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David Stick Kill Devil Hills, N.C. 27948 8-21-^68 AUG 3 19SS SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION date on address COASTLAND TIMES MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO. N. C. 27954 NOT TO INDIVIDUALS 18 Pages in Three Secfions 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 Pages One through Six VpLUME XXXIV — NO. 3 MANTEO. N. C. 27954, FRIDAY. JULY 19, 1968 Single Copy 100 51 EMPLOYEES OF PARK TOLD JOBS TO CEASE Fund Shortage Cited Regarding Possible July 22 Termi nations Fifty-one Capo Haltcvas Na tional Suashove omployee.s have been notified they will be out of work July 27 unle.ss adlitional funds are api)ropriated within tile week. Kittridge Wing, .superinten dent of the Cape Hatteras Na tional .Seashore, has written , the.se men letlcr.s alerting them to “the unpleasant jio.s.sibility that . , . your Eervirp.s may he tei’inmatcd July 27” unlos.s ad- ilitional funds are apnroiiriatcd. In the letter, Kittridge .st.ate.s that'the men will be notified July 22 (this .Aloiiday) if they are going to bo laid off. The.se are “teniporaiy” em ployees (.some of whom have worked with the. Park Sen ice for over ten years), and they are in the mainlonanrc divkaon. Tn addition to the.se 51 tempor ary maintenance oinpIo.ve.s, 1(! .student aid.s are now sflieduled to be laid off July 27. These stu dent aids started work June 17 and were supnosed to have workcil until aftei- Labor Day. They were working under the Youth Onportunity Corns, an agency of tlie Federal Povci'ty Program. , David Fletrdier, chief rangoi- for the Park Serivoo on.Ocra- coko Isl.and, said the lomporarv maintenance eniployce.s aceouni for 13 of his l>-man work- force. If thc.se 3.3 men are laid off, Flelehei’ would bo faced with the almost imnossible task of keeping the i'am''ground.s open with three men doing the work that 11) men had been doing. ‘‘Wo would just have to close down one of our two camp grounds,” Fletcher said Tues day. 'I'ho annual jiayroll of the Maintenance Division of • Cape Hntterms National Sca.'hore lem- porsrv employees o X c e c dn .$235,000. The annual payroll for ANOTHER BOOK PUBLISHED BOOSTING OUTER BANKS 'mi r,).j rt*M v; \ 'Mi JIRS. I.OUISE MEEKlN.'i, AND HER GRANDDAUGHTER LIRBy (5-ynar -old daughter of Mr. and Mr.s. Ellsworth Miiigett) take a first look at a now hook for juvenile readers titled “The Cniwing on the Tree,” just published by Litlle-Rrown, in Boston. As indicaied on the jacket, it is “a true account of America's first mysiei-j’.—the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island,” and the author is Elizabeth A. Campbell of Norfolk. In her re.search for story material Mrs. Meokins, then historian at Fort Raleigh Na tional Historic Site, Paul Green, author of "The Lost Colony” play, John Fo.\, general manager of the drama, and Aycock Brown, manager, Dare County Tourist Bureau were intciwiewcd by Mrs. Campbell. "The Curving on the Tree” was released by the publishers on July 15, this week. (Aycock Brown photo) SEASHORE ADVISORY COMMIHEE TO MEET NEXT WEDNESDAV. BUXTON BUXTON — Capa Hatteras Seasliorc AdvisoiY Committee a semi-official body maile uo of thrponn.snenr’persomiT’e.vceed.; $20(5.000. In other words—if the nece.ssary money is not ap propriated within the week, over a quarter of a m’llion dollars that normally would bt> pumped into the econoinv of Dare and Ifvde counties wili not bo there this year. Fletcher estimates that the 51 tcnqiorary employes now facing uncmiiloyment have an average of 5 years sevvico. Their pav ranges from $1.