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VOLUME XXVII NO. 49
WATER SYSTEM
TOO COSTLY FOR
FEDERAL AGENCY
■>< Nags Head Meets Setback in
Application for $1,300,000
Loan
Plans for a municipal water
plant for Nags Head, predicated
on a loan of a million dollars
plus from the U. S. Community
Facilities Administration, have
hit a snag, it developed at the
monthly meeting of the Board
of Town Commissioners Monday.
> The commissioners were told
that their request for a loan of
$1,300,000 was too high, pro
perty values and other factors
considered. It would have to be
scaled down $160,000 to $200,000
to have a prospect of approval.
Mayor Julian Oneto told the
'board that he had failed to
make plane connections for a
conference with the Community
Facilities Administration in
Atlanta recently, but that C. C.
Tilleys of the engineering firm
of William Freeman, Inc., High
Point, representing Nags Head
and Kill Devil Hills, had present
ed the case for the beach water
system.
Tilley suggested that a new
. engineering plan, together with
eliminating the town hall and
fire department quarters includ
ed in the original loan request,
might scale the figure down to a
figure aeceptable to the Federal
agency.
Original plans called for 16-
inch mains with fire hydrants
every 600 feet, among other
items. These will be restudied,
and cost estimates on materials
have been submitted to two ma
terials supply houses in the
hope that they can be reduced.
Meanwhile, the water system
has advanced a little further
into future. The Town Com
jnissioners see a prospect that
they may build the town hall
and fire department headquar
ters, estimated at some $70,000,
as a separate project. They are
hopeful that they can get the
necessary loan on a five-year
basis and repay it by adding
< only five or six cents to the
tax rate.
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NEW CONTRACT
FOR TRASH AND
GARBAGE SIGNED
Dare Beaches Will Pay SI,BOO
Less in Year Beginning
July I
A new contract covering trash
, and garbage collections was
signed jointly Monday by the
Dare County Board of Com
missioners and the Nags Head
Town Board.
The new contract is more
> favorable than its predecessor.
The price is $9,000 as compared
with SIO,BOO for 1961-62 for the
Dare beaches area. For Roanoke
Island, the court is the same
as last year, $2,400. This covers
the island excluding Manteo,
which has its own collection sys:
tern.
The two boards met jointly
to consider sealed bids for the
work. Only one bidder was
• heard from, Leonard O. Midgett,
who has had the contract for the
year ending June 30.
Under the new contract, col
lections are to be made daily
except Sunday from July 1
, through September 15, then
twice weekly through May 31,
1963. During June of next year,
'collections presumably will be
daily.
Midgett informed the boards
that he was considering buying
a second truck to facilitate col
lections.
The board’s method of financ
ing the operation was changed
this year to a basis whereby
Nags Head and Kitty Hawk
will allocate nine cents each per
SIOO of the tax levy to it. Last
year, Nags Head paid $7,200 and
Kitty' Hawk $3,600. This year,
Midgett’s proposal was for Nags
' Head to pay $5,000 and Kitty
Hawk $4,000.
On that basis, busy statis
ticians figured that Nags Head
would pay an eight-cent rate
and Kitty Hawk a 14-cent levy
per SIOO tax valuation. David
Stick, chairman of the County
Commissioners and a resident of
the Kitty Hawk area, objected
strenuously to the differential,
contending that Nags Head’s
favorable rate was predicted on
Kitty Hawk’s signing the con
tract also.
Midgett explained that the
higher proportionate charge
against Kitty Hawk was due to
the greater distance to be cover
ed, with resulting higher gaso
line, maintenance and labor
costs.
The Nags Head board accept-
See GARBAGE, Page Four
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
HORACE A. DOUGH RECEIVES SERVICE AWARD
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HORACE A. DOUGH of Manteo (center) is shown with his wife
and Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent H. Reese
Smith during ceremonies on May 23, when Dough was awarded
the Commendable Service Award by the Park Service on the
occasion of his retirement, after more than 28 years of Federal
service.
The award was given to the Park Service employee for his
“many years of faithful and productive service” with the organi
zation. Mr. - Dough is a former superintendent of the Wright
Brothers National Memorial, who began his employment with the
Park Service in 1933 as an unskilled laborer.
