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VOLUME XXVII NO. 9
MOTICE GIVEN ON
STATUS OF CHANNEL
OUT OF HATTERAS
-las Been Reported Favorably by
District and Division Engi
neers; In Washington
The proposed improvements to
Rollin Son’s Channel leaving from
Hatteras Harbor to Pamlico Sound
which has long been advocated by
Congressman Bonner, and having
>een approved by the office of the
District Engineer in Wilmington,
ind the Division Engineer in At
anta, is to be considered by the
Chief of Engineers in Washington,
and the fate of this project may’
depend on the degree of support
that is given it by local interests
concerned. The follbwing notice is
furnished' by the Division Engi
neer's office;
Notice is hereby given that the
report on Rollinson Channel and
Channel from Hatteras Inlet to
Hatteras, North Carolina, for navi
gation, authorized by resolutions
adopted 29 July 1955, 31 July 1957,
and 16 July 1958 by the Committee
on Public Works of the House of
Representatives, United States, and
concerning' which a public hearing
was held 12 March 1959 at Hatter
as, has been made by the District
and Division Engineers. The re
port is partially favorable to the
improvement.
The reporting officers recom
mend modification of the existing
Federal project for Rollinson Chan
nel to provide for a channel 100
feet wide and 12 feet deep from
that depth in Pamlico Sound to and
including a depth of 12 feet in the
present basin at Hatteras; and a
channel 100 feet wide and 10 feet
deep, by the direct route, from
that depth in Hatteras Inlet gorge
to Rollinson Channel, in the vicinity
of the basin at Hatteras. They find
that channels in those locations and
of those dimensions would be eco
nomically justified and would rea
sonably fulfill the needs of present
and prospective commerce. The es
timated first cost to the United
States tor construction is $651,800.
Provision of the improvements is
subject to the conditions that local
interests will (a) ‘provide without
cost to the United States all lands,
easements, and rights-of-way re
quired for construction and sub
sequent maintenance of the project
and of aids to navigation upon the
request of the Chief of Engineers
including suitable areas determined
by the Chief es . Engineers
to be required in the general public
interest for initial and subsequent
disposal of spoil and including nec
essary retaining dikes, bulkheads,
and embankments, therefor, or the
costs of such retaining works; (b)
hold and save the United States
free from damages to wharves,
piers, -and buildings, due to con
struction and maintenance of the
project; and (c) provide and main
tain, at local expense, adequate
public terminal and transfer facili
ties, open to all on equal terms,
in the harbor at Hatteras in accord
ance with plans apprdved by the
Chief of Engineers. Consideration
was also given to extension of the
basin at Hatteras. It was found,
however, that benefits to be deriv
ed would be insufficient to war
rant provision of an extension by
the United States at this time.
In accordance with law, the re
port is being referred for review
to the Board of Engineers for
Riven and Harbors in Washington,
D. C. Interested parties may pre
sent written views on the report to
the ’Board. Statements submitted
should not repeat material previ
ously presented at public hearings
held by the District or Division En
neers, or contained in their reports,
as this information is already avail
able to the Board. Information sub
mitted should be new, specific in
nature and bear directly on the
findings in the report.
Hearings will be held only on
written request explaining the need
to present material not included
in the report.
Written communications are to
be mailed to the Board of Engi
neers for Rivers and Harbors,
Washington 25, D. C., in time to
reach the Board by 28 September
1961. If extension of this date is
considered necessary, requests giv
ing reasons and additional time de
sired should be submitted as soon
as possible. .
The Board considers communica-
S tions and the report at a date sub
sequent to expiration of notice. In
formation furnished by mail re
ceives the same attention as that
received at pubtfc hearing. Should
the Board not be convinced of ths
soundness of the recommendations
in the report, notice to that affect
estod 86 rtT iled tor’T” •" ter ’
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
CELEBRItFeS TAKE PART IN DRINKWATER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
AMONG the numerous friends who turn out to honor Manteo.’s oldest man each year on his' birthday
there are always a number of notable persons, who come from distant places. Recently when his 87th birth
day was observed, Congressman Herbert C. Bonner, shown in the center, came down. Also, on the right may
be seen Huntihgton Cairns, Director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C. and who is
one of the country’s foremost authorities in his fie d of work. He is a long time friend of Dare County
and a part time resident, being one of the first to established a cottage at Southern Shores near Kitty
Hawk. Photo by Aycock Brown
GREAT EXPANSION
OF PHONE SERVICE
PROMISED COAST
Norfolk & Carolina Tel. & Tel.
Co. Foresees Vast Development
Soon in Outer Banks
interest at tMs
time made
Vesterday week by L. S. Blades
Jn, President of the Norfolk &
Carolina Telephone & Telegraph
Company of Elizabeth City concern
ing plans for a large development
of its facilities serving the Outer
Banks area. One improvement con
templates doing away with sub
marine Cables across Oregon Inlet
by using wires on the bridge to be
built Mr. Blades has furnished this
newspaper with the following state
ment: .
We are pleased to report to the
public generally that The Norfolk
& Carolina Telephone & Telegraph
Company has entered into a pro
gram of expanding its facilities
throughout its entire area which,
will further supplement its service
in Edenton, Hertford, Sunbury,
Buxton, Manteo, Kill Devil Hills,
Moyock, Coinjock and Elizabeth
City. The great majority of, our
territory is quite adequately served,
but there are certain sections of
this territory which do require
additional physical equipment and
facilities to expand the service. It
is to these areas that we primarily
direct our attention, along with* the
aforementioned general expansion
of service in the entire area.
We are happy to learn that the
State Highway Commission is go
ing to bridge Oregon Inlet and open
this Outer Banks area to a greater
flow of tourist traffic. The Tele
phone Company 8 year ago applied
for attachment rights on this
bridge so that the Telephone Com
pany’s cables could ride this great
span. In the meantime there will
be. expansion of the long line facili
ties between Buxton and Hatteras
so as to completely relieve the pres
sures experienced in Hatteras, Fris
co and other intermediate points.
In Manteo and the Kill Devil
Hills exchanges we will be greatly
expanded in long line (long dis
tance) facilities so as to. reduce the
waiting period for long distance
service to a -practical minimum
in Manteo and* on the beach. This
will be done by placing an automa
tic local exchange at Manteo and
connecting it with the outside world
with microwave high towers at
Elizabeth City and Manteo and an
intermediate tower or towers. In
connection with this long line ex
pansion there ‘will be further ex
pansion of local service by addi
tional cable on the bqach and in
Manteo.
The problems of lower Currituck
are not settled by our engineers at
the present time, but will be with
in the next 90 days so as to in-
I 4a a nnmnnl a+tria
crease lacuiups w a normal suave
within the next ten months. I
Elizabeth City will not only con
nect with Manteo and the Dare
CHIEF MITCHELL WRITES
END TO HIS LONG CAREER
MARVIN CHESTER MITCHELL
i for 20 years chief of police of the
town of Manteo, and head of the
law enforcement branch of the
, Dare County ABC this month goes
, into #etirtmerft as 5 a polled officer,
and ending his long career ofter
■ rpr for the lawless. In 1940 Mr.
Mitchell came to Dare County to
1 run the mail gout* by*contracb be
. tween Manteo and Stumpy Point,
i In 1941 he entered into police work.
He is a native of Old Trap, Cam
den County, and his career has in
i eluded farming and service in the
Merchant, Majune.-Heewilh be «uc*i
ceeded by Russell Sears, for the
past two years Manteo night offi
cer who has made a popular offt
. cer, and who will also work for
I the ABC Board. lit June on his
65th birthday, Mr. Mitchell was
given a dinner party by his friends
i in Manteo.
The appointment of Russell Sears
as Chief of Police was confirmed
by the Manteo Town Board Thurs
day morning. Others who applied
. for the post were Dan Cannady,
. former Police Chief, of Manteo,
and W. E. Whitehurst of Eliza
beth City, a former highway pa
trolman. A successor to Mr. Sears
was not named for night duty in
Manteo, although-there were two
anplicants, Ted Scoggins and Guy
Midgett. .
ROANOKE ISLAND BAPTIST
HOMECOMING SUNDAY
! Homecoming will be held Sep
-1 tember 3, at the Roanoke Island
’ Baptist Church. Sunday School will
be at 10 A. M. and the worship
1 service at 11 A. M. The message
will be by the pastor Rev. C. W.
Goodwin; Jr. with special music by
the church choir. *
Dinner will be on the grounds at
12 noon. Everyone is invited to
attend.
The evening services will be all
singing by Mrs. Raymond Wescott,
John H. Long, Mr. and Mrs. Elmo
• Daniels, the Manteo Baptist Choir,
I Manteo Methodist Church Choir,
• Wanchese Methodist Church choir,
i Nags Head Baptist Church choir,
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER I, 1961
BIG VACATION
TRADE EXPECTED
OVER WEEK END
Lost Colony Running Far Aheac
' of Last Year With Later
Starting Date
With four more performances
before the current season’s finale
on Sunday night, “The Lost Col
ony” has topped last season’s at
tendance, Sib Dorton, Jr., manag
er announced Wednesday night.
“The total paid attendance for
‘The Lost Colony’ in 1960 was
86,176. As of Tuesday night the
drama this year had played to
36,367 persons and we have high
hopes of pushing the total of 40,-
000 or better during the rest of
this week,” said Dorton.
“The Lost Colony,” longest lived
of all outdoor productions, opened
on July 1 this year—seven per
formances later than 1960.
Sunday, September 3, or. Labor
Day Eve, will be the only Sunday
performance, of the season.
Dorton attributes the. increased
1 attendance to several factors.
“Os course, the most important
thing”, he said, “has been the
weather. We had only one com
plete rainout in 1961 although there
were near runouts during four oth
er performance;.” A rainout is
.when the performance must be can
celed before .intermission. Ticket re
funds are made in such cases. If
i the rain causes a cancellation after
intermission rainchecks, which may
be used for any subsequent per
formance, are given the patrons.
Other factors for increased at
tendance this, season Dorton attrib
uted to “excellent cooperation from
press, radio and televirion; and the
increased interest from the opera
tors of hotels, motels and restaur
ants in promoting the drama to
tourists on vacation trips to the
Outer Banks region.
Governor Terry Sanford announc
ed earlier this month the appoint
ment of a- 21-member commission
to make plans for the 1962 season
of “Hie Lost Colony,” its 25th
anniversary.
Production schedule of the 1962
season will be announced at the an
nual meeting of Roanoke Island
Historical Association, producers of
“The Lost Colony,” sometime in
November, Dorton said.
Throughout the Outer Banks re
gion. indications point to a record
number of tourists during the last
big fling of the summer season. Ho
tel and motel reservations are at
capacity levels. While a large part
of this trade will depart late Mon
day and early Tuesday, business
men report increasing numbers of
reservations for the fall season.
Area fishing tournaments, cod
pled with the fact that generally
agreeable weather during Septem
ber and October, would suggest that
fall business may be a record
shortfy aft«r Labor Day, but”a
STOCK OFFERED
FOR CONVENTION
FACILITY IN DARE
Beach Group Plans Canvass Be
ginning Next Week; Seeking
SIOO,OOO to Begin Con
struction
The undertaking to sell SIOO,OOO
worth of stock to secure capital
necessary for building the conven
tion center and museum at Kill
Devil Hills gets underway this
week end, with efforts being made
to secure this capital principally
from vacation operators in the Dare
Beaches area. Construction may be
gin in the fall, allowing time for
completion by 1962 season.
This movement follows several
months of planning and negotia
tions by a group representing var
ious interests along the beach, who,
studying the need for a facility
capable of accommodating large
groups, offered a proposal to build
on a ten-acre tract obtained from
Mrs. Diane Voliva of Kill Devil
Hills.
The overall cost is $275,000, with
the remaining amount being bor
rowed from outside sources, to be
repaid over a 20-year period.
Shares are available at SIOO each.
Estimated operational cost an
nually, including interest and prin
cipal, is $29,000, while anticipated
income first year is $31,800 being
derived mainly from groups rent
ing the facility for meeting pur
poses. The center will have a ca
pacity for seating 850; 500 ban
quet-style, and with the use of
sound-proof dividers, the main hall
could accommodate several -small
groups at the same time.
A canvass is scheduled for next
week by proponents of the conven
tion center and museum, in an ef
fort to acquaint businessmen and
answer questions pertaining there
to, and also sell stock.
DARE BILLFISH SCORE
TRAILING 1960 SEASON
) _ BUT ONLY SLIGHTLY
By AYCOCK BROWN
While the billfish score along the
Dare Coast-Outer Banks so far this
season is less than the total taken
in 1960, it is believed that catches
3 by anglers aboard Oregon Inlet and
3 Hatteras-based cruisers have boated
more marlin and sailfish than any
other section along the Atlantic
coast.
Through August 30, according to
r records maintained by Dare County
3 Tourist Bureau, exactly 200 bill
-3 fish had been boated from waters
3 near the western edge of the Gulf
1 Stream off Oregon and Hatteras
" Inlets.
f The tentative report of catches
released this week includes 47 blue
1 marlin, 147 white marlin and seven
1 sailfish. There will be additional
- catches listed, catches that were not
previously reported, and also poten-
r tially more billfish taken this year
j before the season’s final report is
issued on or about November 1,
1 1961.
Os the 47 blue marlin boated
nine were taken ’off Oregon Inlet
and 38 from waters off Hatter
-5 as.
‘ Os 147 white marlin taken, only
: five have been reported from Hat
‘ teras as compared to 141 off Ore
-5 gon Inlet In the tentative cottht
’ some of the white marlin catches to
’ be added were caught off Hatteras.
‘ They will be added after the
r Tourist Bureau has checked with
r guides and skippers of Hatteras at
• an early date.
Seven sailfish have been taken
■ off Oregon Inlet all that were
■ included in the initial or tentative
i report. Several sails have been tak
s en off Hatteras which are yet to be
■ reported, according.to late informa-
- tion received by the manager of the
* Turiss Bureau.
i
WATER SKI SHOW AT
> POINT HARBOR MON.
i Another interesting water event
1 is scheduled to take place this week
1 end, Labor Day, Monday, at Point
Harbor. The Ski Lagoon will pre
! sent the water ski spectacular
■ starting at 2:30 p. m.
I Featured guest will be La Verne
t Watson. “Cousin Tibble” of WTAR
; TV in Norfolk.
Also featured in the program will
be the Outer Banks Ski Club of
■ Virginia and North Carolina!, per
l forming pyramid skiing, water bal
t let, m>xed doubles and several
■ other acts.
t The public is invited; there will
t be no admission charged.
WEEKEND WEATHER
Weather will continue mostly
. fair and warm except for chance
r of a few afternoon or evening
thunderthowers. Temperatures
t will avmge a few degrees above
normal. Normal high 83 degrees
And low 7S BKOollciit
i fiohinr wefcther indicated. renert
s ed hr Com WtthX/wMtk.-i- j
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BILL INTRODUCED THIS WEEK
BY CONGRESSMAN BONNER TO
HASTEN OREGON INLET BRIDGE
Proposal in Congress Would Lighten Burden on
Road Funds; 25% from Park Service Sources
State Funds; Providing 50% from Federal
and 25% from State Highway Funds; Heavy
Tourist Season Comes, Despite Ferry
Bottleneck.
MISS MYRDITH MAE MIDGETT
NURSING SCHOOL GRADUATE
t
MISS MYRDITH MAE MIDGETT,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zora
Midgett of Manteo, is a member of
the 1961 graduating class of the
De Paul Hospital School of Nurs
ing, Norfolk, Va. Graduating ex
ercises will be held in the auditor
ium of Norfolk Catholic High
School at seven p.m. Friday, Sep
tember 1.
Miss Midgett is a 1958 graduate
of Manteo High School and has at
tended the De Paul School of Nurs
ing for the .last three years.
VARIETY SHOW AT
WATERSIDE THEATRE
STAGED WEDNESDAY
June Valli, Guest Singer, Well
Received By Audience; Artistic
Performances
By CATHERINE D. MEEKINS
An audience, of 592 attended the
variety show put on Wednesday
night in Waterside Theatre on Roa
noke Island, with June Valli, New
York recording star of popular
music, as special guest. Miss Valli
received a big ovation from the
audience following her solo num
bers close to the end of the show,
but in this writer’s opinion her
numbers might have sounded bet
ter had the microphone been omit
ted. The night was clear, still, the
air thin and the acoustics perfect,
making the mike superfluous, and
adding a slightly raucous note.
The highlight of the show was
the musical reading of Johnson’s
“The Creation” by Paul Gold, nar
rator for The Lost Colony, and
the Lost Colony Chorus, George
Trautwein conducting. The depth to
which the audience was impressed
was attested by the long moment
of complete silence following the
number. Donna Randall Swan,
singing “Un Bel Di” from Puccini’s
“Madame Butterfly” gave a superb
performance. Marjalene Thomas,
soprano, and George Vassos, tenor,
also gave a top flight performance
when they sang numbers from Ger
shwin’s “Porgy and Bess.” Sandra
Wade singing the comedy num
ber “Yallar, Yallar Moon,” drew
tremendous applause and showed
great artistic ability. Ancy Bor
ton, soprano, who sat on a rustic
fence and sang the ballad “Black
Is The Color of My True Love’s
Hair,” was accompanied on the gui
tar by-Bob Thornburg, and theirs
was among the best performances'
of the evening. Thornburg also ac-|
companied Marjalene Thomas as
she sang "The Roanoke Lullaby,”
a new ballad type song written by
Elizabeth Welch, the music by Hed
ley Yost. The. song had a lyric,
haunting quality, and was artisti
cally rendered, but became a little
monotonous after too many verses.
The dances were, as always un
der Walter Strbud’s direction, a
work of art. The “Gooseberry
Twirl,” which came as the finale
to the first act, was especially fine.
A country dance, it ended with
the formation of a merry-go-round,
to the accompaniment of the usual
merry-go-round tunes, and brought
down the house. The guest organ
ist, Harold Abmyer of Fredericks
burg, Va., seemed an adept at this
type
Sprinkled throughout the eve
ninr’i entertainment we~ a f-w
other Ceod apotSy hut on the wh
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A bill that aims at hastening
the building of the "Oregon Inlet
bridge was introduced in Congress
by Rep. Herbert C. Bonner, who
has led the fight for improvements
for North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
Mr. Bonner has paid several visits
to the area recently, and talked
with friends about the proposition.
He has evidently won the approval
of the Secretary of the Interior
through officials of the National
Park Service.
According to a wire to this news
paper this week, Mr. Bonner’s bill
provides that fifty per cent of the
cost of the bridge will be paid by
Federal road funds, twentf-five
per cent by the Department of the
Interior, and twenty-five per cent
by state highway funds. If the bill
becomes law, the only thing to hold
up the bridge would be neglect of
the State Highway Commission to
provide its share.
Much disappointment has pre
vailed among citizens of Hatteras
Island over what they consider a
needless delay on the part of the
highway commission to begin work
on the bridge which was authorized
by the former Highway Commis
sion during the administration of
Governor Hodges. The entire sum
mer, the traffic* situation on the
ferries at the Inlet has been im
possible. Recently, the entirely
new highway commission toured
the area, and saw conditions first
hand. Some of the members of the
commission had a bad taste in their
mouths out from the ill-advised
barrage of criticism that had been
engendered by the advice of some
of the local officials who had stag
ed a mass meeting, and urged the
sending of telegrams and letters
demanding work on the bridge be
gin at once.
This new commission, recently
appointed by Governor Sanford, is
making an effort to acquaint itself
with the state’s road needs, accord
ing to its statements, and at least
one member is quoted as saying
that the Commission is not bound
to carry out any commitments made
by their predecessors. This could
mean that they do not consider
they have to bridge Oregon Inlet
just because Governor Hodges
Commission promised to do so.
For several months, Mr. Bonner
has suggested that the Federal
Government should assume the ma
jor part of the cost, inasmuch as
the promotion work of the Nation
al Park Service is responsible in
greater measure, more than any
thing else, for the tremendous in
flux of tourists into the area. Fa
cilities this season have been over- y
whelmed with business. Many peo
ple were prevented from going to
the area due to the ferry bottle
neck; although enough people did
go down to practically use all avail
able facilities.
Mr. Bonner will be back in Dare
County this week end to discuss
this and other matters with his
friends. ♦
There seems no well-founded rea
son to believe that the State High
way Commission doesn’t plan to
build a bridge over Oregon Inlet
sometime, for a great amount of
money has been spent in surveys,
plats, and estimates, and numer
ous people believe they will get
> around to it as soon as Die Lindsay
I Warren Bridge over Alligator Riv
•er is finished. It will be remember
ed that Mr. Warren led the group
of state legislators from several
eastern counties in 1959 which
brought the commitment from the
Highway Commission of Which Mel
Broughton, Jr. was chairman,
whereby both bridges were prom
ised. The commission at that time
began making plans for both
bridges.
WILLIAM R. DANIELS AT
MERCH’NT MARINE ACADEMY
William Robert Daniels, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Cloyce Daniels of
Wanchese, wm enq’ qf the 350 out
lO2oojtL 1 O 2oo jtL P v iCa ? t^T Pt^jl the
U. 8. Merchant Marine Academy,
is yter course. Mr Daniels j