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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-09
COMM SSIONERS
AWARD CONTRACT
FOR RETALIATION

The Dare County Board of Com
missioners Monday voted unani-
mously to award a revaluation
contract for the tax year 1858 to
Associated Services of Raleigh in
keeping with the firms proposal
submitted to the board. The bid of
Associated Services was $4,000.
The board also requested that
Melvin Daniels, clerk to the Board,
write to the Admiral of the Fifth
Naval District to see about keep
ing the Shore Patrol in Dare
County. The Navy has announced
plans to discontinue the assign
ment of their patrol unit to the
Dare beach area after September
Is.
]. L. Rea was presented to the
board by District Extension Agent
John Pineland as a prospective
farm agent to take the position
vacated by the resignation of R.
S. Smith. The acceptance of the
position was left open for Mr.. Rea.
In other action, the board order
ed that the prosecuting attorneys
salary be the same as that of the
judge of recorders court, and that
in accordance with the new law,
county ABC funds be deposited
with the county accountant, who
is to pay the specified 500 to the
Dare County Tourist Bureau. The
board also received and agreed to
pass on to the state requests for
the improvement of two roads at
Avon.
Forrest Dunstan appeared be-
fore the board representing Or
lando Burrus and demanded that
Mr.. Burrus be awarded the con-
tract to remove garbage on the
beaches, contending that Mr.. Bur-
rus had been wrongfully deprived
of the contract, which was award
ed to w. l.. Mann of Kill Devil
Hills on a bid of $4,000 after Mr..
Burrus had backed down and fail
ed to sign a contract at the
amount of his bid, $4,000.
The board decided to ask all the
property owners involved in the
closing Of a short piece OF road
near the home of Harold A. Glynn
to appear before the board at its
See CONTRACT, Page Seven
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-09
.MANTEO ROTARIANS
TRY TO IRON OUT
DITCH DIFFICULTY
Committee Seeks to Ease Sfumpy
Blocks In Way Of Mosquito
Control in Dare

The difficulty of carrying out
the mosquito control, and drainage
program in Dare County for which
the Federal Government has pro-
vided more than 100000 to dig
bitches, has aroused the interest
of the Manteo Rotary Club, which
Monday night appointed COM
mittee consisting of John E. Fere-
bee and Bob Smith, to visit the
various owners of land in the path
of the ditching projects.
An effort will be made to ac-
quaint them with requirements
essential to carrying out the Fed
eral control work, for which con-
tracts have been let. Some of these
projects have been held up by
landowners who have not previous
ly been made acquainted with the
plans before they were made and
execution attempted.
Undoubtedly, had the county Of
ficials gone to the trouble to see
the land owners first, most of
these bottle necks could have been
avoided.
The situation is reported as hav-
ing improved considerably since
last week, when drag line opera
tors were moving their equipment
from unfinished jobs, following OBJ
jections by landowners, while a
large number of citizens were
clamoring, as they have been do
ing for two years, that something
be done about mosquito control.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-09
BOY HIT BY CAR MONDAY
BUT NOT HURT SERIOUSLY

Levon Hopkins, IL, Of Route 8,
Benton, was struck by a station
wagon driven by John G. Jones of
Richmond, Va, Monday afternoon
around pm. In front Of Perry's
Drive-In at Kill Devil Hills, but
escaped with only minor injuries
and was released after being
treated at the Memorial Clinic in
Manteo. The young boy was with
a group Of All campers who had
stopped at the drive-in, and he
apparently ran into the street in
front Of the station wagon. Pa
trolman o. L. McCullen, Nho n
vestigated, did not prefer charges
against Mr.. Jones.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-09

