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SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS VOLUME XXVI NO. 18 DARE SUPERIOR COURT HEARS VARIETY OF CASES: MURDER, ROBBERY, ASSAULT, DIVORCE Three Year Old Case Sent to Currituck; Eight- Year-Old Case Closed; Two Sentenced to Prison; One Relieved of Murder Charge; One Murder Case Continued; Three Divorces Granted in Tetm Which Ended Wednesday at Noon. bv A murder case was continued, along with several others; a man slaughter case was thrown out of court- on» man went to prison, and one to prison camp, and three di vo ~ - ■ -> -'■■ranted in the term of court which lasted for barely two and n half days in Dare Coun ty this week. Judge Walter Bone presided, and he sent Rudolph Pendleton, negro, to prison for a term of four to six years for breaking and en tering a tourist place at Nags Head and assaulting his girl friend, Senie Williams with a knife. Jerry Bell McCleese, for shoot ing his brother, Willie, was sent to the road gang for a term of two to three years. George E. Carver, charged with the murder of William Spencer got a continuance of his case because his attorney, Wallace Gray was ill. Ralph Peterson, in a “peeping Tom” case, pleaded guilty of sim ple trespass and was fined SSO. Marvin K. Forbes and Albert Jerry Daniels failed to show up to answer a charge of racing on the highway, and judgement was ordered against their SIOO appear ance bonds. The case of D. A. Rogers, Jr., charged with assault and robbery of Marvin Daniels which has been batted back and forth in the courts for more than three years was con tinued on the ground that the de fendant’s parents were ill. It was also ordered removed to Currituck County for trial. Rogers was fined SSO when found guilty of speed ing at more than 45 mph. He had appealed from a charge of driving at 70 mph. Capias was ordered against Nina Cooper Daniels for failing to appear to answer a charge of assaulting Erlene Daniels. The grand jury failed to find a true bill against Spurgeon Meek ins and Thurston Gray of Stumpy Point who had appealed a charge of selling undersized oysters. A nol pros was taken by the ‘ State in ♦h - ’ c-me where’n John M. John of Norfolk was charged with manslaughter in the death of L>ee Wayne Tandy of Frisco, who was struck and killed on the Nags Head beach in the summer. John was fined $250 after pleading guilty to drunken driving. Witnesses testi fied that the deceased was walking on the wrong side of the road when struck by John’s car. George F. Midgett of Norfolk was fined $125 for driving while drunk. Three defendants from Norfolk did a lot of stealing on the beach, and in other counties in the sum mer. Calling the case of John D. McDearmid for breaking and en tering revealed he is now doing time for offenses done elsewhere. Roy Simmons and Linwood Pot- See COURT, Page Six SELF-SERVICE LAUNDRY IS OPENING IN MANTEO; REFRESHMENTS FRIDAY Manteo area residents get a new sendee this week, as the Self-Serv ice Laundry opens in downtown Manteo, providing service from 6 a.m. to 12 midnight. It is located opposite the courthouse in the space formerly occupied by a re frigeration service. The equipment used in this op eration was housed the past sum mer in a building at Nags Head, and enjoyed a successful first sea son at its location near Jess New man’s shell shop. The owners felt that since winter business on the beach would be near standstill pro portions, they would try the equip ment in Manteo. John Wright of Manteo, manager of the laundro mat, stated this week that if busi ’ ness is favorable the service will remain, and in the spring addition al equipment will be installed at the Nags Head stand. Six washing machines and 3 dryers have been installed, assur ing prompt service. This is looked upon as a boon to housewives dur ing cold, wet ■weather when they may be pprovided with equipment to do a job which would ordinarily '* be unpleasant. It is planned to re main open seven days a week. An Friday of this week the for mal opening will be observed, with f everyone invited for refreshments from 9 a.m. to 4 a.m. Operation I of the machines may be observed at that time. 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 CAROUNA UNUSUAL HONOR WON BY MANTEO 4-H LEADER iFiii W J' MISS NANCY COLES BAS NIGHT of Manteo was this week declared Easstern District cham pionship award winner for the long-time 4-H Clothing Project Record. Mrs. Beulah Gaylord, Dare County Home Agent was no tified Wednesday by Eastern Dis trict 4-H club agent that Miss Basnight had been awarded not one, but two District Champion certificates. The second one was the Blue Award received in the District Dress Revue. She was la ter declared one of the top ten girls in the Statewide Dress Re vue. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Basnight, and a granddaughter of Mrs. Mary Mann See HONOR, Page Seven CAMPERS PAID OFF; COAST GUARD AIDED THE HATTERAS ROAD Highway To Become Part of Fed eral Road System; Helps Oregon Inlet Bridge An important factor bearing weight in the decision of Federal Roads authorities to put th» Hat teras Island Road on the Federal system is believed to have been testimony of Supt. Robert Gibbs of the Seashore Park about the un usually large number of campers who come to Cane Hatteras camp ground along with other tourists visiting this part which extends from Nags Head to Ocracoke In let. Another important factor in the decision was the strong support given by the U. S. Coast Guard District Office in Norfolk, at the direction of Rear Admiral Peter V. Colmar, in the opinion of Victor Meekins, Chairman of the Dare County Board, who assisted state highway officials in assembling argument concerning the import ance of this road when Federal of ficials came to Dare County in August. Meekins says Director Bill Babcock and Division Engineer Bill Spruill did a remarkable job in behalf of the road. The road has been in a bad state of repairs for some years. Built with limited funds during preced ing administrations, it has never been a first class road. The fast increase in traffic had given it terrific wear. Early in the year, Meekins, with Woodrow Edwards of Waves and Geo. Fuller of Bux ton, representing the County Board went to Raleigh and made a strong appeal to the Governor and high way officials, stating that there was urgent need for repairing the road. Governor Hodges approved an emergency appropriation of suf ficient funds to not only re-sur face the road, but to make it two feet wider. Previously, Federal authorities would not consider it See CAMPERS, Page Seven SOUTHERN ALBEMARLE MEET PLANNED FOR NOVEMBER 23rd The annual meeting of the South ern Albemarle Association is ten , tatively planned for November 23, |at Belhaven or Pantego, the home of Mrs. Scott Topping, President, Mrs. Topping said this week. The Association comprises six counties of Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell and Washington. County Boards of Commissioners as their November meeting will select 30 delegates, half of them women, to attend this annual meeting. TWO FAMOUS HYDE CROPS EXPECTED TO TOP RECORDS Both Indian Corn and Wild Geese Promise Top Season Despite Hurricane Donna Two things for which Hyde County is particularly famed are wild geese and corn. Here where the corn grows 14 feet high, and usually yields 100 bushels to the acre; and here where the greatest number of Canada geese come for the winter, the whole county is looking forward to its biggest sea son ever. One only has to ride around the rim of Lake Mattamuskeet with its present enormous concentration of geese, as well as ducks, to rea lize that guides and others are correct in saying the most geese that have come to Hyde in many years are already here. Some old folks say it is a sign we are go ing to have a mighty severe win ter. From Richard Lee Gibbs, of Engelhard who is the biggest grain factor in the area, one may learn that all signs point to as big a yield of corn as the enormous crop of 1959, despite the damage done by Hurricane Donna in September. Fortunately, the com had matured, and some of it had already been harvested. Last year’s com cron was esti mated at a million bushels. An estimated 20 per cent loss will result to the soybean crop, it is believed, but part of this damage comes from a strange new weevil which has invaded the bean crop, probably attracted by the humidity following the storm. However, there had been some increase in acreage, and soybean production will be no small thing. Last year’s soybean crop was estimated at 750,000 bushels. See HYDE, Page Seven COLINGTON MAN CHOSEN AIRMAN OF THE MONTH j|||||KK x - u jOyp® wA - IBy If * Ft, ' xWjP I '' ' ' Jr ' rag . jr AIRMAN JOHN L. BELVIN. JR., of Colington, was in September named the outstanding airman cf the month by his squadron, which is 6213th Support Squadron, 6214th Tactical Group, USAF. The selec tion is made on the basis of mili tary bearing, technical ability, initiative and moral standards. Mr. Belvin at the time of the award was Airman second class, and in October was promoted to Airman first class. Mrs. Belvin was notified of the honor in a letter from Lt. Col. G. K. Sandman, USAF. She and her two children, Ricky and Leonard, have been living with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Midgett, while Airman Belvin was on For mosa for ,a year. He returned this week from, overseas and has been assigned to Forbes AFB, Topeka, Kansas, where hs family will join him. He is a native of Portsmouth, Va., and has been in the Air Force for three years and eight months. Mrs. Melvin is the former