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PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
Pages One through Six
VOLUME XXXIII — NO. 33
MANTEO, N.'C. 27954, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 16, 1968
Single Copy I Op
FISHING 'SHORT'
COURSE' SET FOR
HATTERAS in JUNE
I7tli Annual Event Again to.Be
Sponsored by-N. C.
r, State
The 17th annual Sport Fish
ing Short Course will be held at
Hattera.s—long regarded as a
paradise for sport fisherrnen—
June 16-21 by the Division of
Continuing Education at North
Carolina State University.
'Instructor.? will include Bill
Hassler of the Dapartrhent of
Zoology at NCSU: Jini Brown,
fisheries biologist of the N. C.
Department of Con.scrvation
and Development, Morchead
- City; Mark Sosin, outdoor wlt-
er, 'Highland Park, N. J.; Hal
Lyman, publisher of “The S'>li
Sportsman,’’ Boston, Mass, and
Hugh Fields, extension wildlife
specialist at NCSU.
'Manufacturer’.? representa
tives on the faculty will be
David Hughes, Zabcoo Product.?,
Greensboro; George McCormac,
Jr., Johnson Products, Concord;
Bill Long, The Shakespeare Co.,
Alexandria, Va.; and Bob Jlay,
.Kinney and Hambrick Co.,
Salem. Va. '
Advance registration is being
taken by Eugene Starnes, co
ordinator, Division of Continu
ing Education, Box 5125, Ra-
leigh, who has brochures on the
.^short course program available.
“Hatteras is'regarded as one
of the finest sport fishing lo
cales on the Atlantic Coast,’’
Starnes notes. “Located on
See COURSE, Page Five
ELEVEN CONTESTANTS
FOR "MISS DARE";
ENTRY STILL OPEN
Eleven contestants • had enter
ed the "Miss Dai-e County’’ con
test Wednesday of this week.
The pageant is scheduled to be
belli.April' 12 in the auditorium
'of the Manteo High Sclioo^'with
the^wipner to compete i)\.the
'’’.tkiiis .. North Carolina pageant
f’thig summer.
j. ■ . Applications for entry aie still
available''.to qualifying young
'^.iiulies from all areas of the
I county. Ja'ycee .IrVaync Walters,
i Manteo, ' may be coiitactoil for
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.Information and entry forms by
by writing him in'care of P. O.
Box 812, Manteo, or calling 473-
2012.
’ Stipulated in the rules of the
pageaiit are that tire entrant be
a resident of Dare County for
the past si.K nionth-s; be single
and never have been marrieil, di-
vbreed or had maniage andlled;
•be - a high school graduate
%3r September of this year; be of
good character and possess
p&ise, personality, intelligence,
charm and beauty of face .and
figure; that entrant’s age on the
opening day of the National
competition shall not be le.ss
than eighteen nor more than
twenty-eight year.?; and must
possess and display in a mini
mum of three minutes a talent
presentation (amateur or pro
fessional). The talent may be
singing, dancing, playing a mus
ical instrument, dramatic read
ing, art display, dress designing,
.creative poetry, writing, etc. or
may give a talk on the ca
reer she wishes to puieuc includ
ing, nursing, law, medicine, bus
iness, etc.
WOMAN’S CLUB GIFT HONORS FORMER LIBRARIAN
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MRS. DONNA F. TILLETT, |)resi(lent, Manteo Woman’s Club,
presented Mrs. Jean 'J’. Ward, Dare County Librarian with a
check foj- .$500 at the elul)’s tnont'hly meeting in Manteo Com
munity Building Tuesday night. The check, representing .some
of the profit.? from tlie club's sale of cook books was given
in honor of Mr.?. Georgia Hai-wood who for many years lisl)n-
gutshed herself as the ioc.nl librarian. The gift of $500 will lie
added to tiie fund for building a new Dare County Library in
Manteo on which oonslniction work is scliodiilcd to begin immod-
ijitely with completion date of early summer. (Aycock Brown
plioto)
BOARD ENDORSES CLEANUP
WEEK, LETS DOSS ROAM
The. Town Board turnevi its
attention Wedne^’dav to a G'’r-
den Club-insnircd “cleanup-fix
up’’ e.-'mijaign, e.xoonsion of
town limits, and dogi.
