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VOLUME XXVII NO. 33
SANFORD DEDICATES
NEW WARREN BRIDGE
AT RIBBON CUTTING
Former Comptroller Warren Hears
Governor's Warm Tributes
At Formal Ceremony
r- Pilot Eddie Crain made his final
run over the Alligator River short
ly after noon last Friday, in a light
rain, to complete the last ferry
trip from Sandy Point to East
Lefce. His passengers included the
Governor of North Carolina, Terry
Sanford, Congressman Herbert
Bonner and the man whose
name embellishes the bridge which
they had come to dedicate—Lind
say C. Warren. The distinguished
entourage of 20 cars allowed the
governor the honor of riding the
last vehicle off the Emmett Win
slow and closed the end of an era
. which began in 1932 when the late
Tom Baum operated the first ferry
across the Alligator.
A crowd of 500 persons mingled
at the ferry'alip to hedr Highway
Commissioner Merrill Evans praise
Baum for tns initiative and recall
hi* earlier ferry operations across
Currituck and Croatan Sounds. “We
have witnessed the tiring up of the
last boat and the unloading of the
last car and now the last of Capt
Baum’s ferry routes has been bridg
ed," Evans said. Evans asked those
present to bow thejr heeds for
10 seconds in tribute to-Baum’s
memory/ * ’ *
The assembled spectators then
scurried for cars to follow the gov
ernor arid other state officials to
the foot of the three million dollar,
three mile, two land Lindsay C
Warren Bridge for the official
ribbon -cutting ceremony which
links North Carolina, in a span of
concrete, from east to west along
UjS. 64. Photographers end re
porters were huddled aronnd the
ribbon and winking flash bulbs
contributed to the holiday effect
as Governor Sanford smiled his
way to the rostrum to address the
rain soaked crowd. “I can think
of no more appropriate name for
a bridge which links two great
counties' in Ms own country than
the name of a man who has meant
so much to the development of this
part of the state;” Sanford said.
Governor Sanford continued by say
ing that "Senator Warren’s Serv
ice is an illustration of the saying
that ‘in North Carolina good gov
ernment is a habit’ ”
He said, “Without tolls and ex
cessive taxes. North Carolina is
beginning to move forward toward
national -leadership.” Dignitaries
then watched as Sanford scissored
the ribbon end officially opened the
bridge from Dare to Tyrrell Coun
ty. Spectators and officials then
joined Sanford in the firpt drive
across the newly completed struc
ture. The official party and some
125 guests then joined the gover
* nor at a lunch in the Columbia High
School Cafeteria which was pre
sided over by State Rep. W. J.l
White bf Columbia, chairman of
the bridge celebration committee
of the six-county Southern Albe
marle Association.
White stated that “this is a day
for gratitude and jubilation,” and
invited the guests who were present
to return on May 10 for the
long celebration which will be at
tended by crowds expected to num
ber in the thousands.
Traffic across the new bridge in
creased with clear weather and by
Sunday hundreds of Dare residents
passed their neighbors from Tyrrell
in a five minute drive across the
clean, fresh concrete which arches
like an outstretched arm over the
Alligator River.
Earlier in the day, Rep. Herbert
Bonner had welcomed guests from
all over North Carolina, as he spoke
to an assembled crowd at Sandy
Point before joining Sanford
aboard the Winslow. Bonner stated
that the bridge will “enable tourists
everywhere to see the advantages
of this great area.”
Melvin R. Daniels, Dare Coun
ty Register of Deeds and Finance
Chairman for the May 10th cele
bration told guests at the lunch
eon that: "We are serving notice
on the governor and the Highway
Commission that as soon as four
or five pilings have been driven for
the Oregon Inlet bridge we are
going after a bridge for Hatteras
Inlet (between Hatteras and Ocra
coke Island). "We will never be
satisfied,” he said, “untH we see
a highway running all the way
from Virginia Beach to the South
Carolina line.”
Daniels had made a similar state
ment at the dedication of the Um
stead Bridge across Croatan Sound,
frlr ago As president of
toe Southern Albemarle Assn, he
“Governor, what we want now is
a bridge across the Alligator."
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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
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CONGRESSMAN HERBERT BONNER attentive.y, at left, as Governor Terry Sanford lauds the
name of Lindsay C. warren as “one which is synonymous with progress in Eastern North Carolina.” The
address came during bridge dedication ceremonies at the Lindsay Warren Bridge which were held at East
Lake last Friday. Warren, center, stood with the 500 other spectators present to witness the ribbon-cut
ting service which followed Governor Sanford’s speech. '
BATTLE CENTENNIAL
OBSERVED ON R. I.
