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VOLUME XXVIII — NO. 32
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8. 1963
Single Copy 76
WM. C. FOREMAN
TO FILL VACANCY
ON A.B.C. BOARD
Jaccie F. Burrus Made Chairman
By Commissioners
On Monday
As might have been antici
pated, it didn’t take the Dare
County Commissionei’s long this
week to get down to the busi
ness of filling the ABC board
vacancy created last week by
resignation of Chaiiman L. D.
Hassell.
In action Monday, the Com
missioners appointed W. C.
Foreman, Kill Devil Hills real
estate man, contractor, and tour
ist operator, as a member of the
three-man board. Fennel A. Til-
lutt of Kitty Hawk, commis-
sioner.s’ board member, nonii
nated Mr. Foreman. By unani
mous vote, Mr. Foreman
accorded the post.
Following appointment of the
new member. Commissioner W.
S. White nominated the next new
est member, Jaccie F. Burrus
of Manns Harbor, to the position
of chairman. Mr. Burrus joined
in December, having been ap
pointed for a three-year term.
The other member of the ABC
Board, Robert V. Owens of Man-
teo, who has served sonic two
years on the ABC boai’d, and
who is presently attending col
lege, remains in his position as
member. He is the only current
member who has had prior ex
perience in operation of the
ABC system in Dare County.
It also didn't take long to
get down to discussion among
the county board and ABC of
ficials, for on Tuesday a joint
meeting was called, and during
a lengthy session of the two
bodies, much discussion was had
regarding law enforcement acti
vities, assets and liabilities, and
location of the store on tlic
beach, which is presently at
Nags Head. There also came in
to discussion the matter of what
some officials of county govern
ment term as “surplus," but
Which actually' amounts to 'b’p'-'
crating capital of the system.
Attending the joint meeting
were the following: representing
the County Commissioners;
Lawrence L. Swain of Manteo,
chairman; George K. Fuller of
Buxton; P. A. Tillett of Kitty
Hawk and W. S. White of
Manns Harbor. Fred W. Gray of
Avon did not attend the com
missioners two-day session this
week.
On hand from the ABC board
were: Jaccie F. Burrus, W. C.
Foreman; and Robert H. Mid-
gette, secretary to the ABC
board and long-time supervisor
of the system. Mr, Owens was
not present.
In an audit report made pub
lic this week covering the
period from July 1, 1902,
through January 18, 1963, it ap
pears that Dare County’s ABC
sales amounted to $254,142.90,
and additional revenue was dc
rived from interest paid on a
savings account of some $18,000,
See BOARDS, Page Four
MANTEO GIRL AND BOY RECEIVE HONOR
'JPm
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AWARD OF MERIT GOES
TO DR. SAMUEL SELDEN
MISS NANCY COLES BASNIGHT and CHARLES DOUGLAS
was EVANS of Manteo have been chosen among 23 North Carolina
girls and boys for a signal honor among 4 H memhers. ^liss Bas-
night is a freshman at W. C. U. N. C., Greensboro. Charles is a
senior in Manteo High School. Miss Basnight is the daughter of
Mr. and Mi's. Hugh Basnight of Manteo and Charles is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Evans, also of Manteo. Both have
received a number of honors in 4-H work in the last few years.
Following is the information on the honor for which they have
been selected:
12 girls and 11 boys have
been selected as finalists to be
interviewed on February 8, 1903
at N. C. State College in the
selection of North Carolina’s
National 4 H Conference Dele
gates. I'wo boys and two girls
will bo .selected to represent
N. C. 4 H’ers at the National 4-11
Conference to be held in Wa.sh-
ington, D. C. April 21 27, 1903.
These finalists were selected
for their outstanding achieve
ments in 4 H Club Work, per
sonal growth, demonstrated
leadership abilit.v, community
service and citizen.ship e n -
dcavors. A panel of judges will
study their written records and
jointly from these records and
the personal interviews select
the delegates for this the high
est honor a 4 H Club member
can receive.
