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SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS Sixteen Pages in Two Sections loLUME XXVI NO. 56 ■JEW POSTOFFICE IAT KITTY HAWK DEDICATED WED. Modern Structure Much Larger ■ Than Manteo Office Recently Completed ■ Kitty Hawk’s new postoffice ■hiding, with much larger work ■>om and lobby space that the ■lanteo postoffice, was formally Kdicated Wednesday at 3 p.m. with ■any visiting postmasters, and a ■leech by Field Sei-vices Officer, Kick Williams of Raleigh, the pre sentation of a flag which had been ■own over the National capitol, and ■onors being paid to former post ■lastera. ■ Mrs. Kathryn Perry, the post ■laster, opened the meeting and ■resented David Stick, toastmaster Kho had a hand in the campaign K get a new building for the com- Kunity. Rev. Horace McLaurin, the llethodist Minister of Kitty Hawk ■ffered the invocation. Mr. Will iams read a message from the post- Iffice department, and outlined the ■resent policies aims and objectives Ks the postal service. He presente4 |onrmissions to two recently ap pointed acting postmasters, Mrs. I ewell Scarborough of Nags Head, ■nd Randy O’Neal of Avon. Mrs. Berry's daughter, Ellen read the l)de to the Flag, which was hoist- Kd by a color guard from Kill Devil ■fills Coast Guard Station consist ing of D. B. Midgett Jr. son of the | lodaathe postmaster, David L. I’ratt and Allen D. Thompson. I Viriting postmasters recognized Ivere Mr. O’Neal, Mrs. Scarborough ■victor Meekins of Manteo, Mrs. Ef lic A. Brickhouse of Columbia, Mrs. ■Thehsa Smith of Winfall, Mrs. Kthel Smith, retired Popular Branch postmaster, R. L. Garrett of Elizabeth City, Mrs. Adelaide Bell If Snowden, and Milton R. Smith If Caldwell, N. J. I Mr. Williams came to Dare Coun ly Tuesday, and went to Ocracoke ■Thursday while on a tour of post- Biffioes of the Outer Banks. He Iwas accompanied by his son Jack lir. who until (recently served as a ■Naval officer, and who plans to re 1-nter college this fall. I Mrs. Pauline Woodard, Coinjock Ipostmaster, whose father and moth er the late Capt. and Mrs. W. J. ■ rate had served as postmasters at ■Kitty Hawk, and whose grandmoth er, was the first postmaster when lit was established over 80 years lago, Following the benediction by ■Rev. Joseph P. Burroughs, Episco- Ipal minister, refreshments were ■served in the new building. The Ibuilding is air-conditioned, and all I equipment is new. Dare County Representative and ■Mrs. Keith Fearing, who built the I new postoffice building and are ■ leasing it to the Department, were I recognized during the ceremonies. I Mr. Williams said the building was designed to fill the community’s needs for the next 20 years. MOVEMENT BEGINS TO BUILD LIBRARY "Friends of Library" initiate plans to provide additional space, facilities MANTEO.— A movement has been started here to acquaint the reading public of the need for ad ditional library space. As a result, July 81 has been designated as “Dare County Library Day’’ throughout the entire county. Principal objective of the spon soring groups will be the construc tion of a new Dare County Library building to replace the present facilities. The special day is planned as a means of putting the needs for new library before the public. Citizens and vacationists will be invited to make a controbution to the Library fund by pinning their donations on a line to be set up in the downtown business area of Manteo. Individual community leaders will be present to supply information and encour age support of the fund raising drive. Members of The Lost Colony cast will present a special program later this summer for the benefit of the library. The movement to build a new Library was planned at a recent meeting of a group known as “Friends of the Library” in Man teo and by interested community leaders from all areas of the county. At the meeting James L. Rea, chairman of the location committee, reported that a lot was available in Manteo from the Masonic Lodge, and that an option would be taken on the property as the tenative site for the new library. Members of the Library staff present at the meeting reported that the total circulation of books, for the year ending June 80, 1957, | was 30,137, and that for the year ending June 80 1961, had increased, to 40,026. I t i- 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 HASSELL AREA CHAIRMAN FOR AUTO DEALER GROUP " s X. ■F ■ \ * IF -* 1 WiHE - ■ X ‘ ■■ * Aw. f Ji / Jft- F L. D. HASSELL of Hassell and Crees Motor Company, Inc. in Manteo has been appointed to serve as area chairman of the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association for Dare County. It was announced by Rupert E. Atkins, President. Hassell will act as liai son officer between new car and truck dealers in Dare County and the state