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VOLUME XXVI NO. 16
DISCUSSION OF
REBUILDING L.C.
THEATRE MON.
Annual Meeting to be in Ra
leigh Monday, Novem
ber 28
Roanoke Island Historical As
sociation board of directors met in
Manteo Monday for a preliminary
discussion on the prospects of re
building The Lost Colony’s Water
side Theatre which was almost de
stroyed by Hurricane Donna.
It was brought out at the meet
ing, presided over by Mrs. O. Max
Gardner of Shelby, president of
tho Historical Association, that
damage to the properties where
The Lost Colony had completed a
successful 20th season September
4, was perhaps more than original
ly estimated.
Early estimates of replacing the
dressing rooms, work shops, fire
department, properties shop and
costume department had been
about $30,000. It is now believed
that it may take more than $40,-
000 to rebuild the theatre and open
the show next year on July 1 as
planned, according to General
Manager J. Sib Dorton.
Dorton and his assistant in
charge of theatre maintenance and
construction Albert Q. Bell gave
reports of the extent of damage.
Where the money will come from
to do the necessary rebuilding is
still undetermined.
On behalf of the committee in
charge Mrs. Fred Morrison of
Washington, D. C., presented a re
vision of the association’s by-laws
which were adopted by those pres
ent
It was announced by Mrs. Gard
ner that the annual meeting of
Roanoke Island Historical Associ
ation would be held in Raleigh on
Monday, November 28, during the
State’s annual Culture Week.
BIG GAME HUNTING
SEASON BEGINNING
SATURDAY, OCT. 15
Big game hunting season begins
on tiie Dare Coast Saturday and
all indications are that deer and
bear are more plentiful this year
than ever before.
Seasons also open in Hyde, Tyr
rell and other Eastern counties on
Saturday for deer and bear.
Most of the big game killed in
Dare is bagged on properties of
West Virginia Pulp and Paper
Company. In addition to the county,
state or non-resident license re
ties in the general area of Manns
quired for hunting on these proper-
Harbor, East Lake and Stumpy
Point a special permit must be ob
tained from West Virginia for
hunting privileges. A nominal
charge is made for the permit aft
er the applicant has displayed the
regular licenses reqired by the
State.
During the bow hunting season
(18 days immediately prior to regu
lar season) there were reports of
several deer being killed by local
and resident archers in coastal
forests.
TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS
FEATURED IN COURT
Os eleven cases tried by Judge
Baum in Recorders Court Tues
day, 10 were for traffic violations
ranging from speeding five miles
higher than zone limits of 55 miles
an hour to drunken driving.
Top fine and costs of the day
was inmposed upon William Lee
Marrion of Manteo. He was
charged with driving drunk and
paid a fine of SIOO and costs upon
conviction.
Clarence Pigford of Manteo was
fined $25 and costs for public
drunkenness on the streets of Man
teo. He was also given a 30 day
suspended jail sentence.
Theodore Roosevelt Meekins of
Manteo paid $5 and costs includ
ing cost of capias issued for driv
ing 60 miles an hour in a 55 mile
an hour zone on September 3.
Speeding 55 in a 35 mile zone
cost James C. Strickland of Ports
mouth S2O plus court fees.
George William Landes, Rocky
Mount, paid $lO and costs on
charge of speeding 65 in a 55 mile
an hour zone.
Linwood Sorey, Manns Harbor
was fined $lO and costs for fail
ing to stop at a highway stop
sign.
Sam Lee Liverman, Jr., Kill
Devil Hills, was fined $25 and costs
for passing a standing school bus
while taking on or waiting for
passengers.
Alexander E. Deßlois, Edenton,
disregarded a “Do Not Enter” traf
fic control sign. He was fined $lO
and costs for the traffic mistake.
Pattie Clair Long Wescott, Man
teo, was fined $lO and costs for
failing to yield right-of-way.
