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The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-08-25
By TOM JACKSON

Each year thousands Of visitors
from all over the United State;
visit Dare County, North Carolina
These visitors bring with them
money which is the inainstay 81
Dare's economy and adds sub.
stantial sum to the economy of sur
rounding counties through which
these visitors must travel.
Why, one might ask, does Dare
County attract such large num-
Der of visitors? To many people
the answer seems obvious, "They
are coming to the beach" But are
they really coming to the beach ?
North Carolina is one of several
states on the eastern coast which
: has beach. Within the boundaries
of North Carolina there are hun
dreds of miles of beach. Yet, the
Dare Beaches attract more visitors
than many of the other beaches.
Considering this, one can only con-
clude Dare must have something
special on its beaches.
Dare County does have something
special" on its beaches. It has
many things special. So well situ-
ated on North Cardinals Outer
Banks, the Dare beach area is one
of the best on7the eastern coast for
fishing, boating, skiing, and all the
salt water sports. In addition, the
Dare beach area is rich. in historic
background which gives a cross
section Of history from the time
of the first English colonists
through the last World War.
The Dare beach are also has a
quiet atmosphere which attracts
many people who want to vacation
away from the busy life to which
they are accustomed.
Dare County has all these things,
yet it has a final grand attraction
which brings thousands Of visitors
to the area each year. Situated in
Dare County is one Of the newest
and most fascinating national
parks in our national park system,
the Cape Hatteras National Sea-
shore Recreational Area.
The Cape Hatteras National Sea-
shore Recreational Area began in
1887. Worlr War II interrupted its
growth and development, but after
he war the National Park Service
continued its work on the project.
Presently the park is not COM
plete, but already facilities have
been provided which last year ac-
commodated 467,309 visitors and
this year at the end Of July had
provided recreation and enjoyment
FOR 326,194 vacationers and Wis
itors.
Since the park was established,
The Federal government has invest
Il $4.476 354 in its development
and upkeep. To manage and oper-
ate the park the National Park
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National Park Service Attractions
Tn Coast Drd1U Thousands annually

Service employs from 80 to 40 peo-
pie most Of the year. Included in
this staff are naturalists, histor-
ians, rangers, administrators, ami
maintenance personnel. At times,
the park staff grows to over 100
persons. Many people are required
in off season months to plant grass
es which help anchor the shifting
sand dunes and to erect sand fences
which help build new dunes. In this
respect, man has Joined the land
in its never ending battle against
the sea and the wind.
The Cape Hatteras Park is one
Of number of parks included in
Mission &c." a program designed
to be completed by 1866 which will
assure the maximum protection of
the scenic, scientific, wilderness,
and historic resources of the Ma
tional Park System in such ways
and by such means as will make
them available for the use and en-
joyment of present and future gen.
erations.
The As square mile park is di-
vided into three main sections -
Bodie, Hatteras, and Ocracoke. Each
Of these park areas is on an island
and each is separated from the 9TH
er by inlets through the Outer
Banks.
~ In addition to these three main
park areas, the National Parks sys-
tenn maintains park sites at Fort
Raleigh on Roanoke Island, and at
the Wright Brothers Memorial in
i Kill Devil Hills.
Ocracoke, the southernmost is
land in the Cape Hatteras National
Seashore Area, has a history dat
ing back to 1856 when it was ex-
plored by the Sir Walter Raleigh
expedition. The colonists did not
stay on Ocracoke. but moved on
to found the first English settle
ment in the New World on Roa-
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at Teach's Hole that he was finally
apprehended and beheaded in 1718.
Many 0cracoke legends tell of pi-
rate gold and secret fortunes stash-
ed away but the shifting dunes ST.
lently guard any treasure that
might be on the island.
Ocracoke Village is nestled
around the harbor, Silver Lake, at
the southern tip of the island. Each
year visitors to Ocracoke explore
the many village lanes and relax
Ia the picturesque serenity of the
little village. Many find excellent
shell collecting on nearby Pelican
Island and Shell Caste Rock as
well as on Ocracoke Island. The
ocean is just beyond a barrier dune
from the village and for those
who venture to find quiet place
to enjoy it, Ocracoke offers 16 miles
Of deserted virgin beach.
One half mile from the village
the National Park Service has con-
|structed protected swimming area
and provides lifeguard service for
swimmers. Other visitors to this
section of the National Park may
elect to take advantage of the nu-
merous experienced fishing guides
in the village or try their hand at
surf casting from the beach. A
public campground is provided for
campers.
Banker ponies, small, tough lit
tie animals adapted to life on the
island, roam wild on range seven
miles north of the village along
the Hatteras Ferry road. These pom
les have roamed the island for
years and many offer explanations
for their presence. Some say they
were brought by DeSoto or Cortez.
Others think they are ship-wrecked
Barbary ponies. Some will explain
they were left by Sir Walter RAJ
leigh's men. Yet, no one knows for
sure just how the ponies arrived
on Ocracoke. They are just anoth-
er of the many mysteries locked
away in secret by time.
In Ocracoke village is one Of the
Oldest lighthouses still in use on
the Atlantic coast. Ocracoke light
was built in 1928. Before this, in
1893, there was light on Shell
Castle Rock, but it has long been
discontinued. Ocracoke lighthouse is
one of the most painted and pho
tographed subjects in the Seashore
area.
One of the four Coast Guard
Stations in the area is located at
Ocracoke. Once the Coast Guard
maintained stations at seven mile
intervals along the Outer Banks.
The storm-swept island is home
for numerous shipwrecks. Their
bleached skeletons can be seen
weathering in the sand. Sometimes
the shifting sands cover them for
months and then move on to-leave
them exposed again.
During a storm Ocracoke's Silver
Lake, a safe, protected harbor, is
filled with vessels seeking shelter
from the high winds and rough
water. In good weather the little
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Merry Christmas

