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SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS OLUME XXVII NO. 17 AA MEETING IN WILLIAMSTON ON 3RD OF NOVEMBER x-County Betterment Organiza : tion Observing 26tti Year of Operation The Southern Albemarle Associa on’s 26th annual meeting will be jld next Friday, November 3rd at le Roanoke Country Club, Wil amston, beginning at 10:30 a.m. an. Sam J. Ervin, Senior Senator •om North Carolina, will make the -incipal address, following an in •oduction by Hon. Herbert C. Bon ar, Representative of the First ongresqional District Presiding will be John G. Gur anus of Williamston, who was acted last year as vice-president, e moved up to the presidency fol >wing the appointment of Robert L Cowen to U. S. District At imey for Eastern N. C. Mr. Cow n, however, is expected to be pre mt The morning program will be op wd with invocation by ReV. Sid ey Boone, pastor of First Metho ■st Church, Williamston, followed y welcome address from Williams m Mayor N. C. Green. Responses ill be heard from the county vice residents as follows: Dr. W. T. ■alph, Beaufort County; Pennell A. illett, Dare County; W. J. Lupton, yde; John H. Gurgftnus, Martin; Irs. Effie A. Brickhouse, Tyrrell; L E. Harrell, Washington. Mr. Bonner and Mr. Ervin will be card following the responses. A uffet luncheon will be held prior > the evening session, at which ime business action of the organi ation will take place, and new of icers elected. The Southern Albemarle Associa ion was formed on October 30, 935, in Columbia, by a large gath ring of representatives of the ounties of Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell and Washington. In 1953 Beaufort and fartin counties were admitted to he Association. The group’s prin ipal objectives have been to work ffectively in getting necessary oads, bridges and other improve ments for the area which, ununited nd with small population, voiced ittle power. Many projects have seen com detion, and another the AUiga or River Bridge is expected to e open to traffic around the first f the year. An appropriate cele ration is in the planning stages tow by SAA officials, probably to >e held in the sppng. IOCKFISHING SAID IMPROVING RAPIDLY IN SOUND WATERS With weather conditions much reproved following a stormy week nd rockfishing in the waters of ipper Croatan Sound and in the raters of the Albemarle was des ined to show much improvement. Before the week end blow some air catches had been reported. Re >orted by Capt. Chick Craddock vas 51 stripers taken on Saturday mmediately prior to rough weather, iy Carris Lucas and party of Wil- Peak season for rockfishing us tally comes on or about November . During the big run several ves els of the Oregon Inlet deep seo md gulf stream fleet, base at Janna Harbor or Roanoke Island. MAINTENANCE DREDGING AT, OREGON INLET; NEW DOCK FOR SOUTH SIDE Cottrell Construction Company of Norfolk is presently dredging the erry‘basins at Oregon Inlet on the torth side, primarily maintenance vork, and as soon as feasible will >egin work on an additional ferry lip on the south side. Following dredging work, the Hate highway forces will begin onstruction of new docking facili ies at the southern shore, to re place the existing dock and ramp >ropeities which are suffering from rorion. The new dock is expected o be in operation before the 1962. New ferry schedules will become ffective next week at Oregon In et, as well as other coastal ferry perations, and will }*e published in his paper next week. • JLRGE MOUTH BASS FISHING FAIR ON COAST NAGS HEAD Large mouth >ass are still taking a variety of irtificial lures in the waters of 3oHngton and Kitty Hawk Bay. It s the same story in the eastern readtes of East Lake and at South ain on the mainland of Dare. On the mainland many anglers ire not only pitting their skill igaiast large mouth bass and other resh water Ashes, but also hunting leer or bear on the same day, and n the same general area. 