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The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1961-11-24
MEN APPROVE
MASONIC LODGE MERGER

A proposal for the merger of the
Wanchese Masonic Lodge with the
Manteo Lodge was approved by a
heavy majority Thursday night of
last week, it is reported by lodge
officials, and the final outcome
awaits vote by the Manteo Lodge
on Monday night of this week.
The plan would take over the
membership into the Manteo Lodge
No. 6S2, which would be given the
number Of the Wanchese Lodge No.
521. The Manteo Lodge has under
construction in Manteo a large mod
ern hall, which is creditable
achievement for a lodge with a
small membership. Merger of the
two lodges would mean a total
membership for the Manteo Lodge
Of nearly 500, which is an unusually
large number of members for lodges
in areas Of this size. The Manteo
Lodge would have more than
$4,000 a year in membership dues,
plus the worth of the assets of the
Wanchese Lodge, which was found.
ed nearly go years ago.
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NORRIS w. AUSTIN, who is the
postmaster at Corolla on Currituck
Beach has the distinction of serv-
ing the loneliest community on the
Carolina coast, now that its school
is gone, and so many Of the fami-
lies have moved away. The blood Of
Hatteras and Nags Head ancestry
flows deep in Mr.. Austin's veins,
and he loves his community and see
great things in the future for it
especially after road is built to
connect Nags Head and Virginia
Beach. Mr.. Austin grew up in this
community, and he loves it. He
first attended school there, then the
Griggs High School in Popular
Branch, and KEGS Coastal business
college in Norfolk. When his father
Johnny Austin retired early this
year, as postmaster, Norris was ap-
pointed. There was no scramble fo1
the office in Corolla, as only about
a dozen people live in the COM
munity. In the famed Whaleshead
club owned by George T. Mclean
and others of Portsmouth, a boys
academy is conducted in the sum-
mer. More and more people each
year are attracted to this quiet
area, which has North Carolina's
most beautiful beach area. In all
about 50 people get mail at Corol.
la postoffice. Before the Coasi
Stations in the area were abandon
ed, and the crew removed from the
light tower. Corolla was large and
happy community, with a two
teacher school. It has Baptis,
church, and services are held there
by visiting preachers.
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GERMANS PAY TRIBUTE
TO WV II DEAD SUNDAY
DIED OFF WlMBlE SHOALS

In Hampton, Va, at the National
Cemetery on Sunday, West German
Consul r. w. Weiss of Norfolk
and three West German army Of
ficers paid somber tribute to SIS
World War II dead buried there.
Wreaths were placed and us.
Navy bugler sounded taps. Then
the living who paid homage left
the dead in peace after Consul
Weiss said; "It is not my purpose
today to review the causes of the
great conflict which necessitated
these men being called into SER
vice."
Twenty-nine Of the men honored
were drowned in the sinking of the
U-S5, first enemy submarine sskill-
ed" during the "battle of the At
lantic" when it came close to Amer
lean shores in early 1912.
Already many merchantmen had
been sent to the oceans bottom by
enemy subs, before the tide of bat
tie changed on April IA, 1912. 1t
was on that date that the old
World War destroyer Roper made
contact with the U-85 between
Wimble Shoals and the outer Dia-
mond, of Diamond Shoals, off the
North Carolina Outer Banks near
Cape Hatteras.
The U-85 had fired one torpedo
towards the Roper and missed be-
fore the destroyer opened fire with
her deck guns on the target which
showed plainly in the light Of the
searchlights.
Seriously damaged while trying
to submerge, the Roper'ss depth
charge finished off the U-S5 and af-
ter daylight the bodies of the VIC
TINS who had lost their lives after
trying to escape.
Although they were "the enemy
the bodies Of the U-85 crew were
taken to Norfolk, and buried with
military honors.
With far less honors, number
Of bodies, mostly gun crewmen Of
English or Allied merchant vessels
were recovered along the North
Carolina coast and buried at More
head City, on Cape Hatteras and at
Ocracoke Island where an English
Cemetery with the buried bodies Of
four members Of the crew Of Inns
Bedfordshire, lost off the Outer
Banks in May 1912 is visited each
year by many who vacation on the
island.
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MACS HEAD c OF C
TO SPONSOR DRIVE
FOR "CENTER" FUNDS
WA Attempt TO Raise Balance oi
$4,000 December
~ I2-l5

