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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07
SHEEPSHEAD AND
TROUT PLENTIFUL
IN DARE WATERS

Sheepshead and trout are re-
ported as plentiful in Dare coast
waters during early August by
George Dykstra, operator of the
original fishing center and char
ter boat base here.
"To catch them, it is not nee
essary to charter a large party
boat" he said. GAS matter of fact
most of the sheepshead aud trout
now being caught in the Roanoke
Island and sound area are taken
with shrimp bait near the bridge
and by anglers fishing from
skiffs."
Early morning and late even
ing, about sunrise or sunset has
been the best time of day to
catch these two species, Dykstra
pointed out.
Trout were also being caught
in the Oregon Inlet section and
sheepshead too near the ferry
landings recently. One Charlotte
angler caught a 13-pounder near
the southshore ferry slip recently
and it is believed to be the larg-
est sheepshead taken with rod
and reel along the Dare coast
this year.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07
SEVENTH SAiLFISH
OF 1853 SEASON is
TAKEN OFF DARE

Mays Head. - E. G.. Hass, 6236
Richie Road, Washington, DC,
fishing with Capt. Willie Ether
idge, Jr., aboard his cruiser Chez
Chez of Wanchese landed the
seventh sailfish of the season to
be taken in the Gulf Stream off
the Dare coast of North Carolina
this year.
Previously three sails had been
landed off Oregon Inlet and three
by anglers fishing from cruisers
operating off Hatteras. The Hass
fish, 7-footer, was the second
to be taken by anglers aboard
Etheridge's boat.
Four of the seven fish were
taken by anglers off Oregon Inlet
where Tom Winston of Richmond
landed the first on July 25. The
next two fish were landed on diff
ferent days by Suffolk anglers
]. M. Bright and Gene Holloway.
The three sailfish taken off
Hatteras to date this season were
landed early in July.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07
Dream BITING IN
MAN MADE PONDS
NEAR KITTY HAWK

Kitty Hawk. - Two years ago
Frank Stick, noted artist of out
door subjects, and especially fish,
created a series of fresh water
ponds or miniature lakes in the
swanky Southern Shores area on
the oceanside northeast of Kitty
Hawk.
~As creator of the Southern
pres development, now a full
edged shore community, Sticks
idea was to provide drainage
facilities and mosquito control for
the area when he dug out the
miniature lakes. The ponds have
proven successful from this
standpoint, and now they are be-
coming excellent fishing spots
for the residents of Southern
Shores.
They are catching some nice
bream," said Stick, some of
them running up to eight and
ten inches in length in these
ponds and in another year or two
the fishing should really be
something to- talk and write
about"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07
DAN TRIED FOR
UPSETTING FOUR
IN A ROW BOAT
Court in Dare Assesses REIN
bursegnent Against Alfred
A. Midget for Ma
rine Sport

For new kind of marine sport
in Dare's enchanting waters,
Alfred "A. Midget of Manteo
was fined S. by Judge w. F.
Baum in Recorders Court Tues
day. Alfred Midget of Manteo
was tried for running over four
negroes in a rowboat in Broad
creek channel. He was also
ordered to reimburse the four
for articles lost.
Jerry Bell McClease, Oscar
Midget, Sam Moore, Jr., and
Carey Grant Davenport said that
Midget deliberately ran over
them. Two swan ashore, but two
got aboard Midgett's boat. They
had rented the boat of George
Dykstra who also had a bill for
damages.
Property losses of the colored
boys were itemized as follows:
Shoes, shirts, cash, etc, $18.98;
Midget $186 cash; Moore, rod
and reel $40 and $3.50 cash; Dav-
export, cash and cigarettes, 1921.
The defendant was ordered to
pay these amounts to the wit
nesses. Also to pay George Dyks-
ira $40 for damage to the boat,
and the costs of court.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07
WANCHESE PARTY
BOAT is POPULAR
WITH $3.50 ANGLERS

Mack Etheridge's idea to pro-
vide low cost charter boat SER
vice for large groups of anglers
is proving popular in waters near
Wanchese.
Etheridge converted a large
vessel into a party boat which
can accommodate up to 20 anglers
or more. He then arranged two
schedules daily leaving the local
wharf at 7 o'clock and again at
l o'clock. The boat is out for
about five hours each trip and
the waters fished are nearby
spots where bottom species can
be taken without much difficulty.
For the new service, Etheridge
charges $3.50 for each person
fishing. Trout, founder, spot and
sea mullet are the principal
catches.
1.-THE idea is not new" says
Etheridge, "but it is the first
time anyone around here has
offered such a service and it is
very popular with anglers wish
ing to make short trips of fish
ing at low cost"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07
ANGLERS CATCHING 3-LB.
BLUES IN HATTERAS AREA

