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stick David •Kill Devil Hills, 8-21-67 N.C. 2794B SEND RENEWAL ■ OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS THE TIMES MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO, N. C. 27954 NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Twelve Pages in Two Sections WITH WHICH IS COMBINED THE PILOT AND HERALD OF BELHAVEN AND SWAN QUARTER PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA Pages One through Eight VOLUME XXXII — NO. 40 , MANTEO, N. C. 27954. FRIDAY. MARCH 31. 1967 Single Copy' I0« VIRGINIA VCV. CHARGED IN K.D.H. COTTAGE BREAK-IN NO CORSAGE FOR VIRGINIA DARE- "V'l More Arrests Expected As Ef- fort Underway to Break Up ^ ' Springtime Foolishness Dare County law enforcement officers Iiave let it be known that the resort areas will not be prime targets without penalty this year. Already the breaking winter has brought a flow of Virginia youth,® bent on hood- lumism like the rising sap of spring with several cottage break-ins and othc.r property molestations in I'ecent lays. .j Following investiagtion con ducted since last Frid.ay night, William Eugenn Shawn of Nor- view, Norfolk, 18-ycar old white chiij), was aircsted Wetinesday I night in ICili Devil Hills. He i charge,'! with the felony of I f breaking and entering, said to I be - one of a dozen or more I yoiiihs who broke in the cotijige I of Raymond Mookins in Avalon I Roach. I Several hundred dollar-s dam- I age was reiiorti'.d dene as the I building was ransacked. I Sheriff Frank. M. Cahoon, I Dop. L^, W. Beasley and Chief I 'J'om Dowdy all participated in I the apprehension , Wcdnci-day I night. I At prc.®s time, Shawn was still I in custody in the Dare County L jail, with-bond sc.b at ?500. The I tlefondant was making aii cffoil I to secure llic cash wljich would |,» permit his release until hearing I ■sot for April 28. ' ♦ APPOINTMENT TO MATTAMUSKEET POST'PREMATURE’ Successor to Willie G. Cahson As Announced Earlier Not Confirmed ¥ > EFFORT - STARTED TO AID DWINDLING GOOSE VISITATION Hyde Delegation Appeared Be fore General Assembly Com- mittees In Raleigh LOUIS MIDGETT of Manteo, manager of Elizabethan Garden on Roanuko Lsland, riuickly removed tlie camellia corsage that some prankster placed on the sliituc of Virginia Dare during the past week end. The fish-net saronged statue, portraying Virginia Dare in maidenhood, is one of several pieces of antique statuary adoi'iiing the Garden Club of North Cai'olina’s Eliza bethan Gai'dcn. “Garden officials frown on visitor's placing cor sages of our camellias on statues,” said Midgett. (Aycock Brown photo) An effort was launch'etl in ■the N. C. LegisJaUire Tuesday to lure the Canada goose., back *4''=to Lake Mattamuskoet in suf ficient number's to restore tiro area to its formc.r glory in the sportsman’s woi'ld. The effort was begun at a public hearing before a joint meeting of House and Senate Wildlife Comnrittees. Attending the session wore federal wildlife- officials from Washington and Aflaida, state wildlife leader's and a dolcgaf.on from Hyde County. The Hyde delegation made it clc.ar that it thinks thei-o lias . bccii too much talking about the sharply declining goose popula tion at Maltainu.skeet and too little action. At the end of the horrring, J.stnto legislators and fed'^'i-al of- l.'* ficials assured the Hyde, people that they arc interested in help ing solve the problem. “You’ve got friend.s in the legi.slaturc,” Sen. Voit Gilmoi-c, D-Southc.rn Pines and Rop. Em mett Burden, D-Berlio, wildlife conrmiltcc chairirren, told the Hyde people. Hunting problems at the lake were outlined by Clyde S. Pat ton, director of the Slate Wild life Resources Commission. One qucstioir is whether “wid er distribution of food would im prove the shooting,” ))avlicularly for tlio goosQ hunlci’, Patton said. P.articularly distressing, Pat- 14 ton said, is “tlie deterioration of '*‘lbe goose population,” wliich he sairl dropped from ICO 000 or more a few years ago to be