The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-09-21
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BIZ VICTOR MEEKlNS
VISITING is REFRESHING
AND STIMULATING

frequently we HSd1 AdAAlcuIS Us
fered about the lost custom OF
visiting, and indeed / might add
that visiting is great institu-
lions. In the rush and hurry of
making living these days, too
many people think they don't have
time to visit and too many people
don't have time to receive visitors.
During recent years / have done
little visiting, and / usually come
home from my annual autumn trip
to New York City and intermediate
points, deploring the fact that !
have not had time to look up old
friends.
got back Tuesday night from
five day trip to Washington,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New
York, and / felt less tired and
more inspired than after any trip
in a long time. You see on this
Zip l took off time to visit few
friends, and to meet with friends.
10 learn what they are doing and
TO hear them talk is the most re-
freshing thing in the world. The
exchange of news and views is in
formational and educational. 1t is
really surprising how much infor-
nation one may get while visiting
Most interesting was a visit to
the home of Fred Morrison ir
Washington, D. C. Fred is a North
,Carolinian who owns home a.
Kill Devil Hills and is a fine friend
Of our coastland. He is success
full lawyer, and of the firm of
Gardner, Morrison and Rogers,
whose founder was the late Gov
ernor O. Max Gardner. Fred and
his busy wife Emma Dean live
in a lovely home, and their daugh-
ter Myra, a teen-ager, .eXcels in
horsemanship and wins silver cups
and many honors. Fred is one of
the most entertaining RECRUITERS
of "reminiscences have ever
heard, and time flies, once he gets
unwound, so absorbing is the en-
tertainment that springs from his
talents and his busy career. Incl
dentally, they set a fine table,
which is one of the finest rewards
that come from visiting friends.
On Saturday, visited my good
friends, the families of General
Robert, and DR.. Eddie Macon who
live at Joy Point on the Patuxent
River. Southern Maryland has a
fascinating shoreline, where they
both own lovely and exceedingly
comfortable estates, and are set
tied down with their families to
enjoy the delights of peaceful lei
sure. Here are hills and woods,
and fish and oysters and beautiful
sheltered waters for boating.
Proceeding north on Saturday
afternoon, driving alone, l was
discouraged by the heavy traffic,
and rain, and so l stopped off for
the night with two delightful
hosts. Robert H. Atkinson and his
wife Roxie, who prim and pretty
as ever, live like barons in feu-
dial castle in the superintendent
residence at historic Fort McHen-
ry on the Baltimore harbor. Rob-
ert is superintendent of this in
teresting memorial, now admins
tered by the National Park Serv-
ice, and which is visited by well
over half million people year.
Students, teachers, tourists, lovers
of America come here to enjoy
its scenery, its splendid view of
Baltimore harbor, and above all to
be thrilled by the inspiration that
comes from visiting the scene which
inspired our national anthem.
Francis Scott Key wrote the Star
Spangled Banner following his i'm
prisonment off this fort in the
War of 1912. Today, over this fort,
from staff 100-feet high, the
flag, size six by nine feet, flies
day and night, one of the few
places in America where this is
permitted. On Sunday a great Gel
ebration took place at this fort,
visited by many thousands of peo-
pie, for it was the anniversary of
ON. national antbayo