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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, 1959-08-21
LOST COLONY ATTENDANCE
REACHES 1858 VOLUME

Attendance at the Lost Colony
which had Jagged behind that OF
the 1858 season, climbed up to
compare during the first of this
week, General manager Dick Jor-
dan said Thursday, and is now
holding it's own. He believes il
good weather prevails until the
end of the month, the show will
have definite advantage over
last year.
Chairman Robert Humber of the
Roanoke Island Historical Associ-
alton which sponsors the show, ap-
peared at the Theatre on August
18th, pinchhitting for author Paul
Green who was prevented from at
tending as result of the funeral
of Ted Cronk, a former choir di-
rector of the show who, died sud-
denly last week in Berea, Ky.
AS usual ,on August 18th, the
executive committee held brief
meeting, but it postponed the
nomination of slate of officers To
be submitted at the annual meet
ing in December. This nominating
may be done at a meeting n W
planned by the executive committee
about the second week in Septem-
Der.
However, there has developed
considerable opposition to this
practice, and the steam rollering
of hand picked group at the De-
cember meeting in Raleigh has de-
veloped into bone of contention
among those who believe all hands
should have a chance to express
themelves in the selection in De-
cember. It has definitely alienatec
the interest and support of several
of the most valuable members OF
the Board of Directors. and the
probable financial support that has
been lost is tremendous. If the
Lost Colony is produced anothe,
season, it's going to take radically
different procedure than has beer
practiced for several years by those
who have arbitrarily controlled it
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-08-21
DARE LEGION POST TO
HOLD LADIES NIGHT
AT ARLINGTON HOTEL,

Ladies night will be held at the
Arlington Hotel, on Thursday Sept.
10th, with a banquet at z p. M, by
the Fort Raleigh Post, No. 26
American Legion of Manteo, ac-
cording to ]. M. vannote, program
chairman. This dinner will be free
to all post-members in good stand
ing in 1859, and their wives. The
speaker of the evening will be w.
R. Rhodes Jr., of Wilmington, N.
G. Department Commander. Other
visitors expected are Steve AL
ford, District Service office and
zeb Perry, First District Com
mander.
This occasion will also embrace
annual election Of officers for the
ensuing year. Capt. Pennel A. TIL
lett Of Kitty Hawk is now Post
Commander.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-08-21
ROANOKE ISLAND CAMPS
HOST TO $50 Ali WOMEN
FROM EASTERN CAROLINA
Arts and Crafts Classes Taught to Enable Wom-
en- to Teach Others and Also Supplement Fam
lily Income AS Women Assemble in This Camp
for Fourth Year. Many Counties Represented.

Approximately $50 Home DEM
onstration Club women and agents
from Eastern North Carolina, reg
istered Tuesday for the three-day
District Craft Workshop, held at
the Roanoke Island All Camp near
Manteo.
"This is the fourth year that the
leaders on crafts activities have
gathered at Roanoke Island All
Camp to be instructed by skilled
craftsmen from throughout the
state" reports Miss Florence Cox,
Eastern District home economics
agent.
Club women and agents from
activities during the session in
Dare County participating in the
clude: Mesdames Mabel Twiford,
Manns Harbor; Isabel Warren,
Manteo; Ruby Midget, Wanchese;
Joyce Baum, Wanches; Dorothy
Garrison, Manteo; JEANNE TilIett,
Wanchese; Beulah Gaylord, Man
teo, and Nancy Basnight, Maateo.
The club women learn to master
particular handicrafts in order that
they might return to their COM
munities and teach others. Many of
the women supplement their family
income by selling the craft articles
on roadside markets and in craft
shops throughout the state. Many
of the craft articles are made of
native materials as the corn shuck
mats.
Crafts being taught are alumni
mum chasing and enclosing; chair
Gaming; copper enameling; copper
tooling; corn shuck mats; fabric
stenciling; dried arrangements,
driftwood, cypress knees; feather
hats; hooked rugs; Italian hem
stitching; pine cone wreaths; Swed-
ish darning and tin-can craft.
Quickie crafts are decorating
Christmas cards, plastic covered
coat hangers, and lanyards.
A committee composed of agents
from the district planned the de-
tails of the workshop. The commit
tee consists of Mrs. Mamie Sawyer,
Camden; Mrs. Elizabeth Sanderlin,
Currituck; Miss Edna Bishop, Pas
quotank; Mrs. Thelma McCotter,
Pamlico; Mrs. Floy Garner, Car
teret; and Mrs. Frances Darden,
Washington County.
Miss Cox, and Mise lola Pritch-
ard and Marjorie Sherin, Agricul-
tural Extension Service food con-
servation and marketing special
lists, served as advisors for the
event.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-08-21
ALLIGATOR BRIDGE
CONTRACT LETTING
is EXPECTED SOON
Highway Officials in Area Wed.
nesday Optimistic About
Prospects

