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VOLUME XXVIII — NO. 38
MANTEO. N. C., FRIDAY. MARCH 22. 1963.
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ACTIVE CHARTER MEMBERS PUSHING
MANTEO ROTARIANS OFFERING
McCOWN FOR DIST. GOVERNOR
VOTERS AT
NAGS HEAD
TO REGISTER
CLIPPING LATE IN LIFE A REBER FAMILY TRAIT
Manteo Rotarians, who for'
the first time are offering a
oandidate for District Governor
of District 771, including clubs
from Manteo to Burlington and
Yanceyvi lie in the West, were
inspired to a “March to Wilson’’
Jlonday Night, when all of the
active charter members of the
Jlanteo iCub pledged their sup
port for Wallace H. JIcCowan
for the post, and attendance at
the Conference, {March 24 and
,2.5th together with practically |
J00% of the Manteo Club, 'riioi
charter membei’s are Martin i
Kellogg, Jr., Dr. W. W. John.s-|
ton; John Ferebee; D. Victor
Meekins; Finest K. Meekins; I.j
1*. Davis (first president of the,
Manteo Club) and C. S. Meekins.
President George Whitfielil
announced that Rotarians, tak
ing their Rotary Anns are as
follows: Wally and Sue McCown,
Lawrence and Ollie Bell Swain;
Ralph and Virginia .Swain; Wal
lace and Margaret Gray; Ray
and Helen Rundell; Linwood
and Kdna Cuthrell; Willis and
Jlellie Pearce; George and
Klizabeth Whitfield; Stanford
and Grace White. Other Rotar
ians attending will be Rev.
•Harold I.eatherman; R. S. (Bob)
Smith; Julian Oneto; Harold
Glynn, Ray Jones, Archie Bur-
rus, R. D. Sawyer
A Caravan leaving early .Sun
day morning will arrive in Wil
son for a luncheon, and register
for the Conference during the
afternoon at the Wilson Recre
ation Park Community Center,
conference headquarters.
The .Manteo Rotarians are
planning a number of special
events for the Conference in
their big effort to elect a
candidate for District Governor,
the election will take place Mon
day afternoon, and the Governor
inominee will be officially elected
along with 270 other District
Governors from all over the
world, at the Rotary’s Interna
tional Convention in St. Louis,
Mi.ssouri.
Representatives from 38 other
Rotary Clubs from North Cen
tral and North Eastern North
Carolina will bo in attendance
at the Conference. The meeting
is designed, according to Presi
dent George Whitfied, to review
Rotary .activities of the year,
and make jilans for increasing
the effectiveness of Rotary
sendee during the coming year.
President of Rotary Inter
national, Nitish C. L.aharry, of
Calcutta India, will be presented
'at the conference by Gends S.
Bratiy of Canton, Ohio. Sunday
night speakers will include also
Sam Rundy, noted humorist of
Farmville.
Monday’s program will fea
ture a Rotary Foundation Fol
low, Garaddon Rowlands, from
England, studying at a college
within the District.
Following the elections on
Monday Afternoon, present
Governor C. B. Martin, of the
Tarboro Club will preside at the
Govemor’s Banquet, his last of
ficial function of a highly suc
cessful year in the District.
Edmund Harding, of Washing
ton, N. C., the Tarhe.al Humor
ist, Past District Governor of
• Rotary, and familiar friend in
the Outer Banks area, will be
featured speaker Monday eve
ning. Harding, incidentally, was
the speaker at Mantco’s Charter
Night, January 11, 1037, and its
Candidates for Town Commis
sioner Posts Also To File
By April 1st
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Despite the bill which has
been entered in the Legislature
to amend election provisions of
the charter of the Town of
Nags Head, the governing board
of the town in late session
Thursday afternoon, began prep
arations to follow instructions
as had been establi.shed in the
original bill which created the
town in lOGl.
WALLACE ll. .McCOWN
25111 Anniver.sar.v dinner held
la.«t .vear, and of cour.se will be i
a particularly enjoyable part of
the program for those attend
ing from JIanteo.
DRIVE UNDERWAY
FOR MEMBERSHIP
IN WATER GROUP
There had been considerable
speculation whether the town
board would follow provisions of
the origin.al act, in view of the
bill at present in the Lcgi.‘>la-
turo which would provide a more
usual method of filing, regis
tration and actual balloting.
In view of the many queries
regarding the election machin
ery as originally established, we
aie reprinting, verbatim, the
section of the charier dealing
with this phase of the town.
