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VOLUME XXXIV — NO. I
MANTEO. N. C, 27954, FRIDAY. JULY 5. 1968
Single Copy .1,0^
NORFOLK YOUTH
BANISHED. FINED;
DRUNKS PUNISHED
Hartley Permitted To Keep
License; Stabbing Case
Dismissed
EdkvanI Charlc.s Rov^lio, Jv.,
21, of Norfolk, Viu, was .scn-
tencel to GO day.s on tlic I'oads
Friday alter conviction on a
charge of having a concealed
and loaded weapon within ea.sy
reach.
A motion for an amended
judgment based on Roche’s con
fidential record a.s a juvenile
induced Di.strict Judge Fentie.ss
Horner lo cancel the prison
sentence but hanisli the youth
from the state for five, years
and fine him ?I00 and costs.
Roche'.s mother was in the
courtroom ns tlie original sen
tence' was pronounced. She was
in tears ns .she .said, "Oh, no,
he can’t go to jail.” Th.-! con
viction followed the youth’s
admission to Solicitor Wilton
Walker that he had reived time
"more than once—quite a few’’
times for variou.s offenses, in
cluding disorderly conduct.
Roche i)led not guilty to the
concealed weapons charge
brought.by Stale ABC Officer
Fred G. Hall, Jr. Hall had ar-
re.ster'Roche* June 22 when he
discoverel a .32 calibe- auto
matic pistol under :he s-eat of
the car in which Roche was rid-
"ing. Roclie tc.stified he had a
mixed drink in his hand at the
time. I
Hall ."ound the gun ns he
looked for lliiuor in a car driven
by William Joseph Bullard of
Norfolk. Hall testfied BullaNl
was speeling 95 miles per hour
in a 65-jniIe zone.
Hall said that as he talked
with Bullard, he saw Roche
reach under the seat. Hr 11 then
reachel under the scat and
found the gun wrajiped in the
floor carpet, luul an openel bot-
,.tle of whi.sky.
Roche gave conflicting ac-
, counts of his recoixl to his at-
■‘toTney,* Dwight Wheless, and to
the solicitor. Whereupon Homoi
accused iiim of lying and levied
,the road sentence and ordered
confiscation of the gun.
The sentence was a'lcviat«Hi
after Wheless Icai-ned i.iore of
the youth’s juvenile record and
of his current cmplojmient. He
ap)>caled to the judge with the
new info'.mation an 1 the .soft
ened sentence rosul'.el
Bullard pled guilty to charges
of spcecling, illegiU posses.sion
of whisky, and not having a
driver’s license. He was fined
$200 ami costs and ordered not
to drive a car in the stale for
22 months.
Jatnea E. Maivoni of Virginia
Beach pled not guilty to a
charge of reckless driving June
16.
Donovan F. Twyne, Nags
Head police chief, testified that
Marconi took off from a Nags
Head night spot, drov.T eiTati-
cally, spun his wheels, and
drove back and forth ac.'Dss the
center of the highway. 'I'wyna
said Muiconi had been drink
ing. ‘
•Marconi’s l)rothei', Chris, a
passenger in the car, said the
wheels spun only a.s l;s broth
er tried to get out of dtvp sand.
He also said that what ap-
T)eared to bo a fight between
his brother and “anotJu-r guy’’
was just some “playing around
between a couple of friternity
See COURT, Page Five
FIRST TO COMPLETE ECU COURSE IN MANTEO
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Mi'.s. Naoini C. He.stei’, Kai'ci: 1. Tyler, Maiituo; Mr.s, Maggie Cann:idy, Wanchese; Mi’.s. Au
gusta Aydlelt, Elizabeth City, ^Iiss Kaye E. Whitfield, Buxton; .^Irs. Jlary Long, Rock Kill, S. C.,
and Mrs. Callie J. Jones of Manteo. Dr. Ralph Hardee Uive.s (.seated) was instructor and the
coui-so was the first to bo completel in the Dai’c County Program of East Cai-olina’s Division of
Continuing Education liranch that ha.s been e.stablLshed at Manteo on Roanoke Island. (.Aycoek
Brown photo)
NAGS HEAD TOWN BOARD
/APPROVES BUDGET; HEARS
SUIT ON ROAD OPENING
CONGRESSMEN, OTHERS,
VISIT COAST, COLONY
Two U. S. Congrei.spicn have
been guests on the D.^rj Coast
recently attending Tlio Lost
Colony and visiting other at
tractions Rep. Chas. E. Bennett
(D-Fla.) was present f.>r la.st
Friday night’s showing, and
Rep. David Pryor (D-.'\vk.) is
spending a vacation at iim Sea
Oatel, Nags Haed, through
July 7.
