The coastland times., 1956-03-02

has come to the editor of The
Coastland Times, and purports to
come from the Kitty Hawk School
Committee. 1t was sent by messen-
ger to the editor, by Mr.. Robert
A. Young, a member of the town
board of Kill Devil Hills, and also
purporting to be a member of the
Kitty Hawk school committee.
We talked to Mr.. Young and
asked him who wrote his paper.
We asked him how many had
signed it, and their names. He
would give no definite answer to
either question. We told him we
would like to help him broadcast
it by printing the names of the
signers. We told him we hoped
there would be a number of them
and that they would sign in good
black ink, especially the solvent
ones. We figured that we would
turn it over to some smart lawyer,
and let him perhaps win some con-
tingent fees in a civil action
against parties in such a conspir-
acy. In event of finding ourselves
damaged by any result of such ill
advised conspiracy, we would do
just that. We would let them come
in court.
Mr.. Young said there were not
maybe more than thre or four
signers. He didn't know who they
were, or he just felt he couldn't
tell. Maybe that is the kind of
tactics they use in Russia, but men
who are men come out in the open
in the United States and stand by
their actions. Mr.. Young said he
didn't write the paper.
But Mr.. Young has been acting
as member of the Kitty Hawk
school committee and among some
members of that committee has
been circulated misleading state
ments that this newspaper is op-
posed to the school as proposed
at Kitty Hawk by this Committee.
All of this is untrue and mislead-
ing. We have always been good
booster of Kitty Hawks worthy
undertakings, as perusual of our
columns for 20 years will show.
We usually call things as we see
them and it makes no difference
which community it's in, ours or
another, we print it just the same.
We are aware of the many fine
people in Kitty Hawk who are de-
voted to plans for the future. Their
hearts and souls are in the prof.
ect. They look beyond this day, and
wish to provide for the needs of
the future, and the children who
may come along to attend their
school ten, 20 and 80 years from
now. Their cause is especially
worthy. They deserve all support
and encouragement. Unfortunately
for these good people, the bark
loaded with their ambitions has
struck stormy seas and sometimes
runs aground because of the ac-
tions OF, some of those who have
assumed leadership in their behalf.
The project is not being run en-
tirely by Kitty Hawk people, and
in their zeal to win support and
supporters, they have picked up
along the way some deadweight
which has done perhaps irrepar-
able damage to their cause. The
good people of Atlantic Township
are having to carry along also
heavy burden which includes some
| congenital trouble-makers. 1t is
these who may run them on the
rocks. Some examples of advice
and strategy that have been fol-
lowing may be enumerated:
1. The proposal advanced at the
outset that the school be taken
from Kitty Hawk and located out
on the beach got reaction from
many people. They were convinced
there might be an ethiopian in the
wood-pile. One might never be sure
just where the school might wind
up.
2. They threw the fear of votes
in the Board of Education who
chicken-heartedly ordered that
buses passing that way, could not
bring Nags Head children to Man
teo school. This action forced upon
residents at Nags Head the trouble
and expense of transporting their
children from an area which had
been annexed to Kitty Hawk Dis
trict. That piece of bread sown
upon the waters is coming back
to them today but stale, for the
patrons of upper Nags Head are
signing a petition en- masse to
have their territory put back into
Manteo District which long had
served it.
8. Regardless of who was re-
lsponsible, a malicious and vicious
sounding piece of propaganda,
which was obviously intended as a
threat, was broadcast throughout
the state in several daily news
papers saying that Kitty Hawk
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