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i ■■. S David Stiolc Kitty-Hawk, 'N^C. '27949 8-21.§7^^ TJft ' > RB4EWAK 0F.SUISCRIF110N KFQRE EXPiRATiON pAlf ON ADDRESS MAIL SHOULD 8E ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 MANTEO. N. C. 27954 NOT TO INDIVIDUALS through Eight' ; WITH WHICH IS COMMNED THE PHOT AND HERALD OF BELHAVEN AND SWAN QUARTER PUBUSHED WKkir IN THE INTEREST OFiTHE . WALTER RALEHSH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROUNA ... ..-/-'f; Sixteen Pages inrTwo Sections. •VOLUME XXXIV -i. NO. 23 MANTEO: N. C; 27954. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1968 Single Copy 100 •CIMNN^L BASS TO BE SUBJECT NEXT TUESDAlf HEARING Advhofy Boord-Spon- ; sored HoeringlTd po In Dare / P>Mrthovie.| 7:3p P.M. The fish whicK has probably h done more in the way of help- insr develop Dare County and other areas as a sport fishing .ceBter.i-channel boss—will be the subje^ of a public hearing .Tw^y night, Deci 10 in the Date County Courthouse. It will begin at 7:30 p,m. in,the court- .room. • 'j " ^William A. Shjres, '^chairman of.-ihe Commercial and Sports Fiaheriea Advisory Board of N. C. Deportment of Conservation and Development, urgea all in terested persons to attend. , The public meeting is an out growth, of opposition to the ill- •dvi.ied decision recently an- nduBccd to remove the daily re- ' strietion .on taking of the popular species. =, Writing for his column, “put- 4001*,” Bob Hutchinson in ".the Nbrf^h Virginian-Pilot, recent ly . sttinined up the situation rtly. We reprint as follows; Nl C. CHANNEL BASS TO LOSE protection The'fishery regulation limit- > ^ ing' North Carolina sport, and commeiciiit fishermen to two fiah, over 32 inches a day has v been /fescindcd by ’ the state’s W Division of Sport and Com- mei«h|l Fisheries. ' The action was taken follow ing.n^ public hearing in New Bern,' last month. Sportsmen claim the meeting was “padded" by a Huge contingent represent- irig commercial interests. .t The'‘regulation placing the two-a-day limit on the highly prised red drum was enacted by the DSCF in 1960 and cham pioned by Ed Fike of Ahoskie. -who at.:oiie time ‘authored a eolumii,' Fiahing With Fike, in Tjw‘Virginian-Pilot. A ;BQ1 DBon of 6uxton-pn-Hat- .;A’ -mombtr = of the. Dare County ’Board of Commisaioners ..aiM'D'fDn(i*,i'.;pi«sideht of the lO^R^ber Cape; H a 11 e r a s ’ AliiKim;Club; aaM he'was “com- by removal’ of ; tHo diiVy^Hmit. .^T '^Thia .pM»M; commercial net- ;^V''^^‘ble to wrap up ‘ .entM, «^h4>ls of red drum," .'ju^.ll^dA.'t'and dertroy one of Biuika' most valuable it^infeoa. Someone sneaked this ;n^ upvand yre better do some- uiiiF to/fct it ehahged.” ¥'‘^ra.“' Connie Young of Ra- tV'Rcciictary to Dr. Thomas at^'. pommiastoner of the DBfeF.'.siiid'tHe regulation will . I^.^windyad. Jan. 1, 1969 and both sport and com- ;m«raj^:-fuhennen will be able 'torcujieh''upiimit*d-numbers of jpiilNH channel' bass. - ij^^^^'iaid'the regulation was ;iiia!L,\a aiate statute and could be • .ghi^gedtby the.North Carolina tpHBMrv&ion and Development s1|iilMP^ 'uiid«r which the DSCF '■.'^apWatea. Bhe said this was how "thA i«gulp|i«n was rescinded. VlrginiaTiled has a two-a-day ilimii on channel bass, but in the Old. Dominion the limit 8ae FISHIRIES, Page Four NAGS HEAD TO 'ASK CHi^NGE IN * . TOWN^CHARTER The. Nags Head town boanl will .seek a leglalaUve change in the town charter ^ provide for continuing memberi^ip on the ^piveniing body. ^ 'Presently, terms of members of the board run for’two years ahd all expire at the same time. It 'is possible. that tlm entire hodrd’ could be swept out of pfHce at once. The present board lidieTes Ruch an event would leave the town without anyone Twr.ned in its aebninistration. The;.hoard.at