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Twenty Pages in Three Sections
WSTH 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. 52
MANTEO, N. C. 27954, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1967
Single Copy I Or
RECORD-SMASHING $849,300
GIVEN TENTATIVE OKAY BY
DARE BOARD FOR 1967-68
County Spending P.’ans Upped About $18,-
COO Over Last Year; Tentative Tax Rate
Set at $ 1.35 per $ i 00 Valuation Compared
to $1.45 Last Year; Valuation In E>ccess of
$40 Million.
LITTLE DAMAGE
DONE BY FIRE
IN SCHOOLHOUSE
Officials Say Loss Of About
$5G0 In Blaze Fully
Insured
MRS. MARY BASNISHT AS A MANTEO ‘BETSY ROSS'
iMocttnj; last Fi-iday, Dare
County Cornniissionras j^avn
tentative anprova) to a tiudgot
of .«8-lt),:tod.S2 to run tlic af
fairs of the people for the next
twelve months. ,
A tentative tax rate of $1 :}5
lier SlOO valuation lias heen
adopted, subject to revision
when the budget is linaliv'.cd,
likely in July. The rate is down
only 10 cents from last year's
§1.4.5, despite a hefty increase
in the ta.x valuation rolls id'
some §7-millioii. The increase
rcsult.s from new con.struelioti
and equalizations during the ro-
eent revaluation, which wa.?
adopted as of January I.
The budget is ba.sed on SO'/r
collection of the tax levy, the
same ligurc used two years ago.
In the previous yi.ai, anticipa
tion wa.s HOVc.
U)(!7-fiS IJevenue
For the coming year, revenue
- i.s cxiiectcd.to he derived as fol-
low.s; Current !o\,v, .§408,.'104.SI;
! iirior years’ levies, §35.745.28:
'Aiher sources (state and feder
al, ABC, etc.) .828(5.181.ni;
grants and transfers, §3'J,8I0.-
12; beginning balances (c.sti-
matod) .§87,250.00.
The current and prior levies
indicate amounts to be derived
from local or ad valorem taxe.s.
For the various departments,
a. breakdown with the new
ycar’.s budget indicated first, the
pa.st year by the second figure,
is as follows; ^
. GENEKAi/ FU.VD LOHTRD
.tel70,94r: Sl.l8.Si4.42.
FARM PROGRAM: .$(5,895.70;
§G,132.
COUNTY ACCOUNTING: $9,.
GG2; S8.S1G.
COUNTY BUILDINGS AND
COL5HTS: §15,12!); .$21,070.
WELFA RE A PMINISTR.-V-
TION: §53.142; §52.236.31.
OLD AGE, ASSIST.ANCE:
§59,(5.10; §72,000.
AID FAMILIES DEPEND
ENT CHILDREN; S33,(.41; §35,-
400.
AID TO PER.MANENT AND
TOTALLY DISABLED: §40,743;
$4G,000.
AID TO BLIND: $G,.509; .$G,-
C9S.65.
G E N K R A L ASSISTANCE:
'.§5,950..62; S9.140.
HEAL'I’H: $57,529; .$52,050.
SCHOOL PROGRAJl: (cur
rent) §202,00.3.01; $lG5..32,3.tiS;
(cnpitql cuitlav) none; §1,11.5.51.
R EVALUATION: $ 11,570,
§23,850.
COUNTY-WIDE DERT SER
VICE: §131.711.08; §137 099.13.
Of the debt .s.'*nMce require
ments, §18.000 principal will be
paid on road and bridge bonds
incun-od in 19-18; $10,000 Manlco
.?chool bonds incurred, in 1957:
§10,000 Kitty Hawk School
bonds incurred in 1950; and .$25,-
000 “ on (ho more recent iB,uc
for §1,250,000 sold in 190.5. In
addition to the principal, in-
.'.urost totaling §71.470 00 aivi
bank ciiarge.s of §241.03 must
■’1)0 paid.
A cooy of the budget i,= on
file ill the otfice of tiu- register
of dood.s wiM: complete bvo.ak-
See BUDGET, Page Ei.cht
DAVID Sr-YMOUR NAMED
STUDENT OF THE YEAR
.
.‘ijk
i
DAVID CHARLES SEY-MOUR
was designated ‘’Student of the
'/car” in Camden High Schaol.
