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HIGHWAY OFFICIALS MAKE
ALLOTMENT FOR IMPROVING
< 50-MILE HATTERAS HIGHWAY
Governor and Highway Commission Tuesday
Provide Additional Allotment From Emergen
cy Fund of $325,000, Promising Start as Early
as Weather Permits; Emergency Airstrip and
Approach Road at Frisco to Be Built.
Highway officials in Raleigh
Tuesday, with th© approval of
Governor Luther Hodges moved to
hasten the re-surfacing and wid
ening of the 50 miles of Hatteras
Island highway, now the principal
economic lifeline of this Island
as well as Ocracoke and on Tues
day afternoon Harold Makepeace,
Governor Hodges’ secretary noti
fied The Coastland Times of their
action.
Because insufficient funds had
not been built up in the mainte
nance budget for the anticipated
half million dollar job, the Gov
ernor allocated a $325,000 supple
ment from highway emergency
funds so that work will not be de
layed ,but will begin just as early
as spring temperatures permit the
working of the bituminous com
position used on the road.
The situation had become grave
in the opinion of Hatteras Island
residents, who feared that the
rough condition of the surface
which had resulted from unusu
ally heavy traffic, and which had
not been anticipated at the time
the road was built, posed a con
siderable threat to tourist income
this season. Reliable estimates
place the expected number of visi
tors the past year to the island at
close to a half million.
Because of this situation, the
Board of Commissioners of Dare
County have been working quiet
ly over a period of months with
highway officials, urging the crit
ical importance of this road job.
In addition, approximately one
mile of road serving 27 families
and not now passable, but needed
also for a school bus route at
Hatteras has been approved by
the County Board and the State
Commission, conditioned on the
final signing of rights of way,
which have not been completed.
Another road serving several fam
ilies at Avon has been cleared and
ready to go.
For several months also, the
County Commissioners have been
working with The National Park
.service for approval of an ar
rangement whereby an emergency
airplane landing strip could be
See HIGHWAY, Page Four
HYDE CO. DOCTOR’S
WIFE, 2 SERVANTS
SLAIN IN JERSEY
Was Performing Operation When
Bodies Were Discovered —3
Women and Cab Driver
While Dr. Francis M. Clark was
performing an operation at St.
Peter’s Hospital in New Bruns
wick, N. J., a gardener discovered
the bodies of Mrs. Clark, two
women servants and a cab driver
dead in their country estate home,
they having been bound and shot
Daniel Ploranski, 65, the gardener
said he saw a cab drive up with
two men in it, but only one man
left in the cab. The cab was found
abandoned 25 miles away.
Dr. Clarke, 61, a native of Mid
dletown, Hyde County, was a fre
quent visitor to his old home. He
was chief surgeon in the Brunswick
hospital.
The dead are Dr. Clarke’s invalid
wife, Edith, 50; Miss Dorothy
Moore, 66, a housekeeper and com
panion: Mrs. Cora Thaddies 29,
a maid; and Morris Michaels, 56,
a Newark cab driver. The bodies
were each bound and shot once
through the left temple with a 32-
cal bullet. . >
One suspicion is that the crime
was motivated by a grudge. Ap
parently, the murderer, after hav
ing stain the cab driver, made his
get-«way in a stolen car. An in
tensive man hunt has been launch
ed by New Jersey police.
Clarke was bom in Middletown.
After graduating from the Uni
versity of N. C., he got his MD
degree from Jefferson Medical
College in Philadelphia, where he
met the future Mrs. Clarke.
Several of Dr. Clarke’s relatives
live in North Carolina. A cousin,
Mrs. J. E. Swindell of Raleigh,
said she was informed in a call
from New Jersey Tuesday night
that, the doctor was “doing as well
as could be expected** after the
shock of being told of the killings
had passed.
Three of Dr. Clarke’s sisters live
in Roanoke Rapids, Mrs. Ned Man
< ning, Mrs. Jerry Zoilicoffer and
Mrs. Elizabeth Clarice.
