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Dairid Stick Kill Devil Hills, K. C* 8-21-6S SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS Fourteen Pages in Two Sections THE COASTLAND TIMES WITH WHICH IS COMBINED THE PILOT AND HERALD OF BELHAYEN AND SWAN QUARTER PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA VOLUME XXVIII — NO. 5 FBI TAKES HAND IN CASE JOURNEY TO HATTERAS ENDS IN JAIL FOR MISSOURI COUPLE MANTEO. N. C.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 3. 1962 GUESTS EAT "HIGH ON THE HOG" AT DRINKWATER'S 87TH BIRTHDAY MAIL SHOULU BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO. N. C. NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Pages I through Single Copy 7^ HEARING TODAY MAY DETERMINE FATE OF INLET A trek across half the country in an allegedly stolon car that began in Joplin, Mo., some six weeks ago ended disastrously Tuesday for Stanley Virgle Keed, 29, and Donna Mae Port er, 36, both of Joplin. The two were picked up at the north end of the Oregon Inlet \ferry after Hatteras merchants , had complained to Deputy Sher iff Raymond Basnett that checks given them for about $700 worth of fishing equipment had proven worthless. ^ Tiny Girl in Car In the car with them was Cincy, supposedly the Porter woman’s daughter. She is about two years old. She was placed in the care of the Dare County Welfare Department. The couple arrived on the Hatteras Banks about six weeks ago. The woman found a job at Scotty Gibson’s restaurant. The man apparently took life easy. When Deputy Basnett learn ed that they were on their way . north, he alerted The Dare County Sheriff’s Office in Man- teo, and Deputy Sheriff George Frank intercepted them at the inlet. They were placed tem porarily in the Manteo jail, teo jail. To Elizabeth City On suspicion that their car had been stolen. Dare authorit ies notifiecl the FBI in Norfolk Agents quickly on the scene preferred a charge of interstate transportation of a stolen car, and the two wore hustled over to Eliz.abeth City for Federal pro ceedings again.st them. Their bond was fixed at $5,000 pend ing a hearing there. ’ The FBI agents said Reed deserted from the Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune in 1958. The fishing equipment allegedly bought with worthless checks was obtained from the Willie Newsome place at Hatteras and at the Frisco Fishing Pier. . Highway Patrolman D. S. Skiles assisted in the intercep tion of the couple at the inlet. IVlien picked up, the arresting officers quoted Reed as saying OCRACOKE MAN TAKES OWN LIFE ON WEDNESDAY he was on a “business ti ip” to Norfolk. They said the substan tial collection of fishing equip ment was in the car. The two were hold for trans fer to a Raleigh prison after a hearing before Commissioner Lloyd Sawyer in Elizabeth City Tuesday night. Unable to give $5,000 bond each, they were plac ed in Pasquotank County jail. Sawyer .said both told him they were married to other per sons. Reeil’s homo was given as Brush, Colo., and the woman’s as Lewistown, .Montana. Since the next term of Feder al Court in Elizabeth City is not scheduled until Oct. 27, Sawyer -said they likely will be tried elsewhere so as to dispose of the case. SLAPPING CASE BREAKS COURSE OF TRUE LOVE In I: J Jesse Garrish, about 49, Ocra- coke businessman, shot and kill ed himself on Wednesday morn ing while his motheer’s funeral was in progress. Members of the family return ed home from the funeral of Mrs. Bello Garrish to find bed ridden Garrish dead from a pis tol wound in the temple. Sheriff C. J. Gaboon of Hyde County notified Comor Pratt Williamson of the shooting. Wil liamson said he expected to re ceive a full report of the death on Thursday. He described the shooting as a “clear case of sui cide." Garrish, who operated the .Community Store and gasoline business at Ocracoke for a num ber of years, suffered a neiwous breakdown some four years ago and had been confined to his home much of the time. His son, Danny Garrish, had been oper ating the businesses. Surviving in addition to his son are his wife, Mrs. Lucille Garrish; a brother, Wil'iam Gar- ri.sh, and one grandchild, all of Ocracoke. Jesse Garrish was a member of the Ocracoke Civic Club and the Methodist Church. I uneral services will be !onducted Fri day at Ocracoke Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Community Cemeteiy at Ocra- coke. MRS. ISABELLA GARRISH. 