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VOLUME XXVIII ~ NO. 36
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY MARCH 8. 1963
Single Copy 7{5
DARE BOARD
WOULD STAY
PUT IN JOB
Citizens Would Have Little
Chance to Change Commis
sioners; 4-Year Terms
Proposed
Poi-petuation in ofTiro for tho
Coniniisioners of Dare County
is the apparent motivation Ic-
hincl a bill introduced by Dare
Rep. 31. L. Daniels. Jr. in Ra
leigh on Tuesday of thi.s week,
Tho bill, if ai)proved. would rule
out the po.ssibihty of voter.s
inakin;' a clean .'wi'O]) of tin
board in forthconiintr election.'s
all at once, which of course, ha.s
some merit. Rut for lho.se wh)
arc intcre.sted in making chaiiKe.-,
of those entru.stcd with county
alfair.s but who have only milked
the public till at every oppor
tunity, a sad day will come if
the proposed legi.^lation i.s ap-
pi'oved.
In addition, leiii.slation would,
to double the calamity, set the
Comnii.ssioners up for a four-
year term, rather than tho pres
ent two, which is customary and
adhered to by the majority of
counties in our area.
Under terms of tho bill intro
duced, Conuni.s.sioners from
Xags Read and Jlatteras town
ships Would automatically have
their terms e.Mended an addi
tional two years. This would
mean that Lawrence L. Swain
of .Manteo, Board Chairman, and
George R. F'uller from Buxton
Would he heiil for two more
years whether the public liked
it or not. They were both re
elected to their posts for two
years lust 3Iay after a campaign
in which strong opposition was
apparent. Swain has sei'ved sev
eral terms on the board, but
the pi'cseut is his lirst in the
contcnterl post of chairman. Ful
ler is serving his third term.
The three other t.iwnships —
Atlantic, Croatan and Kinnakeet
—would elect commissioners in
19G4 for four-year terms. Rep.
Daniels, it is reported, made the
.statement this week that: “JIany
limes, as a result, (of clean-
.sweep appareutlj) worthwhile
starts have been .shelved or min
imized before they were given
a chance to really get stalled.''
Little hopt would remain for
citizens if they “really get
started ’ with a perpetuating
program. Under a deal of this
kind, it could take six year# to
dispo.se of v.hat now take.s two.
COULD THIS PRINCIPLE BE USED TO COMBAT EROSION?
.1 >, Oli.l!
HYDE TO VOTE
ON SCHOOL BOND
ISSUE ON MAY 25
PILINGS AND PIPE hate bemi combined in this project at
Nag.‘; Head, which was installed las,, spring and .summer as a
m.ilti'r of drain for water standing in areas between the old and
new liigh’vays. It has served its original purpose with a good
degree of elfieieney, but in addition has proved itself effective
in stahiliring and building the beach. It is located oast of the
town olfua’.-. former location, for all who caiis to take a look at it.
AT NASS HEAD
BEACH MOVES EAST, A BONUS
RESULT OF DRAINAGE PROJECT
In this day of great talk
about comhaUing bench eroi-inn,
and when so many projects for
the .'a\ing of oiir coitstline have
failed, it would he well for in
terested parties to take a better
look at one area in parlieular.
That area is east of the former
Nags Head town office. |
To be be.st oh.seiwed, onei
.should go to tho -site at low' George Albert Me Cl ease,
water. i ^^egro, was brought in Dare
County Recorder’s Court thi.s
c.apias as a result
ILLEGITIMATES
LEAD CASES IN
COURT TUESDAY
Other Cases Involve Automo
bile Accident Near Avon
cn February 12
year’s cxton-i , ,
I week under
Following last
sivc flooding from the Ash'
Weiliiesdav storm, much of the
area between Highways 158 and '
158 By-Pass was plagued with
water standing in lowlying,^''’'
are.a.s. Tliis situation existed
nioreso, perhaps, in tlie area V™ children of
aforementioned. At any
local ami stale officials decided, •''I^Clcasc had admit ed that
upon the installation of a drain,''’"
' dren, Sind was sentenced to two
years on ithe road, Suspended if
he paid the Court Clerk $20 per
week for support of the chil
dren.
laid, jutted into the:,,'^pl February 9 of this year.
