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Kitty gey/k, IJ, c 8-21-^^ 63 . SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS 10 Pages in 2 Sections VOLUME XXVIII — NO. 30 THE COASTLAHD 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 through 6 MANTEO. N. C.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 25. 1963 Single Copy $2000 AWARDED MRS. MIDGETT IN DARE COURT Jury Awards Approximately Half Of Amount Sought By Mrs. Wilma Midgett At the close of a trial which lasted all week in Dare County Superior Court, Mrs. Wilma Midgett of Dare County and Jacksonville Beach, Fla. was awarded by jury verdict a set tlement of $2000. She had sought an amount nearly double this, contending that such am ount was due her as payment for services rendered at the First Colony Inn during the years 1967, 1968 and 1969. The suit was brought against Martin Kellogg, Jr. of Manteo and Fentress P. Horner of Elizabeth City, executors of the e.state of the late C. P. Midgett, owner and operator of First Colony Inn for many years. The jury’s verdict came fol lowing several days of testimo ny by witnesses for both sides, in the action, in which Mrs. Midgett sought to prove that her sei-vices during the years mentioned were valuable to operation of the First Colony Inn, and that remuneration in the amount sought was due. The 'defendants contended that ef forts had not been rendered in such amount, and that other remuneration had been received. When the jury’s charge was ICE CAN BE BEAUTIFUL AS WELL AS A NUISANCE ON MATTAMUSKEET LAKE AS A FRESH BLAST of arctic air moved into the coastland Wednesday night and Ttiursday, dipping the mercury into the twenties and teens, we are reminded of this .scene earlier this win ter, obsci-ved on the west side of the causeway thiough Lake Maltamuskeet in Hyde County. It had been very cold for many days and nights, and with the wind’s help, ice which covered the lake, broke up and was pushed into a pile some ten feet high. Lake Maltamuskeet is the subject in the following story regarding a sizeable appropriation made to further its wildfowl refuge operations. TO SAVE OUTER BANKS APPROVAL VOTED PROPOSALS AT NEW BERN MEET SATURDAY The North Carolina Outer Banks Seashore Park Commis- son voted in New Bern Saturday to ask the 1963 General Assem bly for $2,650,000 to start a multipronged attack on coastal beach erosion during the next two years. The commis.sion’s chairman, read, it was as follows: 1. “Did Woodrow Price of Raleigh de- the plaintiff, Mrs. Wilma Mid gett, render services to the de fendant’s testabor, Cornelius P. Midgett, during the years 1967, 1958 and 1959?’’ A verdict of yes was rendered. 2. “If so, w’hat amount, if any, is the plaintiff entitled to recow scribed the initial request as "modest’’ but said it would “pro vide the trigger’’ for needed long-range progi-ams to save the North Carolina coast fi'om the ravages of a storm-tossed ocean. If approved by the Legisla ture, the funds would be spent er of the defendants for said during the two-year budget per- services?” The amount of $2000 ^ was set by jury. The defendants moved to set verdict aside, and motioned for a new trial which was denied. 'They, .further excepted ito judg ment and noted appeal to Su preme Court, in which 90 days are allowed to serve statements. The plaintiffs will have 45 days following, in which to file counterclaim. In the case of Palmer Midgett, (husband of Wilma Midgett) heard last January in Dare court, an award of $4400 was made in a similar suit. Upon appeal, the Supreme court af firmed the lower court’s deci sion. JUDGE PAUL'S LAST TERM OF COURT IN DARE iod beginning next July 1. Tlie breakdown of the commission’s recommendations is as follows: —$760,000 a year to buy pro tective coastal buffer strips along undeveloped •sections of beach. The commission will ask that the Legislature peimit up to 16 per cent of the funds to be spent for pilot projects and research on beach protection. $500,000 a year to help local Emergency Fund as first pro- 5oscd by the commission. He said the funds .should “be set aside in a formula so they can not be used for any other pu- pose.” Price agrreed and said he would try to work out the leg islative details. State Ports Director James W. Davis asked the commis sion’s help in getting federal approval and funds to construct two long jetties into the ocean at Beaufort Inlet. He said the jetties would aid navigation and also protect the shoreline “for many miles on either side.’’ Ben Taylor of Currituck County said residents of that area are "pretty unanimously opposed’’ to any plan that would have the National Park Service take over the entire beach strand from Duck to the Vir ginia border.- Congressmen Herbert Bonner of the First District and David Henderson of the Third pledged their cooperation in Washington to the commission’s efforts. Those who appeared praised $150,000 FUNDS TO AID MAHAMUSKEET REFUGE PROJECTS Congressman Herbert C. Bon ner announced last week that he had been advised by the Secretary of the Intei'ior, the Honorable Stewart Udall, that Federal funds have been made available to the Maltamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in Hyde County, in the amount of $160,000. Mr. Bonner stated that this money will be spent in improvements covering building construction, road rehabilitation, bridge and fence repairs, brush control, drainage betterments, soil building and forest stand improvements. Representative Bonner fur ther stated that 15 man-years of work will be generated. These funds come from the Fed eral Accelerated Public Works Program and are a part of the six million dollars earmarkeil for Fish and Wildlife projects throughout ,thc United Spates. IN RECORDER'S COURT IMPROVEMENT TO HIGHV/AY 64 SAID TO BE MADE SOON JOHN W. ANDREWS SETS ROBERT FROST AWARD Route from Columbia to Manns Harbor to Be Improved Generally Included in a list of nine gen eral improvements to roads in Eastern North Carolina, is the route from Columbia to Manns Harbor, a stretch some 28 miles long, now sub-standard. It has been under study by the State Highway Commission for some time, and about a year ago was adopted as a forthcoming proj ect by the road body. Estimated cost of the upgrad ing project has been announced as $1,000,000, which would in clude straightening and widen ing the now heavily-traveled route. Ti-affic has increased steadily along the route for many years, even during the ferry rides which were a part of travel on this road until last year. The Lindsay Warren Bridge across Alligator River, which has been open for approx imately a year, has brought a shorter, quicker route to the coast from the west, and traf fic demands make imperative improvements to the “avenue to the sea.’’ The $l-million improvement is part of $16-inillion estimated for the nine projects, which in volve four-laning and by-pass construction in the area east of Raleigh, including Wendell, Zeb- ulon. Rocky Mount, Tarboro and Nashville. FILM FOR P.T.A. MONDAY The JIanteo Elementary Schools P. T. A. will meet Mon day night at 8 o’clock in the Manteo High School auditorium. A 28-minute film on mental health will open the meeting. The public is invited to attend. DEER KILLING AT KITTY HAWK FEATURED CASE ON TUESDAY governments share in federal ... Lastal protection funds. The\^°''- setting up he commission recommended that 1““‘’/A.*’]! the State pay up to 75 per cent commission Pratiding Judge At Last Week's Term Taken By Satur day Seizure Superior Court Judge Jlal- colm C. Paul, resident Judge of North Carolina’s Second Judical District, died ot a heart attack Sunday at 12:30 a.m. He was 51 last Friday, at which time he was concluding a term of Super ior Court in Dare County. He became ill Saturday after noon and was admitted to Beaufort County Hospital. He suffered the attack about 10.Hall Jr. of Wilmington, chair- p.m. and died about two hours man of the New Hanover Coun- later. of that portion of total coist not borne by the federal govern ment. The local government unit would pav the remainder. —$25,000 a year for a re search and planting program to vegetate barren areas of the coastline with special, sand holding grass. The 34-niember commission also put its endorsement on a $239,000 legislative request byj the State Department of Con-i servation and Development to contemplated match federal funds for a pro tection project at Fort Macon State Park. And the commi.ssion will ask the legislature to provide the State Department of Insurance with more personnel to aid coastal counties and towns to write building codes which would better protect beach pro perty from storm damage. At the public hearing, J. M. ty Board of Commissioners, said Judge Paul was a lifelong res- the big problem of coastal coun ident of Beaufort County. He ties “is money. . .We are going was appointed special superior'to have to have a pretty gen- court judge by the late Gov. erous amount of assistance?’’ William B. Umstead in 1953. The formula proposed th® Two years later he was ap-'commission would work like pointed resident judge of the this: If the federal government Second Judicial District and in put up 60 per cent of the total 1962 was unopposed for an co.st of a project, the local area eight-year term. involved would have to pay 12'/2 Before his appointment, he per cent of the total, with the had served as soHcitor of the State paying the other 371/2 per brU^King "Artsmouth‘fsland"and Beaufort County Recorders cent. . . Court, county attorney, chair-1 The commission’s request for man of the Democratic Execu- funds for re.search and pilot tive Committee and was elected projects was approved after a state senator from the Second David Stick of Kitty Hawk urg- Senatorial District in the early ed experiments with sand dredg- 1950s. jing construction of jetties and Bom in Sidney Crossroads, groins in the ocean, and sinking jan. 18, 1912, he wag a son of surplus ships offshore to restore for its efforts to and restore the Outer Banks and other coastline areas. Delegations also attended the hearing from Ocracoke Island and Onslow, Carteret and Brunswick Counties. At Ocracoke Cecil Bragg of Ocracoke, spokesmen for the Ocracoke delegation, told the commission that “our problem on Ocracoke Island differs considerably’’ the sand dune restoation the commission proposal. “Pamlico Sound — not the ocean — is our greatest threat,’’ he said, adding that the north and w'est sides of Ocracoke are eroding at the rate of a foot a year. “Pamlico Sound is rapidly re ducing Ocracoke Island to a strip of sand,” he said. The way to save Ocracok Is land, he concluded, is to con struct a stone or concrete revet ment about 100 yards off the Pamlico Sound shore, fill the area between the jetty and the land by hydraulic dredging and plant the filled area with grass. "If that is not done,” he warn ed, “if Ocracoke Island is not protected, fish will swim on farms that are now on the main land.” Ben B. Salter of Atlantic, a property owner and native of Portsmouth Island, urged the commission to work towartl the Core Banks into the national park system. "I was bom on Portsmouth Island in 1899,” he said. “It was stabilized then. There were wooded hills all up and down the i.sland and all along the Core the late Charles B. and Mildred and hold the decaying Outer' . IK d tJ,Se^Sn^atsat’[heW.„... tego High School earned a A proposal bv Stick and oth-j the law degree from Wake Forest ers that prison labor be used for “ „ College in 1936. He practiced some coastal work drew opposi- law in Washingtn, until his ap-.tion from Cartciet County Re- pointment to the ^nch. | publican Rep. Thomas Bennett. PATROLMAN SHOWS FILM During World War II he serv- He said he hoped local people TO KITTY HAWK PTA ed as a Naval combat command-'would gain employment from — er. He wag a Mason, a Shriner, any coastal projects. The Kitty Hawk PTA at its an Elk, a Redman and past! Bennett termed the commis-,January 17, meeting heard a American Legion commander, sion’s plan, however, “very for- talk by Highway Patrolman He was a member of the Board ward looking.” He said as much Harry Pridgen on pedestrians of Directors of the Bank of money as possible should come and bicycle riders as connect Washington and a member of from State and federal sources.’with highway safety. Mr. Prid- the vestry of St. Peter’s Epis-| Other Support Pledged. I gen also showed a film on high- copal CTiurch. I Numerous legislators from w'ay safety. Principal Lewis He married the former Hulda other coastal counties also Cayton presided and there was Winfield of Pantego April 10, pledged their support to the a good attendance. Attendance 193g, I program. One, Craven County prize was won by the kindergar- Beside his wife, he is survived Rep, Sam I^itehurst, voiced ten. The door prize was won by Am PAUI^ Pag* 8U i iebjectiott ta ptitUag th* 876(Mt0a llnL BuUz Bearham, "Now we have four people An unusual case came into Dare Recorder’s Court this ■week, when a witness admitted his involvement in a crime for which his companion had been charged, resulting in conviction of both. Robert Mason of Kitty Hawk was charged with the killing of a tame deer and trespassing on the property of Sirs. Herman A. Tillett of Kitty Hawk on the (night of December 14, 1962. It .was related in court by Foster Forbes, Jr., state wildlife officer and George Frank, deputy sheriff, that they had been summoned to the Tillett pro- iperty on the 16th