84, OF OCRACOKE, DIES OCRACOKE. — Mrs. Isabella Garrish, age 84, died July 31st at the home of her daughter- in-law, Mrs. Ruby Garrish. She had been in failing health for a number of years. Mrs. Garrish s husband, Capt, James Henry Garrish, died in 1947; he was at one time officer in charge of the local Lifeboat Station. Mrs. Garrish for the past three years had been living with her sons, Mr. and Mrs. William Garrish and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Garrish and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ruby Garrish, all of Ocracoke. She had six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Funer al services were held Wednes day at 10 a.m. at the United Methodist Church, with Rev. R. D. Shinkle officiating. Burial was ife the Garrish family grave yard.' Defendant Fined After Stopping to Retrieve Money for Ring She said he slapped her. He said she .slapped him, and if he hit her, it was accidental. Judge W. F. Baum said tho course of true love never lojiis smooth. These were highlights of a ca.se in Dare County Recorder’s Court Tuesday in which Mary E. Parker of Waiicliese was the complainant and Philip Cabin Sawyer the defendant. According to testimony, a coolness had developed between the couple in recent weeks, after they had gone together for five years. Philip stopped at her home Sunday, he said, to re- qust some “property” that be longed to him, and the slapping incident followed. Money for Ring The “property,” it developed, consisted of an undi.sclo.scd num ber of silver dollars that had been amassed for the purchase of an engagement ring. Philip wanted the dollars back. Judge Baum fined Philip $10 and costs. The final event in the court drama was a warning by Jlarj’s father, Marvin Parker, to Philip to stay away from the Parker premises henceforth. Other cases tried in Tues day’s court inluded two offenses of disturbing the po.ace. John Thomas Mullinix and Roger L. Barneycastle, both of Elizabeth See COURT, Page Two Mr: ROANOKE ISLAND’S MOST LAVISH PARTY of the season xvas thrown last Sunday when more than 250 persons attended A. W. Drinkwater’s 87th birthday party. Jlr. Drinkwater, the relayer of the fir.st message announcing the initial Wright powered flight of 1903, holds the dislinettion of being the oldest active correspondent for the As.sociatcd Press. He is shown above at "The Folly,” ju.st prior to jabbing a roast pig at a luau for his guests. A few of thee participants who joined in the fun are (left to right): Mrs. Wilton Joililf of Jlanteo, Mrs. Eloisc Bennett of Wil- liamston, Drinkwater, Mrs. John Booth of Norfolk and Mrs. Dorothy Drinkwater Cox of Slantc-o. TOP" DRINKWATER CELEBRATES 8 7TH WITH GAL ON LAP BEACH THEFTS CONFESSED BY HICKORY YOUTH THOUSANDS SEE WRIGHT SHRINE, SPACE CAPSULE Second Project Mercury Model Expected Within Two Weeks The Wright Memorial, where aviation was bom, is attracting more than 2,000 visitors daily as the summer advances, with S:it- urday and Sunday figures averaging 2,700. An added attraction in recent weeks has been a model of the Mercury space capsule, dis played under auspices of the Na tional Aeronautics and Space Administration. This model, being shown over the United States, resumed its earthbouiul travels Friday; but a simil.ar model is expected at the Wright Museum, adjacent to the monu ment, in about two weeks. From All States In the course of a summer month, the memorial has visi tors from all the slates and from many foreign land.s, according to Jerry Cahoon, Park Ranger Historian on duty there. An especially large number come from Ohio, home state of Or ville and Wilbur Wright, he said. The monument grounds and museum are open the year round from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The monument itself has been closed for about a year and a half as a safety measure be cause of its high and narrow steps, Cahoon said, reminding that the view from the top of Kill Devil Hill, where it stands, is exceptionally fine. From Cana^ and England Last Thursday was a typical week day at the museum, from tlie standpoint of visitors. A look at the register disclosel that the day’s “crop” came from Ontario and Vancouver, Canada, Essex and Plymouth, England, and from tlie follow ing states: Virginia, Pennsylvania, Con- See CAPSULE, Page Two More Than 250 Altend Party for Wright Wire Sender At "The Folly" Alpheus W. (Pop) Drinkwater, the man wlio relayed nows of the 1903 first Wright flight, sent out another mesisage last week inviting his friends from the county, state and nation to gath er on Sunday evening for a barnstoiTning 87th year birthday party. The luau party was, like all other parties the Drinkwater family undertakes, a crashing success. More than 260 friends were on hand la.^t Sunday to join in the fun, which reached an apex at 6 p.m. when Sandy Wade, a curvaceous tanned bru nette, in a bikini b:itliing suit, hopped into Pop’s lap and bussed him a happy birthday. “It did,” Pop say.'J, “just about make my day.” While Drinkwater squirmed and blushed beneath the charms of his bathing beauty, the well- fed gue.sts were led in a singing tribute to the Roanoke Islander wlio has become an institution in his lifetime. Mrs. Harry Thomas and George Vassur spearheaded the ballad, sung to the tune of “Oh Suznnnnh,' which drifted through the Folly awn as follows: “There lives a man in County Dare on Carolina’s shore They have called him Alph Drinkwater for some eighty years or more. Wherever he may travel or wherever he may roam He loves the island Roanoke, the place he calls his home.’’ "Our Drinkwater, so young and debonair Wherever you find the girls and wine Drinkwater will be there.” There was no receiving line, as is the custom at Drinkwater parties, where arrivers are sim ply told to “have a good time.” The 87-year old real estate and See “DRINK," Page Si* Thomas Rus.sell Johnson, 17, of Box 107, Hickory, Va., was hold for the fall term of Dare County Superior Court Tuesday after pleading guilty to two theft charges involving offenses at Nags Head. His bond was fixed at a total of $1,500. At a hearing before Judge W. F. Baum in Recorder’s Court, no testimony was olfercd other than a statement from prosecuting attorney as to the value of the items stolen. The youth pleaded guilty immediate ly upon arraignment. Johnson was picked up Friday morning by Nags Head Police Chief Donnie Twync after two vacationers reported the theft of a woman’s purse containing $757 in currency, $7.2t) in change, a $150 woman’s wn.t watch and a $40 men’s wrist watcli. Purse Vanishes Tlie victims, Mr. and Mr.s. Robert D. Gniham of Latrobe, Pa , reiiorted the theft occurreil Wednesday while they were bathing in the ocean near the See THEFTS, Page Two DANCER IS INJURED DURING PERFORMANCE OF THE LOST COLONY Walter Strowd, who portrays the Indian “Uppowoc” in The Lost Colony, received two brok en bones in his left foot while dancing during the first scene, at a performance of the drama on Tuesday night. His understudy, Ed Asbell of Newport News, is performing in the “Uppowoc" role during Strowd’s absence. Strowd, a resident of Fred- ricksburg, Virginia, was treat ed by Dr. W. W. Harvey, Jr. immediately after the injury. The dancer was taken to Nor folk after temporary treatment where his leg was placed in a cast. Strowd is currently serving his fourth season as choreoigra- plier for the Paul Green play, and his fifth season as the In (Han dancer. HIT AND RUN DRIVER KILLS R. E. PATRICK East Lake Man Struck By Car Near His Home On Saturday Night Robert Edward Patrick, 38, of Ea.st Lake, was found dead on U S. 64, near his home on Sat urday night, the apparent victim of a hit and run collision. Patrick's body was discovered at approximately 10:40 p.m. on Saturday approximately one' tenth of a mile east of East Lake Post Office and approxi mately one-half mile from his home. The Dare County Sheriff’s Db' partnient has announced that an auto traveling west on U. S. 64 apparently ran over the victim’s cliest and neck. Patrick is be lieved to have been struck at 10:10 p.m., after returning from tlie home of Mrs. Rena Ambrose of E:ist Lake. Patrick, an employe of Mc Lean Contracting Co., was re ported to have been drinking heavily on the afternoon and evening just prior to his death. No skid marks or broken glass were found at the scene of the collision. The Dare County Sher iff’s Department and the State Bureau of Investigation are both seeking the unknown driver of the unidentified vehicle which struck tlie East Lake man. Sheriff Frank Cahoon, the in vestigating officer, stated that he received a phone call at 11:10 p.m. on Saturday from William- ston indicating that a man’s body was lying on tlie highway near the East Lake Post Office. Cahoon says that an examina tion was conducted when he ar rived on the scene, revealing that Patrick died approximately two hours earlier. The victim’s upper chest was crushed; his Sec PATRICK, Page Two Judge Larkins Grants Tempo rary Injunction Against Closing A hearing to determine the fate of Buxton Inlet will be held today (Friday) at the Carolinian Hotel, Nags Head. It will open at 9 a. m., and will be held in the hotel’s Cypress Room. The date wa.s set Saturday, when Federal Judge John D. Larkins Jr. granted a temporary injunction sought by a group of north Hatteras B.mks residents who claim that their lives and projierty would be endagered by the closing of the inlet, which was opened by the March 7 storm. Judge Larkins held in abey ance motions to intciwcne in the case, made by the State High way Commission and by a group of Hatteras residents who want the inlet closed. Barred from Signing The temporary injunction bar.s Col. J. S. Grygiel, Aj-my District Engineer, from letting a con tract to close the inlet. Low bid der on the work was the Atkin son Dredging Co. of Norfolk at $190,000. Judge Larkins set the plain tiffs’ bond at $1,000. Saturday’s hearing had been continued from the day before to permit