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VOLUME XXIV NO. 36 DAN LEWARK HURT ABOARD VESSEL IN CHESAPEAKE BAY Three Men Injured When Tug boats Collide in Fog Sat urday Morning William Dan Lewark, 46 of Man teo, mate on a tugboat out of Bal timore was one of three men hos pitalized following a crash at 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning near Sharps Island, Md. Two fog-bound tugs and their barges crashed in Chesapeake Bay, approximately 30 miles north of the Potomac River junction. The collision destroyed the wheelhouse of the Baltimore-based William E. Voyce. No damage or injuries were reported by the Pa tricia, a Norfolk tug owned by C. G. Willis Inc. A Navy helicopter from Patux ent River Naval Air Test Center, Md. and an ambulance rushed the injured to the Calvert County Hos pital in Prince Frederick, Md. Mr. Lewark had severe head injuries, condition serious. He is a , well known boatman, hunting and xfishing guide from Dare County. Charles Parks, 56, Baltimore, head and chest injuries, condition serious. Kenneth Moore, 28, Ransome ville, N. C. multiple abrasions, con dition not serious. The collision occurred in zero visibility. The Patricia towed the Baltimore tug to Dares Beach, on the west side of the bay, after the collision, the Coast Guard report ed. The Voyce was beached and a 40-foot Coast Guard patrol boat, dispatched to the scene, helped transport the men to shore. The Baltimore tug was taken in tow by two others sent out of Bal timore to take her back, the Coast Guard reported. The Patrica, skippered by Capt Al Caddell, continued on her voy age to Paulsboro, N. J. She was carrying a cargo of paper. WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION SET UP IN DARE COUNTY Dr. W. W. Harvey, Jr. Named Presi dent; Ten Subscribe Membership and Pay Dues Sunday A Dare County Waterways As sociation was set up Sunday at a meeting held at Oregon Inlet, and Dr. W. W. Harvey, Jr. of Manteo ■was named President; First Vice President is Donald Oden of Hat teras, with possible other Vice- Presidents to be named at a later meeting. Wallace Gray of Manteo was named Secretary and Way land Baum of Wanchese, treasur er. Ten persons contributed dues of $5 each for a year. The purpose of the organization is to work for the improvement of essential waterways in all areas of Dare County. The meeting is a continuation of a former organi zation which grew out of the Ore gon Inlet Association, so long spearheaded by the late Alvah H. Ward. A plan of campaign is to be set rip for consideration at an early meeting. The following persons at tended; Dr. Harvey, Wallace Gray, Tom Basnight, Fred Basnight, K.. G. Ward, H. A. Crees, Jr., Charles Midgett, Victor Meekins, and A. H. Jr., all of Manteo; Wayland Baum, Warren Gallop, Gilbert Til . lett, Sam Tillett of Wanchese; Woodrow Edwards of Waves; and Charles Nunemaker of Colington. The former organization had re cently submitted about a dozen names to the County Board of Commissioners for approval and of these persons, only about four showed up for the Sunday meet ing. Conflicts of meetings by oth er organizations at the same time kept several away, and others from Hatteras Island could not at tend due to uncertainty of ferry schedules at Oregon Inlet. SUDDEN DEATH CLAIMS MANTEO SHOESHOP OWNER Willie Irvin Luton, 58, a lifelong native of Pasquotank County died suddenly at 12:15 a.m. Wednes day at Albemarle Hospital, fol lowing a sudden attack a few hours before. Ten days ago he had established himself in the shoe repair business in Manteo, and the community was pleased when he opened this needed shop, opposite the Fort Raleigh Hotel. He was the husband of Mrs. Annie Luton, the son of Mrs. Eu gena Price and the late William Luton of Pasquotank County. He had resided for the past eight years at 838 W. Fearing St, Elizabeth City. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Amy E. Corbett; a brother, John R. Luton; two sisters, Mrs. W. S. Meads and Mrs. G. C. Meads, all of Pasquotank County, two grandchildren. He was a member of the First Methodist Church of Elisabeth City. The body was taken to Twiford’sl Funeral Home. THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA MANTEO GIRLS WIN TOURNAMENT HONORS AND GLORY FOR THEIR SCHOOL s ’ (i ' I jfilw fl ’ fl i K-.