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The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-10-16
SCHOOL BOND ISSUE is
BACKED I'M BElHAVEN
Chamber Of Commerce Supporting Pro-
posed Program for Beaufort Co.
School Beffermenf

Members of the Board of Di-
rectors of the Belhaven Community
Chamber of Commerce voted unan-
imously at a meeting last week
to support the Beaufort County
school bond issue to be voted on
October 81. DR.. ]. T Wright, presi-
dent, presided at the meeting held
at the River Forest Manor.
j. H. Purvis, executive secretary,
reported that the total amount of
money necessary to erect large
signs directing traffic to Belhaven
from both directions on Highway
264 had been raised and that work
had been started ON the signs.
DIR. Wright appointed Delma
Tolan, H. L. Dilday, and ]. H. Pur-
Wis, to serve with him on a COM
mittee to talk with w. w. Bullock,
manager of Woodstock Electric
Corporation, about recent reports
that Woodstock plans to move
from Belhaven to another location.
The committee will offer the man.
ager any assistance necessary to
keep the company in Belhaven.
Board members present were
Delma Tolan, J. H. Purvis, Russell
Johnston, Vann Latham, Ed Harris,
Roy Smith. A. B. Cuthrell, Otis
Johnston, H. L. Dilday, D. A,
Rouse, and Arson Smith.
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MOSQUITO CONTROL
SOUGHT
IN HYDE COUNTY
Petitions Circulated Asking Entire
Boundaries Be Included
In Project

Petitions have ben prepared and
are being circulated, calling on
the Hyde County Board of Com
missioners to establish a mosqui-
to control district including all of
the county, in the interest of pub
lie health, and as authorized in
Chapter 1247 of the public laws
of 1857.
The petitions point out that the
way is already set for calling a
special election for the purpose.
We are advised that the County
Board already has set ten cent
on the 500 levy for this pur-
pose, and it is now advocated
that the 25 cents be added to pro-
vide the maximum, which is be-
lived to be enough to do a credi-
table job of wiping out the pests.
Apparently there is resistance
to the movement, for it is report
ed that some, of the petitions left
in the stores, after having been
signed, have been destroyed.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-10-16

NORMAN P. WAGNER, husband
of the former Gwendolyn Marshall
Of Engeihard, has been appointed
manager of the Alliance, Ohio
Works of The Babcock G. Wilcox
Company's Boiler division.
Educated in the Newark, New
Jersey Public Schools, Mr.. Wagner
served four years in the Air Force
and received his bachelor of science
degree in mechanical engineering
from Clemson College in 1949. He
Joined Babcock & Wilcox in 1851
as a service engineer and has
steadily worked his way upward in
various capacities of responsibility.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wagner, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas E. Mar
shall of Engelhard, and their chill
dren Norman Jr., julius Neil, and
Carol Jean, will move to Alliance
In the near future.
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I00-FT. OPENING
IN DRAvVBRIDGE AT
ALLIGATOR RIVER
Engineers Give Permit For Sfruc-
ture l4,I45 Feet Long;
Contract in 1850

WILMINGTON.-The Corps of
Engineers District Office here adj
vises that the State Highway Com
ss.ission has been issued permit to
build bridge across the Alligator
River east of Columbia.
Plans for the structure say it will
be a swing bridge with the opening
section resting on a pivot. When
open, the bridge will provide a
passageway on each side with each
being 100 feet wide. A width of
only 80 feet is normally required,
but in this case it was felt that an
extra 20 feet would lessen the
chances of barges and tugs damag-
ing the bridge in rough weather
which tends to recur in this open
water area.
When the bridge is closed to land
traffic it will have a vertical
clearance of Is feet. 1t will have
557 spans for a total length of H..
x45 feet, In fixed, non-openine
bridges, the rule is now for an 30
foot vertical clearance. A study is
under way now to determine wheth.
er or not it should be reduced for
bridges, as in this case, on the At
lantic Intracoastal Waterway. A
decision on the matter is expected
next year.
Contract for this bridge is ex,
pected to be let early in 1860 by the
State Highway Commission. A
similar bridge is to be built acros.
Oregon Inlet, for which contract is
expected to be let later in the
year.
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SEVERAL SUBMISSIONS;
ONE APPEAL TUESDAY
BEFORE DARE RECORDER

