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HORNER CONVICTS
N. Y. WOMAN OF
DRUNK DRIVING
Defendant Also Bound Over
’ To High Court On
Felony Charge
:\rnvpo.^t oMvon
"f an
fj-onn in YovV. con-
vioffid in nisi,.lot Conn Frifla'-
of a i)>i5(lo)no,'mov pimvc-f. of
(IW^'inir. and ordered to
trie] in Suuerior Conn on a
.'tnliseauent hit-nm felony
cb-o-iTo.
She annealed I ho d.indv ?viv-
intr conviction which brought a
senicnoe of I'2 inontlis in peJc,,,
and wi>? releafted under
liond. She vvnc oitlered to post
hon,! of S.TnnO t'l ••scure he>-
nroseiifc at the hit-nin trial
later ibi« n'ontl).
M'ss UlcCorkle was descvibod
dui'inj' her trial licforo .Tiulfre
Ponti’oss T, lloiTier ns an eni-
plove.o of a Now Yoi'k fine arts
studio which ulace? nerfonninir
.•>ri.i«ts throucrliout ihc country.
Defense attorncvs .«id Miss
McCorklci was well-known in art
circles of the Universitv of
North Carolina and Duke,
Wake Forest, and East Caro
lina Universities.
Homer acceptwl a plea of
jjuilty by Gair Ian Richard.s
and .senteneeil him to l,S months
.on the ro.ads, suspended foi* five
yejs-s upon p.ayincnt of a fine of
$•400, and onlei’od to stay out
of Dare Count.v' foi* five years.
IRichaifis wa.s chanted witli
petty larceny in the theft of
$12 from the Sea Hancli motel
in Kill Detdl Hill.s.
Homer interiaii)t«l court pro-
cecdinjt.s at on\ iioint to wel
come a jjroup of about 50 stu
dents from the Manteo iH'igh
.School. 'I’he younitsters were
from a class in povomment
tauirlit by .Jerty Cahoon, one
time |)rohation officer here and
.son of Sheriff Frank M. Ca
hoon.
Homer snokc brieflv to the
rtudents. 11c outlined the dutie.“
of the clerk of the court, the
sheriff, the prosecutor, defense
counsel, and the offiei.al court
mportcr. Then, havkinp to the
impart of the entertainment
world, he .said, “and Item comes
the juilpe.”
Miss McCorkle w.ts piekel up
at a Nag-s Ife.ad motel the niprht
of Aujr. 24 by Sgt. Doans and
L;inTi' Thaaue.s, members of tho
state hiplnva.v patrol. Tho of
ficers woi-e seaivhinp for the
driver of an automobile bear-inp
a New York licen.se plate, .“.Z
882, -A. car with that tap had
struck !ind injured sci-iously
Paul ElLsworth Kline on the by
pass road near the Najrs Head
Casino. Kline was hi)Spitnlis:oI.
Hu had been struck while jack
ing up the rear of an automo-
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FLASH FIRE DOES
LITTLE DAMAGE
AT HIGH SCHOOL
A flnsh f'ra in a r-aintennnee
mom at Manteo High .School
Oct. 1 damaged a tractor,
burned out some wiring, and
coated a ce\iole of rest room.s
with .«mote. No one was injured.
Jack Wil.son. chief of the
Roanoke Isl:ind Fire DepaJd-
ment. and John R',l)erson. school
• princip.al, c.stimeted total d:im-
age. at .amund $*^110.
Wit.son said the fwe occurred
as Fmnk Hemilwr-ght, school
custodian, was gassing up the
(nictor ju-epanitor.v to mowing
the gra.ss. A I’-actor tire and
consi'’erahlc wiring wore do
st r.ovcl.
The storage maintennjic"
room was ena'f-d with smoke
and some wiring was damaged,
Wilson said.
The smoke spread to two
restrooms and a bonk room to
such an extent that washing end
p.ainting will be necc'.sttrv, V/il-
Kon and .Roberson agreed.
Roberson six rooms bous
ing the .‘event h and eighth
grades were evacuated. He said
the smolte vvn« cleared out of
the rooms quickly and that the
students lost not more than 30
to -tS minutcB of school.
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MOOSE CHARTER
ASSURED WITH
102 APPLICANTS
Dare Moose Lodge To Be In-
sfituled Nov. 3 at Manteo
High Auditorium
RED CROSS GETS GIFTS FOR SERVICEMEN IN VIETNAM
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LIONS START CALENDAR
SALE, WHITE CANE DRIVE
The annual White Cano drive
sponisoretl by the Manteo Lions
Club ;W-ill Itcgin Friday, October
4, when the M.inteo club will
have a float in the High School
homecoming parade. Desmond
Rogers is once again chairman
of the drive anti he urges citi
zens to give ..generously to thi.s
tt',orth.v.»‘caase,‘- which -h'elp.s aid
thd.se handicapped by blindncs.s.
