Kill Devil Hills, N.C, 27948 8-2i-^/68 ^ - . ’ , SEND RENEWAL. OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS Fourteen Pages in Two Sections COASTLAND TIMES 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 . MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO. N. C. 27954 NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Pages One through Eight VOLUME XXXIII — NO. 43 MANTEO, N. C. 27954, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 19o« Single Copy I Oft ASSAULT CHARGES levied against 2 CURRITUCK MEN Woman Found Unharmed On Highway Shortly After Midnight ', Clephus Emanuel Dillard of '■ CuiTituck and Keath .Jnnes, also of Curi’itiick but now in Iho army at Fort Rra;?K, aro scheduled to appear in District Court Friday to a ii s w e r Charges of assault with intent to rape. The charges were brought by Mrs. Nonna Elaine iRoss of Slorganton. Dillard and Jone are nep-oes. 5Irs. Ross is v/hite. The Dare county sheriff’s de partment said JIrs. Ros.s and her son, Lewis Miclrie! .Mice; a boy friend, Preston E. Coffey: and a friend, James A. Small, all of .Morganton, were here May 24 to visit Dai iu n Collin.s, i a negro. Officers s;iid Collins had been in a hospit.-'.! ivitli Coffey. Mrs. Ross and her group found Collin.s on Good Lurk .sti-eet and were visiting with him and a negro fnend, Wal- ■lece Bei-rj% according to of ficers. A.s memhei's of the g^o'iu* were talking, officer.^ said, Dillard and Jone.s .'■•topped. They wei'e waved on once by Collin.s, but came back a few minutes later. This time Dillard and Jone.s alighted from their car and „ began talking to Mrs. Ro.ss. of ficers said they wore told. It was understood Dillard and •! , Jones wore attempting to poi-- Euatle Mrs. Ross to join them in their automobile. Members of .ttifi. Ro.ss' group left for downtown Jlanteo in search of a policeman. They found Ken Whittington Mantco chief of police. Whittington contacted Mrs. Elma Wood, radio dispatcher in the .sheriff’s depai'tmcnt. and See CHARGES, Page Eight, .ii^MORRISETTE OUTLINES ECU PLANS, KIWANIS .. Economic, educational and cultural advantages of the Dara. County Program of -East Caro lina Univeraity were outlined by Clayton Mom.sette, Director of the program, in a talk to the Kiwanis Club of the Outer Bank.s, meeting at the John Yancey Motor Hotel, last week. Until recently dean of Cho wan College, Morrisette drew or his e.ypcrienccs in Murfrees boro since li)G0 to prooict thnt the new East Carolina U'. campus on Roanoke Island will greatly enrich the Dare Coast- Outer Banks, “not only finan cially,” he said, “but by en couraging high school students to continue their education.” He reported thr.l when he went to Chowan eight years ago there were aiiproximatcly 200 students, about 20 faculty mcm- I bers and a budgf.1 of .apiiro.vi- i mately .$100,000. “Now,” he de clared “there are 1,.300 students, more than 100 faculty and staff members, and the annual bud- get is in the millions.” Morrisette also reported that » less than 50 per cent of the * Murfreesboro area high school graduates went on to college in 1960, whereas about 85 per cent of the. high school gi'aduates now con'inue their education. The Kiwanians were especial ly enthusiastic about th.e feur college credit courses to be taught by East Carolina in the old Mantco elementary school building this summer. The Out er Banks club, chartered last Decemlrer under sponsov.^hip of the Elizabeth City KiwanLs Club, now has 29 n-.cmhers. Visiting Kiwanians are invited to the .supper meeting held each 'I'hursday at 7 o’clock at the John Yancey. OWENS RENAMED TO ki HEAD DARE DEMOS YDC MEET CALLED Robert V. Owens of JIantco was elected to a two-year tcrar as chairman of the Dare Coun ty Democratic Executive Com mittee last Saturday. Mrs. Es telle B. Tillett, also of Mantco was named first vicc-chainnan and Mrs. Alva Wi.se, second vice chairman. Ralph Swain was rcalned as s e c r t, t a r y- treasurer. YDC Aclivitic.s JIarc Basnight, a memlicr of the Manteo precinct committee, has stated that a meet’ng is set for Saturday, June 1, in the courthouse at 2 p.m. Purpo.se is to 'lay plans for reorganization of the Young Democrats Club which has been doraiant for some time. Basnight invites all interested persons to attend. 