We quote:
liLick Etheridge of Wanches?,
who is .soliciting for niember-
.sliip in the Dai-c County Water
ways Improvement Committee,
announced that only twenty-four
hoiir.s after he had begun col
lecting momber.ships he obtained
twenty supporters in the Wan-
chese area.
The mcmber-sliip drive is a
step toward obtaining the new
depth of twenty-one feet the
Committee is asking for the
channels leading to Wanchese
and across the bar to Manteo.
The cost of membership in the
organization is $2 for individ
uals and $10 for businosse.s.
Etheridge says that he expects
a total exceeding 75 area mem
bers, and that he sees no reason
why the movement will not
spread just as rapidy through
out the entii'o county.
“People who subscribe to the
Daiv County Tourist Bureau
ought to be just as enthusiastic
about the Improvement Com
mittee.’’ Etheridge said. “Al
though I am a staunch support
er of the Tourist Bureau, I real
ize that the fishing industry c.an
he equally or more improtant in
the future.’’ He pointed out that,
the smallest of fishing boats is
worth $20,000 and that some ex
ceeded $80,000. He drew a par
allel with some of the motels on
the beach that ai-e worth com-
panible sums, .and said, that
when some forty valuable ves
sels arc docked in local harbors,
the boost to business would be
tremendous.
“Sec. 4. In the last week of
May, 1903, and biennially there
after, the Governor of the State
of North Carolina .shall appoint
five cominissioner.s for the
Town of Nags Head, who shall
be sworn in as such commis
sioners as soon after such ap
pointment as is possible, by any
person authorized to administer
oaths, and shall take ollice on
June 1st, the date upon which
their respective terms begin;
provided, the Governor shall con- i
sider for appointment to fill
said offices those persons who
shall be recommended to him
and shall be selected as follows:
NO, THIS ISN’T A FUTURE BEAUTY QUEEN gelling her
locks clipped. It’s a boy, the throo-yoar-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
John H. Rebel- of Wancho.se, getting his first haircut. The stoic
look you see on his face is no act. After some preliminary qualms,
the little fellow submitted quietly to the unaccustomed shears.
His name is David Bradford Roller, or “Braddy,” and like
most of the Rebel- men, he is receiving his first clipping late
in life. His father and bis twenty-one-year-old brother both wore
their long curls until the age of five. Braddy’s nephew, slightly
older Christopher Reher, received his first haircut only a few
days earlier.
Tlie tonsoi-ial arti.st is Tom Rii.s.sell of Manteo, who has
been at the busine.ss of making men better groomed for thirty-
odd years. Braddy’s mother is shown in the ibackground.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED. BUT
AUTO'S ADVENT SEEMS RECENT
TO WANCHESE OCTOGENARIAN
SAND FENCE CONTRACT
AWARDED N. Y. FIRM
AT C. H. NAT’L PARK
Congressman Herbert C. Bon
ner announced today that he has
been advised by the National
Park Service of the Department
of Interior that a contract in
the amount of $214162.82 has
been awarded to Buffalo Fence
Company, Inc., Kenmore 17,
Now York, for sand fence for
Cape Hatteras Seashore Park.
MANY PEOPLE PONDER
HOW TO TRAVEL WESTWARD
IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION
Following last week’s publi
cation regarding the new one
way street system in Manteo,
many citizens have wondered
how to travel westward in an
easterly direction. This, need
less to say, would be a difficult
task.
The correct information is as
•follows: both County and Main
Streets will run eastward from
the highway into town. County
Street will continue as far as
Bay Street, where it v/ill re
sume as a two-way artery,
while Main Street will connect
with Water Street. An an
nouncement of the date of the
now system will follow the next
Manteo Town mteting.
The congestion problem in
Manteo is a growing pain, and
news of the town’s plans has
been received with some degree
of jubilation. It is hoped that
.no injurious mishaps occur due
' io the situation, while prepara
tions are being made for the
remedy.
HEALTH CLINICS FOR
HYDE PRE-SCHOOLERS
Hyde County’s annual pre
school health clinic will be held
at the Swan Quarter Health De
partment on the following
.dates: We.st Hyde, March 26th;
,0. A. Peay, April 2nd; East
Hyde, April 9th; Davis, April
23rd and 30th. Parents are
asked to bring the child’s birth
certificate and complete im
munization recoi-d.