TOLL CHARGE ENDS
FOR TELEPHONE TO
BEACH FROM CITY
Beginning on July 1, there
will be no toll charge for tele
phone service between Manteo
and the beach, from Nags Head
to Kitty Hawk. The announce
ment was made on Monday
evening by Lem Blades, Jr., ex
ecutive president of Norfolk
and Carolina Telephone & Tele ’
graph Co. who addressed nearly
150 persons as the Manteo Ro
tary Club observed “ladies
night” at the Dareolina Rest
aurant on Monday at 7 p.m.
Bladed was accompanied by
his son, Lem Blades 111, general
counsel for the independent
company, and Bill Meekins, area
supervisor for Norfolk and
Carolina Telephone & Tele
graph. The president noted
that elimination of toll charges
to the beach was but one of the
service improvements being
made as a result of the conver
sion to a dial system. “Outer
Bankers will now be able to dial
a call, station to station, over
long distance, without having to
contact the operator,” he said.
“We are making a one-qaurter
million dollar investment in our
new system on the Banks,” he
added.
The president explained tha‘t
Dare County will have 100 more
telephones than Hertford Coun
ty when the conversion to dial
takes place on July 1. Despite
the fact that there are a few
more phones in Dare, we do net
plan to charge more than our
Hertford rate, which is $.25 per (
month,” he said. “In other
words, if your phone bill is now
$4.75 per month, it would be
$5.00 after the conversion,” j
Blades said. He noted that no
increase will be added for per- (
sons using 10 or 4 party lines.
The president’s talk was (
followed by a film entitled “The j
Independent” which explained,
in detail, the advantages and re- ]
search neccessary for conversion ]
to a dial system. The film ex
plained that the Independent ,
Telephone Association pioneered ]
the dial system and* graphically
illustrated every facet of a dial ;
system’s operation.
Lem Blades 111, general coun
sel for the company, opened the |
program with an informative
discussion of Norfolk and Caro
lina Telephone and Telegraph
Co.’s operation in the state. He
noted that a microwave path
with five towers to Manteo
would be completed by July 1. .
“A microwave path to Norfolk
should be in existence 'here by
See PHONE, Page Four
INVITATIONS OUT FOR
GOLDEN WEDDING AFFAIR
Invitations have been issued i
to the Golden Wedding of Mr. :
and Mrs. Jarvis Midgett, which
will be held at their home in
Buxton on Tuesday, June 12. <
Celebrating their fiftieth wedd
ing anniversary, this popular
couple have expressed a wish
that all their friends and rela
tives visit them on this happy
occasion when they will hold
Open House.
THE COASTLAND TIMES
AIRMAN WARE BEING
SENT TO MISS. BASE
Wh -Ji
LACKLAND AFB, Tex.—
Airman Basic Russell L. Ware,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester H.
Ware of Frisco, is being reas
signed to the United States Air
Force technical training course
for radio and radar maintenance
specialists at Keesler AFB, Miss.
Airman Ware, who has com
pleted his basic military train
here, was selected for the ad
vanced course on the basis of his
interests and aptitudes.
The airman, whose wife is the
former Barbara Watkins of
Atanta, Ga., is a 1957 graduate
of Virginia High School in
Bristol. He attended Georgia
Institute of- Technology. His
wife presently resides at 670
Delmar Ave. SE, Atlanta.
TWO ESCAPE INJURY IN
MANTEO AUTO ACCIDENT
Two Manteo residents escap
ed without injury from an auto
collision at Broad and Church
Streets at 10 a.m. on Monday.
Mrs. Lucretia Etheridge, 74, has
been cited for failure to yield
the right of way. No evidence
of speeding was reported.
An investigation by the Dare
County Sheriff’s Department has
indicated that Mrs. Etheridge’s
Ford Falcon plowed into a 1962
Ford Galaxie operated by Mrs.
Ida Hoffler, after Mrs. Ethe
ridge had stopped at the inter
section while proceeding down
Broad Street.
Damage to the two vehicles
has been estimated at S7OO.
S4OO worth of damage is re
ported to have been sustained
by the Hoffler vehicle.
LIONS CLUB MEMBERS ARE
ASKING FOR A BRUSH-OFF
Ever want to give salesmen
the brush-off? Members of the
Manteo Lions Club will give the
local citizenry just such an op
portunity on Monday night be
tween the hours of six and nine.
“We’re just dying to be swept
off of everyone’s front porch ...
provided they buy a broom first,
of course,” says Woody Fearing,
chairman of the Lions Club’s
Brooms for the Blind Drive.
