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VOLUME XXVI NO. 49
808 SWEENEY OF
HOLLYWOOD VISITS
PLACES IN N. CARi
Former Fibber McGee, Now Andy
Griffith Show Director, visits
Dare Coast Region
By AYCOCK BROWN
Bob Sweeney, the “Fibber McGee”
of the Fibber McGee and Molly
Show who is now director of the
Andy Griffith Television Show has
returned to Hollywood after tour
ing North Carolina and spending
several days here on the Dare
Coast-Outer Banks.
While on Roanoke Island, Swe
eney was visited by Bob McQuain,
now of Hollywood, but until last
year had played the lead role of
John Borden in The Lost Colony.
McQuain had come east to visit
relatives in Richmond and Wash
ington after beginning his televi
sion and acting career in Hollywood
where he had been cast in Pasa
dena Playhouse productions and
also in the Andy Griffith Show.
Sweeney is a likable fellow. He
made friends quickly wherever he
went, whether on Hatteras or Ocra
coke, or here in Manteo where he
attended sessions of Superior
Court, met and talked with court
officials and members of the
Sheriff's department. Before coin
ing to Dare he had visited many
North Carolina towns from the
mountains to the sea and had been
provided with a state Highway
Patrol by Ed. Scheidt, the patrol’s
top official.
“I am a native of San Francisco,
and the producer and writers of
the Andy Griffith Show hail from
New York, and other cities away
from North Carolina. My visit has
been to meet people, especially
those who may live in communities
such as ‘Mayberry’ the television
town of Andy’s show and to hear
them talk, learn their brogue and
their wonderful ways of expressing
themselves,” said Sweeney.
"Andy after reading a script often
has made Changes stating that
the way he would say or speak the
lines is the way it would be done
in North Carolina,” he added.
On the Dare Coast, Dr. W. W.
Harvev arranged for Sweeney to
visit Hatteras where Wheeler and
Gamaleil Ballance showed him
around. Later in Manteo he visited
Waterside Theatre to see the place
where Lost Colony is presented and
the place where Andy was
a professional actor.
He met and talked with Albert
Q. Bell and later before he depart
ed for Hollywood he talked with,
and heard talk, (making recordings
of what he heard) the courthouse
scenes and trials in superior court
here this week.
LOST COLONY
MANAGER ARRIVES
TO MAKE READY
Sib Dorton Jr., geheral man
ager of Paul Green’s symphonic
drama The Lost Colony has arrived
in Manteo to make ready for the
21st season opening of the show
on July 1.
Also here to begin the monu
mental task of building new sets
and properties to replace those des
troyed in the high winds and tides
of Hurricane Donna last September
is Bill Long, in charge of the
drama’s properties, along with his
staff.
Arriving later this week will be
Mrs. Irene Rains in charge of the
costume department of the show
and on Monday June 5, Director
Clifton Britton will arrive to start
making ready for the beginning of
rehearsals on June 19, and doing
the many things that are necessary
to have everything ready at the
proper time.
Waterside Theatre, which was
damaged by Hurricane Donna
shortly after the season ended in
1960, has been completely rebuilt
hackstage. The work has been un
derway since the day after the
great storm hit, under direction
of Albert Q. Bell, who designed
and built the original Waterside
Theatre and has maintained the
properties through the years. "
Rehearsals for the drama’s open
ing July 1 will begin on June 19.
There will be more than 100 per
sons in the cast and company again
this year. More than half of the
company members are from Roan
oke Island.
STATE COLLEGE GRADUATES
1961 graduates of N. C. State
College, Raleigh, include the fol
lowing from this area: Melvin
Bryan Poulson, Engelhard, civil
engineering; Erving Harold Gray,
Avon; and Charles Norman Daven-
Fort, Creswell, electrical engineer
ing; and Clyde Wilson Davis,
Pantego, mechanical engineering.
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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DEPUTY SHERIFF RAYMOND BASNETT of Buxton landed this big
blue marlin the hard way on May 24 while skipping bait from Capt.