its December ineirting' approved a motion to M.Urt legMature to change'the L e|iM^r RO that three of' the '* hraaiMt five-member board couM asaitm#,foui:*XMr.termB instead if'''thei?. umai two-year terms, liw If^lature meets in Jan- “ Tha hoRrd aho discussed the oration of the dredge recently purchased bv the towns of Nags ^ad Xill Devil Hills to be £^in ehlaigenient and mainte- auMe'sf'tihe freshwater pond (hat-Buppliea Uieir water. The Npirc Head-board wanU to hire sameone capable of operating hdt’ it ; doesn't want to lay fragea that would be eom- mimd^ by an experienced oper- I i,iator. A board spokesman isaid l''^all ap^ieanta for the job so far hava'aRh^ REore moiwy than the Warn co«ld afford to pay. II-Y^R OLD OUTSHPPTS OLD TIME.,HUNTERE R, V. OWENS, Ill, son df’Mr. and'Mrs.' Robert V. Owens, Jr. of Mantco displays a pair of Canada geese he killed from a blind near Oregon Inlet white Ininting during the Tlianksgiving Holidays. During two day.s of hunting he uctunlly. killed more geese than either his father and two other adults in;the party*'They also killed duck. The 11-yeav-old hunter was using his new'^ gauge automatic. (Aycock Brown piioto) MANY RECORDS IN 1968 BROKEN. FOX TELLS R.LH.A. MEET $12,478 Deficit Despite Highest Attandanca in History; Meet ing in Charlotte Achievements, both theatri cally and statistically, were re ported for “The Lost Colony" outdoor dn-ima at the annual meeting of tlie Roanoke Island Historical Association held in Charlotte Tuesday as the open ing event of the transplanted North Carolina “Culture Week”. The meeting of the R.I.H.A. and other historical, literary and cultural grouns, was moved here from Raleigh this ye.ir in connection with . the Queen City’s 200th birthday celebra tion. John W. Fox, gcnenl man ager, reported the following records set by Joe Lnvton’s fifth production of Paul Green’s 31- yeur old symphonic drama: • Total attendance of 64,682 paid, os comn.ared with n previ ous high of 68,437 in 1960. • Average paid-attend.ance- pcr-performance of 1,198; a® compared with a previous high of l.i:i2 in 1946. • Ticket salc.s of $136,548.80. topping the nreviou.s high mark of $119.64-1.84 in 1967. • Box office average per performance. '$2,528.68, ns com- p.ared with n previous high of $2 216 95 Jn 1967. • Averng'* value of each Mcket sold, $2.11. as comaai'e:! with $205 in 1902 and 1966. ■ The -ihighest p.aid attend.arce for any one performance, l.^OS on Saturday night. August 17. as comoai-ed w>th 1.91.5 on Au gust 22. 1953-'he earliest yoni for which individual p'‘rfoi'- mance reconls are available on on audited basis. “Despite these achievements," Fox reported, “the drama wnimd iiu $12,478 ‘in the red’ becau'e production and ’pperat-' ing co«*s of $149,027 exceeded ‘he $136 549 ,in ticket . sal“s. Momber'hip enrollment in +he sponsoring jRoanoke Island His torical Association, contribu tions, the oi^ration of .a g'ft shop, and a'' 48-page souvenir program offset the production lo8.s’’. 'The drama manager po'ntel out that four rnin-outs—one on the Fourth of Jtilyjrthe other three in succession the follow ing week—^wero largely respon- sible'ffor the ‘‘red-ink" on the -l^ger. He aUo pointed.out that thei play has an average weekly payroll of 163 pereons,' includ ing 93 performers and 25 pi^uction lenders and back- -ScelRBCORDS, Page Five WINS MORRISON AWARD ii- - FRACASES, OTHER CASES AIRED IN FRIDAY'S COURT Ssveral ContinuancM, On* Di vorce Granted A> Judge • Fenfreti Horner-Flretidet FIRST FLIGHT SCENE SHOWN IN DIORAMA M DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SWALIN, director of the North Carolina Symphony, is the win ner of the 196.8 Morrison Award for outstanding. achievement and contributiona in