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Pages One through Eight
VOLUME XXXIV — NO. 8
MANTEO, N. C. 27954, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1968
THREE GUILTY
BOYS LAUGH AT
COURT SENTENCE
Judge, Solicitor Annoyed At
Absence OF Prosecuting
Witness
.Tiideo Willinw S. Privott tie-.
a fii-n, locturo in n:?-
triot r.Ain+ Fi-i4«v to tliveo Vir-
pinia Beach youths hpfoj-c .sen-
tc.ncine them after their plea-?
of sruilty to charges of petty
Imcenv.
^ Privott saift he hnrl “voia’
sincere and deen svmnathv” for
the parents of Franh Lee Leon
ard, 17. Bill Paulson, 10, and
John Hansfoixl Lewis, 10. Tlio
parents were in court. Tlie bovs.
who wore aecomuan'ad hy a 15-
yenr-old .iuvenile. admitted jim
mying an automobile and steal
ing S43 and some personal be
longing from a ^Iis«oui’i couple
vacationing at the Salvo beach.
Privott reminded the boys
^they were from well-to-».jo f»m-
ilip.s, and called them “noten-
tial college and pi'ofessional
material.” He said the theft
record they had made was "a
blot, forever, on your lives.”
He asked them to a.sk them
selves if they were “soiTy they
did it, or soiTy they got
caught.”
The judge, in fatheidy tones,
advised the boys to “shape up
and fly right,” and then intoned
that prayer for judgment was
continued under conditions that
each attend .school regularly,
that each pay a fine of $100 and
costs, and that each 1>e re
manded to the custody of his
parents. He also recommended
ste-i-n discipline-be ! applied to
the youths.
A few minutes later a deputy
sheriff re|)ortcl the bo.v.s, eat
ing in a ne.arby lunchroom,
joked and : laughed at the
verdict. Whether it was false
bravado or imre cussedness, the
deputy would not venture a
guess. He predicted they would
be in coui-t again. If this occui-s,
the "prayer for judgment” sec
tion of the .sentence could bo
iif^okrd immediately.
■'’'■-Solicitor Wilton Walker had
prosecution ti-ouble.s' Friday. He
was fdrcetl to'dismiss or delay
' unneces.'arily several cases lie-
cause -the arresting officer was
not present. It was brought out
that suneriors of Slate Trooiicr
"LaiTy Thames had ordered him
to an assignment that took him
out of state. IHe was unable to
return to ^antco in time for
court. ^
Walker fiid be planned to
complain to the commissioner
of motor vehicle.s of the abrupt
removal of Thames from the
scene without notifying the
court. Privott said he was in ac-
cJm with Walker’s plan.
Four Galveston, Texas,
youths ran^ng from 17 to 21,
were bound over for trial diu"-
ing the > October term of Su
perior Coui't on charges of pos
session of marijuana.
The defendants arc I.,eonard
Wajme Guidrax, Kirkland Ross
I Periy, Harold O. Wal.ch, !!!, and
Max Sukiennik. They pled
guilty during the preliminar>’’
hearing and were oidsred back
to jail in lieu of $1000 bond
each.
The barefooted youths i=a‘id
they were members of a surf
ing team which had performed
at Virginia Beach.
None of the shorts-attired
defendants had notifiiyl his par
ents of his wherealiouts or
I troubles. Sukiennik sobbed that
.See COURT, Page I’our
Single Copy lOfl
OLDEST AND YOUNGEST POSE TOGETHER
MRS. DELIA HOOKER of Norfolk, Va., left, at 94 is the oldest
member of the Daniels clan. She is shown with 17-day old David
Wade Daniels, the youngest member of the group, and his mother,
Mr.s. Dixie W. Daniels, at the annual Daniels Day in Wanchose
Monday.
ROBERSON SPEAKS ON 'A NAME'
DANIELS’ CLAN GATHERS 300 STRONG
FOR ANNUAL REUNION AT WANCHESE
D. C. MAN CHARGED
after break-in
AT COLONIAL INN
A 21-year-old Washington, D.
