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Fourteen Pages in Two Sections
VOLUME XXXIV NO. 22
MANTEO, N. C. 27954, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1968
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STATISTICS FROM
SCHOOL FUNCTION
IN DARE COUNTY
Interesting ‘ Comparisons On
Teachers, Taxation, Grad
uates, Support
' “A Rankinir of School Adinin-
i.stratiVe. Units — Jtilv IPdg”
7>i-cnjireil by The Stati.stica'
.'’c-vices of the Department of
Public Instiotction pive.s some
interesting and provocation in-
f o r m a ti on concerning the
schools of North Carolina.
Dare Countv ranks 151st oiii
of 160 adniini.st.rutive units in
the state in enrollment of pupils
in the public .schools; the
smallc.st enrollment in anv of
the eastern counties. The hold
ing power of the D:iro .Schools,
the number of 5th graders in
1959 who graduated in 1907
ranks us as .“l-lrd out of 100
counties with n norcentage of
i O.'l.O or 08 graduates out of 107
•9 fifth graders. Of tho.'c 08
graduates, 35 entered collego
which ranks Dare as 22nd of
' 160 administrative units.
Teacher prcnaralion is .shoam
in the fact that Dare ranks
166th of 160 units with tencher.s
of le.ss than an “A” certificate,
another way to say it is that
84.6% of our teachers have an
“A” or higher certificate. We
i-ank number 15 out of ICO unit.s
in the number of teachers naid
entirely from local funds. This
(T shows that our effort to lower
the number of puuiis tiuit each
teacher teaches i.s very good.
'■ Dare is not one. of the wealtJiicr
counties and yet our effort in
this direction ranks our schools
quite high.
Per-pupil ' o.\DC.ndilurc frpn'
all source.s—Fede,ral, State,'.and
local ranks us 54) h out of 169
administrative units, with an
e.vpenditure of .?447.31 per
^ pupil. We are not quite as good-
. . in this category as Hyde, Cur
rituck, and Camden count'e".
Personal income of oui; popula'-
tion ranks us as 75)h olit of 100
cotmtic':. above. Camden and
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NEGROES PERSIST
SCHOOL 'LAY-OUT,'
MAKING DEMANDS
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CARLSON WINS WESTVACO 15-YEAR SERVICE AWARD
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ALAN CARLSON of Manteo, (right), receives Weslvaco’.s jeweled,
I5-ycar service award J'2'om Qticiiliii Hell, manager of Westvaeo’s
North Carolina Woodlands. Carlson, a native of Lynn, JIass.,
and a graduate of the University of .Massachusetts and Duke
University Graduate School of Foro.stry, joined Westvaco in
November, 1953. He wa.s Tyrrell District Forrester until 1960,
when ho was named A.ssisiant Woodlands Manager.
Active in the Society of American ^'orcstcl•s and local com
munity affairs, Carl.son hc-lpc-d organize .SAF’s Albemarle Chapter
and i.s presently a leader in Scout work in Dare County. Ho is
also a member of Toastmaslcr.s. He is a Marino Corp.s veteran.
Carl.son i.s marrioil to the former .Miss Jean Allen of Kinston
•and they have four children.
EXCITING PROGRAM BEING SHAPED
FOR DECEMBER 17 CELEBRATION
Hyde. County negroes num
bering .about 200 staged a
peaceful demonstration in fron'"
of the courthouse T u o s d ay
afternoon in “anticipation of
the slated aiTival” that night of
Ralph David Asbernathy, SCLC
president. He. arrived .at Engel-
i haixl by plane slioi-tly after 9 p
* ni., accompanied by a parly of
6.
Abernathy went to the 0. A
Peay School which was the
scene of, disruptive and destruc
tive activities by somp of the
negro youths two weeks ago.
Abernathy was reported to have
i-etumed to Georgia Wednesday
afternoon, after speaking to a
gathering of some 600.
There wore no arrests Tues
day, and the promised mass
“jail-ia” on AVedneadny failed
to materialize. Sheriff Charlie
J. C a h o o n ■ said Wednesday
afternoon that the day had been
“quiet.” He indicated that ac
tivities on the civil rights fron*
• Wednesday consistcii of meet
ings at Jobe’s Chapel Church,
headquai-tcrs for most of the
activity prior to marches. ’
The Tuesday m.ai-ch cul
minated with reading of a
re.solution pas.sed earlier by the
pvimnrily-negro IHyde County
unit of the N. C. Teacher.s As-
.‘'ocintion. That i-esolution cnllel
for the board of education to
“levelop a plan of school de
segregation which will utilize
oil of the existing schools in
tlie county on a desegregateei
- basis.