DIR. ELWOOD KEISTER, musical
director of The Lost Colony and
choral director at East Carolina
College in Greenville, has announc-
ed that he has accepted a position
as director of choral and voice ac-
tivities at the University of Flori-
da in Gainesville.
His new duties begin in Sep
TENDER, following the close of The
Lost Colony's season on September
1. In Gainesville, he will direct the
Choral Union, University Choir,
and also teach voice.
DR.. Keister received his bachel-
or of music from Baldwin Wal
lace College in Berea, Ohio; his
masters degree from Eastman
School of Music and his doctorate
from Columbia University.
For five years he taught at the
Iowa State Teachers College in Ce-
dar Falls, Iowa; he has been at
East Carolina College for the past
four years.
This is his second season as di-
rector of music for Paul Green's
symphonic drama on Roanoke Is
land where he has been instrument
tai in training a group made up
almost entirely of North Carolina
singers.
He is married and has son age
three. DIR. Keister is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Keister of Can
ton, Ohio.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-09
MAN DRIVEN
INTO MUD ACCIDENTALLY

Toby Tillett of wanchese es-
capped injury in a strange accident
that occurred Monday afternoon
while he was working on drain
age project near Wanchese. A tree
is reported to have fallen on him
and driven him into the soft mud,
which probably saved his life. He
was not seriously hurt, II was
found after co-workers pulled him
from the mud.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-09
A PRECEDENT ESTABLISHED
AT HATTERAS POSTOFFICE

For the first time in 43 years,
the postoffice at Hatteras is with
out a Maude in it. Mrs. Maude
Job, wife of the postmaster, R. A.
Job, retired on July 1 after ten
years of service. Prior to Mr.. Jobs
appointment as postmaster, the
postmastership was held for 80
years by Miss Maude O'Neal, who
retired and moved to Black Noun
tain to reside.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-09
RAKE SALE AT KITTY HAWK

A bazaar and bake sale will be
held Saturday morning, August
10, at Perry's Drive-In at Kitty
Hawk by the WSCS of the Kitty
Hawk Methodist Church. Many
pies, cakes and other items will
be on sale, and the public Is in
vited 20 attend. Proceeds win 90
to the chureh's building fund.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-09

WATERsDE
m N in made
n a the the properties
fire
Is night are cache
l. greats seats
up % the control N the famous theatre
during daylight this attracts the old
o unusual n The Lost Cdony"w is show
presented on the the original Paul
o. by
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-01-25
DARE AND BEAUFORT
IMEN NAMED ON
SHORE ROAD GROUP
Meeting in Wilmington Emphasizes
Importance Of Sand Fixa-
lion Work

"The dixie has broken along the
Outer Banks"
This dread warning may sound
dramatic, say members of the ALL
Seashore Highway Association, but
it is definitely not "siren call"
Hurricanes have preached sew
eral stretches of the once safe and
secure outer walls" of sand and
seaweed protecting Pamlico Sound
and now the sound cities are de-
fenseless.
This is the warning of Associa-
ton members who met in Whining
ton Saturday to elect new officers,
sum up a year of work dedicated
to development of the vast I'M
touched resources of Eastern North
Carolina" and point to new year
of progress.
New president of the Associa-
ton is Joseph A. Dubois of More
head City. He succeeds Stanley
Wahab of Ocracoke, who presided
at Saturdays meeting.
Other new officers are district
vice presidents, Victor Meekins of
Manteo; E. L. White of Whining
ton, and Clayton Fulcher Jr., of
Atlantic; Dan Walker of Beaufort,
secretary, and Norwood Young, re-
elected treasurer.
"We're not talking about beach
erosion now" Dubois told men,
bers. otis a matter of flood con-
troll. There are close to five mil
lion acres of land that will be
damaged if another bad hurricane
strikes the coast" he added.
Cecil Morris, of the State De-
partment of Conservation and De-
velopment, brought the matter up,
and assured the group something
has to be done Immediately"
Cali we have to do" Morris went
on, ais give the Outer Banks a
little help and it will build itself
up"
"What we need" he said, "is
some state program, using, per-
haps, prison labor, that will plant
seaweed, sea oats or dump brush
along the banks" They will then
build up by the accumulation of
See SEASHORE ROAD, Page 3
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-01-25
|MANTEO ROTARIANS
REVIEW RECORD ON
goth ANNIVERSARY
Fellowship Monday Night With
EngeIhard. Columbia, Plym-
outh and Eliz. City
Rotarians

