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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-15
DEER AND BEAR
HUNTING SEASON
OPENS TOMORROW
The Usual Good Hunting Is
Expected This Year In
Hyde County

The deer and bear hunting
season opens in Hyde County to-
morrow, October Is, and runs
through Saturday, January 1st.
According to reports, it looks as
if hunting this season will be as
good as usual in the county. The
deer population is believed to be
about as large as usual, and the
bear population seems to have
increased, in view of a good
many reports of damage to crops
by bears.
The squirrel season also runs
from October Is to January l in
Hyde County this year
Bag limits this year are as
follows: DEER: daily, l; posses
sion, 1; season 2; BEAR: daily,
2; possession, 2; season, none;
and SQUIRREL: daily, 8; pos
session, 16; season, 100 (may in
clude 2 fox squirrel per day, 4
in possession, and 10 per season..
Hunters are reminded that the
law requires them to get IL
cense before attempting to take
any wild animals or birds. The
hunting license fees are: nonresi-
dent hunting, $15.75; state resi-
dent hunting. $40; combination
hunting and fishing $4.10; coun-
ty hunting, $1.10; and hunting
guide, $5.25. These licenses may
be purchased from numerous
stores throughout the county or
from any game warden
A free booklet containing
condensed hunting and trapping
regulations for the 1954-55 sea-
SON is available from stores sell
ing licenses, game Wardens or
the North Carolina Wildlife Re-
sources Commission in Raleigh.
The waterfowl season opens
on November 10th and runs
throlgh January 9th. Large num-
bers of geese began arriving at
Lake Mattamuskeet this week
and the outlook for the season is
very bright. An excellent breed
ing season and an improved sup
ply of feed for wildfowl has
given rise to predictions of more
ducks and geese thas ever be-
fore.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-15
Single Copy 7s
LOW BIDS TOTAL
S182,479 FOR NEW
HATTERAS SCHOOL
Lively Bidding for High
School Job That Has Been
Delayed Four Years

Low bids totaling $182,479 for
construction of a high school build
ing at Hatteras Island were open
ed Tuesday in the office of the
Dare County BOARD of Education.
There were six bids on general
construction; seven electrical bids;
five plumbing bids and six heat
ing bids.
Low bids offered were as fol-
lows: General, Hunt Construction
Co., $146,0O0. Electrical, New
Home Appliance Co. of Elizabeth
City, $9,65O. Plumbing, KEENAN, &
Corey $13,921. Heating, KEENAN, &
Corey, $12,908.
This building was made possible
four years ago by Dare County's
share of the school bond issue
voted under the leadership of Gov
ernor w. Kerr Scott. Due to a
fight between parties in Avon and
Buxton as to where the school
should be located and the timidity
of the authorities in finally To-
eating the school, its construction
has been delayed and the children
obliged to endure unfavorable ac-
commodations in the crowded
school at Buxton. The new build
ing is to be erected on a site some
two miles west of the present
school at Buxton, on a plot of
ground opposite the home of the
late A. D. Jennett.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-15
HOMER w. PATE. NATIVE OF
SALVO DIES IN ELIZ. CITY

Homer Wood Pate, 81, died
Elizabeth City following
neart attack Saturday afternoon
at $40 o'clock. He was a native
of Salvo, Dare County, the son
of the late Willie and Dorcas
Pate, the husband of Mrs. Pearl
Lane Pate; carpenter ana
member of the Pentecostal Holl-
ness Church. He had lived in
Elizabeth City for several years.
He lived in Manteo several
years. Surviving besides his wife
are three sons, Merritt OF Alex
andria, Va, Carroll of Maryland
and Gilbert Pate of Elizabeth
City; one daughter, Miss Hutn
Pate of Elizabeth City; one hair
brother, Mckinley Midget OF
Norfolk; one half-sister, Mrs.
Marina Hill of Elizabeth City;
and four grandchildren.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-15
WEEK END TRAFFIC TOO
HEAVY AT OREGON INIT

Week end traffic at Oregon In
let ferry has proved much too
heavy for the skinny new scned-
ule of one round trip an hour,
and many persons who would
visit Hatteras Island were disap-
pointed during the week ends 1t
has been in effect. On last week
end, many people were unable to
get on the boat. On Friday, Sat-
urday and Sunday, waiting lines
of cars have been so long as to
cause many to wait over for a
later boat. and the result is the
last boat still leaves a few. At
late hours, an extra boat was
pressed into service Sunday, but
no relief will be IN sight unless
an extra boat is put into service
earlier. Good fishing weather of
the kind enjoyed the past several
days will continue to bring
large numbers of sportsnen.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-15
NEGRO FINED FOR INVADING
NEIGHBOR'S TRAILER HOME

