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VOLUME XXVI NO. 46
NEW FACILITIES
FOR VACATIONISTS
ON DARE COAST
Newer and Finer Motels Being
Completed at Nags Head and
Hatteras Island
Two new places of accommoda
tion are now being completed at
Nags Head while several other es
tablishments are completing expan
sion programs or adding such at
tractions as swimming pools to the
facilities already offered.
On Hatteras Island at Hatteras
rillagc two vacation establishments
ire undergoing expansion pro
grams. They are the Sea Gull Mo
tel owned by Mr. and Mrs. Carlos
Burros, and" the General Mitchell
Motel owned and operated by
Shanklin Austin.
The Vivianna, new this year, is
a nine unit efficiency apartment
:»eoanfront establishment owned by
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Parker. A simi
lar type establishment is the 18-
unit Outer Banks Motor Lodge
owned by the John Bells, also own
ers of Nags Head Supermarket and
Gift Shop The latter place features
a new swimming pool. Both places
will be ready for occupancy by
early June.
Swimming pools have been added
at the Wilbur Wright and Orville
Wright Motor Lodge and Hotel
owned by Mrs. Dianne Voliver, and
also the Beachcomber Lodge. Ad
ditional rooms have been built at
Ihe Sea Ranch in Southern Shores,
owned and operated by Mrs. Alice
Sykesu
Two of the motor court or cot
tage court type of places have gone
under new ownership recntly. They
are Dolphin Motor Court and the
Ocean View Cottage Court.
Plans are undefway to build a
convention Hall here on Nags Head
and it is expected to be completed
>y summer of 1962.
Hurricane Donna damaged some
of the places of business here in
the Nags Head sector last year. All
>lacs damaged have been complete
ly renovated or rebuilt. Two such
places are The Oasis Restaurant
and The Reef Dining Room on the
Nags Head-Roanoke Island Cause
way. -
On Roanoke Island where more
than $40,000 Donna-damage occur
;d at Fort Raleigh and Waterside
rheatre, all dressing rooms have
been rebuilt and will be ready for
opening tflie show (The Lost Col
ony) on July 1, this year for the
drama's 21st season.
1961 USHERS IN NEW ERA
FOR SEEKERS OF GOOD
FOOD ON OUTER BANKS
By AYCOCK BROWN
The coast of Dare here on the
Outer Banks of North Carolina has
long been famous for its history,
ts unexcelled sports-fishing, rang
ing from fresh water bass to giant
due marlin, and for the natural
surroundings and scenes, climate
ind hospitality in general that one
discovers here.
In recent years, however, the
Outer Banks region has not won
nuch acclaim for the food that was
served in restaurants and the din
ng rooms of American Plan hotels.
This season, during Outer Banks
Vacation Year 1961, the operators
>f restaurants and dining rooms,
ire definitely doing something
ibout the situation . . . As a re
sult, the Outer Banks may in time
Kjcome just as famous for the good
food that visitors will find being
»rved by the restaurants and hotel
lining rooms as they became for
ts history, sportsfikhing, scenery
md climate.
Hqw will the vacationing public
earn that improvements defintely
are on the up grade in eating cir
:les? Most of the vacationers will
nake the discovery when they stop
for a breakfast, dinner or supper
in some of the restaurants and
lotels that have determined to
'hange the food picture and make
the area famous for its good eat
ing. .
Here is an example: Archie Bur
rus owner of the Sea Oatel is the
founder of a restaurant on Nags
Head named The Dareolina. It is
operated in con function with his
motel. Ultra-modern in design, The
Dareolina is one of the most un
isual looking restaurant buildings
along tdie Mid-Atlantic Coast. Dur
ing its first two years of operation,
however, the restaurant received
unfavorable publicity due to prices,
the food served and the service the
patron received.
