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Fourteen Pages in Two Sections
VOLUME XXXIV ,- NO;-24
MANTEO, N. C. 27954, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1968,
.Single Copy 10^
BUXTON MAN IS
MISSING, RESULT
OF RIVER MISHAP
John B. Rollinson, 27, Crewman
Aboard Buoy Tender Involved
, in Mississippi Crash
John n. Rollinson, enirinc-
ninn 1C, U, S. Con«t Guard, i'
missins', one of 17 crewmen
nboard the "Aider White,” a
.buo.v- tender which sank Satur-
dn’v in the Mis.sissipn! iRiver
White Castle, La, The Const
Guard vessel was in collision
'dith ' a Nationalist Chinese
freiehter iHelena, which suf
fered no major damaitc.
; ■ Three of the 20-member crew
Were rescued after the,collision.
■ The misrincr 17 have been sub-
.mct of intensive search since
Sunday. The point of imunct is
some thirty miles south of
Raton Rouire and the river is
renorted to be almut one-half
mile wiie there.
Tlie Alder White was travel-
inif do^^-nstream to 'New Or
leans, the Chinese vessel up
river. Belief is that the Coast
Guard vessel was hit broadside.
Those rescued were clinging
to a buoy, and plucked from the
cold, choppy water about 90
minutes after the collision.
One resident of Ibeiwille
Pari.sh (county), La. w.as quoted
as telling the Coast Guaid: ‘T
heard what J thought was an
explo.sion, I was .sitting in the
kitchen at the time. I ran to the
window and saw what I thought
was a flare. That’s all. 1 heani
a noise; I saw a flash of light.”
A seaieh of the river turned
UD various articles from the
White Alder.
The missing Dare County
man is a son of Mrs. Patsy
Rollinson of Rodanthe and the
late Robert Rollinson of Frisco.
He had lieen living recently
with his wife and two children
in New Orleans.
Mrs. Patsy Rollinson, accom
panied by her daughter and
son-inlaw, Mr. and Mr.s. Rudy
Gray of Rodanthe, left Tue.sday
for Louisiana to await develop-
'' merits.
~ 'The' commanding officer ^ of
the Alder White, also missing,
is from Chesapeake, Vn. He is
Samuel C. Brown, Jr.,’ CWO, 41
years old.
WHISKEY-BY-DRINK
GETS OVERWHELMING
VOTE OF APPROVAL
Tn .a recen*- mniHr"' to m»m-
hors of the Greater Nogs lHi»ad
Head Chember of Commerce,
the oiiestion of liquor-hv-th"
drink le*rlsloti’on was posed. O^
the totnl of 48 resnonses. onlv
»two indicated thev would not
favor such permissive Icgisla-
tion., ..
The fortv-si.x favorable re-
snonses. renresented less than
20% of those e'>>>hlc to vote.
Bv-drink legislation is ’ex
pected to he an issue in the
Genentl .4*-spmhly, nar-
ticulniy since Virginia resorts
are now hegiming onerat'ons
under more liberal beverage
; reeulations.
The question w^s talked
^ bn’etTv in the 1967 N. C. As-
• semhiv, br* ♦he Oflv resolve to
■. A.B.C. nrob’ems at that time
'■ was to legalise brou'n-bnggmg
which had be'-.a .allowed for
many years wth little legard
to statute.
BENEFIT nAKRECUE TO
% BE HELD FOR CUTRELL
A benefit barltocue wi'l he
held mt th" Mattnmuskeet,
School Dee. h't in the two-hour
period before the heskethall
game h'^ween the Mnttamu-
skeet I/ekers'and Creswell.
■ Proceeds of tt-e harheeiie.
sjionsored hv the M''tt'’»T>uskect
.Tevceos. will go to the HOly .To.e
C'd.rcll family of Fairfield. Gut-
rell, a Jaycee. is suffering from
a raio muscula” disorder. 'He
rec“ntly i^tumed to the Nation
al Insti^tites of Health at Beth-
esda, 3Id.
CHRISTMAS TREE SALE
Troop 165, Man too Boy
Scouts, will B®1I iRoanoke Is
land-grown cedars ' beginning
j Monday, Dec. 16 at the Com-
ji munity Building in Manteo.
i Height ranges from three to
five feet and prices from $1.50,
to 84.50.
Hours for the sale will be
8:80 to 5 p.m, week dnvs and
■ all day Saturday and Sunday,
Dec, 21 and 22. For those un
able to come during these hours,
call 473-2791 and place your
order. Delivery on Roanoke Is-
■ land is free.
