Miles L. Clark

Because of him....all things were possible!

Memorial Boat Slip - Elizabeth City Waterfront Marina for Uncle Miles

ECHS High School Band, Sponsored by 'Uncle Miles' Clark

His long-time 'Pride and Joy'

So many wonderful Memories were made from these days!

Since Uncle Miles was the TEXACO Distributor, for N.E. North Carolina,  for many years, he was

also the originator of the first Outer Banks Texaco station,

being placed at the HOLLOWELL HOTEL DOCK! 

Most of us remember Uncle Miles driving to the Band Studio and around town in his 1949 Chrysler,

with the 'hole' in the floorboard, where his heel rested!  With all of his money, he only enjoyed spending it

on doing good things for others, along with a few things for his wife!

Not only did he send all of his Band students to Band Camp every summer, click here to see more things we did!!!

Uncle Miles also sent at least one Band Student, to DUKE UNIVERSITY, all expenses paid, every year,

and there were a  others that did not go to Duke, but went on to other colleges, of their choice,  at the gracious bequest of Uncle Miles!

When performing in other locations, we traveled in style with our beautiful Buses, and Equipment truck; stayed in great hotels, and ate good food,

CLICK ON THE BUS ABOVE TO READ MORE! 

Uncle Miles  also left a Trust Fund for his beloved Band, it's students, and it's Buses and transportation vehicles!

You may read about that trust fund here  http://www.ecpps.k12.nc.us/Manual/DFC-R2.htm

A History of Uncle Miles's Yacht  up until 1996, which a number of us have been on a few times!

MADGE III was built in 1929 by the New York Yacht, Launch & Engine Company of Morris Heights, New York for Mr. Lawrence H. Austin of the American Yacht Club, in Rye, New York. She was constructed of Douglas Fir planking on steam bent white oak frames and is 77 feet overall in length. MADGE III was originally powered with a pair of six cylinder, 100 horse power 20th Century gasoline marine engines and was the prototype for several similar yachts that followed her.

During the 1930's, the yacht changed hands several times. Perhaps it was due to the unstable economic conditions that followed MADGE III's launching, but Mr. Austin only owned the yacht for one season. In 1930, MADGE III was sold to Mr. Ferdinand L. Salomon and she was renamed Adelew IIII. Mr. Salomon home ported the yacht in port Washington, Long Island and was a member of the Colonial, Rockaway Park and Knickerbocker Yacht Clubs. In 1934, the yacht was sold to Mr. O.F. Smith of Norfolk, Virginia and he changed her name to MARJORIE. From this point on, she would remain a Southern yacht.

In 1941, MARJORIE was sold to Mr. A.B. Taylor of the Carolina Yacht Club in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina and he re-christened her RUTH KING II. Mr. Taylor was from Spartanburg, South Carolina and home ported the yacht in Wilmington, North Carolina. RUTH KING II did not see action in World War II, as did many other private yachts during this period, and in 1944 site was sold to Mr. Miles L. Clark of Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Mr. Clark renamed her DORIS II, following his former yacht DORIS, which was previously owned by Ms. Doris Duke. Mr. Clark was a member of the Hampton and Pasquotank Yacht Clubs and kept DORIS II until his death in 1965.

Following her husband's death, Mrs. Clark promptly sold DORIS II to Bender Enterprises who soon forfeited on the note. In 1966, Mr. Phil G. Sawyer, Jr. bought the note from Mrs. Clark and took immediate possession of the yacht. Mr. Sawyer, also a member of the Pasquotank Yacht Club, as well as the Lafayette Yacht Club and the Great Bridge Cruising Club, re-christened her, SOUTHERN BELLE V. He enjoyed the yacht for many years before selling her in 1981, when Captain Wallace Morrow, III bought her and moved her down to St. Petersburg, Florida.

Captain Morrow ran her for a number of years before selling SOUTHERN BELLE V to David Allen Coe, the country music singer. Mr. Coe soon defaulted on the note and she was sold again before ending up in the hands of Scott and John Whitworth, of St. Petersburg, Florida. In January of 1996, McMillen Yachts, Inc. purchased the yacht and re-christened her BELLE.

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