TM- vear with new management
and close supervision of owner Bur
rus the patron of Dareolina notes
an immediate change. The food is
better and so is the service ... To
prove that his Dareolina was on an
up-owing in food and service, Bur
rus, a member of the Manteo Ro
tary Club, invited the 26-member
organization to dine as Ms guests
this week. The Rotarians were serv
ed: dam chowder, vegetable salad
and * 9 ounce steak, plus vegeta-
See FOOD, Pag* Six
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 HIGHWAY CHAIRMAN
BEGAN AS TRUCK DRIVER
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The new chairman of the State
Highway Commission isn’t a new
comer to the road-building busi
ness. Merrill Evans of Ahoskie be
gan his highway work some 35
years ago as a truck (biver.
His appointment was made early
this year by Governor Teny San
ford. Evans fills the rm-expired
term of J. Melville Broughton, Jr.,
of Raleigh, who resigned after
more than three years as chairman
of the Highway Commission.
The new roads chairman began
work with the Highway Depart
ment shortly after graduation from
college in 1925. His first job, which
paid S6O per month, was driving a
truck on a construction project
During this time, he worked with
Resident Engineer Tom Wilson, in
constructing the 30 mile long road
from the Currituck County Court
house to Point Harbor. Evans later
served as a bridge inspector and
rodman and his salary was increas
ed to SBS a month.
Although Evans left the High
way Department later, he retained
a strong interest in road-building.
Under Governor Gregg Cherry’s
administration, he served a four
year term, from 1945 until 1949, as
a member of the Highway Commis
sion, when the roads body number
ed 10 persons. 4t was during this
time that Evans saw improvements
made to a number of secondary
roads in his native northeast corner
of the State, even though tire Sec
ondary Roads bond issue money
was not yet available. As a high
way commissioner, Evans also saw
the paving of the Hatteras Road to
Avon, providing better transporta
tion facilities for outer banks resi
dents and visitors.
The new Commission chairman
grew up on the family farm at
Grandy 7 in Currituck County and
received his education in the Cur
rituck County schools and at Will
iam and Mary College, where he
graduated with a liberal arts de
gree in 1925.
After working for the Highway
Department, he moved to Ahoskie
during the depression and served
as a liquidating agent for fertilizer
accounts. In addition to his farm
supply and fertilizer business, he
operates a life insurance agency
and public relations business out of
his Ahoskie home.
In addition to his term on the
Highway Commission, he has serv
ed three terms in the Legislature—
two in the Senate and one in the
House, during the early forties. He
served as a member of the Hertford
County Board of Commissioners
for six years, but did not seek re
election this year. He was active in
the recent campaign of Governor
Terry Sanford, serving as an offi
cial area manager in 10 northeast
ern counties of the State.
Evans was an early booster for
a rural bond issue in 1949. He sug
gested such an issue to Charles
Johnson, Kerr Scott’s opponent for
the Democratic gubernatorial nom
ination. Altthough Johnson did not
advocate the idea, Scott picked it
up and made it the number one pro
gram of his adminisration.
Evans is married to the former
Margaret Smith of Natchez, Miss.,
and they have two sons, Andre J.
Evans, an attorney at Virginia
Beach and Merrill, Jr., a second
year law student at Wake Forest
College. An active member of the
Baptist Church, Evans has taught
the Men’s Bible Class at Ahoskie’s
First Baptist Church for the past
20 years, a service which is broad
cas over the local radio station.
MRS KRIDER DIES
Mrs. Ellen Krider, the widow of
the late Ransom Krider died early
Wednesday morning at her home
in Concord, in the 78th year of her
age, after a long illness. She was
a native and lifelong resident of
the area. Her surviving children
are John A. Krider of Manteo,
Mrs. Irene Shimpock of Moores
ville, and Mrs. Elizabeth Bam
hardt of Concord. She was a mem
ber of the Baptist Church in Con
cord. Funeral services will be con
ducted Friday and burial will be in
I the family plot in Concord.
TUESDAY IS BIG
DAY IN DARE CO.
