The coastland times., 1955-12-09
"ONLY
YESTERDAY"
II Happened in
Dare County Just
Ia Years Ago

FOurCSSn years dSo coiih IShS
bee was faced with the job of col
lecting $4,000 in order that Dare
County might buy necessary land
for The establishment of the pro-
oys2d S4O4,000 airport on Roanoke
.sla. d. All but $4,000 had been
collected and that was all that pre-
vantea the immediate beginning of
.oassi uc tIon work. The first person
o come to the rescue was Miles
L. Clark of Elizabeth City, who
donated $4,000 to the cause. And
hen Dave lndquist, who then
owned a large tract of land on
8odie Island, Clipped in another
$1,000. One of them (now dead)
was and the other still is, the best
friend Dare County has had.
County Welfare Superintendent
l. P. Davis announced a reduction
of SO per cent in NYA projects in
Dare County and only 18 women
would still have jobs in the sew
ing room.
D. Bradford Fearing, president
of the Roanoke Island Historical
Association, bad written Governor
]. M. Broughton that the Lost Col
cny, Paul Green symphonic dra-
ma, didn't need any money from
the State that year to help pay its
bills. The 1941 General Assembly
had agreed to underwljte any loss
es up to $4,000.
Charles M. la! iels, 65-year-old
resident of Wanchese, died in the
Marine Hospital at Norfolk after
long illness on December 4, 1941.
Manteo's giant water tower, 80
feet in height, was being built at a
cost of $4,000 to improve Man
teo's water and sewerage facilities.
E. S. White had been appointed
tax supervisor for Dare County at
a meeting of the Board of Com
missioners in the courthouse on
Tuesday, December 9, 1941.
Construction of hard-sulfaced
highway from Kitty Hawk to Cor
Ola Beach in Currituck County
would cost the State from $4,000
to $4,000 a mile, Ben Price, chair
man of the State Highway & Pub
lie Works Commission said, and
the need for such road did not
justify the expense.
Cecil Mann, chief rf the Wlnteo
Fir. Department, was IN Raleigh
Receiving instructions as 10 what
to d.. in case enemy aircraft crop
ped bombs on Manteo during
World War II whicn had been in
pfcgr, SIS about 20 days OF. Decem-
Der 20, 1941.
The Manteo bodybuilding Com
pany was engaged in the construc-
tion of four 84-foot rescue beats
for the U. S. Army, the first OF
which was slated to slide down the
ways on January 1, 1912.
John P. Beacham, 75-year-1ld
resident of Kitty Hawk, died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.
]. D. Perry, on December 26, 1941.
Register of Deeds Melvin i.
Daniels and State Senator D. B.
Fearing and ]. M. Vannote had
been nominated members of the
Dare County tire rationing board,
effective December 80, 1941.
R. C. Evans, veteran Manteo bus
inessman, a merchant and a COM
munity leader for nearly so years,
died at his home. in Manteo Novea-
Der 8, 1941, at the age of "a. He
began his mercantile career in
Manteo in 1883 and was active
manager of his business until two
days before his death.
The Bank of Manteo mailed out
$50 Christmas savings checks to-
taling $4,000 on November 2z,
194i.
Nathan S. Nelson was harvest
ing second crop of big, shiny, ripe
apples from a tree in his yard on
Nov ember 25, 1941. Due to the
exceptionally mild weather his ap-
pie tree, which last bore in July