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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22
ASC OFFICE RELEASES
REPORT OF ACTIVITIES
IN COUNTY OF TYRRELL

COLUMBIA - The ASC office
IN Tyrrell County releases sum-
mary of the work for 1868.
Practices approved and carried
out in Tyrrell: vegetative cover
and crop rotation-189 acres on
Sc farms showing ACP assistance,
81, 448; pasture improvement-156
acres on 33 farms $1,790; livestock
ponds-4 on four farms $274;
timber stand improvement - three
acres on one farm $24; open ditch
drainage, $3.50 Gu. yards on 81
farms $5,313; winter cover crops
go acres on SO farms $1,921;
summer cover crops - 20 acres on
five farms $40; tide gates - one
gate on one farm 500.
Participating farms, 1853; parti-
cipating acres 1852; participating
cropland 9,261 acres; before adj
justment, net cost $4,000; adjust
ment for small cost-share increase
ST. 1899; total cost share to farmers
$15,79
For the 1858 crop year market
ing quotas were in effect in Tyrrell
County for flue-cured tobacco, pea
nuts, cotton and wheat. Acreage
allotments without quotas were in
effect on corn.
Referendum results in Tyrrell
We're: voting for marketing quo
tas: wheat; cotton-64; tobac-
CO.; corR-69. Voting against
marketing quotas: wheat-0; cot
toni; tobacco-0; corn-23.
One corn loan was made in Tyr
rell during 1858 for farm storage,
1888 bushels, amount $4,698.62.
Payments under the 1857 wool
program: applications-20; pounds
of wool shorn-4,325; incentive
payment $282.17; applications un-
shorn lambs Is; weight of lambs
23,741, incentive payment $57.37.
Crops placed in acreage reserve
program: agreements on cotton
40; corn-72; wheat giving
acreage eligible for compensation
totalling 869.78. Acres actually re-
tired 905 and payment $42, 422.49.
There were no Conservation Re-
serve Contracts in Tyrrell for
1853.
Personnel who shared the adj
ministration of the ASC activities:
office: D. E. Steagall, Mrs. Polly
T. Leary; Mrs. Sally B. Alexander
and B. F. Spencer, County COM
mittee; J. Willard Cooper, R. L.
Spruill, ST., S. H. Voliva, H. H.
Harris, J. w. Williams and Harry
Lee Davis. Community commit
tees: Robert Barnes, Dan Davis,
Raymond Morris, H. T. Liverman,
w. E Spencer, Horace Woodley,
E. L. Goodwin, Jr., Thurman Mayo,
w. R. Ward, Jr., D. Webb Brick
house, Basil T. Cohoon, w. R.
Smith, Shepherd Armstrong, B. B.
Jones, Junior Weatherly, Morris
Vanhorn, Floyd Hollis, Duard
Brickhouse, Roy Brickhouse and
Orville Howett.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22
BURRUS OF ENGELHARD
WINS A LEGION AWARD

Chapel Hill (AFROTC)-James
c. Burrus, son of Mr.. and Mrs,
w. p. Burrus of Eneglhard, was
presented the American Legion
Medal during the annual Awards
Day ceremony held on the Univer-
sity of North Carolina campus on
May Ia.
The American Legion Award is
presented each year to the cadet
who is demonstrative of leadership
and scholastic achievement. The
order designating Cadet Burrus as
the recipient of this years award
stated: "For demonstrating an ex-
ceptional aptitude for leadership
and maintaining superior stand
ards of scholarship, Cadet James
c. Burrus, 59Oth AFROTC Group,
University of North Carolina, is
awarded the American Legion
Medal which is presented annually
to the outstanding first year cadet.
While winning distinction in all
his academic subjects as well as in
Air Science, Cadet Burrus has ex-
emplified initiative, attitude, CO.
operation, and personality in the
best tradition of the Corps Of Ca
diets"
Cadet Burrus plans to major in
business administration at the
University and upon graduation
will receive his commission in the
United States Air Force.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22
FORMER GRADUATES SEND
CURTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS

COLUMBIA.-In response to the
letters sent to former graduates OF
Columbia High School by the Co.
lumbia Parent Teacher Association,
$285.50 has been received towards
the purchase of the newly installed
velveteen stage curtain and CYCLIC
rama for the high school auditor
ium, announced M. L. Basnight,
superintendent public instruction.
He also advised that the audi
forum had been renovated and
there had been an addition of new
seating arrangement, venetian
blinds and drapes matching the
stage curtain.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

