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Washington Last week I had
the privilege of witnessing Paul
Green’s symphonic drama, “The
Lost Colony” at Waterside
Theatre on Roanoke Island.
Sir Walter Raleigh —Sir Walter
Raleigh was one of the most re
markable of the many men who
lived in Elizabethan England.
He was famous as courtier, saii
or, soldier, poet, and dreamer of
dreams. A favorite of Queen
Elizabeth, Raleigh secured a j
Royal patent granting him fee
. simple title to any lands he,
! should discover "not actually |
possessed by any Christian
Prince, nor inhabited by Chris- j
tian people”
Colony —377 years ago, i.e., in
[ 1584, Raleigh sent Captains
Philip Amadas and Arthur Bar- j
lowe forth in two tiny barks
to find the lands granted him;
by the Queen. They discovered
and explored Roanoke Island
and the adjacent lands and re-!
turned to England with a glow-,
ing account of what they had
seen, taking with them two na-'j
tives of Roanoke Island, the In
dians Manteo and Wanchese. As
a consequence, Raleigh was
f knighted and the newly found
lands were named Virginia in
j honor of the virgin Queen. Dur
ring the following year, i.e., 1535.
Raleigh sent his first colony to
I the new world. It consisted of
I the noted painter, John White,
land 107 other men. headed by
Governor Ralph Lane, who were
transported to Roanoke Island in
ships commanded by Sir Ric i
ard Grenville. Here the colon-!
ists built the original Fort Ra
leigh and some dwellings. Af
ter some weeks, Sir Richard j
Grenville returned to England
for supplies. He was accom- j
panted by John White, who car-j
ried with him his famous paint
ings.
Troubles— Ralph Lane’s colon
ists became dissatisfied became'
as the lack of food and develop
ing hostility on the part of the
indians, and returned to Eng
and in a fleet of the old- a
log, Sir Francis Drake, who
happened to touch Roanoke
aland. A short time later. Sir
iichard Grenville returned from
England with supplies. Find
ng Ralph Lane’s Colony gone,
re left 15 of his men to hold
,he land.
First Child —With the assist-j
nee of some joint adventurers,'
laleign sent his second colony j
> Roanoke Island in 1587. This
alony, which is known to his- (
ory as the Lost Colony, was led
y Governor John White and
onsisted of 95 men, 17 women, 1
nd 9 children. It found Fort
.aleigh in ruins and n > identi
lable trace of the 15 men left
y Sir Richard Grenville. These
1 blonists rebuilt Fort Raleigh
nd repaired the old dwellings
nd constructed new ones. As
•r. Hugh Lefler informs us,
'The best known incident in the]
istory of the colony was the
>irth on August 18 of Virginia
)are, daughter of Ananias and
Ileanor White Dare, grand
laughter of Governor White, and
he first of English parents born
•n America.”
After some time, Governor
Vhite was compelled to return
o England for supplies. Before
le left Roanoke Island, he made
an agreement with the colonists,
who were contemplating remov
ng from the island to the main
and, that thev would leave some
: ndication of their location in
:ase of their removal, and would
‘carve over the letters or the]
name a cross” if they suffered
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As a result of vicissitudes oc
casioned by the threat which the
Spanish Admada presented to
| England, Governor White could
; not return to Roanoke Island ua
i til 1590. At that time, he dis
covered to his consternation that
his colony had vanished, leaving
no indication of its fate except
the cryptic word “Croatan” carv
ed on one tree, and the mystify
ing letters “CRO” on another.
Neither tree bore the carving of
a cross.
Lost Colony— The Lost Colony
thus vanished forever from the
pages of history, ‘but has ever
since' occupied a prominent place
in the speculations of historians.
Some historians surmise that the
members of the Lost Colony
were massacred by the Indians,
others that they were slaugh
tered by the Spaniards, others
that they were absorbed by the
Indians of Robeson County,
North Carolina, and others that
they were lost at sea in attempt
ing to return to England.
A poet has addressed this in
quiry to history:
“Speak History, who are life’s
victors? Unroll thy long annals
and say, Were they those whom
the world called the victors, who
won the success of the day?”
Judged by his contemporaries,
Sir Walter Raleigh was not one
of life's victors. He lost favor
at the English Court, became
destitute of worldly possessions,
and suffered beheading as a
criminal. Judged by their con
temporaries, the Lost Colonists
were not life's victors. They
vanished into the unknown.
I am sure, however, that when
its long annals are unrolled, his
tory will number Sir Walter Ra
leigh and the Lost Colonists
among life's victors. This is
true because they dreamed a
dream and had a vision. They
saw America as a land destined
to be peopled by men and wo
men who spoke the language of
Shakespeare, who were govern
ed by the Principles of the Com
mon Law of England, and who
were dedicated to the proposi
tion that every person is entitled
•o be the master of his own
fate. While Sir Walter Raleigh
v's beheaded and the Lost Col
•mists disappeared, others were
inspired by their dream and
their vision and brought them tt
pass.
Tight Race In
Raseball League
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Barnett led the Rocky Hock hit
ting with two each, while Al
Bunch and Marvin Ashley had
one each. Van Horn, Snell, Tar
kenton and Arrih>-ose led the hit
ting for Creswell.