and national associations. In announcing the appointment, President Atkins said Hassell will keep his area informed of state and national affairs affecting the retail automotive industry and will advise N.C.A.D.A. and N.A.D.A. of local happenings. Hassell will also head a county-wide member ship campaign for both organiza tions in the fall. The association is extremely fortunate in having such a capable person as L. D. Hassell to serve in this capacity, Atkins added, for the area chairman is a vital position in oui- organization. ANOTHER MODERN SERVICE STATION FOR NAGS HEAD The beach area got an unusually attractive service station this week, as the new First Colony Seivice Station built by Sen. Emmett Win slow of Hertford opened for busi ness. It is located opposite First Colony Inn, remodeled earlier this year by he and Mrs. Winslow, and enjoying capacity crowds at most times. The new brick structure, situated at the point where U. S. 158 and U. S. 158 by-pass are closest, will serve traffic from both arteries. It will be open year-round, and main tain long daily hours. It is present ly being operated by Jim Bass of Hertford, an employee of the Wins low oil firm, who has over 30 years experience in this type of business. This is the second station built by Mr. Winslow in this area, the other being the Outer Banks Serv ice Station at Kitty Hawk. Free “litterbags” are being dis tributed at both stations next Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday while they are featuring Pure Firebird gasoline. U. S. S. KITTY HAWK TAKES ITS FIRST CRUISE Kitty Hawk, the thriving little town on the Dare Coast, saw its name start a journey to possible world fame last week when its namesake the United Stattes air craft earner Kitty Hawk sailed from Philadelphia. The $250 million vessel, the largest in the world at 60,000 tons, was named for the coastal town that won fame in the early days of aviation when the Wright brothers conducted their famous experi ments with aircraft there. The new super carrier, which has recently been a subject of contro versy in naval and shipbuilding circles because of alleged defects in construction, is scheduled for a “shakedown” cruise to the naval base at Guantanamo, Cuba and sev eral South American ports. The carrier requires a crew of 2.500 officers and men which is al most five times the population of the Tar Heel town it is named after. TO RESTORE WALLACE CHAN. TO DEPTH OF TWELVE FEET Wilmington. Plans to restore project depth by maintenance dreging in Wallace Channel, Pam lico Sound, near Ocracoke, were announced here this week by the Corps of Engineers. Colonel R. P. Davidson, Dis trict Engineer, said that bids are scheduled to be opened on August 1. The dredging will start about 80 days later. The Job involves the removal of about 228,000 cubic yards of mater ial. Project depth of the channel is 12 feet NAGS HEAD,BOARD MAKES READY FOR POWELL BILL AID Drainage, Trash Also Discussed; Edwards Appointed Tax Collector The Nags Head Board of Com missioners signed the necessary papers this week to make the newly incorporated town eligible to re ceive funds from the Powell Bill to help maintain the town streets. In other business at the July 17 meeting the Board discussed drain age problems in an area ranging from the Nags Head Recreation Center south to the Coast Guard station. Plans have been made to confer with the State Board of Health and the State Highway Commission to see about recon struction of existing drainage ditches and construction of new facilities. At the same meeting the Board appointed Tom McKinney to act as Nags Head Civil Defense Director. The new Director will work closely with Dare County Civil Defense Director Frank Cahoon. The Board also discussed burning permits, road sign permits and building permits for the municipal ity. However, on the advice of the town attorney discussion was ta bled until a Town Zoning Board can be appointed and make recommend ations. In other action, the Commission ers made plans to have a trash pickup day for the town. Presently, garbage collection facilities do not include collection of trash which is not placed in designated containers. To remedy this situation the town will send trucks to pick up such trash not classified as “garbage” on Tuesday, August 1. Residents who wish to have such trash re moved from their property will be asked to place it beside the highway on the night before the collection. Mayor Oneto commented, “We hope this will result in an all out clean up day for the town. There is quite a bit of debris on some property which can not be removed by the garbage trucks. ThhJtraslr pickup seivice will provide a means of disposal for this trash.” A final order of business was a general discussion of telephone ser vice in the Nags Head. Many