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David Stick Kill Devil Hills, N.C. 2794^ SEND RENEWAL' ’ OF SUBSCRIPTION, BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS Twelve Pages in Two Sections COASTLAND TIMES WITH WHICH IS COMBINED THE PILOT AND HERALD OF BELHAVEN AND SWAN QUARTER PUBUSHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND PF NORTH CAROLINA MAIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO. N. C. 27954 NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Pages One through Six ^, VOLUME XXXIV — NO. 18 MANTEO. N. C. 27954, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER I. 1968 Single Copy I0{i SESSION OF HIGH ? COURT COMES TO DULL Em FRIDAY " ; Junes Continue Lenient Course i In Freeing Drunk; / 'i ‘ Drivers • - “ * ^ The fall term of Superior 1 Court came to a dull and >r j inglorious end 'Friday with a ; I wrapup by Judge George M. Fountain and Solicitor Herbert Small of odds and ends, some of which had raveled loose ; earlier in-the week.' ' •; ' A Dure county jury compo.sed ■; of the time-honored "twelve * good men (and/or women) and true” continued the lenient y course of previous hometown I r . panels used during the term and i' turned loose shortly before adjournment another defendant convicted in District Court of 1 drunk driving. ' A jury al.so ignored thertesti- - niony of a well-etlucated, highly , ‘ competen|. member of the state r .^1 patrol and turned loo-se a youth ■ who had appealed a conviction for. spontaneous racing in Nags “ Head during the heavily popu- Iatel beach season. ; A few moments prior to ad- , ■ joumment, Fountain called Doi-othy Mullen, 24, Klixubeth , City, and Lillian Lee Mcckins, 20, Monteo and Elizabeth City, ^ before him for sentence on their plea of guilty to a charge , of attempted armed robbery. K Mrs. Mullen, mother of three, I' • was sentenced to two years in |, k' prison, suspended for three I ' years, and placed on probation for her part in trying to rob i Marvin E. Daniels, Muntco cab ;i driver. Miss Meekins, who j worked during the sumer in a I diner opei-ateil by Daniels’ wife, I ; was sentenced to two years in prison. Small dismisscil charges of |3 breaking and entering and lar ceny against Leon'.White 'and his brother. Smith' WhitCu The charges have been pending for almost two yeai's Leon White, alleged to be the leader of thn White, brothers’ onerations, is l«. White, brothers’ operations, reported to be in jail in New ^ Jersey and unavailable , for trial ' here. The sheriff’s department .. said Smith White is available ' for trial. The state has said i pieviously that Leon White’s pre.senec is necessary before Smith White can be triad. Desmond A. Roger.s, Jr., of Mantco, failed to appear on his appeal from’ conviction in Dis trict Court on a cliarge of drunk driving. His attorney informel ■ the court that.Rogei's was in a See COUKT, Page Four p_;CAHOON GIVES ICVI A-B-C COURSE ON SHERIFF'S OFFICE The work of the sheriff’s dc- 1 paitment in Dare county con sists of many activities other than just riding up and down the road in the interest of law, , order, and justice, according to j Sheriff Frank iM, Cahoon. ; Cahoon gave a statistical re port on the department’s ac tivities at the Monday meeting of the Manteo Rotarj’ club. His • A-B-C indoctrination 1 e c t u re was an eyc-ojiener to many of the club memljei-s. The business of "riding up , and down the road” is no small ; task, Cahoon said. While Dare county is small in population, it 1 , is large physically and contains 260 miles of highway, i- “You may not know where all ^ ' those roads are,’’ Cahoon said, I r “but they arc there and the de- , partment patrols them.” The sheriff’s office here maintains the only 24-h6ur law enforcement service east of Ra- i leigh, Cahoon said. Other coun- ' ties depend ui>on police dc])art- ments in vsirious cities after the ! usual daytime stint of a sher iff’s department is done. But in Dare, the sheriff's