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VOLUME XXIII NO. 45 COUNTY BOARD TO SIT IN SESSION ALL NEXT WEEK Tax Complaints From Atlantic and Nags Head Town ships to Be Heard The Dare County Board of Com missioners are going to spend next week in the courthouse. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are to be wasted in hearing complaints from Atlantic Township about tax valua tions. Thursday and Friday to hear people from Nags Head township. Notices to the people who want to be heard are now just being mailed out. A vast number of property owners living out of the county will not get their notices until too late to be heard. And those who march on the court house are expecting little relief when their property has already been increased from three to five /times its value on paper. The Commissioners have finally figured themselves into a whale of a hole and the people of the county in a worse one. They spent $22,000 to get the property valued by men who apparently know nothing of values. Valuations set appear to be botched up and reflecting the old time influence of the dictators in the courthouse. One citizen from Atlantic town ship says he thinks it will be to the county’s interest to throw the whole thing away, and try to for get the $22,000. In carrying out the valuation he believes it will cost the county an additional ( $22,000 to make it stick, not to speak of the ill feel nig that has been aroused and may last for years. The march on the court house next week is going to make some unhappy people. Unfortu nately the innocent often suffer than the guilty, and in the months to come the only two peo ple who can be reached, will have to bear the brunt and ill feeling the citizens feel toward the offi* cials. Capt. Pennell Tillett, the polite and obliging tax supervisor and his hardworking young lady assistant are having the whole thing thrown on their shoulders by the Board, and the Board wants everybody told the fault is with the people who did the work. We do not think all the diplomacy and good nature of Capt. Tillett could ever put this fake across. The peo ple know who brought the “ex perts” to Dare County to pick up this easv $22,000. Yes, WHO HIRED ’EM? DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN DARE COUNTY SATURDAY Convention in Manteo Set For 2 P.M.; Several Precinct Meetings Held Last Week The Democratic County Conven tion will be held Saturday at the courthouse in Manteo at 2 p.m. according to County Chairman M. L. Daniels, which will give ample time for Hatteras Island delegates to return by ferry. Somewhat larger attendance is expected at Saturday’s convention, as meetings were held at several precincts last Saturday. Usually, less than a third of the precincts hold meetings, and less than a third of them are represented at the county convention. This situation indicates that no appreciable amount of promotion work is done to keep the party active and interested throughout the county. The following , reports have reached this newspaper concerning last Saturday’s activities in the county: Trent Precinct: At this precinct in Frisco, the following are re ported: J. H. Austin, Chairman, Mrs. Odessa Wasili, Vice-chair man; R. D. Basnett, Secretary; J. L. Austin and TJ. L. Rollinson. Chicamicomico -Precinct: W. A. Meekins, Chairman, Mrs. Cecil Midgett, Vice-Chairman; W. W. Edwards, Secretary; Charlie Mid gett and E'. R. Midgett. Kitty Hawk Precinct: No meet ing held at usual polling place. P. A. Tillett holds over as Chair man; Mrs. Nellie Perry, Vice- Chairman, Mrs. Mary Perry, Secre tary, committee incomplete be cause of declinations to serve. Manteo Precinct: C. R. Evans, re-elected chairman; Mrs. Mary Basnight, Vice-chairman: Robt. H. Midgett, Secretary; D. V. Meekins and Jack Tillett. County chairman Daniels of Manteo reports that the precinct chairmen of the county up to last week were: Manteo, C. R. Evans; Wanchese, W. L. Daniels; Nags Head, Callie Parker; Kill Devil Hills, W. C. Foreman; Kitty Hawk, P. A. Tillett; Duck, Sol Whitson; Colington, Lewis Meekins; Manns Harbor, W. S. White; Stumpy Point, R. D. Wise; Mashoes, T. R. Midgett; East Lake, Lonnie Am brose; Rodanthe, W. A. Meekins; Avon, O. G. Gray; Buxton, E. P. White Frisco,. J. H. Austiifc and Hatteras; F. L. Peele. THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA STUMPY POINT OFFICER IN PACIFIC MANEUVERS ■ jpv • { a. -fry- San Diego, Calif. (FHTNC). Navy Cdr. Kipling W. Wise, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Dewey Wise if Stumpy Point, and husband of the former Miss Mary S. Allcox if Norfolk, Va., aboard the sup por{ aircraft carrier USS Prince ton, is taking part in “Strikex”, a U. S. First Fleet striking force exercise being held off the coast of Southern California during May 5-9. Nineteen ships, plus carrier and land-based aircraft from 15 squad rons will take 12,000 personnel into the operation. NEW 'WONDER DRUG' USED IN TREATING DARE COUNTY MAN Guy Lennon Improving From Severe Illness at His Home Near