The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1962-04-13
BY LAWRENCE MADDRY

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There have been so, many
stories generated by the Ash
Wednesday Storm that it may
be years before they are all
related. Karen Scarborough, 10
year old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Scarborough OF
Nags Head has written US Of
her experiences and some Of
the letter is reproduced below,
Tuesday, March 6, 1862 was
like q spring day; that afternoon
the wind started to pick up.
Everyone went to bed and when
I woke up and looked out, the
ocean was coming over the hills.
/ went and called my mother
and father; when they woke up.
it was up TO my knees outside.
We thought the tide would
go down, so we stayed in our
house. But the tide kept getting
higher. At about 10 am. the
water was coming in our house.
We put everything could on
the bed. We sat on the couch
until we couldn't any more, then
we sat on the back Of it for six
hours"
Karen is quite an author for
one of such tender years. In
fact, q woman of any age who
expresses herself well is some
thing rare in this world. Some
one once said that a woman who
can preach is like a dog who
walks on his hind legs; it isn't
50 much that one needs to be
proficient; the amazing thing is
that it is done at all.
Any 10 year old girl who can
stay on the back of a couch
for six hours deserves something
of an award. In fact, that may
be the all time sit-still record
for an adolescent.
There is no question about the
fact that the N. C. Highway
Department has done a magnif-
icent job during and since the
Ash Wednesday Storm. 1t does
seem strange, however, that
plans by the U. s. Army En-
gineer to fill the inlet at Buxton
were announced, just as the tenn
porary bridge which is being
constructed there got underway.
The latest word is that Cover
nor Sanford plans to come
down to Buxton when the bridge
is completed to perform a dedi-
cation ceremony. If develop
ments proceed in the same di-
rection that now are indicated,
the governor can walk across the
hydraulic fill to the southern
part of the bridge and cut the
ribbon without getting wet. That
may or may not be more embar-
RAISING than sitting on the back
of a couch for six hours.
The Child wishes to correct
the erroneous comment which
appeared last Friday in this
column. There was, if you re
member, a statement concerning
the observation of walking bull
frog, by Henry Cheevers, colored
mystic of Manteo. Cheevers has
indicated that what he actually
saw was a fur covered turkey
playing a jews harp. Henry
hasn't indicated what the tune
was. A symphony, no doubt.
The Child was so anxious x
] write q hair-raising story abou1
1.-The storm that he just haulet
off and made one up. 1t isn't a:
good as the truthful account o.
Karen Scarborough's or thu
story by Erskine Hooper which
appeared in last weeks issue
but here it is:
The storm was blowing Yer,
hard
lon Wednesday morn out in m!
| yard,
| / jumped up on the chandelier
and swung above the waite
clear,
while everything swept out y
sea,
Except the chandelier and me.
lFrom where ! hung my hom'
looked glum
resembling an aquarium
I'm n'er forget the Wednesda!
| Gale
I. that marlin or the friendl!
whale
which plunged beneath me act
ing queer
while y hung from the chan
lalsa,.