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frs . 0. It, m 30X , .. , Ki;|bt^_nH4w^:j, S .. G . . 3«£,7,r-64 SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS 18 Pages in Three Sections VOLUME XXIX — NO. 5 LOST COLONY ATTENDANCE UP BY 15% TIMES MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO, N. C. NOT TO INDIVIDUALS WITH WHICH IS combined THE PILOT AND HERALD OF BELHAYEN AND SWAN QUARTER PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA Pages-1 through 8 MANTEO. N. C.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 2, 1963 Single Copy At Half-Way Point. Nearly 3000 More Witness Show Than 'Last .-'Year - At the luilf-way point of the 58 regularly scheduled perforni- k ances" of the 1003 season"ok I “The Lost Colony,” paid at tendance is running about 15 jjercent ahead of 1902. L- Total paid attendance for the . fir.st 29 porfornnuicos, thi-oupfh , duly 31, is 22,'108 as compared to 19,005 for the first 29 shows . last year, it was reported by dohn tv. Fo.v, )'ent‘ral manager of the Paul Green symphonic ilrain.-i. “.Actually,” said Po.'c, “we are playing each night to 25 or 30 percent more people bocau.se of the 18,000 free tickets issued to . .seventh grade students in North j Cai’olina and V'irginia schools ' through tlicir teachers.’’ 1 Special inght.s continue to draw attention to the 23rd sea son in the past 20 years of the liistoi’ic entortainmonl at the I" Waterside Theatre on Roanoke J; Lsland. The next on schedule is |j^ j^^tEa.stfjnarolina. College,-. Night’,’, ’^on''Friday,' August 2. Dr. Leo .Icnkins, president of the Green ville college and other faculty ‘and staff leaders, will bo special honoi-ed guests during brief in termission ceremonies. During the pa.st week mem bers of the North Carolina tlen- era! Assembly were special gue.sts on Alonday night and ilio Lost Colony roni))any took .spe cial note on Wednesday night of the anniversary of the birth of the late A. W. Drinkwaler. “The death last full of .Air. Drink- water removed from our midst, , but not from our memories, one of the best friends 'I'lie Lost Colony over had," said William 1. Long, the production director. I Mr. Drinkater, a celebrated ; Roanoke Islander who uiscd his I'iMera'graph ’> key ttolgive.? UieA world" " the first news of the Wright Rrothers historic tliglit from Kill Devil Hills, annually held a „ , , !'■ birthday party at which mem- R'>:‘Uoke Island. Also sched- bers of Tile Lost Colony com pany were always guests. General Manager Fox called advance attention to Saturday Sec COLO.N'Y, I’agc Three ANOTHER DISTINGUISHED FAMILY RELAXES ON DARE BEACHES ‘4 .. ir " f - ^ WATERWAYS IN DARE CO. INVESTIGATED Chief of Navigation, N. C. V/ater Resources Commis- ■sion, Confers With Manteo Mayor ROCK HILL PROFESSOR FESSENDEN PRESIDENT ■ '■ ■' •-V fit Wl Lv* I $ » ’..A*'. 'A.-' r f General Henry C. AVolf, the Chief-'df; the Diyisitm' of-Navi gation of the Water Re.souives Comiiii.ssion of North Carolina i recently visited Manteo to dis-1 cuss wi!h .Al'iydr W. W. Mairey j waterfront improvement ini Shallowhag Ray and Doug’s | Creek. j A proposal was presented t j j General Wolf to cri'ct a itihble, breakwater acro.s.s the entrance to Dough’s Creek and .Shallow- Hay for protection of the liar- bor. The: improvement .of Ihol'.rROF. WlLLIAAi L. McDER- DARE TOWNS MAY BEGIN WATER WORKS PROJECT BY SEPTEMBER FIRST Contracts Tentatively'Awarded This Week;’- Only Federal Approval and Bond Sales Are , Needed to .Begin ,Work..pn Water-Systems, for Nags Head and KiH Devil Hills; Offi-; cials Optimistic. NEW MANTEO BAPTIST PASTOR ASSUMES DUTIES .'b THK !.,U'rHKK HUDGK.S FAMILY lias for the pa.st ten days or so boon -enjoying a reunion at Kill Devil Hill.s, wliere they are assembled some .sixtecn-.strong. Secretary of Commerce Hodges, former Governor of North Carolina, and Mrs. Hodges are shown with their cliildren and grand- vhildreii surrounding, ^ In addition to Sec. and Mrs. Hodges,..shpwn here ai'c Mr.