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OLUME XXVI NO. 48
EPISCOPALIANS
DEDICATE NEW
PARISH HOUSE
lishop Wright Officiates; Rev. A.
C. D. Noe, Former Rector,
Also Present
TTie Rt. Rev. Thomas H. Wright,
J. D., Bishop of the Diocese of
Bast Carolina, officiated at the
ledication of the newly constructed
>aridh (House for St. Andrews by
he-Sea Episcopal Church, Nags
dead, N. C., on Sunday, May 21st.
she Bishop also administered Con
irmation to a class presented by
he Rev. Joseph P. Burroughs,
■ector of the church.
*Hie parish house, a yellow brick
render building is to the right and
•ear of the church and contains
■hunch school classrooms, la nurs
■ry, kitchen, large auditorium with
;tage, and a study for the rector,
t will be used as an educational
milding and a recreation center
or young people, including sum
ner visitors.
Participating in the service with
iishop Wright and the Rev. Mr.
lurroughs was the Rev. A. C. D.
\oe of Bath, first rector of St
Andrews after it became an organ
zed mission in 1055. The church
cached aided-parish status in
960. Gordon Kellogg and Lynwood
lujhrefll, Wardens of St. Andrews,
opened the doors of the parish
louse to the Bishop and presented
he Keys.
A large and representative con
gregation was present for the
ervice, and for a luncheon immedi
tely following, which was served
n the parish house by the Episco
pal Churchwomen. Mrs. Robert S.
Smith was in charge of the lunch
on arrangements.
IATEMAN MILLER APPEALS
CASE TO HIGHER COURT
When ordered to pay the court
oats after he was found guilty of
ibstructing a road or cartway in
JuxJtwn, Bateman Miller of the
Jape Hatteras communtiy gave
lotice of appeal to superior court,
lis bond was set at SIOO.
The case, which was an out
growth of charges by J. R. Rollin
on of Buxton, was started in re
order’s court last week but not
ompleted until Tuesday. As matter
f fact the case is not yet com
•leted, or settled, as it is scheduled
o be tried again in higher court.
Tie lower court had ordered that
he road be re-opened.
There were 18 other cases dis
osed of through trial or via sub
missions during the Tuesday ses
ion by Judge Baum. They follow:
James T. Sutton, Norfolk, reck
;ss driving, $33-70.
John Richard Morris, Nags Heed,
•as charged with driving an auto
0 miles and hour. Found guilty
e was ordered to pay fine of SIOO
nd cost or serve 60 day road sent
nce.
Jasper Rupert Thomas, Manteo,
aid SIOO and costs on charges of
riving drunk.
On similar charge Bruno C.
iatsch Jr. New York City paid
108.70.
Celestial Summer Scarborough,
lags Head, improper registration
f an auto, $18.70.
Haul McAbee, Frisco, for speed
ig at 80 miles and hour, guilty,
nd fine of $108.70.
Robert Clement Vincent, Murfre
,'boro, reckless driving and improp
r muffler, $46.20.
John T. Strausburg, Woodlawn,
Det, 'failing to stop at stop sign,
18.70.
Ronnie O'Neal, Rodanthe, public
runkenness, $33.70.
Oliver Edwin Olson, Norfolk,
riving drunk. $108.70.
Joseph F. Elington, Petersburg,
a., ‘for failing to grant rightof
ay, 18.70.
Jack R. Burrus, Manteo, fight
ig, creating disturbance and re
sting arrest $35 and costs.
George A Stavro, Manteo, sctt
g fire to woodland area without
permit, $33.70.
William Porter Garrish,
cnacoke, submitted to public
-unkenncss charge, total fine and
■Sts $33.70.
Benjamin T. Byrd, Murfreesboro,
jling to give proper traffic signal,
.8.70.
Gilbert Ray Tetterton, Plymouth,
. C., guilty following too closely,
8.70.
George D. Cornish, Buxton, driv
g 70 miles and hour in a 55 mile
ne, $23.70.