1858 Ford Fairlane 500 4-door,
Radio, heater, automatic,
power steering
1857 Ford, 500 Victoria,
F-O-M, R&H
1856 Chevrolet 210 VS. 2-dr.
1856 Chevrolet Bel Air 4-door,
VS., r II Pr. Glide, Pr.
Brakes
1856 Ford Fairlane 2-dr.
vs., R&H
1865 Chevrolet 4-doOr, 6-cyl,
straight drive
1856 Ford 4-doOr, R&H,
straight drive
1855 Chevrolet 20 2-dr. 6-cyl.
1855 Plymouth 4-dr, VS., R&H
1855 Ford Customline 2-dr., vs.
1855 Chevrolet 4-dOor
1855 Ford Station Wagon, 2
door
1856 Buick Century Hardtop
r HI, Pr. Steering
1854 Chevrolet 4-door Station
Wagon, like new
1854 Ford 4-dr., VS., R&H
1854 Chevrolet, 2-dOor. R&H
1858 Buick Hardtop Coupe
1853 Ford 2-door, 6
1852 Ford Ranch Wagon
1850 Ford 2-dr. VS.
TRUCKS
1858 Ford N-t0n Pickup, emo.
old, like new
X X X
r. D. SAWYER
MOTOR COMPANY. INC.
Your FORD Dealer
Phone 116 Manteo
N. C. License No. 1863
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Norfolk spent Sunday here.
Misses Bonnie and Debbie VIII
liams of Norfolk are here.
Never Tires
The Taste.

In these days when sometimes
it's hard to tell one brand of a
product from any of several
others, the truly individual
flavor of DR. Pepper seems to
stand out more than ever. This
unique and distinctive taste is
no accident, but the result of
careful planning and control.
Next time you want a soft
drink with a difference, have a
frosty-cold bottle of delicious
DR. Pepper. You'll see why
DrPepper never tires the taste.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

BEDDING PLANTS now ready:
Petunias, Scarlet Sage, Snap
dragons, $1.5O doz.; Dble. Petun-
las, Ageratum, Coleus, $500 doz.;
Carnations, Lantana, Verbena, Pri-
mula Veris, Candytuft, Sultana,
25c each; Sweet William, English
Daisies, $1.O0 doz.; Foxglove, Sto-
kesia, Shasta Daisies, 35c each;
Geraniums, Begonias, SOC up, etc.
Roanoke Island Gardens, Route
264, 1 mile north of Manteo, N. C.
T-4-10-tfc
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

HELP WANTED-Man wanted to
service customers with Nation
ally Advertised Watkins Products
in Pamlico County. Earnings
should exceed $500. weekly. Re-
quirements good character, own
car. If interested write P. o. Box
No. 113, Goldsboro, N. C..
PH-5-14-3tc
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

SALESMAN wanted: Man wanted
to supply Rawleigh Products. to
consumers in Beaufort County.
Big insecticide season just ahead.
Good time to start. No capital re-
quired. Write Rawleigh's, Dept.
NcE-460-553B, Richmond, Va.
PH-5-7-4tp
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

LAND for sale - Located in the
village Of Buxton on Cape Hat
teras. 80 feet on highway, 1900
feet deep to Pamlico Sound. For
information call Norfolk UL-
3-7423 or write Edgar C. Gaskins,
1921 Larkin Street, Norfolk, Vir-
ginia. T-2-13-tfc
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

HELP WANTED-Man wanted to
service customers with Nation
ally Advertised Watkins Products
in Dare County. Earnings should
exceed 500. weekly. Requirements
good character, own car. If inter-
esteA write p. o. Box No. lib,
Goldsboro, N. G. T-5-15-3tc
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

FOR SALE: / loft. new bateau
type boat with 5k hip. Sea
King motor; 1 1851 WHY'S Jeep
with deluxe cab in good condition;
1 1914 Ford Jeep, 1 gas-fired deep
fat fryer for restaurant use; /
set Toledo Plaskon scales. See
Wilson H. Wright, Delray Beach
Cottages, or phone Kill Devil Hills
2746. T-5-1;,5tc
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

ARTIFICIAL BREEDING of your
cows to purebred. proven stocks
IL both profitable and economical.
This service available to family
cow owners, beef producers, dairy
herds. All dairy and beef breeds
available. Call H. E. Clayton, Bel
haven VIII 3-32O6. P-1O-4-tfc
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

