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VOLUME XXIV NO. 3 A BIG PICNIC AND MANY OFFICIALS IN , DARE CO. JULY 31 Many State Officials and Legisla tors Expected on "Ether- ' idge Day" A great response has been mani fested to the Bruce Etheridge Day celebration at Fort Raleigh, Roa noke Island on July 31, Chairman Frank Cahoon said this week. Chairman Cahoon says he has re ceived many messages from promi nent state officials, members of ' the legislature and others to indi cate that there will be a large crowd. Sheriff Cahoon said also that many voluntary contributions had come to him from ’ interested friends of Mr. Etheridge, both in and out of Dare County, for the . purpose of making a success of the celebration in honor of the 80th birthday of Mr. Etheridge, who is Dare County’s representative in the General Assembly, a former State Senator, and for 16 years Director of the Department of Conservation and Development. Many of these officials and Rep resentatives have not visited Dare County in several years. Some not at all, and it will be a fine oppor tunity for them to get acquainted with this part of the state and to observe the progress that has been , made by its people, in spite of few opportunities. “Some of this progress, “Chair man Cahoon says, “has been helped greatly by the efforts of Mr. Eth eridge, who as level headed, able and influential public servant, has always represented his country with dignity, winning both it and himself great prestige and affec tion throughout the state.” It is considered a rare opportu nity on July 31, whereby the peo ple of Dare County can meet so many of the officials of the state on whom this county must look to for recognition at Raleigh. It is an opportunity for Dare County people to maintain the old time See PICNIC, Page Six SPORTS PROMISE MUCH FOR TOURIST THROUGH SEASON With Other Entertainment, Vaca tion Season Is Blooming at Its Best By AYCOCK BROWN Thia is the season for Gulf Stream and inshore fishing in Dare Coastal waters. Anglers have their choice of a variety of fish ing. Inshore there are three fishing piers in the Nags Head-Kitty Hawk area. When the fish are bit ing, which usually is each day when the tides are right, the pier fisherman or those casting in the surf catch a variety of species ranging from flounder and sea mullet, to blues, trout and croak ers. These species are taken aboard one’s own boat he may have brought on trailer to Dare, or from craft that may be rented or char tered at many fishing centers, fresh and salt water boat liveries. For the vacationist who brings his private boat to the coast, and an increasing number of persons are doing that, it is not difficult to ind landing ramps. ThSre are state find landing ramps or launching sites in the Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head, Manteo, Wan are similar facilities for launching small ci aft on Hatteras Island. Most popular fishing centers in the Nags Head-Roanoke Island area are located at Oregon Inlet and Wanchese. Oregon Inlet is headquarters for the Gulf "Stream fleet in this im mediate area. Many from Nags Head bent on Gulf Stream fishing also catch the early morning fer ries to Hatteras Island and sail from the fishing port of Hatteras where there are at least two fish inging centers with boats avail able for Gulf Stream trips. Big Catches of Big Fish It has been almost unbelievable the number of great blue marlin that have been taken with rod and reel from waters off the Dare Coast by anglers aboard Oregon Inlet and Hatteras-based cruisers. Through July 15 the blue mar lin scote since May 19 this year stood at 49 for Dare Coast waters. Before- this dispatch is published the number of these giant fish is likely to increase because there is hardly a day passes that at least one of the big fish are boated. The largest of the species taken to date scaled at 570 pounds and its runnerup was 490*4 pounds. Excepting 11 that weighed between 150 and 250 pounds, all have weighed above 300 pounds with many ranging from 400 to 450 pounds each. Bhie marlin is one of three bill- See SPORTS, Page Seven THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA MAN AND WIFE TEAM IN LOST COLONY Mr. and Mrs. George Yarrick of The Lost Colony Chorus and cast. He doubles as Simon Fernando and she doubles as Margery Harvey. On the great stage of Waterside Theatre they are shown with their 3- year-old daughter, Catherine. (Aycock Brown Photo) HUSBAND-WIFE TEAM ENRICH CAST OF LOST COLONY By ELIZABETH WELCH When The Lost Colony opened its 18th season June 28, this year, present in the cast were two form er “alumni” who returned after a seven-year absence to play impor tant roles in the drama which is presented annually in the Water side Theatre on Roanoke Island. For this husband-and-wife team, the seven years have been filled with varied experiences in music and in theatre, and, in the last three years, by their small daugh ter, Catherine, who is a full-stage production in herself. George and Bunny Yarick .of Princeton, N. J. met while they were both students at Westminster Choir College and, after singing and working together, they decided to try combining marriage and two careers. Bunny is Doris Burns Yarick, I daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Burns, 705 McKnight Street, Bel mont, N. C. George is the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Yarick, Jr., Myers Lake, Canton, Ohio. It was in 1951 that George and Bunny came to The Lost Colony as members of The Lost Colony choir. They were on their honey moon that summer, and from their first glimpse of this famous little island George and Bunny fell in love with everything about it . . “Its tranquility and perfect peace,” as Bunny expressed it. They want to build a home here someday, as so many of the cast have done or are doing. From this first summer’s experi ence in The Lost Colony, Bunny and George went back to school, Bunny to Westminster to her B. M. degree, George to graduate at Ith aca College with a B. S. Degree in English, a minor in Music and electives. In the summer of 1952 both sang with the Neptune Music Circus at Asbury Park, N. J. In the fall of ’52, they went to the West Coast to study in California,' and here George sang wih the Los Angeles Light Opera Company. Theft he went with the company of John Brown’s Body directed by Charles Laughton with a cast of Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter and Raymond Massey. During this time he was a member of the Walter Schumann Singers. While George was performing professionally, Bunny was teach ing at the Julia Ann Singer School in Los Angeles and serving as Minister of Music at Christ Luth eran Church' in Monterey Park, California. Her “leisure” time was spent in doing, concert, oratorio and opera engagements. That is, until George joined the John Brown’s Body Company. At that time, she came East to begin work on her Master’s Degree at West minster Choir College, and, in the fall of 1953, George joined the company of KISMET and came East to join her. In KISMET he performed in Boston, Philadelphia and New York, singing the roles of Slave Monger and First Muez zin. When KISMET reached New York, Bunny joined the cast as un derstudy to the role of Ayah, sing ing that role for three weeks in the absence of the regular ac tress. Bunny and George played in the more than 775 New York perfor mances of KISMET, commuting about 3,000 miles a month during the two years they were members of the New York company. Bunny was working on her Master’s De gree at the same time. She and See TEAM, Rage Seven HEADS OF STATE'S . GARDEN CLUBS TO MEET IN DARE CO. Large Assembly Expected July 21-' 22 at Carolinian Hotel at j Nags Head Presidents of the 746 Garden , Clubs scattered throughout North Carolina, State officers, the ten district directors as well as every one of the 18,000 affiliated garden ’ club members have been invited to the summer board meeting of the Garden Club of North Carolina by Miss Louise Ballard, president, at the Carolinian Hotel at Nags Head, on Monday, July 21st, and Tuesday July 22nd. Plans will be outlined by the officers and state chairmen in • Manteo, for the new year’s work ; for the fall and winter months. I The garden club members will > visit the “Elizabethan Garden” which was