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SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS VOLUME XXVI NO. 51 APPEALS FOR LOST EQUIPMENT TO BE RETURNED IF FOUND Many of Properties Were Lost During Hurricane Donna Last September Almost ready for the July 1 opening of its twenty-first season, "The Lost Colony” is still missing several pieces of stage property lost in Hurricane Donna last Sep tember, technical director William Long reports. "About three-fourths of the props and a third of all the scenery were lost in the hurricane,” Long says. “We have finally replaced most of this although quite a few guns, baskets and other such pro perties are still needed.” Costumes received the least dam age from the hurricane. “Colony" costumer Irene Rains, a native of Wanchese, says that none of the costumes were damaged, although the sewing shop itself was com pletely destroyed. The costumes were stored in a nearby building. “I guess I’ve been living right,” Mrs. Rains laughs. The costumes also escaped dam age in the fire of 1947, which al most completely destroyed the theatre. Scenery was hard hit in the fire, with only the cradle, beds and a few chairs remaining. “The cradle, which we’ve had since the opening in 1937, was lost this time," Long reports. Long says that some of the pro perties have been found and re« turned. "Robert Midgett brought in a gun just last week,” he said. “It would be a big help if people who have found anything that might be long to the “Colony” would bring it by the theatre.” He noted that the picture of the Virgin Mary, which was painted by William Meade Prince for the stage chapel, was found in the sand around Christmas, and that part of the Queen’s throne platform was found washed ashore near the cottage of Lillian Prince, a former Queen Elizabeth in the drama. “Bits of scenery and props are still being found, and they pro bably will continue to be for quite some time," Long said. People who have found any scen ery or properties may bring it by the Waterside Theatre or the Lost Colony Business Office in the Com munity Building. HOMECOMING DAY JUNE 18 AT MANTEO BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. H. 8. Hinei, Former Pastor, Will Be Guest Minister; Members, Former Members and Friends Invited The annual Homecoming will be observed at the Manteo Baptist Church in Manteo on Sunday, June 18. Activities of the day will begin with Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. and dose with a song seivico at 1:30 pxn. The annual Homecoming Day sermon will be delivered at 11:00 a.m. by a former pastor of the church, Reverend Hugh B. Hines of Sanford. The choir will render two musical numbers under the direc tion of Mrs. Jack Cahoon with Mrs. Willis Pearce at the organ. A picnic lunch will be spread on tables on the shady lot adjacent to the church on the rear at 12:30. A period of Hymn Singing by the congregation and special music ren dered by the choirs of Roanoke Is land Baptist Church and the host church will be enjoyed in the church auditorium beginning at 1:30 p.m. The pastor of the church. Rev. M. J. Davis, joins the congregation in extending a cordial invitation to all members, former members and friends of the church to enjoy the fellowship and worship of the day. A nursery will be provided for the convenience of those with children under the age of three. There will be no Training Union or Evening Worship services on that day, but after Sunday services will return to their normal sched ule. .MANTEO LIONS INSTALLING NEW OFFICERS TUESDAY Officers for 1961-1962 will be in stalled next Tuesday night for the Manteo Lions.' Ladies night will be observed at the same time, at .a banquet beginning at the Dareo lina Restaurant, Nags Head, at 7:15. Jimmy Jackson, president of Elisabeth City Lions, will make the following installations: Ralph Um phlett, president; Melvin Jackson, Clyde Biggs and R. D. Sawyer, Jr., Ist, 2nd and 3rd v-presidents, re spectively; Ernest Fuller, secre tary; Robert Adams, treasurer; M. Keith Fearing, tailtwister; Bobby Owens, lion tamer; Jack Tillett and Cheeley Midgett two-year direc tor! 