Hatteras. - Anglers fishing
the inlet here and the surf be-
tween Hatteras and Cape Point
were landing three pound blues
on Monday, largest of this species
to be taken in any numbers since
an earlier inshore run of the sur
face feeders during late May and
early June.
''They were taking just about
every type of lure trolling in
the wake of charter boats work
ing the Inlet said Scotty Glib
son, land at the Cape they were
taking artificial lures and cut or
shrimp bait"
Gibson's reports were based
on catches made by anglers
stopping at his Atlantic View
Hotel or Gibson's Restaurant, a
new unit of the hostelry opened
this season.
While the blues and their
sizes ranging up to three pounds
each were causing the big excite.
ment among inshore inlet anc
surf anglers during the early par
of the week, Spanish mackere
were also plentiful at the Inle
and scores were caught with sur
face lures that also attracted tn,
bluefish, according to Gibson.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07

DIR. w. S. CAM, who for some
five years has practiced steadily
and faithfully at Swan Quarter,
and Mrs. Cam have recently
moved to Windsor where DR..
Cam has become Health Officer
for BERTHE County. Mrs. Cam
who taught for some years in the
Swan Quarter schools has resign
ed some weeks ago. The Gains
last year completed a beautiful
modern home in Swan Quarter.
Their departure is viewed by the
community with intense regret.
Since setting up a home in Wind
sor, they have been returning to
Swan Quarter for week ends.
Swan Quarter is again with
out a physician. AS roads have
improved and health centers and
hospitals have been developed
in nearby towns, for instance
Columbia and Belhaven, the
medical practice so often former
ly gravitating to the county seat
has been scattered in four direc.
tons. Engelhard now has the
only resident doctor in Hyde
County.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07
DARE GIRLS AND BOYS
TO CAMP NEXT WEEK
Alters Will Attend Camp on Roa-
nOke Island Along with Mem
bers from Five Other
Counties

The following Dare girls and
boys are planning to attend camp
this year, and perhaps a good
many others:
Wiley Smith, Eugene Smith
East Lake; Johnney Beck, Raish
Beck, Rodanthe; Rudy Gray
Waves; Roscoe Beasley, Wanchese;
Alan McAbee, Frisco; Peggy Ann
Taylor, Manns Harbor; Bebe Bur
rus, Joyce Midget, Patsy Gordon
Nancy Gordon, Raymond Wescott
Jr., Manteo; Gary Lee Perry, Bob
by Sullivan, Kitty Hawk; 10 Anne
Midget, Mitzi Oden, Mary Burrus
Sara Burrus, Elaine Stowe, Sharon
'Peele, Cora Joan Austin, Gloria
Jean Gray, Hatteras.
Dare County is planning to camp
with Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquo-
tank, Camden and Currituck coun.
ties, of the Albemarle.
One of the highlights of the year
for All members is the All Camp
Dare County camp will be held al
Roanoke Island, Camp, August 10
Is with five other counties. Camp
is so-designed to meet the needs
and means of rural boys and girls,
place where boys and girls make
new friends and come in contact
with people.
Camp is composed of weeks
training in recreation, crafts,
swimming instruction, Better
Methods Electric program and
Wildlife. This year pin-up lamp
will be made in the crafts class.
Boys and girls should arrive at
the courthouse August 10, 1858,
about 400 pm. Transportation will
be furnished from the courthouse
and all members will go to camp
in group.
Camp will adjourn Saturday
August Is at $3.50 am. and trans
portation will be furnished back to
town by those desiring it.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07
MORE BIG TOMATOES AND
BIGGER WATERMELONS

A tomato from the garden of
Claude Jones of Manteo last
week weighed one and a half
pounds. 1t measured five inches
in diameter. We had an item the
week before about Cecil Berry's
twin tomato. 1t all goes to show
that Roanoke Island will produce
the stuff, if anyone wants to do
a little gardening.
Champion watermelon grower
of Roanoke Island is Thos. E.
Dough, retired Coast Guard man
who lives near Fort Raleigh.
Like his father before him, he is
noted for growing big melons.
The general run of melons from
this patch has been about 81
inches in circumference, and two
feet long and even longer. Mel
ons are produced on Roanoke
Island as early as the fourth of
July.
Before he got in poor health,
Marchant Meekins was grower
of mighty big melons, and like
wise many Others back in the
days when farming and garden
ing was more extensive. The
community of Baumtown at
Wanchese was once noted for
good melons.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07
SEPT. HOMECOMINGS AT
METHODIST CHURCHES
Manns HarbOr and East Lake to
Be Scene of Celebrations on
9Th and 18th

