since then I had been
planning to go back out there
again this year at my own expense
to prove that I was right.”
To help him prove his story,
Capt Styron invited O’Donnell and
Snyder, close friends who had fish
ed with him in the past here to
come down and go fishing on St
Patrick’s Day. Both O’Donnell and
Snyder are well known big game
fishermen.
For their trolling rigs they used
three rigs, Ocean City 6/0, 12/0
and 14/0 reels, one Ted Williams
and two Montague rods, 39 Thread
line and feather lures. After clear
ing the inlet with the Twins II go
ing about 10 knots, the lures were
put overboard. The first strike and
first tuna was taken in less than
30 minutes, about six miles off
shore and still in sight of land. The
other two, along with the small
mako thSt weighed about 40
pounds were caiight at the edge
of the Gulf Stream just south of
Diamond Lightship. At the latter
place four more tuna were hooked
and lost. Capt. Styron stated that
these were much larger fish.
The three tuna boated weighing
from 96 to 93% pounds were what
O’Donnell described as being in the
“100-pound class.” . . . Stormy
weather prevented the party from
going offshore again on Tuesday
as planned. Jim O’Donnell 111 and
Barbara and Barney Snyder, chil
dren of the anglers were also on
the exploratory fishing junket
Monday but caught no fish.
16 YEAR OLD BOY BEATEN;
BOY'S PAPA THEN FINDS
AND THRASHES BEATER
Investigation by officers was
underway Thursday afternoon in a
case wherein Jerry Daniels- and
Norman Ward of Manteo inflicted
a brutal beating on Jerry Houston
16, at the Meekins Esso Station,
and wherein Marvin Houstin, fath
er of Jerry Houston, looked up
Jerry Daniels and gave him a
sound thrashing in return.
The Houston boy and Harry
Niser, 18, were coming toward
Manteo when a ear driven by Nor
man Ward and belonging to Jerry
Daniels overtook them and began
sideswiping them, inflicting more
damage to the Daniels car than
to Houston’s. Daniels and Ward
are reported to have been drinking,
and Daniels brought up complaints
that Houston had been going to
see a girl in whom he was inter
ested, at Wanchese.
When Houston stopped at. the
Esso station, Daniels attacked him,
and Ward joined in the fight, beat
ing Houston with his shoe. Police
were not located, as is usual in
such cases, but when Houston sen
ior heard about what had happen
ed he sought out Daniels, found
him near the Flamingo Case at
Nags Head and gave him a thrash
ing. Jerry Houston’s injuries re
quired treatment by Dr. W. W.
Harvey Jr.
TWO OUTER BANKERS COMPLETE BASIC TRAINING
■■EBSMEMW
MEDFORD L. AUSTIN
These two boys recently completed 13 weeks basic training at the
Coast Guard Receiving Center, Cape May, N. J. Both of them attended
Cape Hatteras School, and both of them report to First District, Bos
ton, for further assignment. Both are seamen apprentices. Austin is
the son of Mrs. Louis S. Austin of Hatteras, and Farrow is the son
of Mrs. Mary Farrow, Buxton. They entered the Coast Guard Reserves
program last November.
FIRE TAKES AWAY
RODANTHE'S BIG
HOME THURSDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lose J. A.
Midgett Home and All
Belongings
Most every community has a
bigger house than the others to
dominate its skyline. For 45 years
the biggest house at Rodanthe,
seen from across the water or up
and down the beaches has been the
home of the late Capt. John Allen
Midgett. It is no more. It was
swept away quickly late Thursday
afternoon in a wind-driven blaze of
unknown origin which also destroy
ed the adjacent former postoffice
building.
Mr. and Mrs. John Herbert, who
owned the house had been called
to the old Chicamacomieo Coast
Guard station to answer a phone
call from a relative in Norfolk. It
was at this station where Mrs.
Herbert’s father, Capt. Johnny
spent a large part of his distin
guished career, and where he serv
ed at the time of his untimely
death. This station is occupied as
the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Verde Watson.
Mrs. Watson looked out and saw
a huge blaze in the Herbert home.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert rushed
across to it. Frantically Mrs. Her
bert tried to go upstairs to save
some treasured items. Mr. Herbert
with great effort and personal risk
got her out of the house in time
to save her. The house, all their
belongings were a total loss. They
saved only what clothes they were
See FIRE, Page Five
UNCLE TOM FROM TRENT WRITES:
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
I’ve had a little touch of the
flu and ain’t been able to git
further than hollering distance
from home all week.
About all I know is what I’ve
saw on television, heard on the
radio, read in the papers, and
picked up eavesdropping on the
party line. And of course I’ve
been gitting my daily allotment
of mail from the various state
and federal agencies.
But I didn’t git up to the coun
try store Saturday night and un
til you git the low-down from
the boys up there, you actually
don’t know nothing official.
