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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-23
MANTEO REDSKINS WALK
OVER SUFFOLK 43 TO B

The Manteo Redskins opened
their 1855 football season with a
bang Saturday night by defeating
Suffolk Junior Varsity 43 to 0.
The Suffolk team gave the local
team a god battle for the first
quarter, but the Redskins broke the
game wide open in the second
quarter and went on to an easy
victory which say Coach Ayers
use every man on the squad.
The entire first team played well
with Woody Woodward and Davis
Balance leading the way with two
touchdowns each. Woodward had
one extra point. David Simpson,
James Stillman and Allen Dough
had one touchdown each. Coy Til
lett and Allen Dough were stand
outs on defense. The Redskins
made five first downs to one for
Suffolk.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-23
COSTS AND BENEFITS
OF ADVERTISING
BY DAVID STICK

Next time you're in New York
pick up one of the numerous daily
newspapers, and you're almost
sure to find full page advertise
ment for GimbePs Department
Store and another for Macy's.
These are two of the largest and
best known stores in the country,
and they got that way by adver-
Using.
Funny thing about it, though
is that they devote a large part
of their advertisements to the
same items. One will come out
with an advertisement for a GER
tain type of electric toaster, and
the other will follow right up adj
vertising toaster they claim is
better, or with lower price on
the same toaster the other is sell
ing.
You'll find the same thing in
magazines. Automobile advertise
ments are backed up against each
other. One cigarette advertises on
the inside back cover, another on
the outside.
Same thing with resort areas
too. Here's a Florida advertise
ment on one page, California on
the next; and then maybe Hawaii,
Cuba, France, or even Sun Valley,
or Miami, or Virginia Beach or
Asheville. They're all fighting for
business; all selling the same
thing, only claiming it's a little
better or offering it at a lower
price. Dare County should be right
in there with them, except that a
single page advertisement in one
of the leading magazines costs
considerably more than the entire
budget of the Dare County Tourist
Bureau for an entire year. The
only way we can get Dare County
into those newspapers and maya
zines and on radio and Tele-
vision is through articles and
pictures. And that's what the Dare
County Tourist Bureau is for.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-23
BOOSTERS CLUB ORGANIZED
FOR MANTEO ATHELETICS

A group of interested parents
and friends of Manteo High School
met in the school auditorium last
Thursday night for the purpose of
organizing a Boosters Club. The
group present elected the follow
ing officers:
President: Coy Tillett, Vice
President: Robert Balance, Treas
urer: Mrs. L. d. Hassell, Secre-
tary: R. H. Stone.
The purpose of the club is to
serve as booster primarily for
high school athletics, and will hold
another meeting Thursday night of
this week at 500 in tae school
auditorium. The public is cordially
invited as the Club will begin its
membership drive.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-23
CURRITUCK SOUND BRIDGE
USHERED in NEW ERA OF
PROGRESS Is YEARS AGO
Great Advances Were Predicted and Have
Come to Pass in Many Directions Since Wright
Memorial Bridge Was Opened to Traffic. His
tory May Show Us What the Future Will Bring.

Twenty-Five years ago this
week the. Wright Memorial Bridge
across Currituck Sound was open
ed to traffic for the first time
forming the first link between the
mainland of North Carolina and
the Dare County coastal wonder
land.
From Kitty Hawk to Hatteras
and Ocracoke a new era began and
this centuries-old land of history
and legend began to experience a
boom the like of which has seldom
been seen anywhere along the
Atlantic coast.
Here is story written by Earl
Dean, reporter for the Elizabeth
City Daily Advance, CLEANED from
now slightly yellowed pages of
that newspaper as the news ap-
peared a quarter of century ago:
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-23
COUNTY TO
BE HOST OCT. 20
TO SOU. ALBEMARLE
Governor Luther Hodges To Be
Principal Speaker; Alligator
Bridge Subject of
Interest

Delegates from the six member
counties of the Southern Abe
marie Association will be guests
of Martin County Friday, October
28th, in Williamson, according to
the president, Alexander Corey of
GAINESVILLE. Governor Luther Hold
ges is reported to have accepted
the invitation to address the
group in the forenoon, which
speech will be followed by a din
ner for soma 300 delegates.
The business meeting will follow
the dinner, and this usually lasts
about two hours. The counties
forming the Association are Beau
fort, Dare, Hyde, Martin Tyrrell
and Washington. The Association
was formed in 1885 at Columbia
and has remained active ever since,
its annual meeting, and it's presi-
dent, rotating from county to
county. 1t will be the turn of
Washington County this year to
name the president.
A most important topic of this
years meeting will be the proposal
for a bridge over Alligator River,
See MARTIN, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-23

Congressman Herbert C. Bon
ner, Representative from the First
District of North Carolina, and
Chairman of the Merchant Marine
& Fisheries Committee of the
House of Representatives, will be
awarded the American Legion's
Distinguished Service Medal, it
was announced today in New
York by Willard G. Gamble, Presi-
dent of the ESQ Shipping Com
pany.
The North Carolina Democrat,
who will be the guest of honor at
the posts dinner scheduled for
November 9Th at the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel in New York, will
be cited for his outstanding role
in keeping this country's merchant
marine strong.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-23
GOVERNOR HODGES
AND PARTY SURVEY
STORM DAMAG
Plane Load of Officials Stop at
Man+eo Thursday Afternoon
on Tour of Coast.

Governor Luther Hodges has
been on the ball throughout the
hurricane season in the interest
of his people of North Carolina,
and regardless of where he might
have been, he has cancelled his
schedules and come straight home
to make a personal survey on the
scene, of damage done, and he has
Immediately followed up by bring
ing all interested Governmental
agencies on the spot to see for
themselves.
Thursday afternoon on a flying
tour of hurricane-hurt commune
ties in this state, the Governor
flew into the Manteo Airport while
on his way to Elizabeth City and
was received by a committee of
citizens and officials who gave him
some estimates of damage in the
Dare County area. Officials of the
county, of the towns of Manteo
and Kill Devil Hills were present.
Martin Kellogg, Jr., Mayor of
Manteo told of the minor damage
done the town utilities. Mrs. Emily
Mustian, Mayor of Kill Devil Hills
said an estimated $4,000 would
be needed for drainage and santa
ton in her town. Commissioner
Lawrence Swain, speaking for
Dare County, said the need was
acute at Stumpy Point and Manns
Harbor for relief. He cited the
need as being acute at Avon, for
drainage and repairs to the dixie
around the village. Melvin R.
Daniels spoke of the need for re-
lief at Wanchese.
Among the officials who spoke
and outlined the possible sources
of aid were Judge Thomas H.
Goodman, Regional Director of
Civil Defense; X. C. Lattimer,
Regional Red Cross Representa-
tive; A. E. Razar, Chief of Pro-
ductlon Loan Operations of FILA.
The Governor, flying in military
plane, was also accompanied by
several newspapermen, including
Woodrow Price and Lynn Nisbit of
Raleigh, and the whole party num-
bered about dozen. Some rs peo-
pie met the Governor at the Man
teo Airport, including Commission
ers Duvall and Swain, Mayor KEEL
logg, Mrs. Mustian, and the entire
town Board of Kill Devil Hills, A.
W. Drinkwater and Miss Dorothy
Drinkwater representing the local
Red Cross, Sheriff Frank Cahoon,
Thos. Chears, Wally McCown,
Victor Meekins, Ben Dixon Mac
Neill of Buxton, Brantley Brown,
Turner Twiford of East Lake,
Mrs. Alice Grice, Mrs. Carrie
Rhodes and Dewey Haymon of
Mays Head; County Agent and
Mrs. Bob Smith, Miss Sarah Hal
liburton of Kill Devil Hills.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-23
CIVIL AIR PATROL LENDS
AID DURING HURRICANE

Prompt on the job in Manteo,
as well as other towns of Coastal
Carolina in the path of the storm
was the Civil Air Patrol. Lieuten-
ant Tom Stewart of Henderson
with a party of six arrived in Man
teo at 1 am. Monday morning and
set up their short wave outfit.
Coast guard as well as commercial
phone lines soon went out of serv-
ice, but the CAP was in communi-
cation by it's short wave radio
phone, with various other towns in
the hurricane area whose commune
cations system had gone out of
commission.
The party made headquarters
with Alpheus Drinkwater. The
CAP forces rendered similar serv-
ice throughout the coastland.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-23
JOHN TYLER ETHERIDGE
80, DIES IN NORFOLK

John Tyler Etheridge, native
of Roanoke Island, retired ship
builder, 80 years old, died We'd
nesday night in his sleep at his
home in Norfolk. He had been
fairly we'll up until his death, and
sat up late enjoying the prize fight
in New York. He left a brother,
Charles P. Etheridge of Norfolk.
Two weeks ago he visited his
cousin R. Bruce Etheridge of Man
teo. He had many relatives on
Roanoke Island, his father being
the late Daniel Etheridge who
was in charge of Life Saving
Stations on the Currituck Coast.
On his last visit here, he said it
might be his last trip, but if he
lived, he expected to be back
Christmas, as he often visited
Roanoke Island. He made his home
with a step-grand-daughter in
Norfolk, where the funeral will be
conducted Saturday.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-23
MANTEO REDSKINS INVADE
PLYMOUTH FRIDAY NIGHT

The Manteo Redskins will meet
the strong Plymouth team this
Friday night at Plymouth.
The locals have had little prac-
tice this week due to lone, and as
a result will probably not be in
tip-top condition. Coach Ayers is
expected to take his entire squad
along with Manager Butch Kelford
to Plymouth, and start the follow
ing lineup:
LIE Meekins, 1T Dough, LG
Biggs, C Hayes, RG O'Neal, RI
Midget, RE Tillett, OBJ Wood
ward, Ri Stillman, LII Balance,
FB Simpson.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-23
MANTEO WOMAN MAKES
FIRST FLIGHT AT rs

Mrs. Colenda Barnett of Manteo,
who is 78 years of age, had her
first airplane ride at 6:10 last
Saturday morning, and said "It
was the delight of my life". Mrs.
Barnett flew with her son-in-law,
Shirley Stewart of Norfolk, Va,
who is pilot and whom she was
visiting at the time.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-23
HIGHEST TIDES IN
40 YEARS IN HYDE
AND BELHAVEN
Deep Waters Virtually Wipe Out
Hyde's Harvest; Belhaven
Flooded Too.

Hyde County this week suffered
it's third and worst hurricane
within six weeks, as lone moved
up the coast with it's center pass
ing along western fringe of the
county, between Swan Quarter
and Belhaven. Farmers again suf-
fered the greatest losses, as all
crops in the fields are considered
total loss. Flooding Of homes,
especially in the western portion
of the county, was serious and
many merchants suffered losses of
merchandise.
Farm Agent Earl Topping plac-
es countrywide crop losses this
year due to hurricanes at more
than 800, on top of last years
losses caused by Hazel in some
areas. lone destroyed virtually all
crops remaining in the fields, and
only few farmers had harvested
any crops because of wet fields
caused by. Connie and Dianne,
which caused a two-thirds crop
loss, and by the heavy rains which
followed Connie and Dianne. Dur
ing the past month alone, 80 inches
of rain have been measured unof-
ficially in the county, as COM
pared to an annual average of six
inches.
There were some scattered re-
ports of livestock losses, but farm
ers generally managed to save
their livestock.
The ravaging waters of Lake
Mattamuskeet cut away the east
ern side of the NC "a causeway
across the lake, necessitating clos
ing the road. The pavement itself
was washed away on one side in
about twelve different places. The
worst place was approximately
three-fourths of a mile long
where the pavement was gone up
to within about 21s feet of the
center line.
AS much as 80 inches of water
was measured in homes in Swan
Quarter; numerous roofs were
damaged by the winds, which were
much stronger than in the three
previous hurricanes. Approximate
ly IA inches of water entered the
courthouse, as the tide rose about
Ia feet higher than during any
of the other storms. A group of
35 to 40 people from low areas
took refuge on the courthouse's
second floor.
The Sladesville area received
more tide than any of the three
earlier storms had brought in.
Stores there had considerable
losses.
The town of Engelhard had
about the same tide as it did dur
ing Connie and Dianne; the tide
repeatedly stayed up there longer
than it did in Swan Quarter, how
ever. Areas to the west of Engel-
hard reported slightly higher wat
err this time than previously.
Some low-lying areas near Fair
field were flooded, and Wednes-
day morning roads leading to the
Carnsur settlement were still i'm
See TIDES, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-23
BROWN is IN
THE ALBEMARLE HOSPITAL

Aycock Brown of Manteo, pub
licity director for the Dare County
Tourist Bureau, entered the Abe
marie Hospital in Elizabeth City
Wednesday. Mr.. Brown is sched-
uled to undergo an operation some
time this week.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-23
MANTEO PTA TO MEET

The Manteo Parent Teacher
Association will hold its first meet
ing of the school year Tuesday
night, September 81, at eight
o'clock in the school auditorium.
All school patrons are urged to
attend.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-23
By EARL DEAN

Daily Advance heralded the quick
est overland trip from Manteo to
Elizabeth City which was made on
Friday morning, September 81,
1880, by a party composed Of Dare
County Sheriff Victor Meekins, e.
H. Peele, Jr., and Tom Basnight,
of Manteo, who were accompanied
by Steve Basnight, of Mays Head
Coast Guard Station.
They arrived in Elizabeth City
after the quickest overland trip
ever made, the journey being made
in two hours by way of the new
Currituck-Dare Bridge. Although
the bridge was not opened to traf-
efic until noon the following day,
Victor Meekins and his party, who
wished to take some pictures Of
it, were permitted to cross.
The opening of the bridge was
soing to revolutionize Dare Coun-
ty, Meekins said, who stated he
wanted next to see the State take
over a right of way and build a
road from Manns Harbor to
Stumpy Point. With a ferry al
ready in operation from Roanoke
Island to Manns Harbor, he said,
all of Dare County would then
have an outlet and many people
could come to Elizabeth City con-
veniently.
1t was reported in the Elizabeth
City paper that Friday afternoon
% years ago that Capt. T. A.
Baum, who operated the Point
Harbor-Kitty Hawk ferry intend
ed to discontinue it upon the open
ing of the new bridge but would
continue to operate a ferry be-
tween Kitty Hawk and Roanoke
Island until the hard-surfaced road
from there to the Roanoke Sound
bridge was completed.
Meekins even then had hopes of
eventually seeing a hard-surfaced
road down the beach south of
Oregon Inlet to Hatteras where,
he said, driving was then most
difficult.
No formal ceremonies marked
the opening of the new three-mile
long bridge across Currituck Sound
on. Saturday morning, September
81, 1880. But Floyd Gibbons, the
Headline Hunter of the World
a quarter of a century ago, at the
request of the late Capt. w. j.
Tate, of Coinjock, broadcast the
glad tidings over Radio Station
WIZ, New York, at 5:45 pm.
Eastern Standard Time, September
81, that year.
In letter to the editor of the
Elizabeth City Daily Advance
under the date September 81, 1880,
Dare County's Register of Deeds,
Melvin R. Daniels. had this to say:
"As a matter of news from Dare
County l wish to impart the fol-
lowing good news:
"On the above date the Town OF
Manteo was honored by visit of
five of Pasquotank's most distin-
guished citizens, who were the
first to make the entire trip from
Elizabeth City to Manteo by way
of the new bridge across Currituck
Sound. They were: Mayor J. B.
Flora, Howard A. Flora, George
T. Koch, d. Guy Brockett and Bill
Dawson.
eve were glad to welcome these
gentlemen to the county seat of
Dare County and take the same
as a fore-runner of what is to
come to Dare County by reason
of the bridge. We, the citizens of
Dare County, feel that this is go
ing to be the means of cementing
the friendly relations that have
always existed between Dare and
Pasquotank, more solid, and hope
to see more of your citizens in the
future than we have in the past;
Welcome to Dare County we citi-
gems of Pasquotank; and this in
yitation is extended to all the
r~DWNnW1 MIL
Evening star., 1955-09-30
MICHAEL j. LANE .
EUGENE +. LANE. Attorneys.

OUtunlohAH
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
for the District Of Columbia. Hold
ing Probate urt.---No. SSb74, Ad-
ministration. This Is TO Give No
tiee: That the subscriber, of the
District Of Columbia has obtained
from the Probate Court of the
District OF Columbia, Letters Of
Administration on. the. estate of
Catherine T. .Howley. late Of the
District Of Columbia. deceased. All
persons having claims aEainst the
deceased are hereby. warned TO ex-
hibit the same. with the vouchers
the subscriber, on or before the
Goth day Of March. A.D. 1855:
ciuded from aii benefit Of said
estate. Given under my hand this
2end day Of septembsr, 1883.
MARION C. DEAL. $3.50 D st., e. y,
tseal) Attest: MELVIN j. MAR
oUES. Deputy Resister Of Wills
for the District Of Columbia. Clerk
OF the Probate Court.
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Evening star., 1955-09-30
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