resi dents have complained that service in the area is unsatisfactory and inconvenient. Mayor Oneto has said he plans to look into the matter and check with the Utilities Commis sion in order to see if better ser vice can be obtained. Last week the Town Board of Commissioners voted the appoint ment of Lionel Edwards as tempo rai-y tax collector for the town. Ed wards, who volunteered for the job, will act until a permanent tax col lector is chosen. FORT RALEIGH LAND BILL CLEARS HOUSE A bill designed to provide 120 additional acres for the’ Fort Raleigh National Historic Site in Manteo cleared the U. S. House of Representatives last week and is now being sent to the Senate. In 1941 the site, an area cover ing 181-2 acres, was made a national historic site to commemorate the first attempt to establish an Eng lish colony in the new world in 1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh. An outdoor theatre on the site presents a dramatization of the attempt each summer with Paul Green’s “The Lost Colony”. When the House Interior Com mittee approved the bill recently it took into consideration a report of 90,000 visitors in the area in 1960. The report also commented, “The 1814 acres which are within the present historic site are insuffici ent either to accomodate the influx of visitors or to preserve the whole area which the colonist are believed to have occupied. Estimated cost of adding the 120 acres is about $259.0.00. NEW TEACHERS FOR MANTEO HIGH ANNOUNCED Four new teachers have been named to teach in Manteo High School this year. The Manteo High School Committee recently approv ed the election of two new taechers who are native to the area, and two who are outsiders. Mrs. Ida Welsh Edwards, who comes to Manteo from Columbia, South Carolina, will teach English in the Manteo high school Miss Julia Elizabeth Taylor, who recently graduated from East Caro lina College, will teach math. Two local people who will be teaching in Manteo High School for the first time this year include Mabel Jean Basnight and Stephen Basnight, Jr. Miss Basnight will teach math and Mr. Basnight will work with the physicial education department. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1961 LOCAL RESIDENTS KEEP THE LOST COLONY COSTUMED Ji MEW w. WORKING FOR THREE WEEKS preceding the oper.ing of THE LOST COLONY, and busy all during the season, ate these costumers who, under the direction of Mrs. Irene Smart Rains, costumer of the produc tion, see that the actors are correctly attired. About 200 costumes must be kept in excellent condition throughout the .season, and this means not only making the original costumes, but repairing and cleaning these. Shown here in the costume shop backstage in the Waterside Theatre are Mrs. Rains, Mrs. Mattie Melson, Mrs. Florine Williams, Mrs. Len nie Tillett, all of Wanchese, and Martha Raye Rogers of Manteo. Mrs. Ruins, Costumer of the Carolina Playmakers in Chapel Hill, is a native of Roanoke Island. LOST COLONY IS SHOWING GAIN IN ATTENDANCE As the Lost Colony gets under way with its 21st season gate re ceipts indicate record breaking at tendance. This year’s audiences have aver aged about 100 persons per night more than last year and are up con siderable over many previous years. As statistic? Were totaled Mon day night 9,373 people had attended the production this season. A spokesman for the Lost Colony said this week that average attendance is 666 persons per night with Tues day and Saturday nights drawing the largest crowds. This is the first year the pro duction has been presented on Mon day nights. Formerly Monday night was “off night” and the production was given off Sunday night instead. This year Sunday nights are left open and the play runs on Monday. Figures indicate that this is better night for the drama. Monday night performances have drawn an aver age of 587 persons. Last year, how ever, Sunday night performances drew an average of only 448. This year’s opening night was a record breaker too. The first night, set aside as a “salute to Paul Green”, author of the drama, saw approximately 1650 people seated in Waterside Theatre. In addition to The Lost Colony, the group plans to present later in the season a musical dealing with life in the western part of North Carolina and the mountains of Tennessee. The musical will be pre sented one night per week, and record crowds are expected. SENATOR ERVIN GUEST OF LOST COLONY SAT. North Carolina’s -Senator Sam Ervin, Jr., native of Morganton, will be a special guest at The Lost Colony on Saturday night, July 22, General manager J. Sib Dorton announces The Senator will deliver a short talk from the stage of Waterside Theatre during intermis sion, and while the topic of his talk has not been announced it is expect ed that he will touch on plans for