Manteo Os more than ordinary interest is the news that a powerful new “wonder drug,” which went on the market last week for the first time, was also used in Dare Coun ty for the first time, the patient being Guy H. Lennon, a well known businessman whose many friends will be interested in learn ing that he is showing marked signs of improvement, and after a critical illness is now able to walk about his yard. Mr. Lennon came home last week from Johns Hopkins Hospi tal, Baltimore, where he had un dergone examination and treat ment for ulcers. He had been to other hospitals, trying to find re lief for bis illness. When he came home, the hospital prescribed the new drug which calls for one dose a week, it is so powerful. This drug, which comes from the dirt under oleander bushes, was discovered by Sir Walter Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin, and is See DRUG, Page Four WESTWARD, SOUTHWARD, NORTHWARD (Editorial Comment) The future of Dare County and its neighbor counties as well, is going to hinge in the next two years on the spirit that is developed by its people in these two years. This fu ture can be as big as the combined abilities and leadership of the people wish to make it- This future can only b£ as sured by a sufficient number of people catching the spirit of the thing, who will develop the vision to grasp it, and who are ready and in position to join in a spirit of cooperation with the leadership of this district, this state and this nation to bring to bear on our problems the influence and the re sources that are available for us—forces that are all about us, waiting for us to utilize them and make them beneficial to all the people. Dare County’s future income depends on our ability to continue its development as the nation’s playground. Every person who has land to sell, who,has services to offer, who has a business establishment to serve the public must go forward in a spirit of unity to make our region interesting. All of us must realize that no stone must be left unturned, no loose ends be left lying around, no values be lost sight of, if we intend to go forward. And there is no hope for us un less we keep going forward. There is no such thing as stop ping still or standing in our tracks. “Holding our own” is merely saying that we are getting nowhere, while a busy world, ever and restlessly on the march, is passing by. The people or neighborhood in today’s modern world content with the thought of “holding our own” are surely and cer tainly dropping behind. We not only have to have a region that is attractive to people once they are here, but we must use every means to make it easy for them to get here. We haven’t scratched the surface of our possiblities. In the next four years, we might, by working together, bring in new millions of visitors, and many new millions of dollars of investment. We have made great gains in recent years, but greater gains may be ex pected, and greater gains should come. Another four years should see our business double. We know that everyone cannot see alike. Many people view things only by the horizon which surrounds them. The person who is content to remain always in one spot, who is happy in a little cottage, cannot so readily see nor care about the importance of the viewpoints of distant people. But we cannot go forward by being merely contented with what we see and hear at home- We have to get out and learn from others, and apply the knowledge obtained in a constant march for progress. We know that we are limited in our own abilities and views, yet we have welcomed every opportunity to talk to, and to listen to, people outside. We welcome their viewpoint. We must meet them somewhere in between if we expect to Sec COMMENT, Page Four MOSQUITO DISTRICT APPEAL HEARD BY COMMISSIONERS May Join Other Counties in Con trol Program; Civil Defense Discussed Dare County may join other counties in the area, provided other other counties are willing to come in and help finance a mosquito control project. The Dare Commis sioners Tuesday voted favorably on the proposition, which was pre sented by a group consiisting of Dr. W. W. t Johnston, District Health Officer; Clyde A. John of the U. S. Public Health Service of Savannah; and Sidney Usry of the State Board of Health. Nags Head Chamber of Com merce representatives appeared before the Bfcard to request that longer contracts, say for five years, be entered into for garbage disposal on the beaches, whereby contractors would have more in ducement to provide better equip ment and service. The air-port manager was re quested to take note of the coun ty’s obligation to the Government in return for the valuable property donated the county, to see that the property is kept cleaned up and repaired, and particularly to fix up the Wescott graveyard which is on the property, and to stop the violation of this graveyard. Fred Trew, and Major J. L. Murphy of Kill Devil Hills ap peared before the Board in the interest of Civil Defense matters, Mr. Trew