One of the most memorable of
Rotary events in Dare County was
the goth anniversary of the Manteo
Club held Monday night at the
Carolinian at Mays Head, where
numerous visitors attended from
the clubs of Columbia, Engelhard,
Plymouth and Elizabeth City. An
inspiring address was made by S.
Wade Mari of the Elizabeth City
Club, past District Governor, and
who with several Elizabeth City
men aided in organizing the Man
teo Club in 1886.
o. ]. Jones, one OF the Charter
members gave a review of the
clubs accomplishments in 20 years,
and Of the numerous things he
named as having had the clubs
backing, he said he took most pride
in it's sponsorship of the Lost
Colony, which had done so much
for the Roanoke Island area in
particular.
Engelhard visitors were as fol-
lows: Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Jarvis,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Jarvis Jr., Mrs.
Rebecca Spotanski, Royden Neal,
Paul T. Long, Leon Balance, Mr..
and Mrs. George O'Neal, Miss Ella
Mae Mooney, Mr.. and Mrs. R. E.
See ROTARIANS, Page Three
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-01-25
PRAISE FOR MANTEO AND
X. d. HILLS FIRE DEPTS.

An open letter to the members
of the volunteer fire departments
of Manteo and Kill Devil Hills.
No greater example of commu-
nifty spirit and cooperation has ever
been manifested in Dare County
than that shown last Saturday
night by the volunteer fire depart
ments of Manteo and Kill Devil
Hills when a fire completely de-
stroyed the business and home Of
Jess and Mary Newman and
threatened the adjacent home Of
Dick and Grace Jordan at Mays
Head.
Sheer courage and determine
ton on the part of the volunteers
and other friends and neighbors
who answered the call for help
prevented the spread of the flames
and saved the building and fur
nishings of the writer of this let
ter.
May I take this means of ex-
pressing my sincere thanks and ap-
probation to everyone who helped
during this emergency.
My deepest gratitude and con-
CALCULATIONS on job well done.
DICK JORDAN
Mays Head, N. c.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-01-25
MRS. MARGARET o. GRAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Mar
garet O'Neal Gray were conducted
Friday at IL am. in the Avon.
Methodist Church by the Rev. b
E. Bingham, pastor, assisted by
the Rev. Ray Sparrow, pastor Of
the Hatteras Methodist Church and
the Rev. H. C. Dew, pastor Of the
Assembly of God Church of Avon.
The church choir sang "Ab.is
With Me" and "Hcme of the SOUP.
Rev. and Mrs. B. E. Bingham sang
a duet, Farther Along" Mrs. Vir-
ginia Austin at the piano.
Pallbearers were Dallas Miller,
Percy Williams, George Meekins,
Brad O'Neal, Mitchell Gray, and
Cecil Midgette.
Burial was in the family Gene
terry at Avon.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-01-25
4O-CAR FERRY FOR
CEDAR ISLAND TO
OCRACOKE ROUTE
Plans Drawn and Bids to Be Asked
Shortly on I65-Foo+ Vessel