The Methodist Churches of
Manns Harbor and East Lake
are each to hold a big Home
coming with special religious
services in September, Rev. A. l..
G.. Stephenson, the pastor, an
nounces.
DR.. F. S. Love is to be the
speaker at East Lake on Sept
ember 10.
The Manns Harbor big day
is to be on the 9th, and a former
been invited to preach.
resident, Rev. George Alvin
Gard, now of Wytheville, Va, has
A revival is in progress this
week at East Lake, with services
each evening and Charles Owens,
Duke student is conducting the
services.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07
Single Copy 10
COUNTY BOARD
WARNS JENNETTE
TO OPEN ROAD
Closing Of Spur to Ocean at
Whalebone Beach ARGUS
es Ire of Public

Public indignation at the ac-
ton of w. H. Jennette, fishing
pier operator in closing the road
running through his tourist
court property near the fishing
pier at Whalebone Beach brought
action from the Dare County
commissioners Tuesday, who
notified Jennette to open the
road or action void be brought
against him. At the time, the
road was obstruted by trailer.
Mr., Jennette has long contend
ed he owns the road under the
deed by which he bought the
land. But most of the citizens are
of the belief that it is a public
road, because it was so, and had
been surfaced in part from public
funds, many years before Mr..
Jennette appeared on the scene.
Some contend that while being
honest in his intentions, Mr.. Jen-
nette just thinks he bought some
thing that nobody had any right
to sell him in the first place. Re-
CARELESS of rights, however, it
will be tough shedding, and a
bucking of public sentiment,
should the road be closed; for
it is the only public outlet to the
ocean, where U. S. 264 and U. S.
158 converge.
The county board Tuesday
made adjustments in tax matters,
accepted routine reports, recon-
mended the addition of 1000
more feet of hard surface road
at Duck in the northern end of
Dare County; made an agree
ment with D. v. Meekins through
this year to look after the Air
port property.
Mrs. Zenovah Davis was en-
ployed for 80 days to serve as
Tax Supervisor replacing Willis
L. Daniels who quit. Instructed
the County Attorney to prepare
a deed for the tract of land don
ated Dare County by the late
David Lindquist of New York on
Bodie Island. For this the county
will receive $4,000 from the
National Park Service.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07

DR.. CLYDE R. BROWN, after
ten months of practice in Man
teo, closed his offices this week
and has returned to the job of
resident physician at the State
Hospital in Goldsboro, from
where he removed to Manteo. DR..
and Mrs. Brown have made many
friends in Dare County, and their
departure is viewed with great
regret. However, while not de-
string to leave, DR.. Brown feels
that the medical practice in the
area did not offer sufficient pos
sibilities now that so many other
avenues are open for the treat
ment of the residents of the wide
ly scattered communities of Dare
County. Their son and daughter,
Clyde, Jr., and Sallie, both being
employed with the Lost Colony,
will continue to spend the sum-
mer at Manteo.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07
APPRECIATlVE AUDIENCE
HEARS VERDI REQUIEM
Conductor Ralph Burrier Receives
Praise for Production

The Manzoni requiem by Guis-
eppi Verdi, which was presented
Monday night in Manteo by the
horus of the Roanoke Island
School of Fine Arts, was en-
Enthusiastically received by an
appreciative audience. While the
auditorium was not filled, a fair
sized crowd was present, and
the conductor, Ralph Burrier, re-
viewed round after round of
applause which he shared with
the soloists and chorus. Soloists
&ere Marjalene Thomas, Gwynn
pose and Ruth Thompson, sop
amos; Nena Williams and Ann
Wynn Armstrong, messo-sopran-
os; Brantley Greeson, Charles
Willard and William Schubert,
tenors; Ralph Kaler, Harley
Stieff and Thomas Are, BASES.
The concert, which was pre-
See REQUIEM, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07
ELIZABETH CITY MAN
DIES AT KITTY HAWK