I see where some preacher in
Pittsburgh told his flock that
he’d been in touch with hell fer
some time now. Unless he’s been
off in a space ship fer the last
few years, he ain't got nothing
to brag about. All of us keeps in
touch with that locality these
days. All he’s got to do is look
around him a little.
So this preacher wants to talk
about hell? I wonder if he ever
stopped to think how slow a jet
plane is along side how fast our
inflated dollar is traveling these
days. I bought my old lady a
electric iron for $5 in 1935 and
last week it cost me $7 50 just
to git it repaired. Any feller that
has any trouble communicating
with hell these days is a sad
case. He’s lost. They say the
saddest thing in this world, Mis
ter Editor, is a country dog that
is lost in town and looking fer
his master. I'd say the next
saddest thing is somebody who
has got to go out of his way to
get in touch with hell in 1958.
Another item in the paper that
struck me as funny was a story
about a street employee in Lon
don that got caught stealing
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1958
DONNIE L. FARROW
BAPTIST CHURCH
PLANS REVIVAL
FOR NEXT WEEK
Rev. C. W. Bazemore, Associate
Editor Bible Recorder To Be
Visiting Minister
a
Pastor W. E. Cholerton and his
congregation at Manteo Baptist
Church have been in preparation
for the week of revival services
scheduled for March 24-30. The
visiting minister will be Rev. C. W.
Bazemore of Raleigh, associate
editor of the Biblical Recorder,
Baptist state journal of North
Carolina.
He was for some years pastor
in Virginia, and later pastor of
Corinth and Woodsville churches,
and also of Mt. Sinai Church, all
in Chowan association. He served
for several years as missionary of.
the Roanoke association, and since
1950 has been in his present work
with the BIBLICAL RECORDER.
Mr. Bazemore’s work with the
Baptist state paper has taken him
into associations and churches of
every county of the State from
Murphy to Manteo, and into sev
eral hundred of the Baptist
churches.
Before his call to the ministry,
he was high school principal, and
was newspaper manager and
editor in this State for several
years. x
Pastor Cholerton and his people
at the Manteo church join in ex
tending a cordial invitation to the
public to attend these special
evangelistic services, which will
close Sunday, March 30. (There
will be special music at the serv
ices, and a warm welcome to all.)
man-hole covers and selling them
to the junk yard. Over in this
country he’d run fer office, git
elected, and then steal the junk
yard. Them English always was
a little slow about them things,
though.
Not being able to git out and
about fer a week has been hard
on me and the old lady both. It’s
just like a wife to take a lot of
pot shots at her old man when
he ain’t able to dodge. Fer in
stant, I’ni having another birth
day next week and I asked my
old lady how I was holding my
years. “Look in the mirror,” she
says. I did, and all I can say is
that they don’t make mirrors
good like they did when I was
younger. Like some feller said
the other day, I’m too old fer
rock ’n roll and too young fer
Geritol. My old lady says that
after a man gits 50 he is mostly
a maintenance problem anyhow.
Yours truly,
Uncle Tom
BASKETBALL GAME RAISES
SIBB.IO FOR TYPING TABLES
A capacity crowd filled the
Manteo gymnasium last Friday
night when the Manteo seniors
went to battle on the basketball
court with faculty members and
others. The costumes and stunts
used during the evening were of
hilarious nature and brought howls
of laughter from the onlookers. A
total of SIBB.IO was cleared from
the evening's entertainment, this
to be applied to the purchase price
of typing tables for the commer
cial department. Those in charge
of putting on the game are grate
ful for the co-operation of every
one who took part, including the
faculty members, school officials,
cheer leaders and all others who
helped.
ELECTION SEEN AS
GOOD FOR TOWN OF
KILL DEVIL HILLS
Board Members Believe There
Would Never Have Been
Harmony Without It
Saturday’s municipal election in
Kill Devil Hills is viewed with
satisfaction by a number of people
who have expressed themselves
freely, including town Aidermen
Eddie Melson and R. E. Parker Jr.
“We have no complaint,” they say.
“We are satisfied we had an hon
est election in spite of a few prev
ious incidents, and now that the
majority of the people have made
their decision, we must forget the
battle and unite to work for the
good of the town.”
Messers Melson and Parker be
lieve there would never have been
any peace in the community, had
the town officials stood off the
demands of a large group of peo
ple to hold another election on this
issue, since so many of them felt
the first one had not been entirely
on the level.
“It was never a question of
whether the town commissioners
had a preference in the issue,” Mr.
Melson says. “The Town Board
considered its duty to hold an elec
tion. This has been done, the peo
ple have voted, and now it’s up to
the people on both sides who want
a better town to unite and work
for it.”