DURING FEB. 7-9
State and local leaders joined
with school children from Manteo
last week to celebrate the one
hundredth anniversary of The Bat
tle of Roanoke Island in a program
which featured tours, speeches, a
banquet and marker dedications
Among the dignitaries on hand
for the occasion weto -F/J. Panag
gio of Newport, Rhode Island, per
sonal representativ* ; fl'Oitf/ the gov
ernor of that state; Richard lobst,
of the N. C. Bureau of Archives
and History, and Norman Larson,
Governor Terry Sanford’s personal
representative for the centennial
celebration.
Celebration of the conflict, which
occurred on Feb. 7, 1862, actually
began on Tuesday and Wednesday
of last week as shool groups from
the high school and elementary
school at Manteo were transported
to battle sites on Roanoke island
where they heard lectures from
Ralph Swain, chmrman of the
County Centennial Civil War Com
mission and Fred Rpnsh, historian
for the Cape 'Hatteras National
Seashore. The toure, which lasted
from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. dealt with
“Events Leading to the Conflict”, a
talk delivered by Swain, and “The
Conflict,” presented by Mr. Roush.
Markers, at the sites of forts
Huger, Bartow, Blanchard, Forrest
and Russell were visited during
the discussions.
At 1:30 on Thursday, members of
the local commission which include
Ralph Swain, David Stick, Bob
Smith, Jim Rea, Aycock Brown,
and Keith Fearing, met with the
visiting dignitaries and were later
joined by Rev. Harold F. Leather
man and Fred Roush for the mark
er dedication ceremonies at Fort
Russell. The ceremony opened with
a prayer by Rev. Leatherman and
was followed by addreeee by Mr.
Panaggio, who recalled his first
visit to Roanoke Wand and the
changes in recognition of historical
sites since that journey. Norman
Larson, executiveiecretary of the
N. C. Centennial Commission then
conveyed the btest wishes of Gov
ernor Sanford and Dr. Chris Crit
tenden, head of the N. C. Archives
Department tow' present and ex
pressed his appreciation for the
“outstanding wptk” which was done
by the load copmuarion, in making
the markers a reality. David Stick
See CENTENNIAL, Page Four
CELEBRATION FUNDS SOUGHT
Melvin R. Dantoh, Dare County
Registrar of DeeAh' Finance Chair
man for the Southern Albemarle
Associatibnls CdlArtwtion of the
Lindsay* C. Warreh Bridge opening,
has stated that cotfeetions will be
gin on March 10 to finance the day
long celebration .rihagh will be held
on May 10. ■
The Southern. has worked
diligently for titopMt 26 years in
an effort to Mtag the Warren
Bridge to its completion and asks
the cooperation OflOcal merchants
and individual citizens to finance
the May celebration.
Governor, SanfortL former Gov
ernor Luther Hodges, now Secre
tary of Commence,' under whose ad
ministration the bridge was begun.
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CADET DANIELS HONORED
BY ACADEMIC STAR AWARD
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L grandson of Mrs. Delilah Gallop of
> Wanchese, has been awarded a
- scholastic star for excellence in
i academics at the United States
1 Merchant Marine Academy in
1 Kings Point, N. Y. Daniels is now
1 entitled to wear the scholastic star
i insignia on all uniforms in designa
‘ tion of the honor he has attained.
Daniels is the son of Mr. and
s Mrs. Cloyce Daniels, formerly of
t Wanchese. The- young cadet has
’ visited Wanchese every summer
since he was 10 years old in order
■ to work on the sport fishing boat
> of Capt. Gilbert (Moon) Tillett at
• Oregon Inlet. He graduated from
, Bethel High School in 1961 and en-
> tered the academy at Kings Point
• in August of 1961.
In addition to his high seholas-
■ tic record, Cadet Danieis is active
t in various extra-curricular activi
i ties. Upon graduation in August
I of 1965, he will be licensed by the
. United States Coast Guard as a
; Third Officer in the Merchant Ma
: rine, receive a Bachelor of Science
I degree and be commissioned Ensign
i in the United States Naval Re-
> serve.
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DARE CO. OFFICE SEEKERS
■ RLE WITH CLERK OF COURT
; FOR DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
, W. F. Baum, Judge of Recorders
. Court, has announced his candidacy
1 for re-election, according to C. &
Meekins, clerk of court. The an
nouncement follows a statement by
John Lawrence, Nags Head real
tor, that he intends to seek the
position. Lawrence filed Jan. 23 for
the bench poet, while Baum paid
’ his filing fee on Wednesday.
