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VOLUME XXVIII — NO. 40
MANTEO. N. C.. FRIDAY. APRIL 5. 1963
Single Copy 7^
NAGS HEAD BOARD
VOTES DELAY IN
NEW P. O. WORK
/Board Reverses Stand of March
14 and Will Seek More
Central Location
In n sppcini meeting Wednes
day. the Niigs Head Town Com
missioners adopted a re.solution
which will call for a relocation
of the proposed new post olTicc
for that town. A telegram was
.“^ent to U. S. Repre.sentative
Jleibert C. Bonner, reading:
“Wo earnestly rorpio.st you to
cancel the iire.sent )U'opo.scd P.
, t). location and to attcnijit to
re-establi.sh plans at a location
■Tiore centrally located which is
.available.’’
Opposition to the .site in fpies-
t on has hoeii steadily inouiiting
for several week.s. since the be
lated announcement of a letter
dated .March filh from the
Green.sboro real estate division
of the Post Olfice which an
nounced that the ‘’lIollowcH” lo
cation was being opened for con
tracting bid.s.
.-\n organization of southern
Nags Head residents formed in
an attempt to biock the con
struction. The town commis.-iim-
cis, having already sanctioned
the proposed location at a meet
ing three weeks ago, decided to
•ii.sk for a revision in tlie plans
’as a result of a petition by the
.s-outbern residents. Since the
(late for contracting bidding is
April tStll, a tune shortage called
for cpiick action.
Tom -McKiminey, the only
coiiimi.s.-doiier who voted against
the .site at the nieetirg .Maich
l-l, stated llial he believed tlie
pre.sent iiost olVice to be ade-
ipiate for another two years, or
until a new huilding is con-
.“tructed in a more convenient
locution.
OREGON INLET BRIDGE CHANNEL SPAN WELL UNDERWAY
' ' . f' JH '
. -
CHANNEL BASS
BEING CAUGHT
IN DARE WATERS
f)RKGON IXLKT BRIDGE, making headway far ahead of contract schedule, i.s now well over
half-way completed, and th!.“ recent phoio by branilev Brown of .Maiueo indicate.^ that the ch.nnnoi
sp:in is well underway, 'fhe span, which will have a vertical clearance of 65 feet, is one of the
most time-i'onsunnng and costly featuri-s in construction of tlio now facility linking Hatteras Is
land and Bodio Island.
While the contract with .McLean Construction Co. of Baltimore call.® for completion in June
of 19G4, there is opiinii.sm tliat the bridge will be open to traffic well before the end of this
year. Some hopefiil.s have indicated that it will be open in October, but official.s of the construc
tion company decline to affirm this. Itarring considerable amounts of inclement weather, how-
I’vcr, it can he conceded that the conneeting link will be open in time to qualify as a Yuletide gift
t) traveieis of tlie cnastland.
CCC DISCUSSED
FOR LOCATION
^ IN DARE COUNTY
JACK CAHOON IS
NEW CHAIRMAN
DARE SCHOOL BD.
Son of Sheriff fo Succeed
Robert O. Ballance
of Manfeo
•■Vs a rc.sult of the forthcom
ing legislative jiroposal to rc-
ostalilish a Civilian Conserva
tion Corps in this country, the
various agencie.s of the Federal
Govornnicnt have been c.alled
upon to a.scertain their needs (
for personnel whicli might ho j
available.
In this connection, upon learn
ing of ))03Sible Federal request
for such, the Dare County
Board of Comniis.s!oiiers has be-1
gun a study of the feasibility
of allowing iicconimodalions at
the Mantco Airport, which have
been used for several years by
K. C. d-tlers, to be cinployed in
the housing of such personnel
as might bo assigned to this
area, ;ind who would be princi
pally employed in dune con
struction and rc.storation work
in cimncctioii with National
Park Service jirograms.
The CCC facility whicii oper
ated ill Dare County during the
lilSO's and caily ’40s was lo
cated in tlie area near Little
Kinnakect, a mile or so iiortli
of Mantco, and not at the 4-H
site, as has bi’cn iiuhlishcd in
other news|iapers thi.s week.
'I’hcre was also e.xisting at tlie
e.xtrcme north end of Roanoke
I.slaiui, the “Transient” camp,
wliich ceased to c.xist at ap-
pro.s'inuitcly the same time as
CCC.
