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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, 1961-04-14
ANOTHER PILOT LOST OFF
STUMPY POINT FRIDAY

Another in the long list of planes
lost in Pamlico Sound fell Friday.
An Oceana-based Navy Jet attack
plane crashed at Stumpy Point,
during an operational training
flight.
He was identified as 1t. (jg) G.
X. Hooper, "a, attached to At
tack Squadron sc. He is married
and resides at 81 33rd St., Vir-
ginia Beach, with his wife. His
parents are Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
S. Hooper of Greenville, S. c.
No details of the crash, which
occurred at am, were released.
Stumpy Point is a target used by
the Navy for pratice bombing. 1t
is 90 miles south of Oceana.
The body was recovered and
brought to Twiford's Funeral
Home in Manteo.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-04-14
MANTEO HAS FINEST
FURNITURE STORE IN
THE WHOLE COASTLAND

The biggest mercantile news of
the month in Manteo is the OPEN
ing of the new showroom of the
Manteo Furniture Company, own
ed by the Wescott Brothers. Hav-
ing bought the former Ford agen-
cy building, it has been converted
into a deluxe showroom, which ex-
tends their furniture display from
County to Lodge Street.
Beautifully decorated, and with
vinyl floors from wall to wall, this
showroom equals any to be found
in Norfolk, Richmond or other
large cities. 1t is completely stock
edi with luxury lines of furniture,
and all in all it is credit to the
community, and a tribute to the
hard work of the Wescott brothers
which has brought them great COM
mercial success through the years.
1t is worth visiting by those to
whom the beauty of home means
everything. Beyond contradiction it
is the finest appearing furniture
store in this whole coastland area.
Among prizes to be awarded at
an open-house party sponsored by
the furniture firm Saturday night
will be a General Electric washing
machine, Kingsdown mattress, cleo
trio iron. electric and regular blan-
kets, rod and reel, corn pepper,
hassock, beverage ensemble, and
automatic toaster.
Refreshments will be served
from z pm. until 10 PM, when
prizes are awarded.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-04-14
NELL WECHTER
PRESENTS TROPHY
TO DARE LIBRARY
Open louise on April Il to Gil
max National Library Week;
Public Is Invited

Nell Wise Wechter, native of
Dare County and author of popu-
lar juvenile books, has presented
the Dare County Library with a
handsome 16-inch trophy. Mrs.
Wechter said, "This is my gift to
the Dare County boys and girls,
and is to be used to record the
winner of an annual contest to Sc
lect the most popular book of the
elementary pupils" Beginning next
year, this winner will be chosen on
the basis of essay, poem, or art
work for the book of his choice.
Mrs. Rennie Williamson, Chairman
of the Library Board, will unveil
and present the trophy at the IL
brary's open house April 81, the
big event of National Library
Week, April 1922.
This years contest was only to
select the most popular book
among the county's grades 4-6,
for the Nell Wise Wechter Award
bookplate. Each school participant
ing will be given a book for its
library. The announcement of this
winning book by Mrs. William
Meekins, grade 6 teacher in the
Manteo Elementary School, will be
one of the highlights of open
house.
Another feature of the evening
will be the story hour children's
play under the direction of Mrs.
Jeannetta Henning.
Cartoons submitted by the stu
dents of Manteo Elementary and
High School will be on display.
Mrs. j. C. Bardin and her commit
tee will judge and announce the
winners. The library will award
books as prizes.
The evening will end with a
tour of the library's special ex-
hibits of new books, distribution of
the 1860 Notable Books lists, and
refreshments.
In addition to the regular Mon
day night hours, the library will
observe the week by staying open
Tuesday, April 8, until 8 pm. to
receive the Lions Club as honored
guests.
The public will be welcome to
any of these special events to pro-
mote reading and knowledge of
the Dare County Library's resourc-
eS.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-04-14
BUCCANEERS OFF
FOR INVASION OF
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Colorful Pre-Jamboree Events Un-
derway for Dare's Annual
Festival April 1929

