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iji.r*" it\ «'. Aa.,(>;j-i*'; David' Stick ■ ~ - - ’ ■; ■ C*^; 04. '*■ 8-2r-« SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION date on address 12 Pages in 2 Sections VOLUME XXIX — NO. 12 WHICH IS COMBINED THE PILOT ANDHERALD OF BELHAVEN AND SWAN QUARTER PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIQH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA MANTEO, N. C.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1963 MAIL SHOULD BE addressed to BOX 428 MANTEO. N. C. NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Page I through 6 Single Copy 7^ marooned eight days COAST GUARD RESCUES E. C. WAY FROM SAILBOAT IN ALLIGATOR RIVER ' A. Coast Guard patrol boat on a routine check of navigational aitl.. in the Alligator River found a 77-year-old man, H. C Way,-of Savannah, Ga. maroon ed for eight days on a sailboat We.lnn.sday. Way said “I had jilenly of food and water and a sinall, alcohol stove so, I, didn’t suffer for any of that. I had been blown so far east, though, that none of the passing boats .saw me, and at time.s I despair ed-of ever being found’’ ’I'liero was no radio aboard bis sailboat. Way, a widower and a retired Standard Oil Co. cashier who ha.s sailed most all his life, was enroute to Savannah after par- cha.sing the boat in .'Xpaapoli.?,, Mih ■'‘I- wa.S awfully bored/ and needed something to do with my lime,” he said.. But he added that this mi.shap was not -what he had plannorl. A slight man with giay hair and gold-rimmed spoclacle.s, ho seemed tired, hut well. Has hands hai been cut by lines he handl ed, but not badly. -•Mligalor River, about 2'A to y miles wide, spreads off into - .s,\t’!i n't p'• a t' Un.o sou thefniere Coast' Guard "saiii W.ay'w;is ap- jivo.xim.ntely three miles from the entrance to *ho .Mligator- Riingo River canal, ’fhe weather, all the time he was stranded, was bad. -After the Coast Guard came acro.s.a Way, a helicopter flew him to Kli/.abeth City aliout midda>. Ho sailed to Elizabeth City, stopjied overnight and left there Sept, 8. H? crossed ' Albemarle Sound without incident “and I bit the opening of the Alligator just ripb.t,” be „i;e,>'b“;bed with pride. ' “1 got to the south end of the rivei when a squall came up so 1 put ovi r the anchor and got , th,- sails down.’’ The anchor cable wore, throtigh, however,. cau3ingr«:’Uie/,b.bbatS.7A9..,..;blo\^^ agr'ouhd. Nest day - the , weather was moderate and, using the au.vil- iary engine, he attempted to back the boat out of the swampy area. But the propeller heut against a log, over which the boat had been blown, preventing Way from e.=caping. lie will have llio boat—which has no name—taken to Elizala^lh City Shiiiyard and sold. REPAYMENTS UP ALSO DARE CAMP SITES TO INCREASE IN THE COMING YEAR Frisco and Sajvo ConsfrucHon Expected ^.To .Up Number 0 i? Per^ Cent’•'ir/i/i'' NAGS HEAD. — A (16 per cent increa,so in the number of camiisite.s in the Cape Hattcras National .Sea.sbore is planned by the summer of lyO-l, it wa.s an nounced this w»ck :il National Park Service heailquarters in Dare County. The inerea.so will include 130 sites at Frisco on Hattera.s Is land and the coniidetion of 1'12 sites'at Salvo.- " t , ' ■ Kellogg-Ciiihrell, Inc., Man- teo, are now hailding the sites area,at .Salvo which'will include four comfort stations, niarl- bfised roads and fresh water for drinking purposes. 'I'he camping area.? alre.ady es tablished are as follo\v.s: Ore gon Inlet. 12C .sites, Pea I.sland 20 .sites, Cape Point at Uuxton- jOn-Cnne Hattcras 212 sito», and alHotal;’of'i05 -'a't'^two sito.s’ bii Ocracoke Island. Through August this year there had been a 58 percent in- c.rea.se in the number of camii- er.s using present s.ilo.s,'a,s com pared to 1902. Seashore officials anticipate a See CAMP, Page Five ENGINEER CORPS ISSUES REPORT ON BEACH EROSION LIBRARY BUILDING FUND GETS BOOST OF $500 FROM MANTEO WOMAN’S CLUB More^Than Two Million Dollars Needed For Projects Con sidered Essential jir « U rt I y 1 PROJECT AT 'OREGON' ' INLET MAY GET LOOK FROM HOUSE COMMITTEE V ■!.