MYF CARWASH SATURDAY
The Methodist Youth Fellowship
’ Mt Olivet Methodist Church is
nnaoring a carwash Saturday,
iay 27, from 8 am. to 4 pm. at
eekins ’Esso Station in Manteo,
le price is one dollar and sis ty
nte ($1.50) per car. The proceeds
1H go to the MYF.
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
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THOSE participating in the official opening of the doors of the new Parish House at St. Andrews by-the-
Sea, Sunday, are left to right: Lynwood Cuthrell, Junior Warden; the Rev. Joseph Burroughs, present rec
tor; the Rev. A. C. D. Noe, retii-ed rector; Bishop Thomas H. Wright; and J. Gordon Kellogg, Senior
Warden.
SHADOW UNDER MY BAIT!
Invigorating Account of Blue Marlin Sporting Event Off Cape
Hatteras
By HAL LYMAN
In The Salt Water Sportsman
Skipping over the rough
surface the dead mullet cut
antics which would have put alive
mullet to shame. As the outrig
ger dipped and bent, the bait dove
deep, then snanped through the air
as the next roll tightened the line.
I watched it as I had watched
similar skip baits on different trips
for more than 100 hours in waters
from Hatteras to Puerto Rico —to
the Bahamas to Florida and back
to Hatteras again. One fact I had
learned from those hours of watch
ing: never let your eyes stray from
that skip bait for any appreciable
time when after blue marlin. The
dark shadow of that mighty, billed
fighter can loom up from the
depths suddenly, without warning
and when least expected.
My memory turned back to a
still, tropical, blistering day off
San Jaun when, after five hours
without a sign Os fish, the water
erupted as a great bill smashed
down on a hook hidden in the trol
led bonefish. Some sav I struck
too soon, others that I did not soon
enough. Whatever the fault, one
leap gave the marlin its freedom.
And then there was the time off
Walker Cay when we were heading
for port after a blank trip. Two
smashing strikes within seconds of
each other, two huge blues on the
rampage, two crossed lines and, in
a moment, two anglers looking at
each other speechless as the lines
drooped slack! The blue tliat strip
ped my reel off Florida’s Gulf
Stream was another shadow I could
not forget. A 4/0 reel loaded with
36 pound test is well and good for
sailfish, dolphin and even white
marlin, but who would suspect that
a billed giant would gobble a small
strip bait?
Memories all, with many others
of big blue shadows trailing other
skip baits in other waters for ach
ing minutes, only to vanish silently
in the deeps. There was the time...
“Big shark following yours,
Albert.”
Captain Edgar Styron’s voice
was matter of fact, but I was on
my feet almost as soon as my com
panion, Albert van der Reit. Albert,
having fished all over the world,
this time had traveled from Natal,
South Africa, to try his luck off
Hatteras, North Carolina, from the
Twins 11.
The shark turned after a cursory
inspection and swam away upwind.
“They can be a nuisance,” said
Albert in a masterpiece of under
statement.
Our eyes went back to the skip
baits. From time to time, I looked
at the big Hashing spoon close
astern which Captain Styron used
as a teaser. Having had more than
one teaser belted to pieces by a
blue marlin, he had rigged this one
with a large hook and trolled it
from a rod and reei as safety in
surance.
Then I saw it—that familiar
shadow, coming fast. I suppose I
yelled, since everyone else aboard
did. The fish turned from my bait,
followed Albert’s briefly and then
its bill cleared the water in a wel
ter of foam. The inside of its
mouth looked amazingly white and
I could see far down its gullet.
“He’s got it!” the mate on the
flying bridge shouted.
The line snapped free from the
outrigger.
Albert, wise to the ways of big
game fish, took his time. The rod
was in his hands a moment after
the fish had been sighted and he
settled himself easily in the fight
ing chair. With the reel in free
spool, the line tore off it more and
more rapidly. Although the books
say to strike after a slow count of
ten, counting under such circum
stances is an indefinite procedure
at best. It is far better to strike
when the line changes direction in
the water, when it picks up speed
after a brief slowdown or when it
really starts to move after no slow
down at all. If any of these things
happen, it indicates that the fish I
has swallowed the bait.
