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SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BffORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS Sixteen Pages in Two Sections Blume xxvi no. 57 ■MTERAS PEOPLE ■dice disapproval »F FERRY SERVICE ■ Loss In Tourist Trade Confend- I ed; Many State Officials Contacted ■according to an Associated Press Mort this week citizens on Hat- His Island have made numerous Mplaints to North Carolina of- Mals about state-operated ferry Mrice to the island. Businessmen in the area say that ■r about 50 percent of the va- Honists who want to visit Hat- Bs Island are actually Retting Be. They blame the tourist loss Hx»or planning by state officials Burther, the report states, many ■dents have wired Governor Hry Sanford urging immediate of the ferry situation. Some ■he telegrams describe the situa- H as “deplorable, shameful, and ■sgrace to North Carolina”. ■hairman of the Dare County ■rd of Commissioners, David ■k, met with local citizens rg ■ly to study the problem. ■ne of the plans originating at ■ meeting is to have the state ■iway commission attend a fish Hon Hatteras Island so they can ■a first hand view of the situa- ■le Citizen, Wheeler Ballance, Bmented, “They’d better get an |Br start if they plan to reach ■island before the fish get cold Her that or take a plane, They’d Hr get here in time by ferry.” Hie observer reports to have seen sKsts wait in line for the ferry ißiuch as seven hours. jHie past several weeks hi the 1H Beach area active ones for SBiessmen and local citizens with sHavy influx of tourists following Hrmally heavy fourth of July local business man said this ■ been the busiest summer he |Hever spent in the area. - <» WINGS COTTAGE BURNS ■ NAGS HEAD WED. NIGHT summer home of W. H. Jen -1H;, of Chicago, burned at Nags ijH Wednesday night despite es- I of the Dare Beach Sanitary Hict fire fighters. blaze reportedly was found Ht 9:00 p. m. on the front Hi of the all juniper cottage. and passers-by called Hire department and then at- Hted to get furniture and per 1H belongings out of the house. H’ efforts were in vain, how because the Jennings family ■ocked the doors 'before leav- H>r Elizabeth City earlier in the H. Jennings arrived at the scene ■. 10:00, but by then the cot- H was gone except for a few timbers which still blazed. Hiottage was partially covered ■% insurance. Jennings Hie had just finished putting a Hroof on the cottage at a cost Hout SBOO. No estimates were Hible as to the total loss of the and furnishings. Hnings, who is originally from ■>eth City, stated that he plans Bld at Nags Head again in the Hnings reported that a small ■ started under the house about ■years ago when an electrical through. The blaze Brought under control with no Bre then. There have been no ■ blaze started but several by- Brs speculated that it seemed Bve started in the porch roof Bl reports as to how Wednes- Bnild have been caused by faul ■ctrical fixtures. Hnings and his wife and daugh- Bill stay with friends on the || until insurance claims are Bed. Then they plan to return Bcago. HW PHYSICIAN I LOCATES IN BELHAVEN ■ Monday of this week, Dr. Bn Alan Reid opened his of- Bbove O’Neals Drug Store on ■Street in Belhaven. [ther physician has long been B to help serve this territory Hr. Reid is welcomed by one 811. including authorities of ■ District Hospital. Native of Asheville, Dr. Reid Byears old. He is a graduate iB University of N. C. Medical B. He has completed a year of Shin in surgery at the Univer- B Florida Teaching Hospital Nnesville, Fla. Bleid is married to the former ■Voodard of Chapel Hill and Have two children, Michael 6. Bephen, 11 months. They will H Ziebell apartment on Bront Street. 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 MANTEO NATIVE IN MAJOR ROLE H I■ ]B\ ’TS I ■ mMI B ! ■ . .. I AR 1 Hr -1 H I H unusuui.y long comb to ner unusually long hair is Mrs. Cora Mae Basnight of Manteo, who plays the faithful Indian squaw “Agona” in “The Lost Colony.” A life-long resident of Roanoke Island this is her third season in the role. Mrs. Basnight presently has two children in the show, and her grand-daughter, Claudia Fry, frequently appears as the infant Virginia Dare, the first child born of English parents in America. She is the mother of seven children, all of whom have worked with “The Lost Colony.” CHARLES MURPHY - WILL SPEAK AT LOST COLONY SAT. Redhead Night Set for Monday; Ladies Night A Big Success Tar Heel-born Charles Murphy, Under Secretary of Agriculture will be a guest speaker during inter mission at the 1071st performance of The Lost Colony here Saturday night. In addition to possibly talking About current agricultural matters, She Under Secretary is expected to (laud Roanoke Island as the place from which England first learned of three important farm commodi ties, Maize, the Indian’s corn, UP powoc, the Indian’s tobacco and an edible root which was the potato. Each of these products were tak en back by the