>■■'v A ,'7 4 •- A ,) —. I Congressman Herbert C. Bon ner annoiincet! this week that a sub-conimittee of the Commit tee on Public Works of the House of Representatives has approved a resolution for the 're\;ic\v\of?thc existing jiroject at Oregon Jiilefi' the channel to Wanche.se from Oregon Inlet, and the channel from .Mantoo to Oregon Inlet, providing a depth of twenty-one feet. Congressman Bonner further stated that he is very oiitimistic about tills project and hopes that the full committee will take fav orable action and include it in a public works hill for authoriza tion this year. FHA LOANS IN HYDE AND DARE TOTAL $539,195 IN FISCAL YEAR .' Loans made and insured by the Farmer.s Home .Administra- iion in Hyde and Dare Countio» during the lyfi.”, fiscal year total- j ed 8539,195, a record high .wd | 30 percent more than the funds* advanced during the previous! lieriofi, aunminces Kcrniit I. .Sad-! if r. County Sapervi.sor, j .A total of SO farmers ,nnd j iiiral re.sident,*! received loan a.-1 si'flanee during the year or con-| tinued to use credit, oiitnincd in] prior year.s. f Repayments of principal ani, intcre.?t on loun.« outstanding j totaled $1(11,575 compared to $150,019 the year before, J.oans outstanding an June 30 totaled S390.55C. Two new credit service.^ were ‘offered during the year. !• Nation-wide SI ,(100„bl)0 ' wa.s ' ailvahced ‘ To farmers and ninil residents for the eonstructloh of such recrea tion facilitie.*! as picnic and c: mping areas, swimming pools, fi.fhing ponds, marinas, golf coiirse.s, vacation collage.*! aiuli tennis courts. These funds do-j velopcd additional .sources of in- o*me in rural areas, provided outdoor recreation fiieilitics for the expanding population and helped shift llte use of land from the production of crop.s to erop.s to the production of ' liooded j f.ncilitios. Throughout the nation $3,'l0n,(i00 was used to provide jimi'ing adapted to the needs of .senior citizen.s in niral areas.) The credit adv.anccd for this piirimse lioljied elderly farmer.s .and rural residents live comfori- •nlily in their home eommiinitios near friends and relatives, in- crea.sef the .attractiveness of uiral communitie.s and provided €-mnloyment for local workmen. “The impact of the agency ha.s been dramatically increased by combining the' efforts of the Farmers Home Administration with these of other agencies and institutions through tiio i-ural areas develojuncnt program,” )Hr. Sadler said. Mr. Sadler further notetl that despite the S«f« LOANS, Page Five CONTOUR MAPS.TO AID SEASHORE PARK STAFF IN EROSION CONTROL Superintendent J:ime.s B. My ers of Cape Hattcras National Seashore li.as announced the award of a contract to American .Air Surveys. Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., for providing aerial mosaic base map-s of the entire length of Capo Hatteras National Sea shore. When comtdetod, this project will greatly increase the ability of park engineering personnel to determine |uickly and ac curately erosion trends and cbnnge.s resulting from storms, and enable them to more ef fectively combat tbe.se problems. The contoiu maps that will be provivled .will, be ..invaluable* in planning for future paik de velopments tinder the MISSION PC program. Aerial photography on lhi project is extweted to get under way during the latter p.ar. r.f September, and will bo com pleted in several days. .MU.S. HKIiN'.KS ANNOUNCES CANCER CKU-SADE PLANS Cancer Cru.sndc plans h.ave been aitnounccd by Sirs. Lois Bridges, president of the Dare County unit of .Amoricati Cancer Society. Mrs. Raymond Wcscott of .Manteo will again head the Cru.sadc which will be conducted October fi to 12. Area chairmen are being sought now and names for those heading the Crusade in each community will be an nounced soon. The local execu tive committee will bo host at a kick-off lundieon about Oc- tol)cr fir.st at Mrs. Wescott’.s homo. Other events in the plan ning stage are coffee day at all re.