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David :Stick Kill Devil Hills, 8-21-^/68 27948 SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS Sixteen Pages in Two Section: 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 feE - ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO. N. C. 27954 NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Pages One through Eight VOLUME XXXIV i- NO. 4 MANTEO. N. C. 27954, FRIDAY. JULY 26. 1968 Single Copy 100 HATTERAS ISLAND WATER SYSTEM TO OPERATE THIS FALL More Than 500 Subscribers in Communities of Hatteras, Frisco, Buxton “Our new water .system will be oi)erative between September 16 and October 15,” said Edgar 0. Hooper, president of the sponsoring Cape Hatteras Water Association, recently. He had been in contact with en gineers who assured him of comi)letion within the next few weeks of the system which will supply the communities of Hat teras, Frisco and Uuxton. Hooper said that “more than '500 applications for water con nections had been received, well above the 4Ct minimum require ment for approval of the Farnt- crs Home Aibninistration loan/ gi-ant. Cost of establishing the tri community waterworks was set at $1,275,000 of which $570,000 is a grant. The balance is on long-term loan. I n it i a 11 y a $030,000 loan was sought, but $75,000 more was requirwl be cause bils were over original estimates. Hooper urged residents to contact the Association in event that ordejed meters had not been installed, or in cases where members were unable to locate their connection with the main pipelines. Tha tap-on fee for those joining now is $125, Hoop er stated. Several jobs are being created )by the waterworks. Hooper urged interested pei-sons to di rect their applications to Cape Hatteias Water Association, Buxton, for the |)ositions of manager, maintenance and of fice workers. DARE COUNTY HAS GARBAGE PICKUP FOR COMING YEAR J. > > Dare County is back in the garbage business—for the year this time. W. S. White, chairman of the county commissioners,'told'a le- porter that bids submitted for garbage contracts would have almost doubled the tax rate from last year. He said Junius Jennetto, Jr. of Buxton submitted a bid of $38,397, which did not include the almost $6,500 it has al ready cost him the first 22 days of July. This would make a total bid of about $45,000. H and S Sanitation Service of Smithfield submitted a bid of $59,000 which the board also 'turned down. “We’re still trying to operate within the original figure of $31,000,” White said. “We feel without some unforseen cii-cum- stanccs, we can do it for that figure.” . White said the county wont into the garbage business “ver>’ reluctantly" and would have liked to have given the fii-st bid to Leonard Midgctt, had be been able to provide the equip ment. The county is now using trucks from Richmond, Va., un til they can purchase tracks by bid. The same workers will be cm- f ployed with Hatton Slidgett, Leonard Midgett, and Ephriam Midgctt as driver.-?, each having two assistants. .Arrangements were made during the wrfck enl in order to avoid interference with Monday collections. A petition pi-escntcd to the See GARBAGE, l*age Fi%'e TWO CARS DAMAGED IN DARE ROAD MISHAPS Two automibics were damaged extensively in mishaps on Dare County roads recently, according to the sheriff’s department. A new car driven by Margaret Estelle Knight Midgette of Poi’tsmouth crashed into a utili ty pole on the north entl of Roanoke Island July 20. Deputy Sheriff Sam Pledger in a pre liminary estimate set the dam- b age at about $200. Pledger said Mrs?. Midgette passed another vehicle on high way 64-264 and as she pulled back into the right lane her car struck a small puddle of water and slipped sideways off the road and came to rest against the utility pole. _ Dallas L. Roberson, Williams- ton told Deputy Sheriff C. C. Tillett the oncoming lights of a car near Manns Harbor caused him to drive off highway 64, on July 19. Roberson’s car hit an eight-inch dropoff an?i turn- „ ed over, coming to rest on all [ four wheels. The transmission of I the vehicle was wrecked. Tillett [estmated the damage at $300. SIR WALTER AND WELCOME CENTER HOSTESSES RAINS REFRAIN •COLONY* GAINS IN ATTENDANCE Mi [.