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V' David Stick Kill Devil'Hilis.N.b. 27948 8-2i-^/6S SEND RENEWAL * . OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS TIMES MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO, N. C. 27954 NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Twelve Peget In Two Sections. VOLUME XXXIII — NO. 38 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 Six MANTEO, N. C. 27954, FRIDAY, MARCH 22. 1968 Single Copy 10^ /SEVERAL FILE FOR OFFICE IN DARE ELECTION Commissioner Candidates White and Dillon Seek Four-Year Terms , Through Thuvsd-nv .nftemonn. a few more candidates had «ome forth to nav filing fee. including two incumbents on the board of commissionei’s and one board of education incum bent. W. Stanfoifl Whi^o of Manns ’Harbor, chairman of the com missioners .and feJlow bool'd member W. P. (Bill) Dillon of Cuxton, had filed for re-nomi- nntion to four-year tei-rns. Mrs. 'Nellie Peiry of Kitty Hawk .seeks a four-year term on the board of education from At lantic Township. From. Hatteras Island, Mrs. Catherine Henry Bunu.s of Buxton filed for the board of educat'on, which left one town ship still without a single per son seeking the office—Croat an —although a number of persons have been i-umorcd as possibili ties. The offices to be filled and those having .. filed - through Thursday afternoon are as fol lows: CROATAN T 0 W N .S 111 I P: Commissioner: W. Stanford White, incumbent; opposed M. P. (Phelpie) Edmondson, Domo- crat; and Elton Elroy Gard, Jr.,- Republican: board of education: . none. - ATLANTIC TOWNSHIP: Pennel A. Tillett, incumbent commissioner; and Mrs. Nellie Perry, incumbent board of education member, seel; re-elec tion as Democrats. No opno.si- tion from either party ha/l filed Thursday. HATTERAS ISLAND: W. P. (Bill) Dillon of Buxton, incum bent commissioner, ouposed bv Dan . Leary of Salvo, and Holmes.' Gaskins = of- Frisco, ‘Democrats; and Clavton Broth ers of Avon, Ufipublican. Only ' ONE board member will be named from Hatteras Island this year. James W. S:at bor ough of Avon, according to reli able information, will not seek re-ncmination. Boai-d of educa tion: 'Mrs. Catherine Henry Burrus. REPRESENTATIVE, N. C. Second House Distrirt; Seat No. See FILING, Pago Five THESE DARE BEAUTIES WILL VIE FOR 'MISS DARE COUNTY' TITLE ON APRIL 12 SPEEDERS FORM ■ BULK OF COURT CASES; MUST PAY SEVEN OF THE DOZEN OR JIORE girls who will compete in the Dare County Jaycec-sponsored beauty pageant on April 12 are shown in this photo by the lucky pliolographer Aycock Brown as he posed them late last week. Tlie winner will represent the county’at the Miss Nortli Carolina contest early in the summer. Shown above are Joyce Spencer of Manns Harbor, Judy Gallop of Wancheso, Patricia Peele of Hatteras, Maleta Ba.snett anl Judy Jennette of Buxton, Patricia Rogers *of Wanchose, and Ann MidgPtl of Mantoo. CHANNEL BASS REPORTED FROM HATTERAS INLET FATHER-DAUGHTER BANQUET DREW BIG j CROWD LAST WEEK A gathering estimated at 250 persons attended the father- daughter banquet culminating Girl Scout Week for the Manteo neighborhood. Held in the din ing hall of the Roanoke Island 4-H encampment last Saturday night the banque—meal, table- settings and decorations— were planned and e.xccuted by the girls with the help of theu’ adult leaders as tribute to their fathers. - After the dinner, girls of the Brownie, .lunior and - Cadette troops presented a pi-ogi-ain on the history and phases of girl scouting by means of recitation, skits and actions. There arc anproximatelv 110 girls in the M.antco neighbor hood, which is sponsovel by the Manteo Woman’s Club. 3Jrs. Jack Tillett is neighborhood chaiman and a troop leader. Other adult leaders ai-e Mrs. Carl Swaim, Mrs. Terry Rhodes. Mrs. C. P. Wrinbt. Mrs. John Korbacli, Mi's. Melvin Bouhnuli'’. Mrs. John Riley. Mr.s. V,’. W. Harvey. Mr.s. George L. Msnn. Mrs. Fi-ed Wescott, Mrs. James Byid, Ml'S. H. A. Creef, Jr.. Mi's. C. R Reynollds, Mrs. Jimmie Williams, Mrs. Donnie Daniels and Mrs. F. C. Payne. MANTEO WOMAN NOTES NINTIETH BIRTHDAY . Jack_ Harrison,' local rostau- rant owner, reported on Tues day tl'.at three unidentified anglers who had eat breakfast early, displayed- tlii'ce ’ channel bass they stated were taken v.'ith rod and real near Hat’^o’‘as Inlet during the jirevious night. “They wr"o largo fish and one was still alive wiien they .stopned bv .shortly after day break." said HaiTiaon. Proviou.sly, Donald Oden had ] reported three channel bass in the 20-poun:I class being caught, in a net near the. inlet several . days ago, and to sub.stantiato the fact that channel bass are now in Hatteras v.'atars was a report by commercial be'Jch fisheimen who had reported .seeing a large school of the big channel bass beyond the break ers on J.londay while they were hauling for rockfish. , Local sportsfishing progno.s- ticator.s wei-e predicting that if the weather remained as ,it was Tne.'day and Wednesday that channel bass n.'