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David Stick Kill Devil Hills, N.C, 27948 8^21^^168 SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS Sixteen Pages in Two Sections THE 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 MANTEO, N. C. 27954, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1968' Single Copy 10^ SIMPSON LEARNS that an order MUST BE OBEYED Pfivott Fines Speeders Heavily But Suspends Jail Sentences WUlie Simpson, a lavmdry ■^'jorker, learned the hard way Friday that a district judge’s orders should be obeyed promptly and explicitly. Willie has been in court with .a great deal of regularity the past few weeks. When he. fails to appear, that fact often is a matter of comment among court officials and court fol- loirers. Oenerally, hi.s .appear- ance is the result of a forceful invitation by membcj's of the sheriffs department. During at least one .se.ssion, ho was' a principal prosecuting witness as well as a defendant. Sometimes ho was freed, sometime..s he suf fered punishment. On .'Vpril 20, Willie was found guilty to socking Charle.s Herr.v in the left eye. The judge didn't believe Willie.’s plea of defense of his home, ami sentenced him to 90 days on the roads sus pended upon payment of court costs and $100 to Deny for medical c,Npcnses. The. $100 was to be paid in two installments through Chauncey S. 'Meekins, clerk of the court. Simpson was haled into court Fi-iday for failure to pay the money for Berry, lie had" paid the court costs. IHe confhlentl.v )*roduced a piece of paper which he said wa.s a receipt for $50 he claimed he had paid to Ber- ry. This did not appc.ase .ludge W. S. I’rivott or .Solicitor Wil ton Walker. They were not familiar with Ben-j-’s signature. They knew the money had not passcil through the hands of the clerk of the court. Privott was firm. He said Willie should pay the entiie $100 immediately to the clerk or go to the jail foi‘ 90 days and was ordered into cu.stoly of the sheriff. A hurry-up call to Willie’s employer brought forth t^ie $100. Michael Delinar Shelton of W'inston-Salem said he had no e.\cuso for traveling 90 miles per heur in a 35-miIe zone in Kill Devil Hills. He got CO days in jail suspended upon payment of n fine of $100 and costs and lost his .Iriver’s license for 12 Tuonth.s. Harry Clarence Busier:, Ed- enton, pled guilty to a cliarge of rcckics.s driving in a re sidential area mainta.ined by the National Park Sendee for employes of the Cape. Ila’.icrar National Seashore. Park .'hang er James Hcnnngs said Busick tr.aveletl 66 miles per hour in e •^5-miIe zone. Busick, .'•■ red- faced youngster, said re. es timated his speeil at •‘alvnit' 60 mile.s per hour.’ The judge shook his head, and .sentenced him to 30 day.s suspended upon payment of a fine $35 ami costs. Edgar P. StjTon, Jr., 17 Hat- tciras, plel guilty to a charge of reckless driving. Hanger Hennings sad Styron had See COUllT, Page Seven BREAK-IN AT KITTY HAWK RESULTS IN NEW SAFE ) The Kitty Hawic Post Office got a new safe Thurstluy as a replacement for the one hurnetl open by a torch wieldecl by rob bers a Week ago. Mrs. Kathr>-n Perrj'. post master, said whoever broke in to the building and open -.1 the safe didn't get nuich of a haul. She declined to specify the ex act amount of money or rtami)s stolen. Mrs. Perry said the robbers left two i-olls of nickel.*—$4 worth. Investigation of the robbery still is under wav. Officers in- volvci!l include Sheriff Frank Cohoon, a deputy, an FBI agent who was spending a vacation on the beach and a postal inspec tor. u The post office was broken into about three years ago. Tlic office at Nags Head was broken into in Jlay. SPENCER’S PAID FOR BALANCE OF MEALS Spencer’s Restaurant at Mnnns Harbor didn’t get rtuck with the bill as was believed and repojted to this newanaper last week. Mrs. Shirley Snen- ccr, wife of Ira, Jr. says that the balance due was maul in cash, “We received a rh'-ck to compensate for the children’s meals, and JIrs. Fearing paid the balance in cash.” Spenesr was unaware that the remainder of the ohwkj to taling upwards of $90 had been ■^paid when discussing the t...'eni- ing incident with us last w-c-k. MORE UNUSUAL BONES FOUND BY ISLAND YOUTH i ■ 4 . :K..1 •sv-t; KT‘ WILTON C. WESCOTT, .III., 12-year-oUl son