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VOLUME XXV NO. I
BONNER AND RODMAN BOTH
ON PROGRAM AS SPEAKERS
BELHAVEN JULY FOURTH
Two Distinguished Sons of Beaufort County To
Add ress Audiences on Home Grounds at Tra
ditional Celebration Saturday; American Le
gion Post Sponsors Program; Ocracoke Also
Celebrates Fourth As Usual.
Two distinguished speakers will
take part in the Independence
Day celebration in Belhaven on
July 4th. The Hon. Herbert Bon
ner, U. S. Congressman from North
Carolina’s First District, will
speak at the Community Center
immediately after the fish fry at
ntoton. Judge William Rodman, As
sociate Justice of the North Caro
lina Supreme Court, will speak at
me dedication service when the
American Legion Post 249 presents
a memorial flag pole and flag to
the Pungo District Hospital. The
dedication service will be com
pleted with a Retreat Parade by
members of the Legion.
This year’s celebration will fea
ture the first United States flag to
bear forty-nine stars and will pay
honor to the new state, Alaska.
Much interest is being shown in
the celebration and a large crowd
is expected in Belhaven for the
program, which begins with a wa
ter show at 9:30 A. M. Complete
coverage of the program ■will be
provided by Station WRRF Wash
ington.
The latest entry in the contest
for the title “Miss Independence”
is Miss Iris McClellan, of Washing
ton. Any girls sixteen years of age
and up interested in entering the
contest are askel to see Mrs. J. W.
Lloyd, Jr. The beauty contestants
will ride in the parade at 11:30
and take part in the contest at the
Community Center at 2:00 P. M.
The winner will receive a trophy
a the dance that night and the
two runners-up will receive cash
prw.es.
Jimmie Larkin and his orchestra
from Washington will give a con
cert in th eaftemoon and will play
for the dance at the Community
Center that night.
FOURTH OF JULY
IS TRADITIONAL
FETE IN BELHAVEN
This Week's Event Promises to
Outclass All of Them,
Sponsors Say
The annual celebration on July
4th, in Belhaven has occurred so
long with regularity that it is tra
ditionally fixed as a community
institution. It now comes to be
anticipatted by everyone, as a child
looks forward to the coming of
Santa Claus, as women expect
Easter; or as students long for
Thanksgiving, so they can go
home.
The business men of the com
munity, as well as citizess in gener
al, give unusual cooperation to this
event. At a time when one might
expect many of them to keep their
stores open to harvest extra
shekels, it’s the other way around,
and all of the merchants close their
doors, save for cases and drug
stores which are expected to re
maun open.
For two seasons unusual success
has attended the planning and
carrying on of the celebration, with
the added enthusiasm of the
American Legion Post to spark it
along. Good work was done by the
Chamber of Commerce before the
Legionaires took over.
OCRACOKE'S FESTIVITIES
ON JULY FOURTH WILL BE
FLAG RAISING AND DANCE
OCRACOKE, June 29. The
July 4th celebration at Ocracoke
this summer will not consist of as
many events as in previous years,
but everyone is expected to have
a good time. Many of the resi
dents who are working away from
home will be back for a long week
end, and indications are that there
will be many, many tourists here.
Early on the morning of the
Fourth, the Boy Scouts will have a
pony penning. Many of the ponies
have already been driven into the
new Pony Range, a large area set
aside by the National Park Serv
ice. Capt. Marvin W. Howard with
the Scouts and older boys have
finally fenced in the area provided.
At 11:15 a.m. in front of the
schoolhouse there will be the tra
ditional Flag Raising Ceremony,
with members of the local unit of
the U. S. Coast Guard raising the
flag, and with group singing, and
scripture and prayer participation
by Rev. William Clarke, pastor of
See OCRACOKE, Page Twelve
THE COASTLAND TIMES
WITH WHICH IS COMBINED THE PILOT AND HERALD DURING JULY AND AUGUST
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
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RUSSELL JOHNSTON, Bellhaven
postmaster, a leading legionnaire,
is again General Chairman of what
is shaping up as another of Bel
haven’s greatest Fourth of July
Celebrations. The event this year
is again sponsored by the vigorous,
militant and efficient Belhaven Le
gion Post. A group of smart Le
gionnares head up the several com
mittees which have carefully
planned every phase of the pro
gram. Chairman Johnston is a for
mer post commander.
