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SEARCH FOR TUNA
BEGINS THIS WEEK
END OFF HATTERAS
Marine Biologists Expect to Find
Important Species in Caro-
lima Waters
Rx AYCOCK BROWN

Marine biologists and lnterna-
tionally known big game fishermen
have organized for a bluefin tuna
search off Hatteras this week end.
Scientists believe that giant blue
fins weighing from 300 to 1000
pounds may be found at this sea-
son near the eastern edge of the
Gulf Stream in their northward
migration. -,
Frank ]. Mather LII, research
associate, Woods Hole (Mass.)
Oceanographic Institute, one of the
worlds leading authorities on tuna
is already at Hatteras to co-ordi-
nate the search.
"Time of the migratory passage
of giant bluefin by the Western
Bahamas and of their arrival in
northern waters suggests strongly
that substantial numbers of these
fish may be off Cape Hatteras and
the North Carolina coast at this
time," Mather told group OF
scientists and anglers here at Hat
teras Marlin Club for the club
sponsored International Blue Mar
lin tournament this week TO par
ticipate in the research.
Mather said the boats would fish
with long line gear originate by the
Japanese commercial tuna fisher
men, and by deep sea trolling from
sportsfishing boats.
"Fishing will be attempted a
100 feet" Mather explained, "be
cause previous experience ha
shown large catches of tuna a
that depth on long line gear, 81
to 60 miles offshore."
The current operation will b
carried out June 1920.
Among marine scientists VIII
will participate are DR.. William
Hassler, N. C, State College; jaime
Morrow, Bingham Oceanogaphi
Laboratory, Yale University; job
R. Clark, marine sport fishing bic
logist with the U. s. Fish an
WildEfe Service; DR.. F. G. Walton
Smith, of the international Oceane
graphic Institute, University .
Miami; Donald deSylva, marine N
search associate at the Universit
of Delaware and several gradual
students.
Governor Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina who has been pa
ticipating in the tournament en-.
ling Thursday expressed q keen il
Iterest in the tuna research e.
Fluctuations off Hatteras this wee
See TUNA, Page Twelve
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ROB GIBBS AT OHIO STATE
DISCUSSING DUNE PROJECT

Robert r. Gibbs, superintendent
of Cape Hatteras National Sea-
shore, is in Ohio, where he Is 70
present a paper at Ohio State Uni
versity before the American So
ciety Of Agriculture and Engineer
ing. His subject is "The Dune
Sterilization Project of Cape Hat
teras National Seashore".
Mr.. Gibbs was accompanied by
Mrs. Gibbs and their son, johnnie.
Before returning to Dare County,
the family will visit Mrs. GlpDs
narents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Arm,
Ibosius in Hancock, Michigan, anG
then will visit Isle Royal Natlonal
PARK in Michigan, where Mr.. GiDps
ives formerly superintendent. The
final part of their three weeks traE
wip take them TO Batson, Mass.
where they will visit Miss faStS
Esbs.
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CLUB ENCOURAGED IN
MARKING HISTORIC SPOTS

Ralph Swain, Chairman Of a
Committee from the Manteo Rotary
Club reported Monday night that
he is receiving encouragement for
the Club sponsored program to
mark historic sites on Roanoke Is
land and other parts of Dare Ccun-
ty, for the benefits of tourists. Mr..
Swain read q letter from Hugh
Dortch, who pledged aid in supply
ing information about the Battle Of
Roanoke Island in 1862. Some 30
years ago, a county supported pro-
gram, erected large signboards at
the scene Of this battle; at Fort
Raleigh, at Mother Vineyard Road,
and on the Highway to the ferry
describing the work Of Fessenden
inventor Of the wireless Telephone.
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BANKING FACILITIES
ARE EXTENDED TO
CAPE HATTERAS
Bank Of Manteo Opens Branch at
Buxton; Rofarians Feature The
Event Monday Night

