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SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS VOLUME XXVII NO. 31 , MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PLANT ON OUTER BANKS, MAY DEPEND ON BUILDING COROLLA ROAD Atlantic Research May Be Thwarted in Bringing Big Investment to Carolina Coast, with Poten tial Large Payroll; Options Taken on Large Area Valuable Because of Its Isolation. Half- Million Dollar Initial Investment Contemplated. What may be the one big chance of the Outer Banks to get a multi million dollar project appears now > to lunge on whether the State will extend the road from Duck, to Corolla, a distance of some 12 miles, where Atlantic Research has taken options with the view of develop ing a large project occupied with of solid fuels for nuclear and space-age projects. Because of the probable impor tance of this project to the North Carolina coast, the Manteo Rotary Club invited Gerald T. Halpin, Vive-president of the company to speak before it Monday night, and explain something of the nature of his work, and what it might mean to the area. Atlantic Research has taken an option on the former Whaleshead Club property, fronting some five miles on the ocean at Corolla. The company’s operations embrace many fields, and its principal plant is at Alexandria, Va. It was form ed by two scientists, in 1949, and bps grown steadily, so that it is ' one of the top-firms in its field , and is currently doing work at the rate of $26 million a year. The Company employs some 1,800 people, of whom about 350 have earned college degrees in science and engineering, w*ith advanced degrees. It may be seen therefore that many people of this type would come reside in the nearby area, including Manteo, Kitty Hawk, and lower Currituck which, have advantages of good schools. Most of the men in the higher brackets earn from $9,000 to $lB,- 000.00 a year. Atlantic Research has always operated profitably, with earnings keeping pace with the growth of the company. With earnings ad justed after a Stock split, the com pany made SO.IB per share in 1958, i . and the jump was to $0.50 in 1960. This year expected earnings are to be $1,444,000. It is said that an in vestment in the business less than 13- years ago is currently worth one million dollars. The business was founded by Dr. Arch C. Schurlock and Dr. Arthur W. Sloan, two scientists, and has grown into many fields. Among other things, it operates in the field of plastics, one product being pipe and fittings for plumbing pur poses. It operates in many branches of advanced technology. Solid pro pellant rocketry accounts for about half its work, and the company See COROLLA, Page Four INFLUENZA IN DARE SCHOOLS NOT YET IN EPIDEMIC STAGE, COUNTY SCHOOL HEAD SAYS Mrs. Mary Evans, Superinten dent of Public Instruction for Dare County, has stated that quite a few school absences have been re ported throughout the area which are due to the flu virus. Kitty Hawk Elementary School as reported to be hardest hit by the flu germ which is responsible in large part for the 22 per cent ab sence rate there as of Jan. 29. Man teo Elementary School had 11 per cent absent from classes because of afckness. Cape Hatteras School officials have indicated that eight per cent of its enrollment is out because of illness. Roanoke School appears, to be unaffected by the epidemic which has swept the state and reports that 3 per cent are absent there. Mrs. • Evans is of the opinion that the flu wave is probably past its peak at Kitty Hawk Elementary and'is “slightly on the wane” at Manteo High. “It seems to have hit here before invading Hatteras,” she said. Mrs. Evans emphasized that the flu here could not be said tn have reached epidemic propor tions. “However,” she added, “Par ents are urged to keep children out of the classroom, if they do have it* DARE COUNTY LIBRARY Mrs. L. L. Gibbs, librarian, has stated that carpentry work in the Dure County Library will not be finiAeri by Monday, as was origi naHy planned. The binary, there fore, will remain closed during the tirot few days of next week. Mrs. GM» says that she hopes to re open the library doors on Wednes day although construction will not, in *U probability, be completed then. 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 JOINS NEWS STAFF OF THE COASTLAND TIMES W" ■■ .W !?