Letting of contract for construc
lion of the Alligator River Bridg,
IS expected to take place this fall
lccordingto hopes of highway of.
ficials who visited the area thi!
week. Some preliminary work on
the right of way at East Lake has
begun. The application for per-
nit from the U. S. Engineers has
been made, and no objections there
ire anticipated.
Chairman ]. M. Broughton of
the Commission, who came to Roa-
noke Island to address the Daniels
at Wanchese, said the Ore
gon Inlet project would follow the
completion of the channel job. On
the trip to Dare County was H.
H. Makepeace, Secondary Roads
officer who with Division Engi-
neer Bill Spruill visited Ocracoke
in company with Bob Gibbs, Ma
tional Stashore Supt. to give final
okay to plans for the Carteret
County ferry slip.
When asked if the state might
take over this ferry project which
is being established by the Taylor
Brothers, the highway men agreed
it was likely at some later date,
depending on public demand for the
service.
The party stayed at the Sea Ga.
tel, and Mr.. Makepeace and Mr..
Spruill visited a road project
sought by citizens of Avon, where
they met Rep. Bruce Etheridge and
others.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-08-21
JUDGE ORDERS A
COUPLE TO QUIT
HANGING AROUND

Outside the usual Tuesday list
of submissions for traffic viola
tions Dare Recorders Court heard a
case brought against Jon Williams
and Judy @. Kubasek of Wanchese.
Mrs. Bernice Midget had sworn out
a warrant for the couple for coming
to her home and making use of it
while she was away at work.
Judge Baum ordered Williams to
stay away for two years, under the
suspended penalty of 80 days on
the roads; the woman to pay court
costs, and desist, or serve 80 days
in Jail.
Two lost their right to drive;
Matilda M. Gray of Wanchese and
Pat Williams of Concord, $125 each
and costs. Neither had a permit,
and both We're under influence. o.
M. Daniels of Wanchese was fined
$50, his chauffeurs license having
expired and he was also charged
with improper passing in a resi-
Dental zone.
Speeders paying SIS fines were
as follows: Robert S. Milne, York
ers, N. Y, R. B. Best, Kitty Hawk;
billiard NJ. Jackson, Hartford; J. c.
Rountree, Ahoskie; Glenn A. West
brook, Norfolk; Martha M. Dooley
Fl. Wayne, Ind; John P. Slagle,
Washington, D. c.; E. H. Saunders,
Charles City, Va; Frances E. Ma
ness, Richmond, D. H. Williams,
Kitty Hawk; George e. Trautwein,
Roxborough, Pa; Charles A. Cor
rell, Brandy Station, Va; C. S.
Reber, Mays Head, and Roscoe
Pollock, Kinston. Ten dollar fines
paid by Irving D. Spruill, Shiloh,
Fred A. Fearing, Eliz. City; NJ. G.
Lyons, Baltimore; William E.
Greene, Ahoskie; R. F. Cherry,
Washington; Effie Mae Mariner,
Poplar Branch.
Other speeding fines as follows:
Merrill Barnard of Eliz. City, SIS;
w. w. Boswood of Eliz. City, $50;
Ray B. jenkins, Eliz. City, $50;
Keith H. Ward, Portsmouth, Va,
reckless and careless driving, $50;
Eddie A. Jones Jr., Rich Square,
$11; T. w. Barnes, Ahoskie, SIP;
Ben Gray Lilley, GAINESVILLE, $40.
For other traffic violations, SIS
ines were paid by c. r. Darling,
Eliz. City; w. F. White Jr., Man
teo; Lundy w. Twiford, East Lake;
Raymond C. Vanyo, Garfield, N. j.;
and Francis D. Hemilw Y g h t,
Manns Harbor.
While the defendant who is
simply drunk on the road is always
fined $25, G. M. MCGEE of Cary,
N. c., was fined only $40 for Gre
ating a disturbance in a public
place.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-08-21
TAR HEELS AFLOAT
PLANNING ANOTHER
OCRACOKE CRUISE

w. R. Robertson Jr., of Washing
ton has announced that the Labor
Day Cruise of Tar Heels Afloat
will be to Ocracoke on September
5, 6, and 7. Tar Heels Afloat is the
organization composed primarily of
boat owners working together to
promote the wider use of the in
land waters of North Carolina
However, it is not necessary to own
a boat to belong to the organiza-
ton. Everyone interested in boat
ing and boats of all kinds are cordi-
ally invited to join the festivities
at Ocracoke. Plans are for all boats
to rendezvous at Ocracoke Satur-
day afternoon, September 5.
A Shippers Meeting is planned
for 600 P. M. with dinner and
entertainment at 1880, and after
dinner dancing will be held at Ocra-
coke Social Building. Sunday will
be devoted to sightseeing, fishing,
and swimming, with return home
trip planned for Monday.
The new officers of Tar Heels
Afloat are Cecil May, New Bern,
Commodore; Frank Cox, Washing
ton, Vice Commodore; Tom Powell,
Rocky Mount, Rear Commodore;
John Leach, Washington, Secre-
tary; Robert Blandford, New Bern
Treasurer; Bob Newcomb, Spring
Hope, Fleet Captain; DIR. M. A.
Pittman, Wilson, Fleet Surgeon;
w. r. Robertson, Jr., Washington,
Director of Public Relations. Re-
gional Directors are Ed Ward, Will
mington, d. L. Libby" Ward, New
Bern, Arson Smith, Belhaven, Car
roll Abbott, Elizabeth City, and
Bob Newcomb, Spring Hope.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-08-21

NOLLIE w. SHELTON, for IA
years Superintendent of Hyde
County Schools, and recent SUPER
intendent of Camden County
Schools, has joined the graduate
faculty of Appalachian State
Teachers College at Boone. His
major duties will be directing the
work of administrative interns who
will be preparing to hold position:
as principals and superintendent
Mr.. Shelton has been in Boone
several times during the past few
weeks working out the details for
the new program. He said that he
plans to be at Boone after Septem-
Der list. although his daughter
Mary Jane, is due to enter Appa.
lachian High School on August
26th, where she has been enrolled
as a junior. The Skeletons will re.
side at, 1928 Blowing Rock Road,
Boone, N. c., after September LIST
Several interesting and attrac.
tive offers have been received by
Shelton during the summer. Most
of them would have made it posi-
BILE for him to remain in the i'm
mediate area. The U. S. Office of
Education had sponsored with the
International Administration to be
assigned as an educational advisor
to foreign countries under the
foreign aid program Although
cleared by the U. S. Office of Edu-
cation it would have taken about
three months to have unwound the
red tape for specific assignment.
Such assignments are usually for
two years.
Mr.. Shelton has been active in
educational, civic, and church af-
fairs in Camden County. Among
See SHELTON, Page Four
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MANTEO LIONS WILL SELL
BROOMS AND LIGHT BULBS
ON BEACH TUESDAY NIGHT

Manteo Lions will canvass the
beach area of Kill Devil Hills,
Mays Head and Kitty Hawk next
Tuesday night with light bulbs
and brooms for sale-two good
selling items which every house
holder needs.
Bulbs are sold in packages of
five ranging up to 100 watt. The
brooms available are the type man
ufactured by Blind Industries of
Greensboro, and which have been
used in previous sales by the local
organization.
Proceeds will support the clubs
blind-aid and civic improvement
projects. All Lions are requested
to be at the Community Building,
Manteo, at $50 pm.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-08-21
WARREN A. SPENCER DIES
AT BUXTON FRIDAY

Warren Augustus Spencer, 70, a
jovial, highly regarded citizen of
Buxton, who retired from the U. S
Engineers Service % years a G o,
and came back to his native home
to live, died Friday at 1880 al, the
residence after a weeks illness.
He was the son of the late Sam
uel ]. and Nancy Tolson Spencer
His near relatives had passed away
long ago, the latest to go being
his sister, Mrs. Cora Casey of Bux-
ton,
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon at the Buxton
Methodist Church by the Rev. Ray
Sparrow, Pastor. Burial was in the
Dudley cemetery.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-08-21
NAVY PLANE AT
MANTEO AIRPORT
CRASHES. BURNS
1t. John Campbell. "a. Pilot.
uniniured Wednesday
at Noon

