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' ' ' y V ’ DavidjStick v Kill Devil Hills, N.C, 27948 8-21-^68 - r - SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS MAIL SHOULD BE^ ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO. N. C. 27954 NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Sixteen Peges in Two Sections 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 Eight MANTEO. N. C. 27954, FRIDAY. AUGUST 30. 1968 Single Copy 10^ ECU TO ASSIST SCHOOL BOARD WITH PROPOSAL Tentative Plan Would Allow ECU Winter Use, 4-H During Summer Tlducalional ri'oups in Dare County^ ai-c coonerating’ to try to obtain a unique science canip for the area at the 4-H Camij on Roanoke Island. Dr. W. Cliiyton MoiTisette, director of East Carolina Uni versity’s Continuing Education Division here, said the Dare County Board of Education is trying io obtain use of the land from the county coininissionei-s. blortli Carolina Si^te Univer- sitv sponsors the camp. “The Superintendent wants to submit a propos.al to utilize the 4-11 camp," he said. “We’ro going to assist the board of education in writing the pro- '* posal and a.sk the commission- er.s for the right to lease or deH the land.” He said the board of cdoca- 'tion is interested in obtaining ■the land only for this purpose. “Regardless of what hap))cns, the 4-11 camp will continue to onen during the summer,” Dr. Mnrrisette said. He cypalined that ECU is not interested in the 4-H camp for themselves, but “only as ad- ,visors, and assistants and help ing to staff the program if it docs go llirougli .and is funded. “It’s going to bo a pretty lai-gc program for a county like Dare to undert.ake," he said. It will run from .Soiptcmlier to June, a week at a time, reaching almost 3,300 students. “Primarily, the schools in northeastern North Carolina would be affected because , it’s a tremendous thing to come here and study science on a level that can’t be achieved in an average school,’’ he said. He explained that the county commissioners ni-e enthusiastic about the proposal as ai-c 4-H f,officials, ^ “The 4-H facilities would.be upgi'adel andit would bo liveable in both the wintcj* and the summer," Dr. Jforrisette said. “Everyone will benefit from it." Dr. ^loiTisctte o-xplained that all plans arc just “in tlio.talk- ing stage’’ and there are many questions that will depend on the decision of the commis.sion- In addition, ECU is unilev going a "fesibility .study’’ by EBS Corporation of Wa.shing- ton, D. C., which will make I'ecommendations on- progi-ams for the center. If the consulting agency re commends it, tltc center might be interested in using the facili- ■tie.s at the Mnntco Airport. “Right now, we’re not pursu ing either of these two facili ties,’’ ho said. “We can’t bo- cau.se we ilon’t know what we’d do with them." POWER SHORTAGE ATTRIBUTED TO POLE BEING HIT The cau.se of a 43-minute power outage to Nags Head and Roanoke Island Friday night is unknown, although of- ■ficials of Virginia Electric anil Power Co. have a good idea. “There was an nutomotiile ac cident at the corner of one of our sub stations,” said George Whitfield, mannger of the .Mnn- teo office, “A tiaick hit one of the guy wires and caused it to hit another wire whiclj blew the fuse, we think, but wo couldn’t prove it." He said tire tracks had also been found leading up to an other guy wire at the next post. Whitfield e.xplnined in this type of single outage that part of the cuiTent is off and part on. “It enu.scs two wires to keen on scrt'ing. but the third wire wouldn’t hove env current, ex eunt the feedhack,” he said. "That’s whv it was so dim." He .said the outage cnnoeil ^ jdnmage to motoi's that "didn't have the proper protection.” A protective device includes a relay arrnngement whero the motor will not come on if the voltage is not high enough. “It would have been better if the trtiek had knocked the whole thing out because we wouldn’t bave bad this low voltage,” Whitfield