Bids for building the Cedar Is
land Ocracoke car ferry will be re-
quested within the next few
weeks, according to Coast Engi-
neering Co., Norfolk, we are ad-
vised by the Carteret County
News-Times.
Coast Engineering Co., Naval
architects and marine engineers,
are designing the vessel.
It will be of steel construction,
powered by two diesel engines of
about 700 horsepower each and
fitted with all of the latest navi-
gational and safety equipment.
There will be spacious lounges,
rest room, snack bar and prone
made deck.
The ferry, which will operate on
23-mile run, will have capacity
of approximately 40 automobiles
and trucks and 800 passengers. The
vessel will be 1875 feet long, AZ
foot width and depth of 10 feet
amidships. She will draw from 6
to Z feet of water.
H. w. Keeling Jr., Naval archi-
tect and president of the Coast En-
cheering Co. prepared the prelim-
mary designs for the vessel. The
contract plans and specifications
are being completed under the di-
rection of John T. Carr Jr., chief
engineer, and Harry D. Dixon,
Naval architects of the firm.
The proposed ferry is being built
for A. w. Daniels, Charlotte, who
will operate the vessel.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-01-25

elder daughter, Elisetta, for SUBJ
stantial dowry. The Count appears
to meet the family and immediate
ly falls in love with Geronimo's
youngest daughter, Carolina. This
creates a crisis for Paolino and
Carolina, for they are secretly
wed, and have been fearful of
breaking the news to the family.
To further complicate the plot,
Geronimo's sister, the widow FL
dalma, has an eye for Paolino, and
informs the young man that he is
to become her husband.
The Count informs Geronimo
that he is enamoured of Carolina,
and will marry her for one half
the dowry of her older sister. The
willy Geronimo, practical man,
Immediately sees that he may get
a title in the family for one half
the cost he had anticipated, and
agrees to the plan.
The pressures on the young mar
ried couple, Paolino and Carolina,
are enormous. Carolina is pursued
by the Count who wants her to
marry him. She is berated by her
sister and aunt who think she is
interfering in their respective love
affairs, and her father, to keep
peace in the family, tells her she
must leave for a convent. Paolino
is distraught. He sees what is hap
pening to his elaborate plan to
bring a title to Geronimo's family
and thereby gain the fathers
favor before announcing his mar
riage to Carolina And, too, Fida1-
ma is bit forward in her tactics
to find herself husband. Paolino
and Carolina decide the solution is
to sneak from the house and take
refuge in the home of a relative
until the storm blows over.
The plans do not run as smooth
ly as anticipated, but the hilarious
complications assure listeners of a
thoroughly entertaining evening.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-01-25
DARE COAST PROMOTION
WILL BE DISCUSSED

Dare Coast vacation business
promotion will be discussed at the
winter meeting of the Tourist Blu
reau board of directors in Manteo
Wednesday morning, Jan. 80 at 10
o'clock, it was announced today by
W. H. McCown, chairman of the
board.
Two new members of the board,
appointed since the autumn and
annual meeting on September goth
will attend for their first time.
They are: M. L. Daniels Jr., repre-
senting the town of Manteo on the
Board, who succeeded Martin KEEL
logg Jr., and Alvah HI. Ward, who
was appointed to fill the vacancy
made by Gordon Kellogg.
Other members of the Tourist
Bureau board include: Archie Bur-
rus, Manteo and Mays Head; Mel
win r. Daniels, Wanchese; R. E
Jordan, The Lost Colony; Elizabeth
G. Baum, Kitty Hawk, treasurer;
Elizabeth Smith, Kitty Hawk; w.
"Scotty" Gibson, vice chairman,
Hatteras; George Fuller, Buxton;
A. H. Gray, Rodanthe- Waves; E,
E. Meekins, Manteo; Mrs. Emily
Mustian, Town of Kill Devil Hills;
Diane johnson, Dare Beaches
Chamber of Commerce and Mrs
Lucille S. Winslow, Mays Head
Chairman McCown has urged all
members of the Board to make a
special effort to be present or rep
resented by proxy.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-01-25
RUNAWAY WIFE IN
FLORIDA REFUSES
TO RETURN HOME
Husband Brings Warrant Against
J. J. Peterson. Hearing Set
for Feb. 18th

