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Itl ■ r: Z> '^. I >■' SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS Twenty Pages in Three Sections VOLUME XXXIM — NO. 6 D^E BUSES TO OPEN LINE TO ENGELHARD SOON THE MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO, N. C. 27954 NOT TO INDIVIDUALS 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 MANTEO. N. C. 27954, FRIDAY, AUGUST II, 1967 ■MYFERS' OF KITTY HAWK GET MANY APPRECIATIVE WORDS .Local Company Gets, Franchise To Serve Eastern Mainland 0 The Virginia Dare Tran sportation Co., Inc., expects to “ '■* start passenger bus service from Manteo to -Engelhard by early September, according to Sam Midgelt, president of the line. - i ' ..TTic state ! utilities - commi.s- sioii .'recently granted Virginia Dare a franchi.sc to furnish bus service from Mantco to Manns . Harbor, Stumpy l^oint, and Engelhard. The company al- ready oi^eratcs mail service be tween Manteo and Stumpy Point. Midgelt .said the bus sei-vicc would start ju.st as soon as the line could get the necessary ,,n equipment. He said a bus cap- able of carrying seven or eight passengers plus mail for Manns Harbor and Stumpy Point could ^ be necessary. He j)redictcd the equijjmcnt would be available early in September. The com mission’s approval of the lino will permit its operation at any time. Virginia Dare presently makes two mail trips daily to Manns Harbor and Stumpy Point. Midgett said it woud be • ' -aisimplc matter to extend the ; line from Stumpy Point to , -'.Engelhard. He said the line un doubtedly would .seek .a contract ..from the post office department to carry, mail to Engelhard. Virginia Dare already oper ates pa.sscngcr buses from Jlan- tco to Elizabeth City and Nor folk, a one-way trip of 113 ■ miles; and from Manteo to Hat- •teras, a one-way trip of 60, miles. The new line will cover 60 miles. ART SHOW SET NEXT WEEK ON ROANOKE ISLAND I^rl iki I#b1I THE iMYFERS, a group of young persons belonging to the Kitty Hawk Methodist Chui-ch, are members of the Methodist Youth Fellowship group, for which their initials stand. They have been touring the beach areas singing, as well as singing at the-Wednesday night Cliristian movie showing at the Old Coast Guard Station. Wednesday niglit was the last rcgularly-.scheduled perfoimance for the -Myfei-s, who sang religious and folk .songs every Wednesday evening following the showing of Cliristian movies on the beach. The Myfers, sang to some 500 persons on their last night. According to Rev. Hank Wilkinson, pastor of Kitty Hawk Ciuirch, the Myfers will not disband a."? a performing group this \yinter, but will continue to'tour .the area .upon request. Wilkin.soh said letters have been received from many parts of the country, as well as locally', praising the talents and the faith of these young people, and that, their efforts Imvo been onthu.siasticaliy received by all who have heard them. E.S.E.A. AWARDS PLANNING GRANT TO DARE SCHOOLS EXPANSION MAJOR GOAL OF CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP DRIVE The kick-off meeting for the 1967-68 'Membership Drive - of the Greater Nags TTead Cham ber of Commerce was held Mon day, August 7 at 8 a.m. in the John Yancey. The Dutch bi-oakfast was at tended by' chairmen of the vari- . ous committees connected witli the chamber drive. G. W. (Hill) Jones, who is spcarlieading the ^nember.ship campaign, was the keynote speaker for the event. The members also hearl from David Slick. DeUiilctl plans for the drive as well as information and other material was distvi- 1 buted to those present. Jones emphasized the im portance of the chamber’s need ’ for professional management, maintenance and funding. Expansion is the main theme of the chamber’s cuirent drive. This expansion can be obtain ed, according to Jones, through three major goals. The first goal, paid profes sional leadership, will make possible the other two, as well as many other advantages. It is impossible to obtain sy's- tematic growth, Jones said, without organized, trainee! lead ership at the helm. , For this reason, he further stated, the securing of a paid chamber director is prcrequi.site to the success of this arc.a’s busines.s growth. Through