Sir Walter Raleigh explorers and introduced in Eng land. The Murphys will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred .Morrison at their Kill Devil Hills beachside cottage. As a special attraction on Mon day, July 31, at the 1072nd per formance of the drama all red heads will be admitted free. This means that any man, wo man or child with red hair, whether natural or dyed, will be admitted free. Greeting the red-heads at the box bffice will be Kenton R. Kyle who has distinguished himself in the role of “Old Tom” Harris. Kyle is not the only red-head in the cast, but he is the . only red-headed and red-bearded person, so therefore the performance on Monday will be dedicated to Kyle—and of course,' the red-headed persons who will at tend the show free of charge. On Wednesday night designated as “Ladies Night” 741 males paid admission to see the show while an estimated 500 or more females were admitted free. It was one of the biggest audiences to witness the drama in recent years. E. C. C. NIGHT At lost colony Saturday, August 6, 1961 is East Carolina College Night at the “Lost Colony.” The schedule for the evening is: Fish Fry at the Man teo Masonic Temple from 6:00 to 7:00 p. m. Cost: SI.OO per plate. Tickets to the “Lost Colony" may be secured from the ticket office or Mrs. Beulah Gaylord, Manteo. East Carolina College and friends will be recognized in a short pro gram at intermission. President Leo W. Jenkins will be "guest per former" in the production, and the people are invited to meet the cast which includes several students and alumni. All East Carolina Alumni are urged to bring their families and guests for this special occasion. For further information contact Mrs. Beulah W. Gaylord, Alumni District Director, at Manteo. HAYMAN REUNION GREAT' SUCCESS AT MANNS HARBQR . James W. Davis of Wanehese Succeeds Rev. L D. Haymafi as 3resid*nt. Mrs. ; Laura M. Hayman of Manteo the new Treasurer. Other Officers and Managers named Thursday, July 20th 1961, among the Haymans of North Carolina, Virginia and other states and com muities will go down in the reunion history as one of the best if not the best gatherings in the ten years of its annual meetings. More than 100 members of the Reunion were present, and there was not a dull moment during the entire day’s activities. L. D. Hayman, the presi dent sounded the gavel at 10:30 a:m: for order and proceeded to dis patch with the lightining speed of a 20-year-old, notwithstanding he has , seen some seventy summers pass over his head. The ‘jdarljng’t of the , day was Mrs. Shirley Spencer. She took it upon herself to lay out and prepare for the dinner hour, doing away with the old fashioned picnic basket style, c an<T announcing a hot dog dinner. But the tables looked more like an old fashioned farm dinner than hotdogs. How she did it, remains a guess; but it was the best servings since the Haymans have been coming together. The joy of large gathering is due to great ex tent that no one had to sweat over the stove the day before in prepara tion to feed the crowd this year, This new plan worked 100 per cent, and acclaimed the procedure for the 1962 reunion. Officers elected for next year are J. W. Davis, President; Mrs. Ira • Spencer, Jr. Vice President; Inez i Gibbs, Recording Secretary, Mrs. | Laura M. Hayman, Treasurer. Mrs. Carrie H. Penn of Clayton, the ' Scholarship Fund Treasurer, and Ira Spencer, Jr. Secretary in re search work. Additional managers named were Avery Tillett and Oma Pearl Tillett of Kitty Hawk, Helen Hayman Davis of West Virginia, Capt Thomas 'Hayman of Norfolk, and Rev. L. D. Hayman of South port. Memorial Services were observed for the following members dying [during the year: Margaret Davis, ' Murray Mann, Lewis Hooper, Mary , Love Tillett, Charles W. Perry, Mary Best, and Ruth B. Hall. These go on the honor roll of the dead. Lu D. Hayman, conducted the memo rial. After all business, installations, and the memorial service, followed by the big and appetizing dinner, the Talent Show was on; and for more than an hour the halls rang with laughter and applause. No special preparation was announced for this hour of fun by any one. But Shirley Spencer just got up and call on some key-members, giving each two minutes to prepare a ekit and select actors. This ran all the way from tiny tots in only waist band shorts to ages up to 85, and no one declined the call to the stage. This See HAYMAN, age Eight 1 ‘ MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY. JULY 28, 1961 SHERIFF’S NOSE BROKEN; SSO FINE FOR DEFENDANT Eugene Stanton Shacklack re ceived a 60 day suspended sentence in Dare County Recorders Court Tuesday as a result of charges growing out of his attack on Dare County Sheriff Frank Cahoon last week. Shacklack’s sentence was sus pended on condition that he pay a SSO fine and court costs and pay for Sheriff Cahoon’s medical bills resulting from'the attack. According to court testimony Shacklack was brought to the Sher iff’s