1968 GRADUATING CLASS OF MANTEO HIGH SCHOOL M,. L - ■*^'*1* . » . '.'i.'-hI • H Jxl f ■M i- mi-'' ""'it' ilMit 1.4 t, I I I i % ’4! 'I i' i ^ 1:, SI [4. GRADUATING FRID.'tY FROM MA.NTKO HIGH arc .^ixty-four senior.s. Comn encement e.xercises begin at eight p.m. in the high school auditorium. ’I'he addrcs.s will be delivered by .Mr. Thomas A. Basnight, .Annadale, Va., and a graduate of Manteo High. Graduaies pictured above are left to right, first row: Ronald Dale McKimmey, Charlie Warren Golden, .Arthur Hugh Water.s, Paul Herman l.eary, Jr., Alice Lynn Wise, Warren Gwen Leary, Carol Mildred .Au.stin, .Mary Fay Kemp, Linda Gale .Midgelt, Klnora Inez Buw.ser, Mary Ann Sapone Bland, Meredith Ann Reber, Bernadine .Alene Johnson;'Second row: Melva Basnight Garrison, Kay Kemp .Sawyer, Lynda Bruee .Ionian, Cassie Myrlcne Scarborough, Patricia Ann Leonard, Jane Lynn Corbell, Jenny Finn Gray, Theresa Ann Daniels, Rebecca .Ann Ballanco, Dorothy Loui.'io .Spencer, It.auna Dean Gray, Dorothy Dale Wes cott, Susan Sermons Oneto, Martha Lynn Evans: Third row: Ruby Scliroe Daniels, B.oib.ir.n -Annette .Alidgctt, Glenila Ellen Gaskill, William Itickmaii Pinner, Jesse Fraiici.s Ambrose, James Franklin Moore, Jolin Thomas Garri.son, Pete Nyle Cochran, George Thomas .Scarborough, I’hyllis Irene Etheridge, Mary Alice Wescott; Fourth row: Justin Haye.s Tillett, Robert Byron Carter, John Walter Beasley, James Guiloii Midgette, William Charles Swimlell, Robert Glenn Midgelte, Rodney Wtiyne Midgett, William Scott Fletcher, Dwight Douglas Gibson, Gerald Ray Thomas; Fifth ro-.v: W.'dter Lee Baker, John Hubert Daniels, Robert Leigh Tolson, Douglas Ray Liverman, Joseph Grgurich, Roger Daraell Barnett, Goodrich Franklin Williams, Jr., Joseph Lee Willis, Saint Clair Tillett and Ivey Justaiii John.son. Not pre.sent when this picture was made were Linda Carol Edw.artls, Mar.sha Irene Mann, .Myra Ann .Meekins, Betty Jean Meekin.s, Luther Hamilton Daniels ami Richard Vance Scarborough. (Photo by Grady Ga.skill) ■LOST COLONY’ REHEARSALS TO BEGIN MONDAY Tw.enty-EigHb iPrsducHon Sea son Begins Friday, ’ 'Juna2r’^ Rehears'Is for “The Lost C-lony” outdoor drama of 1968 -the 2Sth production sotLson in hi'tovy'— w'll begin in ^ho Waterside Th.eatre on the Fort" Raleigh National Historic Site Monday morning. General Mana.ger .John W. Fox announced that Duncan Noble, a member of the faculty of the N, C. School of the Arts •it Win.ston-Saloni, will bo in charge of the [ireparations for the .show pending arrival about June 10 of Director and Chorc-o- gi’apher Joe Lajdan. Noble is sendng as production coordina tor for the third consecutive vear. Layton is currently in Europe on a vacation after Fuecossf'tlly staging the hit Broadway musical, “Goergo M”. starring Jod Grey. Technical .and other jiroduc- tion leaders of “The Colony” are .already on the sc“nc pre paring for the fiitsl. official nei forni.ince on Friday night, Juna 21, .at 8:30 p.m. (EDT). P r e V i e w pca-foianances - arc slated for June 19 and 20. One of the cutstan'i'ng new comers to Iho staff of Paul Green’s .symiihonic drama is Ronald Shirey, choral director. IHe is head of the Department of Music in the Division of Fine Arts at Dol JIar (killogc in Corpus Christi, Texa.s. He is bringing with him 17 Texas students, some from his own college and others from .S.M.U., T.C.U. and North Texas Uni versity .it Denton. Three .low apartmei t build ings, located on high dunes about one mile soulhei.'