i)rofossional leader ship. Jones feels many things would be jjossible that are not now attainable, .among them,^ a longer period of tourist activity', per year. More activities and seiviccs on the Dare Beaches and the neighboring islands are a necessity if off-season busi ness and viitation is to be gen erated. Only through this incrcaml off-season busine.ss, Jones feels, wll the ai'ea be able to attain a maximum, sustained growth. The third major factor for which cliamber leaders aro striving in the current drive is .improved utilities. It is reason able to suppose, Jones insists, tliat utilities must be improved before the area can experience , a channeled growth. The chamber’s support and enthusiasm for expansion of the tourist season to include parts of the fall and spring is not a new idea, but has long been an ultimate goal of the organiza tion. . -A paid chamber of commerce director would also give this area a central promotion agen cy, ready at all times to send out infoi'mation, promote busi ness and recreation and keep constant check on tlie fluctua- ’» i|ons of the various phases of both business and governments See E.\PANS10N. Page Seven Plans for 1968 Marine Institute to Start Immedi ately Dare County Superintendent of Schools Seth Henderson and Mrs. Thelma Willkie, director of E.S.E.A. for the county', have jointly announced the awarding by the U. S. Office of Educa tion of a planning grant to the Dai-e County Board of Educa tion which will allow a Summer Marine Institute to be incorpor ator! into the school system here. The program, intended for .students involved in .secondary education, should bo in opera tion by the .summer of 1968, according to Mrs. Willkie. The grant is awanled under Title 3 of the Elementary- Secondary Education Act. The purpose of the project i.s to plan for the incorporation of an in novative marine program which will incronse tlie knowledge of high school students in the areas of fisheries research and speci.'il re.scarch in sound and ocean farming. The main concern of the ))ro- grom in the area of fishery re search would be an attack on the problems directly connect ed with those fisJi which fonn the chief supplies of food frojn tlie sea. 'This would also include shellfish. Students will be actively involved in imi)roving mclliods of fishing as well. In the area of sound and ocean fai-ming. students and counselors would explore the pos.sibilitios of develo|)ing and fanning vege tation for human consumption. Sec GRANT, Page Seven JUDGE BAUM HONORED WITH DINNER AS HE REACHES AGE OF 91 Judge Washington F. Baum was honored on August 3 with a dinner party given at the home of his son and daughter- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Balfour Baum, at Coquina Beach, hosts being Mr. and Mrs. Baum and Mr. .and Mi's. Nevin Wescott of Manteo, sou-iu-law and daugh ter. The birthday cake was iced in white andi'was topped with a largo .“91’’, and nine, pink candles. r ’ ' ' Attending the dinner in ad dition to the hosts and the honoroo ivere Mrs. Bessie Love of Wnnehose, another daugh ter of Mr. Baum; his grand- Scc JUDGE, Page Four PUBLIC INVITED TO DANIELS 24TH FAMILY REUNION Slelvin R. Daniels, Dare County Register of Deeds, pro gram chairman for the annual Daniels family reunion has said that the family' wishes to imite all persons of the area to at tend Uie event, whether mem bers of or connected with the Daniels family or not. Daniels say's there will be free icc cre.am for all, and that the family will furnish ice water and picnic tables and benches for all attending. He urges any interosted members of the community to bring a picnic basket and join the See REUNION, Page Seven Copies of John White Draw ings To Be On Exhibit at Event Bearing His Name Excellent walercolor copies of Governor John White’s paint- in.gs, on loan from the North Carolina Collection at the Uni versity Library' in Chapel Hill, .vi 1 be the featured exhibit in this summer’s ,lohn While Art Show, held on Roanoke Island on Augu.st 18, 10, and 20. Paint ed by the first .'\nglo-.