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
STATESVILLE MAN OUT FOR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
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Veteran Democratic Senator C.
V. Henkel, merchant, farmer and
former manufacturer, has formally
announced his candidacy for Lieu
tenant Governor. For four consecu
tive terms he has represented the
25th senatorial district, composed
of Iredell, Catawba and Lincoln
counties.
Senator Henkel long has been
prominent in Democratic affairs
at all levels, serving from pre
cinct chairman to finance director
of the statewide party,
During all four terms in the
legislature, Senator Henkel has
served on the Committee on Con
seivation and Development, carty
ing out a life-long interest in the
conservation of natural rsources
and industrial development. He
twice served as chairman of this
committee an office he now holds.
Until he entered his first public
office in 1952, Senator Henkel had
engaged in a wide range of busi
ness and agricultural interests. He
and his forebears have long been
active in the development of their
home area that includes both the
Piedmont and mountain regions.
For many years he operated a
farm machinery and mercantile
business in Statesville. He now
owns a dairy and beef cattle farm
in Iredell County. His textile plant
at Tumersburg is leased to private
operators.
He attended Statesville Public
Schools, Woodberry Forest and' the
See HENKEL, Page Four
CHARLES W. BAILEY, 37
DIES IN VET. HOSPITAL
Charles Windley Bailey, 37, of
the Belhaven community died in
the Veterans Hospital in Durham
Tuesday night. Funeral services
were conducted Thursday at 2 pun.
in the West Bdhaaven Church of
Christ with the Rev. Marion El
liott officiating. Burial was in the
Belhaven Community Cemetery.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Bailey, was a veteran of World
War II and a member of the Bel
haven Legion Post. Survivors, be
sides his parents, include three
brothers, Alex of Baltimore, Levi
of Largo, Fla., and Guy of San
ford, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. Leo
Coleman of Salisbury, Mrs. Gray
Nixon of Andrews, S. C., and-Mrs.
Carrie Rice of the home.
CANCER* UNIT BEGINS WORK
IN DARE COUNTY JAN. 21
The Executive Committee of the
Dare County Unit of the Ameri
can Cancer Society met at the
Community Building in Manteo on
January 21, with Mrs. H. 0.
Bridges presiding. Present in ad
dition to the Committee members
was Mrs. Bert Tyson, Field Con
sultant for the State office of the
Society who requested that the
Dare Co. unit send a delegate to
the Area Crusade meeting in
Elizabeth City in February. Mrs.
Alvah Ward, Jr. agreed to go to
represent Mrs. Raymond Wescott,
Crusade Chairman.
Mrs. Bridges presented one ap
plication for financial assistance
from a cancer patient which
brings to seven the number of
cancer patients who have been
helped financially in this county
by the Unit'during the year and
a half that it has been organized,
for a total of $188.25. Inquiries
may be made to Mrs. Bridges or
Mrs. Raymond Wescott, concern
ing the work of the unit.
HUGE BOBCAT WEIGHING 50 POUNDS KILLED IN
HYDE CO., NEAR LONG SHOAL BY DARE CO. MAN
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HUGE WILDCATS are often
sighted by motorists on U.S. 261
between Manns Harbor and Hyde
County. But Jimmy Berry of Man
teo, this month brought one down
by shooting him from a car win
dow near the road between Engel
hard and Long Shoal River bridge.
Jimmy was returning from a hunt
ing trip in Hyde with his father
Cecil Berry, when the cat was
sighted. It weighed 50 lbs. and its
total length was five feet It’s hide
has been made into a rug. Such
cats are considered dangerous ani
mals and have been known to jump
from a tree, when pressed by dogs,
and to cut their persecutors to
pieces. Shown in the picture, left
to right are Russell Berry, Lloyd
Wescott, Jimmy Berry and Ray
Berry.