Albert, almost deliberately it
seemed to me, threw the reel into
gear and struck hard. The rod
quivered and the marlin started
to move.
Half an hour later, we still had
not seen the fish. Albert had lost
•line, recovered it, lost it again—
and still no sign on the surface.
Conjectures ran rampant. Perhaps
it had dropped the bait and a big
shark had returned to take its
place. Remembering that white
maw on the strike, I could not be
lieve it. But why no jumps?
‘■(He’s hurt and hurt badly,” said
Edgar. “They’ll do that when the
hook is deep—short runs and log
ging.” I
A short time later, there was a 1
thrashing of white water astern.
Unless the shark had grown a bill
and a sickle-shaped tail, there was
no question on the identity of the
See FISHING, Page Six .
JOHN D. EARLE LIBRARY
MEMORIAL TAKING SHAPE
The Troop Committee, parents,
and Scouts agreed sometime ago
to sponsor a library memorial in
the name of John D. Earle, former ’
Scoutmaster of Manteo. Nevin,'
Wescott, currently serving as chair
man of the memorial, added that
the program was progressing very,
fast, Anyone in Dare desiring to j
have a book for youth placed in
the memorial section may contact
him. Wescott received information
from the Alemarle District that
each Scout Troop had already ex-1
pressed a desire to place several
books in the memorial. Wescott
announced that on June 12th the I
memorial would begin to take'
shape. A plaque and picture of Mr. I
Earle have already been secured.'
Mrs. Jean Ward, librarian, added
that this was the library’s first
memorial. Mr. Earle, she said had
always promoted the library
through reading to the bv< and 1
making recomm-'-’dations of books
for boys to read.
RECEIVES COLLEGE HONOR
Wesley Mearl<‘ ?t'ekins, Jr., of
Manteo, has earn'd the distinction
of being the outstanding Senior of
the Geography department of East
Carolina College, Greenville. Mr.|
Meekins, who will graduate this
this summer, plans to accept work
in Washington, D .C., with the.
Coast and Geodetic Survey.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1961
FISHING FOR BLUES
REMAINS BEST BET
IN DARE WATERS
Still Being Taken in Large Num
bers; Channel Bass Have
Scattered; Black Drum
Plentiful
i By AYCOCK BROWN
• Everything from black bass from
i the fresh water lakes and bays to
Blue marlin in the Gulf Stream
i have been taken by anglers fishing
I Dare Coast-Outer Banks waters
; during the past weekend but the
’ ( best bet, as is usual for this season
,of the year, has been bluefish.
I Tn the surf, from Oregon and
1 Hatteras inlets, from ocean fish-
• ing piers and from the sounds,
• I bluefish by the thousands have been
| taken daily since the big blitz of
, these scrappy fighters got under
lay week end before last.
Anglers have taken them with
'shrimp bait and feather jigs, bone
lures and Hopkins lead squid, and
some have been large while others
were hardly more than the size of
sardines. The big catches at Oregon
Inlet on Sunday were mostly blues
in the one half to one and half
pounds. Twentyfive or more charter
boats loaded with anglers brought
in catches ranging from 100 to
' 300 fish per party. Privately owned
outboard powered craft usually
with two or three anglers aboard
1 caught from 25 to 75 blues per
.party on the weekend.
' Not all the blues -were small.
There were reports from the vari
ous ocean piers of the Dare Beaches
of fish that scaled at three pounds
I and some large blues of this gen
eral size were taken by the feather
jig and bone fishermen trolling at
Hatteras Inlet.
Channel Bass Scatter
Channel bass have scattered
during the past week. The best
catch was by Mr. and Mrs Grav
Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Karl
Hickman of Arlington, Va. Casting
I from a drifting boat, Albatross 1,
slippered by Bill Foster of Hat
. teras, the Arlington anglers using
feather lures boated five channel
. bass, three weighing over 40 pounds
and one going to 48%. The small
'est was a 28 pounder. There are
channel bass still available in Outer
Banks waters, l>ut scattering as
.they have, they are hard to find.
