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VOLUME XXVII NO. 24
ENTHUSIASM FOR
CONVENTION HALL
GENERATED THURS.
Breakfast Meeting Presents Pro
gram to Mainland and Roanoke
Island Interests
At a breakfast meeting on Roa
noke Island Thursday, December
14th, sponsored by the Nags 'Head
Chamber of Commerce, and the
Bank of Manteo, the plans for fi
nancing and construction of the
Convention Center and Museum on
the Dare Beach area was present
ed to business and professional
men and women of the Roanoke
Island and mainland area of Dare
Coanty.
Invitations were extended to
members of various organizations
on the island, and to Manteo Ro
tary Club and Manteo Woman’s
Club, as well as business inter
ests, to view the proposed Con
vention Center plans, and to join
in sponsoring the project through
the sale of stock in the corpora
tion.
; Approximately thirty interested
persons attended the meeting, and
the plan was enthusiastically re
ceived by those present. During
the current week, members of the
Nags Head Chamber of Commerce
and directors of the corporation
have been contacting prospective
investors on the beach area, and
Thursday and Friday an effort will
be made to acquaint the people of
Roanoke Island and the mainland
with the details of the project, its
benefit to the county’s economy,
and its effectiveness in bringing
new business to the entire area.
The corporation has an author
ized stock of $150,000.00 at SIOO
per share, or a total issuance of
1500 shares. Efforts presently an
ticipate that SIOO,OOO stock funds
will be sufficient to enable the
group to borrow the additional cap
ital for construction of the con
vention hall, museum, and related
facilities. In excess of $30,000 has
been raised or pledged in the ini
tial effort on the Dare Beaches,
and sponsors are hopeful that the
project can be assured of success
early in 1962 upon completion of
the present drive for stock sales.
SANFORD PRAISED
GOV. AYCOCK AT
YDC MEETING FRI.
In his address at the district
YDC rally Friday night, Governor
Terry Sanford extolled the late
Governor Charles Brantley Aycock
as the father of modern education
in North Carolina. He also spoke
of the State’s past, current and
proposed progressive movements,
not only in education but in ail
fields of endeavors which have
made and will continue to make
North Carolina one of the nation’s
leaders.
In his introduction of the speak
er, Joe Parker of Ahoskie, District
YDC President, praised Governor
Sanford for his “go forward”
movements in North Carolina.
More than 150 persons attended
the district rally which had been
arranged by Mrs. Dorris Fry, pres
ident of the Dare County YDC.
Mrs. Fry gave much credit for
the success of the rally to Wood
son Fearing, Jr., vice president of
the YDC of Dare and the club’s
‘sefretary-treasurer John Wright,
recently elected state YDC treas
urer.
Dare Representative Keith Fear
ing introduced distinguished guests
present which included State High
way Commission Chairman Merrill
Evans, and Dr. Wallace Hyde, Rob
binsville, who until recently was
executive secretary of the North
Carolina Democratic party.
Ned Everett of- Representative
Herbert C. Bonner’s staff repre
sented the First Congressional
District leader who was unable to
attend the rally due to previous
commitments.
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A SANTA CLAUS TOUR OF
MANTEO FIRE DEPARTMENT
PLANNED DECEMBER 23RD
Fire Chief Raymond Wescott of
the Roanoke Island Fire Depart
ment says the 30 members of the
departmen will repeat their annual
Christmas party on December 23.
Bags will be packed for children,
and the fire truck and all the men
will go down to Wanchese, stop
ping at Daniels Supermarket in the
afternoon, after first making a
stop tn front of the Pioneer Thea
tre in Manteo. After leaving Wan
chese, the firemen will stop in
front of the Negro school. From
their own funds allotted them for
cleaning their clothes, the firemen
will pay the cost of the bags to
be given away.
Watch this paper next week for
the hours at which the department
will visit each place. '
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
ENGELHARD'S RETIRING
POSTMASTER IS FETED
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On Saturday, a series of recep
tions and parties honoring Mrs.
Trixie M. Matthews, retiring post
master of Engelhard, was climaxed
with a dinner given at Mattamus
keet Lodge in her honor by the
postmasters of the First Congres
sional District, jointly in recogni
tion of Sam Fowle, retiring Wash
ington postmaster who was pre
vented from attending by illness.
