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c-'i,: David Stick ' Kitty Hav/k, N,C, 27949 8-21-^68 SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS THE COASTLAND TIMES MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO, N. C. 27954 NOT TO INDIVIDUALS 'Fourteen Pages in Two Sections WITH WHICH IS COMBINED THE PILOT AND HERALD OP BELHAVEN AND SWAN QUARTER PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OP THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLLINA Pages One through Eight VOLUME XXXIII — NO. 14 MANTEO. N. C. 27954, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1967. Single Copy 10^ DARE SETS FEDERAL LAND FOR USE BY UNIVERSITY .The Federal Aviation AIniin- istration has released to Dare . .county about 88 acres of Man- .te'o^ Airport lands for eventual use-as a site for an extension school, operated by Eastern I Carolina University of Green- ville. The FAA released the lands —in' two' parcels—to Dare cpunty,. Tuesday. • County Attorney Wallace H. . McCown said transfer of the lands to ECU had not been com pleted, but this action is ex pected soon. He said ECU had - been waiting for the transfer of (the lands from the FAA to the county and that there would be .no delay in the university's ac ceptance of the property. It was understood .any action by the university also would have to be approved by high state of- , ..ficials, including the governor. '■ f , During negotiations for even tual use of th^^land, the uni- v.versity stresse^lite' use a-s a site ' . .7for a marine 'studies school. It -.-..is possible, however, that other studies would be furthered here. . S-These include aviation studies .,^.;arid possibly pilot training, t.' The lands consist of 47 acres adjacent to the 4-H camp oper— . at^ by the county and 41 acres adjacent to water south of the - airport hangar. The land deeded . by FAA to the county originally was set aside for airport use , during World War II. The transfer was approved only aft er a land-use study had been ^ completed. •t The FAA kept some strings on the acreage. It retained the right for aircraft to fly over , the land, restricted the height "of any buildings to 54 feet, prohibited any use that would constitute an airport hazard, ...and decreed that the lands be ..used for educational purposes. .‘.The FAA said the conditions Vmust ^be accepted within 18 ’ inonths or the lands would -. ‘'iweTt to the federal agenoy. jVi In turn. Dare County imposed '.the same restrictions on the .‘eventual transfer of the acre- "age to ECU. The county also said it .would continue to oper ate the. 4-H camp without regpird '.to - its possible new neighbors. BOARD MEMBERS IN DARE FAIRED WELL IN SUMMER Averag* More Than $1000 Monthly Pay for Per Diem, Exponses 0. Dare County taxpayers paid their commissioners an average of more than $1000 monthly '^.cumulatively during the sum- ' mer, ih' addition to other ex penses in connection with op- RED CROSS SEEKS TO RAISE $1495 DURING OCTOBER Dare County Drive Underway; Many RC Activities Re called by Hume A drive for $1495 to support Red Cross activities is under way oh a county-wide basis in Dare, accoi-ding to Joseph C. Hume of Nags Head, chairman. It will continue through Oct ober. ' Citing reasons why Dare Countians should respond gon- crously, Hume cited several areas in which the agency ha'i oper.ated, including: •Consumption of 108 pints of blood for transfu.cions to D.arc residents from May through August. •Fifteen service calls since July, handled tlirough Mrs. Edna Cuthrell, ranging from messages to hard-to-locate, servicemen, to death calls, •Swimming instructions of fered at Hatteras; first aid courses at Hatteras in which nine participated. Ml'S. Virginia Brantley, of Kill Devil Hills and Mrs. Linda Sawyer of Manteo are serving as co-chairman of the fund-rais ing drive, according to Hume. ■ Mrs. Brantley has named the following as community chair- nien and they will have other workens serving with them in the canvass HATTERAS: Mrs. Ernal Poster. FRISCO: Ml'S. Jesse B. Tol- son. i BUXTON: Mrs. T. Boyd Gray. AVON: Mrs. Veda Merrill. SALVO: Mrs. Jean Hooper. WAVES: Mrs. Asa Gi-ay, Jr. RODANTHE: Mrs. Nora See RED CROSS, Page Three