(55 to about $3 or S3..50 for an electrician or a bulldozer oiici-ator. "Mnnv of them are retired Coast Guardsmen,” the Ocra- coke ranger chief explains. “Some of them work part-time in motels, or other places. For about a 11111x1 of them, this (Park Sen'ico employment is their only source of income.” counties who act as liason hc- uveon the county commissioners, resident.s, and the National Park Soiwice, will hold its ouarterly meeting Wednesday, July 24 at 2 p.iii., in the clubroom of Cape Hatteras Anglers Club, Buxton. Chairman Ray Couch stated: "This is an oiion meeting to all iiiterestctl residents. The maior order of hu.sinc.s.s will be dis cussion of recent releases by by NPS wherein they have is- ued ndvisorie.s that campgrounds arc over-extended and advising prospective visitors to either plan on going elsewlicro or to contact Dare County Tourist Bureau and other agencies, prior to coming to the Outer Banks. "I have i-cceived many rom- plaints from j'nvnto business people who have slated that FORT RALEIGH HOTEL IS CLOSED AFTER 37 YEARS “Closed. This hotel is closed— No one is to enter the lobby." The sign on the door of tlie • Fort R.aleigli Hotel sounds the demise of an establisiiinent that lias .soired as a town landmark for some 37 years. Jlr.s. Woodson B. Fearing, Sr., closed the hotel last week after notifying the tenants and the businesses with offices in the building. Her .son, Cliarte.s, a part owner oiiernted the hotel. His brother, Wood.son, Jr., also is a. part owner. “I knew she intendeil clo.sing it, but not so soon,” Charles Fearing told a repoiter. “It was all iinother’s doings. She decided she didn’t want to operate it and closed it.” Fearing .said his mother did not like to have anything to do with business veiiture.s and would prefer not to be involved with the. hotel. , He said the biggest jiroblcm was tlie cost of overhe.xd and A.B.C. SALES UP FOR YEAR, DOVYN FOR LAST MONTH the aiiioinit of repair needed, especially for the plumbing. A plastic bucket, in the mid dle of the Icbbv catches steady stream of water as it drips from the ceiling and sprosd.s on the caipet. “I enjoyed running it except that it wasn’t a very money making proposition,” Fearing said. “We started losing money from the first day we went in there.” The hotel management was commiltod to a contract with Air Force, which expired July 1, allowing them legally to close, the ostabli.shment. Fearing said the original plan was to remain open through the See HOTEL, Page Four these advisories tended to repel potential visitors when in act- luility there woro accommoda tions available,” said Couch. Also on the agenda will bo discussion regarding the erosion problem at Buxton which failed to receive favorable • act ion by Congress for, appropriation of funds to combat the problem. The advisory committee was created in 19G7 at the sugges tion of Congressman Walter B. Jones when there was conflict between residents, vi.sitors, and Hie NPS over proiiosod regula tions which would have cur tailed activities within the park area. Seven of the committec’.s membei-ship come from Dare, the other two from Hyde. It came See SIEKTING. Page Four MAN ARRESTED TRYING TO BREAK INTO CAR IN DRIVEWAY ON BEACH Deputy Sheriff L. W. Bc.asley .=:iid Johnny Myers, 36, Hert ford, was arrested early Friday while attempting to break into a car in the driveway of the Hailey cottage in Kill Devil Hills. Beasley said he received a call that someone was tamper ing v.'ith the automohile. He found no one when he arrived, hut was joined in the search by Tom Dowdy, police chief of Kill Devil Hills. Myers was found under the vehicle, stolen in Raleigh two months ago. He was charged with the theft pending the de- llvp'-y of tlie w.arrant from Ra leigh. Beasley .said he had a hammer in his hand and a .38 caliber gun in liis pocket. Myers is in the county jail pending further invc.stigation by Frank Gaboon, Dare County sheriff, and the SBI. MANTEO YOUTHS WELL-REPRESENT TOWN IN DERBY I llh Tidewater Soap Box Event Saturday Drew Five from Manteo OFF TO HONG KONG THURSDAY AFTERNOON MANTEO BUDGET OF $75,201.72 IS APPROVED Fire Department Gets Biggest Increase for