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Kill D9vil..Hills, N.C, 27948 8-2l-^/68 1^ f l-i > SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE B(PIRATION DATE ON address TIMES MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO. N. C. 27954 NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Twtiv* P«ges In Two Sections WITH WHICH IS COMBINED THE PILOT AND HERALD OF BELHAVEN AND SWAN QUARTER PUBUSHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RAUIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA Pages One through Six VOLUME XXXIII — NO. 45 MANTEO, N. C. 27954, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1968 Single Copy SPUNKY OFFICER HALES YOUNGSTER INTO DIST. COURT Man Who W o u I d "Draw Blood" Gets Suspended Jail Sentence ^puty Sheriff Raymi nd Basnett, 53 and without much heft on his slim frame, is not one to back up when the going gets rough. Basnett recently spotted Her bert Linwooel Oden, Jr., a well- muKled Hattcras Islander bare ly turned 22, speeeling through Buxtbn at about 80 miles per hour. Basnett caught liim in ‘■^isco. He haled young Oden into District Court. , Oden pled guilty. Before passing sentence, Judge W. S. Pfivott asked Basnett for par ticulars. Basnett said Oden’s “attitude ■was very poor,’’ He explained ^that Oden refused to take his •"driver’s license when the officer returned it, refused to accc.pl the arrest citation^ and “said he-Would take care of me' when he could catch me without my uniform.’’ The spunky little deputy told the big youngster to “set the time and place." Instead, Oden showed up in court, had nothing to pay in face of Bo.snctt’s testunony, he'ard a lecture from the judge, and was sentenced to r60' days in jail suspended upon payment of a fine of $75 ■ and costs. He also .surrendered ■'his’ driver's licen.se for six months. Richard W. Midgett of Nor folk,' Va., and Rodanthe, pled not. guilty to a charge of assault brought by Robert D. Kramer, Jr., Elizabeth City. Kramer, a surveyor,’ yas attempting to survey so'me piuinirty at Rodan the beloinging to Midgett’s mother when the alleged assault occurred. Kramer was acting und^r two court orders signed by PWvott. *' Kramer testified thi^t he hwl experienced difficuky previous- . ly. in attempting to sun^y^^the. property, so’ he' took’’lh'e pie- caution of asking Deputy 3|ierifY Basnett to be present to fhforee the court .orders if n^esaaryf Basnett' arrived at the i piD^rty ils the survey '^id‘,im'd r»nained se.ver^ Kpuin. i'Kr^cr said that-during ^aimetVii attendance there was |M trouble. . after .Basnett left, Kram- w aaid, Midgett warned him he -U’ould “draw blood" if the sur veyor or , his crew got near or touched a building on the pro perty being. survcyeiiL Ki-amer also said Midgett used profane language in his remarks. Xiumei^-Baid no blows were Btnick.' Midgett denied using profan ity, said he did not thrc.'iten to “draw blood,’’ but said he told Kiamer he “would punch him in the. nose” if he entered or touched the' building in ques tion. Privott told Midgett he had "gone too far" in attempting to. settle something in his own way despite specific court or ders to the contrarj'. Privott said Kramer was under orders to “conduct the survey in any manner he felt necessary.” ' The court found Midgf.tt guilty and sentenced him at 30 days in jail suspended .upon pa>’ment of court costs. He ordered Midgett not to interfere with the court-ordered survey. Ralph W. Stephen, Washing ton, D. C., pled guilty through an attorney to a charge of speeding 70 miles per hour in Cape Hattcras Nation;il Sea- lAora. He was fined $16 and co.