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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-09-05
BETTER WATCH OUR LOST COLONY

It's always too late when the horse is gone The people
Island at least better wake up and give the
Lost Colony hand It's the only thing the Island has got
The beach has got the to SELL and the Dare County
Tourist Bureau has been bringing in the bacon for the
beaches while at the time helping the Lost Colony
Here simple example of falling down Las year the
various interests of the county subscribed $05 to
the bureau Of these total pledges SIPS has not yet
been paid and $500 of this unpaid money is owing in Man.
teo vicinity
Here's figures. The paid attendance of the
Lost Colony this year announced at $4,000 This is drop
5000 under last years announced attendance and
drop of than IL 400 in the four years has been
ming since the The only thing to the Lost Colony
from disastrous deficit this year the remission of Fed
eral amusement taxes heretofore assessed against it.
Now this is disparagement of the Lost Colony The
show good BY all the rules should be draw
ing bigger and bigger crowds each year. instead of losing
ground ALI other outdoor dramas showing gains from
year year. and why not the Lost Colony first in the
field first in prestige and first in quality? Unless gains
it loses can't get along by simply standing still
This is serious matter. 1t doesns take very good
business head figure it out What would Roanoke Island
do without the Lost Colony? What is Roanoke Island do
ing for Apparently the drama lacking in manage
ment and promotion. Something should be added.
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sister and brother-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clyde Pusey. While there
she visited Mt. Mitchell and Bull
Gap.
Montague Pennystone has re-
turned to Burlington to enter
school, after visiting his mother,
Mrs. Augusta Pennystone, at her
home in Manteo.
Miss Doris Walker left We'd
nesday to return to her work in
Washington, D. c., after visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Walker. Miss Walker is employed
in the office of the National Geo
graphic Society, and works with
the division which publishes the
Biographies school bulletin.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lee and
children of Alexandria, Va, have
returned to their home after visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Rogers
for several weeks.
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od all ont of reason We had long hopeful
that the people of the county would get out OF une
of grabbing every piece of sucker oa nelo OUT 70
We thought they might in time pen 10 give sLuuy "
nronoston and not be swayed by every spontaneous Out
burst of special groups We had hoped that care1u ea
nation would be of sudden propositions presented
But looks like such hopes are in VAIN HISTORY con
Times to repeat itself There has been school out
in Dare County there hasn't been violent opposon TO III
Today what should have been the finest scnoo IN e
Coasand would have been serving for TWO years tne chi
dren of Hatteras Island but built because OF row.
There was bitter opposition to removal OF the destructive
hogs and cattle the Dare beaches Few years ago.
but the move succeeded and has become worth untoo
benefits to our people, The building of any road at all was
opposed by many methods by prominent people on Hatras
Island and other parts of the county The same Attorney
Worth who now would Dare County people to fight his
desperately needed between Rodanthe and Oregon Inlet
until road through his property could be built first Ana
vet MANY of the people who thoughtessy grabbed the
bait has held out without ascertanng the true facts
and some of his adherents have pedded transformation
and truths and sought by prejudice to arouse
unfavorabe sentiment of which based the merits
but predces and fears destined to bear fruit
for only few people.
But who remains the goat, always. The Taxpayer of
course Smart folks the trap The taxpayer is made
sucker whether wishes We doubt the legal right
nature We deny the moral right to waste money in
paying lawyers and litigation fees and to putting numerous
people further inconvenience and expense. We think
unfair particular to take the money the county needs
other purposes the douby gnobe purpose OF
fighting battle for mans selfish GAIN while defeating
the object of dead mans unselfish gift to people
This move should be well watched the people of the
county, Along with it, other being made by people,
including high public life and the confidence of the
people should be noted Effort will be made to proong the
in the courts while real estate manpuators set their
traps make big profits lands desperately needed Tor
public USE time time these facts will be revealed
and will make most interesting and eyeopenng reading
for those who have been too to swallow sucker bait
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trust.
With Hoover, Dewey and the Macs
to aid and abet,
Lord God of host, be with US yet,
lest we forget, lest we forget;
By cutting the budget half in two,
he'll not protect the Red, White
and Blue,
And that will be. the last of you.
The safest place will then be Jail,
Where both you and l may weep
and wall.
Bread lines and Hoover carts will
reappear,
AS they did just yesteryear.
Ike is a good soldier, true and
brave,
But Adlai (the JUST is for peace
and U. S.
Under his guidance there1l be no
bust,
So, in him you can put your trust.
IS. w. Worthington
Mays Head, N. C.
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OTHER EDITORS
STATE HARBORS
OFFER INCREASED
TOURIST INCOME
Big Losses In Fishing Indus
try DepIored; BeIhaven
Mans Enterprise
Cited
(Virginian-Pil ot)