‘\nierican artist, who was also the gover nor of the famed “Lost Colony" •’lid grandfathor of Virginia Dare, the John White water- colors are rare copies of the originals, which are now in the Rrilish Museum in London. Thc.se paintings arc of great historical and local interest, for most of the drawings wore done on and around Roanoke Island in the 1680’s, All area professional and non professional artiists who would like to e.\hibit any four of their works—in any medir|~shoutd contact Bill Long, Jr., for reg istration; nhone 473-2501. Art ists should bring their works to the Lost Colony' Building, next to the Elizabethan Garden, after OiOO on August 18, and should pick up their works there on August 20 or 21. There M'ill bo no prizes given, but there is no commission charged on the sale of the works. The John White Art Show, now in its fifth .season, will ho open from 1:00 until 6:00 each afternoon, Friday through Sun day; and all local residents and visitors are encouraged to at tend. CEREMONIES WILL HONOR THE, LATE .'SKIPPER' BELL Single, Copy I0f ,;„ DARE OFFICIALS VOTE $8,750 FOR . CITY WATERFRONT Board Feels Mapteo. Deserves, He!p-ln Harbor Irn- provemenf THREE MAGIC SEA HORSES AND AN INGENUE •MAD’ YOUTH WHO KICKED OFFICER FINED HEAVILY The Dare County boaitl "of commissioiK'r.s appropriau'd S8,- 750 for iinprovi-meiit and devel opment of the I'.arbar at Alan- teo at its regular meetiiig early this week. The money will be uspd to • cai'i'j' on a joi.'it project b.v, their hoard and thd ^Tbwn.-and aided • by local ihtcrc.sts' and" civic organizatioD.s, specifically the l.ions Club. Dr W. \V. Harvey, Jr., foiin- er ma.vor of Mc.otoo, .said the town has aiii'iivipriated $17,606.- 40 during the ])!isl five years for harbor dovclojimcnt and im provement, He s.'iid the town budget contains a $1,700 item each year for the .same purpose. He noted that d'jring the past 15 years the county has coii- fributed only minim.al aid to the town in furtherance of the pro ject. Hai'vey, now vice chairman of the county board, said the com- misioners felt that the town by its actions in spending for improvement and (levclo7)ment of its harbor facilities had earned sui)port from the coun ty'. 'He said that in the jjast the comity had contributed fuP'.is. many times the amount award ed to Jlantoo for improvement of harboi'.s at. Halieras and Stumpy Hoint, other Dai-e County ports. Han'cy noted that Manteo harbor handles more tonnage than any other port in the county while lacking the exce'- lont facilities of Hattcras and Stumpy Point. JIantoo’s current mayor, Sam Midgelt, said waterfront im provement “is Eoincthing we’ve •Sec FUNDS, Page Four .-tit’-. KILL DEVIL HILLS GARBAGE TRUCK FINALLY ARRIVES iTa'iAcV-'A Mayor Pro Tern Thcodoro R. Wood presided over the Kill Devil Hills town board meeting August 8 in the absence of May or Thomas Briggs, who w.as unable to attend because of ill ness. Comissioner C. T. Griffin moved that the town employ Lawrence Noyes, a CPA from Edenton, for the purpose of aud iting the towTi books. This mo tion was .seconded bj' Mrs. Diane St. Clair. E. V. Melson was appointed by the board to study and make rccommedations conceniing the purchase and erection of addi tional street lights for Kill Devil Hills, especialy in the area back of 158-By-Pass. It was agreed by the board that the amount of illumination in the town should be increased. It was reported that the neiv garbage truck, ordered in June, had been delivered August 5, and that the truck -was put in to operation by afternoon on August 6. ' •: - O)mmis.sioners present in ad dition to Wood wore Mrs. Diane St. Clair, E. V. Melson, C. T. Griffin and Ernest E. Rogers. DELMARLENE LIFE, SUSAN PALMER, MARTHA BROWN and Nancy Kenestrick, (left to right) rehearse their roles in the first public production of the Lost Colony Playci-s’ current season. The play, an original children’s fantasy with music, was written by Pat Kelly Gilbreath, Greensboro, who portrays Eleanor Dare in the Roanoke Island drama, 'ilrs. Kenestrick, who is from Greensboro also, will enact the leading role of Rodanthe in the show, “A Song Is A Blue Fish.” Misses Lipe, Palmer and Brown are from Glen Allen, Va., Washington, D. C. and Sliami, Fla., respectively. “A Song Is A Blue Fish” a play with music for children, will he prcsentcl August 12 by the