RECORDER'S COURT
Many Cases Stemming From Pi
rates Jamboree Week End Es
capades Heard with Others
Twenty-four more cases, major
ity of them stemming from the
Jamboree activities during the
launching of the 1961 vacation sea
son, were on the docket of Re
corder’s Court Tuesday. Some of
the cases were continued or will
be tried in Superior Court and
there are still others due to come
up in recorder’s court.
Those on the docket, the charges
against them and fines and costs
or other dispositions follow:
Donald L. Austin, Hatteras, pub
lic drunkenness, $33.70.
Cranel Eugene Benson, Norfolk,
forfeited S2OO bond which goes into
school fund when he failed to ap
pear on charges of driving drunk.
Jack Rayburn Burrus, Manteo,
reckless driving, $33.70.
Stanton Bruce Crabb, Norfolk,
speeding 60 in 45 mph zone, $23.70.
David Ryan Crabtree, Buxton,
drunk and disorderly, $33.70.
John Langston Daniels, Manteo,
$58.70, for having no state license
plates, no liability insurance and
no operator’s license.
Frank William Duvall, Norfolk,
drunk and disorderly, $33.70.
L. P. Ezzell, Rocky Mount, driv
ing drank, $108.70, and James R.
Wood, Rocky Mount, $58.70, charg
ed with aiding and abetting Uzzell
by allowing him to drive while
drank.
Bobby Ray Harrell, Ahoskie,
driving drunk charge. He request
ed jury trial and -was bound over
to higher court under bond of $l5O.
Henry S. Hassell, Manns Harbor,
speeding, $21.20.
Thos. Scarborough, Avon, drunk
on streets of Manteo, $33.70.
Rodney Wayne Spruill, Noifolk,
public drunkenness, $33.70.
Thomas Ruffin Iseley, Greens
boro, reckless driving and improp
er equipment, $46.20.
W. A. Keene, Durham, operating
motor- boat with expired operator’s
license, $18.70.
Wesley Hodges McElroy, Nor
folk, three charges, public drunken
ness, resisting arrest and assault
on officer, $78.70.
Matt Nosich, Norfolk, charged
with assaulting officer, Deputy
Sheriff D. Twyne, with a bottle,
$43.70.
Emmett E. Parker, Jr., Sunbury,
reckless driving, $59.60.
Maxton Peele, Hatteras, using
commercial fishing equipment with
out proper license, $18.70.
James A. Perkinson, Virginia
Beach, Va., charged with driving
drunk gave notice of appeal to su
perior court and bond was set at
$150.00.
Charles Clifford Price, Elizabeth
City, driving on wrong side of
highway, $18.70.
Larry Gene Reeves, Buxton, for
interfering with officer who was
making arrest, $23.70.
Richard W. Thompson, Punxsu
tawney, Pa., driving drunk, SIOB.-
70.
Roy Wescott, Jr., Manteo, fail
ing to stop at stop sign, $18.70.
John Ivey Wells, Ocracoke, pub
lic drunkenness, $33.70.
Charged with breaking and en
tering a cottage owned by Sallie
Pugh at Kill Devil Hills, Kenneth
Fairfax Wilson, John W. Council,
Charles H. Baker, Jon C. Pasca
rora and Howard Gibbs, Jr., of
Norfolk were each bound over to
superior court under bonds of SSOO
each.
JAMBOREE MEETING
IN DARE ON MAY 18
Business leaders of the area, and
especially those having to do with
staging the seventh annual Dare
Coast Pirates Jamboree, will meet
at The Carolinian Hotel in Nags
Head on May 18 to hear final re
ports of the vacation season opener
this year and also discuss whether
Pirates Jamborees will be held
again on the Dare Coast. Ted Wood
of Kill Devil Hill, finance chair
man of the Jamboree this year, has
indicated that many have a feeling
that the Jamboree should be dis
continued, while some areas believe
the event should Ibe continued. The
matter may be decided on May 18.
at which time all business interests
have been extended an invitation to
be present and participate in the
discussion.