Van Edward Cash, Hatteras,
See COURT, Page Six
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
DARE COUNTY NATIVE HAS SECOND BOOK PUBLISHED
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MRS. NELL WISE W’ECHTER, native of Stumpy Point in Dare
County, will have her second book, BETSY DOWDY'S RIDE, pub
lished on Saturday, October 15, by publisher John F. Blair of Wins-1
ton-Salem. The book is built on the legend of the famous ride made
by Betsy Dowdy, who crossed deep inlets and went through fearful
swamps on her banker pony to save her beloved North Carolina from
British attack in 1775. Lord Dunmore had attacked Great Bridge,
Virginia, and it was to notify General William Skinner in time to
relieve the American garrison that Betsy made her famous ride.
Mrs. Wechter says that there are “several accounts of Betsy
Dowdy’s ride. Each one is different from the others; but the loca
tion, the time, and the principal events remain the same.” She says
that it is her purpose “to present the legendary Betsy as I believe
she really was, for I am sure that her spirit will live forever in our
hearts side by side with the spirits of Virginia Dare and Theodosia
Burr.”
Mrs. Weehter’s first book, TAFFY OF TORPEDO JUNCTION,
about a young girl who lived on Hatteras Island during the exciting
and dangerous time of World War 11, when German submarines lurk
ed off the coast, won the North Carolina AAUW Award in 1957.
Since Mrs. Wechter grew up in Dare County and also taught
school for six years on Hatteras Island, she knows the coast and
its people well. She and her husband now teach in the Greensboro
Public School System. They have a daughter, Marcia, who is a senior
in high school.
Tea Oct. 15 In Elizabeth City
Saturday, Oct. 15, will be Nell
Wise Wechter Day in the Pasquo
ank Library, Elizabeth City, and
in the Dare County Library, Man
teo. The occasion is Mrs. Weehter’s
new book, “Betsy Dowdy’s Ride.”
In Elizabeth City, the DAR chap
ter will sponsor a tea from 3 to
5. Copies of the book will be on
sole and Mrs. Wechter will be pres
ent to autograph them. The DarC|
Library will have on display its
first copy. Other copies are ex
pected daily to meet the demand
for this popular writer’s work.
DR. W. T. RALPH IS
HONORED BY ROTARIANS
THURS. NIGHT MEETING
Members of the Belhaven-Pan
tego Rotary Club were entertain
ed Thursday night, as the Wash
ington club was host in ceremonies
honoring Dr. W. T. Ralph of Bel
haven, who was recently elevated
to post of Rotary District Governor
for district 773.
“Dr. Ralph” Night was an af
fair looked upon with great fa
vor, and Edmund Harding, a
favorite for such occasions, was
guest speaker at the event.
HYDE H.D. CLUBS WILL
OBSERVE ACHIEVEMENT
DAY ON OCTOBER IBTH
Achievement Day for the Hyde
County Home Demonstration Clubs
will be held Tuesday, October 18, at
Providence Methodist Church in
Swan Quarter at 2:00 p.m.
Miss Sue Ormond, assistant home
agent in Beaufort County, will be
speaker. Miss Ormond was an
IFYE exchange student in Panama
last year for six months. Also at
tending will be Mrs. Myrle Swice
good, district home agent.
RECOVERING FROM INJURIES
A. W. Drinkwater, widely known
citizen of Manteo, last week suf
fered a broken left wrist when he
fell carrying wood for his office
heater. He received preliminary
treatment in Manteo and was sent
to Norfolk where a bone specialist
at DePaul Hospital placed the
wrist in a cast
Drinkwater, who is 85, is back
at the grind of his real estate and
insurance buusiness full force now,
but stated that the cast would prob-,
ably have to remain for several j
weeks. 1
SAM JONES LOSES
HIS CASE MONDAY
IN APPEALS COURT
Was Frequent Visitor to Ocra
coke Island; Extensive Hold
ings There
The 4th Circuit Court of Ap
peals in Norfolk Monday upheld
the conviction of Norfolk indus
trialist Samuel G. Jones, Sr., 65, on
a charge of evading $277,000 in
income taxes.
Jones, president of Berkley Ma-1
chine Works & Foundry Co., Inc.,]
for 40 years, was sentenced in U. S.
District Court in June 1959 to five
years in prison and fined $30,000.
The case against Jones took 10
days to try. A district court jury
took 72 minutes to decide Jones
was guilty on six tax-evasion
counts.
During the trial, then U. S. Dis
trict Atty. John M. Hollis attempt
ed to prove that Jones charged
off personal expenses as business
ones.
Figuring prominently were his
290-acre Sajo Farms in Princess
Anne County and extensive com
pany holdings on Ocracoke Island.
Jones claimed the Ocracoke
holdings Berkley Manor, Samjo
Manor and the Green Island Gun
ning Club, were used to entertain
prospective customers in lieu of
national advertising. He said they
were not used for his personal
pleasure.
HYDE PHONE NUMBERS
WILL CHANGE SUNDAY
All telephone numbers in Engel
hard and Swan Quarter will change
Sunday, October 16, 1960, at 2:01
a.m. from the present numbering
system to a system of seven num
erals associated with “Direct Dis
tant Dialing”.
During the past two weeks, tele
phone company representatives
have been busy visiting each sub
scriber served by these exchanges,
placing new numbers on the tele
phone dials. Temporary stickers
bearing the old numbers have been
placed over the new numbers to
remain in use until 2:01 a.m., Sun
day. Subscribers are asked to re
move the temporary stickers from
their dials at that time, or first
thing Sunday morning, and begin
using their new numbers.
New directories featuring “All
Number Calling” have been de
livered this week in order to be in
the hands of the subscribers prior
See PHONES, Page Twelve
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14,
WOMAN’S CLUB I6TH
DISTRICT MEETING
ATTRACTS VISITORS
Mrs. Gordon Maddrey, State
President, Speaker For Occa
sion Attracting 150
With the Manteo Woman’s Club
as host, approximately 150 women
from 15 clubs in the 16th district
of the N. C. Federation of Wo
men’s Clubs attended the annual
district meeting Wednesday, Octo
ber 12, at the Carolinian Hotel,
Nags Head.
Mrs. Gordon Maddrey of Ahos
kie, state president, was speaker.
Mrs. J. Porter of Severn, who is
district president, presided. Greet
ings were extended by Ralph
Swain of Manteo, president of the
Dare County Tourist Bureau; Mrs.
Jack Tillett, president of the Man
teo Woman’s Club; and Julian
Oneto of the Carolinian Hotel.
Entertainment included group
singing with Mrs. John Bell at the
piano and selections by the Manteo
Rotary Quartet, with Dick Jordan
at he piano. The devotion was led
by Mrs. Rennie Williamson of the
Manteo club.
The Edenton Woman’s Club won
top rating with four awards; and
one of its members was named the
outstanding clubwoman in the dis
trict
Mrs. Wesley Chesson, Jr., was
presented the Carrie Earnhardt
cup as district clubwoman of the
year. She is the first Edenton wo
man to win the award since it was
offered by Edenton club member,
See WOMEN, Page Seven
AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS FROM
F.H.A. ASSURED
Many Uses Qualify Applicant for
Funds in Hyde and
Dare
Additional funds for farm hous
ing have been made available
through the Farmers Home Ad
ministration loan facilities, Daniel
B. Willis, County Supervisor for
Hyde and Dare Counties, announc
ed today.
This money may be used to con
struct ,improve ,alter, repair, re
place, or relocate a dwelling or
other essential farm buildings on
the farm. This means that farm
dwellings or service buildings de
storyed or damaged by Hurricane
“Donna” may be replaced or re
paired with FHA Housing loan
funds. These loans are repayable
over a period not to exceed thirty
three years.