Rop. Jim Gardner, (Rep.-N.
C., a candidate for Gove;Tor in
the November election) is
scheduled to see the rhow on
July 6.
Another high-ranglng ••fficial
expected for the long week .end
is Secretary of State Thad
Eure, known among N. C.
Democrats as "oldest rat in the
Democratic barn.”
WHITE ELEPHANT SALE
The Manteo Exton.sicn Home
makers Club wnll spom^or a
White Elephant Sale on Satur
day, July 6, across from Wi.se’s
Red and White Supermarket.
The sale will stait ."t 10:09
A.M. Homemade baked goods
will be available.
Funds from the sale will be
used for eqlupment for the ne^v
Due County Libraiy.
The Nags Hoad town board
Monday approved unaiiurously
a fiscal 19G9 budget totaling
$143,7.58.up $2,ri?.0n from
fLscal inu8.
An additional $3,970 to cover
the purciia.'-e of a dump truck
and in.sta l.-ition of ten stivot-
lights at .532 eaeli wa,s added to
the tentative figuiv cinyidcrcl
by the board in June, -
Maj"or W. A. William-;, Jr.,
said the ta.\ ?atc. would remain
at 95 cents on tbe $100 valua
tion. The Town's v,a.!tie i::ts been
asses.'K'.J at more than S9 mil
lion.
He' Slid i-cvenun . other than
taxes wC'Ukl, come from wsiter
subscribe:-s, cthei' sciu-es such
as tiie Powell Act which
jirovldes stale money for reads
and streets, and unapp~i,!;riated
funits can-ied over f'-om the
current I’i'xral year.
'I'ho I'oani approveil tenta
tively a resolution to ib-lctc a
section if the franchise with
the Norfolk & Carolina Tele
phone & Telegitipii Co. dealing
with ronccs.sions, Fjiial aj:-
proval of the rasolutioii is ex
pected the August me.V.h'g,
Until a state .supreme court
decision in 19GQ ruled tlia prac
tice anconstitulional, so ti-.* tele
phone companies hat: fuinished
local telephone .service free of
charge to town off.'cals in the
di.schargc of official duties
Many comjianies had .’gnored
the decision until the .'ila-e Uti
lities Co.nimission directed that
all companie.s discontinue the
concession policy as of July 1.
AVilliams .said that tonces-
sions were not allowed in the
new budgjt.
Martin Kellogg, Jr., town at
torney, lolil the boar l C. B.
Foreman had gotten a )’e.s'.. rain
ing order to prevent tl.e town
from pulling up stakes bl'>cking
a ro.nd just north of the Colonial
Inn.
Kellogg .said Foreman sucrl
the town on the prcm'.se that
ho own.s i;ie property .n ques
tion.
The to'.vn liad divided to re
open a dedicated street •here.
bu''lt bv George Slronach and
Sam Worthington, Sr.. t Wil
son, but were met with .n tre.s-
lias.sing 'rharge when tlie.v at-
tcrnpieil To remove the .stake.s
with which Foreman ha:l block
ed Traffic.
Kellogg s-aid the criginal
dwlicatm-.s only could withdraw
the street unless it >vas 'a cor-
lK>ration v.hich became nn-c.x-
istent.
He sail! Foi'cmah.'elatmed he
received the land on; both sides
from his mother,-in in act’of
revoc- tion to acquire ti’le.
"Without that street r;>en,
people are ti'espa.ssmg on pri
vate properly,”. Williams .said.
