The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-30
PLANS CONTINUE
FOR BIGGER AND
BETTER JAMBOREE
Many Unusual Features Shaping
Up For A Bigger Festival
April 1879
BY AYCOCK BROWN

PlraCeS Jamboree has been prom
Used by committee chairmen work.
ing on various phases of the event
planned this year for the second
time, as Spring vacation launch
er. Ten thousand copies of the pro-
gram of events which begin at
Hatteras on Hatteras Island, Fri
day April 81, and moves into the
Dare Beaches sector on the fol-
lowing day and night, to be con-
cluded with religious services at
Fort Raleigh and boat races in
Manteo Harbor on Roanoke Island
Sunday, April 20, were printed this
week by Times Printing Company
for the sponsors.
These programs, fore runner of
compact souvenir booklet pro-
gram will be distributed through
out the state and nation. The
initial program printed in colorful
red and black ink on yellow paper
will be available in reasonable
quantities to any person or vaca-
ton operator who may wish same
to use as an enclosure with letters
going to potential patrons. Copies
of the program will be included in
the hundreds of letters now being
processed each week by the Tourist
Bureau from persons who are
planning vacations to the Dare
Coast.
Governor Will Be Here
Governor Luther Hodges who
attended the first annual Pirates
Jamboree last year, and had a
big time, will be present again
this year. w. H. McCOwn, chair
man of the JambOree Steering
Committee stated Tuesday, fol-
lowing a telephone conversation
with the chief executive of the
State that he planned to arrive
on the Dare Coast Friday after
noon and go to Hatteras for the
Waterfront Carnival and Dance
planned there on that night. He
will then take in several of the
events in the Dare Beaches area
ON the following day, before full
filling other commitments he has
while IN the East.
Pre-JambOree Events
There will be several pre-Jam-
boree promotional events during
April, the most important perhaps,
being the big Street Dance and
Pirates Frolic in Elizabeth City on
Friday night, April 10, and the
pre-Jamboree dance and party at
the Shrine Club on Saturday night,
April 81, when the buccaneer king
and queens will be selected. This
year contestants for the distinc-
ton of becoming the pirate king
and pirate queen will be judged
largely by costumes and boards of
participants. This will be an all
county event and committee chair
men north of Oregon Inlet have
been assured that many persons
from Hatteras Island would be in
the competition.
In addition to the foregoing
events, Dare Coast pirates" will
be appearing as guests on num-
erous radio and television shows
in North Carolina and Virginia
during April, each appearance de-
signed as a promotional deal for
the Jamboree. Taking part in
some of the guest appearances will
be Manteo Rotary's famous "Pi-
rate" quartet.
Pirate Money
Within the next few days one
of the most unusual shipments of
money to reach the Dare Coast
since the days of piracy during
the 18th Century will arrive from
Puerto Rico. From San Juan will
come batch of genuine "pieces
of eight" the loot which early buc-
Gamers shed blood for on the
Spanish Main and the Coast. of
Carolina. The coins will be avail
able-at price.
Already received this week was
the first shipment of silver dollars
from the Federal Reserve Bank in
Richmond to the Bank of Manteo.
The silver dollars will be distri-
buted to merchants of Dare who
in turn will give them as change
to customers during April. The
first shipment of shiny silver dol
lars numbering 1000 were made in
1928 significant year for the
Dare Coast and the United States.
It was in 1923 that the late Cen
eral Billy Mitchell, commanding a
squadron of planes based on the
beach at Hatteras, proved that sur
face craft were vulnerable to
bombing attacks by air craft. In
September Of that yearrt two battle
ships; the USS New Jersey and
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