* Even though the. ro-ostalilish-
jiient of CCC is still highly
speculative, most Dare Coinmis-
sioiiera aiipear to highly favor
the proposal.
for another
of the old
Floyd L.
JAMBORAMA ROYALTY
WILL ALSO BE DUBCED
"COUPLE OF THE YEAR"
Who will b4> Hip ninii and
woman uf the year on (he
Hare Coast?
That is a question (hat will
lie aii.swered follnw'iiig the se
lection by a secret committee
of the new Pirate Jamhorama
king and queen. The an
nouncement — likewise selec
tion, will be made during (he
• co.stume dinner party at Dare
County Shrine Club on Sat
urday evening, April 20. The
new king and queen will he
known as “Couple of the
Year” in Dare.
Secret committee needs
help and suggestions. Sugges
tions may be mailed to Lionel
Edwards. Nags Head, chair
man of the Jamborama. They
will be turned over to the se
cret judging committee—and
they may be selected.
The costume banquet will
launch tlie 4-weck ends long
Jamimruma this year. Every
one is invited to the banquet.
The sponsors have announci'd
banquet tickets will he $2.50
each, iMit a silver dollar will
be refunded to each person in
coatume.
FIRST BLUEFISH
OF 1963 SEASON
LANDED BY HAND
The first meeting of the new
D:ir' County Board of Educa-
feui was lield Mond.ay morning
wi'h all mPTT'bcv.s present. Re
turning to office
term were tliree
Board members:
Hooper, C. T. Williams, 111, and
W. P. Dillon. New members
were Mrs. Milton Perry and
Jack W. Colioon, who w;is unan
imously elected eluiirman
The following committeemen
were ajipointed: from Cape Hat-
tera.s, .Mns. Carlos Oden, Edgar
Ilociicr, Asa Gray, Jr., and
Clayton Brothers; from Kitty
Hawk, Fred Scarborough, Mr.®.
'J’rtiy Bea.sley, Xormnii Smith,
Alvis Be:icham, and Jc.sse Per
ry; from Mantco, Charles Brid
get, Louise Midgett, Mrs. Stan
ford White, Orville DanicLs. and
Mrs. Troy Sheph.'ird; and from
Roanoke. Kdwani .Moore, Mrs
Bolntar Collins, Mr® Eloi.so Bur
ton. Cecil Bowser, and Mr.s.
Ernie McOca.so.
Sirs. Dennis C. Evans was re
elected County Supnrintend:int,
and Slartin Kellogg, Jr the
school board attorney.
Legislative issiie.s were a
topic for Board di.scnssion, con
cerning bills (le.’iling with .school
bond i.ssiies for construction and
equipping school.s in North
Canilina. One such bill i.s before
the I.egi.slature, presented by
Rep. Odell Willinmson of Bruns
wick County. Thi.s bill c’lll.s for
the amount of ?50 to SlOO mil
lion for the constnietion of
“chool.s. Dare County would
stand to gain an appropri.ation
of over $100,000 from this i.sstie,
•iccording (o Mr Williain.son’s
fornnila for distribution.
-•Vnril 8th has been set for the
Board’s study of this year’.s
school Iiudgef Decisions on the
elee'ion of teachers bv the dis
trict eommitleemen will be held
by the Board April 22nd.
Mrs. Dennis Evans announced ■
that the reopening of the .school
on Ilatterns Island will bo
comnlete Tliursday, and that
Friday morning classes will re
sume in the Buxton building
that has twice been made inac
cessible to students because of
.stonns. The Ash Wednesday
Storm of last year cut an inlet
through the road, cancelling
school in the building. A bridge
was constructed for students,
hut the NoHheaeter in Novem
ber wa.shcd it out. Elementary
school has Iieen held in a build
ing abandoned by the Coast
Guard, now owned bv the Park
Service; while the high school
has remained in operation, al
though .students h.avc had to
hoard near the school. Now,
however, all operations in the
original school building are to
be rasumed.
CAPE IIATTEUAS — An
drew .Mi'ekins of Avon ciiught
the first bluefish of the season
Tiie.sday and he caught it with
hi.s bare hand.s. It happened
this way:
M e e k i n s. who was on the
bc-acii .saw a big school of fish,
covered by gulls, close inshore.
