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David. Stiirk Kill Devil Hills, K. 0* a-Sl-^r^ 63 , SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS 12 Pages in 2 Sections 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 1 through 6 VOL XXVIII — NO. 15 MANTEO, N. C.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 12. 1962 Single Copy 7^ KILL DEVIL HILLS BOARD SEEKS TAXPAYERS’ VIEW ON WATER BOND ELECTION No Increase in Taxes Necessary to Finance Program, Commissioners' Letter Assures People; Rates to Be Charged Consumers Begin at $3 Per Month for 3,000 Gallons or Less; Fire Insurance Rates Reduced A trial balloon on the water js.sue has been sent up by the Kill Devil Hills Board of Town Commissioners. It is in the form of a letter -Ashing resident taxpayers their opinion as to whether an election shall be called to decide whether $705,000 in bonds shall be issued to finance a water system for the town. Opinion is divided. Some think a water plant is essential to the town’s future. Others oppose it, largely on financial grounds. The Town Board last week dis cussed the situation, and decided to do nothing about it until com munity sentiment can be gauged. Runs 87 Years The bond issue would extend over a period of 37 years. The letter from the board to the taxpayers sets forth that no special tax would be necessary in 19G2, ‘63 or ‘64. * For the 1965-66 fiscal year, the ta.x would be 13 cents on tne $100 property valuation. 'Tliai, would fall to 10 cents for 1966- 67, 8 cents for the following year, 7 cents for 1968-69, 4 cents for 1969-70 and 3 cents for 1970- 71. That year is the last requir ing tax funds under the sched ule. No Tax Increase “It is therefoie possible," the letter sets forth, “that the pres ent tax rate of 55 cents need not be increased to provide a public water supply, as the 13 cents and subsequent tax funds can bo included in the 65 cents total rate without reducing ser vices.” As to water rates to be charg ed consumers, a minimun of $3 a month for 3,000 gallons or less is contemplated. From 3,000 gal lons to 7.000 the rate would be 75 cents per 1,000. For the next 10,000 gallons the rate would be 65 cents per 1,000 Minimum charges would be levied for the full year on cus tomers connecting with the sys tem during con.struction. .\fter the pi'oject is completed, how ever, the tapping charge for a 3/4 inch tap would be $90 and for a onc-inch tap $140. Lower Insurance Ratcn The letter sets forth that fire insurance rates would be subject to substantial reduction, “ap proximately $10 on $6,000 in surance,” due to insUilIation of fire hydi-ants in the town On the health aspects of the situation, the letter quotes the State Board of Health as having i-eported that bacteriological See BOAItD, Page Four $350 ROBBERY AT K.D.H. IS INVESTIGATED A break-in at the Beacli Mart ,’n Nags Head Tuesday night netted theives more than $350, according to Dare County Sher iff Lcland Wise, who investi gated. The cash was taken from a wall t.vpe .safe which had been forced open with a metal bar of some kind. Wise said. “Several blouses also were taken, and • shirts had been strewn all over hhe store,” accoixling to the dep uty. Investigating officers believe the store was entered by the back door, which had also been pried open with a bar. Tlie Kill Devil Hills Police Department was notified of a possible break- in Wednesday morning when a passerby notified officcr.s that a door on the front of the build ing appeared to have been tam pered with. Wise said tliat Avery Tilleit of the Kill Devil Hills Police Dept, requested assistance from the SherifFs Dept. Wednesday morning. Highway Patrolman D. W. Pridgen and Wise investigated the break-in Wednesday after noon and later called the S. B. I. for assistance. Several fingerprints were lift ed by the officers and a plaster impression of a heel print w’as made. Wise reported. “We bclivc ''tliat at least two people are in volved. • .maybe more,” he said. The Beach JIart, a Kill Devil Hills clothing store, is operated by Earnest Beals. The store had been closed since Labor Day. OREGON INLET BRIDGE BILL SIGNED BY JFK Prc.sidont Kennedy signed the Oregon Inlet Bridge Bill Thursday, (he Coaslland Times .was advised in a wire from Rep. Herbert C. Bonner. This means that $500,000 will be added to the