All Christendom pauses to celebrate with ming
led joy and reverence, the birth of a Child Who
destined to give the world moral and spiritual law
of the utmost subiimity
AS religious feast day, Christmas is observed by
all nations and peoples who acknowledge Christ as
their Saviour.
But holiday whose principal character is an
outpouring of generosity and human kindness, the
observance has spread to many lands and races
which follow other faiths.
There is one notable exception: The narrow and
dogmatic atheists all the world who would raise
a crude materialsm to political dominance enforced
by armed power
They the modern counerparts OF the Roman
Imperialism which crucifed Jesus and martyred the
Christian saints under the purblind belief that the
sword is mghtier than the cross
This struggle between the spirit and the mailed
fist is as acute today as it was when HerOd maSSa-
cred the innocents.
But the Christian world of present day is doubly
armed first with the conviction of it's faith and then
with equal superior armory than that of God
less Communism
suit be in doubt if those who uphold and
stand guard Christian principles keep bright
their power to prevail did the earliest Apostles.
This is the solemn aspect of our celebration this
Christmas.
But there is also joyous aspect which should not
lack the emphasis it deserves welcome release
from workday concerns.
In this respect, nothing is uplifting to the
heart than the natural and spontaneous good will
that is given full play at Chrstmastide.
1t is something much more than yearly spurge,
prosac materiasts would have believe.
1t is instead recall to just prominence of fine
and indeed noble American impulse to share the
fruits of plenty without forgetting the stranger the
orphan or those in travail of all kinds.
SO let this be again Merry Christmas in every
way, day of thankful rejoicing in the of Him
Who expounded the power of love and gave human
ity the most precious and enduring of all gifts.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-22
The Greens

gather green's, the festive green's
villagers and countrymen the florist the
upland returning with
hemock the mistetoe and holly wreaths
the itself The the needed and bright
bos of life hope belief which
sosice Not the soce knowingly the
tval of faith which after. For Christmas.
They green's gather, geologic
old mans Since has known they have
stood the cold the reminders
that all winters have their Long
the anciens brought the boughs halls
the the solstice when night cold and
the land reminder that life would without
and endure And when the faith with the
Child Bethlehem,
beliefs The
symbolism that beyond
itself.
the beginnings of festival
understanding which nations world
Monday. year is
the midst
lights and and gifts and symbols
many diverse among
everywhere festival of and goodwill
the green's gather
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They didn't know it Christmas
In Bethlehem, the day of the Nativity the
people busy with their affairs. The town
thronged with those come home for the Roman
census; with the censuStakerS and their retainers
with soldiers and drovers and merchants
The inns crowded; there had been no room
in them for tired travellers from Galee and
they had had to take shelter from the cold in a
hillside
Where they went, it Christmas A Child lay
in the straw of manger, warmed by the breath of
cattle. stable His home, and His first gifts
from strangers.
Shepherds from the nearby fields knet in silent
wonder, and the night rejoced with the songs of
angels.
But the townsmen knew nothing of all this. They
had heard angelic chorus they had seen no
Star. He was in the world and the world knew
Him not.
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grant us pt0ly Faith Is A Star That Never Sets