Then one of the blues, a two
and half pounder, foundered
on the beach. He quickly
grabbtd the blue while it was
still alive.
Some believe that sharks
drove fish close inshore and
in stirring up bait in the
breakers, gulls attracted
started diving into the school
which got them so confused
one came ashore in the excite
ment . . . Anglers start catch
ing bines in surf normally
during early April along the
beach from the Cape to llat-
teras Inlet.
N. HEAD CHARTER
BILL PASSES; NEW
ELECTION DATE SET
New Registration on Saturday,
April 6-27; April 20 Filing
Deadline for Candidates
NEW SCHEDULES
ARE ESTABLISHED
FOR FERRY RUNS
Rapid Completion Of Highway
Expected to Result
Huge Travel Increase
in
With completion of two mile
road link connocling the north
and south ends of Hattera.s fs-
land at site of former Ash
Wednesday Inlet the N C. Ferry
System has stepped up sched
ules etfoctive immediately.
Oregon Inlet ferric.? will de
part from north and south
•sluiro at half liour intoivals
from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. There will
bo throe night ferries departing
from both .shores hourly at 10
and 11 p.m. and 12 midnight.
Hatteras Inlet ferry will de
part from North shore (Hat-
tera.s) at hourly intervals from
5 a.m. until C p.m. From south
shore lOcraeoke. hourly depart
ures will liegin at C a.m. and
continue until 7 p.m.
The Atlantio-Oeraeoko ferry’
.?ca Level h:is been operating
on a revor.sed schedule since
Decemlicr, but beginning April
6 it will leave Atlantic at 8 a.m
and arrive at Ocracoke at 12
noon. It will leave Ocracoke at
2 p.m. and arrive at Atlantic at
6 p.m. Tolls will be esumed at
this time. Tlie Sea Level will
operate on this schedule until
April 30, when it will be taken
to the shipyard for repairs and
a new paint job. It will be there
until ahoiit Jimo 1, 1963. It takes
.about four hour.®, sometimes
longer to make the run. Since
the November northeaster, and
during emergenev, no tolls have
ben charged on the Sea Level.
Since bridge was destroyed at
Ash Wednesday Inlet ferries
have been operating from Avon
to Hattera.s — a 3-hour trip each
wriy. Tltis schedule has been
discontinued with rompletion of
road, and the ferries have been
tranferred to other localitieti to
step up existing Miriee,
An amendment of the Nags
Head charter as the town was
incorporated in 1961 hi.“ passed
the Legislature, providing for a
mere onliimry manner of elect
ing Town Commissioners, the
oUi method having been
amended before it was to come
into effect this year.
The old law concerning the
election allowed nonresident
freeholders to participate in the
eloctioi) through a mail ballot.
The amondment, however, ac-
coitiing to the laws regarding
general municipal elections, dis
qualifies nonresident participa-
' tion.
In view of the fact that the
hill for amendment was on the
floor of the legislature shortly
pi-cccding the time for election
under (he old s.vstcm, .some
quc.stion liad boon raised as to
whether the coming election wa®
to I’ecognizo the votes of non
resident freeholders. Had the
bill not been pas-sed b,v the State
Legislature, of course, law would
have required that the ballots
of nonresident voters be con
sidered in tlio election.
A two-Saturday registration
was held in accoi-dance with the
old system of balloting, in view
of the fact that the amondment
! was not yet law. On tlie first of
these registration days. Nags
I Head Registrar C. Sherman
Culpepper announced tliat
thirty-four voters had it?g-
istcrod, only four of them non
resident frceliolder.s. Now that
the amendment has been ap
proved, however, a new registr-
! ation w’ill be conducted, dis-
' regarding the registration of
th.e nonre.sidents.
The dates of the registration
have been sot as April 6th
tlirough 27th, Saturdays in the
I Nags Head Town Office, 9 .4.M.
I through 9 P.M., and weekdays
' in the home of Regi.strar Cul
pepper. No registration will bo
conducted on Sundays. Challenge
Day i.s set for April 27th.
