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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-19
NO CELEBRATION
NEXT WEEK AT
CHICAMACOMICO
Coast Guard Event Postponed
Until Later Date Due to
Weather and Program

The big celebration planned for
last week at Rodanthe in honor of
Coast Guard veterans, and post
poned to next week on account of
Hurricane Connie, has been post
poned indefinitely, according to
Chairman w. w. Edwards.
Mr.. Edwards has called meet
ing of his committee for Saturday
night of this week to set a date
and make plans for a celebration
sometime in September. The origi-
nally planned event scheduled for
three days, August 12-14 was an
elaborate one. But due to previous
commitments, some of the fea-
tured speakers and other attrac-
lions cannot attend next week.
The whole program will have to
be worked over, Mr.. Edwards
stated. "Some of our best attrac-
lions were to be staged with the
cooperation of Coast Guard bases
Mr.. Edwards saids, "but due to
unsettled weather, we cannot
count on their participation, and
will have to wait awhile for this.
But the celebration will be held
Mr.. Edwards said, and timely
notice will be given.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-19
REGINALD LIONEL PARKER
KITTY HAWK NATIVE DIES

Death came Sunday to Reginald
Lionel Parker, 81, veteran of the
Coast Guard, and native of
Kitty Hawk, in Mcclure Hospital,
Richmond. Mr.. Parker was the son
Of Callie E. and Alethia Sander
lin Parker of Mays Head, and the
husband of Mrs. Joyce Beacham
Parker. He had six years of serv-
ice in the Coast Guard, and had
been i'll for 10 months.
He is also survived by two chill
dren, Reginald L. and Iris A. of
Mays Head, brother, Luther E.
Parker of Norfolk, and sister,
Mrs. Milton Henley of Mays Head.
He was a member of the Mays
Head Baptist Mission where the
funeral was conducted Wednesday
at 2 pm. by the pastor, Rev. Frank
Dinwiddie. The body lay in state
one hour prior to the services
Burial was in Austin Cemetery
at Kitty Hawk.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-19
HATTERAS ISLAND
SUFFERS NO GREAT
DAMAGE BY CONNIE
Many Yards Uttered and Some
Small Boats Battered by Tides
Friday Night

Thursday and Friday the blaring
of radio receiving sets reciting
the dangers of connie the Hurri-
cane" and the damage it was do
ing on its dreadful voyage up the
coast, drowned out the sound of
the winds that came ahead of the
big storm on Hatteras ISLAND.
Just about all the summer visitors
had gone, and things were dead
as dodo, so far as business goes.
The people of the Island did
good job of battening down and
buttoning up just in case. Coast
Guard units on the Island were
on the job, ready to take any and
all who would go, to places that
might be- safest, should the storm
come in fury.
But a grateful people saw the
storm go by in late afternoon with
about as little damage as might
be expected. A lot of rain fell,
and strong gales drove it through
crannies and cracks to the annoy
ance of housewives. The tide came
up in several areas, something
like foot deep or less in the Ro-
danthe area, but into nobody's
house.
The tide came in quickly shortly
after day, and soon receded. 1t
was occasioned by the southwest
wind across Pamlico Sound. Chief
damage. was in premises Uttered
by floating trash and grass left
when the waters went out, and by
some expensive losses to boats
which were not adequately moored
or brought ashore. R. D. Owens
at Rodanthe lost rowboat which
See DAMAGE, Page Five
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HIGHEST TIDES IN
MANY YEARS HIT
DARE MAINLAND
Ugh Waters Enter Stumpy Point
Homes: Store and BrIooes
Damaged at MAINS
Harbor

The highest tides in many years
Uttered yards and ruined gardens
at Stumpy Point Friday afternoon,
with Connie at her highest point
of fury rushing over the Dare
Mainland. Waters of the bay went
into the floors of numerous homes
in this community, even going into
the George Payne store, where the
tide had never been before.
Little damage to boats was re-
ported. These had mostly been
safely moored in sheltered canals
Much damage was done to nets,
both those in the sound and those
spread on the marshes. Many gar
dens were ruined in the village.
Lumber and other objects piled on
various premises floated off. There
appeared no serious damage to
buildings, but the losses were con-
siderable, nevertheless.
In Manns Harbor considerable
loss was sustained by Mrs. Matte
Duvall whose store lost one side
under the onslaught of waters
from Croatan Sound. Much mer-
chandise was also lost, along with
damage to living quarters. The
store was located on the edge OF
the marsh adjacent to the ferry
dock which was badly damaged.
There was much damage to
various boats and nets of fisher
men, as we'll as premises. Damage
resulted to several small bridges
on U. S. 264 near Manns Harbol
at points where new bridges are
being built.
Ferry traffic was not resumed
until Monday, due to washouts
and damage to ferry docks.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-19
DIANE DOES MUCH
DAMAGE TO LOWER
COAST WEDNESDAY,
Save for Disrup+ine Business Hurri-
cane Spares Dare Coast and
Outer Banks

