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David Stick Kill Devil Hills, N,.C, 8-21-67 'is- SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS • 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 XXXir— N0..4I'- MANTEO. N. C. 27954. FRIDAY. APRIL 7. 1967 Single Copy 10* CANDIDATES Ik -KILL DEVIL HILLS MUST FILE SAT. Commissioners. Mayor. Troas- ■’urer's Posts To Be Filled; •''' Some Incumbents Seek •«=? „ , Re-Election With filing deadline n noon Situi’day. April 8, those win want to throw their lv.it in Kill Devil Hills’ ring better move jiroinplly. At slake are five seat.s on the board of Coinmis- ;£jipners, the ^ posts ‘ of- mayor; aiid town treasurer. 'I'llrough \Vedniwday mornings, incunibsiit.s Thom.ns II Ifriges, mayor; Mrs. Rulh B. Frank t.r e a s ii r,c r; Commissionor.s ' Charles T. Griffin and Theodore J-.^Wnod had filed for .ro-clcotion. A'ldilionaliy, two politieal iiow- comc;.r.>-—.tames B. A.shlev ai d C. Lane Phillips—h'.vo filed fur com'i'iis.eionor.s’ .saat.s. ’i.i Election is Jlcy 2. Regi.stra- tion fc.r voters will eonlinue ’ through Friday, the 201h and , challenge day is April 22. Regis tration may be accampli.shecl at . the, town hall ns well as the i filing for political offices. GOOD ATTENDANCE AT TWO-DAY PLANNING SEMINAR THREE CHARGED ; WEDNESD.AY IN AVALON ENTRY ,Three more' Virginia . y aiitb-i wore arrested Wednesday afft-r- nooii by Dare County officer.s, charged with breaking and en tering a cottage, at Avalon Beach. One aircci, had already . been made, that of Willhun Eu gene Shawn, 18 of Norfolk. Arrested Wr.dncs.lay were Steven Allan Por.-’nger, 2n08-C Alameda Avo.; James N. Gi’Cri, G029 lajckamy Lnne; and Wil-. lii-m Davhl Bartlett, Jr., -1012 Woolscy Strc.et, all of Norfolk, Va. and all IS years old. -Picked up about 1 p.m. by .Sheriff P'ra-iilv* ht. 'Cahooif with Dcp. I,. W. Beasley av.d Chief Tom Dov.'dy particip-ntiiig/tliey a^dre- cn the bca'cli whdn'’ap-'' prehendod. Shawn was charged with .vfoloniously breaking and entef- 'jiig the cottage of llnywoncl ..Mecki’is; the trio ■ arrested ' Wodntrday was chai'grd with simple hrenking and entering. PUBLIC hearing ON HUNTING FROM ROADS 1 N HYDE Ocracolte Acics Considerafiori of Fire Station, Jail, Air Strip AMONG THOSE ATTENDING and participating in the Dare Planning Seminar at Nags Head this rvenk were Acting NPS Superintendent Tom Morse, Mr.s. Josephine Oden, owner of the Sen Gull Motel, and Jim Mullen, Texaco dealer at Hatteras. RepresentaHves from practically all sections of the county attended. (Aycock Brown photo) IN DARE DISTRICT COURT" FRACASES. FROLICS AND FUN PLUS OTHER CASES FRIDAY Friday, Match 3I was a btiisy day in Dare District Court, with a number of thievery defendants appehi'ing plus " many ' others ehiirgcd. in a variety of infrac tions. Fust rase involved Leon White and Smith White, colored brothers of Matiteo, eluirgod with breaking and entering the heme of Jlrs. Ixtuise Farrow of Maritoo, nr.tl str.nling personal property consisting of four radios, jewelry and a "camera. Arhlitionnlly, they ai’Iegedly, destroyed a stereo record player in Mrs. Farrow's home. They were bound over for DEATH RECALLS MYSTERY , OF DIAMOND SHOALS WRECK - By AVCOCK BROWN .. Fcil.y-rix years ago (Jnauaiy 31, ,1921),,.' Thd; fivc-nia.stcd sehociier Carroll A. Dc^wing foundered on the Outer Diamond of -Diatiioiid Shoals, ahcul 12 miles south-east of Cape Hal- tcras hero on North Carolina’s Outer Bank.s. Whcti res.vuo qi;cW3 of the Coast Guard arrivo'I at the ves sel With all or m.tsc of its sals set, the ship had been ab.nuhn- ed. . V ' On Sunday, MarrlF 12, th's year the m.au for, whom that famous moduli gbrn'; ship was named—Carrol! A,Dcering of Bath, Maine—(lied at the age of 81. The scliooncr’s grnunding-ond the ven.'^cn for it-hccr-.no one of the sea’s strangest,land unsolv ed myi'tcrics. Skipjier of'tho vessel, Cantain Willis B. WoKTieB of Portland, Maine, and ills’crew were nevn.