Jc., man was charged with pub-
llic tU'unkenness after he broke
I into a cottage at the Colonial
linn in Nags Head Thuroflay
I morning and tore a phone off
I the wall in a phone booth there.
I Thomas Francis Wairen was
[put in Dare Countv jail early
I Thur^ay on the public drunken-
Iness charge.
Donovan F. Twync, Nags
I Head Police Chief, .said Bob Nor-
Iri.s, owner of the motel, was
I not prossing chaigcs for the
I breaking and entering.
I Twyne said the youth appar-
lently cut his hand in entering
I the building and required several
1 stitches before being sent to
I jail.
Ihomecoming sept, 1 AT
IROANOKE ISLAND BAPTIST
The annual homecoming at
|the Roanoke Island Baptist
IChurch will be held on Sunday,
IScptember 1. The message at
[the 11 o'clock worship service
[wHI be delivered by Herman
rinkwnter. A picnic on the
V nds will follow the service,
e'public is invited to attend.
Over ,100 people gatherod for
the annual D.anicls’ family re
union at Bethany Methodist
Church in Wanchesei Monday
where .$*ate Rep. W. R. Rober
son spoke on — “What’.5 A
Name?”
iRobei-son told tlie group,
“Few families in North Caro
lina historj’ have given more
than this family.”
He cited statesmrn, doetoro,
lawvar.s, and newspapers exe
cutives who oainc from the long
line of Danielfps who .settled in
NoHh Carolina in 1740.
. “.You Could' light many
candles with the' contributions'
of the Daniel.s.” he said.’ “The
example you have set sliines
eveey day.” -
“It allows olhei's to walk up
right in tlie bright .sun.shine of-
freedom."
Roberson said the contribu
tions could be divided into three'
form.s: “(1) a family with
rugged individuality and sim
plicity; (2) sendee to others be-
foro sen'ice to .selves; and (.1)
the idea that one should not bo
a talent unto one’s .self or let
one’s talents go to waste.”
Robci-son was introduccl by
State Ron. Archie Biutus. The
re.st of the program was con
ducted by Daro County Register
of Deeds, Melvin R. Daniels, one
of the “gram! old men" of,Hie
clan.
Daniels read letters from Dr.
Frank Porter Graham and Jlel
Broughton, Jr, expressing best
wishes to the group.
Daniels pointei out th.at Dr.
Graham is a blood brother of
the late Josephus Daniels who
started the annual gathering in
194.1.
“Uncle Josephus may have
started this rottnion, but Cousin
Melvin has kent it alive,” said
Mrs. Josejih Barrett of Rocky
Mount, drawing .a round of ap
plause for “Mr. Melvin.”
Special music for the reunion
was written by Mrs. Pearl- B.
Scharff. Traditional, hymns,
were .=uiig at the beginning and
close.
Youngest child at the reunion
was the 17-dav old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dixie W, Daniels,
.voung David Wade Daniel's.
Another child was ju.st throe
davs older at 20 day.s.
The olde.=t member of the
clan was Mi-s. Delia Hooker of
Norfolk, Va., who at 94 was
sprj’ and bubbly, wearing a
dress she had made this sum
mer for the occasion.
Siw CLAN, Page Four
WOMAN, SON PLUNGE
INTO CANAL. RESCUED
State Trooper Lairy Thames
said a Wilmington woman lost
control of her car 13 miles west
of Manns Harbor and plunged
into a canal Aug. 21.
Mrs. Kathleen Camache Kor-
nesay, 43, and her 10-year-old
son were pulled fi’om their car
by Ormand Mann of Wanchesc.
Thames said Mrs, Kornesay
ran off the right side of the
road and skidded across the
high\yay 270 feet into the canal
when she, tn'ed to regain con
trol. ..
He said her~ 1962 Chevrolet
was a total loss. Mrs. Kornesay
and hen son suffered only minor
bruises.
REP. WALTER B. JONE.$ of
Farinville, First District Repro-
sentative, left the Outer Banks
today after a week’s vacation
at the Ocean House, Kill Devil
Hills. His time was stjcnt mo.stly
in vacation activities and meet
ing political obligation.s, though
he had no public speaking en
gagements.