office Ipst week on charges of stealing ducks from a Kitty Hawk resident. He was released without charges and immediately engaged in an argument outside the Sher iff’s office with Mr. Perry, the man from whom he allegedly took the ducks. According to Sheriff Cahoon, Shacklack used loud and abusive language in the courthouse and when the Sheriff tried to stop him, Shacklack struck him in the face The blow resulted in a broken nose and swolen eye for the Sher iff. Shacklack was charged with cre ating a public disturbance and as-i sault. At the trial he claimed to re member none of the incident and produced a letter from a Norfolk doctor which stated Shacklack suf fers from epilepsy. Further testi mony, however, indicated that he apparently remembered most of the events of the day. Other cases coming before Judge W. F. Baum this week included the See COURT, Page Eight WAHAB FIRST PARTICIPANT FROM OCRACOKE IN ASCS Ate?** H Tn' R. STANLEY WAHAB of Ocra coke, well known businessman and civic leader, is the first participant from that island community in one of the programs of the Agricultural Stablization and Conservation Ser vice, U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. One of Mr. Wahab’s recent business ventures was sheep raising which had to be abandoned because of animals of this nature have been ordered removed from Ocracoke. A part of the Island is now in cluded in the Cape Hatteras Nation al Sea Shore recreational area and livestock grazing in this area is prohibited. Only a few prize banks ponies remain. The Agricultural Stablization and Conservation Service Program in which Mr. Wahab was a participan is the wool program. Due to a scar city of wool, especially of goo< quality, the U. S. Department .0 Agriculture has a program to en courage increased production o good quality wool. The wool growe benefits through this program by government price support in form of Incentive Payments. The price of wool is supported by the govern ment at 62 cents per pound. Pay ment is made direct to the farmer based on a percentage required to bring 1 the national average sales nrice of wool up to 62 cents per pound. For the 1960 wool marketing year which began April, 1960 and ending March 31, 1961 the sales price of wool was 47.6% less than the announced support price there fore wool growers who made ap plication for price support under this program received Incentive Payment of 47.6% of the net a mount received when they sold wool on the open market. J. C. Williams, Jr., Office Man See WAIIAB, Page Eight WEEKEND WEATHER Temperatures will be some what above normal averaging between 90-92 in the afternoons and 73-76 in the mornings. A few widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers are indicated otherwise the weather wiO be fair and hot with mostly light and variable winds. Fishing weather generaUy good. TOURIST BUREAU CONTRIBUTIONS SHORT FOR YEAR Summary of Activities Indicates Large Increase in Number of Inquires According to a report from the Dare County Tourist Bureau, only 83 of an estimated 500 businesses in this area have made contribu tions to the Bureau this fiscal year, which ends September 30. The 83 contributions, ranging from SI.OO to $200.00, amount to $2,716.00 The total budget for the Bureau for the year 1960-61 w’as $21,480. Os this amount the Board of Di rectors anticipated an income of $5,000.00 from contributors to sup plement a contemplated $16,480 from the ABC fund set aside for the Tourist Bureau. To date, the Bureau has received, in addition to the contributions from investors, $9,977.77 from the ABC fund and $84.39 from mis cellaneous incomes. To supple ment this during the winter the Board of Directors borrowed sl,- 000, from the county, which has been repaid. ~ Since last year, according to Manager and Publicity Director, Aycock Brown, the work-load and activities of the office have in creased approximately 25 percent. According to Director Brown the bureau has received an increase in the number of inquiries this year which total over 30,000 since Oct tober of 1960. In addition, he re ports the bureau has had an in crease in the number of news stories, releases, and photographs mailed to news media this year. In a report to the Board of Di rectors in late June Brown noted, We are ahead of any previous year in newspaper, magazine, radio and television publicity. Stories by mail, wire, and telephone have been sent out almost daily ... the man ager has broadcast, via telephoned tape recordings, regular stories about the sportfishing and general vacation information.” Concerning distribution of bro chures he added, “Using our sys tem of sending one each of folders or- brochures available from the Dare County Tourist Bureau, we have mailed out hundreds of letters with our label and format for re questing additional folders. From Maine to Florida, from all of Chamber of Commerce agencies in North Carolina and from travel sources throughout the country we have received