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VOL XXV NO. 47
OCEAN BOULEVARD
COMMITTEE IS SET
UP AT CURRITUCK
Association Formed and Officers
Named for Highway Along
Outer Banks
Former State Senator Dudley
Bagley of Moyock and Sidney
Kellam of Virginia Beach were
named Co-chairmen of a two-state
group comprising the Ocean Boule
vard Association which will pro
mote constuction of a toll free
road south ward from Virginia
Beach to Kitty Hawk at a meet
ing held Monday night in Currituck
courthouse.
Choice of a name for the as
sociation and election of officers
was unanimous, as all agreed that
construction of this road is a neces
sity for the economic life of the
area, and would also make possible
a large development with fiscal
benefits to the counties. «
Representatives from Kill Devil
Hille, Virginia Beach, Princess
Anne County, Currituck and Dare
counties attended the meeting.
Five vice chairmen, one from
each of the areas backing the move,
were named. Thep are Maj. J. L.
Murphy, Kill Devil Hills; Fred
Haycox, Virginia Beach; H. E.
Bishop, Currituck; Victor Meekins,
Dara, and James T. Darden, Prin
cess Anne.
Wilton F. Walker, Currituck
County attorney, was named exe
cutive secretary. The co-chairmen,
executive secretary and the five
vice chairmen will constitute the
•ucecutive committee of tire associ
ation.
In addition to officers named,
there attended from Dare County,
Horace Hooper, Woodrow Edwards
and David Stick of the Dare Coun
ty Board of Commissioner's and
Walter D. Perry of Kill Devil
Hills.
The ocean highway, as presently
conceived, would begin at Virginia
Beach and run along the Outer
Banks through Princess Anne and
Currituck counties to Dare County.
GREAT VALUE OF
TIMBER INCOME TO
FARMERS SHOWN
Management Can Bring Profits
From Pulpwood Speaker in
Hyde Points Out
SWAN QUARTER. The close
relationship between Hyde Co.
forests and the nation’s economy
was dramatically shown at a meet
ing of the Lions Club. This month,
in support of the “Pulp and Paper
Week” objectives.
In a program held in conjunction
with the southwide observance of
Pulp and Paper Week, K. Pit
man of Weyerheuser Company,
North Carolina Pulp Company.
Subsidiary, said that supplying the
i-aw maberiaf needed for the na
tion’s expanding pulp and paper
industry has placed “the trees of
the South in the mainstream of
America’s modern marketing econo
my.”
During a color slide film presen
tation entitled “Care of the Forest
Helps Paper Have Its Day,” Mr.
Pitman said, “There are 193,000,000
acres of commercial forest land in
the 12 states of the South which al
ready supply nearly two-thirds of
the raw material needed by the
pulp and paper industry.”
K was pointed out that immature,
fast growing trees in well-stocked
stands soon crowd themselves out
of full productivity unless enough
space is provided to give each tree
plenty of sunlight, food and water
at each stage of its development.
“The wise landowner provides
this needed space 'by periodic cut
tings,” Mr. Pitman said. Trees cut
in these operations when forests
are young give the remaining trees
adequate space for continuous and
intensive development of a much
healthier forest, better able to
withstand attacks from insects and
diseases, he continued.
Total forest productivity means
more than just the production of
pulpwood, it was explained. It in
corporates the utilisation of a va
riety of sizes and kinds of trees
for such products as lumber, poles,
piling, veneer, hardboard and many
others, the speaker said.
Many public - minded agencies
in the South are working together
to promote this pattern of con
tinuous productivity among indivi
dual landowners, Mr. Pitman said.
One of those agencies, the South
ern Pulpwood Conservation Associ
ation, has developed a three-fold
program of service, information
and demonstration designed to give
landowners assistance in forest
fire control, tree planting and
marking trees for thinning, the
presentation pointed out
He pointed out that the industry
5s now the fifth largest in the na
tion and in the South employs over
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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
NEW COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
ELECTED ON SATURDAY
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WALTER D. PERRY of Kill Devil
Hills former chairman of the Dare
County Board of Education was
elected Chairman of the Dare Coun
ty Democratic Executive Commit
tee Saturday with all precincts' rep
resented save Avon. Mrs. Grace
Mann of Manns Harbor was elected
Vice-Chairman; Bobby Owens and
Dr. W. W. Harvey, Jr., of Man
teo the first and second Vice-Chair
men.