I-
Natio^ial .4 H Coivferencc is.
helci annually lin "Wa^nigton, 11
D. C. 50 states are represented -
with 4 delegates. The conference
program is designed to give new
insights and understanding about
responsibilities as an American
Citizen and a keener apprecia
tion of our great American
Heritage.
NIGHT COP FOR MANTEO
MAY BE SELECTED SOON
DR. SAMUEL SELDEN, direc
tor of The Lost Colony on Roa
noke Island for 12 years, has
been ‘presented the 1902 Amer
ican Educational Theatre As
sociation award of merit in rec
ognition of his significant con
tributions to the theatre and the
A ETA.
Dr. Seldcn is currently the
Manteo is now in its .second
week without a permanent night
policeman, following the rcsig-1 chairman of the Department of
nation of R. L. (Trell) Payne, | Theatre Arts at the University
who had sei'ved in that cap.acity 1 of California, Los Angeles. Ho
for several months. During the \ came to UNC in Chapel Hill in
past two weeks, former chief 11927 and was made chairman
M. C. Mitchell has been aiding; of the Dramatic Arts Depart-
the prevention of crime and the' ment in 1945, a position which
solving of same. Chief Russell ^ he maintained until 1958.
Sears continues on the job, but
HATTERAS VILLAGE
FOLKS SEEK MONEY
FOR FIRE DISTRICT
Pefifion Would Bring Election
To Set Up Taxation
District
Under au.spice.s of the Hat
terab Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, a petition was presented
this week to the Dare County
Board of Commissioners asking
their approval and assistance
in c.alling a special election on
the subject of setting up a
ta.xation district for aid of the
department.
The petition, apparently bear
ing the names of 15% of the
qualified losidcnt freeholders,
was found in order liy the
Board ami prc.sent plans are to
establish a date for the elec
tion in the near future. Only
15% is required in an action
of this kind, which of course,
must be passed upon by a ma
jority of voters when tlie elec
tion is held.
Creation of the district, in
effect, would define the area
which is considered as being
within applicable area of the
fire .system’s operations, and at
the same time, decide the ques
tion of ta-xation necessary to
support the system.
The dciiartment, which has
been in existence for several
years and owns considerable
modern fire fighting apparatus,
JENNINGS ASSOCIATED
WITH W-S ARCHITECTS
SATURDAY LAST
DAY TO REGISTER
FOR WATER VOTE
Many Voters Still Not Regis
tered for Special KDH Bond
Election on Feb. 23
r
. Intere.'-ted citizens of Kill
Dc\il Hills will have their last
' opportunity to reguster for the
; water bond election this Satur
, (lay, Feb. 9, at the town hull.
' This is the Inst of four Satur
jdays de\otod to tlie all new reg-
• istralion for the proposed $705,
I 000 iirojoct.
I In an early week report, the
logistrar, Mrs. Jean Perry
I Heacham, announced that those
j regi.stenng had brought the to-
. tal now to 82. Jb evious esti
lin:ito.s of anticipated voters have
'ranged from 100 to a mixinnmi
UNFAVORABLE WEATHER
HAMPERS EFFORTS TO
CLOSE BUXTON INLET
Sandbagging Operation On Big Scale This
Week to Halt Erosion on South Shore;
Dredge "Enterprise” Finally Nearing Site;
Tremendous Efforts Bring Citizens to Point
Of Exhaustion and Sickness.
SEASHCRE SUPT. GETS
TRANSFER TC PENNA.
KENNKTH B. JENNINGS is' ^-5. However, figures re-
not a native of the coastland, i k’^iscd indicate that in October
but is a frequent visitor. His, when a now registration
wife is the former Christine Cox, ^ county-wide bas-
daughter of Mrs. R. S. Cor, Sr., i *«- D^vil Hills precinct had
anti the late ^Ir. Cox of Engel tutal of 140 qualified voters,
hard. They have three chil-1 I'' O'?'''* Hills municipal
dren: K. B.. Jr., Cindy and ' election two years ago, 152 per-
Amy Starr, all attending school •'^ens actually voted and the to
near their home m Winston registration would have been
Salem. ' somewhat higher.
