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David stick Kitty U* 8-21-62 0* SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS 18 Pages in 3 Sedions 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 MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO. N. C. NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Pages I ihrough 6 VOLUME XXVIII — NO, 6 MANTEO. N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1962 Single Copy 7^ VISITOR FROM NEAR EAST SAYS: DARE BEACHES DELIGHTFUL BUT NOT LIKE LEBANON'S The beaches of North Caro lina’s Outer Banks are delight ful, and differ in several ways from the beaches of Lebanon, his home land, according to Jamal A. Sa’d, acting director of the Arab Information Center in Washington. The personable, highly edu cated Sa’d is on a good will mis sion to the United States in be half of the 12 Near and Middle Eastern countries that form the Arab League. The center has films and literature available to 'interested civic, church and oth er groups at its headquarters in the Du Pont Circle Building, Washington 6, D. C. Admires Memorial .. On a visit to the Wright Me morial Museum, -Sa’d commented on the beauty and appropriate desigpi of the monument and the museum building. Earlier, ac companied by R. K. Rundell, as sistant superintendent of the Cape Hatteras National Sea shore, he visited Oregon Inlet and Coquina Beach. He also planned a trip to Cape Hatteras during a stay of a few days at the First Colony, Nags Head. Contrasting Dare’s beaches with those of his homeland, Sa’d remarked that the ocean is ARAB COUNTRIES NOT GOING RED. ROTARIANS TOLD Citizen of Lebanon Depicts Problems of Near Eastern Lands The Arab world is in no danger of going Communist, Jamal A. Sa’d acting director of the Arab Information Center in Washington, told the Mantco Rotary Club Monday night. Sa’d spending a few days at Nags Head, addressed the club on Arab-American relations. He said the 12 Arab countries commprising the league embrace an area two-thirds larger than the U. S., extending from Morocco to Iraq in tlie heart of western Asia. These counrties are strongly nationalist, he said, and "Com munism is the very antithes's of nationalism.” No Red Gains He added that Russia had made no grains in Egypt, ideo logically, despite the Reds’ as sistance with the Aswan Dam, and explained that Egypt ac cepted the Russian offer only after the U. S. and Britain had withdrawn. The bulk of the financing of the project is being handled by Egypt, he said. *'Wc want a bettter living standard, and brighter hopes for the future,” Sa’d declared, adding that 70 per cent of the Arabs’ oil revenues were spent to develop agriculture, “Eu rope’s industry would ston with out our oil. On a spiritual level, we and the West believe in one God, and both are dedicated to individual freedom. We’re in no danger of going Communist.” Oil Brings Change Oil has revolutionized life in the Arab world, he said, and ha» catapulated the people from the Middge Ages to "the heart of the 20th Century.” Two Arab lands, Morocco and See ARAB, Page Fpur green whprea.s the Mcditernin-*- an is blue. In Lebanon, he said, the Mountains rise steeply only a short di.stance from the shore, and the Mediterranean is gener ally calm as compared with the turbulent Atlantic. Crusaders’ Castles Lebanon, he said, has many fine highw.ays, largely beoau.se of U. S. technological assistance in widening and improving ex isting roads. “As your area is studded with history, so is ours,” he said, mentioning the Crusad ers’ castles in .south Lebanon, the Phoenician, Alexandrian and See BEACHES, Page Four WOMEN'S CLUB PRESIDENT HONORED AT COLONY MINIMUM SPEED FOR 158 URGED BLOODMOBILE IN ENGELHARD NEXT TUESDAY Seventy-Five Pints Needed; En tire County Asked to Rally The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in Engelhard on Tues day, August 14, at the High Schyol Lunchroom. The donor hours will be ten o’clock until 4 o’clock. It is hoped that interested citi zens from the entire county will participate in this worthwhile cause. This is the first visit of the fiscal year and it will be neces sary to collect one half of the county blood