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VOLUME XXVI NO. 17
WOMBLE REPORTS
BRIGHTER PROSPECT
FOR BEACH ROAD
Ocean Boulevard From Virginia
Beach to Nags Head Believed
Probable Soon
Prospects for the Virginia Beach-
Nags Head link of the long-sought
Seashore Highway appear bright
er now than in years, the All Sea
shore Highway Association of
North Carolina was told Wednes
day at its meeting at Nags Head,
according to Bill Womble, report
ing in the News and Observer.
Virginia promoters and highway
officials of the state recently have
.•nown revived interest in the proj
ect, in view of the Chesapeake Bay
bridge-tunnel construction now un
derway and which will be com
pleted in 1963.
A report on Virginia’s position
was made by Maj. J. L. Murphy
of Kill Devil Hills, vice president
of the N. C. Association for this
Northeastern Division. He said
Virg'nia Beach and Norfolk pro
moters have come to realize the
potential advantage to their area
of the seashore route and are lin
ing up support of Virginia coun
ties involved and the Virginia
Highway Department.
The plan calls for a seashore
route of about 20 miles along unde
veloped beach from Virginia Beach
southward, and some 35 miles along
the North Carolina shore to con
nect with the Nags Head area.
Merrill Evans of Ahoskie, a for
mer N. C. Highway Commissioner
and mentioned recently as a pos
sible appointee again under the
new administration next year, at
tended the meeting here and ex
pressed himself strongly in favor of
the road.
Evans, a native of Currituck and
long a promoter of this coastal
region, said, “I’m confident this
road will be built in the not too
distant future, for the reason that
it must be built.”
Pointing to the Chesapeake proj
ect, Evans said this will result in
an enormous flow of traffic to the
seashore region of this State, and
declared it is essential that the
State take advantage of it.
Opening of such a road, he said,
■would convert the entire section
from Nags Head to Ocracoke into
a year-round one instead of the
present seasonal one.
Melvin Daniels of Wanchese
quoted National Park Service fig
ures which indicated the Dare
beaches could expect a million vis
itors annually if such a seashore
route were built.
The association meeting, pre
sided over by President Norwood
Young of Beaufort, also voted to
push for resumption of ferry serv
ice from Ocracoke to the main
land, a service suspended when
channels used by the Sea Level-
Ocracoke ferry were closed by
Hurricane Donna. Both Young and
Secretary Joe Dußois said the de
mand for this link in the Seashore
Highway project last summer was
tremendous, and suggested that if
the route were changed to Cedar
Island instead of to 'Atlantic, it
would be featsible for the State to;
take it over and resume runs in the
spring.
Young said it might be neces
sary for the State to use a differ
ent type ferry, possibly an LST
craft of shallow draft.
Continued support of the plan
to link Fort Fisher and Southport
with a ferry was voiced by the as
sociation. Glenn Tucker of Caro
lina Beach was present to plug
for this project.
Reports on beach erosion work
were heard both from Col Harry
Brown, Director of the State Wa
ter Resources Department, and
Robert L. Gibbs, Superintendent of
the Cape Hatteras National Sea
shore Park.
The Association passed a reso
lution urging immediate federal
and state assistance on this work,
as well as inlet stabilization proj
ects. Col Brown told of state ero
sion work already underway on a
limited scale near Drum Inlet.
Considerable discussion wa s
heard on the need for improving
U. S. Highway 17, known as the
ocean route. If this main present
artery is not improved, traffic
which would funnel from it to the
seashore will soon be lost, the as
sociation was told.
Col. Brown’s Department was
praised highly by Mr. Tucker.
FISHING IN LAKE BANNED
DURING WILDFOWL SEASON
By order of the Bureau of Wild
life and Fisheries, no fishing of
any type will be permitted on the
Mattamuskeet National Wildlife
Refuge during the open season for
hunting waterfowl, November 9,
1900 through January 7, 1961, ac
cording to announcement by refuge
manager W. G. Cahoon.
