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Sixteen Pages 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
VOLUME XXXIV — no; ri
MANTEO. N. C. 27954, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1968'
Single Copy 10^
JUDGE COUNSELS
marriage for
PARENTS OF 5
Horner Suggests Wedding Vows
In Lieu Of. Jail
Sentence
District Judge Fentress T.
Homer turned social counselor
Friday and suggested the un
wed parents of five children go
through a marriage cerejnonv
and keep the father out of jail.
Ella May .Aleekins, the inoth-
er, quickly said she was ready
to get niaiTied. The father,
De.lton Simmons, indicated he
would go along with the judge's
counsel anl jnarry the woman
Avith whom he said he lived.
’ Ella May haled Simmons in
to court on a charge of inade
quate support. When the docket
was called to 10 a.m. Simmons
was not there. Ella May said
-she. had seen him earlier in the
day. iH'orncr immediately levied
a fine of $2.'> on Simmon.s for
failing to appear.
A few minutes later Simmon?
showed up. Horner canceled
the .?25 fine but levied another
of $10 for Iwing late.
Ella May testified that Sim
mons was two weeks behind in
providing support money for
their children. She said Sim
mons was aware of hi.s laggard
ness bccau.se “he is amimd real
often ... he was there (at
home) last night.”
“Why do you let him stay
there?” Solicitor Wilton Walk
er asked.
“Why, I don’t know,” Ella
May replied.
^. “After five children don’t you
think it’s time to gel married?"
Walker asked.
Horner interposed with the
pointed suggestion Ella May
and Simmons get married. IHt:
also indicated Simmons might
have to do some time on the
roads if ho didn’t get married.
“I’ll marry him,” Ella May
said, .smiling.
“I’d i-ather get manned than
go to jail,” Simmons said, a
grin on his face.
'fhe judge continuoil prayer
for judgment for two weeks and
said he would forgo assessing
costs of $15. Ho told Simmons
See COURT, Page Four
DARE SCHOOLS TO
GET $5,000 FOR
BOOKS AND LAB
The federal government had
reallocated alvmt $5,000 to the
Dai-c County Board of Educa
tion for the purchase of library
bonks .and scientific labnraton'
eqninment. But the boaril can’t
Ispend the money until federal
and state education authoritie.*!
set a new date for consideration
of a marine biology program
for this area.
5Iore than a year ago, the
bo.awl dusted off a marine
biology plan crc.ntel by Dr. W.
W. Hairey, .Jr., former Mantec
mayor and now a county com
missioner, find asked the federal
government for a planning
grant On Sept. 1.3, 19G7. the
board got a grant of $25,000
to whip the program into shaoe.
The planning cost $20,000.
The plan was turned down by
the government because of the
cost of the Vietnam war. I'hc
government asked that the plan
be resubmitted. This was done.
Of the .$5,000 remaining fi-om
the grant, federal aiUhoritiea
approved use of $3,000 for
purchase of library books for
county schools and exponditu^
of $2,000 for scientific labora
tory equipment. But the money
was not to be spent until a new
date conceiving the marine biol
ogy proicct was set.
Seth Henderson, superinten
dent of public instruction, said
he expected! a date to be set
soon, possibly within a week.
He saitl there was no doubt ex
penditure of the funds - would
be approved inasmuch as the
$5,000 in question already had
been alloc»tcL
Henderson said he expectcil
eventual approval of the marine
biology program. He said the
board would keep .submitting a
plan for the project until it was
approved.
NO COURT SEPT. 13 DUE
TO SEMINAR FOR JUDGES
There will be no session of
District Court here Sept. 13.
Thw-e will be no judges avail-
able.
.Tudges Fentress T. Horner
ond W. S. Privott, who serve
this district, were called to
Chapel Hill for a seminar of
all district court judge^
Court attendants said some
40 cases originally had been set
for Sept. 13. These will be heard
' Sept. 20 and Sept 27.
PREPARING TO GO 'IN THE DRINK'
GEOLOGISTS SPEND SUMMER
STUDYING SEDIMENT, LIFE
IN DARE COUNTY SOUNDS
An oyster moves his home
from one area to another over
the yeaj-s and geologi.sts have a
clue as to how setliment is
formed.
Seem unconnected ? Not when
it’.s the type of work th.at three
marina geologist.? did this sum
mer in Dare County.
An oyster may move his home
as his enrironment becomes less
sally, indicating that the region
is becoming less influenced by
the ocean.
“\Vc check to see how the
salinity changes because this is
a controlling faetoi- in orga
nisms,” said Dr. Michael O’Con
nor. one of the geologists.
He e.\plained that the team
had concentrated mostly on
working their way from Wan-
chesc, around the Inlet and un
to Manns Harbor and the north
end of Roanoke Island.
“The reason we. chose this
area is because the area around
Wancheso can go from a more
marine situation into the brack
ish water at the north end of
the island,” Dr. O’Connor s:iiil.
He said that the salinity
changes indicate different t>'pe?
of organi.sms and the scientists
try to collect .samples of sedi
ment from the bottom with
these organism.? in them.
By e.xamimng both the living
and dead organisms in this
sediment, the men can come to
conclusions as to what factors'
affect the sediment formation.
3'he project is being spon
sored by the East Carolina
Univei'sity gcologj’- department,
now one year old. The three
urincip.nl inve.stigators include
O’Connor, Dr. Stanley Riggs
and Dr. Donald Winston.
Riggs and O’Connor are both
assistant profe.ssors at ECU and
Winston begins a year’s leave
of absence from the Univei’sity
of -Montana at AIis.soula to teach
geology at the University of
Oslo in Nonvay.
The three worked together
last .summer on a project for
Coastal Petroleum Co, in the
Gulf of Jlc.xico ami on the other
projects.
O’Connor, a native of Euslis,
Fla., i-eceiveil his Ph.d from the
University of Afontiuia as did
Rigg.s. Winston received his
from Iho Univereily of Texas.
iRiggs is a native of Green
Bay, Wis., and did his pre-
doctoral ivork at Beloit College
and Dartmouth College. He
woiked with Inlcmulional Alin-
"rals and Chemical Corp. before
going to ECU last year.
A native of Minneapolis,
Minn., Winston did his under
graduate Avork at Williams Col-
'c.ge and gi-aduate Avork at
fhe University of ’Texas. "He is
now an associate professor at
the University of Montana.
O’Connor taught at Florida At
lantic and Florida State Univer
sity before coming to ECU this
fall.
“This program is a i-e.sult of
ECU’.s attempting to set Up a
marine program in their
new geology d e p a r t m e n t,”
Riggs .?ai(I. “It’s done in con
nection here with land at the
old Roanoke School that Avas
glA'en to ECU by Dare County.”
He explained that the iiuiqiose
of the program is threefold:
(1) to set up a marine geology
progi’am to study the estuaries,
sounds, and coastal areas of
Norih Carolina, (2) to CA'aluate
the potential of the natural re
sources in these marine environ
ments; and (3) to try' to create
ideas for pollution control and
other problems that would help
the people of this area.
Most of the work this sum
mer is field work for the labor-
atoi’y tests they will ran all
Arinter at the school.
“This is pretty much i-econ-
nr’issance work,” Riggs said.
“There is not much time this
summer to get in the ilab Avork.”
The Ihrcfi men went out in a
3G-foot boat puichased by the
school and took turas diving.
Each man carriwl a plastic bag
that he put sediment or organ
isms in.
See .STUDIES. Page Six
. . . WITH TANKS AND FACE MASK
OCEAN HIWAY
FALL MEETING
AT NAGS HEAD
Three States to Be Represented
Oct 20-21 in Promotion
Planning
The Ocenn Hiwaj’ Association
which Avas organized in 1935 to
develop and promote the Ocean
Hiivay between New York and
Florida, will hold its fall re
gional meeting at the Carolin
ian Hotel, Nags Head, October
20-21.
Members, repi-csenting a
cross-section of the business
communities in North Carolina,
South Cai’olina and Georgia,
will attend the two-day meet
ing, to develop promotional pro-
gi-ams for the winter and
spring seasons.
According to Curtis Brooks of
Norfolk, President of the as
sociation, the i-egionnl meeting
Avill attempt to develop some
type of “package plans” for
motorists in an attempt to com
pete with the airlines and other
highways which sen'e the
north-.south traveler.
Di.scussing the package plan
idea Brooks cited the fact that
airlines, working in conjunction
with hotels and motels in
Florida, have developed and are
pwmoting 6 and 7 days vaca
tions in Florida for as little as
$52 plus aii’fares. Brooks said
that, “if we are to get our share
of the travel market, some
competitive plan nmist bo
developed and promoted e.\tc«-
sively. To dcA'elop the package
plan and then determine how
and Avhere to promote it will be
our prime objective at this
meeting.”
Brooks went on to say that
John Griffin, executive director
of the association, has several
proposals to be considered by
the members iluring the meet
ing. Among them is a magazine
which will be distributed to
some 10,000 travel agents and
AAA clubs on a bi-monthly
basLs. The magazine Avill focus
attention on the moderute
prices anil many' aftracti.ms
available to the Ocean Hiway
traveler along with interesting
articles on special events and
other items that may be of in
terest to those who influence
ti-.ivclcrs.
PASTOR HONORED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT. CONGREGATION. FRIENDS
NAGS HEAD SEEKS
ADVICE ON WAtER
SUPPLY NEEDS
Board Looks Ahead To Demands
Of Rising Beach
Population '
REV. WILLIAM S. BROWN, center is flanked by jeprc'.sentatives of Roanoke Island Fire Depart'
ment, last Sunday' following the morning service at Mnnteo Baptist Church. The plaque, pi-esented
by Ellsworth B. 'Midgctt, Jr., right, pre.sidcnt of the 'department, anil raails; “Rev. W. S. Brawn, in
appreciation for services ronilercd to Manteo Fire Department.” The pastor joined the department
shortly' after coming to JIanteo five years ago and has been acli\’c during that period as .soerc-
tary'-treasuror, and assistant engineer for more than two years. At left is fire chief J. F, (Jack)
Wilson, Jr.
The presentation was followed by a “basket dinner” soractl on the church grounds and at
tended bv a large portion of the congregation, members of other failh.s and well-wishor.s.
Friday Reception '
The church’s recreation rooms
were the .scenes last Friday
0A;oning of a racentinn given in
honor of Rca'. and ^Irs. Brown
who are lieginning a now pas
torate at Griflon.
In aupreciation of the fniit-
ful and distinguished ministi-y
of the Browns, A'arious church
organizations presented them
especially-selected love gifts.
The church school chose as its
gift a silver pitcher and match
ing tray; the Woman’s Society,
TOWN BOARD DISCUSSES
DOGS. DRAINAGE. BLIND
CORNERS. VACANT LOTS
The Manteo town hoaitl dis
cussed dogs, drainage, blind
corners, weed-infc.stcd Wacant
lots, and sewage disoosal at its
monthly meeting Wednesday'.
- The town laAvmakers ap-
a hostess gown for Mrs. nrowm;;|B«'‘>''ed destruction of a‘dog ac-
the I'raining Union, pastol-{
colored bod linen; and the
church, a check of five hundred
dollar.?.
Mr.?. Sfellie D. Pearco acted
as mistrass of ceremonies for
See HONOR, Page Four'
BUXTON BATTLE WITH THE SEA
PHOTOS OF ERODING BEACH TO
BE FORWARDED TO WASHINGTON
Interestcl agencies and in
dividuals agreed Wednesday
that the next resort in the plea
for repair funds for Cape Hat-
teras National Seashore at Bux
ton Avould be presentation of
documentary photos in Wash
ington licfore the necessary
committaes.
Kittridgc Wing, siuierintcn-
dent of the Seashore Park, said
that NPS photos and film would
be made a\’aUable, to be coupled
with existing material Avhich
the Navy has, plus other evi
dence to be assembleAl.
The Seashore’s advisory com
mittee consisting of citizens
from Dare and Hyde counties,
meeting in Cape Hatteras
Anglers Club, \T)ted to make
I>resentntion of the material in
the nation’s capital before the
necessary congressional com
mittees in on effort to release
existing funds or secure new
appropriation for the repair
work. The session was presided
over liy Raymond Couch of
Buxton, chairman.
Lt. Cdr. 31. D. Lewis, in
charge of the Navy’s multi-mil-
lion-dollar installation in the af
fected area between Cape Point
and the northernmost motels,
told the group that numerous
photos weie on file showing the
critical situation. He further
added that assistance of a Coast
Guanl photographer would be
sought to secure aerial views
for inclusion with those cxist-
ing.
Supt. Wing told the gi’oup the
engineering plans call for
“nourishment” of the affected
area. He said thjit of all ero
sion - combatting m e t h o d s
exploi’cd, that method had been
deemed be.st for the Cape Hat-
leras jiroblcm.
The project has been es
timated to cost $lVi-millon. Ef
forts to finance the pi’oject
through emergency' funds have
met with no success. The ap
parent attitude thus far among
those who have final say over
such appropriations is to let the
disaster strike, then pay the
consequences.
In this particular instance.
Sec PAI(K', Page Seven
cused of biting a Roanoke Is
land citizen’s posterior, held
that a Manteo i-esident should
build up a lot so that the
to'.vn’s drainage system could
.drain it, instracted the chief of
police to, look info the blind
coraer situation, kicked around
the idea of cleaning up vacant
lots and then billing owncrs’fov
the labor involvwl, and ex
pressed hope that work would
lie started “soon” on the much-
discussed and long-awaited .sew
age disposal plant.
The destruction of the dog
belonging to Mary’ Ellen Daven
port sparked di.scussion of a
proposed dog pound to be es
tablished and maintained by the
town and county. Jlayor Sam
Midgett said there was no place
in the town for'a dog pound
and that he would take up the
matter with the county commis
sioners.
"The dogs are getting to be
a nuisance,”' Midgett said.
“Tliev just acnimulate, especial
ly when people don’t pay' any
attention to them and let them
run loose.”
The dog .situation, long, 'a
familier problem in Manteo' and
on Roanoke Island', was
brought to a head b.v the ai>-
nenrance before, the board of
Robert S. Smith. Smith said
tlm DnVeniJort, dog,' a'“part.”
collie, hit him about fwo weeks
ago. He said the dog had not
been veecinatod.
Ken Whittington, Manteo po
lice chief, kent the dog tied up
for 10 da.vs. Smith venorted no
ill effects other than pain from
tlie bite. After the dog’s - re
striction neriod. W’hittinirion
disnosed of'the boast with Jfr.s.
D.nvonport’s permission. Tin’s
action tlio hoarti approved.
The boartl found that the
nortli end of a lot ho.twccn
Countv and Fii-st streets -Yeas
lower than the town’s drainage
svstem. .Tuanita Parker, town
clerk, s-nid the feeling of the
board was that the owner
should build up the propei’frv’ to
meet the drain. She said there
was no di?cns.sion of the drain
age system being • lowcj'eil to
handle the situation. '
Chief Whittington said he
liegan looking into .the blind
corner situation Thuraday on
onlcr of the hoard. Ho said he
would cheek cvci'y • corner in
See BO.AKD, Page Seven
BEGINNING OF. A KILL DEVIL HILLS GARDEN PROJECT
GARDNER VISIT PI,ANNED
TO HYDE SEPTE31BER 20
A “social coffee hour” has
been schedulcil' for September
20 at Jlattamuskcet School in
Hyde County, siwnsored by tho
Hyde Gardner for Governor
Committee.
To be held from 7 to 9 p.tn.,
featured guest will be Jim
Gardner of Rocky Mount, Re
publican nominee for the state’s
top position.
Citizens from adjoining coun
ties, in addition to Hyde., have
been invited. Ample- time for
questions and answers will be
available, say the sponsors.
*5'
3’he town boanl of Nags
Head voted unanimously Mon
day to employ prafe.ssional-en
gineering advice on how to in-
eiea.se anil improve its water
supply to meet needs of a ris
ing population at the beach rcr
sort.
’file board, lieadefl b.v Slaymi'
W. A. Williams, Jr., agreed to
share its professional advice
with the town of Kill Devil
Hills which also i.s e.vporicnc-
ing growing jiains because of
increased u.so. of recreiitional
faeilities by .slimmer vacation-
ist.s. ;
tVilliams and hoard inc-mhet’s
C. G. Brickie, Carl Nunemakcr,
.Te.as Newman, and Dewe.v If.ay-
mnn spent considerable time at
Monday’s monthly' meeting dis-
cu.ssing plans for increasing the
town’s water capacity' and how
to keej) the water )nire.