U. S. Government’s share of the bridge, now under construc tion and to be completed in 1961. Total cost of the bridge will be about $4,000,000. Originally, the Federal Government’s share was about $2,000,000, with the State of North Carolina paying the rest. Now, the State’s .share has been re duced $500,000. The bill was originated by Rcpre.scntativc Bonner, and wa.s pushed through the House by him, and through the Senate by the North Carolina Senators. COMPLETED BY 1963 FEARING'S, GETS CONTRACT FOR NEW MANTEO P. O. Complefely Modern Building To Be Erected At Main & Water Consti-uction of a new Post Office in Mantco was further advanced with the announcement by Postmaster General J. Ed ward Day that a contract has been awarded to Foaring’s Inc., of Manteo, to build and lease the bulking to the Post Office Department The announcement was receiv ed yesterday by Victor Mcekins acting Postmaster, the past 18 moiiths whose permanent ap pointment was confirmed last Friday by the U. S Senate. “Tlie building will be a com pletely modem facility with 3, 180 square feet of space,” Mee- kins said. He indicated that the facility is expected to bo erected on tlie old Tranquil House lot in downtown Manteo. Appi-oxi- matcly 12,140 square feet of parking space will adjoin the new building It is to be com pletcd by April 1, 1963. Re-Assessing Program “We arc continuing to build new post offices whore they are needed,” Day .said, “but wo are c o n s t a n tly rc-assossing our lease construction program to determine whether present buildings can be altcmd or re modeled to take care of our ex panding volume of mail.” The constmetion program is being concentrated in those a- reas where the need is urgent and suitable .space cannot be ob tained except through new con struction. “We now have about 45,000 post office locations throughout the country, handling a volume of 65 billion pieces of a mail a year. By 1970 it is expected to rise to 90 billion. It is cleai', therefore, that we must redouble cur efforts, not only in e-xpand- ing our capacity but also in de vising new postal techniques to meet the demands of our gi'ow- ing population.” On 10 Year Lease Under the department’s lease construction program, Fearing’s Inc. will costruct the new build ing at the southwest comer of Main and Water Streets and lease it to the Department for ten years, with two five-year renewal options. The Department’s capital in vestment is limited substantially to postal equipment, while the building remains under private ownership, with the owner pay ing local real estate taxes. “The formula,” Day, said “utilizes the resources and in vestment funds of private en terprise for needed postal build ings.” CLUB BACKS McCOWN FOR ROTARY POST Manteo Attorney Proposed for District Governor: Boys Club Supported Wallace H. McCown, Man teo attorney, was proposed for election as District Governor of Rotary at the Manteo club’s weekly meeting Monday night. Also, the club voted to join the Lions and other organiza tions in supporting the program of the Dare County Boys Club on a community-wide scale. A native of Tennessee, Mc Cown has been a practicing at torney in Mantco for 10 years or more. He is an active and ar dent Rotarian, and knows more about the workings of Rotary, probably, than any other mem ber of the Manteo club. He is a past president of the club, and has attended several National Rotary conferences. Election in Spring The District Governorship election will take place in the spring. Meanwhile, the Mantco Rotarians plan to contact other clubs in the district and ask their support of McCcown’s candidacy Lions Melvin Jackson and Louis Midgett reported to the Rotarians on the work done in behalf of the Boys Club. They said football uniforms had been bought for boys in the elemen tary grades, and said they hoped that not only the Lions and Ro tary but other organizations in the community would support the club in its activities. The Rotarians voted to participate. Summer Program The club was told that Ran dall Holmes, a native of Mantco and now a teacher in the Kins ton schools, had worked every Saturday during the summer, coaching in baseball, boxing, westUng- and track events at the Manteo ball park. When he began, about 30 boys were on hand to take part. When he quit on Labor Day, the club was told, 100 boys