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SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS /OLUME XXVII NO. 12 OREGON INLET BRIDGE HEARING SET FOR OCT. 18 iorps of Engineers to Hold Public Hearing in Manteo to Hear Complaints if Any As Plans by Highway Commission Plans for a highway bridge cross Oregon Inlet have been sub nitted to the Corp of Engineers by he State Highway Commission, nd the Engineers will hold a pub-1 ic hearing in Manteo on October 8 at ten a. m. to hear from any iterests who may be opposed to he proposed location or specifics-1 ions. The bridge, as proposed, would •e built in slightly semi-circular orm, starting from the north shore f the inlet, to the east of the Ore on Inlet Fishing Center, and would un southwardly for half its length, i timing toward the east and would oin land again about 1,500 feet to ' he southwest of the Oregon Inlet loast Guard station, continuing to n intersecting point with the Hat eras Highway, about 2,000 feet outbeast of the Station. The total ength of the bridge is nearly 15,- 100 feet, or more than two and hree quarters miles. * A » It is not contemplated having an ■pen draw, but a fixed span over he channel, 120 ft. wide with a orisontai clearance of 65 feet bove mean water. This may meet bjection from navigation interests, n that such a structure would for ever bar vessels with very tall nasts from entering the inlet in vent of storm. The water is mostly shallow in he area, the deepest places being 16 feet. Minimum clearance in the ipproach spans is to be 15 ft above nean high water. CoLR. P. Davidson has issued no ice as follows concerning the meet ng in Manteo: “The application of the NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, for approval of >lans to construct a fixed bridge cross OREGON INLET in DARE COUNTY, N. C., will be considered it a public hearing on the subject, o be held by the undersigned at tanteo, N. C., in the Dare County Courtroom at 10:00 a.m. EST, on 181 Jctober 1961. “All interested parties are invit :d to be present or to be represent ed at the above time and place, par icularly the officials of any county, ity, town, or local association vhose interests may be affected by he proposed wort They, will be ;iven opportunity to express their iews upon the suitability of the ocation and the adequacy qf the >lans in reference to navigation, ind to suggest changes considered i lesirable. ! “Oral statements will be heard, •ut for accuracy of record all mportant facts and arguments should be submitted in writing, in luintuplicate, as the records of the ■earing will be forwarded for con ideration by the Department of the trmy. Written statements may be mdersigned at the hearing or mail id to him beforehand. “The plans submitted by the ap ■licants show a fixed highway I >ridge with a horizontal clearance' >f 130 feet and a vertical clearance >f 65 feet above mean high water n the navigation channel.” Representative Herbert C. Bon- 1 ■er recently introduced a bill to authorize the Department of the nterior to pay one-fourth of the :ost of the construction of a bridge ■cross Oregon Inlet Mr. Bonner >ad met with officials of the De ■ariment and pointed out the value sible the National Seashore Park >f the bridge in making more acces ses. He had also contacted Mer it Evans, Chairman of the North' .arolina State Highway Commis sion, who is enthusiastic in his ipproval. This is the only National ’ark within the United States vherein the State Highway Com nisaon of that state built and maintains the roads within the •ark area. The dream of bridging Oregon Inlet had been long en- See BRIDGES, Page Six MANAGED HUNTING REVISED ON PARK SERVICE LANDS Superintendent Gibbs of Cape latteras National Seashore has an lounced a revision to the manage nent plan of legal public hunting rithin the Bodie Island portion of he National Seashore. Drawing ’or blind assignments will be con tacted at 6 a.m. at the checking itation, instead of 5:30 a.m. This evision is necessary because fed eral and state regulations changed he shooting hour from one-half ■our before sunrise to sunrise. Canada Geese are the only spe des of geese that may be taken n the managed hunting area on, Jodie Island. All other regulations will be in uxordance with the North Carolina state and Federal migratory bird ranting laws. 