VOLUME XXIII NO. 50
FAVORABLE REPORT
FOR $722,000 FOR
INLET CHANNEL
Hems Also Reported For Hatteras
and Stumpy Point Harbor
Projects
The sum of $722,000 was report
ed out of committee this week in
the civil functions appropriations
bill for the Oregon Inlet to Man
teo Channel, according to a tele
gram from Congressman Herbert
Bonner. A similar amount was ap
propriated two years ago, and if
this week’s sum becomes law, will
make a total of $1,444,000.
Also, funds were reported favor
ably, for a study yof the deepening
of Rollinson’s channel at Hatteras
and a breakwater at Stumpy Point
Bay in the amount of SIO,OOO each.
Mr. Bonner has given a lot of
attention to these projects over a
period of several years. Consider
able progress has been made, due
to his diligent efforts, for in this
type of legislation, a lot of time is
required to overcome the numerous
hurdles of engineers surveys, re
ports, and re-establishment of
items in the various bills, after
they have gone through the legis
lative mills. Strong support has
been given these projects by the
various senators from North Caro
lina in recent years.
The Oregon Inlet project was
* energized by remarkable effort in
stituted by the late A. H. Ward, a
Manteo business man who spent
much tme and money in the cause,
beginning about 12 years ago.
Various individuals, organizations
and county and municipal govern
ments have joined forces in this
v.ork, and since Mr. Ward’s death,
his son Alvah Jr. has followed
through.
SCHOOL BUDGET
ITEMS DETAILED
IN DARE COUNTY
Needs For Coming School Terms
~ Listed; Total Requirements
; $131,314.07
A detailed list of requirements
for operating the schools of Dare
County during the coming term,
1958-59, and which is now await
ing disposition by the Dare County
Commissioners who must appropri
ate the money and find away to
collect it, is printed herewith:
For general control: Travel of
Superintendent,, $240; clerical
help, $390; property and cost clerk
$525; office expense, $700; Board
of Education, per diem and travel
$1,096; audit $300; Attorney, $500;
total $3,751.
Instructional service; supple
ments to salarys of elementary
teachers, $3,315; high school
teachers, $1,550; elementary prin
cipal $100; H. S. principals $515;
supplies, $3,000; home economics
salary $1,647; treasurers for
schools salaries,, $1,170, total
$11,297.00.
Operation of plant, wages, jan
itors, etc., $4,185.25; fuel $4,309;
water-light-power $2,600; janitors
supplies $500; telephones $250;
total $11,844.25
Maintenance of plant: repairs
to buildings and, grounds $19,-
585.50; repairs and replaces to
I furniture, equipment, etc. sl,-
266.82; repairs to heating, light
ing and plumbing $1,219; mainte
nance supervisor salary $3,780.
Total $25,851.32.
Fixed charges, rents, $600; in
| surance, workmen’s compensation,
I etc. $5,717; retirement SI,OOO. To-
I tai $7,317.
Auxiliary agencies: wages bus
I drivers $3,600; mechanics salary,
I $240; contract transportation $225;
I lunchrooms, $2,200; loan interest
I $300; total auxiliary agencies
1 $6,565. Grand total of all the fore-
I going items $66,625.57.
Capital Outlay
This fund is for tangible in
-9 vestment in property or equipment
I for the various schools, and in
fl eludes the following items: to be
I spent on building sites and origi-
■ nal improvements $6,397; furni-
I ture and institutional apparatus
I for the Manteo school $45,000; to-
■ tai new buildings and grounds,
I $51,397.
I Old buildings and grounds, ad
fl ditional sites and improvements,
I $1,428; alterations and additions to
■ buildings, $2,596; new heating,
■ lighting and plumbing, $8,537.50;
■ furniture and inst. apparatus $440.
|L Total, old buildings and grounds,
II $12,991.50.
H Auxiliary agencies, interest on
■ temporary loans, total S3OO. To-
■ ■tal all of foregoing capital outlay,
■ $64,688.50,
■ ‘ Total current expense and capi-
■ tai outlay $131,314.07.