=tauraiits and masquerade ball for teen-ge boys and girls. LICENSE OFFICE CIX>SED The N C. automobile license office will be closed Friday and Saturday of this week, according to Miss Lou Tillett, who is in charge of the license sales. - Notice ha.s been give that the report regarding the ndvisabilitv of providing improvements for hurricane protection and beach yrosion,-control' along the .shore- line- of Ocracoke I.sland. author ized by Public Law 71, 84tli Congress, Lst -se.ssion, and Sec tion of. Law 520, 71.se Conguss, ns aniemled and supplemented, has been made, by the District and Division F.ngiiieors. Tlu ic port i.s favorable. The reporting officers fim' that. Ocj-ncoke I.sland would uf- fe.r extensive damage.s from a tecurrence of recent storms and that the ocean and sound .sboic arc eroding at a rapid rate. A hurricane in 1955 eau.sed a per maneiit breach ia the island and other bniachc.s ate expected un less protection is provided. 1 he scuiui shore has leceded inori than 160 feet near Ocracoke Vil lage during the last half ecu- tuiv. The plan propo.sed in th( report inciude.s a dike and beach ncurishnient along the ocean shore and reconstnictjon of the .sound .shore in the vicinity of Oc-i'acoke Villiage. ’(’he pro)3osed improve.ment would initially co.st an e.stimated $2,068,000 for construction on the ocean shore and .$112,800 on the sound .shore of which the 1’t‘der il share woubl he 92 and 22 percent, respectiveiv, or $1,913,000 and $24,800. I’eriodic be.ach nourishment on the. ocean shore is currently estimated to average $189,600 annually, a Federal respon.sibility. 'I’lie co.st of.■'-maintaining! the-sound . shore improvements w o u I d ‘averagp about $12,500 of which 22 per cent or $2,800 would be the Fed eral share. 'rhe reporting office.i-s recom mend a Federal pi-oject to pro- yide;'co»nbinel shore and. hur ricane protection on 78,000 fbet of ocean shore, oh Ocracoke Is land, from a point near Ocra- roko Inlet to Styron Hilks near Hattcras Inlet, subject to the condition that local interests, through a competent and duly authorized public agency, give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that they will: (a) Provide all non-Federal laiid.s, easements, and righi.s-of- way, including borrow aie.'is, ncce.ssary for construction of the project; (b) Accomplish all relocations and alterations of sower.ago and drainage facilities, buildings, streets, utilities, .and other structures made necessary by the construction; (c) Hold ar.d save the United Stater, free fiom damage.s due to the con struction works; (d) Contribute total cash contribution es timated to be $155,000 (in a lump-sum amount) as theii share of project first co.st and the capitalized annua) mainte nance cost, the pi-eeise amount to be delermained at the tune of rtinstiuclion in accordance with cost-sharing procedure defined in the report; and (e) At leas: annually inform iiitere.sts affect ed that the project will not pro vide any .substantial protection from ocean surges higher in elevation tlian those of the hur- ric.ane which occurred on Sep tember 1-J, 1944. The reporting officers also recommend adoption of a project by (he United Stales authorizing the contrilmtion of Federal funds in the amount of 22 pei- ernt of the cost of the recom mended plan for restoration and iiuuTitenance of 9700 feet of .sound .shore, and appurtenant drainage .structures in the vicin ity of Ocracoke Village Feder.al participation is recommended, subject to the condition.s that re.sponsible local authorities will: (a) Obtain approval by the Chief of Engineers, prior to commencement of work on the project, of detailed plans and -specifications for that work and also the arrangements for pro.s- ecuting the work; (b) Provide all non-Federal lands, case ments, and rights-»f-way, in cluding bon'ow areas, necessary for construction of the project: (c) Accompli.sh all relocations and alterations of sewerage and drainage f a c i 1 ities," buildings, streets, utilities, and other struc tures made necessary by the construction; and (d) A.ssui'c continued public access to the shore during the economic life of tlie project. In accordance with law this report, which includes the joint investigation of hurricane pro tection and beach erosion con trol, is being referred to the 1 See REPORT, Page Five AIR FERTILIZATION FOR GRASSES ON THE BARRIER DUNES Project Will Include 783 Acres. Over 80 Mile Length of Beach Superintendent .James B. 