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 SECRETARY OF COMMERCE TO SPEAK TO SEEDSMEN I n Commerce Secretary Luther H. Hodges will speak at Nags Head at the annual convention of North Carolina Seedsmens Association on June 19. It will be Mr. Hodges’ first visit to this area since he be came Secretary of Commerce. Secretary Hodges will be intro duced by Congressman Herbert Bonner to the convention which will bring several hundred dele gates to the Dare County coast. President of the association, F. J. Brantley Speight of Winterville, will preside at the opening session of the convention which will feature several other state and national officials. BELHAVEN FARM BOY CHOSEN STATE LEADER NEW FARMERS AMERICA A farm boy who has achieved honors all along, has been chosen as head of the North Carolina chapter of the New Fanners of America, a negro youth organiza tion. He was elected last Thursday in Greensboro. Alexander Dawson, Belhaven, who graduated with honors from the Belhaven High School this past May, was installed at the closing session of the 33rd annual convention at A&T College on Thursday. Other officers installed were: Sanford Davis, Concord, vice president; Wyatt Gentry, Yance ville, second vice president; Faroy Best, Jacksonville, third vice presi dent; Samuel Tate, Morganton, secretary; Willie Randolph, Elm City treasurer; and Paul Joyner, i LaGrange, reporter. The final session also featured the presentation of awards. The Lincolnton High School chapter at Wilkesboro was voted the outstanding chapter of the year, placing ahead of chapters at the Savannah High School, Grifton, and the Rosenwald High School, Fairmont. Gilbert Pippen, Whitakers, and Oscar Cross, Roper, won first and second prizes, I’espectively in the supervised farming program. MR. AND MRS. CARL DANIELS HAVE GOLDEN WEDDING On June 9th the Prayer Circle of the Wanchese Methodist Church met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Daniels. After Bible reading, discussion of the Scripture and prayer, the group learned that this day was the 50th Wedding Anni versary of Mr. and Mrs. Daniels. They were pleased to have the group come in and share in wor ship and fellowship on this occasion Those present were Mrs. Carrie Green, Mrs. Laura Gaskill. Mrs. Edna Daniels, Mrs. Myrtle Tillett, Mrs. Cecil Daniels, Mrs. Vara Dan iels and Mrs. J. M. Carroll. HARD-WORKING TEAM OF VIVIANNA MOTEL Br ■■Bap MR. AND MRS. HORACE F. PARKER, former residents of Ports mouth, Va., now firmly planted in the sands of Nags Head, with their new Vivianna Motel. They are shown here during one of their seldom discovered slack periods. A formal opening was observed Sunday after noon, with around 100 attending, being served refreshments and in specting several of the units. Assisting with refreshments were Miss Jo Ann Ballance and Mrs. Davis Ballance, daughter and daughter-in-law respectively of the contractor, Robert O. Ballance; and Mrs. Helen i Ward and daughter Patricia of Portsmouth, sister of Mrs. Parker. THE DINNERBELL RESTAURANT OPENS AT NAGS HEAD SAT. Clemente Organization Providing Different Touch to Dining and Dancing Facilities A new attraction begins this week end at Nags Head, Saturday morning, as the Clemente Restau rant and Ballroom located in the heart of Nags Head’s recreational district begins operations. It is in the location formerly operated by Allen Mann, Jr. of Manteo, as skating rink and bath house. The interior has been completely remodeled, removal of partitions paving the way for more spacious accommodations. Seating has beer arranged for - 450 persons. The main dining room is equipped with redwood furnishings, and will fea ture open-hearth cooking, along with many other specialties. The ballroom, as well as main dining room, has been illustrated on all walls with murals depicting histori col scenes significant to the tour ist. The Clemente name is not new in this type of business, for the Clem ente Corporation presently is oper ating restaurants and cafeterias in Penns Grove, N. J. and Newcastle, Del., with another opening soon in Penns Grove. Still another is in the making for Hallandale, Florida. The firm is presently feeding around three million persons yearly in its Delaware and New Jersey businesses, and has been in opera tion for 22 years. Backbone of the organization are the Clemente Brothers, Al, Andy, and Harry, Mike Maurizio, and Evo Funari who handles public relations. All have been active for several months in getting the Nags Head remodeling completed. On Friday evening the manage ment will be host to vacation oper ators and other invited guests at a hospitality hour and dinner. Pre sent for this occasion will be