SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS VOLUME XXVI NO. 29 RICKY DUNBAR, 15 VICTIM OF AUTO MISHAP AT PANTEGO W« Riding With Father. Hebert Dunbar, Saturday Evening: Fu neral Service Wednesday The tragic death of Ricky Dun bar, 15, of Route 1, Pantego, oc curred in the Washington Hos pital Tuesday morning as the re sult of an automobile mishap early Saturday evening when the car driven Dy the boy’s father, Hubert Dunbar, a 1961 Pontiac, ran off the highway clipping off a telephone pole and jumping a 20- foot canal before coming to a stop in a wooded section six miles north of Pantego on Highway 99. A log was rammed through the car and damages were estimated at $1,500. Mr. Dunbar suffered a dislocated * hip and cuts and abrasions about the face. His son had a broken right leg, a crushed pelvis and severe cuts. Patrolman John Thomas said no c harges had been preferred, pend ing a full investigation. Funeral services were held Wed nesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the Paul Funeral chapel in Belhaven with the Rev. Owen Em anuel, assisted by the Rev. Charles Presley, officiating. Burial followed in Mount Olive cemetery. Pallbearers were members of the Pantego basketball team and Wayne Britt. Ricky was born May 12, 1945, son of Hubrert and June Jones Dunbar. He was in the ninth grade at Pantego High School and was a member of the Jayvee basketball team. He attended the Wenona Church of Christ. Surviving besides his mother and father are a sister, Anna, of the home; hm, maternal grandmother, 'Mrs. Lidy Jones and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Dun bar, both of Pantego. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE tuHxUrS IKAVcL IN 1960 Travel figures just released by three National Park Service sites in Dare County point out the va cation business in Dare County during 1960. For the calendar year ending December 31, a total of <67,309 persons entered Cape Hatteras National Seasnore to push tne vis itor day total to 576,447. During December, one of tne dullest trav el months oi 1960, a total of 12,080 persons were counted as visitors to the National Seasnore which is an open the year around attraction of the Outer Banks. Many of the December visitors ' came for the hunting, late season fishing or to see the wildfowl and birds of Pea Island National Wild life refuge. The refuge wildfowl will continue to be one of the top attractions of the National Sea shre during the remainder of the winter. Os the more than 12,000 visitors in December, more tnan 8,000 visited the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse area. During the year a total of 90,- 820 persons visited Fort Raleigh National Historic site of which approximately one half were peo ple who came to see The Lost Colony. Lost Colony drama attend ants are counted in the grand to tal of visitation at this site which marks the spot where the English first attempts to plant a settle ment in the New World in 1584- 87. While attendance at the Wright Memorial during December 1960 totaled only 2,833 persons, show ing a decrease of 11 percent as compared to December 1959 the total attendance for the year end ing December 31 was 237,576, ap proximately 40,000 more persons than were counted as visitors in 1959. The new visitor center, for mally dedicated on December 17, 1900, which had been open to vis itors since late summer, was re sponsible for the increase in visi tation at the site of man’s first powered flights. Each of the three national park service installations is open the year around. During coming months there will be an increase in the number of school students visiting the area. Last year a record breaking num ber of students visited the historic and recreational sites of the na tional park service in' Dare and already many inquiries are being received from student groups planning trips at early dates. IN NORFOLK HOSPITAL Bonce A. Dough is a patient in Leigh Memorial Hospital, Nor folk, Va., having been taken there by ambulance Tuesday night Kill Devil Hills, I; «x§ix THE COASTLAND TIMES WITH WHICH IS COMBINED THE PILOT AND HERALD OF BELHAVEN AND SWAN QUARTER PUBUSHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA OLD CHRISTMAS JAMS BUILDING AT RODANTHE The Old Christmas festival was held Friday night, Jan. 6 in the Rodanthe-Waves community build ing which was filled to capacity. Twenty-four persons participated in the program. Mrs. Jazania Herbert O’Neal was mistress of