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VOLUME XXIV NO. 51 FREEHOLDERS ASK ABOLISHMENT OF * SANITARY DIST. * _________ Majority Asking State and County Boards to Stop Its Oper ation At Once Petitions, signed by a large majority of the resident free holders of the Dare Beaches Sani tary District have been sent to the Commissioners of Dare County, appealing for the abolishment of the district, which has been estab lished for about ten years. Under the law, the County Com missioners are required to for ward the request to the State Board of Health and ask that a meeting between the Boards be ar ranged whereby the citizens may present the argument for the re lief sought. The District was established about eight > years ago for the pirme purpose of establishing a waiter supply system for the area between Whalebone and Southern Shores. i Two elections have been held, the last in 1958 to vote a million dollar bond issue for the purpose, and both have been defeated. The district contains some eleven and a half millions in property valu ation, and each year the Commis sioners of the district are levying 5 about SII,OOO in special taxes to carry on their work. The Dare County General fund has born the expense of all the listing, com puting and collecting of the taxes since tile district was established. It is operated by three commis sioners with unusual powers. Un fortunately for the welfare of the cause, there has been lack of in terest to attract many persons of ability to administer the project. The growing opposition to the district" re suited in a rise-up among the voters in the November elec tion. They disregarded the duly nominated candidates for Commis sioners of the District, and wrote in sufficiently to elect three en tirely new members, whom they believed would assist in abolishing the district. Recently the Board has embark ed on a program of buying some SII,OOO worth of fire trucks, etc, and this with other expenses of operating the district has roused fears of a much higher tax than usual. Upwards of 200 freeholders have appealed and signed for dis solution of the district. SUDDEN DEATH TAKES RAYMOND V. PARENT Raymond V. Parent, 32, died sud denly Friday at 2:15 p.m. at the Admiralty Motel in Norfolk, Va. > He was a native of Niagara Falls, N. Y. and had been living in Nags Head for the past 11 years. He was employed by the Litton Industries of Maryand as a market consultant. He was a member of the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church at Kill Devil Hills. He was a member of the Na tional Aviation Club of Washing ton. He had also served three years is the U. S. Coast Guard. He was the son of Raymond Luther and Mrs. Violet Vincent Parent, and the husband of Mrs. Gloria Hayman Parent. Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Christopher and Ray » mond Parent Jr. both of Nags Head; two daughter, Gloria Lin da Parent and Deborah Ann Marie Parent, both of Nags Head; three sisters, Mrs. Albert Stahl of North Toaawanda, N. Y., Mrs. Lee Wit nauer of Oreland Pa. and Mrs. John Cody of Niagara Falls, N. Y. Funeral services were conduct ed at the Holy Redeemer Church, KiD Devil Hills, Monday at 10 a.m. by the Rev. Father Peter M. Denges. Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery at Manteo. At the funeral services Monday at 10 a. m., Rev. Father. Peter M. Denges conducted the funeral at /} the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Kill Devil Hills. Active pallbetrers were William Tarking ton, Claude Hayden, Robert Sel lers, Alfred Shapero, Frank D. Tyler Jr., Jack McKenna. Honor ary pall bearers were Russell Lynch and George Linder of Col lege Park, Md; Donald Rosenfield and James Downing of Buffalo, and Phillip David, and Joseph Nun nari of Niagara Falls, N. Y. Other out of town persons at the funeral were: the Parents, Mrs. Nunnari, North Tonawanda, N. Y., Mrs. Walter and Elaine Ryan of College Par,k, Md., Mr. and Mrs. Geo McNabb, Mrs. Frank Hardt Jr. of Portsmouth, Va., Rear Ad-! mind and Mrs. Harold Wright and Mn. Bertram Eason of Norfolk; D. V. Clayton, Mrs. Ethel Eubanks, WflUameton; Mr. and Mrs. Murray Edwards of Newport News; Mrs. Lnrama Midgett, Mr. and