, JlcClcasc was in .arrears to a
total of $045, having paid only
a total of $25 on two occasions
.since last October. He claimed
that tho had weather in New
T'oik where he was employed
A special .school bond election
has been .set for May 25 by the
Hyde County Board of Com-
missioncr.s. At that time the
citizens of the county will vote
for or against a $50,000 bond is
sue for tho pui'iioso of construct
ing new schoiil buildings, .school
garages, educational and voca-
liomd buildings, tcacberages,
luiieb rooms and other facilitie.s
ns needed in connection 'vith
the school system; and the re
construction of existing facili
ties, aks for or against consoli
dation of the East llyile ami
West Hyde schooLs, the con
solidated unit to be at the Mat-
tamu.skett School site near the
intersection of highwav.s 64 and
2G4.
A gi-nnd jury report in 1902
held that both scliools above
mentioned bad unsafe facilitie.s.
from llie west side of Highway
158 Business out to the ocean
Consisti>-.g of two mains, each
four feet in diameter, the lines
lead ea.stward and at the time
they were
ocean several foot, even on low
water. It required considerable
patience, and several delays
were experienced because of
rough sea conditions, but the
project was finallv considered ... ,, ,
advanced enough to leave it for ^ Hoor poli.sher had
then. At that time, and to this
» *, 4.., 1 *1 c • payment. He said that he had
(mtc, two more lenc^ths of pipe , , , j
! 1 • nn y avoragod two or throe davs
lo foi't long remain to bo posi-^ ^ t *. » j i i
Honed before tho project can be;'’ work, and asked
consider,si complete. ^o “have
I he pipes were strapped to;‘ •
creosote pilings holding them in ,ludgo Vannole, however,
position to avoid tlamage when ’uled that McClease pay the
the surf is turbulent. Todav the i'i"«iint he owed or servo the
pipes are not visible. They have of the original sentence,
beceiiie encase,! in sand. |l"o years. He was given fifteen
On low water, it is maybe days to make the payment,
^ un,ler $700 bond.
] In another case for child sup-
, port, John Davis Pledger, an
ei.ghteen-year-old Negro of
BONNER AND
LOCAL PEOPLE
ARE PRAISED
Assurance of Continued Effort
To Provide Roadway to Hat-
feras by Easier Given
NEW SUPERINTENDENT
OF C.H.N. SEASHORE
>. V
■M
Congressm.m Herbert B,)ii-1
ner’s continued interest in the' '
welfare and progress of Dare
County and the coastland gen- .’L.,
erally, has again paid off in 1
promLso in a letter this week;
from Col. J. S. Grygiel, head of
the Coip.s of Engineers at Wil
mington, who has given assur
ance that the work of closing
the inlet north of Buxton ami'
ell'ort for huiUling a oa,! by!
Easter will eoniiliue uiiabaU'il. |
Extra fumis have been appr,)-1
priutcl to iiroviilo a dike, and
with the aid of National Park
Service fumis the total diking
will e.xteml for about a mile in
length.
Col. Grygiel gives high praise
to the elforts of the local citi
zens who in his opinion contrib
uted to the closing of the inlet.
Without the Congressman’s
steady aid it is possible the sit-
^YATERWAYS
GROUP WILL
MEET SAT.
Further Discussion of Inlet and
Channel Deepening To
Be Talked
Dr. W W. Hai-vey, Jr., Chair
man of the Dare County Water-
, ways Improvement Committee,
has issued an invitation to all
I interested parlies to attend the
I meeting .scheduled for Saturday
I night relative to harbor and
channel improvements being
I sought. The gi'otip will gather
I at the Dare County Courthouse
I at 8 ii.m Saturday night, .March
9.