The Bank of Manteo opened it's
branch office at Buxton on Cape
Hatteras Monday, with Mrs. Curtis
Gray of Buxton in charge. Attend
ing from Manteo were w. r.
Pearce, Cashier, Frank B. Turner
of Raleigh, acting head of the bank,
w. S. White director, from Manns
Harbor, and Wallace R. Gray, Man
teo attorney and Ernest Fuller of
the Manteo office.
The branch is located tempo
rarily in the Hayes Fulcher build
ing. Mr.. Turner stated Monday the
bank expects to erect its own build
ing to house it. Permission to open
the Branch was given by the State
Banking Commission in February.
The opening of the new branch
was featured Monday night at the
Manteo Rotary Club, with Wallace
Gray leading the program. Mr..
Turner spoke to the club. In con-
nection with the movement for a
new bank, Mr.. Gray referred to a
brief asking for this extension,
which was prepared by the late
Ben Dixon MacNeill and which is
published elsewhere in this news
paper. Victor Meekins was asked
to make some remarks about Mac
Neill. He said:
Anything connected with the
Outer Banks is important to this
town and county. The Bank of Man.
teo for over a half century has
been a tremendous factor for good.
Hatteras Island has long since ar
rived and is an important part Of
the State.
"It would be difficult for anyone
to submit an epitome on few min
utes notice of the life and motives
of So complex a nature as was Ben
Dixon MacNeills. He loved his fell
bowman, that is, the truly worth
while of them. He had a solid sense
| of human values, and he had no
patience with the selfish and stupid
"He thought but little of people
who with little or no ability, had
an inordinate craving to win
honors and titles. Like all people
who are dedicated to helping the
community and county, he had the
CRUSADERS impotence to see things
accomplished. He cared nothing
about what others thought, he
craved none of the foolish adulation
and praise which is sought so
avidly, by So many who do so little
See BANK, Page Twelve
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PROGRAM OF DOCTORS
OF TWO STATES BEGINS
FRIDAY AT MACS HEAD

Many nationally recognized medt-
cal scientists will address the 6otn
annual meeting of the Seaboad
Medical Assn, this week end at
the Carohnian Hotel at Mays Head.
The association, composed OF
physicians from Virginia and North
Carolina, will begin its program
Friday at 2 pm, and sessions will
continue through Saturday morning
and afternoon.
Among the speakers will be
Bernard J. Alpers, professor OF neu-
rology Of jefferson Medical Col
lere; Ivan L. Bennett, professor
of pathology of Johns Hopkins
University; C. D. Creevy protes-
sor of urology, University OF MIN.
nesota; John R. Heller, director OF
the Natioanl Cancer Institute; and
Byrd S. Leavell, professor OF medl-
cine. University of Virginia.
Also, Waldo E. Nelson, professor
of pediatrics, Temple University;
Franklin L. Payne, professor OF
obstetetrics and Gynecology, UNI
versity Of Pennsylvania; Donald NJ
Pillsbury, professor of derma-
tology, University of Pennsylvania;
Thomas B. Quigley, assistant pro-
lessor of surgery, Harvard UNI
versity; John T. Sessions, associate
professor of medicine, University
of North Carolina, and Colon e.
Thomas, Jr., associate professor %
surgery, University Of North Caro-
lima.
A buffet supper and beach part!
Friday night and a banquet ant
dance Saturday night are socia
features of the meeting. Specia
program features also have been ar
ranged for members wives.
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POSTOFFICE DEPT.
SEEKS A BIGGER
BLDG. IN MANTEO
Growth Causes Bids 10 Be Sought
For Erection Of Much Larger
Accommodations

Due TO rapid growth of need for
a bigger post office building in
Manteo, the post office department
is planning to invite bids on con-
struetion of a much larger build
ing with more parking space than
the one now presently occupied.
The building now in use was built
some 20 years ago by C. r. Evans.
1t was considered at that time,
adequate for many years to come.
Early this year. the Postoffice
Department made known it's plans
to provide larger quarters. At that
time, Mr.. Evans offered to enlarge
his Building, but larger building
is not the whole thing these days.
Parking room enters into the pic
ture, and parking room has become
a problem in Manteo. A number
of business men didn't like the
idea of seeing the postoffice moved,
since it was most convenient to
them. However many other citizens
took the view it would be equally
convenient to more people at some
other place. In an effort to keep
the poStoffice where it is, NJ. l..
Daniels, a leading merchant, cir
cuiated a petition and got about
100 singers, urgently requesting it
be kept in the same building. These
names were largely of people in
business or employed nearby.
A recent letter from the Regional
Postoffiee Operations Director, in
dicates that the idea of keeping
the old building is discarded. He
says:
~The consenus of opinion is that
the present postoffice building does
not lend itself to expansion and
modernization under our present
standards.
sDtse to the fact that after eX-
pansion the present building would
not be entirely suitable from an
operahing standpoint, and in the
best interest of the public to be
served, we are renewing our eff
forts 10 obtain options on sites tor
the construction of a building fol
post office purposes at Manteo. i,
is believed that you will be pleased
with the quarters we hope to OBJ
tain under this arrangement"
So now it remains to be seer
what will be done to take care OF
present needs bearing in mind the
rapid growth of the community.
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YOUNG SAILOR HELD FOR
BELHAVEN'S MANS DEATH