On© of the chief speakers was R.
Jack Williams, Field Services Of
ficer of Raleigh. Roland Garrett
of Elizabeth City, District Chair
man of postmasters presided, and
several gifts were presented Mrs.
Matthews. Numerous speakers paid
high tribute to her long and faith
ful service, and told of the high
ideals to which she adhered dur
ing her 25-year career with the
postal service, 23 years of which
were spent in the Engelhard of
fice. Previously, she had worked
in the Bayboro postoffice. She was
given a citation by the Postmas
ter General, which was presented
by Mrs. Effie A. Brickhouse of
Columbia. A third retiring post
master who was recognized was
Mrs. Grace Emerson of Rich
Square, while another soon to re
tire is Calvin Payne of Stumpy
Point who also attended. About 60
postmasters and their wires at
tended the elaborate seafood din
ner prepared by Mrs. Chat lie Ca
hoon, operator of the lodge.
NEWLY APPOINTED ACTING
POSTMASTER AT ENGELHARD
MRS. HARRY GLYN JARVIS, 26
of Engelhard is now serving as act
ing postmaster at Engelhard, fill
ing the place of Mrs. Trixie M.
Matthews, who has retired this
month at the end of -25 years of
postal service, and who was honored
at a luncheon given by the post
masters of < the First District at
New Holland Saturday. Mrs. Jarvis,
is the former Odessa Williams,
daughter of Mrs. Whitfield Wil
liams and the late Mr. Williams of
Swan Quarter. She graduated from
Swan Quarter High School in 1953
and worked with the FBI in Wash
ington, D. C. until her marriage
in 1954. Previous to her appoint
ment in the postoffice, she worked
as a secretary with the Engelhard
Shrimp & Oyster Co. She has two
children, Susan 6, and Harry 4. She
is a member of the Engelhard Meth
odist Church.
MANTEO ROTARIANS HEAR
SPEAKER ON CONSERVATION
Miss Lunette Barber, respresent
ing the Fish & Wildlife Commission
of N. C. gave the Manteo Rotary
Club a real treat in an address on
conservation Monday night. Miss
Barber, who travels widely, making
speeches in the interest of conser
vation, made a most impressive ap
peal for the consideration of future
generations by protecting our game
birds and animals, fishes, water and
soil resources. The program was ar
ranged by Program chairman Bob
Gibbs. At previous meetings Ay
cock Brown spoke on a recent trip
to Mexico, and Linwood Cuthrell
spoke on a convention attended at
'White Suplhur Springs, V*.
OPPOSITION ABOUT i
BOMBING RANGE IS
SPREADING RAPIDLY
Many Thousand of Names On Ap
peal to Prevent Its Establishment
in Hyde County
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner,
speaking before a large gathering
of Hyde County citizens at the East
Hyde school auditorium in Engel
hard Thursday night, stated hit
position on why he objects to the
Air Force locating a bombing range
near here, and then answered ques
tions and heard statements from
members of the audience.
Mr. Bonner said in the beginning
that there were no finer men than
those who wear the uniforms o.
our Armed Services, and that he
held all , branches of the service in
high esteem.
But he gave a three-fold rea
son for his strong objection to lo
cating a bombing range near the
Lake Mattamuskeet Wildlife refuge
Many thousands of nameshave been
signed to petitions against the
range. x
In the first place, he pointed out
that as chairman of the Merchant
Marine and Fisheries committee o
congress he was responsible to the
Fish and Wildlife service for the
preservation and propagation oi
wildlife.
In the second place he pointed
out that jets would have a diverse
effect on the flight of migratory
birds in the area, and he recalled
the Back Bay and Upper Currituck
experience; where migratory fowl
were driven out by zooming planes.
In the third instance, the First
District Congressman said that
he had a personal interest in that
he was getting to be a conserva
tionist and had fought for con
servation measures in the past and
would continue to do so.
, Mr. Bonner pointed to the mil
lions being spent for the propaga
tion of wild fowl and said that a
treaty with Canada provided, to a
certain extent, an obligation to pro
vide sanctuary for migratory birds
on the three flyways of the United
States.
