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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-06-28
By EARL DEAN

1t has been twenty years since
that memorable July night in 1887
when @The Lost Colony" held its
first audience spellbound in the
great Waterside Theatre at Old
Fort Raleigh. And many and start
ling have been some of the changes
which have taken place on historic
Roanoke Island since this nation
ally-known outdoor drama became
a North Carolina institution.
Few people who sat out under
the stars that night and saw it for
the first time ever dreamed that
Paul Green's stirring drama tell
ing the tragic story of the struggle
of Sir Walter Raleigh's first En-
glish settlers to establish colony
in the New World would be going
strong two decades later and that
nearly a million people from all
over the United States and many
foreign countries would make pill
grimage to Roanoke Island just to
see it.
For as originally planned "The
Lost Colony" was to have been the
highiight of the S5Oth anniversary
celebration of the discovery and
settlement of Roanoke Island to be
repeated only on certain commem-
crative occasions. 1t wasn't long,
however, before the people of Dare
County realized that they had a hit
that could be continued indefinitely.
It has been said that most great
things usually spring from humble
beginnings and "The Lost Colony"
as we know it today, is no excep-
ton. There are still people around
who can recall the shaky start it
had back in the days of the Great
Depression. It was an expensive
undertaking in those days and but
for the help of various government
agencies and the great self-sacri-
flee of some local citizens there
might never have been any "Lost
Colony"
Celebrations had been held at the
birthplace of Virginia Dare near
Old Fort Raleigh since 1880 when
a few Roanoke Islanders and a
handful of people from the main
land began to talk an annual festi-
val concentrating the Importance
Of the first colony in American
history. Four years later the Roa-
noke Colony Memorial Association
was organized and in 1896 the first
Virginia Dare monument was erect
ed and dedicated largely through
the efforts of a group of history
minded Edenton friends led by the
late DIR. Robert Brent Drane. the
venerable rector of old st. Paul's
Episcopal Church there.
Along about 1921 Mrs. Mabel
Evans Jones, then superintendent
of Dare County schools, wrote and
helped produce a plavlet which was
filmed at Fort Raleigh by the State
Department Of Education and
shown for many years in public
schools throughout the State. Six
wears later d. Victor Meekins, of
Manteo, then an enterprising young
newspaperman, was one Of the first
to see that the future Of any "Lost
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-06-28

CONRAD L. WTRTH, director OF
the National Park Service, is to
be on hand for the opening of the
Lost Colony's 1857 season Satur-
day evening and during brief open
ing ceremonies is expected to
make a talk of definite import
ance. He has promised that he will
make an announcement regarding
plans for the dedication of the
great Cape Hatteras National
Seashore Recreational Area, the
nations only seashore park. He
also plans to discuss several
points of the National Park Serv-
ices EMISSION Sc" for development
of the parks facilities.
Mr.. Wirth has been successful
in interesting a number of wealthy
people in contributing toward the
preservation and protection Of
many of the country's natural
beauties. These have included pri-
vate donation of $168,000 for the
Cape Hatteras Seashore and $780,
600 for Kill Devil Hills. Over "a
million acres are in the National
Park System which is under his
supervision.
A native of Massachusetts, Mr.,
Wirth is the son of Swiss-born
Theo Wrist, who was himself dis
tinguished as park man and con-
servationist.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-06-28
THE LOST COLONY TO OPEN
ITS SEVENTEENTH SEASON AT
MANTEO SATURDAY EVENING
Opening Night Guests To Include Conrad [.
With, National Park Service Director; Audi
ence VIII See Large Number Of New Actors in
Cast and Numerous Changes in Staging Made
by New Director. Burne+ Hobeood.