James Bryant was tried in Dare
Recorders Court Tuesday, charged
With trespassing in the trailer
home of Leon (Shorty) Jones near
Nanteo, and while he pleaded not
guilty, he was adjudged so by the
court on two counts. For assault
ing Jones, he was fined $40 and
costs of court, and for stealing SO
from Jones, he was fined $25 and
,osts.
Bryant claimed he went to
Jones' trailer seeking payment of
a debt of $1.50 Jones owed him. He
contended there was nothing to
Jones' accusations.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-15
ROTARlAN'S DRIVE FOR
FUNDS FOR BOY SCOUT
HUT GAINING HEADWAY

Manteo Rotarians will contin-
. the drive for funds for build
y the Boy Scout hut through
,ut the remainder of October at
which time it is planned to en-
courage the members of the local
scouts to begin their house to
house canvas.
Due to series of events, some
involving drives for funds dur
ing the past few weeks, the Ro-
tary project in behalf of the Boy
Scouts has Jagged somewhat.
Some of the committees have
reported partial results of, their
canvassing. One or two individ-
uals of the club had contacted
all persons assigned to their
committee. The fund raised
through cash donations to- date,
according to the ''Drive Thermo-
meter in downtown Manteo
stands at approximately 5000.
The fund goal is $4,000.
E. E. Meekins, Treasurer Of the
Boy Scout Building Fund for the
Manteo Rotary Club, reported
last week the following contri
buttons beside the $122 previous
ly reported:
By Martin Kellogg $500; $50
each by D. L. Hayman and w. R.
Pearce $50 each by o. ].
Jones anil Lawrence Swain,
and $40 each by Paul Gray,
Allyn Hanks, w. A. Williams,
Sam and Omie Tillett, Jess New
man, P. j. M. Bayne and charles
Marshall. $25 each by Ralph
Swain, C. S. Meekins, R. D. Saw
yer; SIS each by j. H. Deniston,
Mrs. Georgia Howard, Bryan
Cruze, WynneI Dough, Mrs.
Charles Evans, Mrs. Clara
Owens, E. L. Brown, Jethro Mid
gett, j. E. Harris, Paul Dykstra
and Toby Tillett. So each by j.
C. McCabe, Grace Jordan and
Albert Dillahunty. So by Jim
Scarborough, and 81 each by
Millicent Osmon, and Balfour j.
Baum.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-15
BUXTON-FRISCO
MAKE WAR ON
GARBAGE-TRASH

The communities of Buxton
and Frisco >have undertaken a
project of garbage and litter
cleanup, which is already max
ing a marked improvement in
the appearance of the Outer
Banks. For a long time the
Coastland Times, county Off
Gals, citizens and the visiting
public have thought and talked
of the need for cleaning up the
garbage and debris which has
Uttered the beaches and road
sides. Now a group of forward
looking citizens have done some
thing about it.
David M. Barnett of Buxton
has purchased large truck and
has arranged for garbage pick
up twice each week in the COM
munities of Buxton and Frisco.
Although the service has only
been in operation a short time
he has already signed up the
greater portion of the residences
and business houses in these
communities as well as the Cape
Hatteras Coast Guard installa-
tons. For this service he charg-
es $1.75 per month per residence
and has special rates for bust
ness establishments, based on the
anticipated amount of material
to be movd, with a minimum
business fee of $3.50 per month.
Barnett says that he plans to ex-
tend his pickup service to Avon
and Hatteras in the very near
future and hopes that these COM
munities will resr ond to a suffl-
cient degree so that he can
charge the same rates as in Bux-
ton, even though he has longer
hauling distance to his disposal
field.
Not content with simply "hid-
ing" the garbage, Barnett has Sc
cured the auvice of experienced
sanitation G. perts and has de-
veloped his own dispo i area
where the C, l:pings ar: burned,
treated with lime and covered
with dirt.
All of the public officials who
have been advised of this pro-
gram have endorsed it most en-
Enthusiastically. DR.. Dons1d
Thorpe, the resident physician at
the Cape Hatteras Health Cen
ter, has long advocated programs
to improve the health standards
of the communities and he favors
the project for that reason. The
National Park Service is primar-
lily interested in the appearance
of the island, as it is seen by it's
visitors, and park officials en-
dorse the program because they
believe that it will pay big divl-
dends in the increased good will
of the travelling public which is
one of the Outer Banks greatest
financial assets. Dare County
Commissioners Lloyd Scarbor-
ough and James Scarborough
and R. S. Smith, the county ag-
ent, are all high in their praise
of the communities and especial
ly of the citizens who have pro-
NOTED the project.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-15