■Sfer?. DAVID WOOD, .Sir Walter Raleigh of “The Lost Colony” is shown with welcome, center ho.stesses who paid a two-day visit to Dare Coast-Outer Hank.s la.st w?:ck end to complete their indoctrina tion tour of places to .see and tilings to lo in North Carolina. The girls will staff the state’.s first two welcome center to be opened August 1 on Interstate Highway.s 85 :ind 95 just south of the Virginia lino. Shown with Sir Walter at the Howard Memorial Fount:iin in the Elizabethan Car- len late Thur.sday aie: (I to r) Liiula Fleming, Norliaa; Sandra Perkinson, Hender.son; Alexis Park er Smith, Dunn; Patricia Netherly, Halif.ax; Dorothy Eason, Jackson; Judy Muniford of Sea board and Diane Faulkner of Roanoke Rapids. (.Aycock Brown photo) TRAVEL GALS ON VISIT TO COAST SEE MANY SIGHTS ‘Welcome Center' Hostesses Spend Two Days Learning of AHractions Seven of the ho.stesses who will staff the state’s first two welcome centers to be opened August 1 on imer.stato High ways 85 aiul 95 just sout'n of the Virginia line made a two day vi.sit to Dare Coast-Outer Banks last week end. Here they were enterttiined by Mancie L. Daniels of Man- teo, a member of the Department of; Conservation and Develop ment, John Fox of the Lost Colony, Quentin Bell, Dare Tourist Bureau, F.xcculive Secre tary Jewell Sctirborougli autl board niomber.s of the Greater Nags Head Chamber of Com merce, Wayne Melchor of the Colington Harbor organization and Edi.son Meckins, manager, Hatteras Marlin Club. On Thursday night the girl.s were guests at a seafood dinner at Spencer’s Restaurant at Manns Harbor before seeing a performance of The Lost Colo ny where they wore introduced to the audience. Previously they iiad visited the Elizabethan Garden where The Lost Colony’s Sir Walter Raleigh (David Wood) in costume posed for pictures with the group. After dinner they toured Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. During the early afternoon on their day of arrival they enjoyed tlio pool ;ind beach of John Yanci?y Motor Hotel where they were stopiiing for two day.-?. After visiting Wright Broth ers National Jlcmoiral on Fri day morning and leai’iiing the liistory of the famomus First Flights of December 17, 1903, the group was entertained by Wayne Jielchor, public relations executive for Colington Harbour. Tiiero they were entertained at the club, taken on helicopter flights over the Dare l)(*acl?es and on a cruise through la goons of the residential develop- Sce .TRAVEL, Page Five PROBLEMS OF EROSION, NO FUNDS TO COMBAT, TALKED ON WEDNESDAY Advisory Commiffee Suggests the Dare Com missioners through National Park Service, Seek Financial Aid from State, Private Foundations; Other Matters Aired. BUXTON — The Cape Hat teras Seashore .Advisoi-j’ Com mittee Wednesday passefi a resolution recommending that tlie Dare County Commission ers ask the National, Park Serv ice to request ’fund.s from the North' Carolina State I/OgisVa- ture and frohi private sources such as the Mellon Foundation. The. vote came after Kittridge Wing, superintendent of the Cape Hatteras National Sea shore, .said, “The monej’- has got to come from somewhere if the Outer Banks are to remain in tact.” One committee member. Bob Preston, warned ominously that “the people in Environmental Service.s say we’re .facing-the worst hurricane season in his tory.” This ■ committee is a semi official body.niaiie up, of citi zens from Dare and Hyde counties who act as lia.son be tween the county commi.ssion- ers, residents, and the National Park Service. This group met at 2 p.m. in the clubroom of the Cape Hatteras Anglers Club, Buxton. Earlier this month, the Dare commissioners adoptetl a resolu tion asking the North Carolina Seashore Commission, the Cape Hatteras Seashore Ad visory Committee “and other interested parties?” to .sup])oi-t an en?leavor to buy back land taken in condemnation pro cedures when the Caj>e Hatter- as National Seashore was os?- tablished in 1965. The 3-e.?olution .said the land l)Urcha.se was ui'ged so that “we cun take all effective steps with Sie EROSION, Page Four OCRACOKE .NPS EMPLOYEE AWARDED R. CLINTON G.ASKILL, a maintenance division employee of Cape Hatteras National Seashore on Ocraeoke Island, i.s .shown i-e- cciving incentive award from Assistant Superintendent Pre.ston D. Riddel. Gaskill’s suggc.stion involved iniprovcd,visitor service and convenience for the young park visitor! . BUSINESSMEN URGED TO HIRE N.P.S. WORKERS Raymond Couch of Buxton, chairman of the Seashore Ad visory Committee, has issued on apneal to area merchants to hire 42 Cape Hatteras National Scasho'e employes who will be laid off at the end of this week. Speaking at a committee meeting Wednesday, Couch .said, “I’ve taken on one of these men myself, and I hope othor.s in this area will io the .same thing.” Kittridgo Wing, .superinten dent of the Cape Hatteras Na tional Sea.shore, .said, “If any of you luive, or know of any positions that are open, please get in touch with me and I will pass this information along to the men who have been cut off. Also, if you need any recom mendations, or if you have any questions concerning any si)eci- fic skills that these men may have acquired, then don’t hesi tate to call me.” Asked how he detennined which employes would be re tained and which ones laid off, Wing told a reporter that, “It was on a basis of seniority and veteran’s preference.” D.avid Fletcher, the chief ranger on Ocraeoke (Island, .said last week that a cutback in funds and (lersonnel would force the clo.sing of one of the two campgrounds on Ocraeoke. Asked to comment on this, Wing said, “This could happen on Ocraeoke. I just can’t answer that que.stion at this time—^we’ll just have to leave that one open for the time being.” “Tliis,” Wing continued, “is the hardest action I’ve ever Liken. I never thought it could happen. Many of the jieople I’ve had to dismiss have been with us for years and we had hoped to eventually put them in a pennanent status.” Thirty of these employes who had been with the park service for a number of years were no tified Jlonday that their seri’'- See HIRING, Page Five COAST GUARDSMAN TO RETIRE AFTER 29 YEARS Retirement cc.rcmonie,s will be hehl at 10 a.m. on Wednes day. July 31, at tht Const Guaixl Station, Hatteras Inlet, for Boatswain’s Mate First Class Edward J. Scarborough. Petty Officer Scarborough is completing more than twenty years service, with the Coast Guard. For the past two years he has been officer in charge at Hatteras Inlet. He is a native of Avon. With Four Rainoufs, Paid Visi tors Nearly 2,000 Over Last Year General ''r.'>nagpr .Tohn W. Fox repoited that 26 830 paid to ppe tl'i» fir.-t 25 nei-formances of the 19"S 1)1 odiu'tion of “The T o‘ rnlony” outdoor drama. But, he cro.ssed his fingers when he announced the figures. “The last lime we talked for ljublicalicn about attendance was just liefore the rains washed out three straight per- fornitincp.s," Fox recalled. “We hope it doesn’t liaiipen again he- cau.se we are just now catching up willi last year.” he aildeil. The 26.830 pail attendance through-Wedne.sday night com- pai-e.s with 25,196 through the same dale 1.0x1 year, 'rhere have been four rain-outs in 1968 and there had been three at this same time in 1967. “We are still considerably be hind our best attendance yeai- in 1966,” the general manager added, “when we had only three rain-outs all year—and only one by thi.s time during the season. Through the c o m )) a r a b 1 e Wednesday night in 1966 there were 29,707 paid patrons for 28 p?:rformances. The first rain-out this .sea- .son was on the Fourth of July, and the following week — on July 9, lO and 11—the three con.secutive “lost”' perfonnane’es resulted from late afternoon and early evening Ihiuuler.show- ers. The only other time in the 31-ycai--old liistoiy that “The Lost Colony” missed three straight schcdtilcd perform ances was in 1955 when Hinri- cano Connie hit the coast. MISS NORTH CAROLINA—1969—VISITS DARE 3 JAILED. OTHERS GET STIFF FINES FOR WRONGDOING m I KILL DEVIL HILLS TOWN BOARD APPROVES BUDGET A siiendit'.g budget of $150,143 was :ipproveil for fiscal 1969 by the Kill Devil Hills’ town board last week. 