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
IWANCHESE HARBOR
FISH FRY PROGRAM
'PLEASES HUNDREDS
Bonner Recites Difficulties; Admi-
raj Colmar Mentions SIS. 900
Worth Of Beaeons Built

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pie gathered at Wanchese Mon
day, Rear Admiral Peter V. Col
mar, Commander of the 9Th
Coast Guard District said the
Coast Guard has recently COM
pleted $4,000 worth of aids to
navigation in the channel leading
to Manteo, had another $4,000
worth in process of construction,
and also would establish a radio
beacon at Oregon Inlet.
Admiral Colmar was presented
by P. D. Midget, Jr. of Engel-
hard, a native of the Wanchese
community, whose citizens staged
a celebration honoring Congress
man Herbert Bonner, for his eff
forts in Congress in achieving the
one and a half million dallar
dredging job by the Corp. of En-
gineers.
Prevented at the last minute
from attending, Col. R. P. David
son, District Engineer was repre-
scented by L. P. McDuffie, chief of
the Engineering division of the
Wilmington office. He was ac-
companied by D. A. Gardner, chief
of the operations division. Mr.. Nc
Duffie told of the many complex
tiles in finally establishing the To-
cation of the channel. He was pre-
sented by DIR. w. w. Harvey, Jr.
chairman of the Dare County Wa
terways Committee.
The address of Welcome was by
Melvin r. Daniels, Register of
Deeds of Dare County and one
of the promoters of the project.
Victor Meekins, chairman of the
County Board of Commissioners
presided.
The only thing lacking to COM
plete the project Meekins said,
was the public dock on the new
harbor that had been pledged by
the county board, and which was
a prerequisite to getting the gov
eminent funds for the project.
Private donations had provided
money to buy a docksite, and the
state had agreed to surface an
access road to it, Meekins report
ed, and read a list of contributors
to the land as follows:
Public acknowledgements was
made of the financial contribu-
tions to the fund to buy land for
public dock on the Wanchese
Harbor during 1859. The names
included Virginia Electric & Pow
err Co., First and Citizens Nation
al Bank, Norfolk and Carolina
Tel. & Tel. Co., Miles Clark, San
ders Co., Industrial Bank, all of
Elizabeth City; Ben Dixon Mac
Neill of Buxton; Taylor johnson
of Virginia Beach; o. L. Baum OF
Kitty Hawk; w. R. Deaton OF
Kill Devil Hills; Fearings, Inc;
A. H. Ward, Jr.; Roanoke Oil Co.;
NJ. L. Daniels Oil Co.; Wescott
Bros; Oregon Inlet Fishing Cen
ter of Manteo; Chief Wanchese
Packing Co.; James Griggs; Mack
Etheridge; H. L. Davis; Willie
Etheridge and Willie Etheridge,
Jr.; Wayland, Billy and Harry
Baum; w. C. Tillett; Ralph Til
lett; Elton Gallop; Roscoe Gallop;
R. H. Vanderslice; Jesse Ether
idge; Richard Tillett; Edmond
Wright; George and Arnold Dan
iels; and Victor Meekins who pro-
vided the land for harbor extern
sion at a cost Of several hundred
dollars.
Numerous political leaders and
other friends present were recog-
nized. These included county repre-
sentatives or nominees as follows:
Dick Lupton of Hyde, DIR. ]. M.
Phelps of Washington, Walton
Griggs of Currituck, C. D. Terrell
of Pasquotank, NJ. X. Fearing, Jr.
of Dare, Mayor H. T. Davenport
of Columbia, Mayor w. H. Potter
of Beaufort, Senator Elton Ayd-
lett, and Lorimer Midget Of
Elizabeth City, Senator and Mrs.
Ebert Peele, Jr., former Senator
Robert Cowan, Ray Goodmon and
Charles Sale, all of Williamson;
R. X. T. Larson of Norfolk News
papers, Robert F. Gibbs, Supt.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore,
Walter D. Perry and Major J. L.