requests for specific numbers of folders via this sys tem.” He went on to point out that the Bureau has cooperated with the See BUREAU, Page Eight 4-H Groups Find Busy Days Scheduled While Visiting Dare Camp in Summer By TOM JACKSON Just off U. S. 264 about two| miles west of Manteo the remains of a World War II naval base lie in a broad grassy field under a hot morning sun. At first glance the unknowing observer would think the barracks were deserted and the camp closed except for the few automobiles seen from the road. If, however, this casual observer happened to look at just the right! moment he would see the dark | screen doors burst open on the first note of a loud bugle call and could watch the scene suddenly take on all the activity of a busy ant hill. With all the scheduled organi zation of a military base this form er site of war time effort is now a training ground for future leaders and a fun providing area for 1500 4-H'club members each year. Supervising the summer camp, which has been jn operation since 1948, is Lewis Cayton, Principal of Kitty Hawk School. A man who grew up in a small city and was never a member of a 4-H club, he has caught more enthusiasm over the project in his three year’s work in the camp than many of the young 4-H members have. Under Mr. Cayton’s Supervi-| sion, from 100 to 160 4-H members from two to four North Carolina counties pile into the camp each Monday for a week of study, train- j ing and recreation. The campers come from counties as far away, as Swain County in the western part of the state to as close as neighboring Hyde County, only a. few miles away. Most of them are] from 10-14 years old, but a few are in the 14-19 age group. Their weAk begins Monday eve ning with a flag lowering ceremony at which all the campers and staff are present Following this comes supper in the cafeteria which is famous in 4-H circles for its good food. Then the campers have the rest of the evening to rest and get ready for the following five days SENATOR SAM ERVIN IS CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION liHr ", ■1 „ .4 ■ illla I I KjWKßrk SENATOR SAM J. ERVIN, JR. who spent last week end in Dare County as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Morrison at Kill Devil Hills let it be known at the time that he will be a candidate for re-elec tion to the Senate, and this week made formal announcement to the public. Senator Ervin has been a regular visitor to the Dare County coast for nearly 30 years, and has become one of its strongest cham pions and friends. He was appoint ed by the late Governor Umstead on the death of Senator Clyde R. Hoey in 1954. In his announcement this week he cited a promise made to Governor Umstead at the time, as the main reason for running again: “At that time,” Ervin said in a 600-word statement announcing his intention, “Gov. Umstead required of me this promise and this prom ise only: that I should be willing to serve North Carolina in the Senate as long as my faculties re mained substantially unimpaired. He gave me this reason for requir ing this promise of me: “Exper ience is the most efficient teacher of all, and in consequence the abil ity of a senator to serve grows as his service in the Senate length ens.” Ervin entered the Senate after public service which included three terms as Burke County Reprsen tative in the General Assembly, a term as 10th Dist. Representative in Congress, and judicial experi ence on the bench of Burke Coun ty Criminal Court, Superior. Court and the State Supreme Court Ervin received the Silver Star for heroism in World War I in France. He was twice wounded in battle and holds the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, the French Fourragere, and the Distinguished Service Cross. Ervin was born Sept 29, 1896, in Morganton. He married the for mer Margaret Brace Bell of Con cord, N. C., and they had three children. I of activity. Bright and early Tuesday morn ing the campers are divided into four groups labeled Head, Hands Heart, and Health in honor of the 4-H motto represented on the four points of the four leaf clover, the club symbol. Then classes begin. The youngsters, boys and girls, have four classes each day. One area of instruction is swimming. This class includes introductory i swimming, advanced swimming, artificial respiration, and water safety. They also have classes in handi crafts with each camper working on a project to complete and take home. Then comes the recreation class in which they learn games and dances of all kinds, excepting rock and roll, to take back to their own communities and local clubs. A final class instructs them in electricity. In this course of study the boys study the basic funda mentals of electricity while the girls receive instruction in the prac tical side of “kitchen electricity” The classes are conducted free of charge by representatives of Vir ginia Electric Power Company. In addition to these regular class es an added attraction is