'I'he 1969 tax rale of 88 cents per $100 valujitioii is the same as la.st year. , A total of $63,827 is allotted for; the general fund; $39,850 for debt service; $39,066 for operating expenses of tlie water department; aiul $17,400 for the Powell Bill. The board also turned down the rezoning request on the rec ommendation of the zoning l)oard. Harold Clay Foreman had requested a change from R.A-6 to KA-5 for the land across fi-om the Catholic Cliurch. Dr. Ben Y. Ward has asked that the Cherokee preperty on U.S. 158-business' he clianged from RA-5 to bu.siness. vi'vCxk i* ■ ELISA' ANNETTE JOHN.SON of New, Beni, “Mi.ss North Car- olin.a—1969” vi.siled the Dare Coa.st-Outf-r Banks last week end. Accompanied by Jo .A.nn Frank, her official companion, and traveling in the bright rod air-conditioned official car i^rovided for her lovely highne.s.s, Tar lleelia’.s Queen of Beauty, they aitended a performance of Tiie Lost Colony where this jihoto was made backst;ige. Hundreds of por.sons .sought lier autograpli. Stopping overnight at The Carolinian, Miss John.«on and Miss Frank, \'isited several of tlie btacli tog shops Sunday morning, in search of a certain kind of bathing suit (which she was unable ij locate) that she will wear in the .Miss America Beauty P.ageant in Atlantic City late next month. (Aycock Brown photo) BASNEH: ‘REAL PROFESSIONALS' RESPONSIBLE FOR MONEY THEFTS BUXTON — The Buxton Sportsman's Center was bur glarized Sunday night, and a deputy sheriff theorized that it was , the work of a group of “real . professionals” who had .stolen over $1,000 from eight automobiles during the past week.' Deputy Raymond Basnctt said $60 was taken from the cash register in the Buxton Siiortsman's Center. The thieves took a safe, outside the building and forced it open. However, the safe did not contain any nionev. A crow bar was used to See TIIKI'T.S, Page Four •THE MASQUE OF CUPID AND DEATH' TO BE PRESENTED IN GARDEN SAT. “The Masque of Cupid and Deatli,” an entertainment by Matthew Locke, will be jircscnt- ed Saturday, July 27, at 2 p.m. in the Elizabethan Garden, near Manteo. The masque, written shortly after the time of Slitike- spearc, will involve more than thirty dancers, signer.s, and ac tors of The Lost Colony cast and staff. Masque were popular enter tainment iluring tlic latter years of the reign of Elizabeth 1, and were tlie primary form of court entertainment under tlie next two Englisli nionardis. An early attenipl at blending the arts of dance, .singing, and acting, “The Masque of Cupid and Death” include.s such characters as Madness, Folly, Despair, Na ture, .and Famine to tell its story. Because tlie, masque was so often intended. for performance outdoora in the great gardens of Euroiie, the Elizabethan Gar den presents a perfect .setting for jireduclion of such piecc.s. “Cupid and Death" will be per- fornie?! on tlie terrace of the formal sunken garden, tlie au dience being seated on adjacent green. This will mark the first known perforiiiance of a masque in the Dare County region. Director is Randolph Uniber- ger; niu.sic director is Benjamin Keaton, ami cliorcographer is John Walker, all Lo.st Colony staff members; ■ A Fiiiall admission price will he collected at the Gariien gate, anil a tea will follow the enter tainment. SHERIFF SAYS HATTERAS DEPUTY NOT CASINO COP Cahecn Reporls FBi-SBI Agents Make Routine Check Here' Dare County Sheriff Prank M. Cahoon said Thuraday tliat Deputy Sheriff Raymond Bas- nett does NOT help police tlie Ca.sino ill Nags Head on Sat urday nights. “Basnett stays on Hatteras Island except when he is in Manteo for coiii't ses.sions or other official Imsiness,” Cahoon .said in answering a query. A nieiiiher of tlie Cape Hat- tera.s National Seashore Advis ory Committee .said at Bu.xton Wednesday that “on Hatteras 100 per cent of your law cn- forccniciit officers have to go to Nags Head week ends to hang around one place of busi- ncsi?