David, a .soiiir.r, ha:l been pro.si-
deiit of the ela.“s d.uring hi.s
so.uho’rer,! and senior years;
.’la.crctary his junior yo.ir; an
active mein'oer of the .Monogram
Club. Glee Chib, Liln-ai-y Club,
Annual .staff, new.spuper staff,
Beta club, student council:
basketball, ba.seball and marshal.
He w: s 'lan.unl “be.’it all
round” student in the sujierla-
tive.s contc.st and was awarded
a §50 .schobir.ship from the
Camcieii-Pa.’iquotank MYF sub-
district and another §50 .schohu--
shij) from the South Camden
Ruiilan Club.
David plans to oilier Appala
chian St.’iti' C 'lege in Septem
ber to study toward a teaching
career. He is the son of -Mr. and
Mi’.s. Joe Seymour of Camden,
and a giMiidson of Jlr. and -Mr.
Ivey 11. Evans of Manleo.
Fire of undetermined origin
broke out in the ceiling of a
cla.ss room of Maiiteo’s old ele
mentary chool hue Tuesday. It
was extinguished before exten
sive damage, wa.s done.
Ssth Heiidei’son, superinten
dent of Dare County schoohs,
said :diout §400 to §,500 damage
was doin’ tj one class room in
the B'j'iiiie Belle F.van.s Ruild-
I ing. The old .school is im-
inreliately to the reap of tlm imw
|clr,nicatary .school which will be
opened for classe.s this fall.
Henderson said the building
was fully insured and that re
pairs would be campletcd in
I time for use of the class room
I at .school oiicning.
Uendor.'^oii said there wa.s no
indication how the fire started.
Ho .said some welding was under
'way and that there wa.s a pos-
sihilit.v some of the wiring was
defective. A fireman said there
v.;ts an electrical bo.v near the
welding operations. The room
was not being used at the time
the fire broke out.
The fire was confined to the
ceiling area.
All bo ik.s .stored in the room
were removed wiiliout damage,
Henderson .said.
The .superintendent praised
the fire dcparlment for it.s ef
ficiency in putting out the fire
add I’cmoviiig honks and records
that could have hcen damaged.
CONSTRUCTION ON
RECREATION AREA
FINALLY BEGINS
mr
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MANTEO YOUTHS
GET FINES. HEAVY
FRINGE PENALITIES
Judge V/arns Boys They Court
ed Term on Roads In
Shoplifting
SAA COMMITTEE
CALLS FOR FOUR.
LANING HIGHWAY
Plea to Be Formally Presented
to SHC in Washington
June 30
MANTEO LIONS GET
DISTRICT AWARDS
FOR THEIR WORK
The JIantoo Li.-ms Cliih re
ceived di.=irict awards for ont-
sLtnding work during the pa‘*
year at the annual aw.nrds
meeting for District .31 which
was held in Williawston on
June 10.
The Club receive;! the B~s'
'/Club Activities and the Best
‘Blind Activties awards for a
club of 20-50 member.sliip. A
tie resulted in duplicate Jungle
Prowler awards for tlm Mentco
club and the Elisabeth City club.
This trophy is given for the
mo.st man miles traveled in
visiting other Lions Clubs in the
district.
Melvin L. Jackson, district
public relations chairman for
the year, i-eceived an award for t
outstjinding service and Snnfoixl
C. Stalling.s, dub secretary,
again received the 1007§ secre
tary award.
Louis ^lidgett, Eddie Biiven
and Sanford Stallings of the
.Jocal club attended the Willims-
v +xin meeting.
Di.strict Judge Fentress Horn
er fined and assessed fringe
pc.'ialtifc.s against four Miinteo
high school youths Friday on
fhai-gos of .shoplifting at two
stonv in .Nag.s (Head.
Three of the lioy.s plcadctl
giiiily to charges of taking five
walchband.s and a pair of shorts
from the Galleon aid the Colo
ny House. One jilcndod not
guilty llori'er convicted him on
a I.?.sser charge.
Homer warned the ilefondoirts
ho would have boon jii.stified in
-snitencing them to the ro.aci.s for
two yeuis. He .said ho refrained
from .sending tiiom to the reads
because of thdr age.-.
The youths appeared without
cuunsol in district court.