New Equip ment, Hose 'I'wo .Alantoo youngstoi-s are putting a lot of mileage on identical golden orange bicycles this week and :iiiotlifir probably ' lias a new transistor radio to his ear mo.st of the day. ’/'hey | also may be observed basking in (lie admiration nf their fridiids. When they gather the conver sation is mo.stly about Saliir- day’.s soaji box race. The race was the eleventh annual Tidewater Soap Box Der by hold at the Naval Shqiyard in Porlsmoulh, Va., on July 13. Manteo had five entrant.s tliLs year and brought home more than its share of prizes. There were 88 boy.s jiarlicipating. Frederick Gates, 11, .son of Mr. and Mrs. William G. Gates of Manteo, was one of the lime light winners. As a .semi-final rumier-up in tlie class B race lie won a deluxe bicycle, a dinner for his family at a Norfolk res taurant, a transistor radio as third place winner for the best con.structerl car in Ins clas.s and a lliiid-placc derby trophy. This was Fred’s first year in tlie derby with his bo.st time 39.6. He was .sponsored by tlie Sand Spur Cmirt, Nags Head. ICdwanl Lee Jlaiin, 13, the son of Mr. and .4Irs. Allen Lee Mann, as a quarter-final run- nor-up ill Class A (13-1.5), also won a deluxe bicycle and a spec ial trophy. Siionsored again by .Manteo Lions Club, thi.s was Edward’s second season tlown the ramp. Last year he lost out in the first round to another Manteo youth, JIalcolm Fearing. Both were in Glass B (ages 11- 12). Mann’.s best time was 39.5 seconds. Paul Creef, 11, raced for tlie fir.st time this year. Although getting to the finish line well i P r- LONNIE ROSSO JONES “I’ve been around the world 11 times; I’ve seen .ship.s tor- pedued all around me; I’ve seen many of the sights but liope to see many more.” Thus .spoke Lonnie R. Jones as he sat on board liis little 23-foot boat (the “Fcarle.ss HI") and recalled some of libs ex- perineces in his fii-st quarter of a century in the Merchant Marine. Jonc.s, a .ship csapUiin and a 45-year-old native of Manteo, wont to sea at an interesting jjoint in hi.story. When the 18- year-old-youtli fir.st shipped out of Norfolk as a deckhand, the Luftwaffe was pounding Eng land, It o m Ill 0 1 was rolling through North Africa, and .A,dolf dor Fuehrer wa.s preparing to march on iBo.scow. Thi.s was al.so a time when Ho Chi Minh was, .strangely enougli, on the Jiayroll of the American OSS (the forei-unner of the CIA). In 1943, Jones was sailing as a decldiand on convoys in the Mediterranean that were lieing attacked by the Luftwaffe. A The Manteo Tow'n Board ap- iiTovod a .siionding budget of #75 201.72 for fiscal 1969 in their regular meeting July 10. This was up .#201.28 from the teniativo budget a p p r o v o d earlier. The increase will cover tho cost of an annexation survey. It raised the tax rate jier $100 valuation from. S1..30 to $1.31, The tax rate' in fi.scal 1908 wa.s $1.24. Mrs. Juanita Parker, town clerk, said cvorj’thing el.se was ajiproved a.s it had been jiro- sonted in the tentative budget. The large.st increase, for fis cal 1969 wa.s to the fire dejiart- inent in the amount of .$15,- 158 94, coniiiared to fiscal ]968’s $7,972.09. This increase was to cover the cost of some, new hose and other equipment. The .$21,130 alloltecl to the water department wa.s the largest item in the budget. The .superintendent, Seldon Mid- gette received a 10 per cent wage increase to $5'i20. The amount scheduled for .spending by the water department is ex pected to be funded by receijit.s paid bv water ti.scrs. A 10 per cent Stilary increa.se was approved for thg town clerk, upping it to $4000. I’er.sons who have not hail salary increases in the last two years and who are to receive five 7>er cent increases includo the police chief, Ken Whitting ton, to $5200; and two tra.sh collection emjdoyes, to $8000. Total funds allotted for tho police depai-tmenl were $12,293, which included salaries, gas, .See BUDCCT, Page Three TERRORIST GETS 5-YEAR TERM IN BULLWHIPPING, ASSAULT ON SAND DUNES Pals Draw Maximum Of 30 Days For Fighting; Drunken Prowler Dealt Roads Sentence; 3 Kitty Hawkers On Probation; Priest Gets Angry At Parents And Loses Driver's Li cense; Chambers called "A Danger" •POSTMASTER OF YEAR’ !. I V.