of December, and investigated the matter, ■finding evidence which connect- led Mason with the crime. Mason, who was not repre sented by counsel, on several 'occasions took belligerent ex ception to state’s witnesses’ testimony, and advised the court that he “had witnesses of his owm.” Norman Perrj', under ex- •amination by prosecuting at- toi-ney Martin Kellogg, Jr., surprised the court with his testimony relating to the slay ing, saying that the offense was of his own concoction, and that Mason had been urged by him to assist in the crime. Judge Vannote sentenced 'Mason to the mandatory fine of 4260 or four months on the iroad, then ordered a warrant drawn for Perry, who was plac ed under arrest, and subse quently sentenced to four months on the road, later su spended because of his testim ony in the matter. “Should Have Been Done” Peri’y stated that he did what sSiould have been done earlier, evidently meaning that the animal should have been de stroyed. The deer which was killed has been th subject of su spicion by certain parties in 'Kitty Hawk in connection with the attack upon Mrs. Rosaline 3wain during November. Mrs. SwaSn was severely injured by a rampaging deer at her home, •was hospitalized for some time following the attack and >s still •Ipuffering from injuries. There has been little evidence presented, however, which would connect the Tillctt’s pet with khe November assault upon •Mrs. Swain. Kitty Hawk woods, 'many observers say, is heavily populated with deer. Perry stated that he and IMason had gone to the Tillett homeplace. where the animal ■WM penned, Juid 'while Mason held the deer, he cut the deer’s throat. They then dragged the animal under the fence, anfi for a con siderable distance to a landing on the bay, -where they loaded the animal in a skiff, ventured to another landing, and removed the body to the home of a broth er of Perry. It was there that the animal -was dressed, and later the hide, entrails, etc. were dumped over the Currituck Sound bridge. Other Cases ■D'. A. Rogers, Jr. of Manteo was once again haled into court on speeding charge. According to testimony offered by H. W. Pridgen, patrolman, the offense was committetl on the morning of Jan. 2, 1963, while Pridgen was stationed near Manteo Elementai-y School equipped radar apparatus, and he charged Rogers with driving 45 m.p.h. in S5-tnilc zone. Rogers’ plea was that he was not even in the area at time the offense was sup posed to have been committed, having been home in bed. Tes timony given by defense witnes ses backed up his claim, but Judge Vannote disregarded the question of time, fined $10 and court costs. W. H. McCown, Manteo attorney who repesented the defendant, noted appeal and bond was fixed at $100. F. Theodore Combs of Kill Devil Hills, charged with failing to observe stop sign, pleaded not guilty, but was ta.\ed with costs of court. Ml'S. Mable Clark, charged wfith driving too fast for exist ing conditions following an ac cident near Foi't Raleigh recent ly, was taxed with court costs. Submissions Thurman W. Owens of Har binger, operating motor vehicle after litense revoked and in state of suspension, $260. William Clyde Tviford, im proper lights, $5. Jimmie W. O’Neal, Norfolk, reckless driving, $25. Douglas E. Darris, Hatteras, killing ducks without license .and after season closed, $20. Ivey M. Evans, Wanchese, speedihg, $10. James L. Verity, Long Lsland, N. Y., no valid license, and driving under influence, $116. Annie Pierce Daniels, colored of Manteo, speeding, $10. Basil J. Cook, Jr., Navy Duck, driving too fast for exist&ig conditions, $5. Loe G. Waters, Jamesville, driving under the influence, $100. TRAGEDY EARLY THURSDAY TAKES THREE LIVES AND BOAT OFF OREGON INLET Distressed Trawler "Violet" of Vandemere Sinks In Ocean About 2:30 A.M.; Two Bodies Recovered Early in Morning and Search Discontinued for Third Due to Un favorable Sea Conditions. JOHN WILLIAMS ANDREWS of Westport, Conn, was named co-winner of the $1000 Robert Frost Poetry Award at the 63rd annual dinner of the Poetry So ciety of America at the Hotel Astor in New York. Mr. An drews received the award for his narrative poem, “The Hur ricane.” Co-winner is Miss Jean Rubin of Baltimore. Her poem is entitled “Theme and Varia tions.” Approximately 2 0 0 0 poets entered the competition. Jlr. Andrews is the author of “First Flight,” the story of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, now available at beach stores and bookshops. Mr. Andrews, accompanied