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THE COASTLAND TIMES
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
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VOLUME XXVIII — NO. 35
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1963
Single Copy 70
BREAD MAN IS
CHARGED WITH
EMBEZZLEMENT
_Slen Hackney Bound Over On
, '• Charges Brought By
Former Employer
Tn Dare County Rocortier’
Court this week, A. Ginn Hack
ney of Itlantco, who was charg
ctl l)y Ills fornior employer with
embezzlement of funds collect
ed in his duties involving deliv-
ei'ies of bread products, was
bound over to Superior Court
for trial, with bond fot at .$260.
Charges had been brought by
Atau rice P. Edmondson, operator
o'f Edmondson Bakery Service-
which handles the 'I'ip-Top line
in Dare County, In three war
rants which resultoil in Hack
ney’s arrest last Saturday, he
was charged with i.^suing worth
less checks in two instances
and with embezzling during the
month of February an amount
of several hundred dollars.
Edmondson, who had employ
ed Hackney since hast May,
stated in court that false entries
had been made in records furn
ished by H.ackney, charging
customers in the various areas
served by the bread firm with
Items which had actually been
paid for. He was unable at the
tjme, however, to produce any
Vijrified records to substantiate
his contention.s.
On the worthle.'s check charg
ee, Hoi kney enten'd an origin.al
plea of not guilty of issuing the
checks knowing that he did not
have funds, but later changed
the plea through his eoun.sel,
Wallace R. Gray of .Manteo, to
guilty The checks had
OREGON INLET BRIDGE PROGRESSING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
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j-.OOivk\G .'.Olui uO\vr«j Tut; Raid UF uREGON l.N’LET BRIDGE, with some imagination,
one can vizualize one of the most popular fi.shing piers to ever bo constructed on the coast. The
bridge will contain four 1200 foot fishing decks, two on each end extending over some of the best
fishing grounds in the area. Scheduled for completion in summer of 19G4, it is expected to be
open to traffic much earlier, with favorable weather. It is the first structure of its type in North
Carolina to contain decks for the exclusive use of angler.s, and there will be no admission charge.
70% OF PILINGS
ON OREGON INLET
BRIDGE ARE SET
Decking Now More Than Half-
Way Across 2y2-Mile Link
with Hatteras Island
BETTER THAN 3-2
KILL DEVIL HILLS PASSES
WATER BOND REFERENDUM
Oregon Inlet bridge, now in
its eleventh month of constnic- i
By a vote of 60-44, citizens of
Kill Devil Hills approved the
water bond issue last Saturday
in a spccila referendum. The
JAMBORAMA PLANS
FORM; HATTERAS
MAY JOIN AGAIN
, . be^.tion, is progressing well ahead ^
written on a Rocky Mount bank j of scbe.lule. according to infor-1 commissione.-s, wlmn
and in each case had been re-' revealed by officials at'
machinery for the election was
established.
There were 121 registered for
the election, which indicates that
eight who had qualified them
selves failed to vote. Previously
tunied “insufficient funds.”|t'’o site early this week. The
Tlicy were in amounts of §30 s'under eontaet by
and .§55. Ho w.as sentenced to . o D o a n Canstrnction Co. of
90 days on the road on the Haltimore, Md.
worthless check charges, su-1 The structure linking Bodic
spended on basis of payment of .Island with Hatteras Island, ap- .v , i ■, . i
Ihe checks. proximately t w o -a n d-one^half • ’’"‘L .""'i f A ,
I On the embezzlement charge, miles along, is now roughly 70°'-' °.
-- - *’ b . V - vp(r,e,trations involving two Kill
Devil Hills registrants were ord
ered allowed early Saturday
moming.