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 MOUNTAIN HUNTERS BAG DEER AND BEAR ON DARE HUNTING TRIP ROY WISEMAN and a large group of mountaineers who enjoy their big game hunting spent the first week of the season on the Dare Coast with the results shown above five bucks and one 250 pound bear. The group based at Manns Harbor and their chief guide was Lloyd Midgett. The group brought their own hounds, which with the Midgett pack routed the big game within range of the nimrods. Wiseman, who has hunted in the Big Woods of Dare for more than 35 years, is owner of a felspar mine in Spruce Pine. He often visits to Manns Harbor on bear and deer hunting trips during the winter and during the remainder of the year he and members of his family come to the Dare Mainland for fresh water fishing or to vacation. The party he headed last week included: Donald, Jerry, and Roger Wiseman, Thomas, B. R., Charles and James Wright, W. O. Buchannan, N. W. Newland and Elwood Singletery of Spruce Pines; and, Junior, Bob and Steve Earwood, Raymond Owensby and Alan Jones, of Asheville. ENGELHARD PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS HAD RECORD OF SERVICE A Few People Have Developed Noteworthy Community Asset; Has Over 1,090 Books The Engelhard Public Library is showing a Family Life Film pro gram once a month in the Commu nity which is proving in teresting for grown ups’ as well as children. The library was organized about 1940. Mrs. Clara Gibbs (O’Neal- a former resident was so anxious to see a library started that she went to Raleigh and brought home books in her car from the State Library Commission before the bookmobile came into the county. Shelves were built in the Old Lodge building in the Amity neighborhood and books were donated by interested patrons During the W.P.A. program a lib rarian was engaged, Mrs. Arpha Berry Wilkinson a former Engel hard girl served until the W.P.A. project was ended, then it was moved to the Engelhard communi ty Building which was finished in 1940. N. W. Shelton a former county superintendent of Hyde schools, Mrs. Clara Gibbs O’Neal and Mrs. S. S. Neal were appointed on the Hyde Committee to get it started and going, shelves were put up by then Mrs. Clara Gibbs assisted by Mrs. Neal and some equipment added to make it comfortable. The bookmobile started regular trips fil ling the shelves and collecting the books that had been read; Mrs. Vir ginia Miller was the first librarian followed by Mrs. S. S. Neal taking care of it for several years. The late Prof, and Mrs. Carroll Mann of Raleigh were interested patrons of the library while spend ing vacations in their summer home here and were great contributors Mrs. Mann’s request was to donate to the library here instead pf giv ing flowers at her journeys’ end. Many valuable books were given, Mr. Mann had a lovely hand made book case to keep them in which in cluded a set of The Encyclopedia Americana and the Books of Faith. Recently a book on the Life of Christ in masterpeices and art was given by a friend in memory of the late Mr. Mann. A beautiful hand painted likeness of Mrs. Mann given by a friend hangs over the Book Case. Donations are always welcome. The American Legion Auxiliary members furnished a shelf, other donations have been made by inter ested readers. Mrs. Janice Spencer the present librarian reports more than 1000 books on the shelves kept in circulation by the bookmobile each month. During vacation a story hour is See LIBRARY, Page Four BENEFIT DINNER AT ANDREW’S PARISH HOUSE The Churchwomen of St An drew’s by-the-Sea are sponsoring a spaghetti dinner and the admission Is $1.25 for adults, 75 cents for children 12 and under. This will be a monthly affair to help raise funds for their new Parish House. Other members and friends of St. Andrew’s are asked to come and bring friends. Time 5:80 P.M? to 7:30 P.M. Wednesday, November 1, 1961. OUTSTANDING DARE HOME CLUB MEMBER ■■ MRS. D. S. (SARA ELLEN) SKIL ES of Hatteras was recognized last week at the Fall Federation meet ing in Stumpy Point as the out standing Home Demonstration Club member in Dare County for the year. Mrs. Skiles is shown holding the pottery bowl she received as an award. CHANNEL BASS FISHING GETTING BETTER DAILY W. J. White, Columbia merchant, fishing from the Seaport Pier in lower Nags Head Wednesday hook ed and landed a 46'/? pound channel bass,'the largest of this species of fish taken anywhere along the Dare Coast during the current autumn the season’s first from this pier, surf fishing season. He used cut bait and since it was White was given a season’s pass. E. L. Schinke of Hatteras report ed tljat three Urge channel, bass were taken Thursday morning at Hatteras as follows: 42*/2 pounder by Bob Taylor; 37'/ 2 pounder by Jack Douglass and a Wh pounder by Perce Douglas. .The anglers were fishing with a party from Cape May Court House, N. J., their hometown. They were fishing with Capt. Ernal Foster in Hatteras In let. HIGH SEAS RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING A combination of circumstan ces, observers say, resulted early this week in many coastal roads and other property being sub jected to minor flooding of At lantic Ocean waters. The month of October, like April, with the changing