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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09
COMMISSIONERS
HEAR PLEA FOR
ROAD TO DUCK
Aid Pledged to Lions to In
stall Heating in Gymnas-
ium at Manteo

The Dare Commissioners Tues
day heard a plea from citizens of
Duck for aid in getting a road.
About an hour was spent in dis
cussion of the situation. The Board
has for sometime urged the build
ing of this road. About 25 families
live in the area, and the wear and
tear on the present dirt road is in
creased considerably by heavy mil
itary trucks.
Leading the discussion was Dav-
id Stick, and others in the delega-
ton were Pennell Tillett, A. D.
Tillett, Walter Beacham, w. D.
Rogers, Milton Perry, Miss Vir-
gle Perry, A. D. Tillett of Kitty
Hawk; Charlie Spruill and Wood
son Midget of Duck. Mr.. Midget
expressed the desire of the people
of Duck for some harbor improve
ment.
Unless the people of Duck can
get road improvements, it will be
difficult to make a living there,
and the school transportation sys-
tenn will suffer, Mr.. Midget stat
ed.
A delegation representing the
Manteo Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton, and the Lions Club appeared
before the board with a very gen.
erous offer with respect to install
ing badly needed heating equip
ment in the Manteo school GYM
nasium which estimates show
would cost about $1,000, the Lions
offering to donate the labor for
installation. The Board voted to
aid the project to the extent of
$4,000.
The Board also voted funds to
lease and the rehabilitate the
county school bus garage at the
airport in the amount of 5000.
Seevral tax matters were dispos-
ed of, including adjustment of err
rors.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09
SWAN, GEESE AND DUCK
ARRIVE ON DARE COAST

Kitty Hawk.-Frigid weather in
the north has resulted in the arri-
val of many species of duck, Can
ada geese and Swan on the win
ter feeding grounds of Dare Coun-
ty. The first swan were sighted
this week in Kitty Hawk Bay,
lower Currituck Sound and in the
vicinity of Bodie Island Lighthouse
near Oregon Inlet. Great fiocks of
ducks of all species which use
the Atlantic Flyway have been
sighted here and it is the same
story with Canada geese.
All wildfowl have protection
from gunners until November %
when the migratory season opens.
Then for several weeks it will be
legal to kill geese and ducks. A
five-day open season on brant will
begin November %, the first in
several years. Swan, however, and
the snow geese which are schedul-
ed to arrive at an early date for
winter feeding at Pea Island Ma
tional Wildlife Refuge, enjoy alb
solute protection. First arrival of
the swan fiocks include many near
grown cignets which are greyish in
color instead of absolutely white
like the adult fowl.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09
BIGGEST CHANNEL BASS
TAKEN BY MARYLANDER

A 54h-pound channel bass,
the largest to be taken with rod
and reel along the Dare coast
during the current autumn run of
the copper colored fighters, was
landed by Roy Smith Of Benedict,
Nd, on Friday.
With party of three Washing
ton, d. C. anglers, Benedict was
still fishing from an anchored boat
owned by a Wanchese guide. For
bait he was using cut mullet, most
popular lure for autumn channel
bass fishing.
His big channel bass measured
50 inches from tip to tip and its
girth was so inches around. Smith
plans to enter the fish in ma
tional contest as prize winning
contender for the species during
1851.
Three other channel bass were
landed by the party on Friday.
One weighed AZ pounds and the
other two weighed 81 pounds each.
Other members Of the party IN
cluded Washington anglers Glenn
J. Warbis, 1852 41st Street S. E.,
"A. @. Hanson, 926 Massachusetts,
Avenue, N. W., and Milton Ster-
ling, 1926 18th Street N. w.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09
DARE COUNCIL
MEETS AT RODANTHE
Ninety Women Attend First Meet
Of Its Kind On Island of
Hatteras

December first, Saturday at 1O:-
80 a. m. is the date and time set
for the general fall meeting of
the Dare County Council for
Youth, announces Council Presi-
dent Mrs. David Stick. At this time
each community will report their
progress throughout this past year
in promoting programs for chill
dren and young people. The meet
ing, to be held in the Community
Building, is open to all interested
in the welfare of the young people
of Dare.
"The Council" Mrs. Stick re-
minds US, twas organized to do
the follow-up work of the Mid
century White House Conference
on Children and Youth. 1t is net
quite a year old, and yet many
communities have taken forward
steps in doing something for their
young folks. Already there are
youth clubs in Avon, Manns Har-
Dor, Manteo, Kitty Hawk and the
Negro community"
These programs are the kind
that attract the most attention,
but when the reports come in De-
cember first, we shall hear of the
progress made in the County along
other lines, which though it may
not be as conspicuous as a rec
reational program, is nonetheless
contributing to the welfare of the
children and youth.
Plans for the years activities
of the Council were discussed at
the last Board meeting Of the
Council and included the promo
tions of the Recreation Workshop
to be held Nov. 1918 were also
See COUNCIL, Page Five
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09
GUEST CHOIR PRESENTS
EXCELLENT CONCERT
Elizabeth City Group Brings APP
preciative Audience to Hear
Them Tuesday

