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SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS VOLUME XXVI NO. 52 NAGS HEAD HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A MUNICIPALITY Town Board of Five Named By Legislature To Serve Until April 15, 1963 As of June 1, Nags (Head became a municipality, by special act of the Legislature under a bill passed by Rep. Keith Fearing, on request of a number of freeholders. Named as Aldermen in the bill are Julian Oneto, -W. Lionel Edwards, Tom McKimmey, James Scarborough and Carlton Gilliam, the latter a resident of Windsor. At a meeting of the Board one of the group will be chosen Mayor, Mr. Oneto being rumored in the lead. The Bill provides that the town shall include all the territory south of Kill Devil-Hills town line outside of lands owned by the Park Service and the islands in Roanoke Sound. All else is subject to taxa tion. The Act also provides that any property owner in the area who registers, will be entitled to vote in municipal elections. Under this plan, the Mayor could come from New York and the other members of the board for instance from Charlotte, Kentucky, West Virginia, Norfolk or elsewhere. The Board named in the act will serve until April 16, 1963, when an election will be held. At that time those three receiving most votes will be elected for four years, and others will be elected for two year terms. Elections are to be held each four years. NEW TELEPHONE CABLES INSTALLED IN COLUMBIA AREA Construction forces of the Tele phone Company have started work in Columbia, North Carolina, to ex pand dutside cable facilities in the downtown area. This was disclosed today by J. R. Batchelor, manager for Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company, who stated that the project will in volve an expenditure of approxi mately $9,000. Accomplishment of the project will involve placing aerial cable fa cilities primarily along Main, Broad and Martha Streets. Fronr those cables,* smaller Cables or wire faci lities will be extended to cover ad jacent areas in this vicinity. The.new cable facilities will en able the telephone company to pro vide higher grades of service to subscribers and will allow for fu ture‘growth in this-area. DARE TOURIST BUREAU HAS MEETING TUESDAY Dare County Tourist Bureau directors in their summer meeting in Man te o Wednesday decided that in 1962 the organization would participate in one or more travel shows, and the money to finance same will be included in the fiscal year budget of the bureau. Julian Oneto who has headed two travel show appearances this year in cooperation with the Nags Head Chamber of commerce and The Carolinian was present to give a detailed talk on the benefits derived from such travel shows. He spoke specifically on the Cincinnati Trav el Show which he and Mrs. Oneto and Ben Ivey of the Outer Banker of Kitty Hawk attended. Mrs. Ina Evans, chairman of the Board of Directors presided at the meeting which was attended by 11 members of the board. The Board heard a report from the Tourist Bureau’s manager and news director who stated that in quiries this year were 25 percent ahead of last year. Also, the wide spread use of photographs and stories in various newspapers and Magazines was outlined in the manager’s report. Robert Gibbs, superintendent, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, present at the meeting as member of the board stated that travel after a slow start during chilly May and early June was now ahead of any previous season. MEETING IN ENGELHARD TO DISCUSS TARGET RANGE A meeting has been called for eight o'clock Monday night, June 26, in the Engelhard Community Building, for the purpose of expla nation by Air Force officials as to why they wish to purchase a cer tain tract of land in Hyde County for a bombing range, also how they plan to operate same. All interest ed citizens are urged to attend. •Hie land being considered for this site is owned by William Powe and E. W. Bryant of Hattiesburg, Miss; Roger Stribling of Mb*-; and G. (Harold King of Wash ington, D. C., according to a tele phone report to this newspaper of fice. 