HATTERAS SEES
ANOTHER MARLIN
CONTEST WAGED
Anglers from Richmond Area
Land Several Unusually
Large Bill Fish
By AYCOCK BROWN
Richmond area anglers who chal
lenged the world to a blue marlin
duel this week with Cape Hatter
as waters as their stronghold
landed several billfish but none
were of unusually large size.
At last reports A. L. Gursha’s
312 pounder, taken from one of
the Albatross cruisers of Foster’s
Quay was the largest taken there
during the three day tourney.
Gusha, a resident of Elkin, Md.,
was one eof the team members of
VIMFA (Virginia Independent
Marlin Fishing Association).
During their “duel” iir Cape
Hatteras waters the VIMFA group
were challenging all other blue
marlin fishermen in the world to
also compete in their waters. A
purse of SIOO was to be awarded
the person, (anywhere in the
world) who would catch a larger
fish than the largest taken by
VIMFA.
On Monday, June 29, F. W. Hol
land, 104 Galax Street, Hampton,
Va. boated a 335 pounder while
skipping bait from Capt. Billy
Baum’s cruiser “Kay” off Oregon
Inlet. It could not be immediately
determined if this fish would be
placed in competition for the
VIMFA purse.
See MARLIN, Page Six
MANY MINISTERS GO
TO NEW CHARGES
As the result of the assignments
made by the Methodist conference
in Wiilmington, last week, many
changes were made. In the Eliza
beth City district, Rev. R. L.
Jerome succeeds Rev. W. L. Clegg
as District Supt. Mr. Jerome is a
former pastor of First Church,
Elizabeth City. Pastors appointed
include Hatteras, L. R. Sparrow;
Kinnakeet, L. A. Shin-ell; Kitty
Hawk, S. S. Snead; Manteo, H. F.
Leatherman; Mattamuskeet, A. M.
Carmeron; Swan Quarter, Robert
Bundy. Wanchese, M. L. DeHart
Jr.; Bath, W. B. Gregory; Bel
haven, L. C. Bissette; Chowan,
Frank Fortescue; Columbia, H. W.
Pearce; Creswell, Rufus M. Smith
son; Currituck, D. T. Goodwin;
Dare, C. R. Olson; Moyock, O. S.
Williams. On the retired list from
this district are M. O. Fletcher,
P. M. Porter, C. W. Guthrie and
George M. Kelley.
Ocracoke will be served by W.
W. Clarke Jr. Rev. L. A. Aitkin
after four* years in Manteo goes
to Ayden.
W. R. Hale former Ocracoke
pastor in the New Bern district is
on the retrod list
DEATH OVERTAKES
MAN IN SWIFT
OCEAN UNDERTOW
Charlton C. Mickle 50, Dies of
Over-Exertion in Surf Near
Southern Shores
Nearly every year swimming in
a swift undertow proves fatal to
some middle-aged person. On Wed
nesday of this week, after over
exertion in the surf near Southern
Shores, Kitty Hawk, Charlton C.
Mickle, 50, a shoe employe of
Lynchburg, Va. died.
Coroner James Vennote of Dare
County ruled the death was acci
dental. Dr. W. W. Harvey was
called to the scene from Manteo. A
companion was resuscitated.
The Coast Guard said Mickle was
swimming with Tally Funal, 55
also of Lynchburg and the sud
den undertow caught both men
about 100 years off shore. Coast
Guard watchers succeeded in pull
ing Fusal ashore and revived him.
Efforts to revive Mickle failed.