Lost Colony Playei-s. The production will be staged in the Lost Colony Activity Center at 10:31) a.m. A repeat nertormance will be given August 19. The play is directed by Jay Brooks. Salisbury, who is com pany manager of the Lo.st Colony, as w'ell as assistant to the general manager. Characters are Rodanthe, played by Nancy Kenestrick; Captain Waves, Ricliard Parks; iBlackbcartl, the Pirate, Steve Presnell and “Old Dear”, a talking horse ivho dances, played by Thomas Hull. No scats will be reserved and admission may be paid at the door. Cost for children will 'be $.50; adults, $.75. Judge Also Showed Little Sym pathy For Speeders, Drinkers Edward Bnscom Hawks, a Chesapeake, Va., youtli who ob jected violently to legal resti-aint the night of July 28, paid heav ily in District Court Friday at the steiu insistance of Judge Fentress HoiT.er. Hawks, who said he had work ed all summer in the shipyards and needed a vacation before the football .season started, got into trouble by drivitig a motor cycle without lights at a high rate of speed along the center line of the beach road. lie said he had consumed “a few beers" at the Nags Head Casino before he began his unlighted trek along the highway. S. H. Lassiter of the high way patrol arrested Hawks for reckless driving and..took him to the Dare County sheriff’s off ice in Manteo. There he en countered Magistrate Ralph Swain who signed the warrant charging Hawks. Hawks object ed, swung at Lassiter, kicked his shins, broke his glasses, and then lunged at Swain who shoved a chair in front of the husky youth. By this time Lassiter had his slapjack in action and with the tin I'd blow knocked Hawks to the floor, wrecking the youth’s desire to fight. Hawk pled guilty to I'cckles.s driving and to destruction of Lassiter's glasses and to lam- ago to luniiture in the sheriff’s office. Hawk’s f:ither iiiterocded for the defendant, said the youth was on'y 17, announced his be lief that Lassiter and Swain "had been very kind" to the boy, and asked for a reduction in the charge. The judge lioard the boy say he .swung at Lassiter because he was “mad at myself,” and that he drove an unlighted ve hicle dow'n the center of a busy highway at 10:30 p.m. “because I was scared.” Horner let the original charge stand and fined him $100 and costs and ordered him to pay La-ssiter $50 for repair of the glasses and $10 for damage to the sheriff’s furniture. Vickie Leon Glover, 18, Blar- garettesville, showed up a -week late to ans'wer a charge of .stealing 24 bottles of soft drink from a beach fishing pier. He said his lateness stemmed from the fact his wife had a baby and he wanted to be with her. The sockless boy also commented on his worry over the effect his action would have on his use of a scholarship to Chowan College. The judge said he should have been thinking about possible re percussions when he and Jimmv Wayne Collier of Conway swip- See COURT, Page Four ALBERT Q. “SKIPPER’’ BELL, whose memony will be honored at the unveiling of a bronze pl.nque in Wnteisidc- Theatre Sunday, .'i^ugust 20. Bell died September 11, 1964, after sciving us theatre manager during most of the 24 years "The Lost Colony” was presonted between July 4, ItST and the time of his dtatli. Bell supen'ised the bui’ding 'of the theatre on the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site in 1936 and 1937, ho rebuilt and refui-ni.s'hed it in 1946 when Uio piny resumed after lour years of darkness during World War II, he rebuilt it agnin after a fire in 1947, and i-cdc.signed and rebuilt it m its present form ufrer the ravages of Hurricane Donn:> in 1960. The brief ceremonies are. ceremonies scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. and are being arranged by a committee compo.'ed of Mi's. Marjaleno Thoma.s, chairman; Mrs. J. Emmett Winslow, Mrs. Burwcll Evans, Mrs. Mabel Evans Jones, Thomiis W. jMorse and John W. Fox. Mrs. Fred W. Jloi-rison. chair man of tlie Roanoke Island Uls- lorical Association, and Morse, acting superintendent of the Na tional Park Scrtico facilities in this area, have invited the pub- j lie. and esuecia'ly friends of Mr. j Bell, to altond. Morse announced j that the admis.sion fee to thojl.