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SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION EFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS DLUME XXVII NO. 7 RT RALEIGH BILL KSSES CONGRESS ERVIN PRAISES IT des For Enlarging on Roanoke ind One of America's Most Important Shrines. lator Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (D-N. n a Senate speech August 10 tended the Congress on pass egislation which will enlarge icreage of historic Fort Ral at Roanoke Island, North Car tator Ervin said: am certain that the Senate le pleased to be advised, as I hat H. R. 5518, providing for staiblishment of additional ac ■ at Fort Raleigh on Roanoke d, North Carolina, has been ■d by both Houses of Congress tent to President Kennedy for gnature. It is my sincere hope the President’s signature will fixed to the same in order that tective provision may be made ne of the nation’s most histor tablishments. was on Roanoke Island, that falter Raleigh, under the ban rf Queen Elizabeth,, set down oundations of the New World, weeent Fort Raleigh was con ted on the island three hund md seventy-seven years ago, 84, and remains today both a te to the zeal of our fore , and a monument to fron raen of an earlier day. inety thousand Americans visi ble unique area last year. The ties are inadequate to accomo the blossoming influx of our rymen who annually make the a to this great American land- - The bill which is now on the dent’s desk will enlarge the area, which now stands fit acres, to 143.5 acres. The area unding the old fort will thus rotected and new possibilities rcheological investigation will >ened. y enthusiasm for the legisja-, moves me to remark at this on the enormous advantages 1 it provides. We seek to qg ih new frontiers, but also the rvation of our old ones from iepredations of time and pno i must not escape our caution, commend the Senate and the e for their early action on a sr of principal interest both to •eoplq of North Carolina, and e citizens of the nation.” A F. JENNETTE, 87 OF CAPE HATTERAS DIES Head of Large Family, Former tty Official and Still Held Office Register; Sunday School Teacher. sa Farrow Jennette, died Mon in a Norfolk Hospital at the >f 87, He w r as during his life an outstanding leader of Cape :ras, formerly served on the County Board of Commission ind in many other community »unty affairs. He was a politi eader, and had been register udge of elections for some 50 1 He had been a commercial rman all his life and was ac until a few months ago. was a native of Dare County resided at Buxton all of his was the son of the late Joseph Cynthia Gray Jennette and ind of Mrs. Ethel Scarborough Jtte. He was a retired fisher and a member of the Buxton odist Church where he taught ay School for 75 years. The h named the Junior Sunday >1 class after him. rides his wife he is survived I daughters, Mrs. Ruth Quid- Mrs. Muriel Fulcher, Mrs. e Watson and Mrs. Geraldine ins of Buxton; Mrs. Hazel Ibee, Mrs. Lorent Midgette and Hrs. Elizabeth Hooper of Nor- Mrs. Richard Austin of Avon; Ellena Gillikin and Mrs. De- Gillikin of Ottway and Mrs. I Bradley of Fairfax, Va.;f sons, Calvin Jennette, Joe ;tte and N. F. Jennette, Jr., of jn and Boyd Jennette of Nor one sister, Miss Ella Jenette ixton and 40 grandchildren and eat grandchildren. s body was removed to the r-Twiford Funeral Home to be irded to Twiford’s Funeral ! in Hatteras pending comple >f funeral arrangements. WEEKEND WEATHER mperatures will average r to a few degrees below nor . Normal maximum tempera- - rnini’*' *em r «'—>- • 73. Skies will be partly dy with a few scattered revs or thundershower- S»t. ty and Sunday with amounts hug 'less than a half inch, ds will be mostly southerly 5 knots. Good fishing weather 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 DRINKWATER AT HIS 86TH BIRTHDAY PARTY r is BOw x I ALPHEUS W. DRINKWATER, one of Dare County’s most widely known citizens, celebrated his 86th birthday recently with a big party at Drinkwater’s Folly near Manteo. Among the 250 guests present was Mrs. T. G. Ellyson (shown above with Mr. Drinkwater) widow of World War I naval aviator Number 1, the first airman to be catapulted in an airplane Mrs. Ellyson came to Manteo with Rear Admiral Jesse A. John son USN (ret), to attend the party. Among other out-of-town guests present were Congressman Herbert C. Bonner of Washington, N. C.; Ira H. Tadlock, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. T. (Kit) Larson, Mrs. Ethel Bernhardt, Miss Helen L. Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Macdonald, Mrs. Evelyn A. Monroe, Mrs. Thelma M. Carter, al of Norfolk, Va.; Robert Cowen of Williamston; W’ade Marr, Marion Bennett, Dr. Fletcher Bailey, Fentress Horner, of Elizabeth City; Capt. Hugh D. Wear, Floyd C. Wiggins, Lcdr. and Mrs. E. B. Kopp, all of the U. S. Coast Guard, Portsmouth, Va; Betsy Giles, Kitty Hawk; Hunting ton Cairhs, Washington, D. C.; Jane and Nip Ferrell of Virginia Beach, Va.; Miss Merri Ferrll of Kitty Hawk; Mr. and Mrs. Penn Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. George Long, Mr. and Mrs. Robert I. Lee, all of Raleigh; Mr. and Mrs. William V. Cash of Washington, D. C.; Leslie R. O’Hara, Jr., Yorktown, Va.; Gene Marlin, Newport News. Va.; Pete Bell. Nash ville, N..C.; Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Mangum, of Moyock; Mr. and Mrs. Ted Maclelland of Middlebury, Con. WOMAN ADMITS FAKING STORY OF AN ASSAULT Wife of Belhaven Police Chief Made It all Up About Attack By Two Men in July BELHAVEN Beaufort County Deputy Sheriff Sherwood Sawyer said Monday Mrs. Sam Boger, wife of the Belhaven police chief, has admitted faking a story that she was attacked by two men last month. Sawyer said Mrs. Boger, in her late 20’s and expecting a second child, could give no reason for her act. . . • \ A 300-man posse began a mass search the night of July 29 when Mrs. Boger reported she had been beaten by two men at her home. Mrs. Boger summoned for help over the telephone, officers said She reported she had been at tacked by two men as she came out of her bathroom to investigate when the lights in the house went off. Officers said the house had been tom up. They quoted Mrs. Boger as saying she was grabbed and that she heard a man say, “This is the damned police chief’s wife.” She regained consciouness about half an hour later and that the men were gone. Mrs. Boger was taken to Pun- See HOAX, Page Twelve BELHAVEN PRINCIPAL GOES TO ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN Gene A. Purvis, former principal of the John A. Wilkinson High school in Belhaven, has accepted a position at Altanic Christian col lege in Wilson. He will serve as director of Student Teaching and as assistant professor in the Educa tion Department. Mr. Purvis, who holds the B. S. and Master’s de gree from East Carolina college, also plans to continue graduate work at either the University of North Carolia or Duke University, as time permits. NIKOLI MILLER DIES IN NEW YORK HOSPITAL Nikoli Miller, about 74 years of age, of Miami, Fla., died Wednes day morning in a New York City hospital following an operation. Mr. Miller, who was a diamond merchant in New York, came to Dare County in the late 30’s after acquiring property at Skyco and on the beach. He and his family made their home on Roanoke Is land for some time. Funeral serv ices were conducted at two o’clock Thursday afternoon in the Univer sal Funeral Parlor in New York City. Mr. Miller is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elsie Miller; two daughters and several grandchil dren. CAPE HATTERAS BOY IS SOLDIER OF THE MONTH MUNICH Specialist Fifth Class Leighton A. Quidley, son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Quidley, Box 66, Buxton, North Carolina,, was recently awarded a 3-day pass for being cited as the “Soldier of the Month” for the Munich Medical Service Area. The 25-year old medical equip ment repair man, who resides with his wife Grace in the Perlacher Forst Gov’t Housing Area here, ar rived in Munich January 1961 from the U.S. Army Radar Site, Nags Head, N. C. Specialist Quidley, who attended the Cape Hatteras High in Buxton from 1951-54, received his high school G. E. D. rating in Nor folk, Va., in 1955. He completed basic training at Camp Gordon, Ga., in 1954. FISH FRY SATURDAY A fish fry all you can eat for SI.OO