tween 35,000 arid 40,000 in each of the last two years, although thci goose population in the At- lanlic Flyway has remained con stant, or has Increased. Allan Studbolmo, chief of the management and enforcement division of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Soivice in Washington, and Larry Givens, supervisor of wildfowl rr.fugfs in the south- castoni region, fielded most of the (lueslion.s. • Studholinc said there is "no question” Hint an accurate jiic- lurc had been painted of the goose iiopulation decline at Mat- tamuskeet although "the gener al picture in the’ Atlantic Fly- wny is excellent . ; , Ho said, “It’s obvious tiro igeese arc s:opp'ing north much 'hnorc than they did.” The main reason, he suggested, is that Hie Canada goose is finding nnich more ideal wintering grounds in See GEESE, Page Five BILL WOULD MAKE LIMITED TAKING OF . . OYSTERS AND CLAMS Lc.gi.Hatioii, which if enacted will pease many coastal resi dents, was introduced in the 'N. C. Genera! Assembly Wediicii- day to allow the taking-of clams and oysters witho'.it a licenso. The bill, .®ignod by 13 Demo cratic Rr.proscnt'Uivcs,' was in troduced in tlio Hbiis'e by Rejiublican Rop. George Clark of New Hanever County. • It would jierniit the taking of up to- a bushel of clami? or oysters for peisoiia} consumption witli no obligation for securing li cense. A daily limit of one bushel is set forth. Rep. Odell Williamson of Brunswick County, one of the sponsors, .said Uio logisUition is intended to eliminate a tax oh baats when Hiey’rc used to catch oyslens and clams for personal use. Reps. Ai'chio Burru.s of Dare, Bill Roberson of Braiifoit and W. 'r. Culpeiipnv of Elizabeth City wore among area legisla tors signing Hio bill. ' COVERED DISH SUPPER The Jlantoo Rcbekah Lodge number 62I\yill have a covered dish .supper^at G:30 April 3 at the Lodge Hall in Slaatco. Theta Rho; number 4 will proscJit their di'ill work at 7:31). EIGHT-POUND CHANNEL BASS, HATTERAS INLET First With Rod and Reel for 1967 Much Earlier Than : Last Year- ' ]•’ First cliannol bass oftflio 19C7 season to be taken with.Tod anil reel from the stivf was-hii eight-- )ioiin(Icr caught on. Hie north sliorc of Hatteras'-. Iiilct last Saturday. -- In recent years the first to be taken witli r-od and reel us ually. are landed by anglers fi.shing from boats in Hatteras Inlet. Last year the first was-a 56'/2 poimtler caught by an an gler in Hatteras Inlet on April 8. There are indications that as soon as the weather levels off more channel bass will be taken witli rod and i-ecl. This should be in early April. The indication that clmnnel bass will be taken by anglers is based on tlie fact that commer cial fislionnen both at Hatteras and also Avon have reported catching these fish in nets ra- centiy—the latest report com ing during past weeh from Avon. Congressman W'jltcr B. Jones staled Thursday that announce ment of the appointment of John P. Davis to position of re fuge manager at Jlattamuskeet Wildijfe Refuge wa.s premature since confirmation of this ap- oaintment lias not been mada by the Director of Sport Fish eries and Wildlife in V/ashing- ton. D, C. According to William E. Ackerknecht. acting chief, Divi sion of Wildlife Refuge, Uie re quest for eonfirmation' of this appointmc.nt dhl not reach Washingcon until March 28 and as yet has not been apiirovcd by the Bureau. ; ' Congre.ssman Jones stated' further that he is insisting on a conference with the refuge manager as well as other rop- ic'-enlatives of Hie Bureau to discuss in detail the overall pro grams being carried out by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Sen’ice in Hyde County; It is felt that many cliangcs should be. made in existing policies in order that the best jintcre.sts of the people ,in Hyde I County and thousands of spiirt.s- meii who vi'vit this hunting paradise each year might he bet tor served, Jones said. He. fur ther stated that he had been a.s- sured by both Walt'er A. Gresh, regional director, SouHicastrrn