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JAMBOREE PIRATES
ON TV, CARAVANS,
DINING, DANCING
Variety During Week's Program
of Events, More Travel
Next Week
Buccaneers of the Pirates Jam
boree are now very busy with
‘•vents that will lead up to the
sixth annual vacation launching
event on April 29-May 1.
Last week end the buccaneers
were featured on TV shows in
Washington N. C., at a banquet
in Morehead City and then a cruise
to the 18th century haunts of
Blackbeard at Ocracoke.
On Wednesday and Thursday
this week a group of 20 buccaneers
invaded Richmond. There they were
received at the Governor’s office,
appeared on television shows, were
photographed for local and national
newspapers, entertained at the
swanky Tantilla Club and then vis
ited the Federal Reserve Bank
where they were photographed
again with 51 thousand silver dol
lars as a backdrop. On Thursday
after leaving Richmond the group
visited the Mayor of Petersburg.
On Friday night all bearded men
will enjoy a banquet at The Caro
linian beginning at 6:30 o’clock.
At the same time the beardless
lady buccaneers will dine at Bea
con Motor Lodge. After the ban
quets the groups will be guests
of Ras Wescott for a dance at The
Casino.
Young pirates, 70 from the Dare
Coast including five couples from
Hatteras Island will leave Manteo
by bus or station wagons for Nor
folk to be filmed for the “Let’s
Dance” program on WTAR. In
Norfolk, the Dare group will be
joined by pirate costumed mem
ber of Eliabeth City high school
hand. They will be featured on the
Elisabeth City Coca-Cola Bottling
Works-sponsored show on Satur
<tay evening, April 23 at 6 o’clock
for a full hour. The show will be
filmed at 11 o’clock Saturday, April
9, in advance of its actual presen
tation. Mrs. Ollie Belle Swain and
Mrs. Helen Baum will be in charge
of the Dare County group of teen
age buccaneers.
On Monday, April 11, costumed
pirates will invade Washington, D.
C., where nationally known state
officials will help, entertain the
group and on Thursday, April 14,
another overnight junket will take
the group to Norfolk for more
fun and publicity entertainment.
BELHAVEN SENIOR TO
REPRESENT HIS SCHOOL
Stephen Thomas “Tommy” Jones
of Belhaven will represent Beau
fort County at the Youth Fitness
Conference in Raleigh, April 9,
1960. Tommy, a senior at the John
A. Wilkinson School, was chosen
from a group of nominees from
the various county schools and re
ceived an invitation from Governor
Luther Hodges to attend the meet
ing.
The students attending the con
ference exemplify the qualities of
all-round fitness for living in the
world of today. Tommy has dem
onstrated his leadership ability by
serving as president of his class
two years in succession, president
of the local Beta Club and the
county Beta Clute, and in various
capacities in his church, the
Trinity Methodist Church. Chief
Marshal last year, he is at present
one of the top students in his class.
In a variety of other capacities, in
cluding dramatics, public speaking,
and participation in three varsity
sports, Tommy has demonstrated
his all-round ability.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Jones of Belhaven. Tom
my plans to attend college next
year.
HONS CLUB WILL SELL
LIGHT BULBS TUESDAY
Residents of Roanoke Island will
have another opportunity to buy
light bulbs at their doorstep next
Tuesday night, the 12th, as Man
teo Lions conduct their annual bulb
sale. Packages of five bulbs in vari
ous sizes are available, with prices
in Line with retail sales in 'the
area.
On Tuesday night of this week
the dub was entertained by Game
Protector W. S. White of Manns
Harbor who presented a film on
wildlife operations in North Caro
lina. He also answered questions
regarding the motorboat safety
laws which became effective April
1.
ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL
CHURCH GETS NEW RECTOR
The Rt Rev. and Mrs. Angus
Miller of Sweet Water, Texas, ar
rived in Belhaven Thursday. Mr.
Miller is the new Rector of St,
Jamro Episcopal Church. He auc
eee* The Rt Rev. John Broome
who has accepted a call to Farm-1
villa
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
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Reading from left to right, James Nathamet Edwards of Belhaven and Ocracoke, and for
many years a resident of Sladesville in Hyde County; L. L. Swain of Manteo, co-chairman of the
current Pirate’s Jamboree festival; and Capt. Maultby Taylor of Sea Level, the father of the four
Taylor Brothers who have been generous in their giving for Carteret County. Capt. Taylor well up
in his eighties and Mr. Edwards, well up in his nineties, have long been acquainted, for Capt. Tay
lor has spent a lot of time at Belhaven and for many years captained a freight boat into this port.