Tex Ballance’s new Hatteras cruiser “Escape II.” State Highway Pa
trolman D. S. Skiles was also aboard when the fish was caught. The
395-pounder which measured 11 feet from tip to tip and 55% inches
around the girth made a plunge for the skipped bait, missed it, but the
hook caught the fish in the tail. Two and half hours later the big fish
was boated, one of 21 blue marlin caught off Hatteras during past 10
days, not counting the season’s first, at Oregon Inlet which was landed
on May 29 by Skipper Olds of Great Bridge, Va., a 495-pounder he
caught from Omie Tillett’s cruiser Sportsman. (E. H. Schinke Photo)
BELHAVEN WITNESSES
BUSINESS CHANGES
Voliva Lumber Company has re
cently built a new modern lumber
shed for storage of the many sizes
of dimension lumber they sell. The
Planing Mill is also rebuilt and a
dust bin has been added.
G. B. (Gilbert) Paul, of Sidney
Cross Roads has purchased the
‘Mecca’ on Pamlico Street and will
soon open for business.
The Bell Building formerly oc
cupied by Johnston’s Grocery on
Main Street, has been completely
renovated and equipped with a
new front.
J. R. (Ralph) Tarkington, long
time (30 years) Main 'Street Gro
qpr has completely refinished the
interior of his building back of the
bank and has added on a 27 by 17
foot place for a Dairy Bar, the
main part will be a skating rink
and Mr. Tarkington plans to open
the new business about July 1.
Ernest Jefferson, Main Street
sage and golf enthusieast is now
operating Jeff’s Place formerly
Tommy’s Grill, next to City Hall.
James Younce is commuting to
Columbia and is operating as the
Columbia Mill Company, the large
mill formerly known as the Wil
liams Lumber Company. Several
Belhaven men are working there
there with him, including Dick
Taylor, as lumber checker.
Doyle Nixon has taken over the
operation of the Carolina Delivery
Service Truck for the Belhaven
area, having relieved his father
Charlie Nixon, who has retired.
Conway McKinney has purchased
a Service Station, garage and
house on the corner of Lee and
West Main Street from Arthur
Zambos. Conway is employed by
the Norfolk Southern railway and
his father, Emal McKinney will
operate the station selling Gulf
products.
The curbing project along Main
Street in front of The John A.
Wilkinson school is coming along
nicely, and will aid teachers and
patrons visiting the schooL
LETTER-MAIL BOX SET
UP AT OREGON INLET
A mail box for reception of
first class mail was set up at
Oregon Inlet, near the ferry slip
and fishing center Wednesday, for
the accommodation of the travell
ing public. Collections will be made
daily at 2 p. m. by the carrier
of the Star route between Manteo
and Hatteras, and these letters will
be dispatched from the Manteo
postoffice at 5 p. m. daily, accord
ing to announcement by the Manteo
postmaster. A petition for Rural
Free Delivery service sent by resi
dents of the area is now pending
before postoffice officials.
PONZER GIRL A STATE
ATTORNEY IN FLORIDA
■
Richard E. Gerstein, State At
torney for Florida’s Eleventh Judi
cial Circuit, has announced the ap
pointment of Ellen James Mor
phonios, attorney at law and form
er resident of Ponzer, Hyde County,
as Assistant State Attorney.
Mrs. Morphonios will serve as a
prosecutor for the State of Florida
in the criminal courts of Dade
County, Florida.
Prior to her appointment, Mrs.
Morphonios practiced law in Part
nership with Fuller Warren, form
er Governor of Florida, During the
1 ecent Democratic Primeries she
was a candidate for Judge of the
Juvenile and Domestic Relations
Court of Dade County, Florida.
Mrs. Morphonios is the daughter
of Wesley L. and Lydia James of
Ponzer and Miami. She and her
husband, Alex G. Morphonios, have
two sons, aged seven and five.
WANCHESE MAN DIES
AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS
Spencer Daniels, 64, retired gro
cer and lifelong resident of Wan
chese, died Wednesday at 3:30 a.m.
in a Norfolk, Va., hospital after
illness of 14 months.