EAST HYDE SENIORS TO
PRESENT PLAY ON 29TH
The senior class of East Hyde
High School in Engelhard will
hold one perfoi-mance of its
class play {March 29th, at 7:30
'PM. 'hic play is entitled “This
Ghost Business’*.
Admission is fifty cents for
adults and twenty-five cents for
students. This is the only per
formance that will be given.
“(a) On or before the first
day of April, 1963, and biennial
ly thereafter, any qualified vot
er or nonresident freeholder de
siring to become a candidate for
Commis.sionor of the Town of
Nags Head .shall file with the
clerk of said town their peti
tion for such office, signed by
at least three freeholders or
legal residents of said town.
“(b) All qualified voters and
all nonresident freeholders, in
order to be eligible to cast a
ballot in the municipal election,
must be registered in the Town
of Nags Head. Registration
books shall be open for registra
tion of voters on the last two |
Saturdays of March each year.
“(c) On or before the 15th
day of April, 1963, and bien
nially thereafter, there shall be
forwai-dcd by the Clerk of the
Town of Nags Head, a ballot
to every registered nonresident
freeholder at their last known
address and to registered legal
residents of said town, said bal
lot containing the names of the
persons so filing for the above-
stated offices. The ballots shall
be properly marked as designat
ed, and notarized by any person
authorized to administer oaths
and returned to the Chairman
of the County Board of Elec
tions of Dare County in a sealed
envelope not later than six
o’clock P.M. on the Tuesday fol
lowing tlie first Monday in May,
1963, and biennially thereafter,
said ballots to be then opened
and tabulated at seven thirty
o’clock P.M., on said Tuesday, in
the office of the Clerk of the
Town of Nags Head by the
Chairman of the Dare County
Hoard of Elections, said open
ing being public. The five per
sons receiving the highest num
ber of votes for the office of
commissioner shall be recom
mended for said office and upon
appointment .shall seiwe for a
term of four years, or until
their successors are duly ap
pointed and qualified; provided,
however, that at the Municipal
election to be held in May, 1963,
the thive commi.ssioncrs appoint
ed who received the largest
number of votes shall serve for
a term of four years and the
other two commissiners appoint
ed shall ser%'e for a term of
two years. Thereafter, all com
missioners duly appointed shall
serve for a term of two yeare,
until their successors are duly
ajipointed and qualified.
“Such commissioners shall
elect from among their number
one person to be mayor, who
shall serve for a term of two
years, or until his successor is
duly appointed and qualified.
“When the ballots have been
opened and tabulated as herein
above provided, the Clerk of the
Town of Nags Head and the
Chairman of the Dare County
Board of Elections shall imme
diately forward to the Governor
of the State of North Carolina
the result of said balloting
Sec ELECTION. Page Four
Most of us can’t remember
how things were on the island
before the invention of automo
biles, telephones and electric
lights. A look at how things
have changed was given us by
Mrs. Eloazor Tillott of Wan
chese. Mrs. Tillelt, at eighty-
eight, is the oldest lady in Wan
chese.
after dark.
Mrs. Tillott has lived through
the years when more technical
progress was made by human
beings than in all the centurie.s
before. But peope are still the
same, aren’t they Mrs. Tillott?
And may you still be with us at
the end of eigkty-eight more.
Bom in 1875, .she spent her
first .six years on Roanoke Is
land, then moving to Bodie Is
land, where her father, Peter
Gallop, was the lighthouse keep
er. Mr.s. Tillett recalls that in
tliose days tlic beacon was kept
burning by neither electricity
nor kemsene, but a kind of cnide
lard oil. Two years were spent
there, while the tutoring of her
sisters and herself was done by
a traveling teacher from the is
land. When she was eight, her
family returned to Wanchese,
where she has lived ever since.
In 1896 she was marricfl to a
local fi.sherman, Charles Tillett.
He worked in the area until his
death in 1941. The couple had
eight children, four sons and
four daughters. The Tilletts
owned the first telephone in
Wanchese, and Mrs. 'Tillett re
members when lightning struck
the wires and crackled down in
side the house, scaring everyone,
but without damage. Her cousins
owned the first automobile in
the area, and whon asked if she
remembered when they were
first invented, she laughed and
said, “That doesn’t seem very
long ago at all.”
She remcmhor.s especially well
when the sound froze over one
winter, and she and several
others Walked to the beach over
the ice. There were no bridges
in those days, and a trip to
Elizabeth City and back took a
period of days. With no roads
and not even an automobile to
drive if there were, a trip to the
mainland was quite an adven
ture.