• | A I HL ” .ySih*-. - hi LAWRENCE MADDRY of Lum berton has joined the news staff of The Coastland Times. Mr. Maddry is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and received his A.B. in English there in 1959. His job assignments prior to joining The Times include service with the UJS. Army as a member of the Korean Military Advisory Group where he served as a clerk typist and troop information in structor. After graduation, Mr. Maddry remained at the university to take some law courses and joined the newspaper, staff of The News- Journal in Raeford, N. C. in 1961. His most recent position was with the Federal Trade Commiesioe in Washington, D. C. where he work ed on the Bureau of Deceptive Practices. While at the university, Maddry earned part of his expenses by working as a librarian. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon social fraternity which he served as vice-president and Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. His other ac tivities included Phi Assembly, clerk and University Club, secre tary. He also served with The Daily Tar Heel, the student news paper, as a reporter. His presence is a welcome addition to the staff. LICENSE PLATE SALES AHEAD Mrs. Juanita Parker, branch agent with itihe Dspartnient of Motor Vehicles, has stated that approximately 900 license plates have been purchased by Dare Coun ty residents thus far. She has an nounced that plate eales are “some ahead of last year.” Mrs. Parker mentioned that 3,050 plates were sold in the county last year and that some 1600 were sold before the expiration date for new tags. “New registrations and trans fers account for most of the sales after the expiration date,” she said. The branch agent indicated that 65 Manteo residents have ap plied for town tags since sales began. Deadline for the purchase of 1962 plates is Feb. 15. SPAGHETTI DINNER FEB. 7 A spaghetti dinner will be served by the women of St. Andrews-by the-Sea Episcopal Church at Nags Head, Wednesday evening, Feb ruary 7. Plates will be $1 for adults and 50c for children, proceeds to go to the Parish House fund. The dinner will be in the Parish House from 5:30 until 7:30 and the public is invited. EASTERN STAR AFFAIRS The annual Order of Eastern Star banquet will be held at seven o’clock Saturday evening, Feb. 3, in the Manteo High School cafeter ia. The annual Masonic dinner serv ed by the Eastern Star will be on Feb. 24 alt'the Dare County Shrine Club. MARCH OF DIMES DANCE The public is reminded of the March of Dimes dance to be held at the Dare County Shrine Club on Saturday night, February 3. Danc ing will begin at nine o’clock. Ad mission will be 31.00 per person, and all monies raised wiH go to the March of Dimes. DEDICATION OF THE LINDSAY C. WARREN BRIDGE DATE MAY 10 Tyrrell Group Meets in Columbia Friday Night to Shape Up Plans for Celebration A large group of Tyrrell Coun ty citizens, and some neighbors, met in Columbia Friday night to firm up plans for the dedication of the Lindsay C. Warren bridge over Alligator River, which is due to be open for traffic Friday Feb. 9th. The celebration has been de finitely set for May 10 in Columbia. W. J. White Columbia businessman, a former Superintendent of Schools in Tyrrell and a former president of the committee from the six coun ties of Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Mar tin, Tyrrell and Washington, which is planning the celebration. Next to Mr. White on this committee are the following county vice-presi dents of the Association. Plans tentatively call for a street parade, a dance, a beauty contest, ball games, races on land and water, and many other ex citing features, together with a big dinner in Columbia. Many not able people will attend the cele bration. Senator Lindsay C. War ren, for whom the bridge has been named will be the guest of honor on May 10th. Governor Sanford, former Governor Luther Hodges, now Secretary of Commerce, un der whose administration the bridge was begun, and many other prominent officials will attend this event. Chairman White said he had been assured of splendid cooperation to ward making this dedication one of the biggest events ever held in Eastern North Carolina. BOMBS NOT PROPER FOR W. VA. TRACT, MANAGER ASSERTS West Virginia Pulp qnd Paper Co. has protested vehemently to the suggestion that their property in Tyrrell County might be used as a possible alternative site for the bombing range Atiidi has' been planned for Hyde County. W. J. Crumpacker, manager of N? C.'Woodlands, for .the