* foimd. When the schooner ' w the table. Log of the Df.sring had placed the ship off Cape Fear en Janu ary 23. There were no later en tries. She had been sighted ))ass- ing Lookout Lightship off B?nu- foi t a few’ days laic,”.. Later in an investigation it .w’ns rcveal- cil that everything seemed to be in dis-orcicr abcard ■ the .ship when viewed through b’noculara of Uio lightsh-.D'crr.wnieu. Sec,DEATH, Pago Seven Snporior Court on the charges which are felonious, the prop erty being valued in exceiss of $200. To complicate matters, Ijcon W’as charged with resisting arrest, and given a 60-day jail term for that offense. One of thei arresting officers, Chief p. F. ‘ Twyne of Nggs Head, said Leon told him that “no damn officers in Dare Coun ty’s gouit to. put me in jail.” Deputy L. W. Beasley said Leon, told him'fthat jf, he went to jail he "would .go' dead.’’ But the White bb'y.s wound up in the (dink whc.reVthey; will -be guests of Dare .County at tdx- payer’s expense untillMay. Forcible Trespiiss Earlier clnivgeirwith felonious breaking and d’ntering, four young (lefendants found them selves treated mildly as charges were reduced to forcible tres pass. Sar.nh D.awn Vanamon, Jan Robbins, Sidney W. Hughson, Jr. and Franklin Hamilton had been charged W’itli the mere serious offense following a break-in several weeks ago at Horace -Bi’itton’s property at Kitty Haw’k.'. The gii'Ls wore aorassed costs of court, and the boys were fined $100 each-plus costs. Mrs. Marjorie Virginia Cos- carcHi of Kitty Hawk'-was al- Sce COURT, Page.. Si.v UNUSUAL DISCOVERY CANDIDATES IN NAGS HEAD MAY FILE APRIL 20 Five Commissioners To Be Elect ed on May 2; Edwards Seeks Office Those seeking office in Nags Head have longer to consider than in other Dare municipali ties—^Thursday, April 20 at' 6 p.m. the deadline. Nags Head is unique in that it does not elect a mayor. Five commissioners are elected by popular vote and.that body se lects its own mayor from one of the five. Dew’ey L. Hayman is now- mayor, having been high man on tile popular vote in 1965 and subsequently sejected. O t li c r board members are Tom Mc- Kimmey, C. G. Brickie, Josse L. Newman and Call Niinoniak- er. Tlio latter was appointed to replace Archie Burrus. Burrus was elected in 1965 but later that year was named Repvn.scn- lative to the General Assembly. Only one candidate had filed (by Thursday morning — W. L. Edwards—a former commission er who lost in 1965. Dare County Board of Com missioners is scheduled to meet as board of equalization and review beginning Monday, April 10. If ue.ed be to settle di-'putes over valuations, they may meet again on the 17th and *24th. Inasmuch as -revaluation of all property in the county has just been completed, and num erous parcels considerably upped in value, it is anticipated that many questions w-ill arise. As a matter of explanation, hut wi h limited autiiority for adjust ments, the revaluation, firm ra- cently conductcii hearings in the courtroom. Only a Iiantlful of complaints arose at that time; some w’e,rc ffatisfied and a few' errors corrcctcii. But the multitude of propei-ty owners seeking adjustment ai’o expected to appear Monday, especially those with two- and boanlcd, .the., rcbsciicis raporlcd lhal a, flra i-j.ill glowed in the galley stove, and fcod was cn CECIL SILVERTHORNE r NAMED CHAIRMAN HYDE BOARD OF EDUCATION SVMN QUARTER. — Cecil .Sitverthorne of Engelhaid was rc-cleclcd as ehairman of the Hyde County Board of Educa tion at its April meeting here Slonday. Allen Crcdlc, Clerk of Supo- lior Court, adminislci-cd the oath 'of otTicc to four of the five hoard members. They worn Cecil Silvcrthorne and Earl v.Pugh, returning a.s old mem bers; Alex M. Eley, returning aftr.- filling the unrxpired term of William 1. Coc.'iran; and Wes ley Ballance, new board mem ber. Walter L. Gibb^, unable to at tend the meeting, is the fifth member of the board. .Tile above were nominated by popular vote of the people of Hyde I.a.st year, and wore ap- . jiointod by the N. C. General Assembly for, terms of two ’ years. ' ' ■ Allen D. Bucklew-, county .