Sam \Yorthirigtpn,- Jv, 'asked
the board ,foi*' lielp in -opening
the .strept.' /f-'--
He told KelJogg'-thht he and
the other propeity ov/aers in
that area would ue willing to
help detend the suit- aga'inst
the town.
Kellogg said a'hearing on the
.See BOARD, Rage Five
HYDE COUNTY
TAX RATE IS
SET AT $1.35
SWAN QUARTER. — Hyde
County Board of Commis.sioners
Tuesday gave tentative approv
al to a recoiiimemlcd builget for
opei-ation of fiscal 19-J8-G9 of
$1.35 per hundred dollar.: of as-
so.sscd valuation.
TIte board also autorized pur-
cha.se of two-way radios for
two sheriff’s deputies in tlie
county. It also lieard routine
rc|)o:-ts from the. sheriff and
wolfai'e departments.
Also authorized was tlie pui--
cliasc of pumps and hoses for
three fii-e-fighting trailei'S which
are used for rui'al fire jnotee-
tion.
Historical Report
iMrs. Rebecca Swindell of Fair-
field, who is conducting an ex
tensive histoi’iral surx’ey of Hyde
County ’.vith assistance • f Lynn
Harris of Engelhuixi, and East
Carolina 'Jniversity .StuJont, i-e-
porled to the board, recommend
ing assistance from the county
commissioners.
’COLONY’ PATRONS
NUMBER 11,664 IN
II PERFORMANCES
Attendance Almost On Par
With Record-Breaking 1966;
Review Quotes Given
"The I ost Colony” outdoor
drama, a bellwether of tourism
on the Dai’c Coasl-Oiitrr diuiks,
is running well ahead of 1967
and virtually keeping p:’.T with
“Thei Colony’.s” raconl-Io-euking
attendance of 19flG.
General Managr J ibn W.
Fox repo.'ts .that 11,664 peopi:;.
.paid to- S’jc'the firat -il't per-
formunces’ef this yea-'s sea.son,
as compared w'th 9.372 last
year anil 11,912 in lOGii for the
same number of pciTormances.
Fox also pointeil wilj pride
to reviews of .some of t.ie Na-
tion’.s top drama critics ho, he
said, "reported on this ■ yeari.s
production by Director J ie Lay-
ton -with* hartlly a d'-Tiionl-ing
word”. He quoted .some of them
as follows:
iRichai-d Coc, Tho Waidiihkton
(D. C.) Rost—"Prorn a static
pageant 'The Lost ColonV’ has
evolved into a stirring .spectac-
ul.ar . . . the productioi style
has changed with The times.
The rcdult is swift-moving ac
tion spread across fiv« playing
areas.”
Dr. Ernest Rhodes, The Nor
folk (Va.) Ledgai-St.ir—"The
enthusiasm of the ca-st i>no the
smoothness of the movniepts of
the large groups of acio's and
singein make tho 2St v-' season
of Paul G’uen’s ‘The Lost Co
lony’ superior to the last two
seasons, v.hich have b;*oa des
cribed a.s the best ever present
ed in tlie Waterside Thatrc on
Roanoke Island."
Charles Wheeler, Piie Ra
leigh (N. C.) News and Ob
server—"Tlie opening abow of
‘The Lost Colony’ war, right,
vigorous and perfonnr-i with
professional competence".
Sam Hirech, The Boston
(Ma.ss.) lierald Tra'reler-'"This
is Joe Layton’s fifth season. Hi.s
new staging idca.s-:.s well as
his choraogrphy - give ‘The
Lost Colony’ a .special tb.eatrical
e-xcitement”.
Mai Vincent, The Norfolk
(Va.) Virgiia-Tblol—‘Tl.c Lost
Colony’ remains the best of the
See SHOW. Page Two
DARE SETS IN.
OUT OF TRASH
PICKUP BUSINESS
Garbage Removal Bid Voided,
Leaving County Briefly
Responsible
The Dare county lioai'd was
in—and then out—'if lio; gar-
liage bii.-ini'.-i.s Monday.