In submitting its budget to the
■ Commissioners, the Board of Edu-
■ cation has passed the buck to the
■ Commissioners in case any items in
■ the budget are now allowed, by
■ making the following comment:
See SCHOOLS, Page Ten
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
GROUND BREAKING HELD FOR KITTY HAWK'S $40,000 METHODIST CHURCH ANNEX
HI mi ; • Wj
Photo by Aycock Brown
ON SUNDAY ground-breaking exercises were held at Kitty Hawk for a new $40,000 annex to the com
munity’s Methodist Church. This project is one of the largest and most unselfishly worked church under
takings of a community' the size of Kitty Hawk to be undertaken in this coastland. The building will 'con
sist of seven Sunday school rooms, two bath-rooms, and a fellowship hall. Shown in the foreground of the
picture are E. W. Baum of the Board of Trustees; Hallett F. Perry, Chairman of the Board* Capt. P. A.
Tillett, Chairman of the building fund; Rev. C. Freeman Heath, district superintendent; Rev. W. H. Mont
gomery, the pastor; Shelton Midgett, representing his father Capt. T. E. Tillett who was unable to
attend, and Carlos Dowdy, Chairman of the planning committee. Jesse E. Baum, another important
board member is not shown in the picture. The community under the leadership of these men raised
more than $20,000 of the required sum, and is continuing its campaign, expecting later some contribu
tions from Duke funds, and other church aid.
AVIATION GROUP
OF TWO STATES
AFTER BIG FISH
Party Lands 560 Lb. Blue Marlin
Saturday Fishing With
Edgar Styron
With official greetings and wel
coming remarks by N. C. Secre
tary of State Thad Eure and Carl
Goerch of Raleigh, Governor
Luther Hodges’ liaison officer on
all matters pertaining to aviation
in North Carolina, members of the
Virginia. Advisory Committee on
Aviation were met at the airport
in Manteo as they arrived late
Friday en route to Hatteras for a
week end of blue marlin fishing
as the guests of Norfolk Motor
Company owner Walter J. Wilkins.
In the group in addition to Mr.
Wilkins, Mr. Eure and Mr. Goerch
are Judge Jessie W. Dillon, com
missioner of aviation, Common
wealth of Virginia, and his son,
Peter Dillon; R. R. Smith, presi
dent, Smith Transfer Corporation,
Staunton, Va.; Woody Edmond
son, secretary-treasurer Fairways
Corporation, Washington, in whose
DC-3 most of the group traveled
to reach Manteo; Grady Dalton,
Richlands National Bank and mem
ber of the Virginia State Legis
lature; Dewey W. Swicegood, Dan
ville, Va.; Alfred Nowitsky, assist
ant director division of aeronautics,
of Virginia; Lucian Burton, man
ager, Civil Aeronautics Admin-
See OFFICIALS, Page Ten
Uncle Dock From Duck Writes:
NEED MORE LOOKING AHEAD WHEN
AGE MUST HAVE TO FIGHT ITS YOUNG
Dear Mr. Editor:
I read in the papers where four
women in a California town had
been sent to jail for not keeping
their children off the streets at
night. Seems that anybody under
18 must be home by ten o’clock.
Now this is a new one on me,
but not more than I been expect
ing. When I was a boy, we heard
an old saying about the sins of
the fathers being visited on their
children. Now it’s the other way
round, or maybe the sins of the
fathers and mothers are being
visited on themselves.
Me an my old woman don’t al
ways agree on how is best to
raise a child so he will do well
when he is grown. My idea is to
put them to work when they are
young, and the best I know around
here is to put them to work in a
boat There is something about
handling a boat that gives a boy
an education of the best kind. I
never knew a really good boatman
who couldn’t make his way any
where he found himself. Boating
sharpens a man’s wits, makes his
body strong and active and gives
him the ability for quick decisions
so he’s ready for most anything.
The old woman always said the
best way to raise a child was to
teach him to save his money, and
to look ahead. I guess all of it is
good, for my son up in Baltimore
has been courting a girl for four
years, and he wouldn’t marry her
t>efore he was able to* find her a
food job. Now that is what I call
SIOB,OOO JOB TO
BEGIN SOON AT
CAPE HATTERAS
Monroe, N. C.—W. L. Howerton,
vice president of Dickerson, Inc.,
said here construction is under
way on a road improvement proj
ect at Cape Hatteras.