created and is main tained by the Garden Club of North Carolina. The garden is 10. . cated immediately adjacent to the ■ “Lost Colony” grounds on Roanoke Island on the shore of Pamlico Sound. It was on this spot that I Sir Walter Raleigh landed with the , colony of early English settlers who were lost to history. The first session of July 21, , Monday will begin at 4:00 p.m.. meeting with the President will be the District Directors. The Execu tive meeting will be at the Caro linian at 8:00 p.m. On July 22, Registration will begin at 9:00 a.m. and the Board of Directors Meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. HALLETT PERRY NAMED , COMMANDER LEGION POST Other Officers Installed at Dinner at Parkersons July 10; Parks Service Scenes Showed to Dinner Group The ladies night dinner party at Parkerson’s Hotel, Nags Head July 10th, witnessed the installa tion of Hallett F. Perry of Kitty Hawk as Commander of Fort Ra leigh Post No. 26, American Le gion, and heard a short talk by Steve Alford, State Sendee Offi cer for the Veterans Administra ' tion. Mr. Alford mentioned that ' more than $28,000 a month in vet ‘ erans benefits is coming into Dare County, not to mention retired pay, and urged that the county continue the Veterans program. The group was entertained by songs by Robert H. Midgett, a gifted Manteo singer. Afterwards, Robert F. Gibbs and Gus Hultman, presented a series of slides in col ' or of National Park activities. ’ Mr. Perry succeeds James M. Vannote of Manteo as Commander. , ’ Other officers installed were Vic ' tor Meekins, Vice-Commander, ’ Alex Davis, Treasurer; Pennel A. Tillett, Adjutant; Carlos Dowdy, Chaplain; and Will Barnett of ' Wanchese, Sergeant at Arms. REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS TO MEET IN DARE SATURDAY State Republican Chairman, Wil liam E. Cobb of Morganton, and other Republican officials will join Dare County Chairman L. V. Gas kill of Wanchese Saturday after noon, July 19th for a District con ference at the Wilbur Wright Hotel, Kill Devil Hills. The meet ing will begin at 4 p.m. Chairman Gaskill urges all interested Repub licans in the county to attend. The meeting will be for the Republican Executive Committee of the First District. A successor to Richard Williams of Newton, State Secre tary, who has resigned, is expected to be named. MANTEO, N. C„ FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1958 DARE CO. BUDGET IS SBO,OOO HIGHER THAN CURRITUCK'S Currituck Spends $45,000 More on Schools; Operates on Fourth Less Than Dare Although it has upwards of 1,000 more in population, and has a sim ilar welfare load as Dare County, the budget just adopted shows Cur rituck County is spending $45,000 more to educate its children than Dare will spend this year, and its tax budget is nearly a third less than Dare County’s. The total budget in Currituck is $219,581.37, while Dare’s budget is $299,964.54. Currituck spends only $9,000 on health while Dare spends $33,140. It spends nearly $6,000 less to run its welfare department than Dare County spends. It has 70 less cases, but it has 17 more of old age assistance, 16 more aid to de pendent children. Currituck with 30 disabled, has half as many as Dare, and it has only 12 blind while Dare has 48. Currituck has a library budget listed for $2,500 while Dare has $13,959. Its school budget is $104,- 881.26. The home and farm agent service gets $7,949.60: the county accountant’s office, $1,902; mos quito control $5,000; and the tax rate is $1.50, the valuation being much smaller than that of Dare County. COLUMBIA MAYOR TO MOVE TO GOLDSBORO ' J ■ IB ■ Ww \ Bt PAUL L. LIVERMAN, Mayor of Columbia, after 25 years going steady in the newspaper field in his home town and county, has re signed his job to take up newspa per work in Goldsboro with the daily News Argus, edited by Henry i Belk, a champion North Carolina newspaperman. There will also be| a vacancy in the Mayor’s office, since Mr. Liverman will move his family to Goldsboro. He has been the southside repre sentative of the Elizabeth City Daily Advance since 1933 when he began learning newspaper work under the late Herbert Peele. He