Fir.«t, 'he boa,xl '.••■leased
Leonard 'lidgett iToni his bid
of .$31,1100 to pickup garbage
and trash throughout th coim-
l.v. That left 'rhe coU’i y re
sponsible for the '.vorV. Then
the board accepted a siii'bsr b'd
from Junius Leigh Jennette, Jr.,
of 'Hulteras to do the job.
Midgett sniil he wa> unable
lo secure a nece.wary thinl
truck by tiie July i Jefu'l'’ne.
Midgett tohl Chamn.n W. S.
White during the week end that
he would lease hi.s ti-u-.-ks and
work for the coua'ty. White
then obtained tnick.s from
Richmond, V:l, for Monday and
the eoiinty was in the garbage
pickup bu.siness. Then came
Jennette’s bid and an agroe-
nient to use five iruck.s—three
north of Oregon Inlet and two
on Hattei.w islanl.
Wage rates for tlie garbage-
men were .set at $2.25 per hour
for sutpervisors; $2 for driver.s,
ani $1.75 for helimur.
Jennette worked W’’'Ih Mid
gett Wednesday and Tliursday
to lean: the route.s. He will be
gin fulltime July 8. He expects
to have three new truck's with
in a few weelcs and to retain
present pi^rsonneL
Preston D, BMdel TLSSutant
superintendent . .of the Cape
Halte.-as National Peashore,
told tho boaixl the National
Park .Service .still hoper. for
.See DARE, Page Two
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS AT ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
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MR. AND MRS. HARRY C. MCPHERSON and theor children. Coco
and Peter of Washington, D. C. are .shown with Col. o/^d Mi-s.
F. P, Miller of Southern Shores Soundside when they visited
Elizabethan Garden la.st Sunday, iMcl’herson, with office.-: in the
White Hou.se, is a special counsel to President Johnson. Mr.s, 31iller
is a di.stinguished author of sex’eral book.«, and Ls cuirently
writing another. The McPher.son.s were their week end gue.sts.
(Aycock Brown photo)
WHERE SERIOUS EROSION HAS OCCURRED AT CAPE HAHERAS
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SERIOUS ,-EROSION has occurred along, the b each Abreast of . the group .of motels and U. S.
Naval insUllation at Cape Hatteras during the p ast Several months. This ero.sion situation- at that
iocaiity north of the lighthouse and farther’south near the U. S. C. G. Loran Station was dis
cussed at Uie N. C. Seashore Commission at: H'atteras last week.
CAPE Hatteras commissioner says;
PROPERTY OWNERS MAY BE FORCED
INTO ACTION TO HALT EROSION
ECU STUDY GROUP GIVES PRELIMINARY REPORT
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EBS MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS of Washington, D. C., and officials of East Carolina Uni-
vci'sity ill Greenville and at the new branch of the University in Manteo are shown at a luncheon
meeting held at Spencer's cafe in Maims Harbor during last week end. They are: Dr. David J,
Middleton, dean of ECU Division of Continuing Education, Wallace Bishop, Washington, D. C., of
the consulting firm. Dean D. C. MoiTisctte, director. Dare County Program from ECU, Harold
W. Williams of the consulting film and Herman D. Phelps, associate director of the ECU
Continuing Education division. The consultants stated they had studied 10 possibilities for use of
the ECU properties on Roanoke Lsland and that four of the 10 had been chosen for further detaileii
study. These include a continuing conference center, special subjects in marine resourcep, hotel
management and an aviation training institute. (Aycock Brown photo)
Dare County Commissioner
William P. Dillon says Buxton
people may hold a mass meeting
soon to consiiler trespassing on
federal praperty to stop erosion
on Hatteras.
The private landowners—who
are not permittetl to do any an-
tierosion work on government
land—are considering going on
to the goveiTiment property any
way to place sandbags where
they ai'C needed.
A mass meeting, Dillon said,
would come about only after all
other efforts hud been exhaust
ed. "If we do have one," he
added, "it will be to accomplish
something, not just to meet."