-'r 'Y' ••A'■ MRS. EFFIE BRICKHOUSE, bo.ss of the mail at Columbia, ha.s been cho.sen as North Car- ollna’.s Po.slma.stcr of the Year. She gained the honor at the end of a two-day work.shop of po.stina.st(!rs at the state uni- vor.sity in Raleigh. Tile workshop wa.s attended by about 500 po.stma.stes from throughout the state. Mrs. Brickhousft was selected liy a vote of the work.shop par ticipants. She is a former presi dent of tlio National A.ssociation of Postmasters. ahead of his opponent, he was, ,quarter of a century later, he disqualified for finishing iii fne wrong lane. His dark green jet- like racer lirought him first prize for the bo.st constructed ear in liis clas.s and a transistor radio. No time is given in a forfeited lace. Paul is tho .son of Mr. and Mrs’. Bon Creef and was svonsored by Roanoke Oil Com pany. See DERBY, Page Four MANTEO MAN COMPLETES NAVAL JUSTICE COURSE .w* ,4»' life 'rtf rt'-'-; r % f YNl LEON DAVIS DANIELS, United States Coast Guard, ro- cently completed a course in Naval Justice, and closed Micro- jihone Court Reporting Proced ure on June 14, 1968, at tlie United States Naval Justice School, Newjiort, Rhode Istnnd. Daniels is tlie son of Mrs. Mary S. Sjiencer of Slanteo, and the husband of the former Ella Mae Leo of Manteo. Daniels is presently stationed with the United States Coast Station, Gloucester City, New Jersey. was'ihe captain of a ship .sail ing down tho Saigon River when Ho’s men ojiencd fire on the boat behind him. Why did he want to' go to Vietnam ? “Well, I’d been around the world many limes, but I’d nevei been over there. I’d been read ing about it in tlie newsjiaiier.s, but I wanted to see for myself what it’s like.” Didi he sec any Viet Cong? “You don’t .see the VC; you don’t knosv wlio tlicy are; they all look the same. The Army men over there tell us that many of the Vietnameses work on American military bases dur ing the day, and fight with the Viet Cong at night. Every night we wore there, we could hear machine gun fire in the mar.sli areas around Saigon.” This ship, the “S. S. Joplin Victory”, left Norfolk Jan. 9 (of this year), arrived in Saigon Match 6, and returned to Nor folk May 4. Jones has been at home since then. Askcil when he expected to catch another sliip, the skijiper said, “Oh in a coiijilc of weeks, I guess.” However, during the course of the interview, Jones was inter rupted by a telephone call from an official of a New York ship- jiing comjiany who wanted the Manteo skijiper to fly to Hong Kong to take ov.>r as cajilain ol one of the comjiany boal.s. Jones flew to New York and then to Hong Kolig, July 18, 'flu's ship (the “Ja.siiiine”) generally runs hack and forth between Hong Kong and the Persian Gulf. Jones, who fir.t went to sea in 1941, liad never been to Hong Kong. Ho rejiortedly wa-s looking forward to Hie trip, though he is also looking for See JONES, Page Four INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY TRIP IS MISHAP-PLAGUED A suppo.sed "five-l.av” boat trip from Florida to Wanchese turred into a seven week fias co for a member of tho Lo.st Colony aiid her family. Mrs.