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 PASTOR CALLED
BY MANTEO BAPTISTS
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REV. M. J. DAVIS who is to ar
rive from Burlington to take over
the pastorate of the Manteo Bap
tist Church on November 1. The
church has been without a pastor
several months since Rev. W. E.
Cholerton left for Washington, D.
C. Mr. Davis is married and has a
married son and married daughter.
Prior to 1953 he was manager for
the Durham Life Insurance Co., in
Wilmington. He was educated in
the Mt. Olive public schools, Wil
mington Junior- College, and La-
Salle University, Chicago. He
graduated from Fruitland Bible In
stitute in 1956 and from South
eastern Baptist Theological Semi
nary at Wake Forest in 1959.
He comes to Manteo from the
pastorate of the Lafayette Baptist
Church in Fayetteville.
TOURIST BUREAU
ANNUAL MEETING
ON OCTOBER 29
Merrill Evans, longtime friend
of the Dare Coast-Outer Banks re
gion during his public life as state
senator and state highway com
missioner will deliver the principal
address at the annual banquet
meeting of the Dare County Tour
ist Bureau, Ralph Swain, chairman
of the Bureau’s board of directors
advises.
Swain will preside at the banquet
meeting which will feature a choice
of baked ham or chicken plus all
the trimmings for a meal that has
won acclaim for Mrs. Owen’s Res
taurant.
The banquet will begin at 6’30
o’clock on Saturday evening, Octo
ber 29 and in charge of ticket sales
are: Mrs. Margaret Davis of Kitty
Hawk, Mrs. Elnora Preston of
Nags Head, Ralph Swain and the
Tourist Bureau office, Manteo, Bill
Dillon, Buxton and Scotty Gibson,
Hatteras. Persons from Hatteras
attending the banquet will be over
night guests of hotels or motels
on the beach which have offered
accommodations at no cost to the
visitors who will be unable to re
turn home Saturday evening.
Merrill Evans who will deliver
the principal address is a native
I of Currituck County who has been
making his home in Ahoskie for
many years. A former state sena
tor and member of the State High
way and Public Works Commis
sion, Evans is a gifted speaker
who is always in demand by civic
organizations for speeches.
There will be accommodations at
Owens Restaurant for upward of
100 persons and “we are expect
ing a big turn out on this occa
sion,” Chairman Swain stated.
NEAR $90,000 APPROVED
SMALL BUSINESS LOANS
C. R. Shaw, Manager of the New
Bern Disaster Field Office of the
Small Business Administration,
announced this week the approval
of thirteen (13) Business Loans,
totaling $84,725, and two (2) Home
Loans to home owners, totaling
$2,625. These loans were made for
the purpose of rehabilitating vic
l!ms who suffered damage from
Hurricane Donna on September i
12.
Mr. Shaw, stated yesterday that
a representative would be in Man
teo at the Bank of Manteo on)
Wednesday, Oct. 26, 9 a.m. to 1
p.m., to assist others who may
wish to apply for loans.
Mr. Shaw stated that a total of
44 applications had been received
to date, and were being processed
as quickly as possible. He em
phasized that the closing date of
the temporary New Bern Disaster
Field Office would be announced
shortly, and urged that all persons
that are interested in loans to re
pair damaged property, to contact
the office as soon as possible. The
address is—6oß Broad Street, New.
Bern, Telephone MELrosei
7-5009. I
FIRE DESTROYS
OREGON INLET
NPS PROPERTY
Pea Island Campground Store
Valued at $23,000 Burned in
Absence of Lessee
Oregon Inlet Campground Store
property of Cape Hatteras Nation
al Seashore at the ferry landing
on the south shore of the inlet
was completely destroyed by fire
of uncertain origin Saturday
night.
The blaze was first discovered
by the lookout on duty at nearby
Oregon Inlet Coast Guard station
at 7:15 o’clock and a portable
pumper supplemented by hand
fire extinguishers was used to
extinguish the flames with nega
tive results.
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Conner
and their family of two children
. were not at the store during the
fire. National Park Serive offi
, cials reported they had left the
. establishment which Mr. Conner
operated as concessionaire to pick
up ■ mail in Rodanthe, 12 miles
southward of the campground
store site.