^. • . Leroy'Douglas, Manteo, pled guilty to a charge of driving wKhout a license. iHe promised to geV"* license as soon as he could 'pass the necessary ex- iimination. He said he flunked the teat' wwently. The judge senteiileed him to 50 days in Jnil anspended upon payment of affine of $35 and costs and warned him not to drive without aflicense. ;VDonme Lewis Farrow, Frisco, |il^. guilty to parking in the fliiiidle of highway N.' C. 12 on HibHeras Island. Balfour Baum, Uid arresting officer, said Fnr- . was asleep, idumped over iHI. steering wheel, at 1:30 o’- eloHc in the morning. Baum said • See COURT, Page Two nEClNCT MEETINGS, SET MAY 11 IN DARE J Loc^ precinct meetings, will .be held in each precinct in pare -County . at two, p.^ on ^turday. May 11, according to announcement by Robert V. Owens, chaimyaii ef the Dm Coi^y > Dsinixntie Executive "^Cdniaiittee.' KIHY HAWK MADE IT POSSIBLE AIR MAIL SERVICE OBSERVES BOTH YEAR, GETS A NEW lO-CENT STAMP The 60th year of air mail ser vice will be ob-seired next week with issuance by the Post Office Department of a 10-cent com memorative airmail stamp. It was'on May I.*;, 1918, that the first air. mail flight was scheduled. This epochal ev’cnt occurred only 15 yeai-s after the Wright Brothers demonstrated on the gentle slopes of Kitty Hawk that powered and controlled, flight was possible. Just two years earlier, Wilbur -Wright had doubted that “men would fly within a thousand years.” The new stamp, bearing a sketch of tile sort of planes fir.st used in carrying the mail, will go on sale May 1.5, at Washington, D. C. It will go on sale elsewhere May 16. The black, blue, and red stamp .will be similar to a 24-cent air mail stamp issued in 1918. At the beginning of the new era in delivering the mail, si multaneous take-off were sched uled fi-om New York anti Wash ington. Each flight was supposed to stop at Philadelphia en route. The Washington-New York flight was not completed .because the pilot flew in the wrong di rection and broke a propeller as he..landed in a field near Wnl- tlrof, Mtl. The New York-Wash- ingdon,.flight.was complete — •anil,,aiis^ail was on its w^ay.- TheMmy suoplied the first planes and the pilots. On Aug. 12, 1918, the 'armv turned over See MAIL,' Page Six DR. PAUL GARBER NAMED HEAD OF 'NOMINEE' GROUP Dr. Paul G.ni-ber, curator of the Smith.sonian iTi.stitutlon’s Nation-’l Air and Snr.co Mu seum, Washington, D. C., Tucs- dav was named to head a com mittee that will select nominee.s for the pronosed First Flight Shn'ne at Kitty Hawk, N. C. The shrine is being esta blished by the Firat Fl'ght So ciety near the Wright .Brothers National^ Memorial. The societv. until last .rear known as Kill Devil Hills Memorial Societv. is hraded by retired Re.nr .4dm. Jesse Johnson of Norfolk. First Flight Shrine honors airmen who have accomplished outstanding “firsts” in the field of flight. The Wright Brothers were cited in 1966 for inclusion in the shrine Charles A. Lind- berg was picked by the society last .year. After nomination by Dr. Gar ber’s committee, selection will be made by the society’s Na tional Advisory Board, com posed of airmen and aero- related businessmen and of- ficals throughout the countiY- Chairman of the board is re tired Air Force Maj. Gen. Rrockc E. Allen. Memliers in clude carto'onist and nviaticji enthusiast Milton Caniff, Jac queline Ccehran, Thomas H. Davis, prefcdent of Piedmont Airlines, Igor Sikorsky.' avia- p See GROUP, Page Six LIONS. EXTEND HELPING HAND TO HA1TERA8 BLIND The Manteo Lions Club held out -;r helping hand Tuesday to Roland Stowe, operator of a store for the blind in the village of Hatteras. ‘ The Lions agreed to paint Stowe’s store and sign. Stowe, who ia blind, retails items made by blihd craftsmen. The Lions "earmarked fund** to sponsor the North Carolina reference . eection in ihe new Dare County Library. The funds will be used for book purchases, shelving, and ^displays. James Jackson, a 'visiting Lion from Elizabeth City, discussed glaucoma and its causes, symp- ton, and possible cures before the local club. He told of establish ment of a glaucoma clinic in Elizabeth City and gave advice on setting up a similiar clinic in the Outer Banka aii^' The club initiited a new mem ber, .S.'C.