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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, 1960-02-19
BALL GAMES WILL
AID HEART FUND IN
HYDE NEXT WEEK

Hyde citizens are promised some
interesting basketball games next
week, as the All-Star basketball
tournament aids the Heart Fund
in reaching its goal.
Tuesday night, February % at
Sladesville gym, Belhaven team
will match abilities with SHADES
vile. The second game will be be-
tween Engelhard and Fairfield,
Immediately afterward.
At Engelhard gym Friday night
the Goth, the losers Of Tuesday
night will play the other losing
team, followed by a test of strength
between the winning teams of Tues
day night. Game time is set for
7:30 each night.
Proceeds from these events will
be turned over to Hyde County
chapter of the Heart Fund. Jimmy
Cox of Belhaven and Mrs. Odes-
sa Jarvis of Engelhard have played
a large hand in arranging the
games. Mrs. Ada Harris of Fair
field is general chairman of the
drive, and urges all to support this
and other phases of the drive as
literally as possible. Heart Sunday
will be observed February % at
which time a house-to-house can
vass will be underway throughout
the county.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-02-19
BEN DIXON MACNEILL
IS RECOVERING FROM
HIS RECENT ILLNESS

Ben Dixon MacNeill of Buxton
on-Cape Hatteras is recovering
from recent serious illness which
made it necessary for him to be
rushed to the us. Veterans Hos
pital at Kecoughtan, Va, by Coast
Guard Helicopter several days ago.
He was suffering from heart
condition, pneumonia and hiccups
when flown to the hospital.
The former newspaperman who
turned author when he wrote the
best-selling Mayflower Award book
"The Hatterasman," wrote a friend
in Manteo this week as follows:
at has ben a murky two weeks,
about half of it in delirium. I'm
not used TO fever, pneumonia, plus
some other ailments but / seem
to DO on the mend now. Hiccups
lasted 11kdays. I have been clear
closer of fever four days. I'm off
the serious list now"
He will probably be confined TO
the Kecoughtan hospital for sew
eral days.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-02-19
KITTY HAWK SHOW
WHOPPlNG SUCCESS;
COMING TO MANTEO

Despite Indictment weather, the
Variety Show staged at Kitty
Hawk School last Saturday night
was considered a complete success,
with about $3.50 reported raised for
the Girl Scout troop.
Featured performer was "Cousin
Tibble" of WTAR-TV fame, who
has agreed to return to Dare Coun-
ty on March 10, for a repeat per-
Torrance at Manteo High School
The March program
will be under sponsorship of Man
teo PTA, and reports are that tic
kets will soon pc on sale fossthe
event. Several additional acts will
be included in the March show.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-02-19
BLUE MARLIN TOURNEY
PLANS FOR HATTERAS
DISCUSSED IN RALEIGH

Preparations are now underway
for an International Blue Marlin
inter-team tournament in Cape
Hatte1ias waters on June 1916 this
year. 1t will be sponsored by Hat
teras Marlin Club. About 20 teams
from the United States, Venezuela,
Puerto Rico, Mexico, the south and
west coasts of the United States
and possibly from as far away as
South Africa are expected to COM
pete in the piscatorial attraction,
largest of its kind ever to be held
between Wedgeport and Ocean
City, and, Florida and the Ba-
hamas.
Members of a committee from
the tournaments sponsoring Hat
teras Marlin Club met in Raleigh
last week to complete initial plan
ming for the event. Among those at
tending was chairman Charles f.
Johnson president Of Hatteras
Marlin Club, Ross H. Walker, Rich
mond, Walter J. Wilkins, Norfolk,
Earl N. Phillips and Willis Slane,
High Point, Joe Morton, Green's
boro, DR.. William w. Hassler, N.
C. State College, DR.. ]. e. Morrow,
Yale University, Woodrow Price,
Raleigh and the clubs managing
director Bounce" Anderson Of Hat
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EROSION CREEPS NEAR
WATERGATE FOUNDATION
OF ELIZABETHAN GARDEN