CONGRESSMAN HERBERT C.
BONNER, has sent out call for
a big attendance at the Demo-
cratic Rally to be held at Eliza
beth City on Thursday, October
81, beginning at pm, and con-
Guiding with a fish fry. Mr.. Bon
ner says this week:
plans and arrangements have
been completed for the First
Congressional District Demo-
cratic Rally to be held at Eliza
beth City on Thursday, October
81, at 500 pm. at the S. L.
Sheep school auditorium.
Elton Aydlett, Bill Dawson,
Herbert Small, Lorimer Midget,
Jerome Flora, Sheriff w. L.
Thompson and other good Demo-
Gratis of Pasquotank County are
See BONNER, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-15
ROTARY PRESIDENT AT
MANTEO CLUB MONDAY

Egbert Peeler of Raleigh. Dis
trict Rotary President, attended
the meeting of the Manteo Club
Monday evening, and made an
inspiring talk on the ideals and
performance of Rotary principles
in action. Mr.. Peeler visited the
Elizabeth City club at noon. Sew
eral out of town visiting Rotar-
ians were present. Following the
meeting, a conference was held
with the District President; this
being his first official visit to the
club.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-15
WARREN AND WORTHY IN
DARE DURING WEEK END

Two retired officials from
Washington, N. c., Lindsay War
rtn, formerly Comptroller Gen
eral of the United States, and
Ford S. Worthy, recently U. S,
Marshall for the Eastern District
of N. c. were visitors in Dare
County during the week end.
They stopped at Kill Devil Hills,
and visited Manteo.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-15
MYSTERY AT WAVES
REMAINS UNSOLVED
Snow White Buildings Changed To
Battleship Gray Overnight
October 2

Waves, Oct. 12-They're still
talking about the night snow
white houses in this Outer Banks
village changed to gray between
sunset, October 2, and dawn,
October 8. So far no one here and
no visitors to the area who saw
the results of the strangest phe-
nomena that ever occurred on
Hatteras Island have been able
to give a satisfactory explana-
ton.
AS it all was happening during
the morning hours of Sunday,
October 8, many residents here
were almost stifled with an odor
that many said smelled like sui
phur.
Mrs. A. H. Gray, Jr., native
of Hatteras Island, explained
that not only was white paint
changed to gray on the exterior
of most of the homes, but inter-
iors were also discolored. Her
living room still showed the eff
feet of the phenomena a week
after it happened, but the exter-
ior showed only streaks, mostly
beneath the caves, that remain
ed.
"It was an unusual odor.
Smelled like a gunshell that had
just been fired" said Mrs. Gray.
Mrs. Dan Midget is postmaster
here. Her home was one of the
most heavily coated with what
ever it was that changed white
to gray. She explained that much
of the gray matter had disap-
peared during the week. "The
sunshine seemed to bleach the
outside walls of houses back to
their former whiteness," she ex-
planned. Still on the porches of
her home in sections Of the walls
where the sun did not reach each
day, the deep gray color remain
ed.
Newcomb Midget, a retired
Coastguardsman, believes the
answer to the mystery lies with
the great masses of eel grass
that had accumulated on the
sound shore following westerly
winds in the wake of two recent
hurricanes. The rotted grasses,
did have a gaseous odor more or
less sulphuric like. "Rotting eel
grass along our shores has al
ways smelled like this" he ex-
planned. 1--WE noticed it for the
past 80 years"
But Newcomb Midget had
never known the atmosphere to
be so heavily laden with the odor
that the color of paint would be
changed overnight.
Waves is two miles south of
Rodanthe and two miles north
of Salvo. Both Rodanthe and
Salvo, like Waves, are on the
sound shore. Each of the neigh
boring communities had masses
of eel grass along the shore-but
there have been no reports OF
any unusual odors on the night
of October 2, and the white
paint on houses did not turn
gray. Neither were there reports
from other Hatteras Island COM
munities of similar situations. -
Thus the mystery here at Waves
has not been solved to every
,ne's satisfaction.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-15
DEEPENING MILL
CREEK SUBJECT
OF RURITANS
Wanchese Group To Hear
Army Engineers Friday
Night at 7 P. M.