The Farmers Home Administra
tion also makes loans to eligible
applicants to purchase essential
farm and home equipment and pro- I
ductive livestock, pay necessary
farm operating and family living
expenses, refinance debts on live-
I stock and farm equipment. Loans
'are also made to buy an adequate
family-type farm or buy land to
enlarge an undersized farm to
family-type size; provide necessary
water and water facilities, provide
basic land and soil improvements,
; refinance existing real estate
debts; carry out approved soil con
servation practices, develop irriga
tion systems and farmstead water
systems as well as other necessary
farm expenses.
Further information concerning
these loans may be obtained by
contacting the agency’s local office
which is located in the Lupton
Building, Swan Quarter, N. C.
SEN. JORDAN'S VISIT
IN DARE APPRECIATED
Senator B. Everett Jordan’s talk
last Friday night at Dare County
Courthouse was enjoyed immensely
by the group of some less than
100. He touched on mayn sub
jects such as the farm problem, de
fense appropriations, welfare aid,
government economy, Formosa,
and tire problems which have been
created for the country during the
period of Republican administra
tion.
He arrived in Dare early in the
afternoon, and was greeted by a
group who had prepared a dinner
session at the Carolinian hotel.
Among thoe present for this af
fair were Woodrow Edwards and
Horace Hooper of the board of
Commissioners, Walter Perry,
Chairman of the county Democratic
Executive Committee, Dr. W. W.
Harvey, Jr., Lawrence Swain and
Bobby Owens of Manteo, Harvey
Best of Stumpy Point and Pen
nell Tillett of Kitty Hawk.
The courthouse meeting was
opened by Mr. Perry, and Dr. Har
vey introduced Senator Jordan. The
Senator expressed his regrets at
being unable to remain until Sat
urday for the YDC district meeting
scheduled for the following eve
ning, but had previously been.
scheduled for another appearance. |
GUEST SPEAKER FOR
ENGELHARD PROGRAM
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Mr •
EDMUND HARDING, of Washing
ton, noted humorist will be guest
speaker at ceremonies observing
twenty-fifth anniversary of found-1
ing of the Engelhard Rotary Club.
A ladies night event, it is set for
next Wednesday night, October 19,
at the Engelhard Hotel.
The Engelhard club was sponsor- 1
ed by the Washington Rotary Club
and on occasion of its first night,
Washington club journeyed to
Engelhard in lieu of its own meet
ing. In addition, to Washington,
Greenville, Elizabeth City, Hatter
as, Brooklyn, N. Y., Oxford, Kins
ton, Sanford, Asheboro and Greens
boro were represented and greet
ings were sent to the new club by
other Rotary clubs in the district.
The original members were: P.
D. Miodgett, Jr., Closs Gibbs, R. S.
Spencer, R. L. Patrick, W. H. Cox,
R. L. Gibbs, Frank C. Gibbs, M. A.
Matthews, L. O. Edwards, J. H.
Jarvis, Engelhard; T. J. Mann, Le
land Dudley, W. W. Watson, Lake
Landing; M. Makely, George T.
Davis, Swan Quarter; S. M. Gibbs
and J. M. Long of Middletown.
Officers elected for the first year
were P. D. Midgett, Jr., President;
R. L. Gibbs, Vice-President and M.
A. Matthews, Secretary. P. D. Mid
gett also served the Rotary term
of 1936-37 as President, and follow
ing are those who have served the
club in that capacity through the
years: 37-38, Harold Jarvis, Sr.;
See MEETING, Page Six
TOP TEAM FROM LAST YEAR'S CONTEST
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Nh.,7 JERSEY BEACH BUGGY ASSOCIATION, composed of the
above members during last year’s tournament at Nags Head spon
sored by Nags Head Surf Fishing Club have assured everyone they’ll
be competing again this year for top spot in the waters off Dare
Beaches. These members, back row, left to right, are: Jack Thom
son, Lou Komoges, William Kunze; front row, Phil Stefani, James
LaMarro, Chas. Potter. They are widely known throughout New' Jer
sey, being active in most all tournaments of this nature.