by his lovely wife, visited for sev eral days last summer on the Dare Coast, while he was at tending to promotional matters concerning “First Flight.” They stayed at the Ocean House Mo tel in Kill Devil Hills. Mr. Andrews was educated at Taft School, Watertown, Conn., at Yale College and Yale Law jSchool. He was editor of the Yale Literary Magazine and class poet. Among Mr. Andrews’ publi cations are Prelude to Icaros, Antartica, A Ballad of Channel Crossings, Georgia Transport. He has written verse pieces for the Columbia Broadcasting Com pany, and contributed to Satur day Review, Harper’s, Yale Re view, Prairie Schooner, Virginia Quarterly Review, among other periodicals. The narrative poem. First Flight, has been issued recently as a reprint in paperback form by Pavilion Press, Westport, Conn. Portions of this poem have been included in British anthologies and broadcast by the British Broadcasting Com pany. ELBERT S. PEEL, JR. GETS POST OF JUDGE Elbert S. Peel, Jr. of Wil- liamston was appointed Wednes day by Governor Sanford to fill the unexpired term of Superior Court Judge Malcolm Paul of Washington, who died last week end. Peel, who is 40, was last year re-elected to a second term as Martin County’s representative in the General Assembly, from which he will resign. He had previously served a term in State Senate. The post of Su perior Court judge pays $14,600 a year, and in order to qualify for the remainder of Judge Paul’s term. Peel must run in the 1964 elections. Grimes Had Been Endorsed Bryan Grimes, Jr., of Wash ington had been endorsed by three bar groups in the Judicial District which embraces the counties of Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell and Washington. HEAVY WINDS CAUSE DAMAGE AT HATTERAS Some Sefbacic in Filling Inle'l Result of Wednesday Night Blow The north northeast gale which hit the Outer Banks with much fury on Wednesday night, during which the trawler Vio let sank off Oregon Inlet with the loss of tliree lives, also caused damage on Hatteras Is land. A new roof over the dock at Oden Fish and Oil Company on the waterfront at Hatteras was destroyed by the high winds. Fred Austin who %vorks with Donald Oden, owner of the com pany, stated that damage to the roof was estimated in excess of $700. “The force of the wind was so great that a 1.300 pound steel beam was bent in two places,” said Austin. The Atkinson Dredging Com pany dredge Hampton, employ ed to close the Buxton Inlet, had made much headway recently and only about 250 feet on the south side of the inlet had not been filled in by late Wednesday, but on Thursday morning the full extent of erosion damage during the gale had not bean estimated. It had been reported in Man- tco that present plans call for complete closure of the inlet and the building of a road across the fill is expected by late Feb ruary. MARCH OF DIMES FUND GROWING ON ROANOKE IS. ATTEND CONFERENCE Among Methodists attending conference in Washington, N. C., Tuesday were the Rev. and Mrs. Harold F. Leatherman, the Rev. and Mrs. Charles Olson, Mrs. R. D. Sawyer and Mrs. Bertha White of Manteo; the Rev. Robert Pullman, Mrs. L. L. Gibbs, Ml'S. Rena Tillett and Mr. and Mrs. James Davis of Wanchese; the Rev. Rufus Smithson of Stumpy Point; the Rev. and Mrs. Horace McLaurin and Pennel Tillett of Kitty Hawk. Mrs. Abe Sobol, Roanoke Is land chairman for the 1963 March of Dimes, announces the following contributions to date: Kitty Hawk Elementary School, $11.50; Manteo Elementary School, $45.39; Alantco High 'School, $23.90; Roanoke School, '$8.58; Ladies’ Bible Class, Wan chese Methodist Chuch, $17.15; 'Chapter No. 79 Order Eastern Star, $5.00; Manteo Woman’s Club, $5; Men’s Bible Class, Wanchese Methodist Church, '$10; Mr. and Mrs. Aycock 'Brown, $5.80; Manteo Masonic 'Lodge No. 521, $10. Taken in so far at coffee hours "was $26.76, and fruit cakes sold during this drive have brought $102.75. Mrs. Sobel has expressed gratitude for the response to the drive, asks that those who have not sent in their contributions do so as soon as possible. Ad ditional workers are John H. Long, Mrs. Roy Etheridge, .Ir., Mrs. Clarence Beals, Mrs. John B Etheridge and Joe Dowdy in the Manteo and North End areas; and in the Manteo Negro section section Mrs. Agatha Gray, Mra. Edna Mc- Clease, Mrs. Amy Mann, Mrs. Arvilla Latham and Mrs. Delva Collins. Danee Saturday Mrs. M. K. Fearing, Jr., re minds the public of the March of Dime.q dance to be held Sat urday night, January 