The board’-di-.t-iyiiated March
.ns cleanup week. This
coincides with tlie cleanup
period sugge.qtcd by a delega
tion of Garden Club membei-s
whicli met with tlic board. The
delegation included Mrs. Ken
neth Whitney, Mrs. Tom White,
Mrs. W. S. Brown, and JIrs.
Melvin Jackson
The delegation tdd the lioanl
that cooper.ntion of the town
and of liomcnwncrs was neces
sary if any cicianup was ac-
coniplishcd.
'flic board promised its co
operation and agreed to notify
certain enlizens that apprecia
tion would greet tlieir removal
of abandoned and jimltcd cars
from tlieir property and the
streets and the instollalion of’
racks for garba.go cans to p-c;
vent overturning. Tlie board
also told the delegation it
would ask citizens to clean the.
trasli from their yards.
Tlie board assured tlie dele
gation that the town would
furnish labor .and a' truck for
the removal of trash tlie pro
perty owner gathers for dis
posal.
Expansion of the town limits
was discussed, but no action
was takdi. Bcatd Chairman W.
B. Fearing, II s.aid expansion
Sec BOAKD, Page Five
"MISS DARE" ENTRY
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BANQUET HONORED
MANTEO REDSKIN
TEAM SATURDAY
Bill Murray and Other Notables
Attena Affair at Manteo
High. School
WHILE N. C. SHIVERS
DARE VISITORS FIND BRAZIL DELIGHTFUL
PLACE TO VISIT, WITH SUMMER IN JAN.
Mrs. Robert Atkinson of
Manteo and her sister, Miss
Natalie Etheridge of Norfol);.
’ Va., and Manteo have returned
from a month’s visit in Rio dc
Janeiro, with Captain and Mrs.
Keith M, Brown, who arc in
Braail with the U. S. ’Naval
Mission.
These North Carolini visitors
report Brazil a delightful place
vacation — the people ex
tremely friendly to visitors
from North America, and a
summer paradise in the middle
of our cold, Bub-freezin.g North
Carolina . weather. Swimming
was in older, and the travelers
brought back a healthy tan.
Among ether unexpected treats
were watermelons, figs and
other summer fruits which arc
in season now in South
America. Rio de Janeiro
abounds in good restaurants,
according to .Mrs. Atkinson.^
It w.as pre-camival .time
(some of the world’s greatest
carnival events) and among
those in the area were well
known international figures;
' many, prominent in Brazilian
.'aodety; the diplomatic corpi
others in authority.
^ Mrs, Atkinson and her sister
visited the imperial palaces,
Bimu Loaf moun
tain, the statue' of Christ on
Coicova-do, the botanical gar
dens, wliich tiiey describe as “a
tropical par.adi.se", the Iilara-
cana stadium (Iho largest soc
cer stadium in the world), na
tional )girks, rJiurches, yacht
clubs, zoC'logical girdons, flow
er stalls and other jicints of in-
tei-cst. They quot-'d the fact
that Rio dc Jrneiro i? raid to
have the iv.est beautiful harbor
in the woild. and one which
could harbor ail the fleets in
the world.
Among places vinited were
Br'izilia, the capi’^rl of Brazil
and other cities. They also en
joyed .sitting in on cl.-i-s.scs in
Portugese, for teacliing of the
language to E"n])n3.?y personnel.
DARE COMMISSIONERS
JAN. COMPENSATION
During the 'month of Janu
ary, Dare. County commission
ers drew the fcHowing amounts
for ner diem, travel and meals;
W.. S. White, chairman
$325 85
James W. Scarborough 126 51
Dr. AV. W. Ilarvcy 22 25
Fennel A. Tillett .... 128 61
William P. Dillon
Rondal K. Tillett
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MISS JUDri’H LEIGH JEN-
NETTE. daughter of 3fr. and
Mr.?. Junius Jcnneltc, Jr., of
Buxton is one of the young
Indies from Hatteras Island
vicing for the “Miss Dare
County’’ title in April. Miss
Jcniiette attended llsrdbarger’s
business school last year. In
19C6 she graduated from Cape
Hatteras High School where
she was n cheerleader, basket
ball player and was active in
many other extra-curiicuiar
pregrams. Sha would like to
further her education as a
boautician.
