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VOLUME XXVIII — NO. 31
THE COASTLAND TIMES
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MANTEO. N.C., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY I. 1963
Pages I through 6
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HATTERAS ISLAND AGAIN »
TO BE JOINED AS INLET’S
CLOSURE COMES RAPIDLY
With Erosion Halted On the South Side, Com
plete Fill of Gash Expected Late Thursday
or Early Friday; Second Dredge Expected
On the Scene Tomorrow to Aid in Dune
Restoration Program; March I Target Set
For Completed Highway.
DARE ABC CHAIRMAN
RESIGNS THIS WEEK
SPECIAL EVENTS
TO BOOST MARCH
OF DIMES DRIVE
Almost $500 Turned in From
Roanoke Island; Other Areas
To Be Reported Later
A total of ^479.71 has heen
turned over, as of this date, to
the 1963 Mai-ch of Dimes by the
chairman for Roanoke Island,
Mrs. Abe Sobel of Wanchese.
All reports are not in, and Mrs.
Sobel asks that all solicitors
•who have not yet sent in their
funds do so before Saturday,
February 2, which is supposed to
be the end of the drive. The
quota for Roanoke Island is
$1000.
Amounts reported include the
following: the dance Saturday
night, headed by Mrs. M. K.
Fearing, Jr., of Manteo, brought
a total of $156.32. This included
the amount for which Mrs. Dor
ris Fry sold a cake she won at
the dance and contributed the
sale price to the Maieh of Dimes
fund. The cake was baked by
Mrs. Ethel Tillett of Wanchese.
The Roanoke Island Baptist
Church contributed $16.88; Mrs.
Edward Davis' Sunday School
Class of Wanchese, $5; the
luncheon given last week by
Mrs. Rose Smzadja, attended by
23 persona, $27; Mountj Olivet
-■Methodist Church Men’s Bible
Class, Manteo, $20.
See DI.HES, Page Six
WANCHESE MAN
NAMED TO HEAD
C. G. ENLISTEES
Arnold B. Daniels, B. M. l/c.
To Head Norfolk
District Recruits
PORTSMOUTH, Va., Jan. 23,
—^Arnold B. Daniels, 26, Boat
swain Mate First Class, U. S
Coast Guard, of Wanchese, has
been named Officer in Charge
of the Coast Guard’s Norfolk
area Reci-uiting Station.
Daniels relieves Chief Engine-
man B. B. Gray, USCG, of Avon,
who has been designated Officer
in Charge of all Fifth Coast
Guard District’s Recruiting
Stations under the direction of
Lieutenant (junior grade) E. M.
Custer, Jr., USCG.
As Chief Recruiter, Daniels
has been given the authority to
administer the oath required for
enlistment of recruits at his
office located at 114 W. Bram-
bleton Ave,, Norfolk, Va.
Prior to entering the Coast
Guard in 1955, he graduated
from Manteo High School and
received his initial Coast Guard
training at Cape May, N. J.
He is the son of Mrs. Vivian
C. Daniels and the late Spencer
Daniels of Wanchese. He is
married to the former Imogene
Shannon of Manteo. 'They have
one child, Kevin age 2, and now
reside at 304 George Dr., Nor
folk, Va.
In one of his first duties at
the new post, D.aniels adminis
tered the oath required for en
listment of recruits to a group
of young men from the Fifth
District, and included in the
group was his nephew, Malcolm
D. aniels, Jr. of Wanchese. Also
included in the enlistees was
Elbert Jarvis of Washington,
Beaufort County,
Assuming that no r.adic.al
change in weather comes about,
reports reaching Manteo early
Thursday afternoon indicate
the closure of the inlet north of
Buxton would come late Thur.s-
day evening or Friday morning.
The movement of citizens on
Hatteras Island in.stitutod e.arl-
ier this week, which continued
for several days, of building a
breakwater or barrier of junked
autos, has completed halted
heavy erosion which was being
experienced as the inlet’s gap
was filled from the north. At
pi-ess time there was still a
distance of some 76 to 100 feet
open, which was expected to be
filled by low water in the after
noon, or failing this, the suc
ceeding low tide Friday morn
ing.
