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David Stick Kill Devil Hills, N.C. 27948, 8^21-^/68 SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS SIxfeen Pages in Two Seetiom 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 Single Copy 10^ TOWN SPENDING JAX RATE TO GO UP IN FISCAL ‘69 Largest Increase Scheduled For Fire Department: Salaries Hiked The Maji'too town board has ' appioviKl r, tentative socnding; budget of 875,009.44 far. fiscal 1909, up -.bout $7,000 from fis cal 1908, The tentative budget is br.sed on a tax rate of $l.;’.l pci- $100 valuation. The rate in fi.scal 1908 was $1.24. The tentative S))ending for the fire de])a.itiiient accounted for most of tlio proixjsed in- crea.se over the 1908 budget, fv- cording ro the town cloik, Airs. Junnitii Pai’kci'. Tim proposed budget for the fire department in fiscal 13G9 calls for expendi- ture.s of $15,158.94, c('mi)atvtl to a &;)eiKling budget of $7,972.09 in fiscal 1908. Exciilsive of the .'ire depart- nient's proposed exi)endi*ures, tho town budget for fiscal 1DC9 was set fenuatively rt $59,850.- 94. Jn fiscal 1068, the. budget exclusive of the fire dej).a"*.ment wsis $52,133.94. The iacrensc. in the file de- paitment budget was scheduled becxnise of tlio need to ptirchase .some new hose and other equip ment. The depaidment’s eos- penditures also will inchidc truck maintenance, gas and oil, Bupplio.s, insurance caiiital out- - 'lay, electrit'ity, due-;, and the telephone idann .system. 'I'he. town a lax rat4-> of 16 cents per $100 v.iluntion for the fire department. Lr.sc year the rate was 8 cent.s. The jiroposcd s|>endmg and tax rale for fiscal 1969 were worked cut at a si>cci-d moot ing of the .".bbrr,viatcI bo.-’vl at 4:30 p.m. June 25 at t'le town hall. Present were Mayer Sam A1 i d g c 11 .and Co.-;uiii.ssionors Carlisle N. Davio and A. AJeCoy Tillett, Jr. The board has been below ii’a constitutional Etrongth of thi-eo since." the re- f signatfon early in May of Woodson B. Feai-ing, 'll. Dare County might find it.self in the unusiud position of hav ing to go into the san'Uation business Alonday or begin ne gotiations If Lcon.ard Midgetl Ls unable ta fulfill tlie terms of his contract with the Board. Ch:iijTTian W. Sanfortl White said, "The board mombor.s and 1 hope Alidgelt wji come here July 1 and show h«-: can fulfill .scheduled mcet-ing w.-is held at contract. The county is not such an .inusual hour as a con- ^dei-cstcd wh.ausoevei- in going All'S. Parker B.ai! t! Mie un- LOCAL JAYCEE WINS HIGH SPEAKING HONORS /j V PHILLIP QUIDLEY, retiring pre.sident of tho Dare County Jaycee.s, di.sjilays a pair of tropiiies he won in North Carolina and Phoenix, Arizona, in "Jaycee .SpeiCk-L’p” competition. The photo was made at Sfieneer’s Cafe, Alanns Harbor, on Tuesday night when Lindello Ward, Kitty Hawk, succeeded Quidley as Jaycee president. (Aycoek Brown) DARE COUNTY IN PECULIAR POSITION ABOUT GARBAGE venicnce to tho boaid mcrnboi-s and the mayor. All the pe s'ltions are elective. The tentative budget includes salary increases of 10 per cent for einjiloyej; who have nat liad a wage hike in four ycei-s;, and S per cent for those who h.ave See TOWN, Pago Four into the garbage, businc.ss, but we might be forcctl into it.” Chairman White said that on June 17 when the bids were opened .Midgett had on'y one opci-ative truck plus p.rsonnel problems. By July 1, he must luive thi-ec U'ucks running -ind suf- IN DEVELOPMENT OF SEASHORE AREAS lO-POINT PLAN CALLS FOR BRIDGE, AIRSTRIP, FERRIES PCRACOKE — The North Carolina Seashore Commission heard .a 10-point plan calling for a bridge across Hatteras In let, an airstrip, more ferries and imiirovod camp fa..ilities from the Ocracoke Civic Club last wceJs. Ben Spencer, president of the Ocracoke club iirosented the needs as being vital the de velopment of the area. The Civic Club al.so desires to sec the Diamond Sho:il Light Ship located at Ocracoke as a museum. Fvmds for the air.str'p are available accoitling to District Highway Conuni.ssionor Don Mutlhew.s with the hoUlup be ing attaining of matching fwl- oral funds. Alatlhov.’s indicatei that fer ry' oiieration co.st for tlie area would piobably be about $500,- 000 to $000,000 sinnu.'