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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-12-02
TWO FINE OYSTER
BOTTOMS IN HYDE
TO OPEN II DAYS

Two of the gest known oyster
bottoms in Hyde county will be
opened to oystermen from Decem-
Der through December %, Direc-
tor Ben E. Douglas of the Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop
men announced today.
Douglas said the areas to. be
opened are Shell Bay deep Covel
and the Deep Bay section of Rose
Bay along the south shore in Hyde
county. Some of the finest flavor
/ cd oysters in the State come frora
these areas, the CID head said.
The Point of Marsh Back Bay
oyster areas in Carteret county,
which were opened to oystermen
some time ago, will be allowed to
remain open through December 3,
Douglas said.
Recommendations for opening
the Hyde and Carteret areas,
Douglas said, We're made by Dr..
A. F. Chestnut, acting director of
The Institute Of Fisheries Research
at Morehead City and C. G. Hol-
land, State fisheries commissioner.
The areas were stocked bV the
CID Departments commercial
fisheries division about three years
ago with seed oysters and oyster
shells. Normally, it takes about
three years for an oyster to reach
maturity. DR.. Chestnut reported
|'oysters in the Hyde and Careteret
areas are of good quality, Douglas
said.
The escallop season will also be
opened December l. Holland re-
ports the escallops are OF good
quality and that commercial fisher
men are looking forward to Il fine
season. Fishermen will be permit
ted to take escallops Mondays
through Friday. No night opera
tons in taking of escallops are
permitted under law, Holland sand.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-12-02
WANCHESE HAS DOCTOR FOR
FIRST TIME; MANTEO NONE

The Ruritan Club at Wanchese
has been talking for a long time
about trying to get doctor, since
one has never before practiced in
that growing community. The
clubs at Manteo have been trying
long time to get another one.
DR.. Cary F. Harris, who has been
practicing for four years at Man
teo, has now moved his offices
from the DR.. Johnston building in
Manteo to his residence at Wan
cheese. Last year DR.. Harris bought
the former Fora Burrus homeplace
at Wanchese and it has been done
over, and an office added. This
week he opened it and his phone
is 2T0-W.
Roanoke Island finds it more
difficult to attract doctors. 1t has
40 hospital, and doctors these days
like to establish their practice in
towns which have hospital facili-
ties.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-12-02
BANK OF MANTEO DISCUSSES
CHRISTMAS CHECKS $17,SS5

Customers of the Bank of Man
teo lacked only about 5000 of saw
ing as much in Christmas Clubs
as last year, despite all the bad
work of hurricanes, which played
havoc with the incomes of most
of our people. The bank this week
mailed out $17,885 in checks.
Many hearts will be glad because
someone had the foresight and
thrift to save this sum of money
and when it gets in circulation it
will be worth much to local mer-
chants. Sometimes people use this
method of saving for means of
paying their taxes, or for many
other occasions which demand pay
ments of more than ordinary size.
But most Of it goes into Christmas
gifts.
The bank is now starting its
Christmas Savings Clubs for next
year.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-12-02

This 38-year-old Norfolk native
is of Tarheel ancestry hence his
great love for the sea. His father
is John B. Sawyer, born in Cam
den County and his mother was
Lille Waterfeld of Knots Island,
SO he says: while l am by birth
a Virginian but at heart a North
Carolinian." That's why he and his
wife, who is also a North Caro-
linian, love to spend lot of time
on the Kitty Hawk coast, and he
has gone to writing ballads about
it and has had them put on a rec
ord, which he is selling. Sawyer,
who lives at GAL Dogwood Terrace,
Norfolk, was recently the subject
of lengthy article in the Virgin
ian-Pilot. Here's a verse from one
of his songs:
when I'm tired of the city and
ready to die,
Tired of the heat and ready to fry,
You'll find me down on the coast
of Caroline,
Advancing in my shorts in the
shadow of a pine"
The songs he sings are accom-
panied by his tamourine, harmon
lea and pocket comb. He had a
thousand long playing records
made of his motley music and car
rymg six of his ballads. There Just
isn't anything exactly like his per-
Torrance and it might have been
pretty entertaining to lot of peo-
pie if there had been better re-
cording job done. The tunes are
Northeast Hurricane a-Coming
Down the Coast" "From the
Banks of Kitty Hawk to the town
of Manteo," "Shipwreck off Mays
Head" "The Ghost of Virginia
Dare" "Cape Hatteras Mumbo, -
and Coast of Carolina"
Sawyer has had considerable
education. He has worked at nu-
merous enterprises he established,
and he always sets out with grim
determination to do whatever he
wants to do. He says: There's
nobody in the world who loves
that Mays Head area better than
do. All our spare time my wife
and / spend driving to Kitty Hawk
along the beach,"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-12-02
ST. ANDREWS BY SEA
ANNIVERSARY DINNER
TO BE DECEMBER 10