Colonel Grygiel, defendant in the action, to be heard. ITie Colonel testified that steps to close the inlet before he as.sunied his duties as dis trict engineer June 18. Ho said he had never been to Hatteras or Avon, and had no first hand knowledge of the matters in volved in the suit. Given No Choice Colonel Grygiel conceded that he would have signed the dredg- ^ See INLET, Page Two BONNER WILL FIGHT MOVE TO PUT BOMB TEST RANGE IN LAKE PHELPS DISTRICT Washington, N. C. Man's Rental Option Seen As First Step in Air Force Move to Take Over Large Tract Between Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds; Congressman Stands Firm Aga inst Threat to Five Counties A LIBRARY FAN GIVES 5 GRAND ENSURING LAND Generous Unknown Donor Makes Heavy Contribution To Library Building Fund A gift of $5,000 from an an onymous donor has been receiv ed by Mrs. Jean Ward, Dare librarian, who says that the money was given last week end to the Library Building Fund by a p('rson wlio prefers not to reveal his identity. JIi-s. Ward ha.s stated that the money will be used to pur chase a lot for the anticipated new library building, which must be rai.sed through contiibu- tions from Dare citizens. The building fund now has $2,426, the amount raised for the purchase of a lot during tlie past year, which can be applied towards the construction of a new library building. The new building is expected to cost be tween $36,000 and $40,000, ac cording to the librarian. The $6,000 donation came as a complete surprise to the Friends of the Library, the fund raising group for the Dare Li brary. Mrs. Ward stated that the donation “has been an im- See LIBRARY, Page Two NEW MASONIC HALL NEARING COMPLETION WOMAN INJURED IN AUTO CRASH AT NAGS HEAD NEW CURRITUCK BANK HOLDING OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT THIS NEW BUILDING for the Bank of Currituck, recently constructed at a cost of $100,000, provides drive-in window, safe deposit boxes and a night depository for its customers as well as air conditioning, piped music and mahogany paneling for its employees. The structure replaces a much smaller building which had been in use by the bank since 1920. Open house will be observed tonight from 6 until 8 p.m. and residents of the coast- land are invited to attend. Mrs. Edgar H. Britt of Roch ester, N. Y. suffered neck in juries Wedne.sday about 2:45 p. m. when the car in which she was riding with her husband was struck in the rear by an other car at Dykstra’s Es.so Sta tion near the south end of Nags Head. The Britts were going south on the Hatteras Beach Road and had slowed to turn into the service station when their car was struck by one driven by Norman E. Davis of Hopewell, Va., according to Highway Pa trolman Martin King, who in vestigated. Neither driver was injured. A telephone call to Twiford’s Fu neral Home in Manteo brought nn ambulance in which Mrs. Britt was taken to the Albe marle Hospital in Elizabeth i City. Mrs. Britt had suffered a sim ilar injury sometime earlier. At the hospital, it was said that her neck had been thrown out of joint and she would have to go into traction, and later would have to wear a special collar for six months. Davis was charged with driv ing too closely behind another car. THE MAGNIFICENT STRUCTURE shown above is the $40,000 dream of Manteo Lodge No 521, ivhere workmen are adding the finishing touches to the ebuilding’s interior in preparation for a dedication ceremony in September. The brick veneer edifice can accommodate more than 500 persons and will bo used for meet ings of th Masons and the Eeastern Star. Some of the building’s more notable features include indirect lighting; a 40’ x CO’ meet ing room, with paneled walls and wall-to-wall carpeting, and a 40’ X 60’ dining room with modern kitchen adjoining. Per.si.stent efforts of the Air Foree to set up a bombing range in the North Carolina coast country arc bcaig met by equally detcrmini*(i effort.s to keep the practice boinlicrs out. Latest development in the campaign, which has been going on for more than a ye.ar, is the news that the Air Force is eye ing an area on the Lake Phelps Farms Inc. property, lying be tween Lake Phelps and Alligat or Lake. A rental option on the pro perty has been taken by T. D. Litchfield of Washington, N. C, apparently with a view to turning it over te the Air Force if it is found acceptable for a practice range. The tract lie.® at the point where Tyrrell, Wash ington and Hyde Counties con verge. Ready to Fight Rep. Herbert Bonner, exasper ated over the new move, an nounced it to the press in Wash ington Tuesday. He said he was standing firm against the lat est attempt of the Air Foree to obtain a bombing range in the district between Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, and commented that the planes would “shake down every damn thing in five counties.” At the start, the Air Force proposed to establish a range on a 30,000-acre tract north of Lake Mattamuskeet in Hyde County. However, there was such an outcry from duck hunt ers, conserv’ationists and Hyde County folks generally, who feared the wildfowl would be run out of the area, that the plan was suspendecL Same Objection Bonner contends that the same objection would apply to the Lake Phelps Farms area, which lies between Lake Phelps and two smaller lakes. He added that ducks and geese frequent all the lakes and rivers in the district. In the course of his remarks, Bonner brought up a disturbing new prospect. All the sonic booms that have plagued the coast country so far have been from fighter planes, he said, and “When the Air Force brings in the bombers, nobody (l^ows See BO.MBING. Page Two FISHING FINE TOP TO BOTTOM IN DARE WATER Blues Still Being Taken As Croak ers amJ Other Varieties Bite on Bottom Anglers fishing from charter boats, ocean piers, bridges and along the ocan and sound shores have been snaring both surface and bottom feeding species of fish from Dare watci-s during the past week. Blues were the main surface feeding fish being taken in the Wunchese and Oregon inlet sec tions since last week end. The blues, while not large ones, are pan sized and weigh up to one and a half pounds. Best Bottom Fishing The best bottom fishing of the year was reported during the past week. From both Roanoke and Croatan Sounds, croaker, spot, hogfish, flounder and whit ing have been taking a variety of bait with refreshing regular ity. Mack Etheridge at Wanchese has reported many half day catches of bottom and surface fish. Catches of 100 for a party of five are not uncommon, ac' cording to the fishing center operator. The larger charter boats oper ating from Oregon Inlet Fish ing Center have been catching up to 300 blues on all day party ciuises. Many of the Inlet boats have had similar catches of flounder, whiting and hogfish. See FISHING, Page Two MANTEO ASSEMBLY SETS DEDICATION OF NEW CHURCH A dedication service for the new Assembly of God Church at Manteo, will be held Monday, August 6th., at 7:00 pm., The Reverend Fenton L. Jones, Superintendent of the Assem blies of God for the State of North Carolina, will preach the dedicatorinl sermon. This service will be held in conjunction with the regular monthly fellowship meeting for the Albermarlc Section. The Manteo Aissembly had its origin in 1946, when Reverend L. V. Pierce, former pastor of the Wanchese church erected a tent and conducted a revival meeting with the Rev. Walter Long of Mount Morris, Pa., as evangelist. In 1948, Reverend D. B. Law rence, with the aid of the mem bers of the Wanchese Assembly, constructed the first Assembly at Manteo. Since that time the church has been served with the following ministers: Lester Jar- rett; Ernest Etheridge; Mrs. Brooks Stetson; Charles Ethe ridge, and Alvin W. Price, the See DEDICATION, Page Two U- *5 DARE SCHOOLS SCHEDULED TO OPEN AUGUST 29 Superinfendent Lists Require ments for Enrollment Includ- Health Record ing ANOTHER BOOK SALE Another book sale in the se ries recently started by the Dare County Library will be held Sat urday, August 4, from 9:30 un til 4:30 at the library in Manteo. All books on sale will be 25 cents. Mrs. Dennis E. Evans, Super intendent of Dare County Schools, makes the following an nouncement regarding require ment for enrollment in Dare County Schools and the opening date of school. All schools in the county will open on Wednesday, August 29, at 9 a.m for registration. School buses will operate. School will be dismis.sed at 12:00 noon. Stu dents should be prepared to pay book rental and other fees on this date. Beginning Thursday, August 30, all schooLs will oper ate full-d:iy schedules. Lunch rooms will open. Monday, Septmber 3, will be Labor Day Holiday and all schools will be clo.sed. Only those students who have been assigned to particular schools may be enrolled on the opening date. Parents of all children who did not attend a school in Dare County during the 1961-62 term or who have not been sent a notice of assign ment, should contact the sujier- intendent immediately so that assigment may be made prior to the opening of school. All children entering the pub lic schools for the first time must be six years of age on or before October 16. A birth cer tificate must be presented on the opening day of school. All first graders must present a health record or other evidence showing that they have been given all required immimizations and vaccinations. These include whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus, small pox, typhoid, anil at least three polio riiots.
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