were participat ing. When the football season is over, the club plans to assise the boys with their basketball pro gram. Affiliation with the Boys Clubs of America was discussed, but it was decided not to under take it for the present, since a regular Boys Club building and a full-time paid assistant are prei-equisites to membership. McCowm is a native of John son City, Tenn. He attended Duke University as an under graduate student from 1942 un til February 1945, when he was commissioned as an ensign in tlie Navy At Duke he served in the university’s band, as presi dent of Duke YMCA, president of Tau Kappa Alpha, a national debating and forensic society, vice president of the Inter- Fra ternity Council and a member of Ommicron Delta Kappa, Duke’s honorary leadership fraternity. Back at Duke In September 1946, after serv ing as a Naval communications officer in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters, McCosvn re turned to Duke as a law student and became a faculty Sec ROTARY, Page Three TYRRELL COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN NEED OF REPAIR COLUMBIA — Repairs and Improvements to county facili ties were recommended by the grand jui-y at the October term of Superior Court in Tj’rroll County. The jail was found to be in good condition except that win dow screens were lacking. In stallation of screens was recom mended. In the courthouse, the grand jury noted that storage space was lacking and that the ac countant’s office needed more space. Plaster on the ceiling needed repair, and it was found that entire courthouse needed painting. A mirror and light bulb were needed in the rest room. Buses serving the white and colored schools were found in good mechanical condition. In the Agriculture Building, repairs to an auditorium window and screen doors were recom mended, as well as to gutters and spounts on the building. The walkway from the building to the courthouse green was re ported in bad condition, and it was urged that broken concrete around the tree on the grounds be repaired. The report was signed by H. L. Reynolds, foreman. REV. RUFUS SMITHSON BLINDNESS NO HANDICAP FOR METHODIST MINISTER .-.v-v • . ofV-f K '5' O' 'I' . . 'i / By LAWRENCE MADDUY “In a sense, being blind is the biggest help 1 ever receiv ed from the Lord. You can see deeper. Now I don’t judge by out ward appearances. I can see a person for what he really is... It’s a lot different.” Rev. Rufus Smithson. The boyish-looking Methodist minister at Stumpy Point and East Lake isn’t a typical preach er. Rev. Rufus Smithson, Jr. is a little short (5’8”) a little young, (27); there is a wise cracking humor that curls his lips when you least expect it, and then he’s blind. Members of his congregations at Shiloh Methodist in Stumpy Point and Mt. Zion in East Lake are well aware of his youth and humor. It is his blindness that is hard to accept. A lady from Manteo, who at tended the homecoming church service at East Lake recently, still refuses to believe he is blind. “I don’t know how anyone can tell,” she said, “his delivery is perfect and he seems so con fident.” Rufus Smithson does seem confident. I remember the nfte."- noon I sat in his living room for an intei-view. Noticing his watch, I asked to see it. He rose before I did, walked the 12 feet to where I was sitting and placed it %\ithin an inch of my right hand. “It’s a braille watch,” he said. No Hesitation Tlie man knew where I was. There was no hesitation, no groping; it was a foiceful but determined short walk to where I sat. This confidence, which others notice in the pulpit, is a part of his life and gestures. remarkable quality for a man who is blind. When he talks, the crew-cut minister leans forward a little, locks his hands together like a chess player considering his next move and speaks with a resonant, booming voice He uses the voice, he .says, “to keep ’em awake in chu’'ch.” “I’ve .always had a big moutii,” he jokes. Attendance Up There is little danger that much sleeping will take place during the Rev. Mr. Smithson’s sermons. Calvin Payne, an elder in the church at Stumpy Point, says the young minister is “an extra good speaker.” “He doesn’t repeat himself from Sunday to Sunday, and he seems interested in the development of the in dividual; he preaches a kind of See SMITHSON, Page Five EARNINGS