Hurricane Diane has come and
gone with little damage done the
Dare Coast, or any part Of the
Outer Banks for that matter. Chief
damage has been the interruption
of business, the hopping up of the
incessant rains for two days. Cot
tages previously damaged by high
tides at Kitty Hawk were under
mined still more by Diane. Some
shifting sands were driven by
winds to block entrances and
driveways.
Hatteras Island and Ocracoke
were spared by the storm. Blow
ing sands created annoyances in
these areas, and some sections of
the road were covered by water,
some of it tide-water and some of
it rainwater. High winds kept fer
ries from operating Wednesday,
but service was resumed Thursday
morning early.
Greatest damage to the area has
been loss of businesses. 1t was not
ideal weather to be enjoyable to
tourists. Very few vacationers re-
manned in the area during dismal
DANES reign Wednesday.
The lower beaches of North
Carolina in the Wrightsville, Will
mington area suffered much dam
age. Many cottages at Atlantic
Beach were damaged. Highways
and bridges suffered damage in
the lower part of the state. The
storm continued across the state
through the Raleigh area, greatly
damaging crops.
High waters imposed great
hardships in Beaufort and Hyde
counties. Washington, Belhaven
Swan Quarter and Engelhard suf-
See DIANE, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-19
R. |. FINE ARTS
SCHOOL TO PRESENT
"SPRING FOR SURE"
Show Scheduled For Monday
Night Aug. n

A two act musical comedy,
Spring for Sure" by Katherine
Mcdonald and Wilton Mason, will
be presented on the stage of Wa
terside Theatre at Fort Raleigh,
Monday night August %, at 8:15
o'clock. The production with its
mountain setting is the current
seasons summer project of Ro-
anoke Island School of Fine Arts,
which in past seasons has pre-
scented such productions as "Peer
Gynt" and Ozark of the Moon"
The production will be presented
only for one night, but Lost
Colony Manager R. E. Jordan,
under whose supervision the School
of Fine Arts is operated in connec-
ton with the Paul Green SYM
phonic drama, stated that in event
of rain-out the show would be
presented on the following Mon
day night, August 30.
All instructors in the various
departments of the island summer
school here have cooperated with
their students in producing the
play which is under the direction
of James Byrd. They are: Gloria
Charlis, Children's dance school;
Marvin Gordon, dance and choreog-
raphy, Valerie Gwozdecki, chill
dren's choir; William l. Long,
stagecraft; Irene Rains, costume
execution; Elizabeth Welch, voice
and dietion and Nena Williams,
chorus.
Prominent in the cast is Lillian
See SCHOOL. Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-19
TOURIST BUREAU ATTRACTS
INTEREST IN WEST AFRICA

While to many persons the Dare
County Tourist Bureau is appar-
emily only a local organization,
operators of this organization
know that since it's founding four
years ago, its work has attracted
international attention. No longer
is it unusual to receive inquiries
from Canada, South America,
Europe and even Asia. This week
a Dutch family living in Tsumeh,
South West Africa wrote Bureau
Manager Aycock Brown for infor-
nation about vacation accommoda-
tons in 1856. From Mrs. j. N.
Ong, the letter dated August S,
follows:
81 shall be very pleased if you
will send me a list of aecommoda-
tions on the Outer Banks.
"We are coming to the U.S.A.
to settle next June and would like
to settle in North Carolina If We
can find a place to our liking"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-19
BEAUTY AND GLORY
OF OUTER BANKS AT
ITS BEST IN FALL
A Profuse Panorama Of Color; Of
Magnificent Scenes and
Pleasant Temperatures
By VICTOR MEEKINS

