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VANCHESE EVENT
SHAPING UP BIG
< FOR LABOR DAY
rogram Being Arranged and
Committees Announced for
Fish Fry and Speaking
The widespread interest that has
allowed announcement of the cele
ration of the completion of the
regon Inlet channel project to be
eld at Mill Landing, Wanchese in
ic afternoon of Labor Day, Sept
:h has indicated that a large
x>wd will attend. Word has been
xieived from many state and na
onal officials that they are plan
ing to take part.
Col. R. P. Davidson, District
ngineer of Wilmington and sev
■al members of his staff plan to
tend. Congressman Herbert Bon
:r will speak. Senator Everett
>rdan, many state officials, lead
's in shipping and fishing circles,
?arly all the Senators and Repre
:ntatives of the area have written
tey are coming. t i
J. W. Davis, chairman of a Wan
lese group of citizens working on
ana for the celebration has an
>unced the names of most of the
-mmittee for this event, as fol
ws: Food and Refreshment, Wil
s Etheridge, Abe Sobel, George A.
aniels; Docking committee: Ed
ond Wright, Gilbert Tillett, Ron-
J Tillett; Program Committee,
elvin Daniels, J. W. Davis, Vic
r Meekins; Entertainment and
>spitality, P. D. Midgett Jr., Mack
theridge; Speakers stand and
jcorations: Mack Etheridge, Ed
ond Wright, W. H. Mann, and
embers of the Coast Guard;
dice and Parking, Sheriff Frank
ihoon, Highway Patrolman and
ambers of the Coast Guard; other
mnrittees will be named later.
Mr. Davis said group singing
ill be held. The program will in-
Mie speaking, music by the band
so, and followed by a fish fry.
This fish fry and speaking at
anchese is a public affair and
e public is invited to attend and
ke part and enjoy the fish fry.
vitations will not be sent, other
an notification to out of town
ficials who participate in the
ogram.
REGON INLET CHANNEL
PROJECT IS COMPLETED
I AM that is lacking in the (Final
Impletion of the Oregon Inlet
lanteo-Wanchese channel project
I the fulfilment of Dare County’s
Ldge to construct a public dock
I Mill Landing, for which High
ly officials have promised the
Icessary hard-surface on land
Ined by the county and contri
■ted by a number of business and
Hividuals.
■Celebration of this project will
Ice place at 3 p.m., Monday, La
fl- Day, Sept. 5 at 3 p.m., with
flaking, music and a fish fry.
■The hopper dredge “Hyde”, com-
Eted dredging the bar channel at
fl.m., Sunday morning, August 21.
le dredge “Clarendon,” completed
Edging work on the Oldhouse
Knnel area August 17th. The
Engation aids awaiting com-
Etion by the Coast Guard will
flnplete the waterway phases of
Is one-and-a-half million dollar
Eject, save for the local coop
fltion mentioned above.
Bate acquiring land
■ ON PORTSMOUTH ISLAND
Is Ailed This Week for 14 Miles of
■end Fencing; Entire Island to Be
Rebuilt for Posterity
It is of interest that this week
Is are being asked for some 95,-
fl feet of sand fencing to begin
■ restoration of Portsmouth Is
ld, southward from Ocracoke In
fl The State is purchasing this
■nd, and plans to save it for the
flture. Governor Hodges an
flnced Monday at Nags Head, the
■ns underway, in the following
Item ent:
■A large portion of the Outer
Kks extending from Ocracoke In
fl to Cape Lookout has deteriora-
H to such an extent that it is
■ advisable to await completion
■the joint engineering study, and
Kgressional action that may re-
■ before commencing remedial
Bit was determined that the best
Brest of the State would be
Bred by the acquisition of the
Bi, approximately 22,823 acres,
Jit was doubtful that Federal
Bis for restoration would be made
Bilaible so long as the land was
Jately owned. Therefore, I asked
I 1969 session of the General
BemWy also to make available
J>.ooo for land acquisition.
■l*he process of acquiring the
Bi has been started. Right-of-
By has been obtained for ap-
Brimately 14 miles extending I
Bheastward from Drum Inlet.