explaining that he would be unable to continue as its head. He was requested to hold on a short time until someone could be found. It was agreed to send Major Murphy to Raleigh to see what he could learn about Civil defense. BUXTON LOSES A FRIEND TO THE SICK, MRS. J. A. GRAY Mrs. Brittania Williams Gray, 76, wife of John A. Gray, died at her home in Buxton at 5:05 Wed nesday morning after a week’s ill nses. In her passing the commu nity has lost a valuable citizen. She took part in many activities for the good of her neighbors, and as a nurse she had proved over the years a great friend of the sick. Mrs. Gray was the daughter of the late Marchant and Mary Scar borough Williams, of Dare County. She was a lifelong resident, and was a member at the time of her dentil, of the Buxton Assembly of God Church. She is survived by a son, Raymond Gray, a daughter, Mrs. Mabel Miller, and a sister, Mrs. Mabel Farrow of Buxton, and another sister, Mrs. Sadie Peele of Pamlico; seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. MANTEO, N. C.. FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1958 NAGS HEAD WOMAN PRES. N. C. HOTEL ASSOCIATION ■iK iRS. LUCILLE S. WINSLOW of Nags Head is president of the N. C. Hotel Association which will '-old its 13th annual convention in High Point May 8-10. Registration beginning at 3:30 o’clock this Thursday afternoon in the Shera ton Hotel, convention headquarters. Maurice Puckett of Asheville j? /ice president of the Association nd Kenneth Cross of Charlotte is secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Winslow is co-owner of the Carolinian at Nags Head. ESCAPED CONVICT LOCATED IN CAMP AFTER 7 YEARS Recorders Court Strikes Old Cases Off; Hears Numerous Traffic Cases After nearly seven years, the 'scaped convict, Ira Barwick Jr., who broke into the Mary L. Mid gett home at Skyco October 3, 1951, has turned up in the Curri tuck Co. prison camp, and he is subject to be tried in Dare Superi or Court this month. A hard fought case in Recorders court this week was by Russell L. Bass 16, of Northwest, Va. and he appealed to Superior Court when fined $lO and costs for following another car too closely and failing to give proper turn signals. Small fines of sls each were imposed on Harvey L. Elliott of Norfolk and Dalton W. O’Neal of Rodanthe for celebrating at the Nags Head Casino during Pirate’s Jamboree by beating up and kick ing young Ronald Cox. For being drunk on the high way, $25 and costs were paid by Wyman E. Farnsworth of Buxton. W. T. O’Neal of Kitty Hawk and James H. Burrage of Williams burg, Va. For driving drunk, Levin A. Stowe of Hatteras paid SIOO and costs. Fines of $25 and costs for care less and reckless driving were as sessed David W. Johnson of Vir ginia Beach, Harry C. White of Bayside, Va., Charles W. Carter, Portsmouth, Va., Ervin H. Gray 22, of Avon paid $35 and costs for no operator’s license, improper lights, and driving on the wrong side of the road. Five dollars each and costs were paid by Jerry W. Sawyers Bel cross for failing to yield right of way when entering highway from private road; John K. Pendleton, Elizabeth City for failing to give a turn signal, Roger C. Mihovich of Nags Head for tampering with automobile of others, removing parts. Mihovich was one of five youths engaged in this activity, four of whom paid the small fines of $5 each last week. Jesse S. Mizelle of Elizabeth City paid the $1 fine which covers fishing from a bridge. Five cases which had been pend ing for nearly two years without the defendants having been brought into court were nol prossed with leave; James W. Matthews. Wanchese, no operator’s license; Earl T. Smart, Charlotte, speed ing at 65 m.p.h.; Jas. C. Bryant, Manteo, improper equipment; Con stant A. Cherry, speeding and Frank McGee, no operator’s li cense. MAINTENANCE DREDGING AT AVON, OCRACOKE PLANNED Wilmington, May 7.—Plans for maintenance dredging on four projects in the Outer Banks area were announced here Tuesday by the Corps of Engineers. Col. H. C. Rowland, Jr., District Engineer, said invitations for bids are scheduled to be issued about May 8 for maintenance dredging in the Avon entrance channel, m Wallace Channel opposite Ocra coke Inlet, in the waterway. con necting Pamlico Sound and Beau fort Harbor, and In the channel from Back Sound to Lookout Bight The combined work totals about 275,000 cubic yards of material. Bids are scheduled to be opened May 29 in the office of the Dis trict Engineer. CAPE HATTERAS JOB; PARKING AND ROADS TO COST $108,367.80 Low Bid Submitted by Monroe Contractor For Two Miles of Loop Road For NPS Acting Superintendent Gustaf P. Hultman announces the award to Dickerson, Incorporated, Mon roe, North Carolina of a $108,367.80 contract for new roads and parking space on Hatteras Island. This was the lowest bid re ceived. Mr. Hultman said that this con tract will further develop the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Area and is in line with the MIS SION 66 program proposing pres ervation and adequate