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FIRST FLIGHTS
BY A MACHINE
ARE ADMITTED
Thursday's Ceremonies Enjoyed
on 56th Anniversary of
Wrights' Achievement
Os course man didn’t fly, as
the fun-makers proved Wednes
day night at their dinner at the
Carolinian Hotel, but the ma
chine the Wright Brothers made
did get off the ground under the
guidance of the Wrights 56 years
ago, and this anniversary was
celebrated Thursday the 17th,
both at the site of the flights—
Kill Devil Hills, and at a dinner
at The Carolinian at 1 p.m.
In the morning program, em
ceed by David Stick, prayed for
by Rev. Robert W. Turner, spirit
' ed up by the Elizabeth City High
School Band, and welcomed by
Mayor R. H. Cook of the Town
of Kill Devil Hills, the crowd
witnessed terrific proof of the
power of flight founded by the
Wright Brothers. U. S. Air Force
planes roared overhead in contra
diction to Wilbur Wright’s state
ment 56 years ago that the air
plane would not be commercially
profitable in a thousand years.
Presented and speaking briefly
were Elbert Cox, regional director
of the National Park Service; Le
vin Culpepper, Mayor of Eliza
beth City; Grady Miller, President
of the N. C. Aero Club which
flew here in force; Rep. Herbert
C. Bonner, who with Lindsay
Warren made the Wright Me
morial a reality; and Herb Ka
lish of the Air Force Association.
Wreaths betokened the interest
of the city of Dayton, Ohio; the
County of Dare; the N. C. Aero
Club and the State of N. C.
Wade Marr, President of the
Kill Devil Hills Memorial Society
presided at the luncheon at the
Hotel; invocation was by Rev. G.
F. Hill of Elizabeth City; the
welcome by Melvin R. Daniels;
many special guests were pre
sented and Congressman Bonner
and Elbert Cox made talks. Prin
cipal address was by Rear-
Admiral Peter V. Colmar U.S.C.G.,
Commandant of the Fifth District
in Norfolk.
Officers of the society are
Wade Marr, President; Victor
Meekins, Vice-President; C. S.
Meekins, Secretary-Treasurer.
ERROR IN HISTORY IS
DETECTED ON MARKER
HATTERAS. Drastic editing
with a blow-torch will be neces
sary before the cast-iron histori
cal marker set up beside the Hat
teras Inlet ferry slip becomes a
thing of pride to native residents
of the Island who inherit their
history and, on occasion, make it
So far the new marker, set up
under the direction of the State
Department of Archives and his
tory has occasioned only jeers.
In bold black cast-iron letters
the marker says that two miles
south of that point is the site of
two Confederate forts, Clark and
Hatteras, erected to guard the en
tranee to Pamlico Sound and that
the forts were destroyed by Federal
naval bombardment on the 29th day
of April in 1861. The marker is
evidence of the Archives’ aware
ness that the 100th anniversary of
the Civil War approaches.
Two miles due south of the point
where the marker has been set up
in a firm concrete footing would
land the explorer well off shore
in the Bight of Hatteras where the
charts show a depth of 58 feet of
water. The site of the two forts,
stall identifiable, is west of the
ferry slip. The Outer Banks, after
rounding the point of Cape Hat
teras, runs east-west. j
North Carolina did not leave the
Union until three weeks after the
date indicated on the marker
State troops did arrive at the In
let on May* 10th. Work of build
ing the two forts was begun early
in June and they were surrendered,
sifter heavy bombardment, on
August 29th. Protests have been
lodged with C. C. Crittenden, di-’
lector of Archives. He has not re
plied but a member of his staff
has stated that the matter will be
looked into.
SANTA CLAUS FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY, MANNS HARBOR
For two evenings this week-end
children will have a hilarious time
at Manns Harbor, when Santa
Claus will appear at the Manns
Harbor Sports Center. He will ar
rive at 4 p.m. on Friday, the 18th
and will stay until 8 p.m. He will
appear again on Saturday at the
same time. It is the first time he
will have made a public appear
ance on the mainland at a store
loaded with toys as in this store
which is operated by Mr. and Mrs.
