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COURT FINES S7OO
IN DARE; STABBING
AND STEALING CASES
Breaking and Entering by Five
College Students Charged;
' 34 Cases Handlea
High fines in Dare Recorders
eourt this week were charged to
drivers going at 75 mph in a 55
mile zone, —Frank L. Dickens of
Richmond and Barbara Ann Wise
each paid SIOO and costs. Total
fines this week were approxi
mately S7OO. There were 34 cases
before the court, and five other
defendants are to come up next
week for housebreaking on the
Dare Beaches.
Tommie Woodrow Johnson of
Nags Head was sent up to Superi
or Court, probable cause found on
a charge of stealing W. W. Fore
man’s motor boat valued at $650.
Bond was fixed at SI,OOO. E. W.
Wright of Nags Head, was allow
ed to pay court costs and given
two weeks to pay and to make
good five worthless checks total
ing $375.75. Jerry Btll McClease
of Manteo, who is under bond in
Superior Court charged with
shooting his brother, Willie, and
up again this week was fined $25
costs for careless and reckless
driving.
Rudolph Pendleton, negro of
Manteo was bound over to Superi
or Court charged with breaking
into a room at the Owens Motel
and assaulting his lady friend,
Senie Williams with a knife with
intent to kill, inflicting serious
injuries. He brought her to a doc
tor for treatment. He is held with
out bond until October court.
Ten dollar fines on speeding
charges were assessed against
the following: Ouida C. Young,
Norfolk; W. C. DeFord, Jr., Va.
Beach; Peter W. Martone, Nor
folk; Newton J. Blatt, Waynes
boro, Va.; D. G. Harrell, Jr„ So.
Norfolk; Charlie Scarborough,
Washington, D. C.; W. H. Shaffer,
Wealfield. N. J.
Other speeding fines as follows.
Franklin L. Fentress, Bennie L.
Tayloe, of Norfolk; D. W. Miller,
111, Rich Square sll each. J. R.
Stallings, Smithfield, Va., sl3. B.
F. Oliver, Jr., Suffolk; Geo. G.
Davis, Richmond, J. H. Snowden,
Jr., Maple, sl2 each. Marshall
Smith, Manteo, driving wrong
side, $lO. Connie K. Warren,
Martinsville, Va., speeding, sls;
J. M. Terry, Burlington, reckless
driving $25.
R. L. Jones, Elizabeth City,
drunk on highway, $25; Elizabeth
H. Smith, Charleston, W. Va.,
speeding, $25. C. O. Basnight, K.
D. Hills, stop sign, $10; Nancy
C. Johnson, W-Salem, speeding,
S3O; John L. Daniels, Manteo, no
operator’s license and Ernest M.
Scarborough, allowing unlicensed
operator to drive his car, each
fined $25. C. M. Odom, Wanchese,
driving while intoxicated, $125.
J. L. Woodard, Adelphia, Md., im
proper muffler, sls.
Incorrectly printed in last
week's report of court cases it
was stated Herbert Kessler was
fined $lO for public drunkenness,
trespassing, etc. The charge had
been made to read, “simple tres
pass causing a disturbance calcu
lated to bring about a breach of
the peace.” The error is regretted.
In next week’s court, due for
trial, is a case worked up by Po
licemen Avery Tillett and Tom
Dowdy of Kill Devil Hills in which
five Virginia college men are
charged with breaking and enter
ing cottages and larceny of gro
ceries.
These young men, all 20 years
See COURT, Page Six
FERRY LANDING ROAD ON
OCRACOKE TO BE BUILT
Governor Hodges Allocates $75,000
Wednesday For Improvement on
North End of Island
Td help alleviate the demands
of heavy traffic at the Hatteras
Inlek ferry which lacks some
three miles of road on the north
of Ocracoke Island, and which is
now inadequately served with
steal landing mats. Governor
Hodges on Wednesday allocated
$75,8*0 for improvement of this
road.
On January 13th, at a meeting
of the Southern Albemarle Execu
tive Committee, held at the home
of the Association president, Mrs.
Scott Topping of Pantego, a mo
tion was made by Senator Lind
say Warren, and unanimously car
ried that the state provide a per
manent ferry landing at this spot
to replace the temporary landing
mat facilities.
In the meantime, State Highway
forces have been busy rebuilding
the Hatteras Island highway, and
this and other more urgent prob
lems have delayed consideration of
the shorter Ocracoke Island proj
ect. There is much appreciation
manifested for Governor Hodges’
response to the appeal for the
improvement.