Jennings has recently been ap With the preceding figures in
pointed an associate member of f>t‘i'd, it apiiears that unlep a
the firm of Lashmit, Brown and registration is noted on
Pollock, architecturiil and cn ^’utuidaj, citizens of that area
ginecring firm of the twin city ha\o less interest in the pro
He has been employed by the I'O-^nd water system than in
h-.s been sunnorted hoavilv Hi m since 1958. Mr. Jonning.s’, Hmo C lunty’.s last general elec-
Ihrouirh communitv efforts m,(i increased duties aie related to KDH’s la.st municipal
tliiough commun.tj crroits and ;,,chiiectural phases of in which the matter of
office routine with specific re qualifjing candidates of their
spon.sibility in the production of j choice was the only real i.ssue at
technical drawings for con | stake.
1 There i.s, however, of portion
donations. No figures have been
released regarding the iiroposod
tax rate, but we plan to publish
a more complete article in this
regard in the near future.
Under statutory provisions
regulating elections of this na
ture, the usual minimum time
element experienced is 00 days
from presentation of the peti
tion. This would cause the elec
tion to be held sometime in
April.
SPECIAL TERM QF
criminal CbtiRT
SET FOR APRIL
Perquimans County Jury
Hear Case ot Edwin
Moore, III
To
A special term of Superior
Court in Dare County lias been
appi-oved, in an effort to hear
the case involving Edwin Jloore
III of Washington. D. C. who is
charged in connection with burn
ing of the former Parkorson
Hotel at Nags Hoad.
Tlio case is outgrowth of the
fire in April, 1901 when the
hotel and two cottages to the
east of the main building were
destroyed by fire
-Iruction. I
A native of lllinoi.s, Jennings of ‘’’o Hill Devil Hills precinct
aijp.irently didn’t like the cold.which registers with KDH for
north, for ho received hi.s degree' county elections, but which is
in architecture from Clem.soii excluded from the municipality.
College, S. C. in 1942. He .subse-j There are five voters e.stimated
quently served four years in the I in Hii-'i area, which is west of
Navy, two years of which were I Wright Brothers Monument, to
ward Colinglon. For some time,
it was considered part of the
municipality, but through legis
lation in the 1901 General As-
spent in the Pacific during WW
11 and is a retired officer in the
Naval Reserve.
Ill the field of architecture, he
preciously spout 10 years iii^ .-=cmbly, was removed
Durham, and eyas a member ot
the William A. Coleman firm of
Kinston for two years.
Ho is vice president of the
Winston-Salem Council of Archi-
tect.s, and president of the
Whitefield Sunday School clas.s
of Centenary Methodist Church.
The family resides at 1005 Deeii
wood Court.
There would appear to be
about 40 persons who can qualify
themselves, and efforts should
bo made by each of those per
sons to register, for unless this
i.s (lone, no opinion can be voiced
wlicn election day rolls around
on Fob. 23.
The registrar will again sit
at tlie town hall on S:iturday.
AT NAGS HEAD
I5TH ANNUAL FOXHUNT
BEGINS NEXT THURSDAY
has^ shifted hour.s somewliat, I Carolina Pltaymakcrs continue to case lias never been hoard.
taking the night shift temporari
ly.
An announcement is expected
next wet'k regarding an appoint
ment to the post.
"STRANGER” AND "BUCCANEER"
HARBOR SEALS VISIT DARE
WATERS: ONE CELEBRITY DIES
Twice within a week, a freak
ish recovei-y has been made from
waters off Dare County, with
harbor seals being landed, one
being the subject of widespread
publicity and later claimed by
death, but both following the
same course of a Raleigh bene
factor who had hopes of even
tually placing the creatures in
a suitable zoo.
“Stranger,” first of the two
north coast natives to be cap
tured, was early this week the
subject of extensive news cover
age following his departure for
Raleigh, with intention of its
carrier, Jim Knowlton, to have
the creature treated for its ail
ments, and later place it on ex
hibit. It was captured Saturday
morning by two beach youths,
Jimmy Curling and Ray Parker,
in upper Kitty Hawk, who las
soed animal. It was taken to Bel
Air Motel swimming pool,
where it remained until Sunday
morning when Knowlton, Ra
leigh animal lover, picked it up
and took it to a Chapel Hill vet
erinarian who treated the seal
for dog bite and pneumonia.
Wlien the animal di^, autopsy
findings indicated that it also
was suffering from heartworms.
Weighing about 30 pounds, it
was believed to be about six
months old.
The second cold-water habit
ant was taken Tuesday by Lou
is Garrett, Kitty Hawk service
station operator, who was beach
combing in the vicinity of Duck.
An apparently healthy creature
weighing about 60 pounds, it
was put in custody of Curtis
Curling, operator of the Buc
caneer Motel, who kept the ani
mal in his .swimming pool until
late Wednesday when J i m
Knowlton arrived to transport
it to Raleigh for purposc.s in
tended in the prior case. It was
named “Buccaneer”
One problem experienced with
both seals is their appai'cnt in
difference to food while in cap
tivity. Experts consulted in the
matter indicate tliat for a period
while being “tamed,’’ they must
be kept alive with injections. As
they become more acquainted
to different surroundings, they
regain their original appetites,
and consume vast quantities of
seafood, largely fish.
Chandler Watkins of Oxford
will again be master of the
Moore was ^ hounds when the 15th annual
.subsequently charged with un-lNags Head Valentine Season
lawful burning, but duo to do-' Fox Hunt gels underway next
He made it a point to see that, lays for various reasons, the i Thursday, Feliruary 14, it was
stated today by Julian Oneto of
the Carolinian.
Onoto said that approximately
150 thoroughbred Walker hounds
would be here to give chase to
the foxes and that approximately
150 persons will be here to fol
low the liounds in jeeps, kennel
trucks, and even Cadillac in
some cases — the latter hauling
observers.
The hounds and hunters will
arrive on Wi'dne.sday prior to
the opening Valentine Day hunt.
There will be hunts on Friday
write and stage new folks plays. | The special term is scheduled
The author of over 50 articles to begin April 29 in Dare Coun-
which have appeared in national i ty courthouse, with a Perqui-
and foreign theatre poriodic.nls, mans County jury.
Dr. Seldcn is widely known by
teachei's for his “The Stage in
Action.” “First Steps in •■Vet-
ing,” and “A Player’s Hand-
Bar Ass’n. .Seeks I.a>ngcr
Civil Term
In another matter involving
Superior Courts in Dare Coun-
thc local Bar Associ.ntion
hook.” Dr. Seldon coll.aboratcd, ty,
with Hunton Sollman on “Stage presented a rc.solution to the
Scenei-y and Lighting,” and with Dare Commissioners this week,
Hurbort Heffner and Hunton
Sellnian in writing “Modem
Tlieatre Practice.”
asking support of same, with
the particular purpo.se of length-
Sec COURT. Page Four
OUTER BANKS PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN TRAVEL SHOW
and Saturday also — the event
continuing for three days.
The Valentine Season Hunt
originated by the Carolinian and
co-sponsored by that hotel and
numerous well known fox hunt
ers of Eastern Carolina is one
of the olde.st classics of its kind
in the United States — that Is,
it is the oldest organized in
formal fox hunt in the country.
Oneto said today that it was
not an exclusive affair — that
everyone was invited to attend
the hunt and the various social
activities that will be presented
at the Carolinian during the
event.
j
H. REESE SMITH, for approxi
mately a year Superintendent of
Cape Hattcras Nationnl .Sea
shore, has been appointed Chief
Engineer for the Park Serviee’s
Eastern Office, Division of De
sign and Construction, Pliila-
delphia, Pa. He began his new
duties this week, having dejiart-
ed the Outer Banks on Monday.
Tile announce m o n t of Mr.
Smitli’s appointment to the posi
tion was made by Conrad L.
Wirth, Director of National
Park Service operations.
