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VOL XXVI NO. 3
BOUND OVER FOR
SHOOTING BROTHER
JUST TO SCARE HIM
Jerry Bell McCleese Held Under
SSO Bond for Shooting Willie
McCleese July 2
For shooting his brother Willie
twice with a 22 caliber pistol on
the evening of July 2, inflicting
serious wounds, Jerry Bell Mc-
Cleese was brought into court
Tuesday by Sheriff Cahoon, and
Judge Baum bound him over un
der SIOO bond to Superior Court.
Willie said his brother shot him.
Jerry said he merely shot Willie
to frighten him.
D. A. Rogers, Jr. charged with
speeding in a truck at 70 mph
was held by the court to have
been driving at 65 mph and was
fined $25. He appealed to Superi
or Court. Chesley Midgett of Bux
ton, charged with driving while
intoxicated was held instead for
reckless driving and was fined
$25. Mrs. Helen Baum of Manteo
for failing to yield right of way,
was fined $5. C. N. Wright of
Jarviaburg for allowing an un
licensed minor to drive his car
was fined $25. W. R. Godsey of
New Brunswick, N. J. was fined
$25 for reckless and careless
ing. A nol prosse was taken in
the case of A. R. Mitchell charg
ed with assaulting Rosa Dozier
with a butcher knife.
la other traffic cases, sls fines
were levied against Fred M.
Leonard of Lexington, and W. E.
Bateman of Columbia, for speed
ing; Floyd H. Lewis of Ports
mouth for careless driving, Greg
ory Iraclieu of Plymouth and D.
R. Brickhouse of Harbinger for
ignoring a stop sign. Ten dollar
fines against J. D. Butler, 17, of
Kill Devil Hills, Robert W. Lam
bert of South Norfolk, and Jean
M. Joy of Charlotte for speeding;
J. W. Gregory of Norfolk, improp
er passing; W. C. Owens of Wan
chese, improper muffler; and Jer
rold L. Townsend of Portsmouth
for fishing in restricted waters.
Five dollar fines were imposed
on H. K. Marr of Elizabeth City,
for ignoring a stop sign; and W.
E. Maxey, Jr., USN, Buxton for
speeding.
S&WOR CITIZENS PLAN
KITTY HAWK MEETING
Jos. M. Cox of Nags Head Urges Full
Attendance At An Important Meet
ing in Church Annex
Here will be a meeting of the
Senior Citizens in the Kitty
Hawk area in the educational
budding of the Kitty Hawk Meth
odist Church on Wednesday, July
27th, at 6 p.m. A pot luck supper
will be served and the members
are urged to get their friends to
take part in this movement and
attend. A social with games is
planned for this evening after the
supper.
His is the club w r here elderly,
or lonely people can meet for a
social evening and also a time to
talk about matters that affect
them vitally.
\ Information is often available
concerning what the State of
North Carolina and also the Gov
ernment in Washington is trying
to do for those in the 50 years
old bracket.
Sayß Mr. Joe M. Cox, a club
leader: “You might consider what
the Government of one alien
country has in store for you if
their plans materialize. I don’t
ihiiilf you or many others here
win like it. , J
"Let’s get together and find
out what is going on and use the
wisdom that comes with the yeaih
ind see what we can do to im
prove conditions around us.
"If one man can do a little,
what can many do when they
combine -and work together?
“This movement is growing in
other sections of the United
States and many are enjoying the
oenefits of this organization. If
fen don’t know come and ask
juestions. If it is growing in oth
,r sections of the country, why
iot here? Don’t cry “It can’t suc
:eed,” come to the meeting and
lad out”
| FORT WORTH VISITORS
(Bob Allen, who came to Manteo
sight years ago to toe local air
»ort in connection with his work
vith tihe Civil Aeronautics Admin
gtration, now toe Federal Aviation
Authority, liked his visit so well
ind toe entertainment given him
>y local officials that having told
ua wife about it so much during
he years, he finally had to bring
Hi*. Allen and her sister, from
lEaeouri here for a vacation this
veto- He Allens are Missourians,
>ut live in Texas. .