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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Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy is shown greeting Miss Myra Morrison,
daughter of Mr. an Mrs. Fred W. Morrison of Washington, D. C. and Kill Devil Hills. Senator Ken
nedy told Miss Morrison that his schedule included a visit to her home State of North Carolina in
September. Miss Morrison and Victor’ Meekins represented Dare County at a luncheon in Washington,
where Candidate Kennedy met some 200 North Carolina representatives of the press, raido and T-V.
Senator Ktnnedy plans to fly to
Greenville on Saturday, Sept. 17th
where he will speak. On this trip,
he wil fly also to Asheville,
Greeensboro, Raleigh and Char
lotte. His visit to the First Dis
trict will be on of the highlights
of the campaign.
The First Distrct, having so
much strong political influence as
it does has always been fortunate
in getting major political figures
to its rallies. Once in Greenville,
Speaker Sam Rayburn was guest
speaker. Two years ago, the Dis
trict rally, under the rotation sys
tem was held in Ahoskie; four
years ago in Elizabeth City.
BOMBER PILOT CRASHES .»
IN CURRITUCK SOUND
Body of Lt. John David Rice, Jr.
Found Sunday; Caffeys Inlet
Coast Guards Assist
The body of Lieut. John David
Rice, Jr. 26, of Baltimore was
found Sunday in Curritcuk Sound,
12 miles north of Kitty ; Hawk
where his plane crashed Saturday
during practice off the Duck,
Navy Target, near Caffeys Inlet
Coast Guard Station. Chief Ed
ward Cason of this station, and
his men were among those render
ing assistance to Navy skin divers
who found the body of Lt. Rice in
the cockpit of the FB6H jet plane.
He had been on a routine train
ing flight out of Baltimore. He
was attached to the 104th Tacti
cal Fighter Squadron of the Mary
land Air National Guard.
Major John F. R. Scott, Jr.,
squadron commander said the
cause of the crash was not known.
Rice leaves a wife and ten months
old child who live at 3031 Berro
Road, Baltimore.
DALLAS LANGSTON TILLETT
WANCHESE LEADER DIES
Dallas Langston Tillett, 65, one
of the most helpful and highly
esteemed citizens of his commu
nity died Saturday evening in the
Elizabeth City hospital after a
week’s illness. He was a lifelong
resident of Wanchese, husband of
Mrs. Rena Baum Tillett, son of
the late William Mott and Colin
da Alice Gallop Tillett. Beside
his wife, he is survived by a son,
Stanley Tillett of the merchant
marine, thi*ee brothers, Reggie,
Peter and Sigsbee Tillett.
Mr. Tillett was a leading
painter, active member of Beth
any Methodist Church and was a
veteran of World War I, having
served in France in 1918-19.
The funeral service was conduct
ed at 3 p.m. Thursday in the
Bethany Methodist Church by the
pastor, Rev. J. M. Caroll and the
former pastor, Rev. C. W. Guth- i
rie. Pallbearers were Melvin Dan
iels, Jr., Casper Meekins, Jr.,
Thos., Willett, Gilbert, and Larry
Tillett. Honorary pall-bearers were
members of the Mens Bible class.
Burial was in the Cudworth
cemetery.
The organist was Frankie Kea
ton ' and the soloist Mrs. Marilyn
Daugherty both of the Lost Col
ony cast.
SPEAKERS ON OREGON INLET CHANNEL PROGRAM
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ADMIRAL PETER V. CLMAR
In addition to Congressman Bonner and other notables, Rear
Admiral Peter Co'mar, Commander of the sth Coast Guard District,
and Col. R. P. Davidson will be on the program at 3 p.m. Monday
afternoon, Sept. 5 at Wanchese when the Oregon Inlet channel pnoj
ect wil l be celebrated. Col. Davidson is District Engineer Corps of
Army Engineers, at Wilmington.
HARRY J. MIDGETTE, AREA
NATIVE DIES IN RICHMOND
A man who began life in Gul
rock in Hyde County and rose to
prominence in the Seaboard Rail
road system died Saturday at his
home in Richmond. Harry J. Mid
gett, 62 who grew up in Belhaven,
and who moved to Richmond in
1958, when general offices of the
Railroad system were moved from
Norfolk, was assistant to the
President of the company for sev
eral years prior to his death. He
had been with the railway 41
years.
His first wife was the late
Blanche Wescott of Manteo. Sev
en years ago he married Mrs. Co
ra J. Bundy of Belhaven who sur
vices him. He is also survived by
Mrs. Ludie Midgett, 93, distin
guished resident and oldest citizen
of Belhaven. His father was the
late William B. Midgette. Also
surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Brownye Morrisette of Richmond
and Mrs. J. P. Jones of Parsip
pany, N. J.; a stepdaughter, Mrs.