Filing deadline for candidates
Sec CHARTER, Page Four
First of Season To Be Hooked
Brought In At Hatteras
Inlet Saturday
Si-a.soii’s fir.-l ihanncl bass to
bo taken with rod and reel was
boated by Deputy Sheriff Ray
mond Ba.snott in Hatteras Inlet
on Saturday, March 30. Since
the first, several more hs”e been
caught each succeeding day. Bas-
nett’s scaled at 44 pounds, and
it was the largest reported. Oth
er islander.? making catches, or
some of them, included Bernice
Ballance of Buxton, D. .S. Skiies
and Epli O’Neal of Hatteras.
liatleras Eu.sy to Reach
In Ics.® than a week after
they started work, the State
Highway force.? completed the
marl base for the two miles of
highway linking the north and
south sections of Hatteras Is
land. Driving i.® permitted over
the marl, so a.? a result, travel
without difficulty of long ferry
trip.?, has boon resumed to Hat-
tcras, Fri-sco and Buxton vil
lages.
ROUSH WINS WHITAKER
SCHOLARSHIP TO UNO
MANTEO SENIORS
TO PRESENT PLAY
NEXT WEDNESDAY
“June Wedding” is the title of
the Mantco High School play
which will be presented by its
.Senior Clas.s April 10th. The
tliree-act romantic situation
Comedy will begin .at eight
o’clock for its only performance,
according to Mis.? Mabel Jean
Basnight, co-director.
Starring in the presentation
will bo Helen Wescott, Tanya
Johnson, and Dean Leary. Di
recting with Jliss Basnight will
bo W. W. Tarkiiigton.
The drama, written by Mary-
ji'ne and Hayes, is a delightful
romantic comedy concerning
l&Ve's from ahe cbeok-kissing age
to the elder folks, three gener
ations of hearts and flowers.
Tickets arc currently on sale by
the entire senior class, although
tickets can be purcha.scd at the
gate. The price of admission i.s
50c for students, one dollar for
adults.
YELLOW BUCKTAILS
LURE LARGEMOUTIIS
FRED WILLIAM ROUSH, the
.son of Mr. and Mrs. .1. Fred
Roush of Manteo, has been
chosen to receive a Whitaker
Scholarship to the University of
North Carolina.
The scholar.ships are awarded
annually on the basis of merit,
with stipends varying from $400
to $800, according to the need
of the individual, for each of
four year.? of study
The 11 winner.® of the schol
ar.ships this year represent a
select group of North Carolina
high .school senior.? who will be
expected to maintain above-
average grades at the Univer
sity.
Rou.sh is a student at Manteo
High School. Hi.s .activities in
clude attend.ance at the Nation
al .Science Foundation .Summer
In.stitule ;it UNC, Science Fair,
and Beta Club treasurer. He
plans to major in mathematic.®
at UNC.
MR.S. JARVIS RECEIVES
P. O. RECOMMENDATION
C.ongres.®man Herbert C. Bon
ner announced this week that he
has recommended the appoint
ment of Mrs. Evelyn O. Jarvis
as permanent postmaster at En
gelhard.
3Ir. Bonner stated that Mr.s.
Jarvis is No. 1 on the eligible
register and that she has been
acting po.®tmastt*r .since the re
tirement of Mrs. Trixie M. Mat
thews on November 30, 1961.
NAGS HEAD.—Yellow buck-
tails cast into the brackish wa
ters (lowing with the wind tides
beneath the Little Bridge be
tween Roanoke Island and Nags
IIeal during the past week lurel'
dozens of large mouth bass. j
“The bass averaged two and j
half to three and half pounds j
each,” said the Daniels broth
ers, operator.® of a fishing cen-1
tor at the east approach to the 1
bridge.
KITTY IIAMK CUB SCOUTS
TO HAVE PAPER DRIVE
WEDNESDAY MEETING IN
MANTEO SHEDS LIGHT ON
TARGET RANGE PROPOSALS
Attempts Will Be Made to Get Hearings Be-
•fore Armed Services Committees of Con
gress; Prospects Dim for Blockage of Pro
posals, But Greater Restrictions May Be
Forthcoming.
Cub Scout Pack No. 161 of
Kitty Hawk will spon-sor a
ncwspaiier and magazine drive
tJie first week in June. Residents
of the area, including Nags
Head, Kill Devil Hills, Kitty
Hawk, Southern Shore.® and oth
er beach areas, are asked to
hold their old paper items until
then. Cub Scoutmaster is C. A.
Whitman.