The trees are being donated
sU> the 'Scouts by a well-kno^^m
j^ileiiizen who prefers to remain
• anonymous.
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ONE OP THE NATION’S OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL ATTRACTIONS is the Wright Broth
ers National Memorial where Wilbur anti Or\’ilIe Wright made the first successful flight of an
airplane on December 17, 1903. Visitors from all over the world have visited the site, more than
,300,000 already this year. The site has become an international shrine. In addition to attrac
tive Heather Frid of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, people from distant foreign lands, fi-om
Japan to Tokyo visited the site this year, the Eite where the 65th annivei'sary of the conquest of
the air wa.s by the Wrights in' the fir.st powered flying inuchine. (Aycock Brown photo)
ROGERS DUE TO
ANSWER COURT
ORDER CHARGE
De.smond A. Rogcr.s, Jr., of
Manteo was scheduled to ap-
ncar in District Coiii-t Friday
to ans^ver a charge of violation
of a court order forbidding him
to moic.st his c.stranged wife.
Mrs. .4ndrc.T Rogers of Wan-
che.se swore out the wan-ant.
Roge’;s wa.s put under court
ortl^r Oct. 4 bv Judge Fent’vss
T. Horner not to molest 5Irs.
Rogers in any way. At the time.
Rogers was sentence to' si.v
month.s on the roads after he
Died no defense to a charge of
trespa«s brought by Mr.s. 'Rog
ers. The roads sentence was
suspemled upon .condition that,
he not harass or converse with
his wife pending a divorce ac
tion;"" .
.^-Violation of- a court oi'der
u-sually is considered direct con
tempt of court and makes the
original sentence applicable at
once.
DEER AND CAR COLLIDE
The automobile of Mrs. Tom
Dowdy, wife of the police chief
of Kill Devil Hills, colliderl
Wednesday with a deer on the
north end of the 158 bypass.
The chief reported damage to
the cai‘ totaled about $150.
Damage to the deer was not
estimated. The animal could not
be located.
OCRACOKE COAST GUARDSMEN
RECEIVE VIETNAM SERVICE AWARDS
Two Coastguardsment sta
tioned with the U. S. Co.nst
Guaixl, Ocracoke have been
awarded U. S. Navy Commen
dation Medals by the Comman
der in Chief, U. S. Pacific Fleet,
for meritorious .service while
serving in Vietnam.
Chief Petty Officer Harry F.
O’Neal, son of ■ Mr. and Mrs.
Harry W.' O'Neal, Ocracoke, was
pi-esented the award during cere
monies-held at the Coast Gimi'd
Station-at Ocracoke on Decem
ber 6. • 1
Pre.sentation of the award was
made by Lt. L. M. Quidley, Com
mander, U, S. Coast Guard
Group, Cape Hatteras. Chief
O'Neal is the Officer in Charge
at Ocracoke and resides on the
island with his wife, Carol, and
children Jeanette and Harry, Jr.
. His award, of the. Comthenda-
tipn medal'with Combat “V”
was for services' at’ set forth in
the following Citation from the
Comniantler in Chief, U. S, Pa
cific Fleet.
CITATION
“For meritorious service
while .serving with friendly
foreign forces engaged in
aimed conflict against Com
munist insurgent forces in (he
RepuMic of Vietnam from
ir> June 1967 to 27 .May IMS.
Chief Petty Officer O’Neal
demonstrate o u ts t a n d ing
leadership on board the^US-
CCC POINT YOUNG (WPB-
82303). He performed as Offi-
CAPE HATTERAS-GROWN TANGERINES
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ON DISPLAY at the winter show of the Cape Hatteras Garden
Club at Buxton were two tangerines from a tree in the yard
of Mrs. Charles Gray of Buxton. Attractive backdrop for the
citrus fruit is Chris Dicksey of Norfolk who is living with a
relative at Buxton and attending Cape Hatteras High School. tj|eir community.
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OCRACOKE Coast Guardsmen
Chief Harrj’ F. O’Neal (left)
and Petty Officer Thurston F.
Gaskiil (center) receive awards
from Lt. L. M. Quidley, Com
mander Cape Hatteras Group,
on Dec. 6.
ccr of the Deck in a highly
proficient maimer at all times.
Chief Petty Officer O’Neal
served in all on a total of 44
combat patrols at sea coming
under enemy fire on several
occasions. His accurate firing
os gunner caused severe dam
age to enemy material and
personnel on many occaoiona.