Kirlhday. Calendar
The Manteo. Lions. Club has
its 19C!) biithday calendar sale
underway. The club expects to
tcmiinate the birthday calendar
sale by Oct. 1,5 so that they
• See LIONS, Page Tpo
JR COPS WILL WATII
CAR' HERE SATURDAY-
The junior police, organized
by Chief Ken Whittington as
school patrol officers, wdll con
duct a onc-dav car washing
scm'ice beginning at 8 a.m.
Satuixiay, Oct. 5.
The car wash operations will
be at the Gulf service station
in downtown Manteo.
Whittington said any profits
realized would be u.sed to pro
vide -safety patrol bolts for the
junior cops.
Each car wash will cost $1.
A vacuum job will be two-bits.
A CURRENT OCEANSIDE VIEW of the Cape H:tttera.s Light
house, lalle.‘t .sea lookout on the North American continent, sliows
the venerable .structure apparently in danger of toppling into
tho .Atlantic after series of .stoims which tore away literally
millinn.s of tons of .sand once packed into protective dunes.
Actually, tlio big lighthouse is about 200 feet from the
point of ero.sion. The timbers and platform shown in disarr.ay
W030 part nf the steps and ramp which formed the lookout area
between the lightliouse and the beach.
“The lighthous it.=elf is under —
no immediate Ihrc.at," said Kitt-
ridgo A. Wing, .superintendent of
the Cape Hattcras Natioiud.Saa-
.slvu'o. "Rut it could be under
the impact of a few more
storm.s.”
Wing.said ho “would not like
to' predict wii.at it' would look
like by this time nc.\t year un
less .something is done.”
Congres.s turned down the In
terior Depaitnionl’s plea for
money to u.sc in turning the
oce.'tn away from ■ a destfuctive
(•ounsb he.oring ilirectly on the
Gape Hatter.ns Ligiithou.se. The
department’s National Park
Service asked for emergency
funds and also asked for fund.s
to he included in the fiscal l!)fi9
budget.
Wing saiil he has “no lirect
I'dvidenco at the moment that
Cor.gre.s.s will appropriate any
money for repair” of the rav
aged .shoreline in front of the
lighthou.se. He .said he was “sure
that many interested per.sons
will tell arid keep telling Con
gress yf the need for funds foi
repair ” .
The cost of the Vietnam war,
the povely program, and vari-
OU.S giveways apparently have
taken such a .strong toll of the
national pockethook that funds
are lacking for the preser\'at.ion
of this important area of the
country.
Wing said there had been
some "very trouhlo.syine” sum
mer storms. He referred to them
collectively as "a sustained
northeaster” He said every
northeast wind “takes away
of the dune—erodes the .sand.”
“1 wonder what the winter
storms will do," he said.
Wng voted a note of opti
mism. He .said a view of tho
eroded area early Uiis week
showed at low tide a great ac
cretion of .sand along tho Su.\-
ton beach immediately in front
of the liglithou.=e ai-ea.
“Tliere was a vciy ragged
iiCJitli front, containing great
quantities of sand,” Wing said.
■ 1 lie sand was not there last
weelt.
"Perhaps a corner has, been
turned, and the lioach and dune
will begin a buildup.”
Wing would not say this was
nature's way of compensating
for the erosion l>ut added, "1
hope it means something.”
Wing said the Navy had con
tributed a . large quantity of
sandbags for the area immed
iately in front of the naval in-
.stnll.ation. He said the Coast
Guard also had contributed mon
ey to help protect the LORAN
station immediately south of the
iightnousc. He .said this pro
tection was needed because of
xpected winter gales.
Wing .said he would present
an emergency plan in general
.erms to the Cape Hatteras Sea
shore Advisory Committee at its
Oct. 1C meeting. He said it
would not be specific, but in
general tenns would call for
cooperation of various agencies
in a mobilization effort to com
bat a disaster. He predicted
help from the Navy, the Coast
Guard, the State Highway De
partment, the county board, and
various agencies that deal with
disasters.
See EROSION, Page Two
Moo.so D) ivc for charter in
Dare Countv excodc-i minimum
quota for chartei: with 102 au-
plicants. Lodge will lie insti
tuted ou November 3, at the
Manteo Ilivh School auditorium
at 2 p.m. Sunday.