the - per forming arts in North Carolina. The announcement was made Tuesday at the annual luncheon meeting of. the Roanoke Island Historical Association, first event of the traditional Tar Heel “Culture Week,” trans planted from Raleigh this year in connection with Charlotte’s 200th birthday celebration. • The award was established in 1967' by ihe people of Dare Countv, North Carolina and nnipetl in appreciation for Dr. end Ml*. Fred W. Morrison'- of Washington, D. C.. and ’ Kill Dev'l Hills. Mrs. Morrison, a native of Scotland Countv,'la chairman of the Roanoke Island Historical Association and “Praducer” of “The Lost Colo ny’’ outdoor drama'which has be^n prooentH in Dare County since 1937 under the sponsor ship of the-RJ H.A.'Dr. Morris on, a native of Cabarrus Coun ty, js„a _prpipinent, aJt!?rney„-,in tho nation’s ennitai. Both have been active, financially and time-wiso;., in .the efforts to mnmorialixe '-'Sir - WalW..^' .iRis- leigb’s first attomots nt English colonization on Roswioke Island. The 16th century'“lostlcolony", —^20 years be.fore Jamestown nnil 30 years before Plymouth Rock—produce'l Virgmia Dare, first child of English parent^ to be bom in’ America. ’ Paul .Giwn, the ; Puliteer Prize-winning" playwright^ of “The Lost Colony" drama, ■was given the first Morrison A'watd in 1967. Announcement of Dr. Sw."’in on l^FS winner was 'See SWALIN. Page Six " Testimony relating to a frolic nt the home of Mrs. Elnora Bowser in the colored com munity near the Manteo water tank 'oh October’ 11 consumed much of therthue allotted Dis trict Court in Manteo last Fri day. The session vrms presided over' bv'' Fentress' T. ‘ Homer, chief judge. 'Thp apparent cuttee .and.cut- to'r drew Isu.s'pe'nd^ road sen tences for their action.s, and the former was also told to pay the medical costs. It all grew out of an alterca tion of sorts between John Langston Daniels, of Manteo, who has a lengthy court record himself, who claimed that he bad gone to the Bowser home “to' buy a pint of gin.” The first witness was none other than Mrs. Bowser, who told the court that Daniel.s had come to the residence where he started an argument with Loth Barnett, an alcoholic white woman. Elnora', said she told Daniels to leave—^which he did. But she said that “within five minutes he was liack snatching on the door." ». ; r, , “He threatened to break the door 'down, so' Willie (Credle) opened the door. When I saw the gun ‘ I ran and Willie grabbed the gun,” said Elnora. Forrest V. Dun.stan, Elizabeth City barrister, who acted as de fense coun.sel for Daniels and assistant prosMutor in the re lated cases where other persons were involved, asked “how often Daniels came to the residence?" See COURT, Page Five 3 BOYS RESCUED AFTER lO-HOUR SEARCH IN SOUND A Coast Guard crew aboard a .W-foot boat .pulled three Roanoke .I^and-youngsters from 'a '1'4-foot 'scow' in 'the choppy u-aters'of Croatan Sound early W^nesday'v after n lO-hour search; irHeifboys were identified as Larry Banks, 16. Chariey Banks, 11. and Oscar Berry, Jr., 14. The Coast Guard rescuers found, the hoys and .their boat about l-i/2, miles north’’of the bridge connecting'Roanoke Is land and Manns Harbor. A Coast Guard spokesman, said the ))ovs were cold and wet after spending the night adrift' in the sound. The rescue boat took the boys and their boat to Manna- Harbor where, friends and relatives awaited them. The spokesman said the boy.s boarded their boat' in a creek near the -Manteo town dump about 6.p.m, Tuesday a^ rowed into the sound to set a net. Once in the sound, the spokesman said,, the wind, fog. and tide were;-too much for the youngs ters to master. The.Coast Guard was asked to . look for .the boys about 10 pirn. Tuesday. The all-night- search