Gus Hultman, chief ranger of
the National Seashore placed the
estimated loss to building with
two smaller outhouses used for
storage and ice at SIB,OOO plus
an additional loss of equipment in
side the building totaling $4,500.
The government does not carry in-
See FIRE, Page Seven
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR ACTIVE
ROBERT LEE GAVIN, Republican
candidate for Governor of North
Carolina is the first candidate of
his party to give Dare County any
attention since the late Col. Ike
Meekins ran in 1924. Mr. Gavin
spent the week end visiting at Hat
teras. On Monday he had lunch in
Manteo with County Chairman
Vernon Gaskill and other party
leaders, including Walter Gaskill,
Dan Burgess, and Dr. and Mrs.
Joe Liverman of Engelhard. Chair
man Gaskill said a much larger
group met with Mr. Gavin at the
Manteo Airport, where he departed
for a television appearance in
Washington, and a speech in Eden
ton Monday night.
SUPERIOR COURT IN
DARE STARTS MONDAY
JUDGE BONE PRESIDING
Judge Walter J. Bone of Nash
ville is to preside at the mixed term
of Superior Court for Dare Coun
ty which begins Monday; the 24th
in Manteo. Judge Bone has pre
sided many times in Dare Coun
ty.
A docket of some length faces
the court, many cases being sev
eral years old.
The following names were drawn
this month for jury duty at this
term:
Manteo—J. L. Rea, Gustaf Hult
man, Mrs. Irene Basnight, Arnold
G. Tolson, Carolyn A. Etheridge,
Mrs. Roland Sawyer, Henry Evans,
Ruth Dykstra.
Buxton Edmond D. Midgett,
Vetter J. Williams, Eddie F. Wil
liams.
Manns Harbor—Claude C. Du
vall, Melba Jones Kemp, Mrs. Hil
da Craddock.
Hatteras—Roy L. Gray, William
Foster.
| Kitty Hawk—Ella W. Weather
lly, Walter Spence, Robert Skiles,
W. T. Twiford, Herman T. Tillett,
William T. Beacham.
Stumpy Point Pearl Gray,
Goldie Best
Wanchese—Royden Tillett, Mat
tie Mann.
Waves—Dorland Midgett. ,
Avon—Edward Branch Meekins,
Mabel Meekins, Edward Farrow
Scarborough.
Kill Devil Hills —Carrie Bauum
Dunbar.
Nags Head—William H. Mann.
Rodanthe—Nora E. Herbert.
The long list of cases to come
before this court is as follows: Ro
bert Lee Garrett—Breaking, enter
ing and larceny; Robert Lee- Gar
rett and Donald Massie—Breaking
| See COURT, Page Seven
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1960
COLUMBIA STUDENT ON
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ALTON K. SPENCER JR., a junior
at Oklahoma State University,
Stillwater, Okla., where he is
studying to be a Veterinarian, made
the Dean’s List according to a re
lease by the “Daily O’ Collegian”,
issue of Sept. 16. Mr. Spencer is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Spen
cer of Creswell, formerly of Co
lumbia. The Spencers formerly
lived in Manteo.
ROTARIANS WITH
LADIES ENJOY 25TH
AT ENGELHARD CLUB
Wednesday Night Was Big Night
in Hyde County for Enter
prising Group
Entertained by the same man.
Edmund Harding of Washington,
who entertained them on charter
night, 25 years ago, the members
of the Engelhard Rotary Club with
f hoir ladies and visitors from other
Hubs, held a memorable event
Wednesday night of this week.
In recognition of this 25th anni
versary. the Manteo Rotary Club,
organized a few years earlier, had
nrepared and sent greetings by an
Engelhard native, Linwood Cutrell,
a member of the Manteo club.
Guests from Washington, Bel
haven, Columbia and other clubs at
tended.
Earl Pugh is president of the
club, and featuring prominently in
the program was P. D. Midgett, Jr.,
the promoter of the club 25 years
ago and who has had three terms
as its president. The club was or
ganized under the sponsorship of
the Washington club, and at that
time it was said Engelhard was the j
smallest town in the world to have
a Rotary Club. (
When the club was organized,
Mr. Midgett was president; R. L.