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 CAROUNA U. S. COMMERCE SECRETARY CHRISTENS LOST COLONY SHIP 1 If ■ H '•* <■*’<* '■.>- v 7 A” Il x • ■ ■■ MI ■ fl > f ' * •JU ■ I ■ fl fl fl| ■ ■ ■ I r~ c) S 4 i I .. ■ - rW a- ilnjt MWhW • KflH /IHr •< W JW Iff V ’sllUlF i / / WHI ffl tII f' JU' B H WHEN HE SPENT last week end on the Dare Coast-Outer Banks, U. S. Commerce Secretary Luther 11. Hodges,'former Governor of North Carolina took time off to christen the “Sir Walter Ship” of The Lost Colony, backstage at Waterside Theatre where the drama begins its 21st season on July 1, and where re hearsals for the show are now underway under the direction of Clifton Britton. In addition to his visit to The Lost Colony and Roanoke Island the U. S. Commerce secretary participated in the 2nd annual Inter national Blue Marlin Tournament at Hatteras and on Monday made the principal address at the opening of the North Carolina Seedsmen Association convention on N:igs Head. (Aycock Brown Photo) SECRETARY HODGES SPOKE 1 TO SEEDSMEN TUESDAY Dr. William H. Komm Elected Presi dent of Seaboard Medical Association. Secretary of Commerce Luther -Hodges, former "Governor of N. C addressed the North Carlina Seeds mens Association Monday during their annual convention held early this week at the Carolinian Hotel at Nags Head. Mr. Hodges had been at Hatteras, enjoying the Blue Marlin Tournament. He was intro duced by Congressman Herbert C Bonner who spent the week end in Dare County and who visited friends on Hatteras Island Sunday. Horace D. Godfrey, administra tor of the Agriculture Departments Stabilization and Conservation ser vices, addressed the convention Tuesday on the Kennedy Adminis tration’s Farm Omnibus Bill for the benefit of farmers. Godfrey is a former North Carolina agricul ture official, and addressed the closing session of the Seedmen’s convention. Some 300 attended. On Sunday at the same hotel, the three-day convention of the Sea board Medical Association, com prised of doctors from Virginia and North Carolina closed after electing Dr. William H. Romm of Moyock president. This convention was attended by about 300 includ ing wives of doctors. HATTERAS TO GET NEW COAST GUARD STATION What will be the most modern Coast Guard Station on the N. C. Coast is planned at Hatteras Inlet. The building to house lifeboats and equipment is planned in sth Coast Guard District offices in Norfolk and bids will be received during July. The Coast Guard has recently completed an observation tower some distaance south of this sta tion. The Hatteras Inlet Lifeboat station was formerly located on the south-west side of Hatteras Inlet, but the former site has been com pletly eroded away. The new build ing is on the northeast side, ad jacent to Hatteras village. ADD THREE PERCENT TO PRICE OF SUBSCRIPTION When you renew your subscrip tion, you must add 11 cents sales tax making the total cost $3.61 for a year. For a lesser period the amount is 3% of the subscription. This law, just passed by the legis lature, goes into effect July 1. Those who take advantage by re newing now, will save the tax. Af ter July 1, three per cent must be added. Failure to send it will mean a reduction in the subscription period. All agents are cautioned to col lect the three pqr cent tax when accepting subscriptions. Thanks for your cooperation. THE COASTLAND TIMES Manteo, N. C. ARVIN BASNIGHT MOVES UP | WITH FEDERAL AVIATION T J" HI CAPT. ARVIN BASNIGHT, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Basnight of Manteb, who flew on combat mis sions in World War II in Europe, and who has been with the .Federal Aviation Agency in Washington for many years, has recently been promoted to Assistant Administra tor for the Southern Region of the Federal Aviation Agency,’ which has to do with Airport affairs in North and South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, the Canal Zone, Puterto Rico, the Virgin Islands, etc. He will assume his new duties Jah. 1. WILLIAM N. S. DUDLEY, JR. BURIED MON. IN FAIRFIELD William N. (Willie) Swindell Dudley Jr., 48, of Rt. 1, Engelhard, died at his home Saturday. He was a member of Watsons Chapel Methodist Church and a member of the Methodist Mens Club. Sur viving are his wife, Mrs. Rachel Baum Dudley; three