Kh will permit the initiation of I
Boration measures. 1
■ have directed the Department ;
See LAND, Page Fear <
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
BETTY JOHNSON, SINGING STAR OF JACK PAAR SHOW
TO APPEAR ON LOST COLONY SATURDAY NIGHT
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lAK nEEL-BORN BETTY JOHNSON, singing star of the Jack Paar
television show, will be a guest performer in The Lost Colony on Sat
urday night, August 27, in Waterside Theatre. In addition to appear
ing as a woman colonist in the play, she will also be presented in a
special 15 or 20 minute program of the sonigs she sings between acts
and also be interviewed.
Miss Johnson has appeared on
the Ed Sdllivan show, where she
made her television debut in De
cember 1952. She has been his
guest seven times, on two occa
sions with her family, billed as
the Famous Johnson Family Sing
ers. She has made many popular
recordings, three of which on the
Atlantic label include “I Dream
ed,” “Little Blue , Man” and
“Dream.” She was chosen as the
No. 1 girl vocalist in the 1957
Cash Box Magazine poll.
She is a native of Guilford
County, but for the most part of
her childhood she lived on Possum
Walk Road near Charlotte. In
Charlotte she attended Queens
College and in 1940 her family of
singers were signed by WBT,
Charlotte Radio Station and for
10 years they sang folk songs and
hymns on the CBS network’s Caro
lina Calling Show.
In 1952 she won the Arthur
Godfrey’s Talent Scouts show con
test and went to stardom via Don
McNeill’s Breakfast Club and her
hit recording “I Dreamed.”
N. C. NEWSMEN DINE
WITH KENNEDY IN
WASHINGTON TUES.
North Carolina newsmen who
accepted the invitation of Senator
John F. Kennedy, Democratic
presidential nominee to a luncheon
in Washington Tuesday of this
week included Woodrow Price of
The News and Observer, David R.
Dear of the Elizabeth City Ad
vance, Ashley Futrell of Washing
ton, president of the N. C. Press
Association, Victor Meekins of
Manteo, and some 40 others. In
the party was E. B. Jeffress, long
time publisher of the Greensboro
Daily News and a former chairman
of the State Highway Commission.
The group included numerous ra
dio and television men. Congress
man Herbert Bonner and other rep
resentative.
Senator Kennedy was presented
by Senator Sam Ervin Jr., of N. C.
Previously, Senator Everett Jordan
had presented Vice-Presidential
candidate Lyndon Johnson of Tex
as; Most North Carolina congress
men also attended the luncheon,
held in the Capitol. Senator Ken
nedy answered many questions of
fered by the visitors as to his posi
tion on farm problems, approach
to integration, foreign policy, etc.,
and acquitted himself forthrightly
and with broad vision. He was com
plimentary about North Carolina’s
handling of the integration prob
lem. ,
Kennedy said he planned to visit
North Carolina on Sept 17th. He
remained and chatted with the
visitors for quite awhile afterward.
Senator Kennedy, three times
or more has taken the oath of
See KENNEDY, Page Five
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH TO
HAVE HOMECOMING EVENT
ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 28
St. George's Episcopal Church,
Lake Landing, will observe the an
nual homecoming Sunday, August
28th at eleven o’clock. The Rev.
Raby Edwards of Havelock will be
the guest preacher. Dinner will be
served in the parish house. The
public is cordially invited, to this
eighty-sixth anniversary.
OVER HALF MILLION FOR
PANTEGO DRAINAGE AREA
“Another far-reaching and im
portant project is being undertak
en in the Pantego and Cucklers
Creek area,” Governor Hodges
stated this week. “This project
provides for improvement of 15.2
miles of channel and construction
or reinforcement of three mi’es of
dike for flood control and drain
age. The cost will be $536,000 in
federal funds, of which $63,000
has been appropriated. The re
maining $473,000 is in the bud
get for the current fiscal year.
Local cooperation which is re
quired, has been assured.
“Finally, a project in the Core
Creek area of Craven County for
flood control, drainage and chan
nel improvement is being carried
forward. This project will cost
approximately $285,000 in federal
funds, which $3,000 has been ap
propriated to date.”
NOTABLES TURN OUT FOR GARDEN DEDICATION ON ROANOKE ISLAND
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IT WAS A GREAT DAY, August 18th, and not even the threat of rain, with a few drops now and
then kept several hundred people away from the formal dedication of the Elizabethan Gardens on Roa
noke Island on August 18th. For notable people came to speak, and to pay homage to the courage and
devotion that have made the gardens a reality. Shown in the picture, left to right are Mrs. Mildred
Howard, Chairman of the Elizabethan Garden committee of the N. C. Federation of Garden Clubs; Dr.