HELP WANTED-Man over 25 to
sell Nationally Advertised Wat
kinds Products in Tyrrell and
Hyde counties. Earnings of our
dealers exceed 500 weekly. Re-
quirements are excellent reputa-
ton and own car. If Interested
write The ]. r. Watkins Company,
p. O. Box No. 1902, Goldsboro,
N. C. PH-5-21-3tc
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CARD OF THANKS

For the many visits, cards, flow
ers and other acts of sympathy
and kindness rendered US at the
time of the death of our loved
one, we wish to take this means
of expressing our appreciation.
FAMILY OF HAROLD DANIELS
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

SALESMAN wanted. Man wanted
to supply Rawleigh Products to
consumers in Hyde and Tyrrell
counties. Big insecticide season
just ahead. Good time to start.
No capital required. Write Raw
leigh's, Dept. NCE-4S0-557B, Rich
mond, Va. PH-5-7-4tp
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FOR SALE: One 90 cabin cruiser
with practically new Chrysler
Ace marine engine. Will sacrifice
for quick sale. See G. G. Bonner,
Manteo. T-2-20-tfc
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

REPAIRS to all makes power lawn
mowers and air-cooled engines.
Parts available. Alexis Repair
Shop, phone Wanchese 24S-J2.
T-5-15-tfc
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

WANT your lawn moved? Call
Paul Mayo. Tel. Manteo 73-J.
T-5-S-4tc
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

For your insurance needs see
W. R. PEARCE, Manteo, N. C.
All kinds of insurance
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22
WINTER FERRY SCHEDULES
Effective Moy !. 1852


souihbovnd leoves every 30 minutes from
500 am. 10 $50 pm; Northbovnd. $50
am. 10 ZOO pm.
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FOR RENT: Building on water
front. Suitable for wholesale or
retail fish market or warehouse.
See G. G. Bonner, Manteo.
T-2-20-tfc
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CARD OF THANKS

I wish to thank all my friends
and relatives for cards, flowers,
phone calls, visits and kindness
shown during the illness and pass
ing of my mother.
MADGE F. BARNETT
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

FOR liability, automobile, fire,
windstorm, bonds, workmen's
compensation, disqualification in
surance, call Manteo AZ - Outer
Banks Insurance Agency. T-5-1-tfc
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

THE OUTER BANKS of North
Carolina, by David Stick. A
splendid book for your home IL
brary, for gifts, etc. Sc, Times
Printing Co., Manteo. Add Is
cents for mail orders.
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CARD OF THANKS

For the many cards, flowers,
visits and other kindnesses extend
ed me during my recent stay in
the hospital, 1 wish to thank each
and every one of you.
MRS. JOHN D. O'NEAL
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THE HATTERASMAN, By Ben
Dixon MacNeill, S.. Add Is
cents on mail orders. Times Print
ing Co., Manteo, N. C.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

Leaves Hofierus 1880. 10 o.m;, 1880 and
3 pm. leaves oeraeoke $50 snd II o.m..
1850 ond 400 pm.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

ALL TYPES BOATS built. Prices
reasonable. Quality work. Roscoe
Gallop, phone 2S1-W4, Wanchese,
N. G. T-11-14-tfc
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

SALES MAN WANTED: Man
wanted for established Rawleigh
Business nearby. Big Insecticide
season just ahead. Good time to
start. No capital required. See
Rawieigh Dealer, C. B. Parker,
Manteo Phone 7S-J, or write
Rawleigh's, Dept. NCE-5O0-554-C,
Richmond, Va. T-5-8-4tp
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

HELP WANTED, MALE = Men
wanted to service customers with
Nationally Advertised Watkins
Products in Tyrrell and Hyde
Counties. Earnings should exceed
500 weekly. Requirements, good
character, own car. If interested
write P. o. Box No. 113, Colds
boro, N. C. PH-5-21-3tc
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

OFFICE SUPPLIES, PRINTING
orders for printing of all kinds
filled promptly. We print forms,
blanks, letterheads, statements, en-
velopes. Order from your Pilot and
Herald Agent, or Times Printing
Co., Manteo, N. C. We carry book
keeping supplies, and some office
furniture.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

FOR SALE: 49, cabin cruiser, all
juniper and cypress, with heart
pince keel, four years old - with
1949 Rebuilt Chevrolet 235 motor
both in good condition. Also heavy
duty two wheel trailer-both for
$475.00-will demonstrate. C. J.
RHEA, MOTOR COMPANY, Wind
sor, N. C. (license No. 4804DA)
T-5-22-1tc
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