ended at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday. ' ' The spokesman said the boys were in good physical condition but “apparently scared of what ■H-WiS |*4L ' -tfl' THIS FIRST FLIGHT SCENE is a diorama .seen by almost a half-million people during tho past year. It is one of the attractions on display in the visitor center of the Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk. In another room of tho visitor center is a full-scale reproduction of the famous First Flight plane. In addition to the replica of the plane the diorama al.so contains, not only Wilbur anl Orville Wright, but also, John T. Daniels, W. S. Dough and A.- D. Etheridge who were surfmen at the Kill Devil Hills Life Saving (station, W. C. Brinkley of Manteo, who was on a business-trip to, the beach and just happened by the Wrights''eamp and young Johnny Moore of- Nags Head Woods-who also just happened by that December '17, 1906.*; Ceremonies paying homage to the Wrights will be held this year on 65lh anniversary, at the'.flight site followed by a luncheon at John Yancey Motor- Hotel. (Aycock Brown photo) GRIFFITH GETS TOP AWARD ON THURSDAY \ I \ a..- ’ V * ANDY. GRIFFITH, star of tele vision, radio and reconling .fame and a tremendous booster of the coaatland,where he maintains a home on Roanoke Island, was the -recipient of the National Brotherhood Award by the Na tional -Conference of Chrirtian.s and Jews in.Raleigh Thursday night. Gov. Dan. K. Moore made the presentation at a banquet in Griffith’s honor at Memorial Coliseum. Thursday was pro claimed “Andy Griffith’Day" by Mayor Travis Tomlinson of Ra- leii^. Griffith, a Mt. Airy native, with this citation joins a lirt of performers who have been past recipients of National .Brother hood Awards .They include Bob Hope, Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Andy Williams, Danny Kaye, Ed Sullivan, Steve Allen and Sammy Davis, Jr. Griffith was educated at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hilt where he majorel in music. He was a high school teacher in Goldsboro for thice year* prior to commencing his career ns a professional en tertainer. For seven ycar.« he starred as their parents would do to- them Sir Walter Raleigh in “The. Lost for getting into the sound.” See GRIFFITH, Page Five MEMBERSHIPS BEING VIGOROUSLY SOUGHT WRIGHT FLIGHT CELEBRATION PLANS ARE NEAR COMPLETION ', Plans for celebrating the 66th anniversary of the .Wright Brothers’ famous fiv.st flight of a heaviei'-than-airpowere«l plane on December ITth, were - prac tically complete this week. In tlie meantime, a crash pro gram for membership,-renewal.? and luncheon ticket sales, is now underway. Dozens of membership renew als in the Fir.st Flight Society, principal sponsor of the annual cei-empnies, plus many ’’new memberships have been received, ^cording to C. S. Meekins, treasurer of the Society, i Likewise, many luncheon tick et .sales and reservations' under the direction of_ Mrs. Sarah Ow ens of 'Dare- County• TmirLst Bureau have been receivwl.' The W r 1 g h't' Brothers Me-m’qria! luncheon-.scheduled for noon-bn Dec. 17th -at the' John Yancey Motor Hotel will be limitedito 300 persons. ' :•} The’ luncheon phase" of'the day’s program' will featSire an address by Major General Nils Ohman,. U.S.A.F. Hea'dijuarters Command, Bolling Air Force Base. Also scheduled for remarks will be George Hanly. former chairman of'the AFA Board of Directors. ' The APA (Air Force Associa tion) under direction of its pres ent director Augu.stus Dudn, has been • putting the program for the December 17th ceremonies together. That organization, along with the National Aero nautics Association and the Na tional Park-Service are'co-spon sors with The First Flight So