Not hal’d to find, and many have
been taken during the past week,
have been black drum, sometimes
hooked with Pfleuger Record spoon
lures and sometimes snagged by
■the trolled lure.... Whiting (sea
mullet) and gray trout have also
been plentiful.
' MRS. MARY MANN COLLINS
Mrs. Mary Mann Collins, 62,
died in a Norfolk hospital Tuesday
morning following a long illness.
Mrs Collins, who had long been
active in church and garden club
activities in Norfolk, was the wife
of Rodney S. Collins, and a daugh
ter of Adam Clark Mann and
iVirginia Tillett Mann of Manteo.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday afternoon at Hollomon-
Brown Funeral Home, Norfolk,
and buritd was in Forest Lawn
cemetery.
Surviving in addition to the hus
..band and parents are one daugh
|ter, Miss Shirley Mann Collins of
i Norfolk; one brother, Elbert Mann
:Jof Manteo, and two sisters, Mrs.
i.Neva Midgett of Manteo and Mrs.
(Elliott Ward of Elizabeth City.
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ISABEL RIDDICK KRIDER, left, and MARGARET ELLEN PERRY,
right, have received the highest grades in the 1961 Senior class of
Manteo High (School. Mrs. Krider, wife of John A. Krider, Jr., of Man
teo, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Riddick of Manteo, is vale
dictorian. Miss Perry, of Kitty Hawk, is salutatorian.
SHRIMP SEASON
OPENS IN N. C.
MONDAY, MAY 29
Rules Outlined for Taking Shrimp
From State-Controlled Waters
by C & D Director
The season for taking shrimp
from State-controlled waters will
open at 12:01 a.m. on Monday,
May 29, Conservation and Develop
ment Director Hargrove Bowels,
Jr., has announced.
Bowles said the 1961 shrimp sea
son is being opened on recommend
ations of State Fisheries Commis
sioner C. G. Holland and Dr. A. F.
Chestnut, director, Institute of
Fisheries Reasearch, Morehead
City.
The 1961 season is being opened
a week later than last year- when
it began on May 23.
Bowles emphasized that the tak
ing of shrimp from State-control
led wateis will be subject to regula
tions previously adopted by the
State Board of Conservation and
Development and statutory laws
regarding the catching of shrimp
in the counties of New Hanover,
Pender, and Brunswick.
These regulations prohibit the
taking of shrimp between midnight
Saturday until midnight Sunday
throughout the year.
The special law enacted in 1959
by the General Assembly relating
to taking of shrimp in New Han
over, Pender and Brunswick count
ies permits their catching for per
sonal or family use at any time
except from polluted areas so
designated by the State Board of
Health and except from areas clos
ed by the Board of Conservation
and Development. This law also
applies to fish and clams.
Persons taking shrimp, clams
and fish from the water of these
three counties for personal use and
then offering them for sale will
under the law, be guilty of a mis
demeanor and upon convicition
fined SSO or imprisoned for 30 days.
Bowles said the following areas
will be kept closed in Newport
River: Bills, Oyster, Calico Creek
and Cross Rocks; all bays and
creeks in Back and Core Sound,
including North River and Ward’s
Creek in Carteret county; and all
tributaries of Bogue Sound, in
cluding White Oak River and
Queen’s Creek and all other areas
over which the Board of Conser
vation and Development has control
and which are producing small
shrimp.
HYDE FARMERS PARTICIPATE
IN FEED GRAIN PROGRAM
Hyde County farmers are partici
pating in feed grain program ac
cording to J. C. Williams, Jr., Of
fice Manager, Hyde ASC County
Office. The report of May 12, 1961
shows that 283 farms have been
signed up. these farms will divert
4776 acres of com for which they
will receive payment in grain or
cash. The program provides for an
advance payment of about one-half
of the total payment. The advance
payment on these farms amounts
to $93,323. During the last two
weeks the ASC office has paid $86,-
100 of this to the county farmers.
The remainder of their payment
will be made about the first of
July. Percentagewise, Hyde farm
ers show they are interested in the
feed grain program. There are 686
farms eligible to participate in
Hyde County. 283 farms or 40.3%
of the farms are participating.
The feed grain program sign-up
is open until June 1,1961. Farmers
interested in participating should
i contact the ASC office eit once.
HURRICANE PROBLEM
MEETING IS SET FOR
COURTHOUSE JUNE 7
Arrangements have been made
for a meeting to be held in the
Dare County Courthouse from 10:00
o’clock a m. until 12:00 o’clock
noon Wednesday, June 7, 1961. for
the purpose of discussing problems
which confront this area when hur
ricanes are imminent.
Leading hurricane authorities
from the U. S. Weather Bureau,
including Mr. Gordon Dunn, direc
tor, National Hurricane Center,
Miami, will attend the meeting,
along with representatives of all
agencies concerned with this prob
lem. It is hoped that there will
evolve from this meeting a coordi
nated program concerning the prob
lems of hurricane warnings, evacu
ations and related subjects.
CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL
COMMITTEE MET THURSDAY
Members of the Dare County
Civil War Centennial Committee
met in Manteo Thursday to discuss
progress being made for marking
battle sites and plans for observing
the 100th anniversaries of the
Battle of Hatteras later this year
and the Battle of Roanoke Island
early next year.
Chairman Ralnh Swain stated
that plans for erecting markers at
an early date on Roanoke Island
were complete. One will be located
near the approach to William B.
Umstead Memorial Bridge, the
other at recently found Fort Rus
sell breastworks near the inter
section of the Manteo-Nags Head-
Wanchese highways.
Mrs. Josenhine Oden, Hatteras
member, stated it was planned to
have at least one well worked
marker near Forts of the Hatteras
area erected soon. This would be a
temporary marker as it is believed
since most of the forts of Hatteras
are now located in the Cape Hat
teras National Seashore land that
the NPS will later designate the
exact sites. She also indicated that
it was hoped a topographical map
under glass would be erected to
designate sites of Civil War inter
est.
Names were suggested for fin
ance committee who hope to raise
monies to carry out plans of the
Commission. The Committee on
finance will be announced later.
Present for the meeting were
the following persons: Chairman
Swain, Mrs. Oden, James Rae, Mrs.
Jean Ward, Melvin R. Daniels,
Aycock Brown and R. S. Smith. .
Smith gave a report on the float
from the Pirate Jamboree ship
“Sea Hag” which was temporarily
converted into the Civil War ves
sel “Curlew” and took part in the
recent Civil War parade in Raleigh.
He also gave a more comprehensive
report on the float “Curlew” which
he and W. H. Smith had taken to
Raleigh, under sponsorship of the
Centennial Committee at the week
ly Rotary meeting on Monday.
FRESH WATER FISHING
IN DARE COAST WATERS
Manns Harbor, Weather con
ditions which failed to hamper blue
fishermen on the weekend sort of
fouled up fresh water angling in
East and South Lakes.
Mrs. W. S. White of the Croatan
Motel reported that fishing was
only fair for large mouth bass.
“Some of the parties caught their
limits, but the fishing generally
was not as good as the preceding
weekend,” she said.
Julian Oneto of Nags Head re
ported that guests at The Carolin
ian who had been fishing for bass
in Kitty Hawk Bay and the water
reaches of Colington Island had
been having fair to good luck.
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO, N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
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BLUE MARLIN NOW
BEING CAUGHT OFF
DARE CO. COAST
First Caught by New Jersey An
gler; Largest, 395 Pounds,
Taken by Buxton Man
By AYCOCK BROWN
Early Saturday morning, May
20, in less than two hours after he
had sailed from Hatteras to the
Gulf Stream, Dr. Irvin Sussman,
Bridgeton, N. J., angler aboard his
private billfish cruiser “Ripper”
skippered by Capt. Reed Miles of
Ocean City had raised, hooked and
boated 375 pound blue marlin in
waters near Diainon Lightship an
chored in the coastwise shiplane
near the Continental Shelf at the
western edge of the Stream.