Roger B. Stewart of Hampton;
two sisters, Mrs. C. C. Duke of
Washington, and Mrs. M. L. An
drews of Belhaven; one brother,
C. H. Midgette of Norfolk, and
three grandchildren.
After schooling in Belhaven, he
went to business college in Nor
folk.
In 1919, he joined Seaboard in
the Portsmouth accounting de
partment. He became a statisti
cian in the president’s office in
1944. Two years later, he was ap
pointed office assistant to the
president, and in April 1948 pres
ident’s assistant.
Before joining the railroad, he
had been accountant at the Nor
folk Yacht and Country Club.
He was a member of Park
Place Methodist Church, Norfolk.
A funeral service was held at
a Richmond funeral home Sunday.
Burial was at 4 p.m. in Norfolk’s
See MIDGETTE, Page Six
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1960
COL. R. P. DAVIDSON
3 DIE IN PLANE CRASH;
BOUND OUT OF MANTEO
Three of Four Young People in North
west River Swamp Late Saturday
Were Headed Homeward
Three of four young people
bound homeward Saturday evening
in a light plane died in a crash
in the Northwest River swamp in
Virginia. The dead are two young
WACs and a soldier stationed at
Fort Eustis, Va. The survivor is
Pfc. Robert V. Norton 24, of Ft.
Eustis, Va. Dead are Specialist 5,
Robert O. Young 26, the pilot, of
Petersburg, whose wife lives in
Newport Newd? Pfc. Leona M.
Anderson 18 of Roosevelt, Utah;
Pvt. Elizabeth N. Holland 19, of
Buffalo, N. Y. They left Ft. Eus
tis for a flight to Manteo at 2:30
p.m. Saturday in a Ft. Eustis
Flying Cub Navion plane. They
left Manteo at 9 p.m. and crashed
an hour later in a heavy fog. The
crash was about one mile north of
the Va. line and a mile and half
east of the highway bridge on No.
168.
During the night, Norton stay
ed with the dead party, but at
daylight made his way out of the
thick swamp, wading through
waist deep water to the River,
where Charles Carter took him in
a fishing boat to the bridge.
State Trooper J. F. Atwood led a
rescue party of 15 to the scene.
Young, dipped the plane under
See CRASH, Page Six
OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY
AT FIRST BAYVIEW HOME
From three to six p.m. Satur
day, open house will be held at
the firlt completed residence in
the new Bayview Homes develop
ment immediately south of the
Manteo High School grounds. R.
O. Ballance, the builder cordially
invites the public to inspect this
modem home. Refreshments will
be served.
MUCH INTEREST IN
ROANOKE ISLAND
BAPTIST PICNIC
To Observe 152nd Anniversary
Sunday, Sept. 4, Near Fort
Raleigh; Old Members
Recognized .
Much interest has been aroused
bv the forthcoming picnic at the
Roanoke Island Baptist Church
which will follow the morning serv
ice Sunday, Sept. 4th. It will begin
at 12:30, following the usual morn
ing worship service beginning at
11 a.m. Rev. C. W. Goodwin, the
pastor, of Powells Point, will
preach. This church has been active
since 1808.
Following the picnic on the
grounds, a special program will be
gin at 2 o’clock conducted by Rev.
Frank Dinwiddie of the Nags Head
church, a former pastor. This pro
gram will include special music by
participating choirs of six other
nearby churches: the Methodist and
Baptist churches of Manteo, the
Methodist and Pentecostal church
es of Wanchese, the Nags Head
and the Powells Point Baptist
churches. Elmo and Jean Daniels
of Wanchese will sing.
Rev. H. B. Hines, retired Bap
tist minister of Sanford, who held
the pastorate of this church long
er than any other man, and Mrs.
Hines, will attend, and will „be
guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Wil
son on the week end.
At this special service, all fam
ilies connected with the church,
and all the older members of The
church will be recognized. Among
the older members are A. W.
Drinkwater, 85, the oldest; Mrs.
Lizzie Dough, Mrs. Lillie and Mar
chant Meekins, all past 80. A roll
call of the charter members of the
Nags Head church organized by
this church over 50 years ago, will
be held.
Reports indicate an abundance of
food will be brought to the picnic,
and hundreds of former members
and friends of the church will come
to Roanoke Island on this occasion.
The public is invited.