Jlayor Tliomas H. Briggs, in
^Hackney pleaded not guilty, | completed .so far as the actual
claiming that on Feb. 7 he lost, driving of piles. Containing a
his w.allet containing compan,v
money, and records for that date
total of 204 bents (.spans,) pro
gress early this week showed
show a chai-ge of ?277.471 pillings set for 144 of the spans,
against him. An additional am- There had been 121 spans of i commenting on the outcome,
oiint of $14.10, reportedly for a'decking poured, and nilling®^'*^' “Wo are very well pleased,
case of eggs, was charged,' crews arc not far behind in ^>>5001 the majority that
bringing the total to $291.57. their work.
The charges on the vvai’rent Present emiihasis is being di-
as drawn at time of the arrest rected at the channel span,
was for an amount upwards of which work is well underway,
$600, but when the case finally
began in court, and following
various revisions, an amount of
$701 71 had been established on
tiic wan-ant.
In anotlier case. Cecil Nor
man Silvei-thorne, charged with
carclc.ss and reckless driving,
had his charge changed to driv'-
ing under condtions which con
stitute a hazard by Judge Van-
note. Silverthorn was ebarged
as a result of striking a truck
belonging to D. A. Rogers while
leaving a parking area at the
Pioneer Theater Sunday after
noon.
SilverthoiTie claimed that his
with half of the fender system
completed early in the week.
The fixed span over the channel
will have a vertical clearance of
65 feet, and will be 180 feet
long, allowing passage-way for
vessels with plenty of leeway.
A unique feature of this fa
cility will be fishing decks plac
ed at botli ends, and on both
oast and west sides of the
most of us thought it to be,
Tho town board met Jtonday
ANOTHER SEAL
APPEARS SUN.
ON DARE COAST
N.AGS 'HE.AD — Another seal
was sighted on the beach here
Sunday.
It came ashore a few hundred
yards south of Jennette’s Fish
mg Pier in front of the \V. A
bridge. Each of the four decks. Williams Cottage group,
will be 1200 feet long, and w 11 Mr.s. Williams called a news-
acce.ssible only from tho north i paperman and said, “There is a
and south ends of tho bridge,
therefore eliminating any likeli
hood of pedestrian-vehicle ac
cidents. Long a popular spot for
vision was temporarily impair-]sport fishing, the fishing decks
See COURT, Page Four 1 .See BR1DGI2, Page Four
JUST OFF PRESS
"SEARCH FOR THE CITTIE
OF RALEGH" ON ROANOKE IS.
.lust off the press is a book
titled “Search for the Cittie of
Raleigh,’’ by Jean Carl Harring
ton. Mr. Harrington, who is on
the staff of the Regional Direc
tor, Southeast Region, National
Park Sei-vice, was one of (he
came with the production of
Paul Green's Lost Colony, pi-e-
.sented annually since 1937, ex
cept during tho war years.
Mr. Harrington’s report sum
marizes the hi.«tory of the sev
eral attempts to colonize Roa-
first to apply the methods of island from the fir.st ex
archeology to the study of pdition in 1585 under Sir Rich-
Colonial sites m tins counliy.janl Grenville until 1590 when
starting with Jamestown in
19.36.
Ilis i-cport roprc.scnts all that
has now been learned thi-oiigh
archeological excavations a n d
the study of historical iwords of
the traditional site of the ill-
fated attempts to establish an
Englisli colony on Roanoke Is
land in North Cai-olina. Supple
menting the abbreviated and
scattered published accounts of
the "Lost Ckilony," Harrington’s
work brings together in one
place a complete reconl of the
archeological project cam'ed out
by the National Park Service
over the period from 1947
through 1953.
'The traditional site of the
"Cittie of Ralegh,” an area of
a little over 16 acres, was de-
siprned Fort Raleigh National
Historic Site on April 6, 1941.
For nearly 60 years piior to
this, the site had been pro
tected and exhibited to the pub
lic, fii-st by a private associa
tion and later as a state park.
Fame and a greater public ap
preciation of this historic spot
seal on the beach, what shall we
do about it.”
“Cha.se it back into the
ocean,” was the reply.