ciety. in staging- the events of the day; , First Flight Society President Je.sse G.. Johnson of Norfolk, n retired flying Rear Admiral of the U. S. Navy, will preside at the luncheon. ■ Among the VIPS present.unll be. Jacqueline Cochran, the firat woman to fly faster, and then twice foster than the sneed of ' See EVENT, Page Four HERE ARE THE DARE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS YOUTHS CHARGED IN AUTO DAMAGE AT CAPE HAHERAS Much Damage Reported Follow- inq Ball Game Tuesday Night; Plus Larceny Two Currituck County boys and one youth from Camden have been charged with multiple offen.ses, the result of damage-n to parked vehicle.? at and around Cape Hiittei-a.s High School nt Buxton Tuesday night. Larceny charges are also involved. The offen.se.s allegedly oc curred during a basketball game, with' damage.? such as broken antennas, missing hubcap.? and gas tank caps to -possibly as many as 25 vehicles occurring. No actual estimate of damages was obtainable from authorities, however, a grand total is be lieved well up in the hundreds of dollars. One youth, William D. Greg ory of Camden, 16, a former student at Josep)j P. Knapp High School at Currituck who recent ly transferred to Camden, was apprehended by Deputy Sheriff Raymond Basnett in the act of “tampering with automobiles and larceny of persona) proper ty." Hal Gray, another Hatteras Island deputy, wa® witness to the acts, according to a sheriff’s de]Mirtment spokesman. Gregory reporteiIy had in his pos.?cssion some ten or more gas tank caps when he w.as picked up about 10:30 p.m. He was detained as gmest of the Dare County jail Tuesday night. The other , youths charged were Raymond - Lewis, 16, - of Aydlett, and Mack Pierce. 16, of See YOUTHS. Page Five GULLS ARE AGAIN SCALLOPING ON HATTERAS ROAD If Ife,-!. .-WSKV pf' •1 - -. r*--- -I.-.- 'V I'* IS.:- SHOWN MONbAY,aa three membera of the Board were'sworn'into; office is the 6-man Dare Comity Commisaionens and the Clerk to the Board, Melvin U. Daniels.,'Manteo, North Carolina’s oldest Roister of;. Deeds. Left ;tq, right-'are;, Dr. tW,, W. ■ Harvey,’.'Manteo, and Rondal Tillett, Wanchese, whoae terms do not rapire until_ 19/70, and re-elrcted ;member udio. were wg®”* office (Monday’Tor’fouiS-year terms: .W.’ Stanford .White, Manns Harbor, chaiiman;' BUT Dillon of Buxton and Pennel Jillett of Kitty Hawk, who are scheduled to -serve until 1972. Daniels is at'extreme*right.'(Ayeock‘'Brown;idioto) , PARK'S CONTINUED CAMPS OPERATION IS BEING SOUGHT Dare Board Acts Monday on Advisory Board Resolutions;; Prepares One of Own Tho. storm of nrotp^r which followed Inst month’s Notionnl P.-irk Seraice announcement con- cerninor closing of the c.-imn- grounds and nlans to lease them to commercial operators for the 1969 season was re-energized'pn Monday. The D.nre County Com missioners, acting on recom mendation.? of the wo-count.v Sea.«lioi'c. Adviso’-.v Committee, received re?olntion.?, then filed .1 iirotest of its own to be sub mitted to various stale .agencies requesting th.nt no .ngi'cements he entered into between the stnio .md NP.S without guar antee that NP.S caiTy through it.? commitments. The advisory c o m m j.t t e e meeting No'-’- 26. passed twp re.solutions condemning fhe Park’s decisions, as follows;. Resolution No.