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 HYDE SHERIFF TO OPERATE MATTAMUSKEET LODGE fell * * .IL. * Ik Sheriff Charlie Cahoon of Swan Quarter was the successful bidder on the lease of Mattamuskeet Lodge, as announced by Acting Regional Director Lester Scherer of the Atlanta Office, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. A three-year contract was awarded to Cahoon following public bid solici tation made by the Atlanta Office, according to Scherer. Sheriff and Mrs. Cahoon plan to reside in the Lodge during opera tions, which are scheduled to begin October 1 and continue on a year round basis, offering lodging, meals and the sale of miscellaneous hunt ing and fishing supplies to the pub lic. Mattamuskeet Lodge, located at Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge is one of 290 areas in the National Wildlife Refuge system, and is noted for the large concen trations of wintering waterfowl. During the 1960-1961 wintering season, Canada geese peaked at 130,000 and ducks reached a popu lation of 192,000 at Mattamuskeet Refuge. It is one of the most popular hunting and fishing places on the Coast, and Sheriff Cahoon has a wide acquaintance among sports men which should be of value to his operation of this lodge. "POWELL” MONEY OFFERS AID FOR TOWN’S STREETS Allocation of 17,356,135.97 in Powell Bill funds to 415 participat ing municipalities "was announced recently by the State Highway De partment. The funds are distribut ed annually? to qualified cities* and towns for use in non-highway sys |tem street work within their cor porate limit#. to thq incjivicj ual municipalities will be mailed from Raleigh the latter part of this month in order that they will reach municipalities by October 1. •The total allocation this year re presents an increase over 1960 of $337,234.25, but in the case bf ap proximately 60 per cent of the par ticipating municipalities, this year’s allocation will be less than the 1960 allocation. This is brought about by the fact that a new municipality pop ulation base is being used for the first time. The Powell Bill sta [tute calls for the use of the latest certified federal decennial census figures. The 1960 census figures were certified during last winter and were used in figuring this year’s allocation. Previously, from the beginning of the Powell Bill in 1951 through last year, the 1950 census figures were used. The 10-year population growth of participating municipalities has av eraged 25.3 per cpnt Where a mu ' nicipality’s growth has not equaled 25.3 per cent, the population factor may very well cause a decrease in | Powell Bill allocation. Some of the larger municipalities have exper ienced population increases great er than 25.3 per cent and, conse quently, received more money this year. Six largest allocations this year are: Charlotte, $662,782.50; Greens boro, $433,764.28; Winston-Salem, $367,231.12; Raleigh, $313,540.29; See POWELL, Page Six DARE MAN RETIRES FROM NAVY, LIVES AT HATTERAS Melvin H. Basnight, son of Mrs. Annie Basnight of Manteo, retired on September 1 from the U. S. Navy, after 20 years service. Hav ing spent a great part of these years in Lakehurst, N. J., Mr. Bas night also was located in the Carri bean, in South America, Panama, land points along the Atlantic Coast during World War 11. He and his family have chosen Hatteras as I their retirement home. He is mar-1 I ried to the former Maxine Ballance, | daughter of Mrs. Charlie Ballance and the late Mr. Ballance of Hat- i teras, and they have two daugh-l ters, Karen and Melba. CHARGES BROUGHT FOR BEACH HOTEL FIRE DURING MAY Edwin G. Moore, Operator of Former Parkerson Hotel, Charged With Arson Arson charges growing out of a hotel fire at Nags Head April 25 have been brought against Edwin G. Moore of Washington, D. C., owner of the former Parkerson Hotel, now know as the Flagship. Papers were served on Moore in Washington, where he is a gov ernment employe. He waived extradition to come to Elizabeth City, where he post ed SIO,OOO bond. A preliminary hearing in Dare County Record ers Court is set for Sept. 27. Two cottages connected with the hotel were destroyed in a fire discovered about 4 a. m. Firemen from Nags Head and Kill Devil Hills discovered the inside of the hotel was burning and found the windows covered with blankets, the floors strewed with papers and rag and candles burning. Damage to the main building was approxi mately $3,000. Moore bought the hotel two years ago from Mrs. Elizabeth Parkerson of Manteo. They have had some disagreements resulting in her suing him for money claim ed due her and Moore’s suing Mrs. Parkerson for amounts he claims she diverted from the hotel last season, when she was employed to operate the business. In Dare County Superior Court last May, Moore was directed to open the hotel by June 25 and op erate it until Labor Day. When he opened it he changed the name to The Flagship. Investigation has been in pro gress ever since the fire by Sheriff Frank Cahoon of Dare County, S. E. Epps, of the SBI and A. T. Moore Jr. of the State Fire Mar shal’s office, with the Virginia State Police and Washington, D. C. police. AVON BOY COMPLETES COAST GUARD TRAINING ' • -A'-: L l V ■ k z GEORGE GRAY, JR., son of Mr. and and Mrs. Gray of Avon, recent ly completed three month’s basic training in the Coast Guard at Cape May, N. J. While in trai'nisg he was selected with several others to spend two weeks in Washing ton, D. C., parading for President Kennedy and visiting foreign offi cials. TOURIST BUREAU BOARD MEETS NEXT WEDNESDAY SEPT. 27, IN MANTEO Board of directors of Dare Coun ty Tourist Bureau will have their final quarterly meeting of the or ganization’s fiscal year in Manteo, at the Community Building, on Wednesday, September 27, at 10 o’clock, it was announced today by Mrs. Ina Evans, chairman. Mrs. Evans has urged all direc tors, by letter, to attend this final board meeting of the current fiscal year. Yearly reports will be made at meeting and various committees in cluding the budget and nominating committees will make their recom mendations. SEA HAGS FISH-OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON Postponed from last Sunday due to unusually rough seas, the Sea Hags Fishing Club fish-off to se lect the team that will compete in surf tournaments this Fall, will be held on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Briggs of The Croatan Motor Hotel at Kill Devil Hills entertained the Sea Hags on Sunday, even though they were unable to have their fish-off. The team selected during the fish-off is expected to participate in both the October Nags Head , Surf Fishing Tourney and the early I November Hatteras Island tourna ment. MANTEO, N. C.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1961 PORTSMOUTH PASTOR WILL LEAD NAGS HEAD REVIVAL REVIVAL SERVICES will begin at the Nags Head Baptist Church on Sunday, September 24, at 7:30 p.m. and continue each night there after through Saturday, September 30. The speaker at each service will be the Reverend H. L. Tolbert, pas tor of Alexander Park Baptist Church is Portsmouth, Va. Mr. Tolbert was born in Danville, Va., and before entering the minis try was associated for some years with Field Crest Mills at Leaksville, N. C. He has been pastor of Bap tist churches in Rocky Mount, Floyd and Cleveland, Va., and has held his present pastorate for the past fifteen years. He has just com pleted a term of service as presi dent of the Portsmouth Ministerial Union. Mr. Tolbert will be welcomed to Nags Head by his friends who re member him on previous preaching visits to this section. Proceeding the week of meetings, cottage prayer meetings are gath ering each night September 18-23 in the following Nags Head homes: Minnie Perry, Milton Henley, Joyce Barnett, Callie Parker. The public is cordially invited to attend all of these services. ANOTHER VICTIM SUCCUMBS TO OREGON INLET HAZARD S Latest drowning vietmat Oregon Inlet, of several this year is Osear Williams, 31, who was swimming in the surf, and disappeared. The Coast Guard after a 24-hour search last week failed to find his body. His father, Oscar D. Williams lives in Raleigh. Mr. Williams who visit ed the scene, and spent the night said he had given up hope of find ing his son alive. The missing man was swimming in the inlet with his brother George, who left to get some supplies. The two were on a camping trip of several days. The body was found by Coast Guardsmen patrolling the Pamlico Sound shore of Ocracoke Island Wednesday morning. The body was identified as that of Oscar D. Williams Jr., 32, Hyde County Coroner Pratt Wil liamson said. The body was flown to Washington, N. C. and then taken to the Hyde County sheriff’s office at Swan Quarter. Coroner Williamson said the dead man’s father, who lives at 2632 Fair view Rd. in Raleigh, made the identification. A 1951 engineering graduate of State College, the drowned man had served several years in the U.S. Army, leaving service with the rank of captain. He did graduate study at Har vard University and has been em ployed with the Kidder Peabody In vestment Banking firm in New York City, his father said. He was in North Carolina on va cation and had gone to the Outer Banks with his brother for several days of camping, Mr. Williams said. BEST FISHING MAY FOLLOW IN WAKE OF HURRICANE ESTHER Best sportsfishing of the early autumn season may follow in the wake of Hurricane Esther which passed northward off the Outer Banks early this week. The fact is based on the pattern usually experienced in former years following hurricanes or severe storms. Prior to Esther inshore and off shore fishing was very good with everthing from channel bass to blue marlin, and bluefish to dolphin being caught. Surf fishing which had been only' fair to good prior to the storm is expected to be excellent during late September and until late au tumn. ' NO COURT TUESDAY Due to weather conditions brought about by Hurricane Esther, Dare County Recorder’s Court was not in session Tuesday. Cases which had been scheduled will be heard at next week’s session, on the 26th. OUTER BANKS AREAS GET REAL AIR MAIL SERVICE THURSDAY Because the roads were tem porarily impassable due to high tides and sand, mail from Man teo to three Outer Banks com munities was dispatched by air on Thursday under supervision of local postal officials, and postal inspectors. The communities which receiv. ed mail on Thursday via a Coast Guard helicopter from the Eliza beth City base, piloted by Com mander R. L. Fuller included