Mrs. JtMui Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Midgett, Mr. and Mrs. John Her bert, Mrs. Warner Minor of Ro danthe; Mrs. Claude Haydn of f Springfield, Va. THE COASTLAND TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROUNA MOUNTAIN MAN HEADS STATE S ABC BOARDS CURTIS M. EARGLE of Tryon, Polk County is President of the N. C. Association of ABC Boards which opened its annual conven tion Wednesday for three days at the Carolinian Hotel at Nags Head this week. Mr. Eargle is Chairman of the ABC Board in his home Town, serving since 1953, his pres ent term expiring in December 1960. He is an ice manufacturer, member of the Tryron Rotary Club, Tyron Riding and Hunt Club, and member of the Harmon Field Commission which has to do with major athletic ad recreation activi ties for the county of Polk and the surrounding area. An ex-school teacher and football coach for 16 years, he has also served on the Tryon City Council. He and his wife Sara have two sons and one daughter. DELINQUENT TAX CAMPAIGN IN DARE YIELDS $8,400 Record*' Develop Situation of Virtual Neglect in Tax Collect ing System The campaign recently initiated by the Dare County Board of commissioners to begin enforce ment of payment of taxes by all alike has resulted in $8,403.44 be ing brought to the office, P. A. Tillett, collector reported as of June 13. This sum Included $1,340.11 in interest, and on some items which had run for as long as 16 years, interest almost doubled the amount due. It has taken considerable time to weed out errors, and the un collectible items lost because of deaths, or removals of persons with no property from which to collect. This neglect over a long period, without the sending of statements, has lost the county a lot of mon ey. The Commissioners have in structed the tax collectors to at tach cars and other personal prop erty when an effort to make set tlement is ignored, but express a desire to* aid those who make hon est effort to pay up. Many people have found cause for complaint in getting notices of sums for which they claim state ments had never been sent to them before. They are appalled by the great increase by reason of in terest the law applies to long past due items. The list has been compiled for only five of the 16 districts in the county. The districts billed, and collections reported from them are as follows: Wanchese, $7.13; Col ington, $127.98; Kitty Hawk, $1,449.52; Nags Head, $2,848.43; See TAX, Page Twelve DAREOLINA RESTAURANT FORMALLY OPEN AT NAGS HEAD TODAY ■ V* *' * if\ ' v 5. .* - * ( , x "J Vf*'? ■ \\ S ‘ .*'’»>; * JJV,' | fit 1 If Ha a |Hb " WW ja . • T&Sf?****' 11111 HI Biirri'rHr "flrHfTTiliMii in—tAmft Ilf II I t| l:m 1111 tll 3fFtM>nn¥irl s I B lii jHpB fl lli 11 8 laPNwCMTL'sg* x _ ■ “ ..v' If'* , .£%r«§|'. . i, i vfe '* :\ v*' t- > * i" i ~• jto>, •’ ♦'.**. ■ • ,ff JsPak-i >¥4* . ' . -its#: ' MrajE.C. THE DAREOLINA, the impressive structure completed recently following several months of hard work on the part of the builders. The formal opening of this restaurant which is located at the south end of Nags Head will be today, Friday the 19th, officially launching the firm’s season. Archie Burrus and Ward Daniels will be hosts along with Artis L. Crank of Wanchese to the gathering. On Sun day they will again welcome visitors, at Open House from 2 to 4 p.m. Today’s edition presents many of the firms and individuals who have played a part in the building and furnishing. ABC BOARDS IN ANNUAL SESSION AT NAGS HEAD Some 300 Guests Enjoying Fourth Annual Visit to Dare Coast The annual convention of the State ABC Boards opened in Nags Head Thursday morning at 9:30 with President Curt Eargles of Tryon presiding. The Invocation was by E. McD. Miller of Durham, the welcome address by Victor Meekins of Manteo, and the princi pal address by W. S. Hunt, Chair man pf the N. C. Board. The convention, which will con clude Friday evening with banquet and a dance at the Carolinian, the headquarters for some 300 visitors, has a long program. The Friday evening dinner will feature Sam Bundy, Farmville humorist. Tours for the ladies, social. hours, and relaxation periods are included. W. S. Hunt, formerly Captain in the Highway Patrol is well re