Tho .se.ssion scheduled for
CUBAN CRISIS PRECIPITATED
DARE’S SWAMPLAND CHOICE
AS AIR FORCE TARGET
Decision Based on Report of Governor's
Committee, Despite Protests of Congress
man Herbert Bonner Against Location in
This District; With Soviet Guns Pointed at
America, Action Taken Whereby U. S.
Planes May Be Nigh Site of Possible Dis
aster, To Protect Us.
Something of a fanfare and
faronad,’ motived apiiarcnlly by
a juvenile ami immature spirit
of por.soiial .spite against Coii-
.se.ssion
'Saturday night will follow by Herbert C. Bonner has
|two weeks a meeting of the,
JAMES B MYERS, leceiitly-ap-!organization held at Wan-fortunes, or rather
pointed Superintemlent of Capo '‘•'I’®®*’’ "'hen a long-rang,? plan rnisforluncs of politics has been
for greater water depth in fho, entrusted with the respon.sibility
channels leading to Wanche.se i of spokesman for Dare
and across the bar to Oregon (bounty in the Legislature, but it
has brought forth ample evi-
Hattcras National Sea.shore,
arrive,I ,)ii the coast Monday
afternoon Ho comes to n>jw job
from Gettysburg. Pa., where he "’"S P'-esented. Only a few
has been superintendent of Pe'sons were present at the (]o„pp of refutation.
Gettysburg National Military Pi'^vuius meeting, and Dr. | has to do with the choice
since 1958. Ho succeed? H. Harvey has urged “all interested of a portion
nation would not hav^ been so j Smith, .^uiicrintendont of in waterways improvement.^ to southwest end of Dare
clearly brought to the attention! ^^NS for approximately a year, i expre.ss themsehes. bounty a.s a target range for
of the proper authoritie.s, ami'"Lo "'‘‘S' rerontly appointed | The Dare County Board of U. S. airplanes, after a long
most likely insufficient federal ■ i^hief Engineer f,)r the Park Commissioner.', for whatever it and serious effort by Congress-
funds woulil have been made ■ Service’s Ea.stern Offic,' of De-.is worth, on Monday recognized j man Bonner to keep the range
available for this work. Fortu-1 .‘=ign and Construction in the proposals of the Waterways | out of Dare and its neighboring
iiate for Dare County has lieen
intense interest and sense ofl
fairness of .Mr. Bonner. Col.
Orygiel’s letter follows:
Dear Mr. Bonner:
Reference is made to your
letter ilaled January 10, 190!!,
and to tlio reply dated Jainiar> |
18, 1908 concerning the u.'c of,
a second dredge to close Buxton
Inlet, N. C.; I promised to keep
you inforniiid on the project.
Mainly because of a,lvcrso
weathiM- the one dredge HAMP
TON ROADS was not making
satisfactory progress, so I lid
negotiate with Mr. D. D. At
kinson, Atkimson Dredging Com-
panv, to divert his other dredg,
ENTERPRISE from the Wil
mington Harbor project to Bux-.
ton Inlet.
The'.ENTERPRISE joined tho
HAMPTON ROADS and started
immping Fcbruai’j' 17; the flow
of water tlirough tho inlet was
stopped on February 20.
I must, incidentally, mention
the heroic efforts of the local
citizens, undertaken on their own
initiative, lo retard tho erosion
whicli yas taking place at and
near tlic inlet, by .sandbagging
;ind dumping junk inot tho af
fected areas. They received
.splendid support from tlie local
U. S. Naval and U. S. Coast
Guard facilities, the National
Park Service, Camp Lejeune, and
the .State Highway Commission.
These efforts definitely did con
tribute to tho successful closure
of the inlet.
'hiladeipliia.
Myers i.' a native of Mount
.Sydney, Va., anil hold' an A. B.