The Miss Dare County .- png-
ornt i.s sponsored by the. Dare
County Jaycees.
A banquet Saturday night ir
the Manteo High School hoiiorcc
local footba'l club for achieve
ments during the 1957-68 .school
year. The RedskinS' won the
East Tidewater Cpnfercncc
championship with a final record
of 8-1-1. - - ,
Master of cei’inonics Was Jack
Tillett. .Superintendent of school;.
Seth B. Henderson gnvp invo
cation followe([ by dinner serv
ed by students of Mrs.'''N. K
Fearing, Jr.’s honio economies
ela.?.?. ■ .
Rep. Archie Burnis welcomed
tho.se attending, recognizing Hit
team for its record and add-ng
his congratulations as 'did Rep.
Bill Roberson who .responded
with brief remarks. Sen Ashley
B. Fuirell talked of his early
days at Duke when ho and Bil
Muriay, speaker for the evening,
wore both in attendance there.
iMurray told of his accomplish
ments while a coach at Duke
as well as assignments before
going to tlie Blue Devil squad.
He tilled his program for the
affair as “What it takes to be
a football player." He stated
that while at Duke, youths came
to him wanting to play. He
would tell them what ho ex
pected; only one of ton would
pur.sue. ,
A standing ovatjon was ren
dered Muriay at the close of
his talk. Murray, sought heavily
as a .speaker in the .sports field,
came to Manteo at the request
of Sen. Ashley B. Futrell.
Coach Bartow Houston pre
sented members of the football
team with certificates stating
they wci'c champions during the
past season. Houston also gave
cretlit . to some of those ' who
aided him in many wa-ys daring
the, season.-.;Th'ey>jincluddd H- A-
Creef, J'r., who assisloQ coach
ing the boys; George Pearce,
as.5istant coach; Jeffrey Mid-
gett and Lionel S h a n n o nv
coaches of the Jayvoc. squad,
George Willoughby, who lined
the field each game; Wesley
Turnngo and The Coastlaiui
Times, for reporting and pub
lishing.
Following Houston’s pi-cscn-
tatiem of cei-tificates, individual
! awards were given. The most
outstanding offensive player
' award was awarded to a pair of i
Red.?kins: St. Clair Tillett and
Timmic Daniels. Most outstand-
defensive player trophy went to
Jay Buri-us. Robert hlidgette re
ceived the most outstanding
blocker awaixi and Bobby Hay
wood was cited with the most
improved player trophy. The
a 11-iniporlant S',>ort.snianship
trophy v.’as rccoivel by Buddy
Jennings.
Sen. Futrell was called upon
to present the most valuable
player award. He began by
briefly stating the i-esults of
several conversations with Rep.?.
Burrus and Roberson. They were
to give credit to the late A.
McCoy Tillett for his many
yeai’s of active support of the
local teams. It was decided to
jiresent a 12-year plaque to the
school honoring Tillett and to
present a trophy to the i-ecipi-
ent for permanent possession
this year in hopes that the
tradition will bo followed by in-
tercstcfl citizens.
Tlie ti-ophy was iircscntcd to
Sec BANQUET, Page Five
AMID FLOTSAM OF FABULOUS CARROLL A. DEERINS
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WHEELER BALLANCE of Hatteras was being photographed by WiPinm Ellis, a staff writer
of National Geographic Magazine Tuesday when this picliuo was made by Dare County 'rourist
Bureau News Director Aycock Brown. The wreckage, a few timbers and a rusty capstan, is all
that remains of the 5-masted schooner Carroll A. Deering which created such a mystery after she
foundered on Outci; Diamond Shoals off Cape Hatteras in the early 1920'b that she bccanis known
as a “ghostship.” There were no survivors, ami efforts to learn what may have happened to the
crow became an unsolved .mysteiy. After being blown up by the Coast Guard to keep the
vessel from becoming a menace to navigation, th'e bow seetion remained on Ocracoko Island beach
for several years until it was washed off by a luirricanc in the 19503 and fetched up in the surf
on Hatteras Island where Ballance. salvaged .same and made a tourist attraction of the limber.?
and a capstan in front of his place of business.
TO CONDUCT SERVICES,
OCRACOKE, FEB. 20-21
EMERGENCY JUDGE FIRM
IN DEALING OUT JUSTICE
There was a Superior Court
judge in Dare county last week,
tl^e likes of which ^are ■-few. lie
.'Was W. n. S.' Burgwyn, an
\ fotncrgency judg.', ifho presided
V 1 ’ ot 0 special criminal teini do-
j ^igned to eleaj- up a. backlog.
J y Judge Burgwyn apucared to
^d'enjoy referring to himself as
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REV. RALPH L. FLEMING,
JR., p.astor of Wostover Metho
dist Church, Raleigh, is sched
uled as guest speaker for Feb.
20 and 21 .at United Jlethodisl
Church, Ocracoko. “Man and
Community,’ a .social rclatio-ns
and concm-ns study, will be the
theme of message?, which will
include usage of filmstrip, and
talk.
Tuesday night’s progp-am will
be preceded by a “pclluck” sup
per from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
R-iv. Fleming is a native of
Greenville, whore he gmduatod
from high school, later racciv-
ing A.B. from Duke Univer-
.sily in 1951. He received his B.
D. from Duke Divinity School
iu 1954. D 'ring World AVar II,
Sec FLEMING, Pago Fiye
' I placed his age at S2. He s.^id
, I while silting under the. p’clure
■ (of Sir AA’alter Raleigh in the
courtroom that ho had “boon a
I judge for 30-odd yeai-s, a ,?olici-
;' tor for many years befoi-e he-
d ! ing a judge, and a lawyer be-
foie tin'll.’’
'.I Age was no handicap l-i
'Judge Btngwyn’s mental jiro-
I cesses. Ills verbal fencing from
! the bench was pithy and en-
i Icrtaining, his atalenicnts ca a
solid base more, often than not.
To some he appeared crusty, to
all he was a stern ilisciplinarian
and an impartial dispmser of
justice.
Durgwyn had firm convic
tions. 'He didn’t seem to care
for the makeup of the Supreme
Court of the United Slates. He
was against teen-agers marry
ing. He was again.st youngster?
in college, driving automebiles.
He I'eminded defendants often
of the slogan, “if you drink,
don’t drive; if you drive, don’t
drink,” Occasionally he was
somewhat more direct. He
would say: “if you get dnink,
don’t drive; if you tlrive, don’t
get diunk.”
A witness described a mag
num of champagne. "I’m an cl.I
man,” he said. “I never drank
chnmpagne but once in my
life.”
, ' He heard a case of n man
S«>e JUDGE. Page Five
RECIPIENTS OF INDIVIDUAL AWARDS AT FOOTBALL BANQUET
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SIX MEMBERS of the 1%7 Champion Redskins are shown with troiiliics awarded them at a ban
quet in honor'of Coach Bartow Houston and tho team. Pictured above are: (I to r) Jay Burrus,
outstanding defensive - flayer; Robert Slidgette, outstanding blocker; St. Clair Tillett and Tim-
mie Daniels, offensive player; Bobby Haywood, most improved; and Buddy Jennings, sportsmanship
award. Tillett also was recipient of the Most Valuable Player Award. All members of the team
90.59 were presented certificates noting them champions of the East Tidewater Conference.
DISTRICT JURY
NOT NEEDED IN
CIVIL SESSION
A jury to hear civil case.? in
district court was called Mon
day, but it ivas not used. There
wa? no business to co'.ne, before
it.
Of the nine cases scheduled,
three were continued and six
wound up in judgments granted
after out-of-court settlements
Two of the cases continued
involved divorces and the other
concerned a land dispute.