Stanford White. They are now
shewing the greatest display of
toys ever assembled in this area.
THE COASTLAND TIMES
WITH WHICH IS COMBINED THE PILOT AND HERALD OF BELHAVEN AND SWAN QUARTER
PUBUSHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
HATTERAS ISLAND
WITNESSES MORE
HISTORY ON T-V
Westinghouse's ..Fourth Episode
Now Showing; Available For
Other Groups n
BUXTON.—Fourth of Westing
house Broadcasting Company’s
aeries of twelve episodes of the
Civil War entitled “Search for the
Monitor” was broadcast over the
company’s nation-wide network last
month and the half-hour film. is
showing on Hatteras Island this
week through courtesy of the com
pany, William Kaland, its program
director and Lt Cdr.. James F.
Toner, commander of the U. S.
Naval Base at Cape Hatteras.
Navy, Coast Guard and National
Park Service personnel and other
residents of the Island who co-op
erated in the staging of the show
here 14 months ago, including
Hallas Foster of Hatteras, whose
boat was chartered for the explor
ation, have been invited by com
mander Toner to see the show, run
off nightly in connection with his
station’s regular movie service. The
film was pesented by the company
to Ben Dixon Mac Neill whose book,
The Hatterasman, was used as
basis and background for episode.
Announcement of the series of
television broadcasts has been mad
in page advertisements in most of
the major national magazine and
the showing of it here has been
eagerly anticipated, especially by
those who took part in its produc
tion. None of the Westinghouse sta
tions normally reach this area but
the series has been widely com
mented upon by letters received
here. On the way to the first show
ing Mrs. Toner received a note
from her brother in California who
had witnessed the show in his home.
Associated with Mr. Kaland in
the production on the series is Roy
Meredith, well known author and
producer who owns most of cele
bated Brady photographic plates
of the Civil War. Brady photo
graphed the Monitor and its crew
before its departure from Brook
lyn Navy Yard where it was built.
These and other photographs of
the period are brought to life in
the production.
Kaland and Meredith came to
Cape Hatteras just after the Octo
ber hurricane last year, bringing
with them a truck load of photo
graphic equipment, photographers
and divers. Weather was unpro
pitious during most of the two
weeks they remained here but they
worked manfully against heavy
odds. The picture begins with a
magnificent shot of the Lighthouse
and it is one that should become
a rarity: it was done just after
the storm ripped the roof (from the I
See HISTORY, Page Twelve I
CHRISTMAS WRECK OFF OCRACOKE
By ALICE K. RONDTHALER,
Ocracoke, N. C.
I It was sixty years ago, long be-
■ fore dawn of Christmas Eve in ’99,
; when the British steamship
I “Ariosto” came ashore off the
r northern end of Ocracoke Island.
• Os the thirty men aboard, only nine
; were rescued; the other twenty-one
• lie buried in the dunes at that end
of the Island. The "Ariosto” was
- a schooner-rigged steel vessel of
1 2,265 tons, laden with wheat, cot
l ton, lumber, and cotton-seed meal,
s She was bound from Galveston,
! Texas, to Hamburg, Germany, by
■ way of Norfolk. There her bunkers
> would be refilled with coal for the
> Atlantic crossing. Captain R. R.
' Baines, a native of Antwerp, and
• his crew were a long, long way
jfrom home, but they were looking
s toward a merry Christmas ashore
• at Norfolk. It had been a good
• trip; but on December twenty
third, though it was dear overhead,
there was haze on the horizon, with
a smart breeze blowing from the
, southwest and piling up rough
i seas ahead. At midnight the Cap
i; tain had gone below to get a little
1 sleep, assured that all was well in
'spite of the weather. Meanwhile
the fatal mistake had been made:
the navigator had taken Ocracoke
Light for Hatteras Light, an error
often made in those days, and the
Ariosto was plunging on due north
toward the shoals off Ocracoke. I
At Ocracoke Lifeboat Sta
tion, the children were snug in their >
beds, five or six island families
made their winter-time homes in
and near the remote Station, in a:
little settlement called “Cedar
Hammock”. The name sprang, na-.