The Lost Colony, the. Paul Green
symphonic drama telling the story
of the first English colony in Amer
lea, will open its seventeenth sea-
son Saturday evening at 8:15 pm.
at the Roanoke Island Waterside
Theatre near Manteo. Conrad L.
Wirth of Washington, D. c., di-
rector of the National Park Serv-
ice, will be special guest for Sat-
urday nights performance and is
expected to make an important talk
during brief opening-night cere-
monies. Robert Lee Humber of
Greenville, chairman of the Roa-
noke Island Historical Association,
will also be a guest and will intro
duce Mr.. Wirth.
Richard E. Jordan, geenral man
ager of The Lost Colony, has an
nounced that there has been a good
advance sale of tickets for the COM
ing season, which will feature "the
new look at The Lost Colony" Sew
eral of the scenes have been re-
vised by Author Green this year.
and the show has new director,
Burnet Hobgood, and. a majority of
new leading characters. The stage
has been rebuilt relocating the his
torian's booth; a sloping ramp now
connects the main stage with the
stage at the audiences left, which
will serve strictly as Indian coun-
try. The narration formerly given
by the historian will this year be
given, at times from the stage it.
self, by Governor John White, one
of the characters in the play. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Jordan, there will
also be several new dances, but the
basic music for the show has not
been changed. The choreography
will be by John Lehman and the
musical direction by DR.. Elwood
Keister.
!. Among the important new menu
bers of the cast this year are Di-
anne Rousseau as Eleanor Dare,
William Walsh as John Borden,
Edward Reeves as Sir Walter Ra-
leigh. and Earle Rankin as Gov
ernor John White. Mary Wood
Long returns as the Queen of En-
gland. Cora Mae Basnight of Man
teo is the new Indian squaw Agona,
with Ray Smith as "Old Tom"
Harris, the beggar. Manager Jor-
dan estimated that 70 to 80 per
cent of the Roanoke Island resi-
dents in the cast have returned
from last year.
Performances of the drama,
which has been seen by more than
100000 persons, will continue each
night except Mondays through Sep
TENDER 1.
The Lost Colony arranged to
give a special fuI-dress preview
of the show Thursday evening for
a distinguished group of governors
from many states, who are visiting
Dare as guests of Governor and
Mrs. Luther H. Hodges of North
Carolina. Approximately 200 per
sons were expected to attend; in
addition to the governors and their
families and accompanying Off
Gals, special invited guests for the
preview showing included members
of the press, who were extended
blanket invitation.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-06-28
STUMPY POINT NATIVE
DIES IN ORIENTAL

Graveside rites for Mrs. Hor-
tense Wise Barnett, 80. of Oriental
were conducted in the Oriental
Cemetery Saturday afternoon by
the Rev. James Dissel.
Mrs. Barnett, widow of Henry
w. Barnett, died at her home in
Oriental early Friday morning
She was born at Stumpy Point in
Dare County, daughter Of the late
Capt. Thomas and Nancy Midgett
Wise.
Surviving are two sons. Pelage
and Burnice Barnett of Oriental.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-06-28
Lost Colony" Has Seen Its Ups and Downs
From Humble Beginnings Twenty Years Ago
Many Persons labored Long Hours to Get Pageant Sarte
Setbaeks Of Fire. Hurricanes Wars Have Been Overcome

