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VOLUME XXVII NO. 47
SUPERIOR COURT
OPENS MONDAY;
DOCKET HEAVY
Move to Transfer Moore Case
to Another County is
Expected
Attorneys representing Ed
win G. Moore 11, charged with
unlawful burning in connection
with a fire at Parkerson’s
Hotel, Nags Head, are expected
to ask Judge Henry L. Stevens,
presiding over a mixed term of
Dare County Superior Court
next week, to transfer the case
to another county, possibly
Pasquotank,
Just a few days ago, the
North Carolina Supreme Court
set a special term of Dare
County Superior Court for June
18 to try the Moore case, due to
the crowded docket awaiting the
May term of court, which will
open Monday. Also a special
venire of 60 prospective jurors
from Perquimans County was
ordered called for the case.
There are four charges against
Moore, involving buildings dam
aged in the fire.
Parkerson’s- Hotel was dam
aged by what was believed to
lhave been an incendiary fire
April 25, 1961. Moore had
bought the hotel from Mrs.
Elizabeth Q. Parkerson, and
had employed Mrs. Parkerson
to operate it for him. Difficult
ies had developed between the
two over the operation of the
hotel, and over payment for the
property, prior to the fire.
One homicide case is due to be
tried next week. Joseph Alfred
Daniels Jr., young Negro, is
accused in connection with an
accident on the Croatan Sound
Bridge last October 26 in which
two persons lost their lives. The
victims were George Boyd Lat
ham, salesman, of Washington,
N. C., and Will Midgett Jr.,
Negro youth.
According to evidence gather
ed at the time, , Daniels and
Midgett were racing t'heir cars
on the bridge. A collision oc
curred, in which Latham’s car
was strpck head-on.
Also before the court next
week is the case of William
Poole, Negro, charged with
maiming and disfiguring A
manda Lee Meekins, Negro,
with intent to go render- her im
potent.
Although next week’s term is
designated for both criminal and
civil cases, the large number of
criminal cases to be disposed of
renders it unlikely that the
civil docket will be reached,
court attaches said.
Cases awaiting trial include:
William Wheeler Ballance,
drunken driving.
Thomas Been Daniels, drunk
en driving.'
Dennis Alton Perry, drunken
driving.
Eugene Gallop, theft of motor
boat.
Chester Lupton Austin, dis
turbing the peace and reckless
driving.
Jack Reagle Buff, drunken
driving.
‘Jack Raybum Burrus, drunk
en driving.
Gaston Sherman Pinner,
drunken driving.
Carson Meekins, possession
of improperly culled oysters.
Charles Rollins Grandy,
Speeding.
Theo Defabio and Teddy De
fabio, trespass.
William Jackson Midgett,
drunken driving.
Bradford Earl Midgett, reck
less driving.
Lillion Miller, injure personal
property.
James Rollinson, Nancy Mid
gett, Junius Jennett, Junius
Jennett Jr., Leon Jennett, Dick
Lourie and George Basnett,
destroy fence and damage shrub
bery on the property of Bate
man P. Miller.
Eugene Willard Arnett Jr.,
drunken driving.
Dal Haywood • Williams,
drunken driving.
LaSalle None Midgett, drunk
en driving.
Albert Lee Toler, pass stopp
ed school bus.
Robert Earle Stewart, drunk
en driving.
Charlie Hand Ballance,
drunken driving.
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MASONS CONFER DEGREES
There will be a meeting of
the Masons on Monday,"May 28
at 8 p.m.'in the new Masonic
Hall. At that time, the third
degree will be conferred on can
didates by a degree team com
losed of past masters of the
[an too and Wanchese lodges.
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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
SPENCER SMITH RECEIVES GOD AND COUNTRY AWARD
THE REV. JOSEPH BURROUGHS of St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church in Richmond is shown congratulating Spencer Smith, son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Smith of Manteo, for his achievement in
obtaining one of scouting’s highest honors, the God and Country
Award. Rev. Burroughs, the former pastor of St. Andrews by the
Sea, delivered the sermon there last Sunday in which he empha
sized the significance of service to God’and country. Award cere
monies were conducted at the church, following the ceremony,
by Spencer’s Scoutmaster, Nevin Wescott. Altar flowers were do
nated by Spencer Smith in honor of the late John Earle, who
established scouting in Dare County. Mrs. Smith also received
a mother’s pin in recognition of Spencer’s achievement.
PISTOL SHOOTING
WOUNDS LIVERMAN
IN FRIDAY FRACAS
Kill Devil Contractor Said
Gunned By Commissioner
In Argument
Clarence Arnold (Shug) York,
formerly in the lottery empire of
the 1940 s of the late Francis
, Duval (George) Smith, and a
present member of the Kill Devil
Hills Board of Commissioners,
has been charged with assault
with a deadly weapon, causing
serious bodily injury.
The Kill Devil Hills Commis
sioner has been placed under
SI,OOO bond and will face trial
in Dare Co. Recorder’s Court on
June 5 for the shooting of Sam
uel Liverman, a contractor, who
received three bullet wounds in
his legs as the result of an ar
gument over “two loads of clay”
which occurred at Avalon Sup
ply Store last Friday afternoon.
Kill Devil Hills Chief of Police
Tom M. Dowdy has reported
that the investigation of the
shooting is still “incomplete.”
Liverman has been taken to
Albemarle Hospital where his
condition has been classified as
“satisfactory.”
Assistant Chief of Police, N.
A. Tillett, has stated that he
received a call at approximately
4:47 on Friday afternoon from
Mr. York. “York wanted to
speak to Dowdy,” Tillett said.
“When I told him that Dowdy
was on duty and not available,
he said that I had better get
over to his place as quick as I
could,” Tillett stated.
Tillett indicated that he ar
rived at the hardware store in
a matter of minutes to find York
and Liverman waiting for him.
See FRACAS, Page Five
PARK SERVICE SUPERINTENDENT AND WIFE PURCHASE RIHA MEMBERSHIPS
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MRS. MARGARET DAVIS,> (left) a beach representative of the Roanoke Island Historical So
ciety’s Membership Drive for 1962, is shown presenting Mr. and Mrs. H. Reese Smith with their
recently purchased subscriptions. Mr. Smith, Director of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Recreation Area, has shown the Park Service interest in the “Lost Colony” by announcing, this
week, that memberships in the Roanoke Isla'nd Historical Society will entitle card owners to .visit
the Rort Raleigh Historic Site without paying the customary admission charge.
TRIP ACROSS COUNTRY
FOR MR., MRS. DAVIS
Rev. M. J. Davis, pastor of
the Manteo Baptist Church, and
Mrs. Davis will leave on Sunday
afternoon, May 28, on a tour of
the southern part of the United
States and Mexico arriving in
San Francisco, California, on
June 4. There they will attend
the annual session of the South
ern Baptist Convention.
They plan to leave San Fran
cisco on June 8 for Seattle,
Washington, where they will at
tend the World’s Fair. They will
return home through the central
part of the United States visit
ing points of interest including
the Yellowstone National Park.
They plan to be back in Manteo
about June 23.
COASTLAND TIMES OPENS
DARE BEACHES BUREAU
In keeping with its policy of extending the best
possible service to its patrons, the Coastland Times
this week opened a bureau at Nags Head. It will be
known as the Dare Beaches Bureau.
The new bureau will serve as a center for the
gathering of news about the beaches and their visitors,
and for advertising and subscriptions. Its phone num
ber will be 4791.
In charge of the bureau is Ralph Pool, who for
more than 30 years was a member of the news staff of
the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot until his retirement last
year. He has been a frequent visitor to Manteo and the
Dare County beaches since early boyhood, and always
has had a warm regard for the county and its people.
If you, as a beach resident or summer vistor, hap
pen to know of something you think may be news
worthy, give the new ’ bureau a ring. If you wish to
receive the Coastland Times, either singly on in bulk, or
if you wish to insert an advertisement in the paper, the
bureau is there to serve you. Keep us in mind.
The bureau is next door to Frank’s Barbecue.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1962
ORBIT'S START
PICKED UP AT
OREGON INLET
Carpenter's Space Capsule
Quickly Roars Out of
Station's Range
The magic eye of the Radar
Tracking Station at Oregon In
let picked up the takeoff of
astronaut Malcolm Scott Car
penter at Cape Canaveral, Fla.,
Thursday morning, and follow
ed his course for six and one
half mintues.
It was Strictly a practice
exercise] for the Oregon Inlet
station, since its radar tracking
installation is not yet complete.
Aides at the station were much
pleased,at being able to pick up
the takeoff, since Canaveral is
about 1,000 miles from Oregon
Inlet.
As the great Atlas rocket
bearing the Aurora 7 capsule
containing Carpenter gained
distance, the signals gradually
faded out of range of Oregon
Inlet. There was no hope of
picking them up later, as Car
penter’s spiraling orbits took
him farther and farther away
to the south.
The Oregon Inlet station was
set up primarily to support the
NASA’S space research pro
gram based at Wallops Island,
Virginia. When completed, the
station will obtain position data
on research vehicle flights, and
will gather weather information
of value to the Wallops Island
program.
OVER I MILLION
FOR SBA LOANS
GIVEN TO DARE
A total of $1,382,000 has been
distributed on the Outer Banks
for loans through the Small
Business Administration, to aid
struggling business to regain
their footing after the March 7
storm.
Regional Director Clarence
Moore of Richmond announced
that a total of 101 loans were
approved in the Dare area at a
final meeting of the Outer Banks
Disaster Advisory Committee,
which was held in the Bank of
Manteo on Friday, May 18.
Moore was generous in his
praise of the fine support given
■his bureau by the committee,
which is composed of represent-
See SBA, Page Five
PRINCIPALS AT GRADUATION EXERCISES
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GRADUATION EXERCISES at Manteo High Schoo' will begin
next week *for the Senior Class of 1962. Four of the principals
for the observance are depicted above. Tse baccalaureate sermon
will be delivered on Sunday, May 27 by the Rev. Harold Leather
man of Mt. Olivet Methodist Church. Graduation night has been
scheduled for’Wednesday, May 30, where seniors will be ad
dressed by Dr. Raymond A. Stone, Executive pirector of the
N. C. Citizens Committee for Better Schools, who will share the
spotlight with Nancy Coles Basnight, class valedictorian and
Nancy Lynn Midgett, salutatorian, before diplomas are awarded.
MANTEO SENIORS,
44 STRONG, WILL
GRADUATE MAY 30
Dr. Raymond Slone, Better
Schools Committee Secretary,
Is Speaker
The graduation invitations
have all been sent, only two
school days are left, and with a
little bit of luck and quite a few
lumps in their throats, the 44
members of the* Class of 1962
will graduate on Wednesday
night at Manteo High School.
Principal Clarence Butler an
nonuced this week that Ray
mond A. Stowe Executive Sec
retary of the N. C. Citizens
Committee for Better Schools,
Inc. will be the commencement
speaker on Wednesday, May 39
at 8 p.m. when diplomas are
awarded. Mr. Stowe is a former
Director of Instruction at Wil
son City Schools and is current
ly employed as a Teaching Fel
low in the School of Education
at the University of N. C. The
distinguished speaker received
his doctorate from the univer
sity in 1962 and has served as
Assistant Director of Curricu
lum Study for the N. C. State
Board of Education.
Mr. Butler has stated that
“we are particularly fortunate
to have such a qualified person
as Mr. Stowe to address our
seniors and I hope that all
friends of the class will join us
on Wednesday in taking advan
tage of his remarks.”
See SENIORS, Page Five
UNUSUAL RECOGNITION
FOR POSTOFFICE
Service “beyond the call of
duty” after the Ash Wednesday
storm that ravaged the Outer
Banks has brought a special
award to Victor Meekins, act
ing postmaster at Manteo.
The Post Office Department
this month presented a Super
ior Accomplishment Certificate
and a special gold lapel em
blem to Meekins for his action
in chartering a pane to move
mail into and out of the strick
en area after the storm had
disrupted highway communica
tions.
Meekins also was commended
for “obtaining sevice units in
the area which subsequently
handled mail to offices on the
Outer Banks.”
The citation was signed by
Postmaster General Edward
Day and the Acting Regional
Director in Atlanta. It is the
first instance of the kind at the
Manteo postoffice.
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NANCY LYNN MIDGETT
HIGH GRADES ELECT
TWO MANTEO SENIORS
TO COVETED OFFICES
Nancy Coles Basnight and
Nancy Lynn Midgett, two sen
iors at Manteo High School were
honored this week with the an
nouncement that they had been
selected as valedictorian and
salutatorian of their class.
Principal Clarence Butler,
who announced their selection,
stated that “we are extremely
proud of the fact that the out
standing scholars for the class
of 1962 are also active in the
extra-curricular activities of the
school.”
Miss Basnight, whose super
ior grades have entitled her to
deliver the valedictory address
during commencement exercises
for her class, has entered into
every facet of school life. She
was a star quard on the girl’s
basketball team and was select
ed as editor of the school annu
al. Nancy also participated in
the glee club, monogram club
and math club during her four
years at Manteo High. She
served as Chief Marshall during
her Junior year, was sports ed
itor for her school paper, and
piulled a two year hitch-on the
library staff.
Her awards have been numer
ous. They include: Best Sport—
-1960; Best-All-Round—l96l;
Algebra II Award; All-Con
ference and her recent selection
as class valedictorian.
Nancy Lynn Midgett, the new
salutatorian was Beta Club
treasurer for 2 years; is a mem
ber of the Monogram Club; ser
ved as business manager for
her school annual, and has been
a member of the Science and
Math Clubs at Manteo High.
MERRILL EVANS RECEIVES
PETITIONS FROM BANKERS
Chairman Merrill Evans of
the State Highway Commis
sion announced this week that
he has received the petitions,
dated April 25, 1962 which
were signed by the citizens
of Rodanthe, Avon, Frisco and
Ocracoke, in which the citizens
urgently requested the closure
of the new inlet at Buxton.
Evans stated that acknowl
edgement of the receipt of the
petitions to each petitioner
would be impossible. He has
asked “The Coastland Times”
to notify each of its readers
that he his received the pe- '
titions and is keeping them in
the commission’s files for
careful study.
DARE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
CONDUCTED THIS SATURDAY
RECORD TURNOUT EXPECTED
Three Democratic Races Predicted As Toss-
Ups; Increased Registration Figures Prom
ise Heavy Vote by Dare Citizens, As Poli
ticians Declare Threats and Promises In
Last Minute Campaigning
PHOSPHATE FIRM
WANTS INDUSTRY
IN BEAUFORT CO.
Beaufort Residents Protest
Spoliation of Rivers
By Outsiders
The discovery of a phosphate
bed in Beaufort County, which
is larger than any other known
deposit in the Eastern United
States, has touched off a con
troversial explosion of dissent in
Washington, N. C., after Texas
Gulf Sulpher Co. announced re
cently that it is contemplating
a phosphate mining and pro
cessing development in the area.
Spokesmen for the Sulphur
Co. have indicated that location
in the Beaufort area would re
sult in the expenditure of $25
million for a phosphate plate
alone. The company plans to
compete with the Florida Phos
phate Market which is a S9O
million dollar a year industry.
The dissention has come from
county residents who are reluc
that to surrender access to the
See PHOSPHATE, Page Five
BLUE MARLIN SNARED
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JOHN L. WOOD of Princess
Anne, Va. is shown with the
315 lb. blue marlin which he
hooked off Hatteras on Sunday,
May 20. The billfish was snared
while cruising on board the “01-
ive-E.” The catch is the largest
marlin to be taken from Hatter
as waters this season, and is
one of 13 such fish to be taken
from Dare waters in May.
SHADES OF “MOBY DICK”
By LAWRENCE MADDRY
It was a good week for
whales. “Moby Dick” had a re
run on a Norfolk television sta
tion last Sunday and on Tues
day reports filtered in from Ro
danthe that W. O. Baum of
Great Bridge, Va. had hooked a
whale with his rod and reel
while fishing off Hatteras Is
land.
Mac Henderson, who relayed
the story, says that Baum was
fishing near Rodanthe when he
saw a 20-foot whale surface and
spout within casting range. He
cast over the whale, snagged it
with his hook, but, as Mac puts
it, “could not slow the whale
down.” Mac says that Baum al
so lost his tackle in the process.
The story is reminiscent of an
authentic whale catch with a
hand line which was performed
at Oregon Inlet no less than 22
years ago by Dr. Cecil K. Drink
er, a sport fisherman aboard
Capt. Lee, Dough’s “Libby D.”
The Boston physician was try
ing to harpoon porpoise when
his lance bit into the flesh of a
2,200-pound pygmy sperm-whale.
Capt. Dough says that it took
approximately two hours of
back-breaking struggle to bring
the monster in. The denizen was
shipped to Boston Marine Mu
seum where it is now on display
as the first whale ever caught
by a sport fisherman on the
Atlantic Seaboard. Capt. Dough
has a picture of the whale which
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO, N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
Pages I through 8
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A sizeable portion of the esti
mated 4,200 voters in Dare
County will march to the polls
on Saturday to cast their ballots
in the Democratic Primary.'Jack
Tillett, Dare election board
chairman, has predicted a
“record turnout” for the sunrise
to sunset voting.
Three races promise to offer
suspense and a close margin of
victory for the stout hearted
electorate, maintaining a mid
night vigil with coffee and sand
wiches while awaiting the final
returns from the precincts. The
hottest contest is in the race
for the State Legislature where
Keith Fearing, the incumbent is
expected to meet formidable op
position from Moncie Daniels,
Jr., Manteo oil distributor and
Attorney Wallace Gray, the
race’s dark horse who has ini
tiated a last minute drive for
votes.
The Daniels-Tillett race also
shows promise of developing in
to a down-to-the-wire decision.
Melvin Daniels, the present Reg
ister of Deeds, is fighting for
his political life after 30 years
service in the position. He is op
posed by a popular young school
mechanic, Willett Tillett, who
has waged one of the most vig
orous campaigns. Political ob
servers have tagged the contest
with 50-50 odds. The race is ex
pected to split the Wanchese
vote down the middle, as both
candidates have waged strong
campaigns in their home com
munity.
Another toss-up is featured in
the heated contest for Judge of
Recorders Court where ageing
Judge W. F. Baum, the 84 year
old incumbent who has been on
the bench for more than 30
years, is opposed by three aspir
ing candidates. Dan L. Cannady,
a former Dare Deputy Sheriff,
and James M. Vannote, Dare
County Coroner, are expected to
summon most of Baum’s primary
opposition. John Lawrence, a
newcomer to the political scene
in the county, is seeking his
first elective office in an at
tempt to unseat Judge Baum.
Many cigars, suckers and other
favors were distributed this
week by candidates in a last
minute bid for voters. Fights
and rumors of fisticuffs were
reported in every precinct as
tempers reached fever pitch dur
ing the last week of campaign
ing. Deals and rumors of vote
buying were evidenced in many
of the smoke-filled rooms over
Dare, and almost every candi
date found time to drop by the
courthouse “to see how things
were getting on.”
Political observers point to in
creased registration in the coun-
See PRIMARY, Page Five
he produces for skeptics.
Both stories have been con
firmed by Arvin Midgett, a re
cently appointed member of
Whale Observers International.
Midgett was honored recently at
a banquet held by the organiza
tion and cited as an “idle wan
derer without purpose and di
rection and therefore entitled to
all fights and privileges of the
Society.” The whale observer ia
now serving a summer hitch
with the Naval Reserve and
has reported several whales
“and other diverse objects”
while cruising the Atlantic.
Midgett’s confirmation of the
Rodanthe incident has been sup
ported by Henry Cheevers the
Manteo mystic, who several
weeks ago reported an encounter
with a bull frog which he said
was walking upright and in pos
session of teeth over three inch
ees long.
Cheevers related at a press
conference this week that he has
personally witnessed at least a
dozen such whale snares in the
past 25 years. “The things. I
have witnessed is some kind of
revelation,” Cheevers stated.
The colored yard-boy, who re
sides in the Bumside section of
Manteo, stated that his most
unusual observation occurred in
July of 1933 when he witnessed
12 porpoise doing the Charleston
within the shadows of Cape Hat
teras Lighthouse.