^ , Fort Raleigh National Hi.storic j Site will lie waived for those | '• who identify the purpose of tiicir visit at the Pai'k Service K"' entrance station. Attention of those attending the memorial ceremonies is also called to the fifth annual John White Art Show, started by "Skipper” Bell, which will be held August 18, 19, and 20 in The Lost Colony Building next to the Elizabethan Carden on NEW SUPERINTENDENT AT CAPE HATTERAS NAGS Head board VOTES ON paving OF PLOVER STREET The ..Bo-ard of Commissioners, of Nags Head’ held their regular nVcoling Augu.st 7 at 9 a.m. in the town Iiall. Tlio group passed on several tax releases, heard reports of standing comniitliee.s and trans acted other routine town busi ness. Mayor W. A. Williams hoard a motion from Commissioner Dewey Hayman that the town pave Plover Street from 158 Business to loS Ky-Pa.ss if the State Highway Comnti.ssion will alter the existing traffic island on tho by-pass. This motion was seconded by C. G. Brickie and unanimously passed. Other business includctl a de-- cision to .sell a dump body from' a town dump track and a trat-• tor belonging to the town. These articles will be sold at public auction, tlie date of which will be set and publicized later. Commissioners J. L. Newman ami C. P. Nunemaker wore also present. irf- KITTRIDGE A. WING, 54, will become superintendent of the Cape Hatteras National Sea shore Aug. 26, according to i George B. Ilarlzog, Jr., dirertor j of the National Pai'k Service. ( Wing will succeed Karl Gil-, bert who was transferretl to the the Fort Raleigh .site. Admis- Park Service headquartei's at sion to this also will be free. The show will' be open from 1 until 6 p.m. DARE A.B.C. SALES !N JULY NEAR $100,000 Sales of alcoholic beverages during July indicate a continu ing influx of tourist.s some five percent above last year. Total sales through both stores dur ing bi-st TOontli were' $94,086.00. up $3,791.40 from the gross last July. FISH FRY S-ATURDAY A fish fry -will be sponsored bv the Roanoke Island Chanter of the Order of Eastern Star Saturday afternoon at five o’ clock at the Slasonic Hall in Manteo. Plates will be $1 each. The public is invited to attend. Washington early this year. In the interim, 'fhomas W. Morse was acting superintendent at the Cape Hatteras facility. Jlorse has been named super intendent of the Cape Lookout Seashore. Wing, a native of Cambridge, Mass., is a career employee of i NPS. He is a graduate cf Han'ard University with a degree in literature. Wing began working for NPS in 1952 as a park ranger at Bandolier National Monument, New Jlexico. Subsequently he served as superintendent of Fort Union National Monu ment, New Jlexico; superinten dent of San Juan National His toric Site, Puerto Rico; assvs- andoah National Park, Vir ginia; superintendent of Gettys- Scc TMNG, Page Four FORMER FIRST LADIES OF NORTH CAROLINA TO VISIT LOST COLONY The annual visit of Former First Ladies of North Carolina to “The Lost Coony” ouUloor I’.rama will take jilaco this week end. JIrs. Fred W. Monispn, producer of Paul Green’s play and chairman of tho spomsor-, ing Roanoke Island Historical jV-ssoci-ation, announced th a t f've of the wives of former Tar- Heel Goi'ornors have definitely', accepted invitations to attend and a sixth may also be pre.sciit.' "We will pre.=ent thesa graci ous ladies on tho stage of tlie Waterside Tltcalre before the Friday night performance, if the weather is favorable,” Sirs. Morrison said, “but their at tendance may be delayed until Saturday niglit”. Those who have definitely said they will attend are: Mrs. 0. 5Ia.\ Gardner of Shelby, MrgV J. C. B. Ehringhaus of Etienton, Mrs. J. Jlelviilo Broughton of Raleigh, JIrs. William B. Uni- slend of Durham, and Mrs. Luther •H'. Hodges of Chapel Hill. Also, hojiefully, Mrs. W." Kerr Scott of Haw River, wll' be with the group. Sirs. Terry Sanford of Fay etteville will be out of the, coun try and SIr.s. R. Gregg Cherry;- of Gastonia was a visitor to “Tlio Lost (Colony” earlier this summer. " The Former First Ladies' wijl be guests of Mrs; Morrison an'd her hu-sband, Dr. Fred W. Mor rison, at their cottage in Kill Devil Hills. i
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