Frank Porter Graham, world citizen, and United Nations mediator, who spoke to the groups; Mrs. J.
B. A. Daughtridge of Rocky Mount, President of the N. C. Garden Clubs; Mrs. and Commodore I. F. M.
Newnham, of Her Majesty’s Royal Navy, who came to represent the British Ambassador in Washing-
ton.
Dr. Graham’s remarks on this
occasion are reprinted elsewhere
today. Commodorq Neunham, who,
was so delighted with his first visit
to Nags Head and Manteo that he
and his wife decided to stay over
longer, paid high tribute to the
Garden. As one who had been in
the Elizabethan Gardens in Eng
land, he said the Roanoke Island
gardens compare favorably with
those of the original design.
“We live in rather unpleasant
and troubled times and one of the
things that la going to pull us
through is that your great coun
try and our somewhat smaller one
will stick -together and see it
through” Commodore Newnham
said.
It was a big day for members
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1960
WATER RESOURCES
GROUP MEETING IN
OCRACOKE SEPT. 21
Further Meeting at Nags Head on
The 23rd; Col. Davidson
on Program
A meeting of the N. C. Water
Resources Commission is scheduled
for Ocracoke, Sept. 23, beginning
at 2 p.m., according to Col. Harrv
E. Brown, Director. The address o'
welcome will be by Stanley Wa
hab, response by C. H. Pruden Jr.:
Col. Brown will make his report
and reports of Division chiefs will
follow:—Thos. H Walker on Staff
Services; E. C. Hubbard on Stream
Sanitation and Hydrology; Harry
M. Peek on Ground Water and
Henry C. Wolfe on Navigable Wa
terways.
Col. R. P. Davidson, District
Engineer, U. S. Army Corps will
discuss the Civil Works program
for N. C. during 1961. W. N.
Spruill, N. C. Highway Division
Engineer, will discuss development
of Highway facilities to service
Hatteras and Ocracoke Island;
Supt. Robt. F. Gibbs will discuss
Shore protective work of the
CHNS; Maj. J. L. Murphy will dis
cuss the All-Seashore Highway of
the Future; Jack C. Willis, Presi
dent the Ocracoke Civic Club will
lead the discussion on matters of
local interest.
Sept. 22 will be spent in inspect
ing the vicinity of Ocracoke and
Portsmouth Island and on the 23rd
a tour of NPS protective work
northward from Ocracoke Inlet and
on Hatteras Island will be made.
At 8:30 p.m., Sept 23, the Board
will reconvene at the Carolinian
Hotel, Nags Head, where the Coun
ty Board of Commissioners, Dr. W.
W. Harvey, Chairman of the Dare
County waterways association and
others may be heard on matters
desired to be brought to the at
tention of the Board.
BAPTIST CHURCH PICNIC
ROANOKE ISLAND, SEPT. 4TH
i Plans are moving along for the
■ homecoming marking the 152nd an
! niversary of the Roanoke Island
Baptist Church three miles north
of Manteo which is scheduled for
Sunday, September 4th. Many
former pastors, and old members
from distant places are expected to
attend. The program will begin
with the morning service, followed
by a picnic dinner on the grounds
and a singing program thereafter
in the afternoon.
’ of the Garden Club of North Caro-
J lina. It attracted Mrs. Jamie L.
> Johnson of Dearborn, Mich., presi
t dent of the National Council of
’ Garden Clubs, and Mrs. Daugh
r tridge of Rocky Mout, president of
5 the Garden Clubs of North Caro
-1 lina.
j I Through the Elizabethan Gar
den effort, the State Council of
1 . Garden Clubs was presented acer-
Itificate of achievement from the
< National Council. Mrs. H. R. Tot-
> 'ten of Chapel Hill, South Atlantic
> Regional Horticultural Committee
- chairman, recommended the award
> and announced it at the dedication
■ ceremony.
i Mrs. Inglis Fletcher of Edenton,
who with Mrs. Charles Cannon of
> Concord conceived establishment of
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OPPOSES PROJECT FOR
REMOVAL OF SHELLS
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JOHN W. POYNER of Poplar
Branch, one of Currituck County’s
great citizens is an outspoken op
ponent of a plan that is being
nourished by Elizabeth City busi
ness interests to dredge shell de
posits from Albemarle and Curri
tuck Sounds for their lime content
for poultry feed, and their unan
nounced chemical content import
ant to scientific purposes and com
mercial profit. “The shells are
more valuable where they are,” Mr.