There has through many years,
persisted a myth about a wild and
ferocious panther on the Dare
Mainland, and older residents of
East Lake have told that they were
known to exist for many years in
the area. Ferocious screams have
been reported in support of the
BAPTIST MINISTER
VETOES DISMISSAL
FINED BY RECORDER
Rev. J. C. Simms Returned Any
way, Cited to Court For
Raising Disturbance
Rev. J. C. Simms, pastor of Man
teo’s negro Haven’s Creek Baptist
Church was found guilty Tuesday
in Dare Recorder’s Court and fined
sls for raising a disturbance in
the church and refusing to accept
his dismissal by the official Board
of the Church. The preacher ap
pealed to Superior court, giving
a S4O appearance bond. “He didn’t
have any more business in that
church trying to take charge, than
I had,’’ Judge Baum said.
The Same preacher recently was
tried for a similar offense in Cur
rituck Court and was fined $lO
and got a 30-day road sentence
them He also ref used, to be fired
from a Baptist church at Powells
Point
The preacher’s contention was.
although some members of the
church had advised him he was
dismissed, some other members told
him to pay no mind to it and come
back to preaching. Official board
members say the pastor received
no salary but worked under an an
nual agreement whereby he ac
cepted the free-will offerings tend
ered at his services. When end of
the ydair action was taken to dis
miss him, the church clerk being
one of his supporters, declined to
notify the preacher. It became nec
essary for a Board member to do
this, and then the preacher came
anyway and in spite of a repeated
notice that he was dismissed, went
up to the pulpit and took over.
One of the reasons advanced by
wiser members of the congrega
ation is that they feared if Rev.
Simms continued in Manteo his ad
vice might result in unpleasant
race differences. Such doctrine is
not welcome by either race while
both are living side and side in
harmony and satisfaction. The
Negro race is well pleased with
the financial help given by white
people to their churches and other
good causes.
Supporters of Simms give him
credit for many things bought for
the church during his pastorate,
but others say these things were
bought before he came and final
payments were made while he was
here. ,
A number of witnesses were
present Tuesday,and the following
testified: Jas. Edward Moore, Dea
con who brought charges; Hay
wood Wise, Lydia Pledger and
Lonnie Gray.
The Superior court trial is
scheduled in May.
Only case tried was Rev. Simms,
but the following submissions were
offered with court costs and penal
ties as listed: Gorman W. Cox,
Nags Head, no operators license,
See COURT, Page Five
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1960
story. People in some neighbor
hoods have been in fear of theiin.
Mutilated carcases of farm ani
mals have been found, and in recent
years bodies of large deer and even
briars have been found in’ the woods
where they had been dragged for
considerable distances, believed too
difficult for an ordinary wildcat to
accomplish.
NO CONTROVERSY AROUND
THIS MAN'S PLATFORM
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DEFINITELY the program of H.
B. Hart of Swan Quarter cannot
be controversial in any sense. Mr.
Hart’s main objective is to work
for a coastland free from the
scourge of mosquitos. He wants to
be elected to the Board of Com
missioners this year, to see that
Hyde gets its share of the Federal
and State appropriations for
mosquito control. He believes the
See HART, Page Four
TAX LISTING WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH
AT THE COURTHOUSE
Dare Tax Supervisor Finding Pub-
More Cooperative in Mak-
■ ■ ' Out Property Lists
The listing of property taxes in
Dare County, because of a rush of
business, will be entended beyond
the deadline which is usually the
end of January, P. A. Tillett, Dare
County tax supervisor said this
week. All who will come to the of
fice in Mlanteo may list during
the first two weeks in February,
without being penalized, he said.
Mr. Tillett said he had received
a greater response than ever be
fore, from those Who live outside
of the county, who have heretofore
been allowed to list by mail. List
ing must be done over the signa
ture of the property owner. All
who do not list by mail, when non
residents, and all those residents
who do not list in person or by
agent and sign their abstracts will
be penalized ten per cent addition
al.