CHAMBER DRIVE
NETS 23 FIRMS
.. IN FIRST 5 DAYS
Twenty-three firms have join
ed tlie Greater Nags Hentl
Chamber of' Commeroe luriiig
the first five days of their mem
bership irive, accoidiiig to fig-
uros I'cleased by Mrs. .Icwel
Graves, membership chairman.
“We've been real pleased with
the i-esponse so fai%” she .saiil.
“We hope that cvei-j’boly has
seen the ro.sults of increased ad
vertising and will want to join."
Mrs. Graves .said a follow-up
letter to the Aug. 16 one might
Ijc sent out in 10 day.s.
.\fter thi.s firms will l»e con
tacted by small subcuinmittee.s
in five arcus. Chairmen of these
committees include W, A. Wil
liams,' Jr., South 'Nags Head;
Mrs. Jlollie Fearing Andrews,
Manteo; Mrs. Jewel Graves,
Nags Head; Mrs. Ann McGaw,
Kill Devil Hills; and Mrs. Mar
garet Davis, Kitty Hawk.
Through Aug. 21, the follow
ing firms plus one individual
anl one booster had contributed
$1,988, ahead of last year's drive
at the .same time.
The paid finn.s include: 11 & B
Contractors, Inc., Beacon Motor
Lodge, Bonanza Cottage Court,
Bozevich, Geoige; Buccaneer
Motel, The Carolinian Hotel,
Cavalier Motor,Court, Clay Don
^lotor Court, Coastland Color
Card Co., (Ruth) Coggins Cot
tage, d'Amours Studio, (Fi-uzie)
Hai-rcll Cottage, Kitty Hawk
Rentals, Slack’s Fishing Center,
Ocean View Cottage Court, Out
er Banks Contractors, Inc., Out
er'Banks Trading Post Co„ Plan
ters National Bank and Trust
Co., The Sand Dollar, Seaside
Art Gallery, Sunluck Cottages,
Dal H. Williams Cottage Court
and Wink'.s.
" C. W. Walker has contributed
as an individual and Norfolk
Carolina Tel. and Tel. Co., is
listed as a booster.
GOP CANDIDATE
SAYS HE WILL
DEFEAT SCOTT
Gardner Confident He Can Poll
Enough Democratic Votes
' To Win
Jim Gardner, .15-j’ear-old Rc-
public.an congro.ssman, said
Thursday he will via the gov
ernor’s office in North Caroina
at the November election.
“I’m going to bo elected with
the help of Democratic voles,”
Gardner said as he began a
handshaking campaign tlu'oiigh
Dave county. “I’m going to take
a lot of votes away from (Lt.
Gov, Rol>ert) Scoll (Deinocralic
candidate).
‘•Pm going to win the gover-
norship right hei-c in the eastern
paii of the state.”
Gardner, - smilingly confident,
told a reporter he wa.s “mo.st
encouraged” at reports of his
chance of winning. He .said var
ious polls show' that he ran
defeat - Scott. He said he would
8|)end the next 10 weeks cam
paigning to prove the polls cor
rect.
Gardner snii the Republican
party “witliout ti'ying" iwllcd 4.5
j)cr cent of the total vote in
predominantly Democratic
North Carolina in the 1960 and
1964 elections. Thi.s time, he
.said, a conceited effort will be
made to bring a winner to the
governor’s office—“with the help
of Democratic votes.”
There is no doubt of Gard
ner’s vote-getting abilit.v. In
lOtiO he defeated Harold Cooley,
dean of the state’s congres.sioiial
delegation. He predicted Scott
would be defeated just as Cooley
was, allhougli probably not as
easily.
Gardner is a native of Rocky
Mount and as such is aware
of problems of the eastern sec
tion of the state. As governor,
he said he would *lo sometliing
about tho.sfi problems.
, He said -that as governor he
would set up an office in the
eastern iiart of the slate where
citizens of the section could sbe
him or iiis representatives.