will be held Saturday af ternoon, August 19, on the grounds of the Masonic Lodge in Manteo beginning at four o’clock. The pub lic is invited. YOU DON'T SEE THIS SIGHF EVERYDAY, EVERYWHERE r-' WA-Z V.S AA-ZA. z s z ©J ' ; : . . " . fc— - ’ ’ - • ' ' HF 7 THE FIRST MOTEL ... on Nags Head to own a reproduction of a 1901 Oldsmobile is The Beacon. Ac cording to Manager George Crocker, the Beacon w-s also the first motel in the area to build a swimming pool and the first completely air conditioned motel o the Dare Beach area. The 1901 Olds is used as a “Courtesy” car to rJe guests, run errands, and to pick up the mail. Crocker, shown seated in the car with ma nepnew David Carr, claims the auto will reach a roaring top speed of 85 miles per hour and operates 75 miles on a gallon of gasoline. The car has two forward speeds and a reverse gear, turn signals, emergency brake, electric starter, and sealed beam headlights. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1961 "BARKER OF OUTER BANKS" HONORED AT PARTY SAT. ' ‘''S-- t * ■* < ‘r w x --i I AYCOCK BROWN By GLENN L. VERNON Aycock Brown, good newspaper and public relations man that he is, knew something was up last Sat urday evening at The Lost Colony, but what he did not know was that the big event was to be a surprise tribute to Aycock Brown, the ‘‘Barker of the Outer Banks.” During the intermission cere mony of the- 1083rd performance of The Lost Colony, over 1,000 spectators looked on as General i Manager J. Sib Dorton read the royal proclamation which decreed Saturday, Augurft 12th as Aycock Brown Day. Following the procla mation two armed guards (soldiers from the show) ushered the sur prised Mr. Brown (camera in hand, of course) and his wife to the stage of the Waterside Theatre. Before the astonished Mr. Brown had recovered, his wife Esther had been presented a bouquet of roses; Mrs. Ina Evans, President of the Dare Codnty Tourist Bureau and Lawrence Swain and David Stick had presented Brown with a bronze plaque; and J. Sib Dorton •on behalf of the Roanoke Island Historical Association had present ed him a silver bowl and a book containing over 200 letters from well wishers across the nation. Following words of greeting from Mrs. J. Emmett Winslow, Vice-Chairman of the Roanoke Is land Historical Association and 'from Lost Colony Director, Clif jton Britton, Mr. Brown responded (with “I am really ‘overwhelmed; I had been wondering why all my • relatives dropped by to see me this I week.” Then typical of an alert (public relations man he added, “I (just wish I had known about it so we could have gotten out some ■news stories.” , Since the 1948 season Aycock Brown has been sending out reams of newspaper copy about the Dare Beaches, The Lost Colony and the Outer Banks. And even prior to this time he did a great deal of free-lance writing about the coast al area. ; He started with the Elizabeth City Independent in 1923 and then took a special course in journalism at Columbia University before re turning to North Carolina where he joined the staff of the Durham Herall. In 1928 he was editor of the Beaufort News and in 1929 moved to the Outer Banks island of Ocracoke. ‘‘l went to Ocracoke for a two-week vacation and stay ed for seven years,” he said. While on Ocracoke he began to publicize See BROWN, Page Six DARE LIBRARY FUND RISES TO TOTAL OF $1,567 The Dare County Friends of the Library Fund, established to build a new library in Dare County, rose to $1,567.00 last week as collec tions of over SIOO were added to the fund from a benefit show giv en by members of the Lost Colony cast. The participating cast members presented a garden party and pro vided entertainment with readings, recitations, and songs at the Roa noke Island Gardens near Manteo. Many spectators have comment ed on the success of the show and this week Mrs. Hal Ward, Dare County librarian, said “It was cer tainly delightful. The setting and the performances were excellent and the people attending were most appreciative. I am quite happy about the show, as are many other people. Several have expressed a desire to have this garden party become an annual event and I cer tainly think it is a good