Funeral services for Oliver
Elmer Mcpherson, Sc, who died
apparently of a heart attack
Wednesday morning at AS
o'clock at his Kitty Hawk cot
tage, were conducted Thursday
afternoon at 8 o'clock at the
Twiford Funeral Home chapel in
Elizabeth City. Burial was in
Highland Park Cemetery.
He was a native of South Mills,
Camden County, and had lived
in Elizabeth City for 80 years. He
was the son of Oliver Lee and
Mary j. Mcpherson; the husband
of Mrs. Lydia Sawyer McPher-
son; and a veteran of World War
l, having served in the Navy. He
was secretary treasurer of the
Mcpherson Auto Supply Com
pany.
Surviving besides his wife and
mother are one daughter, Mrs.
Mary F. Morrisette, and one
granddaughter, Miss Carcella
Morrisette, of Elizabeth City;
three sisters, Mrs. Edith McPher-
son Johnson, of South Mills; Mrs.
Alma Mcpherson Jones, of Little
ton, and Mrs. Madge Mcpherson
Thacker, of Elizabeth City; three
brothers, James Edward Nc
Pherson, Arthur Alvin McPher-
son, both of Elizabeth City, and
Calls Lee Mcpherson, of South
Mills -. :
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07
PURPLE HEART Isl
IS YEARS COMINGI
TO DARE co. MAN |
Harry Parkinson, Wanchese
Man Now in Portsmouth.
Remembered for 1918

Harry Parkinson of Wanchese,
who in 1918 went through some
of the bloodiest fighting in
France, finally got his purple
heart medal this month after be-
ing overlooked for 35 years.
Harry is now living at 8 Seb-
ago Drive, Portsmouth, where he
is employed as a guard in the
Norfolk Naval Shipyard. During
World War when he was ser
wing as a. company Sergeant, he
won the purple and gold heart
shaped medal. He said he knew
it was coming sometime, accord
ing to the Portsmouth Star:
1T seems that they were clean
ing out some files and found my
commendation," he unused, $50 l
guess they decided to send it on
to me-" Flipping over the medal
he read engraved on the back,
For Meritorious Service-Har-
old Parkinson"
Parkinson, who can best be de-
scibed as the very soul of pa
tience, enlisted in the National
Guard in 1914 at the age of Is
when the Army turned thumbs
down on him because of his age.
He was shipped over in 1913
and joined the Yanks in the
trenches in Belgium and France.
II was at Bellecourte, France that
he was wounded.
In charge that >pitted 10000
Germans, Parkinson, a company
sergeant, led his men out of the
trenches and started through
mo Mans Land" and toward the
Huns lines.
In the SCATTERING enemy Shell
fire and exploding poison gas,
only SO men remained out of Per-
kinson's company of $50. Perkin-
son was one of 211 casualties.
With shrapnel wounds in his
left shoulder, Parkinson was sent
to England, where he was hospi-
talized for three months. 1t was
there that he learned that the
Yanks had cracked the German
line in exactly 46 minutes, and
taken $4,000 prisoners in little
over an hour.
A native of Wanchese, N. c.,
Parkinson received his early edu-
cation there. At the death of his
parents, he was sent to the Meth
odist Orphanage in Raleigh to
complete his schooling.
When he was discharged in
1919 after a five-year hitch, Per-
kinson returned to Wanchese and
married his present wife, Clyde,
and then took up farming in
Edenton
He moved again to Wanchese
in 1889 and then came to Ports
mouth in 1850. Since that time he
has been employed at the ship
yard.
What does Parkinson think of
his medal? Well, he seems pretty
proud of it, even though some of
his pride must be dulled by the
governments 35-year hardness.
However he thinks that if the
government handed out Congress
sional medals then ''like they do
now" most of his men would
have had them. The high rate of
casualties and the number of
German prisoners would seem to
bear him out.
Officially, his citation reads
like this:
"Purple Heart decoration is
authorized for wound received in
action Sept. 20, 1918 while serv-
ing as a sergeant, Co. I, 10th
Infantry"
And they didn't even say
We're sorry"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07

DIR. A. J. HOBBS, pastor of st.
Paul's Methodist Church, Colds
boro, will be guest minister at
Waterside Theatre on Sunday
morning when the regular Lost
Colony Season worship period
will be observed at II o'clock.
A feature of the services will be
music by the Lost Colony Choir
under the direction of Ralph
Burrier.
DR.. Hobbs is a native of Per-
quimans County. His ministry
has included pastorates in Red
Springs, New Bern, Wilson, Raj
eigh, Durham District, and Rocky
Mount District prior to his pre-
sent assignment in Goldsboro.
His church activities have been
varied. In 1851 he was a delegate
to the Methodist Ecumenical
Conference at Oxford in Eng
land. He is now president Of the
NC. Methodist Board of Publ
cations, past president of the
Conference Board of Education,
trustee of Greensboro College
and his activities have included
many other posts of Importance.
His sermon subject on Sunday
morning will be Some Secrets
of Great Living"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07