Colony" celebration at Old Fort
Raleigh depended on crowds of in
terested people, He spanked the
1926 Dare County Homecoming
which attracted some 5000 persons
to the pine thicket on the north end
of Roanoke Island in spite of the
fact that in those days there were
few good roads and no bridges in
this section at all.
In the fall of 1881 the late w. O.
Saunders, of Elizabeth City, who
as editor and publisher of the old
weekly Independent" had long
talked and wrote of the great fu-
ture ahead of Dare County, hit
upon the idea of COMMUNICATIVE
annual celebration featuring a pag-
cant telling the story of the Lost
Colony where it happened, at Old
Fort Raleigh. He came to Manteo
bringing with him Paul Green, the
University of North Carolina pro-
fessor and playwright, and DR..
Frederick H. Koch, founder of the
Carolina Playmakers at Chapel
Hill. With a group of local people
which included the late d. Brad
ford Fearing, Martin Kellogg, Jr.,
/. p. Davis, Melvin R. Daniels,
Chauncey S. Meekins and D. Victor
MeelSins he climbed the sand hills
near Fort Raleigh where a site for
a great natural outdoor theatre
was selected.
The year 1884 was first selected
for the 350th anniversary celebra-
ton but as the nation was then in
the throes of a great business de-
preston that was getting worse
instead of better all THOUGHT of a
celebration of any magnitude for
that year had to be abandoned.
Meanwhile the Manteo group,
led by D. Bradford Fearing, and
ncouraged by Representative
Lindsay c. Warren, of Washing
ton, N. c., then young and influ-
entail Congressman in the Nations
capitol, worked quietly towards a
gigantic celebration set for the
year 1887.
Various governmental agencies,
set up to relieve unemployment and
combat the Great Depression of the
1905 were called on for aid. Many
local people worked long hours with
little thought of remuneration to
help make the 350th anniversary
celebration a success, for in those
days "The Lost Colony" was a To-
cal enterprise operating almost on
shoestring basis from Fearing /
office in the courthouse.
The first 43 days Of pageantry
unprecedented hereabouts began on
the morning of July a. 1887, with
religious services at Old Fort Ra-
leigh conducted by the late Bishop
Thomas c. Darst, of Wilmington
That night. as the lights were dim
med in the big theatre on the
shore Of Roanoke Sound, many an
anxious eye was scanning the skies
for it threatened to rain. Then, as
the first moving scenes Of "The
Lost Colony" came into view the
storm clouds dispersed. as though
by magic. the moon came out, and
See LOST COLONY, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-06-28

MONTAGE shows o the
Roanoke Saturday.
n one agcn
the first English born the New World; White
did disappeared
a he o he % COVE
and of
OF andil 81 Cdony
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-06-28
BOY INJURED IN FALL
FROM TRUCK AT HATTERAS

Michael Williams, 4-year-old son
Of Charlie Williams il. Of Hat
teras, repeatedly suffered frac-
tured skull when he fell from a
truck driven by Floyd Miller last
Sunday evening. The boy was
taken by Coast Guard helicopter
to a Norfolk hospital.
Evening star., 1957-08-25
How Old Is
The 5th-grader on the carouseI
and the debutante in a cocktail
qown7 Both are Carol Lynley

gave up my modelling career because there
wasn't enough profit in it," said Carol Lynley,
a young lady with the face Of porcelain shep-
herdesS and the mind Of a corporation president.
Carol is now on her second career = that Of a
stage and movie actress. and many say she's the
most exciting prospect in show business today.
If Carol looks vaguely familiar to yOu it is
because you've seen her all over the place in maga
zine advertisements. Her big advantage as a model
was that she could look like enchanting child Of
ten or a stunning young woman in her 2OS. Now
that Carol has retired from modelling, the truth can
be told she is IS Since she'll have to wait exactly
~ years to collect Social Security, il is fortunate
that she has found a meantime job in the theater.
Disney Landed Her
And she has fine head start in it, too. Last sea-
son she landed a Broadway part in Graham
Greenes drama. The Potting She'd" The critics
notices were so glowing that Walt Disney signed
her for his new picture, The Light in the Forest"
which she is working on now. For next autumn
Carol has offers from both Hollywood and Broad
way and she's not sure which way she'll jump.
I'll know better when read the fine print in the
contracts" she said thoughtfully.
All this may make Carol seem unnaturalIy hard
headed for her age but that is not really the case at
all. Compared to most career children she is a
spring tonic - grave but good-natured. smart but
unspoilcd, poised but respectful. Her greatest
delight in life is a saucy dachshund named frankie,
lord and master Of the New York apartment where
Carol lives with her mother and younger brother.
Her biggest thrill so far was getting kissed for
the first time, out in Hollywood.
Jimmy Macarthur with Carol on merTy-go-
round ab0vel did il when we were making a screen
test for the Disney picture" she said, and added
wistfuly, "Of course. he wasn't serious. He's a
much older man = nearly twenty"
An Early Start
The truth is that Carol is not as hardheaded as she
is enthusiastic. She attacks her careers" as If they
were games = and she plays hard Her mother
remembers that she attacked rope-skipping the
same way when she was a tot in Winthrop Mass.
Carol went at il hammer and tongs. She was the
best rope-skipper in Winthrop. And when il came
time for skates - well. once | caught her in bed
with them on She said she wanted to get an early
start in the morning."
Carol has no sooner set sail on her second career
than she's planning her third I'll give acting about
ten years and then I'll quit she said thcughtfuIly
i've seen too many people in this business run
downhi because they tried to hang on too long.
And when quit | want to get married and have
four boys and one girl
And well bet it turns out Just that way. True,
science tells the sex Of children cannot be pre-
determined but science never up against anyone
as determined as Carol! csaARlEe D. RacE
Evening star., 1957-08-25

