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FOREST FIRES TAKE HEAVY
TOLL OF PROPERTY VALUES,
TYRRELL AND HYDE COUNTIES
About 9,000 Acres Burned Over Near Ponzer
This Week; Water Carrying Plane From Geor
gia Brought in; Two Fires Rage in Tyrrell, and
Army of Fire Fighters Assemble; Some Areas
Extinguished Monday. /
The largest of a series of Forest
fires raged all week near Ponzer
in Hyde County, burning over about
9,000 acres of land, some of it
marshland, to the east of the com
munity. The fire was still raging
Wednesday. A water-bomber plane
from the Georgia Forestry Com
mission was summoned to arrive
• Wednesday to aid in the fight, and
proved very effective, foresters re
port.
Fire fighters were to be called
in from the Camp LeJeune Marine
Base; others were called from Ra
eligfc, Elizabeth City, New Bern,
and the nearby State Prison Camps.
The State Forestry Division report
ed that the fire sprung from a
land-clearing operation, probably
from a burning stump Sunday
i morning.
fire fighters are using tractors
and plows and truck-mounted
pumps.
The fire has spread into peat
bog areas where it is extremely
difficult to use normal fire fight
ing equipment. Intensive hosing
or enough rain to raise the water
level beneath the bog to the surface
could quench the fire.
Fire-fighting headquarters have
been set up in Pettigrew State
Park at Lake Phelps near Colum
bia. Men and equipment are con
centrated here and then directed
to various fire-fighting points.
A State Forestry official said
late Tuesday, “We don’t know
what’s going to develop. We need
X, rain. We need it bad.”
Though this is the first fire ol
the year, several forest fires have
raged in the Hyde County area in
recent years. Stumps burned in
land - clearing sometimes triggers
fires which spread to adjacent tim
ber and marshland.
Another fire in Tyrrell County
near Newland was brought under
control late Tuesday afternoon.
The blaze began Monday after
noon on land owned by the West
Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. Trac
tors, plows, pumps and other equip
were hustled in from Dare County
to help fight the fire.
No estimate was available on
the amount of land burned.
A third fire broke out at noon
> Tuesday near Piney Woods in Tyr
rell County. The blaze was still
out of control late Tuesday.
Piney Woods is 20 miles from
Ponzer.
M. L DANIELS SAYS
STATEMENTS ARE FALSE
We take pleasure with all good
will in printing a statement from
M. L. Daniels, Democratic Party
Chairman in Manteo, in which he
objects to statements in a political
article in this last week.
And so far as we know his state
ment to be correct, we are agree
able to letting it .stand as such.
Mr. Daniels* statement follows:
“In your above issue under the
heading “The Low Down on The
Latch-Up By Old Ring To Take
Over The County" you have the
following false statements con-
■ cerning me.
“1. (Paragraphs) “and his old
pal, M. L. Daniels, has made his
boasts that he will again take con
trol of the County ABC Board
|| come next December.”
“Correction: This is a-deliberate
g false hood as I have never made any
such statement to anyone.
"2. (Paragraph 5) “M.-L. Daniels
who for many years has held the
B title of Chairman of The County
SI Democratic Executive Committee,
S which again this year has a note
I of indebtness in the bank; although
gg although other Democrats raised
»■ funds last year to pull the party
K out of the hole.”
K This is a deliberate
K falsehood. There is no note of in
® defctness in the bank for the Demo-
■ cratic Party of Dare County. The
K party is debt free and has a small
H surplus.
HI “I respectfully request that you
IB make these corrections in the next
Isaac of “The Coastland Times”
I® ' (Friday, April 29, 1960) as such
I charges reflect on my honesty and
I and ability.
•The false charges tend to fur-
M ther hurt me financially and effect
iM my livelyhood as well as my char
fl actor and standing in Dare Coun
fi The position of this newspaper
fM is as follows: “What was said with
H See DANIELS, Page Four
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
COLUMBIA MAN ADVANCES
WITH EASTMAN KODAK CO.
&
RAIFE G. TARKINGTON has been
appointed associate head of the ap
plied photography division of the
Kodak research laboratories. He is
an expert in the field of military
photography, and has been with
Eastman Kodak Company since
1936. He made studies of Koda
chrome processing methods and was
also concerned with emulsion re
search prior to entering military
i service in 1941.
For his contributions toward the
advancement of aerial photography
while stationed at the photographic
laboratory at Wright Field, Day
ton, Ohio, Tarkington was awarded
See TARKINGTON, Page Four
WEST BELHAVEN
CITIZENS MEET
WITH ALDERMEN
Survey Considered, Looking to
Extension of Sewerage Lines
In City
A large group of citizens from
West Belhaven appeared Monday
before the Board of Aidermen in
the mayor’s office with Mayor
Younce presiding and Aidermen C.