For some 80 years of travelling
frequently the length of North
Cardinals coastline from Virginia
Beach to Ocracoke, this writer,
along with countless others have
said the glory and the beauty of
the Outer Banks is at it's best in
Autumn. Despite some warm and
humid days in early September,
it is this month which ushers in
the harbingers of a delightful
season on the coast.
Temperatures are always pleas
ant, and even in midwinter the
Gulf Streams influence wards off
the bitter cold so often found in
land. But all through September,
October and November, will be
found outdoor weather; the early
half of this period being suitable
for ocean bathing, the nearer one
gets to Hatteras, the warmer the
water.
With Autumn comes cessation of
the hurricanes that arise IN the
caribbean and come north to
harass vacationists. 1t is always
pleasant outdoor weather. There
come many still evenings, and still
mornings for quiet strolls along
the byways and the beaches.
Autumn is great for sleeping, for
then the nights become cool enough
to call for a light blanket in un-
heated houses. And sometimes a
driftwood fire is called upon for
new thrills.
Autumn brings the time when
fishermen and hunters enjoy the
coastland most of all. All of the
surf fishing and bottom fishing
devotees find fishing at it's best.
See BEAUTY, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-19
HURRICANE STOPS
TOURIST BUSINESS
OF 100000 DAILY
Connie Did Plenty to Dare County
Beach Business Houses. Boats.
Guides. Etc.. In
A Week

Hurricane hysteria, worked to a
pitch on the radio, several days in
advance of the winds that led
Hurricane Connie up the coast, is
estimated to have halted a tour
list expenditure of approximately
100000 day on the Dare County
coast, and Ocracoke Island.
Frightened beach visitors packed
up and left their domiciles several
days ahead of the coming of Con-
ME, who arrived on Friday. Some
of them left on Saturday and Sun
day before. Beginning with a
trickle of tourists making their
way out of Dare County, within
three days the beaches were prac-
tically closed.
While the interests of the
Dare Coast were fortunate
in that the property loss was
negligible, a hurricane that
spares us can prove costly
indeed. Many people left almost
before their vacations had begun;
others cancelled reservations, and
didn't, of course many others bare
ly finished theirs.
In some six days BIC, Before
Connie) and some four days after,
namely Friday, Saturday, Sunday
and Monday, it is estimated ex-
penditures for seashore entertain
See BUSINESS, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-19
70 DAYS TO HUNT
GEESE AND DUCKS
SAME BAG LIMIT
Longer Season Expected TO Mean
More Business for Coastal
Areas This Winter.

Seventy instead of 60 days will
be permitted for shooting of ducks
and geese in North Carolina and
other states in the Atlantic Fly
way, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service announced this week. This
season will be ten days longer than
the past season. The service ex-
plains the longer season with the
statement that there is bigger
crop of geese and ducks this year.
Flights are expected to be the best
since 1862.
Dates for the opening and
closing of the season will be an
nounced later.
The Fish and Wildlife Service
said daily bag and possession
limits will remain at four and
eight on ducks and two and four
on geese.
The season on brant will be the
same as for ducks and geese.
Daily bag limit of six and posses
sion limit of six will be retained.
For wood ducks, the daily bag
limit of one and possession limit
of two will remain unchanged
Coot bag and possession limits
are 10 and 10, the same as last
year.
The Fish and Wildlife Service
sets basic regulations governing
waterfowl shooting in the major
flyways. Individual states then
See HUNTING, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-19
LONG TIME TENDER OF
WRIGHT BRIDGE is DEAD

A man highly regarded in Dare
and Currituck was Percy Lee
Smith, for many years tender of
the Wright Memorial Bridge over
Currituck Sound. Mr.. Smith died
Sunday night at 11:55 at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. E. L. Beasley
at Grandy. He was 60 years old.
He had been i'll for six months.
He was a native of Chowan
County and a resident of Point
Harbor in Currituck County for
rs years, serving as keeper of the
Wright Memorial Bridge. He was
the son of the late John and Sarah
Byrd Smith and husband of Mrs.
Lillian Thompson Smith, and a
member of the Bethlehem Chris
tan Church in Perquimans Coun-
ty.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Lillian T. Smith; three daughters,
Mrs. Ralph M. Nixon of Norfolk,
Mrs. Jesse Perry of Kitty Hawk
and Mrs. E. L. Beasley Of Grandy;
one son, Carlton Smith Of the U.
S. Coast Guard, Kitty Hawk; one
sister, Mrs. Arthur Garris of
Washington; one brother, Henry
r. Smith of Columbia and IL
grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 8 o'clock
in the Powell's Point Christian
Church at Harbinger by the Rev
Harry Powers, pastor. Burial fol.
lowed in the Church cemetery.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-19
ELIZABETHAN GARDENS
DEDICATED ON AUGUST Is,
VIRGINIA DARE'S BIRTHDAY
DR.. Frank Graham Delivers Address at Ceremo-
MES Arranged by N. c. Garden Club, Spon-
soring Organization. and Management Of the
os+ C>oIonv

