The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-04
GOOD BUSINESS ON
HATTERAS ISLAND
FOR THIS SEASON
Largest Number Of Visitors Incl
Gated by Reservations and
Weekly Inquiry List

All signs are pointing up sharp
ly for the biggest season this
spring, summer and fall that Has-
teras Island has ever known, and
there are numerous reasons for
expecting a lot of business. First
of all, is the growing reservation
list coming to the several hotels,
motels, and operators of party
fishing-boats.
A large part of Hatteras Is
lands visitors are sportsfishermen,
mostly men, and free-spenders.
Some of them save up for months
for one of these jaunts at surf
casting, or for off-shore fishing.
For many years, devetees of this
sport have been coming through
out the winter and finding suitable
weather for surfcasting in Deem
Der, and even in January and Feb
rJlary.
But during the past rough winter
none of these regular visitors have
been able to come down and enjoy
their favorite sport. Fishing
guides, operators of fishing CEN
tiers and others believe as a result
of what they have heard, that with
rough weather letting UP, the fish
er1nen will begin to come down the
coast in large numbers, FASTENED
of course by unusually liberal pre-
dictions of old time fishing
prophets that conditions this year
make for an unusually good season.
Some concern is felt by fishing
guides that when fishermen do
break out, there will be so many
of them all at one time that accom-
modations will be crowded, so
more than usual preparations are
being made.
One brick motel, the Sea Gull,
built last year by the Oden boys
has been doubled in size, and now
has several efficiency apartments.
This motel is conveniently located
near Hatteras village.
George Fuller's Cape Hatteras
Court has been greatly improved
with new building containing
a large lounge, office and living
quarters, where guests may gather
to enjoy TV.
Complete information on inn
provements is not available this
week, but it may be said that there
has been general improvement in
all tourist accommodations on the
island, and several new mercantile
establishments are being readied
for service this season.
Many of the courts are already
open for business. AS far north as
Rodanthe on Hatteras Island, r. D.
Owens has opened his Chicami-
comico Motel and Cafe. Mr.. and
Mrs. Cecil Gibbs opened the Mirlo
Beach Lodge this week, and will
operate an old time, family-style,
seaside boarding house with daily
and weekly rates.
| Scotty Gibson's Atlantic View
Hotel and new restaurant at Hat
teras are open this week, and much
improvement has been made. The
Blue Marlin Restaurant operated
by the Edgar Styron family is
opening in a day or two. Already
booked for Capt. Styron's party
boats is a large party from the
Norfolk Kiwanis Club on the 18th,
and still larger party from the
Norfolk Cosmopolitan Club on April
Both.
This confident spirit about the
season now opening is literally
shared on Ocracoke Island, which
constantly develops facilities for
catering to tourists and sports
men, as result of the newly COM
pleted road, and the ferry which
was established last year. The
ferry did not go into full service
until late in the season, but it is
now well-known that one may con-
tinue all the way to Ocracoke over
state-owned and operated toll-free
ferries and a hard-surface road.