area, and Hie U. S. Dept, of In terior that the confirmation of Mr. Davis will not be forthcom ing until aficj' this conference had been held. The announcement which Con gressman Jones referred to was publi.shr.d earlier lids week with a New Holland dateline, and was .sanctioned by the Atl.mta, Ga. division of U. S. Fish and Wildlife. An appointment must .come soon, however, since the cuiTcnt manager, W’illie G. Gaboon, will be retiring,in May. Cahoon has bec,n stationed at Mattamuskeet since November 1, .1D35. He was named refuge manager is 1945 and 1im soivcd in that capacity over since. pavis is a foniicj' Navy yob- m’an who -served on submarines. He is a Sparta, Tenii. native, and” received Jiis 'uiidorgraduato dogi-cc from AHddlc 'rennri^.see State University, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 'majoring in zoology and botany and his master of science degree in game management from Louisiana Stale Univer sity. He ha.s served as manage ment biologist at Mingo Nation al \Vildlife Refuge in Jlissouri and as wildlife aide at Crab Orchard prior to as.sigirnieiit as assistant refuge manager at St. Marks National Wildlife (Refugo in Florida. Ho is currently re fuge manager at Okeefenckec National VVildlife Refuge in Georgia. WINNERS AND RUNNERUPS IN CORONATION SCENE FAA, DARE COUNTY OFFICIALS DISCUSS MANTEO AIRPORT No Decision Pending Airport Use Plan Uuderway by Engineers Increased use of the Maiiteo Airport and expanded utiliza tion of existing facilities was discussed by officials of Dare County and repersentativesof the Federal Aviation Agency Tuesday. Among tho.se attend ing the SGSsion were Hans Sper- ber, chief of airports branch, FA.4 of Atlanta; and legal counseliors, D. C. Kelly and ‘W. B. Herndon, also of Atlanta,i.' The property, whicli was formely a Navy training base, was transferred back to Dare County after World War 11 with stipulations from FAA’s forerunner, the Civil Aeronau tics Administration, as to its FLANKED by Su.san Oneto and Laura Paxhia who tied for first place ninnerups in the Future Homemakers-sponsored Mantco High School beauty and talent pageant on Saturday night, Olivia D.iwn Evans was crowned queen and top winner by Nannette Minor, “Miss North Car olina” of the N. C. Jaycees, as hapiness prevails. WKIX’ Jimmy Capps of Raleigh was the talent ed cmccc of the event and actor Charles Briggs, foimer All-American Football Oiamp Charlie “Choo Choo” Justice,’ and a North Carolina runnerup in the Miss America pageant several years ago, Mrs. Betty Lane Evans, were the judges. Local principals in the pageant were Mrs. 3Mar- garct McConnick, advisior, Joseph W. Pool III and Mrs.' Catherine Meekiiis, music advisors and faculty staff members Jerry Cahoon and Steve G. Basnight Jr., as auditors. (Aycock Brown photo) ■ PLAV AT KITTY HAWK SCHOOL ON APRIL 7 The eighth' grade of Kitty Hawk, Elementary School will give a throe-act play “Prcblem Dale” on Friday, April 7, at eight p.m. Admission will be 50 cents for adults; 25 cents fer children. KITTY HAWK GROUP PERFORMS AT MISS MANTEO PAGEANT PLAY AND FISH FRY FOR MASONS SATURDAY Ail Masons in the area are re- mindrid of the vi.Ht Saturday, April 1, of the Acc.ncia Club of Norfolk. Va., which will present a pAnyi There will he a fish frj' at G;3t) for the Masons and the I,odgc hall will. open at 7:30. t'^^AH area Masons are invited to attend. THE TRAVELING MINSTRELS, a group of Kitty. Ha-.vk girls ‘and boys, provided belwce'n- acts entertainment Saturday night at the Miss M antw pageant. They are, left to right, Mike Harrell, Scott Wilkinson, Kathleen Dunnagan, W anda Peiry and Richard Dunnagan. STATE OFFICIAL OPPOSES CANALS TO CURRITUCK SD. N. C. Water Resources Chief Warns of Dangers at Vir- ginia Beach Meeting. Proposed drainage canals at Virginia Beach could create severe problems in Cui'rituck Sound, a North Carolina De partment of Water Re«)urc€s official stated Tuesday.. • R. J. B. Pago, chie of the de partment’s division of navigable waterways, warned of the dan ger that “uncontrolled water ways” there could set back work under way in Currituck Sound. He spoke at public hearing on the city’s proposed system of drainage canals and streams. The meeting was called by Hie Army Corps of Engineers to solicit opinions on how best to deal with flooding and recrea tion problems in Virginia Beach. The City of Virginia Beach has asked tJie corps to study Hie planned canal system. The city submitted a list of topics proposed to be studied by the crops. These included the feasibility of increasing the sa linity in Back Bay to allow com mercial fishing to become a profitable operation. Page’s! statement was antici pated by comments of Vijginia Beach City Manager W. Russell Hatchett. “We ai-e just as intereted in Currituck Sound as the poopo of North Carolina are,” Ha’chett said. “Tho Sound is a great as set to both states.” The city’s pro)>osal is only tentative, he added. Page said that navigation clmnncls -connecting Hie two .states have cau?ad problems in the past, and Hie need for sa linity control .in the coimecling w.aters of "Back Bay .and Curri tuck Sound was met by a joint study by Hie two states and Hie Federal Fish and Wildlife Serv ice, Page said North Carolina is striving to hold sulmity at an optimum level in -Currituck Sound and fears that the level would he ui>set by open chan nels between Lynnhaveii river and Nortli Landing River ad betwco Rudee ilnlct and Back Bay. - , He said the growth of duck- food plants and large mouth bass is ilependcnt on ccrtoiii See CANALS. Page Five DELAY GRANTED IN ACTION ON FERRY FARE REDUCTIONS The N. C. House of Repre- .sentatives roads committee Wediiesdav postponcil action on the bill which would reduce fer ry fares on the Ocracoke-Cedar Lsland run. Delay was granted at request of State Highway Commission Chairman Joe Hunt who is ill. ■Rep. NcLson Taylor of , Car teret County, introducer’ .of the bill, said consideration will be put off until (Hunt is able to testify before the committee. ALONG DARE BEACHES CONCERN AGAIN VOICED REGARDING BY-PASS 158 Five years have passed and the sixth is starling since the dj'sastrous Ash Wednesday Storm of JIarch 7, 19G2, when damage"-in-the millions of dol lars was wrought in Daj-e Coun ty alone, from ocean waters. Tliere arc few niarks left'for the average visitor to note which would indicate the seri ousness of the 19G2 situation. But there are concerned citi zens still clamoring for the State Highway Coniniissioii to correct its gross mistake, fear ful Hiat further delay may re sult in damnge.=i far worse than that of 19C2. iHopcs that the State Higliway Commission would iiiako good on its repre sentations that “something would be done about the silua- tion” as announced in the fall of 19G2 have diminished. That general information was con tained in a letter to Dure. Coun ty Register of Deeds Melvin R Daniels from then-chairman of SHC, Morrill Evans. But no action has been taken, other than for those concenied to bo informed that pending litigation further hinder correc tive measures. Adequate culverts, a lowered roadway, “dry bridges” or oHi- er relief-producing measures had been asked. One of the most out.spokcn in the fight for relief is Jethro Midgctt, Sr., of Nags Head, who suffered a considerable less along with his family in 19G2. Just recently a communication from Governor Dan K. Moore, adviscl him as follows: ' is receiving careful cons'ilcra- tion. However, because of The complexity of the situation and pending liligatioii, it i.s not po.s.siblc at this time to make a decision.” “I have your further tor- rcspondcnce with regard to the Highway 1,58 bypass at Nags Head. 1 appreciate hav ing your comments, and you may be sure that this mrittcr Governor Moore is concernetl, of course, as all will recognize, but we can sec from that letter dated Maicli G tiiat no action from that office can he expect ed at early date. The lawsuits which have been instituted involved Midgctt, his wife, Mntiie and son, Jethro, Jr. AnoHier involves