.A booster nipellng of the
Loyal Older of Moose charier
drive wns hold at the Cnrolinian
hotel Oct. 1. .lo.s.so .1. Price,
membership director, announced
that the minimum quota had
been met hut reminded all jne-
■sent that there is no inaximum.
He urged aupliccnts to continue
to .secure other applicants, as it
would mean more in the fund
to secure permanent quartei-s
for tho lodge, home.
Price also announced that the
reason for the delay in institut
ing the local lodge was due to
the unavailability of the de
sired Degree Staff and Drill
Te.am in October, that of the
Greenville, lodge No. 885 which
will be in AInntco, for the in
stitution of tlie Dare County
lodge on Nov. 3. It i.s expected
that tho approximately .50 per
sons from various N. G, lotlgcs
will bo on hand.
Price ran an l8-tnimite movie
on Moosclieart and MoosipJiaven,
which includeil .some of the ac
tivities of the residents of each.
Tt was also announced that an
other film had been ordered and
would be shown upon anival.
A dance committee was ap
pointed to determine if a suit
able hand and location could he
secured for a Moose Roostoj'
dance to he held on October 19.
The committee is comjKi.seil of
Doug Thur.ston, chairman, Lar-
i-y G. Grubbs, Walter R. Gray.
;md Ellis M. Ransom, Avon. A
decision from the committee is
exiiocteil Oct. 8.
The following men have been
succettfCid in securing .enough
a.i»plicant.s ' to i-eceive awui'ils
which will be jire-sentod as soon
as they arrive; Tom McKini-
mey, 20 applicants; Hairy Grif
fith, 13 ap])licant.s; G. H. Raker,
10; I,ai'iY G, Grubbs, C; Roland
Manseau, C; Wesley Turnago,
4; Tom Rhodo.s, 3; En'in Ral-
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THE RED CROSS DirPY HAG PROGRAM gets a boo.st from
arc (1 to r) Joseph Hume, Red Cross representative, receiving
and Roland Manseau gift.s for ditty bags to be distributed at Clir
men through Iiospitals.
the Manteo RoUiry Club. Here
from Rotarians De.nnis Snow
i.stmas time to Vietnam sen’ice-
OCTOBER 10-12
THIRTY-TWO TEAMS EXPECTED FOR
I8TH NAGS HEAD TOURNAMENT
NAGS HEAD—T h i r t y-two
teams ropvc.sonting fishing clubs
of man.v eastern state.s are e.\-
pected for tho 18th annual Nags
Head Surf Fishing Touiiiameut
sclioduled for Octolier 10-12, it
was announced today l»y Charles
Bailey, secretary-treasurer of
the' sponsoring Nags Head Surf
Fishing Club.
Returning to con-qicte in the
classic again this year will he
the Brunswick (N. .1.) Surf
Fishing team which v.'on- top
honort last .vear;"'.
Other winning teams of 1967,
the Altiomarle Anglers of Eliz
abeth City, Cape HaUei-as An
glers Club, Buxton,'the Women's
Surf Fishing Club of. New, Jer
sey and,the Elizabeth City She
Devil.s will .also he back again
for .the, te.im comiielilion which
RODANTHE RESIDENT BECOMES A COVER GIRL
will be held on Thur.siay and
Friday.
Individual competition will
mark the thirtl and final day
of the tournament.
Nags Head Surf Fi.shing Club
President Ted Wood has stated
that many trophies and prizes
will be awarded team and indi
vidual winners. These trophies
will be on display in the lobby
of the Carolinian prior to and
during the touinament, where
.again will be headquarters for
the annual touroament. It will
ba.iifitiet' will be on Saturday
be there that the coloiTuI awards
night, October 12.
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BETTE GRAY who with her husband Rudy operate Hattcras Island Motel and Fishing Pier
at Rodanthe, is shown in this photo with two o f the channel boss caught from ^ pier recently.
Another full color photo of'Mrs. Gray in a setting of sea oats appears on the front cover of the
current October issue of Southern Living Sfagazinc. The cover photo was made last fall by Bruce
Roberts of Charlotte, one of America’s distinguished magazine photographers. Aycock Brown
of the Tourist Bureau who made the above photo, made airangemcnts with Bette Gray to do
some ^professional m'odcling for Mr7 Roberts, wh cn he stated that he wanted a typical and attrac
tive Outer Banker for a seriea of pictures he would shoot. ■ • • ,
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CHAMBER'S FUND
DRIVE CONTINUES
$8419 COLLECTED
Through Werlne.cday, a total
of $8,410.50 had been .sent vol
untarily to the Greater Nags
Head Chamber of Commerce in
member.ship fees for 1969 year.