Counties of the Albemarle and
Pamlico Sound area, along with
those of the rest of the Eastern
Carolina Seaboard, are far below
the norm for the rest of the State
and 6 per cent below the normal
population growth of other At
lantic states, census figures re-
veal.
In other words, population
studies show general failure of
North Cardinals coastal counties
to retain normal growth and to
hold their increment of popula-
ton.
"In plain, ordinary Yankee
language, you are going back
wards, not forward" a blunt
spoken Michigan official told
members of the North Carolina
Board of Conservation and De-
velopment recently.
The speaker was Bert Robb.
director of the Michigan State
Waterways Commission, who had
been sent. to North Carolina by
the governor of Michigan to make
a study of inland water routes
and valley resource problems in
North Carolina. His words were
repeated by Buxton White in
Elizabeth City last week, quoting
from Robb's address, at More
head City:
Decline in Fishing
"Your fishing industry in these
counties has lesser dollar value
and a lesser production value
than it did in the period from
1880 to 1887. The fishermen are
making less money in purchasing
power and are producing less
food in food value today than
they were some 70 years ago.
Moreover, numbering, fish
meal production, fish and
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other manufacturing processes
provide only about 10 per cent
of your economic base. Less than
10 per cent of the states manu-
featuring business is located in
your coastal counties. Your STAN
dard of living is far below the
rest of the state, and Sc per cent
below that of Piedmont North
Carolina.
&C. AS a result, the young
people of your region go else
where, to seek greener pastures
You are losing your well-educat-
ed young people to Michigan
labor markets. We thank you for
them. You are losing your we'll
educated young people to manu-
featuring centers in the western
portions of this State and to
other states"
Manufacturing Potentials
AS to manufacturing potential,
Robb said this region has good
opportunity to attract steel fab
rication plants from Michigan,
where first-grade iron ores are
being exhausted. Said he: "Bra-
lillian or Venezuelan ore can be
moved to the Sparrow Point
plant, near Baltimore, and its
products shipped here cheaper
than we can send you Michigan
sheet steel. can see absolutely
no justification for establishing a
steel mill in this region. I do see
justification for steel warehouses
and for the attraction of fabrica-
ton plants from Michigan to
settle in North Carolina.
Tourist Possibilities
Another undeveloped potential
in this region, in Robb's view, is
the tourist industry. Said he: Il
know you've got a $350,00O,O 900
gross industry in tourists. But
they use your highways. What oil
your waterways? Speaking as a
boatman, let me tell you that six
times I went through North Caro-
lina's Coastal Waterway going
south and six times I came back
going north, and each time I
spent three days or less in North
Carolina waters under the i'm
preston that North Carolina had
nothing to offer. The Inland Wat
erway Guide is in some measure
responsible for that. 1t has some
thing to say about Edenton and
more to say about Oriental
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where the docks are filed by
shrimpers and a terrific STENCIL"
Robb goes on to point out that
there are 1882 recreational craft
registered in North Carolina and
5000 transient craft from other
states that travel North Carolina
waters, a total of 1884 recrea-
tional type vessels. Said he:
That's big business that hasn't
been developed" He continued:
I'm your ports there is an out
standing lack of accommodations
and service. Time after time we
went into port and people were
on the docks and they just stood
there. That one look over the
shoulder was all we got. There
wasn't a Chamber of Commerce
man in the community, or ap-
parently so.
Arson Smith Praised
"Only in one port did we re-
ceive what is considered normal
courtesy, and that was at Bel
haven. When we pulled into
Arson Smiths spot there was a
man on the dock to take the
lines. The man had a smile on
his face. We knew Immediately
that we were welcome. If / had
been a tourist, that would have
been a spot where I would have
stayed because / could see hos
pitality existed there"
Robb suggested that if other
North Carolina ports would fol-
low the example of Elizabeth
City, Morehead City and Belhav-
en-, the 5000 boats that now spend
a day or less at North Carolina
ports would come to spend tlNe
days or a week. Said he: Gas
conditions are now, these 5000
boats come to your harbors and
spend just about $50 for fuel and
service, giving you an income of
| $580,000 from transient craft. But
hold that boat over for a day
and expenditures triple. Hold it
over for week and your $3.50, 900
jumps to $2,2O5,0OO with no in
crease in the present traffic, and
| you viii increase traffic when you
have improved your ports"
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QUESTION: Who said August
and September are months of rest
in the garden?
ANSWER: "The man who didn't
have a garden" according to
John H. Harris, State College ex-
tension horticultural specialist.
august and September are
good months for planting beets,
kale, mustard, spinach, leaf let
tuce, turnips, carrots and radishes.
If you have. plants or can buy
them, now is the time to set out
collard, broccoli, and caulifower
and cabbage plants for fall
CROP" Harris says.
The specialist also offers in
structions on making frame for
protecting vegetables this winter:
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Plant the hardy vegetables mem
toned above in bed about six
feet wide and as long as you like.
Place boards or logs about 10
inches around gthe sides. Then
place strips across the top to sup
port covering of burlap or SINH
lar material.
This covering is not usually
needed except when the tempera-
ture drops below 20 degrees.
Don't allow the sun to strike the
vegetables while they are frozen,
Harris warns. Transplant your
cabbage and collards to the frame
when cold weather comes. The
frame is also a good place to seed
and carry over head lettuce plants
for transplanting next spring.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-09-05
SUMMER FERRY SCHEDULE
Effective June 10th-Sept. 10th, 1859
CRoATAN SOUND
OREGON INLET FERRY