daughters, Mrs. Laßue Cunningham of Colum bia, S. C., Miss Anne Dudley of Kinston and Miss Mary Long Dud ley of the home; a son William S. lof the home, a brother, Sam of | Engelhard; a sister, Mrs. Inez Pucker of Raleigh; a grandchild. Funeral services were held Monday at 2:30 p. m. in Watsons Chapel Methodist Church by the Rev. J.' A. Williams, Burial was in Fair field cemetery. * > < FREIGHTER VIRGINIAN ASHORE, CURRITUCK SOUND The motor fre'ght vessel Virgin ian, Capt Bowen Master, of Wico mico Church, Va. went hard a ground in Currituck Sound Tuesday morning, and the Coast Guard buoy tender Linden found it difficult to ease her, and it was feared a large tugboat would be needed. The ves sel and Crew were reported as in no danger. Currituck sound is mostly shoal water, and the dredged channel is narrow. < MANTEO. N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1961 CAP WOMEN CADETS FROM PUERTO RICO DRINKWATER GUESTS Warrant Officer Alpheus W Drinkwatei’ of the (livil Air Patro was host here bn Tuesday to ser veral very lovely female CAP ca dets of Puter Rico who included Roanoke Island, Kill Devil Hills the Cape Hatteras National Sea shore and other local sections ir their itinerary of a flying visil aboard a big Air Force plane tc North Carolina. On Roanoke Island the cadets Carol Jean Bacon, Blanca I Diaz Torres, Janet L. Gross, Haydee Riv ers-Almodover, Ana I. Santana Carmen Veleg-Ocasio, Joan Winn Luisa Vega-Gonzales, and Hild: Malave de Rosa. Warrant Officer Drinkwater (oldest CAP official in the world) ■ had the group as his guests al luncheon at Manns (Harbor. From Manteo the cadets flew tc Asheville and from there they re turned to Puerto Rico aboard the AF plane on the following day. FLORIDA WINS FIRST PLACE IN 1961 BLUE MARLIN TOURNEY Harrassed on some days by foul weather which made going rough offshore, the piscatorial picture generally during past week has been very good. Os international interest was the second annual Blue Marlin Tourna ment which ended Wednesday at Hatteras. Florida won first place in the international with a 393 pound blue marlin taken by Jack Chris tiansen, Miami Beach Rod and Reel Club, on Tuesday. His fish counted, because it was taken on 80 pound test line,49l'/4 points. Esteban A. Bird’s release of a big marlin on Monday counted 375 points for his Clud Nautico de San I Juan team. It was the Puerto Rican team that won first place in the international tourney last year. Harold Shuey, Morganton, N. C., with a big blue marlin counting 336 < points, came in third for his New York Athletic Club's Anglers Team, and Ross Walker, Richmond, fish ing under the Hatteras Marlin Club colors came in for fourth place in the tournament. His fish counted 217.50 points. Due to unfavorable weather and sea conditions the International tournament this year did not bring in as many fish as last season. Duke Doucet, West Palm Beach, Fla., was director of the tourna ment VISIT AT KITTY HAWK Mr. and Mrs. Carl Goerch of Raleigh were guests last week end of Mr. and Mrs. Penn Manhall. MANTEO GIRL HEADS GROUPOFYOUNG EASTERN PEOPLE Dare County 4-Hers Win Out standing Awards at District Elimination The Dare County 4-Hers were declared winners in several dif ferent areas of work at the Eastern District 4-H Elimination Contest held Tuesday at Chocowinity. Miss Nancy Coles Basnight of the Manteo Senior Club was elected as President of the Eastern Dis trict, which is comprised of 16 counties. She will begin her duties July the first. As president she will be a member of the State 4-H Executive Board. She was also selected as a member of the Blue Ribbon award group in the Dress Reveue, which will have the final judging during 4-H Club week. Charles Evans, Manteo Club, won the boy’s Public Speaking Contest and will enter the state contest on Tuesday of 4-H Club Week. He received a blue ribbon. The Cape Hatteras Indian Dancers, (Tracy Austin, Dwight Burrus, Franklin Everidge, Royce Gaskins, Donnie Gray, Skipper Lange, John Ochs, Kenneth Oden, Guy Padgett, and Bruce Rowell.) that was coached by their Scout master, Guy Lichouco, were select ed as Blue Ribbon award winners in Talent. If selected for state participation they will appear on