COMMISSIONERS SAY DARE KEEPS ALL PRECINCTS Hire Building Inspector; Form ally Adopt Ambulance Orclinance Dare County Commissioners tills week turned thumbs down on the suggestion that three voting precincts be incorporated with larger nearby boxes. At .stal:e were Duck, Frisco and Mashoe.s, suggested by the board of elections along with request for appi-oval of loose- leaf voter rcgi.stration sy.steni. The plan, a.s anncunced some weeks ago, met with sti-oiig opposition, particularly in Fri.s- co, and Inge Wick appeared be fore the lioanl Tuesday of this week, Wick ihfoi'mcd the beard that Frisco was “one of the fastest growing parts of the county.” A similar suggc.stion several years ago to abolish several voting precincts met with stiff opposition. No action was taken on the request to convert to loose-leaf registration. However, the mat ter was -tabled and will likely have the board's consideration within a few weeks. Mrs. Dorothy S. Gairison, cliairman of the elections board, had indicated cost of the 13- nrccinct system at $114 le.ss than with the 10, as it will stand. Building Inspector Walter Ballance of Wanchosc has been retained at $125 for ten days each month, plus 7 cents per mile travel, not to ex ceed $75. Balance will work in Tax Supei-visor Sheldon O' Neal's dcpart;ncnt. It has been estimated that “pickup” of property not no^y listed by property owners will pay Bal- lance's salary. For the first nine months of 1967, building permits totaling $1.1 million have been issued. Ballance is scheduled to begin October 15. Dragline Report A partial accounting of ex pense in operation of the coun- See BOARD, Page Three BURRUS RESIGNING FROM DARE BOARDS Calvin D. Burrus of Buxton, a member of the Dare County Boaid of Commi.ssioners since 1964, has informed felloav board members that he is resigning. He did so by telephone Mon day, but the formal written re signation was not acknowledged by the courthouse Thursday. Burrus also seiwos on the welfare board, a position which he also will depart. NEW STRUCTURE AT WAVES UNIQUE ADDITION TO NORFOLK & CAROLINA TELEPHONE SYSTEM eration of that office. This was i • despite the fact that some members were unable to attend meetings, particularly Cahnn D. Burrus of Buxton who was hard-pre.ssed for time during ' the bustling summer season. Burrus operates- busine.sscs in ' Buxton and on Ocracokc in > Hyde County. ‘ It appears from the ability of • the Dare County board to spend money and receive it too, that ‘there will be no problem in devouring the $17.000-p1ii8 bnd- ■ goted for oper.ntion of the bonr l ,,Jof commissioner.*!. Many citi- ■ zens have remarked that the ' wi.sest move the county could make, if the spending must con- tinuo spiraling upwaid, would be to employ first-class pro fessional management. That i procedure, it may be recalled, would mnke history in that . Dare would be the least-popu lated county in North Carolina under such a system. Dare County citizens have often wondered why, in the face of generous budgets for opera tion of the various county agencies, that it require ex- panditiures in such va.st amoi:nts for its governing board. This query Is not restricted to Dare .V. citizens, but has often been cd- dressed to this new.spapcr by nbn-resident property owners who pay the major taxes which j^pport the county's functions. Our frankest answer is free- See PAY, Page Three CAB WASH SATURDAY BY MEMBERS OF MYF -iA car wash will be conducted bjr members of the MYF of Bethany Methodist Church, Wancheae, aV the Midway Pure service station on Saturday, Ctetober 7, from 10 a.m. until fwe p.m. The price for a com- VX^te wash job, including clean- ^'iilf'''the inside of the car, will ht> $1.76. HYDE COUNTY NATIVE RECENTLY NAMED ASSISTANT TO DIRECTOR OF THE MINT ROY C. CAHOON, a native of Swa:i Qi:arter, was on Septem ber 22 named assistant to the director. Bureau of the Mint, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. Mint Director Eva Adams announced the appointment. He succeeds Kenneth M. Failor who retired after :no:-c than .30. years service. Failor's most recent position was that of executive director for the Joint Commission on the Coinage., As Chief of the Coin Man