A civil engineer by profession,
On Thur.sday afternoon, ap
parent lieadway in the closing of
the Buxton Inlet was at a .stand
still, and despite continuing ef
forts of various agencies an(I
liersonnel in the project, the
j condition IS aliout the same ns
I a week or more ag-i. The mum
efforts for .several days have
j been dii'ceted at holding the
I south shore of the inlet, which
would be suffering heavy ero
sion from the swift currents
were it not for the sand bagging
project which has been under
way on large scale since last
week end
Rough sea conditions during
the week as result of a low-
pre.ssure system %\hich moved
northward after battei ing the
Florida coast has delayed the
completion of the job of clos
ing the gash. Alroady-swift cur
rents racing through from sound
to ocean and vice versa have
huen intensified, and the job
of liolding the inlet to its 100-
fect, more or less, lias been a
difficult one.
Through efforts of citizens
of the villages, plus assistance
from pei.sonnel of the various
government agencies, the sand
bagging operation has continued
through the week, often in e-X-
troniely hainpei'ing weather con
ditions. Many workers on the
piojocl have reached the point
of exhaustion, and an appeal
has been sent out for all possible
aid from volunteers who would
assist the sandbagging effoits.
Smith joined the National Park _ , , ,= i i
Sei-vicc in 1932,. and served | J'’ '’^7
successively as park ranger, a.s->available, of 'wh di
„„ 1 approximately one-liali have
sistant chief park ranger and
Civil engineer at Colonial Na
PAMLICO SOUND
SHAD FISHING
GOOD IN 1963
CONTRACT IS AWARDED
FOR PAINTING INSIDE
CAPE HATTERAS LIGHT
Acting Superintendent R. K.
Rundell of Cape Hatteras Na
tional Soa.shore, has announced
the award of J. H. Steen & Sons.
Inc., Portsmouth, of a $2,432.00
contract. Tins was the lowest of
nine bids received.
This contract is for denning,
painting and repairing interior
of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse,
Buxton.
WHILE FOLKS AT HOME were battling inlets and going about other chores in a period of in
dement weather, other coastal people were busily engaged in promotion efforts at the Charlotte
(N. C.) Boat, Sports, and Travel Show last week, which dosed Saturday night. In the above photo
by Aycock Brown is displayed the booth sponsored by Dare County Tourist Bureau, and aided by
Nags Head Chamber of Commerce and Pirates Jamboree funds; and the adjoining booth sponsored
by Carolinian Hotel. Appearing on duty in this scene are Mary Wood Long of Rock Hill, S. C.. as
The Lost Colony’s Queen Elizabeth, and Bob Grubb of Misenheimer, Sir Waller Raleigh; Queen
Nelda Davis of Manteo and King Clarence Winslow of Hatteras, Jamboree royalty; and Julian
Oneto of tlie Carolinian. Attendance this year was hampered some what, due to weather, but ap
proximntely 25,000 persons attended the show.
A similar promotion effort is planned for March when the Cincinnati, Ohio travel show will be
represented by the same sponsors. It will run from March 2 through 10.
Stumpy Point Economy Boosted
With 1000-Pound Catches
Daily Per Boat
Rough weather which has
hampered offshore flounder fish
ing has evidently brought good
fortune to the limited fishermen
depending on sound fishing now
adays. Shad catches in the vicin
ity of Stumpy Point in recent
weeks liave been extremely good,
with many boats bringing catch
es in which sell for $1000 or
more weekly. Prices have been
fair, with 30-cont.s per pound
being tops recently, and the rate
paid early this week was down
to around 25 cents per pound.
At some other seasons when
the roe content is heavy, this
species may bring upwards of
60 cents per pound.
There are approximately 10
boats working at this typo of
fishing, operating from Stumpy
Point. Most are locally ownecl,
■but others are from Engelhard
and Columbia. Catches of 1000
pounds daily arc not unusual,
and some have exceeded this
figure. Heaviest runs have been
reported in Pamlico Sound near
the entrance to Stumpy Point
bay, and northward toward Croa-
tan Sound waters or Manns
Harbor.
tional Historical Park, York-
town, Virginia.