The newsman’s suggestion
was due to the fact that two of
these mottled animals had been
captured on tho Dare Coast re
cently but lived only briefly in
captivity. The two tliat were
caught were taken to Raleigh
where there were ideas in the
mind of tho man who had taken
him there to use the animal as
a nucleus for a children’s zoo
logical garden.
Then there were reports of
two more seals being sighted
near the Ash Wednesday Storm
Inlet which divided Hatteras Is
land between Buxton and Avon
at the time. Neither were cap
tured—they were just sighted.
Tlien Seal No. 5 showed up at
Nags Head on Sunday after
noon. After barking at Mr. Wil
liams it flipped its way back in
to the surf.
On Mond.ay moming Williams
sighted the animal again as it
sunned itself in the sand near
, his home.
If it kept swimming the seal
Governor Jolin White, on
his return to Roanoke, found
that tlie colonists of the 1587
expedition had disappeared.
Research and presen'ation of
tho traditional site of Sir Walt
er Raleigh’s colony began in 18-
87, although .some public inter
est had developed prior to the
300th annivcr.sary. There is littlebeaded in the general dircc-
clmnce that the irngic mystery ^,,0 New England and
Lsibrador coasts, from which it
of what became of the “Lost
Colony” will ever be solved;
hoxvever, aicheological explora-| northeast-
tions support the authenticity of ^ ^^e animal is
tho location of the fort site. It
back in its native habitat again.
is disappointing that no struct
ural remains or evidence of the
protective palisade for the lost PUBLIC INVITED TO JOIN
''to\vne” itself have been found
in tho area explored thus far.
On all logical and documentary
GARDEN CLUB FRIDAY
to canvass tho election, which
was the beginning of an ap-
proxim.ale tliree-montli period of
jiaper work, before the contract
is to be awarded for construc
tion.
Completion of the system is
anticipated in the spring months
of 1964, at approximately the
same lime as the reccntly-ap- men of week end events sched
Four Week Ends of Fun and
Frolic Slated for April
and May
While it 1- all contingent
upon t.ae early coiniiletion of
the link of higliway across new
1\ filled Ash Wednesday Inlet,
there are strong indications
Hatteras Island will participate
in the Pirate Jamborania which
will officially launch the Dare
Coa.st vacation season this year
on April 20 27 and .May 4 11.
April 27th, the last week end
in Aprd, has been set aside for
the Hatteras phase of the Jam
1)01 aina.
.Meeting w i t h Jainborama
chairmen of various events in
.Manteo last week, Hatteras Is
land coebairinen Stockton .Mid-
gett and Jlrs. Ormond Fuller
expressed tho opinion that the
Hatteras Island phase would be
worked out and that an intcr-
e.sting prognim would be pre
sented, They planned to bring
the matter up at meetings of
the Hatteras Fire Department
and Cape Hatteras Anglers
Club.
Hattora.s Island’s participation
would likely be a re enactment
of tlie world’s biggest salt water
fi.sh fry, beach buggy races,
dances, and events for children
including costume contests, ac
cording to Midgelt. Since the
surf fishing ‘-eason will be un
derway by late A|)ril, a fi.sliiiig
conte.st would al.so likely be pro
‘tented as a one or two day
event of the Hatteras Janibo-
rama week end.
At the JIanteo meeting Lionel
Edwards, overall cliaiiTnan of
the 1963 Janiborama, presided.
He heard reports from chair-
pi’oved Nags (Head municipal
water supply, voted favorably in
January.
Both municipalities will have
the same witei' source', hut Sep
arate plants will be built .and
operated for tho adjoining
town.s. 'Tliore will be provision,
however, for linking the systems
together in the event of failure
of one plant. In this ca.‘;e, water
would be sold to the neighboring
towai.
The Kill Devil Hills bond is
sue provides for a maximum
loan of $765,000, and
uled
Co Chairmen Ina Evans and
Ralph Swain announced that on
April 20 in addition to the Jolly
Roger Jambori.nia Ball at Nags
.See EVENT. I’.agc Four
.AIANY HATTERAS CITIZENS
FAST 80 YEARS OF AGE
Among those in the Hatteras
Golden Age group over 80 years
old are Lon O’Neal. 93; Sirs.