Mays Head.-St. Andrews-by-
t h e-S e a, protestant Episcopal
church which started at scratch
and now has more than 80 COM
municants will present its first
anniversary Layman's dinner in
the Shrine Club at Mays Head on
Tuesday evening, December Is at
$3.50 o'clock, it was announced to-
day by Dewey Hayman, senior
warden of the board of vestry.
The dinner will be open to all
persons or all denominations, it
was stated and about 800 persons
are expected to be present.
The dinner will be presided over
by the Rev. A. C. D. Noe, rector
of the church and the menu will
feature roast turkey and clam
chowder.
Committee in charge of arrange
ments for the Laymen's Dinner are
P. B. Zevely, Tom Chears and Fred
True.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-12-02
Single Copy IL
HIGH ENTHUSIASM
FOR ALL SEASHORE
HIGHWAY PREVAILS
Further Planning Takes Place at
Mays Head Wednesday For
Genuine Highway.

In an enthusiastic and well-or-
gained meeting, the All-Seashore
Highway Association met Tuesday
in the Carolinian at Mays Head,
with about so persons attending.
One of the most important recon-
mendations was to call upon the
State for permanent All-Sea-
shore State Commission to be APP
pointed for the purpose of building
this road connecting the various
points along the North Carolina
Seashore.
Glenn Tucker of Carolina Beach
is now president of the Associa-
ton and the group decided to meet
on January 18th in Washington,
N. C. for further discussion of its
aims. Among those who were rec
ognized or who made talks were
Alvah Hamilton of Morehead City,
a former president of the Associ-
alton; Stanley Wahab of Ocra-
coke, Aycock Brown, Dare Tourist
Bureau manager; Wallace McCown
of Mays Head; Mrs. Emily Mus
tian, Mayor of Kill Devil Hills;
Joe Dubois, the Secretary, of
Morehead City.
The principal resolutions were
adopted by the Association Tues
day. One having to do with mos
quito control; one for the compile
ton of the highway, by connecting
ferry from Ocracoke to Carteret
County; and the other urging a
mighty beach erosion project to
build up the Outer Banks, to "pro-
tect five million acres, mostly rich
farmland in 81 coastal counties"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-12-02
President Grover Cleveland Visited the White Lodqe at Curr
tuck Inlet Which Was One of the LARGEST AIonq fhe
Coast; When Seasons Had No Limit

Recently we invited articles from
our readers about the hunting
lodges, and what they meant t.
the economy of the Coastland be.
fore the hunting season and bag
limits were so greatly curtailed as
to discourage the maintenance OF
these old time landmarks.
Many of the hunting clubs turn
ed lot of money loose among local
guides and others who were EN-
ployed by the clubs during the sea.
son. The people of the community
looked forward to the opening OF
these lodges. 1t brought a lot OF
christmas money" into the COM
munity. Often the wealthy sports
men gave literally to the church
Some of them gave lavish tips
clothing and many other things to
their employees. Now and then a
promising boy would be taken
north, helped to schooling or a job.
One of the biggest hunting LODI
ges, while it was not exactly a
hunting club, was the White Gun
ming Lodge at Sea Gull, about five
miles north of Corolla in Currituek
County, on the shore of the sound
at old Currituck Inlet. 1t was one
of the biggest establishments
catering to sportsmen some SO to
so years ago. 1t was a popular duck
hunting club. One of the heirs who
now own the property, Mrs. Bess
White Sessions of Kitty Hawk
gives us an account of this club.
She says:
"The house was surrounded by
nearly 500 acres of marsh land and
sand and water. There were 10
rooms in this house, and a wide
porch almost all around it, and
nine bedrooms, so we could accom-
odate big party of hunters.
Prices were only four dollars a
day, including room, board and a
guide for every two sportsmen.
"This was when live decoys were
used; swan, geese and ducks were
kept in large pen, and straps
were put on their legs and the
guides would tie them out in and
around the several point blinds to
attract others IN themselves and
when they came flying by or to
the sportsman, sitting in the blind,
were shot. Some were killed, others
just wingtipped.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-12-02
ABATEMENT EXPRESSED AT
ARGUMENTS OFFERED TO
STIMiE FERRY SERVICE