-liing should be a good bet dming the cur rent week end in Hatteras waters whore the rugged fight- Scc FISH, Page Four JIRS. LILLIE ETHERIDGE SWINDELL celcbiatcd her 90th birthday Friday, JIareh 15, at a party given by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wilson at their home in Manteo. ' -i Ice cream and orange, cake wc'o served to the approxi mately twenty-five people who attended. Door prize was won by Mrs. Beck Etheridge. Jlrs. Laura See BHITHDAY, Pago Four STATE PLANTS 15,000 BUSHELS OF OYSTERS IN DARE FOR 1969-70 CROP Slighty mere than 15,000 bushels of seed oysters were nlantcd in public waters of Dare county*.during •February,'' according to Ute DMsion ot y,--, Commercial fisheries of the dc- ' " AIRMAN FROM MANTEO ; ,NOW AT KEESLER AFB partment of Conservation and Dovclcpinont. The 19GS planting was the first in Dave’s public waters since 1959. The planting.^ consisted of about 6 GOO bushels in a , sog- j mont of Parched Corn Bay near ' Stumpy Point and about 8.G00 bushels near Half Moon Back at the southeast tip of Roanoke • Island. The seed oysters came from the Cedar Bush Bay state ! oyster management area in Croatan Sound near the south west tip cf Roanoke Island. Shells planted on the man agement area in 1965 by ihc division provided an excellent source of seed oysters. Division officials said seed oysters are small oysters taken from an area where fCAv oys ters grow to a marketable size and placed in an area whei-e they will. “We plant seed oysters in areas where oysters already are See OYSTERS, Page Two J".' FIRST FLIGHT SOCIETY BOARD MEETS IN ELIZABETH CITY TEENS FROM CHESAPEAKE PICKED UP IN NAGS HEAD Three teen-agers who ran away from their homes in Chesapeake. Vn., were nicked ur» in the Old Nags Head area Friday and turned over to their parents, according to Donovan F. Twyne, Nags Head iKslice chief. Twyne .said the mm wav' •■were a white bov, 1.1, a white girl. 13, and n Negro bov. 14. Twyne, Deputy Sheriff L. W. Beasley, and Chief Tom Dowdy of Kill Devil Hills apprehended the youngsters. They took them to the sheriff’s office and called thoir parents. Dow«dy said one ' of the youngsters said they came to the area for the opening cf a night spot. Later, Dowdy said, the youngsters said they wc,re on their way to the West, coast to "join the hippies in San Francisco." > I ‘',,_P -sr...’ X V A1R,MAN JOHN J. BECK, son of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Beck of Manteo, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has been assigned to the Air Force Technical 'fraining Cen ter at Kc.s,sler AFB, Miss., for specialized schooling as a com munications - electronics spe cialist. Aii'.man Beck attended Manteo High School. 'HYDE' STILL HARD AGROUND ON BAR IN OREGON INLET l(W MPH Traveler Anxious To Get Home; Iowan Says 1 "Speed Trap" John Willie Ham’s was so anxious to get his home in Fairfield recently that he traveled more than 100 mile per hour across the U m s t e a 1 Bridge and through Manns !Harbor. Deputy Sheriff .Sam Ple/lgcr .said Harris was going so fast that hi.s car failed to negotiate a curve in the. road four miles from Jlanns Harbor and came to rest on the roadside. Harris agreed in District Court Friday that Pledger’s testimony was correct. Upon his plea of guilty, Harris was sen- tenceil to 90 days in jail sus pended upon iiaymcnt of a fine of $100 and costs. Judge. W. S. Privott said the department of motor vehicle would pick up Harris’ drive’s permit. Russel Kure Boss of Cedar Falls, Iowa, pled guilty to traveling 65 miles per hour in a 55-inile zone near Buxton. Boss said his new car had over size tires and be “just didn’t realize” he was going that fast "in a speeil tj'ap.” He got 10 day.s in jail suspended upon payment of a fine of $10 and cost.s. Karl Stanley Stuplm of Hat- teias Island pled not guilty to a charge of traveling 