^ and,l\Irs. Imther Ilodgeg, .In, and their cliildien Hart :md A'nho;?Mr;'anir'Mfs:'[)onnld.’'Bernard,’:,.Ir'.“?(rbrmer'^Belsy' Hodges) and tluiir children, Carol, .Martha and Donald Hornard HI; Mr. and Mrs. John Finlay. (Nancy Hodges) and children, Vivian, Vary and Linda.' ' r" ' ' ' ' ’ The Hodge.': family will remain on the coast through this week end. dock.'-', and mooring .space foi both commercial and recreation al convenience was also dis- cu.ssed. It i.s planned by the Manteo town Council to do extensive re pair work and improvement to make Manteo an “outstanding witli .MO'I'T, piofe.ssor of fine arts at Winthrop College in Itock Hill, S. C. wa.s elected president of the-Fes.senden National Menior- iah As.sociulion at a meeting of ’.Tiembors in Alanleo held Friday night of last week. Me is an avid radio fan, and is inleie.sicd ini (lockage piojed to .set up a National AT THE LOST COLONY EAST CAROLINA SALUTE SLATED FOR SAT. NIGHT OUTER BANKS LOST FRIEND AS HIS BIG HEART STILLED yatching facility providing deep water, hght.s, ] to Uic father of Radio wafer, marine supplie.s, electric-„n Roanoke I.siand where in 1902 ity. and other nccek.sitie.s 'forp'.,-;,fo..sor'Reginald-oV, ’ Fe.s.seii- visitiiig and local bo.at owners,; .p.,, pcfected the wirele.s.s tele- .Mayor Harvey has said. plioiie, forerunner of radio and Other malter.s discu.ssed rel-''py ative to waterway iiroblem.s inj p,.of McDermott has called a Dare County were the grassy' niooting to be hold at conditions, sbaliow water, and j a luncheon at the .Manteo Mole’, iinmark'>d channel,: in Kitty r,,, August 23. at wliicli time tl.e Hawk Bay and the possibility of i^ounl of directors will be ei\ ml mti, ’I'HE REV. WILl.lAM BROWN, pastor of the Woodville Baptist Church for the past foui years. putting Kitty Hawk on the larged and pl.ans di.scu.s.sed for:j|.a.= been announced as tbe new East Carolin.a College will be .snluted for its educational Ic.ad- orship, e.spceiall.y in tbe field of d r a m a t i c s,'"at the Friday night, August 2 performance of "The Lo.si Colony” outdoor symphoine drama. Prosideni I.eo Jenkins and Dean Robert Holt are. among the .adininistralive itiitl 'faculty- leail- ef.s 'ivho will' httchd and be "i'ce- ognized at intermission core- monies in tile Waterside Theatre DISTINGUISHED ATTORNEY DIES IN GOLDSBORO Wat Long a Visifor fo the Dare Coast; Father of Supt. Mary L. Evans of Dare Schools CoL John Dallas Langston, 82, attorney, who had a long record of public sen-ice to the nation, the state and this cit.v, died Monday at his home in Goldsboro. Ho has suffered a stroke with partial' paraly.sis about two years ago. During World War 1, he was special aide to the governor in charge of the State’s Selective Service program, later .serving as chief of the Classification Dwi.sion of the provost mar- slinl’s office and chief of liie Clemency Division of the Judge Advocate General Dep'artnient in Washington. , In World War II, he was re called to service as assistant State director of Selective- Serv ice and chairman of the P.resi- uled to come here from Green ville for the occasion are Dr. James Butler, a.ssistant director of public relation.s. and .Mis,' Janice llardi.sun, director of foundations and nhnniii affair.s. A fG.nUire of tlie ccrcmnuic.': will be Uie introduction of 14 members of “The Lost Colony” company wlio are graduates, current or former students or future students of East Caro lina. Titreo graduates are Tom Hull, who pla.v.s the part of "Old Tom Harris”; Bob Tilley, a member of the choir; and Frank Kenton, an Indian dancer. Students at Btist C.arolina now or in the past ;iro Edward Pilk- ingtoii, wlio play.