Hio Dewey L. Haymaii concerning losses suf fered at Hie Soafare Re.staurant. Still otlicj's are pending. Contention is that construc tion of the bypass at an eleva tion several feet in excess of that general mean level along Nug.s Head Beach caused tho flooding rcisulting in damages. No cases have been successfully found for defendants to date, and the Midgctt matter which went to - Supremo Court was sent back to Dare County for further hearing. Viewing another angle to the matter, another recent letter to Midgett from Cliiof Justice R. Hunt Parker of tho N. C. Supreme Court stated in part: usage. Since Dare County has con tracted with Southern Mapping Co. of Greensboro for a devel opment plan for the airport, which has not yet been deliver ed, the 'Tuesday meeting served little purpose other than for tentative considerations to ',te discussed. Suggested by FAA officials was possibility of en larging the airport to the ex tent that “feeder” airline land ings could be made in safety, with provision for meeting ‘Standards of instrument and flight regulation standards. Since the county has had use of the property, ^ewee render ed has been confined to charter flights, private iilane landings and emergency militai'y use- No scheduled commercial flights have been operated from the facility. The FAA representatives ex pressed themselves as being in terested in development and utilization in any manner which would promote general aviation jand benefit to the community and area. Reprcisenting Dare County were Commissioners Dr. W. W. Haivey, Jr., Pennel A. 'Tille-t, and Rpiidal K. Tillett. “The Supreme Court has no power, in the absence of a lawsuit' before it, over the construction of bypasses by the State Highway Commis- sqn, and if and when it has jurisdiction it is only in a very, very limited number of cases. 'I’hc only advice I can give you is for you and other interested citizens to appear before the Slate Highway Cammissioii and state ycur views and requests, or Jo em- See BV-PAS.S, Page Five - US. 159 bypass fvs — &uiin^Too high TWO PARACHUTE , TO SAFETY AS PLANE CRASHES Oceana NAS Jel Using Dare Mainland Range Plunged Into Sea Tuesday Two Oceana-basc.d Navy men parachuted to safety about 3 p. m. Tuesday afternoon \vh^ their AGA. Intruder develop^ ongiiie trouble while on a train ing mission to the Dare maift- land bombing range. The jet crashed into the ocean, about half-mile cast of the Park Sert- , ice camping area on north silte' of Oregon Inlet. . •' The pilot, Cmdr. Robert'-B; Bristol, and the bombardiel"- navigator, Lt. Norman R. Czuchra, landed on Hattcrr,'^ Is land near tlio Pea' Island Game ‘Refuge office. Bristol was picked up by -a Marine helicopter from Camp, Lejeune and was taken to EHza-^ beUi City Coast Guard statirm, with a possible sprained ankle;' Czuchra was picked up by.^a Coast Guard helicopter and r^., turned to Oceana. Czzuchra is a member of the Intruder test and evaluation’ detachment stationed at Oceana, from which the piano' came; Bristol is attachetl to the Opc-ra- tiojial and Test Evaluation Force at Norfolk Naval Station. No decision had been reachW Wednesday as to •salvage, but such procedure was expectad since the plane is in ■ relatively, shallow water and thought to ^ ■in one piece. MANTEO ROTARY CLUB BACKS DARE COUNTY'S OREGON INLET PLAN -5 .1 4 M The Mantco Rotary Club m^t Monday night at The Manteo Motel Restaurant wth Ray Jones presiding. ' The club unanimously passw^ a resolution to support County’s campaign to ■hava Oregon Inlet designated aa the Northeast’s deep-water path^iq, the ocean. T' ' Officers for the Rotary 1967-68 were elected: president, Harold A. Glynn; v-presideij^. Dennis Snow; sect., Seth Hetid-' erro; ‘ treas.;+. Rev..>vKetin4tht Whitney; Sgt. At Arms, Quentin Bell. Directors: Ray W. -Jon^, Wallace McCown and, RoAji&d Sawyer.' ■" . The club' premdent '.unged^ill members to attend 'theaDir 771 Conference in WilBonii A^H’? 9 and 10. ‘ *
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