“We’ll take -matters into our
own hands and trespass on
government, property to put
sandbags in areas that need
protection; we’ll publicize the
lack of government cooperation
in protecting the beach area and
we’ll see what can be done about
re-purchasing the land (in the
eroded areas) to fight the
erosion problem ouraelves."
The Dare commiasioner adopt
ed a resolution Monday askiiig
the North CarolinM ' Sea-shoje
Commission, the Cape Hatteras
Seashore Advisory. Committee
“and other interested parties” to
support an endeavor to buy
back land taken in- condemim-
tion procedures when the Cape
Hatteras National Seashore vvas
established in 1955.
The resolution .said the land
purchase was urged .so that "we
can take all effective steps with
local and private funds to con*
bat the excaulve erosion t^ikt
is threatening our islands, lives
and businesses.”
Con.stant erosion of beach
areas on Hatteras fur several
years has left protective dunes
ill danger of being breached by
tlie sea. The National Park .Ser
vice had asked for $1.6 million
appropriation to rebuild eroded
areas.
However, Coiigi'ess cut the
money out of an appropriations
bill in an economy move. Efforts
have been made to restore the
money; and the appropriations
which was turned down by the
House comes up for vote in the
Senate next week.
"I think the (antierosion)
funds will be made available,”
Commis-sionor Dillon said, "but
the time element involved . . .
putting a dredge in, letting con
tracts and'so on, takes too much
time.
"We’ll, have experienced the
hurricani*' season before the
work ■ gels done; it must be
done now.”
YOUTH UNHURT AS CAR
. PLUNGES INTO CANAL
Riehanl M. Parker, 20, Ports-
mouthi' Va., attempted to make
a 'U-tum «’ith his small, foreign-
made car on highway 264 near
Stumpy Point about dusk June
21.
The resjlt was disa‘'Sou9.
Appaiently the manual gear
shift balked. Parker and his car
plungod into the roadside canal
and - submerged. Parker escaped
injury. 4 wreckar was ealled to
piUl the car from the drfnk.
NEW YORK YOUTHS
JAILED FOR $600
DAMAGE TO BOAT
Five New York youU's ‘■pent
the week end in jail and had
to pay .$600 damages ihey in
flicted nn C. G. Brickie’;: !uwk,
a land-water v^iclc.
The five were idenf.ed as
Michal Franklin Whalen, 18,
John Benson Manly, Jr., 21, and
Thomas PArrltdi Manly, ?0, all
of Amity Ville N. Y.; Richard
Hay’es Doni IIoi>er, ‘21, New
Yoi'k; and Mark Richard Ed
wards. 17, Worcester, N. Y.
Brickie said the youths were
"hippl&s.” He caught ihim on
the duw’rc.
They were held unde.- $1000
bond each. Judge Fentress
Homer held a special couit
Monday to dispose of thi case.
They paid court coste end $600
damages.
Brickie said the. youths burn
ed out the elutoh of Uw.- World
War II amphibious craft' and
broke the univetual jolnc.
He said they, had surf boards
on their carj.lmt spent t},e •a-cek
end in jad instead. ■
DARE JAYCEES SPONSOR
CARNIVAL NEAR MANTEO
For th« fmt time in many
yewn, a cainival is co aing to
Manteo. Tt will be spon.xm-ed by
the Dare County Jayce-j-: July
8 through -18; ahd'be set up on
the old fobtbsdl'ft^d:
"Rides, thtflls,/.inmo.a, ooB-
ccssions'aud am^amen'.?.” pro
claim the'^lacai^ .basting the
event. Jaycens oteeihls say tttat
the lo^ (tHapidr will rkare In
profRa af tli*' attkir, «pe(9tad
by yadB|| AmuaMmet Co
COMMISSIONERS
APPROVE BUDGET
OF $958,281.90
Dare County Tax Rate Up
Twelve Cents; Increase
For Ambulances
Dare County Commissiorier.s
have approved a tciuativo budg-
eel of .$958,281.90 for fi.scal 1969,
iqi .$108,981.08 from fi.^cul 1968.