The choir of Cam Memorial
Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth
City brought an excellent program
of sacred music to a small but
appreciative audience in the Man
teo Methodist Church Tuesday
night. Rodney Trueblood, organist
and choir director, played several
organ solos, and Mrs. Kenneth
Wilson of Currituck was violin
soloist. Vocal soloists were Allen
Voss, baritone; Mrs. William Lee
Branham, mezzo soprano; Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Reeves, tenor and So
prano; and Mrs. Walker Rayburn.
Other choir members participating
were Mrs. ]. B. Alderman, Mrs.
Lloyd Cook; Misses Billie Gay Nc
Dowell, Dorothy Swindell, Mary
Charles Blades, Ethel V. Jones;
and Joseph Sanders.
Following the program, the Wis
itors were entertained at a social
hour by the Manteo Methodist
choir and the Roanoke Island Mus
ic Club, in the educational build
ing of the church. Coffee was
poured from a silver service on
a table laid with handmade cut
work cloth, ard conferred with an
arrangement of chrysanthemums
and candles in crystal candelabra;
and cake was served by Manteo
choir members.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09
OYSTER SUPPER
MONDAY NIGHT
AT WANCHESE
Masons to Hear A DeLeon
Gray, Supt. of Oxford Or
phanage November IL

The members of Wanchese Ma
sonic Lodge are planning a big
oyster supper Monday night, No
vember IL, and a call is sent forth
to urge all members to come to
Wanchese that night.
A DeLeon Gray, Superintendent
of the Masonic Orphanage at Ok
ford will address the members,
particularly in tn interest of the
orphanage, and the Forthcoming
Thanksgiving appeal. Mr.. Gray is
well known as ans able speaker,
having visited the lodge before.
The meeting begins at 1880.
Choice Hyde County oysters have
been ordered for the occasion.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09

Announcement has been made
by Mrs. w. S. Caravan of Column
bia that Governor w. Kerr Scott
will be the speaker at Columbia
November 18th at the Annual
meeting of the Alligator Croatan
Bridge Association. Mrs. Caravan
says Chairman Henry Jordan of
the Highway Commission will also
probably attend. W. S. White of
Manns Harbor is President of the
Association. The meeting will be-
gin at ten o'clock at the Columbia
Theatre, and dinner will be served
at 81 per plate. The public is in
vited to attend but those who ex-
pect to eat should notify Mrs. Car
avian secretary of the Association,
four days ahead of time.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09
SPORTSMEN FIND
FISHING GOOD
IN. WAVES AREA

Waves.Lyntil the autumn of
1851 the community of Waves on
Hatteras Islaad was seldom visit
ed and its fame hinged around
the fact that it is the most easter
ly postoffice along the North Ca
rolina coast. In recent weeks, how
ever, with a paved road concct-
ing the village and Hatteras where
many sportsfshermen visit each
year, the surf adjacent to Waves
has been discovered by anglers
to be an excellent place to cast
for channel bass.
During the past few weeks, doz-
ems of anglers have been fishing
in the sloughs near the old rustcd
hulk of an LIST that was wrecked
on the beach at Waves during a
December gale several years ago.
And hundreds of channel bass have
been landed.
Asa Gray, local merchant, COM
menting on the sportsfishing here,
stated that he believed this Sec
ton of Hatteras Island would in
time attract thousands of surf
casters each year. He stated that
overnight facilities were limited,
but that it was possible to find
places to stay if anglers wanted
to stop over in the village. "Other-
wise, they can stop at the hotels
in Hatteras or Buxton and drive
from there to Waves in safety and
in short time,' he said.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09
OPEN HOUSE AT THE
MANTEO LIBRARY
By GEORGIA E. HARDWOOD