offico is open 24 hours and radio com munications are at hand con stantly. All police calls in the •county are ^annelcd thixuigh ‘the sheriff's office. I Cahoon picked August as a -■busy month, representing the £windup period of the vacation -resort season. He said that dur ing the month the department 'answered 526 calls, rnade 67 ar rests, and that he and his de- 'puties spent 110 hours in court. -The department also investi- !gated S8 accidents made 298 warnings against traffic viola- ■tion, and made 383 courtesy ‘calls. He said courtesy calls are important in a tourist area. The sherifrs department runs li H the ambulance service, making hospital trips to Elizabeth City, ■ Norfolk, and Raleigh, among other places. During Augiwt, ' ft®', there were 55 ambulance trips outside the county. In the previ- See SHERIFF, Page Tw* '■ , - ^ i THEY ARE CATCHING 'EM AT HATTERAS f i' * I CHANNEL BASS, some-weighing more than 55 pounds have been caught in the surf of Hatteras Island during the past few days. Thi.s will be tlie top fislt that tournament anglers are hoping to catch during the annual C.npe Hatteras .Anglers Club- sponsored tournament November 7-9. Angler shown dragging Ills wliop|>cr through the surf was from Pennsylvania. (Carl Osborne photo) CAPE HATTERAS TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD NOVEMBER 7-9 By AYCOCK BROWN The 11th annual Ca)X! llat- teras Anglers’ Club-sponsored Surf Fishing Tournament will he held on Hatteras Island next week, Novemljer 7-9. ^ “Thirty nine teams liavc al ready entered the tournament and there is a possiblity that moi-e may come in later,” said M:-s. Ormond Fuller, one of the founders of the sjwnsoring cli'b. If current piscatorial condi tions continue, the 11th annual totirney should be one of the best in the history of the na- tionnlly-famous Cape Ilattci’as Anglers Club which has mom- bce-s from North CcTOIina and many other States between New England and Florida and a.s f.ar west as the Mississippi River. Ife.Klquarters for the tourna ment will bo in the Anglers Club building. Th.nt is where reg'strations of visiting teams .and auglws will take place and al.so where the x-aried social functions will take place. Diie to the great niiiTil»er of entnints. the awards banqint on .Satuiday night, Nov. 9, will be in the gymnasium of Caixc Hnt- tercs High School. Winncj-s of the tournani‘’.nt last year included: Virginia Peach Anglers Club, Irt ppee: Nags IPad Surf Fishing Club. 2nd: and. Tidewater Anglers of Virginia, 3rd. The teams cntci-ed this y^ar roprcf;c.nt clul>s fnuii New Jer sey, l'’ennsylvania, Maryland, Virglni.a and North Carolina. ' The Hatteras surf classic will he the second tournament on the Dare C'o.nst for surf fisher- CIIAMBER DRIVE OVER/ $13,000 ON THURSDAY Through Thursday morning, n total of $13,160.50 in dues had been paid • in to the Greater Nags Head Chamber of Com merce to aid in operation dur ing the new year. 'There are ap proximately 240 members, with some 25 of those new. - s ' When all commitments are in, it is l)elicved that more than $15,000 will have been raised. Only those whose payments have been made have been in cluded in the total listed above. ''r ' " men this year. On October 10- 12 the 181h annua] Nags He.ad Surf Fi.shing Toumament was held witli teams from 30 clubs participating. In the Hatteras toumev this year the Penn Mu tual Fishing Club of Pliila- delphia was in firet place, with the Hattoi-as Gulls, a new all- female club, second and the Albemarle Anglers of Elizabeth City showing for third place. DEDICATION OF NORMAN BRIDGE NEXT THURSDAY Tiie formal dedication of the recently-completed bridge span ning the Roanoke River near PIvmouth, and connecting Washington and Bertie Coun- lie.s, will he held on the crest of the bridge on November 7, irOS. The illlghway Commission voted at its Octi»l)er meeting to name the bnidge in honor of the late Zeb Vance Noi-man, Pl.xmi- oiith attorney and a long-time a h*ocnte of the bridge. The principal speaker at the dedication cei-omonics, sched uled to begin at 10:30 a.ni., will i>e former Governor Terry San ford, under whose .administa- tion the bridge was begun. The bridge and its connecting roads were opened to traffic last July. Expected to be on hand for remarks arc J. M. Hunt, .Ir., chainn.an. Slate Highway Com mission, Merrilll Evans, former chairman, several past and present highway officials, and other dignitaries. The dedication plans are be ing arrangexi by the Southr.rn Allmmarlc Association in co operation with the State High way Commission and Washing ton and Bertie County officials. Carl Bailey, Jr., is President of the Association and Eric Har rell, Washington County vice- president is chairman of the bridge dedication committee. The program will be preceded by a band concert and concluded with a cutting of the ribbon marking the formal opening of the bridge. Following the pro gram the Association will servo a barbeque luncheon on the bridge to those attending. INSTITUTION SUN. OF MOOSE LODGE FOR DARE COUNTY Program at Manteo High School at 2:30 P.M.; Many Digni taries Attending NEW BAPTIST MINISTER Following Ecvoral woek.s of organizational efforts, Dar- County Lodge No. 1459, Loyal Oj'der of the Jloose, will be in stituted in ceremonies at Man teo High School Sunday, Nov. 3. The program, to begin at 2:15 p.m.. will feature a number of officials incduding State Director Win. A. Moon of Pfafftown, who ba.s been in, Uie county for .sevenil days assist ing in organization. Other officers' participating will hr, Jesse J. Price of Eliza beth City, st.ate director of membership who lias lieon in- .strumenlal in preliminary or- ganiza* ional .activities; Legion Councilman Edwin iM. Balilree of Greenville, installing officer: Governor Joe Monroe of Eliza beth City installing sergeant- at-arnis; Earl Tfolt of Moose^ heart, Illinois, Supreme Lodge Auditor; and Deputy Supreme Governor Ralph Williams 'of Salisbury, speaker for tiie after noon. Also participating w;l lie' Ritual Team of Greenville Lodge No. 885, arid^also from lint lodge International Cham pions Drill Team. j\ quartette, the Slate Champions, represehl- ing Kin.ston Lodge No. 1505, will also participate. Among busineiss of tlie eve ning, following enroUment of chartr.T candidides, will be in stallation of officers to guide affairs of tlie org.ani:!ation. Of ficers of the Loyal Order of Moose arc Govoi-nor, Past Gov ernor, Junior Governor, Prelate, Secretary, Treasurer, Inner Guard, Oulw Guard, Trustees (3) and Sergeunt-at-Arm.s, f Those instituted on Sunday will be charter members of the new lodge. On Thici-sday, appli cants numbered approxim.audy 150. Intcieslcd parties . may' secure further inforniatioh by contacting Director Moon at the Sea Oatel, Nags Head, prior to the Sunday afternoon program. A final rally of the current drive is set for 8 ji.in. Nov. 1 at the Sea Oatel. VOTERS TO SETTLE FIRE DEPT. ISSUE FOR NORTH DARE Tax of Uo to Fifteen Cents on the Hundred Valuation Would Be Sanctioned WHITE FIRES AT DEER, INJURES BROTHER BADLY Ray White, 24. wa.s shot and seriously woundeii Satta-day by his hrotlier, Stanfoixl 22, as tlicy liunted witli a companion, Bruce Bigg.s, 24, alongside a drainage canal off Point Peter Road near Stumpy Point. The Whites an* sons of W. .Stanford Wliite, Manns Harbor, ch.airman of the Dare county board of commi.ssioner.s. White is a former game warden. Ray White is an officer in the com mercial loan department of tlie Planters National Bank at Man teo. Stanford White is a college student at East Carolina Uni versity at Greenville. The father said his sons and Diggs, a college friend of Ray’s, were hunting deer when the shooting occurred. He said Ray was on the right .side of the drainage canal and that Stan ford was on the left. He said Stanford lielievod the other two See INJURY, Page Four r "'-’-w If '.4 M. W. SHAW, the new minister of the Manteo liajili.st Cluircli, \%llo is .siicceeiling W. .S, Brown. .Shaw is Iruving the B.aptist Church at .loncsville in Yadkin County to take aver the .Manteo p.astorate He will leave Jonosville dur ing the week of Nov. 11 and will occupy tile local pulpit on Nov. 17. , N. C. SYMPHONY COMING TO DARE FOR THE CHILDREN Adult Memberships Assure No- Charge Concert For Students and Evening Attendance _ For Membership Holders The North Carolina Little Symphony is scheduled to come to Dare County for the fiist time on April 16, 1909. April 19G9 may seem like a long time off, but ill order to bring the .symphony, to Dare il is neces sary to raise the necessary funds NOW. This is an un- precedenteil opportunity for the children of Dare County to see and hear, first liand, the mak ings of a great orchestra. Letters wore sent out from slate headquarters of the, sym phony several wee!s ago to many peiyde in, the area, to gether witii request cards for meniliorsUijOs, hut ros)K)nse has been slow, and. the officials of the Dare County Chapter of the N. C. Symphony Society say that it is urgent that all those wi.shing memberships respond immediately. Tliere may be many wlio did not receive let ters, lint that does not mean they arc not invited or wanted. Everyone in the county is asked to become a member, and this can be done by .^ending a re quest and a check to the treas urer, Mr.s. W. W. Haivey, in Manteo. Single, memberships are $5, joint memberships $8, and student memberships (for the evening concerts) $1. These memberships insure an afternoon concert w i t h o u t charge to ALL scliool chiltlren in Dare County, and members are entitled to attend evening concerts, not only hero biP in any other part of North Caro lina where the. symphony i.s appearing. Plans ate to bring the symphony this year to the Mantco schools, next year to Cape Hatteras .school, there after alternating each year be tween tlie two locations. It is cmphasizwl, however, tliat no me,t.fer where tb» concert is given, ALL children in the county can attend. Transporta tion arrangements wilt be an-, nouncod at a later date. .See .SYMPHONY, Page Four A total of 226 peiaions in three di.stricts of Atlantic Township regi.stored for partici pation in the special fire dis trict balloting to occur Tuesday, Nov. 5. The new registration represented about 55 percent of those registered ftir voting in the customary issues. In Kilty Hawk, 365 persons regi.stered anew, conip:irod to 279 on the regular hook.s; in Duck, 20 where 45 are listed otliorwi.so; and in Colinglon 41 signed up compared to 64 on general liooks, making that community, iiercniitage-w i s e, .appear most interested in the is.siie. A complete breakdown of prccinct-hy-precinct regisir.ation for all matters is contained else where in today’s issue. ■ The only area of Atlantic Town.S'hlp not parliciiiating in the fire district voting is Kill Devil Hills, which community .sen’cd notice several months ago on outlying areas lli.at it would no longer he able to provide service outside munici pal houndarie.s. Voters are asked to approve a tax of not-to-e.\cer.d 15 cent-s on the $100 assessed valuation to provide funds for financing the new fire department. Assuming voU*r approval, the distriot will be esl:d.ilislied by option of the Dare County Board of Comnii.ssioners iindar authority of the state’s genoial statutes. GOVT. FINALLY ANTES UP MONEY FOR ISLAND LAND Jfore than 100 Hatteras H- M.andprs—or their heirs—whore land was taken by the f«leral government in the 1950s for in- clu.rion in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore soon can start counting' their money. The 11 n t e r i o r Department delivered a check for $2,461,910 to the federal court for the eastern ilhstrict of Nortli Caro lina Oct. 30 for distribution among the owners whose land was taken under the right of eminent domain. The dislrihu- tion ■ is expected to be made shortly. Most of the original owners still arc living. Share.s of tliose who have died will go to heirs. Tlie money represent!? about $1.8 million as a fair price for about '6,400 .acres of Hatteras Island. The remainder of the big check is ’ intcrert that has ac- ci-ued since the land was in- cornorated into the (lark. Tlie land involves tracts rang ing from less than one aci« to more than 600 •acres. The tracts are located in the area from Rodanthc to the southern end of Hatteras Island. The government began ac quiring land for the national seashore by civil suits filed in 1953. More acquisitions were made in 1959. A three-member commission appointed by a fed eral judge concerned itself with title settlements and establish ment of a fair price for each tract. The commission concludeti See MONEY, Page Four DUCK WOODS GOLF COURSE OPENS FRIDAY DUCK WOODS GOLF CLUB’S Ijeautiful 18-hol6 championship, course wilBbe open to meinber®, their guests and Dare Coast visitors on November 1. A section of one of the fainvays with its underground im’gation .system in operation is shown in this photo. In addition to golfing, the informal dedication of Duck Woods Club this weekend will feature a dance at the John Yancey hlotor Hotel ballroom Satuiday night. VOTING TUESDAY TO COVER MANY ISSUES IN ADDITION TO ELECTION OF PRESIDENT Leng+hy Stale Ballot Plus Others for Senator, Constitutional Amendment, To Be Before Voters; Few Offices Contested by Repub lican Contenders. WARREN ENDORSES SCOTT FOR GOVERNOR OF N. C. LINDSAY C. WAKREN, SR., of Washington, Beaufort Coun ty, a leader in state anti nation al politics for tlie past 50 years, last Thursday endorsed tlie candidacy of Bob Scott for governor of Nortli C.aroIina. "In my judgment the best man for the job is Bob Scott,;’ Warren said in it lengthy state ment. "'J'hat his father was one of the state’s outstanding chief exccutive.s is to Bob Scott’s credit, but it is not a laurel on which he has rested. Scott has earned a place in Stale Govern ment on his own. "He has added prestige ami new dimensions to the office ot lieutenant governor tluring the jiast four years,” WaiTen con tinued, “ and the programs he has outlined for the rtate dur ing his tenure of office .are both responsible ami realistic.” Warren, a suiqiorler of Mel Broughton in tlic primaiy, said North Carolinians are proud of their state gove,ramenl as a result of “tliree score and seven years” of responsible leadcr- See WARREN, Page Five CONDITION OF CO. BUILDINGS JUDGED BY GRAND JURY Tlie grand jury inspected and made recommendations concern ing the maintenance and rcjiair of the Dare county health cen ter, the community building, and the courtliouse during the Octo ber term of Superior Court.' In a report signed by Ephey B. Priest, foreman, the grand jury infoimed Judge'George M. Fountain that the health center and the community center are badly in neel of repair. The interior of the health center needs a paint job, the re port said. It added that the north brick wall needs water proofing, a broken window needs replacing, and “the inside .screens neeil removing due to the building bring air condi tioned.” The report said a crack ill tlic chimney needs patching. The grand jury recmniendwl a parking area for the east side of the building and callcil for a budget set up by tlie county commissioners for the upkeeji of the structures. The report .raid the com munity building as a xvholo ncetls repairing badly. The grand jury recommended " a study he made to see if it would be feasiVde for future oc cupancy aftea' the library is moved to new quarters. The courthouse got a so-so report from the graml juiy. Thn group said the offices for the tax collector, county accoun tant, tax supervisor, lioard of commissioners, and the regirtw of deeds are in good condition. But the office of the superin tendent of schools is “badly in need of paint and repairs” and the office of the clerk of the court “is still in need of a tele phone extension and there needs to lie tile on the floor.”' - ' The grand jury said there is a bad leak in the office of the clerk .of,, the court that needs checking.' “; , ’ > ; The jail'was' adjudged to be in good condition! But the grand jury recommended that “the jailer see to it that no glass ; See JURY. Page Ttiree OCRACOKE AIRSTRIP NEAR COMPLETION OCRACOKE — Construction of a 3 Ono-foot airstrip on Ocra- coke Island is under way’ and ' With four days to ..go before the general election, charges' ami counler-cliargcs arc being hurled, claims and denials about as disputed as ever in the Presidential race, as wril as the Gubernatorial sjiot in North Carolina. Local contests are few, with only two Republicans challeng ing Democratic nominees for the Dare County Board of Com missioners. .State House Representatives - W. R. (Bill) Roberson, Jr. of Washington and Archie Burrus, of Nags He.ad are unopposed, ns is .State Senator nominee Edgar J. (Re-d) Gurganus of Williamslon, who will bo the next Senator in the Second •Senatorial District embracing Dare. Hyde, Tyrrell, Beaufort and Martin counties. Senator Sam .1. E'-vin, Jr. is opposed by Robert Vance.' Som ers, Republican. Incumbent Congressman Walter B. Jones of Farnivilie 53 cluillenged bv Rep«'e B. Gardner of Kinston, Repuldican. Predictions are that heaviest balloting v.'ill be in the. Presi dential race, followed closely by Gubernaloidal voting. , On the ballot in North Caro lina, as is the ease in the other - 49 slates, three pai-lios are )'o- utesnted — D e m o c r at ir — Republican — and George Wal lace’s new American Indepm- dent party. On the ballot'’wHh Wallace in N. C. is S. Ma’a'in Griffin, former Goorg'a gov ernor, who served as stand-in. Wallace’s actual miming nude, .as most all know by now, is Gen. Curtis E. Lemay. The Democratic slot is filled by Hubert ' H. Humphrey as President'll contender, with Sen. Edmund S. Miu'kie of Maine as his running male.' Richard M. • .Nixon, former vice-president under the Eisenhower adininis- Iralion, has Gov. Spirow T. Agnew of Maryland as vice- presidential contender. Roliert W. (Bob) Scott is seeking the post of Governor, opposcil by James C. (Jim) Gardner of Rocky Mount. Scott currently serves N. C. as lieu- tenant-governor. Gardner is a fresliman Congressman, having out-polled veteran Harold D.- Coolcy two yoai-s ago. . Other state offices contesttrf arc as follows, with .Democratic nominees listed first, followw,' ' bv Uenuldican ehallenge'i,- LIEUTENANT - GOVERNOR: H. Pat Taylor, Jr., Don H. Gar- len: SEC. OF STATE: Thad Eure, John P. East; AUDITOR: Henrj’ L. Bridges. Tlieodore G, (Ted) Conrad: TRE.ASURER: Edwin Gill, C'vde R. Greene; SUPT, OF PUBLIC iTNSTRiUq- TION; Craig Phillius. Joe L. Morgan: ATTORNEY GEN ERAL; Robert Morgan, W.arren H. Coolidge: COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE: .lames A. f.Tim) Graham: Claude L. Greene, Jr.; COMMISSIONER OF L.ABOR; Frank Crane; R. K. (Ron) Ingle: C051MISSTON- KR OF INSUR.ANCE- Edwin S. l.anior, Evore.'l,L. Peterson; SUPERIOR COURT JUDQE ?2ntl District: Robert A. Colter, Jr., Arthur S. Beekham. -H‘., 26*h Dis'Tict: Sam J. Eiwin III, William R. Sigmon. •Dare Commissioner Two members of the Dare County Board of Commissioiers are oppored bv Remiblicans. W. Si'c VOTING, Page Four •'! ■i '4 'i" is expected to be 'ready for iiwi in earlv Deccmlicr. The-70-foot wide strip -will cost an estimated $83,000, all in -•t^''te funds. It is located on the! southeastern side of the island^ ;• and i« on l-snds belonging -to' ♦he Cape Hatteras Natioiuil Seashore." The 'state 'received, permission to build the airstrip^! under a permit issued by tlie'^ National Park Service. j ! tL = 4; . After completion, the .nbrst^p-'- ^ .will be-, turned-ioveri^tp' county for m'aihtenuice. C, smah'if& planes have been landing ; at« Ocracoke and taking off,’UB^|i',;^^ - _ _ -.-Li For several' - years. the highway.'
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