88 miles per hour in a 5G-inile zone. He said he was “just out driving— seeing the island,” and didn’t realize that his small foreign c.ir hud attained as much speed as it did. He said there was no reason to drive as fast as State Trooper A. G. Wright clocked him. Stupka appealed a sentence of 30 days in jail suspended up on payment of a fine of $75 and cost-s. Bond was set $100, Mrs. Sandra H. Burnish of Manteo cited her former hus- 'band, Shelby L. Hines, Kitty Hawk, for inadequate support for- their two sons. She said $75 "a month support simply was not enough. Hines testified that he had paid'Mrs. Burnish $75 a month since ’ their separation in 1959 and had provided hospitaliza tion and medical insurance. Ho said he would pay whatever the court thought was adequate and reasonable for the two boys and him. He said his gross in- conie in 19G7 was $0,000. Judge Privott continued prayer for judgpnent until April 5 with in- stnictions that an agreement on future payments be worked out by that time. See COURT, Page Two SHAD PRICES SINK TO VANISHING POINT AFTER BIG RUN IN TWO STATES Commercial Fishermen. Getting 1-2-5 Cents Per Pound for Roe, Can't Give Buck Away After Best Ever Catches in N. C., Va.; O V e r-P reduction, Underdevelopment Blamed PAGEANT ENTRANT MARTHA LYNN EVANS, a daughter of Mr. and Mi-s. Bui"- well Evans of Manteo, has en tered the Jliss Dare County Pageant sponsored by the Dare County Jaycees. Presently a senior at Manteo High School where she is presi dent of the Bc.ta Club, member of the student council and tlio monogram club, she is also ac tive in the Methodist church, sing.=5 in the choir and i.s presi dent of the M.Y.F. Her other ’ntoro.sts include sewing and music. She ha.s ha."! training in both piano and organ and will, play a piano selection for talent.-competition in the April piigeant. Future plans are to further her educa tion at Greensboro College. Practices Underway Pageant contostant.s have al- re.ady begun training in how to walk, rtand, ait, .smile and an See ENTRA.NT, Page Four LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD TO VISIT .M.4NTEO PTA The Parent Teacher Associa tion of the MnntPo schools will meet at eight o’clock Monday r’ght, March 25, at the Mantoo High School. Membcr.s of thc^ local school board will attend and will be presented by Mrs. Nevin Wescott, program chair man, who will ask them to ans%ver any pertinent que.stions concerning the scliools. CaMELLIA time at . ELIZABETHAN GARDEN REAR ADMIRAL JESSE G. JOHNSON, (USN-Ret.) of Norfolk, president of First Flight So ciety and members of the Board of Directors, Mrs. Roxic E. Atkinson, Mrs, Dorris A. Edwards, Manteo, I.orimcr Midgotl and S. Wade Marr, Elizabeth City, and Jame.s Goodwin, Eastern Air Lines, Raleigh, are shown following a meeting i n Elizabeth City, last 'week end. Routine activi ties of the Society, such a.s nicmbcrshiiis, finances, expenditures and activities in general were discussed after which it was decided that the 65th anniversary ceremonies on December 17th this year at Kill Devil Hills would be dedicated ttT-tho late Miles L. Clark, wh^ served us president of Kill Devil Hills Memorial Society, (fore-runner of .the present. First. Flight Society). (Aycock. Brown photo) ' ^ i ’ ' I i The big hopper dredge Hyde remained stuck on u sand bar in ' Oregon Inlet at 2 p m. 'fhurs- day, despite efforts of two huge cc.ninorcial tugs to pull her in to deep water. The Hyde, .720 feet long and designed to clear .sand from ocean passageways, got stuck Monday on the sand she was supposed to remo'/e to permit ocean-going trawlers to use the inlet. Two tugs, .capable of gen erating 1,800 horsepower each, hookc.tl onto the Hyde about noon Thursday and tried to inch her off the pesky bar. Two hours later the Hyde was just as hard aground as .she was Monday when she plowed into the bar. The commercial tugs, the Tern and the Sparrow Point, were called to the scene from Norfolk after a Coast Guard boat capable of exerting a pull ing effort of Ecrae 400 horsc- pewor, failwl to budge the dredge. Paul Duclos, a seaman ap prentice who watched the operations on the dredge from the Oregon Inlet Coast Guard tower Thursday, said the bow of the Hyde appeared to be in about five feet of water. M's said the stem of the dredge ap- peaifd to be relatively .free. The Hyde had been working in the inlet - for about three weeks, on emergency assign ment to clear