enlarging Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. On request of the Department of the Interior, Congressman Bonner introduced a bill which has passed in Congress for expanding the 18’4 acre site to 120 acres at an esti mated cost of about $259,000. The bill as passed now goes to the Senate where Senator Ervin will lead the movement for getting the bill approved. Fort Raleigh not only is the site where The Lost Colony is presented each summer, but it is the site of first English colonization attempts during the 16th Century. MARLIN BLITZ Last Saturday cruisers based along the outer banks took 43 white marlin and one blue mar lin off Oregon Inlet. According to reports it was the greatest billfishing catch ever made in one day along the North Caro lina coast. UNIQUE HONOR GIVEN TO DARE COUNTY SHERIFF W I FRANK M. CAHOON, Sheriff of Dare County since 1946, was last elected President of the N. C. Sher iff’s Association at the Annual meeting in Morehead City. This means that next year’s Convention by precedent, will come to Dare County, home of the president. It has met several times already in Dare County. Sheriff Cahoon succeeds Sheriff Haywood Allen of Cleveland Coun ty. Other officers elected include first vice president, Sheriff J. C. Rumple of Iredell County, first vice president; and Sheriff John B. Allen of Bladen County, second vice president. Included in Sheriff Cahoon’s new duties will be the responsibility of setting up various committees for the organization. One of the first comittees to be looked into will be the Legislative Committee. The duties of this committee, which serves a two year term, are to study the laws of the state and to study the problems law enforcment officers encounter in order to rec commend legislation to the state’s See CAHOON, Page Four SPORTFISHING TRENDS GIVE ANGLERS VARIETY The Dare beach area saw in creased activity by fishermen last week as catches in the area increas ed. Reports from Nags Head indicate “up to par” catches from all piers. The catches have included sea mul let, trout, blues, croaker and perch for the first half of July. Oregon Inlet anglers have taken giant bluefish ranging from five to eight pounds. The fish were caught from boats about 15 miles offshore from Kill Devil Hills. In addition, boats from Oregon Inlet report large catches of tuna. Hatteras fishermen reported ex cellent catches of king mackerel in the area almost all week. Boats returning to port from offshore waters have brought from 25 to 75 of the fish. Average size is about 10 pounds. Most of the fish have been caught in the vicinity of World War II shipwrecks. In addition, a number of dolphin and amberjaek have been taken by the cruisers from Hatteras. Inshore anglers trolling in Hat teras inlet have taken bluefish and Spanish mackerel. CURRITUCK FOLK ENJOYING GOOD TOURIST TRADE Businessmen Along Route 158 Join in Promotion; See Page Six . Business trends in Currituck County in the past indicate a slight decline in visitor traffic. Merchants located on U. S. 158, the main route to the Dare beach area from Eliza beth City and Norfolk, said the traffic declined a few days after the fourth of July One service station owner com mented, “we have a good day and a bad one, but all in all business isn’t too bad. It’s nothing like it was right around the fourth, though.” In addition to a mod erate tourist trade the County is seeing an increased amount of farm and farm product activity. Many of the farmers in the area are begin ning to harvest their seasonal truck crops. Potatoes, tomatoes, beans and com are among those products which are being harvested and sold. Many farmers along U. S. 158 have constructed small roadside markets in which to sell their crops. In addition to the above produce they have for sale fresh peaches, onions, eggs, and other local pro ducts. Many of the roadside mark ets offer a few fruits and vegeta bles not native to the area. For their costumers’ convenience they carry citrus fruits, Florida melons, and other imported commodities. Farm price trends in the area indicate a fairly good market for beans and a moderately heavy crop. Potato growers in the area, how- Sec CURRITUCK, Page Four SHE FOUND INDIANS— LOST COLONY INDIANS THAT IS ON HER VISIT Hilary Lamb, an attractive math student of Bristol College in Eng land is on a visit to the United States until September as the guests of the F. R. Addley’s of Hartford, Conn., and Southern Shores. She arrived in America last week. On Monday night, her host, Ro tarian Addley, introduced her to the Manteo Rotarians and she spoke briefly on several subjects mostly about an English college student and her preliminary experiences in America. A native of Plymouth, Miss Hil lary had a peculiar interest in The Lost Colony drama. It was from Plymouth in 1587, that