‘ 1 " ; “WHEREAS, The Cape Hate' teras .Seashore Advisory Com mittee looks with disfavor 'upon the announced intention of the National P.ark Serviee to lehse the exi.sting eampsites within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore to nrivate concession aires’beginning in-1969, we of the committee condemn t'he proposed action based upon the six noints cited, below; “1. We feel that this would be unethical for it w.ts original-,, Iv agreed that tho National Park Seraico would operate sH campsites. “2, Such action 'will bo in di rect and unfair competition local husinesses. some of whi(;h have been established for fortv- fivc, or more, years. “3. Operation by priv.ite in terests will result in increrred costs t(> the American public. “4. The door W'll be onenetl,; to further concessions that, in our opinion, will eventually lecd to a Co'ney Island type atmos phere. “5. That there will be a loss = of continuity In further'develon-■ ment of the ■ campsites due ..to the fact that a concessionaire ean bei eliminated,' at any time and for a great number of rea sons, whereas the Federal Gov- ei'mnent will remain in the area. “6. We feel that with the popul.ation exposion and in-- creased interest in camping that the goverament must ex pand it? recreational facilities within the Seashore to take care' of the increase. There is ade«> quate land, now o%vned by the government for this expansion. “THEREFORE, BE !TT 1^,. See CAMPS, Page Four The seagull scalloping sea,?on has again hit the Outer, Ranks. Record numbers of hits have been recorded along Highway N. C. 42 from Pea Island to Hattera.? viltago'within the pa.?t few-days. ^ ' — - Low tides have been attri buted as one i-e-ison for the sud den upswing in, activities for the gulls which haia’cst tho shells from the .shore? of P.am- lico Sound and then drop them on a hard surface in order to break them. The re.?ult is that sharp edges of shells cut mo torists’ tires. This, of cour.se. docs not concern - the gull who has already enjoyed his delici ous monel.' The question of what to do about the problem came before the Dare County Commissioners this week. A rcsloution adopted by the board requested that ihe "State Highway Commission working ?with National ■ Park Sor\’ice put several, experiment al impact pads in hope that this •may reliwe scallop shell situa tion.” Included aa passible location sites are (1) the Waves sector, (2) between Avon-Salvo, and (3) FVisco-Hatteres. The pads would'likely be eonstrurted near the sound with hopeful result being that bltds would use those areas as opposed to the high ways. ,, SWORDFISHERS FROM CANADA ARE OFF COAST On* Vessel in Port of Wanchese Thursday Morning Takii^ On Supplies * At*- In addition to the large'fleet' of ocean trawlers now basing at Wanchese and operating.off Oregon Inlet, about 30 Canadian , swordfisliing ves.scl.?, most jot, them from Nova '-Scotia, are- also fi.shing off the northea)^i coast of North Cai'olina. One of the swordfishers, thp- “Stewart 'Venture.” of Halifax,' was at Wa-nchese Thursday morning t,?king on sup'jHes.'^ / „ • Due to U. S. customs ruli'"g»,' catches made aboard Conar",^' vessel.? cannot lie unloaded aL; U. S. 'ports.' The foreign fleet '■ boats, are permitted, howev*^^ to enter U. S. wa*^ers for ni/>- ■ plies such as ice, fuel oil, f'lp';}, etc. f" Capt. Silas Stc.wart, 59 Pin* Grove Drive, Spryfie'd, Hal’fax,' N. S. is skipper of the 65-foot “Stewart Venture.” He told'./ai new.sman tliat he and his crew., of six hod landed 240 swordfish .and 40 tuna on their current trip south. The siu-ords weigh^ up to 400 pounds each and the tuna average, about 150 pounA - each. He reported that the. fiw were, caught near the Hundred Fathom Curve about 40 tnilii cast of Oregon Inlet. ' ',ig In .addition to the Cansd'^ vessel, a fleet of some 50 or, more U. S.-i-egistered trawlm were operating out, of WancheM this'-week and this commeretals-'jM^^i fishing activity will inc^reluf? m the season advances. Most «f.. .1 the trawlers aw dragging, flounder and other food ^^heaif ' but there will also .be 'ewotf^riS- ermen, lobstemm'^and lopers'operating in* tKe.'riA;^ fishing waters off Oregon ax the.winter.;