^school superintendent, is boaixl secretary. Through noon Wednesday, only two candidates had filed for pests in the Town cf Man- tco government. Sam E. Midgett, long-time board member who recently .succeeded to mayoralty through appointnicnt, has filed for the mayor’s spot. Inoumbeiit com mission cr Wood'on B. Fearing 71 had files'l for re-election, and Dan L. Cannady, a former Maiitco chief of jiolico, seeks a seat on the boanl. Filing deadline is 5Iay 15th at 6 p.m. for those who want to enter the races. Candidates may file, at the town hall. Voter registration will con tinue through April 21, and challenge (lay will follow Satur day the 22nd. GOLF COURSE BIDS OPENED LAST FRIDAY BOBBY DUVALL of Kill Devil Hills, a telephone company em ployee, hunts arrowheads as a hobby. While combing the sand dunes near he village of Duck last week end he found a skeleton and in the same immediate area he also found some arrowhead* and black soil indicating that the bones may have' been an Indian. The crouched condition (ns sliow-n) was also an indication that it may have been the remains of an Indian, probably preserved for centuries beneath the saline sand. Teeth of the skull were worn smboh from apparent much usuago. Duvall is sending the skull and bones to Smithsonian Institution in Washington for possible further identification. (Barbara Duvall photo from Aycock Brown) Officials of Outer Banks Re creation As.sociation, Inc. open ed bid last Friday on the vari ous phases of construction as previously advertised. Julian Oneto, president of OBRA, while not idantifying firms nor specifying amounts, stated that the constnictirn con tract for the> course iiself v.-ar below estimates; but that other bids were higher than anticipat ed. Until such time as Farmers Homo Administration officials had been conferred with, Oneto stated that he felt it advisable that amounts and bidders not be identified. “We contemplate a conference with FHA officials at early date,’’ he stated. OBRA’s course is on a tract of some 300 acres at Kitty Hawk being donated by Kitty iHawk Land Co. SWAN QUARTER. — ' The Hyde County Board of Commis sioners, ill its regular meeting here iMonday, decided to hold a public hearing to determine whether there should be a coun ty-wide law prohibiting hunting trom the roads. ;. The hearing wjll be Wednes day, April 12, at( 2:00 p.m';, in the Court room. Tlie hearing is in reference to a projiosal bill against hiinliiig within the 30 foot right-of-way of highways. The bill, which specuie.s state road 1304, has now been tabl(?d witli action pending on results of the hear ing. .-til Ocracokc dcicgntiun ap peared before the board to dis cuss the pos.siliility of obtain ing a fire station and jail for Ocracoke Island. An island air strip was also discussed. In other business, the com missioners drew 'the names of 100 jurors for the Dare county court term. Attending the meeting were Commissioners Leoii .G. Ballance.. Tommy-V. Jones, and Leonani Smith. REVIVAL SPEAKER FOR MOUNT OLIVET, MANTEO EQUALIZATION & REVIEW MEET IN DARE MONDAY Commissioners to Hear Com plaints of Inequities from Taxpayers REV. ARTHUR L.'J’HOMPSON, pastor of Southern Pines Metho- dl'St Church, will conduct revival services at Mount Olivet Metho dist Church, Manteo, from Sun day, April 9 through Friday the 14th. His first .service will be Sunday morning at 11 a.m. and he will also deliver evening ad dresses at 8 p.ni. Rev. Thompson is serving his fourth y(Sir in Southern Pines, imd -has seiweii' rndny other charges in North Carolina dur ing 38 years in the ministi’y. “You will want to hear this outstanding preacher and churchman,’’ says Rev. Hei-man Wiiiberry, host paster. The public is invited to at tend. , .1 " O ' '' ' r; Organist for the service.s will be Mrs. Raymond Wescott, and pianist will be Mrs. Nevin VVcscoU. John H. Long will have charge of the music. The ele mentary and junior choirs will sing on Sunday, April 9. On Wediio.sday at seven a.ni., there will be a breakfast aiul sen’ice for the junior and senior high Methodist' Youth Fellow ship. LIGHT INDUSTRY EMPLOYING SIXTY PERSONS IN MANTEO MAY DEVELOP IN 30 DAYS Norfolk-Based Canvas Firm Seeks Option oh Old Manteo High School Gymnasium; .Special Mee'Hng of School Board Called for Friday to ,Help Untangle Confusion Which Might Result in Loss of $75,000 Payroll. HATTERAS BOY MAKES DEAN’S LIST AT ECC WILLIAM H. AUSTIN, JR., has been placed on the dean’s 1 st because of his high .scholastic record during the past winter ciuarter at Ea.st Carolina Col lege, Greenville. This is the an nouncement his parents, receiv ed from the college recently. Billy was also elected president of the Lambdi Chi Alpha Fraternity after having seived A nursery will be provided |a;i its sacretai*j’-trcastirer dur- each Gvening, opening at 7:45. ing 1966. QURRITUCK COUNTY BACKGROUND ^ >-----.FOR NEW SKIPPER OF 'NAUTILUS' The new skipper of the Nau- tilu.', the world’s first nuclear- powered submarine, is the son of a Currituck County native and a frequent visitor to rela tives and friends there. He is Lt. Cmdr. Norman E. Griggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Griggs who now reside in Ritli- niond, Va. Griggs took command of the vessel Mondiy at ceremonies in New London, Conn. He is the sixth captain of the Nautilus. The officer attended Virginia three-fold increased valuations. Polytechnic Iiistitulc and grad uated from the U. S. Naval Academy in June 1953. He is a nephew of Waiter Griggs and Jarvis Griggs and Mrs. Francis Morse of -Poinit Hai’bor. CRAB STEW PLANNED The parsonage Cemmittee at .Stumpy Point is giving a hard crab stow, April 21st. The wom en will bo out selling tickets in a few day.s. All you can eat, stewed or fried. - •LOST COLONY' WILL BE FEATURED IN SATURDAY WASHINGTON PARADE FEW CANDIDATES OFFER FOR POSTS TOWN OF MANTEO ..'■V Sometimes hard' work brings industry; .sometimes it drops.-in by chance. The latter is more the case as developments of the past few (i;iys iiidiealc that .Manteo may get an industry em ploying sixty to seventy persons with a payroll of about $75,000 annually within a few weeks. Just last week, two repre.sent- alives of the Virginia Tent and j Awning Co. of Norfolk began inquiring as to availability of structures with suitable space for their operations, in the Man teo area. A number of buildings were visited by officials of tha firm, including the old Roanoke School and old Manteo elemen tary school gymnasium. Dr. W. W. Harvey, Jr. and other local officials extended courtesies to Mr. Moore of the firm, and on Monday of this week Moore and a Mr. Krause also of Virginia Tent appeared before the Dare - County commissioners. The firm is engaged in man ufacture of a variety of canvas products, icluding tents de.s- tined for 'Violnam and other dis tant points. It curreiilly has bids entered on a number of govem- nient conracts, and is reasona bly sure that some of this ad ditional work will materialize. Krause and Moore explained Jlonday that in times past the firm has found itself in position whereby it must branch out in to areas such as Roanoke Island, not only for space reasons but labor-wise loo. The old school gym'wiUi slightly less tlian 8000 square feet of working space would be suitable, the men told the commissioners, and they wanted an option for 30 days. See INDUSTRY. Page .Seven , , MOSTLY ROUTINE - BUSINESS BEFORE - DARE BOARD MON. Sheriff Tells of Problems Re garding Jurors, Arrest, Hunting A NORTH C.AROLINA FLOAT in the annual Cherry Blossom Festival Parade in Washington, D. C. on Saturday will feature “The Lost Colony’’ outdoor drama. Design of the float was centered around the chapel of the Waterside Tlicati’e where Publizer prize winner Paul Green’s pioneer outdoor symphonic drama lias been jiresented cacJi summer since 1937, except for four World War II ycara. Thomas HuM of Durham, one of the featured performers in “The