BOOK WEEK, Nov. IL to II,
seems a good time to call atten-
ton to the Library and its con-
tents which will be on display
from 10 am. to 6 pm. on Monday,
Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. On
Wednesday and Thursday we also
invite your attendance from 10 a.
m. to 6 pm. but we will be open
in the evening from 7 to 10 for
the convenience of those who can
not come in the daytime.
1t is impossible to show all the
books on any one subject-there
are often far too many but we have
grouped them by subjects for spec
ial attention.
The Children's books-new and
old-are included in the displays.
MONDAY-10 am. to 6 PM
Parent and Child-The Home
Useful Hobbies.
TUESDAY-10 am. to 6 pm
The COMMUNICATES Services
It's Schools, Religious Life, Recre-
alton, Indoor and Outdoor Sports.
Everyday Arts and Skills.
WEDNESDAY-10 am. to 6 p.
M, z pm. to 10 p.m.-The Fine
Arts: Painting, Fine Prints and
Engravings, Sculpture, Drawing,
Pottery, Interior Decoration, Pho
Biography and Music.
THURSDAY-10 am. to 6 p,
M, z pm. to 10 p.m.-Literature,
Classical and Modern; Poetry and
Drama; Novels and Stores, adult
and juvenile.
FRIDAY-10 am, to 6 PM
Folk Dancing, Costume, the Thea
tire, the Moving Picture, Radio
and Television, Science.
SATURDAY-1O am. to 6 pm
History, Biographies and Travel
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09
THIS WAS A LUCKY BUCK
For EAST LAKE HUNTERS

East Lake.-The luckiest buck
of the Mill Tail Creek section of
Dare County's vast mainland for
est is still roaming the woods. This
buck was lucky because he has not
antlers.
Capt. Ken Ward, one of the
best known big game hunters and
guides in Dare, tells the story
about the buck.
"We were anchored in Min Tail
Creek when the big buck appeared
on the creek bank. Almost immedi-
ately, because there were dogs OF
the chase coming close in, the
deer plunged into the creek and
started swimming across. He came
near my boat, and also the boat of
Game Protector Stanford White of
Manns Harbor and we had a
chance to have a close inspection
of the ANIMAL" said Capt. Ward.
"The animal had APPARENTLY lost
his antlers because the place
where they were supposed to be
showed bony bases for same. But
the law says you can only shoot
bucks with antlers. So naturally
we did not try to kill him. This
met with the approval of the game
protector on the scene,' he contin-
ued.
After. giving the animal a pat
or two on the head, he swan on
across the creek and casually dis.
appeared in the woods-tI,e lucky
buck.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09
SEVERSKY ACCEPTS
FLIGHT INVITATION

Major Alexander p. de Seversky,
Russian-born authority and author
of aviation subjects, has accepted
an invitation to be the principal
speaker at the annual December II
First Flight Celebration at XIII
Devil Hill this year, it is an
nounced by Ralph v. Whiueuer,
organizational director of the Air
Force Association, Washington, D.
C.
Whitener had extended the invi-
tation on behalf of his organiza-
ton which with the Kill Devil
Hills Memorial Association CO.
sponsors the celebration honoring
the Wright brothers and the 4sth
anniversary of their first fight at
the base of Kill Devil Hill on De-
cember II, 1903.
Major de Seversky will fly to
Roanoke Island and travel over
land from the airport there to the
site of the first fight at Kill Devil
Hill where he will take part in the
morning exercises at the monu-
ment before delivering the main
address at the banquet to be held
at Mays Head hotel which will
feature foods flown in for the oc-
casion from all parts of the world.
Major de Seversky will be one of
several outstanding leaders at
tending the exercises this year in
GLIDING nigh ranking officers of
the Marines, Air Force, Navy, and
Coast Guard. Also local persons
See FLIGHT, Page Five
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09
ROAD SURVEY ON
PEA ISLAND is
ABOUT FINISHED

Engineers of the state highway
and public works commission have
completed the survey of the final
link of the Mays Head-Hatteras
highway. The current survey.
underway for the past several
weeks is over the route of beach
lands connecting this famous
Coast Guard and Old Christmas
village with Oregon Inlet and the
free state ferry. Passing through
Pea Island National Wildlife Ref
uge, winter feeding grounds for
the rare snow geese and other
species of wildfowl, the route un-
der survey at present is approx
mately Is miles in length.
Construction of the pavement
and grading over the route is
scheduled to begin early in 1852.
When completed by the summer
of next year it will mean an all
weather paved highway from the
intersection at U. S. Highways
15S, Ga and 264 at Mays Head and
the far famed Cape Hatteras re-
gion.
Even before final approval was
given for its construction, traffic
over the sandy trail, never re-
commended to inexperienced beach
drivers, had shown big increase.
More than 100 automobiles daily
have crossed Oregon Inlet on some
days during the current autumn.
The going is rugged, however,
between Oregon Inlet and Rodan-
the at the present time. Mid Oct
ober storms did not help the stu
alton. The present road or trail
is mostly series of water filled
holes. A washout at New Inlet
along the sandy trail has been
the point of grief for many motor
lists whose auto motors were
drowned out during high tides.
"Back of the beach" as the island
residents call the highwater mark
and surf side, is unusually treach-
erous at this season of the year
due to quichsand and shelly areas.
The Mays Head-Hatteras road,
one of the most genuine "ocean
highways" in America is now
paved from Rodanthe to Hatteras.
1t passes through the commune
ties of Waves, most easterly COM
munity on the South Atlantic
coast, Salvo, Avon at Kinnakeet,
Buxton on Cape Hatteras, FRISCO
in the Cape Woods and thence
to the town of Hatteras famous for
its commercial and sports fishing.
Likewise on the north side of Ore
gon Inlet, the road is paved to
Mays Head and passes picturesque
Bodie Island Lighthouse and the
former Coast Guard and Loran
Station. Eventually the Mays Head
-Hatteras road is destined to be-
come the final eastern link of
transcontinental U. S. Highway ga.
State officials have determined
that it will not be necessary to
fence the road in as it is built
through Pea Island National Wild
life Refuge, although some pub
licity to this effect was given re-
Gently.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09
BEACH RESIDENTS
QUESTION EXTRA
SANITARY TAXES
Additional % Cents To FL
nance Expense of PreIim-
mary Waterworks
Survey

Many requests have come to US
to explain the additional tax of
% cents per $100 valuation that
appears on the 1851 tax notices
received by beach property own
ers in the Mays Head-K Kitty Hawk
area of Dare County.
The best answer we can give
is that it is levied to obtain the
money to pay some $4,000 of ex-
penses incurred in making sur
vey to determine the probable cost
of establishing water system in
what is known as the sanitary dis
trict between the bridges of Mays
Head and Kitty Hawk.
Melvin r. Daniels, Clerk to the
Board of Commissioners says the
property valuation in this area is
approximately $4,6OO,OOO, and the
% cents tax per 500 should yield
about $1O,12O in one year, pro-
vided it is all collected.
County Attorney Martin KEEL
logg, Jr., says the Board is en-
powered under the general law to
levy a tax for such preliminary
survey and that all legal steps
leading up to the levy were in or
der.
Upon petition signed by a pre-
scribed number of residents of the
area in 1949, a Commission was
set up, and the members given a
temporary appointment by the
Board of Commissioners. In the
1850 election that were confirmed
for two-year term by the voters
of the district. The members are
John R. Duvall, Chairman, of Kit
ty Hawk, Mrs. Daisy H. Midget
and ]. E. Harris of Mays Head.
If the Commission finds it FEAST
BILE to follow through with plans
for the installation of the water
system, vote may be held in 1852
TO determine if bonds shall be
issued and sufficient tax levied to
finance the system which would be
supported also by water rents paid
by consumers.
Early preliminary surveys indi-
Gated system to serve the area
would cost about 100000. This
was based on costs of two years
ago.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09
REAL FISH STORY
REPORTED FROM
PURSE METERS
Monday Afternoon Catch of
$500 Pounds Worth ST.
300; Another Freak
Catch Reported

Fishermen often go long time
without any breaks, but Ira Spen-
GER and his crew struck luck Mon
day afternoon, when with one haul
with their purse net, they landed
IS boxes of rock in Albemarle
Sound, which sold for $1,000.
We get the story from a re-
liable man, and it sounds like the
best fish yarn of the year. Capt.
Spencer's crew, along with all 9TH
er fishermen, had been loafing out
blue Monday around the town of
Columbia. But in the afternoon the
weather improved and this par
ticular crew decided to go out and
look things over, the others re-
naming ashore.
Capt. Ira's Crew saw a school
of rockfish, and they put the net
around it. They loaded the boat so
heavy they had to leave the net;
and it partly full of fish still. The
IT'S boxes weighed 100 pounds
each. We have not heard if he
found the net on his return. A
net of this kind is worth $500.
Another good story concerns Ira
Spencer. 1t seems that Jennis
Spencer, a Columbia fisherman
had put his net around a school
of rock as he thought, but had only
succeeded in surrounding about
half the school. Capt. Ira was near
by and got his net around the
remaining half. The first fisher
mans sales were for $500, the
second for $495.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09
MANTEO GARDEN CLUB
GETS MILEAGE PRIZE

The Manteo Garden Club cap
tured the mileage prize Tuesday.
when les was represented at the
district meeting in Washington,
N. c., BY Mrs. A. w. Drinkwater,
Mrs. A. o. Bell, Mrs. Fred Bas-
night, Mrs. T. d. Etheridge and
Mrs. Leo Midget. Mrs. Drink
water is president Of the ManteO
club.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09
MANTEO CHILD BREAKS
COLLAR BONE WEDNESDAY

Mary Ann Midgette, small
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
R. Midgette of Manteo, suffered
a broken collar bone in mishap
while at play early Wednesday
evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Midgette
took her to 2 Norfolk hospital,
where the injury was treated. No
disqualification was required, and
Mary Ann is recuperating at her
home.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09
WOMANLESS WEDDING
PLANNED FOR FRIDAY
Evening of Hilarious Entertain
ment Being Sponsored by
WOman's Club

A womanless wedding, sponsor
ed by the Manteo Woman's Club,
promises to bring an evening of
hilarious entertainment to the
public on Friday evening, Novem-
Der 9, when the affair will take
place in the school auditorium.
The hour is eight o'clock, and it
is hoped the public will attend
in large numbers. Proceeds will
go toward club projects now under
way.
, 1951-01-19

such q commission as President
Roosevelt did in World War II.
Bitter opposition to the bill is
expected from Southern Demo
Gratis - opposition which would
create a party row that would en-
danger the Democrats slim senate
, 1951-01-19

Concluded from page /
hazard to teachers and chill
dren, were made to the Day.
ton school board yesterday
by Kenneth P. Tate, spokes-
man for a delegation of
about SO parents of Willard
school children.
The polluted air" Tate said,
apparently came from six hot air
furnaces and an old boiler heat
ing unit in the basement Of the
school.
He also pointed out that three
fourths of the schools drinking
fountains and its two toilet rooms
are also in the basement where six
clasrooms are provided to meet
o~vercrowded conditions.
The board was reminded that
school surveys in 1910 and 1915
recommended replacement of the
present Willard school building
with a new structure.
"Our school district has always
supported school ~levies, and we
want to remind you once nor to
consider our problem" Tate said.
Supt. Robert French said he had
never before heard that air in the
Willard school basement is poll
uted," and asked Frank Carlson,
assistant superintendent, to in
vestigate the complaint.
Ben Shaman, school board presi-
den, told the delegation that arch
itectual plans now are being pre-
pared for a new West Side ele-
mentary school to relieve over-
crowded classrooms in Willard and
Wogaman schools.
"The proposed new school, which
will be built as soon as additional
money for permanent improve
ments is obtained, will be on a
site about halfway between Will
lard and Wagaman schools,," She
man explained.
'It will not replace Willard, but
it should completely relieve the
present overcrowding. We don't
like to put classrooms into base
ment any more than you do"
Carlson said it was hard to keep
, 1951-01-19
THE OHIO DAILY EXPRESS

hot-air furnaces from leaking
some Of their fumes. Six new fur
naces were istalled in the school
in 1914, he said, and all school fur
naces are regularly checked for
operating efficiency.
, 1951-01-19

Continued from Page u
fight which would undoubtedly
split the anti-FEPC estates
Rights" Democrats and the social
ed liberal wing of the Rupubli-
can party.
The bill was offered following
President Truman's hint that he
may set up an FEPC with power
to ban racial or religious discrim-
nation in hiring. The President
has repeatedly asked for such leg
islation and recently said he would
establish, by executive order, a
fair practice commission if cong
ress does not.
Mr.. Truman said that when the
proper time comes he will decide
whether he could and should create
, 1951-01-19

FOR SALE Pontiac AIS, ex-
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HE-7265. t-279
, 1951-01-19

FOR RENT-Room for employed
couple and single girl. Cali MI
2O5O after 4:30 pm. t-80
, 1951-01-19

WANTED Three furnished or
unfinished rooms for couple.
MI-3178 t-28O
, 1951-01-19

FOR RENT-Room for two girls,
some privileges. 2016 Lakeview
Ave. -ME-9118
, 1951-01-19

FOR SALE '48 Black Z pas
senger Dodge. Excellent condi-
ton, cheap. MI-7634. t-286
, 1951-01-19
CLASSIFIED

FOR RENT Rooms for working
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, 1951-01-19

DESPERATELY NEEDED-Two,
three or four room unfinished
apartment. AD-6946. t-280