turally from the dunes, then cov-!
ered with cedars, yaupon ,and myr
tle. There were the Howards, the
Gaskills, the Williamses, the Tol
sons, the Fulchers, and the McWil-|
liamses. All of them owned homes
in Ocracoke Village, but had also
built modest houses here ait the
northern end of the Island for their
use when serving in the Lifeboat
LINDSAY WARREN TO BE HONORED WHILE ALIVE
HON. LINDSAY C. WARREN is to be honored by having the Alli
gator River bridge bear his name, the State Highway Commission
so decreed this week. Despite Mr. Warren having made both public
-nd private protests against it, the citizens of his district persisted
in urging that the bridge be given his name. Tyrrell and Dare, the
two counties the bridge connects, and the six-county Southern Albe
marle Association unanimously asked this honor be given him. Even
the News and Observer which opposes giving the names of living peo
ile to monuments, isays: “Lindsay Warren so well deserves all the
honors that the state can pay him . . . the most fitting name for this
bridge is the Lindsay Warren Bridge . . . Lindsay Warren is a liv
ing exception to the rule that living people should not be so hon
ored. . . his bigness does not require a bridge or anything else to prove
it.”
The Highway Commission, like all those who are grateful for his
unselfish public service know that he needs nothing to prove it; but
they like to prove that they, themselves, are' deserving and grateful
and believe in the justice of recognizing true merit and worth.
TO PUBLISH EARLY
ON CHRISTMAS WEEK
Correspondents and advertis
ers are ur£ed to mail all mate
rial for publication next week at
least one day early. This is in
order that we may print ahead
of schedule, thus allowing time
for distribution before Christ
mas day.
Season’s greetings will be ex
tended by area merchants in the
issue of December 25.
• Station. The men, their wives, and
, the children made up the settle
i ment, “Cedar Hammock”.
> That was a place for children!
. There was a small school in the
> old horse shed and the families
s paid for the services of a teacher
I from the mainland and took turns
s boarding her. Elsie, Martha, and|
• Iva Wyche were living with their
■ grandparents, Keeper and Mrs. 1
■ James Howard, since the death of
their mother.. Elsie was 14 that
• year. They were particularly ex
i cited this Christmas of 1899 be-
> cause their father, Rev. L. O.
. Wyche, a preacher on the Core
I Banks circuit, had come to spend
' the season with them. He had made
; the long trip by mailboat from
» Beaufort to Ocracoke, then a
I friend had brought him the re
- maining 14 miles by pony cart
> They suspected that tucked away
i in the cart there might be Christ-
> mas presents from the mainland!
i Then there were the other chil
dren ranging from 5 to 15 years
s of age. There were Stacy, John,
i Needham, and Maggie Simpson;
i there mere Eliza, Margaret, and
See WRECK, Page Seven
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MESSIAH RECORDING TO BE
PLAYED AT ST. ANDREWS
l |
i Everyone is invited to attend a
’ playing of Handel’s Messiah a*
| ‘ Andrew’s Episcopal Church on
1 Sunday afternoon, the 20th of
December at 4:15. Only the First
i Part will be played.
'i The recording is stereophonic
I sound from England with the
iLondon Philharmonic Choir,
London Orchestra conducted by
Walter Susskind and recorded at
.the Parish Church of St Mary
'Magdalene in Paddington.
1 The program is made possible
by a member of the congregation
who owns the record and is bring-
' ing his machine to the church for
• this occasion.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1959
FOR 26 YEARS THIS
HYDE CO. MAN HAS
BEEN SANTA CLAUS
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Tunnell who
have been Santa Claus for the
children of Hyde County for twen
ty-six years will be on the route
again on “Thursday, December
24,” so boys and girls get on your
winter togs and be ready to re
ceive him. \
With his helpers, which include
Pratt Williamson, Jr., now home
for the holidays and other volun
teer helpers plus Santa, the sched
ule will be as follows: arrive at
Flairfield between 8:30 and 9:00
o’clock, will remain there one half
an hour. From there the group
will go by north side to Engelhard,
will arrive there about 11:30
o’clock, remain there 1 hour. From
there the procession will go
through Middleton and Nebraska
then on Route 264, starting at
Lake Landing to Swan Quarter ar
riving between 3:30 and 4:00
o’clock.
