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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22
METAL PRICES

NEW YORK. Sept. % (APl Spot
nonferrous metal prices today: copper
26h cents a pound, Connecticut VAL
zinc 10 cents a pound. East st. Louis;
tin Ola cents pound. New York.
foreign silver ssss cents per troy
ounce, New York. At Pittsburgh, scrap
steel No. heavy was quoted 81
"A. OO-45,00.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22

Hourly Sales or the exenaMsS
II 100 am 900 600 Noon ! $50 600
i:0O ON 2 oeo 900 $500 pm 900 600
unit OF tradinR ~ shares OF sales N
tull Rates Of dividends In the FOREGOING
table are annual disbursements based on
the last quarterly OF semi-annua declsIa
ton Unless otherwise noted special o.
extra dividends are not included AlsC
extra or extras Annual rate plus stock
dividend d Declared OF paid In 1857 oius
this year PAYABLE In stock during 1857
estimated cash value on ex-dIVidend or
redistribution date PAID last year
b Declared OF paid after stocf dividend
or splitup K Declared Of pad tllis wear.
an accumulative issue with dividends n
arrears Q Paiu this year dividend
omitted deferred OF no action taken al
last dividend meeting Declared or
PAID IN 1853 olus stock dividend Pay.
able N stock during 1855, estimated cash
value on ex-diyidend OF redistribution
date y LquidatinE dividend CID Called
Z e. dividend x-dis Ex distribution
II * rights. Nv Without warrants
WV With warrants. wd When distributed
VI When issued nd Next day delivery
reorganized under the Bankruptcy Act,
e securities assumed hy su0h comp AnieS,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22
FOREIGN EXCH'CE

4
NEW YORK Sept. 80 (APl.-For-
eign exchange rates, Great Britain in
dollars, others In cents Unbalanced
unless otherwise noted:
market all per cent premium or
| IOs $50. d cents on 1857
Europe; Great Britain (poundl
! laS 60 60 day In. futures $50 sI32: %
ilTanel 200 1ll32, OF 90 OT3s;
France lfranel 30 20L32 OF q cent:
Germany Westerly (deutsche mark
1887; Holland IRuilderl e6.46, up OF
q q cent Italy .liral il6h q cent;
tkronal 1856 Switzerland tfrane)
(free) 1884; Denmark (kronel l4b0l.
Latin America: Argentina freel 2,lO;
Brazil tfreel "a OF q cent: Mexico
Far East: Hons Sons dollar Vi75S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22
ODD-LOT TRADING

NEW YORK, Sept. 20 P).-Ths
New York Stock Exchange reported to-
day these odd-lot transactions By
principal dealers for September 10:
purchase o. 27g.l4I shares sale. o.
sold short.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22
BUSINESS
BRIEFS
International Harvester Co.

InteFnatIOnaI Harvester Co.
announced plans for a $12 mil
lion new steel mill in Chicago.
Construction will take about
"a years.
Pitts. Plate Glass Co. in let
ters to stockholders urged them
to pay more attention to poll
tics. Gulf Oil Corp. announced
recently its management will
become more active in politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22

xEx dividend Books closed tPlus
extTe or extras = Declared or naid so
far this year. Paid last year.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-11
TWO MEN APPOINTED ON
DARE co. ABc BOARD

Two new names appear on the
three man Dare County Abe
Board. Ralph Davis, prominent
Manteo businessman was appoint.
ed\ this week by the County Com.
missioners to fill out the unexpired
term of the late Guy Lennon, who
had been a member of the Board
since it was created in 1889, and
whose last term had until Dec.
1868 to run.
Sherman Culpepper, a highly
regarded citizen of Mays Head,
retired Coast Guard officer, and
nephew of the Board Chairman M.
L. Daniels was appointed due to
the resignation Of Russell Perry
of Mays Head, who was named last
year to replace C. E. Parker, re-
signed. 1t developed that Mr..
Perry was disqualified by reason
of being a beer retailer, and wish
ed to resign anyway.
Mr.. Culpepper is the son Of the
late John E. Culpepper Of Mays
Head, who was an original menu
Der of the Board when it was
created. The term for which he
was appointed is said TO expire
also in December, 1868, along with
that Of Mr.. Daniels.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-11
C CASUALTIES END
HYDE-DARE RACE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Two Cars Wrecked Near Manteo
After 90 Mile an Hour Chase
By Patrolman