seasons, bring about global tidal changes resulting in higher tides along our section of the coast. This coupled with full moon on Monday night, and rough weather conditions off shore .resulting ..from ..recent storms, has'brought water over the beach, and onto the highway and low-lying areas from Kitty Hawk through Ocracoke. No major damage has been re ported, although buildings located too close to the ocean’s edge have threatened. Travelers sometimes have been hampered during high tide. Sea conditions are expected to return to normal by the week end. MANTEO, N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1961 HATTERAS ISLAND SURF TOURNAMENT BEGINS THURSDAY The fourth annual Cape Hatteras Anglers Club-sponsored inter-club and open individual tournament gets underway next Thursday morning, November 2, and as in previous years, is expected to be thoroughly enjoyed by the partici i pants. Upwards of 40 teams have entered, increase of seven or eight from last year, according to reports from Bill Dillon of Buxton, presi dent of the sponsoring organization. Each year the event has increas ed in popularity, attended largely by northern fishing clubs, membets of the Association of Surf Angling Clubs. Two days of team compe tition will be followed on Saturday by individual sport, and the affair will close with a banquet Saturday night at which time awards will be presented ranking anglers. Winners in 1960 were as follows: Ist place, Virginia Beach Anglers Club; 2nd place: Albemarle Anglers Club of Elizabeth City; and 3rd place; Merchantville (N. J.) Fish ing Club. There were dozens of additional awards to other partici pants for unusual catches. KITTY HAWK MAN NEW CHAIRMAN OF TOURIST BUREAU BEN M. IVEY, for the past two seasons operator of a restaurant at Kitty Hawk, was last Saturday night elevated to chairmanship of the Dare County Tourist Bureau at the annual banquet of the organiza tion. He is shown here with Mrs. Ina Evans of Manteo, also a restaurant and motel operator, who is outgoing chairman. Elected to serve as vice presidents were Archie Burrus of Nags Head and Fatio Gray of Buxton. Mrs. Elnora Preston of Nags Head continues in the post of secretary treasurer. Mr. Ivey has been active in pro-, motional circles during his resi dence, and already this year has been named to the County Plan ning Board and the Convention Cen ter and Museum group now pro posing to build a facility at Kill Devil Hills. At the meeting Saturday night, Bureau Manager Aycock Brown submitted a report showing increas ed inquiries from persons seeking vacation information, and a sum mary of the promotional stories and photos being sent regularly to newspapers, radio and TV stations, magazines and other media throughout the nation. A special guest at the meeting was Bill Shave, publisher of the State magazine in Raleigh, who spoke briefly. Approximately 150 people were in attendance. BONNER, HARDING ENTERTAINING ON THE OUTER BANKS Hatteras and Ocracoke Citizens Serve Native Seafood, and Head Lively Programs The fishing trip of Congressman Herbert Bonneri and the famed Washington, N. C. after-dinner speaker Edmund Harding turned in to a happy exchange of entertain ment this week, with meetings both at Ocracoke and Hatteras. On Tuesday night, the business men of Hatteras village provided a dinner at Peele’s restaurant for some 35 citizens, and the visitors were treated to a combination sea food platter of native products. Frazier Peele served as host for the occasion. Immediately following the group met at the nearby Community house where all seats were filled by cit izens who had come to hear Mr. Bonner speak, and who after hear ing a strong speech on American ism, and appeals for education, were treated to an extra dividend by hearing one of Mr. Harding’s SSOO after dinner speeches, with group singing, and according accompani ment, all for free. This meeting was presided over by Woodrow Edwards of Waves, who is prominent in the civic life of Hatteras Island. Another speak er was State Senator P. D. Midgett Jr. of Engelhard who offered a plea for support of a project to estab lish an automobile ferry between Hatteras and Engelhard, pointing out that on completion of the Lind sey Warren bridge over Alligator River this year, there will be three boats taken out of service. A similar meeting was held at Ocracoke Monday night when the visitors were guests of the Ocracoke Civic Club, and projects of vital interest concerning area were dis cussed. During Mr. Bonner’s career in Congress he has been successful in getting Government aid for the channels and harbors in both