He said that the economy of the
Hyde County area depended to a
large Extent on the income derived)
from sportsmen coming to the areal
to hunt during the wild fowl
season.
He said that he had already re
ceived thousands of letters protest
ing the location of a bombing range
in the area and called upon those
present to register their objections
oy writing to the proper authorities,
from the Secretary of the Armed
Services, right on down the line.
Following the meeting George
Davis, Swan Quarter attorney,
made a motion to continue the
move in protesting the location of
a bombing range in Hyde county,
and the motion was unanimously
passed by those in attendance.
Mr. Davis earlier expressed his
objection to a bombing range by
saying that the noise would do a
way with hunting, that tourist
courts in the county depended on
hunters, and that the economy
would suffer.
Dr. Joe Liverman of Engelhard
objected from the viewpoint of pri
vate plane owners and the hard
ship that already prevailed in that
they have to receive clearance now
to fly over an area from Matta
musket to Wilmington.
William C. Godsey, Jr., of Som-
See RANGE, Page Six
LEGISLATORS GATHER AT HYDE TO DISCUSS BOMBING RANGE
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ENGELHARD ROTARY MEETING Rep. Herbert C. Bonner addressed the Engelhard Rotary club
Thursday night prior to a public meeting in the East Hyde school auditorium. On hand at the meeting
were, left to right:,State Senator P. D. Midgett of Engelhard; Hyde Rep. W. J. Lupton of Swan Quarter;
Sherman Williams, president of the Engelhard Rotary club; Congressman Bonner, and Roy L. Lowe, who
introduced Mr. Bonner. Daily News Photo
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1961
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oi Hon. Lindsay Carter Warren is to be
unveiled Saturday morning during ceremonies at Kill Devil Hills, where
it will remain on permanent display in the new air museum which was
dedicated last year. Taking part in the ceremonies will be Conrad L.
Wirth, Director of the National Park Service, who will pay tribute to
Mr. Warren for his foresight and ability which successfully guided the
legislation that made possible the Memorial to the Wright Brothers and
the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, all of which have contributed im
mensely to the economic progress of the coastland.
BIDS INVITED FOR NEW
POSTOFFICE IN MANTEO
Postoffice Department to Receive Bids
Until January 15 for Construction of
New Building With 3,180 Sq. Ft.
Notices wore posted today invit
|ing bids for construction of a new
I postoffice in Manteo, which would
have 3,180 square feet of working
I space, with additional square feet
of 218 ft. of platform space; and
driveway, parking and maneuver
ing space of 12,410 square feet is
desired. An area of 653 square feet
for sidewalks and 483 feet for
landscaping is also requested.
Fu.l details may be obtained from
the postmaster in Manteo. Con
gressman Herbert C. Bonner an
nounced this week that the success
ful bidder may enter into a lease
with the Government for the pro
perty. If bids are not satisfactory,
the postoffice department reserves
the right to negotiate further with
bidders for better terms. A bid
bond guarantee of $4,300 is re
quired.
Further details may be obtained
from Marvin W. Clem, real estate
officer, Room 223, Postoffice, Char
lotte, N. C. or the Manteo post
master.
HOME FROM HOSPITAL
Mrs. Herbert Bliven has returned
from the Albemarle Hospital, Eliza
beth City, where she was a patient
for five weeks.
FALSE ACCUSATION OF MEN
IN HIGH PLACES DEPLORED
Congressman Tells Engelhard Rotary Club
Our Country May Have Hard Row
Ahead in These Perilous Times
•Warning against loose and false
accusations against men in high
places, Congressman Herbert C.
Bonner Thursday night of last
week told members of the Engel
hard Rotary club that most men in
public service are good people with
high character.
“Os course there are some spot
ted apples in the barrel, but on
the whole officials in all branches
of the government are dedicated
to the well-being of the country
as you and I are,” Mr. Bonner said.
The Congressman said it is ridi
culous to accuse such men as past
presidents and men of the clergy
of disloyalty, cautioning against
unfounded charges of disloyalty.
Mr. Bonner said Americans face
a long road ahead in the pursuit of
happiness as democracy takes on
moment, he added, no solution is
the challenges of the times. At the
in sight to the problems that be
set the nation and mankind.