The ^solution threatened
that “if no action is taken t-
relieve the school situation, the
r-embei-a of Hyde County unit,
of the NCTA will call of the
National Education Association
to announce a '.sanctions alert’
and invoke sanctions if neces-
’' s-'v uren Hyde County's school
system.”
Now entwing its thiixi month,
*1,.. st’-’ko of schools orginated
then because negjx> elements
were alarmed over the’- pro-
jecte«l loE.s of D.aVis school at
Engelhai'd and O. A. Peay
school .at Swa,Ti Quai-ter.
The deseprretation plan which
triggei-ed the strike was ap-,
proved by HEW and would
eventually bring all students of
. the county except for Ocracoko
into one education facility— the
new Mattamuskeet School.
The strike is not 100% cffcc-
. live. There are nomc. 60 students
■ attending the Peay school, while
about 70 are now enrolled at the
Davis school, taking advantage
of the educational benefits.
An , exciting program ar
ranged by tile Air Foi-ce As-
-sociation Jind R^’pluV., Whilcn-
'!•, -secret arj-'^''f'"uie hationhl
advisory board "■’of The First
Flight Sociclv scheduled for
’•vill D'vil Hills near' Kitty
Hawk on Tuesday, December 17.
'J'lio ceremonies beginning at
the Visitor Center, Wright
Bi-bthf.r.s National Memorial at
lOi.'JO o’clock will conchuic with
he annual First Flight Luncli-
'on at the John Yancey.
Distinguished guests attend
ing this (!5th nnniver.sity of the
Wright Brothers famous fii-st
flights of December 17, 1903.
will- be Col. Charles “Chuck”
Yeager and Col. .Jacqueline
Cochran.
Col. Yeager was the first man
0 fly a plane faster than the
speed of sound and Col. Coch
ran was the first woman to per
form this feat. Each have many
other aviation achievements,
and two of four poitraits to be-
unveiled during the luncheon
program will be of these two
amous personalities.
Portraits of Adn\iral Richai-d
Byni, the first to fly over both
he North and South Poles, and
Amelia Earhart, first woman
fo fly alone across the Atlantic
will also be unveiled.
Tlnilling events of the cere
mony at the National Memorial
Visitor Center will be memorial
flights over the area by at least
thrw! branches of the IMilitai-y,
the Air Fon;e. ' Navy and
See PROGRAM, . I’-age Five
COMING NOV. 30TH
MOTEL OWNER'S
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MISS BESSIE DRAPER, a long
time friend' and former health
nurse of Dare before illness
necessitated her retirement, is
scheduled to return to Dare
County, Saturday afternoon,
November 30. Her plans are to
remain through Monday, Dec. 2.
Confinoil to a wheel chair
since a stroke in the spring of
1962 “Draper” as she is known
here, will be at the home of
Mi-s. Raymond Wescott on Pino
Street in -Manteo.
Jlrs. Wescott extends an
invitiition to all friends of Miss
pi-ajier in the' area to come by
and vi.sit.
Norfolk Man, Backer of Nags
Head Developmonf, Heard in
Virginia Courf Monday , -
Roy S. Wicker of Norfolk, a
n.-^eipal in the development of
Pebblo_ Beach Motel at Nags
Hoad, pleaded guilty to a
charge of grand larceny Moiid-v
in Corporation Court, Part II,
held in ..Norfolk.
Wicker chango-J his plea from
not guilty to guilty after a jury
heard witnesso.s’ testimony in
dicating that he (Wicker had
bought lumber stolen from Ad-
dington-Heainon Lumber Co.,
after .'••etting up n deal with an
employe of that firm.
Judge W. Moultrie Gerrv who
presided declurcd :i ini.sti-ial
after Wii-.ker indicated lie.
wished to change his jilea. He
originally had pleaded not
guilty.
Giierry said that sentencing
will be delayed until Jan. 7
when Wiclcer will bo tried for
three other eh.irgcs of grand
larccnv. Those cases also
rclalcd to receipt of .stolon
niercliandi.se.