The float will be complete with
a Christmas tree decoration of
every kind, loud speaker and music.;
Santa Claus will pass out fruit and.
candy and—oh! well just be on
hand to see what fun is in store for,
you. And enjoy the gesture made
by “Durward” to make you know
there is a Santa Claus.
LIONS EAT TURKEY;
TALK DANCE. SCOUTS.
CALENDARS, ADJOURN
Manteo Lions Club held its
regular meeting Tuesday night,
were served pre-Christmas turkey
by the caterer, Mrs. Raymond Wes
cott and were urged to support the
dance scheduled this Saturday
under club auspices. It will begin
at 9:00 p.m. at the Shrine Club,
Nags Head; tickets are available
from all Lions and entitle the
holder participation in door prize
drawings.
It was announced that Douglas
Crutchfield would be tranferred
soon, and had tendered his resigna
tion as Scoutmaster of the local
Sea Scout unit This group has
been under sponsorship of Manteo
Lions since begun two years ago.
Mr. Crutchfield, who is connected
with West Virginia Pulp and
Paper Co., will soon be moving to
Summerville, S. C. He and his
family have been popular members
of the community, and the loss will
be regretted. However, the Lions
will continue support of the troop,
with a successor to Mr. Crutchfield
to be announced soon.
Community birthday calendars
will be ready for distribution
soon.
UNITED SERVICE
FOR CHRISTMAS
IN SWAN QUARTER
Light of Bethlehem To Be Pre
sented By Churches Os
Swan Quarter Township
The Light of Bethlehem is the
Christmas candlelighting service
to 'be presented by the churches
of Swan Quarter township in the
Methodist church in Swan Quar
ter Sunday evening December 20,
at 7:30 P.M.
The following people will take
part in the candlelight service:
Mrs. Joe Lupton, Mrs. B. W. Wil
liams, and Mr. Dan Baucom are
the Readers; Rev. Robert Bundy,
Rev. James McKenzie, and Rev.
Macon Spencer are the participat
ing ministers; Emily Lou Cahoon,
Gloria Jean Smith, Linda and
Glenda Cahoon, Connie Brown,
Lois O’Neal, Betty Jane Harris,
Christine Harris, Judy Carawan,
Diana Sadler, and Caroline Gay
lord are the angels who light the
candles; Mr. and Mrs. Bundy, Mrs.
Joe W. Lupton, Marion Wheeler,
and Sue Gaylord will render duets
and solos.
The 25 voice choir is of members
from Soule, the Presbyterian
church, the Pentecostal Holiness,
Swan Quarter Baptist, Swan
Quarter Christian and Providence
churches. Mrs. Joe Lupton is di
recting the music with Mrs. W. G.
Harris as oganist.
FAIRFIELD MAN COMPLETES
C.G. BASIC TRAINING
I I
' h i
DENNIS W. ARMSTRONG,
USCG, USCH, son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. D. Armstrong, of Fairfield,
North Carolina, has completed 13
weeks of basic training at the U. S.
Coast Guard Receiving Center,
Cape May. He entered the Coast
Guard last Sept. He will report to
the 14th Coast Guard District for
further duty.
Before entering the Coast Guard
he attended East Hyde High
School, at Engelhard.
UNCLE DOCK FROM DUCK WRITES:
Warns of Hazards to Holiday Happiness and
Begs Highway Caution and Commonsense
Dear Mr. Editor:
The older I get the more jittery
I become on the approach of any
Holiday, and more particularly the
Christmas season which seems to
touch more deeply the hearts of
young and old than any other time
of the year. It's because people
have got so careless nowadays
when they get in a car, and too
many times cast away all caution
and commonsense.
I wish I could plead with our
people to think about the awful
grief that is going to befall some
old mothers and fathers this year.
Maybe some of them will be wait
ing for their children to get home
after a long absence when the cruel
news comes that death has taken ■
them on the road. Gone forever
will be those to whom they gave!
a lifetime of patient love and care.
And there will be some who will
be sitting home happy in the mem-1
ories of the delightful holiday visit]
after the sadness of parting, and
then this happiness will be blasted
when news comes their children
never got to where they were go
ing. Some will be returning to
school to continue their studies.
Some will be going to visit other
loved ones, or returning home to
resume their daily tasks—all of
them with pleasant memories, and
gratitude in their hearts for the
bounty of the season, and the good
ness of their loved ones and friends.
Some of these people will be in
stantly killed because of their own
carelessness or through the violent
recklessness of others who have
no concern for the rights and safe
ty of their fellows on our roads.
Some of them will die lingeringly,
some will live many years, dis
figured, crippled, suffering a mis
erable life, maybe a burden on
TO GO TO GERMANY
PVT. RAYMOND L. GIBBS, son
of Mrs. Latham Gibbs of Norfolk,
formerly of Swan Quarter has com
pleted eight weeks of basic train
ing at Fort Jackson, South Caro
lina, He is now receiving advanced
schooling on guided missiles at
Fort Bliss, Texas. After a ten-day
furlough he will go to Germany
where he will complete two years
of service.
AN INTERNATIONAL
TOURNAMENT NEXT
YEAR AT HATTERAS
Competing Teams Rom Several
Foreign Countries Scheduled
June 12 to 16
By AYCOCK BROWN
HATTERAS.—Under the spons
orship of Hatteras Marlin Club, an
international Blue Marlin Tourna-;
ment will be held in the big game
fish-famous waters off Cape Hat
teras next summer, it was announc
ed by Charles F. Johnson, tourna
ment chairman.
Dates for the sportsfishing event
which will bring competing teams
from several foreign countries and
many big game fishing centers of
the United States have been of
ficially set for June 12-through
June 16. The tournament will be
sanctioned by the International
Light Tackle Tournament Associ
ation and the International Game
Fish Association with participa
ting invitations going to teams af
filiated with those organzations.
Governor Luther H. Hodges
whose interest in big game fish
ing and it development along the
North Carolina coast is honorary
chairman of the forthcoming event.
Bounce Anderson, Managing Di
rector of Hatteras Marlin Club
will be vice-chairman.
“The tournament, first of its
kind ever held along the North
Carolina coast will follow the Ba
hama Island’s Cat Cay tuna tourna
ments on May 23-June 3,” said
See TOURNEY, Page Twelve
loved ones who can ill afford to
carry it
Wives will lose husbands; hus
bands will return to homes where
no longer the wife will be there to
charm it and to comfort his life
and to fulfill her sublime mission
for her little ones. There will be
little children, who after these
holidays, whose life will contain
only a vague but ever unhappy
memory of the bitter loss that
clouded their babyhood.
Think, how more people have
; been killed as a result of automo
bile wrecks than have died in all
’ our wars. Think of the millions
] wasted in ears destroyed and what
. this money might have done for
] I education, or for diseased or desti
tute human beings.
,| How can anyone who claims to
have normal intelligence persist in
the reckies use of our highways
, so expensively built for the enjoy
, ment and safety of our people?
I And yet it seems with all the
pleading and the warning and all
the suffering and grief that has
come to our land, very little has
come in the way of improvement
in the behaviour of the man at the
wheel.
There seems to be no end, Mr.
Editor, to the slaughter in the
face of all the horrible exampits
and the lessons we see every day.
Five people have been killed in
Dare County this year. Who knows
who will be the next one?
See DOCK, Page Twelve
I —.
MANTEO POSTOFFICE
■ OPEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON
To facilitate handling Christmas
, mail, the Manteo postoffice will re-
■ main open Saturday afternoon un-
. til 5:80. It has customarily been
II closing around noon.
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO, N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
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ANOTHER BANK IS
STRONGLY OPPOSED
BY MANTEO BANK
Much Interest In Hearing in Man
teo Monday Before Bank
ing Commissioner
Strong opposition was offered
Monday before a large crowd
which filled the courthouse in
Manteo on the proposal of a group
of 150 Dare County citizens to
establish the “Peoples Bank of
Dare,” to enlarge the area’s bank-
I ing facilities. The hearing lasted
three hours.