There are approximately 100
persons working on the project
in addition to crews from the
Atkinson Dredging Company’s
Hampton, which has been on the
job for several weeks. Assi.sting
in addition to local citizenry in
this week’s efforts, h.ave been
State Highway, Coast Guard,
N.'ivy and Park .Seivice person
nel in the all-out attempt to get
the gash closed.
The fill material which has
been pumped in is to an eleva
tion of 12 feet above moan high
water, but consido7'able other
work is noces.sary to assure per
manency of the rebuilt area. An
ocean barrier dune' will have to
be constructed along the area
of fill, and also on both north
and south sides, a distance of
several thousand feet.
The .second dredge which the
Army engineers has promised
is e.xpccted on the .scene to aid
in the final stages of the beach
repair opei'ations, and will be
retained for some time, engaged
in the dune i-ostoration project.
It is also a 16-inch dredge, own
ed by the Atkinson company,
and was cn route to the site on
See INLET, Page Six
TWO MORE DAYS
FOR KDH WATER
REGISTRATION
RECEIVES CITATION
.LEIGH D. HASSELL, Chair-
'man of the Dai'e County ABC
I Board, resigned the post this
week, in a letter to the Board
of Commissioners, which con-
] ti'ols appointment to the ABC
I Board. Air. Hassell was appoint
ed to the job for three years
I December 1958, and in December
1961 was commended for poli
cies established, and received
another three-year appointment.
During Mr. Hassell’s tenure
the ABC system has made sub
stantial gains in sales, having
exp.anded its lines to include
better-gi-ade merchandise, which
naturally attracts a larger num
ber .and better class of custom
ers. Profits have increased each
year, with more money than
evei- being turned over to tlie
' county’s general fund.
Present a.ssets of the ABC
system now total appi-oximately
$150,000, quite a whopping
stride fonvai-d from the assets
listed when the new board took
over some four years ago. A
subst.antial portion of this asset
figui-e is in ca.sh on hand. Mi’.
Hassell being a strong believer
in having adequate capital to
comfortably operate in a busi-.
nesslike manner.
It will be interesting to watch
closely the ABC account now,
and it is the prediction of many
obseivers, that attempts will bo
made to milk the ABC fund.s,
diverting the money to foot the
bills incurred with the county’s
present free-spending policies.
Appointment of a member to
fill the vacancy created by Mr.
Hassell is expected soon. The
other two members of the ABC
Board are Robert V. Owens of
Manteo and Jaccic Buri-us of
Alanns Harbor.
ON HATTERAS ISLAND
JUNKED CARS GO TO AID
INLET-CLOSURE PROJECT
$82,415 CONTRACT
FOR DUNE WORK
AT CAPE POINT
Supt. H. Reese Smith of Cape
Hatteras National Seashore Rec
reational area, has announced
the award of a contract to the
E V. Williams (Company. Inc. of
Nirfolk, for dune rehabilitation
work in the Cape Point area
of Hatteras Island. ’The project
covers the rebuilding of dune
structure on the sooth side of
Cane Point, for a distance of
approximately 7000 feet, using
.land from designated borrow
area.
’The Virginia firm’s bid was
lowest of 10 bids received for
work. .
An all-out effort was initiated
Alonday to halt erosion along
the south shoreline of the inlet
between Buxton and Avon.
Scoi'es of residents from Bux
ton, Frisco and Hatteras com
munities were bu.sy mo\ing tlie
rusty hulks of junked .auto
mobiles to the shoreline, lashing
tliem together with wii-e cables
and pushing them overboard in
hopes a breakwater would be
created to stop the sand that
is being washed away by strong
tides.
Island citizens were being as
sisted by State highway crews,
Nation.al Park Service, the Naval
facility and the Coast Guard,
which furnished equipment sucli
as bulldozers and trucks, plus
manpower.
