The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-12-16
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS
TAKING PART SATURDAY in
DEDICATION OF AIR MUSEUM
Dual Program Recognizing 100000 Park serv-
ice Project Includes Governor Hodges. Gov
ernor-eIect Sanford. Major General Benjamin
tonaI Parks; Other National Figures. And Air
BY AYCOCK BROWN

ardo da Vinci who dreamed of fly
ing in the 18th Century to the
modern missile era will be discuss.
ed by the speakers appearing or
the program that will dedicate
Americas newest National PARK
Service visitor center in which is
displayed the story of the Wright
Brothers experiments at Kitty
Hawk and Kill Devil Hills 81 years
ago.
At a luncheon following, Hon
Terry Sanford, Governor elect will
be principal speaker.
The dedication ceremonies begin
ming at 1915 o'clock on the morn
ing of December 18th will feature
addresses by Conrad Wirth, direc'
tor of the National Park Service
Governor Luther Hodges of NORTH
Carolina who was recently nance
as the forthcoming Secretary o.
Commerce in the Kennedy cabi'
net, and Maj. General Benjamin D
Foulois, Americas first military
aviator who flew a Wright plane
in 1910. At the Wright Brother:
Memorial Luncheon to be held IL
Dare County Shrine Club at Nags
Head, near the site of the Wright!
famous first flight of 1908.
at is in commemoration of thai
first flight-on December II, 1905
and other flying achievements o.
these intrepid pioneers that the
Wright Brothers National Memoir
al was erected as a monument tt
the two men who opened the sky.
ways of America and the world,
says National Park Service Direct
or Conrad Wirth.
The new visitor center is a par
of the national monument com
memorating the memory of the
Wright Brothers who took the de
cisive step in mans slow strides
to conquer the air. There, too, wal
the cautious but giant step thai
set man sprinting towards outel
space, the National Park Service
director stated.
"Like many other visitor cen
tiers in our National Parks anc
Monuments, the new visitors cen
ter here at Kill Devil Hills will
contribute to a better understand
ing of Americas heritage. Here WI
record the Wright Brothers ex
ploits-their planning, their labors
and their courage" he added.
The two phase program begins
at the exact site of the first fligh
on December II, 1908 at 10:1!
o'clock where the visitor center
dedication will take place and thel
moves to the Dare County Shrine
Club nearby where the Wrigh
Brothers Memorial Luncheon will
be held under sponsorship of Xii
Devil Hills Memorial Society.
An exciting and dramatic phase
of the dedication program will b.
the flyover of super-jet aircraf
of the U. S. Air Force. This fly
over, an aerial tribute to tn
Wrights whose first flight covere'
120 feet in IL seconds 81 years ago
will take place at 1887 am. tn
exact time of the first flight from
the base of Kill Devil Hill here il
1903.
Detailed program Of the dedica
ton and memorial luncheon fol
lows: .,
Invocation by the Rev. Peter M
Denges of Kill Devil Hills, 10:1'
am; words ofs welcome, Mayor R
H. Cook, of Kill Devil Hills, 1920
following National Anthem b!
Elizabeth City's High School Bant
under direction of Scott Galloway
Welcome and remarks by Governel
Luther Hodges of North Carolina
1923 am; Description of Flyovel
by U. S. Air Force 10:35 O'Clock
followed by U. s. Air Force fly
over and aerial tribute to Wrigh
Brothers; NPS Director will intro
duce distinguished guests follow
ed by dedication address by Maj
Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, VISA
Corps, (Ret.). Following Genera
Foulois' address will be presen
tation by the Dare County Bo!
Scouts followed by the wreath lay
See PROGRAM, Page Five