Under the now court, system,
civil district court is em
powered to handled cases in
volving $5,000 or less, and di.s-
trict judge.? may hear and
grant divorce.?.
The cases in which judg:nent
were grantwl were Cliff Mld-
gett vs. Mr, and Mrs. U. K'nt
Hanpcn; Bank of Curntuck vs.
D, A. Rogejs, Jr ; TiraeFinar.ee
Inc., vs. Charles H. Daniels and
Rosie M. Daniels; National
Cash Register' Co,, vs. R. M.
Coltrainc; Murray’s Steaks vs.
John Hudeiw.dtz and Phillys
Huderwitz; and Dorchester
Shipbuilding Corp. vs, James
AV. Griggs and Betty J. Griggs. 27, Rodanthc.
STATE PRESIDENT WILL
SPEAK PTA FOUNDERS DAY
HEART BALL NETS
NEARLY $1000 PAST
SATURDAY NIGHT
Goal for County Abouf^ Half-
Mof; Oti’.cr AcrlvIKcs
Underway
The .‘■•ec'jnd .•uimwil Dare
(’■ ,n‘.\ Il'-.'irt A - -f ■' fi B- >1'-
I'lt B'JI, Ir LI F b lu’. " !0, i-
with m-ji-ft Mif.t"’.?? tlu’.M i '?t
year, accor'iing to ’irs.' .Mnllh
Arth-tw;:, ball cba.rmrn, no‘-
tmg clr-'e to SlOeo.
'Two huntlrc-f .-'n'l fifty per-
.?on.? from throughruil the .'•oisn-.'
ty ea.d .'-•(■me frnm Curriliiel: et- .
tondmi the event I,"* I at. Hie
CarclLniart, Nags HceJ
ored gii'-'d wa'? .idi’S- AV. 1).
11 ■•liricr., I'xceu'i'ri; sei".'*aiy foi-
the,^Nr;iL!i ’C'i'oli).a Henct As-
) ociatio!', .‘f h'li :>'.nn. A mid
night b-.ffet breahf.!'* wti't
.ipfv(-;|. M'.?. .latm':: Kr.'';lil an.l
Mr.?. M Feaiing, Jr., aete.l an
chairmen frr the. phui;e cf the
(!\r-ning’.s event;'
Musi.- was pro”id';(! by the.
•Tnh'i.’ty D.iy either--*rr. D-'-ora-
ti-zti.-:, dr.:ig!’.fjd by Mr;. Willrtra
Norcra?:;, u".?i;d*d by AA'illi'.m
'farkiiigton and .Mis? Df.!!.? L'a?:
night, iV(!rj in tin; farm rf -el
ttl!o;)hane and libbcn hearts.
A special pvogrujn rcengjiiz-
ing members ..f the H-Jiirt As-
sotiadion' for their ptirt in the
■ .See BAI.L, Page Five
FOUNDERS DAY FOR
IvlANTEO SCHOOLS
PTA; FEBRUARY 26
The Alaiiteo Sthocls ' P.l'-A.
will have its FoutHler’s Ddy
celebration at its -nteeting on -
February 2'".lh in the, Elemen
tary School. A spw.i.il guest
for till.? occasion will be the
Stale President, Mr?. 'Kiley
Moiids of Hertford, w’o'o will
speak on contr’'iuticu.? PTA
has made ar 1 cn:t muU'’ in the
future. Al.?o all pan preside.".'-?' -
will bo honored at th'ia mcc.-''ic.:?,
This will tiiai'k tho f'’'! t t -nc
that a S'.ato Pr''::ideht hr? e"e.r ,
visitctl the Ma.nif.o PT.-\ ami it
is hoped that, every PTA •mem
ber as well r.s any o*i.h",r ci'ireri '
w'h.r) is interested i.n the cd’-ica- ,
tieji of cliildrwi .'vnJ youth wall
.'ittend.
During the racial hotir a.u cf-
foriitg will be received which'
v.'ill be II.“^^1 for extending par
ent-teacher scivicf.? throughout
tho eoun'.ry. ,, ,
MRS. RILEY JIONDS of Hert
ford, .sf''tc president of the
North Carclina Congres.? of
P.m-ents and J'cacheis, will be
true.sl speaker for the Manteo
School.? PTA Pounders Day
meeting on February 26.
