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Twelve Pages In Two Sections
ONE-DAY TERM OF
CIVIL DIST. COURT
SET FOR APRIL I
Tilirty Called For Jury Duty
Although May Not
Be Needed
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
A one-day term of civil dis
trict court has boon scheduled
in Dare, county for April 1.
the presiding judge will bo
either Fentress T. Horner or
W. S. Privott.
C. S. Moekins, clerk of court
for Dare, said 30 persons had
been summoned for possible
jury duty during the one-day
session.
The jury may have nolhinR
to do. The, docket consists
chiefly of about a half dozen
heard by the jury if either the
plaintiff or defendant asks for
a jury trial. In most divorce
cases the judge alone decides
whether to grant or lofuse a
decree and set po.ssiblc. condi
tions.
The regular Friday session cf
criminal district court was a
bobtailed affair. Only two cases
were called.
George B, MeClellnnil of
Elizabeth City was called to an-
jnycr a charge of speeding 70
miles per hour in a .’iij-milo
zone. He failed to .show. Horner
ordered a warrant for his ar
rest.
'Milton Richard Midgett of
Hatteras appeared to an.swer a
charge of driving while under
the influence of alcohol on Dec.
27.
Midgett pled guilty. The ar
resting officer, Deputy Sheriff
Ray Basnett, said there was
nothing unusual about the case,
that no accident occuiTcd, and
that “it was just a matter of
reckless driving and intoxica
tion.”
Horner noted that because of
M'dgett’s recoixl for similar
offenses, the fine would be $150
and costs with his diver’s li-
con^e suspended for 12 months.
(Midgett protested that he didn’t
have that much money. ■ The
j"dire then reduced the fine to
$110 and costs and l'•*^ .s'and the
penalty i-egarding the license.
Subcommissions to the clerk
included;
Lionel Ern.scliffe Jlidgette.
i^lanteo, failure to comply with
insnection law, $15: Melvin
'Midgett, JInntr.'). public drunk
enness. $17; Brian J. Ewald.
Norfolk. Va.. enaged in af
fray. $17; Daniel Lee Nau-
gaks, Norfolk, engaged in af
fray. $17; William Howard
Sawyer, Buxton. e.\'ccoling safe
•sneed, $15; Ellsworth Biirrus
B:tllance, Hatteras, fail to^drive
on right half of highway,; $15;
Robert Ashby, Manteo, tres
pass, $17; Robert Leslie Car-
son, Manteo, pul)lic drunken
ness, $17; Richard Austin,
Sarasota, Fla., engaged in af
fray, $17; Samuel Iiwing
Dowdy, III. Norfolk, engaged
in affi'ay, $17.
GIRL "FLOATS" TO SHORE
AFTER CAR ENTERS CANAL
Linda Edwaj-ds Mills, 21, Ra
leigh, narrowly e.scaped drown
ing March 23 wlicn her car
skidded on a I’ain-tirenchcd
highway and scooted into a
roadside canal neaf Manns
Harbor. The car was completely
submergei.
State Troooer S. 111. Lassiter
said Miss JHlls jerked open the
car door aiul struggled to the
surface. He said she told him
she could not swim and “ju.st
floatetl" to shore.
Lassiter said the girl had
stopped at the intersection of
highways C4 and 2C4 and as
she started forward on the slick
roadway the car - “got away"
and just rolled into the canal.
It did not turn over.
'Miss Mills was not hurt,
Lassiter .said.
The accident occurred about
1-1/2 miles from the sjmt where
three Wanchese youths drowned
in early January.
YOUTH RALLY FOR ALL
FAITHS THIS SATURDAY
An interdenominational youth
rally will be held this Saturday-
night at 7:30 in the auditiorium
of the Manteo High School.
'Mr. and Mrs. J. L, Williams
(Pat and J. L. ). missionarie.s
and youth workers will lead the
rally. Many people will remem
ber them for their camp gi-ound
ministry this past summer.
They will be accompanied by
several young jrcople who will
be guests of the Ilanteo Mt.
Olivet Methodist church 'MYF
members, sponaorers of the
rally.
