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David stick Kitty Hamc,;.K, C, Z79U9 •1^ .- SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS MAIL SHOULD BE. . ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO. N. C. 27954 NOT TO INDIVIDUALS- Fourteen Pages in Two Sections . ,i WITH WHICH IS COMBEI^ED THE PILOT AND HERALD OF BELHAVEN AND SWAN QUARTER I PUBLISHED WEESaY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA Pages One through Eight:, .VOLUME XXXII — NO. 39 MANTEO. N. C. 27954. FRIDAY, MARCH 24. 1967 ; Single Copy' 10* CAPE HATTER/.3 WATER PLANS ARE GIVEN APPROVAL 1^^ Attorney,for Group Says Bids Should Be Sought In ■ About Sixty Days ^ '.■ Plan's for, the Cape Hatteras Water Association's system were presented to the Dare County Planning Board this .week for approval, a formality, and thus one more step is ac complished in the long-sought ■syEtem. 'The communities of Buxton, Frisco and Hatteras are ' to be served by the millibn-do-1- ■ lar plus water service, j Wallace ’ 11. Gray, attorney for the Association, stated that it-was hoped that construction bids will be called \vithin sixty days. The approval on Tuesday was ' iiecesEary before Farmers Home Administration, which agency will finance the water works, could give its final sanc tion. ' " !' A loan of.$C30,M0, and a grant ’of $570,000 have . been assured, with 40 years to repay the in debtedness. • n MARLIN CLUB TOURNEY SEt FOR JUNE 11-17 Waters Off Hatteras V/ill, Be ./'.Scene, of invitational Event . n,. for; Big Game Species " ' An Invitation.nlr Blue' Marlin ■- Tournament, an event which will also count scoring . points ^ fori white marlin .and sail fish, . will be hold in w.ators off Hat-' teras, Juno 11-17, this ye.ar. Thomas H. Wright, Jr., Wilmington, tournament chair- Tnan of the sponsoring Hattera.= Marlin Club, made the ’ an nouncement this week in a , nremo to all club members. He ' stated that the loumey schedule this .year would include regis- ' Hration' on June 11 with feur * fishing days, 12, 13, 14, IS, with June 16, 17 as alternate’ f.sh- in*^Ing days. '■ “As decided at., the annual meeting'in'-October, this year’s ■ tournament will be invitational, ,, oiopen only to all ’members and :a, limited -number of invitctl ’gue.sts,’’he added. “Tlio . toumamcjit will be limited to 60 anglea's,” he said. The scoring points will bo awarded for white marlin and sailfish, as well as blue marlin this year, the memo stated. Originally est.ablished by the • iH'attcras Hlarliu Club as an in- , ,' tcirnational blue marlin clacsic, this will bo the. first year that the tournament - has included "white marlin and sailfish, al- though these billfishes lid . 'qualify for scores in tourneys , hdd later in season, usually the autumn, durijig recent ye.nrs. 'As an international event, the . tournament in the beginning .at tracted teams from fishing clubs in Mexico, Panama, the Baha mas, South Afi-ica, and oilier countries . . . toumament in- ■■ fciniation may be obtained from ‘ Hattei-as Marlin Club Manager Edison Meekins at Hatteras. MANTEO BOY llEPOUTER ON FIRST LADY’S 'rOUR When Mrs. Lyndon B. John- son ireccntly, vi.silcd western North Carolina and toured many '‘i points of interest there, includ ing deprived areas, a Manteo boy, Spencer Smith, was ap- pointed to cover the tour as a ,, I'cport for Western Carolina College radio station WWOO, - where he is employeel while al- ‘.tending WCC, in Cullowhco- DK. WELCH GETS ALUMNI DISTINGUISHED AWAItD Prc.sentation of four Distin guished Alumni Awards was a feature of Alumni Day at Greensboro College Saturday, JIarch 18. Recipiuits of this honor iii- cludeil Dr. Elizabeth W’elch, ’26, of Winston-Salem, who is well ^kriowni the Manteo in area, hav’- ing been for many years with ..The Lost Colony staff. . HYDE DEMOCRATS’ DINNER ., Hyde County Democrats will gather Friday evening, Maixili ,24, at Mattamuskeet Lodge for -their annual meeting and din ner at 7:30 P.M. On the speak- ''ing roster will be Senator Ash- l ley B. Futrcll and Representa- : ; tive Bill Roberson of Washing- = ton and Repre.sentative Ai-chie Burinis of Jfantco. Also aMcnd- i ing will be Congressman Walt^ ’ B.