the first English colonists sailed to America. She was a special guest of the Lost Colony management at the Tuesday night performance. Asked to go back stage for some pictures which may give the drama international publicity, she express ed the desire, when it was suggest ed that she pose with the Colony’s Queen Elizabeth, that she had rather pose with Indians. * “My parents’ parting words when I left England was ‘look out for those American Indians,’ ” she said. So, Miss Land was photographed with two Indian braves and an Indian maiden— Lost Colony In dians, that is. The Addleys and their English guest returned to Hartford this weekend and she will return to England in September. MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO. N. C. NOT TO INDIVIDUALS SECTION ONE PAGES ONE through EIGHT Single Copy 70 IGOR SIKORSKY IS VISITOR AGAIN TO KILL DEVIL HILLS Inventor of the Helicopter Visitor on Dare Beaches; Friend of Wrights. By AYCOCK BROWN KILL DEVIL HILLS One of the world’s greatest living aero nautical engineers has just com pleted another visit to the site where Wilbur and Orville Wright successfully made their first flights in an engine-driven airplane on- December 17, 1903. He is Igor Ivan Sikorsky, a Rus sian-American, who designed, built and flew the first multi-motored airplane in 1913, and also designed and developed the first successful helicopter. A resident of Bridgeport, Conn, where he organized the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation and United Aircraft Corporation, and develop ed several types of planes including the long-range clippers which pio neered trans-ocean flights, Sikor sky retired in 1957. He is still con sidered one of the top consultants of the companies he helped orga nize. A native of Keiv, Russia, Sikor sky fled to the United States after the Russian Revolution as did many other White Russians. For Russia however, he had made a fortune designing war planes during World War I. In the late 1930’s he developed and produced the first single-man ned rotar helicopter in the world. His helicopters were first used in air-sea rescue activities and thous ands of persons’ lives have been saved from ship wrecks, or places inaccessable by regular planes. His week end on the Dare Coast was not his first visit to the area. He has made many trips to Nags Head and Kill Devil Hills, some times traveling incognita. He has also had principal roles in several of the annual First Flight Obser vances held under the sponsorship of Kill Devil Hills Memorial Socie ty, the National Park Service and Air Force Association on each December 17. When he visits the Dare Coast See SIKORSKY, Page Four RAD JONES DIES, THE RESULT OF INJURIES IN ACCIDENT THURSDAY Radford Jones, Chevrolet dealer of Belhaven, died in Pungo District Hospital Tuesday night from in juries received in an automobile truck collision near Pantego last Thursday morning. A native of Hyde County, he was married to the former Maggie Cook of Beaufort County and was a member of the Belhaven Free Will Baptist Church. Injured in the same accident last week were Pink Mann, of Pontego, and Walter Gray Windley. Mann received chest injuries and broken ribs and Windley suffered a brok en left arm and chest injuries. Both men, occupants of the truck, were treated at the Pungo District Hos pital in Belhaven. According to a report by inves tigating Patrolman John Thomas, the vehicles collided east of Pan tego when Jones, going east, ap parently swerved to the wrong side of the road. He met the truck driven by Marin and the two collid ed head on. Both the truck and the car were totally demolished and State Highway Patrolman Thomas is still investigating the accident. Surviving Jones, in addition to his wife, are one son, Clifton Jones, and one daughter, Mrs| Jesse Moore, both of Belhaven; three stepsons, Ed Harris of Belhaven, Lloyd Harris of Alexandria, Vir ginia, and Mack Harris of Home stead, Florida; and 13 grandchild ren. HAYMAN REUNION AT MANNS HARBOR THURS. The Hayman reunion of North Carolina met at Manns Harbor Thursday at 10:30 a.m. with a crowd, reported, “Larger than was expected.” According to a spectator, the re union was still “going strong” at 2:30 p.m. with short skits, games and other activities which followed the noon meal. The big crowd was considered larger than last year’s turnout and practically filled the community building. Reverend L. D. Hayman, Presi dent of the reunion, was present at the reunion. He is a retired Metho dist minister and a native of Dare County. One visitor participating in the reunion commented, “There was a pretty big crowd and everybody seemed to be having a fine time. The children were especially enjoy ing the songs and games provided for entertainment"
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