development of the National Park System by 1966 w-hen the National Park Serv ice will observe the golden anni versary of its establishment. The contract will complete the loop road at Cape Point as well as provide for access to the Cedar Glen Residential Area and Utility Court and boardwalks adjacent to the parking areas comprising some £jvo miles of road. Stone base, bituminous surface with concrete curb, where needed, is specified throughout the con tract scheduled for completion in 300 calendar days. With the completion of this con tract park visitors may leave the, Museum of the Sea and have ac cess to the bathing beach with ample parking, or camp at the re cently eoniglcted Cape Point Camp ground then continue on to com plete the loop tour. ONLY DAYS TO REGISTER FOR VOTING ARE THIS SATURDAY AND NEXT There are only two more days in which persons may register to vote in the Primary election on May 31. One is Saturday of this week, May 10; the other is Saturday of next week, May 17. On these days persons not registered, or those who wish to re-register, may do so by going to the usual voting place in his community, where a Regis trar is paid to sit for the purpose of registering voters. Persons within the armed forces are permitted to vote absentee, also some other persons as pre scribed by law. It is the duty of the Board of election to have bal lots ready in time to send to those persons who request them, in suf ficient time for them to be re turned on election day. It may be too late now for many persons to get their ballots if they are in for eign countries or even distant states. UNCLE SAM FROM SYCAMORE WRITES: DEAR MISTER EDITOR: Looks like they’re having a heap of trouble with them teen age mobs and school kids in Brooklyn. I come along in a day when a feller rolled his own cigarettes and his old lady rock ed her own baby and I reckon I ain’t fitten to comment on the matter. But in my time a stout switch from the nearest tree cur ed most of them teen-age dis es. From all the publicity they give it, I reckon that tree that growed in Brooklyn was the only one they had around the place. Their- teen-age mob trouble is probably on account of the short age of trees they got there. It was a sad day fer American youth when they invrtited the safety razor and quit selling strops. I see by the papers where Dulles is gitting a little worried about all that money Russia owes us and ain’t paying. He says he’s “considering bringing up the subject with Khrushchev in an effort to hasten the start of taMts about repaying.” Now that’s a system fer col lecting debts that would suit even old Ed. Next to our sys tem of giving money away to their foreign countries, our debt collecting syster with Russia is the best thing we got. It shore would help relations, fer instant, if the fell that owns the hardware store, instead of sending me a bill and hinting about gitting hisself a lawyer, would invite me out to dinner and mention off-hand something about gitting together one of these days and talking about the bill. And them fellers at the court house that sets the tax rate could stay in office from now on with that system. Instead of sending me a tax notice they could introduce negotiations leading up to a series of talks concerning the matter. I’m in favor of putting our debt collecting system here at home on a international level. What’s good enough fer them COMMISSIONERS TWICE BROKE FAITH; ONCE WITH THE DEAD AND ONCE WITH THE PEOPLE Paid High Price for Inferior Jail Job; Never Have Given An Accounting of the Cost; Thumbed Nose at the Voters and Now Ask Them To Give Tnem A Vote of Confidence and Return Them to Office. MANTEO MAN COMPLETES ADVANCED FLIGHT TRAINING i ’V' Reese Air Force Base, Tex. First Lt. Roger P. Meekins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Meekins, Manteo, has been graduated from the basic multi-engine pilot train ing program of Reese Air Force Base, Tex., received silver wings of the United States Air Force pilot. He has been re-assigned to Lake Charles AFB, La., to fly the KC-97 re-fueling aircraft of a Strategic Air Command wing. Lieutenant Meekins has been on active duty since June, 1954, and is a former air police officer. He went to Reese AFB last October, receiving 116 hours of flying train ing, as well as academic and mili tary instruction, prior to gradua tion. He is a 1948 graduate of Manteo high school and was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1954, majoring in See MEEKINS, Page Four Russians ought to be good enough fer me and you. I was reading in News Week magazine where some feller was predicting a heap of strikes and labor trouble this spring and summer. He allowed as how it could “upset the nation’s econ omy.” Now that’s something I ain’t worrying about. Most farm ers operates all the time with their economy broke down. Mine has been broken down fer years. This feller goes on to say that we might be “facing a crisis.” I can’t recall a time in 30 years I ain’t been facing a crisis. If I