His effective placement of
8Imm illumination while the
USCGC POINT YOUNG was
in port during December 1967,
was instrumental in the de
fense of Qui Nhon as that city
came under heavy enemy at
tack. Chief Petty Officer
O’Neal’s professionalism, lead-
ship and devotion to duty were
in keeping with the highest
traditions of the United States
Naval Service.”
This award had added sig
nificance in that Petty Officer
First Class Thurston F. Gaskiil
a member of Chief O’Neal’s crew
at the Ocracoke Station, and
the son of Tony T. Gaskiil of
Ocracoke, hod alao received m
similar award mrlier for his
service in Vietnam. Gaskiil also
resides at Ocracoke with his
wife Rena and children, David
and Rena. His award too, like
Chief O’Neal’s, was presented
by Lt. Quidley and carried with
it the following citation:
CITATION
"For exception meritarioua
service fram 1 May 1966 to 86
April 1967 in the performance
of opera! iona off the South
eastern coast of the Republic
of Vietnam. While operating
as part of the Coastal Sur-
velllancr Force off the coast
of the Renuhlic of Vietnam,
Division IS consistently de
monstrated its exceptional
military readiness and out
standing professional compe
tence in engagements with the
enemy, in support of amphib
ians raids and reconnaissance
patrols and in search and res
cue nnerations. The initiative,
versatility, and preseveranee,
and courage displayed hv the
officers and men of this di
vision were in keeping with
the highest traditions of the
United States Armed Forces."
Both men are pictured as they
received their awards from Lt,
Quidlev. In their present capa
city tlie.se men continue to dis
play traits of outstanding char
acter, leadership, and devotion
to dutv and they are considered
a credit to the service and to
3 YOUTHS DRAW
LONG PROBATION,
A YEAR IN JAIL
Roads Sentence Suspended, Oo-
fendants Ordered To Pay
Damages
Three teen-aged boys who
damagr'l mor^ than a score of
automobiles parked at Hatteras
High School in Buxton during
a basketball game Dec. 3 wei-e
ordered Friday to pay for their
skulduggery and given a sus-
Df.nded sentence of 12 months
in jail.
The youths were put on
pi-obation for five years. This
means that if they run afoul of
the law during the probationary
neriod there is a possibility that
the probation will be revoked
and the }>oy.s sent to the roals.
Involved ai-e Mack Pierce,
10, Currituck; Raymond Lewis,
10, Ayllett; and William Ed-
wai-d Gregory, 10, Camden.
Gregory recently transferred
from the Knapp High School
in Cuivituck county to the
Camden 'High School. The oth
ers are Knapp students.
After hearing evidence relat
ing to charges of tampering
with automobiles and larceny of
personal property, D i s t r i ct
Judge Fentress T. Horner or
dered the defendants to pay im
mediately a total $400 for dam
ages done to 20 cars, other
damages expected to be filed
with the court later, and costs
of $15 each. Horner also ordered
them not to he away from home
after 9 p.m. without their pai"-
ents for a year, and 'revoked
their driving permits for a year.
In Pierce’s case, he peimitted
the youth to drive to and from
the job his mother said he had.
Raymond Rasnett, resident
deputy sheriff at Buxton, said
he was informel about 10 p.m.
the night of the game that some
boys were tampering with cars
in the school parking lot. He
arrested Gregory immediately.
The other two were picked up
later at their homes in Curri
tuck county.
Basnett said he found cars
with hoodi- -scratched deepl.v,
radio antennas bent, and hub
cnp^ .and gasoline lids missing.
He said Gregory had 10 gas
caps in his pockets when ar
rested.
"One of the caj)s was mine,”
Basnett told the court. The de
puty said the boys had damaged
iwth his personal car anl his
patrol car.
Basnett and Deputy Hal Gray
called for reinfoirement and
started to 3(anteo to put Gre
gory in jail at Rodanthe they
met Dejmty Lorenzo W.‘ Beasley
and turned the prisoner over to
him.
Beasley said he talked with
the boy enroute to jail. He said
Gregory denied knowing the
other two boys. As the jail doors
loomed, the boy .still denied
knowledge of his companions in
enme. Beasley asked Gregory if
he wanted to contact his par
ents. He said the boy replied
that he didn’t want his family
to know of his predicament,
“that they would kill me; if my
would."
At the door of the ccllblock,
the desire to protect his fellows
evanorated and Gregory caved
in. He agreed to talk.
Beasley said Gregory had
traveled from Currituck to Bux
ton with Gt^c Williams, Gary
Sec COURT, Page Three.