with every moment, any mood
suede sleek calf grcsgn trimmed From the CFat
collection Oneeyelt gran pigski suede
collection 995 Suede bowed with gOgan
paisley lined the Flat collection 8o5 Perky
the DunmOre collection 995
Evening star., 1957-08-25

For store nearest yOW, 1CTite:
Colo Fo0taCeGr Corporation
Empire State Building
Ne1O York I, Ne1O York
Evening star., 1957-08-25

TINS WEEK Mooouias/AvOSss Is. iS0
The Nome nugget., 1957-08-07
WOMEN WILL WAGE WAR ON WEIGHT

Ladies-Do you have problems arising from an overweight con- dition? Do you have trouble going on diet-and staying on it until you've shed your poundage? Do you feel that when you diet, you diet alone?
 We'll, group of local ladies got together the other day and decided they were going to do something about the matter-and they did. They've formed a diet ing club so that they wouldn't feel ESQ all alone" on their diets.
 At the organizational meeting Tuesday the charter members drew up their rules for member ship and invite all ladies with reducing problem to join. It is understood that men are not specifically excluded.
 Further details about the club may be obtained by calling Black 125 before 6 pm.
 Further undecided miscellan- eOus info includes weighing in" at initiation, weekly weighing ceremonies and fines for being on the "heavy side"
 Oh, yes, the clubs name is The TLngik Club, which in Els kimo means, of all things, "old fat Qiteral translation)
The Nome nugget., 1957-08-07
Speeding Woman Is.
 Problem to PatrOlman

BINGHAMTON, NY, R-Mo- torcycle patrolman Robert Stump complained that "a woman like that oughtn't to be allowed to drive,' as he reported that Mrs. Yvonne Clary, 32, of Whitestone, Queens:
 l. Roared along a city street at 90 miles an hour. outdistanced him in her 1857 automobile when he chased it.
 2. When finally stopped and asked for license and registration, sped away a second time
 B. Was caught in New Milford, Pa, after state police there and in New York had been asked for help.
 A. So far has ignored. a summons issued on a charge of speeding.
The Nome nugget., 1957-08-07
In Commissioners Court

Jack Kelly pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct and was sentenced to 12 days in jail and fined $1OO.
 Blanch Ieutuk plead guilty to charge of disorderly conduct and was sentenced to 18O days in jail 50 days of which was suspended.
 
 Jessie Luke Smith was senten- ced to 60 days in jail with 50 days suspended for manufacturing in toxicating liquor without a li- cense. The offense occurred at White Mountain.
The Nome nugget., 1957-08-07
Typist, 19, Indicted For Most Brutal Murder of Roommate

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., R- Elaine Soule, a 19-year- old clerk typist from Freeport, Long Island, NY, was indicted Monday by the San Mateo County grand jury on a murder charge in the staying of her roommate.
 The victim, Catherine Marie Elvins, 20, daughter of a promi- nent Seattle physician, was struck 26 times with a flatiron and stabbed in the chest last July 24 in the apartment she shared with Miss Soule in nearby Burlingame
 Coroner Paul B. Jensen called it ''the most brutal case I've ever seen."
 "The motive was money" Dep. Dist. Atty. Howard Hartley quot ed Miss Soule as saying-a $160 check sent the victim by her mother, Mrs. Naomi Elvins, wife of Dr. Richard E. Elvins, Seattle.
The Nome nugget., 1957-08-07
Gerald Trigg and
 Nina Tungwenuk Leave For CAP Encampment