Two other candidates for office
i filed this week. M. K. Fearing, Jr.
i paid his fee and intends to run
, again for the seat which he now
holds as a representative to the N.
• C. General Assembly, Reuben E.
I Payne of Manteo indicated his in
tention to seek a seat on the board
of commiamonere by filing. Payne
i will oppose Lawrence Swain in the
May primary. George R. Filler, |
i commissioner from Buxton, has al
ready served notice of his plans to
i seek re-election. Darnel Ray Leary
Jr., also plans to seek a seat on the
board and has paid his fee. Pennel
A. Tillett, of Kitty Hawk has also
fired for a seat on the board.
Melvin Darnels, Registrar of
Deeds, and C. S. Meekins, clerk of
court, have both stated that they
intend to run again but have hot
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1962
.[BOYS CLUB PROJECT
STARTS WEDNESDAY
FOR DARE YOUTHS
The Manteo Lions Club official
lynamed its youth organization the
Dare County Boys Club at its meet
ing here on Monday night and
elected Jack Cahoon and Robert
Adams to offices in the newly
formed boys group.
Cahoon will serve as treasurer
for the club, while Adams has been
made a treasurer in the project and
will be responsible for permanent
: records of each of the youths par
i ticipating in the club.
The first meetings of the boys
I club will be held on Wednesday and
| Thursday of next week in the Man
’ too High School gym. Youths be
tween the ages of 7 through 13 will
bogia. their program on Wednesday
1 night under the supervision of
1 Louis Midgett, team captain for
younger group. He will be assisted
, by other members of the local
> Lions' Club who will assume regular
L duties each Wednesday night. Vol
unteers from other civic dubs will
1 also be on hand to aid the boys.
1 A similar meeting is also schedul
‘ ed for the boys whose age places
them in the 13-17 category. Melvin
Jackson has been appointed team
captain for the older group. Both
[ branches of the dub will meet be
! tween the hours of 7 and 9 p.m.
’ Jack Wilson, Chairman of the
. Lions Club committee for the Dare
. County Boys Club, has stated that
. around 50 boys are expected for
the gathering on Wednesday night,
' and some older youngsters are an
ticipated for tiie Thursday meeting.
. “We want to emphasize the fact
’ that the dub is not intended as a
, distraction for boys who should be
, studying or a compulsory event for
, fellows who are obligated to at
. tend other supervised functions,”
’ he said. Wilson stated that a study
room will be available for boys who
' need to “hit the books” but cannot
, find a quiet place at home.
i The Lions Club donated >IOO
from their treasury last week in
order to meet initial expense for
the project. A membership fee of
31 per boy is being charged for
the program, but Wilson stated
, that the fee could be paid at any
time during the year. “We are also
planning odd jobs for boys who feel
’ they cannot pay the membership
See BOYS, Page Four
• THOMAS GRINNELL PASSES
> AT KITTY HAWK THURS.
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I Thomas Denoson Grinnell, 58
year old resident of Kitty Hawk
• died Thursday morning at approx
, imately 8 a-m. of a heart attack
i which he suffered while driving
past the home of Principal Cayton.
. nf titte Kitty Hawk Elementary
, School.
Grinnell, a native of Searsport,
I Maine, bad been a resident of
i Southern Shores, at Kitty Hawk
for the past three years. He was
, retired but formerly had business
interests including real estate,
> farming and rug cleaning.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
i Blanche Eyre Grinnell, and four
sons: Richard Done Grinnell, of
Larchmont, N. Y.; James Evre
Grinnell, of New Rochelle, N. Y.:
John Evre Grinnell, of Charlottes
ville, Va., and Stephen Carver
Grinnell, of Roanoke. Va. Mr. Grin-
S**irucni luren.
Funeral services will be held in
I Charlottesville, Va. and burial will
COROLLA SCHOOL
TO RELOCATE IN
THE BLUE RIDGE
Academy Established on Currituck
Beach Will Retain Its Name.
In Virginia Mountains
On June 24, 1962, Corolla Acade
my will open its fourth annual
summer session on the beautiful
fountain campus of the Blue Ridge
Preparatory School, St. George, Va.
According to (Hatcher C. Williams,
founder and director of Corolla
Academy, a long term contract has
been signed for the summer use of
the 900 acre tract which includes
all the buildings, equipment, and
the facilities for the operation of
a top flight preparatory school.