An invitation is extended to
all youth in this area to join
‘ in this Christian fellowship ral
ly. ,
MISS DARE ENTRANT
PATRICIA ANN ROGERS, is
:i contender for the title of
“Mis.s Dare” in tlie Jaycee-
si)jn.sored j)aj;cant to be held in
Manteo in April.
(Jli.ss Rogers, is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Rogei-s
of Norfolk and the grand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cliff
Tillelt of Wanchese with whom
she makes her home. She
graduated from Noi-.(ic.w High,
Norfolk in 1!)()7, atteiuled a
hu.sines.s college in Noi-folk for
a year. She would like to fur
ther her education .at Norfolk
College and Old Dominion Col
lege. Although .she has had
training in dramatics .she, is
undecided at present on :i talent
for competition.
Her hobbies arc many and
varied and she probably has
more experience in title com-
|)etition than other entrants
having been .selected as out
standing “Y Teen” and mid-
Ns’intcr ball qiioen of '07, at
■Noiview and D:ii‘c Pirate J:im-
boree Princc.ss ’(!4.
Local ’ Jayceo pageant of
ficials have announ?ed that a
parade of the contestants will
be held in Manteo on the day of
the pageant. Also on that after
noon the. judges, entjants and
out' of' town" guests will be
guests of Pep.‘;i bottlers at a
pai-ty. A dinner is scluHlulcd for
\See ENTRANT, Page Six
UPGRADING OF
POST OFFICES
SOUGHT IN 1ST
DEPUTY SETS LEAVE FOR
BACK TREATMENT; DUVALL
TAKES JOB UNTIL AUGUST
Deputy Sheriff Willie E.
Daniels has .l»een granted a
leave of absence'to enter Duke
University -Hospital for treat
ment of an ailing back.
Sheriff Frank C:ihoon said
Daniels suffered a slipped di.se
several yeai-s ago. He said Dan
iels reinjured his back early
this month when he helped pull
the body of a fisherman from
South'Lake. Daniels i.s. expected
to go to Duke early in April.
C. C. Duvall, former jiantoo
policeman, has been appoin(^c'l
to Daniels’ slot in the sheriff’s
department until the injured
deputy 1-eturns to duty. Gaboon
.said this probably would be in
early .August.
Duvall resigned as town
policeman in Se)>tcmber to ship
out with the merchant marine.
Duvall said he quit the town
job becnu.se of money rp.ason.s.
His home is on Roanoke Lsland.
Nine Locations in District To
Be Upgraded; Including
Buxton, Engelhard
The Post Office Department
is seeking to improve post of
fice facilities in nine communi
ties cf tlie First Congre.s.sional
Di.strict.
Congressman Walter B.
Jones said Monday the depart
ment is asking for bids on im-
uroved buildings at Blounts
Creel; in Beaufort County;
Coinjnek. Currituck and Poplar-
Branch in Currituck County;
Ernul in Craven County, Bux
ton in Dare County, Cofield in
Hertford County, Engelhard in
Hyde County and I^owland in
Pamlico County.
Jones said the department
will award contracts to the
bidders who designate suitable
buildings, agree to improve the
buildings according to speci
fications and agree to rent
them for five years with three
five-year renewal options.
Under this plan, Jones
pointed out, the prapeity in
each commimi;y will stay on
local real e.rtate tax books.
Noting that bids must be
filed before- Aoril 24. the con
gressman said bidding docu
ments may be obtained from
Lloyd C. Loomis, real estate
e’fficer. P. O. Box SdOfiG, John
Hancock Station, Atlanta, Ga.
30303. Loomis will supply bid
ding forms, specifications, rent
provisions and other informa
tion.
$16,000 WIPED OFF
DARE TAX BOOKS
IN OLD ACCOUNTS
Special Legitlalive Act of Last
General Assembly Involves
1955 and Prior Taxes
MANTEO. N. C. 27954, FRIDAY. MARCH 29. 1968
HOUSING NEEDS BEING MET WITH ERECTION OF THREE MODERN BUILDINGS
Single Copy lO^i
3-WAY RACE FOR
COMMISSIONERS.