ceremonies and intro duced Levene W. Midgett who pre sented a short talk on the Old Christmas. with a few verses of scripture followed by a prayer by Rev. Durward Goodwin. The cast then was separately introduced. A one-hour show followed with nu merous songs, poems, dances, skits and short plays. Miss Anita Dale Roadcap gave a dance in costume. Miss Elvira,. Payne with her an cient drum which is about one hundred years old and haas been used in the Old Christmas pro grams for many years, and Her bert K. Midriatt with the harmon ica furnished music. Mrs. Norma G. Cahoon fit the piano; Santa Claus played, by John E. Herbert, Jr. made bib appearance on the stage after the, last performer. The children in the audience came to the front of the stage and sang ‘Santa Claus has come to town” and other Christmas carols, led by Jazania P. O’Neal. Each child was given a bag of fruit and a toy by Old Santa. "The Night Before Old Christmas” was . read by the mistress of ceremonies. Then Old Buck led by John E. Herbert made his grand appear ance on the stage and gave a ' dance in his own way by drum * and harmonica music. Then he 1 went through the audience and ’ out the front door. The farm agent, James L. Rea, furnished ’ the music for the square dance. John E. Herbert and Woodrow Ed -1 wards were in charge of the oys -1 ter roast. Charles A. Roadcap was 1 in charge of the sale of tickets. 1 Assorted cup cakes and soft drinks ' were sold by Outer Banks Rebek ah Lodge No. 165. The participants in the play were Mrs. Norma G. Cahoon, Mrs. 1 Jazania P. O’Neal, Mrs. Nora E. ) Herbert, Mrs. Bethany R. Gray, Herbert K. Midgett, Miss Elvira r Payne, Miss Sheila F. Gray, Miss i Maggie Midgett, Miss Mildred . Midgett, Miss Brenda O’Neal, Mrs. r Mary Gaskins, Donald Edwards, George Midgette and Michael Mid- . gett I > CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE TO MARK CIVIL WAR SITES • ■ Ralph Swain of Manteo was of » ficially named by Dare County * Board of Commissioners last week i to head the committee to make t arrangements for observing the Confederate War Centennial here , on the Dare Coast During the Manteo Rotary Club L meeting Monday night Swain gave . i a resume of what has been done L to date in preparation for Dare’s observance. He is now in communication " with State Highway officials to j determine if certain properties ’ near the site of the battle of Roa ‘ noke Island, bordering U. S. High way 64 may be made available as a special picnic area with weather- * proofed photos an of public drunkenness against Al fred A. Midgett of Manteo. Found guilty for appearing in public drunk, for resisting an offi cer in performance of his duties and for disturbing the peace by 1 loud and profane language cost Midgett a total of $88.70, includ ing fines of $75.00 plus costs. Cases were dismissed against McKinley Mitchell Gallop, Manteo, for failing to yield right of way and Phillip D. Tillett charged with following too closely. Fines and costs totaling $33.70 was levied against Howard Hen drickson of Salvo for driving with improper license in a car with im -1 proper registration. Since the defendant had died since the charges and arrests were • made in December, the cases in- • volving traffic violations and pub ■ lie drunkenness against Bannie M. > Williams, Avon, were nol prossed : and the $75 bond was returned to i his estate. r Other traffic violations resulting ’ in fines and court costs follow: Ronald Wayne Cox, Wanchese, for I speeding at 65 miles an hour, 318.70; Belton B. Burrus, Manteo, guilty of failing to keep a proper lookout while backing, $18.70; Jean Ballance Daniels, Wanchese, driving 65 in a 55 mile zone, $21.20; Charlie V. McClease, 45 in 35 mile zone, $21.20; John M. Cud worth, Wanchese, for ignoring a stop sign, $18.70; Elsie Bell, Man teo, 65 in 55 mile zone, $18.70; Blair Savage, Manteo, three charg es, failing to have operator's li cense, failing to have liability in surance and claiming ownership without first having title transfer red, $58.20; nad Kenneth V. Forbes, East Lake, failing to grant right of way, $18.70. Leon (Shorty) Jones of Manteo paid fine and costs of $33.70 for public drunkenness in the town limits. Charles Knight, Stumpy Point, violating oyster cull law, paid fine and costa totaling $18.70. RARE DUCK TO MUSEUM. A Fulvous tree duck killed dur ing the Christmas holidays by Brantley Brown of Whiteville in the ma?shes of Bodie Island has been sent to Harry T. Davis, di rector