-Ba8a{gbt- TETIREMENT PARTY FOR J. FRED ROUSH .. t ^r»i » v'4 • J. FRED ROUSJI, who will re tire, scon from the National Park Service, and Mrs. Roush were honored when about 40 friends gatheml at the Balfour Baum residence, on Bodic Island Saturday evening. Among the guests were former Superinten dent and Mrs. Karl T. Gilbert. (Now in the Washington office, Mr. Gilbeit expects to move to Zion National Park in Utah, where he will be Superinten dent.) On May, IB, Fred Roush coni- pletejt- 30 yeiurs.cf, work fcr.the U. S. Government, of* which 26 years were in the National Park Service. -His other time was in fhe Army and the Bu reau of j Indian'ATifnirs. He work^ a^ Fbrt iMoH^niy, Stat ue '.of *.Libertyi'if.Meriwether Leu:i8 and-'Chahnctte,''all parts of ’ the NatibnailuPark-' System befora coming to’ Capa Hatteras as- historuin. In his 12 years here, he ‘also worked' at Fort Raleigh and Wright Brothers. During their stay on the Outer Bunks, FVed and Kay Rcush have been active in a vaiiety of affairs. At present, Fr^ is a member of the Outer. Banks Toastmasters Club and the Great. Books Discussion Group. Kay has developed the making of Outer Banks jewelry and artifacts into' ah interest ing sideline, and |s a skilled photographer b e s.i d e .s. Son, Freddy, is now a graduate stu dent at Princeton, and daugh ter, Kathy, is a freshm.nn at Huntingdon.. College in Mont gomery, Alabama. DESPITE 'KING' CLOSING, APRIL BEVERAGE SALE UP; SUMMER SCHEDULE IS SET Total sales in Dare Countv A.R.C. stores during April w-ere $28 987.76 ermnared with April 1967 of $27 R70.80, an in crease of $2416.95. The A B.C. Board decided at its meeting May 2 that the sum mer schedule for the operation of the Nags Head store would be the same as that schedule dur ing the past two .summers. Be ginning with Memorial Day week end. Friday, 5Iay 31, that store win open at 10 a.m. and dose. nt'9:00 p.m. on Friday Saturday nights. Beginning July 1 the store wdll remain open until' 9:00 p.ni. through Aii|^ 31 oh other week nights. - EROSION CONTROL FUNDS FAIL to: MATERIALIZE -, The National,'. Park Service waa unable to get emergency help to halt beach erosion near Buxton, .according to word ra- ceived from Washington. he service had naked for aid from the Office- of Emergency Planning. It-was hoped funds from .thia. White" Hoiise agency would be forthcoming to take up the slock'between now and July 1 when regular aporopria- tions would be ..available. Stoinfi and high sea.s had chewed away large areas of beach which forms oaA of the Cape Hatteras National, Sea shore. It has been estimated that public gnd. private installations valued at more thim 111 miltloh were eadangeiM by'the eroaioiL FEARING RESIGNS AS TOWN FATHER AFTER 10 YEARS Parking Problems Attacked In First Board Meeting Since March ' Woodson B. Fearing, 11, re signed from the Manteo town board Wednesday night after serving since June, 1959. The resignation was accepted by the remaining members, Car lisle S. Davis and A. Coy Tillett, Jr. Mayor Sam Midgett, who read the letter of re.sigiiation, said Fearing’s .successor would not be appointed . immediately. He .said the board would make the appointment to fill the va cancy until the regular town election next May. 7'here wa.s no mention of po.ssibIc .ajipoin- tees under consideration. Feai-ing .said he resigned be cause he wa.s unable to find a house ill which to live in Miui- teo. When he was man-ied in August, 1967, he moved to the north end of Roanoke Island, Living within the town limits is a jirerequisite to hoUling town office. Midgett praised Fearing for his service to the town and noted that there had been no di.s- sentions among the board and mayor. Davis, who made the mo tion to accept the resignation, said ‘-that goes for the whole board.” The town meeting' wa.s the first'since'March.' Ken Whittington, town police man, asked for guidance in handling parking problems on Broad street leading into Hig’n- way 64. Tillet said there were parking pi-oblenis also on Water Street in the area immediately east of the bank in downtoivn Manteo. The board votetl 2-0 to pro hibited vehicles from parking on the sidewalk east of the bank and instructed IVhittington to contact offenders and ask them to. ptirk;,elsewhere. -■ ' -MaV-tin - Kellogg, ji'.i--l?yp-.-ratr toniey, was instincieil to' li-aw up an ordinance prohibiting parking on Broad Street, a nar row thi’oughfare which belies its name. , Duvis said several merchants had contacted him regarding, in stitution of one-hour - parking in certainn ureas; of dowmtown See MANTEO, Page Four irs A HOLIDAY. BUT FEW I’LAN OBSERVANCE , Today is .i state holiday, ^t it is likely to pass un noticed by most. The holiday, May 19-,* io Confederate Memorial Day. It is recognized as a holiday by v^r'** Carolina - and South Carolina. ' District Court p6-s*«d up its regu’*ir F'riday ses.sidn in the Dare county courthouse be cause of the bolidayl' The re mainder of the courthouse, however, plann^ to be in business as usuaL The post office,' bank, and ABC store reported- no in tention, of observing-the holi day. OLD COAST.-GUARDS MAKE CROSS FROM WRECKED SHIP TIMBERS L-"^I IriJ MARVIN L. MIDGETT of Kitty Hawk and Manie Haywood of Kill Devil Hills (in center) stand behind tlie cross they made from shipwreck timbers for Kitty Hawk Methodist Church. Dropping by and admiring their craftmanship were Daniel O. Scarborough (1) of Duck', and Aubrev C. Hai-i'i.s (r) of Kitty Hawk, also a retired coast guardsman and neighbors of the cross makers. (Aycock Brown photo) . - CROSS MADE OF SHIPWRECK TIMBERS TO BE PLACED IN KITTY HAWK CHURCH Hy AYCOCK BROWN A wooden cross made from the timbers of two notable Outer Bank.s shipwrecks by retired Coastguardsmen a r v i n L. Midgett of Kitty Hawk and Manie Haywood, Kill Devil Hills, will soon be placed in Kitty Hawk Methwlist Church. The Rev. Honk Wilkin.son, pastor of the church, stated that the cross would be located at the rear of the pulpit between two stained glass windows. There it will be seen not only by the regular members but by thousands of summer vacation- UKnted each year ists who_^ woi-ship in, the church lion the actual sit 'each .year.''■ . .. ' „ltorkal--.events-it- ^‘The C1-08S bar (or pdtibvilum) venr. - its 28th’r i of the cross was made from a piece of weathered timber given the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson by Wheeler Ballance of Hatteras. This timber came from the famed Carroll A.. Deering, a 5- ma-rted schooner that foundered on the Outer Diamond off Cano Hatteras January-31, 1,921. The Deering became known as “the ghsotshiii,” because when re.scuc parties reached the grounded vessel the sails were still set and in the galley an uneaten meal was still on the tabic. There was no one aboai*d the ship and although several fed-, eral agencies conducted inves tigations it was never' deter mined what might have hap- |)cned to the crevv. The upright (or, stli»e) sec tion of the cross, is a piece of timber that came from the Ital ian bark Nuova Ottavia which' wrecked on Currituck Beach near the present community of Corolla on the night of March 1, 1876. Seven member.s of the crew of the Jones HiU lifesaving station and a resident of the See CROSS, Page Six BETTE DAVIS IS INVITED TO PLAY QUEEN IN ’COLONY' Bette Davis, who ha-s twice portrayed Queen Elizabeth I of England on the sc-veen, has been invited to play the same histor ical personage on the stage this summer, as star of “The Lost Colony.” This spectacular play-with- music, by Pulitzer Pi-izewinning playwright Paul' Green, is pre near Manteo site of the his- relates... This year,.-its 28th;' the produrtion will- play from June 21 through August '25.: The "offer' was made to -Mis-s Davis .by Jbo Lajton, director oi '/iT-W:' Lo.si ’ Colony,” afulis currency ‘under consirteration byVt'h'fr,.-,'t!ctro8s; Layton, '.‘who st'agfell' ifiid*': choreographeil- the new hitBroadway musical ‘.‘George -M,” will bet directing ‘ilTie Lost Colony” for the fifth consecutive year tH)» season. BLOOD DONATIONS . OF 121 PINTS ON VISIT WEDNESDAY ...'Although Wedne^ay’Sj: visit of-the.R^ Cro.es. Blopdmpbile to Manteo; fell, short of itp;-^uota by about fifty pints, ;.,the;. 121 collected showed at -irMt' an arousal of interest in th'e-Vorthy cause. .The visit coinciilwl with World Red.Cro.ss Day; The Wednesday ■visit was the final for the fiscal' year which ends in June. Under the sched ule observed in the pa-st,; visits to Manteo have been in O.ctolier and May. An in-between, visit, See BLOOD. Page . Six NAGS HEAD PLANS ORDINANCE TO FORCE CLEANUP Town Alio Approves CATV, Blueprint Updating, And Extra Cop royal AFGHANISTAN A.F. PILOTS VISIT WRIGHT MEMORIAL V, t h! •' t m 'Mi m (Captains m. kerim rahman khel and saved mohammed bjr the RdyiiiCAfj^- istan Air Force, currently attached to Langley Air-Force Base. 'Ya., for special training visited the birthplace of modem aviation at Kill Devil Hills .on, Thuraday iast 'w^ck.:,lTi^y are showfl at the Wright Brothers National Slemorial studying brochui-e-s which tell 'of Oiryille artd Wilbur‘-Wright’s conquest of the air on December 17, 1903. "An opportunity j to'^visit, the actu^ site of man’s first powered flight haa-.been a high.spot of our tempopiry. training, duty In * Anieriea." adid Capt. Khel. (Aycock Brown ^oto) ; . ' i,'./ii ‘ ' ■nf* The touTi of N.ags Head is exploring the po-ssibilily of forcing contractors and builders to clean uj) the premise.^ of con- .struction sites after buildings are completed. I'he enforceii clean-up would be effectei through an ordi nance pattemoti' nfter a local law in u.se by the town of Kill Devil Hills. This ordinance re quires that a builder deposit $25 with- the town when a building permit'is issued, the money to ■be returned when ,the prenuse.s around the new structure are tidied up. The board at its Monday meeting instructed Martin Kel logg, Jr.,'town attorney,' to draw up such, ."a clean-up ordinance. The boaid also in- structeil that the propo.sel ordinan’ce contain provisions relating to the movement of a building from one .site to anoth er within the town. The board also discus.sed the possibility of raising the cuiTont price,' of permits. The boat'd voted to permit Continental CATV of Hoboken, N. J., to use the town’s .streets and roads in the installation of a community antenna television c.ablc. Final action in adopting an ordinance, permitting the in.rtallation will not be effected until 'it can be coordinated with similar action b,v the ‘ town of Kill Devil Hills. The board instructed Mayor W. A. Williams, Jr., to employ an engineer-surveyor to up date the town’s blue.prints by July 1 .so that the municipality can qualify for state aid under the Powell law. This deals with aid in construction of streets and roads. The uixlating must be done annually. Williams was' instructed to conto'rt the Navy’s bureau of I>ersonnd relative to the im mediate release of Charles E. Dail, 22, Kill Devil Hills, from his enlistment which expires noiinally in October. Dail has applied for the job of araistant town policeman. Police Chief Donovan F. Twyne said he needs an assistant now at the beginning of the tourist season. The board showed no enthu siasm for hiring Larry Holmes, 25, Manteo, as assistant police man. Holmes’ application said he was 25, six .-feet four inches tall, a high school giaduate, and was interestetl in law enforee- ment work. He said he had spent one season as an enforce ment officer at a Nags Head beach club not no-w in existence. The board approved some minor ta.x refuntLs levied in er ror and voted - to pay' routine bills. The town fathers took under consideration a request., by Twyne for salary increases for all town employes. The matter is*'schedul'cd to rome up at the June meethig o'f the board. It Is expe^ed the 1969 budget will be. ready at that time. The.-mayor -was asked to check with -Uie. fire insurance rating bureau for approval of an area for a third fire idation in the town. ’The idea;behind thfa is a reduction in file in- BUidace rates. - WHITE. DILLON, . WIN DARE BOARD FOUR-YEAR SEATS COMMITTEE HEARS PLEA TO RETAIN JR. HIGH TEACHER homecoming SUNDAY AT W'AXCHESE CHUKQH }/' Incumbent Raymond Couch Unseated from Board of Education by Political Newcomer By a m.ivgin of Ic.ss than 200 votes over his opuonent, W. ■Stanford White of Mann.s Hai'- bor was nominated niainlanl commissioner Saturri.iy for'a 4- vear tenii. -Another Jlanns Har bor man, ?.I. P. (Phelpie) R1- monihon. polled Gil8 to White’.s 805. A third name on the bal lot, Calvin E. Payne of Sliimpv Point, drew 72 votes although he had exnre.s.se.d blm.sclf as favoring White when he with drew from the race .some two wc.ek.s ago. White ha.s been a board member .since 1902, and is com- oloting his second year ns chair man. In another countv conte.st for ronimissioner, Bill Dillon of Buxton won handily over his two o))ponents — Dan Leary of Salvo and W. (Holme.*: Gaskins •if Fri.sco. Dillon polled 804 to Ga.skins’ 378 and Leary's 270. Dillon, a commissioner-ap pointee who is sen’ing the un- exi)ired term of resigned Cal vin D. Buitus, i.s a foi-nicr mem ber of the Dave County Board of Education. As in the case of White, he ha.s won the Demo cratic nomination and will face Republica-n opposition in Nov ember for the four-year terms. Board of Education -- An upset was scored in; the race for Board- of Education ■- when AI.rs. Catherine lleni-y Bunus of Buxton, wife of Con rad Burmis, polled 813 vote.s to Raymond B. Couch’s 589. Couch, al.so of Buxton, Is curently .serv'- ing on the board. A breakdown bv precincts will be found elsewhere in to day’s i.s.sue covering the local and some of the statewMe is-;, sues.' A brief summary of- the gubei-natorial. i-ace shows Rob ert W. (Bob) Scott with high yotcj 84i_^J[_. Alelville. Bi-ough- - ten, .Tr. .second'’'Wilh'' 759 and .neginald A. Hawkins 59. For the Republican nomination, James C, Gardner poIle>l 111 to John L. (Jack) Stickley’s 36. The po.s.'-'ibility of a .second . primary, in.i.smuch a.s Scott fa-'led bv less than 2'/r to got See ELECTION, Page Four.' The Manteo school committee at its regular meeting Monday -night at the high school heard a plea from a Manteo man-to . “give another chance” to one of the teacher’s who recently failed to receive tlte committee’s rec ommendation for rc-liiring. - * Guy Slidgett of Manteo pre- •sented petitions from a number of tlie parents of children" in classes taught by Miss Marion Wilson, the teacher in question, and another set of petitions from "interestcfl eitizens” but who were not involved in tlic matter from a school standpoint. Tlie committee, took no action other than to refer Mi\ Midgett to the board of education. Rea son for doing so, they explained, was so that to'-Recommend the rehiring would be contrai-y to the committee's former recom mendations. Further, they^ ex plained that the board of elu- cation had upset the recommen dations of the school committee in rehiring Principal John L. Roberson.' “If the board (of oilucation) can over-ride the committee’s suggestion for one, then it-can do so for others.” explained .Tohn F.' (.Jack) Wilson, Jr, of Manteo. the committee chairman; In addition to tlic chairman, membera Mra. Grace (Stanford) White of Manns Harhor; and Donovan F. Twyne of Nags Head were present. The Bethanv M c t h o d i's t Church, Wanchose, will celebr ate homecoming on Sunday';, Mav 12th. AH members en;! frienls are invited. There ■will be special music during the service and a picnic lunch on the grounds afteward. ' /'t i $ I m . 1 ^1 3il -■-j LIGHT BULB SALE BY MANTEO BOY SCOUTS A light bulb sale is btiak conduct by.* the members- of Manteo Boy Scout Troop 185. The bulbs, are packed in'con j tainers of three., Cost.is^ one dollar per carton. Hisy'"ore aL' fv A Proceeds win jo towards' troop" trip to' WaabiagtoB. DL»cr.‘J^ A, A.4 , *- AA. .4. • ...a. ■4.AA.a,A..VA a, ^ AA.A a.'A-.AA VA, A A.k