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VOLUME XXXIII — NO. 42
MANTEO. N. C. 27954, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1968
Single Copy lOfi
SOP CANDIDATE SPOKE
AT BUXTON LAST WEEK
dare shriners
WILL DEDICATE
h NEW STRUCTURE
April 27 Ceremony To Be Pre-
.i'ceded by All-Afternoon
Fish Fry ^ -
A fish fry with all tlie infor
mality of such an occasion will
precede the formal dedication
April 27 of the new home of the
Dare County Shrine Club, ac
cording to Ai-thur Marx, chair
man of the dedication ceremon
ies.
Proceeds of the fish (all-you-
can-eat fry will be used for the
benefit of cri|)pled and burned
children in hospitals. Shrine
clubs throughout the counli-y
support 1C hospitals for crippled
children and two facilitic.s for
burned childi-en. The ho.spitals
levy no chai'ge for .services to
the crippled and/or burned chil-
'dren.
The fish fry, at $1.50 per per
son, will be held from noon
until 6 p.m. at the"Masonic Hall
on Highway 64. It will be open
to the public.
The formal dedication cere
mony will take place Saturday
night at the new club hou.se on
the nortJi end of Koauoke I.s-
land. These festivities will be
open only to members—noblc.s—
and their wive.s.
Robert L. Sides of Rocky
'Moimt, potentate of the Sudan
Temple of New Bern, i.s sched
uled to attend the dedication.
Nelson B. Banks, recox-dei’ of
the Sudan Temple, also is sc'ned-
uled to be present.
Marx said several appointed
officers of the Temple at New
Bern were expected to bn pre.s-
ent, along with Shrine digni
taries from other areas of North
Carolina and Virginia.
The Dare County club is a
part of Sudan Temple.
Officials of the Dare County
club are;'C. G. Brickie, Nag.s
Head, president; Jack Tillelt,
Mantco, vice president; Gordon ^ group of tliirtreu boys and
Kello^, Mantco, secretary ; and_jj;cpE adujt leader fioni Fail haven
SATURDAY IS
LAST DAY OF
REGISTRATION
KKFCK R. GARDNER of Kins
ton, Reimhlican candidate for
Congrc's in Ihe First Congres-
sionaJ District, was one of the
notable speakers T h u r s d .’i y
night, April 11, when some 112
persons ptiid $2 .50 for a turkey
dinnm- at the Lighthouse R-s-
taurant in Bu.xton and got the
.speaking thrown in frr.3 of
chai'ge. Gai'dner commented on
a number cf issues, includ'ng
the following I'l-om his prep.'ired
remarlcs:
“No single event has dene
more to shallpr cur country’s
reputation as the principal elc-
fendor of the free world, or as
nuuster of the high seas, than
our failure to massively and
convincingly retaliate when the
Pueblo was Captured. By the
same, token, nothing thrt has
occurred—not even the success
ful prolongation of the Vietmun
.See GOP. I*ago Four
Challenge Day on 27th; With
Primary the First Saturday
In' May ■
Saturday, April .20 . is the
final day of registration prior to
t:ie primary election, unu.sual
this year m that both Democrat
ic and Rcpublicun candidates will
be voted upon on ‘ May 4. The
primary .is somb three week.s
earlier than usual, ciustomarily
the last Saturday in May.
In Dare County, the registra
tion IS supplemental and con
cerns only . persons who have
changed township residences,
will come of age prior‘to the
Nov. 5 general election, or have
moved into the area and need
to register anew,
Ailditionally, tho.se pre.sently
registered hut who (ie.siro to
change party affiliation must ac
complish the change in order to
be prepared to vote for the par
ty' of their choice in the May
primary.
Registrars will sit from 9 a.m.
until 6:30 pm.
In Hyde County', an entiraly
new registration has been under
way.
Challenge day next Saturday
will be from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
"MISS DARE COUNTY" OF 1968 IS CROWNED
MARYLAND YOUTHS
ON WORK CAMe iN
KILL DEVIL HILLS
VARIEl’Y SHOW FRIDAY
CAPE HAn ERAS SCHOOL,
Cape Hattcras School trill
present a variety show at
seven o’clock Friday night,
April 19, with jiarticipants
from grades one through 12.
The program will consist of
dance,?, songs, stunts and hu
morous sltits. Proceeds will go
towar.i grassing the now ath
letic fir.'.d. AdmLsrion $1 for
adults, 50c for students.