'Tdy- I rs ha> announced the project to fii tilize the barrier dune gra.sses on section.-: of Cape Hattcra.s N:itional .Sca.shoi b by '■applica tion from the .air A mbile! ‘•'Bell” 47-G2 helicopter owned and operated by tile Colonial HoU- ei'iilers, Norfolk, Va.; has been hiir-d to make this application. Approximately'783 acres spread 1 ^ ■ over So miles in length are to he j AACfICK BROW covered, tising about 165 tons of' 'ridewater V'irgir.ia and Lhza- f.-rlilizer. This will be applied h'’l-h City saiior.s .scored in tb** in fiiur applicatiojis with llte,uth annua! Anchor Club legatla ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST FLIGHT TO SEE PLANE REPLICA GIVEN MUSEUM Scieirlis'Is and Engineers S'lep Back 60 Years and Encounter Difficulties in Finding Ma terials To Duplicate NA/right Plane .Scientists, engi.neers, pd'ot.s, irt-ehanics, hou.sowivc.s, REGATTA SUNDAY WAS FIFTH FOR THE ANCHOR CLUB do-il- yourseife-t ?, and indnt-tri.a! organ izations of the natmn have com bined re.sources to build an eutheritic full-'-'cale copy of the Wright Brother.s’ wood and cloth lii-pl.ine which made, the rji.^j powered flight by nuin, Decem ber 17, 1903. ' ■ ' ' "■ 'rite program, called. Project fir.-'l iipjiliealion beginning .Sep-1 bote. Sunday w.ben ..three race;, lember 23, and the last applicti- "'er*’ Villi'?'! around a modil'ied tioii the firsl week in Mulv 1964. g'‘1'l-' cnit -‘'OUrse pn _CroaU...n .n -v.,.* , .r ’Hie fertilizer being used is Sound, where the pre.v.ou.s weett i 00, is .•.ponsored by the N.i.iona. mamiraclured by tlie Tenne.-t.see end- Die world chanipioii.dnu C/iP'.tol Sec.ion of Ameii-un *n- Valley Autlioriiv, 'and -i.s com- io"yhoat championsliip .cla.ssic 4)l.ule ,of .Aeronautii-:, r,o.sel of ammonium; phosphate.jhaihbeon held. . * _ tronauucs. the leading am-o-. and nitrate. Te.sl plots along the • »illy 1»C3 ttationul .-pace technical and p. ofe.-.yon.tl Seashore, under ob.*:ervation of Hampton Class ehainiron won N.rrth Carolina Slate College, two first and one second idace show that fertilizer promole.s trouhies, with Billy Hunt. Hamp- giowth of beach gra.s.se.s and ton ^ achl Club, placing 2nd and causes u more rapid spread of Dick Townley of Norlolk '\aehl gioiind cover, which in turn aids and Country Club^ eotning in in th*> cojitrol of erosion.-’ lhini;in;.the>Ha,mptM^^^^^ DARK COUNTY LIBRARY IN .MANTFO wind, w.is started in lJ,in with the gift of three hooks from tlie Woman’s (.’lull now has rn.my ihou.sand volumes. Since the lihri'.i-y, e-oisidered one of till* best .small town btoaiie.-: in Aieeiica, iia.s gieatly o.ilgioun !t.s facilities in the (Joiiniiuiiily Buii*l>ng at .Manteo. a di‘i\e i.- .underway to raise funds for a new building-rPn- Linu.s. Eiiwaid.s. Manteo, i.s cliaifuan of the biiildiiig edrnmitVee .and he is shown receiving .•> check for 55 fror/i .Mrs. K-ilh Fearing, Jr., [iresidenl of Die Wonian’.s Club, a sunt which pusiieil the current drive to raised,, for .the ttgw;; liln'arSy,;;i'h&-.'picture;;,niale,^^^ . lb.'. pntVimceHo the;present library, includes.tHe.followinfi pet-soit-s in backgrbimd: Mi's: George Creef and J.lr.*:. Robert .'iloiales and on back row Mrs. S-ally Baidin, ineml)er> of the Woman's CUih. Mrs. 4. L. Gibbs and Mrs Hal Ward of tin* lilnary siatT. Mr.s Ward isf the-librarjan. ainl ha.s led the movement along witVi lie.*- library hoard to rtii.se fund.s for tltc., new building. The library in addifibri lb s*jrvtng .the local sciu>bls’'.anih“wiiiter and summer residents of thr; area, is akso county-wide in .■!cope via it.s book- mobile. The monies received by tlie club from various affairs and events .-ponsored l>y the club for the year will go to the library building fund. (Aycock Brown photo) IMPROVED FISHING REPORTED; CHANNEL BASS LOOKOUT KEEN WOMAN'S CLUB WILL COMPETE IN BIG PROGRAM 'fhe Manteo Woman’.*:. Club ; Voted at the September meeting I to (lariicipate in the Community ; Improvement I’rogram, .spon.sor-j Sunday w.as- a event. Linwood G r e g ory, Elizabeth City, .-ailing under the Outer Banks .Sailing Association color.- won fir.*:! place in the 420 cla.-i-. with Dr. Fletcher Harrell and .Alan Gallop of Eli’zabeth City placing jamond and third. Dr. Lloyd Griffin, eommodoie that the CBYRA- ed by the General Federation of 'regatta and that Women’s Clubs in cooperation participating were com- with The Sear’s-Roebuck Point-' h.gh point ..r, ,5,^ Hampton .ohpss, “First .scheduled as a two day By AVCOCK BROWN ' * It’s an old adago along - the Outer Bank.s that a .So)i‘emher nor’eastur will hist for five day.s and maybe longer. The northeast winds wli.ich startei! at noon Frid.ay.-^' Sbp- teniber 13, continued for , si,T dt.ys :tnd it was the accompany ing wind.s of the bad weather that halted offsliore fishing along tlte Outer Bank.s temnn- rarily. The weather also halted the best billfis’oing over kttown off the Outer Bank.s for the early days of September. Offshore fishing w.ns midor- way again on Thur.-'day. Sep tember 19, off Oregon Inlet as this report was wi-itten. Results wore not known at the liir*!. Inshore during the norlh- e.nster some fair to good catches wei-e made from ocean pier.':, the Little Bridge bet-ween Nag- Head and Roanoke Lsl.and, nitd in the surf of Hatteras Island, at Cape Hatteras and Haltei-as In let. -' Inshore, the catches - were mostly bluefish, .-iieckicd, trout, puppy drum Omby c h a.n/u.C.l: bass), croaker and bl.ack drum during the rougli we:it her peri- 00. BIG CROAKER TAKEN TUESDAY MAY BE RECORD Two-Pound, Twelve Ounce Specimen Taken at Little Bridge by Littleton Man L. D. Collior of Littleton may I'.ave set a new official Noi-th Carolina record for i-roaker,-- on Tue.-day when ho hanil?d one that weighed two pounds and 12 ounce-- fonn Roanoke Sound at the Little Bririgg between -'Man- too and Nags Head. The previous records, accord ing to the current i.ssue of “Let’s G> Fishing and Ihinling m North Carolina,” a publica lion of the Stale Advertising Division prepared by noted out- daor writer Chester Davis of AVijnston Salem Jo.irnal was a .Surf City croaker taken in 1958 Tlie Surf City rocoi-d weighed only two pounds and one ounce. It Was canght on a May 2, by AVilliani '--Mcye of'>Kin.slon off the ocean pier at..,Surf City in dntion. An officinl entry denoting this action, wa.s mailed to Genera! Federation Hnad- iuai'tei's in Wa.shiiigton, D. C, b;. the president, Mrs. M K Fearing, Jr. ’The purpose of the Commun ity; Impi-oyoment-Urogriim-ii-s '■ to proVitle Yfn fdrmatidh, ' ih.s’pi rat ion and incentives for every foiier- tited women’s club to join with cooperative foiees in the 00m- iminity to improve its economic, serial and cultural condition. I’l'izes totaling $70,000 are offered in competion, including a top national prize of $10,000. Five cash jirizes are offered in each state. The fir.-t prize win ners in oaeb state then compete.s for ten national prize.s. All cash awards won by clubs must be silent for the benefit of the com munity, -jccordiag to the rules. Mr.s. R. V. Owens, Jr., and Mrs. Coy Tillctt, Jr., are chair man and co-chairman of the pro ject serving with them on the committee will be Mr.s. \V. W. Harvey. Jr., Mrs. .Merle Meekins, Jr., atid Mr.s. Guy Ward Daniels. On March 14th. 1935 when the Dare County Librai->' opened its dooi-s, it consi.sled of fourteen books The original idea, the planning and the actual begin- ing of the library was due to the forsiglitedness of the Man- le:) Wonian’.s Club :ind the orig inal fourteen hooks were given by members of the club. Since that time the Manteo Woman’s Club ha.s coopentted with the libixiry in many projects. In the past several year.s they h:ive i'.fclped spon.