John Alexander Meekins, II, of
Manteo, and Albert Freeman %,
of RID Engelhard, may not have
any landing field to race on but
they were doing their best to win
glory for their counties of Hyde
and Dare, when their race ended
Wednesday night at speed of
90 miles an hour, as charged by
Highway Patrolman D. w. Corey.
Due to Patrolman Corey's inter-
ference, the young colored men
are in Jail in Manteo, held in de-
fault of $500 bond. Both their
cars are out of commission in a
roadside ditch of dirt lane that
leads west from U. S. 1853 at the
neat looking village sometimes
called little Kinnekeet, about three
fourths mile north of Manteo.
Judge Wash Baum in Recorders
court next week may not decide
who won the race. 1t appears both
drivers were disqualified, and it
was never determined how fast
they might have gone had not
they ran in the ditch while being
pursued by the patrolman.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-11
BELHAVEN FIRM
GETS CONTRACT
$4,000 NPS JOB
Johnston Builders To Erect Cape
Hai+eras Improvements; Wa
ter Tank Job $lI.62o

A contract to erect two eomfsrt
stations, and garage ssldS shop
for the sub-maintenance area of
the Cape Hatteras National Sea-
shore at Cape Hatteras has been
awarded to Johnston Builders of
Belhaven, for the sum of $89, 150
according to Robert F. Gibbs, NPS
Superintendent. Also included in
the contract is the necessary plant
ing and landscaping for the facili-
ties.
To provide the necessary water
for this facility, a contract has
been entered to with a Louisville,
KY. firm to provide a $4,000 gallon
elevated water storage tank at
Cape Point, to cost $11,620.
With reference to the larger
contract Mr.. Gibbs said it will
further develop the Campground
at Cape Point and provide the
necessary maintenance area for
servicing all the facilities on Hat
teras Island, and is in line with
the MISSION &c program propos-
ing preservation and adequate de-
velopment of the National Park
System by 1866 when the National
Park Service will observe the
golden anniversary of its estab-
lishment.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-11

AYCOCK BROWN assumed office
as president of the Manteo Rotary
Club Monday night. Other officers
are Julian Oneto, Vice-president;
0. j, Jones, Treasurer, William
Ernst, Secretary.
E. E. Meekins ended his year as
president. He will be one of the
directors with Bob Gibbs and Thos
Chears, Jr.
The club had many visitors, as
is usual during the summer sea-
son, when so many vacationists
come in to make up their attend
ance.
The club o-k'd petition to the
Highway Commission via the Dare
Commissioners, asking for inn
provement to the shoulders of the
beach road.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-11
UNCLE DOCK FROM DUCK WRITES:
Approaching Season Reminder Of Early
Education Gained on Watermelon Boat

street car wheels and bells. Ny
Daddy would allow me to gt
ashore with so cents to spend, fol
he kept the rest of my money Sc
l wouldn't "throw it away"
That was the first time l learn.
ed it's not good policy to trust g
stranger. There was a boy on the
street who was selling papers
"Read all about the big robbery
he said. / handed him my so cent
piece to buy paper which was
only two cents. He looked at it
and said: "wait until / run in this
store and get some change"
would be waiting right now SO fan
as that boy coming back. got
tired of waiting, and l went to
the door to look for him. said
Where is that boy selling pa
pers 2" The man said, "why he
went through the back door an
hour ago."
When I told by daddy about it,
he said he ought to lick me, but
let that be lesson enough. I didn't
have any more money to spend on
that trip.
Mr.. Editor, l am always think
ing about how much more we got
out of life in those times when
folks went about on boats. A fell
low had time to do a lot Of think
ing and planning in those days.
Many was the time when he had
to help a fellowman. or be helped
himself. A boat could get ashore,
or have its sail bowed away, or
have to tie up some place to get
water or something TO eat when
the weather got too bad.
See UNCLE DOCK, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-11
TRAFFIC SURVEY TO FIND
OUT IF THERE IS NEED
FOR ALLIGATOR R. BRIDGE

On Saturday, Sunday, and Tues
day, July IL, 10, and Is, three
roadside traffic interview stations
will be operated in the vicinity OF
Dare County. All motorists pass
ing through the stations will be
stopped and asked about the origin,
destination, and purpose of the
trip which they are making at that
time. The survey is not connected
with law enforcement, but will be
under the protection of the State
Highway Patrol.
Locations of the three stations
are: az on the Alligator River
Ferry Boats, (2) On Route U. S.
264. just south of Manns Harbor,
and (3) at the West end of the
Currituck Sound Bridge (U. S.
1881. All motorists are asked to
cooperate in answering the survey
questions.
The purpose Of the survey is to
determine the economic feasibility
of proposed bridge to replace the
present Alligator River ferries on
Route U. s. 81. The New York
engineering firm Of Parsons,
Brinckerhoff, Hall and Macdonald
has been engaged by the State
Highway Commission to conduct
the study. Henry d. Quinby is
project engineer in overall charge
of the study.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-11
WORLDS RECORD
m BLUE MARLIN
IN DARE WATERS
Report a. Billfish Taken Since
May 18th. Ranging From
$50 to $40 Pounds
By AYCOCK BROWN