In 19.38, ho transferred to the
Natchez Trace Parkway, Mis-
sissippi-Alabama-Tennes.see, to
.seiwe as assistant superintend
ent and later as parkway en
gineer in charge of maintenance
and operation of all physical im-
Ijrovcmcnts on the parkway. Ho
was promoted to Assistant Su
perintendent of Great Smoky
Mountains National Park in 19-
54 and in 1956 transferred to
the position of Regional Chief
of Operations, Southeast Re
gional Office, Richmond. Vir
ginia, where he remained until
his transfer to Cape Hattcras
National Seashore in 1902. In
the Regional Office he supei-vis-
ed the operation and mainten
ance activities for all n.ntional
parks in the Southeast.
Prior to his employment with
with the National Park Sei-vico,
Smith worked with the Virginia
Department of Highways and
the Unitofl States Bureau of
Public Roads.
A native of Virginia, he is a
graduate of Virginia Poly
technic Institue, Blacksburg,
Virginia. From 1942 to 1940 ho
was on duty with the Corps of
Engineers, United States Army
Serving more than three years
in the European and the Middle
East, Smith attained the rank
of Captain and was awarded the
bronze star medal for mentor-
ious .sei-vicc.
Until the appointment of a
succes.sor is made. Acting Su
perintendent Ray Rundell will
bp in charge of the National
Seashore operations.
been filled and placed. Agencies
furnishing bags have included
the Army Engineers, U. S.
Naval facility at Buxton, Dare
County Commissioners, National
Park Service, Stale Higlnvay
Department, C a m p Lejeunc
Jlarine Base and citizens of Hat
leras ^ilIage.
Rumors circulating early
Thursday wore to the effect
that a second inlet had formed
south of the prc.sent project
some 1000 feet. This proved in
correct, as the only reliable re-
port of anything of this naturc
was that heavy seas had broken
over the barrier dune, and were
running across the island into
the sound. This occurrence was
in an area which had suffered
erosion as result of heavy cur
rents in the area, and the dune
See INLET, Page Four
FISHERIES GROUP
MEETS FRI. A. M.
MANNS HARBOR
A meeting of the Fisheries
Division, N. C. Department of
Conservation and Development,
has been set for Friday, Feb. 8
in Manns Harbor. Called for
10 a.m., the session will ‘be in
the Community Building, -with
seven members of the board at
tending.
General discussion regarding
fishing problems and regulations
in general, with particular em
phasis on the area’s commercial
fishing, is to bo the topic.
-A.U interested parties from
any of the coastal communities
arc invited to attend.
Attending the meeting Fri
day will be Robert L. Stallings,
Jr., Director of the C&D Board;
Erie W. Rodgers, Scotland
Neck, Chairman, Lorimer Mid-
gett of Eliz.abelh City and L.
W. Gurkiii of Plymouth, repre-
In addition to the contestants senting the Commercial Fisher-
elected previously, s e v e r a 1' ies Committee of the C&D
others have indicated interest in-group; Garland Fulcher of Oi’-
competing for the first prize icntal, Ralph Mcekins of Wan-
"BEAUTIES" TO
VIE FOR HONOR
NEXT THURSDAY
award when the Manteo Re-
bokah Lodge sponsors an all
male “beauty” contest Tliurs-
d.ay night, Feb. 14. The affair
is scheduled for 8 p.m. in Man
teo High School auditorium, and
the public is invited.
Ralph Swain will emcee the
chesc, Clyde Potter of Belh.aven,
advisory board of the Commer
cial Fisheries group.
SCOUT WEEK FEB. 7-1*
Manteo Boy Scouts are ob
serving National Boy Scout
program, and also donate the Week, February 7 through 13
first prize, a hand.some 14x20'with a number of activities. On
portrait of the winner, complete February a display was placed
with frame, from D’Amours in the Former Fearing Cafe,
studio. land the public is invited to view
Those entering since last Aveek I this. On Sunday, Febru.ary 10,
are as follows: Talmadge .Tones,!they will attend church in .a
Horace Midgett, Jr., Bill Swin- jbcidy. On Satunlay rnght, they
dell, Frankie White and Rudolph,will attend the banquet for the
Peele, Slanteo; and Russell Out
law, Wanchese.
Admission will be 25 and 50
cents.
Albemarle District in Elizabeth
City. Other activities are
planned for later in the month
and will be annonnccd. '