The recent effort of county of
ficials to put rules into effect for
all alike, and to make all persons
pay taxes alike, has had a good
effect Likewise, the listing of
taxes has improved and Mr. Til
lett finds this year just about
everyone willing to list promptly.
It appears now that more days
will have to be allotted in some
townships for listing, rather than
the limited number of days which
have been effective for ten years
or more.
Tax listers have been swamped
with business, with about 75 to 90
returns a day being made out in
Atlantic and Nags Head townships,
and which works the lister pretty
hard in order to get the com
plete information required.
Some property owners cannot be
located because of incomplete ad
dresses and because of this will
be penalized ten per cent. Mr.
Tillett urges all who bbught prop
erty in Dore County during 1959
and all other property owners
whose address is not in his office
to send him this information and
save money.
"MISS FAY" PRAISES
GROWING INTEREST
SHOWN IN DARE CO.
Lost Colony Group Wednesday
Continues Plans and Sets Up
Raleigh Meeting
Mrs. O. Max Gardner, “Miss
Fay,” came to Dare County and
won new friends this week, depart
ed Tuesday after presiding at a
meeting of the Roanoke Island His
torical Association and highly
praised reports and expressions of
renewed dedication, interest and
cooperation conveyed to her during
her visit. Mrs. Gardner was pre
vented by illness from attending
the meeting held in January ear
lier - this year following her elec
tion as Chairman of the Associ
ation.
Principal of several topics of dis
cussion at what was agreed a most
successful meeting Wednesday was
clarification of responsibilities of
the man who will manage the Lost
Colony drama on Roanoke Island
through this, its 20th season. Also
discussed was employment of a
manager. Final decision about this
will be made at the next meeting
which is to be held at tire Sir Wal
ter Hotel in Raleigh at noon on
Friday, February 12th.
Mrs. Gardner and Mrs. Fred
Morrison drove down from Wash
ington Tuesday and conferred with
Dare County members of the
Board. Visitors at the Tuesday
meeting were R. F. Gibbs, Supt.
the National Park Service, and J.
S. Dorton Jr., of Charlotte who for
several years has managed the
Southern States Faair at Char
lotte.
Others attending the meeting
were Paul Green, John Parker, W.
D. Carmichael of Chapel Hill. Al
bert Gard of Elizabeth City; Mrs.
Lucille Winslow of Nags Head; L.
L. Swain, Melvin Daniels, C. S.
Meekins, Victor Meekins, M. K.
Fearing, M. L. Daniels Jr., and
R. Bruce Etheridge of Manteo.
BONNER'S TALK TO
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
WINS HIGH PRAISE
in Manteo Saturday Cites Benefi- ,
cial Progress Under Demo
cratic Administration 1
The ardor of the young Demo- '
crats of Dare County was not
chilled by freezing temperature '
and high winds Friday night, and
an audience of leading citizens rep
resenting all townships of Dare
County turned out to fill the Dare
County courthouse and hear Con
gressman Herbert C. Bonner. Many
came away declaring it was the
finest speech they had ever heard
him make, for he not only gave a
good account of his stewardship as
Congressman but gave history sup- ,
ported by facts to illustrate the
progress of Dare County and the
State under Democratic leadership.
At the end of his speech Mr.
Bonner was given a standing 1
ovation. The meeting was presided 1
over by Dr. W. W. Harvey Jr., ;
president of 'the Young Democrats;
several county officials were recog- i
nized and Rep. Dick O’Neal of
Hyde County, who is a candidate j
for the Senate was recognized for i
a brief talk. , i
Dr. Harvey announced that all 1
the candidates for Governor would 4
be invited to visit with the YDC i
in Dare County during the cam- 1
paign.
Enumerating the roads and ’
bridges that have been built, or J
are about to be built in Dare Coun- 1
ty, the recognition that has been 1
given Fort Raleigh the birthplace 1
of the Nation, and the establish
ment of the Wright Memorial at 1
the birthplace of Aviation Mr. ’
Bonner mentioned, that these began ’
with his predecessor in Congress, i
Lindsay C. Warren, who also <
initiated the legislation leading to 1
the establishment of the National 1
Seashore in Hyde and Dare Coun
ties, the only one in America. He j
said he had been happy to have ]
aided the establishment of this ;
project which now is instrumental ]
in attracting hundreds of thousands i
of visitors anually to this area, j
He mentioned the long record of i
service to Coast Guardsmen, to .
veterans and retired personnel of
the military service which now
number more men in Dare County .
alone than in any other county in
the district. ,
But the most informative part
of his address concerned the man
ner in which legislation is begun
and guided through many ups and
downs in Congress before it finally
becomes law. Mr. Bonner detailed
his responsibility to the people,
and said the first six yean in
Congress is fairly easy when one
is expected to be heard but little
and to prepare himself seriously
8m BONNER, Page Few
PIRATES’ JAMBOREE PLANS
BIGGER BUT STREAMLINED
ATTRACTIONS THIS YEAR
Pending Completion of Plans From Hatteras
Island Whose Big Day is Set For April 29th,
the North Banks Beaches Set Up Committees
and Plan Program Which Eliminates Some
Features But Adds to Festival's Interest.
FIRST TO ANNOUNCE FOR
N. C. GOVERNOR, FORMALLY
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JOHN D. LARKINS Jr., Trenton,
N. C. attorney on Jan. 20th was
the first of numerous potential
candidates mentioned, who have
formally announced for the forth
coming Democratic nomination for
Governor. Larkins has been con
sidered a potential candidate for
several years, and has developed
strong support in the state during
the years he has served as State
Democratic Chairman. He is now
a National Committeeman. Mr.
Larkins has served in nine sessions
of the State Senate His announce
ment with his board program has
been given wide publicity in the
state press, and was made with a
statewide I’adio and television ad
dress.
BIGGEST RE-UNION
OF HAYMAN FAMILY
MANNS HBR. JULY
Early Start on Plans for Annual
Session in This Community
Third Successive Time
The annual re-union of one of
the oldest and most prominent
faniiles of the coastland, the Hay
man Clan, will be held at Manns
Harbor this year on July 20th, mak
ing the third successive year this
growing mainland community of
Dare County has been host to the
festival. This year’s reunion, ac
cording to plans made early this
month is expected to be the biggest
one yet, for in the planning has
come a master hand, the Rev. L.
D. Hayman, a long time president
and early sponsor the festival.
The Hayman clan, while having
its first beginnings in the vicinity
of Kitty Hawk has spread far and
wide. Progenitors of large families,
they fare now married largely
among the Daniels, Tillett, Mann
and many qther of the larger
families of the area. In Manns
Harbor, the Hayman blood pre
dominates, for the late Capt. Daniel
Hayman’s seven daughters, mar
ried there and remained their days,
all of them leaving children now
prominent in the community.
The Hayman name soon spread
through Tyrrell County and else
where in this state, and over in
Virginia. From them have come
sea captains, legislators, and num
erous other public officials, minis
ters, lawyers, teacher and business
men.
Rev. L. D. Hayman, the current
president of the clan has already
had conferences with Mrs. Ira
Spencer, vice-president Mrs. Oma
Pearl Daniels, Treasurer; Miss Inez
Gibbs, Secretary all of Manns Har
bor; with Avery Tillett and Mrs.
Oma Pearl Tillett of Kitty Hawk;
J. W. Davis and Mrs. Ethel Til
lett of Wanchese, all area officers
pledged to make the forthcoming
meeting a memorable one.
HYDE X-RAY DATES
Hyde County Chest X-Ray Sur
vey dates February 6th through
27th 1960. Hours 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Statesville, Feb. 6, 9th and 10th.
Swan Quarter, Feb. 11th, 12th,
13th, 16th. 17th. Fairfield, Feb.
