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David Stick Kill Devil Hills, 8-2i-^/68 N.C. 27948 SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS 18 Pages in Three Sections TIMES WITH WHICH IS COMBINED THE PILOT AND HERALD OF BELHAYEN 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 Six' VOLUME XXXIV — NO. 5 MANTEO, N. C. 27954, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1968 Single Copy 10^ HIGH RATE OF ABSENTEEISM IRRITATES JUDGE Horner Orders Stiff Fine Foi Late Comers And Non- Appearances f' There was so .much absen teeism at the opening- of Dis trict Court Friday that Judge Fentixiss T. Horner iini)osed a costly reniintler on offenders and waiTicd future late-coniers they, too, would be given the pocketbook treatment. Twelve tlefcndjuits failed to answer as the docket was called by Solicitor Wiiton Walker a^ the 10 a.m. opening of court. About the time Walker got the fourth no re.spon.se fi-om a callerl dcfendiint, it was ap- pai-ant Horner's patience had reached the breaking point. For the first three who failed to appear, the judge had ordered warrants issued with bonds set at $100 or -moi^ each. But when the fourth non-appearance was noted, the judge, his face flushel, sail all late appear ances Would cause the auto matic imposition of a fine of $25. The action was retroactive to the start of the call. Two defendants liirived later with excu.ses good enough to cause remission of the .rutomat- ic levy. 'Horner was rough on two defendants who were caught I speeding at moi-e than 100 miles per hour. He did not look kind- > ly on a boy charged wth • “spontaneoirs" racing on a highway near the beach. The fear of a roarls sentence wa.s enough to make throe bully boy.s claiming a Kitty H.awk address get out of the county when given an oppoi-tunity. These were Roy Dor.scy Con ner, Jr. 2C, Cooper Owens, III, 23, and Charles Drew Owens, 21. They were convicted July 12 of charges of petty laieeny and were ordererl to get out and stay out of Dare County for (vjfive years in lieu of three-years’ probation for each. ' / ' Conner and the Owens elected to leave the county, but they neglected to do so. A week af ter they were .suirjroserl to be out of the County they were pickeci up and jailed. Horner asked why they didn’t obey the bani.shirrent order. One replied that they had been advi.sed they didn’t have to leave. The judge pondered a mo ment and then advised the de fendants that their probation had been revoked and they would have to serve roads sen tences of si.x months each. He '* jiaid they could avoid the road work only if they were in the county when commitment irap- ers were servel. He said the papers would be ready at -1 jr.m. It was noon at the time. The defendants literally ran from the courtroom. They dis appeared from the courthou.so so fast that they neglected to pay their jail fees to Deputy Sheriff Donis White. Emmett Allen Smith, Chesa peake, Va., pled guilty to charges of speeding 100 miles per hour in a 35-niiIe zone and c.'ireless and rcckle.ss driving. State Trooper Larry Thames said Smith had been drinking. .Smith spoke up and .«aid ‘T had *':i couple of beers.” The judge Sec COURT. 1‘agc Three KILL DEVIL HILLS MAYOR RESIGNS; ILLNESS REASON BELL AND FOX STUDY NEW INFORMATION BROCHURE Ik#''' ■t- * ..vm* mm mimi QUENTIN BELL, chairman of the Dare County Tourist Bureau board of dii-ectors and John Fo.x uf The Lost Colony are shown on Wednesday insIM^cting the new Dan,* County Tourist Bureau brochure literature for places of busines.s to hand out to vacationists wanting to know what to .see and do in Dare. They arc given free to operators to hand out locally, (not mail away), in efforts to better inform tlie visiting public and probably influence them to .stay longer on Dare Coast-Outer Banks,to see the places of interest listed. .A, keyed map locates the places described in the brochure. Twenty thousand of the brochure? were i)i-intel, and they are made available in lots of 100 to each openitor. (Aycock Brown photo) DAVID SIMPSON PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT IN USCG David B. Simp.