places, and among those of great local in terest at Hatteras is the Harbor breakwater. Both men were enthusiastically received and they received strong applause from the audience, most of them being long-time friends of the Congressman. Mr. Harding’s talk comprised the second part of his program. In the first he led group singing with Congressman Bonner, Senator Mid gett and Ben O’Neal of Ocracoke participating. The speaker predicted a great and properous future for the Outer Banks. In fact he pre dicted it had the most promising future of any part of our state. Its degree of success he pointed out, can depend on the amount of work and advertising our people put into it. We need to tell the world about us, and be prepared to accommodate the visitors when they come here, he said. DARE, HYDE RED CROSS FUND DRIVES IN NOV. Dare and Hyde counties will have their annual drive for funds this year in November, instead of fol lowing the custom of searching for money in March when the national 1 program is underway. Mrs. Virginia L. Davis of Wan ''chese, regional fund chairman for , the counties of Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell I and Currituck, announces that the 1 drive will get underway November > 6, and efforts will be made to com -1 plete the canvass during that week. Areas not canvassed during that ; time, though, will be called upon i later in the month. > A complete list of community I chairmen will be published in next week’s paper. MRS. ELIZABETH LAWRENCE NEW DARE CO. CASE WORKER, ns ' H E - ÜBS- 1 ’ MRS. ELIZABETH LAWRENCE is the new case worker with the Dare County Welfare Department, having assumed her duties the first of October. She is the wife of. John Lawrence, Nags Head real estate man and they have two children, John S. 11l of Norfolk ,anti Betsy, a freshman at East Carolinas Col lege, Greenville. Her duties 'will in clude public assistance ahd related services. ' ' Mrs. Lawrence is the daughter of the late Rev. R. R. Grant, who as a Methodist minister served teo church during the thirties. Her mother was the Jute ratty, Carter Grant of Fairfield, Ityde County. Mrs. Lawrence, was ’fiornrin On slow County, and moved about quite a bit during Tier early years, as her father changed pastorates. Active in welfare work for many years, Mrs. Lawrence has held va rious posts in the counties of Cam den, Hyde, Hertford,. and re cently in Tyrrell County where she was case worker. She is a gradu ate of Duke University. CHANNEL BASS IN OUTER BANKS SURF DURING PAST WEEK Enjoyable Autumn Sport Showing Promise of A Success ful Season Channel bass ranging from “pup py drum’’ and “yearlings” to fish scaling up to 40 pounds have been reported from the Hatteras Island surf by anglers using bait and ar tificial lures during the past week. It has been the first good week off channel bass fishing of the mid- Autumn season and if the normal piscatorial pattern is followed again this year the peak surf cast ing would be underway by late October and early November. In the past it has not been un usual for anglers fishing the surf to catch channel bass weighing 50 pounds or more and usually each season there are some real whop pers that scale abover 60 pounds reeled in from the surf between Oregon and Hatteras Inlets. Largest of the species taken this year was a 42 pounder taken by R. J. Bannister, Charlotte last Satur day from the fishing pier at Rodan the. Rudy Gray, pier manager who reported the Bannister catch, stated that from the same school which Bannister caught his, Thomas Clark of Bloomville, N. J. caught one weighing 33 pounds. Other reports of good channel bass fishing came from Buxton, Avon and Hatteras. In addition to channel bass some excellent catches of speckled trout in the two to five pound range were taken from the surf during the week. Flounder, sea mullet and spot were also taken from the surf by anglers here for the October and mid-autumn surf casting. ENGELHARD FALL ESTIVAL IS SET FOR NEXT FRIDAY The annual Fall Festival of the East Hyde High School, Engelhard, N. C. will be held November 3,1961. Activities in the Gym will be 3 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. This include games of all kinds and a food booth. The variety show and crowning of king and queen, prince and prin cess will be in the auditorium at 8 p.m. The awarding of prizes will al so be at this time. The dance will begin at 9 until 12 music by Bob Jones. There will be door prises and cake walks during this time. > Everyone is welcome. DARE CANCER FUND GROWS Mrs. Raymond Wescott, chairman of the Dare County Cancer Fund, announces