Meipbers of the local club
will be out in full force on Mon
day night to peddle whisk
brooms for $.75 and regulars for
$1.25. The. Lions plan to can
vass Roanoke Island and the
beaches in an effort to' raise
funds for the sightless. They’re
hoping for a booming broom
sale and need your support.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 8,1962
ZONING SYSTEM .
PUT IN EFFECT
FOR NAGS HEAD
Commissioners Take Steps To
Set Up New B-4
Classification
A zoning ordinance, effective
immediately, was adopted Mon
day by the Nags Head Board
of Town Commissioners.
Immediately thereafter, the
commissioners took the first
step to amend the new measure.
At the instance of Commissioner
W. Lionel Edwards, the board
approved the formation of a new
business district, denominated
B-4, which would require six
foot clearance on each side of
all business and residential
buildings erected in an area ex
tending from Danube Avenue
south to Lakeside Avenue on the
west side of U.S. 158 Business.
The proposed amendment must
go to the Nags Head Planning
Board for approval. If that is
forthcoming, a public hearing
on it will be held June 25.
Adoption of the zoning mea
sure was the highlight of a
busy day for the commissioners,
who met first in the Town Hall,
then recessed to meet with the
Dare County Board of Commis
sioners to consider garbage re
moval problems, then returned
to the Town Hall for a second
session that lasted until late in
the afternoon. Mayor Julian
Oneto presided.
The zoning ordinance sets up
two residential classifications,
and an industrial category. De
signed for possible future needs,
the industrial classification
would be exclusively for indus
trial uses with provisions for
customary secondary uses, but
no area was set aside for it.
The R-l residential district is
set up exclusively for single
family residences, with provis
ions for customary secondary
uses. It embraces the entire area
west of the U.S. 158 Bypass
and includes all of the Sound
Side or Old Nags Head area.
Also R-l embraces the area be
tween the two highways south
of the turn-off road to Manteo
(N.C. 64 and U.S. 264).
The R-2 residential area is set
up primarily for residential uses
with provisions for beach cot
tages and cottage courts. It is
the area on the east side of N.
C. Highway 1001 beginning
south of the Whalebone Motel
and running to the southerly
limits of the town.
The B-l business district is
primarily for the conduct of re
tail service type establishments.
It is the area lying on the west
side of U.S. 158 Business and
extending west to U.S. 158 By
pass, bounded on the north by
Lakeside avenue and on the
south by the turnoff road (64
and 264) to Manteo.
The B-2 business district is
basically for residential uses,
cottages, and convenience type
retail trade establishments. It
includes the area on the turn
off road to Manteo eftending
west to the town limits.
The B-3 category covers the
hotel and motel district. It is
primarily for hotels and motels,
with provisions for cottage
courts. It is the ocean front area
extending from the northern
town limits to Whalebone, and
lying east of U.S. 158 Business.
In their study of the zoning
problem, the board was assisted
by Durwood Curling of Kinston,
chief area planner with the Di
vision of Community Planning of
the North Carolina Department
of Conservation and Develop
ment. There was some question
as to the adequacy of the map
showing the various zones, and
Curling agreed to prepare a
more detailed map for the
town’s use.
Also in the zoning matter, the
board approved a contract with
the Department of Conservation
and Development under which it
will pay the department $930
as its share of the cost of
base maps, land use plans, a
population survey and an econo
mic study, together with other
services in community planning.
This project was approved by
the board October 23, 1961. A
first payment of $460 was
authorized, with the second pay
ment of $470 falling due July
1, 1963.
The town is paying a small
fraction of the cost of these
services, it was explained, since
$3,800 has been made available
for them from outside sources.
The board was careful to point
out that the new zoning ordi
nance does not affect existing
construction other than that
more than 60 per cent destroyed
by fire, storm or other agency.
Also, it was explained that it is
always possible to amend the
ordinance as future needs may
See ZONING, Page Four
PAUL GREEN ATTENDS
THEATER CONFERENCE
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PAUL GREEN, author of
“The Lost Colony” and other
plays, novels and stories, is in
Athens, Greece attending an' in
ernational conference dealing
with the theatre and the per
forming arts in the modern
world.
Leading theatre people from
all over the world are in Athens
for the two-week meet, includ
ing American playwright Ten
nessee Williams, Jerome Rob
bins, choreographer of “West
Side Story”, and others.
The conference is being held
by the Greek government which
will also play financial and so
cial host.
Playwrights, composers, direc
tors, choregraphers, stage de
signers and technicians and all
other people of the theatre world
will gather, including those
from Russia, Green, as the
father of outdoor symphonic
drama in this country, is rep
resenting what he likes to call
“the people’s theatre.”
His long-time powerful sym
phonic drama, “The Lost Col
ony”, will be presented for the
25th season opening July 1.
It was the success of “The
Lost Colony” which led to the
establishment of such outdoor
theaters, comprising a people’s
drama from Florida to’the Da
kotas.
Pulitzer prize winner Green
(for his 1927 Broadway play
“In Abraham’s Bosom”) will
join the faculty of the Radio,
Television and Motion Picture
department of the University
of North Carolina next fall as
graduate writing coach.
R. SOUND BRIDGE
TO BE NAMED FOR
WASHINGT'N BAUM
Commissioners Submit Name Os
Dare's Veteran Judge
To'Highway Dept.
The Roanoke Sound Bridge
will be officially designated as
the Washington Baum Bridge,
if efforts by the Dare County
Board of Commissioners are
successful. The Board unani
mously agreed Monday to ask
the State Highway Commission
to designate the concrete con
nection between Roanoke Island
and Nags Head in honor of the
84 year old Judge of Recorders
Court.
Lawrence Swain, Nags Head
Township Commissioner, wno
proposed the motion, mojed that
“the Highway Commission be
requested to honor our most
progressive citizen, who, in
effect initiated the construction
of the first bridge across Roan
oke Sound, leading to the con
struction of the Roanoke Sound
Bridge and the beach highway,
by naming the present Roanoke
Sound Bridge in his honor—The
Washington Baum Bridge.
Baum, was recently unsuc
cessful in a bid to retain the Re
corders Court Judgeship which
he had held for 30 years. The
ageing judge is a former chair
man of the Dare County Board
of Commissioners, who pioneer
ed a bridge over Roanoke Sound
despite outspoken opposition to
the bond issue which the project
necessitated. A former fisher
man and merchant, the judge
one time. County officials have
was also Mayor of Manteo at
indicated that the Highway De
partment will undoubtedly ap
prove the name. “Any cere
monies will have to wait unit!
the request is approved by the
Commission,” as pokes man said.
Planning boards, drainage
ditches and roads were the other
topics of primary concern at the
Monday meeting of the county
board. George A. Daniels re
ported to the commissioners that
$11,025 drainage projects for
mosquito control had been com
pleted. The drainage projects,
Which were undertaken at Skyco
See BRIDGE, Page Four
YORK HEARING
CONTINUED TO
OCTOBER TERM
Charge Against Kill Devil Hills
Man Increased to
Felony
Trial of Clarence Arnold
(Shug) York of Kill Devil Hills,
charged with feloniously shoot
ing Sam L. Liverman as the
aftermath of an argument over
“two loads of clay,” was con
tinued to the October term of
Dare County Superior Court by
Judge W. F. Baum in Recorder’s
Court Tuesday afternoon.
The continuance was granted
on request of defense attorney
J. Henry Leroy after the court
had inserted the word “felon
ious” in the warrant against
York at the request of the pros
ecuting attorney, Martin Kel
logg. Bond of SI,OOO was con
tinued.
The shooting took place May
18. Three bullets hit Liverman
in the legs. York is a member
of the Kill Devil Hills Board
of Commissioners, and the case
has attracted much interest in
the community.
Murphy Glenn Peterson, Ne
gro, was given a 30-day jail
term, suspended on payment of
a fine of $25 and costs, on a
reckless driving charge resulting
from an auto accident on the
highway near Manteo May 26,
in which his car overturned. He
blamed bright lights on two
approaching cars.
Charles Ray Sawyer, charged
with operating an auto trailer
See COURT, Page Four
BUILDING INSPECTOR
TO SERVE ALL DARE
COUNTY.CONSIDERED
The feasibility of having a
single building inspector for all
of Dare County, with a view to
uniformity of regulations and
enforcement, was discussed
IMonday by the Board of County
Commissioners and the Nags
'Head Town Board.
The boards named two mem
bers of a tentative four-man
committee, with the other two
to come from Manteo and Kill
Devil Hills if those communities
agree to go along with the pro
ject.
Named were Lawrence Swain,
for the county, and Lionel Ed
wards for Nags Head.
