The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-07-16
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/ looked like a little black boy
and heaven knows what would
have happened had l gone near
fire-but within nine days
was cured"
Col. Langston recalls that his
first sweetheart was Lucy Stowe
of Hatteras. Il cried when l had
to leave Hatteras and Lucy after
two years." he says.
Its bad in many ways to be
minister's son." Col. Langston
chuckles. "A few years ago
went with my daughter, Mary
(Mrs. Evans), to visit Mrs. Sam
Griffin of Manteo. In the course
of the conversation she leaned
over, pointed her finger at Mary
and said. Mary, your daddy was
the meanest boy on Roanoke Is
land
will Etheridge and I used to
stay in trouble at school,, Col.
Langston admits. Il remember
one teacher we had, a professor
Harris. On the second day of
school he imagined some mis-
chief that we had done and lick
ed us both for something of
which we were perfectly limo
cent. From that day on we were
declared enemies. He made our
life miserable for us both and we
did our best to make his so. l
don't think we missed a day that
year getting a licking.
I'VE had another teacher with
whom relations were not so
strained, Miss Alice Wilson. That
was, remember, in the 1905" 1
didn't see her or hear from her
/ again after l left Roanoke Island
for many years. assumed that
she was dead. Then once in 1928
when I was campaigning for
lieutenant governor I was max
ing a commencement speech at
East Carolina Teachers College
and thought I was doing pretty
well. Suddenly 1 looked down in
the audience and who should I
| see on the third row but Miss
Alice Wilson. For a moment l
was little boy again.
| after l regained my compos-
ure l told the audience about
seeing my old teacher again.
They seemed to enjoy it as much
as 1. Miss Wilson was Dean OF
Women at ECTC at the time"
Changing the subject, Col
Langston commented that he
went fishing last Friday. Broke
a rod too. he says, ION gigan-
tice crab" Col. Langston showed
no disappointment about his
poor catch Friday. However,
have really caught some fish
down here at that Inlet, he says
Il remember once about q
years ago Horace Dough took {
friend of mine, my son and / out
We caught 81 channel bass be-
, fore we were tired out and hac
to stop. 1t was about four mile:
out and as far out as the eye
. could see we were surrounded
by a red sea, the sun setting or
the backs of all those fish. i
was the prettiest sight / have
ever seen or ever expect to see
and Horace Dough said that he
had never seen such large
school of channel bass"
Next time we went OUT. he
continues, 1--WE took an inexperi'
enced fisherman, a young Man
teo lawyer. "He was using {
hand line. 1--WE kept warning
him to be careful how he hand
led than line, Col Langston says
Suddenly one of those big fish
hit and you could see his hand
smoke"
Col. Langston reports better
fishing here than in Florida AND
not to slight Hyde, he praises
the fishing in Rose Bay, "Oi
course the game fish are not
there, he says, ''but between
the mouths of the Pungo and
Pamlico rivers you can catch as
many croakers and such as any
where in the world"
| Col. Langston praised the peo-
pie of the outer banks as some
nf the most wonderful folks