The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-09-25
ROANOKE ISLAND
AREA PRAISED IN
MARYLAND PAPER
Summer Visitor Finds Just
About Everything All
Right on Vacation

Roanoke Island, the Manteo
Airport, and the Lost Colony
came in for high praise in the
Prince George (Md.) Post in an
article written by 10 Cortes who
spent several pleasant days here
visiting the Hendersons at the
Manteo Airport, this season, and
en- returning wrote an article
telling others. The result-several
other people were Immediately
attracted to the Manteo area.
The article referred to is as
follows:
"Our column for the next two
weeks will feature high lights of
our vacation in North Carolina.
AS you know, Bill and Dolly
Henderson of Powhatan have
moved down here where Bill
operates the Manteo Airport.
Quite a few of our local folks are
taking advantage of the wonder
full inexpensive vacations pos
sible here at the airport, where
the fishing is unbelievably good,
the swimming just about per-
feet, and the cool breezes plenti-
full.
''We left home at four in the
morning Saturday, and arrived
in time for lunch of croakers,
which son Billy had caught that
morning. Evidence of the damage
done by the recent hurricane was
plentiful, with many seaside cot
tages left roofless, and tons of
sand swept onto the highways.
Here at the airport the only effect
of the storm was a lack of power,
but that enhanced the enjoyment
of the vacation, since the young
sters were delighted to have din
ner by candlelight.
Charles Barnes of PoWhatan
st. left here as we arrived, but
his son, Chuckie, remains with
us. Pat Stone is here, too. Com
ptroler General Lindsey C.. War
rem had to stop fishing because
he is reported to have developed
tired muscles from hauling in the
dolphin.
Grabbing is simple; one mer-
ely walks along the beach of
Roanoke Sound with net,
scoops them up, and there you
are! On the ocean side, the surf
constantly pounds in high waves,
making for the most exciting
type of swimming. In the pro-
tected waters of the sound you
enjoy the warmest water which
is very refreshing.
History Enacted
A half mile from our cottage
is the Roanoke Island theatre
where the drama, 'The Lost
Colony, is being enacted for the
18th consecutive year. We plan
to see this great outdoor spectacle
tonight, joining the half million
people who have seen and thrill
ed to the story of Virginia Dare,
first English child to be born in
this country, and the history of
the illfated first colony amidst
the Indians.
THE youngsters of our town
who went to school with little
George Henderson a few years
ago would hardly recognize this
grown young man. He is rapidly
becoming one of the best plane
mechanics in the area, even
though he is just Is.
Garden club members would
be delighted to see the gardens
here which contain vineyards of
fantastic growth. These are grape
vines planted 400 years ago by
the first expedition sent here by
Sir Walter Raleigh, and they still
bear fruit.
"At nearby Kitty Hawk we
will visit the Wright Museum,
concentrating the first airplane
flight in this country. The area
features the biggest sand dunes
we have ever, seen, which we
hope to explore. The shores yield
a daily crop of Enthusiastically
beautiful driftwood, each one a
challenge to the imagination with
its twisted limbs bleached white
by years of sun and surf. We hope
all of you are getting along fine,
because we are truly having the
most wonderful time of our
lives"