The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1962-02-16
SANFORD DELEGATES.
NEW WAR EN- BRIDGE
AT RIBBON CUTTING
Former Comptroller Warren Hears
Governors Warm Tributes
At Formal Ceremony

run over pne Alligator River short
" after noon last Friday, in light
rain, TO complete the last ferry
trip from Sandy Point to East
Lake. His passengers included the
Governor Of. North Carolina, Terry
Sanford, Congressman Herbert
Bonner and the man whose
name enbellishes the bridge which
they had come to dedicate Lind
say C. Warren. The distinguished
encourage Of 20 cars allowed the
governor the honor Of riding the
last vehicle off the Emmett Win
slow and closed the end of an era
which began in 1882 when the late
Tom Baum operated the first ferry
across the Alligator.
"A crowd Of 500 persons mingled
at the ferry slip to hear Highway
Commissioners Merrill Evans praise
Baum for his initiative and recall
dis earlier ferry operations across
Currituck and Croatan Sounds. "We
have witnessed the tieing up Of the
last boat and the unloading of the
last car and now the last of Capt.
Banmis ferry routes has been bridg-
cd Evans said. Evans asked those
present. to bow their heads for
10 seconds in tribute To-. ;Baum's
memory.
The assembled spectators then
scurried for cars to follow the gov
ernor and other state officials to
the foot of the three million dollar,
three mile, two land Lindsay C
Warren Bridge for the of Sicial
ribbon cutting ceremony which
links North Carolina, in span of
concrete, from east TO west along
us. GA. Photographers and re-
porters were huddled around the
ribbon and winking flash bulbs
contributed to the holiday effect
as Governor Sanford smiled his
way to the rostrum to address the
rain soaked crowd. 81 can think
of no more appropriate name for
a bridge which links two great
counties IN his own country than
the name Of a man who has meant
so much to the development Of this
part Of the state;" Sanford said.
Governor Sanford continued by say
ing that SENATOR Warren's selv-
dee Is an illustration of the saying
that SIN North Carolina good gov
eminent is a habit
He said, aWithout tolls and ex-
cessive taxes. North Carolina is
beginning to move forward toward
national leadership Dignitaries
then watched as Sanford scissored
the ribbon and officially opened the
bridge from Dare to Tyrrell Coun-
ty. Spectators and officials then
Joined Sanford in the first drive
across the newly completed struc-
ture. The official party and some
LIS guests then joined the COVER
nor at a lunch in the Columbia High
School Cafeteria which was pre-
sided over by State Rep. w. j.
White Of Columbia, chairman Of
the bridge celebration committee
OF the six-county Southern Able
marie Association.
White stated that athis is q day
Al. r,at;t,,de and iubilation." and
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