quota at this time. The quota for this visit is 76 units. Another visit is scheduled for Swan Quarter in March. BAKE SALE SATURDAY A bake sale will be put on by the Order of Eastern Star Sat urday morning, August 11, at Twiford’s Texaco Service Sta tion in Kill Devil Hills, begii*- ning at 10 o’clock. Many attrac tive fooid items will be on sale at that tin*. MRS. DEXTER OTIS ARNOLD of Concord, New Hampshire .and Washington, D. C., President of the General Federation of Wo men’s Clubs, and the youngest president in the histoi’y of the organization, was an honored guest of The Lost Colony on Tuesday evening at the Water side Theater. Mrs. Arnold, who came to the Outer Banks to confer with of ficials of the National Education Association on problems of mut ual concern, returned to Wash ington on Wednesday for the resumption of her official duties. While vacationing on the Outer Banks, she was treated to a tea by members of the North Caro lina Federation of Women’s Clubs at the Carolinian, on Tues day afternoon. Nags Head Board Would Pe nalize Dawdling Drivers on Bypass The feasibility of setting a minimum speed limit of perhaps 45 miles an hour on U. S. 158 Bypass, the highway paralleling the road adjacent to the beach, was discussed by the Nags Head Board of Town Commissioners in monthly meeting Monday moi-ning. Board members pointed out that the road was intended to sei-ve as a fast through route to Hatteras, Roanoke Island and other points, but that dawdling motorists were causing frequent traffic delays as well as an ac cident hazard. The hope was expressed that the State High way Department would set up a minimum limit on the road. Dangererous Spot Also, board members cited the need for a caution or stop sign at the point where U. S. 168 Business is joined by Routes 64 an 264, running westward to Roanoke Island. Mayor Julian Oeto announced that letters to delinquent tax payers had brought in more than $1,000 in recent weeks,' bringing the total in the irea-1 sury to $2,065. Cheered by this, | the board voted to clean up out standing bills, including a pay ment of $600 to Town Attorney Martin Kellogg for a year’s services. The board voted to advertise delinquent taxes in the Coustand Times for four weeks beginning August 17, and to conduct the annual tax sale Monday, Sep tember 10. To Became Notary Miss Rae Dawn Meekins, town cler'k, was authorized to apply for a notary’s commission, with the town paying the $7.60 fee, provided she pays a notary’s seal, with the understanding that she may collect notary’s fees except from town taxpay ers on documents relating to town business. Requests from two shop pro prietors for double lines on the highway fronting on th«r pre mises were tabled, the board See SPEE3), Page Two BLACKMERS ENJOYING VACATION ON DARE COAST VENTURESOME SWIMMERS WARNED BEACH PATROL FINDS PLENTY TO DO AS SERVICE BEGINS; PUBLIC CURIOUS SIDNEY BLACKMER, distinguished North Carolina-born star of stage, screen, TV, radio, and notable lecturer is shown above with Mrs. Blackmer and Mary Long as Queen Elizabeth in the Lost Colony, when Mr. Blackmer made an appearance at the show two summers past. The Blackmers ere visiting at the summer home of Dr. and Mrs. Frotl Morrison at Kill Devil Hills. DISTRESSED OVER MM SIDNEY BLACKMER REMINISCES AS RAIN POURS. WIND ROARS 1 By RALPH POOL 1),^j. rescue. She had a hard ‘Marilyn Monroe was desper-1 time talking herself out of that ately lonely. She had just br-en' one." bounced off a picture sot. Too I „ j 1-1 .1 4 ' Blackmer, stage, screen and hnln 1 1 television Star, is a native North human warmth could have saved Carolinian, having been born in In these words, Sidney Black-! mer epitomized the tragedy York City; and he was there In a freshly painted jeep with the legend “Dare County Beach Patrol” painted on its sides, two enterprising young life guards have begun a daily vigil of the shoreline that will continue un til Labor Day or a little later. The patrol’s mission i to pre vent accidents and deter law breakers, effect rescues and administer first aid as needed. It had its first real test last week end, warning swimmers who had ventured out danger ously far and