- - >■ I By I 'Ky y ~ ’tiismi ftiii iuar mniir . K. 1 jB tL BwSk R 3B I / 1 r >1 i« U S V - fl flk <. A.' ® > i K H fl \ si*:,/ ibSf ' jnkm Lt.. f W w f p I GREAT satisfaction comes to the fans of the Manteo School’s girl’s team which captured the Tidewater Conference Championship Saturday night by nosing out the Chowan High, 51 to 48 in a lengthy battle. Elsewhere in this paper Emmitte Winslow gives an account of the game. Above, sitting, are Verna Mann and Sandra Dowdy, foreground. Bebe Burras, Tessie Tillett, Coach A. O. Ayers, Elsie Hines and Jo Ann Ballance. DEEPER WATERS SUBJECT MAR. 19 AT STUMPY POINT STUMPY POINT—The Corps of Engineers will conduct a public hearing here March 19 on the ad visability of modifying the water way project that selves this fish ing center. The hearing will be held in the school auditorium at 10 a.m. and will be presided over by Col. H. C. Rowland, Jr., District Engineer. The hearing will permit interest ed people to express their views on whether or not the seven-foot channel should be deepened and widened, and also to give their views on the need for a breakwa ter to protect the harbor. Information is desired on boats which use ports for harbor or ref uge, number which use harbor while waiting for outside weather to clear up, or prospective number if improvements are accomplished. Also requested is information concerning benefits expected from improvement to channels and bas ins such as: Savings in operation costs due to increased depths and widths; value of increased catch due to availability of more ade quate channels and basin with re gard to both edible fish and shell fish; decrease in spoilage due to more or better channels and har bors; prevention of storm damage to vessels because of breakwater or access to harbor through improved channels; reduction in damage to hull, rudders, and propellers, by class of vessel, due to more ade quate channel; and increased safe ty and convenience to navigation resulting from adequate channels and basins. ROANOKE ISLAND OES TO ENTERTAIN MASONS The members of Roanoke Island Chapter No. 79 OES will give a dinner Saturday March 7th at the Dare County Shrine Club at 7 p.m. in honor of the Masons and their ladies of the two Roanoke Island Lodges of Manteo and Wan chese. Mrs. Andrew Tillett is the pro gram chairman. Mrs. Lois Bridges is chairman of the dinner commit te, which consists of Mrs. John Garrison, Mrs. Leo Midgett, Mrs. Sam Midgett, Mrs. Jack Wilson, Mrs. Edw. Wescott, Mrs. Jaccie Burrus, Mrs. Jack Twiford, and Mrs. John Finn. Dinners of this kind are fre quently held by the Eastern Star for members of the Masonic Lodge. Heads of the Eastern Star Chapter are Mrs. Lucille Midgett, Worthy Matron and her husband, Chesley Midgett, Sr. is Worthy Patron. N. C. SHELL CLUB TO CONVENE AT NAGS HEAD Described as “a week-end of new shelling' adventures on the glorious Outer Banks,” the N, C. Shell Club under the leadership of Hatteras born Harry Davis, director of the State Museum will convene this week end at Nags itead. They will make headqarters at The Carolini an. Saturday will be devoted to shell collecting on the beach north of Caffeys Inlet. Herman Weil a mem ber of the club will display unusual '’hells and Jess Newman’s Shell Museum will be on the itinerary of I the group. Davis stated up to 80 members of the Club are expected. UNCLE DOCK FROM DUCK WRITES: Give Everyone His Share, But Make Everyone Carry His Part of The Load Dear Mr. Editor: This may be a rambling kind of letter but lately I have been con sidering a lot of things I hear people talking about. You know last year how people were so hot about wanting somebody who would stand up and stop wasting taxpayers’ money. Some of these folks now are trying to see how much money they can cause to be spent. I also notice that some folks who gripe most about their taxes being high are the ones who pay least. There are some laws I wish could be passed. One of them is to make it a crime to pay out tax payers’ money to people who won’t pay their own taxes. Anoth er is to make it against the law for any man to serve on any board, town or county, who owes taxes, but who is in position to tax other people, and to value their property. Just about the biggest trouble in our country is the burdens thrown on the people by such of fice holders who are crazy about spending other folks’ money. Mr. Editor, as you remember, I have sometimes mentioned be fore that it looks like we are run ning the schools for the benefit of the old folks rather than the chil dren. I think it should be a rule that people who have no children in school should give way to those who have. They should not be put on our school committees and Boards of Education. I know some of our best folks don’t longer have children in school, and might do a good job, but I think we should put the heaviest load on those who get the most benefits from it. I say give everyone his share of what is due him from our Govern ment, but be sure that everyone carries his part of the load. If we would live by this motto, we would find less people chiseling off the other fellow. You would find more people glad to do better by their neighbors. I think we are getting lopsided on the subject of sports. There are some people who act as if they believe sports in schools and col leges should come ahead of book learning. When you come to exam ine these people closely you will find too many of them who are looking for a cheap form of en tertainment, made possible by the taxpayers and often at the ex pense of the children who lose time from their