Ted Dale Midgett. 10, Jlan-
teo, high school sophomore,
ple;)d guilty to taking a w.nteh-
Iniiul from the Colony House j
and not guilty to taking any- '
thing at the Galleon; Robert ,
l.re Tol.soii. .5I.antcc>, high sclicol ‘
limior, 10, iileadeil guilty to
taking a pair of shorts at the
G.illeon and not guilty to tak- ’
ing anyihing at the Colony;
Hini.se; Robert Clayton Hay- '
Wood, 17, Coliiiglon, sophomore,
)k'!ided guilty; Phillip Don
Bruce, 17, .sophomore, pleaded
no guilty.
‘•I can't urderstand why you
d.i this,” 'Horner .said before an
nouncing judginent. ‘‘Thi-s is the
way to start, a life of crime.
‘•■'.Vhat you have done in seri
ous. The shoplifting trend
throughout the country is cost
ing millions of dollars and the
public has to pay for it,”
He fined each youth §100 and
eost.s, remanded them to cuslcrly
of their pai-ents, put tlicm on
probation for two years, took
away tb.oir driver’s licenses for
six months, warned them not to
be aw’ay from home after 9 p.m j
for throe niontiis, and told them I
to report immediately to the I
probation officer. He said they
must p.ay the court costs the
day of trial, but gave them until
J:in, 1 to pay the fine. Ho said
they mtsst cam the money for
the fine.
“I don't want your parents to
Sec COURT, Page Four
AURQR.A,. -77,, The executive
committee of the Southern Al
bemarle A.ssociation last W’cek
went on record as urging the
Stale Highway Comnii.ssion to
construct a four-lane h'glnvay
into the Southern Albemarle
region,- leaving the choice to
the commi.s.«ion.
The association had previous
ly gone on rccji-d as requesting
tlmt both U. S. 204 and U. S.
04 bo foiu’-kuied.
Tlio new action was taken
because Southern Albemarlo
Association leaders said it is
inipravtiral to e.xpect that beth
routes be four-lan.led at tlie
jiresont.
A call for one route, to be
cho.sen by the Highway commis
sion, is expected to move ap
proval ahead at the .state level.
At least, it removes the bar
rier that, a double request might
seem to throw up.
The new' action will be pre
sented to the commission when
H meot.s in Washington on June
30.
.•Vt the same time, the com
mittee heard a plea that a
previous action urging the SHC
to buihl a bridge across the
Pamlico River be prc.«entcd at
the Washington meeting.
The committee at its first
quarterly meeting of the year
went on record as endorsing a
Sec SAA, Page Four
MRS. MARY UASNIGHT, widow' of the late Capl. Tom Bas-
iiight who was for iminy years .skipper of the N. C. Fisheries
Patrol Boat ’’Croatan,” became a modem “Betsy Ro.ss” recently
when .she re-made the Cross of St. George flag for the town
of .Maiiteo. It is the early English flag that was in use when
the Sir Walter Raleigh colonists attempted to e.stabiisli a scttle-
niotpL on Roanoke Island during the late 10th Century. It is the
official flag of The Lost Colony drama which begins it.s 27th
.sea.son Friday night, and likewise the official flag of Maiiteo
where it flics from masts at the town hall. Mrs. Basnight re-mado
the lag for Dr. W. W. Hatvey, former Jlanteo Mayor. (Aycock
Brow'n plioto)
FOR I.385TH PERFORMANCE
OPENING NIGHT OF LOST
COLONY WILL BE JUNE 23
Director- Choreographer Joe
L'jyton w'ill unveil his 1907 etli-
tion of “The Lost Colony” out
door dram.a Friday night at
8:45 (DST) in the Waterside
Theatie on the Fort Raleigh
National Historic Site. The
symphonic, historical play will
continue through August 27,
every night except Sundciys.
The opening night this yc.ar
will he the 1,385th pcrtorinancc
since Paul Green’s “granddaddy”
of outdoor dramas was fii-st
given on July 4, 1937. This is
the 27th production season. 'The
show w'as .suspended for four
years before World War 'll.
Layton is an internationally
known stager of musicals, hav
ing won a "I'Y EMMY jiw'ard for
his fii-st Barbra Streisand
special, “My Name is Barbra”,
and an EMMY nomination for
his second, “Color Me Bai’bra."
He and Jliss Streisand are col
laborating on a third for roleasc
on TV next fall. Layton was
choreographer of the original
Broadway production of “The
Sound of Music”; won a TONY
award for staging Ricliawl Rol-
gei's’ “No Strings” on Bread-
way; staged the miis'ctil num
bers for the current liit movie,
“Thoroughly Modern Millie”;
and recently opened a revival of
“South Pacific", staming Flo
rence Henderson, in New' York’s
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Lincoln Center.