The delegation from Hatteras
Island which met with Highway
Commissioner Emmett Winslow in
Hartford County Friday came back
somewhat disappointed and as they
stated, somewhat amazed. They
had gone to ask for improvement in
the Oregon Inlet ferry schedule,
and while pleased at the reception
given them by Mr.. Winslow, they
were somewhat amazed to find the
ferry superintendent on hand in
opposition to their proposition,
and giving some reasons for not
running night boats which they
say do not bear out the facts.
The Hatteras Island delegation,
composed of w. w. Edwards, K.
N Owens, James Scarborough and
re Fuller went to Hartford
petition signed by all the
- nts of the island and Of
acoke as well. They were told
it was not safe to operate a ferry
boat at night, that the boat might
get ashore; that the navigator on
the north-bound trip might be
blinded by the flashing of Bodie
Island lighthouse and therefore
lose his way at times.
The delegation came back con-
WINGED that the ferries are now
being operated for the conven-
fence and pleasure of the employees
of the state and not for the benefit
of the public. They have talked to
many navigators and men who
have spent a lifetime around Ore
gon Inlet, who say there is nothing
to fear in such trips if the boats
are handled by competent people.
There is now some talk of try
ing to get the Coast Guard to bear
down on the ferries and put them
under inspection and operated by
duly licensed and competent opera
tors for boats of their size.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-12-02
GREENSBORO COLLEGE GLEE
CLUB TO SING IN MANTEO

The Greensboro College Glee
Club under the direction of E. L.
Williams, will present their first
concert of the season on their fall
tour in Manteo. The program will
take the place of the morning
worship service in Mount Olivet
Methodist Church Sunday, Deem
Der A at IL o'clock, and the public
is invited to attend.
Two Manteo girls, Mary Meekins
and Pat Baum, are members of the
45-voice group, who will tour
North Carolina and go as fan
south as Georgia. They will leave
Greensboro Saturday, December 3
by bus, and arrive in Manteo that
afternoon. Early Sunday afternoon
they will proceed on their journey
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-12-02
!K.D.H. PROGRAM
TO FEATURE TIE
LATEST AIRCRAFT
By AYCOCK BROWN

Kill Devil Hills.-A feature of
the Sind anniversary celebration of
the first flights of the Wright
Brothers heavier-than-air air ma
chine here at Kill Devil Hills near
Kitty Hawk on December II, 1903,
will be a flyover' of Americas
most modern air craft, it was an
nounced today by Miles L. Clark,
president of Kill Devil Hills Mem
orial Association. Arrangement
for the flyover is now being made
by Ralph V. Whitener, program di-
rector of the Air Force Associa-
ton in Washington, D. C.
The Air Force Association, Kill
Devil Hills Memorial Society, Ma
tional Park Service and the North
Carolina Anniversary Commission
are co-sponsors of the event. Cere-
monies will begin at 1O:45 on De-
cember II with p,usic provided by
Elizabeth City's famed High School
Band.
!. Following ceremonies at the Hill
and monument where there will
be brief speeches by dignataries
which Clark will announce during
the current week, the scene Of
celebration activities will move to
the Carolinian Hotel for an annual
First Flight banquet.
In addition to the flyover by Air
Force craft, Whitener has request
ed a special plane to transport
newsmen, TV and radio commenta-
tors to the celebration from Wash
ington, D. C.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-12-02
ISTMAS HOLIDAYS
REVISED IN SCHOOLS

Due to days lost during the fall
hurricanes, the original Christmas
holidays scheduled for Dare Coun-
ty schools have been revised.
Roanoke School, which missed
only one day, which has since been
made up, will begin the holiday
period on Friday, December 16, at
1880 pm.
All other schools in the county
will begin the holiday period on
Tuesday, December 20, at 1:3O
pm.
Christmas vacation for all
schools extends. through Sunday,
January /, with schools opening at
regular time on Monday, January
9.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-12-02