SHAD NOW BRING
25 CENTS; BUCKS
EVEN MARKETABLE
BRONZE STAR, PURPLE
HEART AWARDED COX
Rock and Crabs Commend Fair
Prices; Activity Offshore
Again
Some four - weeks following'
market conditions which drove
the pi'ice of .shad down to virt
ually nothing, to the displeasure
of Dare County and neighboring
watermen, prices have risen to
25 cents per pound for roe shad
of quality, and reports on
Wednesday indicated that buck
shad were bringing four cents.
Medium I'ock on the same day
were bringing 15 cents pei'
pound to the fishermen, -while
crab.?, just a short while ago
bringing 15 cents per pound,
were down to 10.
The old law of supply and de
mand figures into the situations
w'hich either enables the fisher
men an excellent return, or, in
some instances no return at all.
Ocean Fishing
Many vessels operating from
the port at Wanchesc where a
flun-y of excitement some three
weeks ago brought many skip
ped in tlie quest for scallops,
had turned their attention to
other things. During the past
week, some eleven thousand
pounds of lobsters have report
edly been handled by local fish
ermen, with prices ranging when
sold fi'om 80 cents per pound
upward to $1.20.
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Sa‘m'“E. Mldge'lt, Mantoo, traas-
urer.
ENGELHARD TO .
GET GRANT FOR
SEAFOOD WORK
Engelhard in Hyde County is
among three Eastern N. C. Com
munities slated to receive funds
through the Economic Develop
ment Administration of the U.
S. Department of Commerce.
Sen. B, Everett Jordan’s off
ice has announced that a grant
of $183,600 will expand public' septic tanks. Rev. Harton
facilities used bv local seafood'says they will do any "kind of
processing firms'which will hire anyone. The group is
MethoclLt Church in Gaithdi-s
burg, Maryland have .come to
Kitty' Hawk area to spend a
week in a work camp. Rev.
Douglas Harton, pastor, aranges
such work camps' for his young
cliurcli mcnibcr.s to' give them
a better under.'Uanding of their
role in mission work.
Using their R.a.stcr .School
holidays, the youths have work
ed other years at Clicrokee In-,
dial) Reseivation in wcsteni'
North Carolina. The kind of i
work they have done varies from |
painting fencc.-s to digging pits i
an additional 20 workers.
^ The announcement is the sec
ond within a few' days concern
ing public works funds, for En
gelhard, the former 'being a loan
of $122,400 through the Farmei-s
Home Administration la,st week
to aid in financing a water
system.
In addition to the Engelhard
grant. Sen. Jordan announced
a water-sewer loan for the town
of Wallace amounting to $259,-
000, and for Severn in North
ampton County $170,000 in
matching plan loans and grants
to expand public water services
to peanut pracessing plants.
The loans and grants are pro
vided thixjugh the EDA under a
program to stimulate economic
growth in low-income areas.
camping at Oregon Inlet,
While in the Kitty Hawk area
the group is clearing brush from
IVi acres of land'owned by iJie
Methodist Mission Board in the
Kill Devil Hills area.
Eventually it is hoped by the
OPAL JUANITA MITCHELL smiles radiantly as she half-knccls
to be Crov/ned “Miss Dare County,of 1968” by Olivia Dawn E\'ans,
“Miss Manteo High” last Friday evening at the first annual
pageant (preliminai-y to tlie Miss America pageant) held in
Dare and sponsored by the Dare County Jaycoes. Juanita as she
is called by her family and friends is a slim 5’5” (with 34-22-34
me.'isur.emcnts) and works at trying to -keep her weight up
to^llO pounds. She 1ms a ready smile; warm .brown eyes and brown
hair that 'has "ah auburn cast when the light hits it. (Aycock
Brown photo)
Though she appeared calm' and
PATRICIA ANN ROGERS was
voted by the'other eight contes
tants in the Miss Dare County
Pageant held April 12 in Man-
leo as the most congenial. Pa
tricia, the granddaughter of Mr.
several Christian denominations
OPERATION LEND-A-HAND
REPORTS PROGRESS, MORE
LIBRARY ITEMS NEEDED
A meeting of area ehaii'men
and campaign volunteer wark-
ei-s for OPERATION LEND-A-
HAND will bo held at 8 P.M.
on Fri.day, Anril 19, in the
Daj'c County Libraiy, to assess
progress and discuss plans for
the campaign’s final week. This
last week—Ajiril 21 through
April 26—is also National Li
brary' Week.
- The campaign will ccncludo
with r.n onen house to be held
in the IManteo Elementary
School auditorium at 8 p.m.
on Thursday, April 25.