Under Nags Head Chamber of
Commerce sponsorship, a one week
drive will be held on the Dare
Beaches, December 11-15, in an eff
fort to complete the raising of an
initial amount necessary for con-
struction of the proposed @Conven-
tion Center and Museum Of the Out
er Banks of North Carolina"
The project, planned to be built
on the south side Of Colington Is
land road, adjacent to the Wright
Brothers National Memorial reser-
walton and close by us. Highway
15S is expected to cost approxi-
rnately $275,O0O. Completion date
is now expected to be in late 1862
or early 1868, it was announced
today by Mrs. Elizabeth Smith,
secretary of the Nags Head Cham
Der of Commerce.
Under her direction, approximate
II 100 key members Of the chamber
are being contacted through
a unique plan of daily post card
mailings starting early next week.
Each member win be urged to at
tend general meeting on Friday,
December 8, at Nags Head to dis
cuss final plans for q kickoff
breakfast in st. Andrews Parish
House on December II which will
begin the one week drive.
"Already we have raised through
cash investments or pledges almost
$4,000 of the 100000 needed in
order to borrow the balance neces-
sary for construction" said Mrs.
Smith.
Practically all of the 100 key
members who will be urged to par
ticipate in the week-long drive De-
cember Ills are vacation opera
tor owners of hotels, motels, cot
tage courts or other businesses
which share in Dare's big tourist in
dustry. They are in business at Kit
ty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Nags
Head or on Nearby Roanoke Is
land.
The Convention Center project
when completed would put the Dare
Beaches area on par with any
eastern North Carolina resort for
handling large convention groups.
The main auditorium will be large
enough to handle $50 persons in
mass meetings or more than 500 at
banquets. A feature of the center
may be special facility where the
population could seek refuge from
nuclear fall-out or during severe
storms, it was stated.
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MISS AMERICA PAGEANT
WITHOUT WOMEN NOV. 80

Al "Miss America Pageant" with
out women will be presented at
eight o'clock Thursday night, Nov
.ember 80, in the auditorium Of
Manteo High School, sponsored by
the Manteo Schools Booster Club.
Judges will make their decisions in
three categories: evening gown, sun
suit and talent. Already entered in
the contest are Glenn Bonner and
Miss General Supply, Ralph
Swain as "Miss City Market" and
Ralph Unphlett. Entrants will come
from Manteo, Wanchese, Manns
Harbor and the Dare Beaches. If
anyone who has not been contacted
would like to place an entry, It may
be done by contracting Mrs. Gordon
Kellogg in Manteo.
r. E. (Dick) Jordan win be &C.
companist, and John n. Long will
be master Of ceremonies.
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MEETING TO PLAN
JAMBOREE CALLED
FOR THIS SUNDAY
Poor Attendance at Nov. II Meet.
ing Results in Postponement Of
Planning Action

All area residents interested in
the advertising and promotion of
the Dare Coast-O Outer Banks region
through the Dare Coast Pirates
Jamboree which has officially
kicked-off the vacation season for
the past seven years, are again urg-
ed by Herbert vanvleek, 1861 chair
man Of the event to attend a meet
ing in The Anchor Club of Caro-
linian Hotel at Nags Head next
Sunday (November 26) at 2 o'clock.
VanVleek had called a meeting
for Sunday afternoon November 12,
but due to variety Of other activi-
ties such as good fishing and much
autumn vacation patronage on Hat
teras Island, a YDC-meeting in
Raleigh on that week end, etc, only
a handful of people showed up.
Therefore, we took no definite
action on organization plans for a
Pirates Jamboree in 1862" said
VanVleek.
"The interest shown by residents
of the county in attendance at the
meeting on Sunday afternoon, may
or may not determine whether we
continue launching our Dare Coast
vacation season each year with the
Pirates Jamboree," he added.
A notice of the second meeting,
the one scheduled for Sunday af-
ternoon, November 26, has been
forwarded a list of persons who
have been most active in the spring
festival during former years.
"This does not mean that persons
who do not receive one of the
notices by mail is not urged to at
tend. We are most anxious for all
persons interested in North Caro-
lina's most successful and unique
advertising and promotion festival,
the Dare Coast Pirates Jamboree,
to attend the meeting on Sunday.
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MRS. SALLIE C. MIDGETT
DIES IN NORFOLK TUESDAY