R. Potter, C. B. Tillman, O. H.
Johnston, Ralph Edwards and Dick
Taylor attending, also present were
E. L. Voliva, L. R. Smith and
Dr. J. T. Wright of the Light and
Water Commission.
Mayor Younce presented Carl
Mengel of the Olsen Engineering
Co., of Raeligh and asked him to
explain the clauses of the contract
that his firm had prepared for
the town. Mr. Mengel said that a
survey could be made by his firm
for approximatelp $2,000., and the
town would not be obligated be
yond this should they for any rea
son be’unable to follow through
with project. This survey would be
planned to tie in with a sewerage
disposal station, should it come in
the near future as anticipated.
Mr. Mengel was confident that
the survey could be made within
a short time—3o days or so. Aft
er considerable discussion a motion
was made by Mr. Tillman and sec
onded by Mr. Potter, that the Olsen
Firm proceed with the survey. All
aiderman voted in favor of the
motion, the Light and Water com
missioners were- agreed also.
Financing the projects, Mayor
Younce said should a bond issue
fail other means would be sought.
He asked Mr. Mengel if it would
be possible to secure Federal aid.
Mr. Mengel explained that the pro
gram was not adequate, but that
some towns do receive such aid
each year and about twelve North
Carolina projects would receive
help this year. Federal aid is
awarded on the basis of necessity,
indebtedness of town, and readiness
of plans to proceed with project
REGISTRATION BOOKS
FOR VOTERS OPEN SAT.
By law, the registration books
shall be open all day Saturday,
October 30th at the usual voting"
place in each precinct in county
and state of North Carolina, where
by all persons who may be 21 years i
of age, or who may be of age at
the time of the General election in
November are authorized to vote •
in the May 28th primary and forth- 1
coming elections.
The books wall be open on May 71 <
and 14 also for this purpose, and <
on May 28th will be challenge day. <
SIOO,OOO SPENT FOR
PUBLIC HARBORS
THAT ARE A FARCE
County Has Spent The Money
Witnout Providing the People
A Single Guarantee
By VICTOR MEEKINS
More than SIOO,OOO has been
spent of people’s money in Dare
County during the past 35 years to
provide several communities with
public harbors for small boats. Yet
during all this time, in no instance
was any safeguard set up to in
sure the rights of the public in
future years. x
This has been a costly lesson,
and there is now no excuse for per
mitting anything so stupid to
happen again. I will name a num
ber of these cases.
Citizens of Manns Harbor are
now handicapped because their
needs have grown beyond all pres
ent facilities in what is known as
a “county ditch.” When it was built,
the officials failed to get properly
ex’ecuted convenances of the land,
and now all land bordering tire
ditch is privately owned. The situ
ation is critical and costly. Men
are handicapped in making a live
lihood from commercial fishing.
Needless strife between neighbors
arises, out of the situation.
In Wanchese, a piece of land was
bought for a public canal, and sev
eral thousands of dollars has been
spent on it. But the land has all
been dug away, and the borders
of the canal may be used by the
public only by consent of the priv
ate owner.
In Buxton, the county spent sl
-two years ago to build a boat
canal to serve the fishermen of the
community, and it too is dug in
such manner that the public does
not have full use of its shoreline,
and perhaps never will have it.
The possibilities of this outlay of
the people’s money cannot material
ize in the present status.
In both Salvo and Waves canals
were cut with the people’s money
through private lands without any
guaranty that the public could for
ever enjoy the benefits for which
they paid. In Stumpy Point a
similar Investment was made many
years ago, yet county officials have
allowed something what was much
needed and what might have been
of great value to come to nothing.
There are some other similar in
stances.
There is only one way to safe-
See HARBORS, Page Ten
PRECINCT MEETINGS TO BE
HELD EVERYWHERE MAY 7
On May 7th, all Democrats are
expected to assemble in session at
their usual voting place in every
precinct in North Carolina at 2
p.m. At this time, there should
be named a precinct executive com
mittee consisting of five members,
two of whom should be women, and
who should in turn elect a precinct
chairman to serve for two years
This meeting should also designate
delegates to attend, the County
convention, at the courthouse, to
be held on May 14th, and which
should be attended by the precinct
Chairmen of the whole county. -
The precinct chairmen at the
county convention Should then elect
a .Chairman of tjie Pepiocratic Exe
cutive Committee of the County,
for a term of two years. This coun
ty convention dele
gates to the State Convention to
be held in Raleigh on May 19th.
The following is the list of Pre
cinct Chairmen of Dare. County as
furnished this week by County
Chairman M. L. Daniels of Man
teo:
Manteo, C. R. Evans; Wanchese,
Mack Etheridge; Stumpy Point, R.
D. Wise; Manns Harbor, W. S.
White; Mashoes, T. R. Midgett;
East Lake, George W. Ambrose;
Hatteras, F. L. Peele; Frisco,
Julian Austin; Buxton, E. P. White;
Ayon, O, G. Gray; Rodanthe, W.
A. Meekins; Nags Head, C. E.
Parker; Kill Devil Hills, J. L.
Murphy; Kitty Hawk, P. A. Tillett;
Duck Sol Whitson; Colington,
Lewis Meekins.
CONSTERNATION IN HYDE
OVER NEW REGISTRATION
Some consternation among candi
dates ft Hyde County has follow
ed news that a new registration of
voters has been ordered this year.
Many fear that voters will be so
late getting on the books, that
service men entitled to vote by mail
may not have an opportunity to
register again and obtain ballots.
From reports that have come in,
it is believed to have been in
spired as« smart political trick in
the interest of candidates who have
felt shaky, and believe their for
tunes would be favored by the
lighter registration anticipated.
Registration books open April
30, and remain open for two suc
ceeding Saturdays with challenge
day on May 21st.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1960
1960 KING AND QUEEN OF THE PIRATES
SELECTED IN SATURDAY NIGHT CEREMONIES
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MRS. BURWELL (INA) EVANS will rule as Queen, DICK WARD
as King; coronation to be held Saturday afternoon at Fort Raleigh
and Congressman Herbert C. Bonner will officiate at the crowning.
A KITTY HAWK ARTIST
HAS RALEIGH ART SHOW
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The Meredith College depart
ment of art is presenting the paint
ings and drawings of Susan San
derlin in the Joyner Hall Art Gal
lery this week and through May
6, in Raleigh.
Miss Sanderlin is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar C. Sander
lin of Kitty Hawk. Her one-man
show, a graduating exhibit, is open
to the public on week-days from
8:30 a.m., until 5 pan. It will be
featured for the Hospitality Week
end when more than 20 high school
seniors will visit the college for two
days.
■ Miss Sanderlin, the pupil of Ruth
A. Clarke and Rose Messick Mel
vin, is at present teaching in the
Needham Broughton High School
in Raleigh, under the supervision of
Mrs. Martin Ehrlich.
Susan is a member of the
Astrotekton Society at- Meredith;
has served this year as art. editor of
the college annual, Oak Leaves;
and also has been a member of the
staff of the college newspaper, The
Twig.
IRA SPENCER LEAVES
COMMISSIONER* RACE;
ENDORSES HOOPER
Ira Spencer popular operator of
a seafood case at Manns Harbor
this week withdrew his bid for Dare
County Commissioner and gave his
unqualified endorsement to Horace
B. Hooper of Stumpy Point. Chief
among reasons expressed by Mr.
Spencer is a desire that unity and
good will be increased - between the
communities in the interest for
greater progress fbr the whole
county. Mr. Spencer’s statement is
as follows:
"Although I filed for County
Commissioner from the Mainland
District at the request of friends,
I did not desire to run if Mr. Hor
ace Hooper should run, and as he
has been a good member of this
Board in helping to get otir county
out of debt, and has gained ex
perience that should help him in,
becoming more helpful and capable j
in another term I do not think our
county should lose the benefit of
this experience, and I would pre
fer that he be elected instead of
myself. I shall vote for him and
support him in any way I can. It
is my desire that there should be
a continued improvement of friend
ship between our communities. We
will not make progress by being
divided over differences that mean
nothing. Let us all stand together
for the betterment of our county.
Wo will all be the better off.” .
, TWO YEARS PENALTY
ON BRICKHOUSE FOR
SHOOTING COMBS
Most Sensational Case in Tyrrell
Court This Week Results in
Sentence by Judge Morris
The case taking up most time
and attracting most interest in
Tyrrell County Superior Court this
week was that in which James
Brickhouse was charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon with in
• tent to kill Mark Combs, inflict
ing serious bodiy injury. The case
wound up with intent to • kill be
ing stricken from the charge, and
Brickhouse got a two year sen
tence and the Judge’s recommenda
tion against any parole before end
of term.
