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LARGER PART OF
MARCH OF DIMES
MONEY REMAINS
Local Needs Get Benefit of 88
Per Cent of Funds Raised
For This Cause
*Hie state of North Carolina has
been the principal beneficiary in the
allocation of March of Dimes funds
in the stages over the past 23 years,
is disclosed in a financial summary
prepared by The National Founda
tion.
More than 88 cents of every dol
v lar from North Carolina’s March
of Dimes has been put to use in aid
ing the state’s disease victims and
in research and education projects
conducted by North Carolina insti
tutions. Os the remaining 12 per
cent accruing to the national head
quarters, a considerable amount
also has come back to North Caro
lina in shipments of polio vaccine
and gamma globulin and in other
nationwide services conducted by
The National Foundation.
The summary covers the period
since the first March of Dimes was
held in January, 1938, and com
pares the net total of funds raised
in one state with amounts made
throcgh September 30, 1960.
In this period, North Carolina
chapters of the March of Dimes
organization raised a net total of
313-847,068.66 at an average fund
raising cost of less than 5% per
cent. Os this amount, $10,642,656.99
has been available to the county
chapters in carrying out their ex
tensive patient aid programs, in
cluding advances of $4,946,547.08
from the national office to meet
local emergency situations.
Over and above the 88 per cent
used by institutions and county
chapters in the state, The.Nations]
Foundation has financed within the
state projects such as the historic
field trials which proved the effec
tivaess of the Salk vaccine, epidem
iological studies and scholarship or
feßowship grants to North Caro
lina residents. National headquart
ers* expenditures for the vaccine
trials in North Carolina amounted
to $83,420.98. In addition, the nat
ional office has sent into North
Carolina $134,410.85 worth of Salk
vaccine and 278,886 cc’s of gamma
globulin in support of its polio
prevention programs.
The New March of Dimes begun
in January is still underway in nu
merous communities.
AVON CHANNEL HEARING
PLANNED DURING MARCH
Dirfricf Engineer so Hear Argument in
Favor of Project Introduced by
Congressman Bonner
A hearing sometime ,in late
March at a date not yet determin
ed, is to be held at Avon by the
District Engineer to assist in form
ulating a survey report on the
channel from Avon to Pamlico
Souad, which was set up in a reso
lution introduced in the House by
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner
June 8, 1959. Mr. Bonner has been
asked to assist in setting up a
meeting, and in turn has called on
interested parties in Dare County
to help with arrangements.
Mr. Bonner said this week he
hoped the meeting would be held on
a Friday. The engineers are being
preparation of a survey report
under the authority given by Con
gress. Interested parties will be ex
pected to assemble data establish
ing the need for the channel
improvement, which would provide
a direct deep water route from
Pamlico Sound into the harbor in
Area which is one of the best in
ths area. The proposed channel
wasdd eliminate several miles from
the present roundabout way into
Avan.
SEVEN CASES DISPOSED OF
HI DARE RECORDER COURT
Seven cases were disposed of
Tuesday by Judge W. F. Baum, in
Dare Recorders Court. For driving i
at 80 mph, D. A. Rogers Jr. was
fined SIOO and $8.70 court costs.
Other speeding cases were Sadie
Faye Bateman of Elizabeth City, ;
Richard K. Hillabrandt of Stumpy
Point, John W. Eves of Norfolk
and Jade A. Eakins of Buxtbn,'slo <
each. Jon Arthur Williams of Wan
eheee. paid $25 for driving with no
operator’s license. For driving with
improper exhaust, Walter D. Wil
liams of Colington, paid $lO.