18th, 19th, 20th. Engelhard, Feb
23rd, 14th, 25th, 20th, 27th. No one
under 15 yean of age may be
x-rayed.
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO, N. C.
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By AYCOCK BROWN
Fewer but bigger attractions,
streamlined to give every section
an opportunity to entertain partici
pants and visitors will be featured
this year when the sixth annual
Dare Coast Pirates Jamboree is
presented during the last week end
in April to formally launch the
1960 vacation season.
Planning for the event and com
mittee appointments were made
Sunday afternoon when one of the
largest groups ever to attend a
pre-Jamboree meeting was held at
The Carolinian Hotel on Nags
Head. Key officials taking part in
the meet were Co-Chairmen L. L.
Swain, Manteo, and Herbert Van
Vleek, Kitty Hawk, Ted Wood,
Kitty Hawk and Wheeler Ballance
Hatteras.
Last year there were three
dances for adults and one for teen
agers presented prior to and during
the Jamboree. One of the adult
dances will be eliminated this year
and the schedule for after dark
entertainment was established as
follows:
Pre-Jamboree Dagger Dance, at
The Casino, Friday evening April
22; Jolly Roger’s Ball for selection
of new pirate king and queen, Sat
urday evening, April 23. On Satur
day night April 30, a Grand Royal
Pirate Ball without coronation and
costume judging will be presented
ait The Casino. Casino Owner Op
erator promised to have outstand
ing bands present to provide the
music for the afterdark social
activities.
Committees named for the vari
ous dances includes the following:
Dagger Dance; Mr. and Mrs. Al
vah Ward, Mrs. Lawrence Swain,
Mrs. Balfour Baum, and Mrs. Mar
jorie Sides; Jolly Roger Ball,
Thomas Jordan, Billy Gray and
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith; Grand
Royal Pirates Ball, Ralph Swain.
George Mann, Linwood Tillett,
Mrs. Susie Briggs, W. H. Smith,
Dick Ward, and Orville Baum.
Afternoon Coronation
It is planned to have the pirate
coronation, costume judging and
several minor events for adults or
children, usually held at widely
separated places on the beaches,
at The Lost Colony Waterside
Theatre this year. This will, for
the first time in several years, not
only bring one of the main events
to the Roanoke Island-Dare main
land sector, but also give many
residents, especially children, and
those adults who do not care for
crowded dances, an opportunity to
see the colorful crowning of the
new pirate king and queen and al
so other events which they may
have found difficulty to see due to
parking or other conditions as pre
viously.
The Roanoke Island phase of the
celebration'on Saturday afternoon,
April 30 will follow the gala pirate
battle and landing in the Kill Devil
Hills-Kitty Hawk area during the
morning. The battle and landing
will be held at Holiday Marina
on Kitty Hawk Bay. The Eliza
beth City High School Band will
be asked to participate in the Sat
urday events. Dressed as pirates
the band members have added much
color to previous Jamboree events.
Mrs. Lucille Winslow, vice-chair
man of Roanoke Island Historical
Association made the suggestion
for a daytime coronation. It is
planned to bring some phases of
The Lost Colony era into the
pageantry which would thus give
excellent advance publicity for the
drama opening in late June for its
20th season.
Wheeler Ballance speaking for
Hatteras Island reported that the
groups there had not yet named
their chairmen and committees. He
indicated that this year’s Hatteras
phase of the Jamboree would be
following on the same popular pat
tern of the island’s share of the
festivities in previous years. The
Hatteras phase of the program
would be held on Friday, April
29.
Various committees appointed at
the meeting Sunday follows: Steer
ing Committe, Co-Chairman Swain,
VbnVleek and Secretary Woods,
Orville Baum, George Crocker, Mrs.
Isabel Murphy, Tom Briggs and
I Bob Young from Beach areas. Mrs.
Burwell Evans, Mrs. Zenovia Eth
eridge, Ralph Swain, Jack Wilson
and Mrs. John Long, from Bon-
I See JAMBOREE, Pag* Four