has been responsible for great ad vancement and prestige of his pa per in the area. He has been active in municipal See LIVERMAN, Page Seven (' ■■ ——s— UNCLE DOCK FROM DUCK WRITES: SAYS EVERYTHING WE DO TO MAKE LIFE EASIER, ENDS UP BY MAKING IT HARDER Dear Mister Editor: I see by the papers that the Boy Scout heads in this country has had to crack down on the growing I habit of turning every Boy Scout camp outing in New York into a luxury camp. It seems they have gone so far when they go camping nowadays to learn how to get along out of doors, they have to sleep on foam mattresses, air-conditioned tents, and use in door johns. They even have to carry potato peeling machines, anti electric dish washers to these camps in order to help boys learn how to survive in the woods. Now that is about as good as we can expect out of them North ern fellows who are so free in giving good advice and new no tions to the south. I can’t see the kick -in camping out if it ain’t no different from living at home. I’ll tell you how I camped out when I was a boy. To start with, we stole a pocketful of biscuits from our mas, got a bag of sweet po tatoes, a jug of water and that’s about it We got our meat by kill ing birds, anything from sparrow size up, with a bean-shooter, or bow and arrow, or a muzzle-load er, depending upon our age and condition and what we could sneak out from home for hunting pur poses. We roasted our bird over open coals, on the end of a stick; carved it up with our old Barlow knife and ate it along with the bread we had or the sweet potatoes we had roasted in the coals, and we MANY TRAFFIC CASES BEFORE DARE RECORDER * Fines and Cosh Total $947.00 in Tuesday's Court in Dare County Traffic cases prevailed in Dare County Recorder’s court Tuesday, the oldest case being that of. Nor man Ward who was charged with reckless driving four months ago, but the case didn’t come up until this week. Fine and costs $33.20. A second warrant against Ward for beating up a 16 year old boy never had been served, and that was not tried at this term, al though there was no reason. Albert Freeman, 22 of Engel hard and James Alexander Meek ins, 17, of Manteo, both negroes were charged with speeding on the highway. Freeman was taxed with fine and costs of $113.20 and Meekins, who had no driver’s li cense, $140.20. For speeding at 45 mlies in a 35 mile zone, fines and costs of $18.20 each were charged Waddie L. Pitt | man of Norfolk; Henry S. Man ning of Windsor; R. V. Baker of Belvidere; and Hilton L. Ruth Jr., Charlotte. For being drunk on the high way, $33.20 each was assessed against Joe Lee Winslow of Jar visburg and Thelma M. Wise of Nags Head. Fines and costs in driving cases of $33.20 were levied on Larry Sanderlin of Manteo; and Nickola Roshko of Raleigh. B. B. Wolfe, 18 of Stumpy Point for speeding and driving after his li cense had been revoked, fines and 'osts of $242.70. For ignoring stop sign, J. L. •Jackson of Elizabeth City, Dr. E. L. Baker of Portsmouth paid $13.20 each. Jack Lamson, for being disorder ly in the home of Fred Brinn paid $10.70 costs. Johnny and Horatio Beck of Ro danthe, for engaging in an affray, paid $30.70. R. D. Daniels of Nor folk for speeding paid $35.20. A. O. Farrow of Buxton for reckless ind careless driving. $33.20. R. W. Newell of Williamston speeding, $28.20. C. W. Williams of Manteo, io registration plates, $13.20 Alva E. Morris, Scotland Neck, mproper lights, $13.20. J. E. Hen derson, of Greensboro, fishing on See COURT, Page Seven HAYMAN REUNION TO BE AT MANNS HARBOR SATURDAY The traditional re-union of the descendants of Capt. Daniel Hay man, a pioneer settler of this area will be held on Saturday, July 119th at 10 a.m. at the Manns Har- i j bor Methodist Church, according] Ito Mrs. Ira Spencer, Jr. A short program will be followed by a pic nic dinner. All relatives and friends of the Haymans are invited to attend and bring a picnic bas ket. Rev. L. D. Hayman, of South port, who for many years was president of the Hayman Clan, and headed up some highly successful celebrations will not be able to attend this year. He is now pastor of the Yaupon Village Methodist Church. J