He said the choices now seem
to be appeasement or war, sui
cide or surrender, hallucinations
or holocaust. But he added, efforts
will go forward to find away
to solve the difficulties which be
set a troubled world today.
The speaker was presented by
Roy Lowe, program chairman.
See ROTARY, Page Six
HONORS SATURDAY FOR MAN
WHO MADE POSSIBLE WRIGHT
MEMORIAL AT KILL DEVIL HILLS
Celebration in Dare County During Naval Avia
tion's 50th Year Will Honor Great Public Serv
ant Who Sponsored Legislation Which Gave
the N.C. Coast Impetus in Its Recent Marvelous
Development
PROGRAM IS SET
FOR THE WRIGHT j
CELEBRATION SAT. j
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Complete program for the 58th I
anniversary ceremonies commemo- i
rating the Wright Brothers and S
their famous first powered flights
it Kitty Hawk on Dec. 17, 1903, to v
be held this year on Saturday, De- t
cember 16, has been announced by «
S. Wade Marr, Elizabeth City, presi- J
dent of the Kill Devil Hills Memori
al Society. a
The ceremonies this year are c
being held one day ahead of the j
actual celebration as December 17 f
falls on Sunday. f
Marr announced that prior to the <
beginning of the morning program (
on the southwest patio of the i
Wright Brothers National Memorial I
Visitors Center, there would be a I
musical concert featuring Elizabeth .
City’s famous high school band and i
majorettes, under direction of Scott <
C. Callaway. 1
The main program of the morn
ing will get underway at 10:30
o’clock as follows:
Presiding, Congressman Herbert '
C. Bonner; Invocation by Rev. Har
old McLaurin, pastor, Kitty Hawk
Methodist Church; National An- '
them, Miss Camille Elias, soloist, '
National Park Service, Elizabeth 1
City High School Band, accompany
ing; Welcome, by David Stick, Kitty
Hawk, chairman Dare County 1
Board of Commissioners on behalf
of county and the town of Kill '
Devil Hills; U. S. Navy and U. S.
Air Force jet planes Jn memorial
flyover, described by Ralph White
ner, National Aeronautic Associa
tion.
State Senator Lindsay C. Warren
of Washington, N. C. will be hon
ored during the ceremonies when his'
portrait to be displayed permanent
ly in the Visitors Center is un
i veiled. Congressman Bonner and
I NPS Director Conrad Wiith will
speak during this phase of the
, program. Following the program at
the Visitors Center, wreaths will
; be placed at the base of the boulder
■ marking the actual take-off site
; of the first flight 58 years ago.
Grandchildren of eye-witnessed of
s the first flight and others usually
: place the wreaths.
i The first flight of the Wright
i Brothers plane with Orville at the
! controls occurred here at 10:37
■ o’clock on the morning of December
17, 1903. In the Saturday program,
i Air Force and Navy jets traveling
• at super sonic speeds will fly over
i the site at 10:37 o’clock.
i In comparison the first flight
r lasting 12 seconds covered only 120
■ feet at an estimated speed of only
32 miles an hour against headwinds
' estimated at 27 miles an hour.
Following the morning program
the Wright Memorial Luncheon will
oe held at Dare County Shrine Club
in Nags Head at 12:30 o’clock. With
President Marr presiding, Senator
N. Elton Aydlett of Elizabeth City
will be the toastmaster.
Rev. Robert S. Pullman, pastor of
Bethany Methodist Church, Wan
chese, will deliver the invocation
and welcoming remarks will be by
Melvin R. Daniels, member of the
sponsoring society’s board of direc
tors. Senator Aydlett will introduce
special guests present and Miss
Elias of the National Park Service
will sing a solo accompanied by
Richard Jordan at the pianq.
Rear Admiral Jesse G. Johnson,
USN (Retired) Norfolk, member of
society’s board of directors will in
troduce the luncheon’s principal
speaker, Vice Admiral Robert Burns
Pirie, deputy chief of naval opera
tions (air). Admiral Pirie, a gifted
speaker, graduated from the U. S.
Naval Academy in 1926 and has had
a brilliant aviation career in the
Navy.