of Mr. ami Mr.s. “Preacher” Wescolt of JIanteo, is the second youth to come to the office of The Coastland Times with bones as .shown above. Wilton Ui.st week found this specimen similar to tho.se on display in our window for several weeks, near Motlicr Vineyard on Roanoke I.sluml. Identification wa.s made last Saturday, when .Mrs. Delos Smith of Ale.xundiia, Va. and Nags Head, came by to tell U.S that the bones were from a sea turtle. She said that several years ago a turtle washed ashore near her summer residence. Because of the offensive odor, the turtle was buried. Her daughter who was interested in biology,'tlis.sected the remains some months later. The bones were identical in stinc- ■■urc to those which have been a my.stery since being found by Kenneth Card, a Nags Head youth. MARYLAND GIRL TAKFS* HISTORIAN- POSITION MISS KATHLEEN DILONAR- DO of Dickerson, Md., r.'cently ioined the Cioe -Intteras Na tional sLiff. Miss Dilonai-do at tended Wilson College, Cham- bersburg, Penn., and after graduating in 1967, .she accept- "d a position with the Nation al Archives in Washin.glon, D. C. Miss Dilonardo's f'r.t as- ngnmoat with the National Park Serv-ice was at Crandy C.anyon, Arizona, where she at tended the Albright Training Center course. “Introduction to Park Oner.ations.” She will be assigned to the Wright Bi-oth- ers-Fort 'RaleJgh District and will reside in Jlanteo. APPOINTMENTS FOR AREA METHODISTS TOLD LAST FRIDAY CcacluJing 17 years of ser\'- ice, Slethoflist Bi.shop Paul Neff Garher cresided over the 143itl N. C. Uniteil Methodist Con- fei-ence last week. He wll rc- tii-c. in July when the South- aastci-n Jurisdictional Confer ence meets at Lake Junaluska to choose his successor. His nlans for the future, -‘.nclude- writing .a hi.storj' of McthoUsm in Europe. The Bi,shoo was presented a cheek for $10,000 bv the Rsv. R. Grad.v Dawson of New Bern on behalf of North Carolina Methodists. The “love gift” was mp.do up of contribution.* at tho conference, and from indivi duals and agencies within the conference. Final action of the Bishop was announcement of anpoint- ments, including the following in the ma-otland area; Elizabeth City District ’ COLUMBIA: We.slcy iMcmo- rial, B. F. Potter, Jr.; COLUM BIA CIRCUIT,, Lloyd I- San- dcrlin; ORESWELL, .H. iM. Sec MINISTERS, Page Four BILLFISH TAKES STILL INCREASE OFF HAHERAS Lav-Day Declared for Thursday During 9th Annual Marlin Tournament. Despite chopnv seas at mid week, the bitlfish catches of Hatteras continued to increase with blue marlin score now at 14 and the white marlin take to date advancing to seven. Largest marlin was boated by an angler competing in the 9lh Annual Intci-natioual Blue Mar lin Tournament. On Monday. David F. Rice of Hamlet, boated a 425-i)ounder. but the big fish was disqunlificd and did not score for the angler. Skipping bait from the cruiser “Post Time,” the marlin was hooked and some three hours later as it w.ns almost raady to hs hauled aboard, a nack of sharks attacked and took a hunk out of the b'g fish. Under IGFA rules that disqualifies the fish, but the marlin was boated and brought ashora. Weighmaetei- t,loy4 Styron at Hatteras Mar lin Club, .headquarters for tho tourney, estimated that the slnirks had gotten about 25 pounds of flesh but what was left scaled at 425 ])ounds. Robert Mutschler’s 355-pound er was ill tlie tourney lead through Wednesday. The New Jei-sey angler cought his fish from “Pacemaker 40”. After battling rough seas on Tuesday and Wednesday the Tournament committee declared Thursday a lay day. Several anglers did go offshore Thurs day and radio rciiorhs at mid day indicated that hillfish were being caught - especially white inarliii. Four additional whites had been taken by anglers aboard Hatteras-basod cruisers during the week and one had been brought ill to Oregon Inlet. The latter was caught by Steve Moora of Rocky Mount. Dr. Wai ter Crouch of Wilmington boat ed a white aboai-d “Post Time” Tuesday; Sam Clark of Tarboro caught a white Monday aboard the "Carolyn,” and on the same day William H. Rauck- of Tow- son, Md., nboai-d Sheri-D tagged and realeased a white. Several billfish, both blues and whites were hooked, played and lost during the week off Hatter as. MAY A3.C. SALES UP Total sales by D :re County A.B.C. stores for the Mry were $42,326.90. This represented an increase of $456.40 over. May, 19C7, accoixling- to Robert H. Midgctt, supervisor. NEWKDH BUDGET v ABOUT SAME, TAX RATE UNCHANGED Largest Fiscal Year Expenditure To Be For Debt Service The tentative .spen^'me- bud get for the town of Kill Devi) Hi'Is for fisc-’l 1969 totals .