-t of the theatre, amU house 49 members of “The Colony” cast and staff this year. The buildings and the land are .a gift to the Roa noke Lsland Historical Associa tion, sponsor of the drama. Also new this year will be .a 60 x 100 foot Educational Work.shop Building in the backstage area of the Watci'side I'heatrc. It will .be used for rehearsals, classes .ind children’s theatre pixiduelions which arc planned for the summer. Other staff leaders this year include: Randolph Umberger, production stage manager; Irene .Smart Rain.s, costumer; Jlichacl Wiseman, technical su pervisor; Susan Palmer and Bill Patton, stage managers; William T. Long, IT, properties master; I'largie Perkins, light ing crew chief; and Susan Hor ton, organist. Among those returning for featured roles in the .show aro: Thomas Hull, "Old T'am”; Pat Kelly Gilbreath, “Eleanor Dare”; .Marjalciie Thomas, “Q'uecn Elizaheth”: Woodson B. Fearing 11, “Governor See ‘COLONY’, Page Eight ISLAND NATIVE TO DELIVER ADDRESS SCHOLARSHIP TO BE GIVEN BY KWANIANS W!‘ THO.MAS A. BASNIGHT, di rector. regulatory matters. Air Ifine Pilots Association, one of the sons of the late Captain Tc.m and Mrs. Mary Meekins Basnight who still resides on Roanoke Island, will deliver the commcncc.nient address to the Manteo graduating class and their guests on May 31. • Basnight spent his childhood and youth on Roanoke Island and was a member of the 1937 graduating class from Manteo High School. He attemied Co lumbus Junior College and Georgetown U n i \ c r s ' I y in Washington, D. C. .and the Noivair School of Aeronautics, Norfolk, Va. He is a pilot and an aircraft accident investigator. Prior to assuming his present duties, Basnight was assistant to the manager of the Eastera Region, -Air Transport Association of Amciiiea. Foioneriy, he was an air traffic controller, seiving as Chief Controller, Norfolk, Va.; Charleston, West Va.; and Washington. D. C. He is a profe.ssional member and former officer of the Air Traffic Control Association, the See BASNIGHT. Page Eight NAGS HEAD P. O. PRIED OPEN BUT NOTHING STOLEN The Nags Head Post Office was entered the night of May 23 but nothing apparently was taken, according to Postmaster Everett Tate. 7’ate said the front door was pried open and the glass in the door cracked. He said the in truder left no tools with which the door was opened. Tate, said the .safe apparently was not approached. The brpak-in was investigat ed by, PoB^ Inspector J. T. Johnson of Ahoskie. A $200 .scholai-ship to the col lege of his or he;;, ehoic^^-Will be 'presvhteil to- .a_-graduating senicr of Manteo High School at commencement exercises in Manteo Fi-iday night. The don ors arc the mcmbei-s of tho Kiwanis Club of the Outer Banks. / .'fhe winner will be announced during the graduating cere- nionics as the choice of a special committee comprising Shelby Hines -ind 'fom Sander- lin of tho Kiwanis Club, Jon Pool representing both the club and the h.igh school faculty, and Wayne Gray and Mrs. John Bone, also of the faculty. Basis for the selection of the winner is scholastic achievement and monetary needs. William E. Gard, president of the Kiwanis Club which meets each Thuraday night at the John Yancey Motor Hotel in Kill Devil .Hills, said that tho scholarship is one of several youth projects being sponsored by the club which wa.s chartered only last Doccmbei-. Another is a softball diamond which has been developed .at the Kitty Hawk School. The club is rais ing money for youth work through such projects as a peanut brittle sale and the operation of soft drink dispens ing machines in tho Outer Banks area. ICROWDS EXPECTED BUXTON evangelist! ^eaVY for first BIG V/EEK ENDING |Bustlmg Season Will Get In Full Swing During Coming , "- VVeelt ■ . ■■■■ DAVID DANIELS of W.anchese will be guest evan.gelist at the