® “Father Mart in”; Brad Weisiger, cast as “.Annanias Dare”: Donald Ed- ward.s, "Chief Wanchose”: Rob ert A. Gooden. “-A Soldier"; Mary Joliff, a member of the choir; Mabel Jean Basnight, the I House Manager;-- and Vernellc Ilenderson and Della Basnight of the office staff. Future East Carolina students •are: David Brown, an Itiiiian dancer; Susan Basnight, a colo nist woman;-and Mack Wade, a; lighting technician.' ' “The- Lost ' Colony”''«wvill be presented bn the site of the first English colonics in America every night, e.xcopt Sunday, tlirough August. Special Suniiay night performances are sclied- ulod -August 18 and September 1. Rivers and Harlwrs Congros.s creating the memorial. Five agenda to ipialify Kitty Hawk! yice-Priiidents wore eiecled; Bay as a fodenil navigation pro- hiiio.s L. Clark of Eliz.abetli City, i Agnes L. Starrett of Pittsburgh, Addilionallv, the shoaling j Oscar Hines of Belcros.®, i\Irs. .Sec WATERWAYS. Page Three 1 See GROUP, Page Six pa.stor of the Jlaiiteo Baptist Church. Rev. Brown will succeed the Rev. M. J. Davis who died several months ago. Rev. Brown will take over his duties in the oc.'il church- this: week. WOMAN'S CLUB MEMBERS FETED AT RECEPTION FRIDAY NIGHT waterspout, STORMS WREAK HAVOC IN HYDE A water spout twistlng across Lake Alattamuskeet about three o’clock Tuesday afternoon knock ed down four utility poles and disrupted electric sen-ice for about three hours. Service to the Fairfield com munity w;is cut off when 13 poles on the other side of the road were broken. Severe thunderstorms accom panied the winds and set off two fires, one in Dare County, where the rain .soon put it out; the other on the Outfall Canal near Pamlico Sound. It was thought no damage was.done to erop.s. FOOD-A-RAMA. MANTEO MARKET GRAND OPENING SALE UNDERWAY Free grocerio.s, v a 1 u a ib I e prizes, rofi-esbnicnts and favors are highligliting Uie grand open ing sain of Alantco’s new mar ket, Food-A-Rama, which be gan Thursday and will continue through 'Saturday evening- Included on the prize list are such items as a watch, badmin- dc-ntial Appeals Board. He ^yas ton set, electric iron, percolator, awarded the Distinguished Scr\'- imd a grand prize award of a ice Medal for his service during television .set. In addition to World War I and an Oak Leaf these bonuses, many other spe- Clu.ster in lieu of a .second DSM cial awards arc in store, a.s well for his work during World War as bargain prices on m.my food- II. He also received tlio Army sWffs and hou.soiiold itoni.s. Commendation Medal and tlicl Clio.sloy Midgelt Jr., owner Selective Service Modal, He wa.s and operator of tiic recently re retired liy tlin Army witli rank modeled and renamed store, has of Colonel. i been in busine.ss as a grocer in He had served as chairman of Manteo for five years. Ho .said the N. C. State Board of Elec-, this week that tlie business had lions, pre.sident of the Duke Uni-’outgrown the existing facilitie.s versity General -Alumni A.ssocia- and ho was practically forced to tion, chairman of the N. C. Doin- j rt?modoI. Midgett aLso reports ocratic Veterans organization,! that he thinks increased serv- a.s a member of tbe United Dry ices, additional stock, and im- Forces of North Carolina, and proved convenience will add to a.s a ti-n-stee of the East Carolina,his business even