the program during 4-H Club Week. Miss Caryn Gray of the Cape Hatteras Senior Club was a Blue Ribbon award winner in the girl's public speaking division. Miss Charlotte Perry, Manteo 9th Club, was also declared a member of the Blue Ribbon Award group for her demonstration in the Fruit and Vegetable Use division. Timothy Gaylord, Manteo 9th Club, was awarded a white ribbon See 4-HER’S, Page Twelve AVON MAN SIGNS UP TO GO OVER 20-YEAR MARK IN C. G. J il fl r 1 B |Lj/ I ¥ I? |Mfl| » 1 X*/ W . A HHK'I'Va ..a .. . mMHHI U. S. Coast Guard Photo. AVON NATIVE OLEY EVAN HOOPER (right), Storekeeper First Class, raises his reenlistment arm for the last time as his boss, Lieu tenant John O. Leatherwood, Jr., Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard Supply Depot in Boston, does the honors. The final three-year contract Hooper signed recently will carry him over the twenty-year mark and eventual retirement. He originally en listed in the Coast Guard in Norfolk in June of 1949. Prior to that, he had served seven years in the Army Engineers, with extensive service in Europe, and was a Staff Sergeant at the time of his discharge. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ulysses W. Hooper of Avon. In 1949, he married the former Miss Mary B. Gray of Avon and they have a son. Oley Grayson, age 11, and an 8-year-old daughter Margaret. Incidentally, Lt. Leatherwood has more than a passing interest in Hooper and in the famed Hatteras area. He is inter-related to the Storekeeper through his wife, the former Miss Lovie Peele, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Peele of Hatteras. A veteran of 15 years service, the Lieutenant rose to his present rank from enlisted status and has com manded the Boston Supply Depot for the past three years. ASC IS AUTHORIZED i TO MAKE LARGE LOANS i The Hyde ASC Committee has ( been Authorized to make loans on s Farm Storage Facilities of up to 95% of the unerected cost This ; t higher loan rate applies in cases > ; where the facility cost 40 cents i r per bushel or less. The loan rate ; heretofore has been 80% of the . cost i The type of facility Hyde farm- i ers have been erecting will come ' i under this higher loan rate. This i change has been made to encourage I fanners to erect bins on their' I farms to store a part of their grain ' : on the farm rather than unloading . on an overrun market during > harvest season. Farmers are also in a position to • be elgible to participate in Price Support Program administered by ASC. Interested Farmers should con tact the ASC office for futher in ! formation at once as bins and I dryers to be used this fall should be erected as soon as possible. COUNTY BOARD PLANNING TO SPEND HALF MILLION TO RUN DARE COUNTY IN COMING YEAR Cost of Operation Leaps $ 170,000 Under County Manager Plan; SIB,OOO Increase For Schools; $4,380 Increase For Sheriff's Department; Tax Collector to Cost $4,475 Extra; Tax Supervisor Fired But $ 13,255 Set Up For This Work. YOUTH FITNESS DELEGATE Bhßb ff ■ it W- W -wo?- _ Il BRENDA JOYCE DANIELS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Danniels of Wanchese represented Manteo High School at the Second Annual Youth Fitness Conference held at the College Union, North Carolina State College, Raleigh, June 9 and 10. The purpose of this conference was to promote and de velop plans to improve physical and psycological fitness of the youth of North Carolina. ALLISON WHITE, 59, SJANTEO PRINCIPAL DIES Allison Almond White, 59, Prin cipal of Manteo High School, dier Friday in his summer home in Shallotte after a heart attack. I A native of Perquimans County, he lived in Manteo. He was a gradu ate of Guilford College and took graduate work at Duke and the University of North Carolina. At one time, he taught at the old Whiteston School in Perqui anms County. He was principal at Manteo for about three years. He was a member of the Methodist Church in Shallotte. He was a son of Willie and Mrs. Martha E. Winslow White. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Jewell Inman White; two sons, Robert A. White and William A. White; one daughter, Mrs. Janel White Gore of Raleigh; two bro thers, Tommie White of Hobbs ville, and Merill White of Willams ton, one sister, Mrs. Jesse Osborne of Greensboro; and four grand- See WHITE, Page Twelve MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO, N. C. NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Single Copy The anticipated Dare County Budget for the 1961-62 Fiscal Year has been set by the Board of Com missioners at $512,759.36, a sharp gain of $l7O, 795.86 above last year’s budget. All indications are that Dare County taxpayers are due to get a sharp increase in taxes in the face of increased taxes, both state and National, that will fall upon them soon. Investors in Dare County prop erty are destined to leam that thev must pay heavy for the radical experimenting that is being done f £. . a ? FOUp of amateurs in the field of county government The county is operating under a dic tator plan, with numerous officials having given up completely and SrXtu"* 5 ’ with little consideration being Fnr e th? e Witness jum* g the cost of government to the People of Dare County $170,000 m a single year. An examination into the budget released by the County Board re veals some interesting compari- th rt 016 tox superior th*? f,red ’ there is no sV 2 £™T j T’ for 8 ““ offiZ'^A 5 h J? • been S€t U P for this office. An additional $4,475 has been set up to hire a tax collector, which chore had been formerly a part of the Sheriff’s duties. In addition, the Sheriffs office is to cost $31,240 a jump of $4,380 above last year’ He gets a raise in salary; $2,500 to buy cars and $4,000 more to op erate them, and nearly SIB,OOO for salaries of deputies to assist him with his work. Listed for other expenses are the following items: County Commissioners $5,950.00; County Accountant John <H. Long’ a newcomer in the field of County Goveinment, who is also purchasing agent, $6,140, including salary of an assistant; libraries have jumped to $15,206, a gain of $2,204; Fire Warden $4,736.00; Board of Elec tions, no increase $3,025.00- Cor oner’s Office $465; Veterans Serv ice Officer $2,394.00; Farm Agent $1,814.72; Home Demonstration Agent $1,867.08; Register of Deeds $10,537.00; General County Gov ernment $19,622.00; and this amount includes SI,OOO each for special legal expense, and Civil War Centennial; $2,500 for a plan ning board which is to advise the Commissioners what to do, none of whom are elected by the people; $2,000 for street markers in real estate developments. The budget provides further for Clerk Superior Court’s office, s7 r 206.00; Recorders Courts, $4,950; operating Superior Courts $4,150; County Jails, $11,025, including $9,- 650.00 for a jail at Hatteras; health fund $23,325.00; Welfare ad ministration $22,867.00; Old Age Assistance $63,360;; Aid to De pendent Children $33,264.00; Aid to Permanently and Totally Disabled $52, 800.00; Aid to the Blind, $5,- 707.56; County Buildings, Court house and Grounds $6,295.00; pay ments on county bonds $22,074.00. In addition, there are special lev ies for school bonds on all Dare County save Hatteras Island. BUS SCHEDULES CHANGING ON VIRGINIA DARE LINES Announcement is made this week of several changes now effective; in the Virginia Dare bus schedules operating between Manteo, Eliza beth City and Norfolk, Va. The complete schedule is printed else where in today's paper. Os particular interest to Wan chese people is. the change which brings the 11:30 a.m. bus to their area, rather than the early A.M. g run. Another intresting feature is that direct connections may be made now in Elizabeth City for Raleigh, Wilmington and other points south. GOLDEN WEDDING OBSERVED Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Gray of Bux ton were honored Friday night, June 16, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Gray in Virginia Beach, Va., by their children and grand children, the occasion being their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Pres ent for the occasion were the honor guests; Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Gray and family, all of Buxton; Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Gray of Manteo, and Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Gray of Virgin ia Beach.
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