4-H CLUBS SPONSOR DANCE
AT ENGELHARD SATURDAY
The Hyde County 4-H Clubs are
sponsoring a dance Saturday night,
May 13th, at 8:00 pjm., at the En
gelhard Community Building.
Prices: Stag 50c; couple 75c. Round
and Square dancing, games, cake
walks, drinks and candy sold, all
4-H members, young and old are
urged to attend. We guarantee that
you will have an enjoyable even
ting.
IANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 12. 1961
SWAN QUARTER WOMAN
WITH MACMILLAN CO.
sPw jmf
. Jjry HF
MISS PAGE SPENCER of Swan
QUARTER, has recently been ap
pointed head of advertising for
Technical and Business botfks at
The Macmillan Company.
Miss Spencer came to Macmil
lan after fifteen years’ experience
in book publishing. She was in the
publicity department of H. M.
Snyder and W. H. Hall companies
from 1945 to 1947, after which she
went to Rutgers University Press
where she served as senior editor
and, later, advertising and promo
tion manager for 13 years.
A graduate of East Carolina
College, Miss Spencer did post
graduate work under Professor
Frederick H. Koch and Samuel Sel
den at the University of North
Carolina. Two of her plays were
produced by the Carolina Playmak
er sand she won the Henry Holt
Prize for playwriting and the Jo
seph Feldman Award for Radio
Writing while she was at Chapel
Hill. Miss Spencer is the daughter
of Mrs. B. W. Williams and the
late Captain E. 0. Spencer of Swan
Quarter.
SUPERIOR COURT TERM
IN DARE CO. MAY 29TH
A term of Superior Court will
be held in Manteo the week of
May 29th, with Judge Joseph W.
Parker of Windsor presiding.
Judge Parker, a popular judge,
presided at the January term of
Civil Court held in Dare County.
The following 60 persons were
recently chosen by the County
Commissioners to serve as jurors
at the term this month:
Manteo: David E. Bulluck, Mary
E. Basnight, Arretta M. O’Neal,
Jasper Simpson, Clyde W. Biggs,
Mildred G. Midgett, Wallace Shan
non, George Hale Quidley,, Hattie
Olson, Elizabeth Parkerson, Virgin
ia D. Wescott, Zora Midgett, Sam
Burras, Louise Meekins, Ernie D.
McClease, Mary White, Thos. E.
Dough, Chesley C. Midgett, Jr.,
Carrie King, Cecil L. Berry, Henry
McCleese; Wanchese: Mrs. Basil
Daniels, Charles K. Tillett, Roscoe
Gallop, Roscoe Tillett, R. H. Gray.
Kitty Hawk: Mrs. Odell Tillett,
Josephine Twiford, Arnold Perry,
Selma Beasley, Edward L. Rogers,
Clara Haywood, F. W. Marks. Kill
Devil Hills: Helen S. Briggs, Allen
W. Beasley. Avon: Virginia Scar
borough, Percy Williams, Mary E.
Meekins. Hatteras: Hallis Foster,
Fulton Scarborough, Ivey Batten,
Mrs. Leonard Gillikin, Robert H.
Gray, Luther D. Burras, Viola
Peele, Milan O’Neal. East Lake:
Mrs. Turner Twiford. Manns Har
bor: Huff Mann, Wilbur Pinner,
Flay Kemp, Iris Ralph, Nina Mid
gett. Buxton: Richard Lourie, Rog
er Farrow, Joe Barnett, William
H. Hehl, Mrs. Leona Jennette.
Nags Head: Eva Atkins, Edward
L. Rogers. Rodanthe: Donald C.
Todd. Mashoes: Clyde Twiford.
MELVIN JACKSON IS NEW
HEAD OF EL. P.T.A.