Goods valued at 5229.70 were
involv'ed in the Monday trial. A
key witness was Aaron Zacli-
ariah Baxter, .35, a former em
ploye of the lumber firm, who
le.slified that he stole three
loads of materi.al which included
20 sheet.s of .T x S’ plywood, .36
•sheets of F x 4’ plywood and
four doors. Baxter lias been
indicted for gnipd larceny and
i.s awaiting trial with three
others whom Virginia authori
ties say provided Wicker with
materials from Colonial Block
Co.
No direct evidence linking the
stolen materi.als with the Naga
Head facility was introduced
Monday, but testimony to that
effect had been brought out in
earlier hearing in police court.
Baxter testified that he took
four doors to the Clianiiel O'—b
Co. al 771 Stapiclon St. on Feb.
28. He said that V/icker asked
hini to get the, doors for which
he Tcceivcd $4 apiece.
In an opening statement,
Gordon Camplicll, one of Wick-
ev’.s altoi-ne.ys, said the doors
were left at the Blue Channel
because, the. driver who delivered
them was unable to get to hi.s
proper destination. He .said the
driver was told by Wicker that
if the dooi-s were left at the
Blue Channel that the risk be
longed to the driver. Fi'cderick
T. Slant. Jr., who recently was
defeated in the U. S. Congres-
sion.al race, also i-epresented
Wicker.'
The motel is one of Nags
Hoad’s more attractive facili
ties. It is located on the ocean-
front. and earlier was ojicrated
by Miv and Mrs. Jamp.s C.
Jewart who .sold their intei-esi
some two years -ago to Wicker
and Ed Coyner, Jr., of Virginia
Beach.
Coyner dispo-sed of his in
terest, and last spring George
51. Holmes, operator of a nurs
ing home in Norfolk succeeded
Coyner as partner.
In turn the Wicker-Holmes in
terests were recently deeded to
Pebble P.oach, Inc., and it is
presumed that the owmership
interests lliorein are, essentially
the same as prior to incorpora
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SHOWN ARE .soine of the ocean trawlers in port at Wanchese where up to 60 or more vessels
will be basing during the offshore fishing season in waters near Oregon Inlet. At present most
of the vessels are dragging for flounder and other bottom species of food fishes, but later there
will be swordfishing rigs operating from Wanchese. (Aycock Brown plioto)
PLAN YULETIDE
BEAUTY NOW FOR
ROANOKE ISLAND
Garden Club Invites All Home
makers to Participatd in
Christmas Decorating
Contest
1'he Roanoke Island Garden
Club is asking every homc,-
makcr on the island to give
evidence of the spirit of Christ
mas by decorating the main
door- and possibly, thq'approach
to the home in such’ a manner
as to give a, f^'-'-ling of plea-suru
to passersby, to home visitors
and' oven 'to tlio homefolks
thcmsolvc.s. VEPCO is encour
aging the'club’s- appeal-to in
dividual dreorators by offering
prizes for the bn.st-donc doors.
An electric frying pan will be
the first pri-ze, a toaster for the
second and an electric liand-
mixor a.s the third prize. Though
winning a prize is fun, the,club
urges that such i.s of .small
value compared with making
the i.sland more beautiful at the.
Christmas .season.
The off-island judges will
evaluate the attractiveness of
the decorations on Saturday
evening, December 2lst, and
their evaluation will be based
on the following points; 1, Uso
of nntuivd materi.al.s, green, or
dried; 2, In keeping with Christ
mas; .3. Originality of design,
cmpha.sizing .simplicity. 4, .suit
ability to the placement or loc.a-
tion. The judging will include
all the homc-s on the paved
streets of Manteo, like-wise in
Wanchess. Also the main high
way througli the island from
the Washington Baum Bridge
1.0 the Uiiistead Bridge going to
Alunns Harbor, thoroad through
the Mother Vineyard area and
the Airport Road. The project
committee is asking that all
decorators living private on
lanes or roads tliat head away
from the main throiighfares,-
such as Scalene Drive, the Park
Seiwice i-e.sidences, Lost'Colony
dimiiiilorie.s, iRbger.s Rontl, West-
side and other loeations not
listoel: idione in their names to
r.ithcr" MI'a. A. Q. Bell or Mrs.