The tax rate i.s u|) 12 rents lo
$1.47 per $100 valualion.
Board members said two-
thirds of the rate increa.se i.-: to
mainl.iin 2-1-hour amlmlance -ser
vice.
Tux rales for the ."aiiitation
di.striois p>-r $100 were 19 cents
for Nags Head, II',i for Kitty
Hawk, and 14V-9 rents f. i Roa
noke Islaml.
The addition of two deputies
to the sheriff’s department ac
counted for some of the increase.
A proposed new de|iuty will get
$4600 annually while the other.s
receive $5250 eacli.
.•\ii increase of $1342 was pro
jected for around-the-clock- Vu-
dio operation by the sheriff’s
office. ~
'i'he total school biuiget w'as
$240,931.54, a lecrea.se of $9 916
from their original req'J>'8t. The
board of education made its own
reductions and then presented
them to ihc coiTiiiii.ss-*ni‘i>i.
Tlie .school reduction knocked
three cents off tlie firat con.sid-
ered lax rale of $1.50.
The board discu.s.sed ilLscon-
tihuing the policy of county paid
teachers, cut no action was tak
en. .Supplements for leaclmrs
and principals were set at $400.
County -salary inereape.s in
line with proposal.s adoptwl
three months ago were approved
by the board. Department heads
wUl i-eceive at leain, .•.i 5 per
cent rai.se until they reach the
top of th’lir grale. At that point
they will lie frozen.
Other employees will get 5
per cent hikes on the anniver
sary of their einplojuieiit.'
RobeiT Preston, secretory of
the Cape Hatteras .Seashore .-Ad
visory Commission, requested
$639.33 for administrative and
per.sonnel exiiense. TTie request
was made immeiiiately before
*he vole on the budget. It will,
be considered before f’nrl ap;
proval of the builget.
OCRACOKE INLET .
CHANNEL STUDIES
TO COST $300,000
Congressman Walter B.
Jones. 0-N. C., First District,
said last week he har bee.n
advised by the U. S. .Aiiny
Corp.s of Engineei-s tha*; pro-.
))oscd channel improvements for
Ocracoke Inlet have lieen apr
proved for preconstruction plan
ning.
Jones .son! tha engine .-vs, aft
er a general investigation of
the project’s fea.sibility, propose
to ilredge a channel IS feet
deep ami 400 feet wide across
the ocean bar. Current ' e.sti-
niated cost of the projtHit is
$300,000.
“Preconstruction pUnning,”
•Tones explainctl, is the second
of three ])hases in Army En-
gint-ers’ navigation projects.
The first jihase is the investi
gation. .Actual construction
completes the three-phase cycl6.
The congressman saia the en
gineers are to be commended ■
for moving ahead with tho
Ocracoke Inlet project because
of the" benefits it will bring to
commercial and sport fishing ■
intei’c.sts .along the North Caro
lina coasL
Ocracoke. Inlet connects P.aan-
lico Sound with the Atlantic
Island in Hyde County frain
Port.smouth Lsland in Carteret
County. r-
NEW OCRACOKE MAIL RUN
ALLOWS LATER DEPARTURE
Under a schedule inaugurated
July 1, mail service from Ocra
coke on its northward c.-'ni-se is
improve:!, in that a departure
alwiit three hours later than
usual i.s in effect. The arrange-,
ment is due to exten.sion of the
service m-ovided by Virginia
Dare Transportation Co. of
Manteo, waich line has handled
delivery ss far a.s Hatteras for
some time. ,
Ocracoke’s long-time earrlCT,'
Charlie idcWilliams, rotireH
from his duties wh-m Virgin'*
Dare was granted the evtensioal'
Daily bus service j.: now'
provided to the historic isle.
The bus vrill boaM Ilatteru
Inlet ferry under priority ai^’
rangement at 11 a.in., nrrhring
in Ocracoke about 12:25. It will';
head north at about 12:85, al
lowing island, residents about.,
three^ houra more each' day.?in5,-
depositing their* nitfMeWU-'{
liams had been leavbig tht 'vfl'r ';'
lage at aboub 8:80.
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