Mr. Allen, who is connected with
he FAA office in Fort Worth,
made quite a long journey in hot
weather to enjoy the Dare Coast,
rhey stopped at the Sea Oatel, and
tet out on to ear return home Thurs-
Javy afternoon.
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
MRS. GARDNER HONORED BY LUNCHEON
GIVEN BY THE MORRISONS
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Reading from left to right, Mrs. Gardner, Dr. and Mrs. Fred Morrison
MRS. O. MAX GARDNER of Shel
by, Chairman of the Roanoke Is
land Historical Association, \va3
honor guest at a luncheon given
the members of the Association's
Board of Directors Saturday in the
Dareolina Restaurant at Nags
Head, by Dr. and Mrs. Fred W.
Morrison of Washington, D. C., and
Kill Devil Hills. The luncheon fol
lowed a successful and well-attend
ed meeting of the Board held at
11 a.m. in Manteo. These events
were in recognition of the forth
coming I,oooth performance of the
show Saturday night.
Out of the long-time personal
friendship of Mrs. Gardner and the
Morrisons has been developed toe
interest this eminent North Caro
lina woman has taken in the at
tempt to re-energize interest and
support in The Lost Colony, to as
sure its perpetuation for the bene
fit of North Carolina. Mrs.
Gardner is the widow a popular
and distinguished Governor who
founded the law firm of Gardner,
Morrison and Rogers of Washing
ton, which firm Dr. Morrison now
GULF STREAM FISH
ARE NOW PLENTIFUL
NAGS HEAD. Dolphin are
plentiful, so are blue marlin, but
the catches of white marlin and
sailfish has not been up to last
season a survey made here reveals.
Blue marlin catches are on a par
with the same period last season.
More than 75 of the giant fish have
been caught and approximately 20 j
percent of the total have been!
tagged and released while still
alive.
Blue marlin are running heavier
in weight this year than last sea
son. Os the total take more than
20 have weighed over 400 pounds
one boated by John Wood of Prin
cess Anne Va., off Oregon Inlet
scaled 524 pounds. Wood has taken
more blue marlin this season than
any other person here on toe bare
Coast. His score to July 13 had
been eight blues, two of which were
tagged and released. Some of thej
others were dressed for food by
persons who had the fish dressed
for eating.
Large catches of dolphin are be
ing made by anglers fishing toe
western edge of the Gulf Stream. 1
In the old days dolphin were
brought into port, shown off and
then thrown oveihoard again. To-|
day it is a different story. Some-i
where along the line, anglers dis-|
covered that the flesh of dolphin
is a delicacy. Today the fish are in
demand as food.
Yellowfin tuna catches have not
been as great this season as in some
of the past years. Several have
been taken during the past few
teras or Oregon Inlet, nevertheless,
wmAcs by anglers fishing off Hat
and the peak of season for yellow
fins may not come this year until
August.
Peak of the season for sailfish
and white marlin is yet to come.
To date only about 20 whites have
been taken and the same number of
sails have been boated.
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heads. Fortunate for the North
Carolina coast has been the inter
est of the Morrisons who have con
tributed liberally to many import
ant causes. The dynamic Emma
Neal Morrison and Dr. Fred make
up a great team, and no force in
this renewed effort in behalf of the
drama has equalled the work and
eneregy, and of money
by Mrs. Morrison during the past
eight months.
Attending the luncheon at Nags
Head Saturday were Dr. and Mrs.
Robert Humber, past Chairman of
Greenville; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Clark
of Tarboro; Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Rosevear of Edenton, Mr. and Mrs.
John Parker, a former manager, of
Chapel Hill; Miles Clark, Mr.
and Mrs. C. Alden Baker, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Gard of Eliza
beth City; Melvin R. Daniels
of Wanchese, I. P. Davis of
Winton, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Meekins,
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Meekins, Mr.
and Mrs. Archie Burrus, Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Swain, Mr. and Mi's.
Albert Q. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. M. K.
Fearing, Jr., Clifton Britton, Mar
tin Kellogg, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Ay
cock Brown, Manager Sib Dorton
and Mrs. Dorton, Mrs. Mabel Evans
Jones, all of Manteo; Senator and
Mrs. J. Emmett Winslow of Nags
Head and Hertford.