«on, .«on of Mr. and Mr.s. Jo.seph D. S;mp.son of Manteo i.s one of 284 men in the Coast Cuai'd to be selected for nromotion to lieutenant. Simpson is stationed at the Elizabp.’h City Air Base as a pilot with the Sea and .\ir Res cue. Ho.*entered the Coast Guard in '19j7 and was stationed- at Sle*' Petersburg, Fla.. Miami, Fla.-, and Nojfolk. Va., before going to flight school in Pensa cola, Fla. A graduate'of Manteo High School, he is matried 'to thn former Marie Etheridge of Manteo. VETERAN NC ACTOR IS IMPRESSED BY PAGEANT Sidney Blaclcmer, who has pcrfoj-meil in films anil on the stage for more than 50 years, was in the audience at the “Lost Colony” during the week end. He liked what he. saw. ClacUmer dWides. living be tween his native Saili.'bui-j* and a New York home, and still has time to ni:ike m'otion- pic tures. Ciurently he irorta-'ays a Satanic-Iike character in “Ro.s!- mnrj''s Baby.f' This is the latest of more th«m lipO,films stretch ing bade, tp' "|.the-'“Peril.? of Paiiline.” He 'aiso-h’as 3y Broad way plays't6 his-.eredit. WORLD CHANGED WHILE IT WAS UNDERGROUND m Blaekmei* and lii.s wife, the former Suzanne Kwaren of Australia, a former actress, viewet a production of a seventeenth ccntuiy masque, “Cupid and Death” while here. The cast was recru'ted from members of the “Lost Cclony.” “’I’his masque was satirical and naturally ,d«' fantasy with great humor,” the deep-throatel actor said. “It wtis quite beauti ful artistically and it is my hope that it will be repeated often.” Mrs. Blackmer alded, “il think thci ma.sque .should be taped on film for national re lease so othoi-s could come and see what is done here.” He has j-irevii’dly addressed I'he Lost Colony” audience with author Paul' Green and pi'odueer Mrs. Emma Neal Morrison and also acted in t)io pageant. 'I'licir son, Jonathan acted in the drama one summer. “1 am inordinately proud as North Carolinian to have been part of the- finest outdoor di-ama in the world,” he said. As chairman of the board of the Ninth Carolina School of Arts, Blackmer was c.specially pleased to note the presence of its students in the “Lost Colo ny” and “Cupid and Death.” Mention of the Elizabethan Gardens brought forth enthu siastic comments from both of them. “I can not say too much about the beauty of those gardens,” ho said. “I’ve .seen historic gardens in many areas of the world, but I've seen any See ACTOR, Page Four Thomas H. Briggs, mayor of Kill Devil Hills, resigned as of July 31 because of illnc.ss. He is suffering from hepatitis. In a letter to Ted Wood, may or pro tern, and the town com missioners, Briggs said, "under the mandate from my doctors, 1 have been ordered to discon tinue iny work at the Town Hall for the protection of my health." Wood said he and the town hoard accepted tlie resignation with "deep regret.” ’ " “All of u.s, as commissioners feel you have faithfully fulfilled your duties as mayor, facing difficult decisions with a quiet dignity ami a sincere interest in your town.” He said that few “public spirited citizens exist in a small town” ajid replacing Briggs would be difficult. “You have controlled your various boards with wisdom bom of deep study and under standing,” Wood told Briggs.. The letter to Briggs was signed by Wood and conimis- 1 sioners; Diane B. St. Clair, C. T. {* Griffin, E. V. Melson, and E. E. Rogers. Briggs is in Albemarle hos pital in Elizabeth City. SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO, before trips to Outer Space were made, before the miliou was to learn much about riots, assassi nations, and a bretul of people called hippie.?, and also before the first National Scufjioro was to deilicated in Dare, highways were to replace sand trails tind bridges would replace ferries, a cicada (sometimes called 17-ycar locust) lay its eggs on the twig of a tree at old Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. The eggs hatched anil the baby cicada dropped to the groiuul and developed shortly into an insect that burrowed into the ground and attached iUcIf to the tree root to survive for the next 17 