Gibbs, Vice-President and M. A.
Matthews, Secretary. On the char
ter night program, Mr. Midgett
made the address of Welcome, and
the charter was presented by Dist-
Governor Cleveland Thayer.
Teachers of the Hvd“ Schools
See ROTARIANS, Page Six
* UNCLE DOCK FROM DUCK WRITES: '
How Foolish To Think of Drifting Away
From Those Who Have Helped Us All
Dear Mr. Editor:
Politics is mightly funny, to
have heard the talk a month ago,
,we ipight have thought everybody
was going to turn Republican.
This all came out of the disap
pointment expressed by some who
had lost out in the primary. It’s
like a bunch of boys at a ball
game, who get sore because they
lose the game, but when they
cool off, they find out the world
isn’t coming to an end just be
cause their side strikes out.
Now when we have wiped away
the tears and the slobber, we
know that we won’t gain a thing
by giving aid and comfort to the
Republican party, nor by failing
to put our shoulder to the wheel
of the Democratic party. For aft
er all, all we have got down here
in this part of the country has
come through a Democratic ad
ministration and through the work
of strong Democratic officials and
friends. And I’d like to be first
to say, that by sticking with the
Democratic party, we have gotten
more, and have made more prog
ress than any other part of the
state that I can think of.
No sir, Mr. Editor, I can’t im
agine the people of our coast
country being sufficiently un
grateful to go back on those who
have stood by us. And you and
I know the Republican party has
never done anything for North
Carolina, and there is nobody who
can prove where they ever did
give us anything.
It’s a mighty sore subject with
me, when I think about what this
country has come to under the
Republican party, when we are
kicked around like a hound dog
by- a skunk like Castro of Cuba, a
ANOTHER SPORTING
EVENT IN NOVEMBER
TO PLEASE ANGLERS
Cape Hatteras Tourney Begins
November 3; Nags Head
Results Announced
By AYCOCK BROWN
BUXTON. With 23 teams al
ready registered to enter and oth
ers expected ,the second big surf
fishing tournament of the 1960
season here on the Dare Coast-
Outer Banks is scheduled to get
underway on Hatteras Island for
three days beginning November 3.
Sanctioned by the International
Association of Surf Angling Clubs,
the tournament will be presented
for its third year under the spon
sorship of Cape Hatteras Anglers
Club and will feature two days of
inter-team competition with the
third and final day being open
to everyone for a small entrance
fee. Trophies and prizes will be
awarded at the Tournament ban
quet November 5. The souvenir pro
gram of the tournament is being
printed this week and may be ob
tained from Cape Hatteras An
glers Club, Buxton.
Nags Head Tourney
Thirty of the 39 teams register
ing showed up to enter the 10th
annual Nags Head Tourney which
was concluded on Saturday. Fish
ing was good and the weather per
fect. Instead of waders or boats
most of the anglers wore bathing
suits or shorts. During team com
petition on Friday and Saturday
603 fish scoring 1,934 points were
caught. During the open individual
on Saturday 195 anglers compet
ing caught 150 fish. Trophies and
prizes to all of the dozens of win
ners in the tournament were award
ed at the big banquet held in The
(Carolinian on Saturday night with
Bob Preston, president of the
sponsoring Nags Head Surf Fish
ing Club, presiding.
New Jersey Beach Buggy As
sociation of Seaside, N. J., won
the top trophy for the second year
in succession. Thus it became the
club’s permanent possession. The
See FISHING, Page Seven
FIIA TO ASSIST FARMERS
IN DONNA DISASTER AREA
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner
announced that 31 counties in
North Carolina including Hyde,
Dare, Tyrrell, and Beaufort, are
eligible for loans from the farmers
home administration for crop dam
ages suffered as a result of the re
cent hurricane. Every county in the
first congressional district is in
cluded in the 31 eligible counties.