—the Casino. Thi.s leaves you sans any law enforcement officers on Hatteras.” (Basnett is the only sheriff's dejiuly lo cated permanently on tlie island calcd permanently on tlie island. His home is at Buxton. “Tliat statement is not true,” Cahoon .said. Caliooii .said some iiiemhers of tlie FBI and SB! were in Dare County earlier thi.s week. He Said llie FBI agents were check ing again the pattern of tlie recent bank roliberj’ at Nags Head to .see if it fils other See SHERIFF, Rage Four KIHy Hawker To Roads On Charges Of Indecent Ex- • posure, Trespass District Judge Fenlrcs.s 'T. ■ Horner sentenced two men and one woman to jail Friday on such vjiried charges as trespass and iiidecciil e.\posin-e, lll•UllkPll- iie.-is, and tampering with an automobile. He. .set bond for one defendant at $25,000 on each of two cliai'ge.s. llonier also declared from the hencli that a Grcen.sboro man iva.s guilty of dninlcen driving 1ml tuniod him loo.se because “llie stale couldn’t prove it." Ttie judge continued his cam paign to puni.sh wrong-doer.s in this resort area liy handing down ■Stiff sonteiice.s to per.son.s con victed of drunkenness, speeding, anti assault of various types and (legreee.s. Ciiarles William Perry, Jr., Kitty Hawk, was haled into court on charges of trespass and indecent exposure. ' Breiidti LaGras.so, Portsmouth, 'Va., testified that as she ap proached lier tniclc at tiie Ore gon inlet parking area Perry jumped up inside the vehicle and .shouted “.surprise.” She said he was naked. Mi.ss LaGra.sso said Peri-y called out that she "needed the experiejice.” Then he laughed, slie said, liurriedly threw on some clotlies, and walked away. She called a park ranger :md liad liim arrested. i’erry’s courtroom attire con- si.sted of a pair of yellow shorts, a gi'een shirt with .«mall wliiie stripes, and .slioe.s. He wore no sox. His sun-bleached liair ap peared bowl-like in style. He affected a mustaclie. Perry said lie sought only to “scai’e” the girl. He said he wore a pair of blue sliovts at the time. Tlic judge gave him 18 iiioiitlis on tlic reads. Perry appealed and was released under a bond of $1,000, Johnny (Myers, 36, Hertford, pled not guilty to tampering with an automobile and waived preHminary Jiearing on two fel ony cliarge.s of breaking and eii.- tering and petty larceny. A charge of grand theft involving an automobile was not iire.ssed here becau.so the offense 'oc curred in anollier county. Myoi's was found crouching under an automobile in Kill Devil Hills by Deputy Sheriff L. W. See covnr. Page Four , COMMISSIONERS APPROVE BUDGET OF $963,617.10 REHEARSALS FOR THE MASK OF CUPID AND DEATH LOST COLONY CAST MEMBERS who will present “The Masque of Cupid and Death” on the Knot Garden patio of the Elizabethan Garden Saturday afternoon are shown in a "non-dress re hearsal at the site where it will be presented at 2 o’clock. (Brotvn photo) v A spending liudgct of $963,- 617.10 for fiscal I’ijfej). was afT- proved by the Dare County Commissioners Jlonday. This figure includes a $5 335.20 increase to the sher iff’s department for 24-hour radio watch for the county, es pecially Hatteras. The. tax rate will be $1.47 per $100 valuation, as it was in the tentative budget. Ta.v rates for the g.arbage di.stricts are: Roanoke Island, 14 cents; Nags Head, 20 cents; and Kitty Hawk, 13 cent-s. A tax rate of 5 cents was levied fo)- the. upkeep of the community center at Wancheso and for the combined center sen’ing Rodanthe, Salvo and Waves on Hatteras Island. The levy for community cenlr.i-s is paid by tho.se person.s living within the community. ■ ' The Roanoke Island fire dis trict lax rate is 15 cents. ■ ; General fund expenditure.s'ac count for $182,473.28; faion programs, $17,253,24; ambu lance, $26,995.00; county build ings and courthouse, $21,122.74; schools, $240,931.54; welfare administration $64,280.00; and countyivide debt service, $1.31,283.12. The new budget repre-sents ah increase of $114,316.28 ovcr.tho fiscal 1968 budget. The 1968 tax rate was $1.35 per $100 v.aluation. ' ’ * w\ m NO SATURDAY WINDOW SERVICE 5IANTBO P.O. The Manteo post office has been advised by Postmaster W. Maivin Watson to comply with the cutback requircil by Con'- gress under the recently-enacted Public Law 90-364, by reducinC some po.stal services. 'f- Effective July 27, all K^lar, Saturday window service will be . ^ discontinued at the Manteo Post Office. This curtailment will in no way affect the tyindow service '' hours provided Monday through . ; Friday.'. 'V‘” " ' '-