said. Whitfield Mid the situation does not occur often and that TCcord time was employed in finding and correcting the prohlem. "We were c.xtreme1y 'lucky in ^..finding and fixing it .so quick- *ly,” he said. "We have had some such problems take two to three hours to find.” BELIEVE IT OR NOT, MISS RIPLEY CAUGHT THESE MARLIN tel MISS BETTY ttIPLKY of Virginia Beach caught the 370-poimd blue marlin and also the white ■mai'lin .in'photo, •,whon ;shc';and the other four anglers in photo fished from the cruiser Germcl off Oregon Inlet la.st Saturday. IMiss Patricia"A. Williams also' in..gi'oup, liookcd and brought anotlier white niarlln alongside ♦^he cruiser but it was released while still alive. Each of the successful anglers arc employed ,by John Wood, Princess Ann, Va., who was tbeii- host for .tlie outing aboard the Capl. Dan Lewark-skippored Germel. Others in [larly, Mary Hamilton*of Virginia Be.acb, and Ann 'Berry and Dinny Gutorink of Richmond shrared in catching some dolphin and bonita. The blue marlin was one of a dozen or more taken off Oregon Inlet during the imst 10 flays, and hcv’.s was the largest taken by a woman angler. (Aycock Brown photo) AUGUST TRADE IS BRISK; PROSPECTS FOR GOOD FALL Labor Day Week Ushering In New Season of Fishing; - Then Golf. , SCHOOL STARTS EARLY TUESDAY FOR HALF-DAY Special Fees and Staff Changes Listed; First Full Day Wednesday Students attending Mantco .schools will attend first sessions, Tuesday morning at 8:30 until around noon, according to infor mation from the principals’ of- fice.s. ' . On Wednesday, .September, 4, regid.ar full-day sessions begin. Lunches will be .son’od at a cost of twenty-five cents per plate for students in all gradc.s. A ham plate will be served at the high school the first day. At the elementary school, with Grady Gaskill as principal, the regular day will start at 8:20, and end at 3:15.’ There aro no new staff moii'hors in the school which includes gi'ades one through six. Fees at tho elementnrv school are'$2 for .supplic.s with .$2 for iii.sunince and 70 cents for char ity optional. Due to the fact that the same buses transport students to both sc.bool, Monteo High School’s full dav w'll end at 3:08. CIa.sse8 berin at 8'20, On Tuesday hieh school stu dents will meet in the nuditor- iiim then di'anei'se to .home rooms for roll cheek and other routine maPciN before ronning through a .six period schedule check. Reouired feo.* foi* oil students ntlendine- Mnnteo Hieh are 82 ^or piinnlios end fiO cents lilvarv fee. Students takinir the follow ing courses will b« assesed: home economics. $3 PO: .science. S1.50' Irnekkcpoinir, Sl^^O: nhysi- cnl ednc.ntion. SI; indiistrini arts. S4.R0: typing, SO. Countv nssi.st- nnee was given for the reduction of this fee to one half of nro- vious years. As in the other school. J2 for insurance and 70 cents for ehnritv nre qntionni. Priucinel .fohn U. Roberson re leased the following st.aff ehange.s from last, vear; .Terrv Cahoon, assistant principal and athletic direclo*-; ^trs, Jt. K. See SCHOOL, Page Six OKLAHOMA FIRM LOW BIDDER ON BRIDGE PAINTING Among bids ouened Tuesday hr .State Highway Commj.s.sion enirincers was one for cleaning end painting on tho Herbert C. Renner bridge spanning Oregon Inlet. • An Oklahoma fiipi, Randall H. Sharue of Oklahoma Citv. submitted the anuarent low hid for cleaning .and painting of ‘•♦nictural steel and castings on tbe five-yeur-old span, 843,33.3.- 00 The D-u-p C.ountv nroii^t was the onlv listed for northeastern N. C. in the Auopst call for Ki'is. Contracts will l>e awarded fnllmving review, at a sub sequent meeting. Witli tho Lo.sl Colony having last week end closed its most succes.sful so;tson insofar as at tendance, the coast can look hack on the waning summer sea- ■soii ns having been, :i record in many other way.s. Tho.se who have sought rooms at motels and hotels during recent weeks know' host of all ju.st what .sort of ■sea.son has been unilerway. Most accommodations luive been hook ed far in 'advance, the result being tluit those who came .with out rc.servation.s often .spent nights in automobiles or drove far inland. .Several faefors have influonc- cd August.travol, probably tho mo.st significant being an up swing in travel on a nationwide, scale; The August heat brought many from shm-t distanco.s as well as those from distant cities who came with benefit of reser vation. Increa.sel promotional effort by many agencie.s. includ ing Dare County Tourist Bureau, Greater Nag’s Head Chamber of Commerce, tho . National Park Service, Travel and Promotional Division, N. C. Dept, of Con- ■servation and Development, and other organizations have :dl played import.'int parts in the drive to increa.so visitation along the coast. Indiviilual operators, too, have boosted theii: spending for advcrti.sing and promotion in general in the pa.st year. It was not until the early jiart of the current week that a drop in visitation was noted partly due to a mild northeaster which broke the long hot spell. By week’s end, with the long Labor Day holiday upcoming, most accommodations arc ex pected to he loaded- again. The Dare County .A.B.C. out lets, considered most often a I'easonnble barometer of troyej 'trends, "continue "(o' dispehse about 10% gross .sales higher than tlic comparable period for last year. July’s sales were about 11% higher, while thus far in Aiigu.st, an incroa.so of .about 9% has been noted, accordin.g to Jtbhert H. Midgctt, .supervi.sor. Augu.st lOr.7 sales in Dare amounted to .393,808.9.5. Tho above peveentagos might sell short the actual increases of visilof.s, inasmuch a.s other beverage outlets have licen established in nearby countie.s, or made more readily acce.ssihle on m.ajor-trnvel route.s. The store in Currituck County located at Coinjock, dispensed in June of this year products priced at .$16,060,60; in .luly $10,199.00. Figures are not read- Sce TK.ADE. IV.ge Six INDIAN MAIDENS UP A TREE FIVE OF THE TALENTED LOST COLONY DANCERS who played role.s of Indian maidens and were featured in the colorful totem ])ole scene of the drama were literally treed for this photo, shot one d;iy la.-^t week when cast members wei-e being' color photographed in action pq.ses for pictures that will he useil for illustrating the souvenir jirogixim and bi’ochuvos for 19G9. fAycock Brown jilioto) — RECORDS BROKEN MANY WAYS FOR DRAMA IN 1968 Nearly 65,000 Personi Paid 4o ' See 54 Performances; In- • crease About 19% Almost every' attendance and box office record of, “The Lost Colony" outdoor drama • wa.s broken during the 19C8 .soa.son which ended last Sunday, b'lit CiT’.nci-al Mannger John W. Fox cmphn.si'/.o(l that “wo may not h.-ive made much nioney—or perhaps wc won’t even break even.” . - y “Don’t forget,” he said, “that production cosLs wove consido.r- ahly liighev because of .a larg er cast, some salar.v raises, ex penditures capital improve ments such as the new ediic.a- See RECORD.S, Page Four •COLONY* TICKETS IN 1969 WILL INCREASE ■ The 1968 ’Sem.san of “The lyost Colony” has ended and the. 29th production period in 1969 will .start; on Friday,. June 20, aitd end on .Sunday, AuKiist,2l. ' General Manager John W. Fox also announced that the executive committee of -the .sponsoring Roanoke Island ilislnrical Association has ap proved a slight increase in ticket prices next year—the first increa.se since 1961. - Reserved seat tickets will be $.3.50, regardic.ss of age; an.increase over $3.00 for the past eight seasons. General admission tickets will’be $2..50 instead of $2.00. Hut general adniis.sinn tickets for children, 6 through II, will remain at .$1.00. Children under 6 are admitted free. LONS AWAITED GOLF SOON TO BE A REALITY AT KITTY HAWK YOUTHS CHARGED WITH STEALING ' WAVES” SIGN Four ‘Vii'ginia youth.s were charged .’with larceny of high- w:>v signs affer they admitted taking the “Waves” sign near the community of Waves Satur- dnv afternoon. . Thev wove, Town.son Brown, Jr.. 18. nnit his brother. T!m- othv. 16. of Virginia Beach. Vn.: .Tohn Wnio'en Fo’rd. 16, and Wil liam Brn»tfotv1 'Hume, 17, both of Norfo’k. Va.' Park Ramrer Jim Henning srid several witnesses saw tho theft and roportiMl it to the sheriff’s deu''--t;i-(iont. They in tuim notified the Park Service. Ho said the bovs wero ap- nrehended hv Park Rangers and Highway P.'itrolmen and ' re- leaseil on $100 bond c.'ich. Their trial is slated for today’.? ses sion of court. PLANNING BOARD TO MEET Tlie Dare County Planning Board ’will meet Tue.sday, September 3, at 2:30 in the afternoon with the Dare Coun ty Board of Commissioners. After adiournment they uill move to the court room, where nlnns will be pre-sented for the er-etion of a Kitty Hawk fire district. * ,-.j V','.'.Ji. ■is m imr CHAMBER'S DRIVE WELL SUPPORTED IN SECOND WEEK In it.s secomi week, the cam paign for memberships- being conducted hy, Gro.ater Nags Head Chamber of Commerce is bringing in the necessary fi nancial support. Through i’u'es- dav a total of .$3688 had beep paid hy 47 mcmlx'r fi’rms, .six individuals and two hoosters. No .eolicitntlon.s other than mail have, been made to date, and chamber offleiaLs are hope ful thiit those contacted by let ter will respond readily. The campaign conducted last year netteil • $14,168 toward a goal of $16,000. Of the amount col lected, $0,786 wa.s budgeted for general operating exirenses of the chamber .including printed matter, etc., while the balance amounting to $4,382 was pledgcil to a paid advertising campaign. Siih.semicntly the chamber re tained Che.sapenke Adverti.sing Agency of Norfolk. Despite the limited budget with which the ^agency was faced, an intorost- prov'okin.g series of small adver tisements strategically placed in metropolitan newspaper has produced a surprising number of inquiries. ' While’-no target amount has .Sec DRIVE. .Page Four - BOAT RACES HAMPERED BY WIND. ROUGH WATER DUCK WOODS GOLF CLUB with its clubhouse, pro shop, xiid other related facilities will officially open on November 1. The, championship Par-72, 18-h(jle course is nearing completion and so aro the buildings of the club shown; through the spraying .witter of an underground system that ha.s made the gitiss on the putting gi-cens and-fairway.? grow during the ixxrent drought,period. The drought problem has also plagued the nearby Sea Scape course being developed by East Coast PTOi>c.rtic.s. Officials of that company indicate opening of the course in late October, thus two regulation 18-holc courses will be provided in the ues. (Aycock Brown photo) Clns.?-like seas bn Croatan Sound which suddenly turned choppy under the impact of wind gusts up to 45 miles -per hour put a severe crimp in the National Shark Catamaran Sailing Championship this week. Two races ■were run Aug. 28, opening day of the champion- •ships. Both wero completed de spite high winds and choppy seas. 'There was_ an overnight change for the worse in the weather. The first race Thure- day was abruptly ■ canceled be cause of I’ough waters and hoa\w wnd gusts. The second scheduled race during the after noon was also called off, Ac- tivitity w.as scheduled to he re sumed Friday morning. The championships are con ducted under sponsorship of the Older Banks Sailing Associa tion of Nags Head. The com modore of the ’ association is Dr. Lloyd Griffin of Elisabeth City. The secretary is Julian Oneto, manager of the Carolin ian Hotel at Nhtx Head. Oneto said S5 boats manned bj’^ 6Q sailors, have been, entered in the championships. 