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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, 1960-09-09
RALPH TILLETT. FAMED
AS WANCHESE ARTIST;
MERCHANT, DIES THURS

Relph Elverton Tillett, rs, famed
for his self-taught artistry in oils,
long time merchant and leading
citizen of Wanchese, died at 1915
am, at his home Thursday morn
ing after. a two-weeks illness. He
was the husband of Mrs. Mabel
Tillett and the son of the late
Joseph Gideon and Matilda Ether
idge T'illett. He is survived by a
son, Ralph Tillett, Jr., a daughter,
Mrs. Ralph Meekins, both of Wan
cheese, and by a half-sister, Mrs.
w. c. Tillett, and by six grandchil-
dren and one great grandchild. He
was a member Of the Methodist
church and the Red Men.
Funeral services are not COM
plete. The body was taken to Twi.
ford Funeral Home in Manteo.
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ELECTION DAY IN
KILL DEVIL HILLS
ON THIS SATURDAY
Many People in Large Area Want
Out From Dare Beaches SAM
+ary District

It's election day again, Saturday,
Sept. 10, in the Dare Beaches
Sanitary District at the expense of
Dare County, in order to give a
large number of people a chance
to get out of the District. Voting
will be all day at the Kill Devil
Hills town hall. A registration has
been held, and hearing was held
Thursday to rule on challenges of
some of the voters who it was al
legged were not bona-fide residents
of the area.
The entire area of the town of
Kill Devil Hills and that part of
Atlantic township north of the
town would pull out of the dis
trict if the issue carries. Then
would be left only the smaller por-
ton of the district which lies be-
low the towns south boundary, or
Mays Head proper.
In the new registration, much
interest was shown, and 238 per-
sons registered. Of these, 1873 were
residents of the town; 60 lived
north Of the town and As south
of the town. Residents of the
Kitty Hawk area, or northern por-
ton wish to be relieved of a IL
tax rate. In Kill Devil Hills town
3 cent rate is paid. In Mays
Head IL cents.
Fire equipment has been bought
and housed on both ends of the
beach, named Kitty Hawk and
Mays Head. The town had its own
fire Department.
Twenty registrants had been
challenged by Orville Baum, Mrs.
w. N. Davis, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith
and Mrs. Ted Wood who wish to
keep things as they are. The other
side had not challenged any regis
trants. The hearing was scheduled
for Thursday. Saturday is voting
day.
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KILL DEVIL PEBBLES
AIRLlFTED TO JAPAN
FOR BIG OBSERVANCE

When the town of Kill Devil
Hills showed a lack of interest
in the shipment of sands from the
first flight site to Japan where
the Japanese will celebrate their
50th anniversary of their first
powered flight this year Mayor
r. H. Cook made a personal prof.
ect Of this opportunity to get in
ternational publicity for the area
made famous by Orville and Will
bur Wright on December II, 1908.
On Thursday this week US.
Air Force plane from the Tactical
Air Command, Langley Field, Va,
landed at Manteo Airport, was
met by representatives of Mayor
Cook who transported them to
Kill Devil Hills where pebbles, not
soil (due to an agreement be-
tween Japan and the U.S.A. that
no soils would be transported from
one nation to the other) packed
in an attractive chest was turned
over for the airlift to the Oriental
site of another famous "first
flight" occurring in 1910.
The chest of pebbles from Kill
Devil Hills was addressed to XII
yoshi Goko, President, Japanese
Aeronautic Association in the Hi
kokan Building, Tokyo. With it
went a package Of North Carolina
pine tree seeds for the planting
Of forest at the site of the first
Japanese flight Of an airplane so
See PEBBLES, Page Four
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COLlNGTON TO GET
DITCH CUT WITHOUT
LOCAL CONTRIBUTION