Civil Air Patrol Commandant like" Obermire has announced that two CAP Cadets, 2nd It. Gerald Trigg and Cadet 3/C Nina Tungwenuk, are leaving this weekend for ElmendQrf Air Force Base, Anchorage, for the CAP encampment.
 While there they will attend various classes and meetings per taining to various functions of the CAP and Air Force programs.
 They will be gone approxi- mately ten days.
The Nome nugget., 1957-08-07
Rotary Club Members Will Undertake Boy Scout Fund Drive

At Rotary noon luncheon today Bill Angel was welcomed back after an extended tour of the States.
 The birthdays of Bill Angel, Larry Calvin, Carl Glavinovich, Jim Walsh and Jim von der Heydt were observed with large birthday cake.
 Plans for the annual drive for Boy Scout funds were announced by chairman Steve Andersen. The drive will start with a kick off breakfast Monday morning at 8 o'clock at the Bering Sea Club. Block chairmen who will make the collections have been named. {, A film, courtesy of the Ford Motor Co.,, was shown. It was Thunder Beach" and dealt with stock car trials at Daytona Beach.
The Nome nugget., 1957-08-07
SHARK IN PHONE BOOTH WAS NO FISH STORY

WEST LODE, England, R-A woman complained to the tele- phone company yesterday that shark was monopolising the pub lie phone booth near her house.
 This sounded fishy, but trou- ble-shootet was sent to investi- gate.
 He found that the booth was indeed occupied by a shark-a five-footer well along in rigor mortis. Police speculated that visiting fisherman had mislaid it.
The Nome nugget., 1957-08-07
R ADIO PROGRAM ARMED FORCES RADIO SERVICE - NOME

1o:45-Rex Koury I11:00-One Mans Family |11:15-Latin Americana H.: :30-Make Up Your Mind 11:45-Masters of Melody 12: :00-News |12: 15-Bohind the Story |12:30-Platter Parade
 1:O0-Hf1lbilly Jamboree 2:00-Robert Q. Lewis 2:30-Music a Ia Carte 4:00-News 4:05-BasebalI 6:00-News 6:15-Sports Caravan
 6:30-Revenuers' Rornp
 7:30-Could This Be You:
 8:00-Symphonette 8:30-Great Gildersleeve
 9:00-Recollections at 30
 g: 9:30-Mystery Time
 10: 00-One Night Stand
 10: @-Martin Block I11:O0-News
 11:15-A Joy Forever
 l1:30-Land of Dreams ll2:00-Sign Off
The Nome nugget., 1957-08-07
Friday

Friday 6:58-Sign On
 7:00-NeWs
 7:15-Weather Roundup 7:18-Rise & Shine 3:15-Morning Devotions 8:30-Breakfast Club 9,0o-Coffee Concert 10: :0o-Turn Back the Clock l0:30-Spotlite on a Star 10: 45-Rex Koury 11:00-One Mans Family |l1:15-Swinging thru Dixie l:30-Make Up Your Mind II: :45-Masters of Melody l2:O0-News I12:15-Behind the Story l2: 30-Platter Parade 1:60-Hillbilly Jamboree 2:00-Robert Q. Lewis 2::3O-Music a la Carte 4:00-News 4:05-Baseball
The Nome nugget., 1957-08-07

TONIGHT 6:30-Mick'Y Mouse Clb. 7:30-WYatt Earp 8:00-Bold Journey a:30-KeY Club Pl'Yh'se 9:00-Adventure Theater 9:30-Panic l0:00-Boxing
The Nome nugget., 1957-08-07
PAN AMERICAN AIRwAYs

Arriving Tuesday were: Grace Edman, MT. Van Dies and Jack Bullock.
 Departing were Josephine Can non, MT. Peterson, MT. Parker.
The Nome nugget., 1957-08-07
KNOM -TV PRESENTS

THURSDAY 6:3o-Mick'y Mouse Clb. 7:3o-Jim Bowie 8:00-Rin Tin Tin 8:3C-Meet McGraw s:00-NavY Log 9:3c-Ted Mack
The Nome nugget., 1957-08-07
Wednesday

VSAASS0oy '.05-Baseball 6:O0-NeWs 6:15-Sports Caravan 6:30-Revenuers' Romp 7:30-High Moment 8:00-Hollyw'd Music Hall 8:3O-Jack Benny r 9:00-$64, 900 Question Y:30-21st Precinct 10:00-One Night Stand 10: :3O-Martin Block 11:00-News 11:15-A Joy Forever 11:30-Land of Dreams 12:00-Sign Off
 Thursday 6:58-Sign On 7:0O-News
 7:15-Weather Roundup 7:18-Rise & Shine 8:15-Morning Devotions 8:30-Breakfast Club [ 9:00-Coffee Concert ! 10:O0-Turn Back the Clock 10:30-Spotlite on a Star
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-13
SEC Plons Private Probe
Of FIN Proxy Bottle

CHICAGO, Feb. Is tP).-
Chairman Sinclair Armstrong of
the Securities and Exchange
Commission says the SEC does
not plan to make a public hear
ing Of its investigation of the
proxy battle between Fairbanks
Morse d Co.. and Penn-Texas
Corp.
Robert H. Morse. jr.. Fair
banks. Morse president, had
urged public hearings.
This is an enforcement type
Of investigation" Mr.. Armstrong
said yesterday. We find We
have better results with private
hearings.
What the investigation un-
covers may become public if the
SEC goes into court to try to
enjoin the voting OF shares at
the annual Fairbanks, Morse
meeting March 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-13
Other earnings included:
For Year Ended December :
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Feb. ID Al.--orsins re,
bounded from early weakness on tn,
Board Of Trade today many future!
going above the previous close.
Az the outset the market sold of OF
failure TO avert dock workers strik,
at Atlantic Coast ports. Selling wa.
not heavy on this news however
wheat oT near r. the s END Of hs rst hqa
corn. = lower to 70 hisher. Marcr
1881; oats p TO a higher, March rs
rye u 20 higher. March. "a: soy.
beans :. lower TO, 2 hlsher. Marei
cents hundred pounds hisher, March
li.SO.
Grainmen were confronted with an
unexpected dock workers strike when tbs
market opened News dispatches yes
terday had emphasized the prospect The
strike would be aVeTted. and gratn'
had been bought on that possibility.
selling was not very heavy and ap,
peareu TO be centered mostly in ole
crop wheat and soybean futures Trader.
felt these were the futures most likeiS
70 be influenced BY q long term strike
The possibility the strike would be set
tied helped steady prices.
New crop wheat, after selling OF witt
the rest Of the market early, climed back
above the previous close, There was nc
and none was forecast in the Weather
Bureaus nve-day outlook
The Commodity Credit Corp sole
400. 600 bushels OF corn NJ Gulf OF
Mexico ports overnight Traders with corr
were paying close attention TO Washing.
ton news. Several bills have been in.
troduced In Congress TO improve the
situation Of feed grain producers.
Holland purchased small quantities oi
corn overnight but otherwise there was
no export business 0rainmen said West
Germany and Italy have not signif1ed
the date on which they Will be IN tht
market for. substantial quantities Of
American wheat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-13
Noted Retail Store
In BROOKLYN to Close

NEW YORK. Feb. Is (P1.-
Namm- Loeser's. Inc. once one OF
tie leading retail stores in the
country, soon will close its
Brooklyn department store. II
is the fifth major department
store to close in New York since
1852.
The company will continue its
suburban stores at Bay Shore in
Suffolk County. and at Wood
mere, in Nassau County.
Other stores which have closed
are Wanamaker's at Eighth
street, and Broadway: Frederick
LoeSer Co.. which was acquired
by Namm's in 1882 McCreery's
Thirty-fourth street. and
Hearn'S Fourteenth street,