Carol Midgett of Colington. BOY SCOUT DRIVE BEGINS IN DARE CO. NOV. 28TH The annual Dare County Boy Scout Fund Drive will begin with a kick-off breakfast at the Caro linian Hotel at 8 o’clock Friday morning, October 28th, Robert F. Gibbs, Chairman, said this week. All volunteer workers have been invited to attend this breakfast as guests of the hotel. District of ficials of the Tidewater Boy Scout Council will be present with in formation covering the fund drive. A well known speaker has been invited to Address the group. Everyone in Dare County is urged to contribute as generously as possible to this worthy cause. The Carolinian Hotel generously invited all these workers on the Boy Scout Fund Drive to the Kick off breakfast “We sincerely hope that you can .be present for this meeting and accept the hospitality of the Caro linian Hotel,” Mr. Gibbs said. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1960 MRS. WESCOTT, DARE CO CANCER CRUSADE CHMN. H - /MBI ZZwW/ « The annual Cancer Crusade will again be conducted in Dare County during the fall. November 6 thru 12 has been designated as Crusade Week by the local unit of the Can cer Society. Mrs. Raymond Wescott is Crusade Chairman according to Mrs. H. O. Bridges, president of the local unit. Community leaders are being sought this week through out the county and excellent re sponse has been found in most areas of the county. Complete de tails for the Crusade will appear next week for reaching the goals financially and education-wise. The goal as last year, which was suc cessfully met, is $1,500 as the quota that Dare County is expected to contribute to this cause which has aided many people of Dare Coun ty who have suffered from Can cer. It is one of the most worthy causes to appeal to a person’s heart, and unfortunately so many people of this area have suffered with the disease, and without these funds might have gone without proper treatment. DIISTRICT MASONIC MEET AT WANCHESE NOV. 8 The seven Masonic Lodges of Dare, Hyde and Tyrrell Counties comprising the 3rd Masonic Dis trict are scheduled to meet nt Wan chese, the host lodge on Tuesday, November Sth at 4 p.m. Secretary Gus Hultman said this week. Fol lowing the preliminaries at this District meeting, a dinner will be served to the visitors in the lodge dining room about 6 p.m. Lodges in the district are Cape Hatteras, Columbia, Lake Landing, Swan Quarter, Fairfield, Wan chese and Manteo. Warren O’Neal of Manteo is Master of the Wan chese lodge. On Monday, October 31st, a school of instruction to last all week will begin at Wanchese Lodge by Lecturer R. W. Lucas of Ply mouth. f Fishing wtiunting A U AS REPORTED BY AYCOCK BROWN M II Vi'' 1 ~ mr ~ DARE MAINLAND’S BIG GAME HUNTING NOW ON INCREASE MANNS HARBOR. Two bear were killed by a group of mountain hunters on their annual trip to the big woods of Dare County’s mainland last week. The hunters, B. F. Wright, Donald Wiseman, Roy Wiseman and Dan Smith of Spruce Pine, N. C., with Lloyd Midgett as their guide failed to get the biggest bear which was trailed on several days of the hunt in the East Lake- Beechlands sector. “We saw the big one, a bear that weighed over 400 pounds on two or three occasions, but he always seemed to be out of range or made his getaway be fore it could be bagged,” said Mid gett The two bear bagged by the Spruce Pine hunters brought the total to five killed by hunters here on the mainland of Dare County this season. In the meantime more than 20 deer have been killed by hunters operating in the triangle area be tween Manns Harbor, Stumpy Point and East Lake. Largest deer killed during the past week end was a 10-point buck by Jimmy Berry of Manteo, who had earlier this season killed his first buck of the season with bow and ar row. Woody Fearing of Manteo I brought in a bear, killed near the iMashoes road on Tuesday. THE ANGLERS CLUB TOURNAMENT NEXT AT CAPE HATTERAS Third Annual Event Begins Thurs day of Next Week, Nov. 3 for Three Day Session Top fishing news on the Caro lina coast is the activity now pre paring for the third annual fish ign tournament sponsored by the Cape Hatteras Anglers Club which begins Thursday, November 3 and continues through the sth. An ela borate prospect for this affair has been prepared, and the event is being widely advertised locally as well as abroad. Since these events were inaugu rated by this enterprising sports man’s club of the Outer Banks, they have been attended with re markable success and have drawn numerous nationally known sports men from distant areas. Twenty nine teams from several states have indicated they would be competing in the third annual tournament, it was announced by Bill Dillon. Dillon is president of Cape Hat teras Anglers Club which sponsors the surf classic which has been gaining in popularity during each