Only one case was tried in Re-
corders Court in Dare this week
Edward Lance Billy Gray of
Avon was held for speeding at 81
mph and for driving left of the
center line and fined 500. He ap-
pealed to Superior Court and
gave appearance bond of 5000
This was the only case tried, the
following were submissions:
Walter B. Gray, Jr. of Mays
Head paid SIS for improper regis.
tration. Milburn Dobbs of Buxton
for improper parking, no reflect.
ors and improper operators Ii
cense paid $35. Robert B. Patrick
of East Lake was fined sos fol
reckless and careless driving
speeding and no operators license
Lille Baker Parker of Manteo
paid $25 for reckless and careless
driving. Randolph Ross Gray Of
Avon paid $25 for allowing a mi.
nor to drive his car. lack Whed.
bee of Frisco for no operators
license, paid $25.
D. A. Rogers, Jr., who several
weeks ago, ran into the car of Mrs
Violet Kellam, resulting in several
people being sent to the hospital
one of whom was seriously in
jured was permitted to plead quill.
ty of reckless driving and payec
a $25 fine.
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DR.. JAMES BARDIN
A DISTINGUISHED
SCHOLAR PASSES
Virginia University PROFESSOR Had
Adopted Manfeo As Re-
tirement Home

DR.. James Cook Bardin, 72, a
valued and beloved citizen of
Manteo died in the Veterans Hos
pital in Salisbury, on the eve
ming of October Is after an illness
of year. He has been resident
of Manteo since his retirement
from the faculty of the University
of Virginia in 1854.
The body was removed to Twi-
ford Funeral Home. Graveside
services will be conducted at the
family plot in the Manteo Gene
terry Saturday at II am.
DR.. Bardin was born at Angus
ia, Ga Sept. 25, 1887, son of Hem
ry Clay and Mary Ellen Cook
Bardin. He is survived by his wife,
Sally Nelson Bardin whom he
married in 1915, and by one son,
Capt. James Nelson Bardin,
USING. of California. His wife,
son, and several grandchildren
survive.
He was professor of the depart
ment of Romance Languages of
the University of Virginia for A
years. In 1909 he graduated in
medicine from the University of
Virginia. His medical career was
brief, and he preferred teaching
at the University. In 1919 he en-
tered the Army and advanced to
rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and
held this rank in the Air Corps
Reserve as well.
He was a noble, gentle, scholar
ly figure who loved Dare County,
chose it for his retirement home
and was beloved of the people.
One of his chief interests here
was the Wright Memorial. He had
distinguished himself, particularly
in the field of Spanish language,
literature and history. He held
membership in the American AS
ISOLATION of Teachers Spanish; the
A.A.A.S. 1.-THE American Geographic
Society; the Raven Society; Mexi-
co Pilgrims; Phi Beta Kappa;
Theta Delta Chi; the Colonnade
Club. He was a writer and the
author of articles on Maya Civil
cations; Latin America; editor
Leyendas Historical Mejicanas 1917
and Ell Rino De Los Incas, 1918.
He had contributed prose and
poetry, scientific articles, fiction,
newspaper reviews, etc., to num-
erous nationally circulated publi-
cations, including magazines as
well as newspapers. In college,
back in 10000 he had been
editor-in-chief of the University
Magazine. He was the only con-
tributor who won all three of the
gold medals offered by the maya
zine for poetry, stories and es-
says. On his retirement he was
guest of honor at an elaborate re-
ception and dinner at Charlottes-
vile. During his stay in Manteo
he continued his work on linguis-
tics and on Spanish and Latin
American topics.
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ROBERT F. GIBBS of Bodie Island
has been named Dare County area
finance chairman for the Boy
Scouts, Mcdonald Dixon, the Dis
trict finance chairman announced
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
this week. Mr.. Gibbs, Supt. of the
has been helpful in several civic
projects.
Dixon pointed out that Scouting
in Dare County had increased from
two to nine Scout units, and be-
lieves that the drive would stimu-
late the organization of more Dens
and Patrols in the communities Of
Dare.
Dixon congratulates Mr.. Gibbs
on his progress in securing top men
to put the drive over. Serving as
Vice Chairman are Ralph Davis and
Julian Oneto. Gibbs appointed the
captains as follows-Manteo, Ralph
Swain, Lawrence Swain, Martin
Kellogg, Jr., Rev. Harold Leather
man, Stanford White-Manns Har-
or, Willet Tillett and Ernest Wal
ker of Wanchese, Horace Hooper
of Stumpy Point, Beach Area, Wal
ter Gray, Mays Head, Clarence
Butler and Dave Stick of Kill Devil
Hills, Rev. Stanley Snead and VIM.
H. Smith for Kitty Hawk. Ernie
Fuller appointed as auditor with
Aycock Brown as Publicity Chair
man.
Mr.. Gibbs pointed out that the
funds were needed to train volun-
teer leaders to ensure personal
services to existing units and or
ganize units, program development
and promotion, to maintain the
services of trained professional
services furnished by the Tidewater
Council, and other provisions.
Mr.. Gibbs is a Rotarian, Mason,
and married. His son John is a
member of Troop 165, sponsored by
the Mt. Olivet Methodist Church
in Manteo. His daughter, Patricia
Ann is attending Guilford College.
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MORE THAN ITO ATTEND
EASTERN STAR SCHOOL
Distinguished Guests Meet With visi-
tors At District Meeting
Oct.

The Belhaven Chapter, Order of
the Eastern Star was hostess to
the District School of Instruction
on Wednesday, October 2, in the
Masonic Temple. Mrs. Virginia
Allen. Worthy Matron, and the
hostess chapter officers were in
their stations for the ritualistic
opening. On assuming the gavel
for the school, Mrs. Helen Bon
Ger, D.D.G.M., and Mr.. Julian
Vann, D.D.G.P., cordially wei
coined the following distinguished
guests: Mrs. Mildred B. Fisher,
W.G.M.; DR.. John R. Bender,
W.G.P.; DR.. ]. Frank Duke,
G.G.C. committee member; Mrs.
Lila r. Duke. P.G.M.; Mrs. Yer
non Spivey, Pep; Mrs. Alfalfa
Brown, P.G.M.; DR.. Howard
Brown, Pep; Mrs. Ella Mae
Stokes, A.G.M.; Mrs. Mary
Rhyme, Grand Marshall; Mr.. Lo-
gan White, Grand Chaplain; Mrs,
Ellen Martin, Grand Organist
Others duly recognized were three
Grand Representatives, five Grand
Committee members, and ten past
Matrons and Patrons.
Various portions of the work
!, were exemplified with narration
by Mrs. Bonner and comments by
the Worthy Grand Matron.
One hundred and ten members
and visitors registered for the
school.
Immediately following the
school, seventy-nine of the guests
gathered at the River Forest
Manor for buffet supper at ia
bles attractively arranged with
pink roses and silver sprays. DIR
Frank Duke acted as NC. for the
occasion. A program was present
ed by Miss Rosa Gray Hamilton
and several of her students from
the Pantego High School.
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FIRE COMPANY FOR
'HATTERAS PROGRAM
OF MEETING OCT. 2b
Nearly $500 Has Been Collected
to Buy Equipment; Fire
Marshall To Visit

What is described in a commune
cation to us this week as "a fever
of epidemic proportions" that
won't burn out until it reaches
Portsmouth Island, is a movement
in the community of Hatteras to
Raise funds by public subscription
to buy fire fighting equipment. A
meeting has been planned for Octo-
Der 26th, at which time Sherman
Packard, State Fire Marshal is ex-
pected to be present to advise the
community what is needed to
establish a Fire Department.
But the advocates of the cause
are letting no grass grow and have
already raised in cash paid in ST.
Oil. "The goal is as much as we
can get" our correspondent says.
Non resident property owners have
been contacted. Roy Gray is treas
urer.
Fire Chief Warren of Plymouth
is to be a guest lat the meeting
on November &c, to guide them in
buying proper equipment. PATROL
man Skies is assisting in the cause.
Anderson and Stockton Midget
have offered garage storage facili-
ties to house equipment. The fund
raising campaign promises to be
a success, we are advised.
The fever began Immediately fol-
lowing the loss by fire of the home
of Ross Burrus some three weeks
ago.
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FISHING TOURNAMENT
BADLY HAMPERED BY|
WINDS AND RAIN
Another Big Event Coming Off at
Hat+eras October 1881;
Much Interest

Only 90 teams had arrived al
Mays Head for the ninth annua
surf fishing tournament which got
underway during a rugged north
easter Thursday morning. Weather
condition was believed to be partly
the cause for late arrival of several
teams.
On Thursday morning the sec
was rough and only few fish were
taken by those participating in the
Mays Head Surf Fishing Club
sponsored classic.
The current tournament is the
first of two to be held on the Dare
Coast this month. On October 1881
the second annual Cape Hatteras
Anglers Club-sponsored tourna-
ment will be held on Hatteras Is
land. Last year % teams partici-
pated in the Hatteras Island
tourney and 40 teams took part
in the Mays Head classic.
Winners of the Mays Head
tournament last year, the Mer-
chantsville, N. j., Fishing Clubs
team is in the competition again
this year. Most of the teams TAX
ing part in the tournament are
from New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
There are four teams from
North Carolina-two from Eliza
beth City, one from Rocky Mount
and one from Hatteras Island.
Willard Shaner of Margate City,
N. j., is directing the tournament
again this year.
A batch of handsome trophies
will be awarded winning teams and
individuals.
Team competition ends Friday
See TOURNEY, Page Four
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CANCER DRIVE GETTING
UNDERWAY IN DARE co.
Additional Workers Reported and Cam
Paisn Just Beginning TO Raise
$500 Quota

Progress reports of the Cancer
Crusade are beginning to arrive.
Nine volunteers have reported
$175 collected. Community work
ers in addition to those mentioned
in last weeks paper are: Elmo
Whitson, Duck; Mrs. Blanche
Thompson, Southern Shores; Mrs.
Dalton Beasley, Kitty Hawk; Mrs.
Mile Midget, Mashoes; Mrs. Ida
Meekins, Colington; Mrs. Eddie
Reber and Mrs. Millicent Mann,
Mays Head; Kay Twiford, Linda
Barbee, Carolyn knight, Stumpy
Point. The total number of work
ers throughout the county is six
ty. This number may seem large
with too many people for small
areas, but general Crusade chair
man Mrs. Raymond Wescott want
ed the responsibility shared by as
many as apostolic with no few
persons being burdened. It is the
hope of all those connected with
the Cancer Society that informa-
ton will be spread and action by
the people will be the result of
the Crusade. According to current
data one out Of every three fami-
lies will have cancer. A successful
Crusade will help to cut this ratio
for Dare County. A poster dis
played at the Memorial Clinic in
Manteo will show the amount of
money reported.
Since Dare did not fulfil it's
5000 quota last year, it win be
necessary to raise $1,000 for this
worthy cause. Dare has a lot of
Cancer patients and from this
money raised for the National
fund, large sums of it comes back
to aid needy cases, sometimes more
than is actually donated by an
area.
One Of the first gifts was free
win offering from the Manteo
Rotary Club Monday night.
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Dear Mr.. Editor:
I just read something in a little
pamphlet that makes me want to
preach a sermon. I think it is
especially timely in this day and
time when by example the Ameri-
can people have taught so many of
our young folks that proper carri-
age is accompanied by both hands
out, palms upward. This piece 1
am talking about goes like this:
81 do not want anybody to
convince my son that someone
will guarantee him a living. I
want him rather to realize that
there is plenty of opportunity
in this country for him to
achieve success, but that
whether he wins or loses, de-
ponds entirely on his own
character, perseverance, thrift,
intelligence, and capacity for
hard work."
Now Mr.. Editor, I believe herein
lies deliverance from the crux of
Juvenile delinquency" which each
day pierces the hearts of this ma
ton more deeply. We have failed
in our duty to our young people;
we are guilty of a mortal sin OF
omission in this respect. For a third
of a century we have been grow
ing progressively more remiss in
our responsibility of training up
the child in the way he should co.
While all of us know that happy
people are busy people; while We
have since learned that only things
one earns are appreciated and en-
joyed, while all Of us have well
coined the apparent freedom that
the mechanical monsters of modern
science have brought to us to re-
lieve our burdens, we have not re-
membered to cushion the shocking
changes through provision of sub
stitutes for the labor that formerly
occupied the mind and time of the
growing child.
New we are caught in the ten
tacles of a giant octupus which is
about to drag us down. It is adult
people who have permitted the
burdens and the horrors of this de-
linquency to be visited upon us.
All of us now stand under an
awful sword which win cut US down
If we evade a minute longer the
grave responsibility that is ours. 1t
is our duty to give our young
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-10-16
UNCLE DOCK FROM DUCK WRITES:
Says The Time You Give to A Child
Can Enable Him to Have A Happy Life