years on sap. Thi.s year the insect came from the ground, climbed a tree and from it evolved another cicada, its shell casing (.shown) remaining at tached to the tree limb. In the meantime, for five weeks the cicada, (or locu.st) uttered ear-piercing sounds nnd it enjoyed as it flow around enjoying what ever it is that an insect enjoys that makes thenj lay eggs. After five ^%•cek.s of winging life and laying eggs the flying cicada had, or will die, leaving eggs to be hatched into nymphs that will go underground and remain until 1985 — and then repeat the cycle' Uiat givc.s them a strange cxistance, below and above the ground. (Aycoek Brown photo). FORT RALEIGH HOTEL PURCHASED BY A. E. SADLER MUCH INTEREST IN FIRE COMPANY FOR KITTY HAWK Public Meeting August 12 In School Seeking Citizens' Comments One hunilicd per cent of (he •Atlantic 'I'ownship re,si(lent tax payer.? who rclurneil question naire? to the Dare County Commissioner have indicated that they favor the e.stablish- ment of a fire department in the townshi)). However, only 20 per cent (00) of the .‘lOO ijuesLionhaire-j were returned, Mr.s. KlizubeUi Smith (secretary of the Dare County Planning Board) point- (sl out, 'i’hei'c i.s no wny to a.screuiin the opinions of the 80 i>er cent who did not return the ques tionnaires before the public meeting which i.s .scheduletl for Aug. 12 m the Kitty dlhwk School. The town of Kill Devil Hills stopped an.swering calls outside the town limits June 30. Kitty Hawk residents, who hail previ ously relied on the Kill Devil llill.s fire department, have been w ithout fire protection since that date. .Mr.s. .Smith .said there had been no fire.s in Kit ty Hawk in July. • Mrs. Ruth B. Fi-ank, Kill Devil Hills town clerk, .said "there had never been any charge at .all” for this setvice to Kitty Hawk. However, even though Kitty Hawk home-otvn- ers had not been paying Kill Devil Hills for this fire protec tion, they were paying higher insurance rate.s. Mrs. Mollie Andrews, a Man teo insurance executive, pointrii out that the insumneo on a $10,000 home in Kill Devil iHills would cost $43 per year, while insursince on a similar home in See FIRE, Page Five NEW MANTEO COACH Mrs. A. K. Sadler confirmed Thursday that she and her hus band have j)ure.hased tlie Fort Raleigh Hotel from Mrs. Wood- son B. Fearing, Sr., .and her sons, Woodson B. Fearing, Jr., and Charles S. Fearing. The inirchase price was be lieved to be about $40,000. Mrs. Fearing would not con- fiim the sale. Her son, Charles, said the sale had been comj)leted. 'JIrs. Sadler said, "Oh, yes, it’s all been settled. We bought the hotel and are going to make apartments out of it.” She .said her husband hopes to begin work on the 37-year- old building within the next month or so. The Sadlers own a group of cottages in Nags Head, across the highway from Jockey Ridge. The hotel had been in the Fearing family since 1941 when it was purcha.sed from Uie late C. C. Duvall. DARE SCHOOLS OPEN TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 DOUG "FUZZY” THRUSTON has been named football coach at Manteo'High School. The son of Hal 'I’hur.slon of Rocky Mount, he has resided there most of his life. He i.s a newly wed of six wcek.s to the former Helen Baldwin of Winsto’n- Solcm. She will te.noh in the Manteo school system. Although young for a conch, he holds an e-xcellent record. When in Rocky Slount in 1901 ha received the. Billy .Smith Memorial Trophy for outstand ing lineman of the year. This alone brought him to the atten tion of many college coarhes and it is likely the mo.