“Tlie Lost Colony” is .simnsor-
cd by the Roanoke Island Hi.x-
torical Association, in coopera
tion with the National P.'irk
Service and the State of North
Carolina. Mr.s. Fred W. Morris
on, Chairman of the R.I.H.-'V., is
the Producer. 'I'lie general man
ager is John W. Fo.x.
The production co.jrdiiialor is
Duncan Noble, a member of the
faculty of the N. C. School of
Art.x at Winslon-Salein. Ran
dolph Uinherger is jiroduction
stage manger, George Traiitwein
is chorai director and Irene
Smart Rains is co.stumei’. The
lighting, including §15,u00 in
new' equipment this year, is liy
Nammiie Porchcr of Now York
City who handled the lighting
last fall for the opening produc
tion in the Metropolitan Opera’s
new house in New York City.
SUBDIVISIONS
RULES ADOPTED
AT FRIDAY MEET
NANANNE PORCHER of New Y’ork City, designer and active
participant in tlic installation of nearly $15,000 in new lighting
equipment for “The Lost Colony” outdoor drama, is show'n here
with one of the modem new quartz spotlights. In the background
of one^ of tw'o new 48-foot aluminum .tow'ers W'hich give “The
Colony” a “new’ look” this yeear. (Aycock Brown photo)
AufhoriiaHon of Kitty Hawlc
Garbage District Okayed
by Dare Commissioners
Wli'le hist Friday’s meeting of
the Dare County Board of Com-
missioneis was priinari’y a bud
get se.s.sioii, the long-drawn-out
process of .adopting subdivi.sion
regulations was accompli.shed.
Last October the Dare lioard
adopted, legall.v, what it believed
to he a binding set of regula
tions.
When it was di.scovered that
the statutes had not hocn com-
plieci with, another attempt was
made this past spring, at which
time a public hearing was hold
in the courtroom. Many amend
ments to the proposed regula
tions were submitted, referrexi
back to the planning board, and
recently that Iioanl sent the
niotlificd proposal.? back to the
commis-sioners.
After being delayed for sever
al meetings, the comniissionors
finally made the rules binding
Friday,
Garbage District
In response to request from
numerous citizens in the South
ern Shores area through petition,
the board voted to include the
concerned aroa within the gar
bage district of Kitty Hawk. Tlie
new' area is “All of the commun
ity known as Southern Shores,
tlie boundaries to extend from
Martin Point Creek on the north
side of highw'ay 168, East to
Ocean Boulevard, thence north
erly approximately four miles to
the Hargrave line, thence west-
waitlly t o Currituck Sound,
thence southerly along Cumtuck
Sound and Martin' Point Creek
to the place of beginning.
Outer Banks RecrcaKon Associ
ation Lets Bids for New
Facility
The long-awaited construction
of the golf course for the Outer
Banks Recreation Association
got underway Monday. To he
Inidt in Duck Woods near the
Kitty Hawk School, the entire
recreation facility i;; expected
to cost .$.300,000.
Julian Onolo, Nags Hoad,
piosidcnt of the OHRA, says
the golf course is expected to be
completed in .sining of 19(58. “I
don't think anyliody really cn-
virioM.s the impact, the golf
cour.se will have on the off-.soa-
son tourist l)usiiie.vs in Dare
County,” .said Oncto.
.4n 18-hnlc golf course is one
of the need.s of this tourist
oriented arc.'i, as there is not a
faciiity of this kind available
at the iire.seiit time.
In addition to the course it
self, the area will have a club
house, .swimming pool, two ten
nis courts, pro .shop, driving
range and badminton courts.
The 300 acres of land on which
the new facility i.s being eon-
stnicte.l has been donated by
the Kitty Hawk Land Co. The
project is being financed by a
Farmers Home Administration
Loan.
The Outer Banks Rcci'cation
As.socialion is com))o.scd of 323
charter mcinber.s ami w.i.s fonn-
ed in 1901 for the purpo.se of
building the proposed golf
course and relatnl facilities, for
urse cf the members.
The .area may be u.sed, how
ever, by guests slaying at hotels
and moteks who are members of
the OBRA upon jiayment of a
fee.
It is estimated that the
clearing and grading of the
acreage will take around 120
dttys. The irrigation systems
fo^ the cour.se should be cem-
ploted by early next year, at
which lime the seeding will
Sec COURSE, Page Eight
ELECTRIC SERVICE OUT FOR
SEVERAL HOURS THURSDAY:
DISRUPTS MANY SCHEDULES
If Your Paper's Late, Blame It On Power Fail
ure and Raise flie Dickens wilh Vepco for
That And Other Inconveniences; it's Time
the Utilities Commission Set Some Rules
for Guidance and Planning.
EAST LAKE MAN RETIRES
FROM N.C. FOREST SERVICE
By FRANCIS W. MEEK INS
From G.15 a.m. Tliiiisd ly un
til 5:30 p in , rc-sidcnls of many
.'joctor.-f of Dare County w'ere
I inconvenieiu'od by no electric
! service, while many other.s were
■providetl a token amo’jnl.
I ImnK’diate cause of outage of
I the complete supply of oiitsiclo
I power to Dare County except for
I the mainland
which is served
and
ELI S) IA LU N D Y 'I'WI F(0 RI)
will retire in June, .after devot
ing 22 years to the N. C. Forest
Service.
Lundy beg.an working with the
forest .si'i-viee in .May, 1945, as a
towcrmaii and sinokrcha-se.r.
When he first .'.tarted work, he
operated the old wooden tower
and cheeked .'moko.s in hi.s car.
The steel tower w.as later erect
ed and Lundy has operated it
evei-y since.
Lundy is married and has 0
I by Pamlico Power and Light
j Company, was tiamage to two
jof four main lino.s crossing the
Inland Waterway at Coinjock.
That line wa.s put into sei'i'ice
bust June, a new llO.OOO-volt
line which Vepco officials pro
claimed would serve th'S are,a
credibly and adequately for
■many years to come.
But already lliero have been
two major failures, both over
W'ater. ThI.s first occurred in
January, when one of the cables
.'panning Currituck Souml broke.
A coinmemkitilo job of repairing
the break was made during dif
ficult wo.aUicr conditions. It was
•some weeks later that perma
nent repair was ai-complished,
and at that time cii'-rcnt was
again out for several houi’S.
The break Thur.sday mwaiing
was attributed to the boom of
a crane on a vessel preceding
through the inland wnlei-way,
which x'xcecded the allowable
METHODIST APPOINTMENTS
MADE AT CONFERENCE
HELD IN GOLDSBORO
children. He is the pre.acher at .
the Holiness Church in Mami.s |,,
Harbor, lln his spore time, | Whitfield, manager
Lundy likes to tend to his gai--;”f Munteo office, sai-d that
den and fish. He and his wife,'"’;', structures the
Jlamie, presently live at East ^00 loot high, but
Lake; but they plan to move to l‘”’t uncertain how rgh
the cables actually were above
the water table. It i.s presumed
however, tliat they must have
been seme 150 feet.
During the outage, Fome areas
of the Dare Beaches were
provided p.avtinl service through
the Kitty Hawk booster plants
The Methodist North Carolina
Mann.s Harbor some time this
summer.
When asked about his most
thrilling moment, Lund.v .say.',
“It has to be the 1957 fire at
Stumpy Point.” The Stumpy
Tower opeiator was in the
hospital, so Lundy was trans- ' ^unteras Isl.'ind, the
, ,, lerred tnoi’o. llie fire burned ,Onnf ni-n cinvfni-
Annual Conference was held around the tower and c'Uich* iIt thoic was niao started.
last week in Gold^oro and the iu’lul^l" bi^za
^ and pushed the -'nmUe !Ji,r Corporation, an
away at the la.st mmulc Lundy , ^ j,, ^c.
.“av.s It .almost was the last
following aTiDointmenls wero
made in the Elizabeth City di.s-
tricl: Witsley Memorial. Co
lumbia, R. W. Jolin.son: Cohiin-
b’a Circuit, J. M. Saunders:
Crcswell, (fl. M. Hunnings; Cur
rituck, E. E. Whilcy; Hattei-as.
W. H. Burnside. Jr.; Kinnnkeet.
J. B. Jenkins; Kilty Hawk, H.
JI. Wilkinson; Manteo, H. S,
Winberry; Moyock, J. M. Lewis;
Ocraeoke, T, II. House; Pilmoor
Memorial, fR. M. Smithson, Jr.;
Plymouth, C. W. Barbee; Rop
er. D. W. Gi'iffin; Stump.v
Point—Jtanns Harbor — East
Laks. W. J. Evans; Wanchese,
W. -N. Heggoy.
As.rigncd to Student Affaws
at N. C. Wesleyan College,
Rocky Mount, was J. B. Esk-
riflgo, formerly of Wanchese.
W. L. Barbee, formerly of
Stump.v Point, goes to Bethesda
in the Durlia;)) di.strict.
On the retired list are E. E.
Edmond, E. R. Mcekins and P.
M. Porter.
In the Groeiiyillc district:
IJcIhaven, F. G. Peterson;
In the CreonvillG district:
Mnttamii.skeet, Haywood
minuto.
tails to its custoinors. Capo
Halteras also sells to Ocraeoke
Electric Memherhip Coropora-
NAGS HEAD TOWN BOARD jtion, and jire.suniablv those
HEARS BUDGET REQUESTS Idii.sel.s :ilso were started on
' Thursday in an effort to sup
ply the .subscribers.
Ro:inike Island Residents
Furl her Troubled
For several weeks recently,
siib.'cribcr.s of Vepco in the
outlying areas of 'Roanoke Is- '
land have been inconvenienced
considetaibly and at great cx-
pen.so in some case.', by failure
of Vepco to supply adequate
service.
The nroblem arose when
Sec ELECTRIC, I’lige Four
The Nags Head Town Board
hold a special se.ssion on Jlc.n-
day, June 19 at 9 a.m. in the
Municipal Building. Adjourned
from their June 5 ineoting fer
the purpose of presenting and
approving the town budget for
19G7-(58, the meeting was at
tended by Conimissionoi’s C. G.
Bncklc; J. L. Newman; C. P.
Numiemaker and Dcwe.v L.
Hayman.
3’hc biidgot, as presented by
Mayor W. A. Williams, Jr., al
lows for a total increase cf al
most $15,000, with no increase
in tax rale, which is now set at
05 cents on each $100, according
to Mr.s. Rao 31. Brickhouso, town
clerk.
Co.st of administr.af ion will
increase from $16.789,9.5 to
L. §19,785; P.alicfi Depariment
Mart'll: Swan Quarter, R. C. from §10.120 to §10,850; Main-
(llamilton, Jr. See BOARD, Page Eight
DARE COUNTY A WELCOME
SIGHT AFTER EXOTIC-
BANGKOK IN THAILAND
NEW WELFARE BOARD MEMBER TAKES OATH
aej
A NEW 3IE3IBER of the. Dare County Board of Welfare is
Mrs. i3Iaxine Evans of Kitty Hawk, shown here as she was sworn
into office by C. S. Meekins, clerk of superior court at the court
house .last week. 3Ii‘s.„ Evans replaces Mr.s. Grace Hooper of
Stumpy Point oii the Board. (Aycock Brow'n photo)
Arriving back in Dare County
recently, Mr.s. Lawrence Swain
has been vi.siting her daughter,
Mrs. Thomas Jordan, in Na.gs
Head and plans to make her
home once again in Manteo after
living for five months in Bang
kok, Thailand. 3Irs. Swain, who
went to Thailaml to be in an'
area nearby to Viet Nam, where
her husband is stationed, found
the city of Ban,gkok beautiful
and full of interesting and ex
otic sights, but decidedly lack
ing in the niceties of cleanliness
and sanitation. When slie arrived
there the 25th of January, she
found it necessarj' lo use two
air coiuiitioncrs and three elec
tric fans. When she left on Jtinc
10, she said, the temperature was
little changed, although the
rainy sea.son had stsirtod and
would last until November.
Despite nmiors of snakes in
the houses in Thailand. 31r.s.
Swain said they had no snakes
in the houses in the area in
which she lived. However, they
did have .'mall, friendly, gray
lizards that ehiinied like binis
ami were called “chinchucks”.
Even so far aw'ay from Roa
noke Island, Mrs. Swain found
‘familiar faces. Lt. Col, (UiSAF)
Aubrey Roger of Manteo is sta
tioned there, and Paul Akers
(US3ICR) of Kitty Hawk, sen'-
ing in Viet Nam, was there
•briefly. Mr. Swain, located near
Saigon, recently suffered three
broken ribs and a number of
bruises in an automobile acci;
dent, according to Sirs. Swain. >