The Manteo Elementary P.T.A.,
meeting Monday night in the school
auditorium, voted to retain $125.00
in the treasury for incurred ex
. penses. The balance will be added
to cash contributions, which totaled
i $62.05 Tuesday morning, and paid
■ at the close of school on the inter
com system debt of $447.00
Donations are badly needed and
! may be made to Mrs. Harold Leath-
• erman, Manteo; Mrs. Larry Bal-
• lance, Wanchese; Mrs. Grace Hoop-
• er, Stumpy Point. Mrs. Stanford
■ White, Manns Harbor; Mrs. Regi
nald Parker, Nags Head.
New officers installed for the
new year are Melvin Jackson of
’ Manteo, president; Mrs. Ralph
O’Neal of Stumpy Point, vice presi
> dent; Mrs. Harry Baum of Wan
, chese, secretary; and Mrs. Regi-
• nald Parker of Nags Head, treasur
. er.
I After the business session re
s freshments were served in the lib
l rary. The approximately fifty per
! sons present enjoyed visiting the
t teachers in their classrooms, where
• they saw class work and many
I colorful displays of art.
NEW POSTOFFICE
FOR FAIRFIELD
PLANS AVAILABLE
In accordance with President
Kennedy’s order for an immediate
increase in the rate of the Post Of
fice Department’s building pro
gram, Postmaster General Day an
nounced today that readvertise
ment has been posted to secure new
! Post Office facilities at Fairfield,
| North Carolina, on a monthly ren-
I tai basis for a fixed term of
five years with two two-year re
newal options. Specifications call
for the new quarters to contain ap
proximately 700 square feet of
floor space, 80 square feet of
: platform space, and 2,500 square
feet of driveway, parking and
maneuvering area.
According to the Postmaster,
Mrs. Isabelle M. Howard, interested
bidders may obtain Bidder’s Kits
and more detailed information from
Carl Bolt, Assistant Regional Real
Estate Manager, Post Office De
partment, 428 Federal Annex, At
lanta 4, Georgia. Bids should be
submitted to Mr. Bolt nor later,
(than May 25, 1961.
The Fairfield Post Office will be
h. part of the President’s plan to
put $269 million into our econ
omy at a crucial time, including $lO
million in existing postal facilities.
The Administration thus recognizes
the vital part which the Postal Ser
vice—one of the world’s largest
businesses, handling more than $lB
billion annually—plays in our nat
ional welfare.
This Post Office, and the many
others being constructed, will ibe
new links in the postal system
which provides better service for
you.
NEW NATURALIST FOR THE
CAPE HATTERAS SEASHORE
Vernon C. (“Tommy”) Gilbert,
Jr., has accepted a promotion and
transfer to Cape Hatteras National
Seashore Recreational Area, Man
teo, North Carolina where he will
be the Chief Park Naturalist, Su
perintendent Robert F. Gibbs an
nounced today at Headquarters,
Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
Mr. Gilbert will be in charge of
interpretation at both Cape Hatter
as National Seashore and Fort
Raleigh National Historic Site, re
placing W. Verde Watson who was
recently transferred to Mt. Mc-
Kinley National Park, Alaska.
Mr. Gilbert has been the Assist
ant Chief Park Naturalist at Ever
glades National Park since August
31, 1958. He began his career in the
National Park Service in June of
1954 at Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, Tennessee. Follow
ing this he was employed seasonal
ly at Everglades National Park
during the winters of 1954, 1955
and 1956 and at Great Smokies
during the summers. In August
1956 he received his permanent ap
pointment as Park Naturalist at
Great Smoky Mountains National
Park and transferred to Everglades
the last day of August 1958.
Mr. Gilbert attended the Univer
sity of Tennessee, Knoxville where
he received both his B. A. and M. S.
dgrees. He was selected as the
Region One participant for the
Tenth Departmental Training Pro
gram in Washington, D. C. This is
given by the National Park Service
and last for a period of six months.
Mr. Gilbert married Miss Helen
Strong in 1950 in San Antonio,
Texas, while he was solving in the
United States Army.
He is well known in the area of
Dade County for his talks and his
work with the Audubon Societies.
He is presently working with Dr.
Frank C. Craighead on a study of
the effects on Hurricane Donna on
the vegetation in the Paik.