‘^120 569, virt'iellv the .‘-■vine as actual -'yienditures du’-inf the ye-’v which enil.= June 36. Mayor Tom Brigirs ,s:i'l the 1:i.\ i-jite for fi'-cal l-6(>9 -''ill be 88 cents on $100 valu.-itfon, un changed f -oni the ciirent rate. The tax rate wiii be applied to a 70 uer cent nropertv vehi- ation of $8 147,647 feu- the his- toWe little Outer Banks town The budget will come up for adoption r.t a special m.et'ling of the hoard early in July, Brigg said. 'I'he largest ))rojected siiend- ing item .’'or fiscal 1960 h $39,- 850 for debt service. This in- cludps $13,000 for hoiu! ))rin- cipal and $26,850 for bend in terest. Both principal and in terest are for watm- bonds. Opei-ating e.xpeiises ’’o'- the water department were .set te.n- ta’ively at $17,695. The town board tabbed $11,- 215 for idministr.’.tive “xreiise, $10,225 for the police depart ment, and $12,300 for tlie sani tation department. The board calculated on spending $18,500 in Powell Bill fund.s for tho maintenance of i-tads •'".nd streets. This Is nione.y provided by the stale. The unchanged tax rate from fiscal 1968 Ls expected to result in collect i ins of lU-ou.nd $71,700, .Additional revenue will come from the sale of water. Brigg.s said tha town had contracted to supply water to 300 homes in the section being developed by East Coas* Pro- pe.rties in the Kitty Hawk area, and has agreed to furnish an unlinxitwl amount of water to Colinglon Hai-bour homes. Persons living outside; the town are charged water :rates considerably higher than itiose in town. PORTRAIT OF WALKER'HOUND SHOWN AT NAGS HEAD ' i a SUFFOLK MINORS ARRESTED AFTER USING COTTAGE Four youngsters of Suffolk, V.n., are scheduled to apnetir in District Court Friday to an.swer charges of breaking and enter ing in connection with their use Sniiirday night of the J. R. Ward cottage at Avalon Beach. Tom ’Dowdv, police chief of Kill Devil Hills, said the charge probably would be changed to a catchall complaint of “fercibie trespass” because “they didn’t .steal anything.” Arrested and charged by Dowdy and • Assistant Chief Toni Dotson were Pola lloillv, 18, Marion Christine Parker, 17, Jerr.v White, 19, and Mil:e Cum mings, 19. Dowdy said he and Dotson had been lipped there was “too much noi.sy partying gorng on at the Ward cottage.” The chief said Miss Reilly had .suggested tho group rent a cottage, but that she “went along” after the others insisted See BKEAK-IN. Page Four m Am M" PAT IRBLASD, chairman of the hnanl of International Sjiortsiiuin's .A.s.'-'oriation, and a resi dent of Bo.slon, Va., di.siilays a C. C. Fawcett portrait of a Walker Fo.x Hound to a group of Tar heel .and Virginia fox liuntcrs at Nags Head last week. He .stated that the painting by the Missouri artist had been acquired for the Slate of Virginia and will soon be hung in the State House at Richmond. Admiring the (licture are E. R. Porter, Henderson, N. C., Delloy White, Fork Union, Va., 1. J. .Iack.son, Middleburg, N, C. and Chandler Watkins, Oxfortl, who are each meniber.s and parlieipants in llie annual Nags Head Fox Hunt. (Photo by Aycock Brown) AT HATTERAS. OCRACOKE. BEAUFORT SEASHORE COMMISSION WILL CONDUCT HEARING NEXT THURSDAY. FRIDAY A .serie.s of public liearing.s to consider existing and potential nroblems affecting the national nark ar''n.s of North Caralina’s Outer Banks will be, conducted .Tune 20 and 21 at Hatteras, Ocracoke and Beaufort. A two-fold purpose vnTl he serv.'d hv- the hearings, acco’-d- ing to Woodrow Price of Rn- l-'igh chabanan of the North Carolina Seashore Commussion which win sponsor the events. Price so'd the Ctwmifiop wonhl ^fh-st..i'Hke' ,to deterniine the nature of anv problems that have deve'oned as .a recujt of the e.stah'ivhment of tho Cape HnUer.a.s National .Seasho v .nud tho siihseonont influx of toiir- i-st-s. He said tho Coinmi.ssion would like osneciaily ' i look into the traffic situation on Ocracoke Island. Problems on both Ocracoke and Hatteras Jsland.s