Stormy weather has resulted in
considerable erosion at various
ocean and soundside locations on
the Dare Coast recently.
During the Northwestern this
week sound waters almost under
mined the water gate foundations
at Ehzabethan Garden near Fort
Raleigh. Just north of the garden
on private property the rough wa
tiers resulted in a live oak tree
being washed down in an area
where several dead trees also lay
along the shore. Other recent tides
have been .eroding this shore line
steadily.
Rough waters at the barricade
of NC 345 on the North End of
Roanoke Island washed away soil
of the embankment and made a
cave under one side of the dead
end fencing. If the barricade is
not moved seveal feet south of its
present location there could be dam
ger of an automobile making the
turn and caving through the as
phalt. Highway officials have been
advised Of the predicament.
No additional damage 30 shore
property was reported in the
beaches area where cottages were
damaged by high surf and seas
during o northeaster several days,
ago.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-02-19
AUTO-HORSE COLLISION
BRINGS MINOR INJURIES

Painful injuries came to Miss
Roxy Etheridge daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gus Etheridge of Manteo
late Wednesday afternoon, the re-
suit Of collision between an auto
and Miss Etheridge's horse which
she was riding. She is presently
being treated in Marine Hospital,
Norfolk, for knee injury, and un-
dergoing x-ray exams.
The accident occurred in front
of Manteo Baptist Church ut inter
section of Main Street with the
state highway: Driver Of the auto
mobile, 1866 Chevrolet, was Miss
Raye Respess Of Manteo. Approxi-
mately SIG damage resulted to the
car. No III effects were reported
TO the horse.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-02-19
PIRATE KING JULIAN
PLANS CARAVAN SOON
TO RICHMOND VA. AREA

Dare Coast Pirate Jan1boree
King Julian Oneto announced this
week that a full Pledged caravan
of Dare Coast pirates would in
wade Richmond and the Virginia
sector during early March.
A smaller group including the
Rotary Clubs Pirate Quartet will
be guests of the Ahoskie Rotary
Club on March 10.
King Julian announced that plans
hre developing for additional cara
vans TO Raleigh and North Caro-
lima cities and possibly TO WASH
ington, d. c., in advance of the
sixth annual Pirate Jamboree on
the last week end Of April this
year.
Various Ja1nboree committees
are now working on additional
plans for the Spring Vacation
launching event.
Lawrence L. Swain Is overall
chairman of the Jamboree this year
and his co-chairmlan is Herbert
Van Week Of Kitty Hawk. A gem
eral meeting of the Jamboree
groups is planned for late February
at which time additional plans viii
be announced along with the prog
ress that has been made by the
Hatteras Island group who will
helm fSDo0Eor tho aI(.co4snfv nx,onk
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J. S. DORTON, JR.
ELECTED BY BOARD
TO MANAGE DRAMA
Son Of State Fair Manager Will
Arrive in Manfeo Soon to
Start Promotion

J. Sibley Dorton Jr., of Shelby,
son of the longtime manager of
North Cardinals State Fair, will
manage the Lost Colony during the
outdoor dramas Goth season.
Dorton, 30, was elected by direc-
tors of the Roanoke Island His
torical Association at a meeting
Friday at the Sir Walter Hotel.
He was recommended by a COM
mittee headed by Mrs. Fred Nor
rison of Washington.
The new manager succeeds Dick
Jordan of Mays Head, who has
been in charge of the outdoor pro-
duction since 1862. Jordan resigned
because of other interests.
Opens In June
Dorton told the Associations di-
rectors he is prepared to go to
work Immediately. The drama will
open in June and has it's 100Oth
performance tentatively scheduled
for July 9.
A graduate of Davidson College,
Dorton served as executive vice
president of the Southern States
Fair at Charlotte from 1854
through 1858, was assistant man
ager of the Cleveland County Fair,
served this past year as admin
istrator and public relations di-
rector for the Brevard Music Cen
ter and now is exective vice
president of the Southern States
Improvement Company, a family
owned real estate corporation.
His father, DIR. j. S. Dorton, has
the State Fair for ap-
proximately "a quarter century.
Mrs. Mabel Evans Jones and AL
bert @. Bell of Manteo and /. p.
Davis of Winton were elected hon
orary members of the Associations
board. Mrs. Jones produced the
first Lost Colony play in 1921,
Bell designed and built the theater
where the outdoor drama now is
staged, and Davis has long been
active in the work of the Associ-
alton.
Prior to the board meeting, a
public relations committee headed
by D. Victor Meekins, of Manteo,
met and discussed plans for pro-
noting Lost Colony this season.
An executive committee meeting
is planned for April in Manteo.
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ARMY CRAFT PLAN
A RETURN VISIT TO
ROANOKE ISLAND
Fifty Fl. Eusfis Graft Numbering
500 Men. Expected to Re-
peat Landing Drills