Mr. Melson calls attention to
some alleged discrepancies in some
of the reports passed along prior
to the election. He and Mr. Parker
both say it has never been the
intention of the Town Board to pay
travel and legal expenses incurred
by any member of the Board in
efforts to do away with the char
ter. This, like many rumors on
both sides, they say, gained circu
lation during the heat of the cam
paign. “The Town Board used
every effort to insure a fair elec
tion, and we endeavored to get the
best legal advice available, to
guide the town all the way.”
MANY OBSTACLES
STILL CONFRONTING
KILL DEVIL HILLS
Supporters of Charier Win by 12
Votes; Antis Still in Control
While the town charter of Kill
Devil Hills was retained Saturday
by a majority of 12 votes, there is
a long road to go before smooth
sailing is in sight. There were 119
votes cast, 65 of them for the
town. Os the qualified voters, 97.6
per cent went to the polls.
With sentiment so nearly evenly
divided, Kill Devil Hills’ future is
going to depend a lot on the pa
tience, tact and good nature of
those on both sides. There will be
little for the winner’s to crow
about. It was. a close election. It
will be up to both sides to try to
remedy such evils as may have
given rise to the bitter dissatisfac
tion which arose.
Mayor Robert Young did a great
deal of work in the campaign to
retain the town charter. He went
into the job more or less uninform
ed about the town, yet the material
he prepared in support of the town
showed that he had given a lot of
time to the necessary research, and
this experience should make him a
more able occupant of the Mayor’s
office. His work is more signifi
cant when it is recalled that three
members of the town board were
against his position. They strove
to abolish the municipality, and
they are still the town’s officers.
If Kill Devil Hills succeeds as a
town, it is now going to take a
lot of patience and cooperation
Nobody need brag about anything.
The election however indicates that
a few more people have come to
realize that the town charter can
See OBSTACLES, Page Five
NORFOLK MASONIC GROUP
TO APPEAR SATURDAY AT
WANCHESE LODGE HALL
On this, their third appearance I
in Dare County, the Acacia Club
of Norview, Norfolk, Masonic
Lodge No. 13 will present a play
Saturday night, March 22 at Wan
chese Lodge, No. 521, A.F. & A.M.
Mel Harrison, is president of the
group. Admission will be free to
all members of the Masonic fra
ternity and visiting members are
particularly invited.
H. O. Bridges, Master of Wan
chese Lodge is planning to serve
the Norfolk visitors an oyster
supper, prior to the beginning of
the play. The play will begin at
7 p.m., and a large attendance is
expected.
The title of this play is “Judge
Not,” and is a repeat performance,
having been presented throughout
northeastern North Carolina and
Virginia and is very popular. It
has previously been presented at
Wanchese.
CITIZENS IN DARE BEGIN TO
SHOWCONCERN ABOUTCOUNTY
AFFAIRS; CANDIDATES APPEAR
People Waking Up to High Taxes and Cost of
Government Built Up By Extravagance of
County Board; People Clamor For Capable
Candidates Who Will Consider Welfare of
People Above Self.
A KENNEKEET TOWNSHIP
COMMISSIONER CANDIDATE
Os ' w
rVT , ’ J
WOODROW EDWARDS of Waves,
on the northern part of Kennekeet
Township has stated that due to
the appeals of many citizens of his
area, he will seek the nomination
for County Commissioner in the
forthcoming Democratic primary.
Mr. Edwards, a native of Bertie
County retired in October 1957
after 20 years in Government serv
ice. He retired as officer in charge
of Oregon Inlet Life Saving Sta
tion after about five years at this
post. He joined the Army in 1933,
spent two years in Panama and a
year at Fort Slocum, N. Y. He
came to Buxton for two years with
the Civilian Conservation Corp,
and while on Hatteras Island, met
his wife, the former Mellie Mid
gett of Waves. During his. Coast
Guard career, he served on various
vessels, incuding the Diamond
Shoals lightship. He saw service
at the Elizabeth City Air Station,
customs and immigration duty at
Norfolk; inspection duty at Colon
ial Beach, Va., enforced harbor
and navigation regulations; was
with the Captain of the port in
Norfolk where he worked on Es
cort and Convoy duty at sea. He
has been active in community af
fairs, served as president of the
local civic club, and is a member
of Cape Hatteras Masonic Lodge.
The Edwards fanrily have recently
built a large, modern home at
Waves. Since his retirement, he is
engaging in the fish business and
tourist accommodation enterprise
at Rodanthe-Waves.
MRS. GUY H. LENNON
DIES WEDNESDAY AFTER
SIX MONTHS ILLNESS
After an illness of six months,
Mrs. Gladys WeStott Lennon died
Wednesday night at 10:10 in Duke
Hospital, Durham, where she had
been several weeks for treatment.
She was the wife of Guy H. Len
non of Manteo and the daughter
of the late O. J. and Alethia Ward
Wescott. She is survived by four
sisters and three brothers: Mrs.