TWO DARE AREAS
TO CROWN "MISS DARE"
.-IR.-jt’ort.'? recently filed with
the Dai-e County Board of
Commissinners showed tnx col
lections during the- fii-st two
months of 10G8 as follows;
Levy balance' for 1907 taxes
at the end of December was
$245,995 8G, total collections
during Januarv of $71,527.26;
balance on 19G7 lo-/y of $174,-
482.57; collections on delinquent
taxes during January of $2,-
4.52.82; balance on delinquent
levy of $92,404.70.
During February, collections
on the current (1907) levy were
.$53,182.87, leaving a balance of
$125,200.54; the beginning de
linquent levy was reduced by
$1,000.81 in collections, plus an
additional $10,323,11 by courte
sy of legislative act of the
past General Assembly which
removes from the tax ccllec-
tor’.s i-esponsi’oility delinqucn-
cie.s dating bad: to 1955 aiul
l>i-ior.
The responsibility still lies
with property owners to clear
these amounts of the delinquent
tax, plus interest and penalties,
in order to assure clear title i-i
event of transfer. Most of the
See TAXES, Page Four
O.E.S. INSTALLATION
S-VTURDAY, MARCH 30
There will be an open in.stal-
'lation cf officers of Roanoke
Island Chapter No. 79, Order of
the Eartcm Star, Saturday
night, .March 30 at 8 p.m. All
members and their guests are
urged to attend the i)rogram
which will he, held at the
JIasonic Hall in I.lantco.
PLANT CEDAR TO COMMEMORATE ARBOR AT KITTY HAWK
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UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE DUNES OF DARE GARDEN CLUB a cedar tree do
nated by Bill Swindell, manager of the Andy Griffith estate on Roanoke Island was planted at
Kitty Hawk Elemcntqry School to commemorate Arbor Day. In an iniprcssive deiication pro
gram with members of the school’s Kindergarten Class and their king and queen, Tim Bcacham
and Kelly Midgctte, ceremonies featuring Mrs. Robert J. Phillips, Mrs. Joe Duffield, Mrs. David
Cox, Mrs. Margaret Davis and Mrs. Nancy Reynolds club members - and 8th graders who helped
with the planting, were photographed Wednesday. Mrs. Phillips, president of the Club, gave
an interesting talk to the Kindergarten group and others present on the value of trees in our
lives. (Aycock Brown photo) ..... . , i . -
PAYOFF OF $2.6 MILLION
NEARER AFTER 15 YEARS
A LONG-FELT NEED FOR ADjEQU.ATE HOUSING for the cast and staff of '“The Lost Colony” outdoor diama is being met
by the erection of three apartment buildings, located on high dunes overlooking Roanoke Sound, less than a mile from the NVatcr-
side Tlieatre. [■[
Govenioi- Dan K. Moore and Mrs. Fred Morrison, cliairman of the spon.soriug Roanoke Island Historical A.«.socialion and
Producer of the Paul'Green iMay, announced Thursday, that the buildings will be com|)lcled in time lor the start of rehearsals
of “The Lost Colony” the first week in .lime. The drama will be presented for the 28th season June 21 through August 25.
“The .■\.ssociation is building
the housing,” Mrs. 3IoM'json
said, “too accommodate * ap
proximately 48 of the more
tlian 100 performers and tech
nicians who annually work 'ip
the play. The project is maife
possible through, gifts to the
As.sociation.
“Other cast and staff mem
bers,” she continued "are
either ‘local’ or will continue to
find accommodations . in the
Dare County community. Each
of the three buildings will have
four apartments, two on etich
floor, and each apartment will
consist of two bedrooms, a liv-
ing-and-ilining area, a kitchen;
bath and outside deck. A con
vertible sofa-bed in the livirig
room will enable occupants to
entertain family and friends
upon occasion.” |
The Governor and Mrs. Mor
rison have e.\plainod th'Jt the
.site, as well as Iho buildings,
will be the sole property of the
Roanoke Lsland Historical As
sociation and is not located on
National Park Seiwice lands.
The apartment buildings will
bo completely equipped and
furiiishwl. They were designed
by Jack McM. Pruden of Carr,
Harrison, Pruden and DePas-
qualc. Associated Architects of
■Durham, N. C. Construction is
by Kellogg-Cuthrell, Inc, of
^lantco.