t'NiEhtly except Monday
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-09-05
FORMER PASTOR ENJOYS
VISIT TO DARE COUNTY

"Back home" in Manteo, we were
glad to see some of our friends
and to stay on the historic soil OF
Roanoke Island while last week
We also heard the call of the sea
and were amazed with the rapid
development on the beach since
our residence in that vicinity.
The people seem to live long
time down in Dare, and to be lured
by the haunting joys of the sand
and the sea. T. S. Meekins, who
has a long memory in Dare, was
greeted warmly on the street, and
other citizens like Drinkwater,
Bruce Etheridge and Mrs. Caroline
Midget seem to fit Tennyson's
description of the brook that goes
on and on, if not forever.
David Stick presented me with
copy of his recent book, "The
Graveyard of the Atlantic, vol
ume that is destined to be widely
read. The thrilling, authentic stor-
les of centuries of shipwrecks on
the wild, treacherous Diamond
Shoals make the daring heroes and
tragedies of other days come alive.
Besides the use of his able pen,
David is devoting his time to Eek
panding" the Wright Memorial
project, honoring the memory of
the Wright brothers and marking
the beginning of new world era
in the introduction of aircraft. =
For the 18th time, we witnessed
The Lost Colony symphonic dra-
ma. Every American should see
that production. For one thing, it
portrays the faith of our found
ing fathers. They believed in di-
vine providence, and in the high
destiny to which individuals and
nations may aspire. Again, they
valued freedom, and felt it worthy
of any price or sacrifice. Also, the
old world, with its crude weapons
of war and ways Though colorful)
of living is here depicted. We have
vastly improved on their ways of
doing things, but have we improv-
ed on the courage and devotion of
those high-minded men and wo-
men, who were the pioneers of a
new order and tanners of the will
derness? God grant that their
dream shall live, though crudely
challenged by communism and 9TH
er "isms'' in our modern world.
We stayed in the hospitable,
magnificent home of the Creefs,
and shared a good meal at Rennie
Williamson and in the Hotel Par
kerson, under the sound of the sea
and the salty spray.
Fairmont is our present home
town. Here nearly 60-million
pounds of the Bright Leaf was sold
last season.
Yours truly,
D. W. CHARLTON,
Bethesda Church.
Fairmont, N. C.
Aug. 80, 1862.
Mailing address:
r. F. D.
Drum, N. C.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-09-05
ALLIGATOR RHvER
MANTEo PERSONALS

Mrs. Mary Midget, who has
been very ill at her home near
Manteo, has been removed to Bos-
ton, Mass, by her daughters, Mrs.
E. C. Arey and Mrs. Mary E. Ma
ginnis, who have been at her bed
side. She is reported to have stood
the trip well, and will enter Bos-
ton hospital for treatment.
Miss Retta Liverman has re-
turned from Black Mountain
where she visited her brother,
Carther Liverman, Jr., and her
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MTDDLEToWN NEWS

Colleen Mckinney has returned
from Baltimore after spending
ten days with Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Wright, and Mr.. and Mrs. Tai
madge Balance.
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S. w. WORTHINGTON WAKES
POETIC FOR DEMOCRATS

BOOM OR BUST?
Come Tuesday in November next,
if a boom you'd change for a
bust,
Vote for Ike and in Him put your
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the weekend at her home near
Manteo.
Mrs. S. G. Basnight and son,
Steve, Jr., and Carolyn Gaskill of
Wanchese spent Saturday at
Bayside, Va. with Mrs. Basnight's
sisters and brothers-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. J., A. Mills and children,
Mrs. Retta Gates of Ocean View,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Skidmore and
Mr.. Graydon Gray of Wilmington,
Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. d. Sawyer, Mr..
and Mrs. Kenneth Ward and
daughter, Diana, and Mrs. Peggy
Etheridge, visited Mrs. Alethia
Sawyer in Portsmouth, Va. Christ
mas afternoon, and were dinner
guests that evening of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bernice Mann.
Miss Mollie Fearing visited in
Raleigh several days this week,
accompanying her brother, Wood
son Fearing, as he returned to the
University of North Carolina in
Chapel Hill.
Returning to various colleges
this week, after the Christmas hol-
idays, were Maxine Scarborough,
Greensboro College; Roger Bell,
Jack Cahoon, Bobby O'Neal, Bobby
Owens, Roger Meekins, Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Parent and daugh-
ter Linda, Pete Daniels, Moncie
Lee Daniels III, and Leigh Has
sell, Jr., N. C. State College, Ra-
leigh; Lelie Ward, Averett Col
lege, Danville, Va, Doris Afford,
Ivadean Wilson, Maggie Daniels,
and Thomas Cannady, East Caro-
lima College, Greenville; Pat Mil
Ter, W.C.U.N.C., Greensboro; Bet
ty Krider, Rex Hospital School of
Nursing, Raleigh.
1t. and Mrs. R. A. Holloman,
III, of Fort Benning, Ca, and w.
C. u, N. c., Greensboro, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. Meekins
several days last week.
Pfc. and Mrs. w. E. Lennon, Jr.,
spent several hours Monday after
noon with relatives in and near
! Manteo. Pfc. and Mrs. Lennon
were returning to Leesler Air Field
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-04

Pansy plants now ready, soc per
dozen. Also native yaupon, cam
elias, azaleas, Gardenias and many
other shrubs for landscaping. See
US first for your garden needs.
Roanoke Island Gardens, Albert @.
Bell, Manteo, N. C. Telephone
210-J If
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FOR SALE: Flat-bottom skiff.
% #. longs #. wide. 81 inches
deep. Fully equipped with winding
rigs for oystering or shrimping-
va motor. Al condition. Phone
1912, w. H. Etheridge, Man.
teo. 12-28-3tp
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I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE
for any bills made after Dec.
IL by my wife, Carrie Temple.
Ray Temple, Belhaven, N. C.
P-12-20-3tp
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FORTUNES
Continued from Page One)

issue of Pathfinder Magazine some
of the plans were outlined, under
the caption "Stockpile on the ocean
floor-Gold can wait; today's sunk
en- treasure is STEEL"
"In this undersea wealth a total
loss? Officials of the U. S. Mari
time Administration believe at
least part of it can be retrieved"
reported Pathfinder. directing an
urgent new program aimed at re-
coupling some of the losses of the
war is Capt. Frank E. Rusk, a
veteran. Of 33 years in maritime
service"
The Pathfinder report continued:
Were not trying to make money
on this project" Rusk explains.
But there are thousands of tons
of steel and other materials going
begging on the bottom, much of
it close inshore. We want to get
some of it back in use again."
The Equipoise in 225 feet of
water a few miles off the Mays
Head coast is one of the treasure
ships" that may be salvageable.
She would be a valuable prize to
the salvor who raised her, not
only for the metal in her hulk but
for the 5000 or more tons of Man
ganese ore which she carried and
which at salvage prices would be
worth an estimated $1s5 per ton.
Pathfinder pointed out that a de-
cade of immersion would little eff
feet the value of the valuable car
go.
There has been no followup on
the Pathfinder report. But the
Maritime Administration reported
ly has "invited bids from profess
sional salvage companies to raise, u
some of the ships.
"Rusk has mapped the location
and depth of 1875 World War II
hulks along the Atlantic, Caribbean
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and Gulf coasts. Fifty-nine ships
(now government property because
war risk insurance was paid on
themJ have been pinpointed as
likely salvage targets. Each rests
in less than so fathoms 600 feet)
the maximum practical depth for
salvage operations" reported Path
finder.
One of the accessible" wrecks
that may be tackled in the pro-
posed salvage operations could be
the Equipofse, which was sent to
the bottom with a loss of SO lives
near Mays Head during the early
evening of March &c, 1912, when
the full effects of the Battle of the
Atlantic were being felt along the
North Carolina coast.
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at Biloxi, Miss, after spending the
holidays in fredericksburg, Nd.
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HeesPh rthartop
the
etwO cOOr a al
quality Hav I'm peah harmony
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-04
MRS. BASNIGHT HOSTESS
AT COFFEE HOUR FRIDAY

Mrs. Fred Basnight was hostess
at a coffee hour last Friday after
noon at her home on the airport
road, near Manteo. The house was
attractively decorated in keeping
with the holiday season. Mrs. Len
ME Tillett of Wanchese poured
coffee, and dainty sandwiches,
cookies, candies and nuts were
served. A large number of friends
called during the afternoon.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-01-04

RADIO TELEVISION Service.
Parts for all makes, models.
Reasonable prices.-RADIO-TEL-
EVISION CENTER, Manteo.
Phone 1851. TIT
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LEGALS
North Carolina
Dare County.


Dare County.
Having this day duly qualified
as Administrative of the estate Of
Lawrence E. Perry, deceased, of
Kitty Hawk, Dare County, North
Carolina, notice is hereby given to
all persons indebted to his estate
to come forward and make i'm
mediate settlement; and those
holding claims against said estate
will present them for payment
within TWELVE MONTHS from
the date of this notice or it will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
This January 2, 1862.
Mrs. Hildegarde Perry, Admx.
Kitty Hawk, N. C. t-4-6tc
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WANTED TO BUY - House and
lot on ocean. Write me what
you have. A. w. Drinkwater,
Phone 26, Manteo, N. C. If
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FISHING TACKLE REPAIRED

E40I111NU 1AGhIE hEFAIhED,
Lawnmowers sharpened and re-
paired. General repairs. YOU
WRECK 1T, WE FIX 1T. We pick
up and deliver. WHITES FIX-IT
SHOP, SO4 S. Road St., Manteo,
Phone 201-J. T-4-6-52c
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SEE A. W. DRINKWATER if you
want to buy some good land or
a good house. Lots on Beach. In
surance and Bonds. Manteo. N. C.
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BUY YOUR TOBACCO plant bed
cloth early. In 100 squard yard
pieces, specially priced at 10e per
square yard. Burgess Department
Store, Belhaven. P-12-6-6tp
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For your insurance needs see
w. R. PEARCE, Manteo, N. C.
All kinds of insurance
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-01-11
SURPRISE PARTY HELD

Jack Mulligan was pleasantly
surprised with a farewell party
Saturday evening when a group
CT friends gathered at the Null
gan apartment. Those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Grieger,
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Thorbahn,
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Briggs, Mr..
and Mrs. J. c. Darlington, Mr..
and Mrs. E. ]. Mulligan, Lawrence
Mulligan, Dick MLlligan, Pal Gold
stein, Arnold Auxter, Donald
Barnes, Misses Joann Seeger and
Leona Bloomfield. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Mulligan Games and
contests were enjoyed during the
evening after which Mrs. Mulligan
served delicious lunch to her
guests. The honored guest, who
is member Of the 37th Division,
will leave for active duty after
January Is.