LOST COLONY ENDING
FINAL WEEK OF ITS
20TH SEASON SUNDAY
Despite rains which hampered
attedance at The Lost Colony dur
ing August, the Paul Green dra
ma, now in its final week of the
20th season has passed the 1959
attendance.
Betty Johnson, a North Caro
lina-born singing star of the Jack
Paar television show who appear
ed as a guest on Saturday night
for the show’s 1039th perform
ance; aided attendance passing
that of last year, says J. Sibley
Dorton, general manager.
This week leading up to the fi
nale of The Lost Colony Sunday
night, Sept. 4, has been special
“school student week.”
“We are most anxious to have
pupils of North Carolina and Vir
ginia schools who will be studying
North Carolina history this year
to attend in this period,” said Mr.
Dorton. “The Lost Colony history
mystery story as told by the Paul
Green drama, is the accurate story
of English history’s beginning in
the New World.
INFORMATION CONCERNING
GARBAGE COLLECTIONS
Some persons appear to persist
in demanding more service of the
garbage collector in Dare County
than is contracted for, and the
collector could not attempt to
render the services that are de
manded by some people without
considerable loss to himself.
The collector, under his con
tract is,not obligated to pick up
any garbage in tubs, boxes,
crates, cartons, or spread out on
the ground. In fact, his contract
stipulates that he shall leave all
such stuff, and leave the officers
to deal with persons who persist
in cluttering the roadside in this
manner.
He is required to pick up only
such garbage as is placed at the
roadside in watertight, approved
garbage containers.
He is not required to pick up
trash, yard sweepings, crates,
cartons, containers, tree-trim
mings, old lumber, junk, etc., and
householders who wish such stuff
removed will have to make their
own arrangements for this. If the
garbage collector wishes to do so
for a stiuplated sum, it is his priv
ilege, and perhaps he can do such
work cheaper than can others.
The Board of Commissioners
have requested the cooperation of
the citizens, for unless they abide
by the rules, there is no guaran
tee that the service can be con
tinued. Printed leaflets have been
furnished all citizens concerned,
and further information can be
obtained by telephoning Manteo,
No. 98, the office of the Clerk to
the Board of Commissioners. i
BIGGEST TOURIST SEASON’S
PEAK ON DARE COAST SHOWS
PROMISE OF A BIGGER AUTUMN
Labor Day Week-End Predicted as Greatest Yet,
in Area Now Visited by Half Million People;
Lost Colony Favored With Renewed Interest
and Strong Support; Harbor Celebration at
Wanchese Monday Afternoon at 3 P.M.
ATTENDING EPISCOPALIAN
NATN'L. STUDY CONFERENCE
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’ WALTER G. BAUM of Engelhard
■ is attending the 1960 National
■ Study Conference for Episcopal
• college students, teachers, work
ers, and chaplains, being held
1 August 24-31 at Oberlin College,
! Oberlin, Ohio. Mr. Baum is a
’ sophomore at East Carolina Col
-1 lege, Greenville. He is also aiding
. the Study Conference as an aco
lyte in the daily worship services.
’ Within the general theme of
5 “The Faith in the University,” the
; 500 conferees are studying and
• discussing the implications of the
Christian faith for the academic
community.
Leaders of the Study Confer
ence include the Rev. Paul H. El
men, member of the faculty of
F Seabury-Western Theological Sem
inary in Evanston, 111.; the Rev.
> Philip T. Zabriskie, Executive Sec
retary of the Episcopal Church’s
Division of College Work: and the
, Rev. William N. Hawley, Rector’
( of Trinity Church, Oxford, Ohio,
and Episcopal chaplain at Miami
University and Western College,
. Oxford.
IMPROVEMENT IN FISHING
HEARTENS OPERATORS OF
FISHING BOATS, PIERS
Fishing is showing improvement
in Dare waters as the first month
of Autumn begins.
Inshore fishing which generally
speaking has not been worth
writing home about during most
of the summer of 1960 is showing
the greater improvement.
Anglers after large mouth bass
in the Kitty Hawk Bay region
have made several good catches,
often daily limits with fish to re
lease in some cases.
In the East Lake waters west
of Manns Harbor, bass, bream
and other varieties of fresh water
fishes have been biting.
Fishing pier operators had bet
ter summer patronage in other
years than 1960 and inshore cast
ing was in the doldrums, but are
heartened by encouraging reports.
Piers are now reporting plenty of
spot, a tasty fish taken in greater
numbers than any other, from
ocean piers during late summer
and early autumn.