The Wise Men who came to Bethlehem from
the East long, long time ago, probably pass
ing across what is Jordan and around
the northern end of the Dead Sea, guild
ed by a star This star, ST. Matthew says,
went before them, till it came and stood over
where the young child was.
St Luke tells the story of shepherds keep
ing watch over their 1ocks by night, and
how "the glory of the Lord shone round about
them"
A star, a glory in the night sky-it was by
light in darkness that the coming of the Man
of Nazareth was made known.
This happened in past SO far that it is
hard to imagine it. Who believe in the
coming and going of sixty generations? But
next Monday, the bells will ring and candles
will be lit all around the world because of
it.
Candles and bells-these, more than gifts
and trees, the symbols of Christmas For
the bells are kind of light turned into musi-
cal sound, and light is kind of music, seen
instead of heard.
There have been many periods of darkness
during the centuries since the Wise Men
came to Bethlehem But in the darkness
long for light, and over all the years they
have searched for it.
There are two kinds of light. There is the
light of understanding, the light of the mind.
Over all the centuries, even before the Chris
tian era, men have yearned to know the cause
of things. The best and wisest of them have
found it impossible to think of human be-
ing's passage through this world meaning
less.
There is an old story of Saxon thane,
rising at the years end festival as a bird
flew through the empty upper spaces of the
drafty hall in which the feast held.
Such" he said, "is human life We pass
from one darkness into another.
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And it came to pass in those days, that there
decree from Caesar Augustus, that all
the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyren-
us governor of Syria:)
3. And all went to be taxed, every one into his
city.
4. And Joseph also went up from Galiee out
the city of Nazareth into Judaea, unto the city
of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he
was of the house and lineage of Davd)
5. To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife
being great with child.
g. And it was, that, while they were there
the days accomplished that she should be
delivered
7. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and
wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in
a manger; because there room for them in
the inn.
s. And there in country shepherds
abiding in the field, keeping watch their flock
by night.
9. And To- the angel of the Lord upon
them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about
them: and they were sore afraid.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-22
That Morninq

Daylight came that morning with special glory,
and larks sang. The shepherds who had come down
from the hills in the night started back to their
focks. There had been argument among them as
they came, doubters as in any group and skeptics
but they quiet, awed One said in hush
ed voice, THAT it should have happened in such
place Bethlehem" And another whispered, Not
a holy day." And they hurried on, full of
wonder ~ssAA
AT the inn, one traveller reused early and sought
out the innkeeper. What happened in the night?"
he asked The innkeeper yawned and said, Moth
ing. Why do you .ask?" The traveller said There
great light in the sky and strange music
The innkeeper brought bread and cheese, and he
said you charitable, my friend, to call it music
My guests were loud but not in song" And the trav
eler ate, puzzling wondering at what he had heard
and seen in the night.
An urchin from the village went to fetch the fam
lily from the stable to pasture, and he raced
home, breathess. Mother. The her
knees to child newborn last night in the stable!"
The mother said "Chd, all COWS kneel when get
ting from their beds" But the boy insisted Il
the babe. l an angel watching it," And
the mother the wonder in her own child's eyes,
and knew only mothers know that miracles can
happen. And she put a cloth about her head and
went with the boy to the stable remembering the
prophecies. And she too was full of wonder, and
belief.
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The darkness does not satisfy. We look
for a glow in the sky. We look for stars
1t is no accident that the Christian religion
and other faiths came out of the deserts of
Arabia where even the nights were blessed
with multitude of flaming points of light
in the sky Thus men have sought to under
stand
But the light of the mind without light
in the heart would be meaningless. The
light to which look today, those of all
faiths is light of the heart 1t is light
that is warm, beautiful and full of compass
sion and love. The ethics of true religion
come out of human nature itself-out of
that human nature which knows its own evil
impulses and yet fights against them and
seeks a lighted path away from them.
The star in the East, the single candle,
even is no sentimental illusion 1t stands
for need almost primitive as that for
food, almost as strong as the craving for
water in a thirsty land. Over nearly twenty
centuries this light has shone. 1t has cast
it's radiance into many parts of the world
and into many PHILOSOPHERS, system of ethics
and religions. 1t has brought hope to man.
We know that continue to hope
because over all the centuries, in spite OF
old and tragic disappointments, hope has not
died out of the hearts of men. In spite OF
ALL the sense of brotherhood cannot die
We may have faith that it will not die
Generation after generation of men have
fought their fight for the good and true
saying as they emerged out of their partic-
urar blackness, the words of Job: Il am
capped with the skin of my teeth"
We, too can have faith that in spite of
hatred among men and talk of there
will be light in darkness. Faith is star
that never sets. 1t is candle that no hurri-
cane, made by nature or by man. can snuff
out.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-22
The Nativity X X ST. Luke 2, 1-19