win be .studied to deter mine wlietlicr attention to those problems by various pl.anning agencies might he hcneficiiil. A side bcvncfit from the licar- ir.gs, according to the ehainnan, will bo the gathering of in formation on experiences in the Hatteras park nroa to be utilized in planning f>r the Cape Lookout National Sea shore. The latter perk is in tho initial stages of development. A second major purnosn of the hearings will he ‘o hear statements regaixling th' fea.s- ibility of state financial par- ticiuation in beach eros’oii con trol measures in the fe ici'ally- owned seashore park areas. Prasent rtato policy places the total obligation for fiaaucing such measures on tho federal government. Price .-aid the que.st'cri of stale participation has been See HEARING.S. Page Four RODANTHE BOY TO ATTEND 4-H CAMP GARY'WAYNE O’NEAL h.as been chosen tho 4-H representa tive from Dare County to par ticipate in the annual 4-H For- otry Camp at Camp Millstone near Rockingham. The son of Mr.s. Ethel A. O’ Neal of Rodanthe. Gary is one of a hundred boys each chosen to represent his county as .a 4- 'K Forestry Leader. The week of. June 12 will find these boys converging on Camp Millstone in Richmond County for the an nual 4-H Forestry Awards Camp. Both Southern Boll and the Agricultural Extension Ser.'ice at North C.arolina Stale Univ ersity sponsor this program which is gearoil to tho develo))- ment, among the young people pf our state, of leader.ship and knowledgsaliility in forestry skill.s. Special fpaturcs of tl'p camp .See O’NEAL, Page Four PREPARING MACKERAL FOR MARLIN BAIT ‘y.c. . J,--..5-. '^•*•..‘■^•7.--*' ‘ I, ‘ »7. • '* . , ', , - r u. V. > ..>•{ V - ♦ . * • . ^ nr*', J * ' • •• ... r' 1, •♦ti SEii / f 4 D. S. SKILES, fonnerly stationed at Hatteras with the State Highway, Patrol, returns to the Outer Bunks community each year to vacation during the annual Blue JIarlin touniament in which he participates. He is shown this week preiiariiig Spanish mackerel as bait for blue marlin, a tricky job pcrfpmed with needle and line, plus the liook. The Skilcs family now lives in Louls- burg where he was tran.sfon-ed by the SHP from H.atteras. Capt. Hallas Foster of Hatteras watcli- es as he prepares the bait. (Aycock Brown photo) LAYTON TOUCH OF FINALITY TO 'COLONY' ACTING Show Open Officially June 21; Rehearsals Well Underway Jop T.ayton, widely acclaimed Broadwa.v, TV ami Holljavood director ami ciiorr.ographer, will arrive .Saturday to nut poli.sbing touche.s to the 1968 production of "The Lost Colony” outdoor drama. The 31st anniversary season of Paul Green’s euic will start Friday, June 21. after full dress rehearsals on Wednesday and Thur.sday nights. l-.ayton will come directly here from a European vacation—his first in five year? due to the heavy demand on his talents. Before vacationing he launched the h i t Broadway musical. “George .M” which -stara .Toel Grey and is the .stoiy of George M. Cohan. Among the. many crit ics who pi-aised the show, whicli Layton both directed anil clioreo- gratiiied. w.a.e Jack Gayer of United Press Tnlernational who wrote; “A hlockhu.ster entertain ment, thanks to tho brilliant, electric, talented Joel Grey, niemorahio songs and tho ah.so- Uitely Fen.satioiial staging by Joe T.ayion”. Clive Barnes of the New York Times said; “‘George M’ can have a personal Tony Award from me ... When Layton aia'ivos here fi.r hi.s fifth consecutive year of staging “The Lost Colon.y” he wilt find rehearsals well under way, thanks to the work of Duncan Noble, production co ordinator; Ronald Shirey, choral direetor; John L. Walker, assist- choreo.graphcr; and other staff leaders. Al.'o on hand at the Water- .