Any farmer in any one of these
counties who had sustantial losses
caused by the hurricane and who
is unable to obtain credit from
local banks or lending institutions
can apply for a loan with his local
farmers home adminstration repre
sentative.
Applications are being received
in Hyde in the FHA office in Swan
Quarter.
little Island which we rescued
from Spain and put on its feet,
and for more than sixty years it
has been supported by investment
of American money. Now we sit
still and let Castro insult us and
take over all the American prop
erty in Cuba. Do you think we
should praise any sort of Repub
lican administration that will al
low this to happen?
In the past eight years, we
have fallen so low that no coun
try in the world, and most of
them we have fed, shows us any
respect, and really who can blame
them? We have fed them and not
required repayment; we have al
lowed all their scum to come to
this country and we have filled
their bellies, rolled out the red
carpet and treated them like
lords; we have seen during the
past month Russia’s ruler living
in New York and constantly ut
tering insults to our officials and
our country every day for a
month.
Mr. Editor, no church grows
strong if it has members who
knock it all the time, or fail to
contribute either time, work or
money to keep it going. No ball
team can be a winner if it has
men on it who are not with it
in heart. To have a strong par
ty, we must have people who
work, and we must reward those
who work if they need rewards.
The jobs ought to go to the work
ers, for only from those willing
to work will we get a square deal
in Government.
Our party has gone down hill
because we didn’t reward the
workers. We gave too many jobs
to loafers and relatives and out-
See DOCK, Page Seven
FAVORABLE REPORT FOR DEEP
WATER CHANNEL AT HATTERAS
HANGS ON LOCAL COOPERATION
District Engineer Advises County Board That
Report Cannot Be Forwarded Until County
Provides Required Resolution; Would Provide
Channel Through Hatteras Inlet to Depth of
12 Feet to Public Docks; Is Considered Big
Necessity For Area.
MODEST CANDIDATE FOR
CONGRESS VISITS AREA
ZENO O. RATCLIFF, soft-spoken
Republican leader who is making
his third try for Congress from
the First District, is making the
rounds this week. Mr. Ratcliff, who
lives near Pantego is the “Mr. Re
publican” of Beaufort County, and
he stands willing at all times to
carry his load of party responsibili
ty. Beside being a well-to-do far
mer and drainage contractor, he is
a man of parts. He has a combat
record in World War I; is a Ro
tarian, a Shriner, Chairman of the
official Board of Hebron Methodist
Church and for 30 years a member
of the Republican Executive Com
mittee of Beaufort County. He be
lieves in transferring the power of
Government to State and local
’evels: a reduction in taxes and a
balanced budget. He adheres in his
statemnt, to the principles of
Thomas Jefferson that the least
Government is the best govern
ment; and also that although hav
ing spent his life in farming, he
believes Federal help for the far
mers should be directed only to
help the farmer become self-su
staining.
FWO HUNTERS LOST
ON INLAND WATERWAY
IN HYDE SATURDAY
COLUMBIA. —An all-n ig h t
search for two Durham hunters
lost along the Inland Waterway in
the Hyde-Tvrrell area resulted in
finding their boat ,a shot gun and
floating life preservers.
The two men Sam Ellis, 21, and
Jim Jackson, 50, members of a
hunting party from Durham, who|
camned on the Hyde County end
of the Inland Waterway Bridge ;
near Fairfield were last seen atj
5 n.m. Saturday, said J. H. Withers
of the N. C. Highway Patrol.
Withers said he was called in on
the search about 10.30 p.m. Satur
day night, and that Sheriff Char
lie Cahoon, of Hyde County and
J. L. Poston, a Tyrrell County of
ficer were the other officers in
charge. The Coast Guard was call
ed into take over the search at
daylight They were still dragging
the canal for the bodies which had
not been found at sundown Sun
day, E. L. Mosley, District Wildlife
Protector said. Wives of the two
missing men had come to the scene
before he left, Mosley added.
The bodies of the two men were
found Tuesday floating in the wa
ter near the spot where the boat
was found.