-William H. Brown, Jr., left her home in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.a., on May 27 with her eight- year-old .son, Charlie, to reach Manteo by Juno 3 for rehears als. A month-old Nauta-Lino fibej’glass houseboat—“one of those ciazy new things” — was making its maiden voyage. And that was just the begin ning of tho jM-oblems that hopefully have ended with the boat’s arrival Sunday. “Our first day out the en gines were con.suming more gas than they wero supposed to and we ran out of ga.s,” she said, 'flic cajitain tried to call the Coast Guard for a radio check .and nothing hnpjicncd. “The antenna had become disconnected and our radio woukln’t work. We just ilropjied anchor and began emergency measures,” she said. The undaunted crew ran an orange laundrj' bag up the antenna, flashed S.O.S. with iiiin-ors at jiassing ships and sent up flares. “We even waved lifejackets at plane.s and still no one stopjied,” Mr.s. Brown said. “We finally fixed the radio >ur.scIvo.«i and called the Coast Guard and they jiickeil us up.” The third day, the group left Beaufort, S. C., and went on to Charle.ston wliere the forwanl gear in tho starboard engine collapsed. “We went on to Georgetown, S. C., at a crawl or a rowing speed,” she said. , TJie boat stayeil there for days while a part was shipped from the factniy in Indiana. In addition, the boat had to be pulled out of the water to have the pari ronlacel and there wa.s no unoccupied railway ncarbv. Mrs. Brown had to leave the boat at Georgetown and ilrivs on up for rehearsals. A vac.ant railw.av was .soon found, but the Florida captain had to re turn homo. A captain from Norfolk came down then to pilot the boat on up the intcr- coaslal waterway. “'Pile captain had almost readied Swansboro and both forward gears gave out,” .said Mr.s. Brown. ‘So ho had to back inland up the waterway to Swansboro where the boat has been until Sunday.” To ton it off, the boat was caught in a bad storm at the mouth of the Alligator River Saturday, and was lost until Sunday afternoon when it showed un at Wanchese. Mrs. Brown's husband, a salesman for Container Salas Corporation of Miami, Fla., came up for the week end and was here during tho “lost in the river” crisis. A daughter, Katie, 3, is at See TRIP, Page Five WAVES. AYDLEH POST OFFICES ARE SLATED TO CLOSE DOWNTOWN MANTEO GETTING NEW DRESS IN ELIZABETHAN STYLE Total sales by the Dare Coun ty’s A.B.C. stores during June were $59,112.20, compared to a were $59,112.20, compared to $59,831.45 for June 1967, a de crease of $719.25. The stores were do.scd the first Saturday in June because of a state-wide election. Total sales by the D.are stores during the fUcal .year which end ed June 30, wore $533,395.50 as compared with the proccdiiig fiscal year, $530,090.80, an In crease of $3,304.70. Congressman Walter B. Jones announced Tue.sda.v that he had been advised by the jiost office dejiartment of the closing of at least two fourth-cla.s,i; nost of fices in the First DLstrict. The Aydlett and Waves facili ties will be closed under iiro- visions of the new tax bill which requires all government agen cies to reilucc expenditures to the 19(56 level. This will involve elimination of 83,000 positions in the post office department alone. Jones states that ho is pro testing this action and n.sking for reconsideration by Man-in Watson, Postmaster General. However, he st.atcd that it will lie difficult to defend this pro Michael iRay Woolard, 21, Che-supeako, Va., was sentenced to five years in pri.son Friday after conviction in Di.strict Court on charges involving a reign of ten-or .Tuly G against tourists on the giant sand dune in Nags Head known as Jockey’s Ridge. Woolard wa.s convicted of us- ' ing a bulKvhip on two tourists ! and ihrcalening another, a.s- .sault on two females, and as sault on a 12-vear-old boy. Five of Woolard’s seven com panions, all of Chesapeake, were sentenced to 30 days each on the roads for fighting. Two were turned loose because they attemjited to halt the destruc tive antic.s of tho pa.sty-faccd, lantein-jawed, Uirill-s e o k i n g Woolaril. The five sent to tho i-oads were Eaniest Edwai-d Smith, 19; William Han-y Cut ler, 22; Johnny Hartman, 20; Bobby Joe Hartm:in, 21; ;ind Edward Floyd Cutler, ' 20. Tiinied loo.se were Lari-j' W. Bai-nett and .Terrj- W. Hudson. The court