He was born in Dare County, a
son of Barron DeKalb and Mrs.
Minnie Daniels Daniels. He was
the husband of Mrs. Vivian Cud
worth Daniels.
Besides his widow, surviving are
five sons, Malcolm Daniels and
Carroll Daniels of Wanchese, Bruce
Daniela of Aptos, Ca’if., Louie
Daniels of Nantucket, Mnss., and
Barron Daniels of Sou'h Norfolk,)
Va.; three sisters. Mrs. Debbie
Daniels, Mrs. Cliff Tillett and Mrs.
Peter Tillett of Wanchese, two
brothers, Amos Daniels of Norfolk
and Kalb Daniels of Wanchese; and
one half sister, Mrs. Sam Spara
cino of Silver Spring, Md.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed at three o’clock Friday after
noon in the Wanchese Methodist
Church. Burial will be in Cudworth
Cemetery.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 2. 1961
JAPAN'S EMPEROR
OPENS LARGEST
ROTARY CONVENTI'N
Twenty Thousand Members From
60 Countries At First Con
vention Held in Asia
Tokyo, Japan, May 28 (Special)—
The largest convention ever held
by Rotary International, world
wide service organization, conven
ed here today with an attendance
of more than 20,000 Rotarians and
members of their families from
some 60 countries. The organiza
tion’s 52nd annual convention—the
first it has held in Asia—has
brought to Japan’s capital Rotar
ians from Europe, Asia, Africa,
and North, South and Central
America. Attending from North 1
Carolina were Dr. and Mrs. W. T.
Ralph of Belhaven. Dr. Ralph is
District Governor of Rotary Dis- ;
trict 773.
Emperor Hirohito is to open the ;
convention officially on Monday
morning, May 29th. Following his
appearance, the prime minister of
Japan, the governor of the Tokyo
prefecture, and the president of :
the Rotary club of Tokyo will wel
come Rotarians and their guests to
tiie convention city.
A Sunday entertainment feature,
entitled “Impressions of Japan,”
precedes the official opening. A
mong its performers are the
Takarazuka troupe that appeared
in the motion picture “Sayonara,”
scenes from the Kabuki theatre,
Shinto dancers, the Tokyo Philhar
monic chorus, a water show, and
the Nichigeki dancers, famed for
their precision routines.
Keynote of this five-day gather
ing of business and porfessional
executives will be the internation
ality of the Rotary organization.
Speakers will emphasize the op
portunities of Rotarians to further
world understanding and good will
through their global fellowship. At
five “International Friendship
Meetings” on Wednesday, May 31st,
Rotarians, their wives, sons, and
daughters will hear panelists talk
about their part of the world and
answer questions submitted to them
| by the audience.
Among speakers scheduled to ad
dress the convention are Henry T.
'Heald, president of The Ford
Foundation. Sir Leslie Munro,
former president of the U. N.
General Assembly and now U. N.
special representative on Hungary;
Taizo Ishizaka, of Tokyo, president
of the Federation of Economic
I Organizations in Japan; J. Mc
| Laughlin, of Ralls, Texas, presi
dent of Rotary International, and
Richard L. Evans, of Salt Lake
City, Utah, third vice-president of
Rotary International.
Since some addresses will be
I delivered in Japanese and some in
I English, an instantaneous trans-
I lation system is being used. It is
! being done through the use of a
radio broadcasting system installed
■ in the convention hall. To receive
■ translations in any part of the
• auditorium radios, equipped with
earplugs, are tuned in by those
requiring Japanese or English
See ROTARY, Page Six
CONVENTION FACILITIES
PLAN NEARING COMPLETION
Plans for a convention hall to
serve the fast growing resort com
munities of Nags Head, Kill Devil
Hills and Kitty Hawk will be pre
sented to the public at a meeting
Monday night, June 19, at 8.00 p.m.
at the Dare County Shrine Club,
Nags Head.
For the past two months a com
, mittee of twelve businessmen, has
been assembling preliminary data.