Mrs. Anna Clemente, better known as "Mom Clemente," whose recipes are still a feature of the menu in their restaurant operations. Beginning Saturday night, music of Bill Caruth and the Concord Commanders from Athens, West Va., will be enjoyed nightly in the ballroom. Caruth has been a favo rite for many summers at Nags (Head, usually playing a two-month stand. CLYDE McCOY BAND AT NAGS HEAD SATURDAY ~ hi I 139'9 . i CLYDE McCOY, popular band leader of the national circuit, will provide Nags Head dance fans with plenty of entertainment this Satur day, as he brings his orchestra to the Nags 'Head Casino. McCoy’s group will be the first big name band of the season. McCoy stalled his musical career See McCOY, Page Five MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1961 A FORMER MANTEO BOY RECEIVES THREE AWARDS ipte ■ - DENNY CLAUDE WISE, son of Reverend and Mrs. Wilford D. Wise, formerly of Manteo, wbs among the eighty-seven graduates of White ville High School to receive Diplo mas at graduation exercises held May 29 at Whiteville. Wise, a member of the High School band for the past two years, was awarded a silver trophy, pre sented by the Woman's club for outstanding band achievement. He was awarded an art citation by the Parent Teacher’s Association, in recognition of his work in the field of art. As the student with the highest scolastic average in science, in his class, he was awarded the Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award. (He plans to continue his education at North Carolina Wes leyan College, Rocky Mount, in the fall. MANTEO BOY SEES PLACES OF INTEREST WHILE IN U. S. NAVY Richard Bell, son of Mrs. Edna Evans Bell, of Manteo, writes with vivid interest of his recent travels in the Navy. He is on the U. S. S. Fort Mandan in his third year of service and training as a mechani cal engineer. Os his stay in Athens, Greece, he says that on the second day there the Royal Yacht of Eng land came in with the Duke and ( Dutchess of Kent. Queen Elizabeth had lingered in Italy. “The yacht anchored about 300 yards from us, and she is really beautiful and well kept,” he stated. Shore patrol duty in down town Athens had been fun and with the statement he sent a postcard view of the square where he stood patrol. In it there were fountains with water spraying high. The buildings were typical of European capital. To reach Athens the ship had anchored off Pyraeus the port of Athens, eight miles from the heart of the city. For six cents they went by subway to the center of the City. While there he had taken a tour of the city and to some of its ancient ruins. The guide for the tour was a girl who had just graduated as an archeolo gist from the University of Athens. "She was wonderful and spoke per fect English,” the letter states. Among the places visited was the famous Parthenon. They walked on places where Plato and Aristotle walked, and climbed steps used 500 years before Christ The ship left Athens with keen regret on the part of the crew. The next stop was in a small port, Marmaris, Turkey, which lacked the interest of Ath ens. Then there was to be Corfu, an island resort off the mainland of Greece, near Albania. To quote: “The food has been excellent. We have twenty cooks and mess cooks. The cooks in charge are just like the cook in the comic strip, Beetle Baily, both in looks and actions. We have mid night meals when on duty.” ROANOKE ISLAND GOLF COURSE OPENING SAT. On Saturday, June 17, the Roan oke Island Par-Three Golf and Driving Range, located on Roanoke Island at the east approach to the Croatan Sound Bridge, will open. Lighting on the nine hole ninety yard, par-three course will permit night playing. The driving range features two full sized target greens, a green for hole-in-one contests, and pro fessional mats for tees. The man agement also operates a Golf Shop with an assortment of golfing equipment The course is the project of Dr. W. W. Harvey, Jr. and John Wright of Manteo and is an attraction sure to provide entertainment for visitors. Randall Holmes of Manteo will be on duty each day. FORMER BUXTON MAN RECEIVES PROMOTION IN NORFOLK ri?