-or the story hour for the children. They have adopted the library a.s their project in the ;ibove-out- lined program, society of the nation. Its Pre.si- dent, Maj. Gen. Mai-x-in C. Dern ier, in announcing the porjecl, s,.id: “Believe it or not, it’.s hanler to build the Wright plane today, than it wa.s in 1903 ’fhe jnoject.,.„i?.r,:Ulpinand:ing talent'of buri .space'fin'd' jet'-ag*.-! experts. All of .the materials find technique.s a v a ila b 1 e to the Wright.s, crude as -they niay sreni today, have long .since, been _ i placed by move moil'Orii.V .mfir, (bines and methods. Cnnseijueiit- ly. ■:tepping back sixty year.s, to lui'ld the plane ex:ielly as il was con.slructfd ilum with thf? samg^ m.iierials,'is a real-Hialieng^hg,.,M.---^ The -Air Force general report ed that rare spi-uce woods, fabrics,wing.lYjD'irigs, ,.„c,ohti;ol,;„._:,^^j Kystc-ms, instruments, c n g-i.ri ei; : event, the races on Satut-day '*,t-ive chains, •?tc., are being'inade'' well* caiK-elled due to .30 knot fmm scratch. Smithsonian In- wiiids gusting to 45 On Sunday stilution’s plans for the Wright competition was held wil’n 15 plane are the- only guide. kmot wind and occasional gu.sls to 30,”'-saidCotnniO(|orei Grifin. WILDFOWL NOW MIGRATING TO THE OUTER BANKS More than fifty voUintecr.s are active ,in,ihe;,,pr6gr!inir‘;I(Iiich',Qf,;j;>: the parts work- ir in process' now. Sub-assembly work should be completed in anotber sixty days, then the task of assembly will be started in the Virginia ware house uf British Aircraft Cor- portation (US.-V). NAGS HEAD. — Fir.st wild-1 Demlor said, “The Washing- fowl migration.*: to the Outer .ton section undertook the task Bank.s from northern breedin.g because its member.- felt that grounds were i-eporied this the Kill Devil 11:11 Wright Me- week. First of the migrants rnorial Museum which i.s visited were a few Canadian gee.se, by thousand.- of per.con.s annual- vanguard of some 100.000 or ly should have a replica of the more that will be moving into,famous plane.” coastal waters along the Outer Pi-e.sent:ition will take place Banks and nearby mainland | December ICth ns part of a lakes during coming weeks. Also I Anniversary Pi-o- repoi-ted were blue-wing teal I .sponsored by thirteen which usually pause along the,organization:-. - ' North C:irolina coast f;’ j The original Wright Flyer flight.-: to morii ^ „ow hangs in the Smithsonian feeding grouml.s in Gooigi.i Lindbergh’s are many black ducks and gad-. .7^5 - /F- walks. The reason they are here is bet'au.--e an increasing number of each species are becoming ^ year around residents of thej coastal region in Dare County. This year, with the coinpk- tioii of Oregon Inlet Bndge which is scheduled to oiien to traffic before autumn has pass ed, the marshes of Bodie Island and Rea Island National Wild life Refuge are destined to he- eome one of America’s favonie See FOWl.. Page Five The ne.w potential record by Collier was- about 15 inrlie.-' in k-nglli, and it was weighed by Aiigler.s patronizing the pioi-s * Bt-rhio Danieis on Tues'iay. along the Dare Beatiies and onj After the news broke that tli" llattoi-as island were catching' iJnleton angler had caught such each of the fish above mention-1-i Large crte.iker, Capt. Je.^.se ed. There w:is a report of .a 2.31 Etheridge of Wanche.se reported ))ound yearling size channel bass! that once an angler aboard his being canght off the pier be | boat had caught a four and half tween Frisco and Hatteriis; a j pound croaker. small puppy dnini, trout and black drum the Hatters Island pier at Roiiantlio, and, trouU .spots, a variety of other species from the five piers on the Dare Benches between Kitty Hawk .'ind lower Nags Head. Some of the most interesthig er. tclies weie reported from the Little Bridge where trout cioakcr and a few striped bass were c.aught during the period; The Little Bridge has proved to he one of the best all-weather fi. shhig spots in upfier Dave County. Tlie Little Bridge is one of the few spans in North Cnfo'-' lina at pi-csont which have protected sidewalks for anglei-s. The now Oregon Inlet bridge over which traffic will be pa,s»-1 fish wa.s a ing in a few weeks will have j taken after “It w.as back in the late 40’.