Capt. Taylor went over on the new ferry last Thursday along with Mr. Swain with his group of
pirates bent on an advertising mission, and at Ocracoke met Mr. Edwards, who is now living there
with his daughter, Mrs. R. S. Wahab.—Aycock Brown photo.
NEW OCEAN PIER
AT KDH OPENING
THIS WEEK END
KILL DEVIL HILLS. Comple
tion is being made to the new Ava
lon Pier at Kill Devil Hills, and
according to announcement from
officials of the corporation it will
be opened to the public this week
end on “no admission charged”
basis until fish begin to bite. C.
A. York, president of Avalon Pier
Corporation, and Parson L. Powell,
vice-president, will be on hand most
of the time during beginning opera
tions. Neither are newcomers to the
area, York having been active for
several years in real estate, build
ing supply and other ventures
along the beach. Powell formerly
owned Ocean View Cottage Court
at Kill Devil Hills, but disposed
of this interest some time ago.
Waters of the ocean where the
new Avalon Pier is located are in
the vicinity of two submerged
shipwrecks, the Paraguay and the
Carl Gerhard, which foundered
about 35 years ago. Marine growth
on the wrecks have proven a big
attraction for fish which use the
area as one of their favorite feed
ing grounds, and some excellent
catches have been made in the surf
there through tire years. It was
near the location of the new pier
in Kill Devil Hills that Art Clark
of Fox Chase Manor, Pa., brought
in a world record 61 hi pound chan
nel bass on 12 pound test line in
1954 —a record that is yet un
broken.
Whiting (sea mullet), croaker,
bluefish, and a variety of other
fishes are plentiful in the Dare
Beaches surf and are taken in great
numbers by pier anglers each
year.
Finishing touches have yet to be
See PIER, Page Six
FRIENDS OF BONNER TO
DONATE CAMPAIGN FUNDS
Robert Parish, manager of Hoell-
Farish Motor company in Wash
ington, is chairman of a finance
committee which seeks to raise
funds for the campaign to renomi
nate Herbert Bonner as First Dis
trict congressman.
In Dare County, Alvah Ward, Jr.,
of Manteo is receiving contribu
tions to help finance the cost of
the campaign for Mr. Bonner, and
said yesterday he already has some
funds in hand received this week.
He said Dare County is greatly
indebted to Mr. Bonner, and it
hopes it will respond generously.
The announcement of Mr. Par
ish’s appointment and acceptance
was made by Nelson Banks, Bon
ner campaign manager.
Mr. Farish said this week:
“Within the next few days we’ll
name sub-chairmen of our com
mittee, and they’ll come from all
areas of Beaufort county. We must
raise a campaign fund to fight the
battle for Mr. Bonner’s renomina
tion, and we hope many citizens
who know Mr. Bonner and who
appreciate his service in congress
will answer the call for funds.”
Those wishing to contribute to
the Bonner campaign fund are ask
ed to send their contributions to
“Bonner campaign fund, in care of
Bob Parish, Washington, N. C.” In
Dare County to Mr. Ward at Man
teo.
“No donation is too small, and
we”ll accept the money and use it
to help Mr. Bonner,” they say.
SONNY BRIGGS, FORMER RESIDENT OF DARE COUNTY
AND LOST COLONY PLAYER, MAKES TELEVISION HIT
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“SONNY” BRIGGS a popular young man who grew up
in Manteo and at Kill Devil Hills, who played in the Lost Colony
during his school and college days, has made a big hit in televi
sion, and many people waited up Thursday night to watch with great
interest, the picture in which he appeared on CBS. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. H. Briggs of Kill Devil Hills, the operators of
the Croatan Hotel. The following is a detailed account of his ca
reer as published Sunday:
By MARY HOPKINS
(In The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch)
“There’s a Shortage in Holly
wood of big, red-headed guys who
can die with conviction, and I man
age to keep quite busy,” the big,
red-headed fellow said. “I probably
die with greater frequency than
anyone in the business.”