A world record catch of blue
marlin has been made in waters
off Cape Hatteras and Oregon In
let since May 10 with the current
total for the Dare Coast being ID
of the giant billfish. Farther south
off Cape Lookout where blue mar
lin fishing has developed a big
game piscatorial sport for anglers
aboard Morehead City and Harkers
Island craft, during the. same per-
iod % of the great fish have been
boated.
Big time big game anglers who
have fished at Hatteras recently
have made the statement that no
where else in the world have so
many of the big blue marlin been
taken in an equal length of time.
Favorite blue marlin waters, UNI
til the current blitz of the big fish
off the Outer Banks of North
Carolina, We're the Bahamas, Puer-
to Rico and Jamaica.
Of the total catch, 38 have been
landed by anglers aboard Hatteras
craft and six by anglers aboard
Oregon Inlet cruisers. The largest
fish to date was $40 pounds, and
the smallest $50 pounds. Only IL
of the total from off the Dare
Coast have weighed less than 300
pounds. The average has ranged
between $40 and 375 pounds per
See MARLIN, Page -Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-11
TAXPAYERS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTRIBUTE 100000 AT 80
RATE FOR THE 1883 BUDGET
Commissioners Set Up 100000 Budget This
Week; Some Cuts Made in Poor Funds. School
Requests Slashed One Salary Elimina+ed
Courthouse Fund Cut. Total Valuation Stand


With some $25 millions left on
the books from the controversial
new tax appraisal the Dare Coun-
ty Board of Commissioners decid-
ed this week to try out an 80 cent
tax rate this year, in order to
raise about 100000 for the coun-
TVS running expenses. This lacks
100000 of being the full amount
of the budget, but it is assumed
the difference will come in from
various sources, including state
and Federal funds, intangible,
beer and privilege taxes, liquor
profits, etc.
The total amount that the Board
has approved for spending during
the coming year is only $135 short
of being 100000 and the largest
budget in the history of Dare
County. The budget last year to-
tailed $266, 41017. This years bud
get is higher by $50, 554.37, and it
looks doubtful there will be enough
income to pay off, with further
risk running for insufficient safe
ty margin to cover poor collections
and corrections yet to be made in
valuations.
The bulk of the property will
cost its owners more taxes than
last year even under an 80 cent
rate. A large part of the county
viii have in addition to this rate,
additional school bond taxes to
pay. Some heavily populated Sec
tions oof the county will find their
tax burden less.
Some savings have been made.
The Clerk of Courts office gets
$3.50 less; the courthouse fund is
reduced by $4,225; the poor fund,
which was set up whereby the
county commissioners could give
aid to the needy without being
bound by welfare red-tape, has
been reduced by S3,765; $500 has
been cut off the fund for feeding
prisoners; the elections fund has
been cut $3.50; the Register of
Deeds office has been cut by 1925
due to extra equipment being TAX
en- care of in last years budget;
the Veterans Service officer is re-
duced by $1,515, the officer re-
uueSting his salary he eliminated
by reason of anticipated conflicts
in social security, and he has
agreed to work without pay, save
for travel allowance, which is in
cluded in the 1884 budget for
this year.
School Request Cut $71,314.07
The schools of Dare County were
not granted the sum requested. 1t
was cut more than half, down to
See COUNTY, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-11

Dear Mister Editor:
This is the time of the veal
when the watermelon season ought
to get underway. 1t is one of the
things that remind us we are moi
as efficient as we used to be, fol
every year it seems like they come
along little later. When / was q
boy, we would be pulling melons
by now and this year l amt seer
one bigger than cucumbers.
Maybe the reason we don't have
melons early these days is because
the novelty and excitement OF
melon season has wore off before
it starts, what with so many OF
them already coming in a month
or two ahead of time now that
motor trucks can get here over
night from Florida.
/ got a lot of my early educa-
ton from experiences on a water
melon boat. In those days, the
farmers used to boat the melons
offshore in a skiff to some fellow
who had a schooner, and he'd
freight 'em to Norfolk for nickel
apiece. Many time i have worked
all day from sun to sun, toting
melons out of the field for 80
cents, and then / would be allowed
to go to Norfolk on the melon boat
when she left.
II was quite a bit of excitement,
that trip through the canal, and
after we tied up at Roanoke Dock,
we could go ashore and see the
sights and wonders Of the city. 1t
was a noisy place, what with the
racket Of Wagon wheels on the
cobblestones Of the market, and
the clang, bang and grinding Of
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-11
RUSSELL A. GRIGGs. PIONEER
BEACH HOTEL OWNER
DIES TUESDAY, AFTERNOON