Committee, and motioned that counties, of which most of tho
the 11. S. Congress direct the j arguments have been based^ on
Army Engineers to make a prejudice and supposition. Gov
degree from Bridgewater Col- thorough .study of the fea.sibility j ornor Sanford appointed a spe-
lege in Virginia. Hn lias been'of deepning the inlet and eial committee to study the sit-
witli tlie Park Seiwice since 19
See MYERS, Page Three
BAND INSTRUCTOR
ASKED OF BOARD
OF EDUCATION
Roanoke School Requests Facil
ities Including New Class
room, Lunchroom Expansion
channels in question. The matter
of .stailiziog location of the
channels is al.so reque.sted, but
in
nation from all angles, including
the hazard of lire, and the re
port indicates there would lie
this matter the Engineers ’ le.ss cliance of damage to the
have already made their posi-1 "oeils by fire than would nap-
tion clear with particular rof-1 P^n ‘f “n ordinary airplane
erence to the one passing under'"oods.
Oregon Inlet bridge. Thi.s was. So far as this newspaper has
one of the weighty problems in been able to a.'cerlain there has
finalizing plans for the struc- j been no apparent notice m this
area of the decision of the Air
, , , ,, , Force about the choice of tlie
A desired depth of 21 feet question. This land,
‘5™?"., by W... Viryni. P^lp
A special session of the Dare' jicros.s the Oregon Inlet bar is
. r. J • 7..* .• . . ,, ' 1 , • 1 : & Paper Co. has been often re-
Cour.ty Board of Li.ucation was noted in the proposals, "'h'c i ^ desolate
held-Monday morning in 3Ian-! would add 7 feet to the dpptL i j.^gion of the Coastland, its veg-
GOLDSB'RO MAYOR
INVITES OFFICIALS
TO MEET ON I2TH
teo with tile foilowing members: is pre.sently assured on a
present: Ciiairman Robert O.' pennanent basis. Quite often,
Ballance; Mrs. T. 11. Briggs, C. .powever. storm tides fill the
T. Williams HI, Floyd L. Hoop-' pj,fjuuels, limiting depth to as
cr and W. P. Dillon. Sleeting, gij; fe^t or so in places.
with the board were incoming;
mi'iiibers, Mrs. 3IIllon Perry and j
Jack Cahoon. iFIVE-YEAR-OLD
BELHAVEN GIRL
FATALLY HURT
A request for a band director
for Manteo High Scliool, such
director to also teacli public
school music in the Manteo Ele-
m«uary SchooL wa.' made l.y a Harris Killed By
PTA oomniittee J W. Korbach p „7
Jr., Jli.'.s Mabel Joan Busniglit T./. j a cl bi j
and C. H. Butler. No action I Wind As She Played
was taken, hut arrangements , . IZ .
were made to investigate tliel Melody Ann Harris, fivo-yeai^
po.'sdiility. daugliter of Edward Lee and
T7 1 1 , I Joyce Hodges Harris of Bel-
Framed resolutions of appre- ,
ciation were pre.'cnled to R. Q. Iu,:
Ballance and Mrs. T. H. Briggs, I‘'“y ^
To preclude another break- who.'c terms on the board will ffnst of wmd toppled the paiti- jg jg.
through by future severe storms, I terminate this spring, bv Mrs. ally-budt boat shelter she tv as ai^ ^ E .
tho Office of Emergency Plan-. yjarv L. Evans, couiitv‘super-! 1’'“^'"®^she 'vas hit on
ning had furnished funds to' jutondeni. " 1^'“^ head by a two-by-four raft-
etation being killed time after
time by salt deposits from hurri
cane tides, and the dead trees
in later years standing ^ \ pnoNE SERVICE
Tour of Seymour-Johnson Base
and Explanation cf Proposed
Range Activities
Scott Berkley, mayor of Golds
boro, apiicareil before tho Dare
Board of Commissioners on
Tue.sday, and extenilcd an inti-
talion lo them and other inter
ested parties to visit Seymour-
Johnson Air Base ttilh empliasis
on bringing aliout a feasililc
unilerstandiiig of the range pro-
po.'uls as Would affect Dare
County.