At the June 19 meeting, Julian
Oneto and Orville Baum will report
on the site which has been ap
proved by the committee; Robert
A. Young and William C. Foreman
will present the preliminary plans,
' prepared by the firm of William
F. Freeman, Inc., engineers and ar
chitects of High Point; and Major
J. L. Murphy will explain the fi
nancing program. B. M. Ivey is in
charge of arrangements for the
meeting.
According to an announcement
by Major Murphy, the facility will
be able to accommodate more than
99 percent of the conventions an
nually held in North Carolina, with
banquet facilities for as many as
500, and seating capacity for ap
proximately 800 in the main meet
ing hall. There will be smaller con
, ference rooms, offices, and kitchen
j and storage facilities. The main
hall will bo so constructed that it
can be divided into smaller rooms
for smaller conventions.
Members of the “Committee of
Twelve” are: B. M. Ivey, M. W.
Davis, Orville Baum and Russell
Perry of Kitty Hawk; Major J. L.
Murphy, Wm. C. Foreman, Robert
A. Young and C. A. York of Kill
Devil Hills; and Julian Oneto.
George Crocker, P. J. M. Bayne and
Lionel Edwards of Nags Head.
NEA LEADER TO SPEAK
AT MANTEO HIGH FINALS
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DR. CORMA MOWREY, former
president of the National Education
Association, and now NEA associ
ate director of lay relations, will
be the guest speaker at Manteo
High School commencement exer
cises on Friday night, June 2.
A U. S. representative to Ger
many for four weeks of study in
1955, she was named by President
Eisenhower in 1956 to serve as co-1
chairman of the education com-!
mittee of the “People-to-People
Program for World Understand
ing.” In 1957 she went to Rome
as a representative of this program.
Dr. Mowrey served as NEA
President in 1950-51, has been ai
member of the NEA Board of
Trustees since 1952, and has served
on the Educational Policies com
mission. She also was on the Ad
visory Council of the Department
of Classroom Teachers from 1945-
47.
In her new position, Miss Mow
rey works with Glenn E. Snow,
NEA assistant executive secretary
for lay relations, in the NEA head
quarters building in Washington,
D. C. Her special assignments in
clude directing projects with youth
serving agencies, women’s national
auxiliaries and other women’s
| groups, with religious organiza
Itions, and professional and business
g-roups. She also will direct co
operative projects with state edu-
I cation associations.
Before accepting the position as
director of professional services
for the West Virginia Education
Association, Dr. Mowrey had been
a classroom teacher for 21 years
in her native state.
She was bom in Big Isaac, West
Virginia, and after graduating from
Washington living High School in
Clarksburg, combined school teach
ing with her college career. She
received the A. B. degree from
Salem (W. Va.) College, and the
M. Ed. from Duke University in
Durham.
Two honorary doctorates have
been bestowed upon her, a Doctor
of Pedagogy degree from Salem
College and a Doctor of Humani
ties degree from West Virginia
State College.
She has taught in the elementary
schools in Wolf Summit, Bristol
High School, and Victory High
School, in Clarksburg.
Miss Mowrey's professional back
ground includes the presidency of
the West Virginia Classroom Teach
ers Association, the West Virginia
Education Association, and the
Harrison County Education Associ
ation, of Clarksburg, W. Va.
She is a member of the Delta
- See SPEAKER, Page Six
TRAGEDY LAYS HEAVY HAND
ON GRAHAM PONDER FAMILY
The wife and 5-year-old son of
Graham Ponder, Gaston County
superintendent of welfare, were
killed in a collision of two cars at
an intersection near Gastonia on
May 17.
The vicitims were Mrs. Margaret
Ponder, 42, and her son, Chris
topher. Ponder, 44, and a daugh
ter, Elaine, 7 were injured serious
ly-
Elaine died in a Gastonia hos
pital May 25. Her father had been
realeased after treatment for in
juries he received in the accident.
Police said the car carrying
the Ponder family collided with
one occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
George Wiggins of Charlotte. The
Wiggins received minor injuries.