Russell Aubrey Griggs, SO, pop
ularly known as 1.-THE Skipper"
who with his wife, the late Bernie
Hampton Griggs, pioneered rs
years ago in building the Croatan
Hotel, died Tuesday afternoon at
1890. Death came at the Lane
Nursing Home near Woodville,
where he had been cared for since
last year, shortly after the death
of his wife. He had been in failing
health for several years.
Mr.. Griggs was highly regarded,
and the couple had a wide circle
of friends, during their long life
of serving the world of tourists
and sportsmen who came to their
door, both at Hampton Lodge in
Waterlily and Croatan at Kill
Devil Hills.
He was the husband of the late
Bernie Hampton Griggs and son of
Alvertie and Mrs. Elnora Parker
Griggs, lifelong resident Of Cur
rituck County, and Kill Devil Hills.
He was a member of the Pill
more Memorial Methodist Church,
Currituck, and resided at Kill Dew
il Hills for rs years.
Surviving are one daughter,
Miss Jeanette Gray, of Kill Devil
Hills; two sisters, Mrs. Arthur
Baum and Mrs. Walter E. viii
hanson, ST., both of Norfolk:
three brothers, Van B. GrigRs, of
Coinjock, N. CO Rawdan <. Mid
gett, Of Washington, ID. c., and
William G. Midget, Of st. Peters
burg, Fla, and several nieces and
nephews.
The body was taken to the Pill
more Memorial Methodist Church
for funeral services Thursday at
3 pm. Burial was in the Hampton
Cemetery, Waterlily, Church ii
land, N. c.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-11
TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION
WILL CONTINUE APPEAL
FOR BETTER APPRAISAL

The Dare County Taxpayers
Association expects to continue
its appeal for an equitable APP
praisal of Dare County property,
by carrying a number of glaring
and discriminatory cases to the
State Board of Appeals in Raleigh,
Walter D. Perry of Kill Devil Hills,
the Association chairman said this
week.
W. H. McCown, attorney for the
Association appeared before the
Board of Commissioners on Tues
day, and stated the position of the
Association in regard to appraisal
appeals, and the Associations po-
sition on negotiating an adjust
ment of the sum promised by The
Board in payment for the apprais-
al, which was made by an out of
state firm for a contract price of
$4,000.
The Association has contended
that the remaining $11,50O unpaid
on this contract has not been
earned, in that the job was too
sketchy, incomplete, inequitable,
and the county has been put to I'M
reasonable expense because of the
nature of what had been done.
Mr.. McCown found the Board
not inclined to do anything furth-
err this year toward adjusting the
assessments. The Board has wiped
off eight and half millions of to-
tai of Is millions since the citizens
offered objections and began or
ganizing.
Chairman Perry said the cam
paign for members of the Associ-
alton will continue. Because of lack
of time, only a few of the taxpay-
ers, who were embraced in the
most glaring areas of discrimina-
ton have been contacted and
sufficient clerical help in this
busy season has not been available
to carry on the work. However,
many taxpayers have joined and
made contributions Of from SIS to
$50 to assure employment of
counsel. Mr.. Perry said al
would soon get acknowledge
ments of their aid, and a COM
plete report on results to date, and
plans for the future.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-11
FULL INFORMATION
ON BEACH WATER
SYSTEM AVAILABLE
Office Maintained At Kill Devil
Hills To Supply Information To
Citizens. Says Chairman