Melvin Ba.snight, water sup
erintendent for the town, said
more water was used in Nags,
Head during Augiist than in
any comparable time. It was
agreed by Basnight and, the
board that the time has conic
to look ahead ."ind prepare to
meet demands that are sure to
be made for more water than is
now available.
Jlayor Charles Griffin oF"Kill
Devil Hills mot with the tJhgs
Hoad governing bmly and -pai^
tieipatod in the diseiisidon ^on
expansion and iinprovemont of
water facilities. He asked Bas
night to aid in presenting 'the
problem to the Kill Devil Hills
board at its Tuesday night
meeting.
■ The professional advice to be'
sought will be used to deter
mine whether to buy' a dredge
and dragline \ for increasing
Sec WATER, Rage Four
C OF C ANNUAL ^
MEETING TO BE
SEPTEMBER 21
Membership' Chive In Third
Weeli; $5824 Cpntributiom -
Through Wednesday .1 ; .
Annual meeting of the Great
er Nags Head Chamber of. Com-
nieive is set for Saturday night,
Sept. 21. Tho gathering will
be at the. Carolinian' Hotel, in
Nags Head and will begin with
a soci.'il hour at C p.m. Dinner
will be .served at 7:30.
1'ho event is the one affair
held annually which Is attended
by' much of the niembei’ship7’'al-
though the directors' monthly
and call meetings are oi>cn to
the, public. The chamber’s hon-
re.sident advi.sory boanl will also „
attend the session ne.xt wcekj-''
Tickets are $4 per person.' '•
They may be obtaineii from'the
chamber office and severtil
business locations throughout
the area.
3lcmbcryhip Campaign .
Through Wetlnesday of this
week, the campaign for funds'
to oitcratc tho chamber . for
fiscal 1908-09 had brought.-in
$5824, slightly more than one-
third the amount collated dur
ing last year’s drive. The cam
paign is voluntary, by-mail con- '
tributions to date with no so
licitation. ; , '
A li.st of tho.se contributors’, '
for tho now year is publi^ed
elsewhere in this issue.
CHAMBER MEETING SET,
FOR SATURDAY MORNING
\
SYMBOLICALLY, this photo showing Mrs. L. N. Greene and Kingdon Kirk of Southern Shores
anil the Rev. Hank Wilkinson of Kitty H.awk Methodist Church marks the beginning of. a Sacriwl
Garden on projierty in the vicinity' of the Circus Tent summer location at Kill Devil Hills. Mrs.
Green, of New Brunswick, N. J., who spends much of the year at her Soutlicrn Shores cottage,
was representing the Dunes of Dare Garden Club which is sponsoring ihe Sacred Garden. The
Rev. Mr. Wilkinson was representing the Dare County Ministerial A'ssociation .which sanctions-the
Garden, and Kingdon Kirk a former Park Superintendent of Westchester County, N. Y., w'ho
moved to Southern Shores when he, retired will be associated with sponsors in an advisory capacity.
It is planned to.make the garden one of the moat outstanding and'^lnhusnal' projec^ ,(rfi>iLaM(^j
ever attempted anywhere. (Aycock Brown photo) ' “ '
Tuesday night’s scheduled'
meeting of the Greater Nags *
Head Chamber of (^mmerce
was jiostponcd due to failure'
in assembling a quorum of the '
directors. 51any of the twelve-
member iHMly were out-of-town
or othenvise engaged.
R. E. Parker, Jr., chamber
president, has called a siiecial
meeting for 9:.30 a.m., Satuirilay,
Aug. 14, to attend to matters
on the .agenda. The meeting
will be the board’s final regular
session of the fiscal y’ear.
The annual membership meet- -
ing u-tll be held on Sept. 21.
GOP LT. GOV. NOMINEE ,
PLANS VISIT TO DABB
Don Garren, GOP nominee for ,
lieutenant-governor subject' to
the Nov. 5 'general el«^ion)cwin - j
visit in Dare County oh Septi "'j
IG, according to V. G. WilUamt,
county Republicnn exei^ve ^
committee chairmans " f"’- ''.'/iv
Willinms and other RepuUi-
cans will accompany the a^ir'
date.on a tour of all Dare J
ty, .which •will probably
with a dinner in tim Awbn pwoEv