Blue Ridge operated as a moun
tain mission school until it was
closed in 1961. It is being renovated
and improved for the opening of a
boy’s preparatory school in the
fall of 1962. Under the new ar
rangement Corolla Academy will
hold its summer, sessions during
the months of June, July and Au
gust, and Blue Ridge school will
offer a full college preparatory cur
riculum for boys during the reg
i ular school year.
The new location of the Academy
is some twenty miles west of Char
lottesville, Va. on route 627, the
Academy campus includes 35 acres
of playing field, several large
streams, three lakes, and two rid
ing rings. Dominating the entire
campus is a magnificent chapel de
i signed by Cram. There are several
faculty homes, a well equipped
gymnasium built in 1956, a large
classroom building, two dormitor
. ies, and numerous other buildings.
I Under construction is a new dining
room and kitchen and a study hall.
Corolla will offer a full program of
athletic and recreational activities.
In its three summers of opera
tion at Corolla, the Academy has
enrolled students from some seven
teen states. Its blue ribbon faculty
is made up of Department heads
and other outstanding teachers
from well known schools. Virtualy
all faculty members hold graduate
degrees and all are men of long
experience in private schools.
The Academy will keep its name
as established at Corolla when it
opened there in June of 1959, and
has steadily gained in popularity
through advertisements in reading
magazines and newspapers. The
purpose and philosophy of the aca
demy when it was founded was toe
result of toe firm conviction that
summer study for boys of second
ary level is a rewarding and en
joyable experience. The time has
passed when American boys can
afford to waste the three months’
interval between the end of school
in June and resumption of classes
in September. The use of this ex
tended vacation may be crucial on
the education of toe high school
student The rising standards of
institutions of higher learning and
toe demands of an increasingly
complex way of life place a new
value of education for all future
citizens. Summer school provides
the best possible opportunities for
See SCHOOL, Page Four
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Fort Jackson, aC, Jan. 29.—Pvt Bryan S. O’Neal, eon of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph B. O’Neal, Stumpy Point, and Lawrence D. Sawyer, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest M. Sawyer, Box SM, Darien, Ga., and formerly
of Manns Harbor, have been assigned to Company B, 6th Battalion,
2d Training Regiment of the U. S. Army Training Center Infantry, at
Fort Jackson, where they ate undergoing eight weeks of basic combat
training.
They have been taught rifle marksmanship under the U. S. Army’s
TRAINFIRE program which enables the modern soldier to become a
better rifleman in less time than previous methods. In this program
most of their training consisted of firing their rifles at pop-up targets
at unknown distances on terrain which duplicated combat areas'. Other
highlights of their intensive training include squad tactics, bayonet and
hand-to-hand combat and crawling the infiltration course while machine
gun fire is popping overhead. Many of their Instructors are combat
veterans of World War II and the Korean War.
During their seventh week of training, they will live in the field
under conditions similar to those in the forward areas of a battle sone.
They will move over rough terrain on foot and in tactical vehicles
and participate in iwmewms combat of a realistic nsfmw,
SON DOES A BOOK ON
FAMED CRUSADING EDITOR
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[ WILLIAM OSCAR SAUNDERS,
, who won nationwide fame for his
. crusading while publishing toe
1 weekly Independent in Elizabeth
City from 1908 to 1937 is the sub
ject of a book recently written and
soon to be published by his son
. Wm. Keith Saunders, editor of
e aviation publications in Washing
-8 ton, D. C. Mr. Saunders, who died
® in 1940 has been described by some
e newspapermen as “being a man
. with a passion for righteousness,”
] and this way may be applied par
j ticiriarly a* to public affairs. He
» was forever exposing grafters and
. those who used places of trust for
i, their own profit. He had no pa
r tience with dishonest office hold-
ers. During his career he represent
s ed Pasquotank County in the Legis
lature, and was a campaigner for
better education for negroes as a
. means to enable them to become
’ more useful citizens. He served as
r chairman of the Board of toe State
( Normal School for Negroes in
’ Elizabeth City. Os particular in
, terest to this coastland, he was a
, prime mover in the project to erect
the memorial to the Wright
Brothers at Kill Devil Hills, and
organized the Kill Devil Hills Me
! mortal Association, into which he
; enlisted toe aid of numerous na
-1 tional celebrities, including Col.