Buxton Assembly of God dui-ing the revival which will begin in the Buxton chin-ch on June 2. Sendees will begin each oven-, ing at 7:30, and the public is invited to attend. FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEHRATION PLANNED Mr. and Mre. Elihie Gaskins of Hatte.vas will celebrate their Golden Wedding on June 8. No invitations .are being mailed, but family and frior.d.s are invited to enjoy 0))en house with them on the occasion of their fiftieth wedding anniver sary. STATE ASKS WATERFOWL HUNTERS TO GIVE BIRDS CHANCE TO EAT state wildlife officials have asked hunters and land owners in onee-lush hunting sections of Hyile County to provide addi tional feed and feeding areas for migratory waterfowl and to give the ducks and gee.se time to cat. Unless something is done to attract more ducks and geese to the area, the waterfowl pop ulation wintering at Lake Mat- tamuskcct will shrink even more than it has in recent years, the officials indicated. Last year on ly 30,000 to 40,000 Canada geese were at the lake. Only a few yeai-s ago there were more than 100,000 of the big birds on the water and in the sur rounding marshes. O. L. Woodhouse, chairman of the watei-fowl committee of the Wildlife Resources Commission asked for liclp from hunters and land owners at a public hearing at Swan Quai-ter on pro posed 1968-69 waterfowl hunting regulations. He said there had been repeated picas for help from the area, but that local people apparently were doing little to coiTcct the situation. “Can’t you local people get together and do something among yourselves ” Woodhouse asked. “Otherwise, it narrows down to asking tho General As sembly for legislation to control the situation.” There seemed to bo general agreement at tho liearing that additional fcoiling and rest areas :ire needed. There were sugges tions, too, that small grain un»l other crojis on which waterfowl feed should be planted in ureas not i^heduled to be hunted. The number of waterfowl com- to the area lias been declining for several years. But in other sections of the Atlantic flyway the duck and geese population is reported to be rising, espe cially after tlie devastating drought in Canada and the Northeast a couple of yeaios ago. Some observers blame the poor hunting seasons in the Mat- tamuskoet area in recent years on lush feeding grounds in Slarylund and Delaware and overshooting, or “skyblasting,” after the birds reach eastern North Carolina. Dr. Joseph Anderson, commit tee member from New Bern, told the hearing that “you are going to run every goose away unless you give them a chance to feed. A goose can’t feed in Hyde county in just one hour.” Anderson said recoi-ds show that the best day to hunt is on Monday with a steady decline the remainder of the week. „ See HUNTING, Page Eight T. MAYOR REFUSES OFFER OF LIGHTSHIP AS TOURIST ATTRACTION IN HARBOR FORMER WANCHESE BOY IS GRADUATE OF WVIT CURTIS C. C U D W 0IR T H, fonnerly of Wancheso, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cudworth, received his Bachelor of .Science degree in Mechanical Engineer ing from West Vh-ginia Insti tute of Tcchnolo.gy on May 19. He i.s now employeil by West- inghouso Corporation in Pitts burgh, Pa. COASTAL AREAS RAKED ON MON. BY STRONG WINDS Damages to Many Business Establishments; Debris and Sand Strewn With business reported “boom ing" from sonie establishments (hj'oughout vacsiion areas of the Outer Banks on Thursday, it appears that the biggest sum mer, as earliei* jn-odicted, is in store for the Outer Banks. The Memorial Day holiday on Thursday st:irted a long week end of respite for many employ ees of business and industry who were granted a legal holiday and will take an extra day’s leave on Friday. Vacationists this year will find a record number of accom modations in a variety and stylo never before provided. This has been the year of “high rise,” with at least two major Nags Head facilities now boasting three stories, and one in Kill Devi Hills with five. Several liundrcd now rooms are provided in the Nags Head-Kill Devil Hills-Kitty Hawk areas, and numerous additions also will be found to motel facilities on Hat- ter:i.s and Ocracoke islands. One of tho ilrawbacks to ear ly season vacationing has ended in some areas as schools com plete their tei-ms, with the us ual effect being that cottages arc opened in heavy numbers. Once oiien, even if not occupied by the owners, they are rented almost solid throughout the season by agents who specialize in that business. See OUTI.VG, Page Eight .So far as coastal storms go, Monday’s gusty southeaster could hardly be I'atcd as one to remember o.vpect ir. a few isolated cases. Work was dis rupted, debris strewn, .sand blown onto roadways and other nuisances. Perhaps the 'most expensive 'repair’necessitated will be by a Nags Head firm Co:istal Ready-Mi.v, the. tower atop the plant h.aving blown down. A company .spokesman s.'timated repaii- cost at .about $4500. Miss Dorothy Drinkwater of Manteo, the “weatherman,’' re ported that wind.s of 00 m.p.h. from the southeast were re- corded. She .stated that velocity was greater in the beach areas, however. Direction then shifted to southwest, and finally to northwo.st during the freakish weather Throe inches of rain was recorded in the period mid night, beginning Sund.ay. Low est barometer I'oading was 29.42. I DIVORCE CASE COMPRISES TERM OF CIVIL COURT 'fhe town of Manteo refil.scd tlie offer of a surplus Cdiist Guard lightship to be placed on the Jlantco waterfront as an' historical and touri.st attraction. Mayor Sam E. Midgett.said the offer of the shiji was turned down “because the town couldn’t afford it.” l’'ormer Jlayor Wallace W. Harvey, Jr. who conceived .the idea of acquiring the lightship :several years ago, answered in a sarcastic vein when asked to comment on the town action. “If the town fathers feel the town is not in fiscal condition to promote the town further,” he said, “then they liave mudo a iiise decision.” Haii'ey resigned the mayor alty upon his election as a mem ber of the Dare county Board of commissioners. He was suc ceeded by Midgett. Midgett said the light.ship whicli had been offered needed considerable repaii'. It was learn ed that the 64-year-ohi vessel was minus both anchor.s, 'siile lights, life boats, a ship’s wheel, and needed .scraping and paint ing. Midgett said the expense of bringing the 135-ft. ship from Curti.s Bay, Maryland, was more than the town could bear.' He said that even if a tug owner had offered to tow the .ship-lo iNJanteo without charge, the co.st of the .special insurance needed would have been pi'obibitive.- “We just couldn’t afford it,” Midgett said. "If we had accept ed the sliip the town would have had to abandon its waterftbnt development project.” Midgett said he and board members A. McCoy Tillett, Jr., , .and Carlisle N. Davis had "talk- / ed it over" and decided “we’d'! better stay out of something/ we couldn’t afford.” He said/ Moiehe.ad City and Beaufort uU so had turned down the offtj of the lightship -'oiV • simila/;,-.. grounds. ’ j' Accordingly, the mayor j May 24 advised the Coast Guar “This is to advise you th . the Town of Manteo has giv up the idea of tr^'ing to obta a suiqilus Coast Guai'd Ligh ship.'After considering the fp: of iransjiortation, replacing mii sing materials, ..and ncce.s.