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FATHER LOSES BOTH SONS AS
TRAFFIC COLLISION TAKES
LIVES OF FOUR ON DARE ROAD
Terrific Speed of Southbound Car Near Stumpy
Point, Kills Three From Rocky Mount and Its
Driver, a Dare County Man Dies Shortly Af
terward. County's Worst Auto Fatality Fol-
lows Hunting Trip.
Unexpectedly called from his
beach home at Nags Head late
Saturday evening, Thomas E. Tay
lor of Rocky Mount had the sad
duty of identifying his two sons
dead in a Manteo Funeral Home.
Thos. Bruce Taylor 15, and George
C. Oscar Taylor 21 had failed to
return from a hunting trip in
Hyde County, both victims of a
head on collision with a 1957
Thunderbird Ford driven at “ter
rific speed” by Cailbert Lockwood
Gray, 21, a Dare County native.
Gray died shortly afterward,
and never knew the result of his
crave for speed which ended so
tragically two miles north ofi
Stumpy Point.
With the Taylor boys, the fanii-l
ly chauffeur Elbert Lewis, 40,
colored, was also killed. They all
apparently died instantly when the
1958 Plymouth, driven by Oscar
Taylor was tossed from the road
to the swamp, its motor and gas
tank both being scattered some
distance from the car.
Gray’s car, then continued about
70 feet southward in a wide arc,
and came to a stop squarely across
the road. His younger brother,
Jimmy Gray, 19, who was driving
his father’s late model Oldsmobile,
picked him up and brought him to
Dr. W. W. Harvey Jr., in Manteo.
Dr. Harvey dispatched him to the
Elizabeth City hospital in a Twi
ford ambulance driven by Walter
Harris, but the injured man was
pronounced dead on arrival. He is
said to have never regained con
sciousness.
Both caro and men were as com
pletely battered as are usually
seen following automobile col
lisions. The 1957 Thunderbird
driven by Gray, carrying Va.
license tag No. 161-800 was
brought to Manteo shortly after
ward by Hassell & Creef’s truck.
The Plymouth caught fire due to
friction on the road, and while be
ing towed by a Sawyer truck. The
Manteo Fire Department went out
on call, but the fire was out. Both
cars were already total losses.
Among tlie first to arrive on the
scene were Mr.’ and Mrs. Glenn
Twiford and Mi-, and Mrs. Roger
Best of Stumpy Point. Soon after,
Leigh Hassell Jr., J. D. Simpson
and young Clyde Hassell, all Man
teo young men who were also re
turning from a goose hunt in Hyde
County. They helped get Gray in
his brother’s car.
Two ambulances from Twiford’s
Funeral Home went to the scene
following notice from an unknown
informant who phoned Manteo
Police Chief M. C. Mitchell, but
who refused to give his name.
The two young Tayloi’ brothers
and the Negro were both found
dead, their limbs and skulls badly
crushed. Their guns were only
twisted barrels, with broken
stocks.
The identity of the three Rocky-
Mount men was unknown until
;ifter some hours of investigation
by Patrolman Arthur Fields of
Manteo, information finally led to
the home of Mr. Taylor of Nags
Head, who was there alone await
ing their. return. Mi-s. Taylor, the
mother, remained in Rocky Mount,
and did not come on the trip. It
had been an annual custom of Mr.
Taylor to bring his sons to Dare
County for hunting on Thanks
giving. They had hunted Friday
with poor luck.
But early Saturday morning, on
preparing to leave, they had come
into his room, Mr. Taylor said, and
told him “We are going to
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MANTEO BANK PLANS
BRANCH AT BUXTON
The Bank of Manteo is planning
to open a branch at Buxton, ac
cording to a notice by Ben Roberts,
N. C. Commissioner of Banks, and
the date for a hearing on the ap
plication has been set Frank B.
Turner of Raleigh, Vice-President
of the bank said yesterday a lo
cation had been found for the Bux
ton unit if authority is granted by
the Banking Commission.
Mr. Turner said rumors that the
present owners contemplate sell
ing the Bahk of Manteo are entire
ly without foundation, and no such
decision has been made by the ma
jority owners, although it was true
that other banks two in particular
had offered to negotiate toward
buying it to make a branch bank.
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
TRANSFER AND PROMOTION
FOR OCRACOKE C.G. MAN
CLARENCE B. SCARBOROUGH,
Warrant Pay Officer in the U. S.
Coast Guard, has been assigned
to finance and supply section at
the Coast Guard Academy, New
London, 'Conn. He served in the
Navy during World War It in
Panama and Hawaii; he also
served in the Korean conflict. Af
ter the war he enlisted in the
Coast Guard and served on the
Cutter “Eastwifld,” making sever
al trips to the Greenland and
North Pole areas. He and his wife
and two children, John and Chris
topher, have moved from Boston
to New London. He is the son of
Mr. and Mi’s. C. D. Scarborough
of Ocracoke, a graduate of Ocra
coke High School, Class of 1940.
Here he has long been familiarly
known by his nickname, Jack.
CLAIMANT IN RIFLE
CASE PAYS COURT
COSTS ON TUESDAY
When the case of Roy Everton
of East Lake finally came before
the court Tuesday it wound up
with George Barnett, young Fris
co man paying the court costs,
and the case was nol-prossed.
Barnett had complained two
weeks before that the elderly
Everton, while drunk had assault
ed him with a 22 rifle, striking
him over the head with it, and
firing at him as he ran. It first
appeared that Everton being in a
playful mood might have been
amusing himself at the expense
of a love-sick stranger courting
away from home. Anyway, a truce"
had been made, and Barnett hoped
to keep returning to the neighbor
hood in peace. He withdrew his
complaint and paid $8.70.
Dalton E. Hooper of Waves
paid $5 for improper license
plates. Samuel E. Hassell of East
Lake, no drivers license, $25.,
Francis G. Knight of Ashland,
Va., and Paul B. Fisher of Nor
folk, fishing without license $lO
each. Lelia McD Pinner, for disre
garding a stop-sign, paid $5.
NEW CHURCH ANNEX TO
BE USED FIRST TIME
The kitchen and fellowship hall
of Kitty Hawk’s new educational
building will be publicly used for
the first time Saturday night, Dec.
5 from 5 to 8 pjn. when a buffet
supper will be held to continue the
campaign for funds to complete'
the $50,000 structure. Already/
contributions of $38,000 in cash
have been received by the finance
committee of which Pennel A. Til
lett is chairman.
Mrs. Edgar Perry is chairman of
the buffet supper committee A
large crowd is expected because of
the building being in use for the
first time, Rev. Stanley S. Snead,
pastor, reports.
CHARLES BRIGGS ON TV
PLAYING “THE LAW MAN”
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Briggs of Kill
Devil Hills and many friends are
due to find new thrills on the TV
this Sunday night when their son
Charles Briggs will play the part
of Jack Logan in “The Law Man.”
Young Briggs, who got his stage
start in The Lost Colony, is mak
ing his way upward in T-V, and
many of his friends here have been
proud of his success and ability.
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WINNERS OF 4-H HONORS AND AWARDS IN DARE COUNTY SATURDAY
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THIRTEEN 4-H leaders in Dare County received awards for outstanding work in their clubs,
some winning district and state honors. Shown in the picture are Amistead O’Neal, James I. Gray,
Cheryl Dobbs, Marvin Sparrow, Della Basnight, Charles Evans, Nancy Coles Basnight, Nancy Lynn
Midgett, Linda King, Carol Hooper, Charlotte Perry, Charlie Perry and Sherry Dawn Twiddy.
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UNCLE DOCK FROM DUCK WRITES:
One Hundred Per Cent for Breath Control,
More Action, Less Issues in This Country
Dear Mr. Editor:
I have noticed this week that
everybody has forgotten we had
all started to the moon, and have
stopped on the road together to
debate whether we are going to
spend some more foreign aid to
induce the heathen Chinee, and
the howling Hindoo to do without
what they have always been do
ing a lot of. In fact, according to
all accounts, more than our “To
bacco road folks 1 ” and the color
ed.
Now I can’t see why we should
bring up an issue like “birth con
trol” in this country at this time
and go abroad and try to get it
practiced when it isn’t practiced
at home. Like most other things,
we are long on telling other na
tions what to do, and paying them
for their patience in listening to
us, when we don’t practice our
preaching here at home.
Now seriously, isn’t it ridiculous
to be telling the Hindoo to have
less babies, when the Hindoo knows
we are paying colored women and
other loose sisters a bonus through
the welfare every time they have a|
baby. We would pay for birth con
trol in Asia, while spending the
taxpayers money for producing
more babies in America.
Maybe it’s just another excuse
for giving away more money in
foreign countries, so some of our
political dead beats can have thej
joy of being sent over there at
good pay to dish it out.
What we need in this country is
“breath control.” Too many people
believe nothing but words count.
‘We are like the old saying of
neighbors stopped in the road to
palaver: “All going one way, and
stopped to talk,” If we tried to
talk as we walked along, we would
find we had to save some breath
for the journey. Let’s exercise some
breath control, and continue like
j we started, that is if we want tb,
i on our trip to the moon. Chances
are when tire we get there the
Russians won’t let us land. They’ll
have an iron fence up before we
stop talking.
Now Mr. Editor, when I was a
boy, this birth control business
didn’t bother people too much. The
I old folks had more sense, and they
used it. Babies had away of com
ing along, but the parents had
. sense enough to turn their burdens
into blessings. By the time a nice
' family of four or five children had
’ ! come along, the oldest was already
' i working, so little difference in the
! cost of living was noticed because
’ the family had extra help, and the
, helpers increased with the age of
’ each succeeding child. Truly in
those days, a big family of sensible
• parents was usually a blessing both
to children and parents. The old
■ benefitted from the work of the
' children, and the children were
prepared for life by learning to
work when they were young. In a
big family they had to learn how
to get along with others.
They had to learn that in
unity there is strength. They knew
that nothing is worth much in the
long run unless it is first earned.
They appreciated what they had
and they didn’t mind making oth
ers respect their rights. They knew
the value of property, and respect
ed the property rights of their
neighbors.
Nowadays we try to make water
I run up hill by telling people they
i can live forever on free lunches,
when people knew better five
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1959
thousand years ago. If people
would use commonsense, courage
and honesty with themselves and
tlie world, they wouldn’t want to
and wouldn’t have to be wasting
their time worrying about birth
control. It has come to be accepted
that words not work will get ’em
by; they’d rather make malarkey
than to work for money; they’d
make bull and baloney the bul
wark of our economy, always with
a hand outstretched to get the
money that some other fellow has
to sweat for to turn over in taxes.
Yours for more breath control,
UNCLE DOCK FROM DUCK
IMPROVEMENT PLANNED
AT HATTERAS INLET STA.
The long-talked-of new Coast
Guard Station near Hatteras Inlet
looks like its shaping up. Prepara
tions on a long range plan are being
considered by the Coast Guard. The
station was formerly located on the
I northeast end of Ocracoke Island,
but due to erosion and hurricane
damage it was abandoned about
| ten years ago. The crew was moved
across the inlet and located on
Hatteras Island where they have
maintained quarters in the inade
i quate building, with some ad
’ ditions, formerly occupied by the
Lyons-Stelwagon Gooseville Gun
Club.
The Coast Guard has invited bids
for the construction of a boat
basin, dredging, piers, boat hoist
and fuel storage facilities at the
Hatteras Inlet Lifeboat Station
just southwest of Hatteras.
Specifications and blue prints for
this work can be obtained from the
Contracting Officer, Fifth Coast
Guard District, Box 540, Norfolk
(1). Refer to bid invitation num
ber 50-60.
Sealed bids must be submittted
to the Contracting Officer for the
Fifth Coast Guard District, Room
234, U. S. Post Office and Court
House Building, Norfolk before 1
p.m., December 24.
ACHIEVEMENT DAY AT
ENGELHARD IS OBSERVED
An “Achievement Day” pro
gram was held Wednesday at 2
n.m. at the Engelhard High
School for Home Demonstration
workers of the Hvde County
area. A tea was scheduled follow
ing the meeting. Miss Florence
Cox, District Home Agent pre
sented the new Home Agent, Miss
Nelda Howell of Onslow Coun
ty. Many new officers from the
■ various clubs attended Achieve
ment Day for their first time as
' officers.
One of the features of the day
was a demonstration on Christmas
Decorations by Mr. and Mrs. Her
man Sawyer of Elizabeth City.
NEW HOME AGENT
Miss Nelda Howell of Swans
boro, Onslow County, assumed her
duties as the Home Agent of
Hyde County this week. She suc
ceeds Mrs. Jean Woodley Ballance
of Engelhard who resigned effec
tive June 1. The office has been
vacant since that time.
Miss Howell graduated from
E.C.C. with a degree in Home
Economics on November 25. Her
employment here is her first
In Hyde County, Miss Howell
will work with Home Demonstra
tion Club women and Four-H
girls. j
HEARING ON NEW
BANK TO BE HELD
IN MANTEO DEC. 14
State Banking Commission to
Hear Reguest of People's
Monday Week
The request of a group of Dare
County citizens to the State Bank
ing Comission for permission to
establish a new bank in Manteo,
to be known as the Peoples Bank
of Dare, will be heard at 9:30 a.m.
on Monday, December 14, Ben R.
Robert, Commissioner of Banks
said this week.
The public hearing at the court
house in Manteo will give all citi
zens an opportunity to be heard
on this request.
Mr. Robert said a report on the
Manteo hearing will be submitted
to the State Banking Commission
at its meeting on January 20, 1960
in Raleigh.
Attorneys who will represent the
Dare County citizens at 'their hear
ing on December 14 are J. Mel
ville Broughton Jr., of Raleigh
and W. H. McCown of Manteo.
A NORFOLK FIRM
BIDS $110,866 ON
BODIE ISLAND JOB
A low bid of $110,866 was
opened Tuesday for construction
of a utility building and equip
ment storage building, Bodie Is
land maintenance area, and com- .
fort station at Oregon Inlet, for .
the Cape Hatteras National Sea- .
shore, acting Supt. Floyd B. Tay
lor said yesterday.
Hunt Contracting Company
Norfolk, Virginia, offered to build
for $110,866. The other five bid
ders included Kellogg-Cuthrell, 1
Inc., Manteo, and Johnston Build
ers Belhaven.
Award will be made in the near
future.
Other Mission 66 projects cur
rently under construction in the
Cape Hatteras area include: four
residences for park employees,
Bodie Island (to be ready for oc
cupancy by December 31), Kel
logg-Cuthrell, Inc., Contractoi-s, I
Manteo, $73,493.08; % Bodie Island
Water System (to be completed
by December 29) $86,094.53; and
Interior Painting, Cape Hatteras
Lighthouse, to be completed by
January 31, 190, $4,200.
The Bodie Island- Maintenance
area, upon construction, will .re
place garage space currently
rented in Manteo and, for the
first time in the history of the
Park, center all activities within
the area proper. A similar main
tenance area was completed in
the 1959 fiscal year at Buxton to
serve all Park projects on Hat
teras Island.
“Mmmmmmmuffed!”
“Misquoted myself,” Rev.
Stanley S. Snead of Kitty
Hawk Methodist Charge wrote
in. One of the W. S. C. S.
members visited the next
morning after she received
her “Times.”
“You see that brand new
cook stove, don’t you?”
“Yes ma ’am.”
“You know that the W. S.
C. S. is putting on that supper,
don’t you?”
“Yes ma ’am.”
“Well, that project is going
to pay for that stove ...”
“YES MA’AM!”
REV. S. S. SNEAD
MRS. 0. MAX GARDNER WILL
HEAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIAT’N
AND PILOT THE LOST COLONY
Wife of Former Governor Chosen With Many
New Directors to Lend Influence to Project;
High Hopes Raised For Big Season on 20th
Year of Roanoke Island Outdoor Drama-in
I 960; Popular Choice Made Tuesday in Ra
leigh.
A GREAT TYRRELL CITIZEN
ACTIVE AND HALE AT 90
Illi-
* JißiS
MRS. LULA A. COHOON, a
prominent Tyrrell County woman
was honored on her 90th birthday
at an “Open House,” November
29 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the home
of her daughter, Mrs. W. S. Car
wan. About fifty friends and rel
atives called bringing remem
brances and greetings. Five of the
friends who called, trail Mrs. Co
hoon by only a few years: Mrs.
Hattie M. Newberry, Mrs. Pauline
Armstrong, Mrs. Sally Schlez, and
Mr. and Mi’s. H. Seaton Swain.
A two-tiered birthday cake,
decorateed in white, green and
gold was presented to the honoree
by Mrs. W. A. Howett. With it. |
punch, nuts and mints were served
by Mrs. T. W. Armstrong and
Mrs. F. E. Cohoon. The colors of
the cake set the scheme for deco
rations in the home.
Mrs. Cohoon is the widow of a
former Sheriff and Representa
tive of Tyrrell County, Fred L. W.
Cohoon. In age, she is the oldest
member of St. Andrew’s Episco
pal Church, Columbia, and served
as its treasurer, when the present
structure was erected, and is the
oldest member of the Legion Aux
iliary of Scuppernong Post No.
182.
Her five children are: B. Ray
Cohoon, U. S. Marshall of Ra
leigh, Floyd E. Cohoon, local rep
resentative of the Standard Oil
Co., Mrs. T. W. Armstrong, Mrs.
W. S. Carawan and Mrs. Caswell
Woodley; five grandchildren: Mrs.
W. B. Brown, Goldsboro; Fred
Armstrong, Fred Cohoon and
Floyd E. Cohoon, Jr., all of Ra
leigh; Mrs. R. T. Brinn of War
wich, R. I. and eleven great
grandchildren.
ROANOKE ISLANDERS REGRET
THE TURNERS WILL LEAVE
There is widespread regret re
gret locally that the family of
Rev. Robert W. Turner, Episcopal
minister, is to leave Roanoke Is
land at the end of February next.
Mr. Turner’ has become a valued
'citizen during the three years he
has been minister of St. Andrews
by the Sea Episcopal church at
Nags Head.
Mr. Turner is leaving to take
advantage of an opportunity for
service and study in Birmingham,
England with Canon Bryce Green.
Canon Green occupies a position at
high Birmingham Cathedral.
The Turners have four children,
the youngest having been born
shortly after coming to Manteo.
Mr. Turner is a native of Nash
ville, Tenn. He was ordained in
1943 and has served religious
charges in N. C., Tennessee and
Panama. He graduated from the
University of the South at Se
wanee, Tenn.
15TH ANNUAL MEETING OF
WOODTSOCK REA FRIDAY
The members of Woodstock
Electric Membership Corporation
will hold their fifteenth annua’
meeting in Pantego on Friday.
December 4, 1959, at 7:30 p.m
Woodstock is a cooperative with
the motto “owned by those we
erve.” Each year the member
owners gather to conduct the
business of their cooperative, elect
directors, and enjoy some enter
tainment together.