On Wednesday Rocky Hock
was scheduled to play Aulander,
but layed claim to a forfeit of
9 to 0 when the Bertie County
squad did not show up for the
game.
Friday night on Hicks Field
for the best in...
Service
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LOOKING FORWARD—President Charles de Gaulle stud
ies a model of a towering apartment building which m&y
be built in the French capital, Paris.
Rocky Hock came from behind
iO defeat the Creswell squad by
a 14 to 8 score. Southpaw Ted
Chappell did the mound work
for the Orioles, giving up nine
hits, walking four and striking
out 13. Van Horn was the los
ing pitcher for Creswell while
the Rocky Hock troop banged
out 16 hits, were struck out nine
times and drew five walks.
Chappell led the Rocky Hock
lilting with four hits, consisting
:f a home run, two doubles and
a single. Willoughby, Bunch
Nixon and Harrell had two hits
each for the Birds. Cahoon
Snell and Patrick had two hits
each for Creswell.
Rocky Hock was scheduled to
go to Colerain Tuesday night
and will play Colerain at the
Chowan Park Friday night.
These two games will be thr
deciding contest as to who will
finish on top of the league. Ted
Chappell is slated to pitch for
the Orioles Friday night.
STANDING -OF CLUBS
Colerain 1 3 .846
Rocky Hock 10 4 .714
Creswell 4 10 .286
\ulander 3 11 .214
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Edenton and Chowhn County
folk had the opportunity to wit
ness an airplane crack-up when
a Curtis bomber was forced to
land in a peanut field on the
farm of W. E. Bond. The plane
was being transferred from San
Diego, Cal., to Norfolk and was
forced to land when fuel became
exhausted.
Though there was quite a bit
jf opposition, Edenton . folks
turned their decks ahead one
hour with the inauguration of
daylight saving time.
At a meeting of the Ocean Hi
way Association held in Eliza
beth City, G. H. Harding was
re-elected a director and elected
as the association's financial
chairman for the entire state of
North Carolina.
Governor J. M. Broughton ap
pointed E. W. Spires as one of
the official delegates to repre
sent North Carolina at the Na
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gress to be held in Miami. Ha.
John A. 'Holmes, superintend
ent of Edenton Schools, was as
sured that Coach Jimmy 'Mans
would not return to Edenton and
Mr. Holmes was having difficul
ty in securing a suitable suc
cessor.
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Lions And Jaycees
Tied In Standing
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ed two very exciting games. In
the first game the Lions defeat
ed the Rotary 2 to 1. The Lions
were able to collect 5 hits while
the Rotary team got only two
nits. Th winning pitcher was
Quinton Goodwin aind the losing
pitcher Rusty Bootwright. In
the second game' the Rotary de
feated the Lions 4 to 3. The
winning pitcher was Rusty Boot
wright and the losing pitcher
was Quinton Goodwin.
TOP TEN BATTERS
Based on 50 Times at Bat
AB H Pet.
Mike , Overton 62 33 .532
Wesley Chesson 85 43 .506
Ronnie Harrell 80 37 .463
Rusty Bootwright....ss 22 .400
Quinton Goodwin .. 58 23 .397
Danny-Hassell 80 22 .379
Troy Bailey 89 33 .371
Rudy Tolley 85 29 .341
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Jaycees ,16 14 .533
Corvairs i‘..14 16 .466
Rotary 14 16 .466
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Beach Thursday night August
10. at 7 o'clock. |
Ryland Home Demonstration
Club will hold a community pic
nic this (Thursday) evening at
6:30 o'clock at the home of J. R.
Byrum al Tyner.
Dog and bicycle licenses must
be purchased in Edenton on or i
before August 15.
Edenton Jaycees are selling]
advance tickets for the Edenton
Aces' football season. 1
Edenton Rotarians will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
o'clock in the Parish House.
Chowan Tribe u* Red Men
will meet Monday night d S
o'clock.
Another Go-Kart race, spon
sored by the Edenton Jaycees.
will be held on the Edenton
track Sunday afternoon. August
13. al 2 o'clock.
Rocky Hock Orioles and Cole
rain will play a baseball game
on the Cross Roads diamond
Friday night at 8 o'clock.
William H. Coffield Jr. Post
No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, will meet Tuesday night
at 8 o'clock.
A dance will be held al the
VFW post home Saturday night,
beginning at 9 o'clock.
Jaycees Schedule
Hamburger Roast
Edenton Jaycees at their next
meeting Thursday night, August
10, will stage a hamburger
roast which will be held at
Sandy Point Beach. * Wives of
the Jaycees will be special
guests at the meeting, which
,will also include bathing and
dancing. 1 , ?"!
party .will begin at 7
o’clock;
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Friendly Comment •.
Mds. Iggins —That Mrs. Bricks 1
was boastin’ as ’ow she comes
from a fine family. An you’ve
come a good way, I says, pleas
ant-like.
~card~cFthanks
We wish to take this oppor
tunity to thank our many
friends for the expressions of
sympathy and deeds Os kind
ness tendered us during the
deatn,of our husband and father,
David Pike.
p —WIFE AND FAMILY
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