GRAND OPENING OF WISES RED AND WHITE MARKET IN PROGRESS
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MR. AND MRS. WILLIS WISE of Manteo, shown restocking shelves in preparation for the formal
opening of their modern Red and White Supermarket. The event, now in progress, offers hundreds
of money-saving value* for the home-maker, and special prize* to be awarded Saturday at 6 p.m.
Wise’s is one of Dare’s oldest businesses, founded 65 years ago at Stumpy Point by toe late
Claude Wise who moved to Manteo in 1930 and continued operation of the business under the same
name. It has been operated continuously by the Wise family, and is now solely owned by Willis and
Jeanette Wise. Rev. Wilford Wise, now of Middle burg, brother of Willis, ;was for many years active
in the firm.
The Red and White chain is one of the nation’s largest, operating several hundred stores prin
cipally along the East Coast. Stores in this area are served through the Washington brokerage firm
Os Thomas and Howard. Wise’s Market has doubled in size, now containing some 3,000 feet of dis
play area; and has boon air-conditioned, a pleasant service for customers.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1960
FIDDLING PREACHER
ON PROGRAM OF
HAYMAN RE-UNION
Some Dancing May Be Done,
When the 100-Year Old Vio
lin Plays at Manns Harbor
Some dancing may be done when
a fiddling preacher plays his 103-
year-old violin Wednesday, July
20th, (next week) at toe annual
Hayman re-union at Manns Har
bor. Rev. L. D. Hayman, whose fa
ther and grandfather before him
were noted fiddlers, will bring the
old instrument up from Southport,
and play it for the visitors.
Not many people know about
preacher Hayman’s fiddle, which
saw service in World War I in the
battle area overseas, anil got back
with just enough scratches on it
to iboa3t of having served Uncle
Sam. It may ibe used next week
for an old time frolic dance such
as those his father the late Dan
iel Hayman, Jr., played for in his
vouthful days.
Back in 1897, Mr. Hayman, the
father, almost got turned out of
the Kitty 'Hawk Methodist Church.
He had done something many peo
ple viewed with disapproval. He
had bought fiddles for his sons.
Dan, and Louis, now too preacher.
He won out in this trial.
If Rev. L. D. Hayman plays for
a dance at Manns Harbor, we sliall
see what happens. Maybe it will
be a good one for Ripley. Mr. Hay
man is now on the retired list of
preachers, but is still working, and
serves toe church at Yaupon Vil
lage, in southeastern N. C. But
his old friends home have begged
him to come back with his fiddle,
and this he will do.
The relatives, friends and visitors
will gather on this famous soil of
historic significance at Manns Har
bor for their fellowship, fun, and
whatever business may need to be
attended, incident to keeping this
ten-year old organization a going
concern. The members of this gath
ering and their friends have met
every year since its beginning, oft
en at Manns Harbor because of its
central location, the willingness of
•the people there to arrange for
the meeting, and toe unanimous de
sire of the folks from other sec
tion.* to come for tho day. Thr
president, Mr. Hayman has notified
the several officers and committee
chairman as to plans for the day.
These leaders are scattered around
—some of them living in Norfolk,
Elizabeth City, Columbia, Kitty
Hawk, Roanoke Island and many
other places.
The local officers at Manns Har
bor are Mrs. Shirley Spencer, vice
president, Miss Inez Gibbs secre
tary, Mrs. Oma Pearl Daniels,
Treasurer, Ira Spencer, Jr., execu
tive secretary. Others officers are
James W. Davis of Wanchese and
Mrs. Dewey Tillett; Avery Tillett,
Mrs. Oma Pearl Tillett and Mrs.
Rosalind Swain of Kitty Hawk;
Mrs. Southgate Lohman of Nor
folk; Mrs. Carrie Penn of Clayton
and several others serve on this
Board of Managers and Assistants.
Those who come this year may ex
pect a big time, and a full day
See RE-UNION, Page Six
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MISS NANCY COLES BAS
NIGHT of Manteo models the out
fit which she had made and entered
in the recent 4-H Eastern dis
trict contest held in Chocowinity.
This four-way blue linen suit
placed Miss Basnight among tho
top six in the district and she
will enter the state contest in
Raleigh during 4-H week to be
held there this month. She is the
first 4-H’er in Dare County to
win this distinction.
