The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-02-08
IT TAXES
ALL KINDS
By DAVE WEST

Inns is one Ol IllOSS AuA AAAASA ="
ideas that no one with proper
twentieth century ''get up and go"
could greet with anything but
disrespectful snort. We told Lloyd
Scarborough the other day, in a
conversation about the prospects
for completing the hard-surface
from Rodanthe to the Inlet, that
"as long as we don't own any land
on the Lower Banks, we sort-a
hate to see that road finished.
LLOYD saw at once what we meant:
that easier means of getting off
the island also means easier IN
gress. And that, of course, means
that this happy and friendly is
land will undergo a real estate
boom. The number of visitors will
be increased many times over;
many people-some of them ma
tives of the island-will make lots
of money from the inflow Of tour
lists and vacationers. All that, so
far as it goes, is undeniably good.
All the same, when the boom
comes, whatever the monetary
gains accruing to the islanders, the
people who live here will, we fear,
lose many things that are, to US,
more valuable than money. These
things are inextricably tied up with
isolation-neighborly helpfullness;
unhurried living; the easy, gra-
cious kind of thoughtfulness for
ones neighbOrs ,(who are now al
ways ones friends) that enables
friendly exchanges of gifts and
services to be made among
friends" without thought Of obli-
cation or compensation.
It's hard to say these things
fittingly or with any kind of clear
ness to those who do not already
know all about them. We mean
something like this-sure, it'll be
grand to have a dependable road
from Hatteras to the Inlet; but
it's saddening to know that, in
order to have it, the quiet charm
of Hatteras, Avon, Rodanthe, Bux-
ton and the other villages must
give way to another kind Of thing.
The new conditions may be more
more modern" if you
will-but you must allow the rus
tic Vests to be glad that they liv-
ed here before there were dance
halls on the beaches, bingo places
up and down the highway and a
great outcropping of service sta
lions and hamburger joins catering
to the new folks +. We were
''new folks" ourselves, of course;
but the money the Vests brought |
along certainly couldn't corrupt |
any peaceful spots virtues!
This is the year of the gardner's
luck,
A great year for flowers and
truck.
Labor costs little, for gardeners
aren't stuck.
For digging up mud or spread
ing on muck.
We didn't see Senator Kefauver
on television. So we can't be &C.
cused of admiring him because
he's telegenic. We don't even
know much about the crime invest
igation, much less the Senator's
qualifications for the presidency.
But we feel very strongly that his |
announcing for the presidency on
his own hook without the blessing |
of party big-wigs, is a very good |
sign he's astute. What's more, if |
the fellow gets by the profession
ais somehow and is nominated next |
June, he'll attract lot of votes
from people who'll be happy to
vote for someone, for change,
that is on the ticket through his |
own efforts, more in spite of than |
because of the "party politicians"
Mid-term examinations are over
in North Carolina secondary
schools, and the states teachers
are making the best recovery they
can from the reflected results of
their teaching. Never imagine. that
things like these are cinches to
recover from either: a teacher of |
ancient history found examination