The same Dare County Board
member who so vigorously opposed
spending public money on com
munity bitches as being unlawful,
this week favored the letting of
a contract to build one in his own
bailiwick. Commissioner Stick,
changed opinions before the pri-
mary, and favored deepening Col
ington Ditch, which the citizens
considered too crooked and too
shallow.
At the request of the Board of
Commissioners to enable county
funds to be spent on such projects,
a bill was passed in the General
Assembly last year that such funds
could be spent not from ad va
loreum tax money, but other I'M
appropriated money, provided local
interests had contributed a sum
equal to half the cost.
In this instance the Colington
project is being dug at a cost of
$950.78, and none of the 14O peo-
pie of the island have been re-
quired to contribute. The low bid
was by Stetson and Daniels of
Wanchese. One other bid in the
amount of $1,320.5O was submitted
by Sam Liverman of Colington.
The ditch is to be dug 20 feet
wide and six feet deep.
An effort to get drainage mos
quito control drainage ditch dug
at Rodanthe at a cost of $500 has
failed because easements have not
been signed by three of the in
tervening property owners. The
committee that had agreed to get
the signatures to the rights Of way
had not done so by Tuesday. Com
missioner Edwards had been autho-
rized by the Board to issue pro.
posals on the job, only when ease.
ments had been completed.
1t is considered complete waste
of money to dig bitches when one
or more property owners could i'm.
mediately fill such ditch across his
land whereby worse problem thar
before would be created by poo
to catch stagnant water. Upward.
of 100000 Of Hurricane reliei
funds were spent in Dare County
some four years ago, which so fa,
See COLINGTON, Page Five
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CHANGING NUMBERS
ON PHONES IN HYDE
EFFECTIVE OCT. 10

Kenneth Wilkinson, manager for
Carolina Telephone and Telegraph
Company, in Belhaven, stated to-
day that group of telephone peo-
pie will soon begin work in Engel-
hard and Swan Quarter to change
the number plates on each tele-
phone for all subscribers in these
areas. TIL enew plate will display
the new seven numerals which
make up the new numbers.
Wilkinson reminded us that these
new numbers are not to be used
until after POI am, October 16,
1860, at which time the central Of
flee equipment and all relative ia
cilities will be changed to coincide
with the new numbers. After this
change, it will necessitate dialing
seven numbers to reach subscribers
in your own exchange. The change
will also enable customers to dial
their own long distance calls, on
station to station basis, without
tn eaid of long distance opera
tor.
Work is now being completed
on the new modern central office
system which goes into use on
October 16, 1860.
A new directory has been pre-
pared listing all the new numbers
along with the pertinent informa-
ton pertaining to "Direct Distance
Dialing" and will be delivered to
each telephone subscriber just be-
fore the change.
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OLD HYDE COUNTY
RECORDS ARE BEING
PRESERVED ON FILM
Project Now Underway Expected
to Be Of Historical as Well
as Material Value

Hyde County is fortunate in
never having suffered any serious
losses of records from fire or other
causes. More than a third of the
100 counties have not been so for
tunate and as a result. invaluable
records, Enthusiastically and his
torically, have been forever lost.
Because of the serious losses which
have occurred, and will continue to
occur, State and county officials
have for number of years studied
plans for the preservation of our
county records. AS result of tn ese
studies. it was determined that
microfilming provided the most
economical and satisfactory answer
to the problem.
With the enthusiastic support of
county officials throughout the
State, the State Department of
Archives and History sponsored
legislation in the 1859 General AS
senbly which would provide fun'ls
for a program of inventorying the
records of each county in the State,
and repairing as necessary and
microfilming for security purposes
all records classified as permanent
ly valuable. Such records include,
among others, deeds, real estate
maps, marriage records, court
minutes, judgment dockets, wills,
estates records, and minutes of the
various county agencies.
The proposed legislation passed
without opposition and became law
&C. S. 121-5.1). The Department
began operations in the counties in
August of 1859 and by the end of
August, 1860, had completed nine
counties, mostly the older counties
along the eastern seaboard.
During August 1925, a complete
inventory was taken of the records
in the various Hyde County offices.
During that period older records
were inspected and few in need
of repair were taken back to the
Departments repair section where
they will be restored by Elimination
and rebound by a commercial bind
er, after which they will be re-
turned to the county.
On August 81, the work of micro
filming the permanently valuable
records began. This work is being
done in the courthouse and the rec
ords are replaced in their custo-
mary storage place as soon as they
have been microfilmed. It is antici-
pated that it will require six or
seven weeks to complete the work.
Security copies of the film will
be stored in an air conditioned
vault in the Department in Ra-
leigh. In the event of destruction
or loss of any of the original rec
ords in the future, page copies or
microfilm copies may be procured
from the Department. After the
counties have been completed, it Is
planned to come back and micro
film up to date the newly created
See RECORDS, Page Five
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INTER-ClTY ROTARY
MEETING PLANNED
COLUMBIA SEPT. 20
Picnic TO be Held for Belhaven.
Manteo. EneeIhard and PIym-
ou+h Visitors

