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Why North Carolina i$ the Best
By TUCKER R. LITTLETON
Beaufort Faculty Member
Did you ever sing:
"I'm a Tar Heel born;
I'm a Tar Heel bred;
And when I die,
I'll be a Tar Heel dead"?
Chances are that, if you have
ever sung that little chorus, you
did so because you were proud of
the Old North State. According to
my way of thinking, Texans aren't
the only people who can afford to
brag about their state ? and that
type of bragging is a healthy spe
cies of the vanishing virtue called
patriotism. For a while, permit
me to brag on North Carolina.
It seems to me that a knowledge
of the greatness of our state should
arouse a noble feeling of loyalty.
Therefore, I wish to point out just
a few things that every Tar Heel
should appreciate about North
Carolina.
Away back in the beginning the
Lord must have liked North Caro
lina, too. Did you ever stop to
think that North Carolina affords
a greater variety of natural diver
sity than practically any other
state? From the white sands that
rise at the sea level of our coas
tal plains to the towering rock
ribbed peaks of our mountains,
North Carolina exhibits practical
ly every type of climate and
scenery.
No other itate can show a coas
tal front of Outer Banks. No other
state has a more diversified typog
raphy ? coastal plains, piedmont,
mountains. No other state can of
fer more types of scenic attrac
tions. As a result, when wc brag,
it's just our way of thanking the
Creator for His special goodness to
us.
Among the other states North
Carolina occupies a position of
leadership culturally, also. The
University of North Carolina was
brought into existence by a charter
which made it the first state-sup
ported university in the whole
United States, and our recent
State Museum of Art is one of the
first state-supported art museums
in the United States and one of the
most outstanding of art museums
of any type.
Few people realise that two of
the nation's best universities are in
North Carolina ? Carolina and
Duke. Specialists in various fields
come from all over the world to
study at State College. In addi
tion, numerous private colleges
have helped to give North Carolina
a great cultural heritage.
America has never had a truly
great literary flourishing except in
New England, but recently Edward
Uhlan, a New York publisher,
made the statement that there
seems to be a literary renaissance
under way in North Carolina. In
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thors have turned out numerous
works ? good and bad ? and just
this past year North Carolinians
wrote over 40 books. I'd say that's
pretty good in proportion to De
population.
While speaking of North Caro
lina's cultural greatness, I must
mention that our state has done
more with its folklore than practi
cally any other one region of the
United States. A New York critic
hailed the Frank C. Brown Collec
tion of North Carolina Folklore as
one of the greatest monuments
ever erected to the memory of a
people.
Along with this interest in folk
lore has come an interest in our
past. Working through our State
Department of Achives and His
tory, the state has sponsored local
Historical Societies and encour
aged the writing of local history.
All this keeps North Carolina in
the position .of leadership among
the states, culturally.
Then, too. North Carolina has a
lot more to brag about. Here on
our coast was the first English set
tlement in the New World; here
the first child in America, of Eng
lish parents, was born. Here on
our historic coast occurred the
first successful flight of a heavicr
than-air machine-driven craft.
Children's Home
Starts Campaign
The Children's Home Society of
North Carolina, which has cared
for over seven thousand children
from this area since 1917, reported
today that the annual Christmas
fund drive is under way with a
goal of $35,000 to meet the budget
for the next fiscal year,
Charles F. Myers Jr., of Greens
boro, president of the society,
ugred the support of residents in
areas in which there is no organ
ized United Fund. He pointed out
that residents in United Fund
towns have already made their
gift to the Children's Home So
ciety when they contributed
through their local United Fund.
Over 14,000 folders have been
mailed to residents throughout the
state telling the story of this 56
year-old agency. The society is
the oldest and only voluntarily
supported agency in North Caro
lina licensed to handle adoptions
on a statewide basis.
The society helped 472 babies
and older children, their natural
parents and their adoptive parents
last year. Between April and Oct.
1, 1958, nearly 2,500 persons re
ceived the services of the Society.
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North Carolina was the first col
ony to vote (or independence (rom
England, and, as the saying goes,
the first at Bethel. The first irish
potatoes ? which are really Tar
Ileel potatoes ? and the first to
bacco came from our coastal
plains. All these "firsts" the Tar
Heel can brag about now and to
future generations.
