w,^her rii'iihes to the sound and back to the ocean), and Mr, W.llis says it*s not
p.j.v4i.ys gcod to n^.ve 'w:-iter roaring through, taking vegetation in its wake. He
suggests ^hat rv.ads here ought to follow the natural topography of the island of
eJternating ridgo-s an.'t va3.1eys, Ni’mber three says that saving tbs priiji.ary dune is
aj..‘. that ;Aatter5>j M.?c Willj.s be3.itves we’d better protect all diir^es, that if 7izve.
v!3'’Les through the fi7“st, i^ can b;ep rijtht on finding its way ti^rough others i.i
th.iir wecikest points o
N3Xt mee-uing of the Gaxden Club will be February 24th at 10:00 A,M., at Marj
Jonnson's with Martha Flynn as co-hostess.
We sent fcr the book How to Live vlth ai. Island (Bof^ue Baiil-'S, North Carolina) .after
reading an edii.orial aoout it in Carteret News T.1-nes, Written by Orrin H,
PiJ.key and hit; 5^on, a civil ongin^Gr and a geologist, it out to iriorm presen-^
and potential hoiicowr.err. on ooguo 5anks of problems of is'ic,:Td li\ing, arji to
"develop fundaiaontal support for enforcement of land use controls in the coastal
zona".
The book presents a brief histoir^' of the island, detailed b lilding code discussion,
and an ea.^y to follow guided autuin/jbile tour that po.hits out good and bad building
as well ad treat:..ent of the ..and,. The Pilkeys maintain that the t:ro most importan't-
events In the hit tory of the islanf. were when the daughter of the owner of the we^^t
half of the island, Heiiry Fort, so'Ld that half in 195'S its d'^velop’^ent and the
dev?,Iopmerjt oi tiie .la^a-bet^reen.Saj ter Path and Atlantic P&r:.(>h . which b3gan in J9.i>5
shortly after the death of Mrs, Alice Kofiman.
They talk about the imjjortanoe of 'free jj:i.terchange * between the beach and the
dunos so that wild ani Fivea can rebuild the d\3r.es after a '.’torm, and warn against
man’s tampf.-ring with this interchange, (See Gaiden Club review, this issue).
Looks to us as if anyone either living here or planning to live here will want a
cop7 of thi.s liti.le b^ok. It can be had by writing to Orrir. H, Pilkey, Jr.,
c/o Ge0.J0ti;y Dep-..,rti',ienb. Duke University, Durham, N, C, 2770b,,,,,,, ,Bid you know
that most ?f thw shellc we pick up here on our beach are thcvsands of yea,rs old?
Th^t the real erosion problems of the last seven years are occurring on the lagoon
silo?
Once again, our local historian, keeper of the big and unwieldy but complete scrap
book , NETTIE MURRILL, has ref^aled us with a faycinating story of the old days cn
cur island. In the late 19th century, a few miles west of Salter Path, on the
soiird, tht.re wav'; a tiny viLlage called Belcove, consisting of about 30 houses, a
store, a church, and a free school.
Captain G-?crge Smith, father of the former security guard for PKS, born in 1882,
sport his early childhood in Belcove, He grew up to be a very valuable character,
i:a!^::ng rejf;uL.r trips o;>- boat from Belcove to Moiehead City for mail and supplies.
Later, wh«^n tiie road wc.s built, he ran a bus service, was for a long time the
official bhopper for Sa,lter Path residents.
For y-^ars after Belcove was deserted, the area was nothing but sand, sea, and wind,
an"] a tiny cemetery. Now, around the cemetery are new houses. It is speculated
that peopj.e left Belcove because the shore was eroding. First of all, they mo\ed
a bit east to what was called Rice Path, (Fishermen dragged their huge loads
'-d fish av3y from the water, naking paths as they went, and the gi\vs who got the
mos-’: fish made the widest paths; so that is how these placet got their iiGmes, Salte'
wa'", a real fisherman I) Eventaally, the people moved as far east as Salter Path,
Me3.nwhile, Captain George Smith had grown up roaming the banks, fishing, hunting,
trapping and gardening, and he knew ever ridge, woods, beach, pond, ravine, creek
and snoal on and along our banks.
Kettle’s scrapbook is full of the lore of our land. We will continue to bring you
treasures from it every little while,
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NEW NEIGHBORS;— LIBBY AND HAYES McCULLEY came to Acorn Court most recently from
Carolina Pines where Hayes has been in construction, and before that they livef^ in
Whispering Pines where they knew our Nell and Ed Crumley, also Whispering Pines
transplants, Hayes is a retj.red Colonel and aviator in the Marine Corps, hopes to
ccntinue here in the remodeling and redecorating end of the now familiar-to-hiia
construrition field, while Libby enjoys golf, bridge, and whe.t thejr refer to as
penny-antc poker, Libb'/ is an accomplished pianist too! Their son Mic.\i?.el i3 also
a i^.arine, in air control at Cherry Point, and their daughter Diane, is a music
teacher In Tarboro, N,C,