FIGURES QUESTIONED ATLANTIC RESEARCH STOCK TRADING SUSPENDED BY SEC All trading in stock of the Atlantic Research Corp., whicli is operating a missile fuel test ing facility at Corolla, on the Currituck Outer Banks, was sus pended by the Securities and Exchange Commission in Wash ington Wednesday. The Alexandria, Va., firm was accused of publishing “incom plete and inaccurate” financial statements. At Corolla, the company has built two test pads and has an nounced plans to test its propel lants tlaere. The company has said that up to 500 persons would be employed there by 1904, hut up to now only a few per sons have been engaged in the fuel tests, which began in Au gust. Barred for 10 Days The SEC order barred dealings in Atlantic Rescar'^ stock on the American and ^Philadelphia- Baltimore-Washington Exchang es and in the ovcr-llio-counter market. Trading was suspended for 10 days, subject to possible renewal. The SEC said Atlantic Re search told shareholders it had a net income last year of $1,- 473,192, whereas, the agency claimed, financial statements filed with the SEC by the cor poration and its subsidiaries showed a loss of $1,000,015. This information, the SEC conceded, "presents no question as to the company’s solvency.” The commission has not acted on a July request that two mutual funds and two companies be per mitted to sell 179,000 share.s of Atlantic Research stock from their own portfolios.- The pros pective sellers are Television- Electronic Fund Irtc., Atomics, Physics and Science FkiTjd, Amer ican Potash & Chemical Co. and Sloane Manufacturing Co. Surprise Expressed Atlantic Research said the sus pension order came as a com plete surprise. The company ad ded that a registration state ment had been filed with the SEC which became effective in June, 1959, and said that since that time all financial informa tion required by the rules of the commission, including all requir ed annual and periodic reports, had boon filed. "The company has widely dis tributed annual and semiannual figures and has furnished re ports to shareholders regularly since the public offci-ing was made in June 1959,’ the state ment continued. “These figures were uniformly reported on the same accounting basis and copies of shareholders’ reports have been furnished the commission without objection from then un til very recently.” SURF FISHING TOURNEY SET OCT. 18-20 Plans for Annual Nags Head Event Completed; Many Awards Offered Plans are taking final shape for the annual Surf Fishing Tournament at Nag.s Head, to take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18. 19 and 20. Bob Preston, president of the Nags Head Fishing Club, which sponsors the tournament, notes that old timers taking part will have a chance to note the many changes wrought by the Ash ■Welnesday storm, particularly in the underwater contours of the beach. Due to these, and to new reg ulations on beach travel, Prest on is urging all touniey partici pants to attends the organizatin- al meeting Wednesday night, when instractions will be given. Also, ho assure all a warm ■welcome from Dare County. Many Awards Many awarus arc promised In the Interclub Invitation Team Tounianienl, the team scomng the greatest number of points will receive the championship trophy. However, for pcM-maneiit possession it must bo won three times, or twice in succession. Each member of tlie winning club wilt receive a gold Nag.s Head die stamped medal. A fig ured Angler’s Trophy will go to the .second place winner, with oacli member of tlie team recc iv- ing a Nags Head Surf Caster Statuette, Similar awards will go to the team fishing third. The organizational meeting will be held Wednesday at 8.30 p.m. at the Carolinian Hotel. On Tliurstlay, there will bo two fish ing sessions, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and from 1:30 to 4:30 pm Tljere also will be two fishing scissions Friday at the same hours.. Fishing Teams Fishing teams shall consist of six anglers, one to servo -is captain. All six lines will be permitted in the water at the same time. Each team must com pete both days without change, and there will bo no alternates. Each angler in the team tour nament must be a bona I'cle member of the club ho repi'*- sents. The Open Individual Tourna ment will take place Saturday, with fishing from 1:30 to 4 