NORFOLK - Mrs. SaIlie Sue
Coffield Midget, "a, died in q Nor
folk hospital Tuesday at $40 am.
after short illness.
She was a native of BERTHE Coun-
~ and lived in Manteo, most all her
life, many years before residing in
Norfolk at 8009 Galveston Blvd. the
last year. She lived for few years
in Currituck County where the
family engaged in farming.
She was the widow Of John w.
Midget and was a member of Man
teo Baptist Church. Her husband
was q long time Captain Of the
ferries at Roanoke Island.
She is survived by a son Louis
Clyde Midget Of Norfolk; four
grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
The body was taken from Derry
Twiford Funeral Home to Mantec
Baptist Church Thursday at 1 pm.
for . funeral service at 2 pm.
The Rev. M. J. Davis officiated.
Burial was in the Manteo cemetery
whore her husband was buried sew
eral years ago.
She was the mother Of the late
Miss Clara Midget who died in
Richmond, and the late Lloyd Mid
gett q well-hnown tasicab driver
and merchant Of Manteo.
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GREAT OPPOSITION
AROUSED IN HYDE
OVER BOMB RANCE
Hearing by Armed Services Com
mitiee Set for January; Fear
Damage to Wildfowi Interests

A delay in the plans of the Air
Force to establish a bombing range
n Hyde County is expected, as the
Senate Armed Services Committee
will hold a hearing in January. The
rearing will be held as the result
# a request from Rep. Herbert c.
Bonner, whose First Congressional
district includes Hyde County; and
| request from Sen. Sam J. Erwin,
IT., who himself is a member of
;he Armed Services Committee.
The flights paths of the Air
Force planes would run close to
Lake Mattamuskeet, and it is fear
ed the noise from the jets would
disturb the thousands of geese and
ducks that migrate to Mattamus-
keet each fall. Next to farming,
the largest amount of income in
Hyde is said to derive from the
sportsmen.
The North Carolina General As
sembly, reacting to an earlier con-
troversy over a similar Air Force
proposal, adopted a resolution this
year opposing a bombing range
near Mattamuskeet. Gov. Sanford
reportedly has asked the White
House to intercede against the Air
Force plan.
The Air Force said it has search
ed at least five years for range
suitable for all types of bombing
and strafing practice.
The only existing facility Of this
type is at Nellis Air Force Base in
Nevada, and the yearly cost of
sending fliers there from East Coast
bases is estimated at So million
greater than that it would cost if
they trained at the proposed Hyde
County range. Also, the Air Force
feels that regular practice at an all
purpose range is necessary for the
best training results.
The Navy has such a range in
Pamlico Sound, where it uses
sunken LIST off Stumpy Point for
target, and has offered to let the
Air Force use it part time. The
time the Navy could spare is not
considered sufficient for Air Force
purposes, however.
Navy jets pass within six miles
or so of the Pea Island Waterfowl
Refuge on the Outer Banks and
have not disturbed the geese, the
Air Force says indicating that
similarly happy relationship be-.
tween its .planes and the Malta
muskeet geese can. be expected. The
25-pound practice bombs, are loaded
with the equivalent of little more
than a shotgun charge, officials
says.
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NO OPPOSITION
TO PHONE RATE
INCREASE VOICED
Work Proceeds on Construction Of
New Exchange Building in Man
teo; Dial System Next July.

An increase in phone rates that
will amount to an estimated $87 900
a year, met with no opposition
tuesday when the request of the
Norfolk & Carolina Telegraph Com
pany was heard by the Utilities
Commission in Raleigh.
A wage increase costing the COM
pany $4,000 year recently ne
gotiated with the union was cited
as reason for the request. The
company said it planned to spend
more than one and a half million
dollars in improvements.
One of these improvements is a
dial exchange in Manteo, construc-
ton of the building having been
started by the company on the lot
formerly occupied by the J. A.
Evans homeplace. The dial system
will not be. joyously received by
about 20 operators now employed
at the Manteo exchange who will be
out of work. However, the dial
system is now used at the Kill
Devil Hills and Buxton exchanges
whose subscribers will not be af-
fected by the rate increase.
The annual payroll of the Man
teo exchange is estimated at about
100000 a year.
The Edenton Construction Co. is
building the new exchange in Man
teo. President of the Telephone Co.
i. S. Blades Jr. said Wednesday
company plans are to change over
to the day system July 1, 1862. The
project win include construction of
a 1000 #. microwave tower in Man.
teo, a $50 #. tower in Mamie, where
a new exchange is planned to hand
lie the lower Currituck traffic, and
a tower also in fCoinjock and Eliza
beth City.
In Manteo service personnel will
be maintained, and an office with
attendant to handle company busi-
ness, also garage and storage space
will be built. With the changeover,
the company will abandon all man.
ually operated exchanges in its sys-
tenn, most of the phones having
been converted to the dial system
long ago. Mr.. Blades stated that
his is only one of three COM
panies left in North Carolina with
out dial systems, and when the
change is made in July, there will
De only one manually operated ex-
change left in North Carolina.
Long distance calls will be hand
led through Elizabeth City after
the changeover in July, Mr.. Blades
said.
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IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO
TOWNS STORM DRAINAGE

The recent improvement to the
main storm drainage sewer in Man
teo has resulted in enlarged park
ing space, after filling q ditch
southeast Of County Street. Mayor
Ras Wescott and his street commit
tee, with the help of Chief Of Po-
lice Russell Sears, have cleaned out
the old sewer which originates in
the Main Street area, and comes
down beneath the bus station and
the furniture store owned by the
Wescott brothers.
Clearing out boards and other
debris has permitted water to flow
through uninterrupted to Manteo
Bay. The town has installed con-
crete sewer pipe, and covered the
ditch to make more parking room,
which is of value to the shopping
district.
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HUELL B. CARTER, BEACH
TOURIST COURT OWNER
DIES SUDDENLY SATURDAY

Huell Brantley Carter 81, q
beach cottage owner for the pasi
six years, died suddenly at his
home on lower Nags Head Satur-
day afternoon. He was born in Zeb-
Ion, N. c., Dec. %, 1909, and fol
many years was an employe of a
large merchandising firm in Dan
vile, Va. Following his retirement
because of failing health, he came
to Dare County, and at the time
of his death had enlarged his cot
|tage court, with several buildings
nearing completion. He was highly
regarded as neighbor and citizen.
He was the son of the late Ara
bella Brantley and Bailey Burtis
Carter Of Wake County, and the
husband of Mrs. Doris MaeA Carter,
the only surviving relative.
The body was removed to Twi-
ford's Funeral Home in Manteo. and
transported to Zebulon for funeral
Monday afternoon and burial in
Brantley cemetery.
The funeral service Monday at
Screws and Hudson funeral chapel
in Zebulon was conducted by Rev.
William X. Quick, pastor Of Zebu-
lon Methodist Church, assisted by
Rev. Joseph. Burroughs of 4Nags
Head. Zebulon Methodist choir sang
Crock of Ages" and "Son Of My
Soul"
Pallbearers were Frank Wall,
Donnie Evans, Harold Ferbee, Len
wood Brantley, Bob Brantley and
Will Brantley.
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SNOW GEESE ARRIVE
IN LARGE NUMBERS
AT PEA ID. REFUGE

First contingent of the Greater
American Snow Geese, a flock Of
S5, arrived at Pea Island National
Wildlife Refuge about November /.
On November IL, following
tradition which is said to have star
ted on Armistice Day, 1918, flocks
of several hundred of the rare
waterfowl arrived.
First count after Novtmber II
placed the estimated number of
the Greater Shows at the refuge
at more than 1000 and there have
been new arrivals almost daily.
When word got out via press,
radio, television and wire photos
that the geese had arrived bird
watchers from many sections of the
country headed for the Outer
Banks to observe not only the
Greater Shows, but also the Cana
das, the swan, and just about every
species of duck known to the At
lantic flyways which had also ar
rived at the protected feeding area
of the Pea Island National Wildlife
Refuge.
Most interesting to bird watchers
at this season of the year are the
Greater Shows, because these un-
usual geese, seeming to know they
have protection from hunters, be-
come almost as gentle as barnyard
fowl.
Already several writers of nation
al magazines and moving picture
makers have visited the area this
year for stories. One of the better
known writer's was Van Campen
Heilner, the famous fishing and
outdoor writer.
f The Greater Shows are rare. At
last count there were only about
81, 900 known to exist. They are
unlike the Lesser Shows of the
Louisiana marshes and the Pacific.
That species is still very plentiful.
Except for the protection they
have had for many years the
Greater Shows may have become
extinct, not that they are very
platable, but because they pro-
vide easy targets for the man in a
hunting blind. But "woe betide" the
man who kills one Of the Greater
Shows - especially if there is q
game protector in the area.
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$25, 900 MAILED BY BANK
IN CHRISTMAS CLUB CHECKS

Approximately $25,0O0 was mail
ed last week by the Bank of Man
teo in Christmas Club checks. This
amount may have been slightly
more than the previous year, which
was also in the neighborhood ot
$25, 900. Last years figure was an
increase of $4,000 over any amount
mailed out before that time. The
bank has announced December 5 as
the starting date for the 1862
Christmas Savings Club, as can be
seen in the advertisement elsewhere
in this issue.
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BIG ROCK CATCH ON
TUESDAY By PARTY OF
ELM CITY SPCRTSMEN

S. G. Winstead and party from
Elm City enjoyed fishing in Crotan
Sound Tuesday, the first good day
in several due to unfavorable
weather, their catch Of so rock
weighing 24O pounds.
Fishing with Capt. Chick Grad
dock, the group trolled near the
Umstead bridge which like Manns
Harbor and Roanoke Island. The
largest fish weighed in at fourteen
pounds, while several others ran
close second in size. The smallest
We're around two pounds.
Craddock stated that with moder-
ating weather, large schools Of the
popular fish would be showing up
in the vicinity of the bridge, and
should provide good sport through
December.
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CHANNEL BASS FISHING

HATTERAS - While catches
have dropped to some extent, ang-
lers fishing the surf Of Hatteras
Island are still taking channel bass
with rod and reel. In addition to
channel bass the surf fishing for
specified trout, founder and sea
mullet has been fair to good recent
" depending on weather and surf
conditions.
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$4,000 FOR IMPROVING
HATTERAS CAMP GROUND

Congressman Herbert C. Bonner
has been notified that a contract
has been let for $62.31S for en-
larging the water and sewer sys-
TENS at the Cape Point Camp
Ground at Cape Hatteras. The Nat
ional Park Service advises that
John A. Johnston and Son Of Bel
haven were the winners of the con-
tract. This Belhaven firm has done
many major construction jobs in
the Cape Hatteras National Sea-
shore.
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MINOR ACCIDENT IN MANrEo

An accident Wednesday after
noon on Highway GA near the Dare
County Community Building in
Manteo involved a 1862 Chevrolet
driven by Miss Helen Farrow Of
Manteo and a 1869 Ford driven by
Kilman Cooper Of Nashville, N. G.
When Miss Farrow stopped to pick
|up a hitch-hiker, Mr.. Cooper's car
hit the rear Of her car, with about
$500 damages to each car. Both
ears were headed north on the high
way. The accident was investigat-
ed BY Highway Patrolman Prid-
gem
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ATTENTION SPORTSMEN:
COMBINATION SEASON
PREVAILING FOR you

A sporting combination Offered
ON the coast at this season is
hunting and fishing. It is possi-
BILE for q wildfOwl or game hum
ter to get his limit of ducks and
or geese at Bodie Island, Wan
cheese or Mattamuskeet, during
the early morning and then 60
fishing during the afternoon IN
the Manns Harbor area and get a
good catch of striped bass.
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DONKEY BASKETBALL IN
MANTEO SATURDAY NIGHT

An event promised to be hilar-
iously entertaining will take place
Saturday night, November 25 at the
Manteo High School gymnasium.
when the Manteo Lions Club spon>
sors a donkey basketball game.
The Kentucky donkeys booked for
this program will be manned BY
members of the Lions club, and are
scheduled to begin performing at
s pm.
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THANKSGIVING SERVICES

A Thanksgiving service will be
held in Manteo Thursday morning
at ten o'clock in Mount olivet
Methodist Church. The Rep. N. J..
Davis, pastor Of the Manteo Baptist
Church, viii deliver the message.
Music viii be from the combined
choir Of all churches participating.
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-22
SACRED COW" TO JOIN NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM

WASHINGTON tH T h e Sacred Cow, first of the U. s. presidential planes, next month joins the fleet of historic aircraft in the Smithsonian Institutions National Air Museum.
 The plane, first to be regular ly used by American presidents, carried former President Frank lin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman 10 the wartime Malta and PotsdS conferences and brought Gen. Dwight D, Eisen- | sssower home in triumph at the end of World War II.
 The four-engine DC4 will take it's place in the museum Dec. 4.