The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-03-04
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ing on it while accepting the pay
of the irresponsible associations
which being infiltrated by com.
munist money and adulation woulo
stupidity desecrate the south ano
all its people.
Sometime back | became accus-
toned to lie down at any time Of
dow or night to rest and take q
short nap. up to two or three hours
This, because of the fact that
m at a am. regardless Of
the time I go to bed. A large part
of the time l go to the office al
$50 am, or earlier have break.
fast and get ito work before thc
telephone starts ringing or visi.
tors come in to get my mind of
what must inexorably be completed
before a deadline.
Wherever am l call Francis
our son, about every other day, tc
only ask him if anyone has dice
since I have been away, and il
there is anything affecting Dare
County that should be attended to
Today, am told about the distress
ing ferry situation at Oregon In.
let. / telephoned the Engineers
Corps in Wilmington and talked tc
Cecil Henderson and learned Of
their desire to visit Dare County
and set up a meeting for nexl
week. have now changed my plans
about coming home via Charleston
and the coast, and will go to Ra.
leigh to visit the state officials tc
beg for aid on this project.
My subject in this letter how
ever is to mention some of the
interesting things which may be
seen on through the states which
border the Gulf of Mexico, and
Gulf coast in general which to my
mind is more interesting that the
whole Atlantic coast of Florida
which 1 have visited all the way tc
Key West.
AS said before, it has been pleas,
ant without a single exception, to
find courtesy universal on the
whole trip. l attended a Rotary
meeting in Lake Charles, La, and
was called upon to talk. l told
them about Dare County's great
history in a land that has many
sirniBarities to the La. coast. Two
letters from the club were forward
ed to Manteo praising the presen-
tation / made on behalf of our COM
munity and Rotary.
In Biloxi, Miss, l looked up an
old school friend not seen in 81
years. Frank H. Gates in the Vet
Grams Medical center there. At e.,
he is now out of seaman's life,
and hobbling about the hospital
due to leg infir1nities. 1t was de-
ightful reminisce about old school
days and to bring him up to date
on happenings in Dare County.
Near this town is Keesler Air
Force Base where Pratt William
son, Jr., of Swan Quarter is sta
toned, but we were unable to get
in a visit to this spot. In Biloxi
we had a most interesting visit
to Beauvoir, the last home Of JEFF
ferson Davis where he spent the
last IL years of his life. Taken i'll
away from home, Davis was buried
in Metairie cemetery in New Or
leans but his body was later in
TERED in Hollywood Cemetery in
Richmond.
We spent last night in Andalusia,
Ala, where on departing we tried
to visit Milton and Catherine Rob-
inson whom we were told lived at
Red Level, some ten miles out, but
on driving by Red Level, we were
told it was another ten miles, on
an RID route to their home. After
leaving Long Beach, Miss, the day
before, we enjoyed the drive along
some 81 miles of man-made beach
which has made the Mississippi
Gulf Coast a choice resort section
of the country. Contrary to usual
custom, l visited no print shops
on my travels, save stop by the
office of Clayton Rand, the brill
Liant Gulfport lecturer, columnist
and editor whom had known years
ago when he visited Roanoke Is
land.
In moragn City, La, we saw
more shrimp boats tied up six deep
on both sides the entire length of
the waterfront, than have seen
in all North Carolina. Along the
whole area are plenty of oil wells,
oil refineries, rice mills, etc. AT
Pascagoula, Miss, is the largest
plant south of New
port News, with two big ships re-
Gently launched and in process Of
completion, tied up at the docks. 1t
was at the recent launching of one
Of these atom-powered merchant
ships that the principal speaker
was our own Congressman Herbert
Bonner, the chairman of the House
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