p.m. The entrance fee is $1.50. First will be a plaque and a Mitchell spinning reel No. 302. Second and third aw’ai-ds will be an Alcedo spinning reel, Mark III. Other awards—there Will be 12 in all in this event—will be rod.s and reels. Women’s Awards The J. Borden Smith Trophy will go to the lady angler tak ing the greatest number of scoring fish. To the lady taking the lieaviest scoring fish will go a True Temper spinning rod No. 6020. All anglers outside the team event will be limited to one award. In the Special Junior Class for boys and girls up to 16, the ent rance fee will be 60 cents. Reels will bo awarded as first, second and third prizes. As to equipment, tlie surf rod BAUM BRIDGE PROGRAM TO BRING HUNDREDS TO DARE COAST ON FRIDAY Speech by Sen. McLean Will Highlight Cere monies Beginning at Noon, in Honor of Former Dare Board Chairman Who With stood Criticism to Pioneer Wooden Link Between Mainland and Outer Banks. SENATOR HECTOR Mc- LEAN, .shown above, is the prin cipal spe:iker for tile Baum Bridge Day program wiiich lie- gin.s at noon Friday at the brnlge site. He is tile son of the late Goovernor A. W. McLean of Lumberton. Now serving his firs' tenn in tlio N. C. Senate, t' young legislator is consider ed “one of the most promising newcomers to Raleigh Capitol.” McLean is president of the Southern National Bank, chair man of the Board of Trustees at St. Andrew’s College and president of the Virginia and Carolina Soullicrn Railroad Co. MANTEO NEGRO HELD FOR TRIAL AS GIBBS SLAYER Probable Cause is Ruled Judge At Hearing On Tuesday By A defendant who was under arrest for the rifle slaying of Marshall Gibbs, a Manteo Negro, received a judgment of “probable cause” and was ordered held without bond by Judge W. F Baum after a preliminary hear ing in Dare Recorder’s Court Tuesday. Nelson Kelly, 42, a Negro cook at the Darcolina Restaurant at Nags Head, pleaded not guilty before a crowded courtroom late Tuesday and then hoard a state’s witness describe how he had fired a .22 rifle bullet through Gibb’s neck aftdr the victim had yelled, “Don’t do it, Kelly! John Davis Pledger, Manteo Negro, was the only witness to the Oct. 4 shooting to take the stand during the hearing. Pled ger said that he, Gibbs and an other companion had gone to Kelly’s cottage in Manteo about 5 p.m. on the afternoon of the 4th and that Gibbs was the first is unrestricted. Tlie line may be | ^ enter Kelly’s home, of linen or nylon, wth the sink- Called Back er not to exceed six ounces, and related that oiice in- the lead limited to 24 inches, Hooks are limited to two. Arti- Sec SURF FISHING, Page Three side they were all ordered out. See COURT, Page Six SANFORD AND BONNER SPEAK DARE'S DELEGATION LARGEST AT PARTY RALLY IN EDENTON MOREHEAD CITY — State Rep. Daniel Graham Bell, who had ser\’ed in the General Assembly since 1955 and w’as a member of the State Highway Commission, died Monday of a heart attack. WINSTON-SALEM — The estate of Mrs. Sarah Graham Kenan of Wilmington has been appraised at $66 to $75 million. It is one of the largest, if not the largest, in North Carolina. Mrs. Kenan is in her middle 80s. NORFOLK P. B. Young Sr., respected publisher of the Jour nal and Guide, Negro weekly newspaper, died Tuesday night. A native of Halifax County, N. C., he was 78. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 11:30 a.m. See NEWS, Page Five A delegation of 56 party st.al- warts from Dare County—prob ably the largest except that from the home county, Chowan—at tended a rou.sing Democrat c rally in the Edenton Armory Tuesday night, at which Gover nor Terry Sanford was the key note speaker. Attendance at the rally was estimated at 760 to 1,000. The big Dare delegation more than filled the armory section assign ed to the county. It was headed by M. L. Daniels Jr., nominee for the General A.'ssembly, in the absence of Walter Perry of Nags Head, chairman of the County Democratic Committee, who could not attend because his wife W’as ill. All 16 precincts in the county were represented. Other Speakers Besides Sanford, speakers in cluded Thad Eure, N. C. Secre tary of State, U. S. Senator Sam Eiwin, and Rep. Herbert C. Bonner. Lloyd Griffin of Eden ton was master of ceremonies. An address bj t^tate Senator Hector McLean of Liunberton and tlie unveiling of two pUiquo-S winch will emblazon the .9 mile span of concrete over Roanoke Sound with the name of Wash ington Baum are two of the events oxjiected to bring hun dreds of visitors to Baum Bridge Day cerenionie.s in Dare on Fri day. Congressman Herbert C. Bon ner, State Senator Lindsay War- len and Highway Commissioner .Meinll Evans arc exiieclcd to lead an anticipated crowd of 600 persons to the bridge site at noon on Friday, to open an afternoon program honoring the former chairman of the Dave Board of Conimi.ssioners. Sou of Guvernor Sen. iMcLean, tlie principal speaker, is the son of the Tar Heel governor who, with Baum, pioiieeri’d for a wooden striic- ture across Roanoke Sound iii 1927, to link the Outer Banks with tlie island. McLean is expected to laud Baum for his courageous ef forts as Chairman of the Dare Board of Commissioners when, despite criticism that he “would bankrupt the county,” he asked the Dare Board to bridge Roa noke Sound, wuh its I'a miles of mar.sh on one end and 16 miles of drifting sand on the other. Other speake.rs expected to pay tribute to Baum during the tliree-hour ceremony are: Jlerrill Evans, chairman of the Noyih Carolina Highway Commission, Congressman Herbert C. Bon ner and Rev. Harold F. Leather- man of JIl. Olivet Methodist Church, I'ish Fray Melvin Daniel.s, chairman of the Bridge Day celebration, has indicated that 350 persons are expected for the fish fry which will act as a curtain-raiser for tlie ceremonies. At 1:30 p.m. a band concert will bo given by the Elizabeth City High School Band, the na tionally famous musical organi zation nited for its pretty ma jorettes and stirring marches. The baml concert will be follow ed with a historical review' by the Rev. Harold F. Loatherman, the introduction of special guests missionor, and remarks by Con- by Lawrence Swain, county com- gressman Bonner and Commis sioner Evans. Sen. McLean will be intro duced by Mantco attorney Wal lace Gray. JlcLean’s speech will bo followed by a plaque unveil ing ceremony and the presenta tion of more than 260 letters from admirers throughout the state and nation to the 84-year- old honorec. Members of Manteo Boy Scout Troop 165 will act as ushers for the ceremonies. The Friday celohration will climax an effort which began June 6, when the D:ire Board of Commissioners officially recom mended to the highway Connni.?- sion that the Roanoke Sound Bridge be named for Baum. Judge For 30 Years Baum was recently unsuccess ful ill a bid to retain the Recor ders Court judgeship which he had hold since its creation more than 30 years ago. The first bridge, which Baum pioneered, was a 16-foot-wide wooden trestle built on crcosoled pilings. When it was finished a road was run through the marsh and a causeway pumped up on the east, connecting it with Nags Hoad Beach. A small toll was charged until 1935, ■when the State removed all bridge tolls. The eventual cost of the bridge was $300,000, but in 1935 the state paid Dare $135,000 for it, enabling the county to pay off the balance due of $15,000. The bridge was made a con- Mitchener. There was lots of lively mu.sic by the John A. Holmes High School Band, and the guests enjoyed a tasty bar becue supper The band led a parade from the Chowan court house to the armory to open the festivities. Some attended from as far away as Ocracoke. Sanford told of the achieve ments of the Democratic Party and praised the leadership of Representative Bonner. He noted especially the advance in edu cation, saying the 1961 General Assembly took the longest .step forward in that field in the State’s history, and led all the other 49 States. Drive for Industry The Governor said the Demo cratic State and National or ganizations worked together to ... speed North Carolina’s drive for c^ete structure m 1950 and was new’ industry. He noted that Sou ri d those who attended the rally had Bridge, a name it will bear until driven over roads built at a ceremony Friday, record pace, and credited High- Members of the Baum Bridge way (Chairman Men-ill J. Evans Day Committee include Melvin of Ahoskie, Gilliam Wood of Daniels, chairman, Lawrence ^ and the visitors were welcomed Edenton and Graham Elliott of Swain, Balfour Baum, Frank. by Edenton Mayor John A. Sec DELEGATION, Page Three hoon and Harold F. I^atheriiiiuiif&x|
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