LUNCHEON SPEAKER
MAJ. GEN. NILS O. OHMAN,
commandant of the Iioadquar-
ters command of the U. S. Air
Force. at Bolling A.P. Base,
Washington, one of America’s
great Air Force officej-s, will
be the speaker at the luncheon
Tuesday, Dec. 17, the 65th an
niversary of the Wright Broth
ers First Flight at Kill Devil
Hills. The luncheon will be held
at The John Yancey following
ceremonies at the Wright Broth
ers National Memorial. (AP
photo)
LIQUOR SALES UP IN
“ DARE CO. FOR OCTOBER
Continuing the trend as in
the past several months, Dare
.County .4.B.C. outlets during
November sold a considerable
amount more than in the same
month last year.
Total sales through the two
outlets wei'e $31,498.80, com
pared to $27,587.15, an increase
of $3,911.65.
WRIGHT FUGHT CEREMONY
PLAN FOR DEC. 17 TERMED
AS 'ONE OF THE GREATEST’
Program +o Begin at 10:30 Again Will Feature
Elizabeth City's Outstanding Band; Many
Dignitaries; Tributes; Demonstrations to Be
Followed by Luncheon.
If present plans are carried
HYDE CO. NEGROES
DEFY COURT RULES
AT WED. HEARING
Seven Convicted and Appeal
Charges of Disruption,
Blocking Traffic
Following several days dur
ing which some arrests have
been made for disturbances in
spired by Golden Frinks and
others irresponsible, court was
held in Hyde County Wednes
day with seven convictions and
a like number of appeals from
District Court to Superior
Court.
Frinks’ recent remarks have
included such as "we’re going
to close all the bridges between
here and Norfolk, Va.” That,
presumably after the "court
house, schools and other facili
ties” were closed, which he also
said his movement would ac-
compli-sh.
It has hecn, indeed, regrett
able, that the good colored citi
zenry has been influenced to
t)ie extent which has brought
about disharmony, airests, ex
penses, and the obvious lack of
education for those who most
neel it.
The Wedne.sday hearing in
Swan Quarter was summed up
See HYDE, Page Five
DIVERGENT VIEWS EXPRESSED
i AT CHANNEL BASS HEARING
; With-more than 100 persons
attending, the hearing in Dare
County Courthouse Tueaday
night concerning "channel -b^
limits brought forth’. vailing
opinions as to what regulatitfps
must be effected. The gathering
was a further step iii'the pro
test (or support) of a .recently-
announced decision of the^^ard
of Conservation and Develop-
rofent to eliminate the two7per-
day limit on channel ba'ss^ovor
32 inches in length.
That controversial decision
was reached at a Novemter. ses
sion of the board, following pre
liminary discussions which were
either not aired or proper noti
fication was not. evidoiced. At
any rate, isport fishing,, interest
and tourist operators were un
informed 08 to the decision until
the CAD group had made'-what
appears now an ill-advisell move
in rescinding the limit, elective
January 1, 1969.
The Tuesday night meeting
was opened by Rep. Archie Bur
ras of Dare Coimty, acting on
behalf of the chairman, William
A. Shires, who was late in ar
riving. Shires arrived some 30
minutes past the announced
starting time of 7:30.
A number of concerned par
ties, representing the commer
cial side of the issue as well as
tourist operators and sport fish-
Sec BAS^ Page;^ Five.
ADVISORY BOARD
WILL RECOMMEND
REGULATION STAY
Roscinding fh* Rescinding to Be
Propoffd by Fisheries
Advisory Board
In communication with Ron-
dal K, Tillett of Wanchese
Thursday, Chaiiman William A.
Shires of the Fisheries Advi.sory
Boanl said the group would re
commend "rescinding the re
scinding” of the controversial
channel bass limit-lifting.
Tillett said Shires told him
that the board members mainly
felt'that no change should be
made at this time,, and that a
memo to Director Dan E.
Stewart of... the CAD Board
would so indicate. Shires in-
dicatel that no meeting of the
advisor}' board would be called
before Januaiy 1; when the
regulation was to be lifted, but
that he felt the CAD iMard
would temporarily let the re
striction stand.
The advi.sory board’s next
regular meeting will likely oc
cur in January, but it is doubt
ful that adequate information
can be obtained by that time to
enable the board to reach a firm
See BOARD, Page Three
BIG TURNOUT FOR HEARING IN COURTHOUSE TUESDAY NIGHT
’•’If
out, the C5th anniveisary cere
monies of the Wright Brothers
first flight will he one of .the
givate.st one-day events in the
history of aviation. *7
The program, jointly spon
sored by Tlie First Fliglit -So
ciety, Air Force Association,
National Aeronautics Associa
tion ami National I’ark Service
will begin at the Wright Broth
ers National Menioriai at 10:30
and following an exciting hour
of entertainment, will conclude
with the memorial luncheon,'in '
the banquet room of the John
Yancey Motor Hotel, which will
be preceded by a hospitality
hour sponsored by John Yancey,
Jr., the owner, and the First
Flight Society.