se.ssion Friday was the longest here in years. Judge Fentre.ss Horner opened court promptly at 10 a.m. and wound it up at 6:40 p.m. There was an hour out for lunch. Horner also sentenced an 18- vear-old chargcil in a night time prowling c;ise to 12 months on the i-oad.s, put three Kitty Hawk residents on three years' jirobation for stealing a pai'- of shoes and other merchanilise, took awav the driver’s license of a Catholic nrio.st who was ch.avged originally with dninken driving, gave a chil-I molester IS months on the roads, slapjied tbrc" years’ prohat'on on a trigger - te'-oDeved 1,-iborer whom he called a “danger to over\' one on the highway,” and ordered a Wonche.se residonj to slay out of n hoei- joint for five years. All this was in addition to the u.su.al ran of .snecder.s, public drunks, and c.arelo.ss and reeklo.ss drivers. Woolard. snorting a straggly growth of whiskers, nrtemnted to prove that ho was ‘just play ing around” as he snapped a bullwhin and hit two porson.s, luinehed another in tho stomach, slashed toward others with a knife, and tossed a small boy down a steep .slojio. Three youngsloi-s of Norfolk —two 14-vear-old girls .and a 12 vear-old boy—tc.stified Wobl- ard and his gang surrounded them on the giant dune and began asking que.stions. Wool ard ordered one of the gang to get away from one of the girls because “that’s my wom- sin.” She said ho tried to kis.s her. fondle licr and threw sand on her and then brushed it off. A second girl offered siniilnr testimony. The 12-vcar-ohl brother of one of the girls said he tried to inter\-ene but “tlial; boy (Woolaixl) slung me down ' the hill.” The alert uolite little boy denied Woolard’s sugges- tioii in the courtroom that he was “just h.aving fun, playing around.” A 19-year-oId girl from Nor folk said Woolard askel her to “come to Virginia and snend the night with me.” She said he disarranged her blouse. W i 11 i a m M. Rodenheiser, Richmond. Va., said Woolaixl struck him in the stomach and pulled a pocke'tknife on him, and then hit him on tho head a couple of times. Roflenhei.«cr See COURT, Page Three MEMBERS OF HAYMAN CLAN URGED TO ATTEND ANNUAL FETE JULY 20 When the Havman reunion lakes jdace Saturday, July 20, in Manns Harbor, it is exnpgted posed reduction in view of the 1 that the Rev, L. D. Haynmn, RENOVATION OF THE FRONTS OP BUSINESSES in downtown Manteo is well underway, with Pioneer Tlicatre getting earliest treatment. Above is the arti.st’s conception of how the area of Pioneer llieatre, Fearing’s, Inc. and Planters Bank will apjicar when completed. With exception of the bank, work on the other buildings should be finished by the end of summer; according to M. K. Fearing, Jr. Plans also have been draum for similar renovation of Ben Franklin and Walker's Diner, although neither of those contemplates early changes. j • - v ... cost of operation, Tho Aydlett postoffice involved an expendi ture of $3,872 during the last fiscal year with a revenue of $900 and the Waves postofficc wth an expenditure of $4,841 with a revenue of $1,300. Jones st.ated that he would like to assure patrons of these two facilities Uiat th'Is action will not adversely affect mail service, which -will be prox-ided by Star (Routes, Rural Routo ex tensions, contract rural ata- tiona, and in some case* a non personnel statien.. ’-•i 44 foi-mcr president, and Mrs. Hayman will attend. IRegistrn- tion will begin at 10:30, and everyone is invnted to attend - .nnd bring a nicnic basket. At this se.ssion, it will be decided whether or not to change., the date of the annual meeting, in . . order to allow more people to Vr attend, and it is desired that at =.;;^> many as possible be present have a hand in the deciaionlY^ v Entertainment will be pt«- vided. There will be piano playJ^i-rk-, in*, accordimi pJayin* old-fashioned."einc^... 5^1
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