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SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS SECTION ONE VOLUME XXVI NO. 39 THIS YEAR PRESENTS OPPORTUNITY TO ALL CITIES FOR PROGRESS If Citizenship Doesn't Respond to Challenge for City Officers, Complaints Should Cease If the citizenship of the various towns in northeastern North Caro lina fail to get the kind of munici pal government they desire it will he for lack of willingness to assume their various civic duties. For this is the year for town elections, and all officers arc open to candidates. Belhaven, Columbia, Kill Devil Hills Manteo are all subject to elec tions of town officers, which in cludes for each a Mayor and the specified number of Aldermen, ranging from three to eight. Notices have been published ad vising the voters of the forthcom ing elections and the designated time for filing for office. Regis trars have been appointed, and no tice given of the time in which vo majr file in order to register. In all ters may file in older to register. In all cases, if suitable candidates do not file, it will be for lack of puWie spirited-citizens willing to give their time to civic duties. In most cases, the public is apparent ly satisfied with the incumbent officials. In some cases a great deal of grumbling goes on, but this comes from people who have not heretofore been walling to make the sacrifices the jobs entail. If competent citizens fail or re fuse to run for these offices, they will have little right to grumble during the next two years. The peo ple get the kind of government they wish if one may judge from their attitude in the past. FUNDS REQUESTED FOR IMPROVEMENT SHALLOWBAG BAY Budget Asked for $160,000 to Cdmg Channel to Project Depth This Summer Following a recent request by flongrcssman Herbert C. Bonner for improvement of the channel in to Shaliowbag Ray, Manteo, he has been advised that the amount of SIOO,OOO has been included in the budget for the fiscal year 1962 to restore the project depth. This pro ject is from Nags Head light to Manteo. Major General William F. Cassi dy, Civil Works Director, conveys the following inforfation in his let ter to Mr. Bonner: "I am pleased to inform you that an item included in the President’s budget in the amount of $160,000 for the Fiscal Year 1962 will pro vide for maintenance dredging at Manteo (Shaliowbag) Bay naviga tion project which incorporates the channel is scheduled to be accom plished late this summer as indica ted by the District Engineer, U. S. Army Engineer District, Wilming ton, North Carolina.” POLICE OFFICER RELEASED IN BELHAVEN COURT W. S. Clagon former, Belhaven police chief was released by the Belhaven Recorder Wednesday on payment of s6l to Will Davis, who ■withdrew charges of embezlement against Clagon. Clagon, a former member of the N. C. Highway pa trol, had been charged with taking money from Davis under promise to get him a chauffeur’s license, which had not materialized. Clagon had formerly served in Plymouth, and was a popular officer. Clogon’s firing, which left the town's three remaining policemen without a chief, resulted after Will Davis complained the chief had not obtained a chauffeur’s license for Davis as he allegedly promised. Davis’ crippled condition doesn’t allow him to do anything except drive a taxi and he wanted a chauf feur's license. Davis told authorities he spoke to Clagon about the license and was told by the chief that if he gave him s6l, Clagon could obtain the license for him. The cash was paid to Clagon, aooording to the story told by Da vis to authorities, and when he didn’t get his chauffeur’s license, he began to make inquiries. Solicitor C. R. Rich of Pantego said officers made a check with the State Motor Vehicles Bureau in Raleigh and were informed the agency had not received any com munication nor money from Clagon in reference to Davis’ license. Chargee of embezzlement were brought against Clagon. When the incident was brought to the attention of the town board, officials decided to discharge Clag on. Meanwhile, the town board is seeking smother chief to replace Clagon. 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 THE ACTIVE MANAGERS OF DAVIS DEPARTMENT STORE IN MANTEO W' /|' v ' ■ - ON THE LEFT IS VERNON DAVIS, ON THE RIGHT RALPH DAVIS, sons of CARSON W. DAVIS who have been the active heads of Manteo’s oldest store for several years. Vernon Davis has been active in community affairs, is a former member of the Manteo Town Board, and with his brother has been associated in the building of small boats. Ralph Davis is a commander in the Coast Guard reserve and served as an officer through World War 11. He is a graduate of State College. Miss lone Wescott in the center of the group manages the women’s wear department, and has been with the store ever since she got out of school. In addition to these people, the store uses additional seasonal help. MORE HONORS ACCORDED ENGELHARD STUDENT NURSE Br • Ann Dudley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Swindell Dudley, Jr. of