DR.. Frank Graham, former
president of the University of
North Carolina, and now United
Nations representative for India
and Pakistan, delivered the prin-
cipal address Thursday, August IS,
at the formal dedication of the
Elizabethan Garden on Roanoke
Island, which took place on the
368th anniversary of the birth of
Virginia Dare, first white child of
English parentage born in the New
World.
The ceremony was arranged by
the Garden Club of North Caro-
lima and management of The Lost
Colony. Taking part in the dedica-
tory exercises which began at
p. m. was Capt. H. G. Lyddon,
ODE, Royal Navy of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organizations
British representatives in Norfolk.
He was here IS the personal rep
resentative of Vice Admiral Sir
John Stevens of the Royal Navy.
Also present were Mrs. Bradley
Morrah, president of the National
Council of State Garden Clubs,
and Charles H. jenkins of Ahoskie,
a member of the N. C. Board of
Conservation and Development.
Mr.. Jenkins was personal repre-
sentative of Governor Luther M.
Hodges, who was unable to be
present due to other commitments.
Others present were Mrs.
George Little of Lilesville, presi-
dent of the Garden Club of North
Carolina and members of her staff
of officers and board of directors
who head up the 10000 member
state wide organization responsible
for the creation of the Elizabethan
Garden.
Inglis Fletcher, distinguished
author of Bandon Plantation,
Edenton, representing Roanoke
Island Historical Association, play
ed prominent role in the cere-
monies. Mrs. Fletcher and Mrs.
Charles A. Cannon of Concord
conceived the idea for an Eliza
bethan Garden, as a major project
of the Garden Club of North
Carolina.
Ceremonies
The ceremonies included the
planting of two magnolia trees on
the Mount of the Garden. The Rev.
George Frank Hill, Episcopal rec
tor of Elizabeth City, took part in
this phase of the dedication along
with costumed members of The
Lost Colony cast.
Most of the valuable statuary
presented by the Whitney Estate
to the Garden Club of North Caro-
lima has been erected at the Eliza
bethan Garden and the Mount and
Knot Garden have taken shape.
The Knot Garden is surrounded
with perforated brick walls. The
statue of Virginia Dare which has
an unusual historical background
has also been erected.
See GARDENS, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-19
ROANOKE MARSHES
LAST LIGHTHOUSE
OF ITS KIND GOES
Built 81 Years Ago. II Guarded
Southern Entrance to Croa+an
Sound; Being Torn
Down.

After more than 80 years of
service, the old Roanoke Marshes
lighthouse, which guarded the
southern entrance to Croatan
Sound, and brought joy and delight
to many an anxious mariner,
through the years, is being torn
down. 1t has gone the way of some
16 others of its kind, superseded
and abandoned in the past %
years, the result of improvements
in mechanical automatic equip
ment and faster motorized craft
whereby many lights may be at
tended by one man.
The last keeper of this light is
Ralph w. Burrus of Manteo. He
came ashore this month. 1t will be
replaced by an automatic light on
a post, and this week Elijah w.
Tate of Coinjock, who took the
job of dismantling the building, is
reassembling his wrecking equip
ment after the rough treatment
given it last week by Comics
high tides and winds. Mr.. Tate was
already working on the job when
the storm CAME.
This type of lighthouse is
large building, surmounted by
lantern in a cupola reached by
stair. 1t was a large comfortable
dwelling, built on a platform some
IL feet above the water, with stor-
age space for firewood and coal
and davits for suspending the
keepers boat. The platform is sup
ported by piles screwed in the bot
tom of the sound. When this light
was built it was the counterpart
of numerous others stretching
from North River and Albemarle
Sound to New Bern. At one time
there were 16 of them in the area
mentioned, and doubtless others
in the lower corner of the state.
When built in 1871, it was near
the mainland of Dare County, and
about two miles from what is now
Wanchese wharf. One of it's early
keepers was John Pugh of Wan
cheese whose son Charlie was later
keeper for many years. Other
keepers of this light were Peter
Gallop, Ephraim Riggs, Moses D.
Lane, Charles P. Meekins, Unaka
Jennette, R. M. Jennette, Chauncey
Meekins. Keeper Moran Scarbor-
ough of Avon is said to have been
drowned while on duty at this
light.
+ Mr.. Tate recently moved the
Roanoke River light by barge to
Edenton, it having been purchased
for private use. Last year he also
dismantled the Wades Point light
at the mouth of Pasquotank River.
During the freeze of 1918, the
lighthouse at North River bar was
dismantled by the ice, and was
never replaced except by a post
light.
Among other screw-pile type
lights discontinued through the
years were Long Shoal, Pamlico
Point, Croatan, Bluff Shoal, Gull
Rock, Neuse River, etc. In early
days, one man usually kept the
light, and was relieved by an as
sistant when the keepers liberty
period came around. Often the
man attending the light would
keep his wife and children with
him for weeks at time. 1t was
usually wonderful in summer,
where cool breezes and good hook
and line fishing prevailed. Flies
and mosquitoes were usually abb
] See ROANOKE, Page Four
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THE REV. WARREN CARR, pas
tor of Watts Street Baptist
Church, Durham, will be guest
minister in the eighth of a series
of Lost Colony season worship
services at Waterside Theatre
Sunday. His sermon topic will be
Goods Call-Man's Inquiry"
A native of Lexington, KY, the
Rev. Mr.. Carr received his mas
tiers degree from Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Louis
vile, Ky.
In addition to the sermon by the
Rev. Mr.. Carr, a feature of the
worship services will be the ia
nous Lost Colony chorus under the
direction of Fred Haley this Sun
day, with Hedley Yost at console
of the organ.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-19
ELIZABETH CITY HIGH
SCHOOL BAND ATTENDS