Full information is available to
any person interested in the propo-
sal to establish the much needed
water supply on the Dare Beaches,
Chairman Pat Bayne of the Dare
Beaches Sanitary Board advises.
The office is located to the west
of the road opposite Sanford
Gregory's store, and is open from
9 am. to 5 pm.
Mr.. Bayne advises, that the total
outlay of funds in making surveys,
exploring for water, and preparing
the necessary briefs, legal ex-
penses, etc. have been only $4,000
since the project began in 1949'
and no taxes have been collected
for this purpose since 1866. The
total collected has been $4,000
and all bills are paid, with some
$4,000 remaining on hand to take
care of all expenses, including the
election which is scheduled for
Sept. 6.
When the election was held in
1858, the district had an oppor-
tunity to get the system built for
about 100000 with a large con-
tribution from a Federal grant, on
which the law has expired. At that
time the bond issue was defeated
principally because of opposition
in the Kill Devil Hills municipality
where many people gained the inn
preston the town itself could
establish water system and de-
rive a profit by sale of water to
other areas on the beach.
The present proposal for bonds
includes $4,000 for a fire fighting
system which it is estimated would
effect sufficient saving in fire in
surance premiums to ease the bur-
den of taxes on owners of build
ings. The saving on insurance is
estimated to run from % to Sc
per cent, depending on class of
construction.
The issue to be voted on Sep
TENDER 6, calls for $1,140,000 for
the water service and $4,000 for
fire fighting equipment and appa-
See WATER, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-11
LOST COLONY Is REPORTED
FROM MANY QUARTERS AS
BEST IT'S BEEN In YEARS
In Nearly Two Weeks Operation Of 9th Season,
Most Opinions Express Approval Of Big I'm
Provements in Script, Scenery. Costumes and
Actors. Show Started AuspiciousIy on June
18th for Two Months Run.
By VICTOR MEEKINs

The Lost Colony, now in it's 18th
season, if not better than ever, is
the best show it's been in many
years. 1t began on Saturday night,
June 18th, and it will run through
August 81, every night except
Mondays. 1t opened with a good
sized crowd for the first night,
and it's had several good nights
since.
This writer is not competent
critic of the theatre, art or litera-
ture, hence we have delayed writ
ing about the Lost Colony until we
could hear several other opinions.
In the nearly two weeks since the
show opened, we have heard MANY
people express opinions and with
out exception they have agreed
with ours.
Most people who are wise show
goers operate on the same basis as
the ordinary fellow, and just about
everybody who's going to invest
three dollars in show wants to
wait week or ten days until
everything gets to running like
clockwork. Opinion is widespread
that it is necessary to have at
least weeks waiting period be-
fore all the kinks are ironed out.
the actors at ease, with eyery-
thing falling into place.
There has been some talk in
prior years that the Lost Colony.
by changing its script in search of
thrills to compete with TV and
movies for the delight of the
young, with its battles with In
dams, the firing of lot of blank
cartridges and the overdone YER
bosity of John Borden's lovemak-
ing, had gotten too far from the
original show.
The original show had a way of
getting down deep into ones heart.
of sending the blood to the brain
and making the skin Jingle like
nothing else in this world.
The more they cut out of this
original show through the years in
search of the kind of thrills one
sees constantly on his 21-inch
screen, the less voltage was left
in the show to set up ones blood
pressure and make love of coun-
try spout out.
1t was the most inspiring thing
a fellow could see, and it made
him proud he was an American,
proud of his country's history, and
made him want to have part in
great deals, and noble causes like
comes with the third mint julep.
That's the kind of show they
have just about got out this year,
and this writer is glad he saw it
on opening night, and expects to
go back to it.
A Community in Debt
More than any place in the
Coastland, Roanoke Island stands
See PAGEANT, Page Four
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-11

Murfreesboro. - DIR. Bruce E.
Whitaker. president of Chowan
College, will speak at the tradi-
tional Sunday Morning Worship
Service in the Lost Colony Water
side Theatre on July Is.
The prominent young educator
preacher, who has just completed
his first year as head of the no.
year old institution in Murfrees-
boro. is a native of Cleveland
County.
Prior to assuming the top adj
ministrative post at Chowan, DIR,
Whitaker had been director of reli.
gious activities for Baptist stu
dents on all North Carolina college
campuses, and had served on the
faculty of several Christian. col
leges.
He holds the B. A. degree from
Wake Forest College, and three
degrees, including the Tn. D., from
the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Louisville, Ky.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-07-11

B. RAY COHOoN, the former
Sheriff of Tyrrell County has been
named for another term of U. S,
Marshal for the Eastern district
of N. C. Marshal Cohoon, a Re-
publican succeeded the. late Ford
S. Worthy of Washington on his
retirement some four years ago.
President Eisenhower recently
signed the new appointment.
II plan to continue the impartial
service which has been tradi-
ton of the marshal's office for
many years." said the veteran law
enforcement officer.
Cohoon's career both as sheriff
and marshal have been marked
with controversy 1t took a ruling
See COH00N, Page -Four