SPORT FISHING CRUISER LAUNCHED IN MANTEO
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BUS ROUTE TO HAHERAS
WILL RESUME OPERATION
The Hatterax-Mantco Bus
Line will resume ojHiration Sun
day, April 7th, leaving Hatteras
at 8:30 A.M., and arriving in
Manteo at 11:30 A.M. The re
turn bus will leave Manteo at
3:00 P.M., and arrive at Hat
teras at 5:60 P.M.
The bus Line is operated by
the Midgett brothers, Stockton
and Anderson of Hatteras, who
last year resumed daily service
along the route, but who were
forced by the storm of last
November to di.scontinuc. With
the completion of the highway
toiHatteras, replacing the bridge
over former Buxton inlet which
washed out, the important serv
ice to the villages of the island
will afain ba availabla.
I'he cxce.®.®ive concern of .some
re.®idofUs of Dare County in re
gard to the projiosed Navy-Au-
Force lioinbmg range to be set
uj) in this county came to a cli
max in a two and one-half hour
conference U’edne.®d:iy in
the Courthouse. The meeting
was called on reqiie.®t of Itep-
resentalive Herbert C. Hoiiner
in an attempt to pre.sent the
facts to local citizens in the re
sults of more than two yeni.®’
.attempt by the Armel Force.®
to locate a target range in the
area.
Present at the meeting were
Mr. Bonner, Hep. .M. L. Dan
iels, Jr, Melville Broughton, Ra
leigh attorney, the Dare County
Commis.sioner.®. County Attorney
Wallace .'lIcCown, Navy Admical
Forsythe .Ma.ssey, Navy Ctndr.
Withrow, L'.S.AF .tlaj. Gen. Rich
ard T. Coiner, ,Ir., Colonel
George .Shenkin, Lt. Col. G. J.
Kelly, and Major.® J. D. Cooper
and H W. Kayner, along with
a full house of interested citi
zens.
Mr. Broughton explained the
purpoRi. of the confiTetici-, stat
ing that since Dare County has
had no opportunity to express
it.«elf in the is.suo, and since the
pulilic was m.ade aware of the
step only after an announcement
rejiorled that the plan.s hail been
(inalizod, the re.sident®. of this
county were entitled to a hear
ing. He reffected the re.®einment
of .some local authorities who
feel that they .-hould have been
consulted in the matter.
J’articulnrly strcs.sed in his
talk was the possibility of eco
nomic harm to the residents of
the county, o.sjiecially those ef
fects on the tourist industry and
the continued residence of the
West V'irginia Pulp and Paiier
Company in the area. Sonie-
ihing of a small panic occurred
when a false rumor claimed that
AVostvaco would leave the area
1 .he range plan.s wont through.
In truth, however, the company
has denied the authorship of
such a .statement.
Rep. Bonner then outlined the
j history of the problem. He hiin-
'.self was opposcil to the con
struction of the target area any
where in his own Congrc.ssion-
al district, and fought the issue
until it wa.s clear that the proj
ect wa.® going to be eomplelod.
He managed to steer the site
away from the Lake Matlamus-
keet area, which is the winter
home of many thousands of
wikifowl but finally was forced
into the Dare site.
The site in question is locat
ed near Stumpy Point, and in
large part, in some of the poor
est and Ic.a.st productive land
in the county. A portion of the
property is of little value even
to We.stvaco with its admirable
reforestation methods so suc
cessful at other locations in the
area.
The site is, in fact, the least
useful for any purpo.se of the
sites proposed by the Gover
nor’.? in.spection committee, set
up for just such an i ivesliga-
tion.
Even after repeated assur
ance.® by both the inspection
parties and the .service branches
involved that dangers to wild
life and property were .slight,
loc.a! coneera has been repeat
edly manife.st, notably by the
Dare County Board of Commis
sioners.
Lt. Col. Kelly answered points
of concern .set forth by a report
compiled by the Commi.ssioners.