Elizabeth City High School Band
under the direction of Scott Gala
way, returned to Roanoke Island
on Thursday to pay musical hon.
age to Americas first child of
English parentage. Thursday
night, August Is, each year is Vir-
GINA Dare Night at The, Lost Col
ony, and each year for many sea-
sons, feature of the program at
Waterside Theatre in memory of
this famous child, the Miles Clark
sponsored band has presented a
pre-performance concert from the
great stage.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-19
MRS. ]. M. BROUGHTON AND
SISTER AT FIRST COLONY INN

Mrs. J. Melville Broughton,
widow of the late Senator and
former Governor who was so pop
ular on the N. C. coast is spend
ing several days in company with
her sister, Mrs. Clifton Beckwith
of Raleigh, at the First Colony
Inn at Mays Head. For many years
the Broughtons have been the
guests of the G. P. Midgetts at
the Inn.
Her sons Bobby and Woodson OF
Raleigh are also at the beach
where they are the guests of DR.
Hill at their cottage near the
and Mrs. Frank Graham Of Chapel
Arlington Hotel.
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SOME OF THE SPOTS
ANNOYED MOST LAST
WEEK BY HURRICANE

The Buccaneer restaurant owned
by Claude Parker sustained about
$4,000 damage to building and fix
lures at Kitty Hawk beach about
7 am. Saturday morning. Fire re-
suited from explosion of gas
when water heater was lighted.
The high west wind kept the
flames from spreading to the mo-
tor court in the rear.
High waters Friday night spread
across the highway to Wanchese,
just about the entire length from
Midway Service Station to Wan
cheese Methodist Church, and other
spots further south on the island.
1t entered some of the homes in
the Mill Landing area. 1t covered
several yards Immediately south
of Manteo, and entered several
stores on the Manteo waterfront.
A large part of Jennette's pier
at lower Mays Head was swept
away by the ocean; hurt by high
seas for about the third time since
it was built. Damage occurred to
the Kitty Hawk pier, requiring
much repair.
Able Williams, operator of The
Anchor tourist center on the Mays
Head Causeway will be put to
considerable expense to replace
the underpinning at the rear of
his building, which was under
mined by the tide.
Cavalier Motor Court at Kill
Devil Hills lost a porch roof from
one of its cottages. Several houses
built on lots on the narrow strip
of lower Kitty Hawk beach were
threatened by the seas, when the
high waves washed out the sands
from the east side, and left the
houses suspended, and some of
them perhaps subject to total loss,
should equally rough seas return.
These cottages are owned by T. s..
Mann Jr., J. B. Jenkins Jr. of
Elizabeth City and by Charles
Griffin of Edenton.
Uttered premises, broken trees,
occasionally an overturned out
NODDED outbuilding were to be seen
In many directions. Many boats
were cast ashore, many smaller
ones cast adrift. The remains of q
motor boat burned at Oregon In
let about ten days before, made
, its appearance some seven miles
!. to the north at the Roanoke
Sound bridge. 1t finally driftec
! under the bridge and is perhaps
to the Currituck Bridge by now
Evening star., 1955-11-05

A. N. E ZION
Evening star., 1955-11-05

educational wing will add %
classrooms. q lounge and rest
rooms to the church's facilities
Alterations are being made tt
the present sanctuary to utilize Il
as a chapel, pastors study. IL
|brary, church Office, church
school Office and further class
rooms.
Elmer Cappelmann is archi-
tect Of the new structure. which
is due for completion about jan
uary /.
DR.. John II. Pearson, district
superintendent for the Alexan-
dria District Of the Methodist
Church. win also participate in
the cornerstone laying. Bishop
CARRIER will preach at the
church's $3.50. and 1t:I5 am
services.