Howerton said the $108,367 proj
ect consists of grading, drainage
and surfacing Cape Point Loop
Road, Cedar Glen Residence Road,
Utility Court and Boardwalk.
“One of the unusual features of
the project is the fact that it is
on an island and is virtually inac
cessible,” Howerton stated.
Clearing has already begun to be
followed by grading and drainage
work. The work is expected to be
completed by Aug. 15.
The project will provide em
ployment for approximately 25 to
30 men at the peak of construction.
Jobs will be open for approximate
ly 15 to 20 equipment operators,
track drivers and laborers.
T. L. Starnes will be the super
intendent in charge of construc
tion. His duties on the project will
include the supervision of the con
struction firm’s accident preven
tion program. The company is a
cooperating member of the con
struction safety program operated
by Carolinas Branch, the Associat
ed General Contractors of America.
Dickerson, Inc. was awarded the
contract for the Cape Hatteras
project May 6.
forethought
It sure looks like our generation
ain’t been looking ahead enough
in the upbringing of oui - young
folks when we have allowed them
to take control. We read about it
so much in other places it must
be so, but I don’t see that our
young folks in this part of the
country are anywhere near as bad
as some we read about. Os course,
we always had a few wild ones,
even when I was a boy, but a lot
of the wild ones turned out good.
Most time, a wild boy has got a
lot in him, especially of energy,
and if we can get it turned in the
right direction, he will turn out
pretty good.
The trouble seems to be in the
lack of patience and the time we
are willing to give our children.
We didn’t have so much trouble
when our kids were growing up,
for we didn’t have the expense of
“baby-sitters”. The old folks stay
ed home and were busy and they
found work for the young ones to
do, and which kept them out of
trouble.
Mr. Editor, times do change in
the fishing business. I read nearly
everywhere where strangers come
to our part of the country, spend
a barrel of money just to catch
one big fish weighing four or
five hundred pounds, and then
throw him away. When I was a
boy, Pa worked all fall to get
enough little fish to salt down in a
barrel to feed the family the rest
of the winter. Back in them days
See DOCK, Page Ten
MANTEO, N. C.. FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1958
BLUE MARLIN OFF
HATTERAS RUN TO
HEAVY NUMBERS
Unusual Run of Big Fish Bring
Glory to Devotees of Deep
Water Sport
A blue marlin swarm which
began in the vicinity of Diamond
Shoals Lightship at the edge of
the Gulf Stream off Hatteras on
May 19 continues with one and
sometimes two and three of the
giant billfish being landed in a
single day.
Os 21 blue marlin boated aboard
Hatteras-based cruiser, one weigh
ed 580 pounds, four weighed over
400 pounds, a dozen scaled at over
300 pounds with the remainder be
ing in 150 pounds, smallest re
ported so far) to 300 pounds.
Two landed by anglers aboard
Oregon Inlet-based cruisers went
over 400 pounds each. One of
these two, sharked by hammer
heads and makos, weighed 408
pounds with all of its body from
the ventral fin to and including
the tail torn away.
On Tuesday, June 10, W. D. Per
sons, 3206 Hanes Street, Richmond,
Va., with D. D. Eddleton and A. B.
Cook, teamed un to boat a 449
See MARLIN, Page Ten
MRS. EFFIE CREEF GUYNN
DIED IN NORFOLK TUESDAY
♦
Mrs. Effie Crees Guynn, 45, wife
of Robert Guynn, daughter of Mrs.
Caddie Sawyer Crees of Manteo,
and the late John S. Crees, died
after a long illness, Tuesday after
noon in a Norfolk hospital. She
was a native of East Lake, a resi
dent of Manteo, and a lifelong res
ident of Dare County. She was a
member o f Manteo Methodist
Church.
She is survived by four sisters:
Mrs. Lugeal Holmes and Mrs. Nat
Alexander- of Elizabeth City, Mrs.
Wilma Jones of Manteo and Mrs.