SCRANTON CHRISTIANS
SUNDAY WILL OBSERVE
HOMECOMING EVENT
The homecoming of the Scranton
Christian Church will be Sunday,
October 16th. The morning wor
ship service will be at 11:00 o’clock
at which time the mortgage on
the parsonage will be burned.
Garland C. Bland, minister, will
speak on the subject: “Three
Types of Homes.” Evening wor
ship service will be at 7:30.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
DON’T BE ALARMED
WHEN NEW SIREN TESTED
A much larger siren has been
purchased and installed by the j
Manteo Fire Department. The 7 : /i 1
'horsepower siren should be heard
! for a radius of five miles. On
(Thursday, October 20, 8 to 9 p.m.,
the siren will be tested while ad
justments are made to insure
proper installation.
The firemen do not wish to un
duly alarm anyone hearing the
.more forceful siren sounding sev
leral times.
ANNUAL TOURNEY
IS NOW UNDERWAY
NAGS HEAD BEACH
Tenth Affair Attracts Thirty-Nine
Teams, Mostly from
Northern Points
NAGS HEAD. Thirty nine
teams had entered or indicated they
would enter the 10th annual Nags
Head Surf Fishing Tournament
starting here Thursday morning,
it was announced by Bob Preston,
president of Nags Head Surf Fish
ing Club.
The invitation inter-club team■
event will feature two fishing ses-|
sesions daily on Thursday and Fri- 1
day, the first beginning at 8:30 a.m.
and lasting until 11:30 and the sec- !
ond starting at 1:30 and continuing
until 4:30. Rocket bombs fired in-,
to the air over the surf between
Kitty Hawk and Nags Head will
be the signal for teams to start ■
or stop fishing.
An organization meeting of all
team officals was held on Wednes
day night at The Carolinian Hotel
which is tournament headquarters.
Co-directors of the tournament are
Willard Shaner, Margate City,
N. J., and W. A. Williams, Jr.,
Nags Head. Jim Scarborough, Nags
Head is in charge of transporta
tion and Carl Nunemaker at the
Nags Head Ice and Cold Storage is
the weighmaster.
A large array of trophies and
other awards to be presented win
ning teams and individuals are on
display at tournament headquar
ters. The awards will be presented
at the official tournament dinner
See TOURNEY. Page Six
FISHING EXCELLENT!
With 28 fish counting 92
points the New Jersey Beach
Buggy Association reeled in an
early lead Thursday morning
during the first session of Nags
Head Surf Fishing Tournament.
This same team in 1959 had won
top honors in the toumamnet.
With 129 fish, mostly speckled
trout, flounder, blues and puppy
drum, all competing teams scored
a total of 569 points.
Largest fish taken Thursday
morning was a 7% pound floun
der taken by Gene Cost rovelie
of the South Jersey Squid
Hounds team.
GEORGE ROWLEY WESCOTT
DIES TUESDAY IN SLEEP
George Rowley Wescott, 48, died
! Tuesday morning in his sleep at
Manteo. He was a native of Dare
’ County and had been residing in
Norfolk, Va., for the past 15
years. He was visiting in Manteo
, at the time of his death.
He was the husband of Mrs.
Clara Foy Smith Wescott. He was
' a veteran of World War II and
■ was retired from the Navy Air
Base, Norfolk, Va., he was a mem
ber of the Manteo Baptist Church.
Surviving besides his wife, are
one daughter, Miss Connie Wes-I
cott of Norfolk, Va.; two sons,
George O. Wescott and A. C. Wes- I
cott, both of Norfolk, Va.; fourl
sisters, Mrs. W. R. Hale of
Rocky Mount, Mrs. David M. Pear
sall and Miss lone Wescott, both
1 of Manteo, and Mrs. Henry L.
'Johnson of Raleigh: two broth-
I ers, William G. Wescott of Man-!
I teo and Carlyle Wescott of Nor
folk, Va., and one grandchild.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday at 3 p.m. m the chapel I
of the Twiford Funeral Home, the
Rev. C. W. Guthrie, retired Meth
odist minister officiating. Masonic
rites followed at the grave by the
Wanchese Lodge No. 521, AF &
AM. Burial followed in the Man
teo Cemetery.
