The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-19

Sum weeks ago the gunner OF the CRATE state of North
roroIiner made a Tar Hellian-Heeian-out of the writer
VI this here fishin colyum. Now when he called me- q
sn77in it wern't two bad but ever since that time | been
u .a1v countrified, ~petrified and Mortified.
J. BEEN WITH t" me- - / I SCUM ssomethin like ss what at-' eum don aeuf iced devil vi
pe5mont secshun of the state o r like a guy who dun spent his time
'F0n 7f IS I can I jus can't get aroun to takin and wriun like 7
sn WHATS wrong? Amt nuthin o no one dun me wrong but that there
sy Bill Sharpe who spends his time lofin aroun the guverners
ksanshm dun wrote me a letter and he dun toll me the cuzzins dun
rg"o Esl Letter which I hav try to fgur out says somethin about rain
major and burbun which he clans to be somethin to dreenk. ~
"" The letter which he dun writ to me is funny a s the dicens but
"@ You reed it and burned if you don hv a tut tim tring to fgur
1t D" tout of a bodacious lot of letters sent us'ns from hyar and thar
WEI calculate a proper sort Of meeting fer ls47.
IN in Philadelphia and takes kodak pitchers, said he wanted a big
party P Psne who peddles papers for the Cincinnati En noej oo Tknl
wise til. thought s 51 R 6osrding house IA sooa up Spot Go New Cu7 York; os M But 1t Id invited som all
up with a proposition that veal 60 down to HaHeras about channel
to leave when they can git off the oisland and the rest to stay as
long well, sir, we writ Joe Massoletti about hit, and he wuz tickled
pink. Joes got a Little red-o limo shack sa down that way whatn sleep
vhst Frazier tss c cSoAF EssPs II fer tn HIN HAr TER ye in low MAS as how Nv the he's. State t
S nms luxury kin stay up to scottys or leastwise over at Mrs. oden's.
'' May a powerful purity month on the Banks. Hits a mite too
out We kin fish up at Buxton at the pint fer channel bass, or troll
IN IN dolphin and amberjack and sech-ike sea-crHters.
They h, hai 5nar 10 nigh might life Ms.s at R Hat nsoa,a and ID. the - pitcher show
other yankee folks whut go there fer fishin' and a-gittng-away puf-
mpS aluS col DdCk dSdlu. IL Whit you drink dow
there oTn the roofs is just about right fer mixing with bourbon
ticker and tn natives amt never learned to kibitz at a cyard game,
.nd some of tn best lying you ever hyard starts right thar when
ieNns git together.
And if you haint tooken off with Hollis Willis fer the lightship
mn puuy May day and run thru schools of FLYNN fish and poiposes
and fshed fer dolphin hitn be a treat fer you.
"Way it pears to us is this: We kin let you ones know in plenty
Of tim. and We kin all meet up IN Roanoke Island and them as
can't git that fur w e kin meet up to Norfolk and tote down in our
automobile. Then, we kin git Cap'n Tom Basnight to ferry the whole
Aatoodle from Manteo right down Pamlco Sound to Hatteras, ifn
the water haint rough. Il it is, we kin go down in Dave DrisknIs
nyn machine in 30 minutes. Anyhow, w kin alus drive down the
beach in command cars, and tn = a good ride iffn there hain't been
a nonheaster to camel-bach Il each. -,
Now you dun red the Letter al don you agre with me that it wud
be- burned good idea fur them cuzzns of mine to cum to the beaches
In his here part of the state an enjoy UNI of the good fshin that
we hv down here.
The trip to the banks are a fin thing and al that an I'm sur
everonew will hv a good tim.
Mex fall then wen the fish r runnn down her why can't al my
cuzzns u down fer a good tim?
Can't promis good rain water to mix with the ikker but can
proms plenty of rain. The fresh and salt water fshin is both goct
at that tim and hoe cakes made with corn bred and erik water tastes
dam good. ~
Viii invit EN- down if the SENECA wants them.
Who ar the cuzzins? They foner: Dave Roberts, publisher, Gin
cmnati Enquirer; Jack Alexander, associate editor of the Saturday
Holiday Magazine; Leonard Roy, of the National Geographic Maya
Zine James Stewart Gordon, associate editor of the American Maya
zine; and Richard Ce of the Washington Post.