git a good price fer my stuff it don’t do me no good. Some farm ers is tickled pink to get fifty dollars fer a ten dollar calf, but fourth time I did it and didn’t git home with no money, I seen through it. When you git high you pay high. What I’m. looking fer is the feller that started this dad-burned merry-go-round. Another thing that’s tending to upset the nation’s economy is that we got a few folks scatter ed around the country that is trying to live within their in come. The way the Guvernment has got things geared today, all them folks is doing is just trying to mess up prosperity. Yours truly, Uncle Sam STUMPY POINT FISHERMEN TAKE SECOND BIG STURGEON ■ ■ —■ ■■ ■■ \ A sturgeon weighing 375 pounds, and being 9 feet 2 inches in length was caught in a pound net at Stumpy Point Tuesday by Calvin Payne, Riley Payne and Troy Hooper, and the fish yielded 54 pounds of caviar (roe eggs) worth $3 a pound. The meat from the fish sells on the market, usually at about 25 cents a pound. It is the second sturgeon caught this season by these men, and third seen at Stumpy Point this season. Rarely does a season end without several of the big fish being taken. Single Copy 7* Back in 1954, Dare County had $50,000 cash on hand remaining from the sale of that 680 tract donated to it in a generous gesture by the late David L. Lindquist of New York. Mr. Lindquist was ar ranging to give also 2,400 addition al acres near Oregon Inlet when he was struck down before the tarnsfer could be executed. The county got a total of more than $54,000 in cash for this land, every bit from Uncle Sam’s treasury. Some of the boys in the court house almost went wild about this cash. It was just too juicy a morsel to be stuck over there in the bank. Many efforts were conceived for spending it. Some citizens thought it ought to go to the schools; some wanted the county to establish a hospital, whereby the $50,000 would have, with state and fed eral aid, constructed a $200,000 hospital. One man alone, Victor Meekins, was responsible for the county having this land, which can be proved by records and letters, and it came about by his friendship with the New York donor, —a long friendship which had resulted from a square deal done a taxpayer while Meekins was a county offi cial. It was intended by the donor, that this land at sometime should be used for the benefit of all the people of Dare County, but the plans went astray. That intention no doubt accounts for the fact that Meekins has consistently opposed the waste of money by the Com missioners in building a jail not needed, and which called for an additional sum before the job is complete. Meekins said he felt this keenly because on his say-so, the land was given the county without a clause in the deed to provide a trustee controlling its sale, and faith with a dead man was vio lated. But, all this is material for a separate article. This article is to tell how nub'ic offi"ials, in office See BOARD, Page Four THIS APPRAISER TRIED TO CUT DOWN PROPERTY VALUES Man Working For Dare County Com missioners Skipped Out at Midnight Leaving Wrecked House and Debts Due A goofy looking red-headed young man with a Jap wife and three kids, who lived on the beach, skipped out of Dare County shortly after midnight on Friday three weeks ago, leaving the landlord with a wrecked house and a debt of $52. Orville Baum, Kitty Hawk oil dealer was a little sharper, and got his money by attaching the car of Robert F. Hopkins, the man, who had been wandering about Dare County all winter, saying what the value of the property should be. Hopkins, the goofy looking guy, was brought here from New Jer sey for the Dare County Commis sioners, along with the firm which employs him, Associated Surveys of 30-34 Howe Ave., Passaic, N. J. He calls upper New York state his home, but has only been back in the country from Japan since 1952. He brought home a Jap wife, and they have three children. He rented a house from Wilson Wright of Kill Devil Hills. He was represented by his employers, (who are being paid $22,000 by Dare County,) as a being a man of fine character aqd wonderful knowledge and ability about property, al though he had never seen Dare County before. And that is what the people got turned loose on them, and it is not surprising that with such a simple and reckless greenhorn turned loose in Atlantic Township, its valuations shot from six to 15 million dollars. Orville Baum got wise to him, and attached his automobile to get i some SSO due. Mr. Wright had been trying to collect, having fur nished him with $52 worth of oil. On Friday evening he assured Mr. Wright he was replacing the oil. Sometime during the night, he skipped out, taking the house keys i with him, and leaving the house .wrecked up and smelling like a I hog-pen from accumulated filth. One promise made by the commis sioners has been made good. This appairaer saw to it that the value of Mr. Wilson’s property was cut down for the time being.
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