further. Industrial School for Boys. The old building, operating He founded the Goldsboro hinder the old name—Rurrus News which was merged with Grocery—contained about 2200 the Argus in 1929. He sci’vcd on square feet of-floor space. Mid- the Goldsboro Board of Ediica-ljrett’s remodeling lias more than tion for 25 years, was one of the'doubled the size of the store. It founders and a life member of now has 4700 square feet of the Salvation Army Advisory floor space. Work on the builc- Board in-Goldsboro. -A member ing, which was-started . in April, of St. Paul'Methodi-st Cliurcli, ho was not completed “until last .served on the N. C. Methodist week and even a day before the Conference Board of Tnistoes. grand opening clerks were busy He was a Mason, a Shriner .md putting .shelves in order and p.ast e.valted ruler of the Golds- f boro Elks Lodge. A prolific writer, he recently Sc« LANGSTON, Page Tkrcc making last minute stock ad ditions. In addition to a new building —which includes gn all glass CHESLEY C. MIDGETT, JR. .. M m BEN DIXON MacNElLL w.-is a true and helpful friend of the ■Outer Banks, and when his last days were spent at Capo llat- teras, .and hi.s infirmities wore a severe burden lie did some of hi.s finest works, toiling like O’Hcnry to the last, and some of hi.s writing will last, forever. He had .a wide acquaintance and through his contacts with of- fici;ils, did many things to he,lp members of the Coa.si Guard Service, and bis many contri butions to iicwspapor.s gave tiie coastland the finest advertising it ever got. During this period he wrote the book. The Hat- tcrasnian,' wliich is a best seller and won for him the Mayflower cup, a distinction greatly coveted by wriiors, and won by few. It will be news to many, tliat lie wrote an unpnblisiied novel “Sand Roots’' which has just hoen published, and whicli he willed to St. Andrews College in Laurinburg, the area of his birthplace. This novel i.s piib- lii?hed by John F. Blair of Wins ton-Salem. See MacNElLL, Tagc Six I I, MB M / M ..&1l TOP LOCAL AND ST .ATE OFFICIALS of the N. C. Federation of Women’s Clubs are shown at Lhc reception in Manteo Friday night following a ])crformance of The Lost Colony which hon ored the -statewide organization. Left to right they arc; 3Irs. C. Gordon Maddry. Ahoskie, chairman of the Fine Arts de partment of tlie geneitil federation; Mi-s. Jert-y Liebhart, Morganton, 2nd vice-president of the Slate oi'gaiiiz.'ition; Mrs. G. G. Mackintosh, High Point, 1st yice-ijresidcrit; Mrs. M. K. Fearing, Jr., president of the Manteo Womaii’s CIub, Mrs. James 51. Harper, Jr., Southport, president of the st.-ite federation and Mrs. Edwin P. Brown, chairman of,-the heritage committee'for the fed ora t Jon. . .. , , ,1 , ’I’lic former restaurant building whore the party was held , had been uniquely - decorated to roprc.sont a reproducli'im of the Elizabethan Garden on Roanoke -Island. The 'decoralive Work which transfornied the old restaurant building in to a place of unusual beauty was dc-signed and created by Miss Alabel Jean Basniglit. (Aycock Brown photo) BENEFIT DANCE IS SET FOR TONIGHT; HATTERAS Members of the Ilaltcras Is land Civic As.sociation have an nounced a dance will lie held at the H.atter.ns Village Comiminity Center toniglit. The dance, wliich is sclieduled from 8:30 until 12:30, will fea ture music by the “Niivcats musical group from the Buxton Naval Facility. Proceeds will go toward the completion of a medical facility front, automatic doors, air con-''”^ Hatt(iras Village. Plans for ,. . . , ^ , tile health center luive been ditioiiing autom.atic heat, and y^je^Nvay from .several montlis Iwasts all new