The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-12-29
NEVER DOUBT THE POWER
OF THE CHRISTMAS CARD
hH VICTOR MEEKlNS

H
FOR some Ten days past l nave
been involved in an avalanche of
,, Christmas cards. helped cancel,
sort and d;snatcb largo mart ~
a. ro ooo ~. .;,.i ~,
.e oo'ooo 'iia. were .uu ~ 1ie
Manteo postoffice, ana many others
that came through it from all over,
bound to the various communities
of this Coastland. For some years
mast. have sa,;ouslv considered
8.
mopphs 'ne 0niiS'ihas caiu iau'
little believing 1t worth while to
send out several hundred of them
every year, largely to people one
saes ne.r,v eva,.,, dav a. leas+ 7
Aons :. "isn' We De''et :" give
the money to the JOY fund. ! think
my mind has been changed by the
experience IN the postoffice. nave
discovered they bring a lot OF JOY,
ana more especially when they
come from friends Tar away. l know
! set q .nllii every year In set.ins
le u1 aals salu iloln Liiii e. :. ISL 4 :.
s1i., now ~ some IN nursing nome 3 81
sew lorh. 1 n:lllan piayeu tne par. ~.
~ Sueeil Il1aoeAi IA .ae ea :,
800 ~nen VIC "eie sS.enls sle
INV S.ai.sN anu .vlle nav esei
oeeIheu " n."o'h .'er M hel foie'
inns is written IN q spirit OF graf
itude ana apology, Tor while re-
greet so much that l was buried
under so many CARDS IN the post
Office, ulont get AROUND 70 send
ing caros 70 many lrie,os' On,y
. .ew s,cS persons OF oiuer people
got carus from me- anu q lew "n mon!
: uo NOT see olten. AZ the same .nme
am most gra.e,ul 70 tne many
lrlenus wno malie9 Iaius W n1 anu
my nouseiioiu' an" ! nope u Ini
.paanJs for r. Chr;s+,n.s cord
hah;+ e h;e ra,+ of orr life and
saar,s ,gor+h y,h;le
~.
1hls onlistn,as mas oeen . !oy,ui
one uoou nsai'i, anu eoou 49,,
anu .he sishe " many oiu lii.nus
pach nome ioi sne nV:iua nas sisen
ine pep anu nispii a,ioh. W. loy
lui IMAM aiis'iles eiSe wa la ,.,a.s
an Dut one =, my suoiuie 81
wion me- anu Nosel anu SosAl WIZ :
.he twc c..olen VINO couia ~. &c
NOME Ghlis'ulae 70 inS sen.s wi
more nteieSes Mnen . I.,S
enroush 'iie eyes " "'e ~
M. ,s,...,.
visi.eu HIo anu C ra Sus - .
annual e. open noI ,;, t az, Laa. ~ ~.
!. ooesn sem nAe NY n" 49,
,narrieu =. yeaS. "H -.
oarD was 'lele wv. AZ :. 10 a.. q.
.enueo h,sn seluIi osesn. ,o.s
iase year was WIN 'iien was .'Ao.
We have been blessed indeed all
winter, with our mild weather. ana
this has been year to make us sad
for the oil dealers, although we
would not have changed It merely
for their benefit. l never saw a
time when conditions angured oet-
ter Tor q great year than are snow
ing up for 1862 with SO many Things
shaping up to bring us enormous
TOURIST business. preoict tne ooast.
lanu wiz nav lnoie o., liz
siea'ei s.rlu go - p $500 anJ 4hot
aoe On l,at'eias -, Hl ca" ~. S;
.iie Aoss Noioiis WI 'e 40 D
gest ae'ehuance'
Never has there been an autumn
that brought more personal SADNESS
that comes from tne loss Oh per
sonai friends ana otners VINO nave I,'
been friends OF the Coastiano. me
death OF sam haypurn IN Iaraway
Texas was a disunct Diow 20 tne
people OF TINS coastiand Ior ne mas
ever been our Iriena as SHOWN
during nus many vla.s mere nus
sympaonetic Mterest III NUMEROUS
proJec.s DeIe 10; ~. ~ - aaa so,.
WdIul 111CiLNAo AAAPS t4aeSS AAS AAes>A 49,