autumn season that it has been preesnted. Dillon with Jim Mays, sports fishing and outdoor editor of Vir ginian Pilot, Norfolk will be co directors of the tournament this year. Also assisting in the tournament will be Mrs. Laura Hooper of Bux ton, secretary and Harry Land, treasurer, and members of the Cape Hatteras Anglers Club. Inter-team competition will mark the first two days of the tourna ment with open individual for everyone taking place on Saturday, the third day. Finale of the event will be the banquet on Saturday night at which time winning teams and individuals will be awarded trophies and prizes. Several hun dred dollars worth of prizes are assured. Souvenir program of the tourna ment will be off the press this week end and may be obtained by writing the sponsoring Club at Buxton. NO TRAFFIC OVER OR UNDER WILKERSON CREEK BR. SUN. Wilkerson Creek Bridge across the Atlantic Intracoastal Water way near Leechville, North Caro lina on U. S. Route 264 will be closed to both navigation on the waterway and highway vehicular traffic from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., EST, Sunday, 30 October 1960. The closure of the bridge is necessary to make urgent repairs to the bridge machinery, according to announcement by the District Engineer in Wilmington. BIG CHANNEL BASS AT JUXTON OVER THE WEEK END BIG CHANNEL BASS AT JUXTON OVER THE WEEK END BUXTON. First large channel bass of the autumn season were reported from Buxton and Avon waters duuring the past week end. Only fish weighed in here by Weighmaster Bany Jennette was a 38% pound channel bass measur ing 45% inches from tip to tip and 26% inches around the girth. This channel bass was landed by Howard F. Ross, Silver Spring. , Maryland angler on 14 pound test ■ line loaded on an Alcedo spinning , reel with a Hornell surf rod. “An unidentified angler report -1 edly caught a 45 pounder in the surf at Avon on the week end,” : said Jennette. i Puppy drum, blues and flounder have also been very plentiful in ’ the surf during the past week and . perfect weather for fishing has re sulted in excellent catches by all anglers who have wet their lines ■ in the surf of the Cape Hatteras ■ area, he stated. BLUEFISH AND STRIPERS i OREGON INLET. Bluefish i were plentiful during the past week end in waters of Oregon In ’ let but king mackerel, plentiful ; during mid-October were becoming : scarce. Some of the charter boats op • erating from Oregon Inlet Fish : ing Center here brought in a 100 ■ or more blues to the boat. “The blues were of good size too," said > H. A. Crees, operator of the Fish s ing Center. ' See SPORTING, Page Six DISTINGUISHED VISITORS TO KILL DEVIL HILLS AS PLANS BEGIN FOR DEC. 17TH EVENT Major General Benjamin D. Foulois, Man Who First Flew for the Army, and Japanese Air Pioneer Lt. Gen’l. Yoshitoshi Tokogawa; Major General Capus Waynick of N. C. and Other Visitors Enjoy Hospitality of Mayor and Mrs. Cook Wednesday. YDC EASTERN CHAIRMAN F 188 • * P KEITH R. MOORE of Manteo was named Chairman of the east ern division of the State at the Young Democratic convention in Raleigh last week. The Vice Chair man is Mrs. Janice Hardison of Greenville. At the same time, the chairman named for the First Congressional District is Joe Park er of Ahoskie, and Mrs. Dotty Fry of Manteo, Vice-Chairman. 83 FOOTER PLANNED FOR OREGON INLET BY COAST GUARD Study Being Made Since New Channel Was Dredged; Future Needs Will Be Met The assignment of an 83-foot patrol boat at Oregon Inlet to be used in conjunction with the Coast Guard Life Boat station now is as sured as a result of the inlet chan nel having been deenened to 12 feet, all the way into Wanchese and to Manteo. Looking forward to the need of such service now with the prospect of many larger type ves sels using this inlet, Victor Meek-1 ins, Chairman of the Dare County Board last week went to Norfolk! to bring this subject to attention of the District office of the Coast Guard. It was pointed out, that some stations with far less traffic than that of Oregon Inlet are now pro vided with this service. Coast Guard officials assured Meekins a survey would be made to determine if this place and others warranted a deployment of ves sels in line with the request. The officials were sympathetic and ex pressed awareness of considerable possibilities for heavier traffic through the inlet by large trawlers and other vessels. The Coast Guard is now install ing an elaborate systems of beacons See 83-FOOTER, Page Six PLAN FOR WATERFOWL HUNTS READY SOON Copies of the revised manage ment plans for public hunting in Cape Hatteras National Seashore areas are ready for distribution. Hnting in the area is restricted to waterfowl and the most popular sites are at Bodie Island in the lower Nags Head region. Canada geese, several species of duck