-t- thought-of award at Rooky Mount. The huge-fraiueil man ha« played foolhall .since he was ten, beginning in the midge program in his home town. Ho followeel the game into junior high, military school, back to Rocky Mount for three years where ho playe*;! under Chris Carpenter, winning the slate 4-A Championship and then to Stanton Mil itar>’ Academy (j)rep school) where he excelliHi as a lineman. Wofford College of Spartan burg, S. C., offered him a scholai^ihip. He aceeptcil and gained valuable experience un der Coach Connely T. Sindow, who designed the offense now used by the Minne.sota Vikings. When asked if his offense would be like the Vikings, he replicsl, “somewhat maybe, but like all the other offenses that 1 have playeil too,” Reluctant to talk about special plays he See FIRE, Page Throe EVENING OF DANCE SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 ll- UiU Mi* . t DO.NNA BVRUM, a dancing member of 'I’he Lo.sl cfolony, will appear in an evening of dunce on Sunday, August 4, at 8 p.m. The jirogram will be pre.sented in the educational woik.shop next to the Waterside 'rhoalro of The Lo.st Colony. COASTAL TRAVEL DURING AUGUST EXPECTED HIGH All Indications Are for Bumper Month As Summer _ Crowds Come Four works will be pro.sented with .music itmging from the Kith Centuiy composers, Heniy Purcell and Johannes Tinctores, to the 20th Century ntasical in novators, Erie Satie and Bela Bartok. John Walker who plays and (lances the role of Uppowoc, and Rick van Winkle, a dancer in The I?)st Colony, have choreographetl the four ibince works. The ballets lange in style and mood in accordance with the music, front IhuxeU’s “The Viituous Wife,” by Walk- «nr. to Mr. van Winkle's starkly fuodem “Shttdes” using the /nusio of Satie. Eighteen mem bers of the dancing ensemble of The Lost Colony will perform in the four works of tlie two choreographers. TWELVE OF 42 NFS WORKERS RETAINED .. THROUGH SUMMER Twielve of the 42 Cape llat- teras, .Seashore Employee.? who received lay-off notices were no tified at the last minute that they . could work through the end of the summer. The.se are student workers who started work June 17. They were working under the YouUi Opportunity Corps, an agency of the Federal Poverty Program. 'J'hese 12 student aid.s—along with 30 employeo.s who had been with the ])ark service for number of years—liad received notices that they would be laid eff Saturday, July 27. The 30 other park service employees JOLLIFF CAR PILED UP AGAINST UTILITY POLE W. M. Jolliff said he found his automobile piled up against a transformer-laden utility pole .at the head of Highway .Street in downtown ilanteo early 'fhursday. Jolliff said the damage was “pretty e.xtensive.” Ken Whit tington, Manteo chief of police, estimate the damage at $700. “There were no ignition keys in the car,” Jolliff told a re porter, “but someone got in, and got it started, and drove off. He didn’t get very "far.” Jolliff .said it was “a wonder the light pole wasn’t broken off, it was hit so hard.” Whittington .said the mislui)) (irobably occurriHl “alwut 5 a.m.” He said C. B. Parker drove by the area,shortly before 4 a.m. and did 'hot .see the Jolliff car. Whittington said there were no sci-alches on the rear end of the vehicle to indicate il had been hit and pushed into the utility pole. He .said about $200 worth of tools on the front and back seats were' not disturbed. With .'ill intlicalion.s that the best .season for travel ever has been imdenvay (luring the la.st tuo months, cxpvetations for .August on the coast far e.sceed tho.se of .vear.s i>ast. “The Lost Colony,” which was plagued with rainouts earlier in it? ten-week run, barring com plication of wc-atiuu, may i'X- p«;ct to run ncck-.-uid-iieck (vith the record year of ISXitJ. Neur- cajiacily crowds at the amplii- theatre have been experienced in recent nights, with standing room-only la.st .SatuiJay night. Paid attendance for that show- mg whs 1720. I'e.rsoiis deciding at tliu last minute to extend vacation.? find it impossible m most instances to do .so because of already- booked reseri. alion. JIaiiy of the larger facilities from Kitty Hawk through Ocracoke have near-full bookings for A(igu.st? toward the end of the spring months. General concensus among pei'- •sons attending the Dure County Touri.sts Hiu-eau's board of di rectors meeting in Jlanteo Weclne.sday was th.nt 1908 would break all records for travel and business in general. Probably one of the most accuiate ba rometers i.s the .sale of .nlcoholic beverages whicli during .hily in creased eleven percent over the corresponding period last year. Sales at the Nag.s Head and Manteo .stores totaled .