The subject of deepening the
channel from Pamlico Sound in
to Mill Creek at Wanchese will
be the principal item of business
Friday night, this week at 7 pm.
at the usual monthly dinner in
the schoolhouse. The club has
been working on this project fos
several months, and will have
as guests to explain the situa-
ton, representatives of the Corp
of Engineers, Wilmington office.
Congressman Bonner will be
invited to attend, but having just
returned from a long trip, it is
doubtful he can be present.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-15

MRS. FRANK HELPENSTILL,
who was formerly Helen Brittina
Garrish of Ocracoke, is back
home at Ocracoke after two
years in the Woman's Branch of
the U. S. Air Force. She enlisted
shortly after her graduation
from Ocracoke High School and
served at Denver, Colorado, and
Lakeland and Randolph Fields
Texas. Mr.. Helpenstill, A Texan,
was also in the Air Force, but
after getting out came East to
enlist with the U. S. Coast Guard
and is now training at Cape May.
The couple hope to make their
home in the East.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-15

MRS SIDE GARRSH a. ron right the proud great
grandmother Beverly Preston age
(fron lef who the fifth generation of family
Ocracok Not only "ss Saide" lived all life
daughter Walter ONea
Travis Williams great granddaughter Mrs Robert Preston
baby Beverly undoubtedly thinking at
it's good enough I'm going be Ocracoker"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-22

from plague, pestilence,
and famine; from battle and
and from sudden death,
Good Lord, deliver u.s."
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-22
BUXTON PERSONALS

Bud Cullifer and family have
returned to Portsmouth, Va. af-
ter a visit here with Mrs. Guilt
fer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j.
Dudley.
Mrs. Maud White and son-in-
law, George Fhller visited Nor
folk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey Parr have
returned home from a visit in
Norfolk, Va. with their children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maxton Peele
and children of Hatteras spent
several days here with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes Full
cher.
The w. S. C. S. met Tuesday
night for the first study given by
Mrs. Retta Dudley and the Sec
ond lecture Wednesday night.
A message was received here
that Valon Best had passed
away, he was a native of Buxton
and been living in Baltimore for
years.
Supt. Andrew Sterling has re-
turned to Dunn. Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Jennette have returned
home after accompanying Supt,
Sterling to his home.
Mrs. Lula Jennette is in Eliz-
abeth City and Barco visiting
friends.
Ronald Midget, U. S. Army of
Cape Henry visited his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Midget.
Mrs. Linda Midget accompan-
led her son-in-law, Oliver O'Neal
to Florence, S. c. for visit.
Mrs. James Midget of Eliza
beth City visited relatives here.
Mrs. Annie Midget is visiting
in Norfolk with her children and
grandchildren.
Rev. and Mrs. Pousland of
Ocracoke visited friends here.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-22

YOUR BUSINESS!
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-22
HAZEL
CONTINUED from Page One)

siderable damage had resulted to
the Scott-Navy-built paved roads
in the village last week. The 1914
hurricane destroyed 100000 worth
of navy buildings and gear, most
ly electronics equipment. The 1913
hurricane struck the island on Sep
TENDER 8. The George w. Wells,
first six-masted schooner ever
built, was cast ashore during that
storm-a total loss. A few miles
down the beach the British whale
back tramp steamer "Glennean,"
was also cast ashore. Later, the
Gleannean was relocated and saw
ed al years before the Omar
Babun was likewise relocated farth-
er north along the Outer Banks.)
Big Ike O'Neal recalled that days
after the tides of the September,
1918 gale had gone, a dying por-
poise was found in the crotch of
an Ocracoke live-oak.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-22
RODANTHE PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Cameron M.
Payne from Wanchese have re-
turned after spending few
days with Mr.. and Mrs. John E.
Herbert, ST.. and Mrs. Julian L.
Gray.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Road
cap and children, Anita Dale
and Kathy Elizabeth and Jazania
P. Herbert spent the week end
here with their parents.
Oh. Bos'n Julian L. Gray, U.
S. C. G., stationed in Norfolk,
spent the week end home with
his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen E. Gray
and baby Gail Eileen arrived
here recently from New Smyrna
Beach, Florida. Mrs. Gray will
remain here awhile since her
husband, in the U. S. c. G., has
been transferred to Norfolk, Va.
Herbert K. Midget, Jr., U. S.
c. c.. has returned to the Light
Ship Morehead City, after being
home on leave.
Levene w. Midget is now in
U. S. Public Health Hospital,
Norfolk, for arm treatment.
Mrs. Laura Scarborough and
boys from Portsmouth, Va. spent
the week end here with her par
,ents.
Mrs. Beulah O'Neal is in U. S.
Public Health Service Hospital
for treatment.
Mrs. Ruby Toler and baby
Patricia of Norfolk are here
visiting her mother, Mrs. Sudie
Payne and family.
Wiley w. Gray left home
Wednesday to re-enlist in the U.
S. Army.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-22
JOHN HARDEN WRITES
OF TAR HEEL GHOSTS