26, at the Shrine Club, beginning at nine o’clock. The public is invited, admission $2 per couple. Tragedy struck hard in the early morning hours Thur.sday, when the lives of three men wore taken by the angry At lantic. The fi.shing trawler “Vio let,” captained by Freddie Bal- lance, and a crow of two young men—James Brothers and Char lie Bonner Popperwill — all of Lowlands, Pamlico County, per ished in heavy seas 10 miles or so east of Oregon Inlet, about 2:30 a.m. The trawler had been taken in tow late Wednesday after noon by “The Seven Brothers,” a trawler operating from Wan chese and skippered by Llewel lyn (Sonny Boy) Daniels, Jr. It is reported that the “Violet” had encountered engine difficul ties, and while in tow, evidently bgaii taking on water or met extremely difficult seas. The wind was reported as blowing east-northeast 47 to 64 m.p.h. at time of the mishap. What actually occurred will probably never be known, for the vessel was without ample power to operate its radio. Cajit. Daniels slated that lights were visible in the Violet’s cabin about ten minutes before she sank, which was in approxi mately 9 fathoms of water. He had been aiding the vessel for some seven hours, and the op- proximate location at his first contact was 25-30 miles offshore, in 40 fathoms of water. The bodies of Brothers and Popperwill were recovered by the crew of the trawler “Orien tal,” owned by Garland Fulcher of Oriental. They were picked up at 7:30 and 8:16 a.m. Thurs day. Participating in search at tempts, in addition to various boats operating in the area, wore Coast Guard aircraft. Speculation is that Capt. Bal- lanee may have gone down with the vessel, as no evidence had been found otherwise. A dory from the “Violet,” however, was picked up later in the morning by trawler “Filmorc.” Brothers and Popperwill were about 20 years of age, while Capt. Ballancc was believed to be 28. They had been operating the boat in this area since flounder season began some weeks ago, and it is believed that this same crew operated the boat in nearby waters dur ing shrimp season. The “Violet,” 51 feet in length, was built in 1947 and was valued at $16,000 by its owner, Earl H. Holton of Vari- demere. OCRACOKE WELL REPRESENTED AT EROSION MEET Sea Level Ferry Being Utilized By Many Island Residents As Shorter Route FIVE A. M. BLAZE DAMAGES HOME OF WALTER G. GRAY SEA HAGS WILL MEET The Sea Hags will meet at the Seahag Port in Kitty 'Hawk at 8:30 Monday night. Officers will he installed. It has also been announced that tlie exercises classes ■will bo held only once a week, each Tuesday at 9:30, at the (Carolinian Hotel. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Gray, Sr., located on the soundside of Nags Head, was damaged by fire Thursday morning, when a blaze was set off by a gas stove in the kitchen. Nags Head fire depart ment received the call about five a-m. and found the kitchen blazing and the attic under side of the roof smouldering. They had to cut through asphalt shingles to put out a stubborn blaze in the wooden shingles underneath. Fire CSiief Troy Sheppard stated that actual fire damage was to the kitchen and attic, but that the remainder of the house suffered heavy smoke and water damage. OCRACOKE, January 21 — Nine members of the Ocracoke Civic Club were present on Sat urday morning in New Bern at the hearing of the Outer Banks Ei-o.sion Control Commission. Cecil Bragg, chairman of the Erosion Control Committee of the Club, presented the erosion control needs of ' Ocracoke. Others present from Ocracoke included the president of the Club, Benjamin L. O’Neal, R. Wahab Howard, Claude Gaskill, Alex Eley, Junius Austin, Do- ward Brugh, Theodore Rondth- aler. and R. Stanley Wahab. Mrs. Rondthaler and Mrs. Wa hab also attended the hearing. A good many Ocracokers made the trip home Sunday on the Sea Level ferry. These in cluded those above mentioned and Mr. and Mrs. Danny Gar- rish and Calvin O’Neal, Jr. who had made a three day trip to Williamston, Elizabeth City, and Swan Quarter; Mrs. R. Wahab Howard, who had ■visited Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Powell, Jr., and her daughter, Betty Helen Ho ward, in Raleigh; Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Beacham who had visited Mrs. Beacham’s sister, Mrs.'C.' W. Kirkman, in Greensboro; 'and several of the Ocracoke I Coast Guard hoys, returning from leave. The Sea Level is in. New Bern, undergoing its an nua] Oast GuaH inspection. See CKIRACOKE, Page Sh;