Atkinson Dredging Company’s
big pipeiine dredge “Hampton”
lias been making efforts to close
the inlet since shortly after
the lengthy gaics of late Novem
her and cai-ly December a storm
that had washed away the tern
por.iry bridge after the storm
in Maich last year, and widened
the inlet from about 750 to 1,500
feet.
Considerable progress had
been made and only about 300
feet of the Inlet remained open
last week when another gale re
tarded activities and caused
more ero.sion, e.specially on the
south shore.
With less than 300 feet to go
before the inlet is filled the
dredging operators are also
faced with an ebb and flow of
the tide “that resembles a mill
race, it is so swift."
One of the leading figures
in the project to ston erosion Is
Sh.nnklin Austin of Hatteras.
“We decided on Saturday that
the many junked automobiles
that h:ive become an eyesore in
the various communities might
help stop the erosion,” said
Austin.
“The owners of the junked
autos were ready to give same
to be used as a potential break
water which may stop the ero
sion’’ he added.
“So, with one of the greatest
community efforts I have ever
witnessed on Hatteras Island,
witli the state and federal gov-
onment agencies assisting, we
have made a good start on a
project that may solve this
problem.’’
Approximately 50 old cars
were placed Monday. Alost of
them came from Buxton. A
hundred or more additional
auto hulks from Frisco and
Hatteras were to be added dur
ing the week.
MALE BEAUTY
CONTEST SET
FOR FEB. 14
An entertaining evening is
shaping up for spectators who
will attend a .show being spon
soi'ed on February 14 by the
Manteo Rebekali Lodge. It will
be ill the form of an all male
beauty conte.st, and is scheduled
to begin at 8 p.m. in Manteo
High School auditorium.
Expected to participate will be
such lovelies as Alvali H. Ward,
Ji’., G. G. Bonner, Ralph Davis,
Wm. Henry Jones, Chesiey Mid-
gett, Sr. and Jr.; Jack Wilson,
Dorian Quidlcy, Ralph Umphlctt,
Gus Etheridge, Jr., Tony Til
lett, Robert T. Midgett, Ray
mond Wescott, Jr., Carson Creef,
Leonard (Bud) Quidlcy, Leonard
T. Hill, Darrell Tolson, Bennie
O’Neal, Alan Old, Johnny Long,
D. A. Rogei’s, Jr.. Jimmy Groce,
Randy O’Neal, James Hasty,
Ryan H. Midgett, Jr., Laivrence
Swain, Jr., McCoy 'Tillett, Jr.,
and Edward Wescott.
Contestants from the main
land and beach areas will be
named next week, plus any late-
filing “beauties” from Roanoke
Island. Competition is expect
ed to be very keen, as the title
at stake is, of course, highly
prestigious.
A nominal admission fee will
be charged.
125 Expected to (Pualify for
Feb. 23 Vote; Challenge
Day Feb. 16
When election day comes in
Kill Devil Hills on February
28, approximately 125 voters are
e.xpected to take part in the
water bond referendum. Through
last Saturday, 55 persons had
been i-ogistered, according to
Mrs. Jean Perry Beacham, who
is solving as registrar, and with
two more registration days —
Feb. 2 and 9 — the total is ex
pected to more than double.
Registration can be mailc at the
town hall on those two Satur
days.
The $765,000 project to pro
vide a municipal water supply
for the town would, if ap
proved, follow closely on the
heels of the Nags Head system
which voters approved last
month. Funds would bo provided
through the Federal Housing
and Home Finance Agency in
Washington. Nags Head offi
cials are working out detailed
plans with the Wm. Freeman
engineering firm preparatory to
awarding contract for construc
tion, which is expected about the
first of April.
The same engineering firm is
handling the Kill Devil Hills
project, and its propo.sals are as
follows;
The installation of 5 wells,
35 feet deep, in the vicinity
of the “Fresh Pond” property,
on the north side, a treatment
plant whore iron would be re
moved and chlorine added.