Engelhard, was chosen to rep resent her class at Lenoir Memorial School of Nursing in Kinston. She is now in her second year of train ing and has won her cap, bib and cape. Her work has been outstand ing in her studies and on several occasions her achievements and photograph have appeared in the Kinston Daily paper. She is a 1959 Graduate of East Hyde High School winning honors then as valedictorian of her class and outstanding activities in Beta Club, F. H. A., church organiza tions as well as in her own com munity. Miss Dudley says her long time interest in a nursing career started when she was a small girl. Upon entering Lenoir Memorial she was presented a scholarship from the “Forty and Eight” club. She is now in Raleigh at the Dorothea Dix Hospital in pursuit of her studies in mental health. TRAFFIC CASES HEARD BY DARE COUNTY RECORDER Tuesday’s recorders court dock et in Manteo consisted mainly of traffic cases. Ruby Lee Bozeivick of Kitty Hawk was fined $25 for having no operator’s license. Wil liam J. King of Stumpy Point, reckless and careless driving, $26; Olive J. Peek, Buxton, failing to wear glasses as stipulated in driv ing permit, $25; W. J, Mitchell, Manteo, speeding, S2O; Alice R. Rhodes, Manteo, failing to yield right of way $lO. Levin B. Fulcher, Jr., Hatteras, speeding, $lO. David W. Gaskins of Wanchese, given a 60-day suspended sentence for taking a stove from the home of his. wife, Mrs. Barbara Gaskins, the stove being owned by a third party. He was charged with aban donment of his wife and two chil dren, and ordered to pay S2O a week for their support. TEN UNIFORMS A GIFT OF THE MANTEO LIONS Manteo Lions Club Tuesday night voted favorably on the pur chase of ten baseball uniforms for the Manteo High School athletic department. The cost is $15.40 each. This will surely boost morale of this group, as well as improve their appearance. On Tuesday, April 4, the basket ball team and Coach Jerry Gaboon will be dinner guests of the Lions Ctuh. STRONG SENTIMENT FOR BEACH ROAD IS BUILDING UP VIRGINIA BEACH A Virgin ia-North Carolina corporation will be formed to promote construction of a coastal boulevard from this southeast Virginia resort town to Nags Head, gateway to the Ouer Banks. This announcement was made Thursday night as some 60 persons from the two states met at the Thunderbird Motor Lodge here to make plans for the boulevard. ■ In addition, it was announced that the committee already has re ceived pledges of five miles or so of free right of way from what it termed “major property owners” along the proposed route. Among the Tar Heels attending the session were Wilton Walker, Jr., of Currituck, secretary of the committee along with Sidney S. Kellam of Virginia Beach, and co-chairman with D. W. Bagley of Moyock; Victor Meekins of Dare County. Kellman also was there. Others from Dare County were Walter Perry, David Stick, Junior Parker, Geo. H. McGaw, Thos. U. Briggs, George Crocker Jr., Maj. J. L. Murphy, Bob Gibbs, Ras Wes cott, Dottv Fry, John Wright, John Donoho, Ted Wood, Jim Scarbor ough and Elwood Parker. It was virtually the same group which met informally at the Prin cess Anne (Va.) Courthouse last April and organized the following month at a meeting in the Curri tuck Courthouse. The highway plan of the new Coastal Boulevard Association is different from a toll road program put forward a few years ago, it was explained. The consensus at this latest meeting showed the feel ing was strong the states should be See ROAD, Page Four REMODELED QUARTERS FOR DAVIS FIRM BEING OPENED THIS WEEK END jlgp ' t r -Ijgg » yms: |mgj | jgggg• : IB - As jrj&T JE/ JB < PKPfIHpPRipiP * \ n| & TaBSBHr 1MK»BBS^ ** ■■■■■■■■■Hl - SHOWN HERE is the Carson W. Davis store, which has been undergoing a complete modernization pro gram, with sparkling new interior fixtures and displays, and which will officially reopen for business Saturday. A week-long open house will be observed, with special buys in many departments. Several door prises will be awarded at a drawing next week, details of which are shown in the firm’s advertise ment on page 16. Many of the firm’s suppliers are represented in a congratulatory section of today’s issue. MANTEO, N. C.. FRIDAY, MARCH 24. 1961 REVIVAL BEGINNING SUNDAY AT MANTEO BAPTIST CHURCH - 9mm fm "Ip : plk \ ft? REV. STEDMAN C. DAVIS, pas tor of the Antioch Baptist Church at Whiteville, will be the visiting evangelist for a series of revival services beginning Sunday morn ing, March 26 at eleven o’clock at Manteo Baptist Church and contin uning throughout the week with the closing service on Easter Sun day night, April 2nd. i The Rev. Mr. Davis, a brother of the pastor of the Manteo Baptist Church, began his ministry about 25 years ago and is qualified to de liver inspiring messages. The hour each evening will be 7:30 p.m. Special music will be rendered at each service by the Church Choir under direction of the pastor, Rev. M. J. Davis with Mrs. Willis Pearce at the organ. He will also speak at chapel ex ercises in Manteo High School on Tuesday