The fellow with whom I was
talking was Charlie Briggs, who
will be seen Thursday night in
“Seed of Evil” on Zane Grey The
atre, 9 p.m., Channel 3. He plays
the role of the retarded son of
Malachi West, portrayed by Ray
mond Massey.
“I have played everything from
a sadistic killer to a sympathetic
policeman ... I think I am the
only man ever to put a shot into (
the Tightroper . . . from a laconic ,
old Confederate sergeant to a
crooked supply sergeant, but most ,
of my appearances have been in
Westerns,” he said.
This conversation with Charlie
was the first time I' had heard his
voice in some time.
A couple of decades ago, when
I was a reporter for the Elizabeth
City, N. C., Daily Advance, and
Tom and Susie Briggs were op
erating the Virginia Dare Hotel i
there, Susie and I played golf to
gether when she could temporarily
dispose of her precocious little son .
Charlie.
It seems likely that the last time i
I heard him talk he was trying :
to con his mother into staying '
home and entertaining him, instead i
of playing golf. He would have'i
Bee BRIGGS. Page Six
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 8, I
FISHING PIER FOR
HATTERAS ISLAND
NEAR RODANTHE
Work Begins on 700 Foot Struc
ture to be Owned by R. D.
Owens, Ferrell Brothers
Construction of a 700 foot ocean
pier for fishing purposes near the
village at Rodanthe has begun, ac
cording to R. D. Owens, motel
operator who is associated with the
Ferrell Brothers, lumber dealers of
Moyock. Mr. Owens expects to open
the pier for business in June. It
will be 24 feet wide, the widest
yet of the fishing piers on the Dare
coast, and is the first to be built
on Hatteras Island. It is located
opposite Mr. Owens’ Chicamacomi
co Motel established in 1954.
Near this spot are several ship
wrecks, which are noted for good
surf fishing locations. In fact, the
Rodanthe area is considered tops
for surf-casting. The village is
famed for the many members of
the Coast Guard service it has
produced, and the many notable
rescues they made of mariners im
periled by the sea. From the near
by Life Saving Station, Capt John
Allen Midgett led hie crew to the
rescue of the crew of the torpedoed
and burning British SS Mirlo dur
ing World War 1, and for this deed
all the crew members and Capt
Midgett received great honors from
both British and American govern
ments. The Life Saving station is
now being converted into a museum
by Uta National Park Service.
DARE CO. BOARD
TO MEET MONDAY
AT CAPE HATTERAS
To Be at School at I P.M.;
Health Center Conference
in Morning
The Dare County Board of Com
missioners has scheduled a special
meeting of the Board at Cape Hat
teras High School at 1 p.m. Mon
day, April 11th for the convenience
of any citizens of Hatteras Island
who wish to bring matters of spe
cial interest to attention of the
Board and the public is invited to
attend.
Among items which may be dis
cussed is the complaint about the
garbage situation at Hatteras,
which is objected to on the ground
that the garbage from two town
ships is all being brought to Hat
teras and dumped, adding to un
sightliness and makes for a health
menace.
Another important matter is the
proposal to vote on a bond issue
whereby a special tex can be levied
to maintain a modern Health cen
ter in Hatteras township.
Prior to the meeting of the Com
missioners, a conference will be
held between Board members, the
trustees of the Cape Hatteras
Health Center and Wm. F. Hender
son, Executive Secretary of the
N. C. Medical Care Commission of
Raleigh, relative to the proposal
for the new health center.
The Board members plan to visit
the air strip now under construc
tion at Frisco, during the visit.
On issue which may be brought
before the Board is the sentiment
of the people of Hatteras Island
toward paying a special tax to
build a jail at Buxton which is
now being urged by several peo
ple of the community as a neces
sity for law and order.
OYSTERMEN MEET
AT MANNS HARBOR;
RESULTS IN DOUBT
Without Restrictions Against
Stripping Natural Beas A
Loss May Result
Some 30 people met at Manns
Harbor Saturday afternoon, of
whom not more than half were
oystermen, and which had been
called to express the views of the
fishermen with respect to oyster
planting in N. C. waters this year.
The meeting was attended by
Gehrman Holland of Beaufort,
State Fisheries Commissioner, sev
eral members of his staff and by
Lorimer W. Midgett, of Elizabeth
City, a member of the Board of
Conservation and Development.
A petition had been signed and
sent to the Department, heavily
opposing the planting of oysters
in Dare County waters. The bene
fits that may come from this policy
are doubtful, since the fishermen
also wanted Dare County oysters
left alone. But While no planting
is granted, there was no assurance
given that oysters won’t be taken
from the area and carried to other
places, and this is a situation which
brought about the objections in the
first place.
For there has been complaint
from oystermen at Stumpy Point
and Wanchese for several years
that too many oysters are being
dredged up and carried away to
distant points, to the detriment of
the industry in Hyde and Dare
Counties.
Mr. Holland stated that no oyster
planting this year will take place
in Dare, Hyde, Pamlico and Car
teret, but in some counties farther
south planting will be done. He
said some permits had been issued
already to persons who wished to
get oysters for planting.
BID REJECTED FOR FERRY
CHANNEL AT OREGON INLET
A bid of $84,000 received by the
State Highway Commission last
week, submitted by Atkinson
Dredging Co., of Norfolk was re
jected as being in excess of engi
neers estimates. This bid was for
the dredging of the ferry boat
channel at Oegon Inlet where so
much trouble has resulted since the
first of December. It is estimated
that the necessary work could
have been done at that time for
$25,000 to $30,000 while there were
several dredges in the vicinity, but
highway Engineers apposed doing
the work, and when finally it was
determined that the work had to
be done, the dredges had been re
moved and the difficulty of bring
ing them back to the scene now en
tails heavy coat. The delay in cor
recting the bad situation at the
people who fear a considerable loss
people who fear a considerabel loss
in tourist business this season. The
highway commission has revised its
estimates in order to ask for new
bids. 1
CURRITUCK COUNTY EFFORT
TOWARD OCEAN BOULEVARD
GETS WIDE ENCOURAGEMENT
Forty County and Town Officials at Princess
Anne Courthouse Wednesday Witness Ex
pressions of Unanimous Enthusiasm For Vir
ginia Beach to Kitty Hawk Road; Future
Meetings Planned.
SEEKING HOUSE SEAT
FROM CURRITUCK CO.
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WALTON GRIGGS OF Point Har
bor who represented Currituck
County in the Legislature of 1957,
filed this week again for this post,
and promises a thorough campaign
of the county to discuss with vot
ers the important issues beneficial
to the county which now face the
people. Mr. Griggs, a former mem
ber of the Currituck County Board
of Education and his wife Ruth,
operate at the west end of the
Currituck Sound bridge one of the
most popular restaurants of the
area. Mrs. Griggs is a native of
Cape Hatteras, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jarvis Midgett, of Bux
ton and New Smyrna, Fla. They
have two doughters.
LESSONS GAINED
FROM INDUSTRIAL
MEETING IN WAYNE
Eastern Carolina Considered
State's Most Promising Fron
tier For Development
The Eastern North Carolina In
dustrial Meeting in Goldsboro last
week pointed up many sharp lessons
to observers about the business of
creating and attracting industries.
Speakers declared Eastern Noi-th
Carolina to be a real frontier for
industry, with more to offer to
wards its substantial development
than any other part of the state.
Speaker after speaker appeared
on morning and afternoon sessions
with solid information and sugges
tions. James A. Babcock, Westing
house plant manager explained
what industry look for in a com
munity. A worthwhile industry
does not look for handouts, but it
expects to become a contributing
member of the community, he ex
plained. What industry does look
for is responsible local govern
ment that will add up to a healthy
climate for all citizens.
To make it a safe locality for
industry, it must have a number
of things, beside a stable supply of
labor, for labor will locate where
there is a stable industry. The
community must have adequate
school facilities; an adequate
health program, and law enforce
ment that is not a joke. In any
community, where this has been re
quired by its citizenship, there need
be no fear that industry will not
prosper and become increasingly
useful and helpful.
Governor Luther Hodges, who
spoke at a luncheon which grew
in attendance beyond first plans,
had apparently done the state a
fine service back in February when
he said Eastern North Carolina was
lagging in effort to establish in
dustry. Governor Hodges had
stirred up the people. If they are
not prepared to establish industries,
they surely are interested in find
ing out something about the busi
ness of getting them. John Davis,
Burlington garment manufacturer,
told how to develop an industry
See LESSONS, Page Six
BAKE SALE SATURDAY
A bake sale will be put on by
the WSCS of Mount Olivet Method
ist Church Saturday, April 9, from
10 a.m. until three p.m., in the
old Texaco service station in Man
teo. A large assortment of baked
goods will be for sale. All mem
bere of the WSCS are asked to
take in their wares between 10
gjn. and 12 noon. /
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO, N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
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The long-dreamed of scenic ocean
boulevard some 40 miles along the
ocean shore of Princess Anne,
Currituck and Dare Counties, was
viewed Tuesday at a meeting in
Princess Anne, Va., as something
that might easily be accomplished
in three years. Some 40 officials
attended.
Merrill Evans of Ahoskie, a
former’ State Highway Commis
sioner and a Currituck native told
the group that many difficulties
which had delayed building of the
road had been eliminated, and he
believed its worth to North Caro
lina was now’ sufficiently apparent
that its construction could result
in three years as a result of the
prevailing favorable sentiment at
this time.
The Princess Anne County Board
of Supervisors W’ere hosts to dele
gation from the County Boards of
Commissioners of Dare and Curri
tuck Counties and the Virginia
Beach Town Board. The meeting
resulted from an invitation from
the Currituck County board to the
other Boards represented. Led by
Chairman H. D. Newbern of
Powells Point, and with Currituck
County Attorney Wilton Walker,
the entire Currituck Board attend
ed.
Mr. Walker was named tempo
rary chairman of a committee of
20 others, —five from each group,
to be appointed later, to give fur
ther study to the proposition.
Attending from Dare County
were Major J. L. Murphy of Kill
Devil Hills, President of the All-
Seashore Highway Association
which has been advocating this
boulevard for several years; George
■Crocker, Jr., President, and Wal
ter Perry of Kill Devil Hills, rep
resented the Nags Head Chamber
of Commerce. A committee sent
from the Dare Board of Commis
sers consisted of Victor Meekins
of Manteo and Woodrow Edwards
of Waves.
Various members of the group
were called upon for remarks about
the project. Meekins told the group
that Dare County -was glad to join
with a good neighbor Currituck in
its worthy endeavors, and said the
movement came more appropriately
from Currituck, since Dare, having
been so heavily favored during the
past year in road projects, could
not with good grace be in any
demanding position. Only a very
short stretch of the proposed road
is in Dare, but most of it is in
Currituck, and some 20 miles in
Princess Anne County, Va.
Meekins and Walker said they
were opposed to any toll road pro
position in North Carolina, a po-
See HIGHWAY, Page Six
COLINGTON PRECINCT TO
NOT BE DISCONTINUED
Colington voting precinct in
Dare County, which had been
scheduled to be consolidated with
Kill Devil Hills has been granted
a respite and will continue to func
tion this year at least, Chairman
Jack Tillett of the Dare County
Board of elections said yesterday.
Colington had been slated to go
out, along with Mashoes and Duck,
which last named have a small
number of voters. A delegation of
Colington citizens, consisting of Al
bert O’Neal, Sylvester Perry, Ray
mond Perry, Ernest Haywood with
Walter Perry of Kill Devil Hills
organized an appeal in behalf of
the precinct of Colington, which
normally casts about 50 votes.
The move to consolidate precincts
came about, Mr. Tillett said, be
cause of lack of interest among
voters, in view of the insufficiency
of funds budgeted for elections. It
costs about $2,400 for each election
held in the county, and some $l5O
to the precinct made it cost the
some sl2 or more for each vote
cast by Mashoes, which is now to
be consolidated with Manns Har
bor.
Duck casts about 18 votes, and
these votes cost about $8 apiece to
service, and this box will be con
solidated with Kitty Hawk, with
voting at the nearer new Kitty
Hawk school.
The precinct of Trent on Hat
teras Island is the next smaller
precinct to be considered later for
consolidation. In the last primary
it cast only 45 votes, and in some
elections has cast as little as nine
votes, same as Mashoes and Duck.
Unless voters show more interest,
other prednete may come under
the scrutiny of the Board of Elec
tjon for counMdfttioQt