Mclviii Jackson of 51anfeo. ^
JOHN WILSONS ARE HONORED AS HE RETIRES
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JOHN F, WILSON of Manteo, vyho is retiring as ferry superinten
dent, was iionoretl by . Jiis co-workeVs employed by the .State
Highway Conimis.sion’s feri-y system last Friday night, at The
Carolinian, Nags Head. He is shown with Mrs. Wilson who shared
honors with him and each received gifts, he a watch suitably
engraved and she some sparkling jewelry.
More than 125 persons, ferry personnel, active and retired
highway officials, plus a multitude of friends attended the ban
quet prcccilcil by a hospitality hour in the Cypress and Anchor
Rooms of the hostelry. George Fuller of Buxton, administrative
assistant to the ferry operations manager, arranged the successful
party which concluded vyith' a live music dance. (Aycock' Brown
photo) ' ' , - '
TRIMARAN 'TROIKA*
RENDERED Alb BY
OREGON INLET C.G.
TURKEY .SHOOT DEC. I t
Oi-egon Inlet Coast Guard
gave assistance to the trimaran
“Troika”'^ early Tuesday morn
ing'when its motor became dis-
abletl -about 20 miles southeast
of Oregon Inlet.-
The vessel which had askoil
for 'assistance was contacted by
the Coast Guard and towed in
to Oregon Inlet about 9 o’clock.
51 r. and' Mrs. Robert Ander-.
.son, of Copi-aqiie, N. Y., were'
aboard tlui “Troika” which was
Piiroulo from Cape May, N. J.,
to Grtind Bahamas, (where the
vessel’s owner William E. Mc-
Clatcliy lives) when she .en-
countorod troubla during a stjff
•southwest breeze, acconling to
Cape Ilaltoras National Se.v
sliove officials who investigateel
the. incident.
A turkey shoot will ho held
on December ^14 at the location
of Ill's Cirous Tent on'll. S. 158
By-pass, K^H Devi) Hills from
the houi-s of I to fi-.dO p.m. •>
Sponsorctl by the Outer
Banks Kiwanis Club proceeds
will be used towaixl the youth
tcholarship fund availablzi to
.seniors at the JIanteo . High’
.school.
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aiOST OF THE BLINDS in the sounds and marshes of the Outer Banks were occupied by nimrods
hoping to make kills as the migratory wildfowl season opened in North Carolina waters. There
were some reports of hunters getting their limits shortly after daybreak on Wednesday. One of
the many hunters was Billy Browm of Manteo shown here with his stand of decoys which he hoped
would lure wildfowl in range of his blind at Oregon Inlet during the curront week (before he re
turns to ECU in Gx'ecnville for the winter semester beginning next week. (Aycock Brown photo)
GIANT'BLUES TAKEN .
FROM FISHING
PIER
Giant blues; two of them,
were caught from the Nng.=!
Head Fishing Pier Wedne.iday
afternoon Dave Mizznlle, pier
opoiator, ivelcd in'a'TO-pound-
er, and John Marljm of District
Heights, -Md., caught a 13-
jiounder.
Jlizzelle reported that a few
nioro were . hooked by-v pier
anglers tut lioV; landed. '“TTie.
blues wci-e on tte move,_ and at
the rate 'Uiey'. were traveling
south, they should have been in
vicinity of Oregon Inlet by
nightfall,” he said.
CAPE HATTEAS FEATURE
ON TV SPECIAL DEC. 11
National Broadcasting Com
pany’s Project XX new season
opener, “Down to the Sea in
Ships,” will feature a segment
on North Ciux>tina’s Cajie'Hat-
teras.
I'he color documentary spe
cial, to be‘televised "on Decem
ber 11 at 10 p.m. “is the story
of man on deep waters, a
groundswell of nautical drama
and adventures of maritime
legend and mystery."
NBC urges viewers to ‘Travel
to Cape Hatteras,-graveyard of
the .\tlantic, for a look at the
wreckage of ships whose names
have long lieen foi'gotten in the
sea that killed them.”
North Carolina’s famed Cape,
along with the surrounding
area, will be featured some
seven minutes-in the’prcwnta-
tion.
BARNABY PLAQUE TO BE DISPLAYED
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BANK ROBBERY AT
NAGS HEAD NETS
15-YEAR SENTENCE
Frank Berry Forbes of Shiloh
Sentenced in U. S. District 1' ■
, Court Tuesday
THIS PLA9yE *THE iSQARiNG ^GI^IoF^XmEW^
and 'featuring‘ the slogsm .“’rtcy Taught -Ue, To
display at'the monument during ceremonies marking the,'65th
anniversary ' of the Wright ;Brothers first flight scheduled for
Tuesday, December 17 at the National iMenibrial at Kill Devil
Hills. (NFS ’ photo) * -
Frank Beiry Forbes. .31, of
Shiloh, was sentenced to 15
years . confinement in Federal
pi-ison Tuesday for his part in
robbing the Nags He^id brani’'>i
of Planters National Bank sr.d
Trust Company last JanuaiT 30.