company, stated Monday that he had been approached by a representative from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, who stated that a tract of land in the Kilkenny section of Tyrrell County, 10 miles north of the present Hyde site, was under consideration for the range site in the event that the property at Mat tamuskeet becomes unavailable. Crumpacker stated that his com pany is “very concerned” about suggestions that their land might be used. “The presence of smoke bombs would constitute a serious threat to the timber in the area with the possibiliy of fire,” he said. To protect any possible use of West Virginia land, Crumpacker met with Major General Richard T. Coiner, Jr., of Shaw Air Force Base, S. C. and Brigadier General Gilbert L. Meyers, of Myrtle Beach Air Force Base on Jan. 24. Crum packer informed the officers of the ground conditions in the area and stated his intention to fight any attempt to use the Tyrrell Coun ty tract as a range. Air Force personnel have re- See RANGE, Page Four PRINCIPALS AT MANTEO ROTARY'S SILVER ANNIVERSARY BANQUET '"o' « V; ’ \ x JRGANIZED IN 1937, THE ROTARY CLUB of Manteo celebrated its silver anniversary last week with a >anquet party in the lunchroom of Manteo High School at which Tarheel humorist Edmund Harding of Washington, N. C. was the featured speaker. Other principals st the banquet meeting were (1 to r) S. Wade Warr, Elizabeth City, D. Victor Meekins, Wallace McCown and James Rea, Manteo club officials; John Woore, Elizabeth City, P. D. Midgett, Engelhard and Harding. Four of the group, Marr, Moore, Midgett md Harding, are former district Rotary governors. (Aycock Brown photo) .•’ •’ '•* ■' J ’4 Uu'H. k' V■ .( ’■ 'I 't >’•* ’ ' ’ 1 MANTEO. N. C., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 2,1962 NEWSCASTERS PREDICT A WALKOVER FOR BONNER Mflrl CONGRESSMAN HERBERT C. BONNER, who has done so much for his District and won national acclaim for his prestige and lead ership in Washington, has paid his filing fee of $225 to run for another two years in the House of Representatives. In recent months he has been awarded much acclaim for his energy and ability, and today with so many of his long-worked-for programs bearing fruit, newscasters say he would have an easy walkover in event of opposition. This week, the “Under the Dome” Column in the News & Observer quotes Washington sour ces as follows. “Henry C. Oglesby, top aide to First District Congressman Herbert Bonner, has an extra tinge of color to his face which normally glows with health. “Reason for- the vigorous new light is the tone of the letters his boss has been getting from the district. “What they spell, as he robustly puts it, is, “The Congressman will win (in the May primary) by a much wider margin than before.” “Why the letters should occasion such a flush of optimism is that many of them are coming from See BONNER, Page Four HATTERAS AND OCRACOKE ISLANDS TO BE VISITED BY SOCIAL SEC. AGENTS To better the service to residents Joseph A. Morrison, district man ager of the Norfolk, Social Se curity Administration district of fice,, announces that the residents of those areas will now be serviced by the Norfolk, Virginia Social Security Office. Residents of both islands are advised that they may contact a representative from the Norfolk office on the first Wednesday of each month at the highway patrol station, Hatteras, from the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 pan., or to write to the Social Security Ad ministration district office, 220 W. Brambleton Avenue, Norfolk 10, Virginia. In addition to this trip to Hatter as, a representative will continue to meet at Manteo, in the commun ity building on the third Wednesday of each month beginning at 9:00 a. m. The representative at Hatteras and Manteo will assist the residents in completing applications for So cial Security benefits and to assist individuals in the area in any So cial Security matters. ELECTION FEB. 10 HATTERAS TOWNSHIP FOR BEER AND WINE Registration -Ended Last Saturday; Strong Sentiment on Both Sides Jack Tillett, Election Board Chairman for Dare County, has an nounced that the registration per iod has ended for the special elec tion on beer and/or wine which is to voted upon by citizens from Hatteras Township on Feb. 10. Saturday is the official date for challenging the registration, ac cording to Tillett. Voting places and officials for the various pre cincts in