State’s witness Mark Combs
_ testified that he was shot by de
fendent James Brickhouse, Sunday,
Oct. 4, 1959, in front of the Method-
- ist Church in Gum, Neck, which
- resulted in loss of his left leg.
j Futher testimony brought out
that Combs was shot at close range
by a single shot gun, shown in
r evidence, with No. 1 buckshot;
- Dungarees worn by Combs were
i produced showing the path of bul
-1 lets to have entered the leg from
j the rear. Three bullets were taken
; from the leg, and one passed
' through, injuring the right leg. An
I empty buck-shot shell found at the
, site of the shooting by Sheriff
Clair E. Morris and a full shell
of like size taken from the de
-1 fendent by the Sheriff following
‘ the incident were exhibited.
: The flashlight which Combs ad-
J mi tied having in his hand on the
1 previous night when he showed the
defendent in the defendents, home,
! and with which the defendent
i Brickhouse contended he was hit
over the head by Combs and knock
i ed unconscious, was testified by
! the Sheriff to be a two cell flash
‘ light, and there were no dents on
said flashlight indicating a strong
blow lias been inflicted with it
Brickhouse said that he was in
Gum Neck about 11 miles from his
home on the Sunday morning to
see a man about selling a drink
See COURT, Page Four
LIBRARY STAFF PRESENTS
MONDAY ROTARY PROGRAM
What was tiermed an exception
ally fine program was given the
Manteo Rotary Club Monday night
by the librarians who hold forth
in the same community building.
Mrs. Jean Ward and the Staff
of Dare County Library, including
Mrs. L. L. Gibbs, Mrs. Kay Roush, '
and Miss Jeanette Overcash, pre-
sented what Mrs. Ward termed a
“Library Staff Meeting” which in
volved a panel discussion into
which the members of the Rotary
Club and the Club proper were
central subjects. The program so
impressed a visiting Rotarian from
Massachusetts, he said he was go
i ing home and tell his large, fine
1 City Library how well the folks
in Dare County are doing. Woven
into library presentation which
quite obviously required consider
able time and thought in planning
and preparation, was a concluding
note and decision to “Let’s invite
the Rotary Club to visit the Library
right after their meeting on April
25, and to become charter members
of our ‘Friends of the Library*
group.” President Oneto said “just
about every member and visiting
Rotarian accepted this invitation.”
HATTERAS EVENTS OPEN 6TH
ANNUAL PIRATES JAMBOREE
CEREMONIES FRI. MORNING
Series of Colorful Dances and Ceremonies Ex
pected to Create Largest and Best Attended
Os These Celebrations on the Entire Dare
County Coast. Congressman to Take Part in
Fort Raleigh Program Saturday.
BONNER TO SPEAK
IN MANTEO SATURDAY
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COGRESSMAN H.ERBERT C.
BONNER, who will come to Man
teo Saturday to attend the Jam
boree program at Fort Raleigh,
will also make a public speech Sat
urday evening at the courthouse in
Manteo at 7:30. Mr. Bonner
especially wishes his friends from
Hatteras, Buxton, Avon, Rodanthe,
Kitty Hawk, Colington, Wanchese,
Stumpy Point,’ Manns Harbor and
all other parts of Dare County and
from neighboring counties to come
to this meeting. It is a fact, that
he receives more letters from Dare
County than any other county in
his district, regardless of size, be
cause Daie has so many more vet
eran’s matters, men in Government
service and more waterways and
other Federal projects, than other
counties.
MANY INTERESTED
IN OPERATION OF
HATTERAS AIRSTRIP
Flyers In Distant Cities Impa
tient To Make Use of
It Soon
Much interest has been aroused
by the modern air strip now being
constructed three miles northeast
of Hatteras by the state of North
Carolina, on land leased to Dare
County by the National Park Serv
ice, and fliers are already telephon
ing in, some from distant cities im
patient for an oppportunity to use
it, according Supt. Bob Gibbs of
the Cape Hatteras National Sea
shore.
It will be ready for use in about
ten days or two weeks, according
to W. N. Spruill, Division Highway
Engineer under whose supervision
the 2,500 foot strip is being built.
There is widespread opinion that
this air strip will be one of the
greatest assets to development of
sportfishing and tourist business on
Hatteras Island, and several groups
have applied for information with
a view to leasing it from the coun
ty and to set up a fixed base oper
ation to accommodate the flying
public, Victor Meekins, chaiiman
of the Dare County Board said this
week. Meekins, with Commissioners
George Fuller and Woodrow Ed
wards of Hatteras Island have fol
lowed the project, through from
December, negotiating for the land
and for construction of the strip.
