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VOLUME XXVII NO. 32
GOVERNOR SANFORD
TO TAKE FIRST TRIP
ON WARREN BRIDGE
Formal Ribbon-Cutting Ceremonies
And Drive Over Alligator
To Mark Dedication
Governor Terry Sanford, High
way Commission Chairman Merrill
Evans, Highway Commissioners
Graham Elliott and Gilliam Wood,
along with Congressman Herbert
C. Bonner, will head a delegation
of dignitaries who will attend the
formal opening of the Lindsay
C. Warren Bridge across the Alli
gator River Friday, in ceremonies
which will begin at 12 noon. The
governor is to arrive by plane at
the Plymouth Airport.
At 12:10 p.m. Congressman Bon
ner of the First Congressional Dis
trict will welcome the official party
and all other persons in attendance
at the ceremonies, which have been
opened to the general public.
Following Congressman Bonner's
remarks, the party will board the
Alligator- River ferry which will,
make its final run across the river.
The ferry will then be secured at
the East Lake dock where Chair
man Evans will address the group
and recognise ferry personnel.
The pa<ty will walk from -the -
ferry docks to thee eastern termi- •
nus of the bridge where Governor -
Sanford will speak at the bridge ]
opening and the ribbon cutting. 1
After the cutting, plans call for
the governor to ride the first auto
mobile to be driven across the
bridge and the caravan of cars, led
by the Governor, will proceed to
Columbia for a luncheon given by
the citizens of Tyrrell County. Ap
proximately IDO pesrons are expect
ed to attend the luncheon, which
is by invitation only.
The Alligator River Bridge was
named for State Senator Lindsay
C. Warren of Washington, a former
Congressman and Comptroller Gen
eral of the United States. Senator
Warren is planning to be in at
tendance for the opening.
The formal opening of the bridge
Friday is a preliminary event to
See BRIDGE, Page Seven
BIRDS AND TIMBER ’
NOT GOOD TARGET
SAYS CRUMPACKER
Official Announcement Regarding
Tyrrell County Bombing
Location Released
Rep. Herbert C. Bonner has an
nounced that the Tyrrell County
timberlands belonging to West Vir
ginia Pulp and Paper Co. have now
been formerly proposed to Sec. of
the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert
as an alternative site for the bomb
ing range, originally planned for
Hyde County.
Hie tract, which measures some
22,400 acres of managed timber,
has been under consideration for
some time, according to Manager
W. J. Crumpacker, of the West
Va. Co. “The statement by Bon
ner is the first official recognition
of the fact that use of our lands
is being contemplated,” said Crum
packer. The announcement concern
ing thus porpoeal was published
several weeks ago by this newspa
per, however.
Rep. Bonner has already regis
tered his concern with Air Force
officials and he has been joined
by numerous others, including Sen.
Strem Thurmond of S. G. and N. C.
Forester Fred H.Ctaridge, who are
also opposed to the Tyrrel County
site. J
Air Force authorities, which in
clude 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, have stated that
bombs used in the Tyrrell County
See TIMBER, Page Seven
ROBERT M. BEST, 56,
VICTIM OF HEART ATTACK
Robert McEnnis Best, 56, retired
naval officer, died of a heart attack
Tuesday in his home in Kitty Hawk.
A lifelong resi<tent of Kitty
Hawk, he was employed by Com
munity Oil Co. He was a son of
"the late James Riley and Mrs.
Mary Meekins Best and the hus
band of Mrs. Edith Tillett Best.
He was a veteran of world war
11, retiring as a Lieutenant in 1946
from the Navy after 22 years of
service. - (
Surviving are the widow; two
daughters, Mrs. Mary Best Parker
of Richmond, Ohio, and Mrs. Jean
Best Beacham of Norfolk; a son,
Robert Bruce Best of Sitka, Alas
ka; a brother, James Riley Best of
Princess Anne, Va.; and eight
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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
ONE OF TWO ROANOKE ISLAND BATTLE MARKERS DEDICATED
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BATTLE OF ROANOKE ISLAND M *
THE ROANOKE ISLAND BATTLE MARKER, shown aoove, is located at the site of Fort Russell on the
Manteo-Wanchese road and is one of two such structures which were dedicated Thursday afternoon at 2
pan. The markers, which cost approximately $650 each, were dedicated by Norman Larson, Governor San
ford's personal representative for the centennial ceremonies.
100 Years Have Rolled Over Us Since
The Battle of Roanoke l«land in 1862
Great Changes Have Taken Place and Most All The Old Shore
f Forts Are Now Overboard; Sound of Pile Drivers Shook
Shores Where Ancient Cannon Roared, and Hard
Roads Cross the Old Log Causeways Soldiers Built
Os greater interest to readers of
this newspaper is a reprint from
the London Illustrated News of the
battle of Roanoke Island on the
27 th of February, 1862. This ac
count was written on February 28th
and published March 22, 1862,
which shows the long time neces
sary for news to travel from Amer
ica to England in those d%ys.
Washington, Feb.; 28. 1862.
At the last tide of fortune has
turned in favor of the North, and
the success attending the formida
ble preparations of the past six
months is now recompensing the
Federalists for the enormous ex
penditure which has weighed
heavily upon them. In foriher let
ters I have had occasion to notice
the improvement in the discipline
of the Union Army, which lias
been gradually progressing to
wards a state of efficiency under
the new Commander-in-Chief. To
brigade regiments, form divisions,
and appoint division generals,
were among the first tasks which
McClellan set himself to accom
plish; and, having succeeded in
these, he published a series of
general orders for the better reg
ulation and conduct of military
matters, and providing for a more
thorough and perfect state of dis
cipline through .every branch of
the service.
The consequence is, that during
all these apparently idle months
the soldier’s taskmaster, the drill
sergeant has been aboard and
now as the time approaches for
action the Federal Government
finds it has an army te rely on for
support or vindication, .astounding
in its numbers as the growth of
only nine months, and wonderfully
efficient considering the short
•period it has been in the field.
The combinations of the General
in-Chief are now being seen and
understood, and those who have
arraigned him in judgment before
the court of their displeasure
are now compelled to acknowledge
their error confuted by the suc
cesses that have inaugurated the
first part of a new campaign. . .
The victories in North Carolina,
Kentucky, and Tennessee, have
dealt a staggering blow at seces
sion; while the Federal troops
hitherto depressed by their early
discomfiture are now elated and
confident, placing implicit reliance
in their General, and being eager
to carry the flag of the Union intn
the heart of Secessia. I am no “Sir
Oracle”, so I will not attempt to
prophesy a triumph for the Fed
eralists; but seeing the improved
condition in the morale of the
Union forces, and feeling some
what competent to give an opin
ion, I am inclined to believe that
these first successes are not to be
their last.
I have watched the Northern ar
my almost from its first appear
ance in the field. I have seen it a
stripling and known it in its boy
hood the prey of bullying politi
cians, who by their pernicious
counsels are responsible for its
earliest defeats. I now see it ar
rived dt man’s state, and it'
Should or ought to achieve for
I self an honorable future.
On a Battleship In Pamlico Sound
My last letter was dated from
Pamlica Sound, North Carolina, on
the eve of the departure of the ex
pedition to which I was attached
to attack Roanoke Island. The ru
mors of an impending advance of
the army of the Potomac and the
distant sounds of victory from the
west reached us even there and I
determined, immediately Roanoke
was taken, to hasten back to head
quarters ready to witness what
must be the most decisive and im
portant movement of the cam
paign—the attack on the Confed
erate centre at Manassas. And
here I am, after a delay of some
days, caused by the prevalence of
fearful storms on the coast,
heartily sick of combined naval
and military expeditions, and
thoroughly determined to have
nothing more to do with them, un
less I can first of all make a sat
isfactory arrangement with the
clerk of the weather.
General Burnside Captured The
Island
The telegraptic accounts of the
success of General Burnside reach
ed New Yqrk, and thence were dis
patched to England long before I
could send you sketches in connec
tion with the capture of Roanoke,
so I will not attempt to give any
elaborate details, and -will* simply
confine myself to a brief descrip
tion of the incidents which from
the subjects illustrated by my pen
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fleet of transports and gun-boats
which had laid off the entrance of
See CIVIL WAR, Page Six
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WORK IS WELL UNDERWAY on the missile tracking station shown above which is located off the Oregon
Inlet road five miles south of Nags Head. Construction began on the site Nov. 11 and is not expected to be
complete for several months. The three towers in the photo are 15 feet tall and M feet in diameter and
are constructed of steel sheets supported by beams. The galvanised catwalks above the towers will be used
to support cameras, radar antennae and other equipment. The drum-like towers are unique and were neces
sitated by the shifting sand conditions on the coast.
MANTEO, N. C.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9,1962
ANOTHER LARGE
MOTEL PLANNED
AT NAGS HEAD
32-lWt "Cdxn, E.«f" Conrtrue
tion to Get Underway Next
Week; Adjacent to Beacon
The “Cabana East” motel, a 32-
unit affair, is to be constructed at
Nags Head this spring, according
to announcement this week from of
ficials of a new corporation formed
to build and operate the facility.
George Crocker, Jr., owner and
manager of the Beacon Motor
Lodge which opened in 1955, is a
principal stockholder, along with
Maynard Mapgum of Moyock and
Hickory, VA They plan to con
struct 32 ultra-modern Caribbean
type units, all ocean-front efficien
cies on a 200-foot site near the
Beacon. Cost has been estimated
upwards of $300,000.
Each unit is to be about 14 by
24 feet in size and each will fea
ture a private balcony. Some will
be two-bedroom. All the special
features required by travelers now
adays are to be employed—televis
ion, carpeting, air-conditioning, etc.
A sizeable swimming pool will be
centrally located for guests. Con
struction, basically masonry, will
feature also large amounts of alum
inum and glass, which materials
will also be employed in the office
building, facing the present beach
highway. The office and lobby, 18
by 35 feet, will be approached by
foot-bridge over another pool sep
arating the arrival parking lot.
Crocker, who has been one of
the leaders in building modern fa
cilities for the Dare Coast area,
will be general manager of the
Cabana East in addition to the
Beacon. Mangum, who lived in
Manteo for some time while em
ployed by the Bank of Manteo, is
cashier and general manager of
the Bank of Currituck at Moyock.
See MOTEL, Page Seven
SATURDAY ELECTION I
HATTERAS TOWNSHIP
FOR BEER AND WINE
Heavy Vote Expected to Answer
the Question of Legal Sale
of Beverages
Saturday is expected to bring I
brisk activity to the township of
Hatteras in Dare County, when
citizens have the opportunity to
vote for or against the introduction
of legal sale of beer and wipe.
Greatest support for the passage
of such a measure is from oper
ators of motels, restaurants, stores, <
etc.—who feel that the lack of
availability of the beveragees is a ,
handicap to their operations in cat
ering to visitors from areas where
legal control is an everyday part I
of life.
Hatteras Island for many years |
allowed the sale of these beverages,
but in 1954 citizens became in- '
censed at persistent violations and
voted to discontinue local legal sale.
Since that time, the only controlled
sales on the island have been at
the Naval facility at Buxton, which
by Federal provision, is exempt
from local option measures. There
reportedly has been a gradually
increasing amount of “bootlegging”
in this field .through the years,
which points up the fact that con
sumption will continue—whether le
gal or illegal—by those who insist.
The “pros” however, are not
without opposition, and the “con”
forces are said to have greater un
ity in their movement to vote down
the issue come Saturday. Church
groups in the affected communi
ties of Hatteras, Frisco and Buxton
have been rallying, and on Satur
' day expect their numbers to count
heavily in answering the question.
The Dare Ministers Association
in regular monthly meeting at the
■ Manteo Baptist Church, Monday,
; Feb. 5 voted unanimously to renew
. its stand in opposition to the legal
sale of alcoholic beverages in Dare
I County. The association also pledg
ed its moral and prayerful sup
[ port to the dry forces of Hatteras
. township in the election to be held
t on Saturday, February 10.
i One observer said this week that
1 he expected it to be a close issue,
. and even with Mis experience in
. observing opinions in the area,’
• “wouldn’t bet a nickel either way.”
> At any rate, there is plenty of
I comment, and the following "is in
part a letter written by Mr. Connie
R. Farrow of Buxton, expressing
. certain views.
I “Nearly two thousand years ago
I as John the Baptist was preaching
in the wilderness, he made this
statement, Make his path straight,
. only he was referring to One whose
II shoes he was not worthy to unloose,
he was referring to Jesus the Son
of God.
“This should stir you from with
i out an within his and her future
See ELECTION, Page Six
HATTERAS "DRYS" RALLY
The citizens of Hatteras Town
ship who are opposing the sale
: of beer and wine in their com
. munities are holding a rally at
, Cape Hatteras High School, Friday
i Feb. 9. at 7:30 p.m.
> Guest speakers will be Rev.
i Harold Leatherman, pastor of Mt.
■ Olivet Methodist Church, Manteo,
’ and Rev. Dick Shinkle, pastor of
I United Methodist Church, Ocracake.
The public of this township are
urged to attend this Rally. *' s
FLIGHT TO ATLANTIC PLANT
BY DARE COAST CONTINGENT
COMPLETED HERE YESTERDAY
Local Representatives Take Goodwill Tour Over
Research Center and Development Headquar
ters of Atlantic Research Corporation's Alex
andria Plant, as Negotiations Continue Over
Location of Fuel Research Site at Corolla.
OCRACOKE NATIVE GETS
PROMOTION IN TEXAS
R. O. “DICK” HOWARD, Sheraton
Corporation engineer on the Shera
ton-Lincoln Hotel project since
March, 1961, has been named to the
permanent post of building superin
tendent and resident engineer.
A nativ of Ocracoke Island on
North Carolina’s “Outer Banks”,
Howard has been a member of the
Sheraton’s engineering staff for
some six years, coming to Houston
from the Sheraton-Cleveland where
he was also resident engineer.
A graduate of North Carolina
State College with a degree in
mechanical engineering, Howard al
so served as engineer at the Edge
water Beach Hotel in Chicago, prior
to joining Sheraton.
A veteran of World War 11,
where he served as a Captain with
the U. S. Corps of Engineers in
Europe, Howard is a member of the
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers and the North Carolina
Society of Engineers.
Howard is married and has two
daaughters—Mary, 17; and Eunice,
5. The Howard’s reside at 2822
Westerland Drive. Houston, Texas?
ELECTION FEES PAID EARLY
FOR THOSE SEEKING OFFICE
IN DARE COUNTY ELECTION
Dare County Election Board
Chairman, Jack Tillett, has stated
that candidates for county offices
will have until April 13 to file their
fee for the Democratic Primary in
May.
C. S. Meekins, Clerk of Court,
announces that Lawrence Swain
and George Fuller have filed their
fee with the election board, thereby
serving notice that they intend to
seek another term on the Board
of Commissioners. Their current
terms will expire in December of
1962. Darnel R. Leary, Jr., of Ken
nekeet Township has also filed for
a seat on the Board of Commission
era, while Fred Gray, current com
missioner from Kennekeet has not
. indicated whether he intends to
seek another term. Other members
of the board have not filed.
John Lawrence, realtor of Nags
Head, has posted his fee for Judge
of Recorders Court. Judge W. F.
Baum has not indicated whether
he intends to seek another term on
the Recorder’s bench, but is re
ported to be considering re-election.
All county offices will be filled
tins year including judgeships,
clerks, sheriffs, commissioners, cor
oners, and representatives to the
N. C. Legislature.
DARE REPUBLICANS TO MEET
L. V. Gaskill,'Chairman of the
Executive Committee for Dare
County, has called a meeting of
the Republican party on Feb. 14 at
the Manteo Courthouse. The meet
ing, which will begin at 7 p.m. will
be for the purpose of electing
chairman, committees and dele
gates. All registered Republicans
are requested to attend.
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SCHOOLS OPEN SATURDAY
Manteo High School, Manteo Ele
mentary School and Kitty Hawk
School will be open for classes Sat
urday, Feb. 10 and again on Sat
urday, Feb. 24, to make up the
two days lost due to snowy weath
er several weeks ago, according to
' Evans, county superintendent.
1 School will open on these days at
the regular time and will be dis
.w«k.
MAIL SHOULu BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO, N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
Single Copy 7#
A DC-3, belonging to Atlantic
Research Corp, touched down at
Manteo Airport at 8 a.m. Thursday
to board a party from Dare County
who were invited guests of the
corporation to an inspection of their
facilities at Alexandria, Va. The
members of the local party included
M. K. Fearing, Jr., Jack Tillett,
Tom Briggs, Major J. L. Murphy,
Jim Scarborough and Dr. W. W.
Harvey, Jr.
The group was airborne by 8:15
a.m. and returned late the same
day at approximately 4:30 p.m.
The invitation was a public rela
tions gesture on the part of the
company in the effort to convince
local citizens of their good inten
tions and genuine interest in the
coastal area. Several representa
tives from Currituck joined the
local party for the flight to Alex
andria.
The Atlantic Corp, has been dis
cussing plans for a research plant
with state officials and Currituck
County representatives during the
1 week in an effort to reach an agree
' ment which would locate a rocket
research center at Corolla for the
purpose of testing rockets and rock
-1 et fuels. The Atlantic Research
1 Corp, hopes to contribute an in
' vestment of 315-20 million and
employ more than 1,000 persons by
1 1964 at Corolla, if its projected
' plans are agreeable with state of
ficials.
' The major factor preventing the
plant’s location at this time in
’ volves the construction of a $50,000
’ access road from Duck to Corolla,
which the corporation lists as one
of the major commitments needed
’ from the state before establishing
there. The corporation also desires
‘ assurance from the Currituck Coun
i ty Board that new industry is def
initely wanted in the sparsely pop
ulated community at Corolla.
| A major controversy has arisen
over the road proposal which in
[ volves Atlantic Corporation person
i nel and State Highway Commission
‘ Chairman Merrill Evans. Evans
stated Tuesday that he would be
opposed to building a road from
, Duck to Corolla to provide access
1 to a proposed rocket fuel research
plant at Corolla if the plant would
block further beach development. “I
think it would be a serious mistake,
’ from the standpoint of Currituck
County, to block off the beach,”
1 Evans said. Evans indicated he has
long been in favor of a road to run
* the length of the Outer Banks and
1 hinted that he did not know as yet
r whether the research plant would
r block such a road.
On Monday, a vice president of
* the corporation, Gerald T. Halpin,
had stated that his firm would not
locate at Corolla if a road running
‘ the entire length of the beach were
r constructed this year. The firm is
said to have selected the Outer
’ Banks area because of its need for
‘ seclusion and secrecy while doing
’ research work for the government.
’ Halpin did indicate, however, that
the firm would not oppose the
’ road after several years of opera
’ tion in Currituck County.
Concern has been registered by
r natives in the Corolla area over
1 the signs which have recently been
erected at the Whaleshead Club
; property site. The signs read “Re
-1 stricted Area. No Trespassing. This
* area is in use by the United States
’ Department of Defense. Trespass
’ ing for any purpose is strictly pro
hibited. Violators will be prosecut
ed under the U. S. Espionage Acte.”
Tom Stanley, assistant to Dr. Arch
Scurlock, Atlantic president, said
i in Alexandria that his firm has
> “no intention of blocking north
s south traffic” or any other beach
; buggy traffic moving through the
. area. He did indicate that the firm
[ would have to halt all traffic along
, the beach “during the time of test
ing.” “We would have to close it
1 sfid. fOr V ) t c h e el p^eßident PrO Sin’
stated earlier that there would be
“only two or three firings a year,
and each would probably last no
. more than half a minute.” “The
c rockets will la ignited in fixed test
. the air,” he said.
! firinflr uerlod would be coTUDarable
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