“Tommy” and Mrs. Gilbert (Pat
sy) will leave Homestead on May
9 for their new assignment. They
will live in Government quarters on
Bodie Island when they arrive at
Cape Hatteras.
FORD TIMES RECOGNIZES
BEACH HOTEL RECIPES
In the current issue of Ford
Times, monthly publication of the
Ford Motor Company, the Carolin
ian Hotel at Nags Head is noted
in the “favorite recipes” section.
Outer Banks clam chowder and
Carolinian griddle cakes are given
note, along with a half-page color
illustration of the hotel.
This is the second time Outer
Banks recipes have been awarded
this favor; some years ago the
Old Station Restaurant at Kitty
Hawk was publicized for “Crab
Old Station” and “Beefsteak and
Kidney Pie.”
Many other coastal recipes are
winning fame through distribution
of such publications as the Man
teo Woman’s Cldb cook book, sev
eral thousand copies having been
sold during the past five years.
Other coastal recipes will be sea-
I tured in another area cook book to
ibe published early this summer.
GETS CARNEGIE MEDAL
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BENJAMIN L. MIDGETT
200.000TH TELEPHONE
IS INSTALLED BY
CAROLINA TELEPHONE
The 200,000th telephone of Caro
lina and Telegraph Company was
installed on Wednesday, May 3 in
the new offices of Dr. Robert E.
Sandy at 508 East Twelfth Street,
Washington, N. C.
The first call on the newly in
stalled telephone was made by Dr.
Sandy who dialed North Carolina
Utilities Commission Chairman
Harry T. Westcott in Raleigh.
Chairman Wescott congratulated
the telephone company and said,
“It is particularly interesting to me
that this 200,00th telephone should
be installed in Washington—the
location of the first direct distance
dialing installation in North Caro
lina.”
Carolina Telephone Vice Presi
dent J. F. Havens, in Washington
to witness the installation, said
that event marked a significant
milestone in the history of eastern
North Carolna communications. He
noted that fifty-two yearh were re
quired for tlie company to attain
its 100,00th telephone (installed at
Rocky Mount in 1952); while only
nine years were required for the
company to gain its second 100,000
telephones.
Thus, in the past nine years, the
number of telephones in our ser
vice area has more than doubled.
“This is indicative,” Havens said
“of the tremendous growth of east
ern North Carolna in recent years
and reflects the increased demand
for telephone service which has ac
companied this development”
Washington and the surrounding
area have kept pace with the pro
gress recorded recently throughout
eastern North Carolina. This can
be seen in the fact that at the
end of 1940, there were about 1,-
600 telephones here. By 1950 these
had increased to slightly more than
2,700; while today the Washington
exchange provides service to about
4,550 telephones.
Guests of Dr. Sandy during the
installation, in addition to Vice
President Havens, were: Carolina
Telephone Director John C. Rod
man, Washington. District Com
mercial Manager W. E. Marshall,
See PHONES, Page Six
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
SAT. FOR MRS. HASSELL
Funeral services for Mrs. Ida
Mann Hassell, former resident of
East Lake, who died May 3,
at the residence of
ter, Mrs. Violet M. Kellam »t Nags
Head, were conducted Saturtay af
ternoon at 2 o’clock in the'chapel
of the Twiford Funeral Home at
Manteo by the Rev. M. J.- Davis,
pastor of the Manteo > Baptist
Church.
“Crossing The Bar” and “The
Last Mile of the Way” were sung
by Johnny Long. Mrs. Jack Cohoon
accompanied at the organ. The cas
: ket pall consisted of pink and white
carnations and fern.
Pallbearers were her nephews:
■ Doc Twiford, Haxstall. Twiford,
i Luther R. Davidson, Jr., and Frank
. Cahoon, Wilbur Cahoon and Rod
• | ger Cahoon.
> Burial followed in We Methodist
I Church cemetery at East Lake.