Robert H. Midgett who served as
Secretary of the County convention
announced after a short executive
session the unanimous election of
the party officers. Mr. Perry was
not in Manteo, and had not cam
paigned for the place. Resolutions
of respect and appreciation were
offered from the floor for M. L.
Daniels the retiring chairman, for
his long sendee, he having held
the office for 26 years, and who
was not a candidate for re-election.
Mr. Perry made an announce
ment later as follows:
“I am grateful to the precinct
chairmen of the county for electing
See PERRY, Page Four
OLDEST WOMAN ON WANCHESE CUTS BIRTHDAY CAKE
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MRS. DORA DAVIS of Wanchese who this month celebrated her
92nd birthday, and who is the oldest woman on Roanoke Island. See
story last week about party given by her children.
—Aycock Brown photo.
VIOLENT WRECK INJURIES
FIVE AT STUMPY POINT
An automible headed southward
out of Stumpy Point, early Satur
day night while making a curve
at the highway intersection col
lided with a bridge, five persons
were injured, three of them seri
ously. Alvin Farrow, was driver of
a car belonging to Miss Jean Nehrie
of Pa. Farrow had a broken arm,
his brother Joseph a leg injury.
Both boys are of Buxton. Hobby
Willis of Frisco received a brain
concussion. Miss Nehrie had a
broken hip. Troy Hooper of Stumpy
Point was also injured in the ac
cident. ,
. RUN OF BLUEFISH
Oregon Inlet.— A big run of little
bluefish Mt at Oregon Inlet last
week end and anglers aboard char
ter boats have been averaging from
50 to 150 fish per day. The blues
are of the snapper or pan site.
SMALL HARBORS
PLAN APPROVED
BY CO. BOARD
Survey To Be Made of Needs of
All Communities To Determine
Project Size and Cost
A plan whereby the small har
bor needs of Dare’s several com
munities can be met is to be set
up for early action. The County
Commissioners this week agreed
in principle on making a survey
of the needs of the communities,
whereby size of projects desired
and costs could be established in
older to plan for financing the im
provements needed.
Several small harbors of the
county, planned for the needs of
more than 30 years ago, are now
insufficient and some are in a con
dition impossible insofar as bene
fits to most fishermen go.
The small long used by
fishermen and aided by the county
from time to time, include the cotn
munties of Duck, Kitty Hawk, Col
ington, Wanchese, Manns Harbor,
Stumpy Point, Mashoes, Rodanthe,
Waves, Salvo, Buxton, Frisco and
Hatteras.
Random estimates place the sum
needed to repair and put these har
bors in condition at about $50,000.
Studies of the projects have been
underway by the county board for
a year.
The community of East Lake is
expected to have one of the finest
harbors in the area as negotiations
are underway to get the ferry
slip conveyed to the county for
public use on completion of the
Alligator River bridge.
Already scheduled for early im
provement is the Manns Harbor
ditch built by the county many
years ago. Estimates are being pre
pared for repairs to the county
ditch at Stumpy Point.
CONTENTION WAGES OVER
PRETTY SAILING YACHT
ASHORE IN DARE COUNTY
When six Dare County men on
, May 10, found a sailing yacht,
called a Ketch, in the breakers near
’ Salvo last week, one of them swam
out to her, put a line on the boat,
; and they got it ashore and saved it
from pounding to pieces. Proceed
-1 ing on an old rule that finders are
keepers in cases where vessels are
abandoned at sea, they laid claim
to the boat in its entirety.
But when the insurance under
writers heard about the boat, they
also claimed it, since it was their
risk to pay for it. The boat is said
to have cost $125,000. The boat,
named the “Dutch Treat,” was
abandoned on May 3.
Following an arbitration
hearing in Manteo Wednesday,
six residents of Hatteras Island
through their attorneys Martin
Kellogg, Jr, and Wallace Gray
agreed to accept $5,200 for the
role they had played in salvag-
See YACHT, Page Four
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1960
PARTICIPATED IN CEREMONIES AT OPENING OF HATTERAS AIRPORT
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TAKING PART IN THE formal opening of the B<hy Mitcned Airport Friday afternoon were Wood
row Edwards, Dare Co. Commissioner of Waves, Robert F. Gibbs, Supt. of the Cape Hatteras Sea
shore Recreation Area, Victor Meekins, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. Governor
Luther Hodges whose interest in the Coastland made the airport possible, and W. N. Spruill, the First
Division Highway Engineer who planned and built the airport.—Photo by Aycock Brown.
CANDIDATE T. J. HARRIS
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JEPP HARRIS, of Kitty Hawk,
who is campaigning for County
Commissioner from Atlantic Town
ship in Dare County. See story in
last week’s paper gave a short ac
count of some of Mr. Harris’ ex
periences while serving in the Coast
Guard from which he retired a
few years ago.
BELHAVEN MAN FOUND
DEAD IN NORFOLK ROOM
NORFOLK. —Police are investi
gating the mysterious death of
Phillip Griffin, a Belhaven mer
chant seanrnn found dead in a Nor
folk hojfel ‘Saturday afternoon.
Griffin, 38, was discovered by a
maid who forced her way into his
locked fourth-floor room at the
Hotel Howard, 303 E. Main St.,
about 2:30 p.m.
He was badly beaten about the
head. An autopsy to determine the
precise cause of death was order
ed.
Griffin had been aboard the
Valiant Faith, a ship detained in
Pert Said, Egypt in March. Grif
fin had said that he was due about
$2,100 in back pay, and spoke very
resentfully of the Egyptian Gov
ernment’s action in holding the
ship.
His sister, Mrs. Axson Smith of
Belhaven, said she had seen him in
Norfolk Thursday and lent him
Tome money. She said he was in
good spirits.
Griffin was believed to have a
heart condition.
He was the son of Mrs. Mattie
Bishop Griffin and the late James
Hubert Griffin. He was a member
of the First Christian Church and
a veteran of World War 11.
Besides Mrs. Smith, he is sur
vived by his mother, Mrs. Mattie
Griffin of Belhaven, and two
brothers, William Griffin of Wash
ington, N. C., and James H. Grif
fin of Belhaven. Funeral arrange
ments are incomplete.
Funeral services were held at
the Paul Funeral chapel in Bel
haven Tuesday afternoon and burial
was in the community cemetery.
The American Legion post members
served as pall bearers and conduct
ed graveside services.
SANFORD SPEAKING ON TV
MANY TIMES DURING WEEK
Terry Sanford, a leading candi
date for Governor, has scheduled
several TV appearances during the
closing days of the campaign, and
his programs may be seen over
Washington and Greenville sta
tions. R. O. Ballance of Manteo,
Dare’s active booster of Sanford
urgers all to tune in these program
for which a complete listing will
be found elsewhere in today’s pa
per.
NEW SERVICE IN
THE FOOD LINE
BEGINS ON BEACH
Nunemalcer Brothers Expanding
Operation to Accommodate
Area's Growing Needs
The Dare Beaches area is getting
a new service for which it may
justly be proud, as the hustling
Nunemaker brothers, Carl and
Charles, expand their service to
hotels, restaurants and stores, in
the food line. For many years they
have operated the Nags Head Ice
and Cold Storage, catering to the
needs of firms for seafoods, poultry
and the like, as well as its being
: a popular retail establishment for j
tourists and homefolk.
“Portion Control,” the new phase
of Operation, Witt of felt fffr the
I first time delivery from local
stocks of beef, veal, pork, frog legs,
’ lobster tails, and a variety of other
fi-ozen food items. Various size
’ packages are available, allowing
purchasers greater leeway in their
buying programs. Retail and in
u stitutional sizes are available on
’ most all items.
It is also noted that a greatly
expanded line of seafood is being
offered, Mth fresh and frozen, with
emphasis on native selections in
I season.
Storage is provided for the ad
ditional lines in a new block struc-
See NEW LINE, Page Four
MISS SWINDELL CROWNED MISS CARY OF 1960
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MISS SANDRA SUE SWINDELL, 18 year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Russell A. Swindell of Cary, formerly of Swan Quarter, is
shown being crowned the new Miss Cary of 1960 by Rebecca Ann
Strother, Miss Cary of 1959 and Miss Wake County. Looking on at
the left is Miss Judith KJlipfel, Miss North Carolina. Miss Swindell
will now compete for the title of Miss Wake County today, May
20th. in Fuquay Springs with the winner going to the Mias North
Carolina Pageant. Miss Swindell, a Senior at Cary High played the
piano for her talent presentation.—Photo by Heulon Dean
KITTY HAWK CITIZEN
WINS COMMENDATION
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MELTON U. GARD of Kitty Hawk
recently ended 28 years of Govern
ment sen-ice and was highly com
mended by Rear Admiral Haynes
worth last month, for 18 years at
the Naval Supply Center in Nor
folk. Tliis commendation stated;
“You have at all times accepted
your responsibilities, and I note
that your performance and leader
ship have been above average. You
have contributed considerably to
ward Hie splendid reputation the
Naval Supply Center enjoys to-
See GARD, Page Four
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO, N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
SIXTEEN PAGES THIS WEEK
HODGES’ PROPHECY
CAME TRUE AT THE
HATTERAS AIRPORT
New Project Formally Open Fri*
day Serves in Act of Mercy
For Victims of Auto Mishap
Before the night was over the
new Billy Mitchell Airport on Hat
teras Island had damemstrated its
worth, when a helicopter arrived at
4 a.m. to take away two men seri
ously injured in a car mishap two
miles west, on the newly surfaced
stretch of Hatteras Highway.
Governor Luther Hodges, at the
aii-port opening exercises Friday
afternoon at 5:30 had told several
hundred visitors that “if we do
no more than save one person who
has been injured or taken sick, by
flying them to medical attention,
this airport will be worth the cost
to the state of North Carolina.
The new airport is named in
memory of the late General Billy
Mitchell who pioneered in advocacy
of strong American air power, and
who while proving the superiority
of air-craft in wartime, used a
landing field near the new airport
in 1921.
Governor Hodges called attention
to the opportunities the airport
would bring to the area in develop
ing its fast-growing and profit
able tourist business.
The airport, 2,400 feet long and
75 feet wide is built on land leased
to Dare County for 20 years. It
was built by the Highway Com
mission, and has space for parking
10 airplanes, as well as several
automobiles. .
Speaking at the ceremonies were
Robert F. Gibbs, Supt. the National
Seashore who said the National
Park Sen-ice took pride in this
airport ,the first one in a national
park. Governor Hodges said it was
the only one the state had built.
Mr. Gibbs expressed appreciation
for the cooperation that is being
given the National Park Service.
Ben Dixon Mac Neill, the news
paper man, who for soma years
has been trying to sell the Gover
nor on the importance of the Air
port was recognized for the part
he has played in the project.
W. N. SpruHl, Division High
way Engineer, also spoke tn the
group about the building of this
airport,and his hope for its value
and success. Mr. Spruill is now
supervising the rebuilding of the
entire 51 miles of Hatteras, high
way, which is being made two feet
Wider. A road serving some 27
families in Hatteras Community
and a road in Avon will also ba
surfaced. 1
Charles F. Johnson of Asheville,
president of the Hatteras Marlin
Club, a group of big game fishing
enthusiasts spoke of the worth of
the airport. He told the group that
off Hatteras are the finest fishing
grounds in the world. He mentioned
the oceanographic institute that is
being developed at Hatteras to con
duct studies in marine life, and
which will 'be carried on by some of
the leading scientists of the coun
try. It will be donated by Mr. John
son.
The meeting was dismissed with
a short prayer by John L. Austin,
of Frisco, a lay-leader in the Little
Grove Methodist Church.
Attending on behalf of the Dare
County Board were commissioners
Victor Meekins, Woodrow Edwards
and Geo. Fuller, Jr. In the audience
were some 25 visiting newspaper-
See AIRPORT, Page Four
SUCCESSFUL ROTARY MEET
HELD AT NAGS HEAD
While not the largest district
Rotary Convention held in Dare
County, the one on the past week
end considered tops in enjoy
ment. The convention came to an
end Saturday night with a banquet
at which Porter Carswell of At
lanta was principal speaker. Re
tiring District President Ferd L.
Davis of Zebulon was presented a
handsome silver service. James
Bates of Durham was elected Dis
trict president.
Chief in musical entertainment
were programs by Mrs. Marjalene
Thomas and her accompanist, Mrs.
John Bell, both of Manteo; and Mrs.
Nancy Meekins Ferebee of Cam
den, and formerly of Columbia.
John Hardison of Columbia was
named a District Committeeman.
BLOODMOBILE IN MANTEO '
All residents of the area north
of Oregon Inlet will have oppor
tunity to make their blood dona
tions at Manteo High School, dur
ing the hours 11:00 am. and 5:00
p.m. today, Friday, May 20, after
winch the Red Cross equipment and
specialists will return to the Tide
water Blood Center, Norfolk, Va.,
according to Floyd B. Taylor, Chair
man, Dare County Blood Program,
who has been at wot-k tor the past
support of the Red Cross Blood
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