of the State Museum. It will be the third duck of this spe cies, (rare along the coast of Car olina until this season) to be sent the museum for mounting. This was tire first year that Fulvous Tree Ducks had shown up in any number and small flocks were re ported from Wilmington to Curri tuck at one time or another. A female albino black duck col lected by one of the NFS rangers at Bodie Island has been forward ed by Superintendent Robert Gibbe to Dr. T. M. Quay of State College for positive identification. They say that only one out of black decks are hatched as albino. COMMITTEES NAMED TO PRODUCE 6TH ANNUAL JAMBOREE For the sixth year, Dare Coast Jamboree will officially launch the vacation season on the Dare Coast in 1961. Dates of the spring fes tival will be Friday and Saturday, April 28 aand 29 this year and will be an all-county affair with activities taking place on Hatter as Island, the Dare Beaches and Roanoke Island. Herbert VanVleek of Kitty Hawk during a luncheon meeting on Nags Head Sunday, named his overall steering committee and sub-committees in charge of the various attractions. Tom Briggs will have charge of producing the souvenir program of the Jamboree and Ted Wood will again be secretary-treasurer. Sub-committees are as follows: Dagger Dance, Friday, April 21, Mrs. Lawrence Swain, Mr. and Mrs. Alvah Ward, Jr., Mrs. Gen eva Harris, Mrs. Alice Kellogg and Mrs. Sally Nunemaker; Jolly Rog er Ball, Saturday, April 22, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Thomas Jordan, Mrs. Susie Briggs and Billy Gray; Coronation and Parade, April 29, Mrs. Lucille Winslow, Mrs. Leo Midgett, Robert Gibbs, Gordon Kellogg, Dick Jordan, Mrs. Lima Oneto, Curtis Curlin, Mrs. Zeno vah Etheridge, Lawrence Swain, George Crocker and John Donoho. From the foregoing committee, Mrs. Jewel Scarborough, Mrs. Marjorie Sides and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chears were named to have charge of the children’s con test and costume events; George Mann, Dick Ward, Ralph Swain, W. H. Smith, Orville Baum and Julian Oneto were named a com mittee to arrange for the grand pirates ball on Saturday, April 29 —the event which will mark the finale of the 1961 Jamboree. The exciting pirates battle and landing committees includes Clar ence Butler, Robert Young, Wil liam Wilkerson, Stanford White, Joe Dowdy, Norman Smith, H. A. Crees, Jr., Ralph Davis, and Kill Devil Hills Policemen Tillett and Dowdy; Transportation for the Jamboree will be arranged by Leigh Hassell, Wallace Gray, and Alvah Ward, Jr., W. H. McCown, R. D. Sawyer, Jr. and Ted Wood will have charge of awards. Jul ian Oneto was named chairman of the caravan committee and serv ing with him will be Mrs. Virginia Swain, Mrs. Jewel Scarborough) Mrs. Ethel Rose, John Weaver, Ben Ivey, Mrs. Dee Ward, Pat Bayne, W. H. McCown and Ralph Johnson, also two from Hatteras Island. Donald Oden of Hatteras, Fatio Gray of Buxton and Woodrow Ed wards were named members of the Hatteras Island area for the steer ing committee. They will help ar range for all of the events planned for Hatteras, including the “world’s biggest free salt water fish fry,” and other attractions on that island which will be featured on opening day of events. Other all-county steering com mittee members in addition to the Hatteras group includes: Mrs. Lima Oneto, Wallace Gray, Ben Ivey, George Crocker, John Weav er, Mrs. Ethel Rose, Mrs. A. Q. Bell, Ralph and Mrs. Swain, Fran cis Meekins, Mrs. Z. Etheridge, Horace Hooper, W. S. White, Tom Sutton, Harry Mann and Henry Armstrong for the beaches, Roa noke Island and the Dare main land. CHRISTIAN WORKERS SCHOOL AT WANCHESE JAN. 23, 24, 25 Dare County Methodists are planning a Christian Workers School at Bethany Methodist Church, Wanchese, January 23, 24, 25, the session beginning promptly at 7:30 pan. each evening. The pub lic is invited, Mrs. Maxine Evans, Chairman of publicity, reports. The courses being offered and the instructor for each is as fol lows: “Developing Christian Work ers’’—Dr. C. P. Morris, executive secretary, Methodist Board of Ed ucation, North Carolina Confer ence. This course will deal with the ways to recruit and train work ers for the church school. “Understanding Youth”—Rever end Owen Fitzgerald, minister at Murfreesboro and District Director of Youth Work., This course will seek to gain a better understand ing of problems of youth and how they learn. “What It Means To Be a Chris tian”—Dr. B. G. Childs, a