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
MACS HEAD G OF C HAS BEEN
ACTIVE ORGANIZATION SINCE
ITS FORMATION Is YEARS AGO

In the good old days you
could buy a loaf of bread for
&c or join the Mays Head Cham
Der of Commerce for $500.
Those were the dues set when
twenty-one people in Mays Head
/, got together on June IA, 1919,
lad organized the Mays Head
Chamber of Commerce. Their
objects were and are the pro-
motion of good will and friend
ly relations among businessmen
within the area; the developing
and advertising Of our natural
resources for the advancement
Of our community; the coopera-
ton with Chambers of Com
merce over the state and ma
ton; and better relationship be-
tween this area and business
and professional persons any
where. The slate of officers to
head up this new chamber of
commerce were Warren H. Jen-
nette, Jr., President; j. E. Har-
ris, Treasurer; and Mrs. Margie
, E., Suthard, Secretary. Directors
elected were Julian Oneta, R. v.
Owens, P. J. M. Bayne, D. A.
Graham, Dial H. Williams, w. K.
Leary, Dan Hildebrand, Mrs.
Nellie Pridgen and Mrs. Lucille
Purser.
Civic enterprises have embrace
cd great deal of work that the
Chamber has done - working
with officials from the Virginia
Electric and Power Company
and Norfolk and Carolina Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company
towards better and increased
facilities for the area; plugging
for better garbage pickup; spon-
soring a telmite control demon
stration for public information;
protesting increases in insurance
ION extended coverage. A great
amount of work has been ex-
pended by some of the mem
bers toward learning eliminating
or controlling that pest. Zoning,
police protection, fire protection
and water have been ever
constant programs to work on.
I'm 1855 a small fire truck
was purchased through the work
on the Chamber and leased to
the Town of Kill Devil Hills to
supplement their equipment and
enable them to answer fire calls
outside their Incorporated town
limits.
Carrying the news of the
Outer Banks of North Carolina
to other areas to attract more
vacationers is ever constant
through newspapers, magazines,
radio and TV. In 1861 we par
ticipated in one travel show; in
1862 participation was extended
to a travel show in Charlotte, N.
C. and another in Cincinnati,
Ohio. Participation was shared
mainly by the Dare County
Tourist Bureau, and in part by
the Lost Colony and the Cham
Der of Commerce. The Mays
Head Chamber of Commerce
helped the Friends of the Lost
Colony; supported the Dare
News Bureau in it's beginning
and continues to support it as
the Dare County Tourist Bur-
eau. In 1858 through the inter-
vention of one of our loyal MEM
bers, we were able to secure
free space for booth at the
N. C. State Fair in Raleigh
where we plugged the Lost
Colony and the Outer Banks in
Dare County. We've supported
the need for Golf courses;
changing the name of the Kill
Devil Hills National Memorial
to the Wright Brothers National
Monument and the need for hav-
ing it lighted on a year round
basis. We acted as Housing
Agent for the 50th Anniversary
of the Wright Brothers Celebra-
ton in 1858; supported the need
for a Spring Festival, the Pr
ates Jamboree; asked the Dare
County Col missioners to ban
loud speakers in the beach area;
supported the establishment of
the Cape Hatteras National Sea-
shore Park.
Roads and bridges are of
prime concern to the Mays Head
Chamber of Commerce. Our