Forced to land because of en-
CINE trouble, 1t. (jg) John Camp
bell, "a, crash landed his Navy
AID Skyraider plane at the Manteo
airport shortly after noon We'd
nesday, and walked away uninjur-
ed. The flame burned on the
ground, and the Roanoke Island
fire department which went to the
scene did not go near the flame
because of rockets which might
explode.
1t. Campbell is from ITO Jack
st., Texarkana, Texas. He was fly
ing out of the Oceana, Va. Naval
Air Station with three others on a
routine training flight.
Want Range Removed
Citizens of the community of
Duck have come to be somewhat
afraid of the target range used by
the Navy near this village in the
North end of Dare County, and
have appealed to Congressman
Herbert Bonner to see what can
be done about getting it removed.
Recently, projectile from a
plane fell through the roof of a
house in the village, and since then,
residents say prospective settlers
have been discouraged from build
ing summer homes in the area,
while some of the present residents
are talking about moving away.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-08-21

DIR. FRANK GRAHAM, the form
er University President, U. S. SEN
ator, and now mediator with the
United Nations, is rested and Wig
orous after some three weeks at
his cottage, with Mrs. Graham at
Mays Head. DIR. Graham said this
week he wanted to come back to
North Carolina, but it's not likely
to be this year. There is much de-
mand that he come back to parti-
cipate in state affairs. AS in the
state, he is popular in Dare Coun-
ty and is always about on Virginia
Dare's birthday, Aug. 18th, and he
was present, as usual, at the DAN
iels reunion Wednesday. DR.. Gra-
ham is devoted to the cause of
the United Nations, and has been
engaged for a long time as media
tor in the Pakistan dispute, for
which he has recently prepared a
long report which is yet to be re-
viewed in the Assembly.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-08-21

In the consideration of roac
matters in the First Highway Di
vision, Engineer Bill Spruill is 8
man to keep in mind. His long ca.
reer with the Highway Commission
has placed h m in an important
place of trust and responsibility.
Career officials like Mr.. Spruill
are the chief contact for local
governing bodies such as County
Boards of Commissioners and
municipal officials, In addition
they often meet the public to ex.
plain plans of the Highway De.
partment in public hearings.
In northeastern North Carolina
a seasoned roadbuilder, w. N
Spruill of Ahoskie, is now the
Contact man" who works closely
with the city and county officials
in the First Highway Division
Camden, Currituck, Dare, Gates
BERTHE, Hartford, Northampton
Chowan, Hyde, Martin, TyrreIl
and Washington Counties com.
pose the First.
With the present seven-mar
Highway Commission concentrat.
ing on Statewide rather than locaI
road policy, the division engineer
will spend more of his time in de.
veloping road plans in his division
and in comforting with all interest.
ed groups on these plans. Governo,
Hodges and Department officials
including Director of Highways w
F. Babcock, have stressed the i'm.
iportance of division engineers Tols
in working more closely with the
people and developing better public
relations in each division.
Although the seven Highway
Commissioners have been assigned
specific areas in the State, ire.
spective of highway division bound.
airy lines, for the purpose of ex.
planning statewide highway pc.
licies, they will not be responsible
for handling specific requests
Such requests and suggestions will
be handled by division engineers.
With more than SO years Of
bodybuilding experience, Division
Engineer Bill Spruill is amply quail
flied to carry out this additional
assignment.
Like most of his fellow career
engineers, he came up through the
ranks. His highway career dates
from 1921 when he started out as
a rodman on construction of US 301
Between Rocky Mount and Whita.
kers.
The next year he was reclassi-
fled as an inspector and inspected
the paving of US Ga between
Rocky Mount and Tarboro. The
following year, he became an in.
strumentman and worked on the
paving of US Ga between Nashville
and the Franklin County line.
In 1924, he was promoted to
See SPRUILL, Page Four
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BRAHMS REQUIEM TO BE
SUNG IN MANTEO SUNDAY

"a German Requiem" by johann
mes Brahms will be sung Sunday
afternoon, August %, at 1886
o'clock in Mount Olivet Methodist
Church, Manteo, by the Lost Colo
ny choir. under til Re direction Of
George Trautwein.
The public is invited to attend
There will be no admission charge
but a silver offering will be taken
Soloists will be Marjalene
Thomas, soprano, and Allen Scott
Giles, bass.
This musical masterpiece is a re-
QUEEN for those living, expressing
hope and desire for the hereafter
rather than grief for those wh1
have gone on.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-08-21
MRS. MARY S. WOODARD, IS,
BURIED MONDAY AFTERNOON