chasing away jeeps operated unlawfully on the beach. Most Jeeps Barred Under the law, only commer cial fishermen and Government agencies, notably the Coast Guard, may run jeeps on the beach. J. Lloyd Horton and Ge->rgo F. Richardson are tlie unpaid operators of the new patrol. The jeep carries a resuscitator. stretcher, life raft and frst aid kit. A shrill whistle is used to attract the attention of swim mers who are risking trouble. Prevention Main Goal “We feel the patrol is more valuable in keeping things from Sec PATROL, Page Four BEACH DRIVING TO BE STOPPED BY NEW PATROL SALE OF BLIND-MADE ARTICLES IN MANTEO Anotlier of the interesting sales held in Dare County each year will be staged this week end when the N. C. Commission for the Blind holds its annual display and sale of blind-made articles in downtown Manteo. Tills sale is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, under auspices of Manteo Lions, who along with Lionesses, will assist Miss Eldith M. Sorrell of the Commission making the affair both interest ing and profitable. This event has attracted wide spread interest for many years, and according to reports, is one of the most profitable of similar events in other areas sponsored by the Commission. It offers many household goods and no tions, and provides a source of income to handicapped persons. It will be conducted each day ftoia 9 h.i6, until 6 p.m. Many Olhere Matters Before Dare Board at Monthly Meeting Monday The Dare County Board of Commissioners voted to halt ve hicle traffic on the beach Mon day by appointing beach service personnel as special police offi cers to enforce beach driving laws. Their area of jurisdiction will extend from the Park Sei-vice line to Caffey’s Inlet. The two employees, Lloyd Horton and George Richardson, owners of J & H Beach Service are em powered by the board to “enforce all laws relating to the use of the beach area of Dare County by vehicular traffic, and to pro tect persons and property with in the area from breaches of the peace.” The board’s unanimous de cision was followed by the adop tion of a motion, proposed by Lawrence Swain, Nags Head Township Commissioner, to the effect that the resolution “should not be construed as denying the right of commercial fisheman to operate their equipment in beach areas as provided by sta tute, or to prevent the United States Coast Guard from operat ing its equipment in carrying out its official duties. The commissioners also voted to post appropriate sigms pro hibiting driving on the beach which are to be erected by mem bers of the Dare Sheriff’s De partment in populated areas. Building Inspector The commissioners voted to employ a building inspector on a joint basis with the Town of Nags Head on Monday. The move was made after considera tion by the board of a recom mendation presented by the Dare County Planning Board suggesting that a qualified build ing inspector be employed to serve the municipality of Nags Head and Dare County “on a See BOARD, Pa|e Four shocked the world Sunday morn-;, , _ 4 • •' when news came of the first f'Tho 8.no»l public doosn-t know what being lonely in a crowd is,” he went on. “Marilyn’s being late on the set was from a self-conscious fear that her lack of knowledge of her craft would show. ‘Wild Ambition' “She had a wild ambition to be an actress instead of a per sonality. All she had to do was to walk on. We knew her well and were terribly distressed over her death ” Blackmer was speaking for himself and his comely wife, who as Suzanne Kaaren has won her own high place in show business. The Blackmers are spending a week as guests of Dr. and Mrs. Fred Morrison in one of their cottages at Kill Devil Hills. Both arc enthusiastic over the beauty, serenity and restfulness of the coastland. A Dog Name Copper At the cottage one rainy af- the sky, expecting to see men soaring about,” he said. “I was disappointed.” The Blackmers have just come from Cherokee, where they saw Paul Green’s “Unto These Hills." They were delighted with it. Also they saw the little house where Nancy Hanks, Lincoln's mother, lived as a bondswoman. Choice From Ages “If I had a chance to choose one man down the ages to know,” the actor said, “I would See BLACKMER, Page Five DANIELS REUNION TO UNITE FAMILY ON AUGUST I9TH LARKINS TO RULE ON BUXTON INLET BEFORE AUG. 18. Lengthy Testimony Marks Hear ing On Restraining Order At Nags Head Federal District Judge John A. Larkins, Jr. announced last Friday that he will vuio on the preliminary injunction re quest concerning the Buxton In let at some time after Wednes day of this week. Larkins ordered attonieys rep resenting the United State.s the N. C. Highway Commis.