Woodstock’s 2,500 members are
served in portions of Beaufort,
Hyde and Washington Counties.
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO, N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
Single L-o, 74
Mrs. O. Max Gardner of Shelby,
widow of tlie late Governor was
elected President of the Roanoke
Island Historical Association in
Raleigh Tuesday, and Andy Grif
fith, stage and screen star who
played in the Lost Colony for sev
eral years was named on the Board
of Directors.
J. M. Broughton, Jr., of Raleigh,
Chairman of the State Highway
Commission, and son of a Governor
who once headed the Association
was also named to the Board. The
Board elected Tuesday includes
several new names.
An AP report which indicated
Dare people asked for more voice
in running the Lost Colony is ap
parently exaggerated, since only
brief, and almost ignored refer
ences were made to it On the other
hand, there seemed to be much in
terest in getting the aid of the
University of North Carolina to
take the production under its wing.
Dare County people have already
had principal sayso about the af
fair for several years, and the
show is still in the red.
The University, with its play
makers, its drama classes, and its
widespread connections, put much
into the show through several of
its early years, helped to get it
founded and kept it going. Local
people who appreciate the show
will be happy to see it again under
the wing of the University.
Beside those named above as di
rectors, the following were put on
the Board for two years: C. S.
Meekins, Treasurer, L. L. Swain,
Secretary, Archie Burrus, M. K.
[Fearing Jr., Victor Meekins, M. L.
Daniels, Jr., all of Manteo; Mrs.
Lucille Winslow of Nags Head,
Vice-Chairman; Albert Gard and
C. Alden Baker of Elizabeth City;
Mrs. Gertrude Shepard Rosevear of
Edenton; William M. Aycock,
Chancellor of the University, and
John Parker of Chapel Hill; Mrs.
Sam N. Clark, Sr., Tarboro; John
Harden, Greensboro; Mrs. Roy
Homewood, Chapel Hill; George M.
Ivey, Charlotte, Hugh Morton, Wil
mington; Rt. Rev. Thos. H. Wright,
Wilmington.
R. Bruce Etheridge, and Melvin
R. Daniels of Manteo former Board
members were named honorary
Vice-Chairmen in recognition of
their long years on the Board.
Miles Clark of Elizabeth City,
Mrs. Inglis Fletcher of Edenton
and Mrs. Fred Morrison of Kill
Devil Hills and Washington, were
continued on the Board as honor
ary members.
Mrs. Gardner’s choice as chair
man is considered of great ad
vantage to the Association whose
only project at this time is spon
sorship of the Lost Colony. It is
fortunate that she has lent her
prestige to the show. She is a close
friend of the Fred Morrison fami
ly, and Mrs. Morrison, as secre
of tlie nominating committee, had
personally spent much time and
money in her work with the com
mittee, to find a Board of Direct
' ors willing to serve and to put
effort into the job. Other members
’ of the nominating committee were
Miles Clark. Chairman, Martin Kel
logg, Jr., Mrs. Fletcher and Mel
, vin Daniels. The committee had
kept their nominations secret and
had not nominated any of them
selves.
Mrs. Gardner said she wished a
little time in which to make up a
list of committees for appoint
-1 ment to take up some of the hard
work, preparatory to launching
next season’s show. She said she
would come to Dare County soon
1 to hold a meeting of Directors liv
ing in the area. It is planned to
have frequent Board meetings, in
stead of the annual meeting.
Dr. Robert Lee Humber of
Geenville, the retiring president,
accepted the suggestion that de
bate and ideas about how to run
the show and so forth be deferred
until the new Board could meet and
hear them. Thereby, what might
have precipitated a lot of debate
and argument was circumvented.
The question of electing a new
manager was left open, since it is
possible, if the University finds a
way to assist in production, it may
not be necessary to employ others
for this work. R. E. Jordan for
the past seven years the manager,
resigned. His resignation to enter
a new business was accepted with |
i regret by the association direc
tors.
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