Tlie inviuilioii was extended
for next Tue.sday, March 12, lo
meet with officials of the city
of Golii'-boro, Seyiniiui-Johii.7on
AFB, and Army Air Free Tac
tical Air Coinmariil representa
tives, in an alti mpt to give all
partie.s coiicorncd a view of the
proposals “from liottom t» top’’
and gel a “better picture direct
from there.’’ Mr. Berkley also
advised the local board that in
the event of disapproval of the
visitation, tlie Wayne County
group could bring facilities to
Dare County for illustration in
effort to bring about enlighten
ment on the proposals to locale
a bombing range on tin Dai ;
mainland, and which would l>e
used heavily by Seyinour-John-
son aircraft.
Tlie Dare Board accepted the
See VISIT, Page Three
dry, to create the most terrific
forest fires in this entire area
of the state. One may see sam-
Iiles of it on the road between
Stumpy Point and Hyde County.
It has repeatedly resisted tho
splendid efforts of the company
at reforestation, so successful in
other areas of its pro])eity.
Congressman Bonner, over a
period of several months,
tlii-ough the weight of his pres
tige and friendsliips in Congress
has been able to get the Air
Force to delay .action, and in
response to popular demand to
keep the range out of the Mat-
taiiiuskeet and Lake Pheljis
possible lo drive n vehicle cast
of ivlicre the pipes now end,
indicating a build-out of the
beach of some 40 lo 50 feet.
A d cl i t i o II .a I ly, the beach’s , .Al.intoo, wn.s charged with fail
ure to pay a pledged amount of
$100 in delivery co.'ts to tlie yet-
, uuhorn infant of Aqiiila Burton,
.’nic girl staled in court that
Pledger liad promised her tho
.money, admitting that the child
'• was his, hut had since aban-
inent, it would seem that drain- doneil efforts to produce the
age would stop. Tliis is not the Sec COURT, Page Three
case, for so far a.s wo have boon'
alile lo determine, one or the
See BEACH, Page lliree
height lias increased, and for
a stretch of .some 300 feel in
either dircctiiin. it is plainly
visible lliai a change lias
taken place.
Original Idea Working
IVitli all tills .sand ciica.so-
IP YOU WANT TO ACT
LOST COLONY TRYOUTS TO BE HELD
IN MANTEO ON SUNDAY. MARCH 24
Tp'ouls for i-oles in tlie 1903 Ljj,.,,. connected with the
production of Paul Green’s L,,,,,,,3 ^ „„
symphonic drama ’Ihe Lost | j,24. or by mail to JIanager
Colony, will be held in M.anleo
'Ir applications will have ample
time for personal intei-view.s
BELHAVEN BOARD
SEEKS TO ABOLISH
ITS L & W GROUP
Sunday, March 24 at 4 p.m., it
has been announced by John
Fo.x, general manager of tlie
show.
Tlie tryouts, and auditions for
those seeking speaking roles,
will be held under the direction
of William I. Long of Winthrop
College, Rock Hill, S. C. He has
been named as director of the
drama following many years as
its technical director, and he
succeeds the late Clifton Brit
ton.
All persons socking role.s
ranging from Indian men and
women, colonist men, women
prior to the dimma’s premiere
which tliis year will be on Juno
29 and continue nightly except
Sundays, through Seiitembcr 1.
A re.solution to request the
•State logi.slaturo to abolish tho
Belhaven Light and W:iter
Board was passed Monday night
wlien tlie town aldermen met.
ami agreed that the light and
water group is no longer neces
sary, Representative Wayland
Sermons has been asked to pre
sent the bill
Mr.s. Elizabeth Windicy was
appointed registrar for the elec
tion of town officials, the pri
mary to be held April 8, the
Usually there are about 125 gene’i-al election May 7. nio
persons in The Lost Colony books will be open tlie four
Company, most of whom have Satu,,jiays preceding tlic prim-
acting roie.s. Of the total moreja,.y_
island resi- Permission was granted the
American Legion and the Fire
Department to sponsor a rides
than one lialf are
dents.
cun SCOUT BANQUET
concession on July 4. A decision
was made lo have the rescue
seiwice ambulance painted.