Poyner contends, “and their remov
al could damage the fishing and
hunting industry and impoverish an
essential source of income to many
fishermen, hunters and all the
tourist business as well.”
i Mr. Poyner, who was 86 years
old on May 4th, is a remarkable
example of vigor and health result
ing from a lifetime of temperate
habits and wholesome activity. He
retired last year after 51 years
continuous employment as Super
intendent of the Currituck Shoot
ing Club, which was established
on the Currituck Banks in 1857.
His knowledge of local waters
and conditions extending over three
quarters of a century gives weight
to his opinions about any matter,
which although appearing on a
quick glance to offer immediate
profit, can be extremely harmful
in the final analysis. Here are some
of the views in opposition to the
■ shell-dredging plan:
| “Shell deposits in our sounds lie
under the favorite haunts of
striped bass, and other fish which
■ find food in the mussels that cling
Ito them; many fish like the shel
ter of the grasses which grow on
the shell beds, and they like them
for other reasons. In Currituck
See POYNER, Page Four
the gardens, was unable to attend,
but was the author of a prayer
read at the closing of the occasion.
Mrs. Cannon also was also unable
to attend.
Members of “The Lost Colony"
cast presented a playlet, “The
Spice Bush” and the “Colony”
choir participated in the program.
The Manteo Garden Club served
refreshments.
The ceremonies were sponsored
by the Garden Clubs of North Car
olina, whose 900 member organi
zations have worked to establish
the garden as a unique and color
ful bit of Elizabethan England in
the New World.
Dr. Graham’s Speech.
Dr. Graham, U.N. repesentative
See NOTABLES, Page Four
I CONVENTION HOTEL; CLEANER
BEACHES; MORE HIGHWAYS ON
COAST, HODGES ADVOCATES
Governor, Monday, Poin+s Up Value of Tourist
Business; Cites Need for Larger Hotels on
This Coast; Urges Carolina to Get Ready For
New Traffic From North; Gives Industry a
Plug And Mentions Coastal Restoration.
MANAGER OF ALBEMARLE
DISTRICT FOR VEPCO
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CHARLES L. SALE is the new
. district Manager, succeeding Jim
, Hamilton, for the 14 counties
. comprising the Albemarle District
, of the Virginia Electric Power Co.
, which includes Dare, Beaufort,
; Tyrrell, Currituck, etc. Mr. Sales,
. a native of Virginia, is a grand
. nephew of the Capt. William La
[ tane of Civil War fame who was
killed in battle at Hanover, Va.
. He is a Rotarian, an Episcopalian,
’ has a wife and two children; a
; son, Latane, 19, and a daughter,
' Mary Carter 17. He is making his
’ home in Williamston, headquar-
J ters for the district. With Ray
j Goodmon, Vice-President of the
District, he visited Manteo this
’ week. He comes to the area after
! five years as manager of the Vir
ginia Beach system of VEPCO.
i GOVERNOR FAVORS
ENFORCEMENT T O
> PROTECT FISHING
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: Need For Vigorous Protection of
Fishermen's Future Has Be
come Obvious
It has become obvious through
out the coastland that the long
period of inactivity, so far as en
forcement of fishing laws go, must
be ended if there is to be saved
much of value for our inland fish
ing industry. The Board of Conser
vation and Development meeting
at Nags Head August 3, was made
aware of this deplorable situation
and the Governor himself declared
in favor of some enforcement be
ing undertaken.
For instance, concerning the use
of heavy gear by trawlers, Chair
man of the Fisheries Committee
Eric Rodgers said it might be
necessary to take some action re
garding use of such gear by trawl
ers in their operations in the
sounds in order to protect the vari
ouus species of fish and the bot
toms.
The Governor said he thought it
vitally necessary that / every ef
fort be made to prevent extinction
of fish species to the future detri
ment of the commercial fishermen
themselves.
Commissioner Holland, whose
duty it is to direct enforcement of
fishing laws, said it would take
an army of enforcement officers,
and Governor Hodges said if that
were so, he would stand behind the
I Department and support every es-
• fort to get the “army” to enforce
I the law. He also deplored the lack
[ of cooperation on the part of the
courts in properly punishing those
who violate commercial fishing
laws.