out a", shoaled Sm 'HYDET, Page Four The annual big thad run along the Dare coast is at it.s peak but the huge catchc'S are bringing no financial joy to commercial fishermen. The market i.s glutted. Buck and roe shad are so plentiful that thei'e liave been instances where it was impossible to give tliem away. Per pound price.s of 1 cent, 2 cents, sunietimcs 5 cents, are offered. One fish buyer said he had paid 7 cents per pound for what appeared to be good roc shad but couldn’t sell them on cither the northci’n or local mar- kel.s. He said he could get plen ty of buck shad for nothing. Such price conditions wore the basis of doleful complaints of fi.sh buyens and fisbermon alike. Horace B. Hooper, who oper ates the Fisherman’s Exchange at Stumpy Point, saiii the shad run this year is the “be.st ever” with prices the “worst ever.” Hooper said theie is a tre- mendou.s over-prcduction of shad. He blamed’ the cold '.vinter all along the Virginia and Cai'- olina capes, the large amount of underdcvc-loped roe, and the fact that Die big shad runs occurred .simultaneously in North Caro lina and Virginia. There are ju.-^t ton many fisli of not good enougli quality for the market to absorb, Hoopoi' said. Some fishermen and buyers held that the continuing'change ’ in the public's eating habits probably had something to do with the lack of interest in over- the-counter purchr..'’K of .shad. Charles Nuncmaker of the Nunemaker Fish Co. at Coling- ton 'said the undeveloped roe and simple over-production of shad wore responsible for the low shad prices. Nuncmaker said tlie roe shad began their ran bei’or’e the roe developed. He said there was little denmnd for buck sliad at any lime. Hooper said he bought sliad on Jlai-cli 8 at 15 cents per pound for buck and 35 cents for roe. Those he sold in the big markets cf the north for around 55 cents per pound. On March 11 the big i-un began and tliere was “just no market," he said. And this condition ap- ' plied to fi.sh averaging four pounds for roe and three pounds for buck shad. Hooper said many of the pound net fishermen in the Manns Harbor area had pulled in their nets and were drying thenr in the spring sun. Malcolm Daniels, owner and operator of the Wanchese Fish Co., said he did not buy shad. He bought about 4C0 boxes of fish March 18 and did not expect to purchase -any more until oceair-going trawlers show up at the week eiul or March 25. Daniels said the fi.sh he bought were nr.arnly big rock, jumbo, fluke, and sea bass. He said prices for tlreso tyjre.s were stroi'.g. But they could slump -somewhat, lie said, if the catdies average 200 to SOO boxes per trawler. He said if the catclies average 100 boxes or fewer per trawler', the prices to the fi.shcr- nren will remain fairly stable. Clarence Midgctt, a fish dealer at Manns Harbor, said the mar ket for shad was so depressed that one fisherman gave him a truckload of buck for distribu- - tion around trees. Midgett blamed the .shad mai^' ket glut on the undeveloped roe with the cold weather a minor factor. He said the roe in shad has been getting thin for the past three to four years and is now the wor.st ever. Midgett said fishermen in the Jlanns Harbor ai'oa arc get ting a fow’ fish of types oUi'er' See PRICES, Page Four GARDENER LOUIS MIDGETT of the Elizabethan Garden on Roanoke Island gets a closcup look at a Gulio Nuccio camellia, one of many varieties now at peak blossom. The Elizabethan Garden, now open daily and Sunday, will have more than 100 camellia on display at the annual iMen’s }Iorticultui*e Club Camellia Show in Elizabeth City on Satui-day and Sunday,, Marcli 23-24. Gardener Midgett stated that the Elizabeth City show had gained wide attention in recent years. In addition ,to the Elizabethan Garden camellia, other local entries at show-will be from mem bers of the Albci't Q. Bell Camellia Society of Roanoke Island. (Aycock'Brown photo) , PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC Pre-school clinic and regis-^ (ration for Manteo Elementary School ■will be hold at the school. Wednesday, March 27, 1968. from 9:00 a.m. to 12:()0 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m'. to 3:00 p.m.-, ' No child should .bo registered unlc.ss he will 'be six years; of age on or before October 16,’ -jjfgV 1968. Elease bring your childjs j birth'certifiMte and immunizi-ip tion record.' .■ssl .■pl ‘.y
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