An inter-city Rotary meeting is
to be held in the form of picnic
dinner at Columbia on Tuesday,
Sept. 20 at 6 pm. Visitors from
nearby clubs are expected. There
will be a series of such meetings
including the Manteo, Belhaven,
Plymouth and Engelhard clubs.
Two months ago similar series
of inter-city meetings were con-
Quoted between Columbia, Engel-
hard and Belhaven. Belhaven is in
the 773rd District, while the other
clubs are in the 771st district.
DR.. w. 7. Ralph of Belhaven has
recently been elected the District
Governor for the 773rd district.
District Governor for the 771st dis
trict is Jim Bates of Raleigh.
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BAPTISTS PLAN
PICNIC SEPTEMBER 9th

The Rev. M. ]. Davis from the
Lafayette Baptist Church, Fayette-
Vile will be the guest minister in
the Manteo Baptist Church for the
morning worship. Rev. C. w.
Guthrie of Wanchese will be in the
pulpit for the evening worship
hour.
The Manteo Baptist Church will
enjoy the annual family picnic on
the church grounds Friday, Sept.
9 at z pm. Every member of every
church family is urged to attend.
No finer fellowship can be expert
enced than at these gatherings
Don't disappoint us, Mrs. W. r.
Pearce says.
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DIR. w. T. RALPH, prominent Bel
haven citizen and dentist, was
elected President of the 773rd
Rotary District, which numbers 43
clubs in eastern N. C. southwark
from Belhaven. Supported by the
Washington club and put forth by
Belhaven-Pantego, his home club,
DR.. Ralph was the winner over DR..
w. l.. Woodland of Beaufort who
is also one of the districts most
popular Rotarians. DR.. Ralph,
many times Mayor of Belhaven,
has been president of his club, and
served on all club committees. He
is expected to be a delegate to tle
international Convention in Tokyo
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The Rotary Club of Manteo on
Monday evening, September II
will be host to James M. Bates,
governor of the 771st district of
Rotary International, who is MAX
ing his annual official visit to
each of the 80 Rotary clubs in
his district. He will address the
local club and confer with Presi-
dent Robert F. Gibbs, and COM
mittee chairmen on Rotary adj
and service activi-
ties.
Mr.. Bates is vice president and
actuary of the Home Security
Life Insurance Company in Dur
ham, North Carolina, and is a
member and past president of the
Rotary Club of Durham. He is
past president of the Inter-Club
Council, past chairman of the
Shawnee District of the Boy
Scouts of America, and past
chairman of the all-important
budget committee of the Durham
United Fund. He was elected as a
district governor of Rotary Inter-
national for 196O-61 fiscal year at
Rotary's 51st annual convention in
Miami Miami Beach, Florida,
U. S. A., in June of this year.
He is one of 267 district COVER
nors supervising the activities of
more than 100000 Rotary clubs
which have a membership of near
ly 100000 business and profession
al executives in lie countries
the world.
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HATTERAS MAN IS 80

Alonzo J. O'Neal, oldest resi-
dent on Hatteras Island celebrated
his Goth birthday Monday, Sep
TENDER s with Open House for his
relatives and friends. Mr.. O'Neal
resides with his daughter, Mrs.
Lora Willis.
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ROANOKE ISLAND BAPTIST CHURCH had big day Sunday,
observing its 152nd anniversary with picnic
In this picture shown right
pastor Rey j. W. Goodwin Rev. H. Hines Sanford held
the pastora longer than other
49, the oldest living member and Rev. Frank Dndd the pastor
of the Mays Head Church which
land church. Mr. Drnkwater holds
of Mrs. Pearl Capp who is grandchd of his COUSIN
the late Capt Adam Eheridg An
the picnic which brought home many former residents.
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Mr.. AND MRS FREDERICK WARREN, with their twin daugh
reading from left to rght-Lnda white and Sandra,
Washington D. c. visiting the Eabehan Gardens Roanoke Is
land Saturday Mr. Warren consulting engineer member of the
firm Pckard Warren-Lowe Associates Washington
daughter of the late Marvin Mcintyre who eight
appointment of President Franklin Roosevelt and who
his the Ashevle papers, always calling North
Carolina his second home Linda junior Hood College, Fred
Nd She class of Nyra Morrison National
school, Sandra Goucher College, Baltimore
Warren, finally Mr.. Warren-Staff photo.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-29
FISHERS DISTRICT
Mrs. Nora Rust

There was a very good attend
ance on Sunday morning at Todd's
Chapel when a baptismal service
was held. David Hall, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Dennis Hall of Green
wood and Bonnie and Susan Al
giers, daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Algiers and Sandra Cade,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Laur-
ence Cade, were baptized by the
pastor, Rev. William Smith. Fol-
lowing this service there was re-
ception of new members, when
four new members were welcomed
to Todds membership roll
Todd's w. S. C. S. held their reg
ular meeting for April in Todd's
Community Building on Wednes-
day afternoon with Mrs. Robert
Mcdowell serving delicious re-
freshments during the social hour.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Taylor were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
vey Selders of Baltimore on Thurs
day.
Mrs. Lulu Zott and Mrs. Darwin
Savage were dinner guests of Mrs.
Amelia Cleaves of Greenwood on
Thursday.
Miss Pat Cannon of Wilmington
spent several days the past week
with her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Cannon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oraville Wilson OF
Milford, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Can
non and daughter of Wilmington
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Cannon and
family of Andrewville and Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert O'Bier of Greenwood
were recent guests at a family din
ner' with their parents and grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Can
non of near here. Other recent Wis
itors were Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Rust
We are very glad to hear the
good news of David Smith being
able to be at home and doing nice
ly after being surgery patient IN
the Delaware Hospital in Whining.
ton. Glad to see you home, David
Keep the good work up.
Mrs. Norman Diehl and children
and Mrs. Elizabeth Collision oi
Odessa and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Dearman were supper guests oi
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Rust on Sunday
evening. other recent guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cannon, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Vincent, Sr., Of
Andrewville, Mrs. Roy Lloyd and
son of near here, Harry Legates Of
Lynch Heights and Mrs. Clarence
Workman of Georgetown.
Mrs. Mary Zott of Media, Pa, is
spending an indefinite visit witt
Mrs. Lulu ZOtt.
Mrs. Emma Harper and grand.
daughter, Gail Robinson of Sea-
ford, were weekend guests of Mr.
and Mrs Emerson Harper.
Mrs. Mary Zott, Mrs. Lulu Zott
and Mrs. GOotie Brown were visit
ors of Mr.. and Mrs. George ZOtt on
Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Cannon oi
Media, Pa, visited relatives in
| Greenwood during the weekend.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-29
Micro Midget News

Yes, Sunday was sure swell
racing day. The weather was per-
feet.
There will be Micro Midget rae
ing at the Blue Hen Speedway ev-
cry Sunday at p. M, weather per-
mitting until further notice.
Come one! Come all! To see Mi
Gro Midget racing on the fastest
track in the east.
Now for Sundays results:
First Race: micro No. 8S own
ed by Frank Kotmair and driven
by Howard Brown; 2-Micro No.
x, owned and driven by Hallowell
of Wilmington; 3-Micro No. IL
owned and driven by Bob Murphy.
Second Race: micro No. %,
driven by Dicky Sapp; 2-Micro
No. 13, owned and driven by Clar-
ence Welch; 3-Micro No. z, owned
by John Porter and driven by
Smokey; 4-Micro No. 800, owned
by Carl Hutson and driven by
Spanky Vincent.
Third Race: Micro No. 800;
Micro No. 13; 3-Micro No. II;
4-Micro No. z.
Fourth Race, feature rs laps: l.
Micro No. %; 2-Micro No. 300; 8
Micro No. So; 4-MicrO No. IS;
Micro No. z; 6 Micro No. IL.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-29

guest of her brother and wife, Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Jester.
Mrs. William Glanden and son
Billy of Wilmington were Thurs
day dinner guests of her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Coyerdale.
At this writing Mrs. Coverdale's
arm is doing nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Earl Ryan and
granddaughter Terry of Dover
were Sunday evening visitors of
his aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Dolan. The Dolans Sunday
dinner guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Bill Looney and children of near
Woodside.
Joann Thomas celebrated her
eleventh birthday by entertaining
her friends on Friday night at the
Frederick Fire Hail. The young
folks had a very enjoyable evening.
They were later in the evening
served refreshments. Joann re-
ceived some very nice gifts. Her
guests left wishing her many more
happy birthdays.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-29
HOUSTON
Mrs. Viola ThistIewOOd
Phone: Milford 4944

A Thought-"Who gave himself
for our sins to deliver us from the
present evil age, according to the
will of our God and Father" Ga
lations Ia.
1T seems strange to US that
Jesus should suffer for He had no
sin Himself but His sufferings
were occasioned by His relation
ship to others.
Sunday School at 10 a. m, DIST,
with Robert II. Yerkes, ST., Gener-
al Sup't.; Alvin Brown, Junior
Sup't.; Mrs. Donald Clifton, Cradle
Roll Sup't. This being the first Sum
day, with Mrs. VIM. Scott, Mission
airy Sup't in charge.
Worship service begins at IL a.
m, with the organ prelude by Mrs.
Agnes Webb. Call to worship by
the pastor, Rev. Ray w. Kirwan.
The Senior and Chancel choirs will
sing special numbers.
The MYF will meet at GAS d. m.
Miss Christine Jump is in charge.
Mrs. Viola Thistlewood is visiting
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Kennedy of Bear,
Delaware.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughn Warren
spent the weekend at Williams
port, Va
Mr.. and Mrs. Havard Smith and
daughter Terri and Miss Nancy
Thistlewood returned home Sunday
after spending several days in Sa-
vannah, Georgia, visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Scott and daughter
Kim.
There will be a special program
presented by the Houston Demon
stration Club on Sunday evening,
May ! at 8 p. m. A cordial invita-
tion is extended to everyone.
The Cancer Drive, sponsored by
the Health Group of the Houston
Cardinal 4-H Club, with Mrs. Jean
Blessing. leader, netted the sum OF
$160.99. Mrs. Blessing and her
group of boys and girls are very
appreciative of the cooperation
and generosity of the people OF
Houston and vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Yerkes
entertained at a party ON Saturday
evening, in honor of their son
Townsend's second birthday. De-
licious homemade ice cream and
cake and nuts and mints were SER
we'd in abundance. Guests were Mr.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-29
Lakeview Elementary
School News
Mrs. BressIer's Grade 5-Section 2 |

Mrs. BressEer's Grade 5-Section 2
On April our class took trip
to Philadelphia. All of us enjoyed
the day so much. Our first stop was
at independence Hall where we saw
the Liberty Bell, and the East
Room where the Declaration of IN
dependence was signed and the
Constitution adopted and signed.
Then we went to Christ Church.
Here a member of the congregation
told us the history of the church
and showed US the pews occupied
by the following early patriots and
their families: George Washington,
Benjamin Franklin, Betsy Ross,
Robert Morris and John Penn. He
pointed out the beautiful stained
glass windows, the Presidents
Door, and the baptismal font used
in England at the baptism of Will
lam Penn From Christ Church we
walked to the Betsy Ross House
and toured the home of this seam
stress who made the first Ameri-
can flag. We especially liked the
room where she made this flag and
the children's play room.
After we left historical Philadel-
phia, our next stop was at the Aca-
denny of Natural Sciences where
we saw a large selection of mount
ed animals, birds, insects, and fish
that were wonderfully lifelike. We
liked the live owl, fish, and porcu-
pine, too. The display of stones.
minerals, and metals was beauti-
full Some of the boys thought the
skeleton of the dinosaur was very
interesting.
The rest of the afternoon. we
spent at the Franklin Institute. The
illustrated lecture in the planetar-
ium room was a thrilling expert
ence for all of us. We enjoyed the
airplanes, the locomotives, the BIZ
cycles, the heart, the Focault Pen
dulum, the Franklin Statue, and the
science fair. Our only complaint
was that we had to hurry too much
and got just a little taste of Sc
many wonderful things.
On the way home we had a fine
dinner at the Delaware Dining
Room. We thought that was a per-
feet way to end our trip.