SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS VOL XXV NO. 17 DARE COURT HAS MANY FELONIES UP FOR TRIAL Term Begins Monday with Docket Loded With Serious Crimes Listed Judge Chester Morris of Curri tuck is to preside Monday at the regular October term of Superior court for the trial of Civil and criminal cases. The calendar in cludes criminal cases on the dock et for two to three years. Three Norfolk youths face, three charges of breaking and entering since 1957. Robert Lee Garrett, Donald Massie and Robert Ainsley are indicted for breaking, entering and larceny of property in the beach area. The case againist Desmond Rogers Jr., charged with larceny and assault is still on the boo&s. The case came back once from Supreme Court; the prosecuting witness Marvin Daniels has been in the hospital a long time. It is doubtful the case will come up this time, as Daniels continues ill. This case bagan in May 1956. Irene Chitty Sauders of Norfolk is charged with bigamy and her motel companion at Kill Devil Hills last year John R. Bulluck Jr., is charged with her as unlawfully registering as man and wife. Jon Arthur Williams of Wan chese is charged with assaulting an officer. Thos. Gray Scarborough of Avon is up on appeal on a drunken driving charge, and also for being drunk on the highway. C. Caple Bobbit Jr., of Norfolk and Charles Bailey Pond Jr., both are charged with driving while drunk. Walter Edward Sharp and Rich ard Freeman are charged with having liquor for purpose of sale. Leon White is charged with two counts of larceny. Charles Edward Wroten is charged with theft of automobile as well as with speed ing and reckless driving. Willard Hooper charged with larceny of an engine. Wroten is charged with speeding at 110 miles an hour. He is also charged with David Gaskins stealing an automobile, another offense.. Willie Spencer is charged with assault with a knife. Reuben Smith with assault with a knife. Clayton Bowser is charged with assault with deadly weapon. Edward Lance Gray for speeding at 85 mph. Charles Wroten and Jon Arthur Williams are charged with doing malicious and wanton damage to the automobile of Martin Kellogg Jr., by beating out the rear glass and windshield. HUGE CORN CROP AND MANY BEANS IN HYDE COUNTY Estimated Million Bushel Corn Crop and 750,000 Bush els Soybeans Although corn prices are some sl.o3 the yield in Hyde County this what disappointing, being about year has not been lacking, accord ing to R. L. Gibbs, well-known ele vator operator of Engelhard who estimates the county’s corn crop at a million bushels, and the soy bean crop at a 750.000 bushels for the entire county. Mr. Gibbs’ ele vators will handle about a half mil lion bushels of grain this season. The development of Engelhard as one of the big grain centers of eastern North Carolina has been made possible because of water transportation which permits large vessels to load directly from the elevators and move the cargo to Baltimore and other large ports. While the Engineer Corp, is planning to maintain a 12-ft. chan nel into Engelhard, vessels may make use of only 9*6 ft. draft since this is the maximum depth per mitted through Croatan Sound maintenance of the channel through which has been allowed to fill up. Some people say there has been no Crrtatan Sound in 30 years. There fore, a serious handicap exists for the development of water trans portation in this area. The grain elevators at Engelhard constitute one of the town’s most valuable commercial assets. Through it, hundreds of thousands of dollars are paid out annually to farmers for grain, and no small amount of employment is provided. The business stands a monument to the acumen and business ability of Mr. Gibbs, a native son, who has been operating in this community for more than 25 years. BACK TO WILDLIFE W. S. White of Manns Harbor has gone back to his old job of game protector for the N. C. Wildlife Division, a place from which he got a leave of absence in the spring while he recuperat ed from an illness, and caught up with some private business. THE COASTLAND TIMES WITH WHICH IS COMBINED THE PILOT AND HERALD OF BELHAVEN AND SWAN QUARTER PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND .OF NORTH CAROLINA AVON MEN COMPLETE COAST GUARD BASIC