From there it would be pump
ed to a ground storage tank
with a capacity of 200,000 gal
lons, and further to an elevated
storage aiul pressure-providing
tank of like capacity.
Service mains would be pro
vided to every house now exist
ing. The mains would be placed
on we.st side of U. S. 158 Busi-
"e;i‘S.,bii>_the,.s,t^aAe right jnf \vay,
or in' the right”* of way of city
streets.
See WATER, Page Six
DARE PIRATES
AT CHARLOTTE
TRAVEL SHOW
LIEUTENANT JOHN L.
BOOTH. U. S. NAVY, recently
received a citation “for out
standing achievement in the
performance of his duties while
serving on board USS AL-
.STEDE (AF 48) from April
1961 to September 19, 1962. As |
JInin Propulsion Assi.stant and |
Engineer Officer, Lieutenant |
Booth consistently e.xhibited out-1 „
-Standing qualities of profes Uavis of Manteo Repre-
-sional eompetence, management The Lost Colony are
effectiveness and leadership, | Long of Roek Hill, S. C.
beyond those normally required ' plays the p.arl of Queen
or expected
Jamborama Promotion Being
Featured Through This Week;
Also Lost Colony
Several Dare County citizens,
along with others who have in
terest in the area through con
nection with The Lost Colony,
this week are in Charlotte,
whore the Boat, Sports, and
Travel Show of the Cai’olinas is
undenvay. The points of interest
in tlie Outer Banks region are
being promoted through dis
tribution of folder.' and other
informational materials.
Two .show booths are engaged,
one sponsored by the Dare
County Tourist Bureau and the
other by Nags Head’s Carolinian
Hotel.
-Attending and participating
in operation of the booths are
Julian Oneto of Nags Head and
W. H Smith of Kitty Hawk for
the hotel. The other booth is
staffed by the king and queen
of last year’s Jamboree, Clar
ence Winslovz of Hatteras and
CONSTRUCTION PLANS ON
DARE BEACHES CONTINUE'
DESPITE 1962 SETBACKS
One of Btggesf Years for Building An+ici-
pafed; Upward of 200 New Rooms Seen
In Proposals for Additions or New Con
struction in Area of Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil
Hills, Nags Head; Big Demand Expected
For Capable Construction Personnel.
THE TRAVELING MAN
OF WANCHESE TOWN
So reads in part the citation
received by Lt. Booth from Rear
Admiral Denys W. Knoll. Lt.
Booth, ’.vho lives in Norfolk,
spends much of his off duty
time in .Manteo. He is married
to the former Itlarguerite Drink
water, and the family frequently
visits in the Drinkwater home in
Manteo. 'J’liey have two sons,
John Booth, Jr., and Robert
Bootli.
YACHT GRCUNDS
AT CCRACCKE
SUN. EVENING
Three Canadian yachtsmen
who spent a freezing night on
tl.oir grounded yacht, the Alsoa,
were treated at the Sea Level
Hospital early in the week, and
reported to be improving from
the effects of exposure.
The ves.sel went aground Sun
day evening about 7 p.m. as the
skipper, George Allen Stott, 46,
of Moncton, New Brunswick, at
tempted to reach calmer water
inside Ocracoke Inlet. Their
radio -would *’ot work and their
flares were wet, so they remain
ed aboard tlie 62-foot Alsoa un
til Monday morning when they
launched a 16-foot skiff and
made shore on Ocracoke Island
They walked to the home of
Mrs. Miriam Babb, who sum
moned Ocracoke Coast Guards
men. They were transported via
CG helicopter to Sea Level Hos
pital where they were treated
for exposure.
The yacht was en route from
Alherton to St. Lucie, British
West Indies. In addition to Capt.
Stott, aboard were Leonaixl J.
Leblanc, 23, of Moncton and Ray
Albert Kiiich, 42, of Alberton.
Early attempts by Coast
Guardsmen to reach the vessel
for salvage purposes were futile,
it is reported. It was stranded
in the breakers at the mouth of
the inlet, about 1200 yards off
the beach cast of the tip of
Portsmouth Island.
Elizabeth; and Bob Grubbs of
Misonheimer who is the show’s
Sir Walter Raleigh. John Fox,
newly-apjiointed manager of the
drama, is also at the .show.
Aycoek Brown, manager of the
Tourist Bureau, attended the
.showing Tue.sday and Wedne.'-
day.
Present tentative plans for
the Jamborama place the first
event.s on April 20th, when pi
rate and colonial costume com
petition will be held during a
colorful Buccaneer Ball at which
lime the king and queen will bo
selected.
The week end of April 27th
will be devoted to Hatteras Is-
.. r/r f i L n i- T land where the “world’s bigge.st
More Effpehve p^patcH, Parti-f! salt water fish fry” is ex-
^Iarly Air Mail By Addifional j to draw its customary
Collection Scnedule In Effect I tremendous crowds. A dance and
IMPROVEMENT IN
MAIL OUT OF
COLUMBIA NOW
BONNER MAKES
APPOINTMENTS
TO ACADEMIES
Congressman Herbert C. Bon
ner announced last week the fol
lowing appointments to the var
ious seivice academies;
AIR FORCE; Thomas Trim-
migan Holmes, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Holmes, Route 2,
Crcswell; Bertie Di.von, III, son
of Jlr. and Mrs. Bertie Dixon,
Jr., Buxton.
NAVAL ACADEJIY; Edward
Ru.sscll Johnston, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Johnston,
Belhaven; Paul Clayton Akers,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A.
Akers, Route 3, Kitty Hawk.
5IERCHANT MARINE: Mich
ael Wayne Keller, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Keller, Kitty
Hawk.
These names form only a
partial list of many from var
ious counties of the First Dis
trict. I
Columbia Postmaster M r s.
Effie Brickhouse has announc
ed that improved mail sei-vice
for Columbia patrons will be
come effective immediately. All
out of town mail for Dare, Cur
rituck, and Chowan counlico, as
well as for northern and west- . , .
ern stales, and all airmail dc- !^®’’^ Hag-sponsored fishing
posited either in the Columbia' touimament, and coronation of
post office or the courtesy box pirete royalty at tlie Grand
in front of the post office after i R‘''1L
5:15 p.m. and before 6:30 a.m. ( A more detailed program of
will be placed in a pouch and 1 activities will be shaped up in
transported by Star Route 361- the coming weeks, as various
01 to Jlanteo, where connection' committees -work out details
will be made with Star Route for their respective programs.
Bus departing at 11:30 a.m. for
Norfolk.
This will assure an eleven
hour advanemont of such mail,
some of whicli could receive
same day delivery in North
Carolina and through Norfolk
post office bo.xcs, as well as
Nags Head and Kitty Hawk
area.
There will be no change in
the usual 5:15 p.m. dispatch of
out of town mail from Colum
bia.
ADDITIONAL LEADERS
FOR MARCH OF DIMES
Two more chairmen for the
1963 March of Dimes have been
appointed by Mrs. B. J. Baum
of Manteo, county chairman,
They are Mrs. Donald Oden of
Hatteras, who will act as chair
man for Hatteras Island; and
Mrs. Donald Midgett of Stumpy
Point.
DURING AUGUST
CLASSIC CAR CLUB PLANS
VISIT TO THE OUTER BANKS
EASTON, Md. — Talbot
County will witness a unique
event in August, 1963, when
members of the “Classic Car
Club of America,” a national
organization with headquarters
in New York City, will be here
for a visit which will be part of
one of their tours, known as a
“Car-Van.”
Between 150 and 200 men and
women, in 60 to 70 cars built
between 1928 and 1940, will ar
rive here during the morning of
Slonday, August 19 and will
have 'Talbot County as their
the visitors "'ill operate on
several excursions. On Tuesday,
August 20, the group will visit
the U. S. Naval Academy in
Annapolis and will inspect a
“classic” car collection in Anna
polis, They will return to Talbot
County early Tuesday afternoon
and "’ill he entertained with a
clam bake and dance at the
Mile River Yacht Club in the
evening.