There was wonderful water
dog named Jim Harrison which
would swim out and bring them in
unframed, and the wingtipped ones
were cured and used for decoys. II
was lawful to use live decoys then
and before the law against shoot
! ing swan came in and there was
! no bag limit on any kind of game
II also remember that one OF
the sportsmen killed one of the
swan decoys accidentally, named
! Annie Oakley-and he had to pay
the owner $50 for it. But the
hunters who came there were very
wealthy and didn't mind it. There
was another of the swan named
Buffalo Bill. There We're II kept
in a separate pen from other fowl,
and they We're beautiful sight.
90 There was no way of getting
to this famous hunting club except
by water or drive from Virginia
Beach. So the guests We're met at
Virginia Beach in surry to which
was hitched Bess and Bill, the
carriage horses. / remember when
President Grover Cleveland came
to hunt he was so heavy he broke
the stirrup off in getting into the
carriage.
1.-THE only other way to get to
the club was to come to Knots
Island on steamer (Old stern
wheeler) from Norfolk, and which
only came twice week, to bring
passengers and freight. So they
were met there by Mr.. White and
taken over four miles and up in
Currituck Inlet in sail boat
named Climax. After awhile when
motors began to be used, there was
seven horse power Palmer engine
put in the Climax when she was
renamed Jubilee, but the sail were
kept on. | remember it had a fly
ing jib too. So if the engine broke
down, which was often, they could
sail on in.
81 also remember the many
ducks, geese and swan hung up at
night around the porch to keep
cool until the guides could pack
them in barrels and ship them to
the hunters homes up north. They
could sell and ship all one wanted
TO those days, so you see it was
long time ago.
Besides keeping hunters. there
were over two hundred cattle
owned by the Whites, and Banker
ponies that roamed the marshes
and beach, each of we children had
our own pony and rode no other.
We used to help round up the
cattle and wild banker ponies as
they had to be branded and their
colts. Once there was an eclipse of
the sun while the roundup was 60
ing on and the chickens went to
rooSt.
All the people got off their
ponies and looked at the sun
through pieces of smoked glass.
When the eclipse was over they
branded the colts and calves. Then
everyone came in the big dining
room and had a wonderful dinner
and talked about the horses, cattle,
and re-told their experiences with
wild cattle and Banker ponies, and
l remember, they were really wild,
"Well, the nice old house in
which so many famous people had
visited and had such fun is torn
down, but the hunting goes on. The
Inlet is sanded up, l remember
when it was 20 feet deep back of
the long row of stables. Airplanes
now land right where the old Inlet
was and sportsmen are taken down
there in jeeps to hunt now, instead
of having to be met at Virginia
Beach in the surry. There is yet
no modern highway to service this
area"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-12-02
w. c. GRAY INJURED AND
CAR TOTAL LOSS MONDAY

At about 1:30 am. Monday
morning, a 1949 4-door Plymouth
driven by William Curtis Gray, 90
of Kitty Hawk went off the road
at the curve near the Journeys
End Motel at Kitty Hawk Beach,
and was total loss. He lost con-
troll of the car, it skidded across
the road and overturned. He suf-
fered bruises and shock, and was
hospitalized. He was north bound
when the mishap occurred.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-12-02

Room and Board. Guide Service and All
For WildfowI Hunters at s. Per Day In
Currituck Sound Lodge Sixty Years Ago
Evening star., 1955-10-07
Reminder to Moscow

France, Britain and the United States
have taken timely action in sending
identical notes to the Kremlin to remind
it of its continuing responsibilities and
obligations under the Big Four agree
ments guaranteeing free communication
between Berlin and West Germany. The
reminder is pointed one that has been
made necessary by the new treaty in
which the Soviet Union has granted
sovereignty" to its puppet East German
Communist regime.
Among other things, the treaty has
transferred civilian traffic control from
and the latter have since been limiting
darkly about how they may use this
authority to impose new blockade on
Berlin. What they have In mind, appar-
emily, is the idea of creating a situation
difficult enough to force West Germany
to negotiate formally with them, and on
a high level--the kind of negotiations
that the Kremlin has long been insisting
upon.
However, as emphasized in the West
ern notes, the Soviet Union has no right
under the existing four-power agree
ments-to make any such transfer OF
authority. This is another way OF saying
that France, Britain and the United
States will hold the Kremlin responsible
II their East German puppets try to inter-
fere with or cut on traffic In the Berlin
area. It will be interesting to see how
the Russians respond in these days of
the Geneva spirit"
Evening star., 1955-10-07
No Nightsticks

It was Just q coincidence that young
playground worker was being shot to
death In New York City by three teen
ayers on the same day that the New York
Conference on Youth and Delinquency
was turning thumbs down on any drastic
approach to the problem Of juvenile
crime.
There was nothing especially unusual
about the playground murder The police
theory is that the 20-year-old victim,
boy Of good reputation, had ordered the
trio to stay away from a section of the
playground reserved for small children.
Then, presumably seeking revenge, the
three. teen-agers appeared in the park.
While scores of mothers and children
looked on, they walked to within two feet
of the victim, at which point one of the
three pulled gun and shot him through
the heart. The killers fed and the ac-
count Of the crime received some modest
attention in the papers. It did not re-
ceive more attention because there was
nothing in particular to distinguish. it
from dozens and dozens of equally revolt
ing crimes Of violence committed almost
0dAy Wy WAtdt VIC dAC PlCdSCu W Cd1l
juvenile delinquents.
While this was going on, the youth
conference, meeting in Albany, was draw
ing to a close. A proposal for curfew
for teen-agers was voted down on the
plea that such requirement would be a
challenge" to youth to break the law.
Justice Justine Wise Polier took the floor
to report that "it Is significant that not
a moment-or hardly moment--was
spent on the use of the nightstick, the
rubber hose or the jailing Of parents"
Instead the conference agreed to recon-
mend positive approach jails, no
curfew, no penalty on parents, better
training and higher salaries for juvenile
authorities, State-supported day-care
centers, etc.
It is to be hoped that this positive
approach" will do some good. Certainly
something must be done to stem the great
and still-rising tide Of juvenile crime.
There would be more basis for reassur-
ance, however, If some Of these youth
conferences would make the important
distinction between bad boys and youth
gul criminals, and would come forward
Evening star., 1955-10-07
Buses vs.. Streetcors

Some time prior to the transit strike
and its resulting mess, the Public Utilities
Commission asked the transit company
to make study of substituting buses for
streetcars
The report has just been made. pre-
pared by w. C. Gilman Co, transit
consultants It is an interesting docu-
ment. The trouble is that 1t comes too
late. For nobody knows what Is going
to happen to Washington's public trans
portation before next August, and the
fate OF the streetcar system is more or
less incidental.
Under the law, the transit company,
upon It demise next August, must tear
up its streetcar tracks at its own expense
las ordered by the Commissioners. The
nub OF the Gilman report is that this
abandonment of the streetcar system
should be gradual, not precipitate, SUBJ
stitutionso of buses for streetcars. The re-
port develops some interesting detail in
this respect. New capital required for
buses to replace the StreetcarS, and to pro-
vide the garages, shops and other equip.
nent required for maintenance, might
run as high as SIC million. Some 600 adj
ditional operators and mechanics must be
trained and put to work. So, the report
argues, such changeover should be
spread over number of years and CO.
ordinated with other highway construc-
ton.
II some private interest acquires a
transit franchise, it is question whether
1t would prefer to use the streetcar equip
ment until it becomes obsolete. That
question can be answered only by the
franchise holder, who is not yet in sight.
II the transit company found an out-of-
town purchaser for its streetcars, with
delivery after next August, then the re-
moval Of the tracks would Immediately
follow, regardless of what the new fran
chise holder preferred. If somebody
bought the transit company property OUT
right. it is doubtful that the new pur-
chaser would scrap the streetcars for
some time to come
In other words, the Gilman report
might be very helpful report in other
circumstances. But with nobody knowing
the future Of mass transportation In
Washington, whether it will be under
public or private ownership and opera
tion, and whether the new ownership
would flnd 1t economically sound to
abandon streetcarsnfor buses, the Gilman
report must await future study-if any.
Evening star., 1955-10-07
Benson Makes Amends

It took real courage for
Secretary Of Agriculture Ben
son land his record Of past
achievements proves that he
does have a great deal Of
courage) to be big enough to
admit having erred In Lade-
jinsky's case. The American
public realizes. I'm sure. that
Mr.. Benson's sincere concern
was first for the security Of our
country. and until he was alb
solutely certain, he would not
jeopardize the welfare of the
Nation. Thank God for men
like him and our President. It
is indeed gratifying to know
that the men we put at the
controls Of the Nation are that
cautious.
Mr.. Ladejinsky is now much
better on than he would have
been had this not happened.
Now he's absolutely cleared,
and had he not been placed
under the microscope" there
may have always remained
some doubts. / believe he
should be happy and proud,
and actually grateful.
ut is human to err; divine
to forgive"
Mrs. Maria Mohensee.