people some of our time while they
are little, to find tasks for them
to do; to encourage them that a
task fulfilled will be rewarded. We
must encourage them to know that
which they earn is best not
wasted.
It's easy to look back on the past
and see where we have failed our
own children. To see, where in fol-
lowing our various pursuits, we
failed in giving them of ourselves
in time spent with them. This could
have been the most important thing
in any PERSONS life. It's often too
late for many of us to do good
after we have learned this lesson
and we look around to find our
children have gone away from
us.
Before it is too late, let us make
amends as best we may. Let us
give some of our time to our grand
children, that they may share in
stead in some of the blessings their
parents may fail to bring to them
If you have been guilty of the sin
of omission with your own children,
then try to make up for it by help
ing your grandchild.
Let me tell you, friends, it's moi
merely money that makes a chic
happy and helps him to grow up in
to a well-balanced person. It is the
time you spend with the child. You
can be the best teacher in the WORLD
if you let the little fellow trudge
through the fields beside you, and
aid him to understand the habits Of
the birds and the animals that were
our own childhood friends. Teach
him to observe how the clouds drift
across the sky, and point out tc
him the miracle of the waters
moving under. the winds. Get him
into "a boat and help him to learn
the mechanics of working with the
tide and winds and thereby help
him to become quick-witted and re-
sourceful..
Let him imagine he is having q
mans part in everything that you
are doing together. When he is
saturated with a sense of his worth
and Importance; when he has
learned that Nature is ones best
friend, and can only be q friend
when worked with and not against;
when he has seen that Nature il
See DOCK, Page Five
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FLOWER SHOW IN
SWAN QUARTER TO
BE HELD OCT. 20

The flower show in Swan Quar-
ter is planned for October % in
the Agricultural Building. Just
about every woman in the commu-
nifty who is active in other af-
fairs is on the committee, and
space limitations in this issue dc
not permit naming them here
Chairwomen are Mrs. w. S. Cam
and Mrs. r. G. Baum.
From preparations that are be-
my made it is apparent that a
show is to be expected which is
unexcelled in Hyde County. There
will be many classifications and
full "details may be obtained from
the chairwomen.
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TOWN OF MANTEO
IN GOOD CONDITION
LATE AUDIT SHOWS

The recent annual audit of the
affairs of the town of Manteo
shows continued Improvement in
its fiscal condition, and were re-
ported in excellent condition, de-
spite several thousand dollars in
unpaid street assessments and de-
linquent taxes.
In commenting, the auditor
said: 1--WE wish to command the
town clerk, (Mrs. Juanita Parker)
for her accuracy and neatness in
her work, and the Mayor, Commits
sioners and other Town Officials
on the efficient administration of
their duties" The report shows
the town operated within its bud
get, by $4,679.09.
The report shows that there
are IL street assessments past due
for many years in the total
amount of $2,439.16. other
amounts due the town as of June
80 and uncollected were: Water
and sewer, $1,752.93; Fire protec-
ton fund, $2,622.81; Land certifi-
Gates (old taxes) $2,654.32. Other
taxes due, $9,318.07. The total ow-
ing the town was $18,7S7.29.
Cash on deposit in the Bank of
Manteo was shown at $25, 56S.44.
Reserves $21, 729.76. The towns
worth in utilities and other prop
erty was set at $208, 30S.26 less its
obligations of $4,000, and less its
water and sewer bonds of $21 900
outstanding.
The money in the bank came
from the following sources: Gen.
eral fund taxes, $8,11O.74; Debt
service taxes, $2,s99.8s; water anG
sewer rent, $4,O17.99; Roanoke Is
land fire taxes, $2,4S3.89; Funds
from State for street improve
ment, $7,5S0.10; capital FUND
$475.95.
Proposed improvements from
State money on hand and antici
pated, to Broad and Water steet.
were estimated at $11,990.00. A
part of this work has recently
been undertaken.
The auditor recommended the
town obtain Workmen's compen
sation insurance coverage.
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