Mr.i, Jlonci? is -a graduate of
UNC-G, with a major 'i:i Erg-
lish and history. Before in''r-
riage she taught in Marirn,
AVillianifton and Hertf'ord. She
and 5Ir. Mnnds hiivo adopted
twin boy.?, Price and Perry—
both now in college.
"ACRES or- BIG BLUES"
SEEN IN PAMLICO SOUND
Elmer Ballatice of Hatteras
said “acres of big bni'’f!.''h” were
in P.')mli'’o Scur.'.i Wiylncsday
betwof.n Oliver’.? Roof L'ght and
Hatteras Inlet.
To prove hi? point, ho dis
played a IS-iJOunder which he
cauglit with' n gaff. He .?aid ho
leaned down from his fishing
boat and pulled in the big fish.
Ivey Batten, ivho heads n ceni-
morcia! net crew during the
winter month.?, made a sot as
close to the inlet as possible.
He .said the catch included one
10-pound blue-fish, several nice
speckled trout, a puppy dram,
'ome shad, and some biack
drum
Batten said big blues seldom ■
appear inside ..the inlet. He said
sr.mo of ,tho old Hmei-s in the
.area said they were There for
a short' time some 30 or 40
years ago. ' ' ■'
BASE OF FAMED 'MIRLO' RESCUE
FORMER COAST GUARD STATION
BEING ACQUIRED FOR MUSEUM
Efforts of the .Rp;lnn*he-
Wavns-Salvo Civic As,?ocialion
to acquire the former Coast
Guard station in the nnrthcr-
mo.st Hatteras ls’:ind vllp g--
have movf?l one steji closer to
i-onlity. Tho organization ha?
recrived tentative at)i>roval, .a?
to p u r c h a.? c .avrangcmenls
thi-ough General Services Ad
ministration, which ag.-'ncy is
vested with respensibility of
di.?pasal.
Woedrow Edw.ards of \V-'ve?
appealed to Congresjxnan Wal
ter B. Jons.? scvcc-al w.'ek? ago,
anJ w'ith the help of Jontis,
Sens. Eivin, .Iordan and o'hers,
the G.S A. rgreed to relea'c the
buildings 'to the .assneiati-an
provided its goal cf c.stabli h-
ing a museum was successful,
with a minimal bid price.
Edwards indicalctl Uiat the
club eventually planned to ar
range through appropriate
state or federal agency, a plan
whereiby a , museum would bo
preserved for posterity. He-iiit
dicated that the club was seek
ing contributions to' that end,
which may be sent to P. 0. Box
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Another Phase
E'iwanls slated that acq’ii.w- .
tion cf the Imilding i.? just the
piiasi of the. club’.? objective.-
The quo.?lion of the projicrty
which was dreded for use by
the L’fe‘;aving San'ic', - fore-
!'umKr of the niodcm-day Coa?t
Guard, has nrisen. .As in the ’
c-ose of m-c.sl olhnv pioperiies .
involving Lifeb^-at s t a t j o n s
along ih.i cc'j.^t, the d'.ed
pi-ovide? th"t should the facility
no longer ba used f,ir such
purpones as origin.ally inteniedi
fh.at it would ravart to lisirs of '
orig’nrl owners.
Edwards cxprosscel hope that .
tl’.e heirs would cooperate in tlic •
movement to . e.?lablish ‘ the
niHsoum, and rclinqui.sh what-,_^
over interest in title to the land
that may reyert due to change ..
in status,of the station..,
. In order; t6= locate. deadend-' - =
ants of the principals involved f
in transfer of The prtJperty
arcund 1905,-Tho'p^aajzaiion; , ';’
^has ; retained -;DwjgH&^iVyhclcsfl^'^&^^
an" attorney associated ^
Martin'■Kellogg;-‘Jrirof‘'.hIantB3Tf'"^^"S:|
in an -effort to ■’"locate ' thoM
bee STATION, Page live
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