Elsewhere in today’s is.me those
membei-s are listed.
In .action early this week, the
iKiard of directors decided to
make canvass of the potential
menilierships who have not yet
jotneti, in effort to accompli.sli
the fund drive without extending
heyond October 15. Last year
approximately $16,000 w a s
niised, more than tliree times
as much a.s in any prior yeai’.
Tlirougli tho increased i'**v-
enues, the chamlier was able to
increa.se it.s .services, and in
augurated a limited newspaper
adverti.sing program \v h i c h
brought in a suhstancial numljor
of inquiries.
FORMER MANTEO STUDENT
HAS ATTENDANCE RECORD
MAPMAKER FIRED
BY DARE COUNTY;
JOB INCOMPLETE
Wayne Walters Dismissed After
Sixteen Months on Job;
Bonding Company Called
SPENDING SENDS DARE
GENERAL FUND TO MINUS
BALANCE UST MONTH
The report presented last
month to Dare Count v Board
of Con’mi.ssioners indicates a
minus halnnee in the general
fund of $1-.548 01 for the period
ending August .31. In Julv, tot.il
deposits Idas previous balance
totalel *41.700 0.3; disbursements
were $26.450.5>: in August de
posits nhis previous balance to
taled $31J>81.7.5. while disburse
ments were $3.3 129.76, leaving
the minus balance, according to
report submitted by John 11.
Long, county accountant.
The foregoing occurred, of
course, during the period when
collections of taxes were at low
level, prior to much income on
the new levy. Such a happening,
however, i.s frowned upon by
professional accoimtants and
businessmen.
.We would sugge.st that the
county commissioners clamp
down on spending.
GARY WISE, former Slantco
.stiuient, and .n. 1908 graduate of
Cumberland, Va., High School,
completetl 11 yc.ars of school
without mi.s.sing a, day. He
mi.sscti two days in the first
grade, but after that maintained
a perfect attend.mce recoixl. Ho
has entered Virginia Poly
technic Institute, Blacksburg,
Va., where he is studving busi-
ne.-.« administration. Ills hreth-
er, Rodney, also artend.s VPI,
majoring in chemie.al engineer
ing.
Gary, .con of ^lr.«. Edna Wise
and the late E. C. AVi.ee of
Stumuy Point, attended gradec
one through three .n .St\inipv
Point, grades four and five in
.Manteo, moving to Cumberland,
A’a., after tho tleath of hi.s
father.
Dare County’s nui|)mokin'T
program for use in the la.x of
fice has come to a grinding ha't
amid something of a con
troversy. AVaynt! Walters, em
ployed as cai'tographer for the
past 16 inonth.s. ha.c been fired
by the hoard of commissioners,
■soitio threi’ months after con
tract teiTn.s for comuletion of
work throughout the county wa.s
di'afted.
Gencrirllv, the hoard has
chai'grHl that WLilters wns not
conqil.ving with teims agretyl
u|>on for comuletion of the
work, yet the, instrement exe
cuted as a contract in Juno
failed to c,'ill for specific com-
nletioii of any involved aroa.s
nrior to .September 30, 1968.
AA’aliei-s w:is di.‘s'hai'gc-d on
Sept. 17.
The mapmnking nrogram has
been orf and on for some six
vears. The late Alai. .1. L.
Aluiuhv of Kill De.rtI Hills was
commirsioned by tho Dare hom'd
to map the entire county but
died befoi'e completion. Law-
i-enco L. .Swain, fonner I)onni
chs'irman. a-ssiimed re.sponsibiU-
tics for the maumaking projret
but when ho left the, commis
sioner’s post, in Dec. 19GC he
quit, mapmaking too.
AA’altcrs was, cmploved in the
spring of 1967 at which time
a rminbor of competent cn-
gineoring finns submitted b'ds,
hut nil were rejected on the
hnris of cost. Wallers employ
ment wa>‘ a’ the rale of $30 ner
d.ny plus S2 50 for exnense.s. Fov
several week.s during the sum
mer of 1967. another mapmak-
er, E. G. Dickinson, wa.s em-
plovoil at $30 per day.
Despite the fact that con
tracts and performance sehed-
■ules were t:'lt*r6 nt manv ^imos.
See WALTERS, Page Two
CANCER DRIVE
NOW UNDERWAY
IN DARE COUNTY
PARADE KICKS OFF
HOMECOMING EVENT
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Manteo High School homecom
ing parade will l>°gin today, at
4:.30 p.m. Led b.v the Jfanteo
Police Department, it will begin
at the high school, come down
County .Street, around the couit-
hou.se and back no Highway
Street, ending at tho school.