The "Car-Van” will leave Wil
mington, Del. for Talbot County
early on 'the moi-ning of 5Ion
headqu-arters until the morning day, August 19, and, after their
of Wednesday, August 21. John
C. North II is the local repre
sentative of the club and has
charge of an-nngements here.
The trip ■wifi start at Harris
burg, Pa., August 17 and ivill
extend to Nags Head. Its ter
mination date w'ill be August 24.
The cavalcade of rehabilitated,
polished-up, carefully attended
“classic” cars will be a spectac
ular sight.
■Wliile in the Outer Banks
area, the club members plan to
make a trip to Hatteres Island,
visit the l^ist Colony, Wright
Memorial, and take in other
points of interest Present plans
are for a four-day stay in this
area.
Tidewater Inn, in Easton, "ill
be local headquaters from which
departure from the local scene
on Weilnosday, will drive down
the Demarva Peninsula, cross
ing Chesapeake Bay by feriy.
Tills trip is expected to be the
“big event of the year” for the
“Classic Car Club.”
RETURN FROM TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony E.
Stark of Bodie Island have re
turned from a month’s trip to
the southwestern part of the
United States and Mexico. They
wore guests of the Honorable
Judge Oscar Dancy in Browns
ville, Texas, and while there
went to Matamoras, Mexico, and
from there by Mexican airline to
Mexico City.
other events are also being talk
ed about.
On May 4th, family and teen
ager activities are scheduled,
including a “dagger dance” for
youngsters, pirate landing and
treasure liunts.
The finale on May 11th calls
PETER POOLE DANIELS of
Wanohp.se is a traveling man.
His schedule as a world com
muter is sufficient testimony to
this fact, and tlie trip which he
lias currently underway provides
a pace which most folks could
not maintain. He is at present
in Australia, a stop over on a
business trip occupying six
weeks and with enough miles to
take him around the globe.
Peter Daniels is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. M. Pete Daniels
of Wanclicse. He attended Man
too High School, N. C. State
College in Raleigh and gradu
ated from the University of
N. C. with an AB degree in
political science.
While in college, he was active
in ROTC work, and upon gi’adu-
ation, entered the Air Force as
a Second Lieutenant for a tw'o-
year hitch. Perhaiis tlie traveling
bug struck in the military, but
at any rate, he has been on the
move ever since.
Following discharge from ser
vice, iie was associated with
Armstrong Cork Co., and for a
while following lived on Nassau
in the Bahamas, where ho main
tained part-interest in a flourish
ing distributor.shi)) for Arm
strong products. He was later
See DANIELS, Page Six
A boom year is in prospect for
building on the D.are Coast, if
present plains being made for
moti’ls and other business es-
tiibli.sliment.s are .all approved.
Obsei’vers e s t i m .a t e that up-
wanis of 200 now rooms, a
large number of them efficien
cies, arc propo.sed along the
licach strand of Kitty Hawk,
Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head.
Enlarged Sea Oatel
One of the larger facilities be
ing expanded again is the pop
ular Sea Oatel in south Nags
Head. Now consisting of 60
some units on the ocean side,
the building program underway
at present will bring the motel’s
units to 84
Archie Burrus, owner and
operator of the Sea Oatel, was
one of the pioneers of the more
modern-type motels, and never
quite got over his building
spree. Almost each year, he has
pursued an expansion program,
which includes a modern ics-
t.aurant, the Dareolina, on the
premises.
Twenty-one of the older units
on the Sea Oatel jiroperty are
being re-located on west side of
Business 158, and new units are
being constructed on the ocean-
side. nie Sea Oatel and Dare
olina "ull open this year on
Mareh 15. Burrus indicated that
present constniction will be com
pleted on or about this date.
Yancey Motor Lodge
Another large facility is und
erway in Kill Devil Hills, that
being construction of 40 units
by a Virginia fiinn, the John
Yancey Motor Hotel. It is locat
ed at the southern end of Kill
Devil Hills, on the ocean-front
in vicinity of Virginia Dare
Restaurant. Half of the units are
to be efficiencies, while half are
standard motel rooms. All units
are being equipped with central
air-conditioning and heat, witli
rcson’alion made for telephone
in all rooms.
A sizeable .swimming pool is
being constructed on the north
east corner, to be “screened”
with redwood paneling. The ba-
Sec BUILDING, Page Six
MANTEO BOY IS
NAMED DISTRICT
MOREHEAD WINNER
SIX MONTHS ON
ROADS. PRICE OF
ASSAULT ON WIFE
CHAPEL HILL—Six nomine
es from the Morehend Scliolar-
ship Di.strict 1 have been
chosen as finalists in conside
ration for the 1963 Morchead
Scholar.ships too the University
of North Carolina, it has been
announced by Roy Armstrong,
executive secretary of the John
Motley Slorehead Foundation
which awards the scholarships.
The six were chosen on Jan
uai-y 24 at Williamston from 22
candid.atcs of the 22 counties
comprising District 1.
The finalists are: Lorenzo
Lewis, son of Mrs. Bunice W.
I.«wis of Rt. 2, Beaufort, a
student at Smyrna Consolidated;
Albert Martin Jones, the son of
Col. and Sirs. Albert Leroy
Jones of Cherry Point, a student
at Havelock High; Charles
Douglas Evans, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. R. Evans of Manteo, a
.student of Manteo High.
Also, William Borden Hooks
Jr., the son of Sir. and Mrs.
W. B. Hooks Sr., of 1100 Main
St., Tarboro, a student at Tar-
boro High; William Thompson
Graves, son of Mr. and Mrs.
T. W. Graves of 1213 Watson
Dr., Wilson, a student at Ralph
L. Fike Sr. High; and William
Bryan Pittman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. B. Pittman of 609 W.
The price of assault on one’s
wife came pretty heavy in Dare
Recorder's Court this week, as
Judge James Vannote handed
out a six montlis road sentence
for the offense.
Cutlibert Edwards, Jr., colored
28 years old, was charged with
assaulting his wife, Mai’y Eliza
beth Mann Edwards, Friday,
the 25th of January about 1 p.m.
He was arrested by Patrolman
H. W. Pridgen who was sum
moned after the attack. Edwards
was quoted by his wife, who
brought the charge, as saying
that he “was going to kill her.”
However, there were no injuries
inflicted.
Edwards, i-eportediy a native
of Florida and somewhat of a
drifter, has only been married
to M.iry Mann for some three
or four months. It is believed
th:it romance blossomed shortly
after their meeting in Norfolk,
and they came back to her home
on Roanoke Island to pre
sumably live a blissful life. It
came to an end on Friday after
noon.
Judge Vannote apparently is
trying to make the colored
.settlement a little less at
tractive to any bums who de
cide to bask in the contentment
whirl! 1ms heen afforded for
many years. The usual custom
has been for characters of this
Nash St, Wil.son, a student at'nature to come to toira, stir
Ralph L. Fike Sr. High. up trouble, wind up on the wel-
Each of the seven Morchead fare rolls, and live off the sup-
Scholarship Districts m the ,)ort doled out to pay for their
state choose.s^ six finalists who j ba.stards. A new day may be
—I - da'WTiing.
In the only other ca.se to come
before the court Tuesday, Lloyd
Meekins of Engelhard was taxed
svith the costs of court He had
■been charged with use of coin;:.'
mercial fishing equipment with
out a license, and pleaded not
guilty. The judge, however,-
found him guilty but only Te?
quired him to pay co.sts of-
$8.70.
will appear for interviews be
fore the Central Scholarship
Committee in Chapel Hill begin
ning Friday, March 1.
(bounties comprising District 1
are; Beaufort, Bertie, Camden,
Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Cur
rituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates,
Green, Hertford, Hyde, Lenoir,
Martin, Pamlico, Pasquotank,
Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Wash
ington, Wilson.