equipment. From recent weeks it has boon the stainless steel and porcelain the meat counters to the automotic huMiug has been sc- change dispensers at the cash ■ rogi.stcrs. the equipment in the j addition to mu.sic .and store IS the newest and most vofi-c-shmcnts will ho modern available for a store like Foodanima* ROLL OUT CARPET FOR WOMEN'S CLUB MEMBERS FRIDAY avjiil:;bli> Building. at the Comnuniity MANTEO LODGE FISH FRY The spacious and well lighted! interior offere shoppers wide' aisles with sparkling metal .shelves of goods. It offers a long Manteo Lodge 521 will have fresh vegetable cooler, a frozen ., f,.j. g.aturday. Augii.st 3, food cooler which spans the Lo()p(, Hall from 6 p.m. to width of the store, a self sci-vice g j, ^i. meat counter which reaches potato salad and husli- from wall to wall, and an elec- poppies will be served. All you Ironic sound system which pipes in taped music and can serve as pjg i,y ^hc slice will Sm MAlUiCT. Pag* ThK* be Mid extra. 'riio Jlanteo Woman’s Club rolled nut the grass c.-irpet la.st Friday for vi.sitiiig state club memher.s attending “Woman’s ^ Club iiiglil” at the Lost Colony after the sliow. Grass carpet, live local flowers .-ind greenery with artful decoration by cliair- nian, Miss Mabel Basnight and her committee created an Eliza bethan Garden atmosphere in the former Feariiig’s Cafe in .Manteo. Futhor portrayal of the garden w;is a mural of the fountain by Miss Basniglit, a statue of St. Francis of Assissi, and i-efreshmcnts of yaupon punch and assorted sweets served from white stone, ped estals. Prior to the drama, state of ficers were dinner guest.® of the R T H Association and the Man- teo "MotelRestaurant atthe motel. State officers attending were president, 51rs. Janies llarper of Southport, Mrs. Ch.aries G. 5Iackiiito.sh of High Point, 51r3. .Terry C. Liebfiart of Morganton, See WOMEN, Page Six IN DARE RECORDER’S COURT TRUE LOVE FAILS. TROUBLE TRAILS. LONG SESSION TUES. Broken r o in a n c e s, public druiikonnoss. traffic violations and e-.'en a “pcopiiig tom” ca.so piovided a varict.v in Dare Couiuy Recorder’s Court Tues day afternoon. Tile first case, heard involved .Tosc-pli Eppyo Debnani III of Edcntoii, chai'gcd on two counts as ro.sult of a mishap July 33 on Route 64 near the turnoff to Fort Raleigh. Debnam was CHAMPIONSHIP SAILING RACES BEING PLANNED World Jolly Boal Championship In Dare Waters Septem ber 3. 4. 5 and costs; the second count against Debnani was di.siiiissed Addition:illy. his driving was Tostricted for two years to the daylight hours, plus './j-lioiir lee way before .sunrise and after sun.sct. George Thomas Barnes of Wilson was found guilty of pub lic drunkennos.s, plus damges to property, despite a plea of not charged with carele.ss and reek- ^ines and court costs l&ss driving, and failure to oh- sen-e instructions of a police officer. The accident occurred about 31 p.iii. when the Debnam vehi cle collided with a car leaving the Fort Raleigh road and pro ceeding into the south-bound inne of Route 64, Patrolman W. E. Williams, it w.as related in court, had to jump away from the path of the Debnam vehicle, in an eUoi-t to prevent injury to hini.self. De.siiite a plea of not guilty, the defendant was found guilty of the first charge, fined-f25 which were paid totaled $86. Augustus H. Etheridge of Slaiitoo requested a jury trial to ojipo.so charges of drunken driv ing. Bond was .set at $250, for appearance at the October term. David Meaux Bnlinncc of Bel- haven pleaded guilty to charges of driving without due caution and regard for life and limb, and paid $15 and costs. Thomas George Gregory of Shawboro, charged with