Exprcs.sing thanks for the
protective clothing issued the
The annual Cub Scout birth
day banquet wliich was post-
and children, dancers, and other poned last week because of snow - _ , . , o -n
parts ill the show, if they are was held Thursday night in the firemen. Fire Chief Leon Smith
Roanoke Island or East Caro-, Jianteo Elementai'y Sehool cal’-1 reported four local alarms dur-
lina residents, should be present' eteria. After the regular busi- ing February, _a total of $1,015
for the March 24th trj’outs. Iness meeting awards and badges' damage resulting from one of
Applications for various! were presented, Uie four.
provide a substantial dike at the
inlet and at the badlv eroded',,.
Budget roque.sls from the.
•fi -re .j'arious schooLs were presented! 'Inp'^'lirothcr*^ Ed*"
sections on either side of and ^ ^ ^ petition, S
adjacent to tho inlet—2000 feetjg; . ^ jgj ,.esi(|onls of the Hams. Jr., of the
to the north and 3000 feet to the comnuinity. asking for
.'outh. The National Park Sei-v- parents. Mr and iMrs. Lonme
ice requested in my hysic.-il Ho.lges of Belhaven; and her
opinion) that the dike be fur- expanded: Pate‘?'al Bi’andparents. Mike
ther extended po foot to the b,„..h,.o„ni and kitchen f.-icilities Hams and Mi-s. ILid Jones, both
north and 2900 feet to tho soutli,
See INLET, Page Three
and a new clas.^room, ail for the
Roanoke School.
ON HATTERAS ISLAND
OFFICIALS TO SURVEY
INLET AREA ON FRIDAY
On Friday moniing, ropre-
sentativi's or various coopei-at-
ing agencies are expected to
visit the Buxton inlet area, to
work out plans for tlie final
chapter in the year-old project.
Col. J. S. Grygiel, and D. A.
Gardner, chief of opei-:itioii.s, of
Ihe Wilmington di.strict, will
vi.'it the site, aceonipanicd by
Ray Rundell, assistant super
intendent, Capo Ilatteras Na
tional Seashore. Also expected
to be on the scone is L. L.
Swain, Chairman. Dare County
Board of Commissioners.
The main piusposo of the visit
ation will be to finalize plans for
the la.st stage of the closure and
stablilizing operation, which
will consist of building adequate
barrier dune.s in on effort to
prevent further catastrophies of
this kind. It is estimated that
approximately $100,000 will be
of Belhaven.
Funci’al services were held at
two o’clock Thursday afternoon
in the Paul Funeral Chapel by
the Rev. Angus Miller and the
Rev. A. J. Mackie. Burial was
in the Belhaven Community
Cemetery P a 11 b e a r ers were
Cliff Jones, Ellis Ross, Jr., Lin-
ville Midgctt and Charles Smith.
while, continue pumping fill
from the sound onto the trouble' SCOGGINS COMPLETES HIS
area, building higlier and wider PROBATIONARY PERIOD
tlie araa wliicli was washed
velopment and many improve
ments, but tliere does come a
moment of decision, when the
national safety and the lives of
our people are imperiled and
the Air Force has to make a de-
SOUGHT AT STUMPY PT.
Residents of Stumpy Point
are seeking bettor telephone
connections with adjoining
areas, and liave prepared umior
leadership of Horace Hooper a
petition which was sent to the
Dare County Boai’d tliis week
and ondor.'cd. The community is
presently served with limited
spi-vices, available through an
arrangement betw'een Carolina
Telephone & Telegraph and
Pamlico Fewer and Light Co.
of Engelhard whicli allow.' the
use of its power line for tele
phone transmi.ssion.
The petition points up the in
adequacy of the system in that
multi-party lines arc required,
in addition to poor quality of
transmission and inconvenience.
Some over twenty subscribers
cision. That decision has had to or applicants for seiwice joined
See RANG^ Page Three in the petition.