^ Jones of Farmville and his ' administrative, assistant, Floyd - J. Lupton of Belhavcn, accorel- ing to Herbert E. Rhem, Hyde • County Democratic Chainnan. ■MISS MANTEO HIGH SCHOOL PAGEANT’ SATURDAY NIGHT %—' y&S ... ANNA MAE IJAU.Al KAY i;au3i DAWN EVANS o LYNN EVANS MARTHA LYNN EVANS ROXIE FARROW BETTY JEAN MEEKINS ANN MIDGETT _ mii CHRIS ‘jiidgetTm SUSAN ONETO , LAURA PAXHIA LISA PAXHIA WILSON BOUND TO HIGH COURT IN WIFE'S DEATH Numerous Cases Call for All- Day Session of Dare District Court ' Last ' Friday’s district court presided over by Hon, William S. Piivott of Edenton turned into an all-day session. A:first dcgi'ce murder charge against Lyndon E. Wilson was reduced to second degree mur der and Wilson held in D.are jail until next term of Superior Court under .$20,000 bond. Wilson, 35, was charged with t.-laying In.s vife, Betty Beaslc.y \Viison, on Sunday, February 19,'- at their 2-bcdroom mobile home in the village of Coling- toii. Represented by Court-Ap pointed Attorney W. H. Mc- Cown of Manteo, Wilson did not take the stand. 'J'e.stimony by Sheriff Frank Gaboon revealed th.at he receiv ed a radio call from his/-office on the afternoon of the death and immediately went to the trailer where he found Mrs. Wilson dead, he.r fully-colthed body, which was cold upon his aiTival lying partially in the bedroom and partially in the batliroom and that she had a three-incli (shot pattern) wound in the back of her head. On the settee in the living room was a 12-guago hammer type. gun with one barrel fired, the' other loaded. He. estimated the weap on was fired from a distance of four feet and identified the empty shell as 7',* chill. Wilson who had already been placed in custody of the county jail in Manteo by Deputy Beas ley was seen the same aftci-noon by Gaboon around 5 p.ni. Gaboon described his (Wilson’s) physi cal condition “as pretty steady on his feet though with a strong smell of beer or alcohol and probably in shock.’’ Gaboon said at this time that he advis^ -Wilson of his.-Tights and Wilso-n said he had been' adviccd"of his rights and that it (the shooting) was an ac cident. The sheriff went on to I say that Wilson told him that he and his wife had been drink-;: ing that day—had several qa'iis- of beer and a pint of liquor, an4 had had an argument around lunchtime, he wasn’t for , sure,, hut tlmt wni5 over when- he, (Wilson) asketl her if she wapt; ed'to target practice, she didii*L so ho went out by the trailer to shoot targets. Upon coming inside in pre paration to go out to lunch with his wife, Wilson 'tohl Sheriff Gaboon that he laid or was put ting the gun on the top bunk in the child’s bedroom when the gun went off striking Sire. Wilson. Cahoon stated that Wilson was somewhat confused See COURT, Page Seven • '" MEMORIAL SECTION IN ELIZABETHAN GARDEN STARTED LYNN SHEPARD DALE WESCOTT - EL.\INE WISE A PARADE beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday will spark interc.st in the “Sliss JIantco High School’’ pageant scheduled to begin in the auditorium at 8 p.m. Slaicli 25. Contestants will be in con- %'ertibies in the parade. Miss North Carolina, Nanncttc Jackson Jlinor of, Chailotto, and former Sliss N. C. Miss Ted ,Bis.seltc and Charlie ,,“Choo Choo’’ Justice, former football star, the latter, two whom will be judges, also will be.in the parade, 'rhe master of ceromonie.s, Disc Jockey Jimmy Capps, wiio was foiTOorly with WKIX in Raleigh, will bo master of ceremonies for the evening, and will also participate in tlie parade. , -, Ht'.rc arc the contestants and a.small record of each: MISS KAY BAUM: a cheer leader for M.H.S. a member of the F.H.A. in the Beta Club, works on the annual staff, her •iipcrlative was Misis Hlantco School and Cutest, aiid ^e was Homri^oming Queen. MISS LYNN ■ EVANS:. a chccT'lcader for M.H S. a' mem ber of ihe F.H.A. in the Beta Club, She works for the annual staff and the newspaper staff. She is in the -Library Club and is in the Ensonblcv ‘ ' MISS ELAINE WISE: Cap tain of the cheerleader team. She is president of the F.TLA. Her senior superlative , was “Most School Spirit" and she Jj in thri Ensemble, i JIISS ANN' M’DGETT: "Most Tdcnted’’ Bela Club, Ensemble. MISS' MARTHA LYNN EVANS: Library Club, Beta Club, Ensemble. Cheerleader. ' MISS DALE ■- WESCOTT: Cheorlc.sflc.’", Beta Club, Libciii'y Club, Annual Staff, Junior Edi tor. ' , ■ MISS BETTY JEAN MEEK INS: F.ILA. - ■ ' ?IISS LYNN SHEPARD: Beta Club, Ensemble,' F.H.A., Varsity Basketball., MISS^ SUSAN ONETO: Var sity Basketball, Beta Club, En semble, L'brary Club. MISS ROXIE FARROW: Basketball, M.Y.F., Theta Rho. MISS DAWN EVANS; Cheer leader, Beta Club, M.Y.F., Theta Rho. - MISS DISA PAXHIA: En semble. MISS LAURA PAXHIA: En- scmblo. MISS ANNA MAE BAUM: Cheerleader, JI.Y.F. MISS CHRIS MIDGETT; Basketball, Theta Rho, M.Y.F. A mcmoiia! garden within the E'izabelhan Garden on Roanoke I.sland has been started by of ficials of the garden. Mrs. Betty Kemp of Goklsboro is in charge of the memorials, and anyone wishing to place a camellia in memory of a loved one may do so by contacting Louis Midgotte, who takes care of the ganien, cr Mrs. Leo Mkigctte, custodian. Plants have to be secured from specified sources, in older to in sure only diseasc-fioe plants in tlir. garden. Garden officials met this week in Manteo. They inc'uded Mrs. Jamt-s Tyler cf Kinsb-n, acting chairman of the garden; Jim Simpson, architect for the gatehouse who suggested minor changes to be mad«; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hulaff of Fayetteville and their ilaughter, Mrs. Hutnff being a tiustec. The Hutaffs brought aJong some rhododen dron, the first to be planted in the gaiticn; Mrs. Kemp of Goldsboro; and Mrs. W. B. Car/ roll and Mrs. Smith of SHer City, who have taken great in terest in the wild flower divi-, sfon. MASONIC PLAYERS TO BE IN MANTEO APRIL 1 'The Masonic Players, form erly the Accacia Club of, Nor folk. will present their new play “Judge Not" in the Manteo Lodge on April 1, 1967. '' , There ■will be a free fiSi, din ner for all Masons of this area at 6:30 p.m. preceding the play which is lEsh^uled to begin at 7:30. - All members arc urged to at tend as a sign of their apprecio.- tion for the work the Masonic Players are doing. HAHERAS GIRL IS SELECTED AS PAGETTE NORTHEASTERN NEIGHB0R$ RISE TO SUPPORT DEEPER OREGON INLET WATERWAY £*.- MISS BEVERLY J. STOWE, i-lsing senior at Cape Hatteras School, has been selected as Pagette for N. C. General As sembly, March 27 through March 31. Sponsored by repre sentatives Archie Burrus and William Roberson, she is the daughter of Mr. and,Mrs.'Nel son M. Stowe of Hatteras. NEW DARE CO. LIBRARY PLANS ARE UNDERWAY State Board Gave Its Blessing Recently to. Plans for New Structure ' Preliminary drawings for a new $76,000 Dare County Li brary are now being prepared, Mrs. Jean T. Ward, county li brarian, has stated. The library will be situated on a tract on- U. S. 264 across from the’new Dare County Elementary School now under construction. Mrs. Wal'd said the state ap proved the county library build- in program and the location about two weeks ago. The architect is Guy F. Wilson, Jr., af Washih'^oh County, and his •jirorks are expected in a week pr so. 'The'Hbfary will replace the old county library, which is just qff U. S. 264 in'the'business dis-' txmt -of Manfeo:;.,/ , /AMrs. Ward^'^id the building w^V.'be simple:.land' functional' iirdesign, bo.fd&r.ipg. on the con- tem^rary. ’/Ittvill] lie hamoni-; oils with the pew school design,’! Mre. Ward soi4(T '- .'The $76,00p/.estiniate for the iibrary includeS'.thb building and’ equipment, but*' not the land, which has been purchased by the- county. Mrs. Ward said about 55 per cent of the library cost will be paid from the Federal Library. Construction Act. Construction on the building must begin within 60 days after the state- approves the archi tect’s design, Mrs. Ward said. She said this approval is not ex pected before June 1. The present library is in the Community building shared wi h Dare County Tourist Bureau, Welfare Department and Lost Colony. Mrs. Ward, who is a former director of the, Eastern Albe marle Regional Library, said the new library, is the f'jlfillment of a five.-year effort by the library board. KITTY HAWK BEACH ZONING DISCUSSED AT TUESDAY MEET When the Dare County Plan ning Board met Tuesday after noon in the courthouse, a com mittee representing Kitty Hawk Beach presented plans for zon ing of the ,area from Southern Shores southward to Kill Devil Hills lines. None of Kitty Hawk village is considered in the present zoning plans. The committee .consisted of Shelby Hines, Bill Carawan, David Lawrence and Bill Har rington., 'The full!;;,zqning board was present; John ' Huderwitz Jof Hatteras, cKairman« Mrs. Elita*- beth A. SmithT and Z. Russrll Perry of Kitty ,Hawk; Mc(3oy Tillett, Jr., of., Manteo and Robert A. .-Yoiing 'of Kill Devil Hills. Also ‘mwl,ri# with the. group wcre’Coimniasioners Pen- nel A. TilleU ,and Dr. W. W. IHarvey, Jr.,\ vicehairman of the board. - ^ Tillett commended the group for the effort and thought ex hibited in working .up plans for orderly development of the bench .area, and expressed hope that such planning .might be ac complished in other areas of the county. ■ ' . . The plans, tentatively approv ed .Tuesday, will not be formally adopted until'a^'public hearing to be’ held _in the hear future and a meeting'ofi tl)6 full board of commissionei*.' ' Endorsements Coming Daily On Behalf of the Only Inlet Which Would Adequately Serve Expanding Industry and Commercial an Fisheries Usage for Direct Benefit of Norjlh- ern and Southern Albemarle. OCRACOKE METHODISTS WILL HAVE A RIVIVAL REV. JOHN MAIDES will hold a' Past Easter Revivaf, .March 27-'March 31, 1967, Monday through Friday at 7:15 p.m., in Oeraeoke. He. will he the guest evangelist. He will conduct a prayer service and a class in church membership each morn ing at 10:00 a.m. Dr. Maide.s was born at Mays- ville, and finished the public schoo'ls there. He is a graduate of Louisbiirg and High Point, and Duke Univorsity with his Doctor of Theology from Ameri can Divinity School, Cliicago, 111. IH« and *Riev. Thomas House have workel together in many revivals. The public is welcome. OREGON INLET PROJECT'S HEAD : > PRESENTS VIEWS Qonsiderations of Ward Rfta- • five to Oregon Inlet's ' 7 Selection Presented • ' ' ' in Detail \- Prior to action by the Dare County Board of Commissioneis recently-in narning Oregon In let its ^election as the inlet to be utilized insofah as the deep water channel/,,leading into Pamlico River, '|the project chairman hod earlier presented his views on the subject. Alvah H. Ward, Jr.j of Manteo, who has headed: the campaign for improvements. to Oregon Inlet for many years, set forth: 1. Oregon Inlet is located ap proximately 120 nautical miles south of the vast -Hampton Roads, Virginia complex and 120 nautical miles north of the Deepwater port cf Morchead City, North Carolina, and i. then the most centrally located inlet between these two points. 2. It is the only maintaihed, navigable Inlet with a system of Connor ting channels to Pam lico and Albemarle Sounds be tween Hampton Roads, Virginia and Morehead City, North Caro lina. 3. The U. S. Coi-ps of En gineers, Wilmington District, has already approved deepening to a depth of twenty-one (21) feet and stabilization by rock or rubblci, permanent type jetties, as well as other improvements, including deepening the existing channel from Oregon Inlet to a twelve foot contour in Albe marle Sound. 4. With emphasis on “total development”' of Northeastern North Carolina, a deep-draft ship channel through Ore'gon Inlet would immediately provide the entire Albemarle and upper Pamlico regions of Noith Caro lina'with unlimited possibilities in ocean going commerce. 