QUEEN DAWN EVANS, win
ner of the title of Miss Manteo
High last year, which pageant
was st)onsoi-cl by the Dai-c
County Jaycee.s will crown
“Miss Dare County” after the
judges have made their decision
on Friday night, April 12.
‘Miss Evans is the daughter
of Mr. aud,JIr.s. Burwell Evan.s
of M-jnteo and a junior at Man-
te.o High where the ’imgcant will
be held this year. Her sister.
Miss Martha Lynn, is a contest
ant.
Settlement of about $2.0 mil
lion for 0,400 acres of land
acquired by condemnation for
the Cape Hatteras National
Seashore has movcii a step
closer after 15 years of wi-an-
gling.
A House Interior suheemmit-
tee involved with National Park
Service affairs rocenlly :q)-
lirovud a senate-passed bill
authorizing payment of land
i judgments totaling $2,585,703.
The money will go to about 100
/ersons whose property was
(akc.n to form an addition to
the big seashore recreation area
stretching from the south sec
tion of Nags Head through
Hatteras Island and winding
up at the southern tip of Ocra-
coko Island.
The citizens who have the
money coming should not start
spending it immediately. The
subcommittee’s action must be
approved by the House Interior
Committee. Then ihe variou;
appropriation oonKnittec.s con
cerned must act and the House
and Senate must approve b-fore
the funds can become available
for distribution.
TWO BRUSH FIRES
ON DARE MAINLAND
Two brush fires in forest
lands burned ibrou.gh .small
area.s on the mainland Tuesday
n'ght, :iccording to George
Henderson, Manteo. Hende-son
is district forester for the West
Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.
Henderson s.iid the fii-st fire
cccuiTcd about .seven miles
south of Stumpy Point on the
highway leading towoi-d En
gelhard. The second fire, he
said, wus just over the Dare
county line in Hyde county and
was 13 miles south of Stumpy
Point.
No timber was lost in either
fire, Henderson said.
The first fire bumed through
a half acre of fore.st land owned
by Weslvaco. I'lie second fire
covered an area of :iboul four
acres. Henderson said, Thi.s was
on forest land ouned by a
Gonrjria firm.
Henderson said the only
monetary loss apparently came
from the expense of extinguish
ing the fires.
He said both fires appeared
to bo manmade, although in
vestigators had no iiroof of hu
man carelessness.
FLOWER SHOW APRIL 6-7
■■The Roanoke Island Garden
Club will present a standard
flower show at the Manteo
Elementary School April C-7.
The show wKl be de.signed to
depict the “Spirit of Easter.”
The show will bo open from
3 p.m. until 9 p.m. April 6 and
1 p.m. until 5 p.m. April 7.
Tliere 'vill-be an educational
display at the show. This will
consist mainly of books avail
able at the local library on
gardening, flower aiTang'ing,
and other phases of the club’s
acti^ties.
Park officials at Washington
estimated it woultl be 1909 or
1970 before the final payoff can
he made.
Wallace McCown, Manteo.
who was attorney for several of
the pcir.ons who iost their land,
said he could not forecast a
closer date for the payoff.
About two-thirds of the land
in ihe .'seashore :irca was
donated or p-.irchescii with
funds from private, organiza
tions. The government' took the,
additional 0,400 acres by right
of ei’.iincnt domain with pay
ment to bo arranged iln-ough
court suits and eventually
by congressionally appropriated
funds.
The firat court suits in con
nection witli the acquisition
were filed in 1953. Other suits
ivcre filed in later years, the
last in 1959.
PLANNING BOARD
'fhe Dare County Planning
Board will meet in the court
room in the court house, ^lan-
teo, on April i at 3:30 in the
afternoon.
MEASUREMENT TAKEN FOR BEAUTY SHOW
But Nobody Filed for Board of
Educafion from Croafan
Township
By Wedne.sday of this week,
what had a|jpeacecl eai'Jier as
a four-way race for the Dare
County mainland commissioner’s
«at liail narrowed down to
three. One of tho.se filing last
Fi-iciny announced that he had
'•econKidered.
Ira Spencer, Jr. of Manns Har
bor stated that-under die cir
cumstances which he had learn
ed of since his filing fee was
naid, that he would withdraw.
Me apparently referred to the
other iate candidacy, that of
Calvin E. Payne of Stumpy
Point, who al.so filed last Fri
day.
-■•-.s matters now stand, W.
Stanford White, who has been
on the hoard six years and for
the past two yeai's as chairman,
.s being opposed in the May 4
Democratic primary lialloting
by M. P. (Phclpic) Edmondson
of iMann.s Harbor .and Payne.
The latter unsncce,ssfully sought
the position six years ago in
a three-way contest.
Another Mann.s Harbor roan,
Elton Elroy Card, Jr., as a
Republican, will oppo.se the sue-
cos.sful Democrat in the Novem
ber general election.
No person filed for board of
education from Croatan, al
though Glenn Twiford, some
two minutes after the noon iead-
line, indicated to Clerk of Court
C. S. Meekins his desire to run.
He was “.diuv-out.” Talmadge
Best, another .Stumpy Point
man, had planned to file, but
due to a lireak-dovni aboard his
.See RACE, Page Six
TV/O SERIOUS
WRECKS OCCUR
IN NAGS HEAD
Two serious automobile .oc-
ciih uts in Nags Head vvc-ie re
ported dui ing the week end as
toiu-ists began andving for the
budding summer resort .season.
Police Chief Donovan F.
Twyne of Nags Head «ail Hie
fii-st accident oceiirrcd about
11:15 p.m. Saturday when a
small. American-made ear op
erated by Robert Forrest T.ay-
lor, Jr., left the hi.ghway and
turned over several times,
throwing Taylor from the.
wreckage, Twyne saiil Taylor
Taylor suffered a brain injury
a.nd was taken to Norfolk Gen
eral Hospital.
The accident occuiTed on U.
S. 158 busine.ss. immediately
north of C. G. Hrickto’.s service
station and fish hou.se.
The second cra.sh involved
three cars, although none of the
drivers or occupants was re
ported seriously injured.
Twyne said a car driven by
John A. llamner, 20, Scotts-
ville, Va., apparently slowed to
nwii:e a turn near the Nags
Header Hotel. - A second car,
driven by Richard P. Reynolds,
25, Portsmouth, Va., slammed
into Hie roar of the Hamner
vehicle, Twyne said. The Hnm-
ner vehicle was l;m>cked off the
road, but tho Reynolds car re
mained. This car, in turn, was -
hit by a machine driven by
Charles Randall Harrell, 30,
Portsmouth.
LIBRARY COMMIHEE WILL
MEET SUNDAY TO OUTLINE
PLANS FOR FURNISHINGS
THIS ADVANCE PUBLICITY PICTURE of the forthcoming
Dare Jaycec-sponsored beauty and talent pageant sclteduled for
April 12 in Manteo shows Mrs. Kitty Noroross taking the.
measurements of Joyce Spencer of Manns Hnrbor for the swim
suit competition. Miss Sirenccr is one of many Dare Coast-Outer
Banks .girls who will be in the competition that will result in
selection of “Miss Dare-County”..who will in June compete for
the “Miss North Carolina”.title. The nieasuroments, in case you
are interested, 34-22-35. (Aycock Brown photo)
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A meeting of committee
chairmen will be. held at the
Community Building In JIanteo
on Sunday. March 31. at 3 p.
m. to launch OPERATION
LEND-A-HAND, a campaign
tf,' equip the new D.are County
Librai'y'.
WHiile the building is a.^sured
—ground broken, con.struction
started—funds must be raised
for furnishings. An estimated
$20,000 is needed, hut only half
this amount i.s available under
contract. A further $10,000 is
necessarj' to comply with a
State ruling that new equip
ment and furnishings must bo
installed. Very few’ of the
original fittings are eon.sidered
to be either suitable or in good
condition.
OPERATION LEND - A-
HAND will begin on Apiil 1
and continue through April 26, o
thus including National Library-
Week, April 21-2G.
A brief outline of aims and.
plans will be presented by Mrs.-
L. L. Gibbs, followed by a dis
cussion of ways and means ..of
conducting the campaign.
Committee chairmen are be;^,
ing-selected on'a community^-
basis and, ■wUl be annoum^'''-.
later. • ' . ‘»T '
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