Buxton, Hatteras and Ocracoke. At the airport when the mail was placed aboard the helicopter were Postal Inspectors P. B. Os god, New Bern and J. T. John son, Ahoskie and also R. Jack Williams, Raleigh. The postal of ficials had planned to fly south with the mail, but there was too much weight involved, so the 300 or more pounds of mail was turned over to the Coast Guard for delivery. CHURCH BUDGET $524,500 The budget this year of the Manteo Methodist Church is $24,- 500, and not $4,500 as was stated by an error in the article in last week’s paper concerning the church and its pastor. We regret the error. VISITING EVANGELIST THE REV. LEON MORROW, vis iting evangelist from Dallas, Tex as, who is conducting services at 7:30 each night at the Wanchese Assembly of God. .HIGHER PHONE RATES SOUGHT FOR COASTLAND The communities of the Coast land served by the Norfolk & Caro lina Telephone and Telegraph Co. would pay some sBl,lßl additional a year for their phone service if an application filed last week with the State Utilities commission is grant ed. Kill Devil Hills and Buxton ex changes were not included in the request, as the rates are already up on these subscribers. Record high operating cost which has resulted in a “dangerously low rate of return of 5.23 per cent” on plant investment were cited by the company in its applica tion. It said the increase would give it “a fair and equitable rate of return of 6.42 per cent.” The company asked that the in creased rates be put into effect Dec. 1. It noted that its rates have not been increased in seven years and have been raised only three times in its 57-year history. Higher rates were asked at all the company’s exchanges except those at Kill Devill Hills and Bux ton which have the highest rates in the company’s system. The com pany also has exchanges at Eliza beth City, Edenton, Coinjock, Hertford, Manteo, Moyock and Sun bury. t LIBRARY EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING FRI. The executive board ,of The Friends of the Library will meet Friday, Sept. 22 at 8 o’clock in the library. The main purpose of this meeting is to set a date for the annual meeting to be held this fall. Monday, September 25, from 10 a. m. until 4:30 the book sale will be under the direction of Mrs. James Bardin and Mrs. Wesley Johnson at the community building. Also at the library in the refer ence files is civil defense informa tion which came in this week. Any one desiring detailed instructions i for making and stocking a fallout ‘shelter will find these very useful. I Bring your pencil and notepaper as this material cannot be taken from the library. SS REPRESENTATIVE DELAYED BY STORM Richard Randal, field representa tive of the Norfolk Social Security office, who was scheduled for a, visit to the Community Building in I Manteo Wednesday, Sept 20, will be on hand the 37th instead, due to storm threat HURRICANE ESTHER SPARES COASTLAND AFTER CITIZENS PREPARE FOR THE WORST Mindful of Donna's Depredations a Year Ago, Merchants Board up Store Fronts, Elevate Their Merchandise; Considerable Inconvenience was Result of Storm Whose Largest Damage Was Interruption of Ferry Service; Piling of Sand on Hatteras Highway; and Scaring Tourists Away from the Outer Banks. PRACTICAL NURSE GRADUATE MISS MARGARET RAE RESPASS of Manteo, North Carolina, gradu ated from the Norfolk City Schools and Leigh Memorial Hospital School of Practical Nursing Tues day, September 12. The graduation exercises were held at Robert E. Lee School at 8:00 P.M. Miss Res pass received the school pin from Mrs. Mildred L. Bradshaw, R.N., Director of the Vocational Depart ment of Norfolk City Schools. The practical nurse student is graduated after successful comple tion, of the year’s course at Leigh Memorial Hospital. This program offers excellent opportunities for both young women and those mature age to receive training which will fit them to earn their livelihood and to render community service. The practical nurse gives assistance to an individual in the activities of daily living and is pre pared to render skilled nursing care in relatively stable situations and to assist the professional nurse in more complex situations. FUNERAL OF E. W. JOYNER A BELOVED SCHOOL MAN Elisha Wiley Joyner, who was principal of the Manteo High School 1914-18, during which time Manteo had some notable debating teams, died at Chapel Hill last week and was buried Friday at Williston, S. C. He had lived in Chapel Hill since his retirement He was 77 years old. He left Manteo for Lincolnton, and later taught at Pantego, and for a time was Supt. of Hyde County and Hertford schools. His first wife was Miss Mae Scott of Elizabeth City whom . he met while teaching at Manteo. He was a native of Nashville, N. C-, was a graduate of Whittsett insti tute and the University of North Carolina. Mr. Joyner, who had resided in Chapel Hill since his retirement, in 1950 died in Memorial hospital there on Sept. 14. . He also taught in Wilson county schools. He was remembered here as a dedicated teacher and a Christian gentleman, and great progress was made under his leadership in educa tion in this area. He was active in Methodist church work in which he had held several offices. He was a former Master of Hertford Masonic Lodge and a former District Deputy Grandmaster of District One of N. C. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Jo sephine Reed Joyner, three daugh ters, Mrs. Sara Lockhart of Phila delphia, Mrs. Frances J. Reed of Elon College, and Mrs. Miriam Macßae of Falls Church, Va. and ten grandchildren. MRS. DELLA CAHOON ENGELHARD Mrs. Della Rose Cahoon, 71, died in Colum bia Hospital Sunday. She was a member of Middleton Christian Church. Survivors are one daugh ter, Mrs. Marie Cutrell;, four sisters, Mrs. Harvey Harris of Swan Quarter, Mrs. Lewis Em ory of Gullrock, Mrs. Sam Brinn of Engelhard and Mrs. Joe Mid yette of Manteo. Funeral serv ices were held at her home at 12 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Frank Wibiral and the Rev. J. A. Wil liams officiated. Burial was in Soule cemetery. MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO, N. C. NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Single Copy 70 Hearts were lightened Wednes day morning along the Coastland I when the news came that Hurricane Esther had passed by lightly, and was headed northward, where the north Atlantic States might have 'reason to fear its fury. The day before, Tuesday, had been a busy one, a frantic effort made by all when great labor prevailed to make things safe in case Esther should land in full force. Memory stood out fresh of the great loss sustain ed during Hurricane Donna just a year ago, and it’s been only a few days since our people were made completely aware of the havco wrought in Texas by Carla. s Preparations began in force Tuesday morning when local build ing supply dealers were soon out of stock of plywood which was in great demand for covering glass fronts. Some merchants packed bags of sand in front of their doors. Other resorted to heavier lumber than plywood. As always when hurricanes are on their way, some exaggerations occur. News got abroad that all but three hundred of Hatteras Island’s people left for the mainland. Had they been so inclined, they couldn’t have all left, for the ferry boats were taken away early in the day along with the Alligator River boats, to Manns Harbor for safe ty. Traffic over ferries to the Out er Banks was discouraged. Most people of the Outer Banks have no fears for personal safety in a Hur ricane, and those who did leave, for the most part, used the occasion as an opportunity to visit relatives they had not seen in a long time. Only a few of them stopped at motels or hotels north of the In let. On Monday and Tuesday, as news of the possibilities of danger from Hurricane Esther became wide spread, all of the tourist business on the Outer Banks disappeared as motorists moved out, and others cancelled their plans and failed to arrive. Some operators of motels were critical because word had been broadcast of the probable fury of the storm; having no fear themselves, they doubted it would arrive in force. But by Tuesday night, most peo ple had resigned their minds to the possibility of finding things in shambles when they awoke next morning. It was with great relief they awoke to learn that during the night Esther had changed her mind, and moved seaward, so that wind force along the coast was nominal indeed, particularly at all points which were inland. Heavy seas driven before the humcane did some damage to sand fences and other protective barriers along the coast. Heavy ocean tides rolled across the beach, washing out shoulders of roads, asd in a few instances damaging pavement. In some places large heaps of sand were driven on the road by the winds. Ocean water rolled across the beach north of Avon, some two days before Wednesday, and it came over the road in a few areas as far north as Kitty Hawk. The same conditions that pre vailed m North Carolina, followed m turn on the Virginia coast, and so on to New England. The peak winds got to within 175 miles of Cape Hatteras, and it was constant ly drummed into the public mind P* F* at winds were up t° miles per hour. With full recollection of the past losses in mind, this was sufficient urging for See STORM, Page Six GOVERNOR SANFORD VIEWS AFTERMATH OF ESTHER Governor Terry Sanford arrived at Manteo airport early Thursday afternon, to survey any damages which may have occurred from the Passage of hurricane Esther along the coast this week. He was met at the airport by Sheriff Frank Ca- F Oo p- h *»^ ay A. Harry Prid « ei ». who escorted him on his visit around upper Dare County. Later in the afternoon he flew ? ’’•trolman D. S. Skiles and deputy sheriff Ray mond Basnett accompanied him nn hw survey of Hatteras Island dam-
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