The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-08-25
BIG CELEBRATION PLANNED
ON 375TH ANNIVERSARY
VIRGINIA DARE'S BIRTH
Governor Sanford Touches Off Movement BY
Appointing Committee Of z to Plan Event;
Hopes Raised For Presence OF EngIands
Queen Elizabeth II; Enlargement Of Historic
Site in Prospect

Last week was a big week end
for the Lost Colony and for Roam
oke Island, whose greatest period OF
development sprang from the Lost
Colony. However the week end was
not without its disappointments,
some of them tragic indeed. While
Governor Sanford was visiting on
Roanoke Island, came news that
Lieutenant Governor H. Cloyd Phil
pott had died in a Winston Salem
Hospital. and for the first time this
season, the show was rained out;
when so many had looked forward
to paying tribute to the late Will
liam D. Carmichael Jr. at a spec
ial program scheduled in his honor
Saturday night.
While these things dampened the
spirits of the people, there were J.
numerous significant happenings
which augur well for the future of
Fort Raleigh and the Lost Colony.
Governor Sanford, while addressing
meeting of University Alumnae
at the Carolinian luncheon Satur-
day, announced plans for ire
mendous celebration next year in
honor of the 375th anniversary of
Virginia Dare's birth. He said that
he had appointed 81 prominent per-
sons as committee to manage this
celebration, and that President
Kennedy would be asked to invite
Queen Elizabeth II of England to
attend this celebration. The presi-
dent last week signed into law the
bill which permits the extension of,
Fort Raleigh historical site through
acquisition of much additional ac-'
reage costing more than quarter
million dollars.
1 At the Mays Head meeting many
distinguished persons spoke or
were recognized, including DR..
Frank p. Graham for many years
president of the University.
Governor Sanford spoke longest
and announced the appointment of
Fl persons nearly all North Caro-
linians to the Governors Commits
sion on the S75th Anniversary Of
the Birth of Virginia Dare.
The commission will prepare
plans for the celebration in 1862
of the 375th anniversary of the
birth of the first English child in
the New World. The season long
celebration will be high lighted at
"The Lost Colony" on Roanoke Is
land on August Is, 1862, birth date
of Virginia Dare.
The Governor said that an invi-
tation will be issued to Queen Eliz-
abeth II to visit North Carolina
and "The Lost Colony" for the cele-
bration. Queen Elizabeth I was
reigning at the time Sir Walter
Raleigh established the first Eng
lish colony in the New World.
In announcing the appoint
ments, Governor Sanford said he
was "happy to. have such an out
standing group to handle the ar
rangements for SO outstanding an
occasion.
The Governor appointed as chair
man of the commission William g.
Friday, president of the Consoli-
dated University of North Caro-
lima.
Other members of the commits
sion nominated by the Roanoke Is
land Historical Association and
named by Governor Sanford were:
DR.. Frank Porter Graham, former
president Of the University Of
North Carolina and United Nations
official; Mrs. o. Max Gardner of
Shelby; Conrad With, Director Of
Parks, Washington, d. c.; Paul
Green, Chapel Hill playwright.
Gordon Gray of Winston-Salena and
Washington, D. c.; Dallas Herring
of Rose Hill, chairman Of the
board of Education; p. Deryl Hart
LOT Duke University; Secretary of
Commerce Luther H. Hodges; Con-
lgressman Herbert G. Bonner; Rem
resentative M. X. Fearing, Jr. Of
Manteo; William A. Blount. presi-
dent Of American Tobacco Conn
Ipany, New York City; George
Watts Hill, Jr., insurance executive
Of Durham; James E. Webb Of
Washington, d. c.: Mrs. Tnelish
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