March 28th. The nursery will be open at each See REVIVAL, (Page Four BOMBING RANGE LOCATION OPPOSED IN HYDE COUNTY Bonner Object to Threat to Wild fowl and Business Interests of Mattamuskeet Area WASHINGTON Rep Herbert Bonner of Washington Friday bluntly told the Air Force that it might as well look for another site for bombing range which it had considered placing at Engel hard in Eastern North Carolina. The Congressman, chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, said he has received many protests against En gclhard’s selection. In response, he has written Air Force Secretary Eugene M. Zuck ert and Interior Secretary Stew art Udall in strong opposition to the proposal. He has also confer rel with Air Force liaison men. | The livelihood of many persons who operate motels, and cases and are hunting guides would be threat ened by the proposed bombing bombing range. Bonner’s letter to the Air Force 1 secretary reads as follows: “Attention has been called to the, fact that the Air Force is consider ing establishment of a bombing range in Hyde County, North Car-, olina, near Engelhard. “I write to formally and vigor ously protest the establishment of the bombing range in the area now under consideration. For the rea son that the site is practically ad jacent to the U. S. Fish and Wild life Reservation at Mattamuskett I Lake in Hyde County. I “The establishment of a bombing range in this vicinity would totally destroy the purpose for which this wildlife reservation was establish ed. On Mattamuskett Lake in the migratory season there is the lar gest concentration of Canadian geese on the Atlantic flyway. In ad dition, there concentrates on this lake other migratory fowl, includ ing ducks of all types. Between the town of Engelhard and the site there is a small airstrip used by the Civil Air Patrol. “Furthermore, bombing in this area would destroy one of the fin est areas for all types of local birds and game. I am requesting the Sec retary of the Interior to file a for mal protest due to his supervision over the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.” In his letter to Udall, Congress- 1 man Bonner pointed out that, as Secretary of the Interior, it was his responsibility to oppose the location of the bombing range at this site. “I told him I hoped he would file a strong, formal objection,” said the Congressman. TOURIST BUREAU BOARD TO MEET AT HATTERAS The Board of Directors, Dare County Tourist Bureau, will have their spring meeting in Hatteras, Thursday, March 30, it is announc ed by Mrs. Ina Evans, chairman. 1 Donald Oden, a board member from Hatteras Island, has arrang ed for the meeting to be held at Channel Bass Restaurant, begin ning at 10 o’clock and including luncheon. Mrs. Evans stated that various chairmen of sub-committees ap pointed at the winter meeting in Manteo would present reports. EARLY FAILURE PREDICTED FOR FIRST STORE IN DARE SELLING DRY GOODS ALONE Belief Was Widespread a Store Which Carried Only Clothing Would Not Attract Trade of People Accustomed to Filling All Needs Under One Roof. Carson W. Davis, A Far-Sighted Merchant, Disproved All This, and Lives to Be County's Oldest Merchant. NEVER STRUTTED NOR SOUGHT THE LIMELIGHT CARSON W. DAVIS stands out as one Manteo citizen who has never gone out in front seeking notoriety and fame. Coming to Manteo as a stranger more than 50 years ago. he didn’t seek to take over political leadership, but when worthy causes were brought to his attention, he was a generous contributor, and made no Show about it. He is per haps the only Manteo businessman during the half century, who never engaged in any occupations or en deavors, other than his chosen bus iness. While others ran for office or became contractors or ran mail routes, he stuck right by his store; no man ever applied himself more assidiously, and none have been ap parently more successful. To have continued uninterruptedly in busi ness for over a half century is a remarkable achievement, for he went to his store every day for that length of time. $30,000 FINE AND FIVE YEARS FOR SAMUEL G. JONES Norfolk Machine Shop Owner Los es Appeal in $277,000 In come Tax Case Samuel G. Jones, 67, lost his ap peal before the Earl Warren Su preme Court Monday. Jones, owner of the Berkly Machine Works, had sought to evade a conviction for failing to pay $277,000 in income taxes. Jones received a five year pri son sentence and was fined $30,000 by the court. The case has been in court nearly two years, and in May 1959 took ten days to try. During the trial, then U. S. Dist. Atty. John M. Hollis attempted to prove Jones charged off per sonal expenses as business costs. Figuring-prominently were his 290-acre Sajo Farms in Princess Anne County and extensive com pany holdings on Ocracoke Island on the North Carolina Outer Banks. Another large residence is now being rebuilt by Jones at Oc racoke. , Jones claimed the Ocracoke hold ings—Berkley Manor, Samjo Man or and the Green Island Gunning Club—were used to entertain pros pective customers in lieu of nation al advertising. He said they were not used for his personal pleasure. In the course of the trial Judge Hoffman cited Jones, often a testy witness, for contempt. Hoffman never acted on the contempt cita tion, however. Jones’ defense attorney, Gordon E. Campbell, asked the court’s mer cy and said Jones was “just living by his own code.” Said Judge Hoffman: “If every man were permitted to live by his own code, we would have a country that would be in a terrible condi tion.” THREE DAY OUTLOOK The Weather Bureau at Hat teras has released the following three-day weather outlook: Temperatures will be average, two to four degrees belqw nor mal. The normal high will be 61, the low 48. Dry and pleasant weather is indicated. It will be warmer Friday; cooler Saturday and Sunday. Winds will be gen erally light westerly. MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO, N. C. NOT TO INDIVIDUALS PAGES ONE through EIGHT Single Copy 7£ Some 60 years ago, a young ! store clerk in Perquimans County heard that the late W. J. Griffin, a Manteo merchant needed a help er. That was the time when Carson W. Davis came to Manteo, and pro ved himself to be no ordinary store clerk. He had energy and ideas and watched merchandising trends. He was not a fly-by-night fast worker who popularized himself by giving the bosses cigara away to favorite customers and the bosses candy to kids of favorite customers. He was always courteous, dignified, and businesslike. It was with some indifference the news was received some over 50 years ago in Dare County that Mr Davis was going to open a store on his own, and would sell nothing but dry goods. It was almost unanimously expressed that this store would be an early failure, because people wouldn’t trade where they couldn’t buy grindstono or gunpowder, paregoric or plow points, fish nets or fertilizer, or anthing else they wanted, and as they had always been doing in the other stores in the area. In the beginning, Mr. Davis was associated with a late R. W. Smith, a longtime political figure in Dare County, who had also been in the merchantile business with the afor mentioned Mr. Griffin, and who had faith in the Davis know-how. The new store opened in the old Smith building on the waterfront at the foot of Lodge St. which | was once occupied for a long time by Owens Case, and has had a succession of tenants for short periods thereafter. Mr. Davis put all his detractors to rout, and in a short time, he had acquired the much larger store he now occupies, and which has been completely rebuilt, and made to look like the stores they build in the modem shoppnig centers. When Mr. Davis began business over a half century ago he carried as now, good lines of merchandise. Florsheim Shoes, Queen Quality Shoes, English-American and J. L. Taylor and Sons Tailoring. Fash ion Q clothes by Wear-Well Co., and W. H. Miles shoes, are some of the names that come to mind across the years. When a young man became of courting age it was his ambition to buy a tailored suit from Mr. Davis. As said before, he didn’t pass out things indiscrim inately, but this writer recalls once when having a suit tailored by Mrs. Davis, he threw in an extra pair of pants. Many suits made to mea sure for us by Mr. Davis wore a long time, all fitted properly, and everything was completely satis factory. Now what might be the secret of Mr. Davis success? He has been in business longer than anyone else in Manteo or Dare County for that matter. We have observed that he gave full value, that he didn’t throw credit around indiscriminate ly, although he must have lost some accounts. We have never had a request from him for payment, but invariably, he invited more business by writing across the bot tom of his statements, “orders please.” During the many years while the Coast Guard flourishen in Dare County, Mr. Davis became headquarters for official uniforms, and when he dressed well the man of the house, the family came along. He carried fine goods for the ladies, and children. While some of his neighbors op posed taking the tolls off the Roan oke Sound Brdge out of fear our homefolks would all go away to trade, Mr. Davis said he welcomed a free bridge. His confidence was justified in the big increase in trade that came from summer resi dents on the beach, who swarmed into Manteo, and found things sel ling for less than in the larger towns. At that time, Mr. Davis told this writer that every week seem ed like Christmas week, so much had business improved. From the outset, Mr. Davis made trips to Baltimore and other mark ets twice or more a year, where he could do his own buying with close scrutiny, and keep up with the latest materials and merchan dising trends. Early in the new store’s career, Mr. Davis married Mias Ella Creed, the daughter of the late Georgs and Ann Crees, substantial Manteo citizens, and fits outcome of this union was two sons and a daughter. The daughter is Mrs. J. R. Meikle of Roanoke Rapids, and the sons, 8m DAVIS, Page Four
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