this week that a total of $951 had been received by the treas urer. Mrs. Wescott also stated that collections of $987 have been re ported,' but not received, and that about one-third of the county has not yet completed the crusade. MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO, N. C. NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Single Copy 7£ (SUPERIOR COURT IN DARE HEARS A VARIETY OF CASES Judge Chester Morris of Currituck Presiding; Many Cases Delayed For engaging in an affray with a couple of summer vacationists on Hatteras Island in the Pea Island .ector proved expensive in Superior Court here this week for Byrum and Tommy Veal of Buxton and Carroll Midgett of Great Bridge, Va. Each paid heavy fines and court costs in addition to receiving sus pended sentences of 18 months for four years and also being placed on probation for four years. Judge Chester Morris of Curri tuck, presiding over this October term of criminal court gave the three defendants reprimands and remarked that such actions by na tives towards summer visitors was poor advertising for an area that has long been known for genial hospitality. The guilty defendants had brought counter charges against Walter Hookes and Scott Mercer, the upstate vacationists from the Durham-Raleigh area. They were charged with assault with a deadly weapon, to-wit, a speargun, but the charges were changed to affray, and at trial the charges against Hookes was dis , missed and Mercer was found not . guilty. The Veals and Midgett were like wise charged with assault, with deadly weapon. The prosection claimed it was a gun, the defend ' ants claimed it was a piece of pipe. . The charges were reduced to affray and found guilty in addition to probation, the suspended sentences, and reprimand from Judge Morris. Byrum Veal was fined SIOO and costs plus $25 for a watch that had been destroyed in the affray; Tom my Veal was fined $75 and costs and Midgett also was fined $75 and costs. Another case presented which was of considerable interest were the charges against Edwin Moore 11. He was charged with unlawful burning and or attempting to burn the old Parkerson Hotel and ad jacent properties. Motion to move the case to another county was not granted; however, it was continued to the next regular term of court in May, 1962 or possibly a special term in advance of that time. A • Perquimans County jury will hear the case, instead of a Dare County jury. Due to illness, Willie Spencer and Reuben Smith charged with assault with deadly weapon and now free, failed to show that they had been of good behavior since the last term of court. On liquor possession charges, the Court ruled judgement absolute on S3OO bond against Walter E. ' Sharpe, Elizabeth City when he failed to appear in court. Charges aginst hospitalized Pearl Lewark Wise, for speeding 80 miles an hour from which she had taken an.appeal were continued. J. A*. Perkinson, Virginia Beach was found guilty of driving under the influence. The case in May had been a mistrial when tried. William D. Midgett of Rodanthe ■ was found not guilty of driving 1 drunk. Marvin Taylor of Elizabeth City ! was found guilty of traffic viola tions and improper licenses and paid fine of SSO and costs. John Franklin pleaded nolo con tendere on charges of trespass and ! damage to personal property at Gaston Mann’s place on beach. He ' was fined $5 and costs. An 18 months road sentence sus pended for three years upon pay ment of SSO and court costs, also 1 sl6 to Dr. W. W. Harvey, Jr., was ordered against Marshall R. Gibbs on charges of assaulting a female with a deadly weapon. William Cooke Griffin, Kill Devil Hills, and John Andrews Taylor, a vacation employee of the beach were fined SSO and costs on charges > of speed competition or racing on the highways. Raynor L. Twiford was ordered 1 to pay fine of $250 and costs, when found guilty of violating game law ‘ which involved charges of killing a deer at night and when the sea -1 son was closed. See COURT, Page Four ! FRUIT CAKES TO BE SOLD FOR 1952 MARCH OF DIMES Fruit cakes are being sold to aid the 1962 March of Dimes, according to announcement this week by Mrs. I B. J. Baum of Manteo, county chair man. The cakes, which weigh three i pounds each, will sell for $3.25, plus , 10 cents sales tax, and can be secur r ed from Fearing’s Case in Manteo; - Polly’s Kitchen in Manns Harbor; t and Mrs. Virgie Sobel in Wanchese. - Also, the cakes can be reserved by t calling any of these nlaces. or Mrs > Baum The cakes are light in color, Ir * • ttaSM WvWw , ‘ < - ■ “
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