Inez Basnight of Norfolk. Five
brothers, Carson Crees and Ray
Crees of Manteo, Brace Crees of
East Lake, John D. of Manns Har
bor, and Harry of Norfolk. Two
sons by a former marriage, Ran
dall and Larry Holmes of Manteo.
Funeral services were conducted
at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Twiford
Funeral Home Chapel, by Rev.
Louis A. Aitken, pastor of Mt.
Olivet Methodist Church. Inter
ment was in Manteo cemetery. Pall
bearers were nephews of the de
ceased: Dennis Crees, Albert Crees,
H. Crees, Shelton Alexander, Hes
ter Holmes, and Coolidge Basnight.
The casket was covered with a
pall of pink and white carnations.
Mrs. Raymond Wescott was organ
ist and a quartet composed of
Mrs. Beatrice Brickhouse, Mrs.
Kenneth Ward, John H. Long and
Ralph Swain sang “I’ll Sing You a
Song of That Beautiful Land” and
“Nearer to the Heart of God”.
Mrs. Guynn was a young woman
with a large group of friends. She
was highly regarded and generally
loved for her cheerful nature. Des
pite illness through the years, she
was ever buoyant and with a smile
and a good word for everyone. She
had devoted many years to making
a home for her aged mother in
Manteo. Her good cheer, neighbor
liness and devotion to friends and
family will be greatly missed.
STABBING CASE
CONTINUED WHILE
VICTIM IS TREATED
Four Coling+on Youths Held Un
der $2,500 Bonds Each
Until July
A case in which four young
Colington men are charged with a
serious assault on June sth upon
the person of Robert James at the
Flamingo Restaurant at Nags
Head, was continued until July 12,
by Judge Baum in Dare Recorders
Court Tuesday due to the condition
of the victim of the assault, who
is being treated in Elizabeth City
hospital.
Herman, Chester and Ernest
Rogers and Vernon Perry are held
under $2,500 each in this case
which followed a disturbance at
the case. Perry was fined $lO and
costs, for disorderly conduct Tues
day.
Other actions in Judge Baum’s
court involved two charged with
driving while intoxicated, each be
ing fined SIOO and costs as pro
vided by statute. John Elvin Vick
of Portsmouth, Va. paid his fine
but Luther H. Midgett of Wan
chese appealed.
A fine of $25 and costs was im
posed for reckless driving on E.
V. Pledger of Norfolk.
Fines of $5 each and costs were
imposed for driving on the wrong
side of the road on Dale E. Harlan
of Oceana, Va., Byron Inman of
Buxton, Annie P. Daniels of Man
teo and Jack B. O’Neal of Engel
hard.
James M. Beasley was fined S2O
and costs for driving at 50 mph in
a 35-mile zone. Delray Bowser of
Manteo was fined $25 and costs
for driving without operator’s li
cense.
William K. Ebling of Turtle
Creek, Pa., was fined $5 and costs
for failing to yield the right of
way.
Improper equipment of one kind
or another brought $5 fines on
Lester Cochwell, Lonnie F. Sykes
of Columbia, L. D. Quidley paid
$lO and costs for assault and
threats upon Mrs. Doris Walker.
Mary Elizabeth Mann paid $25
and costs for inflicting injuries on
Elizabeth Owens when assaulting
her with a pop bottle.
BIG BLUEFISH RETURN
TO WATERS OFF DARE
Nags Head. Bluefish, more
than 300 giants of the species
weighing from 10 to 16 pounds
were boated by anglers aboard
Oregon Inlet based boats during
the past few days. Approximately
125 were boated Sunday and Mon
day.
These larger bluefish have not
been in coastal waters in such
quantities since 1935-36.
Capt. Fred Basnight of the
cruiser “Slow and Easy” stated
that the blues in the schools were
centered in the general area of
Wimble Shoals off shore from Ro
danthe, and are even larger than
those taken 22 years ago this sum
mer. “They’ll average twelve
pounds each,” he said.
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LIONS PLAN BIG TIME
AT NEXT TUESDAY MEETING
A large attendance is expected
to be on hand for the next meet
ing of Manteo Inions Club, Tues
day, June 17. This will be a ladies
night and installation of officers
for the -year beginning July 1.
Lion Phil Sawyer, Jr., of Eliza
beth City, District Governor-elect
of 31-J (our district) will be in
stalling officer. To be installed
will be President, M. K. Fearing,
Jr.; Willett Tillett, first v-pres.;
Ellsworth B. Midgett, Jr., second
v-pres.; A. H. Ward, Jr., third
v-pres.; Francis Meekins, sec.;
Melvin Jackson, asst, sec.; David
Dickie, treasurer; Jack Tillett, tail
twister Everett Liverman, lion
tamer.
TRAVEL, PHONE AND POSTAGE BILLS FOR RUNNING
COUNTY GOVERNMENT CLIMB HIGHER EACH YEAR.
The liberal allotments for travel for some officers in Dare County,
together with telephone bills and postage bills, runs into $7,484.00
for the year ending this month, and the greater part of the sum is
for travel, or $4,974.00. Each year, request for money is made of the
commissioners and granted by them, the current year’s allotment being
some $840.00 more than in the 1956-57 budget. Here are the figures:
Office or Dept. 1956-57 Budget 1957-58 Budget
Travel Phone Postg. Travel Phone Postg.
Welfare Dept. $1,680.00 350.00 200.00 1,800.00 250.00 350.00
Sheriff Dept. 2,100.00 300.00 400.00 2,400.00 400.00 500.00
Register Deeds 200.00 125.00 200.00 125.00
Clerk of Court 50.00 50.00 25.00 25.00
Co. Accountant 50.00 50.00
Farm Agent 75.00 10.00 75.00 10.00
Home Agent 90.00 15.00 90.00 15.00
Vets. Serv. Officer 294.00 120.00 25.00 414.00 120.00 25.00
Tax Supervisor 360.00 150.00 360.00 100.00 150.00
Totals $4,434.001,185.00 1,025.00 4,974.00 1,360.00 1,150.00
$6,644.00 $7,484.00
It may be observed that while some appropriations remained the
same, and the Clerk of Court cut down half on telephone and telegraph
this year, most them showed sharp increase in line with the custom of
asking more and more each year.
LEGAL ACTION PLANNED BY
TAXPAYERS’ ASSOCIATION
IN PROTEST TO RAIDING
Counsel Employed to Follow Through With Nec
essary Litigation, Appealing From Board of
Commissioners if Relief is Refused; Hearing
Requested July Bth; Unfair and Incompetent
Appraisal in No Manner Resembling Equaliza-
tion Alleged.
The Dare County Taxpayers
Association Wednesday night at a
meeting at Kill Devil Hills town
hall arranged for employment of
legal counsel to follow through
with such legal action as may be
deemed necessary in a fight
against what has been called the
“unreasonable raiding of the tax
able property of Dare County,” by
the Board of Commissioners.
The firm of McCown & McCown
of Manteo has been retained with
instructions to employ such mea
sures and additional counsel as
deemed necessary to make an all
out effort to win an equitable
evaluation of property in the coun
ty.
Chairman Walter D. Perry on
opening the meeting revealed that
several checks had been received
toward a fund to carry on the
fight, and he had many letters,
and other messages from interest
ed property owners, most of them
non-residents.
The Association has requested a
meeting with the Board of Com
missioners on July Bth whereby
the appeal of the property owners
may be presented.
This week, letters are going out
to property owners who may be
interested in joining the associa
tion and aiding it in its purposes.
More letters will follow until all
property owners may have had
an opportunity to contribute to
the cause.
Estimates of the probable cost
of appealing all the way to Raleigh
to the State Board of Equalization
if necessary were placed at up
wards of two thousand dollars to
cover cost of appraisers and others
qualified to rebut the action of the
commissioners, who wiil, of course
be expected to be fighting the peo
ple at the expense of the tax funds
of the people of Dare County.
Sentiment was' expressed at the
meeting that a restraining order
should be sought in the courts to
stop the Commissioners from pay
ing out any further sums that may
be alleged to be due for the apprai
sal job on the grounds that it is
not a fair and adequate job in
accordance with the contract made,
and that already more money has
been paid than has been earned.