I/)st Colony’’ in the role of Old Tom, will be among those riding on the float wearing costumes used in the Roanoke Island production. Others will be Washingtonians depiciting the characters of Governor John White, Father Martin, Dame Colnian, Joyce Archard, colonist women and red-coat English soldiers. The North Carolina State Society of the National’s canitol is the float sponsor. Mrs. Fred W. Morrison of Washington and Kill Devil Hills was a leader in arranging for the float She is Producer of “The Lost CoIot ny" and Cha’lrman of the spon- ^ring' Roanoke Island Historic al Association. Miss Beth Alexander, daugh ter of former Congressman and Mrs. ‘ Hugh Alexander, will be | life in the New World. This was on the float a'* tne Princess selected by the North Carolina Meeting Monday, the Dare County Conimissioners attend^ to little of earth-shaking natur^ hearing a number of routine re-’ ports and requests from citirit zens and officials. •" Hugh G. “Chick" Craddock,; president of Oregon Inlet Fish-’ ing Guides A.ssociation, request- r.-l the beard’s help in getting d- slioally area near the marina dredged to more navigable depth. Ho was referred to Na tional Paik Service authorities', inasmuch a;a the channel into and the basin is not a niattM. relating to authoi'ized Corps of Engineers projocts, , Craddock also dircussed tiC;o. matters rckardiiig Manns Har bor. iHa leque.sted help in haring a 35-m.p,h. spr.id zone establish ed throughout the village. Ae-^ cording to Craddock, zones now are 10, 35 and 45. He was told tn sreura a letter from fellow citizens requciiting the new limit. . ■ , Craddock’s other concern was the removal of a dilapidated building at the end of pubic canal belonging to R. D. Hay-’ wood of Matthews, Va. He was told that Haywood had been- ; contacted and agreed to removal of the obstruction. ' '• Nothing li.as been done to date relative to removal, however. V' Sheriffs Requests Frank M. Cahoon, sheriff, dis cussed several matters with the Society. The parade will rtart at 11 a.ni. Saturday and will cover 17 block.s of Washington’s famed Constitution Avenue. Tlie cejitral theme of the Cherry Blossom Fertival is “America and the World”. In choosing the christen’mg of Vir ginia Dare, first child of English parents born in America ((in 1587), the North Carolina So ciety said of the float dc.’?!gn: “In this theme of 'America and the World’, there is none more pertinent, nor poignant, than the story of America’s beginning in North Carolina, on Roanoke-Island, 380 years ago. For it was here that the'First Colony of men, women and cliil- dren sought to carve out a hew the real begimiing of ® ■ ' rests, pcraonnel and indiscrlnii-.; natc hunting on Roanoke Islaad, Americnn Dream. “And althoygh tbi.s ill-slaiTcd attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh was doomed to failure, this colony whose fate is now lost in the mystery of time pavo-J the way for the successful colo nization of America by the Eng lish in later year?. “Each summer on the site of the first colociv’s attempt to set tle the Nr.w World, a'moving dr.ama of that experience is presented through ‘The Lost Colony’, a s5*mphonic drama by Pulitzer prize-winning play wright Paul Green. These are scene.? from that drama, but they are, more than that-they are the' symbols . of the brave men and women who launched the American Dream." The sheriff told the boara that the ■county is oxperiancing something of a probiem in securing juror.?, and rhny lex- , , pcct mora in view of the new ‘ ; district court system. Under Ufa , .. now program, counties with limite(l population such as Dare but with h(iavy court dcck^’ , may come up short.' His re-'; quest was that through Legislk- - •' - ture a number of the exemptions ^ which, now disallow jurow from ” serving be .removed.' T On Monday, County Attohiey ,; W. ■ H. McCown ' rccpiestea the ’: drawing a special ' IS-membM. May. ■ t See BOARDy Page SeveR^
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