The program at the memorial
site will again feature the fine
music and entertainment of
Elizabeth City High School Band
under direction of 'Scott Callo
way. During this program, S.
Wade Marr, on behalf of the
FFS, will pre.sent a portrait of
the band’s benefactor, the late
Miles L. Clark, who for many
years was also president of the
Society. , '
The aerial tribute to the
Wright’s memory will be four
Air Force F-102s at 11 o’clock,
flying near the speed of sound
as they pass over the area. ,
After the aerial tribute, a
Piper-J-3 will tow off a sail
plane that will gain altitude
and return over the site a few
minutes later. In the meantime,
Igor Benson of Raleigh will
give an exciting demonstration
with his famous gyrocopter, af
ter which the sailplane will again
be over the area. On display
at the visitor center will be a
plaque of the Soaring Society
of America which will sponsor
the .sailplane e.\hibition. The
plaque of bronze will eventually ^
he erected near the visitor cen
ter.
• The U.S. Coast Guai-d partici
pation will include an air r^-
cue demonstration followed by
a flyover of two CG planes^ a
Lockhead C-130 and a Grumman
Amphibian.
During the program at the
National Memorial site, wreaths
from the Daytona Chamber of
Commerce, Dare County, First
Flight Society, Air Force Asa^
elation, National Aeronautic
Association, and the Daedaliapa ,
will be placed at the marker int
the actual take-off site of the
Wrights’ first flight on Dec. IT,
1903
Major General Nils O. Ohman;
commander, Headquarters Coih-
maiul, U. S. Air Foi-ce, Bolling
AF Base, W'ashington, will be
the principal speaker at the
Memorial Luncheon. " ■
Admiral Jesse G. Johnson .of
Norfolk, president, First Flight
Society, will be emcee at the
luncheon banquet which will
feature in addition to General
Ohman’s address, the unveiling
of portraits of distinguished,
s|)ced flyers, Jackie Cochran and
Col. Charles (Chuck) Yaeger,
each of whom will be prewnt
and also portraits of Admiral.
Uichaixl Byrd, first to fly over,
Urn North and South Poles, and
Amelia Earhart, the first woman
to fly alone across the Atlantic.
Yancey, whose idea it waa to
establish a Fii-st Flight Shrine.-
under the sponsorship of
First Flight Society for placing'^
portraits of aviation greats, will'
unveil the portraits.
See WRIGHT,'Page Eight ■.
LIFTING THE LIMIT of two-per day on channel baas,over 32 inchea in length b^inning Jan. 1
brought a big turnout forth to express views on the subject Tuesday night in the Dare County
Ck>urthou8e. Commercial fishermen mpported 'the proposal to reacind the present limit, while sport
fishermen and tourist interest vigorously defende d the need to mminUin the limit as presently
established. An argument of the commercial fiihermeh was thatt Uiey prefer to legally dispose
of unintentionally-made catches, which they contend occuis infrequently while fishing for such
species as croaker, trout, spot and other varietieai . J
Left to right, officials at the advisory boatd table are: Dr. A1 Cheandtt, director of the
Marine Laboratory at Morehead City, Sen. Ashley B. .Futrclt; .Chairman William . Shires; Rep.
Archie Burinis; Adrian Hurst; Dr. .William A. HMSIer and Dr. Thomas A.' Linton, fisheries com
missioner.
KIWANIS* SPONSORING ...
TURKEY SHOOT SATURDAY
Tn addition to the birds, par-.
Mcipant-s in the Outer BankO
Kiwanis CIub-s;x)nsored turke^
shoot on Dec. 14 will complete
for such prizes as an automatic.^
shotgun, shelfs and cleaning ki^
The'shoot will be from 1
5'3i) n.m. on Rt, 168 By-Pasia
near Kill Devil Hillsi 'J,-
Proceeds will benefit tlie -
club’s youth scholarship fuIKL^^.
BAKE SALE SATURUaY.T
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The MYF of theMount 011^'
Methodist Church wilL have
bake sale, Saturday, !)(&'14S
on the vacant lot aerose the :
highway from. Wise’s Red''e^Vl^
■White maricei. in Manteo;.
Homemade cookies, eakee gad':
candy will be on Ml* frooiTlQ'-
a.m. until aold out. I'tT