$105,779- •H.'j compared to $94,080.00 for July 1907; in the Manteo store July 1908 sales totaled $22,789.3.') compared to $18,532.70 last year. In Nags Head store, gross sales were $82,090.00, up from $75,553.30 in 1007. Robert H. Midgett, supervisor of the system, said that the inereasfj was the greatest in hi.stoiy. It is significant, too, that the increase is recognized despite opening of a store in neighboring Currituck County. National Park .Seiwice stalls- [ j.) tics, not officially .available, jn=. (licatc vast inerea.sos in visitation to all Pai-k areas with the Wright BroUiers Vi.sitors Center .showing an increase of some 00'> ov(’r 1007. More detailed figures from NPS will be included in next week’s edition. 7- \ \ FORTHCOMING EVENTS: JOLLY BOATS, SHARKS, OTHER BOATS TO RACE IN SOUNDS Sailing seems to be the sport as far as activities at the Caro linian Hotel' are concemed for the coming month or two. From August 27 to 30, the hotel will host the .American Shark .A.ssociation National were, in fact, laid off on that j Championship with sailors com- Sec NP.S, Page Four peting from all over the United JONAH SEA HORSES : Is: ’.7 '■ •f'A v/V 4 * S' The opening schedule for Dare County schools has been announced as follows: August 29 and 30, teacher orientation; September 2, Labor Day, no school; Sept. 3, pupil- teacher orientation; Se|^. 4 school begins. FRANK PRO.MOTED Michael E. Prank has been promoted to Lance Corporal as of July 12. He is serving with the Ist battalion, 4th Marines, in Vietnam. iTTo is a son of Mr. and JIrs. George E. Frank of Kill Devil Hills. —'IL K;:. ) U . BECAUSE THEY HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE, the two small sea horse.s in a bucket of water and still alive could be called “Jonah Sea Horse.s.” On Wednesday an angler aboard the Jo Boy reeled a big dolphin in nnd when it hit the deck of the cruiser's cockpit it disgorged four sea horses from its gullet. Two, still alive, were picked up by Skipper Harry Baum and his mate Dan Elliott and placed in the bucket. They were still alive after reaching Oregon Inlet. Only difference the sea horses had their experiences and still lived in the stomach of a dolphin while in the case of Jonah, it was a whale that swallowed him and cast him out while still alive-Hiccordliig to the Biblical atory. (Aycock Broam photo) States. This is the fir.st time thi.s event has been held on the Da;*o Coast .nnd it is expected to draw 150 people, according to Julian Oneto, manager of the ho.stelry. The World's Jolly Boat -As sociation Championship will hold its international regatta at the hotel from Sept. 4-7. Entries from Au.stralia, New.. Zealand, Canada, England, and. the Unitc-d States have already been received. Oneto said about 200 people are expected foi' these races. He said the chanipionship.H wore held in Nags Head in 19(13 and the group voted to coiue back to the arva becaii.so of llu; fine sailing conditions. Both of these ivgatta.s aj-e sponsorerl by Outer Banks Sail ing A.s.sociution. Commodore of that group is Dr. Lloyd Griffin of Elizabeth City. This association will hold'its annual regatta on Sept. 14 and 15 with seven or eight different classes of boats repre.sented. Sailors frem the ea.stern sea board are expected for this competition. Other Gatherings Oneto said Home Jkxrurity Life and Insurance Company will hold a banquet and dance for its representatives in the Albemarle area on Sept. 20. A group of about 100 people will attend. The annual chamber of com? merce banquet and dance will Ire held at the Carelinian on Sept. 21. Teachers in Delta Kappa Gamma will meet for their 15th annual meeting there the same day. - ^ ' The N. C. Department* of Conscivation and Development is bringing a group of officials from the German airline, Luf* thansa, to the Carolinian't on' Sept. 24 as part of a state-wide effort to promote foreign travel here. 4 On Sept. 27, 28, 28, the Cai^i, _ linlan will host ita annual faU'|jv«” See RACING. P«ge Faw^l't; •>0
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