' Charles A. Lindberg and hundreds
’ of others. He inspired toe move
! ment to write the drama for pre
’ sentation at Fort Raleigh, which
! is now toe Lost Colony. He was
the man who first gave publicity
’ to the idea of making the North
’ Carolina coast a great State Park,
1 an idea which has developed into
[ toe Hatteras National Sea
’ shore. He was a great crusader for
1 toe righting of wrongs; for help
1 for the needv; for encouragement
’ of toe deserving and more than
! any other man he stood fore-square
in toe forefront to fight for prog
i ress, justice and improvement of
his region. The story of this amaz
r mg editor and his unusual news
r naner is well told in Keito Sann
s ders’ forthcoming book THE IN
’ DEPENDENT MAN. It will be on
r sale shor+lv at 35 per copy, by the
Coastland Times.
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HATTERAS CHOOSES
TO BLOT OUT BOOZE
IN SATURDAY VOTE
Big Majority For "Drys" In Heavy
Turnout on Subject of
Beer and Wine
Voters in Hatteras Township
swarmed to the polls on Saturday
to turn in an overwhelming vote
against the legal sale of beer and
wine in toe heaviest voter turn-out
for toe area since 1953.
Jack Tillett, Dare County Elec
tions Board Chairman, announced
that 181 voters from Buxton, Frisco
and Hatteras braved freezing
weather to cast their votes on toe
controversial issue which had stir
red rallys and petitions from both
factions on the alcoholic referen
dum. Buxton and Frisco turned in
toe heaviest votes ever recorded
in an election from those areas. Re
gistrars have noted that “voting
was orderly* and no incidents were
’ reported. «
i Voting by precincts, was as fol
: low: Hatteras Precinct, for wine:
i 26, opposed: 40; for beer: 49, op
posed: 128. Frisco precinct, for
. wine: 26, opposed: 40; for beer: 26,
opposed: 40. Buxton precinct: for
> wine: 30, opposed: 147; for beer. 80,
' opposed: 147.
The victory for the “drys” at
. Hatteras has been attributed to
strong opposition by toe Methodist, ''
1 Assembly of God, and Ootineas
i church groups in. the township
’ which held meetings throughout the
• week in an effort to prevent the
i legal Mie of toe beverages in their
I communities.
On Friday night a “dry rally”
drew a crowd of approximately
125 persons to the Cape Hatteras
High School where church mem
bers and interested citizens heard
Revs. R. V. Shinkle, Methodist
minister from Ocracoke and Harold
Leatherman of Manteo speak out
against the introduction of the al
cohol. Rev. Shinkle approached toe
problem from a commercial stand
point and emphasized that “beer
and wine are bad business.” He
asserted his belief that families
would be discouraged from vaca
tioning in the area with toe threats
to property and quiet that the al
cohol would present through toe
rowdy conduct purchasers of the
product.
Rev. Leatherman emphasized
that members of toe church could
not in good conscience support
such an issue which contradicted
the principles of his denomination.
“The purpose of the human per
sonality is to glorify God,” he said.
“We cannot, in good conscience,
support the introduction of these
beverages which warp that person
ality to the detriment of His mis
sion for us,” Rev. Leatherman stat
ed.
The vote at (Hatteras township
was the heaviest reported from
that area since 1953 when Hat
teras and Kinnakeet joined together
in a vote barring beer from toe
combined territories by a margin of
235 votes. Total votes cast in that
referendum were 397 against aad
162 for toe legal sale of beer.
The Saturday election was the
first independent voting on the
issue by residents of Hatteras
Township. The election followed a
petition signed by approximately
200 persons in the township re
questing such a vote. The biß
which enabled Hatteras Township
to vote independently on the issue
See ELECTION, Page Foor
GEORGE AVERY TILLETT, 81
DIES SUNDAY IN HOSPITAL
George Avery Tillett 81, of
Elizabeth City died Sunday in Al
bemarle Hospital after a long ill
.ttMk
A native of Manns Harbor, he
was a son of Avery and Mrs. Mary
j Walker Tillett. Be was a widower
I of Mrs. Nancy Twiford Tillett.
He was a retired Coast Guards
: man, having served 81 years, and
was a member of City Road Metho
dist Church and Seth E. Perry
Post, American Legion. He was a
veteran of World War I.
I He is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Charles L. Houghton of Eliza
beth Qty; two sisters, Mrs. Fran
ces Jones of Baltimore and Mrs. A.
C. Mann of Manteo; and a brother,
Will Tillett of Manne Harbor.
of toe Twiford Funeral Home in
Elizabeth City by the Rev. G G.
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The casket was covered with a
pall of red and white carnations.
“Abide With Me” and “Safe In
Miss'Beth BonDurant.
Frank Kramer W Sr. Frank HwX*
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