SHERIFF B. RAY COHOON of
Tyrrel County is slated to be
U. S. Marshall for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, pos
ition now held by Ford S. Worthy
of Washington. Sheriff Cohoon's
wide circle of friends are immen-
sely gratified at his appointment
to this $4,000 post. For some IL
years he has held the office of
Sheriff in a Democratic County,
and he has fought a vigorous
fight to hold his place. His I'M
ique position most likely played
large part in his selection for
this office. His nomination was
sent to the Senate this week.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07
TOURIST BUREAU DIREcTRS
MEET WEDNESDAY AUG. IL

Annual meeting of the Dare
County Tourist Bureaus Board
of Directors will be held in the
Community building at Manteo
on Wednesday, August II at 10
o'clock, it was announced today
by Lawrence Swain, chairman of
the board. Matters to be discus
sed will be plans for the coming
years operation of the bureau.
There are Is members of the
board from Kitty Hawk, Mays
Head, Kill Devil Hills, Waves,
Hatteras, Manteo and MAINS
Harbor.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07
JUST KEEP ON

Just keep on alvin and keep on a'givin',
An keep a-tryin to smile;
Just keep on a-singin', a-trustin' and a-clingn
To the promise of after while.
For the comes up and the sun goes down,
An the morning follows night
There's place to rest like mothers breast,
An time when things come right.
Just keep believin' an hidin' all your grievin',
An keep on a-tryin' to cheer
Just keep on a'prayin', a-lovin' an a-sayn'
The things that we love to hear.
For the tide comes in an the tide goes out
And the dark will all turn bright;
There's rest from the load an an end to the road
An place where things come right
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-08-07
COAST GUARD HAD
163RD BIRTHDAY
ON AUGUST 4TH
At One Time Was Biggest
Employer on The Outer
Banks of North Car
DINA

throughout the nation on Au-
gust 4, the Approximately $4,000
active members of the Coast
Guard observed the 163rd ami
versary of the service.
Founded as the us. Revenue
Marine in 1890, by first Secretary
of the Treasury Alexander Ham
ilton, the Coast Guard qualities
as the nations oldest seagoing
force. Throughout its history its
officers and men, who reached a
wartime peak of $4,000 during
World War II, have been devoted
to service of humanity.
A member of the Armed
Forces at all times, it is an
agency of the Treasury Depart
ment in peacetime, but serves as
specialized branch of the Navy
in time of war or national emer-
gency when directed by the Pres
ident.
Coast Guard cutters on the
Atlantic and Pacific provide
transocean ships and aircraft
with rescue facilities and naviga-
tional and meteorological sup
port. Air and sea units patrol
hundreds of thousands of square
miles around the nations shore
lines in rescue and assistance
work. During the years since
1914, when the International Ice
Patrol was placed under Coast
Guard Jurisdiction, not a life has
been lost through collision of a
ship with an iceberg.
Around the country's harbors
and inland waterways, the SER
vice maintains approximately
10000 aids to navigation. Life
boat and light stations along ali
shorelines stand ready to aid
those in distress.
In addition to these long-esta-
blished activities, the Coast
Guard now operates a port sec
urity program encompassing ten
major port areas, including New
York, Philadelphia and Hampton
Roads. Tho program is divided
into four parts-screening of sea-
men and longshoremen for pos
sible subversives, supervision of
explosives handling, guarding of
restricted areas and general sec
urity, which includes ship in
spection.
Commandant of the Coast
Guard, recently appointed for a
second four-year term, is Vice
Adm. Merlin O'Neill. Command
er of the Fifth Coast Guard Dis
trict with headquarters in Nor
folk, is Rear Adm. Russell E.
Wood, USCG.
Distress Cases in July
The number of distress assis-
lance cases handled during July
by Coast Guard units in the Fifth
and an estimated three million
District which stretches from
the Delaware border to South
Carolina, scared to an all-time
record for any other single
month, the Coast Guard reported
today.
Coast Guardsmen assigned to
the Fifth District Rescue Co.
ordination Center in the Norfolk
Post Office building from which
nearly all rescue activities are
directed, report July's total of
III assistance cases breaks all
monthly records, at least as far
back as oldtimers around the
office can remember and old re-
cord books indicate.
And the Coast Guard points
out that about an additional 100
reports of Coast Guard assistance
rendered during July that were
not of an emergent enough ma
ture to be included on the regu-
lar total are still due to be re-
ported to the rescue center in
Norfolk.
An assistance case is recorded
only when a Coast Guard unit
actually proceeds to give help.
See BIRTHDAY, Page Eight