«idc Tlieatre for pre-.season work in helping Layton stage “The Lost Colony” are Nananne Por- cher, lighting designer, and Fred Voelpol, scenic and co.stumc de signer. Botli are well known in New York and throughout ■America for their technical achievements in the theatre and opera. DARE BOARD TO PURSUE BUDGET AT MONDAY MEET Various County Departments Expected to Request Sizeable Increases Dare County commissioners are expected to get clowp',. to biisiiie-ss on the budget for ’the upcoming fi.seal year when ,,it meets Monday, .June 17. From all reports, unoffieially at lea.st, mo.st all departments will be re- que.sting greater increa.scs than ever hefore, and as a cpiiso- quenco taxpayers might as well be jirepared for a bigger, tax bill later this summer. La.st. yeai-’.s budget was a rec ord, pegged :it 8849,.300, and which was up about $18,000 over tile jireviou.s year. A t:i.x rale of $1.35 on the humh-ed dollar.s vaiualioii.s was levied to pay the bills. The budget wa.s based on aO'/t ooliee.tioii of taxes. , Already this fiscal year, which runs through June 30, there has been nearly OO'/f collection, linns wath more conservative percent- age.s used in considering the ta.x rale, there miglit bo loom to consider a decretise in taxes if the board would take a h.ard line on loose spending. This develop ment is not expected. > . In the last monthly report of the lax collector, a collection percentage of 85.7 was noted, .Since that report approximately $40,000.00 has been paid. Miicli of that amount was jiaid due to threat of advertising which" be gan la.st week, and .some ’die- causo of tho advertising of un paid taxes which svill be found on page G of today’s sedbhd .section. The board of commissioners has met twice already this month, on Mondiiys at which former session mostly routine report.? were heard. Tihs past Monday more reports from coun ty departments, plus an expla nation by a representative of Sloore, Gardner & Associatc.s eoiicei'ning the detailed county wide survey iirepared by lliat engineering firm. $530,000 LOAN FOR WATER. SEWER AT BELHAVEN SPORTSFISHING SAID 'NORMAL' ALONG COAST Congressman Walter ^ B, Jones, D-N. C. Fii-st District, :innomicei last week the ap proval of a $.530,0u0 loan, to Belhaven to make extense im- provements to tho water and sewer system. Jones said the funds tVill come from the Deiwrtmer.t of Housing and Urban Develop ment. Tlic Belhaven project will in clude collector sewer line.s,' pumping .stations, fore.-' mains,' sewage ti-eatment raciHtieg,‘"a water treatment jdant, two new wells, an elevated water stoi-age tank and additions and extensions to the water distri bution system. The work is expected vo bo umler way within six months and completed'some 12 months later. WATER BIRDS ATTRACT. BIRD WATCHERS IN DARE For mid-Juno, here on the Dare Co.ast-Outer Banks, sports fishing seems to be about noi'- inal. Some good catches of fish liave been made in waters both inshore and off during the week, including giant bluefish, large and small dolphin, ainberjack, blue and white marlin, blackfin tuna and bonita by Gulf Straam anglers, and smaller buefish, floumler, whiting, gray trout and other varieties from the surf, ocean piers and inlets. Cobia and Spani.sh mackerel were taken in Hatteras Inlet and a few channel bass were caught in tho surf near the point of Cape Hattera.s. Billfish have not moved north to Oregon Inlet yet, but they are on the way and catclie.* off Hatteras during the tournament and before proved it. One ex ception wa.s noted on Saturday when a white marlin was caught on June 9, by Steve Moore of Rocky Mount with Capt. Murray Cudworth but his. billfish was caught some distance southeast of Oregon Inlet. Birdwatchers have had an op portunity to .see many a'arieties of wading birds in the mar.shes along S. C. 12 which begins at N.ags Head and goes to Ocra coke, during tlie early summer. Most noticeable of the bird.s, and the species which usually encourage birdwatchers to park and watch or make pictures'ara tl»e various s)»ecies of heron, egret, and glossy ibis. The latter considered rare in N. C. coastal . area a few yeai-s ago, seems to be on the increase each year and tliey are not hard to spot this .vear. There are numerous rookeries along the beaches and sound shores and in the marahes where these summer visiting liii-ds are nesting. . MISS DARE EXCITED V" ' ^ M At press time Thursday the late.si word received from- “Miss Dare County”, Juanita Mitchell, in Charlotte thia week competing for Mias North Carolina title is that she is doing well but “Ex* cited”. On Wednesday the Dare County Jayceea, her aponaer^; rewarded her ..with sarprlae. bouquet of red rosea. Judging in the talent, swim- ' suit and evening gown cate gories continnes this w.Mk with ihe finals on Satardapr' night, Jane ISth. .v,’..?, t-M ;ktP' I
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