Appeals had been made to the
Board at its meeting to cut out the
business of allowing the future
, shad supply to be destroyed as has
• been encouraged the past several
. years by extending the shad sea
t See HODGES, Page Four
' CAHOON NAMED SHERIFFS
ASSOCIATION V. PRESIDENT
Sheriff Frank Cahoon of Dare
I was honored last week with the
first Vice-Presidency of Dare Coun-
I ty at the Association’s annual con-
■ vention in Chapel Hill. President
■ is J. H. Allen of Cleveland County;
> Charlie Rumple of Iredell County
’ is Second Vice President; and John
i R. Morris of Wilmington continues
as Secretary-Treasurer. Sheriff
Cahoon's recognition Is a distinct
: honor in the Association for Dare
County.
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“LET’S GET READY.” It can
well be the battle cry from now
on for the North Carolina Coast.
It’s the theme of Governor
Hodges’ speech Monday evening
to the Board of Conservation and
Development at Nags Head. It of
fers a challenge to the leadership
of this coastland. It calls for the
early bridging of Oregon Inlet;
expansion of hotel facilities;
building of a scenic boulevard
from Virginia Beach to Nags
Head; improvement of ferry facil
ities from both ends of Ocracoke
Island. It calls for the restoration
of our eroded Coastland, and de
velopment of industry also.
Governor Hodges spent two
days presiding over the meetings
of the Board in annual session at
Nags Head. There were many in
teresting features in these meet
ings but none more so than the
Governor’s speech, and while oth
er matters can be discussed in la
ter issues, we feature the major
part of his talk in this issue. Here
is most of what he said:
“I am happy to be here at Nags
Head and in Dare County. There
is great growth for the future in
this territory. Let’s get ready.
“We need a convention hotel
somewhere along the North Caro
lina coast. There are several
lovely hotels like the Carolinian
now, but they are not large enough
to take care of a convention and
we have too many of our groups
going out of State.
“We aso haVe too many people
saying that other beaches are
cleaner, and more attractive than
our beaches in North Carolina.
Let’s change this.
“It is highly pleasing to me
and all other North Carolinians
to note the many things that are
being done to develop our whole
North Carolina coast. One is the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel,
which will cause much North-
South traffic to travel over U. S.
Highway 17 and across much of
the historic area we so proudly
call “The Cradle of the Colony”
in our potentially great Albemarle
Sound section.
“The estimated cost of this
giant project, a private enterprise
and for which tolls will be charg
ed for its use, is $139,200,000 and
the target date for its completion
is January 1, 1964.
“Opening of this bridge, which,
traffic engineers estimate, will
handle an average of 5,027 vehi
cles daily during its first full year
of operation, should and will, in
my opinion, mean much to the fu
ture development of this great Al
bemarle area in which Virginia
Dare, the first English white child
to be born in our America of to-
See MEETING, Page Four
DRINKWATER HOST
TO LARGE GROUP
OF CAP VISITORS
An Air Force C-47 laden with
Civil Air Patrol cadets from sev
eral northern and New England
states arrived here Monday to vis
it the birthplace of modern avia
tion at Kill Devil Hills and to be
entertained by local CAP members
and citizens.
America’s oldest Civil Air Patrol
Warrant Officer, Alph'eus W.
Drinkwater, was their official
host. He had made arrangements
for housing and feeding the group
at beach hotels and also for their
transportation to visit sites of in
terest.
The cadets were on an Inter-
Region Exchange flight and were
accompanied by Cot Dan Lilly of
the Kinston CAP Squadron and
other officials of the North Caro
lina Wing of the organization.
Drinkwater expressed deep ap
preciation to the management of
The Arlington, The Croatan and
Edgewater Hotels on the Dare
Beaches who entertained the
group, and also to Goodrich Wil
liams, Martin Kellogg, Jr., and
Mrs. Dorris Fry for the use of
their automobiles in transporting
the group.
After visiting Fort Raleigh,
Wright Memorial, Elizabethan
Garden, Cape Hatteras National
Seashore and being delayed 24
hours due to foul flying weather
the group took off Wednesday
afternoon with Richmond and Wil
liamsburg as their next destina
tions before returning home via
Washington and Mitehell Field,
N. Y.