One of the unforgctable
moments in her life was a ship
wreck that oceuiTcd when she
was a child at the lightliouse
NEARLY $500 FOR
ELIZ. CITY BAND
RAISED IN DARE
Token O'f Appreciation for In
valuable Services Rendered
at Dare Functions
OPPOSITION
TO NEW P. O.
SITE MOUNTS
Southern Nags Head Interests
Begin Campaign to Change
New Building Site
Mounting opposition to the
location cho.«en for the new
Nags Head Post Office is ap
parent among residents of the
soiithein portion of Nag.s Head,
and at a meeting Wednesday
afternoon, forces were being
organized to block, at least
temporarily, postal o f f c i a 1 s’
plans to go ahead with con.stnic-
tion at tlie Hollowel! Avenue
site.
Aivhie Burru.s, .spokesman for
the group, stated that tho.se at
tending the meeting were “in
full accord’’ in the proposal to!
got further attf/ntion paid their |
requests for a more central loca-
ENTERPRISE” LEAVES SITE
OF BUXTON INLET; PROGRESS
BEING MADE IN ROAD WORK
Second Dredge Expected to Depart Next
Week at Completion of Fill Work; High
way Promised by Easter Week End; Work
Underway Already on Road Bed; Island
Accommodations Expected to Experience
Favorable Patronage.
SEN. MIDGETT OFFERS
REDISTRICTING BILL
Mrs. M. K. Fearing, Jr. of
Jlantco has announced that her
.soliciting for the Elizabeth City
High School Band had resulted
in a total of $494.70. Mrs. Fear
ing had been aiding the Band
to sponsor a trip to St. Peters
burg, Florida, to participate in
the Festival of States, Tuesday,
March 26. The Elizabeth City
group was chosen to represent
North Carolina in the p.qgcant,
which will include bands from
every state.
JIrs. Fearing said that Jliles
Clark of Elizabeth City usually
financed the group’s road trips,
but that this year, .she thought
Dare County should contribute
to show gratitude for the timc.s
they appeared in the Lost Colo
ny and the Pirates Jainhoree.
Local teenagers held a dance
last Saturday night for fund
raising, and added $49.70 to the
total Contributions were made
by local businesses and individ
uals. Although the Virginian-
Pilot published a statement that
the Dare County Commissioners
had donated $250, the actual
amount was $25. Other major
contributors were the Nags
Head Chamber of Commerce,
the Kill Devil Hills Memorial
Society, and tlie Dare Coast
Pirates Jamhorama.
tion. Biirriis indicated that legal J;
counsel will he retained, and
that “only a fair hearing and
reasonable treatment” is ex
pected in the matter. Until now,
there has been no public hearng
on the proposal for a new build
ing, and the only official ap
proval has been in the form of
a nod from the Nags Head Town
Board. |
While the opposition foices
were being organized, a news
reIoa.se dated March 6, apparent
ly withheld until last week’s
town board go-ahead signal, was
sent from the Greensboro real
e.statc division of the Po.st Of
fice Department, .stating that
the department sought competi
tive bids to build and lease the
new facility, at the Hollowell
Avenue location. Deadline for
.submission of bids is 2 p m.
.April 8.
It is apparent from the bid
ding information submit ted,
that plans of the department
may extend into the future some
30' years in respect to the next
new building for Nags Head.
Till' basic lease agreement would
be for ten years, with four 5-
yoar renewal options.
At the meeting on Wednc.stlay,
it was pointed out that the Hol
lowell Avenue location is only
2-1/10 miles from the Kill Devil
Hills town line, and just 3-5/10
miles south of the present Kill
Devil Hills po.st office. From
the proposed site to the south
ern extremities of Nags Head,
it is 9-0/10 miles.
In addition to Burriis, attend-
Scc I’. O., Page Six
$322,000 LOAN IS
APPROVED FOR EMC
AT CAPE HATTERAS
with her father. Tlie “Success”
was the ship, from which the
Captain and mate emerged un
hurt to stay with them at tlie
lighthouse. Although this office
has no record of such a ship, the
vessels barometer still exists.
Congressman Herbert C. Bon
ner announced today that he has
been advised that an REA Loan
in tlie amount of $322,000 has
been approved for the Cape Hat
teras Electric Membership Cor
poration of Buxton.
The President of this Corpor
ation is Mr. E. P. White, and
the Acting Manager is Mr. Zane
Gray.