Showing the meeting a map, he
illustrate®! the area of the care
fully defined air corridors,
which, he holds, wall not in any
way seriously restrict commer
cial or jirivate air traffic, nor
will it pose a noise problem be
cause of the situation of the
.if np,
BOW OF the sports fishing cruiser -Sea Byrd was splashed
with champagne in Manteo Friday wnen Beiiy KeiiogK, Roanoke
Islam! high school student, broke the bottle of champagne in
christening ceremonies. The craft, built by Capt. Warren O’Neal,
is 40Vj feet long, 13'/j foot be.am and will be powered by two
471 GM diesel motors. The Sea Byrd’s keel was laid in September
3962. She was built for Nap L. Casschry, Gulfport, Miss., and
will make her maiden voyage to Gulf Stream waters off Oregon
Inlet on a blue marlin fishing trip on or about May 20. (Aycock
Brown photo)
3RUMPACKER SAYS
RUMORS IN ERROR
ABOUT DEPARTURE
N. C. Woodlands Manager De
nies Reports of Company's
Intention to Leave Dare
W. J. Ciuinii:i'’scr manager
of the North ruiohiui Woodland
Divi,«ioii of West Virginia Pulp
and Paj'cr Co., has liibi led as
“completely unfounded” the ru
mors regarding the company’s
intention to di.sband its co.astai
Dpeiations in the event of es
tablishment of a buiiibing range
ni-ar Stumpy Point.
There had been circul.aling, in
addition to the rumor 0/ d( par-
ture, that Westvaco had dis
patched a que.=tioiniaire to each
of Us employees, to ascertain
which poi'sonnel might wish to
be transferred to otm r We.'^t-
vaco location. ’’Both of tl'.ese
cuiTiors are ab.-olutely untrue,
and we liave not entorlained
any .-.uch iii/tion, nor nrule any
.®f;it( inents oiriiially wbu h would
leave tins inipi'i ...sioii,” Crum-
packcr added.
The coiicoi'ii over We.st Vir
ginia’s possible departure was
propagatcfl to .some e.xlent ia.st
week by the Dare County Board
of Commissioner.®, when the
Board passed uimii a lengthy
reMihitiuii whi'-l) .®tot d in part
that theie Is •’reliabh piospect
of till.® company (Wiot Nirgin-
;a), in !i®couingernent. moving
every poss.'ile part of their op
eration out of the county and
out of the state, beginning im
mediately.”
Crumpacker, though, has cx-
pre.ssed his concern over the fire
hazard, and additionally, the
problems of iiiatiagfiig a li.aibor
operation with a sizeable por
tion assigned to such a target
facility or bombing range. He
explained that the dissection
would present considerable prob
lem in West\a.'o’s road-building
and logging programs over thi.s
section of Dare County, and
that greater elforts 'vould there
fore probably be concont rated
within their holdings in Tyrrell,
Washington and Hyde counties.
The matter of the circular re
lating to employment relations
and status may have somewhat
of an explanation in a report
pre.sentcd to the Dare County
Commissioner® by the Cot ser-
vution and Development Do-
partinont of N. C., .and which
report deallh with employment
in Dare County’ in the various
fieliLs of fishing, fore.str.v, tour
ism, processing plants, retail
bu-sinesses an.d service fields.
MANY FIRES IN
DARE COUNTY
IN PAST WEEK
A fire at Wanchese Tue.sday
followed by five scpai’ato fires
in the Manns Harbor area cli
maxed a two-week siege in Dare
County. These fires, :ilthough as
sumed" to be set on purpiise, arc
not attributed to the same jier-
son.
The Wanchese fire broke out
Tue.sday afternoon in the neigh
borhood of the old diimji. Henry
Cunningham of the .State For
est Service wa.s notified of the
fire about 1:30, Fanned by a
stiff wind, the fire blazed across
some 100 acre.® of marshland.
The aid of eight men with three
tractors and bombardier pilots
from the Forest Sei-vicc was re-
quireil to subdue the blaze,
which continued for almost
eight hours.
A few hours later, about 2
routes in relation to inhab- o.ni. Wednesday, rangers were
ited areas.
In regard to wildlife, Col.
Kelly denies any evidence of
harm to wild animals in any
other area with similar opera
tions. He cited an example of a
target range in northern Flori
da where game has become ab
normally thick since the proj
ect began, and where the au
thorities have considered a pro
gram of planned starvation to
thin their numbers.
In reply to the danger of for-
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summoned from their beds to
Manns Harbor, where, along the
road to Stumpy Point, five sep
arate fires were burning. Most
of the night was spent in ex
tinguishing them.
These fires, as were the five
fires that burned in the area
of the Park Service last week,
were attributed to man-made
causes. Except for a fire that
got out of control near the
Mantco dump Wednesday, all
were unauthorized for land
clearing or trash burning.