UNUSUAL HOXORS COJIE
TO MANTEO BOY SCOUTS
A great honor has come to three
of the Manteo troup of Boy Scouts
who will leave Monday morning by
rail from Norfolk for Colorado
Springs, to attend the national Boy
Scout Jamboree. They are Timothy
Gaylord of Manteo, and Johnnie
Gibbs of Coquina Beach, Bodie Is
land and Walter Gray, Jr., of Nags
Head. They will be gone two weeks.
DRAFT BOARD NOW OPEN
The Dare County Draft • Board,
which has not been open regularly
since Mrs. Helen Baum was injured
several weeks ago in an autombile
wreck, will be open as usual begin
ning Monday morning, July 18, ac
cording to announcement this week
by Mrs. Baum. A1 boys who have
reached the age of 18 are required
to come in and register.
DARE COUNTY’S TENTATIVE
BUDGET, 1960-61 JUMPS TO
HIGHEST PEAK, $341,953.50
Items Continue Liberal Appropriations for
Schools; New Police Station For Cape Hat
teras and Increased Police Service? Coling
ton to Get $1,500 For Boat Canal.
ANGLERS LEARN TO
LIKE BLUE MARLIN
AS GOOD FOOD FISH
Many of These Large Specimens
Are Going Into Steaks For
Home Deep Freezers
By AYCOCK BROWN
The novelty of bringing giant
blue marlin into port is sort of
wearing itself out along the coast
of Dare where more of the bilhfshi
are taken than anywhere else along i
the Atlantic.
That is the novelty of just bring
ing the big fish in to show off does
not occur as often now as when the
waters off Hatteras and Oregon
Inlet became internationally famous
for billfish catches generally and!
blue marlin in particular, a few
years ago.
Fifteen percent of the giant blues
taken last year were released while
alive. Two dozen have been tagged
and released so far this season off
Hatteras alone, and others out of,
cruisers from Oregon Inlet.
In the beginning few people'
thought of utilizing the carcass ofi
a giant marlin as food, but now an
estimated half of blues brought
ashore are made into steaks and
taken hom by the lucky anglers
for deep freezing or smoking.
This year too, in order to learn
more about toe migratory habits of
the big fish, scientists from State
College, Duke University, Universi
ty of Delaware, Woods Hole Ocean
ographic Institute, Yale University
and the University of Miami have
visited the Dare Coast to make
scientific records of blue marlin,
tuna, mteiito marlin and other bill
fishes. More about the habits of the
big fish will be learned as a re
sult.
Under the leadership of Charles
F. Johnson, president of Hatteras
Marlin Club a mrianc laboratory
has been established at Hatteras
for studying game fishing gener
ally but blue marlin and tuna in
particular.
Recognition of releases by an
glers, as well as catches of blue
marlin is being made this year by,
Dare County Tourist Bureau. !
Through the cooperation of A1
Pfleuger of Miami, attractive cita
tion forms have been printed and
will be presented all anglers catch
ing billfish, or catching and releas
ing billfish.
EAST CAROLINA COLLEGE
LOST COLONY PROGRAM
GREENVILLE.—Growing inter
est in the East Carolina College
Night Program at the July 23 per
formance of “The Lost Colony 1 ' on
Roanoke Island is reported by
Alumni Affairs Director Allan
Nelms.
Preceding the dramatic offering
of Paul Green’s symphonic drama
being directed again by Clifton
Britton, an ECC alumnus, there will
be a brief appearance by Dr. Leo
W. Jenkins, East Carolina College
president, for an informal address
and two vocal numbers by Mrs,
Allison Hearne Moss, soprano.
Members of the cast will receive
the East Carolina delegation on the
stage of Waterside Theatre after
the evening’s play.
Nelms said today that arrange
ments have been made for an out
door “dutch” buffet dinner, with
plates at $1.25 each, at Fort Ra
leigh. This affair, to which all East
Carolina students, alumni, and
friends are invited, will begin at
5:30 p.m.
A chartered bus has been re
served for a large party to leave
Greenville at 1:00 p.m. on July 23,
arriving at Manteo around 5:30
pjn., and returning to Greenville
after the play Saturday night.