The air strip, located adjacent to
the village of Frisco, will be leased
See AIRSTRIP. Page Four
ST. ANDREWS BY THE SEA
TO HAVE NEW RECTOR <
“The Vestry of St. Andrew’s by
the-Sea, Protestant Episcopal
Church, Nags Head, announces
that The Rev. Joseph P. Burroughs
has accepted the call extended by
the Vestry and will become the
Rector in May. The Rev. Mr. Bur
roughs at the present time is in
charge of Calvary Chapel, Taihoro,
and St. Ignatius Church, near Tar
boro.
He is a native of North Carolina,
born in Wadesboro and a graduate
of Davidson College and the Epis
copal Theological School, Cam
bridge, Mass., where he received
two degrees.
Rev. Mr. Burroughs will hold hi*
first service at St. Andrew’s on
Sunday, May 8. He will occupy the
Mustian Cottage on the beach,
which will serve as the Rectory.”
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO, N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
SIXTEEN PAGES THIS WEEK
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The Sixth annual Pirate’s Jam
boree will get underway Friday
morning at Hatteras, on the open
beach near Atlantic View Hotel
with a series of contests and
children’s games at 11 a.m. to be
followed at noon by the biggest
fish fry ever held there.
The coronation ceremonies for
priate royalty will take place at
Waterside Theatre, Fort Raleigh,
Roanoke Island, when Hon. Herbert
C. Bonner, will take part.
Following the fish fry Friday at
Hatteras, there will be two classes
Complete Schedule of Events
On Back Page
of beach buggy races at 2 p.m.
near the scene of the fish fry, and
Friday evening the usual colorful
dance wrill be held at the Hatteras
Community biulding, with the local
band comprised of citizens and
Navy men performing. This band
last year was a great success.
Gaily and authentically costumed
buccaneers including newly elected
royalty for the coming year, busy
committees in charge of a variety
of colorful and exciting attractions,
thousands of persons of the Dare
Coast and elsewhere will converge
on Hatteras, the Dare Beaches and
Roanoke Island this week end to
celebrate the sixth annual Dare
Coast Pirates Jamboree and launch
officially the 1960 vacation sea
son of the Outer Banks region.
Representative Herbert C. Bon
ner of the First Congressional Dis
trict of North Carolina will par
ticipate in coronation pageantry to
be staged at Waterside Theatre at
The Lost Oolony site on Saturday.
He will, on this second day of the
three day event, place the crowns
on King Dick Ward of Kitty Hawk,
and Queen Ina Evans of Manteo in
the ceremonies beginning at 2
o’clock. Chairman Swain says no
admission wrill be charged.
This year for the first time the
coronation is being held during day
light hours in a great theatre where
the revelry of dancers will not in
terfere. The ceremonies will take
form as a pageant especially writ
ten for the occasion by Mrs. Isa
bel Murphy of Kill Devil Hills and
Mrs. Lucille Winslow of Nags
Head. In addition to the new royal
ty, the king and queen, the prince
and princess and their respective
courts, winners of period costume
contests, school children and others
wrill participate. There wrill for in
stance, be a Governor and Mrs.
Charles Eden, the governor’s sec
retary Tobias Knight, who was in
business with Blackbeard, Sir
Francis Drake, a sort of pirate-ex-
See JAMBOREE, Page Four
75,000 TONS OF
ASPHALT TO GO
IN HATTERAS ROAD
Widening and Surfacing of 50-
Mile Stretch Will Require
Several Months
In the widening and surfacing of
the Hatteras Island Highway,
which job is to begin soon, 75,000
tons of asphalt will be used, the
road will be widened by two feet,
and tlie job will require several
months, Division Engineer Bill
Spruill said this week.
An asphalt plant has been set
up, and a loading depot where ma
terials may be barged in, has been
established at Avon. Work will be
gin on the north end of the rpad
at the Oregon Inlet ferry and will
work southhward. Considerable in
come will be provided local labor
to be employed on the project.
During the period of construc
tion, which will take all the rest
of the year, a road nearby a mile
long at Hatteras, known as “The
Old Back Road," will be improved
and surfaced as well as a short
road • at Avon called “The Gray
Road.”
It is hoped that the Hatteras
Island road, when completed will
meet specifications of the U. S.
Bureau of roads to assure its legi
bility for Federal roads under the
primary road program.
The present road, a third of
which was built by an appropri
ation of state funds during the ad
ministration of Governor R. Gregg
Cherry, was completed fom funds
provided by a bond issue during the
Administration of Governor W.
Kerr Scott.