TRAINING LARRY E. GRAY LARRY E. GRAY, SA, U.S.C.G., son of Mr. and Mrs. Erving T. Gray and JOHN D. GRAY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Gray, all of Avon, Dare County have completed thirteen weeks of basic training at the U. S. Coast Guard Receiving Center, Cape May, New Jersey. They entered the Coast Guard last July. Seamen apprentices Gray have reported to the sth Coast Guard District for further duty. Before entering the Coast Guard they graduated from Cape Hat teras High School. MATTAMUSKEET SET FOR A BIG HUNTING SEASON Varied Interests Around the Lake Prepared For Wildfowl Sea son In November Business interests of the Matta muskeet region in Hyde bounty are set for a big season when the wild goose date rolls around Nov. 10, and the duck season Nov. 20. Now that good roads have en abled a great volume of motor traffic to get into Hyde County, hunting has become big business. Hotel, motel, and restaurant ac commodations are completely mod ern, and hunters no longer have to rough it anywhere in rude camps as in the old days. The wildfowl season is so im portant to the economy of Hyde County that all business firms, other than those directly catering to sportsmen are extremely co operative, and all do their part to make a success of it. Business people are aware that this sea son,more than any others, offers the county an opportunity to im press itself upon important peo ple who can be helpful to the county. For this season brings to the area some of the smartest of men in all walks of life, including men in high finance, all of whom can render the area a great serv ice by the good reports they car ry away of the hospitality found here. Then too, there is the possibili ty some of them might see oppor tunities for investment of capital and development of natural re sources that homefolks often ov erlook. With good bus service all the See HUNTING, Page Six JUDGE PAUL HELD COURT IN HYDE, HAD MANY CASES Judge Malcolm Paul of Wash ington presided at the term of Superior Court in Hyde County held last week and which con vened on Monday. Among the numerous cases heard, Tom Pugh tendered a plea of forcible tres (p&ss. Judgement of six months, suspended with following require ments: 1. Release Emanuel John son of any claim of SSO growing put of trading cars. 2. Pay John |»n $25. 3. Remain on good be havior two years. Rudolph Keech was found not guilty by a jury, of setting fire in woods without notifying ad joining landowners. Harvey Grafton Spencer got a' 12-months suspended sentence for non-support. He has to pay his six minor children S6O a month in ad vance; pay court costs and give a $250 appearance bond. W. R. Williams got a divorce from Allie V. Williams. The civil case of Harold S. Spencer vs. Kelly Collins was set for the next term of court. In the case of Earl Topping vs. the State Board of Education, the Judgment was that “there re mains nothing further to be liti gated herein ... it is decreed that the action be dismissed.” State cases against David E. Hervey, and George Burrus, and against Masces E. Daniels, were > continued. Daniels, charged with burglary will be tried in Beaufort .County in November. The jury J found not a true bill in the case 'of state vs. Donald Feurman. JOHN D. GRAY AIRSTRIP PROVES OF DEFINITE AID TO ENGELHARD Harold Jarvis, Jr. Maintains 4,000 Foot Runway For Benefit of Community Established about six months agio, by Harold Jarvis, Jr., young Engelhard businessman, for the convenience of air-minded visitors, a 4,000-ft. airstrip is proving of much value to the area, and at tracting number of planes bearing sportsmen, fishermen and commer cial travelers. The runway has a north-south course. The airstrip is located immedi ately south of the town. It is ad jacent to the hardsurfaced road, and provsion is made for the transportation of visitors to near by points. Taxi service is avail able. A 24-hour tie-down is $2. Being now established on air maps, the facility is expected to attract numerous hunters during the forthcoming wildfowl season. It is used a great deal by air planes flying out of Manteo and Washington serving commercial travelers. Mr. Jarvis is not concerned with making a profit from his airstrip, but more with making it a com munity asset