■’Gaixlner said' both "tlie e.v-
trome. eastern and extreme
western 'parts of the stale have
been neglected. *Ho said - he
would set up siiecial committees
to deal with problems of fishing,
agriculture, and .roads. .He .said
action would ' follow • committee
i-eports. • .
Gaiilner expressed opposition
to any sort of toll roads. He said
St>e GARDNER, Page Four
JOHN WHITE art SHOW ANOTHER BIG SUCCESS
federal FUNDS
OF $97,000 TO
town in GRANTS
Money To Be Used In Con-
structin.g Sewage" And
- Water Plants .
UNDER DIRECTION OF BILLY LONG, propertie.s master of The Lost Colony, the annual John
Wliite .'Xrt Sliow held each year on the week end of the anniversary of the birth of Virginia Dare
wa.s a terrifie success. In addition to scores of paintings by local and non-resident artists, there
were disphiys of wood carving, jewelry craft and art on rocks. Hundreds of per.«ons atteiidei the
.'how whicli was presented in The Lost Colony activity building at Fort Raleigh National Historic
Site. In photo with Long at right wearing Colony eostumc.s arc 'Sara Mackey, Richmond, Lyn-
Jane Forcnuin, Norfolk,.and Ronnie Stafford, each members of the drama company. (Aycock
Brown photo) ,
WITH THREE NIGHTS TO RUN
’LOST COLONY’ ATTENDANCE
HAS ALREADY SET RECORD
A new all-time paid atton;
dance record in the “rciorded”
hi.slory of the 28 production
seasons-old outdoor d r a m U',
“The Lost Colony,” wa-s set with
four more scheluled jierfor-
.niancies in 1968. Thj; final night
i.s .Sunday, August 25.
General' Manager .lohn, W.
Fox- announced that 59,020-pe'dr
ple.‘ had hbught tickets through
the ^60th perfonnance -of-'.tlie
currdit- .season'on, Wednesday
night. This ■compai’cs with ,a
previou.s full - .season high .-of
68,437 for 54 iierfdrmanccs in
1966. I^tsl year, when there
were seven “rain-outs,” . the
Paul Green' draiiia attracted
54,411 for 50 performanees."
STATUESQUE VIENNESE AT COQUINA BEACH
r"—P’lT i''-p—,11
MAKI.\ ANGELM-WER, 21-year-old gtodent of Vienna, Aunria,
the guest of Mr, and Jlra. Everett Tate of. Nags .Head' tor
several .August days was photographed in this setting of sea oats
at Coquina Beach on Wednesday prior to her departure for
Knoxville, Tenn. Mi.s.s Angelmaycr,. a student of English and
Russian at Vienna University, has been touring the Unitod-States
to learn more about America, the English language and customs
and with other Viennese .students will’ return to her native land in
late September. In February 1969 she will attend the 'University
of Leningrad in Russia on a six months scholarship. She was
highly impi-essed with the Dare Oiast-Outer Banks, she said,
on the eve of her departui'c to join fellow students in KiwxviUe,
Tenn. (Aycock Brown photo)
Fox also pointwl to the paid
attendance of 1,974 on Satui"-
day night, August 17, as “the.
biggest single night for cash
customers since individual au
dited perfonnance records were
f^arted in 1953. The. pi-evioiis
l|igh was 1.915 on August 22
df 1953—fifteen years ago.
“Our average of 1,180 paid-
per night thi.s far in 1968 is also
an- all-time top figure,” the
manager continued, “and if wo
don’t run-'into bad weather for
the final week end, the aver.-ige'
should go even higher. The
previous high in thi.s respect
was 1,132 in 1946-thc fii-st year
the show was resumed after
four years of ‘darkness’ during
World War 11.”
Fox had the following advice
for tho.se planning to see “The
Colon.v” during the final week
end of the. 1968 season: (1) Tr>'
to attend Sunday night insteail
of Saturday when thci-e arc
sure to lie crowded conditions;
(2) buy reserved seat-s as far in
advance as po.ssible; (3) if
general admi.«sion tickets ai-c
purchased, plan lo be in tho
theatre not later than 8:00 p.m.
for the perforinance.s which
start :it 8:30.