TRAVELERS INCREASE AS
A TOUCH OF SPRINGTIME
BEFALLS THE COASTLAND
out. Since the inlet’s clo.sure
on Fcbruai’j’ 20. the dredges
Albert B. (Tod) Scoggin.'. for
some over a year cmployeil by
have continued fuil-scale pump- j Dare County in the courthouse,
ing operations. Until a few days assigned to tax collection duties,
jirior to clo.'ure, the Hampton
had been alone in its filling
operations since w’ork began in
October.
Present plans as outlined by
Coastlandcrs got a good taste
of spring early this week, and
using the travel noted as ba
rometer of the forthcoming sea
son, it apjiears that a bumper
year may be in store. As tem
peratures soared upward to tlie
mid-.seventies during early
week, considerable increase in
out-of Slate travel wtis noted
tlirough the araa, perhaps from
Yankees on the way north from
Flordia. At any rale, it proved
an assist to gas stations, in ad-
was this week given the okay ,Btion to the proprietors of over
sign from the board of com- ^ ^iglit accommodations and reS'
missioners, who placed him on a
In quite considerable contrast
to last week's weather w’hich
provided rain, sleet, snow and
general sloppy conditions was
liermanent basis. Scoggins, who
was employed “temporarily”
Spruill. D’msion ^“Einecr' 53^ q‘[,3,incd for
In indiclSTrarpSl^’V^^^^^^^^^^ spell, which began
roadway m.ay be Wted ,to ^ 3„,3,y late last jveek, P™y>rt‘nE jnti-
$25 a month, wdiich makes his
annual salary $3900.
The post of tax collector will
connect tlie broken pavement by
April 10 While it w’as not rec-
omended by officials, there
has been traffic over the s-and; j,g* if proposed legisla-
trail since shortly after Feb- I follows, separating the du-
ruary 20. Many instances have tj^s of the sheriff, who is now
been reported of vehicle.' being charged with that responsibility,
. stuck in the soft sand, requir- j ij^f gf present being done large-
reauired to replace and bring toeing four-wheel-drive vehicles to ly through exti’a courthouse em-
safety proportions the dune j remove them. I ployees. The sheriff’s rcsiwnsi-
slructurc in the inlet area. Approximately two miles of bilities will then be restricted,
Funds for this work will be. new paving will be required, and it would seem that some
made available through Park I Already much material has been extra personnel in that depart-
zens with the first extended
^reak in the severly cold winter.
Even on Monday morning,
despite warming temperatures
which rc.nched the ?nid-sixties
on Sunday, snow was ob.scrved
in several places where it had
drifted heavily last week, on the
eve of Ash Wednesday.
A better season than ever has
been predicted by many tourist
operators, with reseivations
coming in heavier than uinial.
cd along our beaches this year.
Already underway are several
new motols, plus numerous cot
tages being builb for private
use.
Cape Htitteras National Sea
shore noted a considerable in-
cioa.'o in Sunday travel, .and
figui-es maintained on vehicular
travel through the area indicate
that .'pring-like conditions that
day inspired some 400 or 500
extra visitors. Saturday’s travel
wa.s about on jiai* with tho pre
vious vvodi, records indicate.
90-MILE GUSTS SAID AT
CAPE HATTERAS WED.
Service emergency soiiivos. las.'ombled to begin this work, ment could be discharged. Such | Their predictions as to the
The two Atkinson Dredging [and pi-eliminary work prior to will not be the case, however, ’'It,,- coocn win t,o»4 ti7o.
.Company-owned piplinc dredges j actual resurfacing is expected. if we know Dare County poli-
IHampton and Enterprise, mean-)to begin within a few days, Itics.
promising season will need jus
tification, in view of the many
additional facilities to be proyid-
Accompanying springlike
weather which has prevailed
throughout the coastland during
the week, came an unusually
strong gust at Cape Hattcras
and the lower end of Hatteras
Island on Wednesday. Obseivers
feay that during a squall which
accompanied tlie wind shift to
northwest, velocity of 90 m.p.h.
was recorded. Fortunately, no
major damages occurred, or
have been i-cported. One year
prior was the devastating storm
on the coast which cut the ifilot'
near Buxton, as well as doing
extensive damage to other beach
area. The wind at that time,
however, was from the north
east.