The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1962-05-04

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On August 9th 1.-THE Feast Of
the Transfiguration) in 1916 the
church was consecrated by the
Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, D. D.,
Iof the Diocese of East Caro-
Iiina with the following clergy
taking part in the service: Rob-
ert Brent Drane,, st. Paul's,
Edenton, North Carolina; Louis
Llwellyn Williams, Pocomoke
Parish, Pocomoke City, Mary
land; F. Hartman Harding,
Grace Church, Camden, South
Carolina; Charles S. Hutchinson,
st. Glen en- It's, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; and William Ru-
therford Savage, Blowing Rock,
N. C. The chancel and sanctuary
of the church were consecrated
but the body of the church was
dedicated for general commune
ty use. The sanctuary was so
arranged that curtain could
be drawn to separate it from the
rest of the church. At the con-
secration service Mrs. Clara
Mae Pendleton was confirmed
and resident members of the
church were Mr.. and Mrs. John
L. Pendleton and Mrs. Ella Eu-
gene Ward.
After the building of the
Virginia Dare Highway, it be-
came evident that it would be
great advantage to have the
church moved to land adjoining
the highway. The new site was
acquired in 1887 in exchange for
property which had been donat-
ed to the Church by the Rt. Rev.
Joseph B. Cheshire of Tarboro
and his son, Joseph B. Cheshire,
Jr., of Raleigh. Additional lots
adjoining the site were given
in 194S by Mr.. Charles O.
Robinson of Elizabeth City.
These lots are between the
church and the Coral Sands Mo
tel and to the rear of the church
building.
The cross on the altar, made
from live oak wood from old
Fort Raleigh, was presented by
Mrs. Duncan Wales in memory
of her mother, Mr.. d. c. Win
ston. The present altar was
given by the summer congre-
CATION in June, 1916, in mem
cry of DR.. Drane. In 1887 Mrs.
virgilia Banks Brent of Nixon
ton, North Carolina, gave the
bell which carries the inscrip-
ton, "From McNeely, West
Troy, N. Y-1S53". This is Che
original bell that hung in the
Civil War Episcopal Church
and which had found its way
to Nixonton where it was in use
on the farm of Mr.. Brent. On
his death his widow presented it
to the Church at Mays Head.
DIR. Drane ministered ito ST.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS until his
death on October 81, 1889. For
sometime thereafter the Rev.
George F. Hill of Christ Church,
Elizabeth City, conducted serv-
ices. At the request of Bishop
Thomas III. Wright, the Rev.
Frederick B. Drane of st.
Paul's Church, Monroe, North
Carolina, took charge of the
church in 1916.
During the fall of 1854, I'M
der the lay leadership of Theo-
dore Hampton Noe, then a resi-
dent of Manteo, the Episcopal
lians Of Roanoke Island, Mays
Head and vicinity were organic
ed and request was made to
Mr.. Drane for the use of st.
Andrew's-by- the-Sea for a resi-
dent congregation. Permission
was granted by Mr.. Drane and
ne chapel committee of Mays
Head property owners and long
time summer residents consist
ing of: Messrs. Will G. Gather
of Elizabeth Citv, Kemp D. Bat
tie of Rocky Mount, Haywood
Duke of Greensboro. the late
Miss Nee W>oa Ninslow of
Her.tford. Mi~e Scr',ie M. Wood
of Edenton. Mrs Lloyd Horton
of Plymouth and Mrs. William
G. Gather of Charlotte, North
Carolina.
The newly formed resident
congregation became a part of
the Diocese of East Carolina in
| 1QE6 Tn 1Q56 fhe Rev. A C..