On February 18th, an unusual
case will be aired out in Dare
County Recorders Court when
charges brought against James j.
Peterson for enticing, stealing, alb
Quoting or kidnapping the wife of
Carl Beacham of Kill Devil Hills
will be heard. "Felonious abduc-
ton, or eloping," is the charge.
The warrant sworn out by Mr..
Beacham alleges that his wife de-
serted her five small children, and
went away to Florida with Peter
son. On the strength of informa-
ton by Beacham, Sheriff Cahoon
notified the Sheriff at West Palm
Beach, Florida, and located the
couple, in a matter of few days.
Mrs. Braunda C. Beacham, the
wife, refused to return to North
Carolina, and extradition is being
sought to force her return. Peter
son has returned to Dare County
Carl Beacham, who is rated a
skilled brick-layer, came to Dare
County from Princess Anne Coun-
ty, Va. Since he was left with the
care of five small children, under
nine years of age, his mother has
come down from Virginia to help
care for them. His wife is the
daughter of the late Jim Rogers
of Colington, where Mrs. Rogers
now lives. Mrs. Beacham is small
thin woman.
Peterson, who came back to
Dare County a few years ago fol
lowing his parole from prison in
Maryland, where he was commit
ted for a ten year term for armed
robbery, has been living on the
beach, and began showing some eff
fort to go straight. He is the son
of the late Jord Peterson, who with
his wife died tragically 80 years
ago on Colington Island. He is a
native of the Mays Head area.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-01-25
MANTEO REBEKAHS
INSTALL OFFICERS
ON MONDAY NIGHT
Mrs. Ray Lewis. Noble Grand;
Flowers and Other Gifts
Presented

Mrs. Ray (Inger) Lewis Of Man
teo, is the Noble Grand for the
coming year for Manteo Rebekah
Lodge No. 81, and the other Off
GERS were also installed Monday
night of this week, in the Manteo
town hall, according to Mrs. Hilda
Francis, the Recording Secretary
of the Lodge; and the new Vice
Grand is now Mrs. Aida Francis.
Other officers are Mrs. LESSEE
Davis, Financial Secretary; Mrs.
Katherine Kennedy, Treasurer;
Mrs. Geneva Midget, Chaplain;
Mrs. Marian Cochran, Warden;
Mrs. Fanny Payne, Conductor;
Mrs. Matilda dudley, Inside
Guardian; Mrs. Annie Sapone, Out
side Guardian; Mrs. Grace White
and Mrs. Gilda Swain, right and
left Supporters of the Noble
Grand; Mrs. Bernice Cannady and
Mrs. Elizabeth Groce, right and left
Supporters of the Vice. Grand; Mrs.
Dolores Ward and Mrs. Marjorie
White, right and left Color Bear
ers; Mrs. Salina Midget, past
Noble Grand, and Mrs. Charlotte
Cahoon, musician. The installation
was impressively carried out.
Mrs. Lewis was presented with
a corsage of pink carnations by
her daughter, Mrs. Frank White,
and gifts also were presented to
the District Deputy president, Mrs.
Ann Basnight and to the District
President, Mrs. Hettie Ames.
Eleven members of Elizabeth
City Rebekah Lodge No. 81 visited
Manteo on this night and brought
the travelling gavel. Refreshments
were served at the close of the
meeting.
The District meeting will be held
in Manteo on March 2 next.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-01-25

