VOLUME XXIV NO. 39
MEETING HELD IN
* DARE TO ORGANIZE
FOR CIVIL DEFENSE
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State Official Attends In Manteo
to Assist R. F. Gibbs
Monday Night
At a meeting presided over by
Frank M. Culvern of the State
Civil Defense Office in Raleigh and
by Robert F. Gibbs, Dare County
director of Civil Defense, organi
zation began Monday night in
Manteo at the courthouse.
Further meetings will be held
as needed. Meanwhile, Col. Gibbs
and Mr. Culvern have been work
ing all the week setting up the
‘organization. They express them
selves as highly pleased and grate
ful at the cooperation given.
About 60 persons attended the
Monday night meeting, and they
included Sheriff Frank Cahoon,
Police Officer Dan Cannady, Dr.
W. W. Johnston, district health of
ficer, Mrs. Mary Evans, supt. of
schools; Mrs. Goldie Meekins, wel
fare supt.; David Stick, Woodrow
Edwards and Victor Meekins of
the County Board of Commission
ers.
Mr. Culvern expects to return in
about two weeks to continue to as
sist the local organization.
CONTRACT LET ON
BIG VESSEL FOR
OCRACOKE FERRY
Taylor Bros. Craft to Go In Serv
ice To Sea Level Labor Day
This Year
Announcement was made yester
day that a contract was let March
16 for the construction of a pro
posed ferry to go into service be
tween Sea Level and Ocracoke Is
land on Labor day this year. The
vessel will cost uppwards of a
half million dollars. The vessel yet
Av be named will be built for Tay
/ lor Brothers of West Palm Beach,
'Fla., and Sea Level, N. C.
Bids were opened at the office
of D. E. Taylor in Norfolk, and
award of the building contract has
been made to Wiley Manufacturing
Company, oi Port Deposit, Mary
land, specialists in marine con
struction. No bids were received
from shipyards in North Carolina.
There were eleven bids, ranging
from the low bid to a high bid of
$528,030.00.
This modern and well equipped
vessel was designed by the Coast
Engineering Company, of Norfolk,
Virginia, Naval Architects and
Marine Engineers. The ship’s hull
model was tested in the Experi
itfnental Towing Basin of Stevens
Institute at Hoboken, New Jersey,
for horsepower requirements,
speed and wave-making character
istics. The hull is of the hydrocon
ic tunnel stem type, ideal for op
erating in shallow waters, and
modified to give unusual ability in
rough and deep waters also.
The vessel is to be fully
equipped with all modern safety
'and navigational aides, including
See VESSEL, Page Four
SERIOUS INJURIES TO
SEVERAL NEGROES MONDAY
Two In Hospital With Broken Bones;
'A Creecy Daniels and James
Gibbs, Drivers
In a collision Monday afternoon
two miles northwest of Manteo,
between two cars driven by James
C. Daniels, and James Gibbs, Roa
noke Island Negro men, serious
injuries resulted to Gibbs, who was
driving alone, and to Jerry Bell
McCleese, who was riding with
Daniels. Gibbs is in Elizabeth City
hospital being treated for broken
ribs. McCleese sustained a broken
leg and other injuries. The leg had
recently healed from a former
break. It is now broken in a sec
ond place. Others in the party with
i Daniels were John L. Daniels, Er
(rest Scarborough and Clarence
Pigford.
FIRST CHANNEL BASS
TAKEN AT HATTERAS
First channel bass to be taken
from Hatteras Inlet this season
’ with rod and reel were landed on
Monday night by Bill Moffett and
James Wilkins of Norfolk. They
were fishing with Capt. Edgar
Styron and Capt. Clam Stowe.
The weights ranged from a 39
pound two ounce speciman boated
by Stowe to a 51 pounder reeled
in by Wilkins. The other two chan
nel bass weighed 47 and 49 pounds.
*7 While these were the first of the
species to be taken by anglers
from a boat at Hatteras Inlet a
42 pound channel bass, the first of
the season from the Outer Banks
surf was caught at Cape Hatteras
on Saturday by V. P. Slusser of
' Hopewell, Va.
H. A. Crees, Jr. of Oregon Inlet
pishing Center said this week the
first channel bass of the season
would be caught before the week
had passed.
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROUNA
BUXTON MAN MOVES UP
WITH HIGHWAY DEP'T
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H. BOYCE MIDGETT of Buxton,
Dare County has recently received
a promotion which has taken him
to the Raleigh office of the State
Highway Commission where he is
in the new capacity of Engineering
Administrative Assistant. He re
places Bill Hampton who died re
cently, according to Roadways, the
official publication of the Depart
ment.
Mr. Midgett graduated from
State College in 1949 and went
with the Department in 1950 with
its construction department. In
1953 he was transferred with the
location department and has spent
most of his time near Morganton
on location surveys. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Midgett,
well known Buxton merchants, and
his wife is the former Shirely Wil
liams of Avon. They have two
sons, ages 12 and five.
SHALLOW WATERS
A HEAVY COST TO
HATTERAS ISLAND
Terrific Drop In Business When
People Cannot Travel To
and Fro
Much concern prevails on Hat
teras Island for this season’s tour
ist business prospects because of
lack of sufficient ferry transpor
tation. Due to shoaling of the
channel last fall from hurricane
tides, ferry schedules at low water
have been reduced to a fraction of
trips formerly operating across
Oregon Inlet which must be cross
ed before Hatteras Island is
reached.
Instead of a trip every 30 min
utes from either side of the inlet,
which means some 26 trips each
way daily, boats have not been
able to cross during long periods,
sometimes more than half a day
in length. After considerable de
lay, a dredge has gotten to work
on an emergency job, but progress
so far; indicates it will be some
weeks before the situation is re
lieved.
Running time during an entire
month bears out the statement
which indicates trips have been re
duced to a discouraging minimum,
whereby traffic is kept away from
the island, and residents view with
futility any effort to go from home
on business, except under uncer
tain and seldom instances when
high water may be taken advan
tage of.
Dr. W. W. Harvey, Jr., President
of the Dare County Waterways
Association, has issued the follow
ing figures showing the running
time of the ferries as being a to
tal of only 23 hours in December;
12 hours and 15 minutes in Jan
uary and 27 hours and 45 minutes
in February, or only 63 hours in
the entire three months.
One Hatteras Island business
man dependent on tourist patron
age said this week he is suffering
a loss of SIOO gross business daily
because motorists cannot cross the
inlet. Filling stations and other
business men claim a heavy loss of
trade for the same reason.
During this same period a tre
mendous loss has been sustained
See SHOALS, Page Eight
DREDGING JOB ABOUT ONE
FOURTH COMPLETE AT INLET
The channel maintenance dredg
ing job at Oregon Inlet which has
been underway for more than a
week, was about one fourth com
pleted on Monday of this week,
according to ferry Supt. John F.
Wilson. Mr. Wilson said 15,000
cubic yards of silt had been re
moved, leaving 45,000 more cubic
yards to take out. So far, that
which lias been removed is not in
the location that offers relief to
the boats, and it will not be until
the whole job is finished that the
SOUTH ALBEMARLE
WISHES STATE TO
RETURN TO TOLLS
An executive meeting of the
Southern Albemarle Association
held in Columbia Thurday passed
i resolution urging the Senators
nd Representatives from the six
county area to introduce a bill in
he Legislature providing the
state return to the policy of toll
•oads and toll bridges.
The resolution was introduced
hv W. M. Darden of Plymouth.
Two of the six counties, namely
Hyde and Martin had no repre
sentatives at the meeting. M. L.
Daniels, Jr., Dare County Vice
nresident Was unable to attend,
but Melvin Daniels of Wanchese
'nd Hallet Perry of Kitty Hawk
•vere among representatives from
Dare County.
As usual, the proposal for a
bridge across Alligator River was
given much consideration and ap
proval.
O her counties were represented
as follows: Tyrrell, Beaufort. W.
See SAA, Page Eight
ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF
HEART FUND CAMPAIGN
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MRS. ALICE (J. G.) KELLOGG
of Manteo, chairman of the Heart
Fund campaign in Dare County
this week expresses appreciation
to the workers in the campaign
which has just closed. The total
contributed was over S6OO. The
workers who assisted in this cause
were Rev. George Kelley, Stumpy
Point, Mrs. Ruth Midgett of Kitty
Hawk, Mary Young and Nina Mil-
See HEART FUND, Page Four
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NAix _ . uuMd'lY for the sth Annual Dare Cjast Pirates Jamboree occurred last week when more
than 15 bearded and costumed buccaneers from the Outer Banks invaded Washington. Wire Photo picture
in connection with their visit hit many newspapers throughout the nation when Senator Sam Ervin joined
with the gang. The above photo shows some of the group which went overland or flew to Washington as
they posed with the Capitol dome as backdrop. This photo setup was arranged by Henry Oglesby of
Congressman Bonner’s office. From Washington the group went to Baltimore to be feted by Ralph Bur
roughts, a friend of Dare County, attended by W. H. McCown, Dare County attorney. Those in group
from Dare included: Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Miller Gray, Hatteras, Miss Mary Burrus,
Pirate Queen, of Hatteras, Duff Schenkie, Hatteras; Mr. and Mrs. Bud Rose, Mr. and Mrs. Van Leek,
Mrs. Juanita York, M. V. Weaver, Kitty Hawk; Mrs. Margaret Bayne, Mrs. Margie Suthard, Billy Gray,
Mrs. Jewel Scarborough, Julian Oheto, Nags Head; Mrs. Alvah Ward, Jr., and L. L. Swain, Manteo.
(Seth Muse Photo)
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 27 ,1959
YDC OYSTER ROAST
SUCCESSFUL FRIDAY
AT MANNS HARBOR
Dr. W. W. Harvey, Jr. Named
i President Following Oyster
Roast Attended by 200
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Upwards of 200 persons attend
-1 ed the oyster roast at Manns Har-
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J bor Friday night which was the
occasion of the annual election of
I officers. Succeeding Jack Tillett,
. whose enthusiasm played a great
r part in organizing the club a year
• ago is Dr. W. W. Harvey, Jr. of
. Manteo who is now the president.
■ Mrs. Dottie Fry, Vice-president,
, Henry Armstrong of Manns Har-
• bor is Treasurer, and Charles Mid
; gett of Manteo, Secretary; EUs
-1 worth Midgett was elected Whip.
Principal guests at the affair
i were older people, and these in
-5 eluded M. L. Daniels, Chairman of
■ the Democratic Executive Commit
tee and Robert Midgett, Secretary.
1 The only county official present
. was Victor Meekins, County Com
missioner who organized the first
• YDC clubs in Dare County during
the depression when they first ap-
I neared in the state. Both Daniels
and Meekins were called on for re
| marks, and Mr. Daniels stated
that the county was now over the
top in its quota for funds, which
was the rule, that he was always
ready to help out, he was grateful
to the people who had assisted him
through his many years in this
work. Meekins called attention to
the importance of all office holders
being taught to carry the financial
load of party affairs as no more
than was due from them for ben
efits received. He mentioned that
he had counted some 90 people who
held good jobs by reason of a
Democratic administration, some
of them getting up to $4,000 a
year and better, who had given
nothing.
Upon his election, Dr. Harvey
I made a vigorous talk which was
I well received and praised. He de
scribed Democracy and the Demo
cratic party as away of life. He
I mentioned the vast amount of ben-1
; efits that have come to this region I
- and this state through far-sighted
i Democratic administrations. He
i called attention to the fact that
I this administration’s budget in
s eluded nothing for the waterways
; so bady needed in our economy.
' He mentioned that those now being
’ improved are the result of legisla-
• I tion initiated under Democratic ad-
See YDC, Page Four
CONGRESSMAN RECEIVED PIECE OF EIGHT
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ON THEIR VISIT to Washington, D. C. and Baltimore last week end
Jamboree buccaneers visited the offices of Senator Sam Ervin and
Congressman Bonner. This picture was made as Mary Burrus of Hat
teras, queen of the Pirates Jamboree, presented Congressman Bonner
with a genuine piece of eight on this visit. It was Congressman Bon
ner’s office which lay the groundwork in Washington for the publicity
which the group received. (Seth Muse Photo)
UNCLE DOCK FROM DUCK WRITES:
Can Our Legislators Become So Little As To
Tax the Pop Bottle Our Poor Kids Enjoy?
Dear Mr. Editor:
I guess everybody at some time
this season gets vexed at the Leg
islature, and it is not my desire
to do so because others do. But I
always get het up when so much
talk is for more money to spend,
and what can be taxed extra to
get this money. The amazing thing
is that nobody ever comes out
with a plan to save the people’s
money, nor to cut out a lot of
waste that everybody knows is go
ing on all the time. If they would
cut out some of the waste, and
throw out some of the goldbrick
ers, they wouldn’t need any extra
money. The trouble is they keep
us supporting the lot of their no
good relatives and friends they
put on the public payroll.
Now this letter is to say a few
words about this tax they want to
put on the children and the poor
working man by making them pay
extra for the bottle of pop they
drink. Has it got to the point
where jthe Legislature is so lack
ing in ideas and in courage, that
the only thing left they can think
of to wring a dollar out of, is the
bottle of pop that means so much
to our people, which to so many
of them has become essential to
their way of life; at least some of
them think so, and their soda pop
is just as important to them as
beer, hot dogs, cigars, poker and
pop com are to the various other
people who buy them.
There are a lot of folks whose
only luxury in life is to go down
to the store or service station at
night and pick up a carton of
drinks for the kids. Maybe they
don’t need so many sweets, but
See DOCK, Page Eight
DARE'S FIRST CANDIDATE
FOR 4-H DISTRICT OFFICE
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MISS NANCY COLES BAS
NIGHT, 15-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Basnight of
Manteo, is a candidate for presi
dent of the Eastern 4-H District
comprising 16 counties, which will
meet in annual session on July 1.
It is the first time that Dare Coun
ty has offered a candidate for dis
trict office, and as president of the
Dare 4-H County Council with its
14 clubs, and a leader in the 71-
member senior club in Manteo, she
has won popularity and acclaim
for her leadership. She is a mem
ber of the 9th grade in the Manteo
school, and has always taken a
leading part in school affairs.
TRIED FOR ASSAULTING
WIFE ON TWO COUNTS
On two counts of assaulting his
wife during the past week end,
James C. Daniels, colored, of Man
teo, was found guilty in Recorder’s
Court this week, and prayer for
judgment was continued by Judge
Baum until a hearing is held con
cerning an automobile mishap in
which Daniels was involved Mon
day afternoon. In connection with
the assault cases, he was guilty
of disorderly conduct.
Traffic cases disposed of in this
court were as follows: J. H. Monk
of Newton Grove, N. C., no clear
ance lights, no reflectors, $5 and
costs. Gary G. Scarborough, Rt. 1,
Kitty Hawk, ignoring stop sign,
$5 and costs. Fred Mills, Wash
ington, N. C., speeding, $5 and
costs. Madelyn G. Seely of Hope
well, Va., for carrying load too
wide by six inches was taxed with
court costs.
MAIL-BOXES SHOULD BE
ERECTED BY APRIL BTH
In order to take advantage of
the new Rural Free Delivery mail
service to be established on Roa
nok Island April 18th, it will be
necessary for patrons to have their
mail boxes installed not later than
April Bth, Postmaster Ben Shan
non said this week. The date is
moved up in order to get boxes
nroperly installed and numbered.
There are some 800 patrons on this
Route, ’No. 1, which includes all
of Roanoke Island from Skyco
northward, without the town limits
of Manteo.
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PROPERTY OWNER
BEGS FOR DECENT
POLICE SERVICE
Says Large Investment and Big
Tax Return To County De
serve Consideration
Sentiment continues to grow on
the beaches demanding a full time
peace officer be stationed there by
the county for the protection of
the property which pays three
fourths of the county’s taxes. The
people do not want a man who is
employed under the usual rule of
just giving the job to someone to
help him. They want a competent,
trained man who will give some
thing to the job.
Several citizen have offered sug
gestions about how improvements
be made in policing the county.
“We are not interested,” they say,
“in hiring bouncers at public ex
pense to police dance halls, which
is entirely a private proposition,
and such expense should be borne
by the owner.”
Many complaints have been
made by numerous businessmen
having need for an officer that
the three part time officers oper
ating on the beach in summer are
usually spending most of their
time in dance halls, and cannot be
located when needed.
The citizens of this area insist
that only men with training and
ability for this work should be
employed. They point out that the
police officer is the first person a
stranger turns to for information,
and Dare County’s officers should
look the part. They say further,
that courtesy and efficiency is the
best form of salesmanship for a
county that depends for its living
on visitors. Some of these visitors
are mighty prominent people,
mighty sensible people, and some
mighty wealthy. Their good opin
ion of our area is highly impor-
See POLICE, Page Four
OWENS TO BUILD
FISHING PIER AT
CHICAMACOMICO
Motel Operator Now Construct
ing Modern Service Station
Between Villages
Construction of a fishing pier on
Chicamacomico Banks is to fol
low the completion of a modern
service station now being built be
tween the villages of Rodanthe
and Waves, according to R. D.
Owens, operator of the Chicama
comico Restaurant and Motel at
this place, and which was estab
lished four years ago.
Mr. Owens received the go
ahead sign from the National Park
Service last week whereby the pier
may be built.
An earlier proposal by a Vir
ginia Beach man to build one at
Cape Hatteras got fouled up when
the Navy unit there objected to
the location chosen.
The site of the Chicamacomico
pier is the most eastern point on
the North Carolina coast. It has
exceptional fame for surf fishing.
In this vicinity are the remains
of two war-time ships which not
only add to the scenic interest of
this beach, but make for better
fishing because of the gullies
around them and the barnacles on
their hulls which provide good
fish feed.
The original plan at Cape Hat
teras by R .L. Williams of Virginia
Beach called for a pier 20 feet
wide and 750 feet long, and 825
feet north of* the Naval facility
which objected to the location.
TAXI DRIVER SERIOUSLY
INJURED; IS IN HOSPITAL
Marvin Daniels, Manteo taxi
cab driver was seriously injured,
sustaining a broken leg about 8
p.m. Saturday night when his cab
ran into a car dfriven by Charles
Wroten of Wanchese. Daniels was
returning from Wanchese, while
Wroten was bound from Manteo to
the beach. The mishap occurred at
the Midway intersection. Wroten is
reported as not seriously hurt, but
Daniels sustained several injuries
and is a patient in Albemarle hos
pital.
HOOPER HIGHLY PLEASED
AT HARBOR COOPERATION
Horace B. Hooper said this week
that he was extremely pleased at
the outcome of the harbor hear
ing held at Stumpy Point, and ap
preciation of the cooperation given
by various individuals. He said he
is particularly grateful to Com
missioner David Stick for the
great amount of work contributed
in preparing the brief, to Law
rence Swain and J. A. Krider of
Manteo. He mentioned the good
presentation made by the local
Navy target personnel, Wm. Ernst,
Jr., manager for West Virginia
Pulp and Paper Co., and others
from neighboring villages; Donald