More donations have been
mads and include: $175 in c.ash
contributions; 1 bench for pre
schoolers—donated by Mr. nntl
Mrs. L. L. Gibbs cf Wancliose:
1 children’s chair—denoted by
Mr. and 5Irs. Robert Cate,
3Iadison, N. J.; 1 end table-
donated by the Reverend and
Mra Luther Wesley, Wanchese.
While the steady flow of
donations is encouraging, mow
•items are needed, and it, is
hoped that those last seven
days will add mucli n’orp to.‘ho
list of equipment and furnish
ings for the new Library build-
ing.
which are planning to cooperate
that a large, gayly-colored tent
will he erected on this site, the
tent to house an ice cream par-
Sof YOUTHS. Page Five
DISPLAYS MODEL OF INTENDED PROJECT FOR YOUTHS
m
chese, poses above in her eve
ning gown of white crepc.with
her “Miss Congeniality” trophy.
(Aycock Brown photo)
THE REV..HANK.WILKINSON, pastor of Kitty Hawk Metho
dist Church, displays a miniatui'e model of what he hopes to
become a great tented project for youths of all denominations
and faiths by summer, 1968. It will be located on Mission Board
property of the Methodist Church in Kill De'i'il Hills, a site
which a Gaithersburg, ?,Id., Jlethodist Church youth group was
helping clear early this week under the supendsion of their pastor,
Rev. Douglas Harton and Kitty Hawk Pastor Wilkinson. (Aycock
Brown photo)
poised ..at all times while, on
stage, during the pcage'ant,'the
new Miss Dare County stated
Satunlay “I have to pinch my
self—I can’t believe this happen
ed to me.”
As Jli.s.s Dare County she is
tlie recipient of a $200 scholar
ship to further her education at
the school of her choice, given
by K. E. Jloore, president of tlie
Manteo Manufacturing Co.; a
$200 wai-drobe from the Galleon
of Nags Head and an all-ex
pense paid five-day stay for
herself and her chaperone at
the Miss North Carolimi Page
ant to be held in Charlotte, June
10-15. She also received a
trophy.
Clad in cut-off blue denim
overalls, a yellow shirt and top
ped with a tattered straw hat,
and in her bare feet. Miss Mitdi-
ell rendered “Try to Remember”
in a clear soprano voice, ac
companying herself on the -gui
tar in the talent competition.
In her second year at Louis-
burg College, where she is a
member of this year’s May
Court and a participating mem
ber of the college’s spring con
cert on May 2, she has completed
one semester of voice training
anl was self-taught in guitar
and piano until entering the
school.
Juanita, 20, is the youngc.st
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
Mitchell of South Nags Head.
She ba.s three sisters and an
older brother, all of whom are
manned. The family, of whom
most are musically inclined,
moved to Nags Head from El
kins, West Virginia about nine
years ago. Juanita began the
sixth grade in Manteo schools,
graduating in 1966.
At present the newly crowned
miss is undecided on a lot of
things, whether to do the same
talent in the Charlotte event, at
wliich college to apply her schol
arship,( she thinks she would
like to teach), and including a
summer job.
A spokesman for the Dare
Jaycees, sponsors of the pageant
expressed “Thanks to every
single person in Dare County—
that the response of everyone in
making the pageant a success
was so gracious.”
The contestants were judged
in three categories, bathing
suit, c.voning gown and talent
by a five member panel: Miss
Lucille Coulbourn cf The Ra
leigh 'Times; Eioy Askew, Jr,,
Elizabeth City High school;
Js'ck 0. Horton, College of The
Albemarle, Elizabeth City; J.
Powers of Planters Bank,
Rocky Mount and Mrs. Shcilla
Montfort of Washington, O. 0.
Mrs. Montfort, in rdanteo at the
request of Fearings, Inc., for
business and as a guest speak
er in the Manteo High School
this week on groom in,g, is east
ern field ronresentativo for
Clairol. She fi'led the vac.aiicy
left by Mrs. Fred W. Moirison
who was unable to serve on the
panel.
SHALLOWBAG BAY
BIDS FOR DREDGE
WORK REQUESTED
Congressman Walter B. Jones
announced Thursday that bids
will be received April 25 on
maintenance dredging in Shal-
lowbag Bay, Mantco. lie said the
worl: will involve removal and
disposal of 136,000 cubic yards
of shoal material.
The bids will be opened May
16 according to Major J. P.
Campbell deputy district .engi
neer, U. S. Army, Corps of En
gineers in Wilmington.
1st RUNNER-UP
SP. 4. RICHARD M. COX, son
of Mr. and Mrs. .loscph W. Cox,
of Engelhard, was swarded the
Broir/e Star in a ceremony at
Fort Bragg, where he is com
pleting his t )ur of duty in the
U. S. Army. He. returned from
Vietnam in Januai-y .ifter solv
ing with the 25th Infantiy
Division for one year. While in
Vietnam he was awarded the
Purple Heart.
He is man-ied to the former
Gayle Ward, of Tarboro.
MUCH BUILDING
UNDERWAY NOW,
IN DARE COUNTY
DISTRICT ROTARIANS TO
MEET AT HENDERSON
The annual conference of the
43 R-ih-irv clubs wb'ich make up
the district covering the north-
central and northeastern part?
■of the. state will be held at
IIondcr.snn Anril 21-22, accord
ing to Harold A. Gl.t'nn;, presi
dent of the local group.
"We will discuss m.atters
relating to this Rotary Dirtrict
771—at the inectin.g, in :idditi -n
to hearing informative ad-
dresse.s and uiakiug plans for
increasing our service activF
tie.'?,” Glynn sail.
Glynn estimated a delegation
of fit'e members from Manteo
would attend the conference.
Thomas B. Rose, Jr., of
Henderson will preside at tho
conference. Rose is district
governor.
Speakers at tho conference
will include Dr. Douglas M.
Knight, prerident of Duke Uni
versity, and Charles H.-Miller,
a Rctary repivsentative frem
Knoxville, Term.
Permits Totaling More Than
One Million Issued Since
January I
Permits covering building un
derway or contemplaterl in Dare
County through March indicate
construction, and the costs of
sa'me, at 'record levels. Value of
imiirovcmeuta through tho of
fice of Sheldon O'Neal, lax
supervisor, indicate permits
amounting to almost half a mil-
’ lion dollars in value issued in
March alone, covering construc
tion throughout the county.
Largest single penirit value i.?
$120,000 to Roanoke Island
Historical As.=ociation for tlie
new housing units being con
structed near Fort Raleigh.
The total of March permits
is $473,328, added to $537,931
during January and Pebi-uar-y,
for a record $1,001,259.
A break-down of Maivh
permits follow.?:
CODINGTON: Recreational
I n V o .s t ni e n t s, $325 (tliree
normits this value); John A.
Yoder $2600; Charlie Leo $9000.
KITTY HAWK: C. M. Chap-
p-ll $5000: W. 0. Temple $7000:
Ernest R. Culbertson $250;
Bldnehe Thompson $900; Thom-
Sce BUILDING, Page Four
JUDITH LEIGH JENNETTS,
daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. Junius
Jennettc, Jr. of Buxton was fii-st
runner-up for the title of Miss
Dare County in the Jaycec-
sponsored pageant in Manteo
last Friday night. She is pic
tured in the white A-line eve
ning gown worn in the pageanL
Second runner-up was Miss
Anne Midgctt, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer R. Midgett of
Manteo. She also received a tro
phy. Others among the five fin-'
atist were Miss Martha Evans
and Miss. Patricia Rogers of
Wanchese. (Aycock Brown pho
to)
HATTERASMAN SUFFERS
MULTIPLE INJURIES
James Whites Au.stin, Sr,, 58
Capo Hattcras, was reported in
.serious conditi.''n at Albemarle
llo.sp.'tal in Elizabeth City af’er
crashing into a rail on the, little
bridge on tho Nags Head
causeway, Thursday night of
la.st week.
Donovan F- Twync, Nags
Hoad police chief, said Austin
suffered a broken collar bone, a
broken pelvis, a broken aim,
and .six breaks in a leg.
Twyne quoted Mrs. Austin .as
saying her husband was blinded
by the lights on an oncoming
car and crashed into the rail at
the east end of the bri-Jge. The
accident occurreti about 8;45 p.
m, on April 11, Twyne. said.
THE NINE "MISS DARE" CONTESTANTS ON STAGE
HAYMAN ILLNESS
DELAYS TRIAL OF
OLD DAMAGE CASE
Superior Court Adioiirns After
8 Minutes, No Work For
74 Jurors
The hvice-tried n'’d oft-
(lelav^'d l3inag.'> su'* of
L. Hav-o.an of N-a? Head
ptrqi'nst the state h’trhwnv coiti-
jiii'cc'on w's unstnoned in-
'lofin'toly in Sunerio-,. Court
'T'lies'kiy because of Hayman's
illooRs.
.Tudeoi Chester Mo-vis
Co'njock .'lonnunced after
roll w'os cnIIo'J on a 74-n'>'''vb,-r
jury pnnel that there woni'l be
no court boc.auso of ihc illness
■of the Tirincinal.
"I estimati* thi.s cose wo-'ild
h.ave taken the. cnt.re week.”
Moms .s,aiI. “Dewey Havmnn is
seriouslv ill .and cannot be here.
“R'’gTetla'b'e as it may bo.
"•e must adjourn court sine
die."
The court wa-s adjourned
eight minutes .after it convp.n'’d
Morris noted that "In 22 ye.ars
as a judge, this is the .shoi-tcst
teriYi T ever held.”
He owlered that all proposec-
tive jurors who answered the
roll call be. paid for a. dav’s
work. Originally, the court teian
was scheduled to begin Anril
1.5. That was Mondav, the day
after E.asler anl a legal hoMdoy
in the state. There were a few
members who were not notified
of the holMay. They showed up
.at coiu't Mondav. Moiris di
rected the clerk of tho court to
pay those persons for two
da vs’ work.
Coui-l Clerk C. S. M“k'ns
said he had not been notified
of the one-ilay setback in the
rchclulcd start of the trial un
til about 11 p.m. April 11.
tin Ha>anan'.s suit again.st the
state he claimed cnnstiaict ion of
the 158 Bypas.s at Nags Hrad
had acted as a dam, or dike,
when ocean water rushed over
the sand and toward the sound
during the. Ash ' Wednesday
.storm in 1062. He sought $25.-
OOQ for damages ho claimed
were inflicted on his Nags
Head properties.
Simil.ar suits by-other., prop
erly ownera we.ro filed. The
Haj'inan case, however, was"
considered the key and it was
believed that its disposition
would set the pattern for the
other.?.
1'he Hayman suit fir.st was
tried several yeara ago. A jury
found for the state, but the
presiding judge set the verdict
a.side. He claimed the evidence
indicated it should have been
decided otherwise. A second
trial resulted in a mistrial.
A third attempt to try the
ea.se wa-s ma-le in January,
1968. A death in tho family of
an attorney for the state cauvd
the judge to postpone the suit.
There wa.s no indication when
the case would be called again.
BEING JUDGED ik BATHING, SUITS, are the nine young ladies who participated in the Miss
Dare County. pageant last Friday at Manteo. High SchooL. Shown, left to right, ara Martha Evans,
Patricia Rogers, Anne Midgett, Juanita Mitchell, Maleta Basnett,- Judy, Jehnetter’Judy Gallop,
Patricia Peele and Joyce Spencer against a setting of blue and white flats with ah ocean scene
as the focal point. The scene was painted by John Clift,, a Virginia Beach High School student
with a talent and liking to portray ..the area with a brush. Clift is a brother to Mrs. 'Wilson (Carol
Clift) Foster of Skyco and often visits'the'area, the stage was, designed and built by . Wesley
Tuniage, technical director' of the pageant, .Wilson Foster, assistant technician, and members of
the Dare Jaycees. (Aycock Brown photo)
DEFENDANTS FAIL
TO SHOW, FORCE
COURT TO QUIT
District court w.as rc.ndy and
willing to dispense justice Fri
day in the Dare county court
house. '
In their places ware Ju'Ige W.'
S. Privott, Solicitor Wilton
Walker, Sheriff Frank Cahoon,
Court Reporter Grctchcn Good
win and her recording e.quip-
ment, and Court Clerk C. S.
Mcekins. The short docket was
.spread before the judge, tho
solicitor, the cleik. Ever>-th;ng
apnearod to be in readiness.
Missing from the scene wore
some necessary ingredients.'
There wore no defendants.-
Whereupon, there was no court.
The fir-rt case srhedulcd for
trial involved a speeding charge
against Ralph W. Stephen of,
Washington, D. C. Stephen, who'
told the arresting officer, Dis-
trict Park Ranger Balfour J.' PiiJ
Baum, that he worked for tho.
State Department, failed to
show. He had failed to show
also on March 29 to plead to'a.
charge of driving 80 milcs'pcr
hour in a 55-milo zone. " _
The second case scheduled for
trial was one. of assault against'
Willie Simpson. The complain- j3;.|
ing witness, Charles Beny, was
reported in hospital recovering
from a wovmd in the vicinity 'of
an eye. Because Berry couldn’t
show, Simpson’s scheduled third Cf jl.f
appearance in court in
weeks was postponed. Simpson'. 51® 1
had been both a defendant and
a prosecuting witness the provi-,j^j
ous week. - • -r ..
' The third '• case , due - Fridai^^®
was one versus LeRoy Dou|r->li®i
las, chai-god ■with driving
out a license A^continuahee
ari'anged' beforecourtT^op^Mid^si
, , Edgar Pre.5ton', Styrbn,
See -COURT. .Page. Five]: