\i - David Stick Kitty Havfe, N;Ci 27949 '' 8-21-^^^ r\9 SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS THE Twely# Pages in Two Sections VOLUME XXXIV — NO. 19 WITH WHICH IS COMBINED THE PILOT AND HERALD OF BELHAVEN AND SWAN QUARTER PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RAlilGH COiiSTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA MAIL SHOULD BE ' ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEOi N. C. 27954 NOT TO INDIVIDUALS Pages One through Six . ' Single Copy 10^ NFS CLOSING CAMPGROUNDS ON NOVEMBER 15; REDUCING VISITOR CENTER SCHEDULES Seastiore Superintendent Wing Cites Person nel Cutbacks As Prime Reason; Wright Brothers and Fort Raleigh Centers Now to Operate Wednesday through Sunday; Easter Opening Set for Campgrounds. ; Cape Hatteras National Sea- shore Superintendent K, A. Wing announced Thursday that. ' effective November 15, all compgraunds will be closed until i-: Easter week end 1909. Also, the Wright Brothers National ' . Memorial and the Visitor Cen ter at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site will l)e operated on a reduced schedule of five ■; , days per week, Welnesday ^ through Sunday, fj » In the past, Wright Brothers National Memorial and the Fort’ Raleigh Visitor Center have been operated seven iays a week. The above action has been brought about as a result of limitation on filling of per- manent positions in the Federal j Government, Wing said. The A Revenue, and Expenditure Con- ! trol-Act of June 28, 1908; (P. ■; L. 90-364), requires that only three out of each four per- fl; manent vacancies in the Fed- y ? oral Goveniment be. filled. “Re- V . cent exemptions given to sev- S r era! Federal agencies by the J Congress h.ave resulted in the S} Bureau of the Budget even further limiting the filling of permanent vacancies to seven out of ten,” added Wing. The days on which the Visitor Center will be closed were selected after careful consider ation of the visitor , patterns within the park; Wing said There are fewer regional and interstate visitors to both of these Park areas on Monday Tuesday than on other days |2|'■•^luTing'the week, he pointed'but:- LOCAL ’GOOD CITIZEN’ Superintendent Wing asked that school organizations take particular notice of the above changes so school trips can be scheduled Wednesday through Friday. Wing stated that it was not a pleasant decision for him to reach in closing the camp grounds, but that the second directive—the “seven out of ten”—reference, left him with no alternative. Already this fall, the Salvo campground has closed, this bc- , ing the second season of early closing of that facility. - Considerable usage of the campsites was noted last fall, especially .at Cape 'Hatteras, with good week end visitation through Thanksgiving and into December on week ends. The islands' foremost attrac tion, extremely good fall fish ing, is a major factor in at tracting campers during the period from summer until cold weather. Muiy commercial sites will continue open through the winter at various locations on Hatteras Island and other areas. SHERRYL TILLETT, wiiiner of the current “gowl citizen” award to a^ Mnnteo High School girl by the Daughters of the American Revolution, was among six who competed re cently for the district award given by the DAR’s Betsy Dowdy Chapter of Elizabeth City. The district award was made Nov. 2 at 'Halifax. It was won by Hope Morgan, representa tive of Gates County High School. It was the second time in two years that a Gates County girl had won the district award. Miss JIurgan now is eligible to compete for the state “gooel citizen” awanj. Other girls wh,competed)with Miss iMorgan and- Miss Tillett Dora Agar,-' Elizabeth City High School;' Nancy Hearn, Central High School; Kathy 'Meads, J. P. Knapp High School; and Connie Onley, Camden High School. Before the district winner was announced, the girls were given a tour of historical Hali fax. The Betsy Dowdy chapter will give a tea Nov. 14 at the Pres byterian Church in Elizabeth City for the six local winners. Also invited are the mothers of the girls, and the guidance counselors, principals, and sup erintendents of their schools. The six girls, also have been invited to ride in the annual Christmas parade in Elizabeth City. LODGE DIRECTORS NAMED FOLLOWING INSTITUTION SUNDAY , • j Directors of Dare County's new Lodge No. 1459, Loyal Or der of Moose, were named fol lowing institution last Sunday in Manteo High School. Officiat ing were State Director William A. Moon of Pfafftown and offic- i iais of Greenville Lolge No. 8te, i assisteil by members of the Kin ston Lodge No. 1505. Also in attendance were representatives of Moose lodges in Plymouth, Elizabeth City, and Portsmouth, Va, Charter memfbers numbered 86, with some fifty additional applicants who were unable to attend the Sunday afternoon ritual. Named Past Governor, al though the Dame lodge is lust .^getting off to a start, was Wm. "V. Anderson of Kitty Hawk, a member for the past 8 years of the Portsmouth, Va. lodge. Others are: Govemog—Tom McKimmey, Nags Head; Secretary'—Wesley Tumage. Manteo; Junior Gover nor-Waiter B. Gray, Jr.. Nags Head; Prelate-Garland W. Bak er, Kitty Hawk; Treasurer— Fred I. Jones, Manteo; Trustees ' —(1 yr.) Merrill D. (Mike) Reich, Manteo; (2-yr.) Edward A. Miller, Kitty Hawk; (3-yr,) Reuben A. Etheridge, Manteo; ^rgeant-at-Arms—John T. Re- Lgan, Manteo; Inner Guard— 'Thomas D. Rhodes, Nags Head; Outer Guard—^Harry R. Griffith, Naga Head. i •1 MOORE'S VOW TO "ROT IN JAIL" IS VOIDED QUICKLY Wanchese Defendant Says Ha Did, Too, Observe Stop Sign Chai'les Walter Moore, 26,' of Wanchese shouted in District Court Friday that he would “rot in jail” before he would pay a fine of ^10 and co.sts aHer conviction of a minor traffic violation. Instead, he appealed to Superior Court and posted an appearance bond of |60. Moore’s outburst appeared to be the highlight of the first session of lower court since the recent fall term of Superior Court with it reduced charges, shortened penalties, and failure of juries to convict, especially in drunk driving cases. Judge Fenlress T. Horner bucked the apparent trend tow ard soft penalties given by the high court by handing jail terms to two persons charged with public drunkenness and lifting the operator’s license of . a de fendant charged with careless and reckless driving. Moore was convicted of failing to stop at a stop sign at the intensection of Scott and Coun ty streets. John L. Regan, night police man for the town and the ar resting officer, 'Said a vehicle resting officer, said a vehicle «lriven by Moore ignored the stop sign, turned right onto County street, and turned right again, making a virtual U turn as it went into the pool hall parking lot. Regan’s testimony w'as corroborated by Deputy Sheriff Sam Pledger. “I swear to God on the Holy Bible I stopped at that stop sign,’’ Moore said when it was his turn to testify. He said the stop -sign is 36 feet from the intersection, that he had photo graphs to prove it, and that he had stopped at the sign before reaching the corner. Regan and Pledger said the sign is very near the corner, indicating that it was much nearer'th'an U feet. When.. Homer found 'Moore guilty,' ordered him' to pay a fine of $10 and .costs, and set on appeal bond at 860, the de fendant jumped from. his chair at the defense table and shouted. See COURT, Page Four PRESIDENT WITH SOME OF THE AWARDS. SNOW GEESE TO ARRIVE SdON ON COAS-TAL REFUGE li-iT MRS. ORMOND W. FULLER of Buxton, President of the Cape Hattei'as Anglers Club for the past two years, is pictured witH some of the valuable awards similar to those to be present^, Saturday night at the awards banquet. Cope Hatteras .^High School. Forty teams are participating in the eleventh annual surf classic, the large.st group yet. > • ' ' . ’ EARLY LEAD FOR NEW JERSEY TEAM C. H. TOURNAMENT BANQUET SPEAKER FOR SATURDAY NIGHT ACT NOW TO ASSURE APPEARANCE OF N. C. SYMPHONY IN DARE YOUNG RECOMMENDED FOR CHAIRMANSHIP OF DARE PLANNING BOARD Robert A Young of Kill Devil Hills has been asked by the Dare County Board of Commis sioners to serve as chairman of the planning board. He would succeed .Tohn 'M. Huderwitz, formerly of Hatteras and Man teo, who has moved away from the area. Other members are Mrs. Elizabeth A. Smith and Z. Russell Perry of Kitty Hawk; and A. McCoy Tillett, Jr., of Manteo; W. S. White, chairman of the commissioners, indicated that the vacancy to be fillwl would be b.v a person from Hatteras Island. MBS. BELL NAMED TO ' TOURIST BUREAU BOARD Mrs. John M. Bell of Nags Head has been named as re presentative of the Greater Nags Head Chamber of Com merce as a director of the Tourist Bureau. She succeeds Joseph C. Hume, whose term expired in October. Mrs. Lea Pinner of Manns Harbor was named ms mainland representative on the Tourist Bureau board by Dare Commis sioners this week. She succeeds Mrs. Maj-y Agnes Midgett. SPAGHETTI SUPPER The Dare County Shrinettefl will sponsor a spaghetti supper, Saturday, November 16, be tween the hours of 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Dare County Shrine Club, Sfanteo. Tickets are 8L00 a plate and may be purchaaed at the door or from any of the shrinettea The membership drive of the Dare County Chapter of the North Carolina Symphony has entered its final week. Chapter president, Mrs. John Bell, urges area residents to give their support to this effort to bring North Carolina’s pro fessional orehestra to Dare County in 1969. Response has been good, but slow, and only about one third of the needed amount has been raised. Membership prices are as fol lows: IS for a single, |8 for a joint, |1 for a student (to attend evening concerts); |25 to $99 for a donor; and'llOO and above for a patron. Mrs., Bell emphasized that memberships support both the children’s concert and the eve ning performance for adults. She also pointed out that a membership will admit the be.ar- er to all of the evening concerts throughout the state sponsored by the North Carolina Symphony Society. Last year there were 38 such evening concerts given. Complete tour Mhedules will be sent to each suLseriber prior to the 1968-69 season, which will begin in November. Anyone wishing further in formation about the membership drive should contact Mrs. Bell at Nags Head; Mrs. Burwell Evans, Mrs. Wallace Gray, mem bership chairmen, or Mrs. W. W. Harvey, treasurer, the latter three in Manteo. FINAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR SYMPHONY BALL Final arrangeinents have been made for Uie Sjmphony Ball to be held Saturday night, Novem ber 9, at the Carolinian Hotel in Nags'. Head, by the Dare County Chapter of the N. C. Symphony SMiety. The orchestra will be the same orchestra which has played for several years for the anntnl Heart Fund ball, and dancing wilt begin at 9:30, to continue until one o’clock, with breakfast served at midnight The ball—the first to be held in Dare County for the sym phony society-will be a benefit to help sponsor the presentation of the N C. Little Symphony in Dare next spring. Mrs. Mollie Andrews of Manteo is chair man. Under brilliant sunny skies, the South Jersey Anglers Asso ciation of Margate City, N. J. caught 46 fish counting 365 points, putting them in lead at closing of the fiist session Thursday morning. Next were Avalon Anglers of Kill Devil Hills, with 47 fish counting 281 points. In third place was Al bemarle Anglers Club of Eliza beth City, catching 45 fish for .a.,.total. of ,162 pojnt.,, • The U. S. Naval Facility team at.vBtuctpn, was iii'fputth place witK 52 .fish counting 164) points. The- She-Devils, p^.Eliisi^th City'caught. 27 .fish.'cpanting.SC points to putvthem'ill. leading position among women’s diyiiioh. Several hundred -fish ‘ were caught in all, with' surf ap propriate for competition. Sea mullet, puppy drum, speckled trout,' bluefish',' and one false albacore were taken. 'Forty teams are participating the 'largest assemblage of its kind.' The South Jersey Anglers Thursday - morning’s front-min ers, were first place winners in 1961. Competition continued with another three-hour fishing peri od Thursday afternoon, and two more like periods will be noted Friday. Team competition will be followed by an open individual tournament on Saturday. Tournament banquet, at which time all the awards will be pre sented, is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Cape Hatteras High School. Speaker for the evening will be Kittridge Wing, Superintendent of Cape Hatteras National Sea shore. A dance will be held, in the Cape Hatteras Anglera Clirti building following the banquet beginning at 10 p.m. There will also be a dance Friday night at the club, with live music on both occasions. Paa Island Wintaring Grounds Big -Atfractien- Far Bird . Waichars- Like the" dated arrival of swallows at Capistrano Mission in California, 'Nevember-ll-or “Armistice. Day” is the • tradi tional date that'Greater Alneri- can Snow’ Gee^ moving; south ward' along - the- Atlantic-' Ry- -way, - from • their- Aretie- Girele br^ing grounds,'arrive at Pea Island National' Wildlife ■ Re fuge. , .. . •- '* - ' " TheRefuge here on, the pqrth end or -HatUras. ‘Island was originally 'created 'back’in" the 19.30s as a' winter haven for snow ■ gee.se, or white brant, a.« some people called them-back in those day's."At Pea Island the 'U; S. Fish and Wildlife SelVice officials. plant glasses " which the geese will be feeding".on during the comihg' winter. In the' -first flights there Will' be beautiful White ; fowl"' 'with blackUipped ' wings."' They are the adults. AIm'in the'flight, 'and usually 'in just" as 'large numbers Sb adults, 'are' the bluish-gray' "plUnied immature, fdwl, most of which will chlahge color to ^hite before the north ward-migration' begins, in late winter Snd during eaily'spring. ■' In' more "recent'' years, the liaihe Armistice 'Day' was changed to'Veterans Day,' and that may have * iiiflueiiced'the geese to a Certain extent,' be cause sometimes the 'geese‘do not arrive' bii schedule; ‘ The first vanguaril of'the colorful geese however,' are usually' at Pea Island on that' date; ob- servere 'will tell you.''In . addi tion to Snow' Geese 'thuTe are also many Canadf^,' occasional .blue g^se or.wk'.te^.'frohtS/'and a" variety of -ducl^ ;fhd)'Other migrating 'walterfired.''" - ■■ ’ » ■ .. 1 t > .1 . NIXON-AGNEW FAVORED BY DARE VOTERS AS DEMOS WIN IN ALL OTHER RACES Rep. Burrus, Unopposed, Leads Ticket While Others in His Party Heavily Supported; Atlantic Township Voters Approve Fire District Establishment. fpl1b\ving competition c'o^hMUng; Spiurr. day afternoon.'. ' -He is a'n'ati;)i^''p,f*CamlMri.dgvi^ Masa^ knd g grajdiuRVpfj'H^] vafd' lihiye^tywith'. a, dei^«4?’, fai.-- literature; He yeani in the army dui^; WW' TI, mostly M a'coiiiUt engiiii^l' He left the army in’19^'as''a lieutenant co)bnd,:'spendiiig .the' next two ^eate.’''M^a.. i^diiaite, student andV.li^ru^r' at ‘the Engiith depairinent of the. University of Arizona! He began his NP8 career,as, a ranger at-Bandelier National Monument, N. 'M., and ' his served in many mpecities in cluding superintenjdMt at a number of rites! "prior- to the Cape Hatteras'aiteiinmeat , He and his mfe, Eleanbr, make their' -home _ near'..the, headquarters on :^anoke - Ig> land. They have. a.'five-year-bid daughter, Betsy. • . ; , ‘ ac- .lioif..j|bb|t5 8|0,.;,nipre .k.lagtt. ..iHishi)»g."..tlie;.iitoy*ii? to over'600... .';But:.therRl!>g(b3Wr^f'.91i the move; ;appai^tly; JRPBot jCrthis opcan:M.',‘li«Bi!lay) boats, some tha:l;Cf|ipe down ■: from .''..Manm' .;H.a,r, b b r •otriped .I>asa .witeia,,to.'gO: after the vofYihore,.kli>#l,; M Hf»4ed only p*e..«iig.’.thi».-1itey.'hay* bera partly- due to a ck^ge.of weathei', Jbut as-tli^«^b were. tn>I.Mi :lt ,wm tha^ the big ^hoola'oppopatered Sunday.-when' tlm-’.iwnl.jfatch .was .-laade.f were..',^jai^)y,,-.m the.mQve.,'*I;.-:;, ,) In additioa^'tolxtke Bwidny take'/offIplet. .aggie" :Sig;n8HIN.G. .I^ge Pp«r , COUNTY'OFFICIALS honor retiring COMMISSibNER' v ^ LARGEST DRUM FROM COAST THIS SEASON BSHIHG. ROUNDUP ^OC;san.;SOunds E.f|i.jk.EE,-Rt. 2, .Copper Hill, Va!',' WpgHt this. 66-pound c)iai)ii>el j ^'ss on conventional tec)^ loaded with 40-pound- test lin.e'while casting with cut bait'from; the Hatteras Island pier; at Rodanthe on Election Day.''His' fish, measuring 51 inch^ long and 30)4' inches aixMind the girth, is the largest of! many, large channel bass 'taken'fromthe Outer Bonks .riirf t during Autumn 1968. ("AyieocktBrown photo) - FIRE DistklCTS IN ' ALANTIC TOWNSHIP FAVORED BY VOTERS By, margins varying from al most 2-to-l • down to 9-8, At lantic Township citizens outside Kill Devil Hills voted Tuesday to create fire districts. , Because of geographical limit* ations, two departments will be established—one on Coling- ton 'and the other at Kitty Hawk. Duck wilt be served by the Kitty Hawk facility. Kitty Hawk district voters approved by 99-51 the proposal, while Duck voted 9 for and 8 oppoMd. Colington citizens cast l»Ilots.21 for, 13 against. Under terms of the statutes involving creation of the new depatiments, Dare County Com- misrionera will appoint three commissioners who will'be re sponsible for acquiring property and constructing buildings to house equipment. The sprawling .township has heiretofore been served by vo lunteers from Kill Devil Hills. That municipality, however in formed thoM in outlying areas this past spring that it would ab' longer be able to continue service. SWAIN REAPPOIOTED Ralph L. Swain of Manteo has hean .reappointed as magis trate "of Dare county for a two- yMr.jmn: The appointment was made tiy, WiUter Cahoon, Eliz ah^ City,: chief judge of the Supuior Court of this district. The magistrate’s Job pa^ ISJMO aanually. DURING THEIR LUNCHEON BREAK .MONDAY, of Avon, a member of the board of county was receiving a gift from Board (%airinan!s^rord'Whi(e..M'Uiia;pkstm{'|aU'lM^.^th other board members and some of the Dare officials present. Left'te-right &.'ph^:^IIMrin 'K;Daniels, register of deeds, I. P. Davis, veteran’s officer Dr. W. W.^Haivay, iriee 'ehi^riiiaa.pif ba^,.'Slieriff Frank Cahoon, Rondal K. Tillett, Peniiel. Tillett and Bill Dillon, ^bMrd -'atembatiLr .lAll^k-.Erbwa phoio) 'h' : ‘ . ’ I. • ^ ' POCAHONTAS TO MEET '"Tlte'.Toiiti^uslea Coiuieil No. 28, Order of Pocahontas, will meet -Friday -night, November 8, at the Wanchese Community Buildia^'. at'7:80. All memlMra an urged to attend. ' For the first time since 1956,- Dare County voters on Tuesday cast a favorable vote for the Republican nominee for Presi dent of the United Slates. While far short of a majority, it was a decidedly heavy 1035 votes for Richai-d M. Nixon and running-mate Spirow T. Agnew, compared to Geoi-ge C. Wal lace’s American Independent Party with 844, and '700 for Hubert H. Humphrey’s Demo cratic ticket. ■- ' In 1952, Eisenhower failed to carry in Dare, receiving 7S7 votes to Adlai Stevenson’s 888. The story in 1956 was different, however when Ei.senhower car ried 1028 to Stevenson’s 840. The county, in 1960 swung hack into the Democratic column, casting 1240 for John F. Ken nedy to 1068 to Richard M. Nix- on. In 1964 the Democratic tide Was even heavier, with 1464 for LBJ, 867 for Goldwater. But not 'so in 1968, the dissident balloting largely in measura a result of the adjudged-ridicu-- lous spending programs of “The Great Society,” its attendant impossible demands in the fields of desegregation and other areas. The Presidential b a 11 o t i ng - was the only area in which Dare voters decided, favorably for the GOP, although in scattered precincts according .to unofficial returns, some con tenders secured more votes than the. Democatic nominee^ This occurred in the case of Alton Elroy Card, Jr. of Manns Har bor, who''bpposed Democatic" in-. cumlicnt W., StanfodJ White jfdr a • four-year ''seat on the board' ofcommissiiners. Card- gar nered 80 votes in predominatly- Republican Avon to White’s 67. In East Lake, it was Gard 17 to White’s 16. The only other contestad seat on the board was that held by Democratic nominee William P. Dillon of Buxton, who was opposed by Clayton 'T. Brothers of Avon, GOP candidate. Brothers’ only leading box was at home, although he did secure about one-thini of total votes cast. A complete breakdown, un-- official when compiled, ..is published elsewhere in today;t i issue, for candidates in local',!' district, national and most - of the state offfices. .... Candidates for the 1969 House and Senate in North" Carolina won with no oppori-. tion, the same fortune having - bencifitted them in the Demo-" cratic primary when no cam paigning was necessa-ry to r^., tain office. Rep. Archie Burrus of Dare led Tuesdayls pollirig with 1779 votes, while the- other Second House District Representative, W, R. (Bill) Roberson of Washington, secured 1677 votes. Edgar'J. (Red) Gurganus of Williamston' had 1550 votes. P. A. Tillett of Kitty Hawk, memh#>r of the Dare board of commissioners, was unoppored, and collected , 1587 votes. Mrs." Nellie Perry of that community securml 1622 ns a ■member of the 'board of education, and political newcomer Mrs. Cath*.. erine Henry Burrus of Bux’on received 1555 votes to tha- board. No one was named f*x>m the mainland area for a saat on that board, neither party having placed a nominee on ’he ticket. It will thus fall the lot of. District Representatives Burras and Roberson to name a mvin* her from that area when the Legislature’s Omnibus Bill cccds during the winter. - ’X; , Rep. Walter B. Jones received a favorable 1653, compared opponent Reese B. Gainer for whom 841 Dare voters cast their ballot.- . Those; candidal^;-for >teta office! contested'but not cqjf* tained among ..those listed AiH' precinct-by-precinctbreakdoilra in'-tdday’s ireue, are as-foUom: For Lt. Goremor, Taylor polled 1474'to RepdhH-|!vfi can opp6nrat :Don H. Garrea^s 808; Secretary of State:'ThiMi Eure- 146S -to RepablkanTJolHi P. Balt’s 800* Atid{tor:;’rH«^!^ L. Bridges 1441,;Theddqrt^^-C^ (Ted) Conrad (R) 761; Treasitri-: er. Edwin GUI 1462, Clyde” R.“i I Gieene (R) 761; Supt. of PukUci; See VmNG,''Page''Pa«r^& ■ ■- V',-. .. - --i| II -'Y'l -”*81 ■#l jfl -

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