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 4M
MANTEO, N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
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MERRILL EVANS TO
BE TOURIST BUREAU
I BANQUET SPEAKER
Annual Affair Scheduled for
Nags Head on Saturday,
October 29
Merrill Evans of Ahoskie, former
state highway commissioner and a
North Carolina leader who has the
interest of the coastland as well
as the state at heart, will be the
principal speaker at the annua!
banquet of Dare County Tourist
, Bureau.
j The banquet will be held at
Nags Head on Saturday evening,
. October 29th. Melvin R. Daniels
I was appointed last week by Tour
ist Bureau Chairman Ralph Swain
to extend the invitation. Swain will
be overall chairman of b-'nauet ar
rangements. Gordon Kellogg will
serve as chairman of the '•ommit
[ tee to arrange for catering service
while Secretary-Treasurer Elnora
Preston, and Wallace McCown and
Bill Dillon will work on promotion
al plans for the banquet in order
; to have heavy representation from
, all sections of the county.
Plans for the annual banquet
( were discussed during the annual
meeting of the Tourist Bureau at
■ the Community Building Wednes
' day.
A review of the Bureau’s accom
plishment during the past year and
plans for making the forthcoming
(Season, despite a recent setback by
Hurricane Donna, bigger and bet
ter than ever.
The Board adopted a new budget
for 1960-61 that totals $21,480 or
approximately SSOO more than for
the past year. Kellogg was chair
man of the budget committee.
Board members present agreed
to canvass the operators of new
vacation enterprises in Dare to se
cure additional investments in the
publicity and promotional program
conducted by the Tourist Bureau.
New officers of the Tourist Bu
'reau will be named later this
month.
Present at the meeting last week
were: Chairman Swain, Kellogg,
McCown, Daniels, M. K. Fearing,
Jr., Mrs. Juanita Parker, Mrs.
Preston, Mrs. Margaret Davis, and
Bill Dillon, along with Aycock
Brown, manager and news director,
and Mrs. Donna Tillett, assistant.
TRAVEL FIGURES
FOR SEPTEMBER
SHOW DECREASE
MANTEO. Vacation travel on
the Dare Coast was temporarily
slowed up during September and
official figures just issued by Cape
Hatteras National Seashore and
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
indicate that the total for first
nine months this year at both
places is slightly less than for the
same period last year.
On the other hand, however,
Wright Brothers National Monu
ment visitations have shown an in
crease over 1959 for the calendar
year to date. Through September
this year the calendar year total
for visitors at the Wright Monu
ment was 218,690 as compared to
181,232. for the same period in
1959.
Superintendent Horace Dough
estimates that since the opening
of the new Visitors Center with
its first flight displays at the
Wright Monument an increase of
approximately 15 percent has been
shown in the number of visitors.
There were 22,171 visitors at the
monuument during September, a
40 percent increase over the 15,829
visitors counted in September 1959.
With 42,837 visitors entering
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
during September the total for the
calendar year increased to 404,730
i persons. This compares with 412,-
668 nersons during the first nine
months of 1959 when there were
no hurricanes in September. The
total visitor days at the National
Seashore through September this
year totaled 508.504. (A “visitor
day” is when a person stops over
[ night or longer.)
During September this year 19,-
191 persons, or almost half the
total for the month entering Na
tional Seashore visited the famous
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse area.
Only 7,520 persons entered Fort
Raleigh National Historic Site dur
ing September of which 1,948 were
Lost Colony patrons. Total num
ber visitors at Fort Raleigh dur
ing the first nine months this
year was 85,859 as compared to
94,831 in 1959.
No figures were immediately
available for number of visitors
[at the Elizabethan Gardens, but
[as progress is made on planting
and development of the Garden
Clubs project, more and more visi
tors go there. This has been a
record breaking year for Garden.