Now, If that dosn't make you
proud to live in Carolina, here's
something else to consider. Did
you know that the largest Marine
base in the United States is in
North Carolina? Our tobacco mar
kets lead all others in the United
States. We have the largest towel
and hosiery mills in the world and
the world's largest pyrophyllite
mine.
Here is located the largest
granite quarry in the United States.
North Carolina is America's larg
est producer of wooden furniture
and was the largest producer of
gold until 1849. And then there are
a few Rebels who remember that
North Carolina supplied more sol
diers in the Civil War than any
other Confederate state.
North Carolina has its rarities,
too. The highest peak east of the
Mississippi is Mt. Mitchell, and the
South's last real savannah is near
Burgaw. North Carolina is well
known to botanists for its Venns's
flytrap, and a mineral called hid
denite is found nowhere in the
world except in North Carolina.
Really, it all boils down to this:
North Carolina might not be the
biggest state, but anybody with a
grain of sense knows she's the
best!
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Dec. 9? The Rev. W. R. Hile
filled his appointment at the Meth
odist Church Sunday night. Every
one present enjoyed his message.
Members of the Methodist Cedar
Island Men's Club met with Sea
Level Saturday night.
Mrs. Claude Day and son, Les
ter, returned to Oregon Inlet Sun
day afternoon where they are
floundering.
Mr. Royce Emory and Kenneth
Gaskill spent the weekend home
with their families.
Miss Sandra Brittingham has re
turned home from the hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Van Horn
and two boys were dinner guests
of Msr. Van Horn's mother Sun
day.
Mrs. Norma Boyd and children
were guests of her parents Mr. and
Mrs. Dennis Goodwin Sunday af
ternoon.
The Rev. John Floyd of Sea
Level held services Sunday after
noon at 2:30 at the Free Will Bap
tist Church.
Mrs. Bessie Smith visited her
daughter, Mrs. Winston Fulcher,
Friday.
The Rev. Mr. Goodwin held ser
vices at the Primitive Baptist
Church Saturday night.
Mrs. Leslie Garner spent the
weekend with her husband at Leo
noxville, where he is employed.
Everyone is glad to hear of Mri.
Iola Goodwin improving so fast.
Well, Christmas is just around
the corner. We are hoping Santa
will extend his blessings to every
one.
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Dec. 9? The regular Christmas
meeting of the Home Demonstra
tion Club was held at the home of
Mrs. Pat Gillikin, There was a
good attendance including Mrs.
Vera Salter and Frankie, Mrs. Ada
Simpson, Mri. Laura Simpson
Mrs. Bertie Simpson, Mrs. Floy
Garner, agent, with the most beau
tiful red dress everyone admired.
Also Mrs. Fay Willis and James,
Mrs. Beulah Salter, Mrs. Louise
Spivey, Mrs. Lucille Pake and
Margaret, Mrs. Emile Gillikin,
her daughter-in-law, Etta, and
Etta's daughter, Debbie, and Pat
Gillikin.
The Christmas Story was read
by Mrs. Faye Willis. Her sons,
James and Shannon Gillikin, had
gone in the woods and cut a small
Chirstmas tree. For the meeting
they had decorated it and the ex
change gifts were placed under
the lighted tree.
Mrs. Garner gave a talk on
Christmas attitudes and our atti
tude on life in general. We were
told to take inventory of ourselves.
We may not have as much money
as our neighbor but we do have
the same amount of time. She said
the sin of omission is greated than
commission.
Pajama Party
Denni Day Gillikin had a number
of girls to a pajama party recently.
Mary Harris Golden, Brenda Gol
den, Drexell Bryant, Rose Arthur,
and Elizabeth Styron of Davis. The
girls attended the basketball gam*
before the party.
Last weekend the same girts
stayed to the home of Mrs. Rosa
Lawrence, Drexell's grandmother.
They all had a grand time cook
ing and cleaning the kitchen af
terwards( ? ).
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Middlebrooks
have another little girl. Congratu
lations!
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