Hatteras Township have been listed by the Chairman as fol lows: Buxton, Cape Hatteras High School Building, Registrar C. P. Brady; Frisco, J. L. Rollinson’s Store, Registrar J. L. Rollinson; Hatteras, Hatteras Community Center, Registrar W. H. Rollinson. The election is the result of a re quest by the Board of Commis sioners of Dare County to hold and conduct the beer and/or wine re ferendum. The election also follows a petition signed by approximately 200 residents of Hatteras Township to the commissioners requesting such a vote. The bill which enabled Hatteras Township to vote indepen dently on the issue was introduced by M. K. Fearing during the 1961 session of the General Assembly. Fearing introduced the bill at the request of the commissioners. Prior to the amendment of H. B. 295, an interpretation of the laws then existing would have required both Kennakeet and Hatteras to vote together on such a referendum. It was this amendment that Rep. Fearing introduced to the legisla ture. Opinion in the township is about See ELECTION, Page Four BREAK-IN ATTEMPTED AT NAGS HEAD POST OFFICE Local police are baffled by the mystery of the break-in at Nags Head postoffice, Thursday night of last week. Entry was apparently gained, but nothing of value ap pears to have been taken, indicat ing that the guilty parties were scared away. There is some theory that it was an amateur job, done by juveniles. The incident was re ported to Postal Inspector J. T. Johnson of Ahoskie. Roanoke Island Battle Centennial To Be Celebrated Here on Feb. 7-8 Historical Markers, School Tours and Speeches Will Commem orate Anniversary On the morning of the 7th of February, 1862, one hundred years ago, a federal fleet of numerous transports and more than 20 gun boats floated through a narrow channel at Croaton Sound, “scarce ly more thn one hundred feet in width,” to begin a naval-land en gagement which led to control of most of the inland waters of north eastern North Carolina by Union forces. This battle of Roanoke Island, which followed a Union victory at Hatteras Inlet, helped to sever the maritime supply route to northeas tern North Carolina and made ac cess to the Chesapeake Bay area practically impossible for the con- BALTIMORE FIRM BIDS LOW WITH $3,977,333 TO BUILD BRIDGE ACROSS INLET Structure to be Named in Honor of Congressman Herbert Bonner Attracts Many Bidders; Lov ing Company Loses Bid by $20,000; Work Will Begin in Four Months from Awarding of Con tract; Lindsay C. Warren Bridge Opens to Traffic Next Friday. QUARTER-CENTURY OF SERVICE ROUNDED OUT JULIAN L. POSTON, 51, rounded out 25 years in January as public servant to the Town of Columbia. Hired as night policeman in 1937 at a salary of S4O per month, Pos ton has been retained with contin uous employment. He now holds the positions of chief of police; tax collector, town manager; town en gineer; superintendent of streets and commissioner of sanitation, all for the '“town; and. is ABC officer for Tyrrell County. During his tenure in office, he has seen the financial affairs of the town elevated from some ninety thousand dollar indebtedness to be ing clear-across-the-board nine See POSTON, Page Four federacy. Federal supply ships could now move more freely with out danger of attack from southern brigands and pirateers, whose ships lay concealed in the outer banks. News of the defeat was Said to have delayed recognition of the newly-formed Confederate States by England. The battle was both a naval en gagement and a landing invasion, as the “mosquito fleet” of Comihan der W. F. Lynch, which consisted of 7 steamers and gunboats, tried in vain to halt a flotilla of more than 70 Union naval vessels and transports. Defeat for Confederate troops under Col. H. M. Shaw was equally inevitable as less than 900 rebels dug-in to resist a landing force of at least 15,000 men under the command of General Ambrose Burnside. Union losses were listed at 40 killed, 225 wounded and 13 missing. Confederate dead were numbered at 23, with 58 wounded and 62 missing. Rebel prisioners were estimated at 2,675. Brigadier General Henry A. Wise, a former Governor of Virgin ia, was initially ordered to com mand the defense of Roanoke Is land, but pneumonia prevented his assuming those duties. Wise, who reportedly issued directions frpm his sick-bed, was absolved of re sponsibility for the defeat in a re port of the investigating committee of the Confederate House of Rep resentatives. This report (Series 1., vol. i, p 190) indicates a possible explana tion for the outcome of the con flict: “The correspondence on file of General Wise with the Secretary of War, General Huger, his super ior officer, the Governor of North Carolina, and others, proves that he was fully alive to the impor tance of Roanoke Island, and has devoted his whole time and ener gies and means to defense of that position. and that he is in no way responsible for the unfortunate dis aster which befell our forces upon the island on February 7 and 8. But the committee cannot say the same in reference to the efforts of the Secretary of War (Judah P. Benjamin) and the commanding See CIVIL WAR, Page Four MAIL SHOULu BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 4281 MANTEO, N. C. NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Single Copy 70 The Oregon Inlet Bridge, to be named in honor of Congressman Herbert C. Bonner came along step nearer to reality Monday when the State Highway Commission opened many bids, and found the bridge can be built for less than the State’s engineers has estimated. Instead of four million dollars, the McLean Construction Company of Baltimore offered a bid of $3,977,- 333, which is reported to have been only $20,000 less than the bid of fered by T. A. Loving Company of North Carolina. The Loving Company built the U instead bridge over Croatan Sound, and at this time is complet ing the Lindsay C. Warren Bridge over Alligator River, whieh is to be opened with simple ceremonies next Friday Feb. 9th, when Gov ernor Sanford, Chairman Merrill Evans and other highway officials will attend. After coming over on the ferries which will tie up for good, they will ride back across the bridge, thereby making the first official vehicular trip from Dare County across the River. It is expected the successful bid der for the Herbert C. Bonner bridge will be given about three to four months to assemble equip ment and to begin construction. DARE COAST BOOTHS AT CHARLOTTE SHOW STEAL ALL THUNDER Sea Hag Invades Queen City Show As Thousands Witness Dare Coast Exhibition Nearly 14,000 people crowded in to the Charlotte Coliseum to wit ness the Sportsmen Show opening Tuesday night where the Dare Coast representatives with beards and pirate costumes stole the show. On Tuesday night as the show was officially launched by Gover nor Sanford, it was Pirate Jambo ree King Dock Austin of Hatteras, Pirate Queen Margaret Davis of Kitty Hawk; and Mary Long, Queen Elizabeth of the Lost Col ony cast, and Ken Cauthen, also of the outdoor drama, who stole the show. They were ably assisted- by Julian and Lima Oneto, W. H. Smith, Kitty Jackson and Polly Ev ans of the Dare Coast Beaches area whose cavorting and pirateer prankishness captured the imagina tion of spectators. Governor San ford was photographed with the Dare Coast delegates at the booths of the Dare County Tourist Bureau and the Carolinian hotel. The Dare promoters attracted attention wherever they went. Al ready this week, they have handed out thousands of pieces of litera ture and will continue to do ao throughout the week, until Sunday when the show officially ends. The Dare group has not only been photographed for various newspapers and magazines cover ing the show, but also have appear ed on television shows and radio programs. On Thursday the pirates, all in costume, made a daytime visit to the Crippled Children’s Hospital in Belmont, a suburb of Charlotte. Today and tomorrow they will be attending daytime meetings of the N. C. Travel Show. Arrangements are also being completed for the Lost Colony’s Queen Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh to make personal appear ances in Columbia, S. C. and possi bly an appearance at the S. C. Legislature, which is now in ses sion. The group plans to invite Gov. Hollings of South Carolina to a performance of the 25th anni versary year season of The Lost Colony. For the local folks who have been promoting the Dare Coast interest at the show, it has been a tough grind and a very hard job. The trip made from Manteo to Charlotte on Sunday was a rugged journey over snow and sleet-covered roads. The journey was made over U. S. Route 64 which they are hoping to publicize as the quickest route to the coast from the Piedmont The completion of the new Alli, gator River Bridge is being herald- ° f area
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