W. R. Hale of Sea Level, Mrs.
Henry Johnson of Raleigh, Mrs.
Lena Pearsall and Miss lone Wes
cott of Manteo; William G. Wes
cott of Manteo; Carlisle J., and
George R. Wescott of Norfolk.
She had been a lifelong mem
ber and faithful worker in the
Manteo Baptist Church; a woman
devoted to community betterment
in many phases, and she was active
in the Manteo Home Demonstra
tion and Garden Clubs. She was
ever a woman of great personal
charm and beauty; was an effi
cient home maker, and her love
for shrubbery and beauty brought
out her gifts for artistry; her en
deavors everywhere were marked
by good taste and improvement.
Her interest and effort in behalf
of the community were exerted
tirelessly and were helpful and
inspiring influences to those
neighbors who were associated
with her. She was one who remem
bered the sick and attended with
comfort and encouragement. She
was ever helpful to her neighbors.
No woman lived more uprightly
and helpfully in spirit and example
and none were more highly re
garded and appreciated in this lo
cality, where, (except for brief
residences elsewhere during her
husband's service in the Navy),
she has been a life-long resident.
She was loved without exception
See MRS. LENNON, Page Five
Single Copy 7«
With another month to go before
the filing deadline for county offic
es, it now begins to look as if Dare
County will not lack for a choice of
candidates to fill several offices,
particularly on the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners wherein lie the
chief complaints, and whose ac
tions have aroused the concern of
the people as has seldom happened
in the history of the county.
While burdened with an awfully
large tax load, the people have,
during the past few years, witness
ed their wishes disregarded and
their money wasted. The two chief
complaints are one, the jail deal
which is going to cost the people
SIOO,OOO with another jail still to
be built at Buxton; and two, the
action of the Board in paying $22,-
000 to some New Jersey men to
come into Dare County and re-val
ue the propety, which process is
now going on although the con
tract called for completion by
March 1.
The jail deal, which people con
sider a particularly raw one, was
a scheme whereby the Commission
ers could spend some $50,000 cash
the county had on hand plus some
more, and the plan included a jail
at Manteo, and a jail at Buxton.
What gripes the people so much
is that the county Board wasted
$3,000 to hold an election to ascer
tain the wishes of the people. The
people voted it down three to one,
and had the county board had any
self-respect and respect for their
office and the people this should
have settled the matter, most peo
ple say. But egged on by others in
the courthouse, they went ahead
and built the jail at Manteo, got a
bum job for the money, raised
taxes to pay the difference over
the $50,000.
The jail at Buxton has not been
built, but it too, having been voted
down heavily by the people of the
area, is to be built, and nobody
knows what that will cost. Taxes
See POLITICS, Page Five
CANDIDATES ENTER FIELD
FOR DARE COMMISSIONER
There will be candidates in the
field for County Commissioner in
Dare County beside incumbent
members this year. Lawrence
Swain of Manteo says he is not
going to run; E. P. White of Bux
ton has abdicated in favor of his
son-in-law, George Fuller. Mr.
Fuller says he is definitely a can
didate. ,
Other members of the Board,
Chairman Claude Duvall, Hallett
Perry of Kitty Hawk, and New
comb Midgett of Waves are ex
pected to file. In fact some of
them are exceedingly anxious to
stay on the board.
Mr. Duvall is expected to be
opposed by Horace Hooper of
Stumpy Point. Mr. Midgett is op
posed by Woodrow Edwards of
Waves. Prospective opponents of
Mr. Perry have been listed as
Oscar Sanderlin, Tom Briggs, Bill
Foreman and Orville Baum. None
of these has said publicly he will
run.
Judge W. F. Baum, Recorder; C.
S. Meekins, Clerk of Court; and
R. Bruce Etheridge, Representa
tive are candidates for re-election,
and these are not expected to have
opposition. Register of Deeds Mel
vin Daniels and Coroner Jim Van
note are expected to be candidates,
and may be without opposition.
Present members of the Board of
Education are all expected to file
for re-nomination. They are Ellis
Gray, Chairman of Avon; W. L.
Scarborough of Buxton; Mrs.
Susie Briggs of Kill Devil Hills;
Leland Wise of Stumpy Point and
R. O. Ballance of Manteo.
AVON MAN CHARGED IN
KITTY HAWK COLLISION
William Julian Austin of Avon
was charged, with reckless driving ,
as a result of an accident Wednes
day afternoon at 3:20 p.m. on
Highway 158 in front of Wink’s
Grocery at Kitty Hawk. The acci
dent occurred when a 1957 Ford
pickup truck being driven south
by Austin crossed the center line
of the highway and struck an on
coming 1957 Chevrolet being driv
en by Wallace A. Macßain of
Somers Point, N. J. No one was
injured, but Patrolman Arthur F.
Fields reported extensive damage
to the left-hand front of each ve-