agement and Public Informa tion Division, Cahoon will work closely with the Federal Re serve Ba:iks a:id bra::chcs in cnrryi:ig out the Slint's coin distribution and coin forecast ing progi-ams. He will he in charge of the Flint's public in formation functions and will seive as liaison with Congres sional and executive offices. In addition, Cahoon will assume the post of Executive Director for the Joint Com:nission on the Coinage. Cahoon has solved with the Office of the Secretary, Trea sury Department, for the past 18 years. He came to the Treasury as an Administrative Assistant before serving in his TRAILER PARK PLAN REJECTED BY NAGS HEAD Hearing Set for October Will Air Another Con troversial Matter THE WAVES EXCHANGE BUILDING will contain part of the Norfolk & Carolina Tclcplionc & Telegraph Company’s Hatteras Island microwave sy.stcm for long distance ■ seivice scheduled to be put into operation in November of this year, and will also contain a local telephone system for the W.nves ai-ca whicli will become operational next -summer. The building is a one- design unit engineered to withstand 135 mile per hour witids and e.xtrome tidal condition-s. (Photo by Haskett) EXCHANGE BUILDING AT WAVES NEW HATTERAS ISLAND TELEPHONE FACILITIES OPERATIONAL SOON If installation proceeds ac cording to schedule, resiilcnts of Hatteras I'iland will he using now, high-grade, long line tele phone service by November of this year. Norfolk & Carolina Tele phone A Telegraph Company is currently in the process of im proving communications with the Outer Banks and the mainr land. The conversion to a mi crowave radio .svstem will oost approximately $350,000, accord ing to company officials. Use of microwave will elimi nate open lines for long dis tance service which will result tion with virtually no fading^ Heretofore, .the open line.s strong from poles were_^ subject to transmission failure due to effects of salt air and were constantly vulnerable to high winds. In connection with the conr version, a hew exchange build ing has been constructed at Waves and the old exchange at Buxton has been more than doubled in size to accommodate equipment used in the radio and additional telephone systems. Local telephone service will be renilcred by way of the Waves in a higher quality communica- See TELEPHONE!, Page Three The proposal to construct a trailer park along the cau.sc- way loading to Manteo from Nogs Head was turned down Wednesday. The matter was .subject of a public hcari:ig at the town hall attended by some 15 narties who heard the argu ments. The board of adjustments, the body with jurisdiction in requests not conforTni:ig with zoning rcgul.ations, voted unani mously Wcd!:oEday night to deny the request. Julian Oncto, chairma:i of the boartl of adjustments, stat',;d that the concensus regarding the mobile homo paik was fav'- orablc, but the qi:cslion of loca- tio.n was of jjrinie consideratio::. Robert Ga:ncl, manager of Big Chief Bait Center, Iiad pre sented the proposal for ern- struetion of the park according to the town’s regulations. The location, however, was not zoned for that typo operation. 'Ganicl told those present that ho hml many requc.sts during the past sc.ason for such facili ties. He prcposctl to liegin with facilities for 16, to eventually expand to accommodate 150. Hs further had proposed to fence the property for a distance of 1900 feet. South N. H. Zoning Another hearing is scheduled for the town hall on Monday, October 9 at 10 a.m., at which time an application for con struction of several two-family dwellings will be considered. The area in question is on the old .Oregon Inlet road, an area currently zoned for single-fam ily quarters. Many residents. See HEARING, Page Three most recent position as a Public linformation Specialist ::i the Treasmy’s Office of Informa tion. Prior .to his Treasury scivicc, Cahoon held adminis trative posts with the Agricul tural Adjustment Administra tion in North Carolina and the Department of Agriculture in Wa.shi::gton, D. C. Cahoon, 47, was born in Sw.a:i Quarter, whore he received his early education. He is a gradu ate of King’s Business College and attended the American University in Washington, D. C. He was in the U. S, Army Air Force fro:n July, 1912 to January, 1946, serving in the European Theater of Opera tions in England and France. He is marriwi to the former Anna Marie IHetchko of Wheel ing, V/. Va. The.v have two sons, Craig and Chris, and re side in Falls Church, Va. Cahoon is the son of Mrs. Laura B. Cahoon ' of Swan Quarter, and the late Clifton C. Cahoon. 5 SEEK TOWN COP JOB. SELECTION PROBABLE OCT. 11 AIDS STRUGGLE FOR BAND cants Town Clerk Juanita Paidcer .sail Thu:-sday five i)Q:sons have applied for the job of Manteo town policeman. Tlie jc'b lias bco:i vacant since Sept. 26 whe:: C. C. Duvall re signed to resume his profession ns a seaman. The tow:i boa:'d is expected to pick Duvall's successor at its regular :necting, Oct. 11. A :nceting of the threc-mem- ber ljoa:'d was a;'rangcd for Sep- tonibor 30 but St:-ect Co:n:nis- sioner Woodson B. Fea:'ing II :nudc the o::Iy api)ear:incc. Oth er :nembe:'.s are Police Commis sioner A. McCoy Tilletl, Jr., and Water Com:nissio:ier Ca:dis!e N. Davis. Mayor Sam E. Midgett does not have a vole except to b:’eal a tie when a quorum of two is presc::t. Mrs. Parker said the latest applicants are Jlelvin G. Owens of Churdies Island and fo:'morly of Hoi-tford, and E. W. Farr, Ji'., Norfolk, Va. Other appli cants were Jack Burrus, Ken Whittington, and Roger Shann on, all of Slantco. Osve:is’ application . showed he had been in law e::forcement work for. 23 years, includi::g eiglit yca:'s as sheriff of Per- qui:nans county. Fa:T listed nine years’ ex- pe:-ience with the Georgia State Patrol, and 11 years as a police- :nan in No:'folk, a job lie now holds. Whittington is the only other applicant with experience. He was the Manteo policeman for seven months during 1965. He said he quit at that time for “iponcy reasons only.” He is 28, a former member of the National Guard, and opei-ates ai taxi.T He said he wanted the job as security for his three cliildrcn and himself, and be cause “the town needs a police man during the day as well as during the niglit.” He said that when he held the job previously, he worked both day and night. Wliittinglon said that if se lected for the job, lie would afford police protection at streets near scliools. He said the “kids need protection, es pecially at street crossings.” Burrus is ah uncle of Com missioner Tillott, and Shannon works for a local dairy. GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Andy Griffith Again Demonstrates His Inter est in Promoting and Developing the Coast- land As First Shipment of instruments to Equip 35-Member Band Arrives Tuesday for Manteo High School. WASHINGTON F. BAUM DIED AT 91 WEDNESDAY HATTERAS HOMECO.MING SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15 The Hatteras Methodist Church will have its homecom ing Sunday, October 15, 1967, with the Rev. Hobart Burnsides bringing the 11 o’clock message. A get-tegether dinner will be served for old friends and relations, on the community grounds. WASHINGTON FRANKLIN BAUM, 91, former judge of re corder’s court in Dare County and retired businessman, died while enroute to a hospital af ter suffering a .stroke Wednes day afterooon. Time of death was said 5:67 p.m. A native of.Wanchese, he had made his home at Manteo for 70 years. He was a former chair man of the county board of Comissionors, elected in 1924 and seiwing through 1928. At that time he was appointed to tlie recorder’s court judge post following resignation of Dewey L. Hayman. He retained the judge’s position until 1962, when he lost out in a four-way race See JUDGE, Page Three Santa paid an early visit ,to JIanteo this week—not to see wlio was being good but ,to bring part of a great big pre sent. At Ie.ast that has been the feeling at JIantco 'High School since 1 p.m. Tue.sday afternoon when several largo packages were delivered from a Chicago firm. Contents of the boxes re vealed twenty bright, shiiny, new band instruments, four coronets, six clarinets, three trombones, four saxaphones, and tiiree flutc.s—twenty all totaled. The bill of lading noted that the shipper-giver was Andy Griffith Eenlerjirises of Hollywood, California. Both pi'incipal John L. Rob erson and band leader W. E. Simpson