.Hy. He .said cost of tlie Hatteras bridge would be lielwcen $3 and $4 million. Superintendent of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Kiltridge Wing, said an airstrip wn.s feasible using part’ land, but securing of the land had a very low priority due to cost and maintenance. Plans are already underway, DARE BOARD MEMBERS PAY FOR APRIL. MAY During April, Dare County' commi,ssioners received the fol lowing allowances for meetings, meals and travel: W. S. White, chairman $248 80 P, A. Tillett 126,36 Dr. W. W. Harvey, Jr. 44.50 Rondal K. Tillett 40.58 W. P. Dillon 30.91 J. W. Scarborough . 79,74 5I*y W. S. White $343.05 P. A. rniett 168.60 Dr. W. W. Har\-oy 44 50 Rondnl K. Tillett 90.91 sW. P. Dillon 61.82 ‘■''’j. W. Scarborough 119.48 Wing said, for a now, improved campsite, an earlier ^ irget of the Civic Club’s criticism. Beaufort Hearing “Pi'oper planning fron Beau fort to tho Cedar Lsland Feiry Landing” is the biggest problem facing Carteret County prior to tho opening of Cape I ookoul National Se.ashore P.ark, a N. C. Seashore Commission com mittee was told Friday. Much rrcliminary' planning has gone into tho new sc.-shorc, according to Tom Morse, super intendent of tho new park which uill cover 6.S miles of tlie Outer Bank.s. A fiiut draft of the proposed park is exiiected by early winter, Morse told the group at Sec PLAN, Page Eight ficient personnel to man them. “Wo can’t go through another summer like la.st sum.-ner,” he said White, "Wc have a resjion- sibility to the people of the county who expect to have their tra.sh pickeil up.” White s;ud that Miflgctt’s bid of $31,U00 w.as the only one and that a-as $9,000 above lust yearts bii. The figure will residt in a tux incr-uise in the effected sanitatmn ibstriets.;- White and the Boanl 'esti^tg' this '-tg ,W betweim . throe ^-a»(|v fiy e v^ints p er $100 -for' 'jlist^ct^bnly. , "Midgqt't'wili-..al?d' have ’to pi-ove tJiat'.'ho is' finaneiany able to {-any on this' openation,” White 8.013. . ' L- White' expre.s.sed intertst'-in starting a-county.iwdo clean up of garbage 'areas and cans. "If the county has to take, ovci*. we hope people wdl par- liciijate,*' lie said," "’rnoy can cooperate by putting out new cans and painting.Jthe,racks.” Beginning July i, the county will add new stops. Tha village of Duck and tho 16 families Ihcrf. v.'jll be'-’sci'vtid'by the truck. .■ .. ■ . Six other ■ families on the Kitty Hnwii load between ' the by-pass'.mtl the woods will also receive scto'icc then. AHENDANCE IS UP IN SHORT RUN OF 'LOST COLONY' PLANNING BOARD TO MEET Tho Dare County Planning Board will hold its next regular meeting on .Monday, July' 8, at tho office of the Nags Head Chandler of Commree at 8 p.m. No meeting will be held on July. Any prcliminai'y or final plats on .subdivisions should be .submitted to the secivtary, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Smith, prior to meeting as required by sub- db-ision* icgulsxtions 'cf Dare County. •More Than Five Thousand Per sons Attended Through Wednesday Night Attendam-c at "Tho Lout Col ony” outdoor drama is itinn'ng 29 per cent ahead of last y'car, it w.as reported 'l’h'i’'nd.iy by General M.'nager Joli.a W. Fox. “Through the first five regular ly scheduled performaners plus a relatively fevr people who ))aiil to ueo one of -vhe twe pre view dress •.'oheai's.rl ;''"'form- imce.s—wc pl:iy'cl to 6,539 ticlc- et-purchas‘r.s'’. Fox ann. imce;l. Thus ocnip;ires, he .said with 4,304 foi' the fiird uve regular showings end two p-reviews in 1907. “Ixist y'ear," Fox iccrllcd, "the weather during tho fii^sl Week of the Kea:«)n v.~.is tinsea.s- onably e.ool :inl two l:'.ys wei-e ‘r.iiny’. In contrast, .so fa.