The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1959-12-04
A CHALLENGING OPPORTUNITY FOR PRODUCING
A MORE PROFITABLE LOST COLONY THIS YEAR


The lessons of past folly and neglect the experience
developed knowledge of the contingencies and de-
mans the condition of todays economy and the great mu
readily in holering distance to and
see shapes up unparalleled opportunity to make of
1860 the most profitable and inspiring the Lost Colo
ny has had.
month of July falls the 00Oh performance New blood has
been added to the directorate More citizens have been
aroused to the calamity that would to the cornmun
ty the Lost Colony should collapse Fewer people dulge
in childish and stupid complaining about wanting the show
home In fact those who led the chorus of complaints
mostly people who contributed little nothing to the
show and often people who had long benefited
there be any remaining who cannot realize that the
future of the Lost Colony not the future of Roanoke Is
land and its nearby Coasand then he not percepve
indeed.
The Lost Colony was the first movement of real
pact to develop the advanced of Roanoke Islands
whereby they invested in home improvements modern
veniences, and got stmulant for civic pride.
Because the Lost Colony, motels began be built
larger and better hotels There developed appreciation
of the value of advertising For the first time public funds
and funds out of public spirit began to be invested in pub
lie relations in modern usage.
AS the result of vastly increased property valuation
growing out of investments stimulated by the Lost Colony
many public benefits could be enjoyed There were
taxes for schools, welfare etc.
The Lost Colony could be easily three times big
as it is It can be as big the people willing to
make it.
1t will grow big by sitting ones and bel
iaching about who it How in Gods anyone
complain about who it, when the almportant ques
ton that be There be profits from the op
Grafton from the show then why beache because
body is willing to do work to make of success?
We all show is properly rum it is going to
bring widespread benefits into the Then everybody
shares in the increased betterments
Because of the Lost Colony many hundreds of thous-
and of dollars have been spent to provide roads that people
might reach it. Without these roads, there would not have
been spent millions for bridges
The Lost Colony be bigger It's going to take some
hard work. and some investment Nothing without
capital and energy But the Lost Colony will not long
duct is cheapened.
tion anything it ought to be expanded that people
might expect for their The almportant thing
to fill all the seats It be done and to do credit
ber of seats should be filled
Again, the subject of cheapenng the show might
say that while would like authentic viii
lage Roanoke Island it should not be gaudy cheap
populated by filthy money grabbers should truly
vey picture of life lived by primitive Indians and i'm
visitors with the sacrifices made by forefa
theirs when they met by these people, and had
among them. We would hope might create stim
uus for appreciation of the priceless heritage that has been
left out of their blood and toll of dedicated
tors.
brought Roanoke Island to further increase the already
sufficient numbers of undesirables with whom
contend the around Not the better class of these
socaled INDIAN wish to be called "Croatans and demand
to be called the Lumbee Indians The term is in disrepute
they of much mixed blood that it is difficult tell
how much is Indian and how much negro surely much of
the latter There white blood mixed in them too
generally look down upon them and never held Negroes
regard The court records filled with their
connection with vciousness, violence and prison terms
Murder fighting thevng and rape is prevalent than
among other groups The Lost Colony hasn't yet fallen to
the estate where it needs these people,.
We have never known community greatly indebt-
ed to anything much Roanoke Island and nearby
beaches indebted the Lost Colony Don't forget either
that what has benefited these has benefited
all other people in Dare County. These communities have
paid the bulk of the in Dare County From these taxes
there been returned to other communities many
fits of them than all the taxes they had them
selves paid Commonsense and easily find proof
that all people benefit when part of the county bene
fitted and enabled to become selfsupportng 1t is then
longer burden Others but in turn become of help
to others.
The little boy wanted 500 badly he decided to pray
for it. He prayed several weeks with results So he wrote