The committet would draw
up qualifications for a county
wide building inspector for con
sideration later by the four
governing boards concerned.
If the plan is adopted, the
Nags Head board estimated that
a tax levy of four cents per SIOO
valuation would be necessary to
meet the town’s share of the
cost.
ENGINEER DREDGE "HYDE"
TO CLEAR INLET CHANNELS
The hopper-dredge “Hyde,” an
ocean-going vessel of the U. S.
Corps of Engineers, is expected
to arrive on the Outer Banks on
Saturday at 6 a.m. to begin the
restoration or Oregon Inlet to
a channel depth of 14 depth of
14 feet.
Dr. W. W. Haivey, Jr., chair
man of the Daree Waterways
Improvement Committee stated
that he was given official notice
of the dredges expected arrival
by Cecil Henderson, a represen
tative from the District Enfi
neer’s Office, who met with
Hai vey on Thursday morning.
Harvey stated that work
would begin on Monday to clear
the channels across, the bar at
the inlet. “The channels have
suffered from serious shoaling
since the Ash Wednesday
Storm,” he said. “We hope that
the dredge will dig even deeper
than the minimum depth of 14
feet which is required,” he
added.
The Oregon Inlet dredging
project was made possible by
the Rivers and Harbors Act of
1950; it is a continuing function
undertaken by the U. S. Army
Corps of Engineers.
COASTLAND TIMES PHONE
AT BEACH OFFICE
The Beach Office of the
Coaatland Times, established
three weeks ago, now has a
telephone.
The number is 4791.
The office has been set up
to serve the Dare beaches..
It will handle news, advertis
ing, subscriptions and job
printing. Ralph Pool, veteran
' newspaper man, is in charge.
Don’t fail to call if the
Coastland Times can serve
you. x
Since the office is a one
, main affair at present, a call
► before 9 a.m. or after 5 p.m.
will be adviseable.
DARE LICKING PROBLEM
OF POLLUTED WATER BUT
MUCH STILL TO BE DONE
Cottagers Warned Not to Drink or Cook
With Untested Water Unless It Has Been
Boiled 10 Minutes; Health Department
Adds Three Aides to Speed Check-Ups
HEALTH GROUPS
HOLD SESSIONS
AT CAROLINIAN
Tri-State Medical Association
to Convene at Beach
Monday
Two health groups are holding
early June conventions at the
Carolinian Hotel, Nags Head.
The Eastern Affiliate of the
North Carolina Public Health
Association opened its annual
meeting Thursday with a busi
ness meeting, get-together and
dinner, and is continuing its
sessions through today, with
about 150 members attending.
It covers Eastern North Caro
lina.
The Tri-State Medical Associ
ation, covering North and South
Carolina and Virginia, will meet
next week from Monday to
Thursday, inclusive. An attend
ance of about 150 is expected
for it also.
The public health group will
hold a general session today
from 10 a.m. to noon. Sectional
meetings will-follow, from 2 to
4 p.m. A hospitality hour will
be given from 6 tb 7 p.m., and
a banquet from 7 to 9, with an
address by Dr. J. W. R. Nor
ton, State Health Director. En
tertainmeht and a dance will
follow.
In the general session today,
the North Carolina Merit Sys
tem will be discussed by Claude
E. Caldwell, supervisor of the
Merit System Council, Raleigh.
The local retirement system
will be discussed by Nathan H.
Yelton, executive secretary of
the N. C. Local Government
Employees Retirement System,
Raleigh. A general summary will
be given and discussion led by
Dr. Robert D. Higgins, director,
Local Health Division, State
See SESSIONS Page Four
COLORED PASTOR
STILL FIGHTING
FOR THE PULPIT
The case of Collins et al. vs
Simms, which has been kicked
back and forth between the Dare
Courts and the Supreme Court
of North Carolina is still as un
decided as ever. Last’ week,
Judge Henry L. Stevens, Jr.
ruled that a motion for a bill of
particulars be considered at the
next term of Superior Court,
after attornies for the defendant
were unable to make an appear
ance.
The controversial case arose
in 1959 when a Rev. J? C. Simms
of Haven Creek Baptist Church
in Manteo continued to attend
and preach at the church despite
his ouster at a regular business
meeting of the colored congrega
tion. A temporary restraining
order was placed upon the
Reverend in February of 1960,
prohibiting him from preaching
in the church; \md in May of
1960 Judge Hooks ordered Rev.
Simms not to trespass on the
church grounds.