membered in Dare County when he was here through the early years of the Lost Colony. The Thursday morning session also heard addresses by Warren See ABC, Page Twelve LEIGH HASSELL, JR. RECEIVES HIS MASTERS LEIGH HASSELL, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Hassell of Manteo, was on June 13 awarded the Master of Science degree dn mechanical engi neering from the Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia. He was one of 25 employees of the ■Martin Company in Baltimore to receive a masters’ degree from the Institute. Mr. Hassell is a gradu ate of N. C. State College, Raleigh, and has worked for Martin since graduating there, and he and Mrs. Hassell make their home in Balti more. Mrs. Hassell, the former Janice Olson, recently sang the role of Lia in the opera, “L’Enfant Prodi gue” given May 24 at Hood College in Frederick, Md. She had previ ously won a four-year scholarship to tile Institute of Vocal Art in Philadelphia, and received a de gree in music. She is also a gradu ate of the University of Delaware, and is now stuudying at the Pea body Conservatory in Baltimore as a pupil of Joseph Laderoute, and has sung in operatic concerts and church recitals in New Jessey, Delaware, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Mrs. Hassell was Miss Delaware in the 1956 Miss America pageant, and was one of the Cherry Blos som princesses at the annual festi val in Washington. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1959 DARE COUNTY MEN TELL OF OREGON INLET'S NEEDS m j| fu' !|j ip J|j THE STORY of the need for stabilization of Oregon Inlet went to the top in Congress Sunday when Dr. W. W. Harvey, Jr. of Manteo, Chairman of the Dare County Waterways Improvement Committee explained the situation and presented his plea for help to Hon. Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Congressman Herbert Bonner. The two legislators were stopping at the Car olinian Hotel while on a two-day fishing trip, accompanied also by Congressman Mike Kerwin of Ohio, all regular annual visitors to the Dare coast. They had good luck, caught upward of 200 blues; fished at Oregon Inlet with Balfour Baum on Friday, and with John Wood of Princess Anne on Sat urday, returning to Washington Sunday afternoon. Shown in the picture are Rep. Wayland Ser mons of Beaufort County; Dr. Harvey, Speaker Rayburn and Mr. Bonner: Standing are Shelton O’Neal of Kill Devil Hill Coast Guard station, and Victor Meekins, Chairman of the Dare County Board. Photo by Aycock Brown. GOV. HODGES AND COL ROWLAND ON COAST THIS WEEK Long Barrier Banks Studied Pre paratory to Spending $600,- 000 For Rehabilitation BUXTON—With $600,000 of shiny new appropriation money at his command Governor Luther Hodges, with Col. Henry C. Row land, U. S. Ai-my Corps of Engi neers as his guest, Hew down the coast of North Carolina Saturday afternoon to take a new look at where and how the beach erosion money is going to be used. Before they landed at Buxton for a week end’s ground examination the Governor and Colonel Rowland circled the Oregon Inlet area for nearly an hour in an aerial sur vey of what will need to be done there before construction of the Inlet bridge gets under way. There were flying in a National Guard L-type aircraft, its engine throttled back to give them a good look at the ground and water. Although the Governor’s fishing friend Charlie Johnson arrived about the same time in what is described as the finest cruiser ever to dock at Hatteras, there was no fishing on this trip. Sunday morn ing Mr. Hodges, accompanied by Mr. Johnson and Colonel Rowland, explored the possibilities of an ade quate aircraft landing strip some where in the Island. On both his recent visits Governor Hodges has been landed on the Island high way’s straightway stretch above Buxton. From the air Colonel Rowland was able to point out to the Gover- See VISIT, Page Six ACKNOWLEDGED LEADER OF THE LEGISLATURE HON. LINDSAY WARREN, Sena tor from the Second District in the N. C. Assembly may well be considered the top man in popu larity and leadership in both houses. His long and varied ex perience in public life, state and nation, gave him added prestige, in this year’s session. Last week, all seven representatives of his dis trict, and the other Senator, El bert Peel Jr., gave him a remark able testimonial—they urged him to be candidate for the 1961 Senate session, and this means the likeli hood of no opposition. The resolution was signed by Rep. R. Bruce Etheridge of Dare, Dick O’Neal of Hyde, Charles Co hoon of Tyrrell, Wayland Sermons of Beaufort, Dr. J. M. Phelps of Washington, Ned Delamar of Pam lico, Frank Everett of Martin and Senator Peel. The group feels much admiration and appreciation for Senator Warren because of his assistance in organizing and con ducting the appearances before the Highway officials when they united in behalf of eastern bridge projects. Warren was chosen spokesman for the delegation. His masterful presentation of the need won support for the project. The resolution by his colleagues, in appreciation of his services, and signed by the above named men, reads as follows: “Dear Lindsay: “This session of the General As sembly is nearing its close. Before leaving Raleigh, we, the seven Representatives from the counties in the Second Senatorial District wish to let you know what a gen uine pleasure it has been to be as sociated in legislative work with you. “Your long-time experience in public life, your interest not only in the welfare and progress of your own district but in that of the' entire state, your recognized lea dership and sound and constructive thinking—all these have contribu ted to outstanding service which has won general approbation. “Within a few days all of us will be leaving for our respective homes. Before doing so, we would like to obtain from you the as surance that you will again con sent to represent our district in the Senate during the 1961 session. We know that such a decision on See WARREN, Page Twelve POSTOFFICE SOON TO CHANGE HANDS AT EAST LAKE Mrs. Emily Shannon Smith, re tires as postmaster at East Lake, effective May 31st 1959. She has served under three commissions as a District postmaster. The first commission was issued by postmaster general Hubert Work on October 13th 1922. Mrs. Smith considers the 13th her Lucky Day, since she has now served 31% years, and has received Honorary Recognition from the postmaster general for work well done. During this time she has given almost 24 hour service since her patrons felt free to call on her for money orders, or • stamps, or per haps to write a letter for them. Whenever it was most convenient for them to call. Early this spring a lady came from Washington N. C. to visit her sister over the week end. She had planned to get money orders, along the way for payments that should be in the mail before Mon day. She stopped at several post offices en route way to find that they were closed. Arriving at East Lake, she found that the East Leke Post Office was still open for busi ness, and although it was 9:30 p. m. she got her money orders, and her letters were ready for the first out going mail. Mrs. Smith says, someone came to the door at 4:00 a. m. serveral years ago. It was the first morning of the goose hunting season. Her husband opened the door, to find that it was stranger, wanting to buy a migratory bird stamp, in order to be on hand, in Hyde, for the first day of the season. The postal service is a tradition with her family. Her father used to bring the mail to East Lake in the early 1880’s. A bail boat—“ The Lou Willis”, and later the ‘'Wave”. Mail came once or twice a week then, and landed at The Twiford Neighborhood. None of the present inhabitants of East Lake can re member when there was a mail landing at the Twiford Neighbor hood. Several decades late, her two oldest brothers were carrying the mail from Manteo to East Lake, daily, after the gasoline engines became in general use. *. Today her youngest brother, Ben Shannon, is Postmaster at Manteo. ; Mrs. Smith retires with the satisfaction of knowing that her ; patrons were pleased with the serv- ' ice she gave them. As some expressed it, they may have a postmaster, to give as good service, but none will ever give any better service than she has. NAVY TO OPEN HOUSING UNITS WEDNES. JUNE 24 Next week, Wednesday, June 24 will be a big day at Cape Hatteras when the Naval Facility will hold the ribbon cutting at the official opening of the 27 unite of public quarters, (Capehart Housing) for personnel of this station. Lt. Commander J. F. Toner has advised that the ceremonies will be held at 2 p.m. Many officials, county and state have been invit ed to attend. Single Copy 7£ DARE COUNTY DAY PROGRAM JUNE 2 7 AT THE LOST COLONY Some Who Took Part in the Si lent Movie of 1921 Expect ed to Be Present The Dare County Day program, designed as the launching event irior to the opening performance ~>i The Lost Colony’s 19th sea son on Saturday, June 27, is now shaping up, well it was stated here today by Jim Rea, county wide chairman of the event spon sored by Friends of The Lost Colo ny. Through the cooperation of res taurants, hotels, motels and other vacation enterprises on the Dare Beaches, Point Harbor, and Roa noke Island a big free picnic will be provided for all out of county guests attending the show. “We have urged local and beach rew lents who are making their homes the year around in Dare to bring their own picnic lunch or sum mer,” said Mr. Rea. Beginning at four o’clock in the afternoon a full four hours of pre performance entertainment is plan ned as a feature of Dare County, Day. First will be a parade of color ful boats passing in review on Roa noke Sound giving spectators close up views. Followed by a Water-Ski show sponsored by members of the Dare Power Boat Association. Between five and six o’clock from the great stage of Wateraide Theatre with Laveme Watson as master of ceremonies, memebers of the cast of the original pageant commemorating the “Lost Colony” will appear in costume to be inter viewed. A still movie, by the State Department of Education, now called the original pageant was held in 1921. When interview ed, 1921 cast members including R. Bruce Etheridge, as Sir Wal ter Raleigh, Mrs. Mabel Evans Jones as Eleanor Dare, Ralp Pool, Norfolk newsman as Ananias Dare, Victor Meekins as a colonist, Ernest Meekins, Leo Midgett, Mrs. Mabel Meekins of Avon, Mrs. Roxie Atkinson, Worden Dough, and many others who will return to the site of those happenings, 38 years later, to tell, about the first pageant. Other pre-performance events on June 27 will include the Ports mouth Boys Scout troop present ing authentic Indian dances. This troupe won in national competi tion. After awards have been made in a model contest, a climax to the pre-performance program will be a spectacular display of fire works. The fireworks will be pre sented immediately before the show starts at 8:15 o’clock. THEO. S. MEEKINS, JR. DIES IN WASHINGTON Theodore S. Meekins Jr., 50, husband of Mrs. Goldie Meekins, a motel operator here died Thursday night June 11, in a Washington D. C. hospital after a short illness. Bom in Dare County, he had lived in Manteo all of his life. He was the son of the late Theodore S. and Rosa M. Meekins Sr. Besides his wife, surviving are one sister, Mrs. Alma M. Reich of Norfolk, Va., and two' brothers, Ernest E. Meekins of Manteo and Percy Meekins of Washington D. C. Funeral services were conducted at Mt. Olivet Methodist Church here Saturday at 3 p.m. Burial in the Manteo cemetery. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock in Mt. Olivet Methodist Church by the Rev. Wilford Wise, pastor of the Middleburg Methodist Church. “The Lord Is My Shepherd” and “Crossing The Bar” were sung by Mrs. Beatrice Brickhouse, Mrs. Bertie Ward, Lawrence Swain and Johnnie Long. Mrs. Raymond Wes cott accompanied at the organ. t The casket was covered with a pall made of white caranations, aster lilies and fern. Active pallbearers were Ted Scoggins, Leigh Hassell, McCoy Tillett, Glenn G. Bonner, Ralph Davis and Keith Fearing Jr. Burial followed in the Manteo Cemetery. BIDS TO OPEN TODAY ON OREGON INLET JOB Bids are to be opened at 2:30, Friday, the 10th in Wilmington for the dredging of a 12-foot channel between Oregon Inlet and Manteo and into Mill Landing at Wan chese. The Engineer Corps in Wilming ton had to throw out the first bids offered early in June because the low bidder could not meet the terms stipulated. Work on the job should begin in July. \! 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