The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-11-20
TIME is NOW TO WORK FOR THE LOST COLONY

may sound odd to people, but the time to work
stirring up attendance for the Lost Colony will not be
fast and the time began the day the show closed in Sepem
Der.
The Lost Colony, more than any other factor is re-
sponbe for first attracting szeabe number of tourists
to this area. There was fascination about show de-
picng early history and produced the exact spot
this history TRANSFERRED One lends itself to the other and
original intent of the Lost Colonys founders should
be violated This is the place for it, and should
be moved any other place. other than for short appear
ance and where else would those who native to the
for it.
The Lost Colony belongs to North Carolina because
It too og to belong to single section put " coua no
than possible to the Wright memorial Hat
TO Inc or TO get inn ocs
of this state should realize it's impeshabe these
great landmarks each entirely essential part OF its own
region.
We should unite that the Lost Colony
onward and upward be big its people wish to
it. Nothing succeeds when those who claim de-
voon it, contend it's day is done, and it is dying More
people many times to the coast than in 1881
told about it. The Lost Colony has had NO advertising or
promotion since opened after World War H. It will
have until qualified people are put on the JOB ter this par
cular chore No time should be lost beginning this
gram.
control of the Lost Colony belongs to Dare County, that
the half any percentage of its Directors belongs in Dare
County, should be the people of Dare County and who
maintains this silly argument should sit down and laugh
himself fact control the Lost Colony has been in the
hands of Dare County people all the time and for seven
people controlled the committee which nominated its
directors, and when meetings held they domi
mated by Dare County people, with the aid of friends from
elsewhere who agreed with them When meetings held
Dare County, it from the distant directors
North Carolina that the majority Dare County people
have participated the cast of the show to the full extent
of their ability to fill the roles available Yet the other
hand Dare County people have not made deficits each
year, their financial contribution has been negligible and
only from the still unpaid loans of philanthropc Caro-
linians from the State Treasury itself has the
money that enabled the Lost Colony to make recovery
from the lack of management that has thrown it its
deahbed time after time Never have the people of Dare
County including the liberal help from friends in Elizabeth
City in any year, reached to match of the
states annual $4,000 contributions.
The local citizens need to quit gripping about who man.
ages the Lost Colony The important thing that it keep
operating The only financial return that may be expected
from those who to visit it and spend their money in
the community In order to get the financial help to lift it
out OF the hole from to is essential to have
statewide Board of Directors 1t really is of great I'M
port that local citizen is member of this Board Any
citizen unsefs and sensible won't give whoop
about being the Board who is the Board just
the show goes and its patrons increase You write
down in book put it in pipe and smoke it,
but the don't rise in the north the Lost Col
will never open again we don't stomp down good and
hard this foolish and adoescent beiacng about how many
directors from Dare County the Board The people
who continually raise this tune far from being friends
of the Lost Colony is possible to be- Maybe they don't
know it, but their approach is the most destructive the
show could have.
We must learn it is not important where the majority
of the Directors FROM whether from Kannapolis Kill
kenny Catfish Corner The important thing is that our
directors be people of brains and money and influence Since
gripping about which neghborhood ought to control it
only work to its HARM and help to brand the people of
community of little mind chldlke and selfish and born
troublemakers merely for the heluvit.