Dare Coast Jamboree buccaneers
who sailed into Raleigh last week
leaving much publicity and good
will in their wake" left Wednesday
for Pittsburgh, Pa, where on
Thursday they were planning to
invite Mayor Barr to the vacation
launcher here on April 1929, and
perform other public relations ac-
Invites in the city that has been
m1de famous by their Pirates ball
club.
The group of some 20 costumed
buccaneers including King Black
beard vi and Queen Ina Evans
left at daybreak from Kitty Hawk
with their ship on wheels, the "Sea
Hag" launched last week and a
convoy of station wagons, each
flying the jolly Roger of what has
become one of Americas most pub
licized vacation season starters.
Julian Oneto was in command of
the group and in Pittsburgh Gil
bert Love, one of the best travel
writing friends Dare Coast has
ever had, will help line up various
events.
They will be making headquar-
tiers at The Roosevelt Hotel, where
one of the events will be a special
party for members of the press,
radio and television.
Back here in Dare other prep
arations are being made to pre-
sent one of the most successful
Pirates Jamborees in history.
Something new this year will be
the mammoth parade starting at
Avalon Beach at IL noon on April
20, following the colorful pirate
See JAMBOREE, Page Seven
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-04-14
WALTON O'NEAL'S DEATH
A LOSS TO BELHAvEN

In the death of Walton O'Neal
81, who died Saturday at his home
in Belhaven, his community suf-
fered a great loss. Long identified
with the business and civic life of
the community, who stood out as a
man of unselfish, sterling charac-
ter.
He was born in Hyde County, for
many years was a merchant in
Lake Landing, and later engaged
in farming near Pantego. Until his
retirement a few yers go, he, for
a number of years operated in the
BeR1aven Candy Co. He retired
several years ago. He was an homo
rary Rotarian and past president of
the Rotary Club, a Mason, and
member of the Sudan Temple of
the Shrine and the Eastern Star.
He was a member of st. James
Episcopal Church and served as
senior warden for a number of
years. He was twice married, first
TO Florence Gibbs, who preceded
him in death, second to Clara Dill
Gibbs. Survivors besides his wife
are two sons, w. P. O'Neal former
Mayor of Belhaven, and A. Eugene
O'Neai of Okinawa; two daughters,
Mrs. M. E. Swindell of Leakesville
and Mrs. Jack Watson of SHADES
willie; 10 grandchildren and five
great grandchildren; one brother,
L,onnie O'Neal of New Holland. two
sisters, Mrs. T. T. Smith of New
Holland and Mrs. Metrah Swindell
of Swan Quarter. Funeral services
were held at the st. James Episco-
pad Church Monday at 8 PM, con-
Quoted by the Rev. Angus Miller
and the Rev. A. C. D. Noe. Burial
was in Belhaven Community Gene
terry.
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30 ON HATTERAS ISLAND
ORGANIZE LIONS CLUB
Curtis Gray President; Charter Niqhi
Saturday, 200 Visitors
Expected

Some 30 young men of Hatteras
Island have organized Lions Club,
with Curtis Gray of Buxton acting
President, and Charter night ban
quet is planned Saturday night,
April Is at the High School. Some
200 out-of-town invited guests are
expected.
The Lions Clubs are affiliated
with a national group, and engage
in civic and community activities.
Other Lions Clubs Of the area are
IN Swan Quarter, Belhaven, and
Manteo.
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HARBOR HEARING
IS SCHEDULED AT
AVON NEXT FRIDAY
Shorter and Deeper Channel Into
Pamlieo Sound Proposed
by Engineers