THE SECRET MARRIAGE, the
amusing comedy which will be
presented on February IA at the
Manteo school auditorium by the
National Grass Roots Opera Com
pany, was written by a man of
humble birth, born in 1749, who
rose to become one of the greatest
of Italian operate composers.
Domenico Cimarosa's father, a
stone mason, was killed by a fall
when the boy was quite young. He
received his music training at the
Conservatorio Santa Maria de
Loreto at Naples, winning a
scholarship when he was only II
years old. His first opera, COM
posed during his last year at the
Conservatory, won him wide rec
ognition, not only in Naples, but
in Vienna, Florence and Warsaw
He served, in 1887, as chamber
composer to Catherine II, of Rus
STA. Some years later he was in
vited to become Chapel Master at
the Austrian Court in Vienna
ruled by Leopold II, which position
he retained until the death of the
Emperor. 1t was while in Vienna
that Cimarosa composed his most
celebrated work, IL MARTIMONIC
SEGRETO, or The Secret Marri-
age. The second performance was
witnessed by the Emperor who was
so delighted that he ordered supper
served to all singers, musicians and
stage hands, and then commanded
the group to repeat the perform
ance. E.-
The story of THE SECRET
MARRIAGE deals with the efforts
of Geronimo, wealthy business
man, to marry one of his daughters
to a nobleman in order that there
may be title in the family before
Geronimo passes. He arranges
through his clerk, Paolino, for an
impoverished Count to wed his
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-01-25
JURY'S DECISION Is
ADVERSE IN SUIT OF
GREEN AND GASKINS
No Damages Allowed For Parties
Hurt in Collision; Appeal
Noted

The jury found in favor of the
defendants last week in Dare Su-
perior Court, in the suit involving
some $4,000 brought against C,
C. Duvall, Edward White and
Bobby Beasley of MAINS Harbor
trading as the Croatan Fish Com
pany. The suits were brought by
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace F. Gaskins,
and Mrs. Stella C. Green, alleging
serious injuries in the total sums
Of $40, 900, as the result of a col
lision of the car of Earl Green with
a trailer loaded with fish, and
operated for the defendants by
James Edward Richard, a Hyde
County negro.
A fourth suit, in which Earl
Green asked $4,000 and $1,000 for
his demolished automobile was not
tried. The three cases consumed
about three days of court. The
plaintiffs, who were represented
by Leroy and Goodwin Of Eliza
beth City gave notice of an appeal.
The defendants were represented
by W. A. Worth and John Hall of
Elizabeth City.
The circumstances. were that
while coming into Manteo in the
early morning hours of November
8, 1868, the car driven by Earl
Green, collided with the big truck
which they said was blocking the
road, Richard, employed as driver
of the truck had been sent to Ports
mouth, Va, with some 100 boxes
of fish the evening before, but he
decided to stop over on Roanoke
Island and visit a number of his
colored friends who lived at scat
tered localities of the island.
While ambling about over Ro-
anoke Island he got his truck in
the pathway of the oncoming car;
a collision resulted and costly and
permanent injuries were inflicted
on four people, resulting at great
expense and suffering and hospital
treatment. In this case, it appears
that no insurance was carried to
protect the public against so seri-
Gus contingency, which might be
expected of any negro turned loose
on the highway showing the lack
of responsibility manifested by
this driver who discarded his mis-
sion and enjoyed himself by driv-
ing the night about the narrow
roads of Roanoke Island. Jurors
are not usually loath to find
against insurance companies, but
they are loath to find against
neighbor individuals. In this case
the defendants are popular men,
one of them being Chairman of the
Board of Commissioners which has
in hand the selection of jurors.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-01-25

FUND-RAISING
DRIVE BEGINS
Some Cash Raised Quickly in e.
fort to Go Ahead With
improvement; More
Needed

The improvement project at the
foot of Main Street in Manteo is
assured further work through the
use of funds readily collected y
the committee on finance this week.
At the meeting Tuesday night of
the Manteo Waterfront Improve
ment Committee, it was decided to
begin an immediate appeal for
funds through local solicitations.
Work by the Embarrassing commit
tee produced SITS in cash by
Thursday noon, with more money
coming.
Early plans call for leveling of
the lot, new topsoil being brought
in to cover. An asphalt ramp is al
so to be put at the foot of the lot
for use in loading and unloading
boats. Removal of the front portion
of the Tranquil House will follow
grading of the lot.
The finance committee plans to
make full canvass of business
firms in Manteo during the next
few days. Donations will be ac-
cepted in any amount, and donors
are assured that funds will be care
fully spent. Following are firms
and individuals which had contrib
uted until noon Thursday: