The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-06-08
WARREN
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Hills, which alone has conferred in
ternational attention toward this
once lonely spot in North Carolina.
1t is true he had unanimous back
ing from interested people, but less
alert men in Congress might have
overlooked such opportunities for
service to their state.
The ten million dollars that have
been invested in beach hotels and
cottages on the strip of sand ten
miles in either direction from Kill
Devil Hills ARE the outgrowth of
the activity initiated by this man.
Following his efforts, Currituck
Sound was bridged, real estate men
moved in, business men took chan
ces and invested money. Yet the
man who was so largely RESPONSE
BILE for making this possible owns
not a foot of beach land in Coastal
North Carolina.
Lindsay Warren is recognized in
these columns today because he has
been completely unself1sh. Neither
politics nor expediency were his
guiding lights in doing things for
people he loved, and he has loved
the North Carolina coast as few
other men.
Through all his service in Con-
gress he was considered the guar
dian angel OF the Coast Guard and
he never lost an opportunity to ad-
vance their interest. The men of
the district in 1885 presented him
with a handsome watch as a token
of their esteem, at public meet
ing held at the Hotel Mays Header.
Hotels and tourist homes today
which derive nice profits from the
tourist business incident to the OPP
Grafton of the Lost Colony owe
much to the genius of this man,
who was foremost in getting Gov
eminent aid to Fort Raleigh, and
next in aiding the establishment of
the Lost Colony pageant. In recog-
milton of the First Settlements,
he brought Congressional Com
missions to Roanoke Island; he got
special issues of stamps, had me-
mortal coins minted, brought Pres
ident Roosevelt to the Lost Colony
and in numerous other ways direct
ed attention to an institution that
has become one of North Caro-
lina's great assets.
Throughout the years, he
brought numerous notable people
to the Walter Raleigh Coastland,
to fish and to hunt or to attend
events. Many of them were inter
national celebrities. To mention a
few: the British Ambassador Sir
Esme Howard, Amelia Earhart, the
woman flier; Speaker Sam Ray
burn of Texas; Senator Wheeler
of Montana; Senator Virgil Chap
man of Kentucky; the late Mayor
Fiorello LaGuardia of New York;
Eddie Rickenbacker; the former
Vice-President, john Garner; Gen.
eral Patrick Hurley, then Secretary
of War; in fact list of notables
of national and international fame
too long to mention.
We who have been close to the
development of all phases of the
Walter Raleigh Coastland of North
Carolina during the past rs years,
believe we can say for Lindsay
Warren that his contribution to the
welfare and progress of our re-
gion has been the greatest of any
single individual. We recognize it
as quite true that he was in posi-
ton to do a lot for US. We also
offer that his abilities put him in
position to do these things, that
his patriotism prompted him to do
them when he got there, and his
selflessness has made fortunes for
so many others who did nothing
but sit tight and wait for the tide
to rise.
Any Of US who are afraid now to
launch out on the tide that follows
so much that has been done for us,
don't deserve any too much in this
life.
Lindsay Warren is the man who
has done the work, who has made
use of the ideas and the labors of
a few patriots in the Coastland. We
owe him tremendous debt, as we
owe much to the others, whom we
will also mention from time to
time as occasion arises.
KITTY HAWKERS IN SERVICE