- Bl oxHB t’L / • [W9b. 9’l [' wm ' «W** '■ WHmI L WmM M y I - W . MELVIN L. BRAGG, cnief electronics technician, USN, son of Mrs. uonie C. Tolson of Buxton, is congratulated, May 16, by Vice Adm. Fitzhugh Lee, deputy commander in chief of U. S. Atlantic Fleet, At lantic Fleet Headquarters upon being promoted at the Norfolk, Va., Naval Base. He received the promotion by successfully competing in Navy-wide examinations for advancement in rate. Bragg, who is assigned to the operational control center, entered the service in September 1943, after attending Suffolk High School at Suffolk, Va. BUSY CONVENTION DAYS AT NAGS HEAD DURING THIS WEEK Now in session in Nags Head at The Carolinian for its 66th annual meeting Is the Seaboard Medical Association. Physicians from all sections of eastern North Carolina the Tidewater Virginia are in attendance. The Medical Association meeting followed the 10th annual Sports Fishing Short Course sponsored by N. C. State College Extension which opened on Monday of this week at The Carolinian. Thirty seven “students” and about 15 instructors made up the Short Course this year, a school designed to teach people how to be better fishermen or fisherwomen. The Short Course included talks by tackle experts, sportsfishing equip ment, lures and bait, and also surf casting. On Tuesday the group fished the Gulf Stream with only fair luck, although several nice dolphin were taken. On Wednesday they learned more about the art of fresh water fishing and on Thurs day, another trip was made inshore at Orgeon Inlet. The students re ceived diplomas and were scheduled to return to their homes on Friday, as the Seaboard Medical Associa tion began its annual meeting. SCHOOLS CONTRIBUTE TO BATTLESHIP USS N. C. Three Dare County schools have reached the goal of 100% in con tributing to the fund to bring the battleship USS North Carolina back to N. C. In order to achieve this, each school child gave 10c to the cause. The three schools were the Manteo Elementary School, the Kitty Hawk Elementary School and the Roanoke School. Each school’s name will be engraved on a plaque and placed on the battleship. MTETING PLACE CHANGED The Manteo Rebekah Lodge will meet Monday night, June 19, at eight o’clock at the home of Mrs. Tracy Ward, instead of in the Lodge Hall, according to announce ment by Noble Grand Mrs. Geneva Midgett. CELEBRATED SIXTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ■ v/. ' s ■# Mii MR. AND MRS. MARSHALL L. TWIFORD of Norfolk, Va., celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary Sunday, June 11, at the Pine Tree Inn near Virginia Beach. The party was given by their eight children, 10 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. The children of this couple are Mrs. Dewey N. Twiford, Mrs. H. T. Marshall, Marshall W. Twi ford. Doc Twiford, Woodrow Twiford and Dennis C. Twiford, all of Norfolk; Mrs. L. D. Summerell of Baltimore, Md., and Miss Hester Twiford of Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Twiford are natives of East Lake aand were married there 60 year* ago by the Rev. P. E. Lundy, Baptist minister, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Basnight. MANY TAKE PART IN DEDICATION OF WINTON P. O. Hertford County Seat Celebrates as Hometown Man, Postal Official Welcomed. The small town of Winton, which is the county seat of Hertford County held a glorious day when the new postoffice building was dedicated. And so this town, much smaller than Manteo, has a modern, air-conditioned postoffice with room in which to work comfortably and efficiently, built since plans were begun to construct a new Manteo postoffice. But Manteo didn’t get a new building because numerous citizens signed a petition against it, and sought political help to block the project. Winton’s new building replaces one built in 19- 15—46 years ago. Manteo’s post office has been in use since 1940 and has long since been outgrown, and is now without half enough space to take care of its rapidly increasing traffic. It was a gala day for Winton, and many postmasters of the area at tended. From Columbia, Mrs. Effie A. Brickhouse, and from Kill Devil Hills, Mrs. Irene Twiford attended. Congressman Herbert Bonner was there to join the principal speaker, a native of the area, Hon. John W. Askew who is now acting regional director of the Postoffice Depart ment in Atlanta, Ga. His old honie | folks, proud of his career, turned out in great numbers to see him and to congratulate him on his distinguished career in the postal service, since he graduated from High School in 1920. Although the rain interrupted the program, held on a platform outdoors it was continued inside the new building. Rep. Bonner and Mr. Askew spoke of communications as the lifeblood of America that “stimu lates all social, cultural and eco nomic progress.” The postal service “is now han dling 61 billion pieces of maii a year.” Rep. Bonner said. Mr. Askew said 2,000 new post See POST OFFICE, Page Five MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO, N. C. NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Single Copy 7£ REHEARSALS FOR THE LOST COLONY TO BEGIN MONDAY Director Clifton Britton Arrives; Assignments for Roles Being Completed Clifton Britton, director of The Lost Colony, arrived in Manteo early Thursday to complete last minute assignments prior to re hearsals which are scheduled to begin early Monday morning at Waterside Theatre. Also here to assist in launching the 12th season of the outdoor pro duction are George Trautwein, music director and Walter Stroud, choreographer, who plans to give his dancers day and night training until the show officially opens on Saturday, July 1. The directors have been busy this week completing last minute as signments of actors. Os approxi mately 150 persons in the drama’s company this year, more than one half are residents of Roanoke Island. “Director Britton will meet with all local applicants for roles in the show this year on Sunday after noon, June 18, at 3 o’clock,” said J. Sib Dorton, General manager of the show. He made this statement follow ing a delay in posting the names of local cast members who have applied for roles. Some of the local residents with principal roles have already been assigned, names such as Marjalene Thomas of Roanoke Island and Elizabeth City who will play the See LOST COLONY, Page Five BLUE MARLIN BIGGEST FISH NEWS AT HATTERAS HATTEHAS.—BIue marlin still holds the spotlight in a piscatorial way here at Hatteras. Starting today is the second annual International Blue Marlin tournament with Senor Esteban A. Birff/ skipper of the Puerto Rican Club Nautico de San Juan team on hand to defend the champion ship he and his team mates won last year at Hatteras. Also here from far far away places are Van der Reit’s South African anglers, the Panama team (with some domestic anglers taking part) and several others from the north and deep south of the Atlantic coast. At least two North Carolina teams are in the competition, they being New Hanover from Wilming ton and the Hatteras Marlin Club fishers who are sponsoring the big event which was scheduled to have a dozen or more teams in the classic. Pre-toumey fishing for billfish was very god in Hatteras waters. The first of the season was taken on May 21 and up to and through June 16 more than 40 bill fish, most of them blue marlin, had been caught. At least 25 percent of the billfish taken so far off Hatteras this year have been re leased while still alive, a trend meets with favor of most anglers, and also the commentators and other people who believe in con servation. The tournament this year not only has Esteban Bird and his champs of 1960, but also the man who is greatly responsible for start ing the international oempetition here. He is Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, who as Governor of North Carolina had much to do with developing and encourag ing big game fishing Secretary Hodges is scheduled to fish under the Hatteras Marlin Club colors on one or tw*o days of the com petition. Billfishing has been centered off Hatteras since the initial catch of the season in May, but already a few have been taken by anglers aboard Oregon Inlet boats and if the same trend this year follows the pattern of 1960 and previous summer seasons most of the catch es of blue and white marlin will be off Oregon Inlet during July and August, with the big game fish returning to waters off (Hat teras in September, October and the first half of November. PIER FISHING GOOD ON DARE COAST NAGS HEAD.—Pan trout, whit ing, occasional bluefish, sand perch, and other varieties of game fish being caught by anglers fishing the ocean piers of Nags 'Head to Kitty Hawk and at Rodanthe on Hatteras Island during the past week. Thousands of persons who pre fer pier casting to any kind of fishing have shared in the catches. The fishing from the piers ha* been best on flood tides. Unusual catch of the season to date was a 15 pound cobia taken from Jennette's Pier by David Luquire of Durham, Route 1.
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