are available in the area as the Autumn migrations southward begin, and the season opens. Land within the National Sea shore boundaries on which hunting is legally permitted are as fol lows: 1.500 acres in the Bodie Is land sector; all of Ocracoke Island except Ocracoke village; 500 acres in three disconnected strips 250 feet wide measuring eastward from the main highwater mark of Pam lico Sound between the villages of Salvo and Avon; Avon and Buxton and between Frisco and Hatteras. Hunting privileges will be free for all hunters who possess North Carolina State hnuting licenses and the Federal migratory duck stamp. Permanent blinds have been estab lished only on Bodie Island, but setting up and use of . temporary or portable blinds will be permitted on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. Additional hunting information may be obtained from The Super intendent, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, P. O. Manteo, N. C. MAIL SHOULD BL ADDRESSED TO BOX 42> MANTEO, N. C. NOT TO INDIVIDUALS With Japanese and American representatives of “Voice of America” on the scene to make recordings, international goodwill was created Wednesday at Kill Devil Hills, birthplace of aviation, when Japan’s premiere aeronaut, retired Lt. General Yoshitoshi To kugawa planted a native live oak tree at the base of Wright Broth ers National Monument. General Tokugawa was accom panied to Kill Devii Hills by a fellow countryman Publisher Ma sayuki Fukubayashi of Tokyo, who is making a Pan American transworld trip with this first flier of Japan. Representing Gov ernor Luther H. Hodges was Ma jor General Capus Waynick, Ad justant General of N. C. and for mer ambassador to Nicaragua and Colombia. Capt Alex B. Andrews of Raleigh, Frank S. Baba, chief of the Voice of America Japanese Service, and his associate Yasuka zu Tsukagoshi, and several U.S. Air Force Officers of Langley Field and Andrews Air Force Bases. America’s most distinguished early aviator now living, retired Major General Benjamin D. Fou lois who on March 2, 1910 became America’s first military flier when he flew the Army’s first plane, a Wright-built machine that had been tested at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk, was also a member of the party. General Foulois, age 81, and who weighs 135 pounds, makes his home at Andrews Air Force Base, near Washington, D. C., is expected to return to Kill Devil Hills on De cember 17th this year to be fea tured in the annual Wright Broth ers first flight anniversary cele bration. The Wrights flew at Kill Devil Hills 57 years ago. He flew the military Wright plane on March 2, 1910 and later that year on December 19, 1910 Tokugawa flew the first powered flying ma chine in Japan. Official host to the party was Mayor R. H. Cook of Kill Devil Hills, who met the group at Man teo Airport and after the tree I planting ceremonies and visits to the new Visitor’s Center museum. I *he first flight takeoff site and the reconstructed hangar and living quarters of the Wrights, entertain ed the group at a fish and corn bread dinner which he and Mrs. Cook prepared. Some 25 people were fed at Mr. Cook’s Kill Devil Hills Manor, and some of the visi tors said they plan to return next summer. See DEC. 17TH, Page Six FUNERAL SERVICE TODAY FOR HENRY L HARVEY, LONGTIME BELHAVEN PUBLIC SERVANT Henry L. Harvey, 70, of Bel haven, a prominent and affection ately regarded citizen died at 6 a.m. Wednesday morning in Me morial hospital, Chapel Hill where he had been taken earlier in the week. Mrs. Harvey accompanied him. He was a retired mechanic, and had been active in political affairs of the community, being a mem ber of the Precinct Executive Com mittee. He had served six years as Mayor of Belhaven and 12 years as Aiderman. He had been employ ed by the Interstate Cooperage plant at Belhaven 18 years prior to retirement. He was the son of the late Thos. and Lucy Respass Harvey, born near Douglas Cross roads some six miles from Washington, and a member of the Zion Episco pal church. He is surived by his wife, the former Lucille Howell of Belhaven whom he married in 19.19, 1 and by three sisters and three bro thers, as follows: Mrs. R. A. Brad dy, Jr., of Route 4, Washington; Mrs. C. T. Little of Washington, and Miss Emily Harvey of Greens boro; J. H. Harvey of Norfolk, B. W. Harvey of Greensboro, and E. T. Harvey of Danville. Funeral services will be con ducted at Zion church Friday morn ing at 11 a.m. by Rev. Stanleigh Jenkins, the pastor, assisted by Rev. Angus Cameron of St. James I church, Belhaven. Pallbearers will be Mayor James 'Younce of Bel i haven, R. A. Braddy, Jr., Harvey ■ Braddy, Jack McWilliams, and R. 1 H. Allen, Jr. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Single Copy 7£
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