layman and retired professor from Duke University and recognized as one of the ablest laymen in the Meth odist Conference. if is course is a study of Chris tian attitudes in all types of situ ations and is of church-wide inter est The school is planned for workers. MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO, N. C. NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Single Copy CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST FULLER IN DARE COURT Wife Alleges Commissioner Took Over- Community Property For His Own Use I Dare County Commissioner George Fuller, Jr. with two Ra leigh people are involved in a law suit scheduled for hearing in Dare County next week, wherein Mrs. Ormond W. Fuller demands an ac counting and settlement of such funds as may be due her from the operation of the large real es tate and motel business operated by Mr. Fuller at Cape Hatteras. Mrs. Fuller, who is represented by attorneys John H. Hall and Gerald F. White of Elizabeth City alleges that she and her husband entered into an agreement with Gordon Vaughn and Ellen S. Vaughn, his wife, of Raleigh, whereby they formed a part nership to operate courts, apart ments and motels, and she alleges that the other partners, and par ticularly George R. Fuller, have since usurped complete control, and exclusive possession of the books, records and entire assets of the partnership and are wrong fully diverting its assets and earn ings, and have refused to account to her for her equal share. She asks for a full and complete ac counting and wants a judgement against them for her share and the costs of the action. In Mr. Fuller's answer filed by his attorney E. J. Wellons of Smithfield, he denies the allega tions. Like Mr. Fuller, Mr. Vaughn has been estranged from his wife, and they have made a property set tlement. His answer was filed by Attorney J. M. Broughton, Jr. of Raleigh. Mrs. Vaughn alleges she knows nothing of the claims that have been made, and is not there fore properly a party to this suit. Mr. Vaughn, like Mr. Fuller, both claim that the property has been properly managed, and all returns have gone back into the business. Mr. Fuller said the contribution of himself and wife was ten acres of land which was wasteland and was of little value. It was stated that the Vaughns contributed $12,- 000 in cash. CIVIL COURT BEGINS IN DARE ON MONDAY Judge Joseph Parker, Windsor, will preside over the January term of civil court scheduled to begin in Dare on Monday, January 16. Only civil actions will be heard during the term and the calendar of cases follow. W. R. Deaton and wife vs. State Highway Commission, involving drainage ditches created in prop erties owned by the plaintiff; Lester L. Ritch, vs. Betty K. Ritch, a divorce action; McCloud Building and Supply Company vs. W. L. Mann, involv ing an alleged debt claim; Three suits involving alleged damages resulting from auto ac cidents: Harry V. Midgett vs. Phillip O. Hampton et als; Rich ard Patrick Dunnagan, vs. Leston Babson and Billy Benton, and Margaret Bayne Dunnagan vs. Leston Babson and Billy Benton. Also scheduled for hearing are cases brought against Martin Kel logg, Jr. and Fentress T. Horner, executors of the late Cornelius P. Midgett’s estate, by Palmer S. Midgett and his wife Wilma Mid gett. The plaintiffs allege they an due certain salaries and other mon ies, which the defendnts in their answer deny is due. The Wednesday portion of the calendar includes two cases, the first brought by Ormond W. Ful ler against her husband, (from whom she - is separated) George Fuller and his business associate Gordon W. Vaughn et als. The final case on the calendar is one brought by Edwin G. Moon and wife against Elizabeth Q. Par kerson et als. CARLTON P. NUNEMAKER DIES WED, NAGS HEAD Carlton Priest Nunemaker, 73, died Wednesday night at his home at Nags Head following a heart at tack. He had been ill for two yeras. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Nunemaker of Bay Head, N. J. when he was bom May 22, 1888, and had lived at Nags Head 13 years. He is survived by his wife, Martha Hunter Purcell Nunemak er, and two sons, Carl Nunemaker of Nags Head and Charles Nune maker of Colington. With them Mr. Nunemaker had been engaged in the fish, ice and storage busi ness at Nags Bead and Colington. Graveside funeral services con ducted by Rev. Harold F. Leather man of Manteo Methodist Chnwh are scheduled at the Austin Gm* tarv at Kitt Hawk F M every av &ivvy kkwk h