Mickle had been visiting the Fn
sal family at a cottage in the
Southern Shores section of this
Outer Banks resort. Fusal works
for the same shoe firm.
TYRRELL BUDGET
SET AT $204, I I 8
RATE IS REDUCED
Commissioners Effect Economies
While Increasing
Expenditures
The Tyrrell County budget for
1959-60 adopted last week calls for
the total expenditure of $204,118.-
38. This includes the outlay of
revenue from all sources, embrac
ing all State and Federal Aid
moneys allotted the county.
Tyrrell will have no increase in
tax rate; in fact it is somewliat
lower, and a mere fraction above
$1.06 on the SIOO. Tyrrell operates
its Government economically, for it
pays its Register of Deeds only
S2OO for all duties connected with
the office and with the County
Board ,and no allowances for help.
Likewise, in its welfare depart
ment with a load similar to that
of adjoining counties, its total ad
ministrative budget is only $12,-
330. This includes salary of Super
intendent, $5,040; Assistant, $3,600
and typist, $2,160. Os the total
sum, state and federal funds re
imburse the county $6,165.
For welfare, the following sums
were budgeted, OAA, $84,000; ADC
$32,640; APTD $28,200, which
sums include all state and Feder
al money.
The county’s share of funds in
some categories is as follows: Gen
eral fund, $13,212.62; auditing and
accounting, $540; Veterans service
officer $648; Welfare administra
tion, $6,676.65; public library, $3,-
042.24; to establish revaluation
fund, $1,080; old age assistance,
$9,516.98; aid to dependent child
ren, $2,840; aid to permanently
and totally disabled, $3,569.40;
economic development fund, $6,-
547.12; health fund $7,627.25.
Tax rate last year was $1.07.
The total valuation this year is
$9,640,644. Total taxes to be levied,
$94, 880. 68.
The Board set up budgets for
County Departments as follows:
County Commissioners, $8,155;
Tax Listing Department $3,165;
Collecting, and Sheriff Dept. $6,-
034. Elections $1,070; Courthouse,
buildings and grounds, $3,930.30;
Superior Courts, $2,340; Recorders
Courts, $2,040; Coroner, $157; Out
side Poor relief $6,680; ASC of
fice $682; Deficit, $1,829.68. Oper
ation of Schools, $53,946.00; debt
service for school bonds, $48,-
408.36.
Other items in the budget are
as follows: Veterans $1,200; Agri
cultural agents, $6,073.05; Health,
$7,694.16; Library $3,216.89.
RESTRAINING ORDER
AGAINST FISHERMEN
A hearing will be held on July
6th at 10 am. before Judge Ches
ter Morris in Elizabeth City, in
which W. H. Jennette and others
seek to restrain several Edenton
commercial fishermen from opera
tions on the beach south of Jen
nette’s pier. It is alleged the fish
ermen permit spoiled fish to re
main on the beach to the detri
ment of the plaintiffs, and other
property owners, who must endure
the nusiance resulting.
Named as defendants in the two
complaints that have been brought
are John and Edward Waff of
Edenton, operating as Waff Bros.
Fisheries, and C. G. Brick ell, also
of Edenton.
Complaints in the action are Mr.
Jennette, James C. Jewett, H. B.
Carter, Ed Atkins, W. A. Williams
and Mrs. R. D. Peck.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1959
BONNER IN BELHAVEN
CONGRESSMAN H. C. BONNER,
will deliver the address at Bel
haven’s big 4th of July celebration
this week. Several times he has
been called on for this chore. La
ter in the day, Supreme Court
Justice, William B. Rodman, also
of Beaufort County will also speak
at the exercises commemorating
the Belhaven Hospital, which Mr.
Rodman assisted in establishing 11
years ago.
MANTEO MASONS HOLD
FISH FRY JULY FOURTH
Members of the Manteo Masonic
Lodge will hold a fish fry on their
lot on the highway at Manteo,
Saturday, July 4th, beginning at 5
p.m. The lodge is raising funds to
build a new hall which will cost
about $15,000. Title has been ob
tained to a large lot 138 x 270
feet which fronts on three streets.