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Shavender Woodland were conduct
ed by the Rev. L. C. Bissette, pas
tor of the Trinity Methodist
Church, at the Paul Funeral Home
Chapel in Belhaven on Monday
afternoon at two o'clock. Burial fol-
lowed in the Odd Fellows Gene
terry.
Pallbearers were Carl Windley,
Chester Windley, James Windley
John Walter Bell, Otis Johnston,
and Wilbur Johnston.
Mrs. Woodland, s5, died on Sat-
urday night after a long illness at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Heber Wilkinson, with whom she
and her husband, Kenneth r.
Woodland, had been making their
home for several years. Mr..
Woodland survives.
Born in Pantego, Mrs. Woodland
was the daughter of Thomas and
Martha Harris Shavender. After
their marriage, the Woodlands lived
in Belhaven for number of years
before going to Norfolk to make
their home. They returned to Bel
haven several years ago when Mr.,
Woodland retired.
Survivors, in addition to Mr..
Woodland, are three sons, Jim and
Lyn, of Craddock, Va, and Mike,
of florence, S. c.; two daughters,
Mrs. Wilkinson, Of BAlhaven, and
Mrs. T. A. Rydingsvard, Of Nor
folk; fourteen grandchildren and
four great grandchildren.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-08-21
MORE NAVIGATION AIDS
FOR HATTERAS AREA

Announcement is made that the
Coast Guard will install additional
lights and buoys in Hatteras Chan
mel area. Congressman Bonner, who
recently requested such improve
ment hasFbeen advised it is forth
coming, BY Admiral J. A. Hirsch-
field, acting Comandant of the
Coast Guard in Washington. The
Admiral says: II trust your con-
stitueRts will find the situation
improved to their satisfaction when
the project has been improved"
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-08-21
GETS MONSTER SPECKLED
TROUT AT RODANTHE WRECK

A thrill such as comes but sell
dom was enjoyed by Mrs. Edna
Davis of Willsburg, w. Va. on the
week end when she landed speck-
led trout from the surf at Ro-
danthe The fish weighed four
pounds and was % inches long.
Mrs. Davis was a guest at the
Woodrow Edwards Guest House in
Waves, and fished near the wreck
of the old LIST ship nearby. She
used four pound test line with
Langley spinner. 1t was the biggest
fish of the kind reported this sea-
son.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-08-21

CAPE MAY, New Jersey-James
P. Clark, FA, USCG, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Clark of Manteo,
North Carolina, has completed
basic training at the U. S. Coast
Guard Receiving Center, Cape May,
New Jersey. He entered the Coast
Guard last May. He is a fireman
apprentice Clark and will now re-
port to the LIST Coast Guard Dis
trict for further duty. Before enter
ing the Coast Guard he graduated
from high school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-18
F|en1ming Hits
Deficit Funding
In School Aid
~ the Associated Press

Secretary OF Welfare Flem-
ming told Congress yesterday
the Government should not re-.
sort to red-inR spending now to
help build schools.
His argument for the admin.
istration's school aid plan was
promptly challenged by mem-
bers Of a Senate Education
Committee who called the pro-
posal inadequate. They said
they would prefer an unbal-
anced budget II necessary.
The administration plan calls
for Federal assistance in pay
ing the costs of bonds for school
and college construction where
local financing is hard to OBJ
tain. The SIS billion Fed,
eral outlay would be spread
over future years.
AS to aid plans that would
involve deficit spending. Mr..
Flemming said:
I'VE cannot support them be-
cause we believe that deficit
spending on the part of the
Federal Government under ex-
isting conditions would set into
motion forces that would lead
to serious inflationary pres
Sures.
Such pressureS would I'M
dermine our educational system
as well as other aspects of our
national life"
Senators Cooper, Republican
of Kentucky and Javits, Re-
publican of New York, both said
they believe education is so
vital to the Nation that they
would prefer an unbalanced
budget if necessary to meet the
needs of the schools.
Mr.. Flemming described the
administrations program as
designed to help make possible
SIS billion of construction
within the next five years.
The public school program
could result in building about
5000 classrooms which, in all
probability, would not otherwise
be constructed, Mr.. Flemming
said.
Under sharp questioning,
however, he conceded it is
altogether possible" it would
not meet the national classroom
shortage in the next five years.
Mr.. Flemming figured the
classroom shortage in that
period as 100000, but said
schools have been built by local
agencies in the last two years
at an annual rate of 10000
rooms. He said the Federal
help construction should about
make up the difference.