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SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS VOLUME XXV NO. 6 LUNCHROOM AND GYM FOR BELHAVEN CONTEMPLATED IN MILLION DOLLAR BOND ISSUE Public Hearing in Washington on August 19th on Order Approved by County Board to Bring Schools Up To Standard; Would Give $553,- 000 to Construction in County Schools. . Among other improvements to Beaufort County schools, a million dollar bond issue would provide a much * needed lunchroom and a gymnasium for the Belhaven •school, Supt, W. F. Veasey said this week. In all, $553,000 would he spent on construction in county schools. Schools in the city of Washington would get $447,000. The issue must be submitted to the voters, but preliminary to its submission, a public hearing will be held at 10 a. m. on August 19th in the Beaufort County courthouse. The election would be held in No vemeber. School officials consider the funds necessary to bring facilities in the county up to minimum needs. Some of the Negro schools are not on an accredited basis. This proposed bond issue has no relation to the discussion several weeks ago of a possible high school consolidation near Yeates ville. If such consolidation is ef fected, it would need a separate issue, and is not expected to come up within four or five years. At the present time, Belhaven is without a gym, and the lunchroom | is maintained in the condemned: building formerly occupied as a school, and is now considered un safe. HYDE SCHOOLS TO OPEN SEPT. FIRST GAYLORD REPORTS First Full Day for Teacher Orien tation To Begin on August 28th The Hyde County Schools will open on Tuesday, September 1, 1959, 8:30' A. M. for the 1959-60 school term, according to an an nouncement made today, by Tom mie Gaylord, Superintendent of Hyde County Schools. Mr. Gaylord also stated that the State Board of Education had ap proved three additional work days for academic teachers, two days prior to and one following the 180 day instructional period, so there-1 fore the academic teachers of the Hyde County School Administra tive Unit will begin their employ ment on Friday, August 28, 1959, the teachers of West Hyde High School, East Hyde High School and School and Ocracoke School will meet at the West Hyde High] School in Swan Quarter and the) teachers of the Davis High School and the Hyde County Training School in Swan Quarter for Teach-! er Orientation Day. On this day] such activities as these will receive attention: explanation of ■ school | philosophy, policies, procedures and requirements; organizational pat terns, including schedules, grading system, distribution of supplies to teachers, equipment, class rolls, textbooks and issuance of state and local curriculum guides and record books. On Monday, August 31, 1959 the second full day of employment for teachers might be termed Teacher- Pupil Orientation Day. On this day pupils will report to their respec tive schools at 9:00 A. M. to 11:30 A. M. for assignment to rooms and classes; for the issuance and pro curement of textbooks and sup plies; for a review of the daily schedule; and for the assignment of lessons. On Tuesday, September 1, 1959, 8:30 A. M. the Hyde County Schools will offically open for pupil instruction on a full day basis. All the school cafeterias will be in operation and' on this day pupil attendance will begin to be recorded. Mr. Gaylord said that he hopes that the teachers, children, and par ents will cooperate with this ex tended preparation of opening the schools of Hyde County so that it will prove to be beneficial to all the school age children in the Hyde County School Administra tive Unit, in helping them get a full one hundred eighty (180) day instructional term. AM schools will be closed for one day in tHe fall for District Teachers mootings. Thanksgiving Holiday’s will be Thursday and Friday, No vember 26, 27, 1959. Christmas Holidays begin at the close of the regular school day on December 18, 1959 and school re-opens on Decem ber 30, 1959. Easter Holidays will be Friday and Monday, April 15- 18, 1960. David Stick, Kitty Hawk, C. ADV. THE COASTLAND TIMES WITH WHICH IS COMBINED THE PILOT AND HERALD DURING JULY AND AUGUST PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA DARE'S FIRST DEBUTANTE ! ■ " ■ JL Wk BT- - -S MISS BETTY BRUCE INGE of Manteo is the first girl from Dare County to be a debutante at the annual debutante events in Raleigh. Miss Inge, who is the daughter of Mrs. Matilda Inge and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Etheridge of Man teo, is a graduate of Manteo High School, and is a rising sophomore at Saint Mary’s Junior College, Raleigh. A number of lo cal social affairs are being planned in her honor. Miss Inge will have as her chief marshall Michael Daniels Jones of Manteo. Her assistant marshall will be William Franklin White, Jr., also of Manteo. MRS. CORRINNE ANDERSON PROMINENT KITTY HAWK RESIDENT DIES MONDAY Mrs. Corinne W. Anderson, 44, died Monday morning at 5 o’clock in the Albemarle Hospital after an illness of four days. She was a native of Oxford, Miss, and had lived at Kitty Hawk for the past 12 years. She was daugh ter- of the late Joel M. and Nellie Gardner Hadaway land was the 1 wife of William J. Anderson, a' prominent Kitty Hawk citizen and businessman. In addition to her husband, she' is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lavern Wells of Honolulu; one step-daughter. Miss Anna Gay Anderson of Brevard; two sisters, Mrs. William J. Poor of Memphis, Tenn., and Mrs. Willie P. Reynolds of Oxford, Miss.; three brothers, John Hadaway of Memphis, Char lie Hadaway of Oxford, Miss., and Earl Hadaway of Indianapolis, Ind.; and four grandchildren. She was a member of Seth E. Perry American Legion Auxiliary of Elizabeth City, member of the Methodist Church of Oxford, Miss. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the Twiford Funeral Home in Elizabeth City. Burial was in Hollywood Cemetery. BILLFISH SCORE FOR 1959 ON INCREASE THIS MONTH August 1 to 5 the Dare Coast billfish score has increased. Four blue marlin, three off Ore gon Inlet and one of Hatteras has pushed the score for the 1959 sea son (since May 9) to 139. Those catching blue marlin fol lows Dr. Ernest Hermann and John Farmer, Richmond, Va., each a blue marlin, weights, 263 pounds and 152 pounds, taken from cruis er Bumbaloo, (Capt. Moon Tillett August 1.); L. E. Smith, Richmond, from cruiser Lois C., 1 blue mar lin, weight 104 pounds, August 4; One blue maAin 347 pounds, cruiser Chee Chee, (Aug. 4) taken by Buddy Branch, Newport News, Va.; Blue Marlin .weight 281 pounds, taken from cruiser Twins, Capt. Elmer Ballance. The Blue Marlin score of 1959 off Oregon Inlet and Hatteras ac cording to Dare Tourist Bureau scores now stands at 139. White marlin reported during the past week included catches as fol lows: C. E. PoweH Jr., Hampton. Va., Cruiser Chee Chee; Hallett W. Everett, Cruuiser Carrow; Jack iDrechler and Bob Mcßridge. DRINKWATER BIRTHDAY PARTY REPLETE WITH FELICITATIONS I■ i w ' k i BlMi ' One of the most successful of the birthday parties held for Alphenus W. Drinkwater, was that of Friday, July 31, when he was 84. Held at his home near Fort Raleigh, “The Folly,” his daughters, Dorothy and Marguerite were hostesses and numerous delicacies fed the large assembly. Hon. Lindsay Warren* a distinguished visitor, shown on the left, made a speech honoring Mr. Drinkwater. Wade Marr, the well-known after dinner speaker of Elizabeth City, congratulated Mr. Drinkwater on his longevity and good health. More than 150 persons attended.—Aycock Brown photo. BELHAVEN HIGH STUDENTS TO REPORT AUG. 26 John A. Wilkinson High School will report to school for registra tion and payment of fees on Wed nesday, August 26, Principal Gene A. Purvis has announced. Buses will run and registration will be gin at 9:00 A. M., with students being dismissed as soon as that is completed. Regular school work will begin on Thursday, August 27, at 8:30 A. M. Teachers will re port for work on Tuesday, August 25, at 9:00 A. M. for a teachers’ meeting and orientation period. The remainder of the day will be spent in preparing teaching aids and readying the classrooms for use. The two extra days at the be ginning of the school year and one day at the close of the year have been authorized by the State Board of Education so that the students may have the benefit of 180 full days of instruction. Other announcements of news of interest to school patrons will be made in the near- future. EXPRESS OFFICE SOUGHT TO SERVE BELHAVEN The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Belha ven Community Chamber of Com merce was held on Wednesday evening, July 29, at the River Forest Manor, with Dr. J. T. Wright, president, presiding. Thir teen members attended. The group voted to send a del egation to Raleigh in the interest of securing an American Express office in Belhaven. Other business included the decision to place an ad in the American Medical Jour nal for a doctor to locate in Bel haven and a plan to eerct arrow signs pointing to Belhaven at stra tegic points on Highway 264. D. A. Rouse was elected to the Board of Directors to replace W. E. Bateman, Jr., who recently re signed. WOODROW PRICE CHOSE STICK MAN OF THE WEEK Woodrow Price, a News and Observer Editor on Sunday chose for his subject, “the Man of the Week,, in North Carolina, David Stick, who last year published a second book, called the “Outer Banks of N. C.” This choice is a much coveted honor, and last year was awarded to Melvin R. Dan iels of Wanchese. Previously, in the Coastal area, it has gone to Stanley Wahab of Ocracoke, and Orville Woodhouse of Grandy. The article in the Sunday N & O goes in detail about Mr. Stick, a Dare County commissioner and execu tive in his father’s real estate de velopment in Southern Shores. TO ATTEND CONVENTION Carroll Midyette, presiding min ister of Jehovah’s Witnesses an nounced today August 3 that the Swan Quarter congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses has been in vited to attend a five-day conven tion to be held August 13-16 at the Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. Midyette stated that two | from the local congregation would attend, and 8,000 delegates from North and South Carolina and Vir ginia are expected to attend. “The convention in Charlotte is one of 28 that are beiing held in the Unit ed States and Canada this summer. We also had one in Iceland,” he I stated. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1959 COASTLAND YOUTH WIN RECOGNITION WITH 4-H ' ■ '■ < 4»-.; ; I g I I I I I I MALCOLM ERNST Last week we told about these youngsters whose interest in the 4-H program has brought them special recognition. Malcolm Ernst, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Ernst of Manteo has been chosen to represent Dare County at the Forestry Camp in Richmond County August 17 to 22nd. Young McKinney, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Mc- Kinney of Scranton was chosen to attend the Forestry Camp in Bla den County August 9th to 15th. The boys will have all expenses paid, as outlined in last week’s paper. CHURCHMEN SLUG IT OUT ON BALL PARK IN BELHAVEN The Christians and the Episco palians and the -Baptists and the Methodist slugged in out in Bel haven on Friday night, but there were no theological questions in volved and no casualties. The con tests, which took place in the school ball park, were part of series of softball games which have been held between denomi nations since June. Though the Methodists are lead ing in the series, with six wins and two losses, they bowed to the superior might of the Baptists on' Friday night, while the Episco palians took the lead over the Christians. The victors are ac cused of exhibiting a little unholy glee over the results and interest is growing in the contests. Games will be played regularly on Tues day and Friday nights during August, and the public is invited to attend. Team managers are Jule Pur vis, for the Christians; Cecil Smith, for the Episcopalians; H. G. Brumsey, for the Methodists; and Roy Justice, for the Bap tists. According to the rules, play ers must be at least twenty years old and must attend the Sunday School or church wheih they rep resent. ADVISE IF YOU MISSED LAST WEEK’S PAPER One or two have complained at not receiving last week’s is sue of this newspaper. In this case, send us a card promptly and we will send another at once. Os course, it may be your subscription has run out. This you can tell by looking at the address on your paper. There will be found a date, running something like this: 8-4-59, which would indicate subscrip tion expiration on August 4th this year. So if you don’t get your paper, check on expiration date, and if expired, promptly send $3.50 for a year’s sub scription renewal. BWP - « SSSSSjp ■ M , ll JIMMY DWIGHT McKINNEY HATTERAS BILLFISH ANGLERS DEPART FOR PUERTO RICO They Will Leave Wednesday To Compete In Tournament That Began During June By AYCOCK BROWN Hatteras Billfish Club’s team will fly from Baltimore to San Juan Puerto Rico on August 11 to com pete in the second phase of the Puerto Rican-American Blue Mar lin Challenge’ Tournament which started in waters off Hatteras during June -this year, according to Dr. J. C. Overbey. A three day blue marlin fishing match in Puerto Rican waters is scheduled for Au gust 13-15. Dr. Overbey, president of Cape Hatteras Billfish Club and captain of the American team competing with the Puerto Ricans announced the names of those who will be fishing under his club’s colors. Thev are: Ross Walker, Richmond; George Purnell, Berlin, Md.; Reese Layton, Ocean City, Md.; Milton Chaski, Baltimore; Gilbert W. Keech, Welcome, Md.; Howard Waller ,Delmar, Del., and Al Pfleuger, Miami, Fla. With Dr. Overvey, six men of this, group will compose the team with the others named acting as alternates. Senor Esteban A. Bird, president of Club Nautico, San Juan, will be captain of the Puerto Rican team. Names of his team members have not yet been announced in the States. Off Hatteras in June the Puerto Rican team landed seven of the eight marlin boated by the two teams The total weight of the eight fish was 2,15 pounds. If the total weight of the blue marlin taken August 13-15 at Puerto Rico ex ceeds pounds then Club Nautico will retain the plaque designating those waters as the “Blue Marlin capital of the World.” If the total weight taken by both teams is less than 2,145 in Puerto Rican waters during the three day period, then Cape Hatteras would win the plaque, explained Dr. Overbey. COAST GUARD SERVICE IN U. S. CHALKS UP 169TH YEAR OF PUBLIC SERVICE A Mighty Organization Devoted to the Saving of Life and Property At Sea, For Many Years Sustained The Economy of Our Seashore Vil lages and Saved A Great Region for Today's Greater Usage. This week, on Tuesday, August 4th, the United States Coast Guard, a member of this Nation’s Armed Forces and its principal Federal Agency for maritime law enforce ment and marine safety, marked its 169th year of sendee to the maritime public. On this day Coast Guardsmen aboard ships and on stations from Greenland to Korea observed this passing of another mile-s tone quietly. Or as quietly as Coast Guardsmen possibly can; for out of necessity their services to the Nation must continue. Boatmen, themselves celebrating a day off from work or on vacation, could still expect a sleek white rescue boat to be available should trouble happen. Likewise, Loran Stations in the Atlantic and Pacific will still emit that all important radio impulse for the trans-oceanic navigator to use in plotting his course. In the 12 key rescue coordination centers throught the United States (this includes Alaska and Hawaii), men will stand watch around the clock, keep the eye of the Coast Guard on the waterways and sky days ready as on any other day, to send a ship or plane to the aid of those in distress. Perhaps a few of us are aware of the vast and varied services furnished by the Coast Guard to the maritime public. And perhaps even fewer are those that realize how closely the history of the Coast Guard is linked with the that' of oui' Nation. The Revenue-Marine, forerunner of the present Coast Guard was George Washington signed a bill born when Congress passed and which authorized the construction of “ten boats” securing the collec tion of revenues” and for guarding the coast against smuggling. During the years between the disbanding and re-establishment of the Navy, 1784-1798, it was our only armed force afloat. The Coast Guard has served with distinction in all or major conflicts, in the undeclared war with France The record includes a leading role in 1789; the stamping out of piracy in the Gulf of Mexico, participation in the Civil War, as well as in both World Wars. In 1915 the Revenue Cutter Ser vice and the Lifesaving Service merged and the name was changed to United States Coast Guard. In 1939, the Lighthouse Service was included in the Coast Guards’ organization, and in 1942, the Bu reau of Marine Inspection was temporarily transferred to the Coast Guard; the transfer was made permanent in 1946. The strength of the Coast Guard today is approximately 3,800 of ficers and 26,3000 enlisted men. This plus a strong Reserve train ing program enables it to carry out increased duties and responsibili ties should a national emergency threaten. In peacetime, the Coast Guard's duties are many and varied. Much time and effort is devoted to enforcing safety regulations for small boats. The rules provide that motorboats must carry a minimum amount of safety equipment such as lifejackets, lights, fire extin guishers, bells, whisltes, etc. The Coast Guard not only boards small boats to inspect them and in sure compliance with law, but al so carries out a program of train ing boat owners in the techniques of safe piloting and operation. Since the loss of the Titanic in 1912, the Coast Guard has been ■harged with conducting the Inter national Ice Patrol. An area of 45,000 square miles in the North Atlantic is patrolled; through this area passes the world’s heaviest shipping traffic. During the ice season, from April to mid-July, many ice bergs drift from the Ar tic into commercial shipping lanes. New ideas and innovations for combating the ice menace are be ing constantly employed. In safe guarding merchant shipping the Coast Guard keeps abreast of latest scientific developments atd employs the newest equipment after it has been checked and found satisfactory for ice-patrol work. Another big job of the Coast Guard is maintainance of an Ocean Weather Station program. At the present time, the United States maintains four ocean stations in the Atlantic and two in the Pacific. Coast Guard Cutters, with weather I bureau meteorologists and equip- MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO, N. C. NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Single Copy 70 ment, cruise for 21 days periods in an ocean area 210 miles square so that the weathermen can gather on-the-spot data to relay to the Weathtr Bureau. Forecasts and storm warnings based on such data permit transocean ships and planes to avoid dangerous climatic con ditions. During -1958, 32 Coast Guard Cutters were involved in this program. Latest addition to the Coast Guard organization is the Marine Inspection Service. This branch supervises the merchant marine in dustry to insure compliance with Coast Guard regulations for design and construction of vessels, safety ■ and comfort of passengers and jerew, proficieny of officers and I seamen, and the signing on and off of a ship’s personnel. Marine Inspection Offices are lo cated in all the major ports of the U. S. to facilitate that functioning of the service to the merchant ma rine industry. Study, aimed at im proving marine safety methods and devices in continuously undertaken by the Coast Guard. The recent establishment of a Merchant Vessel reporting pro gram has made notable progress toward increased safety at sea. Under this program, all merchant vessels within the North Atlantic Maritime Region, including the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean are required to report their position periodically to the Coast\-uard at New York. Upon receipt k.Nev, York, the information is 'te and, by means of a machit.l * puter, is kept up to date, reJi. instant use in case of distress. The importance of a safe and ficient merchant marine is reffe ed in the fact that approximate one-fourth of Coast Guard officer personnel is employed in merchant marine safety activities. In March, i 958, the requirements were fulfilled to effect the Inter nation Convention establishing the Inter-government Maritime Consul tative Organization under the United Nations. The Coast Guard's role will be encouragement of highest practicable standards for safety and efficiency. Search and rescue is perhaps the best known of the Coast Guard’s activities. To maintain this highly efficient function 12 major rescue coordination centers are located in key ports of the United States. Here trained officers and men co ordinate rescue procedures, making sure that the units involved are keep abreast of each pertinent facet of the incident. These “nerve centers” are manned around the clock, for distress knows no time table. The Coast Guard maintains the many aids to navigation which dot the sealanes pointing the way into safe channels, harbors and anchor ages. There are over 39,1)00 aids main tained by the Coast Guard. About two-thirds are buoys, and more than 500 are fully manned light houses. The tallest lighthouse in service today is the 191-foot Cape Charles light. The highest light, though it has only a 43-foot tower, is perched -422 feet above the Pacific on Cape Mendicino, California. LORAN (long range aid to Navigation) is one of the most im portant of the Coast Guard “guide and peacetime needs. Bom shortly nosts”. It serves essential wartime before the United States entered World War 11, Loran owes a large part o< its development to the Coast Guard. By war’s end, the Loran System extended from Greenland to Tokyo. In 1958, the Coast Guard operated 54 Loran Stations in the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico. As you can see, by the multi tude of duties, each man in the Coast Guard is important. Each has to be a specialist—not at just one job, but at many. In short, the emphasis in the Coast Guard is on brains as well as brawn. Only in this manner can the Coast Guard curry out its manifold duties, true to the traditions of mort that 169 yean of service to our country in war and in peace. BLOODMOBILE IN HYDE - ■ 1 The Red Cross Bloodmobile will i be at Engelhard on Friday, Aug ust 7, at the Engelhard High School lunchroom. The hours are from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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