FOR SALE: One Siegler oil burn
er; one power rotary type lawn
mower; window fan, 22-inch.
Contact B. M. Brown, Box 131,
Manteo. T-5-12-1tp
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visit ANDERSON'S SUPER
MARKET-BEACH STORE at
two mile post. Vacation headquar-
tiers. Open year round. Write
BILL ANDERSON'S RENTAL
AGENCY, Realtors, Kitty Hawk,
reservations, oceanfront house.
keeping cottages. T-4-8-tfc
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

SMALL BULLDOZER for rent.
$3.50 hr. eft. blade. Call Man
teo 222-W. T-5-s-stp
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WANTED, MAN OR WOMAN, to
serve Watkins Nationally Adj
vertised Products to rural custo-
mers in Tyrrell and Hyde coun-
ties. Earnings up to $4,000 per
week possible from the start.
FREE Life Insurance Plan. Should
be over 25 years of age. Car or
light truck necessary. Write P. o..
Box 113, Goldsboro, North Caro-
lima. PH-4-30-atc
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CARD OF THANKS

CARD OF THANKS
l wish to thank my many friends
for the lovely cards and flowers l
received while in the hospital.
Sincerely yours.
MINCIE PARTRIDGE
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

NEED competent leverman for g"
Diesel Electric Suction dredge
"Santee" for permanent work,
Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Must
be capable, sober, industrious.
Phone or write C. r. Wulbern,
Secty-Treas., Santee Dredging
Company at Raymond 2-4038, 1859
King Street, P. o. Box SAT,
Charleston, S. C. PH-5-21-2tc
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22

FOR SALE: 50-foot Skyline trail
er. Can be seen at FINLAND Park,
Mays Head. T-5-22-1tp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-31
MHddy's Bonnet

Men have been assured for long
within our memory that nothing cheers
the lady Of the house like new bonnet.
1t has, it seems, the knack of refreshing
the feminine rsonality-crowning it,
in effect, with millinerial reaff1rmation
OF individualiSm, an expression of gay
confidence that all really is right with
the world. At Eastertime this urge is
widespread, and it is interesting to read
the reports of those who are more
authoritative on the subject that hats
are back, for Sure"-all the way from
what were described as 'tiny pill boxes"
to others identified, with literary license,
as upside down buShel baskets"
Our own First Lady, Mrs. Eisen-
hover, seems to have scored we'll as
usual in something that fitted close to
the head and featured violetS in pink
and velvet in green. In pictures, she
looked flne-Smiling and obviously
pleased with her bonnet. This is as it
should be and, the times being what
they are, we are pleased, too, that "the
girls have not allowed the worries of
the world to distract them from the
cheerful symbolism Of the new spring
chapeau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-31
CoHectivizing Hungary

Perhaps more so than those of any
other CommuniSt-dominated country,
Hungary'S farmers have Stubbornly and
effectively resisted 'collectivization. AS
they dramatically made clear during the
1856 revolt against Soviet rule, all but
small minority of them ardently want to
till the soil as their own masters rather
than as SerfS of the tyranny that holds
them captive.
1t is for this reason that the puppet
Red regime in Budapest has been obliged
to admit, as recently as last December,
that it has succeeded in collectivizing
only about II per cent of HungaryS
agricultural land. Since January, how
ever, the Communists have been engaged
In an about drive to break the willlof
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-31
Just an Indian Gift?

In Shortchanging the District in the
matter of supplemental funds, the House
has practiced, in modified form, the old
: game of Indian giving" The dictionary
definition of Indian gift is one "for
which an equivalent or more is expected
in return, or which is expected to be
returned" In the case of the House the
gift" was last years pay raise for
District employees, to match the raise
granted Federal employees. Now, how
ever, under the proposed cut in the
supplemental funds, the House would
take at least part of the gift back in the
name of economy"
The pay increase certainly will have
little meaning for the lucklesS employees
who, If the slash prevails, must go on
payleSS furloughS until the end of the
current fiscal year. The number to be
laid off will depend on how much of the
curtailed fund could be saved by attri-
ton, including separations and volun-
tary applications for leave without pay.
Under present plans, the final deficit
will have to be made up by forced lay
offs of selected personnel in various
departments. while much of the over
all shortage probably could be taken
care of by certain savings, such as sur
plus funds for snow removal, etc., the
District is prohibited from transferring
such funds to other departments to ease
the furlough impact.)
Since the reason for most of the
present shortage is the granting by
Congress of pay raise without pro-
viding the means to finance it, it is
grossly unfair to impose on a chosen
few the burden of making up the deficit
by foregoing all their pay for the remain
der of the fiscal year. If Congress should
insist on adopting the Indian-gift tech
nique of the House, the amount of
money expected to be returned" ought
to be exacted from all beneficiaries of
the conditional pay raise, not from just
few OF them. And If such an equitable
distribution of the unjust burden should
seriously impair operations of the
District government-as it very likely
would-the fault clearly would lie with
Congress, not with the Commissioners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-31

the resisters. To that end, according to
refugee reports confirmed by diplomatic
sources, the independent farmers of the
country are being subjected to pressure
brutal enough to have forced some OF
them to commit suicide-pressure in the
form Of grim threats, jailings and physi-
cal torture carried out by special squads
Of police agents and party-line terrorists.
AS result, it may be expected that
the Budapest Reds win be able, one of
these days, to announce triumphantly
that they have scored a great collec-
tivizing victory. But it will be victory
that may turn to ashes in the mouth
in due course. For the desire for freedom
among Hungary'S oppressed farmers will
remain unquenched, smouldering be-
meath the surface just as a volcano
shoulders, and that is thing that is
always dangerous to victors who really
win nothing more than the undying
hatred of the vanquiShed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-31
Planned This Woy

4Ae HdIlOLldl security picture winch
energies from testimony given Repre-
sentative Mahon's subcommittee is gen.
orally reaSSuring. This is subject to
one important qualification - namely,
that the testimony has been heavily
censored to protect defense secrets.
1t is reasonable to assume, however.
That neither the House subcommittee
nor the Defense Department would will
FULLY deceive the country on such vital
matter. And on the basis of this
assumption, here is the picture which
energies:
There are certain differences of
opinion among the Joint Chiefs of Staff
with respect to the emphasis which
should be put on particular defense
areas This is normal. Indeed, with
limited funds available, it would be
astonishing If this were not the case.
Is the defense budget for the coming
fiscal year adequate? The answer, as
given by Defense Secretary McElroy and
jos Chairman Twining, is a fiat yes.
What about our capability, relative to
Russia, for waging about nuclear war?
AS OF this time our margin of superiority
Is great-large enough, presumably, to
discourage the Russians from starting
such war. Beyond 1862, as inter-
continental ballistic missiles come into
the arSenalS of both countries, our "mar-
gin of superiority will narrow" At such
time we will Give in great peril" until
we develop defense against the ICBM.
This leaves the question of the
little" war or the regional war. In this
area, as any school boy knows, the
Russian, capability exceeds ours. This,
however, is something which probably
was inevitable. In any event, we planned
1t this way years ago when the decision
was made to pin our chief reliance on
massive retaliatory striking power, 1t
is too late now, short of something akin
to general mobilization, for any sig
nif1cant change. Generally, we must
live, or perhaps perish, with what we
have.
Obviously, this is a defense picture
which leaves something to be desired
1t is much better, however, than some
of the critics suggest, and it certainly
should not be made to appear worse
than it is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-31
The Outer Cope'

rs The National Park Service, in dis
tributing governmental study of a
Cape Cod National SeaShore, has pre-
sented challenging proposal to all who
cherish the magnificent natural re-
sources Of our country. The plan, in
brief, would withdraw from private and
commercial development approximately
forty miles of our Atlantic frontier-a
part of that "mightie headland" that
was created by glacial action thousands
OF years ago, nodded later by winds,
waves and currents, and which has
been landfall for mariners since the
first of them crossed the great Western
ocean. Cape Cod is a bold bent arm"
beloved by those who know it, where a
man may stand land put all America
behind him."
The natural beauty of "the outer
Cape" draws its strongest colorS from the
Great Beach" which runs in a narrow
strip along the eastern headlandS. But
within the jutting four mile-wide FORE
arm of the peninsula are heath, marsh,
forest land and lake-each with an
irreplaceable community of plant and
animal life. The dollar cost of conServ-
ing these today no doubt must be esti-
mated in millions; their erosion by the
tides of commercial exploitation would
be loss beyond dollar estimates.
The Nation is richer today for that
part of our natural heritage which al
ready has been preserved in public own
erShip. The Park Service, in its ten-year
Mission Sc, is enhancing the values Of
that basic investment. The Cape Cod
project is another possible venture in
preserving for all of the people some
thing that truly belongs to all of the
people.