'Hie par ticipants hail from such diverse areas, as^ .Califpnii^ ^ Ohio, F’To 1* i ai' ‘MasaachuseHs, and. Canada. He said 25 of.'Uie. ml- ors are registered at the hotel and the remainder at various other locations. HORNER BACK tO BENCH, TOUGH ON SPEEDERS, DRUNKS Weapon Packer Gets Time On Roads, Traffic Violators ■ Pay Heavily .Judge Fentress T.' Hoi-ncr raced tliroutrli almost two-score case.? including a divorce Fi'i- day. He dealt harshly with per son.? charged with drunken driv ing, carrying concealed weap ons, jHihlie di’unke.nness, .speed ing, and careless and reckless driving. ' ... .' ■ ' ^ An account hv a defendant charged with drunk driving that he had consumed one “one da.?o' of couirh syrup” .nmused tho judge, Tho humor was hot .suf ficient to prevent the defen dant’s conviction or keen him from being sentenced to 90 days ill jail .'luspended on paynuent of a fine of $100 and costs. The defendant also was ordered to suiTeniler his drive’s license for 12 months. ’ ' - , ," This was Honev’s first ap- DP.'jrance on the'di-strict court iicnch in three weeks. IHe had been as.signod by the chief jus tice to hold court in the west- central part of the state, in -an effort to clear up clogged docK'ets and introduce there the sort of judicial proceeclings familiar in the, coastal region. Horner started off the day’s docket with .severity.'-Hawy. Danuan Thobold, Chesapeake, V.a,, pled guilty to chargos.’of nublic driinkennos.? and cari-y- ing a concealed woanon. The we.npon was a .25 calibei' niitb- matic pistol which Chief Don ovan P. Twync of the Nags llo.'id police removed from Thebold's pocket. The judge sentenced Thehold to not less than 30 days 'nor _ more six months on each charge. Thehold appealed to Superior Court and was owlered to nut up $200 bond.. . ' John Alan Hapctim of Frank lin, Va., plod guilty to a chai’gc - of speeding 95 miles per hoii-r in a 65-mile zone and not guilty to a ch.nrge of cairying a con cealed weapon. Court attendants expi'essed- amazcmenl that the defendant's small, foroign-built-vehi cl o could go that fast. State Trob|^ or Larry’ Thames s.aid it ccr^ tainly did, and the judge acr cepted the statement.' Hapeuiti was fined $100 and costs, on the" speeding charge and hL? driv er’s license was lifted for > 12 months. Ho was found not guilty’ of the concealed ive.apbiis charge because the arresting officer testified the gun could be seen when tho car door was open. Asher Hiid.son Scott, Nag.? Head, pled not guilty to charges of drunk driving, impro)>er’' i-egistration, driving without liability insurance. Cheif Twynn said Scott couldn’t walk when- ordei-cd out of his jeep in Nags ‘ Head about 10:30 p.m.*" Aug. 4. Scott was sentenced to six months susuended on payment of a fine of $200 and costs. Hi.? driveris license was lifted for 12 months. Homer said that if Scott appealed a bond of fSpO , Would be roquired. James Anderson Meads of ElizaWth City* said he was not^ guilty of drank driving hut that he was guilty of leaving the ' scene of an accident. Chief Twyne and Deputy Sheriff C. C. Duvall swore that in their.* opinion Meads was under the influence. Me.ads admitted hitting a car., driven'^by Anne Watts, 21,- of- Chesapeakcf-but s'.iid be thought ;’ he had, only “touched the bump- c.r.” Miss Watts said Pleads' car * hacked ,-into the .side of her small vehtele and caved it in.' Pleads, who Icept drumming the fingers of his right hand on his leg, said he had''l»en driv-„ ing a bread track 'for eight, yeai-s and never had received a traffic violation ticket befoPB..’ . Horner consolidated tho charges-and sentenced him "to six months suspended on pay ment of a fine of $175 and costs ; and lifted his drii’er’.? licenro' for 12 months. He set an appeal' Ixmd.of $200. i>.«- 'Vemon .Ercell Parker of Spot' said he was not guilty 'of - drunk driving. But the curritnek man ' did not dispute Chief- Twyme’s story that Paikeris- pickup track with Faiker at.^e wheel weaved back and fo^ on the highway and ran oIT.lthe road a couple of times. Nor>dMi: he offer to, refute Twyi^ji" statement that he was unstewlf- - on .his feet, Included , in tlw' evidence was an alnxort- emp^- bottle of 100 proof ooim .wMe> . '■ -Horner sentenced .90 "days’ in jail - saa|N»dd[ _ onif payment of a fine of"$100'and costs and lifted his driver's'U* See COURT, fm, UM a v
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