walk ing on the wrong .side of high way, wa.w found guilty, fined $1 plus costs of $13.50. He and a See COURT, Page Tliree.. A call went out tin's week from the Outer Banks Sailing Association for volunteers to as sist in staging liie North Amer ican and World Jolly Boat Sail ing Championships here in Dare County in early September. The international sailing event which is being held in the United Slates for the first time this year, is scheduled for Septem ber 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 when Jolly Boat sailers from around the world will riiccl in the waters of CroaLm Sound in comiietilion for the world championship. To dale 40 of the speedy 18- fooi boats have been entcnnl In the eompelition and late entries are expected to bring the final contestant count to above 60, T’resently the Outer Banks Sailing Association, whicli through Dr. Lloyd Griffin, Jr., Commodore, was re.sponsiblc for getting the inlern.'itioiial race.n in North Carolina Avaters, is completing final plans for the event. According to Julian One- to, secretary of the group, vol unteers arc needed to help offi cials on the day of the race. In addition to volunteers, boats are needed to assist in patrol duty and to take sightseers clo.scr to the race. At the next meeting, schedul ed for August 13, the Sailing Association plans to enlist loc.nl volunteers who wish to assist in the event. The group also plans to take in new memliers at this meeting and local people inter ested are asked to contact 'Sec^ etary Oneto. The Association.; was formed to promote sailing and inlere.st in sailing in the waters around the Outer Banks. Commodore Griffin recently reported to the group that the RACES, . Page Six m - The towns of Nags Head an.d Kill Devil Hills made leiilative contract award.s this week to ward construction of water .sys- tom-s in liolli towns .and infoimod j source.® :inlicipalo iliat worit c.'ii'ly IIS .Se])l em ber first. 'liie contracts, aw.-U'ded ton- tatively, .=ti)l are .subjeci. to 'Jie ’-T' approval of the fcde’-ul Housing and Home Finance Agency and 1 to the sale of bonds lo finance ' ' I the project. C. C. Tilley of William F. Freeman, Inc., Engineers and Architects, was on hand to help cooidinate the awarding of the contracts and to give advice and assistance to local officials. 'I’il- ley’s firm has been employed, in. a'h advisory capacity by'-tWe..Uv6 towns to inspect the projects as they progres.s. According to Tilley and others involved in the new water sys tems, ',vork is anticipated to be-, gin about Keptembor fir.st and is expected to be completed by the first of ,Iunc. Contractors have been given 270 calendar days to complete their priijects and'a jieri.alty will be iinposecl - if extra time is taken. Nags Head’s new system, when complete, will liavc a wat- .er treaiiiiqnt capacity of., 1000 ^^^ gallon.® pci- miniilc and Kill Dev; il Hills will ■ be able to treat 500 gallons per minute The treatment plan.s arc- being de- .signed lo draw water fiom the fresh water ponds, located at the town ;Tine between - Nfigs . Iiead‘-and ’Kill Devil, Hills,,:'add cbeniicals to the water, and.;;;:, pump it into an elevated tank ready for use. _ *, Lime and Calgon will he add ed to the water as needed to soften it and to remove iron, rite end result of the process will ho less rust in pipes con nected to the system and easier suds in loc:il wasliing machines and sinks Chlorine will be add ed to kill bacteria living ia lhc. fi’osb w.iter taken from tlic - ponds. The system will be available... lo all residents of both towns,-. ■ .See water. Rage Six ’I
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