TRAWLER TOTAL LOSS
The 85 ft trawler Sarah J. owned ;
by Earl Holton of Vandemere,
which went aground in Oregon In
let during a storm on January 15 :
has been abandoned, after all ef
forts to float the vessel failed. The
coming into port after 14 days at
aqa, with a cargo of fish valued at
$4,000, all which were lost
Due to fog, and storm, the boat i
got out of the main channel, and a <
considerable distance away on the 1
shoals. I
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
ADMIRAL COLMAR TO
SPEAK TO BOY SCOUTS
REAR ADM. PETER V. COLMAR
Commander of the sth Coast
Guard District with headquarters
in Norfolk, will speak and make
the National presentations of
awards to the Dare Scouts and
Scouters attending the Annual
Banquet at the Elizabeth City High
School Cafeteria, Feb. 11, at 7:00
p.m.
Scouts going to Philmont will be
presented their neckerchiefs by the
Admiral, Admiral Colmar will also
award the Esinhower Banner for
1960 to the Pack 601, sponsored by
the Manteo P.T.A. Troop 165 spon
sored by the Mt. Olivet Methodist
will receive the National Camping
Award. All Scouts attending the
National amboree will be recog
nized at the banquet by the Ad
miral.
Any persons desiring reserva
tions to the banquet are asked to
contact Dick Ward at Scarborough
Garage at Nags Head, Scoutmaster
Jack Earle, or Robert Gibbs, Nati
onal Park Superintendent.
OUTSTANDING CITIZEN IN
BELHAVEN TO BE NAMED BY
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The Belhaven Chamber of Com
merce plans to choose the outstand
ing citizen of the year at the an
nual meeting to be held with a ban
quet on February 24th at River
Forest Manor. The public is invited
to mail to the chamber suggestions
for nominees for “outstanding citi
zen.” ,
Tickets to the dinner will be limi
ted to 100, so it will be necessary to
make reservations early. On Janu
ary 25, a business meeting of the
Board of Directors was held. Dr. J.
T. Wright, the president of the
Chamber presided. Jule Purvis is
Executive Secretary. j
UNCLE DOCK FROM DUCK SAYS:
We Are Now Facing the Reality of Paying
Our Debt; No Time for Increasing Taxes
Dear Mr. Editor:
I have just been down and listed
my taxes, and in going over the
list I found many examples of ine
quality of values on property. For
instance I noticed one piece of new
property that cost $20,000 valued
on the books at $5,000. I noticed
another piece of property with no
sale value, and has been on the
market ten years without any ta
kers.
They tell us we are only valued
at 60 per cent of the true value, but
when we compare some properties,
we find them not valued more than
ten per cent, and others are valued
at 300 per cent. You remember how
wrought up our people got about
three years ago when the County
Board put this injustice over on
our people, and they were thrown
out of office. In turn, the people
went against those whom they had
hoped would straigthen out this
mess and.put some of the same old
crowd in power again.
I would like to see enough citi
zens of our county with courage
and a desire to be fair, unite and
get this mess straightened out I
am sick and tired of our hired help
trying to see how much money they
can 'get to spend, and more disgust
ed with the wasteful manner in
which it is spent
It is not a fair deal, when they
recklessly sock it to the property
owner. We are already loaded to the
gills with obligations to pay off.
We have taxed ourselves to build
fine new school buildings, for there
are many people who seem to think
that nice brick building is all it
takes to make a good school. There
never has been a time in history
when ample schools were so great
ly needed for the young, and for
that matter there never has been a
time when our young people so bad
ly needed proper upbringing at
home. From what I hear, more tea
chers are about ready to give up
because of the ill-mannered pupils
they are forced to try to teach, than
METHODISM GAINS
HEADWAY ON THE
DARE MAINLAND
Dare Circuit Pastor Views Spirit
and Progress of Members
With Satisfaction
The three Methodist Churches of
the Dare Circuit on the county’s
mainland are making progress
which is highly satisfactory to the
Rev. Charles R. Olson, pastor of
the Mt. Carmel Church at Manns
Harbor, Shiloh church at Stumpy
Point, and the East Lake church.
With slightly more than 300 mem
bers in the three churches, invest
ments of several thousand dollars
have been made during the past two
years, and more improvements are
being planned.