expressed “It’s likq Christmas” and “there is more coming.” Simp^f'o .says that word from Andy Griffith Enteriiriscs li.sts the following to be shipped from another firm this month; a bass horn (tuba), baritone .saxaphone, French horns, alto horn, bass trombone, baritone horn, piccolo, and bell lyre. The beginning of this wind fall began this summer so the story goes when Andy Griffith, TV and movie star, who main tains an away-from-it-all home near Manteo, learned of Jlan- teo High’s band problems. He contacted band instroctor Simp son who works avith the Park SeiVice at Fort Raleigh in the rummer, to determine the in struments needed for a thirty- five member band. Griffith, owner of Andy Grif fith Enterjirises, has been promoting the coast since , he and Ills wife, Barbara were in the Lost Colony-she as Eleanor- Sec BAND, Page Three BEGINNING THURSDAY THIRTY-SEVEN TEAMS SET TO VIE IN NAGS HEAD TOURNEY By AYCOCK BROWN Thirty-seven teams from six states and the District of Co lumbia are scheduled to com pete in the 17th annual invita tional Nags Head Surf Fishing Tournament here on October 12-14, it was announced today by Joe Hume, president of the siKMisoring Nags Head Surf Fishing Club. The challengers this year will be the Dare Beaches Surfside SLx team which won first place MEMORIAL DEDICATED TO LATE GEORGE HALE QUIDLEY MANTEO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT BODY kttended the dedication of the pavement, adjacent walks and flower garden at the flagpole'Friday afternoon.' Photo shows members of the Manteo Boy Scouts raising Bie flag. Manteo Lions Club had furnished the manual labor in creating the memorial to the late George Hale Quidley (inset) who had served as janitor of the school from the time it was built until his death nearly four years ago. The dedication program in cluded scripture reading by Student Council President Susan Oncto; a prayer by the council Vice-President Mike Beacham; a welcome by Board of Education Chairman Jack;Cahoon; ^re- marks by R. O. Ballance and Jarry Cajioonj with a song by Phillip H.' Quidley. The Rev. "W/'S;' Broivn spoke the benediction and the flag presentation was by, Louis Midgett. '" Sophmorc students, Della Stoutenburg and John Wilson are credited with the artwork bn Uie Dedication program. (Aycock Brown photo) last year. The six anglers of Surfside Si.x was one of the newest clubs of the Association of Surf Angling Clubs, the organization which sanctions all’,’ surf fishing tournaments. Hume stated that the major^ ity of clubs sending teams to the tournament have competed during each of the 16 classics which have attracted national attention to Nags Head during the past 16 years. Teams will come from clubs in New Jcrscyj Delaware, Pennsylvania, Slary- land, Virgrinia, District of, Co lumbia and also North Caro lina. Teams scoring the greatest, number of points during the two days of team competion (Saturday the third day will ^ open individual) will rcr ceive the beautiful Champion- sliip Trophy presented to the sponsoring club by Harrj' W. Stelwagon, but it must be won three times or twice in succes sion for permanment posession. So far it has never -been per manently' won', although the name of the winning club team is engraved each year on the. unusual trophy. The top trophy is only one of many awartls and prizes that-' will be given to winning clut> teams and individuals.-Likcwi.se' beautiful and valuable awards' go to winners of the open in dividual phase of , the surf classic on the final day of the event. In addition to the regular team competion made up mostly of men, there will be a special woman’s division and some of the fishingest anglers attending past events here have been all women teams froriT^' this and other states. -There , are also special junior award prizes. * See TOURNEY, Page Three' SGT. GASKINS INJURED -1 -J ' -M HV!ii '1 Sgt. Victor L. Gaskins, with the U. S. -Army in Viet Nam, has beeninjured in comb^- duties, and is hospitalited with:~- a hip injipy, accordin^g to word?^^ received by his’- motheit, Mrs; David Tillett of Manteo. SgtT' Gaskins is also the son of David Gaskins of Florida.-
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