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The coastland times., 1956-03-09

About the turn of the century
and for many years prior there
to, the tenth of February-if it
did not fall on Sunday-was day
of exodus for the menfolk of Dare
County, North Carolina. On or
about this day of the month, some
two hundred or more fishing boats
cleared from Mill Creek and ada
cent private landings for Duck Is
land, the cut-through Hog Island,
Smiths Creek and the Roanoke
Marshes. For the next three
months, these men, heads of fam
ilies-their older sons, and many
hired men from Gum Neck, Column
bia, and elsewhere, spent six days
week at these fishing points.
The wives, mothers and sisters
were left at home to care for the
smaller children, and to look after
things in general until Saturday
afternoons, when most of the fish
ermen returned to their homes to
spend Saturday, afternoon and
Sunday with their families, and
to attend Sunday School and
church services in general. By
four o'clock on each Monday
morning, come rain or shine, the
men took off from their landings
for their fishing places for the
next five or six days. Prior to
1905, most of the fishing was
done in sail boats of the sprit-sail
type. By 1910, most of the boats
were converted to gasoline engine
power and soon the beautiful
sight of from one to two hundred
fishing boats under sail on the
reefs and the middle sound areas
We're fast disappearing from the
fishing waters of Dare County. y
Any one of the places named in
this story would be interesting to
write about. Time and space
would prohibit full account of
each of them. / have taken Duck
Island-the larger reef-fishing
camp-site as the basis Of my story,
asserting that what was typical
of that place, would in large meas
ure be the same for other places.
However, in those days of 1890
to 1925, there were two classifica-
tions of fishermen at these camps.
One class was known as the deep
water or middle sound fishermen
with gill nets. The other class
was known as reef or shallow
water fishermen with gill nets.
There were also two other classi-
fications, viz. the gill-net fisher
men just mentioned and the pound
The coastland times., 1956-03-09
NAVY FORCES AT
CAPE CELEBRATE
WITH. HILARITY
Change Commands This Week.
Observe Birthday, and Stage
Show at Buxton

Buxton on Cape Hatteras, Mar.
8.--Members of the Seventh Bat
talon celebrated this week the 14th
anniversary of the formation of
the Navy Departments war-famed
Mobile Construction Force, got
themselves a new commanding
officer, got underway with con-
struction of the National Park
Services fabulous scenic bypass
road, and still had time to do their
appointed task within the enclos-
ure of the Navy's secret facility
here and haul a thousand yards
or so Of earth to fill in low places
around the Hatteras Island Health
Center.
Monday was the outfits birth
day and the event was observed
with a dinner at noon-time that
left most Of the celebrants feeling
like not doing much of anything
for the afternoon, which they
didn't on account of the rising anG
retiring battalion Commanders or
dering a muster to hear the con-
gratulations of the Navy Depart
ment for the outfit-and to look
at what will go down in Island
folklore as the most uproarious
show ever staged on the Island.
Throughout the show it was an
open and not settled question of
whether Commander John D. Cos
grove, who took Official leave two
days later and headed home to in.
active duty after IA years, or ris-
ing commander, 1t. Crd. E. E.
Johnson, who took over command
of the outfit at brief ceremonies
Wednesday afternoon. The ques-
ton, which got kind of lost in the
foregoing sentence was which OF
them laughed the loudest and the
longest.
Neither could have been out.
done even by Patrolman Arthur
Fields and Deputy Sheriff Ray.
mond Basnett, who were specially
invited guests of the men of the
battalion, or DR.. Don Wolfe, who
was present as guest of the bat
talon surgeon, Lieutenant Young
As for the men themselves-some
of the villagers around the light.
house heard the roaring and came
over to see what caused it. They
See NAVY, Page Four
The coastland times., 1956-03-09
STATEWIDE LOST COLONY
TRYOUTS ON MARCH IL

The annual state wide tryouts
for roles in the cast of The Lost
Colony and also the dramas
famous choir will be held in
Chapel Hill on Saturday, March
II, it was announced this week by
General Manager R. E. Jordan.
There will be no Island tryouts for
roles this year until early June
as all persons on the coast who
desire parts in the play have al
ready made application for same
through the local office of the
show to Mr.. Jordan. 1t should be
advantageous for persons seeking
principal roles in the cast of the
show or in the chorus to attend
the Chapel Hill additions, it was
stated.
The coastland times., 1956-03-09
WOMAN BREAKS LEG
ON LINDSAY WARREN
CAPTAIN IS FIRED
Capt. Leslie Hooper Gets Re-
Insfa+ed After Being Let
OF Ferry Boat