ate ’em skin and all. I ain’t seen nothing since that tasted better, which all goes to show that imagi nation has much to do with the enjoyment we get. Maybe the New York boys imagine they are hav ing a wonderful camping trip, and that’s about all this day and age wants to live on. But Mr. Editor, I ain’t never seen nothin’ in any way, shape or form, that takes the place of the real thing. You know I kind of feel sorry for these poor boys who don’t learn how to peel potatoes, to roast meat, or to wash dishes. They’ll wind up life as ignorant and as miserable as an old maid, never knowing what’s been missed. The people of this day and age has got their whole mind on some way to make life easier. They want to work less hours, and do less work each hour. They work them selves to death 18 hours a day, to rig up gadgets to save labor, and work six hours more to keep the gadgets repaired. It seems the more that is done to make life easier, the harder it gets for all. What is the good of saving six hours a day with the aid of a lot of gadgets, and then work 12 hours a day, to make the payments on ’em? We have to work so hard pay ing for luxuries, that we don’t have time to visit our close kin, let alone mere friends and neigh bors. We have got more cars than we’ve got garages, and we can’t find our way around home when See DOCK, Page Seven BONNER BILL IS AN EFFORT TO PROTECT RIGHTS OF ALL WHO WOULD ENJOY BOATING Fast Growing Nujnber of Boatmen, Both Experi enced and Inconvenienced Has Brought De mand for Safety Laws to Regulate the Reck less and Irresponsible Who Would Kill Fun For Others. PFEIFFER COLLEGE HEAD LOST COLONY SPEAKER ■Rag Mt KJ DR. J. LEM STOKES 11, president of Pfeiffer College since 1953, will be guest theologian at the Lost Colony worship services in Water side Theatre on Sunday morning, July 20. This will be the fourth in a series of worship services pre sented each Sunday morning dur ing the 18th season of the Lost Colony. Choral music by the Lost Colo ny Chorus under the direction of Gilbert Pirovano with George Per ry at the organ will be a feature of the service, which is open to the members of all faiths. Under the leadership of Dr. Stokes, Pfeiffer College, located at Misenheimer, N. C., has increase'! from an enrollment of 150 to 700 persons and has evolved from a junior college status to that of a senior college, and more than $1 million has been spent on new See STOKES, Page Seven WEST VA. RAISES PAY OF WORKERS DARE AND TYRRELL i Late Figures Show Payroll $200,- 000 Annually in Two Counties Effective July 1, West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company gave pay raises amounting to some $5,000 a year to its employes in Dare and Tyrrell Counties, William Ernst, Jr. said this week in the Manteo office. The company employs some 40 or more workers in Dare and Tyrrell Counties. There are 17 woodland workers and four staff workers in Tyrrell; 13 woodland workers and 11 staff workers in Dare County. The company payroll is some $200,000 a year in these counties, Mr. Ernst said. The total sum spent by the company for sup plies, materials and labor is better than a half million dollars a year in connection with its North Caro lina woodlands project in the two counties. The pay raises granted is in line with company policy to combat the rising cost of living at this time when industry generally in the na tion is in a recession. MRS. MINNIE MIDGETT, 72 DIES IN NORFOLK SUNDAY Mrs. Minnie Paxton Midgett, 72, of Manteo, died Sunday at 5 a.m. in a Norfolk hospital after a long illness. She was the widow of Peleg S. Midgett and the daughter of the late Joseph and Orenda Midgett of Rodanthe, where she was born. She was a member of Mount Olivet Methodist Church and the Rebekah Lodge in Manteo. Surviving are six sons, Edwin V. Midgett of Oceana, Camillus S. Midgett of Norfolk, Robert L. Midgett of Manteo, Levene G. Mid gett of Roslyn Heights, N. Y., John A. Midgett of Fort Pierce, Fla., and Gervis B. Midgett of Port Arthur, Tex.; three daugh ters, Mrs. Llewellyn Daniels of Wanchese, Mrs. Minnie Boykins of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. Helen Elliott of Millington, Tenn.; three brothers, Capt. Levene W. Midgett of Rodanthe, Andrew Midgett of Morehead City, and Joseph Mid gett of Manteo; six sisters, Mrs. Robert M. Baum Sr. of Norfolk, Mrs. E. R. Midgett of Rodanthe, Mrs. C. A. Midgett, Mrs. Rowena O’Neal and Mrs. Dorland Midgett, all of Waves, and Mrs. Frances Gray of Manteo. 