5..Land use areas and pas sible industrial sites in the area Just north and west of Oregon Inlet are abundant and there lands are not federally owned or earmarked for recreational pur- po^ only. 6. It is the opinion of those who are most familiar - with marine navigation and .traffic prot^ures, that the routing/of deep draft vessels from Pamlico River through Oregon Inlet would ■ more than offset * the longer route aspect, due*.to.the pnwence of “Diamopd Shoal^” bo^ from the st^dpoint bf sav- Sec VIEWS. Page Seven Numerous municipalities .and other governmental bodi^ are'' joining in support of the Ove,-... gon Inlet cause, with consider able interests being shown from Eli'zaheth City and other major centers in northeastern" North Carolina. Once again the bene fit of good neighbors is being showm, and while there has been some support for the Oregon Inlet cause shown in the South-, ern Albemarle sector, most sup‘- porters are from the north side of Albemarle Sound. What has mushroomed with almost unbelievable rapidity., is, the outgrowth of action taken by the Dare County Board of Commissioners in early March, when that body offered Oregon Inlet to the N. C. Department.’©! Water Resources, as its choice for the deep-draft ship channel to serve the contemplated wa-- terway up Pamlico River, prin cipally to serve the growing pho'S^hate operations in Beau fort County. / The Department of Water Resources had requested of the Dare Board its suggestion in Febroary. While many officirds in North Carolina government have stated for montlis that 'no decision had been’•made regard ing the deep water inlet, with five under consideration, an article daitelined Morehead' City and publi.shed in Raleigh’s Ne'ws and Obse.iver Tuesday of this week had led many citizens to, wonder .whether a decision Ims; been, made or not. We reprint the (ffisentiais as T^lows: “The State Ports Authority Monday called for immediate construction of jetties to pro-; tect the entrance channel to. ' Beaufort Inlet. '- “The authority, holding its'’ regular meeting here, ..'also, recommended dredging"' the - Morehead channel -10- feci deeper to accommodate thj^ large ships which will loading phos]ihate here in the near future. ' “The authority passed '".a " resolution calling for the ap-. propriation of funds to build the jetties already authorized by Congress. The authority - ■ called the matter to the atten'-'. tion of Ihe U. S. Corps of-. Engineers, the Department-of Water Resources and ’ tH'e -- State’s congressional dele^ r'^ . gat ion. . ■ ‘ - “The authority said / tl»j;i present 35-foot federal-navi-‘j, gatioii project channel should/'' be deepened to 45 feet. It said/,' in the forseeable future large/. See INLET, Page Seyeri.-/.;; MANTEO LIONS CLUBi^l - ESTABLISHES AVERSE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD The Manteo Lions Club has established an Adrian Ayers Scholarship to be awarded an-; nnally, beginning in 19(58, to a Manteo High School senior. Th® $250 grant is being pre.sented in hoimr of the highly respected and beloved former teacher and coach at Manteo High School. The Lions* Club felt that this gesture was the most appropri ate manner by which it could express appreciation for th.e years of dedicated service Aycre gave the community. ’The purpose of this, schol^ ship is two-fold: : _ 1. To express the apprcciatiw of the Manteo Lions Club arid the entire community for those • who give a little more than more duty to make ours a better comr munity. . - 2. To encourage .and assM financially the youth of our community in their quest for.» better education. . , . ' The scholarship is” uniqucyin , •that students' will not siibrnt . applications for the award./.m/ i stead, a committee will search out deserving students-for ?.coa- . isideration. In making.its chgira the committee will place,, emphasis ' on character,',’ iicl^ lastic aptitude, and participaUoii in school activities, / The scholushtp is avulable to/boys and j^irls who’me^jhe two following prer^uiaitieiH^ ’ 1.' The recipient' must ha^e been a memlwr.of.ah organix^ athletic te^.for at'/leastl^two years.," " 2. The rmpient’ musflih plan-. ning to continue'hia scbbolitiji^ ’ I ■H
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