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO, N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
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WANCHESE YOUTH
AWARDED A MEDAL
FOR SAVING LIFE
Ben Midgett of Dare County, and
Edwin Richardson of Hamlet
Win Carnegie Medals
The Carnegie Hero Fund Com
mission in Pittsburg Friday cited
two teen-aged North Carolina
schoolboys for performing heroic
deeds in 1960.
Each will receive a bronze medal
and SSOO.
The young Tar Heels cited for
heroic acts are Benjamin L. Mid
gett, 15, of Wanchese, and G. Ed
win Richardson, 16, of Hamlet. »
Midgett saved David E. and Wil
liam A. Batten, aged 8 and 11, re
spectively, from drowning at Nags
Head, June 6, 1960.
Richardson save two Army in
fantrymen from being killed by a
train at Hamlet, April 1, 1960.
Ben is the son of Mrs. Terrah
Daniels Midgett and the late
George Washington Midgett of
Wanchese. His father was once a
member of the Coast Guard. His
maternal grandfather was the late
Marcellus Daniels, and outstanding
citizen of Wanchese.
In recounting Midgett’s heroic
act, the commission said the motor
boat in which the Batten boys were
riding was capsized by breakers in
Oregon Inlet 1,200 feet from shore.
David Batten was thrown clear, but
William Batten, his parents, ano
ther man and a 4-year-old-boy were
trapped beneath the overturned
craft. William soon rose to the sur
face.
David and William, neither of
whom could swim, struggled to
stay afloat but were submerged
intermittently by breakers three
or four feet high which carried
them away from the boat.
A charter craft on which Midg
ett was a deck hand moved into
the breakers, where the pilot idled
the craft. Fully clothed except for
shoes, Midgett dived into the water,
swam 40 feet to David, and placed
one arm around him. David put
his arms around the neck of Midg
ett, who then towed him back to
the charter boat. Treading water
three feet from the craft's pro
peller, Midgett lifted David, and
a man in the boat pulled him
aboard. By then the other man who
had been in the , overturned boat
had straggled from beneath it and
with difficulty held William at the
surface.
Midgett swam 60 feet through
the breakers and took William
from the man. After towing Wil
liam 40 feet, Midgett became very
tired and his progress slowed. From
the charter craft a man hurled a
rope. Midgett grabbed the end and,
still supporting William, was
drawn to the boat. By then he was
too weak to raise William from the
water. A man in the boat pulled
William and then Midgett aboard.
The parents of David and William
escaped from beneath the capsized
boat; and they and the other man
were removed from the water. The
4-year-old boy drowned.
Young Richardson’s deed had its
setting at a railroad crossing at
Hamlet where a small sedan con
taining the two infantrymen stalled
on a track as a freight train ap
proached at 25 miles an hour.
While the soldiers were attemp
ting to re-start the sedan, the train
rounded a curve, sounding horn
and bell.
As the locomotive approached
at undiminished speed, Richardson
put his autobomible into gear and
knocked the stalled sedan clear.
But Richardson’s car stopped. Rich
aidson put his engine in reverse,
leaped from the car, and ran from
the crossing. As he did so, the au
tomobile move backward and just
cleared the path of the passing
train.
BLOODMOBILE TO VISIT DARE
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will
be on the Dare Coast for two days
this week.
It will be on Hatteras Island at
the Cape Hatteras High School in
Buxton on Thursday, May 11, and
in Manteo at the High School on
Friday, May 12, according to an
nouncement by Woody Fearing in
charge of the bloodmobile publicity
in this county for the area visits
this week.
Plans for the bloodmobile visits
this week to the Dare Coast, the
second such visit ever made into
this area, was planned by Glenn
Brosier, field representative of the
Southeastern area of the American
Red Cross and the Dare committee
which includes Dr. W. W Harvey,
Ralph Davis and Dr. W. W. John
ston of Manteo.
Plans have been made to contact
the people who were such able
workers during the first visit of the
bloodmobile to ’Dare County and
donor pledge campaigns have been
; underway in each of the communi
ties of the area, it was stated.