presented once a week when a wildlife expert comes in to give talks on wildlife. I After lunch the campers all retire to their dormitory rooms for and .hour of rest and relaxation before beginning an afternoon of pro grams and field games. One high ' light of the afternoon is an assemb- I ly for mail call when all the camp ' ers receive their mail from family and friends at home. Each Friday, before the week’s guests prepare to leave for home, the .whole camp turns out a field day. The Head and Hands groups merge and become the “Manteo tribe" to compete with the Heart and Health groups who distinguish themselves as the “wanehese See 4-H’ERB, Page Eight MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO. N. C. NOT TO INDIVIDUALS SECTION ONE PAGES ONE through EIGHT Single Copy 70 » DITCHES DAMAGING CROPS AND WATER FIND OPPOSITION Digging Deeper To Turn Salt Water Into the Land Damaging Garden and Drinking Water Several citizens have called at tention of this newspaper to some of the drainage projects now under way, whicl) is viewed mostly as a bonanza to contractors, and away of dispensing favors to please poli tical supporters. Complaint is made that in the past many thousands of dollars of the county’s allotted money has been spent to virtually create boat harbors for private benefit. In some of these instances, contractors were not required to complete their jobs according to specifications, but were allowed to collect full pay, with later expenditures by the county in an attempt to correct the fault complained of. One of the latest complaints comes from Cape Hatteras, where the County officials have persisted in digging out a ditch, despite warnings from the State Board of Health. The Board of Commission ers were completely aware of all this, yet sent a dragline in to dig more and deeper. Less someone complain that this article is awry, we reprint herewith correspondence bearing on this late example of the reckless waste of the people’s mon ey that seems to prevail. NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH RALEIGH May 11, 1961. Dare County Board of Commis sioners Manteo, North Carolina Enclosed is a report by our Dis trict Engineer, Mr. M. O. Caton, of an investigation of possible pol lution of water supply wells in Buxton by storm tide water in Jes se Ditch. It was found that the flooding of the ditch by salt water would subject shallow wells in the vicinity to possible contaminatiop. Accord ing to the information obtained, there is considerable evidence that the wells may already have been contaminated since removal of the flood gate several days ago. If the original storm tide gate w r as effective either in excluding salt water from the ditch or in pre venting overflow of the banks, it definitely should be replaced. W. S. MCKIMMON, CHIEF, ENGINEERING SECTION, Sanitary Engineering Division. More flooding than ever during hurricanes is now expected. That this reckless lack of con sideration of possible danger to health through pollution can be even more severe is borne out by the following survey. STATE BOARD OF HEALTH SANITARY ENGINEERING DI VISION Raleigh, North Carolina. Report of Investigation or In spection of Possible Pollution of Water Supply Wells by Tide Water in Buxton, April 11, 1961. REPORT: The purpose of this investigation was to attempt to de termine if the reported flooding of Jesse Ditch, in Buxton, by salt water of storm tides has effected private water supplies in the vici nity. The investigation was request ed by residents who own water sup ply wells near the ditch, and by the Dare County Board of Com missioners following receipt of a petition by 120 people of Buxton. According, to information obtain ed, the ditch was re-excavated about five years ago by the Coun ty with the financial assistance of the Federal Government through the Civil Defense disaster relief program. The flood tide gate, which was reported to have been installed See DITCHES, Page Eight CLEAN UP DAY SPONSORED IN DARE COUNTY AUGUST I. All property owners are advised that a clean-up drive will be con ducted Tuesday, August 1, in the Town of Nags Head, the Town of Kill Devil Hills and the Kitty Hawk Beach-Southern Shores area. This event is sponsored by the growing bodies of the towns of Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head and the County of Dare. Special trucks will tour the beach area throughout the day to pick up all types of refuse and trash. Personnel of the State High way Department will at the same time throughly clean the highway right of way area. Property owners are advised to place trash and refuse adjacent to their garbage eans as early in the day as possible. On this date only all refuse and trash will be picked up, in or out of containers. It is hoped that all property own ers will take advantage of this op portunity to join their neighbors and the local governing bodies in throughly cleaning the beach area.
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