Mr. Olson says he is delighted
with the generous spirit manifested
by donations of labor, as well as
contributions of money by the mem
bers. Chief projects now in the
planning stage is an educational
unit at Manns Harbor, which would
adds to the church four larger class
rooms
In furtherance of this project,
the church is to be favored with
a <snec nreachin"' ser ’"«> on Feb
ruary sth, when Rev. Wilson Nes
bott, field Represerttative of the
Duke Foundation and Rev. R. L.
Jerome, District superintendent
will speak.
In one and a half years, this
church has wiped out all debts, paid
for a new roof and haswnefc allxon
ference obligations. There are 150
members.
Mr. Olson is well pleased with
progress at Stumpy Point which
has remodeled and painted the par
sonage and added a pastor’s study
at a total cost of $2,500. Repairs
and remodeling of the church with
addition of class room are in the
planning. A $2,300 electric organ
is to be dedicated in April.
This church has 130 members.
The East Lake church is noted
for generous support, despite ’he
limited membership of only 30.
Much labor is contributed to keep
ing the church in order, and among
the most generous workers are Mr.
; and Mrs. Chester Holmes, George
W. Ambrose and John A. Twiddy.
Each year, the church received
about S3OO in contributions during
• the annual homecoming.
In his pastoral work, Mr. Olsen
• travels about 1,200 miles a month
1 from his home in Manteo, and
i makes 100 house calls. He visits
• Manns Harbor on Mondays and
Wednesday; Stumpy Point on Tues
days and Thursdays, and Fridays
i at East Lake.
His schedule is arranged to pro
: vide a preaching service at each
church each Sunday, when he
cannot be present at any church,
that it is filled by a qualified local
preacher.
because of low pay. We never hear
our best teachers complaining
about what they get. I have never
seen anybody on any kind of job,
who spent his time grumbling
about his pay, who was worth
much in that job.
Mr. Editor, if a person doesn't
love his work, if he doesn’t look
forward to it everyday as a new
and interesting adventure, how can
he be a success at it?
The worse thing that ever hap
pened to this country is when par
ents ceased to give most of their
time to their children, or to bring
them up in the way they should go.
It’s too bad people can’t realize the
great wrong they are doing their
children, for now as the results of
it, we see old people neglected,
forgotten and left to the mercy of
the welfare, supported by we tax
payers, and not by the children,
whose moral duty it is to love them
and care for them. I never believed
such a thing could come to pass in
this land.
This is a spirit that has grown
out of the new age when everyone
has his hand out. Send a child to
See DOCK, Page Five
GOVERNOR HOEY’S CHILDREN
BOTH DEAD WITHIN A WEEK
Mrs. Dan M. Paul of Pantego,
the daughter of the Governor and
Senator, Clyde R. Hoey, died Tues
day in Duke Hospital. She had been
brought to the hospital Monday
night, from Shelby, where she be
came ill while attending the funer
al of her brother, Charles A. Hoey.
Beside her husband who is execu
tive secretary of the N. C. Chain
store council, she is survived by
two sons Lewis Whitford Paul II
and Daniel Murray Paul Jr., and a
brother, Clyde A. Hoey Jr. in Can
ton. Funeral services and burial
were at Shelby, her home town this
week. In 1947, Mrs. Paul was
named Shelby’s first woman of the
year.
MANTEO, N. C. t FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1961
DARE CIRCUIT’S PASTOR
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REV. CHARLES R. OLSEN
OCRACOKE-MAINLAND FERRY
TO BE TOLL-OPERATED
Highway Commiuion ta Buy Taylor Bros.
Boat for $287,500, and Relocate
One Tanninal
The State Highwav Commission
Tuesdav agreed to offer the Taylor
Bros, of Sea Level. $287 500 for the
ferry they built, and operated for
some months last year between
Ocracoke and Sea Level. The com
mission contemplates putting the
boat in service this year, as a toll
ferry, and plans to move its main
land terminal from Atlantic to Ce
dar Island, whereby the run will be
shortened. Ferry service on this
route was discontinued bv the own
ers in September, following hurri
cane Donna, the reason being as
signed that the channel had filled
up. Many people consider the vessel
not properly designed for the par
ticular service for which it was
intended.
Before leaving office, Governor
Hodges had allocated $375,000 to
get the ferry going again, but W.
F. Babcock, director of Highways
had recommended paying only
$267 500 for the ferry and docking
facilities, of which the Atlantic
dor-k would be a total loss. The
highway commission added $20,000
to the price to be paid for the ferry
boat which was completed last year
for this route, and was soon loaded
to capacity. The growing volume
of traffic to the island, is expected
to demand additional boats soon.
Chief Engineer Cameron Lee
said the vessel will resume its run
to the Outer Banks about May 1.
The Sea Level, which can carry
22 cars, operated last summer until
Hurricane Donna closed off its
channel.
Babcock said it would cost an
other $200,000 to $215,000 to con-
See FERRY, Page Five
PLANS TO OBSERVE
CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL
DISCUSSED IN MANTEO
MANTEO First meeting of
recently appointed Dare County
Civil War Centennial Committee
was held in Manteo this week under
the direction of Ralph Swain.
Mr. .Swain, who has for some
time, manifested interest in a local
observance on the 100th anniver
sary of the War between the
States, was named over all chair
man of the original committee
which was approved and officially
named by the Board of Commis
sioners in early January.
Objective of the local committee
wsll be to cooperate in the state
and federal centennial programs 1
and to establish specific projects,
on Roanoke Island and the Outer
Banks.
Eight proposed projects for the
Dare Coast region will be as fol
low: determine location of all C’vil
War battle and landing sites; suit- ;
ably mark all such sites, prepare
booklet and map of the activities ■
that took place in this area; recon- i
struct as many as possible; con
struct park and picnic areas, collect i
all possible relics, including maps, i
documents and pictures, for dis- ,
play; display relics of war at Dare
County Library and plan celebra- ,
tion.
To carry out the various projects
sub committees were named.
Swain will head the parks and 1
site restoration committee; Robert
Smith is chairman of the group !
that will make plans for celebra
ting the 100th anniversary of the '
Battle of Roanoke Island in Febru
ary, 1962. James Rae is in charge
of the planned exhibits and relic 1
Collections. To be named are chair- :
men of publications, markers and
finance committees. 1
The original committee appoint- ’
ed by the Board of Commission
ers will act as a liaison with the 1
state and national committees. This
group includes Swain, Smith, Rae,
David Stick and Aycock Brown. !
Brown will serve as publicity chair
man for the committees work in 1
Dare along with his Tourist Bu
reau duties. z
PLENTY OF WATER
IS AVAILABLE FOR
THE DARE BEACHES
RALEIGH. —Moderate to large
supplies of ground water can be
obtained in the Dare Beaches San
itary District on Bodie Island in
Dare County, according to a re
port from the North Carolina De
partment of Water Resources.
The report was prepared by the
U. S. Geological Survey as part of
an investigation initiated in coop
eration with the North Carolina
Depai-tment of Conservation and
Development and completed in co
operation with the Department of
Water Resources.
Water supplies in the Dare
Beaches Sanitary District are ob
tained currently from shallow wells
located in the developed properties
on the island. A test-drilling and - :
water-sampling program was con
ducted by the Geological Survey to I
evaluate the quantity and quality
of ground water available in the
entire Sanitary District area.
The test-drilling program indi
cates that in a potential supply
area near the center of Bodie Is
land, unconsolidated sand deposits
of recent age will yield moderate
to large supplies of good water.
The report, titled “Ground-Wat
er Supply for the Dare Beaches
Sanitary District,” was written by
Joel O. Kimrey. It incorporates
geologic and hydrologic data ob
tained from 96 test wells.
It also presents recommended
procedures for developing and pro
tecting sources for a central water
supply system for the Sanitary
District.
SEVERE ILLNESS STRIKES
STUMPY POINT YOUTH
Horace Hooper Jr. is severely ill
in Norfolk General Hospital, fol
lowing a seizure which occurred in
Pamlico Sound Wednesday while
he was engaged in fishing for
crabs, with a cousin. The ailment,
a form of aneurism, causes paraly
sis of one side. He was taken to
S umpy Point by Floyd Hooper,
where Dr. W. W. Harvey was in
readiness, and he was immediately
dispatched to the hospital.
HEART GROUP SEEKING FUNDS DURING FEBRUARY
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GOVERNOR TERRY SANFORD is not telling Bones McKinney how ,
to run basketball games, nor is McKinney telling the Governor how to i
run State affairs. The Governor is wishing the Wake Forest Basketball
Coach well in his second term as State Heart Fund chairman. Bones
wlil call the campaign plays during February, which Governor Sanford
has proclaimed Heart Month in North Carolina. •
MRS. ETHERIDGE CHAIRMAN
OF HEART CAMPAIGN NOW
UNDERWAY IN DARE CO.
Mrs. Carolyn A. Etheridge,
chairman of the Dare County
Heart Council, this week announc
ed plans of the Dare unit for par
ticipation in the drive beginning
this month. Serving with her are
John H. Long, treasurer; and Dr.
W. W. Harvey, Jr., medical repre
sentative.
Purpose of the group is to plan
and conduct a heart education and
community service program, and to
spearhead a drive for funds to
support the local program and
those of the North Carolina and
American Heart Associations.
Mrs. Etheridge said: “There are
both frightening and hopeful as
pects of the heart disease problem
today. It is a fact that death
rates seem to be rising, particular
ly from heart attacks, but it is
equally a fact that physicians have
better techniques which they can
use to help their patients.
“There is still a lot to learn,
however, that is why we believe
continued support of heart re
search to be of first importance.
Both the American and North Car
olina Heart Associations devote
the biggest part of their 'budgets
to research, which is being carried
on at medical center* in this state
as well a* elsewhere in the coun
try. As a part of the state and
national Heart organizations, the
Dare County Heart Council will be
supporting this research program.
“While the Heart Fund campaign!
See PLANS, Page Four
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT
NAGS HEAD SETS FORTH
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Desires +o Be Known as the Trade Organization
of The Outer Banks, After I I Years of Tourist
Promotion, Looks Forward to Countywide Ef
fort and Support, Embracing Industrial and
Commercial Effort
POST GRADUATE COURSES
IN MEDICINE ANNOUNCED
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CHAPEL HILL Dr. Charles
E. Flowers of the University of
North Carolina will be the next
speaker at the postgraduate medi
cal courses currently underway in
Edenton and Kinston.
He will deiver two lectures in
Edenton on Wednesday, Feb. 8 and
two in Kinston on Thursday, Feb. 9.
The two courses are sponsored
by the UNC School of Medicine,
the UNC Extension Division and
local medical societies. The Eden
ton course is co-sponsored by the
First District Medical Society. The
Lenoir-Greene-Jones Medical So
ciety is co-sponsor of the Kinston
See COURSES, Page Five
BOBBY MACKENZIE NAMED 1
BEAUFORT CO. CHAIRMAN ]
R. P. McKenzie Jr. of Washing- .
ton was elected by acclamation last
week, as Chairman of the Beaufort ,
County Democratic Executive Com- ]
mittee to succeed John Winfield .
who resigned Mr. MacKenzie was ]
Terry Sanford's campaign manager
in Beaufort County, and one of the j
most efficent workers in the Gen
eral election. He was nominated by .
Claude Ricks of Pantego.
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HYDE STUDENTS HONORED 1
IN ECC HOME CLUB 1
Two Hyde County students at ;
East Carolina College have been
honored in the East Carolina Col
lege Home Economics Club. Miss
Fracnes Baynor of Scranton is
president of the Home Economics 1
Club of the College; Miss Patricia
Swindell of Swan Quarter is a :
member of the club.
REDSKINS HOST TO CENTRAL
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The Manteo High School has- i
kdtball teams will play host to
Central High School Friday night,
February 3, in the Manteo gym.
The first game will start at 7:30
p.m.
Both Central clubs are currently
in second place in the East tTide
water Conference. The Manteo
girls will try to avenge a last
minute loss suffered earlier at the
hands of Central while the boys
i will be out to show that they are
Hthe most improved team in the
I conference.
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO. N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
Single Copy
An editorial in our columns last
week setting forth the need for a
Chamber of Commerce in Dare
County with countywide objectives,
and supported by all areas of this
county which has many diversified
interests, has brought a response
from George R. Crocker, Jr., Past
President of the Nags Head Cham
ber of Commerce which has been
organized for some 11 years. This
organization grew out of the mush
rooming need in the Nags Head
area for organized promotion of
the tourist trade which is the
prime essential to the economy of
our area. Mr. Crocker points out
that the Nags Head Chamber has
for some time now, been making
efforts with some success, to at
tract members from other parts of
Dare County, and there is senti
ment among the directors to amend
the name to indicate an organisa
tion with broader scope.
Having been aware since its be
ginning of the worthy objectives
of the Nags Head Chamber and
having consistently been a mem
ber of this group, we take pleas
ure in printing Mr. Crocker’s com
munication, concerning their suc
cess in building up to more than
150 members, with an annual bud
get of $3,800 spent in promotion
of the causes of the Chamber, as
follows:
To the Editor:
“Your article, ‘Chamber of Com
merce Needed in Dare County,”
has been well received by the mem
bers of the Nags Head Chamber
of Commerce, and we would like
to express our thanks to you for
the support this article lends to
our current and long range pro
gram of countywide progress. The
promotion of industry, develop
ment of harbors, construction of
new roads, bridges, and general
business improvements are prime
targets of the Nags Head Cham
ber of Commerce. A major project
of the Nags Head Chamber of
Commerce receiving constant work
is the expanding tourist industry.
In 1961 the Chamber of Commerce
has taken a large step to reor
ganize and work for the progres
sive development of these many
varied functions. A program of
this broad scope is a part of the
Chamber of Commerce and in no
way benefits just one segment of
the county. We are growing,
learning and working for the bet
terment of business in the entire
area. We regret that your article
of January 27, 1961 shows such
a surprising lack of knowledge of
our efforts to establish an active
Chamber of Commerce represent
ing community and county. The
Nags Head Chamber of Commerce
is the name originally used by
this civic group and has been used
for eleven years, but it has not
governed or limited our activities.
It is apparent to us that we have
been relaxed in informing the local
press of our programs, and we
realize this need. Our president in
1960 extended a special invitation
to you to attend Chamber of Com
merce meetings, and we were ex
tremely glad that you did attend;
however, we take full responsibil
ity for the lack of information
furnished The Coastland Times.
We recognize the power of the
press and hope for your support.
“The Nags Head Chamber of
Commerce.has been formed eleven
short years, but has rapidly ex
panded its memberships to include
over 150 better businesses from
Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills and
Roanoke Island including your
own. Our hope is soon to have
Hatteras Island represented and
working with us. The new adver
tising and promotion programs of
the Nags Head Chamber of Com
merce are keyed to use the name
“Outer Banks.” .We are using this
term, ‘Outer Banks,’ more and
more frequently with the hope
that it will help us to unify our
entire community in the common
effort. This name is intriguing to
people outside our area and we
believe acceptable to most groups
within oqr county. Duplication of
effort by separate groups is both
wasteful and needless, and we
make a constant effort not to dup
licate the work being done by any
other group.
“The Nags Head Chamber of
Commerce would like for you, the
citizens of Dare County and prop
erty owners to know what w» are
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