The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-01-08
MRS. TOPPING
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Highway Commission to build
bridges across Alligator River and
Oregon met, and recent construc-
tion of the new bridge across
Croatan Sound.
Mrs. Topping loves to talk
about the wealth of resources in
her native land. She and her hus-
band, Scott Topping, see the AL
bemarle Sound area as relatively
unscratched bonanza.
eve have the best water re-
sources in the State" she says
shat are just begging for indus
trial development"
She can talk for hours about the
rich, black farm land ,timbered
woods that abound with game and
streams jumping with tasty fish,
and rippled by the webbed feet of
thousands upon thousands upon
thousands of migratory wilfowl.
Something More Than Tourists
'"The only thing. we have to de-
pend on right now," she says "is
the tourist"
She feels, however, that tourist
traffic to North Carolina needs to
be increased for the good of the
area.
Eastern North Carolina, particu-
larly Lake Mattamuskeet, is FAM
Gus all over the eastern seaboard
for its concentrations of wild ducks
and geese in season.
Mrs. Topping feels, however, that
facilities for duck and goose hunt
ing should be expanded to attract
even more tourist trade.
The wonderful fishing grounds"
of the area need to be promoted,
Mrs. Topping says.
But They Pass Through.
each year," he points out
thousands of northern tourists
pass through North Carolina on
their way to Florida and a large
number of them go for the Florida
fishing.
eff they only knew how good is
the fishing in our Eastern North
Carolina waters, we could pick off
large numbers of them each
years.
Mrs. Topping lives in modest
home on the banks of Pungo River,
and from there her roads of activi-
ty reach out in many directions in
to community enterprise.
One such road, most frequently
travelled by Mrs. Topping leads
to the Pungo District Hospital,
which she says is the greatest
institution in Eastern North Caro-
lima"
Sauages And Good, Causes.
Next to her family and the Top
ping Sausage Plant near Belhaven,
which she heads, Mrs. Topping
loves most the Pungo District Hos
pital.
And to the construction and
operation of the hospital Mrs. Top
ping has given literally of herself,
both in work and money. She has
fought for the hospital since it was
conceived and has been member
of the Board of Trustees since 1850
when it was constructed.
But Mrs. Topping is a person
who manages to find time to in
vest herself in many worthwhile
things. So many in fact that she
has to have help from her husband
Scott Topping to enumerate them.
She is district director of the
American Cancer Association, past
district director of the Parent
Teacher Association, member of
the executive board of the Ameri-
can Red Cross and member of
the State Democratic Executive
Committee to name a few.
At Pantego, a Childhood Sweetheart
Mrs. Topping was born in Pan
tego in 1906 the only daughter of
Mrs. Alma Shavender and the late
Tony Shavender.
Her father was a tobacco farmer
and as a girl she attended Pantego
High School finishing in 1924.
"Then we only had eleven grades"
she recalls.
After graduation from high
school, she entered Southern Bust
ness School and the following
year she transferred to Louisburg
College where she majored in bust
ness management.
In college her eXtra-curricula
activities consisted of managing the
college annual and being a cheer
leader.
After completing college she re-
turned to Pantego and married her
girlhood sweetheart, Scott Topping,
who, she recalls FUSED to carry my
books for me after school"
The Toppings have two daugh-
| tiers, Mrs. Robert l.. Robinson OF
Pantego, Mrs. Tony Belle Wobig,
who now lives in Wisconsin.
The Toppings also have "a foster
daughter, Francis Davis of the
home.