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SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS VOLUME XVII NO. 36 HEAVY INJURY TO BEACH AREAS OF DARE '■ * - MANY MILLION DOLLARS LOSS TO PROPERTY; MANY ROOTED FROM HOMES BY FLOODING Freak Winter Northeaster Brings Catastrophic Losses to Dozens of Businesses on Outer Banks; Hundreds of Cottages Damaged or Destroyed; Kitty Hawk Beach Property Suffers Heaviest; Transportation and Communication in Strick en Areas At Standstill. A vicious winter storm of hurricane proportions broke unexpectedly along the Outer Banks at approximately 11:30 Tuesday night, bringing havoc and extensive property dam age to the area. Striking with no warning, residents and visitors in low-lying areas were forced into long hours of inconvenience, while aid was being summoned to the rescue of those surrounded by ocean tides. The entire beach area north to JKitty Hawk was submerged in water varying from one to six feet in depth. Waves breaking on the beach have been reported in excess of 20 feet high. Damage estimates have ranged as high as 10 million dollars. Aerial observation on Thursday morning indicated ex tensive damage all along the coast, with heaviest proportion ate damage to the area of Kitty Hawk south of Southern Shores. Scores of cottages have been tossed around, splinter ed, washed to sea, and those Which presently appear un harmed, have likely been undermined and will require exten sive repair work. Those undamaged by wind, for the most part, suffer considerable water damage. Arch T. Greene, State Engineer for Civil Defense and David Spivey, State Civil Defense Director have been on the scene since Wednesday evening in an attempt to direct rescue operations. Spivey has re-1 fated that 25 National Guardsmen have been dispatched to the Nags Head area to restore order and 25 additional men sent to Point Har bor to aid in rescue work. Two ducks from Elizabeth City have been dispatched to supplement work by the Dare County Sheriff’s De partment and local civil defense agencies. Pishing piers all suffered; com plete loss of Jennette’s Pier at Nags Head and Nags Head Fish ing Pier. Seaport, Avalon and Kit ty Hawk piers crippled. Travel in the stricken areas is virtually impossible, as road wash outs and new “inlets” cut through some sections of beach prevent or dinary vehicles’ movement. Com munication lines are down —have been since early Wednesday—and the only contact with outer areas is via radio set-ups manned by civil defense and other aid organiza tions. ' Hundreds of residents were evacuated Wednesday and Thurs day by Coast Guard and Marine helicopters, and highway scrapers SHIPS SAID IN DISTRESS NEAR DARE CO. COAST Two ships have been reported to be in distress near the Carolina coast. On®, ‘The Jim,” is said to be broken in two 65 miles south east of Hatteras with 27 men aboard her stern who have chosen to ride out the rough seas there as long as power apd food holds out. - A. W. firinkwater, Commissioner of Wrecks, states that he has re ceived an unconfirmed report via radio that a ship has floundered off the coast at Kitty Hawk. No details are available. The Chinese merchantman Chun Lee, 150 miles east of Hampton Hoads has radioed that she is at the mercy of heavy seas with five crewmen aboard. The tug “Diana Moran* has. reported that the Chun Lee is not in immediate danger and efforts are being made to evacuate the ailing crewmen. '• NORFOLK FIRM GETS CONTRACT FOR MORE SEASHORE DUNE WORK Acting Superintendent Raymonjl K. Rundell has announced the award to Carpenter Construction Company, Inc., of a $100,970.00 contract for the construction of hy draulic fill at Ocracoke Island. The bid was the lowest of five bids re ceived. Mr. Rundell said this work is a continuation of the dune stabiliza tion program under way at the present time. The hydraulic fill will assist in stabilizing the area of beach at Styron’s Hill on Ocra coke. The contract represents part of the development being under taken by the National Park Serv ice MISSION 66 Program. ' ly Sound and placed in the area of Styron’s HUI. The contract is scheduled for completion in 120 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 in use by the N. C. Highway De partment Ephey Priest, a Roanoke Island resident, is reported to have rescued approximately twenty per ■sons from their water-engulfed homes Wednesday, using the high way scraper which he operates. Power lines are down all over the Nags Head and Kitty Hawk areas and radio communication between Manteo and points north was sporadic and often impossible. Jennette’s Pier at Nags Head was ’ almost completely as were approximately 10 other cot tages which were visible along the inaccessible shore. Seaport and Nags Head piers also -suffered heavily. Betty