Police said that warrants have
been issued against Wiggins an J
Ponder charging manslaughter in
connection with the accident.
(Mr. and Mrs. Ponder lived at
Swan Quater in the 1940 s where
Mr. Ponder was superintendent of
welfare in Hyde county.)
MRS. GAYLORD ALUMNI HEAD
Mrs. Beulah Gaylord of Manteo
was recently appointed district di
rector for East Carolina College
alumni. Mrs. Gaaylord has plans
for organizing chapters in several
sections in this district, where no
chapter now exists.
SUPERIOR COURT IN DARE
HAS VARIETY, INCLUDING 2
MURDER CASES THIS WEEK
Judge Joseph Parker of Windsor Presiding Over
Term Hearing Assault, Liquor and Traffic Vio
lations, Breaking and Entering, Forgery; Two
Murder Cases Out the Week's Ses
sion.
A FORMER STUDENT IS
BACCALAUREATE SPEAKER
• "'Mak.
P. D. MIDGETT 111, former stu
dent of the Engelhard High School.
Now a Methodist Minister, deliver
ed the baccalaureate sermon to the
graduating class Sunday afternoon
at Engelhard. Other ministers who
participated in the program are
Rev. Joe Lang, Baptist Minister;
, the Rev. J. A. Williams, minister
■ of the Mattamuskett charge of
Methodist churches; the Rev.
, George Harris, Hyde county Epis-
■ copal minister; and the Rev. Frank
i Wibiral, pastor of the Engelhard
I and Middletown Christian church
! es, sewing as choir director and
i pianist.
The graduation exercises were
•jheld Wednesday night, May 31, at
- ( 8 o’clock with Julian Brown, of the
| high school faculty, giving the ad
-5 dress.
i Class Reunion
i The Graduating Class of 1941 of
i, Engelhard High School held a re
j union Saturday Night, May 27 at
| the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald
l McKinney (Grace Watson).
i Refreshments were served from
i a table decorated with the Class
■ color of lavender and white.
It was brought out that of the
23 original members of the class,
only 2 had died, Sarah Roper and
Leewood Swindell. Class members
reported having 50 children.
The original President, Grace
Watson (Mis. Reginald McKinney)
presided. The Secretary, Christine
Fulford (Mr. Eddie Ramon) read
letters from 2 of the classmates
who were unable to attend. The
other officers were Treasurer,
Sunny Harris (Mrs. Elwood Mid
yette), and Vice President P. D.
Midgett, 111.
Attending were Class Supervisor,
Mrs. Carolyn Harris of Swan
Quarter, Rev. and Mrs. P. D. Mid
gett, 111 of Oxford, Rev. and 'Mrs.
Horace Thompson (Mary Elizabeth
Midyette) of Fountain, Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Barber of Norfolk, Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Blanchard (Eve
lyn Hodges) of Portsmouth, Mrs.
Eddie Ramon (Christine Fulford)
of New Orleans, La., Mr. and Mrs.
Elwood Midyette (Sunny Harris),
Mr. and Mrs. Royden Neal (Char
lotte Marshall) Mr. and Mrs. Mack
Cara wan (Verna Gibbs), Mr. and
Mrs. Linwood Gibbs (Mildred Ma
son), Mrs George Thos. Gibbs
(Margaret Gibbs), Mr. and Mrs.
Reginald McKinney (Grace Wat
son) and Gilbert Gibbs of Engel
hard.
Those unable to attend were
George Midgett of Charlotte, Mrs.
Gertrude Pugh Jakeman of Nor
folk, Mrs. Mary Spencer Clifton of
Norfolk, Mrs. Louise Berry Weath
erly of Portsmouth, Mrs. Eliza
beth Cahoon Lyons of Newport
News, Mrs. Melba Neal Hall of
Newport News, Mrs. Delia Hooker
Lemerick of Ohio, Chester Selby
of Minn., and Dorothy Davis of
Asheville.