- tlii.s setison the weather ha.u been unusually hot anti aftenioon and early evening thunder showers have prevaili.si during the yeiu-ly p:irt of this vtek.” In 1907 "nie Lort Co'ony" sufferetl it.s worst se.'uson w(*ather-'.vic* in iUj JlO-yt-a-.' his tory with neven complete rain- oiiUs, The 1908 .schedule 'if Paul G r e 0 n’s sy’mphonic historical drama on the Fort Ralrgh Na tional Hi.stoiir. Site c:ills for 58 perfoj'ninnees througli S'jntkiy night, August 25. Excep.t for .Augu.st IS, the annivor.iily of the birth of Virginia Dare, first ehiltl of English ii.ircntaxo bora in Ajiioi-jc:), .all other perform ances ai'e Itlonday throi’gb Sa- tunlay nights at 8:30 {EI-'P). Director and Choroo,gr.aphor Joe Ixiyton, who is .st'iging The Colony” for the fifth con- accutive year, h.as reUinittl to New 'York where h.* has a Kit musical, '‘George JI”, running on Broadway. He has left the Roanoke I.sland xlraw.'i in charge of Predurtion Cooixlbilitor Dun-:, can Noble, but L:.-/ton L- e.x- liected 0 retura for brief check-uijs once or twice later in the season. NORTH CAROLINA’S FIRST FLAG FLIES AT TENT a msmsT - - - ..yl T BOND OF $25,000 SET FOR TWO IN AUTO THEFT CASE / ECU OFFERS ART APPRECIATION. IN MANTEO COURSE Class Begins Monday, July 8 Under Dr. Ralph Jacobs of Missouri The Division of Continuing Education of E.ist Ciu'olina University will offer Art Ap preciation (Art 217) in Manteo beginnbig Monday, July 8. The class will meet from 9 to 12 noon, Monday through Fi-iday, for two weeks in the East Caro lina University, build’i'g in Manteo. Dr. ILt'ph Jacobs, professor of !irt, will teach the course. Dr. Jacobs, a native of J.'plin, Missouri, received .lis BS and M.Ed. degrees from University of Missouri and hi.s diiet orate from Pcnn.sylvania Stat \ Univ ersity. He has taug’.it a 't cour- se.s at East Carolina University since 1005. Art apprecKation is a general education cours-?. The -primary objective is to present material which will lead to an under- stumiing ef the arts in contem- l>orary life. The fine arts of p.ainting, sculi>turo, and orchi- tecturo of contemporarj- times .See ECU, Page Four , -as"-' UPON ’THE OPENING OF THE CIKCUS TENT on U..S. 158-By Pa.ss in Kill Dt-vil Hills, John W. Fox, general manager of "The Lo.st Colony” outdoor drama (on the left) presented a Cross of St. George flag to the Rev. Hank Wilkinson (on the right) while the Rev. William .S. Brown of the Manteo Baptist Church (who had charge of the ribbon cutting ceremonies) help hold the banner. Fox pointed out that the Cro.ss of St. George w:i.s the first flag of any kind to fly over w)iat is now North Carolina, having been brought to the Dare Cua.st by Sir W:ilter Raleigh’.-; coloni.st.s in tho 1580's. It was the fhig of England from the 13th until the 17lh century and was carried in religious battles of the era. In 1000, when England and Scotland joined, it was combined with the saltire of St. Andrew to make the first "Union J:ick'’. (Photo by Aycqck Brown) HYDE AIRMAN FINISHES TRAINING IN TEXAS NEW PRESIDENT OF DARE JAYCEES PINNED JIM JENKINS of Edonton, district vice president of tho N. C. Jaycecs at loft watches ns Mrs. Lindelle Wai-d of Kitty Hawk pins the'pr esident’s. lapel insignia on her husband who at a meeting of the Dare Jaycecs this week at-Spencer’s Cafe, Manns Harbor, succeeded Philip Quid- ley. (Aycoek Brown photo) , , AIRMAN ROBERT L. PE- GRAM, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Pegi-am of Swan Quarter, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, 7'e.x. He has been as signed to the Air Force Techni cal Training Center at Port Hucneinc Naval St:ition, Calif., for specialized schooling as a construction specialist. Pegi'am i.s a former student at Mattamii- skeet High School. DARE RED CROSS TO PARTICIPATE IN BAG MAKING Christmas may come to every American sei-viceman in Viet nam next Decemebor — -with your help now. For the first time, the Dare County Chapter of .