and he is hopeful that business will permit installa tion of lights for night landing and a Unicom radio system. Dr. J. H. Liverman, the town’s physician owns a plane, and his wife, June, has qualified as a pilot too. More plane owners are ex pected soon in the community. UNCLE DOCK FROM DUCK WRITES: Telling the Farmers What They Need; We'll Soon Be In The Promised Land Dear Mr. Editor: I see now where most of the speeches being made to gatherings in North Carolina, except in the churches have a lot to say about the welfare of the farmers and the school teachers. It’s kind of amus ing to read some of the things they say that ought to be done for the farmers. We never read about what the farmers ought to do for them selves. Os course these folks making speeches have got their eye cocked on some office they’d like to have. A great deal of attention is being paid to the teachers also. Now what I’d like to see is some body run for office, and tell folks he doesn’t propose to give them anything but honest effort, and | that he will try to save money in stead of just spending it It seems the people would wake up to all the phoney baloney promised by politicians. It seems they would realize that what they give back to the people, the people themselves must first dig up cash to pay. By the time it gets back to the people, a lot of it has got nicked off the edges. You can keep your ears cocked from now until next June, for the race in North Carolina is likely to' be an interesting one. Everything is going to be promised before it’s over.. Tears will be shed over the poor farmer. Once the fanner vote was just about the whole thing, but now the state is getting industrial ized so the politicians have to play with the labor bosses. While one eye is weeping for the farmer,-the other wUI be shedding tears for labor. Labor will be told it ought MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1959 THREE RESCUED AFTER BOAT IN BAY OVERTURNS Three Belhaven People Brought in Swan Quarter After Close Call Three members of a Belhaven family narrowly escaped drowning when their outboard motor boat overturned on Thursday of last week. Mrs. Lovie Jefferson, her son, Elmer Ray, and her daughter, Mrs. Olion Baum, were fishing in Oyster Bay when their boat cap sized without warning. Mrs. Jef ferson,went down twice before her son reached her. As he dived un der the boat in search of his mother, Mrs. Baum clung to the overturned craft and screamed the attention of several men fishing from a small rowboat in the dis tance. The men evidently did not realize the plight of the party or could not reach them, for the res cue was effected by an oyster boat that was a good distance away when the accident occurred. Merle Sadler and Vonn Wood, aboard the oyster boat, first thought that the figures in the water were porpoises; but went to the rescue immediately when they saw their mistake. The two men took the party to Swan Quarter. Mrs. Jefferson, 71, and her son and daughter were treated for shock, and all are now recovering from their ordeal. BOY SCOUT CAMPAIGN BREAKFAST ON TUESDAY Movement Underway in Dare County; Wade Marr Speaker; County wide Effort Started At a breakfast furnished by the early bird group Tuesday at the Carolinian Hotel, to kick-off the Boy Scout campaign, S. Wade Man 1 of Elizabeth City gave the pep talk. Marr, well-known after dinner’ speaker has been associated with the Scout movement since 1910, according to Gene Traut wein, District Scout executive. Mr. Marr said to the Dare County folks that he knew of no finer -Cause to assist with time and money, and no other organi zation with the exception of the church and the school, has so re markable an influence upon the boys of this country. Over twenty million have come in contact with its program, he said. The necessary funds to carry on this dedicated work has been done through the generous sup port of the people and United Fund groups. Where there is no Fund, the independent campaign has built the Boy Scout Move ment to over 1,200 Cubs, Scouts and Explorers in this section of Eastern North Carolina. Records indicate that in Dare County alone Scouting has pro gressed from one Troop in Man , teo to where almost every village j and community has Stouts, he added. 1 See SCOUTS, Page Six to get more money; it ought to have shorter hours, it ought to have more holidays, etc. But nobody is going to suggest to labor that it ought to give an honest day’s work; that it ought to stop gold-bricking and feather-bedding. The politicians will have also a lot of consideration for the teach ers. The teachers haven’t got too many breaks as they wished them in the past .year or two, so they’re going to be promised a lot of things this time, and as in every election year, some of them will believe what's told them. One reason the politician forgets about the teach ers is because he remembers that there is a big turnover among them, I with many of the young ones get ting married every year. He just figures that most of the teachers he promised things to are married and gone by the time he gets in of fice. It might be amusing if we could watch those fellows writing 1 speeches. Just how to promise a whole lot in such away that loop ■ holes can be left, must be quite a ’ problem. A follow has to know a lot 'Of dictionary in order to make I it all look rosy while leaving away i to back out. > | Well, Mr. Editor, I have my own ; rule about these candidates. I don’t i go by their speeches. I go by the > kind of man he’s been before he i started running for :,been a man that’s kept his word land paid his bills and didn’t beat r his wife, and his children looked » like they weren’t afraid of him, », then my odds would be on him be : ing all right wherever he goes. :! See DOCK, Plage Six GREEK SHIP OFF OREGON INLET LOSES SAILOR Day-long search for a Greek sailor missing from his ship off Oregon Inlet was called off by the Coast Guard at dusk Wednes day night. The missing man was identified as lordonis Slamlouglou, 28, of Piraeus, Greece, an engine wiper aboard the Greek freighter’ Na varchos Koundouriotis. The ship reported he was missed about 8 a.m. Wednesday. It called for Coast Guard help at 10 a.m. while off Nags Head. The Koundouriotis backtracked, but found no trace of the missing man. The Coast Guard sent out a helicopter from Elizabeth City. The plane had to return because of thick weather, and gave up the search late Wednesday. A boat and crew from the Oregon Inlet Lifeboat Station assisted in the search. CANCER DRIVE IN DARE CO. PAST THE $l,lOO MARK Still Long Way Rom Goal of $1,800; Some Areas Not Complete Although the goal is not yet reached for the Cancer Crusade in Dare County directors for the lo cal unit are well pleased with the results ofthe Fall campaign to reach every family with informa tion and offer the opportunity to contribute toward a relief pro gram. Mrs. Raymond Wescott, Crusade chairman reports $1134.72 thus far with several communities not yet heard from. The volun teers in these communities are urged to complete their coverage and make their final reports as soon as possible. For each mem ber of the Dare Society Mrs. Wes cott expresses sincere apprecia tion for the very fine cooperation and contributions made for this worthy cause. Colington, $29; Duck, $7.50; East Lake, $13.45; Frisco, $15.85; Hatteras, |77.49; Kill Devil Hills, $81; Kitty Hawk, $32.23; Manteo, residential, $316.15; Manteo, business firms, $249; Mashoes, $8; Nags Head, $68.85; Organizations: Mt. Olivet Adult Fellowship, $10; Mt. Olivet Daughters of Wesley, $5; Rotary free will offering, sl4; Park Serv ice, $4.50; Schools: Manteo Ele mentary, $43.73; Manteo High, $15.60; Roanoke School, $5.40; Kitty Hawk, $10.80; Stumpy Point, $21.71; Wanchese, $105.46; Cancer penny banks and miscella neous contributions, $5.70. SOUTHERN ALBEMARLE PRESIDENCY GOES TO BEAUFORT CO. NEXT The forthcoming annual conven tion of the six-county Southern Albemarle Association to be held at Columbia on Wednesday, No vember 4, seems to be shaping up toward an interesting day. For one thing, the presidency is due to go to Beaufort County for the ensuing year. In order of rotation in recent years, presidents have been chosen as follows: E. O. Arnold, Roper 49-50 P. D. Midgett, Hyde 50-51 C. W. Tatem, Tyrrell 51-52 L. L. Swain, Manteo 52-53 W. T. Ralph, Beaufort 53-54 A. Corey, Martin 54-55 M. R. Daniels, Dare 55-56 T. R. Spruill, Roper 56-57 Leon Ballance, Hyde 57-58 W. J. White, Tyrrell 58-59 The order of rotation seems to be Washington, Hyde, Tyrrell, Dare, Beaufort, Martin, but Dare last time came in out of turn. The featured speaker at the November event will be J. Melville Broughton, Jr., Chairman of the State Highway Commission. Guests of honor will be Commis sion members and the legislators from the seven counties of the Second Senatorial District. Presi dent W. J. White of Columbia and his committee are arranging a barbecue dinner. The election of officers will be held in the after noon. It was reported last week that the Southern Albemarle Associ ation will be held at the Columbia Theater Columbia on Nov. 4th. In , stead of meeting in the theater as • reported it will meet at the Colum bia High School auditorium at 11 i a.m. on Nov. 4. Luncheon will be ; served in the School cafeteria. ■ Ill— ■■■■ ■ I.—llli ll P.T.A. BUDGET MEETING i I A P.T.A. meeting to consider : the budget has been announced by I Mrs. Jack Finn President, at the , next regular meeting in the Man ■ teo High School 8 p.m. Oct 27. Due to delays in getting started, a full attendance is requested. THREE-DAY SURF FISHING TOURNEY NEXT WEEK END FOR HATTERAS ISLAND Second Annual Affair Two Weeks After Nags Head's Ninth; Elaborate Plans Rain or Shine. Made for Big Event on Outer Banks; Much In terest Manifested By Out of State Anglers. Hatteras Island’s second annual Surf Fishing Tournament is all set to go, on next week end, rain or shine, said President Edgar O. Hooper of the Cape Hatteras Anglers Club this week. Elabor ate plans have been made. Regis tration will begin at Cape Hat teras School Wednesday night at eight o’clock. At this time coffee will be served to all members of the vis iting teams by the Anglers Club. Mr. Hooper and H. Willard Shane are co-directors of the tournament. Many out of state teams have shown much interest in the event. There were 15 teams entered early in the week. The team scoring the greatest number of points, will be award ed the Anglers Club trophy for permanent possession. Individual award to each member of the team will be ten-karat gold Cape Hatteras Anglers Club medals. A plaque to the second place team, and to each team member an Anglers Club sterling silver med al. Third place will win a plaque and bronze medals. There are many open individual awards, including reels, rods, etc. Awards are offered girls or boys under 16. Full information can be ob tained from Mr. Hooper at Bux ton, or the Cape Hatteras Anglers Club. The ninth annual Nags Head tournament which was held on last week end it is said got considerable attention in Phila delphia and New Jersey papers and in Norfolk papers, but was almost unnoticed in other papers of this area circulating on the coast, according to Aycock Brown, Tourist Bureau manager. The tourney attracted teams from 29 surf-fishing clubs as far north as New Jersey, and about 169 anglers participated. Top trophy went to the N. J. Beach Buggy team captained by William Kerstetter of Atlantic City. Each member of this 6-man team. re ceived gold medals. The team caught 52 fish in team competition and won the Carolinian trophy for catching the most fish. They took home replicas, but originals must be won two years in succes sion for keeps. Atlantic City’s 25 Sons of Beaches got trophies for second place, and Holmesburg Fish and Protective Association of Phila. for placing and showing in team competition, and second place team members received silver medals and third place bronze medals. Mrs. Dorothy Phelan, Atlantic City, of fishing mermaids team accepted award for woman’s team catching most fish, a total of 17. Bill Nichols, Inland Anglers Club of Rocky Mount won award for team taking most fish; to tal 12. Sadie Woods, Atlantic City Seashore Club member won. a similar award for catching five fish to win woman’s prize in this class. MANTEO'S WOMAN'S CLUB WINS DISTRICT PRIZE Will Give Halloween Party For Com munity's Older Citizens; "Get Out And Vote" Campaign The Manteo Woman’s Club was represented at the 16th District Meeting in Gatesville on Saturday, October 17, by the president, Mrs. Sara H. Everett, the scrapbook chairman, Mrs. R. V. Owens, Jr., the communtiy affairs chairman, Mrs. Jack Tillett, and the member of the communications department, Mrs. Jerry Cahoon. The members of the district voted to have their 1960 meeting in Manteo. Mrs. Raymond Dent, State Presi dent, was honored by the district by “Queen for a Day” with the club presidents as members of her court. The Manteo Woman’s Club received a certificate of merit and was awarded the Mary Fearing Pitcher for increase in membership, which was over 60 percent increase from previous years. On Saturday, October 24, the Ways and Means Department of the Manteo Woman’s Club is spons oring a rummage sale for the bene fit of the acholarshhip fund. The scholarship fund is open to any qualified High School Senior of the Manteo High school in the amount of $150.00. The rummage sale will be held in front of the pool hall in See WOMEN, Page Six MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO, N. C. NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Single Copy 70 TRAGIC COLLISION BRINGS DEATH TO A PANTEGO CHILD Several Seriously Injured When Truck and Car Collide Head-On Monday An 18-months old child died im mediately Monday evening when the car which its grandmother was driving collided head on with a truck a few hundred yards west of Pantego. A teen-age girl suffered lacerations, dislocated joints and broken bones. Mrs. Herman Shavender, wife of a Pantego minister, was only a short distance from her home, when while attempting to turn off of U. S. 264 to go to her house, collided head on with a truck loaded with concrete blocks out of Engelhard, and driven by John Early Bryant. Mrs. Shavender had her young 14-year-old daughter and her little grandchild with her. Katherine Rene Baynor was the 18-mos.-old daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. William Baynor of Rt. 1, Pantego. Sylvia Shavender, 14, had a broken arm, lacerations and a dislocated hip, and she, with her mother, Mrs. Shavender, who suffered serious injuries were sent to the Belhaven hospital for treatment Mrs. Shav ender had broken ribs, lacerations, and shock. The child is survived by her mo ther and father; her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Her man Shavender of Pantego; her paternal grandmother, Mrs. How ard Baynor of Plymouth, RFD; her maternal greatgrandmother, Mrs. Mattie Shavender of Pantego; and her maternal great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Johnston of Belhaven. Funeral sendees were held from the Paul Funeral Home Chapel in Belhaven Wednesday afternoon, with the Rev. Dalton Finch of ficiating. Burial was in Memorial Gardens. HANDSOME MEN ARE JUDGES FOR PRETTY "LAIGS" Belhaven P.T.A. Planning to Pep Up Halloween Party With Unique Contest Eight of Belhaven’s most hand some male citizens have volun teered to be subjects in the “Par ty Laigs” contest to be sponsored by the Belhaven P. T. A. between now and Halloween. A poster bearing the mismatched heads and legs of Eddie Voliva, Brick Howard, Jack Leigh, Charlie Smith, Brantley Tillman, J. H. Purvis, Howard Chapin, and H. G. Brumsey will be be displayed in O’Neal’s Drug Store. For twenty five cents any contestant may at tempt to match the heads and legs of these men. The first per son to match all eight correctly will receive a prize. Entry blanks may be picked up at most Belha ven business establishments, and there is no limit to the number of blanks one person may buy. The annual Halloween Carnival will be held on Friday night at the John A. Wilkinson School. The doors will open at 6:00 p.m., and there will be barbecue sandwiches and hot dogs on sale for those who wish to eat supper. In addi , tion to the usual carnival attrac ; tions, there will be an auction * sale of assorted articles in the auditorium. One of the highlights ■ of the program will be the crown ing of the King and Queen of Halloween, winners of the popu larity contest to be held before the night. Mrs. Jesse Taylor is general ' chairman of the carnival. ‘ i FAIRFIELD BOOK CLUB TO * PRESENT COMEDY OCT. 24 The Fairfield Junior Book dub * is to present a side-splitting eorne 3dy “Heading for-a wedding,” Sat ' urday night, Oct. 24 at 7:30 at the - Fairfield Theater building. This t play has been enjoyable and suc -1 cessful wherever shown, and the » proceeds will be devoted to a| worthy cause. .. 1

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