-ion and north Hatteras Banks res idents seeking to restrain the closure of the 700 foot, A.sh Wednesday Stonn-created g.n.sh across Hatteras Island, to sub mit their briefs by Wednesday, August 8. The preliminary injunction, if approved, would pave the way for a trial on the merits during the next term of District Court in Elizabeth City. The request for briefs followed a dav-long hearing at The Carolinian last Friday, upon a restraining order barring Col. J. S. Grygiel, Army District Engineer, from letting a contract to close the inlet. Highway Dept. Represented At the outset of the Friday hearing. Judge Larkins, admitt ed the N. C. Highway Commis sion, represented by Harrison Lewis, Asst. Atty. Gen. aj an inteivenor, on behalf of the de fendant, Grygiel. Larkins denied a motion to allow Atty. Russell Twifoi i to inteivene on behalf of the de- fendent, but allowed the Eliza beth City attorney to sit-in as a friend of the court. Larkins also allowed 14 petition.s, from 786 persons on Hatteras Island, requestiing the inlet’s closure, admitted as evidence. Safety Valve , The plaintiff’s evidence, pre sented during the morning ses sion, was in the form of affi davits, from engineers and long-time residents of the Outer Banks, claiming that the new inlet is necessary as a “safety value” for rising waters in Pam lico Sound during storms. They argued that the 13 foot dunes construted by the Nation al Park Service after the March 7 storm, one mile north of Avon, had placed the village in a “has- See INLET, Page Five SUIT AIMED AT DREDGING PILOT PROJECT IN SOUNDS DELAYED BY COURT ORDER Hearing on Oyster Shell Exploitation Not To Be Held Before Nov. 5; Currituck Nominee For Representative Delighted Over Suc cess of 'Desperafe Effort to Save Re sources' Worth Much to People THROWING SPREE TOWARDS FAMILY HEARD IN COURT Bricks, Bottles, and Rakes Filled Their Yard Woman Says William Jackson Midgctt of Manteo drew a jail sentence of 60 days in Recorder’s Court on Tuesday, for assaulting Z. F. Payne with a rake which was .al legedly thrown “hard enough to break the handle.” Midgptt, who was also convict ed of tip.-ipassing and disturlnng the peace at the home of Mi and Mrs. Sheldon Midgett, dur ing a throwing spree on the same afteraoon of August 4, received an additional 30 daj.-, for the aforementioned din go-, which was su.spended iipim the payment of $35 and cost.s. Payne told on the stand how he had been drilling a hoto in his trailer, at his Mantco home, when Midgett a neighbor, enter ed the yard and started arguing with him. “I tried to get rid of him and told Jackson to go home,” Payne stated, Payne noted that Midgett tlion cussed him liberally and threw a quart wine bottle at his head, which missed. “Then he 'Kept going up and down his 'iropei'y cussing me. . .and he siart.'d talking about my wife.” “I don’t take that off of anybody in my life except that drunk,” Payne said. It was shortly afterwards, according to Payne’s testimony, that the rake sailed by his head. Midgett offered no defense to the charge. Tossed Where They Were During the trail for Ircnpass and disturbing the peace at the Sheldon Midgett home in M;in- Sce SPREE. Page Two PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PREFERRED NEW SEASHORE PARK PROPOSAL REJECTED BY CURRITUCK BOARD ternoon this week, we talked' about many things. Hovering close by was a little dog of mix ed anccsti-y, named Copper. Blackmer told of a recent inci dent in New York’s Central Park in which the pup figured. “Suzanne refuses to be both More than 360 persons are expected at a frollking 21st Daniels family reunion, Augu.st ' 19 at Wanchose. The Daniclsc.'!, one of Dare County’s most prominent familes, have invited their friedns and neighbors to join in the Sunday afternoon picnic and social hour. The Daniels reunion, which is rapidly becoming a Dare County institution, will be held this year cred about muggers," he said. the Wanchese Methodist “She took tile dog for a walk | Church. The affair will begin at in the park the other night, and a.m. in the church with a he ran off. She called, ‘Copper, picnic on the churah grounds to Copper,’ and a dozen policemen foUow. piled over the wall and rushed LAURIN McQUEEN DIES IN LAURINBURG; WAS 90 Laurin McQueen, 90, of Laur- inburg, died Sunday morning in Scotland Memorial Ho.-.pil.il. Funeral services were conducted at five o’clock Monday afternoon at Laurinburg Presbyterian Church by Dr. Albert N. Wells, Melvin R. Daniels, one of the reunion committee members, stated Monday that “we’d like to have everybody in the county join us for the picnic, but please bring your own food.” Melvin says that the Daniels family is prepared to furnish water, ice cream and tables for the picnic and wants "everybody to come out." Started in 1941 The family reunions started in A resolution setting forth that “the Currituck Outer Banks area from the Virginia line southward to the Dare County line not be acquired by the Na tional Park Seivice or any other national or state agency for pu blic use, but that said area be left open for private develop ment” was adopted Tuesday by the Cuirituck Board of County Commissioners. This was the board's reacl'on to a large-scale federal-state proposal to set up a national .seashore park extending from the Virginia line to Cape Lock out or beyond. Presented July 14 The proposal to preserve the greater part of the Outer Banks in their present semi-wild con dition was presented July II U. S. Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall and Govarnor Terry Sanford at a meeting at Nags Head. Udall said then that parts of the area would be left open for private exploita tion. A few days later, the Nation al Park Service said Virginia would be invited to join in the program. Thus far, there has been no response from tliat State. Under consideration in Virginia was a 14-mile beach strip from Sandbridge to the Burial was in Hillside Cemeterv. Mr. McQueen was the father 1941, when Joephus Daniels, of Mrs. FYcd Morrison of Wash- then Ambassador to Mexico, ington, D. C., and Kill Devil Hills, and had made many friends in Dare County during his visits with his daughter. Also surviving are another daughter, Mrs. Sallie Toomey of Silver Spring, Md,; a son, Laur in McQueen, Jr„ of Laurinburg; three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. “thought that the kin ought to get together.” The gathering, held in the Wanchese Masonic Lodge, proved to be such a suc cess that the family has con tinued the observance through the years. Mrs. Lucy Daniels (Mrs. Thomas Inman) granddaughter See DANIELS, Page Two North Carolina line. Copies Distributed Copies of the Currituck board’s resolution opposing tne park plan for that county were ordered sent to Udall, Saniord, the Princess Anne County, Va., Board of Supervisors, Rep. Her bert C. Bonner and U. S. S* n- ators Sam Ervin and Evtre'.t Jordan. Adoption of the resolution was on motion of Harold Capps of Knotts Island. Fishermen and hunters who oppose ojsler .shell dredging in Albemarle and Currituck Sounds have agreed to defer court act ion designed to hall a pilot (hedging project. This action was taken Tues day in Raleigh through a con sent order handed down by Judge Homan Clark delaying until No\emher 5, and perhaps later, a hearing on the opposing group's plea for an injunction against the proposed study. The hearing had been .scheduled originally for Thursday. Signer.s of the order were Frank Aycock of Elizabeth City, representing the sportsmen, and Andrew Jones of the attorney general's office, in behalf of the State Board of Conseivation and Development. Asked By Sportsmen The injunction was asked July 25 by a group of sportsmen headed by Turner Battle of Rocky Mount, Wildlife Fech'ra- tion director Earlier, the Con- sen atioii Board had approvi'd terms of a contract for tlie dredging operation. The oyster bed.s under 'con- .sideration are said to cover thousands of acres of sound bot tom, and to be 50 feet tliick or more in some placc.s. The shells would be useti for various in dustrial purposes, and as chi'-k- en feed Tlie new court order notes that Conservation Board offici als “recognize the possibilities of and are determined to exer cise every I’casonable means to avoid deleterious effects” on fish and game in the sound.s. Preliminary Study In modifying its original posi tion on the project, the bo.aril has con.sented to call in repre sentatives of the Wildlife Re sources Commission and the State Sanitation Committee for a preliminary study before any dredging is begun. John Allen Jr., assistant direc tor of the board, noted that the pilot study has not def-’nilely been designated as a dredging project. He said scientists of the See SUIT, Page Five OUTER BANKS WILL VANISH, GOV. CLAIMS ONE BUILDING INSPECTOR FOR COUNTY URGED Kill Devil Hills Board Tables Proposal for Further Study Sanford Says National Park Only VV^ to Preserve N. L Coast GARAGE ROBBED AT KITTY HAWK PRINTS TRACED If North Carolina’s Outer Banks aren’t used for a Nation al Park, the Atlantic Ocean will claim them. Governor Terry San ford asserted Wednesday. The statement came at the Governor’s weekly news confer ence. Sanford’s remarks were made in response to questions about coastal objection to a plan voiced recently by himself and Secretary of the Interior Udall to extend the National Seashore Park from Virginia to Cape Lookout. “I’d say,” Sanford declared, “that if wc don’t take it (Outer Banks) for park purposes, the i« I Theft of items valued at about $800 from an old garage in Kitty Hawk Village is being investigated by Deputies George Frank and Harry W. Pridgen of the Dare County Sherriffs Of fice. Entry was effected through a back window, Deputy Pridgen said, and a number of tools and part of an engine were taken. The garage has been used as a workshop for assembling drag cars and midget racers, and its ownership has not been definite ly established, he added. Finger prints found at the scene are be ing investigated he said. A proposal that Kill Devil Hills conic under a county-wide building code, with a single building inspector for all of Dare, was tabled for further consideration at the monthly meeting of the Board of Town Commissioners Tuesday night. The proposal was presented by Lawrence L. Swain, a mem ber of the Dare Board of Coun ty Commissioners. He pictured advantages as to be gained by a county-wide .nct-iip, and said the rest of Dare could oenefit from Kill Devil Hills’ experience in regulating new eonstraction. He said the cost to the town would be “nominal.” Costs Town Nothing I Members of the town board objected on the ground that beach problems differed f.-om those of other communities on Roanoke Island and the main land. As to the cost, they point ed out that the present building inspector, who also is chief of police, gets no extra pay as in spector. Commissioner C. A. York, named Civil Defense director is going to take it for its own purposes.” The governor expressed the opinion that there >n the summer, jmnounced was no way to carry on a Banks would continue in office pend- preservation program without a ruling by the State Attor- the Park service. “The only way we can have such a program is >ee«l>y that office through a public park,” he said. j Currituck B««olutiom .board. His nght to hold both of- The statement by Sanford fol- fices was questioned at the July lowed the release of a resolu- of comnnssio^rs. tion by the Currituck Board of) Town Attorney NMed Commissioners, on Tuesday, op-1 By posing any plan to make the appointed W. N. McCovm town Currituck portion of the Outer attorney with the underatend- Banks into a public park. (^®t he would attend all reg- The commissioners said that meetings and any special they wanted their portion of the Jneetings at which the board banks "left open for private de- requested _ mm to be present. velopment." The Currituck Banks This action was taken after Sec PARK, Page TVo > See BUILDING, Page Tin ^
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