\m-rican Red Cross is joining with oth ers in a nationwide project to make and fill gift bags to be di.stributed at Christmas. The loc.al chapter has been asked by the national organiza tion to make 150 bags a.id fill 60 of these. The bags arc made of denim so that they may be useful aft er the contents are cmntied. “Rtil Cro.s-s Shop En'.-ly — Vietnam 1908” is intented to he a “tang'ible way for Americans to say wc care about our Iroop.s fn Vietmim,’ Joe Htiiiie, ch.iir- man of the D:\re cliapter said. “This IS not exclusively a Red Cross program,” Hume con tinued, "but a community-wide affair in which oi'ganiz.ition.s, groups, :ind business finiis can participate in sewing, donating diffei-ent ariicles and packing them.” Work on the bag.s c-m begin immediately and will continue until the quota is filled with a hopeful completion date of Sept. 20, Orgaiiization.s, groups or business wiidiing to panicipate arc asked to call 441-2431 or write Joe Hume, Box 401, Nags Head. Each bag contains a holiday greeting can! carrying the names of contributors and tho name of the chapter here. FISH FRY IN"mANtEo There will be a fish fry Sa turday, June 29, at the .^lasonic Lodge hall in Manteo from five to 7:30 pjn. This will b- under the auspices of the Roanoke Is land Chapter No. 79 Order of Eastern Star and the C-oasta] Court No. 12 Order of the Am- sraath. PlsteiS will he $1.25 •aCK NEW OPERATOR AT MANTEO AIRPORT; HENDERSON RESTS County Native Takes Over Re sponsibility of Managing Former Navy Field After 16 yea*-s "nil-ng in” briefly, William M. Ho.adei-son of M.anteo and Pimta Gc-rdo, Fla. is giving up -he respon sibilities of opcratiiii' ‘.be Man teo AiiiKift. He will lie succeed ed by :i young man w’’om he /.rained, W,' Brantley 'Twiford, Yormerly- of Stumpy Point. Hender.son ciinie ta D'are County in 1951 while he was vacationiag at Corolla after .selling an ."117)011 in fbj Wash ington, D. C., .ii-oa. 'I’he tempo- rai-y job'which he as.mmi-.l gp-ew into a fulltime venture: largely because of hi.s div.n-.-'fied ex perience in the aviation and mechanical fiohLs. For the p.-ist few tvialer.s Henderson h.a.s delegat.-d re- sponsihililie.s to his a.-‘si.*!tant, 'Ihvifonl, wliile spending much of the cold weather at a i-etre:U in Punta Gordo with Mrs. Henderson who has also been active in the Manteo .-Virport operation. HendM-son's sticcessa;- will continue charter service, stor- :ige, maintenance and vu-iou.s other functions at th;5 field. Tu'ifortl IS entering into a four- ycai- cont;-act witli Dare County at $175 monthly rcnUtl •'or the S-je AIRPORT, Page Four NEW TIMES STAFFER LESLEY -WHARTON, ‘h of Gold.«boi-o has joined the staff of The Coa.stland 'rimes after graduating earlier this monlli from - the University of North Cnrolina at Chapel Hill. Mi.ss Wharton ha.s been as signed to the 'rimes’ bwch of- fic located in Nag.s Head. That area, incidentally, .will he the pi-imai-y r-mge of her tenitoi-y of coverage. The telophcne is 441-3311. .She bi-ing.s with her an A.B. degi-ee in Engl.sh and four yoai-s of summer reporting for the Gold.sbo'ro News-Argus. She in- tcncl.s to make a career in joui-- nalisiT). Before attending the Univoi-- sity. Miss Wharton was gradu ated by Si. Mary’s Junior Col lege in Raleigh. She worl'ed on .school |)apers at St. Mary’s and in high rchool in Goldsboro. She was editor of the high school .‘^ce STAFFER. Page Four Youthful Defendants Face Long Hot Summer in Dare County Jail AIvy C. Knott, 2.3. Chic:igo, and George '1'. Slutterj, 21, Wu.^hington, D. C., face a Jong, hot summer in the Dare county j:iil before their trial on felony charges .-it the Oi-tober term, of Superior Court. Knott and Slattery were re manded to jail Fi-iciny m lieu of $25,001) bond each aflo' thoii- pr(-lij))inary hearing before Di.s- trict Judge Fcnlre.s.s ilonicf on four counts c:tcli involving auto theft and breaking and enter ing charge's. Horner refused to order .a state-paid attorney to represent Knott and Slattery. When ar rested, they had about $227 in their ))osse.s.sion. About $100 of thi.s was in bills and was believeil to be their own which Horner said they coulti use dur ing their stay in jail. 'I'hc re mainder of the money wns, in coin which presumably they re moved from vending machines in a filling station. 'Die men were charged with breaking and entering the R. D. Sawyer Jloior Co., stealing two ears, and pilfering the vending machines in .1 nearby ■ PhilHiis 00 filling station, ’fhey ' •M.so face charges of .stealing, an automobile in Columbia where they were spotted :uid ch.a.sed into capture. Both Knott and .Slattei'j' ex hibited considerable fainiliavily with court lU’occdure. Despite their lack of an attorney, they had no '.rouble in effecti.tg de lays. The. red-shirted Siattei-v ap peared to be highly intc'ligent. In questioning W. W. J^avyer, Columbia policeman, he told the ofn.'t'r sharply to “just answer tho questions I ask.” This occurred as Sawye:* ela borated on an answer. Ira Branch Temple,' Mann.s, Harbor, said he had no esxaise for driving an automobile with- .Sec COURT, Pag.' l-'ive WHEN THE TEMPERATURE SOARS OUTSIDE 'm RACES. FIREWORKS. DANCE SLATED ON HATTERAS ISLAND / /f ONE WAY TO BEAT THE HEAT that has enveloped the East in recent days is to be a fashion model wearing a bikini in an air conditioned hotel dining room. The model is Libby Creef Midgett, Manteo; the place. Dogwood Room of Tlie Carolinian, Nags Head, where George Crocker’s Galleon shop .staged a fashion show during a luncheon Wednesday for the N. C. Veti- norian Association members and their wives. More than 300 per sons attended their convention at Nags Head. Profile at.right On Friday afternoon a fashion show was presented by the Galleon for the members of the Seaboard Medical Association and their wives and families in the Anchor Room of the Carolinian. Huge butterflies and lighting created a psychedelic affect. (Ayxock Brown photo) "Hatteras Happenings" Kickoff with Ball Game at 10; Full Day Schedule .Tuly Fourth will her.ald an other happy (lav fo'' I'esident.s and rfsitors to Hatlcr.as Islatfd. , This will ha tho occasion for the second '‘.Hatteras Happening.^.” The first, in 3907, pr ved fun for all. Events will st.art off with fun and games for children at 10 a.ni., the scene being the Hat teras ballfield. In the mean time, surfing comp.'tetion will he. taking place nearby. There will be a surfing exhibition by a Virginia Beach team at 1 p. m.. followed by surfing cout test at 1:30. Compatilion will be in turec clas-i-.s: men’s, junior men’s .and bov.s. and lroi>hics will be awarded for finst, second and third pi:ice in each event. Food will bo av.aili'. blc throughout tho day. Th.ere will be a concession stand with drink.s, ,;:andwichos and sweet s, and at 11 a.ni. a fi.sh f'W. The fish fo’ will bn staged^ by ladie.s of tho fire .auxiliary and will, as usual, include tho excellent Hattera.s hu.sh puppies. .At 3:30 tho popular beach buggy race will be he.l 1. This i.s a colorful :ind exciting event with spectators adorning the' surrounding dunes as the cut- down cars race in soft .S'nd. Fireworks Display Fireworks will be set off at ‘ 8:30. Local fireme.i in charge’’ of this I'vent promise to be most careful. Last year’s' modest display of pyro- technic.s was very shor' when the fireman’.s first torch, ignited the whole Hag of fire-" works. .Spectators a few minr.,.. See RACES, Page Four CHAMBER TO OPEN 1968-69' DRIVE DURING SEPTEMBER The repprlar monthly direc tor's’ meeting of the Nags Head Chamlrer of Commerce will Ue held July 9 at 8:30 p.m. in the chamber office. All intcre.sti^ people are invited to atte^ the meeting. •• The Chamber wall begin its 1968-69 membership in ^pt^- ber. The annual fall mecthig Will be held in October ■with the fttll membership invited. The will be annoticed later. ■ .= {'r&'i