On appeal, the North Carolina
Supreme Court ruled at the
Spring Term of 1962 that the
defendant is restrained unless he
can show that he was elected
pastor of the church subsequent
to 11 February 1960. The defend
ant, Simms, has made claims
that he was duly elected pastor
at a later date and requested
trial. The postponement for the
decision on a hill of particulars,
will delay trial unitl October.
Cases handled by the petit
jury at conclusion of the May
term of Superior court last week
were as follows:
Robert Earl Stewart; drunken
driving, not guilty.
William Jackson Midgett;
drunken driving, SIOO and costs.
Charlie Hand Ballance; drunk
en driving, SIOO and costs.
Thomas Ben Daniels; drunken
driving, no appearance and
capias issued.
William Wheeler Ballance;
reckless driving, $25 and costs.
Lasalle Midgett; reckless driv
ing, $25 and costs.
The cases of State vs. Willard
Arnett, Jr.; State vs. Dal Hay
wood Williams and State vs.
William Charles Shoemaker
have been continued until the
October Term.
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO, N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
Pages I through 6
By RALPH POOL
A water pollution problem on
the Dare beaches, unparalleled
in the history of the Altantic
Coast, is being brought under
control by the Dare County
Health Department with the act
ive aid of State health authori
ties.
A staggering amount of work
has been clone already, but much
still remains as a result of the
Ash Wednesday storm, which ,
flooded septic tanks throughout
the beach area and spread their
contaminated contents from
Southern Shores to Oregon Inlet,
and Hatteras.
Recent rains have helped the
situtation by leaching away
some bacterial infection from
the saturated area.
In correcting the situation,
health workers were faced with
the problem of checking an es
timated 3,000 places—hemes,
hotels, motels, restaurants, ser
vice stations and so on—from
the north end of the Dare beach
es to Ocracoke inlet. About 2,500
of these are north of Oregon
Inlet, according to Dr. W. W.
Johnston, Dare County Health
Director. These included 153
places serving the public.
The size of the problem was
emphasied Wednesday by W. C.
Lackey, regional supervisor for
the Sanitary Engineering Divi
sion, State Health Department,
who has been at work in the
area for many weeks.
Started From Scratch
“When the storm struck,” he
.said, “there was no sanitarian,
there were no records, there was
no system for coping with the
pollution problem. We had to
start from scratch.”
In the intervening months,
thousands of water samples
have been checked and warnings
issued whore necessary. Forty
to 50 chlorinators have been in
stall at food and lodgings es
tablishments on the beach, and
more are being installed daily,
at the expense of the establish
ments involved.
Cheek wells were drlled
throughtout the area, to various
depths, and checked daily for
evidences of salt or pollution.
As the situation began to clear
up, the checks were reduced to
once a week early in May. Also
these check points have been
reduced to 24.
Salinity poses no health pro
blem, and salty water may be
See WATER, Page Four
NO INVITATIONS
FOR BOMB RANGE
MIDGETT STATES
“If they are waiting for an in
vitation from Hyde County, they
can rest assured that it will not
come.” These were the words
used by State Senator P. D.
Midgett in referring to a charge
by Air Force officials, on Tues
day, that they had been unable
to present their case concerning
a practice bombing range to the
people of Hyde County.
The charge had been made by
Major Gen. J. H. Moore of Sey
mour Johnson Air Base in
Goldsboro at a press conference
i in Greenville On Tuesday. Mid
| gett denied on Wednesday that
the Air Force’s views had been
denied an airing in Hyde County,
i Midgett stated that a meeting
• was held with Air Force officials
I from Langley Air Base in Vir
i ginia at Engelhard last spring.
, At that time the Air Force not
only told their story, but also
displayed the equipment propos
■ ed for use on the bombing range,
; Midget? said.
Midgett stated that Air Force
i officials came to Engelhard as
guests of the Rotary Chib, “nnd
; the meeting set off a furor in
. Hyde County. They convinced no
• one that the range would not be
extremely detrimental to the
i country,” he said, “and the
1 vigorous opposition expressed by
the people of Hyde County at
; that time has neither diminished
. nor weakened.”
Told that the Seymour John
son officials would welcome an
i invitation to discuss the matter
- with the people of Hyde County, '
i. Midgett said “if they are wait
r ing for an invitation from Hyde
e County, they can rest assured
that it will not come. .
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