It was commented on that the
several thousand more dollars this
job has cost the county in an effort
to straighten it out and pacify the
taxpayers has been an injust, un
reasonable expense and has in
flicted undue hardships on the
citizens and other taxpayers of
the county.
In order to prepare for the
fight that may be necessary in the
courts or before the State Board
of Equalization in Raleigh, a
considerable amount of labor will
be required in assembling informa
tion and figures relating to the
wide range of inequity that has
followed this attempt of the Board
to shift to the beach sections of
the county in particular, the fast
growing burden of taxation for
the operation of the county.
A rough estimate of the in
creased valuation shown in this
year’s appraisal, indicated that the
larger part of an increase of near
ly 20 millions was being added to
Nags Head and Atlantic townships,
wherein lies the principal part of
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HIGHWAY MEETING
FOR COUNTIES IN
MANTEO JUNE 17th
Invitations Sent to County and
Town Officials For Next
Week
Raleigh.—The officials of sev
eral counties and municipalities of
this area have been invited to at
tend informal Highway meetings
to be held next week in Manteo
at the courthouse on Tuesday, June
17 at 10 a.m.
These meetings are sponsored by
the North Carolina State Highway
Commission for the purpose of ex
plaining Highway policies and
procedures to local officials and to
hear road requests from County
Commissioners and Municipal offi
cials. A similar meeting will be
held in New Bern on Wednesday,
June 16.
Highway Director W. F. Babcock
will be accompanied on the tour
by Secondary Roads Officer Har
old Makepeace, Public Relations
Director Sam Beard, and Earl
Crump, Assistant Chief Engineer
for Roadway and Right of Way.
Members of the seven-man State
Highway Commission are also in
vited to attend the meetings.
Highway Director Babcock said
he has been pleased with the at
tendance and interest of local offi
cials in the various informal meet
ings which have already been held
in other areas of the State. Invita
tions to these meetings have been
sent to County Commissioners and
Municipal officials.
OCRACOKER BACK
FROM LONG STAY
IN ARCTIC CIRCLE
"Jack" Scarborough, Store-keeper
on the East Wind Has Made
Three Trips
In 1953, chief storekeeper, C. B.
“Jack” Scarborough boarded the
icebreaker USCGC Eastwind bound
for the Arctic to escort thinner
plated ships through fields of ice
to their far northern destinations.
He stayed aboard for a second tour
in 1954.
Four years later, he reboarded
the Eastwind for his third tour in
waters north of the Arctic Circle.
Jack Scarborough is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence D. Scar
borough of Ocracoke. He grad
uated from Ocracoke High School
in 1940 and two years later enter
ed the Navy.
“Joining the Coast Guard runs
in the family,” he said. “My father
had served in the Coast Guard,
and my grandfather, Christopher,
had been in the Revenue Service
before it merged With the Coast
Guard in 1915 Around 1946, my
brother Allen also enlisted in this
service-and is now a chief boat
swain’s mate.
“There didn’t seem to be much
choice. In 1949, I signed on in the
Coast Guard at Boston. It’s a
career with me now.”
The Eastwind left Boston for
the Arctic in early May this year.
“Our first assignment,” Chief
Scarborough said, “was to escort
a tanker and a repair ship through
a field of ice nearly fifty miles
long and averaging 2% to
feet in thickness. They were
bound for a site north of the
Circle.”
The Eastwind is one of 52 ships
comprising a Task Force com
manded by Rear Admiral Donald
T. Eller, USN, who also commands
the Navy’s Military Sea Trans
portation Service, Atlantic Area.
The ships carry supplies to mili
tary sites in the Arctic,” Chief
Scarborough said. Some of these
sites are the distant Early Warn
ing Line radar stations built to
detect potential enemy forces ap
proaching this continent from the
polar region.
MSTS has serviced the north
since 1950. During that time, her
ships have carried more than 2%
million measurement tons of con
struction material and dry cargo,
and over 19 million barrels of pe
troleum products.
“Arctic duty aboard an icebreak
er is a strange experience,” the
Chief said. “Our job is to inten
tionally collide with heavy ice, to
pound it and smash open a path
through which the thinner
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