The assault landing practice par.
ticipated in by some 500 men from
the 159th Transportation Battalion
from Fort Eustis, Va, was so sue
cessful in Croatan Sound the first
week in November that Col. Jos.
D. McNally is planning to send
his men back soon.
Col. McNally's advance officers
in town few days ago, said their
men were treated so royalty here
they are looking forward to
another visit. Citizens of Roanoke
Island and vicinity made it point
to treat the boys fine, to welcome
them in the community's churches,
and our people were delighted with
the courtesy and good order mani
Tested by this large group. They
stayed four days.
The fleet will be based at the
Manteo Airport.
On their visit in November many
sightseeing trips were made to the
Airport, and young people got a
great kick out of seeing how the
soldiers living under conditions
which simulated modern warfare.
Boats stood off in the sound,
and the soldiers made landings on
the beach nearby drove their equip
ment ashore, and Conquered the
country"
Plans now are to send 600 SOL
diers as compared with less than
500 on the first visit, and they will
make their headquarters off the
Manteo airport for Ten days, March
9Th to 18th. There is also prospect
that a larger assault landing drill
will be conducted by this detach-
ment during the course of the
Pirate Jamboree about April 29th.
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JOHN HENRY HARRIS who will
conduct demonstrations on shrub
berry planting and landscaping with
an accompanying lecture in Man
teo Tuesday, February %. His APP
pearance is under sponsorship of
Dare County Home Demonstration
Clubs, and Mrs. Beulah Gaylord,
Dare agent, will assist. Tit meet
ing is. scheduled for 10 am. TIL
noon in the Community Building
and all interested persons are urged
to attend, states Mrs. Gaylord.
Harris, 46, is a native of Chat
ham County. He has been with NC.
State College since leaving his po-
sition as superintendent of city
parks in Greensboro in 1888. He is
a 1887 graduate of State College,
receiving his B. S. degree in land
scape architecture. In his present
status, Harris is in. charge of horti-
culture activities for the NC. Agri-
cultural Extension Service. Harris
is "a member of Alpha Zeta, national
honorary agricultural fraternity,
American Society for Horticultural
Science, and the Mems Horticultural
Club of which he was president
in 1947.
He has had many circulars and
bulletins published. His weekly
newspaper column ''The Tar Heel
Gardener" is one of the most pop
ular articles of its type in the state.
He also has a weekly radio pro-
gram of the same name.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-02-19
INLET DREDGING
BIDS TOO HIGH;
LETTING DELAYED
Bids viii Be Called Again Later
in Month; LaPorte Low Bid
der at $l9o.36o

The first phase of Oregon Inlet
dredging under the Corps of Engi-
neers plan for deeper water serv-
ing Wanchese and Manteo, suffer
ed delay this week as bids were
opened on the 18th and found con-
siderably higher than government
estimates of $4,000. Low bidder
was reported to be j. A. Laporte
at $190,360.00; Atkinson Dredging
Co., was about $1,000 higher.
Col. R. P. Davidson, district engi-
neer, stated Thursday that bids for
the 12-foot-deep by 100-foot-wide
inside channel would be called for
again about the last of February,
and hoped there would be no fur
Their delay. Assuming the contract
is let at this time, the project COM
pletion date would remain un-
changed, July 81.
Meanwhile, involving the bar
channel, Col. Davidson advised that
the Corps of Engineers hopper
dredge Clyde" can't operate in the
water through which the
ocean bar channel from deep water
to the inlet near Pea Island will
be cut.
The dredge needs 10.5 feet
depth in which to operate, and the
bar is only SO feet deep.
AS a result, the engineers will
ask for bids on two different plans
to get the 14-foot deep bar chan
mel dredged. Whichever method
gets the cheapest bid will be used.
Colonel Davidson said either a
pipeline dredge will provide a mar
row pilot channel across the bar
1914 feet deep, allowing the Hyde
to complete the job, or a pipeline
dredge will be used TO dredge the
entire 400-foot wide channel across
the ocean bar.
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CHEST x-RAYS URGED
FOR HYDE CITIZENS
DURING COMING WEEK

-Four hundred and fifty three
people have had a chest X-Ray
made by unit in County from Feb
ruary through February 18th.
The x-ray unit will be at Fair
field, February 18th, 18th and
20th and at Engelhard February
%, "a, Is, 26, 9th. Everyone is
years and over Is encouraged to
have q chest x-Ray.
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FELLOWSHIP AND FESTIVITY
TO RISE TO GREATEST HEIGHT
ON OUR COASTLAND IN 1860
Many Circumstances Combine TO Make This a
Year Of Consequence in the Coas+Iand, With
Series OF Events to Touch the Hear+s+rinqs
Of People From Afar Tremendous Increase in
Visitors Expected.

The year 1860 is shaping up as
a memorable one in this Coastland
from the standpoint of fellowship
and festivity. Beginning with the
Pirates Jamboree in April, there
is a series of events planned which
will center attention on our coast
and bring many more visitors than
usual.
The movement for a Coastland
Homecoming during the summer
season in connection with the Goth
anniversary of the creation of
Dare County as a political SUBJ
division, will mean much also to
the neighbor counties of CurTituck,
Ty1'ell and Hyde from which
counties Dare was created. These
counties have been invited to Join
with Dare in making a great sue
cess of the event.
A celebration is planned for Hat
teras in May to dedicate an air
strip in honor of the late General
Billy Mitchell, who based his OPP
erations in air strategy from this
locality. In June, the first inter
national Blue Marlin tournament
will attract world attention to Hat
teras.
Dedication of the new memorial
museum at Kill Devil Hills is ex-
pected to take place during this
summer.
AS always, the 18th of August
which will be the 373rd anniversary
of the birth of Virginia Dare at
tracts wide interest on the part
of the historically and periodically
minded. History records Virginia
Dare, born on Roanoke Island in
1887 as the first child of English
parents born in the territory of
the Is original United States.
Actually, English explorers had
landed on Roanoke. Island three
years earlier, and the expedition
bringing Virginia Dare's parents
was the third one to the North
Carolina coast by English explor-
ers.
The Pirates Jamboree April 29-
80 is expected to be one of the
prime attractions of the tourist
season, as usual, with big out
door fish fry at Hatteras, and two
days of outdood festivities in the
Kitty Hawk to Manteo area.
A new addition this year to the
Pirates Jamboree attractions is
expected in an assault landing drill
by the 159th boat battalion of Fort
Eustis, Va.
A district conference CT Rotary
clubs will be held at the Caro-
lianian at Mays Head May 13-14th.
Establishment of automobile
ferry service between Ocracoke and
Sea Level is expected during
March.
On the completion of the Oregon
Inlet, Manteo, Wanchese, deep
water project this summer, ded-
ication ceremonies are expected to
be held at Wanchese. This project
will bring to the Raleigh Coast
land larger vessels than have been
enabled to make port here north
of Beaufort.
On June 25th, the Lost Colony
will open for the goth season, and
shortly afterward the 1,000th per-
Torrance will be held. Many dis
guests will be invited.
See 1860, Page Four
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BARBECUE SUPPER SAT.
FOR SOULE CHURCH FUND

The Soule Church is sponsoring
a barbecue supper, chicken or pork,
on Saturday, February goth from
5 to Z o'clock pm. in the agricul-
tural building at Swan Quarter.
The prices are adults 500, chill
dren SO cents. Proceeds win DO
used o. q building fund.
Evening star., 1960-03-13

WOOL AND NYLoN
TimeIess IA colors). Tiv.
oil (l6 colors) and Tandem
IA coIors). are 70% fine
imported wool and 30%
virgin carpet nyIon.
Evening star., 1960-03-13

WOOL Beau Lane (9
colors), Besu eeste (9
coIors), and Bsau ersade
no coIoTs) are l0o% fine
imported wool.
Evening star., 1960-03-13

NVLoN saysaara u2
colors) and Award III
colors) are l00% virgin
carpet nylon.
Evening star., 1960-06-01
Senute Unit Adds
To River, Horbor
Works Measure
By the Associated Press

The Senate Public Works
Committee yesterday approved
a bill to authorize $1,547,Ol6,-
352 in new flood control, navi-
cation and beach erosion prof.
ects throughout the country.
Included among the approved
projects are a $3.6 million food
control item for the North
Fork Of Pound River in Vir-
ginia, q flood control survey
OF the Patuxent River in Mary
land and a navigation survey
of Sturgeon Greek in Virginia.
The measure-the omnibus
rivers and harbors bill-was
passed by the House last year,
with project authorizations
totaling $658,310.5OO.
The Senate committee added
scores Of additional projects on
which the Army Engineers have
completed feasibility studies
since the House action.
The Senate committee also
included a number of projects
on which favorable reports Of
the Army Engineers are antici-
pated before congressional &C
ton on the measure is COM
pleted.
The Senate bill contains
language to permit both the
Army Engineers and the
Reclamation Bureau to evalu-
ate recreational benefits of
reservoir projects and include
this information in feasibility
computations.
Evening star., 1960-06-01
Report Finds
No Abuse in
!. .NBCTactics

Il |
The Justice Department told
1.-THE House Antitrust subcom-
llnittee today 1t found no evil
dence that the National Broad
casting Co. abused affiliation
power in trying to acquire tele-
vision stations.
The report submitted by AS
sistant Attorney General Rob-
ert A. Bicks, however, failed
to satisfy Representative Gel
Ter, Democrat Of New York,
chairman of the House Judi
ciary Committee and its Anti
trust Subcommittee.
Mr.. Celler was quoted by the
Associated Press as saying he
was seriously considering re-
sumption Of hearings on the
television industry" He said
he believed network tactics
might bring about further re-
Strictive legislation.
The Departments investiga-
ton had been requested by Mr..
Celler. He particularly wanted
to know why the Department
decided not to block MICS pro-
posed acquisition Of television
stations in Boston and San
Francisco, and he complained
that the network might thus
be able to acquire too big a
share Of nv outlets in the Ma
tons biggest markets.
NBC and RCA Charged
The issue arose more than
three years ago when the JUS
tice Department charged that
NBC and its parent, Radio
Corp. Of America, conspired to
obtain very high frequency TV
stations in five major markets
by unlawful use of its power to
grant or deny network affilia-
tions. The case was settled last
year by an order TO NBC to dis
pose of Station WRCV-TV in
Philadelphia.
NBC subsequently announced
it had tentatively agreed with
RKO General to exchange the
Philadelphia station for RKO's
Station WNAC-Tv in Boston.
It also announced it had agreed
to sell Station WRC-TV in
Washington to RKO and buy
Station KTVU in San Fran
cisco. Those proposed transac-
tions are subject to Federal
court and FEC approval.
Demanded Report
When the Justic Department
entered no objection to the
transactions, Mr.. Celler de-
manded a report as to whether
the departments attitude
makes a nullity of the decree
or demonstrates that the decree
is worthless.
The report to the committee
today declared that every ef-
fort was made to determine
whether NBC abused its affilia-
ton to obtain an advantage
over RKo Generals, but no
facts were developed showing
the abuse of the afiliation
power"
"AS a matter Of fact" the re-
port added, "the evidence OBJ
tanned seems more consistent
with the proposition that RKO
General occupied a stronger
bargaining position than NBC."
Evening star., 1960-07-17
TOP TUNES

"There's this kid Sut-
side" "
"Okay," Luigi said
wearily.
"I've got one song I
want you to hear" the
young man said, after
he was admitted. It was
Jess Barry again.
The song was "Tell
Laura I Love Her." Jess
had written it with a
colleague, Ben Raleigh.
The song was an odd
one, about a boy who
can't win the girl he
loves, enters an auto
race, crashes and as
they pull him from the
flaming wreckage, says
only, "Tell Laura I Love
Her"
eve knew we would
be criticized for the
song, and we were,"
Luigi said later. "But in
this business you have
to experiment or you're
just copying everyone
else"
They showed the song
to Ray Peterson and
told him to learn it over
the week end; they
would record on Mon
day.
On Saturday, Ray
called the arranger. II
can't record this" he
said.
Evening star., 1960-07-17
TEEN. P0ge z
By HARRY BACAS
Star Stan Writer

Successful recording
directors are among the
most beseiged men in
the music business. Pub
fishers, songwriters and
writer's agents are al
ways waiting to see
them.
Hugo and Luigi, a di-
recting team for RCA-
Victor, are among the
most successful in the
country. So the lines
outside their doors are
unusually long.
Because an unknown
writer may have a hit
song under his arm, di-
rectors like Hugo and
Luigi listen to as many
of them as they can.
That was how a young
New York writer named
Jess Barry gave them a
song called "Teen-Age
Sonata"
Hugo and Luigi didn't
know Jess Barry, but
they liked his song and
bought it. They had
Sam Cooke record it.
Some time later, at
the end of a long aft
ernoon, Luigi became
aware that his secre-
tary had been saying
at intervals for hours,
Evening star., 1960-07-17

The recording session
was held on Monday
night. Laura" was the
last piece. When they
came to it, Ray told
the directors, "We can't
make this song. I laugh
when I do it,
They insisted. After
the first few trials, Ray
suddenly began to get