The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-12-23
LINDSAY WARREN'S
BIRTHDAY is NOTED
AT POINT HARBOR
With Terry Sanford. Honor Guesi
at Party Of so Entertained
by Griegses

more than 4O persons gathered
at Point Harbor Friday night as
guests of Walton Griggs, Repre-
sentative elect from Currituck
County, and Mrs. Griggs, to do
honor to former Comptroller Gen.
eral Lindsay C. Warren, who OBJ
served his list birthday, and Ter
ry Sanford, Governor-elect Of
North Carolina.
The group included most of the
legislators from the area in the
forthcoming General Assembly. A
massive birthday cake was pre-
sented Mr.. Warren, and Mr.. San
ford praised him for a long rec
ord of leadership, and a man of
great wisdom on whom he expect
ed to rely upon becoming COVER
nor,
The menu consisted of oysters
on the half shell, roast mullet
roast wildfowl, Currituck yams and
other native foods. Several of the
legislators, after a two days
hunt, guests of Orville Woodhouse
of Grandy, brought the ducks.
Oldest legislator present, and
who was honored, was r. Bruce
Etheridge of Dare County whose
first session in the legislature
was in 1908. Only three of his
colleagues of that session are liv-
ing.
State Senator Elton Aydlett OF
Elizabeth City was POSTMASTER
and brief talks were made by Mr.
Warren, now a state Senator,
who paid liberal tribute to Terry
Sanford as a Governor whose ad-
ministration will be successful
one; by Joe Hunt, the next speak
err of the N. C. General Assembly;
by Mr.. Sanford, and by Walton
Griggs, and by Woodrow Price OF
the News and Observer of Ra-
leigh.
Others attending included Sen
ator Emmett Winslow of Hert-
ford, Representatives Wayland
Sermons of Beaufort County; AL
bert Byrum of Chowan County;
former Senator Merrill Evans Of
Ahoskie; Orville Woodhouse of the
Wildlife Commission; State Game
Warden Bob Halstead of Wash
ington; Judge. Chester Morris;
Wesley ,Cullipher of Elizabeth
City; Ben Roney of Rocky Mount
Roy Wilder of Spring Hope; Bill
White of Jacksonville, N. c.
Lawrence Wofford of Raleigh
DR.. C. N. Wright of harrisburg
Fred Cox of Grifton; Clifton H
Moore, Cyrus Aydlett, w. B
Woodhouse, Rep. ELECT C. D. Fer.
rell of Pasquotank; Rep Elect M
X. Fearing, Jr. of Manteo; Wal
ter D. Perry of Kill Devil Hills
Victor Meekins of Manteo; Rich.
ard Atkinson, Jr. Of Edeton; Lori
mer Midget and Joe Terrell OF
Elizabeth City; M. E. Sawyer
who extended welcome on behalf
of the Currituck County board
Jarvis Griggs and F. R. Morse Of
Point Harbor; Rep.-Elect Gales
| L. Mcpherson of Camden; Will c
Flora of Shawboro, Sgt. Logar
Lane of Elizabeth City; Capt. Sam
Mitchell of Greenville; Archie T
Lane, Rep.-Elect of Perquimans
County, and w. T. HURT of Point
Harbor.
Judge Chester Morris al
spoke briefly. Mr.. Aydlett pait
high tribute to Mr.. and Mrs
Griggs.
Walton Griggs was described al
this meeting as an ambassador Of
good will, who sits at the gate
way of the Outer Banks dispens.
ing hospitality and making friends
| for the area. Mrs. Griggs, who is
native of Hatteras Island re-
ceived many compliments for the
successful dinner which lasted fol-
more than two hours.