The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-02-20
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SARAH F. HALLIBURTON
CREDIT DESERVED

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Some orchids are due the
players on Kitty Hawks bas-
ketball teams. For two years,
neither team won a game. This
year, with a trained coach for
the first time in years, the girls
have turned the tables on some
of their opponents. Their school,
mates and the community in GEM
eral are proud of them.
Though the boys team hasn't
won a game, the players deserve
a lot of credit for getting out
there on the hardwood, going up
against taller teams with more
experience. The Kitty Hawkers
have shown a tough streak of
determination and persistence
that does credit to the boys
character. If they can't win, they
can do their best without letting
epeated defeat conquer their
spirits.
Some of the credit goes to
Coach William Miller and some
of it to parents and patrons who
support the teams and give en-
thusiastic support. Fundamental
lily, though, the players deserve
the orchids.
These boys and girls have on
| ly outdoor courts on which to
practice, while all their oppo-
nents have the use of gymna-
Sums. Until recently, only one
court was equipped to use, which
meant that the boys and girls
had to take turns practicing.
Even now, the coach can hardly
give each team the attention it
needs when they practice at the
same time.
Next year, if all goes well, the
teams will be back intact ex-
cept for one player on each to be
lost by graduation. With a years
Experience behind them, and
some new talent on the squad,
both boys and girls stand good
chance to make other teams in
the conference sit up and take
notice.
Pug is one of my friends and
wouldn't hurt her canine feel
ings for anything in the world.
So, because the other day men
toned Tinkle, the cat pet in the
family, I'll now tell you about
Pug. Pug belongs to Elton Twi-
ford and he thinks a lot of her.
Even so, he was a little put out
the other day when his toddling
grandfather, Debby, asked for
chocolate covered ice cream on
stick and then promptly fed
it to Pug. Debby patiently held
the stick while Pug licked the
ice cream. Pug, who will eat
most anything that people seem
to think is good, is coffee top
er and will beg piteously until
served her portion.
incidentally, that little Debby
is quite a person. She calls her
self Louise Twiford, but answers
only to Debby. Actually, her
name is Deborah Louise. She has
three grandparents and three
great-grandparents to ease. the
rough places for her, but not an
uncle or aunt.
Tommy Johnson is a boy who
gets things done. When he no
ticed that his mother, Mrs. Ralph
johnson, couldn't leave the store
in Mays Head for moment be ..
cause she couldn't be sure Of
hearing customers come in, he
found bell and hung it on the
door. When that tinkles, Mrs.
Johnson knows she has a custo-
Imer and hurries from her apart
ment into the store. The bell is
an old one, at least to this re-
porter. 1t is of brass, thick and
heavy, with brass clapper hung
on wire, the ends of which ex-
tend through a hole in the top
of the bell and bend over the
outside to hold the clapper in
place. The bell is round, perhaps
two inches long and almost that
in diameter. Tommy thinks it
must be a cowbell, but it does
mt resemble any bells worn by
cows back in the Ozarks, where
the cattle have longer legs on
one side than the other, so as to