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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
POWELL BILL FUNDS ARE
ALLOCATED BY THE STATE
Manieo. XIII Devil Hills. BeIhaven,
Other Towns in Area Share in
Money for Local Nom
System Streets

The State Highway Department
this week announced the alloca-
ton of Powell Bill Funds totaling
Sc, ATT, O32.18 to 4O5 qualifying
municipalities for use in main
tanning and improving their nom
highway system streets.
ALLEGATIONS to municipalities in
this area included the following:
Bath, $1,493.79; Belhaven, SILL
6S5.33; Columbia, $4,170.15; Cres-
well, $1,912.47; Elizabeth City,
| $43, S1O.55; Kill Devil Hills, 49,
973.15; Manteo, $2,S19.71; Pan
tego, $923.99; Washington, $780,
964.S5; and Washington Park,
50, 675.72.
Half of the total ALLEGATIONS is to
be divided among the qualified
municipalities on the basis of pop
ulation at a per capita rate of
$2.12, while the other half is di-
vided on the basis Of relative mile
age of non-highway system or
local streets of the municipalities
at a permile rate of $4s5.SS. For
example, figures released by the
highway commissions Division Of
Statistics and Planning show Man
teo with 1850 population Of 635
receiving $4,000 in the first
phase and with q non-system mile
age of 3.03 miles receiving ST.
470,69 in the second phase, for a
total of $2.S19.71. The figures
given for Kill Devil Hills are:
population 735, $1,561 As; mileage
1927, $7,411.69; total $s,973.15.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
After Interesting European Honeymoon
MandeIls Visit Relatives at Mays Head
Following Term Of Teaching and They Spend Ten Weeks
Motoring Through Europe. England and Ireland

Mrs. Mandell, who served with
the American forces overseas dur
ing World War II, got an oppor-
tunity to visit many old scenes and
to find old friends, in France and
Italy. She was awarded a citation
after the war for her outstanding
work with the American Red
Cross. DIR. Mandell had travelled
most of these countries before this
summer.
Having heard so much of the
Lakes of Killarney, the lively
Irish lasses, and picturesque man.
ner of country and people, they
had looked forward to visit to
Ireland. They put their car on q
boat in England, crossed the Irish
sea in a four hour night trip. But
they were deeply disappointed in
Ireland with its general neglect OF
cleanliness, it's poor accommoda-
lions and the abject poverty of the
people. They spent five days or
the tour of Ireland, during which
time they drove all around it.
They have many interesting and
favorable "reminiscences of the
kindness and progress of the pro.
gressive and interesting people Of
Finland, during their eight months
stay. 1t is a country which j:
rapidly forging ahead. It is the
country which stands out among
all others as the one country which
repaid America it's war debts.
The Mandells travelled ovel
Europe in an English Ford cal
called the Squire. 1t was delivered
i, to them in Oslo, and gets 35 miles
to the gallon. They returned with
many souvenirs of their travels.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30

DIR. and Mrs. Maurice I. Mandell
returned to Mays Head last week
to visit relatives after an interest
ing year abroad. Mrs. Mandell is
the former Natalie Gould, and the
couple, who were married last
July, have been visiting her
mother, Mrs. N. E. Gould and her
sister and brother-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dewey Hayman at the Ar
lington Hotel.
Their next stop will be Bowling
Green, Ohio where DR.. Mandell
will teach at the State Teachers
College. Mrs. Mandell was employ
ed there several years prior to he1
marriage as assistant to the presi-
dent, DIR. Ralph Macdonald.
The Mandells went to Turko
Finland, last year on a Swedish
ship which took eight days in the
crossing. There DIR. Mandel
taught classes in two colleges. Or
holidays they made tours of near
by interesting countries. Following
the closing of the school term il
May, they set off to travel Europe
and visited all of its countries
save Portugal, Turkey and Greece
They even went over into Russia
for five days.
They found Germany making
greatest progress, with people
working and producing. Here was
general air of cleanliness, some
thing which is absent in most
countries. They found Yugoslavia
forging ahead somewhat under it:
intense nationalism, and SPAR
most interesting because of the
fun loving, fiesta-minded tempera
ment of its people.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30

THE RIGHT REVEREND THOM-
AS H. WRIGHT, of Wilmington,
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of
East Carolina, will be guest theo-
Logan and preacher at the final
Sunday service of The Lost Colony
season in Waterside Theatre at
Manteo on Sunday morning, Sep
TENDER 1, beginning at IL o'clock.
He is one of Americas outstand-
ing Episcopalian leaders and has
served on state, national and in
ternational boards and committees
of the church. Locally he is no
stranger, as he has often appeared
as guest minister in The Lost Col
ony and is member of the Roa-
noke Island Historical Association,
sponsor of the Paul Green play.
He has also often made visitations
here to st. Andrews-by-th Sea,
the Episcopal Church on Mays
Head, which serves communicates
of the Dare Coast and lower Curri-
tuck County and summer vaca-
tionists and residents Of the area.
AS member of the Roanoke Is
land Historical Association, he is
chairman of the Lost Colony's reli-
gious services committee and has
charge of making the arrange
ments for the appearance of guest
ministers of all denominations for
the weekly services on Sunday
morning during the dramas sea-
Fson.
A feature of the services Sun
day will be choral music by the
Lost Colony Chorus under the di-
rection of DR.. Elwood Keister.
George Perry, of Lost Colony
Chorus and assistant organist, will
be at the console Of the dramas
Hammond Organ.
On Sunday morning at 8 o'clock,
Bishop Wright will be the Cele-
See WRIGHT, Page Seven
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
MANTEO SCHOOL SET FOR
OPENING NEXT TUESDAY

The opening of the Manteo
School is set for 9 am. next Tues
day, September 8, according to
Principal w. H. Bunch. At that
time, all pupils in grades five
through twelve are requested to
assemble in the auditorium of the
school, while pupils in grades one
through four are to report directly
to the teachers in their respective
classrooms in the primary build
ing. Parents and other friends will
be welcome on the opening day
Mr.. Bunch stated.
Each day for the first week.
September 8 to September 6, 9
short schedule will be followed
and school will dismiss each OF
these days at noon. The school
lunchroom will not open before
Monday, September 8.
The following high school teach
er assignments Were also an.
nounced by Mr.. Bunch: Mrs. Ma
tilda E. Inge, English and social
studies; A. o. Ayers, physical
education and social studies; r. E
Minis, English; P. D. Mavrom-
mats, math; Mrs. Goldie H
Meekins, science; and Mrs. Mag.
gle D. Cannady, commercial.
Teaching the elementary grades
will de: w. H. Fry and c. H. But
Ter, eighth grade; Mrs. Grace w
Hooper, seventh grade; Mrs. Mary
D. Meekins and w. w. Tarking,
ton, sixth grade; Mrs. BERTHE s
Ward, fifth grade; Mrs. Essie N
Westcott, fourth grade; Mrs. Fan
ME L. Kessinger, third grade; Mrs
Frances A. Leggett, second grade;
and Mrs. Eta B. Midget, first
grade.
Mr.. Minis, Mr.. Harrington, and
Mrs. Goldie Meekins are new
members of the faculty this year,
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
BLUES AND CHANNEL BASS
HITTING IN HATTERAS SURF

Bluefish, some going to three
pounds each, have been landed in
the surf near Hatteras Inlet this
week, and at the same time chan
mel bass have also been taken with
rod and reel.
Willie Newsome of the Sports
mans Headquarter reported on
Thursday that channel bass taken
from the surf so far during Au-
gust have been "yearlings," or
fish that usually weigh between IL
and Is pounds.
Fishing was spotty for several
days last week during rainy and
northeast weather, but by early
this week the winds had shifted
the sun was shining and almost
Immediately fishing in the surf
improved.
Surf catches from other sections
of Hatteras Island have indicated
good run of blues and a few
puppy drum and yearling channel
bass.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30

ROBERT M. LANGLEY of Bath,
District Governor of Lions Inter-
national District 31-J of North
Carolina, who will meet with the
Manteo club next Tuesday night.
September 8.
Lion Langley is a past lion
tanner, vice president, president
director, zone chairman, and depu-
ty district governor, all of the
Bath club. He is instructor of in
dustrial arts in Washington High
School.
His term of office began July
LIST and will run through next
June. During this period he will
make at least one visit to the
various clubs in his district. Al
present there are about 35 points
for him to visit. Langley is a great
admirer of the coast country, en-
joying mainly the good fishing.
A good attendance is anticipat-
ed for this meeting.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
MORE MURALS TO
DEPICT SCENERY
OF COASTLAND
Artist KughIer Painting Knapp
Donated MuraIs for Uni
versify Building
By AYCOCK BROWN

Fifth and sixth in a series of Is
murals depicting the progress his
torically of North Carolina, are
now being painted by William
Francis v. Kughler, a distinguished
New York artist, under a commits
sion from Mrs. Joseph Palmer
Knapp, according to Albert Q. Bell
of Manteo here on Roanoke Island.
Bell has just returned from a
visit with Kughler and Mrs. Knapp
at the latter's Lew Beach estate
near Livingston Manor, Ulster
County, N. Y, in the heart of the
Catskills near the site of Washing
ton Eving's Legend of Sleepy
Hollow" The Roanoke Island gar
dener and builder of outdoor drama
theatres has been associated with
Kughler in historical research
way on several of the murals
painted or now being planned.
When the series is completed
they will be placed in the admin
istrative section of the new Insti-
tute of Government Building at
the University in Chapel Hill as a
gift of Mrs. Knapp. The building
one of the newest and most beau
tiful in Chapel Hill, was built fol
the University by the Joseph Pal
mer Knapp Foundation.
Studio In A Barn
Mrs. Knapp who has recently
been very ill but is now on the way
to recovery was anxious to be Gloss
to the work that Kughler is now
doing on the fifth and sixth mural.
of the series. To make that possf
BILE, Bell stated, she set up studio
in one of the barns on the estate
for the artist to paint the huge
eight by eleven foot panels, Bel
stated.
1t was in tool shed here a
Bells Roanoke Gardens that Kugh
Ter had painted the "First Englisl
Colony" first in the series of thir
teen. That was in 1866 and models
for the painting included Bell, hi
son Quentin along with severa
male and female actors of TIL
Lost Colony. 1t was no small tasl
to complete the first mural be
cause it was necessary to be au
See MURALS, Page Six
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
OFF FREE AFTER
KILLING BOY WITH
SHOTGUN IN HYDE

Herbert Merrick, 14-year-old
negro boy of New Holland, Hyde
County, has been released from
Jail by Sheriff Charlie Cahoon, who
deemed it unnecessary to hold him
for the careless killing of a play
mate. ,Merrick blew off the head
of 14-year-old Bobby Selby Mon
day morning.
The 12-gauge shotgun blast
struck the right side of the dead
boys head. Tommy Sadler, anoth-
err 14-year-old negro boy, said the
boys were just playing with eacl
other.
Selby, the dead boy, was the sor
of the first wife of Maxwell Selby
and his mother lives in another
state. The Merrick boy is living
with his grandmother, Mrs. At.
more Whitaker in New Holland
but his parents, Robert and Haze
Merrick, live in New York City.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
FISHING TOURNEY
OFFERING $1,000
WORTH OF PRIZES
Sixth Annual Mays Head Surf
Fishing Event To Be Held
October 1920
BY AYCOCK BROWN

Trophies and prizes valued at
more than $1,000 will again be Of
fered in the annual Mays Head
Fishing Club-sponsored Surf Fish
ing Tourney at Mays Head on
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday,
October 1920, it was stated today
by Julian Oneto, president of the
club.
This will be the sixth year the
invitation Inter- Club and Open In
dividual Tourney has been held on
the Dare Beaches. The event is
presented under the auspices Of
the Association of Surf Angling
Clubs.
H. w. Shaner of Margate City,
N. j., will again be director of the
tourney in collaboration with the
captains of competing teams. Mr..
Shaner has been instrumental in
giving much publicity to the Mays
Head event which has been largely
responsible for so many New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania, and other nom
resident teams participating each
year.
George Croker, secretary-treas-
urer of the tournament, has indi-
Gated that upwards of 40 teams
will participate this year. Each
team is composed of five persons
and an alternate. Several women
teams take part in the competition.
The Mays Head Surf Fishing
Trophy, most coveted of all
awards offered, was won last year
by the Merchantville IN. j. Fish
ing Club. This trophy, to become
the permanent possession Of a
club, must be won two years in
succession. The only team winning
the trophy during the past five
years for permanent possession
was the Elizabeth City Club. The
present trophy was given by
Henry w. Stelwagon, president of
the Association of Surf Angling
Clubs.
| Oue W lie great 1ICISdSC AL bhLC
number of persons attending the
tourney each year, the annual ban
| quet, one of several social events
presented in connection with the
event, will be held this year at
Ras Westcott's Casino. "This will
give us an opportunity to enter
tain not only team members but
also their wives and families" said
Mr.. Croker.
/ Judging catches is on a point
basis, and the usual fish taken
ranges from whiting, weakfish
4 (trout), croakers and founder to
bluefish, striped bass and channel
bass.
During the past six years, sew
eral record fish have been taken
during the Mays Head tourna-
ments. The most outstanding was
the world record 601a pound chan
mel bass landed from surf by Art
Clark during the open individual
ON a 12-pound test line.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
SIR ALLEN LANE. BRITISH
KNIGHT, SEES LOST COLONY

Sir Allen Lane of Stanwell
Moor, England, was in the audi
ence at the 869th performance OF
The Lost Colony at Manteo We'd
nesday night. With party OF
friends, he has been spending a
Holiday" as the English call a
vacation, in one of the w. A. Will
liams' cottages of lower Mays
Head.
Sir Allen is principal owner OF
the publishing firm of Penguin
Books in England and returns to
Great Britain next Tuesday on the
lie de France with his daughter
who is also in the Mays Head va
cation party.
The Lost Colony was of parti-
cular interest to the British
knight, because he saw portrayed
there the people who are his for
bears and ancestors. He is a de-
scendant of Ralph Lane, the ''gov-
ernour" of the 1885 colony which
Sir Walter Raleigh and the first
Queen Elizabeth sent to Roanoke
Island to 'build fort and lay out
roads"
A replica of the Ralph Lane fort
is now one of the main attractions
of Fort Raleigh National Historic
Site here. The fort is built on the
exact spot of the Originally accord
ing to National Park Service arch
Geological diggings.
Sir Allen, in conversations with
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams recalled
that his mother had told him dur
. ing his youth that his ancestors
"were the first to bring tobacco
i from the New World to England"
The incident about the tobacco
that was taken back to England
by the Sir Walter Raleigh ex-
plorers and early fort and road
builders is portrayed in The Lost
Colony drama. The 18th Century
tobacco was the "uppowoc" of the
Indians who were living here when
he first explorers and settlers
arrived,
Sir Allen Lane was not the first
British nobleman to see perform
lnces OF the Lost Colony. A few
,ears ago, Sir Evelyn Wrench,
ounder of the English Speaking
Union, not only attended a per-
ormance but played the role of a
9Th Century nobleman in the
rama. It was Sir Evelyn, with
IRIS. Charles Cannon and Mrs.
nglis Fletcher, that conceived
ne idea for the Garden Club of
forth Carolina-sponsored Eliza
ethan Garden here which is now
an advanced state Of develop
tent.
Other Britishers who have seen
,e play by Paul Green have in
uded members of the Embassy of
reat Britain in Washington, and
gh ranking NATO naval officers.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
SAILOR IS INJURED IN
DIVE I'M SHALLOW WATER

Bob Wells, sailor stationed at
Little Creek, Va, was injured
Tuesday afternoon when he dived
into shallow water at Avalon
Beach at Kill Devil Hills. He suf-
fered fractured neck and pos
'sible broken back. He was taken
to Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth
City by Twiford's ambulance and
the Navy transferred him from
there to the Naval Hospital in
Portsmouth, Va.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
HAVE MOVED TO MANTEo

Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Virgins and
11-year-old son Stephen have NOV
ed from Williamson to Manteo
and plan to make their home here
permanently. Mrs. Virgins is the
former Mary Lee Barnett Of Eliz-
abeth City. She has two sisters
living in Manns Harbor, Mrs. Ray
mond Davis and Mrs. Robert
Beasley. Mr.. and Mrs. Virgins,
who have operated Franks Bar
becue at Mays Head this summer
plan to keep the restaurant open
during the winter months.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
NEW TRASH CANS ON
MANTEO'S SIDEWALKS

The Town of Manteo this week
placed four bright new trash cans
on the sidewalks in the business
district in move to help reduce
litter on the street and sidewalks
The cans are marked "Please de-
post trash here" and are located
in front of Fearing's Drug Store
between Fearing's Cafe and the
Bank of Manteo, in front Of
Aliens Confectionery, and in front
of the post office. Use of the con-
veniently-placed cans is strongly
urged.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
EPISCOPAL BAKE SALE
MACS HEAD AUGUST 80

The Woman's Auxiliary of st,
Andrews-by-the-Sea, the Episcopal
church in Mays Head, win have a
bake sale on Friday, August Both
They will have for sale homemade
cakes, pies, cookies candy and
baked goods. The sale viii be held
at Sea View Inn, which is dag
onally across from the Mays
Header Hotel in Mays Head. The
proceeds will go for much needed
repairs to the church.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
EXAMINER FOR OUTER
BANKS AND ENGELHARD

Drivers License examiner serv-
ice is being brought to the people
of Tyrrell, and Hyde County and
the Outer Banks. Mrs. Sibyl
Etheridge of Manteo, who for sew
eral years has served Dare County
as part time examiner, has re-
Gently been appointed a full time
examiner and will begin her new
schedule next Tuesday, and it will
be continued as follows:
Tuesdays at Engelhard; We'd
nesday at Columbia; Thursdays
and Fridays at Manteo and on
Mondays at Avon for the conven-
fence Of people of Ocracoke and
Hatteras Island.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
FORMER LOST COLONY CAST
MEMBER VISITS IN DARE

Jean Jousse, former member of
the Lost Colony cast, of Montreal,
Canada, left Wednesday after
spending week at the Sea Oatel,
Mays Head, and visiting the show,
old friends and points of interest
in the county. He was accompanied
by his daughter, Gail, and his
mother, Mrs. Fl. Jousse. Mr..
Jousse, who was with the Lost
Colony for three years, teaches
English literature and dramatics
in Verdun High School, Montreal.
His last season with the show was
1850, and he has missed visiting
it only two summers since.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
SUBMARINE SINKS OFF
CAPE HATTERAS MONDAY

The decommissioned submarine
Tarpon sank Monday 80 miles off
Cape Hatteras while being towed
from New Orleans to Baltimore to
be strapped. No one was aboard
the 22-year-old submarine when it
began taking on water and went
down while being lowed by tug.
Since the sub went down in $50
feet of water, salvage operations
would be costly, and the craft will
probably remain at the bottom OF
the Atlantic; the Coast Guard said
it is not menace to navigation.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
MANTEO SCOUT LEADERS
PLAN WORK FOR YEAR

Adult Cub Scout leaders met at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Davis on the evening Of August
81 to plan work for the coming
Scout year. They decided to adopt
the themes for each month sug-
gested by headquarters. After the
business meeting, Mrs. Davis setv-
ed delicious light lunch.
Attending were Fred Roush,
chairman of the Pack committee;
Gus Huffman, cubmaster, Mrs.
Huffman, Secretary; Mr.. and Mrs.
Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. John 4. Garri-
son.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30

LIEUT.. DOROTHY RINK
WATER, late of the Army Nurses
Corp is valuable public servant
about whom little is written, but
there is difficulty in finding words
to do credit to her good deeds. She
has proved lifesaver indeed, to
the people of Roanoke Island dur
ing the II years since her retire
ment from the Army in 1916.
Without pay, and often furnishing
her own medicines, she has served
the public, in time of great need,
white and black at all hours, in a
capacity as nurse, friendly advisor,
and counselor. Often there has
been no other source to which the
needy might turn. Above this big
heart is a sharp tongue which
speaks out at times against the
community's failure to provide
adequate medical facilities in
See DRINKWATER, Page Seven
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
KITTY HAWK BAKE SALE

! The final bake sale in series
put on this summer by the Kitty
Hawk WSCS viii be held Satur-
day morning, August 81, at
Perry's Driye-In. All sorts Of pies,
cakes, cookies, homemade jellies
and other delicacies win be sold.
Proceeds win 90 toward the build
ing fund.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
MacNEILL HOME IN BUXTON

Ben Dixon MacNeill has return
ed to his home in Buxton, and is
recuperating from q major opera
ton which he underwent several
weeks ago in the Veterans Hos
pital, Kecoughtan, W.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-23
Nuzurenes Plan
Anniversary Fete

The Rev. Wilson r. Lanpher,
pastor Of the First Church Of
the Nakarene. win head the
Washington Area Committee
making plans for commence
rating the golden anniversary
Of the Church Of the Nazarene
IN 1858.
The year-iong observance will
include conventions. crusades
and an intensive evangelistic
program. 1t will open with
simultaneous watch night serv-
ices IN all Nazarene churches
around the world on Decem-
Der 81.
Aiding Mr.. Lanpher in maxi
ing local plans for the Naza-
rene anniversary will be: John
Hoffman of Mr.. Lanpher's
church; the Rev. Roy M.
Brewers and Herbert Schuck
Of the capital Heights church;
the Rev. Jerold K. Jones and