A quiet commotion during the
past ten days rocked the island Of
Hatteras from stem to stern over
the summary firing of young Cap
tain Leslie Hooper from his COM
mand of the Oregon Inlet ferry
boat Lindsay Warren, by Highway
Maintenance Engineer George
Mack.
The general opinion is that
Hooper got rather abrupt treat
ment, and great protest went up.
A Mrs. Linville Meekins of Avon
had the misfortune to fall through
an open manhole and break a leg
following which she threatened to
bring suit against the State.
The manhole cover had been left
off for several weeks, and it look.
ed like case of carelessness
Crew members said they had the
plate off in order to insert a pump
into tank below. The manhole
was situated in one corner of tht
backhouse that serves all people Of
all sexes, crew members included
Mrs. Meekins went to the Eliz
abeth City hospital for treatment
Capt. Hooper has been success
fully operating the boats for sew
eral years, and considered by boat
men one of the few competent mel
employed on the ferries. The pub
lie disapproved his having beel
fired.
The coastland times., 1956-03-09
Single Copy "
KITTY HAWK HIGH
SCHOOL PUPILS TO
CONE TO MANTEO
Dare Board Votes Plan Effective
Next Year; mo Mans
Land" Children May
Ride Bus.

Many Kitty Hawk citizens ap-
peared in Manteo Tuesday, sup
porting the efforts of their school
committee to get the Dare County
Board of Education to reverse
previous action to consolidate the
high school at Kitty Hawk with
Manteo. The committee had been
working for a long time to get
high school built somewhere in the
district, by a bond election to be
financed by a special tax on the
property in Kitty Hawk, Duck,
Colington, and a part of Nags
Head township, constituting the
Kitty Hawk School district.
The group in Nags Head town.
ship living in the area sometimes
known as "No mans Land" To-
Gated the new township line and
the Jigsaw Road to the sound
shore, brought a petition signed
by nearly 100 per cent of the
school patrons asking that "No
Mans Land" be taken out of Kitty
Hawk District and kept a part of
the Manteo District, where they
preferred to send their children.
A petition signed by 80 or more
people asking that the District re-
main unchanged, was also present
ed. A few signers had signed both
petitions-diplomacy, and tact,
prevailing, no doubt.
After lengthy meeting in the
courthouse, which was attended by
large group, for which Attorney
Wallace McCown was spokesman
for the Kitty Hawk people and
Wallace Gray for the "No Mans
Land" people, the meeting conclud-
ed about noon. During the course
of the afternoon, after further con-
sideration of the issues, the Board
of Education acted as follows:
Denied the motion of the Kitty
Hawk Committee and directed that
beginning with the 1956-57 school
terms, all high school pupils in the
area be brought to Manteo High
School.
Granted the motion of the peo-
pie of Nags Head to exclude the
t"No Mans Land" area from the
Kitty Hawk District for purposes
of taxation. And they ruled that
children from this area now at
tending Manteo School be permit
ted to ride the bus to Manteo,
provided they make their own way
to the boundary line of "No Mans
Land" to wit: the Jigsaw road.
Further action on the request to
make this area a permanent part
of Manteo district was deferred.
Kitty Hawk partisans expressed
great disappointment at the out
come of the hearing. BY consent
judgement, the restraining order
which they had gotten against the
Board of Education was dissolved.
This order prohibited the Board
from pursuing with plans for con-
solidation in any form.
Some of the Kitty Hawk people
expressed bitterness over alleged
action of the Board of Education
See SCHOOLS, Page Five
The coastland times., 1956-03-09
CHANNEL BASS IN NETS
OF PAMLICO SD. FISHERMEN

Channel bass are showing up in
coastal waters in pound nets of
commercial fishermen at Hatteras
during the past week. If the pisca-
torial pattern of March is repeated
for the Dare Coast again this year
the first Of the season to be taken
with rod and reel may be landed
before another week has passed.
Whether this comes to pass, how
ever, depends much on the weather
which could not be finer during
early Spring than it has been for
several days with temperatures go
ing to the eighties. March is de-
ceitful month however, and per-
sons who are ready to match their
skill against channel bass at the
moment, may see some very un-
fishable weather before April.
April is the best bet for surf
casters and also the angler who
likes to take his channel bass troll
ing or drifting in Oregon and Hat
teras inlets. Last year the first
fish taken from the inlet was not
landed until April 6. This was a
60-pounder, boated by Forrest
Dunstan Of Elizabeth City while
trolling from Capt. Jesse Ether.
idge's cruiser the Caredwyn.
Almost a month earlier, howev-
er, in the surf at Hatteras Inlet, Ivy
Batten had caught a small channeI
bass weighing nine and one quar-.
ter pounds. 1t was on Palm Sunday
three weeks later that the first
channel bass was taken from the
surf at Cape Hatteras, where the
species showed up later than usua
last season. The Cape Hatteras
"first" was a 35A FOUNDER caught
in the surf by Bob Gardner of the
Tidcwater Anglers Club of Nor
folk.
One of the several taken in nets
at Hatteras earlier this week top
ped so pounds. It was landed from
a pound-net operated by Perry
Austin and crew. There have beer
reports, but none specific, of small
channel bass, or puppy drum" be-
See FISHING, Page Four
The coastland times., 1956-03-09
CHANNEL BIDS OUT
At STUMPY POINT
AND ENGELHARD
Seven Feet To Be Restored: Bid
Openings March 10Th on
Two Jobs

The office of the Corp of Engi-
neers at Wilmington announces
that invitations for bids went out
Tuesday, March 6, for some
100000 cubic yards Of dredging at
Stumpy Point and Far Creek at
Engelhard. The Stumpy Point
Channel will be restored to seven
feet deep and 75 feet wide. At
Engelhard it will be seven feet by
60 feet. An overdepth of two feet
will be dredged at both points.
Bids for this combined job are
scheduled to be opened March 20
with work to begin within 20 days
thereafter.
The Engineer Dredge JGerig COM
pleted a million-cubic-yard main
tenance dredging job in the Beau
fort Inlet bar channel on February
90 and is now on similar work in
the Cape Fear bar channel at
Southport.
p. NJ. Smell, head of the Corps
of Engineers District CONSTRUCTION
Division here, advises that the
Beaufort Inlet Channel is in "ex-
.cellent, shape" with all markers in
correct locations and the water
depth at 80 feet (plus two feet
overdepth) and 400 feet wide in
the outer channel and 300 feet
wide in the gorge.
Normally, Smell explains, the
volume of dredging would be much
less but Hurricanes Connie, Diane
and lone last year imposed above
average shoals in the channel.
In other activities, the Dredge
Savannah Norfolk Dredging Com
pany) will begin work on Bardens
Inlet Back Sound to Lookout
Bight) on Wednesday, March z
The Savannah will move to the
area from entrance channel dredg.
ing at Oriental. Bardens Inlet, nov
five feet deep by so feet wide
See PROJECT, Page Four
The coastland times., 1956-03-09
LOUIS HERBERT MIDGETT

Louis Herbert Midget, 60, son
of the late Christopher ID. and
Mary Williams Midget died Sum
day in Brooklyn hospital. He
was native of Avon, but had
lived in Norfolk for the past IL
years at 1924 CRANKY st. He was
buried Wednesday in Forest Lawn
Cemetery, Norfolk. Surviving him
are a brother, William E. Midget;
two sisters, Mrs. Wednell Harvey
and Mrs. Elizabeth Craun, all of
Norfolk.
The coastland times., 1956-03-09
MANTEo TALENT SHOW

Manteo High School will
give a talent show on March
% at the school with every
class represented. 1t is stated
that talent from other than
school students will be inter-
spersed among the school numbers.
The sponsoring body for the show
is the Athletic Association and the
full program for the evening and
time of showing will be announced
in a later issue of this paper.
The coastland times., 1956-03-09
BIG BLUES TAKEN IN
TRAWL NETS OFF CAPE

Large bluefish, some weighing
up to eight and 10 pounds each
were taken in trawl nets off Cape
Hatteras recently according to
Clyde Potter, fish dealer and
trawler fleet operation Of Belha-
ven. Reports of the big fish have
alsofcome from the Hatteras area.
One resident of Hatteras stated
that back in the middle 193Os fol-
lowing very severe winter large
blues were taken and that during
the period, many giant specimens
were caught with rod and reel.
These big fish are commonly
known as "Hatteras Blues"
The coastland times., 1956-03-09
NOTICE

If the chicken-hearted trio who
signed in a letter to the editor
their initials, with blue type
writer ribbon, will send us their
names, not for publication of
course, we will print their letter,
favoring a school at Manteo, let
ting it stand signed 81. d. B., G..
H. M. and c. L. D."
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HELP--WoMEN
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Well-known national firm needs
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and national magazine advertising
or this work. Good salary, pius
monthly bonus and company dement's
Write full details to MR.. FRIzZELL
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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-28

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Wednesday 1T . pm over WE
TW.
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q traitor who is plotting to kill
his partner and gain control of
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Heart Attack
Fatal To
Boca Graham

Boyd GRAHAM. 50. Horny Co.
UNITY native. died of a heart at
..,, Thursday while workinr in
!.uil. Fla. Funeral services were
.hclj from the Mount Zion Bap-
',ls' church IN Horny County
Monday At 3 p. m. with Rev. J.
y. Nucks and Rev. Clyde Prince
..m charge. Burial followed in TIE
0irinccylllc Genet ~. =
. Mr.. Graham had been in Flor
ida Tor nine Years.
Surviving are his widow Mrs.
fDripiIJ 5. Graham: three sons.
Earl and BoCa. Jr. of TAMPA.
Fla: J. c. %! Denver. Colo. two
daughters. Misses Barbara and
JAM. Graham of Lutz. Fla: and
five grandchildren.
Oracle accepts the RESPONSE
.o!lI'y OF acting as chapcronu y
young. attractive Emily Wander
Zip who is visiting in New York.
ION THE GEORGE BURNS AND
Oracle ALLEN SHOW Mon
day at 3 pm on channel 8.
MIR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY
uses all lis professional know
now in trying to prevent a man
from committing suicide in re-
morse for a crime nc didn't
commit. Monday at $50 pm over
WBTW. y
Matt HcnShaw is offered a
bIg promotion by his firm bu;
nc has to move to New York to
take it. on DECEMBER BRIDE
Monday at $50 pm over WBTW.
The magic OF a doll saves the
life Of an Indian chiefs dauen-
Ter and brings help 10 her pco-
pie IN The Wise One" on THE
LORETTA YOUNG SHOW over
WBTW Monday at 10 pm. II
inc never, never world OF an
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sion for Baskets and q hobby Of
Gcath is entered by a greedy
couple who would steal her
money. in ALFRED HITCH
COCK PRESENTS Monday at
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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-28
Pre-School Clinic
Held At Green Sea

Forty-three youngsters attend
ed the pre-school clinic at Green
Sea on Tuesday March 2O).
Sponsored by the PTA, The
clinic was for youngsters wN
would be six years of age on or
before November l, 1856 and
eligible TO enter school this Fail.
DR.. Charles l.. Mates con-
quoted the physical cNamina-
tons. lie was assisted by Mrs
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'Frifchey 70 Quit
Democratic Job

Clayton Fritchey, press secre-
tary for Adlai Stevenson during
the presidential campaign, said
today he will resign about Janu-
airy as deputy chairman OF
the Democratic National Com
mittee and return to the news
paper business.
He and Philip M. Stern, the
national committees former re-
search director. plan a new
Journalistic enterprise" He did
not disclose details of the
projected venture or confirm
earlier reports that it might in
volve a newspaper in the New
York area. Mr.. Stern previously
announced his resignation from
the national committee effective
January /. He is now on a trip
around the world.
Mr.. Fritchey, a New Orleans
newspaper editor before coming
here in 1850 as assistant to Gen.
George C. Marshall and Defense
Department information officer,
served as an administrative as
sistant to former President Tru-
man.
At Democratic national head
quarters he edited the Demo-
cratic Digest in addition to
other duties. During the recent
campaign he travelled with Mr..
Stevenson as a key adviser and
press secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-12
WhitIock Named
AS Secretary Of
Inaugural Group

Appointment of Douglas C.
Whitlock, Washington attorney
as secretary of the Inaugural
Committee was made today by
Chairman Robert v. Fleming.
Mr.. Whitlock is chairman of
the board of the Structural Clay
Products Institute. He is the
founder and first president of
the Young Republican National
Federation and has been active
for many years in Republican
politics. He was liaison officer in
1858 with the Republican Ma
tional Committee.
Later, Mr.. Fleming announced
that the chairman of the con-
cessions committee will be Ralph
E. Becker, member of the law
firm of Brookhart, Becker and
Dorsey. From 1916 to 1919, Mr..
Becker was chairman of the Ma
tional Federation of Young Re-
publicans. During the recent
presidential campaign, he was a
member of the Republican
Finance Committee of the Dis
trict of Columbia. He is also
chairman of the Cultural De-
velopment Committee of the
Washington Board of Trade.
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Itions to farm out more work
than had been hitherto con-
ltemplated."
Navy Tells Of Cuts
Navy officials told the subcom-
lmittee this morning its civilian
lemploye force has been cut by
I20,516, or five per cent. from
October, 1855.
Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Albert Pratt said, however.
I"this has not been achieved by
reducing our operating forces, or
by hating the dynamic techno-
logical change-over which is TAX
ing place in the Navy"
He said the cuts were made
possible by a general tightening
of the belt and by curtailment
of less essential functions and
by improved management. But
he said he could not promise
that the Nays civilian work
force will continue to decrease.
Navy officials also promised to
report back to the committee
later on a study to determine
how much in Federal funds pri-
vate corporations are spending
to recruit scientists and engi-
neers to work on Federal cost
plus contracts.
The committee said it heard
reports that some firms were
spending as much as $4,000 to
recruit one employee.