Alice W’dlis, 87, Mrs. Agnes
Styron, 84; Mrs. Eleanora Gas
Nags kill, 84; Isaiah Ballance, 82;
Head’s issue called for a loan of Janie Styron. 82; Mrs. Clifford
$945,000. Both projects have,Wade, 8*2; Clifford Wade, 80;
been assured of financing'Annie i, .allance, 80; Mi’s. Lizzie
through the Federal Housing, Poele, 83; Mr.s. Theresa Rollin-
and 'Homo Finance Agency, on' son will celebrate her 80th birth-
long-term 3-3'4°', loans. A tax-1 day JIarch Ist. All of this group
ation schedule, in addition to;is active, except Lon O’Neal,
profits derived from the sale of ^ who hap been an invalid for
water, is proposed to pay off | several years. He is cared for by
the bonds in each case. 'his daughter, Mrs. Lora Willis.
BEWARE OF ASH WEDNESDAY!
HEAVY SNOW BLANKETS AREA,
POWER DISRUPTED, CARS STALL
The Roanoke Island Ganlen
ground.s, and in spite of neg-'ciuh will meet at eight o’clock, them, the rest staying inside
Coming on the eve of Ash
Wednesday, as did the vicious
storm of last year, but without
similar resulting disaster, a five-
inch snowfall, accompanied by
gale force winds and bitter cold,
descended upon tho Coastland
along with many other parts
of the Old North State, on the
afternoon and evening of Slirovc
Tuesday.
Schools were closed Wednes
day due to road conditions, pow
er was interrupted for an hour
or more Tuesday night, result
ing in some chilly households,
non-working electric blankets,
heating pads and .space heaters,
and other minor ineonveniences.
However, the power company
men soon had the lines back in
working order and life resumed
its normal routine indoors. Out
doors was another matter. Cars
were snowed in and on Wednes
day inoraing had to be dug out
of drifts as deep as several
feet in places, road plows were
sent out to clear highways and
it was late in the morning be
fore most businesses began to
function as usual.
High tides, with some erosion,
were reported along the ocean
front, but no serious damage as
was done by last year’s Ash
Wednesday storm.
Snowmen of all shapc.s and
sizes, igloos, snow forts and oth
er “works of art” were to be
seen on lawns, with children
having the time of their lives,
with a few grownups assisting
alive results from previous test
ing. the area immediately to the
west of the fort still seems the
Friday night, Mareh 1, in the [and thinking longingly of July,
community building in Manteo.
A program on consci-vation will
mo.st plausible location for the .be given by Clay Gifford, of the
.settlement, from which some Cape Hatteras National Spa-
150 persons disappeared be
tween 1587 and 1590.
Sec CITTIE, Page Four
hot weather and mosquitos.
Thi.s was the first big .snow
of tho season, although there
were slight amounts of snow
shore, and he ■will illustrate his on two previous occasions during
subject with film. The public is the last two weeks. Several
invited to attend. years ago the sounds froze over,
and while there has been ice
in the .sounds for a good many
weeks, there has been no sign
so far of a freezeover.
EPISCOPAL MINISTER
WILL ASSUME DUTIES
AT NAGS HEAD MAY I
The Rev. Kenneth Whitney of
West Orange, N. J.. will become
rector of St. Andrew's by-thc-
Sca, Nags Head Episcopal
Churah on May 1.
Announcement of hi.s accept
ance to become priest-in-charge
of St. .Andrew’s was made dur
ing tlio Sunday wor.ship scn’iccs
at the cluircli. Senior IVarden of
the Vesti’y Dewey L. Hayman
received a letter from the Rev.
Mr. Whitney which was rend to
the congregation. He had pre-
vioii.sly .advi.sed Bl.^hop Thoma.s
Wright of the East Carolina
Dioco.se of hi.« acceptance
Except for guest ministers
v.'ho came regularly during the
summer months la.st year and
for special scmce.s during the
past winter, the Episcopal
Church has been without a
minister since the Rev. Joseph
Bun-ouglis resigned in 1961 to
go to a Richmond Church. Sei-v-
ices have been held regularaly,
nevertheless, being conducted
when no guest minister was
available, by Lay Readers Er
nest Fuller and Aycock Brown.
kitty HAIVK COUPLE
HAVE GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr. and Mrs. Solomon B.
Wiitson, longtime I'c.sidents of
Duck, celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversai’y on Febru
ary 10 in their new home near
Kitty Hawk. Approximately 100
people called.
MANTEO BAPTIST PASTOR
DIES SUDDENLY SATURDAY
THE REV. MACON JACKSON
DAVIS, 51, pastor of Manteo
Baptist Church for the past two
years, died Saturday after-
no'on at 3:15 p.m. following a
sudden seizure at his home in
JIanteo.
A native of Wallace, he had
lived in Manteo since November
1960, when he became pastor of
Manteo Baptist Church. He was
a son of Mrs. L:icy Salmon Wal
lace Davis and the late. J. W.
Davi.s and liu.sband of Mrs.
Martha Barber Davi.s. He was
a member of Manteo Rotary
Club and Manteo Masonic Lodge
521.
Beside."? his wife and mother,
he IS sui-vlved by a daughter,
Mrs. Joan Rogers of Greensboro,
a son, Jimmie C. Davis of Lum-
berton; three si.stors, Mr.s. Lat-
tic Carter and .Mrs. Viola Pad-
get of Wallace and Mrs. Harry
Moha of Wilmington; two
brothers, the Rev. S. C. Davis
of Whiteville and W. .1. Davis of
Gold.sboro; and four grandchil
dren.
A funeral sendee was con
ducted Monday at 2p.m. in 5Ian-
teo Baptist Church by the Rev.
Raleigh James of Apex Bapti.st
Cliurch. Another sen’ice was
conducted Tuesday at 10 n.m. in
Sunset Park Baptist Church in
Wilmington. Burial was in
Meadowbrook Cemetery in Lum-
berton.
Twiford’s Funeral Home of
Manteo was in charge of the
service in M.anteo and Lewis Fu
neral Home of BInndenboro was
in charge of the Wilmington
sei-vice and burial.
DEEP WATER SOUGHT
THROUGH INLET, ON
TO WANCHESE HARBOR
Present Channel Depth Said to Be Inadequate
for Trawl Craft Which Would Use Wan-
chese Facilities; 21-Foot Minimum and
Jetty System to Stabilize Channel Position
Sought by Waterways Interests.
BIDS ASKED FOR
DREDGING BASIN,
INLET CHANNEL
The U. S. Army Engineer
District, Wilmington, h;is ad
vertised for hid.s for dredging
in Manteo (Shallowbag) Bay,
jiroject. Tlie bid opening i.'?
scheduled for 2:30 P.M. K.S'f,
26 March 1963, and wdll be held
in 308 Customhouse, Wilming
ton.
Colonel J. .S. Grj’giel, District
Engineer, stated that the work
to be done consists of the re
moval and disposal of an estim
ated 142,000 cubic yards of
material lying above the plane
of 12 feet below mean low
water in the channels between
Wancheso, and the gorge in
Oregon Inlet. A portion of the
work is new work dredging
which will extend the turning
basin at Wanche.se 325 feet; the
remainder of tlie work is to
restore project depth in the
channels.
Bids are .solicited from small
business concerns only.
SEVERAL FROM COAST
ATTEND N. C. LUNCH
IN NEW YORK TUESDAY
MANTEO WOMEN AHEND
HERITAGE WEEK EVENT
Several members of the 3Ian-
teo Woman’s Club motored to
Raleigh last Wednesday for a
scheduled day of events in ob
servance of Heritage Week. The
ladie.s toured the govenior’s
mansion, the state capitol, Tho
Museum of Art, the Hall of
History, Hall of Natural Histo
ry, the State House where they
had lunch, and the State Feder
ation Woman’s Club where they
had tea.
Those attending were Mrs.
Frank Szmajda, Mrs. Robert
Morales, Mrs. M. K. Fearing
and daughter, Dean, Mrs. James
Lee Gaskill, Miss Mary Parker,
Mrs. Gus Etheridge, Mrs. H. A.
Creef, Jr., Mrs. Laura Chappell,
and Mrs. J. V. Simpson.
Mr. and JIrs. Linwood Cutli-
rell and Mr. and Mrs. M. K.
Fearing, Jr., of Manteo and P.
D. Midgott, Jr, of Engelhard,
were among those traveling to
New York last week to attend
the North Carolina Day lunch
eon at the Sales Executives Club
Tuesday, February 26, at the
Hotel Roosevelt,
Mr. and Mrs. CutJirell and Mr.
and Mrs. Fearing went to New
York Sunday and enjoyed beau
tiful clear weather while there,
arriving back in the sunny
south to find a heavy snowfall.
Jlore than 600 North Carolin
ians went to New York for this
event.
HATTERAS WORKERS ADD
TO MARCH OF DIMES FUND
Mrs. Carlos D. Oden, chair
man of the Hatteras March of
Dimes, has turned in $92 to Mrs.
B. J. Baum of Manteo County
chairman, to add to the still
growng Dare County total. As
sisting Mrs. Oden in the Hat
teras drive were Jlrs. Leven
Fulcher, Mrs. Elmer Ballance,
Mrs. E. J. Miller, Mrs. Clam
Stowe, Mrs. Ivey Austin, Jr.,
Ml’S. Bill Foster and Mrs. Fred
Austin. Mrs. Baum .stated that
she, as county chairman, ap
preciated the efforts of all these
workers, and that reports from
several other communities will
lie forthcoming as the funds are
sent in.
DRIVE UNDERWAY
COUNTY MEMBERSHIP HEADS
FOR R. I. H. A. ANNOUNCED
Appointment of Mrs. Beulah
Gaylord of Manteo as Dare
County nieniber.ship chairman of}
the Roanoke Lsland Historical]
As.sociation has been announced'
by Mrs. Luther H. Hodge.s of,
Wa.sington, D. C., the 1963 State
meinbpi’ship chairman of the R. |
I. H. A. Mr.s. P. D. Midgott of
Engelhard was appointed Hyde
County Chairman and Mrs. J. 1
G. Brickhouse of Columbia as
TjTrell County Chairman Mrs.'
Lindsay C. Warren of Washing
ton was appointed Beaufort
County membership chairman.
The Roanoke Is'and associa
tion produces the lost colony,
Paul Green’s symphonic drama
which will be presented for the
26th season in 1963, evei-y night
except Sunday, June 29 through
September 1, in the Waterfront
Tlioatre on Roanoke Island.
Special Sunday night perfor
mances are scheduled June 30,
August 18 and September 1.
Mrs. Fred W. Morrison, an
other North Carolinian who now
resides in the Nation’s capital,
is chairman of the R. I. H. A.
She and Mrs. Hodges, ■wife of
the Secrelarj'' of Commerce and
former Tar Heel Governor, em
phasized that association mem
berships “are vital to the finan
cial success of the annual Lost
Colony production.”
“We are happy,” said Mrs.
Morrison, “t,h:it wo oiierated ‘in
tho black’ last year, without any
State aid, hut it was made pos
sible largely through the enrol
ment of 819 members by coun
ty cliaii-men, under the Ic.-idor-
ship of Mrs. Sam J. Ervin, Jr’
Mr.s. Hodges pointed out that
$5 Regular, $10 Sustaining, $25
Sponsor, and $100 Life member
ships are offered to individuals.
All members will receive a copy
of The Lost Colony souvenir
program in which their names
are listed, and one reserved
seat ticket to any 1963 perfor
mance of the drama for each $5
value of their membership. They
also gain free admission to Fort
Raleigh, National Historic Site.
Mrs. Hodge.s expressed con
fidence that “friends of The
Lost Colony” and of their coun
ty membership chairman wall
contact her immediately to join
the R. I. H. A. and help preserve
the heritage of the spiritual
birthplace of the Nation.
Membershins al.so may be
mailed to Mrs. Hodges, 4965
Glenbrook Road, N. W., Wash
ington, D. C.
Twenty-one feet of water
through Oregon inlet and on to
ward Wanclxe.se may likely be
the depth sought by fishing in
terests, in efforts to aid the ec
onomy of tlie Dare County vil
lage of Wancliese, winch in due
course, would anl the genera!
area. 'J’lie pro))osal to seek im-
jiiovement.s i.s outgrowth of a
meeting held in Wancheso la-st
Saturday night, at w’hich time
the Dare County Waterways
Improvement Committee outlin
ed a program for furthering im
provements to channels a n d
harbors in the Oregon Inlct-
Wancheso area. Dr. W. W. Hai’-
vey, Jr. of Manteo, Chairman of
the Improvement C o m rn i t tee,
presidoil at tho informal gather
ing
The matter is to he presented
to Dare County Board of Com-
mi.'-’sioners next .Monday, at
which time a delegation will ap
pear before the Commissioners
and seek llicir approval.
The Oregon Inlet project now
provides a 14-foot navigational
depth through Oregon Inlet and
into Wanclie.so, but due to shift
ing .“holds and general sand
drifting, d pth is restricted to 6
and 7 feet frequently.
This problem has caused a
great deal of concern among
trawl boat .skippers, particular
ly tho.se operating vessels of
greater draft. The are.a east of
Oi’goon Inlet, rich fishing
grounds tliroughout mo.st of the
year for varieties ranging from
sport to commercial, is fished
heavily during the winter sea
son, particularly for flounder’.
Vessels in the Bounder opera
tion are those having the great
est difficulty.
Many skippers from ports
other then Wanchose fishing in
the area hesitate to navigate the
Sec WATER, Pago Four
DARE COUNTY TO
PARTICIPATE IN
OHIO TRAVEL SHOW
Despite the snow and unfavor
able driving conditions on Wed
nesday morning, several coast-
landers depai’ted for the Ohio
Valley Sports and Tiwel Show
in Cincinnati which begins
JIarch 2 and continues through
March 10.
As.sisting Smith at the Dare
County Tourist Bureau booth
during the firet half of the show
will be Pirate. Queen Nelda
Davis and Mr. and Mrs. John
Whitty of Cabana East at Nags
Head. During the second half
of the show Pirate King Clar
ence Winslow and Mrs. Winslow
will replace Mr. and Jlra. Whit-
ty.
Wliitty will appear in the
booth in the costumed role of
Sir Walter Raleigh, a part he
played in Tlie Lo.st Colony for
several seasons. He and Mrs.
Whitty will also wear pirate
costumes at inteiwals, as ’svill
Pirate Queen Nelda Davis.
'The Cincinnati show is the
second in which Dare County
Tourist Buraau has participated
this year. Tlie Carolinian Hotel
at Nags ‘Head has also partici
pated in the two shows.
SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION
FOR BUILDING INSPECTORS
IN DARE CO. NEXT WEEK
Representatives of the Divi
sion of Community Planning of
the Department of Conservation
I and Development and the North
Carolina Insurance Department,
in cooperation with the Dare
I County Board of Commis,sioncrs
and the Dare County Plan
ning Board, have scheduled a
‘school of instraction for building
(inspectors throughout the coun-
■ ty and any other interested per
sons or firms at 9:00 o’clock
A.M„ Wednesday, March 6, in
the court room in Manteo.
The school will be under the
direction of T. O. Mullins of the
I Department of Insurance and is
I designed to instruct building in
spectors and others with special
j emphasis on the type of con
struction that ■will best •with-
' .stand storm and wave damage
in conjunction with the various
building codes of the County and
Imumicipalities therein.