The robbery which occurred at
about 9:45 a.m. was accompHsed
bv two peraons wearing cover
alls and caps over their heads
and faces. A total of $13,889
was taken, only $45 of which
has been recovertKl to date.
The jury in U. .S. District
Court deliberated one hour and
20 minutes before, returning the
guilty verdict. Judge John Mc
Kenzie of Kastern Virgini.i Dis
trict court jiresidcd over the
session,' held in Elizabeth City.
Forbes was aiTested on Oc
tober 24 at a service station oii
the Camden Causeway ■whe”'’
he was employed. His accom
plice is still being sought by the
Federal Bureau of Investiga:^
tion.
Forbes denied on the stand
h.aving visited the Dare Beaches
within the previous 18 months.
Thomas Dowdy, chief of police
of Kill Devil Hills, however,
said that Forbe.s along with two
others, was in a car that wtW
narked at Avalon Pier, about
three miles from the bank, on
the night of January 29. Ho
said that ho had made the ob-
sciwat ion between 11:30 p.iri.
and midnight.
L. S. Bl.ades, III, vice-preri-
dent of the. Norfolk & Carolina
Telephone &' Telegraph Co.,
showed company records in
dicating a collect call made t-tie
same night from Kill Devil
Hills to Forbes’ home in
Shiloh. The caller gave his name
as Frank Forbes.
Some members of the Forbes
family t^.stified that the der
fend.'int was at home working
on cai's at the time of the of
fense. '
Forbes’ attorney, C1 a r e n c«
5Iorse, said that the man Chief
Dowdy -talked to at Avalon pier
couki have been “another Fra^
Forbes.” The defense attorney
also pleaded that anyone could
have pl.aced a collect call and
given Forbes’ name. “There
are a lot of people with that
name in Noi^castern North
Carolina,” he noted.
Goveniment w i t n e s s es in
cluded four businessmen from
the Shiloh and surrounding area
who had turned over nine
marked $6 bills to FBI agen»
The marked bills were kept in.
a bank drawer. Eight had been
spent by Forbes, the other by,
George Allen. Jr., Forbes’^^
brother-in-law who was ' Ute.
first to tell the FBI that Forbes
had bragged of robbing the
bank testimony indicated.
Allen said that Foibes had
lot of $5 bills that looked
“right new." He testified that,
he saw the defendant washing
some of them, and was told that
Forbes wanted them to “look
old,” Allen said he was told by^
Forbes to “keep my mouthy
shut" about the bank robbery
unless he wanted to scei “how-
a .32 pistol felt,” Forbes denirf;
threatening Allen.
Attorney Morse questions
the whereabouts of the rest of
the stolen money and said that-
Forbes could have received the'
marked money through normal
channels. Weldon -Hollowell, all-
•>ssirtant district solicitor, S'dd'
that the bills spent by the d»!*
fendant ran in 'sequence nAd
that there was “no evidence ' 6^
that stolen money had turned bp'
from any other coui-se."
RichaiM E. Jordan of Manteo,' . , J
long-time employee of the benk,' -
who was on duty when the
crime was committed at Naga
Head, said he could not, .identify'
either robber because both^ww. - 'as-
knit caps over their fac^'^**! ,,;V
couldn’t even tell.the coloyjof. .^t
the,' skin,”, he aaid, ■= aiW). -
He said .the. fi^ man in 'ap^^ , ^
proaching pointed a gun at^Wni '''
and . told him to “lie dqiraj jOB . ,
the floor and' do what '.he.'toW
me and I.j wouldn’t get hu^? ;
Jordan said one n^ ^hUy^i^
him and asked him the loc^Wi. -
of the cash drawer. “I''hiStt. n
paper, rattling. A .few miaa^a
after, that >the man aak^^iMi ify r^-,
there'--', was ixny.-i moi^ ■;= fa'rT
vault."-. He. said,''l>e'"^tblds’3^i»-.f^.,j.5^-,
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