BAKER APPEALS FOR AID
TO BOY SCOUTS OF AREA
C. Alden Baker of Elizabeth
City, accompanied by McDonald
Dixon, made a stirring appeal at
the Manteo Rotary Club meeting
Monday night on behalf of the
growing Boy Scout movement of
this area. Mr. Baker has recently
agreed to head up the campaign.
Club members expressed interest
in giving support to the Scout
movement, and in fact, have given
the local Scout troop liberal sup
port during past years.
Prest. Bob Gibbs, and Wally Me-
Gown reported on a recent trip to
a Rotary Conference in Rocky
Mount. The club voted to send
greetings to Engelhard Wednesday
to the 25th anniversary meeting
of that club by Rotarian Linwood
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO, N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
t rogress is being made on the
effort to get a 12 foot channel
dredged from Hatteras Harbor
' through Hatteras Inlet, and the
Wilmington office of the Engineer
Corp has notified the Dare Coun
ty Board of Commissioners of the
requirements that must be met
before the report on the pending
survey is completed.
Victor Meekins, Chairman of
the Dare County Board says no
tice has been received from Col.
R. P. Davidson, setting forth the
extent of local cooperation that
must be given and stating that,
until a resolution is sent from
the County Board of Commission
ers, the report cannot be com
pleted. Under consideration are
depths of both ten and 12 feet,
and the final report will depend
on the statistics offered, showing
need.
Meekins said he considered this
project one of the most important
on our coast, in that Hatteras is
. the principal commercial center
between Beaufort and Manteo, and
its needs are growing rapidly
with the phemonenal expansion of
the area as a tourist center. In
his opinion, the county should
pledge resources to the harbor, in
stead of some other projects now
being considered.
Col. Davidson has outlined the
following terms which must be
met:
1. Provide without cost to the
Unted States all lands, easements,
and rights-of-way, including spoil
disposal areas and necessary re
taining dikes, bulkheads, and em
bankments therefor, required for
the construction of the project and
for subsequent maintenance, if re
quired.
2. Hold and save the United
States free from damages, includ
ing damages to wharves, piers,
and buildings, that may be attri
butable to construction and main
tenance of the project works.
3. Provide and maintain, at lo
cal expense, adequate public term
inal and transfer facilities, open
to all on equal terms, in the har
bor at Hatteras in accordance with
plans approved by the Chief of
Engineers.
At present, the above-listed re
quirements of local cooperation
are dependent upon the approval
of a project by higher authority
and Congress; therefore, only a
resolution or statement of willing
ness and ability to comply with
those terms will be necesary.
Since completion of this report
is dependent upon our receiving
this resolution, an early reply
will be appreciated.
The Hatteras Inlet project is
one upon which Congressman Her
bert Bonner has spent a lot of
work, aided by several public
spirited citizens of Hatteras com
munity. Since his entry into the
Senate, Senator B. Everett Jordan
has been an eager supporter of
this project, and recently visited
the area, along with Mr. Bonner,
in endeavor to speed up its prog
ress.
SUPERIOR COURT HELD
IN HYDE LAST WEEK
A term of Superior Court was
held for the County of Hyde dur
ing the week of October 10. Judge
K. A. Pittman of Snow Hill pre
siding. Mrs. Virginia Bunn of
Wake Forest was Court Stenogra
pher.
Members of the Grand Jury were
Foreman, William Harvey Cox;
officer of Grand Jury, Fred A. Ma
son. Others were: Charlie E. Swin
dell, Lindsay M. Gibbs, William G.
Marshall, Sr., Woodrow Spencer,
Archie L. Spencer, Edmund Gibbs,
Ernest Mooney, Archie D. Gar
rish, Clarence Dunbar, John Brick
house, Albin McKinney, Leland
Gibbs, James Hodges, Edison
Brickhouse, Albert Rice, Carney B.
Brown, C. A. Babb, Preston E.
Simmons. The Grand Jury reported
the jail and school buses were
found in good condition.
RURITANS ELECT OFFICERS
The Wanchese Ruritan Club will
hold its regular meeting Friday
night, Oct. 21 in the Methodist
Church annex at 7 p.m. at which
time election of officers is sched
uled.
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