ROTARY DlSrRICT GOV.
TO ADDRESS MANTEO CLUH
.A.vfir>- C. Ujichurch, District
Governor of Rotary District 771
of Rotay International, will
visit and" address the Manteo
Rotarv Club Monday night.
Augu.st 20, 1968, at 6:30 P.M.,
Manteo Motel Re,sturant, Roa
noke Room.
Mr. Upchurch, a petroleum
retailer is an active citizen of
Raleigh. He was educated at
Needham Broughton High
School and N. C. -Stale Univer
sity. His field of study was
Buane.ss Administration.
Mr. ’Ujichurch, be.eides his
work in the Merohants Bureau,
Chamber of Commeroe, ’Tourist
and Convention Association,
and other local civic clubs and
projects holds both State, and
National offices in the petro
leum industiy. He .“len'ed as
president and vice-president of
West Raleigh Rotary Club
prior to his election as District
Governor. ' _
Club ‘members and- visiting
Rotarians arc urged to attend.
VENDING MACHINE RIPIED
Ken Whittington, Manteo
police chief, said the cash box
of a cigarette vending machine
at Jimmie B«.snight’s service
station on Highway 64 ^\'a5
stolen the night of Aug. 20.
Whittington said the machine
had been opened wnth a key.
He said a .set of Basnight’s keys
had been taken from the sta
tion aeverml days ago.
There was no report on the
amount of money in the cash
box. Whittington said the oper
ator of the vending machine had
been too busy to count the re
maining cigarettes to detenniae
the cash involved. '
FORMER MAYOR BRIGGS
OP KDH DIED SUNDAY
The. propo.snd .;owagc (lispo.«at
plant and a projcrled enlarged
and extended water treatnienl
plant for .Manteo are ;i .i,ttle
closer to reality.
Almo.st $97,000 of the monev
ncce.ssaiy for coii.ctruction is in
sight.
The Fedeitd Water Pollution
Control /Administration of the
Interior Depanment recenlly
announced approval of a ernnt
of $72,900 to help build the
waste treatment f.icililies. On
the heels of the grant was an
other for S23‘i00 that came
from federal^ futid.s earniarkeil
for North Carolina. The an-
noiinceniont of thelesf;f^ grant
came from the .slatg. Depait-
ment of Water and a;,.
sources.
The total of $96,800 Inp-ant.s,
added to bond.s voted ab^ two
.vears ago, will go a longvay
toward paying for the .'‘ew.^c
anil water treatment faeilititv
Mayor Sam E. Midgeti salt
the only ob.stacle. now blockinj
receipt of the federal funds
wa.s preparation of variou.s
pupora. He said this fs being
done and tho. money should bo
tiinicd over to the town soon.
Midgett .said the town board
had been awaiting word on the
amount of grant.? before offer
ing the bonds for sale. He .said
the board wanted to know how
man.v bonds of the approved i.s-
.siie should he .sold. A bondj^r
sue of $205,000 w.n.s approved‘lii;
referendum.
Midgett said he was hopeful
all federal funds would be re
ceived and the bonds sold under
federal government guarantee
before the Johnson /Vdininistra-
tion expires. He. predicted work
would be starteil on the sewage
iini water projects “before win
ter.”
THOMA.S IlA.MILTON BRIGGS,
JR., 69, mayor of Kill Devil Hills
until a few week.® ago. died
Sunday afternoon in Albemarle
General Hospital in Elizabeth
Cit.v after a long bout with hep
atitis.
A native of Augusta, Ga., he
had lived in Kill Devil Hills for
the pa.st 15 .vears where he was
part owner and operator of the
Oroatan -Hotel and Motor
Lodge.
Before coming to Dare Coun-
t.v, he had been manager of the
Virginia Dare Hotel in Eliza-
lieth City for nine year.s. Ha
had also managed the Marahall
Hotel in Marshall, Tex., the
Wilrik Hotel in Sanford, and
the Jekyll Lsland' Motel in
Burnswick, Ga.