Building is expected to start in
October. Allen Lee Mann is Mas
ter of the Lodge. The last fish fry
held in June netted about $125 on
the fund.
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FIRST TIME in history, a modern yacht is offered for charter for
the further enjoyment of those who come to the Dare Coast. Com
mander Warner Minor, USN retired, is offering his boat for short
or long cruises in inland waters. The yacht is tied up near the west
end of the Roanoke Sound Bridge. Cdr. Minor recently brought the
boat up from Florida.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO READERS
AND PATRONS OF THIS PAPER
This number of The Coastland
Times launches our 25th year of
publication. On July 5, 1935 the
first number was dated. It came
from the mind of Victor Meekins,
who in spare time and at night, re
called his old newspaper knowledge
and put it into play. For many
years thereafter he gave it his
time without a penny in return.
We must at this time, express
our deep feeling of gratitude for
and toward all those people who
have aided it to its present degree
of success. As is expressed in its
editorial masthead in a quotation
from Franklin, its policy has been
one that would tend to drive away
some business, but we seem to have
gained otherwise, to replace that
lost because of the merit of the
stands on public issues this paper
has taken.
We pause this week to mention
some of the things we now expect
to do to make this newspaper a
bigger one and a more useful
regional asset, during this year,
During all the years, the paper has
been edited by Victor Meekins,
with a free hand in expressing the
paper’s opinions. Gradually,
through the years he has surrend
ed such financial interest in the
business as was his, and last year,
he conveyed his final interest in
the business so that for nearly a
year he has owned none of it.
His attitude toward the paper is
summed up as follows: “I thought
the community needed a paper and
against the advice of other news
papermen that the territory
wouldn’t support a paper, I started
it I was also motivated by the
hope that I could start in my com
munity a new industry, which
would offer employment, should
REUNION JULY 20
OF HAYMAN CLAN
AT MANNS HARBOR
Annual Affair of Prominent Coast
land Family to Feature Pic
nic Dinner; Public
Invited
The annual reunion of the Hay
man Clan, a prominent Coastland
family is scheduled again this
year at Manns Harbor at the Com
munity building on Monday, July
20th at 11 a.m. Ira Spencer Jr. of
Manns Habor is the President;
Mrs. Oma Pearl Daniels is Treas
urer, and Miss Inez Gibbs Secre
tary.
For many years Rev. Louis D.
Hayman of Southport served as
President of the clan, and it was
a regular feature for him to de
liver a sermon for his homefolks in
the local Methodist church where
re-unions were held each year. One
of Dare County’s favorite sons, he
drew a large congregation. Re
unions have been held also at Kitty
Hawk, and Wanchese.
This year, less time will be given
to businesss, and more to fellow
ship. Mr. Hayman is expected to
be present. Helping in making ar
rangements are his sisters, Mrs.
Cynthia Aguirre and Mrs. Rosa
lind Swain of Kitty Hawk, beside
the several officers, and many
members of the clan living at
Manns Harbor. Nearly every fam
ily on the place is connected with
this large clan. The public is in
vited.
TWO DAYS CLOSING OF
WRIGHT BRIDGE JULY 7
The Wright Memorial Bridge
across Currituck sound wil be
closed Tuesday, July 7, at nine a.
m., subject to being closed for 48
hours, for the purpose of moving
the old draw span to its new loca
tion in the detour. When the new
bridge is built, the draw span ■will
be a new one.
my two little boys, age 4 and 2
become interested in the business.
“The sons, Roger and Francis
grew up in the business, drew
regular pay, and developed into
mechanical marvels of the printing
trade, Roger through part time
earnings from this trade paid his
way through college and went on
into the Air Force. Francis prefer
red matrimony, and now is the
head of the firm and general man
ager, settled down in his own home
with a wife and three youngsters.