There must be ghosts all over
the world" so wrote Ibsen, and
North Carolina has its full quota
The Tar Heel storehouse of
ghosts is a rich one; from coast
to mountains and from colonial
exploration to atomic warfare,
the variance in apparitional
character and background is in
finite. TAR HEEL GHOSTS by
John Harden, to be published by
The University of North Caro-
lima Press on October 16 contains
twenty-three stories, plus ten
short shorts, proving that
North Carolina can provid e
ghosts aplenty.
These North Carolina spirits
have righted wrongs, brought
criminals % justice, punished
hayward husbands, avenge d
cruel deeds, and even gotten
themselves into court records
as active and Woodworking as
any lot of spooks ever assembled.
They come from, or inhabit,
cabins and mansions, boats,
trains, trails, and mountain re-
cesses.
During John Harden's varied
career-in newspaper and radio
work, in politics, and now as
Vic e-President Of Burlington
Mills-he has pursued his hobby
of collecting North Carolina
stories. Of TAR HEEL GHOSTS
he writes: There are those that
haunt with a purpose and those
that merely want to re-enact-
over and over again-their most
dramatic moments. They are
beautiful and hideous. They are
delicate, ladylike, and of gentle
manner, and they ROSTER and
roughneck all over the place.
Some are mischievous and have
sense of humour. others are
downright vicious. They appear
as men, women, and children
and in just about every descrip-
ton and variety-with the reser-
walton that l still haven't found
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-22

"a blonde ghost. Most of them are
old-fashioped. I assume that on
ly in the far distant tomorrows
will they come in technicolor
and SD" Our Tar Heel
Ghosts do handiwork, fight, ride,
direct investigations, and almost
get into the practice of law. /.
A motley crew, maybe, but in
teresting."
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-22
GLIM p S ES
T H E P A S T
Rv CAPnIyN nOyD
By CAROLYN LLOYD

By the time this appears in
print many words will have
been written and spoken about
Hazel. Twenty years from now
today's infants will have heard
thhe story so often that they will
think they remember it, just as
those of us who were infants in
1913 think we remember.
AS l write this, the water is
tapping at the top step of my
house; outside my upstairs win
dow the world is a maelstrom Of
thrashing branches. The spread
ing pecan tree in the back yard
dips menacingly toward the roof.
Garbage cans and chairs float
by; boat chugs through my
yard and down the highway. The
house shudders under the i'm
pact of the wind. Writing this
may seem like fiddling while
Rome burns but sitting idly will
not help. am hunbled by the
thought of mans impotence in
the face of the fury of nature.
We have defied the law of gra-
witty with the airplane, damned
mighty waters, changed the
course of rivers, and made death
from the atom; but before the
force of a storm man must still
bow his head in helpless sub
mission. Suddenly the things
that fretted me yesterday seem
of no importance-the rehearsal
for the class play, the cost of
living, the constant pressure of
things undone-all pale to in
significance before the question
of survival. In spite of the de-
struction it brings the sight of
the river, majestic in its anger,
is awe inspiring as it swallows
up man-made things.
Flood waters are nothing new
to me. Twenty-seven years ago
l watched the Mississippi River
swirl about our home in Louisi-
ana just as the Pungo is doing
here now. Too young to appre-
ciate the seriousness of the sit
uation, 1 thoroughly enjoyed the
novelty of the things; that is, I'M
til the health officers came
around with typhoid shot. That
flood left death and destruction
in its wake. Homes and farm
lands were destroyed and the
delta country was a long time
recovering from the effects. Now
l can look beyond the excitement
of the moment and dread what
this can mean to those in a less
fortunate location than |.
The sun comes out for mo-
ment of false promise, but the
grayness shuts it out again
quickly as though in rebuke for
its audacity. The wind gathers its
forces and slams with renewed
insistence against the house. The
floor shudders beneath me.
Strangely enough, there is little
fear in my heart, but there are
others who might be in greater
danger. Through my mind, again
and again, run the words of the
Litany in the Book of Common
Prayer:
From lightning and tempest
from earthquakes, fire, an