Fishing center operators at
Hatteras have had some glowing
reports of bluefish, Spanish mack
erel and flounder catches recent
ly-
ALL SEASHORE GROUP
TO MEET AT NAGS HEAD
Notice has been given by Nor
wood Young, of Beaufort, Presi
dent of the All-Seashore Highway
Association that the next meeting
of the group will be held at The
Carolinian at Nags Head, Wednes
day, Sept. 28 at 1 p.m.
Some alarm has been felt since
rumors came out that the Taylor
Brothers will discontinue their
Ocracoke-Atlantic ferry this fall,
if the state doesn’t take it over.
It is felt that a meeting at Nags
Head can solidify support, since
there is intense interest in the
proposed road to Virginia Beach.
Joe Dußois, secretary of the
All-Seashore Hghway Association
is urging a large attendance at
the meeting Sept. 28.
This meeting was originally
scheduled for Sept. 21, but has
been postponed because of con
flict with a scheduled meeting of
the N. C. Water Resources Com
mission.
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO. N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
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The tourist season in Dare
County and adjacent coast has
reached its peak, with attendance
records throughout the season the
greatest yet known. It looks like
a year of a half-million visitors
to the Cape Hatteras National
Seashore. Labor Day week-end is
now shaping up into the greatest
known on this coast. Ferries have
been alerted to be ready to do
their best at Alligator River, Or
egon and Hatteras Inlets.
On Monday, Labor Day, at 3
p.m. a program of great signifi
cance will take place at Mill
Landing Harbor, Wanchese, ob
serving the completion of the one
and a half million dollar job of
bringing a 12 foot channel into
Wanchese and Manteo. Many offi
cials will attend a speaking pro
gram, followed by a fish fry for
the visitors. The public is invited.
Thousands of letters have been
received in the office of the Su
perintendent of the National Park
Service, asking information about
the area, as a result of numerous
articles in national publications,
and intensive publicity given the
area by NPS throughout its sys
tem of parks in the U. S.
Camping grounds at Cape Hat
teras, Bodie Island and Ocracoke
are expected to be jammed with
visitors. The long Labor Day week
end will make possible a large vis
itation in all areas of the Coast
land.
As schools open throughout the
country, the heaviest traffic always
subsides with Labor Day, and the
big load on facilities ends. Many
places close up for the season
within a few weeks after having
had time to clean up and put
their affairs in order.
But for many thousands of peo
ple all over the country, the real
vacation begins, and to many
businesses remaining optii
throughout the fall, the best tour
ist trade sets in and grows
through the balmy autumn sea
son.
It is then that the sedate and
unhurried who do not have chil
dren to bring to the beach while
school is out, begin to make plans
for a leisurely, restful adult vaca
tion amid peace and quiet, and
when weather is more pleasant.
There is not so much of the long,
tiresome ride across the country
on hot roads. There is not the
risk of finding crowded motels at
the end of a wearisome journey.
There is no sweltering heat, no
crowded beaches, no jams anywhere
no waiting in line for meals at
one’s favorite restaurant. And,
not least important, is the joy of
meeting the native people when
they too have time to pause for
conversation and more extended
courtesy.
Fall is truly the finest time of
year for a vacation trip, and it
is being proven increasingly
stronger each year on the Dare
Coast. It brings to this area many
of its finest patrons. They are us
ually people with ample funds to
pay their way. They are less crit
ical and demanding; they are not
up against it to keep an entire
family, and particularly a lot of
children happy.
Renewed Encouragement For
The Lost Colony Drama
Hope springs anew this summer
for a better future for the Lost
Colony, the matchless Paul Green
outdoor drama presented on the
site of the first English settle
ments on Roanoke Island, 1584-87.
It means more to Roanoke Island,
and the beach area than any oth
er thing, in nearly 100,000 tour
ists it attracts each season, and
who spend money for accommo
dations. Some people come for a
night, and are so pleased with the
surroundings they spend many
days, even weeks. One who came
last season for a week-end stayed
three weeks; this year he rented
a house for a month. These in
stances are not uncommon.
Wide publicity given the Lost
Colony this year has resulted in
renewed interest, and particularly
valuable, the influential interests
of numerous people of conse
quence who have lent their sup
port to the show as has not hap
pened in many a year. Fortunate
ly for the show, Mrs. O. Max
Gardner of Shelby accepted the
chairmanship this year. Several fi
nancial contributions have been
made to aid the rehabilitation of
the fast depreciating theatre prop
erty at Fort Raleigh. Despite eev-
See SEASON. Page Six