See NOTICE, Page Seven
NOTICE TO READERS
OF THE
PILOT AND HERALD
AND
THE COASTLAND TIMES
Combined with the Coastland
Times during July and August
will be the Pilot and Herald, the
weekly newspaper of Hyde County
and the Belhaven community. This
arrangement is made during the
process of planning for plant ex
pansion, and because of personnel
limitations during the summer
peak.
Since the heavy inroads on our
staff due to military demands, we
have had a heavy loss in our per
sonnel best trained and otherwise
suited to carrying on the operation
of these papers. For more than a
year, Victor Meekins picked up and
carried the load of getting out the
paper serving Hyde and Belhaven.
Other responsibilities have now
required him to spend his time
elsewhere and we are forced to
suspend the separate publication
of the Hyde-Beaufort paper for
two months.
LOST COLONY LAUNCHED
UNDER AUSPICES WHICH
PREDICT FAVORABLE SEASON
Paul Green's Matchless Drama, First Home-
Grown Out-Door Product, Enters 19th Season
Saturday, With Enthusiastic Send Off By
Home Folks to Whose Hearts It Has Always
Been Dear.
IYRRELLL AUTHOR WINNING
FAME, HOME AND ABROAD
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DR. JOHN L. SNELL, A Tyrrell
County native has won distinction
afar during his career-in teaching,
writing, and fighting in our •wars.
It was there fore most appropiate
during National library week that
his homefolks in Columbia chose
him for the subject of their tri
bute of the week. Dr. Snell holds
A.8., M.A., and Ph.D degree from
the University of North Carolina,
and has made a name for himself
in the literary field. He was re
cently made Professor of Tulane
Universary, New Orleans, La. as
historian and author.
Dr. Snell was editor and co
author of “The Meaning of Yalta”,
which has received international
acclaim in book reviews. “Con
temporary Japan”, a review of
Far Eastern affairs, and “Neue
Politische Literatur”, a German
review describes this book as a
“ w ell written joint effort
which achieves not only readable
style but a remarkable uniformity
in the organization and composition
of each author’s contribution” and
too “. as each chapter tells us,
is found in the growing power of
Russia to a position of strength
See SNELL, Page Seven
GAYLORD CONTINUES HEAD
OF HYDE SCHOOL SYSTEM
Seven Man Board of Education Quali
fies and Holds Meetings
As Directed
Tommy Gaylord, for the past
two years the storm center of the
Hyde County school controvery
victoriously demonstrated Tuesday
he is master of the situation, and
by the vote of the chairman, who
broke a tie was elected Superin
tendent of the Hyde County
school system.
Voting against Mr. Gaylord
were Walter Lee Gibbs, Bill Coch
ran, and Earl Topipng, who were
nominated by the people of Hyde
County in the primary last year.
Voting for Mr. Gaylord were Ed
Bush, Crawford Qahoon and W. T.
Howard, and the tie was broken
in their "favor by Gratz Spencer,
chairman of the Board.
Mr. Bush, a former resident of
Georgia, was the worst defeated
man in the primary last year.
Gratz Spencer, and Crawford
Cahoon were also defeated for
nomination on this Board. The
four of them together with W. T.
Howard, were added to the Board
of Education in a surprise move
by Rep. Dick O’Neal, at the last
minute when there was no oppor
tunity for the people to protest
successfully.
Mr. O’Neal had repeatedly said
he would not monkey with the de
cision of the voters, which also
nominated him and that he would
abide by their will and make no
changes.
The seven-man board met
Thursday of last week to qualify,
and when it came to the question
of electing the superintendent,
split, but final action was post
poned until Tuesday of this week.
Mr. Spencer was elected chairman
by a four to three vote.
People on both sides of the tre
mendous school battle that has
waged in Hyde for the past two
years, thought that with Gaylord
gone, there would be a possibility
of some degree of peace, or at
least a truce*. Now that hope
seems to have vanished, and much
resentment prevails that a man
lacking more than half the sup
port of the patrons will continue
in the picture another two years.
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO, N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
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The Lost Colony began its 19th
season Saturday night, June 27th
with an enthusiastic send-off by
Dare County folks who foregath
ered for a picnic on the grounds
at Fort Raleigh. When the show
opened with 850 paid admissions
at 8:15 it was considered a good
opening night. Attendance in the
nights following have been consid
ered above the usual ones in re
cent immediate years. Many cir
cumstances this year encourage
hope for an unusually good season.
Present at the opening perform
ance was Warner Twyford, drama
tic critc for Norfolk Newspapers,
and one of the show’s long time
friends, who offered the following
comment next day in his column:
“The Lost Colony,” most endur
ing of all the outdoor dramas,
marched on into its 19th season
with a beautiful, flawless perform
ance in the Waterside theatre at
Manteo Saturday night.
“The premier performance was
attended by about 1,500 persons,
a large opening night crowd.
“It was preceded by a Dare
County Day celebration which in
cluded water sports, a presenta
tion of the performers in the first
edition of ‘The Lost Colony* which
was made into a movie in 1921.
There was also a picnic supper,
fireworks, and a program of Indi
an dances by Norfolk and Ports
mouth Boy Scouts.
"The performance was in the
best ‘Lost Colony’ tradition, with
fine individual characterizations by
Robert Lee McQuain as John Bor
den, Marjalene Thomas as Eleanor
Dare, Ray Smith as Old Tom,
Mary Long as Queen Elizabeth,
and James Howard as Sir Walter
Raleigh. Costuming, sets, and
lighting contributed to a brilliant
production, which was given ex
pert touches in the direction by
Cliff Britton. A thunderstorm
threatened to break throughout
the performance.”
Further details of the event are
recorded generally as follows:
Dare County Rep. R. Bruce
Etheridge, who understudied the
role of Governor John White in a
Lost Colony production for the
state school movies 38 years ago
appeared with a score of other
actors of that 1921 cast in a fea
tured attraction of a Dare County
Day program presented as a pre
lude to the Lost Colony’s 19th
season premiere Saturday night at
the Lost Colony amphitheatre.
Other actors interviewed includ
ed such characters (of 1921) as
Alpheus W. Drinkwater in the In
dian costume he wore 38 years
ago; Mrs. Mabel Evans Jones of
Manteo who had the leading role
of Eleanor Dare and baby Virginia
Dare of 1921; now 38-year-old
Mrs. Eloise Casper of Elizabeth
City.
Ralph Pool, a Virginian-Pilot
staff member who played the ro
mantic leading role of Ananias
Dare, returned to the stage of
Waterside Theatre to tell about
the original “Lost Colony” pro
duction. He resides in Norfolk, Va.
Others interviewed included
Mrs. Mary Mann Evans who has
been a Lost Colony actor in every
production including the current
drama since 1921; Ras Wescott,
Mrs. Louise Meekins, Mrs. Leo
Midgett. Balfour Baum and Ern-
See LOST COLONY, Page Seven
FIREWORKS JULY 4TH
AT THE LOST COLONY
An exciting and colorful display
of fireworks will be pre-perform
ance feature of The Lost Colony
here on Saturday night, July 4, it
was announced today.
A similiar, but much smaller
display of pyrotechnics, was one
of the popular pre-performance at
tractions last Saturday night when
the drama opened its 19th season
at Waterside theatre.
The display will be over Roanoke
Sound and the best grandstand
seat for the fireworks will be in
Waterside Theatre. It will be the
biggest fireworks exhibition pre
sented on the Dare Coast in many
years, continuing for about 30
minutes.
Such an attraction is in keeping
with the early phases of Paul
Green’s story of The Lost Colony.
Fireworks of a minor scale are
presented during each performance
in the Queen’s Garden Party
scene. The Fireworks Saturday
night will begin at 7:45 o’clock.