The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1962-03-16
REHABILITATION OUTLINED
AT CIVIL DEFENSE MEETING
AS BEACH RESTRICTION HOLDS
Area Leaders Confer Wednesday To Outline
Plans; Highway Petrol VIII Continue Beach
Surveillance Of County TO Allow Highway
Reconstruction And Protect Beach Properly
During Final Stages Of Rehabilitation Along
the Coast =

Orderly rehabilitation is well I'M
derway in Dare County, according
to state Civil Defense officials and
the Dare County Board of Com
missioners, who met in Manteo
Wednesday evening to coordinate
efforts as the coastland slipped in
to its final phase of disaster oper-
ations after the most damaging
storm in history.
The reduction of security, sani-
tation, potable water problems and
water drainagee occupied the atten-
ton Of the group which met be-
tween the hours Of Sill on We'd
Inesday in the courthouse to sever
the Gordian Knot of red tape
which accompanies disaster opera
tons over ansextensive area.
Major j. 4. Murphy, Mayor Of
Kill Devil Hills; Julian Oneto,
Mays Head mayor; p. ]. M. Bayhe,
G. d. sector chief for Mays Head;
d. w. Patrick, ferry operations
manager; George Fuller, Jr., COM
missioner and Hatteras Island di-
rector of c. D.; David Stick, chair
man of the commissioners and Kit
ty Hawk area-C. D. head: Law
renee Swain, commissioner and
Mays Head CD. director; Cpl. Ar
thur Fields, New Bern Highway
Patrol, 1t. Earnest Guthrie, dis
aster patrol director; Sgt. Logan
Lane, E. City Highway Patrol, and
Sheriff Frank Cahoon, Area Civil
Defense Director, were present for
the discussion.
d. w. Patrick kicked off the
meeting with an announcement
that emergency ferry service will
be initiated between North Oregon
Inlet and Rodanthe on Friday,
March 16. The first ferry south
since the storm will leave Rodan-
the at 2 am. and depart from
North Oregon Inlet at 2 pm.
Emergency needs will be handled
first, !" Patrick stated. "After food
stuffs, fuel and medical supplies
have been accommodated, passen-
gers win be served on a first-corne,
lfirst-served basis" the ferry man
lager said. Other emergency ferries
are now plying the waters between
Avon and Engelhard, Hatteras and
Ocracoke and the route from Hat
teras to Engelhard.
| George Fuller, Jr., CD. director
for Hatteras Island then arose to
vigorously protest the removal Of
communications facilities in his
area. Fuller stated that Captain
Zimm Of the u. s. Navy had con-
tacted him and announced that
plans were being formulated for
the removal Of radio hook-ups and
Eother aid on the water-torn island.
Fuller asked the group to take
every step necessary to protect
natives ON Hatteras. 1--WE still need
radio badly" Fuller asserted.
While Hatteras Island received
la minimum of physical damage
during the storm, as contusted
with the devastated area at Kitty
Hawk, water still foods the roads
there and transportation is impos-
lsible at many points because Of
sand which is four feet deep on
the highway. The new inlet, 500
foot-wide breach just north Of Bux-
ton, continues to be a transporter
ton hazard.
The Civil Defense group agreed
to a man that security reduction
on the beach should be released
gradually. Transportation to and
from the beach areas will continue
to be regulated. Patrol check
points viii be established at each
bridge from Friday until Monday
morning, according to the board.
Officials are in agreement that
looting problems officially ended
here on Wednesday. Present ac-
cess to the beach viii be regulated
by some So members of the N. C.
Highway Patrol who are in the
county TO ensure that oncoming
traffic in damaged areas does not
interfere with highway reconstruc-
ton. Through traffic on the beach
from Mays Head to Kitty Hawk
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