MASONIC FISH FRY
The Manteo Masonic Lodge will
have a fish fry, on Saturday, June
.3 at 5:00 p. m., at the new Masonic
building site. The price is $1 for
all you can eat
WEEKEND WEATHER
Temperatures will be • little
warmer although average a
few degrees below normal. High
79 and low 68. Chance of scat
tered showers late Friday
and again Sunday. Overall good
fishing weather is indicated.
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO, N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
Single Copy 7(5
In Superior ourt in Manteo this
week with Judge Joseph Parker of
Windsor presiding, breaking and
entering a dwelling without intent
larceny was reduced to wrongfully
enering a dwelling without intent
to commit a felony crime but the
defendants in the case were found
guilty of the latter charge and
placed on probation for five years.
The defendants, K. F. Wilson,
John W. Council, Charles H. Baker
Jr., Jon C. Pascarosa and Howard
Gibbs Jr., were each given suspend
ed sentences totaling 36 months
and ordered to pay fines of SSO
each plus court costs.
The Buxton case involving
charges against Bateman Miller for
obstructing a highway was contin
ued until a survey can be made to
determine if he was obstructing
public property of the road invol
ved whcich he claims is his land.
Robert Lee Garrett, charged with
breaking, entering and larceny was
found guilty. He was given a 36
month road sentence and ordered
to pay a fine of $l5O and costs.
A three to five year road sen
tence was ordered in the case
against James D. Perkinson Jr.,
charged with forgery and intent to
defraud. On a damage to property
charge the court ordered prayer for
judgement and continuance.
Found guilty wrongful entry, in
stead of a more serious charge of
breaking and entering with which
he was first charged, resulted in a
12 months suspended sentence and
three year probation order against
Brace Shepherd.
Charges of speeding at 80 in a
55 mile an hour zone was contin
ued until another session against
Pearl Lcwark Wise as the defend
ant now in hospital was unable to
attend trial.
A mistrial was ordered in the
case of James A. Perkinson,
charged with reckless driving, fol
lowing a jury deadlock. The case
will come up later.
Since the arresting officer failed
to show up to testify the charge
against 'Silas Berry Seymour Jr.,
charged wih speeding at 65 in a 55
mile an hour zone was nol pressed.
Nina Cooper Daniels was ordered
to pay $25 and costs plus a bill
for personal damage amounting to
$6.62 when found guilty of tres
pass.
Since the defendant could not be
apprehended, a charge of having
liquor in his possession for purpose
of sale against Walter E. Sharpe
was continued.
Concurrently with a sentence he
is now serving in another county,
John D. McDermid was sentenced
to six months on the roads on a
charge of breaking and entering
and larceny.
The case against J. C. Sims,
charged with disorderly conduct
was nol prossed with leave.
Marvin K. Forbes and Albert J.
Daniels each were found guilty of
reckless driving and given 60 days
suspended sentences and ordered to
pay SSO and costs.
Bobby Ray Harrell on a reckless
driving charge was given a 9o day
suspended sentence, ordered to pay
SSO and costs and must forfeit his
drivers’ license to the Clerk of Su
perior Court for a period of three
See COURT, Page Six
RANDOLPH O’NEAL NAMED
FOR WANCHESE POSTOFFICE
Randolph Garland O’Neal, Jr.,
who was 21 in October, 1960, has
been recommended by Rep. H. C.
Bonner for the acting postmaster
ship at Wanchese, and is to be
sworn in shortly. Mr. O’Neal, was
bom at Rock Hill, S. C., the son
of Cape Hatteras people; his
grandfather, the late George
O’Neal having been a merchant at
Frisco, and Buxton, and shortly
after his death the family estab
lished residence at Wanchese sev
eral years ago.
Mr. O’Neal married the former
Shirley Adams of Henderson who
is now employed as a secretary
with McCown & McCown of Man
tec. He attended East Carolina Col
lege in Greenville and has been
employed recently by Mack Ethe
ridge, well-known Wanchese mer
chant. There were no other eligi
bles on the list for the Wanchese
postmastership, which has been
filled by Miss Rowena Midgett,
since the retirement last year of
Herbert L. Davis who had held the
office for some more than 45 yean.