The events of Saturday arranged
by the Kill Devil Hills Memorial
Society are being co-sponsored by
National Park Service, Air Force
Association and the National Aero
nautic Association. ' «
Among other special guests pres
ent will be Assistant Secretary of
the Interior, John Carver; press
representative of the Department
* of the Interior, Dick Rodgers; As
s sistant Directors of the National
: Park Service, Danile Beard and
» Clark Stratton; and Mr. Beard’s
» son, Albert Beard.
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO. N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
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The man whose vision and cour
age made possible the National
Memorial to the founders of Avia
tion will be the guest of honor
Saturday at ceremonies in the
Wright Aviation museum at Kill
Devil Hills. Hon. Lindsay C. War
ren, who while a member of Con
gress in 1927, introduced the legis
lation creating the memorial will
witness the unveiling of his portrait
which will be a permanent part of
the million dollar museum commem
orating the achievement of the
Wright Brothers on December 17,
1903.
The record of Mr. Warren’s
achievements and labors in behalf
of the people of this area would
fill many pages. It may be fully
said of him that he has done more
for eastern North Carolina than
other one man. He did much in
Congress to help the Coast Guards
co bring about National recognition
for Fort Raleigh, to establish the
Lost Colony. We are indebted to
John Morgan, Washington, N. C.
newspaper man for preparing part
of the following record of Mr. War
ren’s achievements:
Began As Challenge
Lindsay Warren has devoted 45
years of his life to championing
the cause of the Dare Coast area.
It all began as a challenge.
People asked: “Why this so-call
ed exceptional interest in Dare
County?” and Mr. Warren’s an
swer was this: “No other county
in America can boast of the first
English child being bom on its
soil.”
This was the beginning of sev
eral challenging and sometimes
fiercely-fought battles by Mr. War
ren for the Dare Coast area.
Ambassador Speaks
Mr. (Warren invited Sir Esme
Howard, the British Ambassador,
to speak at Fort Raleigh on Aug
ust 18, 1926, at the occasion of
the celebration of the birth of Vir
ginia Dare. The movement for this
great celebration was initiated by
Victor Meekins and Mrs. Rennie
Williamson of Manteo.
Fort Raleigh was then nothing
but a wilderness, but 5,000 folks
came to Roanoke Island by boat
for this great occasion, which
marked the first grand scale ob
servance of Virginia Dare’s birth.
After this, in 1927, Mr. Warren
introduced a bill in Congress to
create a memorial to the Wright
Brothers, to be located on Kill
Devil Hill.
At the time of the laying of the
cornerstone for the Wright Me
morial the Kugler road had not
been completed; there was not a
blade of grass on the beach nor
any of the sand dunes; there were
very few cottages in the old Nags
1 Head section; and there were only
three dilapidated old Coast Guard
stations under which men, boats
and horses had to abide.
Mr. Warren then initiated a pro
gram of getting up-to-date Coast
' Guard stations from the Virginia
. State line to Ocracoke. (He has been
1 endeared to the hearts of several
generations of Coast Guardsmen
who have a rich heritage along
' the Outer Banks.
Meantime, work was continuing
i on the Wright Memorial. Kill Dev
' il Hill was anchored (stabilized by
i the planting of grass), and with
’ the completion of the new road
i the area began to develop and
i grow by leaps and bounds.
In 1937 Mr. Warren introduced
’ in Congress a bill creating the
Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
> The Congressman was one of three
■ men living today who founded the
■ Lost Colony. (Paul Green, who
I wrote the symphonic drama, and
i R. Bruce Etheridge, veteran Dare
■ County legislator, are the other
I two).
Mr. Warren prevailed upon Pres-
I ident Franklin D. Roosevelt to
> come down to Roanoke Island and
view the Lost Colony pageant A
I special train with the President
I and his party stopped at Elizabeth
r City, and they made the remainder
s of the journey by boat They re-
- turned at night by car over the
Wright Memorial Bridge which had
■ been built by enterprising Eliza
t beth City people, and was still a
i toll bridge.
t President Roosevelt asked Mr.
- Warren to announce to the very
1 he had signed the Warren Bill
i for the creation of the Cape Hat-