idea. “The Lost Colony people have been wonderful to help our library fund drive in so many ways. We really appreciate their interest.” Contributions following last weeks’ garden party amounted to slll. MANTEO BOY ECC GRADUATE X I Ki JI 1 WESLEY MEARL MEEKINS, JR., who graduated from East Carolina College in Greenville, August 17, with an AB in geography and so cial studies. While a student there he received many honors, among them being an award as the out standing geography senior. He was on the honor roll every quarter his senior year and on the dean’s list several quarters, including his last one before graduation. Being a member of the Gamma Theta Upsilon Geography fraternity, he was also secretary-treasurer of that organization. During his sen ior year he served as assistant in the geography department of the school. His plans for the future are as yet indefinite. Mr. Meekins is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Meekins of Manteo. He is married to the former Barbara Jean Gallop of Wanchese and they have one small daughter, Angela. DE BOINVILLE, SPEAKER ON VIRGINIA DARE DAY 1 /J* a ; a •' ■ JBL// - / DAVID DE BOINVILLE, first sec retary of the British Embassy in Washington D. C. will be guest speaker, representing British Am bassador, Sir Harold Caccia, during the Virginia Dare Day ceremonies at The Lost Colony on Friday even ing, August 18. He will be intro duce by Lt. Governor Cloyd H. Philpott of North Carolina. His talk is expected to hinge around the comparisons of the 16th Cen tury Elizabethan Era and the cur rent world events during the reign of Great Britain’s second Queen Elizabeth. August 18th will be the 374th anniversary of the birth of Virginia Dare, first child of Eng lish parentage born in the New World. In honor of the occasion The Lost Colony’s live Virginia Dare of the 21st season, Claudia Ann Fry of Manteo, will appear in the beautiful christening scene of the drama on Friday. (British Embassy Photo) BOOSTERS CLUB SELLING TICKETS TO LOST COLONY Several hundred tickets for the Monday night, August 21st per formance of The Lost Colony have been made available to the Manteo High School Athletic Association’s Boosters Club. The tickets will be sold in Man teo, Wanchese, on the Dare Beach es and the mainland areas within the school district by students, adults an<r others. The Lost Colony will give 50 percent of the total sales to the Boosters Club which will add the amount thus allotted to the club’s treasury, to be used in providing transportation facilities to mem bers of the athletic teams. These tickets will be available only on an advance sale basis and they will be for general admission at prices of SI.OO for children and $2.00 for adults. The tickets will be good for only Monday night, August 21. J. D. EARLE MEMORIAL BOOK DEDICATION IS PLANNED FOR AUGUST 30 Plans are in progress for the dedication of a memorial book col lection to be presented to the Dare County Library in memory of John D. Earle, a long time worker with the Boy Scouts, who died in an air plane accident last April. The dedication will be the result of donations to the John D. Earle memorial fund which has been col lected by citizens in this area. The money has been invested in books, because Mr. Earle emphasized books and reading to his troops as scoutmaster in Manteo. According to a library spokes man over S2OO has been contribut ed for the purchase of books which will be of interest to boy scouts. In addition to the money, many books have been contributed by in terested people in this area. A special section will be set aside in the Dare County library for the memorial. A plaque, pre sented by the National Office of the Boy Scouts of America will be placed in this section of the li brary. Later, as more money is contrib uted, other books will be added to the collection. The dedication ceremonies are scheduled for ‘August 30 in the Dare County Community Building. The Memorial Collection will be on display at that time. The dedi cation ceremonies will include an introduction by the new scoutmas ter, Charles Davis, and a princi pal address by Mr. R. C. Collier from Elisabeth City. Mr. Collier is the