Philip Ives Griffin, SO, a mer-
chant seaman of Belhaven was
found dead, apparently of blows
on the head on May 18th in the
Howard Hotel on Main Street, Nor
folk. On June 10, Richard L. l..
Blake, %, a merchant seaman of
Gorham, Me-, was placed under
$4,000 bond for appearance to ans
wer charges in Norfolk court that
he killed Griffin. Appearing to
press the charges last week was
Detective Sgt. John l.. Andrews Of
the Norfolk police department.
Andrews testified that Griffin
was "free bleeder" and died from
loss of blood from superficial cuts
on his head.
Blake's name was found in Crit
fins note book, Andrews said.
Andrews testified that Blake was
asked to come from his ship, the
USS independence, to the detective
Bureau for questioning. Blake
denied he knew Griffin or how his
name got in Griffin's note book,
Andrews said.
Blake then agreed to take lie
detector test said Andrews, after
which he was charged with the
murder.
The detective said Blake's wallet
was searched and Griffin's name
was found in it. Blake denied to
the policeman that he knew how
it got there.
Andrews testified that Blake then
gave an oral statement in which
he admitted meeting Griffin in .
tavern and drinking with him.
Blake, the detective said, told him
that he and Griffin went to Crit
fins hotel room and drank somt
more. Andrews said he hit Grit
fin on the head with the telephone
and left.
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COUNTY CHAIRMAN PERRY
URGES A BIG DARE VOTE

Regardless of how Dare County
goes next Saturday in the run-off
for Governor, l hope the people of
the county will turn out and show
their interest in the Democratic
party by one of the biggest votes
ever reported from this county"
Walter d. Perry Of Kill Devil Hills,
the Dare County Democratic chair
man said yesterday.
Mr.. Perry considers it important
for the prestige of the county that
its people show an interest in pub
lie affairs, even though there is
only the run off for Governor on
the ticket on June 25th.
Dare County people, who go
away in the interest of projects for
the benefit of the public shouldn't
have it thrown in their face that
"you people in Dare County don't
have enough interest in your own
welfare to turn out and VOTE" which
is a remark that is often made
Another is that the county, despite
all the benefits received, voted Re-
publican in the last presidential
election.
Speaking for himself however
Mr.. Perry said the party organi-
zation has no right to take sides
| in races between Democratic candi'
dates. The concern Of all members
of the party executive COMMITTEES
! is to urge q big turnout at thu
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PUERTO RICO LED
WEDNESDAY, DURING
MARLIN CONTEST
One Fish Weighing AL Pounds
Caught; Townsville Man Takes
Az Founder
BY AYCOCK BROWN

Puerto Rico took a commanding
lead in the Hatteras Blue Marlin
Fishing Tournament Wednesday
when San Juan banker Esteban A.
Bird added 335-pound blue mar
lin to 4411s-pound taken by team
mate David Rodriguez Tuesday.
The United States got in the rum
ming when N. Reese Layton of the
Ocean City, Md, Marlin Club,
moved into third place after Will
liam Akin of North Tarrytown, N.
Y, and 7. ]. Baugh of Charlotte,
N. c., paired a 2O0k-pounder and
1909 FOUNDER, respectively.
South Africa is nipping at the
heels of the Bahamas anglers.
Capt. Ebert van der Riet boated
a 439h pound fish aboard the Twin
II with Capt. Edgar Styron, pho
neer blue marlin charter captain
from Hatteras.
Two marlin were taken by non
affiliated anglers, fishing as in
dividuals.
Hal Lyman of Boston, Mass,
publisher of Salt Water Sportsman
magazine, fished with Riet aboard
the Twin II and caught a 392-pound
blue marlin.
George L. Hund1ey of Thomas
vile, fishing aboard the Olive E
owned by John Wood of Princess
Anne, Va, caught a 412-pounder.
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INTERESTING FIGURES CONCERNING POPULATION ON
OUTER BANKS DURING 80 YEAR PERIOD 1870 TO 1880

interesting the rise and fall population on tne
North Carolina according to figures OF
Census In 1885, Hateras Island had only l622 people Inc
larger official of this years census
Portsmouth, just Ocracoke Inlet was the
the Banks In 1870 had dropped popu
declined than dozen people,
Island had 1922 people in $780, and now has
lower end which Haeras township comprising the
communities of Buxton Frisco and Hatteras.
population in 1910 the result Of number OF
the Works Progress Administration CCC
Jobs and other activities which closed shortly AIT
Ocracokes population has continued steady and now
showing growth
Here figures which show population of four townships:
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E. R. JOHNSTON, Belhaven post
master has again been chosen to
held the mammoth July 4th celebra-
ton as overall chairman of this
important event which has become
a regular annual part of the life
of the town. American Legion Post
No. 249 sponsors the show of
course, and its members take ac-
tive parts. The morning is usually
devoted to a big water show; there
is big street parade, a nightly
fish fry at the community house;
a couple of beauty contests; big
time baseball games, carnival, a
ball, and plenty of music. Mr..
Johnton is now lining up his COM
mittees, and work is underway for
the event which will be two weeks
off from Monday.
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DARE CHAIRMAN FOR LAKE

RALEIGH. - Two prominent
Dare County residents have been
named Chairmen for The Dare
County Lake for Governor Com
mittee. They are Allen Mann of
Manteo, Chairman, and Bobby
Owens of Manteo, Co-Chairman.
Mr.. Owens was the manager in
Dare County for John Larkins in
the first primary.
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BEN MIDGET, IA, son of Mrs.
Terrah Midget of Wanchese, mate
aboard the sportsfishing vessel
''The Boys" owned by Capt. Willie
Etheridge, ST., jumped overheard
in Oregon Inlet last week and saved
the lives of two small boys after
the cupboard motor boat on which
they were riding was overturned,
and Donald Ray Woodland, a three
year old boy, was drowned. Three
adults escaped. Midget is a 10th
grader at Manteo High School.
(Aycock Brown Photo1
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Hakeras Township includes the villages OF buxoh FIco anu
Hatteras, Dare County.
Kennekee Townsnp the villages of Rodanthe Waves
Salvo and Avon, Dare County . .
Township Cartert County includes the small W
age on the North end Of Core Banks.
ocraoke Township embraces Island Of ocracoke in Hyde
County.
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Here are the figures which show population of four Townships
u...lao. E;suras Ranks III. to 1850
Evening star., 1960-12-04
THE SUNDAY STAR
Washington. D. c.
December 4 1860
Stock Prices Decline
Sharply During Week

provided no real springboard
for an advance.
Brokers professed to like the
way the market acted in the
face Of the gloomy business
news, the uncertain economic
outlook and the equally un-
certain plans Of the Kennedy
administration regarding bust
ness and finance.
Selling to establish tax
losses, and subsequent replace
ment buying, also tugged at the
market.
The five most active stocks
this week on the New York
Stock Exchange were American
Motors, off y at 1917 on 402,-
200 shares; Jersey Standard
off 112 at 381z on 319,400;
NAFI. up 73z at 337s on 237..
200, Transitron. up 11s al
363s on 1877 900 and Ampep, of
~ at 231s on 184,700.
Evening star., 1960-12-04
YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
Shorpers vs.. Boating
1Y SYLVIA PORTER

Our objective is to prevent
anyone in the trade from pro-
ducing and selling unsuitable
boats that sink; maintenance
free hulls that need mainte-
nance; 15-foot-long boats that
are less than Is feet: mahog-
any craft that are not mahog-
any-the list goes on. Get
rich and get out is sometimes
considered sole portfolio, and
let the devil take the hind
most, usually the public and
always the honest dealer.
@. PORTER: What are you
doing to stop the swindlers?
A. HEWITT: We struck the
first blow against them a few
weeks ago in Chicago. There.
the Federal Trade Commission
held a trade practice confer
ence initiated at our request,
to work out reasonable rules
based on existing law for the
advertising and sale Of pleas
ure boats. In January the
public will get an opportunity
to be heard on the subject at
a special hearing during the
National Motor Boat Show in
New York.
Improvement Is Hope
The results Of these industry
efforts will deprive the price
magicians Of their illegal sales
pitches, their near truths and
exaggerations, without which
their dubious output cannot
survive.
@. PORTER: Aren't boat
ing fatalities increasing at an
alarming rate?
A. HEWITT: Boating ia
talities are not increasing as
some hysterical and unin-
formed writer's would lead us
to believe. Attention is be-
ing focused on the accident
rate because for the first time
accurate statistics are being
compiled by the United States
Coast Guard under the new
Federal and State boat regis
tration laws. The facts are
far from alarming and indi-
cate that the accident rate ac-
tually is decreasing In view OF
the tremendous growth In
ownership Of boats.
What we did in Chicago and
will do in New York eventually
will provide a safeguard for the
new boat owner, but the public
must remain vigilent.
Distributed, 1860. by The Hall
Syndicate, Inc, All Rights Reserved)
Evening star., 1960-12-04
Business
BY RIP WATSON
Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-The
stock market this week posted
its sharpest weekly decline on
average in a month and a half
The Associated Press 60-stock
average declined 2.20 to 214.10
making it the largest drop since
one of 400 in the week ended
October %. The Dow Jones
averages of 80 industrials was
of 10.47 at $500.
Prices were rising as the week
ended. and the question along
Wall Street was: is it a tech
nical rally or, hopefully, the
start Of a traditional" year.
end rally?
Brokers seemed to think the
former was more likely. For one
thing, the business news wal
mostly bad and therefore
Evening star., 1960-12-04

In the past few years pleas.
ure boating has become
reasonable luxury for middle.
income families. Behind this
burgeoning growth is a story
of efforts to curb the SHARP
operator and keep the industry
healthy.
Today's interview is with
Fred L. Hewitt. jr., president
of the National Association oi
Engine and Boat Manufac.
turers and also president Of two
large bodybuilding companies
@. PORTER: To what ex.
tent have the swindlers anc
fast money" boys entered the
pleasure boating industry?
A. HEWITT: The pleasure
boating industry is currently
in the midst of a crucial phase
and, in a very real sense, y
battling for its life.
Pioneers Cited
Before World War II, boat
builders generally operated ir
the same fashion as Noah
specifications were laid down b.
the buyer and the craft wal
built to house so many people
and so many facilities.
Among these builders there
existed a handful Of pioneer
who believed in the future o
stock boats - craft built IL
quantity to the same specifica
tions, and consequently less ex
pensive to construct. Thei
faith burst into the great in
dustry boom of the last decade
Enter the profiteer. Evrey in
dustry has them. every industr!
fights them. and boating is NJ
exception. The battlefield is a
the point of sale to th'
consumer. everywhere. Tht
weapons are numerous: unscru'
pulous advertising and pub
licity. premiums and pric,
cutting, brought to such ex'
tremes that the honest mer'
chant must think more thar
twice before he takes on, q line
Fraudulent elements operat'
basically the same in all in
dustries. but in boating th'
specific techniques used arr
doubly vicious because of thi
nature of the product. 1t is tre'
mendous folly to compare buy
ing a boat with buying a re-
frigerator, to depend solely OF
warranties or guarantees. There
is no recourse in Fiddler
Green.
Evening star., 1960-12-10

GOOD HOPE HILLs-Apt. home
with larse porches: 10 minutes
from the Capitol; overlooking
Suitland pkwy., Oxon Run Park
picnic grounds and new golf
course open to public: / bedroom
and porch. $7I to $3.50: g bed
rooms and porch, $Sl to S94 80.
Detached small buildings, home-
like atmosphere, beautifully iand-
scaped; quiet, friendly neighbor-
hood in suburban setting. Three
exposures in every apt: large
rooms, ample closets: porch conv.
for dining. sleeping and living;
rear stairs to spacious fenced-in
lawns for safe play; plumbing in
kitchen for washing machine, OUT
side drying: industrial STORAGE
lockers: building wired for air
conditioners; short walk to two
1-fsre buslines. shopping center.
schools and theater; off-street
parking. Good Hope Hills Is west
st. Sc. Rental ONCE open daily
between 10 am. and $3.50 pm.
1000 Both st. Sc. LU. 1890.
WAVERLY TAYLOR, INC.
Evening star., 1960-12-10

s;E,Il bedrm., iiy. Tn., din, Eit.,
hath bath, i, lss tir.;; NV qtils. incl; close
Evening star., 1960-12-10
AIR-CONDITIONED
CARLTON HOUSE

COMPLETELY FURNISHED. FULL
HOTEL . ~, sERviSE OPTIONAL. !,
IN WAeHINGTON's MOST Elk
elusive APT. HOTEL.