FLOUNDER BEST BET
Bet bet for the inshore angler in
Dare Coast waiters at toe present
.time is flounder fishing.
They are those species of which
there has been no apparent short
age this year.
With other fishes, excepting sur
face feeding blues, there has been a
sveardty this season and it has
caused some concern among profes
sional guide* who take parties out
for trout, croaker, spot and other
varieties.
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO, N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
Single Copy 7$
With an increase of $17,040.43
[ over the budget last year, the Dare
Commissioners on Tuesday of this
week gave approval tentatively to
one for 1960-G1 in the total sum
of $341,953.50. It continued a liberal
allowance for schools in toe total
sum of $102,915.19, slightly under
last year, but much greater than
the sum allowed two years ago,
which was only SOO,OOO for toe fis
cal year.
j Total budget last year was $324,-
913.21.
It is proposed to raise toe money
by property taxes of $157,083.72,
and other sources of income total
ing $184,869.78. It is not proposed
•to increase the basic countywide
tax rate of .80, but to rely heavily
on collection of delinquent taxes,
which last year saved the day as
the result of pressure brought to
enforce collection of large items
past due, some for as long as 12
i years.
In the current year, it is pro
posed to spend $5,000 for a police
i station and lock-up near Cape Hat
teras, to employ a second Deputy
Sheriff part time, bring allowances
for police work there to $4,700 a
year; to build a $1,500 storage
building at toe Buxton school. An
appropriation of $3,000 a year for
the Cape Hatteras Health center,
SSOO for the Hatteras Village li
brary; $2,400 for garbage collection,
and some other allowances will be
continued.
Colington community is getting
$1,500 basically for digging a
straighter ditch between toe two
islands for the benefit -of fishing
boats operating between Kitty
Hawk Bay and Roanoke Sound.
Principal appropriation budgeted
run as follows: County Commis
sioners, $5,448; County Account
ant $5,985; Farm Agent, $1,687.20;
Coroner $465; Treasurer $300; Fire
Warden, $4,398.55; Sheriff, $26,860;
Libraries $13,390.50; General Coun
ty Assistance SB,OOO, Welfare De
partment $41,583.39; Co. buildings
and Courts $27,405.20; County Wide
Debt service $21,594.40; Schools
$105,915.19; Revaluation fund $2,-
500.
Some of the increase in toe bud
get was occasioned by larger pay
ments of principal on county wide
debt service, as the schedule of
bond payments require retirement
of an increased sum each year.
In detail, some of toe depart
ments which were included in
larger sums above are shown as
follows: Street markers, $2,000;
Retirement and social security,
$5,000; Annual audit $2,200; Mis
cellaneous $2,500; Mosquito control,
$3,000; Hospitalization, $5,500;
Welfare Administration $18,462;
County jail operation, including .
feeding prisoners, $6,500; Superior
Courts, $4,150; Recorder’s Court
$3,950.
The Board of Education asked for
a total sum of $151,983.63. This in
cluded SIO,OOO for a school room at
Buxton, which along with other
items, were not granted, making
a total of $49,06634 not allowed.
The tendency of the Board of Edu
cation has been to ask everything
that is desired by any and all mem
bers of toe Board and pass toe
buck to the Commissioners. Some
of toe things asked for are not
reasonable in view of needs for
other things in the county.
HOMECOMING AT COLINGTON
METHODIST £HURCH AUG. 21
The annual homecoming at Col
ington Methodist Church is sched
uled between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
on Sunday, August 21 with a pic
nic fellowship on the Community
building grounds at 12:30 pan.
Rev. W. B. Gregory a former
pastor has been invited to deliver
the homecoming message at 11
a.m. Pictures will be taken of the
, group. A hymn sing is scheduled
, at 2:30 p.m. and a homeward
bound program of fellowship with
L friends of yesteryear and loved
one* will end the event. Rev. S.
8. Snead, the hardworking pastor
is being assisted by a committee
consisting of Mrs. Hettie O’Neal,
chairman, Mrs. Stella Beasley,
Fred Haywood, Mrs. Ida Meddna
. and Mrs. Elizabeth Perry.
The public is invited to bring
a picnic lunch and join with their
families in this event