Commissioners of the Albe marie District of the Boy Scouts. Refreshments will be served at the ceremonies. MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO. N. C. NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Single Copy 7£ UNIVERSITY DAY AT LOST COLONY THIS SATURDAY Many Notables to Attend Includ ing Governor Sanford Who Will Address Luncheon Saturday, August 19 has been declared Consolidated University of North Carolina Day at the Lost Colony. The day’s activities will begin with a 12:30 luncheon for all alum ni and friends of the Consolidated University at the Carolinian Hotel in Nags Head. The guest speaker for the lunch eon is the Honorable Terry San ford. Governor of North Carolina and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Honored guests expected at the luncheon include President of the Consolidated University, William C. Friday; Chancellor of the Uni versity of North Carolina, William B. Aycock; Woman’s College Chan cellor Otis A. Singletary; Mr. L. L. Ray with North Carolina State College; Dr. Frank P. Graham, President Emeritus, and Mr. Gor don Gray, President Emeritus. Special music will be provided at the luncheon by a quartet made up of members of the Lost Colony choir. The second big event of the day begins at 8:15 p.m. when tlie Roa noke Island Historical Association presents the 1087th performance of the Lost Colony at Waterside The atre on Roanoke Island. The per formance is dedicated to the mem ory of William Donald Carmichael, Jr. and will include special music by the Lost Colony choir. An intermission ceremony in honor of Mr. Carmichael is sched uled and Dr. Frank P. Graham is to address the audience. FISHING IN DARE CONTINUES GOOD FOR MOST SPECIES Blue and white marlin, sailfish, large and small dolphin, amber jack, albacore,, barracuda, wahoo and bonita have been taken in off shore waters by anglers aboard Oregon Inlet and Hatteras based cruisers during the past week. Inshore the bluefishing at Ore gon Inlet, and likewise at Hatter as continues to be the best in years. Some of the better bluefish catches during August have been made off shore near the beaches north and south of Oregon Inlet or in Hat teras Bight. In addition to the blues, Span ish mackerel are still hitting at Hatteras Inlet, and king mackerel are brought in regularly from wat ers of the deep sea. Pier fishing along the Dare Beaches and on Hatteras Island has been up to par for this season of the year with sea mullet, trout, bluefish and flounder providing the principal catches. Sportsfishing at the bridges and along the surf has attracted many anglers recent ly. Sound waters where bottom fish are taken from private and charter boats have daily provided sport for the anglers after trout, croaker, flounder and sea mullet. HAL C. HARRIS, 60, FORMER POSTMASTER OF LEECHVILLE LEECHVILLE Funeral servic es for Hal C. Harris of Leechville were held Wednesday morning from the Paul Funeral chapel in Belhaven with the Rev. Angus Mil ler officiating. Burial was in Yeat esville cemetery. He died suddenly Monday morn ing at the Pungo District hospital. He was 60 years old. Until it was discontinued some seven years ago Mr. Harris had been postmaster of Leechville for several years. Mr. Harris was born and rear ed at Yeatesville, son of the late William Jesse and Ina Sadler Har ris. He graduated from Pantego High School and spent several years in New England and the Middlewest before returning home 15 years ago to enter the mer chandising, building supply and real estate business. He was a prime promoter on the Pungo River country and was wide ly known for his efforts to develop the Leechville area. Mr. Harris married the former Lola Cahoon of Lake Landing, Hyde County, who survives. Sur viving besides his wife is a niece, Dottie Cahoon, who makes her home with the family; three broth ers, Millar Harris of Leechville, Jack Harris of Washington, and Coleman Harris of Asheville; and two sisters, Mrs. O. E. Fuller of Oxford and Mrs. C. E. Crouch of Roanoke, Va. Pallbearers were Joe Smith, John Brinson, Albert Gaylord, Cecil Wil kinson, Frank Billups and Ralph Tarkington.
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