The Bank of Manteo, which has
i been alone in the field for 52 years,
| had four attorneys and numerous
i citizens to appear in its behalf to
: argue that the facilities are ade
quate and the banking commission
should not permit'another bank to
come in.
( The hearing was held before Ben
Roberts, Banking Commissioner,
’ Deputy Commissioner Frank Har
. relson of Raleigh, and C. I. Taylor
. of FDIC, Richmond. Representing
I the proponents of a new bank were
t J. Melville Broughton of Raleigh
, and W. H. McCown of Manteo.
, Attorneys representing the Bank
i of Manteo were Willis Smith, Jr.,
and James Dorsett of Raleigh,
Thos. ’Chears Jr., and Wallace R.
Gray of Manteo.
Speaking in behalf of the new
bank were Mrs. Mabel E. Jones,
R. Bruce Etheridge, Archie Burrus,
Ward Daniels, Jesse E. Baum, J.
L. Murphy, R. D. Owens, Roy Wes
cott, Roland Sawyer, M. L. Daniels
Jr., David Stick.
Those who spoke in behalf of
The Bank of Manteo were Mrs.
Lucille Winslow of Nags Head,
Rany Jennette of Buxton, W. S.
[ Whlite of Manns Harbor, G. T.
Wescott, W. C. Foreman, Gaston
,' Mann, Bobby Owens, Geo. Crocker,
W. B. Fearing, and Frank Turner,
and W. R. Pearce.
The group supporting a new
bank contends there is ample need
for another lending agency, in that
' several times more money is bor-
J rowed away from home than is
! loaned by the Manteo Bank, which
has about three quarters of a mil
lion loaned out, while twice as
J much is loaned in Dare County
: from three sources in Elizabeth
City alone. More than this sum,
’ they contend, is borrowed from
! other sources.
The Bank of Manteo, naturally
’ I wishes to remain alone in the field.
It has been a prosperous bank, as
’ Dare County has grown in recent
’ years, it pays good dividends, and
■ with only $50,000 in capital stock,
it is valued at five times as much
’ in reserves, undivided profits, real
estate etc. The Bank itself, is worth
1 more than the entire property valu
ation of Dare County at the time
the bank began business, and Dare’s
property valuation has grown to
more than 30 million dollars.
MANTEO BAPTISTS PLAN
SPECIAL SERVICES FOR
THE CHRISTMAS SEASON
Special Christmas services will
be observed at the Manteo Baptist
Church on Sunday, December 20th.
|The morning message, by the pas-
> tor, Rev. W. E. Cholerton, will be
“A Christmas Story”. A service of
.'Christmas Song will be presented
> at 7:30 pan. The message, “Night
> Over Bethlehem”, will be very
> brief, and Christmas music will fill
i the hour. There will be several se-
> lections 'by the Adult and Youth
> choirs of the church,, and much
i .congregational singing of carols.
r On Monday night the Sunday
t School entertainment will be pre
sented at 7:30 pm. This will be a
> bright hour beamed especially to
. the children, but for all.
[ The Christmas Pageant, pre
; sented annually in front of the
t church, will be much the same
f manner as last year. Many of the
. members of the church will be
. having a part in it, either in drama
> or in musd; and they offer it as
! their contribution to the spirit and
j understanding of Christmas for the
. whole community. As many as can
jdo so are invited to share in any
. or all of these activities.
H
i WANCHESE ASSEMBLY
• OF GOD NEW CHURCH
t TO GO IN SERVICE
I
Sunday. Dec. 20th will be a
• happy day for the members of
■ Wanchese Assembly of God Church
5 which will go into full use with
• the morning* services. The new
1 brick buildisg is one of the most
5 imposing religious structures in the
county and represents a tremend
ous amount <j|f labor and generosity
on the part of this group. On Tues
day, Dec. 22 at 7:30 p.m. the
t Chirstmas program will be present
ed in the new building. The pub
’ Me is invited to all its services.
■ The old church is tn be used as
- an educational building. Rev. Car
n roll Daniels, a native of the com
munity is the pastor.
■ i Griffis
• I