The problem whether the COM
munity of Avon in Dare County is
to get a deeper and straighter
channel leading from Pamlico
Sound into the community's fine
large harbor may depend entirely
on the weight of argument present
ed on Friday of next week at
public hearing before Col R. P.
Davidson, District Engineer.
In order that the required report
may fully cover the matter, Pub
lie Hearing will be held in the Cape
Hatteas Hotel at Avon, at 10 am,
Friday, April 81.
For your information the exist
ing project provides for a channel
from Pamlico Sound to Avon, 6
feet deep and 100 feet wide, with
a basin at the shore end to the
same depth, 100 feet by 300 feet.
The route of the existing channel
from deep water in the sound to a
point near the shore zigzags
through several sloughs in which
natural depths are feet or more,
except for one troublesome shoal
area where dredging is intermit-
tenfy required to provide depth.
All interested parties are invited
to be present or represented at the
above time and place, including
representatives of Federal, State,
couaty, and municipal agencies, and
those of commercial, recreational,
industrial, civic, highway, and
water transportation interests, and
property owners concerned. They
viii be afforded full opportunity
to express their views concerning
the character and extent of the
improvements desired and the need
and ACCESSIBILITY of their execution.
1t is understood that new and
deeper route from the basin to
Pamlico Sound, in lieu of the exist
ing project, is desired. Sponsors of
the improvements are urged to pre-
sent pertinent factual data bearing
upon the general plans of improve
ment desired and to give detailed
supporting data on the economic
Opposing interests, if any, are also
urged to state the reasons for
their position. Included in the fact
ual information should be data on
the type, number, origin, destina-
ton, and thee light and loaded
drafts of boats expected to use the
improvements, if provided; the es-
timated benefits from INCREASED
loads of fish and shellfish, and 9TH
err commerce transported over the
project; and the benefits from pre-
vention of damage to boats, from
reduction in operating expenses,
and from similar items. An outline
showing specific data of the type
desired for justification has been
furnished local interests previous
ly; additional copies may be cb-
tanned from the Wilmington District
office.
Oral. statements will be heard,
but for accuracy of record all I'M
portant facts and arguments should
be submitted in writing, in sex
duplicate, as the records of the
hearing will be forwarded for con-
sideration by the Secretary of the
Army. Written statements may be
handed in the hearing or mailed
beforehand to Col. R. P. Davidson,
District Engineer.
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REV. BURROUGHS TO SPEAK
TO MANTEO ROTARIANS

Rev. Joseph Burroughs, rector of
st. Acknowledgements Episcopal
Church Mays Head, will be guest
speaker Monday night at the meet
ing of the Manteo Rotary Club.
Mr.. Burroughs, who is president
of Friends of the Dare County Lii
brary, will speak in behalf of the
library, as a feature of National
Library Week.
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WEEK END WEATHER

Temperatures will average
near normal with highest near
66 and lowest So. Scattered show.
ers indicated Saturday. other
wise dry weather Friday and
Sunday.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-04-14

PARK SUPERINTENDENT ROBERT F. construction
employee of Cape Hattera National Saso the
mystery ship that discovered recently
roded motors have been tentatively identified possibly being part
World War destroyer the roaring twen
ties OF the prohibition Anyway it's
eventually tourist attraction (Aycock photo)
Milford chronicle., 1961-11-24
Milford Hiqh
School News
Bucs Victim of Golden knights

Conference title hopes of the
Milford High Buccaneers were
shattered on Friday night when
the undefeated Golden knights of
Georgetown scuttled the locals
26-6. The victors used good block
ing, hard tackling, a we'll balanced
Offense to pound out their victory.
MilfOrd's porous pass defense per-
mitted the Knights to score once
and set the stage for two other
touchdowns. An intercepted Buc
Georgetown its second touchdown.
The Bucs received the kickoff
to open the game and drove for
first downs before surrendering
the ball to Georgetown on the 80
yard line. The Bucs refused to
give ground to the Knights run
ming attack and on a third and
seven situation Georgetown COM
pleted a long pass to the Milford
five-yard line. The Buc defense
stiffened and it took four plays for
Georgetown to cross the goal line.
The extra point was added and
the Bucs were down by z points.
Following the kickoff the Bucs
tried two passes; the second be-
ing intercepted for touchdown.
The Georgetown squad added two
more touchdowns before Milford
could score to avert a shut out
The locals aided by Is yard
penalty drove 60 yards to score
with Steve Cunning scoring on a
pitchout.
Milford'S season record stands at
three wins, four losses and one tie.
The season will end ON Thanks
giving Day when the Buccaneers
engage the Riders" of Caesar
Rodney in an HOO am. tilt.
Cafeteria Menu for Nov. % to Dec.
l, 1861:
Monday: Milk, meat loaf, whip
ped potatoes, cole slaw, bread and
butter, and cherry cake.
Tuesday: Milk, creamed beef on
bread, lima beans and corn baked
apple with sauce.
Wednesday: Milk turkey salad
cranberry sauce cut green beans
bread and butter and pudding or
fruit.
Thursday: Milk chicken soup
submarine sandwich and fresh
fruit
Friday: Milk deviled eggs
French fries green's or peas bread
and butter. and jello or fruit.
Milford chronicle., 1961-11-24
Christmas Shopping
Hours Have Been Set Up
CONTINUED from page one)

The city mas fully lighted the
top of the huge municipal water
tank with yari-colored lights and
with the huge star on top, it pre-
sents a spectacle of beauty that is
visible for mics in all directions.
The committee in charge of the
Christmas tete is A. Calvin Bail,
Bob Yerkes and Wayne Kline for
the Chamber, and Mayor Roy E.
Pettyjohn and City Manager Bob
Green
Milford merchants are in accord
with the following schedule of
holiday shopper hours set up at a
recent meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Milford Chamber of
Commerce.
All Milford stores will be open
all day Wednesday throughout the
holiday season. This schedule be-
came effective Wednesday, Novem-
Der %.
Night opening for Christmas
schedule has been set as follows: ::
Friday and Saturday, December 5
and 0, nine to Gine; starting Mon
day, December II. the stores will
remain open nine 10 nine every
shopping day until Christmas.
All stores have signified their
intentions CT remaining closed all
day. Monday. December %, Christ
mas Day.
The complete rourly schedule
can be found 1n calendar form on
another page Of TINS newspaper.
II might he we'll 70 Clip this sched-
ule and keep it handy for shop
ping reference.
Milford merchants are progress
siva and are fully equipped to
meet all your Christmas shopping
needs. Come to Milford and see
where bargains are galore in ev-
cry store and remember beginning
Saturday, pecember Ind, all park
ing is free.
Milford chronicle., 1961-11-24
MillsbOrO School News
Story Hour

Story Hour
Three Future Teachers have a
project wherein each brings one
LIST grade section to the library
and explains the library functions
to the students. Cathy Hickman
took the first group, Mrs. Vests
first grade, on Monday and told
them stories for about Is minutes.
She left a group game of words
with them as a momento of the
occasion.
Thanksgiving Assembly
The high school assembly on
Wednesday started with prayer
for Thanksgiving by Laura Bender.
Virginia Butler led the group in
hymns. Then the 81 English class
gave play, "The Soft-Hearted
Ghost. The cast included the fol-
lowing: Jackie Ayres, Dorean God
win, Eddie Truitt, Mary L e e
ShOckley, Lora Baker, Bruce Tin
gle, Reggie Layfield, Lynn Lusier,
Adele Lynch and other members
of the class.
n pep ie1iis SiOoSu tht dooSliiDiy =
Eta Teaching Day
On November 8, 1861, the Eta
had its annual teaching day. All
the members of the Eta enjoyed
themselves and are anxiously look
ing forward to another day in the
future. Those who participated in
the teaching day program are:
Melinda Carter, Gene Geiger, Jim
Layfield, Bonnie Outten, Julie Ry-
an, Dolores Wilson, Robert Dar-
Milford chronicle., 1961-11-24
]. N. Mcdowell Named
Head Of Fund Drive
continued from page one)


tional activities, is president of the
board of trustees of Delaware State
College. He has held this position
for more than five years. He has
been a trustee at the college since
August, 1858.
tion of Governoring Boards of
State Universities and Allied In
stitutions.
He is a member of the board of
directors of the Committee to Pro-
mote Delaware, Inc; the board of
the Delaware Safety Council, and
the board of the Water Resources
Association of the Delaware Riv-
er Basin.
Mr.. Mcdowell is a member of
the Delmarva Press Association
and the Delaware State Chamber
of Commerce.
He is a member of the Newark
Country Club and the University
and Whist Club of Wilmington.
Born in Bucks County, Pennsyl-
vanid, on January Is, 1910, he liv-
ed in Philadelphia for Is years.
Following his graduation from
Germantown High in 1927, he en-
tered the University of Delaware,
maioring in economics and busi-
ness administration He gradual
ed from Delaware in 1881 with
the g. A. degree. He was elected
to the Honor Society of Phi Kap-
pa Phi III his senior year and was
also a member of Theta Chi Fra
ternity at the university.
Mr. Mcdowell is married to the
former May b. Burnett, of New
ark, and they live at IL Hillside
Road, Newark. They have a mar
ried son, John ~, Jr.; a daugh-
ter, Nancy Lynn, and one grand
daughter, Deborah Lynn McDow-
ell, two years old.
Milford chronicle., 1961-11-24
HANDICAPS OVERCOME

WHITEFIELD, Maine Up - In
spite of two handicaps-age and
loss of a hand-S4-year-old Arthur
Merrigold has shingled the side
of his woodshed.
With his 75-year-old wife help
ing she passed him the shingles
-Merrigold nailed with his good
hand The Spanish-American War
veteran lost his hand in a saw
mill accident in 1908.
Milford chronicle., 1961-11-24
Lakeview Elementary
School News
Grade 4 Mrs. Marilyn Draper's
Section

Section 2
The Earth
I picked the Earth because I
like to study about it. The Earth
is not really round, it is more egg
shape. We have four seasons; sum-
mer, spring, fall and winter. We
have these seasons because the
Earth doesn't stay in one place all
the time The Earth goes around
and around the sun all the time.
This is called revolving. While the
axis. This is called rotating. 1t
takes "a hours to rotate once. In
the summer it is very warm. We
would have summer right now, If
the Earth was tipped so that the
equator and North America had
the sun toward it. When it is win
ter here, it is summer in South
mer, it is winter in South America.
Linda Wiley
Art
In art the first thing we did was
draw a map of Delaware and Mary
land. Then we made paper mache
and put it on the map. After that
we painted the map. Mr. Bassols,
the art teacher, thought the map
was quite good. After the map was
done we started making crayon
sketches. The crayon sketching
was fun.
I think art is a good subject.
1t is lots of fun.
Jay Pearce
English
We are learning how to put
things in alphabetical order in
English. We are learning about
the dictionary too. We know how
to look things up in it. We have
learned that the meaning of a
word is called a definition, and we
know that the dictionary shows
how to pronounce words and how
to spell them.
Sharon Tease
Our Class Room
Our classroom is pleasant
room because of the things in it.
We have rockets and some gup-
pies. We also have a map of Mary
land which we made. On Thurs
day morning, one of the girls
brought in a jar with some gold
fish in it. Now we have two jars
of fish. On the wall, we have paper
turkeys which we made for
Thanksgiving. On one of the bull
letin boards we have maps of
South America that we labeled and
colored ourselves. We have a globe
and a lot more things.
Roger FARRELL
Social Studies
In Social Studies we have been
studying the different continents.
To date we have studied two con-
tinents. They are the continents of
North and South America l en-
joyed South America the best be-
cause our teacher showed us some
films. In the films we saw how
the people dry coffee beans, how
they grow crops, and how Indians
have their own roadside markets
We saw the hard task they have
trying to make a living.
Bob Portz
Milford chronicle., 1961-11-24
FRANKFORT
c. g. CrOcker
Phone: Rodney 451S
Presbyterian Notes:

Presbyterian Notes:
Church School 10 am; Worship
Service II am; Rev. Richard G.
on Thanksgiving morning at 900
am, at the Grace M e t h o d is
Church in Dagsboro
Methodist Notes:
Church School 10 am; Worship
Service IL am; Rev. William H.
Smith, Pastor Choir Practice -
Consult your choir Ieader)
NJ. Y. F. $50 pm. Union Service
on Thanksgiving morning at 900
am. for all Frankford and Days
boro Churches at the Grace Metho-
dist Church in Dagsboro.
Local Notes:
Mr.. Marcus Davis came home
from the Beebe Hospital on Fri
day after having spent many weeks
at the hospital receiving treat
ment.
Mrs. Samuel Lockwood, a TT e r
bringing Marcus home from the
hospital, left to spend Thanksgiv-
ing week with the Truckessess
family at Brynmar, Pa.
Mrs. Leon Richards and daugh-
ter, Elizabeth (the Queen), was a
caller at Mrs. Everett Richards on
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Luzier are
making daily visits to the Milford
Hospital where Mr.. Luzier's moth
er is a patient.
Sympathy is extended to friends
and relatives of Mrs. George Camp
bell who passed away on Wednes-
day.
We are pleased to report that
Francis Gum, III (Babe) has be-
gun travelling the long road of i'm
provement.
Birthday Congratulations:
November "a, Mrs. Pat Bunting
(Floris); November 25, Mrs Ralph
Holloway, Mrs. Alice Coffin Bunt-
ing, and Sonic Maziarz.
G. G. SAYS: One day on the
calendar for thanks but every day
in your giving thanks.
-OOO-
Sicily is $50 miles from Bizerte;
Rome is $50 miles distant.