During the next four days three
more blue marlin were taken in
same general area as follows:
May 22, two caught, 335 pounder
by William Horvath, Garden City,
L. I. from his private cruiser “Val-
Jean;” and, 391% pounder by Ray
Williams, Sandston, Va., from
Capt. Billy Baum’s charter cruiser
“Kay”.
May 24, one taken, 395 pounder
by Raymond Basnett, Buxton, N.
C., skipping bait from Capt. Tex
Ballance’s cruiser Escape 11.
Total weight these four blue
marlin 1496% pounds, total length
43 feet. Eighty to 130 pound test
line used loaded on reels ranging
from 10/0 to 12/0. During past
week a dozen or more marlin have
been raised to bait and some hook
ed and lost.
Bluefishing still best bet inshore
with catches reported from surf,
the six ocean piers of Dare Coast
area, and trolling from charter
boats. Blues ranging from three
quarter to two and half pounds
Best catches made by trollers us
ing feather, bone or nylon lures,
aboard charter boats at Hatteras
and Oregon Inlets. Some parties
have taken more than 500 blues
daily.
Unusual catch of week was nine
pound eight ounce striped bass
taken by Mrs. R. C. Nicely, Hope
well, Va., fishing in surf at Kill
Devil Hills. Second striper to be
taken from surf on Dare Beaches
in less than week. She was using
cut herring bait.
Best channel bass catch off week
were five taken by Mr. and Mrs.
Gray Williams, and party, Rich
mond, drift casting in Hatteras In
let with feather jigs from cruiser
Albatross skippered by Capt. Bill
Foster. The five fish weighed from
28 to 48% pounds.
Other fish catches reported dur
ing week, plenty of black drum,
cobia, dolphin, false albacore,
blackfin and yellowfin tuna, whit
ing, flounder, gray and speckled
trout and from fresh waters large
mouth bass, bream and variety of
perches here on Dare Coast.
ECC GRADUATES INCLUDE
MANY FROM THIS AREA
East Carolina College in Green
ville conferred degrees Sunday,
May 21, on more than 1,000 seniors
and graduate students who com
pleted their academic work during
the 1960-1961 term.
Governor Terry Sanford of North
Carolina delivered the commence
ment address. President Leo W.
Jenkins of East Carolina conferred
degrees upon members of the Class
of 1961.
Among those from this area re
ceiving degrees were:
B. S.: Floyd Clinton Bowen, Jr.,
Mardge Etta Lupton, Lillie Ann
Midgette, James E. Paul, James
Beuron Roper, Willie Keaton Stan
ley and George John Zambos, ail of
Belhaven. Frederick Marshall Cut
ler, Frances Ruth Davis, and Ange
line Joan VanDyk, all of Pantego.
Randall Eugene Holmes of Manteo;
Matizi Kay Oden of Hatteras;
Roberson Mahon Mckinney, Rt 1,
Scranton; Loice Frances Baynor
Parnell, Scranton; Sophia Ann Twi
ford of Engelhard.
A. B.: Walter Speight Burrus of
Engelhard. Thomas Leon O’Neal of
Manteo; William Lloyd Scar
borough Jr., of Buxton.
M. A.: Dorothy Louise Midgett
of Waves; William Marshall Boyd,
Jr., of Engelhard.
ORGAN DEDICATION
AT STUMPY POINT
■
Shiloh Methodist Church will
i dedicate its Conn Organ at the 11
i o’clock worship service on Sunday,
May 28, with the Rev. R. L. Jerome,
• Elizabeth City District Superinten
’ dent, officiating. Special musk by
; John Long of Manteo.
The Rev. Mr. Jerome will deliver
■ the morning message and also eon-
■ duct the Quarterly Conference of
» the Dare Charge, consisting of
f Stumpy Point, Manns Harbor and
I East Lake churches. The/Rev. C.
R. Olson is pastor.