studies. We got a few in our schools and colleges who excel in sports, but when you take them out, this leaves the majority with nothing of which they can be personally proud. Those who can’t qualify for sports, and having so little to do, no wonder some of them run around loose and become classi fied as delinquents, while classes are suspended or school is turned out for practicing games. Mr. Editor, our children have got to make their way in life by what they know, and they can’t qualify for a living if all their interest in school is in sports. It’s got so nowadays it looks like part of this great interest in sports is an excuse for the teachers to close school for a half day and take off, and to let the kids loose to run around. I still say sports would not get much headway if they were not promoted for the benefit of the MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1959 few adults who get great kicks out of it. Rarely do we give prop er attention and enough credit to the children who do the hard work and bring honor to their team. Well Mr. Editor there’s always something to block the way to ben efitting the children. Used to there were people anxious to serve on the school committee, but that was back in the days when being on the school committee could help a fellow get the teachers to board. Now there ain’t no more teachers boarding out, and now you can hardly get a committee. It’s got to be difficult to find a man willing to serve on the Board of Education See DOCK, Page Eight DARE RACCOONS SHIPPED AWAY TO THE HIGHLANDS John Tom Ambrose and Willie Crain recently transferred live raccoons from a eage in Manns Harbor to a track which transfer red the animal and 39 others from the Dare mainland to Cabarrus County Saturday. Alive, the ’coons bring $5 each while their pelts, if they had been skinned, would have netted trappers less than one dol lar on an average. Purchaser of the live raccoons was the Sports man’s Coon Club of Concord, Sale of the animals was supervised by John Oberheu, district Wildlife Resources biologist of Kinston. Each animal was marked with metal tag in its ear. In Cabarrus County the raccoons will be re leased to stock the woods of that area and thus provide sport for coon hunters some 300 miles from Dare County. STUMP SWAMP PANTHER IS SIGHTED AGAIN MANNS HARBOR—The panther of stump swamp which made news last year has been sighted again by travelers on U. S. Highway 264 between Manns Harbor and Stumpy Point. The latest report of seeing the huge cat-like animal was by Lloyd Styron of Hatteras. He made the report here to Game Protector W. S. White. The dark colored animals ac cording to numerous reports re ceived in recent months is about seven feet long and the size of a large dog. It is now considered very likely that the panther (actu ally a cougar) is the same animal as the mountain lion of western states and the Florida Everglades. Similar animals have been re ported in recent years in the big woods of Maine and in Nova Scotia. They usually inhabit dense woods where deer are plentiful be cause deer is the animal’s principal food. WATCH YOUR PAPER For Expiration Date Renew Promptly Du* to a ihortag* of office help, we have discontinued sending reminders of subscription expiration. The date Is printed on your paper each week or the address on the wrapper, wh*n mailed In wrappers. Do not blame us if you do not get the paper. An increase in subscription price to $3.50 per yepr will become effective In late spring. All persons Interested In subscribing may do so now at the old price of $3 per year, or old subscrip tions may be extended now at $3 per year; four years for $lO. THE COASTLAND TIMES Manteo, N. C. STATE PRESIDENT MEETS WITH MUSIC CLUB, NAGS HEAD Mrs. Van Martin Guest Soloist; Out-of-town Guests Join Local Club Members For Meeting Mrs. C. B. Jefferson of Chapel Hill, president of the North Caro lina Federation of Music Clubs was guest speaker- Tuesday evening when the Roanoke Island Music Club met at the Carolinian Hotel, Nags Head. Accompanying her was Mrs. A. J. Fletcher, former state president of the organization, who was recognized by Mrs. Julian Oneto, president of the local club. Others recognized were Mrs. J. B. Aiderman of Elizabeth City, first vice-president of the state federation; Mrs. Rennie William son of Manteo, former district di rector and former state chaplain; Mrs. Margaret Foreman Love and Rodney Trueblood of Elizabeth City, Mrs. Victor Meekins of Man teo, all former district directors; Mrs. Louise Meekins of Manteo, former district secretary; and Mrs. V. T. Chears of Kill Devil Hills, vice-president and program chair man of the Roanoke Island club. The musical program was pre sented by Mrs. Van Martin, guest artist, of Elizabeth City, with Mrs. W. C. Morse as accompanist. Mrs. Martin, who is a soprano, sang “With Verdure Clad” from Haydn’s “Creation;” “Floods of Spring” by Rachmaninoff; and “Sounds” by Gustav