« when Hie fi.sliing boats were operating fri.)m ijyke.s* Fishing Center near Manteo. When I brought that fish in several folks around the, docks said it looked more like a puppy-drum (baby channel bass) than a croaker,” said Captain Ether idge. “But it w.'SS definitely a cro.akcr; and 'ii weighed four and a half pounds, but nobody wa.s interested in those days about records of fish caught.” the ,, Cai-cdwyn skipper added. “So'no record 'vns'made of the catch.” Capt. Etheridge also stated that not li.sted as Tarheel record 14 pound flounder World War II at fishing c.atwalks—but they won’t j Oregon Inlet and two or three be ready until next Spring. I S5*e CBOAKEK, Page Five VAC AT ION ■ ATTRACTIONS , AUTUMN IS TOURNEY TIME ON DARE COAST-OUTER BANKS By AYCOCK BROWN NAGS HE.AD. — Autumn is the time for fishing tounwments on the Dare Coast-Outer Bank.s. This year, a.s attractions for tho.se who enjoy fi.«hing vaca tions. there will be three pisca torial classics. HATTERAS MARLIN CLUB TOURNEY ENTRIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED More than 50 anglers are ex pected to compete in the Ocio- bi'f ll-12th Club Tourney of The first with headquarter.s at j Hattcras Marlin Club, it was Nags Head will be the 13lh an nual Nags Head Surf Fishing Tournament starting on October 10 and continuing for three days. On October 11 the second an nual Autumn Club tourney will be held at Hatteras under spon sorship of Hatteras Marlin Club. This tourney. Lasting two (lay.s will offer trophies for the high est points scored in catching a variety of game fish ranging from channel bass in.shore to blue and white, miarlin offshore. Third and final tourney of the autumn vacation season will be the .sixth annual Capo Hatteras Anglers Club olssic with hcad- quartei-s in Buxton. This will be a surf fishing tourney. W. H. Smith, secretary-trea*- See TOURNEY. Page Five announced thi.s 'week by Edison Meekins, manager of the club and director of the tournament. Earl Phillips of High Point, president of the club, lias ad vised all prospective partici pants in the tourney that good fishing for'blue and'-whitc mar lin, sailfish, dolphin, wahoo and many other game fish may be expected during the,tournament. “Already we have entries from New Jersey southward to Wil mington, N. C.,” said Phillip.-. The tournament is ojicn to everyone and complete data about the event may be obtained from Edison Meekins, HMC, Hatteras. .AlAA (then Institute of - Acr- (jiiaiiticnl Scienc(}s) for iL« own hpiidquarter.s building in that city. Co-chairman for Project 60 an* Hal Aiidrews, Bureau of Naval Weapons, and: John -At- tinello, Institutt;,, for,. Defense. Analy.sis. 'Tlie fornmr re.sjdes in, .Arlington and the latter in A.le.xandria, Virginia. Other committee members or work group.s are headed by: Glenn D. Babbitt of the Clevc- imid i’nemaiic Tool Divisldh". Fnenmo Dynamics Corp.—.-kid ns'einhly; Iticli.'ird Hart I 'e y,' Bethesda, Maryland—propellers; Isiiac Hoovi-r and John T’. Ken nedy of Springfield. Virginia— propeller drive; Harcourt C. Sontag of .Arlington, Virginia— in.stnimonl group, Elliott De- Gjaff of Bowie, Maryland— flight controls; Richard Murphy of Bethesd.*!—aft rudder as sembly; Capt. P. T. Holt, USN. Bethe.sda, Maryland—f o r w a rd surface .a.*:.-emb!y; Lt. Comdi*. Tom Kastner, USN, and T, Davidson of Patuxent River, Maryland—wing a.-.-embly; Dr. Richard Duncan and Edward Granville, Pratt & Whitney Air craft Division, East Hartford, Conn.-—mock-up of the Wright powerplant. Members of the Advisory Committee ihclude: Connie Boorer'of Bureau of Weapons, Washington; Burton English of Aero.spacc Industries Associa tion, Lou Davis of National Aeronautic Association, Air Vice Marshal 'Waiter Sheen of British Aircraft Corp. and Norbert Schnaubelt of the Freuhoff Corp. Mrs. Marvin Demlor, of Arling ton, is Specification Secretary. Many firms and organisations are contributing materials and services to the project. - C
The Coastland Times (Manteo, N.C.)
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