TO- And the angel said unto them Fear not:
for, behold l bring you good tdings of great joy,
which shall be to all people.
IL For unto you is born this day in the city
of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
r. And this shall be sign unto you Ye shall
find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying
III a manger
49, And suddenly there with the angel
multitude of the heavenly host prasing God, and
saying:
IA Glory God in the highest, and earth
peace good will toward men.
Is. And it came to pass, the angels
gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds
said to another, Let us now even unto Beth
lehem, and this thing which is come to pass,
which the Lord hath made known unto us.
16 And they with haste and found Mary,
and Joseph, and the babe lying in manger.
II. And when they had seen it, they made known
abroad the saying which told them concerning
this child
1S And all they that heard it wondered at those
things which told them by the shepherds.
10. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered
them in her heart
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one and the least touching feature of it is the
UnawarenesS of many persons that it was being
unfolded only few steps from their doors.
But before feel sorry for these people for
what they missed, it might be just well to take
a contemporary look: at present-day
folk who occasionally act as though they tOO did
know it Christmas.
They treat the Feast of the Nativity the
birthday of Christ but just another holiday,
be marked with tnsel and glitter that have moth
ing to do with the meaning of Christmas Day Per-
haps it may be said that they cannot Christmas
for the Christmas trees.
In their preoccupation with the more CONNER
cialized aspects of the day, with the exchange of
presents and with party-going, they overlook its
religious significance.
In doing so they missing great deal For
the true gift of Christmas only from that
lowly stable at Bethlehem and it is made complete
only by going there in spirit and kneeling with the
shepherds in alteration.
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Bring Ne Flesh and
Bring Ne Wine

In
outdo them in the
Christmas food
of the groanng board century Christmas
boiled
Holsters
edifce would be filled
Victorians
The nibbed
symbol
an was rantically
nothing
earlier believe
England
o il o
a required These
Delicate obviously did
symbols the of
confined Christmas
will from turkey
pudding Christmas meal lost good
through its evolution with relief with
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The HIiIItoPs

1t the shepherds on the lonely hilltop out
where the night sky lay close and the feel of the
earth familiar to their feet who heard the
angels singing and followed the star. They followed
it the hills to the hill town of Bethlehem and
it there, in the stable at the inn that they
the wonder. In a stable on hill in Judea
1t was there, among the hills, that the story be
gan, where the stars came close and the night
winds the winds of song. And, as we know the
later story, the hills and the open country where
He born to be always there in His life
and in His teachings. His parallels had the strength
the hills and their simplicity He knew the land.
He it intimately and its BIRDS its beasts, its
shrubs and bushes. The sermon in which the
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-22

during principles for which He stood were prob
ably most simply and eoquently set forth is still
known the Sermon the Mount He knew the
seaside and the valley but best of all He knew the
hills And in the end He. climbed the fearsome
slope of the hill known GethsemaTe
The story is both brief and simple Luke, the
physician, set it down in four hundred words Others
expanded it, but always and it had the thread
OF the hilltops running through it. the everlasting
hills, where it began. 1t the htOps that
the unfOrgettable words heard: Fear not"
And the enduring song: "On Earth Peace, Goodwill
Toward Men. We read the story again and again,
and always with the hush and the awe, and with
the sense of stars cleaning the hilltops.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-22
Let's Enjoy Our Christmas

Next Monday is our yearly remembrance of
the birth of Christ Nothing can alter, moth
ing can obscure, nothing can distort the su-
preme fact of Christmas. The materialism
and the illusions fall away. The synthetic
joys of "the season are replaced purified
by a revivifying and majestic joy How well
we think we know it, and yet how unknown
it remains.
But perhaps we are too ready to deride
this materialism. 1t is so easy to mock the
frenzy of shopping, the vanity of gifts and
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-22

Christmas cards the greed engendered by
Christmas meat and drink, and in truth they
cannot be defended for their own sakes. We
ought to remember, however, in haste to
censure, that these things share common
impulse in which the spirit of Christmas
naturally glories. That impulse is in it's
own way, a love of our felOw-men. and we
should not be too proud to respect it.
If Christian believes anything, he must
believe that Christ born, and the awe of
shepherds is still real.
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