.Slkmsored by . the student
council, parade parficipants in
clude the MHS band, homecom
ing queens and their e.scorts.
cLoss floats of grades 7-12 and
a Lions Club unit. 3’lierc are po«.
sibly other units entering, hut
not confiraied at pi'Css time.
.fudging of the floats, made
by grades 9-12, will be during
the parade with the winner to be
announced at the dance after
the Mantco-Kna)ip game. All
floats may he viewed during the
game.
1’cre.sa Dnniel.s, 1968 queen
will crown thi.s year’s oiiccn dur
ing game half time. Candidnte"
are Celia Evans, Judy Phe1o.s,
Debbie Twiford. Dawn Evans.
Roxie Farrow and Annette John
son.
KIWANIS* SCHOLARSHIP
DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT
For the henePit of a scholar-
shin fund. Outer Banks Kiwnn-
iana are sponsoring a dance this
week end at the John Yancey,
Kin Devil Hills, in the Tint
Flight Room. Ticketa are avail
able at $2.50 per person for the
affair which will be from 9 ’til
1.
lliufe 'Will be provided by the
Okk Jbrte trio.
HOMECOMING SUNDAY
Preparations arc g'oing for
ward for a big homecoming day
Sunday. October 6. at Grace
Methodist Church in Duck. Sun
day School will begin at-10 a.
m. Church service will be at 11,
and a picnic dinner on the
grounds will follow the services.
All former members of the
church and friends are invited
to attend and bring pienk
baskets.
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The 1968 Cancer Cin.sade for
Dare County .got off to a good
-stait with a luncheon fov -all
Ciii=ad('rs at the, home of Mrs.
Neviii Wescott oti October 1.
Mra. H. O. nridges. local unit
ure'-'ident, gave the gronn some
highlights from the •nast hisfcoi'y
of the local unit and intr'Kluced
AIs's. Ruth Potei-son. field con-
Bidt-'int. who suggestetl th.at
Cini.sadcra tr>’ to'get people to
become informed about ‘tho
facts concerning ermcev, pai'-
ticiil.'irly .about tho s o v n ^
danger signal.s. “Eighteen lives.
were lost in Dare County from
cancer in 1967,” Mrs. Potevson
said. “.-At least one half of these
couhl have been .saved if they
hail pei-iodic checkuiJS.
Of the money contrilniteil,
40% .stays in Dare County for •
sei'\’)ce.s to cancer ))atieints.
Tlu'se serrice.s may take the
fonn of financial help with
transportation, drugs, dre.ssing.s ,
and other items; 33% goes to
research, 7% to the national
foundation .md 20% to the state
division.
Tho.'-'e Present in :ul(lit''Ofi to j
All's. Bridges anil Airs. Petereon i
were Airs. Hughes I'illcU. Jr.,
Airs. Tony TilleiU All's. AlyrGe
Burgess, Airs. Thurston .Mid
get*., Airs. Sp.Hn,a AHdgctt, Mrs.
Raymond Wercott, Sr., Aliss
Lavoni:i Burcoss. Dennis Alid-
eett. Airs. John Ganison. Airs. -
Edward Etheridge. Mrs. George
Creef and Airs, jehn Fox,
The Cni'--ade will run until
October 12 and there will be
an evaluation meeting of all
crusader's at a date to be an
nounced later.
More AA'orkers Enlisted
Community chairmen for each
community e.xccpt two have
now been sccurml and will begin
knocking on doors for contri
butions right away.
In addition to those li^ed ’
la.st week, Dwight \Vhclcs.s,
Crusade chairman, announcc.s
the following: Duck. Mr. Elmo
Whitson: Kitty -Hawk, Mrs. »
IRadford Tillctt; Colingtoh, Mrs,
Larry Parker; Kill Deyil. Hills, '
Mrs. Esther Bories; Stumpy
Point, Airs. M.vrtlc Burgess,
Mrs. Thurston Midgett, .Mrs. .
Wanda Be.st.
Hattcras Island — Chaimttn, ■
Airs, Nellie Farrow; Rodanthe, •'
Mrs. Ethd O’Neal; Waves, '5Its.
Alethia Mcekins; ' Salvo, ■'Mr3.,‘4§
Mae Fulcher; Avon, Mrs.'Mary^ |
Gray; Buxton, Mrs. Boyd Gray; “
Frisco, Mrs. Lois Rollinson;
Hattcras, Mrs. Irma Austin, .
Manteo residential — Miss
Lavonia Burgess, Kennalh
Mann.
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