1 A**. Single Copy 7* Representative Herbert C. Bon ner (D. N. C.), Chairman of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, announced on July 9 that he has been in formed by the House Rules Com mittee that a rule has been grant ed on H. R. 11078, thereby clearing the bill for open debate on the floor of the House. This is the legislation commonly known as “The Bonner Bill”, to promote safety in the operation of motor boats. The original legislation was H. R. 8474,, and that bill was the di rect result of extensive and ex haustive hearings held by the Committee throughout the United States over a two-year period. The present bill, H. R. 11078, is an outgrowth and a revision of the former bill, and was amended in Committee to exempt from the numbering requirement all vessels propelled by machinery of 7% horsepower or less, and further extended the reciprocal agreement between States for a period of 90 days, rather than the original 30 days. There were two other minor amendments offered to H. R. 11078, and they are now included in the bill as it will be considered on the floor of the House. Congressman Bonner said, “There has been a great deal of misunderstanding relative to what this legislation does or does not do.” In order to set the record straight, Mr. Bonner listed the fol lowing positive and negative as pects of the bill: What the Bill Does 1. Repeal the Numbering Act of 1 1918, and establish a new system of numbering for identification of all boats propelled by machinery of 7’4 horsepower or more using the navigable waters of the United States. 2. Authorize the Coast Guard to impose civil penalties for viola tions of the law as an aid to en forcement of the prohibition against reckless or negligent oper ation of vessels. 3. Authorize the numbering of boats using the navigable waters of the United States by States willing to comply with Federal standards and willing to grant re ciprocal recognition of numbers issued by other States or by the Federal Government. The States do not, under existing law, have the power to number boats using the navigable waters of the United States. 4.. Require persons involved in boating accidents to stop and ren der assistance, and render reports thereon to the appropriate Gov ernment authority. 5. Authorize the establishment of a national statistical system as an aid to determining as accurate ly as possible the nature and ex tent of boating problems, with particular reference to accidents, their causes, and preventive meas ures needed. 6. To declare it to be the policy of the Congress that the Coast Guard and the 'States enter into agreements to insure the greatest possible uniformity of boating laws See BONNER, Page Seven RYAN MIDGETT, WANCHESE DIES SUDDENLY SUN. NIGHT Ryan H. Midgett Sr., 72, died Sunday night, July 13 at 11:55 at his home at Wanchese. He had been in poor health for a long time. He was a retired fisherman. He was a native of Rodanthe and the son of the late Dorcas Far row and L. Bannister Midgett, and the husband of Mrs. Addie Smith Midgett. He was one of the most highly regarded citizens of his commu ■ nity, where he had lived many years. He was an industrious man, and with a record in which hia , large family may take pride. He , is survived by two daughters: Mrs. B. W. Park of Spartanburg, and Mrs. Glenn Dough of Canal Zone; ' by two sons, Mert T. Midgett of Norfolk and Ryan H. Jr. of Manteo. By four sisters: Mrs. Rebecca Mid- > gett of Colington; Mrs. I. V. Wil lis of Harkers Island; Mrs. Bob Woods of Arkansas, and Miss Jo • Anne Midgett of Norfolk. By five . brothers, Marvin Midgett of Kitty , Hawk, and Henry, William W., > Watson L., and Washington F of * Norfolk; five grandchildren and . five great-grandchildren. > He was a member of the Ban-
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