Smith’s cottage at Nags Head is one of the hundreds which were damaged and complete destruction was evident at scores of other cottage sites. The Sand Dollar, a prominent tourist facility owned by Mrs. Jewel Graves of Portsmouth, Va. was completely destroyed. The Seafare Restaurant, belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Hayman was reported to be under six feet of water. The Arlington Hotel had its entire dining area washed out to sea on Wednesday morning. High winds were reported over i the Alligator River on Wednesday morning when C. S. Huston, mail carrier from Washington to Man teo lost the entire cab of his truck and numerous bags of, majl wjiile, driving over the newly completed Lindsay Warren Bridge to East : Lake. . AU ferry service to Hatteras Is ! land has been discontinued. Water , in depths ranging from 2% inches i to 3% feet has been reported on the , strip of coastland between (Hatteras and Frisco and sand dunes have been flattened north of Buxton at .Phipps Clubhouse where ocean wa ter completely severed the island. Ten inches of water stopped move ment on the sandy streets at Ocra coke. Submerged vehicles near Nags Head were everywhere in evidence as Donnie Twyne, Nags Head Chief of Police, awoke to find the newly purchased town vehicle completely . innundated and swam to safety. The storm, which struck with lit tle warning, left hundreds stranded in their homes without power or outside communication. TTie U. S. Army Radar Detachment evacuated its station early Wednesday morn ing after the garage there col lapsed and water poured through the administrative building. Thirty cottages were reported washed away near Anderson’s grocery by Tom Morris, a Manteo car salesman who attempted to reach Manteo by automobile via Point Harbor on Wednesday morning. “One house washed by me as I was standing there,” Morris stated. Highway of ficials have reported that from one third to one half of the highway between Walebone and Jocky Ridge has been washed away. BiU Tolson, an 18 year old na ' tive of Nags Head stated that he awoke on Wednesday morning at about 3 pan. when he heard a hum ming noise from the tv. antenna at his beach home. “I looked out , side and found that the antenna • was bent double; I knew something . was doing then”, he stated. Rev. i.Frank Dinwiddle, a Baptist nnms -1 ter who is a cooperative weather • i GOVERNOR VIEWS DAMAGE MH GOVERNOR TERRY SANFORD arrived by plane at Manteo Air- • port shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Thursday and was met by Arch T.’ i Green, State Engineer for Civil Defense, David Spivey, State Civil Defense Director and Captain Sam Mitchell of the N. C. Highway Pa trol. A throng of newsmen and local officials heard the governor state that “The purpose of this visit is to see how we. can be of help and get help going in every direction that we can.” The governor is ex pected to return to Raleigh after a thorough personal investigation . of the area. 111 1 observer for the U. S. Weather - Bureau at Nags Head, has report -1 ed winds up to 76 mph. during the ' storm. Tolson was evacuated along with his father, Arnold Tolson, s Charles Midgett and Jimmy Austin i when E. B. Priest rescued them i from their home on Wednesday, i Priest is reported to have braved . strong winds throughout, the day i in an effort to bring beach residents i at Nags Head to safety with diesel ■ road scraper. > A Coast Guard helicopter arrived I at noon on Wednesday to aid in I rescue attempts, but was unable to ■ remove all residents on the beach, i Two amphibious “ducks” arrived i at Kitty Hawk late Wednesday i See LOSS, Page Seven I I 4 : TRANSPORTATION ARRIVES • > Six helicopters were dispatched ’ from Cherry Point Marine Base to ' assist with rescue operations in the i Dare area. The helicopters will be i gin operation at Ocracoke and Hat ’ teras. Four amphibious ducks patrolled r the beaches from Kitty Hawk south r to Whalebone in an attempt to res l cue shivering residents from their . coastal homes. Two arrived early t Thursday morning from New Bern > and are in operation at Nags Head. I On Wednesday afternoon two ducks t arrived at the Kitty Hawk area from E. City but were hampered in their recovery efforts by low ’ water and quicksand. ‘ ' '■■■' 1 ”■■■————— ■"» •• ’ SETTLING BACK TO REST AFTER VICIOUS RAMPAGE ;k, ;■ ■■ . ' ■ •■* '• IgjM ■»■.,w»-<r*y .. ■ ■ • ’SJS--V - - < lj> *“ , - .; '&• ’ ;' ■ ■•■ 'Wil—lljeMF JflMga ' bKsSL3,> “ ' ' t> <Tg&V-< , t , ' | . •«•»• -* - , ■■» , ’■ „ < w . . ■' --• ", ,•* - »*■”'■• 1 THE MIGHTY ATLANTIC OCEAN, accompanied by fierce winds this week wrought havoc to many places along the eastern seaboard, Dare County being a major target of the winter storm. High seas given ‘ force by northeasterly gales dumped water across the beach with no respect for property owners. Thurs day brought sunny skies, moderating seas, and the end of a nightmare, but beginning of a mammoth clean ; up and reconstruction job for many investors, to prepare once again for vacationers who come principally P because of the cool, refreshing, hillabying Atlantic. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 9,1962 MODERN COAST GUARD STATION NEARS COMPLETION AT HATTERAS ■■■ IfinH |HjS| aasi BS ■ - ■-.■ Jwl *■ ■ I THE LABYRINTH of steel girders and concrete blocks depicted above is the skeleton for the new Cosfct . Guard Station which is under construction at Cape Hatteras. The $300,006 project, under contract by Kel i logg-Cuthrell, Inc. of Manteo, will replace the present Hatteras Inlet Lifeboat Station at a point almost I directly across from the old station rite, one mile south of Hatteras village. The two-building adminis i tractive headquarters is expected to be completed by July 1 of this year. ’ NO CASUALTIES AT HATTERAS BUXTON. Deputy Sheriff Raymond Basnett reported from Buxton early Thursday morning that no casualties have been re- • ported from Hatteras Island. In ’ a radio message to the Dare ’ County Sheriff’s office Basnett 1 stated that roads are impassable 1 from Buxton north and from • Frisco south. Water there still 1 ranges in depth from one to four feet. Helicopter unit* from ’ Cherry Point Marine Base weri 1 expected to arrive there by 16 a.m. on Thursday. • ; / ' MRS. ETHEL PAYNE, FORMER WANCHESE RESIDENT DIES ! Mrs. Ethel Meekins Payne, 53, wife of Halford Colon Payne, died, in a Norfolk hospital Thursday at 9:35 a.m. Besides her husband, she is sur- I vived by a brother, Earl Meekins > of Norfolk; a niece, Mrs. Cherry i Davidson, and two nephews, Alvin ‘ Meekins and Pete Meekins all of ’ Norfolk. j Mrs. Payne, a native of Coling t ton, lived In the Norfolk area 20 . years, lately at 2019 Pasture Road, r Norfolk. Her parents were the late f Mr. and Mrs. Alphonso Meekins , of Colington. She was a member of Rente i costal Assembly of God, Wanchese, i A funeral service was conducted 1 in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home ; Saturday at 2 p.m. Burial was in Riverside Memorial Park. SUPERINTENDENT GIBBS WILL GO TO CAPE COD k i | r : ; ROBERT F. GIBBS, Superintend ent of Cape Hatteras National Saa riiore and Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, will become Super intendent of Cape Cod National Seashore, a new Park Service fa cility, Conrad Wirth, NPS Director, has announced, Gibbs will serve as the first superintendent Gibbs began his park career as a supervisory foreman at the be ginning of the Civilian Conserva tion program in Shenandoah Na tional Park; Virginia in August 1933. In 1938, he was appointed to the park ranger staff. World War II interrupted his career with the See GIBBS, Page Six "MISS DARE COUNTY" BEAUTY CONTEST IS SET FOR APP| L 6 John Wright, chairman of the “Miss Dare County” beauty con itest has announced that the selec tion of Dare County’s representa tive at the Southern Albemarle Associations beauty pageant will be chosen at the Manteo Elementary School auditorium at 8 .p.m. on April 6. Wright, a married man, who has i been chosen as contest chairman by I the Lions Club, local sponsors of the Dare contest, had a gleam in I his eye when he stated that in terested applicants could submit thejr applications, giving age, name and address, by writing him per sonally. Applications must be re ceived no later than March 30 in order to be considered for the event, Wright stated. Present plans call for a parade . of limbs and dresses, as a swim 1 suit and evening dress competition ■ has 'been scheduled. Three troph [ ies will be awarded during the . April event; two for runners-up , and one for the winner. Piano music k will be afforded by Dick Jordan, ifj present plans carry. I Judges have not yet been select . ed, but are expected to be a trio . selected from the Roanoke Island; . Nags Head, Kill Devil Hills and . Kitty Hawk, and Hatteras Island areas. Members of the contest commit , tee, which include Carlyle Davis, Arvin Midgett, W. B. Fearing, Jr, Jack Tillett and St. Clair Basnight, have indicated that accomodations for applicants from the Hatteras Island section will be provided, should these contestants wish to stay overnight. The group has announced that the age limit of 35 years has been lifted because of popular demand. Plans now call for the admission of any feminine candidate over 16 years of age who is in an un married state. 7’ The winner of the Dare County contest will represent the County on May 10 at the beauty contest to select a “Mias Southern Albe marle Bridge” which is being con ducted by the Southern Albemarle Association in connection with their celebration of the Lindsay Warren Bridge opening. Gov. Sanford and thousands of guests are expected to be in attendance during the bridge celebration. ■ ROY LINWOOD DAVIS, JR. PASSES AT AGE OF 43 Roy Linwood Davis, Jr., 43, died suddenly Wednesday morning, : March 7, at his home in Manfeo. Mr. Davis, son of the late Roy Lin wood Davis and the late Grace Bur rus Davis, was a native of Wan-’ chese, but had lived in Manteo , most of his life. He was employed , as a welder by the La Porte Dredg- ! ing Company. He served with the! U 2. Navy during World War II and had also served- in the Mer " I chant Marine. He is survived by two daughters, Grace Javan Davis and Jennie Lee Davis of Colerain; one brother, John Thomas Davis of Houston, Tlte body was* taken to Twiford Funeral Home in; Manteo, pending completion of fun-1 eral arrangements. MAIL SHOULu BE ADDRESSED TO. BOX 428 MANTEO, N. C. NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Single Copy 70 DARE STORM VICTIMS AIDED BY RED CROSS AT COUNTY SCHOOLS Many Evacuees Find Temporary Haven at Kitty Hawk and Manteo Facilities The Manteo and Kitty Hawk ele mentary schoolhouses have been converted into temporary homes and headquarters for the 300 evacuees which are being given aid there through the Red Cross. Vic tims of the worst storm in recent memory have been streaming in and out of the two schoolhouses all day in an attempt to secure shelter, reach their families, find food and learn of the condition of their pro perty. Bill Roden, Held representative for the Albemarle District for the American Red Cross has stated that all residents between Nags Head and Kitty Hawk were evac uated with Marine and Coast Guard helicopters by 11 a.m. this morn ing. Roden and six field workers with the Red Cross arrived Thurs day to lend their assistance in the disaster area. Ralph Davis, Chairman of the Dare County Red Cross, said that approximately 44 persons were pro vided with cots and mattresses at the Manteo Elementary School on Wednesday night and 80 other evacuees found refuge in homes at Manteo when local citizens opened their doors to disaster victims. Davis has stated that S6OO was spent by the Red Cross to obtain blankets and cots for victims from Nags Head which are stationed in Manteo. “We cannot adequately express our thanks to the wonderful spirit shown by local folks in do nating time, blankets and food for the sufferers,” he said. Gordon Kellogg, Disaster Chair man, Mrs. Beulah Gaylord and Mrs. Ralph Davis have been spearhead ing rescue efforts at the Manteo Elementary Schoolhouse where 150 persons were served lunch Thurs day. Relief to storm victims con tinues there on an around-the-clock basis. “We will remain here until we nre no longer needed,” Mrs. Gaylord stated. Refugees at the school center range in ages from one to eighty and may be seen walking the halls there in shock and disbelief. . ~ I Lewis Cayton, principal at Kitty Hawk Elementary School has been directing operations for victims at Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills and reports that 64 persons were ac commodated in the rooms there Wednesday night when cots were provided for the sleepy evacuees. Approximately 100 persons are be lieved to have been afforded shelter by their neighbors in that area. Two shipments of food from Elizabeth City were to arrive at Kitty Hawk Thursday afternoon to sustain the hungry victims of the storm. ' - No serious injuries have been at tributed to the storm, but Dr. W. W. Harvey, Jr. has treated several persons for exposure and back ailments at the Manteo Elementary School. Mrs. Kitty Jackson is re ported in satisfactory condition af ter having spent the night in water soaked bedclothes at her Nags Head home. Mrs. Margie Suthard, of Nags Head was rushed to Albe marle Hospital in Elizabeth* City See STORM, Page Six J MORE CANDIDATES RLE FOR DARE CO. OFFICES WITH ELECTIONS BOARD Jack Tillett, chairman of the Dare elections board has announc ed four new filings for Dare County officers this week, with two candidates for the Board of Commissioners, an education board aspirant and a notice by the incum bent sheriff that he intends to run again. Ivey P. Batten of Hatteras filed for counity comissioner and stated that his platform included a closer inspection of spending by county government. The Hatteras insur ance man will oppose George Ful ler, incumbent from Buxton. < Calvin E. Payne of Stumpy Point joined the throng of Dare resi dents seeking a position on the Dare County Board of Commission ers when he filed his fee early this .week with C. S. Meekins, Clerk of Court Payne will presumably op pose Horace B. Hooper, incumbent from Croatan Township, but Hooper has yet to file, Bill Dillon, a present member of
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