Klemm. A record attendance of club members and associate club mem bers gathered to greet the visitors; and a large number of members of the Elizabeth City Music Club and the Musical Tempo Club of Eliza beth City joined them for the oc casion. Following the program a social hour was held in the hotel’s Pine Room. The refreshment table fea tured an arrangement of pink ca mellias. Mrs. V. T. Chears poured punch, which was served with par ty snacks and individual cakes. Mrs. Jefferson and Mrs. Fletcher spent several days this week at Nags Head, making arrangements for the 1959 meeting of the N. C. Federation, which will convene in May at the Carolinian. Mrs. Jef ferson has announced that the speaker for the convention will be the national federation’s vice president, Mrs. Arthur C. Bulluck of Canton, Pa. She has also an nounced that two choral groups of young people will appear on the Friday luncheon program of the convention. These will be the High Chorale Group of the Washington, N. C. school; and the Boy’s Un changed Voice choir of Kannapo lis. The performance of these two groups should inspire local club members to get busy and do some thing about choral music in the schools of Dare County. FEW CASES TRIED IN DARE RECORDER COURT During the past two weeks court business in Dare County was light. The following cases have been dis posed of, mostly submissions: John Arthur Williams, drank on high way $25 and costs. Charles Edward Wroten, driving on the wrong side of road and speeding, sls and costs. Orville McM. Daniels, ignor ing stop-sign, $5 and costs. Elbert Eugene Gallop, careless and reck less driving, $25 and costs. Donald E. Barnett, improper equipment. $5 and costs. The foregoing all of Wanchese. Rev. Lindberg White of Manteo, coming from Nags Head to get to church on time, entered the 35- mile zone going 45 and was fined $5 and costs as he followed too close. Eugene Tunney Cobb of Pinetops driving on wrong side, and improper equipment, $5 and costs. Marvin Beasley, Manns Harbor, trapping without license, $lO and costs. Mary Louise Lamb Lengfield of Elizabeth City submitted to giving worthless checks to several beach merchants in the total sum of $100; was allowed to make good the checks and pay the court costs of $7.80. Frank Dean, Bill Anderson and W. E. Twiford were the mer chants who complained. DISTRICT MEETING SAT. OF THE REBEKAH LODGES The 82nd Session of Rebekah Lodges of the First District will be held Saturday, March 7th at the Carolinian Hotel, Nags Head, with Manteo Lodge hostess, Mrs. Kath erine Kennedy, President It will be also the occasion for electing new officers for the Manteo Lodge. Registration will begin at 9:30; coffee hour 9:46; meeting at 10:80, followed by luncheon, etc. Lodges of Swan Quarter, Elizabeth City, Rodanthe and Manteo make up the district State officials from Goldsboro, Wilmington, Winston- Salem and Raleigh are expected to ■ attend. DARE JOINS WITH TYRRELL ASKING NIGHT FERRY TRIPS ACROSS RIVER AND INLET Commissioners Change Custom of 80 Years and Will Hold Regular Meetings On Mondays. Endorsement of Hatteras and Stumpy Point Harbor Projects Ordered; Community Roads Approved; Mosquito Control Approved. WINS GOLD KEY ART AWARD IN GREENVILLE MISS JO ANN BALLANCE of Manteo was the recipient of a gold key award Monday, March 2, when winners in a contest sponsored by WNCT-TV in Greenville were pre sented their prizes on a television program at five o’clock. Miss Ballance, who is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Bal lance, is a senior at Manteo High School, and was the only entrant from Dare County. This Scholastic Art Award was received for achievement in the category of colored pencil drawing. There were 150 entrants from 36 counties, and Miss Ballance was one of 30-chosen from this number for the excel lence of her work. OTTERS HARASS CROATAN SOUND SHAD FISHERMEN MANNS HARBOR—Cormorants and heron have been finding shad fishing good in the nets of Croa tan Sound commerical fishermen. Then otters learned of this new source for food, according to re ports here and at other shad fish ing communities of the Dare Coast. Jaccie Burrus who has a pound net set for shad just south of the William B. Umstead Bridge span ning Croatan Sound reported see ing an otter in the bunt of his net having a feast of shad last week. He reported the incident when he returned to port and W. S. White local game protector told a news reporter. “In addition to the otter report ed by Burrus, another fisherman, Wallace Taylor who has pound nets in the Roanoke marshes area said that his fish had been taken by ot ter. One morning he found the heads of five shad and was confi dent that the bodies of the fish had been eaten by otter,” said White. “It is illegal to kill the otter at this season. The animals may be killed or taken in traps not later than February 15,” he said. Many otter are caught by trap pers in Dare. The pelts of the ani mals bring up to S2O and some times more when they are legally taken during open season, it was stated. NORPORT CHORALEERS IN MANTEO FRIDAY, MARCH 13 On Friday, March 13, the Roa noke Island Music Club will pre sent an unusual program featuring ‘he “NORPORT CHORALEERS.” This group is under the direction of George Hauser who attends the Fred Waring Workshop every summer. Mr. Hauser will present a program in the Fred Waring manner, featuring specialty acts which will include an accordionist. This program is being sponsored by the Music Club as a benefit to help pay for the piano which was put in the school last year. It will be held in the new high school audi torium at 8:15 p.m. A charge of SI.OO will be made for adults and fifty cents for children over twelve. Please note that all children under twelve will be admitted free if they are accompanied by their parents. By admitting these children free, the club hopes to give them the opportunity of hearing some enjoy able live music, which is sure to appeal to them. The popularity of these singers is attested by the fact that ap proximately 80 of their fans have chartered a bus to come to Manteo to hear them. Single Copy 70 The Dare County Board of Com missioners this week approved a change of meeting date which up sets the schedule of history in Dare County for 80 years. Hence forth the regular meetings of the Board will be held on the first Monday in each month, instead of the first Tuesday after the first Monday. Holding the meetings on Tues day began in sailboat days which made it necessary for a man to be away from home on a Sunday in order to get to meetings on time. Courts formerly began on the same schedule. The Board of Edu cation still holds to the old cus tom. The Board joined with Tyrrell County in an appeal to the State Highway Commission for addition al ferry service across Alligator River and Oregon Inlet. Chairman Harry Swain of the Tyrrell Board visited the Board and requested cooperation in the fight against salt water in Alligator River. The Dare Board pledged aid by in structing Co. Attorney McCown to give aid in implementing the ar gument with briefs from Dare County. On the Dare committee are V. G. Midgett and W. S. White of Manns Harbor and Wm. Ernst, Jr. of Manteo. Dr. W. W. Johnston, district health officer, and Sidney Ussry, engineer with the State Board of Health, appeared and offered a plan for mosquto control work this year, and which the Board took under consideration. The Board agreed in principle to adopt some mosquito control work this year. It is planned to appoint an advis ory committee of five to assist in this work when it begins next month. Petitions from citizens repre senting some 57 families in Hat teras community were brought to the Board by George Fuller, to See BOARD, Page Eight MANNS HARBOR WISHES TO FILL VACANCY ON BOARD OF EDUCATION A strong movement is headed up in the Manns Harbor section of the Dare County mainland to ask the County Representative to fill a vacancy on the Board of Educa tion by a citizen of their locality. They say that their community should have the member because it has most children from the main land attending the Manteo school which serves the whole area. They also ask this recognition of their community on the basis that a division of representation in the county Government is important to maintain confidence and good will between communities. Inas much as the community of Stumpy Point now has the County Commis sioner, they think the other end of the District, should be recognized with the member of the school board. Leland Wise of Stumpy Point, who has been a member of the Bnard for the past two years has become no longer a member of the Board due to the rule against dou ble office-holding. He has been for several months an agent of the De partment of Conservation and De velopment, assuming a place form erly held by his father, U. G. Wise, who has retired as an oyster in spector. It may be he has not act ually and legally been a member of the Board since assuming his new duties. General rumor is that Rep. Etheridge has promised the place to Floyd Hooper, a well-known citizen of Stumpy Point. The rep resentative Snakes the appointment of the Board in Raleigh. In Kenne keet township, no one filed in the primary, and this place is now va cant. C. T. Williams, 111, a promi nent young businessman of Avon, is expected to be appointed to this vacancy. ONETO NEXT PRESIDENT MANTEO ROTARY CLUB Julian Oneto, go-getting hotel man, manager of the Carolinian at Nags Head, has been named by the nominating committee as the new president of the Manteo Rotary Club. William Ernst, Jr. for Vice-President; Dan Morrill, Secretary; and Bob Gibbs, Treas urer. Wallace Gray and Gordon 1 Kellogg have been named to the ■ Board of Directors. The new offi ' cers will not take office until June. Aycock Brown is currently the I club president
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