Congressman Bonner stated
that tills loan will be used to
install 1150 KW Diesel Generat
ing Unit and related f.ncilities;
to constrtict 20 miles of distribu
tion line to sert’e 150 new rural
consuniei’s and to finance gen
eral improvements and to con
struct a new headquarters build
ing.
MANTEO SENIORS TO
BEGIN TRIP APRIL 11
SPECIAL SERVICES AT
EAST LAKE SUN. P.M.
The public has been cordially
invited to attend special serv-
ice.s Sunday afternoon at East
Lake Methodi.st Church, begin-
' ning at 3 p.m., when choirs from
and bears the name “Success • on Roanoke Island and
Mrs. Tillett lives in her own Manns Harbor have been invited
home with her daughter, Mrs. to participate
Dora Hay man. From her mar
riage have come not only her
children, but thirteen grand
children, thirty-six great-grand-
Rev. L. A. Smith.son, pastor,
welcomes all, nienibera, visitors
and friends to attend Sunday
afternoon, when iMantco Meth-
Clai-ence Butler, Principal of
Manteo High School, has an
nounced that the annual senior
trip will begin April 11th and
continue through April 15th.
About thirty students will make
the trip to Washington, D. C.,
and New York City, where they
will stay in hotels.
Some expected activities in
elude visits to the Smithsonian
Institute and the U. S. Captiol
Building in Washington, and
the United Nations Building in
New York.
c aiicmooTif wnun
children, and two great-great- North End Baptist and
grandchildren. When asked how Harbor Methodi.st church
she felt about the raising of Q].oirs have been invited to par-
MANTEO P.T.A. TO MEET
NEXT MONDAY NIGHT
such a whopping big family, she
snorted and said, “Children
weren’t raised this way back
then. We had to scrub clothes
over washboards, and work at
chores when I graw up.”
Mrs. Tillett is fond of recall
ing the days when no one had
ever heard of a laivn mower,
days when horses in the yaid
were sufficient to trim the
grass. And a radio? Books were
the evening’s entertainment, if
anyone even felt like sitting up
ticipatc in a special song festi
val.
VET OFFICE TO CHANGE
HOURS APRIL 1ST
The Dare County Veteran’s
Service Office announces a
change in office hours to become
effective Monday, April 1st. ’The
change will be from the present
afternoon hours to morning
hours, 9:30 to 12:30.
The Manteo Schools P.T.A
will meet Monday night March
25, at eight o’clock in the au
ditorium of the Manteo Elemen
tary School. The program
“Teenagers” will be in panel dis
cussion form. Composing the
panel will be two representa
tives from each grade from the
eighth through high school. An
adult will sen’e as moderator.
PTA president, Mrs. Edward
Wc.scott, extends a cordial in
vitation to all parents and teen
agers. Rerfreshments will be
served after the meeting.
SENATOR P. D. MIDGETT of
Engelhard, Hyde County, intro
duced a bill in the Sl:Ue Senate
Tue.^day which would give con-
•sideration to area a.s well as
population in the di.stribution of
Congre.s.smen in the State Legis
lature. The redistneting pro
gram would he carried out with
out the necessity of an amend
ment to the Constitution, he an
nounced.
Jlidgctt noted that his bill
would give no more than two
senators to any one county, nor
would it include more than five
counties in a single district, thus
considering area in the distri
bution. The counties with two
senators would be Mecklenburg,
Forsyth, and Guilford.
The bill sets iq) a number of
one-county districts, increasing
the number of Senate districts
by eight, to 41. The.so one-coun
ty districts would be: Cumber
land, Wake, Onslow, Robeson,
Durham, Alamance, Davidson,
Gaston, and Buncombe.
Another bill to redistribute the
representation in both houses
was introduced by Sens. David
Clark of Lincoln and Wilbur
Jolly of Franklin. Their pro
posed bill would model the Leg
islature after the Federal Con
gress. Under the bill the House
membersliip would be cut from
120 to 100, one representative
from each county. The Senate
would be raised from 50 to 80,
based strictly upon population.
The bill wuld assure that the
population of each new district
could not vary more than 25''/r
from l/80lh of the total popu
lation, after new district lines
had been drawn. These lines
would prevent the possibility of
less than 45% of the state’s
population falling within the
areas entitled to elect a ma
jority of the senators.
If the Legishiture failed to
I'capportion after a federal cen
sus, a committee composed of
the Senate President, two citi
zens chosen by him, and two
members named by the Gover
nor would carry out the task.
