The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-01-04
THE HIGHER
THE FEWER
There's Always Plenty of Room
At The Top
By
NANCY j. MIDGET

This is ChrlStmaS,-that was;
and the New Year is with us and
the shortest day behind us once
more and the browning question is,
what are we going to do with all
the beautiful days ahead of US.
Sprouting boards just around
the corner,-me looking up from
my desk and after one long. look
deciding that / do know the custo-
ner and won't have to beat about
the bush (not beard) trying to find
out in polite manner what ac-
count L should look up. Then the
Jamboree, Croatan Bridge open
ing ceremony, nd Easter. After
that, the Lost Colony and, = Ye
Gods, more boards.
Listening to the radio last night;
hearing the old year out and the
new year in, the political news,
this ones and that ones views
about what was wrong with the
rest of the world, / began to feel
slightly dazed and out of this
world,-felt that perhaps my good
friends and relations in England
were now going about with knives
between their teeth, seeking whom
they might devour especially the
dove-like descendants of the Phar-
oahs.
To bring myself into saner
frame of mind, 1 began looking
over my Christmas cards, - the
first chance l had taken to have a
good look at them and read the
notes and sentiments thereon. In
doing so l came across letter
from one of my old school friends,
now the mother of two and who
was herself, with her baby, nearly
killed by a vi rocket in World
War II, and today both she and
the girl bear scars of that raid. 1t
seemed so comfortingly natural
and like Chris and my other friends
and folk I know there and like
many peoples lives here and in
other countries, that l revived and
survived and thought that l would
pass on the letter, which has inter-
esting facts, to some of my readers
l believe, and would at the same
time help me cover my column.
II take up my pen on this ex-
tremely cold and frosty afternoon
to write you a letter before the
mad rush of Xmas really descends
upon me. Philip won't be home for
another hour and Mary will be
quite late as she has a netball
match at Warlingham.
"We took a day off when the chill
dren had their half term and went
over to Kingston for the day, met
mother in Bentalls for lunch and
then after look around the store,
went along to Strawberry Hill to
see Dorothy and the baby, then
back to Gotham Road and mother
for tea. We watched television till
10 pm. and then made wild dash
for the train home, arriving about
11:30 pm, terribly late for the
children bunthey were able to sleep
on in the morning.
ppm one of the worlds workers
again and have taken job in a
sub-post office lin a chemists
shop) for the equivalent of two
days a week-it will have to be
more during the week prior to
Xmas. The shop is just through
the woods at the back of our house,
so l go through the gate at the
bottom of the garden and it only
takes a couple of minutes. There
are only four shops there,-chem-
list, grocer, sweet and cigarettes,
etc. and greengrocers and as we
are right off the beaten track, our
clientele doesn't alter much and
it's all very friendly, in fact it's
almost like playing at post office
to me. was nervous about going
back to it after II years as you
may guess but soon got into the
way of things again.
"Mary is a keen sports girl
loves tennis, swimming, netball
and running and was put into the
junior netball team directly she
went up into the Secondary School
She has another chance of scholar.
ship at IS but, failing this, she car
stifl take her GEE. certificate
from this school. Philip is very
bright but comes cropper because
he is too eager to finish the Job or
hand. He is very keen on learning
the violin and is doing well anc
Mary goes in for another piano
exam next week. Pm hoping thai
in the future the children will b.
able to play together. If you arr
really interested, music can b.
such relaxation. especially in thi!
world of ours. with all it's trouble!