He had been mayor of Kill
Devil iHills for .six years and
was also a Mason, a member of
the Chamber of Commerce, the
Daro County Tourist Bureau,
Khvanls Club and Kitty Hawk
Methodist ChuivTi.
Survivors include hi.s . xrffe,
Mrs. Helen Briggs;' two sons,
Thoma.s Hamilton Briggs of
Kill Devil Hill.s and Chaidc.? F.
Briggs of Studio City, Calif.:
two brothers, Ingi-am Briggs of
Augusta, Ga.; and Philip Briggs
of Roanoke, Va.; and throe
grandchildren.
Funeral .scivices and burial
were held at Austin' Cemeterj’
in Kitty Hawk Tuesiay with the
Rev. Hank Wilkinson, pastor of
Kitty Hawk Mcthodi.st Church
officiating.
Pallbearers were Jim Scar
borough, Elwood Parker, Ted
Wood, Norris Austin, Frank
Dean and Jack Twiford.
KILL DEVIL HILLS
FILLS BOARD SEATS;
DOTSON. STEWART
SwMring-ln Set for September
Meeting; Replace Wood
and Griffin
Two now member.? have been'
appointed to the Kill Devil Hills
town board, according to Mayor,
Charles T. Griffin.
Tliey are Garland Stewart,
who will rojilace ex-mayor pro
tein and commissioner Ted
Wood, and Tliomns M, Dot.?on;'
who takes over Griffin's com^
mi.ssioner spot. “I
Dotson, a n.ative of Summers-.
villc, W. Va., is a graduate of
the We.st Virginia institute .of
Technology and was principal of
an elementary school in West
Virginia for 18 years before
JVWII.
Before moving to Kill Devil
Hills in 1965, he luid been man
ager of Campliell Electric Co.
at Summersvillc and worked as
leading elecU-ician with the
Electrical Equipment Mainte-.
imnce Division at the N;ival
Supply Center in Norfolk for
14 yeai-s.
M.ayor Griffin said he has
made an e.xcellent police officer .
during his summer as an assist
ant to Chief Tom Dowdy.
Chief Dowdy .said, “He’.s quiet,
discreet, well-mannered, well-
Sce liOARD, Page Four
RODANTHE MAN GOES .
TO RESCUE OF MAN
AND HIS SON IN SURF
COMMISSIONER CHARGED
WITH CARELESS DRIVING
State Trooper Larry Thames
charged Ernest Elvin Rog^ers, 36,
commissioner of the town of
Kill Devil Hills, with careless
and reckless driving after a
wreck on U, S. 158 -\ug. 21.
Thames said Roger.?’ car
came out of Kitty Hawk Trailer
Court and hit the right side of
a car driren by Glenwood Gray
Lawing,’48, of Martinsville, Va.,
who was pulling out of a drivc-
way.across the streeL " ■ '
V I’Thames estimated damages .of
$800 to Rogers’ 1967 Pontiac and
$660 to Lawing’s 1963 Chevrolet.
Both cats had.to be towed aw^.
Karl Baaralag of Rmlantbe
went on Tuesday of last wa^* I
to the rescue of two persons in
the ,?urf off Rodanllie, accord
ing to a rei>ort reaching this of- ;
fice last week end. '
A Mr. Burnell and his eight-
ycar-old son. also a small
daughter, of Norfolk. Va., who
were renting a beach cottage
from Mr. Baarslag, were
swimming in the ocean when
they were caught in a freak
current. The little giri reach^ -
the beach,, but the man and
■boy were swept out some dis-. -
tance from shore. The little girt
ran to the cottage occupied ^ -
the Baarslags and reported thii‘. '
her father and Irother •were
dead. While Mrs. , Baarslaig
called the Coast Guard and'
ambulance, Mr. Baarslag went
into the ocean fully clothed'
and towed the man and boy,
ashore. Mr. Bumell, realitihlt'- .
that it would be better, to float
with the curent thahito fight It,’
had tewed his son and. they .
■were still floating-when're*-*
cued. The little'giri vres much' ;
relieved to "find that she had- '
been mlatakoi in her firat rS*'
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