The Senate cnvi.sioned by
Clark and Jolly would give five
senators to Slccklenburg, five to
Guilford, three to Forsyth, three
to Wake, two to Durham, two
to Buncombe, and two to Gas
ton.
Although the bill would call
for the statewide vote at the
next general election, Clark said
he hoped for an early vote to
sot up the program for the 1964
election.
In support of his program.
Sen. Clark said, “I just can’t
conceive that the Supreme Court
would throw out something bas
ed on the principal that the
Federal Congress has used all
these years.”
Several other bills which
would also call for a constitu
tional amendment were offered.
One would raise the Senate
membership from 50 to 60, an
other from 50 to 55.
SEA HAGS TO MEET
The sand-sppwing Dredge
“Enterprise,” on the iiroject at
Buxton Inlet for tlie past .si‘v-
eral weeks, departed e:trly tlu.s
week It had ai-eomiili.shed its
part ill the eldsiire of the .'\.sh
Wedne.sday Stoi in-ci eated gash
and i.s now on its way to a de-
layeil jirojeet in Wilmington
Harbor Col. J. S. Grygiol, Wil
mington District, Corps of En
gineers, some two weeks ago had
promised that the dredge would
not be removed from the jiroject
until completion of ils work,
and unle.s.s an emergency in
Wilmington Harbor develojied.
.According to information relay
ed by Park Service Superintend
ent James B. Myera, the “En
terprise” departed on Tue.sday,
been furni.shed Mr. 11 1
the completion and departure
schedule having been furnished
Mr. Myers by Mr. Olierjohann,
Chief, Construction, U. .S. Aimy
Engiiioeis, at the Buxton project
site.
Col. Grygiel had negotiated
with the Atkinson Dredging Co.
to divert the dredge “Enter
prise” from the poiject in Wil-
inmgtoii Harboi- to tin* Bu:lon
Inlet subsequent to the storm
in late November which widen
ed the inlet dangerously.
Buxton Inlet wa.s originally
cut by tin* .March, ]'.)(>2 storm
and was about 600 feci wide at
the time. The office of Emer
gency Planning furnished the
Corps of Engineer.' $225,000 to
close the iniet to relieve tlie
emergency conditions it had
created in the local communi
ties.
A contract was awarded to
the Atkinson Dredging Co. to
do the work, and their dradge
“Hampton Roads” started the
work early in November, 1962.
Severe storms hit the area
late in Novemher and widened
the inlet to 1400 feet. Severe
erosion was experienced, imme
diately adjacent to the inlet,
2000 foot on the north and 3000
feet on the south.
Those weakened .sections were
considered for all practical pur
poses part of the inlet. The Of
fice of Emergency Planning
furnished an additional $475,000
to effect the closure of the en
larged inlet, to include the re
pair of the eroded sections.
Several coordinating meetings
were lield among representatives
of the Corps of Engineers, Wil
mington District, U. S. National
Park Ser\’icc, and the State
Highway Commission to ensure,
the closure of the inlet and
the construction of a road across
the clo.sure at the earliest pos
sible date.
Adverse weather conditions
in January greatly liampercd the
progress being made by the
•‘Hampton Roads.” Colonel Gry‘-
giel negotiated witli the Atkin
son Dretiging Co. to divert the
latter’s dredge “Enterprise”
from the project in Wilmington
Harbor to the inlet project. Mr.
Atkinson cooperatively agreed.
The “Enterprise’’ began pump
ing on February 17, and the
flow of water through the inlet
was stopiied 3 days later.
Meanwhile the local citizens,
on their own initiative, heroical
ly undertook efforts of their
own to retard the erosion which
was taking place at and near
the inlet, by phicing thousands
of sandbags and dumping hun
dreds of junked automobiles in
the affected areas. They received
splendid voluntary support
from the local U. S. Naval and
LL S. Coast Guard facilitie.s.
Camp Lejeuno, the State High
way Commission, and the Na
tional Park Serx’ice. Colonel
Grygiel stated that these efforts
definitely aided the closure of
the inlet.
Superintendent Mvers stated
that the National Park Service
share of costs to strengthen the
dike fill north and south of the
inlet for long range protection
will amount to approximately
$112,000.
On a recent inspection. Colo
nel G’'vgicl stated that the en
tire fill should be completed by
the end of -March, but indica-
The Sea Hags Surf Fishing ^re now that the work
Club will meet at the Sea completed several days
Hag Port on the beach on Mon
day evening, March 25th. at
8:30 P.M.
prior to the 31st.
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