^ai- maintenance and repair cost! we have decided that at tlii! See SHIP, Page Eight 1 QUIDLEY WINS STATE CONTEST,*. TO U. S. FINALS Jaycee Head Takes Speak-Up ^ Honors As Term Ends PAMLICO SOUND CHANNEL STUDY IS 'STILL ALIVE' Congressman IVaiter B. Jones on Mond.ay of this week said that U. S. Army Engineers as sured hull that the Pamlico Sound deep watca' channel fea sibility study is “verj' much alive.” Jones said that Maj. Jack P. Campbell, deputy divi sion engineer at Wilmington denied published reports that tlie engineers had reached an unfavorable decision after about two years of study. ‘•It will be at least three months before any- report will be forwai-deil to Hie South Atr Icntic Division office,” the congressman said. “At the pre sent, an in-depth study of tho effect of the channel on fish and wildlife is of prime itn- portance and .also a determina tion as to the most efficient and economical route for tho channel is imder consideration,” Jones said. “Tlie 'project is still in draft fonn,” Jones stated, adding that Campbell told him_ ‘ that ‘.‘no decision would he ..made within tho next few weeks.” Only .me uncontested divorce ■case came before Judge Fen tress Horner sitting in civil dis trict court Monday. Three other cases had been scheduled for hearing, but one was settled out of court and an .attorney involved in the other two was tied up elsewhere in the district. Court officials learned late Friilay that only one case would lie up for disposition and that a juiy would not be needed. The sheriffs deiiartment noti fied all but one. of a panel of 35 prospective jurors not to show up. The prospective juroi who did show up turned out to be a resident of Engelhard and already had been stricken from the Dare county jui-y rolls. Mrs. Rebecca Modlin Raber of Manteo was gi'anted a divorce from John H. Reber. Ill, Manteo on grounds of separation for more than two years. Mrs. Reberis mother, Matilda Gray of Wanchese, ayas her daughter’s corroborating witness. Submissions filed with C. S. Meekins, clerk of the court, through May 26 included: iMilton Fletcher Adams, Ay- den, driving wrong way on one way street, $15; John Pans Lewis, Manteo, exceeding safe speed, $15; Carl William Rise, Buxton, speedilng 70 mph in a 55-miIe zone, $30; iRegina Dozier, Manteo, drunk and dis- oi-derly, $19; Harold Lloyd Johnston, Salem, Va., public drunkenness, $17; Terry Wayne Jenkins, Portsmouth, Va., public drunkenness, $17; S t c p h en Peter Siwinski, Philadelphia, Pa., affray, $26; James Warren Taydor, Kinston, affray, $15; Richai'd Lane Rich, Norfolk, Va., exce^ng safe speed, $15; Bruce Harold Bacon, Minot, N. D., exceetUng safe spsedrfU: See COURT. Page Kglit Phillip Quidley, Manteo; wound up his year as president of the Dare County Jaycee.s by winning the state “Speak-Up” contest at the annu.ol state convention in Raleigh during the week end. Quidley was presented a large -ulaque and was aiito- matically advanced to the na tional finals of the “Speak-Up” contest to be held in Phoenix, Ariz., in June. Quidley’ will relinquish his presidency June 1. IHe will; be succeeded by' Lindelle Ward of Kitty’ Hawk for the 1968-69 term. Others electeii Slay 28 for 1968-69 ’erms were: 1st -vice president, Lance Newman, Nag.s Head; 2nd vice president, Wilson Foster, Nags Head; secretary, Henry- Barbour. Man teo; treasurer, Dell Hocutt, Manteo; jaybird, Dennis Mid gett, Mantco; parliamentarian, Dwight Whcless, Mantco; state director, Clifton Wright, Mak- teo. Chosen Directors were Charles Griffin, Kill Devil Hills; Brantley Twiford, Manteo; -and Ray Wliite, Manns Haibor. Quidley will be chairman ot>the board of directors for the year. DOTSON ADDED TO KDH- SUMMER POLICE FORCE Tom Dotson, former school principal and supervisor aUth* Naval Supply Center in Ne^. folk, has Iteen added to the'Kill Devil Hills police force for the summer. He will assist PoUm Chief Tom Dowdy. -V' Dotson was a high scheot principal in Fayette County. 'West Virginia, for 20 years and for 17 years was.superviaor .pf. electricians at the supply cen ter. Dotson, 65, retired iii 19M and moved to KlI Devil HUla where he has ow^,a for 15 yean. ‘ "

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