SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS VOL XXV NO. 35 SHOALLY INLET SITUATION RESULTS IN LOW WATER RUN . OF 14 MILES TAKING 3 HOURS Experimental Course Staked Out by Engineer Monday Tried Tuesday; Short Run Continues When Tidal Conditions Permit; Relief Meas- ures May Be In Sight. Ferry boats plying Oregon In let’s shoally waters tried a new run Tuesday morning, following several days of badly disrupts .service. Several hard northwester!' winds have recently built tin shoals, blocking the regular chan nd. Tuesday’s experimental run which has since been accomplishe several times, took better tliar three hours, and it is the observa tion of some that this type o r crossing offers little reward fo weary travelers. The long run of some 14 miler taking so much longer crossing time, actually results in little; sav ing of time, bedause the trip i made only at low water, the mos' difficult period lasting only three or four hours. A normal run acres this inlet between lower Nag Head and the northen tip of Hat teras Island takes 20 minutes. District Highway Enginee George Mack of Elizabeth Citj said, “I wouldn’t recommend it a a regular thing, but we will con tinue to use the new route wher we are forced to by low water.”. Mack staked out the new course Monday. It runs from the Bodie Island landing out Old House chan nel to the new Davis Channel in Pamlico Sound and then back to the south landing on Hatteras Is land a distance of about 14 miles” Mack said. The regular crossing is two or tiro and a half miles. The ferries have been plagued by sand washed into their regular crossing by recent northeast storms nnd by the fact that tides have been running tower than nor mal recently. There hra tanno regular way on or' off Hatteras to the north for nearly two weeks. Tuesday the boats ran of sche dule until 9:40 a.m. and resumed the short route about 1 p.m. In the meantime, one boat with 12 vehicles aboard successfully ran Mack’s longer route. “She bumped bottom two or three times,” Mack said, “and if the tides get any lower we’ll have to abandon the long route, too.” Wednesday regular schedules were maintained until 9:30 and re maned in the afternoon. A survey team has been on the i scene this week studying the sit uation, and highway officials have been considering dredging the shoally areas, but no definite course has been announced. WILDFOWL ATTRACT MANY BIRDWATCHERS TO CAPE HATTERAS SEASHORE AREA Wildfowl and shore birds have been one of the biggest attractions for tourists visiting Cape Hatteras National Seashore recently. Easiest to reach area where the fowl may be seen without difficulty is Bodie Island in lower Nags Head. Barest and most unusual wild fowl at present are some 5,000 or more Greater America Snow Geese. These fowl which spend the winters at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge or in the Bodie Island flats have started their northward mi gratory flights- much later this years than usual. ■••••••■ 1 Noticeable too in the National Seadhore region at this season are the purple grackle, redwing- black bird, various species of hawk, owls and heron. Many of these birds re main here the year . around, but meat are migratory and will be leaving soon. HOME COMING EVENT TO I BE DISCUSSED MONDAY A mammoth homecoming cele bration planned for Dan and ad- 1 joining counties during the sum mer of 1960 will be discussed at a meeting in the Community Build ing Monday evening, Feb. 29, at ’ 1-M. The homecoming event, if pres ent pSans develop, would include Hyde, Tyrrell, and Currituck and Culminate in Dare. It would be held during The Lost Colony season. , .... - lUi I .<« - , MACNEILL IS STILL 1 1 IN V. A. HOSPITAL Ben Dixon MecNrill io still eon- i fined to the Veterans Administra- < tun Hospital at Keoougttan, Va. 1 Derftey Bagley of Moyock, Close 1 friend of the Capa Hatteras author 1 stated this week that he visited MmBMU on Saturday. Visiting!’ a MadNriH at the time writ another|i mMd friend, Rear Admiral Peter V.li ** ’“*l WMt Diftrttfr- 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 REMARKABLE LADY OF HATTERAS DIBS AT 94 SHt ’ Hl H W W® 4L ' S Al i ■ ; MRS. SALLIE ANN AUSTIN, 94, a native of Hatteras, remained active until shortly before her death Sunday morning at the home of -her daughter, Mrs. Woodard Peele of Wanchese, with whom she had resided for two years. She had been ill only a few weeks. Mrs. Austin was the daughter of Simon and Louisa Austin Bailey and wife of the late James Austin. She is pictured above displaying a 51b rockfish, the result of a fishing trip with Capt. Jesse Etheridge several years ago at the age of 88. Besides her daughter, Mrs. Aus tin is survived by a son, James Austin of Hatteras, 28 grandchil dren, 46 great-grandchildren and a grdait-great-granchild. Funeral services were held Mon day at 3 p.m. in Wanchese Assem bly of God Church, the Rev. Mrs. Arvilla Barnett, pastor of Frisco Assembly of God conducting, as sisted by Rev. Carroll Daniels of Wanchese. The body was taken to the chuch at 2 p.m. from Twiford’s Funeral Home. 1 The casket plall was made of white mums, white glads and fem. “Far Above the Starry Skies” was sung by Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Barnett: “Precious Memories” and “Where We’ll Never Grow Old” were sung by the church choir, ac companied at the piano by Mrs. Roscoe Gallop. “The Last Mile, of the Way" was sung at the grave. Pallbearers were Roscoe Gallop, Paul Daniels, Willie Daniels, George Daniels, Bart Garrison and Earl Tillett. Burial followed in the Cudworth Cemetery in Wanchese. LOST TRAWLER TURNS UP OFF OREGON INLET WITH ITS CREW SAFE The trawler Dolphin of Atlantic which had been reported missing after the two men aboard had been in contact with a Liberian freighter named Iscojem off Cape Hatteras, and then disappeared, turned up safely under her own power off the Oregon Inlet bar Saturday morning. Aborad the leaking craft were Capt Freddy Smith, owner and skipper of the Dolphin and his mate William Rose of Harkers Is land. After losing contact with the Iscojem on Thursday Smith set a northwest couree hoping to make Oregon Inlet despite the fact that the vessel was talcing on water and the pumps were not working, They sailed for 23% hours on the north west course and first landfall was Currituck Beach wtae they recog nized the lighthouse late Friday night Turning south they were oft Oregon Inlet a few hours later where at down Saturday the out on duty at the Coast Guard station righted the vessel. A life boat from the station escorted the Dolphin into port \ On Friday an all out search by write? (STctepe HatteikrStta I AHi Ik /’’tmwi* I Kiwi nf* liJLUitvli fleoader. FAR SOUTH HAS PROBLEMS LIKE OUR COASTLAND Manteo Travelers Learn About Mosquitoes, History and Fishing By VICTOR MEEKINS NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 16. While driving into this city across numerous bridges from the north, one of which is 24 miles long across Lake Ponchartrain, and through the many miles of swamps and salt marshes, I began to wonder if mosquitos aren't a problem here also. I made some inquiry, and was told they are mighty bad indeed. I asked, “what do you do about them ?” The answer I got was “we can’t do much of anything but pray for a good wind. Some spraying and fogging is done, but that isn’t always good, not for long anyway. More has been accomplished through drainage, and an effort to drip oil in the breeding places. I was told that a campaign in the legislature had not succeeded in getting an effective mosquito pro gram established. If we have problems in our Coastland, they are nothing to what must have been in this part of the country. It is all low coun try. It is largely salt marsh, sub ject also to inundation from the mighty Mississippi freshets. We took quarter at the Roose velt Hotel, where from a room high-up, we can see across the city. This, indeed is a fascinating town, but the much touted French quarter’s entertainment is a lot of hokum out for the hide of the tour ists. The buildings are interesting. We found a good case with bum coffee but friendly people, and it is amazing how many folks you find on these travels who either come from N. C. or know a lot about it. This city apparently is the big gest in the south. It’s as big as the three larger cities of Florida combined, and much larger than Atlanta. New Orleans proper has more than 600JMMJ people, j&n Rowland as district engineer at I Wilmington in charge of N. C. s waterways projects, is to visit Man i teo Wednesday afternoon, March -2, on his first-official visit. He ex pects to confer with interested r county officials and the mayors of > the towns of Manteo and Kill Devil t Hills concerning Waterway projects - in the county. He will be accom- - panied by several members of the s staff of the Wilmington office. Col. Davidson succeeded Col. - Henry C. Rowland, Jr., who filled i the District Engineer post since 8 August 1956, and retired in August, f Col. Davidson was born in De i troit, Alabama, March 6, 1911 and f was commissioned as a Reserve ■ Officer in the Corps of Engineers • in 1937 after attending the Uni i versity of Alabama. He entered on t active duty in 1941 and served in 1 the Southwest Pacific during the ■ second world war. t After World War 11, Colonel Davidson through 1948 was at The ’ Engineer School, as Chief, Opera ’ See DAVIDSON, Page Four L ' L : RED CROSS DRIVE ' IN HYDE SLATED TO BEGIN MARCH I Hyde County Red Cross fund drivetwill begin March 1, Leon G. Ballance, chapter chairman an nounced today. Mr. Ballance says that the many services performed | by Red Cross make it imperative that Hyde meet its quota so these ! services may be retained and per -1 formed by the chapter. Each year Hyde chapter assists servicemen and their families making con tacts and securing information that may be made and secured only * by the Red Cross. ’ Another service is assistance in 1 time of disaster. Everyone remem bers the storms of 1955, after 1 which tire Red Cross spent more ’ than $17,000 in the county for food, ! clothing, furniture, and shelter. ' That amount is approximately 20 ' times this year’s quota. One very important service is the blood prog -1 ram, which requires funds as well ' as blood. In order to keep this part 1 of the Red Cross program it is > necessary to raise sufficient funds ' and do a better job of collecting * blood than in* the past several : visits. 1 Heading the drive this year is Mrs. Elizabeth Jones of Fairfield, * who has already lined up leaders ' in the several communities. It is 1 her hope that the drive can be com -1 pleted during the first two weeks 1 in March. The citizens of Hyde 1 County are urged to give generous ’ ly to this very important cause. i' • • STATE ENTOMOLOGIST TO CONDUCT MEETING SWAN QUARTER TODAY Farmers are realizing that the costs of producing a crop in in creasing each year and realize that the only way to make a profit is to produce more per acre. There i are several things that must be done in getting maximum yields and one of these is controlling soil borne insects. Last year, many farmers got very low yields of corn due to these insects while others got good yields by spraying with an insecticide. A meeting will be held Friday, February 26, at 2:00 o’clock in the Swan Quarter Agricultural Build ing by Dr. Walter Kulash, State College Entomologist, who will bring us up to date on the insecti cides used in the control of bill bugs, wire worms, chinck bugs, cut worms and grape colapsis. Also a brief discussion of the leaf maize minor or blade worm will be made. Hyde is considered fortunate in getting Dr. Kuiaah to hold this meeting since he has done a lot of research work in the county, cm cdhtral of soil bone insects; he u known by most of our formers and is recognised M a leading au- SEEKING FUNDS FOR HEART DRIVE IN DARE SUNDAY Business Firms To Be Canvassed on Saturday in Man teo The Dare County Heart Fund drive will reach its peak next Sun day when Heart Sunday volunteers conduct a door-to-door collection in communities throughout the coun ty. The local canvass will be one of more than 10,000 being conduct ed from coast to coast. In Dare County, the Heart Sun day collection will begin at 2 p.m. and continue through 4 p.m. Each .volunteer will call at the homes of neighbors, presenting an official Heart Fund contribution envelope for the donor’s convenience. After bills, coins or check have been in serted, the envelope may be sealed before being returned to the volun teer. Volunters will leave special mail-in envelopes for families that are away from home during col lection hours. Funds collected in the Sunday vass will be added to those col lected in the Dare Heart Associ ation’s month-long drive. The Heart Fund goal here this year is SBO9. Last year’s Heart Fund collection totaled $673.78. Funds reported on hand are $41.00, the result of “balloon sale” conducted by 4-H members Satur day the 14th; Manteo Elementary School $43.75, and Manteo High School, $15.60. Indications are that some S7OO is needed to reach the county’s goal. “Heart Sunday gives us an op portunity to fulfill our individual responsibility for fighting the cardiovascular diseases, the na- See HEART, Page Eight SOUTHERN ALBEMARLE INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE TO MEET IN BELHAVEN A meeting of the industrial com mittee of Southern Albemarle As sociation has been set for 10:30 sum. on March 2 at River Forest Manor in Bethaven. Committee chairman W. M. Darden of Plymouth urges attend ance by all committee members and other interested citizens. Darden stated “We hope to organize the committee with the idea of doing some real work for the benefit of the area involved.” OYSTER PLANTING THE SUBJECT AT SATURDAY HEARING IN HYDE CO. The Commissioner of Commercial Fisheries, C. G. Holland, will con duct a hearing at the Hyde County Court House, Swan Quarter, Sat , urday, February 27 at 2 p.m., in regard to oyster planting in Hyde County. All oystermen are re quested to attend, and express themselves on the subject of seed oysters. DRINKWATER PRESENTS MEDAL TO DESCENDANTS Several months ago A. W. Drinkwater bought a batch of an tiques at Nags Head. In the lot he discovered a large silver U. S. Lifesaving medal that had been awarded a C. C. Williamson of the Wilmington area 56 years ago. How the medal happened to be in the antiques was unknown to Drinkwater but he figured that it was an object which members of the Williamson family would treas ure as a keepsake. He set about byway of the press, radio and television to find the original owner or a descendant of the owner. This he did a few weeks ago but he wanted to make sure the per son who tay claim to the medal was a bonafide descendant He verified that Mrs. Martin Brunjes of Wilmington who had written him about the medal was a neice of C. C. Williamson. Hugh Morton of Wilmington, a member of Lost Colony Board of Directors, helped him verify the facts. So this week by registered mail, Drinkwater sent the medal to Mrs. Brunjes, 56 years after it had been awarded her Uucle who had as sisted in saving the life of a drown ing man named Moore of Wilming ton from the Wrightsville surf in 1904. ADJUSTMENT URGED OF HYDE COTTON ACREAGE The week of February 29-March 4 has been set aside for high lighting the release of unused cot ton allotments to the local ASC county committee. The law pro vides that beginning with 1960, cotton. Harmers must either plant, release, or lose part of their al lotment. • Several Hyde fanners have not planted cotton for several years. Under the taw existing at that time, their allotment could net be . SPIRITS HIGH AS DRIVE FOR MEMBERSHIPS BEGINS 1960 CAMPAIGN ON SUNDAY Mrs. Burwell Evans of Manteo Leading Island's Drive for Support of Roanoke Island Histori cal Association in I 960; Precedes Statewide Campaign Getting Underway Soon; Sixty- Two Memberships Assured Sunday. MT. OLIVET CHURCH PLANS MARCH REVIVAL SERVICES REV. ORION N. HUTCHINSON, of First Methodist Church, Thomas ville, N. C., who will be the speaker at Mt. Olivet Methodist Church, ! Manteo, for revival services March ! 7-11. Rev. Hutchinson is a graduate of Duke Divinity School and form erly served as Associate Minister of First Methodist Church, Char lotte, N. C. He is recognized as one of the leading young ministers I of North Carolina. The Mount Olivet church will - participate in the Conference-wide ■ evangelistic program during March ) and April. The churches in the t Elizabeth City. and Wil mington districts will have their . revivals during March. The Mt - Olivet revival is planned for March I 4-11 and speaker for services on i March 4,5, and 6 proceeding Rev. s Hutchinson’s appearance will be ; Roy L. Turnage. director of field ■ work for the Town and Country Commission, N. C. Conference. Mr. Turnage is a layman and service will be led by laymen of Mt. Olivet HYDE FARMS REPAY DOUBLE THE MONEY BORROWED IN 1959 Report of Farmers Home Admin istration Indicates Loans In creasing In Size, Though Hyde County families borrowed more than $78,650 in funds from the Farmers Home Administration during last year, according to a report by Daniel B. Willis, the agency’s county supervisor. During this period the borrowers returned more than $164,300 in repayments. Loans made by the Farmers Home Administration are in creasing in size, according to Mr. Willis. For example, three years ago Farmers Home Administration operating loans in the county av eraged $2619 While this year the same type loan averages $3287 per borrower. Hyde County FHA borrowers during 1959 used a little more than $66,000 for operating loans to pay for feed, seed, fertilizer, tractor fuel, other items and to get ready for 1960 planting. More than 15% of operating loans was borrowed for livestock and machinery needed to put their farming programs on ' a sounder basis. In addition to money borrowed for farm operating expenses, Hyde County families borrowed more than $49,800 for real estate in vesstments. Some borrowers used real estate loans to improve farms, '• enlarge farms of inadequate size or refinance debts. Others built or modernized farm : houses and essential farm build- ' Ings, carried out better soil con- 1 servation practices, improved per manent pastures and provided bet- 1 ter drainage systems. , Loans are available for farm . operating adjustmeints land fan provements, purchases